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By ANDy HOBBS
Shannon Ford is finally able to sell her very own wild Alaska salmon in Federal Way.
Every summer beginning in June, Ford and a two- to four-person crew catch salmon in Bristol Bay aboard her boat, Paul Revere. Ford sells some salmon to an Alaskan cannery, then brings the rest of the bounty home to the Puget Sound region, where she tours the local farmers market circuit.
Through her business, Two if by Seafoods, Ford sells her salmon at farmers markets in Mercer Island, Renton, Kirkland and Bellevue. On Sept. 7, she will make her debut at the Federal Way Farmers Market’s inaugural Wednesday Night Out, which runs 4 to 8 p.m. at 31600 20th Ave. S. (near the transit center). Expect to find fresh frozen sockeye, coho and smoked sockeye salmon at Ford’s booth.
By GreG AllmAiN
On July 19, 2010, Marcus Mukai and a young autistic teenager stopped at the Safeway on 320th Street to do some quick shopping.
Mukai was the young man’s DSHS-sponsored caretaker at the time. While they shopped, the teen got increasingly agitated because he was worried the two would miss their usual computer time at the Fed-eral Way 320th Library.
Eventually, according to Mukai and his attorneys, the young man darted out of the store, taking a cart full of unpaid for grocer-ies with him. Because of this, both Mukai and the young man were stopped by in-store loss prevention of-ficers as possible shoplifters. Mukai now faces a charge of theft in the third degree, which can carry a penalty of up to a year in jail or a $5,000 fine.
Mukai is slated to go to trial in late October.
The city prosecuting attorney’s office declined
to comment on the case of City of Federal Way v. Marcus Mukai, citing con-cerns of contaminating any potential juror pool.
“We’re very disappointed, to say the least, that the Federal Way prosecutor has not taken a closer look at this,” said Steven Fogg, one of Mukai’s attorneys. “I don’t have any doubt that any jury that saw these facts would very quickly clear Mr. Mukai.”
Both of Mukai’s attorneys say their client may be the victim of company poli-cies by Phoenix Protective Corporation of Spokane, the employer of the two loss prevention officers.
In depositions of the two Safeway loss prevention officers (LPOs) provided to The Mirror by Mukai’s legal team, a catch-22 is described for the officers within Phoenix. According to the statements of both
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Caregiver for boy with autism fights shoplifting chargeAttorneys say company policies present a dilemma for loss prevention officers
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Farmers market now open Wednesdays
Federal Way resident Shannon Ford (pictured in Alaska aboard her boat, Paul revere) will sell salmon at the Federal Way Farmers Market’s inaugural Wednesday Night Out, which runs 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays beginning Sept. 7 at 31600 20th Ave. S. COURTESY PHOTO
By GreG AllmAiN
The Washington state Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) released its annual report cards last week, with Fed-eral Way Public Schools showing “meaningful gains well worth celebrating,” ac-cording to the district.
One of the biggest gains made
by FWPS students was in the area of 10th-grade math, with scores jumping 18.5 percent between
2009-2010 and 2010-2011. In 2009-2010, 45 percent of FWPS 10th-graders met the standard for math, while in 2010-2011, that number increased to over
63 precent, according to the district.FWPS credited this gain to
a new policy instituted at the
state level, in which students are tested at the end of the instruction period. Called an end-of-course (EOC) assessment, this method “ensures that students have actual-ly received instruction in the skills on the test, and tests them on those skills while the instruction is still fresh in their memories.”
At the high school level, more students hit the desired metric for reading in 2010-2011, with 82 percent achieving the standard,
compared to 78 percent in 2009-2010. In the other two measured areas, writing and science, FWPS indicated that students scores “were comparable or slightly lower than the state’s averages in most categories.”
For the district’s elemen-tary third- through fifth-grade students, some “minor losses” occurred, but stayed above the state averages in reading for third and fifth grade, along with third-,
fourth- and fifth-grade math. Grades six through eight were
the district’s rough patch. The dis-trict conceded that seventh- and eighth-grade students “saw overall stagnant or slightly lower scores.” One group that took a step backward was seventh-graders in the areas of reading and math. In 2009-2010, this group scored 62.5 percent on reading and 55.1 percent on math. For 2010-2011,
FW schools gain ground in state testing
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The Federal
Way Farmers
market moved
to a new location for
the 2011 season,
opening May 7 at the former AMC
Theatres site, 31600
20th Ave. S. (near
the transit center). The market runs
through the end of
October.
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A steel beam from the World Trade Center will become part of a 9/11 memorial in Federal Way. The memorial is slated to open Sept. 11, 2012, at South King Fire and Rescue station 64. ANDY HOBBS, The Mirror
From sTAFF reporTs
South King Fire and Res-cue will host a ceremony at 5:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, at Celebration Park in Federal Way to honor the 10th anniversary of 9/11.
Two South King Fire and Rescue firefighters crisscrossed the country this month to retrieve a steel beam from the World Trade Center, which was destroyed in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
The public will be able to view the steel beam at Sunday’s ceremony.
The steel beam will become part of a memorial in Federal Way to honor the nearly 3,000 victims who died in the attacks.
The memorial will be dedicated Sept. 11, 2012, at fire station 64 at South 320th Street and Military Road. Over the next year, the fire district will raise money and collect dona-
tions to fund the memorial.To contribute to the me-
morial, mail tax-deductible donations to South King Firefighters Foundation, 31617 1st Ave. S., Federal Way, WA 98003.
FW churches unite for 9/11 remembrance
A community 9/11 remembrance and prayer event will begin at 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, at Saca-jawea Middle School, 1101 S. Dash Point Road.
The free event is orga-nized by a group of 15 pas-tors from churches across Federal Way.
Jeff MacLurg, pastor at Our Savior’s Baptist Church, said the event is not a worship service, but rather a call to action for community service.
He hopes the gather-ing will inspire people to
emulate the heroic choices resulting from challenges created by the terrorist at-tacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
“We are asking people to make Federal Way a better place because we’re mak-ing choices to serve other people,” said MacLurg, who began planning the event in May.
“Because there was such a spiritual response to 9/11, it would be appropriate for churches to take the lead in remembering it.”
The event will feature representatives from dozens of service groups, Fed-eral Way police and the fire district as well as Mayor Skip Priest. South King Fire Chaplain Tim Klerekoper will be the main speaker.
MacLurg expects about 900 people to attend. He encourages the public to come and connect with like-minded service groups. Call (253) 227-2081.
Federal Way will host two 9/11 remembrances
Community garden breaks ground sept. 18From sTAFF reporTs
The Light of Christ Lu-theran Church Community Garden will hold a ground-
breaking ceremony at 11:30 a.m. Sept. 18. The site is located on the corner of SW 344th Street and 21st Avenue SW, across from the Twin Lakes Park and Ride in Federal Way.
Volunteers will be clearing a portion of the land, belonging to Light of Christ Lutheran Church, for the commu-nity garden. The garden will hold approximately 40 raised beds, eight of which will be built at a height to accommodate people with limited mobility. There will be an area of reflection with a fountain and framing a view of Mt. Rainer, along with an area for education.
The public can “buy a brick” that will become
the main walkway of the garden, sponsor a bed or garden item or help build
the garden itself. For more information,
to volunteer or to make a tax-de-ductible donation, contact Jim Cox at
[email protected] or (253) 952-8339.
Also visit www.thelight.org.
CorrectionA report Sept. 3 incor-
rectly named a resident as part of the movement to have term limits become a discussion point for the city council. Federal Way resi-dent Norma Blanchard is actually the other architect of the argument to have the council discuss term limits.
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Bloody suspect at collision leads Federal Way police to dead body
From staFF reports
Federal Way police discovered an apparent homicide while responding to an early morning vehicle collision.
At 6:54 a.m. Sept. 2, officers were dispatched to the scene of a minor collision in the 30400 block of 28th Avenue South, according to police.
A 19-year-old male at the scene who was believed to have caused the collision had dried blood on his body and clothing, according to police. The blood was not related to the collision, police said.
Officers drove to the address on the vehicle’s registra-tion to check on the welfare of residents at that address. Upon arriving at the residence in the 30600 block of Pacific Highway South, police discovered male who had been killed, apparently of multiple stab wounds, accord-ing to police.
The victim and suspect have not been identified as of press time. The 19-year-old suspect cooperated with Federal Way detectives and admitted during an inter-view to stabbing the victim, according to police. The suspect, an acquaintance of the victim, was booked into the King County Jail for investigation of murder. Fed-eral Way police detectives are working the case. More information will be reported when available.
Following is a sample from the Federal Way police log:• Who’s to blame?: At 2:55 p.m. Aug. 27 in the 1200 block of South 343rd Street, police were called after a shop owner and a shop representative got into an argu-ment after the rep came in to pick up his truck after having repairs done. Following the argument, the rep was backing his truck out of the shop when he ran over an air tool belonging to the business. The incident caused damage to the air tool and popped two of the rep’s tires, according to the report. The incident caused another argument over who would be responsible for the damages. The rep wanted the shop owner to pay for his tires and the owner wanted the rep to pay for the air tool, according to the report.
