KCTS 9, PEMCO Insurance and the School Employees Credit Union of Washington recently announced the winners of the 17th annual Golden Apple Awards for individuals and programs that make a positive difference in Washington state education for grades pre-K through 12.
“There’s no worse feeling than needing to change yourself, but not being able to, looking at yourself one way and having the world look at you a completely different way. It just hurts.”
RONDA THOMAS
The election is over, but the sniping carries on.
On Sunday, Nov. 16, Hopelink will hold its annual Turkey Trot fun walk to raise money for holiday assistance to low-income families in east and north King County.
The Redmond Rotary Club will have two November lunch meetings, featuring guest speakers.
In an effort to improve traffic flow during the holidays, the City of Redmond and Redmond Town Center are implementing temporary traffic control at two locations around Redmond Town Center from mid-November to early January. They are:
The Overlake girls soccer team posted two more shutouts during last week’s Class 1A Tri-District tournament, punching a ticket to the state tournament.
Results for the Nov. 4 General Election, current as of Monday night, Nov. 10, are as follows:
The Dream is finally a reality.
Almost half a century ago, Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I have a dream” speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC.
He inspired our country to believe that there was a better America to be had, despite our violent history. As an African-American, I wept openly on Nov. 4 as we saw that dream become a reality.
I work for the Lake Washington School District as an instructional assistant and I cross students everyday to and from school. I have been doing this for 18 years and the drivers here in Redmond don’t understand when children are present, you must slow down to 20 miles per hour.
A few weeks ago, I addressed the interest in, fascination with and complex nature of the online social networking community called MySpace.
I thought I’d use this week’s column for a lighthearted discussion about ethnic cleansing.
Christian recording artist Lincoln Brewster will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14, presented by the Christian Music Summit and Overlake Christian Church, 9900 Willows Rd. NE in Redmond (www.occ.org).
The Lake Washington School District’s Quest Elementary Program for Highly Capable Students (grades one through six) will accept applications for the 2009-10 school year through 4 p.m. on Dec. 3
Tuesday, Nov. 4
After the first half ended in a 0-0 tie, the Owl scoring wave opened up in a big way with junior midfielder Devon Schmidt scoring an unassisted goal in the 49th minute. Malcolm Griffin then scored on an assist by Sky Tweedie-Yates in the 66th minute. Forward Hakan Yagiz scored his seventh goal of the season in the 72nd minute to cap the scoring. Yagiz is tied for fourth with Griffin in league scoring.
With another shutout on Tuesday, George Dolack finished second in the league with eight shutouts and 16 saves on the season.
The Owls (12-3-0) will get a bye in the opening round of the Emerald City League playoffs due to their second-place league finish behind Seattle Academy. Their first playoff game will be on Tuesday, Nov. 11 against an opponent and site to be determined.
SOCCER: Bear Creek teams lose playoff openers
The Bear Creek boys suffered a hard-fought loss to Mount Vernon Christian, 2-1, on Tuesday at home in the 2B/1B Tri-District playoffs.
Mount Vernon took the lead in the 18th minute, but the Grizzlies clamped down the Hurricane offense for the next 57 minutes but Mount Vernon Christian scored again to take a 2-0 lead with five minutes to play.
Bear Creek sophomore Tom Postings scored off of Kyle Blankenbeckler’s assist in the 78th minute to put the Grizzlies on the board.
The Grizzly boys (12-3-1) continue their playoff run on Thursday against Lopez Island after the Reporter’s deadline in a loser-out game.
The Grizzlies’ girls lost an overtime heartbreaker against Life Christian, 2-1, in their Tri-District tournament playoff opener at Life Christian School on Tuesday.
Jenny Price scored an unassisted goal for Bear Creek, but the Eagles’ Kristen Rue scored the equalizer on an assist from Karisa Konsmo to force overtime.
No goals were scored during the overtime period, so the playoff game had to be decided by a penalty-kick shootout which Life Christian won with four goals.
The Grizzly girls’ team (7-7-1) played again on Thursday after the Reporter’s deadline at Mount Vernon Christian.
Patricia Bridget Okerlund Patricia Bridget Okerlund, 77, of Redmond passed away peacefully in her sleep surrounded by family and friends…
Fact: As of 2005, around 55 percent of youth between ages 12-18 in the U.S. volunteer in their community, while adults only serve about half the hours of what teens serve.