Written by Randy Corman
Much of my family and several friends attended the first showing of the new Indiana Jones movie at East Valley 13 last night. The movie was really fun. Harrison Ford did a great job of reprising his role… he was as fun as always. Wise-cracking Indiana Jones, “making it up as he goes along.”
My kids have convinced me that you have to go in costume to these big movie openings, and sure-enough, others were there in costume as well. Here are a few pictures of the event.
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Our own Renton-built and Renton designed 737’s remain current for the market, according to this story in Aviation Week. According to the story, there is no clear improvement in technology that would make a new airplane significantly better than the Renton-built most popular jetliner ever, so Boeing is pushing back development of a replacement for more years. With a backlog of orders near 2000, Renton can look forward to tens of billions of dollars of additional products flying out of our city for years to come.
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Here is an update that I just recieved via email. This bond issue will keep our school modernization on track. (The Randy mentioned in Ed’s email is Randy Matheson, with the School District). Congratulations to the Renton School District for earning this confidence from a super-majority of Renton voters.
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Randy-
Here’s something for your blog. This is good news indeed.
Marcie
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I just finished talking to Randy and today’s results have been posted. As of 3:09 today the Renton Bond is PASSING by 72 votes! Thank you to everyone who has spent one minute on this effort. Your hard work made this victory possible. So many people were so instrumental in making this campaign a success that it would take five seperate e-mails for me to name every person by name but I do want to give extra special thanks to:
Mary Alice: Every time I saw you you were ready to charge ahead. Your boundless energy constantly put gas in my tank.
Marcie Maxwell: Words cant express how much I appreciate you. Your advice and the countless e-mails from past campaigns helped get me up to speed on what was done before.
Pam Teal: Where do I start? We had so many phone calls and meetings. You worked your tail off. Thank you for working with the PTA’s and for being my partner in crime. Who am I going to bug now that we’re done? 🙂
Bill Taylor: Thank you for all of the support from the Chamber. Everything from allowing us to hold our meetings in the office, the e-mail blasts reminding people to vote, to giving us time at the Ahead of the Class ceremony.
Carrie and Lynn: Your work in the community getting the word out and drumming up support was vital.
Randy Matheson: Thank you for asking me to chair this effort. Your knowledge of school campaigns along with your wit kept me grounded and kept me laughing.
As I said earlier; all of you and your friends, children and their friends helped us make this happen. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!
Ed Prince
Chair,
Citizens for Renton Schools
(206)-478-3802
Special Election
KING COUNTY 5/21/2008 3:09:47 PM
Unofficial Cumulative
May 20, 2008 Page 1 of 2
SCHOOL
RENTON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 403
Ballots Cast/Registered Voters: 14693 / 51894 28.31%
Poll Precincts Counted/Total Poll Precincts: 133
/ 133 100.00%
Proposition No.1 – General Obligation Bonds – $150,000,000
APPROVED 8879 60.49%
REJECTED 5799 39.51%
Written by Randy Corman
Here is a great story about a Renton product we should all be very proud of.
Written by Randy Corman
The Ballard News Tribune provided a touching tribute to our former Utility head Ron Olsen, who died an untimely death following a car accident in Norway on April 29.
I will always remember Ron as a good natured, humorous and extremely capable utilities manager, who worked hard to keep the water flowing in our city. I worked with him on countless utility projects for about twelve years at Renton city hall, and when I think back to these times I remember lots of successes and lots of laughter.
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This is a comprehensive little review of the various Starbucks Logos, and a preview of future mermaid designs.
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A prominant citizen emailed me and asked:
Randy, did you hear about the human jaw bone found at the end of your street on Edmonds ave yesterday?
I think I saw all the police acton yesterday at a consturction site, but I did not know the reason. Has anyone else heard about this?
In the next day or two I’ll ask around City Hall and see what the scoop is.
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My informed friend (and fellow Rentonite) Rebecca pointed out this story to me. Yahoo news media is doing it’s part to help us sort out fact from fiction. It turns out real archaeologists say they don’t really carry whips.
My son Andy (age 21) asked me how Archaeologists can fight off mummies if they don’t really carry whips. The Yahoo article forgot to cover this question. This is so disillusioning.
Here is the story Click here
Written by Randy Corman
City officials got a tour of progress on the Seahawks Training Center in Kennydale earlier today.
It’s an amazing facitlity, that will cost nearly 100 million with land, building and furnishings.
The new facility will allow the team to train and practice year-round. By being so close to Quest field, the Seahawks players and staff can live close to their training site and their playing site, and will get to spend evenings with their families even during the most intense training season… only traveling for away games. And the training facility is the finest in the NFL. Paul Allen and the Seahawks management are going to turn our team into Superbowl champs very soon.
