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Boysen ‘gives up,’ tells attorneys not to fight if convicted

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Seattle Seahawks training camp gets underway this week. Check out our annual Seahawks Special Section inside for a preview of the upcoming season, a listing of events at this year’s camp and a recap of last season to get you ready for the fall. Above, Head Coach Pete Carroll talks with quaterback Russell Wilson and backup Brady Quinn during minicamp in June. Brian Beckley, Renton Reporter

Michael Chadd Boysen has told his public defenders he doesn’t want them to fight the death penalty if he’s convicted of killing his grandparents.

And he asked a Superior Court judge to dismiss the two counts of aggravated first-degree murder against him in the interests of justice.

He also wants Judge Douglass North to “urgently address” his confinement and treatment in the King County Jail Michael Boysen in Seattle, which his lawyers argue have stripped him of his will to live.

Dan Donohoe, a spokesman for King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg, said Tuesday prosecutors will respond to the dismissal motion at a hearing on Aug. 2.

Boysen’s public defenders, James W. Conroy and Scott Ketterling, filed the motion last week.

Boysen is charged with killing his grandparents Norma and Robert Taylor at their Fairwood home March 9 just hours after they picked him up at the state prison in Monroe.

He was arrested on March 12 in a Lincoln City, Ore., motel after a 10-hour standoff with police. Police found him with multiple self-inflicted stab wounds. [ more Boysen page 7 ]

28th annual Renton River Days gets rolling this weekend with lots to do tcompton@rentonreporter.com

Flamenco Gitana, the Seattle-based flamenco dance company, will be one of the many colorful entertainment groups, featured at this year’s Renton River Days, which kicks off Friday.

“The wonderful thing about flamenco as an art form is that it expresses the totality of the human condition,” said Maria Gitana, company director and dancer. “There’s dances of happiness, dances of loss. There’s

dances for every emotion we share as human beings.”

The Renton History Museum sought out Flamenco Gitana to perform on their sponsored Village Merchants Stage.

Elizabeth Stewart, museum director, was drawn to the performers saying, “The museum supports the event as a way to encourage diverse artistic performances at River Days, and because they are such a dynamic, exciting, and educational troupe.”

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entertainment groups on two stages, during the three-day festival. There will be more than 70 arts and crafts booths, about 65 community information booths, hosted by non-profits and festival sponsors. The 11 food vendors include five new vendors: Crepe Chalet, Kidd Valley, Corn Dogs of the World, Pac Island Grill and Pat’s Philly Steak Sandwiches.

The Renton History Museum will have a booth at Liberty Park during River Days and the museum will be [ more River Days page 7 ]

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Inside DO YOU WANT TO PLAY? Renton’s Lone Shark Games is busy designing fun, new games for the world to play. [ PAGE 9 ] IT’S A GREAT WEEKEND FOR FAMILIES Check out all the fun to be had for kids this weekend at River Days. [ PAGE 8] 22-YEAR-OLD STABBED No charges filed yet in fatal stabbing of Renton man this past weekend. [ PAGE 5 ] GIVING BACK The Alajawan Brown Foundation is again collecting backpacks for kids who need them [ PAGE 4 ] GO HAWKS! Our annual Seahawks Special Section is back, just in time for training camp at the VMAC. [ PAGE S1]

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Car show raises $17,500 for police youth fund

According to Return to Renton Car Show chairman Jim Medzegian, this year’s show raised $17,500 , tying last year’s total.

“This ties our max,” Medzegian said, estimating the show has raised nearly $200,000 over its 22 years.

Renton History Museum opens ‘Defining Spaces’

By Brian Beckley bbeckley@rentonreporter.com

Though usually only focused on the city of Renton and its history, the Renton Historical Museum is branching out this summer with a new exhibit called “Defining Spaces.”

Drawn from the city’s art collection by guest curator Colleen Lenahan, it is the museum’s first art exhibit, as opposed to a solely history-based exhibit, according to Museum Director Liz Stewart.

“This is much more about a sense of place,” she said earlier this month.

The exhibit’s theme, “Picturing the places that shape us,” came together as Lenahan was looking through the city’s collection as she worked toward her Museology degree at the University of Washington.

Lenahan said she wanted to find something for her thesis that would appeal to a broad audience.

“Because it’s a history museum, this audience is not necessarily going to this museum to see art,” she said, adding that she wanted it to “resonate and connect” with the patrons.

So instead of a style or artist, Lenahan chose place as her theme after seeing trends in the city’s art collection.

“As humans, we attach meanings to place that are deeply per-

sonal and stick with us throughout our lives,” she said.

Lenahan split the exhibit into three sections: Indoor spaces, outdoor spaces and abstract spaces.

The third, she said, stretched the concept a little and allowed for a wider range of art to be placed in the museum.

In the exterior, or “Great Outdoors” section, there are paintings as well as a photograph of the Narco Brick Factory, a real place located in California, or “This tree really a dune grass encapsulates that sense of being out painting that in the trees and on Lenahan said the grass.” Liz Stewart, was among her favorites.

Renton History Museum In “The director World Within” the spaces move indoors to locations like a kitchen in “How to Bake a Cake From Scratch,” which is Stewart’s favorite for its bright colors and composition. Another inside space shows a living room with two people silhouetted by the television while a painting of a deer in headlights hangs behind them.

In the abstract section, the spaces are “not necessarily real places,” according to Stewart.

The exhibit ends with the museum’s “Wells Ave. Looking North in 1911” mural. While it is usually visible in the museum, for the

Museum Director Liz Stewart poses near “Park Sense III,” one of the featured pieces at the history museum’s first art show, “Defining Spaces.” Brian Beckley, Renton Reporter current exhibit it is given a sense of prominence as the closer, a real space here in the city that folks can connect with.

But the exhibit’s “signature piece,” according to Stewart, is Park Sense III, an impressionistic painting in outdoor section.

“This painting really encapsulates that sense of being out in the trees and on the grass,” she said.

At the end there is also a feedback wall for patrons to tell the museum what they think.

“Art really is all about starting a conversation,” Lenahan said.

Stewart said the idea is to try and connect people better with

Pattenaude selected for Inslee’s team Damien Pattenaude, the Renton School District’s chief academic officer and most recently principal at Renton High School, has been appointed by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee to serve on the state’s Professional Educator Standards Board.

Accreditation Policy A-5, Public Notification and Third Party Comments Regarding Full-Scale Evaluations Renton Technical College is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU), an institutional accrediting body recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and the United States Department of Education. Institutional accreditation consists of a rigorous process of peer review. As part of that process, a full scale evaluation of the College is conducted by the NWCCU on a seven year cycle. The most recent full scale visit took place in October 2003. Additionally, the College receives regular interim evaluations following the full scale evaluation. The last action by the Commission of the College took place in November 2011 with a Year-One Peer Evaluation.

