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Banning fireworks because of safety con-cerns resulting from an
unusually dry season are a necessity that should be managed at the
state/ county level. The county issued burn bans when the public is
at risk. This year when I walked through my neighborhood on the
Fourth; I saw water buck-ets, lawns were watered and there were
several fire extinguishers ready for use.
I have many years expe-rience with the non-prof-its that sell
state-legal fire-works and my participa-tion as a member with the
State Fire Marshals Office Fireworks Technical Advisory Group
meetings throughout the year.
This gives me access to many facts and expe-riences that my
pro-ban contributor may question but actually after reading his
bio, I assume he is an expert on manufacturing
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Editors note:Each year since the early 2000s,
the issue of banning fireworks inside the Bonney Lake city
limits has come before the City Council.
This year the unusually dry weather and increased danger of
brush and wildfires has raised the discussion to more than just a
spark and fizzle.
A town hall meeting is sched-uled for 6:30 p.m. Sept. 29 at the
Justice and Municipal Building, where residents will have the
opportunity to discuss whether or not the city should enact a
fireworks ban.
Courier-Herald reporter Ray Still has organized an in-paper
debate on the question of whether Bonney Lake should or should not
ban fireworks. The three debate
participants are Justin Evans and David Baus, Bonney Lake
residents running for Council Position No. 2, and Karen Gower,
public relations district director with TNT Fireworks.
For this issue, Evans, Baus and Gower will rebut statements made
in last weeks issue when each debater answered why, or why
shouldnt, Bonney Lake enact a fireworks ban.
The final debate will be pub-lished in the Sept. 23 issue.
The Courier-Herald encour-ages our readers to participate in
this debate by sending ques-tions and comments to Ray Still,
[email protected]. Questions and comments may also be posted
to the debates online.
Bonney Lake fireworks ban debate | Week 2Anti-ban
Karen GowerTNT public relations
Anti-banDavid Baus
Bonney Lake resident
I believe whats best for the people of Bonney Lake are to have
those living in the commu-nity deciding. Being a resident of Tacoma
and an employee of TNT Fireworks, Ms. Gowers conflict of interest
in this matter is blatantly obvi-ous. There are some really
passionate people living in this community, many of whom have been
great allies with this topic and thousands of other resi-
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Editors note: This is part three in a series about a water
service dis-pute between the city of Black Diamond and the
Covington Water District. Both claim service rights to 98 acres
inside the Black Diamond city lim-its. This weeks article outlines
what action Black Diamond has taken, and how the Covington Water
District may respond. The Sept. 2 article exam-ined statements made
in Black Diamonds 2009 Water Comprehensive Plan, responses from the
Covington Water District and how these may affect claims to the
land.
The water rights dis-pute between the city of Black Diamond and
the Covington Water District reached a milestone Sept. 3 when the
city decided to officially begin the assumption, or take-over
process, for the right to serve water to 98 acres within The
Villages devel-opment.
Ordinance 15-1058 passed three votes to one, with one council
member recused.
This may spell the beginning of the end of this water rights
fight, as Black Diamond has attempted to gain control of those 98
acres since the citys 2009 Water Comprehensive Plan was approved by
the county.
The city first argued that because Black Diamond annexed The
Villages development in 2005, which included the 98 acres, this
meant exclusive water service rights were automatically granted to
the city.
The Covington Water District disagreed, and appealed to the King
County Utility Technical Review Committee last April.
The King County Utility Technical Review Committee or UTRC
decided on May 1 the 98 acre area was with-in the districts service
area, both the district and the city could serve water to future
residents
of that area in a reason-able and timely manner, and if the city
wanted the water service rights, it would have to go through the
assumption process under Revised Code of Washington Chapter
13.35A.
The city appealed the UTRC decision because it claimed the
assumption process was not neces-sary, however Ordinance 15-1058
stated, com-pleting assumption may reduce litigation and lead to a
more efficient resolu-tion of the matter. The appeal is scheduled
to be heard by the county hear-ing examiner Nov. 12.
At the same time, the Covington Water District has said it plans
to appeal to the King County Boundary Review Board to try and keep
the city from assuming the 98 acres.
The district argued Black Diamond made statements that
misrepre-sented the citys relation-ship with the Covington Water
District back when the plan was being
reviewed, and that an assumption would be unfair and unjust in
light of the misrepresentations made by the City of Black Diamond
in the process of getting its Water System Plan approved, reads a
letter from the district to the Black Diamond City Council,
delivered Aug. 6.
No final decision about whether or not the district will follow
this course of action has been made.
Council VotesThe City Council voted
on Ordinance 15-1058 after a lengthy presenta-tion and
discussion.
Kevin Fuhrer, repre-senting the Covington Water District spoke
first during public comment, addressing the concerns the district
had about the ordinance. Fuhrer argued against claims made in the
ordinance that Black Diamond would be more efficient in serving
water to the 98 acres and against claims the district will charge
more money to future residents of the
98 acres for water con-nection fees and ongo-ing water cost. He
also argued the city misled the county by claiming Black Diamond
and the Covington Water District entered an agreement to transfer
the water service rights of the 98 acres from the district to the
city. According to Fuhrer there is no documentation to back up
those claims and the district never entered such an agreement with
the city.
Public Works Director Seth Boettcher then pre-sented the
ordinance to the council and addressed the Covington Water
Districts claim the city misled the coun-ty in its 2009 Water
Comprehensive Plan.
