Auburn Reporter, February 01, 2013

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INSIDE | Women to share comeback stories at AYR fundraiser [5]

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Prep wrestling | Ravens’ Spencer Jones returns stronger than ever after a 2-year absence [12]

Friday, FEBRUARY 1, 2013

‘He bull’s-eyed her and he ended her life’ By ROBERT WHALE

Man who struck, killed teacher in front of her home sentenced to 8½ years

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Samuel Cruz was driving home from work on July 19 when his car drifted to the side of a residential street in Auburn and struck Stacy Ankerfelt as she stood by her car. Ankerfelt, 28, who had just finished her first year teaching fifth grade at Scenic Hills

Elementary School in Kent, never regained consciousness. She died of her massive injuries one Ankerfelt month later in a Seattle hospital. Last Friday afternoon, following the recommendation of prosecutor Amy

Freedheim, Judge LeRoy McCullough sentenced Cruz to the maximum 102 months – 8½ years – in prison. Cruz, 25, who had been under the influence of a prescription drug to help his withdrawal from Oxycontin at the time of the crash, pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide (DUI) Jan. 2.

Passing it on: Tera Sabo, Miss Auburn 2011, crowns Victoria Knight, the new Miss Auburn, after last Saturday night’s finals. rachel ciampi,

[ more ANKERFELT page 7 ]

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Special Knight: program crowns new Miss Auburn BY MARK KLAAS mklaas@auburn-reporter.com

Victoria Knight has passed this way before. Five years ago, on the brightly lit stage of the Auburn Performing Arts Center, she was crowned Miss Washington Outstanding Teen. On Saturday night, the poised, polished 21-yearold returned to the same stage – this time capturing the Miss Auburn title and $9,500 in awards, gifts and scholarships from the

Uniquely Auburn

more photos online… auburn-reporter.com

City embraces arrival of the classic, ‘Pride and Prejudice’ By ROBERT WHALE

Northern Traditional Native American Dancers perform on stage during the 18th annual Uniquely Auburn at the Performing Arts Center last Sunday. The event celebrated the community’s cultural diversity by recognizing the people, places and events that make Auburn unique. Dance, music, storytelling and humor

filled the afternoon program, followed by a complimentary “sit-down” Greek-style dinner. The Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, Soroptimist International of Auburn, City of Auburn Arts Commission, Auburn School District, and Trillium sponsored the event. More photos, page 9. RACHEL CIAMPI, Auburn Reporter

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Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy – her prejudice, his pride. In her masterpiece,

pageant. The Miss Auburn program is the largest of its kind in the country. Sponsored by the Auburn Noon Lions Club, it is an official preliminary to the Miss Washington and Miss America Scholarship pageants. As Miss Auburn, Knight automatically qualifies for the Miss Washington Pageant later this year. The experience she picked up performing on [ more pageant page 8 ]

“Pride and Prejudice,” first published in 1813, Jane Austen portrayed the slow unfolding of their love against the backdrop of manners, upbringing, morality, education and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of early [ more CLASSIC page 11 ]

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L.A. Theatre Works Pride and Prejudice | February 9, 7:30 pm | $20/$18, Auburn Performing Arts Center Tickets: www.auburnwa.gov/arts | 253-931-3043

AuburnLovesAusten.com | Full listing of community activities in celebration of 200th anniversary of Pride & Prejudice 735064


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