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Local sex trafficking event highlights men are solution

BY SARAH KEHOE skehoe@fedwaymirror.com

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A crowd listens to Val Richey, a King County senior deputy prosecutor, talk about how to help solve human trafficking. Courtesy of Bruce Honda

al Richey, King County senior deputy prosecuting attorney, has been working with local law enforcement over the past year to solve the problem of human trafficking — an issue he said the prosecutor’s office has handled incorrectly.

“We were arresting the

prostitutes, but still seeing increases in prostitution cases throughout the county,” Richey said. “We realized the problem wasn’t the prostitutes, but the men out there buying them.

The true problem of human trafficking is the high demand for buying sex in our area.”

Richey spoke about how the prosecutor’s office is

working to solve the issue of the demand for soliciting sex at a community forum held Jan. 8 at Federal Way City Hall. The event was put on by the Federal Way Coalition Against Trafficking, a local group that educates the Federal Way community and students on the issues of human trafficking.

“The women being sold

for sex are usually not there by choice, they have suffered greatly in their life and need help,” Richey said.

“They are out there because there are men wanting to buy sex and exploiters take advantage of this.”

In a 2008 survey Richey’s office conducted, they found that at any time, there is an estimated 300[ more FORUM, page 14 ]

Homeless mother advocates early learning in Olympia

BY RAECHEL DAWSON rdawson@fedwaymirror.com

About six months ago, Abril Mitchell-Ward, 40, and her family found themselves living at a campground.

Mitchell-Ward’s house had flooded after the unrepairable pipes broke.

The mother of five was and still is on disability after having fought three bouts of breast cancer in two years but she got a job working at the Kampgrounds of America in Kent so that she could support her children.

“We stayed there until about a month-and-a-half ago,” she said in a phone interview. “It got to be too cold for camping and we had to come back to our old house.”

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FWHS breaks ground

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Second grader helps feed the hungry FROM STAFF REPORTS

Steven Lee Irwin, a second grader at Panther Lake Elementary, did something extraordinary in support of the school’s annual food drive: He brought in 440 cans of food to the school

www.federalwaymirror.com by hitting the pavement and asking his community for support.

“This is Steve’s second year of going door to door and asking his neighbors to donate food,” said Rita Chaudhuri, principal at Panther Lake Elementary.

“Steven really wants to help people who are hungry and need food, so he walks his neighborhood, every year, knocking on doors and

others in need will begin construction in 2015 thanks to funding recently announced by King County Executive Dow Constantine. More than $6.4 million has been allocated to a variety of affordable and special-needs housing projects across the county, creating 260 units of housing ranging from studios to three-bedroom units.

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Housing units will be affordable to a range of households with incomes at or below 80 percent of the area’s median income, with the majority supporting households below 50 percent of the area’s median income, the region’s area of greatest need. In 2014, a three-person household with an income at 50 percent of the county’s median earns $39,700 annually; a single-person household at 50 percent of median earns $30,900.

2014 capital funding for affordable and homeless housing: • King County Housing Authority: Four scatteredsite properties, part of a larger nine-property acquisition and rehabilitation effort aimed at preserving a portfolio of HUD Section 8 rent-assisted senior/disabled and family apartments. The housing is located in five counties throughout Washington state and the four King County properties will include a total of 105 units.

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Woman rows across Atlantic, inspires students to make a difference

BY RAECHEL DAWSON rdawson@fedwaymirror.com

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atie Spotz found herself alone in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, candy bar stash dwindling, and tired from the 1,500 miles she’d already rowed.

And she still had another 1,500 left.

“So I told myself I’m not going to do it,” she said to bleachers full of Todd Beamer High School students on Monday. “I’m not going to row 3,000 miles, but what I will do is row one mile 3,000 times.”

It was that perspective that catapulted Spotz to break the world record as the youngest person to ever row across the Atlantic ocean 70 days after she set out in January 2010.

But her journey was met with more struggles than the looming prospect of more rowing. Spotz faced giant waves that caused her to reroute her rowing, she encountered an unidentified boat she originally thought might be pirates and uncertainty of what would come.

The whole time the now 27-year-old was completely alone and had no assistance whatsoever.

“Reaching land was one of the most surreal experiences I have ever had,” she said.

“I felt like I was winning an Emmy, completing a marathon and being released out of solitary confinement all at once.”

People were dumbfounded.

“I talked to Katie Couric, Anderson Cooper, Diane Sawyer, NPR, among others,” Spotz recalled. “I was even selected as Glamor Magazine’s woman of the year and meeting people like Oprah, Fergie, Jennifer Lopez and Julia Roberts. It was completely over the top but they all kept asking the same exact question: Why?” Spotz told them all the same answer: Because 1 billion people on our planet don’t have clean water and someone had to do something.

Spotz didn’t stop at rowing, she trained for a bicycle-led Race Across America where she hoped to break another world record of two bicyclists completing the 3,000-mile trek in seven days. She was ready, she had moved to California and had been practicing enough to complete 375 miles in 24 hours by herself.

But a week before her race, she fell off her bike and broke her pelvis, one of the hardest bones to break in the body. She wouldn’t be able to walk for two or three months, let alone ride.

Spotz still made it across the country in seven days but with the help of her friends and a hand-powered bike.

Spotz has also completed an Ironman triathlon, an ultra-marathon in Australia, and a 325-mile river swim and run across deserts.

“By now, you’ve recognized these adventures have a bigger purpose behind them,” she said. “I’ll never forget when I was sitting in class and my teacher mentioned the wars of the future would be on water. I didn’t understand, I felt like my teacher just told me the wars of the future would be fought over air.”

Through her extreme endurance challenges, Spotz has raised more than $150,000 for clean water and is now working with H2O for Life, an organization that provides service-learning to schools and youth groups to raise awareness about the water crisis.

Spotz said she took a trip to Kenya and learned that many people have to walk four hours a day to wait in line for eight hours to get water. They then make another four-mile journey back with sometimes 40 pounds of dirty water on their back.

She said because of this time consuming task, children cannot attend school and the problem continues.

Spotz challenged Todd Beamer students to make a difference in their own way

— whether it be endurance challenges or not — because every little bit helps.

“I think it’s amazing what she did and at such a young age,” said Eliannie Emcalada, a senior at Todd Beamer High School. “Sometimes when we’re young, we can’t do much because there’s so many things stopping us but then seeing her story, how she started something so small — one mile a day to rowing across the Atlantic — is amazing and very impressive. A goal, not exactly like that, but someday I would like to do something as impactful as she did.”

Emcalada said she’d like to continue what she started last year — help developing nations build schools so more children and girls, specifically, can grow up and have an education and opportunities we have in the U.S. The 18-year-old did this last summer when she went on the districtwide nine-day trip to Ecuador.

A select group of high school students across the Federal Way school district went to Ecuador last summer to help build schools and experience the culture.

The schools will host a second trip this summer as well (Feb. 9 is the application deadline).

Whitney Lane, also a senior at Todd Beamer who visited Ecuador, said Spotz’s speech inspired her and “enforced the fact that we can all individually offer something and when you’re really passionate about a cause, you can take the talent you have and make something better.”

She said Spotz’s endurance challenges gave her an idea for an upcoming fundraiser — a 5k color run.

Todd Beamer High School teacher Sue Bergman coordinated with Spotz and H2O for Life because the issues tie in with her Current World Problems, Inspiring Youth class. The class for seniors is meant to encourage students to take action and help others

Above, Katie Spotz speaks with a Todd Beamer High School student after her speech on Monday.

Left, Eliannie Emcalada (middle) and friend Whitney Lane (to her left) watch and listen as Spotz explains her mission to help people obtain clean water through her many endurance challenges. RAECHEL DAWSON, the Mirror

in their community and around the world.

“It was a good match for what we’re already doing here in Federal Way and at Todd Beamer,” Bergman said, noting the district’s global initiative.

Bergman’s class has helped with the We Scare Hunger food drive, a clothing drive during the holidays and a partnership with Grace Community Church to hand out greeting cards to people in nursing homes.

In class, she’s had speakers come in and teach students about bio filters and what they’re doing with different communities to develop clean water.

“This next semester, they’re going to be taking more action on a global basis to connect with the community in Ecuador and get them facilitated to coming up with some kind of action plan to send money to Ecuador and help that

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She said while there are no concrete plans, the class will be doing something to raise money so that they can help the Ecuador community with their clean water and education system.

Spotz is currently touring

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Art show to feature senior’s memories, travel

BY CARRIE RODRIGUEZ editor@fedwaymirror.com

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velyn Gibb can’t see most of her watercolor paintings.

But the legally blind artist has memorized each color, brushstroke and image as she created each painting from her own family photos.

When she found out she was going blind years ago, she gathered many of her photos and “painted a whole lot of stuff,” said Gibb, 90.

She holds up one of her favorite paintings that depicts a girl holding her father’s hand as they stand on shore and look out over a large white and blue wave.

She painted the image from a photo she took of her daughter Melissa — now in her 50s — and her late husband at an Oregon beach.

This painting is one of the many pieces of artwork that will be on display during the Brookdale Foundation House’s second annual art show from Jan. 23 through Jan. 25. The free show that is open to the public will include artwork in various mediums from approximately 20 Foundation House residents, their families and staff.

Gibb, a retired Stanford University counselor, took up watercolor painting after her friend and fellow resident at Foundation House, Arthur Solomon, inspired her.

“It looked like fun — I was hooked,” she said.

She once painted a picture of Solomon when he was fishing, though he was

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“She didn’t bend the rod,” laughed Solomon, age 96, a retired communications professor from Western Washington University.

Gibb also enjoys writing and in 2000 she published her first book titled “Two Wheels North.” In her book, she drew on her father’s recollections of his adventure riding a bike from Santa Rosa, California, bound for the AlaskaYukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle in 1909. The Seattle Times reproduced excerpts from her book during the exhibition’s centennial in 2009.

Though Gibb hasn’t painted anything in a while, she said her blindness will not keep her from doing more.

“It’s so exciting to put paint on page. I’m not going to be able to stay away from it,” she said.

Solomon painted in watercolor for about 10 years “until my muse fled” and he moved to Foundation House, he said.

His artwork includes paintings of images in the National Geographic that inspired him, including a Vietnamese landscape.

But he will also have a unique piece of artwork on display during the art show — his first attempt at clay sculpture. He holds up the head-sized sculpture of a man’s face painted in gold.

“It looks like me too, they say. The nose is a little large,” Solomon said, noting he was inspired to produce the face when he looked in the mirror.

Fran Violes, 84, will also have some of her watercolor paintings on display during the art show, as she did last year. Violes picked up painting when she retired five years ago after some friends suggested it.

Above, Brooklake Foundation House residents, left to right, Evelyn Gibb, Arthur Solomon, Fran Violes and Joyce Elijah will display their artwork, along with many other residents, during a free art show from Jan. 23-25.

Left, Arthur Solomon, age 96, holds up a replica of his face that he sculpted from clay. PHOTOS BY CARRIE RODRIGUEZ, the Mirror

“Sometimes it’s abstract; it depends on the day,” Violes said of her artwork. “I start putting paint on paper and it just sort of evolves.

Once in a while, I have a subject in mind.”

She is also trying to combine writing with her paintings. She has many old black and white family photos that her dad took and she’s currently working on a poem about them.

Since she moved to Foundation House, she hasn’t had much time to paint.

“Everything keeps me very busy, but I am going to,” she said.

Foundation House resident Joyce Elijah, 88,

will display some of her favorite photos she took of places that she and her late husband visited around the world.

One photo she took in the Serengeti in Africa shows three ostriches with their heads raised looking at a rainbow.

“I love photography. It’s a wonderful expression of what you see. I carried a big bag around with me with all of my lenses,” Elijah recalled of her travels, which spanned most of Europe, the Far East, Middle East, Egypt, New Zealand and Africa.

Elijah, a retired marriage and family therapist, said her husband was a teacher and had the summers off, when they would travel.

“I never did get to see the frescoes in the Paris Opera House, they were closed during the summer,” she laughed.

One of her favorite photos that she misplaced and hopes to find one day is a photo of Mount St. Helens she took a few months after it erupted in 1980.

“In the foreground there are dead tree trunks but there are [pink] flowers growing through,” she recalled.

Tina Callanan, the resident programs director at Foundation House,

said the art show is a way to honor their resident artists, whether they produced artwork in the past or are current artists.

In addition to paintings, the art show will feature wood sculptures, stain glass, various textiles and poetry. She noted one resident from England will feature a poem she wrote about surviving a bombing in London.

“That’s the best part, is getting the stories behind [the artwork] because everyone has a story to tell,” Callanan said.

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Brookdale Foundation House will host an art show reception at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 23, when residents from three Brookdale communities — Foundation House, Steel Lake and Federal Way — will share their artwork. The reception will feature music, wine and appetizers.

The art show will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24 and Sunday, Jan. 25.

Brookdale Foundation House is located at 32290 First Ave. S., Federal Way. For more information about the second annual art show, contact Foundation House at 253-838-8823.

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Federal Way vies for federal funding to support PACC project Mayor, staff heading to San Diego to make pitch for federal program that brings investment to distressed areas

BY ANDREW FICKES For the Mirror

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n Wednesday, Jan. 21, a team of city staff — including Mayor Jim Ferrell, Chief of Staff Brian Wilson and Economic Development Director Tim Johnson — will travel to San Diego.

But it won’t be to catch some sun.

