Written by The Renton Patch just posted a great story about Marcie Palmer, one of my long-time Council Colleagues. As long as I’ve known her, she’s always been quick to volunteer for projects that involve our schools or Renton families. Here is the story.
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Suspect vehicle involved in collision after abduction call
April 17, 2011
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Suspect vehicle involved in collision after abduction call
At 12:43 PM on April 17, Renton Police were sent to the 600 block of Monster Road SW, in response to a possible abduction. A witness reported that two men had forced a woman into a car, which then drove away. The witness was able to keep sight of the car until Renton Police caught up to it. When the arriving Officers attempted to stop the suspect vehicle, a silver 1997 Saturn, the driver refused to stop. The driver led Police on a two minute pursuit into Tukwila, where he entered the northbound lanes of I-5. Immediately on entering the highway, the driver turned the vehicle 180 degrees, causing the Officers to terminate their pursuit. Now traveling southbound in the northbound lanes, the suspect driver struck a northbound vehicle head-on. All three occupants of the suspect car, two men and a woman, were transported to Harborview Hospital. Due to their conditions, none have been identified, and their relationship and the circumstances leading up to the apparent abduction are unknown. Washington State Patrol and Renton Police Traffic Division are investigating the collision. Anyone with any information regarding this incident is asked to call the Renton Police at 425-430-7500, reference case number 11-3802.
Luther’s Table will hold official grand opening this Saturday– live music, food, beer and wine
Here is an excellent news video about the new “Luther’s Table” family restaurant in downtown Renton, within the beautiful new Compass Center Veterans housing on Second Street. The restaurant has been holding soft openings for a few weeks now. My family and I found time to meet up for lunch here recently, and we all thoroughly enjoyed the food and atmosphere. The restaurant will be serving wine and beer during dinner hours, and will feature live bands on some evenings.
Gretchen Mertes, who is one of the pastors featured in the news video below, is an outstanding musician as well as organizer of Luther’s Table.
Mucho Burrito officially opens tomorrow at the Landing– only the second location in the USA
Several of us Cormans pose with Nazime, owner of the Landing’s new “Mucho Burrito” fresh Mexican food restaurant. The restaurant officially opens on Monday April 4th.
Mucho Burrito is opening tomorrow at the Landing. The new Mexican Food restaurant is a part of a successful Canadian chain, known for using 100 percent fresh ingredients.
I had the opportunity to sample some food on Saturday as the restaurant was training their staff with an informal “soft-opening”. (Some of my kids and I were walking by after shopping at the new Dick’s Sporting Goods which opened Friday) The food at Mucho Burrito was fresh and delicious, and the portions were very filling.
I also enjoyed the restaurant layout and the large number of tables. This will be a popular spot for large groups of hungry diners. And with a mix of meaty dishes to salads, everyone can find something that suits their taste and diet.
Dick’s Sporting Goods provides a valuable new anchor to the Landing
My kids and I thoroughly enjoyed checking out the new Dick’s Sporting Goods this weekend at the Landing. The new store provides a great selection of virtually everything one would need for seemingly every sport: biking, hunting, football, boxing, kayaking, paintball…. you name it.
I could hardly believe the rows of rods and reels that stretched on and on… enough choices to meet any fishing situation.
The new store includes a very large golf section, incorporating much of the merchandise that one would have previously found in the Golf Galaxy at the Landing. Golf Galaxy and Dick’s Sporting Goods are owned by the same corporation, so Golf Galaxy was closed when Dick’s signed on at the Landing.
It was great to see such a vibrant new Sporting Good Store occupying the same space that was vacated by Joe’s Sporting Goods just a year or two ago when the “Joe’s” chain went into bankruptcy. Dick’s has a great selection of competitively-priced equipment, and I’m sure it will thrive as a new anchor for the Landing. The chain is a strong up-and-comer nationally.
Renton’s popular Irish restaurant “A Terrible Beauty” expanding to West Seattle
The West Seattle Herald just published this great story about the success and planned second location of Renton’s “A Terrible Beauty”. This outstanding downtown pub has been drawing larger and larger crowds of diners and minglers, as the venue has become increasingly widely known for their great food, engaging staff, frequent live-music, and entertaining vibe. They are open to people of all ages during dining hours, and they become an over-21 popular nightspot in the evening hours.
