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A ‘Super’ send-off Hundreds of Seahawks fans gathered at the Virginia Mason Athletic Center in Renton on Sunday to cheer on the Seattle Seahawks, as the team left for the airport to begin its trip to New Jersey and Super Bowl XLVIII. Later in the day, thousands of fans showed their pride at The Landing’s ‘Volume 12’ rally. For pictures, see page 16. The Super Bowl is set for 3:20 p.m. Sunday. Photos courtesy kelley Balcomb-Bartok
Grant season is beginning to heat up and the City of Renton is gearing up to make a run at some federal and state monies to help improve the city’s roads and trails systems. City of Renton Planning and Programs Supervisor for Transportation Jim Seitz this week detailed for the City Council some of the projects the city hopes to receive money for this year. There are four rounds of “Calls for Projects,” with the first coming from the Puget Sound Regional Council. The PSRC will be distributing federal funds for projects and Seitz said his department is busy working to make sure Renton gets its share of the dollars. Seitz said the top priority in the city eligible for PSRC money is the next phase of the Rainier Avenue South rebuild project, stretching from South Third Street north to Nelson, near the city limits. [ more grants page 15 ]
Renton High School hoping for approval of IB program Renton High School will find out in April if the school has been approved to host a new International Baccalaureate program. Colloquially known as IB, it is a college preparation program for juniors and seniors that expects the students to demonstrate college level work. Students can either pick and choose several of the IB classes to take, or they can go for an IB diploma and take all seven classes, do a research paper and complete community service.
Successfully obtaining an IB diploma gives students the opportunity to apply to exchange credits and gain access to such college’s as Paris’ Sorbonne and Harvard. Students can wave up to two years of college classes with an IB diploma anywhere the diploma is accepted nationally and internationally. But the work will require a lot more studying than students are used to now, said Principal Giovanna San Martin. San Martin is an IB graduate herself and said the program offers students skills beyond just college readiness. “The overall effect, if you like, beyond
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ating class of the program would be in 2016. If there are at least 12 or 15 students who choose to do the program and graduate the first year, that counts as success, said the principal. Renton High has been a candidate school for the program for the past three years as school staff has researched and applied to the program. “It’s extremely rigorous and the training the staff needs to have and the curriculum and instructional piece that we need to have to become and IB school is very rigorous,” San Martin. [ more program page 4 ]
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Some kids and adults know him only as “Mr. Scrappy.” “After they see me three or four times, they ask me what my name is because ‘Mr. Scrappy’s’ easy; it’s easy to remember and it’s catchy,” said Jeff Gaidjergis of Renton. In the scrap collecting business for three years, Gaidjergis is using his funds to give back to society through humanitarian projects that take him all over the world. Gaidjergis used to have a handy man service; but after he saw a lot of materials going to the dump that could be recycled instead, he decided to open a parttime scrap-metal collection business. Now he’s grown his business 30 percent, he said, and works with his wife, kids and grandkids, as his only employees. There’s no secret to where he gets his scrap metal; it’s just being fair and honest with his clients and educating them, he said. Most of his business he gets by word-of-mouth. He offers a free service traveling around to different homes
and businesses to pick up materials. Gaidjergis’ humanitarian work started nine years ago, when he traveled to Mexico to build homes for the poor. He’s gone on many trips with New Life Church of Renton. The church funds the projects and volunteers pay their own way. In Mexico, they build 16- by 20-foot, wood-frame homes on cement slabs that help prevent the respiratory problems that come with sleeping on a dirt floor. The church group can build two to three homes in as many days. It’s a feat that would take the average person there seven to 10 years to build, said Gaidjergis. “It’s important to me because we’re giving back,” he said. “It’s not all about taking, it’s about giving back.” He travels two to three times a year and has been to Haiti, Africa, Honduras and Mexico on mission trips. He’s helped build homes, churches, schools, Bible colleges and has done well maintenance. “We may go on a certain mission thinking we’re going to do a certain thing, but it’s wherever God calls us to go,” Gaidjergis said. “I tell people when they go
Mr. Scrappy, Jeff Gaidjergis, has taken mission trips all over the world, including to Haiti, funded by his scrap-metal collection business. submitted on a mission trip they have to be like Gumby. You have to be flexible because you never know what’s going to happen.” Gaidjergis has faced personal safety concerns, volatile weather and primitive airports and infrastructure on trips aboard to third world countries. But he is so moved by his experiences he finds it hard to explain how he feels. He’s moved by the mother in Mexico who comes to find his group
every time they’re in town to offer thanks. Money his church raised went to pay for an operation to correct her son’s club foot. “It’s hard to put into words the feeling you get by doing that,” Gaidjergis said. “I wish more people could go along and get that feeling because then we’d have more people who’d give.” His plans are to grow his scrap-metal business enough to sustain a fulltime operation and fund three to four trips a year to
do humanitarian work. This year he plans to travel to Mexico for another mission trip and has promised to take one of his 10year-old grandsons along to help. In August he plans to do more volunteer work in four African countries. “I”m trying to grow this business so I can do more work in the humanitarian field,” said Gaidjergis. “So the more I grow this the more I can give back. That’s my main focus.”
