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Marianne Wilson-Gumm of Wildlife Encounters, above, has Drew Kloetsch and Mirka Ochoa, students at Terminal Park Elementary, pour water on her duck, Cinnamon, during the Water Festival at Green River Community College on Tuesday. Students experienced hands-on activities pertaining to water conservation, water supply, ground and surface water and the water cycle. Magician Steffan Soule, right, performs a water trick with Adam Seek. The cities of Kent and Auburn along with partners, including Lakehaven Utility District and Soos Creek Water and Sewer District, hosted the two-day event with interactive activities for about 1,800 fourth- and fifth- grade students.
RACHEL CIAMPI, Auburn Reporter
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The City of Auburn and commu-nity organizations have coordinated a variety of events and performanc-es throughout April to highlight the legacy and ongoing achievement of
Auburn-area poets, in celebration of National Poetry Month.
Dick Brugger, Auburn’s poet laureate, and his daughter, Jessie Brugger, award-winning filmmaker (New York International Film Festi-
val award for best short animated video), kick off the month-long lineup with A Poetry Animation Evening on Thursday, April 4.
The Bruggers share their talents
Auburn community events celebrate National Poetry Month
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BY roBert WhALe
Auburn was served by inter-city passenger trains from the early 1900’s through 1981.
And for the years that Amtrak stopped in Auburn on its Seattle-to-Chicago line, the passenger train service had a station be-tween Seattle and Portland.
It’s no secret that local officials want Auburn to be an Amtrak stop once more.
“The city of Auburn has been a train town almost since its begin-
ning,” said Mayor Pete Lewis. “The reality is that Auburn has been made a central location by geography and our road system for the transportation needs of
communities from Lake Tapps and Enumclaw, Black Diamond, Maple Valley and Covington along with Algona and Pacific,”
Amtrak stop here? officials look at the possibility
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City force tidies up messy mediansBY roBert WhALe
The median under the railway trestle on Auburn Way South, its brother on 15th Street between West Valley Highway and the Valley Freeway, its sister between State Route 164 and the Muckleshoot Casino.
What links them?Well, once among the ugliest, scruffiest,
most awful of their kind on Auburn streets, they all have new dos, after the City’s adop-tion of fresh standards for median care and cleaning.
Daryl Faber, director of Auburn Parks, Arts and Recreation, suggested on Mon-day that members of the City’s Municipal Services Committee might even go out and eyeball them. [ more MeDIANS page 2 ]
pacific confirms hiring of interim city clerkBY ShAWN SKAGer
Pacific Mayor Cy Sun cast the tie-breaking vote to confirm new interim City Clerk Sandy Paul at Monday’s City Council meeting.
At a raucous meeting – featuring several outbursts from the audience – the council deadlocked in its vote for Paul’s confir-mation 3-3, with councilmembers Gary Hulsey, Joshua Putnam and Tren Walker voting yes, and Leanne Guier, John Jones
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“If you go down there now you’ll see new, drought-tolerant plants that look great and a mix of bulbs and plants,” Faber said of the sites mentioned.
The effort began in De-cember 2011 on the heels of departing councilmem-ber Sue Singer’s plea to committee members to do something about the mangy medians.
“A number one prior-ity for the council is to maintain our assets, and it’s
very frustrating to me that it is just not considered an important thing,” Singer said on that occasion.
Singer had made the plea repeatedly throughout her four terms in office, direct-ing it into the ears of two mayors and into those of a changing cast of characters on the City Council.
Where until now, some damp squib snuffed it.
This time the City took standards from Olympia and other cities, made sure all the parts fit together then worked with parks,
planning and public works staff to make a working document, a set of master guidelines.
Auburn Planner Gary Yao marshaled the tidying forces.
The guidelines must be consulted and followed by private developers or the City whenever they are improving what’s already out there or constructing new medians.
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with many of the residents of Federal Way needing to use Amtrak.
“As a longtime user of trains and a member of the National Amtrak Advi-sory Board,” Lewis added, “I understand that you cannot achieve a successful passen-ger rail system without hav-ing multiple or ‘Skip-stops,’ enabling as much of the population as possible to use the system without lessening the efficiency of the system.”
State Sen. Joe Fain (R-Auburn, District 47) recently asked the Wash-
ington State Department of Transportation to conduct a study of the Auburn area to determine if the City’s plans would work.
That study, now under full steam, is to be wrapped up in June.
The study covers the con-nections to what Amtrak calls its “Cascades Trains,” which operate between Seattle and Portland.
Auburn Transportation Planner Joe Welsh said Monday that WSDOT’s evaluation is focused heav-ily on the operational side of things, as Amtrak would have to fit the stop into the
60-plus trains a day it al-ready has on the mainline.
The state is looking also at the suitability of the Au-burn station in terms of its proximity to Amtrak’s mar-ket. What the state wants to know is whether there are enough people living within a 5-, 10- and 20-mile radius of the Auburn station who would ride the train here, where they would board and where they would park.
It also will consider the station’s proximity to trans-portation corridors.
Auburn’s station, if cho-sen, Welsh noted, would be one of the few with direct
freeway access, in this case, State Route 167.
Because Congress wants Amtrak to be self-sufficient, it plans to take away its federal subsidy. That means it will have a $3 million hole in its budget next year. One way to get more people to ride the trains is to make the stations, sometimes hard to get to and hard to park at, more acces-sible to the public.
“We’re the first place that they have actually done a study to determine whether a station would make a suit-able stop,” Welsh said. “This is actually a process they’re putting together for the first
time. They will be coming up with a recommended policy out of this study. They wanted to get more out of it than accessibility of the sta-tion, also whether a policy to move forward with.”
“Then will they apply that criterion to existing stations to see if we might be more suitable than others?” Councilman John Holman asked.
“As far as we know, they would be looking at all stations. It’s very difficult to remove a station once it’s put into service. … This part of the study is not asking, ‘stop at Auburn,
don’t stop somewhere else,’”Welsh said. “What we are looking at is when you add two additional trains, will they be able to stop here? We believe in Auburn we have a fair amount of people within a 10-to 20-mile range who really would rather come here because they can get here in 15 minutes as long as we provide them safe parking for Amtrak.”
WSDOT has said that its customer demand forecast and customer analysis will be done in April and its technical reports and poli-cies in May.
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By rOBErt WHaLE
Auburn resident Claude DaCorsi announced Monday his intention to run for Auburn City Council Position 2.
Incumbent John Partridge is running for mayor.
