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Highlands Library | The public got a chance to see the plans that are taking shape for a new library to serve the Highlands [3]
Off to a good start | The Renton girls basketball team is perfect in league play so far [11]
Renton Culinary Club members, from left, artistic adviser Kizztophe Asuncion; Tyree Bryant; treasurer Jazmine Burciu-Curry; secretary Nailah Eubanks; vice president D’Andre Johnson; president Nick Mobley, and vice president Christina Gryniv made “buck eyes,” a chocolate-covered, peanut butter dessert. CHARLES CORTES, Renton Reporter
BY DEAN A. RADFORD
Renton got hit with several inches of snow Wednesday, maybe not as much as was expected but easily enough to close schools and snarl the commute.
Th e snow closed some businesses; those that were open had a scarcity of customers.
Th e storm wasn’t a surprise, as forecasters had been tracking it closely for days. However in the
end as it got closer it became apparent that the snow wouldn’t fall as deeply as predicted.
Th e storm arrived from the south, with deeper snow amounts in south Puget Sound south-ward.
For many Wednesday was a day of play.
Todd Schle-gel of Renton brought his two kids, Mason, 5, and Mira, 7, to Liberty Park for a some sliding at the Skateboard Park.
“Th e kids have been waiting for it,” Schlegel said of the snow. Th ey started asking about the snow on Tues-day. Th e snow
was turning to a freezing rain while they were there in the late morning.
All garbage, recycling and yard/food waste had been collected in the city through Tuesday, accord-
Winter hits region hard; schools close
BY TRACEY COMPTON
Family is the one word that students in Renton High School’s Culinary Club use to defi ne their relationship.
Th e tight-knit group has become an in-demand business with the success of their student-run catering company, An Essence of Renton.
Th e students have catered at least 20 to 30 events in the area. Past events have included a Swedish Hospital fund-raiser that they partner with Seattle’s Wild Ginger restaurant to work.
Th ey have also done events for the Renton Chamber of Commerce, Piazza Renton, Skills USA, Seattle Internation-
al Film Festival, events for the district and Renton High School.
Th eir company has a core group of 12 to 14 students and a maximum of 35 for large events.
Formed four years ago, the club and business have taught the teens not only practi-cal lessons in the kitchen and business, but in life too.
It is press-ing them on to pursue their future
dreams whether they are in the culinary arts or something else.
“I don’t think there’s anyone in there who doesn’t have a plan for their fu-ture,” said Nick Mobley, a Renton High senior and president of the club.
Originally, Mobley started taking classes at the school because he wanted
to one day be a chef. He’s learned hard work, dedication and responsibility throughout his experience with the club and now wants to be a surgeon.
“I started coming in and showing up every day. I got to working hard,” he said. “And aft er a while culinary wasn’t exactly what I wanted to do, but I got so close to everybody in here that I couldn’t leave. Th ere was no option, it’s like I couldn’t separate myself from my family because that’s who they are.”
In their interactions there is scream-ing, crying and yelling as they all work to better their culinary skills, Mobley said.
He credits his instructor, Aleta Konkol, for a lot of his development and says many of the students call her “mom.”
Konkol tries to capitalize on the students’ enthusiasm and hard work
They’re cookin’ up a familyRenton High’s Culinary Club in demand by those looking for tasty treats
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“I don’t think there’s anyone in there who doesn’t have a plan for their future.” Nick
Mobley, club president
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Mira Schlegel, 7, is all smiles as she slides down a ramp at Skateboard Park Wednesday at Liberty Park. Garren Turner helped her and brother Mason get set up for the runs. DEAN A. RADFORD, Renton Reporter
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www.rentonreporter.com[2] January 20, 2012
BY DEAN A. RADFORD
Th e Lakeshore retirement community on Lake Washington has donated more than $40,000 in the last eight years to King County Fire District 20 to use to buy medi-cal supplies and equipment.
Last week aft er a series of fundraising luncheons, the Lakeshore presented just over $4,000 to the fi re district, which serves the West Hill/Skyway area, at a luncheon attended by nearly 140 people.
