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Jill Joiner-Wong competes in the squat at the Fife Holiday Classic in December. She cleared 286.5 pounds in the event, an American masters record.COURTESY PHOTO

BY MARK KLAAS

[email protected] painful injury, a break from the

action didn’t discourage Jill Joiner-Wong from trying again.

Auburn’s undaunted, world-class powerli� er took baby steps in the weight room, gradually regain-

ing her strength and con� dence to return to the competitive stage.

“Initially, I was like, ‘Maybe I’m done, maybe this isn’t what I should be doing,’ ” the 42-year-old Joiner-Wong said of injuring her back early last year. “� e injury was bad enough to where I couldn’t reach

down to pick up my keys or tie my own shoes.

“I was depressed,” she admitted. “I wasn’t sure I was ever going to compete again.”

But Joiner-Wong – a� er listening to her coaches, family and friends – followed a lengthy rest and rehab

[ more JOINER-WONG page 16 ]

POWER AND STRENGTH TO COME BACKAuburn woman rebounds to set U.S. powerlifting records

As skies broke open last Saturday, Auburn residents got busy cleaning up from the snow and ice storms. RACHEL CIAMPI, Auburn Reporter

Auburn comes togeth-er Sunday to celebrate the community’s distinct blend of song and dance, storytelling and history.

Uniquely Auburn – a community-sponsored festival recognizing the city’s cultural diversity, interesting people, places and events – unfolds Sunday at the Perform-

ing Arts Center, 700 E. Main St.

It all begins at 2 p.m. It is free and open to the public.

� e program includes: Uniquely Auburn, “Late Night with Michael Hursh”; house band Slaughter, featuring

Uniquely Auburn returns Sunday

[ more UNIQUE page 4 ]

BY SHAWN SKAGER

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When David Wight is at work he’s in seventh heaven.

For the new manager of the Games Workshop Su-perMall store, work isn’t really work, it’s pleasure.

“� is has been my hobby for so long, I’d say either this or working at LucasFilms (maker of the Star Wars movies) would be my dream jobs,” Wight said.

Wight, who took over the Auburn store last Octo-ber, will have the chance to share his love for tabletop miniature gaming with the public at the store’s Meet and Greet. � e Feb. 4 event features gaming opportuni-ties, tips on constructing and painting miniatures, and interactive gaming for

the public.Founded in London

in 1975, Games Work-shop produces three core games – Warhammer 40,000, Warhammer Fantasy Battles and Lord of the Rings, based on the books by J.R.R. Tolkien.

“We make the � nest toy soldier models in the world with fun games to go with them,” Wight said.

Players purchase, con-struct, paint and � eld min-iature armies against other players, simulating battles with outcomes determined by a mix of strategy and luck of the die.

Warhammer hobby-ists can choose to battle in the distant future – 38,000 years to be exact – in Warhammer 40,000, battle in a world of swords

Gaming made fun for players, collectors, hobbyists

[ more GAMES page 4 ]

BY ROBERT WHALE

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Trees cracking like ri� e shots under crushing ice.

Warming shelters crammed with shivering people, driven from pow-erless homes.

Bleary-eyed women and stubble-chinned men, some in bathrobes, and small, teddy-bear-clutching chil-dren crowding any open restaurant that o� ered a hot meal.

Trees fallen on cars, cars in ditch-es, road closures. Closed schools. Ice that tinkled as homeowners knocked

it from beleaguered trees and bushes. Finally, the buzz of chainsaws and

the cheering sight of neighbor help-

ing neighbor pick up the pieces a� er the worst was over.

Just a few of the many images and sounds that last week’s � erce snow and ice storm has seared into the city’s collective memory

According to Puget Sound Energy, at its peak the storm that began dur-ing the early morning hours of Jan. 17 knocked out power to more than 400,000 customers. As of 11 p.m. Tuesday, PSE had restored power to 404,000 homes and businesses, but some 12,000 customers were still

WINTER STORM AFTERMATH

City slowly recovers from fury

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♥ TOday resolve to stretch, flex and play to keep your heart in shape. The Auburn Parks, Arts and Recreation Department offers a variety of fun fitness classes including Zumba, Aikido, Pilates, Yoga, Tai Chi and Boot Camp. For a complete class schedule, call 253-931-3043 or visit www.AuburnWa.gov/play.

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♥ TOday Come Out and play! Indoor and outdoor activities abound at the Auburn Senior Center including volleyball, Wii bowling, golf leagues, hiking/biking/snowshoeing groups and more! Or try out a fitness class designed just for seniors. For more information, call 253-931-3016.

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and sorcery in Warhammer Fan-tasy Battles or delve into warfare in Tolkien’s Middle Earth.

For Wight and other enthu-siasts of tabletop gaming, the appeal of the Warhammer worlds and gaming system is simple.

“� ere are three reasons people get into this, either the collecting aspect, the building and paint-ing aspect or just playing the game,” he said. “� en there are people who are into the complete package, the ones who bought the piece for their collection and painted and built it to play in a tournament.”

Games Workshop not only pro-vides the model kits used to build the pieces to � eld an army but also the paint and tools needed to construct them.

� e store also provides several gaming tables for players to come and battle.

“� ey’re open whenever the store is open,” Wight said.

Introductory core sets for each of the companies’ games run about $99, Wight said.

“� ey are the foundation of the hobby,” he said. “You get the rule-book, the dice, the rulers and the

templates that you need. And you get two complete armies to start with in those kits. It’s designed to be built and get you playing in an a� ernoon.”

� e store also features a hobby bar.

“It’s open for people to come in and work on their models, paint and build them,” Wight said.

Show and tell� e Feb. 4 event, which o� ers

a chance to help build and paint a terrain table for the store as well as gaming opportunities, is a chance for Wight to put the word out that the store is under new management.

“It’s a way for them to come down, meet me and see how the store has changed,” Wight said. “� ey can see what events we have planned for the future.”

It’s also a chance for Wight to share the reasons why he and other hobbyists are attracted to the game.

“� e product we have is fully customizable,” he said. “It’s very intellectual and interactive. It’s also very tactile. You’re not just sitting on the couch with a con-troller in your hands talking to

someone on a headset. You’re not just spending time by yourself.

“Every game you play is going to have a living, breathing person across the table from you.”

� e Auburn SuperMall Games Workshop, 1202 Supermall Way

SW, Suite 104, is open 2-8 p.m. Wednesday-� ursday. � e store is open from noon to 8 p.m. Friday; noon to 9 p.m. Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. For more information, visit www.facebook.com/GWSupermall.

Dave Hoskin and Jim Char; top 10 lists; “unique” Auburn-related commercials; the Holy Family School � � h-grade choir; the Ukrainian Church Band; Miss Auburn Daniela Ferrell on piano; Auburn’s inaugural poet laureate, Dick Brugger; Miss Auburn Out-standing Teen 2011 and rhyth-mic gymnast Naomi Moore; Native American cra� s; art and poetry exhibit; Striped Water poets; Liz Keeley per-forming “God Bless America” and more.

A complimentary “sit-down” dinner featuring beef and vegetarian stew, rolls and brownies follows the program in the theater.

� e Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, Soroptimist Internation-al of Auburn, City of Auburn Arts Commission, Auburn School District, and Trillium sponsor the 17th annual event.

For more information, please call Janice Nelson at 206-349-3061.

Uniquely Auburn can be found on Facebook, or by visit-ing www.uniquelyauburn.org.

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From left, Adam Mulvaney, Zach Barlow and Games Workshop manager Alan Wight discuss miniature gaming next to one of the Auburn store’s gaming tables. SHAWN SKAGER, Auburn Reporter


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without electricity, almost all of them in King, Pierce and � ur-ston counties. More than 1,000 line workers, aided by tree-cutting crews, damage assessors and oth-ers were working to restore power. Virtually all of the remaining cus-tomers who had lost power from the storms should have had their electricity restored by Wednesday.

Lea Hill resident Nick Kocher was one of the last to get his lights on again. His condominium was still without power Monday a� ernoon.

“My wife and I have been spending time with friends,” Kocher said as he and his dog, Chloe, picked their way through the detritus of storm-battered Isaac Evans Park. “We got hold of a generator and a space heater. We got the � replace going. We sat in our cars charging our cell phones and computers.”

� e sheer quantity of fallen tree branches at the park surprised him.

“I lived in Scandinavia my whole life, and I haven’t seen anything like this,” Kocher said. “I mean, it’s insane. It’s the � rst time I’ve been down to the park since this happened, and it’s shocking. I’ve been in tornadoes before, and that’s what this looks like.”

Even old-timers couldn’t recall anything like it.

Auburn native Rob Hancock, homeless for about seven years, was one of the people taking advantage of the City’s warm-ing shelter at Veterans Memorial

Park. He showed up there when the shelter at Les Gove reached capacity.

“It’s been great,” Hancock said. “Without it – I’m not kidding – I would have had literally no place to go. � ere’s co� ee and food, blankets, cots, man, they got it all.”

Hancock thanked the Auburn Food Bank and the City.

“It’s a blessing,” said another man who would only identify himself as Don. “Everybody in this community has helped this time. � ere’s a meal every day of the week.”

With Auburn Mayor Pete Lewis away at the National Mayor’s Conference in Washington D.C., newly minted Deputy Mayor Nancy Backus was in charge. It was, Backus said, “a trial by ice.”

“I was in contact with Pete Wednesday night and � ursday morning at 4 a.m. We were email-ing back and forth, and he said, ‘I may need you to go to City Hall at some point.’ I quickly showered, because no one down here would want to see me without that, and it was about 7:30 a.m., so we just started telling people who were asking if they should come in to work that if they were worried, stay at home.”

Backus took her turn on the phones.

