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Auburn celebrates the 235th anniver-sary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence this Monday with a full slate of activities at Les Gove Park.
On tap for the Fourth are a bike pa-rade, two stages of entertainment, a kids’ cra� corner, more than 50 arts and cra� s booths, a car show, in� atable rides, a rock climbing wall, bingo and food conces-sions.
Festivities kick o� at 11 a.m. with mu-sic on the Freedom and Cultural stages.
Among the acts scheduled are One Eyed Jack, the Dana Osborn Band, Magic Bus, Seattle Matsuri Taiko, Hula Halau ‘O Kealaakua Niniloa Mana’oakamai, � e Marshallese Stick Dance Group, the Parousia Brass Band and Vocalists, the PAYO Dance Group, a Zumba Dance demonstration, the Samoan Dance Group and the Centro de Amistad Crisi-tano Band.
� e bike parade and opening ceremo-nies are at noon.
� e event also features the city’s fourth
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HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!
City considers microbreweries
Community mourns death of Townsend
City to celebrate Fourth at Les Gove
Keeping bellies full during summerBY ROBERT WHALE
Small cra� breweries and distilleries, wine production facilities and tasting rooms can draw tourists, promote small business and boost a local economy.
� e question that the Auburn City Coun-cil will have to answer in the coming weeks is whether it should allow these things in Auburn.
Members of the Planning and Community Development Committee on Monday approved sending to the Finance Committee and from there to the full Council a proposed ordinance calling for a number of changes to the City code that would make such facilities possible in Auburn.
“We’re not necessarily going to have wineries in Auburn … but we may have a manufac-turing and production element here,” senior planner Hillary Taylor told members of the committee.
� e PCDC � rst raised the issue last October, then directed city sta� to do the necessary spade work.
On May 17, 2011, the Planning Commission
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BY ROBERT WHALE
In his 73 years, Dr. Clark W. Townsend touched many people, mingling his passion for education with a gi� for fundraising.
Among his many accomplishments, Dr. Townsend not only helped Green River Community College become the top-� ight school it is today, but he was also active national-ly in resource development for the community college world.
Townsend, 73, died June 11, of pancreatic cancer.
� e college will cel-ebrate his life from 4 to 8 p.m., Sat-urday in the main dining area [ more TOWNSEND page 4 ]
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Dr. Clark Townsend
BY ROBERT WHALE
As Junilla Akeang tucked into his corn-dog, the light that danced in his 4-year-old eyes said all the little boy was too shy and his teeth too busy to say —yum!
Junilla and his mother, Aina, were among those who lined up at Veterans Memorial Park Monday to take advantage of opening day of the 2011 Auburn School District’s Summer lunch program.
“I really like it,” said Aina Akeang.With variations, that same scene played
out Monday at 39 other sites, including parks, schools, apartments, churches and community centers throughout the district. All of them will provide nutri-tious hot and cold meals Monday through Friday, June to August, free to all children ages 1 through 18 without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age or disabil-ity.
� e United States Department of Ag-riculture provides more than 2,000 meals a day at no charge to children in partner-ship with the Auburn School District and with community organizations in Algona, Auburn and Paci� c. Registration is not re-quired. All people need to do is stop by a site at the time listed for a nutritious meal Junilla Akeang tucks into a free lunch provided by the Auburn School District Monday at Auburn’s
Veterans’ Park. The district o� ers free lunches and breakfasts at 40 locations. ROBERT WHALE, Reporter
Auburn School District provides free lunches for children ages 1 to 18
Auburn’s Fourth of July festivities will again feature a bike parade. FILE PHOTO
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huD awards $1.8 million for local community centersThe King County Hous-
ing Authority has been awarded $1.8 million to expand community centers at the Firwood Circle and Burndale Homes public housing complexes in Auburn under a Capital Fund Community Facilities (CFCF) grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The program supports the development of youth education and adult training facilities for public housing residents.
The CFCF program was included in the HUD budget due to the efforts of Sen. Patty Murray. As a re-sult, KCHA and nine other housing authorities across the country will be able to provide better opportuni-ties and brighter futures for public housing families.
“These two facilities will support programs that help children succeed in
school and their parents develop job skills that will make them economically self-sufficient.” said Stephen Norman, KCHA executive director. “Our approach − combining stable, attractive housing with vital human services and improved educational opportunities − ensures that struggling families have the oppor-tunity to achieve their full potential.”
KCHA will replace or ex-pand undersized existing fa-
cilities at the two properties with larger, energy-efficient community centers that will house classrooms, dedicated computer labs, multi-purpose meeting/activity spaces, and private counsel-ing areas. In addition, the new community buildings will be fully accessible for use by disabled clients.
Children from these com-munities face unique eco-nomic and cultural obstacles to achieving educational success. KCHA will work
with Neighborhood House, the Auburn School District and an array of community-based nonprofit partners to strengthen academic sup-port for these students.
Both facilities will provide after-school programs for children living in the com-plexes and in the surround-ing neighborhoods, as well as classrooms for basic adult education and computer literacy instruction. Neigh-borhood House will oversee after-school educational programs for youth at Burn-dale and coordinate with an array of community-based providers to deliver support on-site and connect users to larger offsite systems such as the community college system and the Workforce
Development Council. “Children facing multiple
barriers to achieving their full potential should not be turned away from after-school programs simply because there is limited space,” said Mark Okazaki, executive director of Neigh-borhood House. “With the renovation and expansion of these two facilities, we’ll be able to improve the educa-tional prospects of children who have not before been able to avail themselves of this kind of assistance.”
Both facilities will partner with Child Care Resources, the Refugee Women’s Alli-ance (ReWA), Puget Sound Educational Service District,
An artist’s rendering of the planned expansion of the Firwood Circle Community Center. Courtesy Photo
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held a public hearing on the measure then expressed its preference for allow-ing manufacturing and production facilities in the downtown urban core only if they also had a tasting room. City staff, however, recommended that at this time language requiring a tasting room not be part of the ordinance.
