Renton Reporter, October 19, 2012

By DEAN A. RADFORD

dradford@rentonreporter.com

West Hill residents will vote on an issue Nov. 6 that has been up for discussion for most of a decade – whether to annex to the City of Renton.

Tuesday night at a forum at the VFW Hall on Renton Avenue that

was filled to overflow-ing, residents heard from the speakers on both sides of the issue, along with informational presentations by City of Renton, King County and

Fire District 20 officials.But if they choose to annex West

Hill, which includes Skyway, Bryn Mawr, Lakeridge and other neighbor-hoods, they may not actually become Renton residents until sometime in 2014 or even later.

The City of Renton still must formally accept the annexation and there’s no definite deadline in state law to take that action. The issue for the City of Renton is how to pay for services on West Hill.

Under the current analysis, the city would fall about $1.3 million short of what’s necessary to provide daily services in 2013. That shortfall could increase to $4.5 million in 2023 because of the expiration of a sales-tax credit.

The city also must plan for the transition of the city services to West Hill, including critical police and fire services.

“If annexation passes, it will become a priority for us to address all of the transitional issues so that an annexation date can be set,” said Mayor Denis Law in an interview.

In June the City Council voted 4 to 3 to keep the annexation measure on the ballot. Concerns about the impact on services for existing resi-dents was eased because the city has time to figure out how to fill those financial gaps to pay for services.

Tuesday night, the debate at the VFW Hall was impassioned and re-spectful. It was clear the residents are

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By DEAN A. RADFORD

The films are shot and the judging is done.Now comes the easy part: enjoying the 18 films

that were submitted after the epic 50-hour film-making competition in Renton FilmFrenzy V.

And for the film producers and their cast and crew the payoff will come Tuesday, when

the Curvee Awards are presented at the Curvee Awards Gala at the Renton IKEA Peforming Arts Center at Renton High School, 400 S. Second St.

The gala is free; it starts at 7 p.m. Jim Dever with KING-TV will again host the event. The stars of the shows are the four-minute films that will compete for Curvees and cash prizes.

New this year are the edible treats before the gala. Taco Time will have its food truck, “Travel-

er,” that will give away food to the first 250 people attending the gala.

Last year’s popular screening of all films en-tered in FilmFrenzy returns to the Renton Civic Theatre, 507 S. Third St., on Monday. The screen-ing is 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

And still FilmFrenzy Week is still not done. Voting begins Wednesday at Rentonreporter.com for the People’s Choice Award.

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By DEAN A. RADFORD

Renton’s economic picture has brightened, but Mayor Denis Law’s two-year budget proposal for the city that he presented Monday is still facing a $10 million revenue shortfall that will mean staff cuts, some rate increases and other cost-saving measures.

Law’s overall city budget for 2013 and 2014 totals $457 million, with $202 million going to pay for the basic op-erations of the city, such as police, fire, parks and street repair.

The City Council will begin its delib-erations on Law’s budget at a Commit-tee of the Whole meeting at 5 p.m. Oct. 22 at City Hall.

The $5 million project shortfall in each of the two years is due to the in-

creasing cost of doing the city’s business, according to Law.In opening his budget address to the City Council, Law

said the city has addressed many of the challenges brought on by the Great Recession, including significant drops in revenue from the sales tax and property tax.

Those challenges aren’t over, he said, but he believes “we are on the course to recovery.”

To help balance the budget, Law has proposed eliminat-ing 25 city positions, mostly through attrition; two employ-ees will lose their jobs. Since 2008, when the recession took hold, the city has reduced its workforce by 15 percent.

The city will save $3 million during the biennium by increasing employee contributions to their medical costs

Mayor proposes$457M budget, some rate hikes

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eLeCTIon 2012: AnnexIng wesT HILL

Signs on Renton Avenue in Skyway mark the issues facing residents on West Hill in the Nov. 6 general election. Faced with declining support from King County, they’re deciding whether Renton is a better option for them. And, the fire department is asking for tax support to shore up its finances. DeAN A. RADFORD, Renton Reporter

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“If annexation passes, it will become a priority for us to address all of the transitional issues so that an annexation date can be set.” Renton Mayor Denis Law

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Mirante has been named, “Woman of the Year” and Clymer “Woman of Achievement.” Mirante is the interim CEO and president of the Renton Chamber of Commerce, while Clymer is former owner and manager of the shop happydelusions.

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The Renton American Legion Fred Hancock Post and Auxiliary

Unit 19 are inviting area military veterans to an open house at

the Post Hall, 3224 N.E. 12th St., Tuesday, Oct. 23.

There will be a meal at 6:30 p.m., followed by a time for

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The American Legion is the nation’s largest veterans

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Despite a smaller public turnout, the general con-sensus from Tuesday night’s Renton libraries meeting is that dialogue among the City of Renton, King County Library System and the public seems to be improving.

The open house was held to update community members on renovation plans for the downtown and Highlands branch libraries.

Speaking were KCLS di-rector Bill Ptacek; KCLS fa-cilities director Greg Smith; Doug Jacobson, Renton public works and transpor-tation deputy administrator, and Peter Renner, Renton facilities director. Chip Vin-cent, the city’s community and economic development administrator, facilitated the discussion

About 10 people attended at City Hall’s Conference Center.

“It’s too bad there weren’t more people here, but it was a reasonable meeting,” said David Keyes. He is a mem-ber of the Renton Advocacy Coalition, a citizens group that is closely following the city’s library developments.

Keyes, along with other audience members, was glad there was an actual discussion between the speakers and the public. At the last open house meet-ing, there wasn’t, Keyes said.

It was difficult to hear all the questions being posed to the representatives, he said, and there were no KCLS staff members at the previous meeting.

Keyes understands there won’t always be KCLS representatives at the public meetings, but he called this exchange “productive.”

Ptacek explained how the construction and technical teams were currently doing site surveys and structural analysis. He called build-ing a library over a river a “tricky proposition” and said that was fact and not conjecture.

Repeatedly he was pep-pered with detailed and technical questions from the audience that Ptacek said he did not have the expertise to answer.

“If they had the proper technical people to answer these questions that the

people have, they would get more back and forth,” said Paul Ouellette after the meeting.

Ptacek was met with some criticism from the au-dience when he explained that technical experts from the design team could be available at the next meet-ing. He explained they weren’t at a point in the design process to have a technical discussion.

Some members of the audience felt that the next meeting would be too late to weigh in on the design aspects of the downtown library.

“I don’t think you have to worry that the design will be done in a month,”

he said to the concern the public would be locked out of design issues.

Ptacek explained there are some ideas floating about using a raised floor plan to accommodate electrical and heating ven-tilation and air condition systems, but that’s it.

“Not a pencil to paper has come to doing any design work right now,” Ptacek told the audience.

Ptacek did say the design team does not intend to have consensus from the public on every decision that’s made and they won’t be available all the time.

Beth Asher, also of the citizen’s group, expressed concern the design team

was trying to trigger only new construction codes and not treat the construction as a renovation retaining certain characteristics she felt the public deeply ap-preciates about the current library.

Vincent and Ptacek explained Renton city codes for construction and the library system’s intent to create libraries that meet a certain standard.

Keyes reminded the library project representa-tives that it is good taxpayer money that’s going into the projects.

Ptacek explained the amount of involvement with the public that KCLS is allowing is more than its other projects but not dissimilar.

The Highlands project is ahead of the downtown library work but still expe-riencing some hiccups.

That project still remains stalled because of contract work with the Renton Housing Authority, the City of Renton and KCLS that has to be resolved before they can go forward.

The biggest concern from the audience was traffic congestion and right-of-way issues around the proposed Highlands library site. There was also concern for creating a true mix of low-income housing options for the accompany-ing Sunset redevelopment project in the area.

More information about the libraries’ development is available on the City of Renton website. The next meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Nov. 13.

Public, library design team talk

King County Library System Director Bill Ptacek confers with City of Renton representatives after giving an update on library construction plans in the city. TRACEY COMPTON, Renton Reporter

The City of Renton and Renton Rotary Club will host a Thanks-giving Day Celebration for senior citizens Nov. 22.

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Draper Valley Farms is moving operations out of Renton, affecting 66 work-ers.

Draper Valley is based in Mount Vernon and pro-duces free-range, hormone-free chicken.

Spokesman Joe Forst-hoffer said Coleman Natural Foods purchased Draper Valley about three years ago and the current lease in the Renton facility is running out.