DaCorsi, director of capi-tal construction for the King County Housing Authority, said the $20 million worth of work that KCHA has invested in its Auburn properties in the last
few years has given him a seat at the table at a number of housing meetings and presentations, and, crucially, a chance to talk with the mayor and city staff.
The more interactions he’s had, DaCorsi said, the stronger his interest has grown in all things Auburn.
“This is something I would like to do,” DaCorsi said. “I would like to give back, but I would also like to be involved.”
DaCorsi said many positive things can happen even in the
current economic climate, but that really takes a much closer look at how the revenues and expenditures of the City are taken care of.
DaCorsi, who oversees a budget of about $25 million a year in his King County job, said he has a proven track record as a good steward of money and is always careful to ensure that the revenue and expenditure sides of the led-ger balance.
“That’s kind of one of the key things I see, that, and look-
ing at things from a fiscally conservative viewpoint,” DaCorsi said. “A lot things are happening with the federal gov-ernment and the reduction of revenues, and it
impacts us here. “The City has had a sizable
reduction in its budget for the last few years, and that will con-tinue. The City will need some good fiscal policies in place to address that, without compro-mising any of the necessary services for the City.”
Citing the most recent City cus-tomer survey, taken in 2012, Da-Corsi noted that in some areas it revealed a 50-50 split between the contents and the not so contents. That says to him that the City still has a lot of work to do to help its residents have a good place to live and work.
He is also keenly interested in development.
“I have been in construction for almost 40 years, and I see a lot of things happening that need at-tention. The Cavanaugh property has sold, and I feel that block will mean good things for the city,” DaCorsi said. “On the economic
DaCorsi to run for City CouncilDaCorsi
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The Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to 185 requests for service between March 18 and 24, among them the following:
March 18 Aid call: 2:42 p.m., (South Auburn). Firefighters and Medic One personnel responding to a baby girl in the throes of a seizure treated her at the scene
before Medic One transported her to Seattle Children’s Hospital.
March 19 Apartment fire: 1:42 a.m., (Auburn). Firefighters responded to a room-and-contents fire at the 100 block of Second Street Northwest, where they found smoke pouring out of a 2-story house that had been converted into a 4-room apartment building. Firefighters con-tained the fire to the apartment where it had started. Nobody was hurt. Turns out that somebody had inadvertently started the fire after throwing away
smoking materials. The damage is estimated at about $3,000. The fire displaced one resident.
March 20 Aid call: 1 a.m., (Lea Hill). Firefighters responding to an elderly woman suffer-ing an allergic reaction evaluated her and a private ambulance transported her to MultiCare Auburn Medical Center (MAMC).
March 23Aid call: 9:35 a.m., (South Auburn). Firefighters responding to a man with
back pain treated him at the scene and found him in stable condition. A private ambulance then transported the man to MAMC.
March 24Aid call: 7:32 p.m., (Lea Hill). Firefight-ers responding to a report of a motorcy-clist down on the roadway at the inter-section of 132nd and Southeast 304th found the person down on the roadway with minor injuries but conscious and alert. Firefighters stabilized the cyclist and transported him or her to MAMC for evaluation and treatment.
Auburn police responded to the follow-ing complaints, among many others, between March 19 and 23:
March 19Theft: 12 p.m., 28900 124th Avenue SE. Somebody swiped an iPhone from a student’s desk at Mountainview High School.
March 21Cops helping cops: 8:36 a.m., 12100 block of Southeast 312th Street. A man’s
time as an escapee on the lam from the City of Olympia’s justice came to a sud-den end in Auburn when officers caught up with him.
Vandalism: 9:22 a.m., 0 block of 16th Street Northwest. A woman complained that another woman whom she knew had taken a rock to her vehicle. Police did not disclose the reasons.
Theft: Overnight, 5 a.m., 29700 block of 57th Place South. Somebody stole a Wells Fargo travel trailer.
Forgery: 11:53 a.m., 6950 Lakeland Hills Way SE. Police arrested a girl for trying to pass a bogus check and released her to her no-doubt miffed father.
Swiped it from Fred Meyer: 2:53 p.m., 801 Auburn N. Police arrested a
man for shoplifting something or other.
Recovered vehicle: 3:32 p.m., 8801 E. Marginal Way S. A Mercedes stolen in Auburn made its way to Insurance Auto Auction in Tacoma, where police recovered it.
Vandalism: 3:31 p.m., 1101 D St. SE. While a Terminal Park Elementary School employee was working inside the school, somebody unknown tried to steal his vehicle, damaging in the pro-cess the driver’s door lock, the ignition and the plastic steering wheel cover.
Animal problem: 4:52 p.m., 2922 M St. SE. A woman reported that she had found a stray cat outside her apartment.
March 23Forgery: 9:50 a.m., 101 Auburn Way
N. Wells Fargo Bank reported a check fraud, but the account holder declined to press charges against the family member suspected of committing the bogus activity.
Vandalism: 9 p.m., 1100 block of Third Street Southeast. A woman complained that her friend’s drunk boyfriend had smashed the rear window out of her vehicle, parked in front of her residence. Police said nothing about why.
Vandalism: Overnight, 2417 Poplar St. SE. Graffitists covered an apartment complex with graffiti and smashed two windows.
Vandalism: Overnight, 700 block of K Street Southeast. Yahoos unknown smashed somebody’s windows with rocks.
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Police Blotterand James McMahon vot-ing no.
Councilman Clint Stieger was excused from the meeting.
Although Jones voted against Paul’s confirma-tion, he did move to amend the confirmation, asking that her temporary position be evaluated every 30 days, rather then the 90 days requested by Sun.
“The whole intention of this, in the interim, is so the mayor can hire for the permanent position, not an ongoing interim employee,” Jones said. “In the past you (Sun) have allowed employees to fill positions as an interim for long periods of time and avoid hiring for that posi-tion. So I would like to see it as a 30-day window contractually.”
Initially there was con-fusion over whether Paul had actually been con-firmed and the validity of Sun’s tie-breaking vote.
“At the City Council Meeting last night there was a tie vote with regard to confirmation of my temporary appointment of an interim City Clerk,” Sun wrote in an email on Tuesday. “Council vote re-sulted in a tie. I stated my vote of yes and it passes. I was then told by Coun-cilmembers Guier and McMahon that I did not have that right to break the tie vote, and it was stated the motion failed.”
Sun added:“Council action in the
meeting of March 25, 2013 was nothing less than an attempt to il-legally obstruct the execu-tive branch from fulfilling legal responsibilities.”
