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As the debate over police use-of-force and minority relations continues to be one of the major stories of 2014, the Renton Reporter is looking into police tactics, procedures and relations in our community. BY TRACEY COMPTON
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Inclusive playground gets rave reviews Renton opened its first ever all-inclusive playground at Meadow Crest Early Education Center this year. In May 2014, the city’s new playground, designed with all age levels and abilities in mind, hosted a grand opening celebration that allowed kids of all ages – including the Blue Thunder Drum Line – to get their first shot at the one-acre playground. It was the brain child of Terry Higashiyama, community services administrator for the City of Renton. She wanted to have Renton’s service organizations all pitch in to create the city’s first inclusive playground.
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The project is possible due to an interlocal agreement between the Renton School District and the city. The playground sits on land owned by both entities. Funding came from multiple sources, including $200,000 from the Renton Community Foundation’s Custer Fund. The playground was well-received by the community and even won the Governor’s Smart Community Award for 2014.
The Landing sold for $165 million One of the biggest business stories of the year came in January when it was announced that The Landing would begin 2014 under new ownership. A Massachusetts-based company purchased the 18-acre shopping center from Pearlmark Harvest Lakeshore for a total of $165,400,000. Though the deal was filed Dec. 23, 2013, it was not reported until January. The sale is for the retail portion of the development only and does not include the apartments, which were developed by other entities. Target is also excluded from the sale as they own their own space. [ more TOP STORIES page 5 ]
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As 2014 comes to an end, the Renton Reporter staff is taking a look back at some of the stories that most affected our readers this year. From the sale of major local business assets to the opening of a new playground to the final word on the UW strategic alliance and the death of a Renton City Council member, this past year provided us with a lot of news and a lot of memories. Here are some of the stories that we followed this year:
After the death of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager shot by Darren Wilson, a white police officer in Ferguson, Mo., the nation once again erupted into a national debate about use-of-force tactics and police relations with communities of color. It had been a little more than a year since the Trayvon Martin case was decided and George Zimmerman would go free after a confrontation that resulted in Martin’s death. Then, this fall in New York City, protests erupted anew following the death of Eric Garner, who died from a chokehold applied by a police officer during an arrest, and the subsequent decision by a grand jury not to indict the officer. Renton has not had an incident like that of Brown’s or Martin’s, but is there the potential for something like that to happen here? Comments from the Renton Police Department suggest that the potential for an incident like the Brown case is not known, but the numbers point to a downward trend in use-of-force incidents in the city. Following the incidents in Ferguson and New York City, the Renton Police Department has not changed any of its use-of-force or community engagement tactics. Renton’s use-of-force policies are based on case law decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. “Could it happen here?” said Chief [ more HERE page 12 ]
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They call themselves “The Drink’n Man’s Podcast,” but they are really Adam Smith, Erin Riley and Lee Rayl, the men behind the live, video-streamed podcast “SonarFeed.” It’s a worldwide online show dedicated to talk about Major League Soccer and the Sounders FC that’s broadcast from Renton’s Berliner Pub every Monday or Tuesday night, since 2012. To the guys, it’s just having a good time with friends, but they’ve generated a modest following of some 300 to 400 “likes” between Twitter and Facebook, 40 to 50 live viewers online and hundreds of downloads per week for their show. They also get visitors at the Berliner Pub, who come to watch the broadcast. “The idea was that there are professional podcasts, so to speak, that talk about things,” said Riley. “We’re
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not the professionals; we like to have a good time.” They know enough because they watch the games, but they give a fan’s perspective, Riley says, so the conversation also veers to life in general, movies and other things that spark their interest. Invited guests on their show have included Sounders players Roger Levesque, Taylor Graham and Lamar Neagle. They’ve also had Coach Alan Hinton and KJR’s Mark Gastineau. Recently, they had Don Ruiz, sports writer for the Tacoma News Tribune as their featured guest talking about the end of the Sounders season. “One of our little jokes is that we’ve seen the game because we’re fans, so we don’t need to re-hash every 90 minutes of the game because we saw it,” said Smith. “And so we come in and we all have our favorite players and that’s where we get to say what we want and we’re not tied in with anyone.
