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Entrances to businesses along Rainier Avenue will be clearly marked during a twoyear, road-improvement project. dean a. radford, Renton Reporter

Construction is under way on Rainier Avenue between South Grady Way and South Second Street in Renton as part of the two-year, $42 million Rainier Avenue improvement project. Crews will remove trees and the median along Rainier Avenue to prepare for construction. Tree removal will occur nightly between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. weekdays for the next three to four weeks and some lane closures may be necessary. During normal business hours, driveway access to busi[ more Rainier page 11 ]

Renton’s Taco Time marks 50th Fourth generation of Tonkin family with deep roots in city now running iconic chain of Mexican restaurants.

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Everything on the Taco Time menu has the Tonkin family seal of approval. It’s been that way for 50 years, starting when the taco was pronounced “tayco” in Renton. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the family owned Taco Time Northwest, which has grown into an iconic chain of 73 Mexican restaurants that in the last 10 years has sold enough of its signature Mexi-Fries to circle the globe. “What a beautiful thought,” said Robby Tonkin, great-grandson of founder Frank Tonkin Sr., who opened his first Taco Time in 1962 in White Center. Today, Robby Tonkin and his cousin Chris Tonkin run Taco Time Northwest, the fourth generation of the Tonkin family to do so. Robby, 33, has a law degree from the University of Washington and Chris, 26, a business degree from the UW. Taco Time isn’t big on corporate titles, but when the big boss stops by a Taco Time for an inspection or a taco, it’s Robby or Chris or

Nine-year-old Max Whitney’s first overnight camp experience is still vivid in his mind, although it happened a year ago. The Renton boy’s favorite activities were swimming, archery and, of course, The Reptile Man, who brought his scaly friends. “I knew that the whole camp had something in common and I just felt like I could be myself and play around and goof off,” Max said. That commonality among the campers at Camp Eyabsut in North Bend was disfiguring scars each had as the result of burns they suffered. All of the 60 to 70 kids who have attended the camp every year for the past 24 years are burn survivors. But this year’s camp was unexpectedly canceled when its host and sponsor, the Northwest Burn Foundation, announced it was going to restructure the program this year. [ more CAMP page 11 ]

Cousins Chris Tonkin, left, and Robby Tonkin are the latest members of the Tonkin family to run Taco Time Northwest. Behind them at Taco Time’s headquarters on the Maple Valley Highway is a portrait of their great-grandfather, company founder Frank Tonkin Sr.. Dean a. radford, Renton Reporter both. They meet regularly with their grandfather, Frank Tonkin Jr., 79, who goes by Jim. He started out as a bus boy at Tonkin’s Cafe owned by his father on Third Avenue South at age 6, when he could barely carry a tray full of dirty dishes. “I came by it naturally, the restaurant

business,” he said. The Tonkin family has been in Renton for nearly 130 years, operating a general store downtown through the early decades of the 1900s, branching out to restaurants, a men’s clothing store and eventually, Taco Time. [ more Taco Time page 13 ]

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For decades Sarah Blum has helped veterans BY MARK KLAAS mklaas@auburn-reporter.com

War seared Sarah Blum. As a 26-year-old Army nurse in an operating room within earshot of Vietnam’s battlefields, Blum saw what modern warfare could do to the human body – and soul. Soldiers and civilians, bodies torn asunder by enemy and friendly fire, rivers of human blood, suffering on a lunatic scale. For a young woman determined to do her duty, the war cut cruelly, horribly, lastingly deep. “It was the hardest thing I ever had to do. It was crazy,” Blum said of treating the wounded in an evacuation hospital in a battle zone by the Iron Triangle. In that thickly forested, 120-square-mile area, most of the heavy fighting took place in 1967. “Can you imagine seeing people with their bodies partially mutilated, mangled, blown apart?” Blum said. “I’ve never seen so much blood in my life. Where I worked, the operating room, I was covered with blood. … I literally was standing in blood. It was horrible.” Because battle lines were not sharply drawn in the confused jungles and thickets of Southeast Asia, Blum’s hospital also served as a MASH unit. The airlifted wounded came quickly and frequently to doctors and nurses at the 12th Evacuation Hospital in Cu Chi, making it the largest user of fresh blood in all of Vietnam, Blum said. Despite the challenges, Blum said, the efficient hospital staff saved more wounded than it lost.

Sarah Blum specializes in helping people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). mark klaas, Auburn Reporter “I saw the worst because of where we were,” she said. “We were right beside the Ho Bo Woods, where all the fighting was going on. I saw it. I heard it. I smelled it.” Sights, smells, and sounds that shaped what Blum would become. Drawing on her wartime experiences as a decorated Vietnam War nurse and her later training stateside, Blum works today to heal others psychologically torn by war and other traumatic events — even as she was torn. Her long, and at times difficult, journey ultimately led to a fulfilling career as a practicing nurse psychotherapist, energy healer and author. Blum, the first psychotherapist to open an office in Federal Way back in 1977, has been in Auburn since 1985. She counsels clients from all walks – men, women and children, active and reserved military – veterans living in Auburn,

Kent, Renton, throughout King County and beyond. She offers individual, couples and group therapy. She specializes in helping people with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Blum’s personal experiences taught her a great deal about trauma and how to heal it. War, she said, has proven to be the best preparation for being an effective psychotherapist and coach. What she didn’t know then, as an Army captain nurse, is that psychological symptoms associated with PTSD would follow her home. Blum got through those terrible days in the operating room by “building up a brick wall around my heart.” She only succeeded in suppressing her feelings. “(In Vietnam) I couldn’t let the emotions get the best of me,” she said. “I had to learn really fast to turn it all off, so that it didn’t show. … I did a lot of stuff inter-

nally to be able to survive.” She deals with the same issues today. “Being a client, I was doing my own healing work. I spent years in my own therapy and dealt with issues from Vietnam and uncovered the early childhood issues and healed those,” she said. Blum vows to heal, not assuage, patients. “I tell people when they come to see me, ‘If you just want to cope, see somebody else. If you want to get better, if you want your life to be better, then let’s roll up our sleeves and get to work,’ “ she said. A gifted surgical nurse, Blum decided to get out of the operating room and treat others in a different way. As her military stint ended, Blum went to college, earning her bachelor’s degree in nursing at Seattle University. Later, she earned her master’s in psychosocial nursing at the University of Washington. She has been married. She raised a family in Auburn. Her daughter, Lorna, is a social worker. Her son, Sean-David, a professional musician, served in the U.S. Army Band. Blum has made an impact with her practice and in her efforts elsewhere. She was among the first women to be elected to the Vietnam Veterans of American National Board of Directors. She has worked with others on legislation to help victims of Agent Orange. She was a member of the first international volunteer group, called PeaceTrees Vietnam, which returned to the country in 1996 to plant trees on land once