Their destination will be the Novogradac New Markets Tax Credit Conference, where they plan to pitch the Federal Way Performing Arts and Conference Center project to multiple community development entities for a shot at new markets tax credits to help finance up to $10 million of the $32.75 million project.

In August, city staff sent

applications to nine community development entities, many of which have already shown an interest in the performing arts center.

On Jan. 6, Johnson did his best to explain to the Federal Way City Council the experience the team will have at the conference. He equated it to speed dating.

“You have an elevatorspeech type of opportunity to present what your project is again to these folks and they’re looking at it and they’re prioritizing your project compared to all the other projects in the nation at the same place and at the same time,” Johnson said.

Congress established the New Markets Tax Credit program in 2000 during the Clinton Administration.

Subsequently, it was carried over to the Bush Administration and today, the Obama Administration.

The aim of the program, according to the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund under the U.S. Treasury, is to “spur new or increased investments into operating businesses and real estate projects located in lowincome communities.”

The U.S. Treasury authorizes qualified community development entities to apply for the tax credits.

As they labor through the complex application process for the tax credits, the community development entities call on organizations like the city of Federal Way to ask if they have a qualifying project.

Johnson said the community development entities that receive new markets tax credit allocations from the U.S. Treasury then start assessing and prioritiz-

ing the projects in their pipeline.

An important distinction for the public to remember, Johnson said, is the funding that comes from the tax credits is not government investment but private investment.

“It’s a (financing) mechanism that government created but it’s not government money,” Johnson said.

Johnson said Federal Way staff will go down to San Diego proving to the community development entities that they have skin in the game.

“Already the (former) Toys ‘R’ Us property (where the project will be built) was acquired with a state grant,” Johnson said. “People are raising money (for the project) as we speak.

We also have our own ability to raise capital through a leverage loan and we are at 50 percent of design (for the project).”

Johnson said a key com-

Honda announces re-election bid for Federal Way City Council FROM STAFF REPORTS

Federal Way City Councilwoman Susan Honda in front of City Hall during a recent Seahawks rally. BRUCE HONDA, contributed photo

Federal Way City Councilwoman Susan Honda announced her campaign for re-election to the Council, Position 3, on Wednesday.

Her priorities if re-elected will include the development of the downtown area and economic development by creating an environment that encourages new businesses to locate in Federal Way and supports the city’s existing businesses. In addition, she will focus on financial responsibility and maintaining and supporting vital services that support all of the people who live and work in Federal Way. “Federal Way is an amazing city to be a part of,” Honda wrote in an email. “I grew up in this area and have watched the city become what it is today. This is an exciting time for us. We are moving forward and the future is bright.”

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ponent of the performing arts center that is catching the attention of the community development entities is its culinary arts institute.

The project will be located in a distressed area where median income is low and unemployment is high. A recent study, according to Johnson, showed that nearly 30 percent of students in Federal Way Public Schools are obese.

Johnson said the performing arts center is a strong candidate within the pipeline application because many community development entities realize the potential impact the culinary arts institute will make in the community in regard to educating the public about healthy living and improving the city’s quality of life and residents’ economic status.

Ade Ariwoola, Federal Way’s finance director, said

should the city not receive new markets tax credits, its $85 million-plus in debt capacity would allow for Council authorization of a bond to pay the difference for the performing arts center project.

But Johnson is confident the project is dynamic enough to attract interest in San Diego.

“The lovely thing that has happened since the pipeline application was submitted in August is the phones have been ringing off the hook from community development entities … ” Johnson said. “What is happening here is a snowball effect.”

The city will learn in early summer whether the project will receive any credits. Construction on the Performing Arts and Conference Center is scheduled for start next fall. The City Council will select a building contractor next month.

Regionally, she serves on the Domestic Violence Initiative, King County Flood Control District Advisory Committee and the Board of Health.

During her second year on the Council, she earned her Certificate of Municipal Leadership Award, a leadership training program offered by the Association of Washington Cities.

“It is an honor to serve the people of Federal Way,” Honda wrote. “I look forward to the future.”

County, cities sign agreements to cut greenhouse gas emissions FROM STAFF REPORTS

King County Executive Dow Constantine and city officials from across King County marked a major milestone in local climate action last week.

Constantine and elected officials from the nine founding cities of the King County-Cities Climate Collaboration celebrated formal adoption of ambitious joint county-city commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The collaboration also welcomed two new member cities, Bellevue and Burien.

The event was hosted at the Weyerhaeuser-King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, which has recently undergone major energy renovations, including the largest installation of a made-in-Washington solar array.

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Process to fill 30th District seat game of charades The only people who enjoyed the process to fill the legislative vacancy created by Roger Freeman’s passing might be chess players, or people old enough to remember the 1963 movie “Charade.” As in the movie, solving the riddle is more fun than the actual ending.

And the twists and turns in this local legislative political thriller rival the movie for false clues and misdirection.

It should have been easy. Freeman was a Democrat and the law requires the King County Council, which has a 5-4 democratic majority, to fill the position with another Democrat.

Because a small part of the district is in Pierce County, the Pierce County Council — which has a 5-2 Republican majority — gets to vote on the appointment as well.

The end of the game would yield a Democratic appointment. The only questions were, who would it be and what could the Republicans get out of the process for themselves?

The 30th District Democrats nominated three well liked candidates on Dec. 1 in preferential order: Carol Gregory, a school board member; Richard Champion, a Democratic district officer; and Shari Song, who had just run for the state Senate.

If the two County Councils couldn’t agree on one candidate, then the appointment would be elevated to Gov. Jay Inslee to make the selection. Remember, legislators cannot raise money while the Legislature is in session and the session started Jan. 12. And with Democrats holding the state House by only a couple of votes, the sooner the person is appointed the better for the Democrats to begin. This seat will be the most valuable position on the ballot this fall and both sides will spend a lot of money to win it.

But the Republicans had their game plan set, and it appears that everything that happened after the Democrats announced their three fi[ more ROEGNER, page 10 ] Bob Roegner

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Positive stories in 2014 that deserve a nod Last year was a great year for Federal Way. Yet, the paper has chosen to highlight death, dying and crime as your top stories. It troubles me that the opinions in the paper have become so negative. Those deaths were so sad, but I doubt that Roger Freeman or Dom Cooks would place themselves in the top 10. And, why highlight crime when we are a city on the move, trying to

grow. Is this the picture you want to project of Federal Way? On a more positive note, these were stories I believe should have received a nod.

For any prospective new business, these are stories their studies would look for: • The Neighborhood Connection meetings at local schools where residents in those areas were given the chance to ask questions and encouraged to bring their “beef.” All city staff is represented to answer questions and follow through.

It’s a great way for neighbors to meet and to learn about their city.

• The city was gifted Brooklake, which adjoins the Hylebos Creek Trail and is one of the key areas in the city’s history.

• Our new Town Square Park is a wonderful place to meet and greet fellow citi-

zens while viewing free movies complete with popcorn. It houses our Farmer’s Market and our Christmas tree.

The Christmas tree lighting ceremony this year was so inspiring, complete with great entertainment, free hot chocolate, Santa and Mrs. Claus and a game for children. By the way, the choir from Brigadoon Elementary School was tremendous.

Such talent for little people.

Additionally, the park has basketball courts, which I saw in use almost daily this summer and fall, giant chess game pieces, a grassy area and picnic tables with barbecues. The park is a wonderful addition to the heart of our city. And that is only the beginning.

• The city was gifted (for a period of time) space in a building strategically located in our downtown area and near the Transit Center for a

police sub-station.

• How about the long overdue Veteran’s Flag Plaza and the naming of that stretch of 320th Street Veterans Memorial Drive?

The ceremony on Veterans Day was memorable and touching.

• The Public Health facility in Federal Way, which serves several thousands of citizens, was saved from closure. That’s a story and a half!

• Another huge story would be that the Performing Arts and Conference Center is on its way to fruition, after many years of controversy. Thanks to our mayor, who thoughtfully decided to put an end to the question whether we could afford it and whether it would be a catalyst to inspire new business to land here, he appointed a Blue Ribbon Panel of experts, in their

respective fields, to discuss every aspect of the subject.

While initially against building the project at this time (as was I), he found a way to learn from the experts.

When the panel came back with their comprehensive findings in the affirmative, he did not hesitate to put his stamp of approval on it.

The economy picked up, the city has had money in reserve for these projects and the mayor does not let any grass grow under his feet.

We are moving forward and moving quickly. It is time, after all.

All of the above has brought our citizens together, has shown we are a progressive city, which would be a wonderful place for new business to locate.

What, I ask, is more newsworthy than that?

Sheryl Nevers, Federal Way

Editor’s note: The Mirror’s top 10 stories of 2014 were [ more LETTERS page 10 ]

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s an in-person assister at Federal Way’s Cornerstone Medical Services clinic, Lauren Tran helps people sign up for Washington healthcare.

“We are here to help anyone who needs help getting health insurance,” Tran said.

“Whether he/she or a family qualifies for free insurance (Apple Health) or paid insurance (Quality Healthcare Plan - QHP), we can help.

We are here especially for those who don’t understand the website and just want a little reassurance that they are enrolling correctly.”

The clinic started offering free services in 2009. It is now a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization committed to providing comprehensive primary care to members of the community who are uninsured and/or medically underserved. The clinic caters to clients seeking help with English and specializes in Korean and

Valley Cities brings hope to those battling depression

BY ANDREW FICKES For the Mirror

When Brian Allender, the chief medical officer at Valley Cities Counseling, meets with patients he will often tell them that depression loves itself.

“It causes changes in your brain that lead to changes in the way you think and the way you behave that perpetuate the cycle of depression,” Allender said. “It can be a very difficult thing to get out of that cycle.”

Allender said the team of specialists at Valley Cities Counseling, with six outpatient sites including Federal Way, provides multi-disciplinary care and a holistic approach to battling chronic depression that includes a gamut of services from finding new employment, getting back into an apartment or home, substance abuse treatment, military veterans and oneon-one counseling for all age ranges.

“We really try to be client focused, with the client really directing things and taking advantage of any services we offer,” Allender explained.

Liberty Knerr, the Federal Way site director, said

the main driver at Valley Cities Counseling is “finding ways in helping people find hope.”

“We have a whole team of folks in specialty areas,” Knerr said. “By bringing all those team members together we can bring people back to a better life.”

Valley Cities Counseling was incorporated as a nonprofit in August 1964. It is a Better Business Bureau accredited charity. The nonprofit’s funding support is derived from grants and larger sources, such as King County and United Way. “One of the things that donors are concerned with is where the money goes when they donate to charitable organizations,” said Lind Simonsen, Valley Cities’ development director. “Ninety percent of our income goes directly to providing services.”

In December, Simonsen launched the Hope Wanted direct-mail campaign. The campaign made a call for donations to go directly to helping individuals unable to afford mental healthcare and other basic needs like housing and employment services.

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“We do all we can to help people understand what is available to them and connect them to the right services,” Tran said.

The clinic is promoting their Affordable Care Act open enrollment period.

Those who are above the Medicaid income level have until Feb. 15 to enroll or change plans.

Patients can apply for health insurance and compare plans directly by going to wahealthplanfinder. org. Cornerstone Medical Services are available to assist patients for free, by appointment on Wednesdays.

It is this dedication to patients that brought Tran to Cornerstone.

“I was looking for a way to volunteer and really make an impact in the community and somehow was introduced to Cornerstone,” Tran recalled. “I had hoped to volunteer in the clinic by helping doctors with whatever they needed, which in

Cornerstone Medical Services staff. The clinic is offering free help to assist people signing up for medical coverage during the Affordable Care Act open enrollment period. Contributed photo my experience, was getting equipment ready for them and helping them stay organized with their paperwork and patients.”

Tran said working as an in-person assister at Cornerstone has opened her eyes.

“I understand that the Washington Healthplan Finder website has a lot of kinks in it and signing up and finding a healthcare plan to choose from is not simple,” she said. “That’s

why I think it’s so great that Cornerstone has such a focus on helping those with limited English (mainly Korean and Vietnamese clientele) sign up for healthcare. However, I know that it is a complicated process to a lot of people and want the community to know that this is a completely free service and that we will try our hardest to help anybody who comes in, despite language barriers.”

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Knerr said individuals can make an Allender said that the most proven treatsaid the campaign was still going strong. appointment to visit an outpatient site or ments for depression are medication and “We’re still getting letters in,” he said. they’re welcome to drop in. counseling.

Simonsen stressed that the direct-mail “We will build a personalized team “Apart from that is leading a healthy campaign is not solely focused on around them based on their needs,” lifestyle, like keeping a regular sleep cycle, raising money.

Knerr said. and a healthy diet,” Allender said.

“It’s about raising awareness Allender said the Valley Cities Another approach to consider is making and lowering the stigma of menCounseling team prides itself on sure you have a supportive community of tal health patients,” he said. best practices and evidence-based friends and family.

In the United States, depression practices and trying to get the latest “Family members can educate themis very prevalent. According to and greatest treatment. selves about depression,” Allender said. the Centers for Disease Control, “We do an assessment of where “There is a lot of great information that about 9 percent of adults at some Brian Allender people are at in terms of recovery people can find to understand what point in their life have feelings of and different types of treatdepression is and how it’s really not guilt, despondency and hopement can be indicated dependent the person’s fault that they’re acting lessness, which can lead to a diagnosis of on what stage they’re at,” Allender this way.” depression. Furthermore, about 3 percent explained.