• Stolen purse: At 3:20 p.m. Aug. 24 at Wild Waves Theme Park, a woman called police to tell them that her purse along with five credit cards, checkbook and driver’s license were stolen from her car while it was parked at the park. There was no damage to the car and it was still locked, as the woman had left it, according to the report. Police have no suspects. • Strongarm robbery: At 3:23 p.m. Aug. 24 in the 1900 block of South 314th Street, a woman reported that she had been the victim of a strongarm robbery attempt, according to the police report. A white vehicle pulled up next the woman, who was the passenger in another vehicle, and a man attempted to take her purse off of her shoulder. The attempt was unsuccessful and the other driver left the area, according to the report.• Stolen stereo: At 8:28 a.m. Aug. 28 in the 28000 block of 25th Place South, a woman reported that sometime after midnight, the
passenger window was broken out and her stereo was stolen, accord-ing to the police report. Police have no suspects. • Burglary: At 7:07 p.m. Aug. 28 in the 29000 block of 18th Avenue South, a woman reported that her residence was burglarized at some point during the last two months, according to the police report. The woman was in Korea and $6,000 worth of items, including a televi-sion and jewelry, were stolen. • Burglary: At 8:27 p.m. Aug. 28 in the 500 block of South 323rd Place, a neighbor witnessed two black males banging on the win-dow of an apartment, according to the police. The neighbor then heard noises coming from the apartment like somebody going through drawers, the report said. The neighbor then witnessed two men leaving the apartment with a full duffel bag. Police found a window open with the screen out, according to the report. There were numerous items stolen, including a computer and iPod.
• Robbery: At 8:51 p.m. Aug. 28 in the 31000 block of 8th Avenue Southwest, police were dispatched to a man being robbed by an unknown Hispanic man. The man’s property was returned to him by two good samaritans, according to the police report. The man was, however, still missing a knife. Police have no suspects.• Theft: At 2:26 a.m. Aug. 27 in the 2100 block of SW 334th Place, a woman heard a noise and looked outside and saw an unknown male in her vehicle and the driver’s side window broken, according to police. The woman reported that a GPS system was taken.• Argument: At 10:49 a.m. Aug. 27 in the 900 block of Southwest Campus Drive, a mother and daughter got into an argument over chores and money, according to the police report. The mother then began pushing the daughter and the daughter pushed her back, the report said. There were no reports of injuries and both agreed to seek family counseling.
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By roBert WHaLe
Auburn Reporter
J. Dan Fiorito graded and paved a racetrack east of Auburn for a band of cash-poor investors in 1960 in exchange for a share of stock.
If his grandson, Jason Fiorito, is to expand Pacific Raceways, he’ll have to go through the King County Council over the angry and organized opposi-tion of neighbors who say it’ll be too noisy and harm the environment.
Fiorito addressed the Auburn City Council to enlist the City’s support.
“I’m not asking King County to approve this site plan,” he said. “I’m asking it to amend the code in terms of the wetlands and the steep slopes to allow upgrades that are specifically tied to safety improvements on the road course and set forth a develop-ment agreement requirement between us and the county executive that would start the environmental review process.
“This is not an attempt to circum-vent environmental review,” Fiorito added.
Council members listened but took no action.
Fiorito’s problem is that the opera-tion of the current road course and drag strip don’t support the mainte-nance of the racing surface, neither do they support the debt service payments the family has been making on the $5 million loan it took out to pull the venue back from the brink of ruin in 2000 to where it can operate at a club racing level on the road course and a professional level on the drag strip.
Fiorito traced the track’s decline to a series of unfortunate lease agreements the then-operator of then-Seattle In-ternational Raceway entered into with lessees from the 1970s to the late ‘90s.
“By the end of the ‘90s, either my
family was going to take over opera-tions, or it would go away,” Fiorito said. “Thankfully, I was able to con-vince my family it was an important community asset.”
The family tore down buildings, replaced bathrooms, began a deferred maintenance program to establish some safety-runout areas around the road course, rebuilt the grandstands, replaced many of the wooden seats with aluminum seats, paved some pit areas and cleaned up the property.
Present features are:• A quarter-mile dragstrip• A shifter-kart track amounting to
a smaller version of the road course that caters to drifting cars, Go-Karts and motorcycles
• A permitted motocross track, dormant for now
• A permitted-and-under-construc-tion, relocated drag strip.
Nearly 700,000 people set foot on the property every year, almost 100,000 of them showing up on just one weekend during the NHRA Nationals. But it is the club activities throughout the week that kick up most of the economic impact. Some of the larger events are on weekends, the track hosting close to 300 event days a year and operational seven days a week, May through August.
Pacific Raceways has worked with King County over recent years to relocate some of the racing surfaces, including the kart course, moving it “as far away from the neighborhood as we could get it, and then lowering it 30 feet into the ground, leaving an earthen berm between the noise gen-erator and the neighborhood. This is the first racing surface to employ that technology, and it’s worked wonder-fully,” Fiorito said.
The problem is that road courses and drag strips aren’t big money makers. If Pacific Raceways is to
remain competitive, things will have to change. Looking for a sustainable business model outside of the impos-sible scenario of hosting a NASCAR event, Fiorito decided to do as other track owners in his situation had done — build an associated industrial park. By building and renting out industrial and commercial space for businesses tied to the racing industries, he said, he can keep things rolling and make the venue a world-class facility once again.
Fiorito’s plan calls for an industrial park capable of generating 1,000 jobs, with an estimated economic impact on the local economy of about $30 million per year. By surrounding the track with those buildings, he said, he can cut the noise. The plan also calls for replacing a grass field with a regional-size oval, which is the one additional racing surface proposed in the master plan.
His vision is to have five racing surfaces that can be operated on a re-gional level. In the event the raceway has a professionally-sanctioned road course or drag strip event, it can shut down the other four spectator-driven events and use their parking lots.
A lack of safety runout areas, he said, constrains the present road course. In 1960, there were few trees alongside the racing surface. Because of 30 years of lack of maintenance, trees have grown up right alongside the track, so that if a car leaves the racing surface, it will hit a tree. The solution is to remove trees, and that means getting into sensitive areas and removing vegetation to provide flat runoff areas, so that if a car going 150 mph plus leaves the track, it won’t hit a tree, and safety crews can get there quickly.
Fiorito claims his plan efficiently cuts but does not eliminate noise leav-ing the property.
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Personification of pets versus police hyperbole
A short unattributed blurb in The Mirror on Aug. 24 was titled “Pets and hot cars just don’t mix.”
The Federal Way Police Department asserts that “leaving an animal unat-tended in a vehicle is dan-gerous to the animals.”
This is a ridiculous absolute that cannot rea-
sonably be substantiated. Certainly it can be said that leaving an animal in an unattended vehicle for an extended amount of time, in hot weather and with the windows closed, can be dangerous.
Beyond that, the Federal Way Police Department is engaging in hyperbole.
Federal Way police go
on to assert that “consis-tent temperatures above 70 degrees have led to an increased number of calls related to leaving dogs in vehicles in an unsafe manner.” While indeed there might be an increased number of calls of this na-ture, the calls are in no way indicative of an increase of cases where an animal is
being confined in an unsafe manner.
In the first place, ad-dressing weather above 70 degrees as hot or danger-ous is a fallacy that could only occur in Washington state. This year has been extremely mild, and there have been only a handful of days this summer where the temperature has exceeded
80 degrees.Based on my own
experience, I believe that it is far more likely that the increase in the number of calls is indicative of a lack of knowledge on the part of the caller and an evolving phenomenon that I will de-scribe as the personification of our pets. The bottom line is that a dog confined in a
car should not be the sole basis for a 911 call. In short, there should be a clear indication that the animal is in distress, and reasoned knowledge that continued confinement will harm the animal.
The Federal Way police then tell us that “city code allows Federal Way police officers to “enforce this vio-lation as an infraction” with a first offense costing $100. The problems begin with
Well, here we go again. It’s 6 a.m. and time for another day on the treadmill. It seems to be staying dark later, and somehow that makes this daily agony even less enjoyable.
I read several different papers to try and pass the time more quickly, but I haven’t kept up like I normally do. The pile of unread literature is taller than your typical 5-year-old and seems ready to topple.
I write a lot about what’s going on here in Federal Way, so let’s see what’s going on in other cities. There must be some-thing new and exciting happening out there.
East of the mountains, they celebrate the ar-rival of migrating birds with the annual Othello Sandhill Crane Festival. This year it has been canceled due to lack of volunteers. Hmm... how will the cranes know they have been canceled? Won’t they still show up anyway? And with no one to greet them, how will they know where to check in? Or how to find a good restaurant? I wonder if they have a tourist bureau in Ken-newick?
Next door in Auburn, one thief was easy to catch. He wheeled a stolen 50-inch television past the police department. I would imagine a television that big being wheeled down Main Street might get someone’s attention.
