Renton Reporter, September 14, 2012

BY ADAM MCFADDEN

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It didn’t take ice skater Ashlee Evans long to be-come one of the country’s best.

In her fi rst year try-ing, Evans qualifi ed for the National Solo Dance Championships Sept. 20-23 in Colorado Springs, Colo.

“I’m really, really excited about it,” said the 17-year-old Kentridge senior. “I’m just so happy.”

Evans practices as Castle Ice Arena in Renton, where she also works to off set the cost of her skating. She takes classes at Green River Community College through Running Start so she can work 8-10 hours of skating into her week.

Th ere are qualifying events through the year and the top six skaters from the Pacifi c Coast, Eastern and Midwest regions qualify for the national event. Evans placed third in the Pacifi c Coast region.

She’s been skating fi gure skating, freestyle and ice dance for about 10 years.

Aft er competing at the national competition, and going through all of her dance tests, Evans wants to become a skating coach.

Another thing Evans is hoping to do is fi nd a dance partner.

“It’s really hard to fi nd a

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With renewed interest in the downtown library renova-tion, the Renton City Council Monday will receive its fi rst update on library building plans in the city since before the Aug. 7 vote.

Information about the downtown Renton and Highlands libraries will be presented in the council’s Committee of the Whole meeting at 6 p.m. Monday.

Th e King County Library System will have representa-tives at the meeting, including Bill Ptacek, KCLS library director.

Ptacek didn’t attend last Monday’s City Council meeting, but in a phone interview he confi rmed that KCLS is still retaining architect Miller Hull for the downtown library renovation and the goal now is to rebuild the downtown library built over the Cedar River.

“I wouldn’t say they are starting from scratch but it is a new environment that they have to build to,” Ptacek said of Miller Hull.

Th e architect is putting together its consultant team, Ptacek said, that will be diff erent but not necessarily bigger.

Th e fodder the architect will use for the design will be based on information from the previous feasibility study, feedback from public forums and site-specifi c information, according to Ptacek.

Mayor Denis Law maintains the relationship with KCLS is fi rm.

“Our main goal is to construct the nicest facility possible over the river while staying within our budget,” Law said via email Tuesday.

Preeti Shridhar, the city’s communications director, also added insight into the relationship.

“Our relationship with KCLS continues to be really strong, the city is working on opportunities for the public to participate in the future and give updates and give their

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Ashlee Evans, a student at Kentridge High School who ice skates in at Castle Ice Arena in Renton, will compete in the National Solo Dance Championships in Colorado Springs. ADAM MCFADDEN, Renton Reporter

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partner in this area. It’s not a big dance area, so there aren’t many people doing it around here,” she said.

Her favorite move is the camel spin, something she learned long ago, but is always working on because it’s a base spin to build other moves.

She’s overcome a nasty fall last summer, when she

tore her hamstring and nearly ripped a tendon. She dealt with pain for about six months.

“It was the weirdest freak fall ever,” she said. “Th ere’s no jumping in dance, but your feet are so close to-gether they can get caught easily. Th ose are the scarier falls.”

Evans travels to Colorado

Springs on Monday. She will compete at the Bronze Level in the Solo Pattern competition and the Juve-nile Level in the Solo Free Dance competition.

To see results or for more information about the com-petition, go to usfi gureskat-ing.org/event_details.asp?id=48369

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Recycling is a lot easier than it used to be. The painstaking process of separating

out every piece of material into three or four bins that have to be lugged to the curb every week has been largely eliminated in this area.

Republic Services’ Material Recovery Facility in Seattle’s SoDo area plays a big part in this enhanced convenience. The 50,000-square foot site takes in more than 200,000 tons of recyclable materials annually and sorts them out, category by category to be sent off for reuse.

“There are more materials that can be thrown in that single can because we’ve made the investment in the equipment and the people to effectively sort it and send it back to market,” said Jeff Borgida, general manager at Republic Services.

The company, formerly known as Waste Management, collects trash in part of Renton, Bellevue and surrounding com-munities.

The Material Recovery Facility was first built in 1988. Since that time, Republic has made extensive investments to add machinery that makes it easier and faster to sort the stream of materials that enter the facility every day. A 2008 investment of more than $5 million added more sorting machines, which led to simpler recycling for customers.

The human element still plays a big role in the effectiveness of the facility, Republic Services Marketing Manager John Caputo said. The facility runs 24 hours a day, in three shifts, and a total of 160 employees work the area during a typical day.

They are essentially responsible for qual-

ity control. They are stationed near pieces of machinery, and at extremely high speeds remove and toss materials - such as textiles - that can be damaging to the equipment.

