Auburn Reporter, October 24, 2014

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Police defend actions in missing actress’ plight residence and officers were unable to locate her,” Hirman Auburn Police say they said in a statement released responded to five separate Tuesday. “Each contact was incidents beginning in July handled profession2013 involving Misty ally and with compasUpham, the Native sion, with the goal of American woman and getting Ms. Upham actress found dead in the attention and care southeast Auburn on she needed.” Oct. 16. Upham’s family and Officers contacted friends have been critUpham about four of those incidents and icizing Auburn Police Upham she did not object to for what they describe a private ambulance as a lack of cooperatransporting her to a hospital tion during the search, which for further evaluation, said ended with the discovery of Mike Hirman, Auburn Police the missing Auburn woman’s investigations commander. body. “On the fifth incident, [ more UPHAM page 3 ] Misty had already left the REPORTER STAFF

Plans are to demolish downtown block, build retirement community BY ROBERT WHALE

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Maryn Longhurst, 6, shows her dad, Matthew, the big pumpkin she wants during the family’s visit to Mosby Farms’ patch last weekend. After a glorious Sunday, wet weather returned during the week to the Green River Valley. RACHEL CIAMPI, Auburn Reporter

Depending on whom you ask, the structure sitting today off South Division between First and Second streets southeast is the Gambini block, or the Chamber of Commerce block, or something else reflecting its long history.

Landmark Cubby’s reopens with a touch of soul BY ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com

Cars and trucks slowly circle, heads turn from side to side, eyeballs do the back and forth and up and down. And if you listen closely, you can al-

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most hear the people behind the wheels say, “It’s open again? For real? Cubby’s?” For real. The famed Auburn Way South eatery, which closed three years ago after years of declining business, reopened two

weeks ago under new ownership. And with a new name – Serious Soul@Cubby’s. The name, Rod and Diona Brady concede, mixes some people up. But the [ more CUBBY’S page 7 ]

Whatever one wants to call the two-story building, it is about to come down. Teutsch Partners LLC, the Seattle-based real estate development firm that owns the building and adjacent parking lots to the east, has filed plans with the City of Auburn to demolish the building and raise in its place a four-story retirement community, offering [ more BLOCK page 4 ]

Flood protection work begins FOR THE REPORTER

For the fifth consecutive year, people who live and work in Pacific along the White River will have additional flood protection this flood season, thanks to a temporary flood barrier [ more PACIFIC page 7 ]

AveKids: Steve the Pretty Good Magician | Oct. 25, 1 pm | $8 | Auburn Ave. Theater Tickets: www.auburnwa.gov/arts | 253-931-3043 AveKids: Hansel & Gretel | Nov. 1, 2 pm | $8 | Auburn Ave. 35th Annual Seattle Int'l Comedy Competition | Nov. 7 & 14, 7:30 pm | $20/$18 | Auburn Ave.


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