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BY RAECHEL DAWSON

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The Department of Veteran’s Affairs should have terminated the Federal Way Veterans Center’s team leader after a whistleblower exposed misconduct at the center last year, according to a U.S. Office of Special Counsel letter sent to Congress and President Barack Obama last Thursday.

But instead, the agency provided training and letters of reprimand to the team leader and her regional supervi-sors — actions not in line with the Veterans Affairs’ ethics policy.

“I do not find that verbal counseling and letters of reprimand are sufficient disciplinary actions in light of the seri-ous misconduct at issue,” wrote head of the Office of Special Counsel Carolyn N. Lerner to the president, noting that their regulations indicate removal is an appropriate penalty.

The team leader also received posi-tive performance reviews for 2013 and 2014.

Whistleblower Jonathan Wicks, a for-mer clinician at the center, discovered that employees at the center lied about clinical time spent with clients, failed to contact veterans who requested coun-seling services and used a paper log

BY RAECHEL DAWSON

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A group is seeking dona-tions to open Federal Way’s first day shelter for the home-less by early 2016.

With plans to ask the City Council for $50,000 this year and another $50,000 for 2016, the Federal Way Day Shelter Coalition also needs $55,000 to retrofit a proposed 2,000-square-foot space near the Multi-Service Center. To help close the monetary gap, the coalition is launching a fundraising campaign called “Bags of Hope.”

“We’ve given presentations on this project in the last sev-eral months,” said coalition member Jackie Blair. “We’ve given them to about 20 faith organizations and service organizations.”

Above, Federal Way Mayor Jim Ferrell (second from right) and City Council members join students during the Mayor’s Day of Concern for the Hungry on Saturday. Volunteers at various local grocery stores collected food donations during the day to benefit the Multi-Service Center. Photo courtesy of Bruce HondaLeft, South King Fire and Rescue staff volunteer with students.Photo courtesy of Shelley Pauls

BY CARRIE RODRIGUEZ

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If you are outraged the City Council ap-proved the largest project in city history last year without your official say — get

your pens ready.Federal Way residents Matthew Jarvis

and Byron Hiller filed a citizen’s initiative with the city on Tuesday that would prevent the cost of operating the nearly $33 million Performing Arts and Events Center from becoming a financial burden to the city, according to the measure. If approved, the initiative would limit the amount the city can spend on subsidizing the project to no more than $100,000 annually.

The city attorney has five days to ap-prove the legality of the citizen’s initiative. If approved, Hiller and Jarvis will have six months to collect all the required signatures, which they estimate to be 3,500. The measure would then go before voters on the general election ballot in Novem-ber 2016.

“Despite the city’s assurances that the [events center] will be self funding, we are concerned that this will become yet another City Council pet project that diverts huge amounts of money from public safety and infrastructure,” Jarvis and

Hiller said in a media release.However, Mayor Jim Ferrell said they lack

evidence.“That’s baseless. That is base-

less,” he said during a phone interview, as sirens blared in the background while he walked to his next meeting in downtown San Francisco during a business recruitment trip on Friday.

Ferrell said he hasn’t been provided “anything other than just pure conjecture and assump-tions on the part of Byron Hiller and Matthew Jarvis in regard to

this. [The city is] not approaching this with

assumptions.”In fact, Ferrell said that is the reason why

he put together his Blue Ribbon Panel of experts to examine facts and decide whether the events center project was feasible. Based on those findings that the panel presented in May 2014, the council unanimously ap-proved the events center.

The mayor emphasized the city has al-ready spent $8 million of taxpayer money to move forward with the events center.

“We have accumulated $16 million of money — $16 million of money,” Ferrell said, noting the project will bring jobs and economic development to Federal Way.

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Mayor Jim Fer-rell looked out over the gaping

hole in the roadway on First Avenue South, which was closed on Saturday morning after a water main break caused a large section of roadway to col-lapse.

“It is amazing the de-structive power of water in a very short period of time,” said Ferrell, who was on-site with Public Works Department staff. “This

whole bank got washed out.”

South King Fire and Rescue officials discovered the water main break at approximately 2:30 a.m. and notified the Lakehaven Utility District, according to John Bowman, general manager of Lakehaven.

The water that poured through the 8-inch water main break eroded a 15-foot section of roadway in the southbound lane of First Avenue South at South 317th Street, Bow-man said.

“We’ve got crews on-site; the water is shut off,” he noted. “We’ve got about 10 homes out of service and we’re going to stay on the site until we get the road back open.”

Crews closed First Avenue South from 316th Street to South 320th Street.

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While Lakehaven doesn’t have an assessment yet of damages, he said it could

cost the utility district approximately $100,000 to repair the damage.

“We’ve got a lot of people on it and it’s good to have so many dedicated people on their normal day off to get this solved,” Fer-rell added.

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Working on a goal of raising $30,000 for retrofitting costs, the coalition will make 10,000 bags for the Bags of Hope campaign.

Each bag includes an invitation to a non-event called the “Day Shelter Gala,” where donators “do not have to eat one more rubber chicken dinner” but can instead choose to give from the comfort of home.

Retrofitting will include a new bath-room with an additional shower, a laundry facility, kitchen and open-floor concept for Catholic Community Ser-vices to monitor.

Blair said Catholic Community Services has agreed to sign a lease and operate the shelter if funding is available, however, she did confirm the shelter is not yet secured — that would come from the city.

The coalition presented a business plan to Brian Wilson, the city’s chief of staff, in early September and has since presented “Workforce in Transition” to the Human Services Commission on Monday and the Finance, Economic Development and Regional Affairs Committee on Tuesday.

Both approved the business plan and request for funding. With plans to pres-ent once more to the Parks, Recreation, Human Services and Public Safety Coun-cil Committee on Oct. 13, the coalition will meet with the City Council on Oct. 20 – the final step.

The coalition has also been filling out grant applications for $100,000 in state planning funds but Blair doesn’t expect that money until next year.

If the city allocates the funding, the coalition hopes to secure the location by November, with remodeling soon after so that the facility is open by early 2016 – just in time for harsh winter weather.

“[The kitchen] will have maybe a couple of microwaves, a refrigerator/freezer, stove, something where people can get warm food or maybe even warm up their own food that they bring in,” she said, adding that last year’s One Night Count discovered 105 homeless people in Federal Way, with 37 more in other shelters and 40-50 more estimated by the

Church of the Good Shepherd.Robin LaMoria, with St. Vincent de

Paul Parish in Federal Way, said it’s too common to see people holding up signs on the sidewalk, asking for help.

“It’s fair to say they’re using the public library as their day shelter now,” LaMoria said.

The shelter will serve these people, men and women over age 18, by allowing them to get clean and maintain hygiene. There will be no background checks and it will initially be open five days a week, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

“This is not a permanent place to live,” Blair said. “It’s just a place for them to come get better and move on.”

Because they day shelter will be near the Multi-Service Center and other organizations, there will be plenty of resources as well.

The three-year pilot program will give the coalition enough data needed for a potential day shelter campus that will have more services and referrals. The campus could include Valley Cit-ies, HealthPoint and the Department of Health.

The coalition was formed in August 2013 after a grassroots group of people in Federal Way were searching for solutions to provide homeless with day shelter services.

With the organizing support of Sound Alliance, it grew “from concerned parishioners from St. Vincent de Paul church” to many other concerned com-munity members including those from the Church of the Good Shepherd, Saltwater Unitarian Universalist Church, Catholic Community Services, Multi-Service Center, City Vision, Valley Cities, HealthPoint, King County Public Health, Federal Way Community Caregiving Net-work and virtually all of the city’s service organizations.

If the council approves the funding, the coalition will hold an assembly the last week of October at St. Vincent de Paul to celebrate.

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The Todd Beamer Titans were the only show in town

on Friday night as they downed the Kent-Meridi-an Royals 20-6 at Federal Way Memorial Stadium.

Things took awhile to open up for the Titans, but they are just fine with that. Their game plan is to keep pounding the ball on the ground until their op-ponent submits and that’s just what happened to the Royals.

