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City says no to solid waste transfer station

By ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com

City leaders last week put their collective foot down — official Auburn wants nothing to do with a solid waste transfer station at

either of two possible sites King County is considering inside city limits.

City council members at last week’s City Council meeting adopted a resolution stating their unanimous opposition to locating

a transfer station either west of Lowe’s or east of the Supermall as a replacement for King County’s aging, outmoded, 50-year-old transfer station in Algona.

“This is a resolution from our city council that we don’t believe

either of the locations within the city of Auburn are appropriate sites for the transfer station, and as such we will be arguing against their placement here,” said Deputy Mayor Nancy Backus.

City leaders acted on the heels of

the county’s recent announcement that it had pared its new transfer station list to four alternative sites in the south King County area. In addition to the Auburn sites, [ more STATION page 2 ]

Section of corridor now open

By ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com

The long-awaited A-B Street corridor opened Sept. 29.

But not all of it, just the new section of A Street Northwest between 14th Street Northwest and the SHAG senior apartments on 10th Street.

Holding up the opening of the long-sought connection between the city’s downtown and its north end had been Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad’s Lewis last-minute demand for a fully-signalized railroad crossing over the spur between the parts of Mohawk Northern Plastic’s (AMPAC’s) operation, and, in part, who would pay for it.

“We reached a settlement today, which must be ratified by the Utilities and Transportation Commission,” Mayor Pete Lewis wrote Sept. 28 about talks between the City and AMPAC on one side and BNSF on the other.

The City must wait to open the section that links the [ more CORRIDOR page 2 ]

Students at Holy Family School helped raise money so that others living half a world away could play soccer and gather water. COURTESY PHOTO

STUDENTS REACH OUT

TO HELP SMALL NATION

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Artful honor

Tacoma artist Rachael Dotson supervises Taylor Barron as the 17-year-old Auburn Mountainview High School student applies strokes to one panel of the veteran’s mural, which, come November, will permanently decorate the back wall of Auburn High School’s Memorial Stadium. American Legion

Post 78’s Louie Lopez, an Army veteran of the Vietnam War, conceived of the project as a way to honor veterans’ sacrifices and to highlight the Auburn Veterans Day Parade. Post 78 chose Dotson to design the 175-by-8-foot mural. The student crew from Auburn Mountainview and Auburn High School is working inside the old Public Health building on Auburn Avenue to complete the project.

ROBERT WHALE, Auburn Reporter

Glenn Miller Orchestra swings into Auburn

By SHAWN SKAGER sskager@auburn-reporter.com

When it comes to big bands, they don’t come any bigger than

Tickets: www.auburnwa.gov/arts | 253-931-3043

the Glenn Miller Orchestra.

For more than 70 years the music of Glenn Miller and his band has endured, thrilling audiences of all ages with American Song-

Hope comes in the shape of a soccer ball for one impoverished, small African nation.

Recognizing this, a compassionate teacher and her gracious students at Holy Family Catholic School made the long-distance connection.

Katie Dempsey’s

book chestnuts like “Pennsylvania 6-5000,” “In The Mood,” “Moonlight Serenade” and “Chattanooga Choo Choo.”

The Glenn Miller Orchestra will make a stop in Auburn on Friday, bringing the hits of the ’30s and

seventh-graders raised about $1,000 from two on-campus springtime soccer camps to purchase soccer balls and water-carrying products for the communities of Burundi – a landlocked nation in Eastern Africa, one of the five poorest countries in the world.

Separated by nearly 9,000 miles, Auburn [ more mission page 2 ]

’40s to the Auburn Performing Arts Center, as part of the Auburn Parks, Arts and Recreation’s Bravo Series.

From its inception in 1939 until its founder Glenn Miller joined the

bravo [ more GMO page 6 ]

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It was a rewarding, moving experience for Dempsey, who had passed that way and Burundi came closer together when before. She had visited Burundi in the sumDempsey made the summer trip to Africa mer of 2011 – part of a volunteer mission to deliver the goods. trip – and come back with stories about “They actually were praying for soccer kids playing with soccer ball made from balls,” Dempsey said of visiting the villages garbage bags. She described what she had from mid-June to mid-August. “They were seen to her students, and the soccer fanatics unbelievably excited. Their faces lit up.” in her class wanted to help.

It was a mission trip, an outreach opStudents hosted soccer camps for youngportunity for Dempsey’s enterprising kids sters last spring to raise money. Dempsey to complete a service project, part of their supervised as her students organized the religion grade. drills, scheduled and instructed the camps.

Dempsey toiled but was able to secure More than 80 kids participated in the two and distribute a dozen soccer balls camps. in the country, at a cost of 25,000 Mission accomplished, Dempsey Burundi Francs apiece, or about 17 returned from Africa and shared U.S. dollars. There are no sporting her experience with the class in a goods outlets there, she said, maybe photo-filled PowerPoint show. a fabric store with a few soccer balls “They were excited. They said tucked away on a shelf. they would do it again,” Dempsey “I had more than one person say said of her students’ reaction. to me, ‘For the amount of money Dempsey Connected globally, Holy Family you just paid for the ball, we could seventh-graders might do another pay for a goat,’ ” Dempsey said. fundraising project to help another country “The rate of poverty is horrendous and next summer. the inflation there, between last summer Dempsey said her students feel an obligaand this summer, was significant,” she tion to help others. She is more than willing added. “But even with the level of poverty, to show the way. the general level of happiness of the people “It’s real important for them to get an unthere was quite interesting to see. It’s inderstanding that we’re all interconnected, teresting to see how content they are, how we’re all God’s children,” she said. “There spiritual so many of the people are.” really is no difference fundamentally beDempsey used the remaining money to buy tanks and other containers for villagers tween myself and somebody in Zimbabwe, in Peru or wherever. to use to fill with water and transport to “It’s that ability to get them actually their communities, especially those with connected, by them raising the money, elderly people. She also donated money to distributing it, even though they can’t come help finance corrective surgery for a child with me,” she said. “For me to bring the afflicted with tuberculosis. information, the pictures and stories back, “I wanted to make sure the money was all spent and spent well and spent with (my is (helpful to them). And having them buy into all of that is important.” students’) blessings,” Dempsey said.

No criminal charges in Pacific investigation No criminal charges will be filed following investigations of the Pacific mayor and the City’s police department, King County Sheriff Steve Strachan announced last week. Pacific City Council President Leanne Guier made a formal request to the Sheriff’s Office on July 18 to conduct an independent investigation into allegations of misconduct by Mayor Cy Sun and members of the Pacific Police Department. The Sheriff’s Office contacted the Washington State Patrol and requested that it separately conduct the investigation regarding allegations against officers from the police department, and the Sheriff’s Office would handle the investigation involving the mayor.

Day of Play Athina Buchonis, 7, and Dillon Hill, 11, above, enjoy an inflatable pit during the Nickelodeon Kiwanis Club Day of Play at Les Gove Park last weekend. Right, a member of the Auburn Riverside Key Club joins the jump bag race.

RACHEL CIAMPI, Auburn Reporter

[ corridor from page 1 ] recently opened section to the already-completed-and-open corridor that extends A Street Northwest west of the Auburn Post Office on 3rd Street Northwest to a point just north of AMPAC. The tentative solution is awaiting confirmation by all parties before it can be off to the UTC. The date when

the entire corridor opens to traffic is not yet known, but it is likely to open first with the flaggers AMPAC has always employed until the fully-signalized intersection is in place.

When that last link opens, a driver starting at South 277th will be able to scoot all the way to West Main Street.

As BNSF Spokesman Gus Melonas told the Auburn Reporter before the talks began, “the

[ station from page 1 ] the county is studying a parcel just outside of Federal Way and another in

state’s and our position is that for safety reasons and with projected increased traffic that we would prefer to see the automatic warning devices included at this private crossing, with flashers and gates.”

Twice a week, typically between 11 p.m. and 4 a.m., Mohawk Northern Plastics, which does business as AMPAC at 701 A St. NE, transports loads of chemicals over a private

Algona.

King County put together a committee more than two years ago to examine and grade its existing transfer

stations. Committee members examined the stations and stamped many of them “deficient.” The Algona station was critiqued for

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lacking space for vehicles to line up, extended wait times, inability to compact waste, absence of recycling services and other “service deficiencies.” King County’s Solid Waste Transfer and Waste Management Plan calls for its replacement.

