I see another bureaucratic nightmare coming with the state looking into levying a road tax by mile. Unless the oil companies see a way to rake in more profits, eliminating the gas tax will lower the price of gas and will increase consumption because gas is cheaper. That’s the reverse of what is needed to reduce consumption.
King County has selected nationally recognized AEG Live to manage the talent booking and operations of the Marymoor Park Concert Series in Redmond beginning with the 2013 season.
On Jan. 23, Harry Castles Chandler of Redmond died at the age of 88.
Chandler was born on Sept. 13, 1924, and was raised in Boston and settled in Seattle in 1963. He served in the European Theater during World War II as a combat infantryman and shared a successful business with his wife.
The following students from Redmond were recently named to the University of Portland 2012 fall semester Dean’s List:
Redmond Boy Scout Troop 550’s Tyler Daniel became the 100th Eagle Scout in the troop’s almost 50-year history on Jan. 8.
Now entering 20th year, the program has awarded $12 million in grants for fields, skate parks and more in many communities For the past two decades, the King County Youth Sports Facilities Grant (YSFG) Program has worked with community partners to renovate or build hundreds of public sports amenities in neighborhoods across the county at minimal taxpayer expense.
The police blotter feature is both a description of a small selection of police incidents and a statistical roundup of all calls to the Redmond Police Department that are dispatched to on-duty police officers. The Redmond Reporter Police Blotter is not intended to be representative of all police calls originating in Redmond, which gets more than 500 calls (emergency and non-emergency) per week.
Redmond-based Aegis Living’s CEO Dwayne Clark with actress and environmental activist Daryl Hannah at Aegis’ annual EPIC Meeting held last week at the Grand Hyatt in Seattle. A national leader in assisted living and memory care, Aegis Living brings together senior employees across 28 communities to gather together to celebrate life, human spirit and self awareness.
Redmond High School (RHS) varsity baseball coach Dan Pudwill and the Mustang players will host a three-day youth baseball camp from 9 a.m. to noon April 9-11 at the big Hartman Baseball Field, 17300 N.E. 104th St.
The first Grizzlies Forensics Invitational is in the books as 16 high schools and 180 students competed on Jan. 25-26 at The Bear Creek School’s campus in Redmond. Participants considered the tournament a success because it ran on time over the course of the two-day event. One coach described the tournament as “the Cadillac of tournaments.” Participation is expected to grow next year, since the comments received from competitors, coaches and judges were positive:
“Amaluna” is coming.
The Cirque du Soleil show will open on Thursday and run through March 24 at Marymoor Park.
Courtney Tusler of Redmond has been named to the fall semester Dean’s List at Iowa State University.
Waste Management (WM) and the City of Redmond invite Redmond residents to celebrate Earth Day 2013 at 6:30 p.m. on April 22. Go behind the scenes at WM’s state-of-the-art Cascade Recycling Center in Woodinville, where WM sorts 600 tons (the weight of about 300 cars) of residential recyclables daily, including Redmond’s recyclables.
Burgers, ice cream and pinball are coming to Redmond.
AT&T has enhanced its 4G LTE coverage in the greater Redmond area.
The police blotter feature is both a description of a small selection of police incidents and a statistical roundup of all calls to the Redmond Police Department that are dispatched to on-duty police officers. The Redmond Reporter Police Blotter is not intended to be representative of all police calls originating in Redmond, which gets more than 500 calls (emergency and non-emergency) per week.
Six Redmond-based Crossfire Premier boys and girls soccer teams recently won championships at the PacNW Winter Classic at the Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila.
Bothell earned two victories over Redmond last weekend: 88-48 in boys’ action on Friday night and 47-44 in the girls’ contest on Saturday night.
Redmond’s Kyle Sawtell had 17 points on Friday, while Kelsey Dunn (15), Lauren Bogard (12) and Ali Jorgensen (11) led the Mustangs on Saturday.
Overlake defeated Eastside Prep, 60-24, on Friday night behind 14 points from Troy Stolarczuk, 13 points from Rick Chavez and 10 points from Latio Cosmos. The Owls are 3-5 in league play.
For the girls, Allie Hill and Vanessa Rosato had nine points each in the Owls’ 34-10 win over Eastside Prep on Friday Night. The Owls (7-3 in league) will host Forest Ridge at 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday.
Luke Blankenbeckler scored 17 points to lead Bear Creek (7-0 in league) to a 54-41 victory over Seattle Lutheran on Friday night.
For the girls, Kristina Engelstone scored 12 points for Bear Creek (6-0 in league) in its 38-13 win over Seattle Lutheran on Friday night.