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 History is Happening in Redmond!The Redmond Recorder 6/05
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The Redmond Recorder
 June 2005 Vol. 7, No. 6  Redmond Historical SocietyOur mission:
To discover, recover, preserve, share and celebrate Redmond’s history
 
16600 NE 80
th
St, Room 106, Redmond, WA 98052 425-885-2919www.redmondhistory.orgredmondhistory@msn.comOffice hours: Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday, 1-4pm, or by appointment
 
President’s Corner
While reminiscing about what’s left in theSammamish Valley with Redmond HistoricalSociety members
Larry Miller
and
JonMagnussen
we all said almost in unison: “We stillhave wine making.” We were referring to all thewineries in the valley.“Boutique wineries” can be traced back to whenthe Italian farmers moved into the valley andbegan making wine in their basements. Probablyback to the time of Prohibition. The
Cerquis,Garbarinos, and Zanassis
along with mygrandfather
Albert Aries
are a few of the Italians Irecall making wine. I refer to them as the “oldboutique” wineries and I doubt if any of them hadever heard the word “boutique.”The “grape train” came to Seattle’sGeorgetown from Napa Valley, California. Theyused their farm flatbed trucks for bringing thegrapes to their wineries, or rather basements of their homes. Back then there were only two kindsof grapes available for winemaking: zinfandel tomake red wine and Muscat for the white. It wouldtake about 14 pounds of grapes to make one gallonof wine. Each lug of grapes weighed 36 pounds.So doing the math, it would take about 40 lugs for100 gallons of wine. Some families made as muchas 100 gallons of wine.Each family had their own large oak barrels butthey shared the other equipment like the press andcrusher. I believe the bottles were saved from yearto year.There was always speculation as to whose wine
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Cemetery Meeting June 11
This plaque at Old Redmond Cemetery appears to have beengouged by a mower.
 Do you have family or friends at the OldRedmond Cemetery? If so, you’ll want to attend ourJune 11
th
picnic meeting, where we’ll discuss concernsabout maintenance, especially the move to lower allpillow and hickey style memorials to ground level.While the Society had asked the owners toimprove the grounds, the intention was never to seechanges to the graves themselves.
Andy Weiss
, who has 16 relatives there, notifiedthe City, which issued a stop work order given that
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June 11
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Meeting’s a Picnic andHeritage Art Show Viewing
 
11-noon:
Art viewing at Old Redmond Schoolhouse.
Noon-2pm:
Potluck picnic at Anderson Park (no rain)or Schoolhouse (rain). The Old Time Fiddlers willentertain as we get a chance to Redmonisce andcelebrate the society’s 6
th
birthday!
 
 History is Happening in Redmond!The Redmond Recorder 6/05
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2005 Meetings
After our June picnic,we’ll take a summer break (
no newsletter either 
) andthen resume our Saturdaymeetings in the fall:
Sept. 10, Oct. 8, Nov. 12
10 a.m.-noon at the OldRedmond SchoolhouseCommunity Center
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2005 Executive Board
Judy Lang,
President
 Naomi Hardy,
VP
 Miguel Llanos,
VP
 Teresa Becker,
Treasurer
 Margaret Wiese,
Corresponding Secretary
 Beryl Standley,
Recording Secretary
Board of DirectorsTerri GordonTom HitzrothJon MagnussenAmo MarrDaryl MartinDoris Schaible
Help Redmondisce
We’re always looking foranecdotes and stories of Redmond to share in thenewsletter. Send them toredmondhistory@msn.com or via US Mail to the office,care of Miguel Llanos.
Video to DVD?
We need to transfer old16mm film and VHS tapesto DVDs as well as audiocassettes to CDs. If you canhelp, please contact MiguelLlanos at (425) 869-9806 orredmondhistory@msn.com 
 
