Federal Way Mirror: Sept. 25, 2010

BY JACINDA HOWARD

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Sound Transit an-nounced ursday that dipping revenues will im-pact 2008s Sound Transit 2 transportation package, likely preventing light rail from reaching Federal Way by 2023.

e announcement was part of a budget overview given by CEO Joni Earl to Sound Transits board of directors. According to the latest projections, Sound Transit is experiencing a $3.9 billion long range (through 2023) revenue loss. is is $800 million more than it had previously projected. e loss reduces the companys overall revenues by 25 percent and poses problems for Sound Transits voter-approved ST2 package, which will bring bus, sounder and light rail improvements and expansions to subareas served by Sound Transit Snohomish County; North, East and South King County; and Pierce County

by 2023. e reality means we

cant a ord the whole pro-gram, Earl said.

e $17.9 billion (in 2008 dollars) ST2 package was approved by voters in 2008, when Sound Transit requested a .05 percent (5 cents on a $10 retail purchase) sales tax increase within the subareas to help help pay for the breadth of projects included in the package. e tax will be col-lected through 2023.

Now, a re-evaluation of all of ST2s projects has been triggered. Earl has recommended that each project either be:

Designed and con-structed as previously planned;

Moved forward as planned with the knowl-edge that the projects completion schedule could be altered;

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Twin Development and the Federal Way City Council each dropped a bombshell Tuesday. e developer announced it could not meet its Sept. 30 deadline to purchase the former AMC Th e-atres property from the city. e council voted 4 to 3 to extend the closing date on the land for the seventh time.

e extension is the latest in a series of controversial decisions regarding the 4.1-acre property the council hopes will be the key to spurring economic develop-ment downtown.

e extension comes just three months a er the council sternly told Twin Development it would walk away from the deal if the

developer did not nd the money to purchase the property by Septembers end. e extension was granted at the city council meeting a er a nearly 90-minute discussion marked by tension, opposing viewpoints and Twin Developments refusal to provide a business plan or marketing plan to the city council.

Mayor Linda Kochmar and city council members Jack Dovey, Roger Freeman and Jeanne Burbidge voted for the extension. Deputy Mayor Dini Duclos as well as council members Jim Fer-rell and Mike Park voted against the measure.

We need to have a backbone and put an end to this now, Fer-

rell said.Twin Development is propos-

ing a $350 million, unnamed project consisting of two 45-story high-rises and a third 35-story high-rise holding residential, retail, o ce and motel space on the property at 31600 20th Ave. S. A parking garage and 1.2-acre park are also planned. e devel-oper has had trouble securing the

BY ANDY HOBBS

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With community gardens, Fed-eral Way can cultivate more than just food.

e Federal Way Senior Cen-ter Community Garden, which opened in May 2009, has fueled a small movement to spread gardens across the city. e volunteer-driven senior center garden has supplied more than 10,000 pounds of produce to feed local residents and stock food pantries. e garden also sets an example for forging connections that raise Federal Ways quality of life.

On Sept. 22, a groundbreaking ceremony at Truman High School welcomed the citys second community garden. Modeled aft er the senior center garden, the Truman garden will occupy a 10,000-square-foot parcel near Interstate 5 at South 317th Street. e Truman garden marks a partnership between the recently formed Federal Way Community Gardens Foundation and the Federal Way School District. Mike Stanley, execu-tive director of the nonpro t foundation, praised the new garden as a place for learning as well as bringing people together.

Were looking at building up to 20 of these gardens in Federal Way, said Stanley, a master gardener who runs the senior center garden. is is kind of a major step.

Bulldozers will begin clearing land for the gar-den this week, and fruit trees will be planted this winter, Stanley said. In April, Truman students will start planting vegetables and eventually choose where to donate their harvest.

Community gardens have the potential to supplement education in all subjects, said Nancy

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Jazz is back: Marine Views Jazz LIVE monthly concert series is kicking o again this month after a summer break. Up rst is the jazz band Groove For Thought. The band will be backed by keyboard

and percussion. GFT, as the group refers to itself, is a Seattle-based vocal group that has been singing together since 1998. Groove for Thought will play at 5 p.m. Sept. 26. All shows take place the last Sunday of the month at the church, 8469 Eastside Drive NE in Tacoma. Upcoming shows include Hook Me Up, Cocoa Mar-tini and Michael Powers, who is returning again for a Christmas special. So far, the church has hosted 15 shows. For more infor-mation: www.marineviewpc.org or (253) 229-9206.Emily Dickinson: The Belle of Amherst will kick o the fall theater season. The play, about American poet Emily Dickinson, runs through Oct. 10 with shows at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. There is also a Saturday matinee at 2 p.m. Oct. 9. The play is a one woman show

that depicts the life of Emily Dick-inson, played by Maria Glanz. The play is set in Dickinsons Amherst, Mass., home and uses her work,

diaries and letters to depict her years of seclusion. Shows

are at the Knutzen Family Theatre, 3200 SW Dash Point Road. Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for

seniors, military and col-lege students and $10 for

youth. Call (253) 661-1444.Symphony season: The Federal Way Symphony presents their season premiere, The Brilliance of the Classical Era. It will fea-ture Ukrainian violinist Sergey Suhobrusov, who will join the symphony in playing Beethovens Violin Concerto. The event starts at 2 p.m. Oct. 3 at St. Lukes, 515 S. 312th. Tickets are $30 for adults and $25 for seniors (65 and up). Students 18 and under are free. Tickets: (253) 529-9857 orwww.federalwaysymphony.org.

