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Backus era begins City makes history as first female mayor, new-look council take office

Passing it on: Mayor Nancy Backus holds the City flag after being sworn in as mayor during ceremonies at City Hall on Monday.

Next to Backus is Police Chief Bob Lee and past mayor Pete Lewis.

RACHEL CIAMPI,

By ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com

Yes, the times they are a changing.

On Monday a full chamber at Auburn City Hall welcomed not only the first female Auburn mayor in its 121-year history but also the first Hispanic woman

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ever elected to the City Council.

With the Auburn Police Department Honor Guard and Chief Bob Lee standing by to safeguard the orderly transition of power, Mayor-elect Nancy Backus raised her right hand and repeated the oath of office read by City Attorney Dan Heid.

“So help me God,” Backus concluded, as sustained applause, cheers and hoots and hollers rocked the council chamber.

Watching from the audience, Backus’ husband Kemon, their daughter, Lucky, [ more OATHS page 3 ]

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Pacific mulls extending moratorium on pot businesses

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Downtown businesses, patrons scramble for few available spots

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Giovanni Di Quattro is worried, frustrated.

The owner of the Rainbow Cafe on Giovanni Di Quattro, owner of the Rainbow Cafe, says the 16 parking spaces behind his downtown restaurant East Main Street says he’s lost business that belong to Chase Bank are ‘excessive,’ a situation that has inconvenienced his customers and crimped business. in the short time he’s owned the down- ROBERT WHALE, Auburn Reporter town Auburn eatery. ers patronizing nearby businesses relied on “The City could have gotten everybody’s The cause, he them. input, and that would have been best. The says – 16 parking WHAT DO YOU THINK? Now, white lettering on 16 of the parking City should have asked us, as business ownspaces in the lot north Share your thoughts spots warns: “Chase Bank 1 hour Customer ers, what would you like to see. It didn’t do of Safeway and southand ideas on downtown Parking.” east of his restauthat,” Di Quattro said. parking. Reply to us at “Sixteen spots I think is excessive,” Di rant that the City of Kristina Driessen, an attorney with the submissions@auburnQuattro fumed.

Auburn recently sold Auburn law firm Ryan & Driessen, Inc., P.S., reporter.com The restaurateur is upset as well with to Chase Bank for the fired salvos at the City Council on Monday. how the City effected the change he says exclusive, one-hour “I know myself and other business ownonly it and Chase knew was coming: it sent use of bank customers. Until New Year’s ers there were not given the opportunity to out a crew early on New Year’s Day to paint Day, all of the spaces were free, three-hour [ more PARKING page 2 ] parking slots for public use, and customthe parking spots.

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The Pacific City Council will discuss next Monday a possible six-month extension of a moratorium on medical marijuana businesses in the city.

Also up for discussion, whether to add recreational pot businesses – which were made legal by the passage of I-502 – to the moratorium, which expires Feb. 12.

At its first workshop of the new year on Jan. 6, the council discussed the ramifications of I-502 before moving the issue forward to the next regular council meeting and a yet-to-bedetermined public hearing date.

“One of the concerns right now that we have is, as everybody probably knows, we had a lapse in our moratorium at one point in time, and businesses did locate here between the end of one moratorium and beginning of another,” City Planner Paula Wiech told the council on Monday.

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[2] January 10, 2014 [ parking from page 1 ] question it, to give our thoughts and concerns,” she said. “In the short time that (Chase Bank) has had this parking, it has affected my business … I’ve been at 16 A Street for 13 years, and prior to it being Chase Bank it was Washington Mutual, and there never was a time when their parking lot was completely full. And now they’ve been given more spaces, and other business owners are going to suffer. I think it’s a shame that small business owners are going to suffer because of that.”

“The City is real good at giving away our parking,” Cheryl Creson, owner of Creson’s Barber Shop on East Main Street said last week. “The City keeps talking about bringing in all these businesses, but where are they going to park?”

www.auburn-reporter.com The Auburn Reporter was unable to speak to bank officials before this issue went to press.

Economic Development Director Doug Lein said that the City had a problem with the pending sale of a City-owned block, that Chase Bank had a problem that stood to cost it its parking and its building, and that the new reality spray painted over those 16 parking spaces in the parking lot represents the solution to both problems.

Here, according to City records, is what happened.

Teutsch Partners, LLC was negotiating to buy the Gambini block on South Division Street from the City when company officials realized that to complete the $50 million plus development project they had in mind for the block, they would have to have the portion of the

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parking lot owned by Chase directly across A Street Southeast, used by bank employees.

Auburn’s contract with Teutsch specified that if the City were to acquire the Chase property on the west side of A Street Southeast, Teutsch would have the option to buy it from the City at a preset price.

Turns out that the City had leverage to acquire that bit of property, and used it.

As property records show, the Chase Bank property on the east side of A Street Southeast had been developed over its north property line 40-plus years ago. That meant that Chase actually only owned half of the parking lot it believed it had owned all along. The real owner of the rest was the City of Auburn.

As the City informed the bank, the bank stood to lose

16 of its remaining parking spaces, half of its driveway – legally the driveway could no longer exist because it failed to meet state guidelines – and as a consequence, its occupancy permit.

Faced by such stark realities, Chase Bank ceded that portion of the lot to the City. The City sold it the next day to Teutsch Partners.

(Teutsch closed on its purchase of the Gambini block last week.)

In lieu of those 16 spaces acquired by Teutsch Partners, the City gave Chase a permanent easement on those 16 troubled parking spaces next to the bank.

And it sold the bank the 16 parking spots in the parking north of Safeway for $140,000, plus cash.

Jeff Tate, interim planning director for the City of Auburn, noted that there

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are 80 parking spaces left for customers to use elsewhere on the parking lot.

“Perhaps they’re not as convenient for these business owners. It’s a challenge when you have a building and there are tenants in a building and there’s no parking dedicated to that building,” Tate said.

“There’s no question about that. We’ve run into that situation with a few of the other buildings that are downtown that have no dedicated parking assigned. So employees and patrons are left to rely on some of the public parking that’s available.”

Tate’s reference to the 80 remaining parking spaces was cold comfort to Di Quattro.

“Well, those are either permit parking or threehour parking way down there,” he said. “I have the elderly, and if it’s pouring down rain, they’re not going to park that far away.

And they’re not going to walk down here. They are going to go somewhere where they can park close to where they can get in.”

Mindy Stanley, a customer of the Rainbow for 30 years, said she may be forced to

find another restaurant.

“I was very frustrated because I was driving around, and there was no parking out there. I’m going to have to go to a different restaurant if I can’t find parking, and that really irritates me because I really like the Rainbow Cafe a lot,” Stanley said. “I was out there going, ‘Why does Chase need all these parking spots?’

