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COMMUNITY | Mirror’s Citizen of the Month: Pastor Jon McIntosh [6]
VOL. 16, NO. 35
MIRROR
F E D E R A L WAY
DIVISION OF SOUND PUBLISHING
OPINION | Editor’s Note: Opportunities from loss of Weyerhaeuser [4] Roegner: Candidates planning ahead [4] POLICE | Woman claims man rapes her after hitchhiking in Federal Way [9] THEN AND NOW | Longtime restaurant owner unearths time capsule [18-21]
Sports | Fall sports preview, schedules FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2014 | 75¢ for 2014-15 [10-14]
Man sells Superman comic for record $3.2 million
ALS ice bucket challenge honors woman
BY GREG ALLMAIN gallmain@fedwaymirror.com
Darren Adams, who owns Pristine Comics in Federal Way auctioned off his copy of “Action Comics No. 1” for a record $3.2 million earlier this week. The sale breaks the previous record of $2.1 million set in 2011, when actor Nicolas Cage sold a different print of the same comic. The eye-catching price tag can be attributed to the fact that “Action Comics No. 1” introduced the world to Superman. Adams’s copy was perhaps one of only 34 unrestored originals, and was rated 9.0 on the Certified Guaranty Company’s rating scale. It is the highest grade an “Action Comics No. 1” has ever received. The only other Action Comics No. 1 to receive a similar rating was the copy Cage sold in 2011. Adams said the book is in pristine condition because it was bought off a West Virginia newsstand in 1938, and then proceeded to sit in a cedar chest for the next four decades. There were only two other owners before Adams bought the book.
SCHOOLS | State testing results released; how local schools measure up [24]
BY RAECHEL DAWSON
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Above, Tina Flink, who suffers from ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), participated in the Life Care Center ice bucket challenge on Aug. 22 as a way to put a face to the disease. The ice bucket challenge has raised more than $79 million in donations. PHOTOS BY RAECHEL DAWSON, the Mirror Right, more than 25 staff members and associates stood in a row behind Flink and poured ice buckets over their heads in a show of support for Flink. Left, Flink enjoyed riding her 2006 Harley Davidson before ALS confined her to a wheelchair. Contributed photo
ore than 25 people stood in a row behind Tina Flink, 51. The afternoon was just hot enough at Easter Lake to warrant a bucket of ice water for the group, which, thanks to Flink, is just what they got. Staff and associates of the Federal Way Life Care Center on Friday participated in the ALS ice bucket challenge, a trend that’s recently swept across the nation in an effort to raise money and awareness for the debilitating disease. Flink, a resident of Life Care Center, suffers from ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Often referred to as Lou Gehrig’s disease, the illness is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. Flink, like others with ALS, cannot control many of her muscles because of her motor neuron degeneration. Just three months ago, Flink was walking but now she’s confined to a wheelchair, uses a ventilation machine (BiPap) to breath at night and can speak but with some difficulty. However, her brain and thought processes are completely clear. “The disease is really underfunded,” Flink said, adding the life expectancy after diagnosis is between two and five years. “People don’t know what it is or how devastating it is.” She said she’s had many friends and family do the ice bucket challenge in honor of her but about a week-and-a-half before it happened, she requested to do it herself. Several permission slips later, the group [ more ALS, page 3 ]
Weyerhaeuser to move headquarters from Federal Way to Seattle BY CARRIE RODRIGUEZ editor@fedwaymirror.com
Federal Way-based timber giant Weyerhaeuser will move its corporate headquarters to Seattle, company officials announced on Tuesday. Doyle Simons, president and chief executive officer,
wrote in an email to employees that the company has been evaluating options for the best place to locate its headquarters. The company’s board of directors approved the decision to move its headquarters from Federal Way to 200 Occidental Avenue in Seattle in mid-to-late 2016, Simons wrote. He noted there are two main drivers behind their decision to relocate. The size of its current
campus is too large for the company’s needs. “The capacity in our current buildings is more than triple what we need, even in anticipation of future growth for our company,” Simons wrote, adding operating this 430-acre campus is costly. “We evaluated a wide range of possible solutions, including retrofitting our technology center and moving into existing buildings at other locations. Ultimately, we decided to
remain in Washington state and that occupying this new building in Seattle was the best option to serve our current and future needs.” He said the company also hopes to position themselves for future success. “A critical goal for our long-term success is to continue to attract and retain top talent, especially given the number of retirements we anticipate in the next several years,” he wrote, [ more TIMBER, page 7 ]
The Weyerhaeuser Corporation, which has been in Federal Way since 1971, is relocating to Seattle in 2016. Contributed photo