City staff added a defini-tion for a wine production facility and changed the definition for a tasting room to be more general and to be dependent upon proof of a valid Washington State
liquor license. Planning staff also recom-
mended that tasting rooms be an outright permitted use, that is, requiring no special permits. Manufac-turing and production facili-ties, however, would require an administrative use permit
The proposed ordinance defines a tasting room as a location separate from or on the same site as the produc-tion site, allowing customers to taste samples of wine, beer, or other alcoholic beverages, with a required state issued liquor license to operate.
In addition to sampling of beverages, a tasting room
may include retail sales for off-premises consumption.
Local business leaders chimed in.
“Obviously, the Chamber supports business in general, and anything that could help the local economy is great,” said Nancy Wyatt, President and COO of the Auburn Area Chamber of Com-merce. “The city of Pacific has Trade Route Brewery, which is a wonderful microbrewery. It’s an excel-lent place with wonderful people. And it’s neat to be able to see people take stuff from the raw product to fruition.
“This has a tourism ele-
ment, and to add a tourism draw would be wonderful,” Wyatt added.
The proposed ordinance offers the following defini-tions, as well:
• A microbrewery is a production facility that makes beer. It may sell beer of its own making at retail for on-and-off premises consumption and may act as a distributor for beer of its own production.
•A wine production facility may sell wine of its own production at retail for on- and-off premises consumption, and may act as a distributor for wine of its own production.
of the Lindbloom Student Center. George Frasier, executive director of the GRCC Foundation, called Townsend’s legacy “huge.”
“There’s been a couple folks in my life, in my profes-sional career at the YMCA, and here at the college that are on my short list of what I call ‘legends.’” Frasier said. “He’s one of them.”
A graduate of Lower Co-lumbia College in Longview, Dr. Townsend earned a masters and a Ph.d from the University of Washington.
During his career, he channeled his many talents to fund development and leadership training. He
directed GRCC develop-ment program and took the GRCC foundation from the ground floor to its current position as one of the model community college develop-ment programs in the United States. The National Council for Resource Development, an affiliate of the American Association of Community Colleges, recognized this fact when it selected GRCC as the 1992 model for its develop-ment program.
“When he started putting the GRCC Foundation together, foundation work was not something that was done at community colleges; it was a completely new gig,” Frasier said. “And now it’s a rare community college that
doesn’t have a foundation. I think you can put Clark at the forefront of leaders across the country who saw the value in having a private, nonprofit fundraising or development arm attached to a community college, just like all four-year schools have.”
Dr. Townsend also di-rected major gift campaigns, a grants program, planned gifts, annual fund drives and negotiated numerous real estate gifts. He developed and directed the management of endowment funds.
In addition to his develop-ment responsibilities, he had broad experience in labor contract negotiations, labor relations, conflict resolution and human resource man-
agement.Dr. Townsend spent 33
years in higher education as a faculty member, counselor, human resources director and then 26 years as assistant to GRCC’s president. In the last 10-plus years of his life, he worked as a fundraising consultant for community colleges and other non-prof-its.
He presented fundraising leadership training to the Association of Community College Trustees, the Ameri-can Association of Com-munity Colleges, and the national conferences of the League of Innovation. He also presented at the Council for Advancement and Support of Education and The National
Council for Resource Devel-opment.
In 1990, the Washington State Community College Administrators Association honored him with its Leader of the Year award. In ad-dition, Lower Columbia College recognized him in 1994 for its Alumni Hall of Fame. He served as the 1996 National President of the National Council of Resource Development and held numerous other leadership positions in that organization.
Dr. Townsend was a past President of Auburn Rotary and chaired the district Rota-ry Youth Leadership Awards program. He served on the Kent and Auburn chamber of commerce boards and was a member of the Northwest Development Officers Asso-ciation, the National Society of Fundraising Executives, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education and the National Council for Resource Development.
In 2007, Clark was recruited to help with the
establishment of the Puyallup Fair Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to educational, historical, and preserva-tion elements of the iconic Puyallup Fair. Launched in April 2008, the Puyallup Fair Foundation in a short time raised $2 million in a highly successful founders cam-paign, which Clark directed. Today, the Fair Foundation is a thriving nonprofit, a tribute to Dr. Townsends talent, determination and leadership in the field of fundraising.
Dr. Townsend also helped Harmony Hill, a cancer retreat center on Hood Canal, raise $6.5 million dollars to add additional buildings to their campus. He worked on this campaign as a volunteer.
Friends say he was known as well for his wit and his many puns.
He is survived by his wife, Pamela Townsend, his daughter, Kirsten Bell, his son, Dan Townsend, his sister, Ann Remy, his brother, James Townsend and six grandchildren.
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From front, Auburn residents Kyler Christenson, 9, Nolan Hash, 9, and CJ Hash vie for first place in the go karts at Auburn’s Parks, Arts and Recreation annual KidsDay event at Les Gove Park
this past Friday. RACHeL CiAmPi, Reporter
Go speed racers, go!
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● Q U O T E O F N O T E : “I realized quickly that I could not get people to cover their pools up with a hard cover ...but I could provide life jackets. In my mind, I want to put a life jacket on every possible kid I can think of.”– Deanna White
Family leads the way to safer waters
� ere is plenty of love to go around in the White household.
Perpetually busy, Deanna and Paul White o� en scramble to meet the demanding needs of their growing children – all nine of them.
Each active, event-packed day is challeng-ing and rewarding, planned and spontaneous, interspersed with occasional di� culties and frequent joys.
� ey would have it no other way.For the Whites, the kid business means
keeping them healthy, happy and safe. It is the family’s No. 1 priority – es-pecially in the a� ermath of a terrible tragedy that hit very close to home six years ago.
A summer drowning accident took the life of 2-year-old Paris White in the backyard swimming pool of the Whites’ Lea Hill home.
