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Customers and coworkers call him Joe.

In his native land, he is known as Joginder Sandhu, a bright man, a steady entrepreneur

and the son of a farmer who raised a large fam-ily in agrar-ian northern India. � e city of Amrit-

sar, which sits close to India’s western border with Pakistan, is considered the beating heart of the Sikhs’ cultural, religious and

political history.But in his newfound home,

Sandhu is an ordinary Joe work-ing to make a name for himself as an Auburn small business owner, a Lea Hill homeowner and a husband and father with a large family of his own.

“I like what I have here,” Sandhu said during a pause in

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Rick John Dodge, 17, right, and Jearrica Marie Dodge, 15, of The Pilipino American Youth Organization, perform a dance called Tinikling during the Auburn International Festival at Plaza Park last Saturday. The festival featured music, singing and dancing from cultural groups. CHARLES CORTES, Auburn Reporter

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On Monday the Auburn City Council unanimously slapped a one-year moratorium on the growing of collective marijuana

gardens within city limits. City leaders took the step

because as of July 22 collective cannabis gardens containing up to 45 plants have been legal under Washington State law, placing the state at odds with

federal law.Because the City does not

yet have rules and regulations it could legally enforce as far as collective marijuana gardens, growers could have exploited the gap. And if they did, there

would be no telling the federal government’s reaction, said City Attorney Dan Heid.

“My concern is that the fed-eral Food and Drug Administra-tion really needs to be involved

City puts 1-year moratorium on pot gardens

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Bull romps along city streetsBY ROBERT WHALE

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Maybe in the long-gone days when the city stopped at Eighth Street Northeast and the farm-land began, a bull on the loose in Auburn might have been a bit of a ho-hum episode.

But the beast that came a snortin’ and a hoo� n’ it down Lea Hill to run amuck in the heart of Auburn circa 2011 on a recent Saturday night signi� ed about a thousand pounds of big, beefy excitement.

“We’ve had wildlife in the city before, but I don’t remember a bull being downtown … we were

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Small-town mayors have their share of skeptics and detractors.

Richard Hildreth is no di� erent.Paci� c’s hands-on, pragmatic

mayor frequently confronts such foes.

“It’s a part of what I do,” Hildreth said. “We have some un� nished

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Chickens, turkeys and geese have been allowed to strut and preen all they like in the Lea and West Hill annexation areas and in “residential conservancy” zones.

But elsewhere about the city of Auburn, domestic fowl, miniature goats and pot belly pigs have been strictly no no’d for years. A number of city residents have told the City that that should change, that larding a bit of agriculture into the urban mix would be a good thing.

On Monday, the Auburn City Council adopted an ordinance laying out the welcome mat for the for-merly verboten critters.

Councilwoman Lynn Norman, chair of the Planning and Community Development Committee (PCDC) that had studied the issue, noted the ordi-nance references already existing City rules regulat-ing sound and stink.

Since April, planners have studied the approach other cities have taken and brought what they learned to committee members, with suggested changes to the City code.

“� ere will be standards, whether they be noise or other things,” Planning

Director Kevin Snyder re-cently told the PCDC “� is will be a privilege, not a right, and they will be asked to abide by the rules.”

When the City annexed Lea and West hills in 2008, it let residents keep some of the King County rules that had allowed certain farm animals, including chickens.

� e code amend-ment standardizes the rules across the City. It re� ects a preference to follow regulations put forward by the City of Renton that allow such animals but tie their number to the square footage of

the lot.Here are some of the

highlights:• Extends the defi nition

of permitted household pets to include: domestic fowl, including all species of chicken, turkeys, geese and ducks, but excluding roosters; miniature potbelly pigs known as Vietnamese, Chinese, or Asian potbelly

pigs; and miniature goats commonly known as pygmy, or Nigerian dwarf.

• As many as four do-mestic fowl can be kept on lots that are at least 6,000 gross square feet in size. On lots larger than 6,000 gross square feet, one ad-ditional small lot domestic animal may be kept per additional 2,000 gross square feet.

• Miniature goats may be kept as pets if they are licensed as follows: males must be neutered, all miniature goats must be dehorned, and up to two are allowed on lots that are at least 12,500 gross square feet. On bigger lots, one additional medium-size domestic animal may be kept per additional 7,500 gross square feet.

• As for miniature pot-belly pigs, they may be kept as a small animal, provided that none is greater than 22 inches high at the shoulder or more than 150 pounds heavy. Nursing o� spring licensed according to the

Code may be kept until weaned, but only up to 12 weeks old. Two such pigs may be kept on lots at least 12,500 gross square feet. On lots larger than that, one additional medium-sized pig animal may be kept per additional 7,500 gross square feet.

Th e specifi ed minimum lots sizes are absolute requirements, allowing no variances, waivers or modifi cations. Th e keeping of animals requiring lesser lot size is allowed to be cumulative when lot size requirements have been met.

� e proposed rules specify structures and setbacks.

Members agreed on one noisy critter they wouldn’t allow.

“No roosters, we defi -nitely don’t want roosters crowing at 4 o’clock in the morning,” said Council-woman Nancy Backus.

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concerned for the bull and for citizens’ safety,” Au-burn Police Commander Mike Hirman told the Associated Press.

A dash-mounted police camera and voices crack-ling over the police radio documented the unfold-ing drama, which began shortly before midnight.

“� ere’s a bull … you might want to run … it’s comin’ this way, pardner … run!” yells an unidenti-fi ed voice.

As the video rolls, the bull legs it along some of Auburn’s well-traveled streets, snu� ing along the north side of the 1 East Main Professional Build-ing toward the old King County Health building, hu� ng past the Starting Gate Restaurant between 6th Street Northeast and Park Avenue on Auburn Way North.

Inside the eatery, curi-ous diners tucking into their late-night goodies wondered what the heck was up with all the police cars and � ashing lights outside. A curious wait-ress, Lisa “Sammie” Shaw brie� y poked her head out to see what the fuss was about, but retracted it when a gru� voice ordered her, in no uncer-tain terms, to “get (your backside) back inside.”

For one brief moment on the tape, the bull

vanishes into a patch of woods, but fi nding the surroundings not to its satisfaction, it soon returns to the asphalt.

At one point, the bull’s owner called in the cavalry, a.k.a. some rough and ready wranglers. � e roughriders are visible, lasso-wielding hands sticking out of the passen-ger sides of several police vehicles.

� is strange, eventful history came to its conclu-sion when the wranglers lassoed the bull in front of a building, dropping and securing the quadruped as it quietly munched grass.

In a half-hour’s time, the bull had logged about four miles.

Nobody, neither man nor beast, su� ered injuries in the excitement.

“� ere was no report completed on this, and the CAD (Computer Aided Dispatch) does not name the owner or any other details of how the bull got out,” said Auburn Police Commander David Colglazier.

Mayor Pete Lewis said he appreciated how police handled the situation and the world-wide attention the story has brought to Auburn.

“It just goes to show that no City employees sit around shooting the bull,” said Lewis.

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tasks here in Paci� c. � ose are the reasons why I’m running for a third term (in November).”

Still, opponents sug-gest, Hildreth hasn’t done enough. � ey question his role with the City, especially his association with emer-gency management and the frequent training and cost it demands. Critics claim the mayor is more focused on emergency management than issues directly a� ect-ing their neighborhoods.

“Have I spent a lot of time in emergency manage-ment? I have, but I spend a lot of my own time,” Hildreth insisted.

Hildreth – a national leader in prescribing emer-

gency preparedness plans for other cit-ies, institutions and leaders to follow – was appointed by Gov. Chris Gregoire to serve on the Washington State Emergency Man-agement Council.

“I take preparedness very seriously, and I think our city needs to take itself very seriously,” Hildreth said, “and under my leadership, it will.”

Nonetheless, opponents and concerned members of the City Council claim Hildreth’s training is for personal gain, not for pub-lic bene� t.

� ey also question its travel and cost.

Hildreth has traveled

to Maryland, Alabama, Texas and most recently, Monterey, Calif., for the Executive Leaders Program at the Center for Homeland Defense and Security.

Hildreth says his emergency manage-ment training to date has cost about $12,000, funded through donations and federal reimbursements.

Opponents, including write-in mayoral candidate Cy Sun, allege that Hildreth used a City credit card for personal travel and other expenses.

Hildreth denies using the card for personal expenses, but only for travel to emer-gency training. He claims

the attacks are politically motivated.

Such a stir led to an independent investigation into the mayor’s credit card use and his travel. Hildreth and City Council President John Jones asked Can� eld and Associates – the City’s insurance company – to hire an investigator, P.J. De Benedetti.

� e personnel consultant’s audit reviewed the mayor’s travel expenses, donations and reimbursements for the years 2006-2011.

� e recently released � nal report found the mayor in compliance with the City’s travel policy and “that more likely than not, Mayor Hil-dreth routinely reimbursed the City any money that he received as a reimbursement from FEMA (Federal Emer-gency Management Agency) for trainings.”

� e investigation found one instance where Hil-dreth did not reimburse

City money he received from FEMA. � e mayor used the City credit card to purchase an airline ticket for his wife, Susan, who accompanied him for a conference at New Or-leans in 2007. � e review of the Audit Data Report also discovered the “while (Hildreth) technically did violate the credit card policy, the City has already been fully reimbursed for this personal use.”

Furthermore, the report said “that more likely than not, the emergency training Mayor Hildreth participated in at the expense of the City was of public bene� t.”