Forsthoffer said the Renton facility is mostly used for distribution and weigh price labeling. Some meat is also injected with flavor for deli customers

who want specific flavors.The company is currently

moving product back and forth between Renton and Mount Vernon, and a new facility became available

close to the processing plant in Mount Vernon.

“The big disadvantage is having to transport product all the way through the busy Seattle corridor to Renton,”

Forsthoffer said. “There’s an added cost, of course, in that, plus it’s putting more truck traffic on the road. Also, with a fresh product, the sooner you can get it to the customer, the better.”

Forsthoffer said the new facility will hire roughly the same number of people back.

“There’s a huge economic advantage,” Forsthoffer said of the new location. “We are hoping as many people as possible from the Renton facility will decide to go with us to Mount Vernon.”

The transition is expected to be completed Dec. 8.

Draper Valley Farms was founded in 1935 and has farms throughout Washing-ton and Oregon.

Draper Valley moving from Renton

Alaska Airlines has ordered 50 Renton-built 737s, valued at $5 bil-lion and the largest order ever by the airlines.

Boeing and the Seattle-based airlines announced the firm order last week for 20 737 MAX 8s, 17 737 MAX 9s and 13 Next-Generation 737-900ERs.

The order brings the total number of 737 MAX orders to date to 858 airplanes.

“This order positions us for growth and ensures that we’ll continue to operate the quietest and most fuel-efficient aircraft available for the foreseeable future. That means our customers will continue to enjoy a comfortable in-flight experience, low fares and excellent on-time perfor-mance,” Alaska Airlines President and CEO Brad Tilden said in a press release.

“We value our longstanding rela-

tionship with Boeing and look for-ward to painting ‘Proudly All Boeing’ on the nose of our aircraft for many, many years into the future,” he said.

The 737 MAX is a new-engine vari-ant of the world’s best-selling airplane and builds on the strengths of today’s Next-Generation 737. The 737 MAX incorporates the latest-technology CFM International LEAP-1B engines to deliver the highest efficiency, reliability and passenger comfort in the single-aisle market. Airlines operating the 737 MAX will see a 13 percent fuel-use improvement over

today’s most fuel-efficient single-aisle airplanes and an 8 percent operating cost per seat advantage over tomor-row’s competition.

“The 737 MAX will be a great ad-dition to Alaska Airlines’ all-Boeing 737 fleet,” said Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Ray Conner. “It will build on the strong record of operational and financial performance that Alaska Airlines has established with the 737 family. This order demonstrates our hometown airline’s strong commitment to oper-ate the most fuel-efficient single-aisle airplanes in the market today and in the future.”

Alaska Airlines currently operates 120 Boeing 737s. The new order, plus 25 existing firm delivery positions, gives the carrier the flexibility to manage the size of its fleet to meet air travel demand over the next decade, according to the Boeing press release.

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Boeing has begun assembling the first refueling boom for the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation aerial refueling tanker aircraft in the KC-46 Boom Assembly Center that opened at Boeing Field in Seattle.

Boom assembly marks the program’s shift to production from design activities.

The first boom will enter testing during the third quarter of 2013 at a System Integration Lab (SIL), known as SIL 0. It is one of five labs designed to reduce risk for avionics and aerial refueling integration. Boeing invented the air refuel-ing boom and has been building, upgrading and modifying them for more than 60 years.

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A Renton man allegedly harassed a woman by driving by and yelling at her multiple times Oct. 1.

The 54-year-old woman was in the front yard of her home when a car screeched to a stop in front her house. The 44-year-old driver then started to curse and yell at the woman, calling her names and identifying himself as Lucifer. She told him to leave and he drove off. He returned a few minutes later with a camera and told the woman to “smile for the camera.” He then threatened to “roll over” her house. She then called 911.

When police caught up with the man he said he was manic depressive and that the Renton cops were out to get him. No arrest was made.

Man reports possible break-in due to penny

A Renton man reported a possible break-in to his apartment Oct. 2.

The 24-year-old said the front window to his apartment was broken about a month ago. Since then, he has been using tape and plastic to secure the window. As a detection measure, he placed a penny on the table next to the window. When he returned in the afternoon the penny was on the ground. He believed the only way that could have happened is if someone crawled in through the tape and plas-tic window covering.

The man said he believed his sister’s ex-husband is the one who broke in. He claimed the ex-husband is home-less and breaks in to the apartment to shower during the day. He could pro-vide no evidence that the bathroom or shower had been used during the day.

Man shot by airsoft pistol on street

A Renton man was shot with an airsoft pistol Oct. 1.

The 21-year-old was walking west-bound on Houser Way South when four males approached him. One of

them started shooting him with an airsoft pistol. The man said he was shot about 15 times. He said the shots hurt, but he was not injured.

Officers were unable to track down the four males.

Street racer tries to outrun police

A Seattle man was arrested for street racing Sept. 30.

Officers saw several vehicles parked along Houser Way, then heard cars ac-celerating and tires breaking traction. Upon closer inspection, they saw two cars lined up next to each other with a man standing in the middle. Then they heard someone yell “cops.” The crowd started to run away and cars started driving away in all directions.

After turning on their lights, several cars pulled over, but one started to accelerate away. As officers followed, the car swerved into oncoming traffic and eventually stopped. As the officer got out of his car, the suspect took off again.

After a few moments, the car pulled over again. The 20-year-old driver did not have insurance. Officers arrested him for reckless driving-racing, oper-ating a vehicle without insurance and failure to obey an officer.

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A Federal Way woman was robbed outside of a Money Tree Sept. 29.

The 56-year-old woman parked and tried to enter the Money Tree on Rainier Avenue when she felt what she thought was a gun pressed to her back. Then a male voice instructed her to give him the envelope she was carrying along with a derogatory term. She handed over the envelope to a second suspect, which she said contained $560 of her rent money. The suspects then fled.

She was unable to provide a de-scription of the suspects and there is no surveillance camera in the area.

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A Kent man was arrested for drug-related activities Sept. 29.

Officers responded to a call that a man and a woman were shooting heroin on the big toy at Cascade Park. As officers approached on foot, they could hear the two arguing and men-tion the word “dose.” The 23-year-old woman started to walk away and when she saw the officers, she alerted the 25-year-old man to their presence.

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An Auburn man was arrested for domestic assault Sept. 29.

The 53-year-old man was living with his girlfriend in a van in the Fred Meyer parking lot. A neighbor called the police when she heard yelling, banging and pushing in the van.

The neighbor approached the van to see if the 57-year-old girlfriend needed help, but the boyfriend pulled the girlfriend back from the window by her hair. He also squeezed and bruised her arms, to keep her from talking about the trouble.

Police arrested the man for fourth- degree domestic assault. He claimed his girlfriend was making up the story because he told her “he loved his freedom more than he loved her” the previous day.

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Even a second grader can tell you the word “veteran” comes before the word “voting” in the dictionary. But they probably don’t realize the significance of that order other than it is gram-matically correct.

We are exercising our right to vote with the arrival of our ballot in the mail. Hard to believe it took almost 200 years (1775 – 1971) for ev-eryone over the age of 18 to be allowed to vote, a necessary and key component in maintain-ing our freedom and democracy over all these years.

The Continental Army, by defeating England in the American Revolu-tionary War, established our right to representation by allowing white men of property to vote. Union and confederate soldiers fought a bloody Civil War opening the way for black men to vote. Members of the Women’s Suffragette

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On Memorial Day in May, I make a point to visit veterans in their “foxhole,” better known as VFW No. 1263 at 416 Burnett Ave. S. After all the ceremonies are over, these vets come together to break bread, raise a glass and share in one another’s company.

This is also one day that the “friendlies” (aka the public) are invited to join them.

It is here that I met Carlos Almeda, cur-rently the state commander for the Veterans of Foreign Wars. His humble demeanor hides the fact that he performed one of the most danger-ous, if not gutsiest jobs of the Vietnam War – a tunnel rat.

Carlos introduced me to Glenn Bowers,

a World War II Navy vet. Glenn, the proud recipient of nine Bronze Star Medals, is also the recipient of skin cancer resulting in the loss of one eye, due to serving on Navy ships for many years.

It is here I also met Paul Babcock who lost his hearing to malaria during the Korean War. Paul’s recent passing reminds us that it won’t be long before we lose this rich history of previous wars and personal stories of those who fought them.

The main focus of the VFW is to provide and look out for their “band of brothers and sisters” not only socially, but mentally and physically.

But if you check out their website, www.vfw1263.com, you will see they are also very active in the community. Their calendar shows monthly breakfasts, weekly dances and the oc-casional dinners open to the public. You also find information on scholarships and prizes provided for grades 3-12 in essay contests.