“I got to hear what people had to say and what their concerns were,” Backus said. “� ey were just wanting to know when they were getting power back, how the roads were, what roads were closed. � e � rst day, especially, everybody was just really kind.

� e second day they were a little bit stronger in wanting to be heard. Still, as long as somebody was acknowledging that there were issues and that they were be-ing taken care of, they were OK.”

One poignant call, Backus said, came from a woman whose husband had just passed away and wanted to know what to do about his funeral.

Backus praised City crews for doing “a tremendous job” sanding streets and sidewalks, helping with downed trees and fallen limbs, doing whatever was needed.

Facilities sparedDaryl Faber, director of Auburn

Parks, Arts and Recreation, said no City facilities other than fences sustained structural damage.

Doug Lein, economic director of the City of Auburn, said the overall impact on business won’t be known until the next sales tax report is issued in February.

For some businesses that had power, if only brie� y, there was money to be made in the storm-induced homelessness. By nightfall Wednesday, a number of hotels with power had put up the no-vacancy signs.

Not everybody was so lucky.“I talked to several of the

hotels,” said Debbie Luce, director of the Auburn Tourism Board. “Comfort Inn was down and without power for two days. Four years ago when we had that last big storm, all the hotels had power, and we did fantastic.

“I just haven’t got a � nished report on every single one of the hotels. But I’m sure that if they were out at Comfort, that meant Travel Lodge, and Guest House and Cedars were probably out also,” Luce said.

� e Rainbow Cafe on East Main did a brisk business � urs-day morning and a� ernoon, be-fore the power went out on a large swath of the downtown. It would not come on again until 9 a.m. Saturday.

“It looked like a ghost town,” Luce said of the downtown.

Grocery stores, including Grocery Outlet and Safeway were forced to throw out perishables spoiled by the outages.

Jim Rottle estimated that Rottles Clothing and Apparel on East Main lost $8,000 to $10,000 to the storm.

“You don’t get that back,” Rottle said.

“I closed on � ursday because of the ice,” said Colleen Barry, owner of the Kitsch-En Restau-rant. “I just wasn’t comfortable driving in the ice. � en Friday, it was just me working here all by my little self, with everybody showing up for breakfast. I was pulling my hair out. I had my usual customers get up and help.”

Barry said that she lost about $800.

One of her customers, Barry said, informed her he was “jones-ing for an omelet,” caught a bus down Lea Hill – only to get there three minutes a� er the power died.

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Steven Petriv took advantage of last week’s storm to snowboard down an Auburn � eld. RACHEL CIAMPI, Auburn Reporter


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The REPLACEMENT levy❏✓ Lowers class size

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❏✓ Funds basic instructional programs, textbooks and more

❏✓ Supports ALL athletics and activities

❏✓ Funds state shortfall in transportation

The reconstruction bond for Auburn High School❏✓ Replaces the aging classroom building

❏✓ Enhances parking for community events

❏✓ Updates and increases student safety

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Police claim Denzil Rick Moore shot and killed 55-year-old Thomas Humphries because Moore believed that his on-again, off-again friend was a child molester, then disposed of his body at a vacant home in Auburn.

Last week, King County Prosecutors charged Moore, 45, of Des Moines, with first-degree murder. Prosecutors also charged Glae Matthew Roland, 34, Des Moines, with render-ing first-degree criminal assistance for allegedly helping Moore dispose of Humphries bullet-riddled

body and conceal evidence.Both men have pleaded

not guilty and are awaiting trial in King County Jail.

Here is a summation of Auburn Police Detective Buie Arneson’s account of events, which forms the basis of the charges.

On Jan. 14, a man who had been hired to mow the lawn at the vacant property at 11112 SE 304th St. found a dead man in the grass and called police.

The King County Medical Examiner used the man’s fingerprints to identify him the next day as Humphries, Accord-ing to the autopsy report, Humphries had sustained four gunshot wounds to his

body. One had severed his aorta and killed him.

Auburn police got a break when they learned that the King County Sheriff ’s Office had been talking to a witness, Glae Roland, who told them he had been in the vehicle when Humphries was shot. Roland also described the weapon as a .22-caliber handgun, which matched the bullets the medical ex-aminer had removed from Humphries’ body.

Roland told Auburn de-tectives that he and Moore were friends, and that Moore had been a friend of the dead man.

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Auburn police responded to the fol-lowing calls for service, among many others, between Jan. 16 and Jan. 23:

Jan. 16Burglary: 6:02 a.m., 1344 17th St. SE. A witness called 911 to report that he had seen two men inside a secured, fenced car lot, removing tires from the lot by throwing them over the fence to a neighboring apartment complex. Police contacted the two tire filchers and arrested them.Vandalism: 7:19 p.m., 400 block of 37th Street Southeast. A woman called 911 to complain that a pole had “gone through her house.” She told dispatch that the pole was about six feet long, and that she had no idea when or how the perforation of her domicile happened. Turns out that a neighbor’s friend builds garage-door-opening systems, and he may have backed into the victim’s house.

Jan. 17Assault on police officer: 6:34 p.m., 1902 A St. SE. Police arrested a teenage girl for third-degree assault after she launched her fists at a police

officer. The officer blocked the punch and wasn’t hurt. Police also arrested a man for obstruction of a law enforce-ment officer and resisting arrest.Shoplifting: 7:25 p.m., 801 Auburn Way N. A loss prevention employee at Fred Meyer reported that he or she had caught a 17-year-old boy trying to leave the store with a car battery without bothering himself with that bit about paying.Trespassing: 8:19 p.m., 12932 SE. 288th Place. Three unknown suspects trespassing at an abandoned house used the fireplace to roast smores. The sweet-toothed suspects left before police could get there.

Jan. 19Shoplifting: 3:48 p.m., 101 Auburn Way S. Police arrested a woman for stealing soap, glasses and other items from Safeway. Police did not disclose a value for the pilfered items.

Jan. 21Theft: 6:54 a.m., 13000 block of Southeast 305th Place. Somebody stole a generator from a home. Police did not disclose a value for the missing generator.

Vandalism: 5:15 p.m., 500 block of 27th Street Southeast. During his 5-year-old son’s birthday party, a man decided to get angry with his wife con-

cerning her checking of his cell phone usage. The unhappy male punched the wall three times to express the ferocity of his outrage. His wife refused to help police.

Jan. 23Burglary: 5:50 a.m., 700 M St. NE. Burglars broke into a building under remodel over the weekend, stealing several tools and four spools of medi-cal grade wiring. Police recovered a cell phone apparently belonging to the suspects and found several latent fingerprints.Burglary: Overnight, 1825 K St. SE. Over the weekend, unknown persons burglarized Olympic Middle School, swiping a laptop computer and the contents of a vending machine in the teachers’ lounge area.Burglary: 8:21 a.m., 800 4th St. NE. Burglars hit the Auburn Performing Arts Center at Auburn High School during the recent snowstorm, breaking into a vending machine and abscond-ing with tasty snack foods.Burglary: 12:34 a.m., 2300 block of M Street SE. Burglars hit Pioneer Elementary School during the snow-storm, taking six laptop computers of undisclosed value.Theft: 12:27 p.m., 1825 K St. SE. Thieves stole three projectors from Olympic Middle School of undisclosed value.

This week’s…Police Blotter

The Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to 694 calls for service between Jan. 16 and Jan. 22, among them the following:

Jan. 16Aid call: 4:56 p.m., (Pacific). Fire-fighters evaluated a man who had fallen and treated him before a private ambulance carted him off to Auburn Regional Medical Center.

Jan. 17Aid call: 5:20 p.m., (Algona). Fire-fighters responded to an older woman with low blood sugar. Firefighters and King County Medics treated the woman on-scene and left her with family.

Jan. 18 Patient assist: 7:53 a.m., (North Au-burn). Firefighters helped a disabled, homeless man who required shelter from the terrible weather. Firefighters secured transportation and a shelter solution for the gentleman.

Jan. 19House fire: 12:24 p.m., (Lake Tapps). Firefighters responded to the 21000 block of Edward Road East as mutual aid with East Pierce Fire and Rescue (EPFR) for a 50-percent-involved residential house fire. VRFA firefighters helped EPFR by performing offensive fire attack and ventilation to quickly knock down the fire.

Jan. 20Wires down: (Lea Hill). Firefighters responded to the intersection of South-east 312th Street and 124th where a branch had fallen across the power

lines, creating an arc that produced a small fire. The branch eventually fell to the ground, and the power lines remained intact.

Jan. 21Aid call: 1:15 p.m., (Auburn). Fire-fighters helped a woman who had slipped and fallen on the ice, sustain-ing a leg injury. A private ambulance transported her to ARMC.

Jan. 22Aid call: 3:14 p.m., (Lakeland Hills). Firefighters responded to the 6100 block of Terrace View Lane to see about an older woman who had fallen earlier that morning. The woman’s daughter wanted her examined. The woman had no complaints, but firefighters performed a thorough examination, finding a red, slightly swollen left knee. Firefighters left the woman at home with her family.

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Special thanks at a critical time

I would like to recognize the heart and commitment of the Valley Regional Fire Authority/EMS personnel who helped in a time of need and went above and beyond. I think sometimes people forget to say thank you for the little things that count.

In a busy snow disaster (last) � ursday, my mother got stuck trying to get up Lea Hill. And also with Highway 18 being closed, she could not get my chronically ill daughter, Shiloh, home for critical medication and tube feeding.

Matt and his driver, whose name my daughter couldn’t re-member, gave her a ride home up the hill so she could have the critical medications, etc., she needed.

I want to let them know they went above and beyond to help us, and I am totally grateful.

I want to recognize these two gentleman for the generos-ity of how such a simple act saved my daughter from going into major clusters of seizures without her meds.

