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Make-up schedule for February snow storm announced Renton schools posted on March 4 they need to make up five snow days, extending current trimester. By Haley Ausbun Reporter
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Valley Medical Center held a ribbon cutting March 7 to celebrate the $15 million treatment area for heart care.
Valley updates heart care with new labs, technology Renton patients will no longer need to travel to Seattle or Tacoma for a stroke, arrhythmia diagnosis or advanced imaging of vascular problems. By Haley Ausbun Reporter
Valley Medical Center introduced advanced cardiac and vascular services to the Renton area March 12. Instead of patients driving to Tacoma or Seattle for this specific care, physicians and staff will be able to offer arrhythmia treatment, minimally-invasive heart surgeries, heart disease intervention and rehabilitation. This is especially important for people in the middle of a stroke. Now they can get care quicker and closer.
The treatment area includes new equipment and procedures, hybrid operating room, electrophysiology and cardiac catheterization labs. The new services are expanding the already existing cardiology program. “To say that we’ve been waiting for this day would be an understatement,” John Wagner, Valley’s vice president for PeriOperative services and imaging, said at the ribbon cutting March 7. He said in the three years he’s been there, they’ve been designing this space. The previous area for these procedures were out of date.
The rooms were small and had substandard imaging equipment for the most modern cardiac and vascular procedures. The design wasn’t easy for engineers. The space is in one of the oldest parts of the building from 1969. Dr. John Nemanich said he started lobbying for new cardiac labs about six years ago. He said he expected a new lab, and instead they have fortunately ended up with three. Nemanich also talked about how far cardiac procedures have gone since he began, being able to save patients lives. They were only able to perform emergency procedures until about 2009, when the state legislature allowed coronary See HEART, Page 8
The Renton School District recently released its plan to make up for the heavy snow storm in early February that resulted in five full days of school missed. The current high school trimester will be extended to end on Friday, March 22. It was originally set for Friday, March 15. The district switched high schools to trimester’s this year to help with graduation rates. The district will also be using scheduled snow make-up day Tuesday, May 28 and add one
Lindbergh senior wins competition, snags job By Haley Ausbun Reporter
Lindbergh High School senior Moyaak Chuol had a good day Feb. 23. He not only won an aerospace manufacturing competition against more than 50 other high school students, he received an email Moyaak Chuol that he’d been accepted for a job at Boeing that he interviewed for days before. Chuol won first place at the Washington state SkillsUSA
Manufacturing Assembler State Competition, hosted by Boeing at the Everett plant. The competition has an interview portion and a hands-on manufacturing portion. The winner is then based off scores from both parts of the event. This was Chuol’s second time competing. He was also an intern with Boeing. At Lindbergh, Chuol is in his second year with the aerospace class. His victory didn’t come without hard work. He had been pushing himself in that class with the help of construction, industrial technology and aerospace teacher Creed See CHUOL, Page 14
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day to the end of the year, Friday, June 21. Renton schools posted to the website that it’s working with Renton’s teacher union and union partners to determine the other three days. The school district is also currently determining what Gov. Jay Inslee’s declared state of emergency during the snow storm means for make-up days, and if they could be waived. The snow days cannot be made up during spring break, because breaks are bargained in contract negotiations with staff unions, according to the district. They will also keep March 18 as a non-student day for teacher training. High school graduation ceremonies will remain on schedule, according to the school district.
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