RENTON .com
REPORTER
FRIDAY JANUARY 27/12
GOLDEN QUEST | Go ahead, try to find some gold in the Cedar or the Raging [16]
Business Profiles in today’s
RENTON REPORTER
CurveCard | Any time is a good time to shop at local businesses that honor the CurveCard REPORTER NEWSLINE 425.255.3484 [9]
A DIVISION OF SOUND PUBLISHING
MAKING A STAND IN NORTH RENTON
All-state soccer | See which local players made an all-state team, and more in Sports [19]
Life back to normal after week of storms BY DEAN A. RADFORD dradford@rentonreporter.com
Renton officers take a man into custody outside Trophies Bar and Eatery in December after conducting a warrant check of patrons and others inside. Police later identified the man as a security guard for Trophies who was wanted on a warrant from Tukwila. City of Renton
City targets bar’s liquor license BY DEAN A. RADFORD dradford@rentonreporter.com
Gunfire erupted outside Trophies Bar and Eatery the night of Dec. 9. A bullet struck the front door of a nearby home. It’s one reason why the City of Renton wants the state to revoke Trophies’ liquor license. “We fear it’s just a matter of time before an innocent resident is going to be shot by an errant bullet,” Mayor Denis Law wrote
North Renton
NEXT
During the next several weeks, the Renton Reporter will continue to report on efforts by the City of Renton and the residents themselves to improve the quality of life in this venerable neighborhood between downtown and Kennydale.
in a Dec. 13 letter to the enforcement chief of the Washington state Liquor Control Board. Trophies is but one of the issues the City of Renton is addressing to make residents feel safe in north Renton. But there are other issues on the city’s radar screen, too, that are affecting residents’ quality of life in
this classic Renton neighborhood. Absentee landlords let properties deteriorate or don’t fully check the backgrounds of their tenants. Even the judicial system lets juvenile offenders off easily, who then return to north Renton to offend again, Law says. But as a public safety issue, Trophies has stood out. In a recent interview earlier this month with the Renton Reporter, Trophies managers Darron Cage and Kai Thomas said Trophies will be a much different place when its liquor license comes up for renewal in June. The biggest change is the name. Starting [ more NORTH RENTON page 22 ]
206.949.1696 www.marciemaxwell.com Marcie Maxwell Associate Broker, Realtor & CRS
Lisa Lam
Realtor, CRS, ABR & ASP
567670
Trophies changing its name, music, trying to become bar for the whole neighborhood
Ol’ Man Winter threw wind and rain at Renton this week, adding a chill to the ongoing cleanup from last week’s storms. The Renton School District will make up the two days lost because of the storm on June 20 and 21. Cleanup of debris continued at homes and at business, with the sound of chainsaws and chippers seemingly everywhere. The next step for the City of Renton is to assess the damage and the cost of cleanup, expected next week. “We More coverage, photos believe Pages 12,13 that in terms of public facilities the primary areas of damage are the parks , trails and streets from the trees and other debris,” said Preeti Shridhar, a city spokeswoman. Counties typically collect assessments of damage to private property. A federal disaster designation hasn’t been made for this storm. One place familiar to many is in need of some cleanup help. The Shadow Lake Nature Preserve, home to the famous bog, is holding cleanups today, Saturday and Sunday starting at 10 a.m. The preserve is at 21656 184th Ave. S.E., in east Renton. The phone number to call to volunteer is 425-432-4914 . Organizers are reporting that the preserve suffered considerable damage from fallen trees and branches. The trails and pond need clearing. What’s needed in particular are chain saws, wood chippers and bow saws. Wear work clothes.
[2] January 27, 2012
www.rentonreporter.com
Honey Dew gets new principal
JANUARY SPECIAL
DRIVE THROUGH CONVENIENCE WITH RESERVATION PRICING!
Receive A FREE CUP of Native KoffeeTM with any purchase of $10 or more. Expires 1/31/12.
The Renton School District has hired a new principal for Honey Dew Elementary, which is scheduled to reopen as a full kindergarten-through-fifth-grade school in the fall. Shannon Harvey, the former principal at Cascade Elementary School, will be the new principal at Honey Dew, when the school will open to more than 400 students. Harvey is a former winShannon Harvey ner of the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award in 2008, when she was at Cascade Elementary. “I will miss the Cascade community, but I know that Honey Dew Elementary provides an exciting opportunity to work
FINE HUMIDOR CIGARS
The New
EMERALD CREMATION & ESTATE GARDENS
SMOKELESS TOBACCO
WARNING: This product is not a safe alternative to cigarettes
Log Can Copenhagen Wintergreen ..........$9.99.......$1.99 Copenhagen Straight LC ...........$9.99......$1.99
Log Can Copenhagen Natural Extra LC ....$9.99......$1.99 Skoal Xtra ....................................$9.99.......$1.99
Is Now Complete!
STOCK UP NOW! DISCOUNT PRICING ENDS 1/31/12.
Log Can Longhorn ................................ $10.65.....$2.45 Timberwolf ............................. $14.99.....$3.09
Log Can Grizzly ...............$14.69 ...... $3.29 Husky ................$15.29 ...... $3.45
Our cremation garden specializes in several dignified placements of Urns or cremated remains. The new features include a monolith rock, individual and companion memorial posts. For family placements we offer decorative pedestals or dedicated memorial benches. All of these are in a natural northwest setting near the funeral home.
SKOOKUM CREEK LOCALLY CRAFTED TRIBAL BRANDS Carton Pack Complete ................. $39.75 ................................$4.45 Premis .....................$38.75 ................................$4.35 Traditions ...............$47.49 ................................$4.99 Island Blenz ............$16.49 ................................$1.89
$5 OFF
any Skookum Creek carton purchase. Expires 1/31/12
(Little Cigars)
QUALITY NATIONAL BRANDS Carton Pack Marlboro .................. $59.54....$6.35 Camel ....................... $58.05 ...$6.21 Winston .................... $57.05....$6.11 Newport ....................$59.58....$6.36 Virginia Slim........ .....$63.15 ...$6.72
with the Honey Dew community to create a school of excellence where students are able to grow academically and socially,� Harvey said in a district press release. With the opening of Honey Dew in September, 800 Union Ave. N.E. in the Highlands, comes boundary changes for eight other elementary schools. Those schools affected by the boundary changes are Bryn Mawr, Campbell Hill, Hazelwood, Highlands, Kennydale, Lakeridge, Maplewood Heights and Sierra Heights. Those are the only elementary schools with boundary changes in the district. There are no boundary changes for middle and high schools in the district. For more information about boundary changes and school assignments visit http://busroutes.rentonschools.us/edulog/ webquery/
Carton Pack Marlboro 72’s..............$49.54 .............$5.35 Pall Mall Box...............$54.64 .............$5.86 Amer. Spirit.................$66.40 .............$7.04 Kool ............................$61.55 .............$6.56 Parliament...................$63.85..............$6.84
Prices subject to change without notice - All prices do not include sales tax Snoqualmie Tobacco & Liquor Company promotes the responsible use of tobacco products. If you are interested in quitting smoking please visit http://www.smokefree.gov/ to learn more about the resources available to you or call 1-800-quit now.
SURGEON GENERAL WARNING: Tobacco Smoke Increases The Risk Of Lung Cancer And Heart Disease, Even In Nonsmokers.
Visit us on our Website to learn about our Liquor Specials STORE HOURS:
Directions:
From Auburn Take Hwy 18 North to I-90. Head EAST to EXIT 27. Turn left (North). Follow North Bend Way around curve.
I-90 Westbound take EXIT 31 (North Bend). Follow signs to the reservation.
I-90 Eastbound take EXIT 27 turn left (North). Follow North Bend Way around curve.
4& /PSUI #FOE 8BZ t 4OPRVBMNJF (Next to the Snoqualmie Casino)
XXX 4OP5PCBDDPBOE-JRVPS DPN t
Greenwood Memorial Park and Funeral Home 350 Monroe Ave NE, Renton, WA
425.255.1511 www.greenwoodmempark.com
571890
-FBSO )PX UP &OUFS UP 8JO 5*$,&54 to the SNO FALLS BUFFET.
Open Late 7 Days a week 7am - 10pm Daily SUNDAYS TOO! 576729
VISIT US ON FACEBOOK!
January 27, 2012 [3]
www.rentonreporter.com
4-H program shutting down in King County BY TRACEY COMPTON tcompton@rentonreporter.com
4-H member Shauna Fahley of Kent competes in a gaming event at the King County Fair on her horse “Cash.” Submitted a day who want to join or start their own clubs. Right now, members are finishing up their last year as 4-H leadership scrambles to find sustainable funding for the future. The four Hs stand for “Head, Heart, Hands and Health” and the club has programs that cover a range of skills from working
hip w In partners
ith Group H
ealth
Saturday, Feb. 4th, 10am-Noon
with animals to robotics, food nutrition, photography, creative arts and gardening to name a few. Kim Giglio, a 4-H horse club leader, said it’s difficult to describe a 4-H member, but easier to describe the stereotype, which is a farm kid raising an animal for show. “The program is very very
broad and I think people don’t realize that,” Giglio said. Within programs children range wildly in income levels and backgrounds. Most of the kids in Giglio’s horse program don’t own their own horse. She points out the diversity in the programs from a robotics
BEAR C Y D Bring a
IC LIN
TED
Starting Sept. 30, more than 10,000 youth in King County will be without their local 4-H programs. The youth development organization fell victim to King County government budget cuts this year; its agreement and funding ends Jan. 30. Now Washington State University’s Extension Program, which operates 4-H in the county, is providing funding until the fall along with some reserves from the county from last year. More than 200 members in Renton, Kent and Auburn will be affected by this shutdown. “It’s extremely sad; I’m disappointed to see leaders and youth who want it so bad,” said Nancy Basket. She is the WSU Extension educator, who coordinates the 4-H program in the county. Basket has been a long-time member of the club and even her 87-year-old mother is a 4-H leader in Pierce County. Basket coordinated the programs in Pierce County for 19 years. She was just starting her third year coordinating for 4-H in King County when she learned it was scheduled to close. “It’s been really heartbreaking for me,” she said of having to turn away two or three people
group to a club called “Cooped Up in Seattle,” where city kids raise farm animals. She thinks a lot of the innercity kids involved in 4-H in the county won’t have the options other kids have in the suburbs to continue with an outlet like the 4-H, once it goes away. “4-H is much bigger and broader than you realize,” Giglio said. She started out as a club reporter growing up in Eastern Oregon. Giglio took news releases to her local paper, then was hired at that newspaper, which led to her pursuing journalism in college. Giglio’s own daughter, Allison, has been in 4-H for 10 years and will pursue a degree in education due in part to the teaching experiences she had in the club. King County will be the only county in the state without a 4-H program this fall, according to Basket. The group is looking at their options which might include partnering with different agencies like the King County Housing Authority and the City of Enumclaw, Basket said. “If we have to find a way to self-fund the program, we need over $100,000 a year,” she said. 4-H staff members in King County will be reassigned to positions in other counties.
stuffed buddy in for their annual check-up to alleviate your child’s fears of visiting the doctor!
Congratulations to the Boeing machinists on your new contract! We are celebrating with a sale! Special pricing on all products we carry that are made in the USA. Including Hardwoods, Carpets, Laminate Flooring, Tile and more. Brand Names include Armstrong, Mannington, Bigelow, Crossville and many more. Save 40% on select Lees, Resista, and Tigressa brand carpets. Our “in house” installation team is available to install your flooring and financing is always available oac. Sale runs now through February 29th.
Inside Marketplace @ Factoria Bellevue, WA | 425-637-8100 www.kidsquestmuseum.org
1000 SW 7th St. 1048 116th Ave NE Renton, WA 98057 Bellevue, WA 98004
425-226-7550 425-289-2080 decorcarpetone.com 576864
[4] January 27, 2012
www.rentonreporter.com
Squirrel-hunting man on roof gets a visit The following information was compiled from City of Renton police reports.
CRIME
This week’s…
BY TRACEY COMPTON tcompton@rentonreporter.com
Police investigated a man hunting squirrels from his roof on Jan. 18. Police were called to a residence in the 800 block of Edmonds Avenue Northeast at about 5 p.m. A suspicious man was reported on the roof of the house with a scoped rifle throwing snowballs. When confronted, the 26-year-old man told police he was hunting squirrels to become a survivalist like he saw on TV. Then the man began to cry, prompting police to speak with his mother. She had no explanation for her son’s actions. Because his behavior was merely “odd” and he didn’t menace or threaten anyone, police did not believe a crime occurred.
Girl, 16, arrested for choking her mother A 16-year-old girl was arrested for choking her mother on Jan. 18. Police responded to the incident in the 1500 block of Anacortes Avenue Northeast at 6:25 p.m. The 52-year-old mother got into a verbal argument with her daughter about cell-phone privileges. The daughter attacked her mother, leaving marks on her neck and throat. Apparently, the daughter was trying to leave the house in the dark and snow and her mother stood in her way. Police arrested and transported the girl to the King County Juvenile Deten-
ALERT
Police Blotter tion Center for investigation of fourth degree assault.
Siblings come to blows; one lands in jail Siblings came to physical blows on Jan. 19, landing one in jail. Police went to a residence in the 200 block of Dayton Avenue Southeast at about 4 p.m. A 13-year-old girl had called to report her 18-year-old brother had assaulted her older sister. Police arrived and observed a clump of black hair on the kitchen floor. Apparently, the brother and the 15-year-old sister got into a physical fight about a video game. The two came to blows with the brother being the primary aggressor, police determined. The 13-year-old sister tried to intervene, but was punched by her brother. He was arrested for investigation of two counts of domestic violence fourth degree assault.
Tukwila man arrested after punching girlfriend A Tukwila man with multiple warrants
Someday you’ll get a new car.
Hello, someday.
was arrested for assault in Renton on Jan. 19. The 31-year-old man was suspected of punching his girlfriend three times in the head, causing her injury. The two, who had been dating for two months, were driving in Renton when the 35-year-old woman made a wrong turn down a street. The man became upset and struck her in the face. He punched her again as she tried to leave the car. The woman sought help from pedestrians and the man fled on foot. When police caught up with him in a local bar, they discovered the man had three warrants for his arrest. The warrants were for a felony and two misdemeanors. The man was arrested for investigation of domestic violence fourth-degree assault.
‘Rapist’ written on side of Renton man’s car A Renton man’s car was vandalized on Jan. 7. The 49-year-old man called police to report that sometime over night his vehicle had been vandalized. Someone scratched the word “RAPIST” into his driver’s side door. The man believed it was his exgirlfriend, who had previously claimed in a Seattle case that he caused her to blackout and raped her. The 38-year-old woman was at the man’s house during the night knocking at his door. He called police once and she disappeared before they got there. She returned again, knocked and left him several voice messages when he
3.99 Boat Loans
K9 unit takes control of car vandal Police took down a car vandal using a K9 unit on Jan. 8. Multiple witnesses reported hearing and seeing a man jumping on top of a car and damaging it in the 2500 block of Northeast Fourth Street after midnight. A female maintenance worker observed the incident and tried to stop the 31-year-old man and he appeared to try and assault her. A police officer jumped out of her patrol car and ordered him to stop. The man told the officer, “I hope you are alone, (expletive) cause I’ll kick your (expletive). She then ordered her K9 out of the car and it attacked the man’s left buttocks. She then put the man in handcuffs and he was eventually arrested for investigation of malicious mischief for intentionally damaging a vehicle.
Tracey Compton can be reached at 425255-3484.
CRIME
ALERT Comment on these stories, and find more local news online @ RentonReporter.com
Foundation reschedules Circle of Giving event to Feb. 1
You’ve been waiting for a day like this. For optimism to make a comeback. For interest rates to dip to new lows. And for just the right time to buy that car or boat you've been dreaming about.
Auto Loans as low as
as low as
didn’t answer the door. Police listened to the messages and the woman seemed to be under the influence of intoxicants because of her slurred speech. Police forwarded the report to detectives for further review.
6.49 %
APR
Today’s the day to start saving. Apply online at TwinStarCU.com, visit one of our 23 branches, or give us a call at 1-800-258-3115.
PARKLAND: 13505 Pacific Avenue
TACOMA: 9601 South Tacoma Way, Suite 103
*APR = ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE. Rates for auto loans range from 3.99% APR – 11.99% APR for maximum 60 months; and 4.24% APR – 12.49% for maximum 72 months. Auto loan must be minimum $10K and vehicle mileage must be under 100,000. Higher rates apply for extended terms and higher mileage vehicles. Rates for boat loans range from 6.49% APR – 15.99% APR depending on model age, loan amount, and term. Boat loans are limited to model years 2005 and newer and length 16 – 28 feet. No commercial, commercial use, fleet, Toter, Toter home, highly specialized or limited use autos or boats; and no boats to be used as a part or full time residence. All loans subject to credit approval. Rates in effect as of January 1, 2012 and are subject to change. For example, monthly payment on $10,000 at 3.99% APR for 60 months would be approximately $184.13.
