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Knot easyValley Regional Fire Authority fi refi ghter Johan Friis shows Cub Scout Brandon Black how to tie a knot during last week’s second annual Scout Night at Fire Station 33. Boy and Girl Scouts from the Auburn, Pacifi c and Algona area joined fi refi ghters to tour the fi re station and learn fi re safety lessons, basic fi rst aid training, pet fi rst aid, knot tying and information on how to prepare for a disaster. RACHEL CIAMPI, Auburn Reporter
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VETERANS DAY 2011
Larry Doll holds a sketch of himself as a young GI who survived the early days of the Korean War more than 60 years ago. MARK KLAAS, Auburn Reporter
Korean War veteran survived ambush, early battles, and returned homeBY MARK KLAAS
It was a lost battle in Th e Forgotten War.
Yet Auburn’s Larry Doll remembers the horrifi c, frontline fi refi ght all too well. Even now, more than 60 years later, he struggles to describe the carnage.
“Th e 6th crack division of North Koreans was there, and they just sucked us into a tunnel,” Doll recalled of the fi erce battle played out on the Korean Peninsula on July 27, 1950. “It was (hell). … It was an ambush.”
Doll – a wide-eyed, fright-ened teen in the U.S. Army infantry – somehow survived
the skirmish and fought his way out of the South Korean village. Many of his buddies did not.
Historically, the Hadong Ambush is a neglected foot-note in the early chapters of the Korean War.
Unprepared for combat, American forces – specifi cal-ly the Army’s undermanned
LOST, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
Parade on SaturdayAn Auburn tradi-
tion – the nationally recognized Veterans Day Parade – returns to the streets Saturday.
Flags, families and thousands of veterans will line Main Street for the mile-long parade, which begins at 11 a.m. It will proceed west on
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BY SHAWN SKAGER
[email protected] more than 30 years, Marty Ri-
emer has brought a smooth, comfort-able and steady voice to radio stations throughout the Puget Sound.
Riemer began his on-air career as a precocious teenager on Green River Community College’s KGRG 89.9 FM. He has gone on to sustain a presence as a popular personality on local stations, including stints at
KZOK, KJR, KXRX and most re-cently, KMTT Th e Mountain 103.7 FM, where he occupies the 2-6 p.m. drive-time slot.
Along the way, Riemer has witnessed the changing face of the medium, from the decline of AM
Lending a voice to ‘theater of the mind’ Radio personality Riemer grew up, got his start in Auburn
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BY ROBERT WHALE
When Rick Cameron, lunch in hand, paid a cold call on the Au-burn motel room that day, he didn’t know what he would fi nd on the
other side of the door. Turned out to be a small, 6-year-
girl, in dirty rags. And in the room beyond, her mother, unable even to answer the door. Th e 35-year-old woman showed the ghastly gray pallor and rotting teeth of a hard-
core meth addict.Cameron, executive director of
the South Sound Dream Center at 1420 Auburn Way S., an outreach organization, off ered mother and daughter lunch.
Dream center makes impact
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Cameron started showing up weekly at the apartment with staff and volunteers in tow, bringing lunch, talking to the woman. Born into a motorcycle gang, the woman said, she had been abused from day one. Her boyfriend was a drug dealer.
“We just started loving on her and letting her know she was worth a lot more than that,” Cameron said. “Fi-nally, one day, when she realized that her life didn’t have to be like that, she cried out, ‘I can’t live like this any-more! Can you help me out?’”
Th e SSDC got the woman into a family recovery program in Tacoma. Th ree years later, drug free, she has a job, her own place — and her little girl attends Auburn schools, no longer wearing rags but bright new clothes.
Th at is just one of the many, many success stories of the local branch of the Los Angeles-based outreach center, which has not only helped pull people up from poverty but out of gangs, too.
“It’s about taking the time to get to know people, building relation-ships with people, fi nding out what their needs are, how you can help them, pulling resources in, whether it be from business, church, secular, government, whatever,” Cameron said. “We’re just trying to take care of some of the needs.”
Since 2006, SSDC has done most of its work not in warm offi ce buildings but on the streets, in the neighbor-hoods, and in the community centers and schools of Federal Way and Au-burn, working there with low-income
people, gang mem-bers, and more.
“It’s not just one hurt, mainly our outreach is to the homeless and low-income people,” Cameron said. “We look at the need, and if we can’t meet it,
we refer them to people that can. We look for people that are hurting in whatever way. We work with Auburn Youth Resources and with DSHS, which has just started funding us. We are connected throughout the city. We work with the mayor, with the elderly, with retirement homes, and we have an aft er-school program for kids.”
Here are some of SSDC’s programs:
young people a safe hangout, where they can play video games and other activities and interact with positive role models.
day, volunteer teams take more than 400 lunches to low-income housing areas, helping with the practical and spiritual needs of the families with which they interact.
ship: off ers community members the chance to sponsor a child in their own area for $30 a month. Th e organiza-tion also works with schools to ensure the funds go directly to meeting the needs of at-risk youth.
less people or families a place to fi nd a helping hand. Meets basic needs such as computer access for job searching, free phone calls, a place to do laundry,
mail boxes, showers and food.
200 bag of groceries every week to families in need in selected low-income neighborhoods. Th e outreach team identifi es natural and spiritual needs as it interacts with youth and families. Th e organization estimates it gives away about $350,000 in groceries a year.
Th e organization’s annual budget of $100,000 comes from churches, busi-nesses and community organizations. Cameron himself is paid very little. He has another job, as owner of Auto Sport Imports, about a half-mile south of Sea-Tac Airport.
Th is week, the organization graduated a group of teens from a nine-week program called Dreams 2 Realities.
“Basically, what we did here is we went to Auburn High School and we sat down with counselors and told them ‘we are looking for teens you’ve given up on, teens who’ve been kicked out of school, have felonies, show violent behavior’, that kind of thing,” Cameron said.
He picked up a photo, showing a girl in a cast.
“She was not in a gang, but she rode along with one of the gang members, right here in Auburn. She dissed the gang somehow, and they shot her and threw her out of her car and left her for dead,” Cameron said.
“Th is guy right here.” Cameron said, pointing at the photo, “I came in here one day, and Michael, our outreach worker, said, ‘Rick, you’ve to come here and see this.’ Th e girl and the head of the gang that did that to her were standing side by side. Now, they are both in our program.”
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BY ROBERT WHALE
A group of concerned residents and seven Auburn veterinarians have put together a nonprofi t group to establish a local animal shelter to care for the city’s lost, stray and abandoned pet population.
Th ey have entered into a contract with the City of Auburn that calls for them to run the shelter, the City to tackle the animal control side of things.
But the Auburn Valley Humane Society can’t do its bit all on its own.
Th e opportunity to help is roaring up fast within the walls of the shelter to be – an open house at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13 at 4910 A
Come get a look at the future shelter before Donavan Bros begins to remold it, take a horse-drawn sleigh ride around the neighborhood, listen to a live band.
And of course, feel free to donate to the cause.
“It’s about opening up and building the relation-ships we need with the community for it to be a successful shelter,” said Au-burn Councilmember John
AVHS board of directors. “We also want people to get a nice before-and-aft er look, to share the vision, to share with the people who
have already given so much, so that when we reopen the doors at the end of the project, people can get a real perspective.”
Th e date for the shelter to be up and running is Jan. 1, 2013, just aft er
the current animal control contract with King County expires.
Because the AVHS took on in the contract with the City the goal of furnishing by donation the equipment needed and the furnishings for the building, the initial estimate is it will need to raise about $200,000. It has divided that up into a limited number of $1,000 charter membership posi-
tions, allowing people to get in on the ground fl oor and forever be remembered as the community mem-bers and groups that can say they were a part of the opening of the shelter.
several ways. Individuals or groups can write a $1,000 check. AVHS also can take monthly payments of $100 a month for 10 months, or $50 for 20 months to secure a corporate membership.
Th e shelter also will serve as a community educa-tion center where pets and people can come together, off ering pet-related semi-nars from local veterinar-ians and staff with topics ranging from grooming to diabetes, plus weekend
dog-walking events, kitty-calming visits, service dog information and pet-related events.
Th at means a lot of ways to help.
“We recognize that people can contribute their time, talents or treasure,”
have 200 people signed up who want to actively give of their time in running the shelter once it’s opened. Volunteer opportunities abound. Th e community response from our booth at
Good Ol’ Days has been tremendous.”
website – www.auburnval-leyhs.org – to indicate how they want to help, from walking a dog to hold-ing pet to actually being a participant in the care of animals.
