Photographers can try to recreate the scene from the historical photograph as accurately as possible or use your creative sense to capture the scene from the historical photograph in a pleasing artful way.  Awards will be given in a Youth and Adult Category.

Submit your photos by August 31, 2012. Winners will be announced September 15.   See the complete rules at: http://blogs.kcls.org/redmond/2012/05/photo-contest-rules-terms-and.html or by inquiring at the Information Desk of the Redmond Library. Sponsored by The Friends of Redmond Library.

Craig Venter's Bugs Might Save the World  ... Or not.

I want to be a cowboy.

I want to be a pilot.

I want to be a firefighter.

I do. I did.

Now what?

Remembering nothing.

Poet's choice. 

Bicycles; Love poems;

Bedside prayers;

The colors of nature.

Peace at last.

 - Sarab Singh (winner, adult category)

 

The action hero body.

Courage,

The magic of patience.

Focus,

Surge with confidence.

Sink or swim,

Win or lose,

Swim to win.

Manasvi Karia (winner, teen category)

Gateway Grove Resort was a popular vacation destination for Seattleites looking to beat the summer heat.  This photo was taken in 1956 at the resort and shows families taking a break from swimming to pose for the photographer.  According to the City of Redmond, King County purchased Gateway Grove and its neighboring resort, Idylwood Beach, in 1969. The two properties were combined to form Idylwood Beach Park, which King County gave to the City of Redmond in 1994.  Today many families visit Idylwood Beach Park for the exact same reason as they did in the past.  This is another reminder that even as the years rush by some things never change.

This is one of six historic Redmond photographs being featured in the Redmond Library's Then & Now Photo Contest. From June until August 15th residents of every age and background will be vying for a chance to have their photographs be the "Now" representations of six Redmond scenes, including this one. Grand Prize Winners will receive $100.

Submit your photos in an electronic format by email to thenandnow@kcls.org or in person at the Redmond Library.  Photo captions must accompany all submissions, along with your name, email address and telephone number.  Captions should include the subject of the image, the location the image was taken, and the name and age of the photographer(s).

Photographers can try to recreate the scene from the historical photograph as accurately as possible or use your creative sense to capture the scene from the historical photograph in a pleasing artful way.  Awards will be given in a Youth and Adult Category.

Submit your photos by August 15, 2012. Winners will be announced September 15.   See the complete rules at: http://blogs.kcls.org/redmond/2012/05/photo-contest-rules-terms-and.html or by inquiring at the Information Desk of the Redmond Library. Sponsored by The Friends of Redmond Library.

"On July 28,1911, the Redmond State Bank received its charter and opened for business on the corner of Leary Way and Cleveland Street in a brick building now occupied by Brad Best Realty." according to the book Our Town Redmond by Nancy Way.  While the building may not have changed much Cleveland Street sure has.  Cleveland is the main west to east traffic corridor going through downtown Redmond.  Once home to the Livery and Eagle Tavern, today it is a myriad of businesses.  The other striking aspect of the photograph is the four girls posing near the bank, perhaps they were on their way to school when the photographer asked them to pose?  One wonders what the future held for them.

This is one of six historic Redmond photographs being featured in the Redmond Library's Then & Now Photo Contest. From June until August 15th residents of every age and background will be vying for a chance to have their photographs be the "Now" representations of six Redmond scenes, including this one. Grand Prize Winners will receive $100.

Submit your photos in an electronic format by email to thenandnow@kcls.org or in person at the Redmond Library.  Photo captions must accompany all submissions, along with your name, email address and telephone number.  Captions should include the subject of the image, the location the image was taken, and the name and age of the photographer(s).

Photographers can try to recreate the scene from the historical photograph as accurately as possible or use your creative sense to capture the scene from the historical photograph in a pleasing artful way.  Awards will be given in a Youth and Adult Category.

Submit your photos by August 15, 2012. Winners will be announced September 15.   See the complete rules at: http://blogs.kcls.org/redmond/2012/05/photo-contest-rules-terms-and.html or by inquiring at the Information Desk of the Redmond Library. Sponsored by The Friends of Redmond Library.

Leary Way: Redmond's Main Street
Photo Courtesy of Redmond Historical Society

This photo is taken as one heads north on Leary Way.  Several historic buildings which still exist today are visible in the frame.  It is striking how little Leary Way has actually changed!  On the left side is the Redmond Trading Company which is now Half Price Books.  To the right is Bill Brown's building which started out with a second floor saloon and is now the location of the Matador Restaurant.  As you look further down the street you see the Brad Best Building which was formerly the State Bank.  Just out of the frame is the Train Depot and behind it is the Justice White House / Redmond Hotel.  Walking down Leary Way today one can get the sense of the bustling Main Street it once was and continues to be today.