The next full scale accreditation evaluation for Renton Technical College will take place October 16-18, 2013.

If you would like to send comments relating to the accreditation process for Renton Technical College, direct your correspondence to the NWCCU no later than September 13, 2013.

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities 8060 165th Avenue N.E., Suite 100 Redmond, WA 98052 (425) 558-4224 www.nwccu.org Comments are considered with regard to an institution’s qualification for candidacy or accreditation. Signed comments are forwarded, as received, to the institution, evaluation committee, and the Commission. Instructions on how to obtain a copy of the Commission Policy A-5, Public Notification and Third Party Comments Regarding Full-Scale Evaluations (either via the Standards and Policies and then Operational Policies links on the Commission’s website (www.nwccu.org), or by contacting the Commission office at 425/558-4224).

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educators throughout their school experience.

Inslee expressed his trust in Pattenaude’s competence, ability and the ethical approach needed to help set clear and high standards to ensure all children achieve at high levels at annoucement.

the world around them and with Renton as a place and she is hoping the exhibit appeals to a large audience, especially those who would not normally visit the history museum.

Lenahan also hopes the exhibit moves people.

“Art is just a way to think about things differently,” she said. “We always see the world through our own eyes but through art we can see in different ways.”

The exhibit runs through Aug. 31.

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Alajawan Brown Foundation again collecting backpacks Walker was sentenced to 50 years in prison in March 2012.

For three years, the Browns have endeavored to make something good out of their son’s death.

Alajawan Brown Alajawan wanted to make a difference in his community, his mother said, and that’s what she and Louis are trying to do through the foundation.

“Everything is going right back into the community,” she said.

Last year through donations and other efforts, the foundation collected about

By DEAN A. RADFORD dradford@rentonreporter.com

The Alajawan Brown Foundation will collect school supplies and backpacks Friday at Sam’s Club for kids who need them.

The foundation was created by Ayanna and Louis Brown, whose son was shot to death on April 29, 2010, at a 7-11 store on Martin Luther King Jr. Way where he had just gotten off a bus.

Alajawan was 12 years old when Curtis Walker shot him in the back, thinking the child was involved in gang dispute at a nearby apartment complex in which a friend of Brown’s was shot.

1,000 backpacks for the kids of West Hill and beyond.

The Browns will collect the donations, including cash, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday (July 26) at Sam’s Club, 901 S. Grady Way, Renton. Anyone who can’t donate on Friday can bring backpacks and supplies to the Fire District 20 station, 12417 76th Ave. S., Skyway, which is partnering with the foundation.

This year the goal is 1,200 backpacks, which will be distributed in August.

“Our main focus is the West Hill community, but we aren’t turning anyone way,” she said. A child must accompany an adult for each backpack, she said.

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Kathy was born in Seattle on August 8, 1947 and left our world on June 21, 2013.

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Brown and two other mothers who have lost a child to violence spoke at special event at the Seahawks headquarters in Renton. They thought they would speak with at-risk children and young adults.

But in the crowd were people “who run the streets,” Brown said, including one man who told her he recruited Walker into gang life.

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Delora Grace McLendon was born November 21, 1927 during an evacuation of lower Dayton, Washington during a Touchet River flood, the daughter of Ivan and Austie Munden, Del passed away peacefully at her Seattle home Sunday morning July 21, 2013 where she lived with her husband Bob of 64 years.

The youngest of four children, “Honey” spent her childhood in the Dayton apple orchards, sorted peas and built apple boxes at the Green Giant Cannery, looked for golf balls at the fairgrounds and picked huckleberries in the Blue Mountains.

Soon after graduating from Pietrzycki High School, she moved to Seattle to be a caregiver for a family friend and to attend GriffinMurphy Business College. After graduation she worked for seven years at the Safeway Corporate Office in Seattle.

Del and Bob met on a blind date in late 1948 and married six months later when Bob was attending the University of Washington.

After Bob’s graduation, Bob and Del moved to the Bryn Mawr neighborhood of south Seattle to raise their family. Always wanting to help others, Del spent over 40 years working for the family business, McLendon Hardware, at the Renton and Sumner locations.

Del’s grandchildren Brandon, Ben, Zane and Lexie and greatgrandchildren Ashlyn and Aiva, were her pride and joy. They all loved “nanny” so much.

Catching the horse races at Emerald Downs, latch hook, word puzzles, indoor gardening and stocking the shelves at any McLendon Hardware she was visiting at the time were some of Del’s favorite pastimes.

Del was preceded in death by her father Ivan when she was three years old, her mother Austie, and her two sisters Letha Goodwater and Wanda West. She is survived by her husband Robert W. McLendon, daughters Gail (Carl Cloud), Linda (Craig Holmes), son Brian (Bonnie), grandchildren and great-grand daughters, brother Charles Munden of Walla Walla and many nephews, nieces and inlaws.

A private memorial will be held at a later date.

We would like to make special thanks to Dr. Sydney Cousin, Jr. at Valley Medical Center, Providence Hospice and the CareForce caregivers for everything that they did for Del to make her comfortable during her last days.

In lieu of flowers, please make a donation in her memory to a charity of your choice or one of Del’s favorites: Renton Community Foundation (www.rentonfoundation.org), Calvary Chapel South (317 4th Ave S, Kent, WA 98032), or Seattle Humane Society (www.seattlehumane.org).

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Robert (Bob) Grass July 18, 1928 - July 19, 2013 Robert Grass was a resident of Renton since 1999. He is survived by his son Charles Grass, Renton, WA; granddaughter Angela Denallo of Cleveland, OH; sisters Diana Relf of Bonney Lake, WA, Ava Mahoney of Council Bluff, IA and Carol Prindle of Marysville,WA; his longtime companion, golf and travel partner Dorothy Lind, of Lakewood,WA. Robert previously resided on Orcas Island where he was a property developer and realtor, was a charter member of the Orcas Island Lions club, and a member of the American Legion Post 93, Eastsound, WA. Robert was a US Marine Reservist prior to the Korean conflict where he served in the US Army Infantry Corps.

In his leisure years, Robert found a part-time occupation as a summer greens-keeper at Sahalee Country Club, Sammamish,WA for almost 13 summers with voluntary retirement June 2012 due to his failing health.

Remembrances may be made to the University of Washington Alumni Association Scholarship Fund.

Bob will be interred at Tahoma National Cemetery where military honors will be rendered on July 29, 2013 at 2:30 pm sharp.

