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Arsons keeping residents on edge BY ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com
Someone is setting fires, scaring the hell out of everybody. Last Thursday the activities of the arsonist yet unknown brought more than 100 rattled Auburn residents to the Dick Scobee Elementary School gym to hear what police and fire officials had to say. Residents pressed for better communication with law
Jason and Cinnamon Miles prepare to send a shipment of purses to Zambia as part of their business’ nonprofit, Sew Powerful. Handmade purses are sent to Sew Powerful from all over the world, packed with re-usable sanitary pads and health information that can make a tremendous difference in the lives of adolescent girls. JOANNA KRESGE, for the Auburn Reporter
ONLINE AND STOREFRONT New creative space may help revitalize Main Street
BY JOANNA KRESGE For the Auburn Reporter
Online retailer Liberty Jane Clothing recently opened a storefront location on Main Street in downtown Auburn.
In August, the company, led by the husband and wife team of Jason and Cinnamon Miles, began a crowd-sourced Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for the move [ more STORE page 10 ]
Community remembers ‘giving’ Berry BY ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com
“She was like everybody’s grandma.” So one man summed up Donnie Berry at her memorial service last Saturday afternoon at Auburn’s St. Matthew Episcopal Church. Heads nodded. Because of course, Berry was that, yet so much more to so
many people. An active volunteer in the Auburn community for 40 years, she gave generously of her time to the Berry Auburn Valley YMCA, was a member of Auburn Rotary Club, volunteered
many hours to Relay for Life for the American Cancer Society, taught safe driving to seniors, and regularly visited inmates as part of a prison ministry. And, according to her friend and fellow church member, Carolyn Smith, when the occasion demanded it, she could be a memorable whip cracker over [ more BERRY page 22 ]
authorities, assurances that someone was following up on tips, regular updates. Clearly, however, many left without getting the answers they’d been looking for. “You’re not hearing me,” one frustrated Auburn resident told police and fire officials again and again. Valley Regional Fire Authority [ more ARSONS page 7 ]
Green River faculty issue vote of no confidence in Board of Trustees BY HEIDI SANDERS hsanders@kentreporter.com
The Green River College faculty union last week sent a vote of no confidence in the college’s Board of Trustees to Gov. Jay Inslee’s office. “The faculty after quite a lot of deliberation – deliberation that began many, many months ago – have taken an action that we very much hoped to avoid when
months ago we began to pursue it, ” United Faculty president Jaeney Hoene told the board about the no confidence vote during its meeting Nov. 18. Tensions between faculty and administrators and the board have been high on campus for the past several months after the college announced the possible [ more COLLEGE page 7 ]
TAKE ME HOME Treasure Call shows her son, Finnigan, 2, the cat Turboman during the third annual Subaru Share the Love Adoption event last Saturday. More details, page 11. RACHEL CIAMPI, Auburn Reporter
AveKids: The Elves & The Toymaker| Dec. 5, 6:30 pm | $8 | Auburn Ave. Theater V. Contreras | Dec. 11, 7:30 pm | $17/15| Auburn Ave. Theater Tickets: www.auburnwa.gov/arts | 253-931-3043 Ted Vigil’s John Denver Christmas Show | Dec. 19, 7:30 pm | $20/18 | Auburn Ave. Theater 1426599