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Crowded field in primary for open 37th Senate seat BY BRIAN BECKLEY bbeckley@rentonreporter.com

The candidate filing period for this summer’s primary election has officially closed and the race for retiring state Senator Adam Kline’s seat is the 37th district is jam packed with hopefuls. Five Democrats and a Republican have filed to run for the open seat that includes Seattle, Skyway and Renton’s downtown neighborhoods. Kline, 69, announced his intention to not run for re-election in January, after serving since he was appointed to the Senate in 1997. He won reelection twice. “I’ll miss the action here, the engagement on issues important to the extraordinary people of Southeast Seattle,” he said in a press release at the time. Running for his seat are Claude Burfect, John Stafford, Pramila Jayapal, Sheley Secrest and Louis Watanabe, all from Seattle and all preferring the Democratic Party, and Rowland Martin from Renton, who

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Play on! Daliah Fortson, 7, climbs on the signature caterpillar while Mallory Johnson, 5, left, enjoys a wobbly, spinning seat at the Meadow Crest Playground grand opening May 17. The playground, located near Meadow Crest Learning Center in the Highlands, is designed for children of all ages and abilities. BRIAN BECKLEY, Renton Reporter

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A new analysis of planned Metro service cuts following the failure of the Prop. 1 funding measure shows Renton set to lose some service but not as much as originally thought. With a county-wide change from 600,000 service hours originally planned to be cut dropping to a new total of 550,000 hours cut, Renton is set to get two of the planned deleted routes back. The cut reduces transit service by a total of 16 percent. Though originally slated for deletion, Route 105 and Route 908DART now remain unchanged in the latest service proposal. However, several routes that serve Renton are still scheduled for deletion, including the 110, 161, 167, 280, and 909DART. According to the city’s analysis, the 110, which runs from the Longacres Sounder Station through the Renton [ more TRANSIT page 14 ]

Vets getting ‘one last mission’ to WWII memorial in Washington, D.C. tcompton@rentonreporter.com

Merrill Gardens is hoping to send some its World War II veterans on “one last mission” this summer to the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. The retirement community is hosting a fundraiser this summer for a unique Puget Sound nonprofit and national organization is taking veterans on free flights back to Washington, D.C., to tour the war memorials. It’s called Puget Sound Honor Flight and it’s one of

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about 127 regional hubs in 41 states that take veterans on “one last mission,” as their website puts it. The national organization has taken more than 100,000 veterans back to the capital. Right now, the group is planning its September and October flights. Merrill Gardens will hold a fundraising effort July 12 in order to sponsor their 20 veterans in a flight from Seattle back to D.C. The event is from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at their Renton Centre, 104 Burnett Ave., Renton. Admission is $20 and the goal is to raise at [ more HONOR page 15 ]

Three of the 20 residents from Merrill Gardens in Renton planning to visit the World War II monument in Washington, D.C., are, from left, Maury Marler, Louise George and Bob Brown. TRACEY COMPTON, Renton Reporter

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Members of the Puget Sound Senior Co-ed Softball League get in a game at Liberty Park during Tuesday morning’s sunshine. The league is made up of players from senior centers from Bellevue to Sumner and all more than 50 years old. TRACEY COMPTON, Renton Reporter

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Tiffany Park students learn to code BY TRACEY COMPTON tcompton@rentonreporter.com

Third-graders through fifth-graders are learning how to write code through a nonprofit with volunteers at Tiffany Park Elementary in Renton. Cascades Science Squad has a group of professionals, each with a background in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, collective known as “STEM,” who are teaching the students those principles through a robotics afterschool session. Students are actually learning basic programming for their robots and then the robots demonstrate the results. “Every week they’re improving; they’re becoming more advanced,” said Siren Hakimi, vice president of the program. First students write the code. Then they download the code into the robot, and finally they can see how well they wrote the code based on how the robot performs. Learning code is ageless as long as you know how to read and write, said Hakimi. Such hands-on, lab learning is essential and in demand for STEM programs, group leadership said. “If you learn science, technology in theory, it’s not going to stick with you

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the volunteers enthusiastic about technology and programming. Frankie Salmick is a 16-year-old from Skyline High School, who volunteers his time at Tiffany Park mentoring the younger students. He has aspirations of pursuing a career in programming someday. “I get to see all these little people grow up and I can see that they’re all really enjoying it,” he said. “When

they enjoy something they go into the field and 20 years from now I might work with one of them.” Sonu Arora, president of Cascades Science Squad, started the group for similar reasons. “One of the major problems is there aren’t that many women in the engineering STEM fields,” she said. “It’s like an age-old problem, but one of the things I’ve found when I was growing up, I actually got some inspiration from one of the old tutors.” Before she encountered her mentor, Arora was planning to be an accountant. But after taking a course in Small Basic programming, Arora was excited to pursue computer science and now works at Microsoft, as a program manager. “For me, just having that mentorship was so important because it changed the course of my life,” Arora said. There are many benefits to having a group like Cascades Science Squad come in to Tiffany Park, said staff. Those benefits include having experts from the field, volunteers with a background in these subject areas, bringing in resources the school doesn’t have and relating the projects to bigger and better things, according to Corrie

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Tiffany Park students Abdi Abdullahi, Megan Murayama and Brandon Nguyen demonstrate the results after writing code and downloading it to their robot. TRACEY COMPTON, Renton Reporter Freiwaldt, instructional facilitator at Tiffany Park. “Our teachers can watch and learn from this group and increase their own knowledge about the topic – then later, replicate the class to keep the flow of information to all children in our school,” she said. The science club is at Tiffany Park Elementary every

Wednesday from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. and plan to be at Dimmitt Middle School this summer. For more information, visit cascadesciencesquad. org.

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structure. Crews completed the first round of sidewalk work on Renton Avenue South in 2013. The community identified improvements in 2002 as a way to revitalize the Renton Avenue South corridor with a “boulevard feel” to welcome pedestrians and cyclists and encourage shoppers to visit local businesses. Funding for the project was a team effort. County officials thanked the City of Renton for advocating for the project with the state Legislature, which then appropriated funds administered by the state Department of Commerce. King County also secured federal Housing and Urban Development funds from the Community Development Block Grant program. These efforts raised a little over $1 million dollars for this project.

