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Culinary team competes at invitational and brings home top prize
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Weather Today, Wednesday, should bring sunny skies and a high near 60 degrees. Clouds roll in tonight and temperatures drop to 38. Thursday should be partly sunny, with no rainfall in the picture, again with a high near 60. A chance of showers returns Friday and sticks around through the weekend.
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Bonney Lake’s Avery Laurin and Sam Sparkmon rehearse their roles of Beauty and the Beast on Thursday at the Sumner Performing Arts Center. Karlee Foster, top right, holds form as Mrs. Potts during rehearsals. The Bonney Lake drama department performed four shows over the weekend. Photos by Sarah Wehmann
Public servant retires after 30 years By Theresa De Lay Staff Writer
When traumatic events unfold, police and fire personnel are often the individuals who bring order to a situation. But as the sirens go silent and the lights fade away, victims
are left wondering what comes next. Enter the chaplain. Art Sphar has served community members and first responders of Bonney Lake and Sumner for 30 years. As a chaplain, Sphar provides spiritual and emotional support
when critical incidents occur, which nearly always involve a death, he said. Chaplains may act as on-site counselors, provide helpful resources, assist in handling police investigations, contact family members of the victim and make funeral arrangements when it is difficult for survivors to do so. The most important and rewarding part of his job, Sphar said, is the opportunity to remind others of God’s presence at a crisis scene and witness the dif-
For the eighth year in a row, Bonney Lake High School culinary instructor Kahale Ahina took the Panthers culinary team to the ProStart Invitational. But this year was different, the Panthers took home first place with a total score of 90.5 out of 105 possible points. This was the first time Bonney Lake has won first place in Ahina’s eight years as instructor. The winning team consisted of head chef and captain Emily Rash, Morgan Demich, Romica Watson, Jessica Luckey and alternate Conor Lees.
ference it makes. However, the scope is tailored for each situation; chaplains are there to help, regardless of one’s spiritual associations. “We must be very careful to observe the separation of church and state issues, and to fully respect the religious beliefs, or lack of them, of the people we serve,” Sphar said. Chaplains are also confidants for emergency responders. They provide emotional and professional support in times of need. It can be as simple
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“It is hard for an outsider to imagine the emotional burden ...” Art Sphar, Chaplain
as befriending officers or having a cup of coffee with firefighters, Sphar said, but other times, it goes deeper. The chaplains arrive on scene and remain until their services are no longer needed. “It is hard for an out-
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