“It still feels very raw. My heart is broken,” Deanna said of the painful loss of her child. “We have this amazing family with incredible children, but Paris is a missing part.”
Paris had an infectious smile, loved to dance with daddy, paint nails with mom, sing to grandma.
She has not been forgotten. Galvanized by her daughter’s death, Deanna
took it upon herself to do something to prevent such a horrible, traumatic accident from victim-izing others. A month a� er the tragedy, she established the Paris White Foundation, which is part of the Washington State Drowning Pre-vention Network (WSDPN). � e goal, Deanna
explains, is to help educate and inform people about how serious drownings, and near drown-ings can be.
“I couldn’t do nothing. I couldn’t sit back and just let what happened to my daughter hap-pen to someone else,” Deanna insisted. “I had to do something. I don’t want this to happen to anybody else. I don’t want anybody else to have to su� er like I su� ered.”
Drowning is the leading cause of death among children between the ages of 1 and 4, and the second-leading cause of death among children 1-15 years old, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
In addition, for every child who drowns, four more nearly drown, the CPSC says.
Deanna’s foundation and the WSDPN are
reaching out to get more families and followers onboard to practice drowning prevention. � ere are water safety methods and tips to follow, they point out, adding that it all comes down to using good common sense.
Not every family pool is equipped with fences or walls, but perhaps all should be, the founda-tion reminds the public.
� e Whites permanently covered the family pool. It is now a large, shaded deck, with room for a basketball court.
Since its inception, the foundation has gone beyond a family back yard.
“I realized quickly that I could not get people to cover their pools up with a hard cover … but I could provide life jackets,” Deanna said. “In my [ more KLAAS page 6 ]
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It’s why the Presi-dent announced the “Startup America” initiative to celebrate, inspire, and accelerate high-growth entrepreneurship in Auburn, the Northwest and across the nation.
Venture capital, also o� en referred to as equity capital,
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Ban � reworks in our state
I’d like to see a state-wide ban on � reworks, which only some cities have. Why not the whole state?
Enough people have complained, not just me. Some people have to get up early to go to work; others have nerves and can’t handle it.
Does anybody even care? What about prop-erty damage and a big mess le� at public places? Do they ever get cited for littering?
We worry about bombs and terrorists yet provide a place to buy ammuni-tion, i.e. “Times Square bomber.”
Funny how people complain about gas and food prices, yet spend hundreds of dollars on � reworks without com-plaining.
I’ll spend my money wisely, thank you.
– Patti Acheson
City considered � reworks ban
In addition to the Auburn Reporter’s June 24 article by Mr. Whale regarding � reworks, the Auburn City Council, Municipal Services Com-mittee met on Monday June 13 at its regular meeting. � e committee added a � reworks discus-sion item to its agenda
in response to citizen’s written complaints about a � urry of Fireworks activity on June 9 and 10 that was attributed to planned vendor � reworks demonstrations. � e noise from the � reworks pyrotechnics on those Friday and Saturday evenings was extraor-dinary and delivered large “booms” into the late night. � e � reworks percussions and large booms were heard as far away as the southeast Lea Hill area of Auburn. � e committee reviewed various options and even considered “ban-ning” � reworks in the city except for planned permitted � reworks
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Casting a vote on behalf of our district is the most studied and important thing I do as State Senator. But, beyond that is service to the groups and individuals of our district.
My goal is to have the most open and responsive of� ce in government, and, to always have the Constitution and Constituents (your interests)in mind.
When asked to help in getting Mount Rainier (Sunrise) open before the July 4th weekend... I’m there for you. It will open this week! (Please see “visitrainier.com”)
Since a resident questioned the new elk hunting boundaries near Buckley, I am work-ing to help hundreds of people interface with the Fish and Wildlife Commission.
Senator Roach led a delegation of national leaders to the Republic of China (Taiwan) last month. She represented the National Foundation of Women Legislators. She was elected delegation leader. No tax funds were used.
Work does not stop at the close of session.
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In memory of Paris: Deanna White and her son, Skyler, are doing their part to help bring water safety awareness to the public through the Paris White Foundation. MARK KLAAS, Auburn Reporter
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� e committee’s discussion included the assistance of Mayor Lewis, who com-municated with the citizens and the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe (MIT) the concerns of the committee. Following the Mayor’s communication,
the MIT took action and re-enforced its � reworks ordi-nance the next day by distrib-uting notices to all � reworks handlers and customers about the � reworks discharge area hours, Monday through Sunday, scheduled through July 6. � is positive action by the MIT has helped control
the operating hours and noise level from the MIT discharge area. Further communica-tion with the MIT regarding � reworks is planned in the near future.– Bill Peloza, Auburn Councilmember and Chair of the Municipal Services Committee
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my mind, I want to put a life jacket on every possible kid I can think of.”
For the last two summers, the Whites have handed out life jackets at pools, rivers and lakes.
“Others are beginning to understand that it’s a good idea,” Paul said. “Now, everyone wants a life jacket.”
� e Whites’ 17-year-old son, Skyler, is taking things one step further. With the guidance of his father, a general contractor, Skyler plans to build a sizable kiosk and hand out life jackets this summer at Issac Evans Park in Auburn as part of his Eagle Scout project.
� ey hope the kiosk will be open on July 14, the sixth-year anniversary of Paris’ death. � e public can borrow and return life jackets at the center – all for the sake of safety.
“We talked about doing it for some time,” said Skyler, a Mountainview High School senior-to-be. “I feel like it’s honoring (Paris). It’s something she would want me to do. It’s also helping other people out, so they don’t have to go through a tragedy like we had to go through.”
According to Deanna, three other Eagle Scouts from around the state have asked the foundation for life jackets.
In fact, the foundation distributed about 250 life jackets alone last month. Statewide parks, county sheri� s departments, kids safety groups and various open-water orga-nizations have joined the e� ort.
“Perhaps if we start with the public facilities, people will begin to realize how serious of an issue this is,” Deanna said. “If we can save just one life, our purpose will be ful� lled.
