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City on list for transfer site

By ROBERT WHALE

Auburn officials say 2 locations are stinkers

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King County plans to replace the outdated Algona solid waste transfer station by 2018 and is looking at two sites in Auburn among five to build a new transfer station.

Last Friday the county’s Municipal Solid

Waste Management Advisory Committee presented its list of five prospects, among them two 19-acre commercial properties, one just west of Lowe’s, the other east of the Supermall.

The leading candidate is said to be in

Kevin Mackie and Angie “Tygger” Knopp are bringing laughs to downtown Auburn with the Main Stage Comedy Club.

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JUST FOR LAUGHS

By SHAWN SKAGER sskager@auburn-reporter.com

Kevin Mackie and Angie “Tygger” Knopp are deadly serious about bringing comedy to Auburn via their recently opened Main Street Comedy Club on Main Street.

For the past two weeks the husband-wife combo has been providing a spot for local comedians to hone their craft with open-mic nights before

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Autumn Chociej. The expansion adds 5,000 square feet, most noticeably in the form of a glasspaneled addition that expands into a portion of the parking space on the east side of the building. King County residents supported a $172 million capital bond in September 2004 to pay for the project and other library expansions and renovations. More details, page 4. RACHEL CIAMPI Auburn Reporter

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Mayor Cy Sun received a temporary reprieve from his legal woes last week with the postponement until next week of an appearance scheduled before a judge in Pierce County.

Sun had been slated to appear in Pierce County Superior Court on Tuesday to prove

that he was complying with a Temporary Writ of Mandate that ordered him to begin the hiring processes for vacant positions in City Hall and the Pacific Police Department.

In a petition filed in Pierce County Superior Court by his lawyer Tyler Firkins, however, Sun asked the court to postpone [ more SUN page 6 ]

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By SHAWN SKAGER

Auburn ushered in its renovated, expanded public library with a community ribbon-cutting ceremony last Saturday. Community leaders, library staff, Friends of the Auburn Library, builders and residents celebrated the landmark occasion.

After the ceremony, the public toured the new library and enjoyed refreshments and music.

Above, Lolo the Clown entertains 5-year-old

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live audiences.

This weekend, Mackie said, the club kicks it up a notch, presenting the first of a series of shows featuring the best regional and national touring comedy talent.

“We were taking it easy at first with local showcases, but starting (this week) is the kickoff to our major headlining tours (with Jubal Early and Kelsey Cook),” Mackie said. [ more club page 22 ]

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Hops and Crops Auburn enjoyed cool tunes and cold brews at historic Mary Olson Farm at the annual Hops and Crops Brew Festival last Saturday.

According to organizers, profit from the festival topped $7,500, which will be used for the continued care and restoration of the historic farm.

Above, Erik Carels prepares to serve up his taste of suds, one of the many breweries offering samples at the festival’s beer garden. The festival included a craft and farmer’s marketplace and a kid’s activity area. Right, Ryker Moore, occupies on a John Deere tractor.

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Waste Management to serve ANNEXED area The City of Auburn’s contracted solid waste hauler, Waste Management, assumes collection and disposal of solid waste on Oct. 1 in the southeast portion of the Pierce County Annexation Area. The area includes the communities of Portola, Portofino, The Reserve and Northlake.

The area was annexed in 2005. Residents in the area will be billed by City for services effective Oct. 1.

Residents in the area now will have recycle collection at no additional cost (including glass bottles and jars), weekly compostables (yard waste, food and foodsoiled paper) collection with subscription, and monthly billing. Visit www.auburnwa. gov/solidwaste for a map indicating area of change, rates and other information.

City making way for pedestrian kiosks

By ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com

The goal of having kiosks in the downtown is, in bureaucratic speak, to “enhance the pedestrian experience” in downtown Auburn.

Translation: When you’re hoofing it about the city and want to know what’s shaking, the kiosks will tell you what’s happening, where to see it, when to see it.

City planners on Aug. 27 presented final designs to the Planning and Community Development Committee for “as many pedestrian kiosks as the City’s budget would allow,” as many as nine, but definitely fewer at this time.

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“We anticipate that the current funding available will be sufficient to build three, maybe four kiosks,” Senior Planner Elizabeth Chamberlain told committee

members.

The priority is to build the first three at the following sites: • West Main Street at the entrance to the Interurban Trail.

• A Street Southwest near the entrance to the Transit Station parking lot.

• South Division Street and First Street Southwest at the Promenade.

Two of the kiosks are funded by grant monies that have to be spent in the downtown, said Committee Chairwoman Nancy Backus, and the foundation of the third was already built as part of the Promenade.

If money is available, a fourth kiosk would be built at the mural parking lot off of East Main.

The current sites owe much to a scouting tour that former committee chair Lynn Norman, councilman Rich Wagner and Backus took of the downtown a year ago.

City staff have since presented draft conceptual designs to the PCD committee at previous meetings, most recently Jan. 9, but the last August meeting was the first

County to hold public hearing on transfer of park parcel to Auburn

BY ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com

At a point about a quarter-mile past the turnoff from Eighth Street on sunny summer days, people park on the west side of 104th Avenue Southeast before dropping down a trail to swim and enjoy themselves at a bend on the Green River below.

Having fun is good – but parking willy-nilly along the busy corridor, City officials say, is dangerous.

If the City of Auburn can persuade King County to transfer a 7.7-acre parcel of land at the north end of 103rd Avenue Southeast, along with 104th Street one

of two access points to the river bank, the City would one day enfold the riverside gathering spot into a new 14.07-acre park.

“Nothing in our master plan has been done on it yet,” said Daryl Faber, director of Auburn’s department of Arts, Parks and Recreation, “but our goal is to create a waterfront park in the future that has some internal parking. Right now, parking is off the road and unsafe.”

Any development of the site is years away, Faber added, but under all scenarios the City would remove non-native blackberry bushes. It could also bring in bathrooms.

The time to speak up

about that, to say yes or no, is at 1:30 p.m. Monday in Room 1001 at the King County Courthouse. That’s when the King County Council takes public testimony on a proposed ordinance that would authorize County Executive Dow Constantine to enter into an interlocal transfer agreement with the City.

Having wrapped up its own discussions with the City, King County now needs to hear from the public.

look members got at the final version of the design.

“The idea for these kiosks is for things to be easily changed and moved in and out, whether we’re talking about a poster advertising some event at Auburn Avenue Theater, ArtRageous or some other city event going on,” said Planning and Community Development Director Kevin Snyder.

At this time, Backus noted, the kiosks could only be used for City events.

“It’s something that helps our branding of what Auburn is and … and expresses the desire to make downtown more walkerfriendly,” said Councilman John Holman.

An adjacent 6.3 acre parcel, including that access point off of 104th Avenue Southeast, is state-owned but City officials say Gov. Chris Gregoire already has signed the transfer documents.

“The parcels are so small that neither the county nor the state is interested in improving the property or maintaining them,” Faber said.

The document directs the county to transfer ownership within 30 days of the effective date of the agreement.

“This is the right thing to do to get control over some local space,” Faber said.

Copies of proposed ordinance 2012-0242 are available upon request from the

Clerk of the King County Council, Room 1200, King County Courthouse, 516 Third Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104, telephone 206-2961020.

The ordinance is available at www.metrokc.gov/mkcc/ clerk.

A road closure runs through Oct. 5 at D Street SW from 1st to 3rd Street SW between the hours of 7 a.m. and 6 p.m., weather permitting. Access for residents, businesses and alleys within the project area will be maintained, but delays should be expected. On street parking will be temporarily eliminated during this closure. The closure will allow for the construction of a new sewer main, new water main and restoration of the road base.

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Auburn embraces new, expanded public library

By ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com

Auburn’s librarians must have hit the off-switch on the shushometers last Saturday.

After a year’s closure for extensive remodeling, the expanded Auburn Library reopened to a raucous – by library standards, thunderous – reception filled with people gushing about “all the room,” and “the huge kids area,” and “the central area.”

All without a single confirmed shushing.

Community leaders, library staff, Friends of the Auburn Library, builders and residents came to celebrate the landmark occasion inside a revamped library that opens up more room for children and teens, makes more materials and more laptop computers available for checkout and adds more wireless access.

And adds a heckuva lot of light.

“I think the really big idea here is to make it very accessible, to create another gathering area in the middle of a big room and then open it up to a view of the surrounding park,” said Walter Schacht, principal of the design team Aslani Architects.

The City of Auburn originally pressed for a 20,000-square-foot building in the early 1990s, but funding and other constraints only allowed the King County

Library System to build to 15,000 square feet. The expansion adds that intended 5,000 square feet, most noticeably in that glass-paneled addition that expands into a portion of the parking space on the east side of the building.

King County residents supported a $172 million capital bond in September 2004 to pay for the Auburn Library project and other library expansions and renovations. KCLS closed the library for a year to complete the work and opened a temporary library.

Evelyn MacPhee, who once tutored at the library but is moving from the area, said she thought she’d come to the library one last time to pay her respects.

“I think it’s beautiful, wonderful,” said MacPhee, looking around. “The glass is great, the new artwork is exciting, even the chairs are better.”

