Federal Way Mirror, February 13, 2015

SPORTS | Federal Way athletes sign letters of intent [4]

OPINION | Rep. Kochmar: What Sound Transit measure means for voters [6] Roegner: Has City Hall captured Jim Ferrell? [6]

CITY | Council to discuss direction of marijuana moratorium during special meeting [18]

POLICE | Suspect buries himself to escape police [19]FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2015 | 75¢

BUSINESS | Ulta beauty store coming to downtown Federal Way [12]

COMMUNITY | Volunteers, city make progress on Hylebos wetlands repairs [10]

BY SARAH KEHOE

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Longtime Federal Way resident Mark Koppang, 51, has announced his bid for election to the Federal Way City Council Posi-tion 5.

The position is currently filled by Councilman Bob Celski, who recently stated he will not run for Council after his term expires at the end of this year. Kop-pang has run for office two times, including running

against Kelly Maloney, who was appointed to the Council seat Posi-tion 2 in 2013.

“I’ve been serving the commu-nity in different capacities for several years,” Koppang said. “Federal Way is a great city and a young city full of potential. I would love to be a part of helping it grow.”

Koppang said his priori-ties will include continu-ing the efforts to revitalize the downtown core and encourage employers to stay in, and relocate to, Federal Way. He also wants to partner with organiza-

Mark Koppang announces run for City Council

Above, Native American healer Seneca Elder Golden Warren performs a traditional blessing at Lakota Middle School’s new community garden on Saturday.Left, city officials and volunteers hold ceremonial shovels to signify the start of the new garden. Photos courtesy of Bruce Honda

Community gathers to construct new garden at LakotaBY KELSEY BAKER

UW News Lab

Despite wind and relentless rain, students, teachers and community members came equipped with tools and enthusiasm to

begin construction of a community garden at Lakota Middle School.

On Saturday, volunteers hauled soil, spread bark chip and built garden beds that will soon be home to various crops. The garden has been in discussion for over two years as a way to enrich Lakota’s Integrated Environmental and Sustainability Academy.

Eighth grade teacher and coordinator Laurie Su-kola explained how the academy originated.

“It all started with kids saying, ‘we want to see something grow.’ They wanted to see something out here come to life.”

So Lakota staff members created a program to sup-port students’ interests.

Integrated Environmental and Sustainability Acad-emy began with one sixth grade class and one sev-enth grade class comprised of 25-30 students. There was one teacher per grade, who was responsible for teaching each subject with an environmental focus. Soon the program became so popular that parents were asking to extend the academy into eighth grade. Now, the academy is available for grades six through eight, but students must be chosen through an ap-plication process to participate.

A community garden has been a part of the acad-emy’s vision from the very start, but the school’s PTA is responsible for making it a reality. The project has been funded, planned and executed by Lakota’s PTA and will continue to be in the future. Upon comple-tion, the garden is projected to produce 9-10,000 pounds of food per year, including lettuce, peas, cucumbers and more.

“This will really help our students grow and get hands on experience,” Sukola said. “Our goal is

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Couple’s unusual love story that went national going strong after 36 yearsBY RAECHEL DAWSON

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After his second divorce, Patrick Godfrey sat with his mother looking at old fam-ily photos.

“I came across this pic-ture of Margery and I from high school and I said to my mom, ‘I don’t know why

I had to have these other marriages, why couldn’t I have married Margery in the first place, had a normal marriage, children and life?’” Patrick Godfrey, 72, recalled of a moment more than 30 years ago. “I didn’t understand why I had to do all this other stuff.”

But he had an “over-whelming sense” he could have it that way and began to look up Margery’s maiden name, Southworth, in the phonebook, however,

he had no luck with the 15-20 he found.

“My mom thought I should probably go back to the hospital since I was barely divorced and shouldn’t be looking to cre-ate a relationship,” he said.

Then in his mid-30s, the California native had been married twice, had a daughter with his first wife, a son with his second and had just got custody of his stepson.

He was also battling

alcoholism.“I figured I’d just raise the

boys,” he said. “That was my principle objective.”

The couple had dated in high school but had gone their separate ways — Patrick Godfrey had been back and forth from Hawaii working as a Tahitian musi-cian and assistant direc-tor to the Hawaii Medi-cal Association and his sweetheart had graduated college, worked at Schick

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City officials met with the Chamber last week in an effort to

find a solution and compro-mise on the contested busi-ness district associations concept that was proposed in the economic develop-ment strategy draft plan.

Greater Federal Way Chamber of Commerce CEO Rebecca Martin and board chair Lori San-tamaria testified against the proposal at a January City Council meeting, stating the associations would stretch the financial resources of the business community, as Business

District Associations typi-cally require voluntary dues or taxes.

While Mayor Jim Ferrell and city officials denied there would be extra fees, Martin and others still had questions because the draft plan failed to explain how the business district as-sociations would be funded, maintained and measured.

However, Ferrell, city spokesman Chris Carrel and Deputy Mayor Jeanne Burbidge met with Mar-tin, Santamaria and board chair-elect Lisa Skari at the Chamber’s office on Feb. 4 to discuss these issues. The mayor sent out a letter to Chamber board members explaining the intent of the

business district associa-tions as a community out-reach measure. Ultimately, he also agreed to change the name to “Business Connec-tions.”

“Clearly the label we put on this about associations is getting in the way of what we’re trying to achieve,” Ferrell said in an interview. “We don’t want to do any-thing to compete with the Chamber. We want to help with the Chamber.”

Ferrell said Martin has a “ton of experience and maybe she’s had experi-ences where business district associations were not so positive” but that “when people communicate directly, it’s important to serve them.”

Martin said Ferrell as-sured them fees were “off the table” with these Busi-ness Connections.

“It’s great to be in a com-munity where you’re able to express concerns at public hearings and see action taken,” Martin said in an interview. “The Chamber was invited to attend [the Business Connections meetings] and we plan to do that.”

The board will decide at their next board meeting on Feb. 17 on just how in-

volved they would like to be in the meetings, she added.

The draft plan, titled “Some Assembly Required,” has been updated to include the change to Business Connections and Ferrell said they would operate in a similar way to the city’s current Neighborhood Connections meetings.

“The idea with the busi-ness district associations and now Business Connec-tions is getting out there to

the clusters of [businesses] in general geographical areas — it is very much site specific,” he said.

The four meetings a year would be dispersed at Twin Lakes, downtown and north and south Pacific Highway.

Ferrell and city staff would attend the events and be available to answer questions about permit-ting, streets, signage, traffic, zoning and any other city-related business issues.

“It’s kind of like City Hall coming out to the neighborhoods,” he said, explaining the concept of the current Neighborhood Connections meetings. “There have been times in the past businesses left and we never heard anything about it on why they left.”

The meetings won’t be expensive either, Ferrell said.

“To sit down, I don’t

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From left, Deputy Mayor Jeanne Burbidge, Mayor Jim Ferrell, Chamber CEO Rebecca Martin, board chairman Lori Santamaria and chair-elect Lisa Skari met on Feb. 4 to discuss the city’s proposed Business Connections meetings outlined in their economic development strategy draft plan. Courtesy of the city of Federal Way

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of his life at a San Diego freeway on-ramp at 7:30 a.m. the next day after his conversation with his mother.

“I stopped and a tan van pulled up alongside me and honked its horn,” he said. “I looked over and there was a woman in a van and she had on big dark glasses. She lifted up her glasses and it was Margery.”

Patrick Godfrey was flabbergasted. “I put my head down on the steering wheel and I started

to laugh and then I started to cry,” he said.He had gone a different route 20 miles out of his com-

mute from Palos Verdes to Hollywood that day.“I had this very strong feeling to go by way of Santa

Monica,” he said. “I was going to go to Santa Monica and cut back over to Hollywood.”

And it was that choice that put the pair together.“It was just the coming together of the stars in the right

galaxy,” Margery Godfrey said. “I saw him, he has a very distinctive profile, and I knew that it was Pat Godfrey.”

She had been working, dating and enjoying the single life of a woman living near Manhattan Beach in the 1970s.

“I had a lot of fun but I had not been involved with any-body seriously and I was excited to see Pat,” she said.

The two pulled off of the freeway into a nearby parking lot and asked what each other had been up to, if they were seeing anyone and within a week, Patrick Godfrey asked her out on a date.

“I mean, he was of course very handsome, successful and fun,” she said, noting she had no idea they would rekindle their relationship when she saw him on the freeway. “One of the main things about Patrick besides his intel-ligence is his wit. He’s very witty, funny and quick, and cute, and kind.”

This wasn’t the couple’s first date and it wouldn’t be their last. About one year later in 1979 they were married at LaVinta Inn, a Spanish Inn above their grade school and, soon after, bought their house in the Twin Lakes area of Federal Way after a job opportu-nity opened for Patrick Godfrey.

The two first met at a seventh grade dance when Patrick Godfrey was the new kid on the block.

He remembers it distinctly.“I was standing with a fellow that I had met and I looked

out onto the dance floor and I saw this young hottie in a pair of tight white pants and a big smile on her face just dancing to the beat of the band,” he said.

His friend introduced the two and she “bounced over, smiled and sparkled, and stole my heart and went back to dancing,” he recalls.

They started seriously dating off and on in 10th grade until high school ended. She was a cheerleader and he was on the basketball team.

“On a couple of occasions she’d say we’re get-ting too serious, we need to date other people so we would date other people for a little bit but then we would come back together again,” he said.

Patrick Godfrey said she’s the only woman who’s ever made him laugh, the only woman he’s ever loved and he always compared the other woman he dated to her.

“I mean she stole my heart in the seventh grade. What do you do about that?” he asked. “When you’re doomed, you’re doomed.”

The Godfrey’s love story became national news in 1997 after USA Today featured a book called “True Love” by Robert Fulghum, a Seattle author. The Godfrey’s love story was one of many in the 261-page book that would become a New York Times best seller. What attracted them to share their story was that the book’s proceeds (about $500,000) went to Habitat for Humanity, and keeping in mind that it would raise money, the two shared their story with maga-zines, local broadcast stations and eventually Oprah.

