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Jack Woolley/Contributed Photo From left, Dr. Ted Mandelkorn, Dr. Hal Quinn and Dr. John Schreuder look at photos depicting the history of Mercer Island Pediatrics.

Continuum of care

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Pieces of Coval house to be repurposed for new performing arts center

By Reporter Sta�

The eclectic Coval House, built over a period of 16 years from 1984-2000, is set to be demolished soon, but parts of it will find new homes, according to a city press release.

The property was sold in 2014 to developer Wes Giesbrecht. The community was interested in plans to turn the five-acre lot into a 16-home development. Last July, the City Council approved the preliminary subdivision.

City staff encouraged extensive salvage procedures at the prop-erty given the unique nature of the structures, and the unprecedented

Rafters to be recycled

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State lawmakers to hold Town Hall meeting March 14

Sen. Steve Litzow, Rep. Judy Clibborn and Rep Tana Senn will hold a Town Hall meeting for citizens in the 41st District between 10 a.m. and noon on Saturday, March 14 at Somer-set Elementary School, 14100 Somerset Blvd.,Bellevue.

For information, email [email protected] or call 1-800-562-6000.

Annual Women’s Club luncheon

The Women’s Club annual community luncheon will be at 11 a.m. on March 9 at Covenant Shores. Judy Rantz Willman will speak. She is the daughter of Joe Rantz, a key character in the bestselling book, “The Boys in the Boat. “ Cost is $27.

Contact Bobette Scheid at [email protected] or 206-232-9854.

Youth Theatre Northwest

YTN’s annual gala, themed “Follow the Yellow Brick Road,” is on March 14 at the SJCC. Mix, mingle, sip signature cocktails, enjoy student performances and toast to this year’s Footie Award recipients.

Visit YouthTheatre.Mae-stroWeb.com for more.

Mercer Island School District Showcase

Meet at the high school on March 10 and 11 to support stu-dent artists and raise funds to support visual and performing programs throughout the school district. Ticket donation is $10 in advance or $15 at the door.

For more, contact Julie Montgomery at 206-498-8554 or faac@mi�neartsed.org.

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Although he’s been retired for over 25 years, Dr. Al Skinner remains a doctor through and through. Sit him down, and the first thing he’ll talk about is immunizations.

He knows their effectiveness, and wants to make sure younger generations understand the seri-ousness of the diseases immuni-zations help prevent, like polio, tetanus and measles. He empha-sizes scientific fact disproves any potential link between vaccina-tions and autism.

“Today’s vaccinations have been carefully studied, and they are a wonderful advance in health for children and adults,” he said.

He would know; his pediatric experience dates back 60 years.

Skinner was among some 20 pediatricians, nurses and employ-ees of Mercer Island Pediatrics and Puget Sound Behavioral Medicine who came together Feb. 15 at the Mercer Apartments to celebrate 60 years of pediatrics on the Island.

The event was organized by retired physician Dr. Janice Woolley, who practiced for over 30 years, primarily on Mercer Island.

“I’ve been retired a few years, dealing with health issues and writing my life history, and

I was thinking of all the peo-ple I’ve worked with over the years,” Woolley told the Reporter. “I thought, ‘Gosh, I should get together with them.’ They were all interested, and it went from there.”

Skinner, 90, was right at the forefront, opening his practice in 1955, seven years after the first doctor on Mercer Island, Dr. Howard Eddy, began mak-ing house visits. Skinner came to the Pacific Northwest by way of

Boston, working an internship at Harborview after attend-ing med school at Harvard. He heard about Seattle from a friend in the Navy, where he

served for over three years during World War II.

While at Harborview, Skinner frequently went on weekend

March 2 meetingThe City Council held

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quality of the building components and surround-ing landscaping materials. Giesbrecht is donating one of these structures, the large hardwood truss-es of the pool house roof, to the planned Mercer Island Center for the Arts (MICA).

The truss system based on a traditional Japanese roof structure known as Shinzuka and is crafted in solid Bubinga wood, said MICA Executive Director Louise Kincaid.

“We are planning to dis-mantle this extraordinary piece of art and craftsman-ship piece by piece and lov-ingly store it off site until it can be re-installed in the grand lobby of MICA,” Kincaid said.

The wood was acquired in South Africa, processed in Germany and then kiln dried in Los Angeles. A crew of 10 woodworkers labored for over 18 months to create and install the trusses, which were joined and assembled one piece at a time on site.

General Contractor Foushee & Associates is donating the dismantling of the structure and HRP Properties is donating storage, Kincaid said. The MICA design team, led by

architects Lesley Bain and Owen Richards, is incor-porating the structure into the lobby.

“MICA is honored and so excited to be able to keep a unique part of Mercer Island history for the com-munity and retain its beau-ty and integrity now and for years to come,” Kincaid said.

Along with the home, 206 trees will be removed to make way for the devel-opment, though 101 trees will be retained. The new-ly-created home lots will range between 4,500 and 12,000 square-feet.

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Official, Arborist, Principal Planner and Sustainability Manager met with project managers on-site in early January 2015 to confirm the salvaging activities and plan for the protection of trees. Many significant or unusual ornamental trees will be moved and replant-ed after demolition and clearing activities, and the onsite pond will be pro-tected, and will stay in its original position. Permits have been issued for the removal of a number of trees, including dead and diseased specimens.

Some of the items already salvaged include:

custom doors, most built-in cabinetry, lighting, large amounts of ornamental stone pavers and boulders, most interior knot-free cedar paneling, interior copper wall cladding, solid copper gutters, clear knot-free old growth redwood exterior siding, various tropical hardwood pieces, a custom spiral wooden staircase, an enormous underground diesel gener-ator and extensive amounts of single-pane glazing.

To learn more about the Coval property permits, call

the city’s permit counter at 206-275-7605.

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Randy Bolerjack/Contributed PhotoLast month, Tom Otto of Canopy Conservation worked with MISD to relocate the osprey nest, which was sitting on the light pole at MIHS, over the Islander Stadium stands and concession area, to a nearby tree.

Contributed PhotoThe trusses from the roof of the Coval pool house will be dismantled and stored in Woodinville until they can be installed in the lobby of the Mercer Island Center for the Arts.

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For the first time ever, the Mercer Island Schools Foundation (MISF) is offering a $1,500 college scholarship to a Mercer Island High School (MIHS) junior or senior who best describes how his or her education has been impacted by private community investments in public education.

“The Mercer Island Schools Foundation wants to hear directly from juniors and seniors about how donations from the community and investments in public education have directly supported, enhanced, and enriched their classroom experiences and inspired their personal education,” said MISF Executive Director Penny Yantis. “It is our hope that our donors have inspired our students and that one day those students will make their own important contributions to the lives of others and their com-munity.”

MIHS juniors and seniors applying for the scholarship are to explain how a MISF-funded pro-gram helped or inspired

them. The essays must be accompanied by an application and are due no later than March 20, 2015. Interviews will be conducted the last week of March and first week of April.

“Mercer Island Schools Foundation donors play an incredibly important role in fund-ing our public schools. I am so thankful for their consistent generosity, support, and for offer-ing this new scholarship to a deserving student, enabling them to take the next step in their academic career,” said Mercer Island School District Superintendent Dr. Gary Plano. “In addi-tion to hearing from students about what programs inspired them in their education, I am so pleased that this schol-arship will require our students to research and reflect upon the impact of private, community investments in their pub-lic school education.”

To apply, go to www.mercerislandschoolsfoun-

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Mercer Island High School senior David Emanuels added another scholarship to his list of achievements, this time

winning the National Football Foundation’s scholar-athlete award in the ‘back’ category at the NFF’s 49th annual scholar-athlete award ceremony Sunday, Feb. 8 in Seattle.

Emanuels is the seventh Islander to win the award and the fourth member from his family to be nomi-nated.

Previous winners include: Jeff Lindquist (2011), Christopher Taylor

(2004), Aaron Hazelrigg (1991), Jon Braman (1989), Bruce Kroon (1979) and Jon Franklin (1973). Emanuels’ older brothers Ben and Alex were also finalists for the award in 2010 and 2012, respective-ly, as was his father, Brian, in 1980.

A linebacker and wide receiver on the gridiron for the Islanders, Emanuels w a s a m o n g e i g h t a w a r d f inalists, d i v i d e d into cate-gories by position, with four ‘back’ nominees and four linemen. Ben Josie of Kennedy High School won the award in the linemen category.

The award recognizes

players who excel both as a player and as a stu-dent from King and Kitsap Counties, with high school coaches nominating one back and one lineman.

This year, Mercer Island coach Brett Ogata nomi-nated two backs, the other nominee being quarterback Alfonso Gonzalez.

Emanuels holds a 4.0 GPA and registered a 2350 SAT score. He was nomi-nated to the state all-star football game, earned WIAA player of the week honors and earned all-state 3A recognition.

District now shifts attention to student transfer policy


Superintendent Dr. Gary Plano announced at the Feb. 24 School Board meeting that he accepted the final recommendation submitted by the Boundary Committee for elemen-tary school boundaries in the 2016-17 school year.

The final recommendation was the same proposal that the Boundary Committee presented at Islander Middle School in December.

In a review of the Boundary Committee process with the School Board, MISD transportation director Todd Kelsay said the numbers and data suggested that the committee should move forward with its recom-mendation, despite a few individual concerns from the community regard-ing transitioning students.

“When [the committee members] looked at some of the numbers of movement, meaning who’s going to go from school to school, they quickly realized it wasn’t going to be a single student or two that was going to find themselves amongst a sea of people they didn’t know; we were looking at very large numbers in fact,” he said.

“It’s not going to be the lone stu-dent, it’s really a lot of students that are moving. Neighborhoods are mov-ing together, and those positives start-ed to make the committee reaffirm their original belief, which was there will be challenges, but we’re opening

up four new schools, not just one.”MISD Chief Finance/Operations

Officer Dean Mack commented that in reducing each existing building by approximately 150-170 students, tough decisions had to be made.

“The committee came to the real-ization that we’re moving over 500 children. There is no way on this green earth that we can move 500 children and make everybody happy,” Mack said. “They felt that they did the best job they could to minimize the impact on the families of the total Island.”

Plano said since downsizing from five elementary schools to three, the district has viewed the entire Island as a single neighborhood, which has led to the longer, 40-minute bus rides. But Plano also added the intra-district transfer policy may contemplate that any person can ask for a transfer from one school boundary to another, as long as they provide transportation and there is space available.

“We are still going to create some flexibility, it’s just not institutional-izing it by running buses in the way that we have with the labyrinth of bus routes that we have in order to do what we do,” Plano said.

Kelsay said currently, almost a third of Mercer Island elementary students are attending a school outside of their current boundary, which creates a logistical challenge for the district from a transportation standpoint.

“When I look at this and I see what the committee has recommended, I get really excited about what we’re going to be able to do going for-

ward with busing,” Kelsay said. “I honestly think that for those students that are eligible for busing, we’ll see an increase in ridership. You got a five-and-a-half-year-old student that’s going to ride a bus for 15 minutes versus say 35. I think a lot of parents would opt for the bus in the going-forward scenario.”

