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Abandoned vehicles cost police time and money BY DEAN A. RADFORD dradford@rentonreporter.com
They’re cast off for whatever reason without notice or they just sit next door for days or weeks on end, not moving. Some are hard to miss, out of water: A sailboat, about 35 feet long, was left abandoned in mid October on Monster Road Southwest on south Renton, still on its trailer but without a hull number or license plate there was no way to identify the owner. The City of Renton impounds or seizes between 80 and 100 vehicles a year, most because they’ve been abandoned or not moved for 72 hours – or less likely seized as evidence in a crime. Some vehicles were stolen, or in some way caught the notice of a neighborhood. Through mid-November, the city has impounded 46 vehicles, not including those seized as evidence. The number of abandoned-vehicle com[ more ABANDONED page 5 ]
Hassle-free start to shopping More than 100 vendors helped get the local shopping season started during this past weekend’s annual Hassle-Free Holiday Bazaar at the Renton Community Center. For a full slideshow from the event, visit www.rentonreporter.com TRACEY COMPTON, Renton Reporter
Renton Schools taking a new look at bullying prevention BY TRACEY COMPTON tcompton@rentonreporter.com
The Renton School District is updating its bullying prevention materials at the high school level, which are now about 20 years old. In the last two years the district has trained all its elementary school teachers, assigned a harassment, bullying and intimidation compliance officer as required by the state, and is now developing tools for
secondary staff to use with middle and high school students. According to administration, bullying is not as widespread and out-of-control in the district as one might think. Last year there were only three cases that rose to the attention of the compliance officer, Ginny Knox. Two of the incidents were at the elementary school level and one was at a high school. The state defines it as repeated bullying of a targeted student, where there is an imbalance of power. “I think the only difference (now) is that everybody’s much more aware of it,” said Knox about the climate for bullying awareness in schools today. “So when it happens, if it ends up on the news, it’s more publi-
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cized and people are talking about it more.” Knox is quick to point out that bullying has always been around, but people used to blow it off as “kids being kids.” “They would address it, but it wouldn’t get as much attention and now people are really noticing it because there’s been some links to suicide,” said Knox. “Kids now who’ve been bullied have been doing some of the mass shootings. I mean they’re seeing that bullying really does have an effect on kids. It’s not just kids being kids; we need to address it.” Now there is a whole language and lesson plans around bullying prevention. For 20 years the district had materials from the Committee for Children’s Second Step
program that talked about empathy and inclusion, but didn’t specifically offer lesson plans on bullying prevention. Two years ago the district purchased updated materials from the same company that it has been using to train staff. Not only are classroom teachers and principals receiving training, but bus drivers and custodians, who might also encounter incidents are included too. So far, training at the elementary level has gone well and teachers are committed and engrossed in providing the curriculum. Librarians teach a cyber-bullying component at all of the elementary schools too. McKnight Middle School staff seems to [ more BULLYING page 5 ]
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The Renton Reporter is once again partnering with Renton Area Youth and Family Services as part of their holiday season drive. This year, we are collecting coats, jackets, hats, gloves, hoodies and blankets so we can “Give the Gift of Warmth” to a family in need. Please see page 6 for more details.
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Ivar’s Clam Lights, Opening Night 6:15 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Dec. 5 Gene Coulon Memorial Beach Park, 1201 Lake Washington Blvd. N. 6:15 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Holiday entertainment 7 p.m., Official lighting by Mayor Denis Law 7:30 p.m., Rainier Yacht Club’s “Parade of Boats” 8:20 p.m., Argosy Christmas Ship Downtown Holiday Celebration and Tree Lighting 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., Dec. 6 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., Roasted Chestnuts Holiday Music, (S Third, between Burnett and Main Ave. S.) 5 p.m., Tree lighting (Piazza Park, S. Third St. and Burnett Ave. S.) For more info.: www.PiazzaRenton.com K9 Candy Cane 5k Fun Run and Walk 9:15 a.m., Dec. 7 Renton Community Center, 1715 S.E. Maple Valley Hwy To register: www.signmeup.com/103245 Santa’s House Dec. 13 to 21 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Fridays and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Saturdays
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Soles4Souls shoe giveaway helps kids in need BY TRACEY COMPTON tcompton@rentonreporter.com
