Renton Reporter, December 16, 2011

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Boeing and the Machinists who build the Next Generation 737s are at peace for at least fi ve years, with union ratifi cation of a

contact extension last week.Th e Machinists’ request to drop

its complaint against Boeing over its 787 assembly line in South Carolina was approved by the National Labor Relations Board.

And Boeing continues to sell lots of 737 MAXs, including 150 fi rm orders from Southwest Airlines announced Tuesday, which ensures the Dallas-based

company will fl y the fi rst 737 MAX commercially as the launch customer.

Boeing, workers and Renton are all having a run of good aerospace news. While Renton has diversifi ed its business base over the years, those family wages Boeing pays are a backbone of the city’s economy. Building the MAX in Renton ensures the future of

those jobs for decades.Th e International Association

of Machinists District 751 and its 28,000 members, along with other Machinists across the country, made history when they approved the new contract on Dec. 7 by 74 percent.

Th at vote gave Boeing the assurance it needed to move for-ward with building the 737 MAX

in Renton, where all 737s now fl ying have been built.

“As a result of this vote, we have the strongest commitment to the future of aerospace jobs in Wash-ington state that we’ve ever had,” union leaders wrote to members aft er the vote.

History was made again this

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King Parker donned this festive holiday hat Monday night to let fellow council members know what he plans to do on Monday nights, now that he has retired after three terms on the council. Strapped to the hat’s sides are cans of Bud Light beer. DEAN A. RADFORD, Renton Reporter

BY DEAN A. RADFORD

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Christmas is the season when residential burglaries and vehicle break-ins increase as thieves try to steal the spirit of the holidays.

But neighbors and other shoppers in those vast parking lots can fi ght back by keeping alert.

Renton Police Det. Robert Onishi encourages residents or anyone to call 911 immediately if they see something suspicious in their neighborhood or the community. Th at

means 90,000 pairs of eyes keeping watch, he said, of the city’s popula-tion.

“Th e fi rst line of defense is the neighbors,” he said. If something doesn’t feel right, it probably isn’t, he said.

And it’s a lot cheaper to put all those unwrapped presents in a

trunk, rather than paying to replace a broken window on a car.

Last week, a residential burglary in the Highlands drew a large police presence as three police agencies - Renton, Bellevue and the King County Sheriff ’s Offi ce – searched for two suspects.

Sierra Heights Elementary School kept students indoors and locked doors until it got an all-clear from police.

Bellevue Police and sheriff ’s deputies were already on alert because of recent burglaries in those areas.

One of four suspects in that residential burglary Dec. 8 in the Highlands was charged Tuesday – and has admitted

Thieves making rounds of homes:

be on the alert

BY DEAN A. RADFORD

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King Parker spent a busy night Monday, his last as a Renton City Council member, calling on fellow council members to approve numer-

ous changes to city land-use and zoning regulations.

Th ose procedural votes capped eight months of work by city plan-ners, the Planning Commission and the City Council, including Parker’s Planning and Development Com-

mitteeHe leaves behind a clean slate of

committee work and a legacy of 12 years on the City Council that will shape Renton for years to come.

Th ere was the last time he would say, “Th ank you, Mr. Mayor,” at least at a council meeting. Th ere was even one last “Geez Louise.”

He listed what he felt were his biggest accomplishments, including developing the Renton Ahead of the

King Parker says goodbyeto City Council after 12 years

[ more KING page 16 ]

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Machinists OK contract extension by 74 percent

“The fi rst line of defense is the neighbors.” Renton

Police Det. Robert Onishi

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A 51-year-old Nevada man has pleaded not guilty to fi rst-degree murder in the death of an elderly woman 33 years ago in Bryn Mawr.

Ronald Wayne MacDonald, 51, entered the plea last week; he’s being held in the county jail in Seattle on $2 million bail.

MacDonald was charged in September with the murder of Arlene Roberts, an

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Roberts, who weighed less than 100 pounds, was “seriously beaten, tied up and strangled,” prosecu-tors wrote in asking for $2 million bail in September.

A King County Police spokesman said at the time there was little hard evidence in the case, although detectives thought robbery was a motive, according to a short story in the Nov. 1, 1978, Record Chronicle.

MacDonald had fought extradition to Washington state.

A case-setting hearing is 1 p.m. Dec. 22 in courtroom 1201 at the King County Courthouse in Seattle.

In an interview at his home in Reno in June with King County Sheriff ’s detectives,

MacDonald said it had always been in the back of his mind that his arrest could come someday, according to court documents.

MacDonald’s arrest was made possible by advances in print identifi cation technology, which allowed cold-case detectives in 2010 to link MacDonald to fi ngerprints found at the crime scene in 1978.

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Renton detectives were pursuing several leads midweek to determine who shot a 22-year-old Seattle man multiple times Dec. 9 in downtown Renton.

Detectives spoke with victim late last week aft er his surgery at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. Th e House of Representa-tives approved two gover-nor-requested education bills Wednesday designed to prepare more students for work in the aerospace industry.

House Bill 2159, spon-sored by Rep. Marcie Maxwell, D-Renton, creates competitive grant programs in the areas of science, tech-nology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Sub-ject to appropriations from the operating budget, the Offi ce of the Superinten-dent of Public Instruction

would have the authority to allocate grants for three specifi c purposes.

Entry-level aerospace assembly training for high school students

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Specialized STEM cours-es for high schools as part of Project Lead-Th e-Way

“We need to ensure that the aerospace jobs of today and the aerospace jobs of the future are going to students from Washington state,” said Maxwell. “Th is legislation takes us in that direction.”

Project Lead-Th e-Way is a national curriculum that encourages hands-on learning and project-based activities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Over 120 high schools in Washington state have incorporated Project Lead-Th e-Way cur-riculum into their schools.

