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FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013
The Road to SIFF: There’s trivia, there’s the gala
City looking at expanding traffic cameras By Brian Beckley bbeckley@rentonreporter.com
Mary Bacaella, left, and Carl Spence, managing director and artistic director, respectively, admire the Roxy Theater sign at the Renton History Museum Tuesday night during the SIFF Renton Preview Film Walk. Dean a. radford, Renton Reporter By Dean A. Radford dradford@rentonreporter.com
The countdown to SIFF has begun in earnest. SIFF is the Seattle International Film Festival and it’s coming to Renton for the third time, May 23-29.
And the Renton Reporter is in full SIFF mode. You’ll find the list of the 19 films screening at SIFF-Renton on pages 14 and 15. The place to be is the Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center. Then there’s a chance to win tickets to the SIFF gala, one of
the best parties in town during the year. Tonight, at 11:59 p.m., our SIFF trivia contest goes live at rentonreporter.com. The top three winners will get two tickets eachi to the gala. And next Friday read everything there is to know about SIFFRenton in our SIFF Film Guide.
The City of Renton is preparing to make some changes to its photo enforcement program, including setting cameras at three additional elementary schools and at the intersection of Benson and Petrovitsky, for red-light emphasis. The City Council’s Public Safety Committee on Monday heard a report from Clark Wilcox, commander of Renton Police Department’s Patrol Services Division on the changes. “That’s my whole The city is looking to add school-zone goal. Protect our children, protect our cameras at Honey Dew Elementary citizens.” Commander on Union Avenue Northeast, Cascade Elementary School on 116th Avenue Clark Wilcox, Renton Southeast and Benson Hill Elementary, Police Department also on 116th Avenue Southeast. According to studies completed by American Traffic Solutions, the company that handles the city’s traffic camera contract, 19 percent of the 1,123 vehicles that passed through the Honey Dew school zone during the morning commute were traveling faster than 26 mph in the 20 mph zone. In the afternoon, it jumped to 23 percent of cars speeding through the zone. “I was shocked when I received Honey Dew’s (statistics),” [ more SIGNALS page 4 ]
Body of Renton dentist is recovered Dr. Mitch Hungate
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The body of Dr. Mitch Hungate, a long-time Renton dentist, was found by searchers on Granite Mountain on
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Snoqualmie Pass early Wednesday morning. Hungate was killed when an avalanche swept him away on April 13. Poor weather conditions and high avalanche danger had prevented
rescue teams from safely continuing the search. His family and friends were at the King County Sheriff ’s Office command post just off Initerstate 90 when his body was found, about halfway
down the avalanche, according to Sgt. Cindi West, a spokeswoman for the Sheriff ’s Office. Hungate, who lives in the Lake Tapps area, had practiced in Renton for about 30 years .
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