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Katie Metzger/Staff Photo Andrew Lodmell of Lodmell Cellars pours tastings of wine for Art UnCorked attendees. His mother and longtime teacher in Island schools, Carol Lodmell, was nearby, overseeing the tent and enjoying the event.

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Additional resources needed for ‘loss of mobility’ negotiations

By Katie [email protected]

After stalled negotia-tions with Sound Transit and Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), the Mercer Island City Council decid-ed to allocate $100,000 for consul-tants to help the city work through transportation issues with the two agencies, mainly revolving around the “loss of mobility” Islanders will experience when the center of I-90 is converted from express lanes to East Link light rail track.

Mercer Island will hire trans-portation firm Fehr & Peers

along with the same consul-tant, Tony Williams from Washington2Advocates, who helped the city of Bellevue to amend its Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Sound Transit and resolve construc-tion, financial and land use issues.

During a study session with Sound Transit and WSDOT representatives before the council’s regu-lar meeting on Sept. 8, councilmembers expressed frustration that time to negotiate on mitigation for loss of mobility is running out, as the I-90 center lanes will close in 2017.

WSDOT is currently working on Phase 3 of its two-way transit, or R8A, program that will add

HOV/express lanes to the outside of I-90. The council said it wanted to assure that Islanders have the same meaningful access to those new lanes that they had to the express lanes.

The mitigation for “loss of mobility” concept comes from a 2004 amendment to a 1976 MOA allowing single occupant access for Islanders to the express lanes going back and forth from Mercer

Island to Seattle. John White of

WSDOT suggested a meeting “early next year” reconven-ing the parties from the 1976 MOA - the city of Seattle, city of Mercer Island, city of Bellevue, King County, Metro and

the Washington State Highway Commission.

The Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (or Sound Transit) was party to the

City to pay $100,000 for transit consultants


Wine was poured, music was played, art was purchased and treats were consumed at the sec-ond annual Art UnCorked, the most lively and talked about event in Mercer Island’s Town Center.

Sunset Boulevard and 78th Avenue Sourheast were closed off for the event, allowing people to roam around and experience the wine gardens, art displays and food trucks next to the Outdoor Sculpture Gallery.

Attendees began arriving at 5 p.m. for a new VIP “Meet the

Wine, art event draws hundreds downtown

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Friends of the Library book sale

The Friends of Mercer Island Library are holding their annual sale this week. The sale runs Thursday until Sunday during regular library hours. All pro-ceeds from the sale go toward library programs.

Mid-century modern architecture talk

Architects and historians will highlight interesting examples of modern design, discuss the tear-down trend and explore strategies for preserving and honoring Mercer Island’s built environment.

The event, organized by the Historical Society, will be from 1-2:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 21 at the Mercer Island Community and Event Center. For more, contact Chris Moore at [email protected].

Mountains-to-Sound habitat restoration

Luther Burbank Park is im-portant to the greater Greenway landscape as a rest stop for many species of migratory birds. Strangled by invasive weeds, the native trees and shrubs are struggling to survive.

Help restore natural habitats from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Satur-day, Sept. 19 in Upper Luther Burbank Park.

‘Make Some Noise’ fundraiser set

Charlie Williams, the “noise guy” and frequent performer at the Mercer Island Library, was in a motorcycle crash earlier this year. His friends are organizing a “Make Some Noise for Charlie” fundraiser to help pay medical expenses.

The event will be held at Hold Trinity Lutheran Church on Mercer Island, Saturday, Sept. 19, from 10 a.m to noon.

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City of Mercer IslandA Mercer Island fire crew discovered that many Islanders made tributes on Sept. 11 by leav-ing candles and flowers at the artwork at the South-end Fire Station this past Friday.The public artwork, a sculpture by John Sisko, was created from steel beams salvaged from the World Trade Center. The steel and concrete artifact was released by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for inclusion in the artwork at Mercer Island Fire Station 92, which opened earlier this summer.“It was unexpected but really neat that people remembered that way,” said the city’s Amber Britton.

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City amends walk-off parking codeChange will allow Pagliacci Pizza to build Island location


After processing an appli-cation from Pagliacci Pizza, which said during morato-rium discussions that it was planning a location in the Rite Aid parking lot, the Mercer Island City Council decided to amend its code to make it easier to build small developments in the Town Center by exempt-ing them from the walk-off parking requirement.

The new text in the code states that, “Public parking … shall not be required for a new mixed use or non-residential development of two stories or less or no greater than 10 percent of the total gross floor area of all existing structures on the parcel.”

The Planning Commission unanimously recommended the amend-ment, and the council voted 6-1 on Sept. 8 to accept it. Councilmember Mike Cero voted against the proposed change, saying that it was “special legislation” and circumvented the Town Center visioning process.

Pagliacci said it was unable to locate on its cho-sen site at the southeast cor-

ner of the Rite Aid parking lot because the property owners did not agree to pro-vide the required 10 walk-off parking stalls.

Even without these stalls, the lot is in compliance with the city’s overall park-ing requirements. Senior Planner Shana Restall said that the range for the Rite Aid parking lot is 136-216 stalls. It currently has 183.

The pizzeria will be approximately 2,400 square feet, meaning it needs 24-33 stalls. The building will remove 14 stalls but add seven, “taking us down to 176,” Restall said.

“The city is only con-cerned that they meet that target,” she said. “How it’s allocated through their lease is not something we get involved in.”

But the amendment doesn’t just apply to Rite Aid or Pagliacci. It will relax the parking requirements throughout Town Center.

Councilmember Jane Brahm asked if the same result could have been achieved with a variance or development agreement. Cero cited the development agreements with Legacy, which is building a five-story building in the Town Center, as another reason not to change the code.

“People have said over and over that parking [in the Town Center] is poor,” he said.

Cero also asked about the parking variance submitted by Shorewood Apartments, which city officials said has been withdrawn.

Councilmember Debbie Bertlin said that she talk-ed to several property and business owners in the Town Center to get their take on the amendment, and received a positive response. The strict walk-off parking requirement “basically stymied any sort of renovation in existing facilities,” she said. The code was “too extreme and didn’t allow for even a 10 percent modification.”

“Until a piece of prop-erty decides to complete-ly redevelop, they will do nothing out of fear of the parking ordinance,” Bertlin said. “We don’t want to limit incremental improve-ments.”

Deputy Mayor Dan Grausz, who drafted the original walk-off park-ing provision, said he had a “mixed mind” about the amendment. He ultimately decided to vote in favor of it because the Pagliacci project, despite being a stand-alone building, is “a modification to the Rite Aid [complex] that just happens to be a detached building.”

Matt Galvin, Islander and co-owner of Pagliacci Pizza, mentioned that a Macrina Bakery will be added to the Rite Aid building.

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Pool closed for maintenance projects both inside and around building

By Joseph [email protected]

Olympic Cascade Aquatics (OCA) official-ly debuted the new and improved Mary Wayte Pool to the public with an open house Sunday, Sept. 13.

The pool, which is joint-ly managed by OCA and the Mercer Island School District, was closed Aug. 7 through Sept. 8, with the contractor scheduling to open the pool nine days ahead of schedule.

OCA owner John Walker said a myriad of projects were completed, the larg-est being the resurfacing of the pool’s fiber glass liner, which helps keep water in the pool. Walker said the pool hadn’t been resurfaced in nearly two decades, and it is supposed to occur every 7-10 years.

“It was a long overdue project,” Walker said. “It makes the pool look brand

new and probably extends its life by several years.”

Other completed proj-ects included having pool pumps rebuilt, repainting and restoration of the lock-er rooms and landscaping around the parking lot.

The pool resurfacing cost a little over $98,000 accord-ing to the district’s construc-tion manager Brandy Fox, with the district anticipating $60,000 to be reimbursed from King County through grant funds. Fox stated the district spent approximately $5,000 on the other miscel-laneous maintenance work.

The open house was also a celebration for longtime pool manager Chris Sumi, who began working at Mary Wayte in 1989 and is cel-ebrating 25 years being involved with Mary Wayte Pool.

“He’s the face of the pool,” Walker said. “He’s just done great things for aquatics and specifically Mary Wayte Pool.”

Sumi said most of his professional life has been at Mary Wayte. When he first began, Sumi was respon-sible for handling budgets and all aspects of pool oper-

ation. Since OCA stepped in, he’s been able to focus on swimming side of business, making sure everything is in order for meets and lessons.

He said his passion lies in teaching kids how to swim, and he’s seen children in swimming lessons whose parents worked for him at the pool when they were in high school.

“It puts a calendar on everything and makes you feel old all the time, but that’s not a terrible thing,” Sumi said with a laugh. “I’ve been very fortunate to spend as much time as I have in one place.”

Sumi said he’s seen his share of owners change at the pool, but that one of the best things he saw in 25 years was the school district stepping in to help make improvements happen, especially in a community where swimming is so huge.

“It’s the little things that make more people want to come swim here,” he said. “It is an old building, but there’s no reason for it not to be clean and uninviting for people to come swim. We may have added 10 years of life to this pool.”

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What do you think about Seattle schools canceling the first week of classes due to the teacher strike?ISLAND TALK

“I support teachers 100 percent. They have a job I couldn’t do.”

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By Jerry Corn� eldEverett Herald Columnist

Try as it might, Washington just can’t get this charter school thing down right.

For years, backers of this privately run, publicly funded model of educating endured rejection by voters worried that diverting public dimes in this manner might sink the state’s school system.

The mood turned in 2012 when billionaire believers of this education alternative put serious amounts of their money into helping pass Initiative 1240. An alliance of national experts hailed the measure as one of the best

written charter school laws in the nation.

Until Friday.That’s when the state

Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, struck down the law as unconstitutional and began the countdown to the legal extermination of nine

charter schools serving 1,200 students.So now what?The Washington Charter School Commission held a

special meeting Wednesday [Sept. 9] for commissioners to ponder the path of what-ifs ahead of them.

“We need to remain focused,” executive director Joshua Halsey said before the meeting. “These are real schools. These are real kids that are being impacted by the deci-sions made by adults.

Conversations already are occurring on how to keep schools open and � x the law.