Brendan McBreen and Gerald McBreen also liked what they were seeing.

“Very spacious,” said the younger McBreen, “and it encourages kids to play.”

“Huge, a lot more space, and a lot more books. See, I’m a book person, I like to hold books in my hand when I’m here,” added McBreen the elder.

“The most wonderful thing is that we opened the library up,” said Joan Mason, a member of Friends of the Library. “We really

Expansion at the Auburn Library has brought more room for laptops, books and other resource materials.

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wanted a larger library when it was built it in 1999, and we were disappointed that we didn’t get it.

Now it’s state of the art.”

Librarians refer to the central area as “the living room,” Schacht said, and it was designed to work that way, as a place where people could hang out. The shelving on the east side is much lower than it used to be, so people can look out at the park. The children’s reading area is immediately adjacent to the outdoor play area in the park.

There’s a lot more glass at the front door and a lounge area with vending machines, where people can nosh on something and people can wait for somebody to pick them up.

Daylight harvesting, a key

advantage of the glass addition, Schacht added, will help to keep the energy use down. This calls for glare-reducing, solar-gainreducing sunscreens so that when the sun is out there is no need to pull the shades and turn the lights on.

Other improvements: • A new meeting room in the northeast corner of the addition serves as a quiet space when it is not a meeting room. The meeting room as it had been remained closed, locked and unavailable when it wasn’t in use. The new meeting room offers sliding glass doors, making it a much more interactive, multi-use space.

• The relocation of bathrooms to the west side of the building

and an expanded entrance way and media area in the space formerly occupied by the restrooms.

• A quiet study area that significantly increases the amount of seating space.

• An automated material handling system that lets patrons check in their books and get a receipt for them • Additional spaces for laptops and additional laptops for check out. The library has kept the same number of fixed computers.

• Expanded parking, structural and electrical improvements and a rain garden. Previously there were about 30 hard, desk-type seats and perhaps a third of all the seats were soft seats, not enough for all the people who use the library.

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Regional council recommends $4.4M in funding for Auburn

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The Puget Sound Regional Council is recommending $4.4 million in funding for projects serving Auburn, part of more than $440 million in federal funds proposed by PSRC to improve transportation throughout the region.

Projects in Auburn include: • West Valley Highway System Preservation (15th Street NW to 37th Street NW) $560,000 • South 272nd/277th St. Corridor Capacity & Nonmotorized Trail Improvements – $1,020,700 “These projects were selected on their merits and support the region’s economic development and growth,” said Bellevue Councilmember

The Municipal Solid Waste Management Advisory Committee has identified two possible Auburn sites on which to build a solid waste transfer station. COURTESY MAP, Rich Wagner “King County’s Solid Waste planners chose two sites in Auburn, both of which are incredibly valuable as commercial sites.

One is just west of Lowe’s, where everybody wants to see a big-box store, the second is right across the tracks from the Supermall, so we could look at it every single day. We don’t think this is the wisest choice possible,” Lewis said.

In the recent past, Lewis noted, King County has eyed, ultimately without success, Auburn as “a dumping site” for sex offender housing and as the site for a trash incinerator plant. “…The whole purpose is to get a transfer station in the south end. But I think somebody needs to work a little harder to find a location than has been done to date,” Lewis said.

The recommendation of a preferred site for the new facility would be made following an environmental review process in 2013. The King County Executive makes the final decision about a preferred site. At the earliest, construction would begin in 2016, and the new recycling and transfer station would open in 2018.

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Green River to go tobacco free starting Jan. 1 Sept. 4 staff meeting and will implement the policy beginning Jan. 1.

“Having a tobaccofree campus will provide students a healthier place to study and employees a healthier place to work,” Ely said.

Non-compliance with the designated smoking areas and the constant littering on campus indicated it was time for a change, Ely said.

The college, which allows

smoking and other tobacco use in designated areas, has been reviewing the policy since 2009.

Green River is the fourth state community college to ban tobacco use and the second this year. Everett Community College went tobacco-free on Sept. 1.

Many Washington state campuses have some form of no-smoking rule or are in the process of adopting one.

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Green River Community College will become the ninth Washington college campus to go 100 percent smoke-free when a ban on tobacco use goes into effect on Jan. 1.

Green River President Eileen Ely announced the new policy today during Opening Day, a campus event for returning faculty and college staff. The president approved the college’s tobacco use policy at the

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Auburn officials aren’t buying it.

“The county did a rigorous analysis of how they decide whether a site is a candidate or not and so identified these as offering reasonable load access, but there is hardly anything in it for the Auburn citizens,” said Auburn City Councilman Rich Wagner.

Yes, Wagner said, the sites are accessible and the City would receive real estate excise tax revenue from the property sale.

But residents would realize traffic congestion, snarled traffic and ballooning street maintenance costs. The City would lose tax revenue from the removal of prime commercial land from property tax rolls with no sales tax, he said.

And the smells, noise and congestion, Wagner warned, would depress nearby property development “Very few jobs would be created by the transfer station compared to commercial development of the property,” Wagner said.

Auburn Mayor Pete Lewis said county planners need to rethink their location choices.

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Algona and the other sites in Federal Way. King County’s Solid Waste Division hosts an informational meeting on the issue from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27 at the Auburn Senior Activity Center, 808 Ninth St. SE. Presentations are at 5 and 6 p.m.

Open house visitors can learn about the replacement project, including the properties under consideration for locating a new recycling and transfer station. County staff will be on hand to receive public comments.

In a release, King County said that its Algona Transfer Station has served South King County residents and businesses for nearly 50 years but lacks several key features of modern facilities, among them: • Providing sufficient space for recycling services.

• Enclosing building to control odor, noise and dust.

• Providing adequate on-site space for vehicles to line up.

• Installing trash compactors to accurately and efficiently load the collected garbage, thereby reducing the number of trucks hauling garbage from the recycling and transfer station to the landfill by as much as 30 percent.

• Providing “an appealing, landscaped property and building design that is compatible with the surrounding neighborhood.”

The county has formed an advisory committee representing different interests to provide community perspectives on the siting of a new facility. Committee members, who helped develop criteria that are used to evaluate potential sites, number representatives from cities, chambers of commerce, environmental and neighborhood groups, school districts, recycling and garbage hauling companies and transfer station users.

Claudia Balducci, chair of PSRC’s Transportation Policy Board. “When Congress approved these funds earlier this year, their focus was on growing and sustaining jobs. These projects, large and small, will put people to work and shore up the foundations of our economy for the future.”

PSRC is encouraging public comments on the projects proposed for funding and on the region’s draft Transportation Improvement Program for 20132016. The public comment period is Sept. 13 through

Comment: • Mail: Puget Sound Regional Council, Attn: Kelly McGourty, 1011 Western Ave., Suite 500, Seattle, WA 98104-1035 • Email: kmcgourty@psrc. org • In person: Oct. 11-25 at PSRC

Oct. 25.

The vote by PSRC’s Executive Board to approve the 2013-2016 Transportation Improvement Program is scheduled for Oct. 25.

A complete list of all projects and more information is available at psrc. org.

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Police taking back unwanted prescription drugs on Sept. 29 The Auburn Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs.

Bring your medications for disposal to the Auburn Police Department lobby at 340 E. Main, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 29.

The service is free, anonymous and no questions asked.

Auburn Police have purchased a secure prescription medication dropbox that has been installed in the lobby of the police de-

partment since April 2011.

Officials want to remind and encourage citizens to utilize this service April 28 and continue to take advantage of the drop box that is available to citizens permanently.

Items acceptable to be placed in the drop box: • Prescription medications • Over-the-counter medications • Medication samples • Medications for pets • Vitamins • Medicated ointments/ lotions • Inhalers • Liquid Medication (in leak proof containers up to 12 ounces)

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25 at the Pierce County City and County Building the hearing until after in Tacoma.

Sept. 17 to allow him to atIn addition to his tend a reunion of the 23rd scheduled appearance in Regimental Combat Team, Pierce County, Sun will the unit Sun served in dur- also likely have to appear ing the Korean War. before a King County “We are all in our 80s, Superior Court judge for and this reunion may a hearing regarding recall be our last, therefore, [I] efforts mounted by Pacific request the court residents. to allow time for The Committee my reunion,” Sun to Recall Cy Sun requested. turned in a 200In addition, the page account of petition claimed Sun’s alleged misthat Sun had not deeds as mayor to received a sumthe King County mons to appear be- Cy Sun Prosecutor’s office fore the court and on Aug. 23. that he found out According to the comabout the hearing online mittee’s attorney, Jeffery through local media. Sun Helsdon, they hoped to also asked that any future meet with King County summons not be served by Prosecutors and Sun this members of the Pacific Po- week, but because Sun was lice Department because out of town the parties “they are hostile to me and hope to meet on WednesI cannot trust them.” day next week.

Sun requested that, beIf the judge rules that cause he is a King County there is sufficient cause to resident, the hearing put the recall on the ballot, should be “transferred to Sun can appeal the decithe proper jurisdiction, sion to the Washington King County Superior State Supreme Court.