City of Renton to hold special Memorial Day event The City of Renton is hosting a special Memorial Day event Monday to honor veterans who have served at home and abroad and especially for those who have fallen in

the line of duty. The event is 1 p.m. Monday, May 28, at Veterans Memorial Park, 523 S. Third Street, in downtown Renton.

The program includes an invocation by the local chaplain of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, presentation of Colors and the singing of the National Anthem. Wreaths will be presented at the memorial, honoring the five branches of military service. A ceremonial honor guard, playing of Taps,

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ravaged by war. She went to heal herself – and to heal the land. “A veteran had given me a letter and asked me to read it when I got to Vietnam and to plant it under a tree,” Blum said of her personal pilgrimage. “It was emotional.” Blum has set her experiences down on paper. Her first, soonto-be-published book, “Women Under Fire: Abuse in the Military,” relates real stories of women who were raped or otherwise sexually assaulted in the military. She is working on a second book, “Women Under Fire: PTSD and Healing,” that chronicles her own experiences and those of others. Blum says there are more options today for those struggling with PTSD and other anxiety disorders. Attitudes towards afflicted war veterans and soldiers have changed since the Vietnam era, she said. “It’s much more accepted today. There’s a lot more education about it,” Blum said of PTSD. “I think that’s what Vietnam vets have done for our country, in that they educated people about the trauma of war, about PTSD and what it is,” Blum added. “(The past) has helped modern-day veterans become more accepted and respected because of what we went through from the public.” Blum recognizes there is more work to be done. She is doing her part. It is her calling in life. “I’m interested in the truth,” she said of helping to treat the emotional wounds of others. “I’m a clear thinker, a problem solver. I’m a very strong person. I am someone who heals.”

and singing of a patriotic song will conclude the ceremony. Those participating include City Council President Rich Zwicker, retired Marines Colonel Bruce F. Meyers, Frank R. Vaise, VFW Post No. 1263, Fred Hancock American Legion Post No. 19, and Bruce Feltmann, VFW chaplain. Parking is available at the 200 Mill building. Renton History Museum will also be open noon to 3 p.m.

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Three of the lead characters in ‘Fat Kid Rules the World,’ from left, Dylan Arnold, Billy Campbell and Matt O’Leary and the film’s director, Matthew Lillard posed for photographs last Friday night at the film’s screening at the IKEA Performing Arts Center. dean a. radford, Renton Reporter

Renton’s second turn as a venue for the Seattle International Film Festival is over. A sell-out crowd of about 500 people attended the opening-night screening and then the gala May 18 at the Renton Pavilion Event Center. “The gala was unbelievable, from the food to the music to the volunteers,” said Suzanne Dale Estey, the city’s economic development director. Attendance likely is similar to last year’s, she said. “We have room to grow.” And plans are already being considered to increase numbers next year.

The gala for the opening night of the Seattle International Film Festival drew hundreds of partygoers to the Renton Pavilion Event Center, including, from left, Micah and Heather Nasarow, and Don and Susan Bressler. Heather Nasarow and Don Bressler appeared as extras in ‘Fat Kid Rules the World.’ Dean a. radford, Renton Reporter

‘Fat Kid’ director gives acting, life lessons

Actor and director Matthew Lillard (in backward cap) visited drama students at Lindbergh High School last week, the setting of his new film “Fat Kid Rules the World.” tracey compton, Renton Reporter

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life, be good y’all.” Lillard critiqued the students warm-up exercises and led them in one called “let it be this time.” Students had to pair off and come up with a skit that incorporated a catch, a kiss, a bow and a run off stage with no dialogue and perform it in front of the group. The performances and Lillard’s feedback drew chuckles from the classes and nervous and frenzied starts from the performers. “What I like about what he’s doing is, he’s teaching an acting workshop to drama students, but he’s doing more than that,” said Ginger Montague, Lindbergh’s theater program director. She liked that the actor’s message wasn’t just rooted in pursuing a job in the entertainment industry. “He’s saying to high school students, ‘In life you are required to make choices, make the choice,’” said Montague. “’If you have to adjust later on, you can adjust. Follow your passion and commit to it.’” Lillard, who appeared very comfortable in front of the students, said he has taught acting at

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This Memorial Day weekend, as the nation honors the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in defending our country, King County is working to ensure there are services to help our veterans. Since 2006, the King County Veterans and Human Services Levy invested approximately $40 million to support veteran services programs countywide. Serving King County’s more than 135,000 veterans, these tax dollars have funded housing, mental health services, and job training to help veterans and their families find their footing during these tough economic times. Examples of how levy funds are being used to help include: • A dedicated telephone resource for veterans to provide service information and referrals, including crisis and suicide counseling; • Treatment services for veterans and families dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression; • New veterans’ housing projects in places such as Bellevue, Renton, Kirkland, and Seattle, and a 45 percent increase in shelter beds for homeless veterans; and • Job training and employment assistance for unemployed veterans. In addition, this June, King County will begin a new Veterans Treatment Court that focuses on treatment and rehabilitation rather than incarceration. Modeled after other therapeutic courts, such as the county’s nationally recognized drug court and mental health court, the new Veterans Treatment Court will provide accountability for veterans involved in the criminal justice system who are suffering from war-related trauma while linking them to treatment and support services. The Veterans and Human Services Levy includes funding for Veterans Treatment Court and other emerging justice programs for veterans. King County voters overwhelmingly supported renewal of the Veterans and Human Services Levy last August. Almost 70 percent of voters said “yes” to continued funding for services for veterans and others in need. The six-year levy will generate approximately $17 million a year through 2017 with one half of the revenue dedicated exclusively to serve veterans, military personnel, and their families. Two citizen levy oversight boards provide accountability for how levy dollars are used. Having come from a family of veterans, I know that veterans deserve our support. The best way to honor the sacrifice of our veterans is to make sure there are services and help available when they need it. I was proud to author the Veterans and Human Services Levy, but am most gratified that the levy is effectively serving our veterans, who selflessly serve our nation.

