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Church, city host frank discussion about race relations in Renton

BY TRACEY COMPTON

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Living Hope Christian Fellowship celebrated the life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Monday with a frank community discussion on race relations in Renton.

A diverse audience of close to 50 people turned out to hear a panel of city government and local leaders address the theme of “Building Healthy Bridges Across Racial Divides.”

The panel included Renton representatives City Council President Ed Prince, Chief Administrator Jay Covington, Chief of Police Kevin Milosevich and Deputy Public Affairs Administrator Preeti Shridhar.

Author and college professor Marcia Tate Arunga

was also on the panel as was Troy Landrum, youth pastor at the church and a YMCA outreach worker.

Associate Pastor George Houston and Lead Pastor Jess Champers moderated the talk that asked the panel what racial conflicts or challenges have they experienced in their positions and how did they resolve them.

Shridhar kicked off the discussion sharing the city’s first big wake-up call that officials couldn’t do things as before when dealing with Renton’s diverse community: It was the windstorm of 2006 and local residents were dying of carbon monoxide poisoning because they didn’t understand the warnings about bringing outdoor barbecues inside. [ more RACE page 11 ]

Living Hope Christian Fellowship hosted an MLK Jr. celebration with a panel of community speakers: Police Chief Kevin Milosevich, Prof. Marcia Tate Arunga, Pastors George Houston and Jess Champers, Jay Covington, Ed Prince and Preeti Shridhar from the City of Renton. TRACEY COMPTON, Renton Reporter

Suspect in robbery, throatslashing held on $1 million bail

City, Metro at odds over cost of parking

Victim, 23, now recovering at home after attack at downtown GameStop

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Under the new agreement they will pay $30 per space per month for 150 spaces.

Non-Metro users pay $42.50 per month to Diamond Parking, the company that manages the garage for the city. City studies show that on average, 86 percent of the city’s 200 spaces are used each day.

Renton Facilities Director Peter Renner said Metro initially “balked” at the price increase because they did not have the funding allocated in their budget. Initially, Metro wanted

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to reduce the number of reserved spaces to 100, but a study by the city showed that Metro users take up an average of 170 spaces each day, prompting Metro to raise their number of reserved spots to 150.

According to Renner, negotiations on the new contract began in 2013 and were signed in November, with Metro agreeing to pay the difference between the two rates dating to January 2014. [ more GARAGE page 5 ]

Kiersten M. Shideler is now at home, where she is continuing her recovery from an assault Jan. 14 in which her throat was slit by a robbery suspect at a downtown Renton store.

Darren L. Gayles, 44, was charged Jan. 16 with firstdegree robbery and first-degree assault for the robbery and attack at about 11 a.m. at GameStop video store on South Second Street.

He slit Shideler’s throat after he ordered her to open the cash register; he stole about $150, according to charging documents.

Shideler’s family has kept the community informed about her recovery at an online gofundme.com fundraiser to help pay for her medical costs. Shideler, 23, had spent several days in the intensive-care unit at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

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A re-pricing of parking spaces for Metro riders at the Transit Center parking garage has sparked a minor controversy between the city and the bus provider.

The city for 2015 renegotiated its lease with Metro, doubling the cost of each space in the garage reserved for the bus service, though, according to the city, the cost to Metro is still cheaper than comparable garages around the region.

In response, Metro reduced the number of spaces it is paying for from from 200 to 150, though there will still be a net gain to the city coffers.

Previously, Metro was paying the city $15 per space per month for 200 spaces at the downtown garage.

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“Just terrible. We frequent this store and all the staff is super nice and helpful. WHY would someone do something so cold and callous? Prayers for the victim, her family and the staff at Gamestop.” - Facebook user Jennifer Ammerman on the story about the robbery and assault last week (see page 1).

OH BOY, OBOE Columnist Jaris English profiles this year’s Allied Arts Scholarship winner, oboe player Sophie Ossorio. [ PAGE 10] CITY RESPONSE Police Chief Kevin Milosevich pens a response to the Renton Reporter’s “Can Ferguson Happen Here?” series. [ PAGE 6] SPORTS Renton-area ballers, wrestlers and swimmers are all making the push for the postseason placement. [ PAGE 15]

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The Storybook Theater presents “Cinderella” this weekend at Carco Theatre.