Plano presented the board with a first draft of the intra-district student transfer policy, consisting of the talk-ing points presented by Mack at the Feb. 12 board meeting. Plano noted draft refinements including the open enrollment period being named as the month of April, as well as the opening sentence of the draft stating that each elementary student in the district is expected to attend their neighbor-hood school. Any student may apply for transfer, subject to space, and the priority of preference would go to students who will be in fifth grade in 2016-17 school year.

Plano said the district plans to name a core team of teachers before the end of school year, who will work with Elementary No. 4 principal Aimee Batliner-Gillette on setting up the new school. Then in January or February of 2016, Plano hopes to identify K-4th grade staff at Elementary No. 4, as well as at least one fifth grade teacher, saying the district wants to see who exercises their option to remain at their elementary school before decid-ing how many fifth grade teachers to bring to the new school.

For more, information go to mercerislandschools.org.

MI Schools Foundation to offer first-ever college scholarshipNew elementary school boundaries are set

Emanuels is seventh Islander to win scholar-athlete award

David Emanuels

OPINIONOPINION

What are you giving up for Lent (cont’d)?ISLAND TALK

“My goal is to not do any electronics.”

EMMA DUNCAN5th grade

St. Monica School

“I’m going to give up ice cream.”

MATTHEW STENZEL2nd grade

St. Monica School

“I’m giving up meat. It’s going to be really hard.”

JULIA BRONDELLO5th grade

St. Monica School

“I’m giving up sweets. My favorite is a Hersey’s Cookies ‘n’ Creme bar.”

MOLLY MOFFITT6th grade

St. Monica School

“I’m giving up snacking between meals. But Lent is really about improving our relationship with God.”

ANCA WILSONPrincipal

St. Monica School

Mercer Island School District administrators and the Board of Directors have spent a great deal of time on de� ning the geographical boundar-

ies that will determine where young Island students will attend elementary school. They have enlisted Islanders to be directly involved in the plan. There have been several meetings, hearings, reviews, all conducted with a request for comments and input from the public. But why is there is so much time and energy being spent on this? Why, the new school has not even been built. Just like the city, the school district wants to stay ahead of any confusion or complaints that are certain to come af-ter all is said and done. Cities, counties and school districts have learned to conduct extensive public information and

involvement campaigns to give everyone the opportu-nity to know what is being planned — and to have their say. There are many was to become involved and interact. There are draft plans available to peruse, discussions to join, meetings and open houses. There are laws that require all of

this. Such information is presented several times over. The city and the school district regularly communicate with residents through their website, via email, in the Reporter or by materials mailed to Island homes. Yet, despite these e� orts, many are shocked and sur-prised to � nd out about changes in the works — whether it is regarding the Town Center or the schools. Planning for the Town Center began years ago. Even now, as the City updates the Comprehensive Plan, which de� nes what is allowed to be built, there has been little interest from citizens. Unfortunately most of us pay attention only when changes or plans a� ect us directly — when the view outside our window suddenly darkens or when it is time for our children to start kindergarten.

Paying attention

‘Public outreach is to prevent confusion and complaint after the fact.’

To the editorDrivers must stop for pedestrians waiting to enter crosswalks

I’ve been living on Mercer Island in the “town” area for about six months. In this area, there are numerous cross-walks, many where there are no stop lights. I am continually amazed that drivers either don’t know or don’t care that they are required to stop if a pedestrian is waiting to enter a cross walk. I saw a television news story about how Redmond police were doing “sting” operations to emphasize this law. I’d like to see Mercer Island police do the same.

Ted Uyeno

Hines development and the moratorium

On Feb. 2, 2015, the City Council on a 6 to 1 vote adopted a morato-rium that [I believe] grants special and unequal rights and privileges to a single party when it exempted the Hines proposed project from the moratorium. It appears to me that the granting of special and unequal rights to Hines, or anybody for that matter, in this instance cannot be legal. In any event, the special treatment offends any notion of what is fair and right.

On Feb. 17, 2015, a written request was made to the City Council to get an independent and non-biased legal opinion regarding the legality and risks associated with making provi-sion for these special privileges to

Hines. The City basically rejected that written request within hours of receiv-ing it.

The City’s rejection raises some very serious issues, including:

•The citizens of Mercer Island elect-ed each City Councilmember based upon the idea that each of them would consistently support local, state, and federal law.

•The citizens also trust and assume that each City Councilmember would take all the necessary steps to deter-mine whether a matter is legal before voting or supporting it.

•Why is the City Council refusing to take the steps to determine the legality and risk of granting those spe-cial privileges to Hines?

•Does any Councilmember believe that by claiming to “not know that an action is illegal,” that somehow justi-fies the action as legal?

•Does any Councilmember believe that avoiding the necessary steps to find out the legality of an action relieves them of the duty to act legally?

The rejection of the Feb. 17, 2015 request for an independent and non-biased legal opinion has broken our citizens’ trust in the City Council. At a minimum, the City Council was to obtain an independent and non-biased legal opinion before the Moratorium’s Hearing by Monday [March 2]. This is the date when, according to the City Attorney, the City must publish and present the “Findings of Fact” that would justify and render the Moratorium legal or not.

Thomas Imrich

Open Library Board seat is still unfilled

Eager to serve on the Mercer Island Library Board, I applied Jan. 30. However, no replacement has yet been selected to fill Joel Wach’s place, which was vacated when Mayor Bassett asked him to resign in January following his appointment as City Councilmember.

I am hoping to be selected to serve the citizens of Mercer Island in this new capacity, having worked for over 13 months to solicit Islander input into KCLS plans for our library in many ways including: talking with patrons outside the library over numerous weekends, collecting petition signa-tures, participating in study groups (including lighting, acoustics, furni-ture, glass walls, energy efficiency, and meeting room use), organizing site visits to other KCLS libraries, leading tours of our own and other libraries, initiating informational videos, pre-paring and giving reports to the City Council and KCLS Board, serving as Secretary of Concerned Citizens for Mercer Island Library, and engaging in research pertaining to the library—making phone calls, interviewing experts, collecting data, etc.

I would like to use my passion and experience not only in the current work to engage our community in our library updates, but also, follow-ing the updates, in carrying out the Library Board mission and in fill-ing out the Library Board term until


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YTN’s annual Gala Fundraiser is March 14

Dear Mercer Islanders,I invite you to join the

Youth Theatre Northwest (YTN) Community on March 14 for a magical and fun evening. Together we will “Follow the Yellow Brick Road” to support the creative aspirations of Mercer Island’s munchkins.

YTN’s Annual Gala has become one of the com-munity’s most exciting and anticipated events. Buoyed by the success of last year’s 30th anniversary, we have conjured up an even grander celebration. Join us for cocktails, appetizers, a gourmet dinner, and a delicious array of desserts.

Tatoosh Distillery will pour the evening’s signature cocktail and host an open scotch and whiskey tasting bar. The Methow Valley Ciderhouse is bringing its national award winning hard cider for open bar tast-ings. Between food and drinks, you’ll have oppor-tunity to mix and mingle with friends while perusing an enchanting array of valu-able and unique auction items.

A highlight of the eve-ning will be our talented and engaging children who will perform and certain-ly delight. YTN Director Halie Looper will serve as Mistress of Ceremonies and celebrated local performer Matt Smith will preside as Auctioneer. We are also

very excited to reveal this year’s Footie Award win-ners!

Founded in 2013, the Annual Footie Awards honor the creative heroes in our community. Through their values, passion and

d e e d s , y o u t h e x p l o r e c r e a t i v i t y and achieve their ulti-mate poten-tial. This year’s hon-orees repre-

sent the very best of Mercer Island: Ellen Hochberg, Lesley Bain, Kate Swenson and Todd Kelsay. We will also be inducting two new members into the Alumni Hall of Fame; State Representative Drew Hansen and Seattle Public Theatre’s Artistic and Education Director, Shana Bestock. Please join as we

toast these amazing indi-viduals and give them a well deserved round of applause.

Since the move from our 30 year home, YTN has walked a difficult and uphill road. Now is the time for celebration as the road turns towards the “Emerald City,” our future home at the Mercer Island Center for the Arts. Please come and support this milestone in our ongoing adventure.

Manny Cawaling

“Follow the Yellow Brick Road” YTN’s Annual Gala

Fundraiser begins at 5:30 p.m., Saturday, March

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When you elect Members of Congress and

Presidents of countries, you believe your own hype. Recently, there was an opening on the City Council and I figured, how hard could this be?

Up til now, I’ve always been the one developing the strategy, managing a campaign or raising the money. I found out that life as a candidate is a lot different.

The first thing that happens is you lose objectivity. About a week after I got in the race, my son-in-law asked me the question I’ve asked well over 100 can-didates; why do you want to run for office? Thirty minutes later my oldest daughter, a PR consultant, came in the room and told me that her husband said, “we needed to talk.”

I couldn’t tell you how many times I’ve asked that question, gotten the answer and then said, “no, that’s what people like me tell people like you what you are supposed to say. Tell me the truth. Why do you really want to run for office?” Yet, when I had the opportunity, I came up with the same standard

answers. I had my campaign plan

for November all worked out. Reach out to friends; ask them to send out emails, get in touch with people who were part of social groups, religious groups, book clubs, people who were in the PTA, etc. They would each be my point person to that voting bloc.

Then I would figure out who voted in two of the last three elections, target

the Dems with one piece of literature and the indepen-dents would get handed a different one. I was going to see if data

mining could be effec-tive at this level. Before I even walked up to a door I would know if they were an environmentalist, an arts patron, what charities they contributed to and even the kind of restau-rants they liked.

I prepared for my Councilmember meet-ings with the same zeal that I used to prepare candidates. Background information; what to say, how to frame it, what they cared about, what their profession was, where they grew up and where they

went to college. And as the public inter-

view sessions came up, I prepped for 20 questions that I figured were reason-able, knowing that at best I’d be asked six or seven. I got a lot of kudos for my performance. Then a funny thing happened. The Council appointed someone else.

That’s when I realized that maybe I didn’t really want to run for office.

Spending the next nine months attending three meetings a week, going to events wherever I could find them, visiting nursing homes, entering names into a database, and knocking on doors every Saturday and Sunday, May through October just didn’t seem as appealing.

When you manage a campaign, you’re not the one asking for someone’s vote. When you’re a can-didate, everyone you meet is a potential vote. They have to listen to all those people, you don’t.

I learned what I already knew, that elected officials have two sets of jobs. One is that of a candidate, the other is that of a policy initiator. If you’re only good at one, you don’t stay in office very long.

