Leslie Magid Higgins/Contributed photo The Mercer Island High School football team walks in through the stands during the last home game on Oct. 21, against Sammamish. The Islanders will take on Ferndale, Friday, in Islander Stadium in the first round of the playoffs. Islanders in playoffs By Linda Ball [email protected]The Mercer Island School District wants to keep the Mary Wayte Pool afloat for another 10-15 years, as long as the city continues to pro- vide financial help for the 40-year-old pool. The pool is just one of the issues that face the schools and city as they address the need to replace aging facilities and infrastructure on the Island. Pledging to work togeth- er, the City Council and the School Board met at a joint meeting Oct. 27. Olympic Aquatics, which operates the pool, is inter- ested in extending their con- tract. But some major invest- ment into the pool is still necessary; a new heater for the pool is needed and the pool needs to be resurfaced, said MISD superintendent Gary Plano. The restrooms have already had a facelift to include ADA accessibility. The two bodies agreed in concept to extend the inter- local agreement between the two to keep the pool open and operating, and agreed to begin work on a new inter- local agreement in the first quarter of 2012. The current two-year agreement, which was entered into in January, would need to be extended. The agreement also has an escape clause for either party to end the agreement, which needs specificity. The School Board also wants to move forward on a future partnership of the two body’s transportation fleets. The school district’s 21st Century Facilities Committee has recommended moving the buses off the present site next to the stadium. As part of the plan, the board is looking at options to move their fleet to a location near City Hall and perhaps shar- ing space and main- tenance services with the city. The school dis- trict want- ed assur- ance from the city that such an arrangement is possible. The city has an equipment bay that services most of the By Megan Managan [email protected]Mercer Island secured a last win of the regular season, beating Lake Washington 52-7 on Friday, Oct. 28. With the win the Islanders solidified their finish as the No. 2 team in KingCo and move forward in next week’s first round of the playoffs. For the first time in program history, the Islanders will host the first playoff game, this Friday against Ferndale. Ferndale is the No. 1 seed out of the Northwest Conference in Whatcom County. The Eagles are 5-4 overall and 2-0 in league games. The last time the Islanders won a playoff game was in 1988, against Puyallup, when cur- rent head coach Brett Ogata was the leading receiver for the Islanders. City, schools meet to discuss future Playoffs next stop for Islanders School district, city officials mull keeping pool, sharing bus facilities, new schools The MIHS volleyball, swimming and cross country teams continue in the playoffs. See Sports on page 16 for details. www.mi-reporter.com Serving the Mercer Island community since 1947 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2 , 201 1 | 75¢ REPORTER REPORTER Mercer Island Mercer Island Photo Specialists 1100 Bellevue Way NE (425) 455-2126 www.OMEGAPHOTO.biz JUST NORTH OF BELLEVUE SQUARE. EASY ACCESS, EASY PARKING. Visa Immigration All Countries Infants PASSPORT PHOTOS 3035 Island Crest Way, Suite 200 | Mercer Island | (206) 382-1962 www.GreencardLawyers.com PENG & WEBER U.S. Immigration Lawyers MI | THIS WEEK MI Chamber lunch is Thursday The Mercer Island Cham- ber of Commerce member- ship luncheon for November begins at noon tomorrow, Nov. 3, at the Mercer Island Community and Event Center (formerly the CCMV). Mercer Island School District Gary Plano is the speaker. To RSVP and for ticket informa- tion, contact the Chamber of Commerce at 232-3404. Islander Ski Swap It is that time of year to think about snow and shop- ping. The annual Islander Middle School Ski Swap is set for this Saturday, Nov. 5, from 8:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the school. For information and forms, go to www.misd. k12.wa.us/schools/ims/im- spta/skiswap/2011-SkiSwap. pdf. Blood drive at MIHS Friday The Senior Service Club of Mercer Island High School is holding a blood drive at the high school between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. (closed between 10:30 and 11:15 a.m.) on Friday, Nov. 4. Blood drive organizers are hoping that community members and students are up for the challenge. Stu- dents under 18 must bring permission forms signed by their parents. For more information, call 1-800-398- 7888. SR-520 to close this weekend Yet another closure of the SR-520 bridge is set for this weekend, Nov. 5 through Nov. 7. The bridge will close after the UW Husky football game and reopen by 5 a.m., Monday. “The fact that 650 students are in portables will resonate with voters.” Jane Meyer Brahm City Councilmember Islanders smash Kangs 52-7 to gain first round berth FOOTBALL | PAGE 16 FUTURE | PAGE 2
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Leslie Magid Higgins/Contributed photo The Mercer Island High School football team walks in through the stands during the last home game on Oct. 21, against Sammamish. The Islanders will take on Ferndale, Friday, in Islander Stadium in the first round of the playoffs.
The Mercer Island School District wants to keep the Mary Wayte Pool afloat for another 10-15 years, as long as the city continues to pro-vide financial help for the 40-year-old pool. The pool is just one of the issues that face the schools and city as they address the need to replace aging facilities and infrastructure on the Island. Pledging to work togeth-er, the City Council and the School Board met at a joint meeting Oct. 27.
Olympic Aquatics, which operates the pool, is inter-ested in extending their con-tract. But some major invest-ment into the pool is still necessary; a new heater for the pool is needed and the pool needs to be resurfaced, said MISD superintendent Gary Plano. The restrooms have already had a facelift to include ADA accessibility.
The two bodies agreed in concept to extend the inter-local agreement between the two to keep the pool open and operating, and agreed to begin work on a new inter-local agreement in the first quarter of 2012. The current two-year agreement, which was entered into in January, would need to be extended. The agreement also has an escape clause for either party to end the agreement, which needs specificity.
The School Board also wants to move forward on a
future partnership of the two body’s transportation fleets. The school district’s 21st Century Facilities Committee has recommended movingthe buses off the present site next to the stadium. As part of the plan, the board is looking at options to move their fleet to a location near City Hall and perhaps shar-
ing space and main-t e n a n c e s e r v i c e s with the city. The school dis-trict want-ed assur-ance from the city that such an
Mercer Island secured a last win of the regular season, beating Lake Washington
52-7 on Friday, Oct. 28.With the win the
Islanders solidified their finish as the No. 2 team in KingCo and move forward in next week’s first round of the playoffs. For the first time in program history, the Islanders will host the first playoff game, this Friday against Ferndale. Ferndale is the No. 1 seed out of the
Northwest Conference in Whatcom County. The Eagles are 5-4 overall and 2-0 in league games. The last time the Islanders won a playoff game was in 1988, against Puyallup, when cur-rent head coach Brett Ogata was the leading receiver for the Islanders.
City, schools meet to discuss future
Playoffs next stop for Islanders
School district, city officials mull keeping pool, sharing bus facilities, new schools
The MIHS volleyball, swimming and cross country teams continue in the playoffs. See Sports on page 16 for details.
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The Mercer Island Cham-ber of Commerce member-ship luncheon for November begins at noon tomorrow, Nov. 3, at the Mercer Island Community and Event Center (formerly the CCMV). Mercer Island School District Gary Plano is the speaker. To RSVP and for ticket informa-tion, contact the Chamber of Commerce at 232-3404.
Islander Ski SwapIt is that time of year to
think about snow and shop-ping. The annual Islander Middle School Ski Swap is set for this Saturday, Nov. 5, from 8:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the school. For information and forms, go to www.misd.k12.wa.us/schools/ims/im-spta/skiswap/2011-SkiSwap.pdf.
Blood drive at MIHS Friday
The Senior Service Club of Mercer Island High School is holding a blood drive at the high school between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. (closed between 10:30 and 11:15 a.m.) on Friday, Nov. 4.
Blood drive organizers are hoping that community members and students are up for the challenge. Stu-dents under 18 must bring permission forms signed by their parents. For more information, call 1-800-398-7888.
SR-520 to close this weekend
Yet another closure of the SR-520 bridge is set for this weekend, Nov. 5 through Nov. 7. The bridge will close after the UW Husky football game and reopen by 5 a.m., Monday.
“The fact that 650 students are in portables will resonate with voters.”
Jane Meyer Brahm City Councilmember
Islanders smash Kangs 52-7 to gain first round berth
FOOTBALL | PAGE 16
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city’s vehicles, whereas the district has to send buses off-Island for maintenance.
“This is an opportunity that should be considered and pursued,” said City Manager Rich Conrad.
Securing land around City Hall could be difficult; Conrad said he is not sure the city can provide the assurance the School Board wants.
“But there are opportu-nities around City Hall,” Conrad said.
City Council member Dan Grausz suggested the district should move quickly on land acquisition given the soft market, noting that both parties represent the same taxpayers.
In light of the congestion and accidents on streets sur-rounding the high school campus, the district has met with student leadership to come up with ideas to reduce traffic. Many stu-dents now have Orca cards, but it’s unknown how much they use them. MISD board member Adair Dingle sug-gested that perhaps the city could engineer a pull-out lane for turning into the school. The problem is on the city’s radar, with Conrad stating they hope to have something shaped by early
2012.The final issue on the
agenda was the district’s plan to replace or rebuild schools. Some of the plans include taking over space now used by tenants. Grausz asked about Youth Theatre Northwest, making the point that the district is not in the theater business. MISD board member Janet Frohnmayer pointed out that YTN is a valuable community asset. If the district doesn’t need the site that YTN is on now, it will continue to function unless a ‘black box’ theater is
included in the school plan. The school district must
begin to make its case to vot-ers for the money.
The bottom line is over-crowding, but Dingle point-ed out that most people, who don’t have kids in the schools, don’t realize how crowded the schools are. That said, the district intends to send a mailer out in about 10 days, to all citizens, about the facilities plan.
Conrad said the city is entering into a phase where most of the taxpayers’ money will be going toward
schools. Discussion of building a
fourth elementary school was a bit contentious, sincelocating a 10-acre site on Mercer Island is tricky.Council member Mike Cerolikes the idea of a fourth elementary school on the North end, if property couldbe secured. Council memberJane Meyer Brahm said shethought it would be a hardsell to float a bond for fournew elementary schools.
“The fact that 650 studentsare in portables will resonatewith voters,” she said.
FUTURE | FROM 1
Chad Coleman/Staff PhotoSwimmers at Mary Wayte Pool enjoy the open swim time. City officials and the school dis-trict are working on a plan to keep the pool open.
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ReporterMercer Island dad Dave Eckert carved this pumpkin in honor of the Mercer Island High School marching band’s trip to play and march in the 2012 Rose Parade this winter. After performing last year on News Year’s Day in London, England, the group will head to Pasadena for the New Year’s event.Got a photo you’d like to share with the island in our “Eye on MI” feature? Email your image with a caption about where and when it was taken, to [email protected].
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EDITORIALEDITORIALCommunity, vets partner to restore VFW hall
On behalf of the members of Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 5760, I would like to express my sincere appreciation to Mercer Island and surrounding communi-ties for their overwhelming gener-osity in contributing $100,000 this past Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011, during our first dinner-auction fundrais-ing event: Operation Restoration 2011. Mercer Island’s Keewaydin Clubhouse is a national historic landmark and home to VFW Post 5760 since 1966. The Clubhouse was built by community volunteers in 1922. Its restoration both preserves a treasured national landmark and reduces maintenance and energy costs. Doing so allows VFW to allo-cate more rental revenue toward vital veterans relief programs. Over the past year we’ve out-lined plans for the exterior resto-ration, including a much-needed roof, insula-tion, windows and siding. The ini-tial success to raise funds for this long-overdue project is heartening. With the building exterior restored, generations of Islanders can enjoy the Clubhouse for years to come, including ever-increasing numbers of veterans. Our special thanks go out to two Mercer Islanders who made it all happen: Erick and Judy Leithe. As auction co-chairs, the Leithes worked tirelessly to energize
businesses and citizens to donate a stunning 136 quality items for the auction. They also energized com-
munity ‘Friends of VFW’ to serve in a wide range of auction planning, procurement and volunteer roles essential in making such an endeavor possible. Generous
donors of time, talent and trea-sure themselves, the Leithes rank high in the eyes of local veterans who will always welcome them to Keewaydin Clubhouse. Want to help keep the momentum going? Mail your tax-deductible contribu-tion to ‘VFW Post 5760,’ PO Box 101, Mercer Island, WA 98040. We have welcomed numerous returning veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan
in the past few months. If you are a veteran, or know one who has served, please contact us for details on membership, events and pro-grams. For more on VFW Post 5760, including our preservation efforts and rentals of the Clubhouse, visit us online at www.vfwmercerisland.org.