He said family and friends can of adults suffer from major depressive Knerr and Simonsen said that also be that motivator to encourage disorder, which is a severe form of depresoften times an individual may their loved one to make their apsion, and the Centers for Disease Control come in who has just lost their pointments and continue treatment. considers major depression to be the leadhome or who lost their job, all Allender said what he does is ing cause of disability for Americans ages Liberty Knerr because of the depression they’re very fulfilling because the treatment 15 to 44. dealing with. works.

Simonsen said Valley Cities CounselA care coordinator, explained “We can do things that really ing specializes in serving patients who are Knerr, will determine what basic necessihelp people recover and help them have a low-income. An option for low-income ties need to be met, whether that’s housing life that they can enjoy and that they want individuals is Apple Health, which is or employment or both. to live a life worth living,” Allender said.

Washington state’s Medicaid program.

Knerr said that individuals treating de“Changes can be really hard but it’s always Those individuals and families on Apple pression can also be paired with a certified possible and there is always hope.”

Health, Simonsen said, will have no-outpeer specialist. These peer specialists are of-pocket expenses on counseling services those who have also battled depression and IF YOU GO provided by Valley Cities. have gone through treatment successfully.

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by Pierce County Republicans to achieve the following goals.

Get front runner Gregory to agree to step down from the school board if she got the appointment to the Legislature. Since the Democrats have a 3-2 advantage on the school board, that would open the door for a Republican candidate. If Gregory agreed, and she then lost the legislative position, she would be out of public office altogether.

Gregory felt she had no choice and agreed to step down during her interview with the King County Council, if she was appointed. Secondly, the Republicans wanted to stretch the process out as long as possible so the Democrats

have less time to raise money for the race. Lastly, they wanted to try and force the appointment to go to the governor. Not only did that buy more time, more importantly it would put the governor in the awkward position of making a choice that could divide the local party loyalties among the three candidates.

To achieve their goals, the Pierce County Republicans’ misdirection of the public’s attention was played out in the media for several weeks. They raised questions and disagreements with the King Country Council on whether or not the two Councils had to meet together or could meet separately, over the selection process, timing, competing legal opinions on when the position

actually became vacant, constitutional questions, accusations of arrogance toward King County over meeting schedules and availability. In short, anything that would delay the process.

The King County Council finally went ahead and voted to appoint Gregory on Dec. 8. Although Freeman passed away a few days before the November election and the nominees were known by Dec. 1, the Pierce County Council didn’t schedule the candidates for interviews until late December. Even the theatrics of the meeting were more misdirection as the Pierce County members had places set for the King County Council members, even though they knew they would not be attending.

Since the King County Council had already nominated Gregory, Pierce County appeared poised to nominate either Song or Champion to ensure that the issue would go to the governor. However, they may have gotten caught up in their own misdirection over a constitutional argument they raised. They maintained that separate meetings of the two Councils for appointment purposes were unconstitutional, as a result it would be awkward to now nominate a candidate.

It didn’t really matter as their main goal was to stall and put the governor in a difficult political position.

They still achieved their goal of delay, but didn’t box the governor in as tightly as if there had been two names. Inslee could

still name any of the three but with Gregory as the top local choice, choosing another candidate might have proved unnecessarily problematic.

While all three candidates are capable, House Speaker Frank Chopp and Inslee undoubtedly figured out what the Republicans were up to and had already discussed who the governor would choose.

Inslee, as expected, selected Gregory on Jan. 8 in time for the legislative session.

But since Gregory can’t raise any campaign money until after the session ends, which may not be until May, valuable time has been lost for fundraising to retain the seat in the November election. Republicans have been circulating potential candidate names for weeks and will have a

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The violation states that the trailer is occupied (it is not and never has been) and oversized. My property is two-thirds of an acre at the end of a long private dirt drive. The only way one would be able to see that trailer is by trespassing, which is what these city employees were doing. They never asked for permission from me, nor my tenants who are renting the house also located on this property, to enter the property to do the supposed stream assessment, and “no trespassing” signs are posted in two different places. If they had asked on the premises that they were doing this stream assessment, I most likely would have said yes, as I am all for restoring the little stream, and have worked on my small section to do

so. But I would not say yes now knowing they would be snapping pictures for potential code violations.

This seems to be a huge violation of privacy and the right to owning property and a home.

I do not believe that this code enforcement is legitimate, two city employees (who may or may not even live in the city of Federal Way) trespassing who took some pictures. The pictures are the complaint, I asked for a copy of it.

There is no signed complaint, only the pictures they took, and I am fairly certain that those city employees, regardless of what city they live in, can’t see that trailer from their house so it isn’t hurting them in any way shape or form. In fact, this trailer is not affecting or

hurting anyone. So this simply makes this complaint an act of maliciousness, and I would certainly hope that city employees would not be participating in such a thing, but apparently they are.

Additionally, this strikes me as a huge waste of city resources, as continuing on with this enforcement action serves no purpose whatsoever, other than to harass me.

I would really like to see my tax dollars (city employee time) put to much better use than to harass someone over a trailer potentially oversized that no one can see, unless they do indeed trespass.

There are oversized trailers and motor homes parked all over the city of Federal Way, clearly viewable from city streets. Will a city employee be driving around snapping pictures of all of these trail-

ers and motor homes and issuing complaints based on those pictures? Or is it just me and my trailer they find offensive?

And how far will the city take this “proactive” approach to code enforcement, next knocking on doors to look around inside your house for potential violations?

I believe we need to stop these invasive and atrocious actions before they go any further. We need to protect our rights as private property owners and as taxpayers.

I am told these actions are condoned and even encouraged by Mayor Jim Ferrell.

I believe we all need to tell Ferrell that city employees trespassing, snapping pictures and then issuing code violations, is really unacceptable and seems to be even a misuse of city funds. And that trespassing is illegal, even for those who work for the city. To voice your opinion, you may contact the mayor at 253-835-2402.

Code enforcement measures are unacceptable I received a notice of violation (code complaint) dated Sept. 24, 2014 for a trailer, which I own and is parked on property I own located within the city limits of Federal Way. The complaint came from two Federal Way city employees who were supposedly assessing a stream, which runs through my property, a week or so earlier and snapped pictures of the trailer parked there.

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City responds to code enforcement letter The issues Lynda Myra refers to are related to a water quality assessment requested by the community to address water quality concerns at Lake Lorene, Lake Jean and Joe’s Creek. The homeowners association is concerned about potential pollution sources that are affecting surface water and adjacent homes.

They requested the city assist in identifying potential pollution sources so that these may be addressed and the lakes and Joe’s Creek be

four-to-five month head start on fundraising.

This may not be how you think an appointment to the state Legislature should be made, but it’s always about power and control.

Who has it and who wants it and this is how the game gets played. Everybody got something.

In Gregory, the Democrats got a good candidate and the Republicans got what they wanted.

They undermined her candidacy by hampering her fundraising efforts and will get a chance at a vacant school board seat.

We’ll see how the charade ends next November.

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A number of property owners provided permission to Public Works staff to walk Joe’s Creek on their property in order to further this work.

During the stream assessment, staff identified a number of potential sources of water quality pollution that could be affecting property owners and stream health, including garbage, construction materials, vehicles, sewage contamination and even goats. The information was turned over to the Community Development Department to identify whether any of the potential items were actual violations.

One potential violation that was turned over to Community Development included a photo of the recreational vehicle on Ms. Myra’s property. The photo was taken by staff from a neighboring property for which they had permission to be on.

The Community Development Department contacted Ms. Myra to ascertain facts regarding two potential violations identified in the photo: a potential water quality violation from discharge from the recreational vehicle to the creek and a potential violation of the city code limiting the size of recreational vehicles that can be stored on a residential property.

Ms. Myra provided proof that the vehicle on her property was not occupied, thus eliminating the water quality concern. The city has requested additional information regarding the recreational vehicle to ensure that it does not exceed the maximum size of 9 feet high by 22 feet in length.

Chris Carrel, city of Federal Way

Q&A with Mr. FW: Standardized school tests and criminalizing prostitutes Q

: Mr. Federal Way, we have previously sent some information to you about our concerns regarding Federal Way Public School’s use of standards-based grading and how other districts are no longer using the system.

We are attaching the 2013 senior class survey from Quakertown, Pennsylvania. The results from this survey are the main reason that they have changed back to a more traditional system. It would be interesting to know what the results would be if Federal Way would send out a similar survey to students and parents. What do you think?

A: While Mr. Federal Way has opined and opined on this subject, the subject is still just as perplexing today as it was when it reared its ugly head here several years ago.

So Mr. Federal Way will go through all that has occurred with this grading system to bring everyone who may live under a rock up to date.

Education is now a standards-based world.

In 2011, the state adopted the Common Core State Standards in English language arts and mathematics, kindergarten through 12th grade. When students take the state assessment, they are tested to the state standards. But it’s not just a Washington state requirement: the Smarter Balanced Assessment used here in Washington has been adopted by 18 states. Another assessment, the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College Careers, is being used in the remainder of the states in conjunction with the Common Core State Standards.

“Here in Federal Way, we’ve been teaching to standards for the past two decades,” said Debra Stenberg, spokesperson for Federal Way Public Schools. “But with over 300 standards, no teacher could teach all of them in the 180 days that schools are allot-

ted. So teachers were left on their own to guess which standards were the most important, and as a result, students left school with different sets of knowledge and skills.”

Starting five years ago, teams of teachers and administrators in Federal Way schools worked together to determine which state standards were the most important standards for a student’s future learning. They also had to look at how students were assessed in our schools. In order to ensure students are being taught the standards adequately, they needed to assess their understanding of the standards. Assessments are not only paperand-pencil tests, or online tests. Students are assessed all through the learning continuum: it could be as simple as a classroom conversation or a student presentation. These ongoing assessments allow the teacher to determine if the student needs more instruction. If so, the teacher tries a different approach, which is referred to as differentiated instruction.

Stenberg told the Mirror that at the end of the semester or teaching unit, grades are given. Standardsbased grading is based on the assessments of students’ knowledge of the standard.

In Federal Way, standards-based grading was implemented in the 2011-12 school year. In the 2012-13 school year, our new student information system came online and the gradebook from that system was used to calculate grades. However, Stenberg said flaws in the algorithm were found.

“At that time, the district conducted a survey to assess parent, staff and student reactions to the grading system,” she said, noting over 3,600 surveys were returned.

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he Federal Way Football Club won against their Puyallup competitor with a score of 4-0 during the club’s second annual Fight Night Jan. 14.

The Federal Way club’s girls U18 Blue Team hosted Puyallup, Washington Premier FC in a match between two First Division Regional Club League Teams.

Federal Way Football Club had 10 ladies on the field with fall 2015 college commitments.

In addition to the match, the Federal Way Football Club held a ceremony for all of their outgoing U18 players.

Their club offers soccer opportunities to youth at

all levels of competition.

Some of the players have been playing soccer in Federal Way since they were 5 years old.

“This event is an opportunity for our young players to come together with the old and share in the fun of youth soccer in Federal Way,” said Joshua Cheatham, president of the club. “We are proud of Federal Way’s Soccer club and we are proud to be an organization that serves our community.”

Players include Abby Smith, Chentay Warnes, Dacia Alexander, Maddie Michaud, Marlaina Trahant, Mary Witkowski, Molly Mortensen, Morgan Roan, Rachel Stowell and Tanna Brinkman.

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The event will be at the Federal Way Regional Library, located at 34200 First Way S. Cost is $70-$155.

Little League serves boys and girls ages 4-16 years old.

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Night event in Boston against Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone, one of the top “Smooth” Benson Hencontenders in the lightderson spent a year-andweight division. a-half as the top star of the Cerrone is taking the UFC lightweight division fight 15 days after his last after winning fight at UFC the champion- “I really like that 182. Eddie ship in February Alvarez was first fight because 2012. originally I pushed myself to scheduled to During that time, the Fedthe limit. If I would be Henderson’s eral Way native opponent, earned Fight of have held anything but had to the Year honors back, I would have withdraw due from numerous ended up losing the to injury. publications.

Henderson, fight. ” His quest to a graduate of Benson Henderson reclaim that Decatur High glory started School in 2001, shortly after he will be going lost the title to Anthony into the fight having won Pettis at UFC 164 in August nine of his last 11 fights.

2013. He won twice in 2014 His most recent fight in and is looking for an even August ended in a loss more successful year in to Rafael dos Anjos via 2015. knockout, the first loss due On Sunday, Jan. 18, he to strikes in his career. will fight in the co-main “I allowed myself to be event at the UFC Fight put in a position where the referee felt he had to step in,” Henderson said. “It was THIS YEAR… my fault. I can’t allow that.”

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“I don’t really concern myself with rankings,” Henderson said. “They aren’t super reliable. There’s no real rhyme or reason to them.”

On Sunday, Henderson will take on a fighter familiar to him. He has faced off with Cerrone twice in his career and won both times.

Both bouts were for the WEC Lightweight Championship.

His first fight with Cerrone in 2009 was a close contest that Henderson won via unanimous decision. Each judge scored the fight 48-47 and it won Fight of the Year honors from multiple publications.

“I really like that first fight because I pushed myself to the limit,” says Henderson. “If I would have held anything back, I would have ended up losing the fight. I had to literally be carried out of the Octagon, but I got my hand raised.”

The second fight between the two was much shorter.

Decatur High School graduate Benson Henderson, right, throws a kick during an Oct. 10, 2009 fight. Courtesy of Josh Hedges, WEC Henderson was able to win with a guillotine choke submission less than two minutes into the first round.