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Move ahead with no funding for the project, but limited funding to go to-ward a $2.5 million analysis to identify alternatives or alterations that could be implemented if revenues improve or in the future,

Suspended from the plan, or

Deleted regardless of future revenues.

All jurisdictions served by Sound Transit will be a ected by Earls recom-mendations if the board approves them.

Sound Transits south corridor, consisting of South King County and Pierce County, will feel the biggest impacts. Many of the corridors ST2 proj-ects will now either move forward with an uncertain completion date, or will only be funded enough to provide alternatives to the original project. Light rail from the Sea-Tac airport to South 200th Street in the Kent/Des Moines area is fully funded and will proceed with a yet unde-termined completion date. Earl is proposing the board accept her recommenda-

tion to bring light rail to South 200th Street by 2016 instead of 2020. However, she is also proposing hold-ing back from delivering light rail further south into Federal Way by 2023, and preparing for a future extension into Tacoma.

As originally proposed, the $809 million to $952 million (in 2007 fi gures) portion from South 200th Street to South 272nd Street would have connected Federal Way directly to the Sea-Tac airport, and would have added two new light rail stations near Highline Community College and the Redondo Heights park-and-ride lot. Five hundred parking spaces would have been added in the areas. Fu-ture right-of-way acquisi-tion for a light rail connec-tion to the Tacoma Dome were planned.

Th e Federal Way City Council fought hard in 2008 to convince Sound Transit that light rail service to Federal Way and farther south was essential. Build-ing the light rail before 2023 guarantees it will reach far and wide, city council member Jim Ferrell said at that time. If Sound Transit

proposes a partial rail line, the remainder may never be built due to infl ation and voters potential hesitation to approve another transit measure at a later date, he said.

Now, its hard to say if, and when, light rail will reach Federal Way and beyond. Ferrell is let down, but understands Sound Transits situation.

Its a real refl ection of the current economic cli-mate, and tough decisions do need to be made, Ferrell said Th ursday. But I am disappointed.

Ferrell hopes Sound Transit will continue to consider extending light rail to Federal Way.

Th e south corridor will be hit hardest by the re-worked ST2 package due to steeply decreasing revenue in South King County. Rev-enues are down 31 percent from 2008 projections. Th e area has a lower tax base and a lower overall income level compared to some of the other ST2 subareas, Sound Transit sta said.

Th eres some serious fi -nancial constrictions in that subarea, more than others, Earl said.

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World Championship of Sand Sculpting: Federal Ways World Championship of Sand Sculpting competition will run through Oct. 3 at the Hillside Plaza parking lot, 31510 20th Ave. S. Sculptors from across the world will compete on-site. Cost is $8.50 per adult and $6.50 for seniors to watch the art-ists work. Dozens of nished sculp-tures are on display now. Watch videos at federalwaymirror.com.Community Emergency Response Team: The next CERT class is scheduled to begin Sept. 30. This free program, o ered through Federal Way Emergency Management, consists of 24 hours of hands-on instruction including, basic rst aid, search and rescue, team organization and more. Course runs 6 to 9 p.m. Thursdays for eight weeks. Visit www.cityof-federalway.com/prepare or RSVP to FWEM@cityo ederalway.com.Kaylie Bergen: Federal Way resident Kaylie Bergen, 6, was diagnosed last winter with a rare incurable brain tumor called di use intrinsic pontine glioma. A fundraiser to support Kaylies medical and family expenses will run 4 to 8 p.m. Sept. 30 at the Nash family home, 3632 S. 334th St., Federal Way. Tupperware, cos-metics, jewelry and more will be available. To donate or learn more, contact TaShawna Nash:[email protected]. Check out a short video atfederalwaymirror.com.Child care center: The Highline Community College child care

center is reopening. The program, which was cut due to nances, has been revived with Childrens Home Society of Washington operating it. The early learning center will be available for students, sta and the community. It has the capacity for 110 children from infancy to age 5.Parks Levy Oversight Board: The Metropolitan King County Council con rmed the appoint-ment of Federal Way resident Stephen Freeborn to the Parks Levy Oversight Board. Freeborns appointment is for a term expiring Dec. 31, 2014. The boards mission is to review and report to King County Executive and the County

Council on the divisions spending of parks levy proceeds.Federal Way Co-op Preschool: An open house runs 5 to 6:30 p.m Sept. 27 at 29645 51st Ave. S., Auburn. Now enrolling ages 2-5. Call (206) 650-2861.Did you know: Federal Way Public Schools spends 11 percent of its general fund budget on ad-ministrative costs, according to the school district. That makes Federal Way the school district with the lowest percentage of the budget spent on administrative expendi-tures in the state, according to the school district.