Redmond’s ‘Boutique’ Wineries of Old
Kay and Scott Garbarino help press some grapes. Did they know they were makingwine, or was it grape juice to them???
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was the best, but there was never any trouble getting rid of it, no matter howgood or bad it might have tasted. Many friends of the families would receivegallons of wine for favors or for special celebrations. A favor might be an extraload of gravel dumped in your driveway. It was never sold, but a permit wasneeded to make the wine even for personal use.It was hard work. Never like the large celebration you see in movies wherethe women with bare feet are stomping the grapes while singing and dancing, butthat surely would have made it more fun.As always, things change. In the 1960s some new Italian families came totown. Redmond Police Chief 
Bob Sollitto
and Police Capt.
Fred Patricelli
 bought the winemaking equipment from the Aries, Garbarino and Cerqui trio andthat was the end of winemaking for my family.
 Judy Aries Lang, president 
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Old Redmond Walking Tours Return
If you live in Redmond, you probably drive along Leary Way daily. Butdo you know the histories of our oldest buildings? Like which one was both anundertaker’s premises and a bordello? Society board member
Tom Hitzroth
willeducate and entertain folks with walking tours that explore those histories.The next dates are:
 June 19 and Sept. 18.
Tours run from 1-2:30 p.m. and walkers meet on the front steps of theJustice White House. Walks won’t be held in the rain!A $6 fee helps fund Society research and pre-registration is required. To doso, e-mail Tom atthitzroth@msn.comor phone our office at (425) 885-2919.
 
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Were You at our May 14
th
Meeting?
These Folks Were:
 
Anderson, BettyBay, Joanne StenquistBecker, DanBecker, Teresa LangBellings, Lucille HansenBlair, Dusty WattsBlair, WayneBrown, AlBrown, HelenBrulé, Kay NicholsDeBlauw, KarenDuffus, NatalieEmmanuel, TonyFrey, MarilynFrey, StanGarland, LillianGilbert, Evelyn KingGordon, TerriGorlick, AudreyHahnlen, Charlotte EversonHammersberg, Clara McSparranHammersberg, JerryHansen, TomHanson, Marge
 
Hanson, RoyHardy, NaomiHitzroth, TomHussey, LindaIngersoll, Jo AnnIsackson, DuaneIsackson, Joanne
Jewell, Joan *
Lang, Judy Aries
Light, Lenora Forcier*
Llanos, MiguelMagnuson, CherylMagnussen, JonMagruder, JoanMarrs, PatMartin, DarylMcCoskrie, EileenMercer, BettyMiller, LarryMontgomery, MaryMunoz, AlexaMurphy, EdOlson, Le Roy
Perrigo, Erma*Perrigo, Thomas Paine*
Pickett, Virginia PorterRosenbach, Patsy Cook 
Rowe, Steve*
Salmi, AnnShults, AvisSolomon, BradStoneback, PhyllisStrange, MakelahStray, ArneStensland, DonThayer, Boyka DincovTollfeldt, AnneTollfeldt, HarveyTorell, JerryTurner, JudyUnderhill, KristineWatkins, JoAnnWatts, DonWeiss, RoseWiese, Margaret Evers
Williams, Peggy*
*First-time visitor
Cemetery Meeting June 11
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the cemetery is on the City’s list of registered historic sites.“I found upon inspection that SCI is randomly loweringheadstones by removing the concrete emplacement thatsurrounds the headstone and is designed to protect theheadstone from damage during maintenance,” City stafferDianna Broadie informed the City Council and Mayor Ives.SCI, which owns the cemetery, is expected to respond byearly June and Andy is hoping to rally others in case legalaction is required.Andy’s concerns were first raised in the King CountyJournal, followed by KING TV. And CNN is now lookingat using the cemetery as an example of problems atcorporate-run cemeteries across the nation.Andy can be contacted at (425) 788-1515 or (425)788-0815 or via e-mail to riverwillowfarm@verizon.net.
 Lowered pillow headstones are seen in the center,compared with the traditional raised headstones at right.
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