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City holds public hearing on CBD moratorium

The March 2 City Council meeting (after the Reporter deadline) featured a public hear-ing on the moratorium suspending downtown development until June 16. Mercer Island’s moratorium is justified by its Comprehensive Plan update and Town Center visioning pro-cess, according to the meeting agenda. Some Islanders have been questioning the legal-ity of the ordinance: not the moratorium itself, but the fact that it exempts a proposed five-story mixed-use development, called the Hines project. For an update on the meeting, go to mi-reporter.com

FEBRUARY 14

FOUND PROPERTY: A 72-year-old Island woman found a bicycle in the bushes at the 7000 block of S.E. 24th Street. It was placed into found property at MIPD.

BURGLARY: A 62-year-old male and 59-year-old female who live at the 7200 block of West Ridge Road called in a residential burglary while officers were tracking a suspect in another burglary with a similar M/O. The suspect was identified and arrested. They had stolen a gray gym bag, diamond pendant and iPad after breaking a glass window in a bedroom patio door.

FEBRUARY 15

BURGLARY: A 40-year-old Island woman at the 8200 block of S.E. 38th Street reported that someone jammed a screwdriver or similar object in the lock of her exterior shed/office building. The lock was damaged, but entry wasn’t made.

BURGLARY: A 44-year-old male at the 7200 block of West Ridge Road reported that someone forced entry into his home by breaking a glass door. Electronics and jewelry were stolen.

WARRANT ARREST: Bellevue PD contacted and arrested a 25-year-old Bellevue woman with an outstanding arrest warrant from Mercer Island PD, with a $1,000 amount of bail. Bellevue booked her directly into Issaquah Jail.

FEBRUARY 16FOUND PROPERTY: Police

found a black Raleigh 21-speed bike that had been at the 4000 block of 85th Avenue S.E. for two days, so they took it and submitted it to found property.

FRAUD: A 16-year-old Island male’s credit card was used to make fraudulent purchas-es at two separate Safeway stores for about $640 in charges.

FEBRUARY 17

ASSAULT: A silver SUV drove by and shot at a 15-year-old male with a BB or Airsoft gun at the 5400 block of Island Crest Way. There were two witnesses, and possible suspect information.

FEBRUARY 18

WARRANT ARREST: A 43-year-old Kent man was stopped at the 3800 block of 88th Avenue S.E. for expired tabs. His license was suspended in the third degree and he had two warrants. He was booked into King County Jail on a felony warrant.

COLLISION: A driver in one vehicle T-boned another after pulling out of the Seven Star parking lot at the 2800 block of 78th Avenue S.E. The driver failed field sobriety tests and was arrested and processed at MIPD.

FEBRUARY 19

WARRANT ARREST: A 20-year-old Bellevue man was stopped on eastbound I-90 for a lane travel violation. He

was arrested on a Bellevue PD warrant, with a $1,000 amount of bail.

RUNAWAY: A 40-year-old female at the 7000 block of 93rd Avenue S.E. reported that her 16-year-old daugh-ter had run away.

THEFT: A 49-year-old woman at the 7800 block of S.E. 27th Street said that some-one entered her condo and stole two pieces of jewelry - a silver necklace and a silver cuff bracelet.

MENTAL: A 16-year-old female at the 4600 block of 91st Avenue S.E. was invol-untarily committed.

FEBRUARY 20

BURGLARY: Someone broke a glass door and entered the residence of a 48-year-old female and 46-year-old male at the 7100 block of 80th Avenue S.E. The suspect(s) rummaged through the house, but police didn’t know what had been taken since the home-owners were gone.

THEFT: A suspect stole a hand basket full of groceries from the North-end QFC, for an unknown value lost.

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE VIOLATION: A car was stopped on eastbound I-90 for a traffic violation with three male Mercer Island teenagers. Police said an “overwhelming odor of marijuana” was detected. One passenger refused a search of his backpack. The vehicle was impounded to MIPD for a search warrant. Evidence taken by police included a butterfly knife, a grinder and pipe, a red glasses case and prescrip-tion bottle containing drugs

that NIK tested positive as marijuana and six capsules of an unknown white pow-dery substance that was submitted for analysis.

ASSAULT: A 26-year-old Island woman reported that she was assaulted by her ex-boyfriend at the 2500 block of 81st Avenue S.E.

FEBRUARY 21

MALICIOUS MISCHIEF: A 43-year-old female at the 4000 block of West Mercer Way reported that a window of her vehicle was broken.

FEBRUARY 23

PROWLING: A 43-year-old Island woman reported that two unlocked vehicles were prowled overnight while parked in the driveway of her house at the 4000 block of 80th Avenue S.E. She is unsure if anything was sto-len from either vehicle.

PROWLING: In a possibly related incident, a 60-year-old male at the 4100 block of 80th Avenue S.E. said that his unlocked vehicle was prowled, and $15 cash was stolen.

DEATH INVESTIGATION: Police investigated the death of a 60-year-old woman at the 3000 block of 81st Place S.E.

WARRANT ARREST: A 42-year-old Seattle man was arrest-ed at the 9600 block of S.E. 36th Street for an MIPD war-rant upon release from King County Jail.

WARRANT ARREST: A 23-year-old Seattle man who was an MIPD warrant subject was arrested by Redmond PD. He was booked into SCORE Jail with an amount of bail of $5,000.

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PUBLIC NOTICE OF APPLICATION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an application has been received for a Zoning Text Amendment (File # ZTR15-001) and State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) checklist (File # SEP15-002) amending requirements in Mercer Island City Code (MICC) Title 19 pertaining to upper story signage on Town Center buildings of 65 feet or taller. The open record public hearing on this request with the Planning Commission will be held on a date to be determined. A SEPA Checklist has been completed for this proposed non- project action, as defined by WAC 197-11-704(2)(b)(ii). An initial evaluation of the proposal for probable significant adverse environmental impacts has been conducted. The City expects to issue a SEPA Determination of Non-Significance (DNS) for the proposal. The optional DNS process, as specified in WAC 197-11-355, is being used. This may be your only opportunity to comment on the environmental impacts of the proposal. Written comments on the applications may be submitted on or before 3/18/15 at 5:00 PM, either in person or mailed to the City of Mercer Island, 9611 SE 36th Street, Mercer Island, WA 98040. Only those persons who submit written comments or tes- tify at the future open record public hearing will become parties of record, receive the Notice of Decision and have the right to appeal. You may review the file on this matter at the City of Mercer Island, Develop- ment Services Group, 9611 SE 36th Street, Mercer Island, WA. Contact Scott Greenberg, Development Services Group Director, for more information at [email protected] or 206-275-7706. Published in the Mercer Island Reporter on March 4, 2015. #1256521.

The Honorable Sean O’DonnellDept. 29 Superior Court of

Washington for King CountyWELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Plaintiff,

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AND DEVISEES OF GLENDA THURMAN, ESTATE OF FLOYD T. THURMAN, UN- KNOWN HEIRS AND DEVI- SEES OF FLOYD T. THUR- MAN, JOSHUA THURMAN, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., OCCUPANTS OF THE REAL ESTATE, and ALL OTHER PERSONS OR PARTIES UN- KNOWN CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE, ESTATE, LI- EN, OR INTEREST IN THE REAL ESTATE COMMONLY KNOWN AS 4501 EAST MER- CER WAY, MERCER ISLAND, WA 98040-3829 Defendants.Case No. 14-2-34785-5 SEA

Summons By PublicationTO: Estate of Glenda Thurman, Unknown Heirs of Glenda Thurman, Estate of Floyd T. Thurman, Unknown Heirs of Floyd T. Thurman, Occupants of the Real Estate, and All Other Persons or Parties Unknown Claiming Any Right, Title, Es- tate, Lien, Or Interest in The Real Estate Commonly Known as 4501 East Mercer Way, Mer- cer Island, WA 98040-3829.

You are hereby summoned to appear within sixty (60) days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to wit, within sixty (60) days after February 4, 2015, and defend the real property foreclosure action in King County Superior Court, and answer the amended complaint of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (“Plaintiff”). You are asked to serve a copy of your answer or responsive pleading upon the un- dersigned attorneys for Plaintiff at its office stated below. In case of your failure to do so, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand of the amended complaint, which has been filed with the Clerk of said Court.

The purpose of this lawsuit is to obtain a judgment, and if not immediately paid, to be satisfied through the foreclosure of real property located in King County, Washington, and legally de- scribed as follows: LOT 3 OF BOUNDARY LINE ADJUST- MENT SUB02-003, AS PER PLAT RECORDED AUGUST 13, 2002 UNDER RECORDING NO. 20020813900013, RE- CORDS OF KING COUNTY AUDITOR. SITUATE IN THE

CITY OF MERCER ISLAND, COUNTY OF KING, STATE OF WASHINGTON. Tax Parcel No. 9845500030 Commonly known as: 4501 East Mercer Way, Mercer Island, WA 98040-3829.DATED this 28th day of Janu- ary, 2015.KEESAL, YOUNG & LOGANs/ Valerie I. Holder Robert J. Bocko, WSBA No. 15724Valerie I. Holder, WSBA No. 42968Attorneys for PlaintiffWELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.Published in Mercer Island Re- porter on February 4, 11, 18, 25; March 4, 11, 2015 #1234580

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Six construction bids for the 2015 Water System Improvements project were received on Feb. 4.

The project will replace and install 5,480 feet of water mains, 107 water services, 17 fire hydrants and related surface restora-tions on Island Crest Way from S.E. 44th/Merrimount Drive to S.E. 40th; 85th Ave S.E. from S.E. 42nd to S.E. 40th; 89th Ave S.E. & 90th Ave S.E. from S.E. 41st to S.E. 40th; and 93rd Ave S.E. south of S.E. 72nd St.

The city awarded the contract to the success-ful responsive low bidder, Earthwork Enterprises, for $1,582,001.25. The engineer’s estimate was $1,670,000, and the total project budget is $2,398,035.

Earthwork has com-pleted several water system improvement projects for

the city in the past, includ-ing the 88th and 86th Ave S.E. water system improve-ments in 2014.

“Projects are always on time and on budget, and unless there’s an issue with an unknown … that would be the only driving factor that might delay a project or cause it to go over bud-get,” Assistant City Engineer Anne Tonella-Howe said at the Feb. 23 City Council meeting.

Earthwork’s experience is almost exclusively util-ity work for public agencies and municipalities. In the past five years, Earthwork has completed pipeline and water main projects for the cities of Bellevue and Edmonds, the North City Water District and the Alderwood Water and Sewer District.

Other bids ranged from $1,678,416.00 from Kar-Vel Construction to $2,330,614.43 from Bristol Construction.

C o u n c i l m e m b e r s expressed concerns about

the way in which bids are awarded, after experienc-ing problems with the contractor selected for the Fire Station 92 project. By state law, the contract must be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. The fire station is now months behind schedule and the city could be entitled to dam-ages of around $500,000.

Councilmember Jane Brahm also asked if the project would replace any cast iron pipe, which could have contributed to the presence of E. coli in the Island’s water system last fall. This project is focusing on asbestos cement pipe, not cast iron. The Council will discuss the city’s response to the E. coli event on March 30.

“Every capital project that we do improves our water system,” Tonella-Howe said.

Construction for the water system improvements is scheduled to begin in mid to late March and is expect-ed to take 120 working days to complete.

