SAG-AFTRA Seattle Local members, staff and well-wishers attended a retirement celebration for longtime KING-TV anchors Dennis Bounds and Jean Enersen, reporter Linda Byron, editor Reiko Higashi, chief meteorologist Jeff Renner and librarian Linda Schmidt. The retirees bid farewell to their colleagues, friends and fellow broadcast journalists at a party held in their honor on Thursday, May 26, at Henry's Tavern, across from the new KING-TV studios in Seattle's Stadium District.
The spate of departures were part of an early retirement package announced in early April by KING's parent company TEGNA, and offered to station employees with qualifying years of service.
On behalf of the SAG-AFTRA Seattle Local, we wish each of them a happy retirement and offer our gratitude for their many years of dedicated service to their profession and to the community.
(Photo Credit: Shellea Allen) Photo Caption: SAG-AFTRA Seattle Local members and staff party with retiring KING-TV broadcasters, friends and colleagues
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