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Firehouse Munch and Christmas Tree lighting is Friday An evening of holiday merriment begins at 5:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 5, at the Christmas tree lighting ceremony and caroling at Mercerdale Park. The fun then moves across the street to the Firehouse for arts and crafts, Santa photos, treats and musical entertainment. Bring an unwrapped toy for the Toys for Tots drive to help a child in need.
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Family, friends and public officials gathered to celebrate the life and honor the death of Ida Ballasiotes on Monday afternoon at the Island’s Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. Ballasiotes, a former five-term state representative, died on Nov. 23 at age 78 at Swedish Medical
Center in Seattle. She got involved in citizen activism and then the state legislature after the murder of her daughter, Diane, in 1988. She turned the grief about her daughter’s death into action, championing crackdowns on sex offenders and the “three strikes” initiative after being elected in 1992. She earned a reputation for being “tough on crime,” but the picture painted of her at the memorial was in softer strokes, as people spoke about her sense of humor, kindness and intelligence. Speakers at the memorial quot-
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Islander Julie Kramis Hearne, author of World Spice at Home and daughter of Islander cook and author, Sharon Kramis, will appear at 3 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 7, at Island Books to talk about her new cookbook. Kramis Hearne has joined with the owners of World Spice Merchants to create a new collection of recipes that does justice to the many tastes and flavors available in the Pike Place Market shop.
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ed Ballasiotes when she said, “it’s been said that the great end in life is not knowledge, but action. And I believe that you make a difference by being willing to act. When you see that something is wrong, not just in your eyes, but in the eyes of many, go after it, and make it better.” Her son Michael Ballasiotes told a story of when he broke his leg, and how his mother told the person carrying him into the house to ‘put him down, he can walk.’” Similar recollections of her independence, self-sufficiency and no-nonsense attitude were shared, with family members and colleagues remembering her common sense, and how she used it to solve problems — not just at home, but across the entire state of Washington.
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Hardy IslanderAdam Farrell, 7, takes advantage of the snow on Saturday at Rotary Park — the highest point on Mercer Island, at 383 feet above sea level. He was joined by his siblings, Colin Farrell, 15, Charlotte Farrell, 10 and friend Joseph Dornay, 7.
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Down a narrow lane off East Mercer Way, an expanse of white stone appears suddenly — glowing through the trees. An Island mansion built by Dr. Marty Rosa, a dentist, and his wife, Janet Primm Rosa, an educator, came on the market in October for $26.8 million. The grand 15,000 s.f. home was built for entertaining and relaxing and enjoying Lake Washington and views east and south toward Mt. Rainier. There are more than a few such homes on Mercer Island. But while location and size and abundant amenities are key, it is the attention to detail and quality that makes a home stand out, said colisting agent, Christie Clark.
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At about 6 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 23, firefighters from Mercer Island, Bellevue and Eastside Fire and Rescue responded to a residential structure fire at 4300 block of East Mercer Way, according to a press release sent by Shawn Matheson, battalion chief. The building was a two-story single family residence. First arriving units from Mercer Island Fire Department (MIFD)
quickly determined that the occupants safely self-evacuated, and there was no one remaining in the structure. MIFD units found the dwelling with flames involving 100 percent of the attached gazebo-type structure at the back of the building. The fire extended into the interior of the structure on the first and second floors and the attic space. The fire involved approximately 80 to 90 percent of
