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BY DEAN A. RADFORDD R A D F O R D @ T U K W I L A R E P O R T E R . C O M

Th ere’s a house in Riverton that’s perfect for someone who’s into history and UFOs.

For 105 years the Craft sman house has stood mostly unchanged, built at a time when Seattle was more into gardens than jets and Tukwila was just a year old.

It’s that timeless charm that attracted

Jack and Gina Tucci, along with fulfi lling a very specifi c wish list that many homes they looked at just couldn’t do.

And, then there’s that vision Jack off ered to Gina in an email while they were still dating: He could see them, retired, sitting in their rocking chairs on a broad porch, together.

“I was so charmed by that,” Gina said.Ever since, they’ve been looking for that

porch. Th ey found it in fall 2013 on South 128th Street, among similarly historic homes and new ones.

“We fell in love with it,” said Gina of the 3,000-square-foot home, still with much of its original interior woodwork and built-in cabinets, a big backyard and a place for Jack to refurbish a bus.

Th ey told their good friend Scott Schae-fer about fi nding their perfect house. Th ey were surprised to learn it was his perfect house, too – to make a movie about UFOs called “Th e Maury Island Incident.”

Unbeknownst to the Tuccis, aft er an exhaustive search Schaefer settled on the house, which was for sale at the time and empty, for interior shots for the movie. Th e

movie was set in the 1940s and he was hav-ing trouble fi nding a house that retained the look and feel of 70 years ago. He had found it in Tukwila.

“We used a great old ‘farmhouse’ in Tuk-wilathat was like stepping

into a time machine,” he said.Th e Tuccis want to slowly return the

grand old house to its original grandeur. Luckily, no one covered all the house’s per-sonality by putting paint on the wood, for example. She just wishes someone hadn’t painted the brick fi replace.

Electric wiring was added aft er the house was built, evident in the stylish wooden runners in the living room ceiling that house the wires. An outhouse gave way to

an indoor bathroom. Th ere’s one upstairs and at some point the den was turned into a bathroom just off the dining room, which Gina says seems “a little odd.”

Original built-in cabinets adorn a wall in the dining room and one in the kitchen. Th e original lath and plaster is under el-egant wallpaper in the living room.

Th ey’ll do their renovation deliberately, not knowing what’s hidden inside a wall.

“We haven’t tackled any major project yet because we have to put it in the correct order,” Gina says.

Jack says he fi nally convinced Gina they needed to do the upkeep on the exterior fi rst, replacing worn cedar siding and re-painting. Inside, they’ve talked about creat-ing a farmhouse kitchen.

Schaefer used the back porch off the kitchen for the front porch for a key scene in his movie. Th at’s where the “Man in Black” (played by actor Allen Fitzpatrick) stood, watching protagonist Harold Dahl (played by actor Tony Doupé) through the window in the door.

Dahl claimed he saw six fl ying discs near Maury Island on June 21, 1947, while on his boat. Th e Man in Black (remember the 1997 movie?) was at his doorstep to take him to breakfast in Tacoma to convince him through threats to keep quiet.

Schaefer used a small entryway for the telephone and other rooms in the house for fi lming.

Jack and Gina are continuing to learn the history of the house. It’s likely the fi rst owner was a merchant at a business in Ri-verton’s busy commercial area.

“We own our own little corner of his-tory,” Gina said.

Th ey hope others will come behind them to preserve Tukwila’s historic homes.

“I really do see us as kind of preserving a piece of history and hopefully attracting other people to do that, too.”

Dean A. Radford can be reached at 425-255-3484, ext. 5150.

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Gina and Jack Tucci stand on the front porch of their 105-year-old house in Tukwila’s Riverton neighborhood. They have plans to do renovations but retain its historic character. Dean A. Radford/Tukwila Reporter

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3 Foster100Foster High School is celebrating on March 21 its Centennial, which marks the presentation of the diploma to the school’s fi rst graduate.

5 tukwila’sstoryThe Green/Duwamish River has had a rough life, starting out as a diff erent river and fi nding watery suitors along the way, all at man’s hands.

6 gobulldogsThe Foster High School Bulldog wrestlers and basketball players made it into the postseason, with eyes on state.

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One hundred years in the making, the extended Foster High School family will celebrate the school’s Centennial on Satur-day, March 21.

A community committee has been working for months to plan the event that will include plenty of social time, speeches, music, refreshments, a slide show and, of course, a sock-hop dance.

A special re-enactment will portray the presentation of Foster’s fi rst diploma to Ava Sophia Adams Bainter in 1915 by dis-trict Superintendent L.M. Dimmitt.

It’s the presentation of her diploma that set off the 100-year countdown.

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guided tours of the school, Commons• 4 p.m. - 5 p.m., formal program, with a

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tural program, gym• 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., refreshments and so-

cial time, Commons• 6:30 p.m. - 10 p.m., sock-hop dance,

gymA slide show will run continuously in the

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Th e celebration is free but the committee has set a goal of $3,500 to pay for refresh-ments, music, set up, advertising and other costs.

Keith Wheeler will put together the video and slide show that will run continu-ously through the celebration in the per-forming arts center.

His email address to send photos is gracefl [email protected]. He can also scan photos that are mailed to him but be sure to include a stamped, self-addressed enve-lope so he can return them. His address is 3429 S. 141th St., Tukwila, WA 98168.

Updates about the celebration are avail-able at the Centennial Committee’s Face-book page, www.facebook.com/Foster-HighSchoolCentennialCelebration.

Foster Centennial party March 21Celebrating Dr. Seuss• Dr. Seuss Day Birthday Party is 3 p.m.-6 p.m. Monday, March 2, at the Foster Library, 4060 S. 144th St., Tukwila. Tukwila Library Council volunteers will tell Seuss stories and explain how everyone can raise money for the community mosaic space in the new Tukwila Library.

• Dr. Suess Night at the Tukwila Community Center to celebrate Dr. Seuss’s birthday, is 6 p.m.-8 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 26, at the center, 12424 42nd Ave., Tukwila. There will be bouncers, arts and crafts, games and an appearance by the Cat in the Hat. Everyone will receive a free book.

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Is it a coincidence that February is the month for hearts and aff ec-tion and also the time in the school year when we get ready to kick off spring testing? I think not — while it’s an unorthodox Valentine, I ad-mit, let’s show our standardized assessments a little love this season!