Gary WintersteinCommander, VFW Post 5760General Manager, Keewaydin
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Time for new point of view on the City Council
It’s rare that I disagree with the Reporter’s endorsements, and rarer still I feel the need to argue the endorsement misses the mark. But this time it does.
To the editor
T he Mercer Island Reporter endorses Islander Richard Mitchell for Pos. 6 on the King County Council over incumbent Jane Hague.
Hague has been on the Council since 1993. Despite her service, there have been some major blunders that have been well documented. They include being arrested for drunken driving when she also verbally abused police of-ficers. Her resume said that she had held a college degree when in fact, she did not — an “error” from 1986 that was left uncorrected until 2007. She then blamed the error on her staff. Her campaign paid an $8,000 fine for finance and disclosure violations in the last election.
But how quickly we forget. The Seattle Times, which first endorsed Mitchell over
Hague in the primary, reversed their position last week, saying in part that Mitchell’s campaign was too far to the left — saying that he might be “too blue for the purple Eastside” (huh?), and his campaign literature was “nasty.”
A review of Mitchell’s background and accomplishments is instructive. He graduated from Cornell University with honors in architecture, where he met Henry Louis Gates, whom he counts as a mentor and friend. He earned a Mas-ter of Urban Planning from the University of Michigan. He holds a law degree from Syracuse University.
He is an attorney with a Seattle law firm where he leads the multi-disciplinary real estate, land use, environmental, design and construction law group. For four years, he held the position of Legal Counsel for Governor Chris Gregoire.
In 2009, he was the recipient of the Washington State Bar Association’s Professionalism Award. At the beginning of this election season, the highly respected Municipal League of King County rated Mitchell “outstanding,” while Hague, despite her years on the Council, received a “good” rating.
We believe that the right candidate should be elected regardless of who endorses them or how much money they raised. We want to know if they are qualified and honest.
We like what Mitchell told us when we first met him. “Now that state funding for many things is gone, it be-comes up to us to reset the priorities of government.” But, he noted, it is not just up to him. He said his first task is “to see what the priorities are of the constituents of the sixth district.”
Vote Mitchell
How did the closure of the Alaskan Way Viaduct affect you getting around last week?
ISLAND TALK
“It didn’t. I don’t need to drive into the city.”
TOM RYAN (AND ASHER)Writer
Mercer Island
“It didn’t. I usually go north on I-5.”
BARBARA LEVINSKI Retired/Volunteer
Mercer Island
“It didn’t affect me. I think most people did very well. The best thing is it opened early.”
BARBARA COUCHMontessori aide
Mercer Island
“Not at all. I don’t commute during the week.”
AUREA GERAGHTYEsthetician
Mercer Island
“There was more traffic, but I go to work at 6:30 a.m. and get here earlier, so I beat the rush.”
NORA LAMFarmer’s Insurance employee
Seattle
“It didn’t affect me because I work here. I just left early and hopped onto I-5, then I leave work around 3:30. I’m a proponent of a street level solution.”
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MIHS Drama to perform ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
The MIHS drama 2/Dreamstate Productions will perform their first play of the school year, with Shakespeare’s famous ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’.
The play will run Nov. 10-12 and Nov. 17-19. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. Shows begin at 7:30 p.m. The production is directed by Daniela Melgar.
Buy a tile to support MIHS
Honor a child or special teacher this year with a personally engraved tile to be placed on the floor of
the amphitheater outside the high school commons (aka mosh pit).
This year the tiles are $40 each and can be ordered by contacting tile chairperson, Maria Sims, at (206) 232-4770.
IMS Ski Swap set for Nov. 5
The annual Islander Middle School PTSA Ski Swap will be held on Saturday, Nov. 5, from 8:30 a.m. until 2 p.m.
Organizers are look-ing for youth and adult ski equipment, boots and resalable clothing. The IMS PTSA will help sell those items through con-signment. Part of the pro-ceeds will go to the PTSA’s after-school programs and teaching grants. Last year the ski swap raised over $19,000.
Forms and yellow pric-ing tags are now available
in all school offices and at the Mercer Island Library.
Consignment check-ins are being held at IMS on Thursday, Nov. 3, from 3 to 6 p.m. and Friday,Nov. 4, from 3 to 7:30 p.m. The sale will take place on Saturday, with the 50 percent off sale from 3 to 4 p.m., Nov. 5.
To learn more, visitwww.miskiswap.net.
MIHS blood drive this Friday, Nov. 4
The Mercer Island High School Service Club will be hosting a blood drive on Friday, Nov. 4 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. (closed between 10:30 and 11:15 a.m.) in the West Gymnasium.
Students under the age of 18 need to bring a signed permission slip.
The community is wel-come to attend. Contact the Puget Sound Blood Center at 1-800-398-7888 to learn more.
By Carna LappingDevelopment director Mercer
Island Schools Foundation
As the Development Director for the Mercer Island Schools Foundation, I am very excited to be working with the Mercer Island com-munity. A community committed to helping ele-vate the basic education f u n d e d by the state to the com-p r e h e n -sive, 21st c e n t u r y e d u c a -t i o n M e r c e r I s l a n d students n e e d to succeed. My name is Carna Lapping and I loved my development and spe-cial events work I did with the American Lung Association over the last few years. I had the great opportunity to climb Mt. Rainier with an incredible group of our donors and spend 3 days biking in the San Juan Islands with another group. I look for-ward to climbing a whole different kind of moun-tain with those of you on Mercer Island –the steep climb of raising another $1.6 million this year to
help our school district fund our amazing teach-ers and exceptional edu-cational opportunities for students.
As you know, our annu-al Fall Phone-a-Thon campaign is right around the corner.
Your gifts have been crucial in ensuring that Mercer Island Schools maintain their tradition of excellence. Again this fall, we will be asking for a donation of $500 per student to fund new classroom curriculum, enrichment materials, student support programs and teacher professional development.
Undoubtedly you have heard the statistics. During the 2009 - 2010 school year statewide spending per student averaged $9,544. Mercer Island spent $9,692 per student. When compared to the 295 school dis-tricts in this state Mercer Island ranked 165th. Additionally, schools in Washington state rank 46th in class size compar-isons across the country.
Looking beyond the alarming headlines about education funding and budget cuts and driven by a desire to combat the effect of shrinking state revenues, our communi-
ty has an opportunity to infuse our schools with needed critical financial resources. Funding pub-lic education now requires additional support from stakeholders - parents and community mem-bers like you - to ensure that all students will ben-efit from an exceptional education that affords them the opportunity to achieve the highest levels of academic and personal success.
When your phone rings on November 7th or 8th please answer the call and give generously.
I look forward to work-ing with Mercer Island Schools Foundation Board of Directors, School dis-trict administration and community leaders to provide the resources our public schools need to deliver exceptional edu-cational opportunities to all 4,000 students. I also look forward to meeting you - the great donors who support the Mercer Island Schools Foundation!
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By Reporter StaffThe Catholic Northwest
Progress newspaper reports that total enrollment at the 73 Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Seattle for the 2011–2012 school year is 22,754, down 0.6 percent from last year. Elementary school enrollment dropped just 0.3 percent, while enrollment at the arch-diocese’s 11 Catholic high schools declined by 1.2 percent. But enrollment in Eastside schools has grown.
In his story, reporter Kevin Birnbaum, says that after a spike in growth four years ago, enrollment
for the most part has lev-eled off. Since 2008, total Catholic school enrollment in the archdiocese has declined 2.4 percent.
The archdiocese’s 62 elementary schools have a total enrollment of 16,666 this year, down 2.6 percent since 2008.
Total high school enroll-ment, at 6,088, is down 1.9 percent from 2008, before Seton Catholic and down 3.7 percent from 2007.
Enrollment in the geo-graphic deaneries is a mixed bag of gains and losses; the Eastside Deanery increased enrollment by 3.8 percent over last year, while the
Pierce Deanery saw a drop-off of 4.1 percent.
Racial diversity increased slightly, with whites accounting for 64.7 per-cent of all students, down from 69.9 percent in 2008. Hispanic enrollment has continued to grow to 1,492, an increase of 221 students since 2007.
The number of non-Catholic students increased by 332 since last year, to 5,052; non-Catholics rep-resent 22.2 percent of all students.
For the entire story, go to www.seattlearchdiocese.org/progress/ProgressFour.aspx.
Catholic schools enrollment up on Eastside
For cyclists eager to gain access to points beyond the I-90 bridge, a new link to Beacon Hill, SoDo and beyond has arrived.
It’s been decades in the making.
Neighbors, bicyclists, pedestrians and advocates for public safety have long await-ed a criti-cal regional trail link in downtown Seattle to safely cross Interstate 5. The new trail will begin at the western end of the Mountains-t o - S o u n d Trail on Interstate 90 at the north end of Beacon Hill, travel through Dr. José Rizal Park, and end at South Holgate Street, with access to the Seattle water-front just south of Safeco Field. The new trail will be open this fall.
"This is a real opportu-nity that shows how citizens and government can come together to make a difference in our region. It significantly opens a major forest to res-toration and public use," said Craig Thompson, a long time forest and orchard steward for Dr. José Rizal Park.
The Seattle Department of Transportation and
Washington State Department of Transportation jointly designed this trail to cross I-5 at South Holgate Street and provide access to the wide sidewalk trail near the sports stadiums.
“This will allow commut-ers and people attending soccer, football or baseball games to arrive on foot or by bike, safely,” Thompson adds. “Bringing people through the south part of downtown will be good for local businesses on Beacon Hill, too.”
Dr. José Rizal Park was the site of the first Mountains
to Sound Greenway tree plant-ing event in 1993, fol-lowing the rededica-tion of the park by the Fi l ipino-American c o m m u -nity. The park is
named for Dr. José Rizal, a Filipino national hero. But the park suffered for years from illegal activity includ-ing drug use, gang activity and homeless camps, as well as overgrown invasive weeds. The park was part of an area known as “The Jungle.” The Beacon Alliance of Neighbors has worked to help clean up garbage, do regular mainte-nance, and maintain an off-leash dog park to encourage more public use. A commu-nity garden is in the works, too, according to Thompson.
Greenway volunteers will return this fall for an invasive weed removal and to plant trees. “With its magnificent view of downtown Seattle and the Olympics, Dr. José Rizal Park will become a jewel for Beacon Hill and Seattle,” says Thompson. “Connected, safe, off-road transportation options such as this new trail are key to our future.”
Trail construction was funded by $1.8 million from the Pro Parks Levy passed in 2000, combined with $810,000 in federal grants.
The new trail will con-nect to a signed bicycle route and will have signs as part of the regional trail system. Extensive lighting, fencing and landscaping will help keep the park and trail acces-sible and safe for public use.
Reprinted by permis-sion, Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust. Go to http://mtsgreenway.org/for more information.
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The King County Elections Department has identified about 11,000 Eastside voters whose ballots were not sent out among the 1.1 million General Election ballots mailed on Oct. 19. Ballots are being mailed to these voters tomorrow and they should receive them in the mail early next week. All voters have until Nov. 8 to vote and get ballots post-marked or returned to a ballot drop box.