The machinery works as an intricate, and interconnected system. Materials come in, and a variety of screening methods will filter out some of the smaller pieces - cans and glass - from things like paper and card-board. Each piece goes through parts of the system to separate bailers that compact materials to be delivered for repurposing back into such items as corrugated boxes and recycled beverage containers.

While not the biggest of Republic Ser-vices MRFs - that honor goes to the San Jose facility which opened last month - the Seattle facility is the most prolific.

“The Pacific Northwest gets it. It’s been just a bit further along in the program and how to go about recycling,” Borgida said.

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Jeff Borgida, general manager at Republic Services, inspects a pile of recycled plastic at the company’s Material Recovery Facility. NAT LEVY, Bellevue Reporter

Thomas Frets has been named general manager for Renton’s Fairwood Golf & Country Club, announced Board of Trustees President Clarence Cal. Frets will assume his new role on Sept. 17.

“Tom will be a great leader for our club,” said Cal. “He is an accomplished general manager with over 25 years of experience creating club environments that provide outstanding experiences for members and their guests.”

A resident of Maple Val-ley, Frets has spent the past two years as president of GM Resources in Bellevue.

Prior to that he had 12-year tenure as general manager/chief operations officer of Glendale Country Club in Bellevue.

“I’m very excited to work with the members and pro-fessional staff at Fairwood Golf and Country Club to build on what is already a great family-friendly and fun place in the commu-nity,” Frets said.

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Th e annual event supports the museum at 235 Mill Ave. S. It features a dinner and an auction of more than 50 auction items, some with a “spooky” theme in honor of Halloween. Cos-tumes are optional.

Last year’s event raised about $8,300 for the museum.

Th e evening will have information

about how the museum is planning to showcase the history of Renton.

Th e Renton Senior Activity Center is at 211 Burnett Ave. N. Doors open at 5:30.

Tickets can be purchased online at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/268312 or for more information about ticket purchases, call 425-255-2330.

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Th e Tulalip Tribes Charitable Fund has awarded the Renton History Mu-seum a $6,000 grant to continue its free storytelling program for schools in the Renton School District.

In 2010 and 2011 the Renton History Museum off ered a Native American storyteller to any school that partici-pated in its Coast Salish curriculum; the Tulalip Tribes Charitable Fund grant will extend that program.

Th e museum’s Coast Salish curricu-lum is available for free to third- and fourth-grade teachers in the Renton

School District. Its fi ve units meet the requirements of the Washington state Offi ce of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) and provide stu-dents the opportunity to do hands-on study of Native American-made objects in the process of learning about Coast Salish history and culture.

In 2010 and 2011, more than 600 students at eight Renton elementary schools benefi ted from the curriculum; an additional 500 learned about the oral tradition from storyteller Roger Fernandes.

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Storyteller Roger Fernandes presents the stories of Native Americans in the state to students in the Renton School District. Renton History Museum

Oktoberfest is coming to Renton at the end of Septem-ber.

As presented by the Renton Chamber of Commerce and Th e Berliner Pub, there are a whole host of activities planned for Sept. 28, 29 and 30 at the Renton Pavilion Event Center.

Th ere will be a David Hasselhoff Look-alike Contest, German beers on tap, German bands, food, games, an out-door Biergarten and a whole pig roast. Th e entertainment will be hosted by Manuela Horn of the Oktoburlesques.

Contestants in the Renton Miss Oktoberfest beauty com-petition will wow the judges with talents other than drink-ing, but also drinking and their German trivia knowledge.

Tickets are $15 advance and $20 day of the event. Advance tickets are available through BrownPaperTick-ets.com or at Th e Berliner Pub. More information, visit RentonOktoberfest.com.

Renton to celebrate Oktoberfest Sept. 28-30

Th e City of Renton is seeking candidates for one position on the Renton Municipal Arts Commission.

Mayor Denis Law will appoint the new member, fol-lowed by confi rmation by the City Council. Th e term is for three years and candidates must live within Renton.

Th e commission has 12 members and is responsible for promoting and enhancing arts and culture in the Renton community. Th e commission meets at Renton City Hall, 1055 South Grady Way, on the fi rst Tuesday of each month at 4:30 p.m.

Th e current Municipal Arts Commission membership includes representatives from many diverse fi elds, with special interests in architecture, art, music, literature, edu-cation and other cultural disciplines.

To assist in the implementation of the newly adopted Arts & Culture Master Plan, candidates with experience in the grant writing, fundraising and marketing fi elds are encouraged to apply.

To apply for commission membership, complete an application and supplemental questions, available at ArtsCommission.rentonwa.gov and on the Boards and Commissions webpage at rentonwa.gov or by calling 425-430-6589. Applications are also available at Renton City Hall, seventh fl oor Mayor’s Offi ce. Application review will begin on October 1, 2012, but applications are accepted on an on-going basis.