Assessments are absolutely critical to our work. Our strategic plan requires each student to make at least one year’s worth of academic progress annually. With this type of growth model, we need clear, consistent, in-depth measures of a child’s knowledge and skills from year to year. Based on these assessments, we allocate resources and customize comprehensive learning plans from the building-level down to the child-level. Without assessment, we wouldn’t be able to off er specifi c interventions or highly capable programs to students. We wouldn’t be able to target best-practice professional development and materials for our staff . In other words, assessment data forms the foundation for everything we do in teaching and learning.

I off er this perspective because it’s important for students to un-derstand the link between assessments and their day-to-day education. I certainly do not want anyone to become anxious about taking a test, but I do ask that every student gives it his/her honest best attempt. To best serve you, we need to know what you know!

Th is testing cycle promises to be diff erent from previous years in many ways as the state

replaces the former English language arts and math tests with a new ones that focus on real-world problem-solving skills. We are also re-viewing the common assessments we choose to give as a district.

State testing: Introducing the Smarter Balanced AssessmentsWe are required by the state and federal governments to measure

the academic growth of our students in English language arts and math each spring. Th is year, the state is replacing its former tests in these subjects (the MSP and HSPE) with Smarter Balanced Assess-ments.

If this sounds like acronym soup, here’s the bottom line: Th e Smart-er Balanced Assessments require deeper thinking, asking students to apply knowledge and reasoning skills to solve problems instead of simply recalling content. Th e assessments align with the state’s new learning standards for language arts and math, which are meant to prepare students to be career- and college-ready in a dynamic global environment. Th e motto for the new standards and corresponding Smarter Balanced Assessments is “Real Learning for Real Life.” Th is is also the approach we take every day in the classroom, where content knowledge is the building blocks for creative problem solving. A more tangible diff erence between Smarter Balanced Assessments and their predecessors is that they are done online using computers, which will be a big help in getting the data returned in a faster timeline.

Because the Smarter Balanced Assessments are new and have in-creased rigor, we expect to see overall achievement levels dip across the state when the results come back, and that’s OK. I want to prepare

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Th e ability to get around, to our jobs, to our schools – anywhere, really – is simply a fundamental part of life and a fundamental re-sponsibility of our governments.

It’s safe to say that Tukwila is ready to “get around” for the next 20 years with ease, based on just how much traffi c we’re willing to

tolerate (level of service in bureaucractic terms.)

Part of the reason for that is the millions of dollars that

have been spent to get people out of their personal vehicles and onto public transportation.

Again, that’s something you can do with ease in Tukwila. Without a doubt, the city is a regional trans-portation hub, thanks to its central location. Policy makers learned long ago that to get anywhere north and south on existing free-ways and rail lines, you had to go through Tukwila.

Tukwila’s leaders have taken advantage of the city’s location to move forward with a vision that

will turn Southcenter into some-thing new. Of course, the city’s central business district will always be Tukwila’s economic engine. But in years to come, it will also take its place with other city residential neighborhoods, with the added advantage of having a bus or com-muter train a short walk or bike ride from your doorstep.

Of course, I also have to drive home the point that (I am sure I’ll hear from someone if I don’t) we’ll always have an I-5 back up on Southcenter Hill during the evening commute or a sometimes terrifying run on I-405 in Tukwila and Renton at busy times.

Planners expect that I-5 and I-405 will come into play in the decades ahead as the region strug-gles to accommodate growth. One way to stave off unacceptable solu-tions (double-decking of lanes?) is to embrace public transportation.

Something to embrace soon is Sound Transit 3, another chance to pay for a fundamental respon-sibility.


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Perhaps you have heard that the city a $300 million 2015-2016 biennial budget. Th e All Funds budget includes the Gen-eral Fund budget along with various other forms of revenue and cash fl ow. Th ink property sales, federal and state grants not included in the general fund, proceeds from bond sales, fi nes and penalties, en-terprise funds, etc.

Th e General Fund budget is more in-teresting because it is funded primarily through sources that people recognize.

For 2015, the city is projecting just more than $14 million in property taxes and about $17 million in sales/use taxes. Th e remainder of the projected ongoing rev-enues of $54 million will come from fees for licenses, gambling revenues, permits, services provided, regular intergovern-mental revenues and other miscellaneous sources. Th e General Fund ongoing rev-enue numbers refl ect the most predictable regular streams of revenue upon which the most predictable regular expenses are

budgeted. It is the means by which cities judge their economic health relative to previous years and other cities.

It is fair to say that Tukwila has re-covered well from the Great Recession through the presidential policies that helped bring about a national recovery and the prudent management of the ad-ministration and the City Council.

Tukwila Reporter columnist Chuck Par-rish can be reached via email at [email protected]

Prudent budget policies bring city through the Recession

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you before you get your own stu-dents’ scores. We are moving our state standards to a much higher level of learning, which is exactly what we need to do to prepare our students for life aft er graduation. In the process, we are starting over with a new baseline for our test scores, which is not comparable to previous years.

What does that mean for stu-dents who must show profi ciency in language-arts and math in order to graduate? Current high-school-

ers will have several options for meeting the graduation require-ment, including Smarter Balanced, end-of-course assessments, and the former HSPE. Th e state wants to ensure that upperclassmen are suc-cessful during the transition to the new test. In the coming four years, the Smarter Balanced Assessment will be phased in to become the single measurement for the major-ity of students.

Th e window for Smarter Bal-anced Assessments runs from March through June, and your school will let you know the exact

dates of administration.Streamlining our district as-

sessmentsI also want to mention the work

we are doing with our local assess-ments. Th ese are common tests that we as a district choose to ad-minister across grade levels to supplement the data we get from the state-mandated tests. In my second year as a superintendent, it’s a priority to come up with a more streamlined, eff ective system of local assessments. I want to make sure that every test we use provides the most usable data for serving

students with the shortest disrup-tion to classroom learning. In the coming months, we will fi nal-ize a comprehensive plan for next school year.

Overall, we have an exciting spring ahead in the realm of stan-dardized testing! Please do not hesitate to contact me or your prin-cipal if you have questions.