But � rst, the Attorney General’s O� ce and lawyers for initiative backers will try to convince the Supreme

Murky future for charter schools

‘Conversations are already occurring on how to keep these schools open.’

To the editor‘Save Our Suburbs’ is about livability

Given all the robust debates going on in our community, I thought this might be a good time to remind people about the goals of Save Our Suburbs and to debunk some of the misinformation that’s out there about our grassroots organization. Please read below for more detail - but the biggest takeaway is that Save Our Suburbs is NOT anti-change and it’s NOT anti-development.

To recap, when it was formed back in December 2014, SOS had two overarching goals:

1) to work on issues that impact livability and quality of life on Mercer Island; and

2) to educate Islanders so that they can be informed on local issues and have a voice before decisions are made.

The platform issues selected at that first meeting were:

1) Kite Hill Park & Ride;2) Proposed Bus Turn Around on

Mercer Island;3) Sound Transit mitigation; and4) Managing density while sus-

taining local businesses. We’ve made great progress but

there’s still lots of work to be done: -Kite Hill Park & Ride: Broad pub-

lic opposition to this proposal led Council to take this off the table;

-Proposed Bus Turn Around on Mercer Island: For months SOS lob-bied Councilmembers regarding the

impact of the Bus Turn Around and urged Council to reject it. Finally, after 15 months, our Council did reject Scenario 5. Unfortunately it appears that this is not a done deal. Everything indicates that Sound Transit is still considering this pro-posal and is moving ahead with it, despite our Council’s objections.

As others have noted, this pro-posal is unreasonable and provides absolutely no benefit to Islanders. Moreover, it’s bad for the region as well: Running the buses on the East Channel Bridge means more expense and more pollution in the region. It also means more congestion on I-90 which leads to an unreliable com-mute. The Turn Around, if there must be one, should be sited in Bellevue where there’s plenty of land and parking, and where the pro-posed site is not abutting a residen-tial neighborhood or adding more traffic to an already-congested Town Center.

-Density: When the crane went up to start building the Legacy’s Hadley building (where the Islander used to be) that’s when many of us became worried about all the five-story buildings, and the impact that the added density would have on our roads and schools.

We are not anti-change; we wel-come rejuvenation and new devel-opment. We simply ask that devel-opment be thoughtful, and that it be scaled to fit Mercer Island, its schools, roads and other infrastruc-ture. We don’t know why the cur-

rent Council is pushing for all the five-story buildings and additional density, but we don’t want either.

-Other issues: SOS is not taking a stance in the MICA debate.

We firmly believe that most Islanders agree with us on both the Bus Turn Around and Density issues. The problem is that many in our community are seemingly unaware of what’s going on.

I’m happy to discuss these issues any time. Please contact me for more information.

Michelle GoldbergSaveOurSuburbs.org

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Letter wrong on lane configuration

A Sept. 9 letter asserted that the Island Crest Way (ICW) lane recon-figuration was done “to accommo-date bicycles at the expense of cars.” This is simply incorrect.

The change was made as a safety measure in an area that had been a hotspot for traffic accidents on Mercer Island. The change has made it safer for pedestrians to cross ICW and for drivers to merge onto ICW from side streets.

When the city council approved the ICW reconfiguration in 2009, the approved change explicitly did not include a provision for bike lanes. The striping that is now in place is too narrow to meet safe, accepted standards for bicycle lanes.

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Former City Manager Rich Conrad negotiated a $6.3 million mitigation amount, but that number is now off the table. Sound Transit is taking a step back to hear Islanders’ concerns. Its “issue identification” process and listening tour should conclude in October.

Deputy Mayor Dan Grausz and Mayor Bruce Bassett said that meeting in 2016 would be too late, and they wanted to hear some ideas for mitigating loss of mobility at the end of next month.

There are many issues: there will be 25 more week-end directional closures as work on R8A inside the Mount Baker and Mercer Island tunnels continues. Islanders worry about the traffic impacts of a pro-posed bus turnaround on the 80th Avenue S.E. over-pass. They want to find a solution for Islander-only commuter parking. And they don’t want to see more

“cut-through” traffic from non-residents.

Councilmembers hope the “issue identification” doesn’t turn out to be a pointless exercise for resi-dents and the agencies involved.

“We [the council] can identify issues. What we need are some answers, and soon,” said Councilmember Jane Brahm.

The city has been trying for a while to get a meeting with WSDOT and Sound Transit, Treat said. The con-sultants should bring more leverage and expertise to planned negotiations.

“They certainly have the guns, and we’ll need some also,” said Councilmember Mike Cero.

The $100,000 will come from projected 2015 surplus sales tax revenues. Finance Director Chip Corder had recommended taking the money from the city’s con-tingency fund, which was tapped for the fight against I-90 tolling, but the council decided to save that fund in case of an emergency.

Amid other issues, Islanders recently raised

concerns about the techni-cal challenges of running light rail across a floating bridge, which has never been done before.

Those concerns prompted the study session, at which Sound Transit representa-tives said they have done tests in Colorado and at the University of Washington to work through engineering challenges, and that the sys-tems they’ve come up with - plinths to bind the rails to the bridge and straight cur-rent solutions that won’t rust the structures - are stronger than they need to be.

Cero asked about out-standing technical issues. According to a recent report, there are 23 technical issues that remain to be addressed. Sound Transit has solved 15 of them, mainly having to do with straight current and rider comfort, and have reports on four or five more into WSDOT.

Some won’t be completely resolved until after the 90 percent design phase, such as how the agency plans to deal with long-term opera-tions and maintenance.

The first chance for

Islanders to have their voic-es heard on these issues is a public meeting on Sept. 24.

“The purpose of this meeting is not to just contin-ue the attack on the already rejected bus intercept pro-posal,” Grausz wrote in an email update. “The meet-ing provides Islanders with the opportunity to raise any issue of concern ... so that the planning process can consider how to address them.”

For more information, contact City Manager Noel

Treat at 206-275-7660 or visit the city’s webpage on

center roadway issues.

Listening TourPublic meeting:5 p.m., Sept. 24 at Community Center Drop-in sessions:Sept. 30 at Stroum Jewish Community CenterOct. 1 at Tully’sOct. 5 at Starbucks Website: live on Sept. 14Online survey: live on Sept. 24Presentation to Sound Transit Board: Oct. 22

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Court — or at least a ma-jority — to reconsider and retreat from its original decision. That motion must be � led within 20 days of the ruling.

Because it’s highly probable the court won’t change its mind, the state’s attorneys also will ask justices to provide enough time for the com-mission to extricate the public’s � ngers from these operations.

That also will give founders of the schools a chance to take their next step, which presumably will be to become private schools for the foresee-able future.

On that point, the Washington State Charter School Association, a pri-vate group which raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to assist the schools, is making sure money won’t be an issue. Its leaders vow to drum up the estimated $14 million needed to keep every school open through June.

Meanwhile, � guring out how to legitimize charter schools will be much harder as it will require action by lawmakers.

Republicans in the House and Senate want to move swiftly to carve out a spot in state law for charter schools and spell out where funding for them will come from.

Seattle Rep. Eric Petti-grew wants to act quickly along those lines as well.

They want Gov. Jay Inslee to call a special ses-sion for that purpose but as of Wednesday morn-ing he had not indicated what he wants to do. Democratic leaders in the two chambers have been silent on the situation, too. Without their buy-in, it’s a cinch this will be a debate left for the 2016 legislative session.

Jim Spady, a charter school supporter who has been on the front lines of this civic war since 1994, vowed the court action won’t be the last word.

“We are going to do whatever it takes,” de-clared Spady, an executive of Dick’s Drive-in. “We are having charter schools in Washington state. They are here. They are working. We haven’t come this far to be sidetracked,” Spady said.

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AUGUST 23COLLISION: A car pulled into the McDonald’s parking lot from 77th Avenue S.E. While parking, the driver, a 17-year-old Island man, hit the accelerator instead of the brake. He went across the parking median and struck a building on the south side of the parking lot. The building, at 2750 77th Avenue S.E., suffered exterior and interior wall damage.

AUGUST 25COLLISION: A 16-year-old Island female driver travel-ing northbound at the 5300 block of West Mercer Way became distracted when her GPS fell from its mount and landed in the center console. She drifted out of her lane and collided with the rear of another vehicle, which was parked on the east side of the road. The driver was treated by MIFD due to airbag deployment, but had no injuries. Her car was towed and she was cited for driver inattention.

AUGUST 26COLLISION: A 20-year-old Lynnwood man was back-ing out of a driveway at the 7500 block of S.E. 29th Street and collided with another vehicle, which was parked legally on the street. There were no tows and no injuries.

AUGUST 27COLLISION: A 91-year-old Island female driver, who had stopped at a red light on S.E. 27th Street and was waiting to turn southbound on to 77th Avenue S.E., struck a skateboarder in the crosswalk. He had abrasions on his left knee, elbow and hip, and was treated by MIFD.

SEPTEMBER 3THEFT: An Island man at the 5000 block of West Mercer Way said his bicycle was sto-len from inside his carport, for a loss of $1,800.

PROWLING: An Island man at the 8200 block of Avalon

Drive reported a car prowl and theft of wallet at his residence. The theft occurred sometime on the night of Aug. 20.

SEPTEMBER 4THEFT/COLLISION: A 26-year-old Seattle man was taken into custody at the 4200 block of Island Crest Way after police found an aban-doned vehicle with stolen mail inside. The vehicle was traveling westbound on S.E. 74th Street and trying to turn onto 86th Avenue S.E., but the driver couldn’t negotiate the turn and crashed in a ditch. Two subjects were contacted nearby and one physically put himself in the area of the collision. He was found to be in possession of stolen mail, and booked into King County Jail. The car was impounded to MIPD and a search warrant was con-ducted.

SEPTEMBER 5COLLISION/THEFT: A vehicle was stolen from a residence at the 2900 block of 74th Avenue S.E. While backing out of the driveway, the unknown offender struck a tree in the yard, causing extensive damage. Police responded to a report of a motor vehicle wrecked and still running. The vehicle was recovered and returned to its owner.