Further, they begin collecting Christmas cards in November to be handed out to veterans at the VA Hospital in Seattle. If presented to them, they will properly dispose of your worn out flag. And, they proudly provide honor guards for fallen heroes.

Many of us who never served or personally know a veteran can mistakenly think it was “their” war, not “our” war. But if you reflect on how your right to vote came about, it might be-come more personal. So on Nov. 6 – vote. Then on Nov. 11 thank those who made it possible.

The doors of the foxhole will once again be open to “friendlies” from 11 a.m. till closing. Why not drop in and get to know these interest-ing veterans. Their stories help us to realize there is flesh and blood in every war and heal-ing continues long after a war is over. I guaran-tee you a very humbling experience.

Tish Gregory is a free-lance writer. She can be reached at tishgregory@aol.com

Whoever replaces Margarita Prentice as state senator in the 11th District will have big shoes to fill.

She embodied the spirit of a true representative of the people, someone with passion and compassion, someone with a deep understanding of her communities and someone who stood her ground.

It’s probably not fair to judge her potential replace-ments against her. But it’s imperative that the next 11th District senator at least holds the same values that got her re-elected for decades.

Through her personal endorsement, Prentice thinks that state Rep. Bob Hasegawa can do the job and so does the Renton Reporter.

Hasegawa has a worthy opponent for the Senate seat, Kristin Thompson of Renton, a dental hygienist who has been involved in various efforts to improve the Renton School District.

But her Republican values, while expressed articu-lately, still don’t fit those of the 11th District as well as Hasegawa’s do, even though through redistricting the district has become a little more conservative.

Hasegawa has served for six years in the state House of Representatives representing the 11th District that runs through the southern part of Renton, Tukwila and the Beacon Hill area of Seattle.

Hasegawa, who owned a house in east Renton before buying his family home on Beacon Hill, has built a reputation as an advocate for education, the aerospace industry and the working class, all important to the 11th District.

Yes, he’s willing to raise revenues (tax increase) to help meet the state’s pressing needs, but at the same time he also wants assurance that our tax dollars are well spent. Thompson talks of living

within the state’s means; unfortunately, that means that some, possibly many state residents won’t receive the services they need because of a sour economy.

Hasegawa and Thompson share an understanding of the importance of early childhood education and the need to train and retrain the region’s workforce. But Hasegawa comes with a different mindset when talk turns to actually fully funding that education.

Paying for a child’s education is more than just provid-ing them with a chair and a desk. Many children come to school not ready to learn, because they are hungry or tired from spending another night in the car. Hasegawa looks at the whole child and how best to feed them, to house them and to support their parents.

Thompson does a pretty good job of making her case. She’s hoping the 11th District has changed enough to give a Republican a chance. We don’t think so. Hasegawa did better than he expected in the primary. Still, she’s engaging and mostly informed and may well have a place someday in state Legislature.

Now, Hasegawa brings much-needed experience and clout to the Legislature. He’s filling an important leadership position in Renton’s legislative delegation, something he needs to tend carefully.

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Renton Firefighters Union Local 864 is proud to announce the following endorse-ments for the November elections:

5th Legislative District:Senate: Mark MullettHouse: Jay Rodne11th Legislative District: Senate: Bob HasegawaHouse: Steve Bergquist, Zach Hudgins41st Legislative District: Senate: Maureen JudgeHouse: Marcie Maxwell, Judy Clibborn47th Legislative District:House: Bud Sizemore, Pat SullivanGovernor: Jay InsleeAttorney general: Reagan DunnLieutenant governor: Brad OwenState treasurer: Brad McIntireAs firefighters, our job is to protect and

serve the public. When we evaluate candi-dates running for public office, we look for with the same passion and dedication to the people of Renton, King County, and the state of Washington that we have. We want our public officials to believe in the work we do by supporting us and the people we serve. We feel the above candidates do this and we have put our full support behind them and their campaigns.

We encourage all citizens to carefully evaluate each candidate to determine if they truly act in the best interests of the public and public safety. Be sure the candi-dates you choose are working to protect the public, not their own special interests. Most importantly no matter what your views we encourage you to vote.

Thank you for taking the time to con-sider the input of your local firefighters.

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Resident not convinced annexation good idea

On Nov. 6, residents of the long-inde-pendent West Hill neighborhood will vote on whether they wish to be annexed by the City of Renton. As one of those residents, I have to say I’m not convinced. We’re told, for example, that by joining up our local 911 service would dramatically improve. Really? On June 19 2012, Mayor Denis Law was quoted in the Renton Patch as saying: “The [West Hill] has to provide for itself. We’re not going to pull police units from the Highlands or downtown to cover the Hill.” Potential annexees may also know that, after literally years of debate on the subject, the final decision to put the initia-tive on the ballot went through by only a 4-3 vote of the City Council, and even then over the expressed reservations of the mayor – hardly, perhaps, the most ringing endorsement. Then there’s also the small matter of how, exactly, the City of Renton might actually pay to serve some 33,000 new residents. Readers of the Reporter won’t need to be reminded that the state re-cently put a $4.2 million bite on their city’s budget, and that funding for even basic amenities like schools and libraries is in a worse state than at any time since the Great Depression. If a cruise ship you happen to be sailing on hits a severe and prolonged

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In the first 45 days since Edna Travis’ son, Devontae Keith, attended Renton’s Secondary Learning Center, she has noticed a change in him.

He gets up in the morn-ing and goes to school, he brings home homework and has even started com-pleting his homework on the computer.

“I’ve seen a big change in my son and it made me come out tonight because usually I don’t go to school things,” said Travis. “But, if he’s trying, I’m going to try and get involved too.”

Travis and her son were among many families who came out to celebrate the opening of the district’s Secondary Learning Center on West Hill, in unincor-porated King County. The celebration on Oct. 11 also brought out the center’s faculty and Superinten-dent Mary Alice Heuschel, Renton Mayor Denis Law, state Rep. Marcie Maxwell, state Rep. Sharon Tomiko

Santos, Renton School Board members and Dep-uty King County Executive Fred Jarrett.

Steve Gerkey, a sci-ence teacher at the center, greeted former colleagues amongst the large crowd that had gathered outside the school preparing for the ribbon-cutting and opening of the doors.

“It’s a lot of reunions,” Gerkey said. “People have been coming here for a lot of years.”

Gerkey named 30 years worth of former admin-istrators who were in at-tendance at the open house Oct. 11.

The Secondary Learn-ing Center, the district’s non-traditional high school program, was built on the site of Black River High School, which had housed the program since 1980. Two years ago, Black River was demolished and some of the students dispersed to Sartori Education Center and other high schools.

The center is unique in not only the programs it offers the students, but also

because of its design that features energy conserva-tion measures.

The school offers basic education programs in innovative classes with web-based programs. It has, for example, seven Career Tech Education teachers on site, with an IT Academy. Students are able to take tests on site to get industry certification on skills in networking and software.

There is a full-time instructor for the culinary arts program and a produc-tion art program, focused on the workplace applica-tion of art.

The latter program has a graphic design component, but also ceramics.

In addition, the school has solar panels, rain gar-dens to collect water runoff, geo-thermal heating fea-tures, and an eco-friendly roof that reuses rainwater to flush toilets. The building communicates its energy efficiency with light meters and other tools for moni-toring.

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Rotary Club of Renton has selected their teachers of the Month for october.

• Janet Fisher is a second-grade teacher at Kennydale Elementary School.

She attended Central Washington University, where she earned a bachelor of arts and K-8 teaching certificate, then earned a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from City University. Before joining the Renton team, she taught in the tukwila School district for more than a decade and also taught courses at City University. Fisher has been teaching in Renton for 13 years.

• Joseph Day is a math teacher at Nelsen Middle School.

day attended eastern Mennonite University in harrisonburg, Va., where he earned a bachelor’s degree in education and K-8 certification. he spent five years teaching fifth grade in Virginia before moving to Washington. this is day’s 13th year teaching in Renton.

• Neal Hanson is a first-grade teacher at Talbot Hill Elementary School.

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degree in english, creative writing. he then continued his education at the University of Washington to earn his master’s degree in teaching. Prior to teaching in Renton, hanson worked for a few non-profits working on development and fundraising at the Seattle Children’s home and at the Puget Sound Community School.

A luncheon is held at the Maplewood Golf Course to recognize Rotary’s teachers of the Month. teachers are introduced, given the op-portunity to speak about their classrooms and given a $200 gift certificate for instructional supplies.