Th e donation included $1,000 from the Th e Lakeshore.
“For us, these fi refi ghters and medics are the best neighbors you could ask for,” said Cheryl St. Louis, Th e Lakeshore’s execu-tive director, in a press release. “When your neighbors need help, you help them. Giving back to these fi refi ghters and medics makes perfect sense.”
In all donations to the fundraisers from residents and their friends and family have raised more than $43,500.
“Th is year, the fi re district is looking to buy a car seat for our aid car as the fi re dis-trict is now transporting patients and wants to make sure should we need to transport, we have them safely secured,” said Dave
Nelson, a fi re district spokesman.Th e fi re district’s crews respond to about
2,000 calls a year, with about 85 percent of those for medical reasons. Typically, each month there are 15 to 20 calls a month to Th e Lakeshore, he said.
“Without the contributions of the Lake-shore residents, many of the items we have purchased would go unpurchased,” said Nelson. Th e monies received go directly into the Fire District’s general fund and can be used where needed.”
Each month fi refi ghters are treated to a lunch, where the donations are collected, he said.
Lakeshore donates $4,000 to help fire district buy gear
John Jaworski, a fi refi ghter for King County Fire District 20, displays some of the aid supplies purchased with money collected at fundraisers at The Lakeshore. SUBMITTED
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BY TRACEY COMPTON
The City of Renton needs to do a better job of reaching the diverse populations of the Renton Highlands community if officials are to get real dialogue and feed-back on plans to create a new and expanded Highlands Library.
That was the message repeated by community members at an open house for the project last week.
City officials, King County Library System staff, developers and Portland-based THA Archi-tecture team staffers all outnum-bered the community members who attended the event.
“My biggest concern was the fact that the people who usually use that library right now are the ones who are not represented here,” said resident Cynthia Burns.
Burns has lived in the commu-nity for 30 years and said English is not a first language for many Highlands residents.
Having served on community boards, she said it’s a problem she’s seen with the City of Renton repeatedly. There is a tendency for the people most impacted by a facility or development not to show up.
“I don’t know if it’s because it is a population where the adults are not the first-generation Americans,” Burns said. “So, the kids do a lot of translating for the parents. Or, if it is the parents not being first-generation Ameri-cans, they don’t want to be near officials.”
Michael Riley did not like what he saw of the library concep-tual plans that THA Architects presented.
“There’s not enough room for library facilities,” he said. “There’s too large a proportion given over to a large meeting room, which is not used. And it’s using a huge portion of the space for staff ac-tivities and back-of-house stuff.”
Riley felt the plans were in-teresting and paralleled similar use-of-space ideas in the newly proposed downtown library.
THA Architecture team mem-ber, Jane Barker, felt that the exchange during the open house was pretty typical of what she is used to experiencing in commu-nity meetings for design projects.
Sometimes the atmosphere is much more contentious, she said.
“It was a wonderful dialogue as far as what the issues are and
hopefully we’ll address them and make sure that as the project moves forward it meets every-body’s community needs as best it can,” Barker said.
Despite her concerns about the open house’s attendance, Cynthia Burns called the architects plans “wonderful.”
She has regarded the Highlands library as a children’s library all the years that she’s lived in the community.
Burns said it’s nice to see the library grow up but still have space dedicated to a children’s and teen area.
The library expansion is part of the larger Sunset redevelop-ment project, which seeks to add a neighborhood park, four- to five-story apartments, townhouse and mixed-use housing.
Renton Housing Authority and Colpitts Development had rep-
resentatives at the meeting. The housing authority is redevelop-ing its Sunset Terrace apartment complex.
Chris Burns, Cynthia’s son, told the representatives that she was concerned that current residents would be priced out of the new housing and unable to return to the community.
“So, I would not like to see that, that’s not a community valueof mine to displace the poor and people of color in favor of higher income areas that are attracted by things like new buildings and more expensive housing,” he said after the meeting.
Alex Pietsch, community and economic development admin-istrator for the city, said that Renton Housing Authority has a strategy for redeveloping the housing with respect to prevent-ing this from happening.