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Kurt Eric Nelson Husband, Father, Brother, Uncle 10/20/1960 – 7/4/2013 Kurt Nelson passed away after a heroic battle with cancer at home on the evening of his favorite holiday, 4th of July. Kurt was born in Whatcom County and raised in Kent.

Kurt met his wife, Pam, in 1986, married her in 1987, and settled in a life in Renton. Kurt was an electrician by trade, hot rod restorer and enthusiast by passion; he was licensed to race by the National Hot Rod Association.

Kurt was preceded in death by his parents, Billy T. and Marilyn Nelson. He is survived by his adoring wife, Pamela “Pammie” S. Nelson, his daughter, Cori Lynn Abbott (of Bremerton, WA), his brother and family, Ron and Laura Nelson and their two daughters, Erica and Sarah (of Renton,WA), and his youngest brother and family, Steve and Marci Nelson and their two daughters, Hannah and Kaitlyn (of Bonney Lake, WA) and his 1967 El Camino which will be cruising the roads of Washington and being displayed in his honor at car shows in King County.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in Kurt’s honor to either The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation or the American Cancer Society.

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A 16-year-old Seattle youth remained in custody Wednesday as the Renton Police Department investigation continues into the stabbing death of a 22-year-old man early Saturday morning.

Wednesday was the deadline to file charges against the youth, but he will remain in custody. The youth has been on community supervision in Juvenile Court and a judge ordered him held for up to 30 days, according to Dan Donohoe, a spokesman for the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.

The death of Jordan Allan Cruz was ruled a homicide on Tuesday by the King County Medical Examiner’s Office.

He died of multiple stab wounds at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

The stabbing occurred at about 1 a.m. in the 200 block of Southwest Fifth Place.

According to police, the victim and his brothers reportedly confronted the 16-year-old, who minutes earlier reportedly tried to enter a parked car belonging to one of the brothers.

The victim was stabbed during a fight with the 16-yearold.

The 16-year-old and a companion were arrested at the scene and the apparent murder weapon, a kitchen knife with a four-inch blade, was recovered.

An officer took the 16-year-old to Valley Medical Center for a medical examination. The officer asked the youth whether he stabbed Cruz because he feared for his life. The youth responded, “Quit trying to trick me.”

Anyone having any information regarding this incident is asked to call the Renton Police at 425-430-7500, reference case number 13-7739.

Fire officials issue warning after girl falls from window A 2-year-old girl was treated at Harborview Medical Center July 18 for injuries she suffered after falling out of a third-story window in the Highlands.

Renton firefighters were called to the residence at 11:46 a.m. after a 911 call about the fall.

Investigators believed a screen gave way and the girl fell three floors to the ground below.

When the weather is warm it can be tempting to open windows for increased ventilation and air circulation, and the Renton Fire & Emergency Services Department wants to remind parents and caregivers that open windows can create a dangerous, even deadly, situation for children.

“It is essential to watch children closely especially when they are near windows, doors or on balconies,” said Fire Chief Mark Peterson.

The fire department offers the following advice: • Never depend on screens to keep children from falling out of windows.

• Install window guards or window stops. Window stops prevent windows from opening more than four inches while window guards are specially designed coverings for windows to prevent falls.

• Keep furniture away from windows to discourage children from climbing near windows.

• Properly supervise children.

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Going to the polls, er, the mailbox affirms the basic tenet of our nation that power flows from the people.

You should have the mail-in ballots for the Aug. 6 primary and the voters’ pamphlet by now; if not contact the county Elections Division at 206-296-8683.

Right now we’re voting to winnow down the number of candidates to two for the November general election. For Renton voters there are no local names on the primary ballot, but November election promises two interesting and important City Council races.

Randy Corman is running unopposed in the third race.

There are countywide elections, including for county executive. Dow Constantine is seeking a second term, after guiding the county through the fallout of the Great Recession.

A levy before voters would pay for the maintenance of King County parks and trails, which Renton residents enjoy.

The political season will heat up when summer finally cools and attention returns to those big issues left behind on vacation.

As we’ve written before at election time, please vote. Everyone’s active voice is necessary to ensure that a first-time candidate or one seeking re-election is fully vetted and local issues thoroughly explored.

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Bringing kids back from brink As the mother of an 18-year-old, I’m familiar with the difficulty of navigating the minefield of a teenager’s emotions and decision-making capabilities.

Sometimes I wish I had body armor, but all I’m armed with is my limited patience. There is no foolproof way to successfully raise a child, especially a teenager. And, yet, for centuries all parents have been forced to face this arduous task.

Research shows that the teenage brain is in transition and won’t be fully developed until the mid-20s. That means that at the time a child is beginning to test his wings and get ready to fly, his ability to make rational decisions is impaired.

If you add to that a dysfunctional or stressful family situation (divorce, illness, drugs/ alcohol, loss of a job), or personal safety issues (physical, sexual or emotional abuse), you may just have a recipe for disaster.

A teenager in this situation doesn’t have the coping skills, decision-making skills, or even communication skills with which to survive. To them, the only recourse may be to leave the situation behind.

Around 1.7 million youth each year are living on the streets, in shelters, or moving from place to place because they have left home. According to Rich Brooks, executive director of Renton Area Youth and Family Services (RAYS), if someone doesn’t connect with a child who has run away within about 24 to 48 hours, they become prey to any number of predators on the street.

What that means is that these kids are just a few hours away from potentially becoming the next generation of drug users, prostitutes, thieves, abusers, and more.

I recently spent a wonderful hour and a half with Steve Olson, Chemical Dependency and Licensed Mental Health counselor for RAYS, who has spent the last 30 years working with at-risk youth. Most of the kids are already in the court system and have been referred to him by their probation officer. His job is to help them get clean of drugs or alcohol, provide mental health counseling, help them build coping and communication skills, and put them on the road to a Lynn Bohart

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better life.

“I try to help them reframe their situation,” Olson says. “You try not to tell them no, because you can lose them if you do.”

He says that once a kid is on the street, they know they’re in danger and have to be on guard all the time. That’s why it’s seductive to selfmedicate or hook up with other kids who seem to know what they’re doing, even if what they’re doing is illegal.

But he reminds me that kids don’t look five years down the road.

“Remember that the frontal cortex of their brain hasn’t fully developed yet,” he says. “They live in the here and now.”

That means they often turn to selling drugs (or themselves) for quick money, because that’s what they need today. They don’t think about the consequences or what may happen tomorrow.

“What I teach them are survival skills,” Olson says. “I work with them to identify some strength on which they can capitalize. Many times, it’s something simple, like they’re loyal, or they’re a good communicator. But we take that and build from there.”