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gift cards to 10 teachers at Olympic View Elementary who won a drawing Sept. 22. The gift cards are intended to purchase classroom supplies. Recipients picture above: Iran Kaveh, Connie White, Ann Imbimbo, Terumi Anderson, Steve Stewart, Sue Ann Bube, Kathryn Smith, Jennifer Loper, Rachel Schiefer and Laura Eberle. Also pictured are Wal-Marts Dick Mayer, Natalie Davis-Harlan and Shawn Lizarraga-Ortiz. ANDY HOBBS, The Mirror

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Following is a sample from the Federal Way police log:Lewdconduct: At 3:29 p.m. Sept. 17 at 411 S. 348th Street, a complainant reported seeing two subjects having sex in Hylebos Park. The subjects were cited and released.Residentialburglary: At 5:39 p.m. Sept. 16 in the 1800 block of South 330th Street, a home burglary took place. Electronics and $11,600 worth of jewelry were stolen.Stolenphone: At 3:32 p.m. Sept. 14 at 30611 16th Ave. S.,

a students cell phone, valued at $300, was stolen from her back-pack during school hours.Domesticassault: At 10:34 p.m. Sept. 15 in the 32000 block of 14th Avenue Southwest, a victim reported that her husband punched her in the face when she tried to retrieve her property from him.Homeburglary: At 7:17 p.m. Sept. 15 in the 35800 block of 15th Avenue Southwest, a residential burglary took place. Electronics valued at $1,900 were taken, as well as a suitcase.Aggressivebegging: At 12:03 p.m. Sept. 15 in the 34500 block of 16th Avenue South, a suspect was arrested for holding a sign solicit-ing goods toward traffic. Assault: At 11:51 a.m. Sept. 15

in the 32100 block of 20th Lane Southwest, a pregnant victim reported her babys daddy as-saulted her.Prescriptionfraud: At 1:10 p.m. Sept. 17 at 35100 Enchanted Parkway South, pharmacy staff reported a fraudulent prescription for oxycontin.TheftofaniPhone: At 11:43 a.m. Sept. 17 at 2420 S. 320th Street, AT&T reported the theft of an iPhone 4.Overnightstay: At 8:26 a.m. Sept. 17 in the 31400 block of 23rd Avenue South, two subjects were seen exiting an onsite laundry room with blankets. The individu-als were not recognized as tenants. Police questioned the subjects and they admitted to using the laundry room as a sleeping quarters.

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Interstate 5 was shut down for 11 hours over-night Sept. 21-22 after a fuel tanker carrying 1,000 gallons of diesel and 10,000 gallons of gasoline over-turned southbound near Federal Way.

The incident began around 10:15 p.m. Tuesday, when a disabled semi stopped on the right shoulder and was hooking up to a tow truck. A second semi stopped behind it to provide assistance. As the second semi pulled off of the right shoulder into the right lane, it struck the fuel tanker, causing it to roll onto its side. The threat of an explosion and the debris on the roadway initially caused all but the HOV lane to close to traffic. Around 1:30 a.m. Wednes-day, the HOV lane closed and all traffic was diverted off of the freeway onto State Route 99.

Several fire departments from around King County, the Department of Trans-portation and the Depart-ment of Ecology were on scene throughout the night assisting with containment of the spill.

Headlicepolicyin FW schools

Everett School District is making the news after health officials decided that students can stay in school while being treated for lice, citing that its more damaging to miss class. The Edmonds School District is only sending students home when the situation interrupts the classroom. Monroe is voting soon on how to handle the situation.

Lice are small parasitic

insects that feed on the skin and blood of a hosts scalp.

In Federal Way schools, currently the policy is no nit. Nits are the lice eggs that attach to the hair. Students found with head lice or nits in their hair will be sent home when the lice and/or nits are

discovered, and families will be notified about

treatment. Parents must then inform the school by phone or note the method

and date of treat-ment. Students must

be checked and cleared by a school nurse. Generally speaking, the students must be clean of lice and nits to return to class, but a nurse can allow the student back in class if treatment has oc-curred and the student is no longer communicable.

Also stated in the policy is that in elemen-tary schools (where lice is most prevalent), a letter will be sent home with all classmates. The custodian

must vacuum the room that night and students will be reminded not to share hats, combs and brushes.

