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August 09, 2013 edition of the Federal Way MirrorTRANSCRIPT
By ANDy HOBBS
A Federal Way police officer has resigned over allegations of sexual misconduct, which included send-ing lewd photos and text messages to a crime victim.
Officer Ashley Crispin submitted his resignation June 24, just one day after being placed on paid admin-istrative leave. The resignation in lieu of termination became official
July 8.On Tuesday, The Mirror obtained
results of an internal investigation by the Federal Way Police Depart-ment into the sexual misconduct charges. The department also re-leased results of a separate investi-gation over a violent arrest in which Crispin punched a woman. The lat-ter report concluded that Crispin’s use of force was justified.
In April, the department received a tip about Crispin from a Lyn-
nwood police recruit. A woman who worked as a housekeeper for a hotel in Seatac had confided in the recruit that a Federal Way police of-ficer was making unwanted sexual advances toward her. The woman said the officer was also sending sexual photos and videos.
The 33-year-old woman first met Crispin on April 10, when the officer arrested a trespasser who broke into her mother’s Federal Way house.
After the encounter, Crispin be-gan calling the woman, at first to let her know he was checking on the property. The woman, who asked that her name be withheld, told The Mirror that Crispin began talking about how he and his wife were having problems, then at one point, asked if they could get together for sex on his days off.
According to phone records obtained by The Mirror, Crispin
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FW cop resigns over sex scandalPrimary results
By GREG ALLMAIN
Federal Way Public Schools (FWPS) provided data on a number of recent global trips taken by vari-ous FWPS officials, most notably an extensive trip to China that ran from April 10 through May 1.
According to the district, the trip led to a visit from a Chinese education del-egation, which toured two Federal Way schools on Aug. 1.
The China trip was coor-dinated through the Uni-versity of Oregon, said Sally McLean, FWPS Assistant Superintendent of Business Services. The University of Oregon was responsible for establishing the visita-tion sites, reserving hotels, booking interpreters and most ground transporta-tion, she said.
McLean noted the district paid the univer-sity $24,000 for that work, which included “the ex-penses of an UO staff mem-ber and an interpreter,” and
that the total cost for the trip was $33,350.72.
Along with this, the district’s two attendees, Su-perintendent Rob Neu and Federal Way School Board President Tony Moore, were given a Meals and Inci-dental Expenses per diem (daily allowance) “based on the rates published by the U.S. Department of State.”
According to the Depart-ment of State’s website, the per diem rate for a trip to China averages between $150 to $300, depending on the location.
Neu also took a trip to Indonesia earlier this sum-mer, from June 20 to July 3. According to McLean, the total cost of this trip was $4,082.97. Neu noted in an earlier interview that he had paid about $1,400 for hotel costs during that trip, and McLean confirmed that the superintendent did cover his lodging costs for the Indonesia trip.
Neu also took a short trip to South Korea from July 6 to July 12. As he noted
School officials go globetrotting
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MIRROR STAFF REPORTS
King County Elections has reported the initial results of the Aug. 6, 2013, primary election. Below are results from Federal Way races as of Tuesday night. Votes are still being counted. Results will be certified Aug. 20. To learn more, visit kingcounty.gov/elections. To read state-ments from the candi-dates and see photos from election night, visit federalwaymirror.com.City council position 2• Kelly Maloney: 51.56 %• Mark Koppang: 31.99 %• Anthony Murrietta: 16.11 %Notes: Maloney was ap-pointed to the city council in January 2013 to fill a vacant position. She is running to retain her seat.City council position 6• Martin Moore: 46.37 %• Diana Noble-Gulliford: 40.27 %• Ryan Miller: 13.02 %Notes: Noble-Gulliford was appointed to the city council in January 2013 to fill a vacant position. She is running to retain her seat.School board position 4• Carol Gregory: 45.19 %• Medgar Wells: 36.85 %• K. Lance Barton: 17.53 %Notes: This school board posi-tion is being vacated by Angela Griffin, who declined to run.
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FUSION (Friends United to Shelter the Indigent, Oppressed and Needy) held its annual summer arts festival “Razz Ma Tazz and All That Jazz” on Aug. 7 at Dumas Bay Centre. The annual outdoor event features more than 30 local artists, entertainment, silent and live auctions, and
food from local caterers. The event raises about $100,000 or more to go toward FUSION’s transitional homes for homeless families in the area. See more photos at federalwaymirror.com. PhOTOS COURTESy OF BRUCE hONDA Pictured at top: FUSION arts event co-chairs Kelsey Kovach, Ali Ducich and Audrey Berglund. COURTESy PhOTO
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called the woman 15 times between April 16 and April 21 from his personal cell-phone. Crispin declined to comment for this story.
When confronted by his supervisor in April, Crispin denied the allegations. Crispin contacted the woman and encour-aged her to delete all the pictures and to not cooperate with the investigation, according to documents. The woman did not cooper-ate, and the case was closed in May.
The investigation was reopened in June when Crispin said he received a harassing phone call from the woman. This time, the woman cooperated with the investigation.
Police recovered deleted images from the woman’s cellphone. One photo of a man lying on a bed — and wearing only underpants — was identified as one of the photos sent by Crispin. The woman said she received text messages from Crispin that included photos of a man’s penis and a video of a man masturbating. One photo showed Crispin in his police uniform, sitting in his police car, according to documents.
The woman, who showed the photos to her friends, told police she and Crispin never got together. She also admitted to reciprocating at one point by texting him a nude photo of herself.