“Our goal is to have life jacket loaner boards, or any other life jacket loaner program at every open water or regulated facility in the state of Washington,” she explained. “� is will help those people who
may have forgotten a life jacket or may not own a life jacket to still have a safe and enjoyable time around the water.”
Already this summer, King County and nearby � re and rescue teams have respond-ed to four ra� ers in trouble on the fast, cold and deceptively strong Green River.
All four ended up in life-threatening situations, and escaped. All four were with-out life jackets.
O� cials have since made it mandatory for users of all major rivers in unincorpo-rated King County to wear life jackets. � e new ordinance goes into e� ect today.
A smart move, and one the Whites surely are nodding with approval.
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For more information on the Paris White Foundation, visit www.pariswhite.com.
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Michael Schein is a published author, an award-winning poet, a playwright, a teacher and a former trial attorney who enjoys describing history and explaining to the area why it matters.
In his second published novel, “Bones Beneath Our Feet” (Bennett & Hastings
Publishing), the Seattle man brings a part of Auburn’s past to life for readers in an engaging way. � e histori-cal, lyrical work of � ction explores how the “Boston” tribe of newly arrived American settlers con-quered the Puget Sound in the mid-19th century.
� e book describes events leading up to, during and following the Puget Sound Indian War of 1855-
1856. It recounts the true story of the � erce battle of wills between Nisqually Chief Leschi and Washing-ton Territorial Gov. Isaac Stevens, and the war that followed.
Schein tells his tale with passion and feeling. In the end, all sides share respon-sibility for and bear the consequences of war-torn territorial gain, existence and settlement.
“Even more succinctly, it is about how we came to occupy this land,” Schein said. “I hope (the reader) gains a deeper appreciation for the land and the people who came before – and are still here.
“It’s good to understand where we came from, how we got here,” he said, “and the book helps you under-stand that.”
� e book, as Schein explains, is not a con-ventional history, but a page-turning, part-� ction historical novel written as adventure, romance, con-� ict, intrigue – “all the juice of life squeezed out by the academic histories.”
Schein’s novel blends political intrigue, stormy intermarriage, betrayal, greed, cruelty, kindness and sacri� ce.
To tell his story, Schein
gets out of the way, putting the reader on the scene during an important part of local history, when settlers clashed with Native Ameri-can Tribes to settle the
lands that comprise today’s regional landscape.
� e book includes the con� icts on Connell’s Prairie, the White River Massacre and the Battle of Seattle. Of special interest to Auburnites is the retell-ing of events leading up to the death of Lt. William Slaughter, the U.S. Army o� cer, casualty of war and soldier from whom the
Seattle author provides glimpse of life in Auburn area in 1800s
“Bones Beneath Our Feet” (Bennett & Hastings Publishing, $16.95, July 1 release) is available at independent bookstores, and online through Amazon and Kindle Books.
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Michael Schein’s novel “Bones Beneath Our Feet” is a part-� ction, historical novel. COURTESY PHOTO
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� e festival hours are 4-9 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Sunday.
Paci� c City Park is located at 600 3rd Ave. SE.
On Friday evening, the Kids Parade begins at 6:15 with children riding their decorated bikes down 3rd Avenue Southeast in the Best Decorated Bicycle Contest. Saturday’s annual Grand Parade also runs along 3rd Avenue Southeast, beginning at 10 a.m.
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Home Depot will be on site with its wood-building projects for kids of all ages.
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� e Howard Hanson Dam reservoir has reached an elevation of 1,167 feet above sea level, allow-ing engineers, geologists and other scientists to run a battery of tests to gather more data on the right abutment drainage improvements that are completed and under way.
At the end of testing, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will share � nd-ings with national experts and will determine prior to this November if the dam
can return to its authorized � ood risk reduction opera-tion.
� e Corps is measuring seepage rates through the abutment, functionality of the new drains, as well as conducting other inves-tigations during the next couple of weeks. � at data then will be analyzed. � e results of that data analysis will help determine paths forward for further interim measures, as well as any potential long-term repairs, to reduce the � ood risk in
the highly populated cities of Auburn, Kent, Renton and Tukwila and unincor-porated King County.
“As construction on the drainage improve-ment work continues, all indications are that the new measures will perform as intended,” said Rob Romocki, the Seattle Dis-trict’s Dam Safety program manager. “Once the current improvement work has been fully completed, we will evaluate the e� ective-ness of those measures and
determine if we will be able to hold a � ood pool as the dam was originally designed.
“We need to look at all the data from this sum-mer’s conservation pool and analyze what we see before a decision can be made on how to safely operate the dam next � ood season.”
While the reservoir level is being held steady throughout this testing, out� ows from the dam will track reservoir in� ows.
As of this release, in� ows and out� ows are roughly 1,200 cubic feet per second. However, � ows can change in a matter of hours, dependent upon weather, so caution is advised, the Corps said.
Flows downstream of the dam are expected to remain well below � ood stage, the Corps said.
More details and history about the dam and the right abutment issue can be found at: http://www.nws.usace.army.mil.
Hanson Dam reservoir at full pool; engineers running tests
A� er re� ecting on his 34-year anniversary at the Auburn Fire Department and Valley Regional Fire Authority and contemplat-ing for months when “the right time to go” was, Stan Laatsch made his intention to retire on June 30 o� cial.
“June 16th is my anniver-sary date at the department. I am happy, healthy, and content. � irty-four years – it just seemed to be the right time for me,” Laatsch said. “I have had a good career. It
has been a privilege to serve the community, an honor to serve as chief.”
“Stan has dedicated more than half of his life to serving the community, developing the modern � re service and building the department – he has earned and deserves a great retirement,” said Eric Rob-ertson, Valley Regional Fire Authority administrator. Laatsch began his service as a � re� ghter with the legacy Auburn Fire Department
at its one and only station, at 700 Auburn Way South, on June 16, 1977. During the course of his career, he served as a lieutenant, captain, battalion chief and assistant chief. He served in the department’s Special Operations Division for 13 years, including eight as the chief o� cer.
