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Paul Ouellette has lived in the Rolling Hills neighborhood for decades and since his retirement he has spent a lot of time in his backyard, which contains several

bird feeders.Normally at this

time of year, his backyard is filled with birds; finches, chickadees and even humming-birds.

“It’s very nice to see them flying around the yard all the time,” he said.

But this year is different. This year an eerie silence has settled over Ouellette’s yard - and his entire neighborhood.

“The birds are gone,” he said this past week. “Our feeders are still full.”

Ouellette said some people tell him it’s the hawks or that this winter has been foggy and that’s thrown off the birds.

But Ouellette, a retired civil engineer, isn’t buying it. He’s seen winters like this before and there have been birds.

“If you feed the birds, you know when they’re (usually around),” he said.

But there is a difference in the neigh-borhood this winter.

Beginning in mid-December, the city began installing new smart-water meters on homes all throughout Rolling Hills. The meters send information to the city

four times a day to help monitor water usage without having to send workers to check individual meters. By mid-January, the entire Rolling Hills North neighbor-hood had been equipped with the new meters.

Where have the birds gone?

Paul Ouellette has been feeding birds in the Rolling Hills neighborhood for several years and said since the city has installed smart water meters, he has not had to buy bird feed for the multiple feeders in his backyard. BRian Beckley, Renton Reporter

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The debate got heated again during discus-sions on the Cedar River library renovations at an open house meeting Tuesday night.

Audience members interjected and ex-pressed frustration as City of Renton officials tried to explain information collected for the pre-application process for land use and environmental permits for the library over the Cedar River.

Many said they felt slighted by what the city was presenting and questioned whether the public’s input was truly being considered.

Chip Vincent and Peter Renner updated the medium-sized crowd in City Council chambers on the latest developments on the downtown Renton library and the Highlands library that’s part of the Sunset Boulevard redevelopment project. Vincent is the city’s community and economic development director and Renner is the facilities director.

The majority of the meeting was focused on the public’s concern for the downtown library over the Cedar River. Frustrations are tied to a conceptual floor plan the city released in which the footprint of the build-ing is smaller and the main entry has been

library debate heats up again

as plans emerge

SPeea member Dennis Davaz separates union ballots for processing Tuesday at SPeea headquarters in Tukwila. BRian Beckley, Renton Reporter

By Brian Beckley

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The union representing Boeing’s professional and technical workers was handed in a split decision on the company’s most recent contract offer.

The engineers have accepted the contract while the technical work-ers rejected the offer. In addition, the technical workers gave the bargaining unit the authorization to strike if they

felt necessary.According to SPEEA, the numbers

shook out like this:The Professional Unit representing

engineers accepted the contract 6,483 to 5,514, but also authorized a strike 6,727 to 5,249, just in case.

“They have locked in a contract that provides 5 percent raise pools for its duration and no increases in medi-cal,” said SPEEA spokesperson Bill Dugovich.

The Technical Unit representing technical workers voted to reject the contract by a margin of 3,203 to 2,868 and authorized a strike 3,903 to 2,165.

With rejection of Boeing’s contract offer by members of the Technical Bargaining Unit, the union notified the federal mediator Wednesday to schedule the resumption of negotia-tions, according to a Wednesday press release from SPEEA, The Society of

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“normally you walk into a neighborhood and hear birds. Here there’s nothing. and this time of year it should be getting noisier.” Bruce chase, rolling Hills

Since the installation of smart water meters last month, the birds have disappeared from the Rolling Hills neighborhood

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Armondo Pavone, a life-long Renton resident and business owner, announced Tuesday he will run for a seat on the Renton City Council this year.

Pavone and his wife Angela live on Renton Hill with their two young boys, Roman and Dominic.

Pavone will seek an open seat on the council currently held by council member Rich Zwicker, who has announced he does not plan to seek re-election to his seat this

year. Zwicker was appoint-ed to the City Council in 2008 and elected in 2010.

“I’m thrilled that Ar-mondo is stepping forward to run for City Council,” Zwicker said. “He has my full support.”