Di Quattro said the best solution would have been for the City to leave the 16 parking spaces as they were, catch as catch can.

He said his customers have been asking him if they will be ticketed for parking in the slots dedicated to Chase’s use.

“Eventually people are just going to start parking over there. But can they be ticketed on private property? If Chase owns that property, it’s private property. They can hire a company to come in and monitor and ticket for them, but do they really want to do this to their neighbors? I’m not sure,” Di Quattro said.

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retailing of marijuana in the state – has received more than 5,000 applications for pot businesses.

Of those, 19 were applications from businesses seeking to operate in Pacific.

Eight of the applications are for Tier 2 production licenses, for wholesale plant growing operations of “between two thousand square feet and ten thousand square feet of dedicated plant canopy.”

Nine are processor applications that allow for the packaging and labeling of marijuana and marijuanainfused products intended for sale to retail stores. Two applications for retail stores – one each in King and Pierce counties – were also received.

Although there is no limit on how many processor and production licenses the state will issue the WSLCB has capped the retail license total at 334, with 17 at-large retail locations allotted for Pierce and 11 at-large slotted for King.

The WSLCB plans to hold a lottery to decide which applicants will receive retail licenses.

Two medical marijuana businesses – Pacific Green Collective and Chronic Solutions – are open in the same business complex on Stewart Road in Pacific. Pacific Green opened during a lapse in the City’s moratorium and has been operating for more than a year.

Chronic Solutions opened less than six months ago as a nonprofit, which is not required to obtain a business license from the City to operate.

An extension of the moratorium would allow the City more time to hammer out the rules.

“Right now our business license code says if it’s illegal on a city, state or federal level, no license will be issued,” Wiech said. “Then we come into the area of what if it’s a nonprofit? I think it’s important to include the recreational marijuana in the moratorium at this point in time while we see how things are settled on a legal level.”

The Washington State Liquor Control Board – which oversees the production, processing and

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Osborne, Holman appointed to NLC steering committees Auburn City Councilmembers Wayne Osborne and John Holman have been appointed to the National League of Cities (NLC) steering committees.

Osborne will serve on the NLC Transportation Infrastructure & Services panel, which has the lead responsibility for developing NLC federal policy positions on issues involving transportation, including planning, funding, safety and security of public transit, streets and highways, aviation, railroads and ports.

Holman joins the NLC Community and Economic Development Steering Committee, which develops NLC federal policy positions on issues involving housing, community and economic development, land use, recreation and parks, historic preservation and international competitiveness.

As members of the committees, both will play key roles in shaping NLC’s policy positions and advocating on behalf of America’s cities and towns before Congress, with the administration and at home.

DAWN has new executive director Domestic Abuse Women’s Network (DAWN) recently announced that Margaret “Peg” Coleman, former executive director of the Utah Domestic Violence Coalition (UDVC), will be DAWN’s new executive director beginning Jan. 27.

New Jersey-raised Coleman has 35 years of

City Attorney Dan Heid swears in new City Councilmembers Yolanda Trout, left, Claude DaCorsi, middle, and new Deputy Mayor Rich Wagner, who began his seventh term on the City Council. RACHEL CIAMPI, Auburn Reporter

[ OATHS from page 1 ] and Backus’ mother, Mary.

Becoming mayor, said the Auburn native, a 1979 Auburn High School graduate, was her “dream come true.”

“I have a goal of one Auburn, and that means we celebrate our similarities but also our differences,” Backus said. “Because it’s who we are individually and as a group that makes Auburn so unique. We are by far not the richest community around here, but we’ve got the biggest hearts of any community I’ve ever met. “… Don’t be surprised,” Backus added, “when I pull you in and ask for your help. Don’t run because I promise it’s going to be for great things for Auburn.”

Backus edged former Councilman John Partridge in November’s general election to win the office.

Seven-term councilmember and newlyminted Deputy Mayor Rich Wagner took the oath with newcomers Yolanda Trout frontline experience in the field. In 2012, she assumed leadership of UDVC, following nine years of leading a domestic violence and sexual assault shelter in Homer, Alaska.

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and Claude DaCorsi.

Trout, the first Hispanic woman ever elected to the council, said being elected was the realization of her long-held dream, too.

She promised that her office door would be open to all constituents “It’s not just the Latino community I want to work with, I want to work for all of you … I’ll work with my City Councilmembers, they’re totally awesome and I’m excited to be part of their group.”

In the chamber, Trout’s 83-year-old mother, who flew in from Yuma, Ariz., and other members of her large family.

Then it was DaCorsi’s turn.

“I ran on the premise of being a servant leader, and serving is exactly what I intend to do,” said DaCorsi, a director with the King County Housing Authority.

Wagner said Monday’s turnout to hear the oaths of office was the largest of its kind he had seen in all of his years on the council.

“I think that this turnout of all these people shows that we all think we’re going to do great things for the Auburn — that we’ve done great things in the past and we’ll do even greater things in the future,” Wagner said.

Wagner said in the next four years he would concentrate on diversity.

“Diversity means a lot of things to me: it means

age, it means wealth, it means ethnic background, it means religious preferences, it means lifestyle preferences. This city has a lot of advantages in that regard. Not only do we have a lot of diversity, I think we also know how to make the best use of it.”

Wagner predicted that the future Community Center in Les Gove Park, on which construction is slated to begin in 2014 and which he has championed for five years, would be a key means of “exploiting” the City’s diversity, and a tool for bringing people together.

The 2014 Pacific City Council took final form at Monday’s workshop as it voted in its new president and mayor pro tem for the year, as well as swearing in new councilmember Stacy Knudtson and returning councilmembers John Jones and Tren Walker.

Knudtson, Walker and Jones, winners in the November general election, are to serve on the council until Dec. 31, 2017.

The City’s other newcomer, councilmember Vic Kave, was sworn in on Dec. 9.

The council also nominated and elected Councilmember Josh Putnam as president for 2014. Among the responsibilities of the council president are chairing workshop meetings in accordance with rules and procedures and chairing regular council meetings in the absence of the mayor.

The council voted Jones to the office of mayor pro tem.

ALSO: Committee assignments for 2014: Finance Committee (Jones, Kave, Putnam); Public Works Committee (Councilmembers Putnam, Clint Steiger, Gary Hulsey); Public Safety Committee (Hulsey, Steiger, Kave, alternate – Knudtson); Human Services Committee (Jones, Walker, Knudtson); Technology Committee (Jones, Walker, Knudtson).

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Driver in fatal crash remains in ICU, likely to face charges

By ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com

Charges are pending against the driver of the vehicle that smashed into a tree on Highway 164 in east Auburn in the early hours of Dec. 29 and killed a 5-year-old boy.