“The bottom line was that the sites chosen in Auburn were both in commercial areas, one directly faced the Supermall and was next to the GSA ballfield, the other was right next to Lowe’s, a senior apartment building and a residential neighborhood, which was not appropriate for that facility,” Auburn Mayor Pete Lewis said after the meeting.

Council members have consistently cited another reason for their opposition – the high commercial value of both properties, which would be taken off the tax rolls.

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Auburn High School Bond Facts Auburn School District will present an Auburn High School Modernization and Reconstruction Bond proposal on the November 6, 2012 general election ballot. Approval of the $110 million bond will fund the reconstruction of Auburn High School on Main Street and modernize the Automotive Technology Facility and Performing Arts Center. This project will NOT increase average school taxes.

Replaces Aging Building The school is in disrepair. The urgent repairs include:

Broken Underground Heating Pipes

Deteriorated Roof and Rusted Equipment

Old Heating System Controls

Leaking Roof in Library

Saves Over $250,000 Annually in Maintenance and Operation Costs The facility is no longer cost-effective to operate and maintain. A new, efficient facility will save the district $250,000. That’s $250,000 more for classroom learning.

No Increase in Average School Taxes 

Money owed on previous bonds is at an all-time low.

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The district has saved Auburn taxpayers nearly $6 million by refinancing older bonds.

Project Is Eligible for $25 Million State Matching Funds AHS Modernization and Reconstruction Has Similar Costs to a Remodel BUT... 

Reconstruction has a 100-year return on investment versus a 40-year return on investment for a remodel.

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Reconstruction allows for continuous learning while a remodel requires shifting students and teachers to other facilities.

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Reconstruction meets high safety and security standards while a remodel does not.

Provides Facility Comparable to Other Auburn School District High Schools The modernized and reconstructed Auburn High School will: 

be built at its current location in phases so students can safely remain on campus during the project;

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improve heating, cooling and ventilation;

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be under one roof with two points of entry;

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increase student safety;

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provide new classrooms and building technology.

Auburn Mountainview High School

Auburn Riverside High School Proposed Auburn High School

Special exemption: Anyone 61 years of age or older or those who are 100% disabled from work may be exempt from voted levies and bonds. King and Pierce Counties conduct all elections through mail-in ballots only. For voter registration information, visit: www.kingcounty.gov/elections.

Proposition 1 requires a super majority (60%) for passage.

For more information, go to: www.auburn.wednet.edu or www.facebook.com/AuburnSchools.

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Teacher arrested for alleged rape of student REPORTER STAFF

Federal Way police have arrested a 33-year-old high school teacher based on the account of a now-17year-old girl who told her mother she had been having sex with an instructor for the past two years.

Police arrested the Auburn resident, a teacher at Federal Way’s Todd Beamer High School, on Oct. 1 and booked him into jail for investigation of second-degree rape, then released him on his personal recognizance. He did not give a statement upon arrest, police reported.

Because prosecutors

have not yet formally charged the man with a crime, the Auburn Reporter is withholding his name.

The teacher is now on paid administrative leave from Federal Way Public Schools, pending the outcome of the investigation.

Court documents say the girl talked to her mother Oct. 7.

The student revealed that she and a teacher had been having a sexual relationship for the past two years.

The girl’s mother contacted police, and police arrested the teacher at his

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According to police, the suspect had no prior criminal record. All teachers in the school district are required to pass a background and fingerprint check before employment.

The girl provided physical evidence of the relationship, said a police spokeswoman, who declined to give further details. A statement of probable cause reports there were four incidents of sexual intercourse, with the last incident allegedly occurring Feb 4, 2012.

The King County Prosecutor’s Office and Federal Way police are investigating the case. Police expect to file official charges in one to two weeks, the spokeswoman said.

Auburn High School and the Puget Sound Blood Center are hosting a blood drive from 8 a.m.-2:45 p.m. Oct. 31 at the school, 800 4th St. NE. Auburn High, one of the principal donation spots in the region for PSBC, hopes to reach its goal of 250 donations. For more information, call 253-945-8667 or please visit www.psbc.org.

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Police Blotter Auburn police responded to the following calls for service, among many others, between Oct. 4 and Oct. 8.

Oct. 4 Shoplifting: 8:15 p.m., 1101 Supermall Way SW. Two pairs of boots, two shirts and two pairs of leggings up and walked out of Debs Shop in the Supermall.

Burglary: overnight, 325 C St. NW. Burglars at a construction site stole a trailer filled with tools then broke into a container and made off with numerous items of undisclosed worth.

Theft: 8:12 a.m., 1602 A St. SE. A woman swiped cereal and beer of undisclosed manufacture from a 7-Eleven.

Burglary: Overnight, 4200 block of A St. SE. Suspects took nothing after breaking into a local business. The owner told police that she is behind on payments to her ex-partner whom she bought out, but the ex

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Firefighters hustled to a car accident, treated a woman for neck pain and dispatched her by private ambulance to Good Samaritan Hospital.

Oct. 2 Aid call: 1:16 p.m., (Lakeland Hills).

Firefighters responded to a boy with flu-like symptoms, evaluated him and left him in his mother’s care.

said he or she knew nothing about the incident.

Swindle: Overnight, 12722 Southeast 312th St. A woman called 911 to say that she believed she had been the victim of a swindle concerning a nonexistent entity called “The Government Grant Department.”

Assault: 4:30 p.m., 1300 block of 69th Street Southeast. In the latest episode of an ongoing dispute, a man assaulted a teenage boy.

Theft: 4 p.m., 210 block of N Street Southeast. Between Sept. 30 and Oct. 4, somebody stole an unloaded revolver from a parked and unoccupied vehicle.

Forgery: 6:01 p.m., 901 Auburn Way N. A woman trying to cash a bogus check was detected in so doing and took off before police arrived at the scene.

Theft: 7:40 p.m., 1414 Lake Tapps Parkway SE. Somebody broke into a vehicle at the Lakeland Hills Town Center parking lot and stole a red laptop bag with an HP laptop and an Ipad inside.

Oct. 7 Auto theft: 9:30 a.m., 1407 Lake Tapps Drive SE. An auto theft victim

Oct. 3 Brush fire: 11:08 a.m., (Auburn).

Firefighters snuffed a brush fire that had been moving swiftly into heavier fields.

Oct. 4 Aid call: 5:41 p.m., (Pacific).

Firefighters and King County Medics evaluated a man who had pulled his vehicle to the side of the road in response to pain in his chest. After firefighters and medics determined that the man’s pain had nothing to do with his heart, a private ambulance took him away to MultiCare Auburn Medical Center (MAMC).

Oct. 5 Aid call: 4:49 p.m., (South Auburn).

Firefighters helped a woman who’d been complaining of a possible allergic reaction, and a private am-

followed his or her stolen car with matching thief inside and watched said thief climb into a getaway car.

Police later found three suspects, developed probable cause and busted them for auto theft.

Theft from vehicle: Overnight, 5500 block of S. 319th Court. A man called to report that persons unknown had broken out the front driver’s side window of his company vehicle and taken multiple items.

Theft: 4:07 p.m., Police busted a man at the Muckleshoot Casino for defrauding an innkeeper.

Gulp and galumph: 9:55 p.m., 2802 Auburn Way N. An area business employee reported that two customers had left the business without paying for their food and drinks.

Oct. 8 Suspicious. 3:04 a.m., 702 Auburn Way S. A McDonald’s employee saw between the restaurant and Subway a suspicious vehicle with people inside acting suspiciously. Police chose not to disclose the nature of that brazen aggregate of human and vehicle suspiciousity, leaving it one of those mysteries.

VRFA firefighters extinguished a house fire in the 100 block of Aspen Lane South in Pacific on Tuesday morning, saving two dogs. The homeowner got out and called 911 at 11:06 a.m. after trying to douse the flames with a garden hose.

Crews from three fire engines put out the fire. Although no one was hurt, the entire house sustained smoke damage, with moderate fire and water damage limited to one room and its contents.

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Oct. 6 Aid call: 8:56 a.m., (Lea Hill).

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BY NOVEMBER 6TH, VOTE YES FOR Proposition 1: Auburn High School Modernization and Reconstruction Bond ALL students deserve top-tier facilities IMPROVED safety, security & access REPLACES crumbling building & infrastructure NOW is the time with construction costs & insurance rates at historic lows

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ASO’s CELLIST MAKES MOST OF THE MOMENT orchestra will play familiar music.