According to documents, Crispin declined to participate in any interviews for the investigation. “That requires us to accept as true the assertions made by (the victim) and other witnesses,” according to a report by Cmdr. Kyle Sumpter, who was Crispin’s supervisor.
The department’s investigation, along with personnel files, also reveal that:
• Two other victims were identified as receiving inappropriate contact from Crispin. One woman was a local apartment complex manager, with whom Crispin was reportedly flirtatious and trying to coax into going on a ride-along. During the mis-conduct investigation, another victim came forward. In this case, the police department has launched a criminal investigation of official misconduct with sexual motivation, according to documents. The victim is a woman whom Crispin arrested.
• Crispin was suspended for 40 hours without pay in 2009 for pursuing sex with a Federal Way Police Explorer. The Explorers is a program for young adults interested in law enforcement careers. Intimate relation-ships between officers and Explorers are not allowed. According to personnel files, Crispin tried to arrange — via text messag-es — a “three-way” sexual rendezvous with the Explorer and a “buddy.” Crispin and the married Explorer went on ride-alongs together and engaged in frank discussions about their personal lives.
• Crispin received a 40-hour suspension in 2011 for being the at-fault driver in a collision in Dec. 2010.
• Crispin received a 20-hour suspension in 2007 for his involvement in a collision while pursuing a fight call. According to documents, Crispin failed to use his siren and make sure the intersection was clear before proceeding.
In a written statement, Chief Brian Wil-
son said: “The sustained misconduct of Mr. Crispin does not represent the professional-ism, character and integrity of the men and women of the Federal Way Police Depart-ment. ... We are responsible and account-able to our citizens, our police department, and the law enforcement profession.”
Wilson also recommended that Crispin be decertified as a commissioned police officer in Washington state.
Investigation: Use of forceCrispin’s use of force during a violent
arrest on May 27 in Federal Way attracted widespread media attention.
The Port of Seattle investigated the case and concluded that “the use of force in this incident was reasonable and, in fact, one of the least intrusive of the multiple force options available to the officers.”
Crispin had punched Kirkland resident Megan Graham in the face after she resisted arrest in a Federal Way apartment complex park-ing lot. An audio recording of the
incident was captured after Graham dialed 911 during the arrest. Crispin had arrived for backup after another officer attempted to arrest Graham, who was initially pulled over for talking on her cellphone while driving. According to the Federal Way police report, Graham was resisting arrest and ignoring police commands before she assumed a fighting stance. “Crispin then re-sponded with closed fist strikes to Graham’s face, which brought her to the ground where she was handcuffed,” the report said.
Post-arrest photos show Graham with a swollen eye and a bruise that takes up the left side of her face. She has pleaded not guilty to felony assault of an officer, and she is currently fighting her case in court.
The Port of Seattle report noted: “As a result of Officer Crispin using closed fist strikes on Ms. Graham, the officers were able to end the encounter before anyone was more seriously injured and without having to escalate to a higher level of force.”
Federal Way Police Department conclud-ed that “other tactics may have been more effective and/or less intrusive to affect the arrest,” and that “future defensive tactics training … will emphasize lessons learned from this incident.” The department’s “use of force policy” will remain as written.
Career in Federal WayCrispin began working as a Federal Way
police officer in January 2006. Personnel files suggest Crispin, who has a bachelor’s degree in law and justice, had a promising career in Federal Way.
In May, Crispin was honored after responding to a robbery call in which the female victim received a severe laceration. Crispin’s application of a tourniquet saved her life, according to police.
In 2011, he received a SPIRIT Award (Service, Pride, Integrity, Responsibility, Innovation and Teamwork) from Mayor Skip Priest. The nomination stated that he was the “go-to guy when a search war-rant needs to be written,” and that he was “one of the hardest working officers in our department.” A 2009 performance review said Crispin was “a dedicated member of the team” and “the most proactive officer” on his shift.
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Federal Way police joined a manhunt Tuesday night for a sus-pect accused of stealing a vehicle,
then fleeing on foot through a neighborhood near S. 288th Street and Military Road South.
Lakewood police had already pursued the suspect into city
limits after the vehicle, a stolen Dodge Neon, exited I-5 at S. 320th Street. Federal Way officers were notified of the pursuit at 7:47 p.m. Aug. 6 and deployed spike strips near the entrance of Camelot Square mobile home
park. The spikes deflated three of the suspect vehicle’s tires. A Fed-eral Way officer used his squad car to stop the vehicle. The driver then fled on foot through residen-tial neighborhoods. The passenger of the vehicle was detained. A K-9
track ensued with the assistance of a King County Sheriff ’s Office helicopter. The driver was not lo-cated. Police identified the driver as Michael Dietrick, 23, who had a felony warrant. Lakewood police are investigating the case.
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Following is a sample from the Federal Way police log:• Woman catches would-be burglar in the act: At 4:21 p.m. Aug. 4 in the 32000 block of 1st Lane SW, a woman caught a man attempting to make entry into her home. According to the report, the man had half his body through an open window when the woman discovered him. The woman told the man she was going to “call the police,” at which point the man fled.• Traffic stop leads to arrest: At 1:19 a.m. Aug. 4 in the 27000 block of Pacific Highway South, a man was stopped for a traffic viola-tion. A records check of the man found an active $2,100 warrant for the man. The report notes the man was arrested and booked into the SCORE jail facility.• Family fight: At 2:40 a.m. Aug. 4 in the 28000 block of 22nd Avenue South, a man got into a fight with his wife’s uncle. Accord-ing to the report, the man suffered multiple injuries because of the fight. The report also notes that the man’s brother-in-law was arrested for obstruction when he refused police entry into the residence. The police were attempting to check on the welfare of a 2-year-old child who witnessed the fight.• Break-in at church: At 4:18 a.m. Aug. 4 in the 37000 block of 8th Avenue South, police respond-ed to a tripped alarm at a church.
