CAROLYN OSSORIO | Getting some real-life experience in downtown Renton [3] R EP O RTER .com RENTON REPORTER NEWSLINE 425.255.3484 A DIVISION OF SOUND PUBLISHING FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 9/11 Here we are | Renton History Museum presenting two exhibits that speak to Renton’s roots [2] Season previews | Read what the Lindbergh XC team is looking to accomplish this season [13] Bill Ptacek, director of the King County Library System, has worked in libraries across the nation, but in King County he has found the patron and taxpayer support to turn KCLS into the busiest library system in the country. CHAD COLEMAN, Bellevue Reporter His life is book marked KCLS director Bill Ptacek, sometimes controversial, bringing library vision to Renton BY NAT LEVY [email protected] Bill Ptacek has always believed in the power of libraries. Growing up in Chicago, the long-time director of the King County Library System wanted to make a difference, to disseminate knowledge. Unlike others, he looked past the education field and targeted libraries as a key piece of information sharing. is passion and confidence in the potential of libraries took Ptacek all over the country, from Chicago to Idaho to Kentucky and finally to the Puget Sound area, where he has helped establish KCLS as the busiest library system in the nation. “is area’s support for libraries is incred- ible,” he said. “People here get it.” Since Ptacek was named the director of the system in 1989, KCLS has expanded from 30 libraries to 46, and the number of employees has quadrupled. In other states, Ptacek said, there is tenor of anti-intellectualism that can sometimes hold libraries back, financially. In Washington, voters have agreed to tax raises, and annexations of cities into KCLS, an independent taxing district, a number of times. e most recent example occurred in 2010, when voters approved a levy liſt for KCLS in the midst of the economic downturn. Renton annexed to KCLS in 2010. But Ptacek’s time hasn’t been free of contro- versy. He’s had run-ins with the library unions over the clustering of branches that forced employees to work at several libraries. And he’s recently been involved in a controversy over BY DEAN A. RADFORD [email protected] Solinuu Leae, 16, of Renton was charged Aug. 30 as an adult with first-degree robbery for allegedly assaulting and robbing a man at the Renton Transit Center on May 5. Initially, prosecutors charged Leae as an adult, believing he was 16 at the time of the assault. However, aſter examining a birth certificate, a judge determined he is 15. He was charged in Juvenile Court. At a hearing, Leae agreed to the state’s request to have him prosecut- ed in adult court, according to the King County Prosecutor’s Office. Leae is scheduled for a hearing at 9 a.m. Sept. 12 at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent. If Solinuu Leae had been found guilty in juvenile court, he could have been held for about two years, according to the Prosecutor’s Office. As an adult, he would face 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 years in prison. Leae’s brother Troy Leae and another defendant, Francisco R. Rondon, both 20, are charged with first-degree robbery for their alleged role in the attack of a 36-year-old man at the transit center on Burnett Avenue South. e assault leſt the man with a broken leſt arm and a broken jaw. e first-degree charge factors in the assault that occurred in the rob- bery, Dan Donohoe, a spokesman for the Prosecutor’s Office, said in an earlier interview. Prosecutors say that Solinuu Leae is a danger to the community. Solinuu Leae spent a year in juvenile detention – an exceptional sentence – for assaulting a Metro bus driver on Jan. 23, 2010, on her Route 124 bus not far from Foster High School in Tukwila. He was released in January. Teen charged as an adult in attack at transit center Help plan city libraries Page 5 FYI 5 things you may not know about KCLS 1. KCLS has never used a card catalog. 2. 25 percent of items checked out by KCLS customers are sent from one of the branch libraries to another. 3. KCLS was one of the first library systems to provide internet access. 4. KCLS circulated 22.4 million items in 2010, enough to make it the busiest system in the country. 5. Last year KCLS received 31 million web hits and 10,199,150 visits. KCLS: Numbers [ more KCLS page 5 ] 520636 206.949.1696 www.marciemaxwell.com Lisa Lam Realtor, CRS, ABR & ASP Marcie Maxwell Associate Broker, Realtor & CRS
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CAROLYN OSSORIO | Getting some real-life experience in downtown Renton [3]
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REPORTER NEWSLINE 425.255.3484A DIVISION OF SOUND PUBLISHING
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Here we are | Renton History Museum presenting two exhibits that speak to Renton’s roots [2]
Season previews | Read what the Lindbergh XC team is looking to accomplish this season [13]
Bill Ptacek, director of the King County Library System, has worked in libraries across the nation, but in King County he has found the patron and taxpayer support to turn KCLS into the busiest library system in the country. CHAD COLEMAN, Bellevue Reporter
His life is book markedKCLS director Bill Ptacek, sometimes controversial, bringing library vision to Renton
BY NAT LEVY
Bill Ptacek has always believed in the power of libraries.
Growing up in Chicago, the long-time director of the King County Library System wanted to make a diff erence, to disseminate knowledge. Unlike others, he looked past the education fi eld and targeted libraries as a key piece of information sharing.