King County Animal Control agreement with City is extended

At its Feb. 23 meeting, the Council decided to extend the interlocal agreement with King County for Regional Animal Control Services through Dec. 31, 2017.

In June of 2010, a partnership of 26 cities within the County called Regional Animal Services of King County (RASKC) was created and in 2012, 25 cities con-tracted through 2015 to allow the County to continue providing services for animal control, shel-ters and pet licensing.

“One of the concerns that was

brought up back in 2012 was the condition of the regional animal shelter in Kent,” said police com-mander Dave Jokinen. “This past week I again toured the animal shelter, and found it was clean and well-kept. Many of the dog kennels have recently been reno-vated. They have heated floors, brand new doors and keep the pets secure and warm.”

The RASKC program and services are supported directly by program revenues from pet licensing and fees/fines, as well as the General Funds from the County and many of the contract-ing cities.

For 2013, Mercer Island pet licensing revenue covered the cost of Mercer Island’s portion of ani-mal control services, which con-tinued in 2014 and is expected for 2015. In 2016 the “Program Load Factor” for calculating the cost of

service will be reset, and Mercer Island’s will increase slightly.

Estimates show Mercer Island pet licensing revenue falling short of covering the cost of Animal Control Services by $7,962 in 2016 and $9,929 in 2017. The County has a licensing support program that works in partnership with cities to increase licensing rev-enue. The City would request to participate in this program in order to cover the increases in cost, Jokinen said.

City set to approve $30,000 for ARCH

At its March 2 meeting, after the Reporter deadline, the Council discussed approval of the ARCH 2015 Administrative Budget and Work Program and authoriza-tion of $29,882 for Mercer Island’s

contribution to the 2015 ARCH Administrative Budget.

A Regional Coalition for Housing (ARCH) is a partner-ship of King County and East King County Cities to assist with preserving and increasing the supply of housing for low- and moderate-income households in the region.

While ARCH’s overall Work Program includes general issues for the entire coalition, there are four goals identified in the 2015 Work Program specific to Mercer Island: to assist the city with a Housing Strategy Plan, to assist staff with Town Center code revi-sions as they pertain to affordable housing, to assist city staff with completion of administrative pro-cedures and documents associat-ed with the land use incentive and tax exemption programs for Town Center and to provide support for

Town Center projects that include affordable housing.

Next Paws on Patrol training is Saturday

About 30 people came to the first Paws on Patrol training ses-sion on Feb. 26 at City Hall.

“It was an engaging crowd and I think we all learned something,” said police support officer Anna Ormsby. “If you have topic sug-gestions for future meetings, please let me know.”

The next training meeting will be Saturday, March 7 at 10 a.m. at Luther Burbank Park. Participants should park in the north lot and meet in the grass amphitheater area. Dogs are welcome. Email Ormsby at [email protected] for more information.

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Sound Transit is preparing to finalize station names for all East Link Extension light rail stations. On March 2, the City Council, favoring simplicity, discussed recommending the name “Mercer Island Station” to Sound Transit.

Feedback on station naming was col-lected by Sound Transit at two design open houses, on the East Link website, at the Mercer Island Summer Celebration and Farmer’s Market and at informational sessions at Tully’s and the Mercer Island Community and Event Center. Out of 100 comments, 80 percent indicated a prefer-ence for “Mercer Island Station.”

There were a few votes for other names,

including Roanoke Crossing, Mercer Village, Mercer View, Luther Burbank, Beaumont, Lantern on the Rock, Islander Station and Lake Washington Station.

All Sound Transit Light Rail stations are given names that fit a set of criteria, including: reflect the nature of the envi-ronment: neighborhoods, street names, landmarks, plus geographical locations; be brief and easy to read and remem-ber; comply with federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) guidelines and requirements and be limited to 30 char-acters; avoid commercial references; and avoid similar names or words in existing facility names.

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School briefsIsland teens raise $13,000 for YouthCare

Inspired by the awareness efforts of Seattle musicians Pearl Jam and Macklemore supporting homeless youth nonprofit YouthCare, Mercer Island High School sophomores Jordano Mark and Nadja Li created the group Teens Helping Teens to collect donations to sup-port homeless youth.

Mark and Li were rec-ognized for their efforts at the Feb. 24 School Board meeting. So far, the group has raised $13,000 for YouthCare.

“You’ve made Mercer Island High School and the school district look very good with your work,” MIHS principal Vicki Puckett said.

Teens Helping Teens will have donation bins at MIHS, Mercer Island Beach Club and the Community and Event Center. Recommended donations for YouthCare include coats, hats, pants, jackets, gloves, toiletries, or any new or gently-used clothing items. Monetary donations are also accepted, with checks made payable to YouthCare.

Elementary No. 4, IMS project bids awarded

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Board authorized bids for Elementary No. 4 to Bayley Construction and for Islander Middle School to Kassel and Associates Inc.

The low bid from Bayley Construction was for a total amount of $30,385,900, while the Kassel and Associates Inc. bid for the middle school was $33,629,000.

Bayley Construction pre-viously worked on the Boys and Girls Club PEAK build-ing. Kassel and Associates Inc. served as a contrac-tor recently at Liberty High School.

Changes made to School Board com-pensation policy

At its Feb. 12 Board of Directors meeting, the School Board voted 3-2 to approve revisions to Board Policy 1733, regarding board member compensa-tion.

In effect since 1987, the policy allowed compensa-tion of board members of $50 per day for attending board meetings and for per-forming other services on behalf of the school district, not to exceed $4,800 per year. The policy also rec-ognized the ability of each board member to waive such compensation during their term.

The revised policy elimi-nated a paragraph stating “…If the Board chooses to rescind funding of Board member compensation for the upcoming budget,

individual Board member compensation will not be an option during the affected budget year.”

In the first reading of the revised policy on Jan. 27, Superintendent Dr. Gary Plano said a revision was necessary in order to com-ply with “modern state law,” as the “state constitution prohibits a sitting elected official from acting on their salary, whether to increase or decrease or eliminate during their term.”

School Board member Dave Myerson asked for more information about whether compensation would trigger pension con-siderations, and asked for discussion about board member expense reim-bursements at a future meeting.

Taylor receives degree from Boston University

Boston University award-ed academic degrees to 1,664 students in January 2015.

Among the graduates was Islander Victoria N. Taylor, who received a Master of Science in Business Continuity and Emergency Management.

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City Manager Noel Treat sent a letter to Sound Transit in January asking the agency to reaffirm its commitment to provide at least $6.3 million for dedi-cated Mercer Island com-muter parking.

According to the letter, there has been a “long-standing agreement” between the city and Sound Transit to provide park-ing in exchange for loss of mobility and losing access to I-90’s center lanes to make way for light rail.

Recently, Sound Transit expressed that it was not obligated to provide fund-ing for parking unless the city supports its proposed bus intercept project, Treat wrote.

The bus intercept would involve buses from the Eastside turning around

on Mercer Island instead of continuing across the bridge and turning around in Seattle.

“In light of our discus-sion, I am writing to strong-ly re-emphasize that the City intends to hold firm to the parties’ long stand-ing agreement — sufficient funds must be contributed by Sound Transit towards new parking capacity as mitigation for the city’s loss of mobility,” Treat wrote. “A bus intercept has never been and cannot now be a condition of this mitiga-tion.”

Sound Transit was study-ing a site by the Mercer Island Community and Event Center for about 200 commuter parking spaces that would be available to all during the construc-tion of the South Bellevue Park and Ride, then only to Mercer Island residents

after three years. That pro-posal was met with public criticism from the Friends of Luther Burbank Park and the recently formed Save our Suburbs (SOS) group.

The city hired a consul-tant to study other parking sites by the future light rail station and in Town Center, and identified the Twenty Four Eleven or Freshy’s site and the proposed Hines projects as candidates, but hasn’t taken any action since then.

“The city is expeditious-ly undertaking additional analyses to identify viable sites for the new park-ing,” Treat wrote. “The city wants East Link to work for Mercer Islanders and that will only be the case, and Islanders will only be able to recoup their loss of mobility, if they can park their cars and have the abil-ity to utilize light rail.”

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camping trips with his growing family, and in turn fell in love with the area. After a trip back to Boston in 1952 to finish his residency, Skinner came back the next year to work as chief resident at Children’s Hospital. He opened his practice after doing a fellowship year in 1954 with Belding Scribner.

“There were large open spaces here in the busi-ness district,” Skinner recalled. “The popula-tion, if I remember cor-rectly, the census showed 5,000 inhabitants of Mercer Island in 1950. It was not enough to sup-port a practice. But people were referred by word of mouth.”

Skinner said about half of his patients came from off-Island, either by the then US-10 high-way or by ferry. Welfare patients would be referred from South King County. People who had moved off-Island would come back for healthcare, from as far as Alaska and east-ward beyond Cle Elum. After a couple years of practice, Skinner man-aged to accumulate more patients on the Island.

“They were our neigh-bors and friends, people we were in the bowling league with and people we saw in the PTA,” Skinner said of his patients. “I was a convenient doctor on the Island and a lot of peo-ple don’t like to cross the bridge if they don’t have to.”

Pediatrician Dr. Hal Quinn has seen patients on the Island for 28 years. He said he was pleased

to see all of his former partners in one place. He said practicing in a small community like Mercer Island offered practitio-ners a unique opportunity to know their patients in a deeper way.

“I’m on my second gen-eration of patients now, so I’ve got people I’ve taken care of mostly as teens that I inherited from my for-mer partners,” Quinn said. “They move off-Island and then come back and are bringing their children to me, so that’s really cool.

“In general, pediatrics is a great field. We all have days where we get up on the wrong side of the bed

so to speak, and then come in and see kids and they’re so alive and so fun. They smile, they interact, they’re resilient, they’re just great.”

Woolley was a trail-blazer in her own right when she began practic-ing in 1970. She said only eight percent of physicians were female when she began med school in 1962, and there weren’t many options for female doctors on Mercer Island.

“I think I was the first,” said Woolley, who prac-ticed for over 30 years. “There were other female physicians in the Greater Seattle area, but I was it on the Island.”

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Jack Woolley/Contributed PhotoFront row, from left: Dr. Luz Gonzalez, Gail Provo, Dr. Jan Woolley, Dr. Al Skinner, Dr. Danette Glassy and Cheri Zavaglia. Back row, from left: Cathy Hummel, Peggy Way, Dr. Hal Quinn, Dr. John Schreuder, Dr. Ted Mandelkorn, Dr. Julie Ellner, Julie McAllister, Yin Chan and Becky Powell.

Bobman wins UW Presidents Medal

University of Washington junior, Ashley Bobman, a Mercer Island High School graduate, has won the pres-tigious President’s Medal for her academic rigor and service to the community during her sophomore year.

The medalists are the most academically out-standing students in their class for the 2013-2014 academic year

and are selected by the Honors Subcommittee of the Faculty Council on Academic Standards. Bobman holds a 3.96 grade point average and finds time to volunteer 12 hours a week.