Adam Smith, left, Erin Riley, right, and Lee Rayl (not pictured) are the creators of SonarFeed. TRACEY COMPTON, Renton Reporter We’re our own affiliation.” This labor of love has spun off into a charity event once a year to raise funds for, in the past, the Boys and Girls Club of Renton and most recently for the Neagle Foundation, Lamar Neagle’s nonprofit for youth athletics and academics. The Sounder has participated in SonarFeed’s previous two charity events. “From the beginning as far as the fundraiser goes,
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projected the final games on the big screens. This year, players will compete playing FIFA 15 for Xbox 360. It is an all-ages event and previous years have brought out some of the kids from the Sounders’ Academy program. The fundraiser brought in $700 the first year and $2,200 the second. They hope to bring in more than $5,000 this year for the Neagle Foundation. “The guys that are involved are very – we all want to give back,” said Riley. “We’re all guys who like to have a good time. We all like to do stuff and we decided one day to get together on the weekend and play games and raise money for charity.” The third annual SonarFeed FIFA Tourney is 11 a.m., Jan. 4, at the Berliner Pub, 221 Main Ave. S., Renton. For more information about the tournament search “SonarFeed” on Facebook and Twitter, or email info@sonarcast.com.
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2014 IN REVIEW
Lessons from the police blotter BY DEAN A. RADFORD dradford@rentonreporter.com
It’s said that everything we need to know to get along in life we learn in kindergarten. So for those who missed a few days of school all those many years ago, here are the Renton Reporter’s 2014 “Lessons from the Police Blotter.” • Don’t ride your bike without a helmet when you’re carrying a concealed weapon. A 22-year-old Renton man was stopped at about midnight on Stevens Avenue riding a bike with no helmet. He was standing awkwardly against the bike, his arm covering his hip. Underneath was a semi-automatic pistol with seven rounds in the magazine he was bringing to a friend. He was cited for carrying a concealed weapon without a permit – and verbally warned about the helmet violation. • Don’t bother to run if Boss is on your tail. A 28-year-old Seattle man led Renton Police officers on a 7-mile car and foot chase through downtown Renton and into Seattle that ended when K9 officer Boss chased down the 28-year-old Seattle man. He was booked into the King County Jail. • Really, don’t try this at home. A 40-year-old Renton man who was just involved in a collision Maple Valley Highway was driving a truck with no windshield, no mirrors, a throttle that didn’t work – and no goggles. His attitude continued to escalate, threatening an officer with a steel pipe, until he was tasered, twice. He was arrested for assault. • Consider whether that “selfie” is in your best interest. The 17-year-old had his big chance to have his picture taken next to a Renton Police cruiser. Did he really want to do that?, the officer asked. Yes. His girlfriend emailed it to the officer. The teen’s face matched that of a suspect’s in an M-80 explosion in a garage. The case was sent to prosecutors. • Tighten your belt (or put one on) before you run off with stolen underwear shoved down your pants. An officer on foot caught up with a fleeing shoplifter whose loosely fitting pans fell to his mid thighs as he ran. The 23-year-old man shoplifted underwear, jeans and tennis shoes from Fred Meyer. He threw bags at an officer, injuring her. He was arrested for obstructing officers. • Don’t bother hiding your high-octane malt liquor in a brown paper bag. A Renton officer spotted that buses away at the downtown Renton Transit Center and the Tacoma man was told to leave – and expect a citation in the mail. • Don’t fall asleep in your car with your drug paraphernalia on your lap. Officers found them asleep in the front seat of the sedan at about on Northeast 16th Street, a glass pipe on her lap and aluminum foil covered with burn marks on his lap. They had already smoked the heroin, so they were allowed to leave. The car was seized as evidence in a burglary. THERE’S MORE: Go to rentonreporter.com for more “lessons from the police blotter’
