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Renton residents may get their chance after all to vote on the location of a new downtown library.

However, more than $1 million could be lost from previous and current work on the new downtown location if a new course is set, a city spokesman said late Tuesday afternoon.

City Council President Rich Zwicker,

Mayor Denis Law, Jay Covington, chief administrative officer, and City Attorney Larry Warren met for much of Tuesday to try and figure out how to give the public its say and still fulfill the city’s obligations to the King County Library System.

“The petition is basically dead; the spirit behind it is not,” said Kelley Balcomb-

Bartok, a city spokesman, referring to the citizens’ initiative the council voted 4-3 against adopting Monday night.

“The council took action last night to address a citizen petition that is invalid due to a number of legal requirements, and fails to address contractual agree-ments that we’ve had in place for some time,” said Law in a news release on Tuesday. “Nonetheless, a good number of

City Council looks at public vote on library

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After much debate among Renton City Council members and public testimony, the council Monday night opted not to put an initiative on the ballot that could have kept the library over the Cedar River.

The council’s 4 to 3 vote was made before a packed City Council chambers, with some in the audience spilling into an overflow confer-ence room.

The vote followed an earlier recommenda-tion from Mayor Denis Law to decline to place the initiative on the ballot.

The initiative required that the library re-main over the Cedar River and money spent to make improvements there. If that option was not possible, then voters would decide where to build the new library on a simple majority vote.

City Attorney Larry Warren had called the initiative “fatally flawed” in a March 5 memorandum to the mayor, City Council and other administrators. Warren told coun-cil members they had four options before them to handle the initiative.

They could adopt it as is, put it to a vote of the people, refuse to act on it because of illegality or change the language and adopt it.

Richard Stephens, the attorney represent-

Split council votes not to send library initiative to a vote

Karen Hensley of Renton paraded back and forth with her Save Renton Library sign Monday evening in front of City Hall before the City Council meeting. The council voted 4-3 to decline to place on the ballot an initiative to keep the library over the Cedar River. DeAn A. RADfoRD, Renton Reporter

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There are more than 200 registered sex offenders residing in Renton currently and the King County Sexual Assault Resource Center wants people to be aware of the resources that are available to the public.

Sexual Assault Awareness Month is April this year and the organization has several events planned for the month-long campaign.

KCSARC will offer two “Family and Community Safety” presentations with pizza for the public.

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There will be a panel of experts from law enforcement, corrections, sex- offender treatment and victim’s advocacy.

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Renton’s Secondary Learning Center only has six months of scheduled construction left before it will open to high school students in fall 2012.

Designed to be an alternative high school, it was officially named at a school district board meeting on Feb. 29.

There has been a committee working on developing aspects of

the program for two years, said Kathleen Bailey, district chief academic officer in an e-mail.

Two stu-dents joined the commit-tee of three administrators and six staff members for

the naming process. The group came up with two

options, which Bailey presented at the board meeting: The Secondary Learning Center and Cedar River Secondary Learning Center.

The former was chosen after a brief discussion between board members, in which they decided the center was not located near enough to the Cedar River to take that name. The school is located at 7800 S. 132th St. on West Hill.

The new center is on the former site of Black River High School; it

has been under construction since summer 2010.

“It’s a configuration that fits the program; it won’t be like trying to fit in someone else’s clothes,” said Jack Connell, a district facilities project manager.

In the past the alternative pro-gram was in a former elementary school, which didn’t always com-fortably fit the programs designed for the students, he said.

The new construction now features space for science labs, a pre-engineering lab, culinary arts program facilities, a production arts lab and a fitness center.

“We’re not trying to limit any-thing the students do here,” Connell said.

The school provides “non-traditional instructional models for students who have not experienced success in comprehensive high schools,” said Bailey.

The lack of success could be due to attendance, academic or behav-ior issues, she added.

The Secondary Learning Center will offer high school students basic education programs, includ-ing mathematics, reading, writing and science in innovative classes with web-based program, a district

release stated. The building also includes some

energy conservation techniques never tried before in district facili-ties.

One example is a “gray water” technology system that will collect treat and reuses rain water runoff from the roof to flush toilets.

An LED light display in central areas of the school will show how the school is doing with energy ef-ficiency in real time.

Displaying colors from red being the worst to blue, the best, it will measure the building’s energy ef-ficiency.

School staff can then respond by turning off lights for example to adjust efficiency, said Connell.

Lots of natural light is designed for the school, with plenty of clearstory windows and a two-story glass structure for the main entry.

Construction crews have had to deal with a particularly wet site and several burglaries on the property early on.

Phase two of the project began in June 2011. It includes work on the new building construction, final on-site improvements, such as parking, automobile and pedestrian circulation, site lighting, landscap-ing, a required off-site street, curbs, gutter improvements and other utility relocations and coordination.

Approximately 350 students are anticipated to attend The Second-ary Learning Center in the fall.

Tracey Compton can be reached at 425-255-3484.

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ing the citizens’ initiative group, contends council members only had two op-tions before them.

Stephens cites state law that says the council must either approve the initiative as written or place it on the

ballot to let the voters decide to set a new policy on library development.

Warren agrees that the ac-tion the council took is not part of the initiative process outlined in the Revised Code of Washington, the codification of all state laws.

