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Katie Metzger/Staff Photo As work to prepare the I-90 center lanes for light rail continues, Islanders still have questions about the Mercer Island Station, traffic, bus routes and parking.

No lid on I-90 issues

Vision Mercer Island sends survey; plans to educate Islanders on transportation issues

By Katie [email protected]

A new community organization called Vision Mercer Island has been created to educate residents about the complex transportation issues facing the Island.

Mercer Island is “heavily depen-dent on regional transportation infrastructure and disproportion-ally impacted by its development,” said Lori Otto Punke, the group’s executive director.

The group is conducting an

anonymous online survey to iden-tify concerns about the impact of planned infrastructure changes, including construction closures and route modifications on I-90, rerouting buses, Park and Ride traffic, Sound Transit’s East Link light rail expan-sion project and the Mercer Island Station.

The survey, which “is not paid for, spon-sored by, or affiliated with the City of Mercer Island, the City Council, Sound Transit or any other government entity, offi-cial or candidate,” was sent out via email on Sept. 1. Many Islanders wondered how the group assem-bled its mailing list.

“We assembled the list from a number of sources with the goal of getting as many voices and opinions from Mercer Island residents as possible, and with the hope of ultimately reaching every-one who lives on the island,” Punke said.

The response to the survey has been “overwhelming,” but it’s pre-mature to talk specific numbers as the group expects additional

responses, she said. “We look forward

to finding the most useful way to share the information,” Punke said.

Punke, the spokes-person for the group, said she would pre-fer not to name other

members. “Vision Mercer Island was start-

ed by a small group of Mercer Island residents and is supported by others who share in the goal

Vision MI to ‘teach’ about transportation


Next Wednesday, Sept. 16, Mercer Island city officials will be recognized at the White House for their work on the Let’s Move! campaign.

The campaign was spear-headed by the Parks and Recreation Department, but City Councilmember Debbie Bertlin and Recreation Superintendent Diane Mortenson, who will attend the event in Washington, D.C., don’t want the city to take all of the credit.

Community partners, like the Stroum Jewish Community Center (SJCC), Fresh Start and Mercer Island Food Revolution,

Islanders get moving

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Art UnCorked is Friday

Join the community from 5-9 p.m., in the Sunset Highway Sculpture Garden for an evening of wine tasting, art, music and food in the heart of downtown Mercer Island. Admission to the art and food area is free and open to all ages. Wine-tasting tickets (21 years and older) are available for purchase in ad-vance ($25-$35), or on the day of event ($30).

Volunteers are still needed. For more, visit www.mercergov.org or call the Chamber of Com-merce at 206-232-3404.

Planks in the ParkThe Dailey Method is hosting

a free community Dailey Barre class on the lawn from 9-10 a.m. at Mercerdale Park, 77th Ave S.E. and S.E. 32nd Street.

Bring a yoga mat, water and get ready for a session with a live DJ. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. Learn more at thedai-leymethod.com.

Caspar Babypants Live at Mercer Island Farmers Market

Children’s musician Caspar Babypants returns to Mercer Island to perform for the whole family at 10:30 a.m. at Mercer-dale Park on Sept. 13.

Add a picnic blanket and market food to create a fun, family day out.

Inside: Part two of Islander fall sports previews

See pages 12 and 13 for pre-views of the boys water polo, girls soccer, boys golf and girls volleyball teams heading into the fall season. See page 14 for a schedule of all fall sports.

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“Traffic is bad and about to get worse.”

Lori Otto PunkeVision Mercer Island

were instrumental in accomplishing the five goals set forth by the national ini-tiative, started by First Lady Michelle Obama to solve the problem of childhood obesity. Mercer Island is one of 52 cities and counties to receive national recognition for its success.

“Education needs to hap-pen at the youth level so they grow up with healthy habits,” Mortenson said.

The mission of Let’s Move! is to raise aware-ness for a healthy lifestyle through good nutrition and physical activity, in col-laboration with community partners.

“We like to align with strong partners,” Mortenson said. “They’re generous, they’re resourceful and they make things happen.”

Let’s Move! is aimed at kids, but the city saw an opportunity to provide pro-grams and resources for Islanders of all ages, from preschoolers to seniors.

The SJCC offers programs like a tween fitness class and strength and conditioning class for teens, said Sarah Tobis, SJCC marketing and communications manager.

“We are committed to providing opportunities for kids and families to estab-lish healthy habits that will

serve them through life and help ensure a healthier future for our community,” Tobis said.

Michelle Cartmel, nutri-tion coach and founder of Fresh Start, said she saw the Let’s Move! as an opportu-nity to better the commu-nity in which she and her family live.

Cartmel led several pro-grams for the city, includ-ing a “Steps and Reps” fit-ness class on Father’s Day, a “Spring Clean the Sugar from Your Diet” work-shop and a “Fighting the Freshman 15” seminar for teens. This fall, she’ll teach “Orange is the New Snack” and “60 is the new 40.”

“I wanted to help move the needle on health and wellness on a local level and in the community,” she said.

The Mercer Island Library also hosted some Let’s Move! programs on healthy eating and exercis-ing as part of its “Start to Fitness” series in 2014.

One of the city’s Let’s Move! programs, Walk 100, encourages Islanders to walk 100 miles between March and October, using trails and the new fitness equipment in Mercerdale.

The SJCC served as a pick-up location for Walk 100 pedometers and hosted

a discussion for teens about the importance of nutrition and exercise led by Cynthia Lair, author of “Feeding the Whole Family.”

On Oct. 15, the city will host a Community Dinner featuring Chef Kurt Dammeier of Beecher’s cheese and Bennett’s bistro.

The event is co-sponsored by Mercer Island Food Revolution, which has been involved in everything from advocating to improve the quality of school lunches to hosting cooking classes and on the Island and educating kids about healthy food.

Other Let’s Move! ini-tiative involved replacing

vending machines in city-owned venues with new healthier snack options from a new supplier, and participating in a Health and Wellness Fair organized by My Mercer Island.

For more, visit www.lets-movemercerisland.com.

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The City and Sound Transit, in cooperation with the Washington State Department of Transportation and King County Metro, will be holding a public meeting from 5-7 p.m. on Sept. 24 at the Community Center.

The broad public input process will gather com-ments to inform addi-tional feasibility studies, building the foundation for any future nego-tiations between Mercer Island and Sound Transit.