The Elections Department constantly reviews calls to its phone bank to determine if there are any issues arising in the course of every election. Although call volumes for the current election have been consistent with past elections, in the last couple of days, calls from voters about not receiving bal-lots in the mail were more concentrated in several Eastside areas than nor-mal.
“We investigated the matter and discovered a technical problem associ-ated with part of our voter database that resulted in exclusion of these ballots from being mailed on the date originally scheduled,” said Sherril Huff, Elections Director. “Quality assur-ance is an important component of our elec-tions processes and while we regret that this event occurred, I’m pleased that
the reviews we have in place helped us in identifying and problem solving the issue.”
A small percentage ofvoters contact King County in the course of every elec-tion about not receiving their ballot. The Elections Department encourages voters to call the voter hotline (206-296-VOTE) if this happens. Voter com-munications always include reminders to contact the Elections Department if your ballot has not been received in the week after it was mailed out to you.
Voters are encouraged to contact the Elections Department if they havenot yet received a ballot in the mail or if they have any questions about voting in the November General Election.
Learn more at www.king-county.gov/elections.
“Connected, safe, off-road transportation options such as this new trail are key to our future.”
Craig Thompson,Forest and orchard steward
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Seeking Citizens for Senior Advisory Board
Island residents 65 years or older interested in providing input about the creation of community services and programs that meet the needs of seniors on Mercer Island are encouraged to apply for a position on the Senior Advisory Board.
This board will study, review, and evaluate senior services and programs and make recommenda-tions to the department directors for Parks and Recreation and Youth and Family Services. Recommendations will be taken under consideration while final programmatic decisions are ultimately made by the respective departments.
All regular meetings of the Senior Advisory Board shall be held at least quar-terly at a time and place determined by the board. Time commitment by board members is approxi-mately 1-2 hours a month, with the option of more hours on an ad hoc basis.
The Board consists of nine members that are legal residents of Mercer Island and are 65 years of age or older. Members are appointed by the Mayor to three-year terms. Applications are due November 30 by 4:30 p.m.
For questions or more information about the board, contact Cindy Goodwin at 206.275.7749 [email protected].
Return applications via email to [email protected] or via mail to Tami McNeal, Deputy City Clerk, City of Mercer Island, 9611 SE 36th Street, Mercer Island, WA 98040.
Drug take back brings in 140 pounds of prescriptions
MIPD detective Chad Schumacher and evidencetechnician, Kelly Donnellyparticipated in the DrugTake Back program againon Saturday, October 29th.
“It was a huge success forus,” said Cindy Goodwin, Director of Mercer Island Youth & Family Services.“Kelly and Chad collected 140 pounds of prescrip-tion and over-the-counterdrugs that were not need-ed in MI households.”
The DEA sponsors this event each year and it hasbecome such a huge suc-cess, that they may hold ittwice each year. This wasthe third time MIPD.
Daylight savings ends Sunday
Daylight Savings Time ends on Sunday, Nov. 6.
Daylight savings beganMarch 13 this year whenthe time moved (spring-ing) forward.
Time will fall back tostandard time again on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011, when daylight saving timeends at 2 a.m.
Holiday bazaarThe Senior Foundation
of Mercer Island is host-ing a holiday bazaar event between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 4 at the Congregational Church at4545 Island Crest Way.
Find crafts, hand-made items, delicacies and bar-gains in the 're-gifting room' and more.
The bazaar will also fea-ture a lunch provided bythe church and Jeannette Eggebrecht.
Proceeds from the lunch-es served will be donatedfor the "Sunday Suppersand then Some" program that serves a monthly meal to seniors. The program began by Eggebrecht witha seed grant in March toserve 12 households has grown to serve 20 house-holds. The hope is that theprogram can be expandedto twice a month.
Learn more at senior-foundationofmi.org.
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THE RECORDTHE RECORD
MARILYN DOKEMarilyn Doke died peacefully
in her home on October 4, 2011, surrounded by her family. She was 84. Marilyn had great faith and she was not afraid in death. She lived her remarkable life no diff erently.
Marilyn was born and raised in Chicago. She went to school at the University of Wisconsin, where she dreamed of becoming an actress, while completing her degree in Education. She met the love of her life, William Doke, at the university, and they were married shortly after graduation. Bill whisked her a world
away to Seattle for a one year adventure. After experiencing the beauty of the Northwest, they never returned. Together, Marilyn and Bill made their home on the East shore of Mercer Island, where they lived for 50 years, made many lifelong friends, and raised fi ve sons: Steve, Larry, Ron, Brian and Jeff . The great sorrow of her life was losing Larry to leukemia, and Jeff to a car crash years later. Marilyn’s great strength allowed her to survive such horrifi c losses, and she continued to live with passion and resolve. She opened her own business on the Island, Country Village Day School, and later became a real estate professional. Her eff orts put four boys through college. Marilyn loved hiking and camping, Christmas, and watching her boys play baseball, basketball and football. When grandchildren came, she helped raise four more boys with great love, passion and care. She enjoyed nothing more than watching her grandchildren play baseball, basketball, football, soccer and lacrosse. Just one month before she passed, Marilyn climbed into a rubber raft with her grandkids and enjoyed a tow on a beautiful mountain lake in Central Oregon. Marilyn’s greatest gift was her passion for life and love, a lasting lesson for the Doke family and friends.
Marilyn is survived by her brother, Ed Schultz, her sons Steve, Ron and Brian, and her grandsons, Cooper, Calvin, William and Christopher.
Memorial services will be held at the Unity Church of Bellevue on November 26th at 2pm.
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surrounded by loved ones on October 21, 2011.
She was born in Fremont, Nebraska on August 23, 1912, to William and Tere-sa Hannan. As the oldest of four children growing up on a farm she developed a strong independent streak, going on to graduate from Midland College, George Washington University and Seattle U.
A turning point in her life was the bombing of Pearl Harbor, which she
witnessed on December 7th 1941, while living with her family on the island of Oahu. She joined the U.S. Navy in 1943 and was among the first WAVES officers in the nation to be recruited. There she met her husband, Captain George Shepherd, and was honorably discharged at the rank of lieutenant commander shortly before their only daughter was born in 1952. She moved from London, England to Seattle in 1957 and worked as a teacher and administrator for the Mercer Island School District, retiring at the age of 62.
In her golden years she dedicated herself to family, friends, neighbors and the church. Always the life of the party, she was known as a witty beauty, a loving (grand)mother with a pizazz for life, and always knew how to dress for the occasion.
Mary is survived by her daughter Sandra Shepherd Barto; son-in-law Bruce Barto; sister Virginia Rochford; sister-in-law Billie Hannan; grandchildren Jeremy and Alyssa Barto, and numerous nieces, nephews, and friends.
A service will be held at St. Monica’s Parish on Mercer Island, Tuesday November 8 at 11am.
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During the month of September, the Mercer Island Police Department reported 1,057 total calls for service, and 31 arrests. There were four burglaries, 42 thefts, one vehicle theft, five DUI arrests, one hit-and-run, 11 traffic accidents and 252 total traffic citations.
OCT. 23ITEMS FROM CAR PROWL: Vehicle registrations and manuals were found on the shoulder of the road in the 5200 block of East Mercer Way at 2:28 p.m. The items belonged to a Bellevue man and were turned in to the MIPD for investigation. FENDER-BENDER: A vehicle left 70 feet of skid marks before ramming into the back of a vehicle in a line of five cars at 2:30 p.m. in the 4600 block of Island Crest Way. The driver, 18, was holding a cup of cof-fee that spilled and stained her pants when the collision occurred. She was cited for negligent driving in the second degree. She thought the cars were stopped for a southbound vehicle to turn left, but the driver who
was rear-ended — who had two young passengers — thought that they were stopped for a pedestrian in the crosswalk. There were no injuries.FOUND: A CD case marked “Jane’s CD Case” was found in the bushes at a residence in the 3000 block of West Mercer Way at 1:30 p.m. The case contained several CDs. MALICIOUS MISCHIEF: Someone painted black graffiti on the back of the Mary Wayte Pool building. The graffiti was painted over before the police report was filed.
OCT. 24ARREST: A 19-year-old Renton man was booked into cus-tody at the Issaquah Jail at 10:39 p.m. on a misdemeanor warrant after being released from the SCORE (South Correctional Entity) facility.
OCT. 25VEHICLE THEFT: An Infiniti QX4 was stolen out of a drive-way in the 9700 block of Mercerwood Drive sometime overnight. The owner had left it unlocked, but the keys were not inside. A second vehicle in the driveway, a
Toyota Tacoma, was prowled but no items were stolen. There is no suspect informa-tion. CAR PROWL: Someone rum-maged through a Porsche in the 3700 block of East Mercer Way overnight after par-tially lifting its cover. Reading glasses, a leather case con-taining vehicle documents, and other papers including a protection order were stolen. The vehicle had likely been left unlocked.WALLET THEFT: Someone stole a receptionist’s wallet from her desk at a business in the 3000 block of 80th Avenue S.E. after 1 p.m. The wallet contained credit cards and ID. Two transactions were then processed at the Mercer Island Shell station at 80th Avenue S.E. and S.E. 28th Street. A Shell employee came to the victim’s business during the time frame when the wallet was taken. No video footage was recorded at the Shell station. THEFT: A Mercer Island man reported that someone used his personal informa-tion in an attempt to open a bank account through First National Bank and Everbank between Oct. 16 and Oct. 21. The bank notified the victim.
OCT. 26RUNAWAY: A North end resi-dent reported that her son, 14, ran away from home sometime after 3:30 p.m.
OCT. 27ARREST: Police arrested a
25-year-old driver at 1:55 a.m. after stopping him for expired tabs in the 4000 block of Island Crest Way. He did not have a driver’s license and said it was suspended. He was cited and released from the MIPD. DUI: A vehicle exited the free-way and nearly hit a concrete barrier, then re-entered the freeway without signaling. Police arrested the driver, a 22-year-old Seattle woman, at 3:25 a.m. in the 8400 block of S.E. 26th Street after she failed standard sobriety tests. She smelled strongly of intoxicants but said she had not been drinking alcohol. Police recovered a glass pipe with burnt marijuana residue from the vehicle.
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Deer struck on Island Crest Way
On Oct. 24 around 7:30 p.m. a 59-year-old Bel-levue woman was driving on Island Crest Way when she struck a deer, killing the animal.
The Toyota Camry was heading northbound in the 4400 block of Island Crest Way when she hit the deer.
Police responded to the incident, located the deer, which had been dragged to the side of the road by bystanders.
The woman was reportedly unharmed, and the drivers side front and root of the vehicle sustained damage.
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By Reporter StaffThe American Jewish
Committee (AJC) pre-sented Premera Blue Cross President and CEO H.R. Brereton (Gubby) Barlow with the AJC Human Relations Award at a Gala Dinner on November 1.
T h e H u m a n R e l a t i o n s Award is AJC’s high-est honor, g i v e n a n n u a l l y to one out-standing leader in the cor-porate community who has distinguished him or herself through profes-sional achievements and a commitment to enhancing
human dignity.“We are proud to be hon-
oring Gubby Barlow with our prestigious Human Relations Award,” said Islander Wendy Rosen, Regional Director of AJC Seattle. “Throughout his life, Gubby has worked tirelessly to promote and support causes that are working to transform the American health care sys-tem into one which will better serve the needs of our children and grand-children. It is his lead-ership, vision and dedi-cation to the long-term health and well-being of
our society that make him a role model for what we should expect of our com-munity, business and gov-ernment leaders,” Rosen said.
Barlow joined Premera Blue Cross in 1997, and served as chief operat-ing officer prior to being named CEO. Barlow’s career includes chief finan-cial officer stints with two other health care organi-zations: Health Net, and AHI Healthcare Systems Inc. Prior to these, Barlow was a partner at Deloitte Touche.