Normally, those rules would apply, he said. “This is not a normal situation,” he said Wednesday.

There’s another law of the land in play, the Constitu-

tion.The city cannot “impair a

contract,” he said, which he argues that either option in the initiative would do.

To do so, he said, is unconstitutional, which is the reasoning for his recom-mendation that the council not allow the initiative to move forward.

The citizens group had collected 6,383 signatures, enough valid signatures to put the matter before the

City Council for further action.

Ultimately, the council voted to “decline” to put the initiative to a vote of the people at Monday’s meeting, citing various reasons.

Council members Rich Zwicker, Terri Briere and Don Persson were all vocal in their reasoning for voting against adopting the initia-tive. Council members Greg Taylor, Randy Corman and Marcie Palmer were equally

as vocal with their explana-tion for putting the measure to a vote of the people.

Council member Ed Prince was silent as the deliberations continued.

Zwicker cited his oath as a City Council member to uphold the Constitution as the reason to reject putting the initiative on a ballot.

Briere said she was not convinced the initiative rep-resented a sufficient portion of the city’s 90,000 residents and felt the council had to weigh the costs of remodel-ing the library at its current location vs. the new Big 5 location.

Persson also agreed that the council needs to look at the costs and KCLS’ request to build a library that fits their needs.

“This needs to be directed and driven by our voters,” said Taylor, explaining that the initiative needs to be put to a vote of the people.

Taylor cited the initiative group’s lawyer’s letter to the council and to Law that called it good public policy to put the initiative to a vote of the people.

Corman weighed in, saying Zwicker had over-thought his position.

The city should just put the measure to a vote now to escape expensive litigation in the future fighting a law-suit brought by the people, Corman said.

Palmer expressed sadness at seeing a division of opin-

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Although Prince also voted against putting the ini-tiative to a vote, his silence upset Stuart Avery, spokes-person for the Citizens for the Preservation of Renton’s Cedar River Library, the initiative group.

“I’m very disappointed that council member Prince did not bother to have any comment at all,” Avery said.

Following the vote, the citizens group was to consult with its attorney to figure out what its legal next steps might be.

Nineteen people signed up to speak during the pub-lic comment session during the meeting.

Former City Council member King Parker and Chamber of Commerce President Bill Taylor spoke in favor of rejecting the initiative.

Prior to the City Council meeting, about 45 initiative supporters gathered for a rally in the parking lot out-side of Renton City Hall.

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Renton citizens have expressed their desire to have an opportunity to vote on where the downtown library will be located, and it’s never been the intent of the council to ignore public opinion. We’re going to explore some options with the council to see if we can meet our obligations while also providing our residents with an opportunity to vote on the issue.”

Warren said one decision that hadn’t been made mid-week was whether the public vote would be binding or advisory.

In the meantime, King County Library System officials are just waiting to see where the City of Renton is going after the week’s developments.

“I have no idea what the implications are at this time,” Bill Ptacek, KCLS director, said Wednesday. “I thought we were on the same page, but I guess not.”

KCLS staff on Wednesday planned to meet, discuss the Renton situation and formulate questions about the City Council’s latest actions, he said.

Saying that it was hard to comment, Ptacek did not know if any development plans would stop on the down-town library or the new Highlands branch.

Warren said Wednesday that the city has talked with Ptacek on “a very preliminary basis” and he anticipated there would be more discussions during the week.

“We will have to sit down with KCLS and decide how we can satisfy them, if we can,” he said Wednesday.

Zwicker will most likely bring forth a discussion of op-tions at Monday’s City Council meeting that gives Renton voters the ability to choose between the Big 5 location and the current site. That option doesn’t include voting on another site.

Warren had written a memorandum weeks ago to the mayor and council explaining why he thought the initiative was invalid.

His earlier advice is not being reassessed; the advice was specific to different parts of the petition that was “declined” by the City Council Monday night, Balcomb-Bartok said.

According to Balcomb-Bartok, Zwicker had strong feelings about Monday night’s council meeting and felt the need to approach the mayor and other executive staff.

“In my opinion the initiative placed before us was in-valid,” said Zwicker. “Those of us on the council who voted to concur with the administration’s recommendation did what we had to do. That said we are sensitive to the public concern about our library. I am committed to exploring our options, both legal and otherwise, to determine if there is a way we can bring this to a vote of the people.”

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I support building library downtown

Last night was the most emotion-ally charged meeting (Renton City Council meeting, April 2) in which I have ever taken part. From the heartfelt public testimonies to the remarks from my council colleagues - both for and against. As many know, I am a man of few words. After my colleagues had spoken, I had nothing additional to add that hadn’t already been said, so I didn’t comment. I had no idea my silence would be experienced as disre-gard, and I do apologize to anyone who felt slighted.

As many will recall, I have been a big supporter of the new library and was very open about my position during my campaign last year. In February of 2010, a majority of Renton voters made the decision to annex into the King County Library System. Thus, the city entered into a contract with KCLS. I had conversations with constituents who felt misled by the city, and I have had conversations with constituents who felt misled by community mem-bers soliciting their signature for their petition. Yes, there has been confusion on both sides, but to me the solution was not breaching our contract with KCLS and spending a bunch of time and money on another election.

