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Michael Shawn Stanley, 49, is being held on $1 million bail in regard to February attack BY DEAN A. RADFORD dradford@rentonreporter.com
Teachers and students had a chance to explore the new Renton Prep Christian Academy, located in the former City Hall building at 200 Mill in downtown Renton. The new school officially opened its doors on Tuesday. BRIAN BECKLEY, Renton Reporter
Amazing Grace gets a new home at 200 Mill BY BRIAN BECKLEY bbeckley@rentonreporter.com
Tuesday marked a new era for the folks at Amazing Grace Christian School; New era, new building, new school and even a new name to go with it all.
Amazing Grace Administrator Dr. David-Paul Zimmerman and his wife, Gloria Zimmerman – whose family started the school in 1960 – officially cut the ribbon this week and moved in to the first floor of the former City Hall building at 200 Mill Ave.
“It’s awesome. It really is,” Gloria Zimmerman said of the school. The school, which will house students from grades six to eight, was also officially renamed the Renton Prep Christian School. The school takes up a total of 8,661 [ more RENTON PREP page 8 ]
A 49-year-old homeless man pleaded not guilty Monday to second-degree rape charges in the Feb. 27 assault of a Skyway woman. Michael Shawn Stanley was being held on $1 million bail in the jail at the Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent. His next court appearance is March 31 at the King County Courthouse in Kent. Stanley was also charged March 2 with firstdegree burglary with sexual motivation. Stanley, a U.S. citizen, made news in October 2013 when he cut the monitoring bracelet from his ankle and crossed unchallenged into the United States from Canada, according to charging documents. He was convicted in Canada in 1988 of raping an elderly Edmonton woman during a [ more CHARGES page 4 ]
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Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn announced that Renton school Lakeridge Elementary has dramatically improved student test scores in math and reading, taking the school off a list of the state’s chronically lowest performing. The announcement was made March 11 during a surprise visit to the school by Dorn. He gave an update of school districts in the state known as Required Action Districts, or those that received money and assistance to help schools improve.
Lakeridge in Skyway was identified in 2011, based on a three-year trend in the previous years of low performance, with the School Improvement Grant (SIG) Designation. At that time, the school was among the lowest 5 percent for performance of state schools. The grant required the district to replace the principal at Lakeridge in 2011, lengthen the school day and year and pick a research-based model for improvement. Lakeridge found a new principal in Jessica Calabrese and a research-based, math-improvement effort, led by the University of Washing-
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RTC named to top 10 Renton Technical College this week was named a finalist for the Aspen Prize and recognized as one of the top 10 community colleges in the nation. RTC received the nod for its graduation/ transfer rate of 66 percent, well above the national average of 40 percent, a 66 percent retention rate (national average is 44 percent) and because one in four students taking Adult Basic Education classes transitions to college-level courses. According to a press release, the school also serves an “unusually large contingent of non-traditional students,” including those older than 25 and was praised for expanding job opportunity programs and a highly diverse student population. This year’s Aspen Prize recognizing the top community college in the nation went to Florida’s Santa Fe College.
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Hazen High School senior Tudi Le has been named a National Merit Scholar, representing less than 1 percent of U.S. high school seniors, with one of the highest scores in the nation on the annual Preliminary SAT National Merit Qualifying Test (PSAT). Le took the test in her junior year and was selected based on her academic records, test scores, written recommendations, essays, participation in activities and leadership roles at Hazen and in her community. The status could potentially net Le thousands of dollars in scholarships and selection for additional corporate- or college-sponsored merit awards. After graduation, she plans to attend Stanford University, in California, and eventually go to their medical school in the hopes of becoming a surgeon.