Downtown Renton vacant properties see some sales action While some vacant Renton properties have piqued the interest of potential buyers, others continue to sit waiting for new owners. However, local real estate agents say the market does appear to be getting better. “The market is better than it was a year ago by far,” said Mike Catt of Kidder Matthews real estate company. “We’ve got more
people who are interested in the market…who are ready to move forward.” Kidder Matthews sold two of Renton’s car dealership properties recently. The former Lincoln Mercury dealership, a 4.35-acre property, was sold to the owners of Car Pros. Dale Walker of Walker’s Renton Subaru moved his dealership to the former Saturn dealership on Grady Way about a month ago.
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along the Green River to mark the 25th anniversary of the canonization of the Vietnamese martyrs, who were Catholics persecuted and killed in Vietnam. The parish will look forward to the future, said Dao. “We focus more on our young people. A lot of them have wandered away from faith,” he said. The parish now has about 300 youths. With the large space, the parish will have plenty of space for its faithful mission program and language school. It will involve youth in its own youth program that blends religion and scouting. The future includes a new church the parish will build on the 5.8-acre site next to the current building. But, now, the parish plans to celebrate its temporary church and the Lunar New Year. It received permission from the Tukwila City Council to light the thousands of celebratory firecrackers. The red firecrackers are a long Vietnamese tradition, said Dao, symbolizing good luck. “You are making merry. People love it,” he said.
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Renton Technical College named in top nationwide list Campbell Hill Principal Zakariya Palsha, middle, celebrates with his wife Nardin Omar, far left, dad Stephen, mother Sauda Mdhoma and brother Rumi. submitted
Renton principal gets ‘Golden Apple’ excellence award Campbell Hill Elementary School Principal Zakariya Palsha received the 2013 Golden Apple Excellence in Education Award last weekend. The award celebrates educators, programs and schools making a positive difference in Washington state education. Palsha’s name was submitted among hundreds of other nominees for the 22nd annual award by students, parents, teachers and community members. A panel of education leaders and previous winners evaluated and selected this year’s winners. Palsha attributes his individual honor to hard work by his staff at Campbell Hill, who personify the Nigerian proverb, “It takes a village to raise a child,” a district press release stated. The principal is known for creating an environment that brings out the best in teachers and support staff. He has helped staff members be more reactive to children’s needs by creating professional development around culturally responsive teaching strategies. Campbell Hill has improved family involvement with
Renton Technical College was named as one of the nation’s top 150 community colleges eligible to compete for the 2015 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. The position gives the school the chance to compete for $1 million in prize funds. The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program highlights the critical importance of improving student success in America’s community colleges, an RTC release stated. The prize is awarded every two years and it is the nation’s signature recognition of high achievement and performance. It recognizes institutions for exceptional student outcomes in student learning, certificate and degree completion, employment and earnings, and high levels of access and success for minority and low-income students. “The selection of Renton Technical College by the Aspen Institute shines a spotlight on the exceptional work that RTC’s faculty and staff are doing to support student success,” said Steve Hanson, president at Renton Technical College. “One of the goals of the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program is to highlight exemplary work being done in community and technical colleges across the nation. Our selection provides recognition that Renton Technical College is a national leader in implementing best practices to improve student outcomes while training students for family-wage jobs in a competitive, global economy.” A full list of the 150 community colleges is available at www.AspenPrize.org. Prize winners will be announced in early 2015.