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On Sunday evening (after the victory) or Monday morning, our Seahawks 12th Man Flag was removed from our flagpole, located next to our house and about 20 feet from the curb. We live in a rather out of the way neighborhood that has been fairly removed from the general traffic of Renton. It amazes me that anyone has the audacity to come on to the property, lower the flag, and walk away with it. If it be a disgruntled St. Louis fan (which I doubt) or a misguided Seahawks fan (in this case a common thief), I hope you feel the appropriate amount of pride in your action. You are no Seahawks fan and I’d love to have you run a Seahawks gauntlet for your action! This is just one more shining example of the decay of personal responsibilities to our fellow mankind, much like taking delivered packages off the porch, mail out of the mailbox, and yard decorations (Christmas and others). There is no condition under which this can be considered an OK action! If the perpetrator was a kid, your parents should have taught you better! If you are a parent, then you should know better! Please, be respectful to each other and each other’s properties! They’ve worked for them, NOT you! Jack Wardell, Renton
Not all city’s fault I read the letter to the editor that the owners of Alpine Nursery wrote about developing their property. I sympathize with what they want to do – but don’t blame everything on Renton. Yes, Renton courted you. But there are state and federal laws in place – that you should have been aware of – that have to be adhered to. It’s just like any other law: why do we have laws if developers can do whatever they want; clear cut, pollute our water; make roads ands schools more congested that our kids suffer for. Take a look around you. After the houses are built, how will the residents get around? There have to be roads to take them to stores, work, etc. Who will pay for those? What about schools? Where will the kids go to school to learn? That’s also part of the construction of homes. You say, we don’t want to pay for it – we’ll let the residents of the school district pay for the new schools/classrooms, teachers, buses, etc. What about the stormwater runoff when you cut the trees down and clear the property? It’ll go to Puget Sound and destroy the Oyster Beds, and fish and crabs, so when you take your kids to the beach, it will be heavily polluted. Do you care? Who will protect the wetlands, streams, lakes, etc?
And what about the trees? They have taken years to grow as tall as they are. Don’t you want to protect some of them? And what about your neighbors? Do they want the trees destroyed? Take a look at the East Renton Plateau and see how many developments have been clear cut? Doesn’t it look ugly? Now there are “non-trees” being planted to replace them. Do you want to take your kids up to the mountains to show them “real” trees because Renton officials didn’t protect some? Right now, the Hearing Examiner is deciding the fate of 21 acres in the Tiffany Park neighborhood. The neighbors don’t want the trees clear cut or the wildlife forgotten. They don’t want another 93 houses in their neighborhood. I wish there would be more regulation to protect our trees and streams. I’ve seen first hand what breaking the law can do – and it isn’t pretty. If you don’t like what Renton has done, the only alternative you have is to vote the major officials out of office. I know what Renton allows – so I haven’t asked to annex. I like trees, healthy fish/streams, classrooms that aren’t crowded, and roads that aren’t as crowded. I know you want a return on your retirement; you shouldn’t have put it into real estate. I’ve lived here 57 years and have seen a lot of change. Claudia Donnelly, Renton
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Opened in 2007, The Landing added several stores in 2013 and is presently operating at nearly full capacity. According to King County tax roles, the property is appraised at $52,223,800 for tax purposes.
Regency Woods fire One of the largest and most visible stories this year was the July 19 four-alarm fire at Regency Woods that displaced 39 people and caused $3 million in damages to three apartment buildings. Thankfully, no injuries were reported due to the blaze. The fast-moving, windspread fire caused some residents to have to jump to safety from windows before the fire department arrived. Though the cause of the fire is officially listed as “undetermined,” fire department officials were sure the blaze began outside, spreading to the beauty bark around the buildings. The flames then were quickly spread to neighboring buildings and fields by gusts of wind up to 30 mph. The fire was also aided by dry conditions in the weeks prior. More than 140 fire personnel from around the area and as far away as Snohomish and Pierce counties came to help fight the fire.