Th is passion and confi dence in the potential of libraries took Ptacek all over the country, from Chicago to Idaho to Kentucky and fi nally to the Puget Sound area, where he has helped establish KCLS as the busiest library system in the nation.
“Th is area’s support for libraries is incred-ible,” he said. “People here get it.”
Since Ptacek was named the director of the
system in 1989, KCLS has expanded from 30 libraries to 46, and the number of employees has quadrupled. In other states, Ptacek said, there is tenor of anti-intellectualism that can sometimes hold libraries back, fi nancially.
In Washington, voters have agreed to tax raises, and annexations of cities into KCLS, an independent taxing district, a number of times. Th e most recent example occurred in 2010, when voters approved a levy lift for KCLS in the midst of the economic downturn.
Renton annexed to KCLS in 2010.But Ptacek’s time hasn’t been free of contro-
versy. He’s had run-ins with the library unions over the clustering of branches that forced employees to work at several libraries. And he’s recently been involved in a controversy over
BY DEAN A. RADFORD
Solinuu Leae, 16, of Renton was charged Aug. 30 as an adult with fi rst-degree robbery for allegedly assaulting and robbing a man at the Renton Transit Center on May 5.
Initially, prosecutors charged Leae as an adult, believing he was 16 at the time of the assault. However, aft er examining a birth certifi cate, a judge determined he is 15. He was charged in Juvenile Court.
At a hearing, Leae agreed to the state’s request to have him prosecut-ed in adult court, according to the King County Prosecutor’s Offi ce.
Leae is scheduled for a hearing at 9 a.m. Sept. 12 at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent.
If Solinuu Leae had been found guilty in juvenile court, he could have been held for about two years, according to the Prosecutor’s Offi ce. As an adult, he would face 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 years in prison.
Leae’s brother Troy Leae and another defendant, Francisco R. Rondon, both 20, are charged with fi rst-degree robbery for their alleged role in the attack of a 36-year-old man at the transit center on Burnett Avenue South.
Th e assault left the man with a broken left arm and a broken jaw.
Th e fi rst-degree charge factors in the assault that occurred in the rob-bery, Dan Donohoe, a spokesman for the Prosecutor’s Offi ce, said in an earlier interview.
Prosecutors say that Solinuu Leae is a danger to the community.
Solinuu Leae spent a year in juvenile detention – an exceptional sentence – for assaulting a Metro bus driver on Jan. 23, 2010, on her Route 124 bus not far from Foster High School in Tukwila. He was released in January.
Teen charged as an adultin attack at transit center
Help plan city librariesPage 5
FYI
5 things you may not know about KCLS
1. KCLS has never used a card catalog.2. 25 percent of items checked out by KCLS
customers are sent from one of the branch libraries to another.
3. KCLS was one of the fi rst library systems to provide internet access.
4. KCLS circulated 22.4 million items in 2010, enough to make it the busiest system in the country.
5. Last year KCLS received 31 million web hits and 10,199,150 visits.
KCLS:Numbers
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Lisa LamRealtor, CRS,ABR & ASP
Marcie MaxwellAssociate Broker, Realtor & CRS
BY TRACEY COMPTON
Ever wonder how Renton got to be so diverse? Two new exhibits at the Renton History Museum take a look at how the country became populated with a diverse group of people and how Renton grew dur-ing the 1940s.
“Journey Stories,” a Smithsonian exhibit brought to Renton by the organizations Museum on Main Street and Humanities Washington, opened this week and runs through Oct. 15. Th e companion exhibit, “Boomtown! Renton During World War II,” opened as well and focuses on how the city’s population almost quadrupled in the 1940s.
Th e opening of the exhibit “Journey Stories” begins with these lines:
“A mobile people in a vast land: Some of us were here already.”
“Some of us came hoping for a better life.”
“Some of us came in chains.”“And all of us are still in motion; we all
have journey stories.” Beginning with the explorers, colonists,
indentured servants and slaves who came to America, “Journey Stories” looks back at history through the eyes of those who lived it. In photographs, illustrations, quotes, audio commentary, maps and fl ip books, the exhibit comes to life.
“It’s a great opportunity for people to think about one of the things that makes the United States unique, which is the fact that we’re so mobile and we started as a country full of immigrants,” said Liz Stew-art, museum director. “And we’ve remained that way.”
In seven sections the Smithsonian exhibit gives an overview of the American experi-ence from its earliest beginnings.
Sarah Samson, museum collection manager, fl ipped through fi ve years of old newspapers and went through archives at the Museum of Flight and Th e Boeing Co. to do research for “Boomtown! Renton During World War II.”
She used real headlines from the newspa-pers to come up with the section titles for the exhibit.
Th e museum spent three months working on “Boomtown!,” which features pictures, oral histories, a map, a Rosie the Riveter uniform, a nurse’s pinafore, cap and several other items from the 1940s.
In three sections, “Boomtown!” high-lights fi rst the people from all over the country who came to work at Boeing to build the B-29 Flying Fortress and Pacifi c Car and Foundry to build Sherman tanks.
Th e population infl ux caused the city to have to change quickly to deal with all of the new people and it caused the people who lived here to learn how to deal with a new large community, said Samson.