Despite the controversy surrounding the vote, Walker and Putnam said they had worked with Paul in the past and they believe she would ably fill the position.
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Party line transcends generations
The subject of telephone party lines came up at the office this week and, of course, I was one of the few old enough to remember them well.
Party lines involved a group of neighbors who were all on the same telephone line.
When my family lived on the farm we always had a party line. To us kids a private line was only for the rich. Kids thought party lines were great. TV wasn’t as prolific as today, so a party line offered a situation comedy by phone.
I remember hearing of adults getting mad because someone on the party line gabbed for too long. I think everyone had tricks to clear the line, like clicking the receiver re-peatedly or singing Roy Rogers’ ballads with a fake German accent.
Those were the days.It occurred to me
that party lines were not much different than Facebook and Twitter are today. We often hear about the great and won-derful new world created by social media, bringing us all together in a wet,
messy pool of hand-holding kumbayah. I maintain the world of Facebook and
Twitter is neither new, nor wonderful. Like most stuff done by folks – a lot of it is whacky and at times very weird.
We always want to believe our world is radically different from the past, but history teaches us people have been loony for a long, long time. Posting on Facebook, Twitter and listening in on party lines have been around in different forms as long as gossip and gab-bing over the fence.
Layers of ancient writing have been found on parchment or animal skins, many with striking illustrations. These animal skins have proven to be very durable through the centuries.
At times one layer was scraped off so a younger monk could write down his post. The younger monk probably thought the old guy was a knucklehead in a funny-looking robe and his modern writing was the truth critical for the new world of 613.
It may have been slower to scribble on parchment then to post to Facebook, but the need and desire comes from the same place.
Maybe it is for the best that most Face-book posts disappear quickly into the ether. I am sure there are plenty of nutty parchment posts best undiscovered.
In a certain way it’s as if we are living in one long party line stretching over thousands of years.
Dennis Box is editor of the Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporter and Enumclaw Courier-Herald. Reach him at 425-432-1209, ext. 5050 or [email protected].
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Backus has the experience, skills to be next mayor
As a longtime resident of Auburn who has served in a number of roles, most recently as a City Councilmember and a Civil Service Commissioner, I have known Nancy Backus for a long time. I am pleased to count her as a friend and wholly support her in the run for mayor.
Nancy has the financial literacy, background, education and skill set that is needed for this important job at such a critical time. No other can-didate is as knowledgeable, proven and capable as Nancy. She has consistently served with grace and poise while pro-viding leadership to the council and residents of our great city.
In addition, she understands the complexity of Auburn’s advocacy position on behalf of South King County and the need to be represented in regional, state and federal government issues. If you are not at the table, then you are on the menu.
Before the last couple of administrations, I have seen Auburn be on the receiving end of many bad deals. We cannot go back to that with the other candidates who would retreat. We must go forward, and only one person can lead us there … Nancy Backus.
I emphatically give my endorsement and vote to her while asking the rest of our residents to do the same.– Gene Cerino
Mayoral candidate needs answers
I would like an opportunity to address the letters in support of Nancy Backus for mayor. If Backus has supported so many programs financially in Au-burn, why are we sitting with an empty jail, only to be filled with a construction crew set-ting up their home so they can remodel the second floor?
Why hasn’t Backus filled positions in our police depart-ment when we are in great need of officers and funding is there? Why are we shipping officers out of our city to book and jail criminals, leaving our streets vulnerable to crime?
Why has our water bill increased by 50 percent?
I hope Nancy Backus will debate with John Partridge. We will then have our answers. Let’s see if she is up to meeting the public and answering our
questions. I hope to hear from you.– Cynthia Binkley
What about those eyesores?
In response to two letters on Nancy Backus (March 22, Auburn Reporter): One of the them mentioned that Ms. Backus “has served on our City Council for a number of years” and “has always had time … to listen to the concerns of our community.”
May I ask Ms. Backus then to listen to my concern as a citizen of this community?
For over 10 years now, I’ve lived here in Auburn, up at Lakeland Hills. I like this quiet, little town. I like the people here, too. I’ve formed a bond with this community, especially with a couple of groups, such as the VFW Post 1741 and the Holy Family Parish Church of Auburn.
I am fully retired now, and I’ve found a “home” here in this town. I am here to stay for the rest of my life.
When I go on short car trips and errands out of Auburn and back up the hill, the road I usu-ally take is A Street. I think the scenery on this street just past Ellingson Road on the railroad side is disgusting.
The litter on that side of the road and the rundown build-ings and rusting structures, especially those two World War II quonset roofs inside the Tyee Cedar & Lumber Co., next to
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Join us April 6th for our first-ever Pear-centric food crawl. Businesses highlight pear and locally produced fare for your enjoyment.
SenSational Spring eventS: april 6 ~ Leavenworth International Film Festival
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april 27 ~ Pear Cooking Class and Dinner at Mt Springs Lodge
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the Ellingson Crossing Shopping Plaza, and those dilapidated shacks under the bridge next to Third Street are eyesores. They have been there over a decade now since I’ve moved here.
I pointed that out to one of the members of the City Council, but the response I got was merely a mumble that those eyesores are “on private properties.”
My question, as well as my concern, are these eyesores:
Are these deteriorating and rusting structures legally allowed to remain on private properties? Are eyesores such as these here to stay in the city of Auburn?
May I please hear from Ms. Nancy Backus about this matter? Thank you.– Jesse Jose
Kudos to City median team
On July 27, 2012, the Auburn Reporter had an
article on the front page titled, “Messy medians steam City”. This newswor-thy article was the result of a debated City Council Mu-nicipal Services Committee (MSC) meeting. The topic of the city median” wasn’t new to City Council com-mittee meetings. Former Deputy Mayor Sue Singer used to harp about “medi-ans” until she was blue in the face.
Because of an assigned MSC subcommittee led by Councilmembers Wayne
Osborne (vice chair) and Largo Wales, City Parks and Recreation Director Daryl Faber and City Planner Gary Yao, a City of Auburn Median Design & Mainte-nance Guidelines procedure was developed.
This median team had a few meetings and planning sessions. The median pro-cedure has already changed some medians using the new guidelines, such as the ones at Highway 18 and Au-burn Way South and areas on 15th Street Northwest.
The City will continue to make us proud of our me-dians throughout Auburn. Thank you, team.– Bill Peloza, City Councilmember
Vote for Prop OneI am a 28-year fire service
veteran and retired chief officer from the Auburn Fire Department. I am also
a resident in King County Fire District 44, where I served as a commissioner for six years.
