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Career switch rewards bold businesswomanBY MARK KLAAS

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Seeking adventure and a change of pace, a more robust life and less grind, Cindy Ross found what she was looking for in the world of commercial

diving.No small leap of faith for

a 30-something, former car saleswoman.

“My passion is teaching, and diving is just a real cool thing to teach,” said the Auburn woman. “(Diving) has a lot of life-changing applications for people. It opens up a world that not a lot of people can go to.”

Indeed, only a tiny percent-age of the world’s population ever explores the wonders of the watery world.

Today Ross helps train oth-ers, from recreational scuba divers to weekend snorkelers, to reach new depths and reach them safely.

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Robin halbert, owner of proper British Bacon and Meats, displays his gigantic, award-winning, marrow at his Auburn shop. The marrow, part of the squash/zucchini family, tipped the scales at 87 pounds, setting a state record as recognized by the pacific

Northwest Giant pumpkin Growers. halbert’s entry broke the previous mark of 69 pounds held by grower Erin huff of Aberdeen. “I did it for fun,” said halbert, one of the state’s top pumpkin growing competitors. “I didn’t know it would get out of hand.” MARK KLAAS, Auburn Reporter

BY ROBERT WHALE

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Connie Welker, a cat lover all her life, joined a local cat adoption organi-zation four years ago.

But Welker doesn’t especially want the public to know which one right now. And when you hear what she deals with every day, you’ll know why.

Welker has a big problem, but cats aren’t it. People are her migraine. Stark human irresponsi-bility is cramming shel-ters, rescue organizations and humane societies past the bursting point with felines, creating a terrible situation in King County and across the nation.

“It was bad to start with because I didn’t realize there were that many

animals, especially cats,” Welker said. “But in the last year-and-a-half, it has been devastating. There are so many stray animals out there, particularly cats, that I wouldn’t even begin to know where to start to name a number. And Auburn happens to be one of the worst places.”

How bad is it? MEOW, a large rescue organization in Kirkland, has a 150-cat waiting list. The Humane Society in Bellevue, which adopted out 250 cats in September, has a 6-to-12 month waiting list. Home-ward Bound doesn’t even bother to make a waiting list anymore.

The poor economy has much to do with the uptick in the feline misery index.

Poor economy, neglect, breed big problem – abandoned cats

Local cast presents ‘Oz’BY SHAWN SKAGER

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The Auburn Commu-nity Players takes audi-ences over the rainbow

with the troupe’s pre-sentation of the musical, “The Wizard of Oz”.

The classic premieres 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Auburn Avenue Theater. “Oz” evening perfor-mances continue Satur-day, and next weekend,

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The sign out in front of the Valley 6 Drive-In Theaters says, “closed for the season.”

Events under way right now, how-ever, might soon tell if the Valley 6

– one of only six of its kind remaining in the state – has shown its last picture show.

An ordinance and a master de-velopment agreement between the owners of the property, the Robertson Properties Group, and the City of Au-burn specifying how the site is to be developed, is making its way through various City subcommittees to an up-

or-down City Council vote, possibly by this fall.

Council approval would allow the RPG to begin offering about 70 acres of property, that is, the Valley 6 site and several adjacent properties at the city’s north end, for office, retail and residential development.

Development looms at drive-in site

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Too many people who are losing their homes put off finding a place for their pets until the moving trucks are literally ready to hit the road. Only the do they get on the phone and make their frantic, increasingly urgent, and finally angry phone calls. But by then, there’s no place for the cats.

“The last thing that peo-ple seem to be able to grasp is that they need to find a place for their animals long before the day that they

are moving out. People get mad at me because I say that we’re fosters and we don’t have any more room. They say, ‘Well, what am I supposed to do?’ They’re all but cussing me out. And I can sympathize with them to the extent that these are their pets, but why didn’t they think of their pets three or four months ago? I’m finding that the prob-lem is that no one is aware of anything other than their own little space.”

Renters evicted from their apartments contribute

to the problem.“They move out of their

apartment and either leave the cats in there until the manager finds them or they just put them out on the street. We don’t pick them up under any circumstances because we don’t have the means to do that. A lot of them are killed by coyotes, who enjoy the lunch. A lot of these people are putting out pregnant mothers.”

Finally, there are the well meaning who pick up strays.

“Instead of trying to find

it a home or checking to see if it belongs to some-body, they just pick up a phone and call somebody and say, ‘Come and get it,’ or ‘I’ll even bring it to you.’ They don’t want to do any work themselves, but they feel real righteous that they have rescued an animal. And we are left to pick up the pieces,” Welker said.

“A little backyard rescue can be good, but sometimes it turns into a hoarding situation, like the guy who got busted with 100 dogs the other day. And I’m the bad

guy because I keep saying, ‘I can’t take ‘em, I can’t take em!’ We have as many as we can take right now, and our first obligation is to those.’”

Most people don’t even realize how serious the stray cat problem has gotten, partly because cats are clever and know how to hide.

The good news is that this is a human-caused problem, and humans can solve it.