“We’re not going to be a real explosive team until we wear the other team down,” Beamer head coach Darren McKay said. “We know that. Usually by the second half, even if you’re only getting two to three yards and not open-ing up as much, you’re wearing down the other team.”

The two teams were

locked in a defensive battle in the first half. Beamer was able to move the ball more consistently, but could not quite get into the endzone.

Despite moving the ball at a decent rate, Beamer had problems with penal-ties. Many of the penalties had nothing to do with Kent-Meridian as false starts and other dead ball fouls like illegal motions plagued them.

“We’re still making way too many penalties,” McKay said. “We came in the most penalized team in the [South Puget Sound League] and had our fair share again tonight. They were mainly procedure penalties. It’s first and 10 and all of a sudden it’s first and 15 and we’re not built for that. We want it to be second and six. We’re not going to throw the ball all over the place.”

The Titans settled for 33 and 35-yard field goals

from Sean Van Earwage to take a 6-0 lead into the half.

The second half was more of the same as Beamer continued to hand the ball to running backs Andrew Tofaeono, Isaiah Lard and Kingsten Sua. The gains grew over time as the Royals wore down from the constant rushing attack.

Beamer put up their first touchdown late in the third quarter on a nine-yard Tofaeono run, giving them a 13-0 lead.

Tofaeono later put the game away in the fourth quarter with a 33-yard run for his second touch-down, giving the Titans a 20-6 lead. He would finish

with over 150 yards rush-ing on the night.

The Titans nearly scored again with under a minute to play, but a late Lard touchdown run was ne-gated by a penalty and the Titans chose to run out the clock instead.

Kent-Meridian’s lone score came on a four-yard run by running back Tyshon Jones early in the fourth quarter. The extra point was blocked.

The Royals had a chance to tie the game at six with just under six minutes to play in the first half.

They drove down the field inside the Titans five-yard line. Daigbe Em-manuel, Kent-Meridian’s star player, was the target

on a fade route, but it was Lard who came down with the ball in the back of the endzone for the interception.

Beamer will begin league play at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26 against Mount Rainier at Federal Way Memorial Stadium.

“It’s the first money game,” McKay said. “I feel better about how we’re playing defensively. [Kent-Meridian] can score points. Momentum wise, I feel good heading into division play.”

OTHER FOOTBALL SCORESKentridge 41, Decatur 13Kentwood 17, Jefferson 16Tahoma 18, Federal Way 15

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Todd Beamer wears down Kent-Meridian in winBY TERRENCE [email protected]

Beamer players break up a late fourth quarter pass attempt in their 20-6 win over Kent-Meridian on Friday, Sept. 18 at Federal Way Memorial Stadium. TERRENCE HILL, the Mirror

Andrew Tofaeono breaks loose from a defender for his 33-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter against Kent-Meridian on Friday, Sept. 18. TERRENCE HILL, the Mirror

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Everything seemed to go Federal Way’s way in their 3-0 non-league win over Thomas Jefferson on

Tuesday night.The two teams entered the contest

having winning records in their out-of-conference matchups.

Jefferson was 3-2 with wins over Spanaway Lake, Evergreen of Seattle and Decatur.

Federal Way was 3-1 with wins against Christian Faith, Chief Sealth and Deca-tur. They also placed well in two tourna-ments they played in.

Both teams also lost to Todd Beamer in non-league games.

The matchup was the last for both teams before they began later in the week. Things quickly spiraled out of control for Jefferson.

Federal Way won the first set 25-5, the largest margin of the night. The Raiders had trouble receiving serves most of the night, leading to plenty of aces for the Eagles.

Senior Fernanda Carmona led the Eagles in service aces with nine on the night. Sophomore Talaitupu Lologo was second on the team with eight.

Things got a little better for the Raid-ers in the second set, but Federal Way still won 25-13. There were less errors for Jefferson, but they still struggled to get a consistent attack going. A few unlucky bounces near the boundary lines also did not go their way.

The third set also went to the Eagles. They won 25-7 to end the game in straight sets. For Federal Way, it was the exact performance that head coach Donja Walker wanted to see.

“The Kent schools are really tough,” Walker said. “I think that we’ve been bonding and playing really well together. I’m excited to see how we do against those Kent schools.”

“It’s important to have these kinds of competitive games to prepare us for our conference. Tonight it was a little rough and we were trying some new things so they weren’t as crisp. But it’s always nice to have these kinds of games.”

Lologo added six kills and 11 digs to

her service aces during the game. Car-mona led the team with 15 assists. Aya Bispham also had 11 digs on the night.

Federal Way (4-1) began league play against Kent-Meridian on Thursday after the Mirror’s publishing deadline. They play again on at 7:15 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 28 at Kentlake (0-4).

Jefferson (3-3) will look to regroup in league play when they travel to take on undefeated Kentwood (4-0) at 7:15 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 25.

TODD BEAMER TAKES DOWN DECATURThe Titans took down the Gators 3-0

on Tuesday in a non-league game. The Titans won 25-3, 25-16, 25-5.

One of the top players for Beamer was Angel Mann who had 13 digs and four kills for Beamer. McKenna Milholland was another top performer with three aces on 12 serves and 13 assists.

Leena McKenzie led the team with five aces on 13 serves and had nine digs as well.

Camrin Skari led the team in kills with eight.

Renee Tiumalu tied the team lead for digs with 13 and Elisa Chew also tied the lead for assists with 13.

Mallorie Post had three service aces on 21 serves.

Both teams begin league play on Fri-day, Sept. 25.

Decatur (0-5) will be at home to face the Tahoma Bears (2-2) at 7:15 p.m.

Beamer (3-1) will also be at home and will face the Kentridge Chargers (3-2) at 7:15 p.m.

CHRISTIAN FAITH ON A WINNING STREAKAfter a loss to Federal Way to open the

season, Christian Faith has won three straight games.

They defeated Puget Sound Adventists 3-0 and Evergreen Lutheran 3-1 last week.

On Tuesday, they defeated Auburn Adventist 3-0.

The Eagles (3-1, 2-0) travel to face Rainier Christian (2-1, 2-1) at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 25 for their next game.

Federal Way team captain Aya Bispham returns a volley against Thomas Jefferson on Sept. 22 at Federal Way High School. TERRENCE HILL, the Mirror


Volleyball: Federal Way rolls against Jefferson in non-league matchBY TERRENCE [email protected]

Federal Way’s Sydney Sanio and Michellay Stewart attempt to block Thomas Jefferson team captain Taylor Sterling’s spike attempt on Sept. 22 at Federal Way High School. TERRENCE HILL, the Mirror

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Response to ‘Thanks, Planned Parenthood’

Mark Twain once said that one should never argue with stupid people; they drag you down and beat you with experience. Nor-mally, I would just chalk Ms. Cavin’s letter up to sheer ignorance and leave it alone. But in this instance, ignorant remarks like hers can cause real harm, espe-cially in Federal Way where one in 10 residents live below the poverty line, and one out of every four kids don’t complete high school. These are among the many folks most likely to need es-sential health care services from Planned Parenthood of Federal Way, which has a clinic very close to my

home. Ms. Cavin’s vicious and ill-informed harangue about Planned Parenthood could sway a teenager or impoverished single mom away from seeking needed help – help in accessing low-cost birth control, HIV and cervical cancer screen-ing, pelvic exams, preg-nancy testing, vaccinations, and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases. Yes, Planned Parenthood also provides legal, constitution-ally protected abortions, which are funded through private donations. Federal support for women’s health care cannot be used to pro-vide abortions. Indeed, the bulk of the organization’s revenue (75 percent) is spent on contraception and STD testing and treatment.

Only $3 of every $100 the agency receives in rev-enue is spent on providing abortions. Anyone with a teenage daughter in Federal Way (and I’m one of them) ought to be grateful this clinic exists.

Kids have been having sex behind their parents’ backs for centuries. Beating a Bible up side their heads is not going to change that, no matter how hard you pray. I don’t know what Ms. Cavin was up to when she was 19 years old – I applaud her fortitude if she was holding out for marriage. But in truth, one out of every five women in this country has received services from Planned Parenthood at one point in their lives – including me, my sister, my best friend,

my college roommates, my sister-in-law, her sister, my niece and my nephew. As a college student, my rela-tionship with my boyfriend was my business, not my parents’, and I made a trip to the nearest clinic because I had no intention of derail-ing my future. In truth, people like Ms. Cavin don’t care so much that Planned Parenthood donates embryos to fetal research, despite their sermonizing rants. Their real complaint is about women having sex for fun and not for procre-ation.