Barlow serves on several boards including Blue Cross Blue Shield Association; Seattle University College of Nursing Advisory Board; National Institute for Health Care Management; Premera Blue Cross; University of Washington Business School; and Washington Healthcare Forum, and Emeritus Corporation. A native of South Africa, Barlow holds a master’s degree in busi-ness administration from the University of Cape Town and is a graduate of
the Executive Management Program at the University of California at Los Angeles.
The event featured Gerald Grinstein, Former CEO of Delta Airlines. Honorary co-chairs were Rick Fox, Former Managing Partner of Ernst & Young, Anne Farrell, Former President and CEO of The Seattle Foundation and Bob Jaffe, K&L Gates Special Counsel. Jean Enersen of King 5 TV was the emcee.
Barlow joins a distin-guished list of past local and national AJC Human Relations Award recipients, including Bill Neukom, Arnie Prentice and Kibble and Prentice, Stan Barer, Phyllis Campbell, Constance and Norm Rice and Gary Kaplan and Virginia Mason Medical Center. Jean-Paul Agon, Chief Executive Officer and Director, L'Oreal recently received the AJC Human Relations Award in New York.
Gubby Barlow
El has, indeed, served the Island well and for years on both the School Board and City Council. That’s not the point. The point is it’s time for a new generation to be repre-sented on the council.
We are a changing and evolving community. Forty years ago, when I was first elected to our City Council, I brought a new perspective and I think the Island ben-efited from it. Debbie will provide the same for us now. She brings a world (literally) of experience in business, community and diversity. She’s learned
how to be a team mem-ber and build a team. Councils that work have members who can do both.
We don’t need to wait two years for Debbie to run again. We need Debbie now.
Fred Jarrett
Revoke Jahncke endorsement
The Mercer Island Reporter should revoke its endorsement of El Jahncke, who mailed a campaign flyer last week that intentionally mislead voters about his endorse-
ments and the positions of these individuals. As Patrick Daugherty stated in your online edition: “Using 2003 M.I. Reporter quotes Mr. Jahncke gives the impres-sion that two individuals, Councilman Dan Grausz and Citizen of the Year Myra Lupton, are sup-porting him when, in fact, both are on record as endorsing his oppo-nent, Debbie Bertlin. In addition, Jim Pearman and Rob McKenna’s 2003 job titles are listed incor-rectly: Pearman was not mayor nor was McKenna
attorney general at that time.”
As a journalist you know that the misrepre-sentation of these quotes
is highly unethical.
In your own words, “Islanders must decide between
two excellent Island citi-zens...” It seems that Ms. Bertlin is now the obvious choice as she has impres-sive credentials and integ-rity.
I look forward to the Reporter’s response about the endorsement.
Elizabeth “Dib” Landsdowne, a longtime Mercer Island resident, seen here on Feb. 28, 1971. She was the original owner of the Landsdowne Lane area before it was devel-oped. Sent in by her niece, Lisa Richardson, who said as kids her family would drive up from California every summer to visit. What is now a paved road from Island Crest Way used to be the driveway.
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The Mercer Island Com-munity Fund is currently accepting grant applica-tions with a deadline of Jan. 31, 2012.
It considers applications from organizations for funding that benefits the Mercer Island community in the following categories: (a)
Arts and Culture, (b) Envi-ronment and Conservation, (c) Community Develop-ment, (d) Recreation, (e) Social Service and (f) Health within the meaning and limitations of Section 501(c) 3 of the Internal Revenue Code.
For information and guidelines, please contact Mercer Island Community Fund, Gail Steinitz, grants chair, at [email protected].
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The Sound Transit board Thursday endorsed an agreement with the City of Bellevue to enable the East Link light rail project to serve downtown Bellevue via a tunnel.
The Board autho-rized Sound Transit CEO Joni Earl to exe-cute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Bellevue following upcoming action by the Bellevue City Council. Mayor Don Davidson on Wednesday presented the board with a letter stating the city’s commitment to take action on the MOU on or before Nov. 14.
The MOU establishes a collaborative partnership for Sound Transit and the Bellevue to work together during the final design and
construction processes for East Link to manage the project’s costs and impacts and to share the additional cost of building the tunnel. Benefits of the partner-ship include saving time for transit riders as well as motorists by avoiding at-grade street crossings in downtown Bellevue and establishing a grade-sepa-rated light rail alignment all the way from Seattle to the Bel-Red Corridor.
“Building the voter-approved East Link line is critical for the mobility and prosperity of our region. This agreement is good for the people of Bellevue and good for the people of King County,” said Sound Transit Board member and King County Executive Dow Constantine.
The MOU reviewed by the Sound Transit board today was shaped through negotiations over the past two months, with Constantine and Sound Transit Board members Fred Butler and Richard Conlin rep-resenting the agency in
discussions with Bellevue City Council members Jennifer Robertson, Grant Degginger and Kevin Wallace.
Following the issuance of a Record of Decision by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Sound Transit will move the East Link project into final design. Sound Transit is expected to start con-struction of East Link in 2015 or 2016 and launch passenger service in 2023.
The tunnel is estimated to cost an additional $276 million beyond the cost of an at-grade alignment through downtown after factoring in cost savings from locating East Link’s South Bellevue align-ment along 112th Avenue Southeast. The MOU establishes a firm funding commitment by the City of Bellevue for up to $160 million (in 2010 dollars), identifies the city’s pre-ferred design for the align-ment along 112th Avenue Southeast and commits Sound Transit to review and consider the design
changes.Other key elements of
the agreement include mechanisms to share risks and benefits between the parties and commitments to work together in the final design process to manage the project’s scope, schedule and budget. The agreement provides that Bellevue will process land use code amendments to establish a consolidated permit process and other actions including resolving technical code issues.
A Transitway Agreement slated for approval along-side the MOU grants Sound Transit non-exclu-sive use of city right-of-way to construct, operate, and maintain the East Link project, at no cost to Sound Transit; and outlines typi-cal standards for construc-tion, operation and main-tenance of the project in city right-of-way gener-ally consistent with exist-ing transitway agreements in the cities of Seattle, Tukwila and SeaTac.
Riding East Link between Seattle and down-town Bellevue is projected to take less than 20 min-utes. By comparison, in the afternoon peak peri-od it can currently take approximately 45 minutes to travel between Seattle and Bellevue via I-90.
A tunnel for downtown Bellevue could be reality Cost for building a tunnel in Bellevue estimated to be a quarter of $1 billion
Jewish Federation ‘Super Sunday’ is Nov. 13
On Sunday, November 13, the Stroum Jewish Community Center (SJCC) will serve as headquar-ters for the annual Jewish Federation “Super Sunday” community-wide phone-a-thon to benefit the Jewish community. The event raises hundreds of thousands of dollars that are directed back to the community to provide services and programs to the Jewish community locally and across the globe.
Representatives from many Jewish organizations, including the SJCC and Herzl-Ner Tamid, will make calls throughout the day.
The Jewish Federation brings together members of the Jewish community and Jewish organizations to support the broader Jewish community.
November is lung cancer awareness month
It may be no coincidence that November is both Lung Cancer Awareness Month and COPD Awareness Month. Lung cancer and COPD (chronic obstruc-tive pulmonary disease) are two of the leading causes of death in America – and also among the most under appreciated. This
November, the American Lung Association is shin-ing a spotlight on these two deadly diseases, and what’s being done to reduce their burden on American lives and that of their loved ones.Two new pages on the Lung Association web site are nowdedicated to raising aware-ness about COPD and lung cancer year round.
For more, go to www.lun-gusa.org.
Housing, health care add most to rising cost of living in Washington
A study by researchers at the UW found that it costs 8 percent more on averagethan it did two years ago for Washington residents tomake ends meet.
The report, funded by theWorkforce DevelopmentCouncil of Seattle-King County, shows that EastKing County has the highest self-sufficiency standard inthe state, requiring $65,690(up 14 percent from $57,766two years ago) for a familywith one parent, one pre-schooler and one school-agechild.
A single parent with one preschooler and one school-age child living in Seattleneeds an annual incomeof $56,904 – up 13 percentfrom $50,268 two years ago – to meet the family’s mostbasic requirements.
Every year thousands of runners flock to New York City to the starting line of the largest marathon race in the world. The ING New York City Marathon takes place on Nov. 6 and features some of the top runners in the world. This weekend, it will also include a group of runners from the Puget Sound area with the express goal of r a i s i n g m o n e y for a local camp.
Around 30 racers from the g r e a t e r S e a t t l e area will join the n a t i o n a l Team Hole in the Wall in New York for the race. The group from Washington has been raising money for Camp Korey, located in Carnation, Wash.
Camp Korey offers chil-dren who face a childhood illness or other health issues the chance to go to camp during one of the organiza-tion’s many programs. It cre-ates the idealistic summer camp experience for chil-dren who otherwise would not be able to attend.
Longtime Mercer Island resident Susan Marinello got involved after a friend introduced her to the cause and the camp.
“It’s been such a journey,” she said of the training and of learning about the camp. She said she was especially drawn to the camp because her son was sick as a young child.
“It all fits for me because
my son was sick for the first year of his life,” she said. “It’s my first marathon, but I’m challenging myself in tandem with the effort of raising money for the camp. I’ve made so many discov-eries.”
She, along with another Islander, Mike Wampold, will be taking on the race this weekend.
The local effort began with Camp Korey board mem-ber Chris McReynolds, who recruited both Wampold and Marinello. The goal is to raise $300,000 for the camp. Each racer commits to rais-ing at least $3,000 toward the overall goal. Most run-ners interested in taking on the NYC challenge must either qualify or earn entry through an annual drawing. This year, the team raising funds for Camp Korey was given spots in the race, and has already secured more for next year.
“It’s gone so well that next year they’ve given us more spots,” said Wampold.
“I learned about Camp Korey early in the new year and immediately knew I wanted to help,” said Marinello. The rea-sons were similar for Wampold, a long-time run-ner — the opportu-nity com-bined two things he wanted to do.
“A couple people I know are on the board,” he said. “It’s an amazing camp and I’m a runner, so it’s a great marriage to raise money and at the same time get to run the NYC marathon.”
While it’s the fifth such race for Wampold, Marinello will be racing the 26.2 miles for the first time. She said she has been training mostly on her own along the way, working up to her longest run to date before the race – 20 miles.
“I run about 25 to 30 miles a week on the Island,” she said. “It depends where, but I love doing Mercer Island and across the
bridge. I recently ran from the park and ride around Lake Washington. That was a long run.”
Wampold said he likesrunning from his house to Seward Park and back.
“It’s a fun run,” he said. The changes in sceneryaround the Island and over the bridge will help the run-ners prepare for the chang-es in scenery in New York. The marathon takes rac-ers through each borough, beginning on the Verrazano Narrows Bridge on Staten Island, winding through Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx, before heading into Manhattan.
“I’m most looking for-ward to running through all the boroughs,” saidWampold. “They are so dis-tinctive and different. Each place has its own culture and its very ethnic.”
While training, the group is also raising money to help get as many kids to the camp as they can. In rais-ing money, each is taking their own approach to the task. Wampold said he is using the team’s website and sending out emails to fam-ily and friends to let them know about the cause.
“I’ve found it’s a pretty easy pitch to people,” said the runner. He said he hopes to raise $5,000 toward the overall goal.
“The sky’s the limit,” said Marinello. “There’s such a need — there really is no cap.”
Marinello’s approach has also been to send out emails, sharing experiences of her training and telling stories. One of her recent emails, shared after a trip to Washington, D.C., pon-dered the different outfits that runners wear around the world, and conclud-ing that Seattle’s wear the brightest colors and are most likely to nod hello. She, too, has found the pitch has been easy for people to hear.