the attic and significant portions of both floors of the home. Crews rapidly initiated an offensive interior and exterior fire attack and the fire was brought under control approximately an hour later. Firefighters then initiated overhaul efforts, extinguishing smaller fires throughout the structure. The fire response was upgraded to a second alarm and a total of 18 units responded with 48 firefighters. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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provided to councilmembers prior to their vote; contrary to city staff presentations and letter from the city’s consultant; and contrary to the contents of the Master Plan itself, a copy of which was repeatedly provided and presented to councilmembers prior to their vote. All clearly evidence what land was intended to be included in the Master Plan. It clearly included the sunny hilltop where the Park & Ride lot is proposed to be located. Public open space on a rare sunny high hilltop with sweeping lake and mountain views should not be turned into a Park & Ride lot. There was a Dec. 1 City Council study session on this topic, at City Hall, starting at 6 p.m. Lisa Belden
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years of community process, public involvement and ultimately community consensus embodied in the Master Plan. The sunny hilltop area at issue is used and enjoyed today, as public open space and lake and mountain viewpoint. Under the Master Plan, that use is to be improved and continued “for decades to come.” It is the planned site of an iconic Mercer Island viewpoint, formal garden and water feature, and already has trails integrating it fully into the park. City councilman Dan Grausz is telling the public that the hill top area is not included in the Master Plan. He is telling people that its inclusion in the Plan was a “mistake.” Grausz’s memory is contrary to the official records of the City Council vote and council meeting minutes; the Agenda Bills and exhibits that were
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Putting a large Park & Ride lot on the sunny view hill behind the Community Center is a bad idea for many reasons. First, it will be another magnet for off-islanders swamping the Island and neighborhoods, looking for parking as they try to avoid high parking fees in Seattle. A Park & Ride lot at the community center will cause noise and light nuisance to neighboring homes and neighborhoods, and increase traffic and congestion on Island streets and intersections in areas already burdened by heavy traffic. Transit will run from 5 a.m. to 1 a.m. if the light rail hours are similar to Central Link. The Park & Ride lot will consequently likely be open for use before 5 a.m. and later than 1 a.m., Monday - Saturday (and until midnight on Sunday). The proposed location is far from the transit station for seniors, or parents with young children, or anyone carrying a heavier shopping bag or luggage. Ditto for persons who cannot walk well. Finally, and very importantly, that hill area is already under the Luther Burbank Park Master Plan. The Luther Burbank Park Master Plan was adopted by the unanimous vote of seven city council members and was widely supported by Islanders. It was the subject of years of expensive city staff and consultant work, and
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LETTER | FROM 5 Parking proposal at ‘the hill’ at the Community Center
given everything else that is in Luther Burbank Park which needed to be addressed. Yes, it is in the Plan but its inclusion is due more to inattention than to anything else. I am not saying that The area in question was part of the City’s pur- putting the parking lot there is or is not a good chase of the old Mercer View School site from the idea. We are studying this and until that School District. Years is completed, it would later, Luther Burbank be inappropriate for Park was purchased by the City from the County. Councilmembers to make a decision. There No one disagrees that are many valid reasons the area we are talking to argue about as against placa possible ing the lot parking next to the site was Send your letters to: Community part of the editor@mi-reporter.com. Center as School Keep it brief, courteous, there are District and sign your name. reasons to purchase support it and not going there. part of What I object to, howthe County purchase. ever, is calling it part of The hill on the site was Luther Burbank Park and created in 2004 from using that as the reason the fill excavated during for opposition. Luther the construction of the Burbank Park is a beautiCommunity Center; it ful place that many of us was placed on the prophave fought very hard erty to save the cost of to preserve and protect. trucking it off site. The hill is discussed on Using it in this way to fight the Park and Ride the last page of the 2006 does it a great disservice Luther Burbank Master and misleads people in a Plan. The Plan refers way that I would not have to it as “West Hill” - a name that was never used expected opponents to resort to. before nor referred to since. I do not recall any Council vote while the Dan Grausz Plan was being reviewed Deputy Mayor that could be interpreted as annexing this to the For more see http:// Park. Instead, I think w w w. m e r c e r g o v. o r g / everyone just ignored files/MICEC_Parking_ this part of the Plan at FAQ_21Nov2014.pdf. the time because no one considered it important
