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Friday, DEcEMber 21, 2012
Plans set in motion to build new high school
City: New insurance policy likely for Pacific By SHAWN SKAGER sskager@auburn-reporter.com
By ROBERT WHALE
It looks as if the City of Pacific will still be in business come the new year. City Council members notified residents at a meeting Monday that the City’s insurance broker has indicated that a company is interested in issuing a new policy to the beleaguered city. Guier Although the price and extent of the coverage is unknown, the council is expected to get details soon and take action when it meets Wednesday. “I feel pretty hopeful,” Council President Leanne Guier said. “It sounds like we’re going to hang on ... ” The City’s previous insurance policy through the Cities Insurance Association of Washington (CIAW) will be cancelled, effective Jan. 1. “On July 2, 2012, the CIAW provided the City of Pacific a letter canceling their
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A month after voters within the Auburn School District approved a $110 million bond to build a new Auburn High School, the contract for the project is already out to bid. Bob Kenworthy, projects coordinator for the District, said recently that bid openings are scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 17 and that work is scheduled to start Feb. 18 on the south side of the school site between
By ROBERT WHALE
The City of Auburn will use a $327,353 grant from the state of
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Marine Cpl. James McMillen and Cheryl Wuensch, pastor at First United Methodist Church, pull toys destined for needy children out of a bin during the Toys for Tots distribution Tuesday at the church. ROBERT WHALE, Auburn Reporter
TOYS BRINGING JOYS Community gift effort helps needy families By ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com
Two years ago 300 people waited in line during the Toys for Tots distribution at First United Methodist Church in Auburn.
By 2011, the number had doubled. On Tuesday nearly 900 people waited patiently throughout a wind-whipped morning and afternoon, subjecting themselves to popsiclification so the little ones in their lives could have a doll, a game, [ more TOYS page 8 ]
Auburn to use state grant to build new setback levee rwhale@auburn-reporter.com
Second and Third streets. The new school is expected to open in fall 2014. The first order of business, Kenworthy said, will be to build a temporary parking lot at the site of the present tennis courts, ballfields and parking lot. “The new main classroom academic wing will start as soon as they can get other stuff out of the way,” Kenworthy said. “We’re targeting completion of that part of the
Washington to build a new setback levee on the Green River after it has removed 500 feet of berm and rock from the Fenster levee and a gravel
access road alongside the river. Auburn plans to contribute $57,768 from a local grant to the [ more LEVEE page 7 ]
Wind’s wrath
One glance at the fallen Douglas fir in her front yard reminded Carrie Pond just how fortunate she was. The Auburn woman had fallen asleep in her recliner, watching television in the front room of her home on West Hill early Monday morning when she was awakened by a loud noise. “It was like an explosion,” she said. High winds blew down a 53-foot-tall tree that had stood on the corner of her lot. The uprooted tree struck and caused minor damage to the roof but narrowly missed the southeast side of the home, where Pond was sleeping. “I feel very, very lucky,” Pond said of the more story online… auburn-reporter.com episode. MARK KLAAS, Auburn Reporter
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