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With time running out, Renton resident Emmett Smith and his wife Esther knew they had to get creative in their search to replace one of Emmett’s kidneys and they found their answer in a self-funded, call-to-action bus ad campaign. Two years ago, Smith found himself in a dire situation. He had been feeling really sick for about six months and when he finally wound up in the hospital, he was given emergency dialysis and diagnosed with IgA nephropathy, a chronic kidney disease. “And then after about a two-week stay in the hospital, they basically told me that my kidneys weren’t functioning at all and that I was going to need a kidney transplant,” said the 27-year-old. For the past two years, Smith has been on dialysis three times a week, waiting for a kidney. It’s a wait that could take up to five years because that’s the wait list time for a new kidney. Smith and his wife Esther called upon friends and family and used social media to find potential donors, but haven’t had any luck. Then Esther got some encouragement and inspiration from a Northwest Kidney Center class. The class urged patients and their families to be creative and not to be ashamed of asking the public for a kidney. “I was trying to find a way to reach the most amount of people and I was trying to be creative in doing that and a bus ad just popped into my mind,” said Esther. So she called up Metro
Emmett Smith (right) with wife Esther and daughter Arianna, is hoping to find a kidney donor through a bus ad campaign. TRACEY COMPTON, Renton Reporter (above) SUBMITTED (right) and was eventually put in touch with advertising firm Titan Seattle. The request was a first for the company, but it was not out of line with its corporate ethics policies, a release said. With the help of an anonymous donor, the Smiths were able to purchase bus ads for five buses and Titan Cares, the charitable arm of Titan Seattle, donated 15 additional buses with ads. Soon, the “My-daddyneeds-a-kidney”-campaign emerged, with 9-month-old daughter Arianna, pictured in Smith’s arms. “Emmett’s campaign was especially moving for us, so we wanted to amplify the voice of the family and
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encourage the Seattle community to step up to help,” said Pamela Quadros, vice president and general manager of Titan Seattle. The bus ads are now running throughout Seattle and the Eastside. “Ever since we started the bus ad campaign, there have been a lot of news stories that have been popping up out of that,” said Emmett Smith. The Smiths have received attention to Emmett’s need from local and national television stations and a local radio show. The publicity has generated lots of contacts seeking more information about how to donate.
“For all that, so far we’ve just had email on top of email and Esther’s trying to respond to all these people,” said Smith. “It’s almost hard for her to respond as quickly as they’re coming in.” Not only have they received interest from those who would like to donate, but they’ve also received words of encouragement from others who’ve been through similar ordeals. Esther Smith calls the outpouring of support “touching” and Emmett said he feels, “really good” about the effort. “I mean, just the fact that people want to help still, it restores your faith in humanity, you know,” he said. “There’s a lot of good people out there, so it makes you feel really good.” The advertisement features the Smiths’ website address, Donate4Emmett. org as well as an informational hotline phone number for people interested in testing for donation. The UW Medicine’s Transplant Services operates the service that screens potential donors for a variety of health factors, including blood type match. Smith is type “O” blood type, which is also the longest wait time for a cadaver kidney transplant. But, according to Northwest Kidney Centers, where he goes for dialysis, the greater Seattle area is a good place for people need-
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Tiffany Park group to make final appeal to City Council Group disagrees with hearing examiner decision regarding 96-home development BY TRACEY COMPTON tcompton@rentonreporter.com