I am not lawyer (as many others stated last night) but we are fortunate to have a top notch city attorney to advise us on legal issues. That is why we have a city attorney - because he understands the complex legal issues. I listened, read everything I could on the issue, and made what I felt was the best decision.

I appreciate the feedback and will make a point to verbalize my positions going forward.Respectfully,Ed PrinceRenton City Council

Keep library in a safe place

What hasn’t been said in all this talk about a new library is the effect it will have on families. I am a mother of two toddlers. Each week we attend library storytime, watch the Cedar River from the bridge and play in the Liberty Park playground. All without crossing a single street.

Now the city wants me to park in a parking garage, walk by a crime-ridden transit center and cross a busy street to get to the library.

Don’t make me and my children a test case for making a problematic city center safer. Don’t take a serene loca-tion children love and push them to a location surrounded by concrete and crime.

King Parker emerges from retire-ment to urge the City Council to reject the initiative. Is King Parker going to

be there to ensure my young children’s safety at the Big 5 location? Is he going to ensure we don’t get hit by a stray bullet?

I’m appalled at the arrogance, dis-respect and disregard shown by Denis Law, Rich Zwicker, Terri Briere, Ed Prince and Don Persson. They took the cowardly way out – voting to take away a beautiful amenity from my children and from our future in this city. You should all be ashamed of yourselves.

I’m a Renton homeowner. My kids have yet to enter the Renton school system. There’s still time for us to move to a place where safety comes before commerce and the wishes of the voters are respected.Christina CondellesRenton

Bond helps support Lindbergh pool

I am writing this letter to encourage everyone to vote yes on the Renton School Bond. You probably received your ballots in the mail this past week for the April 17 vote. The approval of this bond will do a couple of great things for our schools. For one it will provide funding to help with our over-crowded middle schools, and second it will provide capital for necessary renovations of the Lindbergh pool. I would like to focus on the importance of improvements to the Lindbergh pool. As someone who grew up in Renton and was a competitive swim-mer for the entire time I was in school, I can say from personal experience that these pools were a huge part of my life, time, and education. Being a swim-mer helped me developed a deep since of community, helped build my self confidence, and is a major reason I suc-ceed in school. Voting yes will provide Lindbergh pool a roof, and upgrades in the heating, ventilation and electrical systems it desperately needs.

Lindbergh has raised rates in order to keep the pool active; lesson enroll-ment is at an all-time high, making it even more important to get the facility to safety standards.

What does this mean for you as a community member? Well, here are some quick facts about our pools. They are ADA accessible, open over 7,000 hours per year to the public, and employs over 80 people. Over 11,000 people take lessons annually at these 2 pools ranging from toddlers to adults. Averages of 140 lifeguards are trained each year and more than 150 commu-nity members learn CPR every year.

Again, these are a few reasons I am encouraging you to vote YES on The Renton School Bond. We have a limited number of pools in the area, in-door pools are even fewer. Swim teams to aerobic classes, swim lessons to free swims; the benefits are well worth your vote.Mary ClymerRenton

Library: Nothing is simple

Monday night’s City Council meeting was a lesson in civics and a demonstration of the understanding by some in the community that what the council does matters.

The message to council members was clear: We are watching you. Here are your marching orders. If you don’t do what we ask, don’t expect our support at election time.

Those messages were told eloquently, by Elizabeth Stevens, by Bill Taylor and by Stuart Avery, among about a dozen others who spoke on where to build the new downtown library.

But many of the comments simply didn’t fit the context of the meeting. Evok-ing truisms, including the love for the library over the river, works rhetorically (ask any politician). What was needed Monday night was dispassionate reason, expressed with passion.

The council stuck to its guns, honoring a vote by the people in early 2010 to annex to the King County Library System that would ensure Renton residents would have library services for decades to come – an investment in the future.

But some things got lost Monday night on the way to that 4-3 vote:• That the city must honor contracts it signs, based on the situation and the

best information available AT THE TIME of signing.• That at some point, the talk ends and the decision-making begins.• That some decisions are fraught with political danger. (This one probably

wasn’t lost on the council members.)So, comes Tuesday and the news that council President Rich Zwicker ap-

proached the city’s administration about finding a way to make the public’s voice heard. He had spoken passionately about staying the course at Monday’s meeting, based on constitutional reasons.

We would argue that the public’s voice was heard two years ago, when a majority of voters decided to annex to KCLS, knowing that new libraries were on the horizon.

We would argue, too, like Bill Taylor, the Chamber of Commerce’s president, the council also has a compact with businesspeople downtown and others who in good faith have made decisions based on earlier council action on the location of a new library.

In moving forward, the City Council needs to be careful about trading one constituency for another. And the council needs to worry about its credibility not just with Renton’s citizens but with anyone who wants to sign a contract with the city.

School bond: It’s simple; vote yes

No doubt, schools are critical to securing the future of our community.Right now, we can help secure the future of Renton’s schools.Approval of a $97 million bond measure in February’s special

election came tantalizingly close to the required 60 percent yes vote. Recognizing strong support for the measure, the Renton School Board decided to place the bond on the next election, April 17.

