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www.keypennews.com • December 2014 2 NEWS (From Housing , Page 1) To subscribe, please write, call or fax: Key Peninsula News 17010 S. Vaughn Road P.O. Box 3, Vaughn, WA 98394 Phone: (253) 884-4699 Fax: (253) 884-4053 Email: news@keypennews.com Executive editor: Scott Turner Ad sales: Brett Higgins. Wendy Kleven Bookkeeper: Heather Christman Community pages editor: Connie Renz Production: Christina Hallock, Paige Nader Webmaster: Brett Higgins Staff and contributors: Ed Johnson, Alice Kinerk, Karen Lovett, Hugh McMillan, Kevin Reed, Colleen Slater, Frank Slater, Rick Sorrels, Sara Thomp- www.keypennews.com Unsolicited submissions deadline including press releases: 15th of each month prior to publication Key Peninsula News is published monthly by the Key Peninsula News publishing board in Vaughn, Washington. The Key Peninsula Civic center Association is the non-pro t parent organization. Copyright 2014 with all rights reserved. Reproduction of editorial or graphic contents in any manner without permission is prohibited. Annual subscriptions (12 issues) are available for $30.00 and are mailed rst class. Copies are mailed presort standard to residents and post of ce box holders of the Key Peninsula. Single copies are available at the newspaper of ce in the basement of the Civic Center annex and at various distribution points located on the Key Peninsula. Approximately 19,000 people live in the distribution area. STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP, AND OPERATION OF THE KEY PENINSULA NEWS 1. THE KEY PENINSULA NEWS is a community newspaper, owned and published by the KEY PENINSULA CIVIC CENTER ASSOCIATION, a nonpro t, 501-C3 corporation with main of ces in Vaughn, Washington. The name, goodwill and any copyright assets that may exist pertaining to the NEWS are among the nancial assets of the KEY PENINSULA CIVIC CENTER ASSOCIATION. 2. The objective of Key Peninsula News is to support and create community by reporting news and features and providing a forum for local information. News and editorial coverage focuses on the Key Peninsula and immedi- ately adjacent areas within Fire District 16. OUR GRATEFUL THANKS TO ALL WHO CONTRIBUTE TO THE KEY PENINSULA NEWS! The opinions expressed herein are the opinions of the writers and do not necessarily re ect the views of the publishers or staff. All letters to the editor must be signed and include a daytime phone number got veri cation. No anonymous letters will be published. Submissions are used on a space available basis and may be edited if used. THE KEY PENINSULA NEWS reserves the right to edit all submissions for length and content. Mail letters to: P.O. Box 3, Vaughn, WA 98394, or e-mail to news@keypennews.com. Photo of Mount Rainier in the masthead was taken from the dock in Longbranch by Thomas Morgan, a KP News reader and Key Peninsula resident. son, Jessica Takehara, Rodika Tollefson, Irene Torres, Ted Velas- quez, Steve Whitford, Dan Whit- marsh, Tom Zimmerman. Distribution: Vic Renz, Connie Renz, Phil Bauer, Frank Slater, Bill Dietz, Kevin Reed Guest columnists: Monica Ra- kowski and Bill Trandum Morgan knows there are signi cant barri- ers to people remaining in their homes as they age. Although challenges to aging in place are ongoing, staff and volunteers have made real inroads in serving hundreds of Key Peninsula residents every year. More than a year ago, a longtime supporter of the organization made a major gift to un- dertake a long-desired study to understand both the needs of the community and the nancial feasibility for senior housing. As a result, The Mustard Seed Project had a meet- ing in November at the Key Peninsula Civic Center to explain the results of the study and to plan for the next steps. In the model Morgan favors, 10 residents per household would have their own private bedrooms, which surround a central living, dining and kitchen area. Residents would spend most of their time in the central area, where they could help with meals, engage in activities and visit with family members. A nurse would provide medical supervision but the care would be provided by staff trained to care for elders in a comprehensive way. “We’ll be applying for a predevelopment loan to do all the necessary preliminary plan- ning —to hire a project manager, to secure a site, hire an architect to draw up preliminary plans, and then to hire a contractor,” Morgan said. “We’re aware of affordable loans for the assisted living portion of the project, and can get standard nancing for the other buildings. But there will be a funding gap, and we expect to need to raise nearly $3 million to make this happen. I believe we can do it.” An advisory committee will work with Mor- gan and the board to hire a project manager. According to retired architect Bart Wolfe, “It’s critical to have a good professional team in place to help with due diligence on every step from site selection on throughout the project.” The entire project, once the project man- ager is identi ed, is expected to take about two years. For information about The Mustard Seed Project, visit themustardseedproject.org or call 884-1205. By Rick Sorrels, KP News The vote count between Stan Flem- ming and Derek Young for county councilmember for District 7 is ex- tremely close. A manual recount is required, which will start on Dec. 1. District 7 represents the Key Pen- insula, Gig Harbor Peninsula, and the area just across the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. This councilmember is the most in uential voice and vote that the residents of the Key Peninsula have. Flemming has held the position since elected in 2010. Young, the challenger, served as an elected councilmember for the city of Gig Harbor from Janu- ary 1998 to December 2013. There are 74,490 registered voters in District 7, with 45,562 casting votes in the November General Election, which makes for a 61 percent voter re- sponse rate. At press time, there were only 102 votes separating the two candidates, with Young leading. The law requires a manual recount if the vote separa- tion is less than either one-fourth of one percent of the votes cast, or less than a 150 vote spread. There are still a few overseas ballots trickling in, along with some ballots where the voters forgot to sign, etc, that are being reconciled. The county auditor is required to certify the election results by Nov. 25. This certi cation will be subject to the required manual recount. According to Mike Rooney, the Pierce County electionsmanager, “the manual recount will start on Dec.1, with the nal results available Dec. 4 or 5.” Council seat ballot goes to recount
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