King County Council member Bob Ferguson chairs the King County Council’s Government Accountability, Oversight, and Financial Performance Committee. He can be reached at 206-296-1001 or bob.ferguson@kingcounty.gov.

I have a secret, and it’s going to remain in-house until June I adjusted our Camp Ossorio sign with fingers that trembled and a stomach in knots. I have a secret. A secret I’ve been dying to share with you for the last five months. Which is a big deal for me because anyone who knows me well will attest that I ain’t no good at keeping secrets – especially juicy ones! Our secret began back in January when I was fidgeting with the aforementioned Camp Ossorio sign posted in front of our house as we waited for the television producer to arrive. Yes, I did say television producer. A television producer for a national reality television series. The Camp Ossorio sign is important because for me it symbolizes everything good about what we were trying to accomplish with the little log house we bought with all our savings back in November 2008. Our family drew the Camp Ossorio sign together. I freehanded the letters, Sophie made the sailboat, Amelia the sun, Patrick scribbled some trees with Paul and Ty hadn’t even been born yet. The sign was far from perfect but like the little log house perched at the edge of a small lake surrounded by towering cedars, sword ferns, native plants and a hiking trail — it was my version of mecca. Just not big enough. But we had big plans for renovating the 1,800-square-foot space with only two bedrooms — plans that evaporated with the housing market crash. From the porch we watched the producer pulls up to our driveway. I hear myself take a deep breath. “You guys ready?” I asked. But really how can anyone be ready to be interviewed for a national reality television show? Even saying it now, knowing what I know, sounds wonky. Paul and I thread our fingers together the way people do when they’re in love before diving into Carolyn Ossorio

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the rabbit hole. We had answered an advertisement that was looking for a Seattle family with “big personalities” who needed serious help fixing up and selling their house for a national reality television show. There was no question our home qualified — but a big personality? As a writer, it’s easy to write yourself BIG — but I can actually be sort of shy. Besides, inviting the world into our home was more than intimidating. “Welcome to our humble abode,” I hear myself chirp and feel myself spreading my arms out wide as the producer pulled up the latch on our gate. “I didn’t even know there was a lake out here,” the producer said. I watched her take us all in: two parents, four kids, Suzie Q the dog and Duncan the orange tabby cat. “You ready for a tour?” Paul asked. “Absolutely! Let me just get my camera,” the producer said. I don’t know what I was expecting. But since there was only one of her I guess I thought it was a casual affair, nothing set in stone. It all became serious very quickly when she lifted a generator-sized camera to her shoulder and began giving us stage directions and prompts. “Tell us some of the problems of your home.” She filmed the kids horsing around the toy strewn house as Paul and I pointed out all the flaws. There were many. We pointed them out gleefully and with what we hoped were “big personalities,” but inside we were both embarrassed. How had our dream drifted so far off course? “Yah, check out this cheap beige carpet with all these hideous black spots from when Suzie Q got into the kids paints!” Paul said. “Yah, look how we “got creative,” I said using [ more carolyn page 7 ]

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It’s become abundantly clear: We’re six people in two bedrooms [ Carolyn from page 6] air quotes at the camera, “and converted this pantry into a third bedroom for Patrick!” I chuckled as if it had all been folly. But the truth is that Paul and I had been beside ourselves with anxiety — stuck in a house we loved yet despised at the same time. “But the mural. . .” Paul said magnanimously, like a circus maestro directing the camera to the big tent. “Yes, the mural!” I elbowed Paul with a knowing smile. The oil painted mural was truly the ace up our sleeve, our coup de gras: A sprawling oil painting that mirrored the entire lake with all the houses, trees and lake. It was overkill to the extreme and reminded me of the “Saturday Night Live” skit with Christopher Walken and more cow bell. The mural wrapped around every square inch of dry wall enclosing its diners in a gloomy outdated kitchen with the 1960’sera appliances. Judging by the amount of shots taken I could see the producer was impressed. “Now look into the camera and make your plea to the network,” the producer said. “Why should they choose your story?” Our lake story had become like a certain kind of love story convoluted, undecided,

unsettled, filled with bitter as well as sweet. Looking into the camera I was surprised by my tears as the sun flowed through the broken sliding glass door. Paul was talking to the camera but I was watching the kids horsing around outside. They climbed the ancient rhododendrons. Reminding me that spring was on its way. Fishing, swimming and lazy hammock days watching bald eagles gracefully leaping from the uppermost branch of 200-year-old cedar trees. And trumpeter swans, big as ostriches, that fly past our house like Howard Hughes’s Spruce Goose barely defying gravity. But in that moment looking into the camera it becomes singularly clear: we’re six people in a two-bedroom house. Two days after the producers visit we receive an email. The caption reads: Good News! The network has chosen you. Get ready because we’ll begin filming for five days at the end of February. Stay tune. I can tell you the rest of the story in June!