I am totally indebted for your kindness, especially when I know how busy and crazy it is for the company in weather like this.

We are truly grateful.– Valene Jones and Shiloh Weaver

Vote yes for Auburn schools

Two issues come to district residents for the Feb. 14 special election, and your support is vitally needed.

� e educational programs and operations replacement levy needs renewal this year. � e levy provides nearly one in every four dollars of the district’s budget and pays for lowering class size, all athletics and activities, custodial and building maintenance and the bulk of transportation expenses among other areas.

� e Auburn High School modernization and recon-struction bond supports the much needed replacement of the downtown high school classroom building and safety,

seismic and facilities modern-ization e� orts with the PAC and auto shop. School debt is at a record low, and this project will ensure high quality, safe, e� cient and e� ective facilities are available to all district high school students.

With construction and borrowing costs at record low levels and the district commit-ted to keeping the total school taxes level for the average resident, inaction this year will only cost more in the future.

Find us on Facebook at facebook.com/auburncitizens-4schools. Please remember to vote “yes” for both the bond and the levy by Feb. 14.– Ryan Anderson and Clarissa Ruston, co-chairs; Kelly McDonald, treasurer; Cathy deJong, secretary, Auburn Citizens for Schools Executive Committee

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We’d like to thank the sta� at the Auburn Public Library for keeping up a high standard of service in a temporary facility. With limited space, they’ve done a great job at serving us and our community.

We can’t wait to see the re-modeled library when it opens. In the meantime, the sta�

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Last week’s nasty snow blast and sub-sequent ice storm that fooled even the forecasters called for a military-style re-sponse from frontline workers and support personnel.

Puget Sound Energy was pushed beyond its limits.

And the recovery continues one week later.

� e utility giant – with help from out-of-state-deployed power crews – has respond-ed to its share of devastating winter storms. But few equal last week’s damaging, frozen

fury from Western Washington’s unforgiv-ing skies.

Auburn was hit especially hard, notably when property-wrecking limbs, branches and trees mangled and brought down power

lines, knocking out electricity to nearly all of the city’s 66,000 or so residents.

City o� cials are in the process of com-piling � gures as costs of the widespread damage mount. Mayor Pete Lewis issued an emergency proclamation Monday to expedite citywide recovery e� orts.

Elsewhere, the snow and ice that slammed Seattle last week cost the Emerald City an estimated $1.35 million.

“I’ve never seen an ice storm that was so damaging as this one,” said Roger � ompson, a PSE spokes-man who has been with the utility company for 12 years. “In terms of the intensity of the damage and the concentration of the outages, it probably was as severe, if not worse, than the Hanukkah Eve storm.”

� at would be in Decem-ber 2006, when an estimated 700,000 homes and businesses lost power in a massive snowstorm that brought gusts of up to 100 mph. � e wind-tossed damages and prolonged outages spread throughout all eight counties PSE serves.

In contrast, last week’s storm pulled the plug on more than 400,000 PSE customers – homes and businesses alike – mainly in

Crews work on a power line along 37th Street Northwest. SHAWN SKAGER, Auburn Reporter


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deserves our thanks for keeping things going in trying conditions.– Dennis and Laurie Brooke

Stormy response from City crews

I want to comment about how ill-equipped the City of Auburn is in an emergency. How would the City’s Emergency Management Division handle a devastating earthquake when they can’t even handle a snow/ice storm?

It’s quite pathetic when people can’t even get out of their homes because there isn’t the revenue to pay for snow plows and the manpower to run those plows. And, if you’re unfortunate enough to be a Comcast customer, who by the way contracts with the City of Auburn, and you bundle your service, you had no landline telephone.

The assumption that we taxpay-ers are so limited and dense to city politics is insulting. The mayor

and the City Council’s actions are absurd, impudent, obnoxious and an insult to our intelligence.

Thanks to PSE for getting to us as quickly as they did. They had a tough job, but some summer maintenance wouldn’t hurt.

And thanks to the new Herfy’s and Food Mart on Lea Hill for being open when restaurants in Auburn were closed. And, last but not least, a big thank you to my neighbors, Peggy and Steve, for thinking of us older neighbors and picking up hot take-out food and hot coffee for us the day of the ice storm and hot coffee the next day.– Jeanne Herold

Police bike patrols welcome

I have just seen the greatest thing. I live at 1630 Riverview Drive NE, which is between 14th and 22nd streets. We are on the river side. I looked out my win-dow and saw two Auburn police officers on bikes riding down the levee. I called out to them, and

they were gracious enough to stop and chat.

I now understand they are do-ing this part-time and are going where cars have no access.

I really would love to see more of this as our city is such that a bike can pretty much get from point to point as quick as a car (considering traffic and all).

They are a real personal pres-ence, and this gives me a better feeling of security, especially since there have been break-ins in recent weeks in our area, through the backs of the houses.

I do hope the City of Auburn expands this program. Since there is no cost for a police car, having bike patrols would be cost efficient, and as I have mentioned, bikes can be just about as quick as a car in some areas and can go where cars cannot.

Burning no fuel also makes the bike patrols a “green” way of providing security in our city. And the plus side of this is that we have the opportunity of knowing our police force better.

I am looking forward to the expansion of the Auburn police bike patrols.– Rick Jones

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tended to deal with child support only for a short time, accord-ing to the family law attorney’s advertisements, which appear in the Reporter frequently. He says, “When incomes increase, child support should increase,” – and should be changed every 1-2 years.

Note, that in these days, when so many people are out of work, he doesn’t mention any provision to decrease child support accord-ingly.

The only people to benefit by dragging divorced couples into court every two years are the at-torneys who pad their checkbooks with somebody else’s hard-earned money.

The awful shame of it is they do it under the pretense that it is in the best interest of the children.– Gerald A. McBreen,past president of the Washington Chapter of Fathers United For Equal Rights

King, Pierce and Thurston counties, Thompson said. The number represents more than a third of PSE’s 1.1 million electrical cus-tomers in the region.

By Wednesday, nearly all of PSE customers regained power, including the remaining 1,900 of those in Auburn who were still in the dark earlier in the week.

It was a colossal mess, PSE officials said.

“The devastation of the trees. It was awesome in nega-tive terms,” Thompson said.

Crews were quickly dispatched after the snow-storm struck overnight on Wednesday (Jan. 18), but the ensuing frozen rain and accumulative ice the follow-ing day made for dangerous work conditions.

“We had many crews out in the field on that Wednes-day. They were already restoring service, getting the lights back on for a fair number of customers, but the branches and limbs, even trees, were dropping all around them,” Thompson said. “Eventually, by mid to late afternoon on Thursday

(Jan. 19), our troops had to pull back. Crews literally had to get into their trucks and leave areas for their own safety. There was so much lumber coming down around them.”

By last Friday, weather and work conditions sta-bilized, enabling crews to fully attack the restoration areas.

Reinforcements also ar-rived from throughout the West and beyond – Alaska to Canada, Arizona to Mis-souri – pushing the total restoration force to about 2,000 workers. That num-ber included more than 200 four-person line teams, along with service repair personnel, tree-cutting

crews, damage assessors and supply and support specialists.

In all, more than 1,500 linemen were working to restore power, though not at the same time.

“We are hitting it with everything we’ve got,” Thompson said Tuesday afternoon.

Crews worked non-stop, with few breaks and little sleep. Crews generally worked 18-hour shifts, six off, then repeated it.

“I think the word heroic is kind of overused, but these people really are Herculean in the way they approach their jobs,” Thompson said. “As hard as they work, we realize how hard it is for the

customer, too.”Extended outages are

frustrating for residents, but they are especially hard on the elderly, many of them immobile and with medical needs.

Thompson and PSE can only sympathize. Despite the large volume, extensive-ness and complexity of the outages, not every customer is understanding.

Utility companies often are criticized, make head-lines when they boost rates and receive their share of complaints from dissatisfied customers.

Some outage-weary customers took it a step further this week, report-edly having threatened PSE

employees at the utility’s Olympia offices. The com-pany hired off-duty State Patrol Troopers to provide security.

For utility companies, the work and scrutiny intensify in the storm season. Crews are pressured to perform quickly and efficiently, around the clock, bad weather and all.

“People can put up with it for a certain amount of time, but not surprisingly people can start to get real cranky over (a prolonged outage),” Thompson said. “We understand this. … It’s hard on people.”

Even harder on the people restoring power to the people.

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� ree internal medicine doctors have joined Auburn Regional Medical Center’s clinic network to open the new Regional Medical Internal Medicine practice in Auburn.

� e practice, which opened Jan. 9, includes three board-certi� ed inter-nal medicine physicians: Dr. Madhavi Mandala, MD; Dr. Nedal Gara, MD; and Dr. Joseph Dawood, MD, MBA.

Dawood begins practic-ing at the clinic in March.

“� ese doctors special-ize in adult medicine and the management of chronic disease,” explained Larry Coomes, CEO of Auburn Regional. “We have an increasing need for internal medicine doctors in our community as our popula-tion grows and ages, and as conditions such as diabetes become more prevalent. � e new clinic gives more

access to this type of care.” Mandala comes to

Auburn from Massachu-setts, where she was part of an established primary care clinic. She completed her residency in internal medicine at St. Barnabas Hospital, Cornell Uni-versity in Bronx, N.Y. Dr. Mandala, originally from India, has a particular inter-est in women’s health and geriatric medicine, as well as chronic disease manage-ment.

Gara returns to the Puget Sound a� er practicing in Spokane. Prior to that, he was an internal medicine hospitalist for Harrison Hospital in Bremerton. Gara, originally from Israel, completed his residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and also holds a degree in nursing as a registered nurse.

Both doctors have fami-lies and live in the area.