Olson related the story of a young boy who was “stranger-raped” when he was 13. The only way this boy knew how to deal with that was by turning to drugs. He was suspended from school and eventually ended up on the streets. By the time he was assigned to Olson, he was living under a bridge.

“I used to have to go down there and wake him up to get him to a doctor’s appointment,” Olson says. “But I have stayed in contact with him for almost 20 years.”

Today, that young man (now in his 30s) owns his own business and is a productive member of society.

“Once you can get a kid to believe in himself,” says Olson, “you can set the table for all sorts of things.”

Lynn Bohart is executive director of the Renton Community Foundation that oversees a number of funds that provide support to those in need in Renton. She can be reached at lbohart@rentonfoundation.org. If you have a child who needs help, call Renton Area Youth and Family Services at 425-271-5600.

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for the three-day festival that plays out in Liberty Park, Cedar River Park, the Renton Community Center and throughout downtown Renton.

Maria Gitana has performed with the Renton History Museum before and she is confident festival-goers will enjoy her troupe’s performance.

“I know that the people will really enjoy it because it’s very passionate, fire-y and rhythmic.”

Flamenco is the music and dance that

free and open extended hours. The museum will host a kids’ craft activity that involves making masks that represent the ethnic influences of Renton.

From noon to 3 p.m., Saturday, artist Kristin Schimik will be in the history museum booth, talking about the August art installation she’s doing at the Renton Mine Hoist Foundation.

The city comes alive as thousands of visitors and residents descend upon downtown

[ Boysen from page 1] Satterberg has until Aug. 30 to decide whether he will seek the death penalty.

Attorneys in the motion detail Boysen’s life in the county jail in Seattle since March.

Boysen has been placed for hours on a restraint board, unable to move and with no “sensory input,” after numerous suicide attempts. “A healthy human brain is ill-adapted to such conditions, let alone someone with significant mental health problems,” the attorneys write.

Attorneys detail an example on June 9 in which he was restrained for about 10 hours. Boysen told his attorneys he didn’t resist because he was weak from loss of blood caused by his

suicide attempt.

For 23 hours a day Boysen is in solitary confinement, when he’s not meeting with his attorneys or occasionally with a non-professional visitor. During the 24th hour, he takes care of hygiene and any recreation. Access to books is limited, according to his attorneys.

On July 2, after several weeks in isolation and another “incident of self harm” followed by four hours of confinement on a restraint board, Boysen asked his attorneys to tell prosecutors “he no longer wanted to present any mitigation to the state” regarding the death penalty.

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Spain, she said.

It is also the fifteenth anniversary with Not only will there be musical and title sponsor IKEA. In the wake of annual performing artists at River Days, but new festivities disappearing due to corporate to the Art Market this year, at the Renton sponsorship, Mejlaender said “it speaks to Community Center, will be artists painting the integrity of the festival, variety and supand sketching for crowds. In the “Meet the port” that the City of Renton get funding Artists” booth, artists like Urban Sketchers annually. will display their craft.

Festival officials and the Renton SalvaSonja Mejlaender, festival director, calls tion Army is asking the community to Urban Sketchers “the flash mob of sketchcome prepared to fight hunger locally. ing.”

Once again festival-goers are asked to bring “It’s great to have something new and canned, non-perishable goods to help build very engaging,” she said.

“SalvArte,” the duck.

Entertainers from the Wenatchee Youth In 2012 at River Days, about 1,009 Circus, in operation for 61 years, will perpounds of food were collected through this form in Cedar River Park at 1:30 p.m. and 6 effort.

Donations can be dropped off at the p.m., Friday and 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. The circus has come to River Days almost all 28 Renton Salvation Army Rotary Food Bank Information Booth in Gianini Stadium, in years of the festival, Mejlaender said.

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Perhaps not for your first date, but if you’re looking for an out-of-the-box, fun, inexpensive experience for a date, why not try a MixxedFit drop-in class at Renton’s Dojo 3?

Created by Lori Chung three years ago, MixxedFit is an explosive, peopleinspired, dance fitness program run from the martial arts gym in downtown Renton. About 70 percent of Dojo 3’s members prefer

Cheap Date MixxedFit to any other dance program the gym offers, including zumba.

“I feel like the market right now is pretty saturated with zumba,” said Chung.

“Especially this Renton

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popping, twerking,” she and girlfriends. said laughing. “So it’s a lot “You’d be amazed,” of fun.”

Chung said. “It’s most popDrop-in classes ular, obviously, 18 “Now people want are $10 and the to 35 is our largest to get down to most-popular class demographic. I Ludacris, or Pitbull, for newbies is the think our oldest or - I don’t l know - MixxedFit Club is 65, 67 around Beyoncé...” Lori Chung, session. The main Dojo 3 there and they lights are turned love it.” off and strobe “They come, and colored lights they feel very sexy. We do turned on, creating a more comfortable setting to try a lot of body rolls, booty

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This Renton cinema shows fairly recent movies for $3.50 a ticket. This week’s movies are: Fast & Furious 6, PG13, 2hrs 10min 1:40 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 7:20 p.m., 10:10 p.m.

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new dance moves and go unnoticed.

Instructor Jessica Quande burns about 1,000 calories in one MixxedFit class and said a regular routine helped her loose 80 pounds.

“If you look into our crowd, people are smiling and they’re laughing,” Quande said. “They’re having a good time because we’re booty-popping and body-rolling and we’re just having a good time and working out too.”

The most current weekly schedule of MixxedFit classes are online at http:// dojo3.com/schedules/ dance-fitness-schedule/.

Check out the class virtually and learn some of the dance moves on YouTube, where Dojo 3 has about 40 classes available via video.

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area, they got ahold of MixxedFit and they ran with it.”

Chung, who started out as a zumba instructor, said they’re not out to replace zumba, but MixxedFit gives her the freedom to create workout routines to popular hip hop music and not be tied to doing the 70 percent Latin-inspired moves required in zumba.

“Now if people want to get down to Ludacris, or Pitbull, or – I don’t know – Beyoncé, we can now do that in a class called MixxedFit, when it wasn’t welcome in zumba,” Chung said.

The 60-minute classes are predominantly women, but more men are attending.

Demographics of the workout sessions are diverse in age, race and couples who attend. There are guys and girls, mothers, daughters and sons, married couples

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Starting quarterback Russell Wilson leads the Seattle Seahawks through a minicamp practice in June. In 2012, Wilson was selected by fans as the 2012 Pepsi Rookie of the Year. Brian Beckley, Renton Reporter

Look out league, here come the Seahawks After a breakout year and a playoff run, the Seahawks are looking for more in 2013 Think back to one year ago: The Seahawks had just come off a relatively disappointing 7-9 season, were predicted for a similar campaign in 2012 and were mired in a training camp quarterback battle.