Pavone has deep roots in the Renton community. His father John retired af-

ter 24 years of service with the Renton Police Department. Pavone was born and raised in this community and is a graduate of Renton High School.

After attending Shoreline Community College, he co-owned and operated “Just Cookies” with three locations in downtown Seattle and one in Bellevue. For the past 27 years, he has owned and operated restaurants in the downtown community, including Armondo’s Café Italiano, which he opened in

1986 and operated until 2011.He continues to own a steakhouse, The

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Pavone has been a business leader and has been active with the Renton Chamber of Commerce, Renton Hill Neighborhood Association, former board member with the Downtown Renton Association and a mem-ber of Renton Rotary since 1996. He was one of the founding members of the Renton Blue Ribbon Committee that was responsible for changing the direction of the city and credited with attracting new development and jobs to the community.

Pavone says his interest in serving on the City Council is a continuation of his com-mitment to play a role in Renton’s future.

“I have watched this city evolve from a small manufacturing town into a desired community to live and operate a business,” Pavone said. “Renton has earned the respect of the entire region for being a progressive, quality city, where people work together for the good of the community.”

Pavone cited the quality of Renton schools and the rich diversity of the community that makes Renton a special place to live.

“We have quality parks and schools and many public amenities that continue to attract new families here,” he said. “I look forward to working with other council mem-bers and the city administration in making sure that we protect, and even improve, the quality of life in our community.”

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Renton business partners Santiago Poten-ciano and Salvatore Lembo got the green light to take their restaurant concept to the next level after a city landlord recognized their potential.

Denny Dochnahl, who owns property in Renton, was a regular customer of the duo’s Vino Ristorante on South Third Avenue for eight years.

Potenciano became a partner in 2010 and built up a growing clientele. Lembo owned Vino for several years prior to 2010 with another partner, before he closed it in 2008.

Dochnahl saw the need for the business to expand its space in Renton and offered the two men the space in his building formerly occupied by restaurant Armondo’s. Marianna Ristorante, Pizzeria and bar opened on Jan. 28.

Potenciano had dreamed about opening a full wine bar upstairs at the former location but was limited by liability and accessibility issues that prevented him from expanding to a second level at Vino.

Marianna’s new space at 310 Wells Ave. S. gives the restaurateurs more square footage, space for a new pizza oven and an even better kitchen.

“A lot of my customers were very very sad that we were leaving that house; but when they saw what I did here, they were just, ‘wow’,” said Potenciano.

Partner Lembo is no stranger to Italian restaurants. He’s owned Bellevue’s Firenze Ristorante Italiano for 20 years. Rosendo Ruiz is the executive chef at Firenze and also a partner at Marianna in Renton.

Originally from Sicily, Lembo came to the states in 1986. He owns a small winery in Tus-cany, which produces about 5,000 bottles, which he sells in his restaurants. He also owns Pizzeria Guido and Wine Bar, which his daughter Valen-tina Lembo manages.

Potenciano and Lembo’s friendship developed during a 15-year period, after Potenciano came to work for him as a busboy.

“I used to change his diapers when he was a baby,” Lembo jokes.

Potenciano, who is originally from Mexico, worked his way up the business, learning from

Lembo about Italian food and wine. Potenciano also traveled to Italy and acquired the most important talent from Lembo: how to talk to

customers.“They taught me a lot

about wine and Italian food and how to talk to people and connect with them in such a way they come here,” said Potencia-no about Lembo’s family. “They (customers) just love the place.”

Marianna is named after Lembo’s mother. Poten-ciano remembers 10 years

ago when Lembo’s mother would cook home-made meals for them. It was Potenciano’s idea to name the restaurant after her.

The menu has all the same favorites as Vino, with the addition of more pizza and pastas. The signature dish is the Farfalle all Marianna: bowtie pasta, prepared with yellow peppers, procuitto and a touch of cream. It’s a dish Lembo’s mother is known for making. Jackson

Cavanaugh is the executive chef at Marianna. The owners kept the colorful, glass pendant

lights left over from Armondo’s. However, man-agement tried to create a more European feel by discarding the former pink trim and green carpet interiors for earth tones and tile. There is a private room with a projector and equipment, a stage for entertainment and private parties, as well as the full bar.