575800
RENTON: 1102 Bronson Way N, Suite C
The Renton Community Foundation has rescheduled their Circle of Giving Awards Celebration to Feb. 1. The annual giving campaign to local programs and businesses will take place from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Renton Senior Activity Center, 211 Burnett Avenue North in Renton. The event was canceled earlier due to the recent bad weather. For more information, call the foundation at 425282-5199 or visit www. rentonfoundation.org
Check for more... rentonreporter.com
January 27, 2012 [5]
www.rentonreporter.com
Cold-case squad needs public’s help to solve decades-old disappearance
206.949.1696
BY DEAN A. RADFORD
marcie@marciemaxwell.com lisalam@marciemaxwell.com
dradford@rentonreporter.com
Fri 12-2:30pm
www.marciemaxwell.com
Open House
The Cold Case Squad of the King County Sheriff 's Office is now trying to solve the 1985 disappearance of Virginia "Anne" Rambus. There isn't new evidence in the case or new technology that will help detectives tie a suspect to her and her disappearance. But there is the cold-case squad, which was formed with a federal grant in 2009. Since then, two detectives have worked through a backlog of 200 cold cases. County detectives have had success recently in solving decades-old crimes. Arlene Roberts, an 80-year-old widow, was found dead more than 30 years ago in her trailer at the Lakeshore Manor Mobile Home Park on Lake Washington. Late last year 50-year-old Ronald Way MacDonald of Nevada pleaded not guilty to homicide charges. MacDonald was tracked down because of advances in Automated Fingerprint Identification System or AFIS technology. The detectives had submitted fingerprints in evidence that the new technology was able to analyze. They're now at Rambus' case and need the public's help, nearly 27 years after she disappeared from her apartment complex in the 6800 block of South 123rd Street in Skyway. Rambus was 19-years-old when she left her apartment on May 22, 1985, to go to a party with a friend who hasn't been identified. She hasn't been seen since. Detectives are interested in hearing from anyone who has information linking Virginia to Jesse Pratt, who is serving a life sentence in Oregon. Pratt lived near Virginia at the time of her disappearance and wit-
3103 SE 4th Street, Renton
Virginia ‘Anne’ Rambus was reported missing in Skyway in May 1985. King County Sheriff’s Office
)PNF JT XFMM NBJOUBJOFE CZ PSJHJOBM PXOFS _ TR GU _ CVJME &YUFOTJWF IBSEXPPET UISPVHI NBJO MFWFM 'PSNBM MJWJOH EJOJOH SPPNT (FOFSPVT DPVOUFSUPQT NBQMF DBCJOFUT X QVMM PVU TIFMWFT QBOUSZ JO JTMBOE LJUDIFO #SFBLGBTU CBS FBUJOH OPPL TUBJOMFTT BQQMJBODFT (BT Ă SFQMBDF XBSNT PQFO GBNJMZ SPPN .BJO MFWFM CFESPPN X GVMM CBUI OFBSCZ )VHF MPGU CPOVT SPPN VQTUBJST MBVOESZ 8BML JO DMPTFU QD CBUI JO NBTUFS HBSBHF CJH ZBSE WJFXT PG .U 3BJOJFS
Jesse Pratt, serving a life sentence in prison, is a person of interest in her disappearance. King County Sheriff’s Office
Lot 3 - $75,000 ~ Lot 4 - $95,000 5XP BEKBDFOU WJFX MPUT GPS TBMF JO DPOWFOJFOU 3FOUPO MPDBUJPO &OKPZ WJFXT PG $BTDBEF 'PPUIJMMT %PXOUPXO 3FOUPO BOE QFFLT UP .U 3BJOJFS 1SPQFSUZ JT [POFE GPS SFTJEFOUJBM VTF $JUZ PG 3FOUPO TFXFS BOE XBUFS &MFDUSJDJUZ BOE HBT JO TUSFFU CVZFS UP WFSJGZ -PU JT TVSSPVOEFE CZ SFDFOUMZ CVJMU IPNFT 3PBE FBTFNFOUT UP TVCKFDU QSPQFSUJFT
A 1978 Cadillac Eldorado, yellow in color, was possibly driven by Jesse Pratt. King County Sheriff’s Office
nesses told detectives that Virginia was known to Pratt, according to Sgt. Cindi West, a Sheriff 's Office spokeswoman. “He’s a person of interest,� said West. Pratt, who used the moniker “The Candy Man,� had contact with many of the teens in the area where he lived, West said. He has a long his-
tory of violence against women and is currently serving a life sentence in Oregon for the 1986 murder if Seattleite, Carrie Love. During the time of the disappearance Pratt had access to a yellow 1978 Cadillac Eldorado. Anyone with information is asked call King County Sheriff ’s Detective Tompkins at 206-205-7810
Young Harbour Homes Resale 8FMM NBJOUBJOFE OFJHICPSIPPE XJUI MPX USBGĂ D TUSFFU TJEFXBMLT DPNNVOJUZ QBSL 4QBDF GPS FWFSZPOF _ CFESPPNT NBJO MFWFM EFO PGĂ DF BOE TFDPOE ĂĄPPS CPOVT SPPN *TMBOE LJUDIFO XJUI OPPL (BT Ă SFQMBDF JO MJWJOH SPPN 0QFO GPSNBM EJOJOH -BSHF NBTUFS XJUI WBVMUFE DFJMJOHT QJFDF CBUI XBML JO DMPTFU HBSBHF GFODFE CBDLZBSE XJUI QBUJP %FTJSBCMF .BQMFXPPE )FJHIUT &MFNFOUBSZ
professional directory LAW FIRM
Welcome to Mirrormont
FAMILY LAW
$10 Haircut Sundays for Seniors & Disabled
$2 Off Haircut ($15 Regular Price) Expires 1/31/12 UI "WF 4& 3FOUPO r 425-235-6917 Open: M-F 9-8, Sat 9-7, Sun 9-6 569431
Let readers know about your service, run your ad in the Professional Directory, call Jamie today @ 425.255.3484
REPORTER
RENTON .com
or email: jfaasse@ rentonreporter.com
Kelly Malsam ATTORNEY AT LAW
15 S. Grady Way, Suite 400 Renton
425-228-3628
♌ Divorce ♌ Custody ♌ Parenting Plans ♌ Enforcement ♌ Visitation ♌ Support ♌ Modifications ♌ Wills/Trusts ♌ Power of Attorney ♌ Health Care Directive
FREE CONSULTATION REASONABLE RATES
WILLS
567667
Barber shop to the Year 2399 Benson Plaza by Fred Meyer Master Hair Cutter in ALL STYLES
$VTUPN IPNF PO PWFS POF BDSF QSJWBUF TJUF JO EFTJSBCMF OFJHICPSIPPE BOE *TTBRVBI 4DIPPMT (SBOE DPWFSFE FOUSZ BOE SPVOEFE TQJOEMF TUBJSDBTF XFMDPNF ZPV 'PSNBM MJWJOH EJOJOH QMVT TQBDJPVT GBNJMZ SPPN BOE NBJO MFWFM EFO ,JUDIFO XJUI HFOFSPVT OPPL TQBDF IBT TMBC HSBOJUF DPVOUFST BOE TUBJOMFTT TUFFM BQQMJBODFT .BTUFS TVJUF PGGFST XBML JO DMPTFU BOE QD CBUI $JSDVMBS ESJWF CBZ HBSBHF 37 CPBU QBSLJOH XSBQ BSPVOE CBDL EFDL
Experience, Service, Results! r 4FMMFS #VZFS 3FQSFTFOUBUJPO r 0WFS )PNFT 4PME :FBST PG &YQFSJFODF r 5PQ 3BOLJOH -PDBMMZ /BUJPOBMMZ r 'JWF 4UBS BHFOU – Best in Client Satisfaction awards r 8JOEFSNFSF m -FBEJOH UIF /PSUIXFTU JO 4BMFT 4BMFT 5FDIOPMPHZ 567671
BARBER SHOP
[6] January 27, 2012
RENTON
OPINION
www.rentonreporter.com
â—? QUOTE OF NOTE:
“We fear it’s just a matter of time before an innocent resident is going to be shot by an errant bullet,� Mayor Denis Law on gunfire from Trophies Bar and Eatery
OUR VIEW
Renton needs to take hard line in north Renton
M
Vote online: www.rentonreporter.com Last week’s poll results: “Did you lose your power during last week’s storm?� Yes: 54% No: 45%
You said it!
T
RENTON .com
REPORTER
Ellen Morrison Publisher: emorrison@rentonreporter.com 425.255.3484, ext. 1050 Dean A. Radford Editor: dradford@rentonreporter.com 425.255.3484, ext. 5050 Advertising 425.255.3484 Classified Marketplace (800).388.2527 Letters letters@rentonreporter.com
19426 68th Ave. South, Suite A Kent, WA 98032
A Division of Sound Publishing
For delivery inquiries 253.872.6610 or email circulation@ soundpublishing.com
o their credit, the managers are now trying to right the ship, as one says. Maybe a change of music will change the crowd. That’s been tried at other bars in Renton, with limited success, mostly financial. They are moving away from being a night club to becoming a neighborhood bar that feels like a sports bar. They’ve changed the menu and the music to 80s and 90s cover bands. And they’ve changed the name: Trophies is now Nations Pub:Liq Still, and this is working against them, we don’t sense they understand the seriousness of the criminal activity that’s happened outside their bar and the liquor violations inside their bar. Because of that activity, they are facing possible eviction. Nor can they express surprise at the number of police calls to Trophies. Officers show up; reports are made. One of their own security guards was arrested on a Tukwila warrant outside the bar in December by Renton police. Maybe Trophies can right the ship and become a neighborly neighborhood bar before late June, when its liquor license expires. Law is already on record as asking the state to deny the license renewal, so it already has a foe with a say in the approval process. We, of course, support local businesses and wish them well. But Nations Pub:liq is on a short leash and time is running out. We can’t support a business that contributes to an unsafe environment. Now we’ll wait and see whether the new format turns them into a good neighbor.
Nonsense vs. common sense Do you know what our state’s fundamental obligations are toward its citizens? The answer to that question is the all-consuming task and responsibility of our representatives and senators. But I think we can all agree that making and enforcing laws to protect its citizens is one of the more important obligations. So let’s review just two new proposed bills and one new law that our legislators consider as the state’s fundamental obligations. t )# BOE 4# IBWF CFFO JOUSPEVDFE this legislative session proposing a ban on most plastic bags. t 4# BMTP IBT CFFO JOUSPEVDFE MJTUJOH smoking, spitting, littering, playing radios, urinating or defecating in places other than approved plumbing fixtures, carrying firearms or flammable liquids, roller-skating, skateboarding, gambling, trying to pass oneself off as a ferry worker, and letting a pet off its leash as misdemeanors on state ferries. t 'JOBMMZ 3$8 XBT TJHOFE JOUP MBX JO TUBUJOH UIBU PXOFST PG NBOVGBDUVSFE home parks shall provide written receipts to tenants for payments by cash, or when requested, for payments other than cash - when paying their monthly rent. Are these laws necessary or nonsense? Let’s stop fooling ourselves by making excuses that plastic bags are useful and we use them over BOE PWFS 8F BMM LOPX UIFJS ĕ OBM SFTUJOH QMBDF JT the landfill where they live happily ever after. Or, they become litter. Bags don’t litter, people MJUUFS 8F BMSFBEZ IBWF BO BOUJ MJUUFS MBX UIBU XF JHOPSF "OE EJE ZPV OPUJDF UIBU 4# BMTP DPOUBJOT UIF XPSE iMJUUFSJOHw )PX NBOZ MBXT do we need before we change this behavior? Simply by retraining ourselves in the proper use of cloth and bio bags and refusing to litter, we can eliminate the need for this law. $MFBSMZ UIF 4UBUF 1BUSPM TIPVME IBWF TPNF Tish Gregory
?
“Do you support a statewide ban on plastic bags?�
COMMENTARY
Question of the week:
ayor Denis Law has taken a stand in north Renton. He’s tired of a juvenile justice system that frees young people who are not yet ready to behave themselves, often with dangerous results. He’s tired of landlords who don’t maintain their properties and don’t bother to do thorough background checks on tenants. And he’s tired of bars and taverns that become a magnet for patrons who seem bent on firing guns into the air or at each other, sometimes sending errant bullets into front doors. And so are we. How sad that a child has to move to a different bedroom just to avoid bullets. Right now, Trophies Bar and Eatery in north Renton is under a magnifying glass. It’s a high priority for enforcement agents with the Washington state Liquor Control Board. And the Renton police officers have made dozens of calls there in the 18 months since it opened. Trophies certainly isn’t the root of all evil in north Renton. There are societal problems that have dogged the neighborhood for years. But Trophies, at least as a night club featuring young rap artists, wasn’t the right fit for a neighborhood, not so much because of the music but because of the crowd the music attracted. The rap is gone.
legal ammunition when confronting anti-social behavior on a confined ferry, other than a childJTI TUBUFNFOU BT i1SFUUZ QMFBTF w XIFO SFTQPOE ing to an equally childish comment, “You can’t make me.� 3FTQFDU GPS PUIFST FTQFDJBMMZ XIFO UIFSF T OP where for them to run, is the responsible action required – not a law. 8IFO XBT UIF MBTU UJNF ZPV EJEO U BVUPNBUJ cally get a receipt for a service or a purchase? Most businesses consider issuing a receipt a business courtesy and written confirmation of a business transaction, so why should taxpayer money and legislator’s time be spent to force a small group of park owners to issue a receipt to their tenants, under penalty of law if they don’t? I’m not arguing that laws aren’t essential in maintaining a civil society, but do we really want laws that govern all aspects of our lives? Should issues like – using plastic bags, issuing receipts and spitting in public transportation - be the state’s fundamental obligations? Shouldn’t they be ours? In every election, many look for candidates who can get big government out of their lives. Isn’t that a bit risky considering many can’t seem to control their social behavior unless there is a law? I would argue we are getting exactly the type of government we deserve. And we will continue begging our government to enter our lives, until we acknowledge that we, not just the state, have fundamental PCMJHBUJPOT UPXBSET PVS GFMMPX DJUJ[FOT 3FQMBD ing nonsense laws can only be achieved with the law of common sense. It’s up to us. Unless we change the “You can’t make me� attitude, these laws will just keep coming – because the rights of the common good trump individual rights. Our rights end, where another’s begins. The next time we’re thinking about the role of government in our lives, we should first think about our life in the role of government.
Tish Gregory is a freelance writer. She can be reached at tishgregory@aol.com.
â—? L E T T E R S . . . Y O U R O P I N I O N C O U N T S : To submit an item or photo: email letters@rentonreporter.com; mail attn Letters, Renton Reporter, 19426 68th Ave. South, Suite A, Kent WA 98032; fax 253.872.6735. Letters may be edited for style, clarity and length.
January 27, 2012 [7]
www.rentonreporter.com
Planning is under way for SIFF in Renton BY DEAN A. RADFORD dradford@rentonreporter.com
Planning is under way for the 2012 Seattle International Film Festival, which will have Renton for the second year as a venue. Renton officials are doing behind-the-scenes planning to contract with facilities and vendors and plan marketing opportunities through the Renton Community Marketing Campaign, according to Suzanne Dale Estey, Renton’s economic-development director The city also is finalizing its agreement with SIFF, she said. A SIFF-Renton Host Committee will be named in early spring to promote SIFF-Renton in March. “We are thrilled SIFF is coming back and can’t wait for the World of Film to come back to Renton,” Dale Estey said. SIFF organizers will have the lineup for the Renton films later. However, they’ve announced that “Your Sister’s Sister” is the opening film to be presented at the festival’s Opening Night Gala, Thursday, May 17. The film is SIFF’s first opening selection locally produced and shot by a Seattle filmmaker. SIFF takes place May 17 through June 10. “Your Sister’s Sister,” written and directed by Seattle’s Lynn Shelton (Humpday) and starring Emily Blunt, Rosemarie DeWitt and Mark Duplass, will be the centerpiece of SIFF’s 38th Opening Night Gala and Red Carpet Experience, which will offer an exclusive screening of the film before it hits theaters this summer through IFC’s Sundance Selects, according to SIFF. “Lynn Shelton has made a pitch-perfect comedy of errors, infused with the right balance of humor and pathos that I absolutely love,” said SIFF Artistic Director, Carl Spence. “As a rising star in the independent filmmaking scene with international recognition, it makes perfect sense for Lynn Shelton to be the first local-based filmmaker in 38 years to open the Seattle International Film Festival.” “I am thrilled beyond measure that Your Sister’s Sister has been chosen to open the 2012 Seattle International Film Festival, and that it represents the first locally produced film to ever receive this honor,”
said Shelton. “I hope the city will come raise a glass to our incredibly talented crew and to the entire Seattle film community, without which this film would never have been made. After a world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival and a U.S. premiere at Sundance, our homecoming in May will be the sweetest celebration of them all.” SIFF’s Opening Night is a ticketed event, and includes entry to the screening of “Your Sister’s Sister at McCaw Hall,” followed by the exclusive Gala at Seattle Center’s Exhibition Hall. In addition, a separate ticket option will allow guests in the Red Carpet Opening Night Experience, which provides access to a private pre-screening reception, reserved seating at the Gala film, an exclusive VIP after party with open bar, gift
‘Your Sister’s Sister’ will open the Seattle International Film Festival in Seattle on May 17. Seattle International Film Festival bag and valet parking. Tickets for the Opening Night Gala, festival
screening and Red Carpet Opening Night Experience are now on sale and can
be purchased at SIFF.net or by calling 206-324-9996 during normal box office
hours. SIFF also will handle ticketing in Renton.
Were you in a Car Accident??
YOU MAY HAVE WHIPLASH AND NOT EVEN KNOW IT. GIVE IT TIME. If you’ve been in a car accident, whiplash is a distinct possibility. It may not hurt yet, but give it time. Sometimes it takes weeks even months for inflammation and scar tissue from whiplash injury to cause pain and suffering. So long in fact that you may not even associate it with the accident. When it comes to car crashes, the old saying applies: It’s better to be safe than sorry. A visit to the doctors at SeaTac Spine and Wellness can help diagnose and if necessary treat whiplash injury before it becomes painfully obvious. Most of the time insurance picks up 100% of the tab!
Call today 206.246.8830!! 16704 International Blvd. | SeaTac, WA 98188 www.seatacchiropractic.com 576643
[8] January 27, 2012
www.rentonreporter.com
Snowmageddon at the Ossorios plays out like bad horror flick was left to troll through the dark, lonely expanse searching for a source of power . . . two laptops with batteries that couldn’t hold a charge, my old school cell phone and an Ipod mini I held aloft as a makeshift flashlight searching for another retching bucket as I too succumbed.
Act: I Happy Family
Act II: It Wasn’t the Burrito‌ Long into the night snow silently piled up outside as my brave little boy was laid out flat like a rag doll, lurching his head up every so often to begin a fresh peal of dry heaves. The next morning Patrick is able to safely drink liquids. School is closed again and the local news warns us to stay off the roads and prepare for more snow. I’m making coffee when I hear a “clickâ€? accompanied by the dreaded “short circuitâ€? sound effect — the power’s off.
Epilogue
Paul Ossorio goes sliding before he’s taken down by a bug. CAROLYN OSSORIO I’m lamenting my coffee when I realize I’ve got bigger fish to fry. As if on cue, Sophie and Amelia like pods incubating whatever alien microbe Patrick picked up are running toward me with palms over their mouths. Like Patrick they are taken down with the same force and immediacy that befell their brother. All day we expect to hear that “click� again that will tell us power is restored. It never comes. But in all the chaos we receive a call from our neighbor Phil. “Come on down, we’ve got a generator, hot chocolate and board games,� Phil says. Boy was it tempting. He didn’t even skip a beat when I told him about our sickness and told us to come over anyway! But there was no way I could bring our crud to his family. “Carolyn, it gets awfully dark by 5 o’clock
Cedar River Day Spa & Massage
with four kids. I’m going to check back in with you again,� Phil had said.
Act III: The Reckoning of the Lone Survivor “All those candles are making me sick,� says Paul, pointing to my plastic IKEA bag filled with roughly one million tea lights because I couldn’t find one measly flashlight. The sun began to dip below the horizon and panic began to seize my chest when I heard Paul say, “You know, I feel a little queasy.� Our family had triaged behind the closed door of our master bedroom to keep in the heat generated by our gas stove. With Paul down it was up to me to venture out into the darkness for supplies. Obviously, I’ve seen too many genres of horror films because our cold, pitch-black house morphed into one of those derelict space ships floating alone in outer space. All the crew are downed by some nefarious (and putrid) alien life form and I alone
Buy 3 Massages Get 1 FREE
World Group Securities, Inc. Member FINRA/SIPC
I love suggestions! If you know of people or places in Renton that surprise, delight and inspire the community, drop me a line at carolyn@pippimamma.com. Also follow Carolyn on her blog, www.pippimamma.com.