A lot of (Covington Water Districts) argu-ment is based on this
outlandish fairytale that somehow we have misled the county,
Boettcher said. They base their whole argument around this
fiction.
After Boettchers nearly 30 minute presentation,
Councilwoman Janie Edelman recused herself from the council
discus-sion and vote. At the Aug. 20 council meeting Cindy Wheeler
said during pub-lic comment Edelman may have a conf lict of
interest concerning the water service issue.
Im not happy with this, and I have been advised that I do not
have a conf lict of interest with this issue, Edelman said. But in
the interest of the abundance of fair-ness, I will recuse myself
from the discussion and depart.
Councilwoman Erika Morgan spoke next, sol-idly placing herself
in the no party.
After reading our staff comments and comparing it to the
Covington Water Districts testimony, I feel the district has a
stronger case, she said. Im par-ticularly concerned with what
appears to be a cher-ry-picking of information to justify an
assumption.
Morgan said she felt
By Ray StillReporter
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dents for whom I represent in this debate.
I know there may be some Facts about Fireworks that Ms. Gower is
going to pres-ent. Shell likely state that:
Fireworks bans dont work. Though some juris-
dictions may claim they do,many banned areas have actually had
increases in those numbers.
Im glad Ms. Gower brought up the Lacey ban, ordinance
9.20.0209.20.046. Fire Prevention Specialist Terry Davis for the
city of Lacey said, I endorse the ban on fireworks because
as a firefighter and now a fire prevention specialist, I have
seen the unwarranted damage people can do when the discharge of
fireworks is still legal and that the original incidents that were
cited by Ms. Gower seem to have died down in the years since their
initial passage, in an e-mail dated August 24th 2015.
Fireworks ban do work and serve their purpose of reducing
injuries and prop-erty loss. Here are some thoughts regarding the
effi-cacy of fireworks bans by Washington officials whose
communities have imple-mented bans:
Fire Chief Lee A. Soptich, Eastside Fire and Rescue: Issaquahs
ban is 20 plus years old. Carnations ban is 15 plus. Sammamish is
probably 10. I think all came after a tragedy (homes burned) and
there was public calling for something to be done. Each were war
zones prior to bans. Issaquah had no fireworks calls this year.
Carnation had a couple. Sammamish still has a dozen or so. Bans
work.
Lacey Police Department
Commander Joe Upton: Since the ban was enacted, we have seen no
increase in incidents, fires, or other problems related to
fire-works. In fact, just the oppo-site has proven true.
Spokane Fire Marshal Lisa Jones: Fireworks-related fires,
injuries, and nuisance callshave been substantially reduced.
In 2014, Consumer Product Safety Commission staff conducted a
nationwide study on fireworks injuries from June 20, through July
20. Here are their results:
230 people on average went to the emergency room everyday;
nine people died due to fireworks-related incidents. In at least
two incidents, the victims were not the users;
Hands and fingers made up 36 percent of all injuries and more
than 50 percent of all reported injuries were burns;
9 percent of firework related injuries occurred on children aged
0-4, 15 per-cent aged 5-9, and 11 per-
cent aged 10-14.
T h at s 35 per-cent of i n j u r i e s occurring in kids you
nger than 14.
Why isnt this alarming to people? As a father of a 2-year-old
daughter, I cant imagine what I would do if someones
irresponsibility resulted in an injury to her.
In July of this year, CNN did a report on Military with PTSD
discussing combat veterans and fire-works. The department of
Veteran Affairs estimates 11-20 percent of military members serving
in Iraq or Afghanistan suffer from PTSD. The loud blasts resem-ble
gunfire and other battle-ground noises and can trig-ger panic
attacks and other stress responses, accord-ing to the Veterans
Health Administration. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there
are 1,426 veterans liv-ing in Bonney Lake. Having been a son of a
Vietnam veteran with PTSD, Ive seen firsthand the results of what
PTSD can do.
Justin Evans has lived in Bonney Lake four years. Evans works in
the manufac-turing industry and is cur-rently running for Bonney
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assuming the 98 acres will further sour relation-ships between
the city and the district, and the city should stay on good terms
with the Covington Water District because
the district serves water to around 600 Black Diamond residents.
On that note, she said she feels there will most likely be a rise
in rates for Covington Water District customers in Black Diamond if
the city assumes the 98 acres, a claim substantiated by the letter
delivered to the
council on Aug. 6.The letter stated,
the loss of this anticipated revenue means that the districts
other custom-ers will have to absorb the RWSS (regional water
supply system) water sup-ply costs, which includes residents
located around Lake Sawyer
She also said she feels Black Diamond has not complied to the
letter and spirit of the Growth Management Act, which requires
close coordina-tion between water pro-viders.
Councilman Craig Goodwin spoke next and said assuming the 98
acres is the quickest way to bring the dispute to an end and,
Without pursu-ing our citys legal right to assumption, there is
little possibility of settlement and resolution of this matter.
Councilman Ron Taylor said he planned to vote yes because the
revenue
the city will gain from this assumption will help support the
city and, in turn, the citys residents.
Councilwoman Tamie Deady echoed Taylors thoughts, saying future
residents and businesses will be supported better by Black Diamond
assum-ing the 98 acres.
WATER RIGHTS FROM 3
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and after 45 years I am an expert on fireworks. And facts are on
the no ban side and facts dont lie. Bans dont work. To use Lacey as
an example, the year before their ban they had six fires, the year
after the ban went into effect 19 fires, then six fires, then the
next year increasing to 33 with a ban. Tacoma has a ban 45 fires
this fourth of July season according to the Tribune. These are not
my opinions these are reported facts. Talk to the people that live
in banned cities. There are tons of illegal fireworks everywhere.