The city’s hearing examiner has already issued his final decision on the Reserve at Tiffany Park, concluding that the planned 96-lot subdivision will not have any adverse impacts to wetlands in the area, but a group of concerned residents plan to take their case to Renton City Council on appeal. City of Renton Hearing Examiner Phil Olbrechts received two requests for reconsideration from the developer, Henley USA, LLC, and from the Tiffany Park Woods Advocacy Group (TPWAG) in January. Olbrechts has updated his final decision, issued Jan. 8, with no significant changes. The hearing examiner still finds that even though the Tiffany Park community has enjoyed recreational use of the undeveloped wooded property, the fact that they will no longer have that access due to the planned development does not justify the imposition of any State Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) requirements. The hearing examiner went on to state that the developer does not have to offer the same type of arboreal view just because the Tiffany Park neighbors chose to retain the trees on the land previously. “For this reason, there is no legal basis for imposing any further environmental review or
The 21.6-acre wooded property set for development in the Tiffany park neighborhood can easily be seen on this aerial image. COURTESY GOOGLE MAPS Phase I hazardous waste environmental review of the property when it was purchased, but Henley never offered the review into evidence. Because of this, the hearing examiner is requiring that the Phase I review be submitted to staff prior to development, “to verify that there is no hazardous waste issue with the site.” Henley’s SEPA appeal was limited and only challenged three of the City of Renton’s MDNS conditions. Henley agreed to revised language for two of the conditions and the only contested issue was the required landscaping buffer. The city required a 15-foot buffer around the entire property perimeter, but the decision found that only a 10-foot buffer is necessary, “limited to areas adjoining proposed retaining mitigation to address aesthetic impacts,” said walls to conceal the walls from neighboring Olbrechts in his decision. view.” The only exception to his decision was the Renate Beedon, of TPWAG, said that the width of the retaining walls in the proposed group is not satisfied with the hearing examdevelopment. Henley proposed retaining walls that would reach heights of up to 21 feet. How- iner’s decisions. “TPWAG will appeal to the Renton City ever, Olbrechts notes that retaining walls of Council, ” said she in an email. this height are not present in the area nor are If the group appeals, no new evidence or they similar to the aesthetics of neighboring testimony will be accepted by the council and properties. Therefore, the Mitigated Determination of Non-significance (MDNS) mitigation the burden of proof will rest on TPWAG. If measures will require a 10-foot-wide perimeter the council determines that a substantial error in fact or law exists in the record, council may landscaping to buffer the walls, he wrote in his modify or reverse the decision of the hearing decision. examiner accordingly. TPWAG also alleged that there could be Whether the council approves, modifies or hazardous waste on the property as the U.S. rejects the hearing5:09 examiner’s the 276469_4.75_x_6 10/16/14 PM Pagedecision, 1 Department of Defense once owned the land. council’s 10/16/14 action is the It was noted that the applicant, Henley, did a 276469_4.75_x_6 5:09final PM decision Page 1 in the case.
[ CHARGES from page 1] home-invasion robbery, according to documents. He was convicted in 2004 of assaulting two boys, ages 9 and 13, in a bathroom. Canadian officials decided not to extradite Stanley from Washington state. If convicted, Stanley, classified as a Level 3 sex offender in Washington, faces a minimum prison term of 15 to 20 years and possibly life in prison. The 69-year-old victim was familiar with Stanley because he did yard work for her last summer. He showed up at her home on South 115th Street at about 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, to ask her whether she had more work for him, according to charging documents. She allowed him to use her bathroom. He left the house but later returned. They fought in the bathroom. He covered her face and mouth with her hand, interfering with her breathing. According to charging documents, she decided it was better to be raped than killed.
