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High-profile panel critiques Overlake Village at Chicago task force meeting SAMANTHA PAK spak@redmond-reporter.com
When it comes to local infrastructure, it is important to work with people who are familiar with the area. But sometimes, an outside opinion can help shine a light on issues planners may not have seen before and raise questions that have yet to be asked. Getting an outside opinion was exactly what City of Redmond Mayor John Marchione did last month when he traveled to Chicago as part of the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ Infrastructure Financing for Cities Task Force (IFC Task Force), which is chaired by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Marchione attended the annual Clinton Global Initiative America (CGI America) meeting after the organization approached the Conference of Mayors to partner with them in developing vibrant cities. He said one of CGI America’s priorities is infrastructure. As a member of the IFC Task Force, Marchione — who was appointed to the task force by City of Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter — was one of 16 city mayors to submit proposals to CGI America about what they would do to improve infrastructure locally. Marchione said Redmond’s proposal [ more MAYOR page 6]
Learning the ropes at camp Campers simulate sea turtles swimming through an ocean current at Camp Invention at Faith Lutheran Church and School. SAMANTHA PAK, Redmond Reporter
Kids flock to Camp Invention to keep their brains active this summer SAMANTHA PAK spak@redmond-reporter.com
The sound of laughter and shouts of joy filled the front lawn of Redmond’s Faith Lutheran Church and School Friday afternoon as children splashed each other with water-soaked sponges. While the water fight was a great way to cooling down now that the sun has come out, these youngsters were doing
more than beating the heat. They were creating a simulation of sea turtles swimming through an ocean current. This was just one of many educationbased activities they took part in as attendees of Camp Invention, a week-long day camp program in partnership with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The camp was for first- through sixthgraders and — just as the name implies — focused on inventing. Throughout the
week, campers learned about real-world geographical, environmental and ecological problems and were prompted to think up and create a solution. “It’s really important to keep in mind that these things took a lot of thinking,” said Camp Invention Director Barbara Deming. While welcoming parents and other family members to a special inventors’ [ more CAMP page 7 ]
Downed power line snarls traffic, leaves 3,100 residents without electricity About 3,100 residents throughout the Union Hill area spent Tuesday evening — and for some, early Wednesday morning — without electricity after a power line fell
along Northeast Novelty Hill Road near 212th Avenue Northeast outside of Redmond just before 5 p.m. Ray Lane, a spokesperson for Puget Sound Energy (PSE), said power restoration for customers ranged from 30 minutes
after the outage to about 6:15 a.m. on Wednesday. He said the line fell when an “alley arm” — a T-shaped pole that holds power lines — failed and sent the wire to the ground. “It happens every now and then,” Lane said. “It’s
not commonplace.” He added that PSE is still looking into the cause of the failed alley arm. Laura Gatens, who lives on Redmond Ridge, said due to the power outage, many businesses on Redmond Ridge were forced
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to close early, including the QFC, McDonald’s and banks. She said at Kiddie Academy, where she works, they had to get the kids out of the building quickly since they didn’t have air conditioning. When she got home after work, Gatens said the
power was still out, and with the hot weather, it made things uncomfortable — especially since she lives on the second floor of her apartment building and heat rises. While things may have been unpleasant, Gatens [ more POWER page 5 ]
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