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BY PAT BRODINT U K W I L A H I S T O R I C A L S O C I E T Y

Th e Green River winding its way into the Duwamish north of Fort Dent has had a rather colorful his-tory. In fact the Green River was really the White River for centuries until aft er a serious fl ood occurred changing its course. In a 1913 Act of Legislation forming a joint river commission between King County and Pierce counties, the two coun-ties agreed to permanently divert the waters of the White River to Tacoma. By this agreement the channels of the White came into the Stuck River near Game Farm Park in Auburn, and dumping into the Puyallup River to allevi-ate the Duwamish Valley, required King County to compensate Pierce County for fl ood damage repairs and fl ood control measures along the Puyallup.

It was the catastrophic 1906 fl ood that brought about this per-manent change when autumn rains never stopped until the White River became particularly violent in November of that fateful year.

It was reported that the White/Duwamish River Valley was a lake between the West Hill and the East Hill to the present-day Boe-ing Field. In most places the water was deep enough to allow row-boats to pass over fence lines and other high obstructions. Before the fl oodwaters crested, a massive log jam occurred at Auburn, cutting a channel down through to the Stuck River and thence into the Puyallup. Th e renaming of the river from the

White to the Green was recom-mended years later by none other than Col. Hiram Chittenden, the Seattle District Engineer for the Army Corps of Engineers aft er whom the canal locks are named.

For years preceding this event, there had been interference by citizens of both counties relative to the White River fl owing through the Stuck channel. Early settlers did not want their fertile claims fl ooded and oft en made covert

modifi cations redirecting the water the other direction. It was locally known that gun-toting farmers would stand guard on crude debris levees to maintain the status quo.

Today the Duwamish receives only the waters from the Green River basin and other ancillary creeks and drainages along the way. Th e Cedar River once fl owed into the Black River but was redirected to Lake Washington to make up fl ow losses through the newly in-stalled Government Locks at Salm-on Bay that lowered the lake. As a result, the Lake Washington outlet no longer fl owed to the Duwamish through the Black. Th e Black River has been reduced to a short thread of fl ow that is fed from Springbrook Creek via a fl ood control facility in Renton.

Pat Brodin is a member of the Tukwila Historical Society. Th e so-ciety operates the Tukwila Heritage and Cultural Center, 14475 59th Ave. S. Th e center can be reached by phone at 206-244-HIST or via email at [email protected].

Green River is also black and white

The Green/Duwamish River in South King County frequently flooded before it was controlled by the Howard Hansen Dam. Tukwila Historical Society

Now is the time to start registering next school year’s kindergarteners in the Tukwila School Dis-trict.

To enroll in kindergar-ten, a child must be 5 years old on before Aug. 31, 2015.

Registration packets are available at Tukwila’s three elementary schools, Tukwi-la, 5939 S. 149th St., Th orn-dyke, 4415 S. 150th St., and Cascade View, 13601 32nd Ave. S.

Families can call the Tuk-wila School District at 206-901-8000 if they’re unsure which elementary school a child will attend.

Th e school district strongly encourages that all incoming kindergarten families complete the reg-istration process during an in-person event in March, where interpreters will be available and the health team, transportation team, and offi ce staff will provide all of the important infor-mation.

Th e kindergarten regis-tration dates are:

• 5 p.m.-8 p.m. Friday, March 13, at Showalter Middle School, 4628 S. 144th St., Tukwila.

• 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, March 14, at Showalter Middle School.

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BY DEAN A. RADFORDD R A D F O R D @ T U K W I L A R E P O R T E R .

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Foster wrestler Mark Schenck is the Seamount League’s champion in the 132-pound weight class.

He went undefeated in the subre-gional tournament Feb. 7 at Highline High School.

Schenck, a junior, competed in last weekend’s regional tournament in Lacey for a chance to compete in the state tournament, the Mat Classic at the Tacoma Dome this Saturday and Sunday.

Joining Schenck at the regional tournament were Cale Woyvodich, who placed second at sub-regionals in the 120-pound weight class, Zane Galoia, who placed second at 220 pounds and Kumar Teve, who placed fourth at 285 pounds.

Benjamin Vongtawan is an alter-nate at 285 pounds.

Th is is Schenck’s fi rst league cham-pionship.

“Listening to my coaches and work-ing hard in practice is how I’m able to win matches,” said Schenck, who has been wresting for eight years.

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Th e Foster boys basketball team made it back to the postseason, aft er nearly reaching the state 2A tournament in Yakima last season.

Th eir run to state took a hit Feb. 12 with a 78-25 loss to the Sammamish High School Totems, with seven fresh-men Bulldogs playing. Th e boys played Olympic High School on Saturday; if they lost, their season was over.

Foster fi nished sixth in the Seamount League with a league record of 4-16.

“If I were to assess this year’s season for the team, I’d say we probably weren’t very successful ... not based on wins and losses, but based on our three core measures of success that we use every year to evaluate ourselves,” said Head Coach Isaac Tucker.

Th ose values are: did the team improve; did it represent itself well on and off the court and in the classroom, and did it grow together, he said. He didn’t go into detail but he said “we left room for improvement in each one for sure.”

“With that said, each kid in the program is still very spe-cial to me and they never ever fail individually ... they just learn, grow and move on,” he said.

Th e “silver lining” is a core of young players who man-aged to make it to playoff s in “an unexpectedly tough sea-son,” he said.

Coach: Boys’ season tough but the future is bright

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Th e Foster girls basketball team met the biggest goal of the season: making the postseason.

Th e girls lost to ninth-ranked Liberty High School 79-31 Feb. 11; they played Kingston High School last Friday night. If they lost, they were done for the season.

Th e Bulldogs fi nished 4-10, which qualifi ed them for the 2A postseason from the Seamount League.

“We are a very young team with no seniors on the team and just two juniors, so we expected to lose some games due to inexperience; but overall I’m happy in the position we are in,” said Coach Eric Smith.

A key to moving on to the postseason was Foster’s victory over Lindbergh, 45-34, on Jan. 28, which Smith also called the team’s best victory. On Dec. 19 Lindbergh squeaked by Foster 48-46.

“It was good to see our team come together and execute the game plan and get a victory that game,” Smith said.

Th e Liberty game was the fi rst in a playoff for the three freshmen and a sophomore in the starting lineup, so Smith said he wanted them “to concentrate on having fun and play to the best of their ability.”

One of the team’s standout players this year is Grace Wil-liams, who Smith believes is the best player in the league, averaging 17 points, 8 rebounds, 8 steals and 4 assists a game. Just a freshman, she made the all-league fi rst team.

With her work ethic, Smith said “she will only get bet-ter.”