Dawood is a familiar face at Auburn, having previ-ously served as a hospitalist at Auburn Regional and as the hospital’s chief of medicine. He completed his residency at the Albert Ein-stein College of Medicine in Bronx, N.Y. Dawood has practiced internal medicine in several Puget Sound area hospitals and in private practice in Washington, Arizona and California.

� e new internal medi-cine practice – located in the medical o� ce building adjacent to the hospital at 202 N. Division Street, Suite 400 – accepts most major insurance, including Medicare and Medicaid. � e clinic phone number is 253-833-7256.

Auburn Regional is a 162-bed community hospital with an a� liated network of specialty care, family practice and urgent care clinics.

Ready to see patients: Dr. Madhavi Mandala, left, and Dr. Nedal Gara are part of the newly established Auburn Regional Medical Center Internal Medicine e� ort. Dr. Joseph Dawood joins the practice in March.MARK KLAAS, Auburn Reporter

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Green River Communi-ty College hosts its annual Lunar New Year Party on Friday from 6 p.m. to mid-night in the Lindbloom Student Center, 12401 SE 320th St., Auburn.

A major holiday for Asian cultures, the cel-ebration marks the start of the Year of the Dragon. Celebrated throughout Asia with regional and cul-tural variations, common themes associated with Lunar New Year are good fortune, happiness, wealth and longevity.

“No matter how dif-ferent people celebrate Lunar New Year, as the most important of the traditional holidays in most eastern and south-eastern Asian countries, it is the time that family members gather together for reunion,” International Student Activities Coordi-nator Samuel Huang said.

“It will be an eye-open-ing experience to partici-pate in this event because of the diverse cultures portrayed through the performances held during the party,” said Vid Wah, second-year student and

International Student Ambassador.

Organized by student groups, the Lunar New Year Festival is a way for people to get involved in college activities. Students and community members see elaborate student-led performances display-ing traditions of Asian cultures.

GRCC students with ID are $9; non-GRCC students are $10.

Contact the Student Life O� ce at 253-833-9111, extension 2400, for more information or to purchase tickets.

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We have all seen the familiar blue gear-shaped logos attached to the poles of the “welcome to” signs in many small towns. “Ro-tary meetings, 12 noon, Wednesdays at…” is usually written below the gear logo. Just what is Rotary anyway? When I ask this question of people, I hear a variety of guesses like: “a self-help group?”, “sort of like a 12 step program?”, “a bunch of old guys who have lunch all the time?” among other things. � e reality is, many people today don’t really know what a service club really is, or what it does.

Have you ever seen a need in your own com-munity and wondered why someone wasn’t doing something about it, or how you could help? Maybe you have been thinking of ways to use your professional skills to help others. Maybe you’re looking for business

and professional connec-tions with other profession-als and people of in� uence in your community. Maybe you feel ready to give back to your community and the world in some way, and you � gure that you can � nd something to do easily on your own. � at’s what the internet is for right? I Googled “community ser-vice” and it came back with 372,000,000 results! Typing in “International service” narrowed it down to only 275,000,000! Is it all starting to seem overwhelming yet? Where do you start, so you can maximize your e� ec-tiveness and impact?

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Welcome to Rotary International, whose motto is “Service Above Self ”. Rotary’s main objective is service — in the com-munity, in the workplace, and around the globe. � e 1.2 million Rotarians who make up more than 34,000 Rotary clubs in nearly every country in the world are people of all cultures and ethnicities. � e club is not

a� liated with any speci� c political or religious organi-zation, and exists primarily to make the world a better place by improving lit-eracy, facilitating access to education, providing clean water and fostering better understanding and peace throughout the world. It is an organization respected worldwide for getting meaningful things done. � at is why the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation chose to team with Rotary International to wipe out Polio. We are literally “this close” to eliminating that crippling disease, which is now limited to a few small pockets in just two or three countries.

� e basic pledge of all Rotarians is to conduct their personal and profes-sional lives by comparing their actions against Ro-tary’s Four-Way Test: 1. Is it the TRUTH? 2. Is it FAIR to all concerned? 3. Will it BUILD GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? 4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned? Does that describe someone you would want to do busi-ness with, be friends with,

and, most importantly, be like yourself? Would you like your healthcare, auto purchases and repair, chil-dren’s education, attorney services, insurance, bank-ing, elder care, construction and repair needs, as well as a host of other things you need and want, to be deliv-ered by someone who has pledged to live their life by the Four-Way Test? � at’s what we all want!

Auburn’s Rotary Club Local Projects

Auburn has its own Rotary club, which meets Wednesdays at noon at the Auburn Municipal Golf Course. Each week we share good food, friendship, inter-esting programs and the ca-maraderie that comes from spending time with people of all ages, professions and backgrounds who share a common vision of making the world around them a better place, whether it’s in our own city or on the other side of the world. What follows are just some of the things that the Auburn club is doing in our community and around the world:

� e annual Rotary schol-arship show each Spring, in partnership with country music station 94.1 KMPS, is approaching nearly one million dollars raised over almost 30 years. � e annual Rotary golf tournament has raised tens of thousands of dollars in the last few years, which has gone to support many di� erent children’s charities right here in Auburn, as well as in places like Uganda, Kenya and the Philippines. � e Rupert/Rotary/Auburn Parks De-partment Giving Tree was the brainchild of one of our Rotarian’s spouses that has grown into a major source of warm clothing, blankets, toys and other needs each winter for people in severe need right here in our area.

International Projects

Internationally, the Auburn Rotary club has helped by providing funds for a roofs and windows for a small medical clinic in Uganda, partnering with other area Rotary clubs to buy the dental equipment for a new clinic in a rural

area of Kenya, purchas-ing � ocks of chickens and providing mosquito nets to another small village. In addition, by combining forces with Rotary Clubs around the world, the Rotary Foundation tackles huge issues like eradicating polio, easing su� ering a� er natural disasters and foster-ing world peace.

All that was accom-plished by a small group of people in a little city called Auburn. Are you sure you want to � gure out how make the most e� ective use of your volunteer activi-ties on your own? Why not consider joining a great group of people right here in town already making a di� erence locally and around the globe, and enjoy the great friendship and networking opportunities in the process? If you want to � nd out more, join us for lunch next Wednesday, check us out on the web at www.rotary.org, or email me personally at [email protected]. I would be happy to discuss how join-ing Rotary could make the word a better place…and you a better person.

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Every year the Auburn Rotary invites potential candi-dates for PFW to a luncheon where they are given an op-portunity to experience a mock interview and an introduc-tion to the luncheon attendees.

� rough key networking, including Rotarian Trish Borden and Trillium Employment Services, and leadership roles, PFW has helped create 34 jobs in District 5030.

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� e Auburn Rotary Scholarship Show in May at the Performing Arts Center featured multi-platinum singer Sara Evans. � e concert, now in its 28th year, is a major community project for the Club and provided 84 scholar-ships to Auburn high school students this year.

� e culinary students at Auburn High School prepared hors d’oevres and beverages before and a� er the show for the sponsors and benefactors, who also had the opportu-nity to meet the entertainers.

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� e Giving Tree at the Auburn Walmart provided the best of Christmases for many families throughout the Auburn area.

For all the unnamed little girls and boys, the tags might as well have blazed with all the collected lights of Christ-mas.

“We are smiling,” said Au-burn Rotarian Diane Rupert. “It was a tremendous year.”

� e e� ort raised $20,920, outstripping Rupert’s hopes by almost $1,000.

More important than the donations themselves — the � esh-and-blood people who were helped.

“I adopted a Hispanic community, a very poor, poor

community. It was the most amazing experience I ever had in my life,” Rupert said.

“Words cannot express what that does, to give back, to pay it forward, is the most powerful thing a person can do. We go home to our warm houses, to food in the fridge, but a lot of these kids and their parents don’t have that. If we all were to give something back, we could help out with hunger, help out with children that need a warm coat in the winter,” Rupert said.

� is local charity has always had a huge heart, and one of the best things about it is that every year people get to do their bit to make a better Christmas for people in need. All people had to do was go to Walmart, pick a tag from the tree, shop for the items on the tag and tell the cashier it

was for the Giving Tree. � ey got a receipt to include with the gi� . A Walmart associate then delivered the gi� to the Auburn Parks, Arts and Rec-reation Department, which distributed the gi� s.

ACAP Child and Family Services, Auburn Childhaven, Auburn Parks-Specialized Recreation, Auburn Youth Resources, Canterbury House, Latino Friendship Center and Meals on Wheels nominated the families.

In addition to the Giv-ing Tree at Walmart, Rupert maintains her own Giving Tree at home, which is where this story began in 2006.

“We bought our house and people started bringing us bottles of wine and hostess gi� s to our holiday parties,” Diane Rupert said. “So I said instead of doing that, let’s put something toward a needy

cause — a giving tree.”� at night the Ruperts

collected $3,800 in donations and launched a new charity.

In 2009, Rupert partnered with the Auburn Rotary Club and Auburn Parks, Arts and Recreation Department to serve more children.

“We buy every child a coat, we buy every child clothing, we buy every child toys. We buy them everything that they ask for on their gi� tag, and there’s nothing that we’ve ever le� out, shoes, clothes everything. We take care of senior citizens, buy them Meals on Wheels. We don’t discriminate, we take care of them all if they need help,” Rupert said.

“What’s happened since my husband and I started this just blows me away,” Rupert said. “But without the donors, this could not have succeeded.

Among those donors: Tom Matson, Rotary of Auburn, Roger Scott, Stuart Ridge, Lydig Construction, the Boe-ing Company, Don and Alice Kirkland, Don Kau� man at Sunrise Plumbing and Mike Carpinito.

Janet Faulkner, store man-ager at the Auburn Walmart, explained how the superstore got into the act.

