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Photosafe putting a stop to violators; revenues down

By ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com

Auburn’s Photosafe enforcement program is at a crossroads.

Every quarter, the Auburn Police Department reports that the number of traffic violations is

down – drastically so – since the cameras first opened their eyes on drivers in July 2006.

That means, City officials say, that as motorists make their way through Auburn, they are paying close attention to avoid running

lights at the three camera-placed intersections and easing up on the pedal in the six photo-enforced school zones.

The upshot is that revenues – read fines incurred and paid to the City – are down.

Early pet licensing sales fall way behind

By SHAWN SKAGER sskager@auburn-reporter.com

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Pacific City Councilmember and Mayor Pro Tem James McMahan knew his action at Monday’s council meeting would not sit well with Mayor Cy Sun. Despite the potential to sow more discord than already existed between the council and Sun, McMahan used his authority in Sun’s absence to draft a memo that ordered the acting city clerk to restore Police Lt. Edwin Massey and Chief John Calkins to full duty and to return their badges, commission cards, keys, guns and access to the City’s computers.

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“It weighs pretty heavy that I made a decision like I did,” McMahan said later.

McMahan said he decided to do it after consulting McMahan with City Attorney Kenyon Luce and listening to Massey recount his ordeal.

“I weighed that decision since Friday when he locked them out, and I wondered if I had an opening to do this. I thought about whether I had any authority to do anything about this. This is a big deal,” McMahan said. [ more PACIFIC page 3 ]

Auburn Mountainview takes top honor, earns world robotics berth

DOWNS DAWNS Juan Gutierrez takes Montelena, a 5-year-old mare trained by Martin Pimentel, for a morning workout at Emerald Downs on Tuesday. Gutierrez, last year’s champion rider with 117 wins, is preparing to defend his title. The 75-day season, the 18th at the Auburn track, begins next Friday, with post time at 6:45 p.m. For more on Gutierrez and the new season, see pages 9-12. SHAWN SKAGER, Auburn Reporter

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T-bone collisions – exposes the paradox built into the vendor’s business model.

That is, for Redflex Traffic Systems of Scottsdale, Ariz., the more effective the Photosafe program,

Pacific City Council, mayor collide over police officers reinstatements

By ROBERT WHALE

Three months after the animal shelter opened at A Street Southeast, the number of animal licenses sold has fallen behind where the City had expected them to be – far behind.

In plain terms, the City should have sold about 1,000 licenses by now but has only sold about 630, 60-plus percent of last year’s, not even halfway on any month so far.

Peloza The news that Darcie Hanson, the City’s administrative and business services manager, brought last Monday to members of the City’s Municipal Services Committee, was a stiff reality check.

“Wow,” Committee Chair Bill Peloza muttered under his breath. “Holy smokes.”

As everyone there knew, it is vital to get the revenues up

That the program is doing exactly what City officials said they had hoped it would do when former Police Chief Jim Kelly first suggested it – reducing the number of violations and lowering accident rates, especially from

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Auburn Mountainview High School Robotics Team No. 2907 recently earned the highest honor of the FIRST Spokane Regional Robotics Competition, the Chairman’s Award, and an invitation to compete at the FIRST World Championship in St. Louis on

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The award honors the team that best embodies the goals and purpose of FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology).

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Burndale Homes community center opens For the Auburn Reporter

Books crowd classroom shelves, art projects spill across tables and a bank of state-of-the art computers flash with Internet access at a new community facility in Auburn.

The new community center is an adjunct to the King County Housing Authority 50-unit Burndale Homes. It provides a welcome setting

for children participating in after-school programs and for adults using the array of employment-related programs.

The community celebrated with an open house on April 4.

Burndale Homes residents and the KCHA joined a cast of dignitaries, including U.S. Congressman Dave Reichert, Auburn Deputy Mayor Nancy

Backus, Neighborhood House officials, YWCA Seattle-King-Snohomish CEO Sue Sherbrooke, and Dick Scobee Elementary School Principal Adam Couch to celebrate the new center.

“This type of academically-oriented, after-school program supplements the learning that occurs during the school day and is essential to the success

of our students,” Couch said. “These programs, and this great new center that houses them, are designed to engage students, parents, teachers – to bring in parents and kids for services that hold real promise for better educational and life outcomes for kids and families.”

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U.S. Congressman Dave Reichert addresses the gathering at the open house last week, celebrating the grand opening of the Burndale Homes community center. ROBERT WHALE, Auburn Reporter 3,563 square-foot facility is equipped with a classroom, a dedicated computer lab, multipurpose meeting/activity space, a kitchen and private counseling areas.

The project was funded under a Capital Fund Communities Facilities Program grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) intended to support the development of education and training facilities for public housing residents.

Neighborhood House oversees a variety of programs tailored to meet the needs of children living at Burndale Homes and in the surrounding community. YWCA Seattle|King|Snohomish provides an array of adult employment services including job training, computer skills, English as a Second Language classes and financial management trainings.

The center is expected to serve about 60 youth and at least 70 adults on a regular basis. It is fully accessible for use by physically disabled clients.

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Communities In Schools of Auburn’s ninth annual Charity Fundraiser Dinner and Auction is at 6 p.m.

April 19, at Green River Community College, Lindbloom Center, 12401 SE 320th St., Auburn.

The program includes live and silent auctions, a dessert table and a raffle.

“This center is an investment in our kids and our future,” Backus said. “The partnership between the city, the Housing Authority, our schools, the nonprofit community, and parents touches the lives of our young people in meaningful ways, helping them achieve their academic potential and providing the resources necessary for them to succeed as adults.”

“Education is essential to overcoming poverty and attaining economic self-sufficiency,” said Reichert, (R-8th District).

“This community asset assures that our young people get the support they need to do well in school so they may lead fulfilling and productive lives. The educational opportunities and employment resources offered at this center will make a significant difference in the lives of Burndale Homes and Auburn residents.”

Construction of the community facility, which cost $1.09 million, began in November 2011.

Community leader Greg Dobbs hosts.

Proceeds go directly to support CISA’s efforts to help students in need and foster educational excellence. CISA helps students in need at all 22 Auburn schools.

The cost is $50 per person. For reservations, contact Arlene Pierini at (253) 288-7659, or cisauburn@comcast.net.

For information, visit www.auburn.ciswa.org.

The third annual Empty Bowls, a community-wide effort to support the Auburn Food Bank, is serving up lunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

April 26 at Grace Community Church. Attendees may purchase a soup bowl handmade by students and potters for a minimum donation of $15 and dine on soups donated by local restaurants and schools. For more information, call 253-833-8925 or visit www.theauburnfoodbank.org.

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Pacific’s interim public safety director steps down – after 2 days

of Washington FIRST Robotics.

“They are endlessly giving their time to outreach to and mentor FLL (FIRST Lego League) teams throughout their community … and helping other teams get started.”

Over the past two weeks, Auburn Mountainview Team No. 2907 and Auburn High School Team No. 3219 competed against robotics teams throughout the state at the FIRST Microsoft Seattle Regional Robotics Competition and the FIRST Spokane Regional Robotics Competition.

This year’s competition, called “Ultimate Ascent,” required teams to build robots that could play a Auburn Mountainview Robotics Team No. 2907 earned the highest honor of the FIRST game similar to Ultimate Frisbee.

Spokane Regional Robotics Competition, the Chairman’s Award, and an invitation to the FIRST World During a six-week “build session,” Auburn’s robotics teams designed, Championship, in St. Louis on April 24-27. COURTESY PHOTO programmed and built 150-pound robots that could shoot flying During the first day of competition, spires students to engage in the fields disks through goals of varying heights, robots played in constantly evolving of engineering, science and technoldefend against other robots and climb a teams of three-against-three during ogy through hands-on, mentor-suppyramid structure. seeding rounds. Highly-ranked teams ported challenges and achievements. selected an “alliance” of three robots The experience inspires innovation After the build session, the robots for the final rounds on the second day and fosters well-rounded life capabiliwere crated and shipped to a secure of competition. ties, including self-confidence, comlocation. Teams reunited with their FIRST Robotics encourages and in- munication and leadership. robots one day prior to competition.