Laatsch was tapped as � re chief in May 2007, leading the largest division and all of the organization’s opera-tional personnel.
VRFA Chief Stan Laatsch will retire after more than 34 years � ghting � res. COURTESY PHOTO
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By SHAWN SKAGER
Cody Hebner had all the bases covered.
After two years pitching for the Green River Com-munity College Gators, the 20-year-old right-hander and Auburn Mountainview graduate knew he was going to play baseball at a higher level – he just wasn’t sure how high.
Coming into the June 6 Major League Baseball amateur draft, Hebner had already hedged his bets and was entertaining a scholar-ship offer from Arizona State University.
When the news arrived, however, that he had been selected 143rd overall, in the fourth round, by the San Diego Padres, his choice was clear.
“I was told I’d go (in rounds) three to five, but you can never be certain, it’s just what the scouts tell
you,” Hebner said. “So I was hoping, but I wasn’t bank-ing on it. So it was a pretty big surprise when it came. I had just gotten back from school and was sitting at home and my dad had the
draft up on the computer. He was tickled pink and so was my mom, who was there, too.
“I had signed a letter of intent to Arizona State, but I’m going to take this
opportunity to play profes-sionally and start this part of my life,” he continued.
For Hebner – who is expected to start his profes-sional career with the short-season, single-A Eugene
Emeralds – the selection by the Padres is the culmina-tion of a lifetime of work.
After a stellar prep career playing ball for Glen Walker at Auburn Moun-tainview, where he was honored as the South Puget Sound League 3A Most Valuable Player his senior year, Hebner headed off to Green River to hone his skills.
“It was key,” Hebner said. “I was around a good group of guys both years. The coaches really helped me to develop. After my first year as a freshman, I got my feet wet and understood what the hitters were like. I expected to be able to compete this year because I did well as a freshman.”
Hebner did more than compete as a sophomore, he dominated, notching a miniscule 1.44 ERA with 95 strikeouts in 82 innings and finishing the season with a
Cody Hebner on the mound for the Green River Gators baseball team. San Diego selected Hebner in the fourth round of the Major League Baseball amateur draft. CouRTeSy pHoTo
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The community centers are being designed by ARC Architects.
The current Firwood Cir-cle facility will be renovated and expanded to provide 3,366 square feet of program space with $815,888 in HUD funding.
The new 3,563 square-foot Burndale Homes facil-ity will house community services currently located in a converted residential unit. This project will receive $995,207 of the grant.
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The Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to 193 calls for service between June 20 and June 26, among them the following:
June 20Structure fire: 2:49 p.m., (Federal Way). Valley Com dispatched VRFA firefighters to help South King Fire and Rescue units tackle an attic fire in a commercial apartment building at 113 S. 340th St. in Federal Way. Firefight-ers helped knock the flames down, but a couple of units in the complex sustained damage. Investigators are working to determine the cause.
June 21Aid call: 3 p.m., (Algona). Firefighters helped a sick girl with a wide degree of symptoms. After giving the girl a thorough examination, firefighters determined that she was medically
stable, so they left her in her mother’s care.
June 22Car accident: 3:26 p.m., (Auburn). Firefighters helped a woman com-plaining of neck and back pain follow-ing a two-car accident, provided her spinal immobilization, and transported her to Auburn Regional Medical Center.
June 23 Fire: 3:11 a.m., (Pacific). Firefighters responding to reports of a microwave on fire arrived to find that the fire had been snuffed and the unit was already out of the home.
Shed fire: 2:01 p.m., (Auburn). Firefighters responded to a tree fire in the 400 block of 37th Street Southeast that had spread to a shed, a vehicle and other trees. Firefighters attacked the fire aggressively to prevent it from reaching a mobile home. Nobody was home at the time of the incident.
June 24Aid call: 8:07 p.m., (Lakeland Hills).
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June 25 Bicycle accident: 11:59 a.m., (Auburn). Firefighters responded to a male bicycle rider who had lost con-sciousness after crashing over a guard rail. The rider, who was not wearing a helmet, suffered life threatening injuries. Firefighters and King County Medics treated him at the scene and medics transported him to Harborview Medical Center.
June 26Fire alarm: 9:36 p.m., (Lea Hill). Firefighters were called to an activated fire alarm at the Green River College library. Once there, firefighters deter-mined that a malicious pull station activation had set off the alarm. Firefighters reset the alarm, and GRCC security began reviewing security tapes to determine who had activated the alarm.
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7-1 win-loss record.He was selected as the
2011 GRCC male student athlete of the year and cho-sen for the All-Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges first-team.
At Green River, Hebner said, he tried not to rely on his overpowering fastball alone. Instead, he chose to mix things up with his five-pitch repertoire.
“My fastball usually sits around 93 mph, but I got it up to 97 a couple of times this year,” he said. “I didn’t know it at the time, but they told me in the dugout, ‘you got it up to 97 that inning.’ And I said, ‘holy cow, that’s hard.’ At that level I could probably get away with using my fastball. But I like to approach like a major leaguer and work the batter and throw off-speed as well. I throw a fastball, a seam splitter, a curve ball, a change up and a slider.”
Now that he’s committed to a professional career as a ballplayer, Hebner said he hopes to follow the path of fellow-Washingtonian and Cy Young award winner Tim Lincecum, who also played for Walker.
“I’m a big fan of Tim Lincecum,” said Hebner. “I don’t really throw exactly like him, but if you break us both down, there are some similarities.”
Hebner added that he was pleased to have a chance to start his career in the Pacific Northwest, giving him a chance to play before friends and family, with possible games in the Tri-Cities, Yakima and Everett.
Regardless of what the future holds, Hebner said, he was just pleased to get a chance to put on a profes-sional baseball uniform and prove that he has what it takes to make it.