“They don’t come just to eat,” said Lembo. “It’s more than just eating. It’s entertainment, it’s social. It’s to meet somebody. It’s to hear the accent, something, you know.”

He calls their operations transparent and believes customers like their authenticity.

“The people they like us because we are not fake; we are not plastic,” Lembo said.

Potenciano sees a great future at the restau-rant’s new location and for the city in general.

“I think this place has a lot of potential to grow,” he said. “I think in three to four years from now. We’re like five minutes from the airport. So if people start noticing that people are going to come here and just stop by here. It’s a good spot.”

New home for Italian cuisine in city

The Marianna Ristorante crew has been busy since the Italian restaurant opened late January. Pictured here are Rosendo Ruiz, partner; Santiago Potenciano, partner; Jackson Cavanaugh, executive chef and Salvatore Lembo, partner. tRaCey ComPton, Renton Reporter

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The forum is part of a series on building diver-sity in the community and is part of the city’s

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Pre-registration is required. For more infor-mation call 425-430-6546.

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Luncheon at 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., march 6. to register for the event visit www.GoRenton.com

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The Secondary Learning Center, the Renton School District’s non-traditional school, has graduated its first class.

Fourteen students be-came the first class ever to graduate from the school that opened its doors this school year.

The school allows for a more flexible program of study that accommodates specific challenges and obstacles the student might face. The students at the Feb. 12 commencement spoke of obstacles, such as losing interest in school, falling behind and eventu-

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In her graduation speech Heather Jobe recalled what helped her on her journey from Sartori to the Second-ary Learning Center.

“This year has been hard and we all have our own reasons why, but we made it here tonight,” Jobe said. “It was difficult and we still managed to pull ourselves together.”

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Adria Wilson is an elementary emotional be-havior disorder teacher at Renton Academy. Wilson

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Helping the homeless is not a simple thing

Re: “83 homeless counted in Renton survey,” Renton Reporter, Feb. 1, 2013

Was anything done more than counting? And what’s 59 of “unknown gender?”

The facts remain as such: Homelessness is inherently NOT a crime. In fact, in this current economic era of foreclosure, many people are actually a paycheck away from homelessness.

There is so very much more to this social ill than the overly simplistic viewpoint that we are just to be counted, then run out of town into another jurisdiction to make city stats seem like we can lure more business to pad pockets with.

Ask yourself how you’d feel if you were re-duced to relieving yourself in public and getting a $500-plus ticket when every store has a sign that says, “No public restrooms?” Where would you do your nature call?

This was a miscount! There’s more than 83 homeless in Renton. That’s all the bean counters cared enough to number before they quit after three hours. That never accounted for those who were so camouflaged that nobody would ever

notice. It neglected those of us who may have had a rare night with a friend to avoid hypo-thermia. It didn’t account for those in jail to get “three hots and a cot.” It didn’t mention those in hospitals dying from exposure; it didn’t contend for those trying to stay warm by riding buses just for the heat.

The numbers were skewed just for funding purposes.

Next time you don’t want a tent city in your precious hood, continue your genocide and we’ll see you on the streets.

Bob PowellRenton

Remember the commercial with Sam Elliott, “Beef. It’s what’s for dinner?”

For many people in our community, din-ner may not have anything to do with beef, or protein, or anything healthy. They may not even have dinner.

Washington state is the 16th hungriest state in this country. According to the Food Lifeline website, 47 percent of the people utilizing their services in 2010 had to choose between paying for food, or paying for heat and utilities. Their “Missing Meals” report shows an additional 163 million meals are needed each year in Western Washington alone to give all low-income people three nutritious meals a day. And we already know that 1 in 4 children go to bed hungry in

our state.If you think these are sober-

ing numbers – be prepared. It’s getting worse. According to our local Salvation Army and St. Vincent de Paul, the number of people seeking services here in Renton is increasing exponentially.

