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For 39 years, Jerry Galland has enjoyed a successful career at Boeing as part of the aerospace company’s facilities 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 Jerry Galland 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 professional 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 [ more SANTA, page 6 ]
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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
ingle mother-of-five Veronica Bucio tried not to cry in front of her children 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 retirement 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. [ more GIFT, page 3 ]
Lake Grove Elementary teaches healthy eating with Kids Cook with Heart BY RAECHEL DAWSON rdawson@fedwaymirror.com
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 association, 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 volunteer 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 themselves. For the six week program, 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 designated 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 separate 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 ingredients are done in order. “[Larson] always says it’s always healthier to make it by yourself instead of buying it from the store,” Isabel said, adding that Larson is “awesome, great and really good” at teaching the recipes. “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 [ more COOK, page 2 ]
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herself, to be independent and to stay calm “when there’s something going on that you wanted to do but you can’t do.” 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-formyself-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
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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 reported 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, according 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
Above, Lake Grove Elementary students cook turkey chili at the last Kids Cook with Heart class. Right, Lauri Larson accepts a class card. RAECHEL DAWSON, the Mirror
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, “because 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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www.federalwaymirror.com [ GIFT from page 1] “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 department 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, enjoyed 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 counselors provided those students’ contact informa-
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A boy decorates a craft while his parents shop for gifts on Saturday. CARRIE RODRIGUEZ, the Mirror tion to the organization. Jon McIntosh, the lead pastor at Grace Church, said Superintendent Tammy Campbell “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 addition, 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 Federal Way, Alaska Airlines, Communities in Schools, Life and Health Chiropractic, MultiService 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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The humorous side of government Why is it that many losing candidates running 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 perceived 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 supporters 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 nothing! 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 troublemaking rascals, while others want good old fashion “Whidbey Island compassion.” A community battle over bunnies! We have it easy. Mr. Federal Way gave a hint to the colum[ more ROEGNER page 18 ] Bob Roegner
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he 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, unconscious. 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 husband 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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To submit an item or photo for publication: email editor@federalwaymirror.com. Letters may be edited for style, clarity and length. 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 sacrifice 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 unheard, that pass’d through fire To his grim idol. (Paradise Lost 1.392-96)
“Read again those lines, with recent images seared into our brains — ‘besmeared 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 continually 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. Sometimes this is done by mass killings (eight this year), sometimes by private offerings to the God (thousands this year).” Which God do you worship?
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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 breakfast with the Kiwanis Club of Federal Way, when a woman he had previously sentenced for a DUI approached 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 difference,” 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
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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 member since 1998, Larson has held the title of president and vice president multiple times, he’s founded the Aktion Club of Federal Way, the Panther Lake K-Kids and has earned numerous 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 Advancing Leadership and has an impressive record of serving 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
would he respond to that, he wondered. “I kept delaying, because I wondered 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 family 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 Shelton,” Galland said. “The reason for that story is we hear things that we may not have any control over; we have the opportunity 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
was subsequently elected in 2009 and 2013. On top of his duties as a judge, Larson 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 coming to court, whether it’s criminal activity or it’s just traffic infractions, getting 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…” Larson 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
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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 going 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
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 Children 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 worries and parents are going to have food.”