If these people really cared about the “babies,” they would be picketing the dozens of fertility clinics in this state that discard invi-tro embryos. In 2013, some 1.7 million excess embryos

were thrown in the garbage and some smaller, though no less significant number, were donated from invitro efforts to research into Al-zheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other debilitating chronic diseases in the same man-ner that Planned Parent-hood donates them.

The reason Ms. Cavin and other Bible thumpers like her focus on Planned Parenthood’s practices rather than the fertility clinics is that the former serve women who refuse to be pregnant, whereas the latter serve women who are desperate to be pregnant. Their real purpose is to sit in judgment of women’s sexual behavior— the “right to life” of a human embryo is just a more expedient moral football.Ginny Vanderlinde, Federal Way

Fines are mounting against the state for not having a plan to ensure public schools are adequately funded.

When Gov. Jay Inslee met with Democratic and Republican lawmakers on the matter

Thursday, it was 43 days since the Supreme Court imposed its sanction.

At $100,000-a-day, that’s $4.3 million. Ka-ching!

To recap, under the Mc-Cleary decision, lawmakers have until 2018 to find a way for the state to cover the tab

of a basic education for students.They’ve earmarked billions of additional

dollars in the budget for classroom supplies, all-day kindergarten and buses.

But school districts still rely too heavily on local property tax dollars to operate and pay their teachers, principals and staff.

The court wants such dependence to end.The chasm between the Democrat-controlled

House and Republican-run Senate on the best way to do that could not be bridged in this year’s record-setting 176 days of session.

So another hour of talking in a SeaTac hotel Thursday didn’t achieve accord either.

However, it may reveal how deeply individual lawmakers and the governor are digging in on their positions ahead of the 2016 session and ensuing election season when most of them, including Inslee, will be on the ballot and could face this issue.

Democrats think the best way to break dis-tricts’ addiction to levies is with injections of dollars from a new capital gains tax.

Republicans counter it would be better to make a swap – give districts more from the pot of state property tax collections and direct them to seek less locally.

Passing a new tax or swapping levies is a complicated and formidable political task.

It’s taken 43 days to get the conversation going again. It could be another 100 days or maybe 400 before they figure something out.

That would add up to some serious Ka-ching!

Although most residents don’t know it, there is another election underway – in the Federal Way City Council. And while there are only seven voters, they will elect the most visible member of the council, the deputy mayor. You don’t get to vote but you may influence who wins by who you vote for in November.

This election isn’t as secret as waiting for the puff of smoke to elect a new Pope, but it does have just as much intrigue as candidates try and round up the necessary four votes in quiet one-on-one dis-cussions. In January, the seven elected mem-bers of the City Council will meet in a formal council meeting and cast their votes to elect one of them as deputy mayor. But, like the elec-tion of the Pope, how the votes go that evening may not give the casual observer a true picture of what went on behind the scenes.

In these columns I always urge voters to note who is endorsing which candidates for election to what position. The reason for that is relationships count for just as much as policy in how things get done on the council. The

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for the mayor when he is unavailable, organizes the council representation on committees, and meets with the mayor regarding the council agenda. And what if you secretly hold dreams of higher office, such as mayor or the state legislature? Then being deputy mayor would look very good on your resume.

In theory, the position could go to anyone of the seven council members, but frequently it has gone to the most senior council member who hasn’t held it. However, intrigue is always part of the process. Mayor Jim Ferrell was so turned off by the process of electing the mayor in the council-manager form of government, the equivalent to the deputy mayor election in the current structure, he started the movement to switch to the strong mayor form of govern-ment. State Rep. Linda Kochmar was passed over for the position until the last year of the change in government, and she only got a one--

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The Federal Way City Council will soon decide whether or

not to allow retail marijuana shops, grow operations and processing plants within our community and has placed an advisory vote on the November ballot.

Federal Way has worked hard to foster an environ-ment that is family friendly, attracts quality businesses and enhances the qual-ity of life. The licensing of marijuana establishments is not consistent with these goals. Even though the sale is illegal to minors, pot shops send the message that drugs are the new norm. Following the pattern set by the tobacco industry, teens will now be bombarded with promotional messages from

another industry seeking lifelong customers.

Corner pot shops here in Federal Way will make pot even more readily available to teens. The American Academy of Pediatrics re-ports that use of marijuana interferes with memory, concentration, learning and brain development, lowering the odds of completing high school. The school district’s graduation rate is already critically low. We should be taking measures to improve it, not aggravate it.

Retail shops will harm neighboring businesses and increase law enforce-ment costs by creating an environment conducive to petty crime, as police officers attest from past experience with medical

marijuana shops. Since the sale of marijuana is a federal offense, banks cannot touch the industries transactions. This makes it an all-cash business, opening the door to more serious criminal elements as well.

Those of us who oppose the licens-ing of the mari-juana industry in Federal Way have a broad spectrum of views re-garding the use of marijua-na, ranging from those who oppose its use at any time, to those who actually voted for Initiative 502, which legal-ized the use of marijuana. What we are united on is that pot shops do not belong in Federal Way.

Those who support the

licensing of the marijuana industry within the city argue that since the majority of votes cast in Federal Way favored the passage of I-502,

that those voters also support bring-ing the industry to our city. Only a slim margin, 53 percent in Federal Way, voted for I-502 and there is a big difference between

supporting the decriminal-ization of marijuana and wanting pot shops in our town. We are helping people recognize the difference. A “NO” vote does not in any way restrict adults from the private use of marijuana.

They also argue that Fed-eral Way is losing out on too many tax dollars, but only a

small percentage of tax rev-enue will return to the city. It may not even be enough to offset the increase in law enforcement costs. Under current law, 100 percent of the excise tax levied on pot sales goes to the state. Only .85 percent of sales tax will come back to Federal Way! It costs $80,000 to pay the salary and benefits of an en-try level police officer. That means it will take nearly $1 million in marijuana sales to pay for just one new of-ficer. There is no guarantee that any of the excise tax will ever be returned to the city. Regardless, our quality of life, and especially the well-being of our youth, should not be for sale at any price!

Sixty-four other Wash-

ington cities have already taken the high road and recognized that the social costs greatly outweigh any potential tax revenue. We must help the Federal Way City Council come to the same conclusion.

Federal Way is a great place to raise a family, establish a business and enjoy a quality life. It is not the place for pot shops. The well-being of our youth and image of our commu-nity demand that we send a strong message to the City Council. Federal Way is NOT the place for pot shops! Vote “NO” to retail marijuana!

Jack Walsh is on the con committee, who wrote the statement against the advisory vote in the King County voter’s pamphlet.


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Vote yes: City should allow marijuana retail to reap tax dollarsIn 2012, King County voters passed Initiative

502 with 63.5 percent approval, legalizing recreational marijuana.

Going against the voters, the Federal Way City Council has repeatedly temporarily banned marijuana businesses within city lim-its. After much hemming and hawing, the council has asked for an advisory vote.

On this November’s ballot, the citi-zens of Federal Way will be given the opportunity to tell the council once and for all that we approve recreation-al marijuana and that the moratorium on marijuana businesses should be lifted.

When I-502 was passed in 2012, it did not give any incentive for local jurisdictions to allow marijuana businesses, in other words, there was nothing in it for them. So why take the chance on a new industry when there were so many unknowns?

Many cities, including Federal Way, tempo-rarily banned the businesses. But this summer, Gov. Jay Inslee signed House Bill 2136, a new marijuana law that changed the way marijuana is taxed and where the tax dollars go. The law was designed to encourage more counties and cities to allow marijuana businesses. Instead of all the tax dollars going into a state general fund,

some of the revenue will go directly to the local jurisdictions that allow marijuana businesses. The allocation will be based on the marijuana tax revenue generated by the jurisdiction and by the population in the jurisdiction.

