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Friday, November 22, 2013
Backus
Shooting at casino wounds 2; suspect jailed
Partridge
Backus holds edge in mayoral countdown
BY ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com
By ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com
Pierce County Elections reported no new votes in the Auburn mayoral race as of Tuesday afternoon. And when all 15 remaining validated votes in King County were counted Tuesday, Nancy Backus had picked up one more, extending her lead over John Partridge to 135 votes. What the numbers show is that as of Tuesday afternoon, time and the number of votes remaining to count in the close race to succeed Pete Lewis were about out. Backus, hoping to be Auburn’s first female mayor, had received 6,705 votes in the combined total of King and Pierce counties, 50.51 percent, to John Partridge’s [ more ELECTION page 2 ]
WE DID IT Hailey Kessler celebrates with Auburn diving coach Jim Southerland after the Auburn High senior captured the diving title at the state Class 4A championships last
Rescued Valley Regional Fire Authority firefighters and Auburn Police worked together recently to rescue Speed Bump, a tiny, tiger-striped kitten that was lying in a roadway, injured and unable to move. Speed Bump was nursed back to health, then found a new home when the Williams family adopted him from the Auburn Valley Humane Society. Full story, online. COURTESY PHOTO
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Saturday at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way. See story, page 11. RACHEL CIAMPI, Auburn Reporter
The man police say seriously wounded two men outside the Muckleshoot Casino late last Saturday night made his first court appearance at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent Monday afternoon on suspicion of two counts of first-degree assault. Because prosecutors have not formally charged the man, a 63-year-old Renton resident, with a crime, the Auburn Reporter for the time being is not disclosing his name. The court set bail at $500,000. The suspect’s second court appearance was Wednesday. The two victims, Brian Beasley and Daniel Mora, remain in serious condition at an area hospital. According to the determination for certification of probable cause filed by Auburn Police – an account largely based on what the suspect told police – the suspect had been driving with his wife through the parking garage of the casino shortly before 8:45 p.m. when Beasley and Mora, who had been walking near his car, confronted him. According to the police account, Mora walked over to the driver’s door and began swearing at the suspect. [ more SHOOTING page 4 ]
Restaurateurs, barbers to feed community By ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com
Their grinders are such stuff as gustatory dreams are made on. They know just about everything there is to know about baking pizza pies and concocting succulent pasta dishes.
And for the second year, brothers Bill and Tom Contoravdis, owners of Athens Pizza and Pasta at 959 E. Main Street, are preparing to cook up and serve not pasta but lots of good old American Thanksgiving dinners for people who might otherwise go without.
“It’s going to be right here on Thanksgiving, Nov. 28 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and we’re going to serve our traditional Thanksgiving meal; turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, salad, roll and pumpkin pie,” Bill said. [ more feed page 2 ]
Randy Hansen’s Jimi Hendrix Tribute | Nov. 23, 7:30 pm | $17/$15, Auburn Ave. Theater AveKids: The Not-Its! Rockin’ Holiday | December 7, 2 pm | $8, Auburn Ave. Theater Santa Parade & Tree Lighting | December 7, 4:30 pm | Main Street, Downtown Auburn 880762