For those who have wondered, they take their unusual name “A Terrible Beauty” from that “other person” that can steal your heart away. (As in “a terrible beauty stole my husband”)
Cathy and I dine here often, and it is a favorite among many of our friends. Below is a snap-shot from one of our visits.
Congratulations to owners Jenna Shannon Garvey-O’Brien and Paddy O’Brien for their tremendous success. They deserve our gratitude for bringing additional fun to downtown and stimulation our economy. They also deserve sincere thanks for their strong commitment to the community– they are frequent fundraisers for those in need.
Panera Bread celebrates it’s Grand Opening at the Landing
General Manager Robert Morrow welcomes customers to the new Panera Bread restaurant at the Landing. Mr. Morrow comes to us from the Gig Harbor Panara Bread location, and he reports that he is very impressed by Renton.
Renton’s new Panera Bread restaurant celebrated it’s opening with a “bread breaking” ceremony today –instead of the traditional ribbon cutting.
The inviting and aromatic bread-sandwich-pastry-beverage business has hosted large crowds of diners from the first hours of it’s opening last Friday morning. And don’t be discouraged by the line when you go there to eat… general Manager Robert Morrow assures me his staff work to see that orders are taken within five minutes. They use a pager system that allows you to place your order and then sit down at your favorite table in their sunny dining room– the pager alerts you when your order is ready for pickup at the counter.
Cathy and I had a great lunch at this restaurant yesterday, and more great snacks there today during the opening celebration. We will be going back often. The business is a great addition to Renton and the Landing.
Susan Bressler from The Renton Patch was on-hand to cover the festivities, and has further details HERE in her latest article. I was particularly excited to hear about the arrangement the restaurant has made to donate it’s excess bread to local feeding programs… Susan will be covering this further in a future article.
Here are a few more photos from today:
Talented, friendly staff and so many bread choices!…
My wife Cathy and friends having fun today at Panera Bread
Please keep my Mom and our family in your prayers
My Mother as a graduate student in college, around 1957.
My loving Mom, a beautiful artist, teacher and Master of history who nurtured four of us Corman kids in a home overflowing with joy and laughter, is nearing the end of her battle with Alzheimer’s.
I’ve been having dreams about Mom lately; in the latest one she was standing at an easel painting while I was on the floor building with blocks and Lincoln logs. This was a pretty common scene in our home in Livermore California in the 1960s.
My family and I are not ready to say goodbye to Mom, but we know we will have to soon. She has been having difficulty eating and drinking. Please keep us in your prayers.
Here is a little more information about my Mom and Dad. (Dad passed 15 years ago).
Renton Economic Development Director provides upbeat report to council
At last night’s Committee of the Whole meeting we went over several major topics, including garbage and recycling, a federal grant for additional fire department staffing, the Strander Boulevard Extension from Renton to Tukwila, and Economic Development updates and emerging issues.
I’m really proud of our city staff, and I want to communicate about several of these items in the near future; better still, Jenny Manning from the Renton Patch will make it easier. She was at the meeting, and she has already covered the discussion on the Landing in great detail. Among the questions answered last night, and reported in the Renton Patch, were “when will Dicks and Panera Bread open.”
Click here to read the Renton Patch article about updates at the Landing . Then keep checking back for updates here and in Renton Patch for other economic development updates, such as activities in downtown, as well as stories on some of the other topics mentioned above.
Old growth stump at confluence of May Creek and Honey Creek hints at size of Renton’s native trees
Kenny and Anastasia Corman pose in front of an old-growth stump near May Creek in Renton
Virtually all the evidence of Renton’s old-growth forests has disappeared over the last hundred years. Logging was a big part of our city’s history, and around a century ago all of Renton’s big trees were cut for lumber. It’s easy to forget that the big trees we see in Renton now, such as the 80-year old firs that tower over my backyard, are really just juveniles. Douglas Fir trees and Western Red Cedars can keep growing for 800 years or more.
There is at least one ancient Cedar stump about a half mile from Kennydale Hall, which reminds us how big our native forests were. This stump is located at the confluence of Honey Creek and May Creek.
