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Renton brothers charged in shootingBY DEAN A. RADFORD
An argument outside a grocery store in Skyway Aug. 12 led to the killing of a 21-year-old man who was shot at least eight times, according to King County prosecu-tors.
A King County Sheriff ’s deputy apply-ing pressure to his wounds asked Le-Maun Aubrey Lancaster Jr. who shot him.
“It was Marque Fluker,” he answered, ac-cording to charging documents.
Lancaster died at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle about three hours later.
Two Renton brothers were charged Thurs-day in the shooting death of Lancaster at about 7:30 p.m. in the parking lot of Grocery Outlet, 11656 68th Ave. S. Their arraignment is Sept. 2 at the King County Jail in down-town Seattle.
Marque Deandre Fluker, 23, was charged with second-degree murder. His brother, Jerry Allen Fluker, 27, was charged with first-degree rendering criminal assistance.
BY BRIAN BECKLEY
Isbella Jones has been waiting a long time for the new, downtown Cedar River Library to open. Earlier this year, in fact, she was worried about possible delays in the open-
ing and wanted to write a letter to express her concern.So when she finally got in and had a look around during this
past Saturday’s grand opening and ribbon cutting event, what did she think?
“Awesome,” said Jones, 10, adding that her favorite part is the new children’s section.
“I think it’s awesome too,” said sister Jalana Jones, also 10. Her favorite part of the new library is the giant windows that overlook the river and she was excited to come back this fall and see the fish.
The Jones sisters and their mother, Monique, were among the hundreds of residents who made their way to Liberty Park on Saturday for their first chance to get into the newly re-built library over the river.
“Awesome” was the word of the day, among kids and adults as they finally got an opportunity to explore the city’s new library.
From the first person to check out a book, Marc Nordland, to the first person to use the self-check, Susan Chamberlain, “awe-some” was on everyone’s lips.
Born out of controversy over both site and scope, the new library, like the one before it, straddles the Cedar River and is adjacent to Liberty Park. The new building features floor-to-ceiling windows on the sides that face the river, offering views of the river below.
“Florence, Venice and Renton,” said King County Library System Director Gary Wasdin during his brief remarks prior to the ribbon-cutting. Wasdin also said the Renton library would hold a special place in his heart as it is the first to open during his run as Director.
Though Wasdin was hired by KCLS after most of the contro-versy had passed, the library director still addressed the matter, citing the community involvement as the reason the library was built in its current location.
“We argue, we disagree and it isn’t always fun,” he said, “but it’s important.”
Mayor Denis Law said the new library shows “how marvelous a library can truly be” by capturing the beauty of its surround-
New library draws big crowd, rave reviews
[ more LIBRARY page 4 ]
Family and supporters of Renton resident Nestora Salgado held a rally Friday on the second anniversary of her incarceration in a Mexican prison, calling for US officials to demand her release. See Page 4 for more. COURTESY IMAGE
Two years gone
[ more CHARGES page 4 ]
New seating areas by the floor-to-ceiling windows that overlook the river proved a popular spot for readers of all ages to take a break and enjoy the new library during Saturday’s grand opening celebration. For a full slideshow from the event, visit www.rentonreporter.com. BRIAN BECKLEY, Renton Reporter
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Though it was not the day or the ceremony she may have expected, Heather Airth’s wedding day was a special one in an unexpected way.
The 19-year-old Kent resident and U.S. Coast Guardsman was scheduled to marry her high school sweetheart Zachary Hoydic on Sunday. But on Saturday, Airth was not feeling right and went to Valley Medical Center, where she was admitted.
With Hoydic, a U.S. Marine headed back to the East Coast where he is stationed on Monday night, it looked like the couple’s wedding may have to be put on hold, which would have been a problem because Airth is pregnant and the couple would like the military to station them together in the future.
“I was hoping I was just being little paranoid,” Airth said about going to Valley on Saturday. “But it didn’t turn out that way.”
It turned out Airth had a kidney infection, which because of the pregnancy meant she was going to have to stay at Valley at least overnight. Which meant that plans to get married may have had to be scrubbed.
But when Airth told the folks at Valley about the plans they had to cancel and asked if the chaplain could marry them, the hospital jumped into action.
On Monday, when Airth was released and before Hoydic had to fly back to his base, she
was wheeled directly to the hospital’s healing garden where the hospital chaplain was ready to perform the ceremony.
“It was really pretty.” Airth said. “There were flowers and cake. It was not what I was expect-ing.”