Federal Law requires lo-cal governments to prepare for disaster.

What the investigation did disclose was a confus-ing procedure of monitor-ing and processing City credit card use and travel planning.

According to the report, “It would appear that the current system for reim-bursement to the City from FEMA through a third party, the mayor, is prob-lematic. � e City is strongly encouraged to adopt a procedure through which either: any City expenditure is reimbursed directly to the City from the dispersing party or through which the City employee incurs the expense and is directly re-imbursed by the dispersing party. � is process would simplify the accounting process for the City.”

� e report “strongly recommended that the City adopt a credit card ordi-nance and procedures that are clear and precise.”

� e City Council is con-sidering to revise its travel ordinances and procedures, Hildreth said.

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in this, rather than pitting the state and the local jurisdictions against the federal government, that’s ridiculous,” Heid said.

“Growing marijuana is illegal under federal law, but the way the new law was enacted and then partially vetoed by the governor took out that piece that said growing pot is illegal,” said Auburn Mayor Pete Lewis. “So we put in a moratorium until we can � gure out what to do about what the state did.”

Other cities, including Kent and Federal Way, recently have enacted similar moratoria.

� e City will use the year to study medical marijuana dispensaries and the separate issue of

collective marijuana gar-dens to see how Auburn’s law squares with state and federal law.

Earlier this year, the Auburn City Council enacted a similar morato-rium on medical mari-juana dispensaries.

“� ere was a hole in the law, and we had not addressed it,” Lewis said. “We were noti� ed in talk-ing to the state that they knew that they had not adequately covered that particular area when we addressed smoke shops or places where you could buy medical marijuana. � is addresses the growth of marijuana, period, which was le� legal under the way the law was made and then partially vetoed.”

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The Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to 172 calls for service between Aug. 8 and Aug. 14, among them the following:

Aug. 8Aid call: 6:08 p.m., (Pacific). Firefight-ers helped a man complaining of severe chest pain before King County Medics transported him in stable condition to Auburn Regional Medical Center.

Aug. 9Aid call: 2:04 p.m., (Algona). Firefighters helped a boy who had

sustained a minor dog bite. The injuries did not require the kid’s transportation to the hospital so firefighters released him to his mother.

Aug. 10Aid call: 10:54 p.m., (Lakeland Hills). Firefighters responded to a woman with severe abdominal pain. The patient was examined and transported by private ambulance to UW Medical for further evaluation and treatment.

Fire alarm: 5:08 p.m., (Lea Hill). Fire-fighters responded to a commercial fire alarm at the Technical Center on the GRCC campus. The alarm turned out to be the result of an accidental smoke detector activation that had gone off when some-one had attempted to make popcorn. There was no fire, and the alarm system was reset without further incident.

Aug.12 Dumpster fire: 7:15 p.m., (Au-burn). Firefighters responded to a Dumpster fire at Mt. Baker Middle School. Responding personnel extinguished the fire. The dumpster sustained minor damage, and no firefighters were injured during the incident.

Aug. 13Accident: 7:18 p.m., (Lea Hill). Fire-fighters and King County Paramedics responding to a one-car, rollover accident saw that the accident had trapped the sole occupant under the right front tire. Firefighters quickly got the guy out and stabilized him before Airlift Northwest transported him to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

Aug. 14 Illegal burn: 4:52 p.m., (Auburn). Firefighters hustled off to answer a complaint of an illegal burn on the banks of the Green River. Firefighters located and snuffed out a small camp-fire then brought the offender up to speed on burning regulations.

Auburn police responded to the fol-lowing calls for service, among many others, between Aug. 10 and Aug. 15:

Aug. 10Attempted auto theft: 8:15 a.m., 200 block of N Street Southeast. A man spied another man’s rear end plunked down in his car where only his hind quarters ought to be and chased the guy off.

Threatening: 5:55 p.m., 4205 Auburn Way S. All the way from Wisconsin, the ex-husband of an Auburn man’s wife threatened to do him bodily harm.

Theft: 6:02 p.m., 2402 Auburn Way S. Cameras caught a man and a woman picking up a wallet from the floor of the Muckleshoot Casino, removing the cash and tossing the wallet in a restroom. Upon their arrest, the duo denied they had done anything of the kind. Police booked both into jail for theft.

Aug. 11 Shoplifting: 5:04 p.m., 101 Auburn Way S. Police arrested a man and woman for shoplifting $489.27 worth of groceries from Safeway.

Theft: 9:11 p.m., 1101 Supermall Way SW. Three females, ages not specified, worked together to steal clothing from eight stores within the SuperMall. Authorities caught up with two of them and arrested them on suspicion of organized retail theft. Police identi-fied the third female.

Aug. 12Vandalism: 3:35 p.m., 3000 block of I Street Northeast. Somebody dumped sugar in another person’s gas tank, damaging it.

Theft: 1:58 p.m., 920 15th St. SE. Two people walked into the T-Mobile store and asked to look at an HTC Sensation. After looking at it, one of the people concluded it was so sensational he or she had to steal it. Police did not disclose a value for the missing item.

Burglary: 1:30 p.m., 29920 132nd Ave. SE. Somebody illegally entered an abandoned residence, removed miscellaneous items and placed them outside, as if he or she meant to return and retrieve them.

Trespassing: 5:53 p.m., 27 15th St. NE. A man made a don’t-you-come-back-for-two-years pain of himself at an AM/PM.

Arson: 9:21 p.m., 1701 Auburn Way S. Somebody placed a wooden pallet under a Dumpster belonging to Waste Management then set it ablaze, damaging the Dumpster and scorching paint on the wall of a nearby building.

Possession of drug parapherna-lia: 9:33 p.m., 29627 Green River Road Southeast. The Valley Regional Fire Authority confiscated a marijuana pipe during a bonfire call at a park. Fire-fighters turned the pipe over to police, who dutifully placed it into evidence for destruction.

Theft: 9:40 a.m., 2800 block of I Street Northeast. While its owner was in a nursing home, somebody stole and used his or her check card fraudulently.

Aug. 13Theft: Overnight, 12100 block of Southeast 307th Place. A downright rude party guest stole his or her host’s laptop computer sometime during the merrymaking. Police did not disclose a value for the missing laptop.

Vandalism: 10:11 p.m., 3700 block of A Street Southeast. Sometime dur-ing the past month, a vandal, or sev-eral vandals, snuck up to a home and broke something off inside a deadbolt lock on the door. Vandals also hurled beer cans at the home.

Theft: 5:13 p.m., 1519 Auburn Way S. A woman was shopping at Goodwill when somebody stuck a hand inside her purse and lifted her wallet.

Driving under the influence: 7:16 p.m., 31100 132nd Way SE. A 21-year-old woman behind the wheel of a fast-moving vehicle lost control of the machine on a downhill curve and smashed into an embank-ment, rolling the vehicle and ejecting her. Medics transported the injured woman to Harborview Medical Center with life-threatening injuries. Police suspect that alcohol played a role in the accident and arrested her at the hospital. Police completed a legal blood draw as evidence.

Aug. 14Recovered stolen property: 12:31 p.m., 601 Oravetz Road. Some-body stole a suitcase from a vehicle in Olympia, and hours later Auburn police returned it to its owner.

Wonder why he’s her ex?: 3 a.m., 300 block of 17th Street Southeast. An Auburn resident called 911 to complain that her roommate’s ex-

boyfriend had just driven his fist through a window. But when police reached the scene of crime, ex-boyfriend wasn’t there.

Aug. 15Vandalism: 7:15 a.m., 900 block of 18th Place Northeast. Somebody spray painted the side of a man’s truck, without his say so.

Vandalism: 7:32 a.m., 620 37th St. SE. Vandals unknown vandalized Mt. Baker Middle School with graffiti.

Theft: 8:46 a.m., 4200 block of A Street Southeast. Somebody stole a man’s ladder from his own backyard.

Theft: 9:27 a.m., 3941 I St. NW. Subjects unknown stole propane tanks from a locked cage at a local business.

Theft: 1:37 p.m., 1002 37th St. NW. Between Aug. 12 and Aug. 15, thieves stole about 3,000 feet of copper wire off a spool inside of a power substa-tion.

Theft: 8:30 a.m., 5141 Auburn Way N. Unknown subjects entered the unse-cured property of Canopy West and stole numerous canopies and tonneau covers.

Robbery: 10:15 p.m., 12100 block Southeast 320th Street. A woman reported that two unknown men as-saulted her and stole her cell phone at a bus stop in the Lea Hill area.

Strong arm street robbery: 11:46 p.m., 2400 Riverwalk Drive SE. Two men approached a man walking down the street and demanded his wallet. The guy cooperated, but one of the bad guys punched him in the face as a “parting gesture.”

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Extra law enforce-ment patrols in King County from the latest “Slow Down, Pay Up” campaign issued 1,245 speeding tickets, in addition to three DUIs, three felony arrests, four aggressive driving violations, 15 cell phone citations, six seat belt tickets, as well as 50 uninsured motorist and 15 sus-pended/revoked license violations.

Auburn participated in the extra patrols during July 15-Aug. 7, along with other police departments.

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King County prosecu-tors claim a Lynnwood man stole about $11,500 from cafes he was manag-ing at the GSA complex in Auburn and the U.S. Courthouse in Seattle.

Last Thursday, prosecu-tors charged Jeffrey S. Stan-ley, 42, with first-degree theft of money that should have been deposited into the account of the CDX Corporation, the cafes’ owner. Stanley allegedly blamed subordinates.

