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Mighty encoreAuburn’s Katrynia Todd and her coach, Erik Opel, celebrate the senior wrestler’s 137-pound championship at Mat Classic XXIV in the Tacoma Dome last Saturday. Todd swept her division, pinning Othello’s Allesha Reyes in the title bout. It was her second straight state title. For more details, see page 12. RACHEL CIAMPI, Auburn Reporter

Pacific Mayor Cy Sun describes his experiences as a soldier fighting in the Korean War, at the Community Center Gym.MARK KLAAS, Auburn Reporter

Documents, medals show Korean War veteran was highly-decorated soldier BY MARK KLAAS

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Cy Sun came not as Pacific’s recently-elected mayor but as a citizen determined to defend his military record.

Standing beside a display of medals he had earned in battle, the 81-year-old Korean War veteran sent a clear, emotionally charged message to those who had questioned his decorated duty to country.

“I am not a liar,” Sun assured some 75 residents in the course of a prepared, passionate 54-minute speech at the Pacific Community Center Gym last Friday night. “I’ve been to hell and back.”

The former U.S. Army master sergeant then went on to unpack

for his audience the horrors of three years of fierce combat with the 23rd Infantry Regiment, reliving narrow escapes from near-death experienc-es suffered under the most brutal conditions imaginable.

Such was Sun’s response to several citizens, including City Councilman Gary Hulsey, who’d questioned the validity of the mili-tary background he’d claimed. Sun, a write-in candidate who upset two-term incumbent Richard Hildreth in the November general election, had circulated a memo during the campaign referring to some of the wartime medals he’d received for gallantry in action, including the rare Croix de Guerre.

Military records and documents obtained by the Auburn Reporter confirmed that Sun had indeed earned the Croix de Guerre, the Silver Star, the Purple Heart with one oak leaf cluster, the Korean Service Medal with three Bronze Service Stars,

‘I am not a liar’: Pacific mayor defends, proves service record

[ more SUN page 4 ]

BY ROBERT WHALE

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It would bond roughly $59 million to repair 31 miles of aging commuter and freight corridors, and make improve-ments at key intersections throughout Auburn.

Among the fixes would be B Street Northeast and 37th Street

Northwest, West Valley Highway from the northern boundary of the city south to the intersection with West Main Street, and the roads that come down from Lea and West Hills.

All of the work would be done in 10 years, most of it in the first five.

And all for about the cost of a tank or two of gas a year, depend-

ing on the value of one’s home.Tuesday night the newly

formed Auburn Transportation Benefit District (ATBD) com-pleted its first official act by unanimously agreeing to put the $59 million bond measure on the ballot. Voters will decide April 17 if it is something they

Bond proposed to improve roads

[ more BOND page 5 ]

VRFA-sponsored

student Juan David

Dominguez gets in some lab time

at the Universidad Autónoma de

Santo Domingo.COURTESY PHOTO,

Chuck Bigger

FIREFIGHTERS REACH OUT FOR JUANVRFA group supports Dominican teen’s schoolingBY SHAWN SKAGER

[email protected] Valley Regional Fire Au-

thority firefighters, every day is an opportunity to help others.

It is also a chance to support a young man’s dreams in another land.

Firefighters recently have stepped up to help one under-privileged Dominican teenager get his education.

Eleven firefighters listened as one of their coworkers – Michael Patterson – told the inspirational

story of Juan David Dominguez of the Dominican Republic, who has overcome many personal tragedies to pursue a career as a pediatrician so he can help his impoverished country.

The firefighter group, part of the VRFA’s C-shift at Auburn[ more JUAN page 5 ]

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People out of work, a blue economy – the bot-tom’s about out of the tub.

But in the midst of “The Great Recession,” says Au-burn Mayor Pete Lewis, the city is poised at the block for that much-talked-about recovery, muscles straining, ready to bust out.

“Today I see our Auburn as a place of hope and renew-al,” said Lewis in his annual State of the City address Tues-day to the Auburn Area Chamber of Commerce’s Part-nership luncheon at Emerald Downs.

To explain why he is so “bully” about Auburn’s future, Lewis summoned a long list of accomplish-ments that the City, busi-nesses, churches, schools and the many existing partnerships have brought about by working together in the last year alone. This list includes:

• Bringing up to 100 the number of City scholar-ships that allow children to enter the Auburn Valley Y.

• Providing discounted bus fares for people in need, in conjunction with Metro.

• Sheltering a total of 1,459 people during the mid-January storm.

• Forming a gang-pre-vention task force through the Y in partnership with the nine industrial valley cities.

• Establishing the first ever Auburn International Festival to celebrate the city’s diversity.

• Signing a new Friend-ship Exchange Agreement with Pyeongchang, South Korea, a memorandum of understanding between Auburn and its sister-city, Tamba, Japan, and a letter

of intent establishing a friendship-exchange rela-tionship with Guanchan, China.

• Getting commitments from five business to come to Auburn, with the prom-ise of 550 additional jobs, according to the Office of Economic Development.

• Benefitting the Auburn economy by creating a

construction sales tax rebate program, on-going business assistance, 12 new education and training programs, and the Auburn Center for Emer-gent Business.

• Opening a new, 9,850-square-foot

gymnasium on the Les Gove Community Campus in conjunction with the King County Boys and Girl’s Club.

• Auburn International Farmer’s Market’s 12th place ranking in the nation and second favorite in the state of Washington.

• Opening the historic Mary Olson Farm on Green River Road, after 15 years of restoration and preserva-tion efforts.

• Opening the city’s first off-leash dog area at Roegner Park

• Seeing Auburn selected by USA Weekend Magazine as one of the five best places to play nationwide, and fea-tured for its 32,000-square-foot Discovery Playground at Les Gove Park.

• Completing nego-tiations with Robertson Properties Group for the redevelopment of the 60-plus-acre Valley Drive-In theater site

To make good things keep on happening, Lewis said, people must continue to pull together.

Mayor: Auburn taking many steps in recovery

Lewis

more story online…auburn-reporter.com


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Storm costs mount By ROBERT WHALE

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Leaders at least have a rough idea now about what the late January ice storm actually cost the City of Au-burn in dollars and cents.

As of last Tuesday and with numbers still rolling in, the storm response and cleanup needle pointed to $274,213.39.

As might have been expected, the City Public Works Department, which ran the snow plows and

kept the water and sewer pumps working, incurred the highest expenses, nearly $200,000.

Final overtime costs for police officers have yet to be determined.

The City lost 215 trees of 33 varieties inside City parks. Game Farm Park lost 97 trees all by itself.

In the midst of the severe power outages and road closure, the City also had to run City Hall and the warming shelters at Les Gove and Veterans Memorial parks.

City leaders will ask FEMA (Federal Emergen-cy Management Agency) for reimbursement. And while the City may ask, there are no guarantees it will receive.

Lewis said that the emergency declaration he signed in the final days of January was first about freeing up beleaguered City departments to cut through bureaucratic red tape and make fast purchases of sup-plies and equipment.



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the Combat Infantry Badge (CIB), two Distinguished United Citations and one Overseas Bar, among other citations.

Sun said he had never intended for this contro-versy to spill out into the open and become a public spectacle. But as a former soldier, Sun said he felt compelled to fight for his honor and for those who died alongside him in battle.

“The medals and cita-

tions were in a cardboard box until only now,” Sun said. “I have never laid my laurels on being a hero. I am not a hero. Those guys who gave their lives are the real heroes.

“After (proving) I am not a liar, the medals and citations will go straight back in card-board boxes,” he said. “But now, there’s an ugly stain on them, the stain … that I had to bring them out to prove that we, my blood brothers and I, are not liars.”

Sun never intended to use them to prove he was telling

the truth.Sun’s wife, Barbara, says

the ordeal has reopened painful wounds. Severely wounded on three occa-sions, Sun still refused to come home. He was determined to stay with his fighting unit.

