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Man charged in ‘execution-style’ killings at tavern BY ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com
Cleanthony Jimerson stood above Nicholas Lindsay and Lorenzo Duncan as they lay helpless
on the ground and coldly fired numerous bullets into their bodies and heads, killing them. So numerous witnesses described to Auburn Police Detec-
tives the March 31, 2013 shootings in the parking lot outside of the Sports Page Tavern on Auburn Way North. This week the King County
Prosecutor’s office formally charged Jimerson, 29, with two counts of second-degree murder for the deaths of Lindsay, 24 and Duncan, 23, and with one
count of unlawful possession of a firearm. Also killed in the early morning melee was Antuan Greer, 21. [ more SHOOTINGS 7 ]
City to tackle issues with homelessness BY ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com
Auburn native Brocc Snyder recently asked the Auburn City Council to renew the City’s homeless ordinance, which he said would allow local homeless advocates to set up a tent city somewhere within City limits. It’s about keeping the homeless safe, he said. In the 10 days since Snyder, an elder of the Calvary Presbyterian Church in Enumclaw who ministers in Auburn, made his plea, the greater Auburn community has started to respond. Councilmembers said they have since received letters and emails from residents, some supportive, others adamantly against [ more HOMELESS page 4 ]
GIVING BACK TO AYR
Crews rescue woman from steep hillside fall
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BY ROBERT WHALE
Kiwanis Division 32 celebrated its centennial last Saturday with a oneday service project at Auburn Youth Resources, 936 Auburn Way S. More than 100 Kiwanians from 10 clubs – including Auburn and Kent – converged to give AYR a total makeover, from painting and landscaping, above, to pressure washing and moving dirt and gravel. Uyen Pho, left, and Sam Huynh from Green River Kiwanis group,
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Firefighters from the Valley Regional Fire Authority rescued an elderly woman who had fallen 150 feet down a steep embankment in southeast Auburn on April 9. The 70-year-old Auburn woman, Barbara Holt, and her two grandsons, ages 11 and 7, had been on a walk with their dog about 3 p.m. when the grandmother slid down an embankment near the 2700 block of Forest Ridge Drive Southeast. [ more RESCUE page 6 ]
AveKids: Disney’s My Son Pinocchio Jr. | April 17 & 18, 7 pm, April 18 & 19, 2 pm| $8 April Comedy at the Ave | April 24, 7:30 pm | $17/$15 www.auburnwa.gov/arts | 253-931-3043 Sing-a-long Sound of Music | April 25, 6:30 pm | $15/$13 | Auburn Ave. Theater 120152
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apply a fresh coat of paint to AYR’s interior walls. The club also placed a time capsule at the site to mark 100 years. The Kiwanians chose to make AYR into a campus-like environment from a variety of proposed projects. AYR provides services to lowincome youth and families in South King and North Pierce counties. AYR provides clinical, residential and homeless outreach to adolescent substance abuse services to more than 12,000 residents.