A volunteer appreciation picnic on June 20 celebrated the kick-off of a pilot volunteer and mentor program in the Lake Washington School District. LINKS — Looking Into the Needs of Kids in Schools — has been a program of the Lake Washington PTSA Council since 2004, placing community volunteers in schools as classroom helpers, tutors and lunch buddies.
Note: This brief uses a first-hand account e-mailed in by Terri Fletcher, an announcer for Kirkland’s July 4 parade.
The Rotary Club of Kirkland is seeking host families for an exchange student who will attend Lake Washington High School in the fall.
The Kirkland Heritage Society (KHS) last week announced Lynette Friberg Weber as its newly elected president for a two-year term, which began July 1. She succeeds Robert Burke, who will remain on the KHS board as a past president and continue to work with the City of Kirkland on related community matters.
The Kirkland City Council sparked some fireworks of its own last week as a meeting lit by a dramatic stand-off over questions of fairness eventually ended with a council member appearing to disclose privileged information in a controversial land-use appeal.
Motorists using N.E. 124th Street can expect delays and temporary lane closures from now until late September.
Between Wednesday, June 25, and Tuesday, July 1, the Kirkland Police Department reported 279 traffic violations, 33 alarm calls, 29 noise complaints, 24 assaults (12 domestic violence), 22 car accidents, 19 thefts and 16 vehicle prowls. At least 51 people were arrested.
A 36-year-old Kirkland man who went missing on the Snoqualmie River last week is presumed drowned.
Ralph Arnett, an IT worker from Kirkland, thought his odds were pretty good when he picked up the phone on the afternoon of June 27 to call the Washington State Lottery’s customer service line. He’d just learned that a winning raffle ticket worth a million dollars had been sold in Kirkland — at the same Shell station where his was purchased.
A 43-year-old Kirkland man who was hit by a pick-up truck while riding his bicycle was in stable condition at Harborview Medical Center after the accident in Redmond around 8:30 a.m. July 2.
Officers from the Kirkland Police Department and the King County Sheriff’s Office arrested 24 people for underage drinking at a party in the city’s Lakeview neighborhood near Yarrow Bay early Sunday morning, June 22. An additional arrest was made for furnishing liquor to minors. The arrests were made under a “Party Patrol” initiative by law enforcement agencies across the state to curb teenage drinking during graduation season.
Local man hogs road for Childrens’ benefit
Reid Ewing and Jerry Walters, climate change experts and co-authors of “Growing Cooler: The Evidence on Urban Development and Climate Change,” will host a discussion and community workshop at 4 p.m. on July 10 in the City Council chambers at City Hall.
Community members, political leaders and the general public joined together at Bellevue City Hall on June 28 to review the latest progress of the SR 520 Bridge Replacement and HOV Project. The open house gave the public a chance to assess the current stages of the four key components associated with the project, including the proposed toll on the existing bridge, the pontoon construction, the design of the eastside corridor and the proposed alternative plans for the westside corridor.
The public will get an early look at plans to involve the community in developing the Eastside rail corridor at an informational open house at 7 p.m. July 9 at City Hall.
The Kirkland City Council last week appointed Kirkland residents Erik Mott, Gregory Sparhawk and James Truhan to the City’s Design Review Board (DRB).
Note to new Kirkland residents: The maximum penalty for getting caught possessing fireworks in the city is 90 days in jail, a $1,000 fine, or both.
