By Greg Perry
www.425Realty.com
7-8 Tastin' n Racin' - Issaquah, Lk. Samm. Park
15 Father's Day Car Show - Bothell
www.countryvillagebothell.com /425.483.2250
21-22 Fremont Fair - Seattle
29 Seattle Pride Festival
www.seattlecenter.com / 206.684.7200
29 Seafair Marathon - Seattle, Kirkland, Bellevue
29 Midsommarfest - Kenmore, St. Edward Park
29-8/17 Seafair - various locations in Puget Sound
July
4 Fourth of July events throughout the Puget Sound
Check with your local chamber of commerce
4-6 Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival - Seattle
www.cwb.org / 206.382.2628
5 Milk Carton Derby - Greenlake, Seattle
www.seafair.com / 206.728.0123
7-8/1 Summer Festival - Lakeside School, Seattle
www.seattlechambermusic.org / 206.283.8710
12 Redmond Derby Days
www.ci.redmond.wa.us / 425.556.2900
12 Wallingford Street Fair & Parade
www.wallingford.org / 206.632.3165
12-13 Vashon Island Strawberry Festival
http://vashonchamber.com / 206.463.6217
12-13 Seattle's International District Summer Festival
www.cidbia.org / 206.382.1197
12-13 Mercer Island Summer Celebration
www.misummercelebration.com / 206.236.3653
18-20 Bite of Seattle - Seattle Center
www.biteofseattle.com / 425.283.5050
19 Roosevelt Bull Moose Festival - Seattle
www.bullmoosefestival.org / 206.985.8674
19 West Seattle Hi-Yu Parade
www.hiyu.com / 206.935.9407
19-20 White Center Jubilee Days - Seattle
www.jubileedays.org / 206.947.3885
20 Triathlon at Seafair - Seward Park, Seattle
23 Greenwood Parade - Seattle
www.greenwood-phinney.com / 206.782.6532
23-27 IKEA Renton River Days
www.rentonwa.gov / 425.430.6528
25-27 Bellevue Arts Festival - downtown Bellevue
www.bellevuefest.org / 206.363.2048
26 Torchlight Run & Parade - downtown Seattle
26-27 Ballard SeafoodFest - Seattle
www.seafoodfest.org / 206.784.9705
August
1-2 Magnolia Summer Festival & Art Show - Seattle
www.magnoliachamber.org / 206.284.5836
1-3 Chevrolet Cup at Seafair - Lake Washington
1-3 Air Show at Seafair - Lake Washington
6-15 Summer Festival - Overlake School, Redmond
www.seattlechambermusic.org / 206.283.8710
10-12 Seattle Music Fest - Alki Beach
www.northwestarts.org / 206.632.4545
16-17 Central Area Community Festival - Seattle
www.cacf.com / 206.999.3482
23 Monroe Fair Days Parade
360.794.5488
30-9/1 Bumbershoot - Seattle Center
www.bumbershoot.org / 206.281.7788
A 425Realty.com Service Provider Spotlight -- Symbiosis Tree Care
by Greg Perry
www.425Realty.com
Trees They are all around us. What do we really know about them?
Is this one healthy? Is this the right tree for this location?
Today we're going to highlight Certified Arborist Kurt Fickeisen. His company is Symbiosis Tree Care. Kurt knows trees. Here's our 425Realty.com interview with Kurt.
Tell us about who you are and about your company, Symbiosis Tree Care:
After 11 years working as an arborist for other companies, I started Symbiosis Tree Care. I started by offering standard services like pruning and removal. I enjoyed the direct contact it gave me with customers. Over time, my business focus shifted to evaluating trees for hazard, and appraising them for their landscape value. In addition, tree issues often start below ground. I can help improve soil to increase tree health and deal with root problems to improve tree health and protect other assets close to trees from damage.
Services I provide:
How long have you been in business?
I started my business in 1999.
How did you become interested in trees?
I grew up in a house with a forest behind the back yard. I would spend days playing in it; through that I took a real interest in trees and nature. At a young age, I also started climbing rocks and mountains. after finishing college, I found that I could get paid to climb trees.
Working with trees was fun, and I started to learn more and more about their biology and behavior.
What are the most satisfying aspects of your business?
Helping people appreciate trees both around them and on their property. Finding real problems that need attention and helping to resolve them.
What are your biggest challenges?
Explaining tree growth and characteristics to people who do not work and or study trees. I constantly remind myself that what I may view as a standard term may mean nothing or confuse others.
I also feel it is my duty to explain correct and good quality tree work and encourage proper tree care. Without proper education or experience, trees can suffer damage and increase long-term maintenance expense. Many companies are out there who charge clients money for work that cost the client more in long-term expenses.
What are some of the things people should be looking to you for?
Is a tree going to fall on your house? You may own several trees. Several of them may be healthy and safe, but one or two may have problems. I evaluate trees for structural problems and identify insect and disease problems.
Do you own a tree that a neighbor would like to remove, but you love? I can put a dollar value to your trees value in the landscape. Your neighbor can then compensate you for the loss.
Are your trees cracking your walkway? I can prune roots without damaging your tree or provide solutions to replacing cracked walkways. I also can help route utility lines under trees with minimal damage to the trees. Soil remediation also benefits trees health.
Tree planting is often a tricky job. I can help select an appropriate tree for a location on your property and platen it correctly. Planting a tree that will thrive is more complicated than just sticking it in the ground.
What unique benefit can you offer potential clients?