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Where every Renton child has a right to play I don’t usually take up this space two issues in a row, but I had to make an exception this week to congratulate the city, school district and the citizens of Renton on the opening of what may be the finest playground I have ever seen. This past weekend, Mayor Denis Law and school Superintendent Merri Rieger officially opened the Meadow Crest Playground, located half on city land and half on district land near the new Meadow Crest Learning Center. The playground is designed to be inclusive, which means that there are no barriers or restrictions to children with any sort of disabilities, but the truth is you would never know that. Which is why it is so great. For my entire life, the Playground By Which All Playgrounds Will Be Judged was located at Mayfair Elementary School, a block away from my grandmother’s house in Northeast Philadelphia. It was an old-school playground (literally, now that I think about it) with a metal spiral slide, various assorted monkey bars, lots of swings, this weird spaceship climbing thing and a few other pieces of equipment, all sitting on thin rubber mats atop a blacktopped schoolyard. I loved that playground. But even with the Instagram-filtered haze of nostalgia, my beloved childhood playground does not hold a candle to this project. With distinct but interconnected play areas for children of all ages and abilities, the city and the school district have created a place that’s fun for everyone. Shoot, at the grand opening Saturday, the parents who weren’t taking their little ones down the slide looked envious of those who were. It’s THAT good a playground. Even the Blue Thunder drumline was seen playing on the equipment this weekend, and not just on the climbing parts. The guys and gals from Blue Thunder unsurprisingly made their way to the musical and percussion section of the playground and could be seen recreating some of their music, using pieces of the equipment! How cool is that? And aside from the bright, colorful fun of the Meadow Crest Playground, the project itself is just fantastic. It really shows what can happen when a community comes together for a common goal. Seeing the playground today, it’s hard to imagine what it looked like just a year ago. At that time, it was actually two separate playgrounds – a city playground and a school district playground – divided by a fence. I was talking to City Councilman Randy Corman at the grand opening and he was saying that when he used to bring his kids to play at this spot, they would have to leave one playground and walk around the fence to get to equipment Brian Beckley

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Lake, trail worth saving My husband and I attended the Kennydale community meeting regarding the “Energize Eastside” Project and I learned some things you may want to know: 1.) PSE says that there are 520 trees along the Lake Washington Boulevard route that “require work.” This translates to the removal of many mature trees along the boulevard up to Ripley Lane, the Seahawks training center and northward along the Bellevue shoreline as far as Newport Shores. 2.) Homes along the route, as well as hillside homes with a view, are in danger of ruined views and lower property values. This also would mean less city tax money. 3.) Homes along the fall line of the towers will have problems securing loans, which will affect sales and purchases. Since the towers will be 130 feet in height, this will be a major “fall line” area. 4.) “Energize Eastside” will leave Renton “behind the Curve” while using our land and views to supply Bellevue/Kirkland with more electricity. As a Renton resident for more than 40 years, I am tired of Renton being looked down on and used because we don’t matter. Renton is a wonderful city and we do matter! 5.) There are at least two other routes which would be easier for PSE (not a local company, but foreign-owned with its own interests that do not include what’s best for Renton) to use, just a few feet away. But on Saturday, his granddaughter had free run of the full one-acre facility, happily going from toy to toy with no restrictions. That is only possible because the city and the school district came together and decided what was best for the community was not to hold tight to their own chunks of land but to create an interlocal agreement and work together. Then, the community pitched in to help pay for the $2.3 million project. The city and school district each contributed, of course, but they

so why won’t they? I completely agree with others who have written in about the dangers of exposure to electromagnetic fields and with view concerns. We have a very special place in Renton from Gene Coulon park all the way down to the Seahawks training center. Every day people are out enjoying the magnificent views as they play, swim and picnic in both Gene Coulon and Kennydale Beach Park and walk and ride bikes along the boulevard bike/walkways. No matter where you live, this is an area worth preserving for our families and not to be taken over by corporate interests. I encourage you to come to a meeting. See the calendar at www.energizeeastside.com and earn more at the citizen website www.lakecorridor.org.

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Schooling led to success Regarding “Higher minimum wage not the answer but training is” (Editor’s Note, May 16): This is an excellent article that should be required reading for everyone. Finally someone cuts through the fog and writes words of wisdom. Fifty two years ago, I had a minimum-wage job (McLouth Steel Corp. in Michigan). I soon noticed people working alongside me had been [ more LETTERS page 7 ]

weren’t the only ones. Besides the city and Renton School District, the biggest contributors were the Renton Community Foundation’s George Custer Fund, First Financial Northwest Foundation, Rotary Club of Renton, King County (Youth Sports Facilities Grant), Seattle Seahawks, Renton Housing Authority, Renton Lions Club, Fairwood Lions Club, Soroptimists International (of Renton), Renton Technical College, and the Renton Kiwanis Club. [ more EDITOR’S NOTE page 7]

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May 9, Renton Reporter) regarding the delivery of the Renton Reporter to the Liberty Ridge Homeowners Association. The association wanted to find a reasonable solution to the problem of the papers that were accumulating in front yards, driveways and in the streets on the Liberty Ridge Community. Unfortunately, these uncollected papers became a litter problem in our community. The resolve to this issue was found by a collaborative process involving the president of the Board of Directors, the Liberty Ridge community manager and the circulation manager for the Renton Reporter. The need for a solution to this problem was due to complaints we received from homeowners, our maintenance contractor and from site visits by the community manager. Unfortunately, some neighbors were not collecting their papers, which resulted in litter and an eyesore in our community.

there for years (not good). My parents had no money, so I began saving money. Also got loans from relatives and when I had enough for the first year, got into college at the U of M in Ann Arbor. Continued to work during the summers, at the university cafeteria during school time, and five years later had a degree in electrical engineering. I got a great job at Boeing (paid back the loans) and retired after 50 wonderful years. I often think back to how different my life would be if I had stayed at that minimum wage job in Michigan (not good).

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dedication. So let me say this as a Renton resident: thank you Terry. This playground reflects the best of this city, as well as what can happen when public and private entities pull together for the common good. You made us ALL look good with this one. Seriously, get your kids over to this playground. They will love it. The agreement between the city and the district means that during the day, the gate to the sidewalk is locked while the gate to the school is open; but after school and on weekends, that switches so the gate to the school is locked and the main public gate is open. The guiding principle behind the project was simple enough: “Every child has the right to play.” Now they have a place.