“Diane and I talked a

couple weeks ago and we were talking about what she was doing, and she said, ‘Why don’t you do a giving tree here?’ From there it sort of grew. What’s so exciting to me is that there’s all genders on it. A lot of people forget the special needs children and the seniors in their homes, and this is great because it touches every single age,” Faulkner said.

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Sauce Shimojima Fishing DerbyBob’s Fishin’ Hole in Orting was the place for the 34th

annual derby where members of the Auburn Rotary and Auburn Parks Department invite local disabled individu-als to discover the excitement of catching a � sh and seeing peacocks and other animals up close.

A� er the catch, the � sh are cleaned and then grilled by the volunteers and served to the participants along with corn on the cob, wa-termelon and beverages.

Earl Averill Invitational Rotary Golf Tournament

For 11 years the annual golf tournament, this year named for professional baseball player and Auburn Rotarian Earl Averill, has brought in as much as $20,000 for children’s charities, local and international.

Major recipients are the White River Valley Museum, Auburn School District, ACAP, Valley Cit-ies Mental Health, Child Haven and the Auburn Food Bank.

� e fall event is held at the Auburn Golf Course and provides a wide variety of fun contests and prizes.

Among the personalities and players at the tournament were former Mariner Dave Henderson, second from le� , Jim Moore from ESPN Sports Radio 710, third from le� , and Rotarian and former major league catcher Earl Averill, Jr., far right.


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$1 per day • $10 per month • $25 per quarter Daily Transportation from Middle Schools to The Gym is provided.

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Waxing Poetic by Dick Brugger

Auburn’s Of� cial Poet Laureate

As Striped Water Poets we know it’s an accepted factthat writing poetry demands � nesse, not exactly tact.

It means that we necessarily be faithful to our creativity,that we’re ourselves, that we possess “genuinity.”

On Tuesday evenings we’re a mixed bag as we gather.Who we are, our age, where we’re from, doesn’t matter.

What does count is that we’re unafraid to recite or readthe words we’ve written, our voice, that’s all we need.

The process for our get-together isn’t really unique.What we do after we’ve read is to listen to and critique

what we hear, the works of the other poets who arrive.We’re on 2nd � oor Auburn City Hall on Tuesdays live.

I’m turning 40 years old on Sunday. Which means if I’m lucky, I’m at the halfway point. Although I think 80 might be wishful thinking if I don’t start increasing my daily mobility.

Sitting on my butt for prolonged increments of time is one of the shared job descriptions that unites my roles as pastor, writer and radio host. Some days I feel like a stalag-mite. However, unlike the stalagmite, I will change my location when confronted with perpetually dripping water droplets.

To note the passing of my life, my lovely wife has decided to throw me a big birthday party, or as I like to call it, my funeral rehearsal. I’m not a big party kind of guy, but it will be nice to see who might possibly show up when I kick the can and mosey into the afterlife. And yes, I will most likely mosey into

the afterlife because, as I stated before, I live a very sedentary life.

As a pastor, I’ve done a fair amount of funerals, and I’ve always felt somewhat frustrated by the testimony or remembrance time in those services. That’s the

point when friends, family, co-workers and the occasional “who in the world is that?” get up and share fond stories about the re-

cently departed. I’ve heard some really amazing stories and heartfelt thoughts during memorial services. However, I’ve often thought that it would have been far better for the deceased to hear these things while they were still living. Why do we have to wait for someone to leave the room before we say something nice about them?

So this weekend I get to see a bunch of the people who love me or at least tolerate my existence. I’ll

hear some kinds words and some genuine heartfelt congratulations. I’ll also receive a prolonged dose of relentless teasing. I assume the rapid progression of my perpetually greying, perpetually receding hair will be duly noted. And for the most part, little or no sympathy will be given to the plight of my aging.

I’ve found that people who are older than you have little sympathy for your age milestones; they are there to remind you to quit your whining. People who are younger than you have little or no under-standing of what you’re going through; they are there to remind you that you really have no idea how you will feel about yourself in the future. Consequently, I will need to find other 40-year-olds in the room if I’m in need of sympathy or understanding.

Since I’ll only turn 40 once in my existence, I think I will use this mo-ment to give my friends, family, co-workers and

“who in the world is that?” a little sage advice concern-ing what I’ve discovered in my 40-year journey.

Don’t waste your life trying to prove your worth to others. There will always be Pharisees in the room who want to steal your joy. God is your worth and your value. You don’t need to prove anything to anyone. The cross is proof of your immense value and worth.

Remove yourself from bitter fields. Your heart will grow hard and your words will grow sour if you poison your life with conversa-tions and activities rooted in tearing people down. Malicious talk, gossip and unforgiveness will steal away your peace and de-stroy your fruitfulness.

Learn to love difficult people. Maturity is not found in escaping difficult people and difficult situa-tions. Maturity is demon-strated in learning to love when the situation feels unlovely.

Learn to love the people who’ve been entrusted to

your care. Give your best time, energy and resources to this practice.

Follow the radical lead-ing of God’s Holy Spirit. Even if it makes you stand out and look foolish.

Say you’re sorry often, with sincere conviction. We are wrong far more than we are often willing to admit.

Avoid religious systems and institutions that turn Christianity into anything but a loving relationship with God.

Smile and start exercis-

ing. … You’ve got much more love to give.

I’ve got more thoughts, but I’m tired of sitting here. I think I might go out for a walk.

“Live from Seattle with Doug Bursch” can be heard 4-6 p.m. weekdays on KGNW 820 AM. Doug Bursch also pastors Evergreen Foursquare Church. Evergreen meets at 10 a.m. Sundays at 2407 M St. SE next to Pioneer Elementary School. He can be reached at www.fairlyspiritual.org or [email protected].

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DIck Scobee elementary School celebrates the lives of fallen astronauts from the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster at a school-wide assembly at 10:10 a.m. Friday. Students will listen to a live presentation about the event, honor the lives lost with a moment of silence, and then watch a video about the everyday items used today as a result of NASA inventions. The school also has a small museum of space artifacts for students to browse and study.


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Open HouseFor Prospective & Current Students & Parents

February 9th, 7pm1312 Second St. SE, Auburn • 253-883-3541

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routine to avoid surgery. � e time o� not only did the body good, but also reignited her burning desire to perform well before the judges.

What ensued was an extraordinary year of personal-best li� s and con-sistent podium � nishes for the 5-foot-4½, 148-pound Joiner-Wong, the holder of four American drug-free and “raw” records in her masters age division (40-45).

Raw powerli� ers com-pete without the support of special equipment or

gear, such as squat suits or knee wraps.

Joiner-Wong now is preparing for greater things in 2012, beginning in March when she com-petes in the third-annual Arnold (Schwarzenegger) USA Powerli� ing Cham-pionships at Columbus, Ohio. She is one of only 75 women to qualify for the prestigious raw games.

Despite little time to recover, she might compete

at the USA Powerli� ing Women’s Nationals in Boise, Idaho in May.

Is the best yet to come?“Well, yes,” said a smiling

Joiner-Wong, a certi� ed trainer at the Auburn Valley Y, a wife, mother of two, community volunteer and motivational speaker to area youth. “You can com-pete in this sport well into your 40s and 50s.”

Joiner-Wong, under coach Mark Noesen, is con-sidered a late-bloomer to the sport. But she has prov-en to be a quick study and, a

consistent top performer at regional and national meets since she � rst took up the sport in 2007.

“It’s never too late to start in this sport,” Noesen said. “� e thing with Jill is that once we have a plan, she executes it. She doesn’t leave anything on the table. She puts forth that e� ort and gets the results because she does the work.”

In her � rst encounter with international competi-tion, Joiner-Wong � nished � � h at the women’s IPF World Masters Powerli� ing

Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic in 2009.

She toiled through an up-and-down 2010, which included “bombing out” – a result of mis� ring on three squat attempts – at the May nationals in Cleveland.

Nevertheless, she over-came the struggles, not to mention back and shoulder injuries, to regain her top form last year.

At last June’s YMCA Seattle Summer Classic, she emerged by posting personal bests in the below-parallel squat at 270 pounds and pause-and-go bench press at 165.25 pounds, an American masters record. She � nished the meet by pulling 292 pounds from the � oor in the dead li� , another American record.

She was the meet’s Best Female Masters Raw Li� er.

“I had goals. I surprised myself,” she said of her return to the stage. “What an honor. I was pleasantly surprised to be awarded. It was my � rst time of being given the award.”

Two months later, Joiner set three more American records at the USAPL Raw Nationals in Scranton, Pa. She set new standards for the squat (281.1 pounds), deadli� (308.5 pounds) and three-li� total (749.35 pounds).

She won her class and was third in the open � eld.

“� at was big for her,” Noesen said. “For her to re-ally do well in Scranton, she was able to put Cleveland behind her.

“Competing at a national event, with a lot of people watching, can be really nerve-wracking.”

Joiner-Wong capped a solid year by setting Ameri-

can raw records in the squat (286.5), deadli� (319.5) and total (765.75) at the Fife Holiday Classic on Dec. 3. � e performance quali� ed her for nationals in Boise.

“People asked me, ‘Are you surprised?’” Joiner-Wong said. “Well, I didn’t come here to lose. I came here to do well. I wasn’t surprised. I did what I set out to do.”

� e sport has rewarded Joiner-Wong in many ways. It also has enabled her to become a Valley Y program spokesperson in reaching out to youth, including Auburn middle school students.

“I have been motivated in my own abilities to simply put, be a positive role model for children,” she added.

And that comes from strength, inner or other-wise.

“I’m stronger now than I used to be,” she said of her career. “� e best has yet come. I have not peaked in this sport, not yet and hope-fully not for a long time to come.”

