Megan Coleman finished her senior year of high school with the Quillayute Valley School District, located over 130 miles from her Bothell home.
Fred Rogers would have given his trademark sweater to live here. For more than 30 years, young children eagerly gathered around their television sets to watch the popular television host talk about his ideal neighborhood. Mr. Rogers is no longer with us, but the kind of neighborhoods he sang and talked about still exist. Luckily for us, one of them is a development of 50 homes in north Bothell.
There won’t be enough money in the King County budget for 2009 and likely well beyond, so officials expect “deep, searing” cutbacks will be required, particularly of the county’s criminal justice systems.
The Rev. Gregory K. Jackson, the senior pastor at Bothell United Methodist Church for the past 13 years, is retiring.
Six Northshore teachers recently received their National Board Certification from The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Like board-certified doctors and accountants, teachers who achieve National Board Certification have met rigorous standards through intensive study, expert evaluation, self-assessment and peer review. The school district now employs 29 teachers with National Board certification.
The Inglemoor High class of 1968 will celebrate its 40th-year reunion Aug. 22-24 with a bevy of activities at a variety of venues, including a tour of the Kenmore campus conducted by Principal Vicki Sherwood.
The class of ‘68 — the first class to attend all three years of high school at Inglemoor — will gather first for an informal celebration at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 22 at the grads’ old haunt, Dick’s Drive-In in Lake City.
Incident reports from the Bothell Police Department.
Notes and briefs from around the Bothell area.
That’s the theme Northshore Networks Youth Theater students will work with as they perform their musical at the Northshore Performing Arts Center from June 18 through 21.
Shows take place at 7:30 p.m., with matinees on June 20 and 21 at 2:30 p.m.
Doctor Lawrence L. Parris of Bothell, a board-certified Washington physician, appeared May 28 in federal district court in Seattle and entered a guilty plea to unlawful possession of a controlled substance in violation of federal law. This offense is punishable by up to one year in prison, a $100,000 fine and a period of supervised release of up to one year. The court is also required to impose a mandatory fine of $1,000, and may assess the defendant the reasonable costs of investigation and prosecution of the offense.
Kenmore scored another victory in its fight against gambling establishments when a panel of three U.S. Ninth Circuit Court judges affirmed the city’s ban on card rooms May 28.
The University of Washington, Bothell will host a Space Huskies Science Fair from 6-8 p.m. June 11 in the UW-Bothell…
Amy Sturm ponders the question for a second, smiles and replies: “I don’t think I’ve ever gotten a B … it’s embarrassing.”
The look in her eyes says she knows she’s nailed all A’s — always — in her schoolwork, but she’s not one to brag. But her super success can’t be denied: 4.0 grade-point average, National Merit Finalist, Washington Scholar, editor in chief of the yearbook and more.
When the Cedar Park Christian senior strolled down the hallway last Thursday, one friend nudged her and said, “Hey, Amy, congratulations.”
It’s probably a greeting she’s used to by now, and it will surely continue into her college years and beyond.
Updates from around the Bothell community.