“The coaching staff showed how smart they were by noticing a couple holes in his game,” he said.

“Me, being the athlete, I was able to go in there and use the game plan to take advantage of those holes.”

It has been almost five years since the two fought.

Henderson says that Cerrone hasn’t changed his style much, but he has im-

proved since they last met.

Though his opponent changed on very short notice, Henderson says it has not affected his preparation. He has taken notice of Cerrone’s tendencies.

“You don’t want to go into a fight reacting to your opponent, you want your opponent reacting to you,” he said.

Henderson’s fight will be a part of the main card for UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs. Siver on Fox Sports 1 on Sunday, Jan. 18 at 7 p.m. PST.

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Blue Friday in Federal Way Right, Federal Way Mayor Jim Ferrell, City Council members, city staff and members of the U.S. Army Recruiting Office took a moment to cheer the Seahawks to victory against Carolina beneath the city’s 12th Man flag last Friday. CHRIS CARREL, city of Federal Way Below, a woman wears a Seahawks hat during the rally at City Hall.

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Seahawks and Packers are different teams since Week 1

BY JOHN BOYLE

The Herald

Four months may not seem like a long time, but in an NFL season, so much can change from September to January.

Even though many believed before Seattle and Green Bay faced each other in the season opener that they might play a second time this season in the NFC championship game, the roads these two teams traveled between that Thursday night opener and Sunday’s NFC championship game have been anything but predictable.

The last time these teams saw each other, Percy Harvin was one of the key figures in Seattle’s offense, and rookie receiver Davante Adams wasn’t a part of Green Bay’s offense. Now, Harvin is a New York Jet, and Adams was his team’s leading receiver in Sunday’s playoff win.

Green Bay’s defense has progressed significantly since that game, and its offense has been more consistent since a 1-2 start. Then again, the Seahawks have also taken big strides over the past four months, culminating in a sixgame winning streak to close the regular season, which allowed them to take the No. 1 seed from Green Bay and Dallas.

And back in early September, Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers had yet to tell panicking Packers fans to “R-E-L-A-X,” Seahawks receiver Doug Baldwin hadn’t called out his offense in a profanity-laced rant, running back Marshawn Lynch hadn’t said “yeah,” “I appreciate you asking about my stomach,” or “I’m thankful,” Packers running back Eddie Lacy was in a sophomore slump and safety Earl Thomas had yet to set off a walk-through scuffle that would lead to a season-changing team meeting.

So just because the Seahawks rolled to a 20-point victory over the Packers in Week 1, that doesn’t mean this weekend’s game will play out in a similar fashion. Yes, the Seahawks are a heavy favorite to return to the Super

Bowl, and for good reason — they are the more talented, more balanced team, and they’re playing at home. But they also know they’ll see a different team than the one they faced in the season opener, and they also know they too have undergone significant change.

“They’ve really turned their season around statistically in some really obviously areas from the first eight games to the second eight games,” Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said. “Their rushing stats on both sides have gone way up on offense and gone way down on defense.”

As Carroll notes, the Packers have made strides in the running game on both sides of the ball. Lacy, who was so impressive as a rookie, opened the season by rushing for just 34 yards against Seattle and he was held under 50 yards each of his first four games. He has finished the season strong, however, gaining 97 or more yards in six of the past seven games.

Perhaps most importantly for the Packers as they set to face the league’s leading rushing attack, they’ve held four of their last nine opponents under 100 rushing yards, with a high of 145 allowed, after giving up 100 or more in their first eight games, including three games of 207 (Seattle), 235 and 193 rushing yards allowed.

“I think we’re a lot different team,” Packers defensive coordinator Dom Capers told reporters in Green Bay. Both teams respect their opponent in Sunday’s game, and both teams feel like they’ve changed and improved since they last saw each other. For the Packers, the question will be whether or not they’ve made up enough ground on the defending champs to beat a team that handed them one of their worst losses of the season.

“Our younger players have really improved since then,” Packers coach Mike McCarthy told reporters. “I think we’ve really improved as an offense. Our offensive line is playing at a high level.

“Hey, we scored a few points this year. They’re a great defense. We recognize that, but we like a challenge.”

Seattle running back Marshawn Lynch ran for 110 yards and two touchdowns against Green Bay in Week 1. contributed photo The Seahawks have lost a few key players to injuries since then — fullback Derrick Coleman, one of 15 players on injured reserve, scored Seattle’s final touchdown — and they traded one of their most talented players, but by almost any measure they’re playing their best football at the right time of year.

If the Seahawks are on top of their game, they’re nearly impossible to beat at home, but as much as Green Bay also improved as the season has gone on, the Packers should pose more of a threat than they did four months ago.

“They’ve gone through a transition during the course of the season that has really turned them into playing great football here at the end,” Carroll said. “As we went against them in the opener, we thought this was the team we would be playing like right now so it’s matched up pretty well.”

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One way the prosecutor’s 500 prostituted children office is doing that is by around 12-14 years old in posting memes about how King County each year. buying sex is wrong.

The study found more than “We have found that 27,000 men are actively these memes are reachsoliciting sex online at one ing the audience we want, of 100 websites in King which are younger men ages County per day.

18-24,” Richey said. “That “Sexual exploitation is culture is heavily into social frequently thought of as a media and if we can make woman’s issue, however, we them laugh and then stop believe that all people have and think about the mesa role to play in ending husage on this meme, it will man trafficking and sexual at least get the conversation exploitation and that it is going.” essential for men to play a Richey also partnered primary role in the solution with organizations such as to the problem,” said Brenda the Organization for ProsOliver, executive director of titution Survivors and Real the Federal Way Coalition Escape from the Sex Trade.

Against Trafficking. “VioThese organizalence against “Sexual exploitation tions are available women is a is frequently thought to help men conhuman rights of as a woman’s issue, sidering buying or issue.” however, we believe who have bought The prosecuthat all people have a sex in the past. tor’s office is “The men that role to play in ending now focusing buy sex don’t do it human trafficking and on arresting a little, they do it sexual exploitation...” buyers, giving quite a bit,” Richey Brenda Oliver them harsh said. “It’s imporpenalties when tant not only to they are caught punish these men, and promoting but to spend time the consequences of buying with them and provide sex through various media them with the resources channels. they need so they don’t do “The best way we can it again. ” get rid of this problem is One requirement for to talk about it,” Richey buyers who are caught is said. “We want to make it a to go through a 10 week socially unacceptable thing treatment program. Peter to do and to tell our buyers, Qualliotine, director of ‘hey, you are going to get

men’s accountability for Organization for Prostitution Survivors, said men who buy sex often feel shamed by their actions.

“Deep down, they feel that is wrong,” he said. “But there are various reasons they do that. Some have been sexually hurt before and some are filling a void inside of them because their ‘manhood’ has been compromised in some way.”

Qualliotine pointed out society places harsh expectations on how men and women are supposed to act that is impossible for anyone to meet.

“Men are raised to be unemotional, to be aggressors, to fight and to get women,” Qualliotine said. “This is a terrible thing to teach our young men because when we take away their compassion and their feelings, the cost is their humanity.”

Qualliotine said women are taught that good girls dress conservative, are quiet and respectful. Bad girls are loud, rebellious and wear short skirts.

“This is a huge problem as well because we are placing this responsibility of how women are treated on social constructs,” he said.

“There are no good girls or bad girls, there are girls that are each very different and should all be treated with respect by men. Social

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Edward Sumner, director of development for Real Escape from the Sex Trade, speaks during a community forum on Jan . 8 at City Hall. The event was sponsored by the Federal Way Coalition Against Trafficking. Courtesy of Bruce Honda

change and a shift in cultural norms are needed to end the demand for commercial sexual exploitation.”

Richey is also working with law enforcement to get them to send prostituted people to treatment centers and work on arresting buyers.

“The Federal Way Police Department has been one of our local departments that has been incredibly responsive and interested in helping us solve this issue,”

Richey said.

Federal Way Coalition Against Trafficking is working with the Federal Way community on this issue by hosting a 5K walk/run fundraising event May 16 at the Federal Way Farmer’s Market. They are teaming up with local schools, parents, families and community partners and sponsors for the third annual event. The goal of the event is to raise money for local organizations supporting the cause

and to raise awareness of the issue.

Those interested can register online at www. fwcat.org.

“We all have a role to play in helping end human trafficking in our city,” said Edward Sumner, director of development at Real Escape from the Sex Trade.

“To defer that responsibility to organizations and our police department is convenient and altogether insufficient.”

Woman with measles traveled through Sea-Tac Airport, Puget Sound

rash, fever, cough, eye irritation, and can be fatal.

The contagious traveler flew from Orange County, Calif. to Sea-Tac on Dec. 29, 2014 and flew out of Sea-Tac airport on Jan. 3 to return home. She stayed with family in Snohomish County.

Anyone who was in one of the following locations during the indicated times may have been exposed to measles:

• 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. on Dec. 30, 2014 at Anthony’s Home Port in Edmonds, 456 Admiral Way in Edmonds • 2:45 p.m. 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 1, 2015 at Swedish Edmonds Emergency Room, 21601 76th Ave. W. in Edmonds After returning home to California, the traveler got medical attention and was diagnosed with measles on Jan. 8; she was infectious beginning on Dec. 28. Health authorities in Washington and at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were notified.

The Center for Disease Control is following-up to notify those on the same flights as the contagious traveler.

Anyone who was in those locations at the listed times should find out if they have been vaccinated for measles or have had measles previously.

People who are unvaccinated, aren’t sure if they’re immune and develop an illness with fever or unexplained rash should consult a health care professional immediately.

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Public health officials say an out-of-state, unimmunized woman in her 20s became contagious with measles on Dec. 28, 2014 after visiting Disneyland in southern California in December. The visit was during a time when others who later got measles were at the park. Measles is highly contagious and can cause severe illness with

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Mark Miloscia sworn in as 30th District state senator FROM STAFF REPORTS

Mark Miloscia, R-Federal Way, was sworn in as senator for the 30th Legislative District on Monday.

After a lifelong career of service including flying B-52 bombers in the Air Force, teaching for Federal Way Public Schools and the Catholic Archdiocese, as well as seven terms in the state House, Miloscia received the support of voters to represent them in the state Senate.

“It is a true honor to begin my service in the Senate,” Miloscia said.

“I take the responsibility very seriously and pledge to provide principled and courageous leadership that delivers results.”

Miloscia’s experience in the House included his chairmanship of the Audit Review and Oversight Committee where he led efforts to improve government efficiency and accountability. Senate leaders recognized his leadership by appointing him chair of the Senate Accountability and Reform Committee to continue his efforts to protect taxpayer dollars and deliver better government results.

“I’ve spent my career making government more accountable and protecting taxpayers from bloated budgets,” Miloscia said.

“Washington already has the tools it needs to measure performance and create a culture of continuous improvement — it’s just not using them. My first order of business is to commit our government to standards of excellence and measure the results we produce.”

Miloscia’s first hearing as chair of the Accountability and Reform Committee will

evaluate the success of Gov. Jay Inslee to implement lean management performance systems required by the Legislature.

“I will fight to restore our government’s integrity to our shared values and goals.”

Miloscia has resided in the Federal Way area with his wife Meschell, his three children and his grandchildren for the last 25 years.

Rep. Carol Gregory sworn in as newest Washington lawmaker FROM STAFF REPORTS

Rep. Carol Gregory, appointed to the Washington state House of Representatives by Gov. Jay Inslee last week, was sworn in during ceremonies at the state Capitol on Monday.

Gregory, a Democrat, represents the 30th Legislative District, which includes Federal Way, Des Moines, Milton, Algona, Pacific and part of Auburn.

Miloscia disappointed with lack of answers FROM STAFF REPORTS

In his first meeting as chair of the new Senate Accountability and Reform Committee on Wednesday, Sen. Mark Miloscia was disappointed with the lack of outcomes presented by Results Washington, the governor’s office responsible for lean and performance management. After 16 months of implementation, Results Washington had no comprehensive performance measurements or significant waste reduction to report, according to a news release from Miloscia’s office.

“I hoped to get more answers on what I expected to be a more robust performance-management plan,” Miloscia wrote. “Instead, there was a glaring lack of information on which measures are being met and even how the measures are produced.”

Wendy Korthuis-Smith, director of Results Washington, presented the goals and activities of the office so far, explaining to committee members that it has “a long way to go.” She added, “This is just the beginning.”

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by Results Washington were called into question after Gov. Jay Inslee issued a report in December showing only $5.9 million in budgeted savings and $27 million in unverified “avoided costs.” In the supplemental state operating budget adopted in 2014, the Legislature had requested $40 million in savings from lean management. Inslee’s budget director has since stated it is “not really very realistic” to expect savings of more than “the 1s and 2s of millions,” according to the news release.

“This is not what the governor promised to deliver when he said he would bring a culture change to state government, nor is it what the Legislature required for reaching savings goals,” Miloscia wrote. “Not only are there minimal results, but there is no way to measure the results. I think it’s time for the Legislature to take the lead on this issue where the governor has not.”

Miloscia plans to introduce legislation to create standardized performance measures based on systems and guidelines already in practice in Washington and other governments. These would bring accountability to the efforts of Results Washington and provide transparency for the Inslee administration’s budgeting practices.

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Right, Mark Miloscia, R-Federal Way, swears in as state senator for the 30th District on Monday in Olympia. Contributed photo

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[20] January 16, 2015 of the standards-based [ MR. FW from page 11] because averaging is not true to the standards-based goal of grades accurately reflecting a students’ understanding of a standard, the board and administration made it clear that averaging was simply a stop-gap approach until another solution was found.

