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Friday, February 28, 2014
New medical pavilion takes wing By ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com
DEMO DUTY Demolition crews began to tear down the first half of the Business and Industry building at Green River Community College early last week, clearing the way for the construction of the 65,000-square-foot Student
Life Center. All materials produced by the demolitions are to be recycled. The new center, including a bookstore, stage and dining area, is expected to open in 2015. ROSS COYLE, Reporter
Of course, one of the big ideas behind St. Francis Medical Group’s new medical pavilion north of Auburn’s Fred Meyer is to bring its services into a community where they weren’t available before. But Peter O’Connor, chief operating officer of Franciscan Medical Group, said the 124-year-old company is equally determined to expand its reach between St. Francis Hospital in Federal Way and the Highline Medical Center. And to offer the Auburn community a “full palette” of services. “Family medicine and primary care is the foundation of all of our care, so we’re going to have a major presence here,” O’Connor said during a pre-opening day tour of the new facility. “We’re starting out with a few primary care docs, up to eight here, but we also have speciality care with cardiology and cardiovascular general surgery. We’ll be providing the services here.” Staffed by Franciscan Heart and Vascular Associates and eight primary care doctors, [ more PAVILION page 7 ]
Gentle Annabelle joins stable at Mary Olson Farm By ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com
The young ’un fancies a scratch behind the ear, fine food, a good gallop, a cozy bed. Right now she’s about the size of a doe, and with those big brown eyes and white spots, even looks like one. One thing – beside stealing your heart, she’ll happily munch any sleeve that gets near her face and flicking
tongue. Meet Annabelle, a 3-month-old Jersey-Holstein mix calf, and the latest addition to the crew of critters at Auburn’s historic Mary Olson Farm on Green River Road. When she’s a bit older this fall, Annabelle will become half of the knock-’em-stiff tandem of Libby and Annabelle, the two bovine stars of WRVM’s student field-trip program. Annabelle’s job: be a mas-
Annabelle, a 3-month-old Jersey-Holstein mix calf, is the young bovine star at the Mary Olson Farm.
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By SHAWN SKAGER sskager@auburn-reporter.com
White River Valley Museum. “It’s showing children and our students the source of their food. She’ll do a meet and greet. Kids can come up
The Pacific Police Department is getting another tool to fight crime and protect the public. The City Council on Monday approved the purchase of a combination radar detector trailer and message board to help cut the number of speeders on city streets. The $16,636 trailer – manufactured by Stalker Applied Concepts of Plano, Texas – is essentially a 48-by-96-inch LED reader board mounted on a two-wheel trailer.
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cot; and teach citified kids where their food comes from. “We like to have two cows so that we can rest one during a field trip and swap them out,” said Rachel Burrum, curator of education at the
Radar detection trailer to help Pacific Police
Free4thFriday Movie: Psycho (R; 1960) | February 28, 8 p.m. | Free, Auburn Ave. Theater Buddy Holly & Friends | March 7 & 8, 7:30 p.m. & March 9, 2 p.m. | $17/$15, Auburn Ave. Theater March Comedy at the Ave. | March 14, 7:30 p.m. | $17/$15, Auburn Ave. Theater Tickets: www.auburnwa.gov/arts | 253-931-3043 953313