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Q&A with Mr. FW: Mr. Federal Way firings and pillow talk I t’s a slow question week as the holidays are here so Mr. Federal 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 opportunity. 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 columnist 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 apologies 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: Combination 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 approaching and I need you around to deal with your side of the family. Mr. FW: Very funny. Anyhow, lately some nights I stay up cashing 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 keyboard 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 holidays 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 anymore. 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 sarcastic. That’s my job. I’ll have you know that it took me
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advised police several vehicles had been broken into in the parking lot. However, all of the victims left the complex and did not want to stay to make a police report. The modus operandi in the prowls appeared to be broken windows. All leads were exhausted. Business burglary: Between 2 p.m. and 9 a.m. Dec. 13-14 in the 31000 block of Pacific Highway S., the owner of Titas Variedades reported that someone entered the business and stole merchandise sometime overnight. Former friend harasses woman after fallout: At 10 a.m. on
Dec. 14 in the 1200 block of S. 336th St., a woman reported her former friend has been bothering her lately and showed up and caused a scene. She said she has been having problems with her former friend since their falling out and over the past few days the former friend has called her and shown up at her job. She advised on that day that her former friend showed up and said, “Come outside and I’ll beat your a**, b****.”The victim’s supervisor told her to report the incident but she did not want to pursue any criminal charges. Police gave her information on anti-harassment orders.
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Police arrest kids for traffic offense: At 12:07 p.m. on Dec. 14 in the 30600 block of 16th Ave. S., several juveniles inside a vehicle that was driven by a juvenile without a license were arrested for traffic offenses, false information and trespassing. Thief uses man’s bank information at Wal-Mart: At 12:32 p.m. on Dec. 14 in the 1100 block of S. 313th St., a man reported that an unknown person accessed his bank account and used his information without his permission. He banks with Red Canoe and found that his account was overdrawn due to a $320 purchase at the Super WalMart in Puyallup. He said he has never been to that Wal-Mart, nor did he give permission to anyone to use his information to make a purchase. He did not have a time or date that the purchase was made and he advised
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 listening 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-shootaim decisions he makes. He makes you look like Albert Einstein, 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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police that his fraud protection was going to reimburse him for the fraudulent purchase. Police did not have any suspects. Man claims his contractor stole $50,000 from him: At 1:23 p.m. on Dec. 14 in the 1300 block of S. 293rd Place, police were dispatched to an IRS theft report. An officer contacted a man who stated his contractor stole approximately $50,000 in cash and miscellaneous tools from him. He provided a contract between himself and the contractor, which appeared vague and did not detail labor and material costs. The man verified the signatures were his and the contractor’s. He said the contractor did not complete the work per the contract and wanted to know his options. The officer explained that his report was civil and he would need to contact an attorney and file a civil claim against the contractor. Police also contacted the contractor, who
claimed he had already completed the work per the contract, but stated the man and his wife needed to pay additional money to complete the added work they requested. The contractor said he would contact the man and try to work out an amicable agreement. The man was unable to provide evidence with respect to his allegation about the contractor stealing his pressure washer. Police arrest male on school campus with felony warrant: At 10:40 a.m. on Dec. 14 at 30400 16th Ave. S., a male who is not a student came onto the Federal Way High School campus. Police located the male getting into a vehicle and stopped the vehicle. A records check of the male showed he had a felony warrant out of juvenile hall for residential burglary. Police detained the male, confirmed his warrant, arrested him and transported him to juvenile hall for booking. [ more POLICE page 23 ]
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What the holidays mean ... The Federal Way Mirror 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 Middle 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 Commons mall and a $25 gift card for Jimmy Mac’s. Here are the winning entries:
Spending time with the people I love placed our newly made hats into a large box that was marked “hats for the What the holidays homeless.” mean Fifteen people were There were five secseated at a large table. onds left. I had less than Three generations were two simple thread moveseated there. ments left. Fall decor I looked over was spread to the progress across the my opponent had house; a made and when large turkey, the buzzer went steamed in off I hung my the center. head in defeat The smell as she threw her Victoria E. Furniss of potatoes, newly made hat stuffing, turacross the room key and the and shouted with joy, “I faint smell of pumpkin won!” pie danced through the I then finished the last house making each one thread movement and of the families mouth then my opponent and water. I crossed the room and After a short blessing BY VICTORIA E. FURNISS
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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 education 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
The holidays mean Jesus’ birth, giving gifts BY EMMANUEL MUSGROVE Lakota Middle School
