The City of Redmond invites community residents to provide feedback on preliminary design concepts for the Redmond Central Connector at a community visioning session on Monday, Nov. 15 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Redmond City Hall Council Chambers, 15670 NE 85th Street.
The Kirkland-Redmond American Association of University Women (AAUW) is meeting Thursday, Nov. 18 at 6:30 p.m. for a panel discussion with award-winning women on the topic of “Changing Lives Through Philanthropy.”
Assistance League of the Eastside’s signature fundraiser, Celebrations, is scheduled for Friday, Dec. 3 from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. in Kirkland. Celebrations is a self-guided tour of local homes beautifully decorated for the holidays.
The Bear Creek School volleyball squad capped off a perfect Sea-Tac 2B league season with a three-game road sweep of Evergreen Lutheran on Tuesday night by game scores of 25-14, 25-20, 25-19.
The Bear Creek School girls’ soccer team ended its Sea-Tac 2B league season in style with a 1-0 shutout win over Evergreen Lutheran on Monday night.
Downtown Redmond’s Orange Blossom Society, a creative place for kids, is connecting to the community this holiday season.
Redmond High School Theatre Arts is opening its 2010-11 season with the musical “The Wedding Singer.” The show will be presented as dinner theatre with a meal prepared and served by the Redmond High Culinary Arts Program.
The Redmond High cross country teams braved a wet and difficult South Whidbey High School course at the District 1/2 4A Championships last Saturday in Langley, as the boys and girls both earned berths to the 4A State Championships this Saturday, Nov. 6 at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco.
I will be voting for Kevin Haistings, 45th District, Pos. 1, this November, and I urge all your readers to do the same.
We need legislators who understand prosperity can only come from opportunity, and without prosperity there will be much less charity. This means our legislators need to work hard to restore a climate of opportunity for all citizens that they might pursue happiness and prosperity for themselves.
I don’t know about you, but my ballot had so many bubbles to fill in, it reminded me of a standardized test.
I’m glad I had a clear head, an evenly heated townhouse, and clean air to breathe while I filled them in. But too many Washington students have to face tests and classroom learning under building conditions that promote lack of focus, lethargy, and debilitating respiratory disease. And too many districts are forced to devote much of their budget to maintenance, to the detriment of education.
R-52 provides a great solution. It authorizes state bonds to be distributed to school districts under a competitive grant process, reserving 5 percent for small districts. Schools can use the money to remove dangerous toxins like lead, mold, and asbestos, and conduct energy-saving retrofits like lighting and HVAC overhauls.
The police blotter feature is both a description of a small selection of police incidents and a statistical round-up 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 Bear Creek School junior forward Mark Phillips tied a school record with five goals scored in a 6-2 boys’ soccer Sea-Tac B League win against Shorline Christian Tuesday afternoon.
The Lake Washington Schools Foundation has awarded more than $50,000 in grants to schools in the Lake Washington School District. Schools in Kirkland, Redmond, and Sammamish will use the grants to extend student learning opportunities in math, literacy and science, and to provide assistance for students with financial needs.
Tyler Larson, a Redmond resident, placed second nationally in the Mr. Olympia Muscle and Fitness male model search, held in Las Vegas last month.
The Mustangs’ two singles entries, Jeff Jou and Dhruv Balakrishnan, played well last Friday and Saturday at the 4A Kingco Tennis Tournament, held at the University of Washington’s Nordstrom Tennis Center.
The Redmond Senior Center (RSC) First Friday Coffee Chat on Nov. 5 will feature Rebecca Meredith, Redmond’s own Poet Laureate. The chat takes place from 10-11 a.m. in the Fireplace Lounge of RSC, 8703 160th Ave NE.
One of the most important decisions voters will make in November is whether or not to establish a state income tax.
Let’s say this simply: “Vote No.”
As any elementary school child will tell you, police and firefighters protect our communities.
In my work, I deal with cases involving drunk driving on a daily basis. The horrific tragedies that could be involved and the lives that could be destroyed are heart breaking.
We elect legislators to make decisions with our best interests in mind and if we feel those interests are in jeopardy, we expect our legislators to listen to us, to fight for us and to make open public decisions.