The flowers had been donated by the hospital’s gift shop and the cake was purchased by the hos-pital employees. Communications director Lis Gillin said the hospital staff just wanted to make sure the couple could get married before Hoydic
had to ship out.“They didn’t have to do that,” Airdic said,
thanking the hospital and staff. “It was really amazing they’d do something like that when they didn’t have to.”
So while it may not have been quite what they were expecting, Airth said her day was abso-lutely a special one.
“When I looked at him, everything seemed right,” She said of her husband. “I couldn’t stop smiling.”
Valley Medical stages wedding for military coupleWhen a kidney infection changed a couple’s schedule, the hospital made it happen anyway
Newlyweds Heather Airth and Zachary Hoydic pose for a photo in the Healing Garden at Valley Medical Center, where the pair got married in a make-shift ceremony on Monday. COURTESY PHOTO
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Lottie CalhounLottie Calhoun, 90, of Renton died on August 21, 2015.
She was born August 7, 1925 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. She was preceded in death by husband Fred Calhoun and
parents Elphia and William Bain. She is survived by her sisters Noni Bain and Jean Brown, 17 nephews, and 12 nieces.
Visitation will be Friday, August 28th from 1:00-5:00pm and services on Saturday, August 29th 11:00 am at Greenwood Memorial Park, 350 Monroe Ave. NE, Renton, WA 98056. Memorials can be made to the Renton Senior Center 211 Burnett Ave N, Renton, WA 98057 in memory of Lottie
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Lord on June 30, 2015 in Lewiston, Idaho. Born July 18, 1952 in Southern California, summer of 1967 the family moved to Renton, WA. Denise graduated from Hazen High School 1970, earned her degree in Speech Therapy from Central WA. University and her Master’s Degree from Eastern WA. University. Denise taught in the Clarkston School
District for 22 years until her retirement in 1994.Denise is survived by her parents Donald Savoy (Mary) and
Dolores Savoy; children Heidi Savoy-Striebeck and Jesse Savoy-Striebeck; sisters Dawn Kraft and Diane Carlisle; nephews Erik Kraft, Ryan Carlisle, Travis Carlisle, and great niece Madison Carlisle and numerous extended family.
She was a kind and gentle soul who loved her family above all else. We will miss her phone calls “hey sweetie”.
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ings. Law also brought up former councilman and local business leader King Parker during the ceremony to an-nounce that the library’s new meeting room would be known as the “King Parker Meeting Room.”
Also joining Law, Wasdin and other dignitaries for the ribbon cutting was Laurie (Renton) Teddy-Skok, grand-niece of city namesake William Renton. Teddy-Skok cut the ribbon on the original Cedar River Library in 1961 and returned this weekend along with brother Steve Renton to
assist in opening the new building.“I think it’s beautiful,” she said after getting help on the
ribbon from a group of kids.Ruthie Severance, whose three children were busy try-
ing out all of the new seating areas, said her family has also been waiting for the opening and was glad the library remained at its unique location, especially now with larger windows.
“We really love it,” she said. “I love how they opened up the windows so you can see the river.”
Severance also said she liked how the new, more open interior plan allowed her to look across the room and find her kids easier.
Monique Jones, mother of Isbella and Jalana, also said the more open interior was better for finding her girls and though she admitted the outside “is kind of strange-look-ing” she said the interior colors were nice and that she and the girls “love it.”
“We’re going to start coming back now that it’s open,” she said.
Reach Editor Brian Beckley at 425-255-3484, ext. 5050.
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After Laurie (Renton) Teddy-Skok and a group of local children cut the ribbon the new Cedar River Library, above, Calvin Caffee, 4, was the first person to venture inside, top right. Once in, the windows over the river were the biggest draw. BRIAN BECKLEY, Renton Reporter
Marque Fluker was be-ing held on $2 million bail in the King County Jail in downtown Seattle, where he was booked on Aug. 17. In asking for that high bail, prosecutors described him as a danger to the commu-nity and a flight risk.
Jerry Fluker was being held in the downtown jail on $500,000 bail. He also was booked on Aug. 17. Prosecutors also described him as a danger to the community and a flight risk.
Marque Fluker turned himself in after SWAT teams from the King County Sheriff ’s Office and the Seattle Police Department attempted to arrest him at his parents’ apartment. He didn’t turn over the gun that was used to kill Lancaster, according to charging documents.
The deputy who found Lancaster bleeding on the ground also asked him whether the man he had just named was a member of LP. He answered yes. The deputy knows Fluker as a member of what prosecutors described as the violent criminal street gang, Low Profile. Fluker has no felony convictions, according to charging documents.
