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Garry Anderson, a former Renton police chief, will again preside as Santa over the Christmas tree-lighting festival at the Piazza in downtown Renton Saturday. CHARLES CORTES, Renton Reporter
THE SEASONOF HO,HO, HO
Ivar’s Clam Lights: 6:15 p.m. Friday, Gene Coulon Beach ParkPiazza tree lighting: 5 p.m. Saturday, the Piazza
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BY TRACEY COMPTON
Garry Anderson has been wearing uniforms all his life. He started fi rst as a police offi cer for the City of Renton and rose through the ranks to eventually become the police chief.
Anderson traded in his blue police uni-form for the bright red and white, plush guise of Santa Claus soon aft er retiring from the force in 2006.
He made a preview appearance in Renton Tuesday to sit down with the
Renton Reporter for a chat. An-derson, er, Santa makes his offi cial arrival to the Piazza at 5 p.m. Saturday for Piazza Renton’s Tree Lighting festival.
As Anderson posed for pictures
in the square Tuesday aft ernoon, he drew attention from honking cars and waving shopkeepers.
“Th is (uniform) brings kids and adults to the same place,” he said.
Anderson doesn’t remember ex-actly how he became old St. Nick for the community group’s event. But, he did remember wanting to give back to the city aft er so many years spent working for the Police Department. He called his Santa gig a great and fun job.
“Renton was very, very good to me and my family and (I) had a lot of opportuni-ties here in 28 years,” Anderson said.
This Santa wants to give backUnder that red and white uniform is Garry Anderson, who wore blue to to protect Renton
“This (uniform) brings kids and adults to the same place.” Garry Anderson,
who will ring in the
Christmas holiday at the
Piazza Saturday
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BY DEAN A. RADFORD
Renton Motorcycle Co. closed for business Tuesday to make way for the eventual reloca-tion of Renton Honda, now on Grady Way, to its site on East Valley Road.
Today, Renton Honda is at one of the key entryways to Renton where State Route 167 becomes Rainier Avenue. It’s one of the city’s biggest auto dealerships and an anchor of the Automall that stretches along Grady Way.
“Th is presents us with a tremendous op-portunity for a new dealership or a new use at one of the most highly traffi cked intersections in the county,” said Alex Pietsch, the city of Renton’s administrator of the Department of Community and Economic Development.
Th e Automall is one of the most successful such groupings of auto dealerships in the state, he said. “Th is is a great place to sell cars,” he said. “It think it will continue to be.”
Th e sale of autos is a signifi cant contributor to the city’s sales taxes, Pietsch said. At its new location, Renton Honda would remain within the city limits.
Renton Hondato relocate to
East Valley Rd.
BY DEAN A. RADFORD
[email protected] e Boeing Co. will build the 737 MAX
in Renton, pending the approval of an early contract extension by the company’s Machinists.
Th e agreement, reached aft er several
weeks of negotiations between Boeing and the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers (IAM), was an-nounced Wednesday.
Machinists members will vote next week on the four-year contract extension.
Th e announcement comes just two
weeks aft er Gov. Chris Gregoire laid out a statewide plan in Renton to ensure the 737 MAX is built in Washington; it stresses the need for major investments in education at all levels and in worker training to meet the needs of the aerospace industry.
Boeing to build 737 MAX in RentonMachinists to vote next week on landmark contract that is key to making the plan work
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Previous to becoming Piazza Renton’s Santa Claus, Anderson donned the cos-tume for his grandchildren and other city and commu-nity groups.
His wife Vicki has joined him as Mrs. Claus at the Pi-azza event since he started volunteering in 2007.
She thinks his voice is too high to be Santa Claus, so Anderson practices lower-ing it an octave for more authentic sounding Ho, Ho, Hos.
He was born in Renton, but grew up in Issaquah and fondly remembers the local Santa he experienced as a kid.
“Obviously as a very young child, I didn’t know that Santa Claus was a leg-end in Issaquah,” Anderson said. “His name was Bill Bergsma and he was a very kind, generous, gentle man, who 360 days a year drove a milk truck around the neighborhood.”
Th e great big jovial milk-man would transform him-self into Santa Claus every Christmas Eve, Anderson said.
He didn’t know this for years, but he remembers a special air and magic around the milkman. Bergsma would let the kids
in the neighborhood ride in his milk truck.
“I just didn’t put two and two together ‘til I was prob-ably far older than most,” he said.
Anderson remembers Bergsma visiting his grandmother’s house on his glad-tidings rounds.
“He would spend his Christmas Eve traveling all over Issaquah to people who he knew to be their Santa Claus,” Anderson said. “Th at’s how he’d spend Christmas Eve, so that was pretty gracious of him.”
Anderson called Bergsma a legendary fi xture in Is-saquah, who when he died had to have his funeral at the local high school be-cause of his popularity.
As a result of Anderson’s experience with Bergsma, he was never afraid of Santa Claus. But Anderson has seen some children who are afraid of Santa at the Piazza.
Anderson tries really hard to make it a pleasant experience for them so children aren’t afraid.
He’s noticed more and more kids attending Santa’s booth every year at the Piazza. Anderson has watched repeat little visitors grow up over the years, thanking him for their presents.
“So, it feels good to still be associated and acquaint-ed with Renton in doing just a little bit to help make Renton what it is,” Ander-son said.
Crisanta Cupsa takes a photo of Val Wood and Renton’s Santa, Garry Anderson, at Union Bank across from Piazza Park Tuesday. CHARLES
CORTES, Renton Reporter
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BY DEAN A. RADFORD
Renton is now home to the “mother of all washing machines.”
That’s the appraisal of Bob Ra-phael, who with longtime co-own-er of Service Linen Supply, David Jassny, unveiled the the Milnor 250 continuous batch industrial washer Monday morning.
The Milnor 250 weighs 50,000 pounds and is 79 feet long.
But more importantly it sig-nificantly reduces the amount of water from the City of Renton’s aquifer and energy needed to clean tons of linen, from table cloths, to napkins, to chef apparel and aprons, to towels.
Service Linen is the first linen supplier in the United States to use the water-and energy-saving machine. Raphael said the pur-chase of the $1 million washing machine was a risk.
But he said his business has always been environmentally conscious.
“We know it will greatly benefit both our business and the envi-ronment,” Raphael said.
The Milnor produces 250 pounds of laundry every two minutes and 33 seconds. “It’s truly amazing,” Raphael said.
In doing so, it uses a third of the water than traditional washing machines use, he said. That’s a savings of 17 million to 20 million gallons of water a year.
The company saves on energy
costs, including electricity and natural gas, mainly because it has less water to heat in the cleaning process.
Community and business lead-ers gathered at the Service Linen Supply plant on South Fourth Street in downtown Renton Mon-day for a ribbon cutting.
Mayor Denis Law presided over the ceremony, as the first batch of linens came out fresh and clean for Duke’s Chowder House. Duke’s provided complimentary chowder for the event.