I want to take this op-portunity to urge my fellow citizens to approve Proposi-tion One in the upcoming election.
Like ourselves, our fire district has been a victim of the recession. It is impor-tant to remember that we are a volunteer fire depart-ment supported by a small professional staff. The fiscal situation is dire and support staff have already been laid off. The reduction in what citizens are now paying for fire protection is a result of lower property values.
The approval of this levy will ensure that opera-tions can continue at very minimal levels for the next four years.
I respectfully request your support for this levy. – Monroe S. Shropshire
Park the truck, use the legs
I recently observed a City of Pacific truck with two men in it. They stopped at my meter. One man got out and checked the meter, then stopped at my neighbor’s house and checked his, then the neighbor next to him and so on.
How stupid is this?Why don’t they both get
out of the truck and do both sides of the street at the same time?
If the houses were far apart, I could see it being done this way.
Park the truck and use those legs.
This job does not take two men in my opinion. I could do it.
Maybe get rid of a meter reader and hire a police officer.– Colleen Pritchard
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Moderated by Marjorie Rommell of the Northwest Renaissance Poets, the hour-long program will showcase several of Jessie’s ani-mated films, Dick’s poetry and the projects created together in which the two art forms intersect.
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Inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, National Poetry Month is celebrated in April, when schools, publishers, libraries, booksellers and poets throughout the United States band together to honor po-etry and its vital place in American culture.
[ POETRY from page 1 ] Poetry programs• Maple Valley Creative Arts Center7 p.m. March 29, 23220 Maple Valley Black Diamond Road SE, Maple ValleyCelebrate the release of Malorie Spreen’s first book. Free.
• Striped Water Poets7 p.m. April 1, Station Bistro, Sound Transit Plaza, 110 Second St., No. 125Poetry at Station Bistro: Open mic and special guests. April is the one-year anniversary of SWP’s at the Bistro. Sponsored by SWP, the Auburn Arts Commission, King County 4Culture, Northwest Renaissance, and the Bistro.
• Poetry Critique Circle7-9 p.m. April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30. Auburn City Hall, 25 W. Main St.
• A Poetry Animation Evening7 p.m. April 4, Auburn Avenue Theater, 10 Auburn Ave. Dick Brugger, Auburn’s poet laureate and his daughter Jessie Brugger, award-winning filmmaker, perform. Free. Presented by the City of Auburn.
• Northwest Renaissance Poetry2 p.m. April 6, Wesley Homes, Lea Hill, 32049 109th Pl. SEPoets Lisa Schmidt and Marjorie Rommel, and singer-songwriter Rebecca Teeters will chat and perform. The Northwest Renaissance Poets, Performers & Publishers, an Auburn-based coalition of poets and artists, begins its Poetry & Conversation series.
• Canterbury House10:30 a.m. April 10, 502 29th St. SE, AuburnMore featured readers from Striped Water Poets. Free.
• King County Library System/Friends of Algona-Pacific Library3:30 p.m. April 25, 255 Ellingson RoadTeens are invited to express themselves by creating an iron-on poetry T-shirt to keep. Limit to the first 10. Register at www.kcls.org or 253-833-3554.• Poetry workshop with Michael Brouwer1-4 p.m. April 27, Warren Building, Veterans Memorial Park, 405 E Street NE, Auburn.Find the power in your poetry. To register ($15 ad-vance/$20 at door) contact [email protected] or 253-939-0571• Poetry Performance: KUOW Personality Elizabeth Austen7 p.m. April 30, Auburn Avenue Theater, 10 Auburn Ave., Free.
Pacific puts poetry on display
The Pacific Poetry Gal-lery, one of the few poetry-only galleries in the area, presents a free running display of works from April through May 31.
The gallery is open to the public from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, at City Hall, 100 Third Ave. SE.
Among the many dis-tinguished versifiers are Peter Ludwin, who won the Auburn Days Open Mic Poetry Contest last year. His poem, “Wayward”, will be displayed alongside the works of Dick Brugger, Auburn’s first poet laureate, and other area poets.
The Striped Water Poets gathered the poetry. Uniquely Auburn is financ-ing the community event.
“The big-black-easy-to-read print catches the eye and encourages people to take a minute to con-sider one,” said Gerald A. McBreen, Striped Water Poets coordinator. “If one of our family friendly poems lifts your spirits and puts a smile in your heart, then we’ve accomplished a good thing.”
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Kids’ Day: 10 a.m.-noon, March 30, Green River Community College, Lindbloom Center,12401 SE 320th St., Auburn. A cel-ebration of kids. Face painting, a visit from the Easter Bunny, Easter egg hunt, games, cotton candy. Enjoy a special performance by B. Vogan and his Good Buddies. Free. For more information, visit www.greenriver.edu
Town hall on identity theft: 6-8 p.m. April 2, Auburn High School Library, 800 Fourth St. NE. King County Councilmember Pete von Reichbauer hosts a town hall meeting addressing identity theft issues. The meeting brings together law enforce-ment members and other stakeholders to discuss identity theft prevention and remediation.
Sixth annual Spring Fairy Festival: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. April 13, Green River Com-munity College, 12401 SE 320th St., Auburn. Day of art, music and dancing with a frolick-ing fairy and fantasy theme. Admission: $15 for adults, $5 for children (5-12), seniors (65 and older) and students with ID; 4 and under free. For more information, visit www.springfairyfestival.com.
24th annual Spring Fair: April 18-21, Washington State Fair Events Center, 110 Ninth Ave. SW, Puyallup. Hours: 2-10 p.m. Thursday; 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday. Wide range of activities, from baby animals to the Aussie Kingdom show, and Motorsport Mayhem with monster trucks and demoli-
tion derbies to the Garden Show, plus 4-H and FFA students showing animals in the Northwest Junior Livestock Show. The dancing horses at Fiesta Mexicana, plus 400 exhibit booths selling their wares are also highlights. Tickets: $10 adults; $7 students (6-18 years); children 5 and under free. Parking is free. Visit www.thefair.com for more information.
EasterEaster weekend services: 7 p.m. March 29 (Good Friday, Prayer Around the Cross Service); 10 a.m. March 31 (Easter, blended worship service), All Saints’ Lutheran Church, 27225 Military Road S., Auburn. 253-852-4884.