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Arts Unlimited of Renton is calling all quick draw artists to its “Sketchy Artists Wanted” event. The evening of live sketch sessions is 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., March 29, at Delancey’s on Third, 810 S. Third St., Renton. The organization wanted to do a new take on the nude or partially clothed live sketch session idea and came up with this Westernthemed event. “Arts Unlimited wanted to create a different type of sketch event that could be fun for all ages,” said Paul Hebron, Arts Unlimited president, in an email. “We came up with the idea to use actors in costume.” For their first event, the organization has partnered with the 425 Theatre Project to present the three actors and sketch subjects,
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Edna, age 98, was born in Kellogg, Idaho on June 24, 1916. She died peacefully in Bellevue on March 11, 2015. One of seven children, she was preceded in death by Leno (Antoinette), Joe and Fred Bassett (Dorothy) and a sister Rose Luckenbach. She is survived by Violet Skartvedt and Connie Redmond (Mike). She and her husband Ted Sipila (deceased) had three children: Ted (deceased) (Pat), Marsha Nissen (John) and Dennis (Mary). Grandchildren are Ted, Jeff, David, Doug, Jay (deceased), Leah, Mike, Kristi and Dan, as well as eighteen great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Edna was a loving mother, wife and friend, and will be remembered by those she leaves behind. A graveside service will be held on Friday, March 20th at 12:00pm at Greenwood Memorial Park, 350 Monroe Ave NE in Renton. Memorials may be made to the donor’s charity of choice. 1274350
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Audrey Diane Baker, known to all as Diane, passed away quietly on March 6, 2015, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was born in Seattle to Howard and Jean Petry on June 16, 1940. She was raised with her three sisters, Dola, Barbara, and Sharon, on a farm in the Kent valley. She graduated from Kent Meridian High School in 1958 and married Ken Baker in
December of 1959. Diane and Ken were stationed in Georgia for two years after Ken was drafted into the Army and then they returned to Kent to start their family. Diane was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and friend and she liked nothing more than sharing a cup of tea and a long chat with anyone who stopped by. She loved animals, reading, knitting, spending time walking, and tending to her flower and herb garden. She loved God and was devoted to her church. She will be sorely missed. She is preceded in death by her parents, and sisters Dola and Barbara. She is survived by her husband, Ken, her sister, Sharon, her two sons, Bruce and Mark, and her five grandchildren, Amanda, Katie, Nicole, Emily, and Joe. A memorial service and celebration of her life will be held at First Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Kent on March 28th at 2:00 pm. Remembrances may be made to World Vision or to the Deacon’s Fund at First Evangelical Presbyterian Church. The family would like to thank Angel Care Adult Family Home in Auburn for their loving care of Diane over the last several months. 1275277
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Protect kidneys from one of life’s hard punches March is National Kidney Month, a time to think about two amazing organs that could fit into the palm of each hand. Kidneys keep our bodies in balance. They constantly filter wastes from our blood, remove excess fluid via urine, and produce hormones that keep hearts healthy, bones strong and blood full of oxygen-carrying red cells. More than 10 percent of American adults have chronic kidney disease, and many of them would be surprised to know it. That’s because kidney disease usually does damage without symptoms until the consequences become severe and impossible to reverse. But knowledge is power. Finding out early that you have kidney disease means that you can change your lifestyle and get medications that will slow or stop the damage. Talk with your doctor and get tested if you are at risk. That would be true if: you have diabetes or high blood pressure, the leading causes of kidney disease; you have a relative with kidney disease; you are overweight; you’re over age 60; you are of African, Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American or Hispanic descent. The tests are simple and inexpensive: a blood test, urinalysis and blood pressure measurement. Here are some ways to be kind to your kidneys and keep them healthy: 1. If you are at risk for kidney disease, talk with your doctor and get tested. 2. Monitor your blood pressure. If it’s higher than 140/90, talk with your doctor about how to treat it. 3. Watch your blood sugar. About half of diabetes patients end up with kidney disease. Also manage your cholesterol. 4. Improve your diet. In particular, cut back on processed and restaurant foods. They are full of salt, an enemy of healthy kidneys. Find great recipes at http://www.nwkidney.org. 5. Be cautious with over-the-counter pain medications such as ibuprofen. Large doses over a long time can damage the kidneys. 6. Keep active to stay fit and manage your weight. Lifestyle changes can keep you healthy and, if you have kidney damage, good health habits can keep it from getting worse. For people whose kidney disease has progressed to total kidney failure, Northwest Kidney Centers provides dialysis and paves the way for kidney transplants. But we would much prefer to help people avoid the need for our services. Find more information about kidney disease prevention and treatment at www.nwkidney. org. Joyce F. Jackson is president and CEO of Northwest Kidney Centers, a regional, not-forprofit, locally run provider of kidney dialysis, public health education and research into the causes and treatments of chronic kidney disease. Northwest Kidney Centers runs 15 dialysis clinics, including one in Renton.