Through August 2015, the total excise tax collected on recreational marijuana in Washington was approximately $90 mil-lion. King County makes up $21 million of that total. The law provides that tax revenue be distributed only to local juris-dictions that allow marijuana business. If Federal Way continues to ban marijuana businesses, the city will get none.

While I-502 is strict about where marijuana businesses can be located, the new law gives a little extra control to the local governments. It provides that jurisdictions can prohibit the marijuana businesses in areas that are zoned primarily for residential use. The Liquor and Cannabis Board has set extremely strict rules relating to the sale of marijuana. Rules relate to security, store locations, advertising, packaging, etc. and are designed to keep communities safe and marijuana out of the hands of minors.

By banning marijuana business, the city of Federal Way is only pushing the sales and tax revenue to nearby cities, or worse, to the black market. Local bans do nothing but undermine

the end-goal of I-502, which is to regulate and treat marijuana responsibly where prohibition tactics have clearly failed.

By regulating the marijuana market and reducing (ideally one day eliminating) the black market, we are reducing crime and making the city a safer place.

The argument that legal marijuana businesses will increase crime and law enforcement costs is completely backwards and is based on fear and not facts.

It is time now, to lift the moratorium and join the regulated market. Since last summer, when retail marijuana stores opened in other cities across Washington, we’ve been able to wait and see how this new industry has affected these cit-ies. With the tax revenue generated by marijuana businesses, Federal Way will be able to grow and prosper with fewer burdens on the city’s taxpay-ers.

By voting “yes” on Advisory Proposition No. 1, you’ll be telling the City Council that Federal Way should allow marijuana businesses and should benefit from its fair share of the tax dol-lars.

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Turns out Rep. Hans Dunshee’s appointment as chairman of the House Appropriations Com-mittee may not be a long term deal.

The Snohomish Demo-crat is in the midst of his biennial soul-searching on whether to continue his legislative career.

He said Monday he isn’t sure he’ll seek re-election in 2016.

“I don’t know yet,” he said. “That decision is a ways off.”

Dunshee joked about looking at travel bro-chures before getting tapped to be the lead budget writer for the majority party which is a huge responsibility in the McCleary era.

Presuming Democrats retain control in the House and Dunshee wins re-election, he would be crafting the next two-year state budget in which levies, teacher salaries and

the Supreme Court sanc-tion must be addressed.

Dunshee’s not likely to walk away from a gig of such importance.

Then again, we don’t know what brochures he was reading.

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year term rather than the traditional two-year term.This year’s race for the deputy mayor position has no

formal candidates as no one wants to disclose their interest too early. But there are a few things voters can watch as the drama unfolds.

The current deputy mayor is Jeanne Burbidge, who is the senior member of the council. The second most senior member is Dini Duclos at eight years and she was deputy mayor before Burbidge. Since both have held the posi-tion recently, it is unlikely they would be elected again in January. Also, Duclos is up for election this year and needs to retain her position to be part of the process, Burbidge is mid-term and will be one of the seven voting in January. If

Duclos returns to the council, she or Burbidge could be a potential compromise candidate if no one else can put to-gether the mandatory four votes. The most likely candidate for the top job is Susan Honda, who has four years of expe-rience and is running unopposed for re-election this year. Another possible candidate is Kelly Maloney. Maloney is not up for election this year and will be voting in January.

Both have been rumored to have aspirations for higher office but have been in the council minority on the debates regarding the Performing Arts and Events Center which is favored by a majority of the council. Since it seems unlikely that either would get four votes, an alliance would give them half of the needed votes. Watch Honda. Martin Moore has only been on the council for two years and

Lydia Assefa-Dawson was appointed to the council and is running for her first term. Moore has been a controversial council member and faces an uphill battle for the job. But he was crucial in appointing Assefa-Dawson to the council and both of them, as Democrats, supported Republicans for office, then Moore switched parties. If they vote to-gether they control two votes.

While not likely, what happens if Mark Greene defeats Assefa-Dawson? None of the current council members have a relationship with him and he would be a wild card who could hold a key fourth vote for someone. And if P.K. Thumbi defeats Duclos, his active participation in Republi-can politics would suggest he would vote for someone who is a Republican or leans that way. Then, the trio of Thumbi, Moore and Koppang, if he wins, would only need one more vote to elect the deputy mayor.

Either Koppang or Julie Hiller will be the newest mem-ber of the council as one of them will fill Bob Celski’s seat. Koppang ran against both Honda and Maloney, and seems unlikely to vote for either one. Hiller would likely lean toward Honda, which in theory would give Honda three votes if Maloney supports her. In that case Moore, Assefa-Dawson or Duclos could be the fourth vote. And if Thumbi were to defeat Duclos and Koppang were to win, what happens if they then vote with Moore and Assefa-Dawson to make Moore Deputy Mayor? The seemingly least likely candidate, Moore, could then emerge as the winner.

Honda should be the next in line and could get a com-bination of her own vote, Maloney, Moore, Duclos and Assefa-Dawson. But it could go any number of directions depending on who is elected in November. Moore and Assefa-Dawson hold key votes.

But speculation about a compromise is continuing. It could be Duclos, assuming she is re-elected. She would have her own vote, maybe Burbidge, possibly Koppang, and she has been helpful to Moore who might help bring Assefa-Dawson in to the fold. But Burbidge could also get the same set of votes.

Getting to four votes is a challenge but everybody is in the game, including Ferrell as he has endorsed Duclos, Assefa-Dawson and Koppang. He wants someone he can work with but won’t run against him. That could have an impact on Honda and Maloney.

Who do you want to be deputy mayor for the next two years?

Federal Way resident Bob Roegner is a former mayor of Auburn: [email protected].

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Q: Mr. Federal Way, what’s the deal with

these political debates that you are hosting? Should I attend this?

A: Let Mr. Federal Way get out the Magic 8-Ball. Answer: Your future is uncertain. Look, how would Mr. Federal Way know if you should attend this or not? Are you into politics? Do you care what’s happening in your neighborhood? In your city? Don’t answer those questions. Mr. Federal Way is afraid to know the answers. Mr. Federal Way

knows about as much about politics as the inner workings of the digestive tract, though both seem to produce the same results.

Each year, the Mirror hosts these debates as a service to the community. Generally speaking, about 150-200 people show up. Mr. Federal Way shows up only for the fireworks. Ev-ery year, at least one can-

didate produces an inane moment. That’s worth

the price of admission right there. This year, Mr. Federal Way thinks one particular can-didate makes a bag of rocks look smart, but that would be insulting

to the rocks. Show up, grab a seat and enjoy the fireworks. No houses will get burned down but some skin will get fried.

Q: Mr. Federal Way, why do you continue to talk about yourself in the third person?

A: I have no idea. Wait, Mr. Federal Way has no idea. Sorry about that. My literary prose failed me once again. And again. Well, Mr. Federal Way wanted to be referred to as “The Czar,” but some bald guy took that one. Mr. Federal Way wanted to be “The Publisher,” but that guy keeps showing up, even after I “helped” him off of the ladder.

How would you like Mr.

Federal Way to pres-ent himself? In the first person? Fine. I will do that. Now, I’ll be accused

of sounding too conceited. This I am not, though, I am the most read columnist in this paper. A position that is indeed well-deserved, but consider the com-petition. A bald guy, an ex-mayor that couldn’t get re-elected and a potty mouth grandma. Not ex-actly Pulitzer material I’m up against.

Q: Mr. Federal Way, why do we still observe daylight savings time?

A: Wow, slow news week, huh? Give me a question about the mayor

tearing up another park, another malfunctioning red light camera, but no, another question with zero reference from Mr. Federal Way’s perspec-tive. Mr. Federal Way will blame it on the farmers. Those guys get up before the birds anyhow, so give them a reason to get up an hour later. Bessie can wait. Farmer has to sleep.

Actually, Mr. Federal Way had the crack Mirror crew do some research on this and the answer is cloudy. So Mr. Federal Way will rescue them, again. Awhile ago, Mr. Federal Way, err, I, came across

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At just 8 years old, Presley Anderson has raised $1,100

for the thousands affected by the eastern Washington wildfires over the summer.