What a difference a year makes.

With rookie sensation Russell Wilson at the helm, the Seattle Seahawks shocked most of the football world last season, earning an 11-5 record and a wild card playoff spot.

Once in the postseason, the upstart Seahawks overcame a 14-point, first-quarter deficit to beat the favored Washington Redskins before falling the following week to the top-seeded Atlanta Falcons.

With the 2013 season ready to kick off, the football world is see-

ing Seattle a little bit differently: as contenders.

According to the oddsmakers, only the San Francisco 49ers, the Denver Broncos and the New England Patriots have a better chance of winning the Super Bowl this season.

The buzz around the Seahawks this summer is palpable, but questions, of course, remain.

For example, can Wilson avoid a “sophomore slump” and repeat his 2012 Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year performance?

Coach Pete Carroll is not worried. At minicamp in June, Carroll told the media his second-year quarterback was working hard, both on the field and off.

“We’ve given him everything and he’s working to refine it and get it nailed,” Carroll said. “I couldn’t ask for more in terms of his preparation and what he’s putting out there.”

And with additional reps with the first squad, Carroll said Wilson looks even better than this time last season and though he admits 2012 will be difficult to duplicate, the coach has confidence in his quarterback.

“Let’s say this though, he had a great year. It’ll be hard to come back and have a better year,” Carroll said. “That’s just something that anybody that has a good season has to deal with. I think his mindset is excellent and his preparation, habits, and his concern and focus is excellent.

“I don’t think it will be a problem.”

But what about Wilson; is he worried about the dreaded “sophomore slump”?

“I don’t even know those

words,” he told reporters. “I don’t pay attention to it.”

Wilson said he was focused on the moment and on getting better as the season approached.

Joining Wilson in the backfield once again this season is last year’s leading rusher, Marshawn Lynch. In late 2011, the Seahawks re-committed to the run game behind Lynch and since that move in Week Nine of the 2011 season, no team has racked up more yards or more touchdowns on the ground.

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The Seattle Seahawks opened their 2013 campaign Thursday at the Virginia Mason Athletic Center in Renton, with practices running through Aug. 15. The regular season begins Sept. 8 at the Carolina Panthers.

Renton Reporter • July 26, 2013

Rounding out the Seahawks offensive attack are the receiver corps, boosted this offseason by the trade for former Minnesota Viking Percy Harvin.

Beginning his fifth year in the league and first with the Hawks, Harvin racked up 3,302 yards and 20 touchdowns in his four seasons with the Vikings.

Harvin has also returned five kickoffs for touchdowns in his career, including a 104-yard return in 2011 and a 105-yard return in 2012. Harvin’s kick-return abilities are expected to help make up for the loss of Leon Washington, who was released following the trade for Harvin.

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Which players led the Seahawks last season? See below for the team’s rushing, receiving and passing leaders in 2012.

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receiving marshawn lynch 351 att, 1,768 yards, 13 TD

passing Sidney Rice 55 rec, 835 yards, 7 TD

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Russell wilson 3,690 yards, 26 TD, 10 INT

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game-by-game breakdown Week 1 at Arizona Cardinals

Week 9 vs Minnesota Vikings

16-20 LOSS

30-20 WIN

In his first game in the NFL, rookie quarterback Russell Wilson threw for 153 yards, one touchdown and an interception, but the Seahawks could not hold on a win against division rival Arizona, despite driving to within the 5 in the final seconds. 0-1

Lynch ran for 124 yards and one touchdown while Wilson threw three first-half touchdowns and the defense hung on to lift the Seahawks to a victory, despite a 182-yard day by Adrian Peterson.

5-4

Week 2 vs Dallas Cowboys

Week 10 vs. New York Jets

27-7 WIN

28-7 WIN

The Seahawks went out to a quick 10-0 just five minutes into first quarter and Marshawn Lynch ran for 122 yards and three touchdowns. Special teams came up huge, forcing a fumble on the opening kickoff and blocked a punt for a touchdown. 1-1

Wilson continued to grow as a quarterback with 188 yards and two touchdowns, despite an ever-changing defense from the Jets. Lynch added 124 yards of his own and a touchdown as the Hawks held the Jets to 185 total yards. 6-4

Week 3 vs. Green Bay Packers

Week 12 at Miami Dolphins

14-12 WIN

21-24 LOSS

Russell Wilson threw a controversial 24-yard touchdown to Golden Tate on the game’s final play as the Seahawks rallied to beat the Packers in a Monday night showdown. 2-1

The Dolphins scored 17 points in the last 8:08, including a last-second 43-yard field goal as Miami rallied to beat the Seahawks following a bye week. 6-5

Week 4 vs. St. Louis Rams

Week 13 at Chicago Bears

13-19 LOSS

23-17 WIN

The Rams got four field goals and faked another to beat the Seahawks in St. Louis. Wilson threw three interceptions, including one at the Rams 25-yard-line with a minute left to clinch the game. 2-2

Wilson led the Seahawks on a 97-yard drive late in regulation to give Seattle a three-point lead with just over three minutes left , but the Bears tied it on a field goal in the final 30 seconds. Undaunted, Wilson connected with Rice for a 13-yard touchdown in overtime to win the game. 7-5

Week 5 at Carolina Panthers

Week 14 at Arizona Cardinals

16-12 WIN Wilson threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Golden Tate with 35 seconds left in the third quarter to help seal the game for the visiting Seahawks. Wilson threw for 221 total yards, but had three interceptions. Lynch added 85 yards on the ground. 3-2

58-0 WIN Lynch ran for three touchdowns and the Seahawks set a franchise record for points with a huge victory over the division-rival Cardinals.

