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Summer is a time for homemade jam, pies and other goodies, but pest infestations can bring the operation to a screeching halt.
For Federal Way residents who annually await the season’s arrival so as to make homemade foods, infested berries, fruits or vegetables are an alarming � nd. But there are ways to ensure homegrown food is free from inhabitants before it is consumed by humans. Local help in identifying pests and keeping them away from wild and garden-grown food is also available.
Resident Linda Sullivan’s hopes dropped when she experienced a nasty worm infestation in the black-berries she picked near her home last week. She plucked nearly 30 pounds of wild blackberries at the corner of 10th Street and Southwest 298th Street. She planned to make jam.
Sullivan was in the process of mixing up a round when she no-ticed something unusual: Worms. � e bugs were wriggling out of several berries while they soaked in Sullivan’s kitchen sink. � ey � oated to the top and appalled Sullivan so much she felt compelled to reach out to fellow citizens.
Sullivan annually picks the black-berries near her home to use in gi� s to friends and family, but has never witnessed worms in the berries, she said. � e situation was disappoint-ing, she said.
When the pests were described to Federal Way master gardener Larry
Davis, he said they sound similar to a berry maggot. � e maggots, also known as � y larvae, do not usually breed in drooping berries, such as raspberries and blackberries, he said. Instead, they usually pick cur-rants or gooseberries.
“Blackberries, I’ve never seen or heard of them there,” Davis said.
Worms don’t have to mean the end to an otherwise good batch of berries, he said. Soaking fruits, veg-etables and berries in a saline solu-tion, such as salt water, o� en forces the pests to the surface. � ere, they
can be skimmed away. � e berries can then be used. Once they’ve been subjected to the solution, the berry is sanitized and the part that could harm a person is removed, he said. Davis mentioned this is subject to debate. Some master gardeners will advise a person to simply not eat the berry.
“It depends on how squeamish you are,” Davis said.
Davis and several other local master gardeners are a� liated with
BY KYRA LOW
� e Federal Way’s AmeriCorps is now the largest in the nation.
For years, Federal Way School District’s group was the largest in Washington state. � e group, which consists of 1,244 volunteers
and 76 full-time members this fall, has now taken the spot as the big-gest in the United States, district spokeswoman Deb Stenberg said.
� is past school year, the members put in more than 87,000 hours, and the volunteers put in more than 1,000 hours.
AmeriCorps helps in class-
rooms and a� er school, including programs at the Camelot Square neighborhood, Westway neighbor-hood, Forest Cove Apartments and at the EX3 Ron Sandwith Teen Center.
� e group tutored 3,042 stu-dents in the past year — well over a goal this year of 1,830. According
to a report submitted to Ameri-Corps’ head o� ce, 89 percent of teachers reported an improved attitude among students who received AmeriCorps tutoring.
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FW AmeriCorps: Largest in the U.S.Local primary election resultsFROM STAFF REPORTS
Federal Way primary election results as of � urs-day, Aug. 20, as shown on the King County Elections Web site at kingcounty.gov/elections. Elections will be certi� ed on Sept. 2.
City council,position 6
Roger Freeman and Diana Noble-Gulliford will compete for the open city council seat in November’s general election.
Freeman has been man-aging attorney for a � rm in-volved in public service for 15 years. He has served for six years on Federal Way’s Human Services Commis-sion. He is active in both his church and the Adelaide Elementary School PTA.
Noble-Gulliford is currently president of the Historical Society of Fed-eral Way. A resident since 1970, she is a longtime real estate agent. She served on the former Federal Way Community Council prior to the city’s incorporation as well as the city planning commission.Results:• Roger Freeman: 31.78
percent (2,063 votes)• Diana Noble-Gulliford:
24.76 percent (1,607 votes)• David St. John: 20.92
percent (1,358)
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Linda Sullivan found worms in her blackberries. COURTESY OF STEPHEN SULLIVAN
BY JACINDA HOWARD
� e state’s Public Dis-closure Commission is currently investigating Fed-eral Way Municipal Court presiding judge Michael Morgan.
On Aug. 7, the commis-sion received a complaint that alleges a computer found in Morgan’s personal o� ce was used to claim the identity of a clerk in his court, then respond to fellow judicial candidates’ election blogs on � e Mirror’s Web site and the Tacoma News Tribune’s Web site, according to a complaint � led by Federal Way police interim chief Andy Hwang.
