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French fries are the most commonly eaten vegetable by the majority of children, according to the American Heart Association.
It’s a habit that can lead to childhood obesity.
To change that here in Federal Way, the associa-tion, with the help of Group Health, launched a six-week cooking program, Kids Cook with Heart, at Lake Grove Elementary.
More than 35 students,
teachers and cooking instructor Lauri Larson cooked their last meal with the program on Tuesday – turkey chili.
“They are understanding that they are empowered once they get home to make their own foods,” Larson said. “They have been going home and sharing with their family not only what they learned, but when they come back, they have been telling me what they implemented from the week before.”
Dana Henry, the school’s health and P.E. teacher of 20 years, said she saw the idea for the program on an American Heart Associa-
tion newsletter and how it had been done in Seattle. The program, which is typically designed for middle school students, was tailored for fourth and fifth graders. Before Henry knew it, there were 50 applicants for what was a goal of 25 spots. They ended up filling 37 spots and received vol-unteer help from teachers at the school.
While physical health is taught in school, Henry knew there was a need for a focus on nutrition and food. The program teaches children to cook at home instead of relying on fast food or unhealthy snacks.
“A lot of kids struggle
with income,” Henry said. “One-hundred percent of our kids are free lunch and breakfast … We have high BMIs here, body mass index, and the other end of the equation is healthy eating.”
Many of Henry’s students also get home before their parents and make dinner for their siblings or them-selves.
For the six week pro-gram, on Tuesdays after school, children poured into a kitchen-style room with tables set up. They put on aprons, gloves, divided into groups and wait for instructions. Each table had the ingredients and recipe
and each student was desig-nated a job.
“I think it really tells you what ability you have to cook because I really didn’t think I was good at cooking at first but now I feel brave enough to start cooking with my mom and dad,” said student Leiseo Tories, adding that he hopes to cook his favorite meal of the class – chicken – with his family.
His most challenging dish was cooking pancakes because it was hard to sepa-rate them.
Isabel Tolber, a fourth grader, said the class has been “really cool” and she’s enjoyed showing her mom
and sister everything she’s learned. Her challenge has been “trying to get it all right” with ensuring ingre-dients are done in order.
“[Larson] always says it’s always healthier to make it by yourself instead of buy-ing it from the store,” Isabel said, adding that Larson is “awesome, great and really good” at teaching the reci-pes. “She always tells us why and she tells us different stuff about the ingredients of what we’re using and why it’s healthy for you.”
Fifth-grader Devi Fitzgerald understands that learning how to cook can allow students, such as
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Lake Grove Elementary teaches healthy eating with Kids Cook with HeartBY RAECHEL DAWSON
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For 39 years, Jerry Galland has en-joyed a successful career at Boeing as part of the aerospace company’s facili-ties and support services group.
But for the past five years, Galland has found his true calling as Santa Claus — making an appearance at dozens of Christmas events and volunteering for nonprofits like the Forgotten Children Fund.
“I don’t like to shave,” Galland said. “By not shaving, I grow something in the form of a beard. About five to six years ago, I started letting it grow out near Christmas time and I liked being called Santa Claus.”
Galland started out performing as Santa Claus at private parties. And then three years ago, he met a profes-sional Santa and learned how there were a whole world of Santas out there.
“I was asked to be part of a club. I learned there was a Santa College,” Galland said, adding that he’s attended it twice. “I was afraid of being paid to be Santa. I was afraid I wouldn’t be accepted as Santa Claus. Over several months, I was immersed with other Santas. And I got my confidence.”
Galland admits that, at first, he was afraid he wouldn’t be able to handle a situation where a child would ask him to fulfill an impossible request. How
Galland delivers hope as Santa Claus
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BY CARRIE RODRIGUEZ
Single mother-of-five Veronica Bucio tried not to cry in front of her chil-dren when she told them they weren’t
going to have any Christmas presents a few years ago.
Her oldest son, who attended Rainier View Elementary at the time, took the news the hardest.
“It was hard for me and I still remember his face because he was just crying and I tried to not cry in front of him,” recalled Bucio, who speaks English as a second language and worked as a cook at a retire-ment home in Federal Way at the time. “Sometimes I have to not show my feelings to them even though I can’t pay it.”
Bucio said she struggled to survive, trying to cover one expense with another every month.
“As a single mom, I tried to explain to him we don’t have anything to eat either, but we have a house,” said Bucio, who is now a stay-at-home mom and cares for her 3-year-old. “It’s heartbreaking because, like any mom, my son wants new shoes and I can’t afford it, so family members give me some.”
When her son went to school the next day after his mother relayed the bad Christmas news, his teacher noticed he was crying and asked him what was wrong.
300 struggling families get gift of Christmas
[ more GIFT, page 3 ]
Above, 16-year-old Claire Schrock, a Federal Way Police Department family volunteer, helps a girl make arts and crafts while the girl’s parents select donated Christmas gifts in a separate area on Saturday at Lakota Middle School. Left, Veronica Bucio and her five children get their photos taken with Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus during the event, which served 300 of Federal Way Public Schools’ neediest families. PHOTOS BY CARRIE RODRIGUEZ, the Mirror
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Her favorite meal is the chicken salad because it used different ingredients than what she’s used to in her salads at home.
Eating healthy food is important to Devi “because I don’t want to grow up and have a whole bunch of delicious but not-good-for-myself-type of food. You can get any type of diabetes or you can end up dying if you eat way too much.”
Larson said the best way to teach the benefits of certain foods is through a
question and answer ses-sion.
“I will pose a question, ‘Who can tell me why it’s important to eat more fruits and vegetables? ‘Then they’ll raise their hand and we’ll call on them and some of them say ‘because it’s healthy!’ and then I say, ‘Can someone tell me why it’s healthy?’” Larson said. “Someone will say ‘because it’s good for you!’ and then I say, ‘We’ve got to get to the bottom of it and it’s because eating more fruits and vegetables will increase your immune system and increasing your immune system does what? It helps you get sick less often so you can go out and play more, you could be more productive.’”
The cooking program was offered to local schools in 10 locations at no cost to them. Students who went through those programs re-ported a 25 percent increase in their comfort level in the kitchen, 25 percent eat more fruits and vegetables and 25 percent drink less sweetened beverages, ac-cording to the Association.
“For me, what I got most out of it, as far as what the kids were doing, is how excited they were to create,” Larson said. “When I asked what was the best thing they liked about this, they said not only did they get to
have control over what was going in, [it was] the fact that they got to create it. It was something they made and they got a really good sense of self from that.”
Henry hopes the program can continue in the future and appreciates the sponsor from Group Health, which included funds for cooking supplies and ingredients.
“I know it’s pricey on
their end but I think the cost will be worth it in the long run,” Henry said, “be-cause if the kids get excited about cooking a little bit more healthy options, it’ll make an impact and it’ll impact their families, so it’s not just this kid.”
For more information about the Kids Cook with Heart program, visit www.heart.org.-
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“He said, ‘We don’t have any money for Christmas.’”