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Gov. Jay Inslee’s call to raise money for schools by closing tax breaks put the education funding debate back in the laps of lawmakers this week and in the conversation with voters this fall. Inslee’s plan to generate $200 million in new taxes by eliminating or revising seven exemptions is a slimmed-down version of the billiondollar-plus tax package rejected by a Republicanled majority in the Senate a year ago. There’s no evidence things will turn out differently for he and his Democratic allies in 2014 because the balance of power is the same. Republicans say lawmakers put roughly $1 billion additional dollars into schools in 2013 and can wait to make another hefty investment in 2015. Inslee didn’t seem concerned about the prospect of another defeat when he unveiled his scheme Tuesday. Rather, he sounded as if he was test-driving messages Democratic candidates can use this fall as the party tries to regain a working majority in the Senate. He spoke of the need to fill the “gas tank of reform” and satisfy the Supreme Court’s demand for “concrete action” to fully fund the basic education of 1 million public school students. And he cast Republicans as a reluctant bunch whose minds might change before the Legislature is set to adjourn in early March. “The other party has said they don’t want to spend another dime on our children’s education this year,” he told reporters, adding later he hoped it was only “a temporary condition.” And he suggested lawmakers are wrong to think voting for his tax plan to fund schools will doom their re-election. “I believe very deeply that it is a winning issue for a candidate to face his public and say ‘I stood up for funding our schools and our kids’,” he said. “I will tell you candidates who do that are going to win elections this November. I believe this is where the people are (at) in the state of Washington.” Time will tell if he’s right. Jerry Cornfield
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Letter to the editor Ode to the Seahawks “Super Bowl or Bust” We’ve had a phenomenal football run truth to be told Now the Hawks face Down the Broncos They’re in the Super Bowl The shopping list is all made out The beer is packed on ice The sacred chair is precisely placed To take in all the sights It’s bound to be a nail-biter My blood pressure is running high Look out Denver Broncos Those Hawks are gonna fly It’s just a football game Grown men dressed in tights Pumped up on testosterone They ought to call it “Ladies Night” It’s great to be a Seattleite Mirrored in a sea of blue and green Our 12th Man flag proudly flies It’s such a sight to see
Students lead on bills Two Snohomish High seniors incited a little partisan kerfuffle recently with their proposal to require many unemployed adults to perform community service in order to keep receiving benefit checks. Students Kristen Hoffmann and Marissa Martz came up with the idea in their government class and pitched it to lawmakers in a visit to Olympia earlier this month. Community service, they reasoned, could provide new skills and job opportunities for those seeking work. “The intention is not to punish people on unemployment,” Hoffmann said. “It is to open doors, reduce fraud, keep people moving and help them find work.” Conservative Republicans in the House and Senate were sold on the concept and sponsored
The 12th Man shall rise up and rumble They’re known for their seismic screams The sounds will echo everywhere From Seattle to New Jersey The playbook has been opened Pete Carroll calls the shots The Hawks they are a well-oiled machine They’ll give it all they’ve got The Seahawks are like the Osprey They soar above to get things done The Broncos are like wild horses They get spooked and then they run So, just out on the horizon Lies the prestigious Lombardi Like a carrot dangling in a race It’s well within our reach Let’s hear it for the Seahawks Super Bowl or bust We would like to thank them for a fantastic ride And wish them lots of luck! Vicki Shamek, Renton
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bills in each chamber to put it into law. The identical bills would require most able-bodied individuals aged 18 to 65 to do at least eight hours of community service for every four weeks of unemployment benefits received. Senate Democrats denounced the legislation as a punitive measure. “Our friends and neighbors seeking jobs are already struggling to pay the bills and feed their kids in addition to looking for work,” said Sen. Jeannie Darneille, D-Tacoma, in a statement.
“Community service is an honorable pursuit, but forcing someone into it simply to maintain their family’s lifeline is downright cold.” As of Wednesday, no hearings had been set on the bills.
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About $18,000 in jewelry stolen during party By DEAN A. RADFORD dradford@rentonreporter.com
About $18,300 worth of jewelry was stolen Jan. 19 from a home on Lake Washington, along with two iPhones and a laptop. The theft apparently occurred during a party at the house, where a resident’s relative was house-sitting. A man unknown to the partygoers had entered the house and was leaving with the laptop when he was stopped and questioned. He hit the questioner in the eye and tried to run out the front door. But another partygoer punched him in the stomach, which stopped him. The partygoer took his wallet so he could get his drivers license to get his name, then returned the wallet. The suspect, a 20-year-old Seattle man, was told to leave. The partygoers planned to call police but didn’t because the laptop had been recovered. They went back to their drinking game. The suspect was still sitting in a car outside; no one had recognized him. About 30 minutes later, a partygoer noticed the laptop was gone, as well as two cell phones. They figured either the suspect came back inside or someone at the party brought the items to him. Three days later, the resident contacted police. Someone had entered a bedroom and stolen $18,300 worth of jewelry. The resident’s relative later emailed police, writing that he narrowed the suspects to a men’s and women’s basketball team on the Eastside. But he didn’t see anyone take the stolen items.
Theft start of his worries Shoplifting three pairs of gloves Jan. 19 from Walmart on Rainier Avenue was enough to get this 23-year-old Kent man arrested. Then there were a felony warrant for stealing a motor vehicle and that stolen motorcycle parked on the sidewalk near the store’s main entrance. He hid the gloves in a motorcycle helmet. But he didn’t make it past store security. In checking the man’s ID, a Renton Police officer discovered the warrant. And he noticed the helmet and asked where the man had parked his motorcycle. A friend dropped him off, he told the officer. The officer looked out and saw only one motorcycle, a green Kawasaki, which a check showed was stolen from the University of Washington. Not wanting to lie, the man told the officer a friend let him drive the motorcycle so he could score some drugs. He figured the motorcycle was stolen because he had to use a screwdriver to start it. He declined to offer any information about his friend. The motorcycle’s owner arrived and drove it off. The suspect was booked into the SCORE regional jail for possession of a stolen vehicle.