Fire district will savemoney

South King Fire and Rescue has been accredited by the ProBoard Fire Ser-vice Qualifications System, which can lead to lower training costs for the dis-trict. The training division of SKFR will be able to train officers and certify firefight-ers to the National Fire Pro-tection Agency standards within the district. Previ-ously, those going through the training had to travel to the Washington State Training Academy in North Bend. The setup keeps responders in the area in case of a major emergency and saves in overtime and travel expenses. SKFR is the second fire district in Washington state that has been accredited under the ProBoard system.

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BY CHRIS MCCRUMMEN

Federal Way resident

I feel it is my duty as a Fed-eral Way Public Schools history teacher and a citizen of the United States to challenge the arguments columnist Mark Knapp made in his Sept. 18 editorial (Rest assured, they teach U.S. history in Federal Way).

I nd it quite interesting that you question how much of our history, civic and social studies are taught from a curriculum designed to pro-mote diversity objectives at the expense of tra-ditional American education. First of all, I will assure you that diversity objectives are not the focus of my history classes or any other teacher I know. I teach speci c history, civics, economics and geography learning objectives. If, however, you are worried that I, as a public school teacher, am promoting and encouraging a diverse learn-ing environment, then I am guilty as charged!

I teach my students to look at historical events from various viewpoints. Is it not important to teach students how to think critically? Providing diverse viewpoints based on primary source evi-dence and then allowing students to evaluate and judge historical events is incredibly powerful.

An example of this would be the way Chris-topher Columbus is traditionally taught in schools. Would it be traditional to teach Co-lumbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492, or would it be more important to provide students with Columbuss own diary along with De Las Casas and the Taino natives perspective so that stu-dents learn what really happened? Education is constantly changing to e ectively meet the needs of the diverse American student. America was, and continues to be, built on a diverse popula-tion. Please remember the winners write history while the losers are le out, therefore whose tradition is traditional? is argument coupled with your comment about gay, lesbian, and transgender issues shows your true agenda.

Finally, your issue with Todd Beamer High School and the denial of your ad in their school events calendar is outrageous and laughable! I saw your ad and was deeply troubled by it. Your ad had a picture of an AK-47 type assault ri e on it. Public schools do not need this type of mes-sage. Planned Parenthood has advertised in the schools before, yet they do not have an ad with a condom on it. If they did, would you be rst in line to call them out? Why dont you advertise in Columbine High School with your message and see the reaction there? In this day and age of violence in schools, your ad must be banned. You are forcing your ideology on the very people you

For now, lets forget about that proposal to build three skyscrapers in downtown Federal Way. What we have here, aside from a failure to communicate, is a real estate problem.

e latest friction between the city and Twin Development centers on buy-ing a 4.1-acre chunk of vacant land for about $6 million. e developer is hav-ing a hard time nding the money. Twin Development needs at least 10 foreign investors to contribute $500,000 each, just to buy the land. at purchase must happen before a $350 million high-rise project breaks ground near the Federal Way Transit Center.

With the EB-5 program, the developer hopes to exploit a loophole in U.S. immigration laws and tap the wallets of rich foreigners eager to score a green card.

e developer intends to ride the coattails of a few hundred investors who, apparently at this time, dont exist.

Last week at a tense public meeting, the council granted the developer an extension, moving the propertys closing date to March 31. A split city council demanded a business plan from the developer, or at least some evidence of the projects direction.

is request raised a few ags. e developer refused to present a business plan, prompting three council members Jim Ferrell, Dini Duclos and Mike Park to reject an exten-sion for closing on the property. According

to Steve Smith of Twin Development: Were hesitant to disclose our trade secrets. Regard-

less of whether theres a business plan in the rst place, the developers trade secrets for this project are obviously not working right now.

On that note, did the city council re-ally go this far without seeing any type of business plan for the proposed $350 million project?

It is certainly in Federal Ways best interests to sell that land and spur economic development. A er a Canadian developer failed to secure nancing for the land, Twin Develop-ment took over the pursuit.

e city owns the land outright. If the devel-oper walks away, Federal Way will survive and eventually court another buyer. Whether that buyer will nd the cash is another story. Per-haps the city can nd a developer with a more practical vision for the property. Skyscrapers paint a sexy picture that in reality seems like little more than wishful thinking.

Of course, Twin Development could deliver what is promised, prove all the naysayers wrong and build an economic savior in Federal Way.

Consider that so far, the developers go big or go home approach is leaning in the direction of go home. Granted, the developer entered the picture just a few months ago. But is this pro-posal meant to be? Believe it when you see it.