Another freshman, Chasity Spady, received all-league honorable mention with less playing time on varsity and playing on junior varsity, he said.

“With her size and athleticism, if she stays working hard, I defi nitely see her playing college ball,” he said.

Freshman Emolani Morris, who stands 5-foot-10 and is “very athletic,” is a game-changer on defense, Smith said.

With the young players he has and upcoming eighth graders, “we will defi nitely be changing our goal to the state playoff s and eventually be state champions,” he said.

Girls team fullof court promise

Foster’s Schenck league champ

Foster junior Mark Schenck is the Seamount League wrestling champion at 132 pounds. Brenda Schenck

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COUNCIL MEMBERS: Joe Duffie • Dennis Robertson • Allan Ekberg Verna Seal • Kathy Hougardy • De’Sean Quinn City of Tukwila • 6200 Southcenter Boulevard • Tukwila, WA 98188 • 206-433-1800 • Online: TukwilaWA.gov

FREE FAMILY FUN! Don’t miss out on this popular annual event… Dr. Seuss Night – February 26 from 6-8PM – Tukwila Community Center

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In January your Tukwila City Council assembled in a workshop for train-ing along with many members from Tukwila’s citizen advisory commit-tees. This training was held because – effective July 1, 2014 – our State government mandated that all members of governing bodies must complete training on open public meetings law shortly after taking of-fice and then via refreshers every four years.

What we reviewed and learned made me reflect on how far “access to government” has come in my lifetime. Did you know there is no consti-tutional right of access to government meetings? In fact, the framers of the U.S. Constitution met in secret.

The open public meeting laws we enjoy today are the result of a more recent chain of events – specifically, the passage of the “Sunshine Laws” in Florida drafted by journalists, and more access provisions at the feder-al level following Watergate. Washington State’s Open Public Meetings Act (“OPMA”), found in Revised Code of Washington (RCW) Chapter 42.30, was passed by the State Legislature in 1971 as a part of a nation-wide effort to make government affairs more accessible to the public.

The OPMA gives “all persons” in our state the right to attend the meet-ings of governing bodies of public agencies, with a handful of exceptions for closed sessions. If a governing body wants to hold a closed session, called an “executive session,” it must identify a specific statutory exemp-tion of the fourteen subject-area exemptions found in RCW 42.30.110.

The Act does not give the public an absolute right to participate or com-ment during open meetings. The public may participate in meetings, however, if the governing body wishes it. Here in Tukwila, your City Council encourages public comment as a matter of routine, because we know it is a good way to stay in touch with our community and to understand what people believe are the important issues of the day.

I should mention that the presence of a quorum of the members (in our case, four or more) at a meeting not called by the Council does not, in itself, make the meeting a “public meeting” for purposes of the OPMA. The Act would apply if the Councilmembers took any “action” as defined in RCW 42.30.020(3) at the meeting, such as voting, delib-erating together, or using the meeting as a source of public testimony for Council action.

To ensure the City Council is always in compliance with open meetings law, we work closely with the certified professionals in the City Clerk’s Office as well as the City Attorney, to be as transparent and accessible to the public as legally possible.

Guiding Tukwila’s future: Comprehensive Plan updateThe City of Tukwila is continuing its update of the Comprehensive Plan, the community’s planning guide for future growth and development over the next 20 years.

2014 City Council Action: On October 6, 2014, after a public meeting and work session, the City Council adopted updates and revisions to the Community Image and Identity, Economic Development, Tukwila South and Roles and Responsibilities sections, as well as the new Parks, Recreation and Open Space element. These updated elements will be integrated into the Comprehensive Plan.

2015 Update Work: During 2015, the Planning Commission and City Council will consider three Comprehensive Plan elements that remain to be updated: Transportation Corridors/Tukwila International Boulevard Area, Housing and Residential Neighborhoods.

In January of 2015, the Planning Commission and City Council held a joint work session to discuss the vision and policies for the Tukwila In-ternational Boulevard (TIB) area. An additional joint work session will occur on February 25 at 6:30pm in the Council Chambers at Tukwila City Hall. These work sessions allow staff, Councilmembers and Com-missioners the opportunity to develop the initial goals and policies. In May, the public will have the opportunity to provide input and com-ment on the proposed goals and polices at an open house, as well as a public hearing before the Planning Commission. Ultimately, these three updated portions of the Plan will go to the City Council for review and approval, which will also include an opportunity for public comments.

Work is also proceeding on the Housing and Residential Neighborhoods chapters. Background materials are being prepared that will serve as the initial foundation for the goals and policies in these areas. As the process for these two elements move forward, a public open house and Planning Commission hearing will be held later in the year.

Once a schedule is finalized, all meeting dates and opportunities for comment and involvement will be publicized to the community. The Comprehensive Plan update is scheduled for completion during 2015.

Fire and Police battle benefits the Tukwila PantryOn Saturday, February 7, members of the Tukwila Fire Department and Tuk-wila Police Department participated in a wing-eating contest to raise money for the Tukwila Pantry. Held at Buffalo Wild Wings, 10% of the proceeds from the event went to the nonprofit which serves as an emergency food pantry for families in Tukwila and the surround-ing areas. In 2014, the Pantry had over 15,000 visits from people needing food assistance, and provided over 1.9 mil-lion pounds of food for families in the area who need extra help.

The wing-eating contest consisted of four heats, where each department was represented by one contestant. Partici-pants had to eat 12 hot wings within six minutes, and the one with the best time won the heat. After the first three heats, the contest was over as Fire swept them. The Police Department managed to come back and win the final heat, and their representative won the overall best time, but Fire’s early and commanding lead could not be overcome. The event was full of families cheering for both sides and the friendly rivalry between the two departments remains strongly intact.

Get involved – leadership training at TCC The Healthy King County Coalition will hold its 2015 Health Equity Leadership Training event on March 7, 2015 at the Tukwila Com-munity Center from 9:00am to 4:00pm. This is a great opportunity for community members to learn skills to become advocates for themselves and their community around healthy living and active lifestyle choices. This year’s advocacy trainings teach participants how they can:

• Make changes in their community for equity in healthy eating and active and smoke-free living.

• Participate in health equity advocacy projects and report back to lawmakers.

• Discover techniques and approaches for creating social change.

• Have fun and make an impact!

Breakfast and lunch will be provided at the training, and a stipend is available for participants at the end of each leadership trainee’s completed project. For more information and to access the ap-plication form, visit HealthyKingCounty.org/Leadership-Training. Applications are due by 5:00pm on Friday, February 20, 2015.