Get a sneak peek at the inside of the facility by clicking below….
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I think this picture came out pretty well. It’s my middle son Kenny in back, with his little sister Susie, his girlfriend Anastasia, and his younger brother Danny in front.
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Here’s much of what a mother has to say every day, in under three minutes, to the tune of William Tell Overture. This musical number could be on Broadway. Enjoy!
Written by Randy Corman
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Mother’s Day 2008
Happy Mother’s Day!
Even though this day was originally a call to leave war behind (http://www.prism.net/user/fcarpenter/howe.html) I kind of think Mother’s Day is a call to remember just what this whole dishes-laundry-carpool carousel we ride is all about.
Even before I had any babies, I knew that raising kids was an art, that creating a home that would be a nest to grow a family would be the biggest thing that any person could ever do, and that I; with the biology and sprit I’m equipped with as a woman, would be perfectly suited to do just that.
I’m not talking Martha Stewart perfection of obsession with the bric-brac that sometimes comes with a house. Really what I mean is that funny ju-ju you feel when you come into a home. Maybe it’s the sizzle of onions and veggies that will make a long simmered soup, or maybe it’s the fabric softener that goes into the washer on the rinse cycle. Maybe it’s the homebaked cookies that poor Hillary Clinton will never live down. But really, I think it’s the air that invites a long conversation. It’s the cozy, sometimes cluttered couch that invites sitting together for some down time. It’s the feeling of acceptance and time and love and hope and care that comes when someone who lives in the house has chosen, as their primary function in life, to create a home for a family.
It’s nothing for a delicate soul. There are no raises. The benefits are that eventually someone might take out the garbage FOR you and maybe they’ll find your commitment to them lovely. But there will be days that they wish for nothing more than for you go just get out of their way and leave them alone.
Full time employment looks pretty good when this happens.
Someone else can run that afternoon with snacks and homework and the ride home from school.
Someone else can make dinner.
Someone else can get the kids to get on the bus to just go to school, even if homework isn’t all done just right.
But those drives have little moments of clear brillance that you’ll miss. And those dinner prep moments have chemistry lessons and LIFE lessons that you’ll miss. And if you leave for those tricky times, you can’t help but MISS things. There’s no way to capture all of it, unless you are just there. No other way.
I’ve worked full time while homeschooling three kids. It’s not easy, it’s not fun. But if it was what I had to do to make the days work, well then, that was the only choice. I am not willing to miss those days.
Quality time is a lie. Time is time, and it doesn’t matter if you’re gone for an excellent reason. You are still, to you own child, just gone.
Maybe lots of moms disagree and feel that they’ll lose themselves if they are JUST home with kids (http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/362567_optin10.html).
For me, there is no greater art, nothing more important, no better way to spend my life, than with my amazing sons, doing the laundry, the dishes, driving to practice. There is nothing I’d trade for the chance, the honor, of being their mother. Nothing.
Happy Mother’s Day.
Kari Kopnick
Written by Randy Corman
For those of you who have not yet heard….
The Renton Magazine, Renton Mayor Denis Law’s year-old publication that has graced our mailboxes with beautiful full-color photos and uplifting content about our community, has been sold to a capable new owner. Diana Kramer, who was Denis Law’s top executive at the magazine, has purchased the business along with her husband. They have also assumed ownership of parent company Puget Sound Publishing, which also publishes the Business Report, and the Kent Magazine.
Ms. Kramer has an education in publishing, as well as family experience in the news business dating back to her childhood. She assures us the magazine will remain a growing, top-quality publication. She and Denis Law were very close partners in the Renton Magazine’s success. (Their advertisers report great response, since the magazine is mailed for free to fifteen thousand Renton homes, as well as freely-distributed in public facilities, hotels and businesses.)
As for Denis Law, he is dedicating so much time to his new duties as mayor that he just couldn’t run the publishing company anymore. He’s putting in extra-long days at city hall, and there is an awful lot more he wants to do.
I’m glad to have Denis working time and a half at city hall, and I think Renton citizens will decide they want him there for a long time. So his selling his publishing company works well for the rest of us…but I know it was a difficult emotional step for Denis.
Here is a link the the magazine, with more information about its new owner, staff, content, and advertising contacts: www.rentonmagazine.com
Written by Randy Corman
I’ve endorsed Regina Cahan for King County Superior Court. She’s exceptionally qualified, and when I met her I was very impressed by her intelligence, attitude, and perspective. She is running against one other opponent for a seat on the court which is currently vacant.
King County Superior Court is important to Renton, as it gets all of our felony cases, as well as land use appeals, family court issues, major civil suits, protection orders, and many other cases that affect our citizens.
You can read more about her at www.cahanforcourt.com
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