Public invited to AVHS open house
Partridge
Day with Sam’sA special group of men and
women recently visited Sam's Club in the Auburn SuperMall to make pizza, work the photo lab, greet shoppers, and gather and line up carts.
It was all part of Disability Mentoring Day, celebrated every October. It is a nationwide eff ort to promote career development for students with disabilities through hands-on career exploration.
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people with disabilities
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pool.
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involvement director. "It's a
great opportunity for them to
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educate our employees about
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A ROAD CLOSURE begins Sunday at 6 a.m. on the two northbound lanes of C Street Southwest, just South of 15th Street Southwest. A Boeing con-tractor will perform work related to the rebuilding of the railroad cross-ing. The work is expected to start at 6 a.m. Sunday and continue until fi nished, approximately at 5 a.m. Monday. Traffi c will be diverted through the remaining southbound lane, alternating the traffi c with a fl agger.
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Business HeadlinesCoastal Farm & Ranch Coming to Auburn’s SuperMallWal-Mart has agreed to sell its vacant store property to Coastal Farm & Ranch. The agreement, reached between Wal-Mart, the SuperMall, and the City of Auburn opens Auburn’s doors to one of the Pacific Northwest’s largest retail chains. It is estimated that Coastal Farm & Ranch will bring more than 75 new jobs to Auburn and is expected to open sometime in 2012.
Business Assistance Programs to be Videotaped for Webinar AvailabilityBeginning this week with ‘Open for Business - Disasters Happen’ the City of Auburn’s Office of Economic Development began digitally recording its Business Assistance events. Once videotaped, the programs are then added to their website at www.auburnwa.gov/ecdev. A calendar of upcoming events is posted below. These instructional programs are free to the public as a business resource tool. “Our goal with this is to create video library of programs to further support the growth of our local businesses in partnership with local business leaders,” says Mayor Pete Lewis.
Upcoming EventsNovember 5 46th Annual Veterans Day Parade & Observance Main Street
November 10 Loss Prevention - Fraud and Theft SuperMall
November 17 A Focus on Downtown II – Round Table 25 West Main Street
November 29 Energy Conservation for Your Business 25 West Main Street
December 1 How to Start & Grow Your Small Business One Main St., 3rd Floor
December 8 Occupational Health & Workers Comp. One Main St., 3rd Floor
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Wednesdays 1-3pm Auburn Business Assistance Program One Main St., 2nd floor For more info on any of these programs visit auburnwa.gov/ecdev or call 253-804-3101.
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3rd Battalion, 29th Infantry Regiment – were pinned by North Korean crossfi re and decimated in the three-hour battle. North Korean forces were able to divide the American force and kill most of its commanders, further disorganizing the men.
When the shooting and shouting ended, the 29th ceased to exist. Th e fi refi ght
left 313 U.S. soldiers dead, 135 wounded and 100 cap-tured. Only 354 members of the battalion, including some walking wounded, were able to report for duty the next day.
It was the war’s second-worst single-action loss for GIs.
Th e defeat staggers Doll, 78, one of the 65-or-so known living survivors today of that ambush.
“I think a lot about it,” he
said, pausing to hold back the tears. “So many boys … “
Doll is grateful to have survived the war. He would come home, raise a family, build a successful manage-rial career in the parts and paint supply business and enjoy a quiet, active retire-ment with his wife, Cyndy. Outgoing and friendly, he is a VFW member and enjoys sharing time with friends at the Auburn Senior Activity Center.
As America honors ser-vice members and veterans for their duty and sacrifi ce this month, Doll will pause and refl ect. He says he feels fortunate and blessed to be living today.
“Every day I thank God I got out of there,” he said. “I’m not an overly religious person, but … “
Born in Aberdeen and raised primarily in North-ern California, Doll forged his mother’s name and joined a buddy to enlist in the Army. He sought a trade, an education in the Army, but what the in-nocent and naive teenager got was an abrupt, intense transformation into a hard-ened soldier.
“I was a boy,” Doll said. “I came back this man.”
He was a survivor, not a hero.
Equipped with a 15-pound BAR (Browning Automatic Rifl e), Doll was with one of the fi rst units to enter the Korean theater. Th e freshly installed and inexperienced 29th was sent in to prevent a major enemy advance from tak-ing the vital south port of Pusan.
Th ey had no idea what they were stepping into.
“We got there and we thought, ‘We’re taking care of this real quick,’ “ Doll recalled.
But the civilians knew diff erent.
“Th ey knew more than we did,” Doll said. “Th ey said a lot of you boys are not coming back.”
Following the failed mis-sion came the chaotic with-drawal, leading to hundreds of casualties.
“It was sad,” Doll said of the ambush. “We had our pants (down) to our knees.
We were very unprepared.”Destroyed aft er its fi rst
engagement, the 29th Infantry was disbanded and merged with other units as the North Korean forces advanced and attacked U.S. positions to the east.
Push to ChinaDoll stayed in the fi ght,
joining other outfi ts in the allies’ eventual push up the peninsula to the Yalu River and the Manchurian border.
Th e prolonged fi ghting left a weary Doll pessimis-tic.
“I knew I wasn’t coming home,” he said. “It was just like a blank wall. Th ey were killing us every day. You prayed every time you put your foot down, let me tell you.”
U.S. forces eventually were forced to retreat as Chinese Communists joined North Koreans to launch a successful counter-attack in November 1950.
Aft er months of heavy fi ghting, the center of the confl ict was returned to the 38th parallel, where it remained for the rest of the war.
Doll was wounded in action, struck in the leg by a Chinese burp gun, and discharged. He came home in early 1951.
At war, Doll witnessed its ravages and the emotional toll. He vividly recalls one of his fi rst encounters with an enemy solider.
“When he come at me, I thought to myself, ‘Why can’t I just walk up and shake hands with him?’ He looked as if he didn’t want to be there, either. He looked like he was 10 years old.”
Doll was a young soldier, fearful but focused to do his duty.
“It was a job,” he said. “It’s what we had to do.”
Wedged between World War II and the Vietnam War, the Korean War goes largely unnoticed.
Doll understands this. “You were proud to be
an American to be there. You thought it was your duty until later on, politics started coming in,” Doll said.
Many Korean veterans returned home to indiff er-ence.
While recovering from his wounds at the Madigan Army Medical Center, Doll went out for coff ee and pie at a nearby spot. A man approached Doll, who was dressed in full uniform, his leg in a cast.
“He asked me, ‘Did you break your leg skiing?’ “ Doll recalled.
Over time, the country has grown to recognize Th e Forgotten War and honor those men and women who were a part of it.
About 122,000 Wash-ington soldiers served in Korea, 532 of them were killed.
A Korean War memo-rial has been established in Olympia. Other memorials have been created in other cities.
Th e war should not be forgotten, Doll insisted. And the man of today hasn’t forgotten the many teenagers of the past who bravely fought and lost their lives.
“We served and for some of us, survived it,” he said. “Every new day is one that has been extended to me. I am truly thankful for that.”
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Main from E Street Southeast to A Street Northwest near Auburn City Hall over a period of about two hours.
Th e parade pays special tribute to the Disabled American Veter-ans. Ryan Nabors, disabled state commander of the DAV, serves as parade grand marshal and guest speaker at the Veterans Day lun-cheon following the parade.
Th e parade, one of the largest of its kind west of the Mississip-pi, celebrates its 46th year. Th e National Veterans Day Com-mittee and the U.S. Department of Defense selected the Auburn as one of the few regional sites for Veterans Day observance in 2011.
Preceded by a military C-17 fl yover from the U.S. Air Force at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, the parade features nearly 200 entries showcasing American strength of will, endurance and purpose. Th e parade includes
more than 30 marching bands, as well as local Junior ROTC units, honor guards, military units and antique military ve-hicles. Spectators will enjoy the procession of veteran units, drill teams, community and scouting groups, intermixed with fl oats,
antique and classic cars and other entries of interest.
Spectators are advised to arrive early, bring a folding chair, a fl ag, their best salute and plenty of tissue.
Other Saturday events to cel-ebrate and honor veterans:
Breakfast: 7-9:30 a.m., Auburn Senior Activity Center, 808 Ninth St. SE. Co-sponsored by the American Legion Post No. 78 and the City of Auburn. A generous breakfast for $6 includes pancakes, eggs, ham and juice or coffee. Tickets available in advance or at the door.