The performances are scheduled for 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the theater, 1717 S.E. Maple Valley Highway.

Tickets are $11 and the show is listed for ages 3+.

District begins sending progress updates to teachers Common Core woes lead to more school district transparency

BY TRACEY COMPTON tcompton@rentonreporter.com

In recent months, teachers have expressed their frustrations with the lack of support for aligning curriculum with the new national reading, writing and math standards adopted by the state.

In response, administrators announced at a School Board study session Jan. 14 a plan to be more transparent with their work and updated the Renton School Board on their progress.

This past Friday, Jan. 16, the Renton School District began sending twice weekly updates to teachers about progress made with the implementation of standards-based instructional materials.

Administration is working with different obstacles and conditions in each of the school buildings and teacher frustrations are the result of a combination of things, Melanie Strey said. She is the director of standards-based instruction for the elementary schools.

“Which is why we’re moving to our update twice a week to all grade levels to let them know about this work,” she said. “We’re working on it and to give them kind of the short-term, here’s what we’re working on now, but here’s where we want to go.”

In their presentation, administrators said that the “standards are the ends” and “the curriculum is the means” to this work. This means that the standards are what the students are expected to learn and the curriculum is the collection of resources used to help the students meet the standards.

When Washington formally adopted the Common Core State

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Standards in July 2011, there were no funds designated for curriculum adoption and limited funds for professional learning. There was also no existing plan for transition to the new state standards.

These issues, along with the district’s inability to require teachers to attend district-provided professional development, no accountability for using district-adopted curriculum, a lack of district facilitators to lead the work and separate and varied curriculum for special education students, created teacher frustrations at the outset, according to the district.

In 2011 only 47 percent of courses had course guides in place that aligned with the state standards at that time, not the new Common Core standards. The current reality is that just 30 percent of the curriculum is aligned to the Common Core State Standards.

“We’re going to have to get those percentages up,” said Dr. Tammy Campbell, assistant superintendent of learning and teaching.

The goal for her department is to get the percentages up in the 90s.

“We know we have room for

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improvement,” she said.

The district is currently working out the power standards, which are the Common Core State Standards, which must be taught at every grade level from preschool to 12th grade. These standards must be taught and assessed so that students graduate on-time with choices, like pursuing a college degree.

There is a 125-member leadership team of teachers and administrators working on the power standards.

“Where we’re struggling is that we went from just a couple years ago having this opportunity to pull all second-grade teachers to the district and provide them professional learning and hear their concerns and answer their questions,” said Strey. “We went from that model to now having the sub shortage, which means we can maybe only pull one teacher from the grade level, or one teacher from a school, or it’s after school and they (teachers) have commitments.”

Administrators are strategizing and doing site visits to make teachers feel supported and to increase communication. The new

weekly updates on standards-based instructional materials are part of that strategy.

“So I think that strategy is going to help us and help our teachers really know that we are, on their behalf, wanting to serve them and support them,” said Strey.

The time horizon for aligning courses to the Common Core Standards is three to four years to get up to 90 percent, Campbell said.

It can take up to a year and a half to adopt materials, but administrators said that they are committed to working with teachers to ensure the right materials are adopted.

Teachers are feeling stress and anxiety because of a “perfect storm” of issues and pressures they are experiencing, according to administrators.

They’ve had to contend with the Common Core State Standards in 2011, new teacher and principal evaluations in 2013, as well as requirements for the Race to the Top in 2013 and now Smarter Balance Assessments in 2015, the Common Core assessments.

“I think the stress that the teachers are feeling is real, but it’s the why,” said Campbell citing all of these factors.

Teachers have also had to adjust to a number of new leaders at the district and school level.

“We know that they’re frustrated and we hear this,” said Strey.

The district has identified its short- and long-term plans for this year concerning pre-kindergarten through 12th grade English Learning Arts and mathematics. Administration will have to start thinking outside the box to figure out how to get teachers the professional development support they need, Strey said.