[ EDITOR’S NOTE from page 6] Every one of those groups deserves our praise and our thanks, as does every individual who gave to the cause. But if there is one person to acknowledge individually for their efforts on this project it is Terry Higashiyama, City of Renton Community Services Administrator. Terry has been the public face of the new playground since it was proposed. She has been out beating the bushes for money, involved in the design and found ways to keep this project alive, even through some lean years. At the ribbon cutting, in fact, the mayor joked that even while running a large and important department within City Hall, Terry often seemed to be the “Inclusive Playground Administrator” because of her

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“I like circle time and reading the books. “ Nico - age 5 “My favorite thing about Family Circle is the parties and activities I love this!” Gabby - age 11 “I like the Lego area and fieldtrips.” Caden - age 8 “I like to eat the food, play outside on the monkey bars, the teachers are funny.” Jeremy - age 6 “I have friends here since I was a baby and I learn about science.” Isabella - age 5 “I love the food and naps and learning about caterpillars and money.” Braelynn - age 6 “I like to go on the slide.” Josh - age 3 “It’s fun playing with my best friends since we were babies.” Lauren - age 5 “My favorite thing is doing work. I love the teacher best and Jack is the best cooker.” NaChaya - age 5 “I like to read stories.” Tatum - age 3 “We learn about adding and taking away in kindergarten.” Alexis - age 5 “Family Circle is special to me because they make it easy for me to learn. The stories are good and we learned the Pledge of Allegiance. My brothers learned how to behave here. “ Caliyah - age 6 “I like all the games on the big computer.” Ben - age 5 “I like playing outside, Mr. Jack making lunch and the work time in my kindergarten class. I like art, our two hour naps and all the people in our entire school.” Malena - age 6 “I like to raise my hand in school.” Kenned - age 4 “I like the snacks.” Ryan - age 4 “I like Ms. Lynnette and all the fun stuff she does, it’s just pure fun. I know we learning stuff but its just the best daycare I’ve ever been too.” Cameron - age 7 “I like to play in all the areas they are fun every day.” Hannah - age 5 “In the blocks I make big towers.” Christopher - age 3 “I like the teachers here. They are really nice and you can talk to them if you need anything.” Nevaeh - age 11 “I like playing with the babies.” Savannah - age 2 “I like to play on the train table with Thomas, there is one in Ms. Shelley’s room too.” James - age 4 “They have lots of fieldtrips I always like to go on.” Malana - age 9 “I can’t wait to go to Kindergarten in Ms. Carolyn’s class.” D’Anthony - age 5 “I just love, love, love this school so, so, so much.” Ayjjah - age 4

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Warren and Elnora Fontenette share their gratitude for Communities in Schools of Renton with family liaison Ginny Fulmer. SUBMITTED BY TRACEY COMPTON tcompton@rentonreporter.com

Warren Fontenette calls Ginny Fulmer, Communities in Schools family liaison, a blessing to his family. He credits Fulmer and the program she supports for helping his family transition from homelessness to a family that is surviving with children, who are now thriving in the Renton School District. “Thank God I had somebody like Miss Ginny,” Fontenette said. “She’s really a blessing to me, you know. With this program it’s really needed, you know. Anybody like me when their backs against the wall, this program really helped; they don’t have this down south.” Fontenette and his wife Elnora and their three

children drove up from New Orleans to the Renton area without jobs, in shorts and tank tops and not much more than they could fit in their car. Having lost his job in New Orleans, Warren wanted to move his family to Washington state for a better life. The family stayed with a family member in Renton that wound up not having very safe or legal activities at their home. So the Fontenettes made the tough decision to live out of their car, while they tried for a better life. The Fontenette’s youngest child attends Campbell Hill Elementary School. One day Principal Zakariya Palsha noticed that the student – who is not being named for privacy reasons – needed some new clothes. When Palsha mentioned this to

Warren, the conversation turned into a frank discussion about the family’s living situation. Palsha referred the now homeless Fontenettes to the school’s Communities In Schools program. Fulmer is the school’s family liaison and she was able to connect the Fontenette family with resources and education about the Renton area and services here. Through Communities in Schools, the Fontenettes receieved school supplies, clothing vouchers, coats, a weekend food program for the kids, holiday assistance, personal hygiene items and small household items. “Oftentimes when we work with people it’s not

that they need us doing stuff all the time for them forever,” said Sue Paro, executive director, Communities in Schools of Renton. “They just need a foot up; they need somebody to believe in them, somebody to offer some supports and then things start happening.” Both parents now have good jobs; the family has an apartment and the children have gone from straight Fs to the honor roll. Fulmer counts the family as one of the organization’s success stories that Communities in School’s can claim involvement in that success. In a recent report, Communities in Schools found continued improvement in statewide graduation rates. With a student dropping out of school every 26 minutes in America, the organization claims they are the best dropout prevention tool. “Poverty, language barriers, homelessness, and poor health all play a part in limiting the ability of a child to even see, much less pursue their potential,” said Susan Richards, state director, Communities In Schools of Washington, in a new report titled “Changing the Picture in Washington State.” “Our school-based site coordinators give them a hand up, hope for the future, and the confidence to get them walking down a path towards success,” she said.

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Thank You for Caring If you are reading this special breast cancer section of the Renton Reporter, you clearly care about the impact of breast cancer on our community. Thank you. More women in Washington State are diagnosed with breast cancer than any other form of cancer. Indeed, our state has one of the highest rates of breast cancer in our country. Who knows why the incidence of breast cancer is so high in our state? One theory is it might be a relative lack of vitamin D. This is why I am excited about the Komen funded study on obesity and vitamin D that was just completed by Dr. Anne McTiernan, MD, PHD Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. This research is discussed in another article in today’s paper. It is one of eight local breast cancer research studies together totaling $3.7 million dollars in Komen global medical research funding spent right here in Puget Sound. Personally, I would like to see more study into the unique factors affecting breast health in our Northwest region. Beyond the statistics, we care about breast cancer because so many of us know someone whose life has been touched by this disease. It might be a mother, a daughter, an aunt, a sister, a wife, a close friend or you. For me, the matriarch of my family, my Aunt Judy, is a breast cancer survivor. And, now that I am a part of a Komen Puget Sound family, I have become close to the many Komen staff, donors and volunteers who have either survived breast cancer or are currently battling this disease. I am inspired by their stories every day, and they reinforce within me a personal sense of urgency regarding our mission. If a woman has to decide whether to pay for her family’s meals or her breast cancer treatments, she needs our support today. With 100 women in our state diagnosed with breast cancer every week, we need find a cure for breast cancer now. When lives are at stake, there is no time to lose. If you also feel this sense of urgency, I invite you to visit komenpugetsound.org and register for the Race for the Cure on June 1. Join me and others who share your desire to make a difference. We can win the battle against breast cancer. All we need is you. Thank you,