Arraignment is set for Aug. 25 at the King County Courthouse in Seattle.

Hired in September 2007, Stanley was in charge of the Rainier Cafe at the GSA complex and the U.S. Courthouse Cafe in Seattle. Among his responsibilities were making deposits for both businesses and keeping track of the money.

According to Auburn Police Detective Scott Hatkoff ’s write-up – the basis for the charge – Stanley started making the deposits late in April 2008. He said that he had been too busy to make the daily deposits. His bosses asked him to make

the deposits on time and it appeared that he was complying.

But as of late October of 2008, Hatkoff wrote, he was still making the deposits late.

In early November, CDX Corporation owner Michael Cho discovered that more than $11,000 was missing from the ca-fes, Hatkoff wrote. Stanley allegedly claimed he had the money in his briefcase and was getting ready to deposit it. Stanley’s manager suspended him and started auditing the businesses.

Hatkoff said that Stan-ley told his employer that bad employees had stolen the money and he’d been trying to cover for them. Cho fired Stanley.

Investigators now allege that Stanley stole about $6,600 from the Auburn cafe and $5,800 from the cafe in the federal court-house.

Stanley denied responsi-bility and suggested his em-ployees may have been the thieves, but he offered to repay the missing money. He said he felt it was his responsibility even if it was his employees stealing.

Stanley has not been jailed.

Man charged with stealing from cafes at GSA, federal courthouse

3 suspects arrested in store robberies

King County prosecu-tors have charged two men and a teenager from Auburn in connection with six “takeover-style” robberies at gas station conveniences stores in King County.

Prosecutors last Friday charged Christopher J. Manning, 24, and Bao Quoc Ly, 23, with six counts of first-degree rob-bery. Joseph M. Campbell, 16, was charged as an adult with two counts of first-degree robbery.

The three are being held in jail in lieu of $300,000.


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his hectic work day managing the Texaco Food Mart on the busy corner of Auburn Way North and South 277th Street. “I enjoy my work.”

And in his own way, he enjoys making it go.

Running a convenience store is daunting, but Sandhu is finding his niche in a locale that stands to grow commercially.

“It’s going to come sooner or later,” Sandhu said of the likelihood of more business development sprouting on Auburn’s north side.

Sandhu represents a trend in Auburn and South King County. More business owners from diverse backgrounds are establishing roots and taking leadership roles in their communities.

Sandhu is not alone.The new Marvel Food & Deli

on C Street Southwest, a hub of Auburn’s Ukrainian community, thrives under the ownership of Andrey and Nadya Ivantsov. Chinese immigrants Ivy Chen and Bing Zhao have opened a bistro on Auburn’s west end. The Gomez family has revitalized a Mexican restaurant on the north end. A growing Korean congregation has revived the former White River Presbyterian Church, a part of Auburn’s faith community for more than 140 years.

Where it was once predomi-nantly white Caucasian with a large influence of Native American and Japanese American communities, Auburn now reflects a greater mix of races – a growing, global influx of Asian, Hispanic, Latino, Polynesian, Middle Eastern, Russian, Ukraine

and Eastern European people.According to the 2010 Cen-

sus, Auburn reflects the growing diversity of South King County’s population. In fact, persons of color now make up more than one-third of the population.

They come from larger cities to find affordable housing, mod-est income and a good quality of life. They come to discover good churches, schools and stores. Some have opened up shops of their own.

“They have become a fabric of our community,” said Ralph Ibarra, diversity consultant and City of Auburn diversity liaison. “New immigrants are just getting started on their path to be successful Americans. They have a lot to offer. They are kind … resourceful … and bring a work ethic.”

That work ethic can be found in the changing complexion of Auburn commerce.

Doug Lein has been the City’s economic development manager for only a few months, but already he has noticed the demographics. While it is difficult to gauge the exact number of recent business startups, Lein says it is “about 50-50” with respect to the number of business licenses issued to those of diverse backgrounds compared with those of Caucasian back-ground.

That diversity is particularly no-ticeable in Auburn’s boutique retail, Lein pointed out.

The mix has brought new chal-lenges, ideas and opportunities for the business com-munity.

For immigrants, Auburn provides a welcome place to start again, considering the many re-strictions and obstacles prevalent in other countries.

“One of the attractions is that we are an open, capitalistic society,” Ibarra said. “They have the op-portunity to establish a business … be successful … and be your own boss.”

Making it workSandhu established a working re-

lationship with the City of Auburn. He had managed convenience stores in California and Seattle and used his business acumen to get started in Auburn.

“The City was very helpful,” said Sandhu, who also worked in real estate and finance before going into business for himself. “They have been very supportive, like a family, to me.”

Not all have made the transition.Auburn leaders and ethnic

groups face the challenge of overcoming cultural and language barriers to build lasting, trusting relationships.

Many cultures distrust govern-ment. And many other ethnic groups don’t know where to begin to establish themselves in a new place. City officials are working to bridge those gaps, providing the tools to get minority-owned and -operated business started.

City and community leaders are willing to get them acclimated. The

City offers a series of workshops on a wide range of subjects – from loss prevention to emergency manage-ment – to assist and counsel minor-ity proprietors.

“We’re trying to build that layer of trust,” Lein added.

Auburn promises to grow, and the migration of diverse workers will be a part of its economic im-pact. The area has and continues to provide jobs in manufacturing and distribution sectors.

And that is part of the attraction.The City has built a promis-

ing business connection with sister city, Tamba, Japan, and its merchant association in a push to do some export business. It is a relationship that hopefully will bear results.

Auburn’s diverse communities also stand to recruit new business, City officials say. A diverse com-munity has advantages that cannot be ignored.

“(Companies) found that to be very attractive,” Lein said. “They found they could hire locally.

“I honestly believe our diverse population is real plus,” he added. “It brings in a new, diverse atti-tudes, ideas and work ethics. … It makes for a strong working com-munity.”

Sandhu, part of the changing community, making the most of his opportunity.

“I knew I was going to do it. I knew I was going to be successful,” he said. “You have to work hard to earn it.”

Best of Auburn begins Monday

Readers are wel-come to participate in the annual Best of Auburn online contest beginning Monday.

Voters can select their top choices in 48 categories, including dining, shopping and services.

Participants have a chance to win in a drawing for gift cards from the SuperMall.

The contest is strictly online. To par-ticipate, voters can go to the www.auburn-reporter.com and click on “Best of Auburn 2011” or “Contests.”

The contest closes at midnight, Sept. 18.

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Walking so that others may see

Auburn’s man of sole is plotting his next adventure.

Don Stevenson, the 75-year-old ultra-marathon walker, plans to cover 1,500 miles for friends and a worthy cause.

And he will do it blindfolded.� e “Lion Heart Walking for the Bind”

is scheduled to take Stevenson across half the continent, originating next June from Rugby, N.D. – the geographic center of North America – and ending at Auburn in September.

� e 13-week walk – from June 7 to Sept. 9 – is Stevenson’s way to raise aware-ness and funds for the Lions Club and for the blind and sight impaired. � e Bonney Lake Lions Club is sponsoring Stevenson,

who hopes to raise $200,000 for the cause.

He also is dedicating the walk to friends James and Patti Premo and their 11-year-old son, Nicholas, who was born blind.

� e plan is to reach the Lakeland Hills Top Food & Drug on Sept. 6, and greet the Premo family. James Premo is Top store manager. Nicholas, a special program student who attends North Tapps Middle School this fall, is preparing for the Vancouver School of Blind for high school students.

“I obviously was � oored, shocked and ex-cited all the same time,” James Premo said of being approach by Stevenson for the bene� t walk. “It’s such a great thing he has o� ered to do. I want him, us and the Lions Club to bene� t as much as possible and to get the word out as much as possible.”

Stevenson wanted to do something special for the family, which has supported his charitable ways for years.

He is lining up volunteers to walk along with him along U.S. Route 2. He is coor-dinating volunteers through various Lions Clubs along the way.

“If anyone would like to walk with me,

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Gardening usually conjures up thoughts about planting � owers or grow-ing vegetables. However, economic gardening focuses on growing local compa-nies and the local economy. Each type of garden must be sustained. Both take dedication, e� ort and support. Commitment and passion for your idea must accompany each type of

garden. And, you must be prepared for the long haul, because just like gardens, small businesses require a lot of work.

To begin an economic gardening program, one must develop an inven-tory of community and

business assets available. What is the “wealth” in Auburn? What organizations can you tap into or

partner with? Your list of assets should include the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), SCORE, Small Business Develop-ment Centers (SBDC), your local chamber of commerce and eco-nomic development agency. � ese organizations contain individuals who have skills and expertise in many areas of business. � ey o� er classes, mentoring, and community forums to meet with local experts.

At the SBA, we’ve had great suc-cess growing small entrepreneurs into larger companies that employ lots of people. We believe that e� ec-tive economic development truly begins at the neighborhood level, right here in your community. For example, Management Services Northwest has become a one-call source for all property related

Economic gardening in Auburn, with help from the SBA

Let’s hope the music marches on

I was shocked and saddened to read the article about the suspension of the Auburn High School marching band program (Aug. 12, Auburn Reporter).

I have to chime in with Ms. Tillotson’s feeling and memory. I, too, was in high school band during the same years (1985-88). During most of those years I did not live in Auburn, but on the other side of the state in Spokane. My � rst high school had a very vibrant and competitive marching band program. We were very aware of Auburn High School as a strong marching band competitor in those days.