Renton Rotary has selected their Youth of the Month for october.

• Vicki Tang is senior at Hazen High School. She holds a 4.0 grade point average. tang has been involved

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• Chi Ta is a senior at Lindbergh High School. She holds a 3.5 GPA. ta has been a member distributive

education Clubs of America, as president, Future Business Leaders of America, Key Club, Associated Student Body officer positions, ignite Mentoring, international Club, and national honor Society. ta has received deCA national first place, FBLA award for public speaking and first place in a Boeing writing contest. She volunteers with the Vietnamese School in Seattle

as a teachers assistant. She hopes to attend Western Wash-ington University or Seattle University to study business and marketing. ta would like to one day join the marketing team for either Boeing or Microsoft.

• Jordan Bowens is a senior at Renton High School.

he holds a 3.5 GPA. Bowen is involved with Key Club, as vice president, student council officer positions, national honor Society and drama club. he has received outstanding Jazz Musician, outstanding delegate, evergreen Boys State, honor roll, and outstanding Junior Award. Bowen has volunteered with Relay For Life and Key Club. he plans to attend Columbia University, Vassar, Syracuse or new York University to earn a degree in english. Bowen aspires to become a high school english teacher and hopes to work his way up to becoming a superintendent and possibly working in Washington, d.C. with the department of education.

Rotary members recognize three Renton School district high school students each month as Youth of the Month. the award is given to students who possess leadership abilities, maintain a good grade point average, participate in school activities and volunteer in their community.

Gerkey. “The kids that are in most need often get kind of the broken-down buildings. And to have the district and the community create something this special for the kids who are the neediest, it is really great.”

Luis Martinez is a junior at the center and gave tours with other fellow students at Thursday’s open house. Gerkey is his favorite teacher and he considers the teachers at the Secondary Learning Center like family.

“It’s amazing, it’s beautiful,” Martinez said of the school. “It’s a whole new look from Sartori, because Sartori was like an old structure. This is amazing; I’m speechless.”

From southern California, Martinez loves

Renton because he calls it calm. He has been taking advantage of the culinary program at the center and hopes to maybe one day become a chef.

The kudos on the design of the building and the program’s efforts came not only from staff, students and dignitaries, but community members as well.

“It’s a very amazing school,” said Miranda Tramble. She attended the event as an ambas-sador for the Renton Chamber of Commerce. Tramble works with Costco, but used to be a para-educator at Lakeridge Elementary School.

“It’s going to lift up their spirits and their confidence in themselves,” she said. “And they will be able to achieve what they’re here for.”

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For the past couple of years I’d heard stories of a U.S. government monetary facility located some-where in Renton.

Was it a mint? A treasury? A bank?

Where was it located? By The Landing? Near Boeing?

These “stories” seemed as sur-real as pirates returning from sea yelling stories about beautiful women with fish tales.

So I decided to find out if the stories were true. I mean where exactly is this big bank in Renton?

“You can’t miss the building as there’s nothing else around it except open land,” Steven Fisher, regional program manager at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and my designated tour guide told me in an email.

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I found The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. The Fed bought the land from Boeing in 2008 and built a new high-tech facility (which from the distance resembles a college campus) that opened in 2011.

I wasn’t sure what to expect when I pulled my minivan up to the security outpost. Things got serious pretty quick when a fed-eral police officer with a big gun greeted me. Behind him and a set of intimidating gates were these huge cement pylons sticking out of the ground like Greek columns.

After my identity and purpose were verified, the officer conduct-ed a full search inside my vehicle.

After I was cleared, some magic button was pressed, the arms of the gate lifted and the concrete pylons slowly descended back down into the earth.

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across immaculately manicured grounds in a creepy, where-are-all-the-birds-George Orwell-1984-kind of quiet.

Where were all the people? I wondered.

Inside the building a guard encased in a bullet-proof steel box breathed into a microphone.

“It’s like airplane security. Place all your belongings on the con-veyer belt and walk through the metal detector.”

Clearing another security checkpoint I walked inside the plush inner sanctum — wonder-ing if it was OK to throw my gum in the empty pristine garbage can.

Still being watched, I decided to go for it. It was just gum after all, not explosive C4 . . . at least I hoped.

Waiting for my guide I started to snoop around at the historical photos and documents on the wall. They told the story of how the Federal Reserve Building San Francisco had come to Renton af-ter 57 years in downtown Seattle.

I had moved on to the display case of five and ten thousand bills when Fisher came down.

“Do regular people ever come here?” I asked as we took the stairs up to the conference room.

“We do tours.”Judging by the level of secu-

rity and the absolute absence of

any people it was hard to imag-ine throngs of people walking through these halls.

“Not many,” Fisher added.“Has the bank ever been

robbed?” I asked.“No.” Fisher said holding the

door to the conference room where I would watch a historical power-point presentation. There was a lot to learn, but bottom line: the Federal Reserve is a collection of 12 regional and 24 branches strategically located across the country.

They are the banks’ bank. Which in laymen’s terms, they hold tons of money.

When I had asked enough of what I felt were serious questions, I got to the only one I was really interested in.

“Show me the $$$$!” I wanted to cry out Cuba Gooding Jr./Tom Cruise style.

But settled on, “So, umm, ex-actly how much is in the vault?”

I tried not to look like a salivat-ing jackal.

“I can’t say,” Fisher said. Sens-ing my disappointment he added, “A lot. Are you ready to see?”

The vault itself is three stories encased in concrete reminiscent of the underground bunker be-neath the White House where the president is ushered in the event of a nuclear war.

We waited in front of a compli-cated looking revolving door for my police escort.

“Sorry, but you can’t bring your notebook and pencil. In the counting room you’ll need to keep your hands out of your pockets.” Fisher said, his eyes pointing at my hands stuffed in my jean pockets.

“Of course, now that you’ve told me not to put my hands in my pockets I won’t be able to stop,” I said trying to sound flip as we walked through more click-ing locks, plate glass, and video cameras.

Knowing your every move is being monitored as a potential thief is intimidating and very exciting.

At last I saw people. According to Fisher, there are 95 employees at the branch.

The movies can’t prepare you for what I saw in the “cash rooms.”

The cash rooms are bullet-proof rooms where employees process cash that is brought in by armored car. Pallets of cash deposits are brought into a room accessible from the outside. Once the armored car has exited, the outer door is closed and the door on the inside is opened for Fed employees to verify the deposit and count the cash. The reverse is

done when banks need money.Since I wasn’t allowed to take a

picture, imagine the laundry bins that housekeepers use in hotels. The cash room is filled with those laundry bins but instead of clean-ing sprays, broom handles and toiletries the cash bins are loaded with bundles of cash that are stored in the vault.

The vault is the epicenter of the whole operation and when I peeked inside the image that came to mind was the government warehouse where they took the crated ark in “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” The vault is fully automated with a state-of-the-art robotics system that handles the carts.

According to Fisher, Each cart can hold 420 bundles and the vault has the capacity to hold 1,800 carts.

If the bundles were $100 bills, each cart would hold approxi-mately $46 million.

According to research, approxi-mately $1.1 billion per month is processed at the vault, although Fed officials will not disclose the exact dollar amount held at any given time.

“I told you the photo would be limited,” Steven said not unsym-pathetically at the end of our tour. It was like he had read my mind: the photo op I wanted was of me sitting criss-cross apple sauce atop a mountain of cash.

Instead, he clicked a picture of me standing outside of the build-ing in the only “safe” shot that didn’t reveal any secrets.

Despite any proof, I’ve had a great time recounting my tale of adventure at the Federal Reserve Bank. Describing mountains of cash, 007 security . . . it was all very exciting and I realized sounded a bit like the pirate tales of exotic mermaids.

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Today (Friday), Renton High School celebrates Homecoming.

Festivities begin with the annual parade, which starts at 5:30 p.m. at the school and travels down South Third Street to Logan Avenue and concludes at Renton Stadium.

The parade features the royalty court: Freshmen Rachelle Ibanez and Isaac Leng; Sophomores Niaemoney Smith and Tony Pham; Juniors Tay-

lor Farris and Jonathan Pendleton; Seniors Angelica Chu, Cynthia Fang, Vianca Lazaro, Jordan Bowens, Josh Mehlhaff and Leondrae Morris.

Renton High’s new king and queen will be announced Friday.

There will also be a tailgate party and barbecue, which begins at 6 p.m. in the stadium parking lot and will be hosted by Friends of Renton High School volunteers. It is free for

all RHS students and staff and $5 is suggested for all others. The menu includes barbecued hot dogs or ham-burgers, chips, soda and more.