The award carries a $5,000 honorarium to be applied to each student’s future studies. Bobman is majoring in Public Health.

She is the daughter of Bruce Bobman and Karen Tacher-Bobman of Mercer Island.

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2,448 sq. ft. $965,000Tons of Light!8005 SE 33rd Place #PH. Lg, nearly 2500 sq. ft. on one level, 2BR +Den/2BA luxury pent-house w/elevator access. Family Rm o� kitchen shares gas fp w/private den & both open to deck. Secured 3 car parking. Bright, sunny unit w/skylights throughout…A MUST SEE!


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MI Rental w/ Views! $2,350/mo2760 76th Ave SE, Unit 601. Living doesn’t get much easier than this 2BR/2BA corner unit with Mtn & City views. Larger than average Great Rm, Large lanai, in-unit laundry…By far the best unit in the complex!


Stunning Views $4,625,000Exceptional Quality 8440 Benotho Place SE. Dramatic views of Lake WA & Mt. Rainier. 5BD/4.75BA Craftsman style waterfront home complete w/ a huge great room, gourmet kitchen, large yard, dock and much more!


North-end Condo $262,000 2500 81st Ave SE #A-102. North-End Garden Condo Conveniently located near town center. Garden level 2BD/1BA unit w/ your own yard & patio. 1 covered parking space and a Stor-age Unit.

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Open & Bright $358,000926 A SW Holden St, Seattle. Stunning West Seattle town house with tons of natural light. Slab granite counters , stainless appliances w/open kitchen built for entertaining. Bamboo hardwoods, crown molding & remodeled master bath. Great location!

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Vacant Issaquah Land $215,000113- 198th Ave SE, Issaquah. Fabulous, South-West facing property on 3.5 acres near the top Squak Mountain w/loads of natural light. Completed and available feasibility report believes property will support a single-family 4 bedroom home of approximately 3000 sq feet.

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Shadow Creek $529,0007904 NE 195th St, Kenmore. � is 5BR/2.75BA home has a grand foyer w/classic hardwood � oor. Granite kitchen counter-top, gourmet gas cooking range. 3 car garage & more.

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Pending

Midtown Court Home $1,550,0004803 90th Ave SE. Nearing completion, RKK Constructions presents another quality home. 4BR/3.5BA featuring an open great room w/lg. gourmet kitchen & island, 10ft ceilings, 3 car garage & so much more! Neighborhood of Midtown Court.


Pending

Classic Style. $1,890,000New Construction 4201 92nd Ave SE. � is gorgeous 5BD/3.25BA new construction home has the soul & qual-ity of homes built in a bygone era when hand craftsmanship was treasured & home build-ing was an art form. Experience its luxury for yourself! Lou or Lori 206.949.5674


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


Sought After North End $1,495,0002449 63rd Ave SE. � e Classic Homes is proud to showcase the “Jewel” built by Aspen Homes NW. Traditional architecture meets a modern � oor plan. Time to customize your � nishes in this 3BR/2.75BA home. Sought after North End loca-tion, near waterfront parks.



Timeless & Elegant $711,900 7119 135th Place SE, Newcastle. � is well cared for 4BR/2.5BA home w/timeless & elegant archi-tecture is a rare � nd. Marvelous neighborhood w/ secluded setting, Seattle skyline & Olympic Mtn views yet still close to all amenities. Minutes from I-90 & 405.

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Pending

First Time on Market $559,0003905 245th Ct. SE, Issaquah. 4BR/2.5BA Murray Franklin Resale in the Audubon Ridge community of Klahanie. Spacious corner lot w/beautiful level backyard w/patio for entertaining. Walking distance to Klahanie amenities: parks, trails, clubhouse, pool & more.



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Blood is not manufactured and we only have dedicated, generous people like you to depend on for donations. *Remember to eat, hydrate and bring a photo ID**

Schedule your appointment today:

Thursday, March 12th, 2015

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John L. Scott Invites you to join us in a blood drive benefiting Bloodworks Northwest formerly the Puget Sound Blood Center.

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Season ends at regionals for Mercer Island girls


The Mercer Island girls basketball team saw its bid for a third-consecutive state tournament appear-ance come to an end in the 3A regional round Saturday, falling in overtime to the Wilson Rams 71-64 at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma.

It was Mercer Island’s third overtime game of the postseason, and the team’s third postseason loss to Wilson in the last three years.

The Islanders appeared poised for a different out-come this time around, but after taking a seven-point lead into the game’s final quarter, Mercer Island struggled against Wilson’s pressure defense down the stretch, giving up 12 turn-overs in the game’s final quarter and overtime peri-od.

“There were a select few possessions where we turned the ball over because we got tight,” Mercer Island coach Kaela Yuen said. “We made some poor decisions because of their pressure, and then we obvi-ously missed some boxouts toward the end and that’s how it got away.”

The Rams (21-4) came into Saturday’s game rid-ing a 10-game winning streak and led 11-8 after the opening period. Mercer Island (17-10) rallied with a 14-0 run to open the sec-ond quarter, going ahead 22-11 and extending its lead to 15, before the Rams turned up their full-court press. Wilson finished the first half on a 9-2 swing to cut the deficit, trailing the Islanders 32-24 at the half.

Wilson kept its run going

in the third, scoring the first eight points of the quar-ter to tie the game 32-32. But the Islanders came back with nine straight points of their own and took a 41-34 lead into the fourth.

The Rams clawed their way back in the final period, disrupting Mercer Island’s offense with its press, and managed to tie the game 49-49 with 1:22 remaining. Julia Blumenstein respond-ed with a three-point play to put the Islanders ahead,

but the Rams took back the lead on back-to-back buck-ets from Kiara Knox. The game saw five lead changes in the final minute, with Knox scoring the Rams’ final eight points before fouling out with nine sec-onds to go. Jess Blakeslee was the answer for Mercer Island, drawing three trips to the foul line in the final 35 seconds. Blakeslee sank five of six, with her final free throw tying the game 57-57 with nine seconds

State bid falls short | Rams escape Islanders in OT

Joseph Livarchik/Staff PhotoJess Blakeslee (14) goes up for a shot between Wilson’s Kiara McMillan and Kapri Morrow (12) during Mercer Island’s regional matchup against the Rams Saturday, Feb. 28 at Mount Tahoma High School. Wilson won 71-64.

Joseph Livarchik/Staff PhotosMercer Island’s Anna Luce fights for a shot against Wilson’s Khaliyah Harris during the second half of the Islanders’ 3A regional game against the Rams.

Joseph Livarchik/Staff PhotosAbove, Wilson’s Kapri Morrow works her way into the paint against Mercer Island’s Julia Blumenstein (24) and Jess Blakeslee (14) Saturday at Mount Tahoma High School.

left, eventually sending the game into overtime.

In the extra period, Blumenstein and Blakeslee each hit a pair of free throws to give the Islanders a 61-57

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The Rams tied the game 61-61, and after forcing back-to-back Mercer Island turnovers, took a 65-62 lead off two free throws from Josie Matz.

A basket from Blakeslee pulled the Islanders with-in one, but she soon after fouled out with 20 sec-onds to go. Mercer Island wouldn’t score again, as the Rams went on to score

the final six points of the game. Blakeslee led the Islanders with 25 points and 11 rebounds, while Blumenstein had 11 and Taylor Krause had 10.

Playing against the home-town team in front of a raucous crowd, Yuen said the Islanders may have got caught in the moment down the stretch of a big game.

“In the first half, we were breaking [the press] very well, except at the end of the second quarter; it was like it

was a new thing,” Yuen said. “I think sometimes jitters got people out of position and we just lost a little bit of that attack mentality against them as the game went on.”

Although not reaching their goal of making it back to state and getting a win at the tournament, Yuen said she was pleased with the Islanders’ accomplish-ments on the court this sea-son, particularly with the toughness and team chem-istry she saw from her team throughout the playoffs the last couple of weeks.

“We’re really proud of the work we did,” Yuen said. “We beat some tough opponents and we played some opponents real tight throughout the course of the season, so it was just a great year. I told [the team] I felt like this was the most life I’ve lived in a season. A lot of ups and downs, they made me happy, they made me irritated, but that’s what it’s supposed to be about: feeling everything. This was just a special group of kids.”

The Islanders graduate seniors Julia Blumenstein, Jamie Mounger and Maddi Salvino.

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Above, Josie Blakeslee looks for an opening against Wilson defender Aujanique Doss.

Left, Mercer Island’s Taylor Krause drives to the hoop past Wilson’s Kapri Morrow (12) Saturday at Mount Tahoma High School.

Willy Paine/Special to the ReporterMercer Island’s Claire Mansfield (4) looks to shoot against Wilson’s Erica Hamlin Saturday at Mount Tahoma High School.

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Still beating the odds against cancer, Islander keeps moving

By Patti DarlingSpecial to the Reporter

“I am a double survivor, because I get screened.”

Now where would you see that kind of statement? It appears on the back of Marv Negrin’s running shirt, that’s where. That statement pro-vides a picture of who Marv Negrin is, and what he is all about. What an amaz-ing guy!

This athlete —surviving colon cancer, a Thymoma (an uncommon tumor of the Thymus gland), stom-ach cancer and MRSA ( Me t h i c i l l i n - re s i s t ant Staphylococcus aureus) is currently training for the Mercer Island Rotary Club’s Half Marathon, March 22. Sponsored by Rotary, the majority of proceeds benefit colon cancer awareness.

Born and raised in Spokane, Wash., Marv came over the mountains to the University of Washington, where he met his wife, Saralyn.

They moved, with their four children, to Mercer Island in 1984. Marv had already started a corrugat-ed box business, “Carton Service Company,” and headquartered it in Tukwila. He has been successful in filling this niche market for 40 years.

During these years, the Negrins proudly watched all four children become Husky grads. Marv is quick to announce that he and

nine immediate family members have tested posi-tive for Lynch Syndrome. This inherited gene nor-mally fights cancer, but with Lynch that gene is only 50 percent functional.

In general, those with Lynch Syndrome have a strong tendency toward developing colon can-cer, plus other malignan-cies—such as ovarian and endometrial cancers. Recognizing this predispo-sition through family his-tory is very important as many of these cancers occur at an earlier age than in the general population.

In 2004, one of his daugh-ters had a partial colectomy for colon cancer. She was 26. In 2012 Marv had a gas-trectomy for stomach can-cer. Then in 2014 his other daughter underwent the removal of colon, ovarian and endometrial cancers. At the same time, Marv—

who gets checked every year—was discovered to have colon cancer—early-- and he had a 70 percent colon resection.

A longtime athlete, Marv started swimming as a teen-ager and later coached his kids’ sports teams. Then he picked up cycling and run-ning in his 40s. At age 46, he was inspired by some Bellevue Club triathletes and went on to finish three Canadian Iron Man events. Then he ran the 1994 Seattle Marathon and the follow-ing year a 3-hour 27-min-ute Capitol City Marathon (in Olympia, Wash.) that qualified him for the Boston Marathon, which he ran in 1996. His last marathon was Los Angeles, 2004.