Many issues need to be addressed, such as com-muter parking, the impact of I-90 ramp closures on Mercer Island streets, access for all Islanders to the new HOV lanes being added to the I-90 outside roadways, stop-ping cut-through traf-fic by commuters trying to avoid I-90 traffic, and additional bus transit ser-vice during the East Link construction period.

More details, and other meeting dates, are available on Sound Transit’s website: http://www.soundtransit.org/Projects-and-Plans/East-Link-Extension/Stations/Mercer-Island-Station.

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Mary L. Grady/Staff PhotoThe walking trails on the Island, including this one at the Shorewood Apartments, are popular. The city used trails for a “Walk 100” pro-gram as part of Let’s Move! Walking for 30 minutes each day can reduce risk of heart disease.

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The Luther Burbank playground will be closed from Sept. 8 to Sept. 20 from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. to prepare concrete surfaces in the playground area for an upcoming public art project. The process of preparing the con-crete requires grinding to

smooth out the textured surfaces, and the park must be closed for safety reasons.

The new public art addi-tion will consist of beauti-ful mosaic work, created by Mercer Island artist, Sandy Glass. It is funded by the One Percent for the Arts fund through the Mercer Island Arts Council.

The mosaic installa-tions will showcase an original painting by artist Jose Orantes, which will be transformed into a tiled mosaic as well as mosaics created by 3rd-8th grade Mercer Island students, enabling interested stu-

dents to contribute to the long term beauty of their community.

“The actual installa-tion won’t be until early spring. We will be holding workshops for students to design the student mosaic art components over the

winter and then install-ing as soon as we get good weather in the spring,” said the city’s Amber Britton.

To find another Mercer Island park to explore

during the closure, visit www.mercergov.org/play-grounds.

Contact [email protected] with questions.

Playground to close for art project preparation

Jose Orantes A mosaic element based on this original painting by Jose Orantes will be located under the arbor near the restrooms.

Community Center Indoor playground now open

By Reporter Staff

It’s that time of year! The Mercer Island Parks and Recreation Department offers Indoor Playground, an in-demand program enjoyed by children up to

the age of six, at the Mercer Island Community & Event Center (MICEC) from September to May.

Indoor Playground pro-vides young people with a chance to socialize with others and play with balls, scooters, blocks and other toys.

A parent or caregiver must provide supervision of children at all times, and parent or caregiver assis-

tance is needed for set-up and take-down of the toys.

To register, check in at the MICEC’s front desk. Drop-in fees are $3.25 per child (resident) and $4.50 per child (non-resident).

This program is spon-sored by the Mercer Island Preschool Association. Indoor Playground times are subject to change.

MICEC indoor playground scheduleMonday sand Wednes-days: 9:30 a.m. - noon Fridays: 2 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.Sundays: 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.For more visit www.mercergov.org.


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VISION | FROM 1of educating the Island about pending transporta-tion challenges. “Vision Mercer Island is really about the entire Island community, and – at this time – we’d prefer to keep our focus on their voices instead of any one or small group of individuals,” she said.

“We need a transpor-tation plan that benefits Mercer Island as well as the region,” Punke continues in a statement. “Traffic is bad and about to get worse, so we formed Vision Mercer Island to give Island resi-dents a forum to share real concerns about how chang-es to regional transporta-tion systems will impact our community.”

While the goal of these projects is to improve tran-sit availability, the resulting traffic impacts will make it significantly harder for drivers to get on, off and around Mercer Island, according to the press release.

Vision Mercer Island is forming at a time when input from Mercer Island residents is not only need-ed, but requested by gov-ernment officials and agen-cies.

Sound Transit approved a motion to seek more input from Island residents before moving ahead with existing plans for light rail, with King County Executive Dow Constantine and State Transportation Secretary

Lynn Peterson, both Sound Transit board members, encouraging King County Metro and the Washington State Department of Transportation, respec-tively, to participate in the process.

The agencies plan to host a series of public meetings and drop-in sessions over the next two months to lis-ten to residents’ concerns. The first will be from 5-7 p.m. on Sept. 24 at the Community Center.

“We like to say that sus-tainable transportation solutions start here on Mercer Island - and this is a distinct moment in time to highlight the chal-lenges, opportunities, and impacts transportation has on our community,” Punke said. “Mercer Island has a proud history of creating extraordinary transporta-tion outcomes that benefit our community and greater region alike, and we need to work together to keep that legacy alive now.”

For more, see www.visionmercerisland.org.

Other recent Island citizen groups• Save Our Suburbs, SOS• Concerned Citizens for the Mercer Island Library• No Tolls on Mercer Island• Concerned Citizens for Mercer Island Parks

Next steps in process to be determined after Council review


For Islanders who haven’t been following the exten-sive Town Center vision-ing process, which began with a small group of city staff, residents and busi-ness owners in 2014, the recently released interim report may seem long and technical. For those who have, there are no real sur-prises. Many ideas, propos-als and policies are still up for debate.

City Manager Noel Treat said that one main takeaway from the report, released Sept. 1, is “that the Town Center Vision as adopted in 1994 remains strong and the basic out-lines of that vision do not need to change.”

The 1994 plan features many of the same ele-ments that Island residents are still asking for: pub-lic plazas, available park-ing, vibrant retail and safe, walkable, and attractive streets and sidewalks. But city officials said that the document was not spe-cific or descriptive enough to achieve the envisioned results. One example is the “incentive program” that outlines trade-offs between public amenities and height bonuses. The program is too lenient, they said.

The major changes

between the 1994 and 2015 Town Center visioning documents will be the way they are written: the new plan will be “prescriptive,” form-based and include graphics, a regulating plan and new street standards. It will also include a more substantial list of “mandatory” and “elective” requirements.

The proposed incentives have not yet been fil-tered through the lens of tech-nical, market or legal feasibility, and may require additional changes.

According to the interim report, five-story buildings

would be mandated to have: wide setbacks from the sidewalk, mid-block con-nections, walk-off require-ments for non-residential parking spaces, green building standards, street level façade standards, site design features like bench-

e s , f o u n -tains or pu b l i c a r t , l a n d -scaping features such as green-e r y ,

planting areas or trees, stepped back upper floors, additional building articu-lation, additional public parking, affordable hous-ing and underground park-ing.

Developers could elect to have: an on-site public plaza, public access to an internal courtyard, afford-able retail or a contribution to a proposed Town Center Improvements/Amenities Fund (for plazas, public parking, an indoor public gathering area, etc.).

The requirements are meant to infuse some diver-sity in landscapes, building forms and retail offerings, making downtown Mercer

Island the “village” that Islanders seem to want.