When Major Kris Potter, of the Renton Salvation Army, got new shoes as a kid, he thought he could run faster, jump higher and do just about anything better. With a recent shoe giveaway to the center’s after school program, he’s hoping the kids feel the same way. “That’s what we’re hoping is that these kids just explode in life and do well,” he said. Volunteer Silvana Clark arranged for her former employer Soles4Souls to donate about 74 pairs of new shoes to the Salvation Army’s after school program. Clark and her husband Allan are from Bellingham, but have been in the Renton area for the past two months trying to sell her father’s home and in the mean time volunteering. They’re both retired. Silvana is a motivational speaker and the author of 12 books on parenting, crafting and marketing. She and her husband traveled around the United States for three years giving away shoes with Soles4Souls and now help out with serving lunches, reading and crafting with kids in the Salvation Army’s after-school program. “So because you have free time, you think, ‘Hey,’ you need to be able to give and we have certain skills and talents and we see a need,” said Silvana. “Why not come down and help out if we can.” The Salvation Army is in desperate need of tutors and volunteers for their after school program. A program that is free to parents and has 54 registered children it sees on a weekly basis. “A lot of the children we have are from lowincome families, who participate with their children here,” said Kimmberly Baxter, youth department director. “We have a handful or more of children, who receive our weekend
Old Renton Book Exchange to close BY TRACEY COMPTON tcompton@rentonreporter.com
After many attempts to save it, the Old Renton Book Exchange is closing its doors forever on Nov. 30. Store owner Dacia Hanson sent out an email last Saturday to friends and patrons let-
Silvana Clark poses with the Kimball sisters, Ryann, Janelle, Desiree and their new shoes from a shoe giveaway at the Renton Salvation Army. TRACEY COMPTON, Renton Reporter backpacks.” She’s referring to a program to feed children during the weekend with a backpack full of food. Her goal is to get 90 to 100 percent of the kids’ homework done before they get picked up from the center. “As a mom, who was a single mom for a while, if you pick your child up you don’t have to struggle to get that homework done while you’re cooking dinner and everything else,” Baxter said. ting them know about the closure. “While I am sad to see the shop closing and am going to miss Downtown Renton so much, I am excited and a little relieved to be moving on,” said Hanson via email. “It was just time for us to try something new.” The store has been a part of the downtown Renton scene for just under five years. Hanson is planning a giant store sale with everything priced at $1. The store will still participate in Small Business Saturday and have their traditional bake sale on Nov. 29. A big farewell party is planned for 7 p.m., Nov. 29 and the community is invited to attend.
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In groups of four the kids in the after-school program excitedly shoot into the room containing their new shoes. The shoes are all different kinds from Toms to New Balance to Keens. The kids discard their old shoes and try the new ones on. “Maybe there’s a metaphor here in that the shoes will help them to keep walking forward in their education, in their behavior and community and in life to do well,” said Potter. For more information about free shoe donations, visit soles4souls.com.
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Recently Renton’s offleash dog park got some much-needed maintenance help from students from Renton and Hazen high schools as part of their required community service hours. Ten students total from Brett Crueger’s class at Hazen and Dylan Okimoto’s Green Team at Renton High School volunteered at the Cedar River Dog Park earlier this month. The students, Henry Nguyen, Daevon Bovan, Rachealle Sampayan, Tin Le, Brandon Saefam, Angelo Duran, Blake Lewis, Chester Pasay and Ryan Angeles spread 100 cubic yards of wood chips to reduce the water puddles at the park. The Cedar River Dog Park is not a City of Renton park, but a non-profit, volunteer managed and maintained park that partners with the city. The park would be a muddy mess if it wasn’t for the help of the students, said Marlene Winter, volunteer park manager.
job for her.” He has since worked with her a few times and she just recently contacted him for this project. Volunteerism is a part of Crueger’s civics project for his classes, but students can fulfill the requirements in a variety of ways. Okimoto learned of the opportunity through a City of Renton Parks worker. He is the adviser for Renton High’s Green Team. He gets many of his volunteers through a district requirement that has students volunteering a minimum of 20 hours their senior year. “Therefore, in order to help senior members of the Green Team meet this standard, I have arranged three events so far this year: Kubota Gardens’ fall plant sale, Fall Clean and Green Saturday and the Cedar River Dog Park,” said Okimoto. Winter appreciates any help she can get for the park which is volunteer run. “Those kids really are remarkable and so are their teachers for motivating them to give back to their community,” she said. If you’d like to volunteer at the Cedar River Dog Park, email Marlene at marlene@marlenewinter.com.