“It’s always been my dream, and I’ve got a great opportunity with a great team,” he said.
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Auburn police responded to the fol-lowing calls for service, among many others, between June 20 and June 26:
June 20Burglary: 4 a.m., 32115 105th Place S.E. Somebody broke into an equipment storage shed belonging to an Auburn Apartment complex and pilfered several power tools. Police did not disclose a value for the aforesaid tools.Theft: 12 a.m., 1305 C St. S.W. A City of Auburn employee reported the theft of three water valve/meter devices used to take water from fire hydrants for use by contractors and city employ-ees for construction projects.
June 21Burglary: 7:33 a.m., 225 6th St. S.E. Somebody, or several somebodies, slithered through an opening for an air conditioner unit on the northeast
corner of a complex and burgled significant amounts of copper pipe and wire from a construction site. Police did not disclose a value for the missing metal. Theft from building: 1:26 p.m., 800 4th St. N.E. Three computers and projector are missing from a classroom at Auburn High School. Police did not disclose a value for the missing items.
June 22Theft: 5:15 a.m., 2402 Auburn Way S. A man at the Muckleshoot Casino called to report that somebody had swiped his poker chips. Another un-identified patron at the casino cashed in his chips.Mower theft: 2:07 p.m., 1100 block of 14th Street Northeast. Somebody stole a power lawnmower from a carport. Police did not disclose a value for the missing mower.Perfume in the pants: 7:50 p.m., 1101 Supermall Way S.W. Store security at Marshalls caught a man shoplifting a shirt at Marshalls and later happened upon pilfered perfume pushed down the front of his pants.
Burglary: 12 a.m., 1445 R St. N.W. An unidentified Auburn industrial busi-ness reported that someone had stolen a large amount of plate steel from its gated storage yard. Police did not disclose a value for the missing steel.
June 23Theft: 4 p.m., 2100 block of M Street Southeast. Somebody stole a John Deere lawn mower from a fenced yard. Police did not disclose a value for the missing mower.
June 24Disorderly conduct: 9:06 a.m., 500 Auburn Way S. Police arrested a local Auburn transient for aggressive beg-ging, the second recent arrest for said transient for aggressive panhandling at the same location.
June 26Disorderly conduct: 5:32 p.m., 12700 block of Southeast 312th Street. A male was observed conducting lewd behavior. What was that lewd behavior and did it pose a threat to public safety? Police did not respond to inquiries.
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Michael Reeder, 1463 Valen- tine Ave SE Pacific WA 98047, is seeking coverage under the Washington State Department of Ecology’s Construction Storm- water NPDES and State Waste Discharge General Permit. The proposed project, Parking Lot, is located at 1463 Valentine Ave. SE in Pacific, WA 98047- 2104. This project involves 2 acres of soil disturbance for Commercial construction activit- tivities. Stormwater will be dis- charged to Public Storm System Any persons desiring to present their views to the Washington State Department of Ecology regarding this application, or interested in Ecology’s action on this application, may notify Ecology in writing no later than 30 days of the last date of publi- cation of this notice. Ecology reviews public comments and considers whether discharges from this project would cause a measurable change in receiving water quality, and, if so, whether the project is necessary and in the overriding public interest ac- cording to Tier II antidegradation requirements under WAC 173- 201A-320.Comments can be submitted to:Department of EcologyAttn: Water Quality Program, Construction StormwaterP.O. Box 47696, Olympia, WA 98504-7696Published in Auburn Reporter on July 1, 2011 and July 8, 2011. #503596.
Notice of ActionWhite River Estates House
Demolition Notice is hereby given under SEPA, RCW 43.21C.080, that the Water and Land Resources Division (WLRD), King County Department of Natural Resources
and Parks, Capital Projects Sec-tion, took the action described in item 2 below on June 24, 2011. 1. Any action to set aside, enjoin, review, or otherwise challenge such action on the grounds of non-compliance with the provisions of Chapter 43.21C RCW shall be commenced on or before July 29, 2011. 2. The agency decision is to proceed on final design and construction of the White River Estates House Demolition. 3. The 11 single family residenc-es to be demolished are within the White River Estates in the City of Pacific. The houses are located along White River Drive, closest to the White River. Their addresses are: 347, 349, 351, 353, 355, 357, 359, 361, 363, 365, and 367 White River Drive, Pacific, WA 98047. This lies within Section 36, Township 21 North, Range 4 East. 4. A Determination of Non- Significance was published and opened for review and public comment from June 3, 2011 through June 16, 2011. Project support documentation and pro-ject site maps are available for review at WLRD Offices from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays. The offices are located at King Street Center, 201 South Jackson Street, Suite 600, Seattle, Wash-ington 98104. Katy Vanderpool is the Project Manager and may be contacted at 206-296-8362. 5. A Decision to Proceed was signed on June 24, 2011 by Mark Isaacson, WLRD Division Direc-tor. This Notice of Action was filed on July 1, 2011 and will continue in effect through July 29, 2011. Published in Auburn Reporter on July 1, 2011 and July 8, 2011. #503398.
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The book is a tragic tale that resonates today, a story for all who are pas-sionate about tolerance, dignity and liberty.
“Nobody comes out of this perfect. It’s important that people understand that,” Schein said of exploring all sides of the conflict, from settlers to Native Americans, warring and victimized.
The novel follows Schein’s debut book, “Just Deceits: A Histori-cal Courtroom Mystery” (Bennett & Hastings, 2008) – the story of the celebrity trial of the late 18th century in which the
defense team of John Mar-shall and Patrick Henry battle each other and myriad challenges while trying to save their clients from the gallows.
Schein drew on his 25 years of courtroom experi-ence as a professor and as an adjunct professor of American legal history to research and compose the book, which is being considered for play adapta-tion.
Born and raised in Vermont, Schein attended Reed College in Portland, and now lives in Seattle with his wife. They raised two daughters.