According to the King County Prosecutor’s Office, the 21-year-

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Dec. 29 Theft: Overnight, 32100 block of 105th Place Southeast. A woman asked to borrow her boyfriend’s rented iPad to take on a two-day trip to San Diego.

old Pacific man’s injuries have delayed the filing of charges.

“He’s still in ICU at Harborview Medical Center, so police have not forwarded a case to us,” Ian Goodhew, a spokesman for the King County Prosecutor’s Office said of the as-yet unnamed man.

“When he’s capable of walking on his own, then we’ll act.”

Or so she said. Turns out the “two-day” prefix on the word “trip” was her ruse to move in with a man with whom she had been chatting there. Because she had no intention of returning to Auburn, the status of the “rented” iPad morphed after her “see-ya-in-two, honeybun” to “stolen” iPad. The woman changed her phone number and shut down her Facebook account so the man had no way to contact her. Police intend to forward the case to the City of Auburn’s Prosecuting Attorney’s Office for review and consideration of charges.

Killed in the accident was 5-year-old Stacey-Izaak Holmes.

His 8-year-old sister sustained non life threatening injuries.

The children’s mother, 32, is the driver’s girlfriend. She was not involved in the accident.

“Unfortunately, at 9:02 (Monday) morning (Dec. 30), the 5-year-old boy died from his

Burglary: 8:15 p.m., 5151 Auburn Way N. Somebody broke into a business and stole items undisclosed, their value congruently undisclosed.

somebody.

Vandalism: 9:01 p.m., 30220 block of 114th Place Southeast. Somebody vandalized a woman’s mailbox.

Theft: 1:45 a.m., 722 12th Street Southeast. Hooligans painted graffiti on a commercial building.

Theft: 11:55 a.m., 1000 block of U Street Northwest. Somebody stole a package from a residence.

Dec. 30

Vandalism: 11 p.m., 3100 block of 16th Street Southeast. A bad person damaged two door locks trying to break into a trailer.

Trespassing: 9:44 a.m., 2323 Auburn Way N. Police kicked out a person who had rendered him or herself odious at a business.

Dec. 31

Theft of clothing: 11:30 a.m., 12100 block of Southeast 312th Street.

Somebody got into a man’s vehicle and removed his clothes. Note: the man was not inside the clothes at the time.

Theft: 4:30 p.m., 1400 block of Dogwood Street Southeast. Somebody swiped mail from a porch.

Shoplifting: 6:59 p.m., 101 Auburn Way S. Safeway staff called police after nabbing a woman in the act of thieving whiskey and hairspray.

Theft: 12:55 p.m., 520 block of 7th Street Southeast. Somebody stole a woman’s tablet.

Jan. 1

Theft: 12 p.m., 1320 block of 21st Street Southeast. Somebody stole tools of undisclosed value from another

Counterfeit: 1:18 p.m., 1204 E. Main St. A customer was reported to have

Fire & Rescue Blotter The Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to 189 requests for service between Dec. 30 and Jan. 5, among them the following:

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Jan. 3

Theft: 6:30 p.m., 1011 Auburn Way S. Thieves cut two surveillance cameras from their wiring and stole them from a local dry cleaner.

Monkey says git!: 2:47 p.m., 124 2nd St. SE. The Spunky Monkey told a misbehaving man to get lost, beat it, scram, and stay scrammed.

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Animal problem: 12:10 p.m., 1214 Harvey Road NE. A cat was reported abandoned after an eviction.

Burglary: 2:23 a.m., 3502 Auburn Way S. Burglars broke three windows and entered Chinook Elementary.

Police did not disclose if anything was taken.

Trespassing: 9 a.m., 1416 Harvey Road NE. A man returned to Walgreens after he had been previously trespassed from the store.

Theft: 3:37 a.m., 4510 Frontage Road; 102. Staff at the Staples warehouse reported that thieves had slurped up diesel fuel from two trucks overnight.

Jan. 2 Accident: 11:01 a.m., (Lea Hill). After helping a pregnant woman whose car had been rear ended by a transit bus, firefighters transported her to MAMC for further evaluation.

Jan. 3 Aid call: 9:22 p.m., (Algona). After firefighters helped a senior citizen who had fallen and injured herself, a private ambulance transported her to MAMC.

Jan. 4 Illegal burn: 3:28 p.m., (Lea Hill). Firefighters summoned by a smoke investigation call informed and educated the home owner about outdoor burning, and then snuffed the fire.

Jan. 5 Aid call: 10:41 a.m., (Lakeland Hills). Firefighters helped a female who had been in a single-car roll-over accident and a private ambulance transported her to MAMC for further evaluation.

Trespassing: 7:42 a.m., 202 N. Division St. MultiCare Auburn Medical Center gave a woman the five-year boot from its premises.

Theft: 2:14 p.m., 1441 D St. NE. A woman gobbled up food at Applebee’s then refused to pay for what she had snarfed, prompting police to make an appearance and arrest her for theft and trespassing.

Suspected DUI driver’s 10 miles of bad driving on New Year’s Day spooks others An Auburn man found himself the subject of a lot of attention last week.

But for 32-year-old Steven H. Kinggeorge, every bit of it was for the wrong thing.

Now he’s looking at possible jail time for DUI, hit and run and driving with a suspended license.

Shortly before noon, 14 different drivers on I-5 near Lakewood called 911 to complain about a man in a Dodge Durango SUV smacking into center barriers, weaving in and out of lanes and slowing down and speeding up.

According to police, the man got off of I-5 at the Nisqually exit but was soon back in the northbound lanes of the interstate.

Kinggeorge’s wild ride ended, according to police, when he crashed his SUV near the Bridgeport Way exit. Witnesses told police that Kinggeorge next darted through oncoming traffic, leaped a fence and ran into the Springbrook Lane Apartment building in Lakewood.

State Trooper Gus Gill said that thanks to the actions of other drivers, nobody was seriously hurt “They did exactly what we asked them to do,” said Gill.

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age, but the Valley Regional Fire Authority had to extricate the man and the boy. All three were taken to Harborview Medical Center.

“The Auburn Police Department continues to investigate the circumstances surrounding this incident, and vehicular homicide charges will be forthcoming on the driver,” Hirman said.

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injuries,” said Auburn Police Commander Mike Hirman.

According to Auburn police, the man had been driving at a very high rate of speed into the Auburn city limits along Highway 164 when he lost control of the vehicle and hit a tree in the 3600 block of Auburn Way South.

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A local group is shooting to save the scenic par 3 course at the Riverbend Golf Complex.

They are prepared for a political and financial face-off with Kent city officials and potential developers to keep a valley treasure that’s dear to the hearts of golfers and duffers, young and old.

The nine-hole par 3 course has been an affordable, popular short course of choice for seniors who no longer play for distance, kids who are interested in picking up the clubs for the first time and families who just want to share the spirit of the game.