“Because it had previously been a sleepy
little town where everybody knew every-body and suddenly it just exploded,” she said.
Th e second section talks about the physical changes that the city went through having to house thousands of new workers quickly.
Having to deal with social services that were no longer up to date, they had to build the wagon-wheel hospital – the Renton Hospital – that occupied the space now tak-en by McLendon Hardware. A map shows where housing was built in the Highlands at a frantic pace.
“I think one of the things I was surprised about was how kind of organized the Renton Housing Authority was and they were on top of it quickly,” said Samson.
“Journey Stories” and “Boomtown!” features pictures and information easily understood by all ages.
Admission is a suggested donation of $3 for adults, $1 for kids. Th e museum is at 235 Mill Ave. S. Hours at 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
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Sarah Samson, museum collection manager, explains the exhibits that are part of ‘Boomtown! Renton During World War II’. TRACEY COMPTON, Renton Reporter
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“Good luck,” I say, fl ashing Sophie a thumbs up.
As a parent, there are milestones you prepare for — the fi rst day of pre-school or teaching your kiddo how to ride a bike without training wheels. And then you have to just let go (gulp) and hope for the best.
But her fi rst job interview . . . at 11? It wasn’t exactly a job interview. She
was going into POP! for a continuation of a “real world” learning lesson — one begun at the Springbrook Trout Farm.
Maybe you remember the article I wrote at the beginning of summer about fun things to do with your kids in Renton?
Aft er meeting Bill Briere, the owner of the Springbrook Trout Farm, my mom got a part-time summer job. A fringe benefi t
of working there was the kids got to hang out and visit grandma, learn how to catch and gut fi sh like afi cionados.
“We got tipped!” Sophie and Amelia galloped into the car, jubilantly waving two
crumpled dollar bills. Th eir excitement was euphoric, it was
more than just two dollars. Th ey were making the connection between master-ing a skill and the value it represented to a customer.
“I wish the trout farm was open all year round,” Sophie said.
I didn’t want her enthusiasm to end. Th ese were the kind of practical real-world experiences you couldn’t learn in school from a book.
“Well, what about looking for another job?” I encouraged.
“I want to work at POP!” she said, wearing the world-is-my-oyster expres-sion.
Sophie loves to cook and bake, so I wasn’t surprised that she would select an exciting new business in downtown Renton that makes delicious savory and sweet popcorn.
Would she need a food handler’s per-
mit? I thought she was too young to get one.
“When I was at Microsociety, other kids had to get their food handlers permit. You can be any age.”
Sophie was referring to Talbot Hill Elementary School in Renton where she participated in the Microsociety program.
Microsociety’s motto is “Teaching Kids About the Real World.” Every kid at Tal-bot Hill has a job, or a business and takes a fi eld trip to learn about their job.
We went home that day and Sophie researched POP!
Using Word to write her resume, she stared at the screen. I could see self doubt threaten to derail her progress.
“Mom? What are my job skills?” “Well, you’re the eldest of four kids . . .
you’re a pro at confl ict resolution.”She nodded and the pilot light of confi -
dence fl ickered to life again.“And you take care of your chickens,
guinea pig, rabbits, dog, and a super an-noying cat. Th at’s project management.”
“But the rabbits escaped.”
“But you tried tirelessly to catch them and designed ingenious strategies that required team work with Amelia and Patrick. Th at’s team building.”
Sophie sent her email to the “contact us” void on the POP! website.
I was excited for Sophie to experience the “real world.” But at the same time my heart fl uttered a little. It was one thing for me to say “try your best” but quite another to have my daughter's dreams dashed. But wasn’t that part of life too? Taking a chance and knowing you could get rejected?
A few days later a reply landed in my inbox.
Hello Sophie,What a wonderful email you sent. We
have three great employees right now, but would very much like to meet you and see if there is anything you could help with now and then.
Why don’t you give us a call at the store and we’ll set up a time to meet.
Th ank you,
David IsraelPOP! Gourmet Popcorn Company LLC
Sophie walked out of POP! with a thumbs up and a priceless sense of ac-complishment.
“Mommy, can I get a job at happy delu-sions?” Amelia asked from the backseat where she had been quietly listening to Sophie detail her interview.
Amelia adores happy delusions. It’s a special place she and I go together. Ame-lia loves the crochet stuff ed animals, the one-of-a-kind Kokoleo bunnies, hand-blown glass animal pets, owl-shaped earrings. Amelia is an artist and she likes being around Mary Clymer, the owner, and her eclectic artistic boutique.
“Are you willing to go in and ask Mary?” Amelia looked unsure. But I could see a determined 7-year-old.
“I love the smell of happy delusions. It smells like washed shirts out of the dryer,” Amelia whispered as we walked through the vintage door. She carried a letter of her qualifi cations decorated with uni-corns and stars.
“How about you can hang out with me on the day of the Art Walk?” Mary Cly-mer asked, looking at Amelia.
“Sure,” Amelia said her face starry-eyed.I’ve since met David Israel and taken a
tour of his new popcorn-making mecca. He showed Sophie how they make their popcorn. And listened to her fl avor sug-gestion of Hot Cocoa.