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Jill Joiner-Wong came up golden at last year’s nationals in Scranton, Pa. COURTESY PHOTO

Pageant rescheduled� e Miss Auburn

Outstanding Teen Pageant (MAOT) – postponed last week due to inclem-ent weather – has been rescheduled for Feb. 4.

� irteen contestants will compete for the crown from 1-4 p.m. at the Auburn Per-forming Arts Center, 700 E. Main St.

� e MAOT Pageant proceeds the � nals of the

Miss Auburn Scholarship Pageant, which runs from 7-10 p.m. � e teen pageant is an extension of the Miss Auburn Pageant, consid-ered one of the largest and most successful programs in the country and a� li-ated with the Miss America Organization.

Tickets are $20 and available at www.brownpa-pertickets.com or by calling Kathy Lewis at 253-223-2736.


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Jan. 28 Northern Exposure $43 & Twin Peaks 11:00-4:00, Time for lunch in Roslyn.

Feb. 11 Wine & Chocolate $109 8:30-8:30, incl lunch, snacks, bottled water & tasting fees. Complementary wine glass.

Feb. 12 State Capitol $39 12:30-4:00

Feb. 25 Woodinville Wines $69 12:30-5:30, 3 wineries, incl snacks, bottled water, tasting fees.

These are monthly scheduled tours. See website for other great tours.Try something di� erent this year!

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� e lasting images and unforget-table stories o� en bring Janet Solar Lybeck back to the family farm.

As one of nine kids growing up in remote North Dakota, Lybeck cap-tured her experiences in a collection of childhood writings she cherishes today.

� ose fond family farm life memories eventually became the in-spiration for a children’s paperback book series.

“Teta’s Adventures” chronicles the life of a caring, compassionate and curious cow, Teta, who encounters and helps others as she � nds her way back home. � e recently released, � ctional short story is the � rst of a soon-to-be completed, � ve-book series for the self-published author, an Auburnite since 1959.

“I wanted to show how wonderful the life was growing up on the farm in North Dakota, where the people are so nice,” said Lybeck, who grew up in the rural town of Mohall, near the Canadian border. “It was so easy writing the book because I pictured myself from the exact spot on my farm where I grew up. … � is whole book has things based on the farm.”

In great detail and accompanied by delightful illustrations, the story is creatively designed to capture the imagination of the reader and entertainingly relays a message of friendship and determination. � e story depicts farm life, especially a farmer’s love of animals and how animals can be wonderful to others.

In the story, Farmer Mike and Maria – the actual names of Lybeck’s parents – run a large, peaceful farm � lled with animals. One night, rustlers carried o� Farmer Mike’s cattle, but a special cow managed to wander away from the herd.

Lost and frightened, Teta follows an eventful journey back home as she helps children along the way. She helps rescue a boy from a shal-low well and helps another conquer his fears and his struggles with a stuttering problem.

“Everything she runs across she helps,” Lybeck said.

Lybeck, a retired hospital unit clerk and o� ce manager of 30 years, wanted to write the book series for many reasons, but none was more important than to bring an important message to children and families.

Lybeck and her late husband raised four children. She dedicated the � rst book to her grandchildren.

“I hope they enjoy and receive out of the book what I wanted to portray – that kindness and being a friend bring happiness to all involved,” she said.

Book signingAuburn author Janet Solar Lybeck signs her recently released book, “Teta’s Adventures”, at noon Saturday at Barnes & Noble, 31325 Paci� c High-way S., Federal Way. Her book, illustrated by Kelly Bornstedt and Juliann Clark, is available at the store and also online at www.amazon.com ($10.98).

MARK KLAAS, Reporter

Author captures spirit of her family farm life

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EventsAuburn Tourism: For special events in the Auburn area, visit the website: www.auburntour-ism.com.

Lunar New Year Party: 6 p.m.-midnight, Jan. 27, Lindbloom Student Center, Green River Community College, 12401 SE 320th St., Auburn. A major holiday for Asian cultures, the celebra-tion marks the start of the Year of the Dragon. Celebrated throughout Asia with regional and cultural variations, common themes associated with Lunar New Year are good fortune, happi-ness, wealth and longevity. Admission: GRCC students with ID $7 on or before Jan. 13, after $9; non-GRCC students $10. Contact the Student Life O� ce at 253-833-9111, ext. 2400, for more information or to purchase tickets.

17th annual Uniquely Auburn: 2 p.m., Jan. 29, Auburn Performing Arts Center, 700 E. Main St. A free community-sponsored celebration of cultural diversity recognizing people, places, and events that make Auburn unique. Program: “Late Night” hosted by Michael Hursh,” food, games, art and poetry exhibits, dance, music. Sponsored by the City of Auburn, Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, Soroptimist International of Auburn, Auburn School District, Trillium, Auburn Arts Com-mission. For more information, call 206-349-3061 or visit www.uniquelyauburn.org.

Miss Auburn Scholarship Program: 7 p.m., Feb. 3, 4, Auburn Performing Arts Center, 700 E. Main St. Ticket range: $20-$40. Order tickets online now at www.missauburn.org.

16th annual Beyond High School Night: 6:30-8:30 p.m., Feb. 9, Auburn Riverside High School, 501 Oravetz Road. Auburn School District hosts program to provide students and parents options for life after high school. Free and open to all middle school and high school students and parents. Home school and private school students also are welcome. There will be opportunities to attend break-out sessions on numerous topics, including how to navigate the college admissions process; college athletics and NCAA eligibility; � nancial aid; apprenticeships and tech prep programs. More than 60 di� erent college, techni-cal and career school, military, apprenticeship and community service representatives will be avail-able to answer questions and share information.

Sixth annual Daddy Daughter Date Night: 6:30-9 p.m., Feb. 17 and Feb. 18, Auburn Senior Activity Center, 808 Ninth St. SE. Hosted by the Auburn Parks, Arts & Recreation Department. Pre-registration is required. The event is known to sell out quickly, so purchase tickets early. Girls age 4-10 years will enjoy an evening with their daddy or special date. The night will begin with a momentous photograph of the couple. Dancing, dinner and dessert is included in the $45 per couple registration fee ($10 each additional girl; non-resident fees apply). To purchase tickets, visit the Parks, Arts & Recreation O� ce, 910 Ninth St. SE, or call 253-931-3043.

Bene� tsMVYSO hosts Waltz Gala Ball: 6:30-10:30 p.m., Feb. 3, Lake Wilderness Lodge, 22500 SE 248th St., Maple Valley. The Maple Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra hosts its fourth annual fund-raiser. The black tie optional evening includes live dance music performed by MVYSO’s Symphony Orchestra, silent and dessert auctions, dinner catered by Cedar Grill, no host bar, a live ballroom dance performance and instruction by Paci� c Ballroom Dance Co. Tickets: $40 adults, $35 for under 18. Proceeds bene� t orchestra programs. For tickets and information, please visit www.mvyso.org or call 425-358-1640.Auburn High School Robotics: 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Feb. 4, Auburn High School parking lot, next to the Performing Arts Center and ten-nis courts, 700 E. Main St. Students hosting a community-wide recycling fundraising event by collecting unwanted and broken cell phones and other small electronics. The drive collects used, even broken cell or smart phones and other small electronics.21st annual Valentine Breakfast: 7 a.m., Feb. 10, Grace Community Church, 1320 Auburn Way S. The Auburn Youth Resources-Enumclaw Youth and Family Services breakfast is the organizations’ largest annual fundraising event. Admission is free. Call to reserve your seat at 253-351-6059. For more information, visit www.ayr4kids.org.Soroptimist of Auburn Cupids Caper Fundraiser to Support Community Proj-ects: 6:30-11:30 p.m., Feb. 11, Meridian Valley Country Club, 24830 136th Ave. SE, Kent. The event, “Love Under the Big Top,” includes retro circus style decorations, a country club dinner, entertainment by Eric Haines, “The Gentleman Juggler”, raffles, games, silent auction. Pri-mary sponsors: Auburn Wine & Caviar, Segale Properties, Auburn Regional Medical Center, Green River Community College Foundation, Emerald Downs and JLO Washington Enterpris-es Inc. Reserve your spot now. Reservations for the evening are $65 per person and can be made at www.siauburn/org/caper.Bikers Against Child Abuse: 6 p.m., Feb. 18, Poodle Dog Restaurant, 1522 54th Ave E., Fife. Fourth annual bene� t dinner. Live auction, dessert auction, music (starting at 9 p.m.) and a closed bar. Proceeds go toward helping children of abuse. Tickets: $15. For reservations, 21 and older only, contact Lil Mama at 206-790-6617 or [email protected]’s Celebration Luncheon: 11:30 a.m., March 7, Westin, 1900 5th Ave., Seattle. Keynote speaker is Antwone Fisher, whose struggles through foster care and home-lessness became the subject of his original screenplay for the self-titled 2002 � lm, directed by and starring Denzel Washington. A minimum donation of $150 is suggested. For information, go to www.childhaven.org/luncheon, or call 206-957-4806.

HealthCascade Regional Blood Center drives: 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Feb. 3, Gordon Trucking/Valley Freightliner, 151 Stewart Road SW, Paci� c; 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Feb. 4, Albertsons, 4010 A St. SE, Auburn. For more information, call 1-877-242-5663 or visit www.crbs.net/home.

Puget Sound Blood Center drives: 9-11 a.m., 11:45 a.m.-3 p.m., Feb. 3, Boeing Auburn, 17-44 Cafeteria, 700 15th St. SW (em-ployees only); 7:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Feb. 7, Jef-ferson High School, small gym, 4248 S. 288th St.; 11 a.m.-1 p.m., 2-5 p.m., Feb. 9, Social Security Auburn, 1901 C St. SW; 9-11 a.m., noon-3 p.m., Feb. 23, Auburn City Hall, council chamber, 25 W. Main St. For more information, call 253-945-8667 or please visit www.psbc.org.

