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Mary Alice Heuschel facing long hours as Inslee’s chief

By DEAN A. RADFORD dradford@rentonreporter.com

Mary Alice Heuschel is already used to the hours she’ll put in as chief of staff to Gov. Jay Inslee.

“It will be 24/7, just like Renton,” she says of the demands The search process of her job as essentially a gatekeeper to

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She’s rented tcompton@rentonreporter.com an apartment in A nationwide search is under Olympia, because way to find the next superinshe doesn’t want to tendent for the Renton School risk getting stuck in District. traffic.

Former schools chief Mary “I know the job is Alice Heuschel left the post and going to be incredbecame Gov. Jay Inslee’s chief ibly demanding on of staff this month. Vera Risdon my time,” she said. was appointed the interim “I’ve the commitsuperintendent. ment to do that.”

Earlier this month the district Husband Gene collected feedback from the com- will stay at their munity via an online survey and Renton home, but held meetings at area schools. she’ll come home on The input will go to Northwest Mary Alice Heuschel introduced then-candidate Jay Inslee last April at the weekends.

Leadership Associates, the search innovative Talbot Hill Elementary School, where he announced he would make schools The Heuschels firm hired to find candidates for have four sons, all of and the future of the state’s children his top priority. Dean a. Radford, Renton Reporter the position. District officials and whom live outside the firm will use the informathe Seattle area. tion to create a profile to solicit Gene is in the Air candidates.

Force in Virginia, The application period will be Brian is a registered open until March 1. The school nurse in Los Angeles, board application screening will Tony is a deputy be March 9. The public will get sheriff in Napa, Cathe chance to listen and take notes on the candidate interviews lif., and Josh owns a April 1, 2 and 4 at a location to be business in Spokane.

Heuschel has determined by the district. resigned from all The new superintendent will the organizations to be offered the position on April which she belonged 17 and they will report to the statewide and in post July 1.

Renton, including Rotary Club. But she plans to join the Olympia chapter and will come Mary Alice Heuschel flew with the Blue Angels in August 2011. Renton School District back for the CAPER auction.

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SPEEA readies contract, strike vote

By DEAN A. RADFORD dradford@rentonreporter.com

Ballots will go out in the mail the week of Feb. 4 to Boeing’s engineers and technical workers for a vote on a contract union negotiators are recommending they reject.

Also on the ballot will be a strike-authorization vote.

The Bargaining Unit Council of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA), IFPTE Local 2001, met this week with negotiating teams.

“While extending the contract is easy to understand – the issues behind recommending rejection are not,” said Bill Dugovich, a SPEEA spokesman.

“Much of what is wrong with the contracts is what is not in them. We asked Boeing for protections against the possible ‘scrap the cap’ and Medicare age eligibility changes.”

Those issues if unresolved could leave thousands unable to retire early or if they are retired, facing the need to go buy their own medical insurance, he said.

Negotiations ended last week after each side presented its final and best offer.

SPEEA will mail roughly 23,000 ballots; members will then have 10 days to return the ballots, according to Dugovich. The ballots will be counted at SPEEA’s Tukwila headquarters.

“If strike authorization is granted, then there is seven-days wait before the teams could call members out to strike,” Dugovich said.

A majority, plus one vote, is necessary for passage of the measures.

In October 96 percent of SPEEA members rejected Boeing’s initial offer.

Boeing has been meeting with SPEEA members in the workplace about its contract offer. SPEEA representatives also will fan out to talk about the contract.

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They often make donations because somebody they trust asked them to. They never delve any further into how the organization operates, even though they just turned over some of their hard-earned cash. We wouldn’t buy a big-screen TV that way. If you bought a TV and it didn’t work, you would take it back and perhaps never shop at that store again. Making a donation isn’t as clear cut. Once we write that check, we really don’t know what happens to it. We just have faith that it will be used in the way we intended. So, why don’t we take the time to get to know our charities better? After all, when we make a donation, we don’t get anything nearly as tangible in return as a big-screen TV. I would argue that as donors, we not only have the right to know more about our charities, we have a responsibility. I would

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Many years ago, the Association of Fundraising Professionals developed what they call the “Donor Bill of Rights.” This document was created in order to set a standard

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The annual “Neighbor to Neighbor” Forum, sponsored by the City of Renton Neighborhood Program, is Saturday, Feb. 9.

The meeting is a chance for neighborhood association leaders to explore new ways for neighbors to get and stay connected. The theme is “Getting Involved, Staying Involved,” with guest speaker John Galluzzo, a Renton businessman and activist.

The forum is 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m. at the Renton Senior Activity Center, 211 Burnett Ave. N. Refreshments and a chance to meet with others begins at 8 a.m.

For more information or to RSVP, contact Norma McQuiller, Neighborhood Program coordinator, at 425-430-6595, or Wendy Kirchner Neighborhood Program assistant, at 425-430-6594.

Saluting community members with funds The Renton Community Foundation celebrated by donating more than $30,000 to Renton teachers and staff and local organizations at its 13th Annual Circle of Giving Awards Celebration Jan. 16.

The event is called “Hats Off to Giving.” The grants were handed out by interim school Superintendent Vera Risdon and campaign co-chair King Parker. The grants were made possible by personal donations of $1,000 or more from community and business leaders.