Assistant Superintendent of Teaching for Learning Marie Verhaar was tasked with pulling together a committee to develop some proposals on various areas

grading system that were causing confusion for students and parents. This committee has worked for a year to develop some proposals to present to the superintendent to enhance or improve the current system.

Stenberg pointed out that the committee accepted applications from staff, parents, community members and students and had over 30 people on it. They have met for the past year, and the various subcommittees

www.federalwaymirror.com are in the process of presenting their recommendations to Superintendent Sally McLean.

“McLean will take these recommendations to other stakeholders, including the board,” Stenberg said.

So to answer your question, they tried a survey and it failed, but they are discussing implementing a new one soon. In the meantime, Mr. Federal Way will be listening closely to the subcommittee’s recommendations and will most likely have more to say on

the issue soon.

Q: Mr. Federal Way, I read the Mirror’s article online regarding the human trafficking event.

What are your thoughts on that issue here in Federal Way? A: Mr. Federal Way may or may not have attended this forum and thinks that Val Richey, King County senior deputy prosecuting attorney, did a great job of explaining how this was a human rights issue, not simply a woman’s issue. It’s easy to think that

women being prostituted are choosing that life and are a part of the problem.

But Mr. Federal Way’s eyes were opened to see that these women often are desperate and have no choice. Some of them have escaped abused homes and are homeless and others have been manipulated and abused by pimps forcing them into this lifestyle.

Richey said that the prosecutor’s office is working to get police to arrest people buying sex and punish them in order to end the

trafficking epidemic and to provide help to prostituted people. Mr. Federal Way agrees that it needs to be considered socially unacceptable for people to buy sex for this to stop.

The prosecutor’s office is attempting to do that by spreading the word about how bad it is to buy sex and to alert people of the consequences resulting from such an action.

Mr. Federal Way knows there were a number of Federal Way police officers at the event who expressed their desire to work with the county on arresting buyers. Mr. Federal Way hopes the Federal Way Police Department will implement a training program, if they haven’t already, to raise more awareness of the issue to ultimately stop criminalizing human trafficking victims.

Q: Mr. Federal Way, do you have children in the Federal Way school district?

A: None of your business.

Got a question for Mr. Federal Way? Email mrfederalway@federalwaymirror.com

Kids’ Art Contest celebrates 50 years of Voting Rights Act FROM STAFF REPORTS

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St. Francis Hospital, part of CHI Franciscan Health, is where our neighbors in Federal Way, Auburn, Des Moines, Kent, Puyallup and northeast Tacoma turn for health and healing.

We keep you healthy, for life. That’s why we offer 24/7 emergency services, an inviting family birth center, the Franciscan Center for Weight Management and more close to home. You’ll also find Franciscan Medical Clinics nearby, offering primary and specialty care.

Just in time for Good Citizenship Day on Jan. 16, the Office of the Secretary of State announced this year’s Kids’ Art Contest theme, “Every Vote is Equal!” celebrating 50 years of the Voting Rights Act. Winning artwork celebrating voting equality will be published in 3 million copies of the next statewide Voters’ Pamphlet.

All fourth- and fifth-grade students in Washington’s public, private, tribal and home schools are welcome to submit their original art.

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he Federal Way Police Department has received at least a dozen calls from residents since December 2014, reporting a similar scam.

The caller, who claims to be with the King County Sheriff ’s Office or local police department, has been telling citizens that they were summoned to jury duty but failed to appear and therefore have been fined. The caller also tells victims a warrant would be issued for their arrest if the fine is not paid.

The amount of the fine has varied between reports.

The caller will then instruct the victim to purchase a prepaid credit card at a grocery store, then request a call back once they are in

hand, said Cathy Schrock, police spokeswoman.

In some cases, the scammer told victims the King County Sheriff ’s Office will come pick up the card at their residence. When the victim returns the call, the caller says, “Oh, we are very busy and will not make it to the house, please provide the PIN on the back of the card,” Schrock said.

“The callers are very convincing and can be intimidating to individuals,” she said.

The police department posted a warning on their Facebook page.

“When these people are told they are speaking to a deputy or sergeant, they get scared and tend to respond,” Schrock said. “They have a longstanding respect for government officials and don’t question the call as

much as they might if the scammer identified themselves in a different way.”

She mentioned the elderly are the most targeted demographic for phone scams.

“They aren’t tied into the same amount of social media the younger generations are so there is no check-in balance in front of them all the time,” she said. “They also aren’t as tech-savvy, so can’t look things up to verify as quickly.”

Washington State Courts posted a similar warning on their website last January. The courts said fraudulent email was being widely distributed around the United States with the subject line “Urgent court notice NR#73230” (or another random number), claiming the receiver is scheduled to appear in “the court of Washington” on

Jan. 17, 2014. The receiver was then instructed to open the attached court notice and read it thoroughly and is warned about not appearing. This was a malware email and downloaded a virus to the computer if anyone opened the attachment, according to the court report.

Schrock said some who call in regarding a fraudulent situation never file a police report.

“These types of scams usually go unreported,” she said.

A Federal Way resident did report a jury duty scam she received on Jan. 8. According to the police report, the woman received a call from a male claiming to be Deputy Greg Allen with the King County Sheriff ’s Office. The male told the victim she owed $5,200 in

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Police Blotter The following is a sample from the Federal Way police log: Woman overdoses: At 4:29 a.m. on Jan. 11 in the 2500 block of S. 317th St., a 33-year-old woman was involuntarily committed after attempting to harm herself by overdosing on prescription medications.

Teens drinking in car: At 10:03 a.m. on Jan. 11 in the 1500 block of SW 327th St., a neighbor reported seeing a suspect squatting and staggering near a parked Honda.

Police responded and found two 16-year-olds sitting in the car with a bottle of liquor. Both had been drinking. Police called their parents and the case was filed with the juvenile prosecutor.

Disoriented man committed: At 10:03 a.m. on Jan. 11 in the 28600 block of Military Road S., police committed a 37-year-old man after witnessing him stumbling in the parking lot. His clothes were dirty, as if he had fallen, officers noted.

He could barely speak and when he did he slurred and was “unintelligent.” Police observed that he was unable to care for himself and thought he was in Seattle. A neighboring complex manager had called police after witnessing the man taking his clothes off in the courtyard and yelling to himself.

Female reports family is bullying her: At 1:40 p.m. on Jan. 11 in the 3100 block of Third Place SW, a female called to report her family’s ongoing bullying. Police came to her residence and discovered her very distraught, stating that her father hurt her hand and that she is afraid for her younger siblings.

But the victim has a history of call-

ing 911 frequently and is suspected of having mental health issues. In a police interview, her siblings all reported that they were fine.

Drunk man laying in bushes: At 1:59 p.m. on Jan. 11 in the 3400 block of 35th Ave. SW, a 47-year-old man was involuntarily committed after police observed him laying head first in the bushes.

He was unresponsive when questioned and had strong intoxicants coming from his breath.

The police report states his pants were unzipped and soiled. When asked his name, he sat up briefly but then fell back in the laying position. Police said he was unable to balance himself and was impaired beyond the point of not being able to care for himself. Several witnesses called 911 to report the man was unresponsive and laying in bushes at an intersection.

Son assaults mom’s boyfriend: At 3:28 p.m. on Jan. 11 in the 32800 block of 28th Ave. SW, police responded to a weapon threat. The male victim was living with the suspect’s mother for three years, off and on, and the two were in a relationship. The victim said his girlfriend’s son assaulted him two times and had injuries on his neck, back and finger to corroborate his story. However, the suspect had left before police could arrest him for assault.

Park patron threatens man with aggressive dogs: At 2:48 p.m. on Jan. 11 in the 31500 block of First Ave. S., a man called 911 because he and his five dogs were threatened by another park patron. The man was walking his dogs at French Lake Dog Park when a person told him his dogs were being aggressive and if his dogs continued to be aggressive he would defend himself with a concealed pistol. The dog owner yelled obscenities back and denied his dogs were out of control.

Copper pipe stolen from business: At 3:29 p.m. on Jan. 11 in

the 28800 block of Military Road S., the manager of Valley Harvest reported that a 3-foot-long section of copper pipe had been cut out and stolen. The pipe belonged to the store’s freezer unit, which was located outside in the back of the store. The pipe was between the freezer and condenser units and because it was removed, 60 pounds of freon was spilled from the unit. The total damage is estimated to cost $2,000 to fix the unit and replace the pipe. Police viewed video surveillance but could not identify a suspect because it was too dark.

Man kicks, chokes girlfriend: At 3:30 p.m. on Jan. 11 in the 32800 block of 20th Ave. SW, a 56-year-old man was arrested for choking and throwing his 45-yearold girlfriend across the room. The woman called police via a neighbor’s cell phone. When police arrived, the officer noticed her voiced sounded “strained and squeaky.”

She explained that her live-in boyfriend of one year and six months choked her at their residence after an argument over canceling a vacation trip. As she was talking on the phone to her friend, the man took the phone and threw it across the room, causing it to break. He then kicked her in the buttocks and told her to get out.

When she said she was going to call police, he choked her and caused her vision to go blurry, the police report states. The suspect denied kicking or strangling his girlfriend but admitted to breaking her cell phone. When asked if he had access to weapons, the girlfriend said yes but it didn’t matter because she would be moving out.

Dogs escape to neighbor’s yard: At 4:38 p.m. on Jan. 11 in the 30700 block of 12th Place SW, a woman called to complain that her neighbor’s pit bull-like dogs were in her yard again. The yard has a chain-link fence and the dogs are able to get in but not out. She

reported they then dig holes and she’s fearful of her other three dogs going near them.

The dogs belong to a woman who has been cited at least three other times for failure to keep her dogs at home and get them licensed.

On her fourth contact from police, she was issued a civil infraction for public nuisance, trespassing animals and failure to license. When police called the woman to let her know her dogs were on her neighbor’s property, she yelled “Jesus Christ” at the officer and “proceeded to rant about a fire she just had in her home that same week.” After the neighbor removed her dogs from the woman’s yard, she told police she would be getting rid of the dogs the following day.

Elderly, depressed lady committed: At 4:24 p.m. on Jan. 11 in the 31000 block of 14th Ave. S., a 67-year-old woman was committed after her neighbor called 911 because she was concerned for her welfare. The elderly woman suffers from dementia, depression and anxiety. [ more POLICE page 28 ]

fines for missing “grand jury duty” and instructed her to send him money via the Internet within two hours or police would come to her house and arrest her.

The woman called 911 to report the phone call and shortly after, the male called back. When she told him she had called police, he called her a “scum” and hung up on her. Police tried to call the suspect’s number, but no one answered. They found no record of the number online, according to the police report.

Schrock said another victim was at a bank attempting to get money to the person who called her when she was informed by a teller this was most likely a scam.

“This has happened in other cases,” Schrock said.

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order windows are generally not afraid to tell the requester when they believe a scam is occurring.”

She said if residents receive a call that is suspicious, or they believe may be a scam, they should hang up the phone or ask the caller a number of questions such as, “what is your name?” and “what agency did you say you are calling from?”

Victims should then call the police non-emergency number at 253-835-2121 with information regarding the details of the call to report to police.

“No one from the Federal Way Police Department, King County Sheriff ’s Office, or court would call and ask for payment of any kind over the phone,” Schrock said. “Anyone who does not respond to a jury summons would be given a chance to explain his or her nonappearance to a judge before any fine is imposed.”

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Association of Head Start children now have a roof and ECEAP. Forty-two over their heads but live with a non-working refrig- percent of the children have parents without a erator and inadequate high school diploma or plumbing.

GED, 35 percent speak “So now we use coolEnglish as a second ers and ice to make sure language, 10 percent are our food stays cold,” she homeless and another 10 said, adding that it’s been percent have a disability. tough.

As a parent advocate But, it’s her extreme and leader for children poverty that’s allowed her in the community, and a children to excel in the 2015 parent ambassador most profound of ways. who serves on a policy Mitchell-Ward told council, Mitchell-Ward legislators on Wednesday knew early learning was how the Early Childhood vital to the success of her Education and Assistance children. Her daughter Program (ECEAP) has went through the program helped her family, during to end up in gifted classes a House Early Learning the next year. And she and Children’s Services knew Tywon, her 5-yearCommittee work session. old, would flourish.

Representatives from But there was one probthe Department of Early lem: There wasn’t enough Learning, Thrive Washspace. ington, the Washington “Early learning is State Institute for Public important to me because Policy, the Department of Social and Health Services last year, when I was in and Child Care Aware also chemotherapy, I had to take my son with me a lot attended. of the time because the Mitchell-Ward’s 5-year[pre-school] didn’t have a old son is currently enslot in early rolled in the assistance program “... I see my son walking learning,” she said, hand in hand with his at Brigadoon noting they peers, equally, and a Elementary in would often Federal Way. future where I’m no go by the The prelonger living disability pre-school kindergarten paycheck to paycheck, to check classes only but I’m living a life availability serve children where it speaks to the but were met and families who effort and passion I’m with a “no” live at or below putting into it.” more than 110 percent of Abril Mitchell-Ward once. “Tythe federal povwon would erty line, which be in tow crying, because would be $21,483 a year he knew he needed to be for a family of three. there.”

About 66 percent of famiShe kept trying until lies have income less than one day they finally “an80 percent of the federal swered with the answer we poverty line, according

needed to hear.”