Also, in Auburn, City Hall found that clear communication with its residents is essential. The deputy mayor felt compelled to send a letter to the editor of the Auburn Reporter to clarify a community misunderstanding. Some citizens were upset with city plans for “transient ori-ented development.” She wanted to clarify that it was “transit” oriented development. Glad we got that cleared up. Other cities might have seen
Auburn as a transient destination point. Criminals in Issaquah make it far to easy
for the police. One man reported to court on a charge where the judge sent him to jail. During booking, police found a bag of marijuana. His comment: “That was really stupid of me to go to court with it in my pocket.” Any disagree-ment? With cooperative criminals like that, Issaquah may be able to lower its police budget.
Not surprisingly, a picture of scant-ily clad young ladies on the front page of the Whidbey News-Times under the headline “Talk Derby To Me,” catches my eye. Oh... well that wasn’t quite what I expected. It was a story about their ladies roller rink team. Those folks on Whidbey Island have quite the sense of humor. But it is early in the morning and I am easy to fool this time of day. They must be pretty tough up there — that sport is brutal.
And though it isn’t exactly what I learned in political science, or church either, maybe God does have his limits.
One of the candidates for president says all the earthquakes and hurricanes are a message from God to Washington politicians for not lis-tening. And we thought we were the only ones they didn’t listen to. Maybe God isn’t among the 14 percent who have confidence in Congress.
You just can’t make this stuff up, but it’s time to get off the treadmill and get back to inter-viewing candidates for the fall elections. Be-sides, it’s looking lighter outside and my knees are beginning to hurt.
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By JUDGE DAVID LARSON
Federal Way Municipal Court
What exactly is justice? Is jus-tice a condition of existence? Or, does it denote some action on our part? Is justice a result? Or, is justice the way we behave and how we treat each other?
It is amazing what we learn from our children. I experienced an event with my son that provides a lesson for us all about what justice means.
My sons and I went to a number of Mariners games in the past. My oldest son’s main goal in attending games was to snag a foul ball or a home run ball. It was his obsession, and his disappoint-ment was palpable each time he would come up empty. It would have been cheaper to buy him a few dozen baseballs, but it was not about having just any baseball. It was about catching a Mari-ners baseball at a Mariners game.
We learned that players warming up in the out-field during batting practice tossed balls that did not quite make it over the fence into the stands. The chance of retrieving a ball hit over the fence was also much greater during batting practice. We were able to stand at the outfield rail with some other people with the same idea of getting a baseball.
We were there for about 15 minutes when a player from the opposing team tossed a ball up to a 6-year-old boy standing next to my then 12-year-old son. It was obvious that the ball was intended for this younger boy. It glided right toward his glove, but hit off the edge, fell to the ground, and rolled right to my oldest son’s feet.
My son revealed a burst of character that made me swell with pride. He picked up the ball and handed it to the younger boy as its intended recipient. This was an especially good act by my son because the baseball he handed over would have been the very first baseball he would have ever received at a Mariners game.
I wish that were how this story ended, but the lessons we learned that day were not over. I will never know if the opposing player saw what my son did, but it seemed that my son’s deserved reward was on its way when the opposing player tossed the next ball he touched directly to my son. It was obvious this ball was intended for him. The ball was on a perfect trajectory to my son’s open glove when a man in his late 30’s thrust his glove over my son’s and took the ball right out of mid-air.
Some of the readers of this piece probably be-lieve that my son deserved what he got (or what he did not get) because he should have just kept the first baseball. After all, “do unto others before they do unto you” seems to be the ethic of choice for many these days.
However, my son gained more by giving that baseball to the other boy than he ever could have
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gained if he would have kept the baseball. The baseball would have gathered dust and would have become discolored with age, but his character would remain clean and untarnished if he lived the rest of his life this way.
This story is symbolic of just about every choice we make when we inter-act with others. The man who took the ball from my son did nothing illegal, but something can be legal and still be wrong. This experience taught me more about justice and injustice that anything I had ever read in law books. Justice and injustice in this situation manifested as a microcosm of life in the stark contrast between how a 12-year-old acted and how an adult acted in a similar situation.
Self-interest is the lifeblood of a free society, but society decays if self-interest is not tempered with justice. Selfishness and injustice are close cousins. Self-interest and injustice are incompatible. Don’t confuse this with the type of “social justice” that defines justice in economic terms. True justice is found in our souls, not in our pocketbooks. This is not liberal or conservative, it’s just true.
Are we going to treat others as we want to be treated? Or, are we only going to just do unto others?
Justice is an action and a result. You create justice by how you treat others and by how you live your daily life. Sadly, the same is true for injustice.
Judge David Larson of the Federal Way Municipal Court: [email protected].
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the fact that city code de-rives its authority from state law. In this case, the city presumes to enforce state statute RCW 16-52-080. A violation of the statute can result in misdemeanor charges with a potential jail sentence and fine.
The statute essentially says that it is unlawful to transport or confine an ani-mal in an unsafe manner. The problem with the stat-ute is that it is a look-good, feel-good piece of legisla-tion that completely lacks any guidelines for deter-mining or defining what is an unsafe manner in which to confine or transport an animal.
Overall, the law provides no analysis, no measure-ment mechanisms, nor any examples of behavior or circumstances that would lead to a violation. This leaves the law open to a wide ar-ray of ridiculous interpretations in-clusive of simply locking a pet in a vehicle for a short amount of time.
This makes the statute, however well intended, unconstitutionally vague.
Into this vacuum step police officers with little or no training and experience in animal care or health. Private citizens also come from a variety of experi-ences. In contrast, a person raised on a ranch or in a rural area is likely to have a different experience and perspective than does a city dweller who may have little practical experience with raising animals.
By example, a profes-sional dog trainer or even a bird hunter with dogs would treat you as a fool if you objected to the manner of confinement and trans-port of their animals. Dogs confined in a ventilated trailer or vehicle is a norm and the animals are watered and checked every couple of hours. Note that this is a much gentler version than what occurs with the transport of livestock such as cattle, pigs or chickens.
Meanwhile, in the small suburban metropolis of Federal Way, you are more likely to experience the other end of the spectrum with true experience in animal husbandry being relatively low. Not to say that they do not have pets, just that they have limited practical knowledge in how
to treat them.Often such people tend
to emotionally personify their pets. These are the people who are automati-cally offended or horri-fied upon seeing a pet in a locked vehicle. Taken to extreme, you have some owners (or animal lovers as they call themselves) objecting to the discipline of a pet, confining a pet, or even objecting to placing a pet upon a leash. These are people whose pets ride in their laps or are otherwise transported in air condi-tioned luxury.
I hate to see an animal mistreated or abused. However, I also dislike seeing the ridiculous extent to which this law is being applied and interpreted. Assuming that this statute is not quickly struck down in state or federal court, Federal Way needs to institute a comprehensive training program for all po-
lice officers. The training should be conducted by a li-censed veterinar-ian and address issues such as how long a pet should reasonably be confined in a closed vehicle without ventila-tion or water, etc.
Such a standard estab-lished on a municipal basis as the definition of state statute is not likely to be considered constitutional. Yet it may act as a motivator to the Legislature to clean up their mistake.
Further, such an ap-proach is far more reasoned than the status quo in which officers of various backgrounds and experi-ence impose their own per-sonal judgment on how the law should be interpreted.
Ultimately, that is the problem, without any clear standards established by the legislature; officers are left to interpret intent and application on the basis of their own experience tainted opinions.
Additionally, under the status quo, pet owners are equally at loss when they arrive at the juncture of leaving their pet in a vehicle while they run into the grocery store or a doctor’s office.
Given the laws, lack of clarity and specificity, I would suggest that Federal Way officers err on the side of conservative applica-tion of the law. Look for symptoms of clear physi-cal distress. Work from a standardized symptom and
treatment information as provided by a veterinarian. Do not rely on emotion and citizen concern.
Understand that a bark-ing or whining dog is not an inherent indication of distress. A dog confined in a vehicle is not reason enough for intervention or application of enforcement measures. Look instead for clear symptoms of dehydra-tion or heat prostration.
In the realm of preventa-tive care and intervention, look for pets in vehicles that have been there for some time in truly hot weather. For you native Washing-tonians, 70 to 80 degrees is not hot. Also look for pets in vehicles with closed windows.David Koenig, Federal Way
FW Community Garden is a delight to visit
Over the weekend (Aug. 27-28), I had my first visit to the Federal Way Senior Center Community Gar-den. What a delight!
With my greatest ap-preciation, I extend my thanks to Mike Stanley and his crew for the many, many hours of voluntary services rendered on this fantastic show place. Not only is it beautiful, but it helps to feed many elderly and needy people in our community.
Also in need of thanks are all the businesses and anyone else who has donated to this worthwhile project.
Again, thank you one and all. If you have not visited this masterpiece, put it on your to-do list, as it is worth the time and effort.Leona Colbeth, Federal Way
Editor’s note: The Federal Way Senior Center Com-munity Garden is located at 4016 S. 352nd St., Auburn. Contact master gardener Mike Stanley to learn more about the garden, to volun-teer or to donate. Stanley can be reached by email at [email protected].