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e surest, foolproof, quickest way to reverse the trend of operation expen-ditures for the Dumas Bay Centre is to sell it. For one simple reason: Neither Cipalla Communications, Lee Iacocca nor Donald Trump can turn a business into a going Jesse that lacks an owners entrepre-neurial leadership. Govern-ment employees, no matter how trustworthy and hon-orable they are, lack that essential ingredient. e biggest reason is theyre not risking anything and thus

critical decisions are not ever truly critical. Because private owners risk their capital, tough decisions are made and made quickly. Unlike Dumas Bay Centre, a private owner doesnt have the luxury of an inex-haustible source of money to bail them out. Spending money on a marketing plan for Dumas Bay is throwing good money a er a bad cause. e city should sell it and cut its losses to zero. Federal Way should not be involved in any business

that competes with free enterprise.Robert E. Morgan, Federal Way

Sand n parking(RE: World Champion-

ship of Sand Sculpting): Awesome! Exceeded my expectations. International. Creative. Bright spot in todays world. Good deci-sion by Federal Way. Food booths and perks.

ey should not charge anything on any day for

parking. Instead of 10 peo-ple in ve cars, they may get 20 people in 10 cars. e day I went was Sept. 17, and one of the busiest. I counted room for about 80 more cars. I have never seen the parking lot full.Joe Mahoney, Federal Way

E ort behind Celebration Park

We will always be grate-ful to Skip Priest for his crucial role in making our vision of an expanded play-

ground in Celebration Park a reality. As three former Parks and Recreation Com-mission members, we knew the original playground was inadequate. We knew what we wanted, but couldnt gure out how to make it happen.

rough the fall of 1999 and most of 2000, we brain-stormed ideas about how to achieve our goal. We nally came up with the idea to beautify the parks entry road with banners, while raising funds for the

playground. e banners cost $175 to make. By setting the banner price at $3,000, we accumulated the residual $2,825 per banner to fund the playground expansion.

e original playground had been built by Kompan Paci c Company of Olym-pia. ats where Skip Priest came in. We sought his assistance in talking with Kompan about developing the expanded playground.

Several discussions resulted in Skip proposing that Kompan move a play-ground display from their Olympia headquarters to

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Celebration Park. Modi ca-tions could be made during installation or in the rst few months of operation. Kompan contributed to the project by reducing some of the delivery and installation costs.

e complete proposal was presented to the Fed-eral Way City Council in January 2001, and approved that month. We sold the banners and raised the funds in about six months. e playground opened in August 2001, and the ban-ners ew for three years, starting in November 2001. e expanded playground remains as a permanent installation.

You can see re-creations of the Nature banners in the Community Center hallway by the climbing wall. A nearby plaque lists all the banner sponsors.

ank you, Skip, for your help. We know that you can bring the same creativity and ability to bring people together for solving prob-lems to Federal Way as our next mayor.Barbara Reid, Bob Kellogg and H. David Kaplan, Federal Way

Mayor: Make your vote count

Several years ago, the vot-ers voted someone onto the Federal Way City Council whose #1 priority was and continues to be to work for the people. at someone was Jim Ferrell. Hes faced his share of adversity, o en standing alone against the powers-that-be. But hes persevered. His detrac-tors resort to accusations of grandstanding. What nonsense. ose who have something bene cial to say, say it. ink of any good leader. Did he sit back and allow conditions to stagnate around him? No, he was out there making his case. Fer-rell wins awards like Most Inspirational Prosecutor. ats not grandstanding its working for the people. And its the kind of leader-ship this city needs.

e local press has referred to Ferrell as the polarizing candidate. Ill cut them some slack on this, only because thats what a candidate appears to be when he ghts for what he believes to be right. Ferrell clearly demonstrates that he doesnt want to simply stay the course when the course needs x-

ing. He represents change. But his opponents do not want that, and thats why they will band together to oppose him. ey fought against giving the voters the right to elect their mayor and lost.

By the way, how many of you saw that four-person debate before the primary vote? Ferrell showed trans-parency, and had answers. e others? Not even close. And the press failed to point out the signi cance of Skip Priest conveniently sidestepping the issue of the skyscrapers headed our way. He couldnt talk about it? Cmon he has to talk about it!

We tend to speak loud-est when we see our city leaders falling down on issues that a ect us and our neighborhoods. I have seen my share of that, and have written about it on several occasions. eres an issue pending (on hold) right now which would, if city planners get their way, change our neighborhood and not for the better. Mr. Priest had not been in-volved in our initial ght on this issue and in our talks with the city. But when he was going door-to-door asking for votes, and this

issue came up, what did he tell a ected residents? First, that he would take care of it, and later, that he had taken care of it. I knew that wasnt true because I helped form the commit-tee dealing with this issue. Even if he had wanted to take care of it, he was in no position to do so.