Court.”

If no appeal is filed — The court postponed the Sun has stated previously hearing until 9 a.m., Sept. that he welcomes the recall

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— then the Committee must wait 16 days before beginning to collect the more than 405 signatures needed to qualify the recall for the ballot.

Sun declined to comment for this story.

ALSO: Pacific residents were informed this month via their utility billing statement of Sun’s new blog at www.mayorsun. blogspot.com. The address for the blog – which features Sun’s personal thoughts on the recall, corruption at City Hall and the Writ of Mandate filed against him – was added to a message box on each utility bill mailed by the city.

“With the Writ of Mandate, the COUNCIL becomes a DICTATOR, just as Hitler did in Germany,” the Mayor wrote.

“They tell me what, when and how to do, and I am required to do it, or else!”

Although only one post was up on the blog at press time, a teaser promises that Sun will dig into allegations against him “for FUN!!!” in the next installment.

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Police Blotter Auburn police responded to the following calls for service, among many others, between Sept. 12 and 17, as follows:

Sept. 12 Theft: 9:30 a.m., Lake Tapps Parkway Southeast. Between Aug. 30 and Sept. 12, thieves ripped copper wire out of street lights on Lake Tapps Parkway.

Sept. 16 Auto theft: Overnight, 220 block of 6th Street Southeast. Somebody, or several of them, stole a 1996 Honda Accord.

Robbery: Noon, 1100 15th St. SW. A man called police to complain that two days earlier while he’d been extremely drunk, a person or persons had assaulted him and stolen undisclosed property.

Theft: Overnight, 12500 block of Southeast 298th Place. After a small get-together at her home ended, a woman noticed several items had walked out with her guests.

Booze offense: 9:51 p.m., 2404 Auburn Way S. An 18-year-old girl keen on imbibing fermented stuff tried to misrepresent her age at the Muckleshoot Casino but fooled no one.

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Fire & Rescue Blotter The Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to 188 calls for service between Sept. 10 and 16, among them the following:

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Sept. 17 Commercial burglary: 2:42 a.m., 22 A St. SE. A Sound Transit security guard reported a break in at the Sun Break Cafe and called 911 but the burglar had already fled.

Vandalism: 3:21 a.m., 20 block of A Street Southwest. While police were searching for a suspicious suspect, they found the front door of Green River Community College’s Adult Center damaged in some way they declined to disclose.

Vandalism: 8:30 a.m., 12401 SE 320th St. Somebody intent on extracting money, angry with his lot in life or just frustrated when that drooled-for goodie failed to drop went all whacky on a vending machine at Green River Community College.

Burglary: 7:10 a.m., 3640 C St. NE.

Somebody burglarized Pacific Welding Supply over the weekend.

Vandalism: 11:27 a.m., 2609 D St. SE. A mother told her son he had to go to school so he punched a hole in his bedroom wall.

Marijuana: 1:35 p.m., 800 4th St. NE. Authorities at Auburn High School found marijuana on a kid and suspended that kid and now prosecutors are talking about charging him with possession.

Vandalism: 5:36 a.m., 5100 B St. NW. Somebody saw a man digging up and damaging a city road, reported him and the police showed up for some face time with that digger.

Theft: 5:05 p.m., 1101 Supermall Way SW. A woman dropped her cell phone at the Supermall and a thief was right there to snatch it up and run off.

Sept. 12

Sept. 15

Water leak: 7 p.m., (Lea Hill).

Firefighters helped two homeowners whose water valve had broken off inside a wall, secured water service to the building and helped the homeowners remove water from their domiciles.

Smoke investigation: 12:11 p.m., (Auburn). Responding to a 911 call and seeing a large, dark column of smoke, firefighters asked for additional resources. The source of the smoke turned out to be an outdoor homeless encampment where a box spring and mattress, grass, and trees were just then ablaze. Firefighters quickly snuffed out the fire.

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Sept. 14

Aid Call: 7:55 p.m., (Lakeland Hills).

An older woman who’d been complaining of a headache got help from firefighters and a ride in a private ambulance to Auburn Regional Medical Center.

Aid call: 2:55 p.m., (South Auburn).

Firefighters treated an older woman who’d been complaining of a cut to her head and a private ambulance transported her to ARMC in stable condition.

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A man claims that an Auburn psychic promised to pray for his relatives but instead cheated him out of more than $30,000.

Abraham Char claims that “Mama Tanya,” the only name given the woman in court documents, gained his trust but in 2010 and 2011 then tricked him into loaning her more than $30,000 to secure an investment. “’Mama Tanya wrongfully induced Abraham Char to provide her with monies in return for her representation that she would pray for his relatives claimed by her to be suffering,” attorney Charles S. Hamilton III wrote in court records.

Hamilton, who filed the civil suit Sept. 5 in King County Superior Court, claims that “Mama Tanya” has ignored repeated requests to repay Char’s loan despite having promised that he could reclaim it at any time.

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Oven fire: 4:30 p.m., (Auburn).

When food cooking in an oven caught fire, firefighters responded, extinguished the fire and aired out the smoke-filled home.

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Illegal burn: 8:29 p.m., (Auburn). Firefighters responding to a complaint about an illegal burn advised the homeowner of the high fire danger his bon fire was posing to everyone around him. The homeowner listened and extinguished the fire.

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Pacific’s government is broken.

Mayor Cy Sun and a frustrated City Council can no longer coexist.

This forced marriage calls for a divorce.

As Abraham Lincoln, borrowing a line from the Bible, once said, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.”

If Pacific’s leadership cannot get together and play nice, something’s got to give.

In this case, Sun should do the honorable thing and resign.

The problem isn’t just the tyrannical nature of Sun’s ways, it is partly a stymied City Council’s unwillingness to work with an 82-yearold mayor, a political outsider, who has expressed little interest in the democratic process.

The council cannot work with a confrontational man who prefers to do things his own way – quick and removed from the slow, often difficult governmental process.

The seven-member council and the City police employees union officially gave the mayor a vote of no confidence in April. The council never fully embraced Sun, a write-in candidate who pulled off an electoral upset when a good chunk of apathetic Pacific voters wasn’t looking.

There was never a honeymoon. The climate quickly deteriorated. The political infighting began.

A flustered, angry Sun walked out of heated meetings. Council members and community volunteers grew frustrated, disillusioned.

Ugly episodes marked the following months.

Sun fired the police chief.

Sun’s own police force arrested him for trespassing at City Hall in a reality-TV spectacle. Prior to the arrest, Sun had locked the city clerk out of her office.

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In reference to Mary Ridivus’ letter to the editor (Sept. 14, Auburn Reporter) regarding the Auburn Farmers Market, I have to agree.

My husband and I had visited the market in previous years and were not at all impressed with the handful of vendors. After reading that the market had expanded, I, too, was drawn to visit last Sunday.

Upon arrival I quickly saw that the market had no more to offer than it had in recent years. Even after walking it through three times, taking the time to visit each vendor, I was only there maybe 30 minutes.

I was even told by one vendor that the entertainment was the same as every Sunday.

One word describes it all: monotonous.

The highlights of my morn-

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Letters may be edited for length. Letters should be no more than 250 words in length. Submissions may be printed both in the paper and electronically.

Deadline for letters to be considered for publication is 2 p.m. Tuesday. ing were the gorgeous bouquet of flowers I brought home. I also filled out a questionnaire, just as I had last year, giving my opinion on the market, all the while doubting if the Farmers Market Advisory Board ever reads them or presents the City Council with the feedback from the residents.

The market should be an

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Let’s end the debate on supermajority vote In November the people of Washington will vote on Initiative 1185. The measure would reaffirm the nearly 20-year old state law requiring that tax increases pass with a two-thirds vote in the Legislature or receive voter approval.

If voting on this requirement feels like déjà vu all over again, that’s because it is.

Voters in Washington have enacted or confirmed the twothirds vote requirement four times, in 1993, 1998, 2007 and 2010.

Requiring a supermajority vote in the legislature to increase taxes is not unique to our state. Eighteen

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and we were disappointed that we didn’t get it. Now it’s state of the art.” – Joan Mason, a member of Friends of the Library, on Auburn’s expanded library.

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states – counting Washington – have some form of supermajority vote requirement for tax increases, including Oregon and California.

Of the states with supermajority tax limitations, however, only the requirements in Washington and Wisconsin were enacted as ordinary law. The requirements in all other the states are part of the state constitution.

uplifting experience that is fun and exciting where anyone young or old would want to spend some time. If it doesn’t even draw our own citizens, how will it ever attract those from our neighboring cities?

That too is no surprise, though, given some of the recent means of attracting tourism, such as the ugly “sandwich boards” that are attached to the poles at the Cross Street intersection and held down with dirty sandbags. Each time I drive by, I think to myself, “What an eyesore, and just who is our city paying to attract tourism? Really, why put tiny boards in places where only the current residents notice them?

How is that working for us?

Why not place some eye-popping, different ways of attracting those from other areas to our little town?”