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Debbie Natelson still has business to do before she closes doors on Jet City Expresso. CHARLES CORTES, Renton Reporter

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Jet City Espresso is about ready to brew its last cup of coff ee.

Owner Debbie Natelson was told by the building’s owners just before Th anksgiving that her lease will be over as of the end of the year.

Jet City has faced this fate before, in late 2008, when the property owners were planning for a major rede-velopment of her part of Main Avenue. To prepare for closing or moving, Natelson auctioned some of the treasures she and husband Paul Rollinger collected over the years.

But the redevelopment never happened, and Jet City stayed put. Her business has suff ered because of the recession, a perception her shop had closed and the addition of new coff ee shops downtown.

Her landlords indicated to her another business will occupy the building; they couldn’t be reached for com-ment this week.

She has owned Jet City Expresso for almost 22 years. “It’s like your child,” she said.

Natelson will continue to sell espresso and other treats until she closes. She’s also selling many of those treasures in her shop. Jet City is open seven days a week, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., although it’s more likely 9 a.m. on Sun-day. Jet City is at 207 Main Ave. S.

She’s uncertain about Jet City’s future. Opening in another location is a possibility but it’s expensive and in the meantime, customers are lost, she said.

Jet City Espresso to closeBY DEAN A. RADFORD

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Bob Bridge, longtime auto dealer and supporter of Renton schools, is selling his Toyota Scion dealership to the O’Brien Auto Group.

Bridge introduced new owner Michael O’Brien to employees on Monday, with Renton Mayor Denis Law at his side.

“I had the opportunity to attend his fi rst meeting with employees where he complimented the entire staff , which he plans to retain, for all they have done to help make the dealership suc-cessful,” Law said of O’Brien.

Th e deal is expected to close by year’s end.

Bridge has owned the Toyota deal-ership on Southwest Seventh Street since 1981. About three years ago, he roughly doubled the size of his dealer-ship from 35,000 square feet to 75,000, at an estimated cost of $11 million.

O’Brien is the owner of O’Brien Auto Group, which has multiple high-end dealerships in Oregon and Washington, including the Lexus dealership in Bellevue. Th e group was founded in 1986.

Bridge and O’Brien couldn’t be reached for comment. O’Brien is based at Lexus of Bellevue.

Bridge has made his mark on

Renton, not only as a long-time auto dealer but as a staunch supporter with his time and money of the Renton School District. Along with school Su-perintendent Mary Alice Heuschel, he is one of the driving forces behind the Friends of Renton Schools, which is raising money to help Renton students who need extra help succeed.

“Bob has been a tremendous busi-ness leader in Renton and he has made a signifi cant diff erence in our community, especially with his eff orts in raising support all these years for

the Renton School District,” said Law. “He plans to remain active in our community.”

In 2008 Bridge was named an Outstanding Citizen as part of the Citizen of the Year recognition for his community service.

It’s “very good news,” Law said, for Renton “to have a quality business-man like Michael O’Brien as the new owner of Bob Bridge Toyota.”

O’Brien has reputation in the region of giving back to the communities he serves, Law said.

Bob Bridge to sell dealership

Bob Bridge has owned his Toyota dealership since 1981. 2008 Renton Reporter fi le photo

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Th is is diffi cult for me to say, but my name is Tish and I am an addict. I think this holiday season it’s time for me to go on the wagon. Not the alcohol or rich-food wagon, but the charitable-giving wagon.

Requests from deserving charities to help the less fortunate at this time of year are over-whelming. Th e pleas are like large neon signs fl ashing before my eyes with such intensity that my giving heart wants to help everyone. But how can I, when the need is getting greater and my funds are getting smaller?

Not being able to help everyone is depressing, so it’s best I acknowledge the problem and shut down.

Ignoring cries for help, however, will not be easy, as temptations are everywhere.

Some tactics I can employ is quickly dumping mail requests, like those from the Union Gospel

Mission, in the recycle bin without even taking my name off , at great peril of risking identity theft . When TV and radio stations begin their plea for Northwest Harvest food drives, I’ll change the channel. I’ll politely thank the Marines for their service while ignoring their Toys for

Tots bins. Finally, I’ll crank up the volume on my iPod to drown out the Salvation Army kettle bells.

With the physical part taken care of, I must now work on the mental. It will require blocking out the disappointment on the faces of seniors, teenagers and little children who didn’t receive their requests placed on giving trees. And the vi-sion that some families will be eating spam and not ham for their holiday dinner is really eating at me. I must control thoughts like these or I surely will fall off the wagon.

It’s been reported that Jesus Christ fed thou-sands with a few fi sh. But I’m just Tish, and 2,000 years later even with infl ation and all, I don’t think my $100 will have the same impact. So, again, if I can’t help all of them, I’ll help no one.

Disappointedly, this new program of charita-ble-giving starvation isn’t providing much relief.

Th e depression I had before at not being able to respond to every request, is just as debilitating as not responding to any. I tried being blind to the need, but when you really want your memory to fail you, it doesn’t. A giving heart cannot just go cold turkey.

In need of some therapy, I thought I would start out slow with my own one-step program - 1 – 1 – 1; i.e., one charity, one bag of food and one gift . I’ll turn my thinking around from helping no one, to helping just one.

Adopt-a-Family programs like those spon-sored by St. Anthony Parish or the YWCA are good fi ts for my recovery plan. Providing food and gift s for one family fi ts my budget and satisfi es my need to contribute.

I also must realize that the gift of time is equally as important as giving gift s – like volunteer-ing at the Salvation Army in mid-December to help set up and distribute holiday food and gift s to their clients.

Th ese are positive steps, but I will always be concerned about those I didn’t help. To rid myself of the guilt, I will need a support group. Support from others is critical and requires trust. Trust that they will see the need and help others less fortunate, even if they, too, can only follow the one-step program. In doing so, I’ll gain confi dence that the needs of the commu-nity will be met - not by just one giving heart, but many.