[ pacific from page 1 ] Sun had placed Massey and Calkins on paid administrative leave March 22, pending an investigation into his claims about the officers’ intimidation and harassment.

On April 4, Pacific’s Civil Service Commission ruled in favor of the officers’ appeals of the suspension, ordering Sun to return them to duty.

But instead of being provided the tools he needed to do his job last Friday, Massey said, he was denied access.

“Since I’ve been reinstated I’ve been denied my keys, I’ve been denied my badge, I’ve been denied my commission card, I’ve been denied access to my computer, and I’m being obstructed from performing the duty which I’ve been hired to perform,” Massey told the council Monday.

Massey said he tried again on Monday morning to retrieve his items, but the acting city clerk informed him that Sun had sent an email directing her to

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“I informed her that it was my belief that this order given to the mayor by the Civil Service Commission supersedes any order from the mayor,” Massey said.

The council initially passed a motion encouraging Massey, Calkins and anyone else with personal knowledge of Sun’s refusal to restore the officers to file a crime report with the King County Prosecutor for obstructing a law enforcement officer.

During a brief recess later in the meeting, McMahan drafted a letter directing the city clerk to return Massey’s items immediately.

“What I wanted to do was open up the mayor’s office and get myself, Lt. Massey, the acting city clerk and the city attorney, so there is four people there,” McMahan said. “If we’re going to go into somebody’s office, I wanted to make sure we had lots of appropriate witnesses. I wanted to go in there and find their stuff. I heard it was in big manilla envelopes … and get it back to them.”

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As no one present had the combination to the City’s safe, however, Massey couldn’t retrieve his items.

On Tuesday morning, Massey presented McMahan’s letter to Sun. “With that letter I attempted to retrieve my property as outlined, and the mayor refused,” Massey said.

“I’m overriding James McMahan’s memo ordering them back to work, over my jurisdiction and authority as mayor. The same for the Civil Service Commission decisions,” Sun wrote in an email. “I’m empowered to

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Annette Spicuzza, the City of Pacific’s interim public safety director, stepped down on April 5, two days into the job.

Spicuzza had accepted Pacific Mayor Cy Sun’s offer early last week.

In a statement released last Friday to KING-5, Spicuzza explained her decision.

“Mayor Sun reached out to me and sought my provisional appointment to maintain leadership and ensure de- Spicuzza livery of public safety services to the citizens of Pacific, during the investigation period. The issues at the City of Pacific are deep seeded. As a result, it has prevented my appointment and assistance to the Police Department. I wish the City of Pacific and its citizens all the best.”

Spicuzza had worked for the University of Washington, Federal Way and Kennewick police departments.

But it was at her last job as police chief of UC Davis that Spicuzza picked up national notoriety. She resigned after her officers pepper sprayed Occupy protesters on campus in November 2011.

City councilmember Gary Hulsey said the mayor had no right to hire Spicuzza without council permission, according to KING-5.

protect the City personnel for safety from harassment and intimidations. My decision to reinstate Massey and Calkins depends on the findings of the investigation. Otherwise, I’m keeping the situation on status quo.”

A King County Sheriff ’s Office spokesperson confirmed that they were investigating reports of a threat made against Calkins and Massey, but declined to provide details.

As McMahan sees it, the decision to try and circumvent the mayor came down to simply doing what is

right for the residents who elected him.

“I feel comfortable that I acted not in a personal capacity, I acted within my scope as councilmember and my job as a councilmember is acting as the mayor pro tem,” McMahan said. “But yeah, it weighs on me. Cy is going to be pissed, there is no doubt about that. But the thing is you have to do what’s right.”

McMahan continued: “The reality is that it may

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not work, but you have to do what’s right. We can disagree about a lot of the things that Cy does, and I certainly do. This one, this is just wrong. This isn’t just a shortsighted decision,” he said. “At the risk of that relationship (with Sun) that I value, as I try to mitigate and minimize some of the things that Cy does that are just bad decisions and disagreements of policy, this is one where you have to do what’s right.”

[4] April 12, 2013 because pet licensing covers the cost of the City’s contract with the Auburn Valley Humane Society (AVHS), which runs the shelter on the City’s behalf.

To cover the cost of AVHS’ contract, Hanson said, the City would have to have a total of about 8,400 to 8,500 licenses by the end of the year.

Without some sharp turnaround, that could be slipping out of reach.

To date, the City has taken in $18,000 and paid AVHS about $120,000.

“We are behind now … and this could get more expensive to the City than we thought,” said Mayor Pete Lewis. “That’s where we are right now. We’re doing all we can. We’ve been working on the marketing site, and doing some other things … but the red warning flag is up right now.”

As the City’s contract with PetData doesn’t require it to provide one month’s numbers until the 15th of the following month, Hanson said, she didn’t have the first full three months of numbers and won’t until Monday. She will present the complete first three months at the second meeting of the month.

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Company officials recently told City’s Finance Director Shelley Coleman that with the continued drop in revenue, it is barely covering the costs it incurs

time for a March uptick as residents with pets, perhaps unaccustomed to the new system, begin in higher numbers to license their pets with the City instead of with the county.

In addition, PetData’s numbers represented a comparison with the county’s 2012 numbers, a particularly active, aggressive year for King County Animal Control licensing.

“We do have a total of 6,844 licenses on record, which is an uptick from the end-of-year King County number, so we’re up a tad bit, but not nearly where we want to be, obviously. We don’t have March data yet, so that number will be higher,” Hanson said.

City Finance Director Shelley Coleman suggested that the City ask more of PetData per its contract, that is, to have it sell licenses at veterinary clinics and follow up on rabies’ vaccinations.

At the shelter the AVHS has sold about one-sixth of the total number of licenses sold.

Hanson said PetData sends a notice to pet owners 30 days before the license expires, and after a second notice it sends the information it has to code enforcement officers for follow up. with the Auburn cameras.

Redflex charges the City a monthly fixed fee of $4,870 per camera location, varying with the number citations the city issues.

According to figures compiled by Auburn Councilman Bill Peloza, the cost for

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Police Blotter Auburn police responded to the following calls for service, among many others, between March 28 and April 2.

April 1 Trespassing: 5:40 a.m., 2117 Auburn Way S. Thumbing his nose at a previous order directing him to stay away from the Muckleshoot Bingo Hall, a man tested the barring notice, thereby bringing in the police and earning himself a swell citation for first-degree trespassing.

Police released him at the scene.

Burglary: 6 a.m., 4205 Auburn Way S. Somebody broke into some-

Fire & Rescue Blotter The Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to 205 calls for service between April 1 and 7, among them the following:

April 1 Fire alarm: 12:25 p.m., (Auburn). Firefighters responding to a fire alarm at an assisted-living facility in south Auburn discovered the culprit – burned food in the kitchen. Firefighters cleared the kitchen of smoke and reset the alarm.

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Between court and legal costs and Auburn Police Department overhead, that is, about $15,000 a month.

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body’s shed and made off with several hand tools of undisclosed make and value.

Theft: Overnight. A thief, or thieves, stole 16 tires of undisclosed value from a tire rack at Mike Scarff Subaru.

Theft: 1 a.m., 32000 block of 108th Avenue Southeast. Thieves unknown made off with a vehicle that had been parked in front of a home overnight. The owner had also left his phone and wallet inside.

Theft: 7 a.m., 1620 Industry Drive SW. Thieves stole an undisclosed number of propane tanks.

April 2

Obstructing justice: 11:57 p.m., 1521 D St. NE. A suspicious man in the Days Inn parking lot fibbed to police about his name before running. When police caught up with him, they discovered on his person a possible reason for his unsuccessful skedaddle: a drug pipe, a metal

April 2

Theft: 2:09 a.m., 2010 block of C Street Southeast. Somebody swiped an undisclosed amount of money and a Social Security card from a man’s vehicle in front of his home.

Theft: 6 a.m., 2008 63rd St. SE. Somebody stole electrical wire from a construction site during the course of the previous two days.

