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The Bellevue Arts Museum ArtsFair – the largest annual arts festival in the Pacific Northwest – is expected to draw more than 350,000 visitors to downtown Bellevue this weekend.
Southbound lanes on I-405 from Southeast Eighth Street to I-90 will be completely closed for three weekends in August as construction crews remove the Wilburton Tunnel.
Two years ago, Mora Shaw died.
Today, she is a cheerful 20-year-old ready to start her second year of college at Western Washington University — and, to her family, a miracle — although she blushes to hear that description.
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These organization need your help to help others.
Students from the Bellevue area have graduated from the University of Washington this quarter. They are:
People are invited to vote for their favorite container in Wells Medina Nursery’s Employee Container Competition.
Three Bellevue residents, Preston and Cameron Lull along with their mother, Julie Lull, participated in a drug awareness event at Seattle Center on Saturday, June 28 to highlight the need for drug education. Preston and Cameron are part of the Drug-Free Marshals & Mentors group – a youth drug education and prevention program launched by the Church of Scientology in 1993.
Nine Bellevue students have received National Merit Scholarships financed by colleges and universities.
Mathew Ruddell, son of William Ruddell and Rosalind Renshaw of Bellevue, received a $2,000 President’s Scholarship for the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 academic years at Western Washington University.
The board for Leadership Eastside approved a new slate of officers and directors at its June board meeting. New officers include: chair Betty Spieth (Langton Spieth); chair-elect Drew Magill (The Boeing Company); immediate past chair Jennifer Davies (Symetra Financial); vice-chair curriculum/programs Eric Svaren (Groupsmith, Inc.); vice chair year two/three programs Kathy Hunter (Seattle Times and LE ’08 graduate); vice-chair finance Mike DePuydt (Senderra Corp.); vice-chair marketing Ed Belleba (Friends of Youth); and vice-chair alumni Jeni Craswell (WesTech and LE ’08 graduate).
The Bellevue-based Jewish Day School of Metropolitan Seattle (JDS) has announced national and regional academic excellence awards bestowed on JDS students for the 2007-2008 school year.
Someone attempted to enter a home in the 3300 block of Evergreen Point Road sometime between Monday, July 7 and Wednesday, July 16, Medina Police report.
A Medina home in the 8200 block of Northeast 26th St. was burglarized between 1:55-6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 2.
April 24
Calling the King County Executive’s collaborative, holistic approach to problem solving “the genius” in his leadership style, American City & County Magazine has named Ron Sims the County Leader of the Year for 2008. Sims received the award Monday at the annual meeting of the National Association of Counties in Kansas City, Kan.