Marv runs three times a week, and does speed work and intervals with friends. He is an enthusiastic fol-lower of CrossFit, for their physical exercise philoso-phy. He is also involved with Gilda’s Club and appreciates this community based pro-gram of social, emotional and educational support for those with cancer, as well as

their families and friends. And he does work with a nutritionist to maintain a dietary balance.

This is not a man to be daunted; while in the hospi-tal he measured the distance around the hospital wing and found that 17 laps would make a mile….so there he was, in his socks….. right after one of his surgeries, walking. (Honest guy that he is, he had little markers to keep track, so he wouldn’t cheat on the distance.)

Fascinating fellow, this Marv Negrin. And watch out, because he is in a new age group this year. This young 70-year old is vying for top place, so don’t count him out.

Parting words, Marv? “Don’t take life for granted,” he said.

Mercer Island Rotary member Patricia Darling is

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Patti Darling / Special to the ReporterIslander, cancer survivor and Ironman, Marv Negrin, at the Mercer Island Community and Event Center.

Marv Negrin is determination in motion

43rd annual Mercer Island Half is March 22

The annual event that kicks o� the Northwest running season is Sun-day, March 22. The Farm-ers Insurance pre-race Expo is March 21 at the Mercer Island Commu-nity and Events Center.

Sponsored by the Mer-cer Island Rotary Club, there is something for everyone. Events include the Half Marathon run, Half Marathon walk, the 10K run, a 5K run and walk and the famous Kids Dash.

To �nd out more and to register, visit http://mercerislandhalf.com/.

Proceeds bene�t colon cancer awareness.

Sports briefsBelady represents Islanders at state gymnastics meet

Mercer Island junior Cece Belady represented the Islanders at the 3A state gymnastics meet Feb. 20-21 at the Tacoma Dome.

Competing in the floor event, Belady tied for 39th with Interlake’s Manon Frevol with a score of 9.025.

Southridge’s Kiya Bjorge won the event, scoring 9.7. Sammamish’s Nykaela Dodson finished second at 9.65.

Contributed PhotoMercer Island FC Girls U14 Maroon won the Washington State Youth Soccer Founders Cup Feb. 8 in Tukwila.

MIFC GU14 Maroon wins Founders Cup

Mercer Island FC Girls U14 Maroon took first place in the Washington Youth Soccer State Founders Cup Sunday, Feb. 8 at Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila.

After finishing bracket play, Mercer Island won its quarterfinal match 2-0 over Seattle United West and defeated the division’s top-seeded Lake Hills Pumas 1-0 in the semifinal round, scoring the winning goal in the game’s final five minutes. In the final, MIFC Maroon cruised past Bainbridge Island FC 00 Blue, 3-0.

Over the seven games played in the Founders Cup, MIFC Maroon scored 21 goals and recorded five shut-outs, while also boasting the tournament’s top three scorers.

“I am so very proud of Maroon and what they have achieved this year,” coach Tom Hill said. “This is a very tight team who work hard in practice and hard for each other.”

MIFC Maroon includes members Abby Fahey, Annelise Rorem, Caroline Agress, Catherine Yoshida, Claire Molina, Elaina Martin, Ella Hensey, Ella Veljovich, Ellie Sulla, Hannah Wainwright, Keathley Pinney Brown, Lexi Shurygailo, Mathilda Noone, Naomi Lewis, Nicole Mandt, Robin Henry and Sarah Gest. They are coached by Hill and assistant coaches Steve Gest and Dave Henry.

Youth Football Open House March 8Mercer Island Youth Football will have an open house

at the Mercer Island Boys and Girls Club Sunday, March 8 from 3-5 p.m.

Those attending will be able to sign up for summer conditioning and football camps, preview new jersey artwork and new helmets for the 2015 season, and hear from Mercer Island High School coach Brett Ogata. The event will also feature a special guest speaker.

For more, visit www.mi.positiveplace.org or contact Alec Hinn at 206-436-1939.


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Six years ago, Janna Hoehn and her husband made their first trip to Washington, D.C. When they set out to see memori-als, the Vietnam Veterans Wall was first on her list.

“The Vietnam war was going on while I was in high school,” Hoehn said. “Even though I never knew anyone killed in Vietnam, I wanted a rubbing of one of the names.”

The name she chose was Gregory John Crossman, listed as missing in action. When Hoehn returned home, she decided to research Crossman and find his family.

“In the event they were never able to go to the Wall, I would send them the etch-ing, hoping they would

share a photo with me of Gregory,” Hoehn said.

Unsuccessful at first, she enlisted her cousin, the family’s historian, and was able to find a college photo of Gregory after six weeks of searching.

Jump forward two years and Hoehn, a resident of Maui, Hawaii, saw a story about the “Faces Never Forgotten” for the Vietnam Ve t e r a n s Memorial Fund. The goal, to put a face with every name that is etched on the Wall.

H o e h n sent in the photo she had of Gregory Crossman. Five days later she received an email from Jan Scruggs, the found-er and president of the Vietnam Wall, saying it was the first for that soldier and asking her if she could help him find the photos for the 42 Maui County soldiers who were killed in Vietnam.

“I told him it would be an honor,” said Hoehn, add-ing that she always hoped she could to do something for the Vietnam veterans because of the way they were treated when they returned home.

“What I thought would be a very easy project, with Maui being so small, was anything but easy,” Hoehn said.

She combed phone books, calling every like name of each soldier and found 10. Next, she searched a r c h i v e d y e a r b o o k s for every

high school on Maui and found a few more soldiers. Finally, the Maui News ran an online story about her efforts and over time she found all of the photos.

Next she turned her efforts to her hometown, Hemet, Calif., and eventu-ally the whole state.

“I have collected over

1,200 photos since May 2013,” Hoehn said.

Now her search has turned to King County.

Hoehn has collected the names of about 150 soldiers from King County without a photo to link with the Wall. Three Mercer Island soldiers on the list; James R. Waldowski, James A. Johansen and Bradford M. Graham.

“If anyone is related, a friend or a classmate to any of the young men on the list I would very much appreciate hearing from you,” Hoehn said. “Even if you don’t have a photo, but know which school any of these young men attended, it would be so helpful.”

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall has the names of 58,300 etched on its face. To date, only 39,500 photos have been collected.

For the entire list, go to http://www.bellevuereporter.com/

news/294374581.html. Those who have photos or information can contact Hoehn at neverfor-

[email protected].

Names and faces never to be forgotten Woman seeks a photo for every name on the Vietnam Vets Memorial wall

Evan Bench / flickrThere are 58,300 names on the Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C. A project headed by Hawaiian resi-dent, Janna Hoehn hopes to find photographs of each person whose name appears on the wall. The organization is asking King County residents to help them find photographs of 150 local soldiers who lost their lives fighting in Vietnam. Three Mercer Island soldiers are listed in the search for photos. They include James R. Waldowski, James A. Johansen and Bradford M. Graham.

Time for ‘Tween Fitness’ at the J

By Sarah Tobis, SJCCSpecial to the Reporter

The Stroum Jewish Community Center (SJCC) hosts Tween Fitness classes for kids ages 9-13 on Wednesdays from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. The classes are free for SJCC member and $5 for guests.

Tween Fitness is for kids who want to be active. Kids will learn to use bands, balls and their own body weight to work on cardiovascular and weight training as well as balance, stability, and stretching. This class is appropriate

for all levels so preteens learn the skills to work out safer and more efficiently, empowering them to want to exercise on their own.

Once a week, Jared and Sabrina practice burpees, planks, squats and forward rolls as part of the J’s tween fitness class, led by fitness instructor and personal trainer Neil Comisioneru.

At 12 and 10, Jared and Sabrina enjoy passing the time after school with kids their age – especially when it doesn’t involve home-work.

“My brother said this class was really cool, so I decided to come too,” Sabrina said.

For Neil, the cool factor centers on creating a fun

and engaging environment, with the ultimate goal of promoting a lifelong love of wellness and physical activity at an early age – particularly amongst a generation surrounded by shiny, flashy gadgets and other technology that hin-der physical movement.

“I really try to just con-nect with them,” he said.

At 29, with a purple belt in martial arts and a super-hero build, Neil makes for a good role model.

This week’s focus is core stability. Throughout the class, Neil frequently reviews techniques, posing

clarifying questions to get a pulse on the kids’ under-standing of the squat and plank patterns.

“It gives them an oppor-tunity to learn the mechan-ics, and also learn how to properly use the equipment so they can work out safer and more efficiently,” Neil said.

“Do you know what we look like doing pushups?” asks Jared.

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by Claire GebbenReporter Columnist

Island Books recently announced its Top-40 list of 2014, complete with a nice-looking display near the front of the store.

Which got me thinking. What does the Mercer Island Top-40 list reveal about what Mercer Islanders like to read? Is there any notable distinction between the local list and best-sellers nation-wide? Naturally, I turned to bookstore owner Roger Page and the Island Books staff for insights.

“Let me make a distinction,” Roger said. “The Top-40 list you’re asking about is a list of what Islanders like to buy. Not only for themselves, but as gifts. ‘Boys in the Boat’ is a title people read, and give, over and over again. ‘Mercer Island History’ is a title people read, and give, over and over again.

“But there’s something else going on here, too, something one of my customers said during the holiday shopping season. He called his book-buying ‘an occasion of sin.’ It impressed me so much I wrote

about it in the January newslet-ter. Sure there’s literary stuff on the Top-40, but also guilty plea-sures. People are not embarrassed

or hesitant these days to buy ‘Gone Girl’ in hardcover, or ‘The Rosie Project.’ Books that are funny, that have love or romance in the equation. We’re reading books to feel good, books are guilty pleasures we’re allowing ourselves.”

According to Island

Books staff Marni and Cindy, being a neighbor-hood bookstore influenc-es what sells.

“People talk about books to each other on the Island,” Marni said. “We seem to sell a lot of books that way.”

“And they check our book club shelf,” Cindy added, “in order to find out: What’s everybody reading? What’s really popular right now?”

The Island Books Top-40 list does not include juvenile and chil-dren’s books (that’s a separate list). It’s interesting to note, though, that

according to Publishers Weekly, juvenile books topped the 2014 overall bestseller charts. Sales of Green’s “The Fault In Our Stars,” “The Long Haul” (book nine of Kinney’s “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” series), and Roth’s “Divergent” and “Allegiant” each rocketed above one million print copies sold. When it comes to adult fic-tion, only “Gone Girl” and “Killing Patton” managed to make it into the company of those young adult blockbusters. (Whereas, at Island Books, I notice, “Killing Patton”

did not make it into the Top-40.)

The Island Books best-sellers are “not wildly different from other Top-40 lists,” Roger said. “Except the Island does not seem terribly media-dr iv-

en. We have a few titles on our list, for instance Amy Poehler’s ‘Yes, Please,’ and Cheryl Strayed’s ‘Wild,’ which was released in 2014 as a movie.”

