Tag: eckstein middle school

May 19, 2016

Dad who helped grow Seattle’s bike to school movement passes away. RIP Clint Loper

The day I first met Clint Loper, he was surrounded by an endless sea of kids biking off a Top Pot doughnut on their way to class at Bryant Elementary. Nearly a quarter of the school’s students biked to class on Bike to School Day 2013, an astounding and jaw-dropping increase from the dozen or…
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tagged: bryant elementary, clint loper, eckstein middle school, walk bike schools
April 8, 2013

Loper: Grief, outrage and a clear call for safer neighborhood streets following NE 75th tragedy

Two weeks hardly seems like enough time for reflection. But these last two weeks in NE Seattle deserve a little anyway. By now, most readers will know the basic facts: A fatal collision at 4:10 pm on Monday, March 25 on NE 75th St. took the lives of two grandparents and left a woman and her…
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tagged: clint loper, eckstein middle school, judy and dennis schulte, ne 75th st
April 2, 2013

After big community walk, McGinn announces NE 75th St safety improvements

Hundreds of family, friends, city officials and community members took to the streets Monday, just a week since a devastating collision at 33rd Ave NE and NE 75th St took the lives of Judy and Dennis Schulte and sent Karina and Elias Ulriksen-Schulte to the hospital in critical condition. People were there to memorialize those…
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tagged: eckstein middle school, mike mcginn, ne 75th st, ne seattle greenways
March 28, 2013

In wake of Eckstein tragedy: Memorials, fundraiser and a new push for a safer NE 75th St

Friends, family and neighbors continue to mourn the deaths of Judy and Dennis Schulte Monday and send their thoughts and prayers to Karina and baby Elias as they recover from critical injuries. Today is Karina’s birthday. A memorial continues to grow at 33rd Ave NE and NE 75th St where the tragedy occurred, and the…
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tagged: eckstein middle school, judy and dennis schulte, ne 75th st
March 26, 2013

Grandparents killed, mother and infant child critical in wake of tragedy in front of Eckstein Middle School

A family was devastated Monday in the street in front of Eckstein Middle School. A mother and her infant child are in critical condition. The infant’s grandparents, Judy and Dennis Schulte, were killed immediately. Just moments earlier, the Schultes stopped to chat with Lacia Lynne Bailey, who lives at the intersection. Bailey has a newborn…
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tagged: 33rd ave ne, eckstein middle school, judy and dennis schulte, ne 75th st, ne seattle greenways
June 18, 2012

City-wide Walk.Bike.Schools meeting Monday

Eckstein Middle School is one of the bikiest middle schools in the city in large part due to hard work from active parents who promote walking and biking. Some of the Walk.Bike.Schools parents and Eckstein Bikes are hosting a city-wide meeting to share information and ideas between school communities Monday (tonight, sorry for the late…
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tagged: bryant elementary, eckstein middle school, walk bike schools