“Two weeks ago, we had 167 people come through our doors in one day,” says Captain Chris Aird, Salvation Army Renton Rotary Food Bank. “That shattered prior records. Today, we saw 174.”

So, why is this happening if the economy is getting better?

“We’ve lost thousands of jobs over the last five years,” says Lani Cavit, St. Vincent de Paul/Renton. “And some companies are cutting hours because of the Affordable Care Act.”

Add to that the fact that many middle class families have used up all of their resources. They’ve depleted their savings, borrowed from families and friends, sold their second car, and are now forced to do something they’ve never had to do before – ask for help.

“The food bank had 170 new families in the month of January,” says Captain Aird. “And over 1,200 in the last five months.”

If you’re concerned by these numbers and think something should be done, you’d be right. But what can one person do to meet this grow-ing need?

One – consider volunteering for one of the outstanding nonprofits in our community. If you don’t know what you could do to help, call and

ask. But here are some suggestions. You could volunteer in the food bank or deliver emer-gency food bags for St. Vincent de Paul. If you have a specific skill – ac-counting, graphic design, fundraising, writing, or-ganizing – you could help design websites, write newsletters, do the book-keeping, sit on a board, help stage a fundraising event, distribute informa-tional materials, or staff an information booth.

Two – donate food. Both food banks will take non-perishable food items in any quantity. They also need plastic and paper bags (with handles) for folks to carry

their food home. Other organizations could also use your donations. The family liaisons with Communities In Schools of Renton have small cupboards where they keep snacks for hungry children. And then there is Renton Area Youth

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While President Barack Obama and the nation examine issues surrounding early education, the Renton School Dis-trict is initiating an effort to facilitate more support for pre-kindergarten learning from the community.

The district has invited 38 com-munity partners, including daycares and pre-school programs, to a “dessert and dialogue” on March 7. The event is 6:30 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. at Carco Theatre, 1717 S.E. Maple Valley Highway, Renton. Representatives from Valley Medical Center have also been invited to participate.

The district is trying to team up with these early learning partners to get kids ready for kindergarten.

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“We hope that they (community partners) are going to help define it for us,” Newmeyer said of early educa-tion curriculum. “What we envision is that together we would decide what kindergarten should look like in math and social skills and literacy.”

The district has adopted a math and social skills program, but the adminis-tration is hoping the community part-ners will join the district in creating a literacy program, Newmeyer said.

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And the birds were gone.“Right after the meter was installed -- I

was noticing my bird feeders weren’t going down,” Ouellette said.

In the past Ouellette said he was spend-ing about $30 a month on bird seed.

Now?“I haven’t bought any for two months,”

he said.Ouellette began asking his neighbors if

they’d experienced anything similar.Bruce Chase, who lives down the street

from Ouellette, said he and his wife also noticed something strange this year.

“Ever since they’ve installed that smart meter, we have not seen a bird,” Chase said. “They’re just gone.”

Chase’s house sits along a greenbelt in the neighborhood and he said he and his wife specifically noticed the lack of hum-mingbirds at their feeders. Usually, they’d get three or four birds every hour stopping by for a quick meal.

“Now we’re lucky to see one a day,” he said.

Ouellette has taken his concerns to the city, including an appearance at the Feb. 11 City Council meeting, asking the council to look into the continued use of smart meters through out the city.

The city’s meters work by sending out a

one-minute, 900 megahertz pulse of infor-mation every four hours. While that doesn’t seem like a lot, only one meter can send the information at a time so each meter in a neighborhood has to wait its turn to send the information to the controller, located in Rolling Hills on a water tower.

Because of this, there is almost a constant wave of the pulse streaming out from an area.

“It’s constantly doing it,” Ouellette said.While there is much information and

misinformation on the effects of the high-frequency pulse on the health of humans, there is little research into the effect on small wildlife such as birds. The meters op-erate at a frequency similar to cell phones and other portable communications devices and while some minor health ef-fects have been reported, such as problems sleeping or dizziness or nausea, the meters are generally considered safe for humans.