That’s when Bucio was introduced to the Federal Way Police Department and Grace Church’s Adopt-A-Family program. This year, the church and police depart-ment partnered with nine organizations to form a community coalition called Federal Way Cares for Kids, which coordinates the resources and skills of those organizations to support Federal Way students.
On Saturday, approximately 300 volunteers with Federal Way Cares for Kids helped 300 families such as Bucio’s pick out free holiday gifts from donated items sprawled on tables at Lakota Middle School. Personal shoppers helped families select toys and gift cards for their kids, while their youngsters made crafts in a separate area with volunteers. Families also got to take their photo with Santa, en-joyed free Christmas goodies while listening to holiday music and each family received a free Christmas ham.
Bucio, who selected gift cards for her older children and toys for her youngest, said Federal Way Cares for Kids made it possible for her children to have Christmas presents this year.
“To me, it’s when I remember that there’s God right there and we are blessed that someone forgot about his own stuff and is thinking about other ones,” she said. “All these years I’ve been blessed with gifts for my kids, especially when I can see their face when they open their presents, they are happy … to see they are excited about opening something and not just have empty hands.”
She thanked all the volunteers who made the effort possible.
The event served approximately 1,000 of the neediest students from each school in Federal Way Public Schools. School counsel-ors provided those students’ contact informa-
tion to the organization.Jon McIntosh, the lead pastor at Grace
Church, said Superintendent Tammy Camp-bell “stepped up huge” for this event. The school district gave the organization space in the district’s Student Support Services Department to store all of the gifts and also stored all the hams in district freezers. In ad-dition, the school district provided security personnel during the event on Saturday.
Other organization’s that stepped up and are part of the Federal Way Cares for Kids coalition include South King Fire and Rescue, St. Francis Hospital, the city of Fed-eral Way, Alaska Airlines, Communities in Schools, Life and Health Chiropractic, Multi-Service Center and Heritage Bank.
Riddell Williams was also a significant sponsor of the event.
The coalition also hopes to rally around school supplies for students this fall.
McIntosh got emotional when he talked about the synergy at the event, as he watched so many volunteers come together around a common goal.
“I think it is the hope it brings to families who are struggling to know that they are not alone — that there are men and women in our community who care about them and want them to thrive.”
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A boy decorates a craft while his parents shop for gifts on Saturday. CARRIE RODRIGUEZ, the Mirror
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The season to be jolly is here. In my family, jolly sometimes took an odd turn.
There was the Christmas when Uncle Arnold went to the bathroom and fell sideways into the bathtub. In an effort to break his fall, on the way down he grabbed the towel rack and pulled it out of the wall, plaster and all. He landed in the tub like a turtle on his back with his pants down around his ankles. Since he had locked the door,
someone had to break the lock to rescue my uncle who was honking for help.
The entire family gathered in the hallway to assist in the rescue and help extinguish the fire he started when he dropped his cigarette on the carpet and ignited the towels on the floor.
My mother had to have the wall re-plastered, the bathroom painted, the carpet replaced and buy a new doorknob. It was a merry Christmas courtesy of Uncle Arnold, also known as the “RUINER OF HOLIDAYS.” I have never seen this man sober.
One holiday, my Aunt Gay fell to the floor, un-conscious. Thinking her sister was experiencing a heart attack or stroke, my mother dialed 911 in a panic. Mom and her second husband, a bit of a turtle himself, followed the aid car to the hospital with Uncle Arnold and his two sons, Jim and Joe, in the back seat. A fist fight broke out with the force of a heavyweight championship title bout. My mother, fearful that teeth were going to fly, pulled over to the side of the road while her hus-band broke up the rumble in the back seat.
They arrived at the emergency room with Uncle Arnold and his sons all looking like Rocky Balboa following his final round with Apollo Creed in the original “Rocky” movie. They were still arguing when they heard Aunt Gay screaming from the examination room: “I’m not dying! I’m drunk!” And, certainly she was.
It was another merry Christmas, courtesy of the fighting Eagen family headed by Uncle Arnold.
I want to make it perfectly clear that Arnold was not a blood relative. He was married to my mother’s sister, Gay Flaherty, (not the Madden side of the family.) My very first memory of him was that he was probably from the bizarro world.
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Charlotte Bacon, Daniel Barden, Olivia Engel, Josephine Gay, Ana M. Marquez-Greene, Dylan Hockley, Madeleine F. Hsu, Catherine V. Hub-bard, Chase Kowalski, Jesse Lewis, James Mattioli, Grace McDonnell, Emilie Parker, Jack Pinto, Noah Pozner, Caroline Previdi, Jessica Rekos, Avielle Rich-man, Benjamin Wheeler, Allison N. Wyatt.
Twenty children who were born in the 21st century. Twenty children whose lives were cut short on Dec. 14, 2012. Because
guns are more important than the lives of children. Because America totally worships guns and every day a gun massacre must occur to appease the National Riffle Association and the gun Gods.
To quote Gary Wills: “Few crimes are more harshly forbidden in the Old Testament than sac-rifice to the God Moloch (for which see Leviticus 18.21, 20.1-5). The sacrifice referred to was of living children consumed in the fires of offering to Moloch. Ever since then, worship of Moloch has been the
sign of a deeply degraded culture. Ancient Romans justified the destruction of Carthage by noting that children were sacrificed to Moloch there. Milton represented Moloch as the first pagan God who joined Satan’s war on humankind:
“First Moloch, horrid king, besmear’d with blood
Of human sacrifice, and parents’ tears,
Though for the noise of Drums and Timbrels loud
Their children’s cries un-heard, that pass’d through fire
To his grim idol. (Para-dise Lost 1.392-96)
“Read again those lines, with recent images seared into our brains — ‘be-smeared with blood’ and ‘parents’ tears.’ They give the real meaning of what happened at Sandy Hook Elementary School Friday morning. That horror cannot be blamed just on one unhinged person. It was the sacrifice we as a culture made, and continu-ally make, to our demonic God. We guarantee that crazed man after crazed man will have a flood of killing power readily supplied him. We have to make that offering, out of
devotion to our Moloch, our God. The gun is our Moloch. We sacrifice children to him daily — sometimes, as at Sandy Hook, by directly throwing them into the fire-hose of bullets from our protected private killing machines, sometimes by blighting our children’s lives by the death of a parent, a schoolmate, a teacher, a protector. Some-times this is done by mass killings (eight this year), sometimes by private offer-ings to the God (thousands this year).”
Which God do you wor-ship?Karen Hedwig Backman, Federal Way
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Why is it that many losing candidates run-ning for public office always want to blame the press, but winning candidates never think the press had anything to do with their success?
Polls show that Republicans are per-ceived as being the party of arrogant, rich, white, males who are anti-women, anti-Latino, like war and want to close our borders. So it seems logical that Republican voters would rally around the person best suited to counter that image. Their leading candidate, Donald Trump. Ah, really?