People displaced by the rede-velopment would have the first opportunity to come back to the development, Pietsch said.
“The goal here is to create a mixed-income neighborhood,” Pietsch said.
Colpitts portion of the develop-ment will be market-rate housing.Others are supposed to be afford-able. Right now the library is the only piece of the redevelopment project that is funded.
City of Renton and KCLS staff said they would work on ways to get the presentation out to the community and consider the ideas presented at the event. Tracey Compton can be reached at 425-255-3484, ext. 5052.
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VALLEY ORTHOPEDICS DONATES $5,000 TO
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donated $5,000 to the Salvation Army Renton Corps in December to help keep the shelves stocked
at the Salvation Army Renton Rotary Food Bank.
Valley Orthopedic Associates created a Friendship Fund to help
organizations in Renton, Kent and the Snoqualmie area. Charities
to help are chosen by employees, who donate the money.
Valley Orthopedic Associates (VOA) representatives presented
the $5,000 donation check to Captain Chris Aird, corps offi cer.
Making the presentation were Michele Croft, VOA lead medical
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www.rentonreporter.com[4] January 20, 2012
The pastor of the New Christian Cov-enant Center once located in Renton, who defrauded two dozen parishioners out of more than $1.6 million, pleaded guilty last week in U.S. District Court in Seattle to wire fraud and money laundering, accord-ing to a U.S. Department of Justice press release.
Anthony C. Morris, 48, admitted his fraud was a ‘Ponzi’ scheme where early investors were paid off from the money taken from later investors. U.S. District Judge Richard A. Jones will sentence Mor-ris on April 6.
The congregation meets in Tukwila.The federal release outlines the case:According to the plea agreement and
charges filed in the case, between 2003 and April 2011, Morris convinced various investors to provide him money based on false and fraudulent representations. Morris told various investors that their money would be placed in an overseas trading program, or used to invest in prop-erty for his church. Morris represented that the investments would provide a high rate of return in a short period of time. Morris promised to return investor money in as little as a few days or a few weeks, with returns of as much as 400 percent. All these representations were false, and in fact Morris simply used the funds from later investors to pay off earlier investors. Some of the money went for Morris’ ex-penses and for the expenses of his church.
In one 2007 instance described in the plea agreement, a victim provided Morris with a $30,000 loan for investment purposes, on the promise that Morris would repay him, with interest, in 30 days. Despite repeated promises the money was never repaid.
Under the terms of the plea agreement, the exact amount of restitution is still being calculated, but Morris has agreed to pay the full amount determined by the court. Wire fraud is punishable by up to 20 years in prison and money laundering is punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
The case was investigated by the FBI and Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Carl Blackstone and Matthew Diggs.
Federal officials offered tips on how to avoid becoming a victim of a Ponzi scheme.
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The Renton Community Foundation canceled its annual Circle of Giving Awards Celebration planned for last Wednesday due to weather concerns.
The event was scheduled for 5 p.m. at the Renton Senior Center.
The foundation has not yet decided when to reschedule the event.
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Yard and food waste not collected on regular days later in the week will be collected on the next regularly scheduled collection day the week of Jan. 23.
If garbage and recycling collection was missed due to the weather on either Thursday or Friday, the collection day will be one day later than the normal collection day, according to Shridhar.
The National Weather Services online forecast map of Western Washington was awash in a dark pink, the signal for a winter storm warning.
It seemed incongruous, since on Tuesday, at least parts of region were enjoying a sunny afternoon.
Snoqualmie Pass was closed repeat-edly during the week as storms dumped snow there, raising the threat of ava-lanche.
Renton got a warmup for the big snow, when lesser amounts fell over the three-day weekend.
Facing a cold night in the upper 20s, 24 people signed up to stay at the cold-
weather shelter Monday night. Initially, the shelter was to open only Monday and Tuesday, but faced with Wednes-day’s storm, it was open Wednesday and Thursday, too.