“For the years we have been married, he never talked about the depth of his military history in Korea. What has surfaced not only surprised but also shocked me,” she told the audience after her hus-band’s speech. “Now I know

his true feelings of why he kept the depth of his career in combat behind a closed door in his heart. The trauma is too great to even understand why. For these past several weeks, the pain for him has been intense.

“Now his military service is an open page, a page that was his, and only his, to keep … that has been forced open to the public,” she added. “How mean and inconsider-ate can people be?”

Sun left the podium and gymnasium to a standing ovation, fighting back tears. Vietnam War veteran Frank Hatten was among those moved by Sun’s detailed story.

“He took it personally. You could see that, and that hurts me as a veteran,” Hat-ten said. “It’s shameful that somebody could question it and continue to question it.”

Hulsey, who was in atten-dance, later met privately with Sun to acknowledge the man’s “exemplary military service record” and “resolve” any matters.

“We are moving on,” Hulsey said.

Apologies givenCorky Berthiaume, Vet-

erans of Foreign Wars state adjutant, has apologized to Sun on behalf of those who doubted his service.

Hildreth, who refused to challenge Sun’s record dur-ing the mayoral campaign, said Sun has effectively defended his honor as a decorated war veteran. “I think the City can move ahead now,” he said.

According to documents, Sun, then 21, received the Croix de Guerre for his actions in a launched attack on Hill 851 of Heartbreak Ridge on Sept. 19, 1951. Historians and analysts consider it the war’s bloodi-est battle.

Gen. Ralph Monclar, who commanded the French Battalion as part of the UN fighting force in the Korean War, awarded the Croix de Guerre to Sun, describing him “as an excellent non-

commissioned officer … who distinguished himself ” in a counterattack.

“Sgt. Sun constantly ap-peared at the most exposed positions, encouraged the survivors, directed their fire, and showed them a good example,” Gen. Mon-clar wrote. “The personal actions … and his brave-ness demonstrated under these critical conditions under mortar enemy fire, greatly contributed to the success of this action and deserve to be cited as an example for all.”

Sun says he has never worn his medals or ribbons in public, only his CIB.

“The medals don’t belong to me,” Sun insisted. “They belong to those guys who fought in combat beside me. Those guys who took the bullets and made the supreme sacrifice. Without them, the medals would not have gotten in my hands.

“The medals are the sym-bols of our comradeship in battle. The medals belong to all of us.”

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The MUSiciANS iN SUpporT of cUriNg cANcer are coming to the Auburn Mountainview High School Theatre at 7 p.m. Friday. Proceeds from MISC2 benefit the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. The inaugural concert raised more than $2,000 last year. Auburn Mountainview students Matthew Scheurman, Katie Burkhauser, Colin Lempert, Gloria Park and Abi Alfrey present the concert.

“All four of my grandparents have had cancer at some point in their life, and I know a number of

people who have been diagnosed with cancer over the last six months or so,” Scheurman said. “I really wanted to give back to them in a way that meant a lot to me, with music.”

The program has 10 different performing acts, including Scheurman’s electric violin piece, school bands, a state-alternate sax quartet, solo sax player, as well as other singers and a dancer.

Tickets are $5. Donations are encouraged. The the-atre is at 28900 124th Ave. SE.


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Terry Davis, co-chair of Citizens to Keep Auburn Moving, spoke in favor of the measure.

“We feel that this is the right thing to do to make our streets safer, get our kids to school on the buses, and set the City up for more economic development when we start, hopefully, to come out of this reces-sion,” Davis said. “It is the right thing to do in terms of an equitable, everybody-in solution involving the residents and the business community of Auburn.”

The measure is the culminating work of the Arterial Streets Task Force, which met twice over the last five years in partnership with the City to figure out how to address the problem of deteriorating roads and streets within the city.

“This is our problem,” said Davis, former chairman of the Arterial Streets Task Force. “These are our roads to restore. The key finding from the Arterial Streets Task Force is that there is no more state or federal money. If we want our roads to look good, we need to step up to the plate. There is no other

money out there.”Unlike the voter-approved

Save our Streets (SOS), which pays for improvements to local streets, the measure affects only the large com-muter and freight corridors.

“Auburn residents get all of the major corridors like the freight and commuter corridors and the connector streets like 12th and 17th, all those done, and the ma-jority in the first five years,” said Mayor Pete Lewis. “Those that take longer would be those that require the City to dig up utilities. We ask for five more years so as not to stress the utility funds too much.”

Davis said the cost on the residential side for the early parts is about a tank of gas, and then it goes up from there at the peak to a couple of tanks of gas per year.

“That’s going to depend on the value of the house. We are talking about 31 miles of the roads that were not dealt with during the first SOS, the roads that get us to the SuperMall, to our schools, to and from our neighborhoods and busi-nesses,” Davis said. “Some need to be overlaid, some need to be fully restored.”

[ bond from page 1 ] Station 33, decided to come together to help pay for Dominguez’s medical schooling.

“It was tough to hear about the devastating things that he had lived through, yet so inspiring to hear of his determina-tion and drive to succeed. We just had to help,” said VRFA Capt. Norm Golden.

Golden and Patterson have joined firefighters Reed Astley, Dave Cassel-man, Jeremy Elliott, Matt Jung, Troy Kilcup, Matt Kinnee, Dean McAuley, Jeremiah Mushen, Terry Robinson and Janeen Ruge to commit $300 a month to put Dominguez through the Compassion Interna-tional Leadership Develop-ment Program.

Patterson previously worked with Compas-sion International, a Christian-based child development and aid or-ganization. He convinced his coworkers to support Dominguez.

The program allows Dominguez to attend college, pays for tuition, books, transportation, and a mentorship program.

Compassion Interna-tional has helped more than a million children in 24 countries with food, shelter, education and health care.

“(The program) takes children who have already gone through the child sponsorship program … who have demonstrated a strong Christian belief that is in the forefront of their life,” Patterson said. “They look for kids who are ex-ceptional students in their school and are leaders in their community.”

Patterson and his family

are familiar with reaching out to help others, having sponsored a child with Compassion International since 1997. They also have adopted a young Haitian girl, Daniela, to be a part of a family that has three other girls.

A trip to the Dominican Republic was all it took for Patterson to devote time and passion to helping those who have less.

After visiting the impov-erished Caribbean nation to meet his sponsored child, a girl named Yefredy, Patterson was inspired by the organization’s work. “Going to meet her and seeing what Compassion International actually does was really a life-changer for me,” he said.

Active rolePatterson decided to

become a volunteer child advocate for Compassion International. One of his duties was finding spon-sors for children.

With the cost of spon-soring one child at a paltry $38 a month, Patterson figured that his shift could do better.

“I told him we should think about doing some-thing bigger,” he said.

Patterson first met Juan on a trip he and his wife took to the Dominican Re-public to visit areas where they had sponsored other children in need. It was then that Michael learned Juan wanted to become a pediatrician and practice medicine in his own com-munity.

“I knew once I told my fellow crew members Juan’s story that we would be able to come through for him,” said Patterson.

Dominguez is studying pediatric medicine at the

Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo. He has overcome many setbacks in his life.

Juan was 4 years old when he lost his father in a construction accident. His mother worked hard to take care of Juan, his two broth-ers and sister. Three years later a hurricane destroyed the family home and all of their belongings.

“Juan David’s story demonstrates exactly why Compassion focuses on child development,” said Mike Hanlon, Compassion International senior vice president. “With Juan Da-

vid, we see how providing a university education for one promising young man can change a life, a family, a community and poten-tially a country.

“The contribution of these firefighters has made all the difference. They are an exemplary example of how a selfless contribution can impact others in huge ways.”

Dominguez agrees:“I don’t know what

my life would have been without the intervention of Compassion.”