Ouellette said he thinks the city’s meters may be different somehow, as the power and gas meters in the neighborhood were also fitted with smart meters last year and they did not seem to have an effect on the neighborhood’s wildlife.

But since the city’s have gone on, he and Chase both said the change was obvious and immediate.

“Normally you can walk into a neighbor-hood and hear birds,” Chase said. “Here there’s nothing. And at this time of the year,

it should be getting noisier.”Ouellette said his research on the Inter-

net has shown similar issues elsewhere, on small animals such as squirrels – which are also missing from the neighborhood these days, he said – and bees.

“I don’t know what the impact is,” Ouel-lette said. “I want the City of Renton to do some research.”

According to Utility Engineering Supervisor-Water Abdoul Gafour, the city has no information at this time on the ef-fects of the meters on wildlife. Gafour said

the city is looking into the matter further for discussion at the Utilities Committee meeting on Monday. The issue was added to the committee’s agenda after Ouellette spoke to the council.

Toby Ross, science manager for the Seattle Audubon Society also said he had not heard of this issue prior to getting a call recently from Ouellette.

Ross said there was “very little research” into the matter and is also checking with other local experts.

Ross also stressed that there could be many other reasons for missing birds, though he did not rule out the meters.

“It could just be a coincidence,” Ross said.

And while it might be a coincidence, Ouellette and his neighbors are concerned it might be the harbinger of a bigger prob-lem.

Like the canary miners used to take into a coal mine to warn them if toxic gases were building up, Ouellette worries that once again our feathered friends are giving us a warning.

“The birds are indicators of a potential problem,” he said.

The Utilities Commission will meet at 4 p.m. Monday in the Council Committee Room, City Hall. A briefing on smart meter installation is on the scheduled agenda.

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Meeting internally the day after the vote, SPEEA’s Technical Negotiation Team is discussing the next steps in the negotiation process. Those steps include a tele-phone survey to determine members’ priorities for the

next phase of negotiations. The survey will be an-nounced and launched in the next few days.

The union has been working without a contract since November.

According to Dugovich, while the split vote is un-usual, it is not unheard of. The units’ last split like this in the early 1990s, he said.

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units.“That’s a real sign of

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Dugovich said if a strike is called, the engineers would not participate, as they have a contract in place they must honor. The engineers could, however, provide and show their sup-port for the tech workers.

In a statement released late Tuesday, Boeing president and CEO Ray

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program instead of the pen-sion plan. Union officials have called the change a “poison pill” and said Boe-ing’s own estimates show that the change could cost new employees more than 31 percent at retirement, though SPEEA’s calcula-tions show the loss to be more like 41 percent.

The company has said the change is necessary to keep Boeing competitive in the future.

SPEAA last went on strike in 2000. It lasted 42 days.

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Hemenway had warned the city representatives their actions would trigger even more people to support what he perceived to be the people’s design or concept for the library over the Cedar River.

“That’s a meeting that we will show up in force,” said Hemenway. “That’s when you’re going to have a war.”

When asked after the meeting for an explanation, Hemen-way said he was disappointed to see that the City of Renton, King County Library System and the “major part of the population” were still going in different directions regarding the renovation of the Cedar River library.

He did not see a reason why the building should be re-duced by 25 to 30 percent and called the proposal arrogant.

“We don’t have the budget to pull that crap; don’t do it,” Hemenway said. “They are pulling stuff that is not necessary. These are amateurs in suits trying to do stuff that the smart person, those in construction, would say, ‘No, no no.’”

Audience member David Keyes was critical of the city’s presentation so far. He is a member of the Renton Advocacy Coalition, a citizens group that is closely following the city’s library developments.

“(I am) rather frustrated that the three of you and your staff have to take the fall for the City Council,” Keyes said

addressing Vincent, Renner and Higashiyama. “This is (the downtown library) whether the city has the political will to do this or not.”

Keyes also asked Vincent and Renner what steps they have personally taken to ensure the people’s wishes are incorpo-rated into the design process. The two city representatives ex-plained the city’s approach. Vincent explained certain urban design standards were being deviated from to be as efficient as possible with a limited budget.