For more information about the Renton Municipal Arts Commission, visit ArtsCommission.rentonwa.gov.

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A Renton man threatened to kill his father Sept. 9.

The 21-year-old got into a fight with his 52-year-old father at a home on Redmond Avenue. Dur-ing the fight, the son hid a butcher knife in his pants and threatened to kill the father. The son then went into his room.

The father heard crashing and breaking sounds and went back to the room. He found the son break-ing a large water bong against the wall. He grabbed his son to try to calm him down. The son broke free and grabbed a piece of the broken glass and threatened to cut his father. The son then ran out of the house.

The father told officers his son had swung a box cutter at him a few months earlier. The son has been arrested four times for domestic violence incidents, three against his father and one against his mother.

The father said the son likes to hide in the bushes at Kiwanis Park, but police were unable to locate him.

Brother beats sister with broom over Facebook picture

A Renton man was cited for do-mestic assault Sept. 9.

The 21-year-old fought with his 12-year-old sister at their home on Pierce Avenue. The fight started when the sister took a photo of him and posted it on Facebook. This an-gered him and he wanted her phone to delete the photo. She refused and

he started to hit her with a broom. He then dragged her into the living room. At this point another sister called the police.

The sisters told police that their father has moved out and left them there because he can’t control the brother. They said the mother pro-tects the brother and allows him to hit the sisters.

Police cited the man for domestic assault.

Man’s bike stolen outside McDonald’s

A man’s bike was stolen as he dined at McDonald’s Sept. 1.

The 52-year-old left his bike unlocked outside the front door as he went inside to eat at about 1 p.m. He told officers he did not know who took the bike, but that there was a white male with long hair hanging around when he left his bike and went inside.

Officers searched and were un-able to locate the bike.

Man claims punches, kicks damaged car

A Redmond man was arrested for driving under the influence Sept. 3.

Police were called to the 700 block of Rainier Avenue at about 9 p.m. to find a car driving on a bare rim, throwing sparks and tearing up the road surface.

When police approached the vehicle the driver, a 31-year-old

man, was sweating profusely despite the driver’s window being down and the temperature being about 60 degrees. The officer also noticed a thick white substance all over the dashboard, but the man claimed it was not vomit.

The man’s wheel, mirror and cor-ner panel were damaged, as if from a car accident. The man claimed someone had attacked his car and that punches and kicks had caused the damage.

The man’s breath sample read a 0.128 blood alcohol content. While being arrested for DUI, the man asked the officer for legal advice.

Police nab man for urinating, find pot

A Renton man urinated in a pub-lic area and was holding marijuana Sept. 1.

Police were called to an area near the 100 block of Logan Avenue at about 12:30 a.m. due to complaints about a party. They found about 50 people in a crowd, yelling “fight, fight!” Officers made an announce-ment for the crowd to disperse.

A few minutes later, the 20-year-old Renton man was seen urinating in an open area, about 10 yards from Burnett Avenue and the front door of a house. Police told the man to stop, but he tried to walk away and said he hadn’t been urinating. Police noticed urine on the front of his shorts and on the bush he was facing

After catching up to the man, the officers searched him and found prescription pill bottle with mari-juana in it.

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The car overturned in a parking lot on South 180th Street near Oakesdale Avenue, trapping the driver and two passengers. They were transported to Valley Medical Center nearby with non-life-threatening injuries, accord-ing to police.

The driver was eastbound on South 180th Street at about 9:50 a.m., when he lost control of the car, crossed two lanes to the left, hit the curb and crossed the sidewalk and a landscaped area, said Commander Clark Wilcox, commander of the Police Depart-ment’s Patrol Services Division.

The car struck a tree and began to rotate, went through two bushes and then flipped upside down, with the three occupants still inside, Wilcox said.

It landed between a utility trailer and another vehicle in the parking lot.

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Three occupants were injured the morning of Sept. 7 when this Pontiac Grand Am, traveling at a high rate of speed, overturned in a parking lot on South 180th Street near Oakesdale Avenue. DEAN A. RADFORD, Renton Reporter

Over the last year and one half, the chance of surviving a sudden cardiac arrest within the City of Renton has reached a high of slightly more than 50 percent, according to a new county report.

With the national average of 10 per-cent, the advanced skills of Renton’s Fire and Emergency Services along with King County Medic One have made Renton one of the best places in the country to survive a heart attack, said Fire Capt. Doug McDonald in a news release.

Chances of surviving cardiac arrest in King County reached an all-time high of 52 percent this year, accord-ing to a new report released by King County Executive Dow Constantine.