The Ossorio kids, from left, Sophie, Ty, Patrick and Amelia, have lakeside living, a deck and a house with only two bedrooms. Carolyn Ossorio

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Basketball courts at Liberty Park damaged The following information was compiled from City of Renton police reports. By TRACEY COMPTON tcompton@rentonreporter.com

Someone vandalized the basketball courts at Liberty Park overnight on May 11. A representative of the Jamal Crawford Foundation, which maintains the basketball courts, reported to police that someone apparently shot through the backboards with a pellet gun. The basketball courts are at the park on Houser Way; the incident was reported the morning of May 13. By the time police arrived, the Parks Department had already cleaned up the broken glass from the backboards. The repair costs are estimated at $1,500. The representative said the courts have security cameras and the foundation would contact police if the incident was caught on tape. Police reported that the foundation is willing to assist with prosecution if the suspect is caught.

Friends turn on partyer Friends of a 19-year-old turned on him after a night of partying on May 12. Police were called to a residence on Kirkland Place Northeast at about 11 p.m. for a reported intoxicated man who had been assaulted by some friends. When they arrived, they found the 19-year-old sitting next to his father and vomiting. He told police he was jumped by two of his friends after a night of drinking and smoking marijuana. Apparently they were all intoxicated and he thought they took his cell phone. The young man stated he did not know where his friends lived and would not tell police.

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Wrong ID gets man into trouble Police arrested the “wrong man” after he gave them a false identity on May 11. An officer stopped the 25-year-old man in the 800 block of Harrington Avenue Northeast at about 11 p.m. The man was riding a bike and not wearing a helmet or any reflectors, a violation of city code. When police asked the man his name, he gave his brother’s name instead. Police then promptly arrested the man after they discovered multiple warrants out for his arrest. Police read the man his rights and transported him to jail before they contacted his mother, who told them they had the wrong person in custody. The man said he used his brother’s information because he thought he had a warrant of his own out for arrest. He told police he was afraid to tell the truth, because he

A Renton couple got into a tussle about house work and the man was arrested on May 11. The 23-year-old girlfriend became angry when she came home from work and discovered her boyfriend had stayed home all afternoon and smoked marijuana instead of clean the house. Police reported to the residence on Eagle Ridge Drive at about 7 p.m. The woman reported that she asked the 23-year-old man she had been dating and living with for six months to leave when he got upset. He called her names and threatened to hit her. Then when she asked for the keys, he grabbed her, pushed her to the ground and pushed the back of her head towards the ground. He left when she threatened to call police. Police arrived and while talking to the woman, the man called and asked if police were there. The woman stated that they weren’t there and he could come pick up his belongings. At about 11:30 p.m., the man returned to the residence and was arrested for investigation of fourth-degree assault.

Fire in trash can extinguished Police investigated suspicious fire activity on May 11. A person had seen a man throw a lit match into a trash can and then run away headed south on Northeast Sunset Boulevard. The incident was reported at about 5 p.m. and flames were coming from the trash can. The fire department was called and put the fire out by the time police arrived. A fireman told police he believed he knew who the suspect was in this case and believed him to be mentally disturbed. The description of the suspect matched that of the firemen’s suspect. There was no damage caused by the fire and police do believe the man who might be responsible suffers from some kind of mental condition. Police decided that charges in this case were not necessary.

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St. Vincent de Paul to expand Renton services By TRACEY COMPTON tcompton@rentonreporter.com

Seattle and King County-based St. Vincent de Paul plans to expand its services in Renton and Kent in the near future. Last October, the non-profit organization, which operates five thrift stores, purchased the building formerly occupied by Greenfresh Market at 575 Rainier Avenue North in Renton. With this acquisition, it hopes to offer case-management services to its clients in and around the Renton area at this new location. St. Vincent de Paul currently has a 15,000 square foot store in the Highlands, but plans to move to the 14,000 square foot Greenfresh building in fall

of 2014. In the interim, St. Vincent de Paul will lease the building to the Emergency Feeding Program. The program is a nonprofit agency that provides food packs to specialized popula“We want to tion groups. purchase all of The relationship our thrift store between the two orbuildings for the ganizations formed long term benefit of when Arthur Lee, the organization.” the executive direcAlan Dombrowski, tor of the feeding executive director of St. program, contacted Vincent de Paul Seattle, St. Vincent de Paul. The Emergency King County Feeding Program needed to move out of its current location in south Seattle to a site that had more warehouse and

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The driver is described as a Latino male in his early to mid-20s, with black hair and a goatee. The truck was a newer white pickup with a canopy and carrying a ladder. Renton Police want to speak with the driver about this incident, and are urging anyone with information to call 425-430-7500 and refer to case 12-5223.

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Parents, others trying to raise $80,000 for summer camp [ Camp from page 1] Amber Fowler, the executive director of the organization, would not return phone calls or emails to the Renton Reporter and has been reluctant to answer questions of others, according to Jeanette Day, a former camp counselor. The website for the Northwest Burn Foundation does list a job announcement for a camp manager to head up the 2013 summer camp, so it appears the camp will continue. But, for this summer former campers’ families, camp counselors, community members and the Washington State Council of Firefighters Burn Foundation are coming together to raise funds to have Camp Eyabsut July 22 - 28. After four weeks of collecting donations, the group has raised a little more than $24,000; the goal is $80,000. Money goes toward insurance, food, transportation for campers, activities, supplies and rental of the facilities, Camp Waskowitz. On a mission they’re calling the Camp Eyabsut Bucket Brigade, the group is asking fire departments, former campers and the community to “fill the bucket” with donations on or before June 2. Donation sites are being set up at fire stations, grocery stores and other neighborhood locales. Day, who has volunteered at the camp for 18 years, is also a burn survivor. She expects the June 2 fund drive to be significant and said the group will reassess its goal around June 20.

ABOVE: Tiara Whitney sits with her son Max, who is a student at Rainier Christian School. BELOW: Max Whitney was severely burned by a rice cooker at 2 months old, but later found comfort at a camp for burn survivors. Submitted If they haven’t met their goal then, she said they will still hold the camp but maybe scale back on days. “I know how important camp is and we’re doing everything we can to make sure it continues,” Day said. The week-long camp hosts kids from all over Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Montana and Idaho. “A lot of the time it’s the only week of the year that they can be themselves,” she said.