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Islander Will Goodwin, at right, shakes hands with Army Chief of Staff Raymond Odierno. Goodwin will graduate from West Point in May. MIR: Did you do ROTC everywhere - Ukraine, East in high school? How was Asia. Wherever the nation the transition to West Point? decides they need the military is where we have to go. WG: It was a weird tran- It’s what I signed up for, but sition. Other people have it’s also a lot of uncertainty. done junior ROTC or come MIR: What do you do from the military, but they do a good job of starting for fun at West Point? What everyone on a level play- types of events do you plan? ing field. I didn’t feel disadWG: We do a lot of forvantaged, but it was a total culture shock from MIHS. I mal banquets. I’ve been on think the underlying things the crew team. I met Brian I learned here (on the Williams when we went to Island) carried me through. this dinner over the sumThe sense of community mer with a small group here is awesome. You see it of cadets. I’ve met Rachel in Rotary and the leadership Maddow twice. You get to at the high school. That’s hear firsthand from some of something that not every- these people, like the chairman of the joint chiefs. I’ve one experiences. seen the president speak, MIR: Do you have any I’ve seen the vice president anxieties about life post- speak. Those opportunities are awesome. It’s kind of a graduation? weird dynamic because you WG: It’s kind of nice to won’t be in those situations know what you’re going again for 40 years until you to do (after graduation in become a general or someMay). The deal with get- thing. ting to go to West Point for MIR: Is that the goal? free is that you owe five to eight years. There’s a certain WG: I don’t know. Some anxiety that comes with it just because you’re start- people love it and they stay ing to split apart from the forever, and some people people you’ve spent four don’t. So I just try to take years with, and then you each day one at a time and add in the uncertainty of, make the most out of the what am I going to do in five years that I owe, and if those five years? I watch the I’m still having fun at the news. Stuff is happening end, I’ll keep going.
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PROWLING: A 33-year-old Island woman stated that her car was in the driveway and possibly unlocked at the 2200 block of 82nd Avenue S.E. She said she noticed someone entering the car and rummaging through the glovebox, but there was no damage to the car and nothing of value appeared to be missing.
NOVEMBER 25 dential burglary. Someone shattered their rear glass door, causing the alarm to go off. Two laptops were stolen from a table by the door, but police thought the alarm may have scared off the intruders.
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suspect stole two 1.75 liter bottles of vodka from the QFC for a loss of $63.78, and fled across the street to her apartment complex at the 7800 block of S.E. 28th Street.
DEATH INVESTIGATION: The police and fire departments responded to the death of a 71-year-old Island man at the 7500 block of S.E. 29th Street. The man’s son found him collapsed on a sofa, and said that from his condition, it was obvious that he had been deceased for some period of time prior to discovery. The death was investigated and found to be natural.
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BURGLARY: The home of a 58-year-old woman at the 8700 block of S.E. 46th Street was broken into. The rear glass slider was shattered and the door was unlocked to gain entry. Numerous rooms were ransacked and electronics, jewelry and cash were taken, for a loss in excess of $20,000.
THEFT: Police located a suspect at QFC on S.E. 28th Street. He stated that he just stole beer and food, and that the items were in his jacket sleeves. He was placed under arrest, and a search incident to arrest revealed four cans of Steel Reserve, a block of cheese and a package of sausage sticks, for a total value of $20.70. All items were returned to QFC and the suspect was brought back to MIPD for processing. He was cited and released, and
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NOVEMBER 23 DOMESTIC: A 44-year-old Island man was arrested as the primary aggressor in a domestic violence incident that also involved a 29-year-old female at the 8400 block of S.E. 36th Street. He was booked into the Issaquah Jail. PROWLING: A 44-year-old woman reported that she left her purse in her unlocked car in the driveway of her residence at the 4500 block of 91st Avenue S.E. She knew it was missing, but didn’t report it to police until she realized that funds were being withdrawn from her bank accounts for numerous forged checks.
NOVEMBER 24 THEFT: A contractor reported that after working at a job site in the 2800 block of 82nd Avenue S.E. on Nov.9, the crew removed six shoring jacks from a trench and put them behind the garbage cans at the site until they returned to the job site the next weekend. Unknown persons took the jacks that are valued at about $1,000 each.