“We feel the urgency; we know that this is really important work,” she said.

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Arthur “A.K.” Kummer Tonkin passed away at his home in Willow Creek with family surrounding him on December 24, 2014. Art was born on November 21, 1915 to Gilbert and Rachel Tonkin in Seattle, Washington.

Arthur is preceded in death by his loving wife Lillian Ruth Tonkin. They were married 75 years.

Arthur is survived by 3 children: Arthur and Vi Tonkin, Nancy and Roger Brown and Carol Tonkin. He will be deeply missed by 9 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren.

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Kathleen Walter Zerbetz Goertz, age 91, died January 2, 2015 in Ketchikan, Alaska. She was born Kathleen Rose Walter to John C. and Lillian Clark Walter on August 11, 1923 near Athena, Ore., she served during World War II in Seattle as a Navy WAVE. She attended Whitman College in Walla Walla where she met her husband, Gordon Zerbetz. They married on June 19, 1948.

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On December 29, 1981 she married Paul Goertz, and they lived at Leisure Estates in Renton. Paul died in February of 2008. She was a member of Saint Anthony Catholic Church. She moved back to Ketchikan in October 2014 after 33 years in Renton.

She is survived by her three children, all of Ketchikan: Michele M. Scott (Randy), Gregory M. (Harriet) and Evon M. Zerbetz, and her brother Frank A. Walter (JoAnn) of Portland, Oregon, dozens of nieces and nephews and step-grandchildren Jim and Nathan Hoff and their families.

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knees, Gayles grabbed the back of her head with his left hand and cut her throat with the knife in his right hand.

She fell to the ground, holding her neck. Still concerned, the other GameStop employee returned. Gayles was standing at the register.

He yelled out the store was closed and the employee backed away.

But Shideler, now wounded, retreated to a back room and was able to call 911 at 10:58 a.m. The other GameStop employee watched Gayles walk down South Second Street just as a Renton Police officer arrived.

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Shideler had locked herself in the back room. She was taken to Harborview Medical Center with what were described as significant injuries.

Images of Gayles taken on GameStop cameras and surveillance cameras at the Metro Transit Center nearby were sent to local news media, social media outlets and other police agencies.

One camera showed him changing his clothes.

Gayles was arrested at about 5 p.m. at the Creston Point apartments on Martin Luther King Jr. Way, after a Renton Police officer spotted him wearing the same distinctive shirt he wore when he got on the Route 101 bus. A backpack Gayles apparently wore during the robbery was found outside the apartment complex, where he had stayed.

After shown photos, Gayles admitted he robbed the store but he didn’t mean to hurt Shideler, according to charging documents.

Gayles then introduced “Rob,” who was at the store and told him to commit the crime, according to charging documents. When detectives asked him to describe “Rob,” he pointed to pictures of himself and said “him.”

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Beverly Jean (Jones) Wood will be greatly missed by her family and many friends. Born November 27, 1925 in Dugger, IN, she passed away January 10, 2015 in Renton, WA. Beverly is preceded in death by her husband, Charles Wood.

She is survived by her children, Mark Osborn, Susan (Osborn) Kipper, Steven Wood, Marcia (Wood) Branton, Michael Wood, ten grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

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this tragedy,” her family wrote in a statement while she was at Harborview.

They expressed gratitude for the Renton Police Department’s quick response and the information shared by “traditional and social media” that helped lead to the suspect’s arrest.

Gayles is being held in the King County Jail in downtown Seattle on $1 million bail. His arraignment is Jan. 29 at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent.

The county’s jail in Seattle houses inmates with serious mental health issues.

“The action of the defendant, in pulling the victim’s head back before he cut her throat with his knife, is clearly evidence of his intent to cause great bodily harm, if not death,” prosecutors wrote in charging

documents in requesting the bail.

Gayles has an extensive criminal history in Indiana, where there is an extradition warrant for his return.