City of Algona Easter Egg Hunt: 10 a.m. March 30, Matchett Memorial Park, 402 Warde St. Age groups: 2-4, 5-7, 8-12. Looking for sponsors to donate prizes such as non-gender videos, chil-dren’s games, pre-packaged chocolate bunnies or Easter-style stuffed animals. Cash donation also accepted. Donations need to be received at City Hall no later than March 25. For more information, call City Hall at 253-833-2897.
Easter Sunrise Service: 6:30 a.m. March 31, Mountain View Cemetery, Auburn, 2020 Mountain View Drive. The service is open to all faiths. The Rev. Eric Wooldridge of Messiah Lutheran Church will preside over the service, which will include music and an Easter message. Refreshments will be provided. For more information, call 253-931-3028 or visit www.mtviewcem-eteryauburn.org.
BenefitsYMCA pillowcase drive: Through April 15, Auburn Valley YMCA, 1620 Perimeter Road SW. Collecting fun pillowcases for children undergoing treatment at Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital. Donors can buy a pillowcase from the store or use their imagination to sew, embroider or decorate one. Happy Hands Club will be collecting pillowcases and delivering them to Mary Bridge. The goal is to collect 1,000. For more information, call Christine Gifford at 253-833-2770, ext. 7563, or [email protected].
The Auburn Mountainview Booster Club Auction – “Off to the Races”: 6-10 p.m. March 29, Emerald Downs, 2300 Emerald Downs Drive. Money raised supports the school’s clubs, sports and activities, in addition to scholarships and InvestED. Auction tickets $35 (buffet din-ner, silent and live auction). Donations for auction are appreciated. A tax deduction letter is available. Please send donations to: AMHS, 28900 124th Ave. SE, Auburn, WA 98092 – c/o AMBC 2013 Auction. 0eFor more information, contact Tracy Arnold at 206-679-8929 or [email protected].
Wesley Homes Lea Hill Art Reception and Silent Auction: 5-7 p.m. April 2, Wesley Homes, 32049 - 109th Place SE, Auburn. Art reception and silent auction to sell 40 donated works from the Sharrard family private collection. Featured artist is Rie Munoz. Proceeds support a new health center that will serve Auburn and South King County. www.wesleyhomes.org.
Bus Barn Bonanza: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. April 6, Auburn School District Transportation Yard,
615 15th St. SW. Featuring arts and crafts from local artists and business people. Free to the public. A $10 vendor fee supports the Auburn High School seniors scholarship fund. The bonanza is open on the first Satur-day of every month, March to June, October to December. For more information, contact Janie Bartro at 253-227-7789, or visit www.busbarnbonanza.com.
Spring Teriyaki Chicken Dinner and Bake Sale: 11 a.m.-3 p.m. April 21, White River Buddhist Temple, 3625 Auburn Way N. Fundraiser. Dinner is served cafeteria style or takeout. Sale includes mochi and manju, pies and other homemade goodies. For more information, visit www.wrbt.org
Empty Bowl event: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. April 26, Grace Community Church, 1320 Auburn Way S., Auburn. Attendees at the gathering will have the opportunity to pur-chase a handmade soup bowl by students and professional potters for a minimum donation of $15. Customers will have a choice of soup from among those donated by local restaurants and schools. Proceeds will support the Auburn Food Bank. For more information call 253-833-8925 or visit www.theauburnfoodbank.org.
HealthCascade Regional Blood Center drives: 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. April 5, Gordon Trucking/Valley Freightliner, 151 Stewart Road SW, Pacific; 11 a.m.-2 p.m. April 6, Albertsons, 4010 A St. SE; 10 a.m.- 1 p.m. April 27, Auburn Valley YMCA Healthy Kids Day, 1620 Perimeter Road SW. For more information, call 1-877-242-5663 or visit www.crbs.net/home.
Puget Sound Blood Center drives: 10 a.m.-noon, 12:45-4 p.m. April 5, Boeing Auburn (employees only), 700 15th St. SW; 9-11 a.m., noon-3 p.m. April 12, MultiCare Auburn Medical Center, Plaza 1, 202 N. Division St.; 11 a.m.-1 p.m., 2-5 p.m. April
17, Social Security Auburn, 1901 C St. SW. For more information, call 253-945-8667 or please visit www.psbc.org.
Gamblers Anonymous: For meeting times and locations, call toll free the Gam-blers Anonymous Hotline 1-855-222-5542. Visit www.gawashington.org or www.gamblersanonymous.org for additional information.
Volunteers Algona Days Vendors Wanted: The City of Algona needs vendors for Algona Days – Friday, July 19, 5-9 p.m. and Saturday, July 20, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. If you are interested, ap-plications can be found at www.algonawa.gov or you can contact Kevin Caviezel at 253-833-2897 or [email protected].
Hook Me Up, four of the Northwest’s busiest sidemen, performs at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 6 at the Auburn Avenue Theater. The excitement of Hook Me Up stems from the melding of the quartet’s wide array
of contemporary music experiences. Tickets are $17 regular, $15 students, seniors. Call 253-931-3043, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. or online through Brown Paper Tickets at www.auburnwa.gov/arts. COURTESY PHOTO.
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Clubs Striped Water Poets: Meets every Tuesday, 7- 9 p.m., at Auburn City Hall, 25 W. Main St. A roundtable critique and welcoming of new poets.
Auburn Morning Toastmasters: Meets every Thursday morning, 6:30-7:30, Auburn Chamber of Commerce, 108 S. Division, Suite B. Learn the fine art of communica-tion and public speaking in a friendly sup-portive atmosphere. Visitors are welcome. For more information, call 253-735-1751.
Auburn Green Valley Prospecting Club: Meets 7:30 p.m. on the third Thurs-day of each month, The River Estates Com-munity Center, 3611 I St. NE, Auburn. Club promotes recreational prospecting, cama-raderie and education with members, local organizations and youth groups throughout the Puget Sound Region. Affiliated chapter of The Gold Prospectors Association of America. Offers places for individuals and families to go to prospect, local support, free information services. Membership is free and open to anyone who is interested in prospecting for gold or other precious minerals, metal detecting or rock hounding. For more information, call 253 833-2255 or visit pnwgpaa.com/Washington/Auburn/Calendar.
NetworkFree tax workshop: 1-4 p.m. April 3, Washington State Department of Revenue, Seattle office, 2101 4th Ave., Suite 1400. Participants learn about Washington excise taxes, reporting classifications, deductions, tax incentives, sales tax collection, and record-keeping requirements. All receive a workbook and helpful reference guide to Department of Revenue rules and regula-tions. To register, visit www.dor.wa.gov or call 206-727-5300. Space is limited.