9 a.m.-2 p.m. A Street SE (perpendicular to parade route). Displays information booths relating to veterans and the military. Among those scheduled to participate in the showcase are the U.S. Army, Vietnam Battlefi eld Tours, U.S. Coast Guard, Friends of the American Lake Veterans Golf Course and Vets Meet Vets.
9:45 a.m.-10:15 a.m., Veterans Memorial Park, 411 E St. NE. Featuring patriotic music, an honor guard and 21-gun salute. Once lit, the fl ame at the memorial will be guarded for 24 hours. Presented by the American Legion – Auburn Post No. 78, with the help of the Inter-Tribal Warrior Society, the Muckleshoot Tribe and the City of Auburn.
tition: 1-10 p.m., Auburn Memorial Sta-dium, 801 Fourth St. NE. More than 30 bands compete in the fi eld competition, which includes music, drill and precision perfor-mances from some of the best high school marching bands in the Pacifi c Northwest. Admission is charged at the stadium gate (discount ticket prices available for students, children and seniors).
1:30 p.m., Truitt Building, 102 W. Main St., second fl oor. Luncheon, hosted by the Auburn Noon Lions Club and the City of Auburn, pays tribute to the Dis-abled American Veterans and recognizes the Outstanding Service to Veterans Program, as awarded by the Washington State Depart-ment of Veterans Aff airs. Limited seating. Reserve your seat today for $15 per person by calling 253-931-3043.
House: 3-5 p.m., VFW Post No. 1741, 1525 A St. NE, Suite 107.
Barrels for nonperishable food item donations will be located throughout down-town Auburn at participating merchants dur-ing the Veterans Day Parade on Main Street. Donations benefi t the Auburn Food Bank.
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The U.S. Army State and Territorial Flag Marching Unit makes it way down Main Street during the Auburn Veterans Day Parade. REPORTER FILE PHOTO
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The Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to 191 calls for service between Oct. 24 and Oct. 30, among them the following:
Oct. 24Aid call: 3:25 p.m., (Auburn). Firefighters responded to the 800 block of C Street Southwest and a woman who had accidentally
stabbed herself in the thigh with a three-inch knife as she struggled to open a plastic box containing a cell phone. Firefighters treated then drove the woman to Auburn Regional Medical Center.
Oct. 25Aid call: 2:15 p.m., (Pacific). Firefighters helped a man suffer-ing from abdominal pain and a private ambulance carted him off to ARMC.
Oct. 26Accident: 2:53 p.m., (Lea Hill). Val-ley Com dispatched firefighters to a
two-car accident in the 28400 block of 112th Avenue Southeast, where they examined, treated and trans-ported one person to a local hospital in stable condition.
Oct. 27Aid call: 8:29 p.m., (Lakeland Hills). Firefighters helped a man with generalized weakness and confusion, and a private ambu-lance transported him to ARMC
in stable condition.
Oct. 28Aid call: 9 p.m., (Auburn). Fire-fighters helped an elderly woman who had fainted and transported her to ARMC.
Oct. 29Aid call: 11:14 a.m., (Lakeland Hills). Valley Com dispatched fire-fighters to a possible stroke victim.
Firefighters examined the man and a private ambulance brought him to a local hospital in stable condition.
Oct. 30Aid call: 4:13 p.m., (North Au-burn). Firefighters helped an older woman who was struggling to breathe after choking on food and transported her to ARMC in stable condition.
This week’s…
Fire & Rescue Blotter
Auburn police responded to the fol-
lowing calls for service, among many
others, between Oct. 26 and Oct. 30:
Oct. 26Theft from motor vehicle:
8:39 a.m., 3500 block of Scenic Drive
Southeast. Somebody smashed the
passenger-side window of a wom-
an’s car and ripped off her backpack,
containing contents undisclosed.
Police also chose not to disclose a
value for the missing items.
Postal theft: 2:10 p.m., 1339
West Valley Highway North. Oak Har-
bor Freight Lines fell victim to mail
theft. Police chose not to disclose a
value for the missing items.
Theft: 1:30 p.m., 900 block of 14th
Street Northeast. A man called 911
to complain that somebody had
stolen the Xbox 360 he had left
unattended overnight at a friend’s
house.
Theft from motor vehicle:
3:29 p.m., 202 N. Division St. Some-
body stole an oxygen bottle from a
vehicle parked at Auburn Regional
Medical Center.
Theft from motor vehicle:
Overnight, 2600 block of 26th Street
Southeast. An Auburn resident lost
to theft from his vehicle a GPS, a
hard drive and other items of value
undisclosed.
Oct. 27Obstructing justice: 1:11 p.m.,
800 block of 21st Street Northeast.
As police were talking to a man
about a traffic violation he’d just
committed on his bicycle, the guy
dished out bogus information about
who he was, whereupon police
arrested him, hustled him off to the
SCORE jail and booked him under the
name of John Doe.
Theft from motor vehicle:
7:50 a.m., 2202 Auburn Way N. While
an employee of 7-Eleven was work-
ing, an unknown suspect entered the
employee’s vehicle and lifted a black
hand bag containing various legal
documents.
Burglary: 11:40 a.m., 1801 R St.
SE. A man complained to police that
somebody had broken into his stor-
age unit and taken several power
tools of undisclosed value.
Bicycle: 2:35 p.m., 2:35 p.m.,
1825 K St. SE. Somebody stole a kid’s
bicycle from Olympic Middle School.
Animal problem: 1:59 p.m.,
120 block of N Street Northeast.
A dog’s aggressive nature got it taken
to the King County Animal Shelter.
The owner was nowhere to be found.
Vandalism: Overnight, 1101 Su-
permall Way SW, Suite 901. Vandals
painted the west and east brick walls
of Regal Theaters with graffiti some-
time overnight.
Shoplifting: 5:45 p.m., 1101
Supermall Way. The manager at The
Sports Authority reported a female
sort of person running out of the
store with a North Face Denali ski
jacket in hand. The thiefette got
away in a white Honda Civic.
Vandalism: 12:15 a.m., 500 block
of O Street Northeast. A woman
called in to report that a thief who’d
tried to break into her vehicle left
damage behind. Suspicious evidence left behind, at first thought to be drugs, turned out to be only candy-coated chocolate in a medication dosage bubble pack.
Auto theft: 12:13 p.m., 700 block of F Place Northeast. A watchful thief pounced on the opportunity a man provided when the man left his vehicle running to warm up while he made a quick dash into his house to use the bathroom. Having finished his business, the man stepped out-side, only to see his vehicle pulling away with somebody else’s unau-thorized head behind the wheel. Police checked the area, no luck.
Oct. 28Theft: 6:41 a.m., 30500 block of 58th Avenue South. Somebody stole a woman’s vehicle from her driveway where she had left it to warm up only 10 minutes earlier.
Theft: Overnight, 500 block of M Street Northeast. A female com-plained that somebody had stolen a gaming console and five games from her residence.
Thieving from granny: 6:30 p.m.,
30000 block of 51st Court South. A man stole his grandmother’s laptop.
Oct. 29Shoplifting: 6:25 p.m., 1320 Supermall Way SW. A man stole a pair of tennis shoes from the Nordstrom Rack and ran off with them. Police did not disclose a value for the tennies.
Gas station robbery: 7:42 p.m., 101 Auburn Way S. A man and a woman worked together to rob at gunpoint the Safeway Gas Station. After a short vehicle chase and foot pursuit, police caught up with the duo.
Oct. 30Trespassing: 12:58 a.m., 340 E. Main St. When police saw a man walking through the secured southwest parking lot of the Auburn Police Station, they decided to check things out. The man, who was drunk, claimed he was only taking a short cut home through that place where he wasn’t supposed to be. This line of defense failed to sway police, who issued the man a citation and let him go.
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Family looking to provide service dog for autistic son
Austin Andrew is autistic and would like a furry friend to guide him.
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Trying to fulfill Dwight’s dream
Th e rock in the park means something special to RaeLyn Clark.
It rests as a monument along the edge of the large, sunken skateboard bowl at Brannan Park, a second home to RaeLyn’s late son.
A plaque made in tribute to Dwight Clark is embedded in the rock bench, the boy’s photos facing the bowl as if the skateboard whiz were overlooking all who came to use the park.