“Fast response during traumatic events like a heart attack is critical, and these new findings once again affirm the skill of our dispatchers who take 911 calls and the profession-als who provide rapid, high-quality emergency care and transport,” said Constantine, who thanked the voters of King County for their long history of support for this service.

The Emergency Medical Services (EMS)/Medic One 2012 Annual Re-port highlights this achievement and other activities that place this EMS/Medic One system among the best.

In 2011, the EMS system in King County responded to 164,690 calls to 911, including 45,220 for Advanced Life Support (ALS), the most seri-

ous or life-threatening injuries and illnesses. The average medic unit response time improved slightly to 7.5 minutes.

The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Advisory Task Force adopted recommendations this summer for a prospective renewal of the EMS/Medic One levy in 2013. The recom-mendations will enhance the system’s superior medical training, oversight and improvement; advance the system’s innovative programs and strategies, and regional leadership; and incorporate greater efficiencies throughout the entire EMS/Medic One program.

The report is available at www.kingcounty.gov/health/ems.

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Will Renton residents get the library they really want?

Th e city administration seems anxious to put the past six months behind them. Voters were told in a July 2 letter from Director Ptacek of King County Library System that renovation of the Cedar River Library would cost $13.1 million. Reportedly, KCLS architects have been burning the midnight oil since the Aug. 7 Propo-sition 1 victory, and this Monday will unveil a plan to do the job for 30 percent less, followed by an open house at City Hall on Tuesday.

Nonetheless, the city has provided no assur-ances that the library our residents expect is what KCLS will deliver. Cost is not the only issue — KCLS has a self-serving interest in minimiz-ing library services, and in the June feasibility design by Miller Hull, presented to the voters the 22,000-square-foot Cedar River building was laid out so as to reduce user content by dramati-cally expanding foyer and internal foot traffi c spaces. In what would have been a body blow to most residents, the bridge entrance was also eliminated. And regarding cost, these updates should get your attention: fi rst, since April, Renton has paid KCLS another $200,000 plus for design services site over the objections of voters, money that apparently will not be reimbursed to the library fund. Th e city was billed aft er the council decided to give the fi nal decision on downtown library location to the voters, includ-ing $67,448 for schematic design and another $81,304 for design development on the now-abandoned Piazza site, according to city records.

Equally interesting, KCLS is tapped out for its current fi scal period to the tune of $400,000, and when asked about this shortfall by his trustees, Ptacek stated to a room full of witnesses that it

was no problem. “We have lots of contingencies in lots of projects, and when we need $400,000, we can fi nd it somewhere.” One such contingen-cy was the $400,000 miscellaneous “mitigation” cost included in Ptacek’s $13.1 million estimate for the Cedar River refurb, as revealed in sup-porting documents obtained by FOI from KCLS, documents that have been transmitted to PDC as part of ongoing electioneering complaints arising from the July 2 letter.

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Bergquist will work hardfor communities in 11th

As president of Tukwila Firefi ghters IAFF Lo-cal 2088, I write on behalf of your local fi refi ght-ers to endorse and support 11th District candi-date Steve Bergquist. Steve Bergquist is running for the House of Representatives in Olympia and will work hard to make decisions that are in the best interest of our community. He grew up in nearby Renton and is a teacher in the in Renton School District. He is a small-business owner who has also given back to the community by dedicating time coaching kids. He has been endorsed by Margarita Prentice, Tukwila Mayor Jim Haggerton and Tukwila City Council mem-ber Joe Duffi e, as well as many others. Please support Steven Bergquist by voting for him in the upcoming November election. For more information on Steve, check out his campaign website at http://www.steve4house.com/.

Dawn Judkins, president,Tukwila Firefi ghters IAFF Local 2088

Reading is one of those fundamentals that touches every aspect of our lives.

Frankly, our lives would be a mess if we couldn’t read everything from a textbook to a traffi c sign to a legal document.

And it’s through reading that kids and adults learn about the world beyond their homes and enjoy the stories created by all manner of authors.

Reading isn’t learned through osmosis, the way that kids absorb their words even before they fi gure out how to say them. Learning to read takes work and patience, which all takes time.

Th at’s why successful readers oft en had the basics down before they even entered a classroom.

Th e Renton School District has a three-year strategic plan that spells out student expecta-tions. Here are the fi rst two:

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grade reading at or above standard.

Th is week, Gov. Chris Gregoire launched a new program she hopes will help all students meet those expectations in Renton and beyond.

Th e program is called “Read Early, Read Oft en.” It encourages parents to read to their children at least 20 minutes a day. Learning has to happen at home, and not just at school, where students, oft en at a younger age than before are expected to meet ever tougher stan-dards. And the same is true for their teachers.

An early learning educator, Bette Hyde, defi nes what it means to be ready for school.

