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This Week... • The Sumner School District is holding four
open houses for residents to discuss the upcoming February 2016 bond measure that will be on the spring ballot. The first open house is from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Oct. 20 at Mountain View Middle School, and the topic will focus on additions to the middle school. The following meetings are Oct. 21 at Emerald Hills Elementary, Oct. 22 at Bonney Lake High School and Oct. 27 at Maple Lawn Elementary. All meetings are from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
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Enumclaw City Council Position 2 debate | Final Week By Dennis Box
Open Question
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Editor’s Note: This is the final week of the newspaper debate between incumbent Darrel Dickson and challenger Kimberly Lauk for City Council Position 2. Ballots must be postmarked Nov. 3.
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The questions were written by the Courier-Herald editorial staff.
You may use up to 300 words to clarify a position, rebut a statement made by your opponent or discuss an issue you believe should be highlighted. • Kimberly Lauk Sadly, I am having to use this section to answer Mr. Dickson’s hit pieces he has
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last pregnancy three years ago, I got a rare but deadly pregnancy related condition that caused my liver to shut down and almost killed my unborn child. I went though months of difficult, costly and painful procedures to save the life of my baby, including late night visits to
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In their own words | Bonney Lake Council Position 2 candidate profiles Editor’s Note: Courier-Herald reporter Ray Still interviewed Bonney Lake residents David Baus and Justin Evans, who are running for Position 2 on the Bonney Lake City Council. Additional interview information will be online at www.blscourierherald.com
Dave Baus
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been mailing out against me and calling citizens about in recent weeks. 85 percent of his attacks are simply untrue and I will not respond to them. Two issues are true. My husband and I did declare bankruptcy and we did need temporary food assistance. Here is why: During my
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Justin Evans
Ray Still: What do you do for a living and what experience do you have that qualifies you to be a City Council member? Dave Baus: I am a developer (with Village Concepts). I have been a residential multi-family housing developer for 23 years. I went to school for urban planning and did an internship with an affordable housing developer in Idaho and from there, I lived in five different states. I developed roughly 30 plus communities in five different states.
Ray Still: What do you do for a living, and what experience do you have that qualifies you for City Council? Justin Evans: I am a production manager of a machine shop in Sumner. Prior to that, I worked for a construction manager building Starbucks. Before that, I used to work in campaigns. I volunteered. I really got into it in 2000 when I worked for the “Get Out The Vote” cam-
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SEE EVANS, PAGE 5
Buckley candidates vie for City Council Position 4 B� K���� H����� Senior Writer
Editor’s Note: The two candidates running for Buckley City Council Position 4, Beau Burkett and Chuck Helmer, answered four questions submitted by CourierHerald editorial staff.
Ballots for the general election must be postmarked Nov. 3.
Question 1
Are you satisfied with Buckley as it exists today or do you support change? Beau Burkett Buckley is a great place to live and raise children.
Buckley is also a great place to operate a business. I support change as much as it is inevitable in Buckley. It is how our city will change related to outside influence both required and not, as well as internal issues that cause my greatest concern. Chuck Helmer I am generally satisfied
with Buckley as it exists today, but improvements are needed in our leadership philosophy and practices. More transparency is needed in our governance. Independent thinking after careful study of the issues is needed to assure that the vote of the council members is based on
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understanding of the issue, not just a vote that follows the status quo or popular opinion.
Question 2
If a new direction is needed, what would be your No. 1 priority as a member
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