Summary: One of the candidates for our mayor will apparently say what-ever he thinks someone wants to hear. at is, unless he wants to take the 5th, as he did at the July

debate. e other candidate is Jim Ferrell. And when he speaks, he means it. What a contrast between the two candidates. And yet, with all this, apathy is still rampant. Voter turnout is typically low. How tragic it is to know that this election could go wrong because not enough people are paying attention. Please, dont be one of those people. Make your vote count.Dave McKenzie, Federal Way

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[ LETTERS from page 4]accuse of forcing diversity in public schools. I support the Second Amendment and require my students to memorize the Bill of Rights. However, gun rights have gone too far. George Washington, John Adams, omas Je erson and other Founding Fathers sup-ported gun rights. However, that was over 200 years ago. ey would never support a citizenry armed with such destructive power. Assault ri es are not an American tradition.

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tization of city resources to be more in line with what the people of the commu-nity need and deserve.

I will accomplish this goal by scouring the budget documents, meeting with key sta members, con-ducting town hall meetings, and looking at other cities to nd innovative ideas to deliver necessary services. I will also meet with each member of the Federal Way City Council and work collaboratively with them to ensure their ideas are brought forth and integrat-ed into our approach.

Additionally, I will meet with the entire city sta to discuss my hopes and vision for the future of this city and relay how impor-tant they are in this process. I will instill an approach at City Hall that we work for the people.Fast facts: Ferrell was rst elected to city council in 2003. Last fall, Ferrell led an e ort with voters that created the elected mayor position. He is a King County prosecuting attorney.Website: www.voteferrell.com

Skip PriestMy rst

priority will be to get the citys eco-nomic house in order. Federal Ways budget model is broken and the citys cur-rent $4.4 million shortfall is only the beginning of our nancial challenges. In ad-dition, current ballot mea-sures may also signi cantly impact our citys resources. As such, my rst goal will be to develop a short- and long-term sustainable bud-get strategy for our city.

is will require two immediate steps. First, we must implement a pri-orities of government approach to city spending, much di erent than the traditional government approach to budgeting. Working together, the Federal Way City Council, sta and mayor must iden-tify citizen priorities and develop clear outcomes to

ensure that limited dollars are spent wisely. A er visit-ing thousands of homes the last ve months, I believe the citizens want our city to remain one of the safest in King County, so I will en-sure that the budget funds enough o cers to achieve that level of public safety.

Second, we must quickly act to improve Federal Ways economy and create jobs for our residents. Nei-ther increasing taxes on our struggling small businesses and homeowners nor cutting essential services can provide the long-term answer. As mayor, I will ag-gressively pursue economic development opportunities using my many existing relationships with local and regional business leaders. I will also ensure that there is a business friendly City Hall environment to help both new and existing busi-nesses be successful.Fast facts: Priest served on the Federal Way City Council from 1991 to 1997, and was rst elected to the state House of Representatives in 2002.Website: www.skippriest.com


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While doing so, I will keep in mind that the pri-mary purpose of our local government is to provide for the safety of all of our citizens. at being said, the current budget proposal to cut 18 police o cers in the next two years does not further that goal. I will nd the resources to avoid those cuts, if that has not already been achieved in our bud-get discussions.

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$6.156 million needed to purchase the property and needs more time to market the project, the partners said. e devel-oper now has until March 31 to close on the property. It must deposit $100,000 into an escrow fund by January. e city will keep the money regardless of whether Twin Development purchases the land.

Weve been talking to various investors and ( nding nancing has) been tougher that we thought, admittedly, Twin Devel-opment partner Steve Smith said.

Financing and marketingTwin Development continues to bank

on its coveted EB-5 status to garner nancing. e federal EB-5 program designates Federal Ways downtown as a regional center. Twin Development is the only local developer approved by the federal government to take advantage of the program by o ering a two-year permanent residency status to foreign investors who pump $500,000 into any project Twin Development undertakes in downtown Federal Way. e EB-5 pro-gram is the only way the city will see the mixed-used project come to fruition in these tough economic times, Smith said.

Its di cult for us, but I think itd be fair to say that for any other developer, it would be impossible, he said.

Twin Development needs 10 to 12 foreign investors to buy into the project at $500,000 each before it can a ord to purchase the land, Smith said. e devel-oper will need another approximately 240 investors to fund the construction of the project, slated to break ground next sum-mer, Smith said.

A major marketing e ort is needed. David Cho was hired three weeks ago to begin that process. e city council ques-tioned why marketing had not already begun and asked for a business and a marketing plan from Twin Development.

Smith agreed to present the plans, but then back-stepped when partner Luke Hwang objected. e company is hesitant to disclose proprietary information.

Were hesitant to disclose our trade secrets, Smith said.

e developer agreed to reveal a busi-

ness and marketing plan only if they could be shielded from public view. As-sistant city attorney Amy Jo Pearsall dis-missed the idea, informing the partners that the documents would be available to the public under the Public Records Act. e developers refused to budge, turning three of the seven council members away from voting for the extension.

What concerns me is not having any documentation as to where youre going, Duclos told Twin Development. Im just hearing vague things right now; I want details here.