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www.rentonreporter.com [ ABANDONED from page 1] plaints is much greater than that, said Sgt. Kevin Keyes in the Renton Police Department Patrol Services Division. He sees roughly 60 to 80 such complaints a month. Those complaints take investigating officers away from more serious calls, he said. Officers use the calls to educate the public about parking and abandoned-vehicle laws. “I am not saying abandoned vehicles aren’t important,” Keyes said. “They are lower on our totem pole.” James West, general manager for Gene Meyer Towing in Renton, which has a contract with the city to impound vehicles, said his drivers respond a lot of streets in front of apartment complexes. An abandoned vehicle or boat (they’re the same under the law) is typically hauled away by a towing company, which will contact the registered owner to come get it out of lockup by paying the impound fee within a certain time period. A towing company can auction a vehicle if it’s not claimed to recover its costs. If a vehicle doesn’t sell at auction, the company can seek to recover its costs through a collections agency. The city will pay to have vehicles towed that have evidentiary value in a crime, Keyes said. So far this year, the city has spent about $12,000 on such impounds. The city has parking laws that limit the time – 72 hours – a vehicle can remain in one spot without being moved. Once notified, the registered owner has 24 hours to move it. And, according to Keyes, the vehicle has to be moved
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have implemented their lessons, but Nelsen and Dimmitt middle schools still have work to do, in part because they have a lot of new counselors on staff, Knox said. Dr. Jason Breaker is in charge of all the counselors in the district. “It depends on how the schools respond to it is what makes the difference,” said Breaker. “And I think Renton is doing a very good job of trying to implement a systemic approach to responding to bullying.” This year there’s been just one case so far that’s risen to the administrative level. Most of the incidents are being handled at the schools between the teacher, principal, students and families involved. “Most of the cases aren’t true bullying, if you look at the definition,” said Knox. “It’s a kid who has behavior issues, but they’re not targeting one student.” Reach Tracey Compton at 425-255-3484 ext. 5052.
to a different block, not moved just slightly. A “frequently asked questions” feature on the City of Renton website answers how parking enforcement officers know how long a vehicle has been parked on a city street or public right of way. “It’s quite easy actually – they normally chalk a line on one of the vehicle’s tires, and then return to the location after the posted amount of time has elapsed. If the car is still there, an infraction is This sailboat was found abandoned issued.” on a trailer on Monster Road in south All police officers enforce parking violations Renton in mid-October with pontoons and the city has a parking inside and was hauled away by Gene enforcement scooter that Meyer Towing. COURTESY RENTON POLICE DEPARTMENT patrols during the day. Anyone can file a traffic or parking complaint, called a Neighborhood Traffic Request, online at the City of Renton website, rentonwa.gov. Search for Traffic
Enforcement. Options also include calling 911 or the Renton Police Traffic Division at 425-430-7556. The city maybe impounds two or three boats a year. Gene Meyer Towing picked up the sailboat on Monster Road under its contract with the City of Renton. The boat was inspected by the state Department of Licensing, which couldn’t find any ownership documentation on the boat or trailer. That meant that Gene Meyer Towing could get rid of it. Typically no one wants an abandoned boat or motor home, so the company will cut up the vehicles and haul the pieces away, said West, the general manager. That’s what happened to the sailboat, at a cost to Gene Meyer. “We are under contract to take the good with the bad,” West said. Dean A. Radford can be reached at 425-255-3484 ext 5150.
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This is my favorite time of year and my favorite holiday. No, not the big one that’s still a month away on the calendar but has been on the store shelves since Labor Day. I mean Thanksgiving, of course. I love Thanksgiving. I always have. And it’s not really the food. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I love the food. I just always loved Thanksgiving because it was the one day on the calendar designed to be spent relaxing at home and taking stock of how much we as Americans tend to have to be thankful for. I loved going to my grandmother’s house for dinner and watching my dad and my uncle polish off an entire turkey on their own, even though they knew full well that Nan was about to bring out six or seven different pies. (My family’s heritage is Pennsylvania Dutch. Baking is what they do. And they do it well.) “I’ll just have a little slice. Of each,” my grandfather joked every year. Some years we would go down to my dad’s mother’s house for dinner, but we would always make sure to stop back at Nan’s for pie on the way home, you can bet on that. But the day itself was just a day to spend inside with family, watching football, the Macy’s parade, or playing board games and just enjoying each other’s company. Even when I was a kid, I knew those days when everyone could get together and just spend time together were rare. Shoot, they only happened once or twice a year. Plus, you know: pie. Even as I got older and we stayed at our house more and more for the holiday, it was still a day to stop, be with loved ones – friends and family – and be thankful that we were all there and that we made it through another year. Once my friends and I went away to college, Thanksgiving became the first time since summer that we could usually count on all of us being back home at the same time. Which again, made it just a special time spent with friends. And pie, obviously. More than 12 years ago I moved out to Seattle, well outside “driving distance” from any of my family members in Upstate New York or Philadelphia. At first, the woman with whom I moved out here and I hosted our own small event, inviting a few other transplanted East Coasters to our apartment for dinner. Even after we broke up, but before she moved back to the East Coast, we gathered every year with our misfit friends and spent the afternoon eating good food, drinking wine and just enjoying each other’s company. When she moved back east, another group of friends took me in on the holidays. My [ more EDITOR’S NOTE page 7 ]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dog and Pony changes with makeover: check it out I am a long-time patron of the Dog and Pony Alehouse and Grill that just had a visit from “Restaurant: Impossible.” I did some research about past projects like the Spunky Monkey in Auburn and found there was some trepidation about the changes. When asked if they would do it again, the resounding answer was NO. The night of the opening, friends told me that they loved the new interpretation of the menu and appreciated the new design, despite the rather radical changes. I was with the group that had the opportunity to speak with Chef Robert Irvine and tried to communicate the close relationship the D&P had with the community. Many of the previous interior design aspects were hand made by members of that community. They saved a small corner as an homage.