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Society, the National Cancer Institute and Susan G. Komen all agree that women age 40 and older should have mammograms every 1 to 2 years. Early detection is the key to survival. The five-year relative survival rate for breast cancer, when caught early, is 99 percent. When detected at the latest stage, the survival rate drops to 23 percent.

Every week, 100 Western Washington women are diagnosed with breast cancer, which continues to be the second most frequently diagnosed cancer among women in the U.S., after skin cancer. We don’t yet know the exact causes of breast cancer, and many myths about breast cancer continue to exist. But probably the best way to prevent and survive a breast cancer diagnosis is to be informed. All women are at risk for breast cancer. Although this disease is more common in women over the age of 40, younger women can and do get breast cancer as well. To reduce risk, here are some things you should know. • If you are over 40 years old, have a mammogram. The American Cancer

The Boob Blog By Linda Ball

Last September I published my first book. I called it “The Boob Blog” because it started out as a blog. I started the blog to keep family and friends up to speed on my progress and what was happening to me as I dealt with breast cancer. I realized what was happening was so unreal I had to expand on it — thus the book. When you’re given a diagnosis of cancer, it’s frightening. Emotions and thoughts swell up that are hard to explain. Why me? I’m always been very healthy. I work out. I eat pretty healthy, except when I crave sweets. I used to be a body builder (30 some years ago). How could this happen?

• Know what is normal for you. See your health provider right away if you notice a lump, swelling, changes in breast size or a new pain in one spot that does not go away. • Live a healthy lifestyle. Maintain a healthy weight. Add exercise to your routine. Limit your use of alcohol. Breastfeed, if you can. And, since we live in the Northwest, current studies point to maintaining a normal level of vitamin D as helpful. Above all, the best advice I can give is to ask you to take an active role in your own breast health. And if you are over 40 years old, and have yet to be been screened for breast cancer, do it today. There is no time to lose.

It’s because cancer has its own agenda. And in the case of breast cancer, if you’re female, you are a target. Think of seven women you love dearly. One of them will get a diagnosis of breast cancer. I moved to Seattle over the Labor Day weekend of 2009 to start a new life, not really knowing anyone in this area. My diagnosis came one year and four months later. I was pretty much on my own, except when one of my friends from Alaska, my home state, or Idaho, where I moved here from, would come to help. I now realize how strong I was because I had to deal with this pretty much on my own, which I’ve come to learn, is not the norm. But I didn’t know any different. I dedicated “The Boob Blog” to survivors, current and future patients and anyone who has had their life touched by any kind of cancer. In the book I talk about how I’ve always had a pretty wicked sense of humor, and that is what kept me going. In chapter three, “Fact Finding,” I said “tomorrow is my brain scan. It will be interesting to see if there’s anything in there.” Well, there wasn’t (meaning, no tumors)! I talk about chemo. It’s hell. There’s really no other way to describe it. I did chemo first, which is called neoadjuvant therapy. You can’t think straight. You are tired all the time. And I thought, okay, at least I’ll lose some weight with cancer. NO! You gain weight because they give you steroids to counteract the side effects of the chemo, so you want to eat more, and you gain

When I was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer in November, 2012, I was just 28 years old. Even though my family has a history of breast cancer, my aunt and cousin on my mother’s side, I was still shocked to be diagnosed at such a young age. My husband had left me and my boys the year before, and I was just starting to get my life back on track. I was attending community college full time. Then cancer turned my whole world upside down. I didn’t understand why I had breast cancer, but I believed there must be a reason why. I was determined to find the positive in this experience and to learn from it. I took medical leave from the community college I was attending. I had moved in with my parents after my husband had left me and the boys. It was there I found my silver lining. Breast cancer turned my whole world upside down, but it also brought my family closer together as a family. My parents moved quickly from a feeling of helplessness to providing me the loving support that sustained me through my treatments. Most importantly, they would look into the faces of my two boys, CJ (age five) and Jamison (age two), and they would tell them “momma is going to be all right.” Breast cancer taught me many life lessons, chiefly to live one day at a time and get the most out of living. I participated in the Race for the Cure last year, and I walked as a survivor. I had just completed my chemotherapy, and the walk was so exhausting. But it was also so amazing. We weren’t sad; we were celebrating – celebrating life! I met many new friends who had experienced breast cancer themselves, and they really understood my journey and all the emotions involved. I wish every cancer patient could experience the walk and the survivor’s celebration. You feel so much love and support from complete strangers. When the picture was taken with me and my boyfriend, Michael, I was filled with joy. Nothing could hold me down. That day at the Race, I felt I no longer had to battle anything I hadn’t already won. I am happy to share that last January I had a complete scan and found my cancer is now in remission. I am now back in college, and I am working towards being a registered nurse. I want to work in oncology and hopefully inspire others experiencing breast cancer, and give them the hope to fight this terrible disease. The other day, I met with someone who was diagnosed with breast cancer and wanted to talk to me about it. I told her now you have to be strong, and you will surprise yourself by just how strong you can be. You have to focus on your desire to see tomorrow and find the reason for why you want to see tomorrow. For me, it was my two boys, CJ and Jamison.