Ferrell said it seems as though Twin Development knew it couldnt gather nancing by this month and planned to request an extension all along.

I havent seen any bona de e ort to get this accomplished, he said.

Smith denied Ferrells statement. e city council and the developers

credibility has taken a blow, Federal Way resident Tim Burns said.

Burns said he doesnt feel Twin Devel-opment has a business plan to show. He suspects the developer will request an eighth extension on the purchase and sale agreement: I hope it works out, but Im not optimistic, he said.

For more background information, see this story on federalwaymirror.com.

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P.J. Pockets Casino, whose closure in May sparked a revision of Federal Ways gambling tax, will re-open Oct. 1. e casino laid o nearly 100 employees last May, and a majority will be rehired, said general manager Steve Gri ths. e casino and property landlord Harsch Investments nalized a ve-year lease this month a process that delayed the reopening, he said.

We anticipate bringing back well over 100 people, Gri ths said about hiring.

A lagging economy and a high local gambling tax contributed to the casinos closure in May. Federal Ways gambling tax rate was sliced in half June 1 in an e ort to save P.J. Pockets as well as tax revenues gener-ated from the business.

e city council enacted an emergency ordinance to change the citys gambling tax, as it applies to card rooms, from 20 percent of gross gambling receipts to 10 percent.

e city council, much to their credit, did an amaz-ing job of moving quickly to resolve the tax issue, Gri ths said.

e new rate went into e ect June 6. On June 15, the city council voted unanimously to lower the

tax on pull tabs from 5 percent to 3 percent.

P.J. Pockets is the only lo-cal gambling establishment o ering a card room. Under the 20 percent tax model, it generated roughly $840,000 of the $1.1 million in gam-bling taxes collected by the city. Reducing the tax on card rooms means the city stands to lose approximate-ly $420,000 per year, based on revenues generated by P.J. Pockets in 2009, accord-ing to past reports.

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Hawkins, the school districts director of ca-reer and technical education. For example, culinary students can grow their own food, while science students bene t from lessons in botany. e gardens relate to topics in social studies such as sustainability, and also promote community service among the students families.

Hawkins has championed the idea for Federal Way schools ever since the senior center garden opened last May.

I just thought, why cant we do this? she said. e time is right.

Plans are under way to build gardens at Camelot Square mobile home park as well

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Learn moreDozens of businesses contributed toward

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e Federal Way Community Gardens Foundation, which formed this past spring, held its rst fundraising event Aug. 26 at the Federal Way Senior Center Community Garden. e event raised $3,275. To learn more, e-mail Mike Stanley at [email protected] or visit www.federalwaycommunitygarden.org.

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Corey Obungen had just accomplished what every teenager dreams about.

The 2008 Todd Beamer High School graduate had recently finished his first year at the Univer-sity of Puget Sound and just moved out of his parents Federal Way house. Obungen was also preparing for his second season on the Logger football team.

The undersized, 5-foot-6, 150-pound defen-sive back played in five games his freshman year, totaling three tackles.

Everything seemed to be rolling right along for Obungen, who snared 11 out of a possible 12 letters while at Beamer.

But that newly-acquired independence didnt last too long.

I had just moved into a house in Tacoma, he said with a laugh. I stole all my parents food and was on my own. I was very, very excited. Then I left for Hawaii.

It was that trip to the island paradise that would change Obungens life forever. Just two days after arriving on Oahu and watching his cousins graduation, Obungen went to Lanikai Beach with a couple of buddies from the Univer-sity of Puget Sound football team.

I just went there to hang out with friends from UPS, Obungen said. We went to the

beach. We were having a good time, doing nothing out of the ordinary.

Obungen then did something he had done a hundred times before. He ran into the surf and dove into the ocean. But this dive wasnt like all the other ones. Obungen, a Hawaiian native, didnt pop out of the water.

I hit the bottom kind of awkwardly, he said.

The bottom looked deeper than it was.During the dive, Obungens head landed

perfectly on the bottom of the ocean and the fall broke his neck, shattering his C-5 vertebra and basically severing his spinal cord. The injuries left Obungen without any movement in his legs and very limited movement in his upper body. He now faced the likely possibility of never being able to walk again.

When I went down, I felt a big shock, he said. I couldnt flail my arms and I was just hoping that somebody would pull me up. I knew right away that I broke my neck. Luck-ily, the guys on the team pulled me up before I drowned.

It was weird because the day before I was jumping off cliffs at a different beach. I was jumping off the rocks from 20 feet up.

In the three and a half months since the life-changing injury, Obungen has made some progress. Immediately following the accident, he was forced to stay in a Hawaiian hospital for three weeks until doctors deemed him healthy enough to fly back to Seattle.