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beating the mayor at Ms. Pacman. So with 8 Bit not yet open, the mayor and I decided to walk over to Common Ground for a coffee. “So, what’s the problem with downtown Renton?” I asked after we’d gotten our drinks. “It’s a problem of critical mass,” the mayor began. I tried not to appear disappointed as he eloquently broke down the need to attract more people to live and work downtown if it is to attract developers. I was disappointed because I wanted to talk to him not as a mayor, but as a person who has the power to move aside from words like “critical mass.” I wanted to get real. “I want to write a more personal column about specific ideas that YOU have, what kind of downtown would YOU like to see in the near term, specifically,” I said. “I mean you live in Renton. Like all the rest of us you drive down Third, which compared to The Landing looks more and more like a place where people’s entrepreneurial dreams come to die. As a former highly successful small business owner how does it make you feel?” If you didn’t know, before the mayor became The Mayor, he had a successful career as a newspaperman. He started the Renton Reporter followed by the Kent and Auburn Reporter and sold in 2000. He is no longer affiliated with the paper in any way. My impression going in to the meeting was that the mayor has the power to make changes downtown based on his professional track record, which includes accomplishments such as past chairman of the Greater Renton Chamber of Commerce and past president of the Renton Rotary Club among others. “You’re making your piece too broad. This isn’t about me,” The Mayor said in the confident way editors have of seeing a story that a passionate writer may be too caught up in. But I wanted the story I was attempting to write to be his story too, in a way that it hadn’t before: less “savvy politician” more “roll up your sleeves Norma Rae.” Essentially, more “chicken suit.” “Well, unless I’m mistaken at the power a mayor has, it is a lot about you,” I said. [ more carolyn page 9 ]
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“Hey!” I called out as if we were old friends, before the mayor and I exchanged a cordial smile and shook hands. “You ever been to 8 Bit before?” I wasn’t surprised when he shook his head. I knew from his bio on the City of Renton webpage that Denis Law has two grown daughters and though I’d only met him a couple times I couldn’t quite imagine him saddling up to a game of Tetris at the new arcade on Third after work. On the flip side of that coin I could also never have imagined Bill Gates recently dressed in a chicken costume on Jimmy Fallon to promote a viral video about poverty, so I know people do a lot of things you wouldn’t expect when they’re engaged and passionate. And so here we were at 3 p.m. on a Wednesday at 8 Bit for what I hoped would be a candid discussion about downtown Renton over a doubles game of Ms. Pacman. As a Renton resident who yearns for a cool downtown to take my family, I’m tired of what appears to be a disconnect between the City and residents about how to go about creating a vibrant and bustling downtown. This communication gap and lack of progress only seems to have widened after the whole library debacle. And my concern going forward is that this continental divide will impinge future progress. These days, driving by the empty storefronts on Third is like signing up for a tour of the dashed entrepreneurial dreams of Christmas Past: people who no doubt sunk their life savings and gumdrop dreams into a now failed small business in downtown Renton.
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Lorraine, 81, passed away Friday, December 13, 2013 at her home in Renton after a long battle with cancer. Born in Fredonia, North Dakota, she was the youngest of the four children of Harold and Elizabeth Miller. She leaves behind sister Adelaine Nitschke of ND and brothers Cliff and CR (Eunice) Miller, both of AZ. Lorraine is survived by her two sons, Mike (Jill) and Jeff (Jami) Hansen and seven grandchildren as well as several neices, nephews, cousins and many friends. A celebration of Lorraine’s life will be announced at a later date when she will be laid to rest with her parents at Floral Hills Cemetary in Lynnwood, WA.
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once the old Big 5 building location. As a mom of five, into an extension of the I’ve never not felt safe in Piazza with a water feature downtown Renton. for kids to play. “It’s hogwash that people He also wants businesses say downtown Renton to know that the city is is not safe. It’s very safe. committed to processing Things can happen anypermits quickly: “Time is where,” Law said. “But its money and we are willing perception and we need to bend over backwards. to change that. If it means We will also continue to ofwe put police on walking fer deferred property taxes patrols, most people love for 10 years to encourage to see cops and that’s not multi-family construction.” a problem for the city to I was also surprovide that. As he spoke, the prised to learn “Another thing mayor wore a look that the City is the property I could relate to: often gives tours owners,” he confrustration. to potential detinued. “Those velopers around buildings next downtown, woodoor are lowing them with income housing how business-friendly the in a substandard building. City of Renton is. The people who live there In addition, Law would deserve better. They deserve also like to see the old a nice place to live and should be treated with more McLendon’s building become an extension of compassion. Renton Technical College. “I think people want I came to the meeting places to go in the downbelieving that the mayor town; a safe, clean, upbeat has the power and influenvironment to do some ence to revitalize downtown shopping. We have to Renton. And I left the attract retailers that can meeting the same way. survive. Downtown is goThe mayor does not have ing to evolve the way the a magic wand, but he can market allows. We can help bring people together like it along.” the Chamber of Commerce But I wanted more. and potential developers “What EXACTLY is the who have money to inject city planning to help it into downtown through along?” The mayor explained that city sponsored incentives that are too good to refuse. in the short term he wants In a nutshell, he can be to turn the space that was