ReunionAuburn High School class of 1953: July 20, Truitt banquet room, 102 W. Main St., Auburn. 60th reunion. Open bar 4-5 p.m., dinner at 5. Cost: $35 per person.
Casual dress. For more information, contact Carolyn Kremer at 253-838-0362, Bob Hostetter at 360-432-3774, or Joy Hurlburt at 360-426-4260. Contact either no later July 5.
SeniorsAuburn Senior Activity Center, 808 Ninth St. SE. 253-931-3016 or www.auburnwa.gov. Senior activities include:
• Lunch: Monday-Friday, Salad bar begins at 11:30, Main meal is served at noon. Cost: $3 donation for ages 60 and over, $5.75 for those younger than 60.
• Monday Supper Club: 4:45-6 p.m. One Monday a month. Call 253-931-3016 for date and menu. Cost: $6 for all ages.
• Meals on Wheels: Senior services’ program offers home-delivered meals to home-bound seniors. For more information, call the center at 253-931-3016.
• Trip to Seattle’s Paramount Theater: April 1. The center is taking participants into Seattle for a tour of the Paramount Theatre. The trip leaves from the senior center at 9:30 a.m. and returns at 3 p.m. Cost is $11 for Auburn resident, $14 for non-residents. To register, call the senior center at 253-931-3016.
EntertainmentAUBURN AVENUE THEATER
Auburn Avenue Theater, 10 Auburn Ave. Call Auburn Parks, Arts & Rec at 253-931-3043, Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m.-noon, or online at www.brownpapertickets.com.
‘80s at 8 Movies Package: 8 p.m., selected Fridays. Mach 29: “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”. Tickets: $3.
Poetry at the Ave: 7 p.m. April 4. Dick Brugger, Auburn Poet Laureate, and his daughter, Jessie Brugger, award-winning filmmaker, present a night of poetry and animation. The City of Auburn sponsors free program.
Hook Me Up: 7:30 p.m. April 6. The
excitement of Hook Me Up stems from the musical melding of four of the Northwest’s busiest “sidemen” in contemporary music. These four individuals have come together to bring you an energetic and entertain-ing sound in modern instrumental music. Tickets: $17, $15.
AveKids Spring Break Theater Camp: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. April 8-12; 5:30-8 p.m. April 15-19. Featuring Disney’s “Mulan, Jr.” Camp will emphasize voice, choreography, acting, set design, costuming and more resulting in a public performance. Ages: 7 through ninth grade. Fee: $160/$200 based on Auburn residency. (Early dropoff at 8 a.m. and/or late pick-up by 5 p.m. may be arranged in ad-vance.) Register by April 5. Call 253-931-3043.
April Comedy at the Ave: 7:30 p.m. April 12. Three comedians in one night. Recommended for ages 18 and above. Tickets: $17, $15.
Brandon Cash Tribute to Johnny Cash: 7:30 p.m. April 13. Emulating a true musical legend, Brandon Cash’s perfor-mance is largely based on the early years of Johnny Cash’s career, including the Tennes-see Three and the Carter family. Performing both true classics interspersed with his own original music which celebrates a true country tradition. Tickets: $20, $18.
Walk the Line (PG-13): 2 p.m. April 14. Tickets: $3
Ave Kids presents Disney’s Mulan Jr.: 7 p.m. April 19-20; 2 p.m. April 20-21. Travel back to the legendary, story-telling days of ancient China with this action-packed stage adaptation of Disney’s Mulan. Tickets: $6.
Forbidden Broadway: 7:30 p.m. April 26-27. Broadway’s favorite spoof and Tony Award winner. Tickets: $17/$15.
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“The Wizard of Oz”: 7 p.m. March 29, 30, Green River Community College, Performing Arts Building, 12401 SE 320th St., Auburn. Everyone’s favorite story by Frank Baum comes to life in Heavier Than Air Family Theatre’s endearing production. All tickets are $10. To order, call the box office 253-833-9111, ext. 2400 (9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday-Friday). For more information, visit www.HeavierThanAir.com
Jazz series:: 6-9 p.m., Saturdays, Auburn Wine and Caviar Company, 2402 A St. SE, Auburn. Saxophone and flute master Mark Lewis performs each week with a different featured guest musician. No cover. Featured guest musician schedule: • March 30: Overton Berry, piano. For more information, call 253-887-8530.
Poetry at The Station Bistro: 7-10 p.m., first Mondays of each month,
Bistro, 110 Second St. SW, Suite 125, Auburn. Poets featured at the open mic venue. Presented by The Station Bistro, the Northwest Renaissance, Auburn Striped Water Poets. Open to poets of every age and skill level. • April 1 program, featuring Quill and Parchment poets and more; Joannie Stangeland; Mary Eliza Crane; Jane Alynn; Laura L. Snyder; Tanya McDonald; James Rodgers. For more information, contact [email protected].
Auburn Mountainview High School Bands Spring Concert: 7 p.m. April 1, The Theater at Mountainview, 28900 124th Ave. SE, Auburn. Evening of fine music under the direction of Derek Pyle. Enjoy performances by the jazz ensemble, concert band and wind ensemble. Free.
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When John Tacke’s daughters first expressed an interest in tri-athlon competitions, the pickings in the Northwest were slim.
Realizing that any foray into the sport – a grueling mix of long distance running, open water swimming and biking – would require a fair amount of coaching, Tacke set about finding a place for his daughters to begin training.
“We started looking around for junior teams in the area to get them started and developed,” Tacke said. “There was not even one in the whole Northwest region.”
So like any good parent, he provided the opportunity by starting the RockSteady Junior Triathlon Club for ages 13 to 19.
“We started talking with USA Triathlon, and we launched a team last year with 15 kids total,” said Tacke, who is a swimming coach with the King County Aquatic Club. “We found some coaches who had some expertise in the different aspects and had them share that knowledge.”
RockSteady kicked off its sec-ond season as a club last Saturday at the Auburn Valley YMCA, where members train.
Membership has increased to 20 this season. Tacke continues
to raise awareness of the sport throughout the area through a partnership with the Auburn Parks, Arts and Recreation De-partment.
“We’re hoping they can help promote the team in exchange for us running camps or clinics,” Tacke said.
Last season Tacke and the other RockSteady coaches dove head first into the mix, taking many athletes who had never competed in a triathlon and prep-ping them for the USA Triathlon Youth and Junior Elite National Championship qualifying event at Monroe.