Th is is one time I can feel good at falling off the wagon.Tish Gregory is a free-lance writer. She can be reached at [email protected]

If it’s lucky, a community is blessed with leaders who

give of themselves to make their city a better place.

There are two exemplary examples in Renton: Bob

Bridge and King Parker, who have made their mark on

Renton with their time and their personal resources.

Bridge has helped nurture Renton’s economy by stew-

arding his Bob Bridge Toyota through tough economic

times. He has created jobs and been rewarded with the

loyalty of his employees, many of whom have been with

him for years. And, frankly, his success has benefi ted the

city, through the sales tax all those sales of Toyotas and

Scions generate.

But his nurturing is far-reaching, all the way to

Renton’s classrooms. He is one of the driving forces behind

the Friends of Renton Schools, which helps Renton’s kids

succeed through its vision and fundraising. His phone

calls for donations and other assistance are almost leg-

endary. Simply put, he knows how to get the deal sealed

and everyone benefi ts.

King Parker is another master salesman, of stoves,

refrigerators – and Renton. He has made a diff erence, as

a City Council member, as a businessman and as a sup-

porter of numerous organizations, including the Renton

Community Foundation, and the city’s schools.

Monday was King Parker Day in Renton when the City

Council and the rest of Renton recognized Parker for his

years of service. He was and still is one of Renton’s most

positive forces and one of its best ambassadors.

Parker is retiring from the City Council (but NOT King

and Bunnys) and Bridge is selling his dealership to what

we hear is another community-minded owner. Bridge

and Parker deserve our heartfelt thanks and our gratitude

that they will remain active in Renton.

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Rotary members recognize three Renton School District high school students each month as Youth of the Month. After being selected by counselors 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.


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Th e fi rst emergency cold-weather shelter has opened in the City of Renton. In past years those who needed shelter would have to be transported to Auburn or Kent shelters.

Th is winter, people in need can go to the Harambee Center, 316 S. Th ird St.

Karen Bergsvik, human services manager for the City of Renton, said “the center will be activated when weather is 32 degrees or lower with imminent snow, or weather that involves a safety risk lasting for 24 hours or more.”

Th e shelter will be open November through March, depending on the weather. Hours are 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. and it’s prepared to shelter 50 homeless residents of Renton while also providing a warm meal every Saturday night.

Th e Harambee Center is also used as a place of worship for the Soma com-munity. Pastor Caleb Mayberry and Pastor John Prince are both excited about the shelter.

“We have built a presence here with the homeless community,” said Mayberry. “We have developed a relation-ship with the home-

less and I think the city caught wind of that. When I came here about seven years ago, the founder of this church had a vision for this building to be a multi-purpose benefi t for the community and so this is in line with that mission.”

Th e Harambee Center off ers meals every Saturday be-tween 4 and 6 p.m. Its website describes it as “Th e Refuge: a homeless ministry which provides a warm place to have dialogue, eat a meal and receive personal hygiene kits and tools to survive without shelter.”

Prince said working with the City of Renton to accom-plish the goal of opening up its doors was not challenging at all; together with Catholic Community Services they were able off er its building. Renton provided $10,000.

Th e nonprofi t Harambee Center off ers a broad range of services to the community, including aft er-school pro-grams, church services, dinners and now an emergency shelter. But Prince said they still need help from the com-munity in all aspects of their work.

“I know we will have some paid helpers here from Catholic Services, but beyond that we want volunteers to have extra presence here and have people to talk to if they want to talk. Maybe help cook breakfast, clean up and things like that,” said Mayberry.

“(On) Saturday nights, come down and meet the people here, check out the aft er- school program if you’re interested in volunteering,” Prince said. “ Find out what’s going on here and see if [you] want to contribute to the work that’s here for the sake of Renton.” Traci Tate is a student in the University Of Washington Department Of Communication News Laboratory.


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A Puyallup man thought he saw Sky Metalwala, the 2-year-old boy missing for several weeks on the Eastside, at the IKEA store in Renton on Nov. 12.

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An overwhelming smell of potA 20-year-old Renton woman was arrested Nov. 21 after

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Inside the room were three teenaged boys, whom the officers recognized from earlier contacts. They denied that the 4.12 grams of marijuana and a pipe belonged to them; they were told to leave.

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Some children can become overtired and some parents may be trying to put them to bed too late. Most children need to go to bed between 7 and 8 p.m., and if they don’t, they may become too stimulated.

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Th e study, conducted as part of a collaboration be-tween WebMD and Rite Aid, found that women, more than men, reported that diabetes had a greater negative eff ect on their emotional outlook as well as their compliance with diet and exercise.

“Th e survey results make sense when you consider women play multiple roles—employee, homemaker and caretaker, oft en for both chil-dren and parents,” said Dr. Carolyn Daitch, director of the Center for the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders and a psychologist with 30 years’ experience treating anxiety in patients with chronic medical conditions. “Having ready access to resources such as a pharmacist who can provide guidance and tools for self-care and practical, easy-to-implement recommendations for a healthy lifestyle can be very valuable in helping man-age diabetes.”

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It was Friday night and I toyed with the idea of ordering a Black and Tan: a blend of Guinness and Harp that layered perfectly in a pint glass like a two-tiered petit four.

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However, our family was fi rst-time customers, we made the assumption that it was a 21-and-older kind-of-place. Not so.

Th e upper-fl oor seating fl anked above the lower fl oor providing an inviting open space and like a hungry eagle I surveyed the new territory from high above: a poster of JFK, a grand old bar and the pleasant acoustic guitar accompanied an impressive cover of a Cranberries song.