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how his offense would match up with this team’s defense. “That’s a good bar discussion isn’t it, over a couple of beers?” he said. “I always thought we could compete against anybody. We had a good line, we had a good runner, we had a good quarterback, but this defense presents challenges really for any team.” Indeed a fictitious ’05 vs. ’13 matchup seemingly would have a lot in common with this year’s Super Bowl. While Holmgren’s team didn’t put up crazy passing numbers like this year’s Denver Broncos, those Seahawks did lead the NFL in scoring at 28.2 points per game, and had an incredibly efficient, balanced offense that featured a Pro Bowl quarterback in Matt Hasselbeck, an MVP running back in Shaun Alexander, and the best offensive line in franchise history. By comparison, this year’s Seahawks led the NFL in fewest yards and fewest points allowed, as well as takeaways. “I would hope we could function offensively against this defense, but I’m sure the defense on this team would say, ‘No way,’” Holmgren said. While there are no players left from the 2005 team on Seattle’s roster, defensive assistant coach Marquand Manuel is perhaps the best person to assess both groups, having served as a starting safety on the 2005 team, and a defensive assistant coach on the current one. “I joke about that a lot,” Manuel said. “I can say from
[ best from page 10] Instead the Broncos rely on solid pass protection and, even more important, a quarterback who through years of experience has learned precisely when to get rid of the ball and where to throw it. The Seahawks added Michael Bennett and Cliff Avril to improve their pass rush, and it worked, with Seattle registering 44 sacks this season, but even with a strong group of CHOCOLATES . WINE & CHOCOLATE PAIRING . PASTRIES . APPETIZERS . COFFEE “OFFICE” PASTRIES Got a meeting? Need breakfast? Preorder our delicious Scones, Croissants, Cinnamon Rolls, ham and cheddar croissants, or chocolate croissants. Order by 5 p.m. weekdays and they can be ready the next morning!
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Mike Holmgren led the Seahawks to their first Super Bowl. file photo top to bottom this team is probably more talented than we were. We were good in the secondary, but we weren’t Kam and Earl and Sherm. Trufant in his prime was pretty good. But we played as a cohesive unit, and that’s one thing I tell these guys that they do a great job of, ‘Even though you have more talent than we did, continuing to play like a cohesive unit is going to be key.’” As Holmgren noted, this is a better bar debate than serious question, so in the spirit of that, crack open a drink and let’s get to a position-byposition breakdown.
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Receivers If only to add fuel to Doug Baldwin’s fire, we’ll give the nod to the ’05 team, which the kind of depth (after Darrell Jackson returned from injury) and size in the form of Joe Jurevicius that this year’s group just doesn’t have. At full strength, this year’s receiving group, which is underrated as is, probably would get the nod, but the lack of Sidney Rice and Percy Harvin makes a difference. Edge: 2005 Secondary Like the offensive line on the other side of the ball, this is a lopsided comparison. The ’05 team had talent on the backend, most notably Marcus Trufant at corner and Michael Boulware at safety, but this year’s secondary is putting up historically [ more versus page 12 ]
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bility gives him an added element Hasselbeck didn’t have. Yet while Wilson has hit a few bumps in the road late in the season, Hasselbeck went into the Super Bowl playing the best football of his career, throwing 12 touchdowns and one interception in six games leading up to the Super Bowl with passer ratings over 100 in each of those six games. Edge: Draw
Offensive line The biggest gap on offense between the two teams, the ’05 squad featured an alltime great left side in Walter Jones and Steve Hutchinson, who were both All-Pro and Pro-Bowl selections that year, as well as Pro-Bowl center Robbie Tobeck. This year’s team, meanwhile, has a lot of talent, but has not being able to play consistently while battling through injuries at tackle and center, and season-long uncertainty at left guard. Edge: 2005
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Linebackers The ’05 team had a solid group, led by Pro Bowler Lofa Tatupu and fellow rookie Leroy Hill, but this year’s squad has more athletic playmakers across the board, and gets an added bump thanks to its depth. Heading into the Super Bowl, the Seahawks have essentially have four starters with three spots to play them. Edge: 2013
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The school and its teachers had to make many changes and prepare curriculum and instruction to meet IB standards. The process usually takes a school five years, San Martin said. One added bonus of their preparation is that the IB preparation is aligning teachers instruction with what the school has to do to get ready for Common Core standards. Common Core standards are reading and math benchmarks adopted by the state and are rolling out all across the country. “So actually, the beauty about IB and the Common Core is that they are almost the same,” said San Martin. “Because the Common Core standards have that international setting, that global perspective, so it’s very easy to align them.” The move to the IB program is just one more step in a very intentional trajectory to give students at Renton High more opportunities. Under the
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students if the means are out there. “If public schools now have the ability to offer IB, why shouldn’t my kids receive that too?” she said. “So it’s a very strong issue of equity and access and giving them the best that there is in education.” Renton High received a visit in November from a Canadian team representing the International Baccalaureate Organization, which is headquartered in Cardiff, England. School officials have been partnering with the Seattle School District to share information and gather feedback on the IB program. Seattle’s Rainier Beach, Chief Sealth and Ingraham high schools all have IB programs. Recently Renton was awarded a total of more than $400,000 from the Executive Committee for the Road Map Region Race to the Top grant for work on their IB program and Seattle partnership.
