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DUCK HUNT III | The duckies are back for IKEA Renton River Days and one of them is in trouble [4]
Business excellence | Five Renton businesses were recognized by the Renton Reporter Newsline 425.255.3484 Chamber of Commerce. [16]
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Congratulations Class of 2012 More photos/story pages 12, 13
Carolyn Ossorio | Jammin’ with the kids and a garden whisperer at IKEA. [2]
Everything’s ship-shape at pool Henry Moses Aquatic Center, beaches open for summer, Saturday By TRACEY COMPTON tcompton@rentonreporter.com
Ardo Jama, newly graduated from Renton High School, celebrates with family and friends Tuesday after commencement at ShoWare Center in Kent. Tracey compton, Renton Reporter
The pools have been vacuumed, shade umbrellas replaced, the deck has been pressure washed and the chlorine is functioning at optimal levels. Yes, the Henry Moses Aquatic Center will be open for the season starting Saturday and with a chance of showers in the weekend forecast, it could be a slow start to an expected busy season. In the previous weeks, Dave Perkins and his small crew have been preparing the center for the hordes of people who will visit it this summer. He is the recreation coordinator who manages the center for the City of Renton. Perkins, Stephanie Dyane, the lifeguard manager, and a facilities crew are in charge of keeping the aquatics center in tip-top shape. Here are some things you may not realize about the Henry Moses Aquatic Center. The activity pool holds 183,947 gallons of water and the lap pool 138,886 gallons. It takes at least 10 hours to vacuum each pool. The pools go through about 100 pounds of chlorine a day to maintain
It takes at least 10 hours to vacuum each of the pools at the Henry Moses Aquatic Center. tracey compton, Renton Reporter
proper sanitation levels when activity is at its busiest. By contrast, when no one is using the pools and the water is colder,
they use three to four pounds of chlorine a day. Both pools are kept at about 84 [ more pool page 9 ]
Plans under way for SIFF’s return to Renton next year By DEAN A. RADFORD dradford@rentonreporter.com
Attendance figures were down slightly from last year at the Seattle International Film Festival venue in Renton, but the famed festival is committed to returning next year. “With the support of the Renton community, we are committed to providing opportunities to bring people together to
discover extraordinary films from around the world,” said Carl Spence, the festival’s artistic director. This was the second year for the festival in Renton, kicked off by a gala May 18 at the Renton Pavilion Event Center and the screening of “Fat Kid Rules the World,” partly filmed in Renton. “We were really pleased with the outstanding gala and the way the community shined,” said Suzanne Dale Estey, the City
of Renton’s economic development director. But she was “kind of perplexed” by a drop in attendance at the film screenings at the IKEA Performing Arts Center at Renton High School. About 1,700 tickets were sold for the screenings, down from about 2,100 last year, she said. Much was done to market the festival in Renton, she said, but the difficulty was getting the word out about the “great movies”
being shown after the gala. SIFF has experience launching venues, including outside Seattle in Kirkland and Everett, and in Seattle, too. The ticket sales at the Renton and Everett venues are “about the same,” Spence said. Kirkland’s sales are higher, but he pointed out that SIFF has been on the Eastside in Kirkland and Bellevue since 2006. [ more SIFF page 7 ]
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