Auburn Reporter, April 11, 2014

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FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2014

City wants assurance over rail-line safety, approves resolution BY ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad representatives explained to members of the Auburn City Council last week what the railroad is doing now and means to do in years to come to ensure its lines are as safe as possible given all the oil transport activities. All well and good, coun-

THREE DEATHS, ONE YEAR LATER

cilmembers said at Monday’s regular meeting at City Hall. But maybe, they decided, with all this oil transporting going on, maybe it’s time for state and federal governments to do more to ensure that cities along the lines suffer no adverse impacts. In a resolution passed by a unanimous margin on Monday, the City: [ more RESOLUTION page 2 ]

Mourners left a memorial for Nicholas Lindsay, one of the three victims in the deadly shooting outside the Sports Page in Auburn last April. A confrontation that started with a physical fight on this parking lot in the early morning hours of Easter

The Emerald Racing Club recently claimed 6-year-old gelding Dancing Yodeler (No. 2). The horse, co-owned by all 128 members of the Emerald Downs-based owners syndicate, is eligible to begin racing at the Auburn track on May 19. COURTESY PHOTO, Vassar Photography

Club allows 128 people to own a Thoroughbred BY SHAWN SKAGER sskager@auburn-reporter.com

For most people, actually owning a Thoroughbred racing horse is as much of a long shot as a donkey winning the Triple Crown. This season, however, the dream of being a Thor-

Season begins The 75-day season, the 19th at Emerald Downs, begins Saturday, with first post time at 2 p.m. For more details, visit www.emeralddowns.com.

oughbred owner comes true for 128 people, courtesy of Emerald Downs’ Emerald Racing Club. For a mere $500 buy-in, members get an insider’s [ more CLUB page 7 ]

Sunday ended in a hail of bullets that killed three young men and seriously wounded another. A year later, authorities are still trying to sort out what happened at the crime scene. ROBERT WHALE, Auburn Reporter

Easter morning deadly shootings remain an unsolved, sordid case Authorities pursue more details; tavern changes the way it does business BY ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com

In the bright sunshine of a recent morning, the parking lot outside the Sports Page Tavern in North Auburn fills up with its usual contingent of cars and smatterings of human beings. Of the makeshift memorials, the flower bundles, the small candles and notes, nothing

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remains to remind anybody of what happened there. One year ago. But in the early morning hours of Easter Sunday 2013, this lot was the scene of a mortal confrontation. It started with a disagreement inside the bar, boiled over into a physical fight outside, and, as a crowd estimated between 100 to 300 persons looked on, exploded into a hail of bullets that cut down three young men and seriously wounded another. Killed were 24-year-old Lorenzo Duncan, 26-year-old Nicholas Lindsay and Antuan Greer, 21.

Randy Linder’s CCR Tribute | April 12, 7:30 pm | $17/$15, Auburn Avenue Theater Ave Kids: Willy Wonka Jr. | April 18, 7pm; April 19, 2 pm & 7 pm | $8, Auburn Ave. Theater April Comedy at the Ave | April 26, 7:30 pm | $17/$15, Auburn Avenue Theater 1010827

It was among the worst homicides in Auburn in recent history. Within days King County Prosecutors had charged 28-yearold Troy L Neal of Renton, whom police still consider a person of interest in the deadly shootings, with one count of unlawful possession of a firearm. As a convicted felon, Neal was not allowed to have a gun. Yet, one year later, King County Prosecutors haven’t charged anybody with the actual shootings. “We’re still trying to sort out [ more SHOOTINGS page 4 ]

Tickets: www.auburnwa.gov/arts | 253-931-3043


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