Renton Reporter, November 04, 2011

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FRIDAY NOVEMBER 4/11

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD | Renton FilmFrenzy IV voting under way [rentonreporter.com]

They’re thrifty | R & D Thrift Store on Wells Avenue downtown has some recession-proof REPORTER NEWSLINE 425.255.3484 deals [8]

Airport = $6.2 billion

Playoffs | Read about how the Renton football team fared against Port Angeles in the playoffs [15]

Voting nears end in general election’s key local races BY DEAN A. RADFORD dradford@rentonreporter.com

The Nov. 8 general election actually begain in mid-October when the King $PVOUZ &MFDUJPOT %JWJTJPO NBJMFE PVU about 1.1 million ballots in the all-mail election. To be counted, a ballot must be postmarked by 8 p.m. Tuesday, when the election is officially over. There is a ballot drop-off box in the parking lot outside UIF EJWJTJPO T IFBERVBSUFST BU 4 8 Grady Way as a convenient way to beat the deadline. The county will release the first results just after 8 p.m. on Tuesday and then daily at 4:30 p.m., except weekends and the holiday. ć F $BOWBTTJOH #PBSE XJMM DFSUJGZ UIF SFTVMUT PO /PW XJUI UIF ĕ OBM SFTVMUT posted at the elections website at noon Nov. 30. [ more ELECTION page 19 ]

Diane Paholke, left, and her husband Bernie, right, stand in a maintenance hangar at their Pro-Flight Aviation, which last summer opened a state-of-the-art aviation facility at Renton Municipal Airport. Working on an airplane is mechanic Levi Lowe. DEAN A. RADFORD, Renton Reporter

BY DEAN A. RADFORD dradford@rentonreporter.com

The general-aviation businesses at Renton Municipal Airport generate about $17.4 million in economic activity in the local economy, mostly Renton. That estimate of the airport’s economic impact on Renton’s economy comes from a draft report of a Washington state Department of Transportation study of

public airports in the state. Airport businesses either directly or indirectly support about 270 jobs, according to the study, with a payroll of about $4.8 million in Renton. But there’s another figure – in the billions – in that draft report that really explains the impact the Renton airport and its businesses, mainly Boeing and its 737 production, has on the regional economy. Here’s the list of economic activity of

Sergeant retires over police-parody controversy BY DEAN A. RADFORD dradford@rentonreporter.com

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206.949.1696 www.marciemaxwell.com Marcie Maxwell Associate Broker, Realtor & CRS

Lisa Lam Realtor, CRS, ABR & ASP

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Pro-Flight helps fuel economic powerhouse, Renton airport

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