Another GameStop employee who had stopped by was talking with Shideler when she noticed Gayles outside the store. He walked away. She left to go to Safeway as Gayles was walking back toward her, wearing something wrapped around his lower face. Something about him or the situation alarmed her, according to charging documents. She saw him walk into GameStop.

Shideler opened a locked case so Gayles could look at an accessory. As she turned, he grabbed her by the shoulders and held a knife to her throat, according to charging documents.

He pushed her toward the cash register, where he ordered her to give him the money inside. Following company policy, she didn’t resist. It’s estimated he stole about $150.

Gayles ordered her to the ground, following her down.

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City doubles Metro’s parking rate at downtown garage; Metro reduces number of spaces reserved Renner said the city felt it was not “the equivalent amount of respect for our costs to run the garage … versus the investment Metro and Sound Transit have made elsewhere.”

Renner and other city officials characterized the relationship as the city “subsidizing” the parking spaces of Metro riders.

The $8.5 million garage was opened in 2003 and was funded and built entirely by the city of Renton.

Renner said the city wanted to analyze other garage deals, which he said was “very difficult” when trying to get the numbers. In the end, the city used the Northgate Mall Partnership and the Northgate South Commons garages for comparison purposes.

According to figures presented to the City Council by Renner, the city calculates that when the amount Metro contributed to the garage construction is factored in, the bus service pays well over $30 per space for month for each of those garages.

During a Jan. 12 discussion at the Committee of the Whole, councilmembers Don Persson and Randy Corman each

spoke about how that garage was originally intended for residents headed downtown to shop, not necessarily for transit users, though it should be available for city resident using the transit center.

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“We need to start talking about these things even if its uncomfortable just to learn other people’s experiences, so we can better understand where they’re coming from, building those bridges.“ Barbara Warner on a Martin Luther King Jr. forum

Race, equity, inclusion matter to Renton Police I’d like to commend the Renton Reporter for its series of articles on “Can Ferguson Happen Here?” This is a very important and serious issue, not only for the nation but for our city and community. And specifically for the Renton Police Department.

Last week the Renton Reporter interviewed Officer Mark Coleman, former Police Guild president, who offered his perspective and that of the Police Guild on the issue. I would like to respectfully state that I do not agree with all of Officer Coleman’s comments.

As Renton’s police chief, representing over 150 officers in the Renton Police Department and the nearly 100,000 residents of Renton, I would like to take this opportunity to share my viewpoint and that of the Mayor’s Office.

Officer Coleman’s description of the department as a “close-knit organization of comrades” could lead the reader to the misconception that law enforcement is more concerned about their own people than with taking care of the needs of the community.

The fact is that the most important duty of police is to protect our community and the rights of the people in our community.

And with regard to diversity and race — I do not want my officers to be color blind! Race and equity matter. Officers should take into consideration the facts and circumstances including the race and ethnicity of those involved when it comes to decision making.

I also believe that it is very important for our police force to reflect the diversity in our community. Currently we do not.

We cannot ignore the existence of historical and institutional racial injustice that affects our community today. It is very important for us in the police department, who have been entrusted with the responsibility to protect our community, to create awareness and understanding, revisit our policies and procedures, provide training, and take steps to ensure that we address issues related to race, equity and inclusion in our community.

We have taken some proactive steps both internally and externally to address these issues. The City of Renton has provided mandatory training to all employees on diversity and inclusion, and specifically addressed issues related to race.

The police department was the first to ensure that everyone in the department completed the training. We have reviewed and revised several policies that impact how officers use force and make decisions.

Citywide, we are in the process of establishing an equity lens to evaluate various systems, programs and procedures. And employment is one our key focus areas — we are looking at several different ways to make our hiring practices and policies more

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Hawks step up when it matters to calm Conner and 12th Man By the time Seahawks’ quarterback Russell Wilson threw his fourth interception of the game, the 12th Man jersey had been in a heap on the floor for at least 10 minutes.

On one end of the couch sat my 17-year-old son, Conner, eyes fastened to the screen, arms crossed, looking for all the world like he’d just lost his best friend.

I suppose in a way it looked to him like that was about to happen.