The key is to draw more outsiders. It doesn’t make sense to attract those who are already [ more LETTERS page 8 ]

I-1185 allows voters to clearly frame the state’s budget debate.

Washington budget writers face a projected $1 billion budget shortfall for the 2013-15 biennium, despite projected revenue growth of $1.5 billion. Without a two-thirds vote restriction, the legislature is likely to consider passing substantial tax increases.

If voters pass I-1185, however, lawmakers will shift away from trying to raise taxes and focus on fundamental budget reform and [ more GUEST OP page 9 ]

[8] September 21, 2012 [ LETTERS from page 7 ] here. Why not put these “signs” of sorts on the outskirts of the downtown area?

If we really want others to be able to share in on the little gem of a city we have, we need to honestly give it a little more effort.

– Kimberly Pabon

Let our farmers market grow I was saddened to read the letter (“Auburn’s meager Sunday market”, Sept. 14, Reporter) bad-mouthing the Auburn Farmers Market, its supporters and comparing it to the market in Puyallup.

Yes, the Puyallup market is larger – but it’s had 30 years to grow to that size.

Give Auburn’s market time to mature. Just a few years old, Auburn’s market has already doubled in size, by my estimation. As any farmer or gardener knows, growing something out of nothing takes time,

patience and the right nutrients.

If we want our market to rival the bustling one to the south, it’s up to us to make it so by building it up, not tearing it down.

The very fact we have a market to compare is due to those individuals who have worked hard and turned empty pavement into a weekly community gathering. Thank you.

I’m excited to see our market grow.

– Laura Trimble

Meager market?

Shame on you Regarding Mary Ridivus’ letter to the editor, the fledgling Auburn International Farmers Market (AIFM) is just finishing its fourth season and the Puyallup Market is celebrating its 30th season.

I had to say something to educate Ridivus and provide some facts about the successes of the AIFM: Fact: In 2011, only after

www.auburn-reporter.com three seasons, the market was popular enough to be recognized as the 12thbest market in the United States.

Fact: The market has sustained its vendor business base, even when we had wet and cold springs in the past several years.

Fact: The market has increased farmers and other vendor sales and profits significantly beyond our business plan.

Fact: The market has increased its level of service in just a few years by contracting with garden personalities, such as Cisco Morris, Marianne Benetti, Ed Hume and food chef demonstrators. More are planned for 2013.

Fact: The market has sustained its grant successes over the past four seasons and hopes to continue with our prime sponsors, such as the City of Auburn, King Conservation District, Waste Management, Master Gardeners, 4 Culture, Soroptimists and the Muckleshoot Tribe.

Fact: The market is extremely fortunate and proud to have a dedicated group of volunteers who give up their Sundays for 16 weeks to provide an outstanding community service to the city by their support and dedication.

Joanne Macnab, the AIFM market manager and leader, organizes and sustains the operation in its positive, forward push for growth and healthy attendance.

Finally, in 2012, the AIFM was named among the Top 5 Favorite Markets in Washington State.

– Bill Peloza, market founder, Auburn City Council member

Poor restroom availability Roegner Park restrooms?

Let me see. Auburn Riverside High School closes for the summer. Restrooms are opened. The school opens for the new term. Restrooms are padlocked closed.

Please let the Auburn Parks department know we are not stupid people, and the closure has nothing to do with winterization. They don’t winterize Game Farm Park.

It is simply a matter that instead of enforcing loitering laws, they ticket student parking in the lot and have

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A woman made a splash, claiming Sun had molested her as a child. She quietly dropped her lawsuit.

A ruling reinstated the police chief.

And now, a citizens-led recall is in motion.

The trouble is that Sun fears no one, trusts only a chosen few. How can Pacific trust a stubborn man, a highly decorated war veteran fighting a phantom enemy?

And when is Pacific going to move ahead? When was the last time it did something constructive for itself?

Can this hamlet tend to business instead of power plays?

When can a divided community, known to voice its discontent with past mayoral administrations, come to its senses? When can the separate camps stop sniping at each other, filling the wind with allegations, rumors and gossip that are characteristic of a Mayberry Gone Bad? True to what he said during the campaign, Sun threw the ax, fired key staff and emptied City Hall.

He left it full of vacan-

the school maintain control over its students. It is easier to punish the community as a whole that uses the park.

OK, so no restrooms for the mother’s walking with baby buggies. No restrooms for the toddlers at the playground to use either. Nor for us seniors who walk our dogs and use the newly expanded off-leash dog park.

I almost forgot, there is a poorly maintained Porta-Potty. I used “burn out latrines” in combat that were in better shape than what is being provided for our use.

– Bill Lawrence

Retain meaning of marriage In November we will vote on a foundational issue – the defining of marriage.

Unfortunately the issue has been falsely presented as a “right” instead of a definition. It is not anti-gay to continue a definition of marriage that is held in all major religions and cultures; marriage is between one man and one women.

Good people have been sold on this issue as a right and not a foundational value of our American culture. Gay couples already have achieved the basic rights and have not been cies, crippling the City and rendering it unable to provide basic services. Sun wanted to serve at no cost to the people. He wanted to put his own people in place but wound up producing a mess, a dysfunctional City prone to trouble, even lawsuits.

As one old-timer put it the other day, “Pacific has become a laughingstock in Olympia.”

The embarrassment can be further illustrated by what happened when Pacific, stripped of vital staff oversight, could no longer carry on the crucial Pacific-Sumner City Valentine Road project. To avoid the collapse of the project, the City Council agreed to enter a new inter-local agreement with Sumner, allowing the neighboring City to provide the lead entity role to see the project through.

Throughout this ongoing nine-month drama, Sun has refused to listen to good advice.

He has failed to fill those vacancies, creating a crisis not lost on the Pierce County Superior Court, which has ordered the mayor to begin the hiring

discriminated against.

Referendum 74 is simply about protecting the foundational definition that has stood the test of time.

Thirty-one states have understood this and retained marriage as between one man and one woman.

Washington voters need to reject the false attempt to make it about rights and endorse what marriage is and has always been.

– Steve Altick

Bistro backer We just had dinner at our most favorite restaurant of all time, The Station Bistro, in Auburn.

It gets our vote as one of the Best Places to Eat in all of Western Washington.

– Julie Sdouten

Support Kochmar Linda Kochmar will make an outstanding state representative for the 30th District. She is smart, compassionate and savvy.

We have important issues like funding education first.

Linda is committed to doing just that. She believes the children are our future. It’s just a very smart investment.

– Marie-Anne Harkness process and fill spots in city hall and staff a depleted police department or face severe consequences.

If Sun cannot play by certain rules, he further endangers the City, forcing it to lose its liability insurance coverage. If he cannot respect the required regulations and procedures customary for all cities in this state to function, he puts it at risk.

If Sun cannot comply in time, the City, weary of controversy, remains an accident ready to happen.

Sun was an extraordinary soldier who experienced and survived the horrors of the Korean War. His record speaks for itself. His body is scarred with shrapnel.

He is a self-made, skilled man who courageously tackles everything head on.

Respect him for that.

Change can be for the better, but this is a teardown without a workable plan or a good solution.

Sun wants to serve, help and lead.

And fight.

The recall is his latest battle.

And one he says he will fight to the very end.

At Pacific’s expense.

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Hall to direct ACAP effort

[ GUEST OP from page 7 ] restructuring state spending.

Aside from the budget impact, if the two thirds vote requirement is adopted for the fifth time, constitutional reform is still needed. The voters have voiced their support for a two-thirds vote restriction on four separate occasions, only to have the legislature routinely suspend these requirements.

Some will say this recommendation is tied to the recent Court challenge to the law. Undeterred by four straight losses at the ballot box, opponents of the supermajority vote requirement for tax increases are once again trying to have the voter-approved requirement declared unconstitutional. The State Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments on Sept. 25 challenging the law. A ruling is expected to be issued

“Every day I’m searching for grants to apply for,” said Hall, who also is the center’s director for Head Start. “Part of my day is research and applying for grants.”

The community, meanwhile, has stepped up. Donations have made a new, large playground structure possible.

Hall previously served as director of early childhood at Highline Community College and Renton Technical College.

She owned her own childcare center and early child program in Eatonville for several years before selling it and retiring. She returned to work for the Washington Association for the Education of Young Children.

Hall has more than 20 years

sometime before the 2013 Legislative Session.

Washington Policy Center has long recommended letting the people vote on whether to make the twothirds requirement part of the constitution. Should the Court (as it has done the three previous times) reject the challenge to the nearly 20-year-old statutory requirement enacted by the people and legislature on multiple occasions, this question should still be re-

Shelley Hall brings plenty of experience in early childhood learning to her new job as program director of ACAP Child & Family Services. MARK KLAAS, Auburn Reporter of early childhood experience, including administrative and classroom work.

She earned her undergraduate degree in human development and organizational leadership from Washington State University,

ferred to the voters one last time. This would let us get off this seemingly endless merry-go-round of passing the same law over and over again so we can get some certainty on this policy.

A constitutional amendment would provide the public and businesses with predictability about whether this tax protection will exist from year to year and whether or not the four-time (pending fifth) approval of the voters for

and her master’s at Gonzaga.