“Since getting into early learning, the doors have opened,” Mitchell-Ward said. “They found my son had a disability, he was struggling.”

Tywon has a cognitive and social learning disability that puts him at the low end of the autism spectrum.

“They wrapped their hands around my whole family,” she said with gratitude. “Actually I have a meeting today to discuss his Individualized Education Plan because he’s doing so well. His teacher told me that if you looked at him today, you couldn’t even tell [he has autism].”

In the fall of 2013, 44 percent of early learning children were at or above literacy levels for their age, while only 22.6 percent were for numbers and counting. But by spring 2014, 94 percent reached literacy levels and 81.3 percent were at where they needed to be for numbers and counting.

A Washington State Institute for Public Policy study found that students in the program “had significantly higher math and reading scores in third, fourth and fifth grades compared to children who did not attend the program” and the “return on investment was about $13,030 for each participant” or about $4.20 for every dollar invested.

However, the program could be in jeopardy this session as the Legislature works to fulfill the McCleary decision to amply fund K-12 education.

Abril Mitchell-Ward testifies on behalf of early learning at a House Early Learning and Children’s Services Committee work session on Wednesday. Many are concerned early learning won’t get the funds it needs to accommodate more children as Legislators are mandated to fund K-12 education this session. Contributed photo Katy Warren, the deputy director of the Washington State Association of Head Start and ECEAP said there’s “absolutely” a fear that early learning education will lose funding.

“We’re in a difficult situation where we’re not protected, so it’s certainly up to us and parents like Abril to make the case that this is a serious and necessary investment,” Warren said. “We have one of the best preschool programs in the country, it’s just we don’t serve enough kids in it.”

Warren said they’ll be advocating for Gov. Jay Inslee’s plan in his budget, which calls for 6,358 new slots for the Early Child-

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“In my opinion, we’re fighting for 6,358 more slots, but if these slots had been in place before, children like mine wouldn’t have fallen through the cracks,” Mitchell-Ward said, adding that Tywon could be excelling even further than he is now.

“The absence of these programs will make for a lot of wasted dollars in the education system.”

Children who enter the education system in kindergarten prepared have a much higher chance of succeeding later on.

Mitchell-Ward said without early learning the community will be paying for students to be in the justice system instead of having more Roger Freeman’s in the world ­— the 30th District legislator passed away just before the general election.

Members of the association are currently helping Mitchell-Ward and her

family to find housing by the end of the month and Federal Way Public Schools recently hired her as a substitute paraeducator.

“I see a future that’s sunny and bright,” MitchellWard said on the brink of tears. “I see my son walking hand in hand with his peers, equally, and a future where I’m no longer living disability paycheck to paycheck, but I’m living a life where it speaks to the effort and passion I’m putting into it. My children are successful and igniting success around them.”

And of course, she sees herself in a home with a refrigerator and with a car that’s drivable.

“I see myself from the outside as I feel on the inside now.”

For more information or to get involved, Mitchell-Ward urges constituents to write a letter to their legislator to pass the Early Start Act or visit www.del.wa.gov/care/findhs-eceap/.

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s the Washington state Legislature begins its 2015 session, the hottest issue is expected to be how to fund our K-12 education system.

In its 2012 McCleary decision, the Supreme Court ruled that Washington state was not amply funding basic education under the state Constitution and that it had to do so or face court sanctions.

With a Democratic governor, a reduced Democratic majority in the House and a slight Republican majority in the Senate, political power is balanced in Olympia and all eyes are on education funding.

A bill being touted as “Fund Education First” would create a separate budget for education — one that does not rely on new tax sources. House Bill 1001, sponsored by seven Republican representatives, is the latest version of a proposal that has been tossed around Olympia since 2006.

“The premise of the bill is to ensure that we do an education budget that is removed from the politics that go with our budget process,” said Rep. Drew MacEwen, R-Union, prime sponsor of the bill.

The six other co-sponsors are Rep. Jesse Young, R-Gig Harbor; Rep. Dave Hayes, R-Camano Island; Rep. Ed Orcutt, R-Kalama; Rep. Ed Haler, R-Richland; Rep. Linda Kochmar, R-Federal Way; Rep. Mark Hargrove, R-Covington and Rep. Paul Harris, R-Vancouver.

Washington’s General Fund budget is divided into three: transportation, operating and capital. By separating education from the operating budget, MacEwen says the K-12 budget would be prioritized in a timely fashion that not only fulfills the McCleary mandate, but also gives school districts enough time to make staffing decisions.

“They can’t plan for the upcoming year until we have finished our budget and signed it into law,” MacEwen said.

“Sometimes it leaves them with 45 to 60 days to implement and I just think that’s a very unfortunate scenario to put our school districts in.”

It’s uncertain how this proposal will fare against Gov. Jay Inslee’s tax package, which is a key component of his funding proposal for K-12 education. However, Republicans say that overall budget reform is necessary to see results.

“If the Legislature decides it needs to create revenue by raising taxes, it can do that, it just can’t hold up the process of the K-12 budget by debating the merits of a tax change,” MacEwen said.

At a press conference in Olympia on Jan. 8, Senate Ways and Means Committee Chairman Andy Hill, R-Redmond, said the most recent revenue forecast indicates that Washington has an additional $5 billion that could be spent on K-12 education.

David Schumacher, director of the state Office of Financial Management and Inslee’s budget director, says the $5 billion increase in the proposed budget is necessary. The increase from $34.4 billion to $39.4 billion is needed to compensate for what he describes as the overall structural budget problem that Washington faces and does not provide enough for education funding.

Schumacher said almost $3 billion of the $5 billion in projected revenue is covered by growth in the budget. In other words, it will cost almost $3 billion to pay for everything in the underlying budget and to continue doing so in the future.

Schumacher also said that after adding in the cost of state-mandated programs, such as K-12 obligations, funding for mental health, the transportation package and the recent voter-approved initiative to reduce classroom sizes, the state would still experience a $2.5 billion shortfall.

House Appropriations Committee Chairman Ross Hunter, D-Medina, also noted that the class-size initiative may have an affect on education budgeting, and that the projected number needed to fulfill the McCleary obligation isn’t finalized and could change.

“Our revenues are up 8 percent and we have not changed anything tax wise; this is through sheer economic growth,”

MacEwen said. “We are in deficit based off of what the governor’s office wants to spend, not because of the budget structure.”

In the same press conference last week, Inslee responded by saying that “it is difficult for me to see how someone can argue we don’t have a deficit in educational funding when we have a contempt citation for the first time in Washington history against Washington state,” referring to the Supreme Court’s mandate following its McCleary decision.

Inslee’s proposed tax package, which he rolled out in December as part of his 2015-17 biennial budget, will raise a total of $1.5 billion. It creates a 7 percent tax on capital gains, taxes carbon emissions through the Carbon Pollution Accountability Act, taxes trade-ins of vehicles valued over $10,000 and adds a 50-cent tax on cigarettes and extends that tax to e-cigarettes and vape products.

Hill strongly voiced his disapproval of Inslee’s proposed capital-gains tax, arguing that it’s not a reliable source of revenue.

“The capital gains tax is one of the most volatile revenue sources,” Hill said. “It goes all over the place and it’s very sensitive to federal policy, which we have no control over.”

Inslee addressed that concern by saying that 43 other states have already implemented a long-term capital-gains tax that has proven successful in supporting education.

He acknowledged that relying on a capital-gains tax as the only source of financing is a bad idea. Instead, because Washington has various tax systems in place — sales tax, property tax, business-and-occupation tax and a carbon pollution tax that he plans to implement — the additional tax systems would stabilize and not succumb to volatility.

Inslee said he wants to avoid increasing the tax burden on consumers in order to boost education spending.

“It is the right thing to ask less than 1 percent of Washingtonians to make a contribution when all they have is gains.”

Given the state Supreme Court directive that legislators fully fund K-12 education, both parties must address their differences and work together to find a stable funding source for K-12 education, legislators agree. “I’m not saying my way is the only way,” MacEwen said. “I’m open to modifying and making changes to it. But let’s get the process going, because doing what we’ve done hasn’t worked.”

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LEGAL NOTICES AUCTION NOTICE In compliance with RCW 46.5.130 Express Towing LLC will sell to the highest bidder at 35000 Pacific Highway S. in Federal Way, WA on 1/21/15 @ PUBLIC NOTICE – 2015 SOLID WASTE 12:00 pm. Viewing starts at 10 am.

RATE INCREASES Published in Federal Way Mirror: January 16, 2014 In accordance with RCW 35.21.157, the City of FWM 2195 Federal Way provides this notice of upcoming solid waste rate increases for Waste Management of Washington customers located in Federal Way. The City of Federal Way regulates a contract with Waste Management of Washington that establishes solid waste and recycling collection services CITY OF FEDERAL WAY and pricing. This contract permits annual rate adREQUEST FOR BIDS justments tied to Consumer Price Index (CPI) data, 2015 ASPHALT OVERLAY PROJECT RFB # 15-001 as well as periodic adjustments based on King SUBMITTAL OF SEALED BIDS: County’s disposal fees.

Notice is hereby given that the City of Federal Way, Individual refuse collection fees generally consist Washington, will receive sealed bids through Febof two components: ‘Disposal’ + ‘Service’ = Cur- ruary 11, 2015, until 10:00 a.m., at the City Hall rent Rate.

Purchasing Office or by US Mail at City of Federal ‘Disposal’ is based on average container weights, Way, Purchasing Office, 33325 8th Avenue South, factoring in disposal fees set by King County, Federal Way, Washington 98003. Proposals rewhich for 2015 remain at $120.17 per ton, plus ap- ceived after 10:00 a.m. on said date will not be plicable taxes and surcharges. This applies only to considered. the ‘Disposal’ component of rates, and covers BID OPENING: transfer of solid waste delivered to King County fa- All bids will be opened and read publicly aloud at cilities and disposal at the County’s Cedar Hills 10:10 a.m. on Wednesday, February 11, 2015, at Landfill. For more information, contact King City Hall Hylebos Conference Room, 33325 8th AvCounty Solid Waste Division at 206.477.4466, or enue South, Federal Way, Washington, for this visit http://your.kingcounty.gov/solidwaste/in- RFB. dex.asp.

All bid proposals shall be accompanied by a bid T h e ‘ S e r v i c e ’ r a t e c o m p o n e n t i s W a s t e deposit by a cashier’s or certified check, or Bid Management’s compensation, and adjusts by a CPI Bond in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of factor every March 1st. This annual CPI adjustment the amount of such bid proposal. Should the sucis set by Bureau of Labor Statistics data. This CPI cessful bidder fail to enter into a contract and furfactor increases the ‘Service’ components of resi- nish satisfactory Performance Bond within the time dential and commercial rates by approximately stated in the specifications, the bid deposit or bond 2.1%, effective March 1, 2015. For example, the shall be forfeited to the City of Federal Way. monthly fee for a 32-gallon garbage can will in- DESCRIPTION OF WORK: crease a total of $0.26, from $16.98 to $17.24.

This project shall consist of: Cedar Grove Composting processes yard debris The project shall consist of furnishing all materials, collected by Waste Management of Washington. equipment, tools, labor, and other work or items Cedar Grove has requested a processing fee sur- incidental thereto (excepting any materials, equipcharge. The City is considering allowing this sur- ment, utilities or service, if any, specified herein to charge to be added to the rate for yard debris be furnished by the Owner or others), for the concarts. If a mutual agreement is reached with Waste struction, sequencing and traffic control plan for Management of Washington to accommodate col- overlaying existing asphalt concrete pavement in lection and remittance of the surcharge, the pro- up to five (5) different locations within the City of cessing fee for yard waste carts would increase by Federal Way. The work shall include but not be lima projected $0.35 per month. For example, effec- ited to: Hot Mix Asphalt Class ½” PG 64-22 pavetive March 1, 2015, the monthly fee for a 96-gallon ment overlay (approximately 9,000 tons), roadway yard waste cart will increase to $10.17. If imple- excavation, pavement repair, planning bituminous mented, the surcharge would further increase this pavement, paving fabric, removal and replacement fee to $10.52 per month. of existing concrete curb & gutters, sidewalks, apCustomers may reduce the impact of rate increas- proaches, wheel chair ramps, mountable curb, exes through waste reduction and recycling options. truded curb, pedestrian refuge islands, traffic sigFor example, Residential customers can: nal detection loops, traffic markings, restoration, Increase recycling cart size (at no added cost) and utility adjustments and all items necessary to comrecycle more, and/or plete the work as described in the Contract DocuStart or increase yard debris/food scrap recycling ments. (at lower volume costs than garbage), and then The Contractor shall complete all work within 80 Reduce garbage container size to reduce combined working days. fees.

The bidder is urged to check the plans and conUpon request, City Public Works staff will assist tract provisions carefully. customers with options that can offset these 2015 All bid proposals shall be in accordance with the rate increases. Commercial customers are encour- Instructions to Bidders and all other contract docuaged to request limited no-cost recycling service ments now on file in the Purchasing Office of the (up to two 96-gallon carts per individual business). City of Federal Way. Bid documents may be obMulti-family customer rates include complete recy- tained from the Purchasing Department at cling services at no added cost. Increasing recy- (253) 835-2526. Any questions concerning the decling and downsizing garbage service can reduce scription of the work contained in the contract doccosts. To make changes to service levels, contact uments must be directed to Jeff Huynh, Street Waste Management of Washington at (253) 833- Systems Engineer, by facsimile at (253) 835-2709, 3333, or (800) 592-9995. or by letter addressed to Jeff Huynh, Street SysOver 200 individual rates are adjusted through this tems Engineer prior to bid opening date. annual process. A complete set of 2015 rates is PURCHASE OF BID DOCUMENTS: available for inspection at the City of Federal Way, Bidders may purchase copies of the Bidding DocuDept. of Public Works, 33325 - 8th Avenue South, ments (half-size plans) in person, or by mailing a Federal Way, WA 98003. For more information, Twenty-Five and no/100 Dollars ($25.00) (non-replease call the Public Works Department at fundable) check or cashiers’ check payable to the (253) 835-2770 or (253) 835-2771.

