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Proposition 1 going down to defeat BY ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com
King County voters were rejecting Proposition 1 by a 55-to-45 percent margin, according to
results released Tuesday night by King County Elections. The no votes were 220,887 against, to 162,508 in favor. The measure would have charged $60 per year for vehicle
license fees and raised the sales tax 0.1 percent (to 9.6 percent) to help pay for Metro Transit bus service and road projects in the [ more PROP 1 page 3 ]
Prothero, attorney for Green River Killer, dies at 57 Prothero on many trials, notably the historic case against Gary Ridgway, Skilled in the courtthe Green River Killer. room, Mark Prothero “He was a giving soul, was also generous to and that makes it a tough, the community in tough loss to deal with. which he lived. It’s a terrible, tragic loss. The Kent attorney Prothero “Everybody liked him, was many things to loved him like a brother,” many people, but perhaps the Gruenhagen added. “I guess you best way to sum him up is to say can’t say any more than that.” he was a generous man who left Prothero – a prominent his mark on the legal profession criminal defense attorney, civic and on every activity to which he leader, community volunteer donated his time. and coach – died early Satur“The Kent community has day morning at his Kent home a hole blown in it,” said Todd with family at his side. Gruenhagen, a longtime friend and colleague, who worked with [ more PROTHERO page 7 ] BY MARK KLAAS
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Stewart Road project is a go
CLEARING THE WAY Jamie Kelly, environmental planter for the City of Auburn, removes invasive English Ivy in the West Hill Lake Natural Area last Saturday. The City’s Environmental Services Division hosted its first Earth Day event, calling on volunteers to help weed parts of the nine-acre area, one of the most sensitive
BY SHAWN SKAGER sskager@auburn-reporter
aquatic areas in Auburn. Removing the ivy is necessary because it commonly overtakes non-maintained open spaces and chokes out native trees and shrubs that provide habit, cover and foraging opportunities for wildlife in urban areas. RACHEL CIAMPI, Auburn Reporter
Campaign in full swing to gain support for health center at Wesley Homes Lea Hill BY MARK KLAAS mklaas@auburn-reporter.com
The Wesley Homes Lea Hill retirement community wants to grow. But its growth spurt needs help. A capital campaign is well under way to raise $2 million for a planned $6.6
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The proposed health care center, far right, would be attached by way of a sky bridge to the north end of the west wing of Eby Lodge, along 320th St. SE. COURTESY RENDERING,
million, state-of-the-art, skilled nursing and rehabilitation nursing center on the Auburn campus. When completed, it would be the only not-for-profit, continuing-care retirement community – with independent housing,
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Good news for commuters stuck in traffic on Stewart Road Southeast and state Route 167 – relief is just over that next rise. After nearly 20 years of funding and planning imbroglios, $4.1 million worth of improvements to Stewart Road in the
City of Pacific will be off and running this summer. According to Pacific City Building and Code Officer Kent Barnett, all the people who had to sign off on the design work have done so, and the City has put the project out for contractors to bid on.
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FreeFourthFridayFilm: Airplane! (PG; 1980) | April 25, 8 pm | Free, Auburn Ave Theater April Comedy at the Ave | April 26, 7:30 pm | $17/$15, Auburn Avenue Theater BYU Singers | May 1, 7:30 pm | $15/$12, Auburn Performing Arts Center 1010827
Tickets: www.auburnwa.gov/arts | 253-931-3043