Your Dreams, Our Strategies™
t L C 3PMMPWFST t *3"T 3PUI *3"T t .VUVBM 'VOET2 t 'JYFE 7BSJBCMF "OOVJUJFT t 3FUJSFNFOU 4USBUFHJFT
~ ~ ~ ~ Buy 1 Massage -
I don’t think Paul and the kids will joke about plans for the upcoming “Zombie Apocalypse� anytime soon. We were without power for three days and the nasty stomach bug took all of us down one-by-one. We had trees crash into our yard taking down part of the fence and almost knocking down the kids play structure. Our car got stuck in our own ditch, and our sump pump went out. The experience taught us two things. 1. We need an emergency plan. 2. The kindness of our neighbors. Our neighbor Phil did check in with us the next day, offering us his house to use when they went on vacation. Several other neighbors with generators called with offers to cook us supper and to make sure we were OK, even at the risk of getting themselves sick. Another neighbor came over with his chainsaw and he and my husband Paul worked together to cut down the tangle of fallen trees in our yard. And, of course, a big shout out goes to all the power folks who drove into our neighborhoods with their big trucks like cavalry. I think I can speak for the more than 300,000 of us who suddenly found ourselves in the dark . . . thank you!
t -POH 5FSN $BSF *OTVSBODF t %JTBCJMJUZ *ODPNF *OTVSBODF t -JGF *OTVSBODFT t 'VOEJOH GPS $PMMFHF &EVDBUJPO t 5BY "EWBOUBHF 1SPEVDUT
Laura Counsell, MBA
Branch Office Manager Direct: (206)396-3161 Only thoseWFG Associates who are actively registered withWorld Group Securities, Inc. may offer securities-related products. Securities products are sold by prospectus, which contain more complete information about charges, risks, Office: (425)282-1988 objectives and expenses. Copies of specific product prospectuses and statements of additional information may be obtained by contacting your registered representative. Prospectuses should be read carefully and the Fax: (425)282-6328 charges, risks, objectives and expenses should be carefully considered before investing or sending money. This product is offered through securities registered representatives. An investor should consider the investment objectives, risk, and charges and expenses associated with municipal fund securities before investing. More Information about municipal fund securities is available in the issuer’s official statement. World Financial Group, Inc. (WFG) is a financial services marketing com- 1800 NE 44th St. Suite 201 pany whose affiliates offer life insurance and a broad array of financial products and services. Securities are offered throughWorld Group Securities, Inc. (WGS), Member FINRA/SIPC. Insurance products are offered throughWorld Financial Group Insurance Renton, WA 98056 Agency, Inc. (WFGIA) or its subsidiaries.WFG,WGS,WFGIA are affiliated companies. Headquarters: 11315 Johns Creek Parkway, Duluth, GA 30097-1517, PO Box 100035, Duluth, GA 30096-9403. Phone: 770.453.9300.WorldFinancialGroup.com 1
2
3
Get Second 1/2 Price
565870
Changing the myth of scary dentistry, one smile at a time...
Expires 3/1/12
What you eat can actually make your teeth stronger!
206-459-0141 Debbie Hanson JoAnne Dilley Bow Tuttle (Most Insurances Accepted)
Keith E. McDonald, DMD
There are a number of vitamins and minerals that can help strengthen the enamel on your teeth. The three primary minerals are calcium, phosphorus and magnesium. A great website to reference is www.Nutritiondata. com to find natural food sources for these important minerals. For more information about how to keep your child’s mouth healthy, visit us online at www.akidsplacedentistry.com.
425-228-KIDS (5437) 451 Duvall Ave NE, Ste 140
576725
Visit us online:www.akidsplacedentistry.com
Certified, American Board of Pediatric Dentistry Member American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
We welcome new patients!
565852
Carolyn Ossorio
LIFE IN THE CITY
Beautiful powder, schools are closed, intermittent sun breaks and we’re loving every minute of family fun sledding, snowball fights and, of course, the requisite snowman in the front yard ... A Washingtonian’s dream come true. We returned home famished and after a hearty meal settled in to a movie and posting pictures of our snowy adventures on Facebook, when 4-year-old Patrick calmly walked into the family room. He wore the vacant expression of the newly possessed as he opens his mouth and from what feels like left field spews his version of the “split pea� scene from “The Exorcist.� “Mommy, the burrito made me sick,� he croaked followed by another tear.
January 27, 2012 [9]
www.rentonreporter.com
Where to use CurveCard BENSON HILL/CASCADE Ace Hardware (Fairwood) Al Talley Jr. at Jerry's Barber Shop All Tune and Lube Benders Music and Sports Bar Berkshire Apartment Homes Cascade Center Cleaners Cascade Nails Double Wired Espresso Dry Cleaner Dr. Dry Cleaner US Ear Wise Evergreen State School of Driving Fantastic Cuts Game Crazy GenCare Lifestyle at Renton Golden Wok Hairmasters Health Works Chiropractic JEX Chiropractic Jiffy Lube Kristie's Catering Maui Tan Mi Casa Market My Fitness Health Club North Renton Hairmasters New Zen Sushi Oasis Skin & Nails Only a Dollar Sam's Fine Dry Cleaners Shari’s of Benson Plaza Torrero's The UPS Store Valley Dental Center, Dr. George Stevens Valley Dental Center, Dr. William Bethel DOWNTOWN 4th & Morris Dentistry 95 Burnett Apartments A & M Stamps A-1 Locks & Safes A Pizza Mart A Terrible Beauty Advanced Truck and Auto American Drapery, Blind & Carpet
Antique Country Station BB Tax & Accounting Services Black Chow Antiques Cedar Chest Antiques Common Ground Coffee & Cupcakes Cugini Florists Diamond Tattoo Eagles Earthshod-Fortune Teller Finishing Touch Salon Garland Jewelers GHY Bikes Ginger’s Klosett Go Deli Girlfriend’s Antiques happy delusions Image Salon International Laser Therapy Iris Window Coverings Jet City Espresso Finishing Touch Salon L.A. Frames La Hacienda Lee’s Martial Art Academy Let it Ride Casino Parties Liberty CafÊ Melrose Grill Naan & Curry N Time Music Productions Parker Paints Pike Place Bakery Poodie’s Pet Palace Red House Beer & Wine Shoppe Renton Civic Theatre Renton Coin Shop Renton Community Credit Union Renton Computers Renton Farmers Market Renton Laptop Renton Printery Inc. Renton Western Wear Rubattino’s Restaurant Saks on 2nd Sign-A-Rama
Simply Couture Beauty Special Nail & Spa St. Charles Place Antiques & Restorations Stix n Stone’s Teckno Northwest Uptown Glassworks Viking Sewing & Vacuum Center Whistlestop Williams Ave. Sports Bar Yoggi Frozen Yogurt EAST VALLEY/180th A Sharp Music Co. Allied Fire & Security Downtown Harley-Davidson IKEA Print Mart Renton Motorcycles Touch of Excellence Valley Medical Center Flower and Gift Shops GRADY WAY Brotherton Cadillac Holiday Inn Interstate All Battery Knittery Quicklane Tire & Auto Center Renton Honda Walker’s Renton Mazda Yankee Grill SUNSET/HIGHLANDS/DUVALL AVE. N.E. 1630 Hair Artisans 4th Street Grill Ace Hardware All Things Wine Ameri Cleaners Bistro Box Brandel Golf Canvas Studio Classic Dry Cleaners Contract Controllers CPA’s PS D&D Floor Covering Inc. Desert Sun Tanning DJ Card Shop and Bookstore Domino’s Pizza Edward Jones Emerald Smoothie Fabrics for Less
Fred Dahm Dentistry Garlic Jims Goodwill Grass, CPA & Associates Harmony Nails Harrington Square Apartments Highlands Deli Hilands Barber Shop Hilands Dentistry (Ai-Leen Sperry, DMD) Hillcrest Dental Hot Iron Mongolian Grill Hot Pho I Luv Teriyaki Jiffy Lube Kim Phuong’s Vietnamese Restaurant King & Bunny’s NW Tax Service Oil Can Henry’s Pho House Planet Bronze Tanning Planet Fitness Plumbing Joint (The) Precision Tune Auto Care Queen Nails Rainier Ballet Academy Randolph L. Lake, D.D.S. Renton Transmission Ribbons BBQ Ring Ring Wireless Shawn & Ted’s Quality Meat Market Simply Fresh Bakery Storage One on 4th Stor-House Self Storage Streamline International
Subway-Duvall Sunset Cars of Renton Sunset Pet Hospital Supercuts Taco del Mar Tea Palace Asian Restaurant and Banquet Thai on Highlands TMF Cuts Viet-Wah Vince’s Coffee Vince’s Italian Restaurant Whole Pet Shop (The) MAPLE VALLEY HIGHWAY Classics Bar Shari’s NORTHEAST 44th/405 EXIT 7 All Tube/All Lube Denny’s Fitness Together West Coast Fitness RAINIER AVENUE 3rd Heart Men’s Spa Animal Health Care Center Bob Bridge Toyota Diamond Lil’s Freddie’s Club Pabla Indian Cuisine Piece’s Quilt Shop Quizno’s Renton Center Chiropractic Renton Cleaning Center Renton Reporter Subway Supercuts
Transmission Experts Tuscany Coffee Walker’s Renton Subaru THE LANDING Balanced Athlete (The) Bistro Box Caffe Felice Creative Mom Toys Everything Party Eyes on the Landing Jeff’s Auto Repair Happy Hounds LA Fitness LIK Studios Maya Whole Health Panda Express Papaya Reserve Apartments at The Landing Rock Pizza Sanctuary Apartments at The Landing Shnoo Yogurt Sleep Country Rock Pizza Sanctuary Apartments at The Landing UPS Store Vino at The Landing Visiting Angels Waterways Cruises WEST HILL/SKYWAY Creston Point Apartments Minter’s Earlington Greenhouse MISCELLANEOUS LOCATIONS Mama Luvs Pilwallis Properties
We Are Your Place For Complete Dental Care FREE
Dr. Anna A. Danieli
r "EWBODFE IZHJFOF EFQBSUNFOU
Comprehensive Exam*
r 3PPU DBOBM PSBM TVSHFSZ
8JUI DPNQMFUJPO PG OFDFTTBSZ Y SBZT BOE EFOUBM DMFBOJOH
r /JUSPVT 0YJEF UP DBMN ZPV
.VTU QSFTFOU DPVQPO
r #SJEHFT JNQMBOUT BOE DSPXOT
r &YQFSJFODFE MPOH UFSN TUBGG r &NFSHFODJFT XFMDPNF r 4BUVSEBZ BQQPJOUNFOUT BWBJMBCMF r .PTU JOTVSBODF BDDFQUFE r i$BSF $SFEJUu QBZNFOU QMBO
DR. ANNA A. DANIELI Family Dentistry
COMPLETE DENTAL CARE FOR YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY.
8FTU 7JFX #VJMEJOH 4 1VHFU %SJWF 4UF 3FOUPO 8" XXX EBOJFMJEET DPN 570999
574352
[10] January 27, 2012
www.rentonreporter.com
What does it mean to be Ahead of the Curve? Successful schools preparing our children for the future. Renton School District has a 94% high school graduation rate — significantly above the Washington average of 76.5%. Increasing math, reading and writing scores at every grade level and closing achievement gaps. 2011 Washington State Superintendent of the Year and one of the top four nationally. 2011 School Board of Distinction. 70% of teachers hold advanced degrees. Multiple Washington State Teacher of the Year awards and many student, team and school awards. 77% of funding goes for classroom instruction (Washington State average is 70%). Only 7% of the budget for district administration. Every construction project completed on time, on budget. That’s why Renton Schools were featured on NBC Television’s Education Nation which highlights schools across America that are making a difference in the lives of students.
Discover more reasons why Renton is the Center of Opportunity in the Puget Sound region where families and businesses thrive by scanning the tag and watching our video.
Proudly brought to you by the Renton School District, Renton Technical College, Renton Chamber of Commerce, City of Renton, Renton Visitors Connection, and Valley Medical Center. For further information, visit rentonwa.gov. 574338
January 27, 2012 [11]
www.rentonreporter.com
Renton, region to break ground on extending 27th of Renton, the City of Tukwila, The Boeing Company, Amtrak, BNSF Railway, Union Pacific Railroad, Sound Transit the State of Washington, including TIB, FMSIB, and the Washington State Department of Transportation, and the US Department of Transportation. When completed, the fully built-out Southwest 27th Street/Strander Boulevard Connection Project will create a critical east/west connection that is missing between Southwest 27th Street in Renton and Strander Boulevard in Tukwila, and provide an alternate route to I-405 between I-5 and SR-167, according to the City of Renton.
Gregoire asks for extension on tax return filings Gov. Chris Gregoire has asked the Washington State Department of Revenue to grant tax return filing extensions to Washington businesses affected by the recent winter storm. “The heavy snowfall and freezing rain resulted in road conditions and power outages that clearly affected the ability of some businesses to file their state excise tax returns on time,” Gregoire said. “I have asked DOR to grant filing extensions to these businesses, and to waive penalties for those unable to meet the deadline. This request won’t impact the state’s tax collec-
tions. It merely pushes it back a bit to give our business owners who need it a much needed break.” Revenue Director Brad Flaherty said businesses need to request the extension prior to the Jan. 25 due date for monthly filers or the Jan. 31 due date for quarterly and annual filers. Businesses should call the Department at 1-800-647-7706 to request an extension. Penalty waivers must be requested in writing and can be submitted in the department’s electronic filing system or emailed to communications@dor.wa.gov.
BINGO
Imperial Bingo Connection 3100 East Valley Rd. Renton
425-656-5257
Wednesday - Thursday - Friday - Saturday - Sunday
FREE Bingo All Saturdays In February Buy Morning = Pay $150 Play Afternoon FREE = Pay $125 Buy 11 AM Session Regular Games Play Same FREE for 2:30 Session Includes Machines and Paper Includes Power Ball + Cash Cow
576726
24-7
yourpaper cover to cover online
green edition Now you can view our full print editions online ~
cover to cover! Plus access a treasure trove of previous issues of the Renton Reporter & award winning reader features. Want extra copies of the championship game?
Download & print the pdf. It's FREE! Visit www.rentonreporter.com/green_editions today!
RENTON
REPORTER
.com
Local officials will break ground Tuesday morning on the extension of Southwest 27th Street/Strander Boulevard eastward. The event is 10 a.m. at Southwest 27th Street at Naches Avenue Southwest, north of the Federal Reserve Bank. Attending the event will be Mayor Denis Law; Renton City Council members; Karen Schmidt, executive director, Freight Mobility Strategic Investment Board (FMSIB); Steve Gorcester, executive director, Transportation Improvement Board (TIB); and representatives from Sound Transit and The Boeing Company. This project is a collaboration of the City
A DIVISION OF SOUND PUBLISHING, INC.
19426 68th Ave S, Kent WA 98032
■
(425) 255-3484
[12] January 27, 2012
www.rentonreporter.com
Schools to make up missed days on June 20, 21 The Renton School District will add two days on to the end of the school year to make up days last to last week’s snowstorm and ice storm. The district had one day already built into the school calendar to make up for a closure and will add two more days to make up the three days the district was closed due to the wintry weather. The days will be added on June 20 and 21.
From left, John Prints, pastor at Somo Church, Wayne Bowdle and Patrick Lowndes clear off a drive way next to the Harambee Church Saturday after clearing the snow from the church roof. CHARLES CORTES, Renton Reporter
EARt WISE INC.
HEARING AID CENTER “Quality Care Since 1968�
L& Provider
Full Line of Digital Hearing Aids
4& $BSS 3PBE 3FOUPO /PSUI TJEF PG #FOTPO 'SFE .FZFS
r &BS .PME .BJOUFOBODF r 'JUUJOHT r 3FQBJST
0VS 'SJFOEMZ 4UBGG
570980
425-228-0306
Complete Competent Service & Care I
2012 is the Year of the Dragon!
Valentine’s Dinner January 27 - February 14, 2012
Dinner for Two
$30.50 add $15.25 per person Dine In or Take Out
There are several ways to get rid of all the debris Wondering what to do with all the yard debris that’s been collecting since the snow and ice storms hit last week? There are multiple green recyclers available in the area that are collecting tree limbs. This week, Renton crews traveled through the city removing tree limbs and woody debris from streets and also removing sand with sweeper trucks. First, the City of Renton recommends residents place trees and branches in their yard and food-waste carts. Trees and branches must be trimmed to less than four feet in length and not exceed four inches in diameter. If carts quickly fill up, the city recommends placing debris in cardboard boxes, paper or compostable bags. It can also be bundled in less than 3 1/2 feet in any dimension, as long as it doesn’t exceed 60 pounds. Limbs will be picked up on the next scheduled collection day. Excess tree branches and limbs can be disposed of at the following locations and fees may apply: t $FEBS (SPWF $PNQPTUJOH IUUQ XXX DFEBS HSPWF com/contact.asp> in Maple Valley, 425-432-2395 t 3BJOJFS 8PPE 3FDZDMFST IUUQ XXX SBJOJFSXPPESFDZ clers.com/> in Covington, 425-222-0008 t 1BDJĕ D 5PQTPJMT IUUQ XXX QBDJĕ DUPQTPJMT DPN SF cycle.html> in Tukwila 1-800-884-7645 Commercial and multifamily customers who do not subscribe to yard waste service, may dispose of their material and the above listed locations as well. For more information check out the county’s “What Do I Do With� website here. (http://your.kingcounty.gov/solidwaste/wdidw/material.asp)
Celebrate Valentine’s Day & the Year of the Dragon With Us!
&HH 3PMMT r ##2 1PSL Cantonese Style Chow Mein 7FHFUBCMF $IPX :VL r (PMEFO 4QFDJBM 3JDF (FOFSBM 5BP T $IJDLFO r .POHPMJBO #FFG
None of the school district buildings suffered damage due to the storm, which brought down trees and power lines in many areas. The district was able to avert any issues with its facilities because custodial and maintenance staff continued to enter the buildings during the closure to monitor the situation, according to district spokesman Randy Matheson.
