Justin Therrien performs fire juggling for the crowd during last Saturday’s Whole Kids Foundation Celebration Carnival at Whole Foods Market in Redmond. The event raised funds for the Whole Kids Foundation, whose mission is to improve children’s nutrition and wellness with the goal of ending the childhood obesity epidemic.
Members of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints completed its NW Day of Service and worked on three Redmond projects last Saturday.
Overlake Medical Clinics in Redmond, 16315 N.E. 74th St., will offer free cholesterol, blood pressure and diabetes health screenings from 9 a.m. to noon Sept. 22 during its Community Health Fair.
Nancy Pfaff, a former sixth-grade math teacher at Horace Mann Elementary School, is one of six teachers from Washington who have been named state-level finalists for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST).
B.E. Meyers & Company, Inc. appointed Michael Alvis as vice president of business development. In his new position, Alvis will be broadly responsible for strategies and execution leading to market expansion and revenue growth.
PlayNetwork, the leading innovator in branded entertainment, appointed Robert Kamp as vice president of global sales and international operations.
PlayNetwork, the leading innovator in branded entertainment, appointed Nicole Rikkinen as vice president of marketing.
Rikkinen brings 19 years of experience in marketing, including strong skills in global branding, digital marketing, social media and demand generation.
Lake Washington School District’s LINKS (Looking Into the Needs of Kids and Schools) program is looking for community volunteers to share their time and talent to help kids with reading, writing, math and English.
(In response to last issue’s pro-Rob McKenna letter): Let us not forget that Rob McKenna joined the forces that tried to kill the Affordable Care Act. As a senior citizen, I found that action as despicable.If chief justice John Roberts were running for governor, I would vote for him, but never would I vote for McKenna.
On Saturday and Saturday, members of the Redmond City Council will roll up their sleeves and host a food drive as part of the Month of Concern for the Hungry at the QFC at 8867 161st Ave. N.E. in the Bella Bottega shopping center.
On Sept. 28, the Redmond Digital Arts Festival will close with a performance by Christopher Wray, an electronic musician from the United Kingdom.
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.
Quarterback Zach Wheat scored on an 8-yard run in the fourth quarter to lift Redmond to a 20-15 win over visiting Ballard last night in 4A Kingco football action. It was the Mustangs’ first win of the season.
In the non-conference matchup, Redmond (1-2 overall) overcame a 15-13 deficit after three quarters to win.
Ballard took a 7-0 lead in the first quarter, but Redmond knocked back with a Nick Kopak 45-yard field goal and a Wheat 14-yard run to take a 10-7 lead after Kopak’s extra point in the second.
Redmond will travel to Snohomish for a nonleague game at 7 p.m. Friday.
This year’s Shoot for the Stars golf tournament raised $15,000 for the Behind the Badge Foundation.
Lake Washington Youth Basketball will be holding boys select tryouts for players in grades 4-8 on Sept. 15-17.
London 2012 Olympics silver-medalist Jennie Reed meets with local cyclists last Friday at the Marymoor Velodrome. The Marymoor Velodrome Association (MVA) and LifeWise Health Plan of Washington welcomed Reed home and celebrated her track-cycling success with the special event. Reed, who is 34, got her start in track cycling at the Velodrome at 16. She signed autographs, took photos, answered questions and displayed her silver medal for fans to get an up-close look.
The Redmond Police Department (RPD) will be presenting a free Women’s Personal Safety class on Thursday, Sept. 27 at 6 p.m. at the RPD Training Room at 8701 160th Ave. N.E.
Unlike Sept. 7 letter writer Dick Bowne, who found Andrew Villeneuve’s column on the 2012 Republican Convention “myopic,” I thought Villeneuve was “spot on.” I, too, disagree with nearly everything the Republican party stands for.
Puget Sound Energy (PSE) bills that will be distributed to more than 1.5 million homes and businesses through October will include a scratch and sniff pamphlet to remind customers of the odorant used to help identify natural gas leaks.
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.