When my family moved to Sumner in 1987, because of

where I had come from, I was acutely aware of my proxim-ity to AHS and its powerful marching band. � at’s how widely known it was.

Band and music programs had a huge e� ect on my life, so much so that I make my living in the music business. March-ing band was a big part of that.

Marching band in my early high school days in Spokane

le� a lifelong impression on me. � e camaraderie and team spirit I experienced were above and beyond anything I experienced else-where.

It seems to me there is inter-est in developing music in the Auburn School District, Mr. Herren is paying attention, and that is a step in the right direction.

I hope the rest of the ad-ministrators, and especially the music educators, develop a powerful sense of urgency and not let this be a step to-ward a continued downward spiral.

I hope parents can under-stand what a powerful experi-ence music can be for their children and be excited to give them that experience.– Roy A. Dilley

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How about an all-city band?

I was surprised to read that Auburn High School will not have a marching band this year.

What if the school district were to combine all three high schools in an all-city marching band? It sounds like a good idea to be able to have them all together for our parades here in town.

If nothing else, at least the kids who want to do marching band in Auburn have a chance to do so.

If they all tried to work together, it could be something the whole town could be proud of.

– Andrea Lawrence

Well done, policeRecently, a bull got

loose and ran through the streets of Auburn. Our Auburn police handled it perfectly.

No one was hurt and the thing that is most impres-sive … they did not shoot the bull.

We are all so very proud of our police for this job well done.

– Lucy Shy

Put it on Transit’s tab

I am more than con-fused regarding King County’s decision to force $20 from car owners to subsidize Transit.

You are asking car own-ers who already face high gas prices, tolls on bridges, high-priced parking fees, emission fees, mainte-nance on their vehicle, car tabs and driver licenses and being stuck in tra� c every day watching their gas gauge drop.

I cannot use Transit because it doesn’t take me where I need to go. I can-not believe King County’s thinking that if you own a car, you can a� ord $20 more than the Transit rid-ers. You are asking people who have lost their jobs, their homes, their retire-ment bene� ts and health bene� ts to ante up for a system we don’t use.

Transit should be able to maintain its own budget, or ante up to subsidize it. If Transit is as valuable as King County says it is, $20 should be a bargain for the riders to come up with. � e story, of course, is that low-income residents use the buses and cannot a� ord the $20.

I am on Social Se-curity, with no COLA,

facing rising medical costs, prescription costs, rising utility costs. PSE has had six or seven price increases in the last three or four years, and even with the surplus water we had this year, customers did not get a break.

If transit cannot maintain service within its budget, cuts have to be made internally to solve that problem. No one is helping me pay for my car tabs and expenses. How about licensing bicycles using bike lanes on the streets?

Residents each have their own way of dealing with cutbacks they have su� ered with very little help from anyone. We can-not continue to be used like ATM machines.

I would hope taxpayers will get fed up enough to say “that is enough” and refuse to pay these costs being forced on us. We did not create this situation that the federal, state and local governments � nd themselves in.– Pat Horn

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they are welcome,” said Stevenson, who has been trained to use a walking cane for the trip.

“I am again aspiring to walk hundreds of miles for others – the blind and sight impaired that others may see,” said Stevenson, who intends to average 20 miles a day. “I love walking and � nd it invigorat-ing, inspiring and rewarding in many ways.”

� is is not the � rst time Stevenson has walked this way.

� e former Marine, pastor, teacher and truck driver has walked more than 40,000 miles for various charities since 1998. Long-distance walking became his passion since his retirment in 1994.

� e “Pacin’ Parson” walked blindfolded to support Maria Federici, a Renton woman who was blinded by an unsecured load that struck her car in 2004. � e walk took Steven-son along the John Wayne Trail for 106 miles from North Bend to Vantage, ending at the Columbia River.

Since the walk, “Ma-ria’s Law” was signed by

the governor in 2005 and makes failing to properly secure a load a crime.

Stevenson also has walked as far as Tijuana, Mexico, and Anchorage, Alaska, for charity. One of his longest walks was a 13,000-mile trek to New York City and back for the Huntington’s Disease Soci-

ety of America.Stevenson

walked 8,000 miles around Game Farm Park for multiple sclerosis and climbed to the 12,300-foot level of Mount Rainier for the American Lung Association. He

hiked 2,400 miles to all 88 counties in his native Ohio for the American Cancer Society, and walked a thou-sand miles over 12 of Wash-ington’s highway mountain passes for Alzheimer’s.

Stevenson’s wife, Loretta, will accompany him on his latest walk with a support van.

Give Stevenson a chal-lenge and he will take it on.

He has covered long dis-tances, in searing heat and oppressive humidity, to help others. He has marched on despite painful blisters.

He remains Auburn’s tough but generous man of sole.

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Small businesses are the key to the health and diversity of a neighborhood and the nation’s well-being. � ey account for a signi� cant share of local employment and overall U.S. economic production. � e latest statistics from the O� ce of Advocacy state there are 27.3 million small businesses in the United States, and more than 500,000 are right here in the state of Washington. Small � rms make up more than 90 percent of this state’s employers.

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AUBURN’S INAUGURAL WINE AND MUSIC FESTIVAL is Aug. 27-28 in the downtown area. The event will include arts and crafts, live music, food, games and a wine garden from eight wineries. Festival hours are 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Aug, 27, and 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Aug. 28.

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Some legends die hard.For almost 40 years, the legend of

outlaw skyjacker D.B. Cooper – who successfully highjacked a Northwest Airlines 727 bound from Portland to Seattle in 1971, getting away with $200,000 in ransom – has captivated the public nationwide but particularly here in the Paci� c Northwest.

Along the way, many theories re-garding the true identity of D.B. Coo-per have made the rounds, including recent news that the FBI had ordered DNA testing of a tie le� on the plane by D.B. Cooper, trying to � nd a match with an Oregon suspect named L.D. Cooper.

With the announcement last week that the DNA did not match, the leg-end remains very much alive.

Especially for Auburn author Rob-ert Blevins, who presented a slideshow at the Auburn Avenue � eater during Auburn’s Good Ol’ Days celebra-tion, detailing the case that led him

to name Bonney Lake and Sumner resident Kenneth Peter Christiansen in his book “Into the Blast: � e True Story of D.B. Cooper,” co-written with Skipp Porteous.

Blevins displayed photos illustrating the circumstantial evidence that led him to write the book, which postu-lates that Christiansen, a World War II paratrooper and Northwest Airlines purser, was the hijacker.

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Auburn makes way for forklift rodeo regional

Driving a forkli� might look easy, but driving one safely requires the right training and experience.

Professional forkli� drivers will put their skills to the test on Saturday in a regional qualifying forkli� rodeo at Auburn’s Boeing facility, 2400 Perimeter Road.

Competition begins at 10 a.m. Spectators are welcome, free of charge.

� e competition is limited to 30 drivers, with the top � ve individuals advancing to the 14th an-nual Forkli� Rodeo at the 60th Governor’s Industrial Safety and Health Confer-ence in Tacoma on Sept. 28-29, to determine the state’s best forkli� driver.

Foss’s Ron Cochran returns to defend his state

title. He took home last year’s $500 purse.

Operators from several local companies will be competing. � ey include Boeing, the Red Dot Corp., the Washington State Liquor Control Board, idX Seattle, Simon Metals, Columbia Colstor, Americold, Portionables, Inc., and North Star Cold Storage, Inc.

� e forkli� rodeos typically attract the best forkli� drivers from around the state.

� e contest stresses safety. Competitors must pass a written exam and a pre-use inspection of a forkli� before competing in the obstacle course.

� e top seven drivers in the regional competitions earn cash prizes ranging from $50 to $300. In the � nals, prizes range from $100 to $500 for the top � ve drivers.


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A “crown” and a “cap” are actually the same thing, although dental professionals typi-cally use “crown”. Sometimes they are made entirely of a metal alloy like gold. In other cases, they are made from a thin metal alloy “coping” that has a layer of esthetic porcelain applied over the metal.

Recently, other varia-tions have been appearing. Crowns made entirely out of super strong, tooth-col-ored materials like lithium disilicate and zirconia are being used more each year.

“Which one is the best?” is a logical question. � e most honest answer is “it depends.” Most dentists are capable of doing all of the types listed above.

Each tooth is di� erent and is exposed to di� erent stresses. Some people grind their teeth at night or chew their nails. Others clench their jaw muscles when they are stressed or angry. Some teeth have had root canals or previous large � llings, and are particularly weak.

Your dentist should evaluate your tooth in light of all of the above factors, as well as ask questions like,

“Are you more concerned about esthetics and beauty or strength and longevity?”

In my own mouth, I have had my dentist place the oldest technology we have available on my back molars … gold alloy. Why? Because nothing has with-

stood the test of time longer, noth-ing � ts better or is more compatible with your mouth tissues than gold. Gold can’t crack like porcelain, and it wears out at

almost exactly the same rate as your own enamel does. � at means it won’t wear out the tooth it is chewing against.

I still recommend gold to a lot of patients who are more concerned about durability than the way things look, especially on back teeth.

� at being said, I provide all of the other types of crowns mentioned above far more o� en than I do gold. Why? Because many crowns that are necessary are in areas that show when

you smile or laugh. Some patients de� nitely want a tooth-colored restoration, even if it is more fragile. Still others are concerned about having any metals at all in their mouth because of allergy concerns.