Grants of $100 to $1,000 went to 20 Renton teachers or groups of staff and totaled $8,500. The money will be used to purchase mathematics and reading materials, science laboratory equipment and other supplies.

The foundation members selected the 15 projects out of 104 teachers and staff, who made requests totaling $78,000 through the Circle of Giving grant application process.

“Circle of Giving is an unusual fundraising campaign,” said Larry Warren, foundation board president.

“The donors who make gifts of $1,000 or more are the ones who decide how to split up the money.”

Three additional school projects were funded by the O.J. Harper Engineering Children’s Needs Fund, thanks to work by the fund adviser Pat Auten.

This year, Communities in Schools Renton, Kiwanis Clothes Bank, the Salvation Army, Renton Rotary Food

King Parker (seated) presents the grant award winners of The Renton Community Foundation’s annual Circle of Giving Awards. Parker is co-chair of the philanthropic organization’s giving campaign. Submitted, Kasey Winter

The Next Curve Fund grant winners feature the Renton History Museum, Evergreen City Ballet and Birthday Dreams among others pictured here. submitted, Kasey Winter

Bank, Allied Arts of Renton and others received grants.

These grants would be used for everything from supporting the 50th anniversary for Allied Arts of Renton with their Fall Family Concert, to providing recreational scholarships for the city’s Community Services Department, to supporting

homeless families at the Way Back Inn and Vision House.

The Renton History Museum, Evergreen City Ballet and Birthday Dreams also received a total of $7,250 in grants from Rebecca Cherney from The Next Curve Fund.

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I met my guide, Ryan Zulauf, City of Renton airport manager, at offices situated below the bottom of the control tower.

The office is adorned with black and white photos from the 1940s and 50s — I quickly learned that Zulauf has a passion for aviation history. Fortunately, he has made it his personal mission to preserve the airport’s history . . . on a very tight budget.

Renton Airport is self-sustaining and doesn’t require taxpayer money. Their task each year is to protect civil aviation, create wealth in the local communities and to make enough money to replace worn out infrastructure — no easy task. Most of the current buildings were constructed in the 1950s.

The airport relies on tenant fees and grants to generate enough income to pay for annual operations and maintenance of air field and infrastructure.

Renton Airport’s humble origins began in 1922 as a small dirt landing strip for mail deliveries and at the time was surrounded by both the Cedar and Black rivers. Today, Carolyn Ossorio

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My New Year’s Resolution this year was to get out of my comfort zone and challenge myself to go after “bigger” stories in Renton.

So I decided to check out the Renton Airport.

I had heard an urban legend a few years ago that celebrities (in this case Tiger Woods) and also corporate tycoons fly into our little airport for the anonymity and convenience: no security checks, long lines, baggage hassles or paparazzi.

Is it possible that there is this whole other world going on in Renton that few of us are privileged to know about?

I was game to find out.

Besides, I was curious to see if there had been any progress on the new aerospace training facility that was slated

A 737, as seen from the Renton Municipal Airport control tower, rumbles toward a takeoff. carolyn ossorio only remnants of the Black River remain.

In the 40s Boeing built warplanes at Renton Airport that helped America win World War II and then after the war, Boeing chose Renton as the place to build the 707, making Renton the birthplace of the commercial airplane industry.

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“Can I take a picture?” I asked.

“Not in here,” Zulauf said, referring to the inside of the control tower.

“But we can go outside. I hope you’re not afraid of heights.”

I followed Zulauf out of a tiny little square door inside the control tower that had the look and feel like the door in “Being John Malkovich.”

Situated up high, midway on the airfield, for obvious reasons the control tower has the best seat in the house. And there I was standing outside her balcony in the frigid cold, throwing distance from a line of 737 all lined up like freshly baked bread waiting for their first test flight.

After getting clearance from the control tower, a still-silver 737 taxis down the runway toward its first take off as I watch from my perch by the control tower window.

“This is the closest you can get to something like this,” Zulauf said.

I was half listening, totally absorbed in that marvelous sense of wonder when witnessing at close range human achievement that makes you feel both incredibly small and large as you witness a modern marvel speed like a bullet toward the edge of Lake Washington. It blasts off effortlessly, up, up and away.

“Think of Pro Flight as an aviation hotel,” Zulauf said, as we pulled up to a shiny beautiful new building — a site for sore eyes at the Renton Airport. “And Diane Paholke owner of Pro Flight as an ambassador to Renton,” Zulauf said.

I met Diane at the reception desk of her new state-of-the art aviation center. Diane’s been building her fixed-base operation at the Renton Airport for more than 19 years. Her latest development is her new 28,000- square-foot building of which she gave me a tour.

Pro Flight is a thriving hub of aviation amenities. Pilot instruction, aircraft rental (they have nine aircraft on site) airplane maintenance, fueling (the only place to fill up at the airport) and they also take care of high-end clients like corporate executives and celebrities.

But if I wanted to get the dish on any of Pro Flights celebrity clients or corporate executives, it didn’t take long for me

to learn that Diane was as tight-lipped about her clients as the smoking man character in “The X Files.”

It wasn’t going to happen.

“Word of mouth is everything in the business of high-end aviation. These clients’ anonymity and discretion is part of what they’re paying for,” Diane explained.

Zulauf and I finished the tour in the parking lot of the old Chamber of Commerce building and the future site of the Central Sound Aerospace Training Center.