“School readiness means ready schools, ready children, ready families and ready communities,” she said in an appearance with Gregoire in Seattle.

Gregoire is already putting our money to work to get everyone ready for school. She and the state Legislature created a Depart-ment of Early Learning in 2006 and by 2018 all children will have access to high-quality preschool programs.

So Olympia has acted. But the real action is at home. Read to your kids.

Gov. Gregoire has been a champion of the state’s public education system during her two terms of offi ce. Her leadership on early education will be missed when she leaves offi ce, unless, of course, whoever replaces her – Democrat Jay Inslee or Republican Rob McKenna – clearly champion early learning.

From what I’ve read in the papers, McK-enna seems to get the importance of pre-kindergarten education. Inslee seems to stress the importance of putting a top-notch teacher in front of a classroom. Both are critical and the successful candidate will have fi gured out how to do both.

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A Washington D.C.-based advocacy group has asked for an investigation into possible violations of the federal Hatch Act at the regional headquarters of the Federal Aviation Administration in Renton.

The Hatch Act, adopted in 1939, prohibits certain federal employees from engaging in partisan po-litical activities.

The request was made by Cause of Action, which calls itself a “nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that uses investigative, le-gal, and communications tools to educate the public on how government ac-countability and transpar-ency protects taxpayer

interests and economic opportunity.”

Cause of Action made the request this week after what it describes as whis-tleblowers came forward following a staff meet-

ing May 23 at the Seattle Flight Standards Division Office at the FAA head-quarters on Lind Avenue. The group was told that two FAA administrators told employees that they

should vote for a Demo-crat because their jobs may depend on a Demo-cratic victory in this year’s presidential election.

According to Cause of Action, a deputy regional counsel at the regional FAA office is conducting an investigation into what the two administrators, John Hickey and Ray Towles, told the employ-ees.

Cause of Action in its Sept. 5 letter asked that the federal Office of Inspector General also investigate the allegations.

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Tommy Cash, the youngest brother of famed entertainer Johnny Cash, will perform at the Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center, on Sunday, Sept. 16.

Tommy Cash has played with Hank Williams Jr. and has had a successful re-cording and performing career spanning more than 50 years. In 1969 he recorded his biggest hit, “Six White Horses.”

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“Grease” kicked off in a big way Renton Civic Th eatre’s 25th Anniversary season last weekend, one of the audience-pleasing shows planned for this milestone year.

Th e audience averaged about 130 people a night. “It’s the biggest opening weekend we’ve had in a while,” said Bill Huls, the theatre’s artistic director.

Why?“Because it’s ‘Grease,’ plain and simple.

Everybody wants to see ‘Grease’,” he said.And expect more.Th is season’s lineup is “all classic big-

name shows that people want to see,” he said.

Th e Renton Civic Th eatre is having a good run of its own, although like other suburban theaters, it is struggling fi nan-cially. It received $50,000 in government grants to help pay off its mortgage, but not an additional $100,000 it had expected.

But the theater’s doors aren’t near clos-ing, Huls said.

“It’s great that we’ve reached the Silver Anniversary,” Huls said. “I can see where

this place is going to go more and more. I can see it growing in the future.”

Th e Renton Civic Th eatre was founded in 1987 by Carl Darchuk, in the classic building on South Th ird Street that before housed the Roxy movie theater. Darchuk went on to found the Village Th eater in Is-saquah and then left for Hollywood.

In those 25 years Renton Civic Th eatre has presented on a live stage the staples of community theater, from comedy to farce to musicals to dramas more consis-tently than any other venue in South King County.

Renton Civic greasesskids on its 25th season

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DEAN A. RADFORD, Renton

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Renton Civic Theatre is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a season full of fun and favorites, with a serious look at one of history’s most inspirational stories, “The Diary of Anne Frank.” The season has kicked off with “Grease.”

Tickets are available online at rentoncivictheatre.org or at the box offi ce, 507 S. Third St. in downtown Renton. The phone number is 425-226-5529.

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Huls is renting out the theatre more, to help pay the bills. In October, the lineup includes belly danc-ers, women singing acapella and a country music show.

Huls has a theory about booking each theater season: Present five familiar shows, including ones the theater has already done and usually comedies and musicals, then do one “seri-ous” show or one it hasn’t presented before in April.

“It seems to work,” he said, and helps to draw younger audiences to the theater. Last season, Renton Civic Theater presented “Crossing Delancey,” a romantic comedy.

This year Huls will direct “The Diary of Anne Frank,” which he describes as an “important show.”

This year’s season also will include “Arsenic and Old Lace,” “Annie,” “The Foreigner” and “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.”

Showing through Sept. 22 is “Grease,” which was the second show Renton Civic Theatre presented in its first season, according to Huls.

