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    Articles by Robert Whale
    The exterior of the rebuilt Terminal Park Elementary School, 1101 D St. SE. ROBERT WHALE, Auburn Reporter.
    Auburn School District celebrates grand opening of Terminal...
    By Robert Whale • September 27, 2023 3:27 pm

    When Auburn School District planners began tossing about ideas for the reconstruction of Terminal Park Elementary, they settled on an…

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    Please protect your children from BS spreaders |...
    By Robert Whale • September 22, 2023 1:30 am

    Among the most useful things I studied in college were debate, and deceptive messaging in advertising.

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    Bridges neighborhood. File photo
    Auburn authorizes annexation of Bridges neighborhood
    By Robert Whale • September 21, 2023 1:30 pm

    Kent annexed the Bridges neighborhood of Lea Hill in 1987, making it a part of Kent that was not contiguous to its city boundaries. Auburn’s 2008 annexation of Lea Hill made the neighborhood an island of Kent surrounded on all sides by Auburn.

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    The Muckleshoot Indian Tribe unveil their gift of a Welcome Figure and provide a song and blessing during the Postmark Center for the Arts grand opening. The figure was created by Muckleshoot artists Sam Obrovac, Tyson Simmons and Keith Stevenson. Photo courtesy of City of Auburn
    Historic Auburn post office reopens as Postmark Center...
    By Robert Whale • September 20, 2023 5:00 pm

    They came in droves Saturday, Sept. 16, to the grand opening of Auburn’s new arts and culture center.

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    Kent resident and U.S. Navy veteran Karey Wise relishes a long pull on his Octoberfest Märchen at Auburn's Hops and Crops beer and music festival out at Mary Olson Farm on Sept. 16. Photo by Robert Whale, Auburn Reporter.
    Hops and Crops raises the bar on a...
    By Robert Whale • September 20, 2023 3:30 pm

    It is Saturday, Sept. 16, and Karey Wise is having his first ever go at Hops and Crops, Auburn’s annual…

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    Believing in a flawless country is not balanced...
    By Robert Whale • September 15, 2023 10:45 am

    My country can do no wrong.

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    Bridges neighborhood. File photo
    Bridges neighborhood moves closer to annexation
    By Robert Whale • September 15, 2023 10:06 am

    Area with 386 homes is located in Kent, but surrounded by Auburn.

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    Courtesy of VRFA
    Valley Regional Fire will ask voters to approve...
    By Robert Whale • September 14, 2023 7:30 am

    Prop. 1 would fund new construction, renovation of existing facilities, technology and equipment.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    Camp Auburn leaves an impression that lasts a...
    By Robert Whale • September 9, 2023 8:30 am

    I remember watching when I was a kid as my older sister and then my three brothers hit sixth grade,…

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    Auburn volunteer extraordinaire Ronnie Beyersdorf, who died May 9, 2023, will be sorely missed. Photo Robert Whale, Auburn Reporter
    City and museum pay tribute to late Auburn...
    By Robert Whale • September 8, 2023 8:00 am

    Ronnie Beyersdorf died May 9 at age 79.

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    Shannon Moreno and her 6-year-old son, Jamie, prepare for the first day of school at the rebuilt Terminal Park Elementary School. Photo by Robert Whale, Auburn Reporter.
    Auburn students start a new year with a...
    By Robert Whale • September 7, 2023 10:50 am

    District is providing the required school supplies plus breakfast and lunch to all students.

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    This map shows the annexation area where Auburn is proposing to facilitate the construction of access improvements to enable people to cross the BNSF tracks and A Street Southeast safely. Map courtesy City of Auburn.
    Project targets safer passage between Pacific and Auburn’s...
    By Robert Whale • September 2, 2023 7:30 am

    Anyone who has ever tried to cross from the city of Pacific into south Auburn on foot or on bicycle…

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    Open your eyes and avoid the stains of...
    By Robert Whale • September 1, 2023 1:30 am

    I have been thinking lately about all the people who by some dark mechanism have managed to willfully blind themselves…

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    Auburn residents Lenny and Kathi Wiuff were among those who attended last year's Hops and Crops Festival. Photo by Robert Whale/Auburn Reporter
    Big celebration day coming to Auburn on Sept....
    By Robert Whale • August 26, 2023 7:00 am

    City officially opens new arts center and hosts Hops and Crops Festival.

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    Copper Gate Apartments at 4750 Auburn Way N. (Screenshot from website)
    Auburn PD strikes use agreement with Copper Gate...
    By Robert Whale • August 25, 2023 6:30 am

    In the agreement, the apartment complex authorizes the APD to use one of its clubhouse rooms “for meetings and general law enforcement purposes.”

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    You and me and a few linguistic stinkeroos...
    By Robert Whale • August 25, 2023 1:30 am

    I am a student of language. However, I never criticize spoken goofs. That could earn me a smack, well earned….

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    ‘Leave it to the states’ has left me...
    By Robert Whale • August 18, 2023 1:30 am

    In June 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overruled Roe in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization on the grounds that…

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    An artist’s sketch of one possibility for a new Auburn Avenue Theater. (Courtesy of City of Auburn)
    Auburn plans to open new theater downtown
    By Robert Whale • August 17, 2023 7:30 am

    Project estimated to cost between $8.5 million and $10 million.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    Organized thoughts about my second fight with cancer...
    By Robert Whale • August 11, 2023 1:30 am

    It is 12:35 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 3.

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    The City of Auburn on Monday voted to accept FAA grant funding for the upgrading of existing hangars at the Auburn Municipal Airport to enclosed T-hangars to address an outsized waiting time for the structures. File photo.
    Federal grant will help upgrade hangars at Auburn...
    By Robert Whale • August 10, 2023 4:00 pm

    Construction starts next month.

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    Courtesy Photo
An artist’s image of the first floor of the Postmark Center for the Arts, which will open at 20 Auburn Avenue after a 3-year-long renovation.
    Auburn’s new arts and culture center opens in...
    By Robert Whale • August 10, 2023 10:30 am

    City officials say the new Postmark Center for the Arts will drive economic activities in Auburn’s downtown core.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    Too many hare-brained ideas have hopped the fence...
    By Robert Whale • August 5, 2023 8:30 am

    In a United States not so far away and not so long ago, common sense muscled lunatic ideas to the…

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    File photo: Debbie Christian and Leticia Brito of the Auburn Food Bank.
    Auburn Food Bank’s new home should be ready...
    By Robert Whale • August 5, 2023 7:30 am

    The food bank has been maxed out of capacity for many years, and the move will give it about five times as much space.

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