Community Center closing for maintenanceTo accommodate a large number of planned projects, the entire Tukwila Community Center will be closed March 16—22 for a deep cleaning and maintenance overhaul. This closure will allow the City to paint, address outstanding up-keep issues. and undergo additional activities to spruce up the facility.

In addition, the gym and racquetball courts will be closed March 16—April 12 so that they can be completely over-hauled. The floors will be sanded down, lines repainted and refinished. The floors in the social hall, banquet hall and dance studios will also be refinished, thereby closing these facilities from March 16—29.

Non-affected areas of the Tukwila Community Center will remain open with the exception of the full closure from March 15—22. If you have questions regarding the closure activities or dates, please call 206-768-2822. The City will post updates on the closure and reopenings on the City’s webpage at TukwilaWA.gov.

Take the stress out of filing your taxesUnited Way of King County is offering free tax preparation services in 25 locations throughout King County – including Tukwila’s Community Center – from now until April 18. Households earing under $60,000 can have their taxes prepared, plus they can get connected to one-on-one financial counseling, healthcare enrollment, and other public benefits.

TCC days and times – through April 18Tuesdays & Thursdays: 5:00–8:00pm; Saturdays: 10:00am—2:00pm

Other locations can be found throughout the county with daytime, eve-ning, and weekend hours available. To find a location, the languages available, a list of what to bring and other details, visit their website at www.UWKC.org/TaxHelp or call 2-1-1.

No appointments are needed. Clients are taken on a first-come, first-served basis. Let United Way of King County prepare your return, help you get your maximum refund, and charge you no fees!

The City of Tukwila continues its process to explore potential annexation to the Kent Regional Fire Au-thority (RFA). While no decisions have been made, last year the City Council gave the Administration the direction to move forward on additional due diligence around this option. A Steering Committee comprised of residents, businesses, members of the Council and Administration, along with representa-tives of the Kent RFA will begin meeting next month.

The City remains committed to being transparent throughout this process and has developed the fol-lowing Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) to pro-vide residents additional information. More infor-mation, including additional FAQs can be found at TukwilaWA.gov/FireCommittee. In addition, broad public outreach is of utmost importance to the City. If you have a group that would like a speaker or have an event where you would like a guest speaker on this topic, or have a publication in which you would like an article, please contact Moira Bradshaw at [email protected] or 206-431-3651. We want to hear from you about specific questions or comments.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is the City considering annexation of its Fire Department to the Kent Regional Fire Authority?

During the City’s 2014 Fire Exploratory Committee process, the committee identified – and the City Council concurred – that of all the options available for the provision of long-term fire suppression and emergency services in Tukwila, joining the Kent RFA may be the best route for the City. The Kent RFA has been in operation since 2010, and has cleared many of the early organizational challenges associ-ated with the creation of a new governmental entity. The Kent RFA is respected across the region for its successes, leadership and experience. Further, the

City and Kent RFA already enjoy a highly successful collaborative relationship due to participation in the South King County Regional Training Consortium.

Why is regionally-provided fire suppression and aid a better service?

Current fire suppression and aid service is already regionally coordinated. For instance, Tukwila, along with other jurisdictions in the area, uses Valley Com-munications to provide dispatch services for Fire and Police operations. Tukwila also receives and provides mutual aid seamlessly with other departments in Zone 3, including the Kent RFA. In addition, required recurrent training for firefighters is done through a regional consortium. Combining resources is a cost-effective way to deliver high-quality fire protection and emergency medical services. Consolidation of fire departments can result in lowered costs due to economies of scale obtained by reducing duplica-tion of facilities, leadership, equipment and other expenses within close geographical areas.

Has regional consolidation of fire departments happened elsewhere?

The cities of Federal Way and Des Moines merged fire departments to become the South King Fire and Rescue; Auburn, Algona and Pacific are now Valley Regional Fire Authority; Covington, Kent and Fire District 37 combined to make up the Kent Fire RFA.

How will the annexation decision be made?

The City Council will determine whether to formally propose the annexation to Tukwila voters, who will ultimately make the final decision.

Will it cost Tukwila residents more money?

This is undetermined at this time. Potential costs are being investigated by the Steering Committee and will be known before a recommendation is made to the Council or any vote on the issue.

Frequently asked questions about the Regional Fire Authority

There’s still time to sign up for the winter/spring TUKWILA CITIZENS’ POLICE ACADEMY – a program covering

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Beginning MARCH 4, the class will be held weekly on Wednesday evenings from 6:30–9:00pm , with graduation on May 20.

To register for the Citizens’ Academy, download an application from TukwilaWA.gov/Police/PDCrimeP.html.

Applications must be submitted by February 24.

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With the new Tukwila Sounder Station, Tukwila has more direct access to public transportation than any other suburban city in King County.

Th e City of Tukwila is carefully cultivating that access to create a vibrant urban district in Southcenter, where people live, work and are entertained. It’s why Washing-ton Place, a 19-story hotel and residential community, is so important to the city’s vision.

Here’s Tukwila’s roster of ways to get around:

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want to go from here to Timbuktu (it’s in Africa, will require transfers), Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has you cov-ered. Get to Sea-Tac Airport by bus or light rail – or old-school car.

But more practical-ly you’ll want to use public transportation to get to work, to do some shopping, to get someplace entertain-ing or to see family or friends. Your trip can begin in Tukwila, thanks to millions of dollars of taxpayer investment in bus, trains and light rail.

“It’s all about loca-tion,” says Tukwila Mayor Jim Hagger-ton.

Tukwila has always been known as a crossroads. Th e word is prominent in the title of Tukwila’s his-tory book, “Tukwila: Community at the Crossroads.” Today,

Tukwila joins Seattle and Tacoma as the region’s major transportation hubs.

Th is week marks the dedication of a key piece of that crossroads, the Tukwila Sounder Station, which is already one of the busiest stations in the Sound Transit system and a major destination for commuters.

Amtrak has a stop there, too, and city research shows it’s becoming a popular alternative to driving to Seattle or Tacoma to catch a train going north or south.

Ground was broken on the $46 million Sounder sta-tion in June 2013, by local, state and federal offi cials. U.S.

Sen. Patty Murray, who played a key role in obtaining fed-eral funding for the project, will attend the dedication on Wednesday (Feb. 18).