Three cities have recently changed their ordinances back from bans
to allowing the sale and use of state-legal fireworks. City of
Duval, city of Edgewood and city of Othello, and there will
probably be more in the near future.
I appreciate the fact that the pro-ban contributor acknowledged
the many problems with a total ban: (these are his statements)
A total personal use ban would make for difficulty in
enforcement without doubt. It would put a burden on our law
enforcement offi-cers and would likely require
an increase in patrols dur-ing the high usage times. (I ask does
the city have extra money to hire a large num-ber of law
enforcement offi-cers?)
Being honest about the possibilities of a ban, there are some
negative effects to a total ban as well. This involves the
fundraising efforts of some local firework stands and local schools
and church groups who take a percentage of the profit of sales on
the stands they run. That is an unfortunate con-sequence of a ban
(I say, this takes thousands of dol-lars away from the local
non-profits that put it back in the community and hands it right
over to the reservations and other cities taking away from the
Bonney Lake community)
The reality is that there will always be those who still decide
to break the law as it already exists within the city limits. ( I
say, yes, that is true in every city.)
I do believe that a ban of personal fireworks would require some
action on the part of our city to provide an alternate event to
cel-ebrate fireworks display over Lake Tapps or at the football
field.( I ask do you know how many thousands of dollars that would
cost
the city? Probably a mini-mum of $20,000. It is not that easy.
You must have licensed pyros, licenses, per-mits, insurance, crowd
con-trol officers, parking, por-table toilets, etc. Fireworks
displays are fabulous if you can afford them, and then, like Tacoma
and Federal Way and Seattle, etc. etc., the neighborhoods are still
full of illegal fireworks.)
It is clear that the best thing for Bonney Lake is to truly and
aggressively enforce the current ordi-nance and arrest those that
use already illegal fireworks. Let the families continue their safe
and sane tradition-al celebration and the won-derful neighborhood
block parties that many enjoy. If you were to ban state legal
fireworks, it would be legal to burn the flag and illegal to burn a
sparkler. Thats sick.
Keep legal state- approved fireworks legal and illegal fireworks
illegal.
Karen Gower has worked with non-profit organizations that sell
legal state-approved consumer fireworks for 45 years. She is also
on the Fireworks Technical Advisory Group with the state fire
mar-shal and other fire officials across the state who meet
fre-quently for safety and educa-tion.
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This is simply people tak-ing personal responsibility for
keeping the neighborhood/community safe. One would hope this
scenario was play-ing out everywhere through-out the city of Bonney
Lake.
I would like to address Mr. Evans comments from The
Consumer Product Safety Commission; estimates in 2014, about
10,500 peo-ple were treated in hospital emergency rooms for
injuries associated with fireworks in the period (June 20-July 20):
Accidents unfortunately do happen, but were there con-tributing
factors such as:
1) Were they using illegal fireworks?
2) If children were involved, were they properly supervised?
I believe we are all tired of a few bad apples spoiling it for
the rest of the people who are gathering together and celebrating
the Fourth safely. If I make a poor decision and hold my
firecracker too long and end up in the emergency room, it should
not impact
the rest of the com-munity as it was due to my carelessness.
Per the Bonney Lake Municipal code:
5.14.110 Sale and discharge of fire-works.
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explode any consumer fire-works except between the hours of 9 a.m.
and 11 p.m. on July 3 and on July 5; between 9 a.m. and midnight on
July 4; and between 6 p.m. on Dec. 31 and 1 a.m. on Jan. 1.
I would support fireworks only on July 4 and December 31 through
Jan. 1, in part due to the stress that many pets suffer during this
time, but we all need to remember these are holidays that result in
bringing families and communities together thus making us a
stronger com-
munity.Karen brings
up another valid point: Some might think that a ban would solve
all the problems but that couldnt be further from the truth. Just
to name a couple, the year before
Lacey banned consumer fire-works they had six fires, the next
year with a ban they had 15, then six, then 33 fires with a ban.
Tacoma has a ban and it is like a war zone there. Their newspaper
reported this year 45 fires in spite of a total ban. The typical
prohibition mental-ity takes over.
I choose to think the residents of Bonney Lake are a
well-rounded group of people, we are aware of our surroundings,
envi-ronmental conditions, and have a general under-standing of
public safety. A
ban is simply taking away our rights to celebrate the Fourth in
a way that we all grew up celebrating. I personally feel our
commu-nity doesnt need protection against ourselves. Bonney Lake
currently has firework discharge laws in place. According to Bonney
Lake Police Department no cita-tions have been issued over the past
five years. Lets focus on our kids and keep-ing holidays like the
Fourth an event, which brings fam-ilies together.
Fireworks, barbecues, pic-nics, neighborhood gather-ings, and
family reunions are a celebration of our indepen-dence. Thats the
way I was raised and common sense should prevail.
Dave Baus is currently the president of his homeowners
association and is running for Bonney Lake City Council Position
No. 2.
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This is innovation and cooperation at its best, said King County
Councilman Reagan Dunn, who repre-sents the city of Enumclaw
on the Council and spon-sored the legislation. The bridge from
SR 167 has been removed and well see if using it as a trail bridge
on the Foothills Trail near Enumclaw is possible.
