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NOVEMBER 2005 NEWSLETTER
VOLUME 7, NUMBER 9OUR MISSION:To Discover, Recover, Share and CelebrateRedmond’s HistoryHISTORY IS HAPPENING IN REDMOND!
REDMOND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
16600 NE 80th Street, Room 106Redmond, WA 98052 ~ Tel 425.885.2919website ~www.redmondhistory.
org
e-mail ~ redmondhistory@msn.comHOURS: Mon.-Thurs., 1-4 p.m., or by Appointment
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ver since joining the Redmond HistoricalSociety, I am amazed at how many of us are interested in preserving our history. So many of you have come forward with great stories,photos, and volunteering time to help make ourgoals happen.Two such people are
Brad Solomon
 
and
Larry Nelson
. Larry has become the Society’sTV voice as he narrates the monthly
“View fromHi st or  y,”
which Brad produces.Each month, Brad selects a topic fromRedmond’s rich history that will both entertain and enlighten residents. He selects photographsthat illustrate the topic and writes a script forwhich Larry does a voice-over. With technicalmagic, Brad brings together these elements,creating a video that is shown throughout themonth on the City’s Channel 21, coordinatingwith
Patrick Hirsch
, the City Video Communications Manager.The photos come from
Naomi Hardy
’s hardwork of scanning photos that so many of youhave loaned or donated. By the way, these can beviewed in our office. She has a great love for ourcity and in keeping with the Society’s goal topreserve our history she wants to name almosteverything in the city after those who made thisthe community that it is!We hope to see you Nov. 12 and then againon Jan. 14 (No December meeting!).
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~ Judy Aries Lang
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e’ll be horsing around at our next general meeting.Former Mayor
Christine Himes
 
will reminisce about the
 Redmond Trailblazers Saddle Club
, while
Rod McNae
 
and
Scott Wieder
will do the same about the
 Lake Washington Saddle Club
.Former Parks Director
 John Couch
 
will dig up some slides of children and horses from the Parks collection.And Society board members
Terri Gordon
 
and
Daryl Martin
,both former
Tr  ail bl  azer  s
themselves, will contribute with photos and / ormemories.By the way, if McNae soundsf amiliar, it’s because Rod’s father was Bert McNae, thewell known commercial realestate developer.
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It’s been a few years, but Society board member Terri Gordon, seen in the foregroundsecond from left, used to ride her horse in the Derby Days parade.
NEXTMEETING
Saturday, November 12 10:30 a.m. to noonO
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16600 NE 80th St
resident’s Corner
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GENERAL MEETINGS
2nd Saturday of the Month10:30 a.m. to noonO
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16600 NE 80th St
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2005 E
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 Judy Lang
 Pr e sid ent 
Naomi Hardy
Vic e- Pr e sid ent 
Miguel Llanos
Vic e- Pr e sid ent 
Teresa Becker
Tr e a sur er 
Margaret Wiese
Corresponding Secretary
Beryl Standley
 Rec ording Secretary
B
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Terry GordonTom Hitzroth Jon MagnussenAmo MarrDaryl MartinDoris SchaiblePatti Simpson Ward
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Published nine times annuallyMiguel Llanos
Ed it or 
Patti Simpson Ward
 Newsletter Graphic Designer 
©2005 Redmond Historical Society
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he Society has its own Ken Burns and his name is Brad Solomon.Having joined the club in January 2005, Brad immediately proposedRedmond histories on video with a longer term goal of a “Ken Burns” stylefilm about our heritage. An amateur photographer since college days, he sawthis as a great opportunity to focus his attention on a very local subject.Brad and his wife, Jenny, moved to Redmond in 1986. Their daughtersfollowed, so to speak: Rachel (15) and Michelle (13).“One of our traditions was going to the Heritage Festival held atMarymoor Park every summer,” Brad says. “We were sad to see the Festivalcancelled. The photo above was taken in 2000. I guess even then history wasin my blood.”Brad has produced three short videos for the city of Redmond TV thatserve as advertising for the Society:
“Derby Days,” “School Days,”
and
“T he  Nokomis Club.”
He is planning on nine more to make an even dozen.When asked about his plan to create a film about Redmond, he says“The short videos are fun projects and help get out the word about theSociety. They are a bit of a detour, but all of the research for the videos is laying the groundwork for the film.”
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M
eet a Member:BRAD SOLOMON
 
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Can you identify anything about this old school photograph?• Student names? • Which school and class?• The teacher’s name?If so, contact Naomi Hardy at
425.833.3866
 
or e-mail her at
nhardy12@comcast.net
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QUOTABLE
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raffic jams during the morn-ing and late afternoon hours haveincreased in frequency and intensity indowntown Redmond with the heavierpopulation and traffic flow through theCity,” Redmond Police Chief Robert Sollito observed. “The solution is thedevelopment of alternate routesbypassing the downtown area,” hesaid, “but these seem a longtime coming.”
~ Sammamish Valley News ~(1969)
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edmond mill owner, Henry Isackson, is seen in 1941 preparing tohaul logs to Woodinville with this 1930 Fageol truck. Here he is at224th Avenue NE with a youngster sitting in the cab.
(Photo courtesty of the Duane Isackson Collection.)
F
or the Log Haul . . .
H
elp Solve a History Mystery
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