State Legislature must take action to ease congestion through Renton In the next six weeks, we will learn whether our Washington State Legislature chooses to act — or dissolves into inaction — on the growing traffic congestion and gridlock that is paralyzing our highways and freeways and jeopardizing our state’s economy and our quality of life. We are urging action. One senator who spoke on the Senate floor a couple of weeks ago translated the transportation issue into terms we can easily relate to here in Renton: “Traffic sucks.” That’s no revelation to any of us who attempt to navigate the virtual parking lot of 405 in the mornings, or evenings, or just about any time of the day. What’s most sobering is that in its 2014 “Congestion Report,” the Washington State Department of Transportation released data showing us that the gridlock and brake-tapping we’ve been stewing in for years has gotten significantly worse. In 2011, if you wanted to ensure your 13mile, I-405 trip from Tukwila through Renton and into Bellevue was “reliably” on time, you needed to give yourself 40 minutes. If that sounds far too long, brace yourself: that same “reliable” trip measurement in 2014 was 50 minutes. What’s worse, the same report indicated that because of congestion there is a 58 percent reduction in the flow of traffic on 405 through Renton, and these congestion points and delays could extend up to 12.5 miles. That’s a frustrating mix of lost productivity, lost family time, Mayor Denis Law
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increased air pollution and increased stress. It is time for all of us to rise up and say, “Enough!” While we can’t wave a magic wand and make traffic go away, we can and must invest in transportation infrastructure that enhances mobility and safety, protects our economy and our job base, and preserves the quality of life we cherish. In Olympia, the Washington State Senate has approved a 2015 transportation revenue-andreform package that makes some critical downpayments on the worst of our transportation problems here in Renton and throughout King County and the State of Washington. The Senate’s package would invest $1.24 billion to allow the WSDOT to rebuild the state’s most congested interchange (Interstate 405/ State Route 167) and to add a lane each direction to the state’s most congested freeway segment (405 between Renton and Bellevue). The Senate’s package also provides direct funding, grant funding, and local financing options for cities and counties to attack the mobility and maintenance backlogs on our local roadways. There’s still a long way to go to make this 2015 transportation package a reality. The House of Representatives needs to consider the package and put its own stamp on it, and while we believe the Senate’s work represents a great start, we still want to ensure that the 405 investments, in the final package, are as front-loaded as possible to enable us to “finish the worst first.” But at this point, we can’t afford any more delay — we already get plenty of that on our [ more MAYOR page 7 ]
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Climbing for a cause Ten members of the Renton Fire Department, including Justin Cox, left, participated in the 24th annual Scott Firefighter Stairclimb on March 8 at the Columbia Tower in Seattle. The event raises money for the The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Renton’s top finisher was Josh Brown, who completed the 788-foot, 69-flight climb in 14:44. Other Renton participants were: Daniel Alexander, Andrew Facchini, Brandon Myking, Kelly Rose, Nick Bushnell, Therese Weaver and Christopher Krystofiak PHOTOS COURTESY CHRISTOPHER KRYSTOFIAK
[ MAYOR from page 6] roadways every single day. Instead, we need investments that serve manufacturing hubs like Boeing-Renton, move our workers to and from their aerospace supply and hightech jobs, and allow our freight haulers and transit drivers to make on-time deliveries of goods and people. We are truly at a crossroads with a transportation system that is our lifeblood. Our choice is to allow it to get worse, or take action and improve transportation networks
for the good of our manufacturers, our industrial cluster, our ports, and our people and their families. The House Transportation Committee will be taking the next step in the state legislative process on March 26, when it holds a hearing on the transportation package. We ask that you help us with a simple message to House Members, and to Senators and all state legislators: “Let’s get this done!” Renton Mayor Denis Law can be reached at dlaw@rentonwa.gov.