The shelter is the Harambee Church, 316 S. Third St. in Renton. The church provides separate areas for men and women and families.
Local, county and state crews spent the week either preparing for the storm or dealing with the snow once it began to fall. Renton is home to the county’s maintenance shops, from where sand, de-icing chemicals and heavy equipment are dispatched to county roads.
Wednesday’s storm wasn’t the last of the unsettled and intense weather that Ol’ Man Winter had planned for the region.
The snow was forecast to turn to rain on Thursday, with rain only on Friday. Highs will reach into the mid-40s Friday and into the weekend, with the lows to high for more snow.
The storms this week forced changes to commuter habits and bus routes. Metro Transit has updated route infor-mation online at metro.kingcounty.gov.
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www.rentonreporter.com [5]January 20, 2012
The following information was taken from City of Renton police reports.
BY TRACEY COMPTON
A 16-year-old boy stole merchan-dise from an electronics store on Jan. 1.
The 16-year-old was observed in Fry’s Electronics Store, 800 Garden Ave. N., selecting and concealing several items on his body.
He did not attempt to pay for them before leaving the store. The boy picked up a screen cleaner and some head phones.
Loss prevention specialists had the boy in custody when police arrived after 4 p.m.
He told police that he was shopping for other items when he saw the head phones’ box was slightly open and decided to take them.
Police arrested the teen for investi-gation of theft.
Concrete man carries guns into Walmart
Police responded to a man armed with two loaded guns for breaching the peace at an area store on Jan. 1.
Police arrived at the Renton Wal-mart, 743 Rainier Ave. S., to stop a man coming out of the store with a holstered loaded gun.
They also discovered another
loaded gun hidden under his clothes with a suppressor attached to it.
Store staff said that the 40-year-old Concrete man was in the money transfer center and was agitated. His ATM card was not working.
Before he left the store he talked loudly into his phone to his mother, making threats against the store.
The man was cooperative with police and they took his guns and a knife from him and impounded them.
He was also trespassed from the store for one year.
Woman finds bullet in her vehicle
A woman discovered a bullet in her vehicle on Jan. 1.
Police were called to a residence in the 700 block of Shelton Avenue Northeast at 12:35 p.m.
The 70-year-old woman told police she heard a loud bang earlier that morning. She went outside and only discovered her newspaper delivery person, who didn’t see anyone near the car.
The woman came outside later in the day to discover the bullet hole in her car door.
Police found the bullet lodged just inside the floor of the car.
Police believe the bullet traveled from the street about a block away.
Police break up another big party
Police broke up a loud party on Dec. 31.
Police were called to a residence in the 11900 block of Southeast 160th Street at 1:34 a.m.
A nearby neighbor told them of the disturbance and past incidents of loud parties.
While police were talking to the frustrated neighbor, multiple party-goers exited the residence and left in cars.
Police had previously contacted the 21-year-old renter about other parties.
The man told them that he was throwing a party for his friend who just got back from Iraq.
Police told the man that was the same excuse he used two weeks ago when they were called to his place.
Police smelled marijuana emanat-ing from the residence.
They told him that there are no more warnings and he is going to be charged with breach of peace from now on.
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www.rentonreporter.com[6] January 20, 2012
Every January, Americans look ahead with the desire to start the New Year with fresh ideas and hopes to improve.
Th e U.S. Small Business Administration is doing the same thing – regularly meeting with lenders and resources partners to get feedback on ways to improve our loan programs and ser-vices. And, this past year the SBA engaged more than 150 community lenders in all 50 states to provide comments on ways that the SBA’s CA-PLines Program could work more eff ectively for both SBA lenders and small businesses, as this program has been underutilized.
SBA’s CAPLines Program helps small businesses meet their short-term and cycli-cal working capital needs. Th e SBA provides up to an 85 percent guarantee. Th ere are four loan programs under CAPLines: Seasonal Line of Credit Program, Contract
Loan Program, Builders Line Program and Working Capital Line.