I will continue to strongly support Kristen Fisher, the owner, and the staff and encourage all to come and check out the new Dog and Pony.
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A quality holiday bazaar; put it on next year’s calendar If you missed the holiday bazaar at the Renton Community Center, make sure you put it on your calendar for next year. I was very impressed with the variety and quality of the merchandise. Maybe someone should try to get some of these vendors for Renton River Days. Hope the vendors all had a good show and judging from the turnout on Saturday, I assume they did.
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Demos ask: What went wrong? Democrats are trying to sort out what went wrong in the election and why the presence of Initiative 594 on the ballot didn’t motivate more of their voters to turn out. Party leaders all along thought the popular measure requiring background checks be conducted on buyers of guns online and through private sales would spur some of those prone to skipping midterm elections to participate. They believed a small boost of pro-Democrat voters in just the right places could swing a close Jerry Cornfield
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race and maybe upend a targeted Republican. It didn’t play out that way. Democrats lost seats in both chambers – sometimes in communities where the measure is passing handily. Republicans picked up one seat in the Senate in South King County and four in the House, deposing three incumbent Democrats in the process. Those seats are in districts covering swaths of Pierce, Thurston, Clark, Mason and Kitsap counties. Initiative 594 is passing in all those counties, except Mason, according to data assembled thus far by initiative supporters. Precinct-by-precinct details won’t be available until next month when [ more CORNFIELD page 7]
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[ CORNFIELD from page 6] election results are certified. “I don’t think it hurt us but I don’t think it helped us to the degree that we thought it would,” admitted Adam Bartz, executive director of the Senate Democratic Campaign Committee. One explanation is that in spite of polls detailing the measure’s popularity with voters, only a handful of Democrats associated themselves with the initiative. Only a few were like Sen. Marko Liias, D-Everett, who actively campaigned for it and went on to win with 54.5 percent. Most Democratic candidates steered clear of the measure as best they could. They feared any overt demonstration of support would trigger a reaction from the NRA like in 1994 when the national gun rights group helped defeat Democrats who endorsed an assault weapons ban. The NRA flexed their muscle again three years later by helping upend a statewide gun control-related initiative. Rep. Sam Hunt, D-Olympia, chairman of the House Democratic Campaign Committee, said he didn’t view I-594 as a “positive tool” and knew Democratic candidates
avoided using it because of what the NRA did in 1994. Yet Hunt didn’t think it would have made a difference had they embraced it more strongly. “We didn’t energize our base enough and the other side did,” he said. “I just think we got caught in the wave.” Backers of Initiative 594 wonder if Democrats may revise their analysis after the final numbers are known for the election. While I-594 is losing in several counties, it is passing on the strength of votes from Democrats, Republicans and independents where many of this year’s most contested legislative battles took place.
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If you were cold during that run of chilly weather a few weeks ago, please consider how it might feel without a warm coat or hat to brace yourself against the wind. We will be accepting coats, hats, gloves, hoodies and everything warm at our office, 19426 68th Avenue S., Kent, until Dec. 12. Additional drop-off locations are 1025 S. Third St., Renton, and 12704 76th Ave. S., Seattle. In addition, the Snake Hill Neighborhood will be collecting coats and such for RAYS, as well as toys for Toys For Tots, during a special holiday party from 4 to 8 p.m. Dec. 13 at Springbrook Church of Christ in Renton. If you’d like to organize a collection in your neighborhood, work or house of worship, you can email Morgan Wells at morganw@rays.org. Last year, thanks to your donations, RAYS received 1,500 full-size toiletries, hundreds of travel-size items and $4,000 in cash and donations. Together, we helped hundreds of Renton families. Let’s do it again. Trust me, you will feel good. And, yes, there will still be time for pie. Happy Thanksgiving.