I have twenty years of experience working with trees. Over my career, I have seen many different situations where trees have both benefited and damaged a client's property. I spent one year running a group of arborists working on all the trees in one community and seeing the long term outcome of our work.
What credentials and certifications do you have?
Certifications:
Credentials:
I am also a member of Plant Amnesty and head of the Tree Programs Committee.
Symbiosis Tree Care
206-841-3158
kurtfick@gmail.com
Photo of Kurt removing a fir tree. While healthy in appearance, this tree suffered from decay in the base of the tree.
Because we're so active in the marketplace, we continually come across the best service providers -- businesses you can trust. 425Realty.com enthusiastically endorses Kurt Fickeisen and his company, Symbiosis Tree Care.
Be sure to visit our online "Referral Directory!" If you have a suggestion for a great service provider to include in our Referral Directory, email Greg at gregperry@working-for-you.com. All service providers and businesses will be researched before inclusion.
If you have any tree question for Kurt, just leave it in "comments". We'll pass it on and get an answer for you!
4th of July Events - Eastside - Seattle - Puget Sound
by Greg Perry
www.425Realty.com
July is one of the best times of the year around Seattle and it's Eastside communities. Here is a list of events happening near you. From fireworks over Elliot bay in Seattle, to Demolition Derby's in Monroe, there is sure to be a Fourth of July event around Seattle and the Eastside for you!
EASTSIDE
Bellevue Family 4th
Bellevue Downtown Park
4:30 pm - C-17 Flyover from McChord AFB
6 pm - Live bands begin playing
9:30 pm - Bellevue Philharmonic performance
10:05 pm - Fireworks Display begins
www.bellevuedowntown.org
Bothell's Freedom Festival
Throughout Bothell
8 am - Pancake Breakfast, Downtown Fire House
11 am - Children's Parade, Main Street
12noon - Forth of July Parade, Main Street
2 pm - Battle of Concord Re-enactment, Landing
www.bellevuedowntown.org
Issaquah's Down Home 4th of July
Celebration & Heritage Festival
The Depot
11 am - Heritage Festival begins
11 am - Kids, Pets ‘N Pride Parade
www.ci.issquah.wa.us
Celebrate Kirkland
Downtown & waterfront
12noon - Fourth of July Parade &
Rotary Picnic
10 pm - Fireworks, downtown
waterfront parks
www.explorekirkland.com
Monroe's Demolition Derby & Fireworks
Evergreen Speedway
12noon - Speedway Opens
Dusk - Fireworks display
www.evergreenspeedway.net
Renton's Fabulous Fourth of July
Coulon Beach Park
12noon - Festivities: kids' activities,
games, face painting
1pm - Stage entertainment begins
10pm - Fireworks display
www.rentonwa.gov
Woodinville Bluesfest
Wilmont Gateway Park
5 pm - Festivities: food, live music, arts,
crafts
www.ci.woodinville.wa.us
SEATTLE AREA
4th of Jul-Ivar's Extravaganza
10pm-ish - Fireworks display over Elliott Bay
www.ivars.net
WaMu Family 4th at Lake Union
Gas Works Park
Noon - Festivities: food, crafts, games, kids'
activities
10pm - Fireworks display over Lake Union
www.wamufamily4th.org
Fourth of July Annual Dinner Cruise
Argosy Cruises, Pier 56, Seattle Waterfront
8pm - Cruise sets sail around Elliott Bay and Puget Sound. Cruise ends at 11pm.
www.argosycruises.com
By Greg Perry, Kirkland Realtor
www.425realty.com
I am the proud father of a U.S. Marine who served a tour in Kuwait and Iraq. Over the weekend, we celebrated Kevin's birthday.
Kevin has always been the ultimate team player. As a youth hockey player, he was always the inspirational leader of every team he played on. Just as he was graduating from high school, Kevin decided to enlist in the Marine Corp.
Kevin had a problem, however. He suffered a knee injury in his last year of hockey and he failed his physical. Military doctors told him that surgery was his only option, and there was no guarantee he would pass the physical after rehab.
Kevin had his operation, and worked like a man possessed to rehab his knee. His goal was to become a U.S. Marine.
It took him a year to earn his way into the Corp. Kevin never took his eye off his goal. He went through basic training with flying colors. The day of his graduation was an emotional day for me.
Kevin was gung-ho when he got the call to serve in Kuwait, where he was at the time the war started in Iraq. He was more than willing to go and serve and felt the importance of what he was doing in his every fiber. Again, as a Marine, Kevin was the ultimate team player. Thank God, he made it back. I hated it when Kevin was in harm's way.
As a parent, we try to raise our children to beome contributers to society. We want them to make independent decisions. We teach them how to set goals and hope they become givers to others.
It is not easy, however, when your child volunteers to put himself into harms way. Kevin made a hard decision and he matured quickly in the Marine Corp.
Now at 26, Kevin is married to a beautiful woman, Sherry, and they own a lovely home. He is doing well with his occupation and taking college classes in the evening.
I am so proud of Kevin. Happy Birthday, son.
Here's tribute to all the men and women who are serving in our armed forces. I pray for them.....and their parents.
Kitchen yes, bathrooms yes -- but the living room often gets left out when it comes to writing about home improvements.
In fact in some house designs these days, great rooms are replacing formal living rooms.
But what if your living room could use a face-lift?
Generally speaking, remodeling your living room means doing one or more of the following projects:
Your living room is one of the most straightforward of rooms to remodel. And, because it's your home's most public space, redoing the living room gives the whole house a new look.
Greg Perry, Kirkland Realtor
www.425realty.com
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