Tukwila didn’t supply any direct funding for the proj-ect construction, although the city and the City of Renton jointly planned the project, along with other agencies.

“One thing we did do is display patience,” said Hagger-ton.

The modern station replaces two wooden platforms, which provided little protection from the ele-ments and were diffi cult to walk to up a long ris-ing sidewalk. “Th e plat-forms were frankly quite dangerous,” he said. One was even hit by a train.

For more than a de-cade, the city continued to renew Sound Tran-sit’s agreement to use the wooden platforms, while the regional agency put together the funding for the project, he said.

Tukwila Station is one of the last projects to be completed under Sound Move, which voters approved in November 1996. Th e temporary station began service in February 2001.

“Th is project was delayed to better coordinate with road projects in Tukwila and Renton that service the station,” said Chris Arkills, transportation policy adviser to county Executive Dow Constantine.

Now the station is done, there’s parking for 600 vehicles and it’s “beautifully landscaped,” said Haggerton.

“We are really proud that it’s there,” said Haggerton of the Sounder station. “It is the nucleus of a lot of our trans-portation system.”

Th at transportation system includes what Haggerton describes as the successful King County Metro RapidRide F Line, which connects Renton, the Tukwila Sounder Sta-

tion, Southcenter, SeaTac and Burien. Th e F Line stops at the new Metro Transit Center that

straddles Andover Park West in Southcenter, virtually on the front steps of Westfi eld shopping center. Metro Tran-sit’s venerable Route 150 stops there, one of the major routes for bus passengers in South King County to Seattle.

Metro Transit is the workhorse of the region’s transpor-tation system, with about 8,000 boardings in Tukwila on an average weekday alone.

Th e transit center will aff ect the “overall transportation ecosystem” of the Southcen-ter urban center, according to Haggerton, and will be heavily used. Portions of the center are already in use, but the formal ribbon-cutting is expected this spring or early summer.

Like other projects, Hag-gerton said the $7.5 million transit center is an example of “a great partnership,” this one including the Washington State Department of Transportation, King County, Westfi eld South-center and the City of Tukwila. For example, Westfi eld pro-vided a $300,000 easement and

$500,000 toward construction, according to Haggerton.Because of major funding from partners, the city’s con-

tribution to the transit center was about $128,000, making the project “pretty economically feasible” for the city, Hag-gerton said. Th e city was the lead agency for permitting and planning.

While the city’s transportation system is fueled mostly by gasoline or diesel, Haggerton and other city offi cials want “foot power” to move the system, too.

Th e city is working on a plan to build a pedestrian bridge over the Green River to the east of Baker Boulevard. Th at $10 million project would allow people to walk or ride their bikes between the Tukwila Sounder Station and the Southcenter urban center. About $8.3 million would come

coverstoryTukwila: on the move to everywhere

Metro Transit Route 150 is the workhorse of the bus system in South King County. In Tukwila alone, there are 1,820 boardings on an average weekday. Here a passenger gets off the bus at the Tukwila Transit Center in Southcenter to retrieve her bicycle. DEAN A. RADFORD, Tukwila Reporter.

THE DEDICATIONSound Transit will dedicate the Tukwi-

la Sounder Station at 2 p.m. Wednesday,

Feb. 18, at the station at 7301 Longacres

Way, Tukwila. Dignitaries will attend, in-

cluding U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, members

of the Sound Transit Board of Directors,

King County Executive Dow Constan-

tine and Tukwila Mayor Jim Haggerton.

Sound Transit Ambassadors will hand

out commuter kits to riders 3 p.m.-6:30

p.m. in a show of appreciation.

THE BIG NUMBERSTukwila is served by two major public

transportation providers in the region,

Sound Transit – Sounder and Link light

rail – and Metro Transit.

• 8,010: number of Metro Transit

bus boardings in Tukwila on an average

weekday

• 1,800: number of Sound Transit

Sounder riders who come and go at the

Tukwila Station on an average weekday

• 4,600: number of Link light rail

riders who come and go at the Tukwila

International Boulevard station.

Amtrak also provides service at the

Tukwila Sounder tation.

A USER’S GUIDE• Here’s where to learn about fares

and how to purchase tickets: http://

www.soundtransit.org/Fares-and-Pass-

es/Sounder-fares

• All about the Tukwila Station: http://

www.soundtransit.org/Rider-Guide/

Tukwila-Station.

ON THE COVERThe Tukwila Sounder Station on Lon-

gacres Way in Tukwila is a key hub in the

region’s transportation system. Photo by

Dean A. Radford/Tukwila Reporter

The Tukwila Sounder Station is a major transfer station for the RapidRide F Line. Dean A. Radford/Tukwila Reporter

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One key City of Tukwila project that isn’t funded is the extension eastward of Strander Boulevard, which, when done, will improve traffic flow in and out of the Tuk-wila Sounder Station.

Strander Boulevard dead ends on the east side of West Valley Highway at the Interurban Trail and the Union Pacific railroad tracks.

That means it falls about a quarter-mile short of connecting to a new street in Renton, South-west 27th Street, which provides access off Oakesdale Avenue next to the Federal Reserve Bank to the Sounder station from the Renton Transit Center.

“That’s a critical stretch of road,” said Mayor Jim Haggerton.

Construction of the extension would cost about $20 million, about a third of which would go toward carrying traffic under the Union Pacific tracks, according to Bob Giberson, Tukwila’s public works director. Additional money is needed for project engineering and buying right of way.

Like Renton, Tukwila is consid-ering building two lanes of a five-lane road initially but have room under the bridge and right of way for the additional three lanes.

Tukwila was turned down for a federal transportation grant; the competition for the $600 million available nationwide was stiff, Giberson said, and typically went to large state agencies, counties and ports.

The City of Tukwila has a pledge of $5 million from the state Freight Mobility Strategic Investment Board, but the ques-

tion is whether that’s for a five-lane section or a two-lane sec-tion, Giberson said. He’s guessing the city would get partial funding,

which is what happened in Rent-on’s similar situation.

Extending Strander Boulevard is one of the board’s “high-priori-

ty projects,” Giberson said.To the north the two tracks use

the same overpass on South 180th Street/Southwest 43rd Street, just east of West Valley Highway.

Haggerton said the city was told that a project’s first application for the federal TIGER (Trans-portation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) grant is of-ten turned down and cities must reapply. The city will continue to seek the money, because of “good support” from U.S. Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell and U.S. Congressman Adam Smith.