Homecoming will culminate with a match up between the Renton High Indians, who will host the Ev-ergreen High School Wolverines.

More information is available at facebook.com/FriendsofRenton-HighSchool.

Downtown parade to mark Renton High HomecomingThe King County Fire Marshal has lifted a Phase 1

burn ban as of Tuesday morning, in conjunction with King County Fire Chiefs’ Association.

A burn ban was activated for unincorporated King County on July 15, and applied to all outdoor burning except for small recreational fires in established fire pits at approved camp grounds or private property with the owner’s permission.

For more information on local fire restrictions, the public can call 1-800-323-BURN or visit the King County Fire Marshal Services website at www.king-county.gov/property/FireMarshal/BurnBanInfo.aspx

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The 2012 International Skating Union Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series is coming Friday through Sunday to the ShoWare Center in Kent.

The 2012 Hilton Honors Skate America will feature an international field of ath-letes. All four reigning U.S. champions will compete, including 2011 World ice-danc-ing champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White. Alena Leonova, of Russia, the 2012 World silver medalist, also will compete.

A current listing of all athletes is avail-able at www.2012skateamerica.com.

The event could draw as many as 15,000 fans to ShoWare Center.

The ShoWare Center will have a capac-ity of 3,940 for each session of the com-petition. Many of the arena’s 6,000-seat capacity will be taken up for production

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Skate America for a third time. The 2008 event in Everett set an attendance record, welcoming nearly 30,000 fans, while 2002 Skate America in Spokane had the second-highest attendance at nearly 29,000 specta-tors.

The annual event is expected to draw hundreds of athletes, coaches, officials, domestic and international media and figure skating fans to the Kent area. Recent events have been held in Ontario, Calif., Portland, Ore., and Lake Placid, N.Y.

NBC will broadcast live coverage of Skate America from 1-3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 21.

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• At King County Com-munity Service Centers if paid by check for the exact amount due. Taxpayers can find the address, phone number, and operating hours of the center in their neighborhood by visiting www.kingcounty.gov/op-erations/csc.aspx.

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reducing how much the city pays in medical insurance premiums.

Law said the city has worked with the city’s unions “to find a way to reduce costs and save jobs.”

Finally, the city would increase fees for business licenses, the first since 1988, and for the impact of new development that will phase in after 2014. The city will charge insurance companies a medical-transport fee.

Separately, the City Council is con-sidering an increase in the city’s utility rates of 5 percent in each of the bien-nium’s two years for water, wastewater, surface water and solid waste.

The additional money is needed to cover debt, improve the city’s utility systems and maintain a balance in the utility funds.

Those rate increases would mean an average family’s total utility bill would increase $4.53 in 2013 to $95.45 and $4.77 in 2014 to $100.22.

In 2013 those rate increases would raise $2.3 million and in 2014, $2.4 million.

Also proposed is a 0.8 percent increase in the utility tax for water, surface water and solid waste that will

go to the general fund, which pays for the daily operations of the city. The increase is covered by savings within the utility divisions and will not be included in utility bills.

Law also pointed to some of the good economic news in the city:

• Growth in businesses and increase in jobs – 200 new firms have located to Renton during the past year and 6,000 new jobs have been added in two years.

• Commercial vacancy rates remain significantly lower than in other cities in the Puget Sound region.

• The Landing continues to add new businesses every month and sales for the businesses at The Landing are up 15 percent over last year.

• The city continues to see an increase in housing sales and has 380 permit requests for new single-family homes.

• The Boeing Co.’s decision to build the 737 MAX in Renton and the increased production of the 737 Next Generation have resulted in more than 1,000 new jobs in Renton, with hundreds of future jobs expected.

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The Renton City Council has set the following schedule to consider the 2013-2014 city budget proposal from Mayor Denis Law.

• 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 22, budget overview begins with city services and department presentations before the Committee of the Whole

• 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 22, City Council first reading of the utility rates ordinance

• 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 5, continuation of city services and department presenta-tions before the Committee of the Whole

7 p.m., Monday, Nov. 5, public hearing on the budget before the City Council. Possible enactment of the utility rate ordinance

• 7 p.m., Monday, Nov. 19, first reading of ordinances related to the budget by the City Council, including property tax levy

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Local artists’ exhibits are scheduled for five week periods of approximately 16 - 24 pieces of artwork, depending on size.

Carco Theatre, adjacent to the Renton Community Center, is located at 1717 Maple Valley Highway at the intersection of I-405 and Maple Valley Highway.

Theatre hours of operation are 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, with additional viewing on show nights.

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King County Elections mailed more than 1.16 million ballots to voters Wednesday in the Nov. 6 general election.

Those ballots should already be arriving today in mailboxes throughout King County. The county already sent about 15,000 ballots to voters living overseas and those serving in the military to allow extra time for delivery.

This is the first presidential election since King County began voting by mail and since Washington became an all vote by mail state.

“Voters should watch for their ballots in the mail and contact us if they haven’t received it by Monday, Oct. 22,” said Sherril Huff, Elec-tions Director. “We anticipate a high turnout, and we encourage all voters to get their ballots voted and returned no later than the Election Day deadline — the earlier, the better.”

King County voters also were receiving their voters’ pamphlet in the mail this week. Voters will receive two voters’ pamphlets, a local one from King County and a state one from the

Office of the Secretary of State. Voters’ pam-phlets are available online, at Seattle and King County libraries, and at the Elections office in Renton.

You can vote and return your ballot as soon as you receive it. Ballots can be returned through the Postal Service, which requires a first class stamp, or they may be returned to any of the 15 ballot drop-off locations open for this election. Ballots must be postmarked by Nov. 6 or returned to a ballot drop box by 8:00 p.m. on election day.

The county will use ballot drop-off vans as temporary drop-off locations again this elec-tion. The staffed vans first debuted in the Au-gust primary and will be at Kirkland City Hall, West Seattle Stadium and the University of Washington from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. the Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday before election day, and from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. on election day. Ballots can also be returned to accessible voting centers during their business hours.

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A huge crowd filled the meeting room at the VFW Hall in Skyway Tuesday night to learn more about the pros and cons of annexation to the City of Renton. dean a. RadFoRd, Renton Reporter

To safeguard the structural integrity of the Cedar River I-type floodwall near Renton Municipal Airport, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, is clearing all woody vegetation within 15 feet of the I-wall starting next week.

The $65,000 federally funded project will bring the structure into compliance with Corps guidance focused on the structural performance and reliability of I-wall flood risk projects by mandating a 15-foot vegetation-free zone.

A May 2006 Seattle District inspection using the Corps’ national criteria found the structure did not meet the Corps current standards for I-walls because of numerous trees growing in the 15-foot zone on the riverside of the levee.

Vegetation clearing is expected to begin Monday and be complete by the end of the month. Work involves the removal of 220 trees, 136 of which are 6 inches or larger in diameter at breast height (DBH), and clearing all vegetation within 15 feet of the I-wall. Outside the 15-foot vegetation-free zone, approxi-mately 40 trees will remain to provide limited riparian habitat to species in the Cedar River.

To help offset impacts of vegetation removal, willow stakes are being planted at 12-inch spacing along 200 feet at the project site upstream of the floodwall.

In addition, two planting ar-eas have been identified to off-set the loss of tree cover at the project site. Willow stakes will be planted at 12-inch spacing along 1,620 feet on the right bank opposite the vegetation removal. The second plant-ing site is upstream from the project site at city of Renton’s Ron Regis Park.

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concerned about what will happen to their police and fire services.

Paul Berry, who has lived on West Hill for more than 40 years, represented those opposed to an-nexation. He warned of reduction in fire and police services if West Hill annexes. And, he pointed out the annexation is not inevitable –

but it is forever.He said residents would pay

higher taxes, but fewer services.“This is not in your best inter-

est,” he said.Dian Ferguson has been active

in West Hill for nearly 25 years. She spoke in favor of annexation, pointing to the hope and oppor-tunity the West Hill would have as part of Renton.

“I would say we have lots of

potential,” she said.Jay Covington, the City of

Renton chief administrative of-ficer, gave a detailed explanation of city services and was asked the most questions by the audience.

The city, he said, also sees great potential in West Hill. He pointed to the expertise of the city’s economic development team that will be key to building West Hill’s tax base.

Karen Wolf, a land-use plan-ner for King County for more than 20 years, explained why the county is supporting annexation. The county, she said, is not in the business of providing urban-level services; its budget and services are more geared to rural areas.