PROWLING: A 57-year-old Island man at the 2500 block of 81st Avenue S.E. reported that his unlocked car was entered and $110 worth of items, including two jackets, a frying pan, cologne and a roll of quar-ters, were taken.

WARRANT ARREST: A Seattle man was booked into SCORE Jail on a Mercer Island mis-demeanor warrant.

BURGLARY: A woman’s condo

at the 2900 block of 76th Avenue S.E. was burglarized, and $8,010 worth of items were stolen. Her bathtub was plugged and left run-ning. The overflow caused an undetermined amount of damage to her condo and the condo directly beneath her.

COLLISION: Police were dispatched to the intersec-tion of North Mercer Way and Island Crest Way for a non-injury, blocking traffic collision involving a car and a motorcycle. The motor-cycle driver said that he and his wife, a passenger on the motorcycle, were rear-ended by a car, the driver of which appeared to be oblivious of the fact that he had hit them. He started to drive away and the motor-cycle driver and his wife ran and caught up with the driver, pounding on his window to get him to stop. The driver did not make any statements except to say it was raining very hard and he couldn’t see. He was issued a citation for reckless driving. A witness said that the car had been traveling slowly and swerving in and out of traffic on the freeway before exiting at Island Crest Way.

SEPTEMBER 6PROWLING: An Island man at the 5600 block of 89th Avenue S.E. reported a forced entry vehicle prowl.

His computer bag contain-ing $46,000 of equipment was taken, and $600 of damage was caused to the car.

FOUND PROPERTY: An Island man found a stack of mail belonging to a Bellevue resident on the west side of the westbound on-ramp to I-90 from East Mercer Way. Bellevue PD was advised.

SEPTEMBER 7PROWLING: An Island man at the 5700 block of 92nd Avenue S.E. reported that his car was prowled and a golf club was missing.

PROWLING: An Island woman said someone broke her side window and grabbed a backpack off the rear seat at the 2400 block of 67th Avenue S.E. The bag con-tained a small radio and the victim’s driver’s license.

PROWLING: Two vehicles, belonging to a Kirkland man and Mercer Island woman, were prowled in the 3100 block of 68th Avenue S.E. A gym bag was stolen from one of the cars.

FOUND PROPERTY: An Island woman who lives at the 2200 block of 72nd Avenue S.E. found a credit card case in her yard containing one

credit card and one Social Security card.

SEPTEMBER 9FRAUD: A 46-year-old Island man at the 3600 block of 72nd Avenue S.E. said his credit card information was used at four different loca-tions in Bellevue.

THEFT: An Island woman at the 7700 block of Sunset Highway said someone stole her gold and diamond tennis bracelet, valued at $5,000-$7,000, between

March 30 and April 5.

SEPTEMBER 11FRAUD: An Island man at the 6400 block of East Mercer Way said his credit card number was used to make fraudulent purchases.

FRAUD: An Island man at the 2500 block of 81st Avenue S.E. discovered that his MasterCard was used in Paris, France for three pur-chases totaling 800 Euros.

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August crime by the numbers

Every month, the Police Department calculates crime statistics and com-pares them to numbers from the year prior. In August of this year, there were 72 serious o�enses, the exact same number as 2014. The de-

partment had three fewer cases of identity theft, but �ve more burglary cases and one case of aggra-vated assault. This year, there were 27 adult arrests and zero juvenile arrests. Police arrested 17 adults and zero juveniles last August. There were 1,447 calls for service this year, com-pared to 1,493 in 2014.

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It is with sad hearts that we announce Virginia “Dadie” Beattie’s passing the morning of August 30, 2015. Virginia died of natural causes; she was surrounded by family.

Virginia was born on June 14th, 1928, in St. Cloud, Minnesota, daughter of Ariel and Wilbur Holes, and sister to Bill, Jim, and Elizabeth—“Peachy.”.

She grew up in St. Cloud, attended the Walker Art School and graduated from the University of Minnesota. She spent summers working as a waitress at Yellowstone, Cedar Point Lodge in Ohio, and Grandview Lodge in Minnesota, enjoying hiking and the outdoors.

After college, she became a stewardess for United Airlines, serving the New York and California routes. During this time, she lived in the Magnolia neighborhood of Seattle where she was chosen to be a Seafair Princess during the summer of 1952. It was in Seattle (Mercer Island) that she met her husband Flavel “Buzz” B. Beattie Jr., eventual president of F. B .Beattie and Co. Buzz and Virginia married in the summer of 1955. They lived in London for a year, traveling the continent, before returning to Mercer Island where they raised their children, Jay and Mandy. A stay-at-home-mom, Virginia spent many mornings driving Mandy to skating lessons before dawn, baking bread, and cooking dinners, including, to the dismay of her children, Christmas Eve oyster stew. Christmas morning gifts helped erase the memory of the stew the night before!

Summers were spent at cabins on Big Sand Lake and in St. Cloud, MN with extended family who she loved; or traveling around the U.S. in the family “RV”. Regular days were spent walking with neighbors, swimming, or playing bridge with friends.

Virginia and Buzz divorced in 1988, while Jay and Mandy attended Macalester College in Minnesota. A few years later, Virginia moved to Tucson, and years after, Phoenix. While living in Arizona, Virginia enjoyed extensive travel, visiting 50 countries, and spending time with family members overseas. She had a passion for cruises and was a frequent passenger on the Crystal Cruise Line where she loved to dance. An aspiring interior designer, her Tucson house was featured in the Arizona Daily Star.

After a di� cult summer in 2003, Virginia returned to a beautiful condominium on Mercer Island where she lived for the last 12 years of her life. Sadly, she was preceded in death by her daughter, Mandy, who died in July, 2004.

Virginia is survived by her son Jay Beattie, his wife, Jessica, and granddaughters Emelie Beattie and Alexandra Olivo, her sister Elizabeth “Peachy” Baumgartner, and devoted caretaker and friend, Kari Hess. The cheerful, humble way Virginia greeted each day, her sense of humor, strength, and love of all people and creatures, will be missed. Virginia was known to say, “Life can be hard, but people make up for it.”

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Financial issues remain with 2018 predicted levy drop


With more money set to come into the Mercer Island School District from the state’s education budget, which is introducing $1.3 billion into Washington public schools over the next two years, some of the con-cerns regarding local school funding should seemingly be eased.

But in a discussion with members of the Mercer Island Schools Foundation last Thursday, Mercer Island School Board members alerted that the Legislature’s failure to find a solution regarding local property-tax levies meant the district wasn’t financially “out of the woods” just yet.

“It definitely wouldn’t be fair to assume there’s no gap to bridge this year,” said School Board President Brian Emanuels. “[The Legislature] definitely didn’t provide enough money to fully replace the schools foundation funding, or even close. Maybe within two years, they will have filled that gap and then we can be looking at foundation money for enrichment and enhancement above and beyond basic education. We’re definitely not there for this year, and may not be

there next year.”According to the school

district’s guide to the 2015-16 budget, of the district’s $54,391,277 revenue, 57.4 percent, or roughly $32.7 million, will come from the state. Over 25 percent, or nearly $14 million, comes from local levy revenue.

But in 2018, levy lim-its are expected to drop. Superintendent Dr. Gary Plano said laws passed by the Legislature during the recession allowed local school districts to raise taxes by four percent and raise the levy lid for several years, only for the lid to eventu-ally go back down.

S c h o o l d i s t r i c t CFO/COO Dean Mack estimated a four percent levy drop would equate to a net loss of $1.2 million.

“The clock is tick-ing,” Emanuels said. “If [the Legislature] doesn’t come up with a solution to increase state funding before that runs out, that would be a huge hit to the district.”

Board member Dave Myerson said the best bet for making up the differ-ence was through the help of the schools foundation.

“I don’t think there is any likelihood of the state pro-

hibiting us from privately raising funds voluntarily, and you are a big, big part of that,” Myerson said. “This is the most efficient way we can fund our schools on Mercer Island. One hun-dred percent essentially of what we give goes to the schools, and any iteration of what the state does is going to be a far lower number.”

Among initiatives raised that board members were looking at for Mercer Island schools were lengthening the elementary school day by 20 minutes to include

a world lan-guage program, and adding a seventh period at the middle school.

MISF board members also expressed inter-est in seeing more technol-ogy and com-puter program-

ming courses introduced in curriculums.

Though Plano noted introducing such new ini-tiatives would be a process, and it would involve work-ing with teachers to make sure everyone was on board.

“Look at Seattle. The teachers are on strike and part of the strike is related to the fact that the super-intendent would like to expand the instructional day. What are we trying to do? We’re trying to expand the instructional day. Often, change doesn’t happen from the top down,” Plano said. “It is a journey.”

Schools discuss 2015-16 fundraisingLevy measures on Sept. 24 School Board agenda

The School Board reviewed first readings of resolutions for the six-year planning of the capital projects and tech-nology levy and the 2016 school transportation levy. The capital proj-ects and technology levy would provide a total of $38,431,348 over six years for facilities improve-ments and technology expenses at a tax rate of $2.72.

“This is essentially a replacement levy, it’s not a tax increase,” Board President Brian Emanuels said. “It maintains tax rates at their current rate

for the six year duration and will fund a number of important maintenance projects and improve-ments that we need throughout the district.”

The transportation vehicle fund levy is a one-year levy that will allow the district to replace school buses when need-ed. Funds through this levy would also allow the district to gradually fuel buses with propane. If approved, the district will order it’s first propane-fueled bus in November.

Both resolutions will be on the agenda at the Board’s Sept. 24 regular meeting. If approved, the resolutions would be submitted to King County Elections to be put on the Feb. 9 special election ballot.

Superintendent reports school counts

Superintendent Dr. Gary Plano presented to the School Board an early-year summary of attendance numbers.

Through the first two days of the 2015-16 year, the district was budgeted for 4,392 students, with an actual student count of 4,320. MISD listed it was under budget 40 students at the elementary level, 22 at the middle school and 10 at the high school.

This time last year, the district budgeted for 4,303 students and reported 10 students over.