Thanks for sand sculpting event
Dear Mirror publisher Rudi Alcott,
Thank you so much for playing a part in Federal Way’s World Championship of Sand Sculpting. What a lovely show for us all.Mary Roberts, Federal Way
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I hate to see an animal mistreated or abused. However, I also dislike seeing the ridiculous extent to which this law is being applied and interpreted. Federal Way resident Helen Laier, 91, had her wish granted to meet pro golfer Fred Couples, thanks
to Brookdale Senior Living and Jeremy Bloom’s Wish of a Lifetime. Photo CoURtESY oF FoUNDAtIoN hoUSE
Federal Way woman meets golf idol Fred CouplesFROm STAFF REpORTS
Federal Way resident Helen Laier, 91, had her wish granted to meet pro golfer Fred Couples, thanks to Brookdale Senior Living and Jeremy Bloom’s Wish of a Life-time.
An avid golfer herself, Laier recently returned to the course on her 90th birthday after a series of serious medical conditions including a battle with breast cancer, having two knees replaced, recover-ing from a broken hip and torn rotator cuff, and undergoing numerous
other surgeries.Laier stays physically
active through her love of golf. She has played several times since her hip recovered and frequently watches professional tournaments on television. Living in Federal Way for more than 60 years, Laier closely followed the career of her favorite golfer, Fred Couples, a local boy who worked his way to a suc-cessful golf career.
“Over the years, I kept thinking well wouldn’t that really be something to meet Fred Couples,” said Laier. “To me it’s an im-possible dream. It would
be a miracle. I can’t even imagine it happening.”
On Aug. 25, Laier’s lifelong dream came true. Laier traveled to the Boeing Classic Pro-Am in Snoqualmie to meet Couples. Laier accompa-nied Couples during a few holes of the course. She was also interviewed by Jay Radzavicz of the Golf Channel.
“Fred Couples is very handsome and charming, much more handsome in person,” said Laier, a resi-dent of Foundation House, a Brookdale Senior Living retirement community in Federal Way.
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From staFF reports
The Han Woo-Ri festival, a Korean culture celebra-tion, will kick off Sept. 16 under the big tent in The Commons Mall.
The event will feature contemporary and tra-ditional performing arts, exhibits, games and food. 2011 will see the continua-tion of a theme established in 2007, according to the city, of showcasing tech-nology and youth culture, which are “all key elements of the Korean Wave.”
Part of the homage to youth culture and technol-ogy will be a B-Boy team and battle, a Korean bonsai master, and performers from Korea, Los Angeles and Vancouver. There will also be plenty of food.
Federal Way is home to one of the largest Korean communities in the region. Federal Way maintains close ties to its Korean sister city, Donghae City. A delegation from Donghae City will be on hand.
Free admission to all daytime events. Schedule:
• Friday, Sept. 16: Open-
ing Night Gala starts at 6 p.m. Tickets are $60 and can be purchased at the gate or call (253) 835-6868.
• Saturday, Sept. 17: Fes-tival program runs 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., then 7 to 10 p.m. Evening tickets are $5.
• Sunday, Sept. 18: Festi-val program runs noon to 5:30 p.m. Evening program is 6 to 9 p.m. Tickets are $7.
Festival highlights• Festival Village: This
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• Main Stage: Music will be a backdrop for the entire event, with “continuous music and dance perfor-mances” that include “both traditional and contempo-
rary groups”. Exhibitions of Tae Kwon Do will take place on the main stage, along with Korean master bonsai artists. Children’s music and dance will also get to take the stage. Plus, more Korean food.
• Karaoke Festival (Saturday, 7 p.m.) Sing-ers will have the chance to sing songs in both Korean and English. Drinks and snacks will be on hand to give those timid souls some courage to take the stage.
• Battle of the B-Boys (Sunday, 6 p.m.) Described as Korea’s answer to hip-hop, one of Korea’s biggest teams, NEWEST, will be on hand to demonstrate their skills. They’ll host an open battle for local B-Boy groups to determine who’s the baddest of them all.
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SEPTEMBERearthCorps: The non-profit conservation group will host a volunteer cleanup event Sept. 10 at Dumas Bay Park in Federal Way. EarthCorps also seeks a local group for the United Way Day of Caring project Sept. 16 at Poverty Bay Park. To sign up and learn more, visit http://earthcorps.org/volunteer.php.Leaders speak: The Federal Way Noon Kiwanis meets at noon Wednesdays at Old Country Buf-fet on South 320th Street (across from the mall). Upcoming guest speakers include Evelyn Castellar, Projecto Honduras (Sept. 7).Back to school barbecue: A free garage sale with school sup-plies and gently used clothes will run noon to 2 p.m. Sept. 10 at the Federal Way Church of the Naza-rene, 1525 SW Dash Point Road. Free event includes bouncers, face painting, soccer, tug of war and sack races. (253) 839-6085.aaUW fall kickoff: The Ameri-can Association of University Women is beginning a new year with its Sept. 10 brunch, which runs 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. New and prospective members are invited to attend, network with members, and learn about this vital organization. Call Su Jordan at (253) 924-1661.social skills: CLASS Inc. is offer-ing free speech/language/social skills screenings from 10 a.m. to noon Sept. 10 at the Federal Way Regional Library. This is for par-ents with children who are having social issues. Call (253) 874-9300.Honda: Federal Way City Council candidate Susan Honda will host a family breakfast fundraiser from 8 to 10 a.m. Sept. 10. Cost is $10. For directions, call (253) 653-3825. VisithondaforFW.com.south puget sound Chinese school: Classes begin Sept. 10 and are held Saturday mornings at Highline Community College. To register, call (253) 973-1981 or email [email protected] classes: The Federal Way Senior Center, 4016 S. 352nd St., offers morning and afternoon computer classes from September through May. To register, contact Larry Malcom at (253) 839-5418.Forums on Islam: Two forums on Islam to be held at Calvary Lutheran Church. On Sept. 11, the topic will be “Authority in Islam: Who Speaks for Muslims?” The forum on Sept. 18 will be “Jihad in Islam and the New Testament.” The forums will be presented by Rev. Donald Cornell, who served a congregation in Saudi Arabia for 21 years. Both forums are at the church, 2415 S. 320th St. Contact: (253) 839-0344.Jazz LIVe at marine View: The popular monthly concert series features the finest jazz musicians in the Northwest. Next concert is the Katy Bourne Quintet at 5 p.m. Sept. 11, Marine View Church, 8469 Eastside Drive NE, Tacoma. Call (253) 229-9206 or visit www.marineviewpc.org. Admission is always free. Citizen academy: Want to learn more about how the Federal Way Police Department operates? The department will host a Citizen Academy starting Sept. 13.
Participants will meet 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays through Nov. 15. Contact Lindsey Tiroux at [email protected] or (253) 835-6707.multi-Cultural Book Group: At 7 p.m. Sept. 14 at the Federal Way 320th Library, the group will discuss “The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration” by Isable Wilker-son. This book chronicles the lives of African Americans who began leaving the south in 1915 for northern cities to escape from the oppressive Jim Crow laws. Contact (253) 859-8349.Free recycling: Event runs 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 17 at the Twin Lakes park and ride (21st Avenue SW and SW 344th St.). Residents can drop off a range of materials not typically collected at the curb such as appliances, stumps, lum-ber, mattresses, batteries, tires, electronics and fluorescent tubes. Visit www.cityoffederalway.com/recycling or call (253) 835-2771.FW history: The Historical Society of Federal Way will host its annual meeting and potluck 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sept. 17 at its headquarters, 2645 S. 312th St. RSVP: (253) 945-7842.art history: A class on prehis-toric art of Northern Europe will begin Sept. 20 and conclude Nov. 1. Class runs 9:30 a.m. to noon at Village Green Retirement Campus in Federal Way. For costs and info, call Jane Fitch at (253) 952-7714.treasure hunters: The Treasure Hunters Roadshow will be in Federal Way from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 19-23 at Best Western-Evergreen Inn and Suites, 32124 25th Ave. S. Local residents can talk to world-renowned antique and collectible experts at this free event. Call (217) 726- 7590.symphony soiree: An Indian Summer Soiree fundraiser show-casing the Federal Way Symphony will run 7 to 11:30 p.m. Sept. 23 at Twin Lakes Golf and Country Club. Enjoy hors d’oeuvres while dancing to live classic rock by The Pop Offs. Cocktail attire and no-host cash bar. Tickets are $50 each. RSVP by Sept. 15. Contact: [email protected] or (253) 529-9857.Hospice volunteers: Group Health is seeking hospice volun-teers with weekday availability in South King County. Hospice volunteers stay with patients in their homes, assist with errands and practical tasks, and offer emotional support to terminally ill patients and their families. To sign up for training in September, call Julia Casey at (253) 274-4635.Korean song Contest for Non-Koreans: Another contest is set for Sept. 24 in Tacoma and sponsored by Radio Hankook in Federal Way. A contest was held last January in Federal Way. To learn more, contact Doris Haan at (253) 815-1212 or [email protected].