“What are they doing down there?” I asked pointing to a lot of construction hubbub below the chamber site. Workmen using heavy equipment were in the process of building three new jet-blast deflectors and essentially adding five more parking spaces for completed 737s.

“Well that’s a good sign that Boeing will be sticking around for a while,” I said.

“Yes,” Zulauf replied. “And it’s our job to build a new state-of-the-art training center here.” He pointed to the old chamber building.

“We have created a culture that is not easy to replicate: the finest engineers, manufacturers, mechanics and assembly folks that know how to build airplanes. It’s our job to ensure that the culture and knowledge that has been gained over the decades of building the finest airplane in the world is passed on here. If you want to capture somebody’s mind . . . you capture their heart. And there’s no better way to do that than to see the finished product from the window of this new training facility.”

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Eastside corridor offers region chance for trails, transit

By JANE HAGUE AND LARRY PHILIPS King County Council

After a decade of work, King County and our regional partners have an unprecedented opportunity to provide transportation and recreational connections to our East and South King County communities. Stretching from Renton to Woodinville, in an area already confined geographically between water and mountains, the 42-mile Eastside Rail Corridor (ERC) is a priceless public passageway. Now that its final acquisition has been completed, we must ensure that the region succeeds in maximizing its value and usage for the benefit of all King County residents.

Acquisition of the ERC means the possibility of creating a north-south public transportation corridor and turning a patchwork of dozens of small trails into a regional system connecting hundreds of miles of trail. Imagine riding light rail or a commuter train down this corridor and completely avoiding the snarling I-405 traffic.

Imagine a future where you cannot only bicycle east from the Burke-Gilman trail through serene farmlands and wine country, but continue north to the lovely Snohomish County trails or go south through the key economic centers and charming suburbs.

So, how do we fulfill this vision? Acquisition of this corridor represents incredible partnerships between both public entities and public and private stakeholders. At King County, we have determined that a regional planning process will be critical for properly coordinating plans between the public and private entities that have a legal stake in the county’s portion of this corridor: King County, Sound Transit, the cities of Kirkland and Redmond, and Puget Sound Energy.

This regional group will create a work program and outreach process to acquire input from the public as well as all of the jurisdictions located along the corridor.

A key outcome will be coordination and cooperation of corridor use for the betterment of our community and the taxpayers who will contribute to all of the potential uses. After all, future funding to pay for trail, transit, and utility infrastructure will all come from the same taxpayers and ratepayers. So, let’s make sure that we keep those costs as low as possible through good coordination.

We are known as a region of highly educated and innovative people who provide for a vibrant local economy. Thanks to regional cooperation, we now have a flagship acquisition to underscore our regional image.

We are planting the seeds for unmatched

regional transportation connections and recreational opportunities to meet future population growth throughout King County. Let’s work together on a plan for bringing to fruition a corridor of our collective dreams. Let’s ensure that our children and grandchildren will have a wonderful array of travel options through dense urban centers and beautiful open spaces.

Please join us in making this vision of the Eastside Rail Corridor a reality.

Jane Hague is vice chair of the Metropolitan King County Council and represents Bellevue and Kirkland. Larry Phillips is chair of King County’s Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee and a member of the Sound Transit Board.

The Dreamliner will still live up to its name Don’t believe everything you read about the demise of Boeing because of the grounding of the 787 Dreamliner.

Certainly, no one wants an unsafe plane, which apparently is not the case here.

But just remember that the premier airplane builder in the world is trying to figure out what has gone wrong with those batteries and the 787 comes equipped with all sorts of back-up systems.

Still, the public deserves assurances and the FAA needs to do its due-diligence, too, which, frankly, it should have done in the first place.

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Lynn Wallace, who has nearly 20 years of Chamber of Commerce experience, is the new president and CEO of the Renton Chamber of Commerce.

For the past two years, Wallace has been the president and CEO of the Southwest King County Chamber of Commerce, which represents the business communities of Tukwila, Burien, SeaTac and Des Moines.

She replaces Bill Taylor, who retired as Renton chamber president and CEO last May. Sabrina Mirante, who has been interim Lynn Wallace president and CEO, will resume her previous job as the Renton chamber’s chief operating officer.

“Lynn is a very qualified individual and will make a great addition to an already great staff,” said past Renton Chamber

Board Chair Jason Parker. “I am really looking forward to the future.”

Wallace began her chamber career in 1984 at the Lewiston, Idaho, chamber as the operations manager. She then moved to Astoria, Ore., as the chamber’s executive director. She developed a tourism and marketing plan for the coastal community as the timber and fishing industries dwindled.

She then served 10 years as the president and CEO of the Eastern Pierce County Chamber, representing Puyallup and Sumner. The chamber reached a record 1,000 members. The chamber managed the Puyallup Farmers Market, which grew into the third-largest market in Washington.

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Larry leaves us as he lived, a good man who made the world a much better place.

Born and raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee he left home to join the Air Force and serve in the Korean War. Upon returning to the states he swept his beautiful British bride Dorothy off her feet and they had a wonderful 56 years together. He later moved to Renton and began his career as a CPA and practiced for 32 years until his retirement in 1995.

