A Secret History of O.O. Denny Park By Donald Mackey The sky was blue over the lake, with a nice ripple, that Sunday afternoon last winter. Donald Mackey and his wife Dianne were enjoying the rare sunny day, walking along the slope of the hill, past the railroad ties. Near the bridge over the mouth of O.O. Denny Creek, he lingered by the water’s edge, taking in the woodsy scent of the stream where he had so often fished for trout as a kid. When his parents and grandparents we

Status – Spring 2011 Washington State’s Growth Management Act mandates Kirkland to annex Finn Hill (including Holmes Point), northern Juanita and Kingsgate before 2012. This could very well occur sometime in the next few years. It would increase Kirkland’s population by 44,860 (77%), from 34,300 to 79,160. The Finn Hill population is 12,600. Kirkland commissioned a study of the cost of annexation (see “Kirkland’s Cost Study” in the Contents panel to the left for the Executive

Journalist and illustrator Gabriel Campanario illustrates life in the Puget Sound on his award-winning Seattle Times blog and weekly column Seattle Sketcher . In May, Gabriel contacted us to research his next sketching outing: a visit to the neighborhoods annexed into Kirkland. We were thrilled to oblige with a guided tour of the area’s history and some of our favorite spots. In this three-post series, Gabriel recounts his conversation with DCNA board member Lou Berner about

The following essay was written for O.O. Denny Park Community Pride Day, September 24, 1995, by Debbie Dimitri and Ellen Haas A long,...