Upset that Mayor Jim Ferrell had been criticized in the media for losing his temper at a candidate while in the audience at a candidate’s debate, one of the mayor’s regular support-ers wrote a letter to the editor defending the mayor’s behavior as “channeling his inner Chris Christie.” Since Christie is from New Jersey — the land of bullying Tony Soprano, bridgegate and is known for his bad temper and thin skin — that may not have been the most helpful comparison, or was it all too accurate?
It’s not New Jersey, but over in Port Orchard they take their politics seriously. During a meeting with his supporter’s opponent to look at his campaign records, Mayor Tim Matthes thought the discussion had gone badly and in
trying to retrieve his records got into a scuffle. He suffered an injured finger and a paper cut. The police were called but no arrests were
made. To add to the mayor’s indignity, he lost the election.
In debating fair wages and the economy, Jeb Bush put his name in the hat for playing Scrooge when he identified an easy answer for workers who want to make more money. His idea was “people need to work longer hours.” And we thought it was hard to
find a compromise; I’m sure the workers will love that idea.
If you think Federal Way has problems with debating the Performing Arts and Event Center, homelessness and crime, that’s noth-ing! In Langley, on Whidbey Island, City Hall is all atwitter about what to do in regards to the booming bunny population explosion. The bunnies are making holes in the fairgrounds, dodging student drivers at the high school and the school district had to spend $60,000 fencing the sports fields to keep the little critters out. Now the vigilantes want action on the trouble-making rascals, while others want good old fashion “Whidbey Island compassion.” A com-munity battle over bunnies! We have it easy.
Mr. Federal Way gave a hint to the colum-
Be jolly, safe and watch out for Uncle Arnold
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Sometimes all it takes is a few simple words of encouragement to help someone.
Judge Dave Larson was at a concession stand at Federal Way stadium, serving a pancake break-fast with the Kiwanis Club of Federal Way, when a woman he had previously sentenced for a DUI ap-proached him.
She told him her turning point was what he had said to her as she was crying, preparing to go to jail.
“‘It’s going to be OK. You’re going to get through this,’ that’s all I had to say to her that made a dif-ference,” Larson recalled. “That simple thing of reaching out and saying it’s going to be OK. You’re gonna get through this.”
When Larson’s not helping people turn their lives around, individually, as presiding judge of the Federal Way Municipal Court, he’s helping the Federal Way community in the countless number of volunteer positions he’s
held throughout 20 years.“In my book, he is the
‘person of the year’ and is an ‘impact player’ in any community,” said Mark Freitas, who nominated Larson as the Mirror’s Citizen of the Month. “We are lucky to have him.”
As a Kiwanis Club of Federal Way board mem-ber since 1998, Larson has held the title of president and vice president multiple times, he’s founded the Ak-tion Club of Federal Way, the Panther Lake K-Kids and has earned numer-ous awards, including the Doug Benton Presidents Award, Distinguished Service, the Hixson Fellow and Kiwanian of the Year.
Larson has also served on the city’s Human Services Commission, Federal Way C.E.R.T. and the Board of Ethics as chair. He’s currently a board member of Advanc-ing Leadership and has an impressive record of serv-ing in Federal Way Public Schools, which includes time on the school board of directors as president, as coach of the RoboEagles robotics team and multiple
PTA positions, among sev-eral other volunteers posi-tions in the district. He’s also served on the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary, the Wash-ington State Department of Transportation Aviation Division, has founded the Federal Way Helmet Coali-tion and serves as chair of the Pastoral Council for St. Vincent de Paul Parish.
“Dave Larson is a well-rounded member of this community,” Freitas said. “He has a unique perspec-tive as to what it takes to live, work and play in the area. He broadens that individual knowledge into what it takes to succeed in the community, this one or anywhere.”
Freitas said he teaches by example and is always up-beat, optimistic and firm.
“He is ‘just Dave,’” Frei-tas added.
“I don’t think I do enough,” Larson said. “I just don’t think there’s enough that can be done. It just never seems like it’s enough but there’s a lot of good people in this community who do a lot of good things who probably deserve attention more than I do … I just try to be Dave.”
A resident of Federal Way for 48 years, Larson has been a judge in Federal Way since he was appoint-ed in February 2008 and
was subsequently elected in 2009 and 2013. On top of his duties as a judge, Lar-son has taught a practical law course at Todd Beamer High School once a week for about seven years.
“My job, I see that as trying to help people have better lives by not com-ing to court, whether it’s criminal activity or it’s just traffic infractions, get-ting people to understand they’re going to be a lot happier if they don’t see me and see judges,” Larson said. “That’s why I love this job, because we can help people have better lives.”
Better lives for people such as one Federal Way man Larson had to sentence. The man was dubbed a chronic criminal by police and had been caught red handed on video surveillance.
“I think I can tell this without welling up…” Lar-son said. “He said during his allocution he was fed up with his life, he didn’t like what he was doing … so during his allocution he said, ‘Your Honor, I see you in the community, I see you in the concession stands at the stadium, I see you doing things.’ And he says, ‘I want to be like you.’”
Larson said there are no words to describe what it feels like to help someone
even if it’s just a small part.“You can’t explain the
feeling, you have to have it happen and when you do experience it, you go ‘Ok, I want more of this. I want to be able to help people, but again, it keeps go-ing back to I’ll never be a grouchy old judge because I understand that I can only do so much,” he said. “It’s up to that individual to change their life.”
Larson stressed it’s important to give back for the right reasons and not for one’s own gain. He personally believes that it’s
his responsibility to the community to make it the best it can be.
“Everyone of us hasa responsibility to help
where we can and that’s what makes a community, a community,” he said. “Otherwise, we’re just a bunch of separate individ-uals doing what we want and whenever we want without regard of how we can make things better.”
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if I was ready to answer those questions,” he said. “The one question you may get is, ‘Hey, mom is in the Air Force. Will she be home for Christmas?’ The right answer to that question is, ‘We can’t promise that (she will be home) but remember that your mom always loves you and would be here if she could.’ We’re giving them some reassurance that mom is doing what she needs to do and giving hope that she might be here for Christmas.”
Fortunately, Galland said he hasn’t been faced with an impossible request.
He does recall one near-impossible request a couple years ago when he visited a tree farm in Olympia as Santa Claus.
One teenage girl who was with a fam-ily came to him and told him that she knew he wasn’t the real Santa but that she wished she could be placed in a foster home in Shelton. She said the two foster homes in Shelton were filled.
“I asked, ‘Can I pray that you get into a home in Shelton? Would you like that?’ She said yes and then she disappeared in the gift shop,” Galland said. “I had to make an assessment: Was she running from something or running to something? My conclusion was she was not unhappy being in foster care but wanted to be in a foster home with her friend.”
The following Christmas, an older woman came up to Galland and asked if he was the same Santa from the year before.
“She had one message: The girl had been adopted and she was living in Shel-ton,” Galland said. “The reason for that story is we hear things that we may not have any control over; we have the oppor-tunity to give someone hope.”
Galland appears as Santa Claus at nearly 30 events during the holiday season.
Half those, he said, are volunteer. This year he is volunteering on three occasions at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. On Dec. 11, he volunteered for KIRO TV’s Toy for Tots
and on Dec. 20 he visited with children and families on the train at Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad and Museum in Elbe, Washington.
