August 16, 2013 [7]
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Garberding appointed to vacant Pacific council seat sskager@auburn-reporter.com
The Pacific City Council is back at full strength with Monday’s appointment of Katie Garberding to fill Mayor Leanne Guier’s vacant Position 4 seat. The council voted 6-0 to appoint Garberding to the position, which became vacant when Guier was appointed mayor, replacing the recalled former mayor, Cy Sun, in July. Garberding, a regular at City Council meetings, was a vocal opponent of Sun.
[ STODDERT from page 5 ] After purchasing financial products, usually poor quality, from the poacher, the claimant appears eligible for the VA, but not for Medicare. So when the vet or spouse could have gotten help from the VA and Medicare, they are still left with only the lesser paying VA to help pay their medical bills. Experience has taught Joel Estey of King County Veteran Services and Cindy Kartes of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, both ethical service officers, that too often the business-person will try to qualify a veteran or widow for a VA pension,
[ LETTERS from page 5 ] They made planning the event easy. They were organized, so picking up the banner and City-furnished “freebies” and balloons was simple. A Boy Scout even carried the case of water to my car. We were honored to have Dan Heid, City attorney, Daryl Faber, director of Parks, Police Chief Bob Lee, and DARE Officer Jessica Smith as our guests. They were all friendly, courteous and easy to talk with. Even though there were 60 events going on citywide, they did not make us feel like they were rushing to move on to the next one on the list. They answered questions and directed us on where to turn for follow up. When someone is “just doing their job”, you can tell when they would rather be someplace else. But these officials seemed genuinely eager to hear about the things that were important to our neighborhood.
“The lady has shown up for council meetings and workshops and has been in attendance for the last year and a half or two years,” Councilmember Clint Steiger said. “She has shown great interest, and none of the other candidates who applied have been there as much as her. “It will be a short term, four or five months, so this gives her some exposure and experience working on the council, so she can decide if she wants to continue doing it in the future,” Steiger said. “The main reason
when they were also qualified for much better paying benefit programs such as Service Connected Compensation (S/C comp) and the Dependants Indemnity Compensation (DIC). The false advocate does not discuss these programs, because there is no financial payoff they can exploit. “The claimant is left humiliated” wrote Dick Sayre, a Spokane attorney, in the Elder Newspaper for Thurston County. Bob Ferguson, the Washington State Attorney General posted a website – www.atg.wa.gov/ VeteranMilitaryResources. aspx#. – as an aid for the veteran community. The Thank you, City. Things like this are what makes Auburn a great place to live, work, and play. – Ian and Cindy Barnette
Thank you, Pacific citizens On behalf of the recall committee, Jim Pickett, Tracey Apata and myself, we are grateful for the support of the citizens of Pacific who volunteered, supported and most of all, voted for or against their candidates. This year the citizens will be choosing four council positions and exercising their free right to vote wisely. We have one more issue to deal with, and again we are asking for your help. Jeff Helsdon, attorney at law, did a marvelous job for us, and he earned his pay in full. At this time we are short, a little under $1,700 in paying him in full. Therefore, we have
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was her showing up for the meetings, that’s why I voted for her.” Garberding also has been active in the community, helping to lead a campaign last summer to fund the repair of the light fixture illuminating the flagpole at City Hall. Because of the results of the recent primary vote for the open seat, Steiger also voted for Garberding over two of the other candidates who applied, Vic Kave and Dave Stookey. The seat will be contested in the Nov. 5 general election, giving voters the option of voting for
VA has all its information at www.va.gov or www.vba. va.gov. You can also call 1-800-827-1000 and speak to a VA employee; the best time is after 5 PM, Monday to Friday. VA services are always free, never a charge or fee, no strings attached. Should you have a complaint, visit www.atg.wa.gov/FileAComplaint.aspx. Fergusson and his conscientious staff have aggressively watched these organizations and want to hear from victims.
Kave or Guier, who both moved on from the Aug. 6 primary. Stookey also was a candidate but was knocked out of the race with his third-place finish. “I feel they were all great applicants,” Steiger said. “We didn’t want to interfere with the voters, though. Appointing Kave would be like free advertising for his campaign, and the voters already knocked Stookey out.” Garberding’s appointment expires Dec. 31, after which either Guier or Kave will assume the position.
[ nickel from page 1 ] “Our Nickel advertising clients will certainly see benefit of having their advertising message delivered directly to homes. And our readers will no longer have to remember to pick up a Little Nickel at a rack. This change just makes sense,” said Gloria Fletcher, Sound Publishing president. Little Nickel rack distribution will be eliminated. Sound Publishing has established five zones in King, Snohomish and Kitsap counties to give
Thom Stoddert, SFC. U.S. Army, ret., is a staff writer for the Veterans’ Voice. Reach him at 360-239-1925 or StoddertWork@gmail.com.
Guier was unable to withdraw her name from the ballot after she was appointed mayor. If she wins the majority of the vote in the general election, She will have the option of resigning as mayor and returning to her council seat, or refusing to sign the oath of office for the seat and remaining mayor. If she remains mayor, the council will be tasked with appointing someone to the seat. The council also appointed two residents, Kerry Garberding and DuWayne Gratz, to vacancies on the City’s park board.
people a wide range of options for their advertising. Each zone’s circulation is between 50,000 and 80,000. Advertisers will be able to place ads in any or all zones and/ or in individual Sound Publishing newspapers. As part of the business change, the Little Nickel offices in Everett, Tacoma and Portland will be closed. Many Little Nickel employees will be retained and move into other Sound Publishing offices throughout the Puget Sound area.
The third annual “See Ya Later” Tour Golf Tournament is 1:30 p.m. Aug. 23 at the Auburn Golf Course, 29630 Green River Road SE. The event includes 18 holes of golf, catered dinner and a silent raffle. Registration and lunch begins at noon, followed by a shotgun start at 1:30 p.m. Dinner and a silent raffle begins at 6:30 p.m. Funds from the event will help finance the SYL Foundation’s Seeds of Hope Families. Register online at seeyalater. org. For more information, call 253-332-5144 or email Brian. Williams@SeeYaLater.org.
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scheduled another yard sale for the weekend of Aug. 24-25 – 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Again, all items will be donated and all purchases will be by donation only. We will be at the same location as the last sale, 105 Third Ave. SW, Pacific. Your involvement again will be greatly appreciated. We will be inviting all the council candidates to join us to allow you to meet them and ask questions face to face. Please come and join us. – Don Thomson
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Correction Pacific City Council candidate Vic Kave’s name was misspelled in the Aug. 9 issue of the Auburn Reporter.
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