www.rentonreporer.com | Fresh Renton news, every day The Renton School District is hosting a grand opening celebration for the new Meadow Crest Early Learning Center today, Friday. Residents are invited to come tour the brand new facility for children ages 3 to 5, talk to teachers and discuss new programs with staff and administrators. The open house runs from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m., with a formal program and ribbon cutting set for 5:30 p.m. The Meadow Crest Early Learning Center is located at 1800 Index Ave. N.E. Above, workers install the school’s new electronic sign this past week. Brian Beckley, Renton Reporter
First ‘Gamer Fest’ set for Feb. 8 Renton Technical College will host “Gamer Fest” Feb. 8 on campus. The event is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and put on by the Administrative Office Management program, RTC Gamers Club and the RTC Foundation. There will be workshops, comic and game vendors, food trucks, guided tours, demonstrations, exhibits, a costume contest and a zombie photo booth. There will also be a Magic the Gathering tournament hosted by Uncle’s Games. It’s the college’s hope that the event become an annual experience for the gamer community and a chance for visitors to explore the campus and its programs. “We’re planning this as a large-scale outreach and social event, and intend to grow it to a signature event with our Puget Sound gaming and sci-fi communities over time,” said Heather Winfrey, foundation president. Proceeds from the event benefit the college’s Basic Studies Fund, which helps low-income students obtain their GED. Speakers include representatives from the Bigfoot Research Field Organization, Northwest Paranormal Investigation Agency, Microsoft and Zaklabs. Zombies will be on hand, courtesy of Seattle Thrillers and Rely on Renton will host the zombie photo booth. Tickets to the festival are $5; the tournament is $25. For tickets and more information, visit www.RTC.edu.
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in the Council Chambers on the seventh floor of the Renton City Hall, 1055 South Grady Way, Renton, Washington, on February 18, 2014 at 10:00 am to consider the following petitions: Renton Highlands Library LUA13 001720 Location: 2701 Sunset Lane NE. The applicant, KCLS, is requesting HEX Site Plan Review, Conditional Use Permit, Civic Entry Orientation Variance, Lot Coverage Variance, and two parking Modifications for the construction of a new 14,479 SF public library in the Renton Highlands. The 16,000 SF project site is zoned CV. Access would be taken from Sunset Lane NE. Legal descriptions of the files noted above are on file in the City Clerk’s Office, Seventh Floor, City Hall, Renton. All interested persons are invited to be present at the Public Hearing to express their opinions. Questions should be directed to the Hearing Examiner at 425-4306515. Published in the Renton Reporter on January 31, 2014. #974379. Superior Court of Washington County of King In re the Estate of: ROBERT H. AHLBECK, Deceased. NO. 14-4-00241-3 KNT NOTICE TO CREDITORS The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of this Estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must,
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Despite a 12-point lead at the beginning of the final quarter of play, the Hazen boys basketball team fell 57-55 to the Renton Indians Friday in an intra-district rivalry game at Renton High School. It was Hazen’s second loss of the year and the first loss to a Seamount League rival. Hazen is now 14-2 overall and 9-1 in the Seamount. Renton improved to 8-7 overall and 7-3 in the Seamount with the win. The Highlanders jumped out to a 17-10 after the first quarter, but the Indians rallied in the second to close the gap to 31-26 at halftime.