As a dentist, I want to be pro� cient in many di� erent ways of accomplishing what my patients need so I can best address their concerns. A dentist should involve you in choosing which op-tion is best for you. � ere are some types that balance the need for beauty and strength quite well.

So what is a core? Is that when you exchange your old car battery for a new one? No, actually a core, or buildup, is o� en needed underneath a new crown for proper strength and protection of the tooth.

Teeth that need crowns usually have had very large � llings. Many times a large portion of what you think of as your tooth is actually old � lling material. While it might do a good job of � lling in the hole, it doesn’t add much strength to the tooth.

In fact, in some cases, an old amalgam � lling might actually be acting as a wedge that can crack your tooth unexpectedly when you bite down.

Usually, when preparing a tooth for a crown, it’s best to completely take out the old � lling, in order to make sure all the decay has been completely removed. � e tooth is then reinforced internally with a bonded composite material before being trimmed down be-tween 1-2 millimeters in all dimensions so that it can be covered and strengthened by the crown.

A buildup is not always necessary, depending on how much healthy tooth structure remains a� er all the decay and old � lling is removed. � e � nal decision can only be made once that step has been completed.

So, to conclude this car analogy … what exactly is a “grill?” Like the � ashy chrome front end of a car, a grill is an accessory that some people in the hip hop music scene have made for their front six teeth. Per-fectly healthy tooth enamel is ground down in order to install a gold framework, sometimes festooned with diamonds.

� ere is no purpose for the procedure other than to add some “bling” and at-tract attention to the person wearing it.

� e teeth are le� much more sensitive and prone to decay. � ey eventually will need real crowns because of the damage done by the unnecessary procedure. Al-though I o� er my patients a

variety of options to restore or improve their smile, that’s one you won’t � nd on my list of available treatments.

Stuart Rich is a dentist in Auburn, and a frequent contributor to the Auburn Reporter on dental health top-ics. You can learn more about this and other dental topics by going to www.StuartRichDDS.com.

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Jon Byers knew early on that his future lay in the automotive � eld.

“I got started doing mod-els when I was 4,” he said.

But the future automotive paint specialist didn’t even get a chance to slap some paint on that � rst model, a 1/25-scale 1955 Chevrolet Nomad kit.

“My parents would only let me use glue at � rst,” By-ers said.

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Byers, however. By the time he graduated from Mount Rainier High School and headed o� to the auto paint and body program at Renton Technical College, Byers was well acquainted with the ins and outs of paint.

A� er vocational school, Byers went to work for a local body shop. Although many car guys � nd their enjoyment under the hood, tinkering with engines, Byers found his in body work and paint.

In 1984, while working at a local body and paint shop he began doing side

projects out of his garage, setting his feet on the path that would eventually lead to his shop, Byers Customs and Restorations.

“At that time it was mostly mini-trucks because that was the craze,” he said. “� e very � rst � ame job I ever got to do was my step-dad’s car. It was a ’78 Mercury Zephyr.”

He soon was perfecting his cra� on relatives’ rides, painting an El Camino and Harley for his uncles, even � aming out his own mini-truck.

“You train for this by just doing it,” Byers said. “At that time, I didn’t really have anyone to follow a� er. You’d go to the car shows and look at stu� and talk to a few people. But it was mainly trial and error. You

get to mess up a lot of your own toys � rst.”

In 1990, Byers opened his � rst shop in Auburn, located o� C Street near the airport. It was there that he � rst met fellow car customizer Craig Wick of Wicked Fabrica-tions. For Byers and Wick, it was the beginning of a 20-plus year partnership.

“Craig does my mechani-cal and I do his paint and body, so it works out good,” Byers said.

Byers eventually moved into his own shop, nestled in a large warehouse next door to Wick’s shop on West Main Street.

In addition to his work with Wicked Fabrications, Byers said he also gets a lot of work from Puyallup’s

Dennison International and J and L Fabrication, both big players on the interna-tional custom car scene.

“We love doing the hot rod stu� ,” Byers said. “And we really got into doing a lot of the Pebble Beach cars, the Pebble Beach Concour d’Elegance. It’s a big car show in California, very high-end cars. � ey’re all supposed to be non-produc-tion vehicles. So we’ve had one there every year since ’96, and each one has won its class.”

In 2008, Byers did even better, winning best of show at the Concour with the 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 B Tour-ing Berlinetta, owned by Jon and Mary Shirley of Medina and restored by Dennison.

Byers is keeping busy, with his three shop em-ployees and his bookkeeper and wife, Dawn, working on four or � ve projects at a time.

With paint costs running up to $1,400 per gallon, coupled with all the body work involved and the time it takes to match up old paint combinations, Byers said the price of a paint job can add up quickly.

Regardless of the amount of work his customers require, 48-year-old Byers is pleased to be able to make a living doing what he enjoys.

“You want to go into business working on fun things, and that’s what we do,” he said. “We work on toys.”

Jon Byers works wonders from his body and paint business on Auburn’s West Main Street.SHAWN SKAGER, Auburn Reporter

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Not much has eluded Tim McCanna at the racetrack.

It’s been three decades since the Spokane na-tive got his horse trainer’s license, and in that time McCanna has compiled an impressive record at Emerald Downs. McCanna has racked up 10 training titles while becoming the winningest trainer in track history with an impressive 794 wins.

McCanna, 49, also is fourth on the Emerald Downs’ all-time stakes wins list with 29, and in 2008 he was awarded the Top Training Achievement for his record 66 wins dur-ing the meet.

His list of achievements at the track is so impres-sive that this weekend he will be inducted into the Washington Racing Hall of Fame.

“It’s kind of a humbling thing because I’ve never thought of myself that way,” the a� able McCanna said. “You look at every-body else in there, they’re

all the guys I grew up watching in awe.”

But for McCanna, there remains some un� nished business, one track mile-stone that escapes him. He has never won the pres-tigious Longacres Mile, the Northwest’s $200,000 Grade III jewel that runs for the 76th time Sunday on the Auburn oval.

McCanna looks to move Saratoga Boot – owned by Gary Hughes and ridden

by jockey Joe Crispin – into the winner’s circle by besting returning Mile winners such as Noosa Beach, Wasserman, Assess-ment and other contend-ers. So far this season, Saratoga Boot has snagged a third in the Budweiser Handicap and a fourth in the Mt. Rainier Handicap.

“It’s as tough a race as you’ll get into,” McCa-nna said. “Noosa Beach stands out above everyone

else. Just the way the race scenario, the trip sets up, somebody is going to have to get lucky to beat him.”

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At 5:45 p.m. Sunday, Emerald Downs presents the 76th running of the $200,000 Grade III Longacres Mile. This year’s race features three returning champions, Assessment, Wasserman and last year’s winner Noosa Beach, the odds-on favorite. The race will be carried live on the radio on KJR 950 AM from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. and on TVG and Comcast Sportsnet Northwest from 3 to 7 p.m. Post position, horse, trainer, jockey, odds1, Posse Power, Frank Luccarelli, Russell Baze, 15-1;2, Assessment, Howard Belvoir, Juan Guiterrez, 15-1;3, St. Liams Halo, Michael Puhlich, Mario Guiterrez, 10-1;4, Honour the Deputy, Jerry Hollendorfer, Kevin Krigger, 12-1;5, Saratoga Boot, Tim McCanna, Joe Crispin, 20-1;6, Winning Machine, Frank Lucarelli, Leslie Mawing, 12-1;7, JP Jammer, Karyn Seal, Pedro Terrero, 15-1;8, Wasserman, Howard Belvoir, Jennifer Whitaker, 30-1; 9, Slew the Man, Je� Bonde, Frank Alvarado, 8-1;10, Crew Leader, Dino Condilenios, Chad Hoverson, 10-1;11, Noosa Beach, Doris Harwood, Gallyn Mitchell, 2-1; and12, Awesome Gem, Craig Dollase, David Flores, 5-2.

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Tim McCanna, Emerald Downs’ winningest trainer, will be inducted into the Washington Racing Hall of Fame on Saturday and run Saratoga Boot in the Mile on Sunday. FILE PHOTO

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“My dad trained as a hobby,” McCanna said. “He was a school teacher and administrator in Spokane. I just started getting up early in the morning before school at about 4 o’clock to train horses. I’d do it in the summers also.”

He fondly remembers the first horse he ever trained in fifth grade, a quarter-horse named One Cute Kitty.

“We used to train her at home in the mornings, and we’d haul her to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho on the week-ends,” he said.

By the time he got to high school, McCanna already was immersed in the world of horse training.

“I’d do it before school,” he said. “They’d always give me a hard time because I’d come in smelling like horse liniment. But I knew that was what I wanted to do. I wanted to

train horses..”After graduating from

Gonzaga Prep, McCa-nna headed off to Pullman, enrolling in the veterinar-ian program at Washington State University. His path lay elsewhere, however.

“I just couldn’t see myself being in Pullman for nine years,” he said. “I dropped out of WSU and went to Hawaii for a while and hung out with some buddies, just being beach bums.”

After a few months of enjoying the leisurely life, McCanna received a call from his father, asking him to come home and run the family stables.

“He kind of turned the stables over to me when I was 18,” he said. “I started training then at Playfair, and it kind of took off from there. I’ve been training every day since.”

After taking over the reigns, McCanna set out to

make his mark in the training business, building on lessons he learned from his father.

“My dad started out with all cheap horses, broken down horses that had problems,” McCanna said. “It really taught me how to make them better. I started thinking that I’d like to get a horse before he was beat up.”

