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Council to vote Tuesday on metropolitan park district BY TJ MARTINELL tmartinell@kirklandreporter.com
The Kirkland City Council is set to vote Tuesday on whether to place a measure on the November ballot for a metropolitan park district (MPD) as a funding mechanism for the Aquatics and Recreation Community (ARC) Center. Before the vote at their upcoming July 21 meeting, however, the council will decide whether the MPD’s citizen advisory committee would be the park boards or an indepen-
BY TJ MARTINELL tmartinell@kirklandreporter.com
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he annual summer food and wine festival Kirkland Uncorked kicks off today in downtown Kirkland at Marina Park and more than 18,000 attendees are expected for the three-day event. The festival run through Sunday and features wines from world-class Washington wineries, bite-sized feasts from notable Eastside restaurants, and appearances from the Northwest’s most prestigious celebrity chefs and culinary personalities. Those who want to enjoy the selections of wine and beer can enter the 21 and older tasting garden. General admission for the garden is $25 in advance and $30 at the door and includes a commemorative tasting glass and 10 wine tasting tokens. One ounce wine tastes are 1-2 tasting tokens depending on each wine’s value. The tasting garden will feature wine tasting, grilling demonstrations, live music, a Friday burger brawl and a Saturday grill-off. Families with children can attend the all age street fair. The festival will also feature a boat show, the Uncorked Market, the CityDog Dog Modeling Contest, and a Sunday food truck feast. Kirkland Uncorked is held in downtown Kirkland inside Marina Park at 25 Lakeshore Plaza. The Kirkland Uncorked Street Fair is free and open to the public. Kirkland Uncorked is a benefit for Homeward Pet [ more UNCORKED page 3 ]
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dently-elected group as a way of making the district more transparent. The council discussed the issue at their July 7 meeting during the public hearing over the MPD as well as the proposed interlocal agreement that would exist between the MPD and the city, should the ballot measure ordinance be approved by the council and ultimately approved by voters at the ballot box in November. Under the proposed ordinance, the MPD’s boundar[ more MPD page 9 ]
Workshops for solar energy hosted at Kirkland City Hall BY TJ MARTINELL tmartinell@kirklandreporter.com
Kirkland resident Jeanette Woldseth, foreground, will be participating in 50-mile ride as part of Obliteride, an event that raises money for cancer research at Fred Hutchinson. Woldseth is a retired fire captain with the Bellevue Fire Department. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Riding for a cure
Kirkland resident determined to participate in Obliteride event BY TJ MARTINELL tmartinell@kirklandreporter.com
Next month Kirkland resident Jeanette Woldseth will be helping raise money for cancer research
through Obliteride. A retired firefighter who worked at the Bellevue Fire Department for 28 years, Woldseth’s ride will raise money for cancer research at Fred Hutchinson in Seattle. The fight against cancer
is a personal one for Woldseth. Diagnosed with cancer in 2010, she is currently going through treatment at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, though it isn’t stopping her plans to ride [ more CANCER page 2 ]
Starting this week, Kirkland residents interested in switching over to solar energy for their homes can attend workshops and speak to experts. With the first event being held Thursday at the Kirkland City Hall and running until September, the workshops are part of a Solarize Eastside campaign put on by volunteer groups to encourage more people to use solar energy as an alternative source for electricity. Among the topics are the benefits of solar power, the logistical aspect of installations, the technology used and pay-back period in which users can receive credits from Puget Sound Energy for excessing power. The benefits also include that the power can later be used during inclement weather periods, typically during the winter months. The installations will be done by Northwest Electric
& Solar, which recently completed 51 new installations for the first Solarize Bellevue campaign. The workshops are being promoted by Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center, which has partnered with the cities of Kirkland and Bellevue. PNPRC received a grant from the State Department of Commerce through Solarized Northwest, as well as a mini-grant. Executive Director Paula Del Giudice said that the average installation for a 4-5 kilowatt home is $20,000, but approximately half of that comes back to the homeowner within the year thanks to federal and state incentives. “It’s a really good investment,” she said. “On average, you’re actually saving money and paid to generate power,” she said. “You’re getting paid for the energy you produce. Through this net metering, they store up credits on your accounts, so in the summertime when [ more SOLAR page 7 ]