Then again, sales figures aren’t

everything, as the staff at Island Books will be the first to point out. Their list of “staff picks” for the year diverges from the bestselling list more often than not. Titled simply “The Best of 2014,” staff picks are broken out into two lists: Fiction and Nonfiction, accessed via links in the December 2014 enewsletter found at www.merce-rislandbooks.com.

The Island Books Top-40 List is found via the home page, on the

“Bestsellers” drop-down menu.Altogether terrific, helpful lists,

a cornucopia of sinful delights.

Islander Claire Gebben is the author of the novel “The Last of

the Blacksmiths” released February, 2014 by Coffeetown Press. It is

available in bookstores and online.Contact Gebben on the Web:

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Island Reads | The guilty pleasures of 2014

“We’re reading books to feel good. Books are guilty pleasures we’re allowing ourselves .”

Roger PageOwner of Island Books

On Writing

Claire Gebben

Bellevue Reporter editor Craig Groshhart reitres

By Josh StiltsBellevue Reporter

His hand reaches for a copy of a long-forgotten issue of a newspaper and a smile spreads easily across his face at the memory of the story he wrote.

“It was so fulfilling to tell her story,” he said. “I forgot how much fun I had writing people’s stories and features.”

Some years ago Craig

Groshart spent an entire day following the then Issaquah superin-tendent , shadow-ing her e v e r y move and c h r o n i -cling the t o u g h decisions she faced at nearly every turn both as an administrator and someone battling cancer.

It’s just one example of the more than a half-cen-tury of work he’s accom-

plished telling and shaping the story of his Northwest communities as an educa-tion reporter, business edi-tor, page editor and most recently as the editor of the Bellevue and Issaquah/Sammamish reporters.

After countless news briefs, editorials and meet-ings, Groshart, who turns 73 this year, said it was time to hang up his report-er pad and red editor’s pen, announcing his retirement. Today marks the end of an era, but the beginning of a new chapter for the staple of community news on the Eastside.

“It’ll be fun to do other things. I’ve always want-ed to do more volunteer work, but for whatever rea-son I didn’t have the time or couldn’t because of a potential editorial conflict. Now my wife and I can do that as we please.”

In 1987 G r o s h a r t joined the J o u r n a l -A m e r i c a n , which became the Eastside J o u r n a l , then the King County Journal when it merged with the South County Journal. That paper would be sold to Sound Publishing at the end of 2006 and closed shortly after before being redistributed as the vari-ous Reporter papers we have today. Groshart was appointed editor of the Bellevue paper and a year later took on the Issaquah/Sammamish paper.

However Groshart’s first job in journalism was much earlier. At 15 years old, Craig ran a Linotype machine, rewriting press releases a few nights a week for The Magnolia News, a community newspaper in

S e a t t l e . O t h e r n i g h t s he’d run the press.

A n d w h i l e no news a g e n c y u s e s Linotypes anymore, Groshart said the

experience was invalu-able and encouraged any-one interested in pursing a career in journalism to understand its history and embrace its future.

“Learn to do all the aspect of the job you can,” he said. “Photography, social media, writing … if someone is offering a workshop, go to it. Above

all, read good writers.”As he looks at what’s

next, Craig said he and his wife JoAnne have already started identifying oppor-tunities to continue helping their community.

The Grosharts have helped prepare food for the men’s winter shelter, chop-ping vegetables for salads and making a meatloaf or whatever else needed help with. Craig said he and his wife wanted to do more and it makes sense to move on as editor.

But once a journalist, always a journalist. It’ll only be a matter of time before he’s got the itch to write again, to tell other people’s stories, sharing their narra-tives with others.

“Journalism is so reward-ing,” he said. “Emotionally, philosophically, but not really financially. That’s OK. You never make much money, but your day is dif-ferent every day and you’re making a difference every day.”

Newsman retires after decades of covering Seattle, the Eastside

“Your day is different every day, and you’re making a difference every day.”

Craig Groshart

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Contributed PhotoThe Top-40 of 2014 at Island books features favorites like “The Boys in the Boat,” “Gone Girl” and “Wild.”

CALENDARCALENDARWEDNESDAY | 4

COUNTRY VILLAGE DAY SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE: 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, March 4, 9423 S.E. 36th St. Tours of the classrooms at the new loca-tion will be given, and regis-tration information for sum-mer and fall sessions will be available. For more informa-tion, visit http://countryvil-lagedayschool.org.

THURSDAY | 5

MERCER ISLAND VISUAL ARTS LEAGUE MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP MEETING: 12-1:30 p.m., Thursday, March 5, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 4400 86th Ave. Monthly general meetings are the first Thursday of every month and open to the public. Discover what MIVAL does and meet many artists of all medi-ums. Become a member and make new friendships through visual arts. For more, visit www.mival.org.

MERCER ISLAND VISUAL ARTS LEAGUE GALLERY - DORIS KLEEMANN FISCHER: 5-8 p.m., Thursday, March 5, MIVAL, 2836 78th Ave. S.E. Meet featured artist and photog-rapher Doris Kleemann-Fischer at the gallery open-ing, featuring demonstra-tion of her wide array of photographic techniques, images and use of light and colors. Free. For more, contact Nannette Bassett at 206-232-8148 or [email protected].

M.I. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MARCH MEMBERSHIP LUNCHEON: 12-1:15 p.m., Thursday, March 5, Mercer Island Community and Event Center, 8236 S.E. 24th St. Mark Hallenback, Director of the Washington State Transportation Center, will be on hand. $15-20. Contact Terry Moreman at [email protected].

PARENT EDGE MOVIE - “THE MASK YOU LIVE IN”: 7 p.m., Thursday, March 5, Mercer Island High School PAC, 9100 S.E. 42nd St. “The Mask You Live In” follows boys and young men as they struggle to be true to them-selves. Gender stereotypes interconnect with race, class and circumstance, and create a maze of identity issues boys face in order to become “real” men. Film is appropriate for audiences ages 14 and up. $5-10, free for MI staff and students. For more, visit miparent-edge.org.

FRIDAY | 6

WINTER CLASSICS ON FILM: “The Naked Gun” - From the Files of Police Squad! (David Zucker, 1988). 7:30-9:30 p.m., Friday, March 6, Aljoya Theatre 2430 76th Ave S.E. Presented by the Mercer Island Arts Council and host-ed by Aljoya. All films are introduced and have a Q&A led by film historian Lance Rhoades. Free and open to the public. Refreshments provided courtesy of Aljoya. For more, contact Amber

Britton at [email protected] or call 206-275-7864.

SATURDAY | 7

FIRST AID AND ADULT CPR WITH AED CLASS: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., Saturday, March 7, 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 | 8

MERCER ISLAND YOUTH FOOTBALL OPEN HOUSE: 3-5 p.m., Sunday, March 8, Mercer Island Boys and Girls Club PEAK, 4120 86th Ave. S.E. Preview the new jersey artwork and new helmets for the 2015 season. Sign up for summer condition-ing and football camps. New to Football? Come talk with coaches, including the Player Safety Coach. And enjoy free hot dogs. Free. For more, contact Alec Hinn at 206-436-1319 or [email protected].

MONDAY | 9

“THE BOYS IN THE BOAT” COMMUNITY LUNCHEON: 11 a.m., Monday, March 9, Covenant Shores Fortuna Lodge Dining Room, 9150 Fortuna Dr. The luncheon will feature a presentation

by Judy Rantz Willman, daughter of Joe Ranz, and her husband Ray on the genesis of the bestselling book, “The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.” Cost is $27. For more, contact Bobette Scheid at [email protected] or call 206-232-9854.

MIHS ALL SPRING SPORTS PARENT MEETING: 6-8:30 p.m., Monday, March 9, Mercer Island High School PAC. Contact Mark Zmuda for more at 206-236-3386 or [email protected].

IMS 7/8 GRADE PARENT REGISTRATION NIGHT: 6:30-8:30 p.m., Monday, March 9, Islander Middle School, 8225 S.E. 72nd St. Contact Patty McCann at 206-236-3413 or [email protected].

TUESDAY | 10MISD FINE ARTS SHOWCASE - VISUAL ART: 5:30-9 p.m.,

Tuesday, March 10, Mercer Island High School Commons, 9100 S.E. 42nd St. This annual event raises funds to support Fine Arts programs throughout the school district and high-lights the wide variety of creative talent of students. Tuesday night features a Spotlight on Visual Art with many art activities for all ages. Wednesday shines a Spotlight on Performing Arts with spectacular perfor-mances in the gym. Ticket donation is $10 in advance or $15 at the door. Tickets are good for both nights. For online registration, go to mifineartsed.org. For more, contact Julie Montgomery at 206-498-8554 or [email protected].

MERCER ISLAND UTILITY BOARD MEETING: 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 10, City Hall Council Chambers, 9611 S.E. 36th St. The Mercer Island Utility Board is an advisory board to the City Council on mat-ters regarding all utilities on the Island. The Utility Board meets, as needed, on the second Tuesday of the month. For more, contact

Asea Sandine at [email protected].

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ARTS COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING: 6:30-8:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 11, Mercer Island Community and Event Center, 8236 S.E. 24th St. The Arts Council and Parks and Recreation staff provide community activities such as art gal-leries, concerts and plays and literary events as well as support local artists with grants and acquire public art for the city. For more about the Arts Council, con-tact Amber Britton at [email protected].

MISD FINE ARTS SHOWCASE – PERFORMING ARTS: 5:30-9 p.m., Wednesday, March 11, Mercer Island High School Gym and Commons, 9100 S.E. 42nd St. Contact Julie Montgomery at 206-498-8554 or [email protected].

SUBMISSIONS: The Reporter welcomes calendar items for nonprofit groups and community events. Please email your Island event notices to [email protected]. Items should be submitted by noon on the Thursday the week before publication. Items are included on a space-available basis. CALENDAR ONLINE: Post activities or events online with our calendar feature at www.mi-reporter.com. Events may be directly added to the calendar on our home page. Click on the “Calendar” link under Community.

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EVENTS | ONGOINGMERCER ISLAND VISUAL ARTS CALL FOR ARTISTS: Treasures in Miniature. MIVAL will be accepting submissions for its small format art show, “Treasures in Miniature” through March 20. Cost is $25. Visit www.mival.org for entry forms or to regis-ter online.

SIGN LANGUAGE CLASS: 7 p.m., Mercer Island Community and Event Center, 8236 S.E. 24th St. Visually Speaking caters American Sign Language education to all. Increase signing skills while working with an instructor fluent in American Sign Language. Classes will take place Feb. 5 - March 12. Cost is $99. For more, contact Kellie at [email protected].

EVENTS | UPCOMING2015 SEATTLE JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL: March 14-21, various locations. Celebrate the 20th annual Seattle Jewish Film Festival, featur-ing 33 films from 10 coun-tries, one Golden Globe nominee and three Oscar contenders. Visit www.seattlejewishfilmfestival.org.

