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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2015
Plans for center moving ahead
GOVERNOR VISITS
BY ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com
In 2014, the City of Auburn scrapped its original plan to build a community center at the south end of the Les Gove Community campus when the project threatened to exceed its
budget. Now the City is moving full speed ahead on its less pricey alternative at the north end, adjacent to the Activities Center – a community and youth center that will serve generations. No longer a prospect, this one
is going to happen. On Monday evening, City Councilmembers got an update from Stan Lokting, principal of ARC Architects, whose firm is designing the $9 million Auburn Community and Youth Center. [ more CENTER page 3 ]
Gov. Jay Inslee, right, joins Mayor Nancy Backus and Terry Seaman, vice president of Seidelhuber Iron & Bronze Works, during a tour of Auburn’s WorkSource Center on Tuesday. The governor talked with specialists and job seekers about the programs and services that are helping people find work, particularly veterans. ROBERT WHALE, Auburn Reporter
Auburn center helping more people find work BY ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com
During a class at Auburn’s WorkSource Center late Tuesday afternoon, “Steven” laid out for the guest interviewer what it had been like looking for work over the past three weeks. And the positive experience he’s had working with one of the center’s veteran representatives who has connected him with area employers looking for veterans like Steven with skills transferrable to a job position. Though, so far, no luck. “That’s why I’m in the class because I’ve been out of the civilian
Braylynn Palmer, survivor of four open-heart surgeries, is seeing her wishes come true with the help of Zones, Inc. JULIE LINN, For the Auburn Reporter
loop for so long or have applied for a job,” Steven explained. “I know things have changed over the years. I am in this class so I can learn how to get into the interview process because this is all new to me.” How are things different, the man wanted to know? “… Sir, the military way is very cut and dry. They look at how you compose yourself, but in these job interviews it’s a completely different type thing because I am not moving forward from a job I am already in.” His interviewer, who happened to be Gov. Jay Inslee on a brief trip to [ more VISIT page 2 ]
MAT KING
Auburn’s Sam Lindsey, top, battles Peninsula’s Luke Holsinger for the 182-pound championship at Mat Classic XXVII in the Tacoma Dome last Saturday. Lindsey scored a 2-0 victory. Story, photos, page 9. RACHEL CIAMPI, Auburn Reporter
Zones reaches community through heart of a girl BY JULIE LINN For the Auburn Reporter
One recent afternoon, Braylynn Palmer was diligently cleaning crusty pizza sauce off the laminated cardboard pages of a Disney Princess book. Her boisterous personality and sharp replies to questions would
never suggest that at four years of age, she had already had four openheart surgeries. But the pale, pink line peeking out of her “Frozen” T-shirt was the flesh-and-blood attestation to the trials that have already tested her young life. Braylynn was born with hypoplastic left-heart syndrome, a life-threatening condition in which one side of a heart
fails to develop. Doctors informed Crystal Palmer, Braylynn’s mother, about the condition during her pregnancy and suggested an abortion. For religious reasons, and because of the difficulty she’d had conceiving, Palmer said no, and carried Braylynn to term. [ more ZONES page 4 ]
What the World Needs Now: The Bacharach/David Songbook | March 7, 7:30 pm |$17/$15 | Auburn Ave. Theater Mr. Speed, Kiss Tribute | March 13 & March 14, 7:30 pm | $20/$18 | Auburn Ave. Theater www.auburnwa.gov/arts | 253-931-3043 March Comedy at the Ave | March 21, 7:30 pm | $17/$15 | Auburn Ave. Theater
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