Sound Transit publishes EIS for future HCT Projects, impacts of expanding transit to meet growth Reporter Staff
On Nov. 26, Sound Transit published the final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) that will inform upcoming actions by the Sound Transit Board to update the regional transit Long-Range Plan and develop the next phase of transit investments for the region. Last summer, thousands of residents expressed interest in regional transit by commenting on the Draft SEIS. Those comments helped shape the Final SEIS. This environmental document provides the technical and environmental analysis supporting future Board
decisions about where mass transit should expand after current projects are complete in 2023. The Final SEIS evaluates the mass transit extensions that are eligible to be included in future system plans and ballot funding measures. The Final SEIS is now available on the LongRange Plan webpage: www. soundtransit.org/longrangeplan. The current Long-Range Plan for high-capacity transit is part of Transportation 2040, an action plan for transportation in the Central Puget Sound region for the next 30 years. By the year 2040, the Puget Sound Regional Council estimates the region is expected to grow by roughly 1.5 million people and support more than 1 million new jobs. All of these new people and new jobs are expected to boost demand for travel by
about 40 percent. In some of our most congested areas, transit is the most realistic option for substantially increasing the transportation system’s capacity to move people and freight. Transit helps everyone by moving thousands of people who would otherwise drive. Congestion-free commuting options also protect our environment and improve our regional economy. An effective transportation system makes it more attractive for businesses to locate and expand here. In January 2015, Sound Transit is poised to begin the process of shaping the next phase of transit investments for the region (“Sound Transit 3”). These investments will be presented for voter funding consideration in November 2016 or thereafter. Sound Transit will launch
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Starbucks’ Towing responded to a call to remove a vehicle that was parked in another tenant’s parking space in the 2500 block of 81st Avenue S.E. The Ford Club Wagon E150 had been reported stolen.
NOVEMBER 26 SHOPLIFTING: A 57-year old Seattle man was arrested for stealing a bottle of Jack Daniels, a Seahawks T-shirt and a bottle of Ibuprofen from Albertsons at 6:30 p.m.
NOVEMBER 27 HARASSMENT: A 48-year old Island woman contacted police when she went on a second date with a subject to his home for Thanksgiving weekend. According to a police report, after a few minutes it appeared that the holiday weekend date was not going well, so the woman left. Since then the subject as sent numerous text messages that were concerning in nature. The subject was then contacted by police and he promised he would not communicate with her again.
Street was arrested for assault involving a 27-year old Kent woman. He was booked into the King County jail. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES:
A 51-year old woman called police to report an unknown subject on her property. The subject said he was “getting his guitar” and got in a verbal argument with the reporting party before running down the property. The subject could not be found. A black guitar case and guitar were located. Police found drug paraphernalia in the guitar case. DUI: An 18-year old Island man was driving a 2003 Kia Specter northeast on East Mercer Way at 12:45 a.m. when he failed to negotiate a turn and drove the vehicle off the roadway and down an embankment where it landed on its roof. Both the driver and passenger exited the vehicle uninjured. The driver admitted he had been drinking and was tested and arrested for DUI. Bottles of alcohol were seen that had fallen out of the trunk and on the floorboard inside the vehicle. It appeared as though the front of the vehicle had struck a tree before flipping over prior landing on its roof, a police report said.
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an extensive public involvement process in mid-2015 through mid-2016 that gives the region’s commuters and local jurisdictions opportunities to weigh in on this next set of transit improvements. Last month the Sound Transit Board voted unanimously to work with the Washington State Legislature to secure local funding authority for a Sound Transit 3 ballot measure.
BURGLARY: A home in the 8200 block of S.E. 62nd Street was broken into and several valuable items were taken including identification documents, gold jewelry and a key ring containing car keys. The thieves kicked in the front door.
NOVEMBER 29 MALICIOUS MISCHIEF: A Toyota Prius parked in the 3500 block of 90th Avenue S.E was keyed from front to rear on the drivers side of the vehicle.
NOVEMBER 30 HARASSMENT: A 33-year old Island woman called police after a 33-year old man, whom she had a protection order against, contacted her saying that it had expired and “he could do whatever he wants now.” MALICIOUS MISCHIEF: A car and a truck parked in the 3500 block of 90th Avenue S.E. were scratched sometime overnight between Nov. 28 and Nov. 29. Damage is estimated at $300. MALICIOUS MISCHIEF: Two tires were slashed on a Mercedes-Benz GL550 parked in the 5200 block of 88th Avenue S.E. The loss is estimated at $800.