Of course, I was proud of both my girls. But I was also touched by the support of these local business owners.
You never know if people are going to support what you’re trying to accomplish. But you’ll never know if you don’t go for it. And if you want some delectable pop-corn or unique art, visit POP! and happy delusions!
If you know of people or places in Renton that surprise, delight and in-spire the community, drop me a line at [email protected]. Also follow Carolyn on her blog, www.pippimam-ma.com.
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Sophie Ossorio, at right, lent a helping hand to Sachin Ajith, left, and David Israel at POP! in downtown Renton. Carolyn Ossorio
Amelia Ossorio, at right, spent a recent Saturday with owner Mary Clymer, learning all about happy delusions. Carolyn Ossorio
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Someone set off a mortar-shell firework inside a Renton man’s vehicle, ruining the vehicle’s interior.
The man told police someone set off the firework inside of his vehicle between 6 a.m. Aug. 22 and 11 a.m. Aug. 23 in the
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The woman called police later that day at almost 10 p.m. to say she spotted the sus-pect near the Liberty Park skate park. She told police she wanted to press charges, but officers could not locate anyone matching the suspect’s description at the park.
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She left the store without paying. When questioned by police, she could only offer a high school identification card.
Police arrested and booked her into jail for investigation of third-degree theft.
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Later another woman arrived at the hos-pital and identified the woman as her sister. She was expected to survive the overdose.
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The woman’s Coach purse and wallet were stolen along with identification, a cell phone and cash.
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a decision to remove security cameras from the facilities over privacy issues when police wanted to use them to investigate a mugging outside a branch.
When Ptacek took over the system in 1989, KCLS had recently won an election for a large bond issue. A rural system for much of its existence, KCLS now had to keep up with the growth of suburban cities in King County. With the increased popular-ity, it became difficult to move from place to place, and the need for supe-rior local libraries became clear.
The success of the system has been largely predicated on the ability to look forward. When asked about what he’s learned working in differ-
ent areas of the country, Ptacek said it was so long ago that much of it isn’t relevant anymore. Libraries are ever-
changing, evolv-ing systems, he said. Rather than simply trying to keep up, KCLS has attempted to stay on the cut-ting edge.
Ptacek said the library is no longer the be-all-
end-all for research. So he adjusted to make the library a sort of commu-nity center with a variety of services, including tax help and resources for job hunters.
“The nature of what we do, the kind of information we provide has
changed.” Ptacek’s work in the libraries fits
with his personality, said Jeanne Thorsen, director of the KCLS Foun-dation. She points to his avid cycling habit as an example. A long-time bicyclist, Ptacek recently joined the Cascade Bicycle Club Board. This passion for whatever he is involved in has served Ptacek. Even now, 22 years in to his time with KCLS, Ptacek works at a library one night a week to get a hands-on feel of how things are going.
“Whenever Bill gets involved in something, he does so with full en-ergy,” Thorsen said.
Nat Levy can be reached at (425) 453-4290. He’s a reporter with the Bellevue Reporter.
KCLS reaches out with community services
KCLS Director Bill Ptacek will be among those attending a public meeting and open house on plans for the new Renton Down-town Library from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. Tuesday at the Renton Pavilion Event Center.
The event center is at 233 Burnett Ave. S. in Renton.
The architectural team from Miller Hull Partnership will give a brief presentation and representatives from KCLS and the City of Renton will hear comments from the public and answer questions.
The architectural team will have general concepts for its potential construction but nothing specific.
KCLS also has plans to expand the Fairwood Library by approximately 5,000 square feet. It currently is 15,000 square-
feet and extra space will go to public use.There will be a public meeting from
6:30 p.m.-8 p.m. Oct. 10 to review and offer input about the Fairwood design. An architectural team from Schacht Aslani Architects will present at the Fairwood Library, 17009 140th Ave. S.E., Fairwood Construction won’t begin on the Fairwood Library until next year.
KCLS plans to have a public meeting to discuss building plans for the new High-lands Library in the future.
The City of Renton will hold its first steering committee meeting Sept. 28 to dis-cuss the repurposing of the existing library over the Cedar River. The city has selected 35 people from the applicants they received for the committee.
Meeting is Tuesday to hear plans for downtown library
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“The nature of what we do, the kind of information we provide has changed.” Bill Ptacek,
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The Renton Education Association unanimously approved a new contract with the Renton School District on Aug. 30.
Phyllis Silling, president of the union, described the relation-ship between the district and the union as “strong” and said that everything worked out well.
That’s in contrast to other school districts where contract talks were lengthy and some teach-ers, including in Tukwila, started the school year without a new contract.
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Salmon are incredibly productive by nature. Give them some good habitat, manage harvest carefully, and they will thrive. We’re doing a good job with the careful harvest management part of the equation, but we’re falling far short on the habitat part of the problem.
Habitat destruction doesn’t kill salmon just once. It keeps on killing, every hour of every day, because it destroys the possibility that salmon can produce naturally.