Now April 17 ballots are in the hands of voters in the Renton School District. The Renton Reporter strongly encourages everyone to vote – yes, of course – to meet the double requirements of a 60 percent approval and of a minimum turnout.

Much is at stake.The Renton School District really does need another middle school. The three

it has now – McKnight, Dimmitt and Nelsen – are among the largest in the state. Learning and just the entire school experience suffer in crowded conditions.

There are other benefits, too, that will add to the life and usefulness of many district schools.

The popular Lindbergh Pool gets a much-needed upgrade. Swimming is a recreation that everyone in the community can enjoy; swimming classes are busy at the Lindbergh Pool, a sure sign of its value to the community.

There are all sorts of ways to explain just how minimal the cost of the bonds is to a property owner with a $257,000 home, the average assessed value in the district. In the straight-forward way, the bond would cost $3.85 a month, figured at 18 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation.

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Our family style feast at the Whistle Stop in downtown Renton almost always begins with a mound of cheese nachos and the requisite accompaniments: hearty corn salsa, guacamole and sour cream.

I tow the sauces to the side to make way for the delivery of Amelia’s favorite chicken wings sans Frank’s hot sauce on the side.

Next in line is my Misty Isle organic beef burger grilled into art deco perfection be-side a perky side-salad of superfood greens dressed in a light coat of balsamic-walnut

vinegar and polka-dotted with cranberries and gorgonzola cheese.

Fingers fly to the crispy brown sweet potato fries that are a caramelized-orange.

Robin, our server, returns carrying steam-

ing boats of homemade mac and cheese that would give Beechers brand (deemed an Oprah favorite) a delectable run for its money.

Another Ossorio feeding frenzy begins as Paul and I sit back and delight over our chilly-willy Linenkugels as toddler Ty (the non-committal-human-lint-roller) glides through plates—a fry here, a toasted corn chip there. But his real goal is collecting all the little Oreo cookie packets that come with the kids meals.

The art on the wall is local. The atmo-sphere welcoming and like a familiar child it’s hard to believe that the Whistle Stop is

all grown up. March 13 marked the 17th anniversary of the Whistle Stop Ale House in Renton.

Melinda and Jeff Lawrence are the own-ers of Whistle Stop. They have four kids — their oldest is 11 and the youngest 4. And they have definitely created something special here in Renton. It truly is a neigh-borhood family pub. That’s what makes us keep coming back for seconds.

But what prompted me to sit down and talk with Jeff the other day was his work on Facebook.

As a “Facebook friend” of the Whistle Stop, I’ve been equal parts intrigued and impressed with Jeff ’s promotion of the Whistle Stop and other restaurants in the downtown core.

According to Jeff after meeting Dennis, the owner of the Berliner German gastro pub in Renton, on the eve of its opening night he was struck with inspiration and something he called “the Celestial Body” conception.

“I went home that night after meeting Dennis and built this visual.”

Jeff pointed to his phone and I saw the familiar clustering of Renton restaurant logos.

“We’re all unique. When you look at the Big Dipper in the night sky, you need all seven parts. I don’t want the pressure of

being everything to everyone,” Jeff said. “I see downtown Renton as a destination, like Pioneer Square . . . not just one place.”

“Over there you’ve got an Irish bar called A Terrible Beauty! Over there you’ve got a German bar called Berliners! Over there you’ve got the best steak house in the Pacific Northwest . . . Melrose Grill! Over there the Red House that offers the best wines and tapas.” Jeff shouted passionately wearing the boyish expression of one who perpetually views the glass as half full as he pointed to coordinates in the air.

And though we were actually miles from the DTR sitting at a local Starbucks on Sunset Boulevard, I felt like I had a prime seat in Jeff ’s vision of the DTR Constella-tion Observatory.

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A transient man was arrested for inde-cent exposure on March 28.

A 21-year-old woman stopped a police officer at City Hall and reported that she had just spotted a man fondling himself by the side of a nearby road.

They found a 49-year-old man at about 9:45 a.m., underneath the off-ramp to Talbot Road South, fully exposed, with his pants down.

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The owner of the residence, a 34-year-old woman, returned home at about 2 p.m. and said her Nintendo Wii was taken and the television had been moved.

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“2011 has been better than the past three years. More parties, more get-together’s and people sitting together and utilizing the Whistle Stop to touch on ideas.”

“What do you think caused the shift?” I asked.

“Boeing gave the biggest gift I’ve ever seen when they committed to building the 737 MAX in Renton. It was an immediate “ah-hhhh” exhaled and people were at peace for the first time in years.”

“So why aren’t we attracting more busi-nesses to the downtown core?”

“Slum landlords.” Jeff said matter-of-factly. “We need to replace these old farts.”

My furious pen stopped. “I don’t care what you write.” Jeff said. “I

just want to speak honestly and clearly about what I feel the truth is. I have ideas — don’t judge the ideas.”

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Of course, nobody wants the library to burn down.

But I think people are tired of the struggle between the idea of progress and “business as usual.”

“Thousands of people drive down Third Avenue and they don’t ever come back be-cause of the slum landlords. The city needs to put pressure and “incentify” these slum landlords who have not updated or taken any pride in their properties. They are taking business away from our downtown.”

“What has been the reaction from the other restaurants about you promoting them on Facebook? Some might think it odd that you are promoting your competition.”

