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OPINION | Sex in the Suburbs: Tech savvy parents and sex education [8] Roegner: Celski’s resignation to shake up politics [8] COMMUNITY | Wildwood Elementary shows love to pets with pet food drive [12] POLICE | Angry Seahawks fan arrested for shooting gun, DUI [7]
SPORTS | High schools make FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2015 | 75¢ big splash at swim meet [4]
FIRE | South King Fire and Rescue proposes $53 million bond [16]
Councilman Celski to step down after term expires Longtime resident plans to spend more time with his family and job BY RAECHEL DAWSON rdawson@fedwaymirror.com
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ederal Way Councilman Bob Celski recently announced he will not run for City Coun-
cil after his term expires at the end of this year. Celski, a council member since 2012, “agonized” over the decision not to run for re-election in November but ultimately decided it was
time to focus on his growing family and businesses. “I’ve really enjoyed working with both mayors and they really live in two different eras of the city,” Celski said in an interview, adding that former mayor Skip Priest brought the city out of the recession while Mayor Jim Ferrell is taking
the steps to revitalize the to be available as much economy. as possible to help Celski said with be there for their his son David in daughter-in-law as Afghanistan and she raises their first his son’s wife, grandchild. Brittney, about to “Grandma and give birth in May– grandpa want to she lives in North spoil her,” Celski Bob Celski Carolina – he and said, noting their his wife Sue want granddaughter will
Man charged in drive-by shooting
be named Quinn Kennedy Celski. The 40-plus year Federal Way resident will also be acquiring new business clients throughout the country for the petroleum distributor IPC (USA). And he’d like to put more work into his family [ more CELSKI, page 3 ]
City terminates Town Square Park contractor
BY RAECHEL DAWSON rdawson@fedwaymirror.com
BY SARAH KEHOE
A Federal Way man was recently charged for his involvement in a drive-by shooting that killed 19-yearold Erik Raul Reynaga on Jan. 22. Kenneth Sak-See, 19, went to Reynaga’s home on Jan. 26 and told his mother he was involved in her son’s shooting. Post-Miranda, he then told Federal Way police officers in a taped statement Reynaga called him that night, asking if he would come with him to Crystal Pointe Apartments, as there was going to be a confrontation. As the two drove to the complex, Reynaga allegedly received a text message from a male who told him there were people at his mother’s residence in the complex and he “needed them gone,” according to charging documents. “He asked him to lay down some rounds to scare the other faction away,” the documents continued. As they approached the complex, located at 35434 25th Ave. SW, Sak-See told police he fired rounds from a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun into the air from
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The city of Federal Way sent a termination letter to contractor Nakano Associates on Feb. 3 after employees presented $3.4 million in improvement plans for Town Square Park, $1.7 million over the city’s budget, at a Federal Way City Council retreat Jan. 31. This isn’t the first time the cost of the park has been in question. The first phase of Town Square Park was completed in July 2014 for $267,000, despite an initial budget of approximately $140,000. The council had approved moving forward on the project during an April 1 meeting, setting the total cost for the project at a level “not to exceed $200,000,” but ended up reaching a $300,000 budget a few months later. For several months now, the city has publicly kept the budget for park additions at $1.5-1.7 million. “After much discussion between the council, the commissioners and the public, we knew what we wanted for our park and were confident we could make that happen in a $1.5-1.7 million budget,” said Federal Way Mayor Jim [ more PARK, page 19 ]
Council retreat
Above, Federal Way City Council women Lydia Assefa-Dawson, Kelley Maloney, and Susan Honda at the council retreat Saturday, Jan. 31. Right, citizens look at computer-aided designs of Town Square Park presented by Nakano Associates. The designs represented a plan that was over budget. Photos courtesy of Bruce Honda
Federal Way woman returns to city with Valentine’s Day show BY SARAH KEHOE skehoe@fedwaymirror.com
A former Federal Way resident is returning to her hometown to put on a theater production for Valentine’s Day. Christina McKie’s show is called “Crazy Little Thing Called Love.” It is love-themed and shows the many sides of love, featuring performances in belly
dance, modern dance and hip hop. The show starts at 7 p.m. Feb. 14 at the Knutzen Family Theater. “When considering locations for this year’s run, I decided that with this year’s ‘Crazy Love’ show, we would bring what we do back to my roots,” McKie said. “So, in a way, it’s a homecoming story.” McKie attended Federal Way
High School and has worked for the Federal Way Library for 17 years. She moved to West Seattle five years ago to build a dance theater company. McKie said she was too shy to participate in dance or theater in high school. “To be honest, if anyone would have told me then that I would [ more PLAY, page 5 ]
Christina McKie performs in one of her company’s shows. She grew up in Federal Way before starting her own production company in Seattle. Contributed photo
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