City of Federal Way, 33325 8th Avenue South, FedPublished in the Federal Way Mirror 1/16/2015 and eral Way, WA 98003-6325, phone (253) 835-2526.

1/23/2015 If purchasing by mail, please indicate your request FWM 2192 for Bidding Documents for RFB #15-001, 2015 Asphalt Overlay Project Informational copies of

maps, plans, and specifications are available for review at the Public Works Department, Federal Way City Hall, 33325 8th Avenue South, Federal Way, Washington.

Bidding Documents are also available for review at the following Plan Centers: Daily Journal of Commerce, Attn: Plancenter.com, 83 Columbia St, Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98104 Daily Journal of Commerce Project Center, 921 SW Washington St, Suite 210, Portland, OR 97205 McGraw Hill Construction Dodge, 3315 Central Ave., Hot Springs, AR 71913 Cora Inc. – Plan Center, 10002 Aurora Avenue North, #36, PMB 334, Seattle, WA 98133 Reed Construction Data, 30 Technology Parkway South, Suite 100, Norcross, GA 30092 Builders Exchange of Washington, 2607 Wetmore Avenue, Everett, WA 98201 Contractor Plan Center, 5468 SE Int’l Way, Milwaukie, OR 97222 Contractor’s Resource Center, 2301 So Jackson Street, Suite 101B, Seattle, WA 98144 iSqFt Planroom, c/o Cascade A&E 235 9th Ave North, Seattle, WA 98109 – oregon-washington@isqft.com The City, in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d-4 and Title 49 C.F.R., Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Office of the Secretary, Part 21, Nondiscrimination in Federally-assisted programs of the Department of Transportation issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises as defined at 49 CFR Part 23 will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, national origin, or sex in consideration for an award. The City encourages minority and women-owned firms to submit bids consistent with the City’s policy to insure that such firms are afforded the maximum practicable opportunity to compete for and obtain public contracts.

The Contractor will be required to comply with all local, State, and Federal laws and regulations pertaining to equal employment opportunities.

The City anticipates awarding this project to the successful bidder and intends to give Notice to Proceed as soon as the Contract and all required associated documents are executed in full. However, regardless of the date of award, or Notice to Proceed, the Contractor must complete all work under this project by October 31, 2015.

RESERVATION OF RIGHTS: The City of Federal Way reserves the right to reject any and all bids, waive any informalities or minor irregularities in the bidding, and determine which bid or bidder meets the criteria set forth in the bid documents. No bidder may withdraw his bid after the hour set for the opening thereof unless the award is delayed for a period exceeding thirty (30) days.

Published in the Federal Way Mirror January 9, and January 16 2015 FWM 2191

NOTICE OF MASTER LAND USE APPLICATION AND OPTIONAL DETERMINATION OF NONSIGNIFICANCE (DNS) Project Name: Kim Residential Redevelopment and Stream Setback Intrusion Project Description: Proposed action includes removing a stream from an underground culvert and creating a stream course above ground on the subject property. The proposal also includes removing the existing residence and constructing a new residence on the subject property. The new residential structure and associated improvements are pro-

posed to be located within the 50-foot stream setback area. Intrusion into the 50-foot stream setback requires review and approval by the Hearing Examiner following a public hearing.

Applicant: Chin-Sup Kim Applicant Agent: Soundview Consultants LLC Project Location: 29424 2nd Avenue SW, Federal Way, WA 98023 Application Received: June 12, 2013 Determined Complete: January 5, 2015 Notice of Application: January 16, 2015 Environmental Review: Based upon review of a completed environmental checklist, and other information on file with the city, it is likely that the Responsible Official will determine that the project will not have a probable significant adverse impact on the environment and expects to issue a Determination of Nonsignificance (DNS) for this project.

The optional DNS process in WAC 197-11-355 is being used. This may be your only opportunity to comment on the environmental impacts of the proposed project. The proposal may include mitigation measures under applicable codes and policies.

Additionally, the review process may incorporate or require mitigation measures regardless of whether an environmental impact statement (EIS) is prepared. A copy of the subsequent threshold determination for the specific proposal may be obtained upon request.

Agencies, tribes, and the public are encouraged to review and comment on the proposed project and its probable environmental impacts. Environmental comments must be submitted by the date noted below.

Permits Under Review: Process IV Stream Setback Intrusion (File #13-102595-00-UP), and State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) Threshold Determination (File #13-102596-00-SE) Existing Environmental Documents & Required Studies: Habitat Assessment Report and Stream Restoration Plan for Kim Residence by Soundview Consultants LLC, dated June 2013; Storm Water Technical Information Report by Contour Engineering LLC, dated December 2014; and Environmental Checklist.

Development Regulations Used for Project Mitigation: Federal Way Revised Code (FWRC) Title 14, “Environmental Policy;” Title 16, “Surface Water Management” and Title 19, “Zoning and Development Code” Public Comment & Appeals: Comments regarding the environmental (SEPA) components of the application are due January 30, 2015. Comments regarding the Process IV stream setback intrusion application may be submitted to the Hearing Examiner by delivering these comments to the Community Development Department prior to the public hearing date, or by giving these directly to the Hearing Examiner at the public hearing. Only the applicant, persons who submit written or verbal comments to the Hearing Examiner, or persons who specifically request a copy of the written decision may appeal the Hearing Examiner’s decision, which is the final decision by the city. Details of appeal procedures for the decision will be included with the written decision.

Issuance of Final Environmental Determination: The final Determination of Nonsignificance (DNS) may be issued without a second comment period, unless timely comments identify probable significant adverse impacts that were not considered by the Notice of Optional DNS. A copy of the DNS may be obtained upon request.

Availability of File: The official project file is available for public review at the Department of Community Development, 33325 8th Avenue South, Federal Way, WA 98003 Staff Contact: Jim Harris, Contract Planner 253-835-2652 or jim.harris@cityoffederalway.com Published in the Federal Way Mirror January 16, 2015 FWM 2194

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Lawmakers launch session introducing some unusual proposals Proposed bills include decriminalizing heroin possession, allowing teenagers to taste alcohol

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ould your legislator ever consider decriminalizing heroin possession? Or maybe turning

the Supreme Court justices’ elections partisan? What about allowing teenagers to taste alcohol?

The 2015 legislative session is just getting started, but already some proposed

bills are likely to turn a few heads.

Sixteen Republicans and three Democrats have sponsored House Bill 1051, which would require Supreme Court justices — but no other judicial officer in the state — to declare a partisan affiliation when running for election.

One sponsor, Rep. Hans Dunshee, D-Snohomish, has called the bill more of a poke at the Supreme Court than a genuine attempt to pass legislation.

The bill comes in response to the Supreme Court’s 2012 McCleary decision, which requires legislators to pass fundamental reforms to state education funding.

The bill’s sponsors believe the Supreme Court violated the separation of powers by telling legislators explicitly what to do, and therefore “should be considered partisan like the

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...obituaries Raymond C. Brandes Age 84, departed this world on 1/11/2015 after a protracted illness in the presence of his loving wife and oldest son.

Ray honorably served as a trainer and meteorologist for the US Navy during both the Korean and Vietnam wars retiring after 20 years. He earned his anthropology/ sociology degree from Western Washington University and soon after worked as a social worker with the Red Cross at Ft. Chaffee, AR helping assimilate thousands of refugees fleeing Vietnam after the fall of Saigon.

Throughout his life, Ray was a lover of all people, a gentle soul, and an avid reader, keenly interested in other cultures and civilizations.

Ray is survived by his sister Beth; his wife of 61 years, Barbara; and eight children: Gabrielle, Benjamin, David, Timothy, Rebecca, Rachel, Ramona and Seadon (Tor).

He is also survived by 21 grandchildren, 19 greatgrandchildren and one great-great-grandson.

He was predeceased by his brother Jim and his granddaughter Cami.

Graveside services will held 1/20/2015 at 1:00PM at Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent, WA, followed by a memorial service at 2:30 PM at The Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints, located at 7520 25th Ave East, Tacoma, WA.

legislature,” according to the bill’s first section.

Sen. Jan Angel, R-Port Orchard, has sponsored Senate Bill 5008, which would amend the state definition of a “beverage” to exclude beer and other malt drinks.

The proposal is all about the container, though not the liquid inside. The bill would allow business owners to sell beer in a new type of container with a recyclable lid. That type of bottle is prohibited under current law.

HB 1004, co-sponsored

by Rep. Larry Springer, DKirkland, and nine others, would allow community colleges and universities to hold alcohol tastings for those over the age of 18.

It would also allow people between the ages of 18 and 21 to taste alcohol in relevant courses, such as viticulture.

Rep. Sherry Appleton,

The neighbor told police she regularly cares for the woman because she lives alone. She had recently filled a prescription for the woman three days ago but noticed she had already taken the entire 30 day supply.

The neighbor said the woman does not eat and has difficulty driving home from church. When interviewed by police, the woman was able to comprehend the conversation but immediately forgets after. Her residence was livable but police noted random prescription pills scattered around.

Sister calls police on man at movies: At 7:20 p.m. on Jan. 11 in the 2500 block of S. Gateway Center Boulevard, a 16-year-old girl called police to report an unknown man had touched her 4-year-old sister at the movie theater.

She said the man had, what appeared to be, his daughter with him and she was running around the lobby. When his daughter ran close to the girl’s sister, the man held his hands out to her and touched her at the same time. The teenager told him to stop and he walked away without saying anything. The police report states the older sister thought he was attempting to kidnap her little sister.

Woman runs to Winco Foods after being choked: At 4:56 p.m. on Jan. 10 in the 900 block of SW Campus Drive, a 28-year-old man was arrested for choking his girlfriend and then following her to Winco Foods after she tried to break up with him.

After he choked her at an apartment, the woman ran outside to the grocery store and hid behind some pallets as she called 911. She stated she did not want the man to go to jail because they have children in common but let

D-Poulsbo, co-sponsored HB 1024, which would remove the felony classification from drug possession charges, reducing them to simple misdemeanors.

The bill is set to be presented to the House Public Safety Committee on Jan. 16, but Appleton believes it’s too early to predict how the proposal will do.

“I expect that moving this through the Legislature will be a big challenge, and I can’t predict whether we’ll make it this year or not,” she said via email. “What I hope to accomplish is to improve on the situation we now have, which finds us with people still incarcerated in our state for simple possession.”

Appleton’s identical bill last year never made it to the House floor. But proposing the same bill multiple times is not uncommon in the Legislature.

“All ideas need to start

officers photograph her neck and write a statement for her, which she did not sign.

Homeless man steals shoes: At 1:56 p.m. on Jan. 10 in the 1700 block of S. Commons, a man stole a pair of shoes worth $20 from Sears by putting them on, discarding his old shoes and walking out without paying. When police caught up with him, he admitted to stealing the shoes but only because he was homeless. Mall security trespassed him for one year.

Boy claims he didn’t hurt girlfriend: At 3:04 p.m. on Jan. 10 in the 2000 block of S. 327th Lane, police responded to a 16-year-old boy who was distraught because of a fight with his 20-year-old girlfriend. He said he was afraid that her mother would call police and accuse him of trying to break into their apartment and assault his girlfriend.

He also told police she has a cut on her wrist that he was not responsible for. Police contacted a neighbor who witnessed the events and she confirmed that the boy did nothing wrong and that she had heard his girlfriend’s mother yelling that she was going to call police on the boy for trying to break into their apartment. Police went to St. Francis Hospital to locate the boy’s girlfriend but she was not there. No one has been arrested or charged at this time.

Aggressive man committed: At 7:46 p.m. on Jan. 10 in the 31200 block of 23rd Ave. S., officers responded to an elderly man suffering from dementia who had refused care but was in dire need.

Upon arrival, police saw the man sitting asleep in a chair with brown feces running down his leg. As soon as they placed him on a gurney, he became combative and cursed vigorously. Hospital staff reported they had been unable to care for him because of his aggression and that he

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somewhere,” said independent pollster Stuart Elway. “If they know it’s not going to pass this time, maybe next time or five years down the road it’ll gain traction. There’s a lot of [bills] that take two or three sessions before they ever make it further along.”

Among other interesting bills is a measure to outlaw breed-based dog bans, which some dog owners believe unfairly target certain breeds without the science to back up the bans.

Another proposed bill would create an advisory committee to set East Asian-medicine standards.

The fate or future of any of these proposals rests with the legislative process that opened Monday in Olympia.

For the curious, bills filed and their hearing schedule if referred to committee may be accessed at app.leg. wa.gov/billinfo/

had threatened to hurt them and anyone who came to help him.

Heroin found on shoplifter: At 7:51 p.m. on Jan. 10 in the 1900 block of S. Commons, a man “rapidly” grabbed $2,534 worth of Macy’s merchandise and fled the store. He attempted to make it to a getaway vehicle but was caught by police. Upon searching the man, police found .26 grams of heroin, marijuana and drug paraphernalia used for heroin and methamphetamine.