Presley heard about the families who lost their homes and the fallen fire-fighters who battled those fires from her principal at Brooklake Christian School in Federal Way, who urged students to wear yellow on Friday, Sept. 4.

“I just felt bad,” said Presley, the Mirror’s Citizen of the Month for September. “I don’t like seeing people in pain or hear about people dy-ing or being dead. But I just didn’t feel good so I thought about it the rest of the day and then when we were going home, I just told my mom that we need to do more, we just have to.”

Presley, her 6-year-old brother Terry and her family held a hotdog fundraiser that Saturday at their home in Puyallup.

Everyone helped — her father went to a fire sta-tion to ask for some boots to fill with donations, her uncle set up a gofundme.com account and her brother had the idea to provide Starbursts for dessert.

They were out there for the whole day with 72 hotdogs.

“We had a sign that said hotdog lunch with any donation and we had to scratch out lunch and

put dinner on it because it was starting to get late,” laughed Heidi Anderson, Presley’s mother.

However, most people preferred to donate with-out receiving the hotdog lunch or dinner.

“We weren’t asking for a dollar amount, we just accepted any donations,” Anderson said. “We ate a lot of hotdogs that day.”

But figuring out where and who the money could help was a task in itself. Anderson wanted a place that would match their donation because she felt it was important to be good stewards of that money.

Eventually, Ander-son found a business in Wenatchee called Jet Pro Auto Wash who has agreed to match up to $5,000. The business will then donate the money with their match to the Community Foundation of North Central Wash-ington.

“They were really ex-cited because there’s still a really big need there,” Anderson said. “A lot of displaced people and they’re putting them in temporary tiny houses, which I’d never heard of a tiny house before.”

For about $2,400, people can live in the temporary tiny houses while their homes are repaired from the fires or they find other more permanent ways of living.

“Mom showed me a map on Friday night [of the fires in Washington] and I’m so glad we’re do-ing this,” Presley said.

As a teacher at Brook-lake Christian School but also a mother, Anderson is amazed an 8 year old could have such an enor-mous heart.

“It’s pretty incredible

because she’s always been this way and she’s always, she’s got a huge heart for Jesus,” Anderson said. “She can’t hear about something [bad] and let it go.”

“I can’t, I think about it the rest of the day,” Presley agreed.

Presley is part of the Good Samaritans group at her church and, as part of the group, helps collect comfort items and travel-sized shampoo and conditioner to give away to homeless people. They also give away a note with resources for where to find a hot meal or shelter for the night.

“She’s just got a spe-cial gift and she’s always known that she has a gift for making people feel special and loved and she just wants to help wherever she sees a need,” Anderson said. “It’s really cool to see. I’ve never seen a kid like that and she’s mine!”

When Presley grows up she wants to either be a roller coaster engineer (she loves roller coasters) or a teacher. And even if she’s a roller coaster engi-neer, she has found a way to help people.

“She said, ’ You know how you’re always talking about how expensive it is to go on roller coast-ers? Maybe I’ll start a charity for the kids who can’t afford to go on my roller coasters. We’ll raise money for them and they can come to my theme park for the day,’” Ander-son said.

Presley and her family plan to drive to Jet Pro Auto Wash in Wenatchee soon to hand them the funds but are still accept-ing donations in a new gofundme.com account. To donate, visit www.

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Mart parking lot, police responded to a report of a robbery. The victim walked to her vehicle from H-Mart. Once inside, an unknown subject entered through the passenger side and grabbed her purse. A struggle ensued as the suspect was able to gain control of the purse. The sus-pect ran off to an awaiting car and drove away. Police were unable to locate the suspect.Woman finds previously stolen belongings: At 12:25 p.m. on Sept. 20 at The Commons mall, a woman reported that a man was trying to sell her merchandise that was stolen from her in Janu-ary. On Jan. 19, the woman filed a police report in Seattle when her husband’s car was broken into and their camera was stolen. She checked Craigslist for months to see if someone was selling the camera and finally found it on Sept. 16.She arranged to meet with the seller and contacted police to assist. She matched the serial numbers with those on the box. The seller told police that he did not know the camera was stolen and his father had bought it at a swap meet. The woman did not want to press charges and just wanted her camera back.Family finds bloody man in their home: At 7:45 p.m. on Sept. 20 in the 32200 block of Military Road S., family members returned home to find a male lying in bed covered in blood. The apartment

was also covered in blood. The man refused to answer any questions about what happened. South King Fire and Rescue responded and treated him for severe lacerations to his nose and forehead. Police found an empty wine bottle under the bathroom sink covered in blood and could smell the odor of alcohol on the man. He was transported to St. Francis Hospital.Teens rob pharmacy: At 10:41 p.m. on Sept. 20 in the 2100 block of SW 336th St., nine males wear-ing hooded sweatshirts and hats entered Rite Aid. An employee called for the manager upon see-ing them enter. Three of the males approached the pharmacy and one jumped over the counter. He took an armload of prescription medication and jumped back over the counter. The males all fled out of the store together. They left in unidentified white vehicles that had no license plates. Police were unable to obtain any fingerprints from the counter. The manager informed police that video surveil-lance footage would be provided the following day.Man beaten outside of bar: At midnight on Sept. 19 in the 35500 block of 21st Ave. SW, police responded to a report of an assault at a bar. The reporting caller stated an unknown male assaulted a male in the rear parking lot. The man had swelling on his right eye and bruis-ing and swelling on his left ear and possible lacerations on the right

side of his head.The man stated he did not know who assaulted him. He said he was not concerned with the assault and just wanted to go home. He told police, “I just got got. It happens.” The victim declined to provide a statement and cooperate with any part of the investigation. The man was seen by South King Fire, who advised him to go to the hospital with them. He stated he did not want to go, but fire district staff convinced him to go at least get cleaned up by hospital staff before he went home. He agreed and left with them. There were no wit-nesses or suspects at the time of the report. The case was closed.Thief steals license plate, replaces with another: At 10:02 p.m. on Sept. 19 in the 100 block of SW Campus Drive, police were dispatched to a theft of a license plate. The victim stated that sometime between July 1 and Sept. 19, an unknown suspect stole his rear license plate off the vehicle and replaced it with another, which police found was taken from a business in Milton. The business had already replaced this plate with another one. Both the front victim plate and the attached plate were seized by police and put into evidence to be destroyed.Thief steals car battery, replaces with another: At 10:14 a.m. on Sept. 18 in the 2200 block of SW 334th Place, a victim

reported that an unknown suspect unlawfully entered her vehicle’s engine compartment, stole her car battery and replaced it with a non-functioning one approximately one week prior. The area was searched for any suspects, witnesses or evi-dence but none were found. There were no signs of forced entry or damage to the vehicle.Brother assaults younger sister: At 10:20 p.m., on Sept. 18 on 21st Ave. S., officers were dispatched to a report of a juve-nile problem. Upon arrival, the reporting person had left, but a police investigation revealed that the older brother of the involved juvenile had assaulted her after an argument. The brother was arrested and booked into SCORE jail for assault.Man steals merchandise, leaves it during chase: At 1:13 p.m. on Sept. 17 at The Commons mall, a male picked out $792.93 worth of Target merchandise. He then passed open, staffed registers and exited the store without pay-ing. When Target Loss Prevention contacted the suspect, he fled on foot, knocking over a customer’s shopping cart, which almost fell on a child. The suspect abandoned the merchandise and fled across South 320th Street and got into an unknown vehicle. An area check was made for the suspect, but he was not located.Second-floor apartment bur-glarized: At 3:35 p.m. on Sept. 17 in the 1800 block of S. 282nd Place, police responded to a report of a burglary at an apartment complex. One of the victims stated that when

he returned home, he found his house was ransacked and the slid-ing glass door was open. He stated that over $1,000 worth of clothing and electronics were missing.His roommate was contacted by phone. Upon returning to the house, he told police that over $5,000 worth of clothing and electronics were missing from his room. Neither victim knew the serial numbers of the items. The total value of the items was $7,229. There were no suspects or wit-nesses as of this writing.Wheelchair-bound man invol-untarily committed: At 3:24 p.m. on Sept. 17 in the 31000 block of Pacific Highway S., someone called police and said a wheelchair-bound person was harassing customers. The man was slumped over in a wheelchair with an open Magnum wine bottle. He had slurred speech and had problems with operating his wheelchair. He also dropped money on the ground. The man urinated and defecated on himself. Police attempted to call his family but only reached voicemail. Business owners requested he be trespassed.Woman strangled by ex-girl-friend: At 5:21 p.m. on Sept. 17 in the 29300 block of Pacific Highway S., a woman called police to report that her ex-girlfriend had assaulted her. The two women had gotten into an argument after ending their relationship. The victim said the suspect grabbed her around her neck when the argument escalated. The victim was able to kick the suspect off, but was


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went up the ladder and got beat up. Eventually, all five monkeys were swapped out and still continued to take a beating, though none of them ever knew why and never had water poured on them. This is daylight sav-ings. We continue to do it, though no one knows why. Maybe we all just need a good beating.