“I told Margery that we’re going to be on the Oprah Win-frey show and she was in sales at the time and said, ‘yeah, sure,’ but a-year-and-a-half later one of the producers from the show called.”

The Oprah Winfrey show picked up footage from a previous show they did with Richard Thomas called “It’s a Miracle,” and a film crew came out to interview them.

“It’s inspired a lot of people, especially people who won-der about relationships and if they’re ever going to have Mr. Right or Ms. Right,” Patrick said.

The couple will celebrate their 36th wedding anniversary on Feb. 18 and they say their marriage has been “fabulous.”

The key to a happy marriage is “sincerity, communication and humor,” according to Margery Godfrey.

“I can’t imagine people not finding fun things about each other and laughing at things together,” she said. “And a posi-tive attitude and willingness to be vulnerable.”

Patrick Godfrey believes acceptance and support are at-tributed to the success of his relationship.

“Margery and I have always been accepting and sup-portive of one another,” he said. “We do not try to change or fix each other. When she wanted to go on a safari to Africa with a girlfriend, she got, ‘Go for it.’ Last summer, she went to a painting class in Paris with a girlfriend. When I want to go salmon fishing in Alaska, she’s all for it.”

Patrick Godfrey said her support in his recovery as a three-time cancer survivor, health issues, political career and volunteer work has been a key ingredient to a success-ful relationship as well. The two retirees volunteer through-out Federal Way and have enjoyed living out their love story in the Northwest.

“God did for me what I was unable to do for myself,” he said. “It’s a gift.”

Patrick and Margery Godfrey in the early years of their marriage. The couple will celebrate their 36th anniversary this month. Contributed photo

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“I looked over and there was a woman in a van and she had on big dark glasses. She lifted up her glasses and it was Margery.” Patrick Godfrey


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High school athletes participated in ceremonies last week as they signed letters of intent on Na-tional Signing Day.

Many seniors signed on to play sports in colleges as their friends, teachers, coaches and families stood by in support. Federal Way High School celebrated their football players heading to play in college. Chico McClatcher signed to University of Washing-ton, Jared Pulu signed on to the Air Force, Charlie Taumoepeau signed to Portland State and David Tiumalu to South Dakota School of the Mines.

Todd Beamer High School celebrated Chris-tian Stafford as signed to

play football at Central Washington University. Hassani Dotson will play soccer at Oregon State University and Taylor Davis will play baseball at Lower Columbia College.

Todd Beamer’s athletic director Jerry Peterson said Stafford, Dotson and Davis are not only great athletes, but great students.

“These students are great role models and leaders at Todd Beamer,” Peterson said. “I feel blessed to be a part of their lives and share in their excitement as they head off to great futures.”

Stafford was on the foot-ball and soccer team where he received a few awards including outstanding ath-lete. He took the football team to state for the first year, Peterson said.

“He struggled with having type 1 diabetes, but watching him play or practice you would never know,” he said. “He always worked so hard and perse-vered through everything.”

Stafford credited his family for helping him ac-complish his athletic goals.

“My family always sup-ported me through the tough times and my fellow football players made me competitive,” Stafford said.

Davis was the quarter-back of the football team and played baseball for four years. He was an all-league selection winner and took two teams to state in two sports while maintaining a 3.9 GPA.

“All my success is due to my family, my parents for driving me to all my games and practices over the

years, and all my coaches here,” Davis said.

Dodson went to all-league for soccer where he scored 11 goals and made 18 assists.

He plays for Crossfire Premier Soccer Club where he made nine goals

and 21 assists this year. “I owe everything to

all my coaches I have had over the years and the players I was lucky to have on my teams that pushed me to be a better athlete,” Dodson said.

High school athletes in Federal Way sign letters of intent

Todd Beamer High School seniors signed off to play sports in college during a ceremony at the school. SARAH KEHOE, the Mirror

BY SARAH KEHOE

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Decatur wrestlers fought hard at the South Puget Sound League North Sub-Regional meet last weekend against Tahoma.

The three champs were 132-pound wrestler Leviti-cus Arizpe, Zach Berry at 145 and 152-pound wres-

tler Isaiah Diggs. “The team did well

overall, but just do not have the depth to compete with Tahoma,” said Mike Bressler, wrestling coach. “That is the problem with the district administration deciding to move us up to 4A when we have bottom tier 3A numbers.”

Freshman JJ Dixon has been a stand out all season, finishing fourth in the tour-nament, Bressler noted.

“I have no doubt he will compete at a higher level in the regional,” he said. “The Avelar twins Alex and Cesar deserve some rec-ognition as they continue to improve. These two are highlights for me as they epitomize Decatur wres-tling. They were not stand outs in middle school, but proved that if they work

hard and believe in the pro-gram that they can succeed; both have had tremendous seasons.”

Freshman Jake Cassaday is a surprise to the team. He placed fifth and will advance to the regional in a tough weight bracket.

Moses Griffen at 113 pounds suffered a tough loss to a quality opponent in the final, but continues to improve and will compete well this weekend, his coach said.

“AJ Sarno, who has had a tremendous senior season, is not finished yet,” Bressler said. “I feel that he is one of the top 182 pound wrestlers in the state. It is up to him to prove that. Jeremiah Fleming at 138 competed well to place fourth, but I feel he has more in him. He is a great athlete that needs to flip the switch to make it to the next level.”

Joe Johnson at 220 pounds made it through as well.

Decatur wrestlers make their mark at sub-regionals

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The Tennessee Titans recently announced they fired their

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Dawson was a 1990 Federal Way High School graduate

and former Seahawks executive. Dawson served

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Federal Way native Benson Henderson will be fighting in the octagon again on Valentine’s Day.

Just last month he took on Donald Cerrone at UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs. Siver in Boston.

After taking a loss in his last fight, Henderson was eager to get back in the octagon as quickly as possible. An injury to fellow UFC fighter, Stephen Thompson, opened up a spot to headline UFC Fight Night 60. Henderson stepped in on two weeks notice.

“I’ve always been an anyone, anytime, anyplace type of guy,” said Henderson, a Decatur High School graduate. “I never really had the chance because when you’re defending a belt, you can’t really do that.”

This bout will be a bit different than Henderson’s usual fights as he will move up from the Lightweight division to the Welterweight division to take on Brandon Thatch, a fighter boasting an impressive 11-1 record.

“I did not know a whole lot about Brandon Thatch until I was offered to fight against him,” Henderson said. “No disrespect to him, I was not really paying attention to fight-ers in his weight class before I took this fight.”

Thatch has ended 11 of his 12 fights in the first round. The only one to go a full three rounds remains his only loss. He has ended fights through both submissions and knockouts.

He is 5 inches taller than Henderson and will boast a

reach advantage of nearly the same amount.Henderson has had one month to add 15 pounds to his

previous weight. He does not feel as though the weight gain has affected him mentally.

“There are pros and cons to it,” Henderson said. “Some-times it’s good for you. You don’t have too much time to get out of shape. You just have to be smart and judge those pros and cons.”

Henderson’s loss at UFC Fight Night 59 marked the first time in his career he lost consecutive fights. The fight was so close that many believe a draw would have been a more fitting result.

Henderson stated that the close nature of his last bout will not change the way he approaches the fight. While he may not match the power of his opponent, his speed and stamina could be a difference.

“We’ll find out come Saturday if a longer fight is benefi-cial,” he said. “I’ve had a history of going five rounds with a lot of success in those five rounds. We’ll find out come Feb. 14.”

The fight will take place in Thatch and Henderson’s birth state of Colorado. Though Henderson did not live there for long, it is where he started his fighting career.

“I love fighting in Colorado,” says Henderson. “I got a lot of love out there and I really love the fans there.”

UFC Fight Night 60: Henderson vs. Thatch will take place at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 14 and will be broadcast on Fox Sports 1.

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Decatur High School graduate Benson Henderson will headline UFC Fight Night 60 on Feb. 14. File Photo

BY SARAH KEHOE

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Until this year, senior Marissa Johnson lost every single basketball game on Decatur High School’s team.

“People kept quitting, players were getting in trouble for fighting with each other during practice; it was really messy and everyone was really negative about our team,” Johnson said. “I felt like we were a big joke.”

Instead of focusing on the bad, Johnson decided to keep a positive attitude.

“The first couple years were really upsetting, it hit me hard,” she said. “Then I realized, it might be my own fault and I needed to come back and try harder and work to improve.”

Johnson trained for basketball all summer long before her senior year started.

“I took on a leadership role as captain and I really wanted to lead by example,” she said. “I figured if the girls saw me giving it my all every practice, they would step up too.”

Johnson wanted her love of the game to become contagious.

“I noticed that many of our players did it because they felt obligated to play in some way, but I’ve always done it because I loved it,” she said. “I wanted to spread that feeling to the girls and get them excited to come to

practice.”The Decatur girls won

their first game in years this season.

“It felt great, like we broke the curse,” Johnson said. “But at the same time, we did not play our best, so I still wasn’t happy. This taught me that it’s not about winning — if you play hard and play well you feel satis-fied.”

Johnson tried to not focus on her team’s losing streak.

“For every game, I didn’t think about losing, I would come convinced that we could do better and win this time, which made it so much more enjoyable for me,” she said. “If you go out there competitive to beat your record and to beat the other team you go out with a purpose and if you have a

good attitude, you believe in your team and help them do better.”

Johnson’s highlight of the year was helping newcomers learn the game.

“This year was my favorite year by far,” she said. “We have a lot of really talented freshmen that came in and I have high hopes they will get better and better.”

Johnson played point guard and shooting guard. She was usually one of the top scorers for every game.

“Although my team and I only won one game the entire season, I felt our bond and chemistry was much stronger than the previous years,” she said. “With only 10 girls we managed to end the season with eight, two critical teammates were injured a couple weeks before the season ended. The leading point guard and high-scoring post players left us even shorter, but we continued to fight and I kept my spirits high because that was the only way to react.”