I flew on a commercial flight in first class, Obungen said. I was in a neck brace and could hardly move my arms. I came to the airport on a

stretcher. It was pretty intense, but I made it.After landing at SeaTac, Obungen was taken

directly to Seattles Harborview Medical Center, where he spent the next five weeks in rehab doing adaptive therapy for his injuries, which required the fusing of a massive metal cage over four vertebras in his spine. The surgery, which also included having a cadaver bone inserted to replace his shattered vertebra, was necessary to stabilize his neck.

Its actually pretty crazy when you think about it, he said.

Obungen was initially bound to a power wheelchair, which is some-thing you never want to be in, he said. He didnt have any flection in his wrists and could barely lift his arms. After two months of therapy, doctors moved Obun-gen to a manual wheelchair. He can now flex his wrist and thumbs, and has movement in his shoulders, biceps and triceps.

Things are coming, Obun-gen said. The one thing I didnt like was that doctors dont tell you much and they are kind of negative. But they will tell me that every spinal cord injury is different. My goal is to walk again. Crazier things have happened.

Doctors arent making any promises, in terms of Obungens ability to walk or being totally independent in the future. But just being alive is enough to keep him moving forward.

Im just lucky to be alive. Thats what keeps me going.

But that wasnt always the case. Immediately following the accident, there were days that

Obungen wondered how he would make it through.

Being in the hospital and seeing myself in the mirror for the first time was tough, he said. I went from being really fit to having no function below my waist. I went from being completely independent to fully dependent. That kills you. Every now and then I still have some dark days. But then I think, Im still young and I could have died. I allow myself only to be mad for 10 minutes or so.

Obungen wasnt just a run-of-the-mill athlete during his time at Beamer. He was selected as an

All-City defensive back during his senior football sea-son after intercept-ing four passes for the Titans. He was also named first-team, All-South Puget Sound League South Division by the leagues coaches.

But football wasnt the only sport he excelled at. Obungen was a rare three-sport athlete. Obungen was a district qualifier as a long jumper for the Beamer track team

and wrestled at the Mat Classic state wrestling championships as a 130-pound senior.

I think being an athlete helped me, Obungen said. I have that notion of always pushing my-self. I think that gives you an advantage. I think the wrestler mentality sets me apart.

Obungen has already accomplished one of his goals following the injury. Hes currently enrolled in one class at UPS and on his way to getting his exercise science degree. The school is providing him a note taker.

The school has taken care of everything and

Obungen: Im just lucky to be alive

Beamer graduate Corey Obungen earned 11 letters during his tenure as a Titan, including a trip to the Mat Classic state wrestling tournament. He was a first-team, All-SPSL South defensive back and played as a freshman at UPS. fiLe PHoTo

Beamer grad, UPS football player suffers severed spinal cord injury while diving into the ocean in Hawaii, but vows to walk again

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I went from being completely independent to fully dependent. Every now and then I still have some dark days. But then I think, Im young and I could have died. Corey Obungen

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The Thomas Jef-ferson Raiders boys tennis team remained unbeaten in the South Puget Sound League Central Division with two more wins Monday and Tuesday.

The Raiders (6-0) beat Auburn Riverside Monday, 4-1, and swept Beamer Tuesday, 5-0. Jefferson didnt lose a set against Beamer and got singles wins from Brandyn Gomez and Tyler Hamashima.

Against Auburn Riv-erside, TJ got victories from Kainoa Rosa at No. 1 singles and Brandyn Gomez and Alex Lee, Makoa Rosa and Cam-eron Sharpe and Andrey Streltsov and Connor Howard in doubles.

The Decatur Gators swept a pair of SPSL 3A matches this week. The Gators beat Auburn Mountainview Tuesday, 4-1, and Enumclaw Wednesday, 3-2.

Against Enumclaw, the two teams played an astounding four three-set matches with the Ga-tors winning two. De-caturs wins came from Abishak Murali at No. 1 singles, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, Christian Scognamiglio at No. 2, 6-1, 6-3 and Darrel Delvin and Peter An at No. 1 doubles, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5.

Jefferson boys tennis remains unbeaten with a pair of wins

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Obungen was already planning on the exercise science degree before the accident, but he is even more passionate now about getting into the field.

Now that Im injured, there are so many differ-ent kinds of therapy and exercise to help gain func-tion back, he said. That is

something I would really like to get into.

The University of Puget Sound is also hosting Team Corey Day during todays (Sept. 25) home football game against Whittier. Proceeds from the game will be donated to the Corey Obungen Trust to help with medical costs, as well as his potential enroll-ment into Pushing Bound-aries, a Redmond-based facility that offers people with spinal cord injuries a

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Right now that place is doing amazing things, Obungen said.

Pushing Boundaries describes itself as a facility that preaches repetition. According to its mission statement, Pushing Bound-aries combats the inactiv-ity that has traditionally been the norm for those living with paralysis. New research shows that the more time a person is out of their chair and engaging in

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