The City of Redmond is partnering with Feet First, a nonprofit group dedicated to promoting the rights and interests of pedestrians and finding ways to encourage walking, for a Luke McRedmond Centennial Walk to explore the history of Redmond on at 2 p.m. on Oct. 13 at City Hall, at 15670 N.E. 85th St.
Redmond’s new poet laureate Jeannine Hall Gailey will have her inaugural reading from 4-6 p.m. on Saturday at SecondStory Repertory at 16587 N.E. 74th St. in Redmond Town Center.
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.
Bothell romped over Redmond, 35-7, in 4A Kingco football action Friday night on the Mustangs’ home turf.
Bothell led 35-0 at halftime, and Redmond’s only score came in the fourth quarter on a Daegan Andrews 15-yard pass from A.J. Rial.
Redmond (0-1 conference, 1-4 overall) will travel to Pop Keeney Stadium in Bothell at 7 p.m. this Friday to play Inglemoor.
On Sept. 15, Redmond-based Sheng-Yen Lu Foundation (SYL Foundation) held a special ceremony on Sept. 15 at the Lynnwood Convention Center to award $227,500 in grant funds to 15 nonprofit organizations working to improve health and education for all.
Roos Orthodontics will be closed Monday and Tuesday for the funeral of Jackson Roos, the son of owner Bryan Roos who accidentally hung himself on a zip line in the family’s backyard in the 8800 block of 255th Avenue Northeast near Redmond.
From tree socks in Anderson Park to gravel in Hartman trail, can those “environment friends” be stopped somehow? The Hartman trail has been destroyed and it will take many years for nature to take it back. And why is the city participating in these mindless “enhancements” when some “activists” want to feel like they are doing something useful for the rest of us? What a waste of money and city resources.
Nature is most beautiful when untouched.
Zenon Slusarski, Redmond
As a business owner, Eastsider and, of course, a sports fan, I wanted to applaud the recent developments regarding the possible return of the Seattle Supersonics. And not only show appreciation for the unprecedented deal offered by Chris Hansen and ArenaCo, but also thank the Eastside elected representatives who framed the discussion and got us closer to the deal we have in front of us today.
Members of Lucia Neare’s Theatrical Wonders perform “Professor Pomme’s Pomp and Pastry Paradoxicals” last Saturday at the City of Redmond Downtown Park.
Mr. Villeneuve,
I think you missed the point of the GOP convention (Aug. 31 Reporter). It’s the economy!
When President Obama took over, unemployment was at 7.8 percent and it is now 8.1 percent with 40 continuous months of unemployment over 8 percent. The American Recovery and Reinvestment act was supposedly a guarantee to keep unemployment under 8 percent.
VOLLEYBALL
• Makena Schoene blasted 15 kills, Michele Brown had 14 assists and Morgan Cadigan had eight kills, seven digs and three aces in Bear Creek’s 25-14, 25-3, 25-16 victory over Seattle Lutheran on Tuesday.
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.
The City of Redmond is accepting applications for its 2013 Tourism Fund Matching Grants through 5 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 31.
A man who is suspected of robbing a Lovers store at gunpoint in Issaquah last week may be the same man who committed the same crime at a Lovers in Redmond yesterday afternoon.
The Lovers store in the 15000 block of Northeast 24th Street in Redmond was robbed at gunpoint at approximately 12:45 p.m. today.
Redmond’s Northeast 36th Street/SR 520 Overpass and Roundabout Project was recently named a Public Works Project of the Year by the American Public Works Association (APWA).
Bloomberg Philanthropies announced that 305 cities, including Redmond, have submitted ideas in the first-ever Mayors Challenge, a competition to identify bold ideas that solve major challenges and improve city life — and can spread to other cities.
Vladimir Kim of Redmond does some painting at the North Bend-based children’s services nonprofit Encompass on Sept. 21 as part of the Day of Caring sponsored by United Way of King County. Thirty-two Microsoft staff volunteered their time for the day to do yard work and spruce up the Encompass Main Campus and Encompass Downtown North Bend.
From Sept. 28-Nov. 12, the VALA Gallery at Redmond Town Center will be featuring a collaborative project and installation titled “Breaking Through Barriers” from abstract painter Ulrike Kreppold and photorealist painter Phil Jensen.
Dr. Maze’s Pumpkin Patch opening weekend will begin at 10 a.m. on Oct. 5 at 15410 N.E. 124th St. in Redmond. There will be all sizes of plain and fancy pumpkins, gourds and more. People can visit the Farmyard to explore the four-acre Chicken Field Maze, enjoy the Bouncy Rodeo Horses, Singing Chickens, Music Garden, Giant Spiderweb, Rubber Duck Races, a hayride tour of the farm and mini-mazes.