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good friend and fellow reporter Shawn Skager and his family adopted me as one of their own on most holidays and I was welcome to break bread and watch football with their whole crew on Thanksgiving. It was not quite the same as seeing my family, but there were few times when, honestly, I was as thankful as I was that Shawn and his family and his wife’s family would take me in and treat me as one of their own. Then, several years ago, I stumbled into a volunteer opportunity that has become a Thanksgiving tradition ever since for myself and now my wife. When I was working in Kent, I did a story about a local restaurant that every year on Thanksgiving passes out vouchers at local food banks and other places and then does two free servings of dinner for anybody who can make it up to their restaurant. Volunteers from around the community serve food and bus tables. At the end of the day, we push all the tables to the center and the restaurant treats the servers to a meal. The first year I did this, I felt so incred-
ibly good about how I spent my Thanksgiv- need. Lynn is so right. ing that I resolved to do it again every year. Which brings me to this: Once again, the And I have. Renton Reporter in partnering with Renton It is now a tradition for my wife and I Area Youth and Family Services on their and we look forward to it every year. The annual drive, which this year is for new group we volunteer with has many of the coats, jackets, sweatshirts, hats, mittens and same people each year and it creates that gloves. family atmosphere that the holiday so The idea, very simply, is to “Give the needs (we’ve been going long Gift of Warmth” this holiday “Even when I was a kid, enough now that we even season. I knew those days when get the “When’s the baby Founded in 1970 and coming?” questions, just like everyone could get together located in Renton, RAYS has and just spend time together referred students from the home!). were rare. Shoot, they only Renton and Tukwila school Plus, it is an in-your-face reminder of everything I have happened once or twice a districts who have experiyear. Plus, you know: pie.” to be thankful for and proenced trauma or abuse and vides me with a chance to give then provides ongoing treatback. And there’s usually pie. ment. Jokes aside, my wife and I Most of the kids they work have decided that even if we with are low-income and are not volunteering at the restaurant every their sessions are paid for with government year, we plan to do some sort of volunteer funding. The group serves about 1,000 chilwork every Thanksgiving and we want to dren from right here in our area each year. instill that in our (future) children: Take This year, more than 500 children, youth time out of this day every year to give a and adults in our community are expected little back. to attend RAYS annual holiday event and Because as our columnist Lynn Bohart each guest will receive a hot breakfast, always says, giving makes you feel good, some much-needed resources and, through along with that fact that there is always a donations, new warm clothing.
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The Renton Salvation Army was just 90 turkeys short of its goal for its Thanksgiving food basket giveaway Monday morning, but staff were hoping to feed all 500 families who signed up for the resources by end of day Tuesday. “(It’s) OK, not as great as I was hoping,” said Beverly Storey, director of social services, about the shortage. “New Life Church is fantastic; they brought us 250 turkeys.” The rest came from private donors and Storey was hopeful that more private donors would come through for their second day of Thanksgiving food giveaways on Tuesday. Twelve volunteers from all over the community worked in different stations around the Salvation Army food bank to help guests pick out what they need for their holiday meal. About 48 volunteers were expected to help out during the two-day distribution. “I just love it; I feel like I’m doing something useful and I like the
A Salvation Army volunteer helps a guest in need with supplies for Thanksgiving. About 500 people are expecting food baskets from the center. TRACEY COMPTON, Renton Reporter people who come in here and I like the people I work with,” said Marge Merritt, a volunteer. Merritt was helping people pick out pastries on Monday morning for their Thanksgiving meals. This is her fifth year helping with the turkey giveaways. “I’m just glad we can help them,”
she said of the center’s clients. “We don’t know what their circumstances are, but we’re just glad we can help out.” The sign-up for Thanksgiving baskets is closed now, but turkey donations will be needed for Christmas. For more information, call 425-2555969.
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Sick feeling: That car was stolen The following was compiled from Renton Police Department case reports. BY DEAN A. RADFORD dradford@rentonreporter.com
He felt sick to his stomach Nov. 2 after learning the 2014 Ford Focus he had been driving for several months was a stolen vehicle. He bought the car for $18,000 in cash from a man who lives near Seattle International Raceway in Kent who apparently is involved in several kinds of property crimes. The 43-year-old Renton man, who was carrying a Fugitive Recovery Agent (bounty hunter) badge, had wondered whether it was
Read more blotter at www.rentonreporter.com stolen. It was. An Renton Police officer stopped to help out the man standing next to the Focus involved in an accident on South Puget Drive. A convoluted story unfolded; the driver of the Focus had left, feeling sick to his stomach. Feeling ill himself, the Renton man asked to sit in the officer’s cruiser. First, he was frisked, revealing a box of hypodermic needles he uses to inject himself with steroids. He then decided not to sit in the officer’s car. He wasn’t free to leave. The officer found several documents in the Focus
that contained the man’s name. He admitted he hadn’t been truthful, but insisted he didn’t steal the Focus. The ignition was damaged. His friend had fled because he might have warrants. The Renton man was booked into the King County Jail for possession of a stolen vehicle. The legitimate owner was determined and officers were trying to figure out whether the bounty-hunter badge was legitimate.