The agreement adopted by the county council is between the two
counties, two cities and the DOT. It
sets a framework for the five partners to plan, design and
construct a nonmotorized bridge that would connect segments of the
trail north and south of the river.
Enumclaw eagerly awaits the connection of two coun-ties, four
cities and one town, all linked together once again, Enumclaw
Mayor Liz Reynolds said in a prepared statement. The Foothills
Trail bridge across the White River will con-nect these communities
through a beautiful trail sys-tem where the railroads that once
transported goods and products to and from our city give way to a
corridor promoting health, wellness
and outdoor enjoyment.The Foothills Trail con-
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southern King County along a former Northern Pacific Railway
Company rail corridor. The river con-stitutes one of the few gaps
in the system.
The adopted ordinance
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options. The agreement does not commit any of the members to make
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BRIDGE FROM 1
David Baus
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When the Black Diamond Labor Days Committee decided to find
someone to bring the Green River Queen f loat back to life, the
choice was easy because there was only one man for the job Gomer
Evans.
The life-long resident and former mayor of the town is the one
person e v e r y o n e knows could bring the c o m m u n i t y
together to get the job done on time for the Labor Day parade.
Evans led a community effort that began in April and ended with
the first appearance of the f loat in more than 50 years in the
Labor Day parade.
Evans said many busi-nesses and people from Black Diamond, Maple
Valley and the surround-ing area who volunteered time, money and
muscle to bring the f loat back.
He said when the com-mittee approached him in April the Green
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structure were past sav-ing.
Once Evans assessed what needed to be done, he began bring-ing
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Every lit-tle bit helps, Evans said. There was a lot donated and
a lot of
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Evans said the motor initially had no oil pres-sure. He was able
to fix that problem, then Larry Johnson rebuilt the
car-buretor.
The transmission was
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unlocked.
John Morris, owner of TRM Wood Products, donated decking and
lum-ber for the structure.
Evans said Mira Hoke and Patricia Moss did the painting and
design work. Johnsons Home and Garden Center in Maple Valley
donated the paint.
Jack McCann, Sr. did the rewiring work and McCann Electric
donated the wire and receptacles.
Evans took apart a ceiling fan and used the motor to spin the
recon-structed paddle wheel.
Shortly after 10 a.m. Monday, the Green River Queen repaint-ed,
restored and rebuilt rolled down the 101st annual Labor Day parade
route. Piloting the f loat was Evans and the Queens passenger was
the community.
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Try as it might, Washington just cant get this charter school
thing down right.
For years, backers of this privately run, publicly fund-ed model
of educating endured rejection by voters wor-ried that diverting
public dimes in this manner might sink the states school
system.
The mood turned in 2012 when billionaire believ-ers of this
education alternative put seri-ous amounts of their money into
help-ing pass Initiative 1240. An alliance of national experts
hailed the measure as one of the best written charter school laws
in the
nation.Until Friday.Thats when the state Supreme Court, in a 6-3
decision,
struck down the law as unconstitutional and began the countdown
to the legal extermination of nine charter schools serving 1,200
students.
So now what?The Washington Charter School Commission held a
special meeting Wednesday for commissioners to ponder the path
of what-ifs ahead of them.
We need to remain focused, executive director Joshua Halsey said
before the meeting. These are real schools. These are real kids
that are being impacted by the decisions made by adults.
Conversations are already occurring on how to keep schools open
and fix the law.
It caught my attention when the second Republican presi-dential
debate took place Sept. 15 at the Reagan P r e s i d e n t i a l
Library in Simi Valley, Calif. I, as part of a group of teachers,
visited the library on a weekend break dur-ing the National Academy
on Civics and Government in July.
I was very impressed with the
library. It sits on the top of a high hill with a spectacular
360-degree view of the neighbor-ing area. They actually had
reassembled the Boeing 707 used
by various presidents, including Reagan, and then built part of
the library around it. There also was a presidential helicopter and
other memorabilia from his two terms as
president from 1981-89 and from his life.
The Reagan Library impressed because of its enormity and
grandeur. Reagan is the hero of Republicans today. Thats why the
second debate is at his Library. He marks a turn-ing point for
current Republicans because his decisions changed the party and the
nation.
Americans, at the beginning of Reagans presidency, were in deep
psychological depression. Democratic President Carters
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Whats the problem with fireworks? Its 2 a.m. and the fireworks
are still going off. The Fourth of July was over a week ago. What
can be done to stop the noise? Thats the problem.
The first response is Well just call the police. Will that work?
I requested public documents about fireworks citations (arrest or
ticket) and convictions. It covered the last five years. The
response was that there are none. Zip. Nada. Later, I heard a
police office quoted saying there were no citations this year, or
the year before that, or before that.
At the July 2015 Public Safety Committee meeting the fireworks
issue was discussed. I took away from that meeting:
1. Its hard to find where the fireworks are being set off.2. Its
hard to identify the illegal from the legal fire-
works.
3. To cite someone the officer must basically see the person set
off the firework.
4. Reportedly the prosecutor doesnt bring such cases to
court.
5. Last, confiscation of fireworks is difficult. The Pierce
County Bomb Squad is required.
How does this work out in the real world? The Courier-Herald of
July 29th published the police blotter, which stated that on July
19th, police found four men shooting off fireworks. The officers
were called away, but later returned. As they were unable to
identify the person shooting off the fireworks, they left.
I think someone has a photo of this incident.To restate the
problem: Its 2 a.m. and the fireworks
are still going off. The Fourth of July was over a week ago.
What can be done to stop the noise?