Dan Francis Laughlin
Dan Francis Laughlin died of heart failure at home in Edmonds, Washington on November 23, 2014. He was born October 10, 1964 in Portland, OR. He graduated from Mercer Island High School and WSU. He had many interests including sports, planes, automobiles, music and politics. Dan loved spending time with family and friends. He was Territory Manager for Filterra Bioretention Systems and Contech Engineered Solutions. He is survived by his son, Nicholas, mother Betty, brother Thomas, significant other Karen Steele, aunt Karen Tanyi (Joe) Kansas City, uncle Joe Laughlin (Dianna) Lacamas, WA, uncle Jerry Laughlin (Renee) and many cousins. Funeral service at Flintoft’s Issaquah Funeral Home, Saturday, November 29 at 11:00am. Please sign the family’s online guestbook at www.flintofts.com 1188396
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School briefs School Board improves public access to meeting materials The Mercer Island School Board is enhancing public access to meeting materials online using BoardDocs. The web tool allows improved electronic access to Mercer Island School District (MISD) policies and meeting notices, agendas and meeting documents along with an improved search function. “This new online system will allow our staff to prepare School Board meeting documents more efficiently, while enhancing the public’s ability to access and search School Board meeting materials,” said MISD
Superintendent Dr. Gary Plano. “Since 2008 we have used the MISD website to share information with the public.” The new system will also make searching past meeting materials easier. MISD Director of Information Technology Andreeves Ronser said, “One of the great benefits that BoardDocs provides is a stronger search tool, which will allow members of the community to more easily access the content they are looking for.” Meeting documents will be posted and available on both the MISD website and on BoardDocs through the end of the calendar year, but upcoming board meeting documents will be available exclusively through BoardDocs beginning in
January. Meeting materials since 2008 that are currently on the MISD website will also be transferred to BoardDocs in the coming months. The MISD plans to keep board materials on its website under School Board until all archived documents have been uploaded into BoardDocs. This migration is estimated to take several months. To access MISD materials on BoardDocs, visit www. boarddocs.com/wa/misd/ Board.nsf/Public.
Schools release 2013-14 annual report online The Mercer Island School District (MISD) made its 16-page annual report for the 2013-14 school year available online, while the state-mandated print edition of the report will be
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MIHS associate principal settles lawsuit with Eastside Catholic By Joseph Livarchik
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Mercer Island High School associate principal and athletic director Mark Zmuda recently settled his discrimination lawsuit with Eastside Catholic High School. According to news reports, Zmuda and the Archdiocese of Seattle agreed to end the lawsuit last week.
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Kari Anderson and Isabelle Castleman celebrate achieving their Girl Scout Silver Award. The two ninth graders received this award for their project “A Story Lives Forever,” which provided books to homeless children at Mary’s Place in Seattle. Key facts from the report: • 4,318 student were enrolled as of June 1, 2014. • MISD had a 95.4 percent graduation rate for the year.
According to Zmuda’s attorney Richard Friedman, the case concluded with a confidentiality agreement, with both sides satisfied with the settlement. Terms of the settlement were not revealed. Zmuda, formerly a vice principal at Eastside Catholic, was suing Eastside Catholic School and the Archdiocese of Seattle for discrimination, breach of contract, tortious interference with business expectancy and violation of consumer protection act. Zmuda filed the lawsuit in March after he was dis-
• MISD spent $10,337 per student – $6,112 came from the state. • Mercer Island Schools Foundation, PTAs and boosters contributions totaled nearly $1.9 million.
missed from his position at the school in December of 2013. He was forced to resign after the school discovered Zmuda had married his partner in a legal same-sex marriage. Sister Mary Tracy, president and CEO of Eastside Catholic, said at the time, the decision for dismissal was based on Zmuda being in violation of the teachings of the Catholic Church. Zmuda was approved to become associate principal at Mercer Island High School in May.