Police did not offer any estimate of the value. overhaul process. The business itself sustained minimal damage and kept going as usual.

Aid call: 1:40 p.m., (South Auburn). Firefighters responding to an older woman who had cut her hand in a fall, found her on the floor, nursing a small abrasion to her hand, needing help only to stand up. Firefighters left her at the incident site in good condition.

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April 3 Minor fire: 2:55 p.m., (Algona). Firefighters responding to a wall fire in the 700 block of Milwaukee Avenue discovered that quick-thinking employees had already snuffed it out.

Firefighters lent a hand to the

County District court, the county has taken over those collection duties, resulting in a $4,000-to-$5,000 per month drop in the City’s expenditures, Coleman said.

Auburn officials, in the interest of making the City’s contract with Redflex costneutral, suggested Redflex sunset the current contract and enter into a new one, though with a less-thanfive-year extension.

Redflex reportedly called that proposal “a non-starter.”

Then it came back with a $5,000-per-month credit to offset City costs worth about $60,000 a year.

Here’s how the credit works: should the City collect $45,000 in a month in Photosafe revenues, it gets the first $5,000 and remits $40,000 to Redflex. Given

Vandalism: 9:55 a.m., 4910 A St. SE. Somebody vandalized public artwork in an undisclosed manner.

Car fire: 2:54 p.m., (Pacific).

Firefighters dispatched to a car fire on Highway 167 Northbound just north of Ellingson Road found a 1998 Toyota Camry, its engine compartment fully engulfed in flames. Using a gasoline-powered saw to get into the engine compartment, firefighters employed a pre-connected hose to kill the fire.

The driver and passenger escaped without injury. Investigators later determined that the fire was mechanical in nature.

Auburn’s 72,000 residents, that comes to $1.67 per resident.

Coleman said the credit would reduce the City’s annual expenditures on the program from $180,000 to $120,000.

If the City Council doesn’t renew the contract, Coleman said, Redflex will have to write off the cumulative $600,000 balance. The City, assistant City Attorney Steven Gross noted, would not be on the hook for that sum.

“The City’s obligation is limited to the extent of gross receipts to the City for automated violations,” Gross said. “There is no obligation to the City over and above what we receive for automated violations, absolutely none.”

“It’s only to the extent

Burglary: Overnight, 1101 Supermall Way SW. An unknown somebody squeezed through a small gap to enter a closed business. Just what the thief did after that is a mite murky because he or she didn’t take anything.

Shoplifting: 12:40 p.m., 1702 Auburn Way N. Police arrested a man for shoplifting undisclosed items from a store formerly known in police reports as Top Foods but now referred to only as the bland “1700 block of Auburn Way North.”

Theft: 3:10 p.m., 762 Supermall Drive SW. A woman forgot her purse in a changing room at an undisclosed business. When the woman returned, the purse was there, but the money and other items were missing.

April 5 Accident: 6:29 p.m., (Lea Hill).

Firefighters hustling to a two-car accident at the corner of 304th and 112th on Lea Hill found two heavily damaged vehicles and three injured people. Firefighters released two of them at the scene and a private ambulance transported the third to MultiCare Auburn Medical Center.

April 6 Aid call: 11:25 a.m., (Auburn).

Firefighters and King County Medics responded to the 100 block of East Main Street where they found a senior citizen unable to catch his breath.

Firefighters transported the man to MAMC for further evaluation.

that anything that comes in from Redflex tickets for the subsequent 12 months would go toward that outstanding balance,” Coleman said. “It’s not a liability. If we sunsetted and didn’t do an amendment and did a new contract, they would have to write that off in the 12 months. They don’t want to do that.”

The City had once used the revenues received in excess of costs to install traffic calming devices.

Lewis said that even with a new contract, it is unlikely the program will ever be in the black again.

Officials decided to ask staff to seek a one-year extension of the contract with Redflex while the City sends out requests for proposals from other vendors.

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I don’t like to trot out this word, preferring to let the poor thing catch its breath and regain whatever strength it may have left.

Problem is, I really don’t know how else to describe what happened at the Auburn Avenue Theater one night last week.

So, I’ll call it magic.

Our magicians, sitting side by side at a table, stage left of the theater screen, were Dick Brugger, Auburn’s poet laureate, and his daughter, Jessie Brugger, a gifted artist.

The City of Auburn and community organization chose the talented Bruggers to kick off National Poetry Month.

Moderated by Marjorie Rommell of the Northwest Renaissance Poets, the hour-long program showcased several of Jessie’s animated films, Dick’s poetry and several projects where they fused their art forms.

Brugger, the first director of Auburn Youth Resources, is now in his 80s. Long ago, he was a Franciscan priest but he set aside the cowl to marry the love of his life, Lela.

Jessie, raised in Auburn, recently earned a master’s degree in fine arts from The New York Academy of Art. In 2011 the New York International Film Festival honored with an award for best short animated video. Today, Jessie lives in Brooklyn, working as a waitress to pay the bills.

To a packed house of friends – really, what else would the Bruggers have? – Dick read his moving, often hilarious, always witty poems. People listened, sifting the words that one of Auburn’s master souls had chosen to capture the scenes and thoughts of his long life.

When the house lights dimmed from time to time, Jessie gave us her shape-shifting,

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Editor’s note: Cindy M. Hutchings wrote this poem in the aftermath of the shooting deaths of three men early Easter morning in north Auburn.

Mothers’ Sons, Risen Mourning flowers cover dry droplets young blood given so freely to gunfire against the night candles cry their lamentation

– Cindy M. Hutchings

Where is Auburn going?

I live within eyesight of not only the 76 gas station on Main Street, but also the Auburn Police Station. My question is

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Deadline for letters to be considered for publication is 2 p.m. Tuesday. why on a daily basis do I look down the street and see 20 or more teens hanging out all over F Street Southeast, either on the parking lot of the 76 station or across F Street near the eye doctor sidewalk,d or the condos behind the 76 station?

I have physically watched a fight break out in the alley

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an even higher risk.

However, there has been a 60-percent increase over the past decade in the number of oral cancer diagnoses in people under the age of 30 with none of the classic risk factors listed, due to a strong connection with the human papillomavirus, or HPV. HPV is transmitted via intimate oral-sexual contact, and is more likely to be

behind the store and watched a police officer drive right by, then do a loop around and up G Street and then off to the police station to park.

I have been in this town for 40 years and I am very disgusted with the response and care that I am seeing. If police can’t even see what is going on two blocks from the police station, I can’t imagine what the rest of the city is dealing with on the south or north ends of town.

I am talking about Main Street, Washington Elementary School, Auburn High School, Auburn Police Station, the Auburn Courthouse, all in about a threeblock radius of the station.

What is my biggest concern?

I used to walk my 6-year-old to the mini mart to get snacks.

I will no longer do that due to the problems in the neighborhood that are fully being ignored.

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present in those who have engaged in this activity with multiple partners.

There are about 1,700 more people developing HPV related cancers each year. Anyone older than 12 who is sexually active or who has had more than three sexual partners is included in the risk profile for developing HPV, and therefore at increased risk for oral cancer. If someone engages in all three of the above behaviors, the risks are even higher. [ more RICH page 7 ]

[6] April 12, 2013 enigmatic, animated imagery. Jaws dropped. No one bothered to stifle the laughter or the oohs and awes at the winding, twisting, figures on the screen.

In one memorable short, we saw Jessie, or rather her animated face and head, assailed by a chorus of comments and demands dished up by her customers. Her internal reactions were on her head and face, bending, splitting, shrinking,

squashing, coming to a sharp point then widening to a fat, puzzled fish with pursed lips. At one point we saw her head, astonished to consider the mirror image of itself, sprouting vegetable-like from a stalk.

Another short captured her thoughts about women.

Her vehicle was the Virgin Mary, conceived as an habitual escapee, slipping through stained glass windows by night, a woman of the night, rambling over strange, unearthly land-

scapes.

Jessie said she is in New York City because of the stories her father spun about it, about Radio City Music Hall, of fancy lunches and the lights of the big city, far removed from her life as a waitress, she said.