weight. Great, I thought. Fat and bald. Then, for a little extra fun, when I had one of my first MRIs, a tech called to say there was a “spot” on my appendix. My oncologist told me not to worry about it. On the evening of May 25, 2011, I knew something was terribly wrong. You guessed it. Appendicitis. So, it had to come out. That set me back a little from the chemo schedule. I am very much a planner and in control of my life, so for me all of this was really hard because I was not the one in control. The disease was. Once I was back on track, I went into phase II of the chemo, which was the hard stuff. It was a combination of two drugs, adriamycin and cytoxan; adriamycin is also referred to as the red devil, and it didn’t take long to figure out why. That’s when my hair really started to go, and tired took on a whole new meaning. What made my journey unique is that I really did my best to try to keep it normal. I continued to do things I enjoyed as much as I could. I went zip-lining and kayaking after I had a uni-lateral mastectomy. And it kept me strong, physically and mentally. I don’t forget my medical team in the book at all. They were all so wonderful. My medical oncologist, Dr. Kaplan, my surgeon, Dr. Beatty, my plastic surgeon, Dr. Isik, and the oncology nurses and all the nurses were nothing short of angels. My final day of chemo was bittersweet, because I had to say goodbye to those wonderful nurses. Many women don’t bother with

reconstruction. But I felt I was still too young not to do it. I opted for a tram-flap, which was another long journey. The tram-flap is an amazing procedure, but had I known how painful it would be, I might have re-thought it. I was in rough, rough shape for a good month after the surgery. I had to have constant care for three weeks, so thankfully I had three different girlfriends come in week shifts to care for me. I am healed now, but I still have occasional twinges of pain, from nerves reconnecting I suppose. By December 2012 I moved into my very own little condo in West Seattle. I bought at the bottom of the market and I love my place. I have a view of Puget Sound, which was my priority. I love being able to sit on my deck in the summer and see the Sound and the Olympic Mountains and to walk along the shore. I participated in my first Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure last June, and I will be doing it again this year. I’m also the PR chair for this year’s American Cancer Society, West Seattle, Relay for Life. The fight can’t end until cancer is eradicated forever. “The Boob Blog” is available on Amazon.com or for Kindle. It’s also available at the Issaquah Library, and at Swedish Medical Centers in Issaquah, Seattle First Hill and Edmonds in the cancer education centers. Sometimes reading someone else’s journey can help you make key decisions.


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‘Game on’: The battle against cancer leads to new outlook Wife’s fight with breast cancer teaches Renton man, family, to slow down and appreciate life

When asked what a co-survivor is, Jeff Duppenthaler doesn’t have an asnwer. What he does know is that he and his late wife, Carmen, approached her battle with cancer and life the same way: ‘game on.’ Carmen, a stay-at-home mom, was a writer. She journaled often and when she learned she had breast cancer, she used words to explain how she felt and how she would tackle this unexpected challenge. It was 2009 and Carmen was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 40. Her husband Jeff is still finding

doctor’s office and everything else.” It wasn’t easy, he said. The couple tried to keep their two children Carly and Kyle, now 14 and 12, engaged and aware of what their mother was going through. Thirteen years into their marriage, love is what kept them bonded, Jeff said, even through tough times. Jeff learned to approach life differently as did his wife as she fought her illness. After a reoccurrence of her cancer developed about a year later, Carmen started a blog, on which she captured some of the many insights the battle gave her. “She was able to face her fears,” Jeff said. Carmen was extremely afraid of all doctor’s offices and also kind of a germaphobe, her husband said.

inspirational messages in journals Carmen left behind, months after her death in January 2014. The saying ‘game on’ is now the approach Jeff takes to living life with their two children without Carmen. “After she’s gone is where the real battle begins for the caregiver or spouse because now it’s (taking) over the household,” said Jeff. Cancer, he explained, was something the couple tried to keep to the side of their everyday lives, trying instead to be positive and keep life as normal as possible. “For me, just staying positive, keep the faith and try to have fun in life still,” said Jeff explaining his mindset during his wife’s five-year battle. “Still you got to smile; you got to try to be happy. Have to kind of put that cancer a little bit onto the side. You deal with that when you’re at the

He recounts one story of a trip to a doctor’s appointment that gave him insight into his wife’s new approach to life. They were on their way to Swedish hospital in Issaquah when a large raindrop hit the windshield in front of Carmen. The raindrop was heartshaped and Carmen quickly grabbed her phone to take a photo of it. “Look, someone is sending me love,” she told Jeff and later wrote in her blog. From this and other experiences, Jeff learned he had to slow down and smell the roses, so to speak. “The signs are there for you if you just slow down and look,” he said. “I learned that from her.” Initially he helped her with the research of finding the oncologists and specialist she needed. Then he helped getting her to all of her appointments,

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Jeff and Carmen Duppenthaler tried to stay positive for themselves and for their children during Carmen’s battle with breast cancer and now the family tries to appreciate every day. COURTESY PHOTOS preparing for the annual Komen Puget barely missing any of them. Eventually, as her energy waned, he stepped into Sound Race for the Cure. They have more of the household roles Carmen participated as a family ever since used to fill before she became Carmen was diagnosed in overwhelmed by her illness. “You got to smile, either Seattle or Bellevue you got to try to “She’d have panic attacks, and also in Relay for Life be happy. You have but she was able to face teams and for Making Strides to kind of put that her fears and her faith was cancer a little bit onto Against Breast Cancer in strengthen and her faith in Bellevue. the side.” God, her spirituality and just Jeff Duppenthaler “Your life is more of a watching for these signs,” moment by moment basis; it’s said Jeff. “I think that is really hard to plan or do anything,” important that I learned.” Jeff said of his life now. “I’m He didn’t realize it at the pretty much going 100 miles an hour, time, but the gradual shift in their non-stop.” responsibilities weened him, he said, The challenge now is being very into the role that he has now in the tired, finding it hard to sleep with a lot household. of things on his mind, whether work“I was my own counselor in a way,” or home-related. he said. “You just kind of mentally talk “We have to be there for each other yourself through things.” now,” he said. Today, he and his children are