“I encourage everyone to go visit,” she said of thecamp. “Just the views and the setting is amazing. What moved me from the
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“It’s nice to get a home game,” said Ogata of the first round playoff match at Islander Stadium. “The kids are excited, but they are focused and not too excited.”
Even with home field advantage Mercer Island will have to bring it’s top game, knowing Ferndale won’t sit back and watch the game.
“Ferndale has done well as a program because they are very well coached,” said Ogata. “We’re going to have to beat Ferndale, they aren’t going to beat themselves. We have to be better than them.”
The game started at Lake Washington with an 80-yard kickoff return for points with 11:48 on the clock by Steen Swedstedt, making it 7-0. Just a minute later the Islanders scored again, this time on a play involving a hand off from quarterback Jeff Lindquist to Brian Higgins, who lobbed it back to Lindquist, who tossed it on a 41-yard pass to Nicky Sinclair for the points. The score was 14-0 with 10:15 to go in the first quarter.
Blake Johnson scored on an 8-yard run with 5:45 on the clock, while Sinclair connected again on a 44-yard pass from Lindquist to make it 28-0 at the end of the first.
Alex Wood began the sec-ond quarter with a 33-yard field goal for Mercer Island
to up the score to 31-0, fol-lowed by an interception by Connor Bernal on the 17-yard line. He ran it in for the points.
With 2:37 on the clock in the half, Lake Washington’s Jack Michels caught an 8-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Nick Young to score the only Kang points of the night. The score was 38-7.
Before the half finished, Eric Stefanchik scored off a 91-yard pass from Higgins to make it 45-7 at halftime. The pass from Higgins to Stefanchik was longest of his career at MIHS, and was 15-yard longer than Lindquist’s best.
During the first half the Islanders had amassed 270 yards, while holding Lake Washington to just 90 on the field. In the second half, the teams remained closer with Mercer Island gaining 75, and Lake Washington earning 48.
The Islanders scored again in the third quar-ter when Higgins made a 6-yard run into the end-zone, starting a running clock as the Islanders had 52 points. The fourth quarter was scoreless as the clock ran down, with the teams leaving the field under a 52-7 scoreboard.
Ogata said the game against Lake Washington showcased the team as a whole, not just the starters.
“Execution,” was what worked, said Ogata agains
the Kangs. “The kids came out and played well. Everyone did, not just the starters, but the backups and everyone. It was a nice team effort.”
The final score is just third time Mercer Island has earned more than 50 points in a team. The two
previous times were against Interlake in 2006 and in 1998. It’s also the largest victory margin for the team in it’s history.
Mercer Island finished the regular season 7-2 over-all and 6-1 in league. Lake Washington finished with a 2-7 overall record.
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MI playoff tickets on sale now
Tickets for the first MIHS playoff football game of the year, against Ferndale, will be sale this week, both at the game, and in advance. The game will take place on Friday, Nov. 4 at 7:30 p.m. Season’s passes and Booster Club passes will not be valid for the game.
Tickets are $7 for adults, $4 for seniors (ages 62 and up) and children ages 5-11, as well as students with a valid IMS or MIHS ASB card.
Tickets will be sold on Wednesday, Nov. 2 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Islander Stadium, as well as Thursday and Friday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the MIHS commons.
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Megan Managan/Staff PhotoLorial Yeadon tips the ball over the net as Mount Si’s Lauren Smith tries to block it. Mercer Island lost 3-1 to the Wildcats.
The Mercer Island girls volleyball team move into this week’s SeaKing district tournament as the No. 2 KingCo seed after losing to Mount Si in the league tour-nament finals.
The Islanders, playing Mount Si for the third time this season, lost 3-1 (18-25, 25-21, 19-25, 17-25) on Saturday evening.
During the matches Lorial Yeadon had 12 digs, while Rachel Bowdle post-ed 22 digs. Sara Lindquist had 12 kills and three aces, while Carly Wilson added 24 assists. Kris Brackmann had five kills and five aces.
With the seeding the Islanders, now 13-5 overall, prepare to face their Metro challengers.
The Islanders will begin the district tournament on Thursday, Nov. 3 at West Seattle High School against the winner of the Metro No. 8 and Metro No. 3 game. The match is set for 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
A win in their first game, would move the Islanders forward to the semifi-nal round which will take place Saturday, Nov. 5 at Sammamish High School at 11 a.m. A loss would move the Islanders into the con-solation bracket, making their next game Saturday at Sammamish at 1 p.m.
The top five teams from the district tournament will move forward to the state tournament, which beginsNov. 11 at St. Martin’s University in Lacey, Wash.
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After narrowly beat-ing Liberty in the KingCo cross country meet the week before, the Mercer Island girls took second to the Patriots during the SeaKing district race.
Last Thursday, at Lake Sammamish State Park, the Islanders had 75 points, behind Liberty’s 69.
The Mercer Island boys took 11th as a team with 263 points.
With the placing the girls team will move forward to race as a group at the state meet on Nov. 5 at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco, Wash.
Individually, Katia Matora took first place in the girls varsity race with a time of 18:22, a personal best. Alida Scalzo finished in 14th place in 19:43, while Lindsay Benster was 19th in 19:50. Laura Brindley finished in 20:06 for 25th place, just ahead of Linden Elggren who was 26th in 20:15. Mikayla Davis was 29th overall in 20:23, while Lauren Knebel was 37th in 20:34.
In the boys race Austin Scarff had the top Mercer Island finish in 17:18 for 42nd place, while Joey Chiang was 47th in 17:21.
Brett Bottomley was 64th in 17:49, Matt Wotipka was 66th in 17:53, Nathan Cummings was 69th with a
time of 18:00. Daniel Mayer finished in 18:31 for 76th place and Nathan Gallatin was 84th overall in 18:35.
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Contributed PhotoMercer Island freshman Katia Matora finished the SeaKing district meet in first place, with a personal best of 18:22.
The Mercer Island girls swim team handily won the KingCo 3A/4A title on Saturday afternoon beat-ing out 4A rival Skyline. The Islanders amassed 711 points during the meet, while second place Skyline posted 553.
Individually, Grace Wold was the only swim-mer to finish first for Mercer Island. She won the 100 backstroke race in 57.23, a state quali-fying time and the 100 freestyle in 53.11.
The Islanders finished second in the 200 med-ley relay, behind Skyline. The team of Alex Seidel, Wold, Margaret Seaton and Andrea Hatsukami finished in 1:53.38.
In the 200 freestyle race, Danielle Deiparine was eighth overall in 1:58.79, while Angela Riggins took 10th, Leah Fisk was 11th and Masami Cookson was 12th.
Kira Godfred was ninth overall in the 200 individ-ual medley race, finishing in 2:18.83, while Vee Vee Wang was 10th in 2:19.25. Lindsay White was 11th in 2:21.79.
In the 50 freestyle race, Christina Williamson was ninth overall in 25.74, while Seaton finished in 14th, Hatsukami was 16th and Emily Olsen took 18th place.
Meg Lindsay finished second overall in the div-ing competition, earning 365.55 points overall. Olivia Cero finished 16th for the Islanders.
In the 100 butterfly, Seidel was fifth with a 1:02.02 time, while Cookson was sixth in 1:04.89. Teammate Madeline Larkin was ninth in 1:03.34, while Madeleine Chandless was 10th overall.
Also racing in the 100 freestyle, which Wold won , Islander Williamson was seventh, Kristin Hoffman was eighth and Godfred was ninth.
Deiparine finished sixth in the 500 freestyle marathon, taking the spot with a time of 5:23.72. Riggins was seventh in 5:24.26. Fisk finished 10th, and Caitlin Cox was 12th overall.
The Islanders also took second as a team in the 200 freestyle relay, this time pairing
up Williamson, Olsen, Seaton and Seidel, fin-ishing in 1:43.26 behind Newport.
Heather Chan was ninth in the 100 backstroke in 1:05.38, while teammate Sabrina Steinhauer was 14th in 1:06.10.
Wang finished sixth in the 100 breast stroke in 1:12.54, while Natalie Marques was eighth in 1:13.39 and Seidel was ninth in the race at 1:13.95. CeCe Tremaine-Nelson was 13th in 1:14.24.
Mercer Island finished
third in the 400 freestyle relay. Godfred, Deiparine, Cookson and Wold com-bined for a 3:41.81 time, behind Skyline and Newport.
The team moves for-ward to the SeaKing dis-trict meet, which will be held at Mary Wayte pool on Friday, Nov. 4 and Saturday, Nov. 5. The finals will be held on Saturday, beginning at 5:30 p.m. The diving com-petition will take place at Juanita Pool on Saturday, Nov. 5 at 9:30 a.m.
Island swimmers secure 3A/4A KingCo meet win
Megan Managan/Staff PhotoMercer Island senior Vee Vee Wang swims the breast stroke portion of the 200 individual medley race on Oct. 29.
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The Gleaners & IFriday, November 4th, 7:30 PM Synopsis: This film documents people who, by choice or necessity, live off the abundance of food regularly wasted by French farmers and consumers.
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Hu Rays take fourth at national tennis tournament
The Hu Rays youth ten-nis team recently took fourth overall at the USTA National Championships in Arizona.
The team, made up of Cameron Coe, Melanie Lee and Stuart Toda, all MIHS freshman, com-peted against others from around the U.S. and Caribbean in the 14U divi-sion. Out of the 16 team field the team moved up into fourth place.
The finish at nation-als comes after taking the top spot in the Pacific Northwest section tour-nament in August of this year.
Islander qualifies for state golf tournament
Mercer Island boys golf continues the tradition of having at least one player in the spring state tourna-ment this year.
Senior James Gendreau earned a spot in the tour-nament after finishing
in 16th place at the dis-trict tournament. Held on Oct. 17 at Willows Run golf course in Redmond, Gendreau punched his ticket to state shooting a 79 overall. Bellevue’s Radleigh Ang won the tournament with a 72.
The state tournament will take place in May in Spokane.
Flapjacks for FC Force fundraiser Nov. 5
The Mercer Island U13 girls selection team, FC
Force, is raising money to play in the Gothia Cup next summer in Sweden. To help them get there, the team is hosting a fundrais-er breakfast on Nov. 5 at the Applebee’s in Factoria, located at 3520 Factoria Boulevard. The team will have a complete breakfast of pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage and drink for $10. The event runs from 8 to 10 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 5.
To learn more or to pur-chase tickets in advance contact Glynda Steiner at (206) 284-3596.
Sports briefs
Contributed PhotoDuring the 2011 USTA JTT 14 and under National Championships held at the Surprise Tennis and Racquet Complex on Oct. 20 - 23, 2011 the fourth place winner was Pacific Northwest Robinswood Hu. The team includes: Ryan Hung, Rachael DeCaires, Megan Bastian, Rachel Bear, Stuart Toda, James Wu, Cameron Coe and Melanie Lee.
Lake Washington – Emily Bunnell (Jessie Zogg) 87:00.
Thursday, Oct. 27
Mercer Island 3, Mount Si 3
Mercer Island – Emily LIghtfoot (Laura Harrison) 4:00, Michelle Day (Isabella Stribling) 11:00, Michelle Day (Laura Harrison) 25:00.
Mount Si – Luara Barnes (penal-ity kick), Alyssa Proudfoot (Miranda Rawlings) 49:00, Leah Corra (Miranda Rawlings) 55:00.
Volleyball
Thursday, Oct. 27
Mercer Island def. Liberty 3-0
(25-19, 25-15, 25-18)
Mercer Island – Lorial Yeadon 7 kills; Rachel Bowdle 11 digs; Sara Lindquist 8 kills, 4 aces; Carly Wilson 24 assists.
Boys golf
SeaKing District tournament
Oct. 17 at Willows Run GC
Individuals – (qualified for May’s state tournament) 1. Radleigh Ang (Bellevue) 72; 13. Michael Schaloum (O’Dea) 78; 16. James Gendreau (Mercer Island) 79.