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Eight MIHS seniors are National Merit Scholarship semi-finalists

By Reporter Sta�

Eight seniors from Mercer Island High School are among the 16,000 National Merit Scholarship semifinalists, which the organization announced Sept. 9.

Andrew Barnwell, Dana He, David Hendricks, Eugenie Morton, Lindsey Reitinger, Aidan Wang,

Natalie Weaver and Nora Yagolnitser will compete for some 7,400 National Merit Scholarships, worth more than $32 million, that will be offered next spring.

The nationwide pool of semifinalists, representing less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, includes the highest-scor-ing entrants in each state.

About 1.5 million juniors in over 22,000 high schools entered the 2016 National Merit Scholarship program. From the 16,000 semi-finalists, about 15,000 are expected to advance to the finalist level, with finalists being notified in February. All National Merit Scholarship winners will be selected from the

finalist group.Three types of National

Merit Scholarships will be offered in the spring of 2016. Every finalist will compete for one of 2,500 National Merit $2500 Scholarships that will be awarded on a state-repre-sentational basis.

About 1,000 corpo-rate-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards will be provided by approximate-ly 250 corporations and business organizations for finalists who meet their specified criteria. In addition, about 190 col-leges and universities are expected to finance some 3,900 college-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards for finalists who will attend the sponsor insti-tution.

“[The Schools Foundation] is the most efficient way to fund schools.”

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Mental health counselors still face funding issue

At its Sept. 8 meeting, the City Council approved an interlocal agreement with the Mercer Island School District to share the costs of providing mental health counselors in schools.

Despite an ongoing dis-cussion that the funding model for this service needs to change or face a defi-cit, “there are no substan-tive changes in this year’s Interlocal as to service pro-vision,” according to the council agenda bill.

The city is currently pay-ing $452,400 to the district’s $60,000 for 6.5 full time employees, including three elementary school coun-selors, one middle school counselor, two drug and alcohol specialists at the middle school and high school and one R & R place counselor.

“Both the district and the city are aware of the upcom-ing YFS deficit and have agreed to review and discuss the terms of the Interlocal prior to the development and execution of any future Interlocal Agreements,” according to the agenda bill.

“We’re continuing to kick the can down the road on this problem,” said Deputy Mayor Dan Grausz.

Mercer Island women to be celebrated

Islanders can gather and walk to support women at 5:30 p.m. at Mercerdale Park on Sept. 30, National Women’s Health and Fitness Day. Mayor Bruce Bassett also proclaimed it to be “Mercer Island Women’s Equality Day,” commemo-rating the adoption of the 19th Amendment on Aug. 26, 1920.

Bassett also proclaimed September as National Recovery Month and Sept. 19 as the Mayors’ Day of Concern for the Hungry. The Emergency Feeding Program of Seattle & King County coordinates an annual food drive to help support the efforts to fight hunger which will be held throughout King County, on Saturday, Sept. 19. Islanders are encouraged to join the Emergency Feeding Program and donate to the Youth and Family Services Food Pantry to nourish those who are hungry.

Council reviews Town Center interim report

At its Sept. 8 meeting, the City Council reviewed the interim report on the Town Center visioning pro-cess and heard from Karen Reed, a a local communi-cations and public engage-ment consultant who will make recommendations on next steps on Sept. 21.

“There are a lot of really different opinions on what should happen next,” Reed said, noting that only nine percent of the stakeholders interviewed said their group should be reconvened, though 70 percent said they supported the draft vision statement.

The council voted 6-1 to move forward, with Councilmember Mike Cero voting against the plan and expressing concern that it doesn’t do enough to quell concerns about density and building heights.

Deputy Mayor Dan Grausz said that though he doesn’t agree with every-thing in the report, it reflects the majority opinion in the Stakeholder Group.

The city also presented a revised rendering of the proposed Starbucks Square “opportunity site” on S.E. 27th Street, and the council suggested that an economic

feasibility study be done on the proposed changes in Town Center.

Medicine take-back day set Sept. 26

The U.S. Drug E n f o r c e m e n t Administration and the City of Mercer Island are coordinating a nation-wide drug “take-back” day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26 at Mercer Island City Hall (9611 S.E. 36th Street).

Drop-off unwanted and expired medicines on the west side of the building, in the lower loading dock area. This is a no-cost, anonymous collection of unwanted and expired pre-scriptions (including nar-cotics) and over-the-coun-ter medicines. Medicines in the home are a leading cause of accidental poison-ing, and flushed or trashed medicines can end up pol-luting waterways. Rates of prescription drug abuse are alarmingly high: over half of teens abusing medicines get them from a family mem-ber or friend, including the home medicine cabinet, and often without anyone’s knowledge.

Go to the city’s website for a list of accepted medi-cines or call Lisa Stewart with Youth and Family Services at 206-275-7743.


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City briefsFriends of Mercer Island Library book sale set

The Friends of Mercer Island Library are hold-ing their annual fall book sale this week, from Sept. 17-20.

Browse thousands of fabulous books and media at the sale, which starts Wednesday night for members, and runs Thursday until Sunday during library hours.

All proceeds from the sale go toward library pro-grams.

Fundraiser for Charlie Williams, the ‘noiseguy’

A “Make Some Noise for Charlie” fundraiser will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on Sept. 19 at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church.

Friends of Charlie Williams, (aka the “Noiseguy”) are holding this family-friendly fun-draiser to help him while he recovers from a serious motorcycle accident he had in May.

The evening of the

accident, he and Nancy Stewart were scheduled for a show at the Mercer Island Library.

The Chancy and Narly Show has been resched-uled for 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 7.

A donation of $10 per family will include live family entertainment, games for kids of all ages, “Noise Karaoke,” and live and silent auctions and drawings for donated mer-chandise from Northwest artists and musicians. There is also a crowd-funding website set up at Crowdrise: “Laughter is the Best Medicine!”

Williams has ties to Mercer Island through his many donations of time and talent to Nancy Stewart’s Sing With Our Kids Project.

For more information, contact Nancy Stewart at [email protected].

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Winemaker” hour, sponsored by Aljoya, allowing them to beat the crowds and have more inti-mate conversations about the winemaking process.

A dozen Washington state wineries, many with Island con-nections, and two hard cider

makers poured their products under tents, though the weather did more than cooperate.

As the sun went down, twinkle lights illuminated the displays of juried artisans and gallery own-ers and their unique mix of art.

The Chamber of Commerce, with the Mercer Island Visual Arts League (MIVAL), orga-nized the event.

Above, Patrick Daughtery and On the Rock perform near the event entrance. Left, bottles from all vitners at Art UnCorked were available to purchase at a 10 per-cent discount.

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Ginny and Jim Clarke from Mercer Island’s Clarke & Clarke Art + Artifacts hosted a “Guess the Corks” contest. They also showcased pieces from Island jeweler Dixie Stanton.

Above, Jesse Kelly glass displayed several pieces, including this one that lights up at night, at Art UnCorked. Right, Islanders enjoy music from jazz group The Archtops.

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FEATURED PROPERTIES

Premier Vashon $4,995,000 Waterfront Vashon, WA. Unique in style…timeless in design…a custom remodeled, 3.33 acre, park-like estate o� ers a rare opportunity to capture 385’ of premier waterfront on Quartermaster Harbor. � is 4BR/4.25BA masterpiece awaits!

Shawn Elings 425.829.5622www.mercerisland.johnlscott.com/20962

Artisan Crafted Charm $4,690,0003061 69th Ave SE. A special opportunity in location, quality, design & view presents itself with this 5BR/4.25BA home. Sited on a private street, on Island’s Northwest side, this home has Nantucket charm and true artisans had a hand in every detail.


Unique & Exquisite $3,688,000 English Country Styling5026 Butterworth Rd. Elegant & whimsical 4BR/4.75BA home features stunning views of Lake WA & Mt. Rainier. Top quality � n-ishes throughout, 75’ of low bank waterfront & much more makes this an exceptional residence.


Luxury Meets Lifestyle $2,998,0001477 Mukilteo Lane, Mukilteo. Beautiful Mediterranean style 5BD/7BA dream home w/ spectacular Puget Sound & Mtn views. Vaulted Ceilings, high tech sound system, home theater & game room, artist studio & more. Over 8550 sq.ft. of custom built classic opulence.

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Great Estate-Size Property $1,950,0004117 83rd Ave SE. Great estate sized property w/ a solid 4BR/2.25BA home with several updates. Vaulted ceiling in Living & Dining rooms, mas-ter on main & separate apartment in basement. North End location w/views of Lake WA, the Olympics & the city.


Dash Points Best $2,289,0006901 Water St. NE, Federal Way. Luxury & privacy in gated 5BR/5.75BA custom built waterfront home. 180° views of Puget Sound & Olympic Mtns. Gourmet kitchen w/ SS appliances & granite counters, stately master suite w/ private balcony, � replace & jetted tub, and MORE!

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Great MI Estates $1,225,000Location8515 SE 72nd St. Beautifully updated 4BD/3BA home in a superb location; only a short walk to schools, parks, MICC & shopping! Remodeled kitchen w/lg granite island & SS appliances opens to entertainment deck. Master on main.


Charming Ellis $1,225,000Pond Home4534 91st Ave SE. � is classic traditional 5BD/2.75BA home is located on a quiet, dead end street in the Ellis Pond Neighborhood. Open kitchen & family rm, charming master suite w/window seats, artist loft & more. Fully fenced private yard.


Close-in Island $396,000Living7930 SE 34th St #313. Live comfortably in a quiet, convenient 2BD/1.5BA downtown condo. Oak cabinets in kitchen & washer/dryer in unit. Close to shopping, parks and area amenities. Park-like entry to complex across from Mercerdale Park.


Mid-Century Cape $399,800Cod Classic4549 12th Ave S, Seattle. 3BD/1.5BA Mid-Century Cape Cod Classic home in a quiet location. Freshly painted. West facing deck, lots of garden space, de-tached garage & security system. Easy access to Maple-wood Park, downtown Seattle, shopping, & freeway.