Video from surveillance cameras showed Lancaster
and several other men standing in the parking lot. A gray or silver Impala drove up and three men got out, including the Fluker brothers.
The three did some shopping, then ap-proached Lancaster and his friends. They talked for about five minutes until Lancaster and the third man in the Impala argued then fought. Marque Fluker and others tried to intervene, including Jerry Fluker, whom Lancaster punched.
Marque Fluker imme-diately pulled a handgun from the back of his pants and repeatedly shot Lan-caster from approximately five feet away, according to charging documents.
After a short discussion outside the Impala, the Flukers and the third man got back inside the car and fled the scene with Jerry Fluker driving.
During the autopsy, a medical examiner found 16 wounds in Lancaster’s hand, arm, legs, chest, torso and back. Based on the nature of the injuries, it appears he was shot at least eight times, accord-ing to prosecutors.
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Smith urges Salgado releaseU.S. Rep. Adam Smith on Friday released s statement
calling for the release of Renton resident and naturalized U.S. citizen Nestora Salgado from the Mexican prison in which she is being held.
“For two years, Nestora has been denied due process and justice by the Mexican government. It is entirely unacceptable that she remains imprisoned in conditions that threaten her life,” Smith said in a press release.
Salgado was arrested in 2013 for her leadership in community police group in her hometown of Olinalá in the state of Guerrero, which has a long tradition of legally-recognized community self-defense groups. The Mexican government has also called for her release.
Both Smith and Sen. Patty Murray have called on the U.S. State Department to bring attention to the case.
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Whenever I have gone on a diet, I have failed. Not a miserable failure mind you, but there was just one problem, and admittedly it was a biggun: I was unable to sustain, ummm, not eating.
Besides, cooking and breaking bread with family and friends is one of the joys of my life. So not eating or cook-ing for my family feels a bit like the antithesis of living life
to its fullest.If it were up to me the word “diet”
should be eradicated from the planet.Diet to me usually means you have
to give up eating the foods that made you squishy to begin with: no more cupcakes, spaghetti Bolognese, peanut butter cookies or fudgey chocolate cake.
Which is why I prefer to call what I’ve been doing for the past four months my “healthy eating life plan.” It connotes focusing on habits and foods that are bet-ter for your body and soul and on not giving up anything.
Diets always remind me of fads, anyway. And, with a few exceptions (like the Rubik’s Cube), generally, no good can come from fads.
Which is why I have stayed away from quinoa. Obvi-ously.
Of course no one ever thinks that fads are annoying in the “hey day” of the fad, you just continue munching on that Kale-quinoa-turkey ball and say, “I’m Gluten Free.”
It’s only afterward, when the fad becomes ridiculous and ironic that you realize the error of your ways. Besides, no one likes the person who suddenly changes their eating and exercise habits and then lords it over everyone else.
Which is why if asked, I simply say, “healthy eating life plan” or to my foodie friends: “I was tired of feeling like a deep fried Twinkie and wishing to be a Petit fours.”
These days I’m going for balance. Which means this time of year I still make my family’s
favorite Back-to-School snacks like granola, chunky apple sauce and homemade honey’d peanut butter.
Getting ready for school is always hectic as kids are both excited and nervous about their classes. For all of us, it feels like an opportunity for a fresh start AND it is literally the most organized I will feel all year.
So between the mad dash of cleaning, school shopping and getting paperwork in order at school (I have one kid with asthma and tree nut allergy), the family took some time out to grab some free apples to stock up the pantry with my delicious Chunky Pippimamma Apple Sauce and Apple Butter.
We came by the opportunity to pick our fill of apples from the “Buy Nothing Renton Highlands” Facebook group. The group’s philosophy is about giving, sharing and community.
Essentially, if you have something you no longer need and want to freely give to a neighbor in the community, you make a posting and people who want your free stuff respond (in our case we wanted the apples). The owners of the fruit trees couldn’t bear the idea of all the fruit falling to the ground and going to waste and invited a few neighbors onto their property, asking in return for a few jars of apple sauce or whatever was made with the apples and plums.
This past Sunday we showed up at our neighbor’s house bearing four Mason jars filled with jam and the kids and I walked away with five bags of apples and a wonderful expe-rience of picking and climbing the trees together.
This is a great time of year to get started on some posi-tive changes in your life. Whether it’s your own version of “New Healthy Life Plan” or reaching out to your commu-nity, or some other goal.
In full disclosure, I did try my own recipe of Quinoa Turkey balls, because, well, I was hungry. Afterward, I de-cided that I am so ok with being a Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich.