Notice this isnt about fun, or tradition, or fire, or safety or
freedom. Its about the weeks on both sides of the Fourth when the
fireworks blow. Its about pets run-ning off, or scared or having to
be medicated. Its about not getting a nights sleep. It is about the
5 percent or whatever of people that ruin it for the rest of
us.
Grant SulhamBonney Lake
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But first, the Attorney Generals Office and law-yers for
initiative backers will try to convince the Supreme Court or at
least a majority to reconsider and retreat from its original
decision. That motion must be filed within 20 days of the
ruling.
Because its highly prob-able the court wont change
its mind, the states attor-neys also will ask justices to
provide enough time for the commission to extricate the publics
fingers from these operations.
That also will give found-ers of the schools a chance to take
their next step, which presumably will be to become private schools
for the foreseeable future.
On that point, the Washington State Charter School Association,
a pri-
vate group which raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to
assist the schools, is making sure money wont be an issue. Its
leaders vow to drum up the estimated $14 million needed to keep
every school open through June.
Meanwhile, figuring out how to legitimize charter schools will
be much hard-er as it will require action by lawmakers.
Republicans in the
House and Senate want to move swiftly to carve out a spot in
state law for charter schools and spell out where funding for them
will come from. Seattle Rep. Eric Pettigrew wants to act quickly
along those lines as well.
They want Gov. Jay Inslee to call a special ses-sion for that
purpose but as of Wednesday morning he had not indicated what he
wants to do. Democratic
leaders in the two cham-bers have been silent on the situation
too. Without their buy-in, its a cinch this will be a debate left
for the 2016 legislative session.
Jim Spady, a charter school supporter who has been on the front
lines of this civic war since 1994, vowed the
court action wont be the last word.
We are going to do what-ever it takes, declared Spady, an
executive of Dicks Drive-in. We are having charter schools in
Washington state. They are here. They are working. We havent come
this far to be sidetracked.
attempt to free American Embassy hostages held by Iran had
failed with the death of U.S. military per-sonnel. The day of
Reagans inauguration had seen the release of those hostages.
It is probably not a coin-cidence that this second debate
coincides with the impending Iranian nuclear vote in Congress.
It was during Reagans presidency in June 1987 that he gave a
speech at the Brandenburg Gate near the Berlin Wall. Reagans
stirring words, Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! will be
remembered by a whole generation of Americans living at that time.
The Wall was opened in November 1989 and the Soviet Union collapsed
in January 1991, largely due to Reagans push.
That is also another rea-son the debate is scheduled at his
library to remind Americans which presi-dents (Reagan and G.H.W
Bush) ended the Cold War. As Putin is reasserting Russian power in
Ukraine, in Syria and in other parts of the world, the message to
American voters is to remember what Reagan and the Republicans did
for the nation.
Reagans fixation on stop-ping communism, however, resulted in
his administra-tion illegally funding anti-communist guerrillas
against the Nicaraguan government. He got the Israelis to sell the
Iranians weapons in their war against Saddams Iraq. His
administration then used that money to finance the war in Nicaragua
at the cost of the lives of thousands.
A weekend after visiting the Reagan Library, a group of us drove
down to visit the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, Calif. That library
was impressive, but for dif-ferent reasons. The contrast between
the libraries gave me insights into two piv-otal Republican
presidents whose tenures changed the nation in very different
ways.There will likely never be
a Republican presidential debate at the Nixon Library in Yorba
Linda. Whereas there were signs galore to find the Reagan Library,
we had to search to find Nixons. Its on a main thor-oughfare and
much small-er. The library is beautiful, located at Nixons
child-hood home, with the house as one of its main
attrac-tions.
There is an air of humil-ity about the place, since to most
Americans the words Vietnam and Watergate come to mind with the
mention of Nixons name. Nixon was accused of lying to the American
public about several things, including the 1970 invasion into
Cambodia from neigh-boring South Vietnam. His statement, Im not a
crook! (regarding Watergate) is remembered by all who heard it as
an example of Nixons grow-ing paranoia.
The humility of the Nixon Library contrasts with the near
deification of Reagan. There is a feel-ing of arrogance at Reagans
with its strong emphasis on pointing out his supply-side economics
where taxes were reduced main-ly for the wealthy with a 25 percent
tax cut.
The evening of the day we visited the Nixon Library, there was
an African-American wedding. It was
fascinating to see blacks dressed in African wed-ding attire
coming onto the beautiful, peaceful grounds. Given a choice, I
would rather attend a wed-ding at the Nixon Library than observe a
Republican debate at Reagans osten-tatious venue.
For all of Nixons faults, and they are legion, he was a greater
president than Reagan. Nixon thought deeply and found a way to play
the Soviets off the Chinese Communists in order for us to extract
our-selves from Vietnam. He
also worked to end seg-regation, helped to estab-lish the
Environmental Protection Agency, and was able to balance the
budget, the only president able to do so from 1961 to 1998. Nixon
also start-ed the process to end the Cold War.
Think of this contrast between Reagan and Nixon. Both were great
presidents. Both changed the nation. Both were extremely imperfect
as all presidents have been and will continue to be.
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The heartbeat of this Christ-shaped community is Word and
Sacraments. Consider the mis-sion heartbeat of baptism. We dont
baptize our babies (of any age) and leave them at the font.
Baptismal ministry follows them into the world: to care and
struggle for the schools in which they learn, to guard the
com-munal values that shape them, to nurture their relationships,
and to provide them with mentors. A vision of a well-lived life in
society is baptismal mission.