Peaceful Urban $264,950Sanctuary8937 Ravenna Ave NE, Seattle. 2BD/1BA condo has an updated kitchen w/ stainless steel appliances. Large living rm w/cozy wood � replace & slider to private, relaxing patio area overlooking Green Belt w/ lush landscaping & creek. Garage & storage. Strong HOA, pet friendly!

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Rambler $989,000w/ Lake View! 7435 91st Ave SE. � e perfect combination, an updated rambler with a lake view! Spacious level � oor plan features open concept kitchen, vaulted ceilings, hardwood � oors, privacy! 4BD/2.25BA. Close to schools, shopping & trails.


High Bridge Estate $950,00016405 208th Place SE, Monroe. Perfectly situated 4BR/3BA Country Estate w/sweeping views across the valley to the Cascades. Stunning living areas, gorgeous outdoor settings including Koi pond, 6 car garage & more make this home a Must See!

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Ready to Build $1,249,0008159 W. Mercer Way. A VIEW to in� nity and beyond! Gorgeous wide open Lake Washington & Olympic mountain panoramic views. � is 19,000+ sq.ft. lot is already short platted & ready to build. � e perfect site for your dream home.


Columbia City $700,000Contemporary5027 Bowen Place S Beautiful 4bd/3.25ba contemporary in heart of Columbia City. Modern & light � lled w/high quality � nish work. Built green w/hydronic heating. Near restaurants, Farmer’s Mkt, light rail & more.

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Charming One Level $399,0001021 N 29th St, Renton. Great lower Kennydale home w/ attached garage. � is charming one level, 3BD/2BA home has lg fenced backyard & is close to the lake park, shopping, school & bus lines. New roof, carpet, paint & � ooring. Move in Ready! Welcome Home!

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Coveted Westside $2,140,000Views 5045 88th Ave SE. Gourmet kitchen, large movie room, 2 decks & more enhance this 4+BR/3.5BA home designed to capture light & entertain. Enjoy spectacular Lake & Mtn. views from this coveted Westside location.

Sandra Levin 206.949.2845www.mercerislandsbest.com

New on Market $359,950 3030 80th Ave SE #210. 2BD/1.75BA move-in ready, end unit condo in sunny Landmark Villa! High ceilings, � replace, deck with territorial western view. Close to Starbucks, Shopping, Bus. Quick commute to Bellevue or Seattle.

Cindy Verschueren 206.909.4523www.mercerisland.johnlscott.com/cindyv

New on Market $998,000 4224 94th Ave SE. Charming 3+ bedroom rambler w/ convenient north end location. Walk through a double door entry & feast your eyes on oversized living & dining rooms as well as walls of windows. Galley kitchen opens to family room…great for Game Days.

Lou & Lori 206.949.5674www.mercerisland.johnlscott.com/89285

New on Market $889,000 1315 E Spring St, Seattle. Modern conveniences enhanced by vintage details with formal entry, high ceilings, elegant living & dining rooms, full guest bathroom on main level. 3BD/2BA home w/o� street parking & basement w/separate entrance. Move-in Ready!

Frank Ceteznik 206.979.8400www.mercerisland.johnlscott.com/85281

Traditional Salem $1,150,000Woods Home6180 90th Ave SE. Lovely 4BD/2.25BA traditional home on a cul-de-sac in coveted Salem Woods! New kitchen, new roof, hardwood � oors, over 20,000 sq. ft. lot! Close to schools & quick commute to Seattle or Bellevue!


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Location! $1,479,000Location! 4546 Forest Ave SE. What a neighborhood! Over a half acre on Forest Ave w/ Lake Washington views. Value is in the land. Large building site w/ great privacy. Bring your builder or architect & let the fun begin!


The Jewel $1,535,0002449 63rd Ave SE. � e Classic Homes is proud to showcase the “Jewel” built by high end builder Aspen Homes NW. Traditional architecture meets a modern � oor plan in this 3BD/2.75BA home. Lavish � nishes. Convenient location.



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MI boys tennis opens with win over Eastlake

Joseph Livarchik/Staff PhotoMercer Island freshman Brandon Wong competes dur-ing his no. 1 singles match with Eastlake’s Thiago Bandeira Wednesday, Sept. 9 at MIHS.

Freshmen varsity members score key wins for Islanders


After graduating 13 seniors last June, Islander coach Ryan Pang was expecting to see Mercer Island boys tennis playing in tighter matches this sea-son.

Yet even with four fresh-men players competing in

big roles for the Islanders in their opener against Eastlake, the five-time defending state champs picked right up where they left off last spring.

Mercer Island opened its season with a non-league win over Eastlake, beating the Wolves 6-1 Wednesday, Sept. 9 at Mercer Island High School.

Freshmen Brandon Wong and Chris Elliott each picked up wins in impres-sive singles showings, and the freshmen duo of Kevin

Chen and Zach Chew reg-istered a win in their no. 1 doubles matchup, much to their coach’s delight.

“This is better than I expected because we’re missing three guys in our top ten,” said Pang, noting health and early season eli-gibility issues affecting his roster. “We had four fresh-men playing in pivotal spots in this match, and they all came through.”

Playing in the top singles spot for the Islanders, Wong defeated Eastlake’s Thiago

Bandeira 6-3, 6-2. Elliott won his no. 2 singles match over Townsend Rowland 6-0, 6-1, and Chen and Chew defeated Eastlake’s Nick Zhao and Lucas Minet 6-2, 6-3.

Jake Bethards and Caden Conder also scored singles wins for Mercer Island. Bethards defeated Jeff Gross 6-2, 6-1, and Conder won over Jerry Shen 6-3, 7-6 (2). In doubles, Alex Banbury and Luke Boksem beat Tyler

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Joseph Livarchik/Staff PhotoMercer Island running back Jordano Mark (28) jukes his way through the Kentridge defense Friday, Sept. 11 at Islander Stadium. Mark rushed for 144 yards on 25 carries as the Islanders beat the Chargers, 37-14.

By Reporter Sta�

Mercer Island girls soc-cer raced to a 4-0 start to begin the 2015 season. The I s l a n d e r s saw wins in their first two games over last season’s top two 3A state teams, open-ing with a 3-1 win over state runners-up Southridge on Sept. 5 and then shutting out reign-ing champs Edmonds-Woodway 3-0 on Sept. 8.

Mercer Island finished last week with a 4-1 road victory over Lynnwood on

Sept. 10 and a 3-1 road victory over Newport on Sept. 12. Senior Namya Malik scored four goals

through the first four c o n t e s t s , while fresh-man Jordan S n y d e r found the back of the net three times.

M e r c e r I s l a n d o p e n e d

KingCo competition against Interlake Tuesday, Sept. 15 after the Reporter deadline. The Islanders will take on Juanita at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 21 at Islander Stadium.

Islander girls soccer starts season 4-0

Islanders run through Kentridge for first winSwanson, Islanders pull away with four touchdowns in opening half


Coming off a blowout loss to open the season, the Mercer Island football play-ers knew they had to dial up their intensity if they were to find success on the foot-ball field.

Friday night, they found themselves in yet another blowout. But this time, the Islanders were on the deliv-ering end.

Mercer Island quarter-back Blake Swanson threw for two touchdowns and rushed for another as the

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Islanders used four first-half touchdowns to ham-mer Kentridge 37-14 Friday at Islander Stadium.

The Islanders (1-1) scored touchdowns on each of their first three posses-sions of the game, en route to their first win of the young season.

Getting the start under center, Swanson and the Islanders set the tone early, turning to the ground game and finding success with their read-option offense.

“We were really well pre-pared going into this game,

and I think that was the difference,” Swanson said. “We established the run early. We knew that [the Chargers] like to pack guys out and really play the pass, so we were just trying to run it all game and it was successful.”

Seven of Mercer Island’s first nine plays called for the run, with running back Jordano Mark rushing for 27 yards and Swanson for 32 on the opening drive. Swanson capped the pos-session, rumbling for a 13-yard touchdown run to

put the Islanders ahead 6-0.On their next drive, the

Islanders marched 80 yards on eight plays down the field, with Cole Northrop hauling a screen pass from Swanson 19 yards into the end zone to extend the lead to 13-0. After the Islander defense forced the Chargers (0-2) into a three-and-out on their next possession, Griffin Kane ripped off a 42-yard punt return in the opening minute of the second quarter, giving the Islanders a 20-0 advantage.

Swanson would also find Jackson Caputo on a 4-yard touchdown pass later in the quarter, and a 30-yard field

goal from Jack Clayville extended the Islander lead to 30-0 at the break.

“Our intensity was just amazing this game,” Swanson said. “We wanted to come out and make it way different than last week and that’s what we did. The guys were just dialed in. We all knew what we had to do and we wanted to go out and just do it.”

Kentridge managed to avoid a shutout in the second half. After Nikhil Nayar extended Mercer Island’s lead to 37-0 on a 15-yard touchdown run, the Chargers responded

with a 65-yard drive. A 19-yard touchdown pass from Mason Glover to Jordan Omatsu made it a 37-6 contest at the end of the third quarter.

Then on the opening play of the fourth, Nayar saw a second-down snap sail over his head, which was recov-ered in the end zone by the Chargers’ Sam Mullins. Kentridge converted the two-point conversion to make it a 37-14 game.

Though Kentridge would recover its ensuing onside kick, the Mercer Island defense held the Chargers scoreless the rest of the way.

Swanson finished the game completing 7-10 pass-es for 58 yards and rushing for 74 yards on 11 carries, while Mark finished with 144 yards on 25 carries.

Islander coach Brett Ogata said in Friday’s game, he saw an energy in his players that they lacked the previous week in their loss to Bishop Blanchet.

“We want to have energy, play as a team and play with the intensity that we need to play with. I felt like our guys did that; we grew a lot tonight,” Ogata said. “They did a great job. Blake had a great game and let the game come to him. He took a big step tonight.”

Mercer Island will take on Bellevue at 7 p.m. this Friday at MIHS. The Wolverines are coming off a 35-7 loss to Bishop Gorman.

NotesAt halftime, Lee Gordon,

a 1981 MIHS alum, was inducted into the MIHS Hall of Fame. Gordon was a track and field KingCo champion for the Islanders. Gordon went on to be an NCAA 100 meter dash sil-ver medalist at WSU, as well as a Pac-10 100 meter relay champion.