Conductor Stewart Kershaw has chosen several “classic” pieces familiar to Whether he teaches or performs, the audience.

Auburn’s Brian Wharton delivers “It’s something fun,” Wharton said something special for all to hear. of the selections. “They are familiar It comes from the heart, and the tunes. It’s an opportunity to showcase strings of a cello. masterwork pieces in orchestra literaWharton, the principal cellist for ture, including ballet music.” the Auburn Symphony Orchestra It’s also an opportunity for Wharton (ASO), is as much a player as he is a to perform as a soloist. Wharton, who listener. He enjoys all kinds has been with the ASO for 12 of music, and has played with years, will perform “The Dysome of the legendary pering Swan”, from French lateformers of his time – ranging romantic composer Camille from R&B tunes with Smokey Saint-Saëns’ “Carnival of the Robinson to Italian operatic Animals.” tenor classics with Luciano Wharton will perform the Pavarotti. sometimes humorous work in “I’m very passionate about a more serious manner.

Wharton teaching as well as playing,” “I chose it because it was Wharton said of his craft. “I successful at the ballet and makes a have a lot of pride in the orchestra. I wonderful encore piece for audiences,” feel it’s a great honor.”

Wharton explained.

That appreciation extends to a comWharton appreciates the chance to munity that supports the arts. As a perform on stage. Music is dear to him, way of giving back, Wharton and the Wharton, who grew up in Moscow, ASO will perform a benefit concert Idaho, received his bachelor’s degree – Music Especially for You: Familiar from Western Washington University Favorites and Classical Beauties – and his master’s from the Cincinnati on Sunday, Oct. 21, beginning at Conservatory of Music. He studied 2:30 p.m. at the Auburn Performing under and performed with heralded Arts Center, 700 E. Main St. musicians, instructors and composWharton and his colleagues are ers. He has held fellowships at the donating their services to the concert Congress of Strings and the Aspen in a pitch to help finance its operation. Music Festival.

In a response to its audience, the Today, Wharton lives in Auburn

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Benefit concert

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• Program: Auburn Symphony Orchestra’s Music Especially for You: Familiar Favorites and Classical Beauties.

• Time, venue: 2:30 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 21, Auburn Performing Arts Center, 700 E. Main St. Prior to the performance, Kershaw and KUOW host Dave Beck present a pre-concert lecture, focusing on the composers and their works, beginning at 1:45 p.m.

• Tickets: Reserved seats are $34 adults, $27 seniors, $10 students. Call 253-887-7777 or purchase online at www.auburnsymphony.org.

and maintains an active career in performing and teaching. He was a member of the Northwest Chamber Orchestra and has appeared with the Seattle Symphony and Seattle Opera.

He has performed as a soloist with orchestras throughout the Northwest.

Wharton helped usher in a chamber music series with the ASO in 2005.

Today, it has blossomed into a selfsustaining concert series Wharton and his wife, Melinda, have two children, Hailey and Connor.

Besides Wharton, Brittany Boulding will perform a solo from Carmen, and Federal Way’s Karla Flygare, ASO’s principal flautist, will perform Vaughan Williams’ “Greensleeves”.

“It’s a celebration of the orchestra being a part of this community and all the players involved with it,” Wharton said.

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“I worked with the band for about six years,” he said. “Then I had a chance to work with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and trombonist Buddy Morrow.”

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Although Miller went missing in action and was presumed dead in 1944 while flying across the English Channel from London to Paris, his band has survived.

Now, more than 70 years later, the orchestra thrives, playing hundreds of shows across the country every year.

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“It’s such an honor, it’s something that for years I knew this is what I wanted to do in a professional capacity - keep this old music alive and exciting and new for newer generations,” he said.

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Facts, needs support a new high school In response to the Oct. 5 letter (“High school remodel is costly”), it distresses me to think that voters could be swayed by Richan Jenson’s mistaken opinion and false statements about the bond.

Jenson admits to being “not familiar” with the facility. I attended Auburn High School for four years in the late ’90s and have now been teaching there for the last 10 years. I am very familiar with it and have done extensive research about the proposed reconstruction, so allow me to debunk some myths from Jenson’s letter: Jenson says: You wouldn’t tear down a house if it needed to be repaired so why rebuild the school?

Truth is: The repairs needed at the school are similar in cost to a complete reconstruction. Bids prove it. However, the reconstruction has already been approved for matching funds from the state, not available for a repair/remodel. If that were the case for a home, I’m sure Jenson would agree that rebuilding made sense.

Jenson says: The Auburn Performing Arts Center is “beautiful, state-of-the-art” and improvements are frivolous.

Truth is: Improvements are necessary for disabled access, among other things. Including the improvements in this bond rather than separately is more cost effective. Its otherwise good condition (in stark contrast to the rest of the school facility) and design are the reason it is being preserved, and the new school proposal will be built around it.

Jenson says: A rebuild cost of $458 a square foot is ridiculous Truth is: Jenson’s figure is a miscalculation. Reconstructing the 297,000-square-foot building will cost $77 million ($259 a square foot). A remodel would be a comparable $80 million.

The additional cost goes toward required changes to sewer, water, gas and curbing, as well as equipment and technology inside the new building and safety measures for the community, staff and students during construction.

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City, county should be more accountable When is it going to end?

When are the city and the county going to stop demanding more money from homeowners to pay for their inability to handle money correctly? When are people going to make the city and county governments be accountable for their handling of the money we give them?

Every time there is a vote on anything, a request is thrown in asking for an increase in house taxes. Do they think homeowners have a never ending supply of money? I understand the needs, but why don’t they figure out how to fix the need without constantly increasing taxes? Do they even think of that?

Homeowners can’t keep supplying more and more money. There has to be an end to all this craziness. We need to demand accountability from our government officials in the way they use the money we’ve already given them.

I’m sure there is money somewhere to fix the Auburn High School. The city officials just won’t let us know that.

They have their pet projects that they won’t deny to themselves, so they throw the burden onto homeowners to cough up more money to take care of another “need.” That’s what they’re always throwing in our faces. Another “need,” and another, and another. It will never end.

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I am already paying three times the amount of taxes I would pay in another state where I used to live for the same assessed value of house.

My house taxes have gone up $800 in the few years I’ve had my house, even though my assessed value has gone down a huge amount.

City and county officials are always telling us that our taxes either will not go up or will go up just a small amount. Obviously, that is a lie.

This is insane. This is not a protest due to the poor economy (which, yes, has also affected me, too, in a big way).

This is a protest of irresponsibility and lack of accountability. I’m asking that we demand accountability and responsible, sensible handling of the money we’ve already given them and a stop to always giving them more and more and more each time they demand it.

– Donna Henderson

Time for new school is now When you mark your Nov. 6 ballot to support your favorite candidates, you can also vote to support thousands of current and future students of Auburn High School.

You can do that by voting yes for Auburn School District Proposition 1. Voter approval of 60 percent will fund $110 million in general obligation bonds to build a new Auburn High to replace the aging and deteriorating school that opened in 1951.

It’s the right thing to do.

Why? Because my wife and I have voted to support every school district measure since 1974 – along with a few thousand of our neighbors in the Auburn High School attendance area.

Since the 1990s, those past measures have funded construction of Auburn Mountainview and Auburn Riverside high schools, along with Rainier and Mt. Baker middle schools, all elegant and expansive brick structures designed with the facilities and technology to deliver a 21st-century education.

Meanwhile, in the Auburn High School attendance area, teenagers attend the aging high school completed in 1951. Our kids also attend Cascade Middle School, along with Washington and Dick Scobee elementary schools, all of which appear to have been built sometime between the early 1950s and around 1968. [ more LETTERS page 8 ]

[8] October 12, 2012 [ LETTERS from page 7 ] Voters in the Auburn Mountainview and Auburn Riverside attendance areas may conclude that it makes economic sense to go ahead and keep on paying an extra $250,000 or more every year in utilities and maintenance costs to keep the old Auburn High in place, instead of approving $110 million for a new school comparable to Auburn Mountainview and Auburn Riverside.

On the other hand, would you want your kids to switch to Auburn High, where it’s cold in the classrooms all winter, where buckets are set out in classrooms to catch drips 120924_CL_KC Holiday ROP PC: leaking Leanne/Lisa R. D:durDan V. from ceilings

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And voter approval won’t ing heavy rains, and where increase school district students and staff must property taxes, since other evacuate the building now funding measures approved and then when the boiler by voters in the past are bestarts sputtering? ing paid off.