The Mission Table: Renewing Congregation and Community,
by Stephen Bouman
As people of the Christian faith, bap-tism is central to our
lives together in Christ. Though we have varying theolo-gies
regarding when a person is to be bap-tized we are in agree-ment
that baptism is essential to our walk
with Jesus Christ. Through baptism, we enter into the life,
death, and resur-rection of Jesus Christ. Through bap-tism, God
claims us. We are no longer estranged from God but are brought back
into a right relationship.
God is the one who is at work in baptism. We arent the ones who
decide to initiate a relationship with God by being baptized.
Rather, through Jesus Christ, all people are being gathered back
together with God. (And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will
draw all people to myself John 12:32.)
Baptism is at the heartbeat of a Christ-shaped community. As the
author above stated, We dontleave them at the font. It is from our
baptism that God gathers us together for the purpose of being sent
out for the sake of the world. That is the shape of the Christian
life. God brings us together, not for our benefit, but so that the
world might come to the One, who brings reconciliation, hope and
life eternal. Not to judge and condemn, but rather to proclaim and
bear witness. (For God did not send his Son into the world to
condemn the world, but to save the world through him John
3:17.)
May we live out the baptismal mission for which we are sent and
called!
The Rev. Keith Marshall can be reached at
[email protected].
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Church Corner
Keith MarshallHope Lutheran Church
St. Elizabeth Hospital
A boy, Alden Randall Meyer, born Aug. 22, 2015, to Erica
Mariotti and Aaron Meyer of Bonney Lake.
A boy, Owen Brian Skelley, born Aug. 27, 2015, to Ashley M. and
Jared B. Skelley of Orting.
A girl, Korbyn Lynette Coynor, born Sept. 4, 2015, to Kelsey
Coynor and Devin Adams of Enumclaw.
A girl, Riley Marike Ellis, born Sept. 4, 2015, to Heather
(Fantello) Ellis and Tyler Ellis of Enumclaw.
A girl, Lily Anna Bronzini Dunks, born Sept. 5, 2015, to Rebecca
Bronzini and Dale Dunks Jr. of Enumclaw.
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ALBERT SISKAREnumclaw resident
Albert Obbie Siskar died Sept. 7, 2015. He was 89.
He was born April 13, 1926, in Enumclaw. He was a logger for
Ballestrasse Logging for 30 years and also was a farmer, raising
cattle and teaching his grandsons how to farm and take care of
cattle. He loved to hunt, hike and cook. He loved sports,
espe-cially the Mariners and Seahawks, enjoyed a beautiful garden
and enjoyed playing cards at the Enumclaw Sales Barn every
Saturday.
He is survived by son Leeroy Courville Jr. of Auburn; daughters
Barb Courville, Annie Moses and Shirley Taylor, all of Auburn;
sisters Rose Krainick of Enumclaw and Anne Goodfellow of Kent; and
three grandchildren.
Visitation was Sept. 10 at Weeks Enumclaw Funeral Home and a
funeral service took place Friday, Sept. 11, at the Muckleshoot
Shaker Church in Auburn with burial at Courville Cemetery.
All may sign the online guest book at
www.weeksfuneralhomes.com.
GLADYS GALLUPBuckley resident Gladys D. Gallup died
Sept. 7, 2015, at the age of 94.She was born Dec. 11, 1920, in
Crofton,
Neb., and graduated from Hillsboro (Ore.) High School. She
married Jess Gallup on May 20, 1940. She enjoyed being a homemaker,
canning, sewing, reading and
working crossword puzzles. She worked 19 years at Lamb-Weston in
Quincy, Wash. In her later years, she enjoyed traveling the western
U.S.
She is survived by daughter Sharon Levander and husband Gilbert
of Buckley; brother Warren W. Milbrandt of Austin, Texas; seven
grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by husband Jess C. Gallup on June 22,
1998; son Dan C. Gallup on Nov. 16, 1987; daughter Diane C. Gallup
on March 28, 1966; three brothers and two sisters.
A memorial service is planned for 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at
Weeks Funeral Home in Buckley. An inurn-ment service will take
place at 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 28 at the Quincy cemetery in Quincy,
Wash.
HERBERT BECKERHerbert Crosby
Becker, 77, died Sept. 9, 2015, in Enumclaw.
He was born Dec. 30, 1937, in Gary, Ind., and had lived in this
area 50 years. He had worked as a certified public accountant.
He is survived by wife Barbara Becker; son Herbert C. Becker Jr.
of Hinsdale, Ill.; daughter Shannon Thornton of Tacoma; sister
Peggy Murphy of Pomona, Calif.; 16 grandchildren and six
great-grandchil-dren.
A service took place at 1 p.m. Sept. 16 at Enumclaw Church of
the Nazarene with the Rev. Steve Strombom officiat-ing.
TODD CORBETTEnumclaw resident Todd L. Corbett
died Sept. 7, 2015. He was 50 and had lived in south King County
all his life, including the last 25 in Enumclaw.
He was born March 13, 1965, in Seattle and graduated from Auburn
High School in 1983. He was the owner and operator since 2007 of
Integrity Services of Washington, a long-haul trucking business. He
had many interests, enjoyed life and was humbled by the support
from his family and friends when they formed Team Todd, helping his
fight with cancer.
He is survived by wife Kim Daigle Corbett of Enumclaw; parents
Orin and Carol Corbett of Auburn; brother David Corbett and wife
Francie of Marysville, Wash.; sister Cheryl Corbett of Auburn; and
stepdaughters Lizzie, Macayla and Rachel Daigle of Enumclaw.