“I wish I were an artist, but I’m a waitress. I make money waiting tables, it’s what I do,” said Jessie.

“You are an artist,” came her father’s immediate correction.

Introducing a short titled,

“Brooklyn Forever,” set to the music of a hip-hop artist in Brooklyn, Jessie took a moment to explain what inspires her. “It’s his song, and his story through my eyes, and I guess every animation I do when I collaborate is like that. It’s his story, my dad’s story, but I’m interested in it.”

And when dad’s poems and daughter’s art came together, it was as Bill Cosby might have said “wonderrfulness” In a few deft strokes of his pen, Dick took us to “381 East Cordova Street” in Vancouver B.C., a real place he knew, that city’s skid road, “a bleak whiteness … mixed with rain and battleship grey,” he began, a dirty labyrinth of needles, prostitutes and grimy back alleys, rife with “a sweet stench,” where “smiles are sad, even laughter has an eerie quality, where whispers prevail” and “fog settles in at 4 o’clock.”

As we made our way along the Cordova Street as animated by Jessie’s imaginative powers, our guide is her father’s voice, heard above the honking of horns and the far-off wail of sirens. That voice, itself remote, disengaged from

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Artist Jessie Brugger presented shape-shifting, winding, twisting, stop motion figures on the screen.

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the gray-haired man in front of us, makes the poem unforgettable, impossible to turn from.

Another poem, “Presence”, which begins, “a young boy in a rowboat dips his oars deep in the water, pulls them back with all his might”

lovingly animated by Jessie, added the delicious sounds of splashing, dripping water.

Finally, it was an evening interspersed with anecdotes, spun from the stuff of Brugger family history. Dick told how he and his son had once watched a car hit a skunk.

When the son burst into the house with his story of blood and gore, Jessie, an artist even from her tiniest years, asked only one question: what color was the car?

Perhaps the most remarkable thing of all, was the love of dad for daughter, of daughter for dad, so palpable I felt I could reach out and warm my hands over it.

“Weren’t we good?,” Dick asked as the evening ended.

The audience rose in a sustained, standing ovation.

Remarkable father, remarkable daughter.

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Neely Station nearly complete Humane Society, Auburn schools, or the Auburn Food A $3.5 million renovaBank. tion at north Auburn’s Neely “We want to become a Station apartments, formerly part of the community. We’re Brittany Lane Park, is neartrying to get back to ing completion.

Auburn,” said Heather Matt Chestnut, Lagat, business maninvestment manager BUSINESS ager, of the enrollfor Pinnacle, which ment program. owns and operates Neely Station the 190-unit complex, apartments is at 1433 said the project recently 8th St. NE, Auburn. For passed the halfway mark. more information, call Exterior improvements 253-939-4846 or visit www. include a resurfaced parking neelystation.com. lot and landscaping. Interior work includes new appliances and other features to the units.

In addition, Pinnacle’s renSusan McConnell has ovation involves a remodeled joined Wesley Homes clubhouse, residents lounge, Retirement Communities fitness center and pool area. and Health Services as the executive director for Wesley Neely Station is offering a program that will donate $50 Homes Foundation. McConnell plans to raise the visto the new resident’s choice ibility of major fundraising of three nonprofit organiendeavors of Wesley Homes, zations – Auburn Valley Reporter staff

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Support Backus for mayor As a resident of Auburn for over 15 years, I am proud of what the City has accomplished, despite the budget constraints and the hard reality of the economic crisis.

Every household has some reminder of what we have gone through, and I am confident that with Nancy Backus as our mayor, we can look ahead to completing some of the long-awaited downtown projects.

Nancy’s financial background and service to our community make her an especially good candidate for the challenging years ahead.

We need someone like Nancy to bring her vitality and energy to the tasks that need to be completed.

As current deputy mayor she has participated

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Students also sponsor mock legislation, which they attempt to convince other pages from around the state to support.

To learn more about the page program, visit www.leg.wa.gov.

in many of the exciting changes in Auburn, e.g., the King County Auburn Library renovation, road improvements, downtown development, Miss Auburn Pageant for our youth and many other achievements for the city.

I fully support her candidacy and urge our voters to assess her qualifications and make the right decision for Auburn’s future.

– Pattee Baggett

[ RICH from page 5 ] If oral cancer is detected and treated in its early stages, the five-year survival rate climbs to 80-90 percent.

To highlight National Oral Cancer Awareness Month, and to stress the importance of oral cancer detection, our office is offering free oral cancer screenings on two Thursdays in April, the 15th and the 25th, from

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Please contact their office with any questions about this article at 253-939-6900.

The Auburn Valley YMCA recently completed an extensive remodel of its lobby to create a brighter, more welcoming atmosphere. The community is invited to a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the occasion on Thursday, April 18 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. The project expanded one of the Y’s central community gathering spaces for the more than 15,000 people who us the Y each year.

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Emily Hill, a student at Auburn Riverside High School, recently served as a legislative page in the state House of Representatives. She was sponsored by 31st District Rep. Cathy Dahlquist, R-Enumclaw.

The 14-year-old is the daughter of Dan and Angela Hill of Auburn. Emily enjoys sports and plays fastpitch softball and volleyball.

“As a parent, sponsoring students to come to Olympia and learn more about what it means to be a legislator and how our decisions impact the lives of all Washingtonians is something I really enjoy,” Dahlquist said.

As part of her duties in the Legislature, Emily delivered documents to

including a state-of-the-art health center on the Wesley Homes Lea Hill campus in Auburn. McConnell also will play a significant role in the expansion of Wesley Homes Retirement Communities into Puyallup and Renton.

McConnell comes to Wesley Homes from Ohio where she was the CEO of Make-A-Wish Foundation for Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. She’s a Washington state native and was the director of production and special events at PONCHO (Patrons of Northwest Civic, Cultural and Charitable Organizations).

“I’ve worked with kids, and that was incredibly fulfilling. With Wesley Homes, I can be an advocate for another segment of the population that is sometimes vulnerable. I can help make a difference,” McConnell said.

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Sixth annual Spring Fairy Festival: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. April 13, Green River Community College, 12401 SE 320th St., Auburn. Day of art, music and dancing with a frolicking fairy and fantasy theme.

Sponsored by Crescent Moon Gifts, Admission: $15 for adults, $5 for children (5-12), seniors (65 and older) and students with ID; 4 and under free. For more information, visit www.springfairyfestival.com.

Auburn Valley YMCA Ribbon Cutting: 5:30-6:30 p.m. April 18, Auburn Valley YMCA, 1620 Perimeter Road SW. Community is invited to a free open house to celebrate the Y’s recent remodel. Light snacks, tours, guest passes will be offered.

24th annual Spring Fair: April 18-21, Washington State Fair Events Center, 110 Ninth Ave. SW, Puyallup. Hours: 2-10 p.m.

Thursday; 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday. Wide range of activities, from baby animals to the Aussie Kingdom show, and Motorsport Mayhem with monster trucks and demolition derbies to the Garden Show, plus 4-H and FFA students showing animals in the Northwest Junior Livestock Show. The dancing horses at Fiesta Mexicana, plus 400 exhibit booths selling their wares are also highlights. Tickets: $10 adults; $7 students (6-18 years); children 5 and under free.

Parking is free. Visit www.thefair.com for more information.

Arbor Day celebration: 11 a.m.

April 24, Game Farm Park, 3030 R St. SE, Auburn. The City will plant a Japanese Larch tree, donated by the Auburn Garden Club.

City officials, along with volunteers from the Auburn Garden Club, Auburn Tree Board, Auburn Park Board, representatives from the state Department of Natural Resources and the Washington Community Forestry Council will attend. The public is invited.

For more information about Arbor Day or planting trees, call 253-931-3043.

Pride in Pacific Earth Day celebration: 9 a.m. April 27, Pacific-Algona Senior Center, 100 Third Ave. SE, Pacific. City Park Board and Pacific Partnerships organizing.