He is survived by his wife Dorothy, his children Peter Wood (Beverly), Glenn Wood (Donna), and Shari Wood-Richardson; his grandchildren Stefan, Colin, Craig, Amanda, Jesse, Niccole and Zoe. Viewing Friday, January 25 from 12:00 pm-5:00 pm at Greenwood Memorial Park, 350 Monroe Ave NE, Renton, WA. There will be a memorial service on Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 1:00 pm, Newport Presbyterian Church, 4010 120th Ave SE, Bellevue, WA. Memorial contributions can be made to the American Heart Association or Newport Presbyterian Church.

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magazines. Aalund has been the instructor at Hazen for just two years. She was hired after former instructor Gary Grossman retired. He started the class about a decade ago.

Students work in a converted sheet-steal fabrication shop that was used for construction trades in the 1960s.

The classroom is in need of renovation, with sinks with rusted holes and corroded countertops, said Aalund.

But they make do with what they have for now.

“It’s such a breath of fresh air to have a student that is that determined,” she said of José. “He’s willing to work really hard toward his goal and that is just so refreshing and so wonderful to see. I just want to support that in anyway I can.”

Right now his teacher is trying to find him scholarships, while José seriously considers pursuing jewelry design as a career. Because he likes to work with his hands, he used to want to be a chef. He’s moved away from that now and has even more support from his family.

After placing at the state competition, it gave him confidence and solidified his family’s belief in his talent.

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José entered the Saul Bell competition with a silver necklace he made using this technique. He learned how to make one of the intricate beads first, then made the entire piece graduating the beads in size. He is amazed by the hard work he’s put into pieces for Aalund’s class and loves the problem-solving skills it’s taught him.

“It makes you proud,” José said. “You don’t even have to show it to anyone. You don’t have to get money for it; you just look at it. It’s amazing to look at.”

He’s not the only one who thinks so. Aalund’s art class erupted when José brought the necklace in for her to review one day. Students remarked at the commercial marketability of the piece and asked if José could make them one.

“José is just one of those amazing students,” said his instructor. “He’s multi-lingual. If he were to choose to go into the jewelry business – he would really be able to just select where he wants to go.”

José speaks Portuguese and about 70 percent of gemstones in the world market are coming out of Brazil right now, said Aalund.

Her student would make a prime candidate for American jewelry manufacturers, who work with dealers in Brazil and Argentina, she said.

Aalund’s been in the jewelry industry for a long time and knows what she’s talking about. She was the fine jewelry designer at Nordstrom for 12 years. She’s taught at the University of Washington and also edited national jewelry

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• Business Education teachers at the Secondary Learning Center brought in community partners to participate in mock employment interviews where students learn how to interview for jobs. Representatives from local businesses and the Renton Chamber of Commerce participated in the interviews.

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• Two students in the district’s H.O.M.E. program recently won the People’s Choice Award as part of the annual Renton Film Frenzy competition for amateur filmmakers.

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A Tribute to the Superintendent

AT LEFT: Mary Alice Heuschel speaks of her six years with the Renton schools, between meetings and getting her office packed up in early January. Dean A. Radford, Renton Reporter ABOVE: Dr. Heuschel helps students at Highlands Elementary with backpacks in September 2008. Renton School District

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She’s leaving Renton’s schools in good hands as she takes on critical state issues as Inslee’s chief of staff

By DEAN A. RADFORD dradford@rentonreporter.com

It’s hard to say no to a governor, but Mary Alice Heuschel wasn’t going to leave the Renton School District behind if it wasn’t in good hands.

It is and Heuschel is now chief of staff for Gov. Jay Inslee.

Heuschel, 51, will bring a lot of Renton with her to Olympia, from her ability to build a team around common goals to measuring whether those goals have been achieved – and being up-front when they haven’t.

Inslee had to pass muster with Heuschel, too, who is essentially gatekeeper to Inslee’s time, making sure it’s used effectively. All state department heads will report to her.

“This is a big move for me,” Heuschel said, one she didn’t seek out. “I would not and did not take this position lightly in any way, shape or form when he first approached me about doing this.”

Inslee initially appointed Heuschel as one of three leaders of his transition to the Governor’s Office.

Heuschel explained why she took the job in answering a question about partisanship in Washington, D.C. Inslee was elected

eight times to serve as a U.S. congressman from Washington.

What she has seen and learned about Inslee are the reasons she took the job – his “absolute commitment” to the state and his “total understanding” of the need to work collaboratively across the aisle in Olympia to move the state forward.

“The voters have spoken, this is the work, and we need to make Washington the best

place it can be for the people of the state of Washington. That’s why he’s doing it, or I wouldn’t have said yes,” she said.

While serving as chief of staff to a governor wasn’t in her career plans, serving as the superintendent of either the Renton School District or the Tacoma School District was.

Heuschel has worked in Olympia before, as deputy superintendent of public instruction. It was there that she played a key role in developing the state’s student assessments, including the Washington Assessment of Student Learning, and in implementing the federal No Child Left Behind law.

Heuschel worked for state school Superintendent Terry Bergeson for six years, including running the office while Bergeson ran for her second term.

But Heuschel still had unfinished business. She wanted to complete her doctorate degree and she wanted to fill a gap in her resume, that of school superintendent at the local level.

