Kirkland
The Lake Washington School District has received $13.82 million in state funding for capital construction. The money will help with the cost of four school construction projects.
The historic Tall Ships – the Lady Washington, and Hawaiian Chieftain – will sail from Kirkland’s Carillon Point on Lake Washington from Aug. 27 through Sept. 3. Passengers will be treated to a “mock battle” during the sailing. Get tickets at www.tallshipskirkland.eventbrite.com
Nearly 100 people lined up inside the Kirkland Fred Meyer on July 26 to meet Seattle Mariner Casper Wells. The outfielder autographed posters, baseballs and bats. It is the first time a professional player visited the Kirkland Fred Meyer in four years for an autograph session, according to a Fred Meyer spokesperson.
The Heathman Hotel in Kirkland will re-open its doors Aug. 3. It experienced a main waterline malfunction May 25 that caused significant damage to the facility.
Renton
Multiple shots were fired in the early morning hours on July 27 in Renton in the Crestview Apartment parking lot on Sunset Boulevard Southwest in Renton. The shots hit a vehicle, which then rolled down an embankment and burst into flames. A Renton man in the vehicle was found dead. The man was also a victim of shooting in May. Renton Police don’t know yet whether the shooting was gang related or how the car caught fire.
North Bend
Twin Peaks Fest is back in North Bend on Aug. 3-5, and, for the first time, it is sold out. Only 200 people will be attendance, making the festival perhaps the smallest international (some regular attendants come from England and Japan) festival in the world. We’ll assume they all will be having want a slice of pie and “a damn fine cup of coffee.”
Issaquah
Johann Neethling, the chaplain for Providence Marianwood nursing home, completed a 300-mile hike from Spokane to the nursing home July 25 to help raise money to build a bistro for the patients. Pictured are Neethling and his daughters, Maria Henderson, left, and Gabrielle Statkus, right, who joined him for the last day.
Ginny Tyler, once Disney’s head Mouseketeer, died in Issaquah at age 86 from natural causes July 13. When episodes of the TV show “The Mickey Mouse Club” were syndicated in 1963, Tyler became the new head Mouseketeer, hosting new segments of the show that were intermixed with older shows. She also did some voice acting, including on the record “Bambi,” and acted as Polynesia the Parrot in “Dr. Dolittle.”
American Hero Quilts, sewn to honor wounded American soldiers, are on display in Issaquah. Since founded by Sue Nebeker, a Vashon Island resident, the nonprofit has shipped 11,217 quilts to soldiers injured in Iraq and Afghanistan. They are on display through Aug. 19 at Bellewood Retirement Center, 3710 Providence Point Drive SE, Issaquah.