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hen Anna heard the news she was pregnant, she and her husband were overjoyed. Up to this point they had devoted their lives to providing a safe, nurturing home for foster children. While they had a large family of six foster children, they welcomed the news of another child in their lives. But then, shortly afterwards, Anna also received the news that she had breast cancer. After the baby was born, Anna underwent surgery to have the cancer removed, and then she began chemotherapy. Overwhelmed by the unexpected medical expenses, she turned to her mother who put her in touch with one of Cancer Lifeline’s financial navigator’s. The navigator worked helped with the application for aid from the Komen Puget Sound Patient Assistance Fund. Support from the Komen fund helped to keep the heat on in Anna’s home as well as provide meal support for her and her family. Once Anna’s financial situation was stabilized, she was able to address her medical needs and is now doing well. Both financially and emotionally, Cancer Lifeline helped Anna move from hopelessness to the survivor she is today. Forty years ago, Cancer Lifeline began service as a 24-hour phone line designed to offer information and provide emotional support to patients and families affected by cancer. Over the years of carefully listening to the needs of cancer patients and survivors,

the organization added other programs to provide all people touched by cancer with high-quality emotional, financial, and health and wellness services. For the past nine years, Cancer Lifeline has administered the Komen Puget Sound Patient Assistance Fund (KPAF) to provide low-income breast cancer patients like Anna with financial and emotional support to help stabilize their lives and allow them to remain in treatment. The organization is Komen Puget Sound’s second largest grantee, after the Washington State Department of Health. With the ongoing economic downturn, KPAF and Cancer Lifeline’s patient financial assistance program has been particularly vital for vulnerable breast cancer patients. It is one of the few programs in the Puget Sound area that helps patients at risk of losing housing, utilities or other basic essentials due to the expense of cancer treatments, loss of employment and/or insurance needs due to illness. “Cancer Lifeline has truly been a lifeline for patients who have nowhere else to go,” says Elisa Del Rosario, Komen Puget Sound Director of Grants, Education and Advocacy. “They meet a critical need for women and families in our community, with staff and volunteers who exhibit the utmost caring for patient’s wellbeing.” In addition to addressing the health and financial needs of cancer patients, Cancer Lifeline also

provides important mental well-being programs, including classes in artistic expression. These Creative Expression workshops are open to all people living with cancer – patients, survivors, family members, friends and co-workers. Lead by trained facilitators, classes may include card making, painting, collage, fiber arts or writing. By tapping into their creative skills, participants learn to cope while navigating through their cancer experience. “Our programs are based on the needs of people living with cancer,” said Joseph Yurgevich, Cancer Lifeline program director. “We offer you choices and encourage you to take control. Most of all, we provide the environment where you have the freedom to express feelings without being judged.”

Investing in Research to Find a Cure for Breast Cancer – Worldwide and Right Here at Home By Dr. Anne McTiernan, MD, PHD. Thirty years ago, Susan G. Komen was founded on a promise to end breast cancer forever. Since then, the organization has worked towards fulfilling that promise by investing more than $790 million into breast cancer research. That makes Komen the largest non-government funder of breast cancer research in the world. Did you know that Komen is currently investing over $3.7 million of their global breast cancer research program right here into active medical studies in the Puget Sound region? One Komen grant recipient is Dr. Mary-Claire King at the University of Washington. King is working to uncover new genes that will better identify women at risk for inherited breast cancer. Other Komen grant recipients include some of my colleagues at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. For example, one Komen grantee is working to uncover a simple, noninvasive blood test that, when done in combination with a mammogram, will significantly increase accuracy in detecting breast cancer at an early stage, when it is most curable. I am working at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center on an exciting Komen funded study that looks at vitamin D insufficiency and weight, two interrelated risk factors for breast cancer. We have such an epidemic of obesity and lack of exercise in our country. This is why I believe a study into these areas can have a significant impact on better understanding these risk factors for breast cancer.

Many of you may be aware that vitamin D comes from the sun and helps build better bones, but there is evidence that it might also help in prevention of breast cancer. This is particularly important for us living in the Northwest where, unfortunately, many of us are not getting enough vitamin D due to a relative lack of sunlight, and other factors like body weight. Overweight individuals are at increased risk of low vitamin D levels. That’s possibly because excess fat absorbs and holds onto vitamin D, making it unavailable to the body. Vitamin D may be helpful in reducing the risk of breast cancer in a number of ways. It could reduce production of fat tissue, which would result in lowering breast cancer risk factors related to obesity. Vitamin D by itself has also been associated with a reduction in the initiation of cancer in laboratory experiments. We have recently completed a study that enrolled 218 women who were overweight with low Vitamin D levels in a year-long, nutrition and exercise based weight loss program. Participants met regularly with a study nutritionist to learn strategies for healthy eating and weight loss, and worked closely with our exercise specialists on a moderate-intensity aerobic exercise program. As a part of this study, half of these women were randomly assigned to receive a daily dose of vitamin D. We found that women whose vitamin D levels rose to what is considered a healthy level lost significantly more weight and body fat, and they lost significantly

more inches around their waist. This means that women should have their blood levels of vitamin D tested by their medical provider. If their levels are too low, they should work with their provider to ensure that any vitamin D pills they take are raising their vitamin D to a healthy level. These results were recently Anne McTiernan, MD, PHD is a researcher, Public Health Sciences, published in the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. To our knowledge, there are no prior studies on the effect of vitamin D and weight on breast cancer prevention. So, this study is highly novel. If positive results follow, as we hope, this research will translate into clinical and public health practices that will provide women and physicians additional options for reducing risk for breast cancer. In the meantime, there is one thing we do know. When it comes to breast cancer, exercise and weight control are like wearing a seat belt. They reduce your risk, and might even save your life.


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PUBLIC NOTICES Self Storage Lien Sale June 4th at 11:00 AM Sale will be held at: Storage One On Sunset Blvd NE 1105 Sunset Blvd NE Renton, WA 98056 425-793-3900 Tillmon Auction Service www.tillmonsauction.com Published in Renton Reporter on May 16, 23, 30, 2014. #1052541 Greenleaf-LaRosa, LLC, 846 108th Ave NE, Suite 200, Bellevue, WA 98004, is seeking coverage under the Washington State Department of Ecology’s Construction Stormwater NPDES and State Waste Discharge General Permit. The proposed project, Greenleaf, is l ocated at 18655, 18647, 18819, & 18825 108th Ave SE in Renton, in King County. This project involves 6.66 acres of soil disturbance for residential construction activities. Stormwater will be discharged to Panther Creek. Any persons desiring to present their views to the Washington State Department of Ecology regarding this application, or interested in Ecology’s action on this application, may notify Ecology in writing no later than 30 days of the last date of publication of this notice. Ecology reviews public comments and considers whether discharges from this project would cause a measurable change in receiving water quality, and, if so, whether the project is necessary and in the overriding public interest according to Tier II anti degradation requirements under WAC 173-201A-320. Comments can be submitted to: Department of Ecology Attn: Water Quality Program, Construction Stormwater P.O. Box 47696, Olympia, WA 98504-7696 Published in the Renton Reporter on May 23, 30, 2014. #1056059. SEAN P. WALSH ANDERSON PALMER GEORGE & WALSH, PLLC 923 N. 3rd Street

Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814 Telephone: (208) 665-5778 Facsimile: (208) 676-1683 ISBN: 7235 Attorneys for Joint Petitioners In the District Court of the First Judicial District of the State of Idaho, in and for the County of Kootenai In re the Matter of: SERENA MARIE STEPHENS, DOB: 03/16/2001, and KEALA MAE KILWINE, DOB: 04/09/2006, Minor Children Under 18 Years of Age. By the Joint Petitioners: JEFFREY T. ARCHER, and ELLEN M. ARCHER Case No. CV 14-3363 SUMMONS TO ANDREA MARIE STEPHENS TO: ANDREA MARIE STEPHENS NOTICE: YOU HAVE BEEN SUED By the Above-Named Joint Petitioners in Case Number CV 14-3363. The Court may enter Judgment Against You without further notice unless you respond within 20 Days of the last day of this published summons. READ THE INFORMATION BELOW. The nature of the claim against you is a Consolidated Petition for the Termination of Parental Rights and the Adoption of both minor children to the action. The Joint Petitioners are seeking full legal custody of the minor children as outlined in the Consolidated Petition filed with the Court. A copy of the (1) Summons; (2) Consolidated Petition to Terminate Parental Rights and Petition for Adoption; and (3) Verified Consent and Agreement to Adoption by both Joint Petitioners, can be obtained by contacting either the Clerk of the Court or the attorney for the Joint Petitioners. As such, you are hereby notified that in order to defend this lawsuit, an appropriate written response must be filed with the above Court. If you do not respond then twenty (20) days after the last publication of this Summons the Court may enter a judgment against you without

further notice, unless prior to that time you have filed a written response in the proper form, including the Case Number, paid any required filing fee to the Clerk of the Court at 324 W. Garden Avenue, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 83814, (208) 446-1160, and served a copy of your response on the Joint Petitioner’s attorney, Sean P. Walsh of the law firm Anderson Palmer George & Walsh, PLLC, 923 N. 3rd Street, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 83814, (208) 665-5778. If you wish to seek the advice or representation of an attorney in this matter, you should do so promptly so that your written response, if any, is filed in time and any other legal rights may be protected. You have the right to have an attorney represent you in defending this action, and an attorney may be appointed to represent you at public expense. Applications for the appointment of a public defender may be obtained at the First Judicial District Court located at 324 W. Garden Avenue, Coeur d’Alene. Idaho, 83814 (208) 446-1170. An appropriate written response requires compliance with Rule 10(a)(I) and other Idaho Rules of Civil Procedure and shall also include: I. The title and number of this case. 2. If your response is an Answer to the Petitions, it must contain admissions or denials of the separate allegations of the Petitions and other defenses you may claim. 3. Your signature, mailing address and telephone number, or the signature, mailing address and telephone number of your attorney. 4. Proof of mailing or delivery of a copy of your response to Petitioner’s attorney, as designated above. To determine whether you must pay a filing fee with your response, contact the Clerk of the above-named court. DATED this 2nd day of May, 2014. JIM BRANNON Clerk Of The District Court Published in Renton Reporter on May 16, 2014, May 23, 2014 and May 30, 2014 and June 6, 2014. #1052724.

VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER District Healthcare System NOTICE OF BOARD COMMITTEE MEETING Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the Valley Medical Center Board of Trustees, Compensation Committee will be held on Monday June 2, 2014 at 8:00 a.m. in the Board Room of Valley Medical Center, Renton WA. BOARD OF TRUSTEES (District Healthcare System) By: Sandra Sward Executive Assistant to the Board of Trustees Published in the Kent, Renton, Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporters on May 23, 2014, May 30, 2014. #1056409. REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE AGENT/BROKER King County Fire District No. 40 is requesting statements of qualifications (RFQ) from commercial real estate agents or brokers. The Fire District intends to select a licensed, qualified firm or individual to provide commercial real estate services for the purpose of the sale of commercial real estate that is surplus to the needs of the Fire District. Interested parties should submit a cover letter, resume and a list of commercial real estate sales from the last 2 years. Materials may be mailed to Fire District 40, 18002 – 108th Ave SE, Renton, WA 98055 or emailed to Board Chair Ronnie Little at ronnie751@yahoo.com Deadline for the submittal of RFQs is COB on June 9, 2014. Published in Kent and Renton Reporter on Friday May 16, 2014 and May 23, 2014. #1053745. CITY OF RENTON NOTICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW COMMITTEE RENTON, WASHINGTON

The Environmental Review Committee has issued a Determination of Non-Significance Mitigated (DNS M) for the following project under the authority of the Renton municipal code. Harper Engineering Expansion LUA14 000454 Location: 700 SW 7th St. Administrative Site Plan Review for the addition of 8,312 square feet. Proposed addition would result in a net loss of 8 parking stalls for a total of 84 parking stalls on the project site. The project site is located in the Medium Industrial (IM) zone. Access to the site is proposed via existing driveways off of SW 7th Street. No critical areas have been identified on the project site. Appeals of the DNS-M must be filed in writing on or before 5:00 p.m. on June 06, 2014. Appeals must be filed in writing together with the required fee with: Hearing Examiner c/o City Clerk, City of Renton, 1055 S Grady Way, Renton, WA 98057. Appeals to the Hearing Examiner are governed by RMC 4-8-110 and more information may be obtained from the Renton City Clerk’s Office, 425-430-6510. Published in the Renton Reporter on May 23, 2014. #1056963. The Issaquah School District will hold a sale of surplus furniture and equipment at Liberty High School. There will be no computer systems at this sale. The sale will take place on Saturday, June 21, 2014 at Liberty High School, 16655 SE 136th St, Renton, WA 98059 from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. All items must be removed from the site no later than 4:00 p.m., June 21. Purchasers must provide all necessary equipment and labor to remove purchased items. Items include student and teacher desks, chairs, tables, bookcases, cabinets, hand tools, large metal shop tables, wood shop tables, kilns and much more. Questions can be referred to the Purchasing Office at 425-837-7071. Published in the Renton Reporter