Right now, the county is spend-ing $1.2 million more for services that it’s collecting in revenue from West Hill.

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The No. 2 Seamount seed plays the No. 2 Olympic seed Nov. 3 at Silverdale Stadium at 12 p.m. The No. 3 Seamount seed plays the No. 1 SPSL seed Nov. 3 at Franklin Pierce at 2 p.m.

All district games are winner-to-state, loser-out.

Seamount 2A standings:Renton (6-3, 6-3)Lindbergh (10-3, 6-2)Tyee (2-7-1, 2-7-1)Foster (2-8-1, 2-7-1)Evergreen (0-8, 0-7)

SPSL 2A standings:Sumner (13-0, 11-0)Fife (9-2, 8-2)White River (6-6, 6-5)Steilacoom (6-7, 6-5)Orting (5-7, 5-5)Franklin Pierce (4-7, 4-6)Clover Park (0-11, 0-12)Washington (3-8, 2-8)

Olympic 2A standings:Klahowya (13-0, 11-0)North Kitsap (8-2-1, 8-1)Olympic (8-4-1, 7-3)Kingston (5-7, 5-6)Sequim (3-5-2, 3-5-2)

Port Angeles (3-7-1, 3-6-1)

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Lindbergh:The Eagles have the

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Renton:The Indians are much

improved over last year. They struggle against the top-tier league teams, but are clearly better than the bottom-tier league teams. Renton’s biggest change this season is the ability to score. They have topped seven goals in six games this season.

Last state appearance: none

Seamount 3AThe top two Seamount

3A teams will play in the subdistrict tournament Oct. 31. The No. 1 Sea-mount seed plays the No. 2 SPSL seed at either Renton Stadium (if Hazen) or Highline (if Kennedy) at 7 p.m. Winner and loser will advance to districts. The No. 2 Seamount seed will

play the No. 4 SPSL seed at Sunset Stadium at 5:30 p.m. It is a winner-to-districts, loser-out game.

Seamount 3A standings:Kennedy (9-4-1, 7-1)Hazen (9-3-1, 6-2)Highline (5-7, 4-4)

SPSL 3A standings:Enumclaw (10-3, 6-1)Bonney Lake (7-4-1, 5-2)Auburn Mountainview

(7-4-1, 4-3)Peninsula (5-4, 3-2)Decatur (1-8, 1-5)Lakes (3-8, 0-8)

Hazen:The Highlanders have

also set themselves up for playoff intensity with a tough non-league sched-ule. Cameron Devereux has stepped in for all-state goalkeeper Priscilla Yu very well, totaling five shutouts this season - tied for the league lead. Hazen also has good balance on offense, with six players that have four goals or more.

Last state appearance: 1993

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Holiday Craft BazaarSaturday, October 27, 2011

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Liberty’s Kiana Hafferty goes after a ball against Seattle Prep in the 3A state championship game last fall. AdAm mcfAdden, Renton Reporter

Playoff preview: soccer

The Lindbergh boys and girls cross-coun-try teams both won Seamount titles at the Seamount League Meet Saturday.

The top three girls teams were Lindbergh with 18 points, Kennedy with 58 and Renton at 67. The top boys teams: Lindbergh (38), Hazen (51), Renton (75).

Lindbergh's Mohamud Abdi blew away the competition in the boys race, with a time of 16 minutes, 24 seconds. He beat the second-place runner by 36 seconds.

Other local top 10 finishers in the boys race: Daniel Karpman (Hazen, third), Brian Reilly (Renton, fourth), Colton Maddy (Lindbergh, fifth), Marshall Melrose (Hazen, sixth), Mitchell Hughey (Lindbergh, eighth)

and Omelyan Strembitskyy (Lindbergh, ninth).

Lindbergh's Thuong Nguyen won the girls race with a time of 21:30.

Other local top 10 finish-ers: Christine Villanueva

(Lindbergh, fourth), Cindy Huynh (Lind-bergh, sixth), Sassney Obregon (Lindbergh, eighth), Ariel Hodges (Lindbergh, ninth) and Kristin Ericksen (Hazen, 10th).

Hazen freshman Gorav Singh won the boys JV race, while Hazen senior Ashley Selover won the girls JV race.

The sub-district meet is Oct. 20 at Fort Steilacoom.

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Abdi, Nguyen win league titles

Lindbergh’s Mohamud Abdi nears the finish line at the Seamount League meet in 2011. AdAm mcfAdden, Renton Reporter

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Liberty’s mackenna Briggs is among the state leaders

in several swim events this season.

Briggs has the state’s second best 50-yard freestyle time at 24.54 seconds. She is third in

the 100 breast, at one minute, 7.78 seconds. Briggs is also

fourth in the 200 Im, at 2:09.03.

Briggs won a 3A state title in the 100 back and finished

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Liberty's Megan Chucka won her fourth race of the year as the Patriots girls cross-country team finished the dual meet season undefeated.

Chucka ran a time of 19 minutes, 13 seconds against Mount Si and Mercer Island Oct. 10. It was her best 5,000-meter time of the season.

Sarah Bliesner took third, Allie Wood fourth and Carlyn Schmidgall eighth.

Hiron Redman led the boys team, finishing second. The boys team went 5-2 on the season. Mason Goodman rook fifth, Aaron Bowe sixth, Collin Olson seventh and Trevor Sytsma ninth.

The KingCo meet was Thursday at Lake Sammamish.

place at 10-3 overall and 10-1 in league play. Mercer Island is in second place at 11-1-1, 9-1-1. The Patriots have four league games left, including a rematch against Mercer Island Oct. 18 at home at 7:30 p.m. The Islanders beat Liberty 1-0 Sept. 24.

If Liberty falls to second place in the league, it will play against the league's No. 5 seed Oct. 30 at home at 7:30 p.m.

KingCo 3A standings:Liberty (10-3, 10-1)Mercer Island (11-1-1, 9-1-1)Mount Si (8-4-1, 7-3-1)Interlake (7-2-3, 5-2-3)Bellevue (4-6-1, 4-5-1)Lake Washington (3-7-3, 3-6-2)Juanita (3-10, 1-10)Sammamish (0-13, 0-11)

Liberty:The Patriots finally lost a league game,

but they still look very good. Liberty knows what it takes to play at the highest level after making the state title game last year, and they can hang with the heavyweights as shown by a 2-1 loss to 12-0-2 Skyline in September.

Last state appearance: 2011 Lindbergh’s Elise Aylward adam mcfadden, Renton Reporter

Patriots holding on to top seed[ soCCEr from page 17 ]

Liberty girls undefeated

Liberty’s Megan Chucka runs at the fort Steilacoom Invite earlier this season. mIke SmIth

Lindbergh 50, Highline 14The Lindbergh football

team stayed perfect in league play, beating High-line 50-14 Friday night.

The Eagles (6-1 overall, 5-0 Seamount) led 13-7 at the half before exploding for 30 points in the third quarter.

Daniel Wiitanen had an-other strong game, rushing for four touchdowns. Tyrell Shavers had a touchdown pass to Cam Callen and ran in another touchdown.

Kennedy 42, renton 6Renton fell to Kennedy

42-6 Saturday.Uriel Gonzalez kicked

two field goals in the fourth quarter for Renton's (3-4, 2-2) only points.

Bainbridge 21, Hazen 20Bainbridge edged Hazen

21-20 Thursday night.The Highlanders (3-4

overall, 2-2 Seamount) led 20-7 going into the fourth quarter, but two touch-downs from Bainbridge’s Sam Kallas swung the game.

Tony Nipert, Mason Jacobs and Joe Glaefke each scored rushing touchdowns for Hazen.

seamount football recap

City, state and commu-nity leaders came together on Oct. 9 to celebrate the completion of infrastruc-ture work in the Exit 7/Port Quendall area and to break ground on the May Creek Trail.

The “Exit 7 Area Im-provements Project” was funded in the 2009 session of the State Legislature with $1.7 million was included in the 2009-11 state capital budget.

The improvements abut the proposed Hawk’s Land-ing Mixed-Use Develop-ment, a potential redevelop-ment on approximately 7.8 acres currently owned by Vulcan that has for decades

been used as industrial land and warehouse space. Most recently the site has been the site of Pan Abode Cedar Homes’ manufacturing facility.

The state funding assisted with property acquisition, trail design and develop-ment of a soft surface trail along May Creek. The trail has been designed, a con-tractor has been hired and the six-week construction project has begun.