OCTOBERFood collection: Prudential Northwest Realty’s 8th annual Global Volunteer Day will take place 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 1, with employees collecting food in Federal Way. Donations can also be dropped off at 622 S. 320th
St. between now and Oct. 3. Proceeds benefit the Federal Way Food Bank. Call (253) 946-4000.Help homeless: Reach Out pancake fundraiser breakfast will run 7 to 8:45 a.m. Oct. 13 at Steel Lake Presbyterian Church, 1829 S. 308th St., Federal Way. The goal is to raise money to house homeless men and women this winter. Info: (253) 973-1962.elections: General election de-bates for three city council races are scheduled for 6 p.m. Oct. 5 at Federal Way High School. Debates for school board, Lakehaven and South King fire commissioners will run 5 to 8 p.m. Oct. 12 at the school. To learn more, email [email protected] market swap meet: The Federal Way Farmers Market runs 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays through October at 31600 20th Ave. S, near the transit center. The market features vendors, food, produce, flowers and more. The farmers market has added more dates for this year’s swap meet/garage sale, which runs every first Saturday of the month. Cost is $25 to sell. The market is looking for garage sale items, but almost anything can be sold. For an ap-plication and rules, visit federal-wayfarmersmarket.com.recycle palooza: Win up to $1,000 for recycling in Federal Way. The Recycle Palooza runs 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 22 at the Federal Way Community Center, 876 S. 333rd St. To learn more, visit cityoffederalway.com/recy-clepalooza.souper supper: The Federal Way Community Caregiving Net-work will hold its 12th annual Souper Supper from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Oct. 27 at Steel Lake Presbyterian Church, 1829 S. 308th St., Federal Way. This crowd-pleasing event raises funds for the Emergency Services and Meals Programs that help the needy. Many varieties of restaurant and grocers’ signature soups are served and about 50 raffle prizes add to the evening’s festivities. Cost is $25 per person. Companies/organizations may sponsor a table for eight for $250. Call Jackie Blair at (253) 952-6988 or Linda Murphy at (253) 297-1564 for tickets, or buy at the door as seating permits.Networking: The Service Excellence Group of Federal Way is a networking group for profes-sionals with excellent customer service skills. The group gives back to the community and meets for lunch on the second and fourth Thursday of every month for lunch. Visit www.segfw.org or call Tricia at (253) 335-8729.
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part of the homage to youth culture and technology at the Han Woo-ri festival will be a B-Boy team and battle slated for 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18. For more information or to see more photos, visit the festival’s Facebook page at facebook.com/hanwoorifestival. COURTESY PHOTO
Han Woo-ri starts sept. 16
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Young people in crisis can find safe haven on Metro busesFroM staFF reports
King County announced the beginning its partner-ship with Safe Place, a non-profit organi-zation aimed at building com-munity safety nets for young people in crisis. Here in King County, that safe place will be Metro buses, and also any buses from Sound Transit that operate throughout the county.
According to the county, “more than 1,000 young people may find them-selves without a safe place to go” on a given night. Of those young people, some may be abandoned or abused and “few know where to get help.” Outside of that statistic, the county estimates that at least 300 to
500 kids under 18 end up being the victim of sexual exploita-tion of one form or another. The county
warns that “within 48 hours, one in three
(young) runaways will be approached by a predator.”
When a young person in crisis needs help, the
youth can approach a Metro driver and simply say “I need a safe place.” The driver will then call a youth service provider, who will meet up with the driver and youth, and get the youth to a place of safety. King County will be the largest Safe Place partner in Washington state, with the combined efforts of Metro, YouthCare, Friends of Youth and Auburn Youth Resource helping ensure kids on the streets can have a chance to get away from them. King County joins 1,529 communities across the country in providing a Safe Place for youth.
Any youth who find themselves on the streets can also take advantage of a text message service associ-ated with Safe Place. Kids can text the word “SAFE” and also their current location to the short code 69866. In King County, they will receive a reply al-most instantly, giving them information on the nearest shelters.
To learn more, visit www.nationalsafeplace.org.
see something, say something
The King County Sher-iff ’s Office is reminding residents that if “they see something, say something.” The reminder came in response to a USA Today article, which highlighted that suspicious package calls across the U.S. are typically benign.
Local law enforcement officials worried that the article might have a chilling effect on people making such calls, and wanted to remind residents that it’s worth the time and trouble to ensure public safety.
“We’d rather respond to a hundred false alarms than miss the one real threat,” King County sheriff Sue Rahr said in a news release.
Washington State Patrol Chief John Batiste re-iter-ated that the cooperation of the public on this issue is the most important factor in helping law enforcement.
“You know best what is normal in your neighbor-hood, your workplace or your local bus stop,” he said.
BY Denali pavlich-Wheeler
Todd Beamer High School student
The incoming freshmen across the district do not have to fear being knocked around the halls, stuffed into garbage cans or get-ting slammed into lockers anymore.
These myths are being put to rest in Federal Way with the institution of Ig-nite, a mentorship program focused on improving freshman performance and relationships in school.
Although Ignite began in the district many years ago at Federal Way High School, it has been pick-ing up a lot of momentum around the four high schools over the past two to three years.
In Ignite, sophomore, junior, and senior leaders are chosen to be “mentors.” They are given the respon-sibility of aiding a group of five freshmen throughout their entire first year of high school. Mentors meet with their freshman “mentees” on a bi-monthly basis and discuss lessons such as effective time management skills, studying strategies, tips on how to avoid social drama, and other obstacles presented freshman year.
“Freshmen worry about what to buy for lunch or what part of the hall to
avoid during passing pe-riod,” says Todd Beamer Ig-nite advisor Brian Graham. “The littlest things feel like the biggest problems in the beginning of high school. Ignite helps freshmen to feel more prepared for those hang-ups.”
Ignite was originally designed with two purposes: to improve academic performance and to build a community that supports and challenges. The change inspired by the program did not stop there.
As the newest high school in the district, Beamer students have faced chal-lenges uniting across grade
levels as well as between the school’s three
academies.“I feel like Ignite
has had a huge part in not only helping
freshmen, but bring-ing the entire school
together,” senior mentor Yusra Hamidani said. “There’s a sense of absolute school pride and support that was missing my fresh-man year (the year before
Ignite was introduced). Ig-nite helped to foster school unity faster that it would have happened at other new schools.”
The initial intention to aid freshmen has not been forgotten. When asked what Ignite meant to him his freshman year, former mentee Carson Wright said, “It was really cool know-ing that an upperclassmen besides my brother really cared about me.”
Considering all the posi-tive changes, it seems that Ignite is here to stay.
ignite program prospers at Beamer
YOURTURN
With an assembly on the first day of school, the ignite program helps students feel comfortable in a new environment and teaches them about the “Beamer Way.” COURTESY PHOTO
KING COUNTYNEWS
reach out Federal Way homeless Men’s shelter recently sponsored a coordination meeting to improve shelter
services and discuss opening a winter homeless shelter for women in our community. Seven out of 17 actively involved churches were represented including Federal Way United Methodist, St. Luke’s, Calvary Lutheran, Steel Lake Presbyterian, LifeWay and St. Theresa’s churches. Pictured (back row, left to right): Steve Dent, Heather Althoff, Drew Campbell, Dwight Jackson, Dan Igielski, Billie Paddock and (front row, left to right) Jan Olson, Willa Gaines, Sue Cooper, Laurie Fiorito, Mary Ann Hopewell, Cathy Igielski, Rose Ratteray, Nancy Jaenicke and Terry Wolfe. Federal Way Church of Christ was also represented in the attached photo. To learn more, call (253) 973-1962. COURTESY OF NANCY JAENICKE
Reach Out brings volunteers together to help the homeless
Dick Goddard and lola Kling present $1,500 credit certificates to Star Lake Elementary
principal Mindy Thomas and Mark Twain Elementary principal Doug Rutherford. The money was raised and donated by All Saints Lutheran Church, 27225 Military Road S., for uniforms and school supplies. COURTESY OF DICK GODDARD
All Saints helps two FW schools
Fundraiser to help the homelessReach Out pancake fundraiser breakfast will run 7 to
8:45 a.m. Oct. 13 at Steel Lake Presbyterian Church, 1829 S. 308th St., Federal Way. The goal is to raise money to house homeless men and women this winter. The event will include a testimony by Sheila Sebron, who served in the U.S. Air Force and later became a homeless single parent. Info: (253) 973-1962 or visit ccsww.org/reachout.
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Decatur High School senior Michael Klavuhn returns a kickoff during the Gators’ season opening loss to the Kennedy Catholic Lancers Friday night. The ninth-ranked Lancers jumped out to a 47-0 lead during the third quarter and won 47-6. Casey oLson, The Mirror
Talented Federal Way overcomes slow start to blow away Graham-Kapowsin, 37-14; Three others drop openers
By CASEy OLSON
The expectations are sky high for the Federal Way Eagles’ football team this season. Head coach John Meagher returns three preseason all-state selections and numerous other starters from a season ago.