Mercer Island youth football player Liam Diammeier runs away from Bellevue during the Cubs White game last weekend. The Cubs Maroon team, coached by Chris Dickinson, is still in the hunt after winning their quarterfinal game over Newport 32-6. They will play Mount Si on Saturday, Nov. 5. Contributed photo.
EYE ON MI | YOUTH FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS
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Please call or visit www.neilkelly.com for details.
Donate via Facebook
If you would like to help the Camp Korey cause, visit www.facebook.com/
campkorey and $1 will be donated for every ‘like’ the page gets.
The group’s goal is to hit 30,000 ‘likes’, and inches closer everyday.
Contributed PhotoA view of the ropes course at Camp Korey in Carnation, Wash.
moment I arrived was that every bunk has a home-made quilt that’s unique. It’s really designed to cap-ture the complete sum-mer camp experience – for a sick kid to feel like everything is normal for a couple of weeks.”
Marinello recently hit her $4,000 goal, and said she quickly upped it to $5,000.
“The pages remain open until the end of the year, so we have plenty of opportunity to keep rais-ing funds,” she said. So far the team has raised over $150,000 toward the overall goal.
To learn more about the team or to donate to Susan or Mike’s fundrais-ing, visit campkorey.org.
RUNNERS | FROM 19
By Bob Toomey, CFASpecial to the Reporter
The stock market of today is more volatile than in previous decades. This is due to the heavier influ-ence in today’s market of institutions like hedge funds and high frequen-cy trading. Also the high degree of global economic and geopolitical instability of today’s world can feed the “fear” emotion among investors which leads to increased market volatil-ity.
The question comes up a lot in dealing with clients as to how volatility can be reduced in their investment portfolios. Diversification among asset classes and individual securities hold-ings in a portfolio is one important way in which portfolio volatility can be reduced. Asset class diver-sification represents the allocation in the portfo-lio to major asset classes such as stocks, bonds, real estate, and commodities. These asset classes have a low degree of correla-tion to each other (cor-relation being the degree to which the classes move in tandem with each other under various market con-
ditions). Combining asset classes with low correla-tion in a portfolio can reduce the overall volatil-ity of a portfolio.
In terms of securities holdings, portfolio volatil-ity can be reduced through a) increasing the number
of indi-v i d u a l s e c u r i -ties held (up to a point); b) h o l d i n g h i g h e r q u a l -ity and dividend-p a y i n g
securities; c) diversify-ing the industry or sector exposure of both stock and bond holdings. Income-producing securities tend to have lower volatility generally. Industries and sectors also have widely varying correlations to
each other, so expand-ing industry exposure improves the “diversifica-tion” of the portfolio and thereby helps to reduce overall volatility.
Studies have shown that lower volatility portfolios tend to outperform higher volatility portfolios overlong periods of time. In these turbulent and vola-tile markets, structuring a portfolio so that it is ade-quately diversified bothby asset class and secu-rities holdings can create a greater source of value to the investor througha) reduced volatility, b) increased income, and c) opportunity for capitalappreciation.
Islander Bob Toomey is Vice President, Researchfor S.R. Schill & Associates, a registered investment advisor located on Mercer Island.
Diversify to defend against volatility
Bob Toomey
Smooth out the risk with a diversified portfolio
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WEDNESDAY | 2PROBUS CLUB OF MERCER ISLAND MEETING: 10:30 a.m., Nov. 2, Mercer Island Presbyterian Church, 3605 84th Ave. S.E. Speaker: Douglas Hainline, Ph.D. Topic: the advent of socialism in the UK and Europe. The public is wel-come. Bob Simonds: (206) 236-2190.BEGINNING BALLROOM: 7:40-8:40 p.m., Nov. 2-30, Community and Event Center, 8236 S.E. 24th Street. Learn the basics of a variety of ballroom dances. Students will focus on lead and follow roles, timing and basic patterns. Fee: $54 (res-ident), $64 (nonresident).
THURSDAY | 3CHAMBER MEMBERSHIP LUNCHEON: 12 p.m., Nov. 3. Speaker: Dr. Gary Plano. The Mercer Island School District is celebrating 70 years of educating young people. Now Mercer Island schools are recognized as some of the best in the state and nation. Dr. Plano will bring Chamber members up to date on issues and challenges that MISD faces. Luncheon cost: $15 (mem-bers), $18 (nonmembers, members without reserva-tions). 232-3404, [email protected] (MERCER ISLAND VISUAL ARTS LEAGUE) MEETING AND ANNUAL POTLUCK: 12-2 p.m., Nov. 3, Community and Event Center, 8236 S.E. 24th Street. The meeting is open to the public. Members are asked to bring a dish to share. The program will include viewing MIVAL's Holiday Show exhibit.
FRIDAY | 4DISNEY’S “SLEEPING BEAUTY” OPENING NIGHT: 7 p.m., Nov. 4, Youth Theatre Northwest, 8805 S.E. 40th Street. Performances are Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Nov. 20. For tickets and information: www.
youththeatre.org.FRENCH FILM: “The Gleaners & I,” 7:30-9 p.m., Nov. 4, Aljoya Theatre, 2430 76th Ave. Free. Co-hosts: Mercer Island Sister City Association and Mercer Island Arts Council. Introduction and post com-mentary by Lance Rhoades, UW instructor of cinema studies. Complimentary hors d’oeuvres served. 232-5413.
SATURDAY | 5ISLANDER MIDDLE SCHOOL AND STURTEVANTS SKI N SNOWBOARD SWAP: 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Nov. 5, Islander Middle School, 8225 S.E. 72nd Street. Features Ski & Board Swap. 50% Off Sale: 3-4 p.m. New and gently used winter sports clothing and equip-ment for sale. Co-sponsor: Sturtevant’s Winter Sports. Consignment check-in: 3-6 p.m., Nov. 3; 3-7 p.m., Nov. 4. www.miskiswap.net.
TUESDAY | 8LIVELY SAINTS (50+ YEARS YOUNG) LUNCHEON: 12 p.m., Nov. 8, Mercer Island Covenant Church, 3200 78th Ave. S.E. Speaker: Jim Landerdahl. Topic: the people and facility at the SeaTac Airport USO Center working “until every one comes home.” The USO-PSA center provides all branches of the military with 24/7 travel assistance. $7. www.micc.org, (206) 232-1015. MERCER ISLAND SISTER CITY ASSOCIATION FRENCH CONVERSATION EVENING: 7-9 p.m., Nov. 8, at the home of Jane Meyer Brahm. Casual French conversation prac-tice for beginner to native French speakers. For driving directions and more infor-mation, call Jane at 232-0701, Monica at 232-2983 or Beth at 232-7650.
THURSDAY | 10KCLS 2012 PRELIMINARY BUDGET MEETING: 2 p.m., Nov. 10, Mercer Island Library, 4400 88th Ave. SE. Community meeting to discuss pro-
posed strategic plans and budget allocations for the coming year. An opportu-nity for public discussion to help shape services in librar-ies, online and in communi-ties throughout KCLS. www.kcls.org, (206) 236-3537.VETERANS DAY SCHOOL'S OUT CAMP: 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Nov. 10-11, Stroum Jewish Community Center, 3801 East Mercer Way. Welcoming all K-5th graders. Features play in the gym, swimming, interactive art projects and more. Please make sure to pack a swim suit for the pool. Morning and after-noon care are available. www.sjcc.org.12TH ANNUAL ARTISTS STUDIO HOLIDAY SALE: Nov. 10-12, the studio of Leslie West, 8798 N. Mercer Way. 6-9 p.m., Nov. 10; 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Nov. 11; 9 a.m.-12 p.m., Nov. 12. Featured artwork from a dozen artists: mixed media assemblages, handcrafted jewelry, glass art, ceramics, cards, chocolate and more. Please bring a nonperish-able food item for the Mercer Island Food Pantry. www.wix.com/fullcirclestu-dio/artiststudiosale.
FRIDAY | 11SHABBAT LECTURES: Nov. 11-12, Northwest Yeshiva High School, 5017 90th Ave. S.E. Shabbat dinner: 5:50 p.m., Friday. “Kabbalistic Secrets for Wealth and Health,” 7 p.m., Friday. Saturday: “What’s the Greatest Mitzvah in the Torah?” and “The Secret to Having Perfect Children.” Speaker: Rabbi Moshe Gruenstein, scholar in residence. www.shevetachim.com.VETERANS DAY CELEBRATION: 4:30 and 6 p.m., Nov. 11, community toast to vet-erans, Roanoke Inn, 1825 72nd Ave. S.E. $1 pints all day: Budweiser and Coors Light in appreciation for the men and women who have served our country.
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DISASTER MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING FOR VOLUNTEERS: 9 a.m.-12 p.m., Nov. 12, City Hall Council Chambers, 9611 S.E. 36th Street. Eighth disaster preparedness class in Emergency Volunteer Series. The series is 10 classes in total with a (CERT) Community Emergency Response Team Base. RSVP to Officer Franklin: (206) 275-7905.SATURDAY MATINEE: “Woman of the Year” (George Stevens, 1942), 1 p.m., Nov. 12, Mercer Island Library, 4400 88th Ave. S.E. Part of the “Mercer Island Public Library Film Series on Newspapers and Other Media,” with Lance Rhoades, Mercer Island Movie Matinee Series program director.DIWALI (FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS) CELEBRATION 2011: 5-11 p.m., Nov. 12, Mercer Island Presbyterian Church, 3605 84th Ave. S.E. Tickets: only available online at www.sulekha.com/tickets (click on 'Seattle'). Prices: $15 (adults), $8 (child 5–12), free for chil-dren 4 and under. Tickets are limited and must be purchased through Sulekha.com by Nov. 8. Tickets will not be sold at the event. Nonperishable food dona-tions for YFS food bank accepted. PHOTOGRAPHER/AUTHOR PHIL BORGES AT ISLAND BOOKS: 7 p.m., Nov. 12, Island Books, 3014 78th Ave. S.E. Borges is the author of “Tibet: A Culture on the Edge.” He is the recipient of numerous photography and humani-tarian awards. He has hosted television documentaries for the Discovery Channel and National Geographic. www.mercerislandbooks.com.
EVENTS | ONGOINGMERCER ISLAND THRIFT SHOP 36TH ANNIVERSARY SALE & HOLIDAY SHOWCASE: 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Nov. 7-12, 7710 S.E. 34th Street. On Monday, Nov. 7, all store merchan-dise will be 35 percent off. There will be store discounts through the week. www.
mercergov.org.MIVAL GALLERY ART SHOW: ongoing through Nov. 13, MIVAL Art Gallery, 2836 78th Ave. S.E. Featured artists through Nov. 13: June Lindsey (pottery), Pia Messina (paintings). Contact: Nannette Bassett, (206) 232-8148, [email protected]. www.mival.org.ENGAGING ISRAEL PROJECT: A Shalom Hartman Institute Lecture & Study Series, 7:15-9:15 p.m., Tuesdays, through Jan. 10, Stroum JCC, 3801 East Mercer Way. Led by Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum, of Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation. Cost: $150 per person ($275 per couple). www.sjcc.org.MERCER ISLAND COMMUNITY FUND GRANT APPLICATIONS: Deadline for grant appli-cations is Jan. 31, 2012. Applications acceptable from organizations that benefit the Mercer Island community in six categories. For information and guide-lines, contact grants chair Gail Steinitz: [email protected], www.micom-munityfund.org.