Renton High School’s IB program In January 2014, we found Renton High School hoping for approval of its new International Baccalaureate program, a college prep program for juniors and seniors that expects them to demonstrate college-level work. In April the school was approved and by October it was already deemed a success. About 250 to 300 juniors at the school took to the program and a total of 52 students are taking all six IB classes in pursuit of the IB diploma. Renton High School was hailed by district administration and regional education
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PSE’s ‘Energize Eastside’ project Late in 2013, Puget Sound Energy announced plans to bring new, larger energy transmission lines to the east side of Lake Washington, upgrading a system that has not seen improvements since the 1960s and setting into motion one of the biggest stories of 2014. Citing an ever-increasing demand for power that the company predicts it will not be able to keep up with by the end of the decade, the energy purveyor plans to increase the transmission capabilities to 230 kilovolt lines, up from the current 115 kV lines. Several local groups, including the Coalition of Eastside Neighborhoods for Sensible Energy, or CENSE, challenged the need for the lines as well as the choice of routes and the company’s insistence that placing the lines underground would be too expensive. PSE selected a series of possible routes through the area for the new lines, including two through Renton: The “M Route,” that would keep the lines in the current right-ofway along Monroe Avenue, and the “L Route” that would have moved the lines along Lake Washington. A Community Advisory Group met multiple times through the year and in December made their final recom-
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Teens hurt, killed in the Highlands Unfortunately this year, two stories that got a lot of attention involved two teenagers who were involved in traffic accidents in the Renton Highlands. Both were badly injured and one died due to his injuries. Mariah Boehm, 17, sustained lifethreatening injuries when she was hit by a car while walking northbound in the 800-block of Duvall Avenue Northeast in Mariah Boehm the Renton Highlands in May. A community of Magic the Gathering enthusiasts rallied to support her, raising nearly $30,000 for Boehm’s medical expenses. The other Highlands accident took the life of 17-year-old Andrew R. Finnell, who was struck by a hit-and-run driver, while riding his skateboard. Darius C. Owens was charged in September with Andrew Finnell felony hit and run in the incident. Finnell was remembered for his “amazing character and energy.”
Tiffany Park plans causes a stir One issue that caught the attention of a Renton community was plans to develop 21.6 acres of land into 96 single-family lots in the Tiffany Park area of the city. The Renton School District owns the previously undeveloped parcel of land near Tiffany Park Elementary School and had determined earlier that the land would be unsuitable for a new school. [ more MORE 2014 page 7 ]
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TPWAG appealed the City of Renton’s determination of non-significance, mitigated. Final briefs are being filed at the end of December and after that the hearing examiner has ten days to decide the case. A decision could be issued in the first couple of weeks of January.
The alliance is legal More than three years after it began, the strategic alliance between Valley Medical Center and UW Medicine withstood its final legal challenge in the fall. The Washington Supreme Court decided not to review an appeals-court ruling the alliance was valid. The commission of Public Hospital District No. 1, which owns the medical center, had claimed in a lawsuit the alliance put oversight of the publicly owned medical center in the hands of an unelected board. Attorneys for the alliance argued the five elected hospital district commissioners are responsible for the public side of the medi-
Death of a councilmember After a long battle with an illness, Councilwoman Terri Briere died Nov. 9. She was 63. Briere was appointed to the council in 2000 and re-elected in 2002. Mayor Denis Law ordered all Ruth Perez flags at city facilities be lowered to half-staff in her honor and the city hosted a memorial Dec. 11 at the Community Center that was packed with current and former elected officials from the city, region and state level and city employees, as well as friends and family from around the city. Born and raised in Renton, Briere is remembered as a tireless volunteer for the city. With Briere’s death, the City Council was tasked with selecting a new member to join their ranks and serve until November, when they would face the voters. A total of 13 candidates were interviewed for the position during a three-hour Committee of the Whole meeting Dec. 2. On Dec. 9, after just three rounds of voting, the council selected Ruth Perez, 46, as their newest member. Born in Mexico City, Perez has worked as a magazine editor, a production coordinator for television and as a cultural liaison and local media coordinator for the Washington State Department of Trade and Economic Development. She presently serves as the Chief Administrative Officer of Checkerboard Consulting Services, a Renton-based business consulting firm. Perez will be sworn in Jan. 5 and will face re-election in November. If she wins, she will serve the remainder of the term, through 2017.