on May 23, 2014 and June 13, 2014. #1052880. CITY OF RENTON NOTICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW COMMITTEE AND PUBLIC HEARING RENTON, WASHINGTON The Environmental Review Committee has issued a Determination of Non-Significance Mitigated (DNS-M) for the following project under the authority of the Renton municipal code. The Enclave at Bridle Ridge LUA14-000241 Location: 14038 156th Ave SE. Decision issued on Request for Reconsideration submitted 4/17/2014 to retain existing SEPA DNS-M with one additional mitigation measure. Project proposal is for preliminary plat approval of 31 lot plat with two tracts. Appeals of the DNS-M must be filed in writing on or before 5:00 p.m. on June 06, 2014. Appeals must be filed in writing together with the required fee with: Hearing Examiner c/o City Clerk, City of Renton, 1055 S Grady Way, Renton, WA 98057. Appeals to the Hearing Examiner are governed by RMC 4-8-110 and more information may be obtained from the Renton City Clerk’s Office, 425-430-6510. A Public Hearing will be held by the Hearing Examiner in the Council Chambers, City Hall, on June 24, 2014 at 8:00 am to consider the submitted application. If the DNS-M is appealed, the appeal will be heard as part of this public hearing. Interested parties are invited to attend the public hearing. Published in the Renton Reporter on May 23, 2014. #1056968.

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Transit Center and up to the Kenworth/ Paccar plant runs 10 trips each way coinciding with the Sounder trains, but was scheduled for deletion when the RapidRide F line begins operation early next month. The 161 is a peak-hour weekday-only service from the East Hill of Kent to Seattle. It passes through Renton via 108th Avenue

Southeast, Carr Road, Lind Avenue and Grady Way. Instead, riders will have to use route 169 which has connections to Seattle through the Renton Transit Center, though the overall trip time will likely increase because of a transfer. Route 280 is a night-owl service around Lake Washington, including Renton. It only operates two trips nightly in the early morning hours. No other fixed route op-

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tions would be available to third-shifters and night owls. The 908DART route operates weekdays and Saturdays and runs from Downtown Renton to Renton Highlands (south of Sunset Boulevard), Renton Technical College and the Maplewood neighborhood. The 105 could provide an alternative for some, but it may require longer walks or drives to transit stops. The 909DART runs from downtown to the Highlands (north of Sunset) and Kennydale. The 105 and 240 may provide an alternative for some, but again, longer walks to stops will most likely be necessary. Revisions would also be necessary to the following Metro routes: 106, 107, 111, 114, 143 EX, 148, 240, and 907DART. The King County Council’s Transportation, Economy and Environment Committee hosted a series of three public hearing in the past few weeks to gauge community response to the plan. At the final meeting Tuesday evening in Renton, about 25 residents from around the region turned out to plead the case for their routes and make suggestions about where to find extra revenue. The committee opened with a presentation about the transit provider’s revenue problems and the need to make reduction. According to the presentation, Metro has made $798 million in cuts in recent years, including 100 employees, to help bring costs in line, but it is still not enough. The agency has also made four fare increases with a fifth scheduled for next year at a total revenue increase of $145 million. The total ongoing annual savings, according to the presentation, is $148 million per year. The reduction plan will be phased in in four steps, beginning in September. The route that garnered the most attention on Tuesday was the 167, which runs

to UW. Betsy Bradsby of Maple Valley told the committee she uses that route everyday as her commute. “There’s no reasonable alternative to this route,” she said, asking the council to look at their cost structure again and try to save the 167, as did at least one other speaker. Other speakers spoke on behalf of their routes, including Ron Ovadenko of Renton, who uses a wheelchair to get around and said he uses Metro all the time. Though his primary route is not scheduled for deletion, Ovadenko told the council he might be affected by others cuts to routes he uses, such as those for medical appointments. “More can be done,” he told the committee. “Your voices do matter,” said Councilman Dave Upthegrove after the testimony. “It may be only a 15 percent cut, but if it’s your route, it’s a 100 percent cut.” Councilman Rod Dembowski took notes through the meeting and said he would be working to address concerns of the riders, as well as alternatives to try and raise revenue. “We are looking at everything we can,” he said. “But we really have a tough row to hoe.” Dembowski said he expects the September cuts to go forward, but hopes something can be worked out before the other phases kick in and said he would like to see an outside auditor take a look at the books as well. “It’s my hope that we delay the other three quarters (of cuts) while we look for revenue and efficiencies,” he said. “It’s not a fait accompli.” For detailed information on the changes, visit metro.kingcounty.gov. Reach Editor Brian Beckley at 425-2553484, ext. 5050,

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tional Guard and 26 years in the Army Air Corps and the U.S. Air Force. “There are some things I would do differently, but overall I wouldn’t change much,” he said. Marler served at the Pentagon and also has no desire to go back, he said. However, Marler does remember making continental trips and viewing the aurora borealis during his time in the Air Force. For more event details, contact Merrill Gardens at Renton Centre, at 104 Burnett Ave. S., Renton, by calling 425-235-6400.

Annual Memorial Day service is 1 p.m. Monday In honor of veterans who have served both at home and abroad, and especially for those who have fallen in the line of duty, the City of Renton is hosting a special event on Memorial Day. The program is coordinated by Frank R. Vaise, VFW Post No. 1263 and includes an invocation by the local chaplain of the Fred Hancock American Legion Post No. 19 (VFW Post No. 1263), presentation of colors, and a rendition of the National Anthem. A ceremonial wreath honoring the five branches of military service will be presented at the memorial. There will also be a ceremonial Honor Guard, playing of taps

and singing of a patriotic song. The city will also be unveiling new polished granite panels that replace the original etched and blank marble tiles that were installed when the park opened in 2003. The original tiles have experienced leaching of the grout material behind the tiles and have required an extraordinary amount of time and care by the city to keep them looking clean. All existing etched plaques have been replicated in the same look and location on the new granite as in their original location, and the new, thicker material will provide decades of minimally required maintenance. The event begins at 1 p.m. Monday, May 26, at Veterans Memorial Park, 523 S. Third St., Renton.

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