The most important thing people can do is to get their pets spayed and neutered. But for some rea-son or other, Welker said, people will take their dogs in to get them neutered, but they don’t think that is necessary with cats.

“That mentality boggles my mind, but it’s out there,” Welker said. “There’s a feral cat spay and neuter opera-tion in Kirkland, an assem-bly line, and we need to have that on the south end. Somebody finds a cat, but even if they want to keep it, they don’t want to drive to

Lynnwood to get it fixed, and they don’t want to pay $150 bucks to see a vet.”

Welker applauds the ef-fort by the Auburn Valley Humane Society to set up a shelter in conjunction with the City of Auburn’s animal control operation. But, she said, the sheer number of cats will make the job tough.

“King County Animal Control has been doing this for a very exorbitant amount of money and the cities can’t afford it any more. With King County you are dealing with people who had other King County jobs, and the county put them charge of the shel-ter, and they are getting up to $100,000, plus benefits, and they are all union. You can put new leadership in there, but these people won’t listen to new leadership and they will continue to do things their way.

“This situation is heart breaking, it just wrenches my heart every day, and people do it over and over,” Welker said.

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Kids of all ages gave sweaty, en-thusiastic thumbs-up to Auburn’s new 9,850-square-foot gymna-sium and activity center Tuesday night, rocking and rolling with its first games of badminton, basket-ball, floor hockey and more.

“It’s really big,” said Jared Bernardo, 12, breathless from jumping up and down inside the kiddies’ indoor playground hauled in for the occasion. “I like basketball and all the games they have – and the bouncy house.”

“It’s just cool and open,” said Camaeron Engen, 12, who plans to stop there for after-school basketball.

City officials dedicated the fa-

cility at Les Gove Park, 910 9th St. SE, giving the public its first look one week ahead of the official opening day.

The City of Auburn Parks, Arts & Recreation Department will oversee operations of the new facility. Participants can drop in to a variety of programs scheduled throughout the year, including open gym basketball and volleyball, a teen after-school program, an indoor playground designed for ages 5 and under, family nights, and rock climbing instruction.

“It’s the first time I’ve seen it, and it’s wonderful,” said Auburn School Board President Craig Schumaker. “A partner-ship between the City and the district would

be great, and we could run some activities buses over here.”

“It connects up parts of Au-

burn: it connects the youth who will soon be taking over the teen center on this (east) side with our seniors at the senior center on this (west) side,” said Auburn Mayor Pete Lewis.

Daryl Faber, director of Auburn Parks, Arts and Recreation, noted that the building had originally been slated for opening June 24, but an especially wet winter and spring played havoc with those best-laid plans.

BLRB Architects, a Tacoma-based architectural firm, designed the building and general contrac-tor Christensen Inc. built it.

As part of the project, the City commissioned a public art piece, a two-panel, 13-by-13-foot, painted steel artwork by artist Bruce Myers representing the local landscape. Flanking each side of the climbing wall, the most recent addition to the City’s Public Art Collection. references the elevation of land-scape as the climbers ascend.

The seating boulders surround-ing the wall are a physical reminder of the natural settings where the sport of climbing began.

Organized programs include futsal (an indoor soccer league), volleyball and basketball leagues, specialized recreation leagues, and preschool sport classes. Addition-ally, birthday party packages are offered using the gymnasium as an activity center complete with a party host, pizza or a birthday cake, and treat bags for birthday party guests. The facility also will be available for rentals and other special events.

The new activity center and gymnasium complements the 21-acre recreational and educational Les Gove Community Campus that serves the entire community. The cluster of amenities includes a library, Parks and Recreation Administration Building, Senior Activity Center and White River Valley Museum.

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Kasa Brown targets the hoop during the official unveiling of Auburn’s new gymnasium and activity center Tuesday. ROBERT WHALE, Auburn Reporter


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The Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to 149 calls for service between Oct. 3 and Oct. 8, among them the following:

Oct. 3Aid call: 10:24 a.m., (Auburn). Valley Com dispatched firefight-ers and King County Medics to a construction site near the Auburn Post Office to help a man struck in the neck by a kickback from a 10-inch circular saw. King County Medics transported the man to Harborview Medical Center in stable condition.

Oct. 4Aid call: 12:44 p.m., (Pacific). Firefighters helped a man who had injured his knee and a private ambulance transported him to Auburn Regional Medical Center (ARMC).

Oct. 5 Fire alarm: 6:27 p.m., (Algona). Firefighters responding to an au-tomatic fire alarm arrived on scene but could not see any problem with the building. After investigat-ing, firefighters determined that a construction worker had probably set off the alarm accidentally.

Oct. 6Service call: 8:05 a.m., (South Auburn). Firefighters re-sponded to a garbage truck stuck in the low-hanging power lines in a residential neighborhood. The driver stayed inside the vehicle to avoid electrocution while Puget Sound Energy secured the power and lifted the line, enabling the driver to back out of the area. Nobody was hurt and no property was damaged.