� e police, with the help of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the King County Prosecutor’s O� ce, determined there were no
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Outdoor furniture: Federal Way Kiwanis will host the annual outdoor furniture sale fundraiser featuring the work of Dave Hamlin from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 22 at New Lumber and Hardware, 30854 Paci� c Hwy S. Call (253) 941-0354.Hot dogs: Christ Lutheran Church, 2501 SW 320th St., is serving free hot dogs and lemonade to anyone in the community who stops by from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 22. Guests will be informed of the new Taize’ style worship service o� ered
on Saturdays at 5 p.m., as well as information on Christ Lutheran’s plans to develop a meditation garden and walking path. Contact: [email protected] power: This summer at-tendees of the Federal Way Farm-ers Market can jump on Woodstone Credit Union’s tandem bike and use pedal power to help feed the hun-gry. Woodstone will donate $50 for every hour of pedaling, for a total of $1,500 this summer. Dates are Aug. 29 and Sept. 12. The farmers market runs 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. every Saturday at The Commons mall.Story Times: At the Federal Way 320th Library, “Fantastic Fridays Summer Story Time” will run 11
a.m. Aug. 28, for ages 2 and up (with adult).320th Library: The Federal Way 320th Library will hold several free programs for children and families in August. Early Literacy Parties for Spanish-speaking families with children up to age 5 will run 10 a.m. Aug. 25, Sept. 1, 8, 15 and 22. Visit www.kcls.org/� estas.Harvest Celebration: The Federal Way Senior Center will host a Harvest Celebration from 5 to 7 p.m. Aug. 29. Donation is $25 per person or $40 per couple/family. Tour the community garden, have a glass of wine or sparkling cider, eat hors d’oeuvres made using pro-duce from the garden. Chef teams
will compete. To RSVP, call (253) 838-9235 or (253) 838-3511.Silvanus Oluoch: Author Sil-vanus Oluoch will sign copies of his Christian theology book, “Holy Angels: The Facts: Clear and spe-ci� c information on God’s invisible agents,” from noon to 3 p.m. Aug. 29 at Borders at The Commons.Meditation: The Compassion Network’s Meditation Circle will o� er a free series of three talks and meditation sessions on the theme of “A Daily Dosage of Sanity.” A guided meditation will run 3 to 4 p.m. with a discussion 4 to 6 p.m. Aug. 30 and Sept. 27 at the Federal Way 320th Library. Info: [email protected]
federal or state statutes that were violated, Hwang said. � us, he does not feel his department has the author-ity to investigate the court matter. Anytime an identity is assumed it deserves more attention, Hwang said. � is is why he issued the com-plaint with the PDC.
� e police and PDC have not con� rmed that Morgan is responsible for the post-ings. Police and city sta� have con� rmed his computer was used in the process, Hwang said.
“Hopefully, (the PDC) will be able to de� nitively say who it is,” he said.
False identity:On Aug. 4, court
clerk Christine Faucher reported to police and city sta� that her iden-tity was fraudulently used to create Internet accounts with the two newspapers. Faucher’s name, birthdate (though o� by one year) and information associated with her interests and place of employment were used to create the accounts.
� e online accounts are required for new users wishing to comment on the newspapers’ Internet mate-rials. Both newspapers have blogs where Federal Way’s judicial candidates are free to interact with the public.
� e IP address used to create an account with � e Mirror was provided to Faucher by sta� a� er she contacted the newspaper with her concerns. � e ad-dress was used to identify from which computer the blog postings were made.
� e IP address is as-sociated with the city, according to accompanying documents provided by the PDC. � e City of Federal Way’s IT personnel tracked the fraudulent accounts to a computer found in Morgan’s o� ce at the court, according to PDC docu-ments.
A timeline on the Inter-net usage, a record of the electronic building access card and security surveil-lance video were also used
to identify Morgan’s com-puter as the source of the fraudulent actions, accord-ing to the PDC documents.
� e comments under in-vestigation were in response to the newspapers’ online blogs of fellow judicial candidates Matthew York and Williams Jarvis, also a contender for the position in the primary election.
Using Faucher’s name as the blogger’s identity, a statement posted Aug. 3 was critical of one of York’s endorsers. York announced
on his Web page that attorney Michael Malaier endorsed him in his run for the judge’s seat. � e fraudulent response pointed out that Malaier oversaw attorney Sean Cecil during
the time in which he had an a� air with former Federal Way Municipal Court judge Colleen Hartl in late 2007. It questioned York’s deci-sion to announce Malaier’s support of him.
Two later postings to the Tacoma News Tribune’s Web site, again using Faucher’s identity, were in response to former candi-date Williams Jarvis’ blog. Topics in the blog included the Stephson report, which revealed a harassing work-place environment under Morgan’s oversight of the court; the Washington state Supreme Court’s ruling on the Morgan vs. City of Fed-eral Way case, which sought to keep the report sealed from the public; and Jarvis’ prior work performance and quali� cations for the judicial position.
Faucher found the materials derogatory to the judicial candidates running against Morgan, according to documents submitted to the PDC. � ree comments found on � e Mirror’s site were removed, a� er Fau-cher reported the fraudu-lent activity.
Check it outRead the full PDC com-
plaint and learn more about the investigation: www.pdc.wa.gov/home/enforcement/formal/2009.aspx.
Judge under investigation over election comments[ JUDGE from page 1]
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