As well as dominating the basketball court, Johnson received a 3.96 GPA, took on four AP classes, was ASB secretary and participated

in track.“I think it’s easy for me

because I genuinely like both sports and school,” she said. “So I make each a pri-ority in life and make sure to manage my time well.”

At Johnson’s last game, she scored 15 out of 19 points total for her team, ending her high school basketball career with a personal record.

“I had learned through the past years of people quit-ting and conflicts between teammates and embarrass-ing losses that you can’t look at the situation as a whole, but instead you must fight harder each day without be-ing discouraged or negative,” she said. “Giving up was not even a second thought in my mind and I’m glad I played my season the way I did.”

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Sound Transit is seeking an additional $15 billion in local taxing authority to fund the next round of slated transit projects once the

currently approved projects are completed in 2023. Should House Bill 1180 pass, voters in the area

get to decide as early as 2016 whether they will ac-cept whatever tax-collections combination Sound Transit ultimately proposes.

Briefly, these are the maximum cumulative taxes that could be collected, as outlined in the legisla-tion:

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Concerned with fire department’s bead drop

The Seahawks Rally on Jan. 30 was a great com-munity building event. The mayor did a great job keeping his comments to the point and brief (per-haps the proclamation was a bit wordy) and everyone seemed to be having a good time. The snack items donated by local businesses were generous and what a

turn out — go Federal Way! I was concerned with the

fire department’s bead drop from the extended ladder over the crowd below. I was surprised to see fire depart-ment personnel climbing out on the ladder to be suspend-ed above the crowd without any type of fall protection other than their helmets and the diminishing rails on the ladder. The lead man did not look particularly comfort-able as he worked his way gingerly out on the ladder and both men looked awk-ward as they tossed beads to the crowd from overhead. Was it fun catching beads? Yes, it was fun, but I prefer our fire department staff take less risk at celebration events like this and save their hero-ics for those times when it is really needed. How would the fire chief explain a fall in-cident at a celebration event and what if one of these men

fell into the crowd? Let’s be smart about how we party.Mike Hoag, Federal Way

Puzzled over city, Chamber controversy

A recent article regard-ing the Greater Federal Way Chamber of Commerce has me puzzled. Someone needs to explain to me, under what authority the Chamber dic-tates to a city what it should and should not do. The mayor and city staff desire to attract new business and suppose they do not want to wait another 25 years to accomplish that.

When Tim Johnson, an experienced Economic Development director, was hired to do that job, he got right to it. He has been on-board about three-and-one-half months and already

has produced a 100-page proposal outlining what direction the city should take to spur new development.

On the other hand, the Chamber has had 25 years to develop a plan for the same purpose, yet evidently hasn’t, or we would have seen more progress — right? To be fair, Ms. Martin, CEO of the Chamber, has been on board about nine months, but evidently she does not have a written plan, either. Apparently, she has been too busy planning the Chamber’s upcoming trip to Italy.

Johnson’s proposed plan was presented at a recent Council meeting. I was impressed. A lot of work went into that proposal by someone who most surely knows what he is doing. He didn’t waste any time learn-ing all about Federal Way and formatting a plan to get the ball rolling.

The Chamber may disagree with the plan, but without a written plan of their own, I’m guessing they still will not be able to help the city in its efforts to grow.

One wonders if Bob Roegner’s position on the Chamber’s board of directors has had a hand in stirring the pot to give him some fodder for his other position, his column in the Mirror’s paper. He’s pretty good at digging up dirt, gossip and innuendo.Sheryl Nevers, Federal Way

Issue with bad gas

I recently bought gas at the Safeway on 320th Street and Pacific Highway South. After leaving and driving a few miles, I parked at a store, got back in my vehicle and it wouldn’t start.

I did some research and found that Safeway has had

Jim Ferrell has a chance to be a really good mayor, maybe even better than good. But he appears headed toward the same mistakes for which he criticized his predecessor Mayor Skip Priest.

Governing is about more than bricks and mortar, or buildings, parks, streets or even feel good staged rallies. Although those can be important, governing is about the tone you set with the people you govern. It’s how people are made to feel. To some, City Hall has the same feeling as junior high, with an “in” crowd and an “out” crowd. People who raise questions, or appear to be threats, soon become “outs.” They are subject to public attacks and being belittled. Interestingly, since Ferrell was the candidate of change, the current “in” crowd he has aligned with is the same as when Priest was mayor. Which has raised the many-sided question in the community: “Has City Hall captured Jim Ferrell?”

It has only been a few years since the voters changed our form of government, and change has been occurring in ways that range from acceptable and appreciated, to concern and, in some cases, outright alarm. We have gained a

faster moving government that can put ideas into practice quickly, but transpar-ency and our freedom to question our government or to even have an opinion different from those in power at City Hall has been undermined.

A strong mayor form of government is inherently more political than council-manager. Staff loyalties are usually to the

person who appointed them. Communications with the public and the media are now handled by a political appointee. Unsurprisingly, the important information delivered to the public sometimes gets clouded while trying to make the mayor and city “look good,” especially when the topic might be controversial. That’s called “spin

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The current average cost to a household paying for ongoing Sound Transit proj-ects is $270 in sales tax and $57 for motor vehicle excise tax. Should House Bill 1180 pass and taxes be approved by voters, the average house-hold would pay approxi-mately $320 in sales tax, $208 for motor vehicle excise tax and $104 for property tax. Those figures are based on a 2009 study by the U.S. Department of Transporta-tion, which found that each household in the U.S. has an average of 1.86 vehicles.

Pending passage, the cur-rent motor vehicle excise tax of 0.3 percent will continue to be collected, as well as the current sales tax of 0.9 percent. That means a 1.1 percent motor vehicle tax and 1.4 percent sales tax will be collected until February 2028.

House Bill 1180 passed out of the House Transporta-tion Committee Feb. 2 and has been referred to the House Finance Committee.

I have provided this in-formation simply to inform you of the potential costs. This is a decision that all taxpayers in the 30th District could face and I believe it is a personal decision that individuals and families will need to make based on their own financial situations.

I hope you find this infor-mation helpful and that you will contact my office with any questions or concerns. It’s an honor serving you.

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reports of bad gas in the past. I called the station and they said they had no reports of possible bad gasoline.

Has anyone else had this problem with Safeway gas?Paul Dimick, Federal Way

Thank you, mayor

Thank you Mayor Jim Ferrell for declaring a Toast-masters Week, thus bringing a valuable organization to the attention of our local population.

I was a member of International Toastmistress Clubs in the 1960’s/70’s and benefited greatly from the training. We voted to merge with Toastmasters as a means of introducing work-ing women to a comfortable environment with the men they will be working and even competing with.

I attended the open house meeting and was pleased to find so many clubs available at a variety of times during the day or evening. Busy people need options.Patricia A. Artz, Federal Way

Sincerely sorry for DUI

On March 30, 2014 I was arrested for a well deserved DUI. I’m still unsure why I thought that I was OK to drive that night, but I did. I put my community at risk, made an ass of myself and was a burden to our com-munity’s taxed resources.

For the above, I’m sin-cerely sorry. It will never happen again. I can’t trust myself when I drink.

Glenn Campanoli, Federal Way

College tuition increase is state’s fault

Community and techni-cal colleges in Washington have increased tuition by 47 percent since the 2008-2009 school year, largely in response to reduced support from our state Legislature. When adjusted for inflation, our state budget now pro-vides 23 percent less fund-ing each year for commu-nity and technical colleges than it did six years ago. Green River College and its peer institutions are in urgent need of the funding to allow us to continue to provide affordable training and education to our state’s workforce.

Cuts in funding to higher education in Washington are a disservice to the peo-ple of our state. Last year, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics published data that illustrated how people who have earned a college degree will receive better wages and have lower unemployment than their counterparts who have not attained a degree. A college degree has become essential to workers in today’s economy. It is the only means of ensuring a livable wage and consistent employment. Eileen Ely, president, Green River CollegePete Lewis, chair, Board of Trustees, Green River College

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control” and it is being used more frequently to try and manage, or in some cases suppress dissenting citizens, the media and sway public opinion.

All public officials, includ-ing mayors, want to “man-age” the media’s message to the public because they want to be liked and re-elected. City Hall doesn’t want the public to read about police cars crashing into homes, or shootings, police brutal-ity, gangs, or hear questions about priorities regarding the need for the Performing Arts and Conference Center versus a homeless shelter, or cost overruns of the down-town park or a police widow who feels she was mistreated by city government. City Hall calls it “negative news” and blames the messenger, be it the media whose job is to inform the public, or citizens who simply might want to tell elected officials their opinion. In the guise of wanting more “positive” news stories, City Hall wants its citizens to actually get less real news unless it’s polished

to make City Hall look better. Ferrell was critical of Priest

for even having a commu-nications manager position, then using it as a shield to keep the media and public at a distance while exercising spin control to try and make everything sound better than it may have been behind the scenes. Part of the reason Priest had political problems is that his staff bought into, or encouraged that notion and by doing so, did not serve his or the city’s interests as well as they should have. Is history repeating itself?

In Ferrell’s campaign he sounded a theme of “trans-parency,” and after observing him on the political stage for almost a decade I think his instinct does lean to open-ness. Over his staff’s objec-tions, Ferrell did allow me to interview two department directors without the chief of staff or communications manager present, which is the standard policy for any interviews with the media. It is a carryover policy that is inconsistent with transpar-ency. I also note that two recent directorship inter-views included opportunities

for the public to meet the candidates. That is positive, but minimal.

Overall, transparency has grown worse, not better and the city’s attempts to control and even intimidate some citizens and the media have become more direct and bold, particularly in the last several months.

It is fairly common for candidates to use support-ers as political surrogates, masquerading as impartial citizens, to write letters to the editor or post comments on the Federal Way Mirror web-site defending the mayor or attacking people who have raised questions about his actions. But the practice didn’t stop when the election did, and has been elevated beyond discourse on city policy to personal attacks.