But Federal Way didn’t look the part of South Puget Sound League South Division contenders during the early-going Friday night inside Art Crate Stadium. Graham-Ka-powsin rolled out to a command-
ing 14-3 lead just minutes into the opening quarter of both teams’ SPSL South opening game.
It was the same Graham-Kapow-sin team that had dominated
the Eagles, 41-17, during the 2010 season opener and last year’s loss seemed to set the tone for Federal Way. The Eagles dropped their first three games of 2010 and failed to make the postseason for the first time since 2005.
D.J. May and the rest of the 2011 Federal Way squad weren’t going to let that same thing happen this year.
The preseason all-state running back and one of the faster play-ers in the SPSL, erupted for two second-quarter touchdowns to get the Eagles right back in the game. Federal Way eventually cruised to a relatively easy 37-14 win on Graham-Kapowsin’s home field. The Eagles tallied 34 unanswered
points, including 27 in the second quarter alone.
May finished the first half with 100 yards rushing on just eight carries. The senior also scored on a 28-yard interception return early in the second half.
Junior wide receiver Mike Tate also had a big game for the Eagles.
Tate hauled in a 71-yard touch-down catch from first-year quar-terback D’Londo Tucker to give Federal Way the lead for good in the second quarter, 17-14. Tate also ran in a two-yarder late in the first half following May’s second TD, to give the Eagles a 30-14 lead heading into the locker room. Decatur senior quarterback Jason Wiley gets ready to snap the ball during the
Gators’ loss to Kennedy Catholic Friday night in Federal Way. Casey oLson, The Mirror
D.J. May
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Sports briefs: Storm 98’ Green wins soccer crownBy CASEy OLSON
The Federal Way Football Club Storm ‘98 Green boys soccer team were the cham-pions of the under-13 Gold Division at the Bigfoot Tournament in Snohomish recently.
The team outscored their opponents 12-0 during group play and beat GRFC ‘98 Blue in the champi-onship game, 2-1, in a shootout.
The team included Ryan
Sanchez, Aaron Wade, Austin Stafford, J.J. Allen, Ibrahim Yusuf, Angel An-tunez, Darius Saelee, Aiden Basco, Evan Brewer, Misael Alfaro, Joel Burns, Mikey Winne, Dawson Atwood, Keegan Yorke, Ryan Yorke and Nick Nilsen. The team is coached by Matt Stueckle and Mike Winne.
• A team from Federal Way has qualified for the United States Tennis As-sociation’s Adult National Tournament in Rancho Mirage, Calif. The men’s
2.5 team from Federal Way earned the berth into the national tournament by winning their division at sectionals in Beaverton, Ore. recently. The national tournament will be Sept. 23-25.
The team includes Mike Sanders, Darran Hanson, Ed Borden, Judy Ronning (captain), Mike Dolan, Dar-ryl Tyson and Steve Faber.
• UCLA sophomore midfielder Kelyn Rowe the federal Way football Club Storm ‘98 Green boys soccer team
won the under-13 division at the Bigfoot Tournament. CourTesy phoTo [ more BriEfS page 11 ]
outlaw baseball club hosting tryouts on
sept. 10 and 11The 18-under outlaw Baseball
Club is hosting tryouts early next month. The tryouts will
take place from noon to 2 p.m. on sept. 10 and from 2 to 4 p.m. on sept. 11. all of
the tryouts will be at Decatur high school. players 15 to 18
years old are asked to arrive 30 minutes early to fill out a
player package or it can be downloaded at outlawbbc.
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[email protected]. The team is looking for infielders
and pitchers.
entry-level soccer referee clinic set for
later this monthThere will be an entry-level
soccer referee clinic from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on sept. 12-14 and
sept. 19-21 at saghalie Middle school. To pre-register, go to wasrc.org/clinicregistration.
For more information, contact Lorenzo Frazier at (253) 217-
0169 or email [email protected].
Sports contact: casey [email protected]
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Federal Way took an early 3-0 lead in the game on Koby Craig’s 27-yard field goal. But Graham-Ka-powsin answered with two touchdowns passes from quarterback Drew Austin. The senior connected with Kahil Dawson for 76 yards and Zack Mershon for 28 yards.
Austin completed just 18 of 43 passes for 250 yards and also finished with a pair of interceptions.
The Eagles will open their home schedule Friday night at Federal Way Me-morial Stadium against the Puyallup Vikings. Puyallup dominated Spanaway Lake, 56-7, in its opener.
In other actIon: at Tahoma 38, Jefferson
31 — The Raiders had their chances Friday night in Maple Valley, but the Bears outscored Jefferson, 24-7, during the second half to snag the SPSL North Divi-sion victory.
Tahoma got on the board first on a 4-yard touchdown run from Zach Browne. The Raiders’ Ian Tougher answered right back with a 2-yard touchdown run of his own. McKay Owsley followed with a 44-yard field goal for TJ to give the Raiders a 9-7 lead.
But Jefferson’s lead didn’t last long. Jason Smith re-turned the ensuing kickoff 95 yards to put Tahoma back on top, 14-9, after one quarter.
Jefferson senior K.W. Williams took over during the second quarter. Wil-liams returned a fumble 70 yards for the touchdown and also converted the 2-point conversion. Wil-liams, in his third year as TJ’s starting quarterback, hit Rhithvik Lagisetti with a 12-yard pass later in the quarter to put the Raiders
up 24-14 at the half.But the second half be-
longed to Tahoma. Jeffer-son’s lone score came on a 14-yard run from Williams in the third quarter. The Raiders host Kentwood Thursday at Federal Way Memorial Stadium.
At Emerald Ridge 21, Beamer 14 — Emerald Ridge’s Paul Allen caught a 20-yard touchdown pass from Jake Sommer in the third quarter to break a 14-14 tie Friday at Sparks Stadium.
Beamer’s Nick Bod opened the scoring with a 10-yard touchdown pass from Arjun Weherwatthag-er in first quarter to put the Titans up 7-0. But Emerald Ridge tallied the next two TDs to snag a 14-7 lead.
Beamer tied the score back up on a 1-yard touch-down run by Rafel Partida later in the second quarter to knot the score back up at 14-14.
The Titans host Bethel Saturday night at Federal Way Memorial Stadium.
Kennedy Catholic 47, at Decatur 6 — The Gators just didn’t have enough to compete against the ninth-ranked Lancers Friday night at Federal Way Memorial Stadium.
Kennedy rolled out to a quick 27-0 lead after the first quarter and led 47-0 during the third quarter Friday. Orion Prescott tal-lied four touchdown runs, including a 60-yarder in the second quarter.
University of Washing-ton-bound quarterback Jason Thompson had one touchdown throw to Drew Thompson in the first quarter.
The Gators will take on Bremerton in another non-league contest Friday night.
Decatur High School’s Ramere Rollins makes a tackle on Kennedy’s Orion Prescott Friday night. Prescott scored four touchdowns during the 47-6 Kennedy win. casey OlsOn, The Mirror
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was selected to the College Soccer News preseason All-America first team. He is the only underclassman named to the first or second team. Despite the honor, Rowe will not suit up for the Bruins this season. He is exploring his options for a possible professional ca-reer in Europe or in Major League Soccer.
“I want as many options as possible,” Rowe told the Seattle Times after training with Sounders FC in April. “If I can’t make it with a European team, and all the leagues in Europe are very hard to get to, I would definitely love to come back here and play in MLS. I’m never counting that out at all.”
Rowe, a member of the U.S. Under-20 National team, was a third-team NSCAA All-American in 2010, as well as the Pac-10’s
Freshman of the Year. He led the Bruins with 10 as-sists last season, tying the school’s freshman record, and he ranked second on the squad in goals scored (seven) and points (24).
Rowe also had trials in Europe during the spring with the French club Stade Rennes and with German Bundesliga side, FC Co-logne.
• The Tacoma Rainiers set a new franchise atten-dance record after a sell-out crowd of 7,590 fans packed Cheney Stadium to see the Rainiers take on the Fresno Grizzlies on Saturday.
The Rainiers 18th sell-out of the season pushed the club’s total attendance to 364,092 fans in 2011, eclips-ing the previous record of 363,635 fans set at the end of last season. This season marks the third consecu-tive year the Rainiers have
set a franchise attendance record.
“It’s remarkable that the region supported the club like this,” Team President Aaron Artman said. “The park was built to be a local treasure, and the true com-munity gathering place for Tacoma.
“But, you never know how things will turn out until you open the gates and throw a pitch. It’s special to see the people of Tacoma turn a beauti-ful building into an iconic ballpark.”
This season is the Rai-niers’ first since Cheney Stadium underwent a $30 million dollar renovation during the 2010 offseason. The 210-day facelift added amenities that include 16 luxury suites, a 4,000 square foot Summit Club and restaurant and a grass berm located along right field.
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season are available now and may be purchased or renewed on the Cheney Stadium concourse dur-ing the Rainiers’ final two games of the season.