Joseph Livarchik/Staff PhotosLeft, Blake Swanson celebrates with Islander teammates after rushing for a 13-yard touchdown. Above, former Islander track champion Lee Gordon was inducted into the MIHS Hall of Fame at halftime of the Islanders’ home opener against Kentridge Friday, Sept. 11.

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Eastside FC wins at Starfire Labor Day Cup

Islanders Alexis Shoop and Scarlett Counihan helped their Eastside FC Girls 01 White team take the top spot in their division at the Starfire 2015 Labor Day Cup Sept. 4-7 in Tukwila.

Eastside FC didn’t concede a goal throughout the tournament to win Group B of the U-14 gold division. The team opened with a 3-0 win over Kent United Sept. 5 and battled Whatcom FC G01 Elite for a 1-0 vic-tory Sept. 6. After drawing a scoreless contest with Franklin Pierce SC Fury on Labor Day, Eastside FC overcame the Kitsap Alliance FC Skinners 1-0. With the win, the team managed to edge Franklin Pierce by one point with its overall point total to take the division.

Eastside FC team members include Annie Gurkin, Corrigan Rayhill, Ema Hackett, Grace Wallace, Izzy Smith, Jacqueline Frimodt, Joelle Buck, Julia Seaver, Kaatje Justus, Kajal Gogri, Maddie Deasy, Reece Wharton, Taylor Burton and Trinity Lucas. The team is coached by is Jan Smisek.

Condon, Paborsky LAX All Americans

Mercer Island High School grads Evan Condon and Hannah Paborsky were among the 16 state lacrosse ath-letes named All Americans by US Lacrosse for 2015.

Eight boys and eight girls, all 2015 graduating seniors, from 11 high

schools across Washington were named to the

national honor.The Eastside led the state with

eight selections. Among them were Issaquah High School midfielder Suzanne Emerson, along with Eagles defenders Jordan Hepperle and Mikey Giannopulos. Others included Woodinville defender Molly Mitchell, Skyline attackman Charlie Kurtenbach, Eastside Catholic defender Arend Broekmate and Lake Washington defender Spencer Mueller.

For the complete list, visit www.uslacrosse.org.

Sports briefsLam and Sahil Agarwal 6-1, 6-1.

Eastlake’s Anand Nambakan and Colin James scored the Wolves’ lone win, beating Jared Walker and Jared Lee 7-6 (2), 6-3.

Seeing his freshmen players exceed expec-tations in their opener wasn’t Pang’s only rea-son for excitement Wednesday. Mercer Island had a late addi-tion to its roster in senior Nils Harder, a player who recently moved from Germany to Mercer Island. Pang said he expects the newcomer to compete for the no. 1 singles role on his team. After clearing eligibil-ity rules, Harder may see action in late September.

It will be welcomed experience for a young Islander squad.

“It’s exciting to see. I have a lot of good young-

er players and this guy has a lot more experience, and he’s a senior,” Pang said. “I’m excited to see how the team reacts and how much better they’ll compete in practice and in matches.”

Contributed PhotoIslanders Alexis Shoop, left, and Scarlett Counihan helped Eastside FC G01 White take home the gold division trophy at the Starfire 2015 Labor Day Cup.

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Staff PhotoAbove, Jake Bethards defeated Eastlake’s Jeff Gross 6-2, 6-1 Wednesday, Sept. 9 at MIHS.

Introductory sessions of Mercer Island Strength and Conditioning classes start Thursday

By Reporter Sta�

The Stroum Jewish Community Center (SJCC) on Mercer Island is launch-ing a new fitness program, specifically targeting high school athletes.

Called Mercer Island Strength and Conditioning (MISC), the program will focus on helping students become well-rounded, high-performing athletes through improving flexibil-ity, mobility, speed, agility, strength, power and fitness in a safe and effective way while preventing common sports injuries.

Athletes will participate in a series of four-week modules. Each module con-sists of two classes per week, or eight hour-long sessions focused on a particular con-ditioning area. The program will also encourage sports nutrition and wellness.

The SJCC fitness team partnered closely with Mercer Island resident Amy Wolff, a longtime member/supporter of the J, mother of three and track coach for Mercer Island High School.

“We know so much more now about mobility, postur-al distortions and patterns of movement than we did 20 years ago,” said J.D. Green, SJCC fitness general man-ager. “I see Mercer Island Strength and Conditioning as a great way to educate young athletes on how to take care of themselves, and provide a ‘home base’ in between seasons.”

MISC will also serve as a supplement to multi-sport participation – a notion that has become increasingly popular, with recent studies showing that participating in several sports at a young age can lead to “better per-formance, less burnout, and

more lifelong enjoyment of sports.”

Last week, dozens of sports organizations, including NFL, MLB, NHL, NCAA and the U.S. Olympic Committee, endorsed multi-sport par-ticipation and highlighted several risks of “early spe-cialization,” where child athletes focus intensively on one sport year-round.

Risks cited include over-use injuries in developing bodies, decrease in athletic development, and a desire to quit sports altogether.

“It’s all about the complete development of the athlete,”

Green said. “At MISC, our team of veteran coaches will work to maximize each athlete’s unique potential by improving performance, reducing potential injury, and focusing on each indi-vidual’s specific strength and wellness goals.”

Registration for Mercer Island Strength and Conditioning opened Wednesday, Sept. 2. Introductory “on-ramp” sessions start Sept. 17.

More information can be found on the SJCC website,

at sjcc.org/fitness-rec.


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SJCC launches new fitness class for teen athletes

SJCC/Contributed PhotoDJ Sughrim, a personal trainer at the SJCC since 2011 and coach for the J’s new Mercer Island Strength and Conditioning (MISC) class for teens, guides a young fitness client through dumbbell bench presses, which helps strengthen the chest and shoulders while building core strength.

By Sen. Steve Litzow and Rep. Ruth Kagi

Half of Washington’s children are set up to fail.

On the first day of kin-dergarten, they’re behind on math and language and don’t have the social and emotional skills to suc-ceed.

These kids are starting a lifelong race 20 yards behind. Most never catch up.

If you’re a mom or dad, a business owner or a taxpayer, you should care.

Because when children fail, we all pay the price.

Children who drop out of school, do drugs and end up in a life of crime cost taxpayers, on aver-age, $2.5 million each.

That money could be spent making college affordable or fixing our schools. It’s as simple as pay now, or pay a lot more later.

The good news is, we have a solution: high quality early learning.

Research shows that children who participate in high quality early learning have lower rates of: special educa-tion placement, grade repetition, obesity and teen pregnancy, abuse and neglect and juvenile detention. They also have higher test scores and higher rates of high school graduation.

Scientists say 92 per-cent of a child’s brain is developed by age five, before he or she sets foot in a kindergarten classroom.

Washington has an ethical imperative to prepare all students to compete in the

21st-century job market and fully participate in democracy. With the legislature under a consti-tutional obligation to fully fund K-12 education, we cannot ignore highly effective programs that move children toward

higher student achievement. Because we take our duty to the entire educational continuum – early learning, K-12 and higher educa-tion - so seriously, we must invest in both high-quality early learning and

our K-12 schools.If we continue adding

billions more dollars into our K-12 system without ensuring our children are ready to learn when they arrive, everyone loses. We’ll have a very expensive K-12 system and still over half our children will be set-up to fail.

We have an obligation to ensure every child – even children who are victims of abuse, neglect or poverty — have the opportunity to succeed.

That’s why we spon-sored the bipartisan Early Start Act - a comprehen-sive childcare and early learning quality improve-ment plan. Early learning helps kids be ready on that first day of kinder-garten and puts them on a path to success.

Lawmakers also have an obligation to taxpay-ers. We know every tax dollar must be spent as wisely as possible.

And early learning has the highest return on investment of any educa-tion - between $4-$17 back for every dollar spent. Yet, our state cur-rently spends less than one cent of every tax dollar received on early learning.

Albert Einstein said, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over

and expect-ing different results.” If we want differ-ent results, we must change our spending. We must invest in high quality early learning.

If world-class brain research and many

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This year's passage of the Early Start Act along with a new budget that adds $159 million for early learning and care with 1,600 more slots for the state’s Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program - the largest early learning increase in state history -

will bring the high quality programs that we know work, to all of Washington’s childcare centers and pre-schools.

A strong start for chil-dren leads to more suc-cessful schools, stronger families, more self-reliant adults and safer commu-nities.

Sen. Steve Litzow of Mercer Island serves

as chair of the Senate Early Learning and K-12

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BOYS GOLFTuesday, Sept. 8

Liberty 190, Mercer Island 204at Maplewood (par 36)

Individuals — 1, Ben Graham, L, 32; T-2, Collin Fletcher, L, 36; T-2, Zach Evens, MI, 36; 4, Chase McIntosh, L, 37; 5, Zack Gottesman, MI, 40.

Thursday, Sept. 10Mercer Island 192, Interlake 214

at Twin RiversNo individual scores reported.

GIRLS SOCCERSaturday, Sept. 5

Mercer Island 3, Southridge 1at Southridge High School

Mercer Island 1 2 — 3Southridge 0 1 — 1

Mercer Island — Namya Malik (Emily

Arron) 24:00; Camryn Steiner (Namya Malik) 48:00; Taylor Krause (Emily Arron) 67:00.Southridge — Goal 47:00.

Tuesday, Sept. 8Mercer Island 3, Edmonds-

Woodway 0at Mercer Island High SchoolEdmonds-Woodway 0 0 — 0Mercer Island 2 1 — 3

Mercer Island — Namya Malik 1:00; Namya Malik 37:00; Taylor Krause 56:00; Bella Johnson shutout.

Thursday, Sept. 10 Mercer Island 4, Lynnwood 1

at Lynnwood High SchoolMercer Island 3 1 — 4Lynnwood 0 1 — 1

Mercer Island — Namya Malik (Camryn Steiner) 7:00; Taylor Krause (Namya Malik) 15:00; Camryn Steiner (Kendall Riley) 19:00; Jordan Snyder 79:00.Lynnwood — Morgan Lord 55:00.