Q. Mr. Federal Way, can you please bring back Mrs. Federal Way? We like her better.

A: No. I go away for one week and it becomes

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Which brings me back to the Mirror. Not much of a bench staff around here. Mr. Federal Way goes away, this place falls apart. Their bench is about as deep as the Seahawks. Neither is a winning team when they are down their best player.

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A: None of your busi-ness, darling.

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to the nearby shops on her breaks. Often on a Friday she would get her hair done. It was on one particular Friday at the hair salon that she met her future husband.

“The next day he called me to go down to the beach on the train,” she said.

It was Jan. 2. Six months later the two were married in Brisbane on July 25, 1944.

“After the war, (Roy) was shipped home,” she said. “I didn’t come (to the U.S.) until the next February.”

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“My father came from England and my mother came from Scotland,” she said. “My mother’s family was wealthy. They brought Merino sheep to Australia.”

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In 1960, Brasfield started a career at the Bon Marché store at Richland’s Columbia Center. She

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Another passion of Brasfield’s is gardening. While in Richland, she was a member of a rose association and received many awards for her beautiful roses.

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Brasfield would kindly say, “No.”

Her husband, whom Brasfield was married to for 64 years, passed

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Brasfield said she enjoys being a grandmother to her five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. She will turn 94 this February.

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South King County-based author and histo-rian Karen Meador will share the history of the Fort Steilacoom to Fort Bellingham Road in a

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The meeting will be held at the Brooklake Com-munity Center, located on 356th Street just west of Highway 99. This event is open to the public; tours

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Retaining its original name and general route throughout South King County, Military Road is part of the Fort Steila-coom-Fort Bellingham Road constructed under the supervision of the U.S. Army in the late 1850s,

according to Meador. Hos-tilities between Natives and settlers and potential threats from foreign naval artillery spurred Congress, with the support of Sec-retary of War and future Confederate President Jefferson Davis, to ap-propriate $35,000 in 1857 to construct a land route between the two forts to move troops and supplies and facilitate settlement in the remote Puget Sound Country.

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Construction began in 1858 under the supervi-sion of Lieutenant George H. Mendell; the road was completed to Seattle in October 1860. In South King County, Army troops camped at the three lakes the road connects: Five-Mile Lake, Star Lake and Angle Lake.

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However, Jarvis said this citizen’s initiative does not aim to shut down the project.

“We’re not trying to stop [the events center] construc-tion,” he said. “We just want to say, hey, go ahead and build it but let’s just make sure it doesn’t become a money pit and we can’t really trust you at this point to make accurate projections because your first ones have been so wrong.”

Examples of the city’s alleged inaccurate projections include the city’s operation of the Federal Way Community Center and the Knutzen Theatre that both “went hugely over budget for years,” Jarvis said.

The most recent example Jarvis cited is the federal funds from New Market Tax Credits allocations the city hoped would help fund at least $7 million of a $5-9 mil-lion shortfall for the events center. The city was passed over for the federal funding last summer and, again, in the first wave of al-locations in June. The mayor is still hopeful the city may receive the funding during a second wave of federal allocations by next week.

“It’s really a matter of, we don’t want to see police and public safety further cut,” Jarvis said. “In fact, the city already cut one roads project to fund the construction of the [events center] and so they’re showing that there is no sacred money when it comes to the [events center] and we’re really concerned with that.”

However, Ferrell said Jarvis is wrong in regard to the 352nd Connection Project. The project was temporarily put on hold “but if Mr. Jarvis had done his due diligence, he would know that we are literally in the process of mov-ing forward on that project. And I have to tell you, his facts are provably wrong.”

The project, which will connect Enchanted Parkway to Pacific Highway South, was included in the last budget.

“These are wrong facts and facts matter,” the mayor said. “As a prosecutor for 19 years, I put people in prison based on facts.”

Ferrell added that while he respects the citizen’s initia-tive process, he “fundamentally disagrees” with Jarvis and Hiller’s approach.

“What they are trying to say with essential services is they are trying to scare the public that if we build the [events center] that it’s going to undermine public safety. I have spent a career protecting the public, we have been adding police officers and that is a false argument that ap-peals to people’s fears. And the city administration and the City Council are appealing to the hope of this community

and to sound financial planning to move forward and to make this a better city.”

He also vehemently disagrees with Jarvis about the goal of the citizen’s initiative.

“Make no mistake. This effort is to not only to delay, but to kill the project,” Ferrell said, noting the initiative appears to include both debt service and ongoing opera-tions. “To say this is not intended to kill the project is not a true statement. It is meant to obstruct and delay and stop this project.”

However, as far as that really happening, “I don’t think there’s community support for that,” he said. He noted

aside from Jarvis and Hiller’s concerns, “I can’t tell you the last time I heard from somebody opposed to the [events center] or upset about the direction of the [events center]. I think we have widespread support from the commu-nity.”

But during the last council meeting on Sept. 15, Councilwoman Susan Honda made a motion for the city to discuss exploring public-private partnerships for the events center. She also asked the council to postpone the construction bid award from Oct. 6 to Oct. 20 to allow time to get more information on this. Both Honda and Councilwoman Kelly Maloney voted in favor of the motion, which failed 5-2.

“I made the motion so that as a council we could have a discussion on the funding for the [events center],”

Honda said in an email. “As you know, we do not have all of the funding needed to build the facility. We have not been successful in obtaining the New Market Tax Credits and I would like to explore other options of funding this project.”

Honda said partnerships will be “vital” in making the project successful, which can include the school district, Chamber of Commerce, businesses and citizens. Honda said she does believe that “most of our citizens really do want this to be built. It will be an important part of our redeveloped downtown. But we need to always be mind-ful of how we use the resources that we have.”

Maloney said that because the city was not awarded New Market Tax Credits, the city is now relying on an inter-fund loan that expires in three years. After that, she said the idea is to bond the balance, which could cost up to $15 million. The interest on the loan could potentially be upwards of $1 million per year.

“As I have always said, I oppose this way of funding the completion of the project and support partnering with a private entity instead,” Maloney said in an email. “There have been initial conversations around the public-private

partnership concept and I support taking the time to see if they develop further. It is my hope they do so the [events center] is built in a collaborative way between the city and private entity for the enjoyment of all.”

Both Honda and Maloney said they received an email about the citizen’s initiative but need more time to study the issue.

Ferrell emphasized that both council members voted in support of the events center last year and city officials made it “abundantly clear” that the city could move forward with the project without the federal funding. However, he admits the city may have “over-emphasized and put our expectations too high” on the tax credits.

“The lesson I’ve learned if I go back in time is that I don’t think that we should have put so much emphasis on New Market Tax Credits,” the mayor said. “We were attempting to be transparent about what our efforts were but we can proceed and I believe there is support among council to proceed, even without New Market Tax Cred-its. But we are still working on those and they are not a foregone conclusion.”

During the same council meeting, Hiller’s wife Julie, who is a council candidate, also implored the council not to proceed with the events center ground breaking on Oct. 21 until the city either waits until all of its funding is secured, builds the project in phases and has firm plans in place to add phases as funding is in place, or explores partnerships with private investors.

