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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2013
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Redmond man and son in hospital after alleged drug overdose The 37-year-old man and 4-year-old boy remain in stable and sedated condition after being found unconscious Tuesday morning STAFF REPORT
Police tape is strung in front of the house on the 14100 block of Northeast 72nd Street in Redmond where a man and his 4-year-old son were found and taken to area hospitals Tuesday afternoon for a suspected drug overdose. ANDY NYSTROM, Redmond Reporter
A 37-year-old Redmond man and his 4-year-old son were taken to area hospitals Tuesday afternoon for a suspected drug overdose. Redmond police and fire personnel responded to the 14100 block of N.E. 72nd St. at 11:45 a.m. Tuesday after receiving a 911 call from the 4-year-old’s mother, who had come home to find her
husband and son breathing but unconscious. Drug paraphernalia was located at the scene indicating that both father and son had been injected with suspected heroin. Redmond Police Department (RPD) spokesperson Lt. Charlie Gorman said the suspected drugs and drug paraphernalia found at the scene have been collected as evidence. “It may take some time for
lab exams to be completed to determine what these suspected substances are,” he said. On Thursday, Gorman said the man and boy remain in stable and sedated condition and police have not been able to speak with either of them. “This is an ongoing criminal investigation,” he said. “There have been no arrests and we have no reason to believe that anyone else is involved in this incident.”
Tackling the Komen 3-Day
Left photo, Chicago residents Kim Schultze, left, and Mary Nilles, center, join Arlington resident Marie English as they finish the first day of the Susan G. Komen 3-Day event to fight breast cancer on Friday at Marymoor Park. Above, a 3-Day crew member takes a finisher’s photo. Participants walked 20 miles each day throughout Seattle and surrounding areas. See page 12 for more photos. ANDY NYSTROM, Redmond Reporter
Residents can speak up at Recreation Building Master Plan meeting SAMANTHA PAK spak@redmond-reporter.com
Before Susan Langsley moved to Redmond, she lived in Portland, Ore. and while she was there, one of the things she was really impressed with was the city’s Southwest Community Center. With two pools to accommodate swimmers of all types — from lap swimmers to kids — community meeting and
party rooms, gymnasiums, fitness rooms and more, she said the facility was “fabulous.” “It was just a great community resource,” Langsley said. But when she arrived in Redmond seven years ago, the Education Hill resident said she found that the Redmond Pool at Hartman Park could
use some improvements. On Oct. 3, Langsley and the rest of the Redmond community will have the opportunity to share their thoughts at an upcoming public meeting on the City of Redmond’s Recreation Building Master Plan. At the meeting, which will be from 6:30-8 p.m. in the Bytes Cafe at City Hall at 15670
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N.E. 85th St., there will be a presentation and community conversation regarding the future of the city’s four recreation buildings: the Redmond Pool, the Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center, the Old Fire House Teen Center (OFH) and the Redmond Senior Center (RSC).
A ROAD MAP FOR FUTURE RECREATION
Katie Anderson, deputy di-
rector for the city’s Parks and Recreation Department, said the master plan will provide them with a road map for future of the four buildings. “These four buildings are in various states of conditions,” she said, adding that the master plan may also look at the type of programming the city offers, but things are still at the conceptual stage. To help with this process, the city has hired a team of consultants made
up of NAC|Architecture, Ballard*King Associates and Water Technology Inc. Anderson said five concepts will be presented to the community. Possible sites for a new aquatics community center will also be presented for the community to evaluate. Public feedback and input will be used to narrow the options to one recommended concept, which will be unveiled at a community [ more FUTURE page 5]