Mathew Ruddell, son of William Ruddell and Rosalind Renshaw of Bellevue, received a $2,000 President’s Scholarship for the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 academic years at Western Washington University.
Daniel L. Blau of Bellevue will receive a $2,000 Lawrence and Sam Meyers scholarship for the 2008-2009 academic year at Washington State University.
Parents, community members, and education advocates will join together today to kick off the Bellevue Chapter of Stand for Children and discuss what people can do this campaign season to make change for children.
Saturday, July 19 is the last day for mail in and online voter registrations and transfers for the August 19 primary. New Washington voters have until Aug. 4 to register in-person to vote.
Earplugs, shopping carts and clothes pins are just a few of the materials used to best exemplify sustainability in this year’s ninth biennial Bellevue Sculpture Exhibition.
The 520 Tolling Implementation Committee will hold an open house Aug. 6 at Bellevue City Hall, 450 110th Ave. N.E.
Work began Tuesday, July 15 at AtWork! to convert their sheltered workshop building at 15155 Bel-Red Road in Bellevue into the agency’s expanded corporate headquarters and training facility.
The New York Life Foundation will give $450,000 grant to fund curriculum enhancements, professional development, and technical assistance in National Academy Foundation “schools within schools” in public high schools.
A Bellevue couple are under arrest following their indictment Thursday, July 10 for Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud and three counts of Wire Fraud.
A two-car accident that caused life-threatening injuries to one of the drivers shut down Bellevue Way Southeast for about three hours Friday morning.
The first time Ruth Kratzke met William, there was no chemical reaction at all.
Engaged in a hand of bridge, they were seated across a card table from one another in a chapel at the University of Minnesota.
“She told me that I wasn’t a very nice partner,” William recalls on a recent afternoon at his Bellevue home.
“He was so smart,” said Ruth, now 81. “He made me feel as if I couldn’t play cards.”
That was more than 60 years ago. Now, the couple, who just celebrated their diamond anniversary, can’t keep away from each other.
Five proposed amendments to the King County Charter were placed on the November general election ballot Monday, July 14 by the Metropolitan King County Council.
The Bellevue City Council is seeking applications from city residents who wish to help write the statements for and against a proposed parks levy. These statements would be published in the voter’s pamphlet residents will receive prior to the November ballot, on which the levy would appear.
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Curling iron. Much like the modern electric curling iron, this device used a set of heated tongs to temporarily curl hair. However, these tongs were heated by putting the iron into the glass chimney of an oil lamp.
Sammamish High School Class of 1978: July 19. Glendale Golf and Country Club, 13440 Main St., Bellevue. 425-644-1044 or www.reunionswithclass.com.
Redmond’s Derby Days is back for its 68th year, kicking off from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. today at the Redmond City Hall Campus, 15670 N.E. 85th St.
Kai Engevik, 14, has found memories of his younger years at Woodridge Elementary School.
The King County Master Gardener Foundation will present an “Expert Panel on Garden Problems” at 10:30 a.m. today at 15500 S.E. 16th St., Bellevue.