On the screen, the scoreboard was telling an ugly tale, plunging daggers deep into the hearts of the Seahawk faithful.

Green Bay 19, Seattle 7. It appeared that Seattle’s magic had run out, just shy of Super Bowl XLIX in the National Football Conference, and Conner was feeling deflated at the prospect of the defending champs’ season ending anywhere short of another title. I was as well.

For the Skager clan, football, and more specifically, the Seahawks, are more than just a game, they are a passion.

For Conner, the emotions tied into this team run deep, encompassing his entire life. From the frustration of the late 1990s and early 2000s to the “we’re almost there” glory days of the Mike Holmgren era and into the present halcyon days of the franchise, we lived and died by the yearly fate of the team. In fact, the thread runs so deep that while my father was fighting esophageal cancer – which took his life on May 13, 2011 – it seemed the only good days during his several rounds of chemotherapy and radiation treatment Shawn Skager

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were Sundays, when we’d gather to watch the Hawks. My dad was there when we watched the infamous “Beast-Quake” run during the team’s 41-36 Wild Card playoff win against the defending champion New Orleans Saints.

With all that weight occupying space in our family’s emotional consciousness, alongside our love for the Hawks, it’s no wonder Conner was feeling so down. To tell the truth, I was, too.

I must confess that I have not always been the most shining example of sports-watching etiquette to my son. I’m a wear-my-emotions-onmy-sleeve kind of guy. When I’m happy or upset, people around me usually know about it. Not much seething under the surface emotionally, it’s usually all right out there in the air.

In fact, when the Seahawks lost 27-33 in overtime to the Packers in the 2003 Wild Card Playoffs (the game where then-Hawk-quarterback Matt Hasselbeck opened his big mouth, promising the team would score on the first OT possession), my beloved Cortez Kennedy jersey ended up swinging from my living room chandelier where I’d tossed it in disgust.

Apparently, that’s a trait I passed on to my son.

The aforementioned jersey lying on the floor in a heap was his. He had deposited it there in a fit of rage after a Seahawk offensive miscue. With things looking to keep going south for the team, I anticipated more histrionics from the boy. The thought of dealing with an emotionally wrecked teenager, distraught at watching his team’s season come to an end, and of coping with my own frayed emotions tied in with the team had me dreading the next few minutes, and trying to muscle down a growing anxiety inside. [ more SKAGER page 8 ]

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Five things you can do this winter for your garden: 1. Buy and plant bare root roses.

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Bare root roses this time of year are still dormant so this also makes them easier to plant as they won’t suffer as much from the

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This is the best time of year to find named varieties of hybrid tea roses like the disease resistance Peace rose, climbing roses like the classic New Dawn pink rose and hardy shrub, landscape and species roses such as the thorny but tough Rosa Rugosa.

Planting Tip: Soak the bare roots overnight in a bucket of water and if you buy a boxed bare root rose, do not plant the cardboard box with the rose no matter what the package recommends. Our mild winter climate means the rose roots do not need the added protection of cardboard.

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In his column Brian Beckley mentioned that it is very important for police to connect with the community and build trust. I whole-heartedly agree and we have been exploring ways that we can create those connections and relationships.

Recently, I met with police chiefs from this region, along with Ed Prince, executive director of the Washington State Commission on African American Affairs (and Renton City Council president), to see how we can better collaborate with members of the African-American community.

On Martin Luther King Day, I participated in a community conversation sponsored by Living Hope Christian Fellowship (see Page 1). The goal of the event was to “build healthy bridges across the racial divide” and to foster and celebrate understanding and cooperation. I am working on an effort to set up my command staff as liaisons to work closely with the diverse community groups in Renton. We will build on and continue these and other efforts to build connections with our community.

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Normally, my dad was the voice of reason in these circumstances, lending a calming influence to counterbalance both of our emotional outbursts during games. Since his death we’ve been pretty lucky because the Seahawks have seen such success we haven’t had to deal with a soul-crushing loss like the one we were sure we were witnessing on Sunday.

Help with fending off the potential outburst, however, came not from my dad this time, instead it came from the very team struggling to come back on our TV screen.