Obituary John P. Hopfauf, 82, of Renton passed away at home Nov. 17, 2014. Hopfauf was a building contractor for nearly 50 years in Washington and Montana. He is survived by his three children; son, John (Rhetta) Hopfauf; and daughters, Nicki (Karl) Sandberg and Pene (Bill) Harrison; six grandchildren; seven great-
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grandchildren; and his sisters, Kate Sturn, Monica Luciano, Eleanor (Leo) Wetsch and Marlene (David) Sautner and was preceded in death by son, Scott Hapfauf. A graveside inurnment service will be held on at 2 p.m. Dec. 1 at Greenwood Memorial Park in Renton.
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Gardening tips gathered from a trip to the Old Country
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he end of November is the beginning of the winter planning season. Winter evenings are made for garden scheming and dreaming and here are a few ideas to steal from our recent tour of Sicily, a sundrenched island sitting off the south toe of Italy. Our small group visited Sicily “off the beaten path” and discovered a people rich in history, wine, olive oil and a slower pace of life based on outdoor living and dining. Use overhead timbers and wisteria vines to create quick shade in outdoor living areas. It may not be practical to add shade trees to your own patio area close to the house or to wait years for young trees to cast a shadow. Villas in Sicily grow almost instant shade by using
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the foliage of robust vines such as wisteria over pergolas made from wood, stone or even metal pipe. The north or east side of a building becomes the preferred spot for an outdoor living room in a hot climate while back home in rainy Washington the sun drenched west or south side of a home would be a more practical location for an outdoor living room. Wisteria not only drips with fragrant clusters of flowers in spring and sun-blocking foliage in summer but this vine has the good sense to lose its leaves during the winter months allowing much needed sunlight into the home. Add color with paint, tile and garden art. Gardeners in warm climates have always looked for ways to add color that does not require a watering can. Sicilian gardens are rich with ceramic tiles, painted pots and garden statuary. Stucco walls are painted peach or pink and native stone mellows to gold to create a lovely back drops for plants. In one pool side garden at a resort in Taormina we admired colorful square pots that were made from five 12-inch by 12-inch ceramic floor tiles. A simple do-it-yourself project, each brightly painted tile was glued to the edge of a 12 inch bottom base tile and secured with construction adhesive. The result is a tile cube open at the top that can be filled with potting soil and heat loving plants such as palms, plumbago, thungbergia, sedums and citrus fruits.
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Turn your balcony into a hanging garden. Traveling the world should always make one appreciate home and visiting a country like Sicily with high taxes and higher unemployment made us very aware of our status as ‘rich Americans.’ All over Europe, fewer citizens own property and can afford the luxury of a large garden. Renting a small apartment does not keep Italians from creating roof top, balcony and even alley gardens. Geraniums spill from terra cotta pots over wrought iron railings, potted palm and orange trees cast needed shade on roof top gardens and vegetable lovers harvest eggplant, tomatoes and basil from narrow alleys where containers may be as economical as recycled olive oil tins or plastic water jugs. Visiting Sicily showed us there is no excuse not to make the world a more beautiful place by growing plants. Lack of water and money in this country did not mean a lack of gardens or passion for living. For more information on visiting the ancient Greek ruins, active volcanoes and mountain villages of Sicily contact our excellent guide Rosa Rizza or view excursion options through the website sunnysicily.com Marianne Binetti has a degree in horticulture from WSU, is the author of a dozen garden book and the host of Dig In Seattle as TV show about gardening and cooking. She can be reached at www.binettigarden.com
postpartum. After my baby is born, won’t I need to establish with an OB for ongoing well-women care? It’s true that not all midwives can provide well-woman care. Certified nurse midwives are trained in wellwoman care—we provide Pap spears, annual exams and contraceptives to non-pregnant women. We can order tests, prescribe medications and perform IUD insertions. Visit www.valleymed.org/mid-
wives for more information and helpful links about midwives. Aliscia “Rosie” Lindeke, ARNP, CNM, received a BS with honors in cellular, molecular and developmental biology in 2008 and a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree specializing in nurse-midwifery in 2013 from the University of Washington. She practices as a certified nurse midwife at the Midwives Clinic at Valley Medical Center.
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Renton City Concert Band keeps decades-old traditions alive
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The Renton City Concert band, under the direction of Mike Simpson, is scheduled to perform its annual holiday concert at 2 p.m. Dec. 14 at the IKEA Renton Performing Arts Center, 400 S. Second St. Tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for students/seniors and are available at the Renton Community Center (1715 SE Maple Valley Highway). For additional information, call 425-430-6700.
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officials, the Renton Community Services Department, experienced leadership within the band and many appreciative audiences, the band has become an important part of the community’s culture. Mike’s favorite instrument is the French horn which he fell in love with in the sixth grade. His love of music was encouraged by his teacher at Olympia High School, Wayne Timmerman, who persuaded Mike not only to play but to teach music. He went on to receive his masters in music education at the University of Washington. Mike remembers the early days of the city band marching through Renton in the Renton Western Days parade, all decked out in cowboy outfits. This was before the start of Renton River Days.