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Renton’s Seattle Fashion Incubator continues to grow The Seattle Fashion Incubator (SFI), located in downtown Renton, recently acquired eight industrial sewing machines from Filson’s Seattle manufacturing facility as part of support of the incubator’s production training program for veterans. Conversations between Filson and the Seattle Fashion Incubator began shortly after May 2014, when the Renton facility was receiving media attention for its plans to teach veterans to be apparel production workers. Since
then, the company has been rallying support for its endeavors with economic development agencies at the county level and with the City of Renton as well as the regions apparel industry, which is the fourth largest in the country, reports SFI. “The Seattle Fashion Incubator is a valuable resource for the fashion and apparel industry in the region,” said Suzanne Dale Estey, in a press release. She is the president and CEO of the Economic Development Council of Seattle &
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New to gardening? Get your questions answered here tomatoes, squash or eggplants yet and it is still too early to start tomato seeds indoors – they’ll grow leggy before the weather warms up enough to set them outdoors. You can add instant color to the landscape by planting flowering shrubs such as azaleas, rhodies, viburnums and daphne. Pink, lavender and white heathers and the heavenly and hugely popular hellebores are also available at area nurseries now for
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PUBLIC NOTICES Self-Storage Lien Sale March 25th 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 Publish Mercer Island Reporter March 18, 2015;Renton Reporter March 13, 20, 2015;#1272632. SELF-STORAGE LIEN SALE 04/01/2015 11:30am Sale will be held at: Storage @ Benson 10650 Se174th st Renton, WA 98055 425-255-1900 Tillmon Auction Service www.tillmonsauction.com Published in Renton Reporter 03/20,03/27, 2015; Mercer Island Reporter 03/25,2015.#1274516 Superior Court of Washington County of King In re the Estate of: WALTER LEWIS GRAHAM, Deceased. NO. 15-4-01175-5 KNT NOTICE TO CREDITORS The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of this Estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, 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: March 6, 2015. PR: CATHERINE CLAIRE MITCHELTREE PETER W. MOGREN WSBA #11515 Of MOGREN, GLESSNER, ROTI & AHRENS, P.S. Attorneys for Personal Representative 100 Evergreen Bldg.;P O Box 90 Renton, WA 98057-0090 (425) 255-4542 King County Superior Court Cause No. 15-4-01175-5 KNT Published in Renton Reporter on March 6, 2015, March 13, 2015 and March 20, 2015. #1260632. PUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 1 OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING TIME CHANGE FOR 2015 The regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners of Public Hospital District No. 1 of King County, (Valley Medical Center) have been rescheduled to 5:30 p.m. in the Board Room of Valley Medical Center for the months of April, September, October and November, 2015 only.