Th ese are the key benefi ts of the program:
their personal assets as collateral to secure work-ing capital.
able, inventory, contracts, and purchase orders in order to secure an SBA revolving line of credit. For example: when fulfi lling a purchase order
to obtain an SBA-guaranteed line of credit to hire more workers and buy more materials.
SBA-guaranteed line of credit to fi nance their work on a contract with a federal prime contrac-tor.
anteed line of credit.Overall, the improved CAPLines Program
provides business owners with the working capi-tal they need to take advantage of new oppor-tunities, as they continue to grow their business and create jobs in the new year.
Small businesses that use CAPLines will ben-efi t from the increased SBA 7(a) loan limit of $5 million, eff ective as a result of the Small Business Jobs Act. For those small businesses looking to vie for bigger contracts, this will help them fi nancially prepare to compete and win.
Whether you are a startup, currently in busi-ness, or a business that is experiencing diffi cul-ties, SBA has programs to help you.
As you take the time to evaluate your business needs and set goals for the new year, remember to reach out to SBA resource partners such as SCORE, Small Business Development Centers and Women’s Business Centers. Th ey provide counseling and can assist you with developing or updating a business plan, marketing plan, or a loan package to take to a lender. To locate re-sources in the state of Washington or to contact your local SBA offi ce visit: www.sba.gov/local-resources.
Calvin W. Goings is regional administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration, overseeing the Obama Administration’s small business programs and initiatives in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington.
Renton’s voters are being asked to help ensure
their kid’s present and their future when
they decide the fate of two levies and a bond
measure Feb. 14.
Renton residents have always been generous
toward their schools and have been rewarded with
remodeled elementary schools, improving graduation
rates and some big-time awards.
One levy is the familiar Maintenance and Opera-
tions Replacement Levy that voters are asked to renew
every four years. Maintenance and operations make
up about a third of the district’s budget
A Technology Levy is part of the district’s long-term
technology plan. It provides for math, reading and
writing instruction, training, computers and hardware
and more. Technology is the future and Renton’s
students need to be ready for that future.
Even if you haven’t been there, you can imagine
what it’s like to walk down the hall with 1,400 stu-
dents at McKnight Middle School, the largest school in
the district. McKnight is overcrowded, which hampers
learning and teaching; a new middle school is long
overdue.
The Building for a Lifetime of Learning School
Building Improvement Bond would raise $97 million
to build a new 800-student middle school at the cur-
rent Renton Academy site in the northern part of the
district, among other projects.
The bond would also cover renovation of the pool at
Lindbergh High School and improvements, upgrades
and modernization of other schools.
Of course, there is a cost that property owners
will bear on their property taxes for all three
measures. But it’s a small cost, $14 a month
on a median-priced home of $252,000.
We won’t fi gure out how many lattes you can buy
with $14. Without question, our schools are worth it.
There’s an immediate downside if any of the mea-
sures fail – the fl ip side of all those positives. An M
and O levy failure means, among others, program and
staff cuts; McKnight gets more crowded and learning
suff ers if the bond measure fails.
It might be tempting when making a decision
to factor in the recent state Supreme Court’s ruling
reinforcing the state’s obligation to pay for all basic
education.
Eff orts are under way to fully meet that obliga-
tion, but those eff orts will take years to bear fruit and
the need for local support will always remain. There
always will be local levies and bond measures to pay
for major capital projects. Those are just a fact of life.
The Renton Reporter recommends a yes vote on the
two levies and bond measure on the Feb. 14 ballot.
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Communities in Schools of Renton is calling on members of the community to become mentors for their New Year’s resolution.
Mentor Program Manager Mara Fiks-dal is asking for investment in Renton’s
youth as January marks Mentoring Month in the city.
“The needs in the community are greater than they have been in the past,” Fiksdal said.
The demographics of the area have changed since the group started in Renton in 1995 and they are hearing a lot from family liaisons in the district on increasing needs in the community, she said.
CIS of Renton currently has about 180 children in their mentoring program. However, for every one child that is paired with a mentor, at least five addi-tional students could use a mentor.
The need is especially great for male mentors, Fiksdal said.