At first, success eluded him.“The first couple of years

we went to 90 races and never won a feature race,” he said.

He soon began to concen-trate on developing his own horses, and success followed.

“I started going to the yearling sales, buying horses,” he said. “And then it just kind of took off from there.”

When Emerald Downs first opened in 1996, Mc-Canna began bringing his horses across the mountains. After Playfair stopped host-ing live racing in 2000, he concentrated his efforts at the

Auburn track.These days McCanna splits

his time between Emerald Downs, his farm in Yakima and tracks in California, where he also trains.

“My wife Jan does a really great job managing the farm and taking care of things,” McCanna said. “I’ve got a really great crew here (in Yakima) and we’ve got a good system.”

In the three decades since he first received his license, McCanna has enjoyed a lot of success. Yet there is always more to learn.

“It’s a never-ending pro-cess,” he said. “If you don’t learn something every day, you’re not keeping up. It’s a humbling sport. By the time you think you know what you’re doing, and ‘I’ve got this all figured out,’ well, then it will make you look like you don’t know what the hell you’re doing. I think that’s

something that keeps you hungry and going.”

One thing he has learned, however, is that a happy horse eager to run is a better competitor than one forced to race.

“I try to work gentle with them,” he said. “They’ve got to want to run. The old days of breaking a horse are gone. We work with them here at the farm, and I don’t take them to the track until they’re ready to do something they want to do. You don’t make them do something they don’t want to do. They run a lot better if it’s their idea. You really have to get one that wants to be a racehorse.”

McCanna continued:“It’s getting them to run

for you, it’s not making them do it,” he said. “They’re bred to run, but they have to want to do it. You just want to get them feeling good. The care we put into these horses, I

wish I took that much care of myself. Their temperature is taken every day, we watch their diet, their blood is monitored. Their every care is looked after.”

Although competition on the track looks to be fierce in the Mile on Sunday, McCa-nna said Saratoga Beach is ready.

“I’ve got him going the way I want now,” McCanna said. “Things really hadn’t fallen together yet. He had a few little problems. He’s not really running with the same style he had, but he might get ev-erything to come together at the right time. You can’t win it unless you’re in it.

“It’d be huge to win the Mile,” McCanna added. “It’s something I haven’t done. I have a lot more things that I want to do. That’s what’s weird about the Hall of Fame deal, because I feel like I’ve got a lot more to do.”

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It has been a whirlwind of a summer for Auburn golfer Kelly Campbell.

In just the past few weeks the Auburn Mountainview senior has notched wins at the Auburn Golf Course Club Championship and the Western Washington Chapter of the Profession-al Golfers Association’s (WWC PGA) Pro-Mem-ber series at Suncadia in Cle Elum. Campbell, 17, also notched a second-place finish with his father, pro Doug Camp-bell, at the 2011 WWC PGA Pro-Junior Best Ball tournament at the Riverbend Golf Course and finished tied for fifth at the Washington Junior Golf Association Boys 16-17 Championships at the Walla Walla Country Club.

It all started for Camp-bell, July 27-29 in Walla

Walla where Campbell shot a three-round total of 216 in the WJGA championship to finish at even-par and tying with University Place’s James Feutz.

Camp-bell had individual round totals of 73, 72 and 71 on the par 72 course.

The boys 16-17 tourney was won by Enumclaw’s Tyler Salsbury, who shot a six-under-par 210, with rounds of 69, 69 and 72.

On Aug. 6 and 7 Camp-bell continued his torrid streak with a convinc-ing nine-stroke, home-course win at the Auburn Golf Course Men’s Club Championship. Campbell posted a six-under-par 136. Campbell shot a first- round 66 and a second-

round 70 on the par-71 course.

On Aug. 9, it was off to Suncadia’s Prospector golf course in Cle Elum for the 2011 WWC PGA Pro-Member series, where Campbell finished first in the amateur competition, with a one-under-par 71.

Campbell’s streak con-tinued the following day, Aug. 10, where Campbell and his father, Jade Green Golf Course pro Doug Campbell, finished second in the 2011 Wilson Staff - WWC PGA Pro-Junior Best Ball tournament at Riverbend Golf Course in Kent. The father-son duo notched a 62, just a stroke behind winners Dusty Brett and Sevryn Modahl, who shot 61.

This week Campbell finds himself battling for the Pacific Northwest Golf Association’s Junior Boys’ Amateur Championships at Sunriver Resort Mead-ows Golf Course in Sun-

river, Ore., with results unavailable at press time.

ALSO: Other Auburn golfers competing in the Washington Junior Golf Association champion-ships in Walla Walla were Alexus Song, 16, who finished first in the girls 16-17 tourney with an overall 226, with rounds of 80, 73 and 73... Vincent Vu, 13, was third in the boys 12-13 competition with a 225, with rounds of 76, 77 and 74... Nolan Cull, 14, of Lake Tapps finished tied for third in the boys 14-15 tourney with a 218 with rounds of 73, 73 and 72... Auburn’s Griffin Lamb, 16, shot rounds of 79 and 89 in the boys 16-17 competition... Curtis Koltermann, 13, of Lake Tapps shot rounds of 84 and 85 in the 12-13 boys competition... Serena Lee, 12, had rounds of 95 and 92 strokes in the girls 12-13 competition.

nick aumua, an Auburn Mountainview sophomore, works his way through a lineman drill led by former pro and UW alumni

Manase Hopoi, at the Tanoa Bowl Camp this past weekend. This year’s camp, conducted at Auburn Memorial Stadium, also doubled as the evaluation process for selection to this year’s Tanoa Bowl, which will pit a group of Washington State high school all-stars against a team from Utah on Dec. 31. CHArleS CorTeS, Reporter

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Western Regional Forklift Rodeo: 10 a.m., Aug. 20, Boeing Auburn, 2400 Perimeter Road. Professional forklift drivers compete in a series of contests. The top � ve individual competitors proceed to the � nals held at the Governor’s Industrial Safety and Health Conference. Regional rodeo presented by the Material Handling Com-mittee of the Governor’s Industrial Safety & Health Advisory Board and the Department of Labor & Industries. Info: 1-888-451-2004 or www.wagovconf.org.

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Inaugural Wine & Music (WAM) Festival: Aug. 27-28, downtown Auburn. Hours: 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Aug. 27; 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Aug. 28. Presented by The Auburn Downtown Association (TADA) and Auburn Wine & Caviar. Sponsored by Iron Horse Casino, Trade Route Brewery and eight wineries. Festival includes an art show, Downtown Trivia Treasure Hunt, the Pirates of Treasure Island and a giant chess set. Rae Soloman, Gray Sky Falling, The Paul Marcus Band, On the Level Dance Band, Jim King & the Southsiders, The Dave Hoskins Jazz Quartet will perform. Tickets for the wine tasting are $20 for � ve tastes ($15 in advance). For more information call 253-939-3982 or 253-887-8530.

Mary Olson Farm summer drop-in hours: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. during these weekends: Aug. 27-28; and Sept. 10-11. Mary Olson Farm, located at 28728 Green River Road in Auburn, is a King County Landmark and listed on the National Reg-ister of Historic Sites. Signi� cant features include an 1897 barn, a fully restored 1902 farmhouse, a century-old orchard, three

salmon runs in Olson Creek and a remark-able collection of outbuildings, including a smoke house, outhouse and weaving house. The farm will operate as a living history and environmental learning site, and will also be available for community and special events. Admission for the summer drop-in hours is $5 adults, $3 children/seniors and $15 for a household or family. For more information, visit www.wrvmuseum.org.Auburn International Farmers Market: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., Sundays, through Sept. 25, Auburn Sound Transit Plaza, 23 A St. SW. More than 40 vendors o� ering a variety of fresh locally grown farm-based foods, hand-crafted items, and concession stands that are restaurant-based but feature a home-cooked taste. Upcoming programs: • Sept. 11, Remembrance Day - For Country and Community. VFW Honor Guard open-ing ceremony 9 a.m. A special thank you to military families. Chili cook-off ; • Sept. 18, Senior Appreciation Day. Zumba Gold demonstration, bow-making demonstra-tion, prizes. Information: 253-266-2726, www.auburnfarmersmarket.org.Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey presents Boom A Ring: Sept. 1-5, Kent’s ShoWare Center. Show times: 7:30 p.m. (Sept. 1-2); 11:30 a.m., 3:30 p.m.,7:30 p.m. (Sept. 3); 1 p.m., 5 p.m. (Sept. 4); noon (Sept. 5). A magical circus spectacular. Tick-et price levels: $15, $20, $40 (VIP) and $65 (VIP Gold). Kids tickets available for only $10 each (discount does not apply to VIP seating). Opening night tickets available for 50 percent o� full ticket price (discount does not apply to VIP seating). Tickets available at the venue box o� ce locations, by calling the ShoWare Center at 253.856.6999, or online at www.Ringling.com.Puyallup Fair: Sept. 9-25, Puyallup Fair & Events Center, 110 9th Ave. SW, Puyallup. Hours: 10 a.m.-10 p.m., Sunday-Thursday; 10 a.m.-11 p.m., Friday and Saturday. Admission: $11 adults; $9 students (6-18); $9 seniors (62 and older; 5 and under free. Parking: $10, Monday- Friday; $12 Saturday, Sunday. Info: www.thefair.com, 253-841-5045.