Jeff paused.“It’s odd for them, I think,” Jeff said. “But I

believe you must give in order to receive.”“The city of Renton is a prime place. I

would love to be known as the “science city” an innovative city of the future . . . with citi-zens who embrace change and adapt to new technologies and keep moving forward. It’s not out of the realm of possibility if we have the will to do the right thing.”

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The brass fittings critical to the function of fire-sprinkler systems have been stolen from seven proper-ties in Renton, apparently by metal thieves, according to the fire department.

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Brett Love pitched two innings for the win. He allowed one hit and struck out two.

Lindbergh is one game ahead of Highline and Kennedy Catholic in the Seamount standings. The Eagles have out-scored their oppo-nents 74-15 on the season and are looking for their first back-to-back state appearances since a run from 1994-1996 that included two 3A state titles.

Stuart is leading the team with 13 RBI. Hernandez has nine RBI. Enrique Martinez, Ryan White and love all have six.

Love has two wins, seven strike-outs and a 0.70 ERA through 10 innings.

Foster 10, Evergreen 5Foster went up 6-0 through two

innings, then Evergreen nearly

came back with five runs in the fifth and sixth innings. The Bulldogs added four insurance runs in the seventh.

Foster (3-4, 3-2) is in fourth place in the Seamount.

Kennedy Catholic 19, Renton 2Renton scored a run in each of

the first two innings, but couldn't keep pace with the Lancers. Ken-

nedy Catholic led 17-2 through three innings.

Renton (1-5, 1-3) is in seventh place.

Interlake 3, Liberty 2The teams played scoreless

through five innings. Interlake scored three in the sixth. Blake Reeve went 1-3 with an RBI for Liberty (0-6, 0-1 KingCo 3A/2A). Ben Wessel went six innings, struck out seven and allowed just one earned run in the loss.

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Lindbergh’s Paula Farrell leads off second base against Tyee April 2. AdAm mcfAdden, Renton Reporter

The Liberty soccer team topped Juanita 1-0 Tuesday.

The Patriots (3-3-1 over-all, 3-2 KingCo 3A/2A) are tied with Mercer Island for second place in the league.

Conner Noblat scored the game’s only goal at 62 minutes with an assist by Mitchell Ronk. Nate Mak had the shutout in goal for Liberty.

Hazen 1, Tyee 1Hazen bounced back

from its first league loss to tie Tyee 1-1 Tuesday.

The Highlanders (2-2-4, 2-1-2 Seamount) are in fifth place in the league. Tyee remains in first. Sam Bunnell scored Hazen’s only goal on an assist by Jordan Valenzona.

Liberty’s Jared Bales against Juanita April 3. AdAm mcfAdden, Renton Reporter

Liberty knocks off Juanita

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The chamber will honor the 15 Renton-area businesses and name the winners at an awards ceremony on 5:30 p.m. June 7, at the Tea Pal-ace Asian Restaurant and Banquet, located at 2828 Sunset Lane N.E., Renton.

To vote for the winner in each category, go to the chamber web-site, www.gorenton.com.

The finalists, chosen by a vote, are:

CUSTOMER SERVICE AWARD• Oil Can Henry’s• The Red House• Shawn and Ted’s Meats, East

Hill Renton

COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AWARD• First Savings Bank Northwest• King and Bunny’s Appliance• Walker Subaru

OUTSTANDING NON-PROFIT AWARD• Birthday Dreams• Habitat For Humanity• Luther’s Table

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• Farmer’s Insurance, John Gal-luzzo

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EMPLOYEES• Boeing• Columbia Bank Renton• Renton Coil Spring

The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. with a social hour, followed by dinner and the award ceremony.Tickets are $60. RSVP by calling 425-226-4560 or online at www.goRenton.com.

Professional photos of the finalists will be provided by the Photography and Powerpoint spon-sor, Morning Star Creative Group. Video Sponsor Hudson Photogra-phy, will feature all finalists in a vid-eo segment shown at the banquet.

The sponsors are:• Gold Star Sponsors: First

Savings Bank Northwest, Merrill Carlson & Company

• Silver Star Sponsors: The Renton Printery, Puget Sound Energy, WalMart

• Table Sponsors: Columbia Bank Renton, McLendon Hard-ware, Valley Medical Center, Waste Management, First Savings Bank Northwest, City of Renton

• Photography Sponsor: Morning Star Creative Group

• Video Sponsor: Hudson’s De-signer Portraits

• Award Sponsor: The Renton Reporter

• Contributing Sponsors: Farm-ers Insurance Agency – John Galluzzo, Renton Coil Spring, State Farm Insurance – Jim Sullivan

15 finalists named for chamber award

Gloria Fletcher has been named President of Sound Publishing.

Flectcher comes to Sound from Gatehouse Media, where she was Regional Vice President responsible for 85 publications spread over 13 states based in Joplin, Mo. Prior to Gatehouse, she was Division Vice President for Community Newspaper Holdings from 2000 to 2007, responsible for their Okla-homa group. She also worked for American Publishing Company from 1988 to 1999, after beginning her career working for a small daily in Woodward, Okla., in 1985.