Service Linen which supplies linen to customers in Washing-ton and Oregon, is participating in the Eastside Green Business Challenge, which launched this November.
The challenge is a friendly com-petition between seven Eastside cities and others around the na-tion to see who can save the most money and natural resources in one year.
Raphael and Jassny are the sec-ond generation in their families to operate Service Linen Supply. Da-
vid Jassny’s father Paul purchased the Renton Laundry in 1946 and Service Linen was founded. In 1956 Bob Raphael’s father Frank joined the ownership.
David Jassny provided a brief history of the laundry businesses at the site, which go back to at least 1918.
He said their fathers would be happy and proud at the day’s events.
“I am sure they would say, ‘$1 million for a washing machine? Isn’t that a lot?”
Bob Raphael, left, DEAN A. RADFORD, Renton Reporter
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The Renton Civic Theatre presents “The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society’s Pro-duction of A Christmas Carol.”
The production is by David McGillivray and Walter Zerlin Jr. and runs Dec. 2-17.
A tale of ingenuity and the incompetence of four ladies and a reluctant man who are trying to portray characters in Charles
Dickens’ Christmas classic, including new characters.
Show times are 7:30 p.m., Thursdays; 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; and 2 p.m. on Sundays.
Tickets are $22 for adults and $17 for students and seniors.
Tickets can be purchased by calling the box office at 425-226-5529 or by visiting www.rentoncivictheater.org.
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The following information was compiled from City of Renton police reports.
BY TRACEY COMPTON
Police investigated a robbery and stabbing on Nov. 11.
The incidents occurred in the 500 block of Stevens Avenue Southwest around 11 p.m.
Officers found the 47-year-old who had been stabbed in the back. The man said he had been talking to a white blond female who prostitutes around his apartment building.
He told her he didn’t have any ciga-rettes, weed nor did he want anything from her. He was then approached by two black males, one a teenager.
One of the suspects who approached him wanted to know why he was talking to his girl. The pair demanded the man’s wallet and he refused.
They chased him and eventually stabbed him.
The victim refused to give police a better description of the suspects and reluctantly went to the hospital for treatment.
Police did a sweep of the area for the suspects and evidence, but none was found.
A rolling domesticA Seattle man was arrested in a roll-
ing domestic dispute in Renton on Nov. 10.
The 47-year-old man was seen punch-ing his 35-year-old girlfriend while driving on Highway 167.
Apparently they were in an argu-ment over the woman’s son’s apartment paperwork. The couple both denied anything had happened.
Police observed the woman’s left eye was beginning to swell. The man had several scratch marks on his nose and cheek.
Police arrested the man for investiga-tion of fourth-degree assault.
Couple caught in scamA Renton couple got entangled in a
money scam and contacted police on Nov. 14.
A 75-year-old received a money order with his name on it. A short time later, the man got a phone call from a person demanding he cash the money order and send it to him.
The 75-year-old, suspecting it was a
scam, decided to cash the money order and keep it. When he didn’t send it to the caller, the caller threatened to kill his 67-year-old wife.
The man contacted police and police also witnessed the harassing phone calls the man was receiving. Police traced the money scam to an elderly man in Salem, Ill., who had been instructed to send money orders to people all over the country.
The original suspects then called the Renton couple, impersonating the Salem man and making threats.
Police noted that both the sender of the money orders and the receiver were both retired disabled U.S. military Veterans.
Police are investigating the incident for felony harassment.
Mexican gang graffitiA Renton police officer spotted gang
activity in a Renton neighborhood on Nov. 15.
An officer was on foot patrol in the area of 123 Avenue Southeast and Southeast 160th Streets just after mid-night when he saw graffiti or tagging on a neighborhood fence.
The graffiti is associated with a gang called the Mexican Mafia, the officer believed.
The officer took photos of all of the graffiti for documentation.
Insurance office vandalized
A Renton office was vandalized on Nov. 15.
Police responded to a report of mali-cious mischief at an insurance office on Duvall Avenue Northeast.
The business owner said he left the office around 6 p.m. on Nov. 14. He returned the next day to find someone had spray painted white circles on the front door.
Someone painted “Mr. Revolt” in black paint within the white circles. Police didn’t believe that graffiti is gang-related.
Damages were estimated at $350.
Man chases ex-girlfriendAn ex-boyfriend tried to run his
former girlfriend off the road in Renton on Nov. 14.
The 22-year-old man was chasing his 19-year-old ex-girlfriend in the area of 160th and 117th streets in his green sports utility vehicle.
At one point they got into a physical altercation outside of their vehicles and he tried to prevent her from leaving.
Police discovered the man had two warrants for his arrest with the Des Moines Police Department.
He was arrested for investigation of fourth-degree assault.
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Renton Schools Superintendent Mary Alice Heuschel receives a check from Renton Community Foundation President Jim Medzegian. Submitted
Participating in a check presentation to the Renton Salvation Army are, from left, Beverly Storey, Larry Warren, Salvation Army Capt. Chris Aird, Harry Blencoe, Janet Blencoe and standing behind, Jim Medzegian. Submitted
Local students and people in need of a good meal got a little support this week due to grants made by the Renton Community Foundation.
The Renton Rotary Salvation Army Food Bank received $25,000 from the First Financial Northwest Foundation Fund at a time when the food bank is struggling to keep its shelves stocked.
A second grant went to the Renton School District from the Friends of Renton Schools Fund to sup-port their long-term goal of student achievement.
The Renton Community Founda-tion is proud to be partners with both the First Financial Northwest Foundation and Friends of Renton Schools in making these grants, said Lynn Bohart, Renton Community Foundation executive director.
“Budget cuts are putting an enor-mous strain on programs providing the most basic services,” Bohart said. “Children and families are suffering and our school district is watch-ing the very fabric of the classroom being threatened. This money won’t solve the problem, but it will help.”
The Renton Community Founda-tion manages more than 40 chari-table funds established by individual donors and local nonprofit organi-zations to benefit a broad array of community needs.
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A call for helpMy name is Deborah Johnson and I am the
school interventionist at McKnight Middle School in the Renton Highlands area. I am also in charge of our McKnight Holiday Giving Tree. I have been at McKnight for 11 years and it has been my privilege to meet and help over 4,000 students.
In the past, the McKnight Holiday Giving Tree has supported three or four families each year. Last year with increased community awareness of our program, we helped over twenty families enjoy the holidays. Currently, we have more than 40 families seeking our support. Some of the families are homeless and many more are struggling fi nancially. We have a family living in a tent, without run-ning water, heat, or electricity, some families living in their vehicles, and others who sleep in the home of a diff erent friend or relative every night of the week. Our students’ home environment has a profound impact on the students’ academic success.
