I reviewed the USFA/FEMA Web site an earlier writer referenced in support of requiring sprinklers. This and related sites indicate that eventually 2,000 lives each year could be saved by sprinklers. Truth is, as they point out, this will only happen once ALL houses, new and old, are protected.
When John Joseph Springer wanted a wife, he handed out a personal card. His picture to the right, his name across the top, his home and cell phone numbers across the bottom, eight of his interests in between. Fellowship, movies, laughs, crying, walks, dancing, sharing, healing.
A look at what’s happening around Renton, starting July 12.
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For the second year in a row, Renton’s City Attorney Larry Warren has been included in a distinguished group of Washington lawyers, known as a Super Lawyer, in the June 2008 issue of Washington Law & Politics magazine.
A trip the emergency room isn’t something parents normally wish for their children during summer camp. Unless, of course, the camp is Valley Medical Center’s annual Safety Camp.
When I returned home from the Return to Renton car show on Sunday, I saw a story on the news about citizens in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, rallying around the town in the wake of a natural disaster. The truth is, almost every day seems like that in Renton. I am not someone who “does” car shows. In fact, I probably could take them or leave them. But, I can’t imagine when I have had a better day in Renton than last Sunday’s car show (and with a cracked rib that is really saying something)! Close to 4,500 people were walking the downtown streets of Renton! It doesn’t get any better than that! The spirit of Renton was alive and well everywhere I looked.
Huyen Martin’s teas are so fresh, they make noses recoil.
“People always go, ‘Ooh, that’s strong!” says Martin. Her family’s company is called Pacific Mist Tea. “They’re not used to it. That’s always the reaction. People don’t know when they put their nose in.”
Noses descend often into the small sample tins of teas on Martin’s table at the Renton Farmers Market.
King County Sheriff Sue Rahr has developed a proposed 2009 budget that she said offers creative ways to trim spending while minimizing cuts of deputies to about of what she originally feared.
The City of Renton has installed a speed camera on South Second Street near Renton High School as part of its continuing enforcement campaign against drivers who speed, run red lights, and do not stop for school buses.
Two new people recently joined Renton Area Youth and Family Services Board of Directors. They are Sara Barbee and Marilyn Sullivan.
Four-thousand miles. On a bike. That’s the length of Journey of Hope. Greg Brandt of Renton plans to make this trip with his fraternity brothers next summer.
Construction workers are picking up the pace widening Interstate -405 and southbound SR 167 in Renton and Tukwila.
With record attendance and near-record profits, the 18th Annual Return to Renton Benefit Car Show And Cruise last Sunday (July 6) was a resounding success.
Hayley Ruhnka starts summer school Monday. A science summer school, for teachers, at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.
A huge crowd descended on downtown Renton Sunday for the 18th Annual Benefit Car show and Cruise – the first time the show has been held downtown.
Breakfast with Santa, craft bazaars, the senior picnic at Renton River Days, a Hawaiian Luau, a ‘50s party and the annual Senior Review (talent show). These are just some of the events Wendy Kirchner organized during her nine years as recreation programmer at Renton Senior Activity Center.
If you’ve been watching the steady climb of gasoline prices, you may have missed the latest boost by the state to the gas tax. Effective July 1, the state added the final 1.5-cent increase from the 2005 transportation revenue package passed by the Legislature.
But before you scream about adding insult to injury, take a moment to see where that money has gone.
Eight o’clock sharp. That’s what time Verneice Lemis used to expect the bus going to the Renton Senior Activity Center. She was never disappointed.
“As sure as the clock said eight o’clock, he was there,” says the 98-year-old Lemis.
“He” is Bert Feskens, driver of the Renton Senior Activity Center activity bus for the past seven years.
Arts and entertainment events happening in Renton.