Bene� tsFundraiser for Alzheimer’s Associa-tion: Aug. 19, Auburn Regional Medical Center, atrium, through the main entrance by Tully’s, 202 N Division St. Proceeds from the event, put on by the Auburn Regional Medical Center’s Behavioral Health Unit, to bene� t the Alzheimer’s Association. Ra� e tickets will be available for purchase

for many of the select items up for bid in a silent auction. The public will have a last chance to bid and buy ra� e tickets from 9 a.m. to noon on Aug. 19, with the announcement of the winners expected at 1 p.m.

Dirt for Food: 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Aug. 20, parking lot at A Street Northwest and West Main by the Farmers Market. Bene� t for the Auburn Food Bank. Bring 20 pounds of nonperishable food and Icon Materials will provide a bobcat scoop of topsoil or crushed rock. Limit three scoops per person. Info: 206-575-3200.

Auburn Police O� cers Association’s 12th annual Charity Golf Tourna-ment: 2 p.m., Aug. 20, Washington Na-tional, 14330 SE Husky Way. The four-player scramble is considered one of the region’s largest law enforcement tournaments. Entry fee is $100 per person and includes golf, cart, box lunch, dinner with non-alcoholic beverages. There will be individual contests, team awards, a silent auction and ra� e. For more information, contact APOA secretary Jamie Heslin at [email protected].

Barbers Against Hunger 4th annual food drive: 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Aug. 20, Auburn Valley Barber Shop, 316 E. Main St., and Salon Edwards, 29100 Paci� c Highway S., Suite 6. Accepting all non-perishable food times. Proceeds bene� t the Auburn Food Bank and Multi-Service Center of Federal Way.

Team Derek: 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Aug. 21, Shell Station, 201 Auburn Way S., corner of Auburn Way South and 2nd Street SE (across from Safeway). A car wash to help with Derek Miller’s upcoming transplant. Proceeds to bene� t the family with medi-cal bills and treatment of their son, who has been diagnosed with lymphoma. Volunteers welcome. Any donation is gladly appreciated. A benevolent fund has been started for Derek by CK Worldwide, his employer and an Auburn business, and at any Columbia Bank in Derek’s name. Contact: Tammy Miller, 253-709-6728 or [email protected], or Malori Jones at 253-732-4196.

Barbers Roundup: Noon-5 p.m. (until school supplies are depleted), Aug. 26, The Pentecostal Church, 39731 Auburn Enumclaw Road SE, Auburn. Back-to-school event, sponsored by the Auburn Food Bank, helping children in the community who do not have the means to buy books bags and school supplies. Donations of new coats, shoes, clothes, school supplies, book bags, paper, etc., needed. Organizers looking for

barbers and beauticians who are willing to help children. Information: Cynthia Lozier, 253-394-1966.

“See Ya Later” Tour: 10:30 a.m., Sept. 12, Indian Summer Golf and Country Club, 5900 Troon Lane SE, Olym-pia. Noon shotgun start for four-man scramble, followed by silent auction at 4 p.m., dinner at 6, evening festivities and oral auction at 7. Proceeds benefit the “See Ya Later” Foundation. Join the tournament as a golfer, sponsor, in-kind donor or inner guest. Pre-registration deadline is Sept. 1. Participation will be limited to the first 128 paid players. Basic player package, including lunch and dinner, is $150; or premium player pack-age at $275. Register online at www.SeeYaLater.org or make checks payable to: “See Ya Later” Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 8, Auburn, WA 98071. For more information: www.SeeYaLater.org, [email protected], 253-332-5144.

Scramble for Safe Families Charity Golf Tournament: 1:30 p.m. Sept. 17, Washington National, 14330 SE Husky Way, Auburn. Events include a four-person scramble, a hole-in-one contest, a putting contest, banquet, silent auction, ra� es and awards. Proceeds from the tournament will bene� t the Jennifer Beach Foundation, which provides education, advocacy and assistance to the community addressing issues related to child abuse and domestic violence. Entry: $120 for individual players, $480 for a four-person team. A variety of sponsorship opportunities are available for companies and individuals who would like to support the event. For more information, to download a registration form, make a donation or to be a sponsor, please call 253-833-5366 or visit www.jnbfoundation.org.

Auburn Rotary Earl Averill Invitation-al Golf Tournament: 11:30 a.m., Sept. 23, Auburn Golf Course, 29630 Green River Road SE. Cost: $125 per player (includes dinner). Shotgun scramble format. Sponsorships available from $250-$2,500. Contests: putting, $1,000 long putt, hole-in-one, roll the dice, pick your club and the super ticket scratch game. Proceeds go to charities in Auburn and around the world. www.auburnrotary.org.

HealthCascade Regional Blood Center drives: 10 a.m.-noon, Aug. 25; Canterbury House, 502 29th St. SE, Auburn. 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Sept. 1, Federal Way Community Center, 876 S. 333rd St., Federal Way; 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Sept. 3, Lakeland Hills community, 1408 Lake Tapps Parkway E., Auburn. 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Sept. 4. Northwest Family Church, 3535 Auburn Way S. 8-11 a.m., Sept. 7, Weyerhaeuser Technol-ogy Center, 32901 Weyerhaeuser Way S.,

Federal Way; 8 a.m.-noon, Sept. 8, Weyer-haeuser Corporate, 33663 Weyerhaeuser Way S., Federal Way. 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Sept. 27, Green River Community College, 12401 SE 320th St., Auburn. For more information, call 1-877-242-5663 or visit www.crbs.net/home.

Puget Sound Blood Center drives: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., 2-5 p.m., Aug. 25, Social Security, 1901 C St. SW, Auburn; 12:45-3:45 p.m., Aug. 25, GSA, 400 15th St. SW, Auburn; 11 a.m.-1 p.m., 2-5 p.m., Aug. 26, Auburn Regional Medical Center, mobile at 2nd Street entrance, Plaza I, 202 N. Division St.; 9:30-11:30 a.m., Aug. 30, Aero Controls, Inc., 1610 20th St. NW, Auburn; 9-11 a.m., noon-3 p.m., Sept. 1, Auburn City Hall (council chamber), 25 W. Main St.; 1-4 p.m., Sept. 8, Propet, 2415 W. Valley Highway N., Auburn; 1-3 p.m., 4-7 p.m., Sept. 12, LDS Church, gym, 625 M St. NE; 1-3 p.m., 4-7 p.m., Sept. 12, Messiah Lutheran Church, 805 4th St. NE, Auburn; 10 a.m.-noon, 1-4 p.m., Sept. 17, SuperMall, bus by Burlington Coat Factory, 1101 Supermall Way; 9-11 a.m., noon-3 p.m., Sept. 20, Muckleshoot Tribal School, small gym,

15599 SE 376th St., Auburn; noon-2 p.m., 2:45-6 p.m., Sept. 22, Auburn Adventist Academy, Fireside Room, 5000 Auburn Way S. For more information, call 253-945-8667 or please visit www.psbc.org.

Classes ESL talk time group: 5-6 p.m. Mondays, through Aug. 29, Auburn Valley YMCA, 620 Perimeter Road SW. A free ESL (English as a Second Language) conversa-tion group – a great opportunity for those to practice speaking English in a relaxed, friendly setting. A volunteer will plan and facilitate small group discussions on a variety of topics. The program is for begin-ning to advanced learners. Class is held in the kitchen by the family center. The class is open to the community. Participants need to bring identi� cation to gain access to the building. For more information, call 253-833-2770 or visit www.auburnval-leyymca.org.

Budding romance: Je� rey Rowden, left, plays rocket scientist Trenton Corbett and Lauren Slettedahl is Mary Malone, the daughter of the Space Center commander, in Summer Alumni Theater’s “Zombies From The Beyond.” The musical comedy runs Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Auburn Mountainview Theatre, 28900 124th Ave. SE. Tickets are $10. Proceeds bene� t the high school drama students scholarship fund. MARK KLAAS, Auburn reporter

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Bob Porter lost his 16 year battle with prostate cancer on August 5, 2011.

He was preceded in death by his son John; and brother Johnnie (Iwo Jima 1945). He is survived by his wife Aggie; daughter Robyn (Jim) Libadia; daughter-in-law Kara Leigh Kirk (Bob); grandchildren Tamara Bout, Janel Cournoyer, Shaun Porter, Raphael Libadia and Raina Libadia; and great-grandchildren Tanner, Taylor Ann, Micah, Blake, Lexi and Allyson.

He was born in Auburn, WA August 8, 1926. He graduated from Auburn High School in 1944, lettering in football, basketball, track and tennis. He also played semi-pro football for the Enumclaw Silver Barons for seven years.

He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Force after graduating, went through basic training at Buckley Field, CO then went to Scott Field, IL where he was trained as a control tower operator and assigned to the Army Airways Communication Service (AACS). He was then sent overseas and served at Hickam Field, Hawaii, Hannon Field, Gaum, and Central Field on Iwo Jima.

He began working at Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone in 1946 and retired after 37 years as Customer Service Manager in Tacoma, WA.

Bob and Aggie moved to Green Valley from Olympia, WA in 1990. Bob will be missed by his loving family and many dear friends.

A memorial service was held on Saturday, August 13 at Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green Valley, AZ.

