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    City of Renton names new finance director
    City of Renton names new finance director
    June 20, 2008 2:33 am

    The City of Renton recently appointed Iwen Wang as the new Finance and Information Services department administrator.

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    King County is holding a series of workshops designed to help property owners fight knotweed
    King County leads fight against knotweed
    June 20, 2008 2:32 am

    Knotweed is a highly invasive plant that takes over riverside habitats. That’s why King County is working with landowners and agencies to weed it out.
    With help from state and federal funding, the cooperation and support of many landowners and public land managers the King County Noxious Weed Program is leading an effort to control this fast-spreading weed.

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    Grover Shegrud watches Thursday as the home he designed and built for his family in 1966 is burned to the ground in a live-fire practice exercise Thursday by the Renton Fire Department.
    Man watches house he built burn down in...
    By Dean Radford • June 19, 2008 5:29 pm

    Grover Shegrud of Lynnwood couldn’t stay away Thursday from a home he designed and built for his family in 1966.
    In December, the family held what likely was their last Christmas in the house. It was.
    On Thursday, the Renton Fire Department burned it to the ground.

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    Barbara O’Keefe
    Barbara O’Keefe
    June 18, 2008 12:00 am

    Barbara “Barb” O’Keefe, 85, of Renton, died May 24, 2008, in Renton. She was born April 16, 1923, in Burlington, Iowa.

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    CALENDAR
    CALENDAR
    June 16, 2008 5:13 pm

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    More than 100 Italian families attended Saturday’s picnic. Original Italian last names or spouse names are in parentheses. Pictured: Bob Tonda
    Italian families gather for reunion
    June 16, 2008 5:13 pm

    More than 100 Italian families celebrated their ancestry at Renton’s Philip Arnold Park Saturday. The gathering included food and music — both Italian, of course.

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    Sangeeta Naidu-Prasad with her father Permal Naidu
    Daughter to raise money for suicide prevention
    June 16, 2008 5:13 pm

    Sangeeta Naidu-Prasad’s father was her best friend. She and Permal Naidu went shopping and fishing and attended air shows together.

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    Communities In Schools chief leads state group
    Communities In Schools chief leads state group
    June 16, 2008 5:13 pm

    Susan Richards was recently named executive director for Communities In Schools of Washington State. Richards will leave her post at Communities In Schools of Renton, where she has served as executive director for 14 years.

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    Good news from Renton schools
    Good news from Renton schools
    June 16, 2008 5:12 pm

    • Lindbergh High School senior Stephen Root has been awarded the Washington Association of Diversified Occupations Teachers scholarship and the Renton Educational Support Professionals scholarship. Root will study engineering at Washington State University.

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    McKnight student tops most seniors on SAT
    McKnight student tops most seniors on SAT
    June 16, 2008 5:12 pm

    McKnight Middle School eighth-grader Samuel Shank has been named one of Washington state’s brightest scholars by the Washington Search for Young Scholars program, sponsored by the University of Washington (UW).

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    Johns Hopkins honors Renton student
    Johns Hopkins honors Renton student
    June 16, 2008 5:12 pm

    Renton student Kaia Bjarke was recently honored at a statewide awards ceremony for gifted children held by The Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth.

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    The Renton School District’s existing Transportation Center on North Fourth Street was built 60 years ago.
    School district to renovate bus center
    June 16, 2008 5:12 pm

    The final construction project funded by a Renton School District 2003 bond will kick off on the last day of school, this Friday.

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    92% of seniors pass the WASL
    92% of seniors pass the WASL
    June 16, 2008 5:11 pm

    This year’s senior class is the first required to pass the reading and writing portions of the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) in order to graduate.

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    Masaye Sado
    Renton volunteers assemble disaster kits for seniors
    June 16, 2008 5:11 pm

    About 300 emergency preparedness kits were assembled last Thursday by about 140 volunteers at an event sponsored by the Highlands Community Association.
    The kits will go to senior citizens and the disabled in Renton so they have a better chance of surviving an disaster or other emergency.
    The original goal was to assemble about 200 kits.

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    Renton fire crews doing live-fire exercise this week
    Renton fire crews doing live-fire exercise this week
    June 16, 2008 11:51 am

    The Renton Fire and Emergency Services Department is conducting a special training exercise for firefighters next week, on Tuesday, Wednesday…

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    Michael Colacarro Sr.
    Michael Colacarro Sr.
    June 14, 2008 5:00 am

    Michael Agelo Colacarro Sr., 89, died June 9, 2008, in Renton. He was born July 25, 1918, in Seattle.

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    Replacement begins Monday of washed-out culvert in Renton on northbound I-405 to Bellevue
    Replacement begins Monday of washed-out culvert in Renton...
    June 13, 2008 7:40 pm

    Starting Monday, crews will begin installing the new culvert that will carry Thunder Hills Creek underneath Interstate 405 near Benson…

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    Suspect red tomatoes should go in garbage, not compost
    Suspect red tomatoes should go in garbage, not...
    June 12, 2008 8:04 pm

    Due to the possible presence of salmonella bacteria in some tomatoes, Waste Management and Cedar Grove Composting of Maple Valley are requesting that all residential and business customers put suspect tomatoes and suspect raw tomato products such as salsa in the garbage, not in curbside yard/food carts or in home composting bins or worm bins.

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    The Sartori Education Center’s Outstanding Seniors are
    Sartori Outstanding Seniors
    June 12, 2008 7:27 pm

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    The Sartori Education Center will graduate its senior class on Tuesday.  The class includes
    Sartori Education Center seniors
    June 12, 2008 7:26 pm

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    • How to protect yourself from vehicle theft in Renton

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