Auburn Reporter, August 16, 2013

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Veteran pushes for joint war memorial Dave Schmidt, a Marine veteran, supports the building of a joint American/ Vietnamese memorial in Auburn. ROBERT WHALE,

By ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com

The Auburn City Council meeting had reached that point where anyone in the audience with something to say is invited to come forward and say it. A thick set man with a gray beard,

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leaning on a wooden cane, got up. The man gave his name: retired Marine First Sgt. David Schmidt, E-5. Served two tours in Vietnam between 1965 and 1969. Retired from the Corps in April of 1985. Suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. Is 100-percent disabled.

Then Schmidt made a heart-felt plea to the council. “Let ’em have this,” Schmidt said. “This” is the memorial that former South Vietnamese soldiers hope to build in Veterans Memorial Park, [ more MEMORIAL page 8 ]

Scout Troop 401 celebrates 90 years By SHAWN SKAGER sskager@auburn-reporter.com

A racetrack for Thoroughbreds made room for players of all ages, shapes and size in a massive basketball tournament last weekend. More than 1,000 players and 260 teams from throughout the Pacific

Northwest competed in the inaugural Emerald Downs 3-On-3. Teams occupied 29 half-courts sprinkled throughout the north parking lot. Shawn skager, Auburn Reporter

AUBURN’S AUGUST MINI MADNESS Inaugural Emerald Downs 3-On-3 hoops tourney a rousing success Dribbledrive: Erin Jones, 42, right, defends Taylor Wofford, an Auburn Riverside grad. SHAWN SKAGER, Auburn Reporter

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By SHAWN SKAGER sskager@auburn-reporter.com

For one weekend, Auburn’s Thoroughbred racetrack became a hotbed for hoops. More than 1,000 players from 262 teams converged on 29 halfcourts in Emerald Downs’ north

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parking lot for the inaugural EmD 3-On-3 basketball tournament. Boys and girls, men and women competed for titles in 29 divisions. Erin Jones, 42, came all the way from Lacey to compete with her Divine ICE teammates, Denisha Saucedo, Rebecca Frazier and Marla Klein, in the College Women’s Division. [ more 3-ON-3 page 8 ]

For 90 years, Boy Scout Troop 401 has been an integral part of the Auburn community, providing young scouts with the tools and framework needed to transition into the future leaders of society. The troop celebrated its anniversary with former scouts, members of the current troop and visiting dignitaries at Messiah Lutheran Church last Saturday. Keynote speaker and Eagle Scout Rob McKenna, former Republican state attorney general, gubernatorial candidate and board member of the Chief Seattle Council of the Boy Scouts, spoke about the importance of scouting.

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Troop 401’s oldest living Eagle Scout, Judge Eugene Otis, 90, was born the same year the troop was founded, in 1923. RACHEL CIAMPI, Auburn Reporter

“Troop 401 represents and – really better than any troop I visit – embodies the values and [ more TROOP page 9 ]

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