Oct. 7Fuel spill: 3:29 a.m., (Lea Hill). Firefighters responding to a fuel spill at Green River College discov-ered that a passenger vehicle fuel tank had accidentally ruptured and dumped some 15 gallons of gas into the parking lot. Firefighters used absorbent materials to mop up the spill and called the Depart-ment of Ecology before handing the problem off to college mainte-nance staff.

Oct. 8Mutual aid: 1:42 p.m., (Kent). VRFA firefighters responded with Kent Fire to 132nd and Kent-Kangley Road for a com-mercial fire. First arriving units found a fire in a pizza restaurant in the center of a strip mall. VRFA firefighters helped with evacua-tion and overhaul.

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The Auburn Police Department responded to the following calls for service, among many others, be-tween Sept. 29 and Oct. 10:

Oct. 4Drunk: 12:57 a.m., 1400 block of 6th St. Northeast. Police arrested a man for being drunk and in control of a motor vehicle after officers beheld him snoozing away at the wheel, engine running, vehicle in drive, foot on the brake pedal. Police

also cited the liquored-up fellow for having an open bottle of booze in the center console.Commercial burglary: 2 a.m., 2705 Auburn Way N. A man as yet unknown smashed the front door glass at Pawn Exchange, entered and broke a glass case containing iPods and other personal electronics. The store planned to take inventory to check exactly what was missing.

Oct. 5Git out! 3:53 p.m., 1101 Supermall Way SW. Three male varmints made such undisclosed pains in the head of themselves at the SuperMall that they got the order to leave said

premises and not show their faces their again.

Oct. 6Theft from car: 7:18 a.m., 301 Oravetz Place SE. Somebody broke into a teacher’s car and stole her purse while she was working at Illalko Elementary.

Oct. 7Vandalism: 8:30 a.m., 1100 block of 12th St. NE. A woman reported that her estranged husband had come to her home and commenced to beat on the door, causing fresh damage to a screen door. Police arrested the man for malicious

mischief, and he fessed up to kicking on the door.Theft: 3 p.m., 1341 Auburn Way N. A woman accidentally left her debit car in a cash machine, whereupon a thief took advantage by slurping up cash from her checking account without her say so, sometime be-tween Sept. 19 and Sept. 21.Vandalism: 9:05 p.m., 2900 block of M Street Southeast. An Auburn resident complained to police that somebody had dumped a can of paint on the street, damaging his vehicle.

Oct. 8Trespassed: 2:40 p.m., 124 2nd St. SE. A man got the boot from the Rainbow Cafe for threatening em-ployees and customers.Theft: 4:40 p.m., 762 Supermall Drive SW. Police arrested a woman for stealing $1,294.06 worth of undisclosed items from Walmart.Robbery: 9:29 p.m., 30900 block of 124th Avenue SE. A man told police that two guys with box cutters tried to rob him.

Oct. 9Boosting bras: 3:43 p.m., 1310 Supermall Way SW. A manager at the SuperMall Victoria’s Secret called to say a woman had stolen 19 bras valued at $960 in total.

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● Q u o T E o F n o T E : “I’m not in favor of red light (camera enforcement). It does bring a lot of money to the City, but that’s the wrong reason (for having them). It should be used to lower traffic accidents, and the jury’s still out on whether it lowers accidents.” – City Council candidate John Hayes Holman

City Council races bring clear choices

Two came with prepared scripts, two spoke more off the cuff.

Based on reactions and sound bites from last week’s debate, the Auburn City Council races offer distinct personalities, credentials and choices for voters. All of which should make for an interesting kick to the finish line for the Nov. 8 general election, less than three weeks away.

Four candidates squared off in a pub-lic debate co-sponsored by the Auburn Area Chamber of Commerce and Auburn Reporter at the downtown Auburn Avenue Theater. The debate proved more informa-tional and rhetorical than contentious and emotional.

Two seats are up to join the five others on the City Council. Virginia Haugen, the fiery incumbent, faces a formidable challenge in John Hayes Holman, a retired police officer of more than 30 years

of service, for Position 5. Retired air traffic controller Wayne Osborne and locksmith Frank Lonergan are battling for Position 7, a seat held by Lynn Norman, who is not seeking reelection.

Like Norman, Sue Singer is not seeking reelection, opening the way for Largo Wales, former ACAP Child and Family Services director, to fill the unopposed Position 1.

When the new City Council convenes in January, it promises to take on a new personality. Lost will be the experience of Norman, who served two four-year terms, and Singer, the deputy mayor, who is finish-ing her fourth term in office.

But the new faces provide promise. The unmistakable passion and commitment to serve could be heard in their voices and traced in their expressions.

The consensus-building-conscious Holman, a longterm resident, has devoted a lifetime to public service. The forward-thinking Osborne, has prepared himself for this day, having attended more than 250 council and various subcommittee meetings in the last three years.

“I am ready,” said Osborne, a member of the City’s Planning Commission and the Airport Advisory Board. “I know how the City works.”[ more KLAAS page 8 ]

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Our children’s education is one of the most important things we can support. On the Nov. 8 ballot, I strongly recommend voting for long-time school supporter, Anne Baunach.