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS PUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 1 OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON (VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER) By: Sandra Sward Assistant to the Board of Commissioners Published in the Covington/ Maple Valley/Black Diamond, Kent, Renton Reporters on March 13, 2015 and March 20, 2015. #1272641. Superior Court of Washington County of King In re the Estate of: IRMA D. SMITH, Deceased. NO. 15-4-00441-4 KNT NOTICE TO CREDITORS The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of this Estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, 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: March 13, 2015. PR: DAWN A. SMITH 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. 15-4-00441-4 KNT Published in Renton Reporter on March 13, 2015, March 20, 2015 and March 27, 2015. #1272475. DETERMINATION OF NON-SIGNIFICANCE Black River Pump Station Forebay Sediment Removal King County plans to remove about 2,900 cubic yards of sediment that has accumulated on the concrete forebay apron located immediately upstream of the Black River Pump Station. Sediment that has accumulated upstream of the pump station since its construction in the 1970s is now an operational concern for the facility. Sediment will be removed by dewatering the work area and excavating directly from the riverbed. Excavated material will be decanted in a temporary, water-tight facility on the south river bank. Decanted water will meet water quality standards before being discharged back into the Black River. Excavated sediment will be disposed of at an approved disposal facility. The project site is located at 550 Monster Road SW in the City of Renton. The property is
located in the SW 1/4 of Section 13, Township 23N, and Range 4E W.M. Comments on this project must be received no later than March 24, 2015. For additional information, please contact Kerry Bauman, Project Manager, at (206) 477-4637, or write to: Kerry Bauman, Dept. of Natural Resources and Parks, 201 S. Jackson St., Suite 600, Seattle, WA 98104. Published in the Renton Reporter on March 13, 2015 and March 20, 2015. #1272657. IKEA Property Inc., 420 Alan Wood Road, Conshohocken, PA, 19428, is seeking coverage under the Washington State Department of Ecology’s Construction Stormwater NPDES and State Waste Discharge General Permit. The proposed project, IKEA Renton, is located at 601 S.W. 41st Street and 800 S.W. 43rd Street in Renton, in King County. This project involves 29 acres of soil disturbance for commercial construction activities. Stormwater will be discharged to Springbrook 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 antidegradation requirements under WAC 173201A-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 Renton Reporter on March 13, 2015 and March 20, 2015. #1272843. 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, Executive Committee will be held on Monday March 30, 2015 at 12:00 p.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 March 20, 2015, March 27, 2015.#1273527 Superior Court of Washington County of King In re the Estate of: CLAUDIA JEAN SHOUMAN, aka C. J. SHOUMAN, Deceased. NO. 15-4-01597-1 KNT NOTICE TO CREDITORS The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of this Estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, 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: March 20, 2015. PR: STORMY L. SHOUMAN Michelle R. Ahrens WSBA #16794 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. 15-4-01597-1 KNT Published in the Renton Reporter on March 20, 2015, March 27, 2015 and April 3, 2015#1273538 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. Renton Hampton Inn & Suites LUA14-000061 Location: 1300 Lake Washington Blvd N. The applicant is requesting Master Site Plan Review, Site Plan Review, Environmental Review, a Front Yard Setback Variance, a Critical Area Variance, and a Parking Modification in order to construct a 105 guest room, 5-story hotel and structured parking with 105 stalls below grade. The site is located in the UC-N2 zone. Access is proposed via Lake Washington Blvd N. The site contains critical and sensitive slopes. Additionally, the site is located in an erosion hazard area and a moderate landslide hazard area. There is no construction proposed within critical areas. Appeals of the DNS-M must be filed in writing on or before 5:00 p.m. on April 03, 2015. 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 April 07, 2015 at 11:00 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 Renton Reporter on March 20, 2015. #1275323.