Saturday t January 28, 6:00pm
Lion Dance & Kung Fu
Demonstration Performed by Tony Au and the International Lion Dance Team
Mon - Thurs 4:00-10:00; Fri & Sat 4:00-12:00; Sun 4:00-9:00
www.goldenpeacockfairwood.yolasite.com
425-226-1802 t 425-226-1803 t 14412 SE Petrovitsky Road t Renton, WA 98058
576024
NEWS TIPS! We want to hear from you 425.453.4233 dradford@rentonreporter.com
January 27, 2012 [13]
www.rentonreporter.com
A common sight around the Renton area was emergency repair crews working to restore power, phone and cable service to thousands of residents. CHARLES CORTES, Renton Reporter
American Flags marked the spot where new cars at the Brad Brotherton Cadillac GMC dealership on Grady Way were covered by snow last week. DEAN A. RADFORD, Renton Reporter
City public works crews cleared snow away from the front of Fire Station 12 in the Renton Highlands during the height of the storm. City of Renton
Backbreaking work went into removing snow downtown. CHARLES
Dave Van Santford, maintenance worker at Renton’s Maplewood Golf Course, adds a fallen branch to the pile Tuesday, during the clean up of the golf course. CHARLES CORTES, Renton
CORTES, Renton Reporter
Reporter
Come visit one of our convenient locations
ANIMAL HEALTH CARE OF RENTON & KENT (while supplies last)
Also ask about our credit & financing options (6 months same as cash)
*Some restrictions apply. Call for details.
Animal HealthCare of Renton 504 Renton Ctr. Wy. SW #3; Renton, WA 98057
425-203-9000
www.AHRenton.com
Renton Of
R5 /(5 &)-
&)- 5 5;5Äť 5 /,
Also see us at:
Animal HealthCare of Kent 22815 68th Ave S., Kent, WA 98032 (Corner of 228th & West Valley Hwy.)
253-520-7000 www.AHCKent.com
576346
FREE exam for new patients* Vaccines $12.95 Each* Up to 15% off all flea & parasite preventatives*
[14] January 27, 2012
January 27, 2012
www.rentonreporter.com
Business Profiles
Prepared by Renton Reporter Advertising Dept.
Law Offices of Beth A. McDaniel, PLLC Washington Academy of Elder Law Attorneys Since 2002, the Law Offices of Beth A. and former chair of the King County Bar McDaniel, PLLC has served individuals and Association’s Guardianship and Elder Law Secfamilies residing in King County, and beyond, tion. Beth currently serves as a director of the in the areas of estate planning, guardianship, Washington Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. probate, special needs planning, and elder law. Gerald Sprute, associate, became a part of Our clients range from individuals just making the firm in July 2011. Since 2008, Gerald has their mark in the world to individuals in the later years, and unlimited types of families. We exclusively assisted families and individuals with their provide pracestate plantical solutions ning, probate, for our clients’ and elder law peace of mind needs. Gerald and satisfacis a frequent tion. seminar The firm speaker and, takes a multias a Rotary generational member, is approach to active in the planning taicommunity. lored to each With Gerald’s individual LLM degree and family. Beth A. McDaniel and Gerald Sprute in taxation We strive to from the Uniprovide high versity of Washington, he is able to help clients quality legal services with the utmost compasaddress estate tax and gift tax implications of sion and discretion, with the goal of making the legal process as user-friendly as possible for their estate planning. He also assists business owners with business entity creation and sucour clients. cession planning. Gerald has been recognized Through ongoing education and years of by his peers with the Washington State Bar combined experience, our lawyers and staff have developed a special understanding regard- Association’s Random Acts of Professionalism award. ing the unique legal needs of the elderly and In addition to our attorneys, our greatest the challenges that loved ones face when trying asset is our professional, courteous and wellto assure that their elders are protected and trained staff who view each client as special receive the best assistance available. and deserving of the best in legal representaBeth A. McDaniel, principal, has practiced in South King County since 1998. Beth focuses tion and personal attention. We sincerely look forward to the opportunity to assist you and her practice to areas associated with estate invite you to contact us should you have any planning including wills and trusts, special questions regarding how we can be of service. needs planning, guardianship, elder law and probate. Beth was the 2006 outstanding mem(425) 251-8880 ber of the year of the Washington Academy of Fax (425) 336-2505 Elder Law Attorneys and in 2005 was named a www.bethmcdaniel.com “Rising Star” by “Washington Law and Politics” info@bethmcdaniel.com magazine. Beth is a former president of the
425-251-8880
Kim’s Tae Kwon Do At Kim’s Tae Kwon Do, we are blast is the best workout you will your self-defense and fitness experts. find, guaranteed. In this class there Our certified instructors have been are no partners and no contact; just helping people 30 minutes of reach their fitstrength and ness and selfcardio exerdefense goals cises. Based in Renton around the since 1996. concepts of a Whether you mixed martial want to learn art workout, self-defense, you will get relieve stress, a total body get in better workout that shape, or just targets your try something upper and new, we have lower body, as a program well as your for you. Our core. award winWant more ning Tae information Kwon Do about our school will programs? help you learn Call us today how to defend and we can yourself while schedule a getting into FREE trial. great shape. We invite you Josh and Nancy Henkel Just lookto come by ing for a new and see how type of fitness class, but don’t want much fun exercise can be. Find us to try martial arts? Try Cage Fitness! on Facebook at Kim’s Tae Kwon Do This 30 minute strength and cardio of Renton.
t &TUBUF 1MBOOJOH t 8JMMT
Now Located at 272 Hardie Avenue SW
t (VBSEJBOTIJQ
www.bethmcdaniel.com info@bethmcdaniel.com
t 1SPCBUF
t .FEJBUJPO t -JGF $BSF 1MBOOJOH
KIM’S TAE KWON DO
t 4QFDJBM /FFET 5SVTU 1MBOOJOH
Dedicated to Progress, Peace & Love! 4602 NE Sunset Blvd, Renton
425-254-3526
www.rentontaekwondo.com 574347
574342
January 27, 2012 [15]
www.rentonreporter.com
January 27, 2012
Business Profiles
Prepared by Renton Reporter Advertising Dept.
Merrill Gardens at Renton Centre
Metal and Electronic Recycling with a Mission Mr. Scrappy is a full-service metal and electronic recycling company that offers FREE pickup services for all types of electronic and metal products for residents, property managers, janitorial services and various businesses in the King County region and Connie and Jeff Gaidjiergis beyond. Happy to do direct pickup at your home or business, we enjoy serving the businesses and individuals of our community. Again, this is a free service, keeping these potentially hazardous products out of our landfills. Some of the proceeds from the Mr. Scrappy business fund mission trips to help other families in need – not just here but
worldwide. We go annually to Mexico to build homes for those less fortunate. After the devastation in Haiti, we traveled there to remove damaged and unsafe structures caused by the earthquake. In its place, Mr. Scrappy helped build new safe churches and schools . We want to give back to our community, locally and globally. Please visit our website to view pictures of our most recent trip to Haiti (www. scrappyrecycling.com). Our website also contains a complete list of items we accept. Please see the ad below for a condensed list in hopes that we can do business with you soon and help you with any of your metal and electronic recycling needs.
576746
Choice, nutritional content, and variety are The “Second Half” Discussion paramount to an aging palate that may be affected It is a discussion that is happening. Our popuby medication, physical challenges, and overall lation is aging. Whether you are talking about energy level. Lifestyle options like “Anytime families, education, employment, healthcare, Dining” provide peace of mind and confidence. financial planning, taxes, real estate, or lifestyle Seniors can look forward to a dining experience choices, know that there are major benefits in where talented staff takes responsibility for plandiscussing the “second half” of you or your loved ning, shopping, preparing, and serving wonderone’s lives. By having this discussion we are able ful meals every day in an environment that is to open up our thinking about what motivates dynamic and welcoming. how people make decisions in the “second half” of their lives. There are two primary motivators that have emerged from our work with seniors. First is the desire for choice and second, for control. Seniors have more choices as a result of increased longevity that flows from better health care, nutrition, and a higher standard of living. Along with longevity comes the need for controlling resources so that they can take full advantage of those choices. Merrill Gardens at Renton Centre - dining room. As seniors weigh their options for Our seniors welcome the access they have to retirement living, their interests center on the fresh fruits, vegetables, and the variety of meats number of choices available to them in their new and fish that round out a great dining experience. home. Merrill Gardens is a leader in developing They also recognize the value of getting the most lifestyle options for seniors in retirement living. “bang for your buck” that comes with the buying Food is often at the center of family and home, power that our dining approach generates. and seniors are seeking a lifestyle that mirrors The comfort and luxury that comes with all of those experiences. “Anytime Dining” is a lifestyle the choices and amenities Merrill Gardens offers option that offers a restaurant style approach to makes a discussion about the second half of life dining and encourages our seniors to enjoy an experience that they have more control over. They one to look forward to. We support this discussion so our residents can enjoy their indepenchoose when to eat, are offered a wide variety of dence, individuality, privacy and decision-making menu options that change daily, and enjoy the ability. socialization that comes in a community setting.
576021
[16] January 27, 2012
www.rentonreporter.com
RENTON
BUSINESS
Finding gold in them thar hills Seattle Gold and Prospecting Co. offers tips, equipment and classes to pursue that golden dream out in the rivers BY DEAN A. RADFORD dradford@rentonreporter.com
Brian Kushin, owner of Seattle Gold and Prospecting Co. in the Renton Highlands, shows off the different pans he has at his store. The smaller pan is considered a finishing pan. DEAN A. RADFORD, Renton Reporter
RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES
|
HEALTH SERVICES
|
FOUNDATION
There is gold in them thar hills and Brian Kushin will help you find it – with a pan or something more mechanical. Kushin has opened Seattle Gold and Prospecting Co. in the Renton Highlands, filled with a full line of equipment designed to coax gold flakes or chunks from a creek or river. Kushin has spent years panning “Getting the gold for gold, so he has plenty of advice is a bonus.� Brian about how to do it right – and legally Kushin, Seattle Gold and so you don’t end up on the wrong Prospecting Co. side of a shotgun or citation. Panning for gold is tough work, many times disappointing and rarely a quick way to get rich. But it’s still the stuff of dreams and a chance to enjoy Mother Nature and the company of good friends and family. “Getting the gold is a bonus,� said Kushin. The continuing poor economy is driving some customers through Kushin’s doors. He hears the tales of a job loss and the need to make some money. Or, customers bring in gold and silver items to sell to Kushin to help pay the bills with the cash. Kushin keeps little gold at his store, taking whatever he buys to a safe elsewhere. He keeps a piece of gold in a vial just so people can see what the precious metal looks like. The first step in that golden quest is to get some training. [ more GOLD page 17 ]
r a t S Massage
Wesley Homes Your source for aging services
★★★★★★★★★★★★★
Live Smart for Your Heart
Wesley Homes
BeneďŹ t from a healthy cooking demo with Chef Chuck Chalfant and ďŹ tness tips from Highline Athletic Club’s Rueben Baca. Thursday, Feb. 9 from 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. in Des Moines
815 South 216th Street Des Moines, WA 98198
425-277-1516 ~ Hours: 10:00am - 9:30pm
WN NOPE O
Wesley Homes
Lea Hill
Learn how to downsize and “right-size� your life one step at a time on Thursday, March 8 from 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. in Des Moines or Thursday, March 23 from 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. at Lea Hill in Auburn.
32049 109th Place SE Auburn, WA 98092
& Donna’s Boutique
253-876-6000 www.wesleyhomes.org Find us on
Furniture, Appliances, Clothing, Sporting Goods, Tools & More! 8FMMT "WF 4P r 3FOUPO
Hours: Mon., Wed-Fri. 10-6; Sat. 10-5; Sun. 12-5; Closed Tues.
All Wesley Homes workshops are free!
NORTHWEST STEEL & RECYCLING
Join Us for Lunch & Learn! And ďŹ nd out more about Wesley Homes Retirement Communities and Home Health Services.
Full Service Recycling Center r 1VSDIBTF "MM 4DSBQ .FUBMT r 'SFF TDSBQ NFUBM BQQMJBODF ESPQ
The third Thursday of the month at Des Moines. The third Friday of the month at Lea Hill in Auburn.
(except refrigerators $30.00 Charge)
Call today to reserve a seat for you and a friend. Wesley Homes, a not-for-proďŹ t organization, is afďŹ liated with the PaciďŹ c Northwest Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church
567444
140 Rainier Ave S, Ste. 2 Renton WA 98057
206-824-5000 866-937-5390
Downsizing to Simplicity
Space is limited. Please RSVP to 206-824-5000 to reserve your seat.
5.00 OFF Body Massage
571886
On Thursday, Feb. 23 from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. in Des Moines, ďŹ nd out ways to save money on bank fees, utility bills and more. Enjoy a free lunch, too!
$
4& 3FOUPO .BQMF 7BMMFZ )XZ for people who love
TM
life
425-432-3960
www.northweststeel.net
569404
Financial Relief Workshop
Body Massage ~ Foot Massage ~ Body Scrub
Des Moines
January 27, 2012 [17]
www.rentonreporter.com
Eastern Washington has the big chunks
FYI Seattle Gold and Prospecting
[ GOLD from page 16]
Kushin offers prospecting classes at his store, along with a full range of pans of differing sizes. The big pans do the bulk of the sifting, while small pans are known as finishing pans. He sells mechanical dredgers that suck up material from a river bottom and highbankers, which use a sluice box at the side of a river. Kushin sells bags of dirt gathered from a claim in Boise, Idaho. Each is guaranteed to contain gold; how much is the question. Buyers Brian Kushin keeps a vial use the bags in of gold so customers know class or at home to practice and, what to look for. DEAN A. of course, get to RADFORD, Renton Reporter keep whatever gold they find. Next is where to look. First, get a copy of the Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife Gold and Fish, which contains the rules for mineral prospecting and placer mining. Kushin has heard there’s gold in the Cedar River but he’s never prospected the river. Close by is the Raging River, which flows westward out of the Cascades, crossing
Seattle Gold and Prospecting is located in the Renton Highlands at 401 Olympia Ave. N.E., No. 107 Telephone: 206-922-2408 Information: info@SeattleGoldProspecting.com Website: http://seattlegoldprospecting.com/
Kushin demonstrates a mechanical dredger that floats on a river, sucking up material, including spoils and gold, from the bottom. DEAN A. RADFORD, Renton Reporter under Highway 18 and Interstate 90 before dumping into the Snoqualmie River near Fall City. Kushin and the state agencies which regulate gold mining and prospecting point to the Sultan area. The middle fork of the Snoqualmie is another possibility or head up to the Granite Falls area. On the coast, there are placer deposits (gravel or sand which contain metals) near Ozette Lake on the Olympic Peninsula. There are numerous possibilities in Eastern Washington. While all rivers have gold, geology plays a big role in what a prospector is going to find. On the west side, gold flakes will
predominate, says Kushin; for the bigger chunks go to the rivers of Eastern Washington. “Don’t get me wrong. There is a lot of gold over here,� he said, but it’s typically closer to the mountains. Just don’t expect a river of gold, which is heavy and bounces and rolls along a river’s bottom. A river will yield good clues where to look, so learn to read geological maps. Gold drops out in bends or curves of a river. Wherever you go, just be careful where you dip that pan or set up the mechanical dredge or high banker. Everything a gold seeker needs to know regarding areas that
A debit card that actually pays you
are open to prospecting and what equipment is allowed is contained in the state’s Gold and Fish book. Public land, including state parks, is usually a safe bet for prospecting but not always, so check Gold and Fish first or claim guides that Kushin has available. Prospecting on private land or jumping someone else’s claim would get you into trouble. “It’s always better to err on the side of caution,� he said. There are clubs that allow members to work an already-established claim. Stricter regulations typically apply to mechanical methods to extract the gold. Recreationists can file a claim, but it must be staked and worked, Kushin said. Kushin doesn’t yet have his own claim, but he hopes to some day. The idea would be to take his customers there in their quest for gold. So is a rush to find gold a sure way to support a family in tough times? Not in this region, Kushin said. “You might be able to do OK,� he said, adding “I wouldn’t quit your job to go panning for gold.�
.
! " !
2 48%/-*< # $ :,)1 <28 23)1 %1< 3)5621%/ 25 60%// &86-1)66 ',)'.-1+ %''2817 0-1-080
23)1-1+ ()326-7 :-7, % !1-21 %1. )&-7 %67)5 %5(= &< %18%5< $28?// )%51 '%6, &%'. 83 72 21 %// ()&-7 '%5( 385',%6)6 &)7:))1 %''2817 23)1-1+ %1( 35-/ 85',%6)6 5)7851)( (2 127 48%/-*< )&-7 %6, %'. &2186 :-// &) ()326-7)( -172 7,) '%5(,2/()5?6 35-0%5< ',)'.-1+ %''2817 &< %< :,-', 0867 &) %'7-9) %1( -1 +22( 67%1(-1+ 2186 0%< 5)48-5) % 250 &) 6)17 *25 7%; 385326)6 )&-7 %6, %'. 2**)5 '%1127 &) '20&-1)( :-7, %1< 27,)5 ',)'.-1+ 2**)56 **)5 9%/-( 21/< *25 1): !1-21 %1. ',)'.-1+ %''28176 5)) %''28176 -1'/8() 3)5621%/ 5)) ,)'.-1+ %1( !1-21 %1. 86-1)66 66)17-%/6 ,)'.-1+ %9%-/%&/) -1 # %1( 21/< 7,)5 *))6 68', %6 25 29)5(5%*7 *))6 0%< &) %66)66)( 25 &86-1)66 %''28176 ')57%-1 75%16%'7-21 *))6 0%< %33/< )) 285 // &287 )5621%/ 25 // &287 86-1)66 ''28176 )59-')6 -6'/2685) %1( +5))0)17 %1( %335235-%7) )) ',)(8/) *25 %''2817 ()7%-/6
"-6-7 86 %7 81-21&%1. '20 )&-7 > !1-21 %1.
[18] January 27, 2012
www.rentonreporter.com
‌local flavor Ballots in mail
Create your own masterpiece...
for Feb. 14 vote
$5 off your second dinner Purchase the first dinner at the full menu price and receive $5 off the second dinner
King County voters in districts with measures up for election will begin receiving Special Election ballots and voters’ pamphlets this week.. There are three measures on the Feb. 14 special election ballot in the Renton School District. King County Elections will mail printed voters’ pamphlets only to voters in districts that requested them; the Renton School District did not request that the pamphlet be mailed. Voters can also view a list of measures that appear on their ballot using Your Voter Guide on the King County Elections website at kingcounty.gov. Voting begins this week, and voters can vote and return their ballot as soon as they receive it. King County Elections will offer five ballot drop boxes for returning a ballot in person beginning Jan. 26. Voters can also return their ballot by mail through the postal service using a 45-cent first class stamp. Ballots must be postmarked by Feb. 14 or returned to a ballot drop box by 8:00 p.m. on that day. To ensure that voters with disabilities are able to cast a private and independent ballot, the county will open an accessible voting center at election headquarters in Renton on Jan. 27. Find more information on accessible voting online. For more information on voting by mail, watch a short video, visit the Elections website, or call 206-296-VOTE (8683).