Auburn schools deserve quality leadership, and Anne will make a significant difference in our students’ education. Anne’s credentials, experience and enthusiasm will contribute greatly to the lead-ership of our schools. Anne’s professional career includes leadership positions in higher education and the nonprofit sector.

In her volunteer efforts, she has served our children in so many ways: Auburn Citizens for Schools; Auburn Public Schools Foundation; Com-munity in Schools Advisory; and Auburn School District’s communication, boundary and strategic planning committees.

For the past 10 years, Anne has volunteered countless hours to public education because of her commitment to providing our local students with best possible education. As a concerned and informed parent of two children attend-ing Auburn schools, Anne has continually been a part of creating solutions instead of pointing out public education’s problems.

I urge you to vote for Anne Baunach for Auburn School Board on Nov. 8.– Daryl Thompson

Haugen listens to our needs

A huge thank you to Coun-cilmember Virginia Haugen from the southeast Auburn residents. We need to keep you on the City Council.

We have lived for the last year with a burned out and boarded up house on the corner of 33rd and R Street. Nothing was happening until we made her aware of the problem. It now appears efforts are under way to clean up the site. Such properties can be an attraction for vagrants and drugs leading to crime.

We are a small community of single-family homes with many residents living in the neighborhood for 30 to 40 years. We do not want to see

our neighborhood deteriorate when the homes are pur-chased by property speculating realtors who do not maintain them.

Thank you, Virginia, from all of us … 33rd Street to 37th who have had to look at the mess every day.– Tom and Deanna Briese

Support Osborne for City Council

I met Wayne Osborne when I moved to Auburn 40 years ago and found him one of the most congenial men I have ever come across.

He gets along with everyone and listens to all opinions with respect. He also does his home-work and researches ideas and projects so he knows the subject matter at hand. Then, having made a decision on what action to take, he stands his ground while working with those around him to gain con-sensus on his views. He is not a “yes” man and doesn’t win all his battles, but everyone is a friend and respects his position when events move on.

Some years ago, Wayne increased his interest in city ac-tivities. Since that time, he has attended numerous committee meetings, researching their proposed actions and affecting change when he thought it was called for. He now sits on theHead to head: Wayne Osborne, left, listens intently

as his opponent, Frank Lonergan, fields a question during last week’s debate. CHARLES CORTES, Auburn Reporter


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Downtown Businesses Share Ideas for SuccessRecently, 19 local business leaders joined forces with Auburn Area Chamber of Commerce, The Auburn Downtown Association and the City’s Economic Development team to brainstorm ideas for new programs, products and businesses aimed to aid the growth of Auburn’s downtown district. This first step is part of a series designed to identify areas in which the City and local business can partner to improve the overall vitality of the neighborhood. Leaders are scheduled for a follow-up session to review the data collected.

City Approves Innovative Program to Encourage InvestmentThe Auburn City Council approved the Construction Sales Tax Ordinance that will provide a refund on sales taxes collected on the expansion of existing businesses and the construction of new business here in Auburn. The program can benefit businesses ranging from small boutique and large big box retail, as well as manufacturing facilities throughout the city.

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Auburn’s newest treasure is tak-ing shape.

Construction on the city’s first elevated boardwalk in a wetland is progressing with more than 400 feet of the 1,200-square-foot boardwalk completed in the City-owned and -operated Auburn Environmental Park (AEP).

The boardwalk will traverse the park between West Main Street and the City’s existing bird viewing tower on Western Avenue Northwest, which opened last year.

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I urge you to give him your vote.– Dan Shields

Friends pull together for SYL

The Auburn-based See Ya Later Foundation held its first annual golf tourna-ment and dinner auction on Sept. 12 at Indian Summer Country Club in Olympia. About 100 golfers and 150 dinner guests attended the event and helped to raise money for local families that are in medical crisis.

The foundation was able to raise more than $31,000 through donations and auc-tion sales.

See Ya Later would like to thank the local business sponsors that contributed to a successful event: IKEA; Nelson’s Jewelry; Doxon

Toyota; Valley Buick/GMC; Tom Matson Dodge; Red Robin; Simply Smiles; Burke Law Offices; Detlef Schrempf Foundation; Law Offices of James Newton; The Rock-Wood Fired Pizza; Sliderule Engineering Works LLC; Kodiak Lodge; Pierce County Crime Stop-pers; Alaska Airlines; All Purpose Collision; Quality Fence Builders; Auburn Vehicle Licensing; Colum-bia Bank; and McPherson Law Offices.

We could not be success-ful without the donations and support from all of our SYL partners. We encour-age people to support those who support us, for it is these companies that are looking to make an impact in their community.– Brian Williams, board member, See Ya Later – Washington

Taking the fight to gangs

As a south Auburn hom-eowner, I will attest to the growing gangs and graffiti that are prevalent every-where. We citizens need to gang up on the gangs and run them out of town. They

need to know we are watch-ing and actively pursuing them.