Approval of Proposition Voting yes now instead of 1 means a new Auburn years from now also means High comparable to the considerable savings, because new high schools, with the cost of construction will better technology, security, only increase in the future. disability access, reduced So I and a few thousand energy demand and a better neighbors around Auburn learning environment.

High are asking all of you A letter to the editor in throughout the Auburn last week’s edition erroneSchool District to support ously said the $110 million our kids and our comwould be spent to rebuild munity and vote yes for the Auburn Performing Proposition 1.

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Support a new school We recently participated in a tour of Auburn High School and the meeting that followed with school district board members, administrators and others involved in the planning for building a new school for our community.

We were shocked to see the conditions that now prevail at the school. While the building has served Auburn students for many years, it is clearly now time to give our high school students a building that is safe, healthy and capable of supporting the many important programs now offered.

Passage of the upcoming bond issue will do this and also insure that students in Auburn are provided the same high quality conditions for learning now being provided at other high schools in the district.

We compliment the well informed students who took us on the tour, and the board members and school staff who informed us

about all the conditions and facts behind the bond issue.

The students and faculty were proud of their school but are very aware of how a new school will improve conditions for learning.

Passage of the bond issue will not increase our taxes, but it will result in a brand new school in town that will be the pride of our community.

We plan on voting yes on the bond issue, and encourage others to support our students and educators by doing the same.

– Larry and Myrna Crouch

Our students deserve a new building I have been a teacher and administrator in Auburn for 32 years, and for 30 of them I have proudly worked at Auburn High School.

Having seen every part of the school from the inside out for the past three decades, I am writing as a citizen to encourage you to vote yes by Nov. 6 in sup-

port of the Auburn High School Modernization and Reconstruction Bond.

I would guess in the last 30 years I have spent as much time in this building as anyone, and I know it is time we get this project done.

It is not an exaggeration to say the building has exceeded its life span. Failing infrastructure impacts students at all Auburn schools when a quarter-million dollars annually must be pumped into the current building to offset excess maintenance and operation work.

My time at the school has been long enough to see many changes and thousands of students come through the hallways of our building. Staff and students have made Auburn proud for generations.

I know the community has the care, compassion and dedication to make the next generation of Auburn High School students proud.

– Bob Jones, athletics and activities coordinator, Auburn High School

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• School: fifth grade, Chinook Elementary • Parents: Robin Pratt and Willard Bill Jr. • Principal: Jennifer Davidson • Favorite subjects: Math, reading • Hobbies: soccer, baseball, football, biking and swimming.

• Also: Freedom’s ambition is to play on a select soccer team. Among his activities are canoe journey, canoe family and Kuteeyaa drummer in the Chinook Coastal Dance Group.

• School: fifth grade, Chinook Elementary • Parents: Concepsion Briseno and Hugo Ortiz.

• Favorite subjects: Math, reading and science • Hobbies: Playing with her baby sister, going outside and studying for school • Also: Itel’s ambition is to go to a university and become a successful doctor. Among her activities are being a self-manager in fourth grade and singing in her church choir.

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school districts involved in the Road Map Project are Auburn, Federal Way, Highline, Kent, Renton, The Auburn School Seattle and Tukwila.

Board recently passed Auburn School Board a resolution endorsing President Lisa Connors the Road Map Project, a said the partnership with community-wide effort to the Road Map Project dramatically improve will benefit all stustudent achievement from cradle to colSCHOOL dents.

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Map Project on behalf The Road Map Projof students learning in our ect’s goal is to double the region. The Auburn School number of students in the region who are on track to District strategic plan aligns well with the Road graduate from college or Map Project benchmarks, earn a career credential by and our partnership with 2020. the project will help all The project also aims of our students develop to close achievement gaps career and college skill for low-income students success,” Connors said. and children of color. The

Elsewhere Jennifer Davis, a 2011 Auburn High School graduate and a sophomore at Eastern Washington University, has become a member of the Sigma Alpha Lambda, National Leadership and Honors Organization.

Sigma Alpha Lambda is a national leadership and honors organization is dedicated to promoting and rewarding academic achievement and providing members with opportunities for community service, personal development and lifelong professional fulfillment. Davis is the daughter of Rhonda and Donald Davis. …

Walmart of Auburn recently awarded 20 Olympic Middle School teachers with $50 reward cards to purchase classroom supplies. As part of the Teacher Rewards Program, the Auburn educators were honored at a Sept. 25 ceremony at the school.

In its fourth year, the program will donate $4.5 million to provide 90,000 teachers throughout the country with reward cards to offset the cost of classroom expenses.

Furthermore, reconstruction is already approved for $25 million in matching funds from the state.

The school is commercial space, and for commercial space, it’s quite reasonable, especially for one occupied by 2,000 people on a daily basis for up to 18 hours.

It is 30-percent larger in student population than the other two comprehensive high schools, and the building is 70 years old.

An estimated 100,000 students have passed through the halls of the high school building, not to mention community groups who use it outside of regular school hours. This project cannot be compared to residential projects. They are “apples and oranges.”

Jenson says: Taxes will go down if you vote no.

Truth is: That may be true but taxes will go up more later when the school has to be rebuilt at a higher construction cost. Taxes will remain level if this bond passes. Furthermore, home values will increase as a result of proximity to a nice school building.

Jenson says: You should suspect the district is asking for more than they really need.

Truth is: The school needs lots of things. To get those things, the most fiscally responsible option is to rebuild. Remodeling to accomplish the basic needed repairs (plumbing, roofing, heating system re-

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placement and more – you wouldn’t let these things go half as long at home as they’ve been stretched out at the school) have already quoted as costing just a bit more ($77M vs. $80M as stated above).

However, a remodel displaces students; a reconstruction can be done while students continue to learn in the old high school building. A remodel takes three years; reconstruction takes two. A remodel misses the chance to bring Auburn High School up to today’s standards and specifications for an educational facility; a reconstruction does that for the same cost.

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ing to the student dress code is physically uncomfortable. A dozen “portables” have been in place for more than 20 years. Some classrooms are accessible by a single door and have no windows. Imagine the scene in the case of a fire.

Cracks in walls remind us that we really hope not to be at school when an earthquake hits. The conditions of the building at the school adversely affect my mission to educate and mentor Auburn’s young adults on a daily basis.

Jenson’s letter reveals a mentality of “if it doesn’t benefit me right now, I won’t support it.” I shudder to imagine the world around me if everyone felt that way. A vote for this bond is a vote for a safe learning environment for the students who may soon be voting on issues that do affect you and me, but don’t benefit them directly.

Reading this and another letter written by Jenson recently, I get the impression that Jenson likes to get a good deal. I do, too. This is bond is a good deal. It will not raise your taxes. And it will only get more expensive if we do it later.

The school must be replaced soon, either because we vote yes now, or because it gets so bad that 1,500 students and hundreds of staff are forced out for safety reasons. Leaving the school “as is” isn’t really an option.

Reconstruction now is a similar cost to remodeling with much greater return on investment. A new high school will raise the quality of the resources available to educate students and will last decades longer than a remodeled high school.

You choose how to vote, but please be informed when you do. Take advantage of tours offered by the district and the information shared about the proposal here: www.auburn.wednet. edu/domain/1292 and ahsproject.auburn.wednet. edu/

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Auburn Launches Redesigned Website The City of Auburn has launched a redesigned website (www.auburnwa.gov) with some exciting new features and a fresh, userfriendly design. The goal of the redesign was to create a user experience that is more efficient, utilizing the many tools that make doing business with the City of Auburn more convenient.

Spearheaded by the Innovation & Technology department, the website team’s primary focus was userexperience. Upon coming to the new homepage, users are greeted with a prominently displayed “I Want To…” link that will open up a list of the most widelyused options on the site.

“The state-ofthe-art website is geared towards our citizens,” says Auburn Mayor Pete Lewis. “The City of Auburn strives to connect our residents and businesses to each other, their community and their City.”

Another enhancement to the site is My Auburn. My Auburn is a portal that allows users the ability to customize a page of commonly used content for faster access to information. The My Auburn portal has the ability for users to track items such as event calendars, news, social media feeds, service requests and much more. The My Auburn portal will continue to be expanded to offer more options in the future.

The redesigned website is another effort in City’s goals to create

tools for citizens and to keep them involved in making Auburn better.