“We’re not necessarily representing just us, we’re representing a ripple of time,” said Richard Anthony, a member of the Committee to Save the Par 3 who plays in the 60-strong senior men’s league at the course. “You’re talking generations (of golfers).”

But Riverbend’s operating losses and $2.25 million debt have city officials exploring ways to turn the tide and make the complex financially self-sustainable.

One option is selling the par 3 to support the struggling complex’s other entities – the driving range, merchandise shop and 18-hole course.

The City has not made a decision. There is no timetable yet for a decision. It remains a difficult, unresolved issue.

City Councilmember Dennis Higgins, who has had discussions with interested residents who want to preserve the par 3, remains open to suggestions.

“I know the administration continues to look at ideas, and no doubt my council colleagues have also had conversations with interested parties,” Higgins said. “It is still very unclear to me whether any of these ideas taken alone or in combination will be enough to solve the problems of the deficit, of the debt, and of the need to reinvest in the complex. [ more KLAAS page 6 ]

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Police officers have some leeway, and my respect I have to respond to a letter to the editor (“Police need to follow the law”, Auburn Reporter, Jan. 3). Yes, police officers do need to follow the law and often most of them do – on and off duty.

For the most part, most officers are good, law-abiding citizens. That’s why they have the jobs they do. Like any profession, however, I’m sure there are probably a few “bad apples” who give the whole barrel a bad name.

Do you know a police officer? Have you met a police officer (in a non-infraction committing manner)? Have you participated in a ride-along?

Have you joined the Auburn Police Department Citizens Academy? If you answer no to any of these questions, I urge you to do one, if not all, before casting stones.

If you do witness a law

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Deadline for letters to be considered for publication is 2 p.m. Tuesday. enforcement officer or official committing a crime or infraction, I’m sure their supervisor would be happy to address your concerns.

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Washington’s future begins now – be a part of it The 2014 Legislative session starts Monday and, although it is only a 60-day session, there are a lot of important issues on the table.

Among the most pressing are: Transportation: There is substantial need for infrastruc-

ture improvements at both the state and local levels, including State Route 167. We also need to make sure our transit system is adequate for our communities. Additionally, there have been calls for policy changes to our transportation systems.

How should the state move forward Rep. Pat Sullivan

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“Do you believe in man-made global warming?”

Because it’s who we are individually and as a group that makes Auburn so unique.” – Mayor Nancy Backus as she begins her first term in office.

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● Q U O T E O F N O T E : “I have a goal of one Auburn, and that means we celebrate our similarities but also our differences.

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to meet these pressing needs?

K-12 education: The Legislature made a serious down payment on the Supreme Court’s McCleary school-funding requirements, but we still have a lot of work to do to fulfill our paramount duty. Additionally, we may be hearing bills relating to teacher evaluations, COLAs, the opportunity gap and

Sumner because he spilled his hot coffee while driving.

How about the driver who innocently changed a radio station and hit a boy? The boy lived but he suffered brain damage and never walked again. Or what about the lady who was “distracted” and drove her vehicle into a marked police vehicle?

Officers go through hours of training, including driving.

They have to multi-task – it’s part of the job.

You say officers have no reason to speed. Perhaps they have a partner in trouble.

Maybe they are responding as backup. They must move quickly to respond to a domestic violence situation, an assault, or another serious crime taking place.

You also reference that police officers don’t use traffic signals when making lane changes. You’re right – they are exempt, if you will, as are firefighters and medics who are probably on their way to help [ more LETTERS page 7 ]

more. What do you think are the most important education issues?

Early learning and higher education: Experts agree that early learning plays a huge role in setting students on the path to success, and we all know that access to higher education is becoming tighter and tighter for middle-class families. What should the state do to help kids on either side of the K-12 ladder?

The operating budget: We passed two-year budget last June that [ more SULLIVAN page 6 ]

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Auburn Tourism: For special events or to add a special event, go to www.auburntourism.com.

Auburn Valley Humane Society: 6-8 p.m., fourth Wednesdays of the month; 10 a.m.-noon, fourth Saturdays of the month, AVHS shelter, 4910 A St. SE, Auburn.

Volunteer orientation and trainings. Stop by the shelter to pick up a volunteer application or download one from www.auburnvalleyhs.org and bring it to the orientation.

You may register to attend anyone of the sessions in the future by emailing slavigne@ auburnvalleyhs.org. For more info, call 253249-7849 or visit www.auburnvalleyhs.org.

Miss Auburn Scholarship Pageant: 7 p.m. Jan. 24; 6 p.m. Jan. 25, Auburn Performing Arts Center, 206 E St. NE. Miss Auburn & Miss Auburn Outstanding Teen Scholarship Pageant, “Wizard to Wicked, and all Points In Between.”

Sponsored by the Auburn Noon Lions. Order tickets at www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/531218.

Health Cascade Regional Blood Center drives: 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Jan. 12, Auburn City Seventh-day Adventist Church, 402 29th St. SE. For more information, call 1-877-242-5663 or visit www.crbs.net/ home.

Puget Sound Blood Center drives: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Jan. 16, Zones, Inc., 1102 15th St. SW; 9 a.m.-noon, Feb. 5, 650 Milwaukee Blvd., Algona. For more information, call 253-945-8667 or please visit www.psbc. org.

[ SULLIVAN from page 5 ] made a $1 billion dent in our education-funding obligation, extended health care coverage to 300,000 additional people in our state, and held the line on college tuition costs. The Legislature will consider a supplemental budget that makes minor adjustments to that biennial budget, and work is already beginning on the 2015-17 operating budget – one that will need to make additional investments in the K-12 system as well as meet the other growing needs of the state. How do you think we should address these pressing needs?

I represent you in Olympia, and it’s important to me to hear your opinion on these issues. I am reluctant

Clubs, groups Neely Mansion Association annual meeting: 2:30 p.m. Jan. 18, Auburn Public Library, Les Gove Park, 1102 Auburn Way S. The public is invited. Clothing historian Lynn Gough presents a program, 100 Years of Hats, featuring men’s and women’s hats from each decade from the Civil War-era of the 1860s through the 1960s. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, visit www.neelymansion.org or the Neely Mansion Association Facebook page.

January Comedy at the Ave: 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 17. Tickets: $17 regular; $15 students, seniors.

Ave Kids, Jugglemania: 2 p.m. Jan. 18.

“Is a children’s festival held when you plant them or when you harvest them?” Prop comic Rhys Thomas has questions even he can’t answer after 30 years of performing in 18 countries. Thomas can, however, rival Pixar in creating fun for the whole family.

With Jugglemania, Thomas will ride his “suicycle”, juggle knives on a ladder of swords, coax “Stunteddy” out of a strait jacket and share his hilarity and dexterity.

