Renton Reporter, November 09, 2012

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Land sale | Residents question school district plan to sell forested lands [3]

Back and better | Renton’s Tala Rink in Pink| The Thunderbirds and Valley Medical Center have raised $15,000 to help pay Hild returned from injury to win a district title [14] FRIDAY, NOV. 9, 2012 for mammograms [16]

Maxwell wins 3rd term; West Hill saying no Bob Hasegawa wins 11th Senate seat By DEAN A. RADFORD dradford@rentonreporter.com

State Rep. Marcie Maxwell of Renton has easily won a third term to the state Legislature representing the 41st District. Maxwell’s was one of a handful of key legislative races in Renton in Tuesday’s general election. She was challenged by Tim Eaves, an Issaquah Republican. She had a

substantial lead over Eaves following the release of initial results Tuesday. Wednesday’s results were delayed past the Renton Reporter press deadline because of technical problems with the ballot scanners. Maxwell, a Democrat who holds the 41st District’s House Position 1, has been a leader on education and business issues in [ more Maxwell page 10 ]

Renton involvement would end BY DEAN A. RADFORD dradford@rentonreporter.com

After more than a decade of discussions, West Hill residents are making it clear they don’t want to annex to Renton. A final vote against annexation would end the City of Renton’s discussions with King County about who will govern

West Hill, according to Mayor Denis Law. Annexation to Renton was failing by about 10 percent points after the initial release of votes in Tuesday’s general election. At the same time, West Hill residents were voting overwhelmingly to increase their property taxes to preserve fire [ more West Hill page 7 ]

FilmFrenzy V People’s Choice: We really like ghost stories

OUR VETERANS/PageS 10-11 A salute to our veterans

Taking care of those who serve

By DEAN A. RADFORD dradford@rentonreporter.com

By ADAM McFADDEN amcfadden@rentonreporter.com

“Did you serve?” On the streets of Renton, in soup kitchens, in tent cities, this is the question members of the Veterans Affairs Community Housing and Outreach Services are asking. The center at 419 S. Second

A veteran living at the Compass Center admires the view overlooking downtown Renton out of his apartment window. adam mcfadden, Renton Reporter

St. in downtown Renton offers a full array of services for homeless veterans. “Our program gets larger every year,” said housing director Katherine Gerard. “But in a nutshell, we provide outreach to veterans who aren’t engaged in VA services, who are going to shelters and soup

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kitchens, and so forth. We find homeless veterans and connect them to services at the VA.” Once they identify the needy veterans, the center’s employees perform an assessment and see what the next step should be. Paul Mocha, liaison for the VA Grant and Per Diem Program,

said the VA offers a continuum of housing programs, ranging from emergency to permanent residences. The emergency housing is accomplished through partnerships with local agencies. Gerard said [ more veterans page 11 ]

206-949-1696 info@marciemaxwell.com 696186

VA finding a place for homeless vets to live

A trip to a park is sometimes full of surprises. For two best friends, a trip to this Renton “park” brought them face-to-face with a lurking “siff lord.” Their story, as told in the four-minute film “for Renton FilmFrenzy V,” is the winner of the People’s Choice Curvee, determined by online voting at rentonreporter.com The film was produced by Lief Zimmerman of Renton, who will receive the People’s Choice Curvee at the Renton City Council meeting on Nov. 19 from the Renton Reporter. The Best Picture Curvee and other top awards were presented at the Curvee Gala on Oct. 23. The Zimmermans attended the gala; Lief Zimmerman said his daughters [ more FRENZY page 2 ]


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