She said she is excited about the idea of a vibrant down-town core, but she believes the city’s first responsibility in this effort “is to our citizens and if we don’t have the funding needed and have to borrow money to build, that means citizens are going to pay either in increased costs at some point in time down the road, or decreased services. But the money has to come from somewhere. I believe that this is important enough that if the citizens are going to have to bear the responsibility of that deci-sion, they have a right to have input and it should go to a vote before proceeding.”

During the next council meeting on Oct. 6, the council will vote to approve the most responsive responsible bid-der for the project’s construction. The city received eight bids from local bidders.

During that meeting, Jarvis and Hiller plan to ask the council for their support on the measure and also invite residents to join them.

“This is probably ignorantly optimistic, but we’re going to present it to the City Council and ask for their sup-port on it because the $100,000 was their number,” Jarvis said. “If you believe this is the right number, then you shouldn’t have any problem backing it into law.”

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Donate blood by Sept. 27, get free fair passFROM STAFF REPORTS

The Federal Way donor center of Bloodworks Northwest is offering do-nors a chance to enjoy the Washington State Fair in Puyallup for free with the first-ever “Pint for a Pass” event.

Everyone who regis-ters to donate blood at the Federal Way donor center through Sept. 27 will receive a free pass to the 2015 Washington State Fair for any day of the fair they’d like to attend.

The Federal Way donor center is located at 1414 S. 324th St., Suite B101, Federal Way.

To contact the Federal Way center, call 253-945-8660. Appointments are encouraged, but walk-ins are welcome. Appoint-ments can be made online at schedule.bloodworksnw.org or by calling 1-800-398-7888.

Giving blood is a fast, easy way to save lives and give back to your com-munity. To be eligible to

donate you must be at least 18 years of age (16 with parental consent), weigh at least 110 pounds and be in general good health.

“Blood collections dipped this summer as a result of heat waves and reduced collections caused by summer vacations,” said Clint Kendrick, senior director of collections and recruitment. “It’s the dedi-cation of local donors that keeps our community’s supply of blood stable and ready for patients in their time of need.”

The need for blood can be higher in summer from patients undergoing sur-geries, emergency rooms treating traumatic injuries, people receiving cancer treatment and surgeons performing organ trans-plants.

Donors with type-O blood, the most common blood type, are especially needed.

“Bid farewell to summer, support your community blood supply, then go to the Washington State Fair,” Kendrick urged.


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Reach Out to host annual breakfast Sept. 29FROM STAFF REPORTS

Reach Out will host its fifth annual fundraising breakfast from 7-8:30 a.m. on Sept. 29 at the Christian Faith Center, 33645 20th Ave. S., Federal Way.

Sen. Joe Fain will emcee the event this year and Reach Out will honor local heroes Hope Elder and An-drea Diep for the generous work they do in the Federal Way community.

Reach Out, a program of Catholic Community Ser-

vices of Western Washing-ton, is expanding operations from five months to six months for the upcoming season.

“The need for overnight shelter continues and thanks to the generous sup-port from our community and the proceeds from the annual breakfast program, we can continue to meet these needs,” said Nancy Jaenickie, Reach Out’s community development director.

Proceeds from this year’s breakfast will be used to provide intake and screen-ing of potential clients, overnight supervision and case management for home-less adults as they strive to

obtain permanent housing and become self-sustaining.

“This winter will mark the eighth year for the men’s shelter and the fifth year for the women’s shelter,” said Willa Gaines, shelter volun-teer operations director.

Through a partnership with Catholic Community Services, local churches, regional government and community volunteers, Reach Out provides a warm, safe overnight shelter, an evening meal, breakfast and a sack lunch each day dur-ing the cold winter months, in addition to case manage-ment services.

To register for this event, visit http://bit.do/ReachOut2015.

Franciscan Breast Center earns excellence accreditationFROM STAFF REPORTS

The Franciscan Breast Center at St. Francis in Federal Way, a part of CHI Franciscan Health, has been named a Certified Quality Breast Center of Excellence by the National Consortium

of Breast Centers, Inc.This honor represents

a commitment by the Franciscan Breast Center to provide the highest level of quality breast health care to their patients.

The Franciscan Breast Center at St. Francis provides comprehensive screening and diagnostic imaging services includ-ing both 2D and 3D digital mammography. In order to achieve Center of Excel-lence status, a breast center must track and measure performance in six qual-ity measures including advanced diagnostic studies and biopsies.

“We are extremely proud of our physicians, tech-nologists and staff that have been recognized for their high quality of care,” said Joy Martin, division director of cancer care at CHI Fran-ciscan. “CHI Franciscan is committed to providing our patients with accurate evaluations and services in a compassionate and culturally sensitive environ-ment. We take great pride in providing our patients with a warm and inviting setting where they can receive care.”

The National Consor-tium of Breast Centers, Inc. promotes excellence in breast health care for the general public through a set of core measures that

define, improve and sustain quality standards for quality performance in all types of breast health care programs and facilities.

To schedule a screening at the Franciscan Breast Center at St. Francis, call 253-944-4025.

Local Photographer recognized at state fairFROM STAFF REPORTS

Every year, the Interna-tional Photography Exhibi-tion at the Washington State Fair draws awe-inspir-ing photos.

This year, Federal Way resident Stan Braaten was recognized for Best of Ac-tion and Best of Humor. Braaten’s and other winning photos will be on display for the duration of the fair, through Sept. 27.

This year is the 75th anniversary of the pho-tography exhibition. It is considered one of the best international exhibitions around the globe, and has received recognition from the Photographic Society of America. Since its establish-ment in 1937, the exhibi-tion has been home to some of the latest and greatest pieces in photographic art.


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Having gone to combat in Iraq, Wicks believed the Federal Way Vet Center was a place where veterans were supposed to go when times got tough.

Wicks had returned home from the war and decided to go to school for social work.

With his own experi-ences of post-traumatic stress disorder, Wicks got a job as a clinician at the center in 2013 to serve other veterans.

Instead, he discovered a few months in that the center’s team leader was lying about time spent with patients and the outreach specialist wasn’t reaching out to more than 100 veter-ans who could have used the help.

“I felt disillusioned,” Wicks said. “I believed in the Vet Center, that we could make a dif-ference.”

Wicks said the team leader was counting brief phone conversa-tions as “substan-tive clinical interac-tions,” according to the letter sent by Lerner. She would also say she spent 120 minutes in a session with a client, when, in reality, it was 60 minutes a session.

In 2014, Wicks found out the outreach special-ist had more than 100 cases with late counseling requests.

“If we don’t talk to some-one in 30 days, we get in trouble,” Wicks said. “There were requests with 90 days, 120 days over.”

Wicks told his boss, the team leader, who thanked him for the information. But a week later, the pend-ing cases were now closed. Each case had a “copied and pasted” note on it that said the case was closed because the client hadn’t contacted the center.

The outreach specialist’s contract was not renewed after it expired in May.

Also, the center used a paper log to record impor-tant information instead of an electronic system.

According to the letter, Wicks said the paper log book was “often left unat-tended in open, unsecured office space.”

Wicks reported the misconduct to the team leader’s supervisors at a regional office in Colorado and figured he’d give them a year to investigate.

He also confronted the

outreach specialist about his closed cases, which is around the same time em-ployees at the center started to retaliate by changing his security code.

“They started talking about me in staff meetings and talking about me being a problem,” Wicks recalled.

Then, when Wicks required medical leave to recover from his depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (he required two inpatient hospital stays and was suicidal), his boss wouldn’t approve his time off, even though he had enough sick leave.

When he went to the re-gional office for help, they told him, “if anyone could just get a sick note then everyone could just get out of work with a sick note.”

Wicks was shocked that they questioned his need

for the time and clinicians’ desire to work.

“I couldn’t believe they were so bold and stupid, like, I don’t know, I couldn’t believe it,” he said. “I had to resign.”

Wicks resigned in July 2014 but it wasn’t before he had enough evidence to report the misconduct.

All of the claims were substantiated by the Office of the Medical Inspector, which assembled and led a Veterans Affairs team to in-vestigate the allegations in November 2014. A report was issued in February and later amended in April to include more information.

“It’s been the hardest year of my life,” Wicks said. “I’m hoping the Congres-sional oversight committee and president will respond to Carolyn Lerner’s request that she’s (the team leader) removed,” Wicks said. “The entire time, they were covering it up.”