So long as it’s a rice cake with my homemade Honey’d Peanut Butter topped with Apple Butter and thin apple slices, of course!
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I’ve often said that when it comes to disasters, “Renton is in a sweet spot.” Whenever we’ve
had big storms, we have done well. Our Public Works Department does a great job keeping our main roads clear during the winter, the Cedar River hasn’t had major flooding in years, and the last moderate earthquake in recent memory was the Nisqually quake in 2001.
I feel pretty lucky to live here in Renton.So if, like me, you read “The Really Big One”
article in the New Yorker back in July, you may have been jolted by that graphic description of our mega-earthquake risk.
I was glad they followed up with “How to Stay
Safe When the Big One Comes.” I’d rather know what I can do about a risk than simply read the scary details of how bad it’s going to be.
What came through loud and clear in those two articles was that the consequences of a major earthquake are too significant to leave prepared-ness to chance.
For years now the City of Renton has been working on that and preparing for “The Big One.” A big regional earthquake exercise in June next year, “Cascadia Rising,” will put all that planning to the test.
Government preparation alone is not enough, though. Every September, in conjunction with National Preparedness Month, the city’s Ready in Renton campaign emphasizes a basic emer-gency preparedness message: make a plan, build
Since I moved to Renton in early 2012, no issue has dominated the landscape like that of the Cedar River Library.
I was not working for the Renton Reporter at that time and had no idea that within 18 months I would be editor of the paper (my wife, then-fiancee, and I were looking for a nice place to live with some urban amenities, close to the highways and didn’t make our commutes impossible; Renton was by far the best choice), but I, of course, read about the controversy and remember multiple groups knocking on my door that summer to dis-cuss the upcoming location vote.
I will be honest with you, I did not vote on the matter that August. I did not fully understand the issue - only the emotion on either side - and decided to simply stay out of the fray.
What had happened was that the people had voted to turn control of the Renton Library over to the King County Library Sys-
tem and promised to build two replacement libraries in the process. Following that vote, the administra-tion, the City Council and KCLS all began work on building a new building.
As work progressed and word got out that the new library would be built
downtown near the Piazza, voters who may not have understood exactly what they were approving became upset that their nearly one-of-a-kind building over the Cedar River would no longer be the library.
The City Council responded to the outcry and agreed to place the issue on the ballot that August.
The election was a landslide (76 percent), and a relatively unsurprising one in retro-spect: The people wanted their iconic library over the river to remain an iconic library over the river. Period.
It would cost a bit more than originally planned, but it simply did not matter. Rent-on’s library straddled the river and the people wanted it to stay that way. Thanks to them - the Save the Cedar River Library group in particular - it did.
And we, as a city, owe those outspoken and dedicated people a debt of gratitude.
I have remained silent on the specifics of the votes and tried to stay off-record on the opinion questions, but now that all is said and done, let’s go on record saying THANK YOU to the people who would not let the issue go in 2012.
Not only did we get the brand, new 21st century library we so badly needed, but we were able to keep it right where it should be: in an iconic, one-of-a-kind location that we’d never get approval to build on these days.
This library is a gift from those groups to people like me, my wife, our future children
We all owe a thanks to those who fought for library location
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New library a ‘disaster’
Miller Hall Architects, with the assistance of KCLS, has raped the citizens of Renton at the expense of $5 million a year in taxes, all for a compromised library renovation/rebuild over the Cedar River, which Nicola Robinson of Renton bravely and accurately described in the July 31 edition of the Renton Reporter as (in summation of her remarks) an architectural disaster.
A friend of mine said it looked like a giant toaster. He was more generous in his remarks than I. A mausoleum
would have been more inviting a structure. In fact, the library’s dull, stainless steel exterior slabs remind me of public out-house buildings that can be found in some state parks and roadside rest areas.
It’s “potty” architecture is nothing but a vulgar expletive of a building directed at the citizens of Renton for fighting to keep their beloved library over the river. Its utilitarian art-lessness and lifelessness is more a reflection of Stalinist Russian than the vibrant community of Renton.
I am not looking forward to seeing more of this disaster when the interior will be dis-
played for all to see on the day of its opening. The mayor has funded a barbecue for its public inauguration. But then, meals are also appropriate at funerals.
Additionally, Moms, the safety cables of the railing along the walk-bridge, which is the likes of a gunboat gunwale, can be easily stretched to create enough space for a child to squeeze through, never mind the pavement sloping down-ward to the middle of the walk-way...good for sailing toy boats or braking a hip over when the weather permits.
