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A serious bone to pick with the powers that be | Whale’s Tales

6 days ago | auburn-reporter.com | Robert Whale

I think most people, even those among us who may disagree strongly with the present administration in Washington, D.C., can applaud it for pursuing at least this one goal. That is, cutting the federal budget. It has to be done. Indeed, it has needed to be done for many, many years and through many administrations on both sides of the aisle. Great so far.
Stirgus answers questions from Auburn City Council

1 week ago | auburn-reporter.com | Robert Whale

Here is a selection of the questions the Auburn City Council put to Lisa Stirgus and the other candidates for the seat vacated by Larry Brown, followed by answers received before the council adjourned to an executive session. Councilmembers did not know the candidates’ names or any personal information about them until they returned from the session. All they knew were numbers that had been randomly added to their applications by City Clerk Shawn Campbell.
Lisa Stirgus appointed to Auburn City Council

1 week ago | auburn-reporter.com | Robert Whale

On April 14, the Auburn City Council appointed Lisa Stirgus to complete the eight months left of former councilmember Larry Brown’s term. Stirgus will fill the position until the last council meeting in December after voters in the November election have chosen a councilmember to fill a full-four year term. Brown resigned on Feb. 16 for medical reasons. Seven Auburn residents made the final cut from an original field of 44, but one of them was not present in council chambers at Monday’s meeting.
Juveniles arrested for Haggen robbery in Auburn

1 week ago | auburn-reporter.com | Joshua Solorzano

Three juveniles, one of whom was carrying multiple firearms, and one adult were arrested after a shoplifting turned robbery at an Auburn grocery store. The Auburn Police Department reported that on April 15, they arrested four people — three juvenile males and one adult female — following an armed robbery at Haggen, 1406 Lake Tapps Parkway Southeast.
Auburn Food Bank enjoys new home, seeks more donations

1 week ago | auburn-reporter.com | Robert Whale

It isn’t hyperbole to say that Debbie Christian, executive director of the Auburn Food Bank, along with the staff and volunteers at the food bank, are among the most thankful people one could ever find.
Pondering life and death on this side of eternity | Whale’s Tales

1 week ago | auburn-reporter.com | Robert Whale

April 12 is always a dark day for my family. For me, Saturday will be freighted with a heavy sense of disbelief — it will be the 50th anniversary of my brother Jim’s death. Half a century. No. Can’t be true. But it is. I can do the math: I was 13 then, I am 63 now. Still, internally, it’s hard to process. To sober me to this, the hardest of hard facts, I often catch myself doing a bit of simple math.
Third juvenile suspect arrested in Feb. murder over marijuana deal in Auburn

2 weeks ago | auburn-reporter.com | Joshua Solorzano

After communicating with police and surrendering at his mother’s home in Kitsap County, the final suspect was arrested in the Feb. 4 shooting death over a marijuana deal in Auburn. On April 4, Abdul-Mateen Nasir Alamin, 17, but age 16 at the time of the crime, was charged with first-degree murder and first-degree attempted robbery. Alamin is the third and final suspect to be charged in the death of William McKinley, 19.
Council moves to fill out remainder of Larry Brown’s term

2 weeks ago | auburn-reporter.com | Robert Whale

At a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. April 7, the Auburn City Council will choose candidates to interview to fill out the remainder of the second term of former Councilmember and Deputy Mayor Larry Brown. Brown, Position 6, resigned on Feb. 16 for unspecified health reasons. In November, the city will hold an election for the seat. It will be open to everyone, except the temporary placeholder, with the winner taking office in January 2026 to serve a full four-year term. At their Feb.
East Main Street to close for three months this summer

2 weeks ago | auburn-reporter.com | Robert Whale

Sometime in 2026, Auburn’s Downtown Reconstruction Project should realize a new, three-to-four-story theater to replace the now demolished Auburn Avenue Theater, a new city park with a public gathering place to its east, and a major upgrade to the B Street Plaza across East Main Street. But before all the shiny stuff goes up, there is a lot of work that will have to be done under Main Street.
Fighting for a word whose meaning has taken a beating | Whale’s Tales

3 weeks ago | auburn-reporter.com | Robert Whale

As readers of this column may know by now, I am a word person. Words, their histories, and their shifting meanings across linguistic barriers and over time draw me. Like swivel — noun and verb — which are ultimately derived from the Old English swivana, “to sweep, to sweep, to rotate.” But by the mid 14th Century when Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales in Middle English, it meant “to have sex with,” in the coarsest, umm, present day sense of that word.