So she stepped down as Bergeson’s deputy as Bergeson was preparing to run for a third term and started researching school districts. She settled on Renton’s and Tacoma’s and became a finalist for superintendent in both districts in 2006.

Renton and Tacoma were on a similar timeline; Heuschel said she didn’t want to pin one district against the other.

Near the end of the selection process, the Tacoma School Board asked to see all the original applications, which delayed an interview with the community by almost a week. In that week Heuschel got a call from Al Talley, then Renton School Board president, and she was offered the Renton job, which she accepted. She replaced Dolores Gibbons.

Tacoma had time to consider another applicant in her place, she said.

Talley had this to say about Heuschel when she came on board for the start of the 2006-2007 school year: “Our newly hired superintendent, Dr. Mary Alice Heuschel, is committed to providing education in a manner that offers opportunity for every child, at every school, every day.”

In an interview with the Renton Reporter, Heuschel said she would have a “very specific focus” on math, with the goal of improving student achievement.

“Renton will become the poster child for how to make that happen,” she said in the interview. [ more Heuschel page B3 ]

A tribute from the president of the Renton School Board

Dr. Heuschel: A leader of uncommon talent, energy, integrity

By Lynn Desmarais

Dr. Mary Alice Heuschel’s time with us has been about building on a legacy of strong leadership and commitment to the Renton School District community.

We knew her to be a leader of uncommon talent, ability, clear vision, energy and

integrity who was uniquely suited to taking on this challenge because of her experience leading the statewide education reform work at OSPI. From the beginning, Mary Alice validated that we chose our superintendent very well.

Mary Alice’s predecessors, Drs. Gary Kohlwes and Dolores Gibbons, have a

legacy of setting our facilities plan on a path to rebuilding and renovation, as well as strengthening and building community partnerships, and establishing a firm foundation for the education reform work.

That work continued during Mary Alice’s tenure, and has included completion the Secondary Learning Center and Honey-

dew Elementary School. The new Early Childhood Education Center will open this fall, and the new middle school 2-1/2 years from now. And, her connections regionally, statewide and nationally added new dimensions to the partnerships that benefit our schools in many ways. [ more tribute page B4 ]

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What does it mean to have Ahead of the Curve Schools?

It’s a community passionate about education and each student’s success. It’s amazing teachers and staff.

And it’s an outstanding superintendent.

Under the leadership of Dr. Mary Alice Heuschel, Renton schools are a national model of success.

The Renton School District has a 94% high school graduation rate — significantly above the Washington average of 76.5%. There’s also been a double-digit increase in student scores on state math and science tests at every grade level.

77% of funding goes for classroom instruction (Washington State average is 70%). Only 7% of the budget for district administration. The district has received a decade of awards for financial management and reporting.

Thank you Dr. Heuschel for your incredible leadership and best wishes as you join Gov. Inslee’s administration.

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‘The team here is phenomenal’ This is what the School Board had to say, in part, in her final evaluation in early January: “Mary Alice’s ‘fierce focus’ emphasis on student achievement had been her highest priority, and has become the district culture. She has established a team structure that allows the instructional strategy/assessment process to take place in a systemic way, and ensures that program evaluation and improvement plans are data-driven.”

Test scores and graduation rates have improved in the last six years. Still, Heuschel isn’t completely satisfied.

“We still have a long way to go,” she said.

But Heuschel said one reason she was able to accept Inslee’s offer is that she has 100 percent confidence the capacity in the district – “the team here is phenomenal” – is built and a system is in place “for Renton to continue its work.” And she calls the Renton community “amazing.”

“I have full expectations that specifically in mathematics that those successes will continue in the coming years,” she said.

Heuschel would not have accepted Inslee’s offer three years ago, just like she turned down other job opportunities. “I had no desire to leave Renton,” she said.

But “it’s just hard to say no to the governor for this kind of position,” she said.

So what was different three years ago, halfway through her tenure as Renton superintendent?

“In my mind that within three years we could move the system, but three years ago our capacity wasn’t sufficient that our achievement results would soar. I have that now,” she said.

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• August 2009, district forced to cut fifth-grade band and orchestra program due to budget restrictions • January 2010, Heuschel and Bob Bridge solicit thousands of dollars from Boeing, the Seattle Seahawks and Bob Bridge Toyota for a new Renton School District foundation.

• November 2010, Heuschel named Washington’s 2011 Superintendent of the Year.

• 2011, Heuschel tries for a spot on the Public Hospital District No.1 Board of Commissioners, but loses the election to Dr. Paul Joos.

• January 2011, Heuschel selected as one of the top four finalist in the running for 2011 National Superintendent of the Year.

• August 2011, Heuschel flies into the wild blue yonder with the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels. She was nominated as a regional Key Influencer by the local Navy Command Office.

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• April 2012, Heuschel meets Jay Inslee, Democratic contender for governor for this first time. Inslee unveils his plans for the state’s education system at Talbot Hill Elementary School.

• April 17, 2012, $97 million schoolimprovement bond measure passed with 61 percent of the vote. Funds for constructing a new middle school, rebuilding the Lindberg High Pool, replacement of portable buildings and other school improvements.

• September 2012, Honey Dew Elementary School opens as a full kindergarten through fifth-grade school to alleviate crowding in the district.

• September 2012, the Secondary Learning Center, the district’s non-traditional high school program, opens on the site of Black River High School. Black River housed the program since 1980.

