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King County Executive Ron Sims is presented with a blanket by the 20 Tribes of Northwest Washington at a going away party April 24 at the Westin Hotel in Seattle. Sims, who was confirmed as deputy director of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, received a variety of tributes from the almost 500 people who attended the event.