The organization recruits and trains new mentors year-round. Volunteers don’t have to worry about brushing up on their skills, as mentors are just encouraged to show up each week, build trust and serve as a consistent caring adult in the lives of students.
Fiksdal has been with CIS of Renton since September. She is urging Renton business leaders to consider how they can encourage and enable their employ-ees to serve as mentors.
“Sometimes all it takes is for an em-ployer to add an extra 15 minutes to an employee’s lunch break one day a week, allowing them enough time to get to and from a mentoring session,” Fiksdal said.
For more information about how to become a mentor, contact Fiksdal at [email protected] or by calling 425-430-6659.
CIS of Renton is also on Facebook and Twitter.
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“The needs in the community are greater than they have been in the past.” Mara Fiksdal
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Woodward graduated from the University of Washington with a mas-ter’s degree in speech pathology and audiology. Before coming to Renton, she worked in the Lake Washington School District with handicapped students at the Gordon Hauck Center. Woodward is also involved in technology trainings and evaluations and has been a teacher in Renton for 26 years.
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“I don’t just push that they do culinary,” she said. “I person-ally want them to do a four-year (college program), that’s just as a mom.”
Yet many of her students have found their passion in the culi-nary arts from their time spent with the club.
Th e class means a lot to student Christina Gryniv. She baked cakes for the giant Renton High School Centennial cake presented at a ceremony last summer for the club.
Gryniv like baking and wants to pursue it as a career although her plans aren’t completely formed.
“I’m always here, (the class) helped me grow and become more responsible and more of a leader,” Gryniv said. “It helped me in a lot of ways and taught me a whole bunch of new stuff .”
Student Dandre Johnson Katz plans to go into the Air Force fi rst and then becoming a chef and having his own restaurant.
His specially created cake balls were a hit at the Seattle Interna-tional Film Festival in the IKEA Performing Arts Center at Renton High.
An Essence of Renton sold food items for the fi lsm
“It became a big hit,” Johnson Katz said. “I just make stuff that comes to the top of my head and they get out and everybody likes it.”
Th e students work hard to fi ll their catering requests. Th ey work over school breaks and sometimes aft er school late into the evening.
“We’re just ready to work and cook,” said student Nailah Eubanks.
Recently An Essence of Renton catered a breakfast for about 320 people for the school district.
Within Renton High the chef ’s jackets that club members wear have become so popular that Konkol had to increase the service-hour requirements to get them.
All the profi ts the company makes goes for supplies and scholarships. Last year they were able to give out two $500 scholar-ships. Th is year they are trying for more.
“I don’t know what the future’s going to be like, but I can tell you I’ve learned more about life in this room than I probably will any-where I will ever go,” said Mobley.
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Student baked cakes for Renton High School’s Centennial
Culinary Club President Nick Mobley, left, has artistic adviser Kizztophe Asuncion bring up a plate of “buck eye,” a chocolate-covered, peanut-butter dessert for vice president Christina Grynir to add more of the dessert. CHARLES CORTES, Renton Reporter
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Renton girls basketball coach Tim White saw this coming. He knew this team would have just the right mix to be something special. So far, he’s been right.
The Indians are off to a perfect 8-0 start in the Seamount and stand at 9-4 overall, even with a challeng-ing non-league schedule.
“It’s been going really well,” White said. “We’ve just been win-ning, and we’ve stuck together as a team. They’ve bonded and I love that about them.”
Knowing his team would have a lot of potential, White stacked the non-league schedule so he could learn what his team needs to work on.
First, Renton fell to Holy Names (11-2), the defending 3A state champion. Then Renton took on River Ridge (9-5), a team that’s won the 2A title three times since 2007 and placed third at state last year. Renton also lost to Spanaway Lake (10-4) and Port Angeles (8-5) in close, non-league games. Each game helped White learn some-thing about his team. The biggest hints were that the Indians needed to work on rebounding and free-throw shooting.
“That schedule gave me an op-portunity to assess where we were outside of the league,” White said. “It was all about seeing what type of adjustments to make.”