JohnJoseph Pajor,Renton
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and everyone who moves to this city in the future. There was a second fight, however, following the Au-
gust 2012 location vote. A group of citizens taking up a similar moniker made it their mission to try and save the original building, modern necessities and conve-niences be darned.
Those people, I have to say, were 100 percent wrong. The original building was a barn. It was ugly. It was bor-ing. It was bland. It was inefficient and did not have the power and HVAC necessary for the needs of modern library patrons.
And did I mention it was ugly? (Yes, that’s just an opinion, but I live here too.)
The new building is gorgeous, despite what you may have read in our letters section. Though a slightly small-er footprint than the original building, the inside feels more open due to a different floor plan, higher ceil-ings and less behind-the-scenes equipment and offices. There are also fewer shelves and books housed in the building than in the previous library, a valid criticism of the new building, but access to the larger KCLS system means they are probably available, just not immediately.
Yes, the ceiling has exposed wiring and pipes, but I don’t mind, In fact, to me, it has a much more modern sensibility. I like the exposed aesthetic and seeing some of the industrial bits - as long as they are out of the way, of course.
And the windows! Oh, the windows!
Along the both of the sides that face the river, the new building has floor-to-ceiling glass windows that let in a tremendous amount of natural light as well as provide amazing view of both the river below and the overall cool setting and location of the library.
I know people were upset to see the old building go, but there is not a doubt in my mind it was the right thing, especially after attending the opening on Sat-urday and seeing all of the people - especially the kids - press themselves up against the new windows to enjoy the view.
This really is the best of both worlds: We got a brand, new beautiful library (which we desperately needed) and yet managed to keep it in the location that made it iconic.
That’s a win-win. So Kudos to those who fought to keep the library where it is and kudos to the engineers and designers who brought us this modern beauty.
And judging by the smiles I saw on the kids on Satur-day, Renton’s future thanks you as well.
Reach Editor Brian Beckley at 425-255-3484, ext. 5050.a kit, help each other. When everyone does what they can
to prepare, it reduces the risk of injury and loss for individ-uals while also lessening the load on emergency responders when disaster strikes.
Maybe you’re one of those people who has taken all the right steps. You have tested a communication plan with your household members, you know where to get emer-gency information, you have collected some emergency supplies in case you need to hunker down or evacuate, and you are prepared to help your neighbors, too. Great! So spread the word!
Tell them about the Community Emergency Response Team training (http://rentonwa.gov/cert) starting on Sept. 22 so they can learn how to help their neighbors in an emergency. Do a show-and-tell with your emergency sup-plies. Get them talking about how they plan to deal with an emergency.
If you haven’t begun to prepare yet, I get it. I really do. It is natural to procrastinate and it’s hard to prioritize some-thing that may or may not happen tomorrow, especially when you don’t see bad things happening on a regular basis.
But it is just a matter of time before our community deals with some kind of major emergency of our own. What you do today to prepare will increase your safety and well-being, and that of your loved ones – pets included.
You don’t have to go big all at once. Start this weekend by doing just three small things: 1) Go to http://makeit-through.org/earthquake/ or leave a message at 425-430-7054 to get more information about earthquakes and gen-eral emergency preparedness; 2) Set aside several gallons of water in clean, unbreakable containers along with some nonperishable snacks for the start of your emergency stash; 3) Talk to your loved ones about how you will commu-nicate and share emergency information if phones aren’t working.
Then give yourself a pat on the back. It’s a start. Often the hardest part is just getting started. And when enough of us do it, when everyone does even a little bit, it goes a long way in helping us all get through The Big One together.
Deborah Needham is the City of Renton’s Emergency Management Director.
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City seeks resident input
The City of Renton’s Community Services Department is conducting a survey to hear directly from residents about what’s important to them.
The 2015 Parks and Trails Customer Satisfaction Survey is now available at the city’s website http://rentonwa.gov/living/default.aspx?id=65, through Sept. 8.
Survey forms can be completed online or printed and returned to Renton City Hall, Renton Senior Activity
Center, Renton Community Center or Highlands Neigh-borhood Center. Paper copies of the survey are also available at kiosks along the Cedar River Trail or at the three locations listed.
When using the on-line survey, be sure to click the “done” button at the bottom of the survey form. Your selections and comments will not be recorded unless the survey is submitted by clicking the word “done”.
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When you walk into Eyes on the Landing, it's easy to see why they were voted the "Best of Renton" by the Renton Reporter readers! They are a boutique style optical who focus on your vision and health of your eyes. Their goal is to get to know you, and help � nd a frame that looks fantastic, � ts your personality and � ts your lifestyle. "We are very interested in making sure you look and feel great as well as provide you with the best quality optical available" says owner Donna Jones.