In order to apply for the grant, the city will need to design the project, which will require ob-taining other grants for that work, according to Giberson. The pro-cess could take two to five years; the project needs to be “shovel-ready” to apply for the TIGER grant, he said.

Strander funding key to finishing station access

from park impact fees and the general fund.

Baker Boulevard east of Westfield would become a pedestrian-friendly residential neighborhood with condos and apart-ments and nightlife and other entertain-ment in what’s known as Transit Oriented Development. What’s been missing in that area are places to live; Washington Place will help fill that gap.

The city is talking with the Washington State Department of Transportation about how it would get pedestrians across West Valley Highway (a state highway) and to the Sounder station at or near Longacres Way. A pedestrian bridge is a possibility.

For seven years Craig Warnock of Gig Harbor has made the bike ride from the Sounder station to Red Dot Corp. on An-dover Park East and back again. He catches the Sounder train at the Tacoma Dome.

“I just don’t like the I-5 traffic. And I save gas and wear and tear on the car,” said War-nock. “It’s just down time when I am on the train.”

Up the west hill on Southcenter Bou-levard/South 154th Street is the Tukwila International Boulevard Link light-rail station. It’s the combination of a Sounder

station and the Sound Transit light-rail station that sets Tukwila apart from other suburban cities.

Light rail, which began service in 2009, offers travelers an option to Sounder trains to get to downtown Seattle, including di-rect service to the Westlake Center near many of Seattle’s cultural attractions. Trav-elers can also transfer to the Monorail for a short trip to the Seattle Center.

The Tukwila light-rail station has seen an increasing number of police calls for service, enough that the city is considering assigning commissioned officers to the sta-

tion. The station is patrolled by transit po-lice, a service provided by the King County Sheriff ’s Office.

Haggerton has been mayor during much of the explosive development of the city’s transportation infrastructure. He’s now lobbying for the extension of the busy RapidRide A Line, which stops its north-ward drive at Tukwila light-rail station, all the way down Tukwila International Bou-levard and East Marginal Way to the Boe-ing Access Road.

The Boulevard is expected to develop new housing and commercial areas – the

Tukwila Village is already under way – with the removal of crime-ridden motels from the highway. As importantly, Hagger-ton wants the Sound Transit to “undefer” its plans for a light-rail station in Tukwila at the Boeing Access Road. He argues the station is needed to serve the Museum of Flight, Boeing Field and Boeing facilities, Aviation High School and potential new job-generating developments in north Tukwila.

Funding for building a light-rail station at the Boeing Access Road could become part of a Sound Transit 3 ballot measure that could go to voters in November 2016.

These transportation projects, along with others, such as the major reconstruc-tion of Southcenter Parkway and its exten-sion southward, and major improvements to Interurban Avenue, will help ensure the city meets its need for road capacity and level of service for the next 20 years, ac-cording to city officials. The city is upgrad-ing its underground infrastructure, such as sewer and water lines, to accommodate the expected growth.

“All of these pieces you see around the city that are under construction now fit to-gether in a plan,” said Haggerton.


The City of Renton completed two lanes of a five-lane extension of Southwest 27th Street/Strander Boulevard, with an overpass for the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad tracks that carry the Sounder trains. When it finds the money, Tukwila will extend Strander to West Valley Highway. Dean A. Radford/Tukwila Reporter

[SOUNDER from page 12]

Craig Warnock of Gig Harbor gets on the southbound Sounder train at the Tukwila Station with his bike. He’s been riding the train for seven years to his job at the Red Dot Corp. in Southcenter. He used the platforms, at right, before they were torn down. The platforms were ‘OK,’ he said. Dean A. Radford/Tukwila Reporter

Tukwila Transportation Plan meets service needs for 20 years


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Smarter Balanced Assessments coming this spring for language arts and math

What you should know, how to take a practice test

Standardized testing is going to look a lot diff erent than fi lling in the bubbles this spring!

Our state has adopted new Washington State Learning Standards in language arts and math, which are focused on real-world problem solving and critical thinking. They provide grade-level expectations of what students need to know, culminating in graduation when a student leaves prepared for career and college success. To assess these new rigorous learning standards, the state has replaced its language-arts and math standardized tests (formerly the MSP and HSPE) with new Smarter Balanced Assessments, which all students in grades 3-8 and 11 will take this spring.

Smarter Balanced Assessments will be diff erent and more challenging. They are untimed and taken online on a computer. Most importantly, students can expect a more interactive experience than fi lling in multiple-choice answers. Students will

be writing more and asked to critically defend their ideas, as opposed to recalling memorized facts; this mirrors the engaging lessons that are happening in our classrooms, too.

What does the change look like? Here are examples of the types of questions asked on the old assessments versus the Smarter Balanced Assessment. Imagine an elementary student read an excerpt of “Little Red Riding Hood”:

Old MSP question: What happened right after Red Riding Hood arrived at Grandma’s cottage?

New Smarter Balanced question: What does the use of dialogue in paragraph six show about the relationship between Red Riding Hood and the Wolf?

To get a better sense of what the Smarter Balanced Assessments are like, please go online and take a practice test at www.smarterbalanced.org/practice-test/.

Darth Vader used his powers for good when he surprised students at an assembly at Tukwila Elementary in January to encourage them to read. The event was to celebrate delivery of more than 1,550 books from Barnes & Noble in Southcenter, collected during the store’s holiday drive in December. Thank you to everyone who donated. All of our Tukwila elementary schools have new books because of you, and our students are excited to get reading!

Smarter Balanced FAQsQ. Who is being tested and when?A. Students in grades 3-8 and 11 will take the

Smarter Balanced Assessments in language arts and math during the testing window from March to June. Individual schools will notify parents of their exact administration dates.

Q. Because the Smarter Balanced Assessments are more rigorous, what will that mean for scores?

A. This is a new system with a new way of scoring, so it is not possible to directly compare new scores with old ones. However, because of the increased rigor, the state expects overall achievement levels to be lower when the Smarter Balanced results come back. A dip should not be interpreted as a decline in student learning but a refl ection of the transition to learning goals and assessments that prepare students at a deeper level for career and college success. Student scores have climbed steadily since the introduction of state standardized assessments in the past decade, and that will likely be a similar trajectory with the Smarter Balanced Assessments, too.