To learn more, visit www.compassion.com. more story online…

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VRFA’s Michael Patterson, right, and other firefighters are sponsoring Dominican student Juan David Dominguez, left.COURTESY PHOTO

An AUbURn MAn is appealing the first-degree attempted murder conviction that could lock him in prison for more than 24 years.

Ronald Gray, 21, was convicted earlier this month at the Norm Ma-leng Regional Justice Center in Kent of first-degree attempted murder with a deadly weapon enhancement for repeatedly stabbing Leroy Travers on the night of Aug. 7.

King Superior Court has not yet set a sentencing date because Gray

wants a new trial. If the court denies Gray’s appeal, the sentencing will proceed, a spokesman for the King County Prosecutors Office said Tuesday.

According to court records, Gray and two companions were repeat-edly threatening individuals who just happened to be walking down C Street Southeast Aug. 7, 2011, and challenging them to fight.

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Auburn police responded to the fol-lowing calls for service, among many others, between Feb. 12 and Feb. 17:

Feb. 12Disorderly conduct: 10:35 a.m., 500 Auburn Way S. Police contacted a man for aggressive begging, upon learning that he was also the star of his own arrest warrant and was, more-over, displaying a tendency to utter terminological inexactitudes to their questions, they arrested him.

ATM fraud: Overnight, 2802 Auburn Way N. Somebody swiped a woman’s purse at the Sports Page Tavern and then somebody, maybe the same somebody, maybe an entirely different somebody, used a debit card from that same purse at two Auburn businesses. Police did not disclose the amount of the loss.

Feb. 13Vandalism: 12:16 a.m., 802 45th St. NE. A woman reported that she and her boyfriend had gotten into a verbal argument and that afterward he had taken out his frustrations on her iPad and cell phone.Theft: 10:15 a.m., 1400 block of Elm Street Southeast. Somebody stole a man’s video surveillance cameras. Police did not disclose a value for the missing equipment.Trespassing: 2:11 p.m., 329 2nd St. NE. Somebody spotted a man taking items from a vacant home and then, with the help of two women, loading the goods into a truck and shopping cart before transporting them to a house one block away. Police found the guy soon after and arrested him. Vandalism: 3:14 p.m., 23 A St. SW. Subjects unknown spray painted graf-fiti on the underside of Booth Bridge.Shoplifting: 4:56 p.m., 101 Auburn Way S. An alert customer stopped a man from leaving Safeway with a full

cart of unpaid-for groceries, prompting the shoplifter to abandon his scheme, take to his heels and run away.Robbery with firearm: 9:41 p.m., 500 block of A Street Southeast. A woman called 911 to report that she and two other people had been the victims of a robbery. The woman said they had been meeting a person to buy a vehicle when that person and a friend pulled a firearm and stole $7,000 in cash from them. The woman called 911 two hours after the robbery.

Feb. 15Controlled substance: 11:30 a.m., 800 4th St. NE. Police ar-rested a student for selling marijuana-laced brownies at Auburn High School.

Theft: 5 p.m., 1900 block of 19th Place Southeast. Somebody pinched a woman’s wallet, and the woman’s suspicions informed her that one of her offspring had been the pincher.

Animal problem: 9:17 p.m., 31000 block of 118th Place Southeast. Animal

control destroyed a pit bull after it had mauled another dog and its owner.

Feb. 16No order in the court: 8:43 a.m., 340 E. Main St. A man intentionally disrupted court proceedings at Auburn Municipal Court, thus encouraging police to bust and jail him for disor-derly conduct.Prostitution: 12:44 p.m., 1521 D St. NE. A man solicited a prostitute at a hotel and police busted him.Robbery with firearm: 10:57 p.m., 762 Supermall Drive SW. A taxi driver picked up a teenager at a local gas station and drove him to the Super-Mall, whereupon the kid pointed a small handgun at the driver, refused to pay his fare, and fled the scene with a group of kids. The young robber is still at large.

Feb. 17Theft: 9:30 a.m., 9 16th St. NW. Somebody stole the brass fittings designed to cover a fire hydrant con-nection into some buildings.

This week’s…Police Blotter

The Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to x calls for service between Feb. 13 and Feb. 19, among them the following:

Feb. 13Aid call: 7:10 a.m., (Auburn). A man dropped a box of knives, two of them injuring the lower parts of one leg. Firefighters transported the man to Auburn Regional Medical Center for further evaluation and treatment.

Feb. 15Aid call: 4:19 p.m., (Algona). The sole occupant of a vehicle suffered a seizure while driving on Highway 167 and crashed into a guard rail and median. Firefighters treated the person and transported him or her to ARMC.

Feb. 17Aid call: 8:49 p.m., (Lakeland Hills). After firefighters helped an elderly woman suffering from shortness of breath, a private ambulance trans-ported her to Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup.

Feb. 18Service call: 8:30 a.m., (Auburn). Fire-fighters hustled to remove a large branch blocking the road, but upon arrival found that somebody had already moved the limb. Firefighters left the site after ensur-ing that all lanes were safe for travel.

Feb. 19Car accident: 10:51 a.m., (Pacific). A motorist suffered a seizure while driv-ing and crashed into a building on the Boeing complex property. Firefighters and Boeing Fire personnel got the driver out and transported him or her to ARMC for evaluation.

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The food and service weren’t up to par for golfers.

So said a report that examined condi-tions and recommended ways to improve the menu and accommodations at Copper Falls Restaurant & Bar on the Auburn Golf Course.

The City hired Florida-based National Golf Foundation Consulting, Inc., to look into the financially-troubled municipal course.

From its findings, NGF urged the City to prepare and implement a business plan and take steps to make things better, in-

cluding the restaurant and concession window that greets golfers around the clubhouse turn.

The NGF concluded that problems with the restaurant and conces-sion were not entirely

the reason, but a “contributing factor” to the golf course’s economic plight.

Upset by a report she never saw coming, Melissa Doll and her staff have responded with drastic changes – from service and pricing to menu items and seating. Some of those changes were implemented as far back as August.

New management is trying to put its best foot forward in these challenging times.

“What upset me so much is that nobody ever came to talk to us about, ‘OK, this is what had been going on, have there been any changes, or would you even like to re-mark on what the report said?’” explained Doll, the manager of the 110-seat public restaurant and lounge. “We were never given that opportunity.”

The restaurant, considered by some as too upscale, has struggled to establish an identity. Copper Falls runs independently as the golf course’s contracted concession-aire. The public golf course, a City

Cartoon is disrespectful, off the mark

Your Feb. 17 “political” cartoon was patently offensive to any person with deeply-held religious objections to the same-sex marriage bill.

Suggesting that signature gatherers for a referendum to put this decision to a vote would follow the money, rather than their conscience, is as deplorable as suggesting our legislators didn’t vote their beliefs but were bought off by powerful lobbyists.

This is still somewhat Amer-ica where differing opinions are allowed. I respect that my representatives voted what they believed best, even if it didn’t represent my view.

As an opponent to this bill, I ask only the same respect for myself and other unpaid signature gatherers who are

doing what they believe best – putting a decision this divisive before the people.– Karen Shepherd

Let’s fix our spending problem

A few weeks ago the State Auditor uncovered thousands of dollars in excessive costs for

cell phones provided to state employees. Now the auditor has uncovered millions of dol-lars wasted on legal bills for sex predators.

Why does it take the audi-tor, with limited resources, to uncover wasteful spending?

Where is our leadership in Olympia?

Why is the governor’s office not managing the resources provided by our tax dollars?

Why is the legislative body not providing oversight and fixing broken laws that allow such wasteful spending?

How much more wasteful-ness is happening?

We don’t have a revenue problem that needs to be fixed by increased taxes, we have a spending problem.

And until our elected of-ficials get that fixed, don’t impose, nor ask the taxpayers to increase taxes.– Larry Brickman

Democrats and Repub-licans don’t agree on much these days. But there is one thing on which they do see eye to eye: the value of early childhood education.