Volunteers will be split into park and trash pickup teams and sent on their way to weed, rake and clean up the city parks, trails and other spots. Trash weigh-ins, information fair, and lunch provided. A donation of $5 for lunch is suggested. For more information, visit act.earthday.org or www. facebook.com/#!/CityOfPacificParksBoard.

Washington Engaged Coalition Against Trafficking: 7-8;30 p.m.

April 30, Kent Senior Center, 600 E. Smith St. Meeting. Washington Engage, a statewide, non-profit group is organizing a grassroots Coalition Against Trafficking (CAT) in the Kent, Renton, Auburn area. The goal is to bring schools, community leaders and concerned citizens together to combat the trafficking of girls and women in the sex slave trade. Public invited to join others interested in forming a valley CAT. Contact Lorna Rufener at 253-508-9676 or lorna. rufener@gmail.com: Auburn Clean Sweep: 7:30 a.m. May 4, downtown Auburn. Check in at City Hall, 25 W. Main St. Breakfast prepared by Kiwanis of Auburn. Volunteer for a project. For more information, call Julie Brewer at 253-8045042 or email jbrewer@auburnwa.gov.

Neely Mansion May Tea: May 11, 12303 SE Auburn-Black Diamond Road, off Highway 18. Seatings at 12:30 p.m., 2 p.m., 3:30 p.m. Neely Mansion Association invites the public. Gift shop, tour historic house, piano music. $15 per guest. Reservations required.

Please call 253-850-2777.

Benefits YMCA pillowcase drive: Through April 15, Auburn Valley YMCA, 1620 Perimeter Road SW. Collecting fun pillowcases for children undergoing treatment at Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital. Donors can buy a

Communities In Schools of Auburn’s 9th Annual Charity Fundraiser Dinner and Auction: 6 p.m. April 19, Green River Community College, Lindbloom Center, 12401 SE 320th St., Auburn. Live, silent auctions, dessert table, raffle. Hosted by community leader Greg Dobbs. Proceeds go directly to support CISA’s efforts to help students in need and foster educational excellence. Cost: $50 per person. RSVP: Arlene Pierini at 253-288-7659 or cisauburn@ comcast.net. More information at www. auburn.ciswa.org.

Craft Bazaar: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. April 20, The Seasons on Lea Hill, 12722 SE 312th St., Auburn. Handmade jewelry, baked goods, knit hats, purses, candles, Spring Teriyaki Chicken Dinner and Bake Sale: 11 a.m.-3 p.m. April 21, White River Buddhist Temple, 3625 Auburn Way N. Fundraiser. Dinner is served cafeteria style or takeout. Sale includes mochi and manju, pies and other homemade goodies. For more information, visit www.wrbt.org Empty Bowl event: 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

April 26, Grace Community Church, 1320 Auburn Way S., Auburn. Attendees at the gathering will have the opportunity to purchase a handmade soup bowl by students and professional potters for a minimum donation of $15. Customers will have a choice of soup from among those donated by local restaurants and schools. Proceeds will support the Auburn Food Bank. For more information call 253-833-8925 or visit www.theauburnfoodbank.org.

Tumble for Autism: 2-5 p.m. April 28 at Roach Gymnastics, 1627 45h St. E., Sumner. A fundraising event to support Washington Autism Alliance and Advocacy.

Dan Roach, Pierce County councilmember, and Melanie Roach, a former Olympian and world-class weightlifter, host the event. The “open-gym” format is open to all – those affected by autism and those who wish to support family members or friends affected by autism. Roach’s staff will be on hand to supervise. All donations are tax exempt and will go directly to programs that provide critical support for families and individuals affected by autism. www.washingtonautismadvocacy.org Bus Barn Bonanza: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. May 4, Auburn School District Transportation Yard, 615 15th St. SW. Featuring arts and crafts from local artists and business people. Free to the public. A $10 vendor fee supports the Auburn High School seniors scholarship fund. The bonanza is open on the first Saturday of every month, March to June, October to December. For more information, contact Janie Bartro at 253-227-7789, or visit www. busbarnbonanza.com.

Auburn Riverside Bands Cafe and Auction: 6-9 p.m. May 10, Auburn Riverside High School, 501 Oravetz Road. Tickets: $10 includes spaghetti dinner, auction, live swing music from ARHS Jazz bands and dance lessons. Bid on items and help support the band program.

Walk the Line (PG-13): 2 p.m. April 14.

Tickets: $3.

AveKids Spring Break Theater Camp: 5:30-8 p.m. April 15-19. Featuring Disney’s “Mulan, Jr.” Camp will emphasize voice, choreography, acting, set design, costuming and more resulting in a public performance. Ages: 7 through ninth grade.

Fee: $160/$200 based on Auburn residency (Early dropoff at 8 a.m. and/or late pick-up by 5 p.m. may be arranged in advance.)

Register by April 5. Call 253-931-3043 to register.

John The Baptist Catholic Church, 25810 156th Ave. SE, Covington. • April 16 program speakers: Member Jim Meucci and his wife/caregiver, Marilyn. Breakout session for caregivers. Group’s monthly lunches are on the first Tuesday of the month at the Auburn Senior Activity Center, 808 Ninth St. SE, Auburn. For more information, contact Stephanie Lawson at 206-579-5206.

Algona Days: The City is looking for vendors for this year’s celebration – Friday, July 19, 5-9 p.m. and Saturday, July 20, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. If you are interested, applications can be found at www.algonawa.gov or you can contact Kevin Caviezel at City Hall 253-833-2897 or kevinc@algonawa.gov.

FAIRY FESTIVAL

27th annual Auburn Area Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament: 1:30 p.m.

May 10, Washington National Golf Club, 14330 SE Husky Way, Auburn. Register your team today. Twosome $250; foursome $450; sorry, no singles. Call Pegi at the Chamber office to inquire about hole sponsorships or tournament sponsorships at 253-833-0700.

Reunions

$3 donation for ages 60 and over, $5.75 for those younger than 60.

Auburn High School Multi-Class Reunion Picnic: 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Aug. 3, Veterans Memorial Park, 411 E St. NE, Auburn. Potluck with plates, utensils and napkins furnished. For more information, call 253-880-2500.

• Movie Screenings: Wednesdays, 1 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. 50 cent suggested donation for refreshments.

Seniors

• Meals on Wheels: Senior services’ program offers home-delivered meals to home-bound seniors. For more information, call the center at 253-931-3016.

Auburn Senior Activity Center, 808 Ninth St. SE. 253-931-3016 or www. auburnwa.gov. Senior activities include: • Senior Coffee Hours with the Mayor and Councilmembers: 10-11 a.m. the second Thursday of the month.

• Lunch: Monday-Friday, Salad bar begins at 11:30, Main meal is served at noon. Cost:

Puget Sound Blood Center drives: 9-11 a.m., noon-3 p.m. April 12, MultiCare Auburn Medical Center, Plaza 1, 202 N. Division St.; 11 a.m.-1 p.m., 2-5 p.m. April 17, Social Security Auburn, 1901 C St. SW. For more information, call 253-945-8667 or please visit www.psbc.org.

Southeast King County Parkinson’s Disease support group: Meets on the third Tuesday of the month, 10:30 a.m., St.

Forbidden Broadway: 7:30 p.m.

April 26-27. Broadway’s favorite spoof and Tony Award winner. Satirical vignettes of “Grease”, “Wicked”, “Phantom”, “Les Mis”, “The Producers” and “The Lion King”. Tickets: $17/$15.

Angela Wenhart helps organize young fairies for a contest during last year’s Spring Fairy Festival at Green River Community College.

The festival – a day of art, music and dancing with a frolicking fairy and fantasy theme – returns to the campus on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is $15 for adults, $5 for children (5-12), seniors (65 and older) and students with ID; 4 and under are free. For tickets or more information, visit www.springfairyfestival.com. REPORTER FILE PHOTO

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Vocal Trash: 7:30 p.m. May 3. Vocal Trash continues to electrify the young and old with their tight a cappella harmonies, industrial “stomp” style drumming and breakdancers. Vocal Trash Street Show is an evening of music, dance and comedy theater dotted with light hearted audience participation. Tickets: $20/$18.