• September 2012, Briarwood Elementary reopens to a new facility after a makeover provided by a 2006 bond measure.

• November 14, 2012, Heuschel named as one of the three co-chairs on Gov.-elect Jay Inslee’s transition team.

• Nov. 30, 2012, Heuschel named as Inslee’s chief of staff.

• January 2013, Heuschel takes office as Inslee’s chief of staff after he is sworn in as governor.

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tively, she said.

“It takes a long time to change culture, to change and build capacity of staff,” she said, requiring “a huge commitment of everybody.”

“When professionals see that it is effective and it works, then they own it, they do it. You don’t have to tell them. They do that work because they are in it for the right reasons,” she said.

There’s another reason why Heuschel may have turned down Inslee.

In 2011, Heuschel ran for an open seat on Board of Commissioners of Public Hospital District No. 1, eventually losing to Dr. Paul Joos.

A victory would have presented her with “an interesting dilemma,” she said.

“It would have been a game changer because when I did that, I made a commitment. And I keep my commitments. I likely would have had to turn down the opportunity.”

Any disappointments Heuschel has had in her six years have had to do with the district’s budget.

“If we had more resources from the very beginning, I think Renton could have been where they will be in two to five years sooner,” she said.

Major cuts to basic support of education have been a disappointment, she said.

As Inslee’s chief policy adviser, Heuschel will be intimately involved in how the state addresses the state Supreme Court’s McLeary decision, which mandates massive spending to fund basic education.

“The McLeary decision has helped to stave off some of those kinds of devastating cuts,” she said, but the state isn’t in a position to immediately return state funding to where it needs to be.

“And so the longer it takes to do that, the longer it will take for our state to see what we should expect of student achievement in the public education system,” she said.

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www.rentonreporter.com A tribute from the mayor of Renton

She made the city a better place It is my honor to pay tribute to Dr. Mary Alice Heuschel, an individual whose dedication and contributions to the Renton community are exceptional.

We have been fortunate to have such a dynamic and dedicated leader who has given her time and talent to make our city a better place.

As the superintendent of the Renton School District, Dr. Heuschel has guided the district through many challenges and many accomplishments. With collaboration and problem solving, the district has experienced a steady increase in academic scores for students and significantly closed the achievement gap among different groups of students.

During her tenure here in Renton, Dr. Heuschel has been a leader and contributor to the success of a number of key community initiatives and programs. Representing the school district, she has been a vital partner and stakeholder for Renton’s community marketing campaign and helped guide its success. Thanks to her

leadership Friends of Renton Schools has raised more than $450,000 and helped improve student learning.

She has participated in a number of local community organizations including the Renton Community Foundation, Renton Rotary, the Business Education Exchange, and the Renton Chamber of Commerce.

I am particularly grateful to Dr. Heuschel for her partnership with the city to build an accessible playground in Renton. This is the first joint development project between the City of Renton and the Renton School District and, once completed, this all-inclusive playground will provide an environment where all children, including their families and caregivers, can challenge their minds and bodies and will provide opportunities for different generations to play and learn together.

We are confident that in her new role as chief of staff for Gov. Jay Inslee, she will continue her tireless service and dedication to our state and be a champion for the Renton community. I look forward to working closely with her in her new role and wish her all the best.

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Since her first day on the job, Mary Alice Heuschel developed, enhanced and furthered the scholastic and community stature of the Renton School District.

As the daughter of a registered nurse, her childhood orientation into healthcare issues gave her the practical foundation and interest to work with Valley Medical Center, which included her participation on our Consumer’s Advisory Committee which ultimately

made the recommendation to pursue an alliance with UW Medicine . . . the largest and most distinguished academic medical enterprise in the Pacific Northwest.

While Mary Alice’s leadership role within the Renton community has facilitated myriad accomplishments, of equal note is the professional and positive attitude she exudes on a day-to-day basis as both she and the school district achieved their remarkable results.

Mary Alice is a savvy and talented leader among leaders and she will be sincerely missed!

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[ tribute from page B1] Mary Alice’s core beliefs are that every student deserves an excellent teacher, and every school, an excellent principal, and that a comprehensive system of improvement must be based on proven, data-driven educational strategies. Districtwide, teachers and administrators have embraced the school improvement initiatives, strengthened their skills through professional development, established common goals, practices and dialog. And the result? The district has moved far in terms of equity of opportunity for our students; students at every grade level are realizing great gains on state math and science tests, with 70 percent of elementary schools seeing test score improvements of 20 percent to 44 percent last year; elementary students reading and comprehending at grade level by third grade; nearly 98 percent of those middle school students taking algebra to prepare for higher-level math in high school passed their course; and the number of high school students taking Advanced Placement classes increasing by 71 percent this year; and of course, our 93 percent extended graduation rate.

You may wonder how such progress could have been made in recent years, as school districts have faced ever-tightening and less predictable financial resources. Our student population is increasingly diverse in terms of ethnicity, economic disparity, culture and language, behavior and ability, and life experiences. Mary Alice and her staff have been successful in bringing in several million dollars in grant money to pilot effective classroom strategies, which then became models for implementation across the district. One example is a $3 million grant from the Seattle Foundation to cover the cost of “academic liaisons,” specialists who closely monitor middle school students for attendance and grade issues. These factors have been proven to be among the early predictors of drop-out potential – the liaisons have the flexibility to intervene and provide support to help students be successful.