According to the report, police were unable to contact anyone associated with the church, and it was unclear whether anything had been taken from the church.• Garage burglars: At 11:19 a.m. Aug. 2 in the 34000 block of 10th Avenue SW, a homeowner reported that unknown suspects had walked into his open garage and stolen ap-proximately $1,000 in property.• Subway store robbed: At 2:55 p.m. Aug. 4 in the 1600 block of SW Dash Point Road, a Subway store was robbed of $240.• Dog attacks another dog: At 5:12 p.m. Aug. 4 in the 4200 block of SW 317th Street, police responded to an incident involving two dogs. The report notes that the dogs were separated shortly after police arrival, and that one of the dogs suffered injuries.
• Flag stolen: At 7:48 p.m. Aug. 4 in the 34000 block of 30th Avenue SW, a woman reported that un-known suspects stole her American flag from its place on the exterior of her home.• Woman arrested for war-rants after traffic stop: At 12:39 a.m. Aug. 3 in the 2200 block of South 291st Street, a woman was stopped for “failure to use a turn signal, speeding, and defec-tive tail lights.” A records check of the woman’s name revealed two active warrants for her arrest. The woman was arrested without in-cident and booked into the SCORE jail facility.• Twin brothers fight: At 5:45 a.m. Aug. 3 in the 34000 block of 28th Place SW, a man was arrested for assaulting his twin brother at a party.
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Three years ago, the citizens of Federal Way voted to replace the council-manager form of government — where a professionally trained city manager is the chief administrative officer — with a mayor-council form of government, where the mayor is separately elected and replaces the city manager as the top city executive.
Two years ago, State Rep. Skip Priest was elected the city’s first full-time mayor. Since then, some citizens have asked, “what changed?” Now they know the answer. Very little.
The city’s veteran elected officials continue to be reluctant to fully implement the new strong mayor system, and it may have actually gotten worse as the city manager system has become even more entrenched but with a new title (mayor), and we vote for the position.
The veteran council members apparently don’t want to change, as it would reduce their power. We do have four new council members, but when they were elected, they assumed all the changes were done and apparently didn’t ask any questions. Given their brief tenure, they may not even know what questions to ask.
And the new mayor, who had also served as a ceremonial mayor in the old system several years ago, stayed with his comfort level and has been unwilling to challenge the council or even make some changes under his control.
During the change in government systems, the council adopted the basic structure that was legally required. But they also tried to tie
the mayor’s hands by providing contracts to the department heads so that the mayor couldn’t fire them. The move, of questionable legality,
was aimed at Jim Ferrell at the time. But when Mayor Priest chose not to oppose the contracts, he unwittingly assisted the council in undermining his own authority. The contracts have expired, but it set an unwilling political tone.
The council members also caused some mischief by inserting themselves
into the administration of the city, which is the mayor’s turf. They gave themselves confir-mation authority over a non-policy position that helps the council with some administra-tive matters, while also participating in the position’s hiring and evaluation. Confirmation is intended for policy-level positions such as department directors. Only the mayor is sup-posed to be hiring, firing and evaluating.
The council’s mischief is found in using their legislative authority to get around state law, which places the mayor in charge of all city employees. Even though the mayor has been unwilling to challenge them, the council should change this on its own.
The mayor is responsible for all the employ-ees in the administration and supervises the department heads, whom he can hire and fire, along with others not covered by a collec-tive bargaining agreement — same as the city manager.
Can we do better on road construction?
When I moved to Federal Way about 13 years ago, I was much impressed as to how well they take care of their roads and sidewalks — unlike Seattle, Tacoma and some of the surrounding communities that only repair their chuck-holes after they lose a couple of cars in them.
I know all of this kind of work takes a lot of planning
to keep everything moving as smoothly as possible. I would think that for this, a city needs a city planner along with some help to do this. It seems as though the city planner and his help went on vacation for the summer in Federal Way.
There are two exits off of the I-5 freeway into Federal Way that travel east to west. For some reason, someone thought it was a good idea to work on both of those east-west routes at the same time. Resurfacing is ongoing on 320th Street, and two different
projects are taking place on 348th/336th, all at the same time. I guess we should be happy they are not working on 356th Street also.
I realize roads must be taken care of so they can last and give us a comfortable ride, but none of that matters if we are just sitting there stuck in traffic, watching the work go on. Can we do better next time? I sure hope so.Ronald Vandenberg, Federal Way
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Mirror’s editorial board: Rudi Alcott, publisher; Andy Hobbs, editor; Joann Piquette, retired and community advocate; Bob Dockstader, retired attorney; Joan Tornow, author, school volunteer and mentor; Bob Case, journalism trainer and former news announcer; Don Hyun, tech industry consultant.Contact the board: [email protected]
Q: Mr. Federal Way, do you bother voting in the primary election, or do you just wait for the real thing in November?
A: Whenever there is an opportunity to cast a ballot, Mr. Federal Way will make the effort to do so. Al-though it probably doesn’t seem like that big of a deal, Tuesday’s primary election finalized the two participants who will battle each other in Novem-ber’s general election.
It’s also our right as Americans to vote in a dem-ocratic election. We need to take full advantage of that. It’s also our right as Americans to complain about things you don’t agree with.
