Kids rock band, The Not-Its!, got the city’s Arts in the Parks concert series off to a rousing start Tuesday afternoon as children packed the front of the stage to dance and jump for joy.
Many of North America’s fastest track cyclists will be headed to Marymoor Park’s Velodrome, the state’s only track dedicated to bicycle racing, for two days of competition at the 2011 Marymoor Grand Prix July 22-23.
Burnstead Baseball will be holding tryouts for its 2012 14U baseball team on Sunday, July 24th at 8 a.m. at Hartman Park in Redmond. For more information or to register call Scott Hall at 206-790-3469 or visit www.burnsteadbaseball.org.
On August 21, PCC Natural Markets in Redmond will host a bike collection drive to benefits students in Togo.
On July 24, Bill the Butcher at at 7990 Leary Way N.E. in Redmond will host a Parking Lot Cookout from noon to 6 p.m.
On July 21 from 5 to 8 p.m., the City of Redmond will hold a community meeting for the Transportation Master Plan (TMP) update.
Jonathan Hartman Park, located on Education Hill at 17300 104th Street across from Redmond High School, will play host to the Little League 9/10 State Baseball Tournament, starting on Saturday, July 16 and concluding on Monday, July 25th with the championship game.
Marceil Whitney, the boys’ and girls’ tennis coach at Redmond High School for the past 15 years, was recently announced as one of nine national finalists for the 2011 United States Tennis Association (USTA) Starfish Award, which honors exceptional high school coaches who implement a “no-cut” policy on their team.
The City of Redmond will hold a meeting discussing animal husbandry, including backyard chickens on Aug. 3 from 6-8:15 p.m. at City Hall, 15670 NE 85th St.
PinkaBella Cupcakes continues to buck the small-business blues.
In a tough-love economic climate, the Redmond-based family-owned cupcake company is undergoing a rapid growth spurt and attracting tons of attention.
Redmond native and professional wakeboarder Nick Jones returned to the Northwest during last weekend’s 2011 MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour stop in Monroe, but did not advance to the final rounds.
Redmond resident Sandeep Thomas has been awarded a $1,000 scholarship from the Kohl’s Cares Scholarship Program.
During the month of July the Redmond Arts Commission and the Redmond Poet Laureate are inviting people to create found poems and enter them into Redmond’s Found Poetry Contest.
Redmond High School senior Lucas Wimmer, Christopher Hansen, Tamar Feldman and Emmaline Davis have selected to participate in the Washington Aerospace Scholars (WAS) program this summer.
Redmond High’s Oliver Rudnicki and playing partner Steve Lowery closed with a 1-under 71 on Sunday to finish at a 12-under 204 total, tying for 16th place among the 78 pairs of Champions Tour and junior players at the Nature Valley First Tee Open last weekend at Pebble Beach Golf Links.
Oliver Rudnicki, a senior at Redmond High and member of The First Tee of Greater Seattle will play Pebble Beach tomorrow in the final round of the Nature Valley First Tee Open. Rudnicki and professional Steve Lowery combined to shoot 11-under during the first two rounds of play after rounds of 66 and 67 to tie for 11th place in the best-ball format of the event, which pairs 78 junior golfers with 78 Champions Tour players.
King County Parks is once again seeking volunteers for its Marymoor Recycling/Composting Volunteer Crew at this summer’s Concerts at Marymoor series. As in past years, volunteers receive free entry and parking to the shows at which they volunteer.
It was a great article regarding Sandeep Thomas in the July 1 edition.
In the June 24 edition of Redmond Reporter, a letter writer from Woodinville argues against Redmond’s traffic cameras, saying they are mainly money makers for the City of Redmond and citing that more than 90 percent of the violations recorded each month is for vehicles failing to stop for a sufficient length of time before executing a right turn.
The City of Redmond’s Arts in the Parks summer performance series is in full swing this month and next at Redmond City Hall, 15670 N.E. 85th St.