Christmas to me means many things; but it specifically means celebrating Jesus’ birth, spending time with family 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 opening the presents. once a year. We give hugs Christmas is the moand share our excitement I get to see the perment about the following son’s face that I bought day. Once we get home a present for light up as me and my they tear off the siblings excitChristmas wrapedly get into ping. To be able bed, and are to nearly feel the barely able to same happiness sleep as we as they did is think about really inspiring the present to want to give opening that more. Of course Emmanuel Musgrove awaits us it is also exciting the following to get the new morning. game you asked The morning of for, or a cool new pair of Christmas, I hurriedly socks, too. do all the rituals that The night of Christare required before we mas, my family spends can open presents. Those time and opens presents include: eating breakwith our non-immediate fast, brushing teeth and family. We play fun making coffee for my games such as mafia and parents (my younger charades. Playing mafia brother usually does the is especially enjoyable last one). After those are because some of my famdone, my parents stall as ily doesn’t really play it long as possible to test right and will play with how excited we are for the wrong
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 intentions (i.e. cheating), 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 during the holidays. Christmas, 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 exchange. For all of those who don’t know what that is, it means that everybody buys a present, then we pick out which present we want (without 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
surround me. What could possibly have been better? My friends at school say they love the holidays because of the presents 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 Halloween 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.
Leila, 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
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turkey, apple and pumpkin pie, shrimp, fudge, delicious bread rolls, cheese and crackers and spinach dip. Those are all the things that Christmas means to me; that includes celebrating Jesus’ birth, giving and receiving gifts and spending time with my family.
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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-woman-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 addition 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
www.federalwaymirror.com that is not in compliance. I think, to be human, one should have a conscience and be cognitive 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 judithmagruder@hotmail.com or 206-941-5977.
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As residents celebrate the winter holidays this year, they can also celebrate the new regional and global commitment to climate change action and awareness with fun and money-saving resources from King County’s Green Holidays program. “World leaders recently agreed on a monumental 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 Department 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 conserving resources and addressing climate change.” Update holiday lighting or other home lighting with energy-efficient LED bulbs, and recycle your old strings of lights at more than 40 locations 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 treecycling, 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.
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Soundpath Health employees are sponsoring 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 community. No one should go without food, especially during the holiday season,” said Ashley Graden, data specialist. To learn more about Brookdale Senior Living facilities, go to www.brookdale.com.
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Christmas 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 daaron2001@gmail.com, call 206861-3844 or visit www.triworship. com.
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Center Aquarium located at 28203 Redondo Beach Drive S. For more information, contact Woody Moses at wmoses@highline.edu, call 206592-3329 or visit mast.highline.edu.
Master 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 Federal 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
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Meet 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 settlement in Willamette Valley, now commemorated by the Champoeg State Heritage Area in Marion County. For
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Warm 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, contact Katherine Kerr at katherinekerr@ outlook.com or call 360-489-8324. Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support 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.
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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 include collections care, greeting public at public events, docents for historic Denny and Barker cabins, computer work, building maintenance and phone calling. For more information, contact Diana NobleGulliford at diana@gulliford.com or call 206-412-5545. Send Community Calendar items to editor@fedwaymirror.com
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ecatur’s girls basketball 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 competition. Decatur, winless in their first four games of the season, 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-ofconference 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, pulling 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 Gators had planned as Mount Rainier’s Ali Reiff quickly
Mount Rainier’s Madison Lommen, right, is guarded by Decatur’s Kiara Sullivan during the Rams’ 44-35 win over the Gators on Dec. 17 at Todd Beamer High School. TERRENCE HILL, the MIrror 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 gamehigh 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 going 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. Federal 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 admission 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. Listening 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 Mirror 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 commissioner 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. Thanks for reading.
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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 following 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 unknown 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 footage but learned that none was available. 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 residents 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 disabilities 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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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 daughter 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 middleaged 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
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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 exlover 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 exgirlfriend 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.
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