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• Registration for the RAGE Girls Volleyball League in the Puyallup
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Federal Way native Ben Henderson had quite a week in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). The Decatur High School graduate signed a new multi-fight contract with the UFC, according to First Round Management president and CEO Malki Kawa. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
“I am excited that I will have the op-portunity to continue to compete in the UFC,” said Henderson. “I want to thank the UFC for believing in me and my abili-ties.”
“(This) contract extension shows the MMA world that the UFC values Ben Henderson,” Kawa stated.
Henderson (14-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC) recently thrust himself into UFC light-weight title contention with an upset and dominant unanimous-decision victory over former top contender Jim Miller. The win over Miller was Henderson’s second fight in the UFC, which came after his debut victory over Mark Bocek in Toronto.
The 155-pound Henderson entered the UFC after hold-ing the World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) title for well over a year. He is 12-1 over his past 13 fights, with the lone defeat coming to Anthony Pettis in the WEC’s final show.
The win over Miller puts Henderson right in the UFC lightweight title mix, along with Gray Maynard, Clay Guida and Melvin Guillard. Maynard is fighting champion Frankie Edgar in October. According to all indications, Henderson’s next match will be against Guida later in the year with the winner earning No. 1 contender status and a title shot, most likely.
“To be honest with you, I’m not really sure (where I rank),” Henderson said. “It’s not really my place to say, ‘Oh, I’m this guy – No. 7, No. 10, No. 21.’ It doesn’t really matter to me. I just want to get my hand raised. I’ll do my talking inside of the cage. I think the top guys are Guida, Guillard and myself. Miller was stated as the next guy in line for a title shot. Whoever. Whatever.”
Henderson’s two-match winning streak in the UFC came after losing his World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) title to Anthony “Showtime” Pettis in the WEC’s final event.
The loss to Pettis was Henderson’s first loss since 2007. He won the WEC lightweight title with a decision over Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone on Oct. 10, 2009, and held it until losing to Pettis on Dec. 16, 2010.
Henderson, 28, began wrestling during his time at Lakota Middle School and continued at Decatur, where he competed under head coach Mike Bressler.
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and Parkland communities will be held on Sept. 17 at Puyallup High School from 8:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
League play is offered for girls in grades three through nine in both the elementary and junior high divisions. Cost is $40 and includes a T-shirt, an in-structional clinic and seven matches.
An instructional clinic by members of the Puyal-lup High School volleyball team will be held on Sept. 19 from 9 to 10:30 a.m. for students in third to fifth
grade and from 10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. for students in sixth through ninth grade. Volunteer coaches are also being sought. Over 400 girls participated in the league last year.
For further information, go to www.recre8.org and click on Rage Volleyball League or contact Justin Luckman at (253) 298-3026 or at [email protected].
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men, LPOs for Phoenix are not required, but it’s strongly suggested, that they make two “stops” per shift, meaning they have to successfully detain two shoplifters per a 10-hour shift.
However, there’s a fine line, the documents reveal, because if LPOs make a “bad” stop, they face quick reprimands and possible termination.
“What this means is that the loss prevention guys know two things,” Fogg said. “They’ve got to make a certain number of stops per shift, or they (can) lose their job, but they also know if they make a mistake, if they admit they make a mistake, they’ll be fired. In fact, not just fired, but the company will leave them hanging in terms of any civil liability.”
Outside of that, the deposition statements show there are five elements needed by Phoenix LPOs to make a “good” stop. Those elements are to “watch the subject enter the store or aisle,” “watch the subject se-lect the merchandise off the shelf,” “watch the subject conceal, consume or dam-age the merchandise,” and “maintain surveillance at all times and then watch them exit the store or bypass all points of sale.”
In Mukai’s case, the depositions of both LPOs reveal that they did not achieve all five of these elements when it came to
either Mukai or the autistic child he was watching that day, meaning that neither Mukai nor the autistic boy should have been detained.
According to the deposi-tion papers, neither LPO saw the autistic boy select or conceal merchandise, and Mukai did not leave the store with the merchandise.
Fogg and Zach Wag-nild, the other attorney representing Mukai in this case, said there is a lack of video surveillance to either corroborate the stories of the two LPOs, or to back their client’s narrative of the events of July 19, 2010.
“The surveillance tape was never looked at by anybody, and we don’t have it now because it’s been recycled,” Fogg said.
The depositions of the two LPOs indicate that surveillance tapes are a tool that can be used by Phoenix LPOs. However, the tapes most often are not used because of complications of requesting the tapes or acquiring the tapes from the companies that contract with Phoenix.
One other detail Mukai and his lawyers have taken issue with is the manner in which reports are filled out by Phoenix LPOs. Accord-ing to the depositions, the men readily admitted that they used the same report for both Mukai and the au-tistic boy, and just cut and pasted to change the names, so they would get credit for the separate “stops.”
The deposition state-ments show the LPOs were
made aware of Mukai’s presence by a Safeway employee, who became concerned with Mukai’s behavior when she saw him grabbing empty bags before he started shopping.
For Safeway and Phoenix LPOs, this is a red flag for potential shoplifting, with the logic being someone will take the empty bags, place products in them and walk out of the store, creat-ing the impression they had paid for the groceries because they’re bagged.
Wagnild said grabbing bags before he starts shop-ping is something Mukai does because of his cultural background.
“Mr. Mukai has never denied that he got the shopping bags before he started shopping. In Asian families, they often times shop for multiple people, so when they do that, they have to have a way to keep things separate,” he said. “They often ring things up separately too, so there’s a receipt for everyone.”
Fogg said he hopes some common sense will come into play soon for his client.
“I can’t imagine the Federal Way prosecutors office...that this is a trial they would want to expend resources on,” he said. “My client, at each step of the way, kept thinking, ‘This will get straightened out, the mistake will get fixed.’ I would hope they revisit the charges, but so far they haven’t, and we really have no choice but to pursue it in court.”
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those scores dropped to 56.5 percent and 49.2 percent, respectively.
Seventh-graders did score higher than the state average in reading, while eighth-graders were above the state average in both reading and math.
All school districts must meet Adequate Yearly Progress, in which schools are judged on their success-ful instruction overall by standardized state testing. Since its enactment, the required standard has been incremen-tally increased over the years, with 2010-2011 being an especially difficult year for schools, as many of the required marks for AYP increased 10-20 percent.
A number of Federal Way schools made significant gains in areas, but were unable to meet the standard for AYP because of the “sharp step up in the bar.” However, 13 schools in Federal Way were able to meet AYP in all categories, according to the district.
Those schools are Adelaide Elemen-tary, Brigadoon Elementary, Enter-prise Elementary, Federal Way Public Academy, Green Gables Elementary, Mark Twain Elementary, Meredith Hill Elementary, Merit School, Sher-wood Forest Elementary, Support School, Technology Access Foundation Academy, Twin Lakes Elementary and Woodmont Elementary.
2009/10Grade Reading Math Writing Science3: 71.8% 65.1% N/A N/A4: 65.6% 62.6% 54.1% N/A5: 71.7% 66.8% N/A 25.8%6: 63.9% 54.4% N/A N/A7: 62.5% 55.1% 71.4% N/A8: 71.5% 55.1% N/A 45.3%10: 77.6% 43.0% 84.6% 39.9%2010/11Grade Reading Math Writing Science3: 72.4% 63.1% N/A N/A4: 64.4% 58.7% 53.6% N/A5: 68.9% 67.3% N/A 42.6%6: 66.8% 55.1% N/A N/A7: 56.5% 49.2% 71.7% N/A8: 69.9% 48.4% N/A 55.2%10: 80.8% 63% 83.1% 41.1%State: Reading Math Writing Science3: 73.1% 61.5% N/A N/A4: 67.3% 59.3% 61.4% N/A 5: 67.6% 61.2% N/A N/A6: 70.6% 58.8% N/A N/A7: 56.4% 56.9% 71.0% N/A8: 68.6% 50.3% N/A 61.5%10: 82.3% N/A 86.0% 49.7%
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“When they contacted us about a Wednesday market we were interested. I was pleased to see something in my hometown,” said Ford, an area resident for 22 years. “I very much enjoy the farm-ers market outlet because I actually see the people who are going to eat my fish.”
Aside from farmers markets, Ford generates business through direct sales and custom deliveries, even shipping her salmon nationwide.
“This is what I do year round,” Ford said on earning a living through salmon. “I tell people, all fish all the time.”
Ford has been fishing in Bristol Bay her entire life. The annual fishing season, which runs June through early September, has also given her a few tales to tell. She is involved with environmental advocacy, specifically against a company that wants to create North America’s largest open pit gold mine near Bristol Bay.
Last summer, Ford and her crew es-caped death after their boat sunk during a nighttime storm.
“We had taken on some water at shore,” she said. “We flipped over and the three of us spent an hour and a half in the water before finding a line.”
She said the water was so cold that their
survival rate should have only been about 30 minutes. Her crew’s experience now serves as a case study.
To learn more about Ford and her salmon, visit www.twoifbyseafoods.net.