“Dwight lived at the skate park, and now he can continue being here,” the woman said last Sunday as family and friends gathered to dedicate the plaque and celebrate what would have been her son’s 20th birthday. “People can
remember who he is and what he did here. Th e rock is a place for boys to sit and be close to him.
“Primarily, I wanted him to physically watch all his skaters, forever.”
If only his friends could have watched over and
protected RaeLyn’s boy on Sept. 26, 2010 – the day he disappeared. Dwight, an 18-year-old freshman at Western Washington University, was last seen leaving an off -campus party in Bellingham around 2 a.m. that Sunday.
Dwight’s car remained parked outside of his dormitory. His bank account hadn’t been touched. And despite having sent 6,000 text messages in the weeks leading up to his disap-pearance, Dwight’s cell phone made no more calls.
Authorities, family and volunteers conduct-ed an exhaustive search, but the Coast Guard pulled Dwight’s lifeless body from Bellingham Bay 10 days later.
Th e Whatcom County medical examiner ruled Dwight’s death an acciden-tal drowning. An autopsy revealed that he had been legally drunk, with traces of marijuana present in his body. Th ere were no signs of trauma.
Family and friends say Dwight was a good kid, always polite, smiling, laid back. An honors student at Auburn High School, he had four college off ers. He had no known history of drug or alcohol abuse, no signs of depression.
He was responsible, accountable, never skipped a day of school, called his mom daily.
But on Sept. 26, 2010, things went terribly wrong.
“Perhaps he did the typical fi rst-year college, fi rst-weekend binge drinking,” RaeLyn said, [ more KLAAS page 8 ]
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Osborne prepared to do the job
No one is better prepared than Wayne Osborne to be-come an Auburn City coun-cilmember.
I serve on the Auburn Plan-ning Commission with Wayne. He is prepared to discuss the issues at every meeting, his questions are always pertinent, and he bases his decisions on facts.
Wayne is respected by the members of the commis-sion and City staff alike. By nature he is a very positive, forward-thinking individual and willingly listens to people’s concerns.
In addition to the Planning Commission, he serves on the Airport Advisory Board.
Ask anyone who has worked with Wayne and they will tell you he has a good working knowledge of the City and will make the right decisions.
Th ree years ago Wayne started attending Auburn City Council, Planning and Community Development Committee, Planning Com-mission, City Advisory and ad hoc committee meetings to prepare to become an eff ective City councilmember. Today he has attended over 250 meet-ings, is well versed in our local issues and opportunities, and is ready to lead. His diligence and preparation will enable him to contribute immediately as a councilmember.
Wayne Osborne has pre-pared himself well to be your next councilmember, and I encourage you to vote for him.– Kevin Chapman
Holman is right choice for Council
First of all, let me say that nobody asked me to write this letter. It is written because of my concerns, as a longtime Au-burn City councilman who has been elected to the Council fi ve consecutive times, that voters may not be fully aware of the important diff erences between City Council candidates Vir-ginia Haugen and John Hayes Holman.
Th is election off ers an op-portunity to replace an ineff ec-tive Council member with one who will help keep Auburn as the place we want to live.
Virginia Haugen has a combative, sometimes rude, approach to problem solving that has worked well for her as a community activist, but does not work well in the role of a City councilmember. Her scattered and obscure thinking process and her consistent negativity of-ten confuses the Council’s work.
While some people are of the opinion that it is good to have one of the seven Council members be a “pot-stirrer,” I can assure you from my long experience with several coun-
cilmembers who have “stirred the pot”, that it is not benefi cial for the taxpayers. It diverts the Council’s attention from other more important matters, and in the long run, delivers less service at higher cost.
John Hayes Holman, on the other hand, has shown during his long career in law enforce-ment and a lifetime of living in Auburn, that he is a very deliberate, fact-focused and compassionate problem solver. He presents positive ideas, and he also strives to understand and address opposing views in a positive way.
I hope you will join me in voting for John Hayes Holman for Auburn City Council.– Rich Wagner
Haugen has voice of the people
I have lived in Auburn for more than 30 years and worked here for 23 years.
Back in the ’70s and ’80s it was a lovely, bright, thriv-ing community. With lots of businesses on Main Street and elsewhere with friendly people working in them. We had a choice of more then one jewelry store and cloth-ing store. We had JC Penney, Rottles, Kaspers; Weese’s Jew-elry, a drug store, a dime store, restaurants, taverns, several car dealerships, just to name a few.
We had a community that took pride in where they lived. We had good roads and we weren’t charged an arm and a leg for our water and sewer. And we weren’t being gouged to death for TV cable by Comcast.
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Downtown Auburn now is nothing that I’m proud of, and it’s just dying on the vine. We need to stop the mayor from squandering our hard-earned money on frivolous things and con-centrate on what is really needed in Auburn, and live and run our town within its means. What is his main agenda, anyway?
I don’t think that Virginia Haugen is being negative at all when she speaks her mind on what’s wrong with Auburn. It obviously needs fixing. You’d have to be blind not to see it. Our mayor and his supporters seem to be looking through rose-colored glasses.
Auburn is in trouble and needs a strong voice for the people to set it on the right path again.
On Nov. 8, please join me and cast your vote for Virginia Haugen, the voice of the people. She’s the right choice.– Jeanne Herold
Baunach is clear choice for schools
I urge voters to support Anne Baunach for Position 4 on the Auburn School Board because providing excellent education for our children is truly Anne’s passion. She has put this passion into action over the past 15 years through her leadership, work and volunteer activities in our community.
Anne’s strong leader-ship skills are well known throughout our school district because of the numerous committees she has chaired and co-chaired and education programs she has helped support. Anne doesn’t just offer up an idea, she helps makes it happen. For example, she spearheaded the formation of Auburn Schools Founda-tion. This organization has been a longtime dream of Anne’s. Her efforts in devel-oping it for our community will bring much needed future funding and support for educational programs
throughout our schools. Anne’s employment
also has supported educa-tion excellence, including her work at Green River Community College and at Thrive by Five, the public-private partnership that focuses on early childhood education. Because of her in-depth understanding of early learning, higher education and extensive volunteer experience, Anne is truly a “go to” person for information about an edu-cation issue. She takes the time to fully learn about the programs she supports and to gain a complete under-standing of their impact on students.
Anne has been recog-nized for her volunteer efforts, including the STAR Award from Auburn School District, Ruby Award from Soroptimist International of Auburn, and Alumnus of the Year Award from the Leadership Institute of South Puget Sound and many more. She continues to work hard with a “roll up your sleeves” dedication that inspires others and gets
things done.Anne’s years of experi-
ence supporting education have prepared her to serve our community as a mem-ber of the Auburn School Board.– Barb Whitaker
Support Anderson for school board
Ryan Anderson is a candidate for the Auburn School Board. I have worked with Ryan on the Auburn Citizens for Schools Committee for six years. He has been chair-man of the committee for several years.
The fact that Auburn has kept up with rising enroll-ment with the new Auburn Mountainview High School is due, in no small part, to the efforts of Ryan Ander-son.
Auburn can be proud of its schools, and Ryan An-derson is one of the reasons that is true.
Vote for Ryan Anderson– Dr. Harold B. Valentine
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“and he didn’t stay with buddies. Had he had all the buddies that he had here (in Auburn), I truly believe he would still be here.
“He thought he was in-vincible, but he wasn’t … “
Dwight was on his own. A bright, ambitious student, he went out to take on the next, bold chapter in his vibrant life.
Then he suddenly took a fatal detour.
“It kinda feels unreal,” said of his close friends, Max Harris. “I miss being with him, skating with him every day, and all the good times we had.”
Jack Skeel appeared numb, somber at Sunday’s community gathering. He, too, missed Dwight. “It’s hard to believe he’s gone. It’s been a really fast year.”
Elliott Cooper added: “I don’t know where to start. … He was never mad, never saw him upset, always happy.”
Dwight was artistic in drawing, filming, photography, and he loved snowboarding. Yet from age 4, his greatest passion was skateboarding.
His talents also led to the design of his own skateboard apparel business, 4evergreen. Clark and childhood friend Gavin Aubert began the enter-prise in high school.
In a tribute to Dwight, family and friends are using proceeds from apparel sales and donations from the commu-nity to build a skate plaza in Auburn.
Friends say a flat, street-style skat-ing plaza – complete with stairs, rails, jumps and other obstacles – has long
been needed in town. It also was Dwight’s dream.RaeLyn is leading the effort. A
single mother, she stays busy and involved, raising her other son, Jared. She has moved forward, despite the painful loss of her son.