I’m Irish (family lore dates a

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I stumbled into ordering a pint of Harp. It wasn’t long before the

bitter lager taste on my inexperi-enced palate soon became a fast friend alongside the live Irish folk music and the rowdy merriment and sense of camaraderie made my freckles pulse. Awakening a sense of family that I belonged to. I felt like I had been transported to Ireland.

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asked pulling my chin in his direction. The kid loves reptiles.

“And the loveliest of all was the unicorn!” I said, hugging my son tight, happy to be with my family in this venue that had evoked so many happy memories.

When done right, Irish pubs just have that special something: Equal parts good comfort food, cozy, dark wood, green, stained glass, and the sense of being surrounded by people enjoying themselves — especially on a cold winter night.

“Let’s let Mommy enjoy the moment,” Paul, my husband, said flashing me a smile. I watched him scuttle Patrick and Ty over to a nearby foosball table.

Sophie and Amelia hung back with me enjoying a cover of a Beth Orton song.

“This Irish Stew is sooooooo good,” So-phie exclaimed. I make vegetable beef soup all the time—but this was Sophie’s first Irish Stew.

It occurred to me that I hadn’t talked to

my kids much about my Irish heritage as I glanced down at a quote on A Terrible Beauty’s menu cover.

“Now and in time to be,Wherever green is worn,Are changed, changed utterly: A terrible beauty is born.”

The quote was from Yeats. The poem had inspired the name, A Terrible Beauty. A memory flashed of my UW professor half sitting on the top of an empty desk. It was a small class. He wore thick cords, a Celtic wedding band and tweed jacket with leather elbow patches reading aloud in a thick Irish brogue this famous Yates poem Easter, 1916, about the Irish insurrection against the English.

I couldn’t think of a better place (barring a family trip to Ireland) for my kids to get a taste of their heritage than here at A Terrible Beauty.

After all, food and literature are vehicles to learn more about the historical roots

of a people and place — why they ate the food they ate and why they wrote what they wrote.

The hearty Irish stew Sophie was enjoy-ing was the product of a culinary tradition where Mutton was the dominant ingredient in Irish dishes because the economic im-portance of sheep lay in their wool and milk produce so only old or economically non-viable animals ended up in the cooking pot, where they needed hours of slow boiling.

I never thought I would enjoy these memories with my kids. And yet here we were together at an Irish pub and restaurant in Renton! You don’t have to be Irish to feel a part of the community at A Terrible Beauty and thanks to its owners they assured it’s a family affair.

I love suggestions! If you know of people or places in Renton that surprise, delight and inspire the community, drop me a line at [email protected]. Also follow Carolyn on her blog, www.pippimamma.com.

Irish stew a hit of evening with kids at A Terrible Beauty

Starting Dec. 29, drivers will pay an electronic toll to cross the State Route 520 bridge over Lake Washington.

To prepare for the tolls, the Wash-ington State Department of Transpor-tation is urging travelers to get ready by setting up a Good To Go! account.

Where to get a pass and open an account:

-line at www.wsdot.wa.gov/goodtogo

pass at participating stores: Costco, Safeway, Fred Meyer and QFC. Visit www.wsdot.wa.gov/goodtogo/retail for a list of retail locations

service center or a mobile customer service station. Find locations and hours online at http://wsdot.wa.gov/GoodToGo/contacts.htm

Electronic tolls on 520 bridgeto start Dec. 29

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Luther’s Table benefi tLuther’s Table Benefi t Concert will be held at St. Mat-

thews Lutheran Church, 1700 Edmonds Ave. N.E., Dec. 16, 7 p.m. Tickets are $10, capped at $40 for families and can be purchased at Luther’s Table or St. Matthews Lutheran Church.

Activities include seven bands: Sean Bendickson, Bit-ter Tonic, Suzanne Brewer, Hot Dish, Karla Cruz, Shane Simonsen, and Nina and the Big Boys! Many inspirational stories of Luther’s Table will be shared by friends and sup-porters.

Holiday at Terrible Beauty A Terrible Beauty Irish Pub in Renton has several up-

coming holiday-themed events:

Celebration Dinner with Erin McNamee and Th e Ancora Women’s Choir, reservation only for four course dinner

Holiday music and movies, free

Steady Go!, free

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cert” benefi ting the Maple Valley Rotary’s Music For Kids program Dec. 16.

Th e concert is being held at 7 p.m. at the Maple Valley

Maple Valley. Th e concert features an appearance from Santa, Maple

phony Orchestras as well as ensemble groups.

Cold-weather items neededValley Medical Center’s Occupational Health Services

is accepting donations of cold-weather items for Blaket-Seattle. Th e following items are being accepted; blankets, long-sleeve shirts, hats, thermals, pants, boots, sweaters, gloves, scarves, sleeping bags and socks. Donation boxes can be found at the hospital through the end of December.

Food, clothing driveValley Medical is also hosting a food and clothing drive

sponsored by their Day Surgery Center.


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Th e community is asked to bring non-perishable food for the Faith Harvest Helpers and warm clothing for the Renton Clothing Bank through Dec. 22.

Th e Day Surgery Center is at 17820 Talbot Road S. in Renton.

‘Beer, carols’Luther’s Table will feature

an opportunity to sing car-ols and kick back with their “Beer and Carols” series in December.

Th e event is off ered at 7 p.m., Dec. 20.

New Year’s EveVino at the Landing is

having a New Year’s Eve Party at 8 p.m., Dec. 31.

Vino is located at 800 N. 10th Pl., Suite E. Th e cost is $65 per person. Th e cal-endar listing last week in-

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Salvation Army has three Christmas Angel Trees, where gift requests can be found.

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looking for volunteers to help with set-up and distri-bution of Christmas pack-ages this year. Volunteers are needed on Dec. 16 to help set-up the distribution and also on Dec. 19 and 21 to actually distribute the packages. For more infor-mation contact Capt. Lisa Aird at the Renton Corps.

