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Friday, December 20, 2013
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Lewis, Partridge say so long Mayor, councilmember look back on their many accomplishments By ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com
Anybody who looked for the water sure to be misting Pete Lewis’ and John Partridge’s
eyes or the inevitable hints of sadness on their faces must have figured out right away that they were dealing with the wrong two guys. During the farewell reception at City Hall on Monday night and the council meeting afterward, the talk was upbeat, and the laughs, smiles and jokes frequent.
Outgoing Mayor Pete Lewis, left, and Councilmember John Partridge share a moment with well-wishers at their farewell reception Monday. ROBERT WHALE,
“People talk about mixed feelings, but I’m not really feeling that,” Lewis, Auburn’s mayor for the last 12 years, said of the end of his tenure. “I’ve gone through three wonderful, successful councils. We’ve done four vision maps that included everything we set out to do. [ more farewell page 3 ]
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Jury to decide whether Phillip killed Frankel
Police have swift system for fingerprints
By Steve Hunter shunter@kentreporter.com
A King County Superior Court jury began deliberating Tuesday afternoon in Kent whether William L. Phillip Jr., stabbed to death Seth Frankel on May 21, 2010 in Frankel’s Auburn home, which he shared with Bonny Johnson, a woman each man loved. Family and friends of Frankel, 41, a city of Kent employee, were in court
By ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com
From inky cards to electronic fingerprinting. A piece of new equipment has changed the way the Auburn Police Department takes fingerprints, yielding clean results, speeding up the process. Speeding it up a lot. And saving a few bucks. “That’s approximately $4,000 in annual savings we get by going to this,” Bill Peloza, chair of the Municipal Services Committee commented recently during Assistant Police Chief Bill Pierson’s presentation on the new fingerprinting system. “Hey, it’s tax dollars saved, man.” Auburn police collect fingerprints of suspects and take them of new police hires and people applying for concealed weapons permits. Under the old regime, a technician had to be physically present, once a week, and only between certain
Tuesday morning to hear closing arguments in front of the jury by Senior Deputy Prosecutor Wyman Yip and defense attorney Anuradha Luthra. The trial lasted six weeks. Yip portrayed Phillip, 33, of Portland, Ore., as a man who wanted to return to a romantic relationship with Johnson and went so far as to kill Frankel in an effort to get back together with her. [ more TRIAL page 7 ]
Pacific could be back in AWC risk pool in 2014 By SHAWN SKAGER sskager@auburn-reporter.com
ALL I WANT IS ... Casey McDannel, 10, and his sister Chloe, 4, tell Santa what they want for Christmas during the Breakfast with Santa event at the Auburn Senior Activity Center last Saturday. Families and children enjoyed a pancake breakfast, live entertainment and a visit from Santa. More photos, page 8. RACHEL CIAMPI, Auburn Reporter
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A year ago the City of Pacific was in shambles. With its Association of Washington Cities (AWC) insurance cancelled, the City was staring at 2013 without it, thanks to the mismanagement of former Mayor Cy Sun. What a difference a year makes. Today, with nearly 365 days of high-cost, stopgap
insurance to its credit, Pacific hopes to rejoin the AWC risk pool. The City’s insurance had been set to expire at midnight on Dec. 31, 2012, cancelled by the Cities Insurance Association of Washington because of Sun’s mismanagement. In his first year in office, Sun had effectively gutted the City’s department head staff. [ more PACIFIC page 7 ]
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