Auburn Reporter, November 13, 2015

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2015

City, planners working to bring out the best in Les Gove Park BY ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com

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Veteran Joe Leister greets Anya Yu, 4, on Main Street during the more photos online… auburn-reporter.com 50th Auburn Veterans Day Parade last Saturday. The parade featured more than 5,000 participants, showcasing American strength of will, endurance and purpose. The parade drew an estimated 20,000 spectators. More photos, page 9. RACHEL CIAMPI, Auburn Reporter

To slightly twist a phrase, all the world needs now is another master plan. But the one rolled out at Monday’s City Council study session may be just the one the phrase talks about. Because the Les Gove Park draft plan not only tells everyone who cares about the campus what it may become in the future, it is also crucial to getting cultural, park or open space grants from other organizations to make the vision happen. “This is already a great park with tremendous character,” Guy Michaelsen, principal of Seattlebased Berger Partnership, the master plan consultant on Les Gove Park, told City leaders. “We’re starting from a great spot and trying to make it better. … You have this treasure that’s hiding in plain sight, and that’s one of the key opportunities you have here,” Michaelsen said. “It’s so that the park and surrounding campus in the long run may be seen as the gem we want it to be in the future,” said Daryl Faber, director of Auburn Parks, Arts and Recreation. [ more PARK page 8 ]

Wyatt’s way Outgoing chamber exec ready to swap busy days for family, travel BY ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com

Effervescent, upbeat, relentlessly positive, known to kick up her heels and do a jig at a good groundbreaking or ribbon cutting. For sure, Nancy Wyatt is all that. But she’s much more than people might suspect. Because when the work day is done and the chief Nancy Wyatt, retiring CEO and president of the Auburn Area Chamber of Commerce, executive officer of the Auburn Area Chamber has built many successful partnerships and projects throughout a long and fulfilling career. [ more WYATT page 7 ] ROBERT WHALE, Auburn Reporter

AveKids: The Reluctant Dragon | Nov. 14, 2 pm | $8 | Auburn Ave. Theater Tickets: www.auburnwa.gov/arts | 253-931-3043 Whipped Cream & Other Delights Tribute To Herb Alpert | Nov. 14, 7:30 pm | $20/18 | Auburn Ave. Theater Buddy, Ritchie & The Bopper | Nov. 20 & 21, 7:30 pm | $20/18 | Auburn Ave. Theater 1426589

Green River faculty opt out of program prioritization process BY HEIDI SANDERS hsanders@kentreporter.com

Green River College’s Instructional Council and faculty union have decided not to participate in the college’s program prioritization process. “We have deep, deep concerns about this process,” Jaeney Hoene, president of the United Faculty union, told the college’s Board of Trustees at its Oct. 30 meeting. “We have deep concerns about whether [ more COLLEGE page 8 ]


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