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Lee’s Martial Arts collected about $2,000 worth of

toys that will help make Christmas happier for about

100 kids in Renton. The toy donation was coordinated

through Communities in Schools of Renton; looking over the toys are, from left, Brenda Summers, program

coordinator, and Mara Fiksdal, Mentor Program manager.

CISR also worked with Renton fi refi ghters at the six fi re

stations to identify Renton families who will receive toys for their children. Firefi ghters

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Curve marketing campaign. And there were disappoint-ments, including the failure so far to redevelop the Barbee Mill site.

It was an honor, he said, to serve on the City Coun-cil. “I will miss you but not

too much,” he said.Then, reaching under

his desk, he had a surprise. He put on a festive red cap, with two cans of Bud Light beer strapped to the sides.

“This will be my Monday nights,” he said and the crowd laughed and ap-plauded.

Mayor Denis Law rec-ognized the personal and professional commitment Parker has made to the community.

“There is no question in anybody’s mind here that Renton is a much better city, thanks to everything you have done,” Law said.

Law recognized Parker’s contributions to the city by declaring Monday, Dec. 12, as King Parker Day.


week when Southwest Airlines and Boeing announced Southwest’s firm order to buy the 150 737 MAXs and for an additional 58 Next-Generation 737s, all worth $19 billion. It’s the largest firm order in Boeing history both in dollar value and in the number of airplanes sold.

“Southwest is a special Boeing customer and has been a true part-ner in the evolution of the 737,”

Jim Albaugh, Boeing Com-mercial Air-planes presi-dent and CEO, said in the press release.

Southwest has been a Boeing cus-tomer for 40

years and during that time the two companies have worked together to launch the 737-300, 737-500 and the Next-Generation 737-700, ac-cording to Boeing.

“As launch customer for the 737 MAX, Southwest, Boeing and the 737 continue that legacy,” said Albaugh.

With the Southwest order, the 737 MAX has orders and commit-ments for more than 900 airplanes from 13 customers, while the Next-Generation 737 family has won or-ders for more than 6,600 airplanes and Boeing has delivered more

than 3,800, according to Boeing.The four-year contract extension

approved last week covers em-ployees represented by the IAM in Washington, Oregon and Kansas, and extends the contract to Sep-tember 2016.

“This contract will help secure a better future for our employees, our customers, our communities and our company,” said Albaugh said after the contract was ratified. “It reflects an effort on the part of the company and the union to find a better way to work together and achieve common ground.”

Being outlined contract details:

wage and pension increases in each of the four years of the agreement along with a one-time ratification bonus of $5,000, which employees

received Thursday.-

tive pay plan for hourly employees based on performance to metrics tracking safety, quality and produc-tivity.

-clude improvements in key benefits for IAM-represented employees, along with modest cost increases reflecting a desire to make benefits more comprehensive while moving toward a market-based payment plan that shares costs between the company and employees.

a Joint Council for the company and union to regularly discuss is-sues including workforce, market, competition and performance.Dean A. Radford can be reached at 425-255-3484.

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Monday was King Parker Day

Southwest Airlines is the launch customer for the 737 MAX. Boeing

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Southwest is 40-year customer of Boeingshe was involved in burglaries earlier in the day.

Stephanny Shabri Johnson, 23, who lives in the Seward Park area of Seattle, is out of custody after posting $5,000 bail after her first court appearance on Dec. 9.

Johnson’s role in the burglary on Northeast 19th Street just west of Duvall Avenue was to knock on the door. No one answered, so she returned to a waiting green Buick backed into the driveway, according to charging papers.

Three other suspects then entered the house. A resident upstairs investigated after hearing a bang, when the sus-pects kicked in the front door.

He found one of the suspects, a female, standing in his parents’ room. She used an expletive, then yelled, “Some-one’s here.” The drawers had been pulled from his mother’s dresser and placed on the floor.

A male suspect ran into the bedroom, closing the door behind him. The female told him “We’ve got to get out of here.” She ran downstairs and the man fled out the second-floor bathroom window. All four then left in the Buick.

Sheriff ’s deputies stopped the Buick just minutes after it left the house at a 2:10 p.m. because it matched a suspect vehicle in a burglary earlier that day in Newcastle. The two male suspects fled and were still at large mid-week. The younger of the two women stayed and was arrested. John-son was inside the car.

Johnson told investigators she was involved in several burglaries earlier on Dec. 8, what charging papers describe as “a spree of burglaries spanning from Renton to Bellevue and Newcastle.”

Onishi would not define the Highlands burglary as a home invasion. Instead, would-be burglars first figure out whether anyone is home, either by knocking on the door orchecking out a side yard or back yard. If someone answers the door, burglars may claim to be selling something or looking for someone.

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“Southwest is a special Boeing customer and has been a true partner in the evolution of the 737.” Jim

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PUBLIC NOTICES

To place a Legal Notice, please call 253-234-3506 or e-mail [email protected]

In the District Court of the State of Washington for the

County of KingCHRISTINE CLARK, Petitioner vs.VIJAY CLARK, RespondentNo 111-00373

SUMMONSChristine Clark to Vijay Clark: You are hereby sum- moned to appear on the 30th day of January, 2012, at 1PM, Bellevue District Court and respond to the petition. If you fail to respond, an order of name change will be issued regarding the minor children: Stella Clark and Bhisma Abila Clark pursuant to the provisions of chapter 4.24.130 RCW. A copy of the petition, notice of hearing, and order allowing service by publication has been filed with the clerk of this court. Bellevue, WA Petitioner: Christine Clark Published in the Bellevue and Renton Reporters on December 2, 2011, December 9, 2011 and December 16, 2011. #548909.

