Rolling into the Redmond Bike Bash
Andy Nystrom / Reporter
Lorraine Josifek points the way for Redmond resident Bill Tsang to this evening's City of Redmond Bike Bash along the Sammamish River Trail near City Hall. Josifek is on the city's Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee.
Bear Creek, Redmond and Overlake golfers are ready for state action
Ricky Olson and Morgan Cadigan know what it takes to compete in high-level golf tournaments.
Last week, the Bear Creek seniors earned medalist honors at their 2B district events, and next week they’ll both give their clubs a workout for the fourth straight year at the state tourney at Oakbrook Golf Course in Lakewood. Last year at state, Olson took seventh while Cadigan notched fifth and led her team to a third-place finish.
Newport defeats Redmond, 9-3, in 4A Kingco fastpitch tourney
Redmond High’s fastpitch team lost to Newport, 9-3, on Thursday in the third round of the 4A Kingco tournament at Inglemoor High. Kaija Gibson had two hits.
The Mustangs, 15-8 overall, finished 9-5 in the Crest Division.
Officers investigate bike theft downtown | Police blotter for May 16-17
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.
Overlake boys doubles teams make state tennis tourney
Overlake boys tennis will send two doubles teams to the 1A state tournament on May 24-25 at the Yakima Tennis Center.
They are: senior Ethan Hayden/sophomore Keshav Ummat and senior Mac Hewitt/sophomore Pranav Harikrishanan.
Overlake boys lacrosse to play Gig Harbor-Peninsula at state
Overlake’s boys lacrosse team will play Gig Harbor-Peninsula at 7 p.m. tonight in the second round of the state tournament at Peninsula High.
A howling good time at Redmond pet fair
“Woof-woof! Meow-meow! Tweet-tweet!”
The exotic languages of dogs, cats and birds filled the Redmond Senior Center last Saturday.
Whiskers, Wings and Wagging Tails, the City of Redmond’s annual pet fair, featured about 20 different vendors. These included pet adoption agencies, pet stores, local veterinarians, pet insurance companies, pet trainers, the King County library and several nonprofits associated with pet volunteerism.
Legislature must continue funding for proven drop-out prevention program | Guest Column
Under the Washington state constitution, providing an ample education for all students is identified as state government’s “paramount duty.” Last year, the state Supreme Court ruled that the legislature had failed to meet that duty by persistently underfunding our schools. This year, the legislature is responding.
Cuadra: Working with Komen’s Por La Mujer Hispana
When Alexandra Cuadra began volunteering at Susan G. Komen in Seattle, the idea was that it would keep her busy until she found a job.
Alcott’s Awesome Assemblers to compete in international event
This week, six students from Louisa May Alcott Elementary School near Redmond and their families are traveling to Tennessee to participate in the Global Finals of the Destination Imagination (DI) competition in Knoxville.
Redmond officer responsible for RHS drug bust files $3 million claim against city | UPDATE
Marcella Fogg, an officer with the Redmond Police Department (RPD), is filing a $3 million claim against the City of Redmond for ongoing harassment and retaliation since going undercover as a senior at Redmond High School (RHS) in 2010.