Surrogate writers have launched attacks on the Mir-ror’s editor, its staff, Federal Way citizens, the Chamber and its CEO, as well as legislative candidate Martin Moore. Moore already had plenty of people comment-ing on his candidacy. For Ferrell’s surrogates to pile on suggests some fear in the

Ferrell camp that Moore might be a future candidate against Ferrell and they want to knock him out now.

Ferrell’s supporters are entitled to their opinion just as all citizens are, but their actions are either directed, orchestrated or have become a decade-long habit with his-torical candidate approval. Some of the comments have become so uncivil, the Mirror found it necessary to remove several due to their caustic and personal nature. And those comments are not helping Ferrell; in fact, they reflect poorly on him.

The city has made citizens who raised questions about the Performing Arts and Conference Center feel belittled and ostracized, even though Ferrell’s years-long opposition helped create the very doubt expressed by community members. Next week: Did city staff go too far in responding to citizen opinion?

Bob Roegner is a former mayor of Auburn: [email protected].

Q&A with Mr. FW: Technology in schools, closing companiesQ: Mr. Federal Way, I

want your opinion about our schools and their desire to “lead the pack” in our state. We know that this is not al-ways the case with Federal Way Public Schools. One example is the lack of work-ing technology in our schools. I have heard from many in the district for many years that the amount of computers that don’t work is horrendous. These are computers that our students are supposed to be using for typing classes, for state testing or even class projects. In one example, an overloaded “Computer Applications” class, the teacher has 40 students and only 19 working computers. How are our students supposed to learn anything if they

have to sit in the back of the class and do nothing? And the teachers that are required to teach these classes are constantly try-ing to fight for the broken

computers to be fixed, to no avail. I thought we voted for a technol-ogy levy a few years back? What hap-pened to that money? Yes,

“Computers on Wheels” or COWS were purchased, but why not fix the broken computers? And even with the COWS, there is still not enough comput-ers. And with state testing coming up, all the available computers will be used for that for about four weeks — what are teachers and kids supposed to do during those class times with no computers?

It is frustrating to see

and hear this from so many staff and students. They feel like the district doesn’t care. What are your thoughts?

A: Mr. Federal Way is go-ing to side with the school district on this one. Yes, they make bold statements about “leading the pack” but what school district doesn’t? Here’s the deal: Vot-ers approved a $25 million replacement technology levy in 2010, which sup-ports the needs of students and staff. This levy also pays for their network, Wi-Fi and software licenses as well as computers, tablets and printers.

According to the school district, 20 percent of staff ’s devices are replaced each year and money from the levy is also spent on student devices within the schools.

The levy called for $1.8 million for the first two years and then $4.4 million after that. Quite frankly, Federal Wayans can only

give so much. It’s important for students to have work-ing computers but there was life before the Internet and people walked away from high school to go on to do great things. Intel-ligence, innovation and hard work isn’t some html code to be downloaded into our student’s brains. Mr. Federal Way fully recog-nizes the value of up-to-date technologies but these are only tools, not crutches, for learning.

District officials have also taken funds from their own budget to help solve this growing demand for tech-nologies in school. In the last two budget cycles, the district has allotted an ad-ditional $400,000 to extend technology funding.

“Our students must be adept in a technology-rich world — the district is man-dated to deliver technology curriculum and to also uti-lize technology for assess-

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in-district. The goal of this event will be to identify outstanding

teaching candidates for the 2015-2016 school year.District principals from

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FEDERAL WAY DECLARES TOASTMASTERS WEEK

Mayor Jim Ferrell proclaimed Feb. 1-7 as Toastmasters Week

in Federal Way at the Feb. 3 City Council meeting.

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Months after the West Hylebos wetlands park

closed because of storm damage, city parks mainte-nance crews and volun-teers from AmeriCorps are making headway on re-juvenating one of Federal Way’s beloved gems.

The wetlands closed in November after a storm downed trees across the boardwalk. One large root from a tree took out a sec-tion of the boardwalk and caused safety issues for park-goers. Parks Depart-ment staff announced plans to repair and inspect the area in November but could not determine when the park would reopen.

Now, Jason Gerwen, Federal Way’s parks and facilities manager, has the goal of May 1 in mind.

“The annual Park Ap-preciation Day is April 25,” Gerwen said. “The hope is to get that boardwalk reopened after that event.”

And with the “Storming the Sound with Salmon” salmon release event com-ing up, there’s an added incentive to get the park ready for spring and sum-mer.

Storming the Sound with Salmon is a partnership be-tween the city and school district in that students raise salmon in their classroom and re-lease them at West Hylebos.

Gerwen said AmeriCorps vol-unteers have held three community service events at Hylebos since it closed. During the first event, vol-unteers focused on remov-ing storm debris, trees and cleaning up the area while the second two events in January — Jan. 16 and Jan. 19, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day — volunteers worked

on “getting a good chunk of the boardwalk repairs done” and scrubbing the boardwalk of its “bios-cum.”

“Northwest bioscum” is residue that made the boardwalk slippery, Gerwen said, noting that it’s about two-thirds of the way clean.

AmeriCorps volunteers have also pruned bushes along the trails and the nearby orchard so that the fruit trees will be ready to produce this season.

So far, the 60-65 vol-unteers have spent about six hours a day at each of the three events, 18 hours total, working on the wet-lands repairs.

“It’s a ton of work and we’ve been able to see a huge amount of payoff in just this effort,” said Jackie Jamison, director of AmeriCorps. “For us, it’s a beautiful thing to see because working in school, those efforts take longer for the payoff.”

AmeriCorps, a tutoring program, has a longstand-ing partnership with the city. Jamison said every year the volunteers do somewhere between five to seven, sometimes 10, ser-vice projects with Federal Way.

Their members come from all walks of life ranging from tutors who are 17 years old and finishing high school or those who are finished with school and retired.

“This part-nership we’ve had with the city of Federal

Way Parks Department, those are some of my favorite days because you feel this connection to the community and you’re making it a better place with efforts right then and there,” Jamison said. “We’re just there to make

it so other members of the community can come and enjoy the park and experi-ence it together.”

Gerwen said there’s likely to be another Ameri-Corps volunteer event at Hylebos by the end of this month. City spokesman Chris Carrell said he also expects an event on Park Appreciation Day to get the park returned to a safe condition with some fine tuning by parks crews a few days after that event.

After the boardwalk is fully repaired, the next challenge will be to level and raise it so that they keep it ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) ac-cessible.

Gerwen said part of the boardwalk will also be rerouted because getting specific equipment to

remove heavy branches on the boardwalk would “be a bigger task” than it would be worth, he said.

“I love the park, I think it’s one of the crown jewels of Federal Way’s park sys-tem,” Gerwen said, adding he’s been involved since 1999 and worked in state parks before joining the

city of Federal Way. “We’re eager to get it open, it’s just a balance of keeping up with day to day opera-tions.”

For those interested in volunteering at West Hylebos, contact Gerwen at 253-835-6962 or email [email protected].

Volunteers, city make progress on Hylebos wetlands repairs

Above, AmeriCorps volunteers pose for a photo during a day of community service cleaning up the West Hylebos wetlands, making boardwalk repairs and pruning trees. About 60 volunteers have each put in 18 hours on the park’s restoration since the boardwalk was damaged by a storm in November 2014. Right, volunteers wheel barrow material to help rebuild the boardwalk. Photos courtesy of the city of Federal Way.

“... Those are some of my favorite days because you feel this connection to the community and you’re making it a better place with efforts right then and there.” Jackie Jamison

Public invited to meet Community Development director candidatesFROM STAFF REPORTS

Federal Way residents are invited to a special public meeting to meet the four finalists for the director of Community Develop-ment. The meeting will be held at 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20 in the City Hall Council Chambers.

The director manages the Com-munity Development Department, which is responsible for adminis-tering the city’s land use, subdivi-sion and environmental codes, building codes and inspection, permitting and code enforcement and the Community Services divi-sion. The director of Community Development reports directly to the mayor and is a member of the mayor’s management team.

The salary range for the position is $120,000 to $148,000.

The four finalists are:

• Steve Goins, director of Com-munity and Economic Develop-ment, city of Shelton since 2009.

• Robert Hansen, planning di-rector, Kittitas County since 2012.

• Michael Morales, director of community engagement, Yakima Valley Community Foundation since 2014.

• David Pennock, assistant director of Community Develop-ment, Henrico County, Virginia since 2008.

The meeting will offer residents a chance to meet candidates in

an informal setting, along with Mayor Jim Ferrell and the City Council. The public meeting will cap a full day of interviews for the candidates.

In the days following the inter-views and public meeting, Ferrell will make a final selection and forward the finalist to the City Council for confirmation.

Federal Way City Hall is located at 33325 Eighth Ave S. For more information about the meeting, contact Ferrell’s office at 253-835-2402.


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Ulta, a beauty cosmetics store, is expected to open in

Federal Way this spring. Currently under con-

struction, the new Ulta will replace the former Billy McHale’s restaurant that was located at the intersec-tion of South 320th Street and Pacific Highway South.

“We are thrilled to wel-come Ulta as a vibrant and complimentary addition to our outstanding tenant mix,” said Lisa LaManna, the senior vice president of Retail, North with Harsch Investments. “Our goal is always to add variety and a unique shopping experi-ence for our shoppers.”

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Sutphen said Ulta offers a free rewards program, which earns the member one point for every dollar spent. Customers can then spend those points on store merchandise. Throughout the year, Ulta will also offer two to three points per dollar on specific items or deals. A member will be-come platinum once they’ve reached $400 in points, Sutphen said. A platinum status allows the member to earn points 25 percent faster with 1.25 points for every dollar.

“We feel that Ulta Beauty provides a great experi-ence,” LaManna said, add-ing that the store’s location is easily accessible and highly visible to the com-munity.

Although Sutphen could

not disclose a date of the grand opening, Harsch Investment representatives estimated construction would be complete by this June.