The three-acre May Creek park and trail will be the first City of Renton- developed portion of the May Creek Greenway, which will extend from the mouth of May Creek

at Lake Washington east to King County’s Cou-gar Mountain Regional Wildland Park, a distance of approximately six miles. The May Creek Greenway serves several functions, including providing habitat for endangered salmon spe-cies, providing a continuous wildlife and habitat cor-ridor, protecting steep and sensitive slopes, providing

surface water storage capac-ity, and providing land for a developing multi-juris-dictional soft surface trail system with opportunities for interpretation, educa-tion and public enjoyment.

This portion of the soft-surface trail will be a quarter mile long, starting at Lake Washington Blvd. North, and stopping before I-405. Invasive plants will

be removed, and the area will be replanted with over 2,500 native trees, shrubs and groundcovers. All ex-isting trees will remain.

“In a few years, this site

will be a lush landscape and an ideal outdoor classroom where we learn to take good care of our Mother Earth,” said Larry Reymann, Parks Commission chair.

Renton breaks ground on new May Creek Trail

Superior Court of WashingtonCounty of King

In re the Estate of: CAROL R. WAINWRIGHT, Deceased.NO. 12-4-05645-2 KNT

NOTICE TO CREDITORSThe Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of this Estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise appli- cable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Personal Representative or the Personal Representative’s attorneys at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the Court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of:(1) Thirty days after the Personal Representative served or mailed the Notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the Notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate assets and nonprobate assets.Date of first publication: October 12, 2012.PR: WILLIAM M. WAINWRIGHTPETER W. MOGREN WSBA #11515 Of MOGREN, GLESSNER & ROTI P.S.Attorneys for Personal Representative100 Evergreen Bldg.; PO.Box 90Renton, WA 98057-0090(425) 255-4542King County Superior CourtCause No. 12-4-05645-2 KNTPublished in the Renton Reporter on October 12, 2012, October 19, 2012 and October 26, 2012. #690191.

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35030 SE Douglas St., Ste. 210, Snoqualmie WA 98065-9266

NOTICE OF LAND USE

PERMIT APPLICATIONREQUESTS: Conditional Use Permit (CUP)File: L12CU005Applicant: National Products Inc.Site location: 8406 Dallas Ave SoProposal: Construct new 11,882 sq. ft. metal bldg. adjacent to exist. light manufacturing bldg. for future manufacturing.Project Manager: Kim Claussen 206-477-0329COMMENT PROCEDURES: DPER will issue a decision on this application following a 21-day comment period ending on November 19, 2012, written comments and additional information can be obtained by contacting the Project Manager listed above.Published this 19th day of Octo- ber 2012 Published in the Renton Report- er on October 19, 2012. #690496

CITY OF RENTONNOTICE OF

PUBLIC HEARINGRENTON CITY COUNCIL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the preliminary City of Renton budget for 2013/2014, as posted to the City web site at www.rentonwa.gov, has been filed with the City Clerk and a copy will be furnished to any taxpayer who will call at the clerk’s office, and NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Renton City Council has fixed the 5th day of November, 2012, at 7:00 p.m. as the date and time for a public hearing to be held in the seventh floor Council Chambers of Renton City Hall, 1055 S. Grady Way, Renton, 98057, to consider the following:

2013/2014 City of RentonRevenue Sources and Preliminary Budget

All interested parties are invited to attend the public hearing and present oral or written comments regarding the proposal. Letters may also be submitted in advance of the public hearing to the City Clerk. Renton City Hall is fully accessible, and interpretive services for the hearing impaired will be provided upon prior notice. Call 430-6510 for additional information.

Bonnie I. WaltonCity Clerk

Published in the Renton Reporter on October 19, 2012 and October 26, 2012. #690739.

PUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 1 OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON

(VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER)Renton, Washington

NOTICE OF HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the proposed budget covering the contemplated financial transactions for the calendar year 2013 of Public Hospital District No. 1 of King County, Washing- ton and operation of its Valley Medical Center was filed in the records of the Commission in accordance with RCWs 70.44. 060(6) and 84.55.120. A public hearing on said proposed budget will be held in the Board Room of the Commission in the Valley Medical Center in the City of Renton, Washington on the 5th day of November 2012, at the hour of 5:30 p.m., at which time and place any taxpayer may appear and be heard in favor of, or against the whole of, said proposed budget or any part thereof. Upon the conclusion of said hearing, the Board shall, by resolution, adopt the budget as finally determined and fix the final amount of expenditures for the ensuing year.

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERSPUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 1 OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON (VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER) By: Sandra Sward, Assistant to the Board of Commissioners

Published in the Kent, Renton and Covington/Maple Valley/ Black Diamond Reporters on October 19, 2012 and October 26, 2012. #691720.

CITY OF RENTONNOTICE OF ISSUANCE &

AVAILABILITY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT ADDENDUM

(EIS ADDENDUM) Notice is hearby given under WAC 197-11-510 and RMC 4-9-070 that the Environmental Impact Statement Addendum (EIS Addendum) for the proposal described below was issued by the City of Renton Environmen- tal Review Committee on Mon-

day, October 15, 2012, and is available for public review and comment. Copies are available for review at the Renton Main Library, located at 100 Mill Av- enue South, and the Renton Highlands Branch Library, located at 2902 NE 12th Street, and at Renton City Hall, Customer Service Counter, 6th floor, 1055 South Grady Way, Renton WA 98057, and on the City of Renton web site: (WWW.REN- TONWA.GOV). PROJECT NAME: Quendall TerminalsPROPONENT: Campbell Ma- thewson, Century Pacific, L.P.PROJECT NUMBER: LUA09-151, EIS, ECF, BSP, SA-M, SMLOCATION: 4350 Lake Washington Blvd.DESCRIPTION: The proposal is located adjacent to Lake Washington on 21.46 ac of COR zoned property. The EIS Adden- dum to the DEIS issued Decem- ber 10, 2010; evaluates potential impacts resulting from a new Preferred Alternative. Similar to Alternatives 1 and 2 in the DEIS, the Preferred Alternative is intended to be a mixed-use development. The Preferred Alternative would contain 21,600 SF of retail space, 9,000 SF of restaurant and 692 residential units. For those assumptions that have been modified under the Preferred Alternative, the updat- ed analysis is included in the provided EIS Addendum. These elements include, Critical Areas, Aesthetics/View, Parks and Rec- reation, Transportation, Cultural Resources and Relationship to Plans and Policies.DOCUMENT PURCHASE INFORMATION: The Draft Environmental Impact Statement is available for purchase from the Finance Department on the 1st Floor of Renton City Hall for $25 per hard copy or $10.00 per CD, plus tax and postage (if mailed).COMMENT PERIOD: Written comments on the DEIS will be accepted for a 30-day comment period, ending 5:00 p.m., on Monday, November 19, 2012, and should be addressed to:

City of RentonPlanning Department

ATTN: Vanessa Dolbee, Senior Planner

1055 S. Grady Way, 6th FloorRenton, WA 98055

Published in the Renton Reporter on October 19, 2012. #692027.

NOTICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATIONENVIRONMENTAL

REVIEW COMMITTEE AND PUBLIC HEARING

RENTON, WASHINGTON The Environmental Review Committee has issued a Determi- nation of Non-Significance-Miti- gated (DNS-M) for the following project under the authority of the Renton Municipal Code.

Saddlebrook Preliminary PlatLUA12-077, ECF, PP Location: 13426 & 3430 156th Ave SE. The applicant is requesting SEPA and Prelimi- nary Plat review for a 14 lots and 1 tract subdivision located in the R-4 zone with a land area of 4.35 acres and a density of 3.86 net du/ac. Lots would range in size from 9,400 SF - 11,737 SF. The two existing buildings would be removed. Access would be via a new public road connecting 158th Ave. SE to 156th Ave. SE. 8 trees would be retained and 8,873 cy of cut and 5,636 cy of fill are proposed.

Appeals of the DNS-M must be filed in writing on or before 5:00 p.m. on November 2, 2012, together with the required fee with: Hearing Examiner, City of Renton, 1055 South Grady Way, Renton, WA 98057. Appeals to the Examiner are governed by RMC 4-8-110 and more information may be obtained from the City Clerk’s Office, (425) 430- 6510. A Public Hearing will be held by the Hearing Examiner in the Council Chambers, City Hall, on November 13, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. to consider the Prelimianry Plat. If the DNS-M is appealed, the appeal will be heard as part of this public hearing. Interested parties are invited to attend the public hearing.Published in the Renton Reporter on October 19, 2012. #692035.

