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Samantha Pak spak@redmond-reporter.com
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Youngsters ride their bikes in the Kids Parade while parents and families look on during Redmond’s Derby Days Summer Festival last weekend. In addition to celebrating the event’s 72nd year, this year’s festival also celebrated the City of Redmond’s 100th birthday with a third day of activities and events. For the full story, see PAGE 10. samantha pak, Redmond Reporter
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City program provides youth free lunches City offering free lunches to ages 18 and younger every weekday this summer Samantha Pak spak@redmond-reporter.com
For some kids, the free or reduced breakfasts and lunches they receive during the school year may be the only time they are guaranteed a balanced meal. And while summer is a time to relax and have fun, it can be difficult for young people who may
not know when their next meal is coming. City of Redmond’s teen and 50plus programs administrator Ken Wong said this has always been a concern for them: What happens in the summer to kids who no longer have access to those regular meals through school? “We think it’s very important,”
he said about the issue. To address this concern, Wong said the city applied for a grant from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) through the state’s Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) to provide free lunches to anyone ages 18 and younger every weekday this summer. In addition, the city
program received a grant from the United Way. The program also receives support from Nourishing Networks, an Eastside organization that works to address hunger issues within local communities. The summer meals program started July 9 and will be offered through Aug. 24 from noon to 12:45 p.m. Lunch is served [ more lunches page 3 ]
Redmond woman was sexually assaulted in her apartment near the 8500 block of 148th Avenue Northeast at knifepoint early Tuesday morning. The Redmond Police Department (RPD) received a 911 call saying the incident occurred shortly before 2 a.m. The suspect entered the victim’s ground-floor apartment through the rear sliding door, which RPD spokesperson Jim Bove said they believe was unlocked. The suspect then went into the bedroom where the victim, who is in her early 30s, was studying, put a knife to her throat and proceeded to rape her. Bove said the victim had a scratch on her neck, but they don’t know if it was from the knife or if it oc- A police sketch of the curred during suspect. Courtesy of RPD the assault. Bove said the victim did not recognize the suspect, but added that the suspect may know her — whether he is a neighbor, an acquaintance or has seen her in passing — and the victim has been unaware. “She has no idea who it was,” he said. Bove said it is “extremely rare” for a victim to not know their attacker. He said the last time this occurred in Redmond was about four years ago. Based on a K-9 search, officers believe the suspect fled north through [ more assault page 5 ]
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