Make it impossible for them to operate.– Steven Allen

Thanks for the quick action

A huge thank you to Joanne, a manager at Auburn 17 Cinema, for quickly removing an of-fensive movie trailer from a PG-13 movie. She ex-plained that the movies and trailers were sent to them as a package, but that they can – and would – respond to complaints. Joanne offered not only an explanation, but a solution.– Karen Shepherd

CorrectionA photo incorrectly iden-

tified a golfer in the Oct. 7 edition of the Auburn Reporter. The celebrity golf-playing foursome included Earl Averill Jr., son of Hall of Fame baseball player, Howard Earl Averill.

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Before that happens, however, people will get a chance to say just what they think about such a scenario at 7:30 p.m. Monday during a public hearing before the City Council.

The RPG, a family-held company, buys private movie theaters and proper-ties throughout the country and develops them into

something other than cinemas. Now the time on their agenda has come to move forward on the Auburn site.

The Auburn Gateway Project site plan included in the MDA shows a multi-phased development of 720,000 square feet of retail, 500 residential units and/or up to 1.6 million square feet of office space. It also calls

for an extension of I Street Northeast north to South 277th.

For years, the City has negotiated with RPG on future development of the acreage, touching on prepa-ration of an environmental impact statement, changes to the comprehensive plan and zoning code to autho-rize a mixed-used commer-cial zone, and preparation

of a draft development agreement and a draft planned action ordinance.

In the development agreement, which lays out development guidelines, the RPG has agreed that the layout and uses of the Au-burn Gateway Project will follow these strictures:

• Other than common areas, parking and access, no multiple family residential uses will be allowed on the ground floor of any building but only in upper stories of multi-story buildings.

• It shall contain more full-service, sit-down restaurants than fast food,

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• Gas stations and car repair service and parts business will only be built as part of a larger retail operation.

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Haugen and Lonergan speak from experience of working directly with strug-gling citizens, families and small businesses.

“I am about accountabil-ity and looking out for that guy who does not always have a voice,” said Haugen, a former political activist who says she champions the cause of the underprivi-leged and less fortunate.

Lonergan, who served in the Navy and on the Snoqualmie City Council, speaks from the toils and triumphs of running his own business. He considers himself a political outsider, but at the same time some-one who vows to work hard and closely with the people in solving issues.

Haugen and Lonergan bring fire. They pull no punches. Haugen’s respons-es to the forum’s questions reflected her gruff, blunt approach. Auburn must “fight,” “stick to our guns” and “stand our ground” in confronting problems.

She remains an antago-nist to Mayor Pete Lewis.

“If we have a mayor run-

ning roughshod over our City Council … we become losers,” she said.

Lonergan also took his shots. He is dissatisfied with Auburn police, contends the City has done little to lure new business and considers the downtown parking permit system a failure.

In essence, the City should make it more af-fordable to welcome new businesses, especially in the downtown.

The no-nonsense Loner-gan wants progress, from the bottom up.

“I am running for Coun-cil because I am not a ‘yes’ man,” Lonergan said. “I know how to run a commit-tee. I don’t need the mayor sitting in my committee, telling me what to do. That is a council committee, not a mayoral committee, and that’s something I am going to work to change.”

Osborne and Holman spun a positive tone. Both longtime residents bring plenty of experience in dealing with diverse groups.

“We have problems, but they are fixable,” said Os-borne, who has 30 years of

experience in working with the FAA.

Osborne has a plan. Prioritize the budgetary support for human services and public safety, while encouraging economic development to raise the City’s tax base.

Roads need improving, but there are no easy solu-tions, Osborne said.

Holman also sees the po-tential for better days, even in tough economic times.

He says he is a good bud-geter and a skillful negotia-tor who looks for common ground.

“I have a skill set of negotiations and work-ing with a diverse group of people, of reaching out across and outside of City Hall, if you will, to bring in links between community, the businesses of Auburn, Green River Community College, the school district and seeking this synergistic energy,” Holman said. “Yes, we are hurting right now, but we’re looking at what’s right for Auburn, what our core competences are and building on these. I am go-ing to focus on the positive, not the negative.”

[ KLAAS from page 5 ] AUBURN YOUNG LIFE hosts

its inaugural Oktoberfest Auction from 6-9 p.m. Saturday at the Muckleshoot Casino Banquet Center, 2402 Auburn Way S.

Silent and live auctions feature items ranging from $25 to $2,500. The live auction includes desserts donated by the Muckleshoot Tribe.

Proceeds support the ministry that reaches more than 500 kids in Auburn’s high schools and middle schools, including North Tapps.

Tickets are $35 and may be pur-chased through the Young Life office at 253-735-3247 or at the door. The ticket price includes food and enter-tainment.

Community members who wish to donate funds, services or prod-ucts, may do so by contacting auc-tion chair member Jackie Higgins at 253-333-0810 through Saturday.

PACIFIC SANDBAGGING PARTY: Volunteers will reinforce and make repairs to the sandbag flood wall behind the White River Estates homes on the Pierce County Line in Pacific on Saturday morning. Volunteers can meet at 9 a.m. along the east end of White River Drive. Two years ago, volunteers placed more than 45,000 sandbags along the county line to prevent floodwater. “Although most of these bags are still in decent shape, new plastic and replace-ment of some bags must be done,” said Mayor Richard Hildreth. “We will also close off a section where bags were moved to gain access to the wetlands area.” For more information, email Hildreth at [email protected].