This is one of six historic Redmond photographs being featured in the Redmond Library's Then & Now Photo Contest. From June until August 15th residents of every age and background will be vying for a chance to have their photographs be the "Now" representations of six Redmond scenes, including this one. Grand Prize Winners will receive $100.

Submit your photos in an electronic format by email to thenandnow@kcls.org or in person at the Redmond Library.  Photo captions must accompany all submissions, along with your name, email address and telephone number.  Captions should include the subject of the image, the location the image was taken, and the name and age of the photographer(s).

Photographers can try to recreate the scene from the historical photograph as accurately as possible or use your creative sense to capture the scene from the historical photograph in a pleasing artful way.  Awards will be given in a Youth and Adult Category.

Submit your photos by August 15, 2012. Winners will be announced September 15.   See the complete rules at: http://blogs.kcls.org/redmond/2012/05/photo-contest-rules-terms-and.html or by inquiring at the Information Desk of the Redmond Library. Sponsored by The Friends of Redmond Library.

      Photo courtesy of The Northwest Railway Museum

The reason I like this image is  because it represents two aspects of history that were important to Redmond's development, the railroad and the river. Of course, the river continues to be an important part of our city's development and evolving identity. The railroad, on the other hand, is not something commonly associated with Redmond anymore. That being said, the old wooden trestle depicted in the photograph still lends its silouhette to many a Redmond sunset. It can be located in the blocks between 83rd Street and Redmond Way, roughly connecting 154th Street on the West side of the river to 158th Street on the East side. Some people use it as an unsanctioned pedestrian shortcut across the river. Today the bridge's prominence on the landscape is not as great as in days gone by. It now hides in a complicated jumble of roadway interchanges.

This is one of six historic Redmond photographs being featured in the Redmond Library's Then & Now Photo Contest. From June until August residents of every age and background will be vying for a chance to have their photographs be the "Now" representations of six Redmond scenes, including this one. Winners will receive $100.

Take your best 'Now' photograph of this and submit it in an electronic format by email to thenandnow@kcls.org or in person at the Redmond Library.  Photo captions must accompany all submissions, along with your name, email address and telephone number.  Captions should include the subject of the image, the location the image was taken, and the name and age of the photographer(s).

Photographers can try to recreate the scene from the historical photograph as accurately as possible or use your creative sense to capture the scene from the historical photograph in a pleasing artful way.  Awards will be given in a Youth and Adult Category.

Submit your photos by August 15, 2012. Winners will be announced September 15.   See the complete rules at: http://blogs.kcls.org/redmond/2012/05/photo-contest-rules-terms-and.html or by inquiring at the Information Desk of the Redmond Library.

I am the messenger

Breaking the code.

One way or another

Push open the window.

Zero Day,

Kingdom Come,

Midnight Rising,

Vulture's Picnic.

Literary Feast.

- Tuck Sheppard (adult category)

Candy everybody wants.

Finders keepers;

That's how I roll. 

Sweet life! 

- Marie Helen Turner (adult category)   

If you are familiar with Gish Jen's previous novels you know that she is exceptional at portraying the dissonance that immigrant families surely feel when they come to this country. In World and Town she focuses on a Cambodian refugee family's experience trying to settle in the fictional New England town of Riverlake -- a town that the book's main narrator Hattie Kong muses is "American before America was American."  

World and Town  is an ambitious novel about the importance of community in an ever-shrinking world. At the book group meeting we'll discuss, among other things, whether Riverlake and Redmond have anything in common. See you there! 

1. Take a free computer class.
2. Use a study room for 2 hours of quiet time.
3. Feel good that you reused and recycled.
4. Hear a new language at a bilingual storytime.
5. Read back issues of the Redmond Reporter or the Sammamish Valley News
6. Look at Ancestry.com from a library computer.
7. Learn to identify the birds in your back yard.
8. Update your Facebook account.
9. Show proof of residence and get your own Library card.
10. Donate your used books to the Friends of the Library.
11. Curl up in a comfy chair by the fireplace.
12. Find a new recipe.
13. Check out a new or old television series on DVD.
14. Attend an Opera Preview.
15. Get materials 7 days a week, after work and on weekends.
16. Watch your young adult develop reading skills and confidence in the Read Three, Get One Free program
17. Research a term paper.
18. Volunteer.
19. Look at the latest fashion magazine.
20. Check out an album on CD from your favorite band.
21. Consult consumer guides to help decide which car to buy.
22. Pick up IRS tax forms and instructions.
23. Get Income Tax help on Fridays and Saturdays through April 15.
24. Use the WiFi anywhere in the library.
25. Renew items online, by phone, or in person.