It is almost impossible for these students to be successful and to keep up with their peers when they do not know where they will be sleeping that evening, how they will get their homework done without proper lighting, or where they might get their next meal. Many of our students struggle with being self-conscious of their hygiene because they do not have ac-cess to a shower, washer, or dryer. Some are sleepy and some simply cannot focus. Th e list of obstacles is enormous and my heart breaks when I see students struggling with these is-sues.
We believe that all students have the right to be successful. Please help us meet the needs of our students and their families by spread-ing the word and donating money, basic items, clothes, or shoes. Every dollar or item will go directly to a family in need. If you have any questions, or would like ways to support our program, please contact me directly at (425)
204 – 3623 or [email protected]. Deborah JohnsonMcKnight Middle School Interventionist
A museum thank youRecently the Renton History Museum’s ban-
ner for our “Bigfoot is Probably Real” exhibit was stolen in broad daylight from the front of our building. Th e Museum staff was shocked, but grateful that a sharp-eyed driver was able to provide a description of the thief. Th e Museum has been installing exhibit banners every time we open a new temporary exhibit, three or four times a year. Th ey are quite large, and represent the most important way we get out the word about changing exhibits, so it was depressing to think that they would make us a target.
Aft er coverage in online editions of Renton Reporter and other media outlets, we were so moved by the number of off ers of support. Renton Printery and R & R Graphics both volunteered to remake the banner, and we re-ceived numerous donations from new donors, trustees, and long-term supporters-still com-ing in-to off set the cost of this theft .
Th anks to a donation from PEMCO Insur-ance, we were able to replace the banner within two days of its loss. Th eir Marketing Department also wrote a nice blog piece on the Bigfoot exhibit, which dovetails nicely with their “Desperately Seeking Sasquatch” profi le, part of the “We Are a Lot Like You” campaign. Other donations will be earmarked for future banners and for other projects, like the digiti-zation of our oral history and fi lm collections.
Th ese donations and in-kind off ers really turned a sad situation around and reminded us how much support the Museum has in our community. On behalf of the Museum’s Board of Trustees and staff , I would like to express our gratitude for the encouragement we re-ceived from our community!Elizabeth P. Stewart, museum manager
Whew!
There was a palpable sense of relief – along
with a lot of smiles – this week when Boeing
announced that it would build its 737 MAX in
Renton.
To anyone who works or lives in Renton or is concerned
about the future of the aerospace industry in Washington
state, the decision seems like a no-brainer. But Boeing did
look around, just like it did for a 787 production plant and a
new world headquarters. We know how all that turned out,
two low points on the roller coaster that is life with Boeing.
So, it should be clear that as Gov. Chris Gregoire has
pointed out, we can take nothing for granted. We are in
a competitive atmosphere that spans the globe for such
manufacturing prizes as the production of what’s been
called a game-changing airliner.
That’s why it’s so important to credit one of the key play-
ers in the talks that ultimately led to Boeing’s decision – the
Machinists. The Machinists and the engineers union have
been on board the statewide eff ort to keep the 737 MAX
production in Washington state.
Despite years of acrimony and strikes, the Machinists and
Boeing found common ground. We all should thank them
for their willingness to do what’s right for everyone. We like
what Machinists Local 751 president Tom Wroblewski had
to say:
“This proposed agreement with Boeing is good for our
members, good for the company and good for our com-
munities.”
Of course, each side benefi tted. But the point is they set
aside their diff erences and gave a little or a lot to reach this
landmark agreement.
That’s the type of leadership we demand from our
political leaders in Washington, D.C., and Olympia.
Our nation’s capital has become a bastion of do-
nothings, hamstrung by philosophies that play to the
extremes, leaving out all of us in the middle.
So, while Boeing and the Machinists have taken a critical
step forward to keep the 737 MAX production in Renton,
there is still much more work to do outside our halls of
government. We must all work to ensure the success of
Gregoire’s plan to keep the aerospace industry strong and
even present in our state.
We must strengthen our math and science programs at
all levels of education and train or retrain workers at such
important two-year colleges as Renton Technical College
where necessary production skills are learned. Our four-year
universities are wilting under Olympia’s failure to adequately
fund education. We favor an increase in the sales tax to
staunch that red ink.
So while we’re at it, we would also demand that legisla-
tors quickly approve the training and education package
valued at about $9.8 million that Gregoire has put forth to
ready our state to prepare future aerospace workers.
It was a good week in Renton or anywhere else where
communities depend on the aerospace industry.
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The 737 production plant employs thousands of workers in Renton and the announcement helps ensure a stable workforce for years, if not decades.
The commitment also ends uncertainty about the future of the aerospace industry in Washington and its 10s of thousands of direct and indirect jobs. About 650 compa-nies in the state supply goods and services to Boeing.
“The City of Renton is thrilled that The Boeing Co. and the Machinists union have reached a landmark agree-ment to ensure that the 737 MAX is built in Renton,” said Renton Mayor Denis Law in a news release Wednesday.
Boeing has built airplanes in Renton for 70 years, in-cluding the 737, the most popular jetliner ever. Last year,
the city signed a long-term lease agreement with Boeing for its use of Renton Municipal Airport.
“The City of Renton is demonstrat-ing on a daily basis our commitment to meeting Boeing’s needs and stands ready to accommodate any new re-quirements that today’s decision will bring about,” he said. “We continue our efforts to ensure a seamless and speedy permitting process for the capital improvements to the Renton
plant to meet the company’s production needs.”Boeing’s decision, he said, “will ensure that for years to
come thousands of workers will remain on the job here in Renton, the best place in the world to produce commercial airplanes.”
In a statement Wednesday, Gregoire commended “both Boeing management and the Machinists for coming to the table, negotiating in good faith and working together to reach an agreement.
“This tentative deal recognizes the talent of Boeing’s highly trained workforce, while providing the company the confidence it needs to assure its customers that planes will be delivered on schedule. And as this sector becomes increasingly competitive, this initial agreement shows a strong commitment by both sides to secure the future of aerospace in Washington state.”
She urged the Legislature to pass the $9.8 million in
funding to implement her education and training proposal.In what the company describes as an effort to improve its
relationship with the Machinists, Boeing said Wednesday in a news release that for several weeks it has been discuss-ing with the union the possibility of a contract extension. The current contract is set to expire in September 2012.
At the same time, Boeing has been reviewing potential sites for 737 MAX production since the company an-nounced in August that it will build a new-engine variant of the 737, according to the company.
Boeing has assessed the business case for locating pro-duction of the 737 MAX in Renton in light of the econom-ics of a proposed new labor agreement, and the company is prepared to locate 737 MAX production in Renton provided the economics contained in that proposal are achieved, according to the company’s new release.
The company will make the necessary investment to produce Next-Generation 737s and 737 MAXs in its exist-ing Renton facility, if the contract is ratified, according to the news release.
