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Founder of Marlene’s Market & Deli dies at age 85 after battle with cancer
Memory of Marlene Beadle lives on By Olivia Sullivan osullivan@fedwaymirror.com
Marlene Beadle had the ability to see all the finer details of the big picture. The founder and namesake of Marlene’s Market & Deli died on June 16, but the legacy she pioneered in the natural foods industry will live on. Beadle was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 79 and endured a fierce six-year battle, family members say. “She beat the cancer, but complications
from some of the treatments caused issues and exhaustion, and eventually her body said it had enough,” said Jennifer Lehman, Beadle’s youngest daughter and the business’s finance manager. In 1968, Beadle read the book “Know Your Nutrition” by Linda Clark and then “Twinkies disappeared from our home at that time,” said Lisa Gebhardt, Beadle’s eldest daughter and the general manager of Marlene’s Market & Deli, which has locations in Federal Way and Tacoma. “She was a visionary, no doubt about
that,” Gebhardt said. “She saw that natural foods were what was important for health — whether it’s people’s health, environmental health, mental health, just all aspects.” Beadle worked for a natural foods store before purchasing it from the original owner on April 1, 1976. She changed the name to Federal Way Health Foods to reflect the community connection, but the store ultimately settled on Marlene’s Market & Deli. See MARLENE, Page 21
Make Music Day Federal Way
Founder of Marlene’s Market & Deli, Marlene Beadle pictured in the produce department. Courtesy photo
Federal Way inmates to be housed at Kent jail By Steve Hunter shunter@soundpublishing.com
The first-ever Make Music Federal Way event hosted several different booths as well as a Blood Works bus, lots of music and dancing, and smiling faces during the mildly cloudy but sunny day. Photo courtesy of Bruce Honda.
The Washington Diamonds Drill Team at the first-ever Make Music event at Town Square Park. Photo courtesy of Bruce Honda.
A Federal Way Police Officers handed out stickers to kids during Make Music Federal Way at Town Square Park on June 21. Haley Donwerth/ staff photo.
Crowds gathered to watch the Washington Diamonds Drill Team perform for the firstever Make Music Federal Way event. Haley Donwerth/ staff photo.
The city of Kent jail will house at least five inmates per day for the city of Federal Way under a three-year interlocal agreement expected to go into effect on Dec. 23. Federal Way leaders approached the city of Kent after deciding to leave a seven-city interlocal agreement with the South Correctional Entity (SCORE) regional jail in Des Moines, which opened in 2012. Federal Way officials say the city will save more than $2 million per year because of higher costs at the regional facility. Kent operates its own jail. The Kent City Council approved the contract Tuesday. The council’s Public Safety Committee on June 11 recommended that the full council adopt the agreement. The initial term would start Dec. 23, 2019 and remain in effect until Dec. 31, 2022, according to city documents. “Federal Way came to us, they do not have their own facility, and asked if we could house some of their inmates,” Assistant Kent Police Chief Jarod Kasner said to the committee. See JAIL, Page 3