Remembrances may be made in his name to Group Health Hospice at
www.grouphealthfoundation.org/donate.
A celebration of life took place Tuesday, Sept. 15.
All may sign his online guestbook at
www.weeksfuneralhomes.com.
FLOYD COYNORFloyd Bush Coynor died Aug. 20,
2015, at his Enumclaw home.He was born March 21, 1938, in
Italy,
Texas.He is survived by his wife of 57 years,
Darlene; son Mark Coynor; twin brother Lloyd Coynor; five
grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Weeks Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
DONALD GOODALEDonald L. Goodale died the morning
of Sept. 12, 2015.He is survived by his wife of 59 years,
Joyce; daughters Cathy Baird (Joel), Karen Grigg (Don) and
Connie Wong (Roman); son Donald Goodale (Jeffrey); seven
grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
A celebration of his life will take place at 1 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 19, at the First Christian Church of Kent, 11717 S.E. 240th
St., Kent, Wash. 98031.
MARSHA MILLEREnumclaw resident Marsha L. Miller
died Sept. 3, 2015.She was born March 13, 1947. She loved
dancing in her younger days along with movies, being with her
grandchil-dren, baking and cooking, especially fudge. She enjoyed
the simple life.
She is survived by daughter Jane Clerc of Bonney Lake; son Rob
Miller of Wright City, Mo.; and brother Michael Rikard of Enumclaw.
She was preceded in death by a brother, Marty Rikard.
Memorials are suggested to the American Lung Association of
Washington.
A memorial service will take place Friday, Oct. 2, at Weeks
Enumclaw Funeral Home.
Services are directed by Weeks Enumclaw Funeral Home. All may
sign the online guest book at www.weeksfu-neralhomes.com.
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Enumclaw. Jean had wonderful childhood memories from her life in
Bellingham, where she was born to William Coston Carver and
Gertrude Crites Carver, on Jan. 13, 1920. She grew up in a
newspaper family: her father was editor of the Bellingham Herald
for more than 40 years; her brother, Jack Carver, was a long-time
Herald photographer; and her mother was a society editor for a time
in the early 1900s. She spent many happy summers on Lake Sammamish
at Carcot, the family cottage.
A bright student, she skipped a grade in elementary school, and
was graduated from Bellingham High School in 1937. She was a class
speaker at grad-uation. She attended Western Washington College of
Education (now Western Washington University) and the University of
Washington, where she was a l-iated with Gamma Phi Beta Sorority.
In 1942, she gave birth to daughter Nancy during her ve-year
marriage to Irving iel. In 1948, she married Jack Clark,
a er meeting him on a blind date, and they were happily married
for 53 years until his death on Christmas Day, 2001. During Jacks
career as a J.C. Penney manager, they lived in Bellingham,
Sunnyside and Cle Elum, before settling in Enumclaw where they
raised their family, which now included two more daughters. Jean
enjoyed her role as a homemaker. She was also an excellent bridge
player, an avid reader, a wonderful neighbor, and a thoughtful
letter-writer. A spiritual seeker all her life (the topic of her
graduation speech was e Value of Religion), she was a member of St.
Catherines Episcopal Church in Enumclaw, Unity Church of Kent, and
the White Eagle Lodge in Montgomery, Texas. Last year, she was
honored as a 50-year member of P.E.O., Chapters EF and JB. Jean
loved people and enjoyed many close friendships during all stages
of her life 150 people attended her 90th birthday party. She was a
strong ad-
vocate of health foods, vitamin supplements and naturopathic
health care well before they became mainstream. Her spiritual
beliefs, independent thinking
and bright personality inspired and cheered many. She is
survived by her three children: Nancy Sellers of Auburn; Sallie
Chaney (John) of Seattle; and Su-san Elgarf (Tarek) of Enumclaw; ve
grandchildren; ve great-grandchil-dren; one great-great grandchild,
and other special relatives.
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DEATH INVESTIGATION: Police were called the afternoon of Sept. 9
to a Spruce Drive address to assist with a death investigation.
CARDS USED: A victim reported Sept. 9 a purse had been taken
from a vehicle parked in the vicinity of Garrett Street and
Roosevelt Avenue. Credit cards had already been used. The victim
can-celled the cards and was to be reimbursed for the unauthorized
purchases.
ARRESTED: Police
responded at 3:46 a.m. Sept. 9 to a Monroe Avenue business,
where an attempted shoplifting inci-dent had been reported. The
suspect was instead arrested for driving with a suspended license.
The suspects vehicle was impounded.
DOMESTIC TROUBLE: A caller told police the night of Sept. 9 a
woman could be heard yelling for help. Officers responded to a
Harding Street address and contact-ed a woman who had been
assaulted by a boyfriend. He had fled on foot and was not located.
A report was taken.
BUCKLEYSEPTEMBER 8: Officers responded to a Mountain
View Avenue location due to a domestic dis-pute and dealt with
two animal complaints, one on Shamrock Court and another on Elsa
Street. There was one reckless driving incident and five traffic
stops.
SEPTEMBER 7: Police heard of a domestic vio-lence incident on
Cedar Street and a domestic dis-turbance at a state Route 410
location. There were two calls to Carbonado one for a traffic
collision and another for a case of malicious mischief.