Saturday, Sept. 12Mercer Island 3, Newport 1

at Newport High SchoolMercer Island 1 2 — 3Newport 0 1 — 1

Mercer Island — Ashley Rudd (Kendall Riley) 39:00; Jordan Snyder (Camryn Steiner) 53:00; Jordan Snyder (Camryn Steiner) 57:00; Bella Johnson 1 save.Newport — Goal 48:00.

VOLLEYBALLTuesday, Sept. 8

MI def. Eastside Catholic 3-1 (25-19, 19-25, 25-14, 25-9)

at Eastside Catholic High SchoolMercer Island — Jemma Yeadon 35 kills, 11 digs, 3 blocks, 2 aces; Natalie Robinson 9 kills, 15 digs, 2 aces, 2 blocks, 55 assists; Adara Hamilton 8 kills, 13 digs, 4 aces; Tess Hendelman 23 digs; Kelly Behrbaum: 5 kills, 2 aces.Eastside Catholic — Maddie McMaster 10 kills; Gracie Jendrezak 5 kills; Kyana Harris 33 assists; Sidney Conger 3 assists, 22 digs; Taylor Elop 13 digs; Anna Jacobsen 2 blocks.

Thursday, Sept. 10MI def. Seattle Prep 3-0 (25-15,

25-23, 25-6)at Mercer Island High School

Mercer Island — Jemma Yeadon 17 kills, 10 digs, 2 blocks, 3 aces; Kelly Behrbaum 10 kills, 1 block, 1 ace; Adara Hamilton 6 kills, 2 digs, 1 ace; Natalie Robinson 4 kills, 8 digs, 1 block, 40 assists; Tess Hendelman 16 digs, 2 aces; Tessa Fisk 4 kills.Seattle Prep — No individual scores reported.

BOYS WATER POLOTuesday, Sept. 8

Curtis 19, Mercer Island 8at Curtis High School

Mercer Island 3 1 3 1 — 8Curtis 8 4 4 3 — 19

Mercer Island — (Goals) Conner Vacca 3, Erik Raisys 2, Jacob Guedel 1, Daniel Kavish 1, Sammy Vacca 1; (Saves) Cole Nielsen 3.Curtis — (Goals) Sam Abbott 8, David Ling 4, Garrett Friedman 2, Dan Melin 2, Alex Wu 2.

Peggy Timm and Tim Drangsholt of Mercer Island are pleased to announce the wedding of their daughter, Dr. Siri Timm Drangsholt (2004 MIHS graduate) to Dr. Jacques Hacquebord, son of Heero and Susanna Hacquebord, of George, South Africa.

The ceremony and reception were held at the

Seattle Yacht Club on Aug. 22, 2015. The officiant was the groom’s brother, Pastor Heero Hacquebord.

The bride obtained her undergraduate degree from the University of Washington and attended USC Medical school. She is currently a Urological Surgery Resident at NYU.

The groom went to undergraduate school

at Lawrence University, Medical school at University of Wisconsin, Orthopedic Surgery Residency at the UW and Hand Surgery Fellowship at UC Irvine. He is start-ing as an Orthopedic Hand Surgeon at NYU Medical Center.

The couple honey-mooned in the Hamptons and live in Manhattan.

Contributed PhotoDr. Siri Timm Drangsholt wed Dr. Jacques Hacquebord on Aug. 22 in Seattle.

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WEDNESDAY | 16INFANT/CHILD/ADULT CPR WITH AED: 7-9 p.m., Main Fire Station, 3030 78th Ave. S.E. Sign up online at MyParksandRecreation.com or or via telephone at 206-275-7847. Cost is $25. For more, contact Jolene Judd at 206-275-7607.

THURSDAY | 17OPEN SPACE CONSERVANCY TRUST: 6-8 p.m. City Council Chambers, 9611 S.E. 36th St. Regular meetings are held on the third Thursday of alternating months unless otherwise posted. For more, contact Deborah Alexander at [email protected] ISLAND RADIO OPERATOR MEETING: 7-8 p.m., North Fire Station, 3030 78th Ave. S.E. Join the Mercer Island Radio Operators (MIRO) for train-ing on how to communicate in emergency situations. For more, go to the MIRO web-site at http://mirohams.org or contact Officer Jennifer Franklin at 206-275-7905.

FRIDAY | 18SALE BENEFITING CITY OF HOPE: 10 a.m., Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 8501 S.E. 40th St. Sale of new and nearly new items plus an amazing array of home-made baked goods to benefit City of Hope’s can-cer and diabetes research and treatment. For more, contact Julie Meacham at [email protected] or call 425-485-5288.PRENATAL YOGA CLASS: 12-1 p.m., Yoga Bliss, 7803 S.E.

27th St. A great way to stay in shape, let go of pregnan-cy stress for the week ahead and meet other moms who are expecting. Beginners welcome. Cost is $18. First time to studio? Drop-in special: two classes for the price of one. For more, call 206-275-2300 or visit www.yogabliss.org.

SATURDAY | 19EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS CLASS: 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Rotary Park, 4320 88th Ave. Please join for community points of distribution and emergency operations training. Contact Officer Jennifer Franklin by phone at 206-275-7905.FOREST STEWARDSHIP EVENT: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Luther Burbank north wetlands. Meet at Luther Burbank Park north parking lot. Register at www.mtsgreenway.org. For more, contact [email protected] AID AND ADULT CPR WITH AED: 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Main Fire Station, 3030 78th Ave. S.E. Sign up online at MyParksandRecreation.com or or via telephone at 206-275-7847. Cost is $40. For more, contact Jolene Judd at 206-275-7607.

SUNDAY | 20HELPING LINK’S 22ND ANNIVERSARY GALA: 6-8 p.m., Mercer Island Community and Event Center, 8236 S.E. 24th St. Please join us at the 22nd Anniversary Gala. Helping Link – Một Dấu Nối has been serving the Vietnamese-American immigrant community for 22 years. Join us to help support our educational

programs that empower individuals to fulfill their potential. Tickets range from $85-125. RSVP by Sept. 10. For more, visit www.helpinglink.org/home-page-2/2015-gala.

MONDAY | 21HISTORICAL SOCIETY DIS-CUSSES MID-CENTURY MODERN ARCHITECTURE: 1-2:30 p.m., Mercer Island Community and Event Center, 8236 S.E. 24th St. Architects and historians will be on hand to highlight interesting examples of modern design, discuss the tear-down trend, and explore strategies for preserving and honoring Mercer Island’s built envi-ronment. Free. For more, contact Chris Moore at [email protected] COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING: 7 p.m., City Hall Council Chambers, 9611 S.E. 36th St. Held on the first and third Mondays every month unless otherwise posted. For questions, contact Ali Spietz by phone at 206-275-7793.

TUESDAY | 22COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM CLASSES: 6:30-9:30 p.m., City Hall Council Chambers, 9611 SE 36th St. Course will be held weekly on Tuesday evenings, this week covering fire safety. For more, visit www.mercer-gov.org/emergencyprep.

EVENTS | UPCOMINGCERCLE FRANCOPHONE - FRENCH CONVERSATION EVENING: 7-9 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 22.

The Mercer Island Sister City Association will spon-sor an informal French Conversation Evening for anyone who wants to improve his/her French at the home of Beth Brennen on Mercer Island. The only “rule” is that we speak French. All levels of French are welcome. For more information and driving directions, contact Beth Brennen at 206-232-7650 or Monica Howell at 206-232-2983.

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board books. Preview sale for members at 5 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 16.COMPUTER CLASS - ONE-ON-ONE ASSISTANCE: 12 p.m., Wednesdays. Do you need extra help on the computer? A KCLS volunteer instructor can give you one-on-one assistance. No appointment necessary, assistance pro-vided on a drop-in basis.DON’T KEEP PUTTING IT OFF: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22. Presented by Sylvia Farias, MSW, Swedish Medical Center. A discussion, led by an oncology social worker, on end-of-life planning including medical power-of-attorney, living wills and hospice. Handouts provided.

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p.m., Saturday, Sept. 19. Unplug from technology and plug into your com-munity and family. Every Shabbat Unplugged fea-tures a variety of activities open to our entire commu-nity. We’ll have family yoga, a gym obstacle course, art projects and more. Free. For more, visit www.sjcc.org.A VERY FESTIVE MONTH: 12-2 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 20. An original family play follow-ing a mother and daughter as they celebrate the month of Tishrei, which includes High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Geared toward ages 3-10. Cost is $10-15. For more, contact Pamela Lavitt at [email protected] or call 206-388-0832.TOT SHABBAT: 9:45 a.m., Fridays. Join us with your children and celebrate Shabbat with songs and challah on Friday mornings. Free event.

EVENTS | ONGOINGMERCER ISLAND ARTS COUNCIL JURIED ART EXHIBIT: Mercer Island Community and Event Center, 8236 S.E. 24th St. Featuring artists from around the region in a variety of mediums. The juror this year is Stephanie Hargrave, a popular Seattle artist who now focuses exclusively on encaustics. Her artwork has been shown in various locations across the country. There will be an artists’ reception and awards ceremony on Thursday, Sept. 24 from 6:30-8 p.m.

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VOLUNTEER AT MERCER ISLAND FARMERS MARKET: Mercer Island Farmers Market wel-comes all helping hands. Need community service hours? Contact [email protected] SPORTS BASKETBALL CLINICS: 3:30-5 p.m., Sep. 16-Oct. 7, Mercer Island Community and Event Center, 8236 S.E. 24th St. Focus is to provide young athletes of all skill levels with the instruction and training that have made some of the NBA’S bright-est stars elite on and off the court. Ages 6-13. Register at www.elitey-outhcamps.com.