It’s directed by Alan Wilkie, who grew up in Renton. He’ll also direct “The Foreigner.”

The stage version of “Grease” is similar to yet different from the popular 1978 movie version starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John.

“Everybody comes ex-pecting the movie, but that’s not what they are going to get,” said Huls.

The play is set in 1959, when “greasers were still a big thing,” Huls said. The slicked-back hair was a sign of rebellious youth. It’s an era that many of Renton Civic’s older patrons lived through, he said.

The stage version goes beyond just telling the story of greaser Danny and good girl Sandy, two Rydell High School students who fall in love. The songs are different, although theater-goers will hear “Greased Lightning.”

“Grease,” Huls said, “is a lot of fun.”

‘Grease’ is showing at Renton Civic Theatre through Sept. 22. TANYA

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BY ADAM MCFADDEN

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Th e Liberty girls soccer team hasn’t lost a KingCo 3A/2A league game in the past two years and fi nished second at the 3A state tournament last season. What’s next?

"It's always hard to repeat success year-in and year-out," said Liberty coach Tami Nguyen. "We have discussed staying focused as a group and understand that just because you had a good year last year does not guarantee wins this year."

Despite losing two stars in Cassidy Nangle (playing for Oklahoma) and Kimi Fry (play-ing for San Diego), the Patriots bring back plenty of talent.

Seniors Kailiana Johnson, Kiana Haff erty and Nicolle Marlow are back up front. John-son and Haff erty are forwards, Marlow a midfi elder. Johnson and Marlow are both commit-ted to play at Washington State University next year. Haff erty has committed to Seattle Pacifi c.

Th e team also returns its

starting back four defenders, Leah Greft hen, Taylor Sekyra, Mollie Cook and Katie Noonan. Noonan is committed to South-eastern Lousiana.

One new player to watch is sophomore Amy Ellenburg at goalkeeper.

Th e Patriots have started the season 0-2 with two touch non-league games. Liberty lost 2-1 to defending 4A state champion Skyline Sept. 1, then 4-1 against Issaquah (who also made the 4A state tournament last year) Sept. 5.

Week 2

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of fi ve rookies to start at quarter-back in Week 1, and though he didn’t match the fantastic debut of

he was better than the other three rookies.

Andrew Luck of the Colts fi nished with a quarterback rat-

nehill fi nished with a rating of 39, Cleveland’s Brandon Weeden had a

139.9, and Wilson’s rating was 62.5.

be a big weapon for Seattle. Wash-ington returned a kickoff 83 yards and a punt 52 yards Sunday, putting the team in great scoring position.

down with a knee injury in the

fourth quarter of Week 1, but it is just a bruise and not ligament damage. Okung is expected to play against the Cowboys.

Baldwin and Golden Tate are all dealing with injuries. Martin will miss at least two weeks, while Bald-win and Tate could both be back against Dallas.

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Lindbergh 42, Steilacoom 21Lindbergh's off ense struggled early, but

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Th e Eagles (1-1) got on the board in the second quarter when Cam Callen broke off a 58-yard touchdown run. Th e Eagles scored 21 points in the quarter.

Daniel Wiitenan rushed for 205 yards and three touchdowns on 23 attempts. Callen rushed for 101 yards and racked up

Liberty forward Kailiana Johnson plays against Seattle Prep in the 3A state title game last year. ADAM MCFADDEN, Renton Reporter

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57 receiving yards. He also totaled three touchdowns. Lindbergh quarterback Tyrell Shavers completed seven of 12 passes for 67 yards, one touchdowns and two interceptions.

Liberty 25, Hazen 22Liberty held on after a

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The Patriots (1-1) led 25-7 going into the fourth quarter. Hazen (1-1) scored 15 straight points to get close, but couldn't take the lead.

Liberty's Tynan Gilmore scored three touchdowns (two receiving). Robbie Thomas passed for three touchdowns. Scott Dean caught a touchdown.

Marquise Lee ran for a 56-yard score for Hazen. Isaiah Davis caught a touchdown pass from Tony Nipert. Nathan Jacobs returned an interception 40 yards for a touchdown.

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input,” she said.The Renton City Council has

started its new chapter in the downtown library renovation project. This week it allowed an advocacy group to present to council and has plans to get more public feedback in the coming months.

The first of several open houses on renovation plans for the library will take place at 6 p.m., Sept. 18 in the Conference Center on seventh floor of Renton City Hall, 1055 Grady Way S.

Open-house events will be hosted and facilitated by City of

Renton representatives, who will give updates on the plans to the public. Council members will receive updates at Committee of the Whole and other scheduled council meetings.

“It’s really a lot of opportunity for us to hear from the commu-nity,” said Shridhar about the open-house events.

