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Deadly shooting jolts city Three killed, one wounded outside bar BY ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com
A biting wind whipped foil balloons back and forth, softly lifted
and dropped flower bundles back into their places on the parking lot, harassed the flames of small candles burning fitfully outside the Sports Page Tavern in northeast Auburn. Throughout the whole of a cold, gray Monday morning, people came, found their way to the three impromp-
tu memorials, spoke to each other in low voices, told stories, cried. Some had been friends of the dead. Others, including a woman named Shawn, had never met them but came out all the same. [ more SHOOTING page 8 ]
By SHAWN SKAGER sskager@auburn-reporter.com
Pacific Mayor Cy Sun confirmed on Wednesday that he had hired Annette Spicuzza as the interim Public Safety Director. Spicuzza fills in for current Public Safety Director
By ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com
Neighbors of a potential transfer station that King County may build one day just off West Valley Highway in northwest Auburn expressed a resounding “no” to the idea at Auburn City Hall on Monday evening. The standing-room-only audience that overflowed the council chambers and boiled into the hall was eager to lay it on the line for City leaders.
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As Pacific Turns: Council reconsiders decision, interim city clerk is out By SHAWN SKAGER
By SHAWN SKAGER sskager@auburn-reporter.com
BOYS ARE BACK
Players take the field during the opening ceremonies for the Auburn Little League last Saturday at sun-splashed Brannan Park. More than 400 players and 34 teams were on hand at the park to kick off the baseball season. SHAWN SKAGER, Auburn Reporter
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Hook Me Up | April 6, 7:30 pm | $17/$15, Auburn Ave. Theater April Comedy at the Ave| April 12, 7:30 pm | $17/$15, Auburn Ave. Theater Brandon Cash Tribute to Johnny Cash | April 13, 7:30 pm | $20/$18, Auburn Ave. Theater
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People gave reasons for opposing the proposal: it’d be ecologically unwise, it’ll reek, it’s poorly thought out, it’s crazy, West Valley Highway won’t bear it. Kathleen Cummings, a resident of the Meredith Hill area of West Hill, delivered a tidy summation of the arguments. “It just makes no sense to anybody who has been around that area – traffic congestion, children, habitat, wetlands,” she said. [ more STATION page 7 ]
Cash honors the original ‘Man in Black’ with tribute show
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Auburn Reporter
Residents oppose transfer station site
Sun appoints interim chief
The Pacific City Council met Monday to clear up the confusion that had enveloped the apparent confirmation of interim city clerk Sandy Paul on March 25. And after council members reconsidered their earlier 3-3 vote, they voted 4-2 against the confirmation. Paul – who had served as Pacific’s city clerk from 20042006 – said she was disappointed. She insisted that, despite her qualifications, she had lost her job because of her support for the mayor.
Mourners leave a memorial for Nicholas Lindsay, one of the three victims in Sunday’s deadly shooting outside The Sports Page in Auburn. ROBERT WHALE,
The similarities go beyond the last name. For Brandon Cash, whose tribute to music icon Johnny Cash rolls into the Auburn Avenue Theater on April 13, the connection with the “Man in Black” goes deeper than a glancing resemblance and a rich, bass-baritone singing voice. “I first met Johnny in 1991 in Binghamton (New York),” Cash
said. “It was incredible. He was just an incredible man.” Not only did Cash get the chance to meet the legendary man he now emulates, he actually got the chance to share the stage with his idol. “I was more into Buddy Holly and Roy Orbison, that kind of rock at the time,” Cash said. “I wasn’t really into country, but I switched over really quick after that.” [ more CASH page 20 ]
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