Hall and her husband live in Enumclaw. They have three grown children.

For learn more, call 253-939-0870 or visit www.acapchildservices.org.

this policy was a fluke or actually reflects their consistent and ongoing desire for lawmakers to build a strong public consensus on the need for any proposed tax increase.

With voters and lawmakers repeatedly enacting the supermajority vote for taxes requirement over the past 20 years, what could be more representative of the public will than allowing a vote of the people on a constitutional amendment

to help end this debate once and for all?

Jason Mercier is the government reform director at Washington Policy Center, a non-partisan independent policy research organization in Washington state. For more information, visit washingtonpolicy.org.

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Shelley Hall has aggressively taken on a daunting job.

Helping low-income families and responding to the educational needs of children is no easy task for the new program director at ACAP Child & Family Services.

But this is where Hall wants to be, right here, right now. It’s a good fit.

“I love it at ACAP,” Hall said between her many chores in the front office. “I love the children and the families.

“We have some of the most needy families that I’ve seen in a very long time. The poverty level is horrific.”

To better meet the needs of

an underprivileged community, ACAP has undergone many changes in the past year. No longer a go-it-alone nonprofit agency serving area families and children, ACAP has formed a partnership with multi-faceted Auburn Youth Resources, making it one of its many youth programs.

It also moved into a new home, the education wing of the First United Methodist Church at 100 N St. SE last summer.

And now comes new leadership. Hall, who follows a retired Donna Dussault-Walker, and her staff have brought further change.

ACAP now offers a school-age program, and hopes to launch an Early Head Start program with the possible acquisition of a grant.

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Sharing the fun, challenge of science After many travels and adventures, ‘Mr. D’ enjoys chance to guide students

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A roomful of students stares at the teacher as he pitches boldly into an ex-

planation of a knotty It’s the “aha” monew concept. ment, the holy grail TEACHER of teaching.

So it goes, sometimes day after day.

And not so many Then, it happens: years ago, the deep scales fall from the satisfaction and joy eyes, light dances in Coast Guard Lt. James the retinas, a chain reaction Diebag felt teaching adult starts that puffs the blaze education programs whisfrom brain to brain. pered something into his Comprehension. Underear: “You could retire from standing. They got it. the service and teach kids.”

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So he did.

This month the firstyear teacher welcomed his first students into his first science classes at Rainier Middle School, into a room decorated with a dangling sun, dangling planets, fascinating rocks and a thousand other subjects of future inquiry.

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‘Mr. D’, science guy: A former Coast Guard lieutenant, James Diebag has brought a hands-on approach to his science students at Rainier Middle School. ROBERT WHALE, Auburn Reporter ductory level of concepts for kids and you get the aha moment, and you go ‘bingo’ there’s the light bulb, ‘now I see, now I understand, now I get it.’

“I love that process. It’s contagious. It’s neat to be there at that moment,” Diebag said.

A southeast Alaska native, Diebag attended high school in Darrington and returned to Alaska every summer to work on fishing boats.

He attended Central Washington University for a year, met Mindy Fugate of Auburn there, got married, and at 20 joined the U.S. Coast Guard. Ten physical moves in his 20-year career took him to most of the states. He started out at the bottom of the enlisted chain and worked up to E7 in the medical profession.

During his tour in Washington D.C., Diebag earned his graduate degree and bachelor of science from George Washington University. He became a warrant officer and taught science and health care before retiring from the service in 2007 as a lieutenant. The couple settled in his wife’s hometown.

They have two sons, ages 17 and 19.

Diebag’s driving ambition upon his retirement, he said, was “to guide youth in their exploration of life.” With that in mind, The Auburn School District invites the public to an Oct. 1 community meeting regarding the Auburn High School Modernization and Reconstruction Project.

Guided building tours run from 5-6 p.m., followed by the meeting at 6 in the high school library,

he became a scoutmaster and coached soccer and baseball.

“I also substituted in the Auburn School District for a bit,” Diebag said. “What I realized was that, even though I had the skill set and the ability, I didn’t have the tools to teach in a public education setting, especially for middle school and to understand some of the students’ needs and how to meet those needs.”

He returned to school, earning his education degree and picking up his science credentials from the University of Washington Tacoma.

“I had the career in indepth science and chemistry and physiology and so forth in my career, but now it’s more of a hobby versus a career,” Diebag said of teaching science.

His fondest hope as a teacher, he said, is that “every student that comes through Mr. D’s class remembers that ‘Mr. D liked to let me get my hands into it, touch it, feel it, and experiment with it.’ I am someone one who believes you have to have a certain amount of academic work, reading, writing, but the fun of science is the availability of getting your hands on what you’re studying and working with.

“Of course, I also hope they have a lot of fun. That’s the goal,” Diebag said.

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Auburn’s Todd receives volunteer honors from WSU Charles “Chuck” F. Todd of Auburn was among Washington State University’s standout volunteers recognized during the closing session of the WSU Foundation’s annual meeting in Pullman on Sept. 7.

He received the Outstanding Service Award for his philanthropy and volunteer services to the university.

Todd has volunteered 31 years of service to WSU’s 4-H Youth Development Program, in addition to

by the Washington State his personal support. He has College of Engiserved as a mentor, organizSCHOOL University neering and Architecture. er and chaperone in many Heiszler, a 2012 graduate WSU youth programs of Auburn MountianTodd also co-wrote the view High School, plans to first nationally juried and graduate from WSU in May published 4-H computer cur2016 with a degree in computer riculum. engineering. He is an Eagle Scout, Each year through its Outstanda Washington State Scholar and ing Service Awards, the WSU the president of the FIRST RobotFoundation recognizes those ics Team. Heiszler is the son of Evy persons who inspire the wider uniand Dave Heiszler of Kent. … versity community through their exemplary service.

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How many of you struggle with making time for your physical fitness?

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seconds. Then, close your eyes tight, open and repeat. Do this three to four times a day. This simple exercise may help improve your vision.

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Auburn Mountainview girls soccer knocks off Seattle Prep The Auburn Mountainview girls soccer team earned the No. 3 spot in the Seattle Times state 3A ranking with a 1-0 win over two-time defending champs Seattle Prep last Friday.

Kelley Emory scored the match’s lone goal on a penalty kick and Anastasia Finney, and Rachel Fieser combined for the shutout in goal. The Lions also posted a 1-0 win over Wenatchee last Saturday.

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It’s been quite a ride for Auburn Mountainview senior Domenic Rockey.

As a four-year varsity member and three-year starting quarterback, Rockey has seen a lot.

He’s had three coaches in four years and was a crucial part of the Lions’ turnaround that found the team improving from a 4-6 record in 2010, to a playoff-bound 6-4 team last year.

It all started for Rockey in the fifth grade.

Rockey got his start with Auburn Junior Football.

In the sixth grade, Rockey, along with Lion teammates Devin Bryant, Curtis Scott, Brandon Bodine, JJ Lacey and Kijana Dyer, helped the Panthers make it all the way to the title game, where they lost to the Benson Bruins from Renton.

“I played quarterback and tight end because I was a little thicker back then,” Rockey said. “In sixth and seventh grade, that’s when I actually started to get good.

A couple of years after you’ve been playing, that’s when you’re not scared anymore. In fifth grade it’s like ‘oh crap, what am I doing?’”

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Senior Domenic Rockey aims to lead the Auburn Mountainview Lions back to the playoffs for just the second time in school history. Shawn skager, Auburn Reporter Rockey said he first In the seventh grade second game suiting up expected to play for the Rockey switched to the for varsity I got to play a Auburn Trojans.

Kent Knights, where he couple of plays. I got to “I didn’t really know wrapped up his youth play a few series during that there was going to be football career before that year, in blowouts.” a school up here, we all making the Auburn Rockey said he rethought we were going Mountainvew varsity members the first time to go to Auburn,” Rockey squad as a freshman. he found himself under said. “A lot of the Auburn “After two weeks I center under the Friday coaches wanted me to go moved up to varsity,” night lights at Auburn down there because they Rockey said. “I still played Memorial Stadium, came out to all of our quarterback for the fresh[ more Rockey page 16 ] games in sixth-grade.” man team, but in my

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against powerhouse Lakes.

“It was pretty scary because they were pretty big,” he said.

“I just handed the ball off a couple of times.”

After Rockey’s freshman year, Auburn Mountainview’s head coach Mike Clancy stepped down, and newcomer Craig Spence took over.

Rockey said that first summer under Spence’s tutelage was crucial to his development as a quarterback.

“I learned a lot of stuff that year,” Rockey said. “Just understanding coverages and reading your keys. That summer every day after practice we’d stay a couple hours just watching film from college offenses, just studying concepts. That’s why I feel like I’m a coach on the field now, because of all that time learning. Coaches don’t have to coach everything up during the game, I can help now.”

In his first year as the team’s starter, Rockey and the Lions struggled in league play, posting a 1-4 South Puget Sound League Record.