But Mr. Federal Way’s opinion is that you can’t complain about the happenings in our local, state or federal government if you don’t vote.
It’s also Mr. Federal Way’s opinion that no one should ever wear those “I voted” stickers that you get at your local booth. Stuff like that reminds Mr. Federal Way of Chris Rock’s old comedy bit about a guy defending himself by saying, “I take care of my kids.” That’s exactly what you are supposed to do, buddy. Just like you are supposed to vote.
Q: Is there a rule about how long a so-called garage sale can last? A “garage sale” by my house has lasted all summer long.
A: That’s kind of tough to take. Nobody wants to live next to a perma-garage sale. As far as Mr. Fed-eral Way can figure out, Federal Way doesn’t have a rule about the length of a garage sale. It seems like the perma-garage sale in your neighborhood is skirting the need to purchase a business license.
The City of Dallas passed an ordinance re-cently that puts a cap on how many garage sales a resident can hold (two per year) and how long the sales can last (no more than three consecu-tive days). Residents are also required to obtain a permit and pay a $15 fee.
Mr. Federal Way finds it hard to believe that people actually spend time during the weekend driving around from garage sale to garage sale. Seems like a giant waste of time to Mr. Federal Way. You are essentially buying somebody else’s junk that has been sitting in their attic for the past few years. If Mr. Federal Way needs something, Mr. Federal Way goes to the store and buys it. But, to each their own.
Q: What happened to the world sand sculpt-ing competition that’s been in Federal Way for the past few summers? I don’t see anything about its return this year.
A: You haven’t seen anything because it’s not coming back to town. According to the Northwest Sand Festival website, there “will not be a 2013 Northwest Sand Festival.”
The World Championship of Sand Sculpt-ing came to Federal Way in 2010 after spending nearly 20 years in Harrison Hot Springs, B.C. The 2010 competition, held at a vacant parking lot at 31510 20th Ave. S., attracted 19,848 paying guests. Despite garnering regional and nationwide media attention over the course of a month, the event finished nearly $50,000 in debt. In 2011, nearly 11,000 people attended the event in the former Toys ‘R’ Us parking lot. Last year, the competition was moved to The Commons parking lot, and at-tendance sagged behind the 2011 numbers.
No offense to Mr. Federal Way’s hometown, but a parking lot in a South King County city and sand sculpting don’t seem like a good pairing. Mr. Fed-eral Way thinks that a place near the water would be a better location. Maybe on the Washington or Oregon coast, like Seaside or Ocean Shores. Pos-sibly some place like Gas Works Park in Seattle?
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However, Mayor Priest has not made many changes, and only one department head has left. So the department heads are the same. Although Priest does supervise the department heads, he has not chosen to give them written goals or do written evaluations on them. He does meet with them regularly to discuss department topics. Most city managers have written goals and perform written evaluations on their staff. The new approach is different, but not necessarily better. In today’s world of accountability, highly paid department directors should have written goals and evaluations.
Many who supported the conversion did so because a strong mayor is the leader of the city and is a policy partner with the council. As mayor, Priest can support or oppose any public policy issue he wants, but he has appeared reluctant to use the opportunities available to him or identify a signature program of his own, and appears more comfortable fitting into the manager role he remembers from his days on the city council.
It was only recently that he picked up the leadership of the Performing Arts and Conference Center (PACC). Priest remains cautious about endorsements of public ballot issues — he supported the school district, but remained silent on the fire district and other regional and state public ballot issues.
After the Pinewood Apartment mur-ders in April, no one spoke out about domestic violence, easy access to weapons or mental heath. Neither the mayor nor council made any effort to change the city legislative agenda to show leadership on these topics in the aftermath of the worst shooting in the city’s history.
In a strong mayor system, it would be expected that the mayor would use the “bully pulpit” that his office provides to propose legislative remedies to the many questions that surfaced in the aftermath. Also, if the council were more familiar
with its own new role, the members would have tried to get out in front of the mayor with their own ideas. But no one did anything. City staff says no adminis-trative changes were made because of the shootings, and nothing was added to the city legislative agenda.
The mayor acknowledges his approach is a carryover from the city manager style he remembers, where the mayor and council agreed on policy positions. That approach reduces the chances of disagree-ment, but also decreases the leadership component typically identified with a strong mayor. Politically speaking, it also takes the mayor off the hook.
Priest speaks in very strong terms about getting along with the council, and seems to work at it. He still lets council members sign proclamations, which is a mayoral prerogative not traditionally shared.
But the mayor and council haven’t been charged with getting along with each other. They have been charged with im-plementing a new form of government for the community’s future. It is something they are not only reluctant to do, but seem to go out of their way to keep the old sys-tem in place with only a new name.
Both candidates for mayor in this year’s election have been culpable in not fully implementing the public direction. One insider said “the public doesn’t care about this inside government stuff as long as they get services It doesn’t matter.”
However, it does matter. It’s the mayor and council’s job to care. That’s what the public elected them to do. Then the public directed them to implement a new form of government, not just the parts they liked, and not to find ways around the parts they didn’t like.
In some cities, it takes several years, or even several mayors, before the change is fully incorporated. So we may just have to wait until they figure it out or someone starts showing some leadership.
Federal Way resident Bob Roegner, a former mayor of Auburn: [email protected].
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Morning trafficThe one thing all of the
people of Federal Way want is to fix the things they see wrong with their city.