“The addition of new jobs is always a positive for any economy,” LaManna said. “We are excited to have such a prestigious beauty retailer located at our center.”

Approximately 40 park-ing stalls will be available for customers.

Harsch Investments has also been involved in devel-oping the new location of

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Federal Way Mayor Jim Ferrell (fourth from left) and BECU branch manager Rakesh Naidu (holding scissors) cut a ribbon during a grand opening celebration of the bank’s new location. SARAH KEHOE, the Mirror

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Construction is underway for Ulta, a beauty cosmetics store set to open in Federal Way this spring. RAECHEL DAWSON, the Mirror

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Biometric company MorphoTrak is transferring op-erations from its Federal Way facility to their other West Coast location in Anaheim, California.

MorphoTrak is a subsidiary of Safran USA and it provides biometric and identity management solutions to several places, including law enforcement, border control, civil identification and facility/IT security.

Around 95 MorphoTrak employees in Federal Way will be affected by the facility closing by December. MorphoTrak spokespeople said they will begin to move operations from Federal Way to Anaheim beginning this month.

“This is a business decision based on a growth and consolidation plan for our company,” said Celeste Thom-asson, president and CEO of MorphoTrak. “We deter-mined we needed to consolidate our two West Coast facilities into one and expand our footprint onto the East Coast.”

Thomasson said the company will ensure certain employees will be identified for relocation. The company will offer the remainder of affected employees transition packages, outplacement services and other assistance. Job counselors and educational specialists will also be made readily available to provide personalized assis-tance.

“We are extremely grateful to all of our employees, for their hard work and dedication,” Thomasson said. “We also appreciate the years of support we have received from the Tacoma and Federal Way communities.”

The company relocated from Tacoma — where it had taken root in the mid-1980s — to Federal Way in 2011. The company’s lease at 33405 Eighth Ave. S. was for roughly 50,000 of the total 114,627-square-foot building that was formerly occupied by Weyerhaeuser.

“This move is not at all occurring because we believe Federal Way is not an attractive place to establish or run a business,” she added. “This has been a great experience here and we are extremely grateful to our employees for their hard work and dedication.”

This transition will result in job growth at the Ana-heim and Alexandria, Virginia facilities and increase overall operational efficiency, Thomasson explained.

Federal Way Mayor Jim Ferrell said in a statement that the city met with Thomasson in the hopes of getting her to keep the company in Federal Way.

“She expressed appreciation of Federal Way’s low tax rate and supportive business environment but informed me that the decision was driven by larger economic fac-tors in their industry,” Ferrell said.

Ferrell expressed disappointment in the company’s decision, saying it went against the city’s economic de-velopment strategy, which is meant to improve the city’s economic development in two years.

“The strategy focuses our efforts on business recruit-ment and other specific priorities,” Ferrell said.

The mayor is hopeful the city will attract new busi-nesses soon.

“I want to thank MorphoTrak for being an excellent member of our business community,” he said. “We are actively recruiting new businesses to Federal Way and I am optimistic about the city’s future.”

For more information, visit www.morphotrak.com.

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Q: Mr. Federal Way, this city will lose another major employer — MorphoTrak — this December. This announcement came soon after Weyerhaeuser gave that grave news that they too were leaving this city. Why is the city allowing this to happen?

A: Well, if the Mirror was invited to the

company’s grand opening to begin with, maybe things would be different.

But the company did indeed say they would shutter their Federal Way facility, impacting 95 employees. MorphoTrak own-ers, like Weyerhaeuser, are restructuring their company. The mayor even met with the MorphoTrak’s president and CEO who told him she appreciated the city’s supportive business environment. Ultimately, their deci-sion was driven by “larger economic factors” in their company. Mr. Federal Way thinks those reasons are sound but the cold hard truth is that Federal Way is simply not an “it” place. This city is still not “on the map” and here’s why: Federal Way is not a place where young entrepreneurs can come to make a lot

of money. The Eastside and Seattle are. Not only do they have Microsoft, Amazon and a Google campus, they have a sense of identity.

City officials are still working on that iden-tity with its economic development strategy. Mr. Federal Way applauses that effort but it’s not there yet. Mr. Federal Way thinks the city needs to take a deeper look into what makes a city attractive for growth, and not in terms of attractive permitting processes or purely economic strategies. Look at the people who are here and the people who should be here for the city to transform into a regional game-changer. Yes, Town Center is a concept that could work but it’s not there yet.

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and get new ones. But it is a problem for the economy when more than half of all students in the district have free or reduced lunch. It’s an issue when there’s more low-income housing than ever and there is not a balance of rich to poor. Economic Development Di-rector Tim Johnson said it last month: Only 25 percent of the city’s residents have a college degree and 16 percent are in poverty. Mr. Federal Way estimates much more than 16 percent of families are struggling financially. The city has a good start with that draft plan, but it’s just that — a plan. It’s time to see some action.

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“I want to see what we can do at the city to address the challenges businesses have,” he said.

Koppang believes Federal Way can be a model for other cities by creating a culture that transcends the racial and economic divisions he feels are still a part of too many communities in the country.

“We’ve got land to build and plenty of opportunities to develop underdeveloped properties,” he said. “Working together, Federal Way can become a magnet city for those that embrace and celebrate diversity.”

In addition to serving as chair of the city’s Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department, Civil Service and In-dependent Salary commissions, Koppang is a member of the Federal Way Kiwanis, supporter of the Federal Way Chamber, a Habitat for Humanity volunteer and recently was asked by the Federal Way school board to chair the Citizens Superin-tendent Search Advisory Committee.

“I believe my background could work well with different groups,” Koppang said. “It’s about people in Federal Way, not race or economic status. There’s a lot of diversity here and we deal with people as people.”

Koppang came to Federal Way as a teenager in 1975. He has been married for

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“Federal Way is a great place to live,” Koppang said.

He also stated he wants to ensure the police force is fully staffed.

“I think public safety is very important and should be made a priority,” he said. “We also need great roads and great parks for our community.”

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Although a system has yet to be established for how the food will be distributed, Lakota’s goal is well underway.

As guests filtered in to start construction early Sat-urday morning, the middle school’s staff and PTA members set up hot choco-late stations and a buffet in the cafeteria to keep volun-teers fueled throughout the day. Around the room vol-unteer sign-up sheets and a map of the garden layout were scattered on tables for people to view.

Federal Way Mayor Jim Ferrell and Execu-tive Director of Federal Way Community Gardens Foundation Mike Stanley were among the crowd. Ferrell greeted commu-nity members and chatted with students prior to the groundbreaking ceremony. Around 9:30 a.m., Ferrell

and Stanley approached a microphone in the middle school’s cafeteria and prompted everyone to gather.

Ferrell welcomed everyone to the event and expressed his support of the project.

“As a father of a 7-year-old, I think this is just awesome.”

Ferrell also referenced the Sioux meaning of La-kota, a gathering of friends “which is exactly what this is.”

Stanley explained his background as a member of the Federal Way Commu-nity Gardens, stating this is the 10th garden he has designed in the area. Due to Washington’s cold weather, Stanley advised not to plant anything until the beginning of April, but he expressed that, “I’m excited to be here every step of the way.”

Following the introduc-tion, Ferrell, Stanley and community members went out to the garden and dug shovels into the soil as part of the ceremonial ground-breaking. After taking pic-

tures, people went straight to work transporting wheel-barrows full of bark to lie on the soil.

Later in the day, Native American healer Seneca Elder Golden Warren came to Lakota to perform a traditional blessing on the grounds.

“That was really, re-ally important to us,” said community garden chair Sharry Williams. “We really wanted to incorporate the Native American tradition because that’s a big part of Lakota’s history.”

Although the garden is finally underway, there is still plenty of work and planning to be done. A major component that will determine the project’s growth is funding. Eventu-ally, Lakota hopes to install benches, a greenhouse and another 10,000 square foot garden for students to utilize.

For more information or contribute to their fund-raising efforts, visit Lakota Middle School’s website and click on the “Community Garden” tab.

Lakota Middle School volunteers worked on the school’s community garden on Saturday that will produce hundreds of pounds of food for the community. Above, volunteers shovel dirt at the event. Left, the rain didn’t stop volunteers from wheelbarrowing dirt and material to build the garden. Photos courtesy of Bruce Honda

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Federal Way residents will have another opportunity to give

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At 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 17 in Federal Way City Hall Council Cham-bers, the Council will con-sider whether to extend the moratorium another six months, enact a ban on all marijuana-related businesses, or decide to legalize marijuana-related businesses and develop zoning regulations.

“This meeting will al-low Council to provide additional consideration and will allow the public to communicate their prefer-ences to Council,” said Chris Carrel, spokesman for the city.

The City Council en-acted a one-year morato-rium back on Nov. 5, 2013. It directed the Planning Commission to study the issue and make recom-mendations. On Sept. 17, 2014, the Planning Com-mission recommended banning marijuana-related businesses. On Oct. 21, after careful deliberation, the City Council approved to extend the moratorium another six months. The

six-month extension ex-pires on May 5.

“There is not a vote scheduled for Tuesday night,” Carrel said. “We don’t know what action will be taken or won’t be taken. The discussion the Council has will inform the next steps and when those take place. We know the moratorium expires on May 5. The Council will need to act to address that before May 5.”

Carrel said there will be a brief staff presenta-tion at the Tuesday night special meeting covering the history of Initiative 502 through the various stages in Federal Way and also the definitions of marijua-na-related businesses.

“There won’t be a lot in the way of new informa-tion brought forward,”

Carrel explained.Expected also will be a

brief presentation from the director of the Wash-ington State Liquor Con-trol Board, the governing body that has set the rules for implementation of I-502.

Following the presen-tations, Carrel said the public is encouraged to comment.

“The rest of the meet-ing afterward will be on Council discussion and will address any questions from Council,” Carrel said.

In Federal Way, 53 percent of voters approved I-502 in the November 2012 general election.