The third quarter was all Hazen, however, as the Highlanders outscored Renton 12-5 in the third frame. But Renton roared back in the final quarter, outscoring Hazen 26-12 to secure a 2-point win. Turnovers proved to be the problem for the Highlanders, as Hazen turned the ball over nine times in the fourth quarter and 22 times overall. “They did a great job with their defensive pressure and we did not handle the adversity that faced us in the fourth quarter as we lost our composure,” said Hazen coach Ryan Thompson in an email. Hazen’s Connor O’Hearn led all scorers with 21 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists. Isaiah Davis
added 12 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists while Dominic Green had 14 points, 5 blocks and 4 rebounds of his own. Shaykiel Milord led the way for the Indians with 19 points and Jordan Holland added 15. With the loss, Kennedy Catholic moved into a first-place tie with Hazen as both have a 9-1 league record. Hazen took on Lindbergh Wednesday at home and travels to Foster today (Friday). Renton played Foster on Wednesday at Foster and travels to Highline today (Friday). Reach Editor Brian Beckley at 425-255-3484, ext. 5050
Lindbergh swimmer achieves ‘iron man’
Members of the Lindbergh and Renton wrestling teams pose for a photo at the River Ridge Rumble. Below, Khali Crowl of Renton kisses his championship belt. Vicki Maddy, For the Renton Reporter
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The Lindbergh Eagles wrestling team on Jan. 23 defeated Kennedy 43-31 to improve their overall and league record to a perfect 7-0. The Eagles sit atop the Seamount League standings, followed by Hazen, with a 5-1 league record and a 7-1 record overall. Renton presently sits in third with a 3-2 league record. In addition, Lindbergh placed third as a team Saturday at the River Ridge Rumble in Tumwater. Jayden Schwope (120 pounds), Trevonn Russell (195) and James Garcia (285) all won their weight classes. Colton Maddy (126) and Diego Gallegos (170) finished in second and Zach Goe (106) and Westerling Nugent (138) finished in third place to earn medals. The Renton Indians wrestling team
And it is official: Lindbergh’s Andrew Franco-Munoz is an iron man. Franco-Munoz last week swam a state-qualifying time in the 100-yard breaststroke and has officially qualified for every individual event at the state meet this year, including all four strokes at varying distances. Known as the “iron man,” the feat shows a versatility in the pool that most swimmers do not have. Franco-Munoz, 18, has been swimming since he was 8 years old. He is primarily a butterfly and freestyle sprinter and is only the second Lindbergh swimmer to accomplish the iron man in Coach Roger Miron’s 19 years with the team. Lindbergh’s 200-yard medley relay team, which features Franco-Munoz in the butterfly leg, also broke the school record in the event last week by 1.5 seconds during a 103-83 victory over Kennedy. The record has stood since 1996. Reach Editor Brian Beckley at 425-255-3484, ext. 5050
also competed at the Rumble, finishing in fifth place as a team. Khali Crowl won his weight division for the Indians. Results from the Lindbergh win over [ more wrestling page 15 ]
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the college-headcoaching handshake,” Schneider said, “You know, ‘Hey did you get everything you need today? OK.’ No, I didn’t get (anything).’” Neither could have possibly known it at the time, but that would mark the informal beginning of a partnership that has turned the John Boyle
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The first time Pete Carroll and John Schneider met, Carroll was the coach of a college juggernaut and Schneider was a young scout trying to get information on USC players. As is so often the case in those situations, the coach wasn’t that eager to open the doors of his program to an outsider, especially one interested in scrutinizing the lives of the team’s best players. “I give him crud that he gave me
Seahawks into a Super Bowl team four years after the two took over a franchise that had gone 9-23 over the previous two seasons. When then Seahawks CEO Tod Leiweke brought Carroll and Schneider together, he described it as a “fantastic collaboration” that, quite frankly, sounded a little unrealistic in the cutthroat world of the NFL. While most NFL franchises have a coach who answers to a general manager, who in turn
answers to an owner, the Seahawks hired Carroll first, gave him the most power, then let the coach help hire the GM. That was the only way Carroll, who essentially had all the power at USC, was going to return to the NFL, and Seahawks owner Paul Allen and Leiweke accepted his terms. That structure led to plenty of people thinking Schneider, who was 38 at the time of his hiring, [ more Boyle page 15 ]
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money for the design work and hopes this million grant to purchase right-of-way for year to get moving on the construction, work planned along Sunset Avenue. The which should move bikers and walkers off city received grant money for the design of Perimeter Road on on to their own trail. phase of the project, which looks to create “Perimeter Road can sometimes get a Rainier Avenue-style boulevard with really busy, so we’re looking at sidewalks and traffic-calming separating that trail,” Seitz said. medians, but to move forward “Historically, the Seitz also said the city will apon the project, money is needed city has done very ply for a $500,000 grant to begin to begin to buy land around the well getting these design work on a “missing link street. projects funded.” of sidewalk” on 116th Avenue In addition, Seitz said a new Planning and Programs Southeast, as identified in the trail is planned for the north side Supervisor for city’s Benson Hill Neighborhood of Sunset. Transportation Jim Seitz Plan. In the countywide non-moIn the “Preservation” category, torized category, which includes which is designed to help mainmoney for sidewalks and trails, tain current roadways, Seitz said the city is Renton is also hoping to receive $600,000 seeking money for work on Duvall Avenue for the right-of-way work for the Lake North, a major north-south roadway that Washington Loop Trail, which runs the perimeter of the airport and will connect to connects with Coal Creek Parkway to the north. the southern portion of the trail that runs Seitz said the projects align with the City along Logan Avenue in front of Renton Council’s priority list, as drawn from the Memorial Stadium. six-year Transportation Improvement Plan, Again, the city previously received grant
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dous advantage over a lot of teams. ... When you don’t have that, when too many people are worried about who gets the credit or who takes the blame — who drafted that player, he was my player — you have problems. You can see it every year around the league, and those teams just don’t have much of a chance.” By letting Carroll hand-pick Schneider, a person he could work with to rebuild the Seahawks around his football philosophies, Allen and Leiweke helped create what has turned into the perfect front-office structure for the Seahawks. “I think it’s absolutely the most crucial relationship and aspect of our program,” Carroll said of his partnership with Schneider. “All of the decisions that we make, we make together, and the fact that we communicate so well and we trust one another so much, it’s helped us throughout. “We’ve done a lot of stuff, we haven’t just been quietly going through with it, we’ve been very active and we’ll always be that way.” As Carroll notes, the Seahawks have “done a lot of stuff ” since he and Schneider took over in 2010. Between the time they were hired to the end of the 2010 season, the Seahawks made 284 roster transactions. They kept going in 2011, and now, four years into what became almost a complete rebuild, the Seahawks will play in Super Bowl XLVIII with just four players who were on the roster Carroll and Schneider inherited: defensive end Red Bryant, defensive tackle Brandon Mebane, center Max Unger and punter Jon Ryan.