Tickets: $8.

Sinatra at the Sands: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 18.

If you missed Sinatra with Count Basie in their legendary appearance at the Las Vegas Sands Hotel in 1966, here is your chance to see it again. Jim Kerl’s Swing Sixties band and Joey Jewell will take you back to the heyday of Las Vegas and the reigning king of the strip, Frank Sinatra. Tickets: $17 regular; $15 students, seniors.

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Auburn Avenue Theater, 10 Auburn Ave. Call Auburn Parks, Arts & Rec at 253931-3043, Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.9 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m.-noon, or online at www.brownpapertickets.com.

Cirque Ziva, Chinese Acrobats: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 1. A beautiful and technically brilliant show, Cirque Ziva is the newest creation from producer Danny Chang (Artistic Director, Golden Dragon Acrobats).

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to spend tax-payer money on surveys sent through the mail – such things can cost $10,000 to $15,000. Instead, I am looking for less-costly alternative methods of getting your input, so I’m planning a series of Community Conversations throughout our district over the next month (see box). I look forward to meeting with you, in person, and hearing what you believe our priorities should be.

These are not going to be partisan arguments full of heated rhetoric. We all care deeply about the future of our children, our economy, and our state, and we need more thoughtful discussions and less rancorous debate.

I hope you can join me for at least one of these Community Conversations.

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State Rep. Pat Sullivan (D-Covington) hosts a series of talks to engage residents.

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ELSEWHERE Poetry workshops: 2 p.m. Jan. 19, Finally Found Books, 3705 Auburn Way N. Featuring the works of Carolyne Wright (American Book Award), Kate Kingston (W.D. Snodgrass Award for Poetic Endeavor). Sponsored by The Northwest Renaissance and support in part by an award from 4Culture. 253-886-2131, www. finallyfoundbooks.com Poetry at The Station Bistro: 7-10 p.m., first Wednesdays of each month, Bistro, 110 Second St. SW, Suite 125, Auburn. Poets featured at the open mic venue. Presented by The Station Bistro, the Northwest Renaissance, Auburn Striped Water Poets. Open to poets of every age and skill level. For more information, contact mcbreenpost@aol.com.

Jazz series:: 6-9 p.m., Saturdays, Auburn Wine and Caviar Company, 2402 A St. SE, Auburn. Saxophone and flute master Mark Lewis performs each week with a different featured guest musician – or two – from around the region. No cover. For more information, call 253-8878530.

Music at The Station Bistro: 6-9 p.m., Saturdays, 110 Second St. SW, Suite 125, Auburn. 253-735-1399, auburnstationbistro.com Zola’s Cafe: Live music every Friday, 7-9 p.m., 402 E. Main St., Suite 120. Open mic on the last Wednesday of the month.

For information, contact Sonia Kessler at the cafe at 253-333-9652.

tion, Board Room, 12033 SE 256th St., Kent

Here is the list of specific topics and locations: Transportation Jan. 18, 10:30 a.m.-noon Covington City Hall, Community Room, 16720 SE 271st St., Suite 100, Covington K-12 education Jan. 25, 10:30 a.m.-noon Kent School District Administra-

The future of our state is important to all of us – and it will require all of us, working together, to make sure that future reflects our shared values and vision.

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Early learning & higher education Feb. 1, 10:30 a.m.-noon Green River Community College, 12401 SE 320th St., Auburn Operating budget Feb. 8, 3-4:30 p.m.

Auburn City Hall, 25 W. Main St. (tentative) Sullivan’s office will provide updated location information as soon as it’s available.

Rep. Pat Sullivan (D-Covington) represents the 47th Legislative District and serves as majority leader n the state House of Representatives.

[ KLAAS from page 5 ] “But I would be very happy if a plan comes together that accomplishes all … these goals without needing to allocate from the general fund.”

Riverbend and Kent are not the only municipal golf course suffering the effects of a soft economy and the valley’s typical months of wet weather.

Auburn, Renton, Tukwila, Sumner and Maple Valley are facing similar challenges and have seen similar reductions in the number of annual rounds of golf played since 2007.

Kent’s par 3 course has experienced a decrease of 20.5 percent in the annual number of rounds played, which is approximately the average decline for nine hole and par 3 golf courses in Western Washington since 2007, according to a Kent City Council Parks Committee 2012 report.

Still, the Committee to Save the Par 3 wants the City to work out a sensible solution. The group says the City should consider including the par 3 into its more sustainable parks system. They welcome the possibility of a vendor perhaps operating the city-owned course. They welcome improvements to the course to attract more visitors.

Kent Parks Director Jeff Watling has told the committee that hiring a management company to run the golf complex, or leasing it to someone wouldn’t resolve the debt or the capital improvement needs.

Switching the golf complex from an enterprise fund set up to be self-supporting into the general fund would lead to cuts elsewhere in the City budget.

But the alternative of losing the par 3, the group says, would be aesthetically irreversible.

A possible par 3 sale

has attracted developers, notably one who has expressed an interest in bringing a mixed-use project to fruition. That project could feature retail shops, public open spaces, a hotel, apartments and possibly condos.

All of which is a shame to a group of players who have been playing the par 3 for many years.

The Committee to Save the Par 3 wants the City to play ball and preserve a course that’s been a part of Kent’s recreational history.

The committee fears that once the par 3 is sold, a community treasure will be lost forever.

“We have responded … this is worthwhile keeping,” said Dick Gravender, president of the par 3 senior men’s league, who has played at the course for about 25 years. “It beautifies what we have here in Kent … rather than have condominiums or whatever else put in over here.”

Future generations of golfers would lose big, the group warns.

“The young kids need a place to learn how to play golf, and they’re disappearing very fast,” said Jerry Turley, a par 3 senior men’s league player.

“Whole communities are getting rid of par 3s. This is a great facility. You just can’t do that to our youth.”

For now, the par 3’s future is unknown.

“I can’t say for certain where the road will lead in 2014,” Higgins said of the issue. “That will be somewhat at the discretion of the new council president, and certainly a part of the budget discussion later in the year. I appreciate any and all suggestions from the league group, and I will be continuing to explore alternatives.”

For those interested in joining the committee’s efforts, email savethepar3@gmail. com.

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The skilled troupe of 25 presents traditional and modern Chinese acrobatics, dance, aerial stunts, contortion and more. Tickets: $20 regular; $18 students, seniors.

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2014 Auburn Relay for Life Community Kickoff: 6-8 p.m. Jan. 16, First United Methodist Church, 100 N St. SE, Auburn.

Meet the event committee, learn about the relay. Guest Speaker: Mayor Nancy Backus.

Fun, refreshments too. Public is welcome.

