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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2013
Boysen pleads guilty, faces life without parole By DEAN A. RADFORD dradford@rentonreporter.com
Michael Chadd Boysen will face life in prison without possibility of parole when he’s sentenced Oct. 18 for murdering his grandparents in March. Boysen, 27, pleaded guilty Oct. 4 to two counts of aggravated first-degree murder in the slayings of his grandparents, Norma and Robert Taylor, at their Fairwood home. He had pleaded not Michael Chadd guilty to the charges in Boysen April. In August King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg decided he wouldn’t seek the death penalty if Boysen was convicted. Boysen was released March 8 from prison on a burglary conviction; his grandparents picked him up and then hosted a welcomehome party for him the night they were killed. Their bodies were discovered by Boysen’s adoptive mother, the daughter of the slain couple, who were in their early 80s. After killing his grandparents, Boysen fled in their car to Oregon, where he was arrested March 12 after a 10-hour standoff with police at a Lincoln City motel.
Frenzied filmmaking Filmmakers took advantage of the sunshine this past weekend as teams from around the region descended on Renton for the sixth annual FilmFrenzy competition. Filmmakers have 50 hours to write, film and edit their movies, which will be shown during a free event at 7 p.m. Oct. 19 at the Renton Civic Theatre. Filmmakers are competing for $1,700 in prize money, which will be awarded at the annual “Curvee” awards gala Oct. 22 at the Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center. All of this year’s films will be available for viewing on the Renton Reporter site for voting on the People’s Choice Award. Photos courtesy Kelley Balcomb-Bartok
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County making push to sign up people for healthcare coverage By Brian Beckley bbeckley@rentonreporter.com
Despite the battle over its future that has the federal government in shutdown, the Affordable Healthcare Act exchanges opened this past week and efforts are under way in King County to register the nearly 30 percent of county residents who are presently uninsured.
“Here in King County we’re looking at over 180,000 currently uninsured individuals who are going to have access to coverage because of the changes,” said Jennifer DeYoung, health reform policy analyst for Public Health - Seattle and King County. In Renton alone, an estimated 12,493 people – about one in five residents of the city - do not have healthcare. Of those
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people, an estimated 3,783 will be eligible for Medicaid through the expansion of the program, while an additional 6,850 will be eligible for subsidies and credits through the Health Benefit Exchange. The county is making a push this month to contact those eligible for the new exchanges to help them sign up for the program and Maria Wood, Board of Health administrator, was at the Renton City Council’s Committee of the Whole meeting Monday. Under the new law, commonly referred to as “Obamacare,” most individuals will be required by law to have health coverage
beginning Jan. 1. To help meet that requirement, the state of Washington has rolled out two new coverage options. First, Medicaid coverage, formerly known as Apple Health, will be expanded to individuals with incomes up to 138 percent of the poverty line, or $15,864 for an individual or $26,952 for a family of three. In addition, the state has launched its Health Benefit Exchange with subsidized premiums and tax credits available for individuals with incomes from 139 percent to 400 percent of the poverty line, or up to $45,960 for an individual and $78,120 for a [ more healthcare page 9 ]
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Officials estimate one in five Renton residents is presently without health insurance; county partners with community groups to reach non-English-speaking populations