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Austin is enjoying making terri� c connections in the business com-munity and has fallen in love with Renton! Through his work at the Chamber, he hopes to see local businesses grow and prosper even further.
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Jim has been in the Renton area for over 35 years and is an active participant in the community as well as the Chamber and Rotary. Jim knows what it’s like to “be a good neighbor”. He has contributed to the Renton community since his arrival. He served on the Board of Directors of Senior Housing Assistance Group from 1988 until 2015, and as Board President for most of those years. He has been a supporter of several local charitable organizations, such as Friends of Renton Schools and has been a regular volunteer at the Rotacare Free Medical Clinic since it was started in 2003. He was also voted the Renton Citizen of the Year in 2013.
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The last week in August is time to harvest squash, tomatoes and beans, cut back peren-nials such as daisies and daylilies that have past their prime and continue to water and fertilize potted plants and annuals in the garden.
This is also the time to celebrate the shrubs that offer late summer color.
Hardy Hibiscus or Rose of Sharon
Hibiscus is an old fashioned favorite that is enjoying a new popularity due to the improvement
in hardiness and the size of the blooms. August is when this heat tolerant shrub puts on a spectacular show of color just when the rest of the garden may be winding down for the season.
Your grandmother probably called this
shrub the Rose of Sharon but nurseries now know it as Hibiscus moecheutos or perenni-al hibiscus. The compact Luna series grows just 3 feet tall with huge blooms that can be six inches wide. The Disco series of hardy hibiscus grows even more compact at two feet tall and is perfect for patio pots. These shrubby dwarf hibiscus plants will survive our winters in Western Washington.
There is also a tall shrub form of hardy hibiscus or hibiscus mutabilis called the Confederate Rose in the south. This shrub can become a small tree and in my garden it has survived the wind and cold of Enum-claw for more than 20 years and has grown to 15 feet tall and 8 feet wide.
I grow a purple clematis through the branches of this huge hibiscus so that the white and red hibiscus blooms can co-mingle with the violet blooms of the Etoile Violette clematis. The garden gossip about all the hardy hibiscus is how naked this plant can be for six months out of the year. It will
be the first of your shrubs to drop leaves in the fall and the last to sprout new foliage in the spring, sometimes waiting until May to show signs of life. Allowing a vine like clematis to use hibiscus as a lattice helps to clothe these bare branches in spring.
Smooth Hydrangeas These are the hydrangeas native to the
Eastern United States from north to New York and South to Florida. This means they can handle the cold and the heat better than the more traditional big leaf hydrangea mac-rophylla that have blue balls of bloom.
The Smooth hydrangeas have smaller leaves that are a gray green color and some varieties like the creamy white ‘Incrediball’ and the ‘Annabelle’ hybrids have gigantic blooms that can be one foot wide and have held up better in hot weather than other hydrangeas, but you need to prune these shrubs in early spring to keep the stems short enough to support the super-size flowers.
There is also a variety of smooth hydran-gea that always flowers in the pink no matter how acid the soil. The Invicibelle Spirit II is an adaptable native shrub with blooms that
not only look great at the end of summer and into the autumn season but also can be snipped for long lasting cut flowers. A Proven Winners award plant, when you buy the Invicibelle Spirit smooth hydrangeas there is $1 from every plant sold donated to the Breast Cancer Research foundation.
Japanese maplesThese small leaf maples from Japan
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Near the end of August when many plants are looking tired and seedy, the Japanese maples will be starting to color up and put on their annual fall show. This is the month to search out the most attractive varieties and shapes for a new or newly improved landscape.
If you plant a Japanese maple near orna-mental grasses or sedum ‘Autumn Joy’ you’ll have a late summer display that will look great into the fall season even if you forget to water.
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Superior Court of WashingtonCounty of King
In re the Estate of: ERNEST POPULUS, Deceased.NO. 15-4-04625-7 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 appli- cable 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 attor- neys 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 Represen- tative served or mailed the No- tice 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 for- ever 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: August 14, 2015.PR: KIM MOSHIERRuth A. Roti WSBA #19495Of MOGREN, GLESSNER, ROTI & AHRENS, P.S. Attor- neys for Personal Representative100 Evergreen Bldg.; PO Box 90Renton, WA 98057-0090(425) 255-4542King County Superior CourtCause No. 15-4-04625-7 KNT Published in the Renton Report- er on August 14, 2015, August 21, 2015 and August 28, 2015. #1393417.