Not valid with any other coupon or discount. Expires 2/10/12
Lunch
Mon - Fri: 11:00am-2:30pm Sat & Sun: 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Dinner
Mon - Thurs: 5:00pm - 9:00pm 'SJ 4BU QN QN t 4VO QN QN Please remember that our last seating is 15 minutes prior to closing.
3BJOJFS "WF / t 3FOUPO 567683
(206) 772-5455
Selected Beef EntrĂŠes Available after 5:00 p.m.
Asian American Cuisine
4004 NE 4th St., Renton 98056 • 425-255-3595
Build Your Own Breakfast for $5 $5.99 Lunch Specials $BFTBS 4BMBE t 4QJDZ #FFG /PPEMFT $IJDLFO 1IP t (SJMMFE 1PSL 4BOEXJDI
*Offer expires 2/15/12. Must be presented at time of service. Not valid with any other offer. Offer valid any day of the week.
Saturday Steak Night P[ 4FMFDU 5PQ 4JSMPJO
$7.99 www.facebook.com/4thStreetGrillandLounge.com
Basil’s Kitchen and Bar is located at the Embassy Suites 15920 West Valley Highway, Tukwila, WA 98188 (425) 227-9406 572407
570769
To Go Ordersle! Availab
Family Restaurant
$7.00 Off with purchase of
Sweeten the Deal!
Benson location only. Coupon valid Sunday - Thursday. Not valid on to go orders. Present coupon when ordering. May not be combined. Expires 2/10/12.
Daily Specials Happy Hour
ADVERTISE YOUR RESTAURANT IN THIS DINING GUIDE!
RENTON SHOPPING CENTER # 3"*/*&3 "7& 4 t 425-228-6180
t %FMJWFSFE FWFSZ 'SJEBZ UP PWFS IPVTFIPMET t 0OMJOF BU XXX SFOUPOSFQPSUFS DPN
RENTON NORTH BENSON 4& $"33 3% t 425-227-9104
To advertise please call 425-255-3484
RENTON HIGHLANDS /& 5) 45 t 425-271-5400
569433
567371
Two Dinners & Two Drinks
www.toreros-mexicanrestaurants.com
City again marking yearly Heart Month The City of Renton is asking residents to take heart this February with respect to health as part of the annual “Heart Month.� The Renton Fire and Emergency Services Department will provide a program with free preventative screenings to the public that include blood pressure and blood sugar checks. “I encourage residents to help reduce the risks of heart disease by taking advantage of the free screenings that are being made available as part of our month-long promotion,� said Mayor Denis Law in a release. Throughout the month of February Renton Firefighters and EMTs will perform the free screenings as they visit various Renton schools, businesses, and community groups. In addition, firefighters and staff from Valley Medical Center offer these vital services at a number of culturally diverse locations in Renton, including Fairwood and East Plateau neighborhoods. These locations include DK Market, St. Anthony’s Church, the Sikh Temple, and the Ukrainian Community Center, among others. The city is putting an emphasis on reaching out to Renton’s diverse populations. The campaign is designed to increase public awareness about heart health and related cardiovascular conditions. Cardiovascular diseases, including stroke and high blood pressure, continue to be our nation’s number one killer, according to the city’s release. Last year the Renton Fire & Emergency Services Department performed over 7,000 screenings during the month of February. Of those screened, 860 people were found to have high blood pressure and 624 people had elevated to dangerous blood sugar levels. People who were at risk were encouraged to see their doctor in order to address the risk and help prevent future medical complications. For more information visit the city’s web site rentonwa. gov or call 425-430-7000.
January 27, 2012 [19]
RENTON
SPORTS
www.rentonreporter.com
BASKETBALL ROUNDUP The Liberty boys basketball team went on a late run to tie the game, but lost to Mercer Island 53-45 Tuesday. The Patriots (7-8 overall, 2-7 KingCo 3A/2A) trailed 27-16 at the half, but went on a 21-10 run in the third quarter to tie the game. The Islanders outscored Liberty 16-8 in the fourth quarter for the win. Jordan West led Liberty with 15 points. Robbie Thomas scored 12 and BJ Demps scored 10. Evergreen edged Hazen 49-48 Tuesday night. The Highlanders (7-8, 5-4 Seamount) led by seven points going into the half, but couldn't hold on. Frankie Johnson led all scorers with 17 points for Hazen. Dawit Kasa added 15.
Overachiever
Renton’s Steve Sholdra excels in the pool, classroom and just about everywhere else
BY ADAM MCFADDEN
amcfadden@rentonreporter.com
Steve Sholdra can’t stop. Whether it’s another board to join, another scholarship to earn, or another few seconds to shave off his swim times, Sholdra isn’t afraid to take on a new challenge. “All the pressure, all the opportunities, it’s a really strong part of my childhood,” Sholdra said. “Having to balance out and schedule my time so closely will really help in college.” The 17-year-old homeschool senior has been an impact athlete from the moment he took his first stroke with the Renton swim team. Last season as junior he became the first Renton athlete to win an individual state title in 16 years when he won the 500-yard freestyle, shattering the state record and earning All-American consideration along the way. And that drive to overachieve doesn’t dry up outside the pool. Sholdra carries a 4.0 GPA and he’ll be attending Fordham University in New York on a swimming scholarship. Sholdra is an ambassador with Seafair and One World Now. He’s a volunteer with the Midlakes Swim League as a coach and the First Tee as a coach. He is part of the Washington Homeschool Organization
Renton’s Steve Sholdra swims at the 2A state swim and dive meet at the King County Aquatic Center last season. ADAM MCFADDEN, Renton Reporter
and the NW Burn Foundation. He is a Founding Chair of the Make The Dash Count Renton chapter. As a Seattle Seafair Ambassador, he traveled to Kobe Japan. As a U.S. Youth Ambassador for One World Now, he went to Qatar in 2011, where he was able to practice one of his hobbies, speaking Arabic. Think that’s enough? Not quite. In his “spare” time, Sholdra has taken the Pacific Northwest Swimming newsletter from non-existence to its current blooming state where
his interviewees include former Olympians and planned expansions include articles from coaches’, officials’ and volunteers’ viewpoints. The need to get out and see everything possible came from his parents early on. “Just getting experience with so many broad things really started a drive in me to want to go out there,” he said. “There are so many great opportunities, you just have to know where to find them.” With a list of extra-curricular
activities rivaling the list of his swimming accolades, free time isn’t something Sholdra gets much of. “I don’t really sit around and do nothing ever,” he said. “It keeps your life more exciting.” Sholdra keeps a detailed calendar to his two or three practices, studying, and various board meetings in line. Time management is essential. “By nature swimmers, the better and more focused they get, learn time management very quickly,” [ more SHOLDRA page 20 ]
[20] January 27, 2012
www.rentonreporter.com
Nangle 3A MVP, five make all-state teams Washington soccer coaches selected Liberty senior Cassidy Nangle as the 3A soccer MVP. Nangle also made the all-state first team as announced Monday. Nangle scored 15 goals for the Patriots, tied for the team lead, as the team went all the way to the 3A championship game. Nangle is committed to play soccer for the University of Oklahoma next year. Teammate Kimi Fry also made the all-state first team at midfielder. Fry scored four goals and dished out a team-leading 13 assists. Fry has committed to play soccer for the University of San Diego next year. Teammate Kiana Hafferty made the all-state second
team at midfielder. Hafferty, a junior, scored 10 goals and collected nine assists. Hazen senior goalkeeper Priscilla Yu made the second team at goalkeeper. Yu racked up five shutouts this year as the Highlanders took the Seamount's top 3A seed and finished just short of the state tournament. Lindbergh senior Whitney Hilde earned honorable mention at midfielder for the 2A all-state team. Hilde scored 10 goals and collected 10 assists for Lindbergh, both led the team. She was also selected the Seamount's player of the year as the Eagles won the Seamount championship this season. Hilde will play soccer for Portland State University next year.
PA FREE RK ING
Washington ®
& Sport Fishing Boat Show ® Jan. 25-29, 2012 Puyallup Fair & Events Center 25th Annual
DO YOU HAVE a trophy in hiding? Bring it to the Washington Sportsmen’s Show at the Puyallup Fair & Events Center. Official Record Book scorers will measure it and prizes will be given. TROPHY CATEGORIES:
Measuring is FREE with admission. $20 fee required to be recorded in the Book. All entries must be received by 6 p.m. Saturday. Award presentation is at 3 p.m. Sunday, January 29. Trophies must be picked up by 4 p.m. Sunday. Categories of entries for animals must be found within the states of Oregon, Idaho, Washington or Montana and killed under fair chase conditions. Horns must be attached to skull. All entries accepted and scored. Only Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana trophies eligible for awards. harvested in the 2011 hunting season are eligible. 1st place prizes will be awarded for each species, each method of harvest. prior to the 2010 hunting season are eligible. Prizes will be awarded for 1st and 2nd place for Prize and the top twenty overall prize-winners will be awarded prizes using the Z formula limit.
Renton Reporter
Sholdra qualified for NCAA Div. 1 championships in December [ SHOLDRA from page 19 ]
Competition
COMPETITION RULES
Top left: Liberty’s Cassidy Nangle. Top right: Hazen’s Priscilla Yu. Bottom left: Liberty’s Kiana Hafferty. Middle: Liberty’s Kimi Fry. Bottom right: Lindbergh’s Whitney Hilde. ADAM MCFADDEN,
WINNER: The grand prize winner will be selected from the 2012 Washington, Pacific NW and Central Oregon Sportsmen’s Shows and will receive a brand new Fort Knox Protector Safe - Model 6031. PRIZES will be awarded at each show. These valuable prizes are provided by Bushnell, Coast, Federal Premium Ammunition, Fort Knox, Les Schwab, Midland and Ruger!
SHOW HOURS
ADMISSION*
Wed - Fri ..... 12 noon – 8 p.m. Adults ............................ $12 Sat.............. 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. .................. $5 Sun............. 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Children 5 & under....... FREE *Credit cards welcome. $1 fee will be charged per transaction.
GET $2 OFF any day by picking up a Sportsmen’s Show coupon at participating Baxter Auto Parts stores and Les Schwab Tire Centers, or by using your Fred For more information about Head & Horns, call 541-530-2749. For complete show info, coupons, directions, prize packages and daily seminar schedules, visit www.thesportshows.com
said Renton swim coach Diane Pavelin. “Usually overachievers in one thing are overachievers across the board. They’re the ones with no time and yet they’re the ones who find the time.” For someone with so much going on, the defining characteristic of Sholdra might be the most noticeable: he’s a nice guy. “Steve is the most considerate polite guy you could ever meet,” Pavelin said. It’s a personality trait that’s served Sholdra well, especially with his accomplishments. “With him being so good, it could get really irritating to people, except he’s just so darn nice,” she added. Being that good hasn’t come easily. Between Sholdra’s practices with the Bellevue Club Swim team and Renton, to say he’s in the pool a lot is an understatement. During the winter, Sholdra averages about 6,500 meters a day in training. During the high-school season, that goes up to about 8,500 meters with at least nine practices each week. In the summer, it’s two-a-day practices, with 11,000-12,000 meters. It’s a ton of swimming, but it’s working. Aside from his success at Renton, Sholdra been racking up achievements on the club level for a long time. His biggest came Dec. 18 last year when he swam a time of 15:24.53 in the 1,650 free, good enough for an NCAA “B” cut. That means Sholdra was among the 16 fastest national swimmers in the event and qualified for the NCAA Div. I Championships. That was something he wasn’t planning on doing for a year or two.
Even so, he’s not slowing down now. “You can’t just rest on your laurels, there’s always a level higher than you,” he said. Pavelin said at his stage in his career (without knowing how Sholdra’s college accomplishments will stack up with Renton alums like Mark Prothero), Sholdra is definitely up there with the best swimmers in Renton’s history. She’s especially impressed with his versatility. “He might even be a little bit better because he’s an Ironman for two years,” she said. “If you look in that context he might be the best one Renton has ever had.” Sholdra finished his Ironman status (qualifying for state in all eight events) earlier this season against Steilacoom. He also holds three Renton High records, the 500, 100-breast and 100-fly. The 500-free record came at the expense of Prothero’s 36-year-old mark. Sholdra was happy to see Prothero came to the state meet to see him win the 500 title last year. “I respect Mark Prothero so much,” Sholdra said. “Hopefully when the next Renton swimmer comes up who can break that 500 record, I can be there to congratulate him too. It’s great that he came all the way to state, and I hope I can continue that tradition.” Sholdra wants to major in International Affairs at Fordham and continue his studies in Arabic. He’s hoping the school will start an Arabic program and a minor by the time he graduates. He’ll be defending his title at the 2A state swim and dive meet Feb. 16-18 at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way.
January 27, 2012 [21]
www.rentonreporter.com
Renton
JANUARY ENTERTAINMENT 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., Thursdays, Acoustic Irish Dinner various artists, free 9:30 p.m., Feb. 3, The Bomb Squad, alternative covers, free 9:30 p.m., Feb. 11, Shillelagh Jack, Irish rock, free Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day Jazz Four-Course Dinner, reservations recommended 9:30 p.m., Feb. 18, The Stunt Doubles, alternative covers, free 9:30 p.m., Feb. 24, Bowi, Irish rock, free 9:30 p.m., Feb. 25, The Hipsters, alternative covers, free
MUSIC Lakeside Bistro 11425 Rainier Ave. S. Contact: 206-772-6891, lakesidebistroseattle.com, reservations recommended 7 p.m., Feb. 3, Keely Whitney with Paul Richardson, torch songs and blues with keyboardist, free 7 p.m., Feb. 4, Butch Harrison, up-tempo tunes and ballads, free 7 p.m., Feb. 10, Trish Hatley with Hans Brehmer, jazz vocal duo, free
Vino at the Landing 800 N. 10th Place, Suite E, Renton Contact: 425-282-0382, vinoatthelanding.com 6 p.m. - 8 p.m., Feb. 3, Meet the Winemaker Tasting, Woodinville Wine with Sean Boyd 7 p.m. - 10 p.m., Feb. 4, Andre Feriante, Spanish guitar virtuoso, free 6 p.m. - 8 p.m., Feb. 10, Meet the Winemaker Tasting, Gordon Brothers with Jeff Gordon, free 7 p.m. - 10 p.m., Feb. 11, Brooks Giles, jazz saxophonist and vocalist, free 6 p.m. - 8 p.m., Feb. 17, Woodward Canyon Wine Tasting with Thomas Woodley 7 p.m. - 10 p.m., Feb. 18, Danny Godinez, solo guitar, free 6 p.m. - 8 p.m., Feb. 24, wine tasting - TBD 7 p.m. - 10 p.m., Feb. 25, Michael Gotz, solo jazz guitar, free
A Terrible Beauty Irish Pub 201 Williams Ave. S., Renton Contact: 425-227-3396, myspace.com/aterriblebeautyirishpub 11 a.m. - 2 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays, Live Jazz
Liberty Cafe 926 S. Third St., Renton Contact: 425-235-1400‚ÄÊ 7 p.m., Feb. 3, First Friday Party, free 7 p.m., Wednesdays, K.T. and Hoops host open mic, free
Upcoming at Renton Civic Theater
FYI
“HAY FEVER� BY NOEL COWARD WHAT: A romantic comedy about the “self-absorbed� Bliss family, whose members all invite guests over for a weekend romp. It is directed by John Munn. WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays, 8 p.m. Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays; Feb. 17 - March 3 WHERE: 507 S. Third St. in Renton COST: Adults $22, Seniors $17 “PAVANE� A ONE-ACT PRODUCTION BY SALLY DIXON WHAT: Two gay couples perform a Pavane to produce one child, who changes their lives forever. WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Sundays and Mondays, Feb. 19 -27 WHERE: 507 S. Third St. in Renton COST: General Admission $15 For more information call 425-226-5529
Luther’s Table
7:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m., Feb. 10, Nina and the Big Boys, free Noon - 3 p.m., Feb. 12, BRAZZ with Carole Miguel, free 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Feb. 15, Trivia Night, free 7:30 p.m. - 10 p.m., Feb. 16, Open Mic, free 7:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m., Feb. 17, Andrew Potsko, acoustic grooves, free 7:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m., Feb. 18, Shannon Beck and Friends, free Noon - 3 p.m., Feb. 19, Sunday Jazz: Michael Grimes
419 S. Second St., Suite 1, Renton Contact: 425-970-3157 7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m., Feb. 1, Trivia Night, free 7:30 p.m. - 10 p.m., Feb. 2, Open Mic, three songs or 15 minutes, free 7:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m., Feb. 3, Suzanne Brewer Trio, jazzy pop flair, free 7:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m., Feb. 4, Elaine Romanelli, Irish folk, free Noon - 3 p.m., Feb. 5, Jazz Sunday: Open Jam, all players welcome, free 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m., Feb. 7, Theology Pub, free 7:30 p.m. - 10 p.m., Feb. 9, Open Mic, three songs or 15 minutes, free
Trio, free 7 p.m. - 9:30 p.m., Feb. 21, Arbielle Music, free 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m., Feb. 21, Theology Pub, free 7:30 p.m. - 10 p.m., Feb. 23, Open Mic, three songs or 15 minutes, free 7:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m., Feb. 24, Bitter Tonic!, free 7:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m., Feb. 25, Songwriters in the Round, free Noon - 3 p.m., Feb. 26, Jazz Sunday: Suzanne Brewer, free 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Feb. 28, Luther’s Reading Ladies, free 1 p.m. - 2p.m., Feb. 29, Children’s Storytime, free
Tea Palace 2828 Sunset Lane N.E., Renton Contact: 425-228-9393, teapalacerestaurant.com 8 p.m.-midnight, Fridays, Vietnamese, English and Chinese live music, free
Comedy DC’s Bar and Grill 907 S. Third St., Renton Contact: 425-255-2511, www.dcsbargrill.com/ 8 p.m., Feb. 16, Special Guest TBD, $5
Submit an item Submit an item for the entertainment calendar, which appears the first part of each month, to Tracey Compton at tcompton@rentonreporter.com
Free for Residents and Small Businesses EWC Group
564592
Recycle Your Electronics 206.767.9950 | www.ewcgroup.net
Check out our new website! www.rentoncoinshop.com t 4JMWFS (PME 4DSBQ +FXFMSZ t 6 4 $PMMFDUPS $PJOT t 'PSFJHO "ODJFOU $PJOT t $VSSFODZ 5PLFOT .FEBMT
LETS DO THE TWIST!