LIBRARYNATIONAL NOVEL WRITING MONTH WRITERS PANEL: 1 p.m., Nov. 5. Take 30 days and
write 50,000 words. Mercer Island Library wants to sup-port all local writers in this endeavor with a panel of top local authors to nudge you on your way to writing and publishing.EREADER AND DIGITAL DOWNLOADS DEMONSTRATION: 3:30 p.m., Nov. 5. Learn how to download KCLS eBooks to your eReader or computer during this Digital Downloads demonstration.STARS WORKSHOP - GROWING YOUR PRESCHOOLER’S BRAIN: 7 p.m., Nov. 14. Presented by Kathy Slattengren. Find out how you can help your child develop the social skills, language skills and behavior traits that will lead to suc-cess in grade school. For parents and child care pro-viders who care for children ages 1 to 5.RICK STEVES’ TRAVEL SERIES: Mediterranean Cruises 101, 7 p.m., Nov. 16. Based on Rick’s new guidebook, this class teaches you how to take a Mediterranean cruise “through the Back Door.” Get a port-by-port rundown of the top Mediterranean cruise destinations, with tips on how to get into town and make the most of your limited time. The rest of the class is an introduction to
UPCOMINGINFANT/CHILD/ADULT CPR WITH AED: 7-9 p.m., Nov. 14, Mercer Island Fire Station, 3030 78th Avenue S.E. This is not a health care provid-er class. $15 (check or cash the day of the event). Call (206) 275-7607 to reserve a space. ANNUAL SENIOR THANKSGIVING LUNCH: 12-1 p.m., Nov. 18, Community and Event Center, 8236 S.E. 24th Street. Registration is required and transporta-tion is available; call (206) 275-7609 to reserve your spot. Fee: $5 plus tax.CLASSICS ON FILM: “Waste Land” (Lucy Walker, Karen
Harley, João Jardim, 2010), 7:30-9 p.m., Nov. 18, Aljoya Theatre, 2430 76th Ave. Part of “Economies of Scale,” a documentary film series with Q&A and commentary by Lance Rhoades. Free admission, parking and popcorn. www.mercergov.org.BREAKFAST WITH SANTA: 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Dec. 3, Community and Event Center, 8236 S.E. 24th Street. Register your family for Breakfast with Santa. Brunch is provided and Santa and his elves will be available for a visit and photos. Reservations are required. Fee: $7 plus tax ($5 per child). (206) 275-7609.
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Places of WorshipMERCER ISLANDA contemporary, evangelical, charismatic, non-denominational, Spirit-filled church.
New Hope International Church
9170 SE 64th St., Mercer IslandPhone: (206) 275-1042
Website: www.newhic.org
Sunday Worship: 10 am English ServiceWe offer children’s Sunday School
RedeemerLutheran Church6001 Island Crest Way 232-1711
www.RedeemerLutheranMI.org
Sunday Worship & Kids' Church 10:00am
Fellowship & Bible Study 11:00am
St. MonicaCatholic Church
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Sunday Vigil: Saturday, 5:00 pm
Sunday: 8:00 am, 9:30 am, Noon
232-29004301 - 88th Ave S.E., M.I.
Top of the Hill on Island Crest Way(206) 232-5595 | MIPC.org
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2011 COMMUNION SUNDAY
7:45am Breakfast in Community Life Center
8:15am Worship Service in Community Life Center
9:15am Christian Education
10:35am Worship in Sanctuary
5:00pm Worship in Sanctuary
NURSERY AVAILABLE
SUNDAY SCHEDULE8:00 AM Worship – (Chapel) 9:00 AM – Education Hour
10:00 AM Worship – (Sanctuary)Childcare provided for all services
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Mercer Island School DistrictHighly Capable Nominations
The 2012-2013 Highly Capable Program nomination window is open from October 14 to November 10, 2011. Please visit the Mercer Island School District website for more details: www.misd.k12.wa.us/
If you have any further questions, please email Kathy Morrison at [email protected].
Mikhail Savvateev believes that everyone deserves to have basic needs such as access to clean water. It would seem logical, but in fact people all over the world suffer every day.
Savvateev, a Mercer Island High School junior, and three other MIHS stu-dents, junior Neil Datar, sophomore Eric Schulz and sophomore Peter Welch, attended the Global Youth Leadership Institute this summer, which is hosted by the World Affairs Council.
Only 40 students from the Puget Sound area get in to the GYLI each year. All four boys are solid students, gaining entry into the pro-gram based on essays they wrote on why they were interested in learning more about world affairs.
Schulz and Welch signed up together, as did Datar and Savvateev. Now all four have become fast friends with even more new friends from the other schools who attended the institute, which
is held on the University of Washington campus. The students still communicate through a Facebook group.
The institute, which was held from June 27 to July 1, included real world simu-lations, such as a conflict between India and Pakistan.
“They taught us multiple perspectives to each issue,” Datar said.
Guest speakers included representatives from the Port of Seattle, Boeing and the CIA, all organizations that deal with international issues in their work, and how they apply knowledge of global issues into their days. The students even met the ex-president of Botswana, his Excellency Festus Gontebanye Mogae.
The students went to the Refugee Project in Seattle and dressed up in various international attire, then walked around downtown Seattle looking for reaction. The boys said that the girls who dressed in full Burqas got the strangest looks. They passed through various sta-tions that simulated the dif-
ficulty refugees face.Now the four students
are working on their GYLI project, which is to bring awareness and possibly even raise money for clean water in third world coun-tries. They’ve already con-tacted a speaker to come to MIHS and talk to interested students, and they hope to organize a fundraiser.
“If this goes well, we’re hoping to have a panel on the Arab spring,” Datar said. “The whole idea of the youth leadership is to keep ourselves and our peers edu-cated about world affairs.”
Welch, who is a mem-ber of Leadership Mercer Island, said he got involved because he is interested in what’s going on outside his world.
“Once you see the prob-lems, it’s hard not to fix what’s going on,” he said. “Clean water is one of the biggest things – I think it’s nice to know you can come home and have a cold glass of clean water. On a basic level, everyone needs water.”
Datar agrees, saying that the best way to solve world problems is by keeping peo-ple informed.
Savvateev was born in Russia, but moved to the U.S. before he started school. He is interested in Russian news sources and in expanding his knowledge of Russia and Asia.
Datar is concerned about the lack of knowledge, understanding and passion both here and in third world
countries.The boys talked about
the UN’s millennium goals, which are supposed to be reached by 2015.
“It’s kind of concerning that they’re not close to solv-ing any of them,” Savvateev said.
Datar said since most people don’t know what the
goals are, they don’t know to care.
“We’re lacking a public awareness campaign,” he said, adding that GYLI is trying to bring awareness to several global issues.
To learn more, go to www.world-affairs.org/global-youth-leadership-institute.
World affairs course brings reality home for students
Linda Ball/Staff PhotoFrom left, Neil Datar, Mikhail Savvateev and Peter Welch, all students at Mercer Island High School, attended the Global Youth Leadership Institute this past summer at UW. Withtheir fourth partner, Eric Schulz (not pictured) the students are working to heighten awareness about the lack of clean, potable water in third world countries.
By Reporter StaffSeattle Children’s on
Monday announced two philanthropic gifts totaling $65 million to benefit pedi-atric research, nursing edu-cation and clinical care.
An anonymous donor pledged approximately $50 million of their estate – the largest single gift in Children’s 104 year his-tory – to benefit pediatric research at Seattle Children’s Research Institute.
In addition, Jean Reid of Bellevue made gift commit-ments valuing approximate-
ly $15 million to support Children’s Bellevue Urgent Care Clinic, the advanced training of nurses, and the greatest needs of Children’s Bellevue Clinic and Surgery Center.
In recognition of Reid’s commitment, the Children’s Bellevue Clinic and Surgery Center will be named the “Robert and Jean Reid Bellevue Clinic and Surgery Center” in honor of her and her late husband.
“We are ecstatic,” said Jim Ladd, chair of Seattle Children’s Hospital Board of Trustees. “Children’s has always relied on the com-munity to sustain its mission of caring for all children and finding cures and better treatments. These gifts help
ensure Children’s can con-tinue this critical work.”
The $50 million dona-tion will benefit the greatest needs fund, which enables the Research Institute to provide critical infrastruc-
ture, recruit and retain sci-entists, and invest in early stage medical treatments for childhood disease.
Earlier this year, Reid
Children’s Hospital gets $65 million giftGifts include $15 million to Eastside facility
Contributed PhotoSeattle Children’s Hospital recently was given a $65 million dollar gift with $15 million of the total going to the Bellevue clinic of the hospital.
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pledged $1 million for the staffing needs of the Urgent Care Clinic at Children’s Bellevue Clinic and Surgery Center. She most recently made an a d d i t i o n a l estate pledge v a l u i n g a p p r o x i -mately $14 m i l l i o n to endow the great-est needs of C h i l d r e n’s B e l l e v u e Clinic and S u r g e r y Center and to support the continu-ing education of the hos-pital’s nurses. Of Reid’s estate pledge, 25 per-cent will support nurses’ advanced training needs while 75 percent will fund clinical care priorities of Children’s Bellevue Clinic and Surgery Center.
Robert and Jean Reid have previously supported scholarships for under-graduate and graduate students at the University of Washington School of
N u r s i n g . They also d o n a t -ed to the Unive rs i t y o f Washington School of Nursing to establish the school’s first e n d o w e d d e a n s h i p : the Robert
G. and Jean A. Reid Endowed Deanship in Nursing.
Robert Reid, who passed away in January 2011, was a leader in the construction industry on the Eastside and was active in forming the city of Bellevue.
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The members of SOSS have put their talented chord-ringing harmony to work in our local com-munities singing for fund raisers as well as entertain-ing at retirement and life-care communities, medical rehabilitation centers.
The Spirit of Sound Singers’ repertoire is wide-ranging. Virtually any song can be arranged into
the style that has been described as 4-part, unac-companied, close-harmonysinging, with the melody being carried by the secondvoice.
In 1945, Edna MaeAnderson of Tulsa, Okla.brought a few singing friends together. From thatmeeting grew the nucleus of what was to become Sweet Adelines International (SAI), an independent,nonprofit music educa-tion organization, now one of the world’s larg-est for women. Membersnumber over 25,000 andextend over five continents.Over 10,000 women attendyearly international com-petitions. In 2010, the SAIconvention and competi-tion was held at Seattle’sKey Arena. A local chorusfrom Bellevue was one ofthe 33 award-winning cho-ruses.
If you like to sing and areinterested in learning more about singing a cappellabarbershop harmony, visita Spirit of Sound Singersrehearsal. For more infor-mation and rehearsal site location in Renton, visit spiritofsoundsingers.org or contact Sharon Johnson at 206.232.1073 or Carol Drew at 425.822.0949.