The defense also came up big, forcing eight turnovers, including two interceptions each from Richard Sherman and Bobby Wagner. 8-5

Week 6 at New England Patriots

Week 15 at Buffalo Bills (in Toronto)

24-23 WIN Wilson connected with Sidney Rice for a 46-yard touchdown pass with 1:18 left on the clock as the Hawks shocked the heavily favored Patriots. The Seahawks rallied for 14 points in the final 7:31 of the game and the top-ranked defense stopped the Pats on a fourthdown play to hold on for the win. 4-2

38-14 WIN Wilson ran for three touchdowns and threw for a fourth as the Seahawks routed the Bills. Lynch added a touchdown of his own. In the second half, the defense opened by forcing three consecutive turnovers and held strong the rest of the way. 9-5

Week 7 at San Francisco 49ers

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6-13 LOSS

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Lynch ran for 103 yards, but was bested by the 49ers’ Frank Gore, who ran for 116. Alex Smith added a touchdown pass late in the third quarter and the Niner defense did just enough to win at home against their division rivals. 4-3

Wilson threw for 171 yards and four touchdown passes as the Seahawks routed their division rivals. Lynch scored twice on the day and Richard Sherman ran back a blocked field goal for a 90-yard touchdown in the win. 10-5

Week 8 at Detroit Lions

Week 17 vs. St. Louis Rams

23-28 LOSS Tight End Zach Miller made a great touchdown catch with 5:27 left in the game, but the defense could not hold as Lions’ quarterback Matthew Stafford led his team down the field and connected on a 20-yard touchdown pass with 20 seconds left to win the game. 4-4

20-13 WIN Wilson tied a rookie record with his 26th touchdown pass and scored the game-winning touchdown on a one-yard run with less than two minutes left as the Seahawks ended finished the 2012 seaosn with a perfect 8-09 record at CenturyLink Field. 11-5

2012 postseason

The Seahawks were undefeated 8-0 last season at CenturyLink Field. They have produced a home record of 59-29 (.670 winning percentage) during their time at CenturyLink.

Since 2005, 121 opponent false-start penalties have been called at the “CLink,” more than any other NFL stadium. At this year’s home opener Sept.

15, fans will attempt to set the world record for loudest stadium crowd noise.

The Rest of the NFC West

San francisco 49ers 2012 record: 11-4-1 First, NFC West; NFC Champions Points per game: 24.8 Points allowed per game: 17.1 Outlook: Quarterback Colin Kaepernick took over for an injured Alex Smith in Week 10 and

the Niners never looked back, making their way to Super Bowl 47 against the Baltimore Ravens. Kaepernick set an NFL record for most rushing tyards in a game by a quarterback during last year’s playoff win against Green Bay. The Niners are the favorite to win this year’s Super Bowl.

St. Louis Rams 2012 record: 7-8-1 Third, NFC West Points per game: 18.7 Points allowed per game: 21.8 Outlook: As the Rams head into their second year under Head Coach Jeff Fisher, the biggest

questions surround the youth and inexperience of his squad and the ability of quarterback Sam Bradford to lead the team. The Rams also have a young group of running backs, with none having more than one year experience. Keep your eye on rookie wide receiver Tavon Austin, who many think could be the team’s breakout star this year.

Arizona Cardinals 2012 record: 5-11

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The Seahawks overcame a 14-point first quarter deficit and won their first road playoff game. Lynch ran for 132 yards and scored with 7:08 remaining to give the Seahawks the victory. In his first playoff game, Wilson threw for 187 yards and one touchdown and added 67 yards on the ground.

For the second week in a row, the Seahawks found themselves in a hole as the top-seeded Falcons jumped out to a 20-0 lead in the first half. But The Seahawks rallied for 28 points after halftime, culminating in a 2-yard touchdown run by Lynch with 31 seconds left to lift Seattle to a 28-27 lead. But the Falcons threw two deep passes and then kicked a 49-yard field goal with eight seconds to end Seattle’s run.

Fourth, NFC West Points per game: 15.6 Points allowed per game: 22.3 Outlook: Once again quarterback questions plague the Cardinals, who this year will look

to former Cincinnati Bengal Carson Palmer to lead them. Palmer will be the team’s seventh starting quarterback since Kurt Warner retired after the 2009 season. The Cardinals also have a new defensive coordinator and a new running back, Rashad Mendenhall, to go with Palmer and the ever-dangerous wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald.

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This year Russell Wilson is The Man Award (voted by fans) and finished third in the Offensive Rookie of the Year category, voted by the press.

Last season, Russell Wilson racked up the Not bad for an offense built on the run. second-highest rookie quarterback rating in But even more than his arm, Wilson made history, tied an NFL record for most toucha name for himself last year with his poise, down passes by a rookie, became the first converting four of seven drives in the final rookie to lead his team to an undefeated retwo minutes into victories, including two as cord at home, set a rookie record by complettime expired or in overtime. His three gameing 16 consecutive passes, shattered a handful winning touchdowns in the final two minutes of Seahawks quarterback records and led his of overtime were the most ever by a rookie team to the divisional playoff round. since the merger in 1970.

What do you suppose he’ll do for an enIn fact, Wilson has led the Seahawks on 31 core? scoring drives of 70 or more yards – with 28 “Obviously you want to do better than last touchdowns – including the postseason. year,” Wilson told reporters during this sumBut the kid from Richmond, Va., is not letmer’s minicamps in Renton. “I don’t have any ting it all go to his head. specific numbers or anything like that. I think “I just ignore the noise,” he told reporters the biggest thing is just win.” this summer. “I can’t pay any atten“I just ignore the It’s a tough act to follow, but the tion to it. noise. I can’t pay 25-year-old, second-year starter is “I think the biggest thing is how any attention to it.” much more I can grow and how ready for the challenge.

It’s tough to imagine, knowing Russell Wilson much more can our football team what we know now, that Wilson grow?” he continued. “I think that’ll was a surprise choice to lead the really help us.” team coming out of camp last year.

Also this season, Wilson is not Drafted with the 12th pick in the third round listening to the hype.

(75th overall) of the 2012 draft, Wilson beat “I make my own expectations so I don’t reout incumbent Tavaris Jackson and highly ally worry about what the media says or what touted free agent Matt Flynn to win the startother people say, to be honest with you,” he ing job, and then never looked back. said. “My only expectation is to work as hard On the way, Wilson out-dueled Aaron as I can, to be consistent, for our football team Rodgers, Tom Brady, Tony Romo and his felto be consistent and for our football team to low rookie sensations Colin Kaepernick and play as hard as we can every Sunday, every Robert Griffin III. practice and we’ll see what happens.”

He tied Peyton Manning’s 1998 record for And this summer, unlike last year, Wilson most touchdown passes by a rookie with 26 will take all the reps with the first squad, (he added three more in the postseason) and getting used to his teammates, including new his quarterback rating of 100.0 last season target Percy Harvin, whom he called “exploranks second all time among rookie quartersive.” backs behind Pittsburgh’s Ben Roethlisberger’s “The more experience I got in last year the 105.2 rating in 2004. more we were able to separate in games and At home, he was even better, earning a to leave people behind,” he said. “That’s what 123.6 rating in his eight undefeated games at we have to do this year coming up.”

CenturyLink Field and his four touchdown But what might endear him to Seahawks passes against San Francisco last year was the fans even more than his arm is his dedication second-most in single game for a rookie since to the team and city, visible at the end of every 2008. interview he gives: Against the Buffalo Bills in Toronto, Wilson “Go Hawks.” set another NFL record when he passed for Go Hawks, indeed. three touchdowns and rushed for another in the first half of the game, the first time that Reach Editor Brian Beckley at 425-255-3484, had ever been done. ext. 5054 Wilson won the Pepsi Rookie of the Year

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be Sidney Rice, Golden Tate and third-year returner Doug Baldwin.