Q. Are the Smarter Balanced Assessments the only state tests students will take this spring?

A. No. We are also required to assess students in science, which will be done using the same MSP (Measurements of Student Progress) test as in years past in grades 5 and 8; and there will be EOC (End of Course) exams in biology for high-school students. High school students will also take EOC exams in Algebra and Geometry.

Q. Why do assessments matter?A. Assessments are how the school district and

schools determine the learning plan for all students and your specifi c student, including intervention and highly capable services. Smarter Balanced Assessments will also be refl ection of how well your student is prepared for life after graduation in a career or college. These tests help us know how to best serve your child.

Q. What can I do to help my child on standardized assessments?

A. Discuss the new tests with your child, and make sure s/he is not afraid or anxious but is prepared to do his/her best. Have your child get a good night’s sleep before the test and a nutritious, fi lling breakfast the day of. Because the real learning happens as an ongoing process throughout the school year while your child becomes an analytical thinker, please stress the importance of school work every day and provide a comfortable, quiet place for your child to study (whether at home or somewhere like a library). If your child struggles with homework and you cannot help, contact your child’s teacher right away.

Q. Who can I talk to about the upcoming standardized testing?

A. Your classroom teacher, building principal, and Superintendent Nancy Coogan (206-901-8006) are all great resources.

Thanks to a partnership with Bike Works, six students at Thorndyke Elementary are learning to disassemble and repair bicycles. The multi-week, after-school class also includes a safety and maintenance component. The best part? The students will get to take home and keep the bicycles they fix up (along with a helmet, of course).


Tukwila School District #406 February 2015

‘Cool Food’: Tukwila schools are committed to making

nutrition funBy Craig Huckins,

Tukwila School District Food Service Director

To help combat the old lunchroom and lunch-lady stereotypes created many years ago, one of this year’s goals for the Tukwila School District’s Food Services Department is to add a little fun and excitement to our cafeterias. We believe that if our kids enjoy their breakfast and lunchroom experience, they will be more apt to eat the healthy options we provide. If that positive experience begins at a young age, we hope it will transfer with them to middle school and high school (where it can be especially challenging to get older students to eat a healthy meal) and, ultimately, the rest of their lives. So let us share with you a few of things that we are doing to

make our school food “cool food” and have a little fun in the process:

• Breakfast in the Classroom Fun—the Golden Coin Game: The purpose of this game is to increase our student’s interest in our free Breakfast in the Classroom program and encourage even more students to open their morning breakfast bags to fi nd something nutritious to eat to start the day right. Every three weeks or so, our elementary lead cooks hide a golden

coin in one student’s breakfast bag in each classroom before they are delivered. Students who fi nd the golden coins can redeem them for small prizes from the kitchen staff during lunch period. This very simple game has worked to add some fun and positive energy to the breakfast program and to the lunch program when winning students pick up their prize. Because the game is played on random days, it encourages students to open their breakfast bag every day and look inside; even if there is no coin, they are more apt to fi nd something they want to eat. The faces on our kids tell the story of how these simple prizes can create some fun and some very big toothy smiles as well!

• Theme day t-shirts—“Go Hawks, Our Food Rocks”: To show our support for our beloved world-champion football team and the 12th Man spirit and to create some fun energy in all our cafeterias, food service staff members wore a specially designed t-shirt every Friday before Seahawk Games. The Seahawk-green t-shirts have the words “Go Hawks!” and “Our Food Rocks” written on the front in blue and silver and have the #12 on the back with “TUKWILA” placed where a player’s last name would normally be. For the Food Service staff , this has turned out to be a fun change of pace from their normal work uniforms and it gives them something in common and exciting to talk about with our kids. On Fridays when there were no Seahawk games, our staff wear a purple long-sleeve t-shirt that says, “Our Food Rocks! Tukwila School District” in white with a gold image of rock star playing the guitar.

Four Foster High seniors earnprestigious Act Six scholarshipsA quartet of Foster High

School seniors have just learned some life-changing news—which is sure to change the lives of many others in our community for the better, too! They have earned the prestigious Act Six Scholarship, the Northwest’s only full-tuition, full-need award for emerging leaders who want to use their college education to make a difference in their home communities.

Congratulations to Cierra Ghafari and Daynon Jackson (attending Pacific Lutheran University); Joseph Jerome (attending Gonzaga University); and Alejandra Silva-Avendano (attending Whitworth University).

These students were selected through a rigorous three-month competition among hundreds of applicants because of their distinctive leadership, academic potential, and commitment to making a difference in their community.

The Act Six program not only provides tuition but also ongoing support and leadership training during college to ensure the students’ success. Nearly 85 percent of Act Six alumni have brought their degrees back to home to serve and lead in Northwest communities, and more than a quarter are pursuing or have earned graduate degrees.

Calling all soon-to-bekindergartners!

Do you live in the Tukwila School District and will your child be 5 years old on or before August 31 this year? Then it’s time to register for kindergarten for the 2015-16 school year! All incoming kindergarten families are strongly encouraged to complete the registration process during an in-person event next month, where interpreters will be available and the health team, transportation team, and office staff will be on hand to provide all of the important information:

• 5-8 p.m. Friday, March 13, at Showalter Middle School OR

• 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, March 14, at Showalter Middle School

Celebrate Foster High’s100th birthday!

Community centennial party is Saturday, March 21

Come one, come all: Foster alumni, staff, students, community members, volunteers, business owners—anyone who feels an affinity with Tukwila’s dynamic high school, which graduated its first student 100 years ago. The entire community is invited to a celebration on Saturday, March 21, at the school. The doors open at 3 p.m. for tours, a looping slideshow, socializing, and displays of historic artifacts. The official program begins at 4 p.m. Afterward, there will be dinner, cake, and mingling. A sock hop will run in the gym from about 6:30-10 p.m. To RSVP for the event and get updates, go to www.facebook.com/FosterHighSchoolCentennialCelebration.

Are you interested in planningthe future of Tukwila schools?

Bond committee forming to shape next ballot measure

The Tukwila School District is beginning the process of looking at critical repairs, growing student-space requirements, and programmatic needs for the next decade and beyond. A committee with representatives from each school and community stakeholder group will begin work to put together a bond proposal in early spring. The committee will meet in the evenings, every other week, through May or until the work is complete. If you are interested in representing the community at large, please contact Sara Niegowski, Director of Communication, at [email protected].

Food Service staff wore their 12th Man pride each Friday before game day!


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