Tiara Whitney noticed the subtle change the camp brought about in her son Max. “I saw the difference when he came back from camp last year,” Tiara said. “I realized he never did take his t-shirt off in the backyard in the pool. And he did after camp.” Max’s scars cover his right arm and half his chest. When he was 2-months-old, a rice cooker fell on him, causing third-degree burns over 14 percent of his body. “I don’t think I’ll ever stop thinking about them (the scars) the way that I do, but it’s changed a lot,” Max said. So much so, that the normally shy Max was motivated to speak before his school, Rainier Christian, about his scars and fundraising for this year’s camp. Rainier Christian staff decided to collect donations for the cause after they learned about the closure. “We wanted to support Max because this camp did a lot for him,” said Principal Paula Satterberg. She noticed that the camp brought out more leadership characteristics in him and seemed to make him a stronger person, she said. At last count the school had raised $300 from donations they collect at chapel. For information about the June 2 fundraising for Camp Eyabsut visit www.saveburncamp.org or email Jeanette Day at eyabsut@ gmail.com

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Taco Time has grown to 73 restaurants [ Taco Time from page 1] Jim Tonkin’s sons, Bob (Robby’s father) and Matt (Chris’s father), followed in their father’s footsteps in running Taco Time. After graduating from Renton High School, Jim Tonkin BY THE NUMBERS went on to WashingTaco Time Northwest is privately held, ton State University to study home economics, so the Tonkin family doesn’t release sales figures. But the Tonkins do track other one of two men in the numbers, all related to food. program. MEALS: Served about 12 million He married “the people in 2011. “We are a big part of girl of my dreams” people’s lives,” says Chris Tonkin. and started a famLETTUCE: 2,600 heads of iceberg ily, working with his lettuce a day, or 1.6 million pounds a year brothers-in-law on – the equivalent of about a dozen Boeing their family orchard in 737 Next Generation jetliners ready for Eastern Washington, takeoff. growing apples, pears TOMATOES: 2.6 million pounds a year. and cherries. In 1962 MEXI-FRIES: A year’s worth placed his father Frank came for a visit, with an invi- end-to-end would stretch about 2,600 miles – from Seattle to New York. Ten tation to check out his year’s worth of fries would stretch around Taco Time restaurant. the globe. Each Mexi-Fry is 1.2 inches “I took the first bite long. of a taco that I’ve had, MOST USED INGREDIENT: Probably period, and I was sold,” the tortilla he said. He packed up his family and moved to West Seattle. He worked side by side with his father Frank to build Taco Time in Western Washington, which includes

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Over the decades there have been many prototypical Taco Time restaurants, depending on the times and architectural tastes. The latest prototype is in Tukwila, on Tukwila International Boulevard, not far from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The new restaurant, which opened earlier this year, is testament to Taco Time’s efforts to serve customers and keep the brand “fresh and inviting,” said Chris Tonkin, one of Taco Time’s executives who spent hours developing the new restaurant. Booths are bigger, so your knees don’t

touch. Their backs are higher to provide more privacy. The interior colors are warm. There is free guest wireless and Taco Time offers Coca-Cola Freestyle. “We did a lot of things that are different and new to Taco Time,” Tonkin said, which it’s hoped “will be perceived as enhancements by our guests.” The idea was to create “an environment that wasn’t really the fast food,” he said, with the goal to have customers “stay for awhile.” The design was influenced somewhat by Starbucks and Panera, but as in keeping with Taco Time philosophy, “we are trying to make people happy,” said Robby Tonkin, president of Taco Time Northwest.

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Taco Time Traveler to tour the state this summer [ taco time from page 13]

Jim Tonkin, son of Taco Time Northwest founder Frank Tonkin Sr., helped his father build the restaurant empire and advises his grandsons now on running Taco Time. dean a. radford, Renton Reporter Taco Time headquarters on the Maple Valley Highway in Renton has a kitchen where members of the Tonkin family, including Chris Tonkin, and other long-time employees test new menu items . dean a. radford, Renton Reporter

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runaway coal-mine donkey. His son, Frank Tonkin Sr., worked in the store with his brothers. Frank branched out into the restaurant business, opening the Tonkin’s Cafe in 1933 on South Third Street. In the early years most everything on the menu was priced under a $1. A grilled King salmon steak with a lemon, served with potatoes and toast, was 85 cents. Long-time residents will remember Bif ’s, a fast-food hamburger restaurant at the corner of Rainier Avenue and South Second Street, which Frank Tonkin opened a in 1958, just four years before he started to build his Taco Time empire. Bif ’s became a Taco Time in 1964. The Tonkin family doesn’t release financial information about Taco Time, which is privately held. The company has about 1,500 employees. But Robby Tonkin talks about the company’s core values of fresh ingredients and service to customers. Those values date back to his great-grandfather, Frank Tonkin Sr., who also had a commitment to care for his employees, Robby said. In the end, it’s always about the food. “We don’t confine ourselves to a quick-service or fast-good box,” Robby said. “We try to prepare, develop and serve the highest quality food we can.”

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company-owned and franchise restaurants. There are two Taco Time Northwest restaurants in Eastern Washington, in Moses Lake and Wenatchee. In 1979 the Tonkins ended a long-time franchise relationship with the Taco Time company based in Eugene, Ore., and incorporated as Accord Inc. to franchise restaurants in Western Washington. Other Taco Times in Eastern Washington and in Oregon are part of that other corporation, now based in Arizona. Today, Robby and Chris Tonkin are taking Taco Time into the future, mindful of their family’s promise to their customers to use fresh ingredients in all their meals and to buy much of them from family owned companies locally and throughout the Northwest. The corporation has had decades-long relationship with Petschl’s Quality Meats of Tukwila, which provides Taco Time with Northwest-grown beef, and with La Mexicana of White Center, which provides fresh-baked tortillas. Mexi-Fries are now made from potatoes grown in Washington, not Idaho. Robby and Chris certainly know the Taco Time routine. Robby at a very early age spent his days in a crib or playpen in the back of the Taco Time in Totem Lake in Kirkland. They’ve both worked in the family business, in high school and during the summers off from school. Want to give Chris directions? Start from the nearest Taco Time. Chris’s mom Gayle gets credit for the white chicken chili, a “FitHits” meal under 200 calories by the cup. “I used to have white chili long before we were serving it at Taco Time,” Chris said. The cousins can’t think of anyone who has veto power over what to put on the menu. It’s a group decision. Taco Time doesn’t have a research and development department other than the Tonkin family itself and long-time employee Colin Ury does much of the test cooking. Chris’s Taco Time favorite is either the crisp taco or the soft chicken burrito. For Robby it’s the