Building height was one of the main concerns before both processes: in 1994, Mercer Island had a tough time attracting retail or developers because there was a two-story limit. In 2015, Islanders have expressed wariness about the “urban canyons” that rows of tall buildings can create, and their desire to maintain views of the sky, sun and surrounding hills.

Requiring stepped-back upper floors and addition-al building articulation is meant to avoid the “boxy-building” or “canyon” con-cerns. The goal is to not permit buildings that go 65 feet straight up at the prop-erty line. Instead, buildings three, four, or five stories in height will have more of a “wedding cake” appear-ance.

Larger parcels (based on frontage length) would be required to provide more variation of the building face to avoid a “canyon” feeling, allow more light and create the appearance of a smaller scale, more organic, village-like devel-opment pattern.

One of the more interest-

City of Mercer IslandA rendering of 78th Avenue S.E. between S.E. 27th Street and S.E. 32nd Street shows how the street could be changed with building articulation and setbacks.

Town Center report released; work still on hold

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‘A plan to make the Town Center the “village” that Islanders seem to want.’

OPINIONOPINION

An Allstate Insurance study found Seattle (and Bellevue) drivers are among the worst in the country. Do you agree?ISLAND TALK

“I don’t think so, but we do have short areas of congestion during peak times.”

CHUCK LAPPENBUSCHConsultant

Mercer Island

“Traffic is bad during peak hours, but the drivers are good.”

RAHIMAN SYEDFarmers Insurance

Seattle

“Some drivers may not follow yield signs or roundabouts, but at least they’re nice.”

JASMINE SHAABANMedical technologist

Issaquah

“I think they’re kind of slow... [And] it’s always difficult to drive in Seattle. It’s crowded.”

J ESSICA RAMSEYER, MAKENNA STEVENSON

Students, Mercer Island

“I’d disagree. But we’ve had an influx of outsiders whose driving styles may not mesh well.”

NATHAN MILESTherapist

Mercer Island

This is my last issue as Editor of the Mercer Island Re-porter. After seeing 700 issues go to press, I find myself looking back to when I interviewed for a job at the

Reporter in early 2002. Little did I know on that February afternoon how much my life was going to change. Despite my worries about the (even then) ugly commute from Seattle and my hope to work part time — I said yes. And much to my surprise, my husband and I sold our house in Seattle just six months later and moved here. But I remember those weeks of worry before the move as we wondered how such a big change would affect us.

We had lived in the Seattle neighborhood of Windermere for 20 years. Our friends, family, schools, and church were nearby. But we took the leap. We enrolled our two children, then 8 and 11, in the Mer-cer Island School District

where they were greeted by caring teachers and kind classmates. We never looked back. The Reporter has gone through major changes too. Over the years, a smaller and smaller staff has been asked to do much more with a lot less. The expectations are very high. The Reporter office moved to the Bellevue newsroom in 2013, straining our connection with the community. Yet through it all, the people who have come to work for the Reporter are smart, committed and enthusiastic. The work would be for naught without the people who read the paper, write letters, call us, correct us or stop us on the street to talk. They tell us how much they enjoy the paper — and just what we need to do differently. They tell us how the paper must continue on. And it will. It has been a joy, a never-ending challenge and a privi-lege to work here. But I will be around. Later this month, I will become the Communications Coordinator for the Mercer Island School District. Thank you.

Mary L. Grady, Editor

Dare to change

‘Little did I know how much my life was about to change.’

To the editorMercerdale Park referred to as ‘surplus property’

I hope that every citizen of Mercer Island will read the proposed MICA lease. Only excerpts of the lease are posted on the MICA website, but the full 23 page lease is avail-able from Mercer Island City Hall. In the proposed “Ground Lease and Use Agreement,” the “Premises” for “constructing and operating” MICA are described as land “not currently needed by the City” which has been “declared surplus real property by the City Council of the City.”

It was bad enough when the 38,000 square foot MICA building was going to be built on public park land. But now our public park land has been declared “surplus real property”!

By whose definition can nearly an acre of public park land adjacent to the Mercer Island town center--land which includes wooded paths with benches, the Northwest Nature Garden, Bicentennial Park, public rest rooms, and storage and sinks for the Mercer Island Farmer’s Market--be considered “surplus,” and thus be “declared surplus”? This is not my definition of “surplus” land. Is it your definition of “surplus” land?

Meg Lippert

‘Peculiar decisions’ made by our local government

My wife and I have been residents of Mercer Island since 1979 and generally have not been concerned with the pol-

itics of the Island until recently. Our elected officials represented our inter-ests and the Island evolved. However, in the past few years our local govern-ment has made peculiar decisions and proposed changes which do not seem to reflect the needs of our community.

The first was the change of Island Crest Way to accommodate bicycles at the expense of cars. I commute on ICW daily and have rarely seen bicy-cles on ICW but have had to wait b e h i n d s l o w d r i v e r s b e c a u s e of the inability to pass them. More recently, the City Council has supported toll-ing for I-90. The effect of this decision would probably support the greater Seattle community but be devastating for Islanders who commute to Seattle or the Eastside, for individuals such as teachers (and others) who work on the Island but do not live here, and for others, such as my patients, who would experience an add itional cost for their treatment.

A second troubling issue relates to Sound Transit’s proposal to develop a bus barn on Mercer Island. This proposal was initially supported by our City Council, who seemingly were eager to turn over valuable parkland so that 20 or more buses could be parked on the Island. A related prob-lem concerns the need for parking for commuters and for the proposed light

rail. Again, the current City Council members seemed eager to turn over valuable property so that Eastside commuters could be accommodated.

I have known Tom Acker for more than 30 years. Tom has proven that he can stand up to regional interests and maintain the interest of Islanders. His election to the City Council would be a step in the right direction for our community.

David L. Dunner, MD

Stop signs, speed limitsApparently directional signals do

not work on Mercer Island, neither do brakes at stop signs, and regardless of what the street speed limit signs say - there is no speed limit on the Island. Also people don’t seem to understand what the word STOP means. It’s just a matter of time before I am hit and injured by another car.

Michael Lettini

No more ‘opt outs’Our “enlightened state of

Washington” has a very well informed population. They know that vac-cines still contain dangerous poisons, they know that the diseases — even polio — were very nearly eradicated when clean water became available, they know that those diseases only made a comeback when vaccines were brought into the scene and they know that parents have the right to make


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Joseph Livarchik/Staff PhotoRabbi Bernie Fox, above, has served as head of Northwest Yeshiva High School for over three decades. He will step down from his position at the end of the 2015-16 school year.