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REGIONAL EDITOR (Bellevue, WA)

Sound Publishing has an immediate opening for a Regional Editor of the Bellevue, Mercer Island, and Issaquah/Sammam- ish Repor ter publ ica- tions. This is not an entry-level posit ion. The p o s i t i o n r e q u i r e s a hands-on leader with a minimum of three years newspaper experience including writing, editing, photography, pagination with InDesign skills. The posit ion also requires experience editing and monitoring social media inc lud ing Twi t ter and Facebook and posting stories and photo art to the website. The successful candi- date: Has a demonstrat- ed interest in local political and cultural affairs. Possesses exce l l en t writing and verbal skills, and can provide repre- sentative clips from one or more profess iona l publications. Has experience editing reporters’ copy and submitted materials for content and style. Is proficient in de- s ign ing and bu i ld ing pages with Adobe InDe- s ign . I s exper ienced m a n a g i n g a F o r u m page, writing cogent and stylistically interesting commentaries and editing a reader letters col- umn. Has exper ience with social media and newspaper website content management and understands the value of the web to report news on a dai ly basis. Has p roven in te r persona l sk i l l s represent ing a newspaper or other organization at civic func- tions and public venues. Unde rs tands how to lead, motivate and men- tor a small news staff. Must develop a knowledge of local arts, business and government. Must be visible in the community. Must possess a reliable, insured, motor vehicle and a valid W a s h i n g t o n S t a t e driver’s license. We offer a competitive compensation and bene- f its package including health insurance, paid time off (vacation, sick, and holidays) and 401K (currently with an employer match.)

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garage sales - WA

Garage/Moving SalesKing County

BELLEVUEFLEA MARKETSaturday, September 19th. 9am-3pm Vasa Park Ba l l room, 3560 West Lake Sammamish Parkway SE, in Belle- vue.

BellevueMov ing Sa le , S i z i ng Down, Everything Goes! Books, Toys, Tools, Gar- den, Collectables & An- t iques. Saturday Only 9-4pm. 9613 Vineyard Crest in Vuecrest.

KirklandOur Redeemer Lutheran Church Garage Sale, 11611 NE 140th, St , K i r k l a n d , S a t u r d ay, 9/19/15, 9am-4pm To- t e m L a ke / K i n g s g a t e area. Lots of items

Garage/Moving SalesGeneral

Issaquah Highlands Gar- age Sale. Community- wide garage sale on Sat- urday, September 19, 9am - 4pm. Highlands community cleans out their homes and garag- es, you get great deals. Follow signs to homes.

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transportation

AutomobilesHonda

2013 Honda Hybrid CR- Z 3dr CVT EX with Eco and Sport Options. All Scheduled Maintenance. Always garaged. Fully loaded. GPS system.Low mileage. ONLY 6k. Never seen snow. New tires. Navigation. Non- s m o ke r. O n e ow n e r. Power everything. Runs & drives great. Satellite radio. Call or come test drive her today before its too la te ! Guaranteed credit approval. Spokane 509-893-2886 or 509- 987-0177 www.SpokaneAutoMaxx.com

AutomobilesClassics & Collectibles

1941 BLACK CADILLAC $17,000 Price Slashed from $29,999. Driveable 4 Door Classic Car. Fully restored, and driveable. Winner at car shows! Estate sale; Call Rich at 253-455-3851. Can be viewed at Pioneer Auto- motive Services in Oak Harbor, ask for Doug or Kevin, call 360-679-5550

Auto Events/ Auctions

ABANDONEDVEHICLE AUCTION

Mercer Island Towing Fri., September 18th,

2015 at 12 noon.

Vehicles may be viewed one hour prior

to sale 2457 Kamber Road,

Bellevue.

BIG D TOWINGAbandoned

Vehicle AuctionTuesday 09/22/15

@ 11AM.3 Vehicles

Preview 10-11am. 1540 Leary Way NW,

Seattle 98107

Auto Events/ Auctions

ABANDONEDVEHICLE AUCTION

Starbuck’s Towing

September 18th 2015 at 12:30

Vehicles may be viewed 1 hour prior to sale 1503 128th Pl NE

Bellevue, 98005.

AutomobilesMercedes-Benz

1978 SL 450, excellent condition. Ivory exteri- or/tobacco interior. New seats, hard top with new black conver t ible top, automatic, A/C, power b ra ke s & w i n d ow s, h e a t e d s e a t s , o n l y 104,000 miles. Garage kept , Car and Dr iver Feb. 2014 issue values SL 450 between $17,00- $21,000. Haggerty values 450 SL at 12,800. $9,500/OBO Call Bill at (253)350-3764

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Professional ServicesBusiness Services

Dan Beltran - Graphic Designer

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Professional ServicesLegal Services

Law O f f i ce o f I r ene Wang advises companies on doing business in China. I rene is l i - censed to practice in WA and admitted to China bar.www.irenewanglaw.com

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Professional ServicesTutoring/Lessons

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Home ServicesConcrete Contractors

A & E Concrete

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Home ServicesHauling & Cleanup

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Home ServicesHauling & Cleanup

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Cougar Mountain $898,000Estate size home and property w/fresh paint inside and out including 5 br & 3200+sf. Add. 1100 sq. ft. ADU includes 1br/1.5 baths & 1+ car garage. #845968

Heidi Klansnic 425-830-4199Koleen Cook 425-233-5500

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Clyde Hill $2,598,000Perfectly positioned on the crest of Belmont Court, enjoying spectacular SW & NW sunsets, views of the lake, city & mountains; panorama from almost every window. 4BR/3.75BA. #790219

Hedy Joyce 206-406-7275

Sammamish $1,150,000Contemporary architectural piece nestled in coveted Rock Meadow Farm Community. Awash in natural light, featuring an open concept & custom design in a tranquil setting. Great schools #802991

Tom Wu 206-240-7300

Seattle $799,000First time on market in 43 years, this grand Colonial has the largest lot on the block! Completely re-wired & re-plumbed with copper piping + newly � nished oak hardwood � oors. #820565

Carrie Simmons 206-679-7093

New! Luxury! $1,375,000NOW COMPLETE! Luxurious contemporary gated & fully fenced residence in Redmond area; close to MSFT; exquisitely � nished designer touches throughout this 5BR, 3.5BA home. #766184

Hedy Joyce 206-406-7275

First Hill $1,483,000Wide open western views of Lk Washington with peaks of downtown Seattle & the Olympics. Tastefully crafted reinvention of this 2006 constructed home. 4BR/2.5BA. 2,700 SF. #828079


First Hill $1,550,000$100,000 price reduction! Incredible views of Lake WA, Seattle, Mountains & sunsets. This 5 bed/3.75 bath, fully remodeled beautiful home is located on the convenient North End. #802344


Mercer Island $848,500Beautiful 19,360sf mid-island building lot zoned R9.6. Westerly territorial and lake views with a potential 2-lot short plat. Located on a quiet cul-de-sac. #574116


BUILD NEW $575,000Lot For Sale on SW End of Street of Established Homes w/Greenbelt to the West. Beautiful, Natural Setting. Lot Extends From North to South w/Stream Passing Through at South End of Lot. #775235


IDEAL MI LOT! $428,500WOW! Beautiful 17,877 sf park-like sylvan site in premier mid-Island E. Mercer neigh-borhood! All utilities in! Bank � nance avail-able. Bring your builder! #797307

Natalie Malin 206-232-3240Keith McKinney 206-230-5380

Edmonds $205,000Close to shopping, ferry, and old down-town. New paint and carpets inside, and 12 month AHS Home Warranty included - ready to move in! 2 Bedrooms, 1 bath-room. #821167


DREAM HOME LAND $710,000Dream House LAND FOR SALE, .363 Acre Located on West Side of East Mercer Way. Grab Your Builder & Your Ideas For Your New Home, May Be Winter Peak Views, Depending on Your Plans. #775221


Capitol Hill $470,000Welcome to this lovely & tranquil nbrhd. Slate & cherry � oors mix to create warm elegance in this spacious 2BR home . Covered & secured parking. High ceilings, tasteful � nishes. #825658

Scott MacRae 206-499-5766

Alki $476,500Distinctive Live+Work; 1BR+Bonus+Work Space, 2.25BA Townhome. Built Green bamboo hardwoods, concrete � oors, Caesarstone counters, low-toxic int. paint, low pile carpeting. Rooftop deck #671389


Federal Way $510,000Norris Homes resale in Bellacarino Woods. Timeless, traditional � oorplan w/formal living & dining + informal family room and nook area. Extensive hardwood � ooring. 3BR/2BA. 3,300 SF. #820992


◆ Lakeside Memories $1,988,000Looking for a waterfront lifestyle? This could be it! Beautiful West facing shared waterfront includes moorage, city views, level lawn area, covered deck. 5BR/3.5BA. First time on market! #836554

Vicki Napoleone 206-790-5822Eric Napoleone 206-747-7155

Sammamish Home $1,249,000Impeccable Buchan resale situated at the end of a private lane, adjacent a lush greenbelt. Stylish elegance with the � n-est in � nishes. 4BR/4BA. 4,320 SF. MLS#820982 #820982


Bellevue $875,000Stunning contemporary hm w/20’ � oor-to-ceiling glass windows sits on a beautiful newly � nished landscape in Enatai. 3BR/3.5BA, Updated kitchen w/SS applcs & slab granite counters. #826241


A Rare Gem! $1,250,000Strength of Traditional style blends w/ warmth of NW Contemporary. Elegantly updated, thoughtfully customized, meticulously maintained. 4BR/4BA, 4000sf, .7ac, Indoor Salwater pool! #835751

Stephanie Susen 206-755-6310Barbara Bro 206-459-8411

◆ South-end Trad $1,150,000Lovely 2 story-quiet street invites formal & informal living, outdoor spaces for all & close to schools & shopping center. Updated w/ new paint, � oors, carpets, hardwds-both levels #842149

Laura Parris-Reymore 206-949-3270

Mercer Ridge $989,000Spacious 4 bedroom + Of� ce, 3 bathroom home on the south end of Mercer Island. Easy distance to shops, schools, several parks & beaches. This 2810SF home sited on a lovely 13,556SF lot #809597


◆ South End $995,000Lovely two-story home on a quiet, private cul-de-sac street. Recently remodeled kitchen with stainless appliances. Also recently installed new carpet and hardwood. #843794

Suzanne Lane 206-230-5516Laura Parris-Reymore 206-949-3270

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