For the past two years, Galland said he has had the pleasure of volunteering as Santa for the nonprofit Forgotten Chil-dren Fund. He considers this his signature event.
Galland is one of anywhere from 30 to 40 Santas who, with about 400 elves, help to deliver gifts and food to needy children and families on Christmas Eve day.
Galland alone has visited with eight to 12 families in each of the past two years. All the Santas and elves help about 2,000 children each year in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties.
“I enjoy bringing some joy to these folks; some of the homes we go into there is no tree,” Galland said. “The only hope that they have for Christmas is for us to show up. These children are going to have one day as a break from their other wor-ries and parents are going to have food.”
Galland is serious about being Santa. He is a member of the International Brotherhood of Real Bearded Santas.
He is also a board member of NOR-PAC, a professional Santa Claus organiza-tion open to all jolly people committed to spreading Christmas cheer and the magic of Santa throughout the Pacific North-west.
He’s been to many Santa conferences, including one he will attend this July in Branson, Missouri, where 2,000 Santas are expected.
All year round, Galland takes an oath of being good and pure, which includes not drinking alcohol in public. Every single member of NORPAC has a national background check.
“I want to be the best Santa possible,” Galland said. “Everyone on NORPAC has that same goal. We believe we are a special group of people that have been chosen to deliver a message. Having that white beard and wearing red delivers hope and something positive.”
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holidays are here so Mr. Fed-eral Way is taking one of your
questions and then letting you inside the Federal Ways’ home for a recent dinner conversation.
Mr. Federal Way knows you have been waiting for this op-portunity. Merry Christmas. Mr. Federal Way’s greatest gift to you is him sharing his time with you.
Q: Mr. Federal Way, you don’t know me but I work for the city and your col-umnist Bob Roegner is causing my boss all kinds of issues. Mayor Jim Ferrell is a good guy and doesn’t deserve the bad press that Roegner stirs up. Can you talk to the boss of your newspaper and request that this guy be let go?
A: Uh, no. You have the wrong guy. I am just a lonely writer that is not sure the publisher likes in the first place. Mr. Federal Way is certainly not going to stick up for somebody asking a question that he doesn’t know and who won’t tell Mr. Federal Way who you are. How does Mr. Federal Way know you’re not the mayor himself writing this question? There’s actually a tremendous amount of irony in the last statement coming from a writer no one knows, but Mr. Federal Way’s column, Mr. Federal Way’s rules. Deal with it.
Besides, Roegner’s writings are a bit like Mr. Federal Way’s high school dates. Some were good, some were bad, but at the end of the night you may score.
Last week, the Federal Ways sat down for a dinner in the least used room in the house, the dining room. With apolo-gies to the band Fun, these are
“Some Nights” in the Federal Ways’ household:
Mr. FW: Kids, tell me and your mom about your week.
Kids: Combina-tion eye roll with a hair flop. Degree of difficulty, 2.3.
Well that was easy. They’re out.
Mr. FW: You know, I’ve been thinking about this dream I’ve been having.
Mrs. FW: Don’t strain a muscle, dear. The holidays are approach-ing and I need you around to deal with your side of the family.
Mr. FW: Very funny. Anyhow, lately some nights I stay up cash-ing in my bad luck and some nights I just call it a draw.
Mrs. FW: Honey, without bad luck, you wouldn’t have any luck at all. I think a draw should be considered a win for you.
Mr. FW: Wow, whose side are you on anyway?
Mrs. FW: I’m on the side of truth, justice and the Federal
Ways.Mr. FW: Whatever. Can we
move on, please? Now I know why I became a writer. The key-board doesn’t talk back. So, some nights I wish that my lips could build a castle, and some nights I wish they’d just fall off.
Mrs. FW: I’ll bet the mayor wishes your lips would fall off. He would probably pay for the surgery. By the way, why don’t you invite him over for the holi-days for dinner? I won’t charge and he won’t have to buy a ticket. It’s free and free is always better than cheap or so I have been told. Have him bring his lovely wife. He’ll have to ask her if he can come anyway.
Mr. FW: (Shaking my head). And the people of Federal Way think I am the mean one. Wait until they get a load of this.
Anyway, but then I woke up and I still don’t know what I stand for.
Mrs. FW: I’m not following you. Are you having a stroke or did you fall off the ladder and hit your head?
Mr. FW: Neither. It’s just that most nights I don’t know any-more.
Mrs. FW: I believe this is what you men call a mid-life crisis.
Mr. FW: No, it’s not that. A mid-life crisis is finding a girlfriend or buying a Corvette. Neither of which I can afford working for this newspaper. It’s
just that I work twice as hard and have half as many friends. I’m not sure this is what I signed up for.
Mrs. FW: Well, dear, you have me.
Mr. FW: Now, no reason to get insulting.
Mrs. FW: That was funny. Besides it’s a wonder that you have any friends at all with the columns that you write. You’re about as graceful as a rhino on skates with your writings.
Mr. FW: You’re enjoying this aren’t you?
Mrs. FW: A little, my dear, a little.
Mr. FW: Well, life is going so great and then here they come again to jack my style.
Mrs. FW: At least you’re not in Wal-Mart destroying a lot of clothes.
Mr. FW: That was disgusting. Can we concentrate here? It’s just that some nights I wish that this all would end as I could use some friends for a change. Some nights I’m scared you’ll forget me. But when I wake up, I see you’re there, but I’m still not sure what I stand for.
Mrs. FW: The mayor has been trying to forget about you for two-plus years. It hasn’t worked for him and it won’t work for me. Why would I want to? What, with all of this?
Mr. FW: Now don’t get sarcas-tic. That’s my job. I’ll have you
know that it took me
many years to work up to this double-wide. So this is it? I sold my soul for this? Washed my hands for this?
Mrs. FW: I hope you didn’t sell your soul for this. We’ll need it to pay for rent or at least for the mayor’s dinner. And you better have washed your hands. No telling where your keyboard has been.
Mr. FW: You’re in a real listen-ing mood tonight. Oh, come on. What I’m trying to say is that I’m five minutes in and I’m bored again. Ten years of this and I’m not sure if anybody understands.
Mrs. FW: You should try becoming a politician. No one understands them either and it won’t last 10 years either. Just ask the mayor. He’ll make it four years with all the ready-shoot-aim decisions he makes. He makes you look like Albert Ein-stein, though Al had better hair.
Mr. FW: Good talk, sweetie, good talk.
Q: Mr. Federal Way, are you the real Santa Claus?
A: None of your business.Mrs. FW: He is if you count
the amount of coal that he gets. On the bright side, this does cut down on our winter heating bill. That does make the dear boy a bit cheerier.
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There were five sec-onds left. I had less than two simple thread move-ments left.
I looked over to the progress my opponent had made and when the buzzer went off I hung my head in defeat as she threw her newly made hat across the room and shouted with joy, “I won!”