“The 737 MAX builds upon the legacy of the world’s best single-aisle airplane and continues to generate overwhelm-ing response from our customers,” said Jim Albaugh, president and chief executive officer, Boeing Commercial Airplanes. “If our employees ratify a new agreement, build-ing the 737 MAX in Renton will secure a long and prosper-ous future there, as well as at other sites in the Puget Sound area and in Portland, Ore., where 737 parts are built.”
Boeing has received more than 700 commitments from our customers for the 737 MAX. The first 737 MAX is expected to enter service in 2017.
In addition to the job security language, according to the union terms of the four-year proposal include:
adjustments;-
tween 2 and 4 percent;
each year of the pact; and
traditional pensions.The proposed extension is unusual, given that the IAM’s
current contract with Boeing isn’t set to expire until Sep-tember 2012, according to the union press release.
IAM District Lodge 751 President Tom Wroblewski called it an “extraordinary proposal.”
The proposed contract extension would “secure thou-sands of jobs while raising Machinists’ pay and pensions,” he said. “Hopefully it also signals the start of a new rela-tionship that can both meet our members’ expectations for good jobs, while giving Boeing the stability and productiv-ity it needs to succeed.”
In addition to the prospect of reliable and uninterrupted aircraft production through September 2016, the agree-ment provides Boeing with savings in health care costs, partly by encouraging union members to enroll in wellness programs and partly by increasing the share they pay to-ward their health benefits, according to the union.
The agreement still must be ratified by IAM members working for Boeing in Washington state, Oregon and Kan-sas. The votes are scheduled for Dec. 7.
District 751 represents more than 28,000 workers at Boeing’s Puget Sound plants. The union plans to hold vot-ing at union halls in Auburn, Everett, Renton and Seattle, and a location at Fredrickson. If a simple majority agrees, the proposed contract extension would take affect imme-diately.
If a majority of those voting do not favor the proposal, then Machinists at Boeing would continue working under the current contract, and negotiators from the two sides would meet again next year to work out terms of a new agreement.
Wroblewski said he’s confident that his union’s members will agree to the contract extension.
“This proposed agreement with Boeing is good for our members, good for the company and good for our commu-nities,” he said. “It gives our members more confidence that Boeing’s truly committed to Puget Sound, and it rewards them for the work they’ve done to make Boeing a world-leading manufacturing company by providing them with the highest pay and best benefits in the industry.”
The Boeing Co. announced Wednesday that it will build the 737 MAX in Renton. Boeing
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WACAP and BECU Benson Neighbor-hood Financial Center have partnered for a December 2011 toy drive, as well as monetary donations for WACAP.
This is the third annual BECU Benson NFC toy drive for WACAP, a non-profit adoption agency headquartered in Renton serving orphaned and vulnerable children in the United States and around the world.
WACAP needs developmental toys for children in the Seattle area and for chil-dren in orphanages abroad. The toys in-clude: teething toys, rattles, developmental toys for all ages, markers and coloring books and balls.
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WACAP has found homes for more than 10,000 children. In operation since 1976, WACAP has supplied vitamins, health care, medical supplies, toys, cloth-ing and education to more than 200,000 children.
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The Renton City Council recently recognized four employees in Renton Fire and Emergency Services who were promoted. From left are Fire Chief Mark Petersen, who announced the promotions, Lt. Will Aho, Capt. Doug McDonald, Lt. Erik Hammes, Battalion Chief Greg Hartman and Mayor
Denis Law. Aho was promoted from firefighter, McDonald from lieutenant, Hammes from firefighter and Hartman from captain. Family members presented the officers with their new badges. City of Renton
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Rich Zwicker will preside over the Renton City Council in 2012 as the council’s president.
The council also has made committee assign-ments for next year.
New council member Ed Prince will serve as chairman of the Planning
and Development Committee. He has been a member of the Renton Planning Com-mission.
All council members sit on the Commit-tee of the Whole.
Finance(meets first and third Mondays at 4 p.m.)Terri Briere, chairGreg Taylor, vice chairDon Persson, member
Community Services(meets second and fourth Mondays at
4:30 p.m.)Marcie Palmer, chairEd Prince, vice chairGreg Taylor, member
Planning, Development(meets second and fourth Thursdays at
3 p.m.)Ed Prince, chairTerri Briere, vice chairRandy Corman, member
Public Safety(meets first and third Mondays at 5 p.m.)Don Persson, chairMarcie Palmer, vice chairTerri Briere, member
Utilities(meets second and fourth Mondays at 5
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Transportation (aviation)(meets second and fourth Thursdays at
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Skyway VFW Post 9430 is hosting their annual Toys for Tots drive on Saturday, Dec. 3.
The public is welcome to drop off new un-wrapped toys between 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., Thursday
and Friday and 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., Saturday.
The drive is part of the U.S. Marines’ annual Toys for Tots campaign and four to six motorcycle clubs as well as veter-ans will collect the toys
and deliver them to the Marines’ warehouse. Fifty to 100 bikes will be at the post on Saturday for the pick-up.
The VFW Post 9430 is located at 7421 S 126th St. in Seattle.
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My very favorite holiday tradition is making homemade soap with my kids for simple holiday gift s for family and friends.
Aft er Th anksgiving I resurrect the kettle from the garage and dust off my well-worn soap making recipe book. I open up my special box that contains a trove of herbs and resins such as dried calendula, lavender petals, French green clay—these ingredients add texture, color or have
healing properties for the skin like oatmeal. I open my apothecary case fi lled with little blue bottles of essential oils: peppermint, lavender, jasmine, fi r needle and rosemary.
To put it mildly I know a lot about making soap.
Th e love of soap making began as a little kid when I would spend hours
concocting special “magical” concoctions out of empty shampoo bottles and mushy soap bars. Th at love was reawakened aft er my sister gave me the simple gift of a bar of homemade soap.
In fact, the art of soap making is the muse for my new middle-grade book just released on Kindle, “Soap for Hip-pies.”
My novel chronicles the adventures of two sisters who fi nd them-selves at a strange commune in the Siskiyou Forest where Blaine and Celine learn (among other things) how to make soap from the strange and wondrous work-shop of a mysterious character.
Oscar Wilde famously wrote that “Life imitates Art far more than Art imi-tates Life.”
Which doesn’t sur-prise me at all as my daughter, Amelia, and I steal off for a little adventure of our own at the Zenith Supplies store in Green Lake to stock up on the
necessary soap-making supplies. Zenith is just the kind of specialty store that my sister characters, Blaine and Celine, would wander into and explore the crystals, gauzy material, coins, peace earrings, Tibetan prayer fl ags, and all kinds of little bottles and oils.
I was at the cash register with an armload of containers that included Red Devil lye, olive, coconut and palm oil.
Amelia bounced over wearing a prospector’s smile who has just hit gold.
“Can I get this Mom?” Amelia asked, her palms open off ering up her treasures: A bracelet with hieroglyphics, a silver coin engraved with a mosque, a purple crystal and an engraved sand stone box with a lid.
