Auburn Reporter, July 04, 2014

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Community mourns loss of Terry Home founder Mary Norman REPORTER STAFF

Terry Home founder Mary Norman died June 29 from emphysema and cancer. “She was very well loved, very well liked and respected in the community,” said Pacific Mayor

Leanne Guier, a member of the Terry Home board. “She’ll be greatly missed.” Norman, born in Sibley, Iowa in 1942 to Clifford and Gertie Wells, graduated from Sibley High School in 1959 and married Junior “Sonny” Norman.

Before moving to the Pacific Northwest, Norman worked for the Sibley-Gazette Newspaper and was later a bookkeeper for Cenex. Once here, she started her own bookkeeping business. In 1984 Norman’s life changed forever, when her

son, Terry, was involved in a car accident that left him with a traumatic brain injury. After discovering that there was no place to put her 18-year-old son outside of a geriatric nursing home, Mary and her longtime friend and partner, James

“Cec” Wilson, began a 10-year journey to build a home for young adults who had survived traumatic brain injuries. The 10-bed facility opened in 1996 in Pacific. [ more NORMAN page 3]

July 7 move out day for Big Daddy’s, other businesses near Les Gove BY ROBERT WHALE Staff writer

Getting on the health kick ...............

For the owners of Big Daddy’s Drive In and some other businesses next to the Les Gove Community Campus, it’s time to find new digs. The City of Auburn expects to close on the purchase of four properties next to the park on July 7. The Auburn City Council authorized the $1.25 million purchase of the properties, which are owned by Dorco, Inc., in April 2014. In addition to Big Daddy’s, the property is composed of the former Herr Lumber retail store, a small warehouse building with two tenants, a small, vacant retail building, and a small retail building occupied by Butt’s Tobacco. Auburn Mayor Nancy Backus said the acquisition of the property is intended to provide the City with additional land as it plans for the continued build-out of the Les Gove [ more BIG DADDY’S page 3 ]

American Karate instructor Ken Tork, left, spars with Rick Witter at the inaugural Auburn Health Fair. MultiCare, the Auburn Downtown Association, Turning Point (Fitness) Studio, American Karate, Corestar Pilates and Tribeca Day Spa teamed up to sponsor the event June 28 and inspire Auburn residents to get in the healthy spirit. RACHEL CIAMPI, Auburn Reporter

Fun, food on tap for Auburn’s Fourth festivities FOR THE REPORTER

Auburn’s Fourth of July Festival – an old-fashioned, hometown celebration with a kids’ bike parade, art, music, food and live entertainment – returns to Les Gove Park from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.,

Auburn Int’l Farmers Market 1077880

Friday. Among the highlights: • The eighth annual Apple Pie Eating Contest, which hits the entertainment stage at 2:30 p.m., followed by favorite local band, The Fabulous Murphtones. • The Washington National

Guard’s Brass Patriots, which performs from 11 a.m. to noon just before the opening ceremony. The entertainment lineup is The Nines, the Radio Disney Rockin’ Road Show, the Po’okela Street Band, [ more FOURTH page 4 ]

Senior Appreciation Day this Sunday!

Sunday market through Sept. 21 | 10 am-3pm Sound Transit Plaza, 23 A Street SW www.auburnfarmersmarket.org | 253-266-2726

Auburn’s iconic Big Daddy’s Drive In will shut its doors on July 7 as the City buys properties to build out Les Gove Park. FILE PHOTO

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