The band was asked to march in the Sea Fair Parade in Seattle by corporate sponsor, founder of Red Robin Restaurants who is a Renton native. Led by a group of professional dancers, the band played their original arrangement requested by Red Robin: “When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob-Bob-Bobbin’ Along.” The band’s next performance is their annual Holiday Concert, 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 14, at the IKEA Performing Arts Center. Mike said, “It’s a great way to celebrate the season and we will also have some holiday sing-along tunes. Then in March, we will be premiering a newly commis-
sioned piece created for 15 other bands. “Community band is my passion,” Mike told me. “I want to support the idea of a life-long pursuit of music that starts with music teachers causing kids to get excited by playing an instrument in the fifth or sixth grade. “I see the same goofy stuff in my 88-year-old students as in the young ones,” he continued. “People want to have fun, and music is fun. But don’t let the 88-yearolds know I said that I teach them. They always say that they teach me!” Mike said that sometimes when he is really tired and doesn’t feel like going to a rehearsal, his wife encouragingly tells him, “Come on – you know you’ll come back feeling better then you do now because you love what you do!”
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here is something about the sound of a band that raises the spirits, increases adrenalin and brings back all those wonderful childhood memories of a hometown parade. When I was in elementary school in Red Oak, Iowa, my older brother was a drum major and my sister a majorette in the high school marching band. I would run to the intersection where I could see them high-stepping to the pounding musical rhythms. I recently met with Mike Simpson at Common Grounds in downtown Renton and asked him about the Renton City Concert Band. Mike has taught music for many years, at both Renton and Lindbergh high schools. (Coincidently, the band leader’s last name back then in Red Oak was also Simpson!) Mike told me, “Even before my time, in the ‘30s and ‘40s, Renton and Bremerton had the two biggest music programs in Washington state.” What began as the Renton Parks and Recreation Community Band in 1986, has grown to what is now the Renton City Concert Band. Originally the group was the brainchild of legendary local musicians Jim Young, Randy Rockhill and Harley Brumbaugh. They knew that there were lots of great local band musicians that would like to get together and play in a concert band. At first, their only goal was to read through some band music on Thursday evenings in the Renton High School band room. It soon became apparent that this was a group that wanted to perform! With solid support from Renton city
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Three Renton residents on national champion team The men’s tennis team from Kirkland, representing the USTA Pacific Northwest Section and featuring three Renton residents, captured the national title at the USTA League adult 40 and over 3.5 National Championships held earlier this month at the Jim Reffkin Tennis Center in Tucson, Ariz.
Team members Bill Popp, Marco Nocco and Binu Purayil are Renton residents. The Kirkland team defeated a team from Honolulu, Hawaii, 4-1 in the Championship match. Earlier in the day, the Kirkland team defeated a team from South Jordan, Utah, 4-1 in the semifinals. They advanced this far by winning their round-robin flight contested Friday and Saturday. The team is captained by John Suryan and Popp and features: Purayil, Kevin Lee, [ more TENNIS page 19 ]
PUBLIC NOTICES The State of Washington, Department of Transportation is acquiring property and/or property rights for the SR 405, SR 167 Interchange Direct Connector project. The property owner is unable to convey clear title; therefore the State is preparing to submit to the Attorney General’s Office a request for acquisition of this property and/or property rights through a condemnation action. This is done to assure that the rights of the individual property owner and the rights of all the taxpayers of the state are equally protected. The final action meeting at which the State as condemner will decide whether to authorize the condemnation of the property will take place at 9:00 AM, Thursday, December 4, 2014, at 15700 Dayton Ave. N., Shoreline, WA. The property owner may provide information prior to the meeting for the State to consider at this meeting. Information may be submitted in writing to the State of Washington, Department of Transportation, Attn: Hal Wolfe, Real Estate Services Manager, P.O. Box 330310, MS 118, Seattle, WA 98133-9710, or by phone to Hal Wolfe at 206440-4163, prior to the meeting. Assessed Owner: Darren Whiting, Darren Whitings Property Address: 1320 Shattuck Ave S., Renton WA 98055 Tax Parcel Numbers: 7231600030, 7231600020 Brief Legal Description: Lots 4-6, Blk 1, Renton View, Vol 33 Plats, pg 25, King Co. Published in the Renton Reporter on November 21, 2014 and November 28, 2014. #1185059 NOTICE OF RATE HEARING SOOS CREEK WATER and SEWER DISTRICT PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Commissioners of Soos Creek Water and Sewer District will hold a Public Hearing on the District’s Water and Sewer Rates for 2015, on Wednesday, December 3, 2014. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m., and will be held