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NetworkSouthwest King County Chamber August membership luncheon: 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Aug. 26, Doubletree Hotel Seattle Airport, 18740 International Blvd., SeaTac. Congressman Adam Smith will provide an update on the federal budget, the economy and other topics. Lunch is $20 pre-paid by noon on Aug. 25 or $35 at the door. Sponsored by Aesthetic Rejuvenation by Dr. Brecht, Clean Scapes, Cox Financial, Mendoza Law Center, and T-Mobile. Register by contacting the Chamber at 206-575-1633 or email [email protected].

SeniorsAuburn Senior Activity Center, 808 Ninth St. SE. 253-931-3016 or www.auburnwa.gov. Senior activities include:

• Senior Coffee Hours with the Mayor and Councilmembers: 10-11 a.m. the second Thursday of the month.• 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.• Movie Screenings: Wednesdays, 1 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. 50 cent suggested donation for refreshments.

• 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 informa-tion, call the center at 253-931-3016.

EntertainmentFriday Night Summer Sounds & Cinema Series: Presented by the Auburn Parks, Arts & Recreation Depart-ment, along with MultiCare. The lineup: (entertainment begins at 7 p.m. with the movies following at dusk.) • Friday, Aug. 19, Les Gove Park, 910 Ninth St. SE. Concert: The unique sound of Shyanne. Movie: “Megamind” (PG). Sponsorship packages are still available for this series and other special events. For more information, please contact Kristy Pachciarz, special events coordinator, at 253-931-3052 or [email protected]. For event information, contact the Parks, Arts & Recreation Department at 253-931-3043.

“Zombies From The Beyond”: 7:30 p.m., Aug. 18, 19, 20, Theatre at Auburn Mountainview, 28900 124th Ave. SE. The Summer Alumni Theatre Co. pres-ents James Valcq’s musical comedy celebra-tion of American ideals and foibles in the Eisenhower era. Tickets are $10. Proceeds benefit the high school drama students scholarship fund.

Triumph of the American Spirit, A 10-Year Commemoration of 9/11: 2:30 p.m., Sept. 11, Auburn Performing Arts Center, 700 E. Main St. Concert honors first-responders through inspirational readings and the music of the Auburn Symphony Orches-tra. Tickets are free but required for admission. Free tickets may be picked up in advance at the Auburn Parks, Arts and Recreation Administration Build-ing, 910 Ninth St. SE, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Cherry, Cherry, a Neil Diamond Tribute: 7:30 p.m., Sept. 17, Auburn Avenue Theater, 10 Auburn Ave. Tribute artist Steve Kelly and his eight-piece band present the music of the legendary singer and songwriter. Tickets: $20 general, $15 students, seniors. To order, call 206-707-6862 or email [email protected].

AuditionsMaple Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra: Aug. 17, 18, 27, Sept. 1, Taylor Creek Church, 21110 244th Ave. SE, Maple Valley. Audition fee: $10. Season performance highlights include masquer-ade concert, holiday concert, waltz gala ball, Seattle Thunderbirds hockey game and community events. MVYSO boasts a playing group for every level, from begin-ning strings to string ensemble. For more information, call 425-358-1640 or visit www.mvyso.org. Rainier Youth Choirs: Aug. 29. Local choir is scheduling auditions for singers to join this fall. RYC has three leveled groups based on age and ability (grades 4 through college). Rehearsals are held weekly in Covington. Call 253-347-0180 to schedule an audi-tion. For more information, visit www.rainieryouthchoirs.org.

GalleriesAuburn City Hall: Throughout August: Good Ol’ Days Juried Exhibition. 25 W. Main St. Admission is free. Hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Fridays. 253-931-3043 or www.auburnwa.gov.

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BirthsAuburn regional Medical CenterBrOOKS/SPOHr Crystal and Adam, boy, July 26

MAKer Amy and Joshua, girl, July 28

neLSOn/HernAndeZ Michelle and James, girl, July 29

rAMIreZ/SWITZer Angelica and Bradford, boy, July 26

SOrTer Lisa and Samwise, boy, July 26

ZAMUdIO Annette and Joshua, girl, July 28

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AUBUrn AreAAlbert, Charles W., 81, July 23Beall, Leslie C., 68, Aug. 4

Berntsen, Sandra R., 71, July 1Carlton, Robert E., 86, July 30Childs, Mildred A., 95, July 11Cooper, Harlan R., 84, July 2Cory, Martha E., 91, July 7Domenichetti, Mario, 90, July 10Dwight, Raymond E., 88, July 22Ficken, Jolanna, 59, July 16Fitzgerald, Verney W., 76, July 29Floyd, Norma J., 81, July 12Fogelsonger, Tamlyn R., 72, July 28Fontaine, Arthur., 79, Aug. 2Gammons-Bircher, Chloelyn S., infant, July 20Hackler, Danny G., 54, Aug. 27Harper, Javan J., 54, Aug. 5Henriksen, Helen C., 86, July 6Herrle, Lawernce L., 94, July 27Kamcheff, Alma M., 89, July 3Klem, Victor P., 74, July 19Kuehl, Terry L., 56, July 11Lee, Claude W., 96, July 30Lee, Gerald O., 74, July 19Mathews, Laurel G., 78, June 21

McSwain Jr., Robert L., 55, July 22Panasuk, Sam., 90, July 22Pashby Jr., George E., 60, July 17Pilgreen, Willie R., 90, Aug. 7Rapp, Clare A., 63, July 10Robison, Karlene D., 68, Aug. 5Samuel, Sarah D., 84, July 9Schuller, Carrie E., 51, July 27Searles, Helen M., 74, July 26Semin, Alexander, 100, July 31Skagen, Olive B., 100, July 30Stanley Sr., Michael D., 65, Aug. 7Stepchuk, Olga I., 50, Aug. 2Stetner, Mary J., 78, July 17Stevens, Donna L., 61, July 5Stewart, Harriet M., 91, July 16Thomas, Gertrude E., 84, Aug. 8Waldrop, Danny W., 52, July 8Walters, Evelyn L., 94, Aug. 2Wayne, Judy M., 62, July 21Wencl, Dorothy E., 85, July 23Wilson, Jessica M., 26, July 29Woods, Danny L., 52, Aug. 6Yung, Sroy, 84, July 29

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There’s nothing like a baptism

There’s nothing like a good old river water baptism. Tradition dic-tates that our church does at least one river baptism service a year. We’ve got an indoor baptismal tank as well, but there’s nothing quite like a frigid river dunk to give you some old-time religion.

Our baptism choice is the Stuck River. The Stuck River is a cloudy, fast-moving, glacier-frigid tributary that flows around the edges of south Auburn. To limit our travel time from the church to the river, we usually gather at a spot in Roegner Park behind Auburn Riverside High School. It’s a pretty park, but there aren’t that many locations where the water is deep enough and slow enough to accommodate the dunking of a whole person.

Even so, we usually find a spot that is “good enough” for the task at hand. In past years, I’ve found that my “good enough” is someone else’s “Are you kidding me … do you see how fast that water is flowing!? I signed up for a baptism, not a drowning!”

There is nothing like a good old river water baptism at the Stuck River: the terror of wading waist deep into murky rapids; the meta-bolic shock of being fully plunged into ice cold waters; the exhilara-tion of being lifted out of your immersion as the congregation cheers from the river’s edge. Dying to self as we plunge into the fearful deep, rising alive in Christ as we rise from the waters. This is the joy of a good baptism.

Whenever I baptize someone, I remind them and the gathered community that we are participat-ing in a sacred event; we are engag-

ing in a sacrament that goes back to the beginning of the church. I remind them how much baptism cost the early church.

In the early days of Christianity, baptism

was more than a ritual or sacrament. It was more than a public expression of a personal commitment. It was more than telling the world that you had decided to live for Christ. In the foundational days of the New Testa-ment Church, water baptism was far more than a symbolic gesture; it was a literal confession that one was will-ing to be beaten, abused, slandered, shamed, disowned or even martyred for the sake of Jesus Christ.

It was one thing to have a private salvation experience with Christ, it was another to publicly proclaim this decision in the public arena of a baptism. By being baptized pub-licly, slaves risked being beaten by their masters. By confessing their

new found faith through water im-mersion, wives opened themselves up to being abused, disowned or divorced.

Baptism produced countless heartaches and persecutions. Sons were rejected by their fathers. Daughters were abandoned by their mothers. Whole families were permanently shamed by the com-munities that once loved them. All because they chose to confess their faith through baptismal waters.

The social pressures of the early church were very much like the pressures many believers experi-ence throughout the world today. There are countries and commu-nities throughout the world that will not tolerate the confession of Christianity. In these communities, publicly witnessing Christ is con-sidered shameful to treasonous. In many repressive communities, the new believer must confront a spiritual as well as possible physical death as they wade into the waters of baptism. In their baptismal jour-

ney, they are not only embracing Christ, but they are also signing up for a lifetime of persecution.

Baptism is a sacred act. I remind myself of this every time I enter the waters, every time someone entrusts their body to my care. As I lay them deep into rushing waters, as I lift them up into the light and life of a new beginning, I remind myself that my gospel must cost me something. If there is no cost, there is no value.

I encourage you to embrace a way of living that produces incon-venient fruit. Live for things that matter, work for fruit that lasts. Contend for a truth that’s worthy of the love of God and the sacred sacrifice of the martyrs.

“Live from Seattle with Doug Bursch” can be heard 4-6 p.m. weekdays on KGNW 820 AM. Doug Bursch also pas-tors Evergreen Foursquare Church. Ever-green meets at 10 a.m. Sundays at 2407 M St. SE next to Pioneer Elementary School. He can be reached at www.fairlyspiritual.org or [email protected].

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