Watching Russell Wilson calmly lead the team to a seven-play, 69-yard scoring drive with less than three

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minutes left in the game was just the ticket for me.

Watching the Hawks come up with an onside kick and capitalize on it with a 24-yard TD run by Lynch had the effect of pouring water on the anxiety conflagration burning in my soul.

Although the team was playing with passion and emotion, there wasn’t a lot of anxiety to the way they were going about their business, despite facing an uphill climb to victory.

Soon, I found my anxiety loosening up, replaced with a confident assurance that everything was going to be all right.

And with this newfound calmness filling me, I was able to provide a better example to my son, whose attitude

swiftly changed once Wilson found Luke Willson in the end zone for a two-point conversion.

By the time the teams met at the 50-yard line for the overtime coin toss, every negative emotion tied into this game for me was replaced with a calmness that spread from me to Conner.

It’s nice to see that, even at my advanced age of 45, I’m still able to glean a lesson or two from sports. Guess you can teach an old dog new tricks.

Now I’ve just got to keep it together for one more game this season.

Go Hawks!

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Shots were fired early Jan. 4 after a resident discovered a young man in his backyard on South Tobin Street and several items missing.

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The resident’s wife handed him his pistol before he went outside to investigate. He found the suspect still in the backyard.

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Second Allied Arts scholarship goes to young oboe player

Jaris English

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I have been on the board of Allied Arts of Renton for four years, and am proud to be part of a new arts scholarship program for Renton area youths involved in all cultural arts fields.

Allied Arts was founded more than 50 years ago with the purpose of cultivating a community that values all forms of art to enrich lives and to make art accessible to all. The scholarship was started last year to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Allied Arts and is designed to help talented young students to further their training in their artistic field.

The first recipient for 2013 was McKenzie Fysh, a young pianist who received her scholarship at the Renton Community Foundation’s Circle of Giving Awards ceremony. She is using it to further her musical career.

It was recently announced that the 2014 scholarship was awarded to Sophie Ossorio.

Sophie, 14, is the eldest of five children, and her love of music began in sixth grade with the clarinet. Six months later, Sophie picked up an oboe for the first time.

“The oboe just fit my personality, it’s a really happy instrument,” she says.

Sophie is now playing for the advanced band at Liberty High School and in the Wind Ensemble. She used her scholarship to find a new oboe, which she says is much better than the school instrument she had been using.

She has the prestigious honor of being accepted into the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra Program.

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Char says she believes, “Life is better when you have creative intention for your life.”

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Over pie and coffee, Sophie proudly showed us her new oboe.

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On Jan. 11, I met with Sophie along with her mother Carolyn and Grandmother Sherry at Plum Delicious in Renton. We were joined by Allied Arts board member Char Baker, who manages the scholarship program, and by local author Barbara Nilson, who is a life-time member of Allied Arts.

Barbara generously donated matching funds to Sophie’s scholarship to help in the purchase of her new oboe.

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Police Chief Kevin Milosevich addresses racial issues on a panel next to Prof. Marcia Tate Arunga. TRACEY COMPTON, Renton Reporter conflict, but I do occasionally see legislation that has not racial bias, but blinders to what should be done,” Prince said. “I don’t know if that is out of ignorance or just not knowing.”

Chief Milosevich spoke to what he said is the biggest issue facing police departments across the country and that is agencies’ relationships with the African American community. He said that Renton has been aware of that issue even before the incidents in Ferguson, Missouri.

“We’ve got to resolve this; it’s been bubbling under the surface for way too long,” Milosevich said of tensions.

“We’ve got to figure out how to fix it. While its easy to kind of wait to see what happens in D.C. at the Department of Justice or in the Attorney General’s Office, see how it floats down through the region, locally we really don’t have time.”

Milosevich said that he’s been meeting with other police chiefs from across the region and Prince, in his role as executive director of Washington’s Commission on African American Affairs, to see how they can make a difference locally on racial issues.

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It was then that the city began looking at its communication efforts and the makeup of different city departments and officials began reaching out to community members. Renton’s minority population grew by 169.9 percent between 2000 and 2010, according to the city.

