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City Council interviews 13 for open seat Candidates to replace Terri Briere impress members during three-hour meeting BY BRIAN BECKLEY bbeckley@rentonreporter.com
After more than a year in construction, the new Fairwood Library is ready to go. TRACEY COMPTON, Renton Reporter
Check it out: Fairwood Library opens Saturday BY TRACEY COMPTON tcompton@rentonreporter.com
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he Fairwood Library will have its official ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate its newly expanded design this Saturday, Dec. 6. The event is at 9:30 a.m., at 17009 140th Ave. S.E., Renton. The library has been under construction since Oct. 2013 to expand the library to 20,000 square feet. The additional 5,000
square feet added additional rooms, an enlarged children’s area and meeting spaces. There are new skylights to allow better visibility in and out of the building. Also new are automated materials for handling book returns, which the library did not have previously. The community is invited to attend the ribbon-cutting and the doors will open at 10 a.m. The original library was built in the 1980s.
A total of 13 people were interviewed by the City Council on Tuesday as the council prepares to fill an open seat on the dais. The special meeting took about three hours, significantly less than the six hours councilmembers expected Monday night, but before the interviews on Tuesday, five of the 18 people who initially filed to join the council withdrew from consideration. The applicants are all seeking to replace Terri Briere, who died Nov. 9. Among the names are former candidates, business owners, homeowners association presidents and average citizens from a variety of backgrounds, The decision on who will replace Briere will be made by the City Council during Monday’s meeting. The new council member will serve until the general election in November 2015, at which point they will have to run for re-election. The winner of that election will serve the remainder of Briere’s term and will have to run again in 2017. [ more INTERVIEWS page 5 ]
Scammers cost Renton woman $10,000 BY DEAN A. RADFORD dradford@rentonreporter.com
She had just finished filling her car with gas at a mini-mart on Rainier Avenue when a man approached her with a story that touched her heart. He was in America, having traveled from Africa to attend his uncle’s funeral. And he was about to receive a large
inheritance that he wanted to donate to local churches. She could help with those donations – and even donate some money herself. He was in a hurry because he had to fly back to Africa that night. He was short on cash because a taxi driver took his $300 when he dropped him off at the gas station. The 80-year-old and the 50-ish man who spoke with an African accent drove together to the Safeway on South Second Street, where they met another man, according to the Renton Police
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report of the incident. They needed to establish trust, because of the large amount of money involved. She withdrew $10,000 from her bank, which was combined with cash the men already. She then drove each man around the block, while the other waited in the parking lot with the cash. Then it was her turn to drive around the block alone as the two men stood in the parking, holding the cash, so they could establish trust with her. [ more SCAM page 5 ]
Clam Lights open, the Light up The tree gets lit and Santa arrives this the season weekend. See page 8. COURTESY PHOTO
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