She is an honors graduate of the University of Oklahoma and serves on the board of directors of the Local Media Association (formerly Suburban Newspapers of America). Gloria is married with two sons,

ages 14 and 17, and she and her family are excited about the move to Seattle and the Pacific North-west.

She will take up her new posi-tion in April and will be relocating her family over the summer.

“I’m honored to join Sound Publishing and Black Press,” Fletcher said. “I’m anxious to

be on-site to learn about the area, the plethora of print and digital news products and really get to know the many talented people who produce them. My family and

I are very excited to get there.” Fletcher’s appointment was

announced March 26 by Rick O’Connor, Chief Operating Officer of Black Press of Victoria, B.C., Sound Publishing’s parent com-pany, and company owner David Black.

“David and I are excited about the quality of leadership that Gloria brings to her new position and we hope to build on the new acquisi-tions we announced in the fall of last year,” O’Connor said.

O’Connor thanked both Josh O’Connor and Lori Maxim, Vice Presidents of Sound Publishing, for their leadership and guidance of Sound over the past two years. He also thanked executives Mark Warner and Don Kendall for their work in bringing both the Port

Angeles and Sequim newspapers into the Sound group over the past few months.

“Gloria is inheriting a group of publishing titles and Web sites that I think is poised for strong growth given the quality of assets, the health of the marketplace and tal-ented employees,” O’Connor said.

Based in Poulsbo and Bellevue, Wash., Sound Publishing, Inc., owns and operates 38 community newspapers, including the Renton Reporter, and 14 Little Nickel publications in the greater Puget Sound area. In fall of 2011, Sound Publishing added the Peninsula Daily News (Port Angeles), Sequim Gazette and Forks Forum to their community newspaper holdings. Collectively, Sound Publishing has circulation of 773,126.

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April Rotary Club of Renton Youth of the Month are:

• Dylan Gale is a senior at Hazen High School.

He holds a 3.8 grade point average. Gale has been involved in Key Club, Highlander Club, Ignite Mentoring, and DECA, as president. He has received DECA area awards, scholar athlete awards and scholar student awards.

Gale volunteers with St. Mathews Lutheran Church and works part-time at Safeway. He plans to attend either Western Washington University or Washington State University to study business. Gale hopes to work in sales, following his father’s footsteps.

• Mary Gronenthal is a senior at Lindbergh High School.

She holds a 3.8 G.P.A. Gronenthal

has been a member of National Honor Society, and senior class office as secre-tary, jazz ensemble, swim team, tennis, and track and field. She has received classroom student of the month awards and letters in tennis, swim and track. Gronenthal also volunteers with Renton Youth Symphony and church. She plans to attend a liberal arts college and pos-sibly study abroad. Gronenthal hopes to work for a corporation working in

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international business.

• Hung Lu is a senior at Renton

High School. He holds a 3.8 G.P.A. and is involved

with ASB Student and Class Council, Key Club, as secretary; FBLA, as co-president; science club, as president; math club; culture club and tennis. Lu has received AP Scholar Award, Masonic Outstanding Junior Award, honor roll, and poetry slam writer’s award. He volunteers at Highline Community College as a translator/interpreter. Lu plans to attend a four year liberal arts college or private university. He hopes to spend part of his career working in the medical or scien-tific laboratory field and part working in the business and political field.

Rotary members recognize three Renton School District school students each month as Youth of the Month.

After being selected by coun-selors at each of the district’s three comprehensive high schools, a selection committee of Rotary members reviews applications and interviews students to identify those who will be selected as Youth of the Month. The award is given to students who possess leadership abilities, maintain a good grade point average, participate in school activities and volunteer in their community.

The students and their parents were honored guests at a regular Rotary luncheon.


Five outstanding Renton teachers have been selected as winners in the 2012 Ahead of the Class Excel-lence in Education Awards, sponsored by the Renton Chamber of Commerce.

The winners are:• Drew Crandall, second

grade, Lakeridge Elemen-tary School

• Erin Hall, seventh grade, McKnight Middle School

• Jennifer O’Roarty, math and English/language arts, Renton High School

• Nicole Kittleson, fifth and sixth grades, Rainier Christian Schools-High-

lands campus• Michele Lesmeister,

reading and writing, adult education GED, Renton Technical College

The five winners, who demonstrate high standards of professionalism in educa-tion, received a $500 cash award and special honors at an award ceremony Tues-day at the Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center and Renton High School Commons.

More than 135 teachers were nominated by their peers, students and parents; 25 teachers sent in applica-tions.

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District Healthcare SystemNOTICE OF

BOARD MEETING Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the Valley Medical Center Board of Trustees will be held on Friday, April 27, 2012 at 11:30 p.m. in the Board Room of Valley Medical Center, Renton WA. Regular meetings of the Valley Medical Center Board of Trus- tees will continue to be held on the 3rd Monday of each month at 4:00 p.m. in the Board Room of Valley Medical Center, unless changed by public notice.BOARD OF TRUSTEES(District Healthcare System)By: Sandra SwardExecutive Assistant to the Board of TrusteesPublished in Kent, Renton, and Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporters on April 6, 2012 and April 13, 2012. #608048

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NOTICE OF INDUSTRIAL WASTE DICHARGE

