AmyJo Turi, 30, from North Bend, is relaxed during the bike portion of the race. Turi was the top female finisher with an overall time of 1:13:27.
The fall season has arrived. Shorter, rainy days wearing our fleece jackets, munching on pumpkin scones, sipping egg-nog lattes, watching new reality television shows and attending all those holiday parties. This translates into the average American gaining 1-2 pounds of bodyfat (but sometimes up to 10) by New Year's Day! Gaining 1-2 pounds year after year can really add up to a serious health problem.
Three Kirkland siblings each won three second-place medals in the Puget Sound Summer Diving League championship meet on August 20. The Kirkland Orcas dive team competed in the championship meet at the Bothell Northshore Pool. When the meet ended, the Orcas walked away with three medals, including second-place finishes for Addison (14), Devan (12) and Madeline (7) Freebairn.
The International Community School (ICS) lucked out with two AYUSA exchange students this year: Andrea Szakacs, a 17-year-old from the Transylvania region of Romania, and Liliya (Lilly) Sadyllayeva, a 16-year-old from Kiev in Ukraine.Andrea is staying with Julie and Robert Francis, who live in Kirkland and have two children (Kai and Kendra) attending ICS. Lilly is staying with Kim and Rob McDaniel, who live in Sammamish and also have two children (Erin and Anna McNamara) at ICS.
magine this. You are one of 172 students back on a Monday morning after the first week of classes is behind you. Principal Gayle Cudworth introduces to the assembly a man you have never seen before. He is a bank president. His name is Tom Nixon. You and your fellow students clap politely. You are going to learn how to operate a business, he tells you. You are going to evaluate quarterly expenses, production and income. You are going to write a business plan, present a report to stockholders, advertise your company, design and seek investors. And then he tells you your first input is due before the morning is over
"It's cool!" That was the most often heard comment from students attending the newly rebuilt Ben Franklin Elementary School. Construction of the new school building was barely completed by the first day of school on August 31. Students and their parents walked around construction fences still shielding unfinished landscaping from trampling feet.br> "It's got much more space and it's got cool stuff in it," said Natalie Peterson, a second-grader, echoing the opinion of many of the students.
Many thanks to all of you for your help in what turned out to be a wonderful event... our grand opening took place on September 22. The office staff provided parking protection, hosted "memory lane" and much more.
ummer is over and school has started. All the students are back at school and eager to learn. Well ... all the students are back at school and ... learning (which is obviously the same thing). In fact the school year could not have started on a better foot. Excitement and spirit are at an all time high as the class of '06 starts their last year of high school, the class of '08 enters its first year at LW, and the class of '07 begins a year without such exciting labels as the other two.
Lakeview Elementary School students poured out their hearts to victims of Hurricane Katrina on September 11 as they served up hundreds of cups of "lemon-aid" in front of the school on N.E. 68th Street. The Kirkland kids wanted to put their talents to work to help out in the aftermath of the devastating storm. They whipped up dozens of pitchers of the refreshing drink, waved their signs and extended the Red Cross-bound bucket to drivers, joggers, dog-walkers and bicyclists for several hours.
This year, the Kirkland Courier, along with the League of Women Voters, is pleased to sponsor a Kirkland City Council Candidate Forum. The event takes place on October 11 at the Kirkland Performance Center, 350 Kirkland Avenue. A candidate reception from 6 to 7 p.m. precedes the moderated candidate forum, which will last until 9 p.m.
This year, the Kirkland Courier, along with the League of Women Voters, is pleased to sponsor a Kirkland City Council Candidate Forum. The event takes place on October 11 at the Kirkland Performance Center, 350 Kirkland Avenue. A candidate reception from 6 to 7 p.m. precedes the moderated candidate forum, which will last until 9 p.m.
This year, the Kirkland Courier, along with the League of Women Voters, is pleased to sponsor a Kirkland City Council Candidate Forum. The event takes place on October 11 at the Kirkland Performance Center, 350 Kirkland Avenue. A candidate reception from 6 to 7 p.m. precedes the moderated candidate forum, which will last until 9 p.m.
This year, the Kirkland Courier, along with the League of Women Voters, is pleased to sponsor a Kirkland City Council Candidate Forum. The event takes place on October 11 at the Kirkland Performance Center, 350 Kirkland Avenue. A candidate reception from 6 to 7 p.m. precedes the moderated candidate forum, which will last until 9 p.m.
This year, the Kirkland Courier, along with the League of Women Voters, is pleased to sponsor a Kirkland City Council Candidate Forum. The event takes place on October 11 at the Kirkland Performance Center, 350 Kirkland Avenue. A candidate reception from 6 to 7 p.m. precedes the moderated candidate forum, which will last until 9 p.m.
This year, the Kirkland Courier, along with the League of Women Voters, is pleased to sponsor a Kirkland City Council Candidate Forum. The event takes place on October 11 at the Kirkland Performance Center, 350 Kirkland Avenue. A candidate reception from 6 to 7 p.m. precedes the moderated candidate forum, which will last until 9 p.m.