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Articles by Mark Klaas
Ply Gem Windows staff joined community leaders
Auburn company helps supply Scobee students
By Mark Klaas • September 11, 2013 8:11 pm

Auburn-based Ply Gem Windows delivered 4,282 school supply items to Dick Scobee Elementary School last Friday.

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Tamba youth ambassadors got to feel what it’s like to be handcuffed by an Auburn Police officer
Tamba, Japan youth get a taste of Auburn...
By Mark Klaas • August 15, 2013 2:52 pm

A group of Kent-Auburn Tamba, Japan Youth Ambassadors got a good taste of South King County life.

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Justin Hopkins returns to play Norman and Leilani Saper portrays Ruth in the Auburn Mountainview Alumni Theater Company’s production of “Living Together”.
Alumni summer theater continues Ayckbourn’s trilogy
By Mark Klaas • August 7, 2013 11:57 am

Paul Fouhy and his cast from the past introduced Alan Ayckbourn’s work to the summer community stage last summer.

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Sharnpreet Tung of Auburn Mountainview practices laparoscopic surgery during a ‘Skittle-ectomy’ at the MultiCare Nurse Camp last week. Mary Walls
Students apply skill, touch: MultiCare Nurse Camp offers...
By Mark Klaas • July 24, 2013 9:02 pm

Mariah McHenry appreciates good, friendly care on her frequent visits to the hospital. “I go to the clinic across the street,” said McHenry, pausing to talk last Friday during a classroom lesson at the MultiCare Nurse Camp at Tacoma General Hospital. “They are always so kind, and so I always wanted to be a nurse.”

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Don Stevenson
‘Pacin’ Parson’ to complete walk for MS, sister
By Mark Klaas • June 20, 2013 4:00 pm

Auburn’s man of sole walks for many friends, many causes. But Don Stevenson’s latest ultra-walk hits closer to home.

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Abi Alfrey and Griffin Lamb got the most out their high school years and are looking for their challenge in college.
Leading by example at Auburn Mountainview | Class...
By Mark Klaas • June 12, 2013 5:26 pm

Challenged to lead and serve, Griffin Lamb and Abi Alfrey naturally shine. As two of the top graduating seniors in Auburn Mountainview’s class of 2013, Lamb and Alfrey embrace the opportunity to help others.

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Auburn Riverside’s Elizabeth Lee and Sumner Brock excelled in and out of the classroom.
Auburn Riverside’s Brock, Lee make the most of...
By Mark Klaas • June 12, 2013 5:24 pm

Well rounded, intelligent, ambitious, appreciative. Sumner Brock and Elizabeth Lee are many things, thanks to the full Auburn Riverside High School experience.

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Ernestine Finkley has found hope and a new start in life with the help of family
Auburn woman turns around a trouble life
By Mark Klaas • June 5, 2013 7:41 pm

Sexually assaulted as a child, Ernestine Finkley’s adult life would be ripped by domestic violence, shredded by unshakable substance abuse, savaged by mental health problems.

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Then and now: Tony Mola served 40 years in the U.S. Navy
MEMORIAL DAY | Surviving hostile waters: Local man...
By Mark Klaas • May 22, 2013 8:44 pm

As a young Navy machinist caught in the coils of World War II, Tony Mola looked his terrifying enemy in the eye more times than he cares to remember.

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George Brummell has survived his own troubles to help others with similar problems.
Showing the way: Auburn man survives drug addiction,...
By Mark Klaas • May 8, 2013 8:56 pm

Jail is a wasteland, a dead end for men and women awash in pain, despair, anger.
Auburn’s George Brummell knows this all too well. Growing up in northeast Portland and a heroin addict by his 15th birthday, Brummel spent the next 35 years fettered to the drug culture.

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Auburn’s Tyler May greets Dr. Jill Biden
‘Invincible spirit’ helps others: Auburn’s May honored
By Mark Klaas • May 1, 2013 8:31 pm

Tyler May has a heart of gold and an unshakable determination to help his fellow athletes. An “invincible spirit,” is how U.S. Sen. Patty Murray described him. On center stage at The Seattle Westin Grand Ballroom in Seattle on Monday, the autistic, 17-year-old Auburn High School senior stepped confidently to the microphone to share that spirit with a large audience, which included special guest Dr. Jill Biden, the Second Lady of the United States.

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Beware: Youth pastor and Cleveland Browns fullback Eddie Williams warned Auburn students about the media and how it perpetuates fitness and nutrition myths.
Spreading the gospel of good health | Klaas
By Mark Klaas • April 24, 2013 6:15 pm

The youth pastor and veteran NFL fullback raised the fitness magazine for all to see. Such cover images of chisled, ripped bodybuilders, Eddie Williams warned his young audience at Auburn High School, send the wrong message to growing, impressionable teens. And those quick, even drastic methods for reaching physical greatness are chock full of lies.

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Let it be Sun-down in Pacific | Klaas
Let it be Sun-down in Pacific | Klaas
By Mark Klaas • April 17, 2013 8:53 pm

Frustrated Pacific continues to vent. Concerned citizens gossip on sidewalks. Angry business owners explain the problems on Facebook. Folks frequently ring our office, calling for the mayor’s head.

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Joining the class on the bus is Debbie Christian
Chinook kindergartners fill the bus to fight hunger
By Mark Klaas • March 6, 2013 8:38 pm

Teresa Millard’s resourceful kindergartners at Chinook Elementary School are filling a school bus to fight hunger.

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Greg Fleser
SuperMall, now Outlet Collection gets $35 million makeover
By Mark Klaas • March 6, 2013 7:59 pm

Crews recently began work on the next phase of the ongoing project — the exterior of the former SuperMall.

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Can you make ‘The Cut’? | Klaas
Can you make ‘The Cut’? | Klaas
By Mark Klaas • February 27, 2013 8:21 pm

Wannabes and all-stars are welcome. Be prepared for repetitious drills and numerous takes, sound instruction and occasional criticism. Anticipate frustrating whiffs at the fastball and ghastly gaffes in the field. Most of all, be ready for plenty of drama on and off the diamond.

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Pete Lewis
Lewis reflects on his long run as mayor...
By Mark Klaas • February 20, 2013 9:27 pm

As he begins his 12th and final year in office, Auburn Mayor Pete Lewis says he has unfinished business to complete before he officially steps away from City Hall.

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The coal export industry may help the regional economy
Coal trains spew smoke for debate | Klaas
By Mark Klaas • February 13, 2013 7:52 pm

The debate over whether the Green River Valley should open its rails to a proposed coal train express is a complex, contentious one. The likelihood of long trains running through the heart of the valley is very real – and the public needs to get on board.

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Sticking together: Auburn’s Ayla Dodd has found a new life
Getting the help, courage to rebuild their lives...
By Mark Klaas • January 30, 2013 9:21 pm

Ayla Dodd turns instinctively to her two little girls to help her cope. When her babes laugh or cry, perhaps demand all of busy mom’s undivided attention, Dodd learns to give more of herself.

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Passing it on: Tera Sabo
Special Knight: program crowns new Miss Auburn
By Mark Klaas • January 30, 2013 8:03 pm

Victoria Knight has passed this way before. Five years ago, on the brightly lit stage of the Auburn Performing Arts Center, she was crowned Miss Washington Outstanding Teen.

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