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Auburn international Farmers Mar-ket: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., Sundays, through Sept. 25, Auburn Sound Transit Plaza, 23 A St. SW. More than 40 vendors offering a variety of fresh locally grown farm-based foods, hand-crafted items, and conces-sion stands that are restaurant-based but feature a home-cooked taste. The market also includes free performances, guest chef demonstrations with farm-fresh ingredi-ents, children’s activities, and classes on health, nutrition, and gardening. Informa-tion: 253-266-2726, www.auburnfarmer-smarket.org.
Mary Olson Farm summer drop-in hours: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. during these weekends: July 9-10, July 23-24; Aug. 13-14, Aug. 27-28; and Sept. 10-11. Mary Olson Farm, located at 28728 Green River Road in Auburn, is a King County Landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Sites. Significant features include an 1897 barn, a fully restored 1902 farm-house, a century-old orchard, three salmon runs in Olson Creek and a remarkable col-lection of outbuildings, including a smoke
house, outhouse and weaving house. The farm will operate as a living history and environmental learning site, and will also be available for community and special events. Admission for the summer drop-in hours is $5 adults, $3 children/seniors and $15 for a household or family. For more information, visit www.wrvmuseum.org.
Fireworks spectacular: 4:30 p.m., July 3, Emerald Downs, 2300 Emerald Downs Drive. Special post time. Presented By Carl’s Jr. Information: www.emeralddowns.com.
Free flag ceremony and pancake breakfast: 9 a.m., July 4, Lakeland Hills Park, Evergreen Way and Olive Ave. SE, Auburn. Presented by the Mill Pond Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The public is welcome.
Fourth of July Festival: 11 a.m.-4 p.m., July 4, Les Gove Park, 1005 12th St. SE. Noon bike parade, various entertainment on two stages, a kids craft corner, an arts and craft grove with more than 50 artists, a car show, inflatable rides, a rock wall, euro-bungy trampolines and other fun activities for children. Information: 253-931-3043, www.auburnwa.gov.
Pacific Days: July 8-10, Pacific City Park, Pacific, 600 3rd Ave SE. Hours: 4-9 p.m., July 8; 11 a.m.-9 p.m., July 9; 11 a.m.-4
p.m., July 10. Presented by Pacific Partner-ships. Music, crafts, fair, festival, food, kids parade, grand parade, vendors, raffles, inflatable rides, car bash, music. Free to the public. Information: www.pacificpartner-ships.org.
America’s Family Pet expo: July 8-10, Puyallup Fair & Events Center, 110 9th Ave. SW. Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m., July 8; 10 a.m.-7 p.m., July 9; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., July 10. The Ultimate Dog Show, dock diving dogs, doggy makeovers, CFA Cat Show, the world-famous Free Flight Bird Show and Creepy Crawly Critter Show. Pet products from major manufacturers and local retailers will be on sale. Local adoption agencies and rescue organizations will have hundreds of pets available for adop-tion. VCA Animal Hospitals, a pet adoption sponsor, will support the onsite shelter/rescue organizations’ efforts to ensure each adoptee has a healthy start by offering a certificate for a free first exam at one of its hospitals. General admission: $12; seniors 60 & over $10; children 6-12 are $6. Youth 5 years and under are free. Active Military with a valid ID get in free. General Admis-sion tickets may be purchased at a $2 dis-count at www.PetExpoWA.org. For further information, please call 800-999-7295.
Redistricting commission Public Forum: 6 p.m., July 11, at the University of Washington, Jane Russell Student Com-mons,1918 Pacific Ave. Washington State Redistricting Commission seeks public comment on how the new lines for legisla-tive and Congressional voting districts should be drawn. Legislative and Congres-
sional redistricting happens just once every 10 years, following the U.S. Census. Wash-ington is gaining another seat in Congress, which means its has to draw a new Con-gressional district. See www.redistricting.wa.gov for webcast instructions.
Algona Days: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., July 16, 17. Matchett Memorial Park, 402 Warde St. (behind City Hall). Food booths, arts and crafts, games, three-on-three basketball tournament sponsored by the Auburn Val-ley YMCA, car show and parade on 1st Av-enue (11 a.m. July 16). Festival sponsored by Waste Management, Columbia Bank, Central Garden & Pet and Valley Mart. Call 253-833-2897 for more information.
Auburn Adventure Race: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., July 17, greater Auburn area. Les Gove Park likely start-finish line. A takeoff of the hit reality TV show, “The Amazing Race,” put on by the City of Auburn Parks, Arts & Recreation Department. The race is seeking teams of two players, one of whom must be at least 18 years old. Each person registers separately. The cost is $25 for pre-registrants prior to July 1. Contestants will receive a T-shirt. To enter the race or for those who would like to volunteer, please contact Rick Bruya, City recreation coordinator, at 253-931-3043 or [email protected].
8th annual summer Marble spectac-ular: 10 a.m.-3 p.m., July 16, Rivers Edge Best Western, 15901 W. Valley Highway, Tukwila. Presented by the International Association of Marble Collectors. In-room trading begins July 13 and lasts until July 15. Bring your marbles for evaluation,
show or trade. Show will have thousands of marbles on display for show, sell or trade. Admission: $3 adult non-members, chidren free. Information: 253-815-6928, www.iamc.us.
Goodguys 24th Pacific northwest na-tionals: July 22-24, Puyallup Fair & Events Center, 110 9th Ave. SW (enter at Blue, Gold Gates). Hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Friday; 8-8 Saturday, 8 a.m.-3 p.m., Sunday. More than 2,500 hot rods, customs and Clas-sics through 1972 on display; vendor and manufacturer exhibits. Admission: General $18; kids (7-12) $6; Age 6 and under free. Information and buy tickets on line go to: www.good-guys.com.
