Enumclaw Courier-Herald, October 10, 2012

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SEE INSIDE: What’s coming up? Get the scoop from the local chamber of commerce, page 3 . . . . Rich Elfers: transparency can be tricky, page 6 . . . . Catch up with police reports, visit our website . . . . White River football wins another, page 10

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City gets ready for lean 2013

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From your local firefighters • Fire District 28 will host an open house from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at district headquarters, 1330 Wells St. in Enumclaw. All are invited for tours, activities for kids, educational booths and a car extrication demonstration at 2:30. • In Buckley, the Firefighters Association will host a bingo fundraiser Thursday night at the Buckley Eagles. Included is a silent auction and dessert bar. The public is encouraged to attend.

By Kevin Hanson Senior Writer

Junior football? • Due to space limitations, this week’s recap of Junior Hornet football is online only: visit www.courierherald.com.

Weather Our beautiful fall continues today, Wednesday, with mostly sunny skies and highs in the mid-60s and overnight lows falling into the mid-40s. The pattern repeats on Thursday, but clouds will begin to roll in overnight and rain is expected all weekend.

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Good times Saturday at the Wellness Expo

Sharon and Jerry Wilcox enjoyed a little square dancing during Saturday’s 21st annual Plateau Health and Wellness Expo. The event, which took place in the Enumclaw High commons and gymnasium, was hosted by the Enumclaw Regional Healthcare Foundation and St. Elizabeth Hospital. The Expo featured screening for blood pressure, cholesterol and glucose levels, cardiac risk assessments, flu shots and more. There were events for kids, too, like a presentation by The Reptile Man and a bike rodeo. Dennis Box, The Courier-Herald

As they set sail on another budget season, members of the Enumclaw City Council will again be facing some turbulent budget waters. Fallout continues from the recession that began thwarting the economy in 2008 and Enumclaw continues looking at tough times when it comes to matching anticipated revenues with desired expenditures. Mayor Liz Reynolds has not yet released her budget, but the council has starting received tentative information with an eye to the 2013 spending plan. City administration briefed the council on the potential revenue picture two weeks ago and plenty is planned for the next month. The council will host budget workshops beginning at 7 p.m, on Oct. 17 and Oct. 24. On Oct. 22 and Nov. 13, the council hosts public hearings on estimated revenues and the setting of a property tax levy for next year. Also on the 22nd, the council has a public hearing to debate solid waste rates to be charged next year. The public hearings will begin at 7:30 and all sessions take place in city hall, 1339 Griffin Avenue.

Support system crucial in cancer fight Daniel Nash Staff Writer

Marilyn Hash sits in the newspaper office, nearing the end of a conversation about her life with non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, and she’s just been asked what she tells people who have been recently diagnosed. She pauses for a moment

and offers this: “I don’t tell,” she said. “I don’t tell them anything, but I do listen. And often they have questions. “One of the things I learned… is how lucky I am to have a strong support system.” Hash was diagnosed with follicular lymphoma on Nov. 10, 2000; you don’t forget a date like

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that, she said. It all started after an onset of pain sent Hash to the Enumclaw hospital. Staff initially could not find the cause of the problem. They administered a CT scan on a hunch that she had an aneurysm in her aorta.

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