“It’s hard because you are still trying to accept the fact he is not coming home,” she said. “For the next 40 years, I should be able to call my son on the phone and say, ‘I’m going to make you dinner and a birthday cake. I will see you at 5.’
“I just don’t want anybody to forget him,” she continued. “I miss his calm, I miss his smile, and I miss his hugs … his hugs absolutely the most.
RaeLyn Clark says a plaque made in memory of her son, Andrew, will help keep him connected to the many skaters who frequent Brannan Park, his second home. MARK KLAAS, Auburn Reporter
[ KLAAS from page 7 ]
Support the Dwight Clark skate plaza effort
To learn more or to do-nate to the Dwight Clark Memorial Skate Plaza, visit www.4evergreenapparel.com.
For updates, follow the cam-paign on Facebook.
Donations can be made to the nonprofit Dwight Clark Fund account established at Chase Bank.
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radio’s popularity in the 1970s and the ascension of the FM band, to radio’s struggle with staying relevant and profi table in these days of Internet podcasting and streaming.
He also has been a part of his-tory. He is credited as being the one who broke the news of Kurt Cobain’s suicide in 1994.
And it all started in Auburn, where Riemer grew up and later graduated from high school in 1980.
Riemer fi rst caught the radio bug at age 13.
“We were taking a trip to the ocean, and we stopped to visit a friend of the family who worked for KGHO in Grays Harbor,” he said. “It was a weekend, and he was sitting all by himself, playing vinyl.”
Riemer grew interested and begged off the trip to the shore, preferring to hang out at the radio station.
“From that point on, I was on fi re,” he said. “I’ve tried to put together why I found radio so fascinating, and the best I can come up with is that it is theater of the mind. It’s why books are better than movies. You can fi ll in the picture much better with your mind than some Hollywood producer can.”
Riemer set out to fi nd a way to get on the air. He discovered a local radio station down the street from where he lived.
Riemer announced his inten-tions to his father, a Boeing engineer, who urged his son to obtain his fi rst-class license with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) before getting in front of the mic.
“He always had this evil plan that I would follow in his footsteps and become an engineer,” Riemer said. “And he came up with this plan.”
Riemer took his advice and spent the better part of a summer studying and taking FCC exams.
“You needed a third-class license to be on the air,” Riemer explained. “Th ey had a second-class license if you wanted to be an engineer at a radio station and a fi rst-class license if you wanted to be an engineer at a TV station. And the tests for the classes were progressively more diffi cult, with intense electronic, mathemat-ics and algebra for the fi rst-class license.
“My dad thought that would help me get over this radio kick in no time, and in the process, I’d have to learn all this engineering stuff and have a leg up in college,” Riemer said.
Aft er passing the fi rst-class exam and earning his license, Riemer walked into KGRG and asked for a weekend spot at the station.
“Nobody there had a fi rst-class license,” Riemer said. “When I told them I had one, they said, ‘You’re insane,’ and gave me a spot.
“It was a shrewd little strategy
on my dad’s part to get me to learn all this highfaluting math and science.”
Although radio continued to be his focus, Riemer eventually received his master’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Washington.
Aft er working at KGRG for four years, he began attending the UW where he worked at KCMU.
In 1982, Riemer gave up his amateur DJ status and got his fi rst paying gig at Seattle rock station KZOK. “It was Sunday morn-ing, 6 to noon,” he said. “I was in heaven.”
Aft er four years there, Riemer got the chance to fulfi ll a child-hood dream when he was picked
up by another Seattle station, KJR.“When I was growing up in
Auburn, KJR was the mammoth, powerhouse AM station,” he said. “And when I was growing up, I told myself, ‘Come hell or high water, I am going to get a job at KJR.’
“To have worked in that facility, where so much radio history took place, was an incredible experi-ence.”
In the early 1990s, Riemer moved to KXRX, where he broke the news of Cobain’s death. While working the morning shift , Riemer received a phone call from a man who worked for a local electrical contractor.
“One of their guys was at Co-bain’s house. Th ey found a body and it looked like Cobain had committed suicide,” he said. “And we said, ‘Th ank you very much, sir. Why don’t you go back to your crack factory?’ ”
Aft er hanging up on the caller, Riemer said the man persisted, calling back two more times before his radio staff called Seattle police, who confi rmed they had dispatched a cruiser to the Cobain residence.
“When we heard that part of the story was true, coupled with the amount of detail this guy had given us (on the phone), we fi gured this story might be true,” Riemer said.
Riemer and the station decided to go on the air to announce that the Nirvana frontman had com-mitted suicide.
“And that’s all we said,” he added.
“Because of the changes to the media, something like that would never happen again,” Ri-emer added. “Something like that now would break on Twitter. It wouldn’t break on the radio.”
In 1997, aft er a stint working outside radio as an electrical engi-neer and starting up his own video production company, Twisted Scholar, Riemer accepted an off er from KMTT to return to the air.
“Th e only reason I was inter-ested in the Mountain is because while I was setting up my own business, I was listening to the station all the time,” he said. “I was becoming a radio junkie again.
“In radio, you rarely have an opportunity to work at a radio station you would listen to,” he added. “Th is station is so in my wheelhouse.”
In 2009, Riemer’s contract wasn’t renewed with KMTT, but he would return aft er a year. He was asked to come back because of the popularity of his podcast and the demand from his listeners.
And he’s still on the air, living out his dream.
“I’ve just been endlessly fasci-nated with the idea of sitting in this room and speaking with the faceless masses,” he said. “It’s really kind of a weird disconnect that I’m sitting here all by myself, and yet people are listening to me in Granite Falls and places I don’t even know exist. I fi nd that endlessly fascinating, the idea of theater of the mind.”
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SHAWN SKAGER, Auburn Reporter
“ I’ve tried to put together why I found radio so fascinating,
and the best I can come up with is that it is
theater of the mind.”– Marty Riemer
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BY SHAWN SKAGER
Auburn Riverside senior Korey Krotzer had little trouble beating the fi eld at the Westside Classic Dis-trict Cross Country meet at American Lake Golf Course in Lakewood last Saturday, grabbing fi rst with a 15-minute, 30.3-second eff ort in the boys 4A race.
Krotzer, who won the district title last season and was fourth at the state meet, beat Wolfgang Beck of Gig Harbor by 28 seconds to grab the title.
“Th ey went out pretty hard,” Krotzer said. “At the mile I kind of just broke away and started dropping everybody. From there it was just about how many seconds I could beat every-body by.”
Th e Ravens placed ninth in the team competition, just missing the cut for the state meet.
“We missed qualifying as a team by one point,” Krotzer said. “Th at’s kind of a bummer, it’s the fi rst time in ten years (for Auburn Riverside).”
Although Krotzer will be joined at the state meet by teammate Trevor Love, who notched a 30th place 16.94.4 fi nish, he said it was disappointing not to have
all his teammates traveling to Pasco with him.
“It’s actually really weird (not having them there), but it happens,” he said.
Individually, the goal for Krotzer is nothing short of a 4A title at the state meet which unfolds at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco.
“Th e goal is a state title, that’s really what it’s all about right now, maybe run a good time, but it’s all
about placement now,” he said.
Aft er the prep season, Krotzer said he’ll begin to prepare for the a trio of postseason races, includ-ing: the Nike Border Clash, which pits the top 40 high school cross country run-ners in Oregon and Wash-ington against each other on Nov. 22 in Beaverton, Oregon; the Nike Northwest
Krotzer wins 4A district meet; Lion boys team qualifi es
Korey Krotzer is trailed by Gig Harbor’s Wolfgang Beck at the Westside District cross country meet. CHARLES CORTES, Auburn Reporter
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Ravens top Trojans, 30-23REPORTER STAFF
Auburn Riverside came back from a 9-3 halft ime defi cit to defeat Auburn 30-23 at Auburn Memorial Stadium on Friday, earn-ing the school’s fi rst-ever football win over its district rival.
Trailing 23-16 in the fourth quarter, Auburn Riverside’s (4-4 South Puget Sound League North 4A,
4-5 overall) Josh Latta found Kameron Boardway in the end zone from 6 yards out to tie the game at 23-23.