Auburn’s national night Out: Aug. 2, throughout Auburn. Unique crime/drug prevention event sponsored by the Na-tional Association of Town Watch. Residents in neighborhoods throughout the city of Auburn and across the nation are asked to lock their doors, turn on the outside lights and spend the evening outside with neighbors and police on Aug. 2. To register your neighborhood or to inquire about further details, contact Duanna Richards at 253-931-3099 or [email protected]. If desired, a City representative can make an appearance at your event to talk to attendees about fighting crime in their area. To register your event, visit www.auburnwa.gov.
Auburn’s ArtRageous Art Festival: 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Aug. 6, Les Gove Park, 1005 12th St. SE. Featuring artists of all media who be demonstrating, offering hands-on activities for all ages and selling artwork. Free one-day art extravaganza invites you to create and celebrate art in the park. Pre-sented by the City of Auburn and produced by the Auburn Parks, Arts and Recreation Department. For information, visit www.auburnwa.gov/arts or call 253-931-3043.
“hats and heels, A shopping event and night at the Races”: 5 p.m., Aug. 12, Emerald Downs, 2300 Emerald Downs Drive, Auburn. Shopping begins at 5 p.m., first race at 6. Shop, bet and celebrate fashion at the races. Access to the shop-
ping event is free with gate admission, and ladies are encouraged to dress in their finest, fashionable racing attire. VIP tickets: $30 and must be purchased in advance. A portion of each ticket sale will benefit the Children’s Therapy Center. To purchase tickets, please call 253-288-7704 or order online at www.emeralddownshatsand-heels.com/. Tickets also can be purchased in-person at the track.
Auburn Wine and Music Festival: Aug. 27-28, downtown Auburn. Arts and crafts, music, food, gardens, street expo, danc-ing, wine tasting. Hours: 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Aug. 27; 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Aug. 28. Wine garden featuring eight wineries, car show, merchant street expo, arts & crafts and live music. Musicians and vendors wanted. Vol-unteers also needed for setup and cleanup. Contact Jim Wilson at 253-887-8530 or Kathleen Keator at 253-939-3982.
BenefitsPleasures of Planting: 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., July 10, Auburn Adventist Academy campus, 5000 Auburn Way S. Inaugural plateau garden tour, a benefit for the academy. Specialty plant sale, local art, Master Gardner book sale, music, refresh-ments. Vendors available to offer products and expertise until 5 p.m. Northwest horticulture expert Marianne Benetti is the featured presenter at 9 a.m. Tour opens at 10 a.m. Admission: $25 per person. For more information, contact Alice Kirkman, 253-833-7910. Reserve tickets at: http://pip.karmy.com.
Music concert in the Park: 5-9 p.m., July 17, Game Farm Park, 3030 R St. SE, Auburn. The concert will feature four ethnic musical groups: a brass band, the vocal group Hope and two guest vocal groups. Taste a variety of Ukrainian, Russian and Central Asian (Uzbek, Kazakh) food. Donations are welcomed to go toward the church’s building project, which is currently in progress. Donations to benefit the Russian-Ukrainian Parousia Church Building Project, P.O. Box 146, Auburn, WA 98071-1146. Information: 253-632-4098
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“We have a number of different items that we offer, including deli sandwiches, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and yogurt,” said Carole Barker,
assistant supervisor of Child Nutritional Services for the Auburn School District.
Added Barker, “There’s a great need for programs like this, especially in the summertime. Fifty-three percent of our school district is free and reduced, and in south King County, it’s more like 82 percent.”
Margaret Dam, director of Child Nutritional Servic-es for the Auburn School District, 53 percent is the highest free and reduced-lunch rate the district has ever had.
“The district started the year off at 48-percent, and it grew over the year,” said Dam.” Nine of our schools are in the severe-need cat-
egory. We’re feeding lunch in about 40 sites this year. Kids can’t begin the school year without some kind of support. Feeding them helps kids learn better.”
The school district ad-ministers the federal funds that the state doles out, hires the personnel and prepares the food. The best, and sometimes only, meals
many children eat all day during the school year are provided by their school’s federally-funded meals program.
Vendors, farmer’s markets, and farms from Oakville to Fall City to Yakima provide the food.
The summer feeding pro-gram started at the Family of Grace Church on Lea
Hill when church mem-bers noticed an increase in poverty after the construc-tion of the Cedar Ridge Apartments. Then-Deputy Superintendent Kip Her-ren saw the church had a good idea, and the district decided to follow suit. The program started in 2005.
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Successful long-term growth for most businesses is dependent upon the availability of equity capital. Lenders generally require some equity cushion or collateral before they will lend to a small business. A lack of equity limits the debt financing available to businesses. Small businesses often
rely on venture capital to provide a fresh injection of equity, which can allow the company to seek new debt.
With President Obama’s “Startup America” initiative, ven-ture capital can be leveraged with a match from the U.S. Small Busi-ness Administration to strengthen capital access for entrepreneurs and firms with high-growth po-tential. Through our Small Busi-ness Investment Company (SBIC) Program, SBA will target more than $2 billion in new growth capital into companies located in underserved communities and emerging sectors such as clean energy, as well as in early-stage companies facing difficult chal-lenges accessing capital.
Venture capitalists seek compa-nies with high growth potentials, strong management teams, and solid business plans. They typi-cally invest in ventures involved in industries or technologies with which they are personally familiar.
At the Small Business Ad-ministration, we’ve always been proud to serve not just Main Street businesses, but also small, high-growth firms. Through our SBIC Program, we’ve even helped companies like Intel, Apple Computer, Outback Steakhouse, Staples, and FedEx as they were just starting out. These once small startup companies have added millions of jobs and transformed our economy over the decades. “Startup America” will focus the resources of the SBA and other federal agencies to partner with the next great American success story to continue and expand our economic recovery.
Entrepreneurs interested in seeking financing can visit the venture financing page on the SBA Web site at www.sba.gov.
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Arsenio Ferreria of Pacific pushes his son, Matthew, through the obstacle course during Pacific’s June 25 bicycle rodeo. Charles Cortes, Reporter
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