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Put your best smile, bicep forward for these auditions By TRACEY COMPTON tcompton@rentonreporter.com

It might take some primping, styling and beefing up, but it could be worth it for some locals if they are selected for future seasons of the ABC television shows, “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette.” Interviewers for the shows are coming to The Landing in Renton from noon to 4 p.m. on June 9 for an open casting call. Guys and gals are invited to come out to The Landing’s Community Room, 960 Park Ave. N., Suite B, with their applications.

The Landing reached out to Fisher Broadcasting recently to land the opportunity. Fisher came back with opportunities for television and radio exposure, including the auditions. Promotional staff for the shows’ producers visited the retail center to scout the property for the audition needs. For the auditions, the Community Room will be set up with four camera booths and a separate waiting area for applicants. Potential “Bachelor” and “Bachelorette” contestants will check in at the front of the room and be given a number. For those that arrive early, the wait should be short. For all others that show up, the wait could take an hour or two.

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Beaten shopkeeper returns to smoke shop By DEAN A. RADFORD dradford@rentonreporter.com

Two fingers in splints and wounds on his cheek, forehead and scalp, Christopher Mandapat returned to work late last week at his smoke shop for the first time after he was brutally beaten. A man and teenage boy

caught on a store security video beating Mandapat at about 11 a.m. May 9 were regulars at his Smoke Shack smoke shop on the Benson Highway at roughly Southeast 192nd Street. Mandapat, 31, of Kent has no idea why they attacked him as he was stocking drinks on his shelves. He was hit with a stick and

bottles. “They were trying to knock me out on the first hit,” he said. “I was fighting for my life.” It all happened so fast, he said; he was just trying to stay on his feet and not lose consciousness. He was treated at Valley Medical Center and released the same day. He has

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All along, Liberty softball coach Brian Hartman knew his team was being underrated. Once the Patriots made it to the postseason, they got to prove it. “Our record doesn’t necessarily reflect the quality of our team,” Hartman said. “We were super close the entire year, and we just had to break through.” The Patriots stand at 11-14 overall and finished in fifth in the KingCo 3A/2A. But there’s something to be said for strength of schedule, and Liberty had that in spades. Every team that finished ahead of Liberty in the league standings made state (Juanita, Mount Si and Lake Washington in 3A, plus Interlake in 2A). Hartman signed on for an even tougher, non-league schedule that featured three 4A state-qualifying teams in Bothell, Tahoma and Inglemoor, plus a third, Ballard, that went 14-7. Liberty also took on Selah, who made the 2A state tournament. Or, to say it simply, the Patriots have seen it all. They’ve fought through injuries as team leaders Denise Blohowiak, Taylor Weik and Joshilynn Wolff have all missed time. Wolff was on pace to break the school’s RBI record and is out

The Liberty softball team celebrates after beating Holy Names to clinch a berth into the state tournament. kay blohowiak for the playoffs. “Nothing was playoff given to these kids,” Hartman said. “They learned to persevere, to fight, to play the style I’ve been preaching the whole time.” Hartman has said since before the season that he wants Liberty to be the most aggressive team in the state, and that style was on full display in the district tournament. Liberty took out Chief Sealth 17-5 in the first round, then beat Holy

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Names 10-7 in a state-clinching victory. “I’m not quite sure Holy Names knew what hit them,” he said. “We were going for everything possible. It took a while, but they did really buy in.” The style comes with a small cost, two Patriots were thrown out at home against Holy Names, and two more at second. But for Hartman, having a runner or two thrown out is the price of playing his way. And with the results, it’s hard to argue. Hartman has especially enjoyed getting this group to state after

Patriots back in state after three years of missing tournament stepping away from the program following the 2008 season. At that point, Liberty had made state for 12 straight years and 14 of 15 years, going back to 1994. The Patriots missed the tournament each of the past three seasons without Hartman at the helm. So in his first year back, this success has extra meaning for him, and for a group of players that hadn’t been to state yet. “I’m really proud of this group of kids,” he said. “They own this one. The new group wanted it so bad, they had heard all about the tradition at Liberty. Now they get to feel it on their own.” Liberty starts the state tournament Friday against Everett at 9 a.m. With a win, the Patriots play again at 4 p.m. With a loss, they play in a loser-out game at 2 p.m. All games are at the Regional Athletic Complex in Lacey. “I think we surprised a lot of people,” Hartman said. “But we didn’t hide from this. Every practice the last two weeks has ended with us saying that we’re going to state.” Hartman was voted the KingCo Coach of the Year. Liza Van Kamp made the first team all-league. Wolff and Blohowiak both made the second team. Miranda Bukantz earned honorable mention. “We think Liberty softball is back where it belongs,” Hartman said.

Eagles win district championship The Lindbergh tennis team won the West Central District champiplayoff onship last weekend. Lindbergh's doubles team of Adrian Villanueva and Sam Bayna won the district title. The team will take on Nick Gigstad and Jeremy Teske of Ellensburg in the first round of the state tournament. Alan Kwiatkowski took third and will face Sehome's Nick Smith in the first round of the state boys singles tournament.