Whether citizens want to view online cameras around the city, apply for a job, report a pothole or graffiti, get access to public records data or just have a personalized Auburn website, they have the tools to do so now. Auburn has continued to leverage modern day technology to improve effectiveness in communication with citizens while providing tools to interact with the City. This philosophy is called Auburn’s virtual city hall and is apparent in the City’s new website.

The redesigned website is also fully integrated with Facebook and Twitter, allows users to sign up to receive email notifications directly from the City on topics ranging from emergencies to special events and offers over 12 online services.

“We want to make sure our citizens and website users inside and outside the city can access our services in the most convenient way possible,” says IT Director Lorrie Rempher. “The City’s website is the face of our organization and we take our customer service very seriously.”

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FROM THE DESK OF PETER B. LEWIS, MAYOR Once upon a time there was a small town that had a rough reputation as a railroad town, and farming community. By the 1980s the population had risen to 28,000 people. For the middle class families this was as close to small town America as you could get and even for many of those not so well off it was a place where you were surrounded by friends and family.

But there was the rest of the story.

There was the part of town that was becoming a city that had the highest crime, the lowest per capita income, the highest teen pregnancy rate and highest teen suicide rate in the county. By the 1990s the population had hit over 35,000.

The crime rate had risen again and the downtown bars that were once centers for community had become places of abuse and Black Tar heroin sales. Businesses that had been here for generations moved out and building owners gave cut-rate rents to antique stores that went out of business again and again.

We’ve come so far. We are now a city of over 72,000. Our per capita income has risen dramatically, even with the recession; we are 43rd on the list in crime rates in the state.

Teen pregnancy and suicide rates are no longer front page news and the growing partnership with the Auburn School District and Green River Community College has helped so many of our children toward a better future. We’ve opened so many new businesses since then including the SuperMall. We’ve opened new parks, accessible playgrounds for those with or without physical disabilities, we have spray parks for our children, skateboard parks for others and new big toys are being installed in parks around our city. We have one of the highest rates for commercial construction and single family home construction in the county and more than that we have found ourselves at the center of more and more partnerships. We have built buildings, improved local streets from over 40 years of neglect and we can see the light now at the end of the tunnel where all our local streets will be brought up to a satisfactory rating.

The drug infested bars of another era are gone. In its place is a modern three story building. Behind it is a multi-level parking garage and behind that a state of the art Oncology center that is known for its facilities throughout the northwest.

The new Division Street or Promenade is complete and Plaza Park (that is actually a storm water vault that holds 26% of the storm water required for downtown), is open and we have already seen the first of many events there. We are a city united in community and we have done so much together.

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DEPUTY MAYOR “We are a city united in community and we have done so much together.”

We have made great strides, and we must continue to work together for our future. Our economic future is very guardedly optimistic, and we have many challenges ahead of us. Auburn has seen significant increases in the number of building permits in the past few months – both commercial and residential. We are an anomaly in the Puget Sound Region.

What are we doing right to be that anomaly? Our City departments are partnering with each other as well as with those requesting City services. Instead of saying “No, you can’t do that.” when a new request comes through, our teams are reviewing and finding effective and efficient ways to make it happen! You’ll see multi-million dollar projects coming to fruition in the next several months. It’s not a coincidence; its hard work and dedication to our city.

Sometimes opportunities exist for a private business that may not exist for a government entity, and vice versa. Partnering will often allow the benefits to be shared and create greater opportunities for us all. But at the same time, assessed property values have continued to decline, and the small percentage of property tax revenue that Auburn receives has declined as well.

Similar to you, we are being asked to do more with less. We have much left to do, and the finish line is NEVER in sight. Working together allows each of us to be stronger and more efficient than working individually.

Every department within Auburn – including Finance, Public Works, Police, Legal, Parks, Arts and Recreation, Human Resources, Innovation & Technology and Planning & Development -continually seeks out new and creative funding sources. I can promise that your city council continues to work on ways to fund our roads. If you have an idea, please share it with us. In this case – creativity counts! We are a city united in community, and together we will succeed!

Below are highlights of city council action taken from June-Sept. 2012:

AUBURN’S 47th ANNUAL

VETERANS DAY

PARADE AND OBSERVANCE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10 7 a.m.

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American Legion Breakfast Static Display & Exhibit Showcase Remembrance Ceremony PARADE Marching Band Competition Auburn Noon Lions Club Lunch VFW Post #1741 Open House

NLC Prescription Drug Discount

Remember to License Your Pets!

In 2009, the City of Auburn began participating in the National League of Cities (NLC) Prescription Discount Card Program (via Resolution No. 4464), a collaborative program with CVS Caremark to offer a prescription drug discount card to Auburn’s residents. Since then, this FREE program has saved Auburn residents over $97,000 and now has almost 3,000 users. Auburn is one of the top 20 cities in the nation in savings to residents according the latest NLC report.

For more information, visit www. caremark.com/nlc or call toll-free 1-888-620-1749. This program is operated by CVS Caremark. This is NOT insurance. Discounts are only available at participating pharmacies.)

Auburn residents love their pets.

Our furry friends are our companions, confidants, and members of our family. They go on errands with us and settle down on the couch with us for movie night. It only makes sense that we would want them to be safe and protected. The best way to do that is to make sure that they are licensed.

If your residential address is in the City of Auburn (whether you live in King or Pierce County), all indoor/outdoor dogs and cats must be licensed with King County each year.

For more information on pet licensing, please contact King County at 206-296-2712 or visit www. auburnwa.gov/petlicense.

M St. Underpasss Project Update

Other People’s Money (OPM) Team

Construction of the M St. SE Underpass project is well underway.

Recently, the contractor has been working on a number of the many retaining walls required for the project and has continued with the mass excavation and lowering of M St. SE between 4th St SE and 6th St SE to be aligned with the future underpass. Major construction activities for the project began on April 16 and construction is anticipated to last 15-18 months, depending on train traffic and weather.

The City installed a live camera feed of the construction that can be viewed from the City’s website at www.auburnwa.gov.

The OPM team is a City-wide program that concentrates on seeking grant funding for City projects.

The team is made up of creative and hardworking staff members that actively search for, apply and secure opportunities for funding.

In 2011, the team secured over $10 million! Below are some 2012 projects that secured grant funds due to the work of the OPM team: Auburn Way South Safety Improvements: $2.3 million • Intersection Safety Improvements: $400,000 • Emergency Management Program costs and public education: $72,993 • Farmers Market marketing: $20,000 • Arts programs and equipment (various): $24,500 Total 2012 funds earned is over $2.8 million.

June 4, 2012 Res. No. 4814: accept grant funds in the amount of $62,218 from US Dept. of Homeland Security Res. No. 4826: reduction of speed limits on arterial routes to preserve streets June 18, 2012 Res. No. 4794: authorizing the City of Auburn to enter into an interlocal agreement with King County for providing road striping services Public Hearing: Amendment to the 2012-2017 Six Year Transportation Improvement Program and Physical Address Changes in the City of Auburn July 2, 2012 Res. No. 4828: accept grant funds in the amount of $17,000 from 4Culture Res. No. 4830: authorizing the City of Auburn to enter into an interlocal agreement with King County for the completion of the Emergency Flood Protection Measures Project July 16, 2012 Res. No. 4833: authorizing the City of Auburn to execute an interlocal agreement with King County for district court services Aug. 6, 2012 Res. No. 4845 & 4846: authorizes the City to expend funds for weed and vegetation nuisance at 2121 Pike St. NE and 3102 O St. SE. Aug. 20, 2012 Res. No. 4832: amending the sixyear Transportation Improvement Plan (2012-2017) For more information City Council meetings, minutes and agendas, visit www.auburnwa.gov.

City of Auburn 25 West Main Street Auburn, WA 98001 253-931-3000 www.auburnwa.gov Mayor Peter B. Lewis 253-931-3041 plewis@auburnwa.gov Auburn City Council Nancy Backus, Deputy Mayor John Holman Wayne Osborne John Partridge Bill Peloza Rich Wagner Largo Wales 687879

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LOCALS TAKE WINS ON DRAG STRIP Auto Max USA Gambler’s Race at Pacific Raceways last Sunday.