Our limited highly restrictive fi sheries are a clear refl ection of the amount of good salmon
habitat and natural pro-ductivity that we have lost. We believe that harvest and habitat must be held to the same standard, and that our conservative fi sheries must go hand-in-hand with strong eff orts to restore and protect salmon habitat. Instead,
harvest is being held to a higher standard, and that’s not right.
One of the biggest losses of habitat is caused by culverts that block fi sh from moving up-stream. More than 2,000 culverts under state roads block access to hundreds of miles of productive habitat. Th ose streams could be pro-ducing thousands more salmon every year. Th e state let this happen despite the fact that one of its oldest laws makes fi sh passage barriers illegal.
Th e state has known for years that these culverts needed to be fi xed. In 1995, the Depart-ments of Transportation and Fish and Wildlife told the Legislature that culvert correction was one of the most cost-eff ective habitat restora-tion strategies available. Two years later, state biologists estimated that every dollar spent in
culvert correction would generate four dollars worth of additional salmon production. Recent studies confi rm that fi xing fi sh passage barriers provides us with a big bang for our money. Yet the state has dragged its heels. Th e agency with the most culverts, the Department of Transpor-tation (DOT), has fi xed less than 10 percent of its fi sh passage barriers over the past 50 years.
Th e problem got so bad that the tribes asked the federal courts to intervene. In 2007 a federal judge issued a decision saying that our treaty-reserved fi shing rights prohibit the state of Washington from depleting the salmon runs by maintaining fi sh-blocking culverts under state roads.
So have things changed since that court ruling? Yes, but not for the better. In the three years before the decision, the DOT fi xed an average of 16 culverts each year. In the next three years, the average slipped to only nine fi xes a year. Meanwhile, the number of barriers reported under DOT roads has actually been going up each year. At this rate it will take more than 200 years to fi x just the DOT’s culverts. Until they are fi xed we will lose hundreds of thousands of wild salmon each year. Th at’s important not only to the treaty tribes, but all citizens, as well as eagles, orca and many other species that thrive on abundant salmon.
Sadly, the state’s lack of response is not sur-prising. Washington has a long history of not listening to the federal courts when it comes to tribal treaty rights. Th e state also has a long his-tory of losing court cases involving those rights.
Fix the culverts, state of Washington. Th e salmon can’t wait and neither can we.Billy Frank Jr. is chairman Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission.
For sure, the future of library services in Renton
has stirred more controversy than any other
issue in recent memory.
But now is the time to look forward, not
backward. Now is the time to speak out – and ask
questions – about what plans the King County Library
System has in mind for a downtown Renton library.
Still, it will be tempting to bring up how the site
was selected for the new downtown library, right next
to the Renton Transit Center. KCLS made it clear this is
a design meeting; but system offi cials should address,
too, what’s really on everyone’s mind – the library
siting, even briefl y. That’s not asking too much.
We’re not backing away from our long-standing
position that the City of Renton (the decision-makers)
had no choice but to fi nd a new provider for library
services to Renton’s residents. The city simply could
no longer pay for its own library system, given
the sorry state of government fi nances and higher
priorities.
Residents agreed when they voted last year to
annex to KCLS.
We’re not backing off , either, our belief that a
library will help revitalize the downtown core. There’s
only so much that government can do to promote
business development with our tax dollars. One of
those ways is to develop public amenities that will
draw people downtown – libraries, parks and clean
and safe environment around transit centers. Yes, we
should have some skin in the game downtown.
We’ll say again that the city is investing time and
money to beef up police presence near the transit
center and throughout the downtown core. That
sends a strong message to the public – and those
bent on committing a crime – that there’s little police
tolerance for criminal intentions.
Renton isn’t the only place in South King County
where a KCLS branch is next to a bus station. In Kent
the downtown branch is across a busy street from
another parking garage, which also serves a com-
muter rail stop.
KCLS faced many of the same issues related to
transients at its Kent branch that it will at the Renton
downtown branch. It spent money on a remodeling,
including moving the bathrooms into the library’s
interior, where they were more visible to library staff .
Designers should use that experience in Kent as
they address the potential for transients to make
temporary use of the library.
But back to Tuesday’s meeting at the Renton
Pavilion Event Center and its purpose.
There’s been a lot of debate at rentonreporter.com
about the new library downtown. We watch those
comments closely. One we like in particular is Union
Hat’s suggestion that KCLS take a deep breath and
consider downtown Renton’s historic persona, with
its brick facades. Developer Dave Smith honored that
history when he restored the former Renton City Hall
on Wells Avenue. For that he was recognized by the
Renton Historical Society for preserving a piece of
Renton’s heritage. That heritage doesn’t include a lot
of glass and steel.
KCLS also plans similar meetings about the new
Highlands branch and an expanded Fairwood Library.
It’s ready to listen; it’s time to speak.
Make voice heard about library plans
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Last year’s Skyway Car Show and Community Festival drew dozens of cars and a crowd of about 400 people. Submitted photo
BY TRACEY COMPTON
Dian Ferguson has lived in the West Hill/Skyway com-munity for the last 15 years or so and watched as business-es have left and services have eroded. Th e treasurer of the West Hill Business Association, she thinks that continu-ing traditions and engaging the community will foster an atmosphere of hope.