I then finished the last thread movement and then my opponent and I crossed the room and
placed our newly made hats into a large box that was marked “hats for the homeless.”
Fifteen people were seated at a large table. Three generations were
seated there. Fall decor was spread across the house; a large turkey, steamed in the center. The smell of potatoes, stuffing, tur-key and the
faint smell of pumpkin pie danced through the house making each one of the families mouth water.
After a short blessing
of the food, we had asked the family question of, “What are you thankful for?” As the question went around, some people had said they were thankful for their kids and others said they were thankful for having food on the table or a roof over their heads. When the question came to me and the table fell silent, I hesitated.
I then looked up from my food and wondered why I ever had hesitated and said, “I am thankful for having a good educa-tion because if I wasn’t at the level I am at now, I wouldn’t be able to chase the dreams I have created for myself over the years, let alone make
any more.”“Jingle bells, jingle
bells, jingle all the way,” we all shouted as we stood outside bundled up in well more than three layers of clothing each. Books in hand, we had never missed a single melody, let alone a word. The memory of doing this year after year helped us in our chorus. The frigid winter frost froze our breath and turned our noses pink. Family and friends
surround me. What could possibly have been bet-ter?
My friends at school say they love the holi-days because of the pres-ents or the cool things that go on sale. But me. Well, that’s a whole other story. The reason I love the holidays is because I love spending time with my family, hanging out with my friends, roasting marshmallows over an open fire and especially dressing up in crazy
winter costumes on Christmas morning and delivering presents to all my friends.
I love making hats for the homeless, collecting canned food on Hallow-een and volunteering at my school Christmas store at lunch. To me, the holidays don’t just mean presents, but it also means family; and, most importantly, it means spending time with the people I love.
The Federal Way Mir-ror recently launched its first holiday kids contest, asking students in grades kindergarten through 12th grade to express what the holidays mean to them.
Victoria E. Furniss, who
attends Illahee Middle School, was selected as the contest’s first place winner.
Emmanuel Musgrove, who attends Lakota Mid-dle School won second place, while fourth-grade Christian Faith School
student Maya Deaton won third place.
Each winner received a $50 gift card for The Com-mons mall and a $25 gift card for Jimmy Mac’s.
Here are the winning entries:
What the holidays mean ...
Spending time with the people I love
BY EMMANUEL MUSGROVE
Lakota Middle School
Christmas to me means many things; but it specifically means celebrating Jesus’ birth, spending time with fam-ily and both giving and receiving gifts.
Every Christmas Eve, my family visits my grandmother and our cousins at her house.
We all talk and laugh about the day we’ve been anticipating the whole season. After we have our pre-Christmas dinner, we go to church to sing and celebrate Jesus’ birth. Our pastor gives us a sermon about how Jesus was born in a manger by the most unlikely person: Mary, the virgin.
Christmas, to me, means celebrating the Son who offers us all salvation. After the service, we revisit people
who we only get to see once a year. We give hugs and share our excite-ment about the following day. Once we get home me and my siblings excit-edly get into bed, and are barely able to sleep as we think about the present opening that awaits us the following morning.
The morning of Christmas, I hurriedly do all the rituals that are required before we can open presents. Those include: eating break-fast, brushing teeth and making coffee for my parents (my younger brother usually does the last one). After those are done, my parents stall as long as possible to test how excited we are for
opening the presents.Christmas is the mo-
ment I get to see the per-son’s face that I bought a present for light up as
they tear off the Christmas wrap-ping. To be able to nearly feel the same happiness as they did is really inspiring to want to give more. Of course it is also exciting to get the new game you asked
for, or a cool new pair of socks, too.
The night of Christ-mas, my family spends time and opens presents with our non-immediate family. We play fun games such as mafia and charades. Playing mafia is especially enjoyable because some of my fam-ily doesn’t really play it right and will play with the wrong
intentions (i.e. cheat-ing), or they will walk in the dark on all fours. Most of my cousins are older than I am, so it is interesting to see how their lives are and what they’ve been doing dur-ing the holidays. Christ-mas, I feel, is a good time to join and converse with family you don’t get to see often.
During Christmas evening, our family does a white elephant gift ex-change. For all of those who don’t know what that is, it means that ev-erybody buys a present, then we pick out which present we want (with-out knowing what it is) in a certain order. After the first person goes, the rules allow you to take a present from someone who has previously went, and they can grab a new one. A present can only be stolen three times. When we play this game with our family, presents can range from between
an enormous bag of candy to a gift card to a particular place.
This is usually fun be-cause we get to see what our family thought the rest of us would like and might fight over. Before all the game playing we usually eat a delicious meal that consists of cheesy potatoes, stuffing, sweet potato pie, ham,
turkey, apple and pump-kin pie, shrimp, fudge, delicious bread rolls, cheese and crackers and spinach dip.
Those are all the things that Christmas means to me; that in-cludes celebrating Jesus’ birth, giving and receiv-ing gifts and spending time with my family.
Victoria E. Furniss
The holidays mean Jesus’ birth, giving gifts
Emmanuel MusgroveLeila, a second grader at Christian Faith School, said to her, Christmas is Jesus’ birthday. She said, “We love to celebrate Jesus’ birthday on Dec. 25. I like Christmas
because you get to play in the snow.” Drawing by Leila, second grade
Jesus’ birthday
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Elianna, a Christian Faith School second grader, said Christmas is fun. “You can drink hot cocoa, being nice to people, playing in the snow and go sledding.” Drawing by Elianna, second grade
Adina, a Christian Faith School second grader, said, “I like getting presents and opening them. Best of all, I like family time and no school and watching TV.” Drawing by Adina, second grade
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I was able to determine by the age of 5 that he was an awful, sloppy, son-of-the-poor-unfortunate-wom-an-who-gave-birth-to-him, abusive jerk.
I have always been curious to know if there is some sort of subset of humans living among us. In ad-dition to being the “RUINER OF HOLIDAYS,” Arnold sentenced an unfortunate pedestrian to life in a wheelchair when he was driving drunk. Knowing this, I developed the theory, as a child, that there are people in this world who may resemble humans in form, but their behavior has manifested in a way
that is not in compliance.I think, to be human, one should
have a conscience and be cogni-tive of how our personal behavior affects others. We should recognize that we are here, each for the other, to give and receive love and to have compassion for those in need.
So, if you’re traveling on the road over the holiday, look out for Arnold and if you’re planning to celebrate at home, don’t invite him. Merry Christmas and be safe.
Contact Federal Way resident Judith Madden Magruder at [email protected] or 206-941-5977.
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Soundpath Health sponsors ‘Socks for Seniors’FROM STAFF REPORTS
Soundpath Health employees are spon-soring an employee giving drive, “Socks for Seniors.”
All donations will go to the Brookdale Madrona Park Senior Living facilities located in Federal Way.
Soundpath Health also just wrapped up their annual food drive, collecting food valued at more than $2,500 to donate to Northwest Harvest, a statewide food bank distributor headquartered in Kent.