“We’ve got a really good group and we’re not counting on anything going anyway tilting the field toward one guy or the other,” Carroll said.

“We’re just going to play football.”

On the other side of the ball, the league’s top defense from 2012

returns looking for more as well.

Led by fast-talking cornerback Richard Sherman, the Seahawks are looking to prove that last year was not a fluke.

The pre-season begins Aug. 8 in San Diego. The regular season gets started Sept. 8 in Carolina.

But the big contest early on is the head-to-head matchup with the

division rival and Super Bowl favorite San Fransisco 49ers during the home opener Sept. 15 at CenturyLink Field, where the Seahawks and the 12th man plan to try and break a world record for crowd noise.

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For the six months ended June 30, net income was $17.9 million or $1.03 per diluted share, compared to $2 million or $0.11 per diluted share for the comparable period in 2012.

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President and CEO Mike Selinker in 10 years has turned a hobby project into a thriving business.

He started Lone Shark Game Design Studio with friend James Ernest in October 2003. Based in Renton, Selinker now has a core team of seven full-time staffers, other offices and locations in Seattle and a creative network of contributors who span the country and abroad.

Previously, Selinker was a Wizards of the Coast creative director and lead designer for eight years.

When he left that Renton firm, he started Lone Shark, thinking it would be lucky to just get a couple years out of his small business venture.

“We ended up being the company that can do everything, which is not where we intended to be,” Selinker said. “But now we’re the company people call when they’ve gotten their project in a bit of a jam or they’re not sure which way to go.”

The busy entrepreneur shared some insight on his company in an interview Monday at Common Ground coffeehouse in downtown Renton.

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“We host events that take place all over the place, whether they are in large conventions, or in the community, or at company, corporation headquarters,” Selinker said.

For four years, Lone Shark has also hosted the Renton River Days Rubber Duck scavenger hunt throughout the city. Selinker’s wife Evon came up with the idea.

“When we’re at River Days, people from the town we live in tell us how much they like us, which is really great,” Selinker said. “That’s a great way to feel after doing a project, is to have your fellow community members tell us that they think you did something good. So it (the duck hunt) is a great project and we love doing it.”

Staff at Lone Shark is excited about the company’s latest project that’s due for release later this year.

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“We have defined the design requirements for the 737 MAX that provide our customers with the most value in the single-aisle market,” said Michael Teal, chief project engineer, 737 MAX, Boeing Commercial Airplanes. “We continue to follow our disciplined process to ensure that we have completed all the requirements for the development stage of the program and are ready to begin the detailed design phase.”

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Over Labor Day Weekend, Lone Shark Game Design Studio will host a lot of events at the Penny Arcade Expo or PAX 2013. Selinker is a curator at PAX DEV, the developer convention for PAX. For more information about Lone Shark Game Design Studio, visit www.lonesharkgames.com.

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Lone Shark has a big Rolodex of contacts with a thousand different skills to do everything from creating and building games to staffing events and conventions, the business owner said.

“It’s just exciting to be right in the center of the time when games are bigger than sports, bigger than movies, bigger than rock music,” Selinker said. “Everybody plays something.”

He remembers when the game industry was a small portion of the economy and a very niche audience. Today he notices that the top-selling product on Amazon is a game.

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Renton men arrested in ‘Big Top Bandits’ robberies The FBI on Monday arrested two Renton men believed to be the “Big Top Bandits,” involved in a series of takeoverstyle robberies throughout King County, including Newcastle earlier this month.

The Seattle Safe Streets Task Force at about 6:45 a.m. Monday arrested Jeffery Lamont Pool, 47, of Wichita Falls, Texas, and Luther Ray Leonard, 23, of Renton at their residence in Renton, a few blocks north of Northeast Third Street and Jefferson Avenue Northeast.

The two were arrested as task force investigators executed a search warrant.

Investigators soon after executed a second search warrant at another residence in Newcastle, near the intersection of Newcastle Way and Coal Creek Parkway Southeast.

The task force investigators nicknamed the subjects the “Big Top Bandits” because

Cash taken in robbery of KFC

of their clothing, which included hats worn at every robbery.

In the latest bank robbery, in Newcastle, two subjects entered the bank. In previous bank robberies, one of two subjects is seen on surveillance video entering the bank.

In each robbery, the subject or subjects displayed handguns and pointed them at customers or employees. During the May 22 robbery in Seattle, one subject fired a gunshot inside the bank. During the June 8 robbery in Burien, one subject struck a bank teller in the face.

Along with the King County crimes, Pool was also wanted on several arrest warrants out of Texas, for a series of armed robberies in that state and violation of his state parole in 2011.

The task force continues to investigate the bank robberies attributed to the “Big Top Bandits”:

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An unknown amount of cash was stolen July 17 in the armed robbery of the KFC on Carr Road.

The man, armed with a pump-action shotgun, demanded cash from the registers and the safe just before 11 a.m. at the restaurant in the North Benson Shopping Plaza.

As of mid-week, there were no leads in the police investigation, said Terri Vickers, a Renton Police Department spokeswoman.

Black and white surveillance photos show the man wearing black pants, a camouflage hoody, dark gloves that might possibly have been black with a white stripe, and a black bandana with a white print design on it over his face,.

“But nothing else is identifiable,” she wrote in an email. “The suspect was very calm and casual in his demeanor, which may indicate that this wasn’t his first robbery.”

The description the Police Department released last week indicated the man was of medium build and there was no age range. His race was uncertain.

Anyone with information about the suspect or the robbery is asked to call 911.

PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE OF FIRE COMMISSIONER VACANCY King County Fire Protection District 40 is accepting letters of interest and resumes for the position of FIRE COMMISSIONER (Position # 3) due to a vacancy in accordance with RCW 52.14.

050. Persons wishing to submit a letter of interest and resume must reside within and be a registered voter of the Fire District. The position would be appointed for a period in accordance with RCW 52.14. Letters of interest and resumes need to be postmarked (US Mail) or received by email

by September 3, 2013.

For further information contact Ronnie Little at 425.830.0928.

Letters of interest & resumes may be emailed to firedistrict40@gmail.com or sent to: King County Fire Protection District 40, 18002 108th Ave SE, Renton, WA 98055 Published in Kent and Renton Reporters on July 26, 2013 and August 9, 2013. #829379 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING SOOS CREEK WATER and SEWER DISTRICT PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Commissioners of

Soos Creek Water and Sewer District will hold a Public Hearing to Establish a New Water Use Efficiency Goal on Wednesday, August 21, 2013.