Rabbi Bernie Fox begins final year as head of NYHSBy Joseph Livarchik

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Five days before the start of the 2015-16 school year at Northwest Yeshiva High School, Rabbi Bernie Fox is busy in his office preparing for what he describes as the “all-consuming position as head of school.”

This year will mark his 31st in that position, and 36th altogether with Northwest Yeshiva. Last March, he alerted his col-leagues, co-workers and community that this would be his last year as head of school. He hopes to contin-ue at the school as a teacher.

“The position of head of school requires one’s com-plete attention. It does not leave time for the pursuit of other interests or per-sonal priorities. I want the opportunity to refocus my efforts and explore other areas,” Fox stated in letter he sent NYHS community members.

“This is an appropriate moment for this transi-tion,” he continued. “NYHS is well-positioned for this transition.”

Even in the hustle and

bustle of overseeing all the moving parts one manages as head of school, Rabbi Fox is engaging in conversa-tion, carefully choosing his words — pausing at times to gather his thoughts. He will make the occasional self-effacing joke, and laugh out loud when casually recalling his father or a circumstance

that ties in with an anecdot-al response to a question.

“I am very pleased with the accomplishments of the school,” he said, adding he’s worked with over 500 grad-uates, a sizable amount for a high school that annually graduates roughly between 15-20. “I think that it’s a good time, I think schools

benefit from change.”Fox began with NYHS

as a teacher in 1980, mov-ing to Seattle with his wife, Shirley, who also works as an administrative assis-tant at the school. Both were offered jobs at NYHS. The rabbi had just earned an MBA at Long Island University.

The thinking was the pair would take a year off and move to Seattle, a place they’d never been that seemed exotic and a natural fit for a year. But one year turned to two, two turned into five, and somewhere along the line, they decided to stay. After five years with the school, Fox took over as its head.

“Over those first five years, I sort of developed a fascination with the school and really thought it could be something,” he said. “I liked looking at different issues and thinking about how they might be solved. I guess I had different types of solutions because of my business background. I thought I could do more for the school if I had more leadership in it.”

Taking an untraditional path from business to teach-ing didn’t always prove easy for Fox, who also holds a Bachelor of Hebrew Letters degree from Yeshiva B’nei Torah of Far Rockaway in New York. Fox called doing a budget the easiest part of his job, while finding that teaching himself education-

al theory and process was a bit more difficult.

That doesn’t mean Fox didn’t find success in the classroom, building rela-tionships with his stu-dents. Fox has remained a teacher throughout his ten-ure as head of school. It is an opportunity to better understand the young peo-ple he served, he explained.

“My kids loved him as a teacher, he very much engages the students,” said Rabbi Deanne Etsekson, past NYHS board president and co-chair of the search committee for the next head of school. “He wants to get to know them all and hear what they have to say, it’s very much a give-and-take. The students’ opinions truly do matter.”

Rabbi Benjy Owen first knew Fox when as was a student at NYHS in the ‘80s. Owen later worked alongside Fox for 11 years as assistant head of school at NYHS. This year, Owen is beginning his first year as head of school at Margolin Hebrew Academy in

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Join us!The North Mercer Island/Enatai Sewer Project will update the sewer system in your community and support reliable service in NE Bellevue and North Mercer Island for another 50 years. Please join our project team at an upcoming open house to learn about project options, get your questions answered, and share your thoughts.

Tuesday, Sept. 15th, 6:00–8:30 p.m.Mercer Island Community and Event Center8236 SE 24th Street Mercer Island, WA

Wednesday, Sept.16th, 6:00–8:30 p.m.South Bellevue Community Center14509 SE Newport Way Bellevue, WA

Both open house events will have light refreshments and a kids’ activity table!

For special accommodations, please contact

Monica Van der Vieren at 206-477-5502 or [email protected]

Learn more about the project and King County’s Wastewater Treatment Division at

www.kingcounty.gov/environment/wtd/ Construction/East/NMIEnatai.aspx

NORTH MERCER ISLAND/ENATAISewer Project

Michael Dayton DonohueMichael Dayton Donohue was born on January 9, 1959

and passed away suddenly on Saturday, August 29, 2015.Michael was the youngest of five children and was raised with

his siblings on Mercer Island. He was deeply in love with his wife, Tunde and very proud of his amazing sons, Aaron and Joe. Michael was a loyal friend, a wonderful husband, a devoted brother and a great cousin to the many in the Donohue clan. He loved Lake Washington, the high desert of Central Oregon, and the many years he spent on the ocean sailing. Michael never turned down the opportunity to spend time with friends and family.

Michael was predeceased by his parents, Dennis and Gail Donohue. He is survived by his wife, Tunde Molnar, his children, Aaron and Joe Donohue and his siblings Laura (Vic) Miller, Annie Donohue, Patrick (Patti) Donohue and Shannon Donohue. Uncle Mike will be missed by his nieces and nephews Jessica Granderson, Jennifer (Gary) Hill, Sean Miller, Kayla Hyde and Stephen Donohue and his great niece and nephew, Lexi and Cooper Hill. His life-long friends mourn his loss.

Please join Tunde, Aaron, Joe and Michael’s family to honor his life on Saturday, September 12 at 1:15 at Luther Burbank Park followed by celebration at The Roanoke Inn beginning at 2:00.

Luther Burbank Park is on Mercer Island. Park in the north parking lot at and follow the posted map to the off-leash area, about a five minute walk. Look for signs at the north end of the off-leash area to find the gathering. The Roanoke is also on Mercer Island at 1825 72nd Ave SE, on the north end of the island.

View the online memorial at www.personalalternative.us1414642

North Mercer sewer project

King County is cur-rently reviewing several options for where to build a new sewer pipeline in North Mercer Island and Enatai. The project team wants to hear from nearby residents. Open houses will be held on Sept. 15 and 16.

The project will update an existing 50-year-old system, limiting the potential for sewer over-flows and supporting reli-able service for another 50 years.

East Link Light rail study session

At the City Council meeting on Sept. 8, after the Reporter dead-line, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) and Sound Transit gave project updates on R8A and East Link Light Rail.

Sound Transit also pro-vided information regard-ing a community listening tour in Mercer Island to hear from residents and identify issues and con-cerns. As part of engage-ment, a public meeting and listening session will be held on Sept. 24 and other drop-in discussion sessions are planned. These sessions are oppor-tunities for Mercer Island residents to provide input and identify any issues or impacts related to these projects.