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Upper-end properties, In the top 10%Exceptional Properties
North Bend land $400,00029+ac of land, super easy access off I-90. Will support 3, maybe 4 homes, or your dream estate. Has a stream & a waterfall, be the first on your block. #206270
Betty Carleton 425-444-3507 Michael Schoonover 425-442-4077
Building Site $498,000Partial lk view lot, small subdivision 5 lots, up pvt road off E Mercer. Backs to conservancy Tract. Road, utilities in along paved access. Cleared for viewing! #83516
Lindy Weathers 206-920-8842
Residential Lot $498,000Partial lk view lot, small subdivision of 5 lots, up pvt road off E Mercer. Road, utilities in along paved access, recorded maintenance agrmt. Survey avail. #83519
Lindy Weathers 206-920-8842
Gig Harbor $125,0001.2 cleared acres in Gig Harbor. Power, cable, phone in easement rd, owner financing considered. Mins from Hwy 16, close to shopping. #269818
Michael Schoonover 425-442-0477 Betty Carleton 425-444-3507
Snohomish Comm $410,0002.91 acres just west of Sno Station. 2 parcels, w/income producing espresso stand & mobile home also. High traffic count, on a corner, in the path of progress. #191560
Betty Carleton 425-444-3507
Federal Way $550,0006.08ac w/water, power, sewer, electric in the street. Zoned R35000, possible rezone. Corner location on Pacific Hwy S, very quick access. #184081
Betty Carleton 425-444-3507 Michael Schoonover 425-442-4077
Building lot $325,00014,000sf lot available just off E Mercer Way. Access on title for driveway easement. Great price on a very nice building lot, super affordable. #179845
Betty Carleton 425-444-3507
Hoquiam Estates $1,400,00060 lots in a 55+ plat. All utilities are in, the road is paved. 1/2 reduction from previous price, nice territorial views & convenient to shopping. #194858
Michael Schoonover 425-442-0477 Betty Carleton 425-444-3507
Snoqualmie $195,0006+ acres in Snoqualmie. Fast access, close to riding & hiking trails, this pvt location offers mature trees and a brook. Lots of space. #259947
Betty Carleton 425-444-3507 Michael Schoonover 425-442-0477
Issaquah land $350,00010 acres off the Old Black Nugget Rd, in an area of very upscale timbered properties. All year creek through it, close and fast access. #179816
Betty Carleton 425-444-3507 Michael Schoonover 425-442-0477
Opportunity! $398,000Tucked away building lot up pvt lane. Potential lk & Mt Rainier views. Lg lot, 3000sf building pad. Paved access to lot line. Near Park trails. #112896
Lindy Weathers 206-920-8842
Hoquiam lot $30,000Lot in 55+ age development, all utilities in and convenient to shopping. Huge price reduction. Multiple lots available at this price #194812
Betty Carleton 425-444-3507 Michael Schoonover 425-442-0477
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North Bend land $210,00012.9 wooded acres just off I-90 at exit #31. Now with deeded easement for easy access. Lots of room & trees. #29160006
Michael Schoonover 425-442-0477 Betty Carleton 425-444-3507
Hoquiam lots $300,00010 lots in the 55+ development in Hoquiam. Prices reduced by 1/2 & quantity discounts considered. Close to shopping, good territorial views. #194835
Betty Carleton 425-444-3507 Michael Schoonover 425-442-0477
North Bend land $70,0009.5 ac. close to North Bend & I-90 freeway. Hike in to appreciate this nice forested parcel. May have some timber potential, definitely lovely. #158590
Michael Schoonover 425-442-0477
Pvt lane $448,000Lg residential building site in area of new/remodeled homes. Lk & Mt Rainier views. All utility/access easements recorded. Serene stream along south boundary. #143651
Janet Scroggs 206-230-5414
Lake Views! $688,000Building site of nearly a 1/2ac w/tranquil & serene Lake views & Seward Park to the west, treetops to the south. Olympic Mtn views w/2nd story. #248070
Peggy Watkins 206-230-5444
Redmond $639,000Traditional, Built 2000, w/great flowing flrplan sited on shy ac. 4BR/3BA, office, & 5 piece mstr ste w/balcony. You will love it! Move-in Today! #201940
Becky Nadesan 206-972-1113
New Price! $219,000Pre-approved Short Sale! Investment opportunity! New in 2008, biggest model hm! Light & bright, hdwd flrs. Fully fenced & well maintained. #257883
Debbie Barbara 206-300-6077
Commercial $315,000Updated commercial in Bremerton. Current business would like to lease back. Free street parking. #276347
Michael Schoonover 425-442-0477 Betty Carleton 425-444-3507
Tacoma Comm $550,000Great location, no vacancy in 5 years. 5 units, one a retail space, 2-5 are residential units. In Three Bridges area. #183771
Michael Schoonover 425-442-0477 Betty Carleton 425-444-3507
Microsoft $494,000Immaculate 4BR/2.25BA Murray Franklin home on quiet cul-de-sac. Near Grasslawn Park, MSFT. New Carpet, New Paint, in & out. This home is ready for you. #271179
Becky Nadesan 206-972-1113
Bainbridge Isl $499,900Incredible opportunity: Main 5br hm + 2BR cottage. Deeded beach rights, over 1/2 ac. Just blocks to Lynwood center, movies, bakery, coffee. #251450
Michele Schuler 206-992-2013
Urban retreat! $1,390,000Stunning country estate in Union Hill on over 2.5 acres. Traditional home with adjacent ADU, pool, sport court, green house, creek & more. #251583
Greg Rosenwald 206-230-5445
Great Potential $850,000Bellevue prime location. Offering 3 adjacent tax lots zoned R1.8. 2.79ac combined. Older home on property, 5 home site development potential. Call for details. #278696
Bellefield Park $470,000Downtown Bellevue Townhome, newly renovated throughout, 2BR+2.5BA, club hse, pool & tennis courts, magnificent grounds, pvt patio & deck, new furn+AC, gar #280475
Laura Reymore 206-230-5351
DT Bellevue $343,600Located in the heart of Bellevue this fabulous unit boasts 9’ ceilings + 2BR & 2 Full Baths. Close to all amenities & MSFT. Call & See Today. #269216
Becky Nadesan 206-972-1113
Houghton Nbrhd $950,000Great Kirkland Home w/sparkling western views of Lake WA & mtns. 4933SF. 4BR+ Den, Great Rm & Master on main. Nice Separate Apt: earn some extra income! #229173
Sarah Ford 206-854-7702
Bainbridge Isl $699,9003.7 sunny rolling acres close-in, just mins from ferry & town. Custom 3BR/2.5BA home + 2-room outbuilding & shop/garage. Short sale: incredible opportunity! #284760
Michele Schuler 206-992-2013
Bainbridge Is $493,000Former Naval officer’s quarters barged from Seattle to picturesque 1ac setting w/views of Eagle Harbor & downtown Seattle. Lovingly restored w/amazing gardens #277229
Michele Schuler 206-992-2013
OFF ISLANDMaple Valley $145,0002BR/2BA townhome in a nbrhd close to shops, restaurants & lots of golf courses. Rated, “Top 10 Best Nbrhds to Live in America.” Call to see. #276227
Debbie Barbara 206-300-6077
New Price! $219,000PRE-APPROVED Short Sale! Great investment opportunity, New in 2008, biggest model home! Light & bright, hdwd flrs. Fully fenced & well maintained. Quick close. #257883
Debbie Barbara 206-300-6077
Kirkland Condo $615,000Enjoy A Premier Location & all the Benefits of Living in Vibrant Downtown Kirkland. 3BR/2.5BA, 2092SF condo in a 6 unit building. Seller will look at all offers. #261376
Becky Nadesan 206-972-1113
On the Blvd! $1,098,000On the Boulevard & directly across from Houghton Beach Park, this nearly 2,000sf, 2BR/1.75BA condo boasts spectacular city & lake views. #254580
Peggy Watkins 206-230-5444
Snoqualmie Pass $4,000,00025+ac land just E of summit, much preliminary work done. Possibilities are townhomes, lodge, condos, restaurant, single fam homes. View, view, view. #198735
Michael Schoonover 425-442-0477
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COLDWELL BANKER BAIN MERCER ISLAND OFFICE | 7808 SE 28th Street #128, Mercer Island | 206-232-4600To see every home that is for sale in Western Washington go to cbbain.com
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Gracious Living $1,175,000Urban/Suburban living w/o giving up space. 3BR/3.5BA townhome w/apx 3,450sf & attached 2 car gar. Living/dining, kit/family rm, den, rec rm, plus A/C. #251490
Molly Penny 206-230-5515
REDUCED $50K $948,000SUPERB CREEKSIDE 5BR Black & Caldwell. Pvt sylvan site! Skylights, wdws & French doors galore; best kit w/Subzero, slab granite island. Amazing extras! #270181
Natalie Malin 206-232-3240
Light & Bright $899,950Immaculate 4BR home with terrifi c privacy & peek-a-boo views. Elegant and light-fi lled. Park-like grounds with a soothing pond. #261821
Greg Rosenwald 206-230-5445
View Plus Space $898,500Light fi lled home w/Lake views. 5BR/3.5BA, living/dining, family rm/kit, rec rm & den/offi ce. One lot above wft. Come enjoy the ever changing views! #254940
Molly Penny 206-200-441
Great Rambler $569,800Formal living & dining rms, cathedral family rm off Euro Kitchen, 3BR, 2.5 updated baths; 2 fplc, great patio & deck; prof landscaped gardens #183788
Hedy Joyce 206-406-7275
Traditional Hm! $749,0002 story style in quiet nbrhd. 5BR, family room off kit, ping pong sized bonus rm. Lvl yd w/sport court. Close to shopping, parks & schools. #258197
Jane Harrison 206-919-9992Stephanie St. Mary 206-953-8359
Serenity $598,000A refreshing break from the ordinary! Tucked in the evergreens on a 29,110sf lot, this 4BR uniquely NW contemporary will take your breath away. #257833
Greg Rosenwald 206-230-5445
Great Price! $525,000PRE-APPROVED, Short Sale! Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to own a 4BR/3BA, 3,130 sqft home on a 19,320sf lot. Needs TLC. Can close fast. #249760
Debbie Barbara 206-300-6077
Westside Sunset $1,998,000Extremely pvt 100’ westside WF, dock, deepwater moorage, jet ski pad. Rebuild/remodel on footprint at water’s edge. 2nd tax parcel available to WF buyer. #196224
Lindy Weathers 206-920-8842
NEW PRICE! $2,080,000Like new lux 4500sf home; great 4 entertaining. Mt/Lk views. 5BR/3.5BA, 3 car gar, sep guest quarters/media ctr. Hurry, going off the mrkt at months end. #254974
Debbie Barbara 206-300-6077
Level Wft $2,300,000Gracious, level 1/2ac w/light-fi lled 3370 SF home. Stunning lake & mountain views. 5BR/3BA. Pvt & serene setting with easy access to I-90. #191475
Janet Scroggs 206-230-5414
Wft MI $5,495,000Brilliant 4BR/3.5BA custom designed n’end home w/80’ of pvt wft, sandy beach & moorage. Built in 2004 w/unparalleled details throughout. Flexible fl oor plan. #251682
Molly Penny 206-200-4411
Last Chance! $1,650,000Plans & permit ready! Traditional, shingle sided new home by RKK Const at Sunset Ridge. Luxury amenities & systems, craftsman styling. Last in plat for pre-sale. #166242
Lindy Weathers 206-920-8842
The Lakes $978,000Formal spaces & casual living are combined in this classic, 4BR, 2-story home located in The Lakes. Main fl r den & additional bonus rm over 3-car gar. #268794
Wonderful View $1,048,000Wft Homes 1 Home Away, Sunset, Lake & City Views, 4BR/3.25BA, Offi ce, Sauna, 2 Fplcs, Gas Stove. John Sato Architects. Call to see! #233365
Galen Hubert 206-778-9787
Treats In & Out $835,000Pretty Seattle view, main fl r mstr, big bonus rm down. Prime location for schools, shopping & parks. Casual or formal, Summer or Fall…fabulous for all! #258208
Stephanie St. Mary 206-953-8359Jane Harrison 206-919-9992
Farmhouse $810,000Welcoming traditional updated throughout w/French-style open kit, two separate wings, one w/3BR & 2BA; other wing has 2BR/3/4BA; inviting/fab! #233357
Hedy Joyce 206-406-7275
First Hill $1,149,000Fabulous hm sited on a quiet cul-de-sac w/Cascade vws that capture your heart. Gorgeous Custom Kit w/Natural Cherry cabs & slab Granite. EZ-I-90 access. #276387
Becky Nadesan 206-972-1113
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BEST LOCATION! $680,000Bright, spacious custom home ideally sited a few blocks from schools & parks; 3-5BR w/superb formal areas, gorgeous lg lvl yd & so many extras! #276822
Natalie Malin 206-230-5422
Classic NW $899,000Westside half ac, lake views at end of street, 4BR/2.75BA, spacious & light, rec rm+den, separate space for studio, lovely grounds w/pool. Mid century classic! #250752