Dr. Heuschel’s contributions to education in the Renton School District are very deep and will be far-reaching for our students – we are grateful for her time here and her dedication to our community.

Thank you Dr. Heuschel for your years of service to the Renton School District.

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Disorderly man tasered twice by police Hunt for missing purse

The following information was compiled based on City of Renton Police reports.

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Several people called 911 to report a disorderly man in a parking lot on Jan. 1.

The 31-year-old man was reportedly yelling “I will kill you” and punching out vehicle windows. He knocked over a motorcycle and was trying to break out another vehicle window with a bottle of alcohol.

When police arrived about 12:47 a.m., they saw the man throw a bottle and run away. Police finally caught up with the man several minutes later and he refused their commands to get on the ground and show his hands. Police did not know if the man was armed and because of his earlier threats and noncompliance, they tasered him. Police tasered the man a second time because he continued to resist them.

The man was arrested for obstruction of a public servant and malicious mischief.

Police were called to a laundromat on Harrington Avenue N.E. for a report of a stolen purse on Dec. 30.

A 30-year-old Renton woman told police she believed an unknown female stole her pink, Coach purse while she was washing her clothes at about 5:45 p.m. The woman thinks the other female stole her purse while it was sitting on top of one of the machines and she had her back to the unknown woman. The 30-year-old noticed the unidentified woman leaving the laundromat quickly after that.

The purse contained $700 of rent money, her bank card and identification. Another customer said he believed he knew where the suspect lives and directed police to an apartment close by. The man said he saw another female quickly putting clothing in a shopping cart, not folding them and leaving. He believed she was concealing the purse underneath the clothes.

Police went down the street to where the

about threats that had been made to the victim and witnesses by associates of the defendant. The detective said he observed Holloway angrily staring at the victim in the courtroom. The detective told the man he needed to stop staring.

“The defendant brazenly assaulted a police officer in the middle of the courthouse,” wrote deputy prosecutor Karissa Taylor in the charging papers. “During the struggle, a deputy prosecutor came to the aid of the officer and was kicked, and his suit jacket ripped.”

Taylor wrote that Holloway and a friend were in court to attend the drive-by shooting trial of Robert Isabel, a confirmed Deuce 8 gang member.

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Decision expected on who will repair levee

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The King County Flood Control District Executive Committee expects to decide within two weeks whether to choose the city of Kent or King County plan to spend millions of dollars to repair a 2.7-mile stretch of a Green River levee to improve flood protection and reduce insurance costs to businesses.

The levee helps protect from flooding about $650 million worth of property and 18,400 jobs at a variety of businesses in Kent, Tukwila and Renton, including the Boeing Space Center, the Starbucks Roasting Plant, IKEA and the Alaska Airlines Call Center, according to Kent officials.

The four-member committee heard a one-hour report Wednesday at the King County Courthouse in Seattle by a third-party consultant it hired to help resolve a dispute between Kent and the county about the best way to repair the Briscoe-Desimone Levee that runs from South 200th Street to South 180th Street.

Kent proposes to install a flood wall at an estimated cost of $17 million. The county proposes a setback levee with estimated costs of $420 million to $920 million because of the need to buy property and reconfigure roads.

Robert Gilbert, a University of Texas professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, was hired for $25,000 by

the flood district as an independent consultant to review the two proposals.

Metropolitan King County Councilwoman Julia Patterson, who serves on the flood district executive committee along with county council members Reagan Dunn, Kathy Lambert and Larry Gossett, said she came away much more informed after Gilbert’s report.

“I think the flood district made an excellent decision to bring an outside expert in to bring us additional information and an unbiased perspective,” Patterson said. “I think we do have enough information now that we will be able to move forward with a decision. I don’t know where my

colleagues are and what their decision will be, but it’s time for us to act.”

The committee is expected to meet again in about two weeks during a special meeting to pick a levee repair plan. That recommendation will go to the full flood district board (the nine members of the county council) for approval. Dunn and Patterson expect the full board to follow the recommendation of the committee.

“I believe we have all the information that the experts can possibly provide,” Patterson said.

“That’s the hard part of our job is that now we have to make a decision. But we definitely have a perspective that is different than what we had from either King County

or Kent. It’s added a dimension to the discussion that will allow us to act and within two weeks we will make a decision on how to move forward with that levee.”

Dunn agreed action is needed.

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“It’s definitely one of the top teams we’ve ever had here, just based on their effort and chemistry,” Comer said of this season’s varsity team.

Comer has been head coach at Renton High since 1990. Rashaad Powell is his assistant head coach

who runs the team through practice.

Comer credits his seniors and Powell with “great leadership.”

Powell doesn’t allow any complacency; preparation for the next game begins when the last one ends, says Comer.

“Coach Rashaad. Complacency? No,” says Comer.

Powell tells the team, “You can’t be satisfied with yesterday’s success.”

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Teammates work hard for each other, says Comer, and they won’t let each other fail.

“If failure does occur somewhere, they just pick them up and encourage instead of tearing them down and pointing a finger. That takes them a long ways,” he says.

Maybe the toughest game has been the one against the Lindbergh Eagles on Jan. 4, says Comer. The Indians were ahead by 16 points at one point, but in the fourth quarter, the Eagles had a one- or two-point lead.