Classes Work ‘n Web Job Resource Workshops: Available every Monday, from 2-3 p.m., East Room, Paci� c Community Center and Gym, 305 Milwaukee Blvd., Paci� c. Do you need help and resources to � nd work? Let the computer lab and community resources work to help you. Shawn Cosby, Algona-Paci� c librarian, o� ers workshops on how to use library resources, including career guidance and planning tools, resume builder, test and education center and typing instructor Web. Joel McKinney, of the Career Path Employment Team, o� ers workshops on resume and cover letter writing, job application process, job search strategies, interview preparation, career interest testing and work place behavior. For more infor-mation, contact Linda Morris, community services director, at 253-929-1150.

Auburn Police Department Citizen’s Academy: Class begins March 7, and attendance is free of charge, but registration is required as space is limited. Academy consists of 11 Wednesday evening class sessions from 6:30-9:30 and one Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Class graduation is May 16. All classes meet at the Auburn Police Department, 340 E. Main St. The academy is open to any Auburn citizen, 18 years or older. Applications are available on the City of Auburn website. For more information, call 253-931-3035 or visit www.auburnwa.gov/emergency/police.asp.

CERT courses: The City of Auburn Emergency Management O� ce, in conjunction with the White River Valley Citizen Corps Council and the Valley Regional Fire Authority, o� ers Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training courses to area residents. Four classes o� ered in 2012: • Starts March 6, ends March 27: Tuesday and Thursday, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.; • Starts April 25, ends June 9*: Wednesday, 8 a.m.-12 p.m.; • Starts Aug. 21, ends Aug. 23: Tuesday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; • Starts Oct. 9, ends Nov. 17**: Tuesday, 6:30-9:30 p.m. * This class will have two

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Shirley Marguerite TapleyShirley Marguerite Tapley, age 89, a

resident of NV State Veterans Home passed away on January 14, 2012 in Boulder City, NV. She was born on January 8, 1923 in Invermere, B.C. Canada to Richard Gladwyn and Eva Marguerite Hewer Newton.

She married Russell Chester Tapley on November 6, 1944 in Prince George, B.C. Canada and became a US citizen May 31, 1949.

Shirley trained as a nurse at the Royal Columbia Hospital in New Westminster, B.C. Canada. She was a grand homemaker. She enjoyed cooking, gardening, sewing and making crafts, playing the organ and looking for buried treasure with her Digger friends. She was happiest when her nieces and grandchildren spent the summers with her and Russell. Shirley was very active in the community as a PEO Sister, past member of Eastern Star, Job’s Daughter Guardian, Oomiacs, Rose Society of Auburn, and an active member of the Presbyterian Church in Ogden, UT and Auburn, WA and the United Methodist Church in Shelton, WA.

Shirley is survived by her daughter Deanna Calef of Seattle, WA; granddaughter Cristine Fraas of Las Vegas, NV; grandson Stuart Calef of Seattle, WA; great grand daughter Elizabeth Hanson of Las Vegas, NV; brother Donald Newton of Sydney, B.C. Canada; and by numerous nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her husband of fifty three years, Russell Tapley; her sister Muriel Louise Newton; three brothers Warner Newton, David Newton, and Richard Keith Newton.

Shirley will be interred with her husband at Tahoma National Cemetery in Washington at a later date. Memorial contributions may be made to the Activities Fund, Nevada State Veterans Home, 100 Veterans Memorial Dr., Boulder City 89005.

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Elta Verna (Fiman) HaynesSaturday, January 7, 2012 Elta

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She leaves behind two daughters, Sherry (Gary) Putz and Emily Ward; two sons, Dale (Melody) Haynes and Dwight (Shirley) Haynes; and one daughter of choice, Haellen Holiday (Sheila Saunders); 13 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great grandchildren and numerous nieces

and nephews.Elta was born in Lakewood, Washington on August 24, 1927 to

Vincent and Caroline (Safr) Fiman. The family moved to Algona prior to her turning two years old, and she resided there until she married. Her father died while she was still a young child; therefore she was raised by a single mother who taught her the value of a hard day’s work. Which she continually demonstrated as she worked with her family members in her flower beds, garden, cutting firewood, canning and preparing family celebrations.

She taught many of her Grandchildren to make her famous “Grandma Rolls” that were always served at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Her family will always remember how completely she loved her husband, Fred. And how she had strong family values and passionately embraced her views and was ready to do anything to give others the strength to make right choices. Because of her and Fred’s true Christian spirit, their home and hearts were open to many family members and foster children for over 50 years whenever the need arose. She was an active member of the Federal Way Senior Center and received Presidential Awards for her community service.

Elta will be interred with Fred at Tahoma National Cemetery, and be honored at a Celebration of Life at Westhill Church in Auburn on January 26, 2012 at 2 o’clock. Remembrances can be

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EntertainmentOscar Film Fest, 1962 Best Picture Lawrence of Arabia: 7:30 p.m., Jan. 26, Auburn Ave Theater, 10 Auburn Ave. World War I British adventurer T.E. Lawrence (Peter O’Toole) helps the Bedouins battle the Turks in this epic adventure. This winner of seven Academy Awards is based on T.E. Lawrence’s mem-oir, “The Seven Pillars of Wisdom.” Tickets: $3. Call Auburn Parks, Arts & Recreation at 253-931-3043, Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; 8 a.m.-noon Friday, or online at www.brownpapertickets.com.

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Deadwood Revival: 7:30 p.m., Jan. 28, Auburn Ave Theater, 10 Auburn Ave. Part driving roots, part rockin’ jam-band, Deadwood Revival delivers what may be called the best feel-good show around. Deadwood Revival features Jason Mogi’s inventive twists on the claw-hammer banjo, Kim Trenerry’s driving rhythm on her ’65 Gibson acoustic guitar, Julie Campbell’s fiery fiddlin’, and Ches

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Auburn Symphony Orchestra “Great Romantics”: 7:30 p.m., Feb. 18; 2:30 p.m., Feb. 19, Auburn Performing Arts Center, 700 E Main St. ASO program brings the passion and expressiveness of Berlioz’ Benvenuto Cellini Overture; Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with Craig Sheppard, soloist; and Chausson’s Symphony in B. Reserved season ticket seats: $95, adults; $75, seniors; reserved single ticket seats, $34/adults; $27, seniors; $10, students. Call 253-887-7777 or purchase online at auburnsymphony.org.

MuseumsWhite River Valley Museum: Exhibits: Best Friends, Antique Photo-graphs of Animals and their People, Jan. 11-April 15. Museum located at 918 H St. SE, Auburn. Regular admis-sion: $2 adults, $1 seniors and children. Admission is free on Wednesdays and the fourth Sunday of the month. Call 253-288-7433 or visit www.wrvmuseum.org for tickets and event information.

GalleriesAuburn City Hall: Exhibit: Through Jan. 30. Auburn Student Art Show. 25 W. Main St. Admission is free. Hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Fridays. 253-931-3043 or www.auburnwa.gov.

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BY SHAWN SKAGER

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Fear is not a factor for Latia Coburn.

Three years ago, the Auburn Riverside senior suffered a broken back while competing for the Auburn Gymnastics Center.

“I was doing floor at a club meet in Sacramento,” Coburn said.

At first she thought it was just a back ache and “toughed it out,” completing the meet.

But after a second meet, the pain in her lower back persist-ed. Coburn relented and visited the doctor where she found out she had fractured her L4 and L5 vertebrae.

“It’s pretty common with a lot of gymnasts with spinal injuries when they have a hairline fracture. They think it’s just a backache,” said Cathy Robinson, Auburn Riverside gymnastics coach. “Gymnasts get a lot of backaches.”

Forced to wear a back brace for three months, Coburn wondered if her gymnastics career might be over because of concerns about re-injuring the vertebrae and possibly suffer-ing paralysis.

Despite the potential for damage, however, Coburn is back on the mat for her senior year with the Ravens’ gymnas-

tics squad.“I don’t really care what the

doctors said,” she said. “I’ve always wanted to come back, so I figured I’d try and see if I could my senior year.”

And come back she has – with a vengeance.

So far this season, Coburn has led the resurgent Ravens as the team’s top all-around gymnast.

Midway through the season, Auburn Riverside is averaging 154.5875 points a meet. Not

bad for a team that moved just two individual gymnasts on to districts last season.

“We’ve got a good group of girls this year,” Robinson said. “It certainly helps having one strong scorer on the team and then having the depth that we have this year. Last year we had one good scorer, but we didn’t quite have the depth that we have this year.”

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RAVEN VS. TROJAN BOYS AND GIRLS

HOOPS FEB. 4 The Auburn boys and girls host

their crosstown rival, Auburn Riverside, Feb. 4.

The Trojan boys look to avenge a 46-45 loss to the Ravens in the

teams’ previous meeting. Game time is 7 p.m.

The Auburn Riverside girls, who beat Auburn 50-28 on

Jan. 6, play for the season sweep at 5:45 p.m.

Coburn’s return a boon for Ravens

Latia Coburn in action on the � oor for the Ravens’ gymnastics squad. The senior returned to the gym after a three-year absence. RACHEL CIAMPI, Reporter

Senior gymnast’s return from back injury boosts team

[ more COBURN page 22 ]

No. 4 Lions fall to Lakes 53-42BY SHAWN SKAGER

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Coming into Tuesday’s game against Lakes, coach Chris Carr knew there was some rust on the Auburn Mounta-inview girls basketball machine.

What he didn’t expect was the rust would clog the gears of the fourth-ranked Lions, who fell 53-42 to their South Puget Sound League 3A rival at Lakes High School.

With the Auburn Mountainview gym shut down for much of last week because of the winter storm, the Lions didn’t have a chance to practice.