8FMMT "WF 4 3FOUPO 8" t (425)
226-3890
571002
t 4FSWJOH ,JOH $PVOUZ TJODF t $MPTFE 8FE 4VO
Have you ever thought of pre-planning your funeral?
Saturday, February 4 Admission is always free!
Admission is always free!
PLEASE CALL OUR PRENEED FUNERAL COUNSELOR
Entertainment subject to change without notice. Management reserves all rights.
Make it easier for those you love.
MARLATT Serving Families for 54 Years
Kim & Cindy Marlatt
564574
FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORY 713 Central Ave N - Kent, 98032 | (253) 852-2620 | www.marlattfuneralhome.com
The world-class mover and shaker, Chubby Checker, is making an appearance at Muckleshoot Casino! Join us in Club Galaxy on Saturday, February 4 at 7pm for a bite of pop culture history and do The Twist!
2402 Auburn Way S., Auburn, WA 98002 800-804-4944 | www.muckleshootcasino.com
[22] January 27, 2012
www.rentonreporter.com
TAKING A STAND IN NORTH RENTON
‘Trophies doesn’t exist anymore,’ says manager [NORTH RENTON from page 1] Friday, Trophies will have a new one, Nations Pub:liq. It will become an internationally themed sports bar featuring soccer and other sports in season on TVs. It’s been closed for several days for some remodeling and will have a grand reopening at 2 p.m. today (Friday). “Trophies doesn’t exist any more,� Thomas said Wednes“We’d rather make day. Trophies opened in summer 2010 a slow dollar than as a sports bar and nightclub, with a fast one any the idea of showcasing young artists. day if it’s going to “In this area, in this demographic keep people safe.� it’s mostly rap,� Cage said of the Darron Cage, a Trophies’ manager
music the club featured. The formula drew a big crowd that filled the dance floor and made money. Trophies had security working inside the club and in the parking
lot. But that young crowd became the source of many of Trophies’ problems, along with employees who weren’t following the rules and were let go, Thomas said. So now, the music will change 80s and 90s cover bands, with a softer rock. “We’d rather make a slow dollar rather than a fast one any day if it’s going to keep people safe,� said Cage, whose brother Art owns Trophies.
Donald Oland Carlile, 72, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, January 12, 2012. He was born April 16, 1939 in Holdrege, Nebraska, to Edwin C. and Mildred Arlene (Merchant) Carlile. He attended Seattle Pacific College majoring in business administration until he was drafted, then served in the Army from 1961-64. In 1966 he married Susan Harrison and they settled in the Seattle area. In 1978 he moved with his family to Dutch Harbor, AK, where he worked in office management for the fishing industry. He was divorced in 1987. In 1991 he moved to Renton, WA, where he lived for 20 years. Don loved music, people, and his family. He taught himself to play the piano at a very young age and loved to play for people wherever he went. He played for his church and at many gatherings, weddings, funerals, and the Renton and Mt. Si senior centers. His family was his greatest joy and he took delight in encouraging and supporting them. In November 2011, Don moved to Eugene, Oregon. Donald is survived by his daughter, Heather, and her husband, Corey Fisher of Veneta, OR; grandchildren Kathlina Fisher of St. Louis, MO, and Mirianna, Jonathan, Daniel, Joshua, and Rosalie Fisher of Veneta, OR. Don made friends wherever he went and will be greatly missed by many. A celebration of life service and funeral will be held January 28, 2012, at 11 am at the Renton Church of the Nazarene, 850 Union Ave. NE, Renton, WA. 576853
Place a paid obituary to honor those who have passed away, call Linda at 253.234.3506 paidobits@reporternewspapers.com All notices are subject to verification.
GOOD NEWS! WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT Courtmanch and Evans Randi Marie Courtmanch and Matthew (Matt) Paul Evans were married on September 17, 2011 at the Fremont Abbey in Seattle. Randi is the daughter of Bruce and Norma Courtmanch of Renton. She teaches at UW Bothell and Momentum Dance Studio, and is also program coordinator at CD Forum for Arts and Ideas. Matt is the son of Terry and Donna Evans of Huntington Beach, Calif. He is a manager at Trader Joe's in Everett. The couple enjoyed a honeymoon in Hawaii and are now settled in Seattle. 575648
To place your Good News ad, call Linda at 253.234.3506
board. Trophies opened in September 2010 on Park Avenue North; the next month it received three verbal warnings, including one for disorderly conduct. Through early December, Trophies has received 18 verbal warnings or violation notices from enforcement agents. Last August its liquor license was suspended for five days because of inadequate lighting, which meant the agent didn’t have enough light to read a patron’s identification. Trophies is what the liquor control board calls a “location of strategic interest,� a place that will receive extra [ more NORTH RENTON page 23 ]
Read us online 24/7 with regular updates www.rentonreporter.com
566950
Donald O. Carlile
The menu is upgraded, with breakfast, lunch and dinner. Law’s letters to the liquor board go back to last fall. In a letter to board chair Sharon Foster Nov. 3, Law wrote that in the previous 15 months, Renton officers responded to Trophies 135 times, including 29 calls for disputes, fights and assaults. Trophies has its own history with the liquor control
DELIVERY TUBES ! FREE AVAILABLE
The Renton Reporter is published N TO REN every Friday and delivery tubes are R E T REPOR available FREE to our readers who live in our distribution area. Our newspaper tube can be installed on your property at no charge to you. Or the tube can be provided to you to install at your convenience next to your mailbox receptacle or at the end of your driveway. Pick up your FREE tube at the Kent office, located at 19426 68th Ave. S., Kent, WA during regular business hours. .com
...obituaries
Darron Cage, left, and Kai Thomas are the managers of Trophies Bar and Eatery, which as of Friday is known as Nations Pub:liq and will become an internationally themed sports bar. DEAN A. RADFORD, Renton Reporter
(Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.) UI "WF 4 ,FOU 8" t t www.rentonreporter.com
January 27, 2012 [23]
www.rentonreporter.com
Trophies is on liquor board’s radar screen [NORTH RENTON from page 22]
resources and attention. That could include undercover operations and education and training. “Bottom line, Trophies is on our radar,� said Brian Smith, a liquor board spokesman. “We have and will continue to dedicate resources to this location to address the public safety issues associated with it.� Across Park Avenue from Trophies stands a 6-foot wooden fence, put there by residents who feared their homes would get hit by bullets. In that Dec. 9 shooting a bullet hit a front door of one of the houses. “People are to that level of frustration and desperation that they are trying to do what they can to protect themselves,� Law said. But as Law pointed out, a wood fence isn’t going to stop a bullet from a 45-caliber gun. The shooting outside Trophies turned into what officers described as “chaos,� Law wrote in his letter to the liquor control board. A man had fired a round at a woman, but missed her. A large crowd came out of Trophies and several more rounds were fired from a large-caliber gun. “While we sincerely hope that there is a strong enough case pending to allow you to revoke the liquor license from this establishment, I want to formally request at this time that any application for renewal of a liquor license for Trophies Bar and Eatery be denied,� he wrote on Dec. 13. Now, Trophies is talking with the liquor board about transferring its liquor license to under the new name, Thomas said. The ownership doesn’t change. Before Trophies opened in September 2010, the space at the corner of Park Avenue North and North Second Street was occupied by Northwest Sports Bar, which closed earlier in the year. Early on, Cage said, a liquor board enforcement agent visited Trophies, telling the managers that Northwest Sports Bar had been a problem. The agent was there to make sure Trophies wasn’t causing the same problems, Cage said.
FYI
Violation history
Renton Police officers stand outside Trophies in early December during a warrant search and premises check. City of Renton Business was brisk and they didn’t have any problems outside what normally occur running a bar, Cage said. There were four security guards inside and two outside “keeping peace,� he said; now there are three total. The bar checks IDs; police will do warrant checks. If there’s a fight or other problem, 911 is called. Problem patrons aren’t allowed back in. Police have told Cage about shootings outside, he said. He and Thomas are willing to talk with police and Law about the issues raised by police and the liquor control board. “That’s why I am frustrated,� Cage said. “I want to know what the big problems are.� Both were surprised to learn that police received 135 complaints about Trophies. Nor had they seen a complete list of verbal and written violations from the liquor control board. Law said the city is “always willing to work with the management of any establishment that wants to cooperate in dealing with criminal activity that is impacting a neighborhood.� A letter Trophies management sent to City Attorney Larry Warren “acts totally oblivious to knowledge of any criminal activity or violence on their property, which makes me question if there is any sincere desire to work with us to resolve issues,� he said. In an interview, Cage and Thomas said there is the desire.
Washington State Liquor Control Board ¡ 10-02-2010: disorderly conduct (verbal warning); ¡ 10-26-2010: unauthorized alterations (verbal warning); ¡ 10-30-2010: advertising violation (verbal warning); ¡ 11-10-2010: unauthorized alterations (verbal warning); ¡ 12-09-2010: inadequate lighting – (verbal warning); ¡ 12-10-2010: disorderly conduct (AVN); Paid $300 in lieu of 5-day suspension) ¡ 03-08-2011: employee drinking on-duty – (verbal warning); ¡ 03-20-2011: disorderly conduct (verbal warning); ¡ 04-11-2011: minor frequenting – (AVN); Paid $300 in lieu of 5-day suspension) ¡ 06-16-2011: over-service – (AVN); (5 day or $500; formal hearing requested) ¡ 07-13-2011: inadequate lighting – (verbal warning); ¡ 07-15-2011: furnishing alcohol to a minor – (AVN); day suspension; formal hearing requested ¡ 08-04-2011: inadequate lighting – (verbal warning); ¡ 08-04-2011: NSF check – (verbal warning); ¡ 08-05-2011: inadequate lighting/criminal conduct (AVN and written warning); 5 days or $100, missed deadline; 5-day suspension imposed ¡ 09-26-2011: inadequate lighting – (AVN); 5 day suspension or $500.00; Formal Hearing requested ¡ 10-12-2011: employee drinking on-duty/criminal conduct – (AVN and verbal warning). 7 day suspension; informal requested ¡ 12-01-2011: Over-service (AVN); 7 day suspension, hearing requested. Administrative Violation Notice (AVN) can result in a fine or license suspension. In recent months business at Trophies has “slowed down,â€? Cage said, in part because of the intense police and liquor board attention. The change in music also reduced the crowd. Trophies is also at risk of losing its lease. The property owner is in the process of starting an eviction procedure. The city is gathering documentation for the landlord about the police response to Trophies, which it also will provide to Trophies.
Whether you choose burial or cremation, we promise you compassion and honesty always.
Buy a Region or the Entire State! 425-255-3484
RENTON .com
REPORTER
New Beginnings SKY CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING N. A-100 (PS Business Park) Christian Fellowship 879 Rainier Ave Renton, WA 98057 8:00am & 11:00am
Sunday Worship Service: 10:00am 9:00am - Adult & Youth Empowerment studies
www.thenbcf.org
19300 108th Ave. SE Renton, WA 98057
567169
-08 $045 t 0/& $"-- t 0/& #*--
SERENITY Funeral Home and Cremation
425-221-1504 t TNJUIMN !BPM DPN Rev. Dr. Linda M. Smith, Pastor 567175
Team You Can Trust.
merry maids
PUBLIC NOTICES SAVE DURING HOLLAND AMERICA MONTH Join us for a special presentation by Holland America Line. Learn about the newest destinations and amenities, and SAVE on your next Holland America cruise. AAA Renton OfďŹ ce: 3900 E. Valley Highway, #105 Date: Wednesday, February 8 Presentation: 1:30 p.m.
Hosted by: AAA Travel and Holland America Line Members and Non-Members Welcome
RSVP
(425) 251-4811 (800) 430-9001 | AAA.com | No Service Fees* *AAA does not charge service fees on the purchase of cruises and tour packages. Other service fees may apply for items such as airline tickets, passports, fees imposed by other companies or gov’t entities, etc. Restrictions and limitations apply per product. Ask AAA for details. Agency #178-018-521
PUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 1 OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING TIME CHANGE The regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners of Public Hospital District No. 1 of King County, (Valley Medical Center) scheduled for the 1st Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m., has been rescheduled to the first and third Mondays of every month at 5:30 p.m. in the Board Room of Valley Medical Center. Meetings will be moved to Tues-
day if the Monday is a holiday. This meeting schedule will become effective at the next regular meeting, February 6, 2012. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS PUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 1 OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON (VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER) By: Sandra Sward Assistant to the Board of Commissioners Published in the Kent, Renton, Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporters on January 27, 2012 and February 3, 2012. #577278.
To place a Legal Notice, please call 253-234-3506 or e-mail legals@reporternewspapers.com
425-988-2598 (24-hours) 304 Main Ave. S. Downtown Renton www.SerenityRenton.com
565213
! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
ÂŽ
Check our web brochure at www.MM346.isiedge.com
40
$
00
OFF
Save $40.00 Off The First Visit
New customers only, not valid with other offers.
253.833.6171 merrymaids@merrymaids346.com
569161
Employment Transportation/Drivers
30/243 /54$//2åå 72)4%2 4HEå .ORTHå /LYMPICå 0E å NINSULAå OFå 7ASHINGTONåå STATEå HASå ITå ALLå FORå THEåå SPORTSå ANDå OUTDOORSå WRIT å ERå å THEå /LYMPICå -OUN å TAINS å RIVERå ANDå SALTWATERåå lSHINGå FORå SALMON å STEEL å HEADå ANDå HUGEå $UNGE å NESSå CRAB å ALPINEå HIKING åå HUNTING å SKIINGå ANDå SNOWåå PLAYå INå /LYMPICå .ATIONALåå 0AR Kå ATå 0OR Tå !NGELES åå D O O R S T E P å å A N D å P R E Påå T E A M S å T H A T å I N C L U D E å Aåå N EW L Y å C R O W N E D å S T A T Eåå FOOTBALLå CHAMPIONå ANDåå THEå .ORTHWEST Så COMMU å NITYå COLLEGEå SOCCERå POW å ERHOUSE 3Oå THISå POSITIONå WITHå THEåå 0ENINSULAå $AILYå .EWSå ISåå ANå IDEALå OPPORTUNITYå FORåå ANå UP AND COMINGå WRITERåå WHOå ENJOYSå ITå ALL å .OTåå ONLYå DOESå THISå POSITIONåå INCLUDEå SPORTSå REPORTINGåå BUTå ANå OUTDOORSå COLUMNåå TWICEå Aå WEEKå ANDå SOMEåå PAGEå DESIGNING å PAGINA å TIONå ANDå SPORTSå WIREå RE å SPONSIBILITIESå ALONGSIDEåå THEåSPORTSåEDITOR 0ENINSULAå $AILYå .EWSå ISåå Aå COMMUNITY MINDED åå FAMILY FOCUSEDå SIX DAYåå N E W S P A P E R å åå -ONDAYå THROUGHå &RIDAY åå å 3 U N D AY å A N Dåå 7EBå ENTER PRISEå MOREåå T H A N å å M I L L I O N å P A G Eåå VIEWSå MONTHLY å THATå ISåå THEå DOMINANTå NEWSå ANDåå ADVERTISINGå PROVIDERå FORåå T H E å T WO C O U N T Y å . O R T Håå /LYMPICå 0ENINSULA å 0ORTåå !NGELESå GETSå HALFå THEåå RAINFALLå OFå 3EATTLE å ISå JUSTåå Aå MINUTEå FERR Yå RIDEåå FROMå6ICTORIA å "RITISHå #O å LUMBIA å ANDå ENJOYSå Aåå .ORTHå /LYMPICå 0ENINSULAåå FANå BASEå THATå ALSOå FOL å LOWSå 3EATTLE AREAå PRO å FESSIONALå ANDå UNIVERSITYåå TEAMS 4HISå POSITIONå ISå INå OURåå MAINå NEWSROOMå INå 0ORTåå !NGELES å ALTHOUGHå THEREåå ISå PLENTYå OFå OPPORTUNITYåå TOå GETå OUTå ANDå ABOUTå INåå 0ORTå 4OWNSEND å 3EQUIM åå &ORKSå ANDå ENVIRONS å4HISåå ISå ESSENTIALLYå Aå DAYTIMEåå POSITIONå WITHå EVENINGåå WORKå ONå GAMEå NIGHTSå INåå Aå 4UESDAYå THROUGHå 3AT å URDAYå SHIFT å "ECAUSEå ANåå I N P E R S O N å V I S I T å I S å R E å QUIRED å APPLICANTSå FROMåå THEå .ORTHWESTå ANDå 7ESTåå AREåPREFERRED 7Eå OFFERå Aå COMPETITIVEåå COMPENSATIONå ANDå BENE å lTSå PACKAGEå ASå THEå DAILYåå NEWSPAPERå OFå 7ASHING å TONå STATE Så LARGESTå NEWS å P A P E R å G R O U P å 3 O U N Dåå 0 U B L I S H I N G å ) N C åå (www.soundpublishing.com) 4HEå SUCCESSFULå CANDI å DATEå WILLå SHOWå GOODå WRIT å INGå SKILLSå INå BOTHå REPORT å INGå ANDå SPORTSå COLUMN å W R I T I N G å S T Y L E S å S O M Eåå KNOWLEDGEå OFå PAGEå DE å SIGN å HEADLINEå WR ITINGåå ANDå )N$ESIGNå PAGINATIONåå ANDå BEå PERSONABLEå SINCEåå THISå ISå ONEå OFå OURå NEWS å ROOM Så TOPå PUBLICå CONTACTåå POSITIONS å +NOWLEDGEå OFåå FOOTBALL å BASEBALL å BAS å KETBALLå ANDå SOCCERå AREåå ESSENTIAL 0 L E A S E å E M A I L å R E S U M Eåå WITHå Aå DETAILEDå COVERå LET å TERå ADDRESSINGå HOWå YOUåå FITå OURå ABOVEå REQUIRE å MENTS å PLUSå SAMPLESå OFåå YOURå WRITINGå ANDå PAGEåå LAYOUTSå 0$&Så PREFERREDåå FORå LAYOUTS å SIMPLEå TEXTåå FORå WRITING å TOå 3PORTSå %DI å T O R å " R A D å , A " R I E å A Tåå BRAD LABRIE PENINSULA å D A I L Y N E W S C O M å / U Råå MAILINGåADDRESSåIS 0ENINSULAå$AILYå.EWS åå 0 / å"OXå
0ORTå!NGELES å7!å åå 3TREETåADDRESS å å7 åå &IRSTå3T
!$6%24)3).'å3!,%3 å#/.35,4!.4 3OUNDå 0UBLISHING å )NC åå HASå ANå IMMEDIATEå OPEN å INGå FORå ANå !DVER TISINGåå 3ALESå #ONSULTANTå ATå THEåå -APLEå 6ALLEY #OVINGTONåå 2EPORTER å å 4HISå POSITIONåå WILLå BEå BASEDå OUTå OFå OURåå -APLEå6ALLEYåOFlCE åå 4HEå IDEALå CANDIDATEå WILLåå DEMONSTRATEå STRONGå IN å TERPERSONALå SKILLS å BOTHåå WRITTENå ANDå ORAL å ANDå EX å CELå INå DEALINGå WITHå INTER å NALå ASå WELLå ASå EXTERNALåå CONTACTSå ONå Aå DAY TO DAYåå B A S I S å # A N D I D A T E å W I L Låå NEEDå TOå HAVEå ANå EXCEP å TIONALå SALESå BACKGROUNDåå ANDå PRINTå MEDIAå EXPERI å ENCEå ISå Aå DEFINITEå ASSET åå -USTå BEå COMPUTER PROFI å CIENTå ATå 7ORD å %XCEL åå ANDå UTILIZINGå THEå )NTERNET åå 0OSITIONå REQUIRESå USEå OFåå PERSONALå CELLå PHONEå ANDåå VEHICLE å POSSESSIONå OFåå VALIDå 7!å 3TATEå $RIVER Såå ,ICENSEå ANDå PROOFå OFå AC å TIVEåVEHICLEåINSURANCE #OMPENSATIONå INCLUDESåå Aå BASEå PLUSå COMMISSIONåå ANDå Aå COMPETITIVEå GROUPåå BENElTSåPROGRAM åå%/% 3OUNDå 0UBLISHING å )NC å ISåå 7ASHINGTON Så LARGESTå PRI å VATE å INDEPENDENTå NEWS å P A P E R å C O M P A NY å å /U Råå BROADå HOUSEHOLDå DISTRI å BUTIONå BLANKETSå THEå EN å T I R E å ' R E A T E R å 0 U G E Tåå 3OUNDå REGION å EXTENDINGåå NORTHWARDå FROMå 3EATTLEåå TOå #ANADA å SOUTHå TOå 3A å LEM å /REGON å ANDå WEST å W A R D å T O å T H E å 0 A C I F I Cåå /CEAN å )FåYOUåTHRIVEåONåCALLINGåONåå NEW å ACTIVEå ORå INACTIVEåå ACCOUNTSå BOTHå INå PERSONåå ANDå OVERå THEå PHONE å IFåå YOUå HAVEå THEå ABILITYå TOåå THINKå OUTSIDEå THEå BOX åå A R E å C U S T O M E R D R I VE N åå SUCCESS ORIENTED å SELF å MOTIVATED å WELLå ORGA å NIZEDå ANDå WOULDå LIKEå TOåå BEå PARTå OFå Aå HIGHLYå ENER å GIZED å COMPETITIVEå ANDåå PROFESSIONALå SALESå TEAM åå WEå WANTå TOå HEARå FROMåå YOU å å .Oå CALLSå ORå PERSON å ALå VISITSå PLEASE å 0LEASEåå EMAILå YOURå COVERå LETTERåå A N D å R E S U M E å T O åå HREAST SOUNDPUBLISH å I N G C O M å O R å M A I L å T O åå 3OUNDå 0UBLISHING å )NC åå å THå !VENUEå 3 åå +ENT å 7!å å !44. åå (2 #-6
3OUNDå0UBLISHING å)NC ISåCURRENTLYåACCEPTINGåå APPLICATIONSåFOR #)2#5,!4)/. -!.!'%2 POSITIONSåINå%ASTåANDåå 3OUTHå+INGå#OUNTY
$2)6%23
Complete the grid so each row, column and 3x3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9.