Seitz said the city can only apply for a single phase of the project and will be requesting $3 million for the design phase of the project, which he said is crucial because the new Central Sound Aerospace Training Center will be built near the north end of the project limit. “We’d like to have good improvements up to that point,” he said Wednesday. But the grant application will be competing through the “very competitive” four county PSRC area, including King, Pierce, Snohomish and Kitsap Counties, so Seitz said the city will also be entering the project in the PSRC’s county-wide competition as well. Seitz said the regional grant takes priority so the city won’t be eligible for both, but because the project is so important to the city, a secondary grant application is worth it, just in case. Seitz said Renton is also asking for a $2
would be something of an, um, “Underling?” he interrupts with a laugh. “Not that I remember reading that or anything.” But instead, it became the perfect partnership that Leiweke envisioned. Prior to the Seahawks overhauling things after the 2009 season, there was, as Leiweke described it, dysfunction in a franchise that didn’t have a coach and front office always seeing eye-to-eye. Mike Holmgren was originally hired as Seattle’s head coach and general manager, then later lost the GM title and ended up in something of an arranged marriage with Tim Ruskell. Holmgren won’t speak poorly of that setup — though Leiweke later would — but the former coach doesn’t deny the importance of a front office where everyone is on the same page. “It’s absolutely essential if you want to get to the Super Bowl,” said Holmgren, who now works as an analyst for Sports Radio 950 KJR. “I suppose you can do it, but you’re battling things you shouldn’t have to battle. When you have a straight line running from your owner to the president through the general manager through the head coach, and everyone’s pointing in the same direction, and everyone’s rowing the boat in the same direction, you have a tremen-
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Kennedy are: 106 – Zach Goe (L) won by forfeit 113 – Chad Omonaka (L) won by forfeit 120 – Vinnie Sposari (K) pinned Aby Chufar, 3:05 126 – Jayden Schwope (L) pinned Brady Moore, 2:10 132 – Colton Maddy (L) pinned Spencer Mackenzie, 2:45 138 – Jack Larson (K) pinned Deven Maddy, 4:33 145 – Michael Werlech (K) pinned Javon Willis, :17 152 – Joey Werlech (K) dec. Tristan Demond, 8-2 160 – Jacob Daily (K) maj dec. David Silva, 15-7 170 – Diego Gallegos (L) dec. Chaz Bergseth, 9-6 182 – Joey Hernandez (L) maj dec, Casey Stensaas, 10-1 195 – Ben Josie (K) wins by forfeit 220 – Trevonn Russell (L) pinned Sabastian Ferraro, 5:02 285 – James Garcia (L) pinned Alex Lesar, 4:52
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Reaching the Super Bowl is a huge accomplishment for any NFL franchise, but doing so four years into the process of so thoroughly tearing things down and building them back up is quite remarkable. Schneider and Carroll both believed this was possible, but also knew it was far from a given that their approach and the somewhat unorthodox structure at the top would produce a Super Bowl appearance. “I think we believed we could do it, but this league, it’s so hard to win one game,” Schneider said. “... I think we just have a ton of respect for the league and how hard it is to get to where we are right now.” Yet while Sunday’s Super Bowl is validation of the work Carroll and Schneider have done, it’s hardly the end game. This marriage, as Carroll has described it, is one that both expect to last. Said Schneider: “We’re trying to get better every single day beyond this game because we want this to be a consistent championship-caliber team.” Herald Writer John Boyle: jboyle@heraldnet.com.
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1990 BLACK FORD F150 XL pickup truck for sale. 2 wheel drive, Tires are 31x10.50’s on Ultra wheels (need cleaning), tires in excellent cond. Repainted 5 years ago & engine replaced (July ‘03) at 71,186 miles by Whidbey Island Ford. Stock 302, V8 fuel injected! Twin gas tanks and cruise control. Canopy is 4 years old w/ bed liner. Runs Great! Ver y dependable. 29,619 miles on new engine. Have all receipts since I bought in 2001. Odometer reads 00805. $3,500 Firm. Call or text 360-320-8390.
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