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The doubles team of Boris Oks and Bobby Huynh placed third at districts. They will face Nolan Wolffis and Luke Reardon of Lynden at state. Quinn Osborn will take on Ephrata's Bianca Schley in the first round of the state girls singles tournament. The state tournament is Friday and Saturday at the Nordstrom Tennis Center in Seattle. Lindbergh Lindbergh’s Alan Kwiatkowski won the 2A finished third at the district tournament. championship last season. adam mcfadden, Renton Reporter

Hazen at state Hazen’s Frankie Johnson brings the ball up the field against Bainbridge in the first round of the 3A state tournament. Hazen lost 5-0 and finishes the year at 9-6-4. adam mcfadden, Renton Reporter

Kennewick knocks off Hazen The Hazen baseball team fell to Kennewick 4-0 in the first round of the 3A state tournament May 19. The Highlanders tied a team record for most wins in a season with 15, and finished the year at 15-8. "It's all been the kids," said Hazen coach Mike Brundage. "I'm lucky to be in the situation I'm in. These guys put in all the work and all I've got to do is fill out a lineup. I've been very blessed." Kennewick scored one run in each of the first two innings, then added two runs in the fifth. Hazen struggled against Kennewick's Stetson Pew and only managed two

baserunners through the first six innings. playoff The Highlanders threatened one final time in the sixth, by getting two runners on base, but couldn't get any home. Jimmy Schmidt pitched a complete game for Hazen, allowing on earned run on five hits. Kyle Nelson went 2/3 with a double and a single for Hazen. Kennewick went on to lose to Kamiakin 2-0 in the next round. Hazen last went to state in 2008, when the team lost 20-2 to Issaquah.

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District track and field recap Gordon, Richards, Downen, Reiter win district titles; athletes ready for state 3A SeaKing

The Liberty boys and girls track teams each placed third at the 3A Sea-King district meet last week. Josh Gordon again led the Patriots with district titles in the triple and long jump. He was part of Liberty's second-place 4 X 400 relay along with Joseph Bergmann, Hamilton Noel and Hiron Redman. Gordon also took third in the high jump. Redman won a district title in the 800. Alex Olobia took third in the 100. Bergmann finished fourth in the 300-meter hurdles and fifth in the high jump. Trevor Merritt placed third in the javelin. Noel finished fourth in the pole vault. Gordon, Olobia, Redman, Bergmann, Noel and Merritt all made state. For the girls, Danielle Richards won a district title

in the pole vault. Emily Pestl-Dimmitt took second in the 100 hurdles and fourth in the javelin. Megan Chucka finished fourth in the 3,200 and fifth in the 1,600. Alexis McGinnis took fifth in the shot put. Anna Frodsham placed fifth in the javelin. Larson, Chucka, PestlDimmitt, Richards, McGinnis and Frodsham will compete at state.

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The Hazen boys track and field team tied Foss for 14th at the West Central District 3A meet, while the Hazen girls took 19th. Huie took fifth in the 800, Michael Beasley placed sixth in the 800. Daniel Karpman finished ninth the 1,600 and ninth in the 3,200. Spencer Shear finished

sixth in the pole vault and 11th in the high jump. Beasley, Huie and Shear made state. For the girls, Sarah Schoville placed fifth in the 100 hurdles and seventh in the 300 hurdles. Airashay Rogers took fifth in the shot put and 12th in the long jump. Schoville and Rogers made state individually.

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The Lindbergh boys and girls teams each placed second at the West Central District 2A track and field meet. Renton tied for sixth on the girls side, and took 14th on the boys side. Travis Downen won a district title in the 3,200 and placed second in the 1,600. Mohamud Abdi took fifth in the 1,600 and sixth in the 3,200. Mitchell Hughey placed fourth in the 800.

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Joe Simpson finished fourth in the 110 hurdles. Trevonn Russell took second in the discus. Omelyan Strembitskyy placed fourth in the pole vault. Hughey, Downen, Abdi, Simpson, Strembitskyy and Russell will compete at state individually. For the girls, Janayla Scott took fourth in the 100, fourth in the long jump and third in the triple jump. Sarah Reiter placed fourth in the 1,600 and won a district title in the 3,200. Christina Wiley took fifth in the 100 hurdles. Aleisha Simpson placed third in the shot put. Kaitlin Zinsli took fourth in the pole vault. Scott, Reiter, Wiley, Zinsli and Simpson will compete at state individually. Adriel Paine IV led the way for the Renton boys with a second-place finish in the 800. He will compete at state. Savannah Smith took

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Hazen students to offer view of Venus The public will have the once-in-a-lifetime chance to view the planet Venus passing between the earth and the sun on June 5. Hazen High School students will assist the public in viewing the event known as the Transit of Venus, with more than a dozen solar-equipped telescopes. The next Transit of Venus won’t happen until 2117 and the event historically is how scientist measure the size of our solar system.

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...obituaries Keith James Kangas February 18, 1956 – April 18, 2012

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Matthew A. Mork Matthew A. Mork, born March 29, 1988 in Renton, passed into the arms of Jesus on May 10, 2012. Matt was loving, quirky, artistic and talented. He loved his family and pets with all his heart. He enjoyed his friends, camping, the river, art, music, and in younger years his beloved bikes and skateboards. He received his high school diploma from RTI, and worked at Precision Aeronautics. Surviving Matt are his parents Bud and Gail Mork from Leavenworth; sister Heidi (Veni) Siitia, niece Hannah and nephew Austin; brother Jason (Tracy) Wood and niece Lindy. Matt was baptized in March of 1999 at Cedar Ridge Church where he accepted Christ as his savior. Matt, you are always in our hearts; we will meet again in Glory. Graveside services will be held on Friday, May 25 at 3 pm at the Greenwood Memorial Cemetery, 350 Monroe Ave. NE Renton, WA.