At home I mixed the toxic lye balls into half a pitcher of water outside as the kids took turns hammering out hunks of white coconut oil, weighing the chunks on the scale ac-cording to the recipe. Th ey added the palm and olive oil to
the kettle. Aft er the lye water cools down to 80 degrees the kids
watch as I mix it with the warm oil. Th e next step is called saponifi cation when the lye water
and oil bond together as you stir and transform into some-thing completely diff erent: soap.
When the soap has the appearance and consistency of butterscotch pudding, I pour a bit of it into restaurant
to-go boxes for the kids to experiment with their own fragrances and additives.
As they’re busy with their own creations my little kid self takes what’s left in the kettle. And it’s just as fun now as it was back then with those old shampoo bottles as I mix in the French green clay, oatmeal and peppermint essential oil.
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I pour my soap into a lined box and close the lid. On top of that I place all the kids’ to-go boxes and cover the whole shebang with blankets for 24 hours to trap the heat as the saponifi -cation process completes.
Th e soap takes a few weeks to harden. During that time we’ll collect herbs, ferns, cool looking rocks, moss, and cedar leaves from our nature walks. We buy ribbon and repurpose
cardboard and search thrift stores for unique baskets and plates to decorate the soap with.
Traditionally, aft er a full day of holiday soap making, we’ll plug in our well-worn popcorn popper and fi ll a sauce pan with apple cider and fl oat-ing cinnamon sticks.
Our home is fi lled with the comforting aroma of popcorn and spiced apples as the kids jockey for their spots on the couch. Everyone nestles inside comfy blankets as “A
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Leisure Estates Chorale to performThe Leisure Estates Chorale has set several perfor-
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Ivar’s clam lightsIt’s time to light up Renton once again for the
holidays. The 18th Annual Ivar’s Clam Lights begins Friday, Dec.
2 ,with the offi cial lighting ceremony.The event, which attracts thousands of visitors each
year, will begin with acoustic holiday music presented by Erwilian at 6:15 p.m. Horse-drawn rides in Santa’s cov-ered wagon will be off ered from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Renton Mayor Denis Law and representatives from event sponsors Ivar’s and Puget Sound Energy will deliver the offi cial welcome and lighting.
Once Gene Coulon Memorial Beach Park is all aglow in lights, a bonfi re and community sing-a-long will com-mence with entertainer Karla Cruz in the North Picnic Shelter of the park from 7:15 p.m. to 8 p.m.
View the Rainier Yacht Club’s “Parade of Boats” start-ing at 7:30 p.m. in Lake Washington and hear The Dickens Carolers on the Argosy Christmas Ship from 8 p.m. to 8:20 p.m.
The Clam Lights will run nightly from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Dec. 2 through Jan. 1.
Gene Coulon Memorial Beach Park is located at 1201 Lake Washington Boulevard in Renton.
‘The Nutcracker’The Nutcracker” will be performed by the Ensemble
Ballet Theatre at 7 p.m., Friday, Dec. 2, at the IKEA Performing Arts Center in Renton. The center is located at 400 S. Second St. in Renton. The dance group will also
perform at 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m., and 1:30 p.m., Dec. 4.
Santa arrivesThe downtown Renton Holiday Tree Lighting and
Santa’s arrival will happen from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Renton Piazza at Third Street and Burnett Street. The event features local musicians and singers, free refreshments, children’s gifts and a visit from Santa. This is a bring-your-own-camera event.
For more information visit, www.piazzarenton.com. or call Pat at 425-917-0173.
Dickens CarolersStroll the Renton streets with Dickens Carolers while
enjoying roasted chestnuts and hot beverages from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 3. The carolers will be positioned at the corners of Wells Avenue and Williams Avenue South along South Third Street.
Erwillian to perform The musical group Erwilian will perform a concert
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Santa open houseBirthday Dreams will hold an open house with Santa
2 p.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, at its downtown offi ce, 1101 Bronson Way N. There will be free photos with Santa, crafts for kids and treats. It’s a chance to learn about Birthday Dreams, with makes birthday dreams come true for homeless children, and to drop off party supplies and unwrapped gifts.
ECB’s ‘The Nutcracker’Evergreen City Ballet presents “The Nutcracker” Dec.
16-18 at the Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center.Tickets are $29 for adults, $18
for seniors (age 62 plus, identifi ca-tion required), $13 for students (ages 2-18 or with valid student identifi cation).
Performances at at 7:30 p.m., Dec. 16, 7:30 p.m., Dec. 17 and 1:30 p.m., Dec. 18.
Purchase tickets at http://www.evergreencityballet.org/
The IKEA Performing Arts Center isat 400 S. Second St. in Renton.
Volunteers neededVolunteers are needed at the Renton Salvation Army
Dec. 16, 19 and 21 for their Christmas set-up and distri-bution on those dates. Contact Capt. Lisa Aird at the Food Bank at 425-255-5969.
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It’s all in the look.Th e fi rst thing Hazen girls
basketball coach Jeff Bernhardt will tell anyone who asks about star senior Airashay Rogers is that she desperately wants to pass and get her teammates involved. But when time starts to wind down and the Highlanders are trailing, he also knows what to expect.
“When I see that look, it’s like all right everybody buckle up because here we go,” Bernhardt said. “Th ere will be times when she’s going to take the game over and everybody will be fi ne with it because she’s Airashay Rogers.”
Rogers, who committed to play for the University of Washington in November, has been leading the team since she stepped on the fl oor as a freshman. Th at year she led Hazen to its fi rst state tournament appearance since 1991.
Taking over the game has never been a problem for the talented, 5-foot-7 guard; she’s averaged at least 18.3 points per game every season (and 26.0 per game last season). But Bernhardt knows the Highlanders will be at their best with Rogers acting as an effi cient blend of scorer and facilitator for the players around her.
“I like to pass,” Rogers said. “I have four other girls on the fl oor with me for a reason; it’s not a one-man show. I have other people who can do things I can’t do, so why not use them?”
Many of the Highlanders’ issues in the past have come from players relying on Rogers to make plays.
“In the past we’ve been accused of having girls who want to watch Airashay play,” Bernhardt said.
“Th is year we’ve got girls who want to play with her.”
Starting in the front court are junior forwards Anastasia Pal-lis, Cameron Devereux and Tyra Markey. Joining Rogers in the
backcourt is sophomore Javonya Stewart.
Pallis was fourth on the team with 4.9 points per game last year, Markey chipped in 1.4 and Stewart 2.2. Devereux is new to the team this year.
Bernhardt said this mix, espe-cially having a 6-foot-1 post who is athletic in Devereux, will allow
Hazen to play a more uptempo style.
“Th at’s the way I’d like to play and the way we’re most
successful at,” he said.
Also playing key roles will be Gabby Brower, Cecillee Fernandez, Samantha McCord, Lauren Goss and Ariana Williams.
Bernhardt hopes this is the right mix to get the Highlanders back into the state tournament, something that’s been frustratingly elusive the past two seasons.