Rodgers and Hammerstein Movie Series Package: 8 p.m. • May 5: “The King and I”; • May 12: “South Pacific”; • May 19: “The Sound of Music” . Ticket package: $6.

Entertainment AUBURN AVENUE THEATER Auburn Avenue Theater, 10 Auburn Ave. Call Auburn Parks, Arts & Rec at 253931-3043, Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m.-noon, or online at www.brownpapertickets.com.

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April Comedy at the Ave: 7:30 p.m.

April 12. Three comedians in one night. Alex Koll, star of Internet and TV whose taste for the absurd may get you hooked as well, headlines. Recommended for ages 18 and above. Tickets: $17, $15.

Brandon Cash Tribute to Johnny Cash: 7:30 p.m. April 13. Emulating a true musical legend, Brandon Cash’s performance is largely based on the early years of Johnny Cash’s career, including the Tennessee Three and the Carter family. Performing both true classics interspersed with his

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Auburn Symphony Orchestra, “The Rite of Spring”: 7:30 p.m. April 27; 2:30 p.m. April 28, Auburn Performing Arts Center, 700 E. Main St. R. Strauss’“Death and Transfiguration” and Stravinsky’s “The Right of Spring”. Free pre-concert lecture begins 45 minutes prior to performance.

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EMERALD DOWNS 78th Running of the Longacres Mile

Opening Night Friday, April 19 First Race – 6:45 p.m.

A long tradition of thoroughbred racing

By Dennis Box

Editor, Enumclaw Courier-Herald

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horoughbred horse racing is back at Emerald Downs for its 18th season, featuring a full card of races, stakes and the 78th running of the Grade 3 Longacres Mile.

While the Mile is the marquee race for the Emerald, the longest continuing professional event in the Puget Sound region, the season offers a wealth of races, activities and events for all ages.

Jim Penney

Expect the Jim Penney barn to enter another potential Mile winner this season. Jebrica, the Top 3-Year-Old Male of 2011, ran in the Mile last year finishing eighth and is also back in training at Emerald this season.

Mile Notes

The Longacres Mile – Aug. 18 Taylor Said

The 2012 Longacres Mile featured a dramatic battle down the stretch, pitting Taylor Said, trained

by Michael Puhich, against Winning Machine, conditioned

by Frank Lucarelli, the leading trainer at Emerald in 2012. Taylor Said held on to win by a slim head.

Puhich reported Taylor Said was sold after his Mile victory to “Sheikh Mohammed and he will probably be racing in Dubai (of the United Arab Emirates) this year and possibly in England.”

While Taylor Said will likely not be back for the Mile, Puhich said, Taylors Deal out of the same dam, Fleet Amyanne, could be a potential contender for the Mile. Puhich said the 4-year-old gelding ran well as a 3-year-old and has collected $147,688 lifetime. Taylors Deal won the Turf Paradise Derby in February of 2012 and the BC Cup Stellar’s Jay stakes at Hastings in August 2012, both at 1 1/16 mile.

Winning Machine

Lucarelli’s Winning Machine, owned by Fleur De Lis Stables, is at Emerald and in training for the Mile series.

Last year Winning Machine started the campaign for the Mile by winning the $50,000 Governor’s Handicap at 6½ furlongs, then followed that win with a trip to the winner’s circle in the $50,000 Budweiser Handicap at 1 mile.

The 7-year-old bay gelding by Toccet ran third in the Mt. Rainier Handicap at 1 1/16 mile, and ran second in the Mile losing by a slim head.

Winning Machine has made $465,278 lifetime. Lucarelli describes the horse as a consistent competitor who “always tries hard and gives his best.”

Winning Machine was named the Top Older Horse of the 2012 meet.

The 6-year-old Kentucky-bred was claimed for $40,000 and is owned by J C Racing Stables. Why Not Be Perfect earned a 95 Beyer in the Hank Mills, Sr. Handicap at 1 mile in December 2012 at Turf Paradise. He won the 1 1/16 mile, $35,000 Turf Paradise Handicap in February, and the $35,000 Wildcat Handicap at 1 3/8 mile April 6 at Turf Paradise.

Why Not Be Perfect has earned $252,305 to date.

Penney has collected five Longacres Mile win pictures during his career at Emerald Downs and Longacres Park, spanning five decades of training. And he isn’t done yet.

Penney won with Silver Mallet, 1973, Theologist, 1977, Edneator, 2000, Sabertooth, 2002 and Flamethrowintexan, 2006.

The Longacres Mile first running was Aug. 24, 1935. The race was launched by Joe Gottstein, Longacres Park founder. Gottstein started Longacres in 1933, in Renton.

Gottstein was looking for a top-line race when he announced the first running of the Longacres Mile, with a purse of $10,000, the richest thoroughbred mile race in the country at the time.

The mile distance gave the angle Gottstein was looking for to make the race and track catch the attention of horse-racing world. The mile is not considered the classic distance of 1 1/4 mile. What attracted Gottstein to the mile was that the race was too long for sprinters and too short for routers, and it was two turns.

The other attraction for Gottstein was matching thoroughbreds against some of the top horse in the games, a tradition that holds true to this day.

The first running of the Mile race was won by 20-1 long shot Coldwater, beating the heavy favorite, Biff, a grandson of Man O’ War. Coldwater’s upset put the Mile and Pacific Northwest horse racing on the map. Today, surprises are still a trademark of the race.

Hudson Landing

Blaine Wright won the Mt. Rainier Breeders Cup with Hudson Landing last year at 1 1/16 mile. The 6-year-old gelding ran ninth in the Mile but came back and won the Grade 3 All American at 1 1/16 mile in November of 2012.

Wright said the 2013 Mile is “on the radar” for Hudson Landing this season.

Hudson Landing’s record 12-6-6 from 38 starts with $487,648 in lifetime earnings

Why Not Be Perfect

Another potential Mile horse, Why Not Be Perfect, comes from Turf Paradise, Ariz. trainer Jeff Metz.

Coldwater takes on Biff in the first running of the Longacres Mile.

Above Taylor Said and Winning Machine battle down the stretch in the 2012 Mile. Courtesy photo, Emerald Downs

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Gutierrez wins for his daughter Gutierrez graduates from the University of California, Davis with a degree in speech therapy.

For the past 10 years, jockey “I’m very proud of my Juan Gutierrez has ridden with daughter,” Gutierrez said, “and one goal in mind. everything I do right now is for It hasn’t been the pursuit of her.” the crown jewel of Gutierrez started the Emerald Downs “I’m very proud of riding as a boy in racing season, the my daughter, and Mexico.

Longacres Mile, “My grandfather everything I do right although he’s manwas a farmer, so he now is for her.” aged to snag two of had horses,” GutierJuan Gutierrez them – aboard No rez said. “And the Giveaway in 2005 racetrack in Mexico and with The Great City was five minutes Face in 2007. from my parents’ Nor has it been the prestigious house. So I had two uncles who season riding title, an honor were trainers also. I grew up Gutierrez added to his list of ac- around horses.” complishments in 2012 when he At the age of 16 he began set a torrid pace, winning 26.5 competing in Mexico, notching percent of his starts on the way his first win aboard Glorious to a 117-win season.

Beauty.

For the 43-year-old MexicoSoon, Gutierrez was drawn to born rider, the goal has been the United States. much more personal, accord“I first came up to be an ing to Gutierrez’ agent, Keith exercise rider,” he said. “There Drebin. were more opportunities. I rode “He’s been focused on putting at Los Alamitos (in Southern his daughter through college,” California).”

Drebin said.

After a brief retirement from This year that goal comes to riding, Gutierrez pulled up fruition when 21-year-old Tania stakes and moved to the Pacific

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Jockey Juan Gutierrez, aboard Class Included wins the $50,000 Boeing Handicap on July 8, 2012 . Gutierrez guided Class Included to the Top Older Filly or Mare honors last season. COURTESY PHOTO, Erin Palmer, Emerald Downs Northwest in 2000 to begin his Emerald Downs career as an exercise rider for trainers Howard Belvoir and Ricardo Perez.