Superior Court of WashingtonCounty of King

In re the Estate of: FRAN E. HUWA, Deceased.NO. 11-4-06277-2 KNT

NOTICE TO CREDITORSThe Personal Representative

named below has been appointed as Personal Representative 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 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 Represen- tative served or mailed the No- tice 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 for- ever 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 PUBLICA- TION: December 2, 2011.PR:PAUL EMERSON HUWARonald E. Glessner WSBA #19495 Of MOGREN, GLESSNER & ROTI P.S.Attorneys for Personal Representative100 Evergreen Bldg.; PO.Box 90Renton, WA 98057-0090(425) 255-4542King County Superior CourtCause No. 11-4-06277-2 KNT Published in Renton Reporter on December 2, 2011, December 9, 2011 and December 16, 2011. #550749.

PUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 1

OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON

VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER

NOTICE OF RESCHEDULED MEETING

The regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners of Pub- lic Hospital District No. 1 of King County, (Valley Medical Center) scheduled for Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at 5:30 p.m., has been rescheduled to Monday, January 23, 2012 at 5:30 p.m. Regular meetings of this Board will continue to be held on the 1st Monday of every month un- less changed by public notice.BOARD OF COMMISSIONERSPUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 1 OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON (VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER)By: Sandra SwardAssistant to the Board of CommissionersPublished in the Kent, Renton, Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporter on December 16, 2011 and December 23, 2011. #561464.

CITY OF RENTONNOTICE OF ORDINANCES

ADOPTED BY THE RENTON CITY COUNCIL

Following is a summary of the ordinances adopted by the Ren- ton City Council on December 12, 2011:

ORDINANCE NO. 5639 An Ordinance of the City of Renton, Washington, amending Section 4-1-110 of Chapter 1, Administration and Enforcement, Sections 4-2-060 and 4-2-080 of Chapter 2, Zoning Districts - Uses and Standards and Sections 4-11-190, 4-11-220 and 4-11-230 of Chapter 11, Definitions, of Title IV (Development Regula- tions) of Ordinance No. 4260 entitled “Code of General Ordi- nances of the City of Renton, Washington”, by amending the regulations regarding Vehicle Sales and Repair and the Defini- tions of “Storage, Vehicle”, “Vehicle Service and Repair” and “Wrecking Yard, Auto”.Effective: 12/21/2011

ORDINANCE NO. 5640An Ordinance of the City of Renton, Washington, amending Sections 4-2-060 and 4-2-080 of Chapter 2, Zoning Districts - Uses and Standards, Sections 4-4-010 and 4-4-100 of Chapter 4, City-Wide Property Develop- ment Standards, Sections 4-9-090 and 4-9-100 of Chapter 9, Permits - Specific and Sec- tions 4-11-010 and 4-11-020 of Chapter 11, Definitions, of Title IV (Development Regulations) of Ordinance No. 4260 entitled “Code of General Ordinances of the City of Renton, Washington” by revising the regulations regarding Keeping of Animals, adding regulations regarding Home Agriculture Sales, adding a definition for “Agriculture, Home”, and amending the definitions of “Agriculture”, “Animals, Domestic - Small Lot” and “Bee- keeping”.Effective: 12/21/2011

ORDINANCE NO. 5641 An Ordinance of the City of Renton, Washington, amending Section 4-9-200 of Chapter 9, Permits - Specific, of Title IV (Development Regulations) of

Ordinance No. 4260 entitled “Code of General Ordinances of the City of Renton, Washington”, by removing superfluous language, clarifying vesting procedures, condensing requirements, and simplifying code language regarding master plan and site plan review. Effective: 12/21/2011

ORDINANCE NO. 5642An Ordinance of the City of Renton, Washington, amending Section 4-7-080 of Chapter 7, Subdivision Regulations, of Title IV (Development Regulations) of Ordinance No. 4260 entitled “Code of General Ordinances of the City of Renton, Washington”, clarifying review procedures for amendments to plats that occur between preliminary plat approval and final plat review. Effective: 12/21/2011

ORDINANCE NO. 5643 An Ordinance of the City of Renton, Washington, amending Section 6-27-6 of Chapter 27, Shopping Cart Regulation, of Ti- tle VI (Police Regulations) of Or- dinance No. 4260 entitled “Code of General Ordinances of the City of Renton, Washington”, by deleting references to Specific Costs of Filing Fees Regarding Shopping Cart Containment and Retrieval Plans. Effective: 12/21/2011

ORDINANCE NO. 5644An Ordinance of the City of Renton, Washington, amending Section 4-9-030 of Chapter 9, Permits - Specific, of Title IV (Development Regulations) of Ordinance No. 4260 entitled “Code of General Ordinances of the City of Renton Washington”, by amending the Conditional Use Permits Section by removing superfluous language, clarifying review procedures, introducing new language to govern review of revisions to approved conditional use permits, and establishing timelines for applying for building permit or licenses associated with approved conditional use permits.Effective: 12/21/2011

ORDINANCE NO. 5645An Ordinance of the City of Renton, Washington, amending

Section 4-6-030 of Chapter 6, Street and Utility Standards, of Title IV (Development Regula- tions) of Ordinance No. 4260 entitled “Code of General Ordi- nances of the City of Renton, Washington”, clarifying the regulations regarding Maintenance of Drainage Facilities and the Implementation of Flow Control BMPs. Effective: 1/15/2012

ORDINANCE NO. 5646An Ordinance of the City of Renton, Washington, repealing Ordinance No. 5136 regarding Shoreline Master Program Regu- lations.Effective: 1/15/2012

ORDINANCE NO. 5647 An Ordinance of the City of Renton, Washington, amending Sections 4-2-050, 4-2-060 and 4-2-080 of Chapter 2, Zoning Districts - Uses and Standards, Section 4-8-070 of Chapter 8, Permits – General and Appeals, Section 4-9-120 of Chapter 9, Permits - Specific, and Sections 4-10-050 and 4-10-060 of Chap- ter 10, Legal Nonconforming Structures, Uses and Lots, of Title IV (Development Regula- tions) of Ordinance No. 4260 entitled “Code of General Ordi- nances of the City of Renton, Washington”, by removing rebuild approval permits and amending provisions applicable to legal nonconforming structures and uses. (D-67)Effective: 12/21/2011