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PUBLIC NOTICES VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER District Healthcare System NOTICE OF BOARD COMMITTEE SCHEDULE Notice is hereby given that the Valley Medical Center Board of Trustees Compensation Committee will meet on Tuesday, May 29 from 3:00-4:30 p.m. in the Board Room of Valley Medical Center. BOARD OF TRUSTEES (District Healthcare System) By: Lisa Rusk Assistant to the CEO Published in Kent, Renton and Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporters on May 18, 2012 and May 25, 2012.#623363 Superior Court of Washington County of King In re the Estate of: ADELA J. BORGES, Deceased. NO. 12-4-03010-1KNT NOTICE TO CREDITORS The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of this Estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Personal Representative or the Personal Representative’s attorneys at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the Court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty

days after the Personal Representative served or mailed the Notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the Notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate assets and nonprobate assets. Date of First Publication: May 11, 2012. PR:CATHERINE HEINITZ Ruth Roti WSBA #19495 Of MOGREN, GLESSNER & ROTI P.S.Attorneys for Personal Representative 100 Evergreen Bldg.; PO Box 90 Renton, WA 98057-0090 (425) 255-4542 King County Superior Court Cause No. 12-4-03010-1KNT Published in the Renton Reporter on May 11, 2012, May 18, 2012 and May 25, 2012. #623525. CITY OF RENTON DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Department of Community and Economic Development has fixed the 7th day of June 2012 at 6:00 p.m. in the Renton City Hall Council Chambers, 1055 South Grady Way, Renton, Washington, as the time and place for a public meeting to consider the following:

Application by the City of Renton Public Works Department Transportation Systems Division requesting a variance from the City of Renton Noise Ordinance, for 20 non-consecutive nights of construction work between June 15, 2012 and November 30, 2012. The items of work to be performed include but are not limited to: • Widening of Garden Avenue North • Widening of left-turn lanes • Installation of additional street lights • Installation of a new and improved signal system The Transportation Systems Division has determined that crews will perform project work at night when there is less traffic on the road. Nighttime lane closures minimize congestion impacts to drivers during the day, and are safer for workers. All interested parties are invited to attend the meeting and present oral or written comments in support or opposition to the proposal. The Renton City Hall is fully accessible and interpretive services for the hearing impaired will be provided upon advanced notice. For information, contact (425) 430-6502. Correspondence should be addressed to Neil Watts, Development Services Division Director, Renton City Hall, 1055 South Grady Way, Renton, WA 98057. For more information about the project, please contact James Wilhoit, Civil Engineer, at (425) 430-7319. Bonnie Walton City Clerk

Published in the Renton Reporter on May 25, 2012 and June 1, 2012. #627557. In the Superior Court of the State of Washington in and for the County of King In the matter of the Adoption of ALEX O’BRIEN AKA Alexander James Allan O’Brien a person under the age of eighteen No.11-5-02363-1KNT Summons and Notice by Publication of Petition/Hearing Re Termination of Parent-Child Relationship TO: JESSEY BOYD, nonconsenting father. You are hereby SUMMONED to appear within thirty(30) days after the date of first publication of this summons, towit, within thirty (30) days after the 18th day of May, 2012. and defend the above-entitle action in the Adoption of Alexander James Allan O’Brien, and serve a copy of you answer upon the Petitioner at the address below stated; if you fail to do so judgment may be rendered against you according to the request of the Petition for Adoption and the Petition for Termination of Parent-Child Relationship which has been filed with the clerk of the said court. You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed with the Clerk of the above court requesting that the parent-child relationship between you and the above-named child be terminated. The object of this action is to seek an order terminating the parentchild relationship between you and the child and a Decree of Adoption declaring the petitioner(s) to be the legal parent(s) of the child. The child was born on September 19, 2006 in the City of Renton, State of Washington. The name of the child’s mother was Vanessa O’Bri-

en at the time the child was born. The name of the child’s mother is now Vanessa O’Brien. You have been named as the father or possible father of the child. The court hearing on the Petition for Termination of Parent-child Relationship shall be on the 20th day of July, 2012, at 1:30 pm in Room 1-J of the Regional Justice Center, 401 4th Ave N. Kent, WA 98032. Your failure to appear at this hearing may result in a default order permanently terminating all of your rights to the above-named child. You may respond to this summons and notice by filing a written response with the Clerk of the Court and serving a copy of your response on the Petitioner whose name and address appear at the end of this summons and notice. If you do not serve your written response within thirty (30) days after the date of first publication of this summons and notice, the court may enter an Order of Default against you permanently terminating all of your rights to the above-named child. The court may, without further notice to you, enter an order terminating your parent-child relationship and approving or providing for the adoption of the above-named child. You are further notified that you have the right to be represented by an attorney, and if you are indigent and request an attorney, an attorney will be appointed for you. Your are further notified that your failure to respond to this termination action within thirty (30) days of the first date of publication of this summons and notice will result in the termination of your parent-child relationship with respect to the child. You are further notified your have a right to file a claim of paternity under Chapter 26.26 of the Revised Code of Washington. You are further notified that your fail-

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ure to file a claim of paternity under Chapter 26.26 of the Revised code of Washing or to respond to the petition for termination of parent-child relationship which has been filed herein, within thirty (30) days of the first publication of this summons and notice is grounds to terminate your parent-child relationship with resect to the child. You are further notified that if the child is either: (A) a member of an Indian Tribe or (B) eligible for membership in an Indian Tribe and the biological child of a member of an Indian Tribe and if you acknowledge paternity of the child or if your paternity of the child is established prior to the termination of your parent-child relationship, your parental right may not be terminated, unless: (A) you give valid consent to termination or (B) your parent-child relationship is terminated involuntarily pursuant to charter 26.33 or Chapter 13.34 of the Revised Code of Washington. Note: “Indian Tribe” is defined in 25 U.S.C 1903. It refers to American Indians or Alaska Natives. One method of filing your response and serving a copy on the petitioner is to send them by certified mail with return receipt request. Dated this 18th day of May, 2012. Barbara Miner King county Superior Court Clerk. By J Shaulis Deputy Clerk File Response with: Clerk of of the Court, King County Superior Court, E-609 King County Courthouse, 516 Third Ave, Seattle, WA 98104 or Clerk of the Court, Regional Justice Center, 401 4th Ave N., Kent, WA 98032. Serve a copy of your response on: Petitioner Sean Keenan, 16126 SE 258th ST, Covington WA. 98042. Published Renton Reporter on May 25, 2012, June 1, 8, 2012.#628102.

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