2ENTONÃ¥!CUPUNCTURIST
LISENCEDÃ¥INÃ¥7!Ã¥3TATE
0RACTICEåEXPERIENCE 6OLUNTEERåEXPERIENCE %NTREPRENUERSHIP 4EAMå0LAYER "ASICå YRå åå painlessclinic@gmail.com
3./15!,-)%
30!#)/53å å 15)%4å NDå mOORå ENDå UNIT å $OWNTOWNåå å "2å WITHå DECK å GARAGEåå å PARKING å ,OTSå OFå STOR å AGE å !VAILABLEå NOW å 7A å TER å SEWER å GARBAGEå INCL åå å PERå MONTH å å
%!-0Ã¥POSITION
Advertise your upcoming garage sale in your local community paper Bottomless garage sale. and online to reach $37/no word limit. Reach thousands of households thousands of readers. in your area. Go online: nw-ads.com Call: 800-388-2527 24 hours a day or Call Fax: 360-598-6800 800-388-2527 to get Go online: nw-ads.com more information.
jobs
. % 7 0 / 2 4 å ( ) , , 3 å åå "EDROOMå GROUNDå FLOORåå A P A R T M E N T å 3 P A C I O U Såå å 3& å 5PDATEDå KITCH å E N å N E W å C A R P E T å A N Dåå PAINT å &ENCEDå BACKYARD åå å MONTH å FIRSTå ANDåå LAST å .Oå SMOKINGå ORå PETS åå Health Care Employment General
"ELLEVUE
Ã¥
5TILITYÃ¥&IELDÃ¥4ECH
)MMEDIATEå & 4å POSITIONåå FORå ENTR Yå LEVELå SWR WTRåå MAINT å 4ECHå INå - 6 &AIR å WOODå AREA å å 5NDERSTAND å INGå ANDå BACKGROUNDå INåå UNDERGROUNDå UTILITYå OP å ERATIONå ANDå MAINTENANCEåå PREF å å &ULLå BENElTS å SALA å RYå HRå$ / % &AXåRESUMEåTO #EDARå2IVERå7ATERå åå 3EWERå ORåE MAILåTO SVANCE CRWSD COMåå /PENåUNTILålLLED
7ATCHÃ¥FORÃ¥MOREÃ¥INFORMATION
Ã¥
3 !6 % å 4 ( % å $!4 % å &O Råå OURå THå #LASSå 2EUNIONåå 3ATURDAYå!UGUSTå å
+%.42)$'%Ã¥#,!33Ã¥/&Ã¥
Ã¥
)NCOMEÃ¥LIMITSÃ¥APPLY
Difficulty level: Easy
/NEÃ¥BDRMS MO
Need extra cash? Place your classified ad today! Call 1-800-388-2527 or Go online 24 hours a day www.nw-ads.com.
Sudoku
2ENTON
#ALLÃ¥4ODAY
!VAILÃ¥.OW
!../5.#%å YOURå FESTI å VA L å FO R å O N L Y å P E N N I E S åå &OURå WEEKSå TOå å MILLIONåå READERSå STATEWIDEå FORåå ABOUTå å #ALLå THISåå N E W S P A P E R å O R å åå å å FORå MOREåå DETAILS
Ã¥
Apartments for Rent King County
).å9/52åå !2%!
å 0%23/.å 0,/4å &ORåå & Stoves 3ALE å 3UNSETå (ILLSå -E å MORIALå 0ARKå #EMETERY åå 2 E T A I L S å &O R å åå !SKINGå å 0RIMEåå !00,%
,OCATION å .EARå 4HEå 4OPåå /Få 4HEå (ILLå )Nå 4HEå 'AR å &IR 0INEå&IREWOOD DENå /Få -EMORIES å ,OTåå WWW THEWOODGUYS COM Sell it free in the Flea å 3PACEå å !NDå )Så !åå 1-866-825-90 1 $ O U B L E å $ E P T H å , A W Nåå # R Y P T å å . EX T å 4O å 4 H Eåå Employment 7ALKWAYå 0ATH å 0LEASEåå The Northwest’s largest Transportation/Drivers #ALLå -ARKå !Tå å classified network in $2)6%23å å #OMPANYå åå print and online. Go ,EASEå å 7ORKå FORå USå ORåå #%$!2å ,!7.3 å 2ED å LETå USå WORKå FORå YOU å 5N å MOND å å 3PACESå å å ANDåå to nw-ads.com find BEATABLEå CAREERå OPPORTU å å å &ORå 3ALEå INå %TERNITYåå what you need or to NITIES å 4RAINEE å #OMPA å , O T å $ å " E A U T I F U L åå place an ad. N Y å $ R I V E R å , E A S Eåå 0EACEFULå 3ETTING å 6ALUEDåå / P E R A T O R å E A R N å U P å T Oåå ATå å %ACHå "UTå 7ILLåå & ) 2 % 7 / / $ å 2 E N T O Nåå + å ,EASEå 4RAINERSåå 3ELLå "OTHå &ORå å !LLåå AREA å $ELIVERYå !VAILABLE åå E A R N å U P å T O å + åå - A I N T E N A N C E å 4A K E Nåå å P E R å C O R D å $ R Yåå å åå #AREå /Få "Yå #EMETER Y åå WOOD å -IXå OFå &IR å !LDERåå W W W C E N T R A L D R I V I N G å å 7ILLå 0AYåå ANDå #HERR Y å å JOBS NET 4RANSFERå&EE /2åSENDåRESUMEåANDåå COVERåLETTERåTO 3OUNDå0UBLISHING å)NC å THå!VENUEå3
+ENT å7!å !44. å#-
real estate for rent - WA
@å !$/04å @å !DORING åå MARRIEDå 3OFTWAREå PROFES å SIONALå å EVENTå PLANNERåå AWAITå STå BABYå TOå ,/6%åå å #(%2)3( å %XPENSESåå PAID å
#!22)%2åå 2/54%3åå !6!),!",%
Ã¥
Firewood, Fuel
hreast@soundpublishing.com
!$/04å å !DORINGå -AR å R IEDå 3OFTWAREå 0ROF å åå %VENTå 0LANNERå AWAITå STåå BABYå TOå LOVEå å CHERISH åå %XPENSESå PAID å å
Cemetery Plots
Announcements
stuff
announcements
3OUNDå 0UBLISHINGå ISå ANåå %QUALå /PPORTUNITYå %M å PLOYERå ANDå OFFERSå Aå COM å PETITIVEå BENElTSå PACKAGEåå INCLUDINGå HEALTHå INSU å RANCE å + å PAIDå VACA å T I O N å H O L I D AY S å A N D å Aåå GREATå WORKå ENVIRONMENT åå )Få INTERESTEDå INå JOININGåå OURå TEAM å PLEASEå EMAILåå RESUMEå ANDå COVERå LETTERåå TO
Ã¥
Ã¥
, / # ! , å 0 2 ) 6!4 % å ) . å 6%34/2å LOANSå MONEYåå ONå REALå ESTATEå EQUITY å )åå L O A N å O N å H O U S E S å R AWåå LAND å COMMERCIALå PROPER å TYå ANDå PROPERTYå DEVELOP å M E N T å # A L L å % R I C å A Tåå å åå WWW FOSSMORTGAGE COM
å ,/!.å SERVICE å .Oåå CREDITå REFUSED å &ASTå ANDåå S E C U R E å % A S Y å O N å T H Eåå B U D G E T å 0 A Y M E N T Såå SPREADå OUTå OVERå THREEåå MONTHS å 4OLLå FREE å å å , O A N å (ERE COM
#ALL å åTOåå VISITåOURåHOMESåANDåå COMMUNITY
Ã¥
Money to Loan/Borrow
1UALITYÃ¥,IVING 7ITHOUTÃ¥THEÃ¥#OST
financing
-USTå 3ELL å .EWå .!3!åå -EMORYå FOAMå MATT å SET åå &ULLå å 1Nå å +INGåå å .EW å å YRå WARR åå $EL åAVAIL å "RANDå .EWå /RTHOPEDICåå MATT å å BOXå SPRING å 3TILLåå INå PLASTIC å 7ITHå WARRANTY åå 4WINå å å &ULLå åå 1UEENå å +INGå åå #ALLå &ACTORYå #LOSEOUTå "2åå S E T å ) N C L å B E D å N I G H T å STAND å DRESSER å MIRROR åå &ULL å 1UEEN å å +ING åå å /VERSTUFFEDå -ICROFIBERåå SOFAå å LOVESEAT å NEW åå FACTORYå SEALED å W å ,IFE å T I M E å W A R R å O N å F R A M E åå 3COTCHå GUARDED å /NLYåå å .EWå !DJUSTABLEå "EDå W åå MEMORYå FOAMå MATTRESS åå ,IST å å 3ACRIFICE åå å
7/.$%2,!.$ %34!4%3 !å å,OWåTOå-ODERATEåå )NCOMEå3ENIOR #OMMUNITYå)Nå2ENTON 9ESå å LESSå THENå MONTHLYåå RENTALå ONå APARTMENTSå ORåå TRADITIONALå OVERå PRICEDåå HOMES å 7ITHå LITTLEå TOå ./åå MONEYå DOWNå å VERYå SMALLåå PAYMENTS å ANDå ./å YOUåå DON Tå NEEDå PERFECTå CREDITåå FORå THESEå LOWå lXEDå INTER å EST å å TOå YRå LOANSå ONåå OURå BIG å BEAUTIFULå LIKEåå NEW å FULLYå REMODELED åå SPACIOUSå -ANUFACTUREDåå $OUBLEå å 3INGLEå WIDEåå TUR NKEYå HOMES å 0R ICEåå RANGESå FORå ALMOSTå EVERYåå BUDGET å å å UP å ,O å CATEDå INå Aå #,%!.å QUIETåå COMMUNITY å ,OTå RENTALS åå å SINGLEå å å $OU å BLESå å WITHå TRASH RECYCLE åå YARDå WASTEå DISPOSAL å "! å 3)#å CABLEå å 7)&)å INCLUD å EDå ATå THISå TIME å "EAUTIFULåå F U L L Y å F U R N I S H E D å C L U B å H O U S E å WE L L å GR O O M E Dåå COMMONå AREAS å #LOSEå TOåå ALLå AMENITIES å /Nå CITYåå BUSå ROUTEå INCLUDINGå !# å #%33å BUS å 3MALLå PET S åå WELCOMEå WITHå PRIORå AP å PROVAL å /NEå PERSONå MUSTåå BEå å ANDå NOå ONEå UN å DERå
Home Furnishings
åå
35.3%4å (),,3å -EMORI å ALå 0ARKå #EMETERYå 0LOTåå FORå SALE å å ,INCOLNå -EMO å R I A L å ' A R D E N å , O T å åå 3PACEå å å 4HISå SECTIONåå ISå lLED å å 3TUNNINGå VIEWå OFåå 3EATTLE å "ELLEVUE å THEåå /LYMPICSå ANDå -Tå 2AINI å ER å 2ETAILå å WILLåå SELLå FORå å å 0LEASEåå CALLå3TEVEå
05'%4å 3/5.$å 6IEWåå #ONDOå INå 2EDONDO å åå " E D R O O M S å E A C H å W I T Håå 2ENTON 7ALK )Nå #LOSETS å å "ATH å ROOMS å 'ASå &IREPLACE åå 3%.)/23 $RYERå INå UNIT å åå 7HYå2ENTå7HENåå 7ASHER å 2ESERVEDå 0ARKINGå 3PAC å 9OUå#ANå/7.å9OURåå ES å å å 6ERYå 0RIVATEå ANDåå (OMEå&ORå,%33 1UIETå #OMPLEX å åå MONTH å åå Real Estate for Sale King County
# % - % 4 % 29 å 0 , / 4 3 åå $OUBLEå ,AWNå #R YPTå ATåå 3UNSETå (ILLSå -EMORIALåå 0ARKå INå "ELLEVUE å 'AR å D E N å O F å &A I T H å , O T å åå 3PACEå å 2ETAILSå FORå OVERåå å " O T H å F O Råå å ANDå )å PAYå FORåå TRANSFERå OFå DEED å å
real estate for sale - WA
,OCALÃ¥+ENTÃ¥&LATBED
#URTAINSIDEå2UNS 'REATå0AY å"ENElTS åå #$, ! å YRå%XP å2EQ åå %STENSONå,OGISTICS å !PPLY åWWW GOELC COM å 4HEå PRIMAR Yå DUTYå OFå Aåå # I R C U L A T I O N å - A N A G E Råå $ 2 ) 6 % 2 å å 7 E E K L Yåå # - å I S å T O å M A N A G E å Aåå (OMETIME å $RYå ANDå 2E å GEOGRAPHICå DISTRICT å å 4HEåå FRIGERATED å $AILYå 0AY å åå #-å WILLå BEå ACCOUNTABLEåå 3ERVICEå #ENTERS å ,OCALåå FORå THEå ASSIGNEDå NEWS å O R I E N T A T I O N å . E W E Råå PAPERå ASå FOLLOWS å 2E å TRUCKS å #$, ! å å MONTHSåå CRUITING å CONTRACTINGå ANDåå CURRENTå /42å EXPERIENCE åå T R A I N I N G å I N D E P E N D E N Tåå å WWW DRI å CONTRACTORSå TOå MEETå DE å VEKNIGHT COM LIVERYå DEADLINES å INSURINGåå DELIVERYå STANDARDSå AREåå BEINGå METå ANDå QUALITYåå Schools & Training CUSTOMERå SERVICE å å 0OSI å TIONå REQUIRESå THEå ABILITYåå !,,)%$å (%!,4(å CAREERåå TOå OPERATEå Aå MOTORå VEHI å TRAININGå å !TTENDå COLLEGEåå CLEå INå Aå SAFEå MANNER å TOåå å ONLINE å *OBå PLACE å OCCASIONALLYå LIFTå AND ORåå MENTå ASSISTANCE å #OM å TRANSPORTå BUNDLESå WEIGH å PUTERå !VAILABLE å &INAN å INGåUPåTOå åPOUNDSåFROMåå C I A L å ! I D å I F å Q U A L I F I E D åå GROUNDå LEVELå TOå Aå HEIGHTåå 3#(%6å CER TIFIED å #ALLåå O F å å FE E T å T O å D E L I V E Råå åå NEWSPAPERå ROUTES å IN å WWW #ENTURA/NLINE COM CLUDINGå ABILITYå TOå NEGO å % ! 2 . å # / , , % ' % å D E å TIATEå STAIRSå ANDå TOå DELIVERåå G R E E å O N L I N E å O N L I N E åå ANå AVERAGEå OFå å NEWS å - E D I C A L å " U S I N E S Såå PAPERSå PERå HOURå FORå UPå TOåå #RIMINALå *USTICE å *OBåå å CONSECUTIVEå HOURS å TOåå PLACEMENTå ASSISTANCE åå COMMUNICATEå WITHå CAR å #OMPUTERå AVAILABLE å &I å RIERSå ANDå THEå PUBLICå BYåå NANCIALå !IDå IFå QUALIFIED åå TELEPHONEå ANDå INå PERSON åå 3#(%6å CER TIFIED å #ALLåå TOå OPERATEå Aå PERSONALåå åå COMPUTER å -USTå POSSESSåå WWW #ENTURA/NLINE COM RELIABLE å INSURED å MOTORåå V E H I C L E å A N D å A å V A L I Dåå 7 A S H I N G T O N å 3 T A T Eåå DRIVER SåLICENSE
Cemetery Plots
PNW MarketPlace!