He said many of the girls Rogers plays with in summer leagues and will play with at college all have that postseason success that Hazen hasn’t quite been able to grasp.
“It eats at her as a competitor and just as a proud person who got the taste early and hasn’t really been back,” he said. “She’s frustrated, but she’s optimistic with this group.”
For Rogers, it’s about fi rst win-ning the games immediately in front of her.
“Before we look to getting there we have to get a good record, beat the teams we’re supposed to beat and play hard against hard teams,” she said.
Hazen beat Ingraham in a non-league opener Tuesday night 57-29. Rogers scored 23 points, while Fernandez scored 15.
Hazen faces Lindbergh Dec. 7 in the league opener.
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Hazen’s Airashay Rogers drives to the basket against Ingraham Nov. 29. ADAM MCFADDEN, Renton Reporter
Highlanders looking to get back to state
read about the game online…rentonreportercom
Airashay Rogers signed her Letter of Intent to play basketball for the University of Washington Nov. 21. Go online to RentonReporter.com to read more about Rogers and her decision.
Rogers signs with UW
GIRLS
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Contact and submissions: Adam McFadden
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LIBERTY GIRLS WIN OPENER
The Liberty girls basketball team beat Sumner 57-45 Tuesday in a non-league
season opener.The Patriots (1-0) led
throughout after gaining an 18-8 advantage in the fi rst
quarter. Aspen Winegar had a big game, scoring 25 points, grabbing nine rebound and
blocking three shots.Sierra Carlson scored 11
points. Stephanie Yea had six steals and fi ve assists to with
three points.
BY ADAM MCFADDEN
Coming off of the pro-gram’s fi rst league cham-pionship since 1999, the Hazen wrestling team is looking to keep building.
“We really want to roll with the success we had
last year and try to keep it going,” said Hazen coach Rory Magana. “It’s about promoting our program right now and getting more kids interested.”
Magana is still looking for more wrestlers to help fi ll out his team. Last season the team didn’t wrestle any
dual meets or tournaments with a full lineup as several wrestlers were missing due to injuries and poor grades. Yet the team still went 7-1 in league dual meets to win the Seamount.
Th e Highlanders sent fi ve wrestlers to the 3A state meet and of that group, Josh
Kluth, Austin Clark and Daniel Karpman return. All three won Seamount titles last season (Kluth at 103 pounds, Clark at 130, Karp-man at 135).
Kluth, a sophomore, sur-prised Magana last season with his rapid improvement. As a fi rst year wrestlers, Kluth took third at the com-petitive Liberty Invite, just his second tournament.
Other key returners are Justin Russell, Andre Fa-ciane, Cameron Felt, Jeremy
Guilbert, Jesus Lara, Jeremy Hazlett and Alex Palanciuc.
New wrestlers to watch are Derek Nichols, Andrew Tran, Jonathan Pineda and Jayden Schwope.
One big goal for Magana and the coaching staff is to not only get wrestlers to state, but have them place. He said the last state placer for Hazen was in 2004.
“Th at’s something that we’re striving for as a coach-ing staff ,” he said. “We want to start producing those
higher quality wrestlers.”Last year’s experience
should be helpful for the team. Clark, who lost both of his matches at state, is looking to do much better this year.
“Last year was more of the experience,” he said. “Th e Tacoma Dome is the big thing looming over your whole season and when you fi nally get there it’s kind of scary. But now I’ve been there and I can do better next time.”
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Above: Hazen’s Alex Palanciuc (right) and Daniel Karpman square off during a drill at practice. Left: Austin Clark (right) works on his form in practice. ADAM MCFADDEN, Renton Reporter
Hazen hopes to keep rolling from last season’s success
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“Keeping Renton Honda in Renton is a high priority for the city,” he said.
Employees of Renton Motorcycle were told of the closure Tuesday morning at a regular staff meeting; later, one of them expressed shock at the closure.
The Renton Motorcycle Co. and Renton Honda are owned by Bob Lanphere. He also owns Downtown Harley Davidson next door to Renton Motorcycles, which remains in business, said Terry Stallcop, general manager of both businesses.
Also remaining open is Mick Kelly’s at the Full Throttle Bar and Grill, which overlooks the Renton Motorcycles showroom.
“We have built a custom-er base that’s not dependent on the motorcycle customer base,” said owner Lorraine Tores, so her lunch business won’t be affected. She also draws customers from the Harley Davidson dealership next door.
The economy played a role in the closure of Renton Motorcycles, Stall-cop said.
However, an earlier plan would have had Renton
Motorcycles and Renton Honda share the large building, he said, but it failed to get the OK of the Honda corporation. He said it didn’t make sense to move Renton Motorcycles elsewhere.
Renton Honda won’t move for 18 months to 24 months, Stallcop said, during which it will seek permits from the City of Renton to remodel the Renton Motorcycle space.
Renton Honda dealership
underwent a $9 million expansion and renovation about four years ago.
The four lots and the building that now house the Renton Honda dealership are owned by Greenwell/ Renton L.L.C., an entity affiliated with Robert F. Greenwell Co. LP, which is based in Hawaii.
Pete Greenwell said Wednesday in an interview that all options are open regarding the future use of
the property, subject to the rights of the current tenant.
“We might look to sell it. We might look to put another user in there,” he said. “We might look to subdivide it.”
Stallcop, the general manager, said Tuesday the location on East Valley Road will provide better street access for customers.
Lanphere leases the four separate parcels on which his Honda dealership is located. Now, he can con-solidate under Lanphere’s ownership, Stallcop said.
That stretch of East Valley Road is also becom-ing a busy retail area and there are two other auto dealerships in the area, he said. Younker Nissan and Younker Mitsubishi are nearby.
The city already is study-ing how to better connect the two concentrations of auto dealers, one on Grady Way and the other on East Valley Road, Pietsch said.
That key entryway to Renton on Rainier Avenue already has a large open area – the former site of Sound Ford, which several years ago moved across Grady Way from Renton Honda.
“It’s been frustrating to have that property vacant for so long,” Pietsch said.
There’s interest in the property, but the price is an issue, he said.
“It is priced aggressively for the market and that’s a factor why it hasn’t been picked up,” Pietsch said.
The decision to close Renton Motorcycles was made last week, with man-agers told Saturday, Stallcop said. The business employs 28; about 10 of them will remain at the store through December to help with closing down the business. Stallcop said the hope is to find positions for the employees elsewhere within the company.
Customers can pick up special-order parts, cancel pre-paid maintenance contracts, cash in Renton Motorcycle gift cards and pick up bikes that are in for service, he said.
“We will make everyone whole,” he said.
Customers can reach the company at [email protected] or at 425-226-4320.
One longtime customer, Scott Lee of Rainier Beach, stopped by Tuesday morn-ing to retrieve a Kawa-saki motorcycle he had on consignment at Renton Motorcycles. He’s also a customer of Downtown Harley Davidson.