The contentious is-sue, with its societal and financial implications, has divided the Council.

In an October 2014

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would vote for an exten-sion on the moratorium.

“As an elected offi-cial representing 90,000 people in Federal Way and when 53 percent have spoken up, I can’t in good conscience go against them,” Moore said.

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Kilo Middle School and Lake Dolloff Elementary experience lockdownsFROM STAFF REPORTS

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Families were notified through the automated call-out system on the district Facebook page at www.facebook.com/fwps210 and on the Federal Way Public School’s website.

Federal Way High School open house Feb. 17FROM STAFF REPORTS

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The following is a sample from the Federal Way police log:Customer drives away with pump: At 9:58 p.m. on Feb. 8 in the 21000 block of 356th St., the owner of Valero gas station reported that a Lexus drove away with the pump still attached to the vehicle, causing an estimated $600 worth of damage to the pump. He said his employee witnessed the incident, but could not describe if the driver was female or male. There was no video surveillance outside the store available. Police

checked the suspect’s address in Federal Way and called their phone number, but received no response. The vehicle in question was not parked in the driveway and no one answered the door. Domestic violence report: At 6:34 p.m. on Feb. 8 in the 100 block of S. 308th St., police responded to a call from a woman stating she had been assaulted by the father of her child. The man was arrested for fourth-degree assault, domestic violence in the presence of a minor and for interfering with report of domestic violence. He was booked into SCORE jail. Hit-and-run suspect caught: At 9:58 p.m. on Feb. 8 at 300 SW 320th St., a man was booked into SCORE jail for a hit-and-run. He caused a collision and did not

exchange information with the driver. Roommate fight: At 4:40 a.m. on Feb. 8 in the 200 block of SW 319th Lane, police responded to a call regarding a verbal domestic dispute. A man stated he and his roommate were drinking and even-tually got into a verbal argument. It escalated to the point where the female roommate reportedly threw three to five eggs at the male roommate, while cussing. The man stated he then restrained his roommate after she began “lashing her arms” at him, but he claims he was never struck. The man told police he called them because he feared the fight would escalate fur-ther. Both roommates stated they did not sustain any injuries or feel pain from each other’s action. The male said the female just drank

too much.Man causes neighborhood ruckus: At 6:58 p.m. on Feb. 8 in the 300 block of 20th Ave. SW, a man appearing severely intoxi-cated was loitering in front of his family’s house. Police reported he had difficulty standing and keep-ing balance, had slurred speech and kept repeating himself. Family members came to the door and said he had come home drunk, caused a disturbance and cut himself trying to disassemble a stereo. He was unable to care for himself. Neighbors called 911 when they noticed him outside the home pounding on the door. He was heard yelling gang-related statements. Unwanted attention: At 8:59 a.m. on Feb. 8 in the 23000 block

of S. 319th St., a victim said she was at a bus stop when an un-known male approached her and began flirting with her. The victim ignored him, which caused him to become angry and throw coffee at her before leaving the area. There were no reported injuries. Welfare check requested for student: At 9:39 a.m. on Feb 7 in the 32000 block of 19th Lane SW, the dean of students at Saghalie Middle School requested a welfare check on one of their students, an 11-year-old male in the sixth grade. He had not attended school in 27 days. Police contacted the parents and the child at their apartment and the parents stated their son has several mental health issues and has been picked on for those issues while riding the bus. They have coordinated with Sagha-lie to have different transportation methods provided in a few days. Hospice patient passes away: At 10:15 a.m. on Feb. 7 at 491 S.

338th St., a 72-year-old hospice patient was pronounced dead by King County medics after at-tempting CPR for 40 minutes. She was a resident at Garden Terrace Alzheimer’s Care facility at the time and suffering from stage 4 lung and breast cancer. She was released to her family. Police catch buried suspect: At 2:25 a.m. on Feb. 5 in the 34000 block of 16th Ave. S., Washington State Police requested K9 as-sistance to attempt to locate a suspect that had multiple felony warrants. The K9 located the sus-pect after he attempted to bury himself in the dirt and troopers took custody of him. Man flees taxi: At 11:39 p.m. on Feb. 5 in the 14000 block of 320th St., police contacted and spoke to both the taxi driver and the male passenger. It was determined that the passenger used the taxi know-ing he did not have the money to pay and tried to leave.

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Free health enrollment event on Feb. 14FROM STAFF REPORTS

With just a few days before the end of open enrollment on Washing-ton’s health exchange, King County leaders are team-ing up with Washington Healthplanfinder to offer free help at The Commons in Federal Way.

The event runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 14. Experts from Pub-lic Health—Seattle & King County, along with other community organizations, will help people navigate the choices they face with health insurance.

The last day of open en-rollment for reduced-cost insurance through Wash-ington Healthplanfinder is Feb. 15, at 9:59 p.m. The Healthplanfinder website offers the state’s only free and low-cost insurance with federal government tax-credits or subsidies. More than 85 percent of people who signed up for a new health plan on Wash-ington Healthplanfinder got financial help to pay for their plan.

To get help right away, start with King County’s coverage webpage.

The free health insurance enrollment assistance will

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Additional King County enrollment locations are listed on King County’s event calendar, and more assistance is available through Washington Healthplanfinder’s help line at 1-855-923-4633 or King County’s assistance line at 800-756-5437.

Survey shows strong support for Sound Transit measure FROM STAFF REPORTS

As the Sound Transit board recently began its process to shape a Sound Transit 3 ballot measure, it received a report on voters’ views about regional transit expansion. A video of EMC Research Vice President Ian Stewart’s presentation is now available online.

The survey reflects 70 percent support among voters in the Sound Transit District for a potential regional transit ballot mea-sure of comparable magni-tude to the Sound Transit 2 package that voters adopted in 2008.

The survey included 1,500 randomly selected voters, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percent. It asked about a

hypothetical measure for $15 billion in regional tran-sit investments, including approximately 30 addi-tional miles of light rail. In the coming months the Sound Transit Board will explore principles, projects and investment levels for a ballot measure, or system plan, for voter consider-ation in November 2016 or thereafter.

Public meetings around the region as well as online involvement opportuni-ties will get underway this summer, with further op-portunities planned for the first quarter 2016 with the Board’s anticipated adop-tion of a Draft System Plan for public review. Sound Transit is working to secure the additional local revenue authority from the Legisla-ture that is needed for the measure to be considered by voters.

In December the Sound Transit Board updated the regional transit Long-Range Plan, which identifies proj-ects that can be considered for future ballot measures.

With concerns about rising congestion and improving transit service already high, demand will keep climbing as the region’s population grows a projected 30 percent by

2040. High-capacity transit is critical to the functioning of the region’s overall trans-portation system, benefit-ting riders and drivers alike, and is the best and some-times only way to signifi-cantly expand the capacity of congested corridors.

Saghalie recognized as STEM Lighthouse SchoolFROM STAFF REPORTS

Saghalie Middle School in Federal Way is one of two South King County schools recognized as a “STEM Lighthouse School” by the state Office of Superinten-dent of Public Instruction for their educational model in science, technology, engi-neering and math (STEM) education.

The award carries with it a $20,000 grant. Only six schools statewide received the award this year, and just 29 schools in the state have ever been given that title since 2010. Those chosen as Lighthouse Schools receive the grant to help them share with schools in the early stages of developing STEM-focused learning environ-ments.

Saghalie Middle School is the first school in the district to receive the des-ignation.

“Our STEM journey began more than five years ago with the leadership of Laura Davis-Brown and support from (Career and Technical Education Director) Nancy Hawkins,” Principal Marin Miller noted. He also credited the work of the Saghalie STEM Team under the leadership of Sharon Norton, in part-nership with the Saghalie Change Team, for develop-ing STEM education at Saghalie.

“Lighthouse” schools are selected and awarded grants to promote and develop STEM education, includ-ing technical assistance and advice for other elementary, middle and high schools that are creating their own STEM environments. The award originated in 2010 with the Legislature’s pas-sage of House Bill 2621. The bill directs the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction to designate as many as three middle and three high schools each year as lighthouse schools.

“Saghalie Middle School continues to point the way

for great STEM learning,” said Sen. Mark Miloscia, who represents Fed-eral Way. “This is a great achievement and will drive further growth of these skills that are so valuable in our community.”

The Office of Superinten-dent of Public Instruction said the schools serve as resources and examples of how to combine the following best practices: Small, highly personalized learning communities; an interdisciplinary curricu-lum with a strong focus on STEM, delivered through a project-based instruc-tional approach; and active partnerships with the com-munity to connect learning beyond the classroom.

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Public Hearing. 02-25-2015 at 6:30PM there will be a meeting held at the Twin Lakes Golf & Coun- try Club, 3583 Southwest 320th Street, Federal Way, WA 98023 to discuss treatment plans for Lake Lorene during 2015. Treatments are being considered to eliminate the problems noted during 2014 associated with toxic algae blooms. This meeting will review the past history of treatments, why some failures occurred and our approach for 2015. There will be time for public comment. Such comment is encouraged and will be considered.Published in the Federal Way Mirror, February 13, 2015FWM 2199

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I. PURPOSE OF REQUEST.The City of Federal Way (“City”) is requesting proposals for the purpose of providing concessions at the Celebration Park Athletic Facility. The City’s needs are outlined in the following Request for Proposal (“RFP”).II. TIME SCHEDULE.The City will follow the following timetable, which should result in a selection of a firm by February 20, 2015.-Issue RFP February 5, 2015-Mandatory Tour of Facilities (3:00PM) February 12, 2015 @ 3:00pm-Deadline for Submittal of Proposals February 20, 2015 @ 3:00pm-Preliminary Selection of Firm February 23, 2015-Notify Firm Chosen February 27, 2015III. INSTRUCTIONS TO PROPOSERS.A. All proposals should be sent to:Debbie HallPurchasing CoordinatorCity of Federal Way33325 8th Avenue SouthFederal Way, WA 98003(253) 835-25261. All questions should be directed to Rob Ettinger at [email protected] or (253) 835-20022. All proposals must be in a sealed envelope and clearly marked in the lower left-hand corner: “RFP” PARK FOOD CONCESSIONS – CELEBRATION PARK.”3. All proposals must be received by February 20, 2015 @ 3:00 pm, at which time they will be opened. Three (3) copies of the proposal must be presented. No faxed or telephone proposals will be accepted.4. Proposals should be prepared simply and eco- nomically, providing a straight forward, concise description of provider capabilities to satisfy the requirements of the request. Special bindings, col- ored displays, promotional materials, etc. are not desired. Emphasis should be on completeness and clarity of content. Use of recycled paper for requests and any printed or photocopied material created pursuant to a contract with the City is desirable whenever practicable. Use of both sides of paper sheets for any submittals to the City is desirable whenever practicable.5. Rob Ettinger, Dumas Bay Centre Manager or representative will notify the firm selected by Feb- ruary 27, 2015.6. All proposals must include the following information:-The names of individuals from those firms who will be working on the project and their areas of re- sponsibility.-Specific experience of individuals relative to the proposed project.-A proposed outline of tasks, products and project schedule.-A proposed menu based on the above outline of tasks, products and schedules.-References.IV. SELECTION CRITERIA.

