The Redmond Historical Society announced the schedule for its 2015-16 Saturday Speaker Series that begins Sept. 12 at the Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center.

The series features eight speakers on  topics of local and state historical interest.

“We have another great line-up of speakers this season including Paul Dorpat who has been writing the Seattle Times column Now & Then for over 30 years,” says Sherry Stilin, chair of the program.

The community center is located at 16600 N.E. 80th St., Redmond.  Doors open at 10 a.m. and the program begins at 10:30. A $5 donation is suggested for non-members.

Sept. 12: Redmond at the End of the Ice Age: What the Bear Creek Site Tells Us, by Robert Kopperl, Ph.D.

Oct. 10: The Triple Nickle:  Black Paratroopers in Washington State during WWII, by Robert L. Bartlett, Ph.D.

Nov. 14: Now & Then: From Redmond to LaPush, by Paul Dorpat and Jean Sherrad, The Seattle Times

Jan. 9: Mercer Island Murder Mystery: A New Look at an Old Case, by Tom Hitzroth

Feb. 13: History of the Sammamish Valley News, by Jeanne Gustafson

March 12: The National Coast Defense System and the Fortification of Puget Sound, 1894-1925, by historian David M. Hansen

April 9: The Olympic: The Story of Seattle’s Landmark Hotel, 1924-2004, by Alan J. Stein

May 14: Ben Franklin Crafts & Frames: The History of Redmond’s Iconic Store, by owners Bob and Shirley Ferguson.

For more information, visit www.redmondhistoricalsociety.org.