Seattle’s minority population grew by just 13.4 percent during the same time period.

Shridhar touted the city’s network of community liaisons and the city’s mission statement, which is “building an inclusive city with opportunities for all.”

Covington recognized that Renton City Hall has a majority white workforce that doesn’t reflect the community it serves. He sees that fact as a barrier to all of Renton’s residents feeling “I think this is just scratching the inclusiveness that the the surface. Underneath all city is trying to adopt. of the things that were said, “I think probably the there’s a lot more that we biggest challenge that I see can understand from one is that there still are people another to kind of continue in the community who to help Renton be maybe don’t yet feel that,” he said. even a pioneer with racial “So trusting is a huge issue that comes from everything reconciliation and cultural from a routine traffic stop stuff.” to contact with a municiPastor Jess Champers pal worker in the street to somebody on the phone or at the counter.”

Last year the City of Renton really started to look at its policies, systems and trainings and delved into topics such as institutional racism and white privilege, he said.

Troy Landrum, who works with youth at the church and the YMCA, spoke to black youth’s fears of the police and their questions as to whether or not they will even get to graduate and have a future.

Marcia Tate Arunga’s take on what it means to be inclusive really resonated with the audience. She compared the idea to having a room with all your furniture and pictures in place and then inviting someone in to live there but not allowing them to contribute their own home decor or collaborate on anything.

“I would say as an educator that I have noticed over the years that our biggest issue, our challenge in front of us, has been the omission of facts and sets of knowledge that includes everyone in the picture,” she said.

Councilmember Prince spoke to a similar kind of occurrence he’s observed in Olympia as head of Washington’s Commission on African American Affairs.

“In my work in Olympia, I don’t really see racial

Reaction to the panel discussion was positive, although moderators and audience members alike said there was only so much time and to address so many issues.

“To me there was so much more that each of the speakers could say and the time format just really wouldn’t allow it,” said Houston. “But I thought it was enough what was said to make other people want to engage in the process, to draw someone back out.”

Some immigrants in the audience expressed an interest in having their concerns heard too, which some say presenters didn’t address.

“We are immigrants,” said Pastor Joel Mboya of Fireflow International church. “We have issues that weren’t addressed over there, whereby we need such a kind of forum to be often, not only once like Martin Luther King time, but make more time.”

Pastor Champers hopes to do more work with the City of Renton and his church and said that there were some Russian community members in the audience and had hoped to get to cultural differences too. Living Hope Christian Fellowship has five different congregations that meet in its building: Kenyan, Russian, Cambodian, Canadian and Hispanic.

“I think this is just scratching the surface. Underneath all of the things that were said, there’s a lot more that we can understand from one another to kind of continue to help Renton be maybe even a pioneer with racial reconciliation and cultural stuff,” Champers said.

Church member Barbara Warner really liked the event because it at least started a dialogue.

“We need to start talking about these things even if its uncomfortable just to learn other people’s experiences, so we can better understand where they’re coming from, building those bridges,” she said.

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LINDBERGH SWIMMERS TAKE THREE

The Lindbergh Eagles boys swim team dominated a three-way meet against Evergreen, Tyee and Highline Jan. 15 at the Lindbergh pool.

Final scores were: LHS 142, Tyee 3; LHS 101, Highline 59; and LHS 142, Evergreen 0.

The wins move Lindbergh to 5-3 overall on the season and 4-1 in the Seamount League.

Hazen, Lindbergh grapplers battling for top spots Lindbergh on Jan. 13 defeated Kennedy Catholic 48-30 with several Eagles coming out on top in their individual matches, including Cindy Huynh, Jayden Schwope, Deven Maddy, Diego Galegos and James Garcia.

The Eagles also finished in 15th of 18 teams at the King of the Mountain at Auburn MountainView Jan. 17.

Hazen also competed at the King of the Mountain, finishing 12th as a

team. Tyson Mowrey, Nik Vargas, and Leo Palaganas all finished third while Derek Nichols and Paul Charbonneu placed fifth for the Highlanders.