“It’s a sad situation,” he said. His wife Gini agreed. “They’ve been very good to us,” she said.
Dean A. Radford can be reached at 425-255-3484, ext. 5050.
Renton Honda move to new location is in 18-24 months
Scott Lee and his wife Gini picked up a Kawasaki motorcycle Tuesday morning that they had on consignment at Renton Motorcycles. DEAN A.
RADFORD, Renton Reporter
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“Keeping Renton Honda in Renton is a priority for the city.” Alex Pietsch, administrator,
Department of Economic and
Community Development
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7 p.m., Dec. 2, Butch Harrison, smooth and classic jazz band maestro performs solo, free
7 p.m., Dec. 3, Mia Vermillion, Seattle’s first lady of the blues, heading national soon, free
7 p.m., Dec. 6, Deems Tsu-takawa, internationally known jazz pianist, free
7 p.m., Dec. 9, Phil Westbrook, piano man plays and sings jazz, blues, pop and Broadway, free
7 p.m., Dec. 10, Kelley Johnson with John Hansen, internation-ally known jazz vocal/keyboard duo, free
7 p.m., Dec. 13, Deems Tsutakawa, internationally known jazz pianist, free
7 p.m., Dec. 16, Dina Blade with Hans Brehmer, top Seattle jazz vocalist with master jazz keyboard accompanist, free
7 p.m., Dec. 17, Rochelle House Exciting, talented vocalist and entertainer, free
7 p.m., Dec. 20, Greta Matassa with Darin Clendenin, best on the West Coast jazz vocalist with keyboard accompaniment, free
7 p.m., Dec. 23, Phil West-brook, piano man plays and sings jazz, blues, pop and Broadway; knows most any song, free
7 p.m., Dec. 24, No live music, Christmas Eve
7 p.m., Dec. 27, Bottom Line Duo, amazing on the double bass and cello, free
7 p.m., Dec. 30, New Year’s Eve-Eve; Trish Hatley with Hans Brehmer, jazz vocal duo, free
7 p.m., Dec. 31, New Year’s Eve at the Bistro, Coreena Brown with
Uncle Jimmy Holden, free
Vino at the Landing800 N. 10th Place, Suite E,
RentonContact: 425-282-0382,
vinoatthelanding.com
8 p.m., Dec. 3, Andre Feriante, Spanish guitar virtuoso, free
8 p.m., Dec. 10, Brooks Giles, jazz saxophonist and vocalist, free
8 p.m., Dec. 17, Danny Godi-nez, solo guitar, free
8 p.m., Dec. 31, Vino New Year’s Eve Party, free
A Terrible Beauty Irish
Pub201 Williams Ave. S., RentonContact: 425-227-3396, mys-
pace.com/aterriblebeautyirishpub
11 a.m. - 2 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays, Live Jazz Brunch, free
7 p.m.- 9 p.m., Wednesdays, Traditional Irish music session with Matt Haverly, free
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., Thurs-days, Acoustic Irish Dinner various artists, free
5:30 p.m.- 8:30 p.m., Dec. 2, Acoustic Irish Dinner with Mc-Cormack & Lowry, free
9:30 p.m., Dec. 2, Ready Steady Go!, alternative covers, free
5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Dec. 3, Acoustic Irish Dinner with Erin McNamee, free
9:30 p.m., Dec. 3, Rage Against Hunger Food & Toy Drive with Bullet in Your Head (Rage Against the Machine covers) and Pilot to Bombardier,free
Bring unused and wrapped toy or canned food. Giveaway and raffle for Dec. 17 Queensryche concert tickets
5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Dec. 9, Acoustic Dinner with Erin McNamee, free
5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Dec.
10, Acoustic Irish Dinner with McCormack & Lowry, free
9:30 p.m., Dec. 10, Rock Against Hunger Food & Toy Drive with The Voodoos on tour from Ireland, free
Bring new unused and unwrapped toy or canned food. Giveaways and raffle for Dec. 17th Queensryche concert tickets
5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Dec. 16, Acoustic Irish Dinner with Erin McNamee, free
9:30 p.m., Dec. 16, Bowi, foot stomping Irish rocking,’free
5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m., Dec. 17, An Angelic Holiday Celebration Din-ner with Erin McNamee and The Ancora Women’s Choir, reserva-tion only for four course dinner
10 p.m., Dec. 17, The Stunt Doubles, alternative covers, free
5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Dec. 23, Acoustic Irish Dinner with Erin McNamee 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., free
5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Dec. 24, Acoustic Irish Dinner with McCormack & Lowry, free
All day, Dec. 25, Christmas Brunch Pajama Party with Holiday music and movies, free
5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Dec. 30, Acoustic Irish Dinner with Erin McNamee, free
5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Dec. 31, Acoustic Irish Dinner with McCormack & Lowry, free
9 p.m., Dec. 31, New Year’s Eve Bash 2012 with Ready Steady Go!, free
Liberty Cafe926 S. 3rd St., Renton
Contact: 425-235-1400
7 p.m., Dec. 2, First Friday Party, free
7 p.m., Wednesdays, K.T. and Hoops host open mic, free
Luther’s Table419 S. Second St., Suite 1,
RentonContact: 425-970-3157
7:30 p.m., Dec. 3, Hotdish!, rock-and-roll Lutheran-style, free
7 p.m., Dec. 6, Beer and Carols, free
7:30 p.m., Dec. 6, Theology Pub, free
7:30 p.m., Dec. 7, Trivia, free7:30 p.m., Dec. 8, Open Mic,
free7:30 p.m., Dec. 9, BRAZZ,
Brazilian jazz, featuring Carole Miguel, free
7:30 p.m., Dec. 10, Gretchen and Friends, free
7 p.m., Dec. 13, Beer and Carols, free
7:30 p.m., Dec. 15, Open Mic, free
7 p.m., Dec. 16, Luther’s Table Benefit Concert at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 1700 Edmonds Ave. N.E., free
7:30 p.m., Dec. 16, Dan Duval and the Good Vibes Quartet, free
8 p.m., Dec. 17, Hired Help
Christmas Show, free7 p.m., Dec. 20, Beer and
Carols, free7:30 p.m., Dec. 20, Theology
Pub, free7:30 p.m., Dec. 21, Trivia, free7:30 p.m., Dec. 22, Open Mic,
free7 p.m., Dec. 27, Beer and
Carols, free7 p.m., Dec. 27, Luther’s Read-
ing Ladies, free1 p.m., Dec. 28, Children’s Sto-
rytime, music, storytime, crafts and snacks, free
7:30 p.m., Dec. 29, Open Mic, free
8 p.m., Dec. 30, The Fabulous Murphtones, free
Tea Palace2828 Sunset Lane N.E., RentonContact: 425-228-9393,
teapalacerestaurant.com
8 p.m.-midnight, Fridays, Vietnamese, English and Chinese live music, free
ComedyDC’s Bar and Grill907 S. 3rd St., RentonContact: 425-255-2511, www.