Trojan Lithographic Corp @ 800 SW 27th St Renton, WA 98057 is seeking coverage under the Washington State Depart- ment of Ecology’s Industrial Stormwater NPDES and State Waste Discharge General Permit.The industrial site, known as Trojan Lithographic Corp. is located at 800 SW 27th St in Renton . Operations will start up on/started on (select one) April 20, 2005 . Industrial activities in- clude Printing/Packaging Manu- facturing . Stormwater from the site discharges to Unnamed wetlands after onsite storm water ponds . Any persons desiring to present
their views to the Washington State Department of Ecology regarding this application, or in- terested in Ecology’s action on this application, may notify Ecology in writing no later than 30 days of the last date of publi- cation of this notice. Ecology will review all public comments regarding Tier II antidegradation and consider whether discharges from this facility are expected to cause a measurable change in the quality of the receiving water and, if so, whether such change is necessary and in the overriding public interest.Comments can be sent to:Washington Dept of EcologyWater Quality Program – Industrial StormwaterPO Box 47696Olympia, WA 98504-7696Published in the Renton Reporter on August 21, 2015 and August 28, 2015. #1394596.
Superior Court of WashingtonCounty of King
In re the Estate of: JOHNNIE EMOGENE BAKER, Deceased.NO. 15-4-04555-2 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 appli- cable 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 attor- neys 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 Represen- tative served or mailed the No- tice 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 for- ever 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: August 14, 2015.PR: ALBERT A. BAKER, JR.PETER W. MOGREN WSBA #11515 Of MOGREN, GLESSNER,ROTI & AHRENS, P.S.Attorneys for Personal Represen- tative100 Evergreen Bldg.;PO Box 90Renton, WA 98057-0090(425) 255-4542King County Superior CourtCause No. 15-4-04555-2 KNTPublished in the Renton Report- er on August 14, 2015, August 21, 2015, and August 28, 2015. #1393515.
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COUNTY OF KINGIn re the Estate of:JUNE M. BLANK,Deceased.NO. 15-4-04816-1 KNTNOTICE TO CREDITORSThe Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Personal Representative ofthis Estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise appli- cable 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 attor- neys at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the Court in which the probate pro- ceedings were commenced.The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the Personal Represen- tative served or mailed the No- tice 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 for- ever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the de- cedent’s probate assets and non- probate assets.DATE OF FIRST PUBLICA- TION: August 21, 2015.PR: JANIS G. ANDREWSRuth A. Roti WSBA #19495 Of MOGREN, GLESSNER,
ROTI & AHRENS, P.S.Attorneys for Personal Represen- tative100 Evergreen Bldg.; P. O. Box 90Renton, WA 98057-0090(425) 255-4542King County Superior CourtCause No. 15-4-04816-1 KNTPublished in the Renton Reporter on August 21, 28, September 4, 2015.#1395468.
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BY DEAN A. RADFORD
An elderly woman visiting from Oregon Aug. 1 was tied up, held at gunpoint and robbed by four men in masks at a home of Stevens Avenue Southwest.
The 69-year-old woman was grabbed by the men as she got out of her car at about 1:30 a.m. They tied her hands and ankles together, grabbed her from behind and held her mouth and pressed a handgun against her head.
They demanded her money and the keys to the residence. They then fled with about $600 and her drivers license.
A K9 unit couldn’t locate the robbers. The victim was treated by medics. Small red tie straps were wrapped around her ankles.
SHOT WITH BBS: A 25-year-old Renton man was shot multiple times in the back early on Aug. 2 with a BB gun, including by a man who refused repeatedly to get off the back of his car.
The victim and a friend were sitting inside his car at a gas sta-tion on Northeast Sunset Bou-levard. He asked the man sitting
on his car to get off; instead, the suspect asked him “why?” The victim answered: “I don’t want you sitting on my car. This isn’t a chill-out spot.”
As he attempted to push the man off his car, the victim felt rapid fire shots hitting his back.
The victim fled, but the gunfire continued, perhaps also from a second shooter. When the shoot-ing stopped, the victim ran back to his car and the shooters ran west on Sunset. He recognized two of the men.
The officer counted eight holes in the victim’s back at Fire Station 12, which he drove to get help. He was taken to Valley Medical
Center.A K9 team from the Tukwila
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NO JOY IN THIS RIDE: A 21-year-old Seattle man was hit in the head twice by two men at about 10:30 p.m. July 31 as he climbed into his car and who then took his keys, two phones and his car.
Two women got into the stolen car, which the victim then chased in car driven by a witness to the assault. The two suspects, along with two women, parked the car and fled on foot.