Auburn’s Kyle Harris recently earned his Eagle Scout, the highest rank attainable in the Boy Scouting program of the Boy Scouts of America. Harris, son of Rob and Joyce Harris, officially was awarded the rank in May and ceremoniously honored in late July. For his Eagle Scout community project, Harris and more than 40 volunteers cleaned, repaired and rebuilt more than a half-mile of trail at Green River Community College. Harris, who graduated in June from Auburn Mountainview High School with a 4.0 GPA, participated in the band and marching band programs during his prep career. He is studying mechanical engineering at George Fox University in Newberg, Ore. COURTESY PHOTO

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The Pee Wees kick off at 9 a.m. followed by the Midgets at 11:11.

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Looking to get back on trackAuburn junior Anna deCarteret looks to return to the state 4A cross country championship meet despite a slow start this season. ShAWn SkAGer, Auburn Reporter

Crucial league play on tap for Auburn football teams

Auburn’s Darnall Hagans battles for extra yardage against Curtis. rAChel CiAMPi, Reporter

CorreCtionThe co-captains of the

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identified in the Oct. 7 issue of the Auburn reporter.

The actual co-captains are juniors Aarun rumbaugh

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It’s a big week for Au-burn-area football squads, with the Trojans, Ravens and Lions scheduled for crucial games against their respective South Puget Sound League op-ponents Friday night.

Auburn (2-3 SPSL North 4A, 2-4 overall) looks to snap a four-game losing streak against heralded Kentlake (6-0, 6-0), the Associated Press’ seventh-ranked team in the state. Kickoff is 7 p.m. at French Field.

The Trojans are coming off a 20-17 nonleague loss

to Curtis last Friday.“All league games are

very important at this time of year,” said Auburn coach Gordon Elliott.

Auburn junior hopes to find her pace before state 4A meetBy SHAWN SKAGER

[email protected]

Anna deCarteret isn’t quite where she wants to be on the running trail this season.

Just two years into her cross country career last fall, the Auburn junior qualified for the state 4A meet and posted a person-al-best time of 19 minutes, 15.4 seconds at Pasco.

“My sophomore year I was really good,” she said. “I worked out every day dur-ing the summer, during the basketball season, and I just took off.”

However, this fall has been a struggle for the Trojans’ No. 1 runner.

“I was kind of lazy this

summer. I came back and I’ve had a tough season so far,” she admitted. “I’m still trying to come back.”

She posted a season-best 20:35 at the Tomahawk Twilight Invitational in Marysville on Oct. 1.

Despite the slow start, deCarteret is bound and determined to finish strong for the Trojans.

“I don’t know if I’ll be able to make it up, but I’m going to train hard and try because I don’t like being (slower),” she said. “For this season, I mainly just want to make state.”

Auburn is counting on its co-captain to spur the continued improvement of a young squad.

“Anna is a very enjoy-able person to be around,” said Auburn coach Lacey May. “She works hard, encourages others and is self-motivated. She is also very coachable. After every race she takes the time to critique her performance

and makes the necessary changes to become better.”

Senior co-captain Kelly Grant, junior Anna Starr, sophomores Kimberly Anderson and Madeleine Jones, freshman Deneille Wallin and senior Nicole Cramer also power the Trojans.

Lions snare SPSL golf titleBy SHAWN SKAGER

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The Auburn Moun-tainview boys golf team captured the South Puget Sound League 3A title, finishing the season with a 9-1 record.

“It’s been exciting. We’ve been playing really good golf,” said coach Steve Calhoun.

The Lions dominated on their home course at the Auburn Golf Course, notching a school scoring record with a 98-point showing earlier this season.[ more GOLF page 11 ]

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[ runners from page 9] [ football from page 9] “We are fighting to be in line for a playoff spot, so this is very important to us.

“Our team is focused on getting better,” Elliott said. “This is what we have some control over.”

Elsewhere, Auburn Riverside (2-3, 3-3) looks to stay in the playoff hunt against fifth-place Tahoma (3-2, 3-2) at 7 p.m. Friday at Auburn Memorial Stadium.

The Ravens are sixth in the race, behind the Bears.

Auburn Riverside is coming off a 22-12 loss to Jefferson (4-2, 4-2).

In SPSL 3A action, Auburn Mountainview remains on a roll. The Lions can make it six straight victories against No. 7 Pen-insula on Friday. Kickoff is 7 p.m. at Gig Harbor.

Auburn Mountainview beat Enumclaw, 48-21, last Friday at Pete’s Pool for the program’s first win over the Hornets.

“Anna, Kim and Madeleine have shown tremendous improvement … and have been crucial in helping our team become more competitive,” May said. “Anna’s 5K time has improved by about a minute from last year. Kim and Madeleine are running more than two minutes faster than last season.”