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New dinner theater to serve up satire, zany antics and an enlightened food consciousness By next year, dinner theater in Seattle will never be the same By Mary L. Grady
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Erin Brindley is in the process of transforming an iconic building in Seattle’s Pioneer Square into a space where fine food will be served with a theatric twist. Normal folks might call it dinner theater. But just what is dinner theater, aka foodie theater? It is the combination of live storytelling and the delight of good food. The senses of taste and smell are joined with the sound and motion and the presence of actors at your elbow. Brindley and her partner, Terry Podgorski, hope their new dinner theater will transport patrons to a higher place. Brindley, an actress, director and accidental foodie, grew up on Mercer Island. She attended Lakeridge Elementary School, Islander Middle
School, and graduated in 1995 from Mercer Island High School. She obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Acting from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, and acted in off-Broadway and regional productions for a number of years before turning her focus to directing. She founded her own non-profit theater company, Ripple Productions. Not surprisingly, the company is dedicated to storytelling by blending the theatrical and culinary arts. Brindley first began combining food and theater by working with a New York chef. Her first food show, entitled “Innocent When You Dream,” is where, “the action and emotion on stage mirrored the experience of eating the food on the plate.” The production was awarded Most Memorable Production of 2004 by the New York weekly, “Backstage.” Her inspiration however, came from both coasts. “My mom owned and ran a bakery my whole adult
life,” she explained. “But honestly, I was first exposed to really ‘high end food’ when I was dating a chef in New York City. Despite being a young and broke artist, I was able to eat at Gramercy Tavern, Chanterelle and many of the top restaurants in New York. It was the first time I recognized that food can be storytelling.” Her next production, entitled “Sweet Pushes, Tangy Pulls” was praised for its innovative integration of food and theater, and brought “One to Watch” status from NYTheatre.com. After 11 years in New York, she returned to Seattle to manage and direct a theater group named “Circus Contraption.” She directed “The Show to End All Shows,” which was deemed “a fantastic and demented evening of entertainment,” by the Seattle Weekly. At Circus Contraption, she worked with Podgorski, a technical director. It was a stroke of luck. Podgorski was a writer as well. One of his stories
foretold the future. A story entitled “The Distressed Chicken” featured a character named Chef Nordo Lefeszcki, a mad genius who invites theatrics in his restaurant to create “Culinary Anarchy.” Thus, Café Nordo was born. Their production, “Café Nordo presents The Modern American Chicken,” was awarded a Seattle Times Footlight Award for excellence in local theater by the Seattle Times. A review said, “A fricassee of satire, zany antics and enlightened food consciousness, ‘Café Nordo’ has a unique spin on dining, wine-ing and watching — with kinky sincerity, the show spoofs chef-cult madness but sincerely honors the consumption of a wellcooked meal.” Other productions followed such as “Café Nordo presents, ‘Sauced,’” won another Seattle Times Footlight Award. Since that time, Café Nordo has stacked up five more footlight awards. Last September, the com-
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GIRLS BASKETBALL
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BOYS BASKETBALL
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Girls basketball looks to do more in postseason
Islanders hope to break four-year regional streak
With her team coming off its second-straight trip to the state tournament last year, girls basketball coach Kaela Yuen has a very specific mindset she expects her players to have, something very much in contrast to that of the up-and-coming teams of years before. “I’m constantly telling the girls that we are a state tournament team, so that makes us one of the best sixteen teams in the state,” Yuen said. “We always need to be going to that regional game, that should be happening every season and that should be an expectation. Regardless of who we’re losing, how young we are or how old we are… I am demanding a lot from them and trying to make them play at a higher standard than maybe they think they can play.” It is with that mindset that the Islanders hope to capitalize on after seeing first-round exits from the state tournament each of the last two seasons. “I think the past two years, not coming home with anything has definitely put that extra chip on our
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For many following local prep basketball, Mercer Island’s season-ending regional-round loss to eventual 3A state champs Rainier Beach could be seen as a triumph of sorts. Rainier Beach was nation-
