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Officials urge drastic action to improve recycling habits Improved efforts needed to extend the life of county’s only landfill
BY ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com
King County’s 920-acre Cedar Hills Landfill in Maple Valley takes in about 800,000 tons of solid waste a year off the trucks hauling com-
pacted residential and commercial solid waste from transfer stations, and buries it. But as Pat McLaughlin, King County director of Solid Waste, told Auburn’s leaders recently, 78 percent of the stuff could be recycled, which
means Cedar Hills is filling up much faster than need be. By 2030, he said, barring drastic action, Cedar Hills will run out of room. When that happens the county, according to its 2001 Solid Waste Management Plan, will have to
contract with an out-of-county landfill for long-term disposal, for $10-to-$15 million more than it costs today. Higher costs it will pass on to customers. [ more RECYCLE page 7 ]
Council wants more answers before adopting metering system BY ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com
Son Do of Auburn performs a “skittlectomy” during Nurse Camp at Tacoma General Hospital last week. More than 100 students from high schools throughout the South Puget Sound got a close look at careers
in nursing at MultiCare Health System’s 12th annual camp. Students practiced skills, and toured operating rooms, emergency departments and patient rooms at MultiCare’s five hospitals. COURTESY PHOTO, Patrick Hagerty
YOUNG HANDS EAGER TO LEARN AND HELP Students apply skills, touch at MultiCare Nurse Camp
BY MARK KLAAS mklaas@kentreporter.com
Son Do wants to help people in the way others have helped his mother. A career in medicine might be just the way to do that. “I always had a passionate thing about helping people,”
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said Do, 15, of Auburn. “My mom always had compassionate people helping her at the hospital.” Do was among more than 100 high school students throughout the South Puget Sound who got a hands-on look at careers in nursing and other specialties at MultiCare
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Health System’s 12th annual Nurse Camp July 20-24. During the camp, students try out medical devices, perform “Skittlectomies” on mannequins, practice suturing on pig kidneys, and shadow professional nurses and other [ more CAMP page 11 ]
On July 20 the Auburn City Council was ready to vote on entering into a $5.4 million contract with Ferguson Waterworks to outfit Auburn and its 14,000 water customers with an automated metering and billing system. But, beset by questions about the system and the changeover, council members put off the vote to their first meeting in August to provide City staff time to Wagner hunt up answers. For instance, a response to Councilman Rich Wagner’s question: how much future capital would the City save with the new system? [ more METERING page 4 ]
Man pleads not guilty to slayings at Les Gove Park BY ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com
A 39-year-old man charged with shooting and killing two people at Les Gove Park in Auburn on July 5 pleaded not guilty July 23 to two counts of second-degree murder and one count of first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm. [ more PLEA page 4 ]
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spend $10 or more with a market vendor and then visit the Market Info. Booth to pick up a free kitchen gadget (limited to the first 300 people)