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Charges filed in fatal drive-by shooting Valley Cities’ project REPORTER STAFF
A 19-year-old man was charged Monday afternoon with the driveby shooting death of a father and his stepson at an Auburn bus stop
on Oct. 20. King County prosecutors have charged Froilan Hermenegildo with two counts of second degree murder, unlawful possession of a firearm in the first degree, and
possession of a stolen vehicle for allegedly killing 19-year-old Angel Mireles and his stepfather, 40-year-old Mark Rivera.
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BY MARK KLAAS mklaas@auburn-reprter.com
Valley Cities, an Auburn community behavioral health center, is spreading its wings with the Phoenix Rising project. VC’s north Auburn campus soon will open 24 additional, single-resident-occupancy units for homeless young adults (ages 18-25) with the expansion project at the corner of I Street Northeast and 27th Street Northeast. Phoenix Rising is next to VC’s community health center at 2704 I St. NE. Phoenix Rising combines supported housing, job training and services to help young
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Program puts special people to work BY MARK KLAAS mklaas@auburn-reprter.com
She’s a bundle of energy on a mission to deliver drinks, clear tables and clean windows. Betty, to the regulars. The job is challenging, sometimes overwhelming, but it is ev-
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erything to the 66-year-old Auburn woman. “I like being friendly to the visitors, picking their things up,” said Betty Ugland, taking a break from her shift at Panera Bread at Kent Station, her part-time job for the past seven years. “I’m doing well here … they want me to stay.”
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Wizard Quenten Bacon gives out candy to trick-or-treaters on Main Street last Saturday. Candy-giving merchants were part of the Halloween Festival, which included games, crafts, face painting, scary cookies and cauldrons of punch at Washington Elementary School. Trick-or-treaters then visited downtown businesses. Canned and boxed food donations supported the Auburn Food Bank. RACHEL CIAMPI, Auburn Reporter
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adults transition from homelessness to independent living. By blending housing, case management and life skills, said Ken Taylor, CEO of Valley Cities Counseling & Consultation, the project centers on furthering the young adult’s education and providing life skills. “We want people to come inside and acquire the skills that they need and begin a process of becoming clean and sober,” Taylor told the Auburn City Council at its Oct. 19 meeting. “Then we will help them move on as rapidly as possible and begin to do things that your children and my children have
Ugland is one of the many men and women who have found hope, purpose, and a steady job with the help of Trillium Employment Services, a nonprofit organization that’s committed to integrating people with intellectual disabilities
Busy at work: For seven years, Auburn’s Betty Ugland has been a part of the Panera Bread staff. MARK KLAAS,
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