Final-round results: Electronics: Al Quigley (Seattle) 9.136 elapsed time, top speed of 146 mph, beat Al Chinn (Auburn) 9.565 at 136.84 mph; Non-Electronics: Dustin Ward (Renton), 12.977 at 103.37 mph, beat Ken Ward (Renton) foul; Electronics Day 1: Dale Green (Kent) ,7.704 at 170.43, beat Bill Heard (Portland), 9.328 at 143.66 mph; Non-Electronics Day 1: Dallas Glenn (Covington), 10.740 at 109.35 mph, beat Gary Clark (Seattle), 10.590 at 123.01 mph.

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FOOTBALL SPSL 4A NORTH STANDINGS

Firing back

Team Kentwood Auburn Tahoma Kentlake Jefferson Kent-Meridian Kentridge Auburn Riverside Mt. Rainier

Auburn Mountainview’s Sam Odren (10) and Maya Williamson (12) put up a block as Auburn’s Brooke Good delivers a shot during recent South Puget Sound League volleyball action.

Auburn Mountainview won the match in three games, 25-21, 25-18, 25-23.

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(All games kick off at 7 p.m. Friday, unless otherwise noted.)

SPSL 3A STANDINGS Team

Atkinson directs Trojans to 5th straight win Kent-Meridian. Kickoff is 7 p.m. at Auburn Memorial Stadium.

Atkinson, who has blossomed at quarterback, led the way with scoring passes of 28 yards apiece to Harold Lee and Kevin Shelton. Atkinson also found the end zone from 8 yards out for Auburn, 5-1 in league and

5-1 overall.

Lee also scored on a 3-yard run, as did Shelton from 13 yards out.

Elsewhere Kent-Meridian defeated Auburn Riverside, 247. Last week, Kevin Thomson scored the Ravens’ only touchdown on a 3-yard run.

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Glenn Miller Orchestra | October 12, 7:30 pm | $17/$15, Auburn Performing Arts Center Willy Wonka | Oct. 19, 20, 26 & 27, 7:30 pm; Oct. 20, 2 pm | $14/$12 (pre-sale price only), Auburn Ave. Theater The Craig Terrill Band | November 3, 7:30pm | $17/$15, Auburn Ave. Theater 689984

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LAST WEEK: Auburn, 35, Jefferson 9; Kent-Meridian 24, Auburn Riverside 7; Tahoma 32, Kentridge 23; Kentwood 31, Rogers 23; Kentlake 55, Mount Rainier 0 THIS WEEK: Kent-Meridian at Auburn (Thursday); Kentlake at Kentridge; Kentwood at Tahoma; Jefferson at Mount Rainier, 8 p.m. ; Curtis at Auburn Riverside, NL.

RACHEL CIAMPI, Auburn Reporter

Brier Atkinson threw for two touchdowns and ran for a third as surging Auburn routed Thomas Jefferson 35-9 in a South Puget Sound League North 4A football game last week.

The Trojans take their fivegame winning streak into Thursday’s Taylor Trophy battle against

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(All games kick off at 7 p.m. Friday)

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CALENDAR Events Auburn Tourism: For special events in the Auburn area, visit the website: www. auburntourism.com.

Fall Fest: 6-8 p.m., Oct. 19, Auburn Valley Y, 1620 Perimeter Road SW. A spooktacular event filled with pumpkin decorating, carnival games, make-and-take crafts, healthy snacks, face painting inflatable fun.

Complimentary pumpkins will be available for the first 100 participants. Bring your own pumpkin to decorate. Pre-registration is required. Cost: $5/family (members), $10/ family (non-members). For more information, call 253-876-7556 or visit www. auburnvalleyymca.org.

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.

Halloween Harvest Festival: 2-5 p.m., Oct. 27, Washington Elementary School, 20 E. St. NE, Auburn. Games, crafts, face painting, scary cookies and cauldrons of punch, costumes encouraged (toy weapons checked at door), downtown business trick or treating. Bring canned or boxed food to support the Auburn Food Bank. Free. Call 253-931-3043 for more information.

City of Algona S’mores N More: 6-8 p.m. , Oct. 27, Matchett Park, 402 Warde St., Algona. Family event includes s’mores, storytelling by the campfire and treat bags.

Call 253-833-2897 for more information.

gently used and will be dispersed by local charity organizations and schools for those in need. Donations can be dropped off at its senior living community, 945 22M St. NE, between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. daily. For more information, call 253-333-0171.

Fall Bazaar: 11 a.m., Oct. 21, White River Buddhist Temple, 3625 Auburn Way N. Featuring for sale: sushi, chicken teriyaki, curry, udon. You may dine in or take out.

There also will be a bake sale, farm produce and handicrafts.

Waddell & Reed’s Oktoberfest: 4-9 p.m., Oct. 25, Truitt Building, 102 W. Main St., Auburn. Benefit for ACAP Child & Family Services in association with Auburn Youth Resources. Silent auction, free beer/ wine tasting and brats, live music, prizes.

Please RSVP by Oct. 22. Space limited. Call 253-474-9555.

Women’s self-defense seminar: 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Oct. 27, Karate Northwest, 2109 Auburn Way N., Suite D, Auburn. Black Tiger Tactical and Karate Northwest host.

Proceeds benefit the Auburn Food Bank. All monies raised will be used to help women and children in abusive living environments. $30 per person. Space limited. Required: Appropriate training clothing, footwear, towel and bottle of water. To register, please email tyler@blacktigertactical.tv

Faith

and more for the family.

Bouncing Baby Story Times: 10:15 a.m., Oct. 25. Ages newborn to 24 months. Bounce along to fun chants and music. A short play time follows.

a.m.-noon, 1-4 p.m., Nov. 10, Supermall, bus by Burlington Coat Factory, 1101 Supermall Way. For more information, call 253945-8667 or please visit www.psbc.org.

Sleepy Story Time: 7 p.m., Oct. 11, 18, 25. All ages welcome, ages 5 and younger with adult. Wear your pajamas and bring your teddy bear to this 30-minute bedtime Story Time.

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.

Learn the fine art of communication and public speaking in a friendly supportive atmosphere. • Oct. 18 program: Auburn attorney Branka Vukshich will speak about debt relief and bankruptcy. Visitors are welcome. For more information, call 253735-1751.

The Rainier Audubon Society: 7 p.m., Oct. 15, Federal Way United Methodist Church, 29645 51st Ave. After brief announcements there will be a presentation on the Elwha River Restoration. New members are eligible to receive free Discover Passes.

Libraries Auburn Library, 1102 Auburn Way S. 253- 931-3018. Library events include: CHILDREN & FAMILIES

Mashujaa Day: 3 p.m., Oct. 20, 225 S. 288th St., Auburn. A prayer service dedicating Kenya to God to end violence and tribalism in that country.

Benefits

Health

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 to 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. 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 AYSA’s website is www.auburnyouthsoccer.net.

Cascade Regional Blood Center drives: 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Oct. 20, GWTA, 1611 W. Valley Highway S., Auburn; 111 a.m.-2 p.m., Oct. 31, Van Siclen, Stocks & Firkins - Attorney at Law, 721 45th St. NE, Auburn. For more information, call 1-877242-5663 or visit www.crbs.net/home.

Auburn Meadows community coat drive: Oct. 15-31. The coats can be new or

Got an event? submissions@auburn-reporter.com or post online at www.auburn-reporter.com

Puget Sound Blood Center drives: 9-11 a.m., noon-3 p.m., Oct. 12, MultiCare Auburn Regional Medical Center, Plaza 1, 202 N. Division St.; 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Oct. 23, Mountainview High School, auxiliary gym, 28900 124th Ave. SE; 7:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Oct. 30, Jefferson High School, little gym, 4248 S 288th St.; 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Oct. 31, Auburn High School, The Pit, 800 4th St. NE; 9-11 a.m., noon-3 p.m., Nov. 1, Auburn City Hall, council chamber, 25 W. Main St.; 10

Early Literacy Parties in Spanish: 10 a.m., Fridays, through Nov. 16. Series of free workshops for Spanish-speaking families with children newborn to age 5 to learn about Early Literacy and how to prepare their children for kindergarten. www.kcls.org/fiestas.

Cascades Science Squad: 1:30 p.m., Oct. 13. Presented by Cascades Science Center Foundation. Ages 8 to 12.Join engineers, scientists, teachers for fun, hands-on science, technology, engineering and mathematics activities. Registration required.

TEENS

Monday Morning Story Time: 10:15 a.m., Oct. 15, 22, 29. Ages 2 to 6 with adult, siblings welcome. Explore Early Literacy through stories, songs, finger plays and action rhymes.

Teen Zone: 3 p.m., Oct. 17, 24, 31.

