Rick Chavez scored 18 points to lead Overlake over visiting Seton Catholic from Vancouver, Wash., 61-49, in nonleague action on Saturday.
Blake Denniston poured in 22 points to lead Bear Creek to a 73-46 win over Chief Leschi on Friday night.
Redmond’s boys and girls dropped a pair of games to Woodinville on Friday night.
LifeSPAN has joined Together Center, a one-stop human services campus serving east King County.
For parents in the Lake Washington School District (LWSD) whose children will be 5 years old on or before Aug. 31, it is time for kindergarten registration.
Along with the rest of the nation, King County is experiencing widespread flu, with more people sick and requiring medical care early in the flu season compared to recent years. Public Health – Seattle & King County is offering free flu vaccination clinics to make flu vaccine more widely available to people without health insurance or who are unable to pay. Flu vaccine (shots and nasal spray) is also available at many health-care provider offices and pharmacies for those who have insurance or are able to pay for vaccination.
One League for Everyone (OLE), a nonprofit program within the Lake Washington Youth Soccer Association (LWYSA), will host a community fitness fair and spring soccer registration from 6-8 p.m. on Jan. 25 at Albert Einstein Elementary, 18025 N.E. 116th St., Redmond.
Issaquah defeated Redmond, 48-43, on Wednesday to drop the Mustangs to 2-7 in league. Kelsey Dunn led Redmond with 14 points.
Dunn had eight points in Redmond’s 59-26 loss to Inglemoor on Jan. 11.
The Mustangs will host Woodinville at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow.
The Puget Sound Clean Air Agency is lifting the air quality burn ban in King County, effective at 1 p.m. today. A Stage 1 burn ban remains in effect for Pierce and Snohomish counties until further notice.
Overlake’s boys dropped to 2-3 in league with a 49-45 loss to Bush on Tuesday. David Treadwell led the Owls with 16 points.
Katie Hill had 12 points and Vanessa Rosato had 10 points in Overlake’s 41-16 win over Bush on Tuesday.
Bear Creek’s Kristina Engelstone had 16 points and Darryln McDonough had 15 in the Grizzlies’ 41-32 win over Crosspoint on Tuesday.
Bear Creek’s Colin Feight had 19 points and Matt Kaiser had 16 in the Grizzlies’ 68-28 victory over Crosspoint Academy on Tuesday.
Redmond’s boys dropped to 1-8 in 4A Kingco with a 65-45 loss to Issaquah on Tuesday. Kyle Sawtell had 13 points and Nate Swanson had 11 points for the Mustangs.
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.
In the Jan. 11 Redmond Reporter, Dick Bowne wrote that when it comes to gun violence, “deranged, criminally-inclined and those in need of heavy-duty anger management” are the problem. Shari Newton adds that “guns do not kill people, people kill people.” As such, gun-rights supporters should be able to agree with gun-control advocates that it would make sense to close major loopholes in our program of background checks (concerning gun shows and private sales), so that it is, in fact, less easy for criminals and unstable individuals to acquire guns.
First off, let me say I am not opposed to hunting, target shooting or the possession of a gun. Farmers need guns for the control of pests. What I fail to understand is the desire or need to own an assault weapon with a high-capacity magazine. Such weapons are designed for the military — for mass destruction of life. Where do you draw the line — a rocket or grenade launcher? Machine guns were outlawed long ago.
Redmond’s Spazzo Italian Grill & Wine Bar won an Award of Distinction at Monday’s Washington State Wine Awards at McCaw Hall in Seattle. Winners were selected from more than 100 nominations and were chosen for their impressive menus, innovative educational programs and marketing efforts and commitment to excellent service.
The weather has turned in the Puget Sound, and this week marks the one-year anniversary of the area’s 2012 crippling snow and ice storm — another good reminder that Western Washingtonians need to be prepared now for freezing temperatures.
In recognition of Human Trafficking Awareness Day, observed nationally on Jan. 11, the King County Council issued a proclamation of the occasion to bring regional attention to the ongoing problem of modern-day slavery.