One man waved the victim’s keys in front of him as they ran off. Fingerprints were taken from
the car, which was taken in the 1200 block of Bronson Way North.
LOOK A GIFT CARD IN THE MOUTH: “Tee” wanted the cash, rather than the Nordstrom and Macy gift cards he received for his birthday, so he put them up for sale on offerup.com.
A Renton woman met him at a business on South Grady Way on July 27, verified the cards and then withdrew $600 from her bank. Moments after the exchange, she got a call from Nordstrom, which indicated the gift card was being held because of a payment issue. She later found out the card wasn’t good at all.
She called the seller, who at first declined to take the calls, then eventually said she had the wrong person.
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REPORTER- GENERAL ASSIGNMENT - BELLEVUE, WAThe Bellevue Reporter, a division of Sound Publishing Inc. is seeking a general assignment reporter with a minimum of 1-2 years writing experience and photography skills. This position is based out of the Bellevue o� ce. The primary coverage will be general assignment stories. Schedule includes evening and/or weekend work.
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It’s a long way from her days as a real-life Rosie the Riveter, but for nearly 15 years, Grace Hanson has been managing the small coffee shop at the Renton Senior Center.
“I enjoy it,” Hanson said this week from behind a counter piled with goodies. “I think it’s the people. The people are very friendly, very nice.”
Hanson’s journey from Bismark, N.D., to barista in Renton has been a busy one, and Senior Center director Shawn Daley said Hanson has helped change the back room of the center from a little-used spot, even on busy days, to one that is often packed with people.
“That room used to be a rarely-used room. We had a jigsaw puzzle in it,” Daly said.
But that changed several years ago with the opening of the Center’s small coffee bar, and Hanson has been a major part of that transfor-mation.
“People love her, that’s the bottom line,” Daly said. “She just brings love to the building.”
Hanson started her coffee career on a lark. She was just sitting at one of the center’s tables one day about 15 years ago when the gentleman who ran the counter before her asked if she could fill in while he went to a doctor’s appointment.
“I didn’t know anything about it,” she said, but never one to be scared of new things, Hanson waded in by herself and figured it all out.
Soon after, the man behind the counter began asking her to cover more and more often and before she knew it, the counter was hers to run.
Along with coffee, the little shop also serves some goodies, usually donated from Panera Bread or Starbucks, an addition that Hanson said made a big difference because the coffee alone was a little “boring.” In fact, she said that when Panera offered, she just said “yes” without going
to the higher-ups at the center.“That went over really well,” Hanson said.Hearing her story, however, it is not surprising
that Hanson knows a thing or two about selling. Her husband, Art, was a professional salesman and the couple used to own a shop in Wyoming and in North Dakota.
Hanson’s tale began in Bismark, North Dakota, where she worked at the state captial. It was a desk job and she hated it, telling her mother at the time that was either going to have to start smoking or start drinking in order to deal with all the sitting around.
Soon after, her brother, who had moved to Western Washington, invited her out and Han-son jumped at the chance, though there was not a whole lot of work at the time.
“I ended up tagging Christmas trees,” she said with a laugh.
Hanson went back to the Dakotas and found another job, but said she didn’t even work there a year because a friend had moved to Seattle and
told her about possible work with Boeing. “So, back to my brother again,” she said.For more than two years during World War II,
Hanson worked as a riveter, just like the iconic symbol of 1940s feminism, Rosie.
After the war, Hanson again returned home to North Dakota and took a job at Montgomery Ward, where she met Art, a salesman. The couple fell in love, got married and she quit her job.
Soon after, Art was transferred to Montana and then later to Casper City, Wyo.
In Casper, the couple decided to open their own business, so Art quit his job and the pair opened their own shop. But soon after, they packed up and moved back to North Dakota again, where they also ran their own store.
When news came out that a highway was planned through their town, an investor showed up and the couple sold off the store and the inventory and moved back to the Seattle area. It was 1989.
Somewhere around the year 2000, the couple found their way to the Renton Senior Activity Center and began coming regularly. Unfortu-nately, Art fell ill in the early part of this century and died in December 2005.
Since then, Hanson has thrown her energy into the coffee shop. In the beginning, Daly worried he was using Hanson too much, but she wanted more responsibility and these days, she’s even at the center before he is to begin making the coffee and getting the goodies prepped.
“Gracie is one-in-a-million,” he said. “She just sort of takes charge down there.”
Daly said the center’s coffee shop, thanks in part to Hanson, has been a great success and provides a place for seniors, especially the men, to just gather and shoot the breeze.
“And if we don’t have that smiling face and those welcoming people, they’re going to leave,” he said.
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