Tye Dutcher isn’t too keen on labels. Bring up the terms “handicapped” or “disabled” and the Auburn Riverside junior – who lost his left foot in a lawnmower accident when he was 11 – isn’t shy about explaining why he views them as negatives.
For the first time in school history, the Auburn Mountainview gymnastics squad is competing under the leadership of a new coach. This past season Jayme Hostetter – a former Auburn Reporter Coach of the Year winner who led the Lions to a 3A Washington State title in 2010 – stepped down after eight years. The school then named 3-year assistant coach Andrew Stranack as head coach.
The 2014 Pacific City Council took final form at Monday’s workshop as it voted in its new president and mayor pro tem for the year, as well as swearing in new councilmember Stacy Knudtson and returning councilmembers John Jones and Tren Walker.Knudtson, Walker and Jones, winners in the November general election, are to serve on the council until Dec. 31, 2017.
Next Monday the Pacific City Council plans to talk about extending a moratorium on medical marijuana businesses in the city by an additional six months.
Also up for discussion: whether to add recreational pot businesses – which were made legal by the passage of I-502 – to the moratorium, which expires Feb. 12.
Leanne Guier remembers the low point. It came more than a year ago when Guier – then the Pacific City Council president – and the rest of the council were struggling to keep the City afloat after losing its insurance because of the mismanagement of former mayor Cy Sun.
Watching Seandalynn Faleagafulu on the court, one would be hard pressed to say that she has a chronic disease.
Beginning Jan. 1, Local Boy Scout Troop 835 will no longer be associated with the Boy Scouts of America. According to Scoutmaster Jim Brass, the 12-member troop – formerly based in Pacific – will leave the BSA and start its program under the nonprofit organization he already manages, Auburn-based Help Northwest.
Arizona State University senior Chris Young’s journey from here to there has had its share of twists and turns. Despite being a roundabout for Young – who plays in the 2013 Holiday Bowl on Monday as a starting linebacker for the No. 14-ranked Sun Devils – it has been a fruitful trip. “It’s been an opportunity that a lot of people don’t have,” Young said.. “Even if I don’t get drafted [by the National Football League], I’ve had a great career in football, and I’ll have a bachelor’s degree and a very happy family.”
Auburnites get a chance this Saturday to kiss those holiday blues goodbye with a night of laughter courtesy of the Auburn Big Holiday Comedy Show at the Auburn Avenue Theater.
Several athletes from the Auburn and Auburn Riverside volleyball teams were honored with selections to the All- South Puget Sound League North 4A teams.
From Auburn Riverside, senior Lexi White, who will play collegiate ball at Missourice University of Science and Technology, was honored with a first team slection as a setter.
The topic, “who is the best basketball player in Auburn’s Callero family” raises a bit of controversy. Pose that question to dad, Tony, 44 and his three sons Josh, 17, Max, 15 and Trey, 11 and all four quickly raise their hands to claim the title.
Auburn High School graduate Chris Young, a senior at Arizona State University, was honored recently with a selection to the All-Pac-12 second-team defense.
This summer University of Washington junior Danny Shelton took advantage of a rare opportunity. Shelton, an Auburn High School graduate and a starting defensive lineman for the Huskies, was among 11 UW student-athletes who participated in a study-abroad class in Tahiti, an extension of a Pacific Islander studies class Shelton took as part of his anthropology major.
A year ago the City of Pacific was in shambles. With its Association of Washington Cities (AWC) insurance cancelled, the City was staring at 2013 without it, thanks to the mismanagement of former Mayor Cy Sun.
The City of Pacific officially proclaimed Dec. 11 as Do an Act of Kindness Day in honor of slain Pacific teen Walter Denesha. Denesha, a 13-year-old Mt. Baker Middle School student, was killed by Brandon Suhr on June 1, 2012.
The Pacific City Council voted 5-2 on Monday to lower the speed limit on West Valley Highway from 40 to 25 miles per hour. The reduction, effective Wednesday, Dec. 18, covers the portion of the highway through Pacific, from 56th Place South to 8th Street East.
The spirit of Christmas is alive and well at the Iron Horse Casino.
Staff and patrons at the popular Auburn gambling spot have banded together to chip in and brighten the holiday season for community members in need.
Auburn, Auburn Mountainview and Auburn Riverside boys basketball team previews
Last season’s two-and-out finish at the Washington State Mat Classic wrestling championships did not sit well with Auburn grappler Sam Lindsey.
Dustin DePiano may not have looked anxious in his first outing as Auburn Mountainview’s girls basketball head coach.