Take a simple problem that almost anyone that drives to work before 9 a.m. is forced to deal with and is helpless to combat it. That the stores of The Commons are closed before 10 a.m., but anyone on 320th Street at 5 a.m. sits and waits for the lights to change all the way down to In-terstate 5. The lights automatically change, even though no cars or few cars are waiting at the side streets feeding 320th.
Meanwhile, traffic backs up solid all the way back to the Sound. With such advanced technology that allows cameras to take pic-tures of these same inter-sections, you would think one of our hard-working elected officials or public workers would have no-ticed the same problem. So next time you drive to In-terstate 5 and are sitting at a light on 320th seeing no cross traffic, just remember to ask your elected officials to fix this and let the traffic before 9 a.m. freely flow to the interstate.David Alsabery, Federal Way
PACC is election’s defining element
Regardless of the pri-mary’s outcome and who will be our choices for the general election, there is one issue in particular that will define how candidates position Federal Way for a more positive future.
No, it is not law and or-der. Politicians using a “law and order first” agenda are ginning up fear to appeal to the lowest common ele-ments in each of us. That is not leadership and as
a community we deserve better.
The real defining element in this year’s election is the Performing Arts and Con-ference Center (PACC). If Federal Way is going to start growing into the mantle of being the city of choice in the South Puget Sound, it needs to invest in its cultural infrastructure.
My wife and I moved here knowing that Fed-eral Way had many good
qualities, but realized quickly that it lacked certain cultural resources. A per-formance facility is
something that is an asset and focal point
for any community. Sadly, I have heard my share of negative comments regard-ing the PACC. I believe the comments are shortsighted.
In Texas, I worked for a city that built an arts facility that included two theaters, several art galleries and an outdoor sculpture garden. The facility quickly became a valued resource that enhanced the quality of life for the greater community. The PACC will do the same for Federal Way.
Fortunately, the PACC has lots of supporters, and pledges are being made for specific rooms, the plaza and seats. Things are look-ing good, but more support is needed. However, if all the efforts under way do not come to fruition, Federal Way as a city will have significant challenges to overcome when courting future development.
The few politicians who see the city’s needs through the law and order lens are displaying a lack of imagi-nation and understanding of how to use community and governmental resourc-es as attractors for eco-nomic development. The economics of not investing in Federal Way’s cultural infrastructure in the short term maintains the cur-rent path of becoming an
economically stressed com-munity. The PACC can be a catalyst for positive change.
What citizens need to understand is that if the PACC is not built, it sends a negative message to any-body considering Federal Way as their future home. With the PACC, Federal Way becomes a better com-munity. Without it, it will be harder for Federal Way to attract quality investors.
Our history as a city is out there to be seen by all who are looking for an op-portunity. A few keystrokes on a computer and all cities become an open book. Regardless of Federal Way’s history, we have a story to write. That responsibility is in the hands of our elected officials. If Federal Way is going to be a successful city, their rhetoric matters, but their actions write the story.
To move this city forward requires leadership, and as citizens we need to encourage more investment in quality of life attractors such as the PACC, aesthet-ics, education, transporta-tion and building a com-munity where people and businesses thrive. I believe Federal Way is worth the risk and so should you.Keith Livingston, Federal Way
I will not forget Officer Maher
I would like to thank Renee Maher for writing a letter to the editor (Aug. 2) reminding the community of the ultimate sacrifice her late husband, Officer Patrick Maher, made while serving the community as a Federal Way police officer 10 years ago. I was one of the thousands who paid tribute to Officer Maher at that time, and I still think of the Maher family often. I know I am one of many grateful citizens in Federal Way who have not, and will not, forget.Jan Owen, Twin Lakes
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Congressman supports boycott of OlympicsFrom the Bellevue Reporter: In an in-terview with KIRO Radio’s Jason Rantz, Rep. Adam Smith (d-district 9) joined a growing number of individuals, businesses and com-munities offering support for the boycott of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Russia if President Vladimir Putin does not renounce a broad new anti-gay propaganda law. “It’s an ugly, ugly situation in Russia right now and we should put as much pressure on them as possible to change some of those policies,” said Congress-man Smith, a democrat, in the broadcast interview. He said that the competing countries and athletes needed to be reassured that gay athletes would not
be discriminated against or harassed during the Olympic games. “If we have a situation where gay athletes from any country show up to Russia to compete in a competition and face arrest, that’s completely unacceptable,” said Smith. Boycotts of Russian liquor and food also have cropped up. Under the sweeping new law, “propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations” is forbidden, including hold-ing hands, carrying symbols like a rainbow flag and speaking about homosexuality
around minors. Citizens of countries that do permit gay marriage will be forbidden from adopting Rus-sian children. Media coverage from the country has reported arrests during gay pride rallies and the vio-lent treatment of activists. Smith represents the 9th Congressional district, which includes Federal Way.
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Community members had the chance to weigh in on the pet goat de-bate at the Federal Way City Council’s Aug. 6 meeting.
Ava Anissipour, 12, is attempt-ing to get the city to reconsider the ordinance regarding pet goats in an effort to keep a second pygmy goat — named Juju — that she recently brought into her home.
While Anissipour made a strong presentation to the council, Mayor Skip Priest indicated that the law still had to be followed, and that she would have to give up Juju for the time being. The mayor indicated that a deal had been worked out for Juju to go back to the breeder where the goat was purchased, while the city continues to work on the issue.
Anissipour’s neighbor, Nancy Mc-Clure, stepped up to bat for the young girl, saying her experiences with Anis-sipour’s goats has been nothing but positive. Fellow Federal Way resident Kris O’Neal made the case that goats don’t really have a place in the urban/suburban setting of Federal Way.