Once an afterthought of America’s education system, early learning now is front and center as educators, governors and legislators grapple with ways to better prepare children for a lifetime of success.

The Obama adminis-tration announced that nine states – California, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Min-nesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island and Washington – will receive grants under

the federal Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge, a $500 mil-lion project intended to jumpstart programs that educate our young-

est learners. These states are led by Republican, Democratic and independent governors.

In fact, more than two-thirds of the nation’s governors – 17 Republi-cans and 18 Democrats – applied for federal money to develop early learning programs. They repre-sented states large and small and scattered throughout every region of the country.

While only a handful of states won grants, one thing is clear:

There is a strong, bipartisan, na-tional movement to establish and improve early childhood education. And it’s not going away.

Just look at what this competi-tion has already accomplished. The 35 states (plus Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia) that applied for grants first had to examine their own approaches to early childhood education and make sure they had policies in place to improve quality, build connections and support children and families. That work alone increased awareness of and appreciation for the importance of

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enterprise fund, is supposed to operate on its own without tax-payer money.

“Ownership has been very aware that this was their first time operating a golf course. They were mostly a fine dining, Italian type of a restaurant. They had a learn-ing curve,” Doll said. “Slowly, they’ve been learning over the past couple of years some of the problems that we now know. That’s why they brought me in.

“We know there’s problems, and we have really addressed them.”

In nine months, Doll has listened to concerns and pushed improvements, notably in menu items, pricing and service. She is determined to make it work.

“We have made changes with what golfers and the community

want, and that’s most important right now,” Doll said.

Tara Adams, restaurant regional manager who oversees banquet and catering, says change has been good. They are willing to listen.

“Even before this report came out, we’ve been working with others to put out menus that are more golfer friendly,” Adams said.

The restaurant has been work-ing to create more casual dining and gathering space for golfers.

The restaurant intends to offer special pricing and service to club and league members. It serves a 350-member Auburn Golf Club, considered its main “community” clientele.

More changes will be imple-mented in March when league play tees off.

Responding to complaints that golfers are not getting what they want when they want it between holes, Doll and her staff vow to serve up fast items efficiently at the concession turn window. Items include mini pizzas, bur-ritos, grab-and-go sandwiches and nachos.

In addition, Copper Falls plans to offer an upgraded breakfast menu beginning in May.

Hours also will expand come spring.

The restaurant will continue to offer entree favorites for lunch and dinner crowds. The menu has made room for new, frequently requested items.

Doll welcomes the public to try out the menu, adding “we’re not a private restaurant.”

The restaurant plans to bring in live entertainment. It contin-ues to offer banquet and catering services.

More changes are coming. Doll and her staff are receptive to sug-gestions.

“We’ve really been talking to the people of Auburn, asking them what they want,” Doll said. “We are doing it for them.”

For more information, visit www.copperfallsrestaurant.com.

[ klaas from page 7 ] Diaper Duty hosts a fund-raising dinner and auction March 10 to support the Chil-dren’s Home Society. A dinner and auction event to raise awareness and funds to assist CHS with their needs in the area begins at 5:30 p.m. in the Rainier Room of the Truitt Build-ing, 101 W. Main St., Auburn. According to organizers, CHS is in constant need of diapers as it no longer receives state or federal funding to purchase them for families it serves. CHS relies purely on community donations to assist families in the area with their daily diaper needs. Admission is free, but donations are encouraged. A package of diapers can serve as your “ticket.” The evening includes an auction, raffle and games. To reserve a seat, please call 253-876-1964.

Melissa Doll, manager of Copper Falls Restaurant & Bar, has helped usher in many changes. MARK KLAAS, Auburn Reporter

early learning and gave new momentum to the issue within state capitols.

Leaders in all those states and more now realize that we must start long before kindergarten to give children the tools they need to flour-ish during their school years and throughout their lives. This is exactly what funders, advocates, practitioners and experts intended when they began to lay the groundwork for change more than a decade ago.

States have been lead-ing the way. The BUILD Initiative, created by philanthropies through the Early Childhood Funders Collaborative, has worked with nine states, including Washington, to develop early learning systems

that support the National Education Goal that “all children start school ready to learn.”

These states have been pioneers in creating a comprehensive approach to early childhood poli-cies that respond to child health, nutrition, mental health, family support, and early care and education needs for young children and their families.

Education in general and early learning in particular is one of the smartest invest-ments America can make.

Gerrit Westervelt is executive director of the BUILD Initiative, a national project created by the Early Childhood Funders Col-laborative to help states improve and align policies and services for young children.

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More than 13 percent of adults in the United States experience alcohol abuse or alcoholism at some point during their lives.

The CDC (Cen-ters for Disease Control) reports that alcohol ac-counts for more than four million emergency room visits per year, resulting in 1.6 million hospitalizations and 79,000 deaths annually.

If a family member, friend or coworker mentions they are concerned about your drinking, you probably have

a problem. Although you might not believe you do, denial is a very common characteristic of an alco-

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following ques-tions:

1. Do you drink alone or in secret?

2. Do you drink as soon as you get up in the morning or shortly after work?

3. Are you unable to limit the amount you drink?

4. Do you hide the bottles?

5. Do you become ir-ritable around the time you

want a drink?6. Have you noticed you

need to drink more to feel the same effect?

7. Are you having rela-tionship, job, financial or legal problems because of the drinking?

If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, than you might be an alcoholic.

Besides the social and psychological implications of drinking, there are grave health dangers. Chronic alcohol use is associated with potentially serious health consequences, many of which are not reversible, and can be deadly.

Chronic alcohol use is linked to an increased risk of developing cancer (breast, colon, throat and liver).

Alcohol can cause neuro-logical impairments, such as permanent numbness of the fingers and toes, short-term memory loss and dementia. In addition, alcohol can have deleterious effects on the cardiovascular system.

The implications for the digestive system are vast. Alcohol can cause inflam-mation of the lining of the stomach (gastritis) or an ulcer – which can cause life-threatening bleeding of the stomach or the proximal small intestine (deodenum).

Eventually, alcohol causes chronic inflammation of the liver (hepatitis), which can lead to irreversible damage

and scarring of the liver (cirrhosis).

Like any addiction, it is difficult to stop. The first step is to admit you have a problem and want to change. Next, reach out and contact support services. There are many resources and organizations available to help overcome alcohol addiction and maintain lifelong sobriety.

Four suggested websites:• Alcoholics Anonymous

(www.aa.org), 1-212-870-4300

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• Rational Recovery Sys-tem (www.smartrecovery.

org), 1-216-292-0220• Schick Shadel (www.

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Recovery is a lifelong process. But as you move forward, you will once again regain control over your life and your health.

Dr. Linda Petter of Auburn is a weekly feature on KOMO TV/News Radio (1000 AM and 97.7 FM) every Saturday and Sunday 7:45 a.m. and 9:45 a.m., and on a weekday during the morning and evening commute. She is a consumer healthcare advocate, and her books, “Healthcare On a Budget” and “Common Medical Sense” are available on Amazon.com. Visit www.DocForAll.com or call her office at 253-568-0841.

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Attorney: Relocation is governed by statute, and you cannot move without court permission since the move is outside the school district the children are now residing in. You have to give 60 days notice before the move, and including other details, such as why you are moving, where you are moving, where the children will be going to school, etc… . If the father objects within 30 days, then you will end up in court awaiting a decision for relocation. Until then, you cannot move with the children until there is an agreement or a court order. Many of the people I meet just move without notice, which is a problem because the court can order them to move back since the moving party did not follow the rules. If you plan to move with children, then see a lawyer right away and be sure to follow all the notice rules.

Client: I am the mother of 3 children and my ex-husband and I have a parenting plan in Washington. I want to move away with our kids from Auburn to Bellingham. The kids are 15, 14, and 11 and their father rarely sees them anyway. What do I have to do? Can I just move?