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www.rentonreporter.com [ PAULSON from page 15] “It was really tough,” he said. “I haven’t had to deal with that very often in my career playing football, so it was a different experience for me. I wasn’t anywhere for a few weeks. It was tough.” Preparing for life after football, Paulson said he and his wife moved back to Auburn. “But I was traveling every week to work out with teams,” Paulson said. David Paulson Luckily, the Chargers liked what they saw. Paulson said his game is light years ahead of where he was when he graduated from Oregon. “(I’m better at) everything. The mental part especially, I really understand football better the longer I’m at this level,” Paulson said. “I’m trying to improve my blocking the
most. I think I’m a lot better than I was, but I’m still not 100 percent.” Despite getting another chance at cracking an NFL roster, Paulson said the time off forced him to begin thinking about what’s next. “I think about what I’m going to do when it’s over,” he said. “It’s hard because I’ve been doing football so long, so I want to stay involved because I love it. But also I want to try something new. I’ve got a business degree, a masters in business. So maybe combining sports and the degree would be nice. But I’ve never had to have a real job, so I think about it a lot.” Paulson starred in high school for the Ravens, where he played quarterback his senior year, and shined at Oregon, where he finished his career with 67 receptions with 1,041 yards and 10 touchdowns and was an SI.com All-American honorable-mention performer. Reporter Shawn Skager can be reached at sskager@auburnreporter-com
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Nocco, Mick Anthony Jaeger, Kolt Kaneshiro, Rajive Kilambi, Chad Smed, Ashish Consul and plays at the East Side Tennis Center. Established in 1980, USTA League has grown from 13,000 participants in a few parts of the country in its first year, to more than 820,000 players across the nation today, making it the world’s largest recreational tennis league. USTA League was established to provide adult recreational tennis players throughout the country with the opportunity to compete against players of similar ability levels. The league groups players by using six National Tennis Rating Program (NTRP) levels, ranging from 2.5 (entry) to 5.0 (advanced). USTA League is open to any USTA member 18 years of age or older.
Pampered Pets... Holiday Proofing Your (Dog) House leg on. The wrapped package with the fancy ribbon may hide the appearance of the sausage and cheese logs, but they don’t hide the aroma from the skilled canine sniffer. For many families, a good, pet-friendly compromise is to limit the holiday decorations and
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By Kathy Lang, Family Dog Training Center Everyone with pets has humorous, and horrific, holiday stories to share. My first puppy was given way too much freedom. In one of his more active moments he managed to run through the living room, get tangled in the Christmas tree lights and topple the evergreen. That taught me to barricade or elevate the tree when there are puppies in the house. The following year my now year-older German Shepherd managed to reach over the barricade surrounding the tree and eat his fill of candy canes hanging from the branches he could reach. (Fortunately he discarded the metal hangers.) That taught me to never decorate with edible ornaments and to reconsider leaving an adolescent dog loose in the house while I was at work. The next year my now adult German Shepherd ignored the tree, but discovered the bowl of nuts and fancy nutcracker on the end table. While I was out for dinner, he helped himself. Smart dog that he was, he only ate the meats and discarded the shells. The wooden nutcracker had also been taste-tested and effectively destroyed. That taught me I was a very slow learner when it came to dogs and holiday decorations. Over the last 30 years my holiday decorating has varied based on the maturity of the fourlegged family members residing in my household. I’ve learned to look at everything through my dogs’ and cats’ eyes. Puppies and kittens are naturally attracted to things that are new, different, shiny and smelly. A glass ornament hanging from the tree looks like a fancy ball, inviting play. A real tree smells just like the one in the yard that the adolescent lifts his
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CHOOSE A REMARKABLE DOCTOR
valleymed.org/doc Valley Medical Center proudly offers a network of primary care clinics which serve as a medical home for care management. Urgent care clinics provide a safety net of after-hours care and walk-in consult and treatment, and specialty clinics provide convenient and comprehensive access throughout the district.
Primary Care: Partners for Health & Wellness VMC’s primary care providers get to know you and your medical history, serving as personal health advocates for you and your family, and working with you to monitor and improve your health through all life’s stages. ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
Cascade Clinic Covington Clinic Fairwood Clinic Highlands Clinic Kent Clinic
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Lake Sawyer Clinic Maple Valley Clinic Newcastle Clinic Valley Family Medicine Clinic
Urgent Care: Immediate Medical Services It hurts. It itches. It’s swollen. It’s after hours. Urgent Care is a great choice when you can’t wait for an appointment with your primary care provider, or when you need medical care after hours for nonlife-threatening conditions. Enjoy walk-in appointments for acute illness, minor injuries and other services: ■ ■ ■
Covington Clinic Maple Valley Clinic Newcastle Clinic
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North Benson Clinic Renton Landing Clinic
Extensive Network of Specialists VMC offers a comprehensive network and board-certified specialists to meet all of your family’s healthcare needs. For a comprehensive list and FREE physician referral, please visit us at valleymed.org/doc or give us a call at 425.277.DOCS.
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