SEPTEMBER 6: Police responded to a hit-and-run incident at Park
Avenue and state Route 410. There was a report of reckless driving
on Mason Avenue, a disabled vehicle blocking traffic and seven
traffic stops.
SEPTEMBER 5: Trouble with a juvenile had police responding to
the vicinity of Pearl and Cedar streets. Also, there was one
assault report, a call to assist the fire department at a Division
Street location and a dozen traffic stops.
SEPTEMBER 4: Police
responded to one collision, heard of a reckless driving
incident, received a com-plaint about parking on A Street and made
nine traf-fic stops.
SEPTEMBER 3: Officers responded to a hit-and-run collision on
112th Street East, checked on the wel-fare of an individual at a
Third Street location and conducted eight traffic stops.
SEPTEMBER 2: Police dealt with two assault reports coming from
Rainier School, two ani-mal complaints and one complaint about a
party in town. There were two sus-picious vehicle reports, a report
of someone being harassed and one person arrested on a warrant.
Officers also made 10 traf-fic stops.
BONNEY LAKEATTEMPTED THEFT:
On Sept. 2, officers cited a woman for attempted theft from a
Bonney Lake store. Employees of the store noticed the woman
selecting several items off shelves and asked her if shed like a
basket. Later, employees noticed the bas-ket was empty, but the bag
the woman was carrying looked full. Employees detained the woman
with-
out incident until officers arrived. She was trespassed from the
store.
UNKNOWN MAN WITH NUNCHAKU: Officers were alerted on Sept. 3 of a
strange male running through the backyard of a neighbors house.
Officers checked on the residence and the homeowner, who had just
returned home when the male was seen running away. Checking to see
if the homeowner inter-rupted a burglary, officers searched the
area and found the man behind one of the fences surround-ing the
backyard. The man said he was lost, and the homeowner did not
recognize the him, but the homeowners child claimed the man was
invited over as a friend. Officers searched the man and found a
glass smok-ing pipe. The backpack the man had on also had drugs and
drug parapher-nalia, along with a pair of nunchaku sticks. The
subject was booked in the Pierce County jail.
SLASHED TIRES: On Sept. 4, officers were called with a report of
vandalism. The reporting party advised officers that their trucks
tires were slashed/punctured while they were shopping the previous
day and had
a security video of when it happened. The video evi-dence did
not help officers in identifying the suspect.
ELUDING OFFICERS: Officers attempted to stop what looked like a
home-made motorcycle on Sept. 4. The man kept glancing back at the
patrol car, but did not stop. Instead,the subject kept raising his
left hand as if they were try-ing to signal to officers. The
motorcycle made two turns without stopping, and officers turned on
their sirens. The man continued to drive until he made an abrupt
turn through the side yard of a residence, jumped off the bike and
ran. Officers ran after the man but stopped when the he dropped a
plastic box. The box contained bags of meth equaled to a little
more than 52 grams, including packag-ing.RUNNING RED LIGHT:
Officers attempted to stop a motorcyclist who ran a red light on
Sept. 9. While following officers observed other reckless driving,
including driving over 100 miles per hour. Officers lost sight of
the subject, but back-up was able to locate them and put them in
custody. The subject was booked for eluding a police officer in the
Pierce County jail.
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The Washington Warrior Cup will host its second event of the
year at the Enumclaw Expo Center on Saturday, Sept. 19.
Members of Team Combat Sport and Fitness will be wearing pink
Fighting for Beau shirts to show their support for young Beau Ward,
who is recovering from severe burns suffered during an accident
earlier this year.
Saturdays spectators will have an opportunity to help support
the Enumclaw youngster by purchasing a
Fighting for Beau T-shirt for $15. Also, a 50/50 raffle and
concession stand sales will benefit the White River Junior Hornets
Wrestling Club.
Some Plateau favorites will be featured on the fight card.
The main event will fea-ture Enumclaw High alum-nus Joey
Pierotti, who will take on Dominique Smith of Tacoma. Pierotti was
a state wrestling champion for EHS and continued his time on the
mat at North Idaho Junior College. He
currently works for the Port of Seattle Fire Department and
looks forward to local support in his effort to push his amateur
record to 8-0.
Caleb Padgett, a White River High School 2008 alum, also
graduated with impressive wrestling cre-dentials. He is steadily
building a winning record in hopes of fighting for one of the
bigger professional promotions in the near future.
Combat Sport and Fitness has two females scheduled to fight
on
Saturdays card. Alex Lind, who graduated from Tahoma High in
2011, will compete in her third kick-boxing match. Caitlin
Williams, who graduated from Enumclaw High School this past year,
will make her debut. She has been training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
since she was 10 and is a blue belt in BJJ. Williams also holds a
sec-ond-place judo state title from her sophomore year at Enumclaw
High School.
The last local com-petitor is Sean Williams
who will be taking on Socheat Touch in a Muay Thai kick-boxing
bout. Williams, from Maple Valley, has a record of 6-3.
The Warrior Cup is an all-ages show. Tickets are $30 at the
door; VIP seat-ing is available for $50 and family four-packs are
$100
(pre-sale only). Advanced tickets can be purchased at Combat
Sport and Fitness or online at
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Saturdays event is spon-sored by Liberty Events and Promotions,
as well as Enumclaw Fugate Ford.
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e Enumclaw Rotary
DUCK RACEwhich was scheduled for 9/12/15
wasPostponed
Due to Salmon running in the creek. No new date has been
scheduled as yet.
Please watch for new date to be announced.Please watch for new
date to be announced.Please watch for new date to be announced.
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