A new tax Looking to fill projected gaps in upcoming budgets, the City Council this year approved the creation of a business and
operation tax in the city of Renton. The new tax will go into effect Jan. 1, 2016. Though originally envisioned by staff as a 0.1 percent on all receipts of more than $5 million, business leaders asked the city to make the change in order to spread the cost out among more of the city’s businesses. That resulted in a new tax rate of 0.05 percent on all retail business and 0.085 percent on all other activities with a reporting threshold of $1.5 million in revenues per year. With the new tax, the city eliminated the head tax for businesses that will pay the B&O tax, as well as adding a new business tax credit for new businesses with 50 or more employees worth $1,000 per employee for the first three years of operation. Non-profits will also be exempt from the tax, though any retail efforts by nonprofit groups, such as Goodwill stores or St. Vincent de Paul shops, will pay the tax on those aspects of the business. The new tax is expected to add about $5 million per year to the city’s coffers. Officials said they needed to create the new tax, which is purposefully set lower
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Kevin Milosevich. “Those same fact patterns could happen here. An officer could be responding to similar fact patterns. How our officers would respond is difficult to say.”
A decline in use-of-force In recent years, Renton’s use-of-force incidents and reports have been declining, according to a memo sent out by Milosevich in January 2014. “We have a good use-of-force policy,” said Milosevich. “We have a good use-of-force reporting process, where every use-of-force is documented and that report is reviewed up the chain, including myself.” In 2013, the department submitted 162 use-of-force reports in response to 118 incidents, where force was used against one or more subjects. Ten years earlier the number reports was greater. In 2003, there were 174 incidents and 325 reports generated from those incidents. Use-of-force is defined by the department as one or more of the following: pointing a firearm at a suspect; using wrist locks, arm bars, or escorting force; using pepper spray, a taser, hand strikes, punches, takes downs, dog applications, baton strikes or deadly
force. Between 2004 and 2013 there was a significant decline in ‘pointing’ reports, from 123 to 22, due to a change in training philosophy Milosevich said. Basically, the policy changed to officers only drawing and pointing their guns if they intended to use them. As to how officers in the department operate with people of color, Milosevich likes to think the mentality isn’t going from zero to 60 with use-of-force tactics. “I’d like to think that doesn’t happen,” he said. “I think our approach to people is based on more what the information the officer has at the time. Was there a crime committed, what type of crime, were there weapons involved? Those are the things that should indicate the type of force an officer uses in the initial approach, not based on racial makeup or ethnicity.”
Training for mechanics vs. diversity Renton Police officers are mandated by the state to receive at least 24 hours of training a year. So every month they get a minimum amount of training that falls into specific categories such as defensive tactics, firearms, administrative roles and the use of
their tools. The use-of-force is a complicated subject, according to Officer Robert Dreher, Renton’s police training coordinator. Officers have to take an extremely complicated subject that’s been decided by courts and make analytical decisions in a short amount of time in the field, he said. Officers train on diversity issues about every other year and they were just a part of a city-wide training on inclusivity. But in terms of marrying the two types of training in use-of-force and diversity that doesn’t seem to happen. “An officer is going to get that someplace else,” said Dreher. “We just don’t have the time. If we go into a class and we’re teaching them how to handcuff, cultural diversity doesn’t come into that. We’re specifically going through the mechanical aspects of handcuffing and that defensive tactic.” The same is true, he said, of firearms training. Cultural diversity comes up in their administrative blocks of training but not while learning how to shoot a rifle. “This is something we can always improve upon,” said Milosevich of community outreach and the frequency of diversity training. “Every law-enforcement agency across the nation has the same problem and I think issues that you’re seeing in Ferguson
are just kind of the effects of that, of ‘we can do better, we can communicate better.’” Dreher believes the grand jury in the Ferguson case came to the correct decision. “Based on what I’ve seen and their grand jury investigation that there was no impropriety on the part of the officer that’s what they’ve found and certainly they based that decision on the guidance that we have from the U.S. Supreme Court and their district court…,” Dreher said. “But certainly that grand jury was given the information regarding the court cases that we base our use-of-force policy on.” In 2013 the majority of use-of-force incidents in Renton involved someone with a mental-health issue. There were 23 such incidents that year. Following close behind were use-of-force incidents involving obstructing at 19 incidents and assaults, felony and misdemeanors, both at 18 incidents. There were 35 black subjects involved in use-of-force incidents compared to 69 white subjects, seven Asian, six Hispanic and one Indian in 2013. According Milosevich, there were 85 fewer use-of-force reports generated in 2013 than in 2012 and the department is at a 10-year low. NEXT WEEK: How the police are perceived by the youth in the community.