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From the confines of his multi-faceted one-man shop, Tom Erdmann Jr. brings many things to life with his artistry.

Like fully wrapping an exotic Lamborghini in custom graphics with matte vinyl and black carbon fiber, or completely chang-ing a silver Scion into a sweet, two-toned Seahawks tailgating rig.

No job is too daunting for the Auburn man, owner and creative director of SKC Industries, a newly-established graphic design, screen printing, vehicle wrap and signage business.

“I’ve always loved to draw, even when just a kid,” Erdmann said during a break from work in his big south Auburn shop. “I’ve always enjoyed (draw-ing), and over time it grew into applying it to graphic design, and now into the production end of every-thing as well.”

Such a medium took root

while Erdmann was grow-ing up in Auburn.

“I had Mr. Carson at Auburn High School, who taught a commercial art class. That was kind of my jumping-off point to get into all of this,” he ex-plained. “I saw more value in it, as actually creating a product for people.”

Good with people and skilled with his hands, Erdmann eventually went to work for himself, but not until he’d worked for years plying his trade as a freelance graphic designer through college, as well as

working as an art direc-tor in fine designs and as a graphic designer at Smith-Walker Design & Photog-raphy. He also enhanced his artistic foundation and broadened his perspective as a Cornish College of the Arts graduate.

SKC Industries is Erdmann’s first foray into entrepreneurship, and he welcomes the challenge. He considers himself not only an artist but also a techni-cian and facilitator who vows to do the job right.

Vehicle wraps are among his many services. He also specializes in graphic design, screen printing, signage, banners, fleet work, exhibit design and whatever else he can apply his trade to.

Erdmann fulfills com-mercial jobs along with wholesale screen printing. Among the ventures he de-signs for is safetyshirtz.com, which produces high-qual-ity workforce safety apparel for customers throughout the country.

Erdmann also sits on the Auburn School Dis-trict advisory board that oversees the graphic design curriculum. He spends time speaking to and reviewing students’ design work.

“I like to show them

what’s possible and how far you can take graphic design,” he said of his pro-fessional trade.

Elsewhere• The Auburn Business

Coalition recently hosted its first business mixer in the Rainbow Cafe’s banquet room. An array of appe-tizers and beverages was provided along with the opportunity to meet fellow business people from the Auburn area.

The gathering included a brief program with an explanation of the focus of the ABC, followed by tips on how to use Facebook for growing a business base and the advantages of promoting their businesses via decals on vehicles.

The next mixer, with a

similar venue, is scheduled for 5:30-7:30 p.m. April 25 in the Rainbow Cafe’s ban-quet room, 112 E. Main St.• Formerly a barista,

Lacey Haack now owns and operates a remodeled coffee stand in south Auburn.

And she enjoys the chal-lenge of being the boss.

“It’s been fun,” Haack said of Premier Roast, an espresso stand at 4506 A St. SE, Pacific. “Obviously, it was stressful at the beginning with the transition, but we’re learning how to accommo-date our customers.”

The blue-paneled and recently opened Premier Roast brews and pre-pares all the hot and cold favorites, including a few concoctions of its own.

Hours are: 4:30 a.m.- 6 p.m. Monday-Friday; 6 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday; 7 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday.

Find Premier Roast on Facebook.

• Dickey’s Barbecue Pit will open soon at 1118 Su-permall Way SW, Suite 105.

Dickey’s Barbecue offers a selection of signature meats, homestyle sides and tangy barbecue sauce.

For more information, visit www.dickeys.com.

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Premier Roast: Jillian Copeland, left, Ali Haack, middle, and Lacey Haack keep things percolating at their coffee shop.MARK KLAAS, Auburn Reporter


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Fiona Schweitzer, 8, far left, dances with her dad, Mark, during the Daddy Daughter Date Night at the Senior Activity Center last weekend. The sixth annual event, put on by the Auburn Parks, Arts & Recreation Department, was held over two nights. Girls age 4-10 years enjoyed an evening with their daddy or special date. Above, Scott Betts holds his daughter, Avonleah, 7, during a number. Left, Ty Podeszwa takes his daughter, Ella, 6, for a spin.

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Auburn girls wrestling champion Katrynia Todd knows a thing or two about celebrating.

With the roar of the Mat Classic XXIV crowd at the Tacoma Dome still ringing in her head after she’d cap-tured, Todd had one thing on her mind.

“I went to McDonald’s,” Todd said. “I had a Mc-Flurry.”

Never has a frozen treat tasted so sweet to a well-deserving athlete.

Todd – who finished

first in the 140-pound class last season – cut a swath through her competition at the meet, finishing her prep career with a pin at three minutes, nine seconds over Othello’s Allesha Reyes in the title match last Satur-day.

According to her coach, Erik Opel, Todd got off to a rough start at the tourna-ment before pinning down her second straight state title.

“She was concerned about her weight and hadn’t really eaten a lot,” Opel said. “Plus there were prob-ably some first-day jitters.

But once she got something to eat, we got back on track, wrestling.”

After defeating Columbia River’s Samantha Schoene with a 15-3 major decision in the first round, however, Todd’s training and confi-dence took over.

“I think I was more ex-perienced at the whole state thing this year,” Todd said. “I was more used to all the people staring at you and all the pressure. I absolutely feel like I was a better wres-tler this year. I feel like I went out there and took

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parts of the Auburn Riverside program. Tipoff is at noon.

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Auburn Mountainview boys swimming coach Justin Pritchard might have had an inkling of the glory await-ing junior Cameron Lindsay at the state 3A champion-ships last Saturday.

After a second-place performance in the 100-yard backstroke in last Friday’s preliminaries, Pritchard was anxious to see what his top swimmer could pull off in the finals at the King Country Aquatic Center in Federal Way.

“It was exciting. He was so close to getting that top time (last Friday),” Pritchard said. “You just wonder how they’re going to swim in that situation, right in the middle with the second-fastest time. You just start wondering what they’re going to do next for you.”

In the prelims, Lindsay posted a 52.82-second finish, just behind Andrew Weiss of Mercer Island’s 52.44.

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Brian Alonzo and Tilden Sansom led the way for Auburn, grabbing state placings at the Mat Classic XXIV 4A state champion-ships last weekend.

Alonzo finished fourth at 106 pounds, bettering his fifth-place finish at last year’s championships.

“Even though he’s disap-pointed he’s not first, he’s the best-finishing senior,” Auburn coach Dennis Her-ren said.

Alonzo qualified for the ORCA Senior All-Star Dual on March 10 at Southern Oregon Uni-versity in Ashland, Ore., featuring the best wrestlers from Oregon, Washington and California.

“He’s already getting ready,” Herren said. “He’s already out going for runs to get ready.”

Sansom, a senior, re-peated his finish from last season, taking seventh at 152 pounds with a 8-4 vic-tory over Emerald Ridge’s Cayle Williams in his final consolation match.

Also competing but not placing at the Tacoma Dome for Auburn were junior Josh Tate (152 pounds), junior Seth Mi-zoguci (160), junior James West (182), senior Stephen Heinze (170) and sopho-more Tyson Gaillac.

“I’m really proud of them,” Herren said. “I

think the Trojans really did rise above expectations at league and regionals, and then surprised everybody to come to the Dome.

“It was a true taste of sensory overload for them – the crowd, the lights, the sound that echoes in your head gear,” Herren said. “It was a chance to taste a higher level of pressure. They’re already setting goals they want to come back and meet, whether it’s in the weight room or freestyle wrestling over the summer.”

ALSO: Auburn River-side’s 285-pound sopho-more Larkin Williams and 145-pound senior Nate Mead also competed but did not place at Mat Classic XXIV.