See www.mi-reporter.com for a full story on the study session, as well as other Council meeting topics: I-90 loss of mobil-ity negotiation funding, update on the Town Center visioning process, adop-tion of school impact fees, Community Solar update and walk-off parking amendment.

Paws on Patrol to return

MIPD Police Support Officer Anna Ormsby is planning for another Paws on Patrol training meet-ing, but would like to get some feedback before set-ting the date.

The options are: Thursday, Sept. 24 at 4 p.m. or 6 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 26 at 9 a.m. or Saturday, Oct. 10 at 9 a.m.

Email [email protected] with your preference (top two), or if you can’t attend any of those days, as MIPD is attempting to get as many participants as possible.

As with previous meet-ings, Ormsby will have one of MIPD’s patrol offi-cers available at the meet-ing to answer questions.

September is ‘National Preparedness Month’

The Mercer Island Police

Department’s (MIPD) Emergency Management team wants residents to “Make A Plan” — for your community, your family, and pets — to be prepared for an emergency.

MIPD asks everyone to participate in America’s PrepareAthon, which culminates National Preparedness Month, on Sept. 30. MIPD is also offering three courses to help Islanders prepare for an emergency.

The first is from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday Sept. 15 at City Hall, and marks the start of Mercer Island’s free Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) classes.

From 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday Sept. 19 at Rotary Park, MIPD is offering a class on Emergency Well Operation and distribu-tion. Mercer Island has its own emergency well in case the water supply is shut off. Volunteers to assist with the distribution of water are needed.

From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday Oct. 3, King County Emergency Management is offering a combined ICS 700, 100, & 200 class. MIPD is trying to standardize the way it grants credentials to vol-unteers. The course may become a requirement in the future to be a volun-teer.

Learn more at www.mercergov.org/

emergencyprep.

City briefsAUGUST 31FRAUD: An Island man reported that two separate credit card numbers were used to make fraudulent purchases.

SEPTEMBER 1FRAUD: A Mercer Island man said his credit card number

was used to make fraudu-lent purchases at Bellevue Square.

SEPTEMBER 2TRAFFIC OFFENSES: A 29-year-old Seattle man was stopped for expired tabs at the 9400 block of eastbound I-90. He was driving with a suspended license and was found to have a fraudulent 2016 tab on the plate, which the driver admitted had been stolen from another

vehicle belonging to a 25-year-old Seattle woman. He was issued multiple cita-tions.

SEPTEMBER 3WARRANT ARREST: A subject turned himself in at the 9600 block of S.E. 36th Street on a misdemeanor

warrant, and was booked into Issaquah Jail.

FOUND PROPERTY: A 55-year-old Island woman found an Apple brand cell phone at the 6400 block of Island Crest Way, and turned it in to the police department.

Police

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informed decisions about their children’s health. So before you ride on that high horse again, do a decent amount of research and don’t run off at the key-board with phrases you were spoon fed by an insti-tution whose primary goal is to make money - not cre-ate a healthy population. No money in that.

Diane JonesBellevue

Encourage immunizations

Thanks for your edito-rial “No more opts out” in this week’s edition the Bellevue Reporter. We need this kind of support for the childhood immunization, especially here in the state

of Washington where we have had one of the lowest immunization rates in the country in recent years.

I have been involved in the statewide immunization efforts of the Group Health Foundation in recent years because of my concern for this major public health issue.

As an aside, I was with the Bellevue American newspa-per for 11 years and was Editor of the paper from 1960 to 1967 before leaving to join Governor Dan Evans as one of his top aides.

Glad to see that there is still a Bellevue newspaper because I continue to live in Bellevue and because the news media plays an impor-tant role in what makes healthy communities.

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The concept of “emo-tional learning” has been discussed extensively in the media over the last sev-eral months. A recent sur-vey by online publication, Education Week (EDWeek) related to social and emo-tional learning, revealed that teachers believe this type of supplemental edu-cation is very effective, but many need more training.

Social and emotional learning is an in-school focus on a student’s emo-tional well-being and growth.

The French American School of Puget Sound (FASPS) on Mercer Island has long embraced these concepts as part of their core curriculum.

“Social and emotion-al learning has to be at the core of our middle school experience because the students grow up so much during those three years,” said Middle School Head Theresa Lui-Kwan. “We have always includ-ed aspects of Social and Emotional Learning into our philosophy, because we wouldn’t accomplish

anything if we didn’t. But now it is a bit more inten-tional and structured.”

In addition to class-room integration, last year F A S P S m i d d l e s c h o o l s tudents v i e w e d and dis-c u s s e d the docu-m e n -tary, I am E l e v e n , a docu-me nt ar y a b o u t chi ldren f r o m a r o u n d the world. Rosalind Wiseman, the author of the book, Queen Bees and Wannabes, which is the basis for the 2004 movie Mean Girls, met with FASPS students this past year.

“These issues have always been part of our faculty’s support system for the students, but now that it is part of the core curricu-lum it has become a higher priority and the educators are taking a more proactive approach to our students’ emotional needs, said”

Benjamin Orillon, FASPS Lower School Head,

According to the EDWeek there are five components of a success-

ful Social and E m o t i o n a l Learning pro-gram is social a w a r e n e s s , self-awareness, self-manage-ment, rela-tionship skills, and respon-sible deci-sion-making. Social aware-ness includes adopting the perspective of those with dif-

ferent backgrounds and understanding social and cultural norms.

FASPS, with 425 stu-dents from over 50 coun-tries speaking 35 lan-guages, is well equipped to help students understand one component, explained Head of School Eric Thuau.

At our school you can’t help but naturally be inte-grated with students from different backgrounds and life experiences,” he said.

For more visit www.fasps.org.

French American School embraces ‘social and emotional’ learning

“We have always included social and emotional learning (within our school) but now it is more intentional and structured.”

Theresa Lui-KwanFASPS

ing and undefined concepts is that of “affordable retail.” The idea is to ensure that rents are maintained at a level that is likely to attract retail tenants, especially small local businesses.

“This is an innovative concept with few national models that will require additional study and fea-sibility analysis,” the report said.

Graphics in the interim report show how buildings will be regulated in terms of height and topography, where primary and sec-ondary retail will be locat-ed and how street types can vary based on sidewalk width, parking and bike

lanes. But all of these top-ics are still being discussed among the 42-member Town Center Stakeholder group. And some Islanders have other concerns.

“Some community members raised other important issues and ideas that they feel should also be addressed in the com-ing months, including a Town Center traffic study, connections to transit, parking supply and a retail strategy,” according to the report.