Wednesday Night OutStarting Sept. 7, the Federal Way
Farmers Market will be open 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays at 31600 20th Ave. S. (near the transit center). The market will continue to operate from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays at the same location through the end of October.
Dubbed by organizers as “Wednesday Night Out,” the mid-week market will fea-ture plenty of vendors and food samples along with live music. It will be a slightly smaller version than the mainstay Satur-day market. However, different vendors will likely attend the Wednesday market, bringing more variety.
Chili Cook-off is Sept. 24The Federal Way Farmers Market will
host the annual Chili Cook-off from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 24. Federal Way police and South King Fire and Rescue battle for chili supremacy, all to benefit charities. Tickets are on sale now for $10. Visit www.federalwayfarmersmarket.com.
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The annual Chili Cook-off between Federal Way police and South King Fire and Rescue will be Sept. 24 at the Federal Way Farmers Market. Pictured: The police swept last year’s charity event. FILE PHOTO
Community Center closes for maintenance
The Federal Way Community Center, 876 S. 333rd St., will be closed for annual main-tenance Sept. 5 through Sept. 9 and will re-open at 7 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 10. During the closure, several projects will be completed including pool repairs, refinish-ing gymnasium and community room floors, deep cleaning of the en-tire facility, special treat-ments to locker rooms, restrooms, carpets and windows, and parking lot striping. To learn more, contact (253) 835-6930 or [email protected].
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...HOME & GARDENWhen cool fall weather drives us inside,
we often start to feel the urge to redecorate our homes. Before spending your money on interior paint and new couch cushions, take some time to consider the trends in home-décor colors for 2011-2012. Choosing a new color scheme is the most inexpensive way of transforming your home, but if you don’t choose wisely your home will soon have an outdated look.
Over the last few years, neutral colors have been popular for interiors, especially browns, beiges, and ligh ter tones of grey. These days, however, more colorful shades are moving in, such as dark reds, various shades of blues and greens, as well as rich earth tones, including gold and clay. Sunny yellows are
also making a notice-able splash. Another trend is towards the use of blocks of color on walls. This consists of creating square, rectangular, or round shapes on the walls, usually with the aim of highlight-ing a specific architectural element.
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*Manufacturer’s rebate offer valid for purchases made 9/13/11 – 12/12/11. Rebate offers may not be combined; there is a limit of one rebate per qualifying unit. For each qualifying unit purchased, the higher applicable rebate amount will apply. Other limitations and restrictions apply. All rebates will be issued in U.S. dollars, in the form of an American Express® Prepaid Reward Card. **For tax credit details and restrictions and a list of qualifying products, ask a salesperson or visit hunterdouglas.com/taxcredit. Hunter Douglas and its dealers are not tax advisors. The tax credit for 2011 is subject to a limitation based in part on the amount of Section 25C credits taken in prior years. It is recommended that you consult your tax advisor regarding your individual tax situation and your ability to claim this tax credit. ©2011 Hunter Douglas. ® and TM are trademarks of Hunter Douglas.
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Experts on the subject will tell you that trends in the kitchen counter industry have evolved significantly in recent years. Formica and other laminate surfacing products are making way for elegant quarried rock, which brings durability and up-to-date style to any kitchen.
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Always available, of course, are the less expensive high-pressure laminate counters. They are resistant to stains, shocks, and heat but are vulnerable to scratching and humidity. Whatever budget home decorators fix, the choice for kitchen counters today is wide. All it takes is some planning and shopping around for the look and cost that best suits them.
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Cemetery Plots
2 SIDE-BY-SIDE Plots Sunset Hills Cemetery in B e l l ev u e . L o t # 2 5 , Spaces 1 and 2, located in “Garden Of Rest ” . Va lue $22,000 each. Asking $15,000 both. or $8,000 each. 425-432-0916
ACACIA Memorial Park, “Birch Garden”, (2) adja-cent cemetery plots, #3 & #4. Se l l ing $5,000 each or $8,000 both. Lo-cated in Shoreline / N. Seatt le. Cal l or email Emmons Johnson, 425-4 8 8 - 3 0 0 0 , [email protected]
CEDAR LAWNS / Wash-ington Memorial (Bon-ney Watson). Two burial cemeter y p lo ts, both easy access, nes ted among tal l f irs. Jesus statue facing one of the locations resting place. Both valued at $5,500, se l l fo r $3 ,500 each OBO plus title transfer fee $195. 360-321-4766
Cemetery Plots
GARDEN Of Devotion, Lot 19 B, Spaces 4, 5 and 6. Sunset Hills Ce-metery in Bellevue. Top of the hill, beautiful view. Perfect, serene setting fo r your loved ones. $ 1 0 , 0 0 0 e a c h o r $21,000 for all 3. Call ( 4 2 5 ) 6 3 3 - 4 8 1 6 (818)838-5284 or [email protected]
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Home Furnishings
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Medical Equipment
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Miscellaneous
GOLD CLAIM Placer, Bluett Pass. $25,000 OBO. 360-474-1211
KIRBY VACUUM, Brand new! Kirby Sentria Vacu-um. Has all attachments including carpet clean-ing and hardwood at-tachments. Transferring overseas. Cannot take. Great buy, will last a life-time. Lifetime warranty inc luded. Reta i l over $2500, selling for $1600. Email me for questions and to set up a time to meet:[email protected]
Musical Instruments
YAMAHA upright piano for sale. Details: T121; upright, 48” H, 60” W, 24” D. Color : Polished E b o n y ( b l a c k ) w i t h matching bench; Condi-tion: excellent. beautiful tone, made in Japan. o w n e d 6 y e a r s and only used 3 years. Ask: $5500 or best offer. P lease contact : 206-715-4235
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Dogs
AKC LABRADOR Pup-p ies : B ig heads, B ig boned and very, very smart. $550-$800. Call: 360-659-9040.
YORKIES! AKC, love- able & p lay fu l . Ta i ls, sho ts . Female, $800 D.O.B. 05/29/11. Will be small. AKC stud avail. 360-923-0814.
Dogs
ENGLISH MASTIFF mix puppies. 75% English Mastiff, 25% Lab. $700. Fawn and black wi th beautiful markings. Also, solid black. Mother 50% Engl ish Mast i f f , 50% Black Lab. Father is full AKC Engl ish Mast i f f . Born 07/22/11. Puppies will have first shots and deworming. Loving, loy-al, fun personalities. For more details, 206-351-8196
GERMAN SHEPHERD
AKC GERMAN Shep-h e r d p u p p i e s . To p Nor thwest bloodl ines w i th Champion ped i -grees. Bred for intell i-gence, temperament & conformation. First shots & wormed regular. Black & tan coloring. Female & male ava i lable. $500 each. Located in Enum-claw. No calls after 7pm 253-939-0133.
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Great Dane
GREAT DANE Puppies, AKC. Males/ females. Every color but Fawns. Two litters of blues fa-the red by T ibe r ious. $500 & up, health guar-antee. Licensed since 2002. Dreyersdanes is Oregon state’s largest breeder of Great Danes. Also sel l ing Standard P o o d l e s V i s i t : www.dreyersdanes.comCall 503-556-4190
Garage/Moving SalesKing County
FEDERAL WAY
HUGE CHURCH Gar-age Sale. Friday, Sep-tember 9th, 9am-4pm at Federal Way Church of Naza rene, 1525 SW Dash Point Road. 98023Federal WayHUGE GARAGE sale; washer and dryer, tools, lots of household items, come and see! Fr iday 9/9 and Saturday 9/10, 9am-3pm. 30859 21st Ave SW, Federal Way 98023
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AutomobilesChevrolet
1996 CHEVY 350 Pick up. Extended cab. Low m i l e s . G o o d t i res /whee ls. $3 ,500. 206-948-8484
GORGEOUS ‘82 T-Top Pear l White Corvette, automatic. Original pris-tine condition! 8cyl, ba-bied by one owner & never raced! Low miles. A lways garaged. Tan leather in ter ior, A/C, power seats, windows & steering. Call me for a drive! You’ll believe it’s a beauty. Ready to sell!!! $ 1 3 , 0 0 0 / o b o. S o u t h Whidbey Is land. 360-730-1316, 360-420-2461
Campers/Canopies
8 ’ C A N O P Y I S A N “ A . R . E .” b ra n d . F i t s 1999-2007 Ford Super Duty long bed pickup. Excellent condition, just 5 years new! ! ! Whi te with interior; light, shelf & drawers on each side. Keep your too ls safe with locking side/ rear doors and no windows. $750. Kent . 253-833-1041.
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Misc. Recreational Vehicles
FL60 FREIGHTLINER5.9 Cummins Engine ( 2 8 0 H P / 7 8 0 f t / l b s Torque), 6 speed Allison automatic transmission, 8’ Drom Box, Pac Ex-h a u s t B r a k e , N e w tires/batteries. Conven-tional & Gooseneck hitch with 5th wheel adapter. Truck ordered new by owner and custom built. Excellently maintained inc luding a l l records. 140,000 miles. Taking reasonable offers. Call Jim; (206)399-2941
Motorcycles
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