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“I thought (the race) went pretty good,” Lindsay said. “I can see guys on either side of me, further than that it’s hard to see. The last 25 yards I started dropping behind. I pushed off in front of him (Weiss) and started dropping, but I didn’t want him to beat me. So that helped.”

Weiss and Lindsay’s efforts were All-Ameri-ca consideration times.

For Lindsay, who also finished sixth in the 200 individual medley with a 1:58.53 finals time, the title was the culmina-tion of his work in the backstroke this year.

“I was better in the 100 back this year,” Lindsay said. “I was concentrated on it.”

“You always hope that Cameron is going to win state. He’s such a special swimmer,” Pritchard said. “For Mountain-view, for not being open very long – seven years doesn’t seem like very long (for a program) – it’s nice having his name up there for us.”

As happy as Lindsay and Pritchard are about individual success, both are just as pleased at the

potential the team has for next season.

“We were just all getting faster this year,” Lindsay said.

This season the Lions pushed two relay teams to state – the 200 med-ley team with Lindsay, Colin Lempert, Paul Whisman and Luke Lavine, as well as the 200 free relay team of Lavine, Lindsay, Lem-pert and Stephen Creed.

The 200 medley team finished 17th with a 1:46.18. The 200 free team was disqualified at the start of the prelim race.

“We’re going to be really good next year,” Pritchard said. “We’re pretty happy with where we were this year. But we’ve been talking about how good we’re going to be next year and what work are the kids going to do in the offseason to get better.”

ALSO: Auburn Riv-erside’s 200 free relay team of James Marshal, Mitch Bredl, Daniel Waller and Michael Baber, finished 19th with a 1:35.76. The 400 free relay team was disqualified.

care of business.”In the second round,

Todd defeated Lacy Can-non of Mount Baker with a 6-1 decision, setting up a meeting with South Kitsap’s Amberlee Brasch on Satur-day morning.

“My semifinals match

was the hardest because it was 1-1 through three rounds before I got her down,” Todd said.

Once on the mat, Todd ground down Brasch, ma-neuvering her into a pin at the 5:52 mark.

The win set up a show-down against Reyes for the title, a match that Todd

controlled from start to finish.

“The biggest difference from last year to this was she was a much more complete wrestler,” Opel said. “She really worked on developing a lot more skill. I think that was a big differ-ence for us this year.”

Now that Todd is done

with her prep wrestling ca-reer, she has mixed feelings.

“I had all this pressure on me, so it just felt good to be done,” she said. “But it’s kind of sad that I won’t wrestle in high school anymore, but hopefully I’ll wrestle in college.”

Todd already has received interest from

wrestling programs at Southwestern Oregon Community College in Coos Bay, Ore., Menlo College in Atherton, Calif., and Midland University in Fremont, Neb.

Auburn wrestling head coach Dennis Herren appre-ciates what Todd has brought to the program, regardless of

where she winds up.“I honestly couldn’t be

more inspired by Katrynia Todd,” he said. “Both of her last matches were tough, but she broke them and pinned them. All of Auburn wrestling needs to be grate-ful to her for bringing us a state championship for the program this year.”

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Local grapplers place at Mat Classic state championships

Auburn’s Brian Alonzo, left, tangles with Kamiak’s David Garcia at the Mat Classic XXIV tourney. Shawn SKaGer, Reporter

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The Auburn Mounta-inview gymnastics team finished sixth at the state 3A championships at the Tacoma Dome Exhibition

Hall last weekend.The Lions scored

159.600 points. Enum-claw took the 3A team title with 177.600.

Senior Sara Fiksdal paced Auburn Mounta-inview with a 21st-place finish in the all-around competition with a 33.500. Teammates Hanna Houck and Cassie

Hunt were 41st and 42nd with scores of 31.700 and 31.550, respectively.

Kelly Watrous was 45th all-around with a 31.250 and Katie Hayward was tied for 52nd with a 30.275.

Southridge’s Kiya Bjorge took the all-around competition with a 38.275.

Fiksdal also was 13th in the beam competition with a 8.750.

ALSO: Auburn River-side’s Latia Coburn fin-ished tied for 10th in the bars with a 9.100 score. Mount Rainier’s Baylee Hamilton finished first in the competition with a 9.800.

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Marion L. DunnMarion L. Dunn passed away peacefully

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Marion was preceded in death by husband Dr. Philip Dunn. She is survived by daughters Sharon Pickering (James) and JoAnn Brady (Jack) and several grandchildren, great grandchildren, and an extended loving family.

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RememberingChristopher Johnson

On February 24, 2011 Christopher Davis Johnson (AKA) Country Gravy was taken suddenly from our lives by a man that shot and killed him.

My cousin Chris was a fun loving carefree guy, he is missed by a very large and close family that loved to have gatherings often together. Family was very important to him and he would make sure he was at each and every one of them.

Chris was one of eight children and many aunts uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews so you can imagine everyone gathering together at times such as Christmas, Thanksgiving, weddings or any other reasons we would all get together. It is so heart breaking that such a great guy was taken from not only his family but also the immense amount of his close friends so suddenly and at such an early age.

Someone who was not suppose to be drinking or have guns in his possession, took this action upon himself without any concern or regard for his actions that would not only end Chris’s life but take away moments and times that everyone else will no longer get to spend with him.

Every month on the date of his death I write on his facebook page, I guess that is my way of trying to heal. But do you ever heal from something like this? Chris was not just some guy. He was not a troublemaker; He was the light of any gathering or event, or even just sitting around with him, You would hear his stories, his jokes, or even his tall tales and laugh and roll your eyes at his ability to look at life and made no short attempt to not enjoy every moment of it no matter what was going on or what was handed to him.

Chris’s sister just had her first baby, He would have been the first of our family members to jump on a flight and do whatever he had to do just to be there. Chris was stripped of ever having that.

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Eight Auburn River-side High School students recently combined their talents to develop an in-novative video game in one day during HACK, a 24-hour game creation contest sponsored by StudentRND.

More than 60 high school and college students formed seven teams to build inno-vative games. The Auburn Riverside team created a video game where zombies fought humans.

The video game boasted three levels of game play built within a 3-D environ-ment.

The Auburn Riverside team consisted of three audio designers, two artists and two programmers. During the grueling 24 hours, the team faced server crashes, sleep deprivation and strict time limits, yet completed the project and presented it to a panel of judges.

ElsewhereAuburn’s Ryan J. Rivers has been

named to the chancellor’s list at the LSU Law Center. Students with 13 or more hours earned and a semester grade point average of 80 or 3.2 or better receive the honor. …

Western Washington University student Daniel Zumwalt, son of Blake and Barbara Zumwalt of Auburn, received a $2,000 Boeing Technology Scholarship for the 2011-2012 aca-demic year. The scholarship is awarded to students majoring in engineering technology who demonstrate financial need and have earned a 3.3 GPA or higher. Zumwalt, a senior, has a 3.58 GPA. His professional goal is to work in embedded systems engineering. …

Mark Davis, Auburn Riverside High School forensic coach, has earned his second Diamond Award presented by the National Forensic League (NFL). Davis receives special recognition for earning the award at the Lincoln Financial Group/NFL National Speech and Debate Tournament in Indianapo-lis on June 14. An NFL Diamond Award recognizes a professional career that combines excellence and longevity. The NFL provides diamond awards based on coach points received. …

Auburn Mountainview senior Katie Burkhauser received a su-perior rating for her performance at the recent Green River Music Region’s Piano Contest. Burkhauser performed “Sonata in D Major” by Franz Joseph Haydn. She is a cellist in the school orchestra, a member of the Roar of the Lions Marching Band/Color Guard and Rhapsody Winter Guard Team, and the pianist for the school’s jazz ensemble. …

Ian Nelson, a senior at Auburn Moun-tainview, is the first student in the state to achieve master Microsoft Office specialist (Word Expert, Excel Expert, Access and PowerPoint) in only one semester. …