For teens in middle school and high school.

Hang out, study, play video games and pick up a good book ... all in the same place.

Wacky Wednesday Story Times: 10:15 a.m., Oct. 24, 31. Ages 3 to 6. Preschoolers will be hopping and celebrating stories, alphabet letters and creative activities in this half hour program.

Spanish Story Time: 6:30 p.m., Oct. 15, 22, 29. Stories, rhymes, felt stories

Teen Reads Cafe: 4:30 p.m., Oct. 16.

For teens in middle school and high school.

The book club meets once a month to discuss the book of the month and share what we’ve been reading. New members are always welcome.

SWAP MEET at Cheney Stadium

At one moment in my son Josh’s life when he was a small child skunks predominated On a trip to the airport once we came on a dead skunk on the highway and my son pleaded that we stop to look at it.

We drove by too fast to do that, but nothing could interrupt his thoughts about skunks.

All the way to the airport and all the way back home.

Skunks is all he could talk about.

Upon arriving home Joshua bounded into the house yelling to his even younger sister, Jessie, “Jessie, Jessie, guess what?” he screamed, “we saw a dead skunk hit by a car.”

“What color was the car?” his sister asked.

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English as a Second Language (ESOL): 6-8:30 p.m., Mondays and Wednesdays, beginning Sept. 24. A formal class to learn English grammar, reading, writing and conversation skills.

Computer classes: Sign-up at the Information Desk or call 253-931-3018.

Drop In to Learn about eBooks: 5 p.m., Oct. 17, 24. Learn how to download KCLS eBooks to your eReader or computer. Look at popular eReaders, OverDrive and Adobe Digital Editions software and ask questions.

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Come enjoy a day of bargain hunting at this monthly event at Cheney Stadium. Vendors will be selling everything from antiques, collectibles, some may say junk, clothing, everyday household items. Who knows what you may find here?

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ADULTS

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Get a Job! Job Club for Teens & Young Adults: 4 p.m., Tuesdays, Oct. 16-Nov. 6.

Get motivated and stay motivated to be successful in your job search! Each week, the job club will cover a featured topic by a professional career counselor. • Oct. 16: The Intelligent Job Search. Learn about the “hidden job market” to find out where and how

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Meet the Author: Marissa Meyer: 3:30 p.m., Oct. 24. Marissa Meyer is the author of “Cinder: Book One of the Lunar Chronicles”. Learn more about the Lunar Chronicles and how Marissa came up with

Meet the Author: 2 p.m., Oct. 27.

Peg Kehret’s middle-grade books have won 50 state young reader awards, including the Washington Sasquatch Award, which are voted on by students. “Abduction” was nominated for an Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America. Her memoir, “Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio”, won the PEN Center West Award in Children’s Literature, the Golden Kite Award from the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, and the Mark Twain Award. Her new memoir, “Animals Welcome: A Life of Reading, Writing and Rescue” is a fall 2012 selection of the Jr. Library Guild. Books will be available for sale by University Books and a book signing will follow. www.pegkehret.com

Ready-Set-Read: If you are in elementary school, take the Reading Challenge. Read at least 20 minutes per day for 20 days within a month and choose a new paperback book at your community library. Forms are available online at www.kcls.org/parents/ kidsandreading/rsr/ and at the library.

the idea to make Cinderella a cyborg. You will have a chance to win a copy of “Cinder” and have it signed by Marissa.

Short and Scary Writing Contest: Submit your spookiest stories this month and win a ghastly good prize. Winners will be announced Nov. 12.

to apply for jobs. • Oct. 23: Resumes. What should your resume include? When and how do you use it? • Oct. 30: Interview Prep. So you’ve impress the employer enough to get an interview. We’ll help you be prepared, professional and relaxed. • Nov. 6: Followup. With any questions you have or topics you would like to discuss. Limited to the first 30 participants.

Paint Your Own Pottery, Halloween Edition: 3:30 p.m., Oct. 18. Make your own Halloween decorations to give as gifts or keep for yourself to make your house extra spooky this year. Pottery, paints and decorating materials provided. Pottery will be fired in time for you to pick up your pieces for Halloween. Limited to the first 15 participants.

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A gathering to honor the life of Bill McVay will be held Sunday, October 21, 2012 at St. Matthew Episcopal Church, 123 L St. NE, in Auburn. The service begins at 2 p.m. A reception hosted by Kiwanis follows. In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to St. Matthew Church or Pacific Northwest Kiwanis Foundation.

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Dortha Naomi Hayes Bedingfield

Dortha Naomi Hayes Bedingfield was born January 31, 1938 in Madeira, CA. Dortha passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by family, after a 10 month battle with cancer on September 27, 2012.

She is survived by her beloved husband of 56 years, Jimmie, daughter Gayle (Keith) Gelston, granddaughters Brandy (Alan) Ribeira, Megan (Tim) Williams, and greatgrandchildren Brandon, Lexi, and Sofia Ribeira, Dallyn Orgill, and Evie Williams. She is also survived by sisters Irma (Steve) Erb, and Louise (Ken) Matson, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

A memorial will be held October 19 at 7:30 pm at the Auburn Parks Admin Building 910 9th St SE, Auburn, WA. 688198

Annabelle Fryer

Annabelle Fryer, 84, of Auburn, Washington, died peacefully in her home on October 6, 2012.

She was born on May 15, 1928 in Danville, Illinois and moved to Washington State in 1965.

Annabelle worked for the Seattle Times for over 25 years and was a devoted Catholic who lived her life through Christ and his divine mother Mary. She touched countless lives through her faith.

Annabelle was a devoted mother to her surviving daughters, Forresta, Tamara, Linda, and Teresa, and beloved grandmother and great-grandmother to six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

She has one surviving sibling, Betty.

Viewing will be held from 10 to 11 am before the funeral service.

A funeral service mass will be held at Holy Family Parish on Tuesday October 16, 2012 at 11:00am followed by reception. A vigil will be held at the parish on October 15, 2012 at 7:00pm.

Burial will take place at Mountainview Cemetery in Auburn, WA, directly proceeding the service reception.

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Homer Glenn McElreath

Homer Glenn McElreath, born in Jacksonville, FL on January 26, 1915 to parents, Samuel and Frankie McElreath.

Homer passed away on September 25, 2012 at the age of 97 in Spokane, WA. He was preceded in death by his wife of 69 years, Evelyn, who passed away in 2008. He is survived by two children, Larry (Sue) of Spokane, Linda Kellem (George) of Lake Havasu, AZ; six grandchildren, nine greatgrandchildren and two great-great grandchildren; brother-inlaw, Jack Relyea of Seattle, and nephew-in-law, Stan Relyea (Cheri) and family of Mt.Vernon, WA. Homer graduated from Easton High School in 1935 and married Evelyn on November 24, 1938 in Sedro Woolley,WA, and worked for the Northern Pacific/Burlington Northern Railroad in Auburn as an engineer for 45 years. He loved to fish and do carpentry projects in his spare time and belonged to the F.O.E. in Auburn. For the last four years he has been in the care of his loving granddaughter, Amy, of Spokane.

A Committal Service will be held at Mt. View Cemetery in Auburn, Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 1:00 PM. Arrangements entrusted to Ball and Dodd Funeral Home, Spokane, WA 688683

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ANGELA F. MCCAULEY, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., and DOES 1-10 all other persons or parties unknown claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real estate described in the complaint herein, Defendants.

NO. 12-2-30655-9 KNT SUMMONS THE STATE OF WASHINGTON TO DEFENDANTS DOES 1-10 ALL OTHER PERSONS OR PARTIES UNKNOWN CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE, ESTATE, LIEN, OR INTEREST IN THE REAL ESTATE DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT HEREIN: You are hereby summoned to appear within sixty days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to wit, within sixty days after the 28th day of September, 2012, and defend the above entitled action in the above entitled court, and answer the Complaint to Quiet Title of the plaintiff, STEPHANIE FOX, and serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned attorney for plaintiff, STEPHANIE FOX, at his office below stated; and in case of your failure to do so, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand of the Complaint to Quiet Title, which has been filed with the clerk of said court.