For more information, contact Cheri Staples at 253-332-8279 or castaples01@msn.com

Got an event? submissions@auburn-reporter.com or post online at www.auburn-reporter.com

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Auburn’s Verzosa takes top honors in essay writing contest For the Reporter

The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2995 recently awarded first place to Auburn’s Skyler Verzosa for his Patriot’s Pen Essay Writing Contest entry, “What patriotism means to me.”

Verzosa’s piece was chosen among entries from different schools for the top district honor.

Verzosa, 14, is an eighth-grader at Holy Family Catholic School in Auburn.

With his recent achievement, Verzosa hopes his winning piece attracts the favor of the judges at

[ LETTERS from page 5 ] or save someone. They could even be on their way to help someone you know or love. Why? It’s their job.

Officers also work crappy hours, sometimes for days at a time. They miss holidays with their families. They miss school and sporting events. Some may even miss the births of children.

Why? It’s their jobs and that’s what they do – even for people like you.

I have lived in Auburn all of my life, and I have never heard of this “negative history” that you speak of with the Auburn Police Department or years of “harassing people in public.”

Next time you see an officer “disobeying” (the law), stop and think about what you don’t know and what they could or might be doing. Wave with all five fingers, say thanks or just go about your day. Have some respect. Not everyone can or will do the job they do. I thank those who do.

– Sue Addison

Bravo to development for enriching Auburn I am very pleased that construction equipment and sur-

District hosts Paying for College Night on Jan. 16

ONLINE: Read Skyler Verzosa’s awardwinning essay and catch his youtube video at www.auburn-reporter.com.

the state level so he can reach the national competition.

Every year, VFW organization hosts the Patriot’s Pen competition, a youth essay writing contest that engages students in grades 6-8 in researching and writing about a selected topic, helping them to form an understanding and appreciation of the service of the country’s veterans.

Verzosa is the son of Jude and Therese Verzosa. Jude is a physician at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Enumclaw. Therese is a registered nurse at St. Joseph’s in Tacoma. rounding fencing is the center of attention on the old Cavanaugh property across from City Hall.

Thank you to Landmark Development, LLC, and partners Messrs John McKenna and Brett Jacobson as they re-pioneer a significant parcel of property on Main Street in our great city of Auburn.

This development opportunity for the Auburn community is a breath of fresh air that we have yearned for through more than seven years of uncertainty.

This multi use development will bring a beautiful building complex and will place “heads in beds” for residents to live downtown – from this scenario, retail will soon develop to provide the necessary services to once again energize the downtown business community. This is a beginning of much more to come for our future economy.

– Bill Peloza, City Councilmember

Questions about cold weather plan I am responding to Sarah Miller’s letter (“Cold weather plan is in place for the homeless”, Auburn Reporter, Dec. 20) about a plan in place for the homeless.

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Skyler Verzosa accepts his first-place award from Jim Weaver, VFW Post 2995 commander for Lake Washington and junior vice district commander for District 11, and Yvonne Bauman, past District 11 president and junior vice president of District 11.

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I am wondering if the warming shelter opens on the third night of consecutive freezing temperatures or do the homeless have to wait until the fourth night?

The reason I am asking is because we had freezing temperatures for three straight nights (Jan. 3-5). I drove by the warming center (on Jan. 5) a little after 9 to see if I could bring some food by, but it wasn’t open and I am wondering why?

I thought 9 p.m. would be late enough just in case the building was rented. So I am wondering what the plan is that is supposed to be in place?

– Jennifer Boyes

My wife has breast cancer, and so might yours As we enter a New Year, many people make resolutions concerning their health – perhaps to lose weight, exercise more regularly or get their annual prostate check or mammogram.

As your legislator, I have become aware of information we all should know about mammograms. According to recent information from the Mayo Clinic, 60 percent or more of cancer in

The Auburn School District hosts Paying for College Night from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 16 at Auburn Riverside High School, 501 Oravetz Road SE. Find out about various options to pay for post-high school education at the financial aid information night, including resources like the FAFSA (federal grants and loans) and scholarships.

Computer labs will be open and staffed with professionals to help seniors and their parents fill out financial aid forms.

Admission is free.

For more information, contact the Auburn High School Career Center at 253-931-4994, Auburn Mountainview Career Center at 253804-5195, or the Auburn Riverside Career Center 253-804-5154, ext. 3390.

women with dense breast tissue is missed when the medical staff relies solely on mammograms.

And 30 to 40 percent of women have dense breast tissue.

My wife is a perfect illustration.

In 2012 she was concerned about a breast lump, but her January 2013 mammogram was negative.

When she was more concerned in June, an ultrasound and MRI showed she had stage 3 breast cancer.

By the grace of God, she is responding well to her treatment, and we expect a full recovery. But with an earlier diagnosis, it might have been better. And without her persistence, it could have been a lot worse.

Some states have new laws requiring doctors to tell women that some breast cancer may not show up in mammograms of their dense breast tissue. In principle, I do not think it is government’s job to tell doctors what they should tell their patients. But I do think it is important that women know this information so they know to have the appropriate conversations with their doctors.

In addition to this letter, which I hope gets the word out to many, I will be working with breast cancer awareness groups to make us all aware of this critical informa-

tion. I hope you all have a happy and healthy New Year.

– State Rep. Mark Hargrove (R-Covington, 47th District)

Kudos to diner Starting Gate has it all – good food, good prices and a multitude of employee personalities.

When you bite into their platesized pancakes and ham, you want to cry tears. And you get a bonus, most of the neighborhood news for the price of a good lunch or breakfast.

The service is excellent. It is a clean, great ‘50s-type diner.

– Rodney LeClaire

And the winner is Pacific’s Karen Tambuello.

She read the Coffee News and that little fellow hidden in it’s pages let out a bellow when she spotted him true in the Coffee News.

Now Lady Luck is wallowing in fame.

Her name adorns the wall of Pacific City Hall.

– Gerald A. McBreen, Pacific Poet Laureate

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DONATE TODAY: Auburn Food Bank, 930 18th Place NE. For more information or to volunteer, call 253-833-8925 or visit www. theauburnfoodbank.org.

PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING December 30, 2013 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 2014, at approximately 6:30 p.m., the Pacific City Council will conduct a public hearing during the regular City Council meeting for the purpose of taking public testimony regarding a sewer and water rate hike in 2014.

This hearing will take place in the City Council Chambers at Pacific City Hall, 100 3rd Avenue SE, Pacific, Washington. All persons will have an opportunity to present their oral comments at the meeting. Those wishing to

submit written comments may do so at the public hearing or by submitting them to the City Clerk by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, January 27, 2014.

Amy Stevenson-Ness City Clerk City of Pacific Published in Auburn Reporter on January 10, 2014, January 17, 2014, January 24, 2014.#965941.

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Dealing with ‘holiday blues’ or depression?