The following students at Evergreen Heights Elementary School were praised for exemplifying the month’s trait, gen-erosity: Austin Peasall; Lily Everett; Theresa Mai; Alexis Barton; Dan-iela Suarez; Desi Mihaylova; Jesus Chavez; Mathew Moren; Hannah McLaughlin; Feliyah-Fae Azur; Selah Gerstner; Moses Castillo-

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DeathsObituary list, Public Health – Seattle and King County vital statisticsAUBURN AREABaumer, Johanna, 96, Feb. 4Colley, Marion D., 71, Feb. 7Creson, Camille L., 79, Jan. 26Frair, James C., 71, Jan. 22James, Eunice M., 79, Feb. 5Haight, Tammy M., 48, Jan. 21Hansford, Alma A., 89, Feb. 2Hovind, Mark E., 63, Feb. 5Hunt, Dennis L., 61, Jan. 23Kachmer, Steven M., 44, Feb. 2Kishore, Bijai L K L., 76, Jan. 24Maestas, Henry F., 86, Jan. 23Manous, Don S., 63, Feb. 1Marx, Herman S., 93, Feb. 7Mathes, Tracy L., 42, Feb. 3McNeil, Monika R., 58, Feb. 1Olsen, Eric D., 59, Feb. 7Overby, Charles A., 64, Jan. 29Pelletier, Armand A., 81, Feb. 3Raffenaud, Anthony J., 65, Jan. 22Rockstad, Donald F., 83, Jan. 25San Jose Sr., Rodney J., 61, Feb. 5 Sears, Raymond E., 82, Feb. 3Smith, Kason R., infant, Feb. 1Sparby, Steven B., 60, Feb. 7Thomas, Gene E., 67, Jan. 22Tice, Dorothy M., 90, Feb. 4

Auburn union rep appointed to IAM Aerospace Territories post

A Machinists Union officer who worked for more than 25 years at Boeing in Puget Sound is now one of the union’s top negotiators with aerospace companies across North America.

Mark B. Johnson is now a Grand

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DIRECTOR -T h e C i t y o f Pa c i f i c , Washington is accepting application for the Com- munity Services Director posi t ion an FLSA ex- empt position. Compen- sa t ion i s $4 ,047 .63 - $4,692.95 per month, depending upon qualifi- cat ions plus benef i ts. Applications and job de- scription are available at City of Pacific City Hall, 100 3rd Ave. SE, Pacific WA 98047, 253-929- 1105. P lease submi t cover letter and resume with a completed original application. Deadline is February 29, 2012.

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BEAUTIFUL FLORAL H ILLS i n Lynnwood . Two person plot for sale in Evergreen Gardens. $1400 (includes transfer fee). (206)755-3742

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(1) CEMETERY Plot at Redmond’s beautiful Ce- dar Lawns and Memorial Park. Take care of al l your funeral needs in one location. New Rho- die lot #165D, space #2. $3,000. Seller will pay transfer fee. Call 425- 753-6773

ACACIA Memorial Park, “Birch Garden”, (2) adja- cent cemetery plots, #3 & #4. Se l l ing $5,000 each or $8,000 both. Lo- cated in Shoreline / N. Seatt le. Cal l or email Emmons Johnson, 425- 4 8 8 - 3 0 0 0 , [email protected] M O U N TA I N V I E W Cemetary plots. Beauti- ful, maintained grounds located at 2020 Moun- tain View Drive, Auburn. Lot 1, block 75, section 2. Take Foothills Drive entrance, less then 100 yards on le f t . Pr iced $195 under va lue a t $1,700 each! OR All 6 for $9,600 - $295 each under value! 360-275- 2235.

CEDAR LAWN Ceme- tery, Redmond. 2 side by side plots, Gethse- mane sect ion. $1500 each or both for $2000. Seller will pay closing costs. (425)454-6192

CEMETERY plots, 3 ad- jacent, Sunset Hills, Gar- den of Prayer in Belle- v u e . $ 1 0 , 0 0 0 e a c h , $25,000 for all, or best offer. 360-367-6479.

C E M E T E RY P L OT S ; Washington Memor ial Cemetery, near Burien. Two choice side by side cemetery plots. #1 & #2 in Rock of Ages, section 19. Asking $1,000 each. Call: 253-333-5131.

EVERGREEN - Washelli Cemetery in North Seat- tle. Single plot. Quiet, peaceful location. Easy to find, just inside north gate. Cal l for detai ls. $4,500 OBO. (253)332- 9397

SUNSET HILLS Memori- al Park Cemetery Plot for sale. Lincoln Memo- r i a l G a r d e n L o t 4 5 Space 12. This section is filed. Stunning view of Seatt le, Bel levue, the Olympics and Mt Raini- er. Retail $22,000 will sell for $12,500. Please call Steve 206-235-8374

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AKC DOBERMAN Red puppies. Pet & Service qua l i t y ! Pa ren t s a re fam i l y dogs on s i t e . Gra in f ree d iet ! ! ! Vet check, shots and dew claws done. Health ga- runtee! Socialized with children and other animals. On-Site Service dog training available. 1 Male and 4 females, star ting at $500 each. Bonney Lake. Call Frank or Jordan 253-315-0475.

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My Wedding My Way: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., March 10, Lindbloom Student Center, Green River Community College, 12401 SE 320th St. Wedding event for the traditional and beyond. Hands-on workshops, vendors, performances and fashions shows, all dedicated to you and your perfect day. Ad-mission and parking free. Information and vendor opportunities: call 253-333-6010 or visit www.greenriver.edu/conference.

City of Pacific St. Patrick’s Day Pa-rade: 11:30 a.m., March 17. Parade begins at Ellingson and Milwaukee Boulevard, continues on Milwaukee and finishes in front of City Hall. The Community Center is hosting a Irish-themed fundraiser lunch and the Old Cannery is donating Irish fudge for the community. To download a parade ap-plication log on to pacificpartnerships.org.

BenefitsMusicians In Support of Curing Can-cer: 7 p.m., Feb. 24, Auburn Mountainview High School Theatre, 28900 124th Ave. SE. Proceeds benefit the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. A 10-act lineup, including violin, sax quartet and other groups. Tickets: $5. Donations encouraged.

Jazzercise For the Cure: 4-6 p.m. Feb. 25, Kent Commons, 525 4th Ave. N. Local Jazzercisers energize the crowd in a 90-minute aerobic workout to raise money for the Susan G. Komen Foundation for breast cancer research. For more informa-tion, contact Richards at 253-804-6454. For worldwide class information, go to jazzer-cise.com or call 800-FIT-IS-IT.

Auburn Eagles Crab Feed: 2 p.m., Feb. 26, Auburn Eagles, 702 M St. SE. 2 p.m. seating; 3-5 p.m. dinner. Crab, salad, bread and beverage. Tickets: $23. For more infor-

mation, call 253-833-2298.

Childhaven’s Celebration Luncheon: 11:30 a.m., March 7, Westin, 1900 5th Ave., Seattle. Keynote speaker is Antwone Fisher, whose struggles through foster care and homelessness became the subject of his original screenplay for the self-titled 2002 film, directed by and starring Denzel Washington. A minimum donation of $150 is suggested. For information, go to www.childhaven.org/luncheon, or call 206-957-4806.

Diaper Duty: 5:30 p.m. March 10, Truit Building, Rainier Room, 101 W. Main St., Auburn. Dinner and auction fundraiser for Children’s Home Society. Admission is free. Donations of diapers are appreciated. Call 253-876-1964 to reserve your spot.

Mad Dog Boot Camp Fitness: 10:30-11:30 a.m., March 17, Chinook Elementary playground, 3502 Auburn Way S. Free fit-ness boot camp to support the Auburn Food Bank. Your only requirement to attend is to donate at least one canned or boxed food, baby products, or hygiene/personal care products for the cause. Organic products welcome. Free camp offered every other Saturday: April 14, 28; May 12, 26; June 9, 23; July 14, 28; Aug. 11, 25.

