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City places moratorium on communal housing apps BY ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com
The Auburn City Council on Monday resolved that for a year the City won’t accept applications for business licenses and other licenses, permits and approvals for communal rental housing. The idea is to give the City and residents time to craft better rules than the City has had in place since January. [ more HOUSING page 3 ]
Orion hails ideal spot in aeronautic neighborhood
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Seniors from the Auburn High School Class of ‘14, above, toss their hats after graduation ceremonies at Memorial Stadium last Sunday. The class was the last to graduate from the school’s, 64-year-old building, which will be razed this summer to provide parking for the new high school set to open in September. Right, Maggie Elston, whom the senior class chose to speak at the ceremonies, addresses the audience.
There’s a King County park and ride just outside its front door and a Sounder commuter station a mile away, making its new Auburn-based headquarters easy to get to for staff and customers. Boeing, the bigger buyer of the aerospace parts its employees make, is less than two miles to the south.
RACHEL CIAMPI, Auburn Reporter
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Academy provides more than just kicks BY SHAWN SKAGER sskager@auburn-reporter.com
The gym at Rainier Middle School resounds with the noise of martial artists at work. On the wooden floor more than 25 gi-clad students go through their paces, a shout punctuating each punch, kick and move. Senpai James Penor, of the Unified Shito-Ryu Academy, directs them, al-
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ternating commands and encouraging words with the occasional stern admonishments. “We try to make it fun, but I try to be strict, also,” said Penor, a fifthdegree black belt in karate. “I don’t think you get that as much anymore. I don’t think they discipline them much anymore.” Every Tuesday and Thursday, the class meets at Rainier to learn from Penor, who himself learned karate
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from legendary sensei Soke Kubota. Penor started the Unified Academy in Bellevue in 1988. A few years later, he began teaching martial arts classes at Green River Community College. In the 25-plus years Penor has taught, his school has become known as the ‘School of Champions’ because of the success of its students, like black belt Charles Nguyen. [ more ACADEMY page 7 ]
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Unified Shito-Ryu Academy founder James Penor instructs students at the Rainier Middle School class. SHAWN SKAGER, Auburn Reporter
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