The meeting is scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m., and will be held at the District Office, 14616 SE 192nd Street, Renton, WA 98058. A copy of the proposed six-year water use efficiency goal is available by contacting Marci Oda at the District’s office (253) 630-9900or by email at moda@sooscreek.com.

Published in Kent, Renton and Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporter on July 26, 2013.#835548.

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• Jan. 16 – Key Bank, Newcastle • Feb. 28 – Key Bank, Rainier Avenue Branch, Seattle • May 22 – Washington Federal Bank, Rainier Avenue Branch, Seattle • June 8 – Sterling Savings Bank, Burien • July 1 – Bank of America, Newcastle Information submitted by a Washington’s Most Wanted viewer to Crime Stoppers helped confirm a lead that the SSSTF

was following, which resulted in today’s arrests.

This task force investigation includes FBI special agents, and detectives from the King County Sheriff ’s Office, Auburn Police Department, and Seattle Police Department. The task force is a combined effort of more than a half dozen agencies through deputized task force officers.

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Suspect jumps from second floor, tased twice The following information was compiled from Renton Police Department case reports.

doing in my house? I don’t know who you are.” An officer heard someone screaming “help me” and “let me go,” as he arrived at the complex on Park Avenue North.

By DEAN A. RADFORD Officers kicked in the door to see an dradford@rentonreporter.com apartment in disarray. A woman was holdA suspect in a possible stabbing in ing her boyfriend by his hair, as he was a downtown Renton apartment July 7 pushing and grabbing her by the arms. Anjumped from a second-story landing to other woman standing by, had come to the escape but was stopped after fleeing an ofhouse to look at his jewelry; the girlfriend ficer’s Taser. didn’t know her. She told officers she found T:4.8” them naked in bed, surrounded by drug A 911 dispatcher heard: “What are you

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paraphernalia.

An officer ordered the 34-year-old Renton man to the ground and to put his hands out to his side. After ordering a second time, the man ran toward the officer with his arms flailing, a frantic and deranged look in his eyes.

Fearing an assault, the officer used his Taser to disable the man, but the man ran into the kitchen. He frantically pulled at the blinds on a window, and managing to open the window, jumped from the second floor just as an officer grabbed for his t-shirt.

Another officer spotted the suspect running on Pelly Avenue North.

A K9 unit tracked him.

He was spotted on the exterior hallway of an apartment complex’s second story, before running down a stairway.

Police blotter He hit a gate, his body folding over and his head and shoulders hitting the ground. He had a wild look in his eyes, which signaled to the officer he would fight if cornered or caught. The man’s sweatpants slid down his legs; he continued to stumble.

After a warning, the officer used his Taser but the man was still able to move.

Other officers arrived and the suspect was handcuffed.

He was arrested for investigation of fourth-degree assault and obstructing an officer. He told an officer that his girlfriend tried to cut off his pony tail and assaulted him. He ran because he feared his girlfriend had called friends to come “get him.”

The girlfriend had bruises and a cut on a finger.

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Officer takes dog to vet A pit bull that appeared malnourished was taken to a local veterinarian by an officer responding to a loose dog call July 7.

The officer found the dog on Aberdeen Court Southeast, appearing sick with blood on its lower jar.

The dog stood up for the officer and walked slowly to the officer’s cruiser, where it laid down inside. The officer wasn’t able to determine the dog’s ownership. Renton animal control officers were notified.

Child in prostitution?

Officers are following up on a missing 14-year-old girl whose mother is concerned she’s being forced into prostitution in Renton.

The mother reported her concerns to the Polaris Project, which is fighting human trafficking across the world.

The girl has been seen at local stores and an apartment complex on Stevens Avenue and may be living with her pimp near Renton Center Way Southwest.

Hurried man steals bike A man rode off on a mountain bike from a shop on Lind Avenue after telling an employee he needed a bike fast as his European company’s plane was leaving.

He told the store he didn’t need the bike boxed as he would take it directly onto the plane. He picked out an upscale seat and pedals to install on the bike. He paid for a bike rack with a Visa card.

After the bike was outfitted, he took it for a ride in the parking lot and then rode away.

The shop realized he had only paid for the bike rack – with a credit card that was declined.

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A 53-year-old Renton man who apparently didn’t want to or couldn’t pay for a taxi ride argued with the taxi driver and police July 9 as vehicles whizzed by on Southeast Petrovitsky Road.

The taxi driver was holding the man’s two small dogs by a leash.

Numerous drivers called 911 at about 6:20 p.m. as the men argued in the street.

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Woman gets her purse back

A purse robbed from a woman at the Metro park and ride lot on South Seventh Street was turned in to police.

The victim’s ID was inside, along with $60 she had hidden inside. But she did lose $80, which she had made in work tips.

She hadn’t reported the robbery to police.

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...young at heart Rotary Club accepting grant applications 1.5 million baby boomers may suffer from chronic Hepatitis C without even knowing it (BPT) - Did you know that Hepatitis C is a leading cause of liver cancer and the number one reason for liver transplants in America? Between 1999 and 2007, more people died from Hepatitis C related complications than HIV. Despite this, many people live with the Hepatitis C virus for years, without experiencing any symptoms, while it silently causes liver damage. At particular risk is the growing population of baby boomers - adults born between 1945 and 1965. Baby boomers account for over 75 percent of Hepatitis C cases and are five times more likely to be infected than those in other age groups.

As a result, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend that all baby boomers get tested for Hepatitis C, regardless of whether they think they are at risk.

Dr. Donald M. Jensen, Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for Liver Diseases at the University of Chicago Medical Center, explains, “Most boomers may have been infected in the 1970s and 1980s when Hepatitis C virus rates were the highest. Since chronic

Hepatitis C can go unnoticed for decades, many baby boomers may not even know they are infected. Universal screening of blood wasn’t in place until 1992, so many boomers may have been infected from receiving contaminated blood products without being aware. I encourage all baby boomers to speak to their doctor about getting tested.”

As baby boomers with Hepatitis C age, it becomes more likely that they will suffer serious complications. Since many baby boomers don’t realize they are at risk and aren’t getting tested, the number of Hepatitis C related deaths is increasing. However, once those infected are diagnosed through a blood test, they can speak to their doctor and take the necessary steps to manage their condition. It’s important that those who have Hepatitis C realize that they shouldn’t feel ashamed.

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This series is held outside the Tukwila Community Center next to the spray park. So, pack the picnic baskets and blankets and watch your kid’s dance and sing to the tunes of their favorite performers!

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