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Boys basketball captains David Emanuels, Andrew Pickles and Nick Taylor. ally recognized by USA Today and MaxPreps, would go on to win its third-straight state championship and would com-
pete in a national prep basketball tournament in New York. But to get there, the
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Girls basketball captains Julia Blumenstein, Jess Blakeslee and Maddie Salvino. shoulder,” said returning starter and senior captain Julia Blumenstein. “We know what that feeling is like when we come home empty-handed, so this year we want more than anything to bring back a trophy or a banner. Every year we fall short of that, we know how painful that felling is because we know how much work we put in to have those opportunities.” Mercer Island will have to do so after graduating most of its post rotation, with sophomore Anna Luce serving as the team’s lone post player. Still, Yuen remains confident about the make-up of her team. “I know we only have one post, but I think she’s going to be one of the best posts in the league,” said Yuen. “Anna is left-handed, she’s a great scorer, she’s got
soft touch, so that’s exciting. I also think we’re really strong in the guard area, we have long guards… they’re all kind of the same height they’ve got good length, they handle the ball well and shoot the ball well.” Yuen expects the Islanders to be better deeper in the season than in years past, with the goal to keep improving throughout the season and have their skills reach a climactic point come playoff time. “We were very disappointed last year. We thought we had a really good draw to get some wins and I think that left a dissatisfaction with the girls, which is healthy and good. I think they’re hungry to not only get back to the state tournament, but to do some damage down there and get some wins under their belt.”
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After 25-year veteran gymnastics coach Lenny Lewis saw his youngest daughter, Cheyanne, graduate from Mercer Island High School last year, there was some speculation among booster club members that the high school would lose its longest-tenured athletic coach. “A lot of people were wondering after she made it through if I would coach another year,” Lewis said. “Yeah, I’m back. I just can’t get enough.” Gymnastics is very much in Lewis’ blood, which it has to be for someone who divides their time between working at Boeing during the day, coaching high school gymnastics in the afternoon and then heading over to Connect Cheer in Bellevue, where he works nights as a tumbling coach. It’s easy for a busy man like Lewis to lose track of time, as he embarks on his 26th year as gymnastics coach. “Isn’t that weird?” he asks aloud after mention-
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When asked about their season goals, the seniors on the Mercer Island varsity wrestling squad make no bones about gunning for a sixth consecutive KingCo title. “To be completely honest, it’s not really a goal at this point. It’s kind of an expectation of our team to win KingCo because I know we have that talent and the ability to take us there,” said returning state medalist Taylan Yuasa. But while the Mercer Island seniors maintain KingCo title aspirations, coach Creighton Laughary said the team will have to do so while factoring in a different composition to this year’s team. “We graduated a lot of strong kids. We have five seniors returning with some experience and a lot of kids stepping onto varsity for the first time or even stepping on the mat for first time,” he said. “I think we’ll have two goals: we’ll really try to push
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Wrestling seniors Trevor Gullstad, Scott Lee, Evan Condon, Taylan Yuasa and Delano Kingston kids to compete at the highest level, but at the same time, I want to make it fun and have a learning experience and retain the younger and newer kids.” Evan Condon joins Yuasa as Mercer Island’s second returning state medalist. Condon finished third in the 195 division at last year’s state tournament, while Yuasa finished sixth in the 113, though having to forfeit his final two matches due to a knee injury. Other returning seniors are Trevor Gullstad, Scott Lee and Delano Kingston. Mercer Island will have one less obstacle in its way, with league rival Mount Si moving to 4A. Laughary acknowledged it was difficult to see such a strong opponent leave the league.
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“I think it’s like Bellevue in football; it just lends the league a whole lot of credibility,” Laughary said. “Then there’s the very real benefit of being able to wrestle against some of the best wrestlers, which makes us better. Without that, we just have to make sure we take care of our opportunities when we have them.” While juggling wrestlers of different experience levels won’t make for a sure path to a sixth KingCo title, Mercer Island’s wrestling coach seems up for the task. “The trick is to give [the older guys] enough competition in the practice room and nurture along kids who need a lot more guidance. If we can manage that, they’re going to accomplish big things in the Dome.”