Factor/Weight Given1. Responsiveness of the written proposal to the purpose and scope of service./40%2. Variety of menu selection of goods to be sold/30%3. Ability and history of successfully completing contracts of this type, meeting projected deadlines and experience in similar work./30%Total Criteria Weight 100%Each proposal will be independently evaluated on factors one through three.V. TERMS AND CONDITIONS.1. The City reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, and to waive minor irregularities in any proposal.

2. The City reserves the right to request clarifica- tion of information submitted, and to request additional information from any proposer.3. The City reserves the right to award any contract to the next most qualified contractor, if the successful contractor does not execute a contract within thirty (30) days after the award of the proposal.4. Any proposal may be withdrawn up until the date and time set above for opening of the proposals. Any proposal not so timely withdrawn shall constitute an irrevocable offer, for a period of nine- ty (90) days to sell to the City, the services de- scribed in the attached specifications, or until one or more of the proposals have been approved by the City administration, whichever occurs first.5. The contract resulting from acceptance of a proposal by the City shall be in a form supplied or approved by the City, and shall reflect the specifications in this RFP. A copy of the contract is available for review and shall include requirements to comply with ADA, Civil Rights Act, and EEO requirements. The City reserves the right to reject any proposed agreement or contract that does not conform to the specifications contained in this RFP, and which is not approved by the City Attorney’s office.6. The Recipient, in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d-4 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subti- tle A, Office of the Secretary, Part 21, Nondiscrimi- nation in Federally-Assisted Programs of the De- partment of Transportation issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies all bidders that it will af- firmatively ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises as defined at 49 CFR Part 26 will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discrimi- nated against on the grounds of race, color, national origin, or sex in consideration for an award.7. The City shall not be responsible for any costs incurred by the firm in preparing, submitting or presenting its response to the RFP.VI. SCOPE OF SERVICES.The proposer shall provide services of the highest quality and dependability, during the days and hours listed below. Additional hours are requested and up to the winning bidder to determine:Celebration Park Athletic Facility – UPPER CHASE SOFTBALL COMPLEX1095 South 324th, Federal Way, WashingtonMarch 1 through October 31, 2015 (dates are ne- gotiable)Only required to be open through scheduled use which occurs:March 1 through March 28, 2015, Monday through Friday, 5:30PM to 9:30PMMarch 29 through October 31, 2015, Monday through Friday, 5:30PM to 10:30PMOn Saturdays, Sundays and holidays when games are scheduled, the proposer shall provide services one half hour before the scheduled start time of the first game to one half hour after scheduled start time of the last game.Celebrat ion Park Athlet ic Faci l i ty – LOWER CHASE/PLAYGROUND AREA1095 South 324th, Federal Way, WashingtonApril 1 through October 1, 2015, Wednesday through Sunday from 9:00am to 2:00 pm.July 4, 2015 at 12:00pm-10:00pm for Red, White & Blues eventWinning bidder is responsible for supplying all staff and services items, refrigeration, ice ma- chines, and all other items needed for operations. The City will provide the facility, electricity, security system, and keys to the property for the winning bidder.This bid does not include outdoor vending ma- chines of any kind. All outdoor vending will be supplied by the City of Federal Way.VII.COMPENSATION.A. Present detailed information on the firm’s proposed fee schedule for items for sale. Please detail the percentage of gross sales to be returned to the City, which shall be a minimum amount of 20 percent or $5,000 whichever is greater. The City will require daily point of sales “z” report showing daily gross revenue to be submitted on the first day of the following month. Report will be digitally submitted to Rob Ettinger at robe@cityoffederalway.com. Payment schedule to be determined prior to contract execution.Please visit WWW.CITYOFFEDERAL.COM for 2015 Tournament Schedule & Bidding SheetPublished in the Federal Way Mirror, February 6 and February 13, 2015.FWM 2198

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CommunityCALENDARFebruary 13-14Singing Valentines: A Federal Way Harmony Kings Quartet will perform singing valentines for your special someone on Friday, Feb. 13 and Saturday, Feb. 14. Dressed in tuxedos, the group will sing two love songs and deliver a rose and a card. To order, call Dick Shenk at 253-951-3814 or email [email protected]

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February 18Women’s Club of Federal Way: Lunch meeting begins at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 18 at Twin Lakes Golf & Country Club. New-comers welcome. Cost is $15; call 253-927-2766 to reserve a spot. Anime Club for Teens: Group will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Wednes-day, Feb. 18 at the Federal Way Library, 34200 First Way S. Some anime titles may be rated PG-13. For more information, call 253-838-3668. League of Women Voters: Join the League of Women Voters at their monthly meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 18 at Foundation House, 32290 First Ave. S. For more information, contact Cindy Piennett at [email protected], call 253-777-9864 or visit www.seattlelwv.org.Momotaro (Peach Boy) Pup-pet Show: Thistle Theater will present this show at 7 p.m. at Federal Way 320th Library, located at 848 S. 320th St. Show is appro-priate for ages 3 and older with an adult. For more information, visit www.kcls.org.

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through 5 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. every Wednesday at the Federal Way 320th Library, located at 848 S. 320th St. For more information, visit www.kcls.org or call 253-839-0257.Daytime Playtime: Family pro-gram for ages 1 to 3 accompanied by an adult at 11:30 a.m. every Thursday at Federal Way 320th Library, located at 848 S. 320th St. For more information, visit www.kcls.org.Spanish Story Time: Family program for all ages at 7 p.m. every Wednesday at the Federal Way 320th Library, located at 848 S. 320th St. For more information, visit www.kcls.org or call 253-839-0257.Family Story Time: Family story and song program for ages 3 to 6 at 1:30 p.m. every Friday at the Federal Way 320th Library, located at 848 S. 320th St. For more infor-mation, visit www.kcls.org or call 253-839-0257.Pajamarama Story Time: Family program for all ages at 7 p.m. every Tuesday at the Federal Way Library, located at 34200 First Way S. For more information, visit www.kcls.org or call 253-838-3668.Young Toddler Story Time: Family program for ages 1 and 2 accompanied by an adult at 10:15 a.m. every Thursday at Federal Way 320th Library, located at 848 S. 320th St. For more information, visit www.kcls.org.Toddler Story Time: Family program for ages 2 and 3 accom-panied by an adult at 10:15 a.m. every Wednesday at the Federal Way Library, located at 34200 First Way S. and 11 a.m. every Thursday at Federal Way 320th Library, 848 S. 320th St. For more information, visit www.kcls.org.Preschool Story Time: Family program for ages 3 to 6 accompa-

nied by an adult at 11 a.m. every Wednesday at the Federal Way Li-brary, located at 34200 First Way S. For more information, visit www.kcls.org or call 253-838-3668.Study Zone: Drop-in from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and from 4 to 6 p.m. on Fridays for free homework help from volunteer tutors at the Federal Way Library, 34200 First Way S. For more infor-mation, visit www.kcls.org or call 253-838-3668.

Join the clubVeterans of Foreign Wars: VFW Post 2886 meets at 7:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of every month at Steel Lake Presbyterian Church, 1829 S. 308th St. For more information, contact Tom Leonard at [email protected] or call 253-927-1615.Kiwanis Club: The Kiwanis Club of Greater Federal Way meets for breakfast from 7:30-8:30 a.m. ev-ery Tuesday at Denny’s Restaurant on 320th. For more information or to inquire about membership dues, contact Marie Sciacqua at [email protected] or 253-941-7060 or visit www.greaterfed-eralwaykiwanis.org Lions Club: The Federal Way Lions Club meets at noon the first and third Tuesday of each month at Denny’s Restaurant on 320th. For more information, contact Bob Darrigan at 253-874-4282.Twin Lakes Toastmasters Club: Club meets from 6:30 to 7:55 p.m. on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month at Twin Lakes Golf and Country Club. For more information, contact Don Everly Smith at [email protected] or call 425-241-4888.Town Criers Toastmasters Club: Polish your public speaking and leadership skills at this weekly meeting, which runs 6:45 to 7:45

a.m. Thursdays at Panera Bread restaurant, 2107 S. 320th St. Con-tact [email protected] or call 253-735-5749.South King County Gluten-Free Support Group: These free meetings are held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. the third Monday of the month at Marlene’s Market and Deli, 2565 S Gateway Center Place. Speakers include respected dietitians, naturopaths, restau-rant owners and more. Contact [email protected] or 253-839-3499.