PERMIT APPLICATION NO. 7880-01

TAKE NOTICE: That King County Solid Waste Division – Renton Transfer Station located at 3021 NE 4th Street, Renton, WA 98056 has filed an application for an industrial waste discharge permit to discharge industrial waste into South Treat- ment Plant from its municipal solid waste transfer station operations in the amount of 75,500 gallons per day following treatment and in-plant control and in compliance with rules and regulations of the King County Department of Natural Resources and parks; Washington State Department of Ecology; and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The approximate point of discharge is 3021 NE 4th Street, Renton, WA 98056. Any person desiring to express their view, or to be notified of the King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks’ action on this application, should notify, the King County Industri- al Waste Program at 130 Nicker- son Street, Ste. 200, Seattle, WA 98109, in writing, of their interest within 30 days of the last date of publication of this notice. Published in Renton Reporter on April 6, 2012 and April 13, 2012. #607851.

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...obituariesEleanor E. Whittlesey

Eleanor E. Whittlesey, 97, of Renton, was born July 2, 1914 in Mt. Vernon, WA. She lived in the Renton area (Earlington) for 65 years.

Survived by: daughter, Patricia Anderson and son-in-law Jay Anderson; granddaughters Paula Odegard, Jhonele (Chris) Cleary, and Jeannie Anderson; 7 great-grandchildren, Elisha and Jacob Odegard, Monica, Kylie and Matthew Cleary, Carlyon and Casen Anderson.

Respecting her wishes there will be no services.604464

Stuart E. DurdenApril 2, 1927 – March 27, 2012

Stu went to be with his God and Creator on March 27, 2012, just shy of his 85th birthday.

He was born and raised in Norfolk, VA. He enlisted in the Army Air Corp’s Aviation Cadet Program serving in WW II. Stu was a federal government employee serving the FBI, Social Security, VA & FAA. In 1971 he opened one of the FAA’s first Civil Aviation Security Offices as Special Agent in Charge at the Sea-Tac Airport. He retired December 1982.

In retirement, Stu was a volunteer at the Renton Police Department for over 20 years. He enjoyed all sports and was an avid bowler.

Stu is survived by his wife of 62 years, Myra; daughters Lynne Pyke (Brian) and Diane Heikell (Curt), 4 grandchildren and 2 great-granddaughters.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the American Cancer Society. Services were held April 5, 2012. We invite you

to sign the guestbook at www.greenwoodmempark.com.

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Rick Remillard 2/19/59 – 2/12/12

Rick was born at the Presido of San Francisco, CA and attended Renton Schools. He was in the band & choir, a swimmer and an Eagle Scout. Rick received his Commercial Photography degree from Seattle Central CC and worked for several local camera companies while developing his commercial business. Rick later worked several years for Associated Grocers, Inc. before moving into the wine end of the retail business where he was a wine steward at Shoreline & Mill Creek Central Markets. Rick loved the challenges & opportunities of the job. He was well known and respected in the wine industry where he became a member of an exclusive group. Rick became a Certified Sommelier in 2007.

While working Rick earned his BA degree in Business Administration (Information Services) from the University of Washington in 2001. Later that year he traveled to Europe, backpacking his way across England, Germany, Italy, Spain, France & Switzerland. Then Rick made a Wine trip to Australia and visited Hawaii. He returned to Europe in 2010 combining his love of bicycling with a trip to Hungary & Croatia. He always combined his love of travel with the opportunity to take photos and research the wine available. Rick had an online web site, Winesense.com offering his expertise to customers who wished to learn more about wine. He loved to swim, hike, inline skate, golf, bicycle, ski and visit wineries. Rick developed cancer in the fall of 2009 and continued working throughout his treatments. He researched many test programs throughout the U.S hoping for a cure.

He is survived by his parents, Marsh & Fran, a brother, Cary (Monica) Remillard, Shawnee KS; sister, Jan (Bill) Gardner, Meridian ID; aunt, Lila (John) Fleming, Buckley WA and several nephews & a niece.

A memorial will be on April 22nd at 2:30 pm at the Renton Eagles, 220 Wells Ave. S, Renton. Any memorial donations can be made to the Renton Eagles Auxiliary 1722

Cancer Fund. 606763

Robert (Bob) Alan KrookJune 4, 1951-March 27, 2012

Bob Krook passed away peacefully with his family by his side on March 27, 2012 after prolonged illness.

Bob was born in Seattle to Axel and Rose (Bergeson) Krook, and moved to Renton in the early 70s. Bob graduated from Sealth High School in 1969, and attended Seattle Community College. Bob worked as a manager in the customer service division at Mannesmann Tally in the Kent valley, working with computer printers for over 30 years.

Bob loved photography and travelling. He took many pictures on his travels and loved to take pictures of Mount Rainier and other nature scenes in the western Washington area. Bob was also an avid Nascar fan, and when he was younger he used to enjoy working in the pits for limited hydroplane races.

Bob is survived by his loving wife of 41 years, Susan, his daughter Joan (Greg) Miller, son Jay (Jennifer) Krook, grandson Garrett Miller, granddaughter Hannah Miller, sisters Marilyn (Bob) Dick, and Marlene (Herb) Schoenfeld, sisters-in-law Nancy (Jim) Zellerhoff and Kay (Clint) Smith, and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents Axel Krook and Rose Krook Gibbs, and his sister Myrna (Lloyd) Fisher.