The City is working to refine the next steps in the process, with the ultimate goal being the adoption of an updated Comprehensive

Plan including a restat-ed vision for the Town Center, and Development Code changes to make that vision a reality.

“Final action on the Town Center Development Code is still several months — and a lot of technical work — away,” Treat said.

The City Council discussed the report at its Sept. 8 meeting, after the

Reporter deadline.

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that he has not had an indel-ible imprint on my profes-sional life,” Owen said. “He’s just a high-level critical thinker. His engaged criti-cal mind, it comes out in all areas, constantly evaluating, constantly watching and observing, constantly listen-ing carefully. It’s a unique strength he has that I’ve not seen in a lot of people.”

Throughout his tenure as head of school, Fox’s days typically began at 6 a.m. With most of his fam-ily back east, early morn-ings are set aside for a n y t h i n g Fox needs to do for them. From 8 a.m. until 4 p.m., Fox is at school, b e g i n n i n g with morn-ing prayer, then teach-ing classes, meeting with faculty and taking care of administrative work. Evenings are devoted to parent and committee meetings, all before prepar-

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Fox said among the things he’s most proud of with his tenure is the school’s responsiveness to the needs and interests of its students. Students have changed quite a bit over 30 years, as have the landscape a college pre-paratory school serves, the level of competition for col-lege admissions and the way people approach faith.

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d e c r e a s -ing,” he said. “Here we are, we’re a Jewish school, we’re trying to i n t e n s i f y the bonds between our students and their reli-gion, you’re bucking up against the

cultural trend.”The answer, he says, lies

in the connection between the needs and goals of stu-dents being pursued by the school.

“As time goes on, schools can never assume that what was true about kids and ado-lescents yesterday is going to be true tomorrow or is even true today,” he said. “I think the students that come here have decided this is where they want to be, but they also interface with the world outside where their religious attitudes won’t be as readily accepted as they might’ve been 10-15 years ago,” he said. “In that sense, we have to be prepared to help our students anticipate some of the issues they will encounter.”

When the school year is finished, Fox hopes to remain with the school as a teacher and to write. But not before responding to his duties during his final year as head of Northwest Yeshiva.

“Every moment has been exciting. There have been interesting and fascinating challenges at every turn. I have had the opportunity to grow in ways I never would have dreamed of had I pursued a business career,” Fox said. “I just hope that in exchange, I have done a good job in serving the community and serving the students.”

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


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This week, the Reporter takes a look at four of the eight prep teams representing MI this fall for the second part of our fall sports previews. Part one can be found online at www.mi-reporter.com/sports.

Volleyball

Joseph Livarchik/Staff PhotoFrom left, varsity members Alex Samson, Helena Shield, Caroline Boissoneault, Mikaela Wingard and Jemma Yeadon.

COACH: Susan McKayLAST SEASON: Placed fifth at 3A state tournament.STRENGTHS: “I think we have a really strong defense,” senior Jemma Yeadon said. “That’s something we’ve consistently been good at throughout the years.”“Ten of the 13 people on varsity were on the team at state last year,” McKay said. “That’s a huge thing, because the two years be-fore that there was so much turnover; each year was like rebuilding.”“We’re all coming in stronger

to the first practice and know what to expect,” senior Alex Samson said.AREA OF FOCUS: “We lost our two starting middle [blockers],” Yeadon said, referring to Brooke Beh-rbaum and Olivia Hughes, who graduated last June. “Obviously, we have total confidence in the people we have to step up and fill their shoes, but our middles were very good.”GOALS: “Everybody wants to get first in KingCo, finish in the top three at districts and we definitely want to win at state,” senior Mikaela

Wingard said. “I don’t think that’s unreal-istic at all,” Yeadon added. “I think now, we have more to prove and we’re more excited about it.”SENIORS: Jemma Yeadon, Alex Samson, Helena Shield, Mikaela Wingard, Caroline BoissoneaultOTHER KEY ATHLETES: Tess Hendelman, Natalie Robinson, Kelly Behrbaum, Adara HamiltonGAMES TO WATCH: Bel-levue, Sept. 17; Lake Wash-ington, Sept. 21; @ Holy Names Academy, Sept. 25.

Joseph Livarchik/Staff PhotoFrom left, varsity members Drew Christofferson and Braden Williams.

Boys golfCOACH: Tyson PetersLAST SEASON: Third in KingCo, third at 3A state tournament.STRENGTHS: “This year, we’re a little bit more top-heavy than usual,” senior Drew Christofferson said. “We’ve got more upperclass-men playing at the top of our lineup, but we’ve got a lot of underclassmen that are looking really good and really promising.” NEEDS TO IMPROVE: Experience and depth. “We have a really young team,” Peters said. “We have more new players this year

than we’ve ever had. Out of our 16 [players], we have six guys that have a lot of experience and then we have 10 that are pretty new to varsity. But the top six are good.”“Practice is probably the biggest focal point for the team this year because we have a lot of younger players that we need to get going and getting them to a point where they’ll be part of the varsity lineup,” Christofferson said.GOALS: “We have a goal to shoot under 200 [strokes, as a team],” senior Braden Williams said.

“In the four years on varsity that [the seniors] have been here, the last three they’ve finished third every single year,” Peters said. “This is a year where they can cer-tainly accomplish moving up the totem pole, and I know they want to leave here do-ing that.” SENIORS: Zach Evens, Drew Christofferson, Braden Williams.OTHER KEY ATHLETES: Maverick Emerson, Bligh Bjarnason, Zach Gottesman. MEETS TO WATCH: Liberty, Oct. 1; Sammamish, Oct. 8.


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Joseph Livarchik/Staff PhotoFrom left, boys water polo captains Ford Witman and Conner Vacca.

Joseph Livarchik/Staff PhotoFrom left, girls soccer captains Mary Elise Lovejoy, Namya Malik and Piper Casey.

COACH: Andrew Smith-JonesASSISTANTS: Blake van-Hartesvelt, Chad SalleyLAST SEASON: Third at state tournament. STRENGTHS: “We have a deep bench,” senior Ford Witman said. “Everyone can swim super fast and we all have good ball-handling skills. I think that bench is what a lot of other teams lack.”“I think overall, we’re a faster team than last year,” Smith-Jones said. “There’s more of that internal drive. They want to win.”NEEDS TO IMPROVE: “We got to pick up our defense,” Smith-Jones said. “We allowed way too many goals last year. We have a really good goalie in Hunter [Peshkin], but we can’t just leave it up to him to block the ball constantly.”