This is Soundpath Health’s third year contributing to this locally based hunger-
relief organization.According to Northwest Harvest,
Washington is the 23rd hungriest state in the nation. One in five people rely on their local food bank for food, and one in five children in Washington state lives in a household that struggles to put food on the table. Northwest Harvest distributes 32 million pounds of food annually and is a vital contributor to Washington’s economy.
“I’m proud to work for an organization that believes in helping others. It makes me feel good that my co-workers and I are doing something beneficial for our com-munity. No one should go without food, especially during the holiday season,” said Ashley Graden, data specialist.
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Green your holiday season with King County FROM STAFF REPORTS
As residents celebrate the winter holidays this year, they can also celebrate the new regional and global commitment to climate change ac-tion and awareness with fun and money-saving resources from King County’s Green Holidays program.
“World leaders recently agreed on a monu-mental global climate accord, and earlier this year King County finalized its ambitious update of our Strategic Climate Action Plan,” said EcoConsumer Tom Watson, King County De-partment of Natural Resources and Parks’ Solid
Waste Division. “It all starts with individual actions, and the festive holiday season provides a surprising number of opportunities for conserv-ing resources and addressing climate change.”
Update holiday lighting or other home light-ing with energy-efficient LED bulbs, and recycle your old strings of lights at more than 40 loca-tions in King County. The copper in the wires has value for recycling.
Christmas trees can also be recycled. They get turned into compost and mulch through tree-cycling, and King County has just updated its tree-cycling options fact sheet.
Food fuels the holidays, and King County’s comprehensive Green Holidays website includes resources for finding local foods and farmers’ markets, along with preventing and disposing of food waste.
Dec. 24Christmas Eve Candlelight Celebration: Join TriWorship Covenant Church for a Christmas Eve Candlelight Celebration from 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 24 at Saghalie Middle School, located at 33914 19th Ave SW. For more information, contact David Aaron Johnson at [email protected], call 206-861-3844 or visit www.triworship.com.
Jan. 2Master Gardener Clinic: A trained Master Gardener from the WSU Cooperative Extension will be at the library to answer questions and offer suggestions on plant care at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 2 at the Fed-eral Way Library, located at 34200 First Way S. Bring your questions, and if possible, your plant. For more information, visit www.kcls.org or call 253-839-3668. Science on the Sound: Dr. Fritz Stahr, of University of Washington will present on the topic, “Exploring Underwater with Remote Operated Vehicles: How You, too, Can Become an ROV Pilot” from noon to 12:45 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 2 at the MaST
Center Aquarium located at 28203 Redondo Beach Drive S. For more information, contact Woody Moses at [email protected], call 206-592-3329 or visit mast.highline.edu.
Jan. 7Meet the Author - Melinda Marie Jette: Join historian Melinda Jette, author of “At the Hearth of the Crossed Races: A French-Indian Community in Nineteenth-Century Oregon, 1812-1859,” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 7 at the Federal Way Library, located at 34200 First Way S. Learn about the social history of the 19th century French Prairie settle-ment in Willamette Valley, now com-memorated by the Champoeg State Heritage Area in Marion County. For
more information, visit www.kcls.org or call 253-839-3668.
OngoingWarm Coat Drive: Front Porch Outreach and South King Fire & Rescue are collecting clean, gently used coats through Jan. 1, 2016 at South King Fire & Rescue, Station 65, located at 4966 S. 298th St., Auburn, and Front Port Community Outreach at Federal Way United Methodist Church, located at 29645 51st Ave. S. Auburn. For more information, con-tact Katherine Kerr at [email protected] or call 360-489-8324.Alzheimer’s Caregiver Sup-port Group: Meetings are held
from noon to 1:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month, in room 15 at Church of the Nazarene, located at 1225 29th St. SE, Auburn. For more information, contact Val Brustad at 253-854-7658 or visit www.alzwa.org.
VolunteerUnited Way’s Free Tax Prep Campaign: Weekly volunteer shifts are available for United Way’s Free Tax Campaign from Jan. 11 through April 21 at the EX3 Ron Sandwith Teen Center, located at 31453 28th Ave. S. and Federal Way Multi-Ser-vice Center, located at 1200 S. 336th St. Volunteers can choose from being a tax preparer or welcoming clients
and connecting them to healthcare and other public benefits. No tax experience needed. To learn more and register for your shift, visit www.uwkc.org/taxvolunteer.Historical Society of Federal Way: Volunteer opportunities in-clude collections care, greeting public at public events, docents for historic Denny and Barker cabins, computer work, building mainte-nance and phone calling. For more information, contact Diana Noble-Gulliford at [email protected] or call 206-412-5545.
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Brookdale Foundation recently held an open house, combining their annual tree-lighting with the unveiling of their their renovation. A festive buffet of appetizers and
beverages was served. Music was provided by Dorothy Stow, and later the Dicken’s Carolers performed.Foundation House’s oldest resident, Helen Van Winkle, had the honor of lighting the tree. Van Winkle recently celebrated her 104th birthday.Photos by Kay Miller, the Mirror
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BY TERRENCE HILL
Decatur’s girls bas-ketball team is still searching for their
first win after coming up just short against Mount Ranier as they lost 44-35 on Thursday at Todd Beamer High School.
Not only were the Gators hoping for their first win of the season, they were hoping to win their first league win since they defeated Bonney Lake 33-30 in the 2011-12 season when they were members of the South Puget Sound League 3A.
To get a win this season, they will have to do so away from Decatur High School where their gym has been
deemed unsuitable for com-petition.
Decatur, winless in their first four games of the sea-son, came into the game on the heels of a 78-10 loss to Todd Beamer on Dec. 15.
The Rams have found some success out-of-conference this season, but had also struggled in league games as they lost 43-32 to Thomas Jefferson and 41-32 to Federal Way.
The first quarter showed just how evenly matched the teams would be that night as they ended the quarter tied, 9-9.
Makayla Lambert made a quick impression for the Gators as she scored four in the first quarter, pull-ing in rebounds on both
the offensive and defensive ends. Yasmin Young added another four for the Gators in the first quarter as well.
Decatur had trouble with turnovers throughout, but were able to keep within range or ahead of the Rams for much of the game.
The Gators built a 19-13 lead in the final minute of the second quarter, their largest of the night. Gabrielle Brown came off of the bench and energized Decatur with four quick points as halftime approched.
A quick scoring burst for the Rams cut that lead to 19-17 at the half.
“The energy was good and the intensity was good,” Decatur head coach Trudy Tatum said. “They were really excited about coming out in the second half and playing their game.”
The second half did not start out exactly how the Ga-tors had planned as Mount Rainier’s Ali Reiff quickly
tied the game and Madison Lommen put the Rams in the lead after a Gators turnover.
With the game tied at 29
as the clock ran down in the third, Lommen sunk a floater from just inside the paint to put Mount Rainier up 31-29. Decatur missed the final shot of the quarter.
In the fourth quarter, Decatur was unable to get anything going. Mount Rainier was able to push their lead to eight points as the Gators struggled with turnovers.
Decatur was able to get the Rams into foul trouble, but they were unable to convert from the line. They scored their first point of the quarter with 2:13 left to play.