“I want you to know, her goats have been very good neighbors,” McClure said. “They’re out on leashes when they go on walks. My dogs have come into contact with them, appropriately, more so than I can say for other ani-mals in the neighborhood.”
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goats have been model neighbors under Anissipour’s ownership.
“There has been no issue that I, or the neighbors that I have spoken with, concerning smell or noise,” she said. “My dogs are herding dogs, so I’m sure that, if there was an issue, my dogs would be all over it. My dogs are able to greet the goats and get along quite well.”
McClure added that as someone who has shown dogs for 30-plus years, she fully understands Anissipour’s need for animal companionship. Along with this, like any pet issue, McClure said it’s more about the own-ers than the animals, and indicated that Anissipour and her family have been exemplary owners.
“I appreciate the fact you’re looking at this,” she concluded, referencing the fact that the city is examining the current ordinance and what modifica-tions could possibly be made to the ordinance.
O’Neal, who described herself as a “resident, business owner and a community property manager,” said that in her extensive time as a prop-erty manager in Federal Way, she’s typically found the consensus to be against people keeping animals such as goats as household pets.
“During my 15 years as a property manager, I’ve dealt with a number of livestock issues,” she said. “And in every instance, the community has solidly opposed livestock in neighbor-hoods. Goats are not a pet for subur-
ban areas. In Federal Way, most yards are very close together, and a goat in a neighbor’s yard is not what anyone wants to see or smell.”
“I request that you don’t allow goats or other livestock as pets in Federal Way. You need to look out for the majority of the citizens and not just an individual with a pet,” she added.
Anissipour’s troubles started when her family added a second pygmy goat, Juju, as a pet. Anissipour was able to get one of her goats, Lilly, des-ignated as a service animal, but Juju is not a service animal.
According to Federal Way city code, goats are considered a large livestock animal, and the property require-ments for that classification include having 70,000 square feet, which is a little less than 2 acres. Anissipour’s single-family property, located in the Brittany Lane neighborhood near Wild Waves Theme Park, measures roughly 6,000 square feet.
Goats are allowed as pets in some cities. In 2007, the Seattle City Coun-cil voted to reclassify pygmy goats as small animals rather than farm animals. In Seattle, goats require pet licenses just like cats and dogs.
Pet goat debate: Council hears pros and cons of girl’s case
Ava Anissipour and one of her pet pygmy goats, Lilly. Courtesy photo
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One of Federal Way’s biggest sports and cultural festivals returns this month with soccer, volleyball, food and activities for the whole family. Now in its sixth year,
Desna Cup runs 7 to 9 p.m. Aug. 16 (music concert) and noon to 9 p.m. Aug. 17 at Saghalie Middle School, 33914 19th Ave. SW. Last year’s event attracted more than 3,000 people.
Russian immigrants Leo-nid Lisitsyn and Veronika Lisitsyna came to Federal Way 13 years ago. With the city’s ethnic diversity in
mind, they started Desna Cup as a way to bring cultures together. The event is named after the Desna River, which runs through their native country.
Soccer teams from Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Canada will compete. Spectators can check out volleyball, tug-of-war and arm-wrestling competi-
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“All costs are part of the district’s General Fund,” McLean said.
Trips like these are just the start for creating the transition for FWPS students to become global citizens, said Neu at the school board’s July 23 meeting.
Neu said he supports “the school board’s vision for educating our students to suc-ceed in a globally connected world.”
“Our students have to be globally compe-tent, which means they must speak at least one other language, must understand other cultures and be able to operate successfully in a diverse and complex global economy,” Neu said. “It’s our responsibility to provide them the education to do this.”
Moore said that board members will be traveling to a number of Western countries in the fall, including Finland, Scotland and England, saying that “Finland is the pre-miere education system in the world.”
As for the costs of these trips, Neu con-ceded that he did pay $1,400 out of pocket in hotel costs, and that his flight costs were covered by the district, but did posit that the costs are not a high priority when it comes to preparing students.
“The question is not whether we can afford to prepare our students for a globally competitive world, but what is the cost of not preparing them?” he said. “In addition to implementing globally focused curricu-lum and programs, we must also establish relationships with educators from around the world. We must learn from each other and with each other. …Our study mis-sions enable me and board members to establish these relationships firsthand…We
also believe there is an opportunity for the district to generate revenue by sponsoring visiting students and teachers from other countries.”
Moore indicated that these trips are important enough for him that he’s willing to forgo making money here at home.
“I’m self-employed, so if I go, I don’t make money,” he said.Chinese education delegation
The Northeast Yucai Experimental School in Beijing is one of the schools vis-ited by Neu and Moore last spring.
On Aug. 1, a leaders from that school were among a Chinese delegation that toured the Technology Access Foundation (TAF) Academy and Thomas Jefferson High School. It was the first Chinese educa-tion delegation to visit Federal Way.
“They are here as a result of (Moore and Neu’s) trip to China to learn about our schools and to explore possible exchange learning opportunities,” district spokes-woman Deb Stenberg told The Mirror. Among the visitors was Sinuo Wang, a Chinese student who is planning to come to the U.S. for her high school education.