Earlier in the week, Hazen split 3 wins and 3 losses against Liberty, and won 5 and lost 3 against Oak Harbor at the “Taking Down Pancreatic Cancer” fundraiser.

Hazen and Liberty face off on Deven Maddy of Lindbergh pins his opponent as the Eagles beat Kennedy Catholic Thursday at Lindbergh.

-Brian Beckley Jan. 13. VICKI MADDY, For the Renton Reporter

Hazen’s Green leads Renton girls run streak to Highlanders to two wins nine games with two wins

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The Hazen Highlanders and Renton Indians kept rolling this week, each racking up two more wins this past week, including wins by both over the Lindbergh Eagles.

Hazen On Jan. 14, Hazen hosted Lindbergh, but showed their intra-district rivals no mercy, running up a 71-57 victory over the Eagles.

Hazen’s Dominc Green posted a double-double in the game, dropping in 25 points and grabbing 17 rebounds in the win. Connor O’Hearn lead all scorers with 25 points and 6 rebounds of his own for Hazen.

Emmanuel Harvey led Lindbergh with 13 points.

On Friday, Green posted his second double-double of the week, this time scoring 30 points and grabbing 18 rebounds in Hazen’s 7543 win over Evergreen at Hazen High School.

Matt Williams and Julian Christian each added 10 points for Hazen in the win.

Hazen remains in second place in the Seamount League with a 12-3 overall record and an 8-1 league record. They play at Foster on Wednesday.

Renton The Renton Indians kept pace last week as well with a pair of victories of their own.

On Jan. 14, Renton headed to Highline and beat the Pirates 5749. Krishan Coles had 16 for the Indians and Ben Comer added 14 points.

Then, on Friday, Renton traveled up the hill to Lindbergh and beat the host Eagles 61-55. No stats were available.

The wins move Renton to 6-7 overall and 5-3 in the Seamount, enough for third place right now. The Indians take on league-leading Kennedy on Wednesday at home and then travel to Tyee on Friday.

Lindbergh After losing to Hazen and Renton last week, Lindbergh is now 6-7 overall on the year and 3-6 in the league. They travel to Evergreen on Wednesday and host Kennedy Catholic on Friday.

The Renton girls basketball team picked up two more wins this week to make it nine straight, while Hazen split their games and Lindbergh fell to both intra-district rivals.

Renton The Renton Indians girls team stayed in second place this week, picking up two more wins to run their total to nine consecutive games without a loss.

On Jan. 14, the Indians hosted Evergreen, the league’s third-place team, and blew out the visitors 51-22.

Renton kept the Wolverines to single digits in each quarter of play. In the second quarter, the Indians held Evergreen to a single free throw.

On Friday, the Lindbergh eagles came to Renton and the Indians dispatched them easily 62-37.

Renton is now 11-4 overall and 8-1 in the league. The girls travel to leagueleading Kennedy on Wednesday for a showdown with the Lancers and then host Tyee on Friday.

Hazen The Hazen Highlanders did just enough to stay ahead and then rode a strong fourth-quarter to a 39-26 victory over Lindbergh on Jan. 11, but were unable to top Evergreen on Friday.

Hazen’s Sarah Sherrod had 11 points and Kaya Dumas added 9 in the win over Lindbergh. The two teams battled through the first two periods with Hazen taking a 17-14 lead into the half. In the third, the Highlanders doubled-up the Eagles 8-4 and then rode a strong 14-8 fourth quarter to the win.

Serena Simms had 9 for Lindbergh in the loss.

On Friday, the Highlanders traveled to Evergreen, but the Wolverines proved too much, beating the Highlanders 48-39. Individual stats were not available.

Hazen is now 7-8 overall on the season and 5-4 in the Seamount. They take on Foster on Wednesday and travel to Highline on Friday.

Lindbergh After dropping both of their games this week to intra-district rivals Renton and Hazen, the Lindebrgh Eagles are now 4-10 overall and 3-6 in the Seamount.

They welcome Evergreen to Lindbergh on Wednesday and travel to leagueleading Kennedy on Friday.

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