PUBLIC NOTICES SUNSET AREA COMMUNITY MEETING Who: Residents of the Sunset Area of Renton When: Tuesday, January 13, 2015, 6 pm to 7:30 pm Where: Renton Housing Authority Office “OneStop” Room 2900 NE 10th Street, Renton WA 98056 What: What is the ‘Choice Neighborhoods Initiative,’ what does it mean for the Sunset Area, and how can I participate? Please join representatives of the Renton Housing Authority, the City of Renton, and other Choice Neighborhood Team members for an evening of discussion about the U.S. Housing and Urban Development, “Choice Neighborhoods Initiative.” What it is and how it might be implemented in the Sunset Area. Language assistance for attendees with limited English proficiency may be provided by notifying Elizabeth Higgins at 425-430-6581 or ehiggins@rentonwa.gov in advance of the meeting. Attendees with visual or hearing limitations may also request assistance in advance of the meeting. In case the event is canceled due to snow, the meeting will be held at the same place and time on Wednesday, January 21, 2015. Published in the Renton Reporter on January 2, 2015. #1211740. Self-Storage Lien Sale January 7th 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 Published in the Renton Reporter on December 19, 26, 2014, January 2, 2015. #1204046 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE pursuant to the revised code of Washington Chapter 61.24, ET. SEQ. TO: Michael R. Thompson 2015 West Dravis Street, #408, Seattle, WA 98199 AND TO: Occupant 16543 Benson Road South, Renton, WA 98055 I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the undersigned Trustee will on the 9th day of January, 2015, at the hour of 1:30 P.M. outside the front door of the law offices of Nelson & Carver, P.S., 420 North Meridian, Suite B, in the City of Puyallup, State of Washington, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at time of sale, the following described real property, situated in the County of KING, State of Washington, to-wit: THAT PORTION OF LOT 5, BLOCK A AKERS FARMS NO. 05 ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 40 OF PLATS, PAGE(S) 27, RECORDS OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON, LYING NORTHERLY OF A LINE BEGINNING ON THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT AT A POINT 107.00 FEET SOUTHERLY OF THE MOST NORTHERLY CORNER THEREOF; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY TO A POINT ON THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT, DISTANT 107.00 FEET SOUTHERLY OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER THEREOF; EXCEPT PORTION THEREOF LYING EASTERLY OF A LINE BEGINNING ON THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT AT A POINT 95.00 FEET SOUTHEASTERLY OF MOST NORTHERLY CORNER THEREOF; THENCE SOUTHERLY TO A POINT ON THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT DISTANT 140.00 FEET EASTERLY OF THE MOST WESTERLY CORNER THEREOF. SITUATE IN THE COUNTY OF KING, STATE OF WASHINGTON. TAX PARCEL NO: 0087000029 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated the 27th day of November, 2013, recorded on the 4th day of December, 2013, under Auditor’s File No. 20131204000916, records of King County, Washington, from Michael R. Thompson, as Grantor, to Nelson & Carver, P.S., a Washington Legal Service Corporation, as Successor Trustee under instrument recorded under Auditor’s File No. 20140908000377, to secure an
obligation in favor of Transformations Development Enterprises, LLC, a Washington Limited Liability Company, as Beneficiary. II. No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of trust or the Beneficiary’s successor is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any Court by reason of the Grantor’s default on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust. III. The defaults for which this foreclosure is made are as follows: Four (4) monthly interest payments at $400.00 each due for months March, 2014 through June, 2014; Five (5) monthly late charge payments of $20.00 for each monthly payment not made within 15 days of its due date for months February, 2014 through June, 2014; acceleration of principal balance due as of July 1, 2014 in the amount of $45,000.00; and default interest at the rate of 18% for the months of July 1, 2014 through November, 2014. Failure to pay when due the following amounts which are now in arrears: full year 2014 real property taxes including interest and penalties imposed thereon to Pierce County Assessor-Treasurer; IV. The sum owing on