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On Aug. 1, Thomas Jefferson High School International Baccalaureate Teacher Carol Lee and members of the Chinese delegation explain to students taking a summertime French class that Chinese students typically begin studying English in the primary grades. PHOTO COURTESY OF DEB STENBERG
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Federal Way’s prosperity: Join Scott Roberts and Glen Morgan of The Freedom Foundation from 3 to 5 p.m. Aug. 13 to discuss ideas for Federal Way’s prosperity. Meeting is at State Rep. Linda Koch-mar’s office, 930 S. 336th St., Suite A. Another gathering will run 5:30 to 8 p.m. Aug. 13 at Marlene’s Market and Deli, 2565 S. Gateway Center Pl. Call (253) 632-0961.Lions Classic Car Show: The annual classic car show runs all day Aug. 17 at The Commons mall
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a day pass at the theme park, and Wild Waves season ticket holders may attend for free. Bring lawn chairs or blankets. Tickets are $22 at fusionfederalway.org.Pay it Forward: Reach Out Fed-eral Way will hold its annual break-fast fundraiser to benefit local homeless shelters from 7 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. Sept. 24 at the Christian Faith Center. Event features a silent auction and testimony from case managers. KIRO News anchor Steve Raible will emcee. Tickets are $200 per table or $25 per person. Learn more at reachoutfederalway.org.
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Thomas Jefferson High School sophomores Kyleigh Carbon and Jacob Swanson were honored for recently volunteering, along with other students, to paint the Lake Dolloff substation of the King County Sheriff’s Office. Both students also raise money for Guide Dogs for the Blind through the Auburn club Training Paws.
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Sidelines: Possible Olympic boycott would devastate athletes
Federal Way native J.R. Celski is shooting for his second Winter Olympics in short track speedskating after winning two medals in 2010.
There is a growing movement from plenty of powerful people that the United States should boycott the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Rus-sia — which is too bad.
It’s a shame when political power plays find their way into the Olympic Games. Athletic competitions, espe-cially the sacred Olympics, are supposed to be a sanctu-ary and free of ideology.
There are plenty of reasons for the U.S. Olympic Team to stay away from Russia — with the biggest being a new law signed by Russia President Vladimir Putin that makes the public discussion of gay rights or relationships punishable by arrest or fines.
Other reasons include Putin’s
regime actively arming Syria’s dictator, Basher al-Assad, in his war against Western-backed rebels, continued blocking of international measures aimed at stopping Iran’s nuclear pro-
gram, and granting asylum to former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.
As of right now, a boycott doesn’t seem like it’s in the cards. The U.S. Olympic Committee reports that it “is not considering a boycott of the Games in Russia.”
But President Obama and the White House haven’t ruled it out.
“I’m not going to engage in specula-tion about that, and the Olympics are a long way off,” White House Spokes-man Jay Carney said last month.
A boycott would be devastating for athletes like Federal Way native J.R. Celski. The short track speedskater has literally been training for years in hopes of peaking for the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Celski’s career started as a 4-year-old inline skater at Federal Way’s Pat-tison’s West with his father, Bob, and two brothers, Chris and David. After numerous inline national champion-ships, Celski switched over to the ice as a 12-year-old to follow in the skates of his idol, Apolo Ohno, who was also a former Pattison’s skater and Olympic gold medalist.
Most recently, Celski won the 2012 overall title at the U.S. Senior Short Track Speedskating National Cham-pionships in December, and set the
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Jamie Nilsen reached the pin-nacle of boat racing in the United States last weekend when he drove an unlimited hydroplane in the final heat of the Albert Lee Cup at Seafair Sunday on Lake Washington.
The 2003 Thomas Jef-ferson graduate and his U-48 Snoqualmie Ca-sino boat ended up finishing in seventh place in the seven-boat Albert Lee Cup championship heat. But the 28-year-old gained plenty of experience being in the cockpit of the turbine-powered hydroplane over the course of the weekend.
Nilsen started racing boats as a 12-year-old with his father, Jim, a former teacher and coach at Todd Beamer High School. He has won a pair of national outboard motor championships and first drove an unlimited hydroplane three years ago, but it wasn’t enough to qualify as a certified racer.
That didn’t happen until the last weekend in July at the Columbia Cup in the Tri-Cities. To qualify as an unlimited driver, Nilsen had to run 10 laps at more than 130 mph and drive two heats as the trailer boat. That’s where you have to start five sec-onds behind all the other boats
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TJ’s nilsen finishes in seventh at Seafair
Marine Hills makes it three in a row
By CaSey OlSOn
The Marine Hills Swim Team ex-tended its dominance of the Seattle Summer Swim League by winning its third-straight All-City champi-onship Tuesday night at the Sand Point Country Club in Seattle.
The Marine Hills combined boys and girls team tallied a grand total of 309 points to outdistance second-place Aqua Club, which tal-lied 301 points. Federal Way’s other summer swim team, Twin Lakes, finished in 10th place overall with 101 points. There were a grand total
of 16 teams at the All-City Cham-pionships.
Marine Hills won 16 individual race titles Tuesday night in Seattle, but the competition was a lot closer than a season ago when Marine Hills dominated, winning 23 of 72 races contested and set seven All-City records.
The All-City championship came after Marine Hills rolled through the regular season unbeaten. It was the third year in a row that the Fish and Tree (the name of the team) have completed the impres-sive double. In 2011, Marine Hills was undefeated during the regular season for the first time in the pro-gram’s history and won its first-ever All-City championship.
Individually, the Marlins got a pair of wins from Kenna Ramey and Courtney Hughes. Ramey, who won the 50- and 100-yard freestyle state titles in the fall for the Federal
Way Eagles, took home champion-ships in the 50 free (23.74) and the 50 butterfly (25.56) in the girls 15-over category.
Hughes won the girls 11-12 100 individual medley in a time of 1:04.48, and won the 50 backstroke (30.11).