At Monday’s City Council meeting, the residents’ group, Renton Advocacy Coalition, raised questions about KCLS management of library construc-tion in Renton and asked the council for greater public involve-ment in library projects going

forward.Members of the group, Beth

Asher, David Keyes and Dana Rochex, addressed the council, explaining their concerns and proposal for being included on the city’s Library Advisory Board.

Keyes is a registered architect with 34 years of experience. He expressed his skepticism of Miller Hull’s suggested designs used by KCLS.

“I’m saying it’s not entirely clear what their goals were in hav-ing Miller Hull do the feasibility study for the existing library,” said Keyes of KCLS. “I know what their stated goals were. Some of

the recommendations that came out of the feasibility study were not the sort of thing you would typically expect from a feasibility study in the sense that they create other problems.”

Keyes cited a Miller Hull design proposal that included raising the floor level and moving the main entrance of the downtown library from the pedestrian bridge to the parking-lot side of the build-ing. Keyes attended KCLS Board meetings and did Freedom of Information Act requests to learn about ideas that have been floated before the library system by the architect Miller Hull.

Council member Rich Zwicker questioned the level of detail the advocacy group chose to delve into at Monday night’s meeting. At one point Zwicker called out Keyes for detailing inches on the design of the floor space for a library that hasn’t been designed yet.

Zwicker asked Jay Covington, the city’s chief administrative offi-cer, to confirm that no plans have been formally given to the City Council for the downtown library renovation.

Covington confirmed no plans had been given to the council

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yet, but that some work was done last summer on the downtown library to

see what the potential cost would be.

Council member Randy Corman called the whole situation unique and asked that the rest of council not fixate on the details the ad-vocacy group brings up, but figure out the proper forum for the group to bring up its concerns.

Keyes also found fault with the cost estimates KCLS presented in a letter that went out to voters ahead of the Aug. 7 elec-tion.

“I think it’s important the residents understand that Mr. Ptacek’s letter

sounded as if the $13 mil-lion estimate was specifi-cally part of the Miller Hull study,” said Keyes. “And, the $8 million construc-tion estimate was part of the Miller Hull study. The estimating of owner costs that would get it (the total estimate) up to $13 million was done entirely by KCLS’ own staff.”

This, coupled with preliminary designs he has seen for the downtown library, has Keyes and other members of the Renton Advocacy Coalition con-cerned.

Renton residents have a different idea of what they want as opposed to what KCLS has put forth so far, according to Keyes.

He bases his concern on the feedback he and other members received from residents while collecting initiative signatures for the original pitch to the City Council for the site over the Cedar River and from cam-

paigning for that location for the Aug. 7 election.

“When they’re (residents) saying keep it over the river, they’re not saying don’t up-grade it,” said Keyes. “But, they don’t expect surprises like moving the entry that is actually culturally signifi-cant in Renton.”

As to how Keyes felt the group was received by the council, he said they will have to wait and see.

“We’re hopeful,” he said, after the meeting. “We think there needs to be much more transparency; we don’t think we should be forced to have to do Freedom of Information Act (requests) to get some of this information.”

Renton Advocacy Coali-tion member Dana Rochex pitched the group members’ expertise and biographical information to the council. Elizabeth Stevens, with 27 years of commercial and business experience, and Cary Feldmann, with 34 years of environmen-tal experience, were also introduced to the council in addition to Asher and Keyes. Rochex has a back-ground in interior design and architecture.

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Pearl Loraine ReidPearl Loraine Reid (Pink

Grandma), 88, co-founder of the Renton Salvation Army Food Bank, died peacefully, surrounded by family on September 3, 2012. She was born August 3, 1924 in Trinidad, Colo., to Charles and Stella Hoadley.

Pearl married Eddie Reid in Roswell, N.M., on April 9, 1944. As members of “The Greatest

Generation,” Eddie served in the U.S. Army Air Corps while Pearl helped the war effort by assembling airplanes at Douglas Aircraft Factory in Long Beach, Calif. She worked as a riveter and eventually an arc welder. Following World War II, they entered The Salvation Army School for Officer’s Training in 1946 and were ordained as ministers with other members of “The Warriors” Session in June 1947. Together they served as officers in The Salvation Army for 37 years, retiring with the rank of Major in 1984. Both continued their work with The Salvation Army for many years after their retirement.

Pearl was known for her kind and giving heart and her infectious sense of humor. She was beloved for her ability to make people laugh. Pearl gathered friends, fans and family members as their appointments in The Salvation Army took them to Douglas and Globe, Ariz.; Colorado Springs and Pueblo, Colo.; Odgen, Utah; Helena, Mont.; Bremerton, WA; Butte, Mont.; Idaho Falls, Idaho.; and finally Renton, Wash.