Light My Fire Auction: 6 p.m., March 31, Rainier Room, above Oddfellas, 102 W. Main St., Auburn. A benefit for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Dinner, drinks, full night of entertainment, featuring classic rock band 3rd Degree Burn, and the chance to meet firefighters featured in the 2012 Firefighter Calendar. Winners in the live auc-tion gain either four hours of labor from one or more firefighters or a four-hour date from an individual firefighter. Auction sponsors: Professional Union Firefighter; Oddfellas; Washington State Council of Firefighters Burn Foundation. Admission: $30 donation for an individual, $50 donation for a couple. Online tickets are available at: wa.support.llsevent.org/lightmyfire. Included is dinner, a drink and 10 raffle tickets.

HealthCascade Regional Blood Center drives: 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., March 3, Lakeland Hills Community, 1408 Lake Tapps Parkway E; 8 a.m.-1 p.m., March 6-7, Auburn Mountainview High School, 28900 124th Ave. SE. 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., Feb. 24, Auburn Regional Medical Center, Plaza 1, 202 N. Di-vision St.; 1-3 p.m., 4-7 p.m., Feb. 27, Mes-siah Lutheran Auburn, The New Gathering Hall, 410 H St. NE; 10 a.m.-noon, 1-4 p.m., Feb. 29, First United Methodist Church, Fire-side Room, 100 N St. SE; 10 a.m.-noon, 1-4 p.m., March 3, SuperMall, Bus By Burlington Coat Factory, 1101 Supermall Way; 9-11 a.m., noon-3 p.m., March 7, Zones, Inc.; 1-3 p.m., 4-7 p.m., March 12, LDS Church, 625 M Street NE; 3:30-6:30 p.m., March 12, Holy Family School, 505 17th St. SE; 12:30-3:30 p.m., March 13, GSA Auburn, 400 15th St. SW; 8:30-11 a.m., March 13, Aero Controls Inc., 1610 20th St. NW; 9 a.m.-noon, March 14, Cardinal Health-Auburn, 801 C St. NW. For more information, call 253-945-8667 or please visit www.psbc.org.

Free health screenings: 10 a.m.-noon, Feb. 27-28, Auburn Valley Y, 1620 Perim-eter Road SW. Get your blood pressure, cholesterol and blood glucose checked. Staff encourages community members, especially those who are uninsured, to sign up for a free screening. They can register by calling the Y at 253-833-2770. The screen-ings are possible due to donations from the Hope Heart Institute and Auburn Regional Medical Center.

The Foothills Dash: 7 a.m., March 10, Orting Eagles Lodge, 112 Bridge St., Orting. 5k and 10k fun run and walk. Check-in be-gins at 7 a.m. Preregister fee is $15 by Feb. 21; day of event fee is $20. T-shirts avail-able at $15. To register, call 253-798-4177, or at www.piercecountywa.org/parks

Classes All About Gardening Series: 1-3 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 18, March 10, March 31, Auburn Valley Y, 1620 Perimeter Road SW. Free and open to the community. Space is limited, so call 253-833-0770 to register today. Programs: • Feb. 18, All About Mason Bees: Coy Massie, a local beekeeper will explain how to keep bees and how they help gardens and the environment. • March 10: All About Small Container Gardens: Master Gardener Holly Kennell will speak on how a small vegetable garden can provide delicious and inexpensive healthy food. • March 31: All About Herbs: Master Gardener Penny Thayer will explain “useful plants” – the best herbs to grow in the area, their uses and how they grow best. For more information, contact Christine Gifford at 253-833-2770, ext. 7563.

CERT courses: The City of Auburn Emergency Management Office, in conjunc-tion with the White River Valley Citizen Corps Council and the Valley Regional Fire Authority, offers Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training courses to area residents. Four classes offered in 2012, the first beginning March 6. Pre-registration is required for all courses and space is limited. There is no fee for the course. For more information, or to register, please call 253-876-1925 or e-mail [email protected]. Applications also may be downloaded from www.auburnwa.gov.

NetworkThe United Way free tax campaign: Needing volunteers. No experience neces-sary. All volunteers receive tax preparation training and are certified by the IRS. Volun-teer at your neighborhood tax site: Auburn City Hall, 25 W. Main St., 5-9 p.m., Mondays (January-February only), Tuesdays, Wednes-days and Thursdays. To learn more, visit: www.uwkc.org/taxvolunteer or contact [email protected].

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EntertainmentOscar Film Fest, “Chicago”: 7:30 p.m., Feb. 23, Auburn Avenue Theater, 10 Auburn Ave. Based on the smash hit Broadway musical this film oozes sex appeal, gin and smoke - and murder. Tickets: $3. Call Auburn Parks, Arts & Recreation at 253-931-3043, Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m.-noon, or online at www.brownpapertickets.

The Frog Prince: 2 p.m., Feb. 25, Auburn Avenue Theater, 10 Auburn Ave. Princess Honey has to find a miracle in order to save the ranch from the clutches of the awful land-grabber, Duke. Instead she finds a very large frog. The frog offers to help – but only in exchange for a promise. Tickets: $6. Call Auburn Parks, Arts & Recreation at 253-931-3043, Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m.-noon, or online at www.brownpapertickets.com.

A Red Carpet Evening At the Ave: 4 p.m., Feb. 26, Auburn Avenue Theater, 10 Auburn Ave. Presented by the Kiwanis Club of Auburn. Live coverage of the Acad-emy Awards begins at 5 p.m. Come dressed as your favorite nominee or movie character. Trivia games, silent auction. Tickets: $25 per person, includes entrance, hors d’oeuvres and one glass of bubbly. Tickets available through www.brownpapertickets.com.

Global Heat: 7:30 p.m., March 3, Auburn Avenue Theater, 10 Auburn Ave. Live, World Hip Hop with a twist of Groove, Jazz and R&B, all to make you move while stimulat-ing the cerebral cortex. Add some high-energy breakdance, stir in some funk, and presto, you’ve experienced The Heat. Tickets: $17, $15. Call Auburn Parks, Arts & Recreation at 253-931-3043, Monday-

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Buddy Holly Tour of Stars: 7:30 p.m., March 9-10, Auburn Avenue Theater, 10 Auburn Ave. Rock the night away with Buddy, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bop-per backed by a live 8 piece band. Hear favorites like - La Bamba, Chantilly Lace, That’ll be the Day, Maybe Baby, Peggy Sue and Oh Boy! Tickets: $17, $15. Call Auburn Parks, Arts & Recreation at 253-931-3043, Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m.-noon, or go online at www.brown-papertickets.com.

“25th Annual Putnam County Spell-ing Bee”: March 9-11 and March 16-18, Messiah Lutheran Church, Galli Hall, 410 H St., Auburn. Show times: 7 p.m. March 9, 10, 16, 17, with 2 o’clock matinees for March 10, 11, 17 and 18. Tickets: $12 adults, $10 kids 14 and under, $10 for seniors 55 and older. Families of four or more can pur-chase a ticket for $40 and groups of eight or more can buy tickets with a $1 discount off each one. Tickets are available at the church, from cast members, or at the door.

MuseumsWhite River Valley Museum: Exhibits: Best Friends, Antique Photographs of Animals and their People, now through April 15. Museum located at 918 H St. SE, Auburn. Regular admission: $2 adults, $1 seniors and children. Admission is free on Wednesdays and the fourth Sunday of the month. Call 253-288-7433 or visit www.wrvmuseum.org for tickets and event information.

GalleriesAuburn City Hall: Exhibit: Feb. 1-28, artists Marianne Harlor and Kristie Hemp-hill. 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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korean service medal

yearold korean war veteran

west main street

street northwest

pacific community center

b street northeast

west hills