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    Articles by Mark Klaas
    The Rev. Carol Cruise recently passed through Auburn
    Auburn’s Carol Cruise comes full circle in ‘faith...
    By Mark Klaas • November 10, 2008 9:45 pm

    Like her name suggests, the Rev. Carol Cruise is on a journey.
    She literally has been around the block.
    The Ohio woman lost her lower right leg to a medical mishap nearly 20 years ago. But that hasn’t prevented her from conducting a personal pilgrimage, a “faith walk” for God.

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    Eugene Morgan was aboard the USS Indianapolis when it was sunk by a Japanese submarine. In this November 2007 photos
    Indianapolis survivor rejoins his shipmates
    By Mark Klaas • November 6, 2008 4:45 pm

    When Eugene Morgan opened his small South Seattle home to me last year, he revisited a horrible chapter in his…

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    Nisa Shinners
    Pacific community comes together to join cancer victim’s...
    By Mark Klaas • October 31, 2008 11:00 am

    It was a day of teal and tears, a moment Nisa Shinners will not soon forget.
    In a long and painful fight with ovarian cancer, the 45-year-old Pacific woman called out for help. Family, friends and strangers answered in a tremendous act of strength and kindness.

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    Pin with purpose: Students support military families
    Pin with purpose: Students support military families
    By Mark Klaas • October 24, 2008 1:47 pm

    On the way to the Washington Coast to begin her summer vacation, Dorin Meinhart stopped off for gas.

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    The waiting area is full as the demand continues to grow for those in need at the Auburn Food Bank.
    Donations surge helps restore food bank
    By Mark Klaas • October 23, 2008 3:36 pm

    The community responded. And now the Auburn Food Bank is in better shape to meet the growing needs of struggling…

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    Pastor Bob Donihue
    Minister finds a new home with a storied...
    By Mark Klaas • October 20, 2008 6:57 pm

    The historic Algona church and its humble pastor share stories, wrinkles and a steady mission.
    But age and today’s challenges cannot stop the man and the vintage house of worship he serves from doing wonderful things on the corner of Warde and Milwaukee.
    These days, Algona’s storied sanctuary is on the mend, and its 68-year-old minister stays young at heart in the service of the community.

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    An estimated 700 balloons were released from the grounds at Arthur Jacobsen Elementary School last Friday in a tribute to Mara Adams
    Arthur Jacobsen Elementary pays tribute to first-grader Mara...
    By Mark Klaas • October 20, 2008 6:54 pm

    Students, teachers, parents, family and friends came together Friday at Arthur Jacobsen Elementary School for an emotional tribute to Mara Adams, a first-grader who died Sept. 22 of a rare form of pediatric brain cancer.

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    Mara Adams
    Mara’s courageous fight: Family, community mourn loss of...
    By Mark Klaas • October 17, 2008 2:00 pm

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    Hugo Sanchez practices on the guitar during lessons given by Leobardo Mota in the Jubilee Center at Auburn’s San Mateo Episcopal Church.
    A parish for all people, cultures: Church provides...
    By Mark Klaas • October 14, 2008 2:04 pm

    She serves as a bridge for others.

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    Turning construction and demolition waste into renewable products is the thrust behind  co-owner John Yeasting’s business
    Partners join forces to build recycling plant of...
    By Mark Klaas • October 10, 2008 5:53 pm

    The “green” plant on the modest hill just east of Auburn comes to life with a large network of machine-powered conveyor belts rolling into motion.

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    Pacific’s Patty Dent
    Getting her life back on track with effort,...
    By Mark Klaas • October 9, 2008 7:56 pm

    Her life was in pieces, and Patty Dent knew it. Losing ground on her deteriorating health, she also was losing…

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    Don Stevenson
    Ultra-walker returns home to cap his benefit trek...
    By Mark Klaas • October 3, 2008 3:09 pm

    Don Stevenson came home Friday to finish what he had started.
    Auburn’s 72-year-old ultra-walker completed the final five-mile leg of his 13,000-mile awareness and fundraising walk for Huntington’s disease, a progressively degenerative brain disorder.

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    Former world champion boxer Greg Haugen holds his autistic grandson
    This time, Haugen is waging bigger fight with...
    By Mark Klaas • October 3, 2008 2:11 pm

    Camacho, Whitaker and Pazienza weren’t this difficult to corner.

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    Striking Teamsters look on as a replacement driver exits the Oak Harbor Freight Lines' yard off 37th Street Northwest on Thursday. Police units arrived on the scene to keep the roadway open to truckers.
    Tempers grow as Teamsters’ strike against Oak Harbor...
    By Mark Klaas • October 2, 2008 6:59 pm

    Frustration and emotions run high in the Teamsters’ ongoing strike with Oak Harbor Freight Lines. Auburn police intervened as picketers…

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    What a coincidence: Father, daughter crossed paths with Republican ticket
    What a coincidence: Father, daughter crossed paths with...
    By Mark Klaas • September 26, 2008 1:53 pm

    It is an interesting parallel, and one Sara Taft doesn’t mind sharing.

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    Robert McRae
    Auburn couple finds peace, potential profit among the...
    By Mark Klaas • September 26, 2008 1:52 pm

    When the farm boy in Robert McRae whispered in his ear, he suggested raising something entirely different on his green pastures.
    Heeding that call transformed McCrae’s peaceful, 10-acre spread in bucolic east Auburn into a physically therapeutic and potentially money making venture.

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    Teamsters joined the picket lines early Tuesday morning along West Valley Highway. More than 600 regional truck drivers from Oak Harbor Freight Lines officially went on strike Monday night.
    Truck drivers from Oak Harbor Freight Lines go...
    By Mark Klaas • September 23, 2008 12:27 pm

    Suddenly out of work, one truck driver for Oak Harbor Freight Lines is bracing for the long haul. “I have…

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    Dick Richards
    Astronaut brings wonders of space to Scobee students
    By Mark Klaas • September 19, 2008 1:53 pm

    Dick Richards enjoyed the view and challenge, the splendor and wonder of exploring the skies.

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    Don Stevenson and his wife
    ‘Pacin’ Parson reaches goal, New York City
    By Mark Klaas • September 15, 2008 6:21 pm

    Auburn’s ultra-walker completed his epic journey to New York City on Monday. What’s left are a precious 70 miles to…

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    ‘Fran the Fan’ Halter was passionate in her support of the Auburn High boys basketball team. Here
    ‘Fran the Fan’ leaves her love, spirit and...
    By Mark Klaas • September 15, 2008 2:00 am

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