{"id":1329,"date":"2014-02-05T19:47:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-05T19:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rf.podcastfixit.com\/index.php\/2014\/02\/05\/kirkland-carnival-draws-large-crowds\/"},"modified":"2015-06-01T19:41:20","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T19:41:20","slug":"kirkland-carnival-draws-large-crowds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2014\/02\/05\/kirkland-carnival-draws-large-crowds\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirkland Carnival draws large crowds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">By Rhonda Massad<\/b><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesuburban.com\/\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">www.thesuburban.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kirkland residents turned out in strength for the town\u2019s annual carnival last weekend. <\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of winter revelers showed up to enjoy the Jan. 30 kickoff event for the town\u2019s winter festival: <i>The Amazing Survivor Factor Race<\/i>\u2014an indoor-outdoor challenge that combined mountain climbing, an obstacle course, sledding and food-fearing relay race, where you have to eat something creepy. <\/p>\n<p>A family bingo night attracted more than 300 players from kids to adults to compete for a chance to win prizes. City Councilor John Morson called out the numbers with Mayor Michel Gibson on hand to verify the winning bingo cards . <\/p>\n<p>Family day, another well-attended event, including face painting, sleigh rides and inflatable games. Montreal Radio Q92 <i>The Beat of Montreal,&nbsp;<\/i>was on hand to provide live coverage.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A family carnival supper closed off the festivities, Feb. 2, with a Caribbean cruise-themed dinner, with a cruise provided by official carnival sponsor Zodiac Aerospace as the grand prize. <\/p>\n<p>Kirkland transformed its sports complex gymnasium into a Caribbean port-of-call for the international-themed buffet, supplemented by theme music and entertainment. Kirkland recreation and library director Mike Klaiman told <i style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">The Suburban<\/i> that he was very encouraged by the community\u2019s enthusiasm for this year\u2019s carnival. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCommunity is what it is all about,\u201d he said. \u201cThe carnival was a success\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><b><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rf.podcastfixit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/140201-Kirkland-council-members-at-winter-carnival.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rf.podcastfixit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/140201-Kirkland-council-members-at-winter-carnival.jpg\" height=\"240\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<b>Kirkland Council members join revellers at annual winter carnival<\/b><\/div>\n<p><\/b><br \/>\n  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i[&#8216;GoogleAnalyticsObject&#8217;]=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){<br \/>\n  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),<br \/>\n  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)<br \/>\n  })(window,document,&#8217;script&#8217;,&#8217;\/\/www.google-analytics.com\/analytics.js&#8217;,&#8217;ga&#8217;);<\/p>\n<p>  ga(&#8216;create&#8217;, &#8216;UA-45892555-1&#8217;, &#8216;robertfrankmedia.blogspot.com&#8217;);<br \/>\n  ga(&#8216;send&#8217;, &#8216;pageview&#8217;);<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rhonda Massadwww.thesuburban.com Kirkland residents turned out in strength for the town\u2019s annual carnival last weekend. 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