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Friday, MAY 17, 2013
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Lewis to run for Port of Seattle commissioner By ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com
Pete Lewis made it clear in 2012 that he would not seek a fourth term as Auburn’s mayor.
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But don’t expect the energetic Lewis to settle into the rocking chair. Sometime this week, during the official filing period for public office in Washington state, Lewis will have
dropped his name in the hopper for Port of Seattle commissioner, Position 1. “This is a very important position because it’s also a taxing district that encompasses all of King County,” Lewis
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Anthony Alvarado-Reece, right, and Aylahni Nielson – students at Auburn’s Kid’s Country Day Care and Learning Center – eat some ice cream courtesy of the Auburn Applebee’s. According to Starla Houselog, Applebee’s manager, the restaurant just wanted to thank the community for its support by delivering sundaes to the kids at the school. shawn skager, Auburn Reporter
Smith Brothers dairy moving to new location By Steve Hunter shunter@kentreporter.com
The milkmen are moving to a new home. After 93 years at the same location along West Valley Highway just north of South 277th Street, Smith Brothers Farms has decided to move to a larger dairy production facility a few miles
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King County sets recall election for Pacific mayor
Plaza owner wants to buy space for health care organization In 2010, the City of Auburn bought space within the One Main Professional Plaza from Jeff Oliphant, its owner and builder. Now Oliphant, principal of Auburn Professional Plaza LLC, wants to buy back some of that space in the building just east of City Hall. Specifically, he wants to back Unit 380 on the building’s third floor. As Oliphant explained to City officials Monday, a health care organization wants to lease the entire south wing of the third floor overlooking East Main Street, including Unit 380. When the City bought its condominium unit in [ more OLIPHANT page 7 ]
said. “There needs to be some representation from the southend cities outside of the main metropolitan areas. The Port of Seattle encompasses the entire
to the east in Kent. “We love our old farm but we’ve simply outgrown it,” said Dustin Highland, director of revenue operations for Smith Brothers Farms. “We’re excited to put the stamp on our new facility and call it home.” Office workers recently moved to the new site at 26401 79th Ave. S. The milk-
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men, trucks and production facility are all expected to be at the new site by the end of June. The company employs 125. Although the milk business is leaving the West Valley property, the land will remain a farm, with the Kent-based Carpinito Brothers recent purchase of the nearly 240 acres.
Voters in the City of Pacific will be allowed to vote in a recall election for mayor on June 25. “King County Elections (on May 9) verified more than 415 signatures, the minimum number of petition signatures required for the recall election of Cy Sun, mayor of Pacific,” Cy Sun said Sherril Huff, director of King County Elections. The 415 signatures required for the recall election represent 35 percent of the total votes cast for the candidates in the mayoral race in the November 2011 election. Residents
submitted the petitions with 590 signatures to the elections department in late April. King County delivered a letter May 9 to Sun and to the sponsor of the recall petition, Don Thomson, chairman of the Committee to Recall Cy Sun, stating that the requirements to hold a recall election have been met, notifying them of the election date and affirming the synopsis of the ballot. “I couldn’t sit in my chair (when I got the letter), I was so excited,” Thomson said. “I can’t express my gratitude for the people who worked on this and the people who donated money.”
Relay for Life this weekend By ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com
Cancer visits untold sufferings on the afflicted and on loved ones – and one in three people will be diagnosed with it during their lifetime. At its root, some leading researchers say, are toxins, dietary imbalances and chronic infections. [ more RELAY page 3 ]
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Comedy at the Ave | May 17, 7:30 pm | $17/$15, Auburn Ave. Theater 3K/5K Dog Trot Fun Run | May 18, 9:30 am | $20, Game Farm Park Petpalooza | May 18, 10 am - 5 pm | Free, Game Farm Park, 3030 R Street SE