“We planned a little bit for Lakes on Monday, but we hadn’t really touched a basketball for six days,” Carr said. “We knew we’d be rusty. I thought we’d shake it o� , but I just don’t think we ever got over that rustiness.”

It was Auburn Mountainview’s � rst loss to an in-state team this season.

� e Lions dropped three

Aly Carr, 3, battles for a rebound against Lakes on Tuesday. SHAWN SKAGER, Reporter

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Ravens boast a solid corps of talented gymnasts this year, including juniors Kylee Urban and Sarah Murgatroyd, sophomore Maddi Miller and senior Danielle Robinson. Last season Robinson, along with Kylie Smith – who gradu-ated last year – were the only Auburn Riverside gymnasts to make it to districts.

And with just one 4A team

allocation out of the West Central District III to the state meet this season, the Ravens will need all of the weapons in their arsenal to knock off SPSL 4A powerhouses Jefferson, Mount Rainier, Beamer, Em-erald Ridge and Puyallup.

“It’s going to be tough,” Robinson said.

For Coburn individually, it’s about improving and getting better at her events.

“She hasn’t been in the gym

for a couple years, but she’s quickly getting back her skills,” Robinson said. “She’s not quite where she wants to be yet. She wants to do more. We want to get her to state.”

And despite the risks when she’s on the apparatus of the floor, Coburn remains deter-mined to do what it takes to get to the state meet.

“I’ll throw whatever I have to,” Coburn said. “I may get a little nervous, but I’ll throw it.”

games to out-of-state teams at the Nike Tournament of Champions in Phoenix.

Against Lakes, the Auburn Mountainview girls (4-1 league, 12-4 overall) struggled to get the ball into senior posts Caitlin Carr and Hattie Kosko.

“(Lakes coach Dave McEach-ern) did a nice job of game plan-ning, but our guards just weren’t patient enough,” Carr said. “We just weren’t patient enough to wait for Lakes to make a mistake. I thought our guards looked panicked.”

Despite trailing just 20-18 to the Lancers (3-2, 12-3) at the half, the struggling Lions had commit-ted 21 turnovers.

“When 28 of the team’s 33 turnovers for the game come from the guards, you’re not doing well,” Carr said.

Although Auburn Mountain-view rallied in the third quarter, at one point leading by four points, the Lancers responded with a 17-2 run, putting away the Lions and avenging their 55-35 loss in the teams’ previous meet-ing on Jan. 6.

Auburn Mountainview fin-ished with just four players scor-ing, including Carr’s 19 points and senior guard Aalia Braboy’s 11. Senior Erika Lombardo added seven points and junior Aly Carr had five.

Jamesha Holland’s 19 points and Tyanna Barton’s 13 led Lakes.

Although no loss is a good thing, Carr admitted that this one might have come at the right time.

“I would love to go through a season 20-0 and just have our kids be dominant all the time. But maybe this is a wakeup call for our kids, that any given day, we can pay poorly and get beat,” he said. “Ultimately, maybe we’ll look back at this loss as a turning point.”

He continued:“We need our seniors to

be leaders, and (Tuesday) I thought just two of them showed up to lead,” Carr said. “And that’s disappointing because I expect more out of them. It’s their last season. We lost our composure down the stretch.”

The Lions played Decatur (2-

3, 5-8) Wednesday, with results unavailable at press time, and travel to Peninsula (0-4, 3-11) Friday.

ALSO: The Auburn Mounta-inview boys fell 55-41 to No. 10 Lakes in South Puget Sound League 3A action at Auburn Mountainview on Tuesday. Marion Beauchamp led the Li-ons (3-2, 10-6) with 14 points, with Keith Green adding nine. J.J. Lacey and Shaddye Melu both added five points. Lakes’ (4-1, 9-5) Zach Banner had a game-high 20 points.

Auburn Mountainview hosts SPSL 3A foe Peninsula (0-5, 3-12) at 7 p.m. Friday.

[ cOburn from page 21]

[ LiOnS from page 21] Prep sports reschedule dates

Aalia braboy drives the lane for two of her 11 points against the Lancers on Tuesday. Shawn Skager, Auburn Reporter

with last week’s winter storm forcing the cancellation of most of the high school athletic contests in the area, a slew of rescheduled dates have been announced for local schools, including auburn, auburn riverside and auburn Mounta-inview.Auburn Riverside High School has an-nounced the following resched-uled games and meets:• Wrestling vs. Tahoma and Mount rainier, originally scheduled on Jan. 17, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at auburn riverside.• Boys basketball vs. Mount rainier, originally scheduled on Jan. 17, will be at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 1 at Mount rainier.• Girls basketball vs. Mount rainier, originally scheduled on Jan. 17, will be at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 1 at auburn riverside.• Boys basketball vs. Kentlake, originally scheduled on Jan. 20, will be at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 4 at auburn riverside.• Girls Basketball vs. Kentwood, originally scheduled on Jan. 24, will be at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 6 at auburn riverside.• Boys Basketball vs. Kentwood,

originally scheduled on Jan. 24, will be at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 6 at kentwood.• The Jan. 18 gymnastics meet with kentwood, Mount rainier and north Thurston will not be rescheduled.For more information visit the school’s web site at www.au-burn.wednet.edu/ahsAuburn Mountainview High School has an-nounced the following resched-uled games and meets:• Girls Basketball vs. Bonney Lake, originally scheduled on Jan. 20, will be at 7 p.m. Satur-day at auburn Mountainview.• Boys Basketball vs. Bonney Lake, originally scheduled on Jan. 20, will be at 8:15 p.m. Saturday at Bonney Lake.• Boys Basketball vs. Peninsula on Friday will now begin at 7:15 p.m. at Auburn Mounta-inview.• Boys swimming and diving vs. Clover Park, originally sched-uled on Jan. 17, will be at 4 p.m. Friday at Clover Park.• The Jan. 18 gymnastics meet vs. Thomas Jefferson, Sumner and Bonney Lake has been cancelled.

For more information visit the school’s web site at www.am-hslions.comAuburn High School has announced the following rescheduled games:• Boys basketball vs. Kentlake, originally scheduled on Jan. 17, will be at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 1 at auburn.• Girls basketball vs. Kentlake, originally scheduled on Jan. 17, will be at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 1 at kentlake.• Boys basketball vs. Kentridge, originally scheduled on Jan. 20, will be at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 4 at kentridge.• Girls basketball vs. Kentridge, originally scheduled on Jan. 20, will be at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 4 at auburn.• Boys basketball vs. Kent-Meridian, originally scheduled on Jan. 24, will be at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 6 at auburn.• Girls basketball vs. Kent-Meridian, originally scheduled on Jan. 24, will be at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 6 at kent-Meridian.For more information visit the school’s web site at www.wix.com/arhs11/auburn-riverside-high-school


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AUBURN GYMNASIUMAUBURN PARKS AND RECREATION OPEN GYM HOURS: The newly opened PRAB Gymnasium, located at Les Gove Park at 910 9th St. SE., hosts open gym schedules for youth and adults. Open gym for children in grades 6-12 run from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. daily. Cost is $1 per day, $10 per month or $25 for a quarterly pass. The gym is also open for adults from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. from Monday to Thursday. Monday and Wednesday the gym features pickleball and basketball, Tuesday and Thursday are volleyball and basketball. Courts that are not in use at the gym may be used for any sport. For more information on any of the programs: Auburn Parks at 253-931-3043, or online at www.auburnwa.gov.

TODDLER INDOOR PLAYGROUND: The Toddler Indoor Playground is now open for ages 5 and under. Balls, games, mats, riding toys, climbing toys and more are available at the playground. The facility is open Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 9:30-11 a.m., and Saturdays from 9-10:30 a.m. Cost is $2 per child per ses-sion, $1 per additional child. No more than three children per adult. No registration required. Parent or caregiver must provide supervision of children at all times. For more information on any of the programs: Auburn Parks at 253-931-3043, or online at www.auburnwa.gov.

VOLLEYBALLAUBURN PARKS GIRLS VOLLEYBALL FOR GRADES 4-8: Auburn Parks will offer two recreational volleyball leagues for girls beginning Feb. 2. Both leagues will play eight matches, beginning March 8. Each match will be best of three, with rally scoring. Cost for grades 4-5 is $50. Cost for grades 6-8 is $60. 18. For more informa-tion on any of the programs: Auburn

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AUBURN PARKS COED VOLLEYBALL: Coed recreational volleyball for adults begins Feb. 12 with each team playing eight league matches using best-of-three, rally scoring. The league will be self officiated. Cost is $180. For more information on any of the programs: Auburn Parks at 253-931-3043, or online at www.auburnwa.gov.

AUBURN PARKS WOMEN’S VOLLEY-BALL: This women’s recreational volleyball league for adults begins Feb. 12. Teams will play eight league matches using best-of-three, rally scoring. The league will be self officiated. Cost is $180. For more informa-tion on any of the programs: Auburn Parks at 253-931-3043, or online at www.auburnwa.gov.

DODGE BALLAUBURN PARKS DODGE BALL LEAGUE FOR ADULTS: Auburn Parks will offer a recreational dodge ball league for adults beginning Feb. 1. Cost is $200 per team. Games will take place at the Auburn Parks, Arts and Recreation Gym. For more infor-mation on any of the programs: Auburn Parks at 253-931-3043, or online at www.auburnwa.gov.

SOCCERAUBURN PARKS FUTSAL INDOOR SOC-CER: Futsal is 5-on-5 indoor soccer played on a basketball court. This is an unofficiated, no awards, standings or playoffs. Field players must be two male and two female; goalie can be of either gender. All players must be a minimum of 18 years old. For more information on any of the programs: Auburn Parks at 253-931-3043, or online at www.auburnwa.gov.

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