Bellevue Patch Week in Review: July 17-24

Some of the top headlines from this past week, and some articles you may have missed:

Rachel Beckwith, 9, suffered critical injuries after a 15-vehicle crash on Interstate 90 Wednesday that started when a semi truck hit a log truck. (Read more at this story: .) Though the Issaquah girl died at Harborview on Saturday, Rachel's life continues to inspire, as people have continued to contribute to her birthday charity, Charity Water, which helps developing nations establish safe sources of water. While she was disappointed to not quite get to $300 goal by her ninth birthday last month, as of Sunday, she has raised $63,000 and counting (as @massageenvywa tweeted).

Last week, we published the stories from Youth Connection, Youth Link's newsletter service. The topics, written by members of , the city and school district leadership program, included Interlake High School's robotics team and national competitions for and . If you want to learn how to get more involved with Youth Connection, .

Our fashion columnist Rebecca Klein has a fun guide to how to keep it classy and cool (in the temperature sense and the fashion sense). Her collage is not to be missed.

The annual Bellevue Neighbor Link picnic was Saturday. Check out photographer Dave Greer's slideshow of the games and gathering.

Before summer finally arrived Sunday, About Town columnist Sherry Grindeland gave us her family recipe for warm comfort food -- which has been mostly appropriate for the summer we've been having so far.

A Coast Hotel manager was assaulted and injured after a man jumped over the counter at the hotel early Saturday and demanded money. Police have an image of the man taken from a surveillance camera, but the man wore a face mask that obscured his features.

This week's Parents Talk addresses the plight of restaurant owners and families -- is it good for business to ban children from some restaurants, or do restaurants take this step at their peril? Tell us what you think about this topic.

Local Voices

Photographer Nancy Neupert checked out the Bellevue Botanical Garden and captured some of the beauty in the small details.

Marketing expert Karen Fujii talked about the power of "earned" media -- or how to get free publicity.

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