One of those traditions is the Skyway Car Show and Community Festival, which marks its fi ft h year Saturday.
“If people know that there is an eff ort being made to stop the erosion of businesses, then I think it makes everyone very hopeful,” said Ferguson.
About 400 people came out for the fes-tival last year and she expects to get the same turnout this year.
Th e festival has grown since it started fi ve years ago with just 28 cars. Now event or-ganizers are expecting 85 to 100 cars and they have almost outgrown their space.
Since the festival began, they have also added kids’ ac-tivities, food vendors and entertainment.
Organizers limit the food vendors to four, so that local restaurants can benefi t from the extra traffi c. Th ere are also local and community vendors who represent non-profi ts and public organizations. Entertainment includes local musicians performing blue grass and gospel, a drum line, ethnic and interactive performances.
For the fi rst 35 cars there will be dash plaques and goody bags. Th ere will be awards given in a variety of categories including Th e People’s Choice award. Two raffl es will be conducted: a 50/50 raffl e and a raffl e of prizes from area businesses and sponsors. Awards will be given at 3 p.m.
Ferguson calls the area a community in transition. Th ere isn’t the same kind of connectedness that there once was when there were predominantly long-term homeowners living there, she said. Now, renters dominate the area.
She lives on the periphery of Skyway and remembers when there were more businesses. But, the West Hill Busi-ness Association has 40 members and is growing, she said.
Hundreds expected for Skyway car show, festival this Saturday
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date the stories that made them newsworthy years ago. Oneof those is Dennis Ma, who won the Renton School District spelling bee in 1990. We’re also looking for anyone who heard family members tell stories about the great fl ood of 1911 in Renton that stretched all the way to Kent.
If you can help, please contact Dean A. Radford at 425-255-3484, ext. 5050, or by email at [email protected].
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Remember 9/11
Please join the staff of Dignity Memorial for one of our spe-cial screenings of the yet-to-be-released film, REBIRTH. This feature length documentary has been created by a team of seasoned, successful Hollywood filmmakers who have been working together since 9/11. Their vision is a compelling film experience and a unique historical record and resource: a living testament to honor 9/11, and its vic-tims and heroes. The result of a filmmaking journey into living history, the story of REBIRTH follows the transfor-mation of five people, over the course of 10 years, whose lives were forever altered on September 11, 2001 – and simultaneously tracks, via unprecedented multi-camera time lapse photography, the evolution of the space where the Twin Towers once rose over lower Manhattan. The di-rector seamlessly weaves these personal stories of hope and healing and reveals a universal truth; one which shows human beings will overcome and aspire to renewal, even when the very fabric of their lives has changed.
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Th ere are two ceremonies planned in the Renton area to remember the 10-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
King County Fire District 20 (Skyway Fire) invites the community to a special remembrance at 8 a.m. Sunday at the Skyway Fire Station Firefi ghter Memorial, 12424 76th Ave. S., Skyway.
Th e ceremony includes the unveiling of a special plaque at the Firefi ghter Memo-rial to remember the terrorist attacks on
the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and the downed plane near Shanksville, Penn. Skyway Fire Chief David Crossen and Ma-jor James Graddon with the King County Sheriff ’s Offi ce will speak.
“Th e days following 9/11 our com-munity came to the Firefi ghter Memorial to place fl owers, gift s and light candles as their way to grieve,” said Dave Nelson, Skyway Fire spokesperson in a release. “We are planning a program that will give
our community a time to refl ect and grieve again as we all remember 9/ll.”
Fire stations around South King County became instant memorial sites for over a month, said Nelson.
Th e Veterans of Foreign War and Ladies Auxiliary Post 9430 and the King County Sheriff s Offi ce will participate in the remembrance.
New Life Church of Renton is also invit-ing fi refi ghters, police, medics and all fi rst responders to a special “Remembering
9/11” service at their Renton and Maple Valley campuses.
First responders are encouraged to comein uniform and with their service vehicles.
Th e church will show a video vignette looking back at the events of Sept. 11, 2001, that includes news clips and other footage.
Th e service is to remember the 10-year anniversary and say thank you to local fi rstresponders for their service, said Deanna Adler, a pastor’s assistant at the church.
Service at the Renton campus is at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. at 15711 152nd Ave. S.E. Th e Maple Valley campus’ service is at 9:15 a.m. and 11 a.m. at 27405 216th Ave. S.E.
Services to commemorate 911
Newcastle’s annual community cel-ebration, Newcastle Days, begins today (Friday).
Th e annual community celebration begins with a sidewalk sale 3 p.m.-7 p.m. Friday in downtown Newcastle and a cel-ebration at Lake Boren Park 11 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10.
Detailed information including events, schedule and parking is available online at www.newcastledays.com
Grand sponsor of Newcastle Days is Valley Medical Center.