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DETERMINATION OF NON-SIGNIFICANCE King County River and Floodplain Management proposes work along the southeast bank of the White River. The Countyline Levee Setback Project is designed to reduce flood risk, restore natural river processes, reconnect the river to its adjacent floodplain, and improve fish habitat along 1.3 miles of the Lower White River (between River Mile 5.0 and 6.3). This will be accomplished by removing an existing levee and revetment constructed in the 1910s along the left bank (looking downstream) between the A Street SE/BNSF Railway (City of Auburn) Bridges and 8th Street E (City of Sumner) Bridge and constructing a new setback levee east of the wetland. The presence of top-of-bank levees and revetments in this Countyline River Reach have constricted the channel for nearly one hundred years, thereby dramatically altering the physical and biological character of the river, degrading fish habitat, and reducing salmon productivity in this reach. Relocation of the levee will reconnect approximately 100 acres of wetland and floodplain, allowing new and complex habitats to form and existing habitats to have a more direct connection to the river. The project is located within the City of Pacific, City of Sumner, and unincorporated Pierce County, between River Mile (RM) 5.0 (8th Street E Bridge) and 6.3 (A Street SE/BNSF Railway Bridges), on the left bank of the White River.

Comments on this project must be received no later than October 23, 2012. For additional information, or to submit comments, please contact Ms. Sarah McCarthy, Project Ecologist, at (206) 263-0492, or write to: Sarah McCarthy, Dept. of Natural Resources and Parks, 201 S. Jackson St., Suite 600, Seattle, WA 98104; or visit http://www.kingcounty.gov/rivers Published in Auburn Reporter on October 12, 2012 and October 19, 2012. #687316.

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Algona-Pacific Library, 225 Ellingson Road, Pacific. 253-833-3554. Library events include: CHILDREN & FAMILIES Spanish Story Times: 6:30 p.m., Oct. 16, 23, 30. Stories, rhymes, felt stories and more for the family.

Baby Story Times: 10:15 a.m., Oct. 17, 24, 31. Newborn to 24 months with adult.

Toddler Story Times: 10:15 a.m., Oct. 16, 23, 30. Ages 2 to 3 with adult. Stories, rhymes, music and fun.

Preschool Story Times: 11 a.m., Oct. 16, 23, 30. Ages 3 to 5 with adult. Enjoy stories, activities and music while children develop pre-reading skills.

TEENS Teen Zone: 3 p.m., Oct. 17, 24, 31.

Play video games, get online, do homework, hang out or read a book.

Algona-Pacific Teen Book Club: 3:30 p.m., Oct. 23. Discuss the book of the month and share what you’ve been reading.

New members are always welcome.

Day of the Dead: 3:30 p.m., Oct. 30.

Learn about Day of the Dead and celebrate by decorating your own sugar skull and creating a traditional altar. Limited to first 30 participants.

ADULTS English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL): 6 p.m., Tuesdays, Thursdays.

Drop-In to Learn about eBooks: 3 p.m., Oct. 29. Learn how to download KCLS eBooks to your eReader or computer.

Look at popular eReaders, OverDrive and Adobe Digital Editions software and ask questions.

Algona-Pacific Page Turners: 7:30 p.m., Oct. 17. Share your love of books and connect with fellow readers! Copies of this title have been reserved for participants and are available for check out at the library. New members are always welcome.

Muckleshoot Library, 39917 AuburnEnumclaw Road SE., Auburn. 253-9316779. Library events include: CHILDREN & FAMILIES Short and Scary Story Contest: Oct. 1-31. Submit your spookiest stories this

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Jazz series: 6-9 p.m., Saturdays, Auburn Wine and Caviar Co., 2402 A St. SE. Mark Lewis, a Northwest saxophonist and flute virtuoso, joins Auburn Wine and Caviar in presenting a weekly jazz series. Featured guest musicians: • Oct. 13: no music; Oct. 20: Dan Duval, vibes; Trent Leurquin, bass; Oct. 27: Milo Petersen, guitar. For more information, call 253-887-8530.

Chad and Jeremy: 7 p.m., Oct. 13, Auburn Performing Arts Center, 700 E. Main St.; 2 p.m. Oct. 14, Highline Performing Arts Center, 401 S. 152nd St., Burien. One of the few original groups who were part of the 1960s “British Invasion” that is still regularly performing today. Opening is Misty Mamas, a folk quartet from Vancouver, Wash. Tickets at brownpapertickets.com, 800-838-3006 or at the door.

Auburn Mountainview High School Bands Fall Concert: 7 p.m., Oct. 17, The Theater at Mountainview, 28900 124th Ave. SE. Free to the public. Under the direction of Derek Pyle, the concert features the AMHS bands, including the jazz ensemble, a couple of jazz combos, concert band, wind ensemble and the marching band. Visit RoarOfTheLions.org for more information.

“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.

ASO’s “Music Especially for You”: 2:30 p.m., Oct. 21, Auburn Performing Arts Center, 700 E. Main St. Auburn Symphony Orchestra presents familiar favorites and classical beauties, including Rossini, Mascagni, Bach, Strauss and Tchaikovsky. Free pre-concert lecture at 1:45 p.m. Reserved seats: $34 adults, $27 seniors, $10 students.

Call 253-887-7777 or purchase online at auburnsymphony.org.

Wharton Duo Classical Concert: 7:30 p.m., Oct. 26, Messiah Lutheran Church sanctuary, 410 H St. NE, Auburn. Featuring celebrated cellists Bill and Linda Wharton in the recital, playing “Haydn’s D Major Cello Concerto” and other works. Accompanied

by Bill Wharton’s students from his studio.

Admission free. Donations will be accepted to support the scholarship fund of the Auburn Summer Music Camp.

“Scrooge The Musical”: 7 p.m., Dec. 14, 15, 21; 3 p.m., Dec. 16, 22, Performing Arts

COMPUTER CLASSES Looking to sharpen your technology skills?: If you’re interested in attending a class, please call 253-931-6779.

Network Auburn Area Chamber “Connecting for Success” Networking Breakfast: 8-9 a.m., the first Wednesday of every month. Sponsored by the Auburn Chamber of Commerce. Cost: $5, includes continental breakfast. Auburn Area Chamber Board Room, 108 S. Division, Suite B. 253-8330700.

Auburn Area Chamber of Commerce Partnership Luncheon: 11:30 a.m.1 p.m., the third Tuesday of every month, Emerald Downs, Emerald Room (fourth floor), 2300 Emerald Downs Drive. Register online through the chamber.

Seniors Auburn Senior Activity Center, 808 Ninth St. SE. 253-931-3016 or www. auburnwa.gov. Senior activities include: • 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.

• 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.

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

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. Tickets: $10 per person. For more detail, visit www. heavierthanair.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. For details, contact mcbreenpost@ aol.com.

Zola’s Cafe: Live music every Friday, 7-9 p.m., 402 E. Main St., Suite 120. For information, contact Sonia Kessler at the cafe at 253-333-9652.

Museums White River Valley Museum: Exhibit: “Stills in the Hills: Homebrewed Hooch in the Age of Prohibition” (Aug. 15-Nov. 4). Exploring the history of prohibition through a local and national lens via historic

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Galleries Auburn City Hall: October exhibit: The artwork of talented watercolor students taking instruction through Jo Anne Iwasaki (www.watercolorsbyjosaki.com). The artwork on display ranges from the beginner to the expert and is a delightful range of the qualities of watercolor. Gallery is located at 25 W. Main St. Admission is free. Hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Fridays. 253-9313043 or www.auburnwa.gov.

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Last year, the Valley Regional Fire and Emergency Services Department raised more than $2,500 for MDA. Proceeds raised during the street-side campaign support life-saving research and services to families in King County.

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Flying Fish comes to Auburn REPORTER STAFF

Alexander Park prepares a sushi roll at Flying Fish, a new south Auburn restaurant. rachel ciampi, Auburn Reporter

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ness. He spent much of his career importing and exporting fish throughout the world for a Korean company.

Looking to try something different, Lee became a restaurateur who pays close attention to detail and listens to the needs of his customers.

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A savory success in Tacoma, Flying Fish has swooped into south Auburn.

Uisup Lee, who opened his popular, award-winning sushi restaurant and sake bar on Tacoma’s North Pearl Street seven years ago, has found a second home along Auburn Way South to serve up an array of Japanese, Korean and Chinese entrees mixed in artful presentations.

“We’re trying to do something different,” Lee said. “For customers, there are few places to go to enjoy food like we have here. We concentrate on fusion style and focus on the younger generation.

“We’re all about freshly prepared food and high customer satisfaction.”

Lee should know. The Gig Harbor resident has more than 30 years in the international trade busi-

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