Hikers can get there by parking near Kennydale Memorial Hall and following NE 27th St eastward to the closed “Devils Elbow Road”. Walk Devils Elbow road down to the point it crosses Honey Creek, and then follow it about 50 feet up the other side. There is a rough foot-trail which will allow hikers to generally track Honey Creek down to May Creek (the trail is on Renton-owned public land.) As you get near May Creek, the main trail turns westward; at this point look for a smaller path to the right that heads north directly towards May Creek. The stump can be found where this smaller trail intersects May Creek.
Here are a couple historic pictures of logging in our area: The top one is near Panther Lake, and the bottom one is in Kennydale. Both show how large the native trees were.
Mayor Law requests help from County Executive in preventing bridge damage
Mayor Law is asking King County Executive Dow Constantine to help us raise the priority of protecting Renton’s bridges when creating habitat for fish on the Cedar River. The Mayor’s letter is attached below, and it adds emphasis and additional details to a request previously transmitted by our Public Works Director in a letter I covered in this journal entry (which includes pictures). Mayor Law points out again that expensive maintenance and extremely high economic risk are being created by logjams formed of washed-out woody debris that has been intentionally chained together with logging chains by King County. In addition, removal of rock armoring in some areas upstream on the river is leading to excessive wash-outs, putting far more full-size trees in the water than we would otherwise see. The resulting logjams cause risks to the bridges which connect our city, and to the bridges which connect our local airplane manufacturer with the airport.
A couple of snow pictures taken by my son Andy
Andy borrowed my camera and managed to capture this amazing action shot of his friend Amy getting hit by a snowball. I like how, even in this still picture, you can see the snowball’s trajectory, the transfer of momentum, and the way a fluffy snowball breaks apart upon impact.
Here is a more serene picture of Amy with our newfoundland. She survived the snowball war.
Snow hits Renton again; Road closures occurring throughout the region
Snow is expected to continue falling through the evening and then freeze into ice tonight. King 5 has up to the minute snow updates available here.
Meanwhile, like thousands of others, my family and I have been having fun in it. Here is a picture from tonight; my oldest son Andy and me with our Newfoundland Dolly.
Stabbing in Renton Highlands; police searching for suspect
I was passed by multiple police cars on my way home from work today. This is why…
Received from the Mayor’s office:
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 4:31 PM
To: Council
FYI- Medics responded to the 2800 block of NE 8th St. on a report of a stabbing. Police are searching for a suspect; and the victim, I believe a woman, has been transported to Harborview Medical Center. That’s all we know at this point.
Denis Law
Mayor, City of Renton
1055 S. Grady Way, Renton, WA 98057
Eyes on the Landing celebrates it’s Grand Opening with a festive open house and party
Renton’s newest optometry, Eyes on the Landing , celebrated it’s grand opening yesterday with a ribbon cutting, live music by one of the two singers in “Bomshel”, and a great party that went on for hours. The store has actually been open for business since the day after Thanksgiving, so yesterday’s events were partly to officially recognize the opening, and partly to simply celebrate the successful first months of the fun, new business.
Co-owners Donna Jones (center)and Dr. Evie Lawson (in yellow) and I officially cut the ribbon on “Eyes on the Landing”
Dr. Lawson’s Sister Kristy, who is half of the band “Bomshel”, with one of her newest fans.
Customer Rebecca smiles in her new specs from Eyes on the Landing
Dr. Lawson’s sister Kristy commemorates the occasion with a toast
My daughter Susie cringes as she pop’s a balloon to win a prize coupon– prizes included free frames or lenses, and other discounts on glasses.
My friend Scott helps his family try on some of the business’s colorful frames
My daughter Katie with her husband Brandon. Brandon’s glasses are from the new store.
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Jenny Manning, from the Renton Patch, interviews Dr. Lawson about the new business.
Meagan Christie serving snacks. Meagan helped her mother Debbie cater the event.
In addition to prescription frames and lenses, the store carries great sunglasses. Here, Cathy is trying some on (while I take our picture in the mirror.)
My son Andy enjoying the great snacks
Renton Councilwomman Marcie Palmer joined in the activities.
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