“We lost four starters from last year, so we’re really look-ing to some of our younger guys and even ourselves to step up and fill those roles,” senior Conner Vacca said. GOALS: “Win state,” Witman said. “I think everyone wants it, more than they did last year.”“We’re always striving to be a state competitor,” Vacca said. “We’ve shown that we can be hungry to win, it’s just a matter of if we can carry that throughout the season. And if we can, that will lead to our success and I think we can win state with that.”CAPTAINS: Conner Vacca, Ford Witman.OTHER KEY ATHLETES: Erik Raisys, Hunter Peshkin, Jacob Guedel.GAMES TO WATCH: @ Roosevelt, Sept. 14; Bel-levue, Sept. 22.

COACH: Ryan CamdenLAST SEASON: Third in KingCo, lost in KingCo tour-nament to Lake Washington. STRENGTHS: Speed.“We probably have one of the fastest teams in the league,” senior Mary Elise Lovejoy said.“Speed is our biggest strength. Number two is our technical ability, and the last thing is the competitive nature of these girls and their mental toughness,” Camden said.AREA OF FOCUS: “We re-ally want to focus on posses-

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Regular School Board MeetingThursday, September 10, 2015

Agenda5:00 p.m. Call to Order; Study Session with Mercer Island

Schools FoundationPublic Input (approximately 7:00 p.m.)Full Governance Process Monitoring and Language Review: Board Policy 1008 Annual Agenda PlanningPartial Governance Process Monitoring: 1) Board Policy 1800 OE11: Facilities and Capital

Assets – 2014 Bond Projects Update2) Board Policy 1800 OE6: Budgeting/Financial

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GIRLS SWIM AND DIVEThu, 9/10 @ Lake Washing-ton, 3 p.m.Thu, 9/17 Eastlake, 3:30 p.m.Thu, 9/24 @ Inglemoor, 3 p.m.Thu, 10/1 @ Juanita, 3:30 p.m.Thu, 10/8 Woodinville, 3:30 p.m.Thu, 10/15 Bothell, 3:15 p.m.Thu, 10/22 Redmond, 3:30 p.m.Sat, 10/24 KingCo Invite, TBD10/29-31 KingCo Champion-

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p.m. Tue, 9/15 @ Liberty, 7 p.m.Thu, 9/17 Bellevue, 7 p.m.Mon, 9/21 Lake Washington, 7 p.m.Thu, 9/24 @ Sammamish, 7 p.m.Fri, 9/25 @ Holy Names Academy, 7 p.m.Tue, 9/29 Interlake, 7 p.m. Thu, 10/1 @ Juanita, 7 p.m.Thu, 10/8 Liberty, 7 p.m.Tue, 10/13 @ Bellevue, 7 p.m.Thu, 10/15 @ Lake Washing-ton, 7 p.m.Sat, 10/17 Eisenhower, 2:30 p.m.Tue, 10/20 Sammamish, 7 p.m.Thu, 10/22 @ Interlake, 7 p.m.Tue, 10/27 Juanita, 7 p.m.

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WATER POLOTue, 9/8 @ Curtis, 7:20 p.m.Mon, 9/14 @ Roosevelt, TBDTue, 9/22 Bellevue, 7:45 p.m.Thu, 9/24 @ Sammamish, TBDTue, 9/29 Newport, 7:45 p.m.Thu, 10/1 Inglemoor, 7:45 p.m.Tue, 10/6 Shorewood, TBDThu, 10/8 Roosevelt, 7:45 p.m.Wed, 10/14 @ Bellevue, TBD10/17-18 @ Curtis Tourna-ment, TBDTue, 10/20 Sammamish, 7:45 p.m.Thu, 10/22 @ Newport, TBDMon, 10/26 @ Inglemoor, TBDWed, 10/28 Shorewood, 7:45 p.m.10/29-31 @ San Diego Tour-nament, TBD11/6-7 State Regionals, TBD11/12-14 State Tournament, TBD

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a lot of veteran guys. It’s something we’ll grow from; we’ll get better.”

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“Both of them had some good plays and bad plays today. They’re both young, they just have to keep learn-ing,” he said. “As the game went on, they started to understand what they had to do better.”

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some success with its run-ning game to open the sec-ond half. A 25-yard run from Jordano Mark fol-lowed by a Bishop Blanchet penalty put the Islanders within the red zone at the Braves’ 15-yard line. Nayar capped the 77-yard drive rushing for a 2-yard touch-down to put the Islanders on the board, though the Braves would block the ensuing PAT.

In the fourth, a 31-yard run by Swanson put the Islanders at first-and-goal

from the 3-yard line. Two plays later, Swanson found Will Krause in the end zone for Mercer Island’s second touchdown of the game.

“By the second half, we got a couple scores and we kept them off the score-board. I’m happy our guys battled throughout the game,” Ogata said.

Mercer Island will look to bounce back next Friday in its home opener against Kentridge at 7 p.m. at Islander Stadium.

Joseph Livarchik/Staff PhotoMercer Island quarterback Blake Swanson evades defenders during the second quarter of the Islanders’ season opener against Bishop Blanchet Friday evening at Bishop Blanchet High School. The Braves beat the Islanders 40-13.

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CALENDARCALENDARWEDNESDAY | 9ARTS COUNCIL REGULAR MEET-ING: 6:30-8:30 p.m., Mercer Island Community and Event Center, 8236 SE 24th St. For questions, contact Amber Britton at [email protected] or 206-275-7864.

THURSDAY | 10ZUMBA SERIES FOR WOMEN: 9-10 a.m., Congregation Shevet Achim, 8685 S.E. 47th St. A total workout, combining all elements of fitness – cardio, muscle conditioning, balance and flexibility, boosted energy and a serious dose of awe-some each time you leave class. $40 for eight classes. Contact Diane Medved at [email protected] or call 206-275-1539.SEPTEMBER CHAMBER MEMBERSHIP LUNCHEON: 12-1:15 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 10, Mercer Island Community and Event Center, 8236 S.E. 24th St. Representative Judy Clibborn will speak. She has represented the 41st District in the House for 13 years. $15-20. For more, contact Terry Moreman at 206-232-3404 or [email protected] CHEER CLINICS: 4-5 p.m. Sept. 10. Elementary and preschool girls and boys interested in cheering with the Mercer Island High School varsity cheerleaders may sign up for Little Cheer Clinics, which will take place Sept. 10 and 15. Clinics will run from 4-5 p.m. and will culminate in a performance with the varsity cheerlead-ers at the MIHS home foot-

ball game on Sept. 18. Cost is $55. For more, contact Heather Kahan at [email protected] BOARD REGULAR MEETING: 7 p.m., 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].