dcsbargrill.com/8 p.m., Dec. 15, Special Guest
TBD, $5
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Charles L. WolfCharles L. Wolf passed away on Sunday,
November 27, 2011. He was born on the 29th of September 1920 in Sioux City, Iowa to Joseph L. and Edith (Habel) Wolf. As a youth he enrolled in the Civilian Conservation Corps and received job training with the National Youth Administration. He enlisted in the US Naval Reserve in 1942 and served until 1946. He worked as a machinist at Pacific Car & Foundry before retiring in 1977. He is survived by: his wife, Pearl, and three children: daughter, Kathleen (Dave) Sacry of Kirkland and sons, Richard (Karen) Wolf of Australia and James Wolf; four grandchildren: Saundra Schoenberg Armbruster, Steven (Heidi)Wolf of Port Orchard, Sam Wolf of California, Melissa Wolf of Rancho Cucamonga, California; two great grandchildren: Haley and Zach Wolf; five sisters: Betty Wolf Eldridge of Hoodsport, Barbara Wolf Neufang of Tukwila, Joan Wolf Czikall of Olympia, Margaret Wolf Starrett of Pasadena, Texas and Delores Wolf Oppman of Mason City, Iowa. There are several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by seven brothers and two sisters. Cremation with interment and memorial will be at Tahoma
National Military Cemetery, Kent WA at a future date.549933
Mary W. ReidMary W. Reid passed away suddenly on November 20, 2011 at
Valley Medical Center in Renton. Mary was born in Renton on July 22, 1942. She graduated from Renton High School and then went to work for Western Paper Company and then for Xpedx paper company in which she retired in 2004. After retirement, Mary went to work at S.A.K.S. On 2nd Hair Salon in Renton.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Leonard and Maxine Reid, brother Eugene Reid, two nephews Sean and Joshua Reid. She has left behind a brother Michael Reid, his son JP, sister Donna Lyons, her husband Bruce, and their two kids Rachael and Jeremy Lyons, one nephew, Chet Reid and one niece Jessica Thomas.
Memorial Services were held on November 28, 2011 at St. Anthony Church in Renton.
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Sudoku Difficulty level: Easy
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7 6 3 9 1 5 4 8 29 8 4 6 2 3 5 7 11 2 5 7 8 4 3 6 92 9 7 1 3 8 6 4 56 3 1 4 5 7 9 2 84 5 8 2 6 9 7 1 33 4 9 8 7 2 1 5 68 7 6 5 9 1 2 3 45 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 7
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acid 14. Kind of code15. “___ Brockovich”16. O. Henry’s “The Gift
of the ___”17. “Die Lorelei” poet18. Angry, with “off”19. Actuarial chart 22. Goddess of the
hunt23. Narrow parallel
grooves 24. Jail, slangily26. “Coriolanus” set-
ting28. Bleed29. “Act your ___!”30. Facial contours35. ___-Japanese War38. Masefield play “The
Tragedy of ___”39. Be exultant40. Returns to life 43. ___ jacket44. “___, humbug!”45. Be a snitch47. Priestly garb48. Nasal partition 51. Fowl place53. Execution of a plan 56. “I, Claudius” role57. ___ Wilson of The
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The City of Renton is seeking candidates for two positions on the Renton Municipal Arts Commis-sion, one of which is the youth (under 21) position.
Members are appointed by the mayor and con-firmed by the City Council to three-year terms.
The Municipal Arts Commission is comprised of 12 members and is responsible for promot-ing and enhancing arts and culture in Renton. The commission meets at Renton City Hall, 1055 S. Grady Way, Renton, on the first Tuesday of each month at 4:30 p.m.
Members of the commis-sion recognize the value of artistic and cultural devel-opment in Renton through the following activities:
performances and arts-re-lated organizations through
annual financial assistance awards.
-mentation of the five-year Master Plan for Arts & Culture.
execution and acceptance of works of art funded or acquired by the city.
-tion of appropriate works of art for 1% for Art projects.
To apply for commission membership, complete an application and supplemen-tal questions, available at ArtsCommission.rentonwa.gov, on the Boards and Commissions webpage at rentonwa.gov or call 425-430-6589. Applications are also available at the Mayor’s Office at Renton City Hall, seventh floor. Application review will begin on Dec. 15, but applications are accepted on an on-going basis.
Renton looking for members for Municipal Arts Commission
Self Storage Lien SaleDecember 7th at 11:00 AM
Sale will be held at: Storage One On Sunset Blvd NE
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425-793-3900Tillmon Auction Service www.tillmonsauction.com
Published in the Renton Report- er on November 18, 25, 2011, and December 2, 2011. #545502.
CITY OF RENTONNOTICE OF ORDINANCES
ADOPTED BY THE RENTON CITY COUNCIL
Following is a summary of the ordinances adopted by the Ren- ton City Council on November 21, 2011:
ORDINANCE NO. 5637 An Ordinance of the City of Renton, Washington, establish- ing the property tax levy for the year 2012 for general city opera- tional purposes in the amount of $33,400,000.Effective: 12/7/2011
ORDINANCE NO. 5638 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 Ordi-nance Nos. 5595 and 5616, in the
amount of $15,591,398, for an amended total of $494,382,739 over the biennium.Effective: 12/7/2011 Complete text of these ordinanc- es 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.Jason A. Seth, Deputy City Clerk Published in Renton Reporter on December 2, 2011. #548867.
Superior Court of WashingtonCounty of King
In re the Estate of: FRAN E. HUWA, Deceased.NO. 11-4-06277-2 KNT
NOTICE TO CREDITORS The 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 be- low a copy of the claim and fil- ing 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 Represen- tative served or mailed the No- tice 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 for- ever 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 PUBLICA- TION: December 2, 2011.PR:PAUL EMERSON HUWARonald E. Glessner WSBA #19495 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. 11-4-06277-2 KNTPublished in Renton Reporter on December 2, 2011, December 9,
2011 and December 16, 2011.#550749.
In the District Court of the State of Washington for the
County of KingCHRISTINE CLARK, Petitioner vs.VIJAY CLARK, RespondentNo 111-00373
SUMMONSChristine Clark to Vijay Clark: You are hereby sum-moned to appear on the 30th dayof January, 2012, at 1PM,Bellevue District Court andrespond to the petition. If you failto respond, an order of namechange will be issued regardingthe minor children: Stella Clarkand Bhisma Abila Clark pursuantto the provisions of chapter4.24.130 RCW. A copy of thepetition, notice of hearing,and order allowing service bypublication has been filed withthe clerk of this court. Bellevue, WA Petitioner: Christine Clark Published in the Bellevue andRenton Reporters on December2, 2011, December 9, 2011 andDecember 16, 2011. #548909.
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