Renner explained the role of the city is to provide the funding in the interlocal agreement and KCLS’s role is to facilitate the design and construction. Renner said he was

not delegated to tell the city and KCLS how they are doing their jobs.

Not everyone agreed with the tenor of the meeting. At different points a few audience members spoke up, expressing different opinions than the most vocal attendees. One woman addressed Vincent and Renner, saying not all of Renton’s residents’ feelings should be lumped together with the critical statements of a few upset

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The different schedules and players of each of those proj-ects presents challenges, but Renner said, the city is looking into best practices for mitigation.

There has also been some tension with the library project in the Highlands, said Renner.

The four-party agreement between Colpitts Development, the King County Library System, Renton Housing Author-ity and the City of Renton has taken some time to come together. Renner calls it a step-by-step process that has been helped recently by a site survey.

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Colpitts and KCLS each want to move at their own rate, but now that KCLS will do its own structured parking instead of Colpitts, Renner sees more movement with the project. They are still working on redevelopment plans for Sunset Lane to direct traffic.

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Using money from the city’s Neighborhood Matching Grant Program, the Tiffany Park neigh-borhood over the past few years has turned an empty intersection into a small urban park.

In the Sunset neighborhood, matching grant funds were used to build a community garden, one of two that in season routinely help supply the food bank with fresh vegetables.

And in the Maplewood area, a grant was used to turn what the Neighborhood Program coordi-nator Norma McQuiller said was once an “ugly spot” into a park of their own.

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“Eventually, when you drive up

Northeast Third, you won’t see all the rooftoops of that neighbor-hood,” McQuiller said.

But not all of the projects have to be used for beautification. Two neighborhoods received grants for emergency kiosks in their neighborhood, including one that was used for communications when the January 2012 ice storm knocked out power to several neighborhoods.

“They range from all different categories,” McQuiller said of the projects. “They are judged on the meat of their program.”

The Neighborhood Program began as a pilot program in 1997 and was made official late in 2000. It was designed to help bridge a disconnect between the city government and the citizens of Renton.

Earlier this year, the program hosted its annual neighbor-to-

neighbor forum, drawing more than 50 residents to the Renton Senior Activity Center on a Satur-day morning, Feb. 9.

This year’s grant application period is open through March 8 and is designed for projects costing more than $1,000. For smaller projects, micro-grants are available.

When the program began, projects were capped at $5,000, but McQuiller said as neighbor-hoods became “more innovative” in what they hoped to accomplish, the limit was removed.

“There’s really no ceiling amount,” she said, but said grants are only available to groups repre-senting one of the city’s 72 defined neighborhoods.

The projects are reviewed by a team of city staff and employees, including McQuiller, and will be evaluated on a large list of criteria

that includes a well-defined scope and goal, a timeline, identified leaders that have made a commit-ment, creativity, a public benefit and the involvement of the com-munity, among other things.

Neighborhoods are required to “match” the funding provided by the city, mostly in volunteer labor or local professionals living in the neighborhood willing to devote their time and skills to a project.

“These neighborhoods, there is so much talent in these neighbor-hoods,” McQuiller said.

The deadline for filing an ap-plication is March 8. For more information, visit http://rentonwa.gov/living/default.aspx?id=2234.

To comment on this story view it online at www.rentonreporter.com. Reach Assistant Editor Brian Beckley at 425-255-3484, ext. 5054

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Trevonn Russell, a Lindbergh High junior, placed eighth in his weight class at MAT Clas-sic 25 Sunday, the highest finish for wrestlers in the Renton School District at the state tournament.

Russell, who wrestles at 195 pounds, is a multi-sport athlete for the Eagles, which finished 41st at the state 2A tour-nament with 7 points.

Also placing eighth in the girls tournament was sophomore Joanna Moreira of Liberty High School, which is in Renton. Liberty, which is in the Issaquah School District, placed 37th at

the 3A tournament, with 9 points.

Renton High School wrestlers, who won the Seamount League

title, placed 47th at the 2A tournament, with 3 points. Hazen placed 50th at the 3A tourna-ment, with 1 point.