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Robert Upchurch, 84, passed away January 1, 2014. Survivors include children: Bruce (Christy), Julie Julison (David Heath), and Brian (Tracy), seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Robert is also survived by siblings: Richard, Allan, and Elinor (Willcockson).

Robert was a wonderful husband, father, and grandfather. He will be remembered for his devotion to his family, his strong work ethic, and his sense of humor.

Private family services were held Friday, January 10 at the Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent, WA. The family suggests memorials be made to the March of Dimes or the Alzheimer’s Association.

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Second, consider a trial of over-the-counter medication and/or supplements.

St. John’s Wort is a natural herbal supplement that may help decrease symptoms of depression and improve mood. Another option is SAMe (a natural chemical found in the body). It is commonly used in Europe as a treatment for depression. The daily dose of SAMe is about 400 to 1,600 milligrams. If you take prescription medication(s), consult with a doctor before beginning treatment with either of these products.

In addition, consider taking Omega-3 fatty acids (2,000 to 4,000 milligrams a day), or just eat more foods high in Omega-3 (i.e., walnuts, soybeans, fish and/ or flax seed). Vitamin D

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Auburn resident Donald Dean Wickwire died January 1, 2014, of respiratory failure at age 84.

He was born February 20, 1929, in Lyman, Nebraska to Gladys O. and Joseph R. Wickwire and spent his early childhood in Nebraska and Colorado. He moved to Enumclaw when he was 13 with his mother and stepfather, Merle “Shorty” Shuttlesworth. He graduated in 1947 from Enumclaw High School, where he was the editor of the newspaper and a gifted writer and artist. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1947 and served as a radio operator on the USS Des Moines until 1954. In September 1954, he met Barbara K. Larum and they married on April 14, 1955 in Enumclaw. He retired with more than 30 years of service with Rohr Aircraft Corp in 1994. He was a 50-year member of the Masonic Crescent Lodge 109 in Enumclaw. He will be remembered for his dry wit, creativity, avid interest in automobiles and love of home and family.

Donald is survived by his wife of 58 years, Barbara K. Wickwire of Auburn; daughters Sherry J. Wickwire of San Francisco, Julie A. Wickwire of Kent, and Lisa C. Wickwire of Renton.

He was preceded in death by sister Wilma J. “Jean” Fugate and brother-in-law Dangis “Doc” Fugate.

A celebration of life open house is planned for 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, January 19, at the Auburn Golf Course, 29630 Green River Rd. S.E. Memorials may be made to Disabled American Veterans (www.DAV.org).

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Stanley Security won’t announce the winners of its school security equipment contest until the evening of Jan. 9.

But win or lose, Pioneer Elementary is going to have a contest appreciation assembly at 10:15 a.m., Friday, Jan 10 in the school gymnasium to thank participants and celebrate its students accomplishments.

“Finishing anywhere in the top 10 demonstrates success in this national contest due entirely to our community of supporters,” said Principal Debra Gary. “We appreciate the incredible effort, creativity and tenacity in your outreach. We were not able to predict what our competition would be or how this contest would unfold, but we were determined to stay creatively engaged and try everything we could think of, learning as we went. What we found out is that we have a great community that cares about the safety of children in schools”

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The exact cause of depression is not fully understood. It is believed to be related to a combination of factors, such as an imbalance of biochemicals in the brain (neurotransmitters and/ or hormones), environmental or situational factors, and genetics. If you have a family member diagnosed with depression, you are at higher risk of developing it over time.

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Lastly, if these tips do not markedly help, or if symptoms of depression last longer than two weeks, make an appointment to see a doctor. Excellent prescription medication is available to help treat clinical depression. Counseling services many be recommended.

Always seek immediate medical attention if you have thoughts of suicide.

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Local grapplers place at Pac-Coast Championships Wrestlers from the Auburn and Auburn Mountainview programs competed and placed at the annual Pac-Coast Championship tournament, Jan. 3-4 at Hudson’s Bay High School in Oregon. From Auburn, Freddie Pineda was 8th at 106 pounds, Balteer Rana was 4th at 120, Sam Lindsay was 5th at 195 and Mario Luevano was 4th at 220. Auburn Mountainview’s Brahm Trujillo was 6th at 120, Dylan Foley was 8th at 126, and Zach Jones was 5th at 170. Auburn finished 13th in the team competition with 77.5 points, and Auburn Mountainview was 24th with 53.

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For the first time in school history, the Auburn Mountainview gymnastics squad is competing under the leadership of a new coach.

This past season Jayme Hostetter – a former Auburn Reporter Coach of the Year winner who led the Lions to a 3A Washington State title in 2010 – stepped down after eight years. The school named 3-year assistant coach Andrew Stranack as head coach.

Stranack, a 2004 graduate of Auburn High School, has coached gymnastics for seven years, including stints at Roach Gymnastics and the Auburn Gymnastics Center, where he still coaches recreational gymnasts.

“One of the coaches here [at Auburn Gymnastics Center] is one of my best friends, Chris Heinig,” Stranack said. “He said they needed another coach down here. I was already working with Roach Gymnastics and I started working with the rec program here. I really like working with kids, it’s fun.”

Stranack, a star sprinter and high jumper in high school and college, said the initial learning curve for coaching gymnastics was steep.

“I knew nothing,” he said. “I started coaching forward rolls, backward rolls,

Gymnastics team preview capsules Auburn Riverside Coach: Cathy Robinson, 7th year Last Season: 8th at West Central District meet with team score of

BOYS BASKETBALL SPSL 4A NORTH STANDINGS (as of Jan. 8) Team Kentridge Tahoma Auburn Riverside Kentwood Auburn Jefferson Mount. Rainier Kent-Meridian Kentlake

League Overall W L W L 8 0 5 2 4 2 3 3 3 4 2 4 2 4 1 4 1 6

12 0 7 4 7 3 5 4 5 5 3 7 3 6 3 6 4 8

SPSL 3A STANDINGS

League Overall

Lion gymnastics coach Andrew Stranack encourages gymnast Valentina Kaganyu.

Stranack took over the program from Jayme Hostetter this season. RAchel Ciampi, Auburn Reporter cartwheels and handstands, really basic stuff, and just worked my way through it. I just learned as I taught, and if I had questions, I could always go to other coaches and ask how to teach other things.”

Stranack, however, was a quick study.

“Then I started working for the high

school about three years ago and started working on bigger tricks,” Stranack said.

Initially, Stranack said, Hostetter approached him when he began coaching the Lionsand suggested that he

154.85 Top Returners: Bri Cooke, senior, and Hannah Wilson, junior.

Top Newcomers: Luba Migda, freshman Outlook: Last year’s top gymnasts Madi Miller – 21st all-around at districts with a 32.825 – and Kylie Urban – 27th all-around at dis-

tricts with a 31.875 – are gone.