VolunteerHistorical Society of Federal Way: Volunteer opportunities include collections care, greeting public at public events, docents for historic Denny and Barker cabins, computer work, building mainte-nance and phone calling. For more information, contact Diana Noble-Gulliford at [email protected] or call 206-412-5545.Volunteer Chore Services: This Catholic Community Service program is committed to providing in-home chore assistance to elders and adults with disabilities, help-ing them to remain in their own home for as long as safely possible. Volunteers provide assistance with the following tasks: transportation, shopping, housework, laundry, mi-nor home repair, communications (phone buddy) and yard work. To learn more about this rewarding opportunity, contact Tiffany Perri at [email protected] or 253-850-2525. Drivers needed: Volunteer driv-ers are needed to transport elderly residents in King County. Contact 206-326-2800 or [email protected] for more information.

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King County urges park users to follow rulesFROM STAFF REPORTS

King County Parks wants everyone to enjoy visiting the thousands of acres of parks and open space, along with the hundreds of miles of regional and backcoun-

try trails that are under the county’s stewardship.

However, a recent uptick in reports by park and trail visitors about poten-tially dangerous situations

involving off-leash dogs and other violations of the county’s “code of conduct” has created the need for an education campaign — and possibly big fines for flagrant

offenders.This weekend, King

County Sheriff ’s deputies will patrol several parks and trails to provide patrons with information about leash laws and other rules that are intended to keep everyone safe.

A violation of the leash law can result in a monetary fine of up to $500.

“King County’s parks and trails are valuable assets that link communities and enhance our region’s tre-mendous quality of life,” said Washington Trails Associa-tion executive director Karen Daubert. “By following a few basic rules, visitors are en-suring that these wonderful places can be enjoyed by all.”

Dog owners who want to give their pets some off-leash time are encouraged to visit King County’s Marymoor Park, where “Doggy Dis-neyland” awaits. The 40-acre off-leash park at Marymoor offers dogs plenty of open space for running, romping and even a quick splash into the Sammamish River.

This is the only place in King County Parks’ 28,000 acres of parks and open space where dogs are al-lowed to roam off-leash. Ev-erywhere else — including along the 175-mile regional trail system and the 215-mile backcountry trail system — dogs are certainly welcome, so long as they are on a leash at all times.


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And that conversation won’t be in a formal setting with a giant breakfast, although he did say there may be coffee and danishes.

City officials are currently planning a location for the first meeting in March, he said.

“The most important foundation to a community is its businesses,” Martin said. “We are the voice of businesses and we’re happy it’s been heard. I think the business community is supportive of anything that doesn’t add financial burden and prevents fragmentation.”

Martin said the free flow of ideas is an excellent com-munication outreach strategy from government and she encourages that at these informal meetings.

City officials and Chamber members also discussed other ways participation and collaboration between the two could work as well as a potential partnership.

“We continue to discuss where overlap and duplica-tion may exist,” Martin said. “The Chamber’s end goal is to leverage the resources as much as possible to reduce the financial strain on the business community.”

Ferrell said contrary to what was reported in the initial city announcement, the economic development strategy draft plan will not be adopted by Council mem-bers, but they are welcoming feedback.

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CorrectionFederal Way Councilman Bob Celski is not resigning

from the Council, only choosing to not seek re-election at the end of his term, not as reported in the opinion section of the Feb. 6 newspaper issue.

The Federal Way Mirror strives for accuracy and regrets this error.

Federal Way students awarded prestigious PLU scholarshipsFROM STAFF REPORTS

Incoming Pacific Lutheran University students Alexan-der Bartel, Anastasia Kharitonova and Lily Do — all resi-dents of Federal Way — have been awarded a prestigious President’s Scholarship worth $24,000 a year, along with the opportunity to earn even more.

The university offers a number of merit scholarships to recognize academic achievement, leadership and service. The Presidential Scholarships are renewable for three ad-

ditional years of undergraduate study. Nearly 500 incoming freshmen apply for the scholarships each year, and the stan-dards are high: Students who have demonstrated significant leadership and service and have achieved a 3.8-plus GPA or 1250-plus SAT (critical reading and math only) or 28-plus ACT are eligible to apply.

Local students make Dean’s ListFROM STAFF REPORTS

Linfield College students Kasey Johnson and Kourtney Johnson, of Federal Way, were named to the college’s Dean’s List for the fall semester. Students must be in the top 10 percent of their class to be named to the Dean’s List.


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Mirror Lake Elementary to receive new booksFROM STAFF REPORTS

Nearly 14,000 new books raised in the 11th annual

Be Book Smart campaign are now being sent to elementary schools across the state, including Federal Way. The Be Book Smart campaign is a partnership between Macy’s and Read-ing Is Fundamental, which has resulted in nearly $30 million to provide books to children in need.

In Washington state, Be Book Smart directly benefits children and families through Page Ahead Children’s Literacy Program, which has given 2.7 million new books to more than 715,000 children in need across Washington state since 1990. Schools receiving books from Page

Ahead include Mirror Lake Elementary in Federal Way. Page Ahead also supports social service agencies.

This year’s Be Book Smart campaign came on the heels of a new national survey that Macy’s Reading Is Fundamental commis-sioned, which shows that only 17 percent of parents

believe reading is a top summer priority. But exist-ing research indicates the importance of summer reading in preventing chil-dren from losing literacy skills.

The survey, conducted online by Harris Interactive in April, asked more than 1,000 American parents

with children ages 5-11 about their summer reading habits.

The survey sheds new light on the importance of summer reading, as advocates across the nation debate the best way to ad-dress the achievement gap.

In addition to the survey, results from a Department of Education study confirm summer reading is key to eliminating summer learn-ing loss. The three-year study showed student gains of approximately 40 percent of a grade level in reading — the equivalent of sending those same students to summer school, at far less cost, according to Reading Is Fundamental.

Summer reading is a particular emphasis of Page Ahead.

The organization has just completed a successful three-year pilot program to provide summer reading material to students from low-income families. This program, called Book Up Summer, is based on the Department of Education study.

For more information about Page Ahead, visit www.pageahead.org.

To learn more and help Reading Is Fundamental provide books to kids who need them most, visit RIF.org.

Local airmen graduate basic trainingFROM STAFF REPORTS

Air Force Airmen Brayden E. Bowman and Jose G. Gaspar-Altamirano graduated from basic mili-tary training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.

The airman completed an intensive, eight-week pro-gram that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness and basic warfare principles and skills.

Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

Bowman is the son of Timothy S. and Shauna D. Bowman of Enumclaw, brother of Aubrie E. Bow-man of Buckley and Aimee D. Bowman of Federal Way. He is a 2012 graduate of Enumclaw Senior High School.

Gaspar-Altamirano is the son of Erika Altamirano of Federal Way. He is a 2013 graduate of Federal Way High School.


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Decatur student spends week in OlympiaFROM STAFF REPORTS

Max Grim, a student at Decatur High School, spent the last week as a page for the Washington State Senate at the Capitol in Olympia. Grim was one of 18 students who served as Senate pages for the second week of the 2015 legislative session.

The Senate Page Pro-gram is an opportunity for Washington students to spend a week working in the Legislature.

Students are responsible for transporting docu-ments between offices, as well as delivering messages and mail.

Pages spend time in the Senate chamber and attend page school to learn about parliamentary procedure and the legislative process. Students also draft their own bills and engage in a mock session.

“I like running papers through the legislative building,” Grim said. “I think the nicest building was the John A. Cherberg one.”

He added that he enjoyed the class hearing where pages presented their bills.

Grim was sponsored by Brad Hendrickson, deputy secretary of the Senate.

In addition to being on the baseball team at his school, Grim is also involved in the Eco Club. He likes longboarding with his friends and hopes to become a chef in the future.

Grim, 14, is the son of Jill and Scott Grim of Federal Way.

Students interested in the Senate Page Program are encouraged to visit leg.wa.gov/Senate/Adminis-tration/PageProgram.

Measles case traveled through Federal WayFROM STAFF REPORTS

A Clallam County resident with measles visited several public areas in King County while contagious on Jan. 28. Most people in our community are immune to measles, so public risk of contracting measles is low except for people who are not vaccinated or are not old enough to have been exposed to measles as a child. People who haven’t been vaccinated or aren’t

sure if they are immune should ask a health care professional for assistance in determining whether they are at risk of contract-ing measles.

Anyone who was in one of the following King County locations dur-ing the indicated times may have been exposed to measles on Jan. 28:

• 11 a.m – 1:10 p.m., SeaTac rest area (Interstate 5 northbound), Federal Way

• 11:25 a.m. - 1:35 p.m., Owen Equipment Company, 8721 S. 218th St., Kent

• 11:45 a.m. - 1:50p.m., Bent Bike Motorcycle Sal-vage, 4337 Auburn Way N., Auburn

• 11:58a.m. - 2:15 p.m. at Arby’s, 140 15th St. NE, Auburn

Anyone who was in any of these locations at the listed times should find out if they have been vaccinated for measles or have had measles previously. Everyone born

before 1957 is presumed to have had measles and is immune. People who are unvaccinated, aren’t sure if they’re immune and develop an illness with fever or unex-plained rash should consult a health care professional im-mediately. It is very impor-tant for them to call ahead to their clinic, doctor’s office or emergency room before arrive to prevent people in the waiting room to be exposed to measles.

Measles is highly con-tagious even before the rash starts, and is easily spread when an infected person breathers, coughs or sneezes. If you are not vaccinated, you can get the measles just by walking into a room where someone with the disease has been in the past couple of hours.

Children should be vac-cinated with two does of measles, mumps, rubella vaccine, with the first dose between 12 and 15 months

and the second at four-to-six years.

Adults should have at least one measles vaccina-tion; some people need two.

The state Department of Health immunization program has online infor-mation about measles and measles vaccine at www.doh.wa.gov.

Students testify in OlympiaFROM STAFF REPORTS

In January, five Todd Beamer High School students testified before the Washington State Legisla-ture in support of House Bill 1294, or the Youth Voter Equality Act.

While in Olympia they met with Representatives Steve Bergquist, Laurie Jinkins and Carol Gregory to share their views on the importance of youth voter registration.

Decatur High School student Max Grim (left) spent a week working as a page for Brad Hendrickson, deputy secretary of the Senate (right). Contributed photo


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