“I decided to ride again up here because it was what I loved,” he said. “And Howard said he was going to give me a chance to ride up here.”

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“I think we started out right riding nice horses,” Gutierrez said. “And I think we were a little lucky. But we started good, and we finished good. It feels good (to win the title). I tried for a few years and finally last year we did it. Thanks to Keith Drebin, my agent, picker of the right horses.”

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2013 EMERALD DOWNS Shannon Calderon, toddled into the horse’s paddock.

It was love at first sight.

McKee said that the special bond between Petra and Seattle Shoofly captures the essence of what Emerald Downs and the Prodigious under her wing.

Fund are trying to do with The mission statement the thoroughbreds. With is broad, but McKee said the right knowledge and by keeping it so, the fund care, each one can find love is able to support and purpose after a large variety of retirement. organizations.

Prodigious is The fund funded through inpredates McKee dustry and starter but she is striving contributions. Emto make it more erald Downs often proactive. Until matches program recently, it has simfunds.

Sophia McKee ply collected and One program, distributed money. the ThoroughThe mission is to recognize bred Showcase, starts at and support positive efforts 10 a.m. Aug. 31. Retired made within the thoroughthoroughbreds for sale will bred aftercare commube on parade for prospecnity for the promotion of tive buyers. Each horse will finding homes and care for be accompanied by their retired racehorses. trainers and owners, who One example is Seattle will be able to answer quesShoofly. The recently-retions. The Emerald Downs tired racehorse found a veterinarian and announcer new home, when Petra, will both be present to talk the 4-year-old daughter about the horses. of Shoofly’s new owner, The showcase is designed

Retired racehorses find second career

By Theresa DeLay For the Auburn Reporter

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hen the race is over the life of a thoroughbred horse may not be as glamorous as its days in the winner’s circle with camera shutters clicking.

Thoroughbreds are often sent to pasture when their racing days are done.

In some cases, they are unfortunate enough to end up at homes where they are neglected and mistreated.

Some make their way to slaughterhouses.

Organizations through out the country are working hard to prevent this from happening and new ones have been launched right here in Washington. Sophia McKee, director of marketing at Emerald Downs, has taken the Prodigious Fund

Seattle Shoofly, a retired 7-year-old racehorse, owned by Shannon Calderon, nuzzles Calderon’s 4-year old daughter, Petra. Courtesy, Sophia McKee to match each horse to an appropriate buyer, based on temperament and suitability for the prospective life ahead. McKee said that some retired thoroughbreds make excellent 4-H projects, while others may be better suited to trail riding.

Each horse has a unique personality, she said, just like people. Some are laid back and mellow but others are the opposite.

Regardless of temperament, all thoroughbreds want a job, according to McKee. She said that their

strong work ethic and innate competitiveness demand a productive second career.

Other programs, such as a Thoroughbred Only Show and 100 Day Trainer Challenge are also at Emerald Downs. The programs strive to create positive publicity for thoroughbreds as more than racehorses.

McKee said that the goal is to enhance the marketability of thoroughbreds as athletes in their second career.

Thoroughbreds after the Finish Line is another program for off track thoroughbreds, a whereare-they-now for retired racehorses. Each week, a new horse is featured via on-track TV, YouTube videos and more to illustrate what they have been up to since retirement from the track.

McKee’s plan as marketing director at Emerald Downs and the Prodigious Fund is to work for the thoroughbreds during their racing career and after their retirement.

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[ CALENDAR from page 8 ] ELSEWHERE Jazz series:: 6-9 p.m., Saturdays, Auburn Wine and Caviar Company, 2402 A St. SE, Auburn. Saxophone and flute master Mark Lewis performs each week with a different featured guest musician – or two – from around the region. No cover. Featured guest musician schedule: • April 13: Barney McClure, piano; April 20: Rick White, 6-string bass guitar; April 27: George Radebaugh, piano. For more information, call 253-887-8530.

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 more information, contact mcbreenpost@aol.com.

Zola’s Cafe: Live music every Friday, 7-9 p.m., 402 E. Main St., Suite 120. Open mic on the last Wednesday of the month.

For information, contact Sonia Kessler at the cafe at 253-333-9652.

Dance Children’s Dance Theater Open House: Visit www.auburnchildrensdancetheater.com or call 253-887-8937 for program information. New location at 122 W. Main St. (entrance in back) Auburn Dance Academy: Visit www. auburndanceccademy.com or call 253833-1891 for program information. The academy is located at 1811 Howard Road, Suite 100.

Museums White River Valley Museum Located at 918 H St. SE, Auburn. Regular admission: $2 adults, $1 seniors and children. Admission is free on Wednesdays and the fourth Sunday of the month. Call 253-288-7433 or visit www.wrvmuseum.org for tickets and event information.

Exhibits Japanese Heritage, Washington Artists: April 24 - July 28. Nihon/WA invites viewers to experience a wide spec-

Elsewhere Auburn’s Fred Tse was among 14 Western Washington University theater students who recently won

Auburn Valley Creative Artists’ works on display The artwork of talented members of the Auburn Valley Creative Arts (AVCA) organization are on display at the City Hall Gallery through April 29, as well as the artist-run gallery at 108 Division St. The City Hall Gallery is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. It is free to the public. AVCA Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wednesday through trum of work created by artists of Japanese heritage in the Puget Sound region and see how each has chosen to include or step beyond heritage and history in their own content and style. Events: • Asian Brush Calligraphy Workshop, 6-7:30 p.m. April 30.

Award-winning artist Lois Yoshida will teach students to work with the traditional tools of bamboo brush and sumi (ink). In addition to Asian characters, students will learn to write their names in Japanese. $20 per student, registration required. • Family Day: Art of Japan, noon-4 p.m. May 11. Visit the exhibit and enjoy free activities throughout the museum. Activities included with regular admission. • Japanese Kite Workshop: 1-2:30 p.m. June 15. Master kite maker and artist Greg Kono will teach kids of all ages how to make a flyable giant coffee filter kites. All materials will be provided. $20 per student, registration is required.

OTHER MUSEUM EVENTS • Late Play Date: 6-8 p.m. April 24. Celebrate the start of spring with fun crafts and activities at the museum including Victorian silhouette portraits. Perfect for families with kids age 3-12. Admission and activities are free; no registration required.

Galleries Pacific Poetry Gallery: A free running display of works from April through May 31.

The gallery is open to the public from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, at City Hall, 100 Third Ave. SE. The annual event takes place every April in celebration of National Poetry Month. Among the many distinguished versifiers are Peter Ludwin, who won the Auburn Days Open

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The following students from Auburn made the made the winter term honor roll at Oregon State University with a GPA of 3.5 or better: Samuel B. Melick, senior, mechanical engineering; Peyton E. Prothero, junior, pre-public health; Laura N. Rayfield, sophomore, university exploratory studies; Haley R. Shaw, junior, human development and family science.

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Friday, and noon to 4 p.m. Saturday “There is incredible artistic talent in Auburn, and it is wonderful to see it on display in multiple locations for the public to experience,” said Arts Commissioner Ronie Schwend.

In the City Hall Gallery, 16 artists showcase more than 30 works of art showcasing photography, watercolor, mosaic and pastel – all created by AVCA members For information on other cultural arts programs, go to www.auburnwa.gov/arts or call 253-931-3043.

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PUBLIC NOTICES Cary Lang Construction, Inc., 29815 24th Avenue S.W., Federal Way, WA 98023, is seeking coverage under the Washington State Department of Ecology’s Construction Stormwater NPDES and State Waste Discharge General Permit. The proposed project, Bry’s Cove, is located at 5728 S. 296th Street in Auburn, in King County. This project involves 2.14 acres of soil disturbance for residential construction activities. Stormwater will be discharged to the City of Auburn storm sewer system, then ultimately to the Green River.

Any persons desiring to present their views to the Washington State Department of Ecology regarding this application, or interested in Ecology’s action on this application, may notify Ecology in writing no later than 30 days of the last date of publication of this notice. Ecology reviews public comments and considers whether discharges from this project would cause a measurable change in receiving water quality, and, if so, whether the project is necessary and in the overriding public interest according to Tier II antidegradation requirements under WAC 173201A-320.