They were able to cut the Rams lead down to 38-33, but could not complete the comeback. Mount Rainier scored six of the final eight points.
Lommen scored a game-high 16 points for the Rams. Ainsley Keane was second in scoring for Mount Rainier
with eight points.Lambert led the Gators
with her double-double on points and rebounds.
“We’ve got a lot of young players and I think that’s go-ing to help us in the future with more games to come,” Tatum said. “We’re going to take this loss and learn from it and be ready to meet Highline on the 21st.
“The girls have heart. We can teach the skills of the game, but we can’t teach heart. These girls want to play and bond together. That’s the difference between last year and this year. I think it’s going to be a good asset to how we’re hopefully going to win some games this year.”
Decatur (0-5, 0-4) played Highline after the Mirror’s publishing deadline on Dec. 21. Their next game will be on the road against Hazen at 6 p.m. on Dec. 30.
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nist’s secret identity by saying there was an “r” in Mr. Fed-eral Way’s real name. Many readers immediately pegged Publisher Rudi Alcott, political writer Bob Roegner, and Editor Carrie Rodriguez as the likely authors. Sorry, Mr. Federal Way gotcha again. All but one of the staff have an “r” in their name.
Many people continue to believe that global warming is a fantasy. But 2015 was the hottest year ever recorded, a new study says. By 2090 portions of the Persian Gulf may be too hot for people to live in. Antarctica is shrinking, and a recent story showed how Miami is making adjustments on housing because it may be partly underwater in the future. Miami looked at a picture of Manhattan during a storm a couple of years ago to see what a major city would look like partially underwater. Yup, global warming is pure fantasy, cooked up by those nasty environmental naysayers just to give job creators a hard time.
Initially viewed as the front runner for House Speaker, Republican Kevin McCarthy took himself out of the race and gave Hillary Clinton a big boost in her presidential aspirations at the same time, when McCarthy suggested the real purpose of Congressional hearings on the deadly attacks on the United States mission in Benghazi, Libya was to drive down Clinton’s poll numbers. Putting admis-sion to previous denials, while giving credibility to Clinton was probably not the goal Republicans were looking for! McCarthy was then forced to drop out of the race for the speakership, and Clinton looked stronger than ever.
On Oct. 5 Donald Trump said he would drop out of the presidential race if his poll numbers fell. They did, but both late night comedians and Democrats are begging him to stay in the race.
The public voted to ban retail marijuana shops in Federal Way and the mayor and council said they would respect public opinion and voted to implement the ban. Listen-ing to the voters, what a great new policy. Because last time voters said they wanted to legalize marijuana, the city passed three moratoriums against those same retail shops. New policy? Or do elected officials only listen when it agrees with what they want? And whatever happened to that much-talked-about vote on the Performing Arts and Events Center that the public wanted? Remember the Mir-ror poll?
And in an interesting approach to political commentary, a Polish priest wanted to do an exorcism on a newspaper he didn’t like. Don’t mention this idea to Mayor Ferrell, we don’t want him to get any ideas.
And as we close another year we say goodbye and thank you to departing city Councilman Bob Celski, school board member Danny Peterson, Lakehaven commissioner Chuck Gibson and South King Fire and Rescue commis-sioner Mark Freitas. We also thank Carol Gregory for her service in the Legislature and see it as Olympia’s loss and our school board’s gain.
Lastly, proving that some politicians have no sense of humor, we say goodbye to the column “If I Were Czar.” We hope it’s well intended author Matthew Jarvis will remain active and critical of government when he sees a need. Citizens shouldn’t have to endure attacks from their own city government just for having an opinion. Disagreement and civil discourse, yes, but attacks and name calling, no! Our New Year’s resolution for city government: “Treat your voters with respect, even when you disagree with them.” Thank you Matthew.
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Federal Way Public Schools has issued a determi- nation of non-significance (DNS) under WAC 197- 11-340(2) for the District’s 2016 Capital Facilities Plan as Restated for the City of Federal Way. After review of a completed environmental checklist and other information on file, the Federal Way Public Schools has determined the proposal will not have a probable significant adverse environmental im- pact on the environment.Copies of the Environmental Checklist are available from the Federal Way Public Schools, 33330 8th Ave S, Federal Way, WA 98003. Comments on this DNS must be submitted no later than 4:30 p.m., January 8, 2016 to Ms. Tanya Nascimento at the above address.Date of Publication December 25, 2015 Published in the Federal Way Mirror Friday, De- cember 25, 2015 FWM 2302
CITY OF FEDERAL WAYREQUEST FOR BIDS
Citywide Flashing Yellow Arrow Retrofits Project RFB # 15-014SUBMITTAL OF SEALED BIDS:Notice is hereby given that the City of Federal Way, Washington, will receive sealed bids through Janu- ary 12, 2016, until 10:00 a.m., at the City Hall Pur- chasing Office or by US Mail at City of Federal Way, Purchasing Office, 33325 8th Avenue South, Federal Way, Washington 98003. Proposals re- ceived after 10:00 a.m. on said date will not be considered.BID OPENING:All bids will be opened and read publicly aloud at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday January 12, 2016, at City Council Chambers, 33325 8th Avenue South, Fed- eral Way, Washington, for this RFB.All bid proposals shall be accompanied by a bid deposit by a cashier’s or certified check, or Bid Bond in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the amount of such bid proposal. Should the suc- cessful bidder fail to enter into a contract and fur- nish satisfactory Performance Bond within the time stated in the specifications, the bid deposit or bond shall be forfeited to the City of Federal Way.DESCRIPTION OF WORK:This project shall consist of:Improvements for Citywide Flashing Yellow Arrow Retrofits Project include installing several flashing yellow arrow signal heads including all corre- sponding signal equipment upgrades at multiple intersection locations. The improvements also in- clude installation of advance overhead signage at multiple locations.The Contractor shall complete all work within 60 working days.The bidder is urged to check the plans and con- tract provisions carefully.All bid proposals shall be in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders and all other contract docu- ments now on file in the Purchasing Office of the City of Federal Way. Bid documents may be ob- ta ined from the Purchasing Department at (253) 835-2526. Any questions concerning the description of the work contained in the contract documents must be directed to Sarady Long, Sen- ior Transportation Planning Engineer, by facsimile at (253) 835-2709, or by letter addressed to Sara- dy Long, Senior Transportation Planning Engineer prior to bid opening date.