Wicks said the Veterans Center is a place where veterans are supposed to go to get better, yet here he is, a veteran, just now feeling vindicated.

“Outside of the team leader and outreach technician, all of the other clinicians are totally com-petent, capable and totally compassionate counsel-ors,” Wicks said. “The Vet Center model could be run very well but it’s just got the wrong person in charge.”

The Mirror contacted the Federal Way Veterans Center’s team leader for comment but has yet to receive a reply.

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Sept. 28AARP Life Reimagined Checkup: Learn about the life

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Sept. 29Reach Out’s 5th Annual Fun-draising Breakfast: This year’s breakfast will be hosted from 7 to 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 29 at Christian Faith Center, located at 33645 20th Ave. S. Doors will open at 6:30 a.m. The proceeds from the breakfast will support the operations of Reach Out’s men and women overnight shelter pro-grams. For more information or to register for this event, visit http://bit.do/ReachOut2015

Sept. 30Open Doors: People ages 16 to 21 years can learn about earning high school credentials through Multi-Service Center’s GED pro-gram at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 30 at the Federal Way Library, located at 34200 First Way S. Par-ticipants will get one-on-one help with college and career navigation, and learn about resources to help with transportation, housing and financial assistance. For more information, visit www.kcls.org or call 253-838-3668.Surviving Domestic Violence - Then and Now 25 Years Later: The city of Federal Way Domestic Violence Task Force will present in-formation and host several speak-ers from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 30 at Federal Way City Hall, Council Chambers, located at 33325 Eighth Ave S. Refreshments

will be served. Young Living Essential Oils Introductory Class: Learn how to use essential oils for physical and emotional well-being from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 30 at the Federal Way Library, located at 34200 First Way S. For more information, contact Jean at [email protected], call 253-661-2836 or visit scentsforbal-ance.ylsocial.net/

Oct. 9Oktoberfest: A fundraiser din-ner to support life skill programs for people with disabilities will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 9 at the Federal Way Commu-nity Center. The event will include polka lessons, costume contest, bratwurst bar, auction items and more. Local comedian, John Keister will emcee the event. Cost is $20 with pre-registration. For more information, call 253-835-6900 or visit itallhappenshere.org.

OngoingTalk Time Classes: Practice speaking English with other Eng-lish language learners at 7 p.m. on Wednesday evenings at the Federal Way Library, located at 34200 First Way S. Learn about American culture and meet people from around the world. Classes are free, participants can join anytime. For more information, visit www.kcls.org or call 253-839-3668. Seniors in Motion: This strengthening and conditioning program, appropriate for older adults will be held on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30 to 10:05 a.m. at Federal Way Senior

Center, located at 4016 S. 352nd, Auburn. For more information, email [email protected] or call 253-838-3604 or visit www.federalwayseniorcenter.org. Book Donations: The Friends of Federal Way Libraries is collecting used books, magazines and DVDs in new or like-new condition to support library programming. Donations are tax deductible. Ask library staff for details. Alzheimer’s Caregiver Sup-port Group: Meetings are held from noon to 1:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month, in Room 15 at Church of the Nazarene, lo-cated at 1225 29th St. SE, Auburn. For more information contact Val Brustad at 253-854-7658 or visit www.alzwa.org. Federal Way Domestic Vio-lence Task Force: Meets from 12-1:30 p.m. the fourth Friday of every month at City Hall in the Hylebos room. The organization works toward ending domestic violence. For more information, contact Lana Mathew at 253-232-8096.Domestic Violence Task Force: The city of Auburn’s Domestic Violence Task Force meets from noon to 1:30 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month in Room 3 at Auburn City Hall, located at 25 West Main St., Auburn.Freedom From Tobacco Sup-port Group: Group meets from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. every Thursday at St. Francis Hospital, oncology wait-ing area. For more information, call Heidi Henson, at 253-426-6746.One-on-One Resume As-sistance: A King County Library

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VolunteerHistorical Society of Federal Way: Volunteer opportunities include collections care, greeting public at public events, docents for historic Denny and Barker cabins, computer work, building mainte-nance and phone calling. For more information, contact Diana Noble-Gulliford at [email protected] or call 206-412-5545.Federal Way Coalition Against Trafficking Opportunities: Local non-profit is seeking volunteers for various positions including website manager, fund-ing coordinator, event coordinator and graphic design coordinator. Email [email protected] for more information. Drivers needed: Volunteer driv-ers are needed to transport elderly residents in King County. Contact: 206-326-2800 or [email protected].

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During the fall of 2013, Highline College student Kendall Evans was asked a difficult question: “Is this what Highline thinks of its POWs and MIAs?”

The question came from fellow student Nikolaos R. Hendrick while the two were looking at Highline’s Veterans Memorial Plaza. Both men had served in the U.S. Army. Created in 1968, the memorial was origi-nally created to honor fallen members of the armed forces from Washington state. Over the years the memorial had become so overgrown with trees and bushes that the most visible part of the memorial was the black and white POW/MIA flag, which honors soldiers who were prisoners of war or missing in action.

Evans was sure that the hidden plaza was not the memorial to veterans that Highline had intended for POWs and MIAs or, for that matter, any member of the armed forces.

“Hendrick was missing in action for several days while deployed during a conflict in the Middle East. His comment struck a nerve with me, and I wanted to see what I could do to improve the memorial,” said Evans, who at the time was working on his associate degree. He has since earned his two-year degree and is pursuing an applied bachelor’s degree in human services at Highline.

Evans took the question to Jonathan Brown, the As-sociate Dean for Center for Leadership and Service at Highline College, who was quick to agree that improve-ments to the memorial needed to be done.

Evans and Brown sat down with Highline’s Director of Facilities and Operations Barry Holldorf, who is also a veteran. Holldorf was on board with the idea that the current memorial was unac-ceptable. During the meeting he roughed out on a paper napkin the initial idea for the plaza redesign.

Holldorf ’s idea was to re-create the look of a folded U.S. flag — the triangular-shaped flag given to a loved one to recognize a deceased veteran — into the concrete that serves as the base of the memorial. The folded

flag of white stars on a blue background is surrounded by red and white stripes and anchors a low concrete wall inscribed with the words “Past, Present, Future.”

From the original napkin sketch, the design “was put on steroids by Jim Butler when we were conceptualiz-ing the idea,” said Holldorf, referring to the lead archi-tect on the project.

With the overwhelming support of Highline staff, including Veterans Services Program Manager Brian Galloway, Evans pursued the project with the assis-tance of Hendrick.

With a campus project of this type, getting it done re-quires an advocate, one who is willing to see the project

from beginning to the very end. Evans did just that. From an informal conversa-tion, Evans and Hendrick initiated the project. Evans then took the lead on the bulk of the project, on what

turned out to be a multiyear process to bring a renovated veterans memorial to High-line’s campus.

The total cost of the project, which included design and construction, was $102,000, shared nearly equally by the Associated Students of Highline Col-

lege and the college itself.Project partners included

Jim Butler of McGranahan Architects, prime consultant and architects; Jeff Glander of Glander & Associates, landscape architect; and Len Sundstrom of Sundstrom Inc., general contractor. Karen Herndon was the project manager for High-line College.

Highline will hold a free community-wide event to celebrate the renovated Veterans Memorial Plaza at noon on Oct. 6. Evans will

be the master of ceremo-nies.

The event will include the color guard from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, a bagpipe performance of “Amaz-ing Grace” by Highline alumnus Phillip Thelin, and a keynote address by Brenda Milewski. Milewski served in the U.S. Army from 1983 to 2008 and is now Vice President of the Washing-ton State Women Veterans Advisory Committee for the Department of Veteran Af-fairs. A reception will follow

the ceremony in Building 2 on Highline’s main campus.

The plaza, which is situated at the heart of campus, now opens wide to a prominent walking path, ensuring it will not become overgrown with foliage. The POW/MIA flag will continue to fly daily alongside the U.S. flag. The plaza’s redesign makes the words on the black and white flag — “You are not forgotten” — ring true again on Highline’s campus.

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