She was instrumental in founding the Renton Food Bank, famously stepping forward to announce The Salvation Army would accept responsibility for feeding the city’s poor and inviting other churches and community groups to join the effort. For her leadership, vision and tireless work, she was named Renton’s Citizen of the Year in 1991.

Pearl and Eddie raised five of their own children and served as mentors, role models and trusted adults to countless more they encountered in their work with The Salvation Army. She was incapable of ignoring anyone she saw in need. Indeed, her greatest joys in life were sharing what she had with others, even when that wasn’t much.

Pearl showed great compassion and affection to the elderly, spending hours after her regular work day sitting in nursing homes and hospitals, holding hands and telling stories to those whose families couldn’t visit.

She was also well at-ease and comforting to the young. She sang more babies to sleep with her “Now-nee” song than anyone can count and could always soothe a sick or simply tired child. She was given the nickname “Pink Grandma” by a granddaughter who explained years later that pink was her favorite color and Pearl was her favorite grandma. In truth, she was everyone’s favorite grandma.

Pearl was active in The Soroptimist Club in several cities and her company, humor and friendship was cherished by her fellow Soroptimists around the West.

Pearl was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Eddie, in 1995; her eldest daughter, Carolyn Fisher, in 1981; her only son, Dale Reid, in April, 2012, and eight brothers and sisters. She is survived by three daughters, Catherine (Larry) Popp, Caron (Philip) Olsen, and Cheryl (Stephanie) Reid-Simons; a former daughter-in-law, Kathy Johnson; a special niece, Ruth Looker; one brother, Clifford Hoadley; 13 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews and cousins.

A funeral service was held on Wednesday, September 12th at Bonney-Watson Funeral Home, 16445 International Boulevard, SeaTac, WA, 98188.

Memorial donations are suggested to The Salvation Army Renton Rotary Food Bank, 206 S. Tobin Street, Renton, WA

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Robert (Bob) RivilyRobert (Bob) Rivily, born October

23, 1928, passed from this life to the next peacefully at home on September 9, 2012, with the love of his life, Elisabeth, by his side.

A lifelong Rentonite, Bob is survived by his wife of nearly 63 years, Elisabeth along with his two sons, Bob (Polly) and Thomas (Paula). His smiles and winks will be dearly missed by his four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, along with countless friends.

Bob was the successful founder of B&B Auto Parts, based in Renton.

Services will be held at Greenwood Memorial Park on Thursday, September 13 at 1:30pm with reception to follow.

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cable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Personal Representative or the Personal Representative’s attorneys at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the Court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of:(1) Thirty days after the Personal Representative served or mailed the Notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the Notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate assets and nonprobate assets.Date of first publication: September 14, 2012.PR:MARILYN BUSH WALSHRUTH A. ROTI WSBA #19495Of MOGREN, GLESSNER & ROTI P.S. Attorneys for Personal Representative100 Evergreen Bldg.; PO Box 90Renton, WA 98057-0090(425) 255-4542King County Superior CourtCause No. 12-4-05107-8 KNTPublished in the Renton Reporter on September 14, 2012, Septem- ber 21, 2012 and September 28, 2012. #675831.

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THE REGULAR SEPTEM- BER 19, 2012 MEETING OF THE SOOS CREEK W A T E R & S E W E R DISTRICT BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING WILL BE HELD AT 4:30 P.M., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2012, AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE.SOOS CREEK WATER & SEWER DISTRICT BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 14616 SE 192ND STREETRENTON, WA 98058P u b l i s h e d i n t h e R e n t o n R e p o r t e r on September 14, 2012. #676109

Superior Court of Washington

County of KingIn re the Estate of:JOSEPHINE A. HOWE, Deceased.NO. 12-4-05107-8 KNT

NOTICE TO CREDITORS The Personal Representa-tive named below has been appointed as Personal Repre-sentative of this Estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limita-tions, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Personal Rep-resentative or the Personal Representative’s attorneys at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the Court in which the pro-bate proceedings were com-menced. The claim must be presented within the later of:(1) Thirty days after the Personal Rep-resentative served or mailed the Notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the Notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise pro-vided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effec-tive as to claims against both the decedent’s probate assets and nonprobate assets.Date of first publication: September 14, 2012.P R : M A R I LY N B U S H WALSHRUTH A. ROTI WSBA #19495Of MOGREN, GLESSNER & ROTI P.S. Attorneys for Personal Representative100 Evergreen Bldg.; PO Box 90Renton, WA 98057-0090(425) 255-4542King County Superior CourtCause No. 12-4-05107-8 KNTPublished in the Renton Reporter on September 1 4 , 2 0 1 2 , S e p t e m - ber 21, 2012 and September 28, 2012. #675831.

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