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City to post names of outstanding warrant holders By Brian Beckley bbeckley@rentonreporter.com
US Army veteran Jerry Ewell poses for a photo with boat captain Marvin Walker, Iain Marler, 11, Logan Ewell, 9, and their catch during the Take a Warrior Fishing event. Below are active Army member Mark Whetzel and his neice, Diana Fletcher, 8. Brian beckley, Renton Reporter
From the battlefield to the bass boat By Brian Beckley
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volunteer Dave Watkins and said he may be bringing home more than just a few filets after the vent. “He might have talked me into buying a boat,” Brasel said with a laugh, pointing at Watkins. “We’re closer to ‘yes’ than we were last month.” Owens began the program after talking with his [ more Fishing page 19]
The new school zone cameras expected to be installed by the start of school two weeks ago have been delayed and are now expected to be up and running by November, with the first tickets to go out around the first of the year. The city is looking to add school zone cameras at Honey Dew Elementary on Union Avenue Northeast, Cascade Elementary School on 116th Avenue Southeast and Benson Hill Elementary, also on 116th Avenue Southeast, but according to Patrol Services Division Commander Clark Wilcox, the delay with the new school zone cameras is that [ more cameras page 4 ]
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hirty-five injured military veterans and their families had a chance to get out on Lake Washington Saturday morning as part of the “Take a Warrior Fishing” program. Created as a spin-off of the Catch A Special Thrill, or C.A.S.T for Kids program, created more than 20 years ago by Renton resident Jim Owens, the event pairs volunteer fishermen with injured veterans for a few hours casting and catching out on the water. Several of the “Wounded Warriors” and their famiiies brought back buckets full of bass and perch, pulled from Lake Washington. “It was fun,” said 12-year U.S. Army veteran Jerry Ewell. Ewell was last deployed in Iraq, where he injured his back, and has been home for a about a year. “It was great; I love to fish,” agreed U.S. Army veteran Mark Brasel, who was deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan five times. Brasel said he was burnt by white phosphorous and suffered a brain injury while on duty. He has been stateside since 2009 and is doing better. “I’m recovering,” he said. Brasel and his wife were out on the lake with C.A.S.T.
Beginning later this month, the City of Renton will try a new tactic to collect on outstanding warrants: shame. During the week of Sept. 30, the city will be posting on its website the names of about 2,500 people with outstanding warrants and a second list of those with outstanding tickets from red light camera violations. The hope is that people will contact the city to pay their debts to avoid the public embarrassment. “We have a lot of outstanding warrants and they just sit in a drawer, so to speak,” said Councilman and Public Safety Committee Chair Don Persson. “No one is actively going out door-to-door looking for these people.” Persson, a former Renton police assistant chief, said the city had some success in the past with a similar program called “Renton’s Most Wanted” that led to many of those on the list looking to get their name off of said list. “You can’t believe the phones that rang off the hook in the court with people not wanting their name out there,” he said. Persson said the success of that program made him want to try again and since outstanding warrants are simply [ more Warrants page 4 ]