ORDINANCE NO. 5648 An Ordinance of the City of Renton, Washington, amending Sections 4-7-070 and 4-7-230 of Chapter 7, Subdivision Regula- tions, and Section 4-11-040 of Chapter 11, Definitions, of Title IV (Development Regulations) of Ordinance No. 4260 entitled “Code of General Ordinances of the City of Renton, Washington”, by allowing the Administrator of Community and Economic Development, the Administrator of Public Works and the Hearing Examiner to Approve Right-of- Way Dedications in order to streamline the procedure. (D-70)Effective: 12/21/2011

ORDINANCE NO. 5649

An Ordinance of the City of Renton, Washington, amending Sections 4-2-110 and 4-2-115 of Chapter 2, Zoning Districts - Uses and Standards, Section 4-3-100 of Chapter 3, Environ- mental Regulations and OverlayDistricts and Section 4-4-080 ofChapter 4, City-Wide PropertyDevelopment Regulations, ofTitle IV (Development Regula-tions) of Ordinance No. 4260entitled “Code of General Ordi-nances of the City of Renton,Washington”, amending the Reg-ulations Regarding ResidentialFence Heights in Front Yards, Residential Design Standards Applicability, Design Guidelinesand Parking for AccessoryDwelling Units. (D-71)Effective: 12/21/2011

ORDINANCE NO. 5650 An Ordinance of the City ofRenton, Washington, amendingSections 4-2-020, 4-2-060 and4-2-110 of Chapter 2, ZoningDistricts - Uses and Standards,4-4-130 of Chapter 4, City-WideProperty Development Stan-dards, 4-9-080 and 4-9-195 of Chapter 9, Permits - Specific,4-11-040, 4-11-090, 4-11-210and 4-11-220 of Chapter 11, Def- initions, of Title IV (Develop-ment Regulations) and Section9-2-11 of Chapter 2, Street GridSystem, of Title IX (Public Ways and Property) of Ordinance No.4260 entitled “Code of GeneralOrdinances of the City of Ren-ton, Washington”, by amendingcertain regulations pursuant tothe Department of Communityand Economic Development’s2010 - June 2011 Administrative Code Interpretations. (D-77)Effective: 12/21/2011 Complete text of these ordinanc-es is available at Renton CityHall, 1055 South Grady Way;and posted at the King CountyLibraries in Renton, 100 Mill Avenue South and 2902 NE 12thStreet. Upon request to the CityClerk’s office, (425) 430-6510, copies will also be mailed for afee. Bonnie I. Walton, City Clerk Published in Renton Reporter:on December 16, 2011. #561982

BY ADAM MCFADDEN

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Th ings are diff erent for this year’s Liberty girls basketball team, but the Patriots have still been able to pull out close wins while trying to fi nd the right chemistry.

“Everybody is still trying to fi gure out their roles,” said Liberty coach Randy Leifer. “We’re considerably shorter this year and a little quicker.”

With Danni Sjolander (6-foot-1), Halie Ericksen (5-foot-11) and Sophie

Safl ey (5-foot-8) gone to gradua-tion, the Patriots lost a lot of size and scoring from last year’s district-playoff team.

Th e leading returner is 6-foot senior Aspen Winegar. Winegar was second on the team with 10.3 points per game last year and third with 7.3 rebounds per game. Th is year, dealing with a much less expe-rienced group, she’s averaging

17.8 points and 6.5 rebounds per game.

“She’s a stabilizing force,” Leifer said. “She’s someone we can count on for points and for rebounding.”

Th e team also returns sophomore point guard Sierra Carlson, who started last year as a freshman, and senior guard Megan Tsutakawa. Carl-son averaged 6.3 points and 2.4 assists last season. Tsutakawa chipped in 3.7 points per game last year.

Th is season, Carlson is second on the team at 8.3 points per game. Stephanie Yea is third with 7.0 and Delane Agnew has 4.5.

Th e Patriots are 5-0 overall and 3-0 in league play.

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With four seniors who provided the bulk of production and played the bulk of the minutes for the Hazen boys basketball team now gone, you should ex-pect to see a diff erent team this season.

One thing you shouldn’t expect to see: A sudden drop in production.

“Th ere’s an expectation amongst all our guys that we’re looking to stay at that level we were at last year,” said fi rst-year coach Ryan Th ompson. “We’ve got a good group of kids; it’s just a matter of us starting to pick up everything that we’re putting in.”

Th e Highlanders lost three starters from last

year’s Seamount champion and state-tournament team in R.J. Magar, De Cor-rius Sampson and Brandt Graybeal, but they bring plenty back. Senior point

guard Frankie Johnson has been starting for the team for the past two seasons. He averaged six points and 3.9 assists per game last season


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For Lindbergh girls basketball coach Allen Dodson, it’s simple. He wants to get back to the Old Lindbergh. By that he means he wants the Eagles

to again be a yearly league and playoff contender. By that he means the team that went 39-10 from 2006 to 2008.

Since then the team has struggled much of the time. Th e Eagles have gone 2-14

New chapter for Hazen

Hazen’s Frankie Johnson works past the full-court press from Lindbergh’s Nate Cunningham. ADAM MCFADDEN, Renton Reporter

[ more HAZEN page 19 ]

Lindbergh’s Emily Graver brings the ball up the fl oor against Hazen. ADAM MCFADDEN, Renton Reporter

Eagles look to get back to old ways

[ more EAGLES page 19 ]

Patriots still finding roles

Liberty’s Aspen Winegar puts up a shot against Juanita. ADAM MCFADDEN, Renton Reporter

CORRECTION In the photo with last week’s

Lindbergh swim and dive team preview the swimmer was incorrectly identifi ed as sophomore Andrew Franco-

Munoz. The swimmer is sophomore AJ Lim.