Employment General
www.nw-ads.com email: classified@ soundpublishing. com Call toll free 1.888.399.3999 or 1.800.388.2527
2EDONDO
www.nw-ads.com
Employment General
print & online 24/7 Office Hours: 8-5pm Monday to Friday
www.rentonreporter.com Employment Media
WA Misc. Rentals Condos/Townhomes
[24] Jan 27, 2012
Finding what you want doesn’t have to be so hard.
www.nw-ads.com
DOG WALKING PET SITTING
pets/animals
r 4FSWJDFT JO :PVS )PNF r 3FBTPOBCMF SBUFT r #POEFE BOE JOTVSFE r 5SBJOFE JO 1FU 'JSTU "JE r %PH CFIBWJPS USBJOFE BT WPMVOUFFS BU )VNBOF 4PDJFUZ Service Area & Rates at: www.crazy4urpets.com 206-772-8136
570336
SOLD IT? FOUND IT? Let us know by calling 1-800-388-2527 so we can cancel your ad.
.%7ĂĽ &2)%.$ĂĽ FORĂĽ YOURĂĽĂĽ .EWĂĽ9EAR ĂĽ !+#ĂĽ 'ERMANĂĽĂĽ 3HEPHERDĂĽ 0UPS ĂĽ CUTE ĂĽĂĽ CUDDLYĂĽ ĂĽ READYĂĽ TOĂĽ GO ĂĽĂĽ "ORNĂĽ ĂĽ FIRSTĂĽ SHOTS ĂĽĂĽ W O R M E D ĂĽ ĂĽ # H A M P I O NĂĽĂĽ BLOODĂĽ LINES ĂĽ 0ARENTSĂĽ ONĂĽĂĽ SITE ĂĽ 'ORGEOUSĂĽ FEMALESĂĽĂĽ AVAILABLEĂĽ ATĂĽ ĂĽ EACH ĂĽĂĽ 4WOĂĽ 3ABLES ĂĽ /NEĂĽ "LACKĂĽĂĽ ĂĽ 4AN ĂĽ #ALLĂĽ -ELANIEĂĽ ATĂĽĂĽ ĂĽ T O D AY ĂĽĂĽ Think Inside the Box %NUCMLAW Advertise in your
Find what you’re searching for at www.nw-ads.com
Professional Services Instruction/Classes
Down 1. Blah-blah-blah
38. Accommodate 41. Grand ___ (“Evangeline� setting) 42. Rings 43. Took part in turbulent disturbance 44. Brief appearances of a prominent
actor 46. Fix 50. ___ brulee 51. Alter 53. Detective’s need 54. BBs, e.g. 58. Victorian, for one 59. Clairvoyance, e.g. (acronym)
#ASH
).ĂĽ"%,,%65% 0ARENT 4OTĂĽ#LASSES ĂĽĂĽ 0RESCHOOLĂĽ0LAYGROUPS ĂĽĂĽ 0ARENTINGĂĽ'ROUPS ĂĽ)NFOĂĽĂĽ %VENINGS^7ORKSHOPS
2EGISTERĂĽ1UARTERLYĂĽĂĽ ,EARNĂĽMORE ĂĽĂĽ
Professional Services Legal Services
$)6/2#%ĂĽ ĂĽ ĂĽĂĽ WITHĂĽ CHILDREN ĂĽ .OĂĽ COURTĂĽĂĽ APPEARANCES ĂĽ #OMPLETEĂĽĂĽ PREPARATION ĂĽ )NCLUDES ĂĽĂĽ CUSTODY ĂĽ SUPPORT ĂĽ PROP ĂĽ ER TYĂĽ DIVISIONĂĽ ANDĂĽ BILLS ĂĽĂĽ " " " ĂĽ M E M B E R ĂĽĂĽ ĂĽ ĂĽĂĽ WWW PARALEGALALTER NA ĂĽ T I V E S C O M D I ĂĽ VORCE USA COM
ANSWER TO LAST WEEK’S PUZZLE Find what you need 24 hours a day.
Professional Services Professional
02)6!4%ĂĽ ).6%34)'! ĂĽ 4/23ĂĽ ĂĽ -AXWELL *ADEĂĽĂĽ )NC ĂĽ $ILIGENTĂĽ BACKGROUNDĂĽĂĽ S E A R C H E S ĂĽ C R I M I N A LĂĽĂĽ CHECKS ĂĽ )NFIDELITY ĂĽ SUR ĂĽ VEILLANCE ĂĽ LOSTĂĽ LOVES ĂĽ lELDĂĽĂĽ I N S P E C T I O N S ĂĽ 6 I S A ĂĽ - #ĂĽĂĽ ! - % 8 ĂĽ 7 ! ĂĽ , I C E N S EĂĽĂĽ ĂĽ ĂĽĂĽ WWW MAXWELL JADE COM Home Services General Contractors
!,,ĂĽ3ERVICEĂĽ#ONTRACTING /VERĂĽ ĂĽYRSĂĽEXP ĂĽIN ĂĽ
2EMODELĂĽDĂĽ(OMEĂĽREPAIRĂĽĂĽ D "ATHSĂĽĂĽDĂĽ+ITCHENS DĂĽ"ASEMENTSĂĽĂĽDĂĽ!DD /N D #ABINETSĂĽĂĽD #OUNTERSĂĽĂĽ D #USTOMĂĽ4ILEĂĽ D 7INDOWSĂĽĂĽ
D &ENCESĂĽD $ECKSĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽ 2EF AVAIL ĂĽ D
,IC "OND )NSĂĽĂĽALLSEC LQ
x*5.+ĂĽ#!23ĂĽ ĂĽĂĽ
!"#ĂĽ4OWING ĂĽ%ASTĂĽ-ARGINALĂĽ7AYĂĽ3 4UKWILAĂĽ
425#+3ĂĽ
&REEĂĽ0ICKĂĽUP
7ED ĂĽ ĂĽATĂĽ ĂĽPM )NSPECTIONĂĽ AMĂĽ ĂĽ PM ,ISTĂĽONĂĽ7EBSITE
ĂĽ
Sell it for FREE in the Super Flea! Call 866-825-90 1 or email the Super Flea at theflea@ soundpublishing.com. Find what you need 24 hours a day.
Home Services Floor Install/Service
House/Cleaning Service
Home Services
'RETCHEN SĂĽ #LEANINGĂĽ3ERVICE
&AMILYĂĽ/WNED
TOĂĽSMALL
GBH YAHOO COM
The opportunity to make a difference is right in front of you. Recycle this paper.
The opportunity to make a difference is right in front of you. Recycle this paper.
Home Services Landscape Services
Home Services RooďŹ ng/Siding
,!4)./ 3 LAWN & GARDEN
2//&).'ĂĽ 2%-/$%,).'
!,,ĂĽ9!2$ĂĽ7/2+ 34/2-ĂĽ#,%!.50
3ENIORĂĽ$ISCOUNTS &REEĂĽ%STIMATES %XPERTĂĽ7ORK
www.handymanhero.net LISCENSED BONDED INS D
! ĂĽ(!5,).'
7EĂĽREMOVE RECYCLE ĂĽĂĽ *UNK WOOD YARD ETC &ASTĂĽ3ERVICEĂĽ ĂĽ ĂĽYRSĂĽ%XPERIENCE ĂĽ 2EASONABLEĂĽRATES #ALLĂĽ2ELIABLEĂĽ-ICHAELĂĽĂĽ
ĂĽĂĽ!.$ĂĽ-5#(ĂĽ-/2% Check us out Online
ĂĽ
)ĂĽ#LEANĂĽSHEDS
GARAGES ĂĽATTICS ĂĽYARDSĂĽĂĽ ANDĂĽHAULĂĽALLĂĽDEBRIS
3ENIORĂĽDISCOUNTS #ALLĂĽ(ONESTĂĽ*OHNĂĽ
,)#%.3%$ĂĽ ĂĽ).352%$
7INDĂĽ&ALLINGĂĽANDĂĽ$EADĂĽĂĽ 7OODĂĽ#LEANĂĽUP ĂĽĂĽĂĽ 4HATCHINGĂĽ ĂĽ!ERATING ĂĽĂĽ 7EEDING 0RUNINGĂĽANDĂĽ4RIMMING ĂĽĂĽ (EDGEĂĽ4RIMMING ĂĽ"ARKĂĽĂĽ $USTĂĽANDĂĽ-ULCH ĂĽ-OW ĂĽ INGĂĽ,AWNS ĂĽ3MALLĂĽĂĽ &IELDS ĂĽĂĽ'ENERALĂĽ,ABOR ĂĽ
Home Services Hauling & Cleanup
$%-/$!7'3
ĂĽ
,EEĂĽ
*534#
,.
ORĂĽTOĂĽ")'
ĂĽ(OURĂĽ-INIMUM (ENNINGĂĽ'ARDENING #ALLĂĽ'EOFFĂĽ4ODAY
2ESIDENTIALĂĽOR #OMMERCIAL ĂĽ9EARSĂĽINĂĽ"USINESS
./ĂĽ*/"ĂĽ
0LANT ĂĽ0RUNE ĂĽĂĽ 7EED ĂĽ"ARK ĂĽ-OW
2EMOVEĂĽ$EBRIS
HOUSE CLEANING ĂĽ
2ESIDENTIALĂĽ ĂĽ#OMMERCIAL
Home Services Handyperson
www.latinoslawnandgarden.comĂĽĂĽ Satisfaction Guaranteed ,/7%34ĂĽ02)#% &REEĂĽ%STIMATES 3ENIORĂĽ$ISCOUNT ,IC "ONDED )NSURED #!,,ĂĽ*/3%
ĂĽ
,IC !#%(!(3 $
%: (AULERS *UNKĂĽ2EMOVAL
7EĂĽ(AULĂĽ!NYTHING (/-% ĂĽ'!2!'%ĂĽANDĂĽĂĽ 9!2$ĂĽ#,%!.50
,OWESTĂĽ2ATES
Home Services Lawn/Garden Service
ĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽ
&LOORINGĂĽ)NSTALLATIONĂĽĂĽ 0ERFECTIONIST #ARPETĂĽ^ĂĽ6INYL ,AMINATE
WWW 3IMPLICITY,EARNING#ENTER COM
2. “___ say!� (2 wds) 3. Launch 4. Murder without leaving a trace on the body 5. Companion of Artemis 6. Get cozy 7. Fink 8. “Giovanna d’___� (Verdi opera) 9. Curiosity (2 wds) 10. City in NE Scotland on the North Sea 11. Supplement 12. Someone who travels for pleasure 13. Fancy 21. Lens cover? 22. Slept, Brit. slang 23. Bubkes 24. Assortment 28. Murmured 31. Do away with 33. Most uncouth 35. Combine with 53 (chemistry) 36. Closed tightly 37. Academic term
!BANDONEDĂĽ6EHICLE
local community newspaper and on the web with just one phone call. Call 800-388-2527 for more information.
*534ĂĽ#!20%4
WWW 3IMPLICITY ,EARNING#ENTER COM
Across 1. Small Asian arboreal ape with no tail 7. “___ Smile� (1976 hit) 11. Inspection Test Date (acronym) 14. Attraction 15. Complain 16. “___ any drop to drink�: Coleridge 17. Loud harsh noises 18. “God’s Little ___� 19. “So ___ me!� 20. Ollie performers 23. Famously 25. Eats up 26. 1969 Peace Prize grp. (acronym) 27. Common Market inits. 29. Parish council 30. “That’s ___� 32. Small Australian parrots with brushtipped tongue 34. Excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services 39. Closed, as a business 40. Abstruse 42. Game keeper? 45. Animal house 47. Fold, spindle or mutilate 48. Pellagra preventer 49. Cache 52. Procedure of assigning names to kinds and groups of organisms (pl.) 55. Adaptable truck, for short 56. “Beg pardon ...� 57. Blue book filler 60. “Seinfeld� uncle 61. “Go, ___!� 62. Foreign dignitaries 63. Driver’s lic. and others 64. Edible root of taro plant 65. Cover over
Auto Service/Parts/ Accessories
!5#4)/.
wheels
!5342!,)!.ĂĽ3HEPHERDĂĽĂĽ PUREBRED ĂĽ ĂĽBEAUTIFULĂĽLOV ĂĽ INGĂĽFEMALES ĂĽ ĂĽMONTHS ĂĽĂĽ ALLĂĽSHOTSĂĽ ĂĽWORMINGĂĽUPĂĽĂĽ TOĂĽDATE ĂĽ!PPROVEDĂĽĂĽ HOMESĂĽONLY ĂĽ ĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽĂĽ
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
Auto Events/ Auctions
Dogs
General Pets
#OSTUMEĂĽ JEWELR Y ĂĽ BOXĂĽĂĽ FULL ĂĽ !PPROXĂĽ ĂĽ PIECESĂĽ FORĂĽĂĽ ĂĽ EACH ĂĽ !LLĂĽ FORĂĽ ĂĽĂĽ
flea market
Jan 27, 2012 [25]
www.rentonreporter.com Flea Market
Home Services Lawn/Garden Service #(%!0ĂĽ9!2$ĂĽ3%26)#%ĂĽĂĽ !.$ĂĽ!ĂĽ(!.$9-!.ĂĽĂĽ
0RESSUREĂĽWASHING GUTTER ĂĽFENCE ĂĽDECK ĂĽĂĽ CLEANING ĂĽETC ĂĽ!NDĂĽALLĂĽĂĽ YARDĂĽSERVICE ĂĽ (!.$9(9
!MERICANĂĽ'EN ĂĽ#ONTRACTORĂĽ "ETTERĂĽ"USINESSĂĽ"UREAU ,ICĂĽ !-%2)'# "
PNWHomeFinder.com is an online real estate community that exposes your profile and listings to two million readers from our many publications in the Pacific Northwest. Log on to join our network today. Home Services Tree/Shrub Care
+./,,ĂĽ42%%ĂĽ3%26)#%
h4HEĂĽ4REEĂĽ0EOPLEv 4REEĂĽ2EMOVAL 4HINNING ĂĽĂĽ 3TUMPĂĽ'RINDING
"RUSHĂĽ(AULING ĂĽ%TC &2%%ĂĽ%34)-!4%3
ĂĽ
WWW KNOLLTREESERVICE COM ,)#%.3%$ ĂĽ"/.$%$ ĂĽ).352%$
Want more business this year?
LET ME HELP I can deliver your message to tens of thousands of doorsteps in your market. Call me today to find out more Jennie Morello 866-296-0380 jmorello@soundpublishing.com Whether you need to target the local market or want to cover the Puget Sound area, WE’VE GOT YOU COVERED!
[26] January 27, 2012
$167 million budgeted for sewer projects countywide
www.rentonreporter.com In 2012, King County’s clean-water utility is budgeting $167 million for several major sewer improvement projects needed to protect public health, the environment and the economy. Planned projects include rehabilitating aging facilities so they continue to operate reliably and adding new capacity to serve regional population growth. Projects will also include plans to clean up contaminated sediment in the Duwamish River and controlling combined
sewer overflows that occur during heavy rain near some of Seattle’s most popular recreation areas. Several projects originally deferred will also move forward this year because in 2011 the utility was able to generate $70 million in total savings by refinancing earlier issued bonds at historically low interest rates. In addition to ensuring the utility continues its record of environmental excellence, King County’s capital improvement projects create jobs that will help lift the recovering local
economy. The County estimates it creates 115 full- and part-time jobs for every $10 million it invests in construction. In addition, these projects provide infrastructure that supports economic growth. Here are local major construction and design projects. South Treatment Plant improvements: King County plans to invest $6.6 million to upgrade the supervisory control system equipment and software at the South Treatment Plant in Renton.
DIRECTORY 1SF TDIPPM t %BZDBSF K
i
C
d
a
r
e
Skyway Infiltration and Inflow Control Program: In a partnership with the Skyway Water and Sewer District, King County will invest $1.4 million to complete a project to repair leaky pipes in the local sewer system to keep stormwater and groundwater out of regional treatment facilities. The project is anticipated to remove enough excess flows from the local sewer system to eliminate the need to build a large regional wastewater storage facility in the area.
Cross and Crown
Preschool
“Learning in a Christian environment�
OPEN HOUSE
'FCSVBSZ UI r QN QN 4& UI 4U 3FOUPO r 571879
NOW ENROLLING Join us for our Open House:
Renton/Maple Valley Area www.blossominghill.org office@blossominghill.org
(425) 276-5649
563582
Wednesday, February 15th @ 5:30pm Early Childhood Program 2 1/2 - 6 years Elementary Program Grades 1 - 6
563225
A Safe And Loving Environment Childcare through 12th grade www.rainierchristianschools.org
Now enrolling for childcare, preschool, and K-12th grade!
425-255-7273
www.rainierchristianschools.org
574304
Serving Kent, Renton, Auburn, Covington, Fairwood, Maple Valley & Enumclaw
570620
572421
St. Anthony School New Family Information Night Thursday, February 2nd 2012 Program begins at 6:30pm
Toddler Discovery:
Meets Mondays &/or Fridays from 9:15-11:15 New semester begins in February! Do Re Mi 3’s & Do Re Mi 4’s Class accepting enrollments for current & upcoming school year. Schedule a visit today!
For 85 years, St. Anthony School has provided a quality Catholic education to our students. Come see what it’s all about. Kindergarten through 8th Grade Music, P.E., Band, Visual and Performing Arts Technology Lab Before and After School Care
St. Anthony School 336 Shattuck Ave South Renton, WA 98057 425.255.0059 www.sasr.org 574301
562799
www.rentonreporter.com
January 27, 2012 [27]
[28] January 27, 2012
www.rentonreporter.com
Another Top Ranking for Joint Replacement With more than 8000 joint replacement surgeries performed, Washington’s first joint center is also the state’s best, according to HealthGrades® for 2010, 2011 and 2012—and has received its Five-Star Rating in Joint Replacement for nine consecutive years.
2010 2011
2012
An acclaimed model for best practices and recently celebrating our 11th anniversary, The Joint Center is led by nationally recognized surgeons in procedures, implant design and research, along with our team of specialized joint replacement nurses and therapists. State-of-the-art surgical techniques and implant selection, brand new facilities on a dedicated floor in our South Tower, attentive care and personalized therapy, private rooms and the success of nearly 1300 surgeries performed just last year, make The Joint Center your top choice for joint replacement. For more information, to obtain a physician referral or to attend a FREE joint replacement seminar, please visit us at valleymed.org/joint or call us at 425.656.4636. valleymed.org/joint
Active Joint Center patients loving life and living without pain. See more joint replacement patients doing what they enjoy at facebook.com/valleymed.
571009