A new attraction for older kids and students is a 24-foot-high climbing wall and a video-gaming van. Added to the mix are bounce houses, pony rides for the younger kids, food vendors with delica-cies for all hungry visitors, booths with a variety of interests, a Classic Car
Show, and a beer and wine garden, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce.
Th e sidewalk sale Friday features booths with items for sale, local busi-nesses off ering specials, and a chance to win prizes.
Saturday’s events begin with the New-castle 5K run/walk, beginning and ending at Lake Boren Park. Registration opens at 7 a.m. with the run/walk portion starting at 8:30 a.m. Preregistration is available at www.newcastle5K.com.
Entertainment and music will be pre-sented on stage throughout the day with children’s favorite Tim Noah (1 p.m.), Rain Kings (3 p.m.), and Spirit of Ojah (4:30 p.m.). Th e headlining band, White (6:30 p.m.), led by rock drummer Alan White from the band “YES” will bring Newcastle Days 2011 to a close.
Newcastle Days begin Friday
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Hazen's Cody Taylor keyed two big plays that got the Highlanders' season off
to an almost perfect start against Blaine Saturday morning.
Th e senior scored on a 65-yard touchdown run on the game's third play,
then intercepted a pass on Blaine's next off ensive play. Hazen held on to beat the Borderites 35-32 in the Emerald City Kickoff Clas-sic at CenturyLink Field in Seattle.
"It was awesome," Taylor said. "My line did great and I just ran behind them like I'm supposed to do."
Th e Highlanders (1-0) played sharp defense in the fi rst half and found their way off ensively in the second half.
Hazen led 7-6 at the half and couldn’t fi nd their tim-ing at moments.
"We sputtered quite a bit out there," said Hazen coach Drew Oliver. "Th ere
was a lot of mental errors that we have to clean up."
Hazen pushed out the lead to 35-18 with just under nine minutes left in the game before Blaine re-sponded and got as close as 35-32 with 3:34 remaining.
Th e Highlanders were able to recover the ensu-ing onside kick aft er the Borderites fi nal score and run the clock out.
Quarterback Tony Nipert connected with Taylor for a 94-yard touchdown recep-tion in the second half.
Tray Brown scored two rushing touchdowns, and Taylor added one more.
BY ADAM MCFADDEN
It’s no secret.Aft er fi nishing second at the state meet last
year, the Lindbergh boys cross-country team only has one place to go if they want to improve: Straight to the top of the podium.
“I didn’t have to mention anything to them,” said Lindbergh coach Jef Rettmann. “We don’t talk about it much, but believe me they know. We were second last year and if we want to do better, there’s only one place to do that.”
Th e Eagles welcome back fi ve of their seven varsity runners, including the top three at state. Leading the team last year were twin brothers Luke and Mark Garcia.
Luke fi nished 14th (16 min-utes, 16 seconds) and Mark 16th (16:20) at state. Nine of the runners who fi nished ahead of them were seniors and won’t be around this year.
Rettmann said junior Mohamud Abdi and Nathan Haley are also running near the front in practice, making it a possibility for the team to three or four runners going below 16:00 this season.
“Th at’s fast,” Rett-mann said. “We have a really tight pack; but with the way they’ve improved, we have a front-runner pack also.”
Luke Garcia said time goal has kept them working even
harder than usual through the off season.“Most of us are trying to break 16 this year,”
Garcia said. “It’s a big thing because we’re all re-ally hoping to get fi rst.”
Senior Travis Downen returns from the state team and gives that front-runner pack a little more depth.
“Sehome beat us last year, they have a good program and they’re going to be good this year,” Rettmann said. “So it’s no given. But we think we’ve got a good chance.”
Th e Lindbergh girls team fi nished sixth at the state meet, but Sarah Reiter blew away the fi eld to win the 2A state title.
Th e senior beat the second-place runner by nearly 24 seconds, and she’s still buzzing.
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Top: Luke Garcia (left) and Mohamud Abdi run in the 3,200 this spring. Bottom: Sarah Reiter competes in a Seamount cross-country meet last fall. ADAM MCFADDEN, Renton
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BY ADAM MCFADDEN
For the Hazen volleyball team, it’s all about getting on the same page.
With the addition of fi rst-year coach Savannah Feist, the senior Highlanders now have their fourth coach in four years.
“It’s defi nitely a chal-lenge,” Feist said. “Stability has been non-existent in this program.”
Not helping matters, Feist was hired late which made it dif-fi cult to get summer pro-grams going. Luckily, she’s been able to get enough numbers for full varsity and junior varsity teams; there just isn’t much experience to go around.
“We’re looking really good,” she said. “Th ey have a lot of heart, they just don’t have a ton of volleyball experience.”
Key players will be Annie Phan and Harriet Aquino, both liberos (a libero is a defensive and passing spe-cialist). Zoey Feist will be
Lindbergh boys, girls XC teams among state’s top contenders
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Hazen beats Blaine on big stage at CenturyLink
Hazen’s Cody Taylor breaks a run against Blaine at CenturyLink Field Sept. 3. CHARLES CORTES, Renton Reporter
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INDIANS FALL TO CEDARCREST
Renton got off to a rough start with a 34-13 loss to
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The Indians (0-1) got two touchdowns from senior
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PATRIOTS LEAD EARLY, CAN’T HANG ON
Liberty got off to a solid start and led Skyline 21-14 in
the second quarter, before the Spartans took over. The
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Liberty (0-1) got three touchdowns in the fi rst half
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West completed 10 of 22 passes for 170 yards.
