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Couple’s communal housing permits allowed, with conditions BY ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com
In late June Auburn’s Hearing Examiner approved a Lea Hill couple’s application for condi-
tional use permits to house up to seven unrelated people in each of the two single-family homes they own in the Rainier Ridge subdivision north of Green River
Community College. But, as Phil Olbrechts wrote in his meticulously-worded decision, “subject” to such restrictive conditions that Shao Xia Zhu and
her husband, Gary Kiefer, may no longer find their plans worth pursuing. “This is an extremely difficult case,” Olbrechts conceded.
Briefly, the conditions: • Approve the Zhu-Kiefer applications for three years only; [ more HOUSING page 7 ]
City may apply brakes to shopping cart pick-up program BY ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com
Former City Councilmember Gene Cerino’s goal for the shopping cart pickup program in 2005 was that it would eliminate, or least sharply cut, the hazards all those shopping carts abandoned on city streets and sidewalks presented to the public. But as of this week, ac-
cording to the head of the City division tasked with enforcing Ordinance 5906, the program is not only failing at what it was supposed to do, it is costing more than the $7,000 it takes in every year. On Monday, Randy Bailey, assistant director of public works and operations for the City of Auburn, asked members of the Municipal [ more CARTS page 6 ]
Pacific ponders ordinances on pot biz BY SHAWN SKAGER
FLAGS ON THE FLY Terry Thomas, representing the 30th District Republicans, waves an array of flags during the Pacific Days Parade last Saturday. The City presented a traditional, hometown festival, which
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included fun and games, food and entertainment. Story, more photos, page 11. RACHEL CIAMPI, Auburn Reporter
The many adventures of colorful Carew Auburn man tours with award-winning book BY MARK KLAAS mklaas@auburn-reporter.com
The boy from Auburn has always craved adventure.
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Carew Papritz, the son of a rancher, was born in Yosemite National Park and lived his first year in a cabin tent. He attended school in England, won a national writing award as a sixth-grader and went to a Nor-
wegian ski academy. He graduated from Auburn High School in 1980. Papritz joined a backcountry ski patrol and became a mountain guide in Washington. He dabbled as a freelance journalist and photographer [ more PAPRITZ page 7 ]
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The Pacific City Council on July 9 heard what residents had to say about a trio of possible City ordinances that would regulate recreational and medical marijuana businesses in the city.
As proposed, the ordinances would lay down requirements for any recreational marijuana businesses in the community, including retail, processing and production facilities, and potentially ban medical [ more POT page 3 ]
Carew Papritz, of Auburn, is a Hollywood guy turned cowboy philosopher who has written a bestselling novel. COURTESY PHOTO
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