Auburn just missed qualifying as a team for the West Central District III meet, although Starr, deCarteret and Grant com-peted as individuals.

“Our goal is to make it to district as a team,” May said. “We are a faster team this year, so we think making it to district is a

realistic goal.”Regardless of where she

ends up, deCarteret vows to avoid another uphill battle she has faced this season.

“You can’t let yourself go (in the offseason),” she said. “I’m sure next year I’ll be back on track. I want to get back and start PR-ing again and hopefully get some sub-19s.”

The Trojans compete at the South Puget Sound League sub-district meet next Saturday at Fort Steilacoom State Park in Lakewood.

The Westside Classic district meet is Oct. 29 at American Lake Golf Course with the state 4A championships Nov. 5 at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco.

auburn MountaInVIeWThe numbers are up for

the Lions.Traditionally, the

program has struggled to get girls to turn out, with many potential runners opting to play for the school’s powerhouse vol-leyball and soccer teams.

This year, however, the cross country roster boasts 13 girls, many of them underclassmen, led by a pair of promising sopho-mores, Allison Hammer and Rachelle Kline.

“Allison Hammer is a brand new runner and already has the promise for making it to district,” said first-year head coach Juli-anne Stricherz. “Rachelle Kline is another new run-ner who is working toward

breaking 22 minutes.”Hammer has delivered a

team-best 21:31.27. Kline has stopped the watches at 22:01.

Seniors Richelle Orpilla and Amanda Nuttle, co-captains Alexis Hoskins and Hallie Hominda, and sopho-mores Caitlyn Hogencamp and Hannah Carson round out the squad.

“My girls constantly are pushing themselves and being aggressive during all races,” Stricherz said. “They are still learning the strategy of running a 5K and are now showing it with their huge improve-ments. This is a building year. I feel that next year we can really show off our talent and compete with our league.”

auburn rIVersIDeRachel Atwood, a two-

time state meet qualifier, returns to key the Ravens. Atwood finished 10th last

year at Pasco with a person-al-best effort of 18:33.5.

Now a senior, Atwood has fully embraced the leadership role.

“Rachel has been an in-credible captain this year,” said coach Kaisa Swenddal White. “She works hard at everything she does and is a role model in the class-room and on the trails.”

In addition to Atwood, the Ravens feature junior Lauren Saunders, who just missed out on state last season despite qualifying for the state meet in 2009 as a freshman.

Also on the squad are a talented corps of run-ners, including senior Katie Alexander, juniors Rachel Covey and Grace Werran and Cassie Brock, and freshman Carolina Sandoval.

“If we can stay healthy, the girls should run well at sub-district,” Swenddal White said.


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“Kelly Campbell has been under par thought the year,” Cal-houn said. “He finished the year 2-under and he also medaled five times.”

Geiger finished third in league play behind Campbell, the scoring champion, and Enumclaw’s Tyler Salsbury.

The team also got big efforts from senior Greg Harris, juniors Griffin Lamb and Zac Wildin and freshman Vincent Vu.

“In two of our pivotal matches, Zac really came through,” Cal-houn added.

Against Decatur and Enum-claw, Wildin responded, notch-ing a three-foot putt to beat the Hornets and shooting par on the final hole at Twin Lakes to beat the Gators.

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THE STIRRAT FAMILY – Faith, Chris, Keegan and Colby – recently captured the third annual Scramble for Safe Families Charity Golf Tournament at Washington National in Auburn. A field of 96 golfers competed for prizes and supported the Auburn-based Jennifer Beach Foundation – a nonprofit agency that provides edu-cation, advocacy and assistance to victims of child abuse and domestic violence.

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For Dave and Stepha-nie Cox, ACP directors and founders, the play represents the group’s largest undertaking since its formation last year. Previously, the Players presented performances of “Into the Woods” and “Bye Bye Birdie”.

“It’s the biggest cast we’ve had,” Dave Cox said. “There is a lot of changes, lots of different scenes. It’s just massive. It’s great, it’s iconic. (Theater manager) Jim (Kleinbeck) and Steph were really excited about doing a classic because we haven’t done this as a group yet.”

The classic features the adventures of Dorothy and her dog, Toto, who are whisked away from their home in Kansas to the mag-ical Land of Oz. There she meets memorable friends and foes – the Scarecrow, the Lion, the Tin Man and the Wicked Witch - in her journey to meet the Wizard of Oz, who everyone says can help her return home and possibly grant the wishes of her companions.