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Refusing to let their season end, the Renton girls basketball team ran to an emphatic 54-35 victory over Bremerton Saturday to advance to the regional tour-nament this weekend.

The victory earned the Indians a fifth place finish in the district

tournament and a chance to con-tinue playing next weekend.

But the path won’t be easy. The Indians open their tourna-ment play this weekend against the District 3 champion Sumner Spartans. The teams recently faced off in a double overtime thriller at the sub-district tournament, eventually won by Sumner.

The rematch gets under way at 8 p.m. Friday at Kent Meridian.

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The Renton boys basketball team kept their season alive this weekend with a 62-50 win over Franklin Pierce to earn a spot in the regional tourna-ment.

After dropping their first game to the upstart Sumner Spartans, the Indians battled to a 16-16 tie in the

first quarter, but then pulled away in the second to take a 31-24 lead into the half.

Renton came out strong again in the third, increasing their lead to 48-33 and then holding on in the final frame to earn their chance to keep playing in the regional tournament Feb. 23.

The win earned Renton the sixth and final spot from District 3. They will play River Ridge High School, from Lacey, Wash., at 6 p.m. Friday at Tumwater High School.

renton ballers advance despite early round lossesGirls will face Sumner Boys to play River Ridge

Renton well RepResented in

All-seAmount leAgue honoRs

Renton High School junior Taylor Farris has been named the Seamount League’s girls

basketball player of the year.Senior Jonathan Patterson was named boys player of the year

and Renton boys coach Rick Comer received coach of the year

honors. Lindbergh High School swimmers also received the

sportsmanship award and coach Roger Miron was named swim

coach of the year. In gymnastics, Hazen was honored with the

sportsmanship award and Renton coach Alicia Cunningham

was coach of the year. Several other Renton, Lindbergh and

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The Lindbergh and Hazen swim teams each made strong showings at their respective state meets this weekend at the Federal Way Aquatic Center.

Lindbergh was led by its div-ers, including Tanner Zornes with his fourth-place finish and a score of 323.30. Fellow High-lander Josh Jordan finished 16th with 209.95 points.

Aaron Jacobsen was the top finisher for the Eagles in the water with his fourth-place spot in the 100-yard butterfly at 56.70 seconds.

A.J. Lim also garnered a trip to the podium with his eighth-place time of 2:11.84 in the 200-yard freestyle. Lim also finished

ninth in the 100 breaststroke at 1:08.14.

In the 2A meet, the Hazen Highlanders finished 13th.

Malcolm Mitchell had the biggest individual day for the Highlanders. Mitchell earned a seventh-place finish - Hazen’s highest finish of the day - on his own, racing to a time of 53.32 seconds in the 100 butterfly.

Connor Broughton had a good day for Hazen as well, finishing ninth in the 500-yard freestyle at 4:51.66.

Turn Englehart also had a good day for the Highlanders, earning a 12th-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke in 56.26 second and a 14th-place spot in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:50.68.

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Street”19. Son of Zeus and husband

of Andromeda who slew Medusa

20. “On ___ on21. Battering device22. Specks in the sea23. Obsession (2 wds) 25. Cousin of -trix26. Not us28. Indy entrant29. Constrain (2 wds)31. Bit32. Regional 35. “The Joy Luck Club”

author36. Invitation notation37. Largest lake in Italy 39. Course40. ___ Khan43. Person who registers for

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in rugged mountains 59. Increase, with “up”

Down1. Meat and vegetable stew

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shells 4. Taste, e.g.5. Bent6. “A jealous mistress”:

Emerson

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using bamboo staves 30. Barely beat, with “out”32. Bearnaise ingredient33. Bucolically 34. Like most sonnets35. Capacity of large

containers used to store liquids or gases

37. Adjusted38. Petting zoo animal40. Small web-footed diving

bird of northern seas

41. “The Power and the Glory” novelist

42. Makes sense (2 wds)44. Person who avoids the

company of others45. Deposed leader, perhaps

47. Greenish � lms on stagnant ponds

50. Watchful oversight53. NYC opera company,

with “the”

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