FRIDAY | 11MI GUILD OF SEATTLE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL MEETING: 10 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Home of Janice Krekow. Luncheon will follow meeting. Current members pick up your 2016 ad renewal packets and learn what’s new for the coming year. New-comers are always welcome! Contact [email protected] for details about membership and directions to the meeting.ART UNCORKED: 5-9 p.m., Sunset Highway. Presenting an evening of wine tasting, art, music and food in the heart of downtown Mercer Island at the Outdoor Sculpture Gallery. Admission to the art and food area is free and open to all ages. Wine-tasting tickets (21 years and older) are avail-able for purchase in advance ($25-$35), or on the day of event ($30). For more, visit www.mercergov.org or call the Chamber of Commerce at 206-232-3404.

SATURDAY | 12PLANKS IN THE PARK: 9-10 a.m. Mercerdale Park, 77th Ave S.E. and S.E. 32nd Street. Free community Dailey Barre class on the lawn. Just

bring a yoga mat, water and get ready for a fun class with a live DJ. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. Learn more about us at thedailey-method.com.DIGIVATIONS WORLD-BUILDING CAMP: 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Mercer Island Community and Event Center, 8236 S.E. 24th St. Focus consists of STEM+ARTS+MOVEMENT curriculum with a frame-work of innovation, cre-ative tech and theatre arts through world-building. Brought to you by Drs. Steven and Anne Deane Berman. Ages 9-14. Course also runs Sept. 19. For more, visit www.playonmercer.com or register by calling 206-275-7609.MIHS BOYS WATER POLO TEAM CAR WASH: 12-3 p.m., Mercer Island Storage Court, south end shopping center. Come out and support the MIHS Boys Water Polo team at their one and only fundrais-er of the year. $10 per car, tax deductible donation.MUSIC AROUND THE WORLD: 7-9 p.m., Mercer Island Presbyterian Church, 3605 84th Ave. S.E. MIPC presents a special Concert featuring pianists Natalya Ageyeva, Nino Merabishvili, Allan Park and Willard Schultz. The evening’s program will also feature cellist Haeyoon Shin and violinist Marjorie Kransberg-Talvi. Music by Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Mendelssohn, and Saint-Saens will be featured. $10-20 suggested donation.

SUNDAY | 13CASPAR BABYPANTS LIVE AT MERCER ISLAND FARMERS MARKET: 10:30 a.m.

Mercerdale Park, 77th Avenue S.E. & S.E. 32nd Street. Children’s musician Caspar Babypants returns to Mercer Island to perform for the whole family. Add a picnic blanket and market food to create a fun, family day out.JOIN MERCER ISLAND GIRL SCOUTS: 3:30-4:30 p.m., Mercer Island Community and Event Center, 8236 S.E. 24th St. This event is for parents to understand how Girl Scouts can benefit their daughters and to form new troops. Girls are not expect-ed to attend. For those who need to bring children along, child care will be provided. Pre-register for the event and learn more at joinmigirlscouts.weebly.com. For more, contact [email protected]

MONDAY | 14HIGH HOLIDAYS 101: 10-11 a.m., Congregation Shevet Achim, 8685 S.E. 47th St. Rabbi Mendy Kornfeld, a

Seattle native and Shevet Achim’s Education Director, leads this program. Passionate about Jewish education and outreach, Mendy will guide through the synagogue experience. Free. For more, contact Mendy Kornfeld at [email protected] or call 206-275-1539.

TUESDAY | 15COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM CLASSES: 6:30-9:30 p.m., City Hall Council Chambers, 9611 SE 36th St. Course will be held weekly on Tuesday evenings, with the first class covering disas-ter preparedness and terror-ism response for volunteers. For more, visit www.mercer-gov.org/emergencyprep.

WEDNESDAY | 16INFANT/CHILD/ADULT CPR WITH AED: 7-9 p.m., Main Fire Station, 3030 78th Ave. S.E. Sign up online at MyParksandRecreation.com

or or via telephone at 206-275-7847. Cost is $25. For more, contact Jolene Judd at 206-275-7607.

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

EVENTS | LIBRARY4400 88TH AVE. S.E.(206) 236-3537FRIENDS OF THE MERCER ISLAND LIBRARY MEETING: 3 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 10.

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.

EVENTS | UPCOMINGELITE SPORTS BASKETBALL CLINICS: 3:30-5 p.m., Sep. 16-Oct. 7, Mercer Island Community and Event Center, 8236 S.E. 24th St. Focus is to provide young athletes of all skill levels with the instruction and training that have made some of the NBA’s bright-est stars elite on and off the court. Ages 6-13. Register at www.elitey-outhcamps.comORANGE IS THE NEW SNACK: 7-8 p.m., Thursday,

Sept. 17, Mercer Island Community and Event Center, 8236 S.E. 24th St. Learn tips on how to prop-erly fuel your child for high performing academics and athletics. Led by nutrition coach Michelle Cartmel. All ages, register by calling 206-275-7609.CERCLE FRANCOPHONE - FRENCH CONVERSATION EVENING: 7-9 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 22. The Mercer Island Sister City Association will sponsor an informal French Conversation Evening for anyone who wants to improve his/her French at the home of Beth Brennen

on Mercer Island. The only “rule” is that we speak French. All levels of French are welcome. For more information and driving directions, contact Beth Brennen at 206-232-7650 or Monica Howell at 206-232-2983.FRIENDS OF THE MERCER ISLAND LIBRARY BOOK SALE: Sept. 17-20 MI Library, 4400 88th Ave. S.E. Thousands of books from art to science, Seuss to Patterson, history to cooking and DVDs to board books. Preview sale for members at 5 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 16.

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RedeemerLutheran Church6001 Island Crest Way 232-1711

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M e r c e r I s l a n d Places of Worship

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Dogs

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transportation

AutomobilesHonda

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Where Friends Meet Friends for 101 Years Contact Harry Leavitt for Reunion Event Information at (206) 402-7472

1825 72nd Avenue SE, Mercer Island / Open 7 Days a Week / Monday - Friday Open at 11am / Saturday and Sunday Open at 8am

50th Class ReunionMercer Island High School

Class of 1965

Class of 1975

40th Class ReunionFriday, October 16th at 6pm

Friday, September 11th at 5pm

Up Coming Events

September 10th

to October 4th

Daily specials on food

& Octoberfest beers

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