A celebration of life ceremony was held on Thursday, April 5 at Kent Memorial Park.

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Rachel Ann (Mayer) Joseph Rachel passed away March 28, 2012

in Tacoma, WA. She was born May 9, 1972 in Renton, WA.

Rachel is preceded in death by her father Daniel E. Mayer and grand- parents. Survivors are her son Sheldon, sister Vonnie C. Mayer both of Orting, WA; mother Connie S. Hiroo and step-father Robert M. Hiroo of Kent, WA; her sweetheart Adam Rust of Orting, WA, and many aunts, uncles and cousins.

Rachel previously worked as a 911 dispatcher. At the time of her death she was a volunteer at the Old Soldiers Veterans home in Orting, WA. Rachel will be greatly missed by her loved ones.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, April 14 at 11 am at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 19714 106th

Ave SE Renton, WA. 607529

Bertha (Righi) MillerBertha (Righi) Miller died March 26, 2012 at her home in

Kennydale surrounded by family.She was employed by Standard Service Tire Co. for many years.

After her retirement she enjoyed volunteering for The King County Sexual Assault Resource Center in Renton and also the Griffin Home in Renton. Bertha was preceded in death by her son Michael Frederick in 2002.

She is survived by her brother Angelo Righi (Dora Lee), her daughter Louise Miller Trott (Bryan), daughter-in-law Vicki

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Five Renton teachers win Ahead of the Class award Drew Crandall Erin Hall Jennifer O’RoartyNicole Kittleson Michele Lesmeister

ing of community and business leaders, reviewed applications and conducted personal interviews with the teachers to select this year’s winners. The selec-

tion criteria for naming the award winners are based on national standards for teaching.

The Ahead of the Class award program is a partner-

ship between the Renton Chamber of Commerce, Renton public and private schools, Renton Technical College, and Renton busi-nesses.

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community in such a setting.“When the community was coming to community

notification meetings after a sex offender was released back into a neighborhood, oftentimes that education piece wasn’t able to be heard because there was a lot of emotions in the room at the time,” said Lindsay Palmer.

Palmer is the KCSARC director of education and pre-vention.

Most often, the community becomes aware of sex of-fenders in their neighborhood if they have signed up for Offender Watch, an e-mail notification system. If residents live in unincorporated King County, they get a flyer in the mail.

“But, with budget cuts in particular this is one of the pieces that has gone down,” said Dana Hufford, community corrections specialist with the Department of Corrections. “I know in Renton they have been doing their community

notification meetings for Level 3 sex of-fenders and have had zero to extremely low attendance.”

The April presen-tations are a way to proactively reach the community before a sex offender moves into their neighbor-hood.

“I think there is a lot of evidence-based research out there that indicates that collabo-ration is really a key and in particular work-ing with sex offenders,” she said.

The work goes something like this. The police watch the sex offender and the Department of Cor-rections has a relationship with the offender and they com-municate to police. Victims’ advocates are also monitoring

the situation. “The bigger the net, the more effective we’re going to be,”

said Hufford. The April presentations are the first to be done in con-

junction with Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The groups have been giving the talks for the past year

and a half as part of a grant they were awarded. King County has the highest number of sex offenders

in the state, according to KCSARC with 4,030 individuals. Pierce County follows with 2,659 offenders and Spokane County with 1,385.

KCSARC also reports that of the offenders, 72 percent are known to or related to their victims.

“Aside from the education piece, we really want to make it an opportunity for community members to be able to hook up with the resources that are part of the sex offender management system,” said Hufford.

Such lines of communication will help people if they see something suspicious, she said.

The other piece to their Sexual Assault Awareness Month is a sticker campaign called “Stick It To Silence.”

People can sign up to receive stickers with KCSARC’s 24-hour resource phone number on them.

The stickers are for posting at businesses or gathering places throughout the community.

For more information on that campaign visit: http://www.kcsarc.org/saam2012

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Abandoned Vehicle

AUCTIONABC Towing

10315 East Marginal Way STukwila 98168

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1956 CHRYSLER New Yorker. Collectors Gem! 35,000 or iginal miles. Power brakes and steer- ing. V-8 Hemis. Push button transmission. A R e a l E y e C a t c h e r ! $4,800 OBO. 206-935- 2523

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WE’RE HARD AT WORK ON WHAT MATTERS MOST IN

WASHINGTON.At Bank of America, we’re working every day to help support small businesses, homeowners and nonpro� t organizations in Washington. We’re lending, investing and giving to fuel the local economy and create stronger communities.

HERE’S WHAT WE’RE DOING:

To learn more about how Bank of America is hard at work in Washington,please visit bankofamerica.com/Seattle

© 2012 Bank of America Corporation. Member FDIC. ARP2P4Z5

$3.01 MILLION

Committed

to Washington nonpro� ts since 2011, to help continue their good work.

= $100 Thousand

20,881Worked with

Washington homeowners facing � nancial difficulty since 2008, to modify their mortgages.

= 1,000 Homeowners

$222.5 MILLION

Loaned

in new credit to Washington small businesses in 2011, to help them grow, hire and strengthen the area economy.

= $10 Million

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