Superior Court of the State of Washington for King County THE RENTON SCHOOL DISTRICT #403, a Washington municipal corporation, Plaintiff, v. ROBIN JONES, an individual; TIFFANY PARK WOODS ADVOCACY GROUP, a private advocacy group, and also all other persons or parties unknown claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real estate described in the complaint herein, Defendants No. 15-2-02065-0 KNT SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION The State of Washington to all persons or parties unknown claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real estate described in the complaint herein:You are hereby summoned to appear within sixty (60) days after the date of the first publication of this summons, that is, within sixty (60) days after March 6, 2015 and defend the above entitled action in the above entitled court, and answer the complaint of the plaintiff RENTON SCHOOL DISTRICT # 403, and serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned attorney for plaintiff RENTON SCHOOL DISTRICT #403, at the office below stated; and in case of your failure to do so, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand of the complaint, which has been filed with the clerk of said court. Plaintiff asserts to quiet title in the real property in Renton, King County, Washington, over four parcels more particularly described as follows (hereinafter the “Property”): PARCEL A: Beginning at a intersection of northerly line of CEDAR RIVER PIPE LINE right of way with east line of west half of southeast quarter of section 21, Township 23 north, range 5 east, W.M., King County, Washington; thence north 123.74 feet more or less to southerly line of MERCER ISLAND PIPE LINE right of way; thence north 31° 18’ 16” west along said right of way 969.34 feet to point on arc of curve from which point a radius to said curve bears south 31° 18’ 16” EAST 1014.82 FEET; thence southwesterly along said arc of curve to left distance of 831.63 feet more or less to point on northerly right of way line of CEDAR RIVER PIPE LINE; thence easterly along said line 1014.92 feet more or less to point of beginning. PARCEL B: that portion of northwest quarter of southeast quarter of section 21, township 23 north, range 5 east, W.M., King County, Washington, lying southwesterly of southwesterly line of MERCER ISLAND PIPE LINE right of way and southeasterly of line described as follows: beginning intersection of southeast corner of lot 8, tiffany park division no. 3 with northerly line of CEDAR RIVER PIPE line right of way; thence easterly along said northerly line of 60 feet to true point of beginning of said line; thence northeasterly along curve to rgt radius of 1014.82 feet distance of 831.63 feet more or less to southwesterly line of MERCER ISLAND PIPE LINE right of way and terminus of said line. PARCEL C: that portion of southeast quarter of southeast quarter of section 21, township 23 north, range 5 east, W.M., King
County, Washington, lying northerly of CEDAR RIVER PIPE LINE Right of way and southwesterly of MERCER ISLAND PIPE LINE right of way. PARCEL D: that portion of south half of section 21, township 23 north, range 5 east, W.M., King COUNTY, Washington, describer as follows: beginning intersection of northerly right of way margin of CEDAR RIVER PIPE LINE and easterly line of west half of southeast quarter of section 21, township 23 north, range 5 east, w.m., King County, Washington; thence northerly said easterly line 123.74 feet more or less to a point on southerly right of way of margin of MERCER ISLAND PIPE LINE; thence north 31° 18’ 16” west along said southerly right of way of margin 969.34 feet to a point to a point on arc of curve from which point a tangent to said curve bears south 31° 18’ 16” east 1014.82 feet and true point of beginning; thence northwesterly along said southerly pipe line right of way 453.45 feet; thence south 86° 32’ 17” west 411.86 feet more or less to a point on east boundary of lot 6 block 3, tiffany park division no. 2; thence along boundary of said block 3 south 38° 11’ 27” west 55.36 feet; thence along block 3, south 60° 01’ 54” west 222.76 feet; thence along block 3, south 30° 52’ 58” west 130.13 feet; thence south 79° 25’ 15” east 50 feet; thence south 10°34’45” west 50 feet; thence south 22° 05’ 56” east 785.69 feet more or less to tap on northerly of right of way of margin of CEDAR RIVER PIPE LINE; thence south 78° 56’ 52” east along said pipe line right of way 60 feet; thence northeasterly along said curve to right having a radius of 1014.82 feet a distance of 831.63 feet more or less to tap on southerly margin of MERCER ISLAND PIPE LINE and true point of BEGINNING; except that portion conveyed to the CITY OF RENTON by deed recorded under recording no. 7809150816. No monetary damages are sought in this matter. DATED this 23rd day of February, 2015. PERKINS COIE LLP s/ Donna L. Barnett WSBA No. 36794 Kristine R. Wilson, WSBA No. 33152 10885 NE Fourth St., Suite 700 Bellevue, WA 98004-5579 Telephone: 425.635.1400 Facsimile: 425.635.2400 E-mail: dbarnett@perkinscoie.com E-mail: krwilson@perkinscoie.com Attorneys for Plaintiff The Renton School District #403 Published in Renton Reporter on March 6, 13, 20, 27, 2015; April 3, 10, 2015. #1260434.
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Multiple gunshots were fired into a house at about 7:30 p.m. March 1 on Northeast Second Street, including ones that struck in the laundry room where a resident was folding clothes. Three young residents playing video
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