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Auburn Community Players, including Bri Selin as Dorothy, Russ Metzger as the Scarecrow, Jim Kleinbeck as the Lion and Brandon Kinney as the Tin Man, run through a dress rehearsal of ‘The Wizard of Oz’. SHAWN SKAGER, Auburn Reporter

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Cecil Robert KarrCecil Robert Karr passed away peacefully, after a short illness on September 29th in Ephrata, Washington. He was born February 15, 1924, in Ponca City, Oklahoma to Cyril and Hazel Karr. He spent his early years traveling the country with his family while his father worked for Standard Oil. After graduation, Cecil entered the U.S. Army Air Force in 1942 and served in Europe until his discharge in 1945. Shortly before his discharge, he met the love of his life in Medicine Lodge, Kansas. After three months of courtship, he married Mary Jean Newkirk on December 29, 1945. They enjoyed over 65 happy and loving years together. They had two children: Gary Karr and Nancy (Kemon) Backus, and one beautiful granddaughter Alexis (nicknamed Lucky) all of Auburn. Cecil

is also survived by his younger brother Kenneth Karr of San Diego. Cecil retired from the Boeing Company in April 1986 with over thirty-one years of dedicated service. He was a hardworking, good man and took wonderful care of his family. He was loved and will be missed so much by friends and family. A celebration of his life will take place on Sunday, October 16th at 2:00 pm at the Truitt Building

Rainier Room, 102 W Main St, Auburn.

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Elizabeth (Beth) E. ThomasElizabeth (Beth) E. Thomas passed

away on October 10, 2011 surrounded by family.

Beth was born in Hardesty, Alberta on March 2, 1920 to Clyde and Ruth Petersen. She was raised in Mead, WA where she married Ernie Thomas on October 1, 1938. Ernie and Beth moved to Auburn in 1940 and raised six children.

Beth is preceded in death by her husband Ernie, son Jim Thomas and daughter Mary Jo Ann Martinson. Beth is survived by her sister Carol Maynard (Warren), Port Townsend, daughters Beverly (Ray) Johnson of Lake Tapps, Terri Wright of Auburn, Sharon Flannery of Pacific and son Stephen of Stuttgart, Germany, 12 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren.

Beth was the bookkeeper at Dietzen’s Thriftway and Green River Foods for over 20 years before retiring in 1982. Beth was an active member of Holy Family Church for over 70 years and resided at Wesley Homes, Lea Hill for the past 18 months.

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October 15, 2011, 11am at Holy Family Catholic Church, Auburn, WA.

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Betty Jean JohnsonBetty Johnson passed away on October

8, 2011 peacefully in her home with her family surrounding her. She was preceded in death just one week earlier by her life-time love and husband of 63 years, Norm Johnson.

Betty was born in Lyons, Oregon on August 11, 1925. She graduated from Oregon State University earning a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She was instrumental in the development of the LPN Nursing program at Green River Community College and worked at the college for many years before retirement in 1985.

She is survived by her three sons and their wives, Chris and Geri of Olympia, Curt and Marcie of Edmonds and Eric and Pat of Enumclaw, her four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Her love for her family, her giving and generous spirit will be forever remembered.

A memorial service celebrating the life of Norm and Betty Johnson was held October 8th at the Auburn United First Methodist

Church. Donations may be made to the church, 100 N Street SE, Auburn, WA 98002.

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To promote the sport and support her ambition, Ross taught classes. About a year ago, she opened a small scuba shop in Seattle. But with the high cost of doing business in the big city, Ross opted for a less costly spot in her home town.

Ross’ GirlDiver – specializ-ing in lessons, sales and travel service – recently opened its doors in downtown Auburn. The business reaches a wide-ranging clientele through its online presence.

Ross couldn’t be more delighted.

“I have more support in Auburn than I could ever have had in Seattle,” said the 1985 Auburn High School graduate, a 10-year veteran of deep and shallow water div-ing all over the world.

“I feel like Auburn is about to bloom downtown,” Ross said. “I’m just excited to be a part of the regeneration.”

Ross considers herself a member of Generation X, those following hard on the heels of the baby boomers, brimming with new energy and fresh ideas, the next phase of workers in a Web-based movement.

As a certified aqua-woman, Ross excels at the thing

she digs most – teaching. Newcomers, divers of all ages, those who want to advance their open-water diving careers, she’ll take ’em all.

Ross also is part of a dive team of professionals.

She conducts classes and trains others at local swimming pools, in the Puget Sound and in other nearby waters. She offers full-travel services for students, divers and non-divers. Her staff arranges group and individual trips, here and abroad, for clients.

Ross occasionally escorts her own groups on trips. She has swum with tiger sharks off the waters of Fiji, danced with the jellyfish, eyeballed wolf eels, octopi and sixgill sharks in the Puget Sound. Sea lions off coastal British

Columbia have been her curi-ous pals.

“They come and play with us as if we were bathtub toys,” Ross said of the sea lions.

More trips are in the works. A group of 15 divers will spend a Thanksgiving scuba vacation in Cozumel, an island in the Caribbean Sea off the eastern coast of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula.

Ross’ career has taken her and fellow divers to many great places, enriched their lives with eye-popping experiences. It has been a life-altering adventure.

“The underwater world is a place like no other,” Ross said, “and to be able to introduce new divers to that world on a daily basis? I’m truly living the dream.”

[ GIRLDIVER from page 1 ] GirlDiver• Owner, operator: Cindy Ross, a certified diver, instructor and trainer. • Location: 24 B St. NE, Auburn• Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Mon-day-Saturday. GirlDiver opens daily, beginning in November• Information: 253-397-4136, www.girldiver.com


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