Before summer practices began, Spence was out, leaving Rockey and the rest un-

sure who would lead the team realized how good I could during the 2011 season. be when I was throwing it Then head coach Jared around everywhere,” Rockey Gervais stepped in to fill the said. “In the first game against void, bringing with him the Sumner last year, we were just spread offense and an empha- looking at redeeming oursis on the passing game. selves from the year before.

“I loved it, we threw a lot,” And we knew nobody was Rockey said. “We still had going to expect much from Viktor (Korchemniy, at runus. And we just had a chip on ning back) and we our shoulder. That had a lot of athletes was one of the best that we could just games I ever played get the ball to and let in my high school them make things career. I remember happen. I was especompleting a bunch cially excited to run of passes and thinkthe spread.”

Domenic Rockey ing ‘this spread thing Gervais said is going to be a lot of having a skilled quarfun.’” terback to run the offense was Rockey capped the year off crucial. by shattering all of the school’s “It was huge to have a kid passing records, notchwho could throw the ball and ing more than 2,000 yards get rid of it quick,” Gervais passing and throwing for 15 said. “I think he enjoyed touchdowns. running spread, and most His performance garnered quarterbacks aren’t going to him the attention of several complain that they’ve got to colleges, including Washingthrow it a lot. It was perfect ton State University. having a kid who wanted to “Washington State liked throw it and let those kids me, but they’ve got another on the outside run around guy,” he said. “I’m at the top of with it.” the list. But Eastern WashingRockey and the Lions ton, Portland State and Weber thrived last season under State all said I just have to Gervais’ system, notching a keep up the good work, have 6-4 overall record, including a good season and they would a 3-2 league record, and earn- offer me. They said I’m in ing the program’s first ever their top five for quarterbacks. playoff appearance.

I’ve also got a couple looks “That’s when I really from Utah, and they like me.

“I just want to keep playing, I love this game,” said Rockey, who carries a 3.7 GPA. “I can’t really afford to be too picky with the opportunity. Going and playing and getting an education, that’s what matters.”

“He’s getting better both on the field and off,” Gervais said.

“He’s learned a lot since last year and keeps getting better.

He just needs to keep refining those little things. He has all the quarterback skills that you need, he gets the ball out of his hands well. He just needs to clean up a few small things and he’ll get even better.”

The Lions are 1-2 on the season, with losses to Camas and Sumner and a win over Mount Tahoma.

Already Rockey has thrown the ball 98 times, completing 54 passes for 613 yards and six touchdowns.

Still, he knows he has to get better.

“I don’t think I’ve been playing that well this year,” he said. “I think I’m trying to do too much,” he said. “I think it’s because I know I’m going to throw so much each game, so it’s a lot on me. I think I just need to settle down and focus and just throw it out there and let my receivers catch it.”

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These days people recognize Evan Seinfeld for many things.

“I’m a guy who puts myself out there, so people stop me in the street everyday for different reasons,” Seinfeld, 44, said.

They recognize him from his role as Jaz Hoyt on the TV show “Oz.” Or they recognize him for his appearance on the reality TV show “Supergroup” when he lived and formed a band with rock stars such as Ted Nugent, Sebastian Bach, Scott Ian and Jason Bonham.

“Some people go, ‘hey you’re that guy from that reality TV show,” Seinfeld said.

“You’re the guy who slapped Sebastian Bach.’”

Sometimes they recognize him from his career as a porn star or his marriages to porn divas Tera Patrick and his current wife Lupe Fuentes.

When he’s recognized for his music career, however, as the frontman for Biohazard or his gig with his new band Attika 7, Seinfeld knows he’s doing something right.

“When somebody says that, it lets me know I’m connecting the dots pretty good,” he said.

This Saturday, Seinfeld and Attika 7 play the White River Amphitheatre in Auburn as part of the multi-band Uproar Festival, featuring Godsmack, Shinedown, Staind and Adeli-

tas Way. For more than 20 years Seinfeld fronted New York City hardcore band Biohazard.

“I felt like I had taken that band as far as it could go,” he said.

Realizing that he wanted to head in a different direction, Seinfeld left the band, hooked up with motorcycle builder, actor and guitarist Rusty Coones to form Attika 7. The band released its debut album “Blood of My Enemies” on July 31.

“I really wanted to do something that was creatively more satisfying,” he said. “I wanted something a little more melodic and something new, something fresh and

Attika7, from left, Evan Seinfeld, Zach Broderick, Rusty Coones, Scott Reeder and Tommy Holt, play the White River Amphitheatre this Saturday at the Uproar Festival. Courtesy Photo exciting. I wanted to do something that was more about my lifestyle today, how I live my life today. Which is riding bikes (motorcycles) with my friends, hot girls, outlaws and bad ass hard rock.

Now, Seinfeld said, he feels

like he’s moving forward again, which he said is crucial.

“I’m the kind of person that if I don’t feel like I’m moving or advancing, I feel like I’m moving backwards or falling down a hole,” Seinfeld said.

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with such amazing big bands like Godsmack an Shinedown. To be doing something new is exciting for me.”

The Uproar Festival kicks off at the White River Ampitheatre beginning at 1:05 p.m. Saturday.

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Ask Big Daddy Ritch for a quick explanation of Texas Hippie Coalition’s sound and he delivers straight from the hip.

“It’s like ZZ Top and Pantera had a child and gave it to Johnny Cash to raise,” Ritch said. “It’s like a heathen child.”

On Sept. 27 Ritch, and Texas Hippie Coalition (THC), roll into Kent’s Showare Center with Lynyrd Skynryd and Shooter Jennings to deliver a night of southern fried rock and roll served up with a helping of pure outlaw country and topped off with THC’s own brand of Red Dirt Metal.

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“There is Red Dirt Country down in this area,” said Ritch, who hails from North Texas. “Texas radio has their own chart, called Red Dirt Country. I was just hangin with those country guys (guys Billy Joe Shaver, David Allan Coe, Stony LaRue, Cross Canadian Ragweed) and after hearing our music, that storytelling style similar to Red Dirt Country, they just dubbed us Red Dirt Metal.

“We know those guys are proud to be Red Dirt Country and they gave us that badge of Red Dirt Metal, and we’re going to where that proudly and let everybody know,” he added.

That pride is evident on the band’s third album “Peace-

maker,” which features 12 tracks of whiskey-sodden, Texas power grooves, garnished with a nod to the storytelling roots of Ritch’s influences.

“Growing up in Texas, we just listened to Johnny Cash, Waylon and Willie,” Ritch said. “That was my daddy’s style of music. But my daddy also turned me on to Bob Seger, Steve Miller and stuff like that. And he was always keeping me up on the outlaws, stuff like Lynyrd Skynryd, Molly Hatchet, ZZ Top, .38 Special, those great bands. I just grew up with them. Then you get on your

own and discover bands like Van Halen, Mötley Crüe, Cinderella, and that’s where the party-style atmosphere came from. Then I discovered Corrosion of Conformity, Pantera, Clutch and that music was just awesome.”

According to Ritch, the idea for THC percolated around the back of his skull for awhile, while he slowly set about finding just the right musicians to jam with.

“I was just kind of handpicking the best bass player (John Exall) from this band, the best guitar player (Randy Cooper) from this band, just handpicking the best musi-

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Of course they were all from good bands, so it was kind of hard to get them over here to do something different.

But I just threatened to whup ‘em, and they went ahead and jumped on board.”

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The band has also toured non-stop, playing both nationally and internationally.

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“It’s nice when you’re in that groove, that Texas groove and someone says they hear Pantera in it,” he said. “But it’s also nice when someone says they can hear Johnny Cash, it just feels good. It feels good to know all those influences are coming out.”

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Auburn International Farmers Market: 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Sundays, through Sept. 23, Auburn Sound Transit Plaza, 23 A St. SW. Opening its fourth season. Market features more than 40 vendors offering a variety of fresh locally grown farm-based foods, hand-crafted items, and a concession stand that is restaurant-based but features a home-cooked taste. • Sunday’s program: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., meet garden expert Marianne Binetti for “Ideas and Answers for Fall Gardening “ Tips on fall decorating, planting and lawn care. Free. For more information, visit www.auburnfarmersmarket.org.

Puyallup Fair, “Get Your Happy On�: Sept. 7-23, Puyallup Fair & Events Center, 110 9th Ave. SW, Puyallup. Hours: 10 a.m.-10 p.m., Monday-Thursday; 10 a.m.-11 p.m., Friday; 9 a.m.-11 p.m. (buildings and exhibits open at 10 a.m.)

Saturday; 9 a.m.-10 p.m. (buildings and exhibits open at 10 a.m.). Admission: $12.50 adults; $9 students (6-18); $9 seniors (62 and older; 5 and under) free. Parking: $10, Monday- Friday; $12 Saturday, Sunday.

Info: www.thefair.com, 253-841-5045.

AVCA Open House: 5-9 p.m., Sept. 21; 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Sept. 22, 108 S. Division St., Suite D, Auburn (two blocks south of City Hall). Wine and hors d’oeuvres, original art piece to be raffled. Sign up for classes.

Presented by the Auburn Valley Creative Arts at new gallery location.