RockSteady Junior Triathlon members draft during the biking portion of a triathlon race. The club, for beginning and experienced triathletes ages 13-19, trains at the Auburn Valley YMCA. PhoTo CourTesY, John Tacke
Introducing youth to the triathlon
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Bryce Strand takes over Raven fastpitch program
LionS no. 1-ranked 3a baSebaLL Squad in
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on the mound. Auburn Mountainview (3-0
league) will travel to Decatur (3-0, 6-2) at 3:30 p.m. Friday.
Bryce Strand works with a raven player on her swing during a break in the action at Game Farm Park. shAWN skAGer, Auburn Reporter
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Bryce Strand had no intention of coaching girls fastpitch.
For the past 10 years the Auburn High School graduate and Auburn Riverside Spanish and social studies teacher helped the Raven baseball program as a head coach for the junior varsity squad. He figured coaching baseball would be his future.
Until news of longtime Auburn Riverside fastpitch coach Chris Levernz’s retirement broke.
“Initially I heard about the (fastpitch) open-ing at the end of the baseball season (last year),” Strand said. “We knew Chris was going
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“There are three races where kids can qualify for the nationals,” Tacke said. “The big one is in Monroe. And there would always be more kids from out of the area than Washington kids. We sent 13 to Monroe last year. A lot of (the kids from last year) were first-time triathletes, and to take a group of kids and watch them become pretty skilled was pretty fun.”
Now it’s time to grow the club, Tacke said.
In addition to partnering with the Auburn Parks, Arts and Rec – which includes possibly opening an indoor multi-rider cycling training center in Auburn that would be open to the public – Tacke and RockSteady are seeking sponsors to help fund the
nonprofit club and defray the costs for club members.
“The biggest challenge is the upfront expense,” he said. “They need a road bike and a wet suit, and that can put them back about $1,500 to $1,600. We’re hoping to build up an inventory of bikes and wet suits to help get the kids started.”
And for Tacke, it’s all about getting young athletes a taste of the triathlon.
“It’s a sport that is just a lot of fun,” he said. “It builds a lot of passion in the kids once they start. They work real hard, train real hard, and it’s a challenging sport.”
For more information, visit www.rocksteadytri.com.
to step down after the season, so I started thinking about it. “
Now, eight games into the season, Strand couldn’t be happier, despite a 1-7 record.
“I’m really glad I did this,” he said. “There was a great group of seniors in baseball this year and I miss those kids, but I really love the group I have. I’m glad I’m coaching fastpitch. The girls are very resilient and they’re very coachable. I’m not saying the boys aren’t, but I really love the girls’ resiliency. ”
Initially Strand said he had a bit of trepidation about switching from coaching boys to coaching girls. A little advice, however, from
another South Puget Sound League North 4A coach helped ease the transition.
“It’s kind of funny be-cause going into it I was a little concerned because my personality is very sarcastic,” he said. “But at one of the preseason coaches’ meet-ings one of the coaches from Tahoma told me to just be myself. He told me that if you’re just yourself, the kids see who you are, and as long as you’re a good guy they’ll see you for who you are, as long as you’re genuine.”
For some coaches the prospect of taking over an established program could be an intimidating proposition. Especially when the former coach, Leverenz – who lead the Raven program for 16 years – is still in the building.
For Strand, it’s an oppor-tunity to start anew.
“It’s been a pretty brand-new start,” Strand said. “(Chris) stays out of the way, at her choosing, not my request. But I lean on her a lot for advice.”
Although Strand has had to make the transition to coaching girls instead of boys this year, he said the emphasis remains the same — focusing on what the team does and getting better every day.
“It’s a fundamental game about catching and hitting. A ground ball against Kent-Meridian is the same thing as a groundball against Tahoma, or a C team or a Division I team,” he said. “We just need to worry about us.”
Believed to have originated in France in the 1920s, the first modern version of the event – featuring swimming, biking and running – was held in Mis-sion Bay, San Diego in 1974.The standard distances for the triathlon are a 1.5-kilometer swim in open water, transitioning to a 20-kilometer bike ride and then a 10-kilometer run. Transitions include gear and shoe changes, with athletes changing out of a wet suit and into biking attire and then from biking into running gear. For Junior Elite triathletes, ages 13-15, the distances are a 750-meter run, a 20-kilometer bike ride and a 5-kilometer run.
For Youth Elite, ages 13-15. it’s a 375-meter swim, a 10-kilometer bike ride and a 2.5-kilometer run.
What is a triathlon?[rocksteady from page 10]
troJaNs at a GLaNce• COACH: Charlie Frampton, 6th season
• LAST YEAR’S RECORD: 4-13 overall, 7th place in SPSL North 4A with 3-11 record.
• TOP RETURNERS: 6 returning starters including: Cortney Irgens, senior, outfielder; Raelene Pray, senior, pitcher and third baseman; Savanah Hallam, senior, pitcher and third baseman; Katie Porter, senior, pitcher and first baseman; Rylee Lewis, senior, shortstop; and Megan Carver, sophomore, second baseman.
• OUTLOOK: The Trojans look to four-year starter Porter to key the team from the circle. Porter, a senior, has been the team’s ace since she was a sophomore.
“Auburn will have a good defensive team,” Frampton said. “We have started out with only three errors during our preseason games. We need to continue working on our offense during the season and work on hitting with runners in scoring position. ”
raVeNs at a GLaNce• COACH: Bryce Strand, 1st season
• LAST YEAR’S RECORD: 3-11 overall, 8th place in SPSL North 4A with a 3-11 record.
• TOP RETURNERS: Courtney Boogard, junior, first baseman and pitcher; Emma Bedsworth, junior, outfielder; Sam Lawson, senior, first baseman and catcher; and Kylie Adams, senior, shortstop and second baseman.
• OUTLOOK: With just four seniors on the roster this season, it’s all about the youth movement for the Ravens. Strand will try to get the youngsters as much playing time as possible early in the tough SPSL North 4A, so the Ravens can make a late run at the playoffs. The Ravens will rely on Boogard to eat up innings from the circle. Co-captains Bedsworth, Lawson and Adams will lead the team on and off the field.
LIoNs at a GLaNce• COACH: Alicia Thompson, 2nd season
• LAST YEAR’S RECORD: 13-12 overall, 5th place in SPSL 3A with a 9-6 record. Went 1-2 in West Central District III/Southwest District IV tournament.
• TOP RETURNERS: Quierra Brad-ford, senior, first baseman; Delene Colburn, junior, pitcher and catcher; Riley Decker, junior, catcher and third basemen; Callie Kirk, senior, outfielder; Alicia Zabriskie, senior, outfielder.