Th e Ravens’ Jaray Bates scored the game’s fi nal touchdown on a 3-yard run, with 2 minutes, 21 seconds left in the contest to secure the historic win for Auburn Riverside. Bates fi nished the
Lions punch ticket to state
The Lions’ Cramer Helton fi nds a seam during a kickoff return against Decatur last week. RACHEL CIAMPI, Auburn Reporter
BY SHAWN SKAGER
Th e Auburn Moun-tainview football team secured its fi rst-ever trip to the postseason last Friday with a 29-12 win over Decatur in South Puget Sound League 3A action at Auburn Memo-rial Stadium.
Th e win sets up a state play-in playoff for the Li-
ons (3-2 league, 6-3 over-all) against Greater Saint Helens League runner-up Mountain View (5-1, 7-2), at 7 p.m. Saturday at McKenzie Stadium in Vancouver.
“It feels amazing,” said fi rst-year Lions head coach Jared Gervais. “Th e game was a little tough be-cause, obviously, we didn’t
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RAVENS, LIONS COMPETE IN STATE BOYS
WATER POLO TOURNEYThe Auburn Riverside and Auburn
Mountainview boys water polo squads began play in the
South Sound High School Water Polo Championships on Thursday.
The Raven boys, winners of the East Division with a 5-0 league record, 6-2 overall, earned the
No. 7 seed into the postseason, while the second-place Lions
were the No.5 seed. Both teams played on Thursday, with results
unavailable at press time. The tourney continues Friday
and Saturday at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way.
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regional ace Nov. 12 at Eagle Island Cross Country Course in Boise, Idaho; and the Nike Cross Nationals, Dec. 3 at Portland Meadows in Oregon.
After the season, Krotzer said he would begin to nar-row down which college he would attend next year with Syracuse, Northern Arizona, Georgetown, Gonzaga, Columbia, Oregon and Berkeley all in the running.
Meanwhile, the Auburn Mountainview boys quali-fied for the 3A state meet by earning the sixth and final
spot out of the Westside Classic.
The team was led by junior Chris Scharer, who posted a 16:19.0, fifth-place finish.
“Chris ran really well,” Lions coach Tyler Nugent said. “I see him gaining confidence every week as a front-pack runner and hope he carries that mentality on to state.”
Junior Aarun Rumbaugh was 22nd with a 17:06.6 and junior Will Faria was 35th overall with a 17:31.5.
“Will Faria also stepped up big again,” Nugent said. “He started toward the back of the pack but probably passed 40 or 50 runners over the course of the race. He finished third on our
team and really saved us in our bid for state.”
Seniors Ethan Rumbaugh and Dylan Summerlin were 39th and 40th, with a 17:38.3 and 17:38.7, re-spectively. Freshman Jonah Zucati and Kyle Howlett rounded out the team’s finish, coming in 86th and 88th, respectively.
Although Nugent said the team was “pretty disap-pointed” with its sixth-place finish as a team, it was “looking forward to putting that behind us with some solid running on Saturday in Pasco.”
The boys 3A race begins at 2 p.m. Saturday.
ALSO: In the girls 4A district competition, Raven
senior Rachel Atwood finished third overall with a 18:53.5 time, punching a ticket to her third state meet. Atwood finished 10th at last year’s state meet with her per-sonal best time of 18:33.5.
Also qualifying for the 4A girls meet was Au-burn junior Ann deCar-teret, who finished 26th overall with a 20:09.0.
The state appear-ance is the second for deCarteret, who ran her personal best of 19:15.4 as a sophomore at the 2010 meet.
The 4A girls race be-gins at 1 p.m. Saturday at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco.
[ RUNNERS from page 11] game with a game-high 132 yards on 25 carries.
Latta was 6-of-9 for 114 yards and two TDs with two touchdowns, adding 67 yards rushing on 10 carries. Board-way had four catches for 109 yards and two TDs.
The Trojans (3-5, 3-6) were led by quarterback Tilden Sansom who had 21 carries for 112 yards rushing and was 14-of-19 for 159 yards and one interception through the air. Chandler Link, Cyrus Laumatia and Darnell Hagans all scored rushing touchdowns for Auburn.
The win is Auburn River-
side’s first over the Trojans in football since the school opened in 1995.
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Senior Jaray Bates scored the Ravens’ winning touchdown against district rival Auburn. CHARLES CORTES, Reporter
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The Green River Com-munity College women’s soccer team set a school record last week, compiling the most-ever wins for the
program with 10.The Gators are 10-4-2
in Northwest Athletic As-sociation of Community Colleges play. The previous record for the 17-year-old program was nine wins, set in 2003.
Green River is led by Auburn Riverside gradu-ate Cheyenne Gautney,
a sophomore center midfielder who was an all-NWAACC selection as a freshman. Gautney has seven goals this season.
The Gators close out their regular season against Edmonds on Thursday and Everett on Saturday.
The NWAACC playoffs begin Nov. 9.
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play as well as I would have liked. We dropped some balls. We did some goofy things that we’ve been fix-ing. But we came out with the win, and I’m excited for the kids. It’s pretty fun.”
The Lions began the game against Decatur with a bang, with Cra-mer Helton finding a seam and returning the open-ing kickoff 89 yards for a touchdown. In addition to putting points on the board, the senior defen-
sive back left his mark defensively, finishing with a blocked punt, a fumble recovery and an intercep-tion.
After posting a 16-6 halftime lead, the Lions scored touchdowns in the third and fourth quarters to put away the game.
Offensively, the Lions were powered by senior running back Victor Korchemniy, who fin-ished with 18 carries for 120 yards and two TDs, his sixth 100-plus-yard rushing effort of the
season. Korchemniy has 1,073 yards rushing and a 6.10-yards-per-carry aver-age on the season.
Junior quarterback Do-menic Rockey finished the game with 8-of-25 passing for 89 yards, a touchdown and an interception.
Junior Devin Bryant had three catches for 32 yards and a touchdown, and senior Skyler White had four receptions for 48 yards.
Sophomore Joey Cas-sano added a 25-yard field goal in the second quarter.
Defensively, Willy Mack, Nick Aumua and David Fowler had a sack apiece.
The win snaps the Lions’ two-game losing streak.
According to Gervais, the win is a nice recovery from last week’s 63-7 loss to No. 2 Lakes.
“The last two weeks have been pretty rough, so for the kids to bounce back after those two weeks feels pretty good,” Gervais said. “We didn’t have to tell them much (before the game) because it’s senior night. I mean, if you can’t
get fired up for a chance to go to the playoffs for the first time in school history, then there is not a whole lot you can get fired up for.”
Gervais continued:“It wasn’t the prettiest
game we’ve ever played, but we got out with a ‘W’ and we’ve got something to build on and coach this week, and hopefully go down to Vancouver and get another ‘W’ out of it,” he said.
For White, the win and a chance to move on to the
postseason were nothing short of “amazing.”
“I don’t even know how to describe it,” he said. “(Coach) told us to just give it our all and play like it’s our last game. You never know when it’s your last game, so you have to leave it all on the field and enjoy the moment.”
A win against Mountain View on Saturday earns the Lions a berth in the first round of the state 3A playoffs against the winner of the Lakes (9-0) versus Nathan Hale (5-4) contest.
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The seventh-ranked Auburn Mountainview volleyball team snagged a berth in this weekend’s West Central District III tournament by capturing the sub-district title last weekend.
The Lions (14-3 overall) defeated Hazen (8-7) 3-0) behind scores of 25-15, 25-9, 25-19 and Enumclaw (9-7), 3-1, 25-16, 25-7, 14-25, 25-8, to earn a spot in the 3A title match against Peninsula (7-9).
In the championship match, the Lions defeated the Tides 26-24, 25-17, 25-14, with junior setter Sam Odren leading the way with
27 assists and 14 digs.Junior Alexia Elliott-Free
added 12 digs and senior Kelsey Fausko had eight kills.
Senior Caitlin Carr and sophomore Molly Cichosz added seven kills apiece.
The district tourney begins at 2:30 p.m. Friday and continues Saturday at Auburn Mountainview High School.
ELSEWHERE: In 4A action, the Auburn Riverside girls fell 3-0 to Rogers at the South Puget Sound League 4A sub-district tourney at Beamer High School last Saturday. Game scores were 25-21, 25-18, 25-14. The Ravens (6-8) play Heri-tage (5-9) in a playoff for a
chance to face No. 5 Puyal-lup (13-2) in the first round of the West Central District III/Southwest District 4 vol-leyball tourney. The match is Saturday at Kentwood High School.