CITY OF RENTONNOTICE OF ORDINANCES

ADOPTED BY THE RENTON CITY COUNCIL

Following is a summary of the ordinances adopted by the

Renton City Council on October 15, 2012:

ORDINANCE NO. 5671 An Ordinance of the City of Renton, Washington, amending the City of Renton fiscal years 2011/2012 Biennial Budget as adopted by Ordinance No. 5583, and thereafter amended by Ordinance Nos. 5595, 5616, 5638, and 5656 in the amount of $8,496,583, for an amended total of $540,018,705 over the biennium.Effective: 10/24/2012

ORDINANCE NO. 5672 An Ordinance of the City of Renton, Washington, authorizing the issuance of water and sewer revenue refunding bonds in the aggregate principal amount of not to exceed $10,000,000 for the purpose of refunding a portion of the City’s water and sewer revenue bonds, 2004; providing the form, terms and covenants of the bonds; authorizing the appointment of an escrow agent and execution of an escrow agreement; delegating certain authority to approve the final terms of the bonds; and authorizing the cash redemption of the City’s water and sewer revenue refunding bonds, 1998.Effective: 11/18/2012 Complete text of these ordinances is available at Renton City Hall, 1055 South Grady Way; and posted at the King County Libraries in Renton, 100 Mill Avenue South and 2902 NE 12th Street. Upon request to the City Clerk’s office, (425) 430-6510, copies will also be mailed for a fee. Bonnie I. Walton, City ClerkPublished in Renton Reporter: on October 19, 2012. #692182

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EmploymentPublications

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stuffAntiques &Collectibles

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2 CEMETERY PLOTS in the beautiful Rhoden- d r o n G a r d e n a t t h e friendly Greenwood Me- morial Park. All inclu- sive. $3,000. 425-228- 6887.ABBEY VIEW Cemetery in Briar. Single plot in Cascade View, Lot #39, Space #13. Valued at $3100. Asking $1800 or best offer. Call 206-240- 9209 or email: marcyfair- brook@frontier.com

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Firewood, Fuel& Stoves

DRY FIREWOOD AVAIL Mix of Fir, Alder & Cher- ry. Renton area delivery. $240 per cord . A lso, Chainsaw Chains Sharp- ened. 425-226-5545.

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Heavy Equipment

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Wanted/Trade

OLD COMICS WANT- ED! Will buy comics and original comic art from the 30’s thru the 60’s. (425)442-4841

pets/animals

2 CHIHUAHUA’S - Long coat, AKC registered. Neutered male, gold with wh i te mar k ings ; and spayed female, black & brown brindle with white markings. Dew claws removed. Wormed and all permanent shots. Vet checked. Mother on site. $350 each. Located in Kent. (253)852-5344LABRADOR

EXCELLENT HUNTING Lab Puppies. Father is out of top line Pointing kennel. Mother is top registered. davycrock- ett1@wildblue.net. 360- 432-8290

AKC BRITTANY PUP- PIES. Beautiful 10 week o ld reg i s te red pups. Tails docked and dew c laws removed. Wel l mannered parents on- site. Come from strong hunting heritage. Only 3 Females and 2 Males left. $700 each. To good homes only. Call 360- 825-6180 to set appointment to view them.

AKC Eng l i sh Mas t i f f puppies, born 9/5/12. Father is OFA, hip and elbow cer tif ied and is also certified heart and eye. We have some re- maining brindle puppies, both male and female. These dogs will be show quality, they carry very strong blood lines. So- cialized around all ages. First shots are included. Paren ts a re on s i te . $1400 cash only. Seri- o u s i n q u i r i e s o n l y. Ready for their “forever homes” end of October. 206-351-8196

AKC GERMAN Shepherd puppies, bred for sound temperament and train a b i l i t y. A l l G e r m a n bloodlines. Parents on- site and family raised. $900. 360-456-0362

AKC REGISTERED Lab Puppies. Over 30+ titled dogs in the last 5 gen- erations. Sire is a Master Hunter and Cer t i f ied Pointing Lab. OFA Hip and Elbows, Dews Re- moved, First Shots, De- wor ming. 6 Males (1 Black, 5 Yellow), 6 Fe- m a l e s ( 2 Ye l l o w, 4 Black). $750 each. Call Mike, 360-547-9393GREAT DANE

A K C G R E AT D A N E puppies! Health guarantee! Very sweet, lovable, intelligent, gentle giants. Males and females. Now offering Full-Euro’s, Half- Euro’s & Standard Great Danes. Dreyersdanes is Oregon state’s largest breeder of Great Danes and licensed since 2002. $500 & up (every color but Fawn). Also; selling Standard Poodles. Call 5 0 3 - 5 5 6 - 4 1 9 0 . www.dreyersdanes.com

RED MIN PIN puppies. 12 weeks, 4 left. Very cute, playfull & smar t. Easy up keep. Black and Red’s. $175 each. 425- 235-8391

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Bazaars/Craft Fairs

COVINGTON

ANNUAL CRAFT BA- ZAAR, Saturday, Octo- b e r 2 7 t h , 9 : 3 0 a m - 4:30pm. Alliance Bible Church, 19320 SE 240th S t r e e t , C o v i n g t o n , 98042. Jump Start Your Holidays! One Of A Kind Gifts for Adults, Teens, C h i l d r e n ! J e w e l r y, Crafts, Home Décor and More! Proceeds Benefit Youth Programs!

Estate Sales

RentonESTATE SALE: Satur- day, October 20th, 10am - 2pm, 4211 SE 3 rd Street, Renton, 98059. Lots of Household Items, TVs, Furniture and Tons o f Seasona l Decora- tions.

wheelsAutomobiles

2005 HONDA Accord DX. Excellent condition, super reliable, 2nd owner from Honda Dealer. Clean Title. Silver, has 65 ,200 ac tua l m i les. Runs perfect! Doesn’t have any problems. All maintenance has been done. This car needs ab- solutely nothing except gas. Priced $9,999 and i s w o r t h t h e p r i c e ! Please call or text: 253- 632-4098

AutomobilesPontiac

2001 PONTIAC Firebird Conver t ible. Rel iable commuter o r toy ! 19 MPG in the city. 26 MPG on the highway! 130,000 miles, 3.8 Liters, 200 HP, V6, 4 speed auto- matic. Always garaged, well cared for!! Main- tence records included. Good shape. $5 ,850 OBO. Covington. Cal l Curtis 206-849-9356.

Take 5 Special5 lines 5 weeksAdvertise your Vehicle, Boat, RV, Camper or Motorcycle.Call 800-388-2527 for more information.

Pickup TrucksFord

2007 FORD RANGER, 4WD. Ex tended cab. Canopy included. 138k miles. New engine, running boards, wireless re- mote entry, power locks and windows. Dark grey exterior, black/grey in- te r io r. T i res in good s h a p e . $ 9 0 0 0 O B O. (253)859-8838 evenings and weekends.

Vans/MinivansDodge

1996 Dodge Ram 1500 Cargo Van in Good Con- d i t ion but w i th some damage to cargo door. $1600. 425-649-7983

Auto Service/Parts/ Accessories

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TRUCKS

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MechanicalAuto Repair

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Tents & Travel Trailers

2004 KOMFORT 25TBS in excellent condition! $12,950. Garaged or covered when not in use with low miles (4 tr ips per Summer). Length: 2 6 ’ x 8 ’ 0 ” . A x l e s : 2 . Weight: 6018 lbs. Slides: 1. Queen and 3 bunk beds. Sleeps 9. New tires with spare tire and carrier. Weight equaliz- ing hitch with sway con- trol bar. Power Tonque Jack. Four manual stabi- lizer jacks. Large awn- ing, luggage rack and bike rack attachment. Air conditioner, furnace and l o t s o f a c c e s s o r i e s . Great deal! Call 425- 445-0631 or email j f i- nan61@hotmail.com for more info. Currently located in Fall City, WA.

22’ 2007 JAYCO, JAY Flight Travel Trailer. Ful- ly self contained. Sleeps 6 people. Interior shelv- ing and storage through out. Sunny and br ight wi th lots of windows. Outside shower and gas grill. Excellent condition! Original owners. 4,165 lbs towing, 2 propane tanks, luggage rack with ladder. Asking $12,800. Bonney Lake. 253-891- 7168.

Vehicles Wanted

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Professional ServicesLegal Services

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Home ServicesGeneral Contractors

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Home ServicesFencing & Decks

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Home ServicesLandscape Services

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