The Indians won, 56-51.

The Indians weren’t “off track,” says Comer, it’s that Lindbergh has a good team, coming off a state appearance the year before.

“They almost got the entire thing done,” says Comer.

On defense the Indians play a combination of defenses, but they like to pressure the other team from baseline to baseline, says Comer.

“We have been known for being an uptempo team,” says Comer, but a team can’t maintain that pace an entire game.

Powell has the team playing a variety of offenses and defenses, Comer said.

On offense, the stats show a team that knows how to share the ball.

“The kids are selfless,” said Comer of the balanced scoring. “They don’t care who gets it. Basically, whoever is open gets opportunities.”

It’s not difficult to prepare against opposing teams where two or three players dominate the scoring, he said.

Many coaches will say they want to make the state tournament. Comer isn’t necessarily one of those.

“One of the goals we’ve had here on a consistent basis is just to become the best team we are capable of becoming,” he said. “And we think that winning will take care of itself.”

The goal is to improve as individuals and as a team every day,” he said.

“We can live with the results,” he said. “I think that’s the way, I know for a fact, that these guys are working [ more Indians page 15 ]

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the season and 10-0 in the conference. Wednesday they played Foster, in fourth place, and tonight it’s seventh-place Highline at Renton.

“They love the game.

And the chemistry is great,” says Coach Rick Comer of the seven seniors who start or often start a game – Lavelle Smith, Donovan Saario, Justin Pienh, James Weathington, Jonah Magat, Zack Lee and starting center, Jonathan Patterson.

“They are just enjoying the success they are having,” says their head coach.

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For Coach Powell, who played for Renton High School in the 1990s and went on to play professionally, this season “has been an awesome experience.”

Like Comer, he sees a team blessed with great chemistry and a willingness to work hard – and the team is having a good time.

This is the first time he’s followed a Renton team through all four years of play.

“It’s been an awesome experience with all of them, seeing them grow up into the young men that they are,” he said.

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T-Birds Assistant Coach Darren Rumble will be the lead instructor at the hockey school. T-Birds players taking part as instructors will be announced in mid-July.

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The school consists of six groups: four youth groups: Group A for 6, 7 and 8-year-olds; Group B for 9 and 10-year-olds, Group C for 11 and 12 year-olds and Group D for 13 and 14 year-olds. There will be an adult group for players 18-years-old and older.

For the fourth consecutive year, the T-Birds will have a junior prep group, which will be geared toward 15 to 19-year-old players preparing for their upcoming junior season. The camp will be difficult and challenging and will focus on conditioning and pace.

T-Bird players will be participating in on- and off-ice sessions of the junior prep group. Players interested in the group will be required to call T-Birds Hockey Operations Assistant Jeff Caso at 253-239-7825 to register.

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West Hill to meet fire chief candidates Residents of West Hill will have a chance to meet the six finalists for fire chief of King County Fire District 20 (Skyway Fire) on Sunday, Jan. 27.

The “Meet The Finalists For Fire Chief ” is 1 p.m.-2:30 p.m. at the Fire Training/ Administration Building, 12424 76th Ave. S., Skyway.

Each finalist will have a few minutes to address the audience, then they’ll mingle with those in attendance. There will be comment cards available for audience members to write their comments about the candidates to the fire commissioners.

A similar event was held in October last year with selection of Fire Chief Michael

Sherman. The Fire District and Sherman were unable to come to terms on a contract.

The finalists are: • Richard Chaney, battalion chief with South King Fire & Rescue • Mark Chubb, last position was interim Fire chief of Woodinville Fire & Rescue • Michael Jackson, fire chief, City of Woodland • Kenneth Morgan, recently retired deputy fire chief of Clark County Fire Department in Nevada • James Price – fire chief, Baker City, Ore. • Terry Shields – retired deputy chief of the Phoenix Fire Department

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Imagine “Remembering The Fab Four” – a classy Beatles tribute band – comes to the area for two shows: 2 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 10 at the IKEA Performing Arts Center in Renton; and 7 p.m., Monday, Feb. 11 at the Auburn Performing Arts Center, 700 E. Main St. The band has been performing the music of the Beatles for more than 20 years, nearly three times as long as the Beatles themselves. Imagine has performed around the world, including at the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, the first act to ever perform at the 20,000-seat USANA amphitheater in Salt Lake City and 21 performances at the Shanghai Music Festival in China.

Opening for Imagine will be the local band, The Saltwater Saints, with even more 1960s hit songs.

Imagine, a national touring Beatles tribute show since 1993, is complete with authentic costumes and vintage instruments. Courtesy photo Tickets are $10-25 and available from Brown Paper Tickets, 800-838-3006 or at the door on the day of the concerts.

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A panel of African-American aviation professionals will share their personal stories and discuss career opportunities in aerospace fields. The panel program will begin at 2 p.m., followed by a 2:45 presentation with retired NASA astronaut and Naval aviator, Capt. Robert Curbeam Jr. Curbeam is one of fewer than 20 African-American astronauts. He is a

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There will be an autograph session with Curbeam and the panelists after the lectures. The programs are free with admission to the museum.

The Museum of Flight in Tukwila is at the south end of Boeing Field on East Marginal Way.

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