This season the Ravens look to returners Cooke and Wilson to pace the team. Cooke finished 31st in the all-around last season at districts with a 30.200 score, and Wilson was 32nd with a 29.950.

[ more coach page 13 ]

Team

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Enumclaw Peninsula Decatur Auburn Mtview Lakes Bonney Lake

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GIRLS BASKETBALL SPSL 4A NORTH STANDINGS (as of Jan. 8) Team Mount Rainier Kentwood Kentridge Auburn Riverside Kentlake Tahoma Kent-Meridian Jefferson Auburn

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place in floor with a 8.400 – and McQuarrie will lead the way.

Coach: Andrew Stranack, 1st year

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Top Returners: Hannah Houck, senior; Maddie Massaglie; senior; Delaney Ralph, senior; Vasha McQuarrie, senior; Yasmine Laird, junior; Brittney Preisner, junior; and Samantha Lewis, sophomore.

Coach: Kristie Wilson, 4th year Top Returners: Bailie Davis, senior, all-around and; Ashley Bechard, senior, all-around.

Top Newcomers: Savannah Merrill, freshman, bars, floor, vault; and Valeria Ramirez, freshman, beam and floor.

Outlook: Last season Bechard finished 25th in the all-around at the district meet, with a 32.075 score. A little improvment could move her on to the state meet this season. Davis, who qualified for the state 4A meet as a freshman, will look to return to state.

Outlook: There is no lack of gymnasts for the Lions this season, with the roster topping out at 21 gymnasts. With only one kid boasting significant club experience, the team looks to keep it simple and cover the basics.

State competitors Houck – 7th on beam with 8.50 at districts and also qualified for state with a 9th

[ coach from page 12 ] start thinking about taking over the program.

“She was throwing around the idea of retiring,” Stranack said. “She’s been doing it so long, and she wanted time to do other things. She asked if I wanted the job as soon as I started. I asked her to give me a couple years and then I might take it.”

When the time came after last season, Stranack jumped at the chance “I was happy to take it. It’s a new adventure. And I liked the kids. I was already there

coaching also, so I took it.”

He credits his time working with Hostetter for speeding up his development as a coach.

“She helped a lot,” he said.

“She has a very logical approach to gymnastics.

“Patience has been the hardest thing to learn,” he continued. “Just knowing that a skill will not be immediate, that it takes a lot of time.

Also, just reassuring the kids and teaching them patience.

Because they all want it now.”

Typically, the schools with the most club teams are the ones that do well at the state

Ravens, Lions, Trojans to compete in new SPSL 3A league next season Reporter Staff

Beginning next school year Auburn and Auburn Riveside will drop to 3A classification and join Auburn Mountainview in a revamped South Puget Sound League 3A athletic conference.

According to the Washington State Interscholastic Activities Association’s latest numbers, released Jan. 8, both Auburn and Auburn Riverside’s enrollment

tournaments, Stranack said.

With just one club kid on the Lion squad this season, Stranack said, competing with club athlete-laden South Puget Sound League was intimidating.

“When you go to a meet and the kids see the tricks from the other teams and they want to do them, it’s intimidating,” he said.

But for Stranack and the Lions, it’s all about the basics.

“Jayme taught me with high school gymnastics that it’s best to just teach the basics, do them well, get out on the floor and do well and

numbers are below the 1,252.4 student cutoff for 4A the state’s largest classification. Auburn Riverside has 1,200.2 students and Auburn has 1,073.8. Auburn Mountainview, already a 3A school, has 1,158.1.

The new SPSL 3A will feature five schools already in the conference – Auburn Mountainview, Bonney Lake, Enumclaw, Lakes and Peninsula – with Auburn and Auburn Riverside dropping

be done,” Stranack said. “But we don’t have unrealistic expectations for them.”

Stranack continued: “I think a state championship is a little out of our reach, but I also think we can get a handful of kids to state,” Stranack said. “We have some performers that can perform and some new kids with potential. We’ll just play it as it comes.”

As a coach, Stranack said,

he also is playing it as it comes, learning as much as he can as he hones his skills.

“I kind of want to go along with the logical aspects of just focusing on the physics [of gymnastics],” he said. As long as I can teach the kids this is what needs to happen, it’s pretty basic. I kind of want to keep our standards high and stay clean and simple and just go out and get the job done.”

down and Sumner High School popping up from 2A. Decatur, formerly an SPSL 3A school, will play next season in the new 10-school SPSL North 4A, which will feature Kentwood, Kentlake, Kentridge, KentMeridian, Federal Way, Decatur, Beamer, Jefferson, Tahoma and Mount Rainier.

The WIAA Executive Board is expected to approve the final classifications at its Jan. 27 meeting.

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REPORTER T h e C ov i n g t o n / M a p l e Valley Reporter, a division of Sound Publishing Inc. is seeking a seasoned general assignment reporter with writing exper ience and photography skills. This is a senior position and is based out of the Covington office. The primary coverage will be city government, business, sports, general assignment stor ies; and may include arts coverage. Schedule includes evening and/or weekend work. As a Reporter for Sound Publishing, you will be expected to: generate 8-10 by-line stories per week; use a digital camera to take photographs of the stories you cover ; post on the publication’s web site; blog and use Twitter on the web; layout pages, using InDesign; shoot and edit videos for the web. The most highly valued traits are: commitment to community jour nalism and ever ything from short, brieftype stories about people and events to examining issues facing the community; to be inquisitive and resourceful in the coverage of assigned beats; to be comfor table producing five bylined stories a week; the ability to write stories that are tight and to the point; to be a motivated self-starter; to be able to establish a rapport with the community. Candidates must have excellent communication and organizational skills, and be able to work effectively in a deadline-driven environment. Minimu m o f t wo ye a r s o f previous newspaper experience is required.

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A Year-End Reminder from Cascade Water Alliance Cascade wants to remind those living around and near Lake Tapps that, per agreements with the Lake Tapps Community Council, Cascade began lowering the lake level on November 1, and will begin drawing the lake down on January 2, 2014 Residents will notice a quick drop of the lake — about six inches per day depending on additional rainfall to a level of approximately 533 feet so Cascade can perform dike repairs and other transportation related repairs can be completed.

Spring refill is expected to begin around March 1, 2014.

For more information on the lake levels visit: www.cascadewater.org/lake_tapps_recreational_lake_levels and www.laketappsnews.org For additional information on Cascade’s Lake Tapps agreements visit: www.cascadewater.org/lake_tapps_agreements For additional information on Cascade’s licensing and related property management policies visit: http://cascadewater.org/lake_tapps_proposed_property_ management_policy.php

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Should residents choose to do any work during this period, it is required that they obtain all necessary permits as well as a license from Cascade.

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