Outlaw Days at Mary Olson Farm: 1:15 and 2:45 p.m., Sept. 29-30, Oct. 6-7, Mary Olson Farm, 28728 Green River Road, Auburn. Relive the days of old West outlaws with “Gentleman Desperado,� a new interac-

tive theater experience by Seattle playwright Keri Healey. The event, sponsored by 4culture’s site specific projects, takes us back to 1902 when the Olson family was held hostage by notorious outlaw Harry Tracy. The theater experience takes place in vignettes throughout the farm, allowing guests to flow at their own pace; listening, watching and interacting with all of the outlaw action. Tickets: $5 adults, $3 seniors and children 12 and under. Purchase tickets at the festival or online at www.wrvmuseum.org.

Community meeting, Auburn High School Modernization and Reconstruction Project: 6 p.m., Oct. 1, Auburn High School Library, 800 4th St. NE. Guided building tours run from 5-6 p.m., followed by the meeting at 6. The gathering is an opportunity for the community to hear details about the project and have questions answered. For more information about the project, visit at ahsproject.auburn. wednet.edu/.

Harvest Moon Open House: 1-4 p.m., Oct. 7, Wesley Homes Lea Hill, 32049 109th Place, Auburn. Free to the public. Try dishes prepared by our own Wesley Homes culinary team. Chat with Wesley Homes’ residents, staff and volunteers. Take a self-guided tour of the campus and scenic walking trails. See a variety of resident homes and available accommodations. Win prizes, featuring a three-day trip of your choice with Alki Tours.

For more information, visit wesleyhomes. com.

Auburn Wedding Show: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Oct. 20; 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Oct. 21, Emerald Downs, 2300 Emerald Downs Drive. Free admission, free parking, free tote. Sponsored

by Tents & Events Party Rentals, and Auburn Tourism Board. For more information, visit www.auburnwedding show.com.

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Benefits Walk the Wall: 9:30 a.m., Sept. 22, Roegner Park, picnic shelter, 601 Oravetz Road SE, Auburn. 10-K walk. Registration begins at 9 a.m., walk at 9:30. Proceeds support International China Concern, a Christian development organization that changes lives by bringing love, hope and opportunity to China’s abandoned and disabled. To register or to donate, visit walkthewall.kintera.org/faf/home. For more information, contact Jensen Brown, browncircus@comcast.net, 253-886-3332.

Hoops, Honor & Food Basketball Game: 6 p.m., Sept. 30, Auburn Adventist Academy Gym,5000 Auburn Way S. Game between the Auburn Police Officers and firefighters from the Valley Regional Fire Authority to benefit the Auburn Food Bank.

For more information, call 253-740-4983 or email awakening1@comcast.net.

The Auburn Youth Soccer Association, Rainier Valley Slammers FC: 6-11 p.m., Oct. 13, Green River Community College, 12401 SE 320th St., Auburn. Money generated from AYSA’s primary fundraising event provide scholarships for player fees and help defray the cost of uniforms, fields and training for all AYSA players. AYSA and Slammers FC serve South King County boys and girls, ages 5 to 18. Each player and family is asked to participate by procuring items to be auctioned off. Local businesses can donate items to the cause as well.

Donated items need to be to the club by Sept. 28. The public is invited. Tickets are $35. Your donation is tax deductible. AYSA Northwest is a non-profit organization. For more information, tickets or to donate an item, contact auction coordinator Heather Rowan at 72sandh95@gmail.com, or visit www.auburnyouthsoccer.net.

Waddell & Reed’s Oktoberfest: 4-9 p.m., Oct. 25, Truitt Building, 102 W.

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Puget Sound Blood Center drives: 9-11 a.m., noon-3 p.m., Sept. 24, Muckleshoot Tribal School, small gym, 15599 SE 376th St. For more information, call 253945-8667 or please visit www.psbc.org.

Clubs Striped Water Poets: Meet every Tuesday, 7- 9 p.m., at Auburn City Hall, 25 W. Main St. A roundtable critique and welcoming of new poets.

Auburn Morning Toastmasters: Meet every Thursday morning, 6:30-7:30, Rainbow Cafe, 112 E. Main St., Auburn.

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Seniors Auburn Senior Activity Center, 808 Ninth St. SE. 253-931-3016 or www. auburnwa.gov. Senior activities include: • Senior Coffee Hours with the Mayor and Councilmembers: 10-11 a.m. the second Thursday of the month. • Lunch: Monday-Friday, Salad bar begins at 11:30, Main meal is served at noon. Cost: $3 donation for ages 60 and over, $5.75 for those younger than 60. • Movie Screenings: Wednesdays, 1 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. 50 cent suggested donation for refreshments. • Monday Supper Club: 4:45-6 p.m.

One Monday a month. Call 253-931-3016 for date and menu. Cost: $6 for all ages. • Meals on Wheels: Senior services’ program offers home-delivered meals to home-bound seniors. For more information, call the center at 253-931-3016. • Health Fair, “Re-energize with Wellnessâ€?: 9:30 a.m.-noon, Sept. 27. Lunch 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The Auburn Senior Wellness team has planned a day of health screenings, informational booths, breakout session and lunch with entertainment from the Bodacious Ladyhood. A raffle for door prizes follows lunch. • Hiking Group 50+: Do you like the outdoors? Are you looking to get some more exercise? Don’t like to hike alone? Then we have the group for you. The group hikes 3-5 times a month throughout the Puget Sound region. The hikes range from 3-7 miles and are from easy to moderate. Please call 253 931-3016 for more information.

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Classic Kid’s Movies Series Package: 2 p.m. Saturdays, Auburn Avenue Theater, 10 Auburn Ave. • Sept. 22: “Charlotte’s Webâ€?; Oct. 6: “Flipperâ€?; • Jan. 12: “An American Tailâ€?; • Feb. 2: “Babeâ€? ; March 2: “Hey There It’s Yogi Bear!â€? Series package: $10. Call Auburn Parks, Arts and Recreation at 253-931-3043, Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.9 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to noon. Order online at www.brownpapertickets.com.

Johnny Cash Tribute Show: 7 p.m., Sept. 15, Auburn Performing Arts Center, 700 E. Main St.; and 2 p.m., Sept. 16, IKEA Performing Arts Center, 400 S. 2nd St., Renton. Tommy Cash, the youngest brother of the famed entertainer, keeps the legendary artist’s music alive, performing about 25 of his hits. Opening for Tommy Cash will be Seattle’s own Convergence Zone performing country songs mixed with a little bluegrass.

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September Comedy at the Ave: 7:30 p.m., Sept. 22, Auburn Avenue Theater, 10 Auburn Ave. Great regional comedy.

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Tickets: $17, $15. Call Auburn Parks, Arts and Recreation at 253-931-3043, MondayThursday, 8 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to noon. Order online at www.brownpapertickets.com.

Jet Cities Sweet Adelines Chorus 50th Anniversary Show: 2, 7 p.m., Sept. 22, Auburn Performing Arts Center, 700 E Main St. Musical entertainment by Jet Cities Chorus featuring a capella singing by a 50-member female chorus. Guest Quartet: Da Capo Men’s Barbershop Quartet. Tickets range $20-$25. Order tickets through www. brownpapertickets.com.

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6 CEMETERY PLOTS avail. Beautiful, quiet, peaceful space in the G a r d e n o f D ev o t i o n .

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2 CHIHUAHUA’S - Long coat, AKC registered.

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A K C G R E AT D A N E puppies! Health guarantee! Very sweet, lovable, intelligent, gentle giants.

Males and females. Now offering Full-Euro’s, HalfEuro’s & Standard Great Danes. Dreyersdanes is Oregon state’s largest breeder of Great Danes and licensed since 2002. $500 & up (every color but Fawn). Also; selling Standard Poodles. Call 5 0 3 - 5 5 6 - 4 1 9 0 . www.dreyersdanes.com LABRADOR

EXCELLENT HUNTING Lab Puppies. Father is out of top line Pointing kennel. Mother is top registered. davycrockett1@wildblue.net. 360432-8290 (3) MINIATURE YORKSHIRE Terrier Puppies Fo r S a l e. T h ey a r e 9 weeks old and ready for a new home. I have 1 female and 2 males left.

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AKC BRITTANY PUPPIES. Beautiful 10 week old registered pups.

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AKC CHAMPION LAB P U P P I E S ! I n c r e d i bl e pedigree of field trial title holders and hunting pros. Mom, Dad, and Grandpa are staunch pointers of upland birds.

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16’ 1969 STARCRAFT Boat, 35 HP Johnson motor & trailer. Good condition! Great for fishing, first beginner-type boat. Covered and stored. $1,500 or best offer. Aubur n. Ask for 2 AQHA HORSES, start- G e o r g e, i f n o o n e i s e d w i t h 9 0 d ay s p r o home, please leave a t r a i n i n g . G e n t l e a n d message 253-833-8656. ready to progress. Both Marine are 2 years old. One Sail mare and one gelding.

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by Sally Bahous. Tickets: $6. Call Auburn Parks, Arts and Recreation at 253-931-3043, Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to noon. Order online at www. brownpapertickets.com.