Lindbergh’s AJ Lim


and is averaging 10.8 points and four assists this season.

Dawit Kasa, a 6-foot-5 senior, was second on the team with 12 points and

5.8 points per game last year. He’s leading this year’s team with 15.7 points and 9.7 rebounds per game.

Other important return-ers are Cody Moorhead,

Sam Pawliuk and Cesar Sahagun. An important newcomer is senior Alex Olson, who’s currently sec-ond on the team in scoring,

at 14.4 points per game. Zac Kolterman is averaging 6.2 points and 9.6 rebounds for the team this year.

With a new coach and several new roles for play-ers, it might take some time for the Highlanders to figure everything out, but Thompson is confident in

the team’s ceiling.“With the new system

we’re not going to be great right away,” he said. “We’ve got a very high potential to be very good at the end of the season.”

Hazen’s record so far is 3-2 overall and 1-1 in the Seamount.

and 9-10 past two years. But through that 9-10 record the progress was already visible. Lindbergh won five straight games during a late-season run to get in playoff position.

“We want to get back to the playoffs,” Dodson said. “We’ve just got to go play our game and let the chips fall where they may. Our mindset is to just go win every game.”

The team starts with senior Emily Graver. At 5-foot-10 with great ball skills, Dodson said Graver will start at point guard but move around to different positions at times during the game.

“We’ll see how far she’ll take us,” Dodson said. “Emily is a fundamentally sound player, she just has to put it all out there. We go as she goes.”

Graver has established herself as one of the league’s best players and a triple-double waiting to happen. She led the Seamount in assists last season with 4.4, and added 15.9 points and 10 rebounds per game.

“I just want to have fun, it’s not a matter of how many games we win,” Graver said. “But I think we’ll do better than we have done.”

Another key player is se-nior Sarah Radulovich, who missed most of last season with an injury. She aver-

aged 4.2 points per game in her limited action. Other starters include sophomore Aleisha Simpson, junior Sarah Batschi and junior Dalen Elenzano. Shayna Magat will also play a big role off the bench.

One factor that will put Lindbergh on the right track is that the team finally has solid numbers. With 21 players, the Eagles now have a JV team for the first time in three years.

“It just makes it a lot easier,” Radulovich said. “We can scrimmage lot more and we have more options out there.”

Lindbergh is off to a 3-2 start with a 2-1 record in league play. The Eagles play at Tyee Friday night.

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If there’s one thing Liberty boys basket-ball coach Joe Fithian knows for sure about his Patriots, it’s that they will play hard on defense.

“They’re gritty,” Fithian said. “We don’t give anybody a steady diet of anything and the guys are all really in tune to what we’re trying to do.”

Fithian said he lays out the team’s defen-sive game plan, tailored to stifle the oppos-ing team’s strengths, before each contest and more often than not, the Patriots are successful.

The drawback for the Patriots comes on the offensive end, where the team will struggle to score points at times.

“We’re going to go as far as our offense carries us,” Fithian said. “That’s our Achilles Heel. We just can’t put the ball in the hole consistently.”

Fithian said good teams have a player

who can take over the game when needed and score at any time. The difficulty for Liberty is that their best offensive

player, Tynan Gilmore, is also the team’s point guard.

So Gilmore has to balance distributing the ball to the rest of the team, while also getting his own shots. Another factor was Kellen Birdsall’s injury. Fithian was expect-ing Birdsall to be one of the team’s outside shooting options, but Birdsall broke his leg the week before the season started.

Gilmore is leading the team with 14 points per game this season. Fithian said Robbie Thomas has improved greatly on the offensive end since last year. Thomas is second on the team at 9.2 points per game.

Other key players are Jordan West, Ben Wessell and B.J. Demps.

Liberty currently stands at 2-3 overall and 1-2 in the KingCo 3A/2A, good for fourth place in the league.

Gritty defense leads Liberty[ EAGLES from page 18 ]

Lindbergh has first JV team in three years

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Kasa, Johnson back[ HAZEN from page 18 ]

Hazen’s Dawit Kasa goes to the hoop against Lindbergh’s Mario Garcia. ADAM MCFADDEN, Renton

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Th e House of Representatives approved two governor-requested education bills Wednesday designed to prepare more stu-dents for work in the aerospace industry.

House Bill 2159, sponsored by Rep. Marcie Maxwell, D-Renton, creates competitive grant pro-grams in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and

mathematics (STEM). Subject to appropriations from the oper-ating budget, the Offi ce of the Superintendent of Public Instruc-tion would have the authority to allocate grants for three specifi c purposes:

sembly training for high school students

skills programs for skill centers

for high schools as part of Project Lead-Th e-Way

“We need to ensure that the aerospace jobs of today and the aerospace jobs of the future are going to students from Washing-ton state,” said Maxwell. “Th is leg-islation takes us in that direction.”

Project Lead-Th e-Way is a na-

tional curriculum that encourages hands-on learning and project-based activities in science, tech-nology, engineering, and math-ematics. Over 120 high schools in Washington state have incor-porated Project Lead-Th e-Way curriculum into their schools.

Another Maxwell-sponsored STEM bill approved by the House today, HB 2160, requires the

Professional Educator Standards Board (PESB) to incorporate STEM knowledge and skills into the teacher certifi cation process.

“Math and science are very im-portant to both life skills and job skills in the twenty-fi rst century,” Maxwell said. “Our elementary and secondary teachers must be prepared to teach and integrate STEM literacy for current and future careers.”

HB 2159 was approved by a vote of 77-18. HB 2160 was ap-proved by a vote of 93-2. Both bills went to the Senate for further consideration.

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