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Lindbergh welcomed Marysville Getchell to the world of varsity football by beating the Chargers 40-0 Th ursday night at Renton Memorial Stadium.
Lindbergh (1-0) took a 7-0 lead on the fi nal play of the fi rst quarter when Daniel Wiitanen broke loose from a pack of tack-lers and scrambled 61 yards for a score.
Th e Eagles struck in the second quarter on a 31-yard rushing score from Cam Cal-len, then again when Matt Stuart connected with Craig Yamaguchi from 23 yards out.
"It's defi nitely nice to get the win," said Lindbergh coach Pat O'Grady. "Th e defense played awfully well."
Marysville Getchell (0-1) was playing the fi rst game in the school's history and struggled. Th e Chargers picked up just one fi rst down in the fi rst half.
"Th ey did a great job with pressure up front, controlling the line of scrimmage," O'Grady said.
Th e Lindbergh defense came up with fi ve intereceptions and a fumble. Lindbergh's Joe Simpson and Jayde Wiitanen each returned an interception for a touchdown. Forrest Boissonneau recovered a fumble and ran it back for a touchdown. Callen, Derrick Holt and Craig Yamaguchi also had interceptions.
"I know the struggles that we have and we're an established program," O'Grady said. "Th eir coaching staff over there they're starting from ground zero. While that's got
to be exciting, you know there's going to be some growing pains along the way."
O'Grady came away impressed with the way the Chargers held up.
"Th ey played us really hard and kept it a game for quite a while," O'Grady said. "Th ey've
got a good foundation built there and they'll do well."
If the Eagles are looking for one thing to improve heading into next week it's execu-tion on off ense. Th e team had the ball on the Chargers' one-yard line on its fi rst drive but a bad snap pushed the off ense back. Lindbergh turned the ball over on downs at the two-yard line.
Th e Eagles also lost a fumble into the end zone in the second quarter, resulting in a touchback.
Even with a couple of minor fl aws, Lindbergh looked dominant in the win and heads to Chehalis Sept. 9 for another non-league game.
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important at outside hitter and Elena Page will play a big role at setter.
Th e biggest factor will be communication.“We need to play together and stay calm and collect-
ed,” Phan said. “It’s all mental. Volleyball is all mental. I honestly think we can beat a lot teams.”
Th is is Feist’s fi rst coaching job. She played four years at Kentwood and went on to play at Bellevue Commu-nity College.
Th e Highlanders opened the season with a win against Lindbergh Tuesday night. Hazen won 25-20, 25-23 and 25-18.
“It’s still exciting even though it happened a while ago,” Reiter said.
Reiter’s main competition right now is the clock. Reiter is likely to win most Seamount meets by a wide margin, so for her it’s all about improving her time and impressing at meets.
“In a sense of college she’s competing with the 3A and 4A girls too,” Rettmann said. “She’s plenty motivated; she’s not sitting back on her laurels.”
Reiter said she’s hoping to break 18:00 and get close to 17:30 this season.
Aft er Reiter, the team also has senior stand-out Anna Patti. Patti placed sixth at the state meet last season.
Senior Jasmine Fallgreen placed 37th at state and keeps making big strides. She fi n-ished fi ft h in the 3,200-meter run at the state track meet this spring.
“With Sarah, Anna and Jasmine clearly our top three we have very good front-runners,”
Rettmann said. “We need our pack to improve a little bit to move up.”
Also on varsity are juniors Ariel Hodges and Elizabeth Hansen, as well as seniors Mer-cedes Tischer and Brenna Fisher.
Starting from Rettmann’s second season in 2000, the boys team has had multiple losses in the league twice. In those years, the team had the individual state champion (Sam Ahlbeck, 2004) and fi nished sixth at state (2006). Th e boys are working on a six-year streak of both winning the Seamount, and fi nishing eighth or better at the state meet. Since 2000, the boys have an overall league record of 71-8.
Th e girls side didn’t rack up the accolades of the boys side until recently; but since 2008 the team has a 22-1 league record and has fi nished in the top six at state twice.
“Last year’s team was probably the best we’ve had,” Rettmann said. “If we can stay healthy, this will be the best team we’ve had for sure.”
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Volleyball: Hazen tops Lindbergh to start year[ HAZEN from page 13 ]
Hazen’s Annie Pham passes a ball in practice. ADAM MCFADDEN, Renton Reporter
Lindbergh shuts out Chargers
Lindbergh’s Jequan Hayes (52) and Jayde Wiitanen pressure Marysville Getchell quarterback Dylan Diedrich. ADAM MCFADDEN, Renton Reporter
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Renton will observe the National Day of Service and Remembrance Saturday, with hundreds of volunteers working together on projects to make a difference in the community.
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