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Kelsey Fausko and Caitlin Carr in action during last year’s 3A championships. COURTESY PHOTO The South Puget Sound
League 3A champion Au-burn Mountainview (8-2-0 league, 12-3-1 overall) girls soccer program will host Ha-zen (7-0-4 Seamount League, 10-2-5 overall) at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Harry Lang
Stadium in Lakewood for seeding into the West Central District III/Southwest Dis-trict 4 tourney, which begins Nov. 5.
The winner of the Wednesday game will cap-ture the No. 1 seed and play the Southwest District No. 4 seed, at 1 p.m., Saturday at Sunset Chev Stadium in Sumner.
The loser will earn the
No. 2 seed and play the Southwest No.3 seed at 3 p.m. Saturday at Highline Memorial Stadium in Burien.
Both district games are winner-to-state, loser-out contests.
The state 3A girls tour-nament begins Nov. 9 at various sites and culminates Nov. 18 and 19 at Sparks Stadium in Puyallup.
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46th annual Auburn Veterans Day Parade: 11 a.m., Nov. 5, Main Street, Auburn. Parade boasts almost 200 units, including more than 25 marching bands, military vehicles, veterans’ units, honor guards
Legion Post #78 Breakfast: 7-9 a.m., Auburn Senior Activity Center, 808 Ninth St. SE. Co-sponsored by the American Legion Post #78 and the City of Auburn. Cost is $6 per person and includes pancakes, eggs, ham and juice or coff ee. Please make check payable and return to: American Legion Post #78, P.O. Box 668, Auburn, WA 98071. For additional information,
Exhibit Showcase: 9 a.m.-2 p.m., A Street SE. View military equipment and vehicles and veterans and/or
along the parade route between Auburn Avenue/A Street SE and E Street NE. Judging from 10 a.m.-1:45 p.m. Awards will be given in three categories: Best Curb Appeal, Most Patriotic and Best Salute to
the Flame: 9:45-10:15 a.m., Veterans Memorial Park, 411 E St. NE. The fl ame is lit and guarded through the night at the Veterans Memorial. Wreath place-ment, rifl e salute, prayers and taps encompass the
tion: 1 p.m., Auburn Memorial Stadium, 801 Fourth St. NE. One of the state’s largest marching band and fi eld competitions. Hosted by the Auburn High School
in the fi eld competition. Event admission is charged at the door. Visit the competition’s offi cial website for
Luncheon: 1:30-3 p.m., Truitt Building, 102 W. Main St., second fl oor. Co-sponsored by the Auburn Noon Lions Club and the City of Auburn. Lunch reservations are $15/person and includes beef, chicken, potatoes, vegetables, salad, roll and beverage. The lunch pro-gram honors veterans, with special recognition given
Veterans Aff airs Advisory Committee’s Outstanding Veterans will be honored at the lunch, along with other special presentations. Return the order form today to reserve a seat. Limited seating. For more in-
formation or to reserve seats, call 253-931-3043.
Auburn Food Bank donations: Nov. 5. Barrels for non-perishable food item donations will be lo-cated throughout downtown Auburn at participating
is on now. The food bank will deliver food barrels to participating downtown merchants, who will com-pete for a “best decorated barrel” and “most gathered food” awards. Votes need to be cast on Facebook on The Auburn Business Page.
Auburn Garden Club: 10 a.m., Nov. 8, WilliamC. Warren Building, Veterans Memorial Park, 405 E St. NE. Fanny Yau, branch deputy director of the Mercer Island Sogetsu School of Ikebana, will demonstrate and lecture on Japanese fl ower arrangements. The meeting is open to the public. For more information, please email [email protected] or call 206-612-0021.
Chinook District of Garden Clubs: 10 a.m.,
consists of12 South King County garden clubs. Pro-gram on horticulture features Victoria Farnsworth,
8621. To learn more about a garden club in your area, call 253-862-8772.
Auburn Valley Creative Arts: 7 p.m., Nov. 10, Auburn City Hall, 25 W. Main St. AVCA presents a demonstration and hands-on art experience in linoleum printing, a fun way to make your holiday cards. Materials will be available. Minimal donation is suggested. The demo is presented by Lela Brugger. Open to the public.
Benefi tsAuburn Food Bank 18th annual Harvest Breakfast:Church, 1320 Auburn Way S. Free to attend. Breakfast
8925 to reserve your table.
Annual Artisan’s Festival: 9 a.m.-7 p.m., Nov. 8, Meridian Valley Country Club, 24830 136th Ave. SE,
Kent. A benefi t for Seattle Children’s Hospital. Free admission. Lunch available for purchase. Sponsored
Green River Community College public sale:
building near parking lot P6, 12401 SE 320th St., Auburn. Campus surplus furniture on sale. All sales are cash and carry.
Holiday bazaar: 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Nov. 12, Messiah Lutheran Church, 410 H St. NE, Auburn. More than 60 hand crafters, cafe for lunch and snacks, bake table, homemade quilts, ornaments, books, paintings, photography cards and framed photos. For more information, call 253-833-5280.
24th annual Bizarre Bazaar: Noon-7 p.m., Nov. 18; 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Nov. 19; 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Nov. 20, 1107 11th St. NE, Auburn. Crafts, collectibles, antiques. For info, call Sharon (253-833-8608) or Mani (253-333-9911).
St. Matthew/San Mateo Episcopal Church Christmas Bazaar : 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Nov. 19, 123 L St. NE, Auburn. Hand-crafted items, raffl e and bake sale. Lunch available, soup and pie.
Community Big Give: Nov. 19, Northwest Family Church, 3535 Auburn Way S., Auburn. Volunteers and organizers distribute groceries to 500 needy families in the community. Individuals and businesses can make an online fi nancial donation and urged to host a food drives. To help or to learn more, visit communi-
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Inaugural Auburn High School Booster Club Auction: 7 p.m., Nov. 19, Muckleshoot Casino Chinook Room, 2402 Auburn Way S., Auburn. The club seeks donations from local businesses, alumni and community members to help support student participation in athletics and activities. Activities include a silent and live auction. Tickets cost $30 and include dinner, followed by a dessert auction. For more information please contact Bob Jones, AHS athletics and activities coordinator, at [email protected].
HealthCascade Regional Blood Center drives: 9 a.m.-noon, Nov. 5, Northwest Church, 34800 21st Ave SW, Federal Way; 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Nov. 5, Lakeland Hills Community, 1408 Lake Tapps Parkway E, Auburn; 9 a.m.-noon, Nov. 8, Parametrix, 1002 15th St. SW, Suite 220, Auburn; 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Nov. 21, Federal Way High School, 30611 16th Ave. S, Federal Way; 1-4
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Puget Sound Blood Center drives: 1-3 p.m., 4-7 p.m., Nov. 7, Messiah Lutheran Church, New
p.m., Nov. 8, Jeff erson High School, little gym, 4248
gym, 625 M St. NE, Auburn. For more information, call 253-945-8667 or please visit www.psbc.org.
EntertainmentSeattle Int’l Comedy Competition: 7:30 p.m., Nov. 4, 10, Auburn Avenue Theater, 10 Auburn Ave. America’s best comedians compete for prize money
Comedy Competition. Two nights of the competition’s preliminaries and lots of laughs. Recommended for ages 18 and above. Tickets: $20, $18. Call Auburn
Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., or online at Brown Paper Tickets.
Masquerade!: 7 p.m., Nov. 4, Maple Valley Presby-terian Church, 22659 Sweeney Road SE. Presented by the Maple Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra. A celebration of music and costume, featuring MVYSO’s Philharmonia and Symphony Orchestras.
Program includes Bizet’s Carmen, Modest Mussorg-sky’s Night On Bald Mountain and others. A $5 suggested donation welcomed at the door. Reception to follow.
Harmony Kings Barbershop Chorus: 4:30 p.m., Nov. 6, St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, 515 S. 312th St., Federal Way. Fifth annual free communi-ty appreciation concert. Refreshments will be served. Harmony Kings, an a cappella chorus of the Barber-shop Harmony Society, is composed of men from throughout the South Sound who rehearse at the church at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays. New members, guests welcome. For more information, call 253-435-6757 or visit harmonykings.org.
Auburn Ave Kids presents Recess Monkey: 2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 19, Auburn Avenue Theater, 10 Auburn Ave. Recess Monkey – an acclaimed children’s music band from Seattle performs kid-oriented music from their six jam-packed albums. Tickets: $6. Call 253-931-3043, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., or online through Brown Paper Tickets at www.auburnwa.gov/arts.