Marine Hills’ other individual race wins came from Casey Nguyen in the boys 13-14 50 back (26.85), Shianne Lindh in the girls 11-12 50 free (33.04), James McDonald in the boys 11-12 50 breaststroke (34.14), Emily Nguyen in the girls 9-10 100 individual med-ley (1:14.88), Kaycee Simpson in the girls 13-14 100 IM (1:02.50), Michah Oh in the boys 13-14 100 IM (57.82), Breanna Ross in the girls 11-12 50 butterfly (28.63), and Liam Casey in the boys 11-12 50 butterfly (30.72).
Marine Hills also won four relay
Boys and girls swim team outdistances 16 squads to win Seattle Summer Swim League
Marine Hills Swim Team’s Matt Um jumps off the starting blocks during the All-City Championships Tuesday at Sand Point Country Club in Seattle. Marine Hills won the 16-team summer swim title for the third year in a row. PHOTO COurTeSy OF Dr. eDWArD LO
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The Twin Lakes Penguins picked up three individual race titles during the All-City Meet. Valerie McNolty won the girls 13-14 100 yard freestyle in a time of 55.94, Ian Olufson won the boys 13-14 100 freestyle in an impressive time of 50.21 and Sam Hoag took the championship in the boys 13-14 50 breaststroke in a time of 30.05.
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members of the marine Hills Swim Team cheer each other on during the All-City Championships.
Marine Hills Swim Team member Robert Hughes swims the breaststroke during the All-City Championships Tuesday at the Sand Point Country Club in Seattle. Marine Hills won the team title for the third year in a row. See more photos online at federalwaymirror.com.
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world record in the 500 meters.Celski brought home a pair
of bronze medals from the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, but he did so as a 20-year-old. He was also coming off a gruesome injury just months before the Olympics. He had gashed his left thigh with his skate and required dozens of stitches.
The Sochi Olympics are slated to be Celski’s coming-out party on the worldwide stage. He will be among the favorites to stand atop the medal stand in the three individual events (500, 1,000 and 1,500 meters), along with the relays.
“He is a kid from (Federal Way) who just wants to compete and represent his country,” said his father, Federal Way City Council-man Bob Celski, in an email to The Mirror. “He is two weeks out from the critical World Cup (not Olympic yet) trials, and given the pressure he is already un-der, certainly doesn’t need to be distracted by the latest politically-generated reason for an Olympic boycott by the U.S.”
The movement in the Pacific Northwest to boycott the Sochi Games got a lot of muscle behind it earlier this week when Rep. Adam Smith (D-District 9) added his name as a supporter.
“It’s an ugly, ugly situation in Russia right now and we should put as much pressure on them as possible to change some of those policies,” said Congressman Smith, a Democrat, in a broadcast interview on KIRO Radio.
Smith represents the 9th Con-gressional District, which includes Federal Way. District 9 stretches from Tacoma in the south to Mercer Island and Bellevue in the north.
Smith said that the competing countries and athletes needed to be reassured that gay athletes would not be discriminated against or harassed during the Olympic games.
“If we have a situation where gay athletes from any country show up to Russia to compete in a competition and face arrest, that’s completely unacceptable,” said Smith.
Under the sweeping new anti-gay law in Russia, “propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations” is forbidden, including holding hands, carrying symbols like a rainbow flag and speaking about homosexuality around minors. Citizens of countries that do permit gay marriage also will be forbidden from adopting Russian children.
Media coverage from the coun-try has reported arrests during
gay pride rallies along with violent treatment of activists.
Russia’s sports minister said last week that the country will enforce the new law during the Olympic Games in Sochi.
“An athlete of nontraditional sexual orientation isn’t banned from coming to Sochi,” Vitaly Mutko said in an interview with R-Sport, the sports newswire of state news agency RIA Novosti. “But if he goes out into the streets and starts to propagandize, then of course he will be held account-able.”
The law specifies punishment for foreign citizens to include fines of up to 100,000 rubles ($3,000), time in prison for up to 15 days, deportation and denial of re-entry into Russia.
The last time the United States boycotted an Olympic Games was in the summer of 1980, when President Jimmy Carter kept the Americans out of the Moscow Olympics. The Soviet Union re-turned the favor during the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
We will see what happens from now until the 2014 Winter Olympics kickoff in February. It’s going to be interesting to see what unfolds. Let’s just hope Celski, who started skating at Pattison’s West, has a chance to “go for the gold” in Russia.
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for 10 weeks. Games are on Saturdays. Little League Baseball is the world’s largest organized youth sports program with over 2 million boys and girls around the world playing baseball and softball.
• After winning the Sandy Koufax State Championship in July, the 13-under Federal Way Knights baseball team travelled to Steamboat Springs, Colo., and finished in first place at the Triple Crown World Series on Aug. 5.
The Knights went 2-0-1 in
pool play and 6-0 in bracket play, facing teams from Ne-braska, Oregon and California. There were teams from 16 states and two countries at the tourna-ment and 37 teams in all. The Knights beat The Crew out of Spokane in the championship game, 15-5, to win the title.
The team includes Luke Tedrick, Tim Hughes, Kirin Peterson, Bodi Tisch, Jordan Haworth, Tyler Muller, Ayden Adams, Eli Graham, Connor Keene, Quin Hanson, Trey Hunt and Garrett Morris. The team is coached by Scott Keene, Danny Graham and Joe Haworth.
The Federal Way Knights 13-under baseball team won the Triple Crown World Series title earlier this week in Steamboat Springs, Colo. CourTeSy phoTo
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