Suicidal homeless man seeks help: At 8:11 p.m. on Jan. 10 in the 1200 block of S. 320th St., a man called 911 to report that he wanted to commit suicide by jumping over the Interstate 5 overpass. He said he was depressed because he is homeless and is “tired of the bullsh*t.” He also said he has a history of mental health problems.

Drunk woman has a seizure: At 11:15 a.m. on Jan. 9 in the 34500 block of Ninth Ave. S., nursing staff in the emergency room at St. Francis Hospital called police for a possible abuse-topatient case.

A 26-year-old woman was brought into the emergency room by her 20-year-old brother because she was having a seizure from an unknown injury or illness. The nurse observed blood on her brother’s shorts. He said she had been drinking heavily last night and when she came home she started having seizures.

Her brother insisted there was no fight or assault and that the blood on his shorts was from a cut on his thumb he received while trying to carry her to the car. Police confirmed that neither brother or sister had any visible injuries but had Kent police do a welfare check at their residence. The officer said there were no signs of suspicious activity and their statements matched the story.

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January 17

Family Health & Safety Fair: This free event will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 17 at the Federal Way Community Center. Over 30 health and safety vendors will be represented along with the Federal Way police K-9 unit and South King Fire and Rescue. Cholesterol and glucose screening is available for just $10.

Planting at West Hylebos Wetlands: Join EarthCorps and Friends of the Hylebos from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 17 at 411 S. 348th St. to replant the West Hylebos Wetlands Park with native trees, shrubs and ground cover. For more information, contact Dhira Brown at dhira@ earthcorps.org.

January 19

Rainier Audubon Society: The Rainier Audubon Society will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 19 at Federal Way United Methodist Church, 29645 51st Ave. S. Presentation entitled “South Georgia Island” delivered by Jim Danzenbaker.

January 20-23

Martin Luther King Jr. Week: Highline College will host its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Week with free events and workshops for the public. Presenters will focus on the theme “Many Faces: Responsibility, Resistance and Reality.” All events will be held on Highline College’s main campus in Des Moines. For a schedule of events, visit http:// multiculturalaffairs.highline.edu/ mlkweek.php. For more information, contact Highline’s Office of Multicultural Affairs at mca@highline.edu or 206-592-3296.

Women’s Club of Federal Way: Lunch meeting begins at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 21 at Twin Lakes Golf and Country Club.

Universal dancer, Suzanna, will perform. Newcomers welcome.

Cost is $15; call 253-927-2766 to reserve a spot.

Anime Club for Teens: Group will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 21 at the Federal Way Library, 34200 First Way S. Some anime titles may be rated PG-13.

For more information, call 253838-3668.

League of Women VotersCampaign Finance Reform: Join the League of Women Voters at their monthly meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. at Foundation House, 32290 First Ave. S. For more information, contact Cindy Piennett at cindypiennett@gmail.com, call 253-7779864 or visit www.seattlelwv.org

January 22-25

Girls Night - The Musical: Show will be performed from 8 to 10 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 22; Friday, Jan. 23; Saturday, Jan. 24; and Sunday, Jan. 25 at Knutzen Family Theatre, 3200 SW Dash Point Road.

Cost is $10-30. For more information, call 253-661-1444 or visit www.centerstagetheatre.com.

January 23-25

Art Show: An art show and reception featuring photography, painting and various textiles will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 23 at Brookdale Foundation House, 32290 First Ave. S. Reception will include music, wine and appetizers. Artwork featured has been created by residents from several Brookdale communities and will also be on display from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 24 and Sunday, Jan. 25. For information, call Dru or Tina at 253-838-8823.

January 24

Brooklake Christian School Open House: The campus will be open for tours and meeting teachers from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Jan. 24 at 629 S. 356th St. For more information, contact the school office at 253-517-8247 or email school@brooklake.org.

Caring for the Caregivers: Chaplain Michael Byrd will present a compassionate and heartfelt talk about successfully navigating the caregiving experience from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Jan. 24 at Federal Way United Methodist Church, 29645 51st Ave. S. Chaplain Byrd has worked at Wesley for 14 years with families of all faiths and denominations. For more information, call 253-839-9220.

January 25

Free Beginner Yoga Class: Three Trees Yoga will offer a free class for beginners from noon to 1:15 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 25 at 204 S 348th St., Suite 2. Preregistration is recommended. Visit www.threetreesyoga.com for more details.

Meet the Author-Phillip Douglas: Federal Way author Phillip Douglas will discuss his newly released medical mystery “Spirit Made Smaller” at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 25 at the Federal Way Library, 34200 First Way S. For information, call 253-838-3668.

Swing Concert: Sizzling Swing Time: Federal Way Symphony’s swing band plays from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 25 at 515 312th St. For more information, contact Anna at 253-529-9857 or e-mail anna@federalwaysymphony.org.

January 26

Between the Covers Book Group: Group will meet to discuss the book “Yes, Chef: A Memoir by Marcus Samuelsson” at 1 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 26 at the Federal Way Library, 848 S. 320th St. For more

Centerstage Theater presents “Girls Night — The Musical” this month. Front, left to right, Hilary Heinz, Anna Clausen, Kate Alden, Meg McLynn; rear, Alicia Mendez. Courtesy of Michell Smith Lewis information, call 253-839-0257 or visit www.kcls.org Federal Way Relay for Life Kickoff Meeting: Learn about exciting things coming up in the new year and plans for the event from 6 to 7 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 26 at the Federal Way Community Center, 876 South 333rd St. For more information, contact Misty Cline at federalwayrelay@gmail. com or call 253-845-5641.

January 27

Single Seniors Dine Out: Join other single seniors, 55 years and older from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 27 at Denny’s, 2132 S. 320th St. For more information, contact Barbara at 253-332-4126 or bbdineout@gmail.com.

January 28

Introduction to Yoga: Daniela Cawthorn will teach an introductory yoga session at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 28 at the Federal Way Library, 848 S. 320th St. For more information, call 253-8390257.

January 29

Game On: Middle, junior and high school students will compete against each other on Super Smash Bros. Brawl for Wii from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 29 at the Federal Way Library, 848 S. 320th St. Registration is from 4 to 4:30 p.m., warm up begins 4:30 p.m.

For more information, call 253839-0257.

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Art History Class: Classes on 20th century art will be held from 9:30 a.m. until noon on Fridays in January and February at Village Green Retirement Campus, Fairfiled Building, 35419 First Ave. S. Cost for non-residents is $55 per quarter. For more information, call Jane Fitch at 253-435-7409.

One-on-One Resume Assistance: A library volunteer can provide 45 minutes of one-on-one assistance writing or updating resumes. Registration required. For days and times, call 253-839-0257.

Computer Classes: Library volunteers provide computer classes

or one-on-one help to learn email, Excel, Facebook, PowerPoint, Publisher, Word and more at the Federal Way Library, 34200 First Way S. For dates and times, call the library at 253-838-3668 or visit www.kcls.org.

Citizenship Classes: Learn how to become a United States Citizen at 6:30 p.m. on Monday evenings at the Federal Way Library, 34200 First Way S. Study for the interview and exam, and practice reading, writing, listening and speaking English in a friendly environment.

No class on Jan. 19. For more information, visit www.kcls.org or call 253-839-3668.

Legal Clinic: The King County Bar Association provides free 30-minute consultations with volunteer attorneys regarding civil legal issues at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays at the Federal Way Library, 34200 First Way S. Attorneys cannot represent clients but can refer to other assistance. Available by appointment only. Call 206-267-7070 between 9 a.m. and noon, Tuesday through Thursday. [ more CALENDAR page 30 ]

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[30] January 16, 2015 Federal Way 320th Library, 848 S. [ CALENDAR, page 29 ] English as a Second Language Classes: Classes to learn English grammar, reading, writing and conversation skills with an experienced instructor will be held at 6 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Federal Way Library, 34200 First Way S. For more information, visit www.kcls.org or call 253-8393668.

Super Wednesday- Afterschool Adventures: After school program for students grades three through five from 3:30 to 5 p.m. every Wednesday at the Federal Way 320th Library, 848 S. 320th St. For more information, visit www. kcls.org or call 253-839-0257.

Daytime Playtime: Family program for ages 1 to 3 accompanied by an adult at 11:30 a.m. every Thursday at Federal Way 320th Library, 848 S. 320th St. For more information, visit www.kcls.org.

Spanish Story Time: Family program for all ages at 7 p.m. every Wednesday at the Federal Way 320th Library, 848 S. 320th St. For more information, visit www.kcls. org or call 253-839-0257.

Family Story Time: Family story and song program for ages 3 to 6 at 1:30 p.m. every Friday at the

320th St. For more information, visit www.kcls.org or call 253-8390257.

Pajamarama Story Time: Family program for all ages at 7 p.m. every Tuesday at the Federal Way Library, 34200 First Way S. For more information, visit www.kcls. org or call 253-838-3668.

Young Toddler Story Time: Family program for ages 1 and 2 accompanied by an adult at 10:15 a.m. every Thursday at Federal Way 320th Library, 848 S. 320th St. For more information, visit www. kcls.org.

Toddler Story Time: Family program for ages 2 and 3 accompanied by an adult at 10:15 a.m. every Wednesday at the Federal Way Library, 34200 First Way S. and 11 a.m. every Thursday at Federal Way 320th Library, 848 S. 320th St. For more information, visit www. kcls.org.

Preschool Story Time: Family program for ages 3 to 6 accompanied by an adult at 11 a.m. every Wednesday at the Federal Way Library, 34200 First Way S. For more information, visit www.kcls. org or call 253-838-3668.

Study Zone: Drop-in from 4 to 8

www.federalwaymirror.com p.m. Sunday through Thursday and from 4 to 6 p.m. on Fridays for free homework help from volunteer tutors at the Federal Way Library, 34200 First Way S. For more information, visit www.kcls.org or call 253-838-3668.

Join the club

Veterans of Foreign Wars: VFW Post 2886 meets at 7:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of every month at Steel Lake Presbyterian Church, 1829 S. 308th St. For more information, contact Tom Leonard at thomasc29@msn.com or call 253-927-1615.

Kiwanis Club: The Kiwanis Club of Greater Federal Way meets for breakfast from 7:30-8:30 a.m. every Tuesday at Denny’s restaurant on 320th Street. For more information or to inquire about membership dues, contact Marie Sciacqua at sciacqua05@gmail.com or 253-941-7060. www.greaterfederalwaykiwanis.org Lions Club: The Federal Way Lions Club meets at noon the first and third Tuesday of each month at Denny’s restaurant on 320th.

For more information, contact Bob Darrigan at 253-874-4282.

Chess Club: The club meets from

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9-10:15 a.m. every Saturday at the LDS Church building, room 13, 841 S. 308th St., Federal Way. For information, visit www.fwchessclub. com or call Don Hyun at 206-9482640.

Twin Lakes Toastmasters Club: Club meets from 6:30 to 7:55 p.m. on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month at Twin Lakes Golf and Country Club. For more information, contact Don Everly Smith at TwinLakesToastmasters@gmail.com or call 425241-4888.

Town Criers Toastmasters Club: Polish your public speaking and leadership skills at this weekly meeting, which runs 6:45 to 7:45 a.m. Thursdays at Panera Bread restaurant, 2107 S. 320th St. Contact toastmaster2577@gmail.com or 253-735-5749.

The St. Francis Hospital Auxiliary: Group meets at 6:30 p.m. with meeting beginning at 7 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month in the Medical Office building, located next to St. Francis Hospital. Call Andrea at 253- 944-7960.

Freedom From Tobacco Support Group: Group meets from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. every Thursday, at St. Francis Hospital, oncology waiting area. For more information, call Heidi Henson, at 253426-6746.

South King County GlutenFree Support Group: These free meetings are held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. the third Monday of the month at Marlene’s Market and Deli, 2565 S. Gateway Center Place. Speakers include respected dietitians, naturopaths, restaurant owners and more. Contact alandnanherg@hotmail.com or 253-839-3499.

Crazy Quilters of Federal Way: Group meets second and fourth Thursdays, starting with social hour at 6 p.m., at Avalon Care Center, 135 S. 336th St., Federal Way. Call 253-344-1767.

Adolescents of Divorce: Space is available in an adolescent patient divorce group for kids ages 10-17. The group meets monthly from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month. The cost is $32 for a group. Initial assessment with a therapist will be conducted prior to the first group. Contact Tracey Hunt at 253-335-2412.

Volunteer

Historical Society of Federal Way: Volunteer opportunities include collections care, greeting public at public events, docents for historic Denny and Barker cabins, computer work, building maintenance and phone calling. For more information, contact Diana Noble-

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Federal Way Coalition Against Trafficking Opportunities: Local non-profit is seeking volunteers for various positions, including website manager, funding coordinator, event coordinator and graphic design coordinator. Email info@fwcat.org for more information.

Volunteer Chore Services: This Catholic Community Service program is committed to providing in-home chore assistance to elders and adults with disabilities, helping them to remain in their own home for as long as safely possible.

Volunteers provide assistance with the following tasks: transportation, shopping, housework, laundry, minor home repair, communications (phone buddy) and yard work. To learn more about this rewarding opportunity, contact Tiffany Perri at TiffanyP@ccsww.org or 253850-2525.

Drivers needed: Volunteer drivers are needed to transport elderly residents in King County. Contact: 206-326-2800 or resource.l@ghc. org.

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