Zola’s Cafe: Live music every Friday, 7-9 p.m., 402 E. Main St., Suite 120. 253-333-9652.
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Every year at this time a few of my patients ada-mantly refuse to get the fl u shot.
Why? Th ey claim it caused the fl u in the past. My re-sponse is always the same.
Th ere are many diff erent viral strains that can cause the fl u. Th erefore, it might be merely a coincidental timing of the vaccine and the presence of a diff erent viral infection within the body.
In addition, the fl u shot contains an inactivated, dead virus. Th erefore, an individual will not get the fl u from the fl u shot.
Flu season in the United States is October through April. Every year 5-20 per-cent of our population will contract the fl u. Th is results in more than 200,000 hospitalizations, and yearly deaths ranging from 3,000 to 49,000 (data collected 1976 and 2006; source Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).
Fortunately, for the most part, this illness is prevent-
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tremely contagious respiratory illness. Th e incubation period (exposure to onset of symptoms) for the fl u is quick, one to two days.
Th e fl u is truly miser-able and unmistakable. Symptoms oft en encom-pass the entire body: fever, chills, muscle/joint aches, fatigue, diarrhea, headache, sore throat and/or cough. Typically, symptoms last for 2-10 days. A person is con-sidered contagious until the symptoms and fever have been gone for 24 hours.
Th e best defense against the fl u is getting vaccinated. Typically, the vaccine is refor-mulated every year in antici-pation of the most common viruses that will cross the globe. However, this is an unusual year, in that the for-mulation of the vaccine is the same as last year. Th e vaccine contains three viral strains: infl uenza A (H1N1, H3N2)
and infl uenza B.Now is the time
to get vaccinated. It takes about two weeks for the body to develop protec-tion (antibodies) once you receive the vaccine. Even
though the vaccine formula-tion is the same for the 2011 to 2012 fl u season, you need to receive it again this year. Th e vaccine potency only last for approximately 4-6 months, thereaft er it loses its eff ectiveness.
Who should receive the vaccine? It is recommended for those 6 months and older, especially women who are pregnant, people over the age of 50, and individuals with chronic medical conditions.
Th ere are two formula-tions of the fl u vaccine: shot; and nasal spray. Th e nasal spray is available for those who are needle-pho-bic, healthy individuals ages 2-49, and not pregnant.
Cost of the vaccine ranges from $15-$35. Th e vaccine
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Receiving the vaccine is a not a 100-percent guarantee you won’t get the fl u. Th ere-fore, here are more tips to help lessen your chance of contracting this seasonal illness – “Th e Don’t Touch Rules.”
1. Don’t touch your face.Th e fl u virus is not
absorbed through the skin. Rather, the virus can live outside of the body and on surfaces (i.e., door knobs, light switches, counter tops) for up to 48 hours. You can pick up the virus on your hands and inoculate yourself by then touching your nose, mouth or eyes. Th erefore, keep your hands away from your face.
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When sick, do not share personal items with others such utensils, glasses, tooth-brush and towels.
Dr. Linda Petter of Auburn, is a weekly feature on KOMO News Radio (1000 AM & 97.7 FM) every Saturday 7:45 a.m. (live) and 9:45 a.m., every Sunday 7:45 a.m. and 9:45 a.m. and Wednesday aft ernoon. Petter is chief of the Department of Family Practice at St. Francis Hospital in Federal Way. She is a consumer healthcare advocate, and her books, “Health-care On a Budget”, and “Common Medical Sense”, are available on Amazon.com. Please visit her website, www.DocForAll.com, or call her offi ce at 253-568-0841.
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NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN that the regularly sched-uled December PlanningCommission Meeting has beenre-scheduled from Tuesday,December 20, 2011 to Tuesday,December 27, 2011 at 6:00 p.m.at Pacific City Hall. Citizens are welcome to attend.For information and materialscontact the Community Develop-ment Department at(253) 929-1110.Published in Auburn Reporter on November 4, 2011. #542987.
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...obituariesEllen Esther (Leimback) Cook
Born: December 11, 1917 in Joliet, Montana. Parents: Ernest and Mabel Leimback. She is predeceased by her husband Richard; her twin sister, Helen, and seven other siblings.
Ellen married Richard Cook in 1934 in Joliet, Montana. They moved to Auburn in 1940. They lived in Ketchikan, Alaska; Joliet, Montana and back to Auburn in 1950.
Ellen enjoyed gardening, camping, fishing, crocheting, and spending time with grand-and great-grandchildren. After the death of Richard, Ellen moved to Parkside Retirement where she excelled at darts, bingo and dancing.
She is survived by her daughter, Helen Ortiz of Federal Way, granddaughter Debbie Amble (Gunnar) of Redmond, granddaughter Patti Beringer (Mark) of Bothell, great-granddaughter Kelsey Amble of Seattle, great-grandson Craig Beringer of Bellingham, and great-granddaughter
Jill Beringer of Bellingham. Arrangements entrusted to Price-Helton Funeral Home. www.price-heltonfuneralhome.com
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Tammi Lynn WidgerBorn in Auburn, WA, November
21, 1964. Passed away October 2, 2011 in Palm Springs, CA, while inner tubing the “Whitewater River.” She loved the outdoors and above all her family.
She is preceded in death by her father and older brother: Dave & Guy Widger. She is survived by her mother and stepfather Nona and Chuck Potter; sister and brother, Gail and Bret Widger of Auburn; four daughters, Amber and Kili Jones, Samantha and Nakita Potter.
Memorial service will be held Saturday November, 12, 2011 from 7-11pm at Les Grove “Old” Sr Ctr. 910-
9th St. SE Auburn, WA.
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7 a.m. American Legion Post #78 Breakfast9 a.m. Static Display & Exhibit Showcase
9:45 a.m. Remembrance Ceremony11 a.m. PARADE1 p.m. Marching Band Competition
1:30 p.m. Auburn Noon Lions Club Lunch3 p.m. VFW Post #1741 Open House
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Grand Kim, 7, and Benjamin Kye, 7, participate in the Swamp Monster Swim activity at last Saturday’s Halloween Harvest Festival at Washington Elementary School. The event included games, crafts, face painting, scary cookies and cauldrons of punch. RACHEL CIAMPI, Reporter
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BirthsAuburn RegionalMedical Center
ANDERSON/SMITH Kelliegh and Lawrence, girl, Oct. 19
CESARANO/LANGLEY Jamie and Jordan, girl, Oct. 21
COUNCIL Alicia, girl, Oct. 12
DAY/TORRES-RODRIGUEZ Nicole and Omar, girl, Oct. 17
DONNELLY Genevieve and Joseph, girl, Oct. 19
LEAVITT D. and Ethan, girl, Oct. 20
MATHER/SCOTT III, Brittney and Jason, girl, Oct. 21
PEDRO/TAUSAGA Tasi and Amosa, boy, Oct. 20
SOTO-MALDONADO/SOTO-TORRES Ana and Fidencio, girl, Oct. 15
STRATTON Jolene and Kevin, girl, Oct. 17
SWIFT/GIBSON Khara and Jason, girl, Oct. 13
VINCENT/CLARY Courtenay and Jeff rey, girl, Oct. 17
VU Christy and Thao, girl, Oct. 12
DeathsObituary list, Public Health – Seattle and King County vital statistics
AUBURN AREA
Anderson, Linda J., 59, Sept. 29
Andrew, Shane C., 50, Oct. 12
Antrim, Leon L., 64, Oct. 15
Biesheuvel, Norma, 84, Oct. 18
Bishop, William C., 84, Oct.23
Blagg, Walter W., 79, Oct. 15
Breland, Carrie L., 56, Oct. 16
Buzard, Fern H., 91, Oct. 17
Crawford, Thomas R., 78, Oct. 12
DiFiore, Marjay E., 101, Oct. 16
Dumas, Barbara A., 74, Oct. 19
Dvorak, Johnna V., 80, Oct.21
Enze, Patsy R., 77, Oct. 25
Farrell, Romeo, 74, Oct. 22
Norwood Sr., Mervyn L., 76, Oct. 21
Quimby, Dorothy V., 89, Oct. 19
Robinson, Linda L., 63, Oct. 9
Sulivan, Ernest R., 89, Oct. 12
Vuckel, Clarence J., 87, Oct. 24
Wall, Ellis K., 68, Oct. 20
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