PURCHASE OF BID DOCUMENTS:Bidders may purchase copies of the Bidding Docu- ments (half-size plans) in person, or by mailing a Twenty-Five and no/100 Dollars ($25.00) (non-re- fundable) check or cashiers’ check payable to the City of Federal Way, 33325 8th Avenue South, Fed- e r a l W a y , W A 9 8 0 0 3 - 6 3 2 5 , p h o n e (253) 835-2526. If purchasing by mail, please in- dicate your request for Bidding Documents for RFB #15-014 Citywide Flashing Yellow Arrow Retrofits Project. Informational copies of maps, plans, and specifications are available for review at the Public Works Department, Federal Way City Hall, 33325 8th Avenue South, Federal Way, Washington.Bidding Documents are also available for review at the following Plan Centers:Daily Journal of Commerce, Attn: Plancenter.com, 83 Columbia St, Suite 200,Seattle, WA 98104Daily Journal of Commerce Project Center, 921 SW Washington St, Suite 210, Portland, OR 97205 McGraw Hill, 200 SW Michigan St, Suite 100A, Seattle, WA 98106Valley Plan Center, 10002 Aurora Avenue North, #36, PMB 334, Seattle, WA 98133Reed Construction Data, 30 Technology Parkway South, Suite 500, Norcross, GA 30092Builders Exchange of Washington, 2607 Wetmore Avenue, Everett, WA 98201Contractor Plan Center, 14625 SE 82nd Drive, Clackamas, OR 97015Contractor’s Resource Center, 2301 So Jackson Street, Suite 101B, Seattle, WA 98144Isqft Planroom, 2606 2nd Ave #244, Seattle, WA 98121 [email protected] City, in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d-4 and Title 49 C.F.R., Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Office of the Secretary, Part 21, Nondiscrimination in Federally-assisted programs of the Department of Transportation is- sued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies all bid- ders that it will affirmatively ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertise- ment, disadvantaged business enterprises as de- fined at 49 CFR Part 26 will be afforded full oppor- tunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, national origin, or sex in consideration for an award. The City encourages minority and women-owned firms to submit bids consistent with the City’s policy to insure that such firms are afforded the maximum practicable oppor- tunity to compete for and obtain public contracts.The Contractor will be required to comply with all local, State, and Federal laws and regulations per- taining to equal employment opportunities.The City anticipates awarding this project to the successful bidder and intends to give Notice to Proceed as soon as the Contract and all required associated documents are executed in full.RESERVATION OF RIGHTS:The City of Federal Way reserves the right to reject any and all bids, waive any informalities or minor irregularities in the bidding, and determine which bid or bidder meets the criteria set forth in the bid documents. No bidder may withdraw his bid after the hour set for the opening thereof unless the award is delayed for a period exceeding thirty (30) days.Dated the 17th day of December, 2015.Dates of Publication:Daily Journal of Commerce: December 19, 2015December 26, 2015Federal Way Mirror: December 25, 2015January 1, 2016FWM 2301
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Police assist Detroit police with cold case interview: At 3:07 p.m. on Dec. 14 in the 3100 block of 50th Lane SW, Federal Way police assisted the Monroe County, Detroit Sheriff’s Office with the interview of the ex-boyfriend of a suspected cold case homicide suspect.Police suspect classmate of burglarizing home: At 3:25 p.m. on Dec. 14 in the 29000 block of 26th Ave. S., police responded to a residential burglary. The resident had left at about 1:15 p.m. and when he arrived back at about 2:30 p.m. he noticed the front door was open. He did not lock it prior to leaving. He said two Apple laptops were stolen. He did not have any suspect information, although there were several high dollar items still at the residence. Police believe the thief may be an acquaintance of one of their high school kids. Two dogs were also on location.Woman claims father’s ex-lover broke her window: Between 4 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Dec. 14 in the 31500 block of 25th Lane S., a woman reported someone had broken her window. She explained she had not been at her apartment for approximately three weeks and her father had been staying there off and on. She said her father’s ex-girlfriend was supposed to get a key and retrieve her belongings from her apartment that day but when the resident came by, she noticed the broken window and presumed it was the ex-girlfriend.A check of the bed inside and below the window revealed a small rock and a great deal of broken glass that did not appear to have been stepped on. The woman surmised that the ex-girlfriend must have come through the broken window.
However, the size of the hole did not seem conducive to her theory. The woman said the front door was unlocked when she got home so the suspect must have left through there. She also said the ex-girlfriend was lawfully inside the apartment last Friday.Mother fears for daughter’s safety: At 8:31 p.m.. on Dec. 14 in the 3400 block of Fifth Ave. SW, a mother reported her daughter grabbed a knife and threatened to hurt herself and jump out a second-story window. The mother was afraid her daughter would try to jump out of the car if she tried to take her to the hospital. The daugh-ter was involuntarily committed.Thief stalls grocery shopper with conversation over stew: At 11:30 a.m. on Dec. 13 in the 1200 block of S. 320th St., a woman reported that while she was in the produce section at Safeway looking at broccoli, someone stole her wallet out of her purse. She said a middle-aged woman wearing a poofy jacket and a knitted beanie approached her on the left-hand side and asked her about vegetables to put in a stew. The woman felt she was being distracted so she looked over her right shoulder at the cart and saw her purse still hanging on the cart so she carried on with the 30 second conversation with the woman. She realized her wallet was missing about 15 minutes later when she got to the check out.Storage units burgled: At 10:19 a.m. on Dec. 13 in the 1100 block of S. 324th St., staff at a storage company reported four of the units at the site were burglarized.Soccer player punches referee, flees from field: At 11:39 a.m. on Dec. 13 in the 31200 block of 28th Ave. S., during a soccer game, two
players got into an altercation. The referee intervened and the suspect punched the referee in the face, knocking him to the ground. There were no obvious injuries to the victim but he was transported to the hospital as a precaution. The suspect initially fled from the location but returned a short time later after a teammate called him.Suspect keys victim’s car fol-lowing fight over parking spot: At 2:56 p.m. on Dec. 13 in the 35000 block of Enchanted Parkway S., the victim reported that an un-known suspect damaged his vehicle by keying the paint all the way around it while he was shopping at the listed location. He reported that he was in a minor dispute over a parking space prior to going into the store, but did not observe anyone near his car or damaging it. He reported that he inquired with store staff about surveillance foot-age but learned that none was avail-able. The victim could not estimate the value of the damage at the time of this report. He could not describe the people who he was involved in the dispute with prior to going into the store, but remembered they were in a black Chrysler-type Sedan. There is no suspect information at this time.Assisted living home resi-dents slap each other over TV remote: At noon on Dec. 12 in the 1000 block of S. 308th St., the reporting party contacted police to report an altercation between two residents in an assisted living home. The reporting party stated the two residents both have cognitive dis-abilities and were trying to slap each other during an argument over the TV remote. The reporting party said neither resident was injured and she was reporting the incident for documentation only.
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Metro Transit holiday schedules FROM STAFF REPORTS
King County Metro Transit reminds rid-ers to review schedules for their routes as buses will operate on Sunday and reduced weekday service over the coming holiday weeks.
Details are posted on Metro’s holiday and
reduced service page at metro.kingcounty.gov. Metro offices, including the customer information center, will be closed on Dec. 25 and Jan. 1.
Sunday schedules will be in effect on Fri-day, Dec. 25 and Friday, Jan. 1. The reduced weekday schedule will be in effect on Dec. 24, Dec. 28-31, Jan. 18, 2016 and Feb. 15, 2016. On days with reduced weekday sched-ules, some commuter and school-oriented routes do not operate, and other routes have individual trips canceled.
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