Hell’s Belles: 7:30 p.m., Oct. 5, Auburn Avenue Theater, 10 Auburn Ave. Committed, ferocious, meticulous women rock musicians will deliver authentic AC/DC to the Ave. Tickets: $20, $18. Call Auburn Parks, Arts and Recreation at 253-931-3043, Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to noon. Order online at www. brownpapertickets.com.

Glenn Miller Orchestra: 7:30 p.m., Oct. 12, Auburn Performing Arts Center, 700 E. Main St. Bringing the unique jazz sound,

the Glenn Miller Orchestra is considered to be one of the greatest bands of all time.

Formed in 1956, the orchestra has been touring consistently since, playing an average of 300 live dates a year all around the world. Tickets: $17, $15. Call Auburn Parks, Arts and Recreation at 253-931-3043, Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to noon. Order online at www.brownpapertickets.com.

“Willy Wonka”: 7:30 p.m., Oct. 19, 20, 26, 27; 2 p.m., Oct. 20, 26, Auburn Avenue Theater, 10 Auburn Ave. Roald Dahl’s scrumdidilyumptious musical is guaranteed to delight everyone’s sweet tooth. Tickets: $14, $12 (pre-sale only); $17, $15 at the door.

Call Auburn Parks, Arts and Recreation at 253-931-3043, Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.9 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to noon. Order online at www.brownpapertickets.com.

Poetry at The Station Bistro: 7-10 p.m., first Mondays of each month, Bistro, 110 Second St. SW, Suite 125, Auburn. Poets featured at the open mic venue. Presented

by The Station Bistro, the Northwest Renaissance, Auburn Striped Water Poets. Open to poets of every age and skill level. • Oct. 1 program: Peter Ludwin and Kevin Miller. For more info, contact mcbreenpost@aol.com.

PUBLIC NOTICES 2012-0363 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Hearing Examiner for the King County Council will meet in the Ginger Room on the 12th floor of the King County Courthouse, 516 Third Avenue, Seattle, Washington, on Wednesday, October 3, 2012, at the time listed, or as soon thereafter as possible, to consider applications for classification and real property assessment under Current Use Assessment Statute RCW 84.34, all listed hereafter; 1:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible.

2012-0363 - E12CT011 – Jamie Lynn for property located at 34815 212th Avenue SE, Auburn, WA 98092; STR: SE-20-21-06; SIZE: 19.76 acres; REQUEST: Public Benefit Rating System; Tax #202106-9013.

Details are available from the King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks, Rural and Regional Services Section,

Zola’s Cafe: Live music every Friday, 7-9 p.m., 402 E. Main St., Suite 120. Open mic on the last Wednesday of the month.

For information, contact Sonia Kessler at the cafe at 253-333-9652.

Auditions “Scrooge The Musical”: 7 p.m.

Sept. 25 and Sept. 27, Performing Arts Building, main campus, Green River Community College, 12401 SE 320th St., Auburn.

Presented by Heavier Than Air Family Theater, Green River Community College’s resident community theater. Those auditioning should plan on attending both days.

All adult roles are open. Auditioners should, but are not required to, bring a picture and lead sheet. This is a group audition and no advanced preparation is necessary. Informal read-through type auditions will be held for adults, ages 16 and above. Needed

are community actors and actresses, with strong singing, dancing and acting skills.

For more detail, visit www.heavierthanair. com. Rehearsals will be every Tuesday and Thursday from 7-9:30 p.m., beginning Oct. 4, with performances scheduled for Dec. 14, 15, 16, 21, and 22. The entire cast must be available for all scheduled rehearsals and performances. For more information, contact Joe Baker at 253-833-9111, ext. 2409.

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“Seattle has a great talent pool of comedians, national touring comedians. So we’re snatching all the great headliners to finish out our year. As we move forward into the first quarter of next year, we’ll start having celebrity headliners coming in.”

Mackie and Knopp got their start in the entertainment business as karaoke performers.

“We enjoyed that a lot, and after doing it on the weekends we decided we wanted to do it as a side thing,” Mackie explained.

“So we put together our own karaoke system, bought everything that we needed and grew it from there.”

For the past five years the duo, who perform as Mackie and Tygger, contracted with local bars, providing hosted karaoke nights.

Soon, however, Mackie said they acquired so much gear, including mics, speakers and lighting, that they decided to branch out.

Two years ago they started Mackie Systems Entertainment, setting up stages for local music and comedy shows, including the annual Woofstock Animal Adoption and Music Festival.

But the plan was always to open their own place.

“Our overall dream is to have our own nightclub,” Mackie said. “But with the overall cost of that, we thought we’d start off small. That’s how we came across doing a small intimate comedy club and build it from there.

“After looking around and researching all the variables involved with opening a business I landed in my hometown, Auburn,” Mackie said.

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The plan for the club now is to offer comedy three nights a week – an open-mic on Tuesdays and bigger-name comedian showcases on Friday and Saturday.

“Tuesdays are free,” Mackie said. “It’s funny because those are just great shows, you never know what you’re going to see.”

This weekend, Main Street begins its comedy showcases with Seattle comedians Jubal Early and Kelsey Cook. The laughs continue on Sept. 28-29 with national acts James Heneghen and Brad Brake.

The cover for weekend showcases ranges from $10 to $20 and includes a drink and a slice of Godfather’s pizza.

“We don’t have our own kitchen, so we got a hot box from Godfathers, and they bring in pizza for us,” Mackie said.

The club also has a deal in place for patrons to order off neighboring Japanese restaurant Sushido’s menu.

The club’s capacity is about 50 people, but Mackie said he plans to grow the business slowly.

“When the lease is up, we plan on moving to a bigger spot somewhere else on Main Street,” Mackie said.

For now, Mackie and Knopp are just happy to be where they are.

“Everything just kind of fit well, plus I wanted to liven up downtown Auburn. It’s also great for the whole valley. You have to drive a fair distance for a real comedy club.

Other bars will have a comedian now and then, but when you go see comedy in a bar, it’s a little bit of a different feel. The comedy isn’t their main focus, so they don’t take pride in the comedy exclusively. So with this being a comedy club, there is a big difference.”

The Main Street Comedy Club is at 113 E. Main St.

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A Regional Approach Produces Efficiencies, Competitive Edge Message from the Chair | John Marchione, Mayor, City of Redmond I’m pleased to announce that Cascade has progressed from its original status as a watershed management partnership, to a municipal corporation. This important step provides Cascade with flexibility to address future challenges as we continue to strive to provide water resources to the region for the future. the change in status was made possible through the recently adopted joint municipal utilities services authority act (JmUsa) that allows more efficient use of public dollars when municipalities and special districts combine to provide essential public services. Legislators saw the benefit and the act gained broad support.

JmUsa was adopted in 2011. in July, Cascade became the first municipal corporation in the state to be formed under JmUsa. Our customers, residents and ratepayers will all benefit as a result.

A Competitive Edge for Puget Sound | according to a pronouncement made earlier this summer by Cascade and all the major water providers in King, pierce and snohomish counties, the puget sound

region will have enough water for the next 50 years. Better forecasting, wise infrastructure investment by the utilities, and smart use of water by consumers and the utilities means water will be available. this is not only important for us as we turn on the tap at home but it offers the region a tremendous economic advantage as we look out to the future.

Unlike in other parts of the country, we can tell business that the region will have enough water to support population and economic growth. We are well positioned here in this region when it comes to the essential necessity of water.

our members have combined to form Cascade to ensure they have high quality great tasting water today and tomorrow.

From local fairs to farmers’ markets and other events, thousands of Cascade area residents stopped by to visit our booths, getting information about Cascade and our water saving ideas. enjoy these last days of summer and the coming of fall—and use our wonderful water wisely!

Celebrating summer in our member communities | Cascade was present in every one of its members’ communities this summer sharing with residents how

Public Can Help Find Remaining Milfoil After Successful Treatments When Cascade Water Alliance purchased Lake Tapps two years ago, some of the shallow coves were so thick with milfoil homeowners said it felt like they could ‘walk on water.’ that’s dangerous, according to the state department of ecology (dOe), which classifies eurasian milfoil as a noxious weed. By law, Cascade needed to address the infestation and has spent the past two summers using chemical treatments in milfoil prone areas. a third treatment was scheduled for this summer but the reduction in numbers of returning plants was so dramatic, contractor aquatechnex suggested hand-pulling the remaining plants this year.

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“We’re asking the public to help us find these remaining pockets of milfoil,” said Jon shimada, Cascade Capital projects director. most of what’s in the lake are native plants, which are beneficial to Like us on Facebook!

the health of the lake. “if you think you have milfoil, send us picture (to contact@ cascadewater.org) and if it’s eurasian milfoil, we’ll schedule a time to pull it out.”

eurasian milfoil is easily identifiable with multiple fronds spiraling from the center stem. native plants typically have broader leaves.

Congressman adam smith with michael Gagliardo, Cascade, at the White river diversion dam and fish passage. Cascade is working with the Congressman and the army Corps of engineers to secure funds for much needed repairs and improvements to these facilities.

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