If Renton can get those right, to go with a steady offense and White’s trademark pressure defense, the team could be looking at its first state tournament berth since finish-ing second in the 4A tournament in 1987.
On offense, the Indians have great balance with Taylor Far-ris, Jordan Armstrong, Shanease Kenner, Priscilla Tuiasosopo and Tia Bryant all averaging more than eight potions per game.
Defensively, Indians have been especially tough on teams in the early stages of games, allowing an average of 8.46 points per quarter in the first quarters of games. The team pressures on the perimeter and Farris, a 5-foot-10 sophomore, is averaging 9.0 blocks per game inside.
More basketball from around the Seamount:
- The Lindbergh girls team is well on its way to a winning season for the first time since the 2008-2009 season.
“When we play together on the court, we can play with anybody,” said coach Allen Dodson. “We’re not just trying to stay in games any-more. We’re trying to win games.”
The Eagles are 6-5 overall and 5-3 in the Seamount. They are currently the top 2A seed, which would give them a guaranteed trip to districts if they can hold on to that.
The biggest key to the program’s revival is better numbers and a JV program.
“We’ve struggled to
bring that back to Lindbergh,” said assistant coach Victoria Chappell. “And it’s very encouraging for those young players to now see the suc-cess of the varsity.”
The program has a JV team for the first time in three years.
“It’s exciting to be winning games,” said senior Emily Graver. “But we have to keep practicing hard because we definitely still have work to do.”
Graver recently committed to play basketball for Concordia University in Portland. She picked Concordia over Centralia Com-munity College because she felt a four-year university was a better fit. She hopes to play shooting guard and study exercise science.
Graver is fifth in the Seamount with 17.9 points per game. Sopho-more Aleisha Simpson is also having a strong season with 7.2 rebounds and 5.7 points per game.
- Since losing its only league game of the season 42-41 in over-time against Lake Washington Jan. 4, the Liberty girls team has won three straight, by an average of 13.33 points.
Senior Aspen Winegar leads the team in scoring (14.6 points) and rebounds (6.6) per game, but the Patriots real strength is depth.
Coach Randy Leifer uses his bench with confidence. The team has eight players who have scored at least 40 points and eight with at least 40 rebounds this season.
- Behind senior Jimmy Keum, Lindbergh is averaging 61.64 points per game, second in the Seamount. Keum is also second individually, at 19.0 points per game. Keum is among the league’s five in scoring, free throws, assists, steals, blocks and three-point field goals.
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The Eagles have hit a bit of a rut this month by losing five of six games. Even so, they are tied with Foster for fourth in the Seamount. More important, they are tied with Foster for the league’s second 2A seed. The top two 2A seeds earn a guaranteed trip to districts.
Lindbergh takes on Foster Feb. 3 in the regular-season finale in what could be a very important game for playoff scenarios.
- Renton boys basketball coach Rick Comer said his players are “taking their lumps this year.”
Missing senior Colton Hafey, the team has been forced to go with a commit-tee of players at point guard, which has been a challenge. Renton is averaging 53.21 points per game, sixth in the Seamount.
The Indians (5-9 overall, 3-5 Seamount), who have averaged three league losses per season the past six years, are 3-5 in the Seamount. But even with the tough start, Renton still should be able to grab a sub-district playoff berth, as long as it can stay
ahead of Tyee (1-11, 1-7) and Highline (0-12, 0-8) in the standings.
- After battling through sickness for a few weeks, Ha-zen’s Airashay Rogers came back in a big way, scoring 71 points in two games Jan. 4 and 6. The UW commit also picked up 11 assists, 26 rebounds and 14 steals in the games.
Rogers’ scoring slowed down last week as the High-landers went 2-0 against the top of the Seamount (Renton and Kennedy Catholic), but that’s certainly under-standable considering the competition.
- The Hazen boys team is nearly guaranteed a trip to sub-districts thanks to High-line’s struggles this season, but the team is still battling with Bremerton for a better
seed. As of Jan. 17, Bremer-ton led Hazen six points to 5.5 (teams earn one point for league wins against 1A or 2A teams, 1.5 points for league wins against 3A or 4A) for the second seed.