the obligation secured by Deed of Trust is: Past Due Interest only payments ($1,600.00), Late Charges ($100.00), Principal Balance $45,000.00, together with interest as provided in the note or other instrument secured from the 1st day of July, 2014, and such other costs and fees as are due under the Note or other instrument secured, and as are provided by statute. V. The above described real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. The sale will be made without warranty, express or implied regarding title, possession, or encumbrances on the 9th day of January, 2015. The default(s) referred to in Paragraph III, together with any subsequent payments, late charges, advances, costs and fees thereafter due, must be cured by the 29th day of December, 2014 (11 days before the sale date), to cause a discon-
tinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time on or before the 29th day of December, 2014 (11 days before the sale date), the default(s) as set forth in Paragraph III, together with any subsequent payments, late charges, advances, costs and fees thereafter due, is/are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be terminated any time after the 29th day of December, 2014 (11 days before the sale date), and before the sale by the Grantor or the Grantor’s successor in interest or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust and curing all other defaults. VI. A written notice of default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Grantor or the Grantor’s successor in interest at the following address: Michael R. Thompson,2015 West Dravis Street, #408, Seattle, WA 98199 Occupant, 16543 Benson Road South, Renton, WA 98055 by both first class and certified mail on the 5th day of September, 2014, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and the Grantor or the Grantor’s successor in interest was personally served by posting the property on the 6th day of September, 2014, with said written Notice of Default or the written Notice of Default was posted in a conspicuous place on the real property described in Paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time
prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above described property. IX. Anyone having any objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s Sale. X. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS The purchaser at the trustee’s sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the Deed of Trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the Deed of Trust, including occupants and who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings under Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. Nelson & Carver, P.S. DATED: October 6, 2014 By: Mary Gail Carver, VicePresident Of Attorneys for Beneficiary Address: 420 No. Meridian, Suite B P.O. Box 217 Puyallup, Washington 98371 Telephone: (253) 845-8895 Published in Renton Reporter on December 12, 2014 and January 2, 2015. #1202203. Superior Court of Washington County of King In re the Estate of: JANE E. REIERSTAD, Deceased. NO. 14-4-06048-1 SEA 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, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Personal Representative or the Personal Representative’s attorneys at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the Court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the Personal Representative served or mailed the Notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the Notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate assets and nonprobate assets. DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: January 2, 2015. PR: MARCIA I. LOTTER PETER W. MOGREN WSBA #11515 Of MOGREN, GLESSNER, ROTI & AHRENS, P.S. Attorneys for Personal Representative 100 Evergreen Bldg.; PO Box 90 Renton, WA 98057-0090 (425) 255-4542 King County Superior Court Cause No. 14-4-06048-1 SEA Published in Renton Reporter on January 2, 2015, January 9, 2015 and January 16, 2015.#1211732
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Lindbergh takes second, Renton third at Invites Lindbergh High School hosted its annual wrestling invitational on Dec. 20, featuring 16 teams from around the region. In team competition, Lindbergh finished second and Renton finished third. Left are all of the individual winners from both teams. Right, Renton’s Volodimir Kalinin wins the 170-pound class while Jayden Schwope of Lindbergh wins at 132 pounds.
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