Comments can be submitted to: Department of Ecology Attn: Water Quality Program, Construction Stormwater P.O. Box 47696, Olympia, WA 98504-7696 Published in Auburn Reporter on April 12, 2013 and April 19, 2013. #766656.

NorthCreek Capital LLC, 2711 West Valley Highway North, Suite 200, Auburn, WA 98001, is seeking coverage under the Washington State Department of Ecology’s Construction Stormwater NPDES and State Waste Discharge General Permit.

The proposed project, NorthCreek Corporate Campus, is located at 28721 West Valley Highway, and 6603 and 6600 South 287th Street in Auburn, in King County. This project involves 13.5 acres of soil disturbance for commercial construction activities. Stormwater will be discharged in two places: (1) to Tributary 045 and the Mullen Slough, and (2) the existing ditch on the west side of West Valley Highway and Mill Creek. Both discharges ultimately flow to the Green River.

Any persons desiring to present their views to the Washington State Department of Ecology regarding this application, or interested in Ecology’s action on this application, may notify Ecology in writing no later than 30 days of the last date of publication of this notice. Ecology reviews public comments and considers whether discharges from this project would cause a measurable change in receiving water quality, and, if so, whether the project is necessary and in the overriding public interest according to Tier II antidegradation requirements under WAC 173-201A-320.

Comments can be submitted to: Department of Ecology Attn: Water Quality Program, Construction Stormwater P.O. Box 47696, Olympia, WA 98504-7696 Published in Auburn Reporter on April 12, 2013 and April 19, 2013. #767355.

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...obituaries Gwendolyn Garrett Klinkel

Gwendolyn Garrett Klinkel, 91, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on March 30, 2013. She was laid to rest alongside her late husband, Arthur Klinkel, at the Evergreen Cemetery in Enumclaw during a private family graveside service on April 4.

Gwen was born in Auburn on January 11, 1922 to parents Thomas and Clara Garrett.

She was reared near Wabash Presbyterian Church, a church that her grandfather helped found. She attended school in Enumclaw and married Art on October 4, 1941. They had four children: The late Susanne Handley, Thomas (and Bev) Klinkel, Beth (and Tom) Sorrell, and Anita (and Bonny) Teernstra. She was a grandmother nine times and a greatgrandmother of ten.

Her family would like to invite all of her friends to a Celebration of Life on Sunday, April 14 at 2:00 PM in the Rainier Room at the Truitt Building located at 102 West Main Street in downtown Auburn.

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Born Mary Anita Reed in Owatonna, Minnesota. Raised in Burlington, Colorado, where she graduated. Her parents then moved Anita and her 5 siblings to Puyallup, Washington. Anita married John Hubbard with whom she had a daughter, JoAnn Forrester. They later divorced and Anita raised JoAnn with the help of her wonderful close family, which included parents Donald & Margaret Reed, sisters Roxanne and Meletta, and brothers Gordon, Kermit and Spencer.

Anita was an example of graciousness to all, ready with a warm smile and genuine kindness. Her greatest happiness came from her family, encouraging them in every pursuit. She enjoyed her many travels including frequent visits to Hawaii, Sequim, Reno and cruising to Alaska, Mexico & the Caribbean.

She is survived by her daughter, JoAnn (Jerome) Forrester; granddaughter, Shelly (Skip) Shear, predeceased by grandson Ron Forrester; survived by great grandchildren, Jennifer & Spencer Shear, all of Renton, Wash; her longtime travel companion and roommate, Mavis King, of Auburn, Wash; her sister, Meletta Newbill of Calif; extended family Jerry & Tracey Larson and family, especially Krista Minor; and many nieces and nephews.

She never complained and had an unwavering faith in the knowledge that when her time came, it was predestined. Holidays will not be the same without her mouthwatering apple, pumpkin and lemon meringue pies and her delicious sugar cookies at Christmas time.

A funeral service will be held April 19th at 4 p.m. at Holy Family Catholic Church in Auburn.

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Jackson, a 5-foot-9 forward, averaged 15.1 points per game this past season.

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Change is inevitable.

For nine years coach Cary Davidson guided both the boys and girls soccer programs at Auburn Mountainview High School.

In that time, Davidson took the boys to state tourney appearances in 2009 and 2010.

This year, however, with Davidson turning his full attention to the girls program, the boys team began the season with a new coach for the first time in the program’s history.

Cue the Jimmy Fioretti era.

Fioretti is no stranger to soccer in Auburn.

“I was born and raised in Auburn, graduated from Auburn High School in 1999,” said Fioretti, 32. “I played soccer. We were 0-12-4 my freshman year, then as a senior we won the SPSL.” Post graduation, Fioretti played collegiate soccer for

the University of San Diego and the University of Puget Sound.

In 2003, he began his prep coaching career with his alma mater, helping out longtime Trojan coach John Yorke. He also began coaching two club teams for the Washington Premiere F.C. To pay the bills, Fioretti worked construction until three years ago, when he was laid off. Looking to the future, he returned to college and earned his teaching certificate.

This year, all that hard work paid off when AMHS offered him the boys coaching job, and a spot teaching math.

So far, Fioretti and his players say, it’s been a smooth transition.

“Cary has been great,” Fioretti said. “He helped at tryouts, watched a number of the games and gives his point of view on what’s going on. He’s helped me [ more Lions page 15 ]

Jimmy Fioretti, left, watches team captain and junior goalkeeper Alex Fausko drill between the pipes at an Auburn Mountainview boys soccer practice. Shawn skager, Auburn Reporter

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Manny Maya-Mendoza, a senior captain, said the coaching change surprised him, but he welcomed it.

“I guess we needed a new coach,” Maya-Mendoza said.

“Change is good. We can learn from (Fioretti’s) experience as a coach and player.”

Fioretti said the biggest challenge to date has been ensuring that his players take care of business off the pitch.

“The biggest issues when I took over were scholastic and citizenship issues,” Fioretti said. “So I’ve done a lot of work making sure the kids are doing well in school and not getting in trouble. We’ve got a decent amount of players, but the trick is getting them to behave.”

Fioretti said being at the school and around his players all day helps keep them on track.

“It’s very important,” Fioretti said. “The first thing I did was get access to their Skyward accounts so I could see their grades and their attendance and watch every move around school, to make sure they’re behaving themselves.”

Although he admits he’s a bit of a mother hen to his

players off the field, on the field he prefers to leave his players to their own devices.

“I would say I’m a tactical coach,” Fioretti said. “But I leave a lot of the discipline, the warm-ups, to them. The kids run a lot. They get five minutes of their own at the half to work things out and make changes during the games. They have a lot of responsibility for their own team. I usually make the plans and draw the Xs and Os, but I like to give them the run of the show.”

As Maya-Mendoza and the other two captains, senior Brandon Henderson and junior Alex Fausko, see it, Fioretti’s confidence has translated to a better team on the pitch.

“The confidence he brings out in us makes us a way better team,” Maya-Mendoza said.

“He has a different style than Davidson did,” Henderson said. “It’s more fluid, it keeps us going better and is more positive. There are three of us captains, and I think it’s good that we have a say in carrying out what he tells us. I think it makes the team closer, rather than having just one person yelling at you.”

Fausko agreed: “I would have to say it’s a totally different style of strategy,” Fausko said. “Fioretti has more of an attacking

mindset. Davidson was more about defensive play. Both are good, but I feel like Fioretti’s style is working better for us now. He gives us the training, but lets us go and figure it out ourselves.”

Now, said Fausko, it’s all about knuckling down, getting through the South Puget Sound League 3A, making good on their preseason goal.

“We want to make the playoffs and make it out to state,” he said.

Hoopin’ it up Terri Herren, Auburn Mountainview High School principal, prepares to take a shot against senior Domenic Rockey at the high school’s gymnasium. Auburn Mountainview recently hosted its faculty vs. student basketball game. The faculty took home bragging rights, earning a 41-36 win.

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