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ST. PATRICK’S DAY SENIOR LUNCH: 12 p.m., Thursday, March 12, Mercer Island Community and Event Center, 8236 S.E. 24th St. Celebrate this Irish holiday with a “bit of the blarney” and be sure to wear green. Corned beef and cabbage lunch will be served at noon. Reservations required. Call 206-275-7609 to reserve your spot. Transportation is available.

SCHOOL BOARD REGULAR MEETING: 6 p.m., Thursday, March 12, City Council Chambers, 9611 S.E. 36th St. Agenda at mercerisland-schools.org. For more, con-tact Kendall Taylor at 206-236-3300 or [email protected].

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YOUNG TODDLER STORY TIMES:

Thursdays, March 5-26, 10:15 a.m. Ages 12 to 24 months with adult. Come for fun stories, rhymes, songs and fun with this 30 minute pro-gram designed especially for parents and young children.

TODDLER STORY TIMES: Thursdays, March 5-26, 11:15 a.m. Ages 2 to 3 with adult.

PRESCHOOL STORY TIMES: Thursdays, March 5-26, 1 p.m. Ages 3 to 6 with adult.

NORTHWEST COAST CEREMONIAL BUTTON BLANKET WORKSHOP: Saturday, March 14, 10:30 a.m. Presented by Live Paint and Cindy Arnold. Ages 3 and older. Hear the Kittitas tale, Days and Nights, and learn why Button Blankets are important to Northwest Coastal tribes. Create your own version of the blanket with collage techniques. Tickets available at the library main desk day of program starting at 10 a.m. Sponsored by the Friends of the Mercer Island Library.

TEENSTEEN ADVISORY BOARD MEETING: Tuesday, March 10, 7 p.m. Voice opinions on the programs and services the library offers. Come with feedback and bring ideas to

discuss. Pizza served.

LIGHTEN UP AND LEARN AT THE LIBRARY: Wednesdays, March 11 and 25, 2:30 p.m. Come to the large meeting room and find out what’s going on this month. Create your own computer keyboard with MaKey MaKey kits, play around with circuits, mess with mixing oil and water or make gifts out of duct tape. Sponsored by the Friends of the Mercer Island Library.

“FIXING JUVIE JUSTICE” - A FILM AND DISCUSSION ABOUT RESTORATIVE JUSTICE: Saturday, March 28, 1 p.m. Presented by ReelTime: Shining a Light on Social Issues. Juveniles in the U.S. are entering the justice sys-tem in shocking numbers, and more than half are likely to commit crimes when they come out. Is there a better way to deal with conflict? In New Zealand, the indigenous Mâori cul-ture provides a model that incorporates “restorative justice” principles, focusing on rehabilitation rather than punishment. In Baltimore, Md., an organization has adopted these principles, bringing victims and offend-ers together for conferences rather than going to court. Join us for the film “Fixing

Juvie Justice,” followed by an open conversation about issues related to alternative ways to resolve disputes and the consequences of failing to do so. Sponsored in part by the Friends of the Mercer Island Library.

STUDY ZONE: Wednesdays, 3 p.m. Grades K-12. Drop in for free homework help from trained volunteer tutors. Proofreading help is avail-able. Ask at the Reference Desk for location.

ADULTSCOMPUTER CLASS - ONE-ON-ONE ASSISTANCE: Wednesday, March 11, 7 p.m. Need extra help on the computer? A KCLS volunteer instructor can give one-on-one assis-tance. No appointment nec-essary, assistance provided on a drop-in basis.

FRIENDS OF THE MERCER ISLAND LIBRARY MEETING: Thursday, March 19, 3 p.m.

MINI SPRING SALE: Thursday, March 26, All day. Breeze into some book bargains at our mini-spring sale. Six tables jam-packed on top and below with fiction and nonfiction books for adults and children. Sale is during library hours.

MIND MATTERS - IMPROVE YOUR MEMORY RIGHT NOW: Monday, March 30, 11 a.m. This workshop demonstrates easily learned techniques for improving ability to memorize information. For more, visit www.kcls.org/mindmatters.

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MINDFUL INTERACTIONS WITH YOUR BABY: Tuesdays, 9:45-11:45 a.m. This class provides an opportunity for parents to focus on nurturing and establishing an authentic and trusting relationship with their child through observation and interac-tion. Topics include devel-opmental stages, positive discipline, play and learning, and sleep. Ages 6-12 months with parent/caregiver. Runs through March 2015. Cost is $180 for members, $216 for non-members. For more, contact Dana Weiner at [email protected] or call 206-388-1992.

TWEEN FITNESS, AGES 9-13: 3:30-4:30 p.m., Wednesdays. Kids will learn to use bands, balls and their own body

weight to work on cardio-vascular and weight training as well as balance, stabil-ity and stretching. Free for members, $5 for guests. For more, contact Dana Azose.

TOT SHABBAT: 9:45 a.m., Fridays. Join us with your children and celebrate Shabbat with songs and challah on Friday mornings. Free event.

GRANDPARENTS TOT SHABBAT: 9:45 a.m., Friday, March 6. Come celebrate the joy of Shabbat with grandkids and friends. Enjoy a light nosh, sing along with our Tot Shabbat leader and join in with our Shabbat blessings. Everyone is welcome.

CREATIVE BEGINNINGS: 9:30-10:45 a.m., Mondays. Creative Beginnings is a time for your child, together with a parent or caregiver, to explore the richness of the SJCC Early Childhood School through art, sensory experiences and creative play. Another class follows from 11:15-12:30 p.m. Runs Sept. 8 through June 8. $592 for member, $718 for non-members. For more, contact Laura Selby at [email protected].

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2015 Ready! $1,425,000Serene location with North End ease. This one of a kind gem is waiting for you for! Beautifully crafted carpentry & mill work throughout. #605214


Westside $1,329,000Natural setting, w’side 4BR/3.5BA home fea spacious living & dining, gourmet kit/family rm, butler’s pantry, master suite w/spa BA, amazing den/of� ce + rec room. #727541

Molly Penny 206-200-4411Katie Penny Shea 206-755-5051

-SHORT SALE- $199,900Private drive ends at this cozy 3BR/2.5BA home, master on main. Spacious living areas, open kitchen and large rear deck and patio with a fully fenced backyard. #494945


◆ Pine Lake $2,600,000Builders, developers & investors take no-tice! Desirable Community surrounded by elegant custom homes. Over 3.5ac, zoned R-4, adjacent to Evoke nbrhd. #742638

Barbara Bro 206-459-8411Curt Peterson 425-503-4230

New Build $1,688,888Soon to be completed! Luxurious con-temporary in sought-after Redmond area; close to MSFT. Exquisitely � nished design-er touches throughout this 5BR/3.5BA home. #715995

Hedy Joyce 206-406-7275

Houghton $1,085,000Wake up to the light dancing off of the lake & the Olympic mtns framing the Seattle skyline. Designed to take advantage of the views w/3 remodeled levels. #699431


Coupeville $900,000Amazing property overlooking Puget Sound w/sweeping views to the N & E of Camano & Mt. Baker. Almost 3ac w/170’ of beautiful waterfront. 3BR hm w/soaring ceilings. #722479

Scott MacRae 206-230-5451Becky Nadesan 206-972-1113

Island Point $1,285,000Classic NW contemporary � lled w/character & grace, wrapped in beautiful gardens. Smart � oor-plan & great separa-tion of spaces. 4BR/2.25BA, 3510sf+/-. #740206


Harbour Pointe $1,430,000Mukilteo’s � nest penthouse! The Fairview largest unit with the best views! 3 bedroom + of� ce & loft. 2-story � oor plan. 20’ vaulted ceiling. 3 parking spaces. #710872

Shelly Zhou 425-802-5667

South End $1,600,0002015 completed Classic Federal-Styled residence de� ned with contemporary � air. 4BRs + den/guest suite and extra 3/4 bath, hardwoods on main and stairs. #729786

Debbie Barbara 206-300-6077

FOR LEASE $3,300/Mo2 Levels, 4BR + Den/5thBR on Main, 2660SF, Kitchen w/Granite & Stainless, Hdwd, Slate & Carpet. Mstr Suite w/Fireplace & Balcony, Living, Dining & Family Room. #731974


◆ New List $935,000Move To Mercerwood’s Most Sought After Street. Move-in ready rambler, with daylight basement w/hdwd � oors and a remodeled kitchen. 5BR/2.75BA. #739496

Don Samuelson 206-226-8338

FOX ISLAND $727,0003 bdrms|3.5 baths|3 car garage|2.4+acres. Stunning landscaping! Large master bed-room with sauna. Beautiful wainscoting thru-out. View. #689298

Nancy Stanbery 206-619-4866Kim Stanbery 206-419-4347

Magnolia $174,900ATTENTION INVESTORS!! This is a � xer for sure. Needs new appliances, carpet and paint. View, yard, private parking space right next to the unit. #739905


3350SF 1Story $1,299,0003350+SF, 4BR + Of� ce/Nanny Qtrs/5thBR, 2.75BA, .518 FlatAc, Lead-ed Glass, French Doors, Skylights, Mstr Suite, Spa BA, Deck, Gardens, By School & Bus. #631724


New on Market $1,600,000Sophisticated styling, peaked ceilings and open spaces set the vibe for this Mid-Cen-tury Modern escape. Thoughtful spaces allow � exibility to match your mood. #731736

Peggy Watkins 206-230-5444

Short Sale $462,900Stanwood 3BR/3.5BA, 3146sf custom home, sitting on 4.63 acres. Main � oor master suite. Wrap around deck/screened in porch. #743781


◆ Bothell $330,000Strategically set within a greenbelt & uniquely secluded from neighbors. 3 Levels of easy living w/3 bedroom upper � oor & Of� ce/Rec Rm on lower w/bath. #746222

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

Auburn $257,500This home has been remodeled to the point of GORGEOUS! 3 Bedrooms, 2 full baths, 1650 +/- SF. All new double pane windows. All new kitchen appliances. #703503

Amanda Reynolds 206-230-5395

SHORT SALE $229,900Lovely Seabeck rambler in excellent condi-tion. Kitchen features granite counters and stainless appliances. Tiered media room for movies or the big game! 3BR/2BA #725432


SHORT SALE $199,900Great Federal Way location, close to shopping, restaurants, I-5, Paci� c High-way, SR-18. Pellet stove in basement. Large covered deck, patio. 4BR/1.5BA. #657061


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Whidbey Island $2,250,000Sunlight re� ects off of the waters that front this special island home. Rare 210ft steel dock for your boat and pier � shing which is shared by only one neighbor #455424

Doug Shih 206-230-5364

Madison Park $840,000Charming 1920’s Craftsman w/ upside galore! 2BRs on main & 2 non-conforming on lower level. 2 car gar off alley-new � nished hdwds-walk to village #738181 Laura Parris-Reymore 206-230-5351

Alki $534,950Distinctive Live + Work, 1BR + Bonus + Work Space, 2 1/4 BA Townhome. Built Green. Rooftop deck. Multiple town-homes available, call for details! #671103

Keith McKinney 206-230-5380

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Mercer Island Reporter, March 04, 2015