Hazen played Lindbergh Tuesday and can pick up 1.5 key points with a win against Highline Friday.
Frankie Johnson (14.0 points 4.8 assists per game, best in the Seamount) and Dawit Kasa (14.6 points, 6.5 rebounds per game) are hav-ing strong seasons.
- With four talented teams pulling away in the KingCo 3A/2A, the Liberty boys team is staying afloat at 7-7 overall and 2-6 in league play.
The Patriots’ biggest strength, defense, has been tough to see in the standings thanks to Bellevue (12-2), Sammamish (11-3), Mercer Island (11-4) and Lake Washington (10-4) possess-ing strong teams.
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The Environmental ReviewCommittee has issued aDetermination of Non-Significance - Mitigated forthe following project under theauthority of the Renton MunicipalCode. Nelson Preliminary Plat LUA11-088, ECF, PP Location: 2008 NE 12th St.Application for a 9-lot plat.The 1.62 ac site is zoned R-8.Access to the site is proposed viaan extension of Monterey Aveeventually connecting to Nile AveNE. Appeals of the environmentaldetermination must be filed inwriting on or before 5:00 p.m. onFebruary 3, 2012. Appeals mustbe filed in writing together withthe required fee with: HearingExaminer, City of Renton, 1055South Grady Way, Renton, WA98057. Appeals to the Examinerare governed by City of RentonMunicipal Code Section 4-8-110.B. Additional informationregarding the appeal process maybe obtained from the Renton CityClerk’s Office, (425) 430-6510.A Public Hearing will be held bythe Renton Hearing Examiner inthe Council Chambers, City Hall,on February 14, 2012 at 1:00p.m. to consider the PreliminaryPlat. If the EnvironmentalDetermination is appealed, theappeal will be heard as part of thispublic hearing. Interested partiesare invited to attend the publichearing. Published in the Renton Reporteron January 20, 2012. #574872.
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He is survived by his loving wife, Betty; daughters, Kay (Greg) Hammer, Deanna (Mark) Boonie, Candy (Ken) Burgess; sons, Mike Fast, Bill (Sandra) Fast; 3 brothers; 12 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren. Son, James (Jim) Fast preceded him in death.
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Kay F. JohnsonDecember 23, 1927 - December 20, 2011
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wife for over forty years until she passed away in 1993.Kay began his career in Chamber of Commerce management in
Winnemucca, Nevada and Boise, Idaho. In 1962 the family moved to Renton, Washington where Kay would spend the next 45 years. Kay was the CEO of the Greater Renton Chamber of Commerce for 30 years, and a Renton Housing Authority Commissioner for 37 years. His last four years were spent in Portland, Oregon. He was also preceded in death by daughter Kathy (1993) and is survived by sons Craig (Vicki), Mike (Denise) and three grandsons, Nicolas (Kristin), Ryan, and David (Nicole).
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Priscilla enjoyed going to garage sales and shopping at thrift stores but most of all she was a loving wife and mother who cared deeply for her family.
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Renton and Kelly Raye McGarvey of Kirkland; sons, Brett (Anika) of Federal Way, Brady (Joanna) of Tacoma, Joshua and Matthew both of Covington; sisters, Lee Lyons (Ron) and Janice Clark, both of CA; brothers, Elmo Hays (Vern) and Jack Hays (Fern) both of CA; 14 grandchildren, Mark, Theron, Jeremy, Rikki, Jeniffer, Paden, Tristan, Zachary, Chloe, Kalen, Hannah, Hunter, Brooke and Aron; 7 great-grandchildren, Mason, Miles, Jaida, Felicity, Sebastian, Madison, and Isabella.
A visitation will be held Saturday from 3-5PM at Yahn & Son Funeral Home in Auburn. Memorial service will be held Saturday, January 21, 2012 11:00 A.M. at Brooklake Church, 629 S. 356th St. Federal Way. Arrangements by Yahn & Son Funeral Home, Auburn.
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