• OUTLOOK: The Lions were just a couple games shy of qualifying for the state 3A fastpitch playoffs last year. This season the Lions have a strong core of returners to lift them into the state tournament. Colburn and Bradford should lead the team offensively again this season. Last year Colburn hit .627 with 45 RBIs and 11 home runs. Bradford hit .529 with 43 RBIs and six home runs. In the circle, Colburn led the Lions with 142 innings pitched last season. Senior Alleyah Armendariz also will pitch.
[raVeNs from page 10] Prep fastpitch glimpses
Junior delene colburn in the circle for Auburn Mountainview. RACHEL CIAMPI, Auburn Reporter
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Florence Marie ChuteMay 30, 1954 - March 19, 2013
Florence ended her brief but courageous battle with cancer on March 19, 2013, to be with Christ. When she entered the hospital, she prayed for peace, and her prayer was answered.
Born in Greenville SC she grew up around the world as an “Air Force Brat”. She earned her undergraduate degree from Northeast Louisiana University, followed by a Masters of Public Administration from the University of Georgia. She moved with her husband to Auburn, WA in 1990 and later retired from Boeing in September 2012 after 20 years of service.
She dedicated herself to serving Messiah Lutheran Church in Auburn, WA. She also relished hosting visitors at the Historic Elbe Lutheran Church. She loved scrapbooking, bargain hunting and enjoying every moment with her grandchildren. She was devoted to her cats Saffron, Sassy, Mimi, Charlie, Raritie, Shadowme2 and now Sgt Joe Friday. Memorial Services will be held in Auburn, WA at Messiah Lutheran Church on April 6, 2013 at 11:00 AM. Donations may be made to the Messiah
Lutheran Church Endowment Fund.758865
Marilyn Medsker HashagenMarilyn Medsker Hashagen, beloved wife, mother, grandmother
and friend, passed away March 15, 2013. She was born on Jan. 8, 1933 to Laurel Jeannette and Tom Nichols. She is survived by her husband Jim Hashagen; her two daughters Kathy Dawn Hashagen and Jean Lynn Farrington (Larry); her grandchildren Michael Ryan Farrington and Julie Marie Marsh (Zack); and three great grandchildren Alivia, Camille, and Parker Marsh. Marilyn’s brothers Bill Nichols and Don Nichols also mourn.
Her family and friends are grateful to have many wonderful memories of Marilyn. She enjoyed traveling with her husband in their motor home, making beautiful quilts, painting lovely pictures, nurturing her yard and garden, spending time with her daughters and watching her family grow with the births of her great grandchildren.
Marilyn’s laughter, smile, love and joy will be remembered at a Celebration of Life on Saturday, April 6 at Auburn United Methodist Church. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the National MS Society Greater NW Chapter (http://www.nationalmssociety.org/
chapters/WAS/index.aspx), as Marilyn believed in their cause.759213
Dwynne C. ArnesonLt. Col. Dwynne C. (Arnie) Arneson, of
Auburn, WA, has recently passed away. He is survived by his wife Linda; a daughter, her husband and their son; a son, his wife and their daughter; 2 sisters-in-law; 12 brothers and sister, their spouses; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at Price Helton Funeral Home in Auburn, WA, April 3rd., at 12 noon. Interment is to be at Tahoma National Cemetery
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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASH-
INGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF BENTON
In the Matter of the Estates of: PAUL M. STEVENS and DONNA L. STEVENS, Deceased.NO. 13-4-00058-4
NOTICE TO CREDITORSRCW 11.40.030 The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of these estates. Any person having a claim against the Decedents must, before the time the claim would be barred by any other- wise applicable statute of limita- tions, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Personal Repre- sentative or the Personal Repre- sentative’s attorney at the address stated below, a copy of the Claim and filing the original of the Claim with the Court. The Claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty (30) days after the Personal Representative served or mailed the Notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(3); or (2) four (4) months after the date of first publication of the Notice. If the Claim is not presented within this
time frame, the Claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the De- cedents’ probate and non-probate assets. Date of filing original Notice to Creditors with Clerk of Court: 2.11.13Date of First Publication: 3.22.13/s/ GRETCHEN M. BENDERPersonal Representative2208 W. 7th Ave.Kennewick, WA 99336
Attorney for Personal Representative:Albert Coke Roth, III, Esq.Law Office of Coke Roth8836 Gage Blvd, Suite 204AKennewick, WA 99336
Published in Auburn Reporter on March 22, 2013, March 29, 2013 and April 15, 2013. #756395.
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Auburn Attorney John torres recently completed a six-week stint as a guest lecturer at the University of Southern Queensland in Springfield, Australia.
“It was too unique an opportunity to pass on,” Torres said when offered the position to teach business strategy.
Between classes Torres gave open-ing comments at the Legal Studies Conference to nearly 400 students and attended the Ipswich Bar Association Annual Conference.
It wasn’t all work, though. Torres and fellow Auburn resident Arleen Chavez visited the largest koala sanctuary in the world, Lone Pine, and snorkeled and scuba dived the Great Barrier Reef.
While Australia was amazing, Torres is excited to return home.
“My law firm staff, Rianna McMahan and Linda Ramirez, really made this possible,” Torres said. “My clients were exceptionally understanding, too.”
development side, we need to work to bring businesses and workers into the city while sup-porting those that are there.
“We also need to look at all the trade issues and how they affect the city. … Our transportation cor-ridors, for example, are starting to show some signs of deterioration, like all our infrastruc-ture is, and we really need to protect that to make sure that we get trade groups moving forward. Auburn is one of the key hubs in the trade corridor,”
DaCorsi said.DaCorsi has a bach-
elor’s degree in public administration and sys-tems management and an MBA from Seattle University in 2009.
DaCorsi is a member of the Auburn Lodge of the Sons of Italy. He has been a volunteer chaplain at the State Penitentiary in Walla Walla for five years.
DaCorsi and his wife, Mary, have lived in Auburn for about eight years. They have three grown children and nine grandchildren.
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Pioneer elementary named state reward school for high progress
Pioneer Elementary School has been named a “Reward School” by State Schools Superintendent Randy Dorn for the second year in a row.
Pioneer is a “high-progress school,” which indicates it is in the top 10 percent of Title I schools based on its performance and improvement on state assessments over three years in reading and math-ematics.
Additionally, Pioneer has no significant gaps in per-
formance among subgroups of students. Subgroups include ethnicity, socio-
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