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Gymnastics captains Emily Menz, Catherine Seifert and Olivia Shen. ing the length of his tenure. “I can’t believe it’s been that long. It just doesn’t seem like it.” Though Lewis will admit he’s seen more successful years at Mercer Island. Despite high hopes heading into last season, the Islanders failed to advance out of KingCo to the district meet, placing fifth overall as a team. “To place fifth at KingCo, I’ve never seen fifth. I don’t think I’ve ever placed that low at KingCo,” Lewis said. “And it wasn’t because we didn’t have talent, it was because the other teams had great talent.” Lewis attributed last year’s finish to the strength of other teams on the uneven bars, an event where the Islanders weren’t
throwing “giants”, or bigger moves, to earn more points. “I’m focusing on bars this year,” he said. “We’re going in and working on skills and trying to get girls to do their routines early.” Graduating 12 seniors last year, the Islanders saw a lot of talent go out the door, but will look to bounce back this year with cleaner routines through hard work and confidencebuilding. “We’re hoping they can become a cohesive team that roots each other on and inspires each other to do better,” Lewis said. “If we can get them to believe, ‘I can stay on this event, we can do this,’ we’ll score well… we can beat people.”
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Mercer Island swim and dive coach Chauntelle Johnson knew she had a special group last season, with a team loaded with veteran talent. But after the boys swim and dive team reclaimed its first state title in three years, the Mercer Island coach saw her team graduate 22 seniors. “Replacing that number alone is difficult, and we had some special kids last year. They’re not an easy group to replace,” she said. With a slew of fresh faces, Mercer Island swim and dive will look to defend its title. Embarking on that challenge with new talent is
something Johnson is excited to begin doing. “The best part about this group is that they really want be here, they come into practice and they want to get better,” Johnson said. “I see a lot of good things from this particular group. Not necessarily a lot of state-level returning talent, but a lot of kids that have been waiting for the last two or three years to get an opportunity to swim at districts and swim at state that are now going to get that chance.” The Islanders return six of their 16 state representatives from last year’s team, with a team strength being the backstroke and breaststroke events. While the sprint freestyles have been a strong point for the Islanders in years past, they have become a weaker event this year due to the outgoing team members. With inexperience the biggest challenge of the season, Johnson is anxious to see what her swimmers
are capable of in dual meet competition. “I think right now, our goal is to get through the season and win out our dual meets. We’ve got the talent to be very competitive. I don’t know what other teams have, but I feel very confident with what we have right now.” Despite the changing of the guard, Johnson still lists winning KingCo and placing at the state meet as goals for her team. “I don’t think its outside of our realm to come home with a trophy,” she said. “Some of the past seasons for the boys, I’ve kind of known what we’ve had going into the season. This year, there has been a lot of unknown, which has made it really exciting. You come into practice and you don’t really know exactly how things are going to go, and sometimes you’re surprised in a really good way. I’m really looking forward to this.”
last year’s team don’t want to go out with almost beating Rainier Beach as their lasting legacy. This year, Mercer Island hopes to finally earn that elusive win that sends them to Tacoma. “We’ve made it to the round of 16 four years in a row and we don’t want to get lumped into that streak,” fellow captain Nick Taylor said. “We want to be the team that broke that streak. We want to make it to the Tacoma Dome.” But the Islanders will have their work cut out for them, as the team graduated six varsity members, including three of its top four scorers in Kaleb Warner, Chris Lawler and Jake Stenberg. What the Islanders lost in offense, Mercer Island coach Gavin Cree hopes his team will make up defensively. “A lot of our returning guys are defensive-minded guys, so we’re going to
have to hang our hat on the defensive end,” Cree said. “We lost so much scoring from last season, I think it’s going to come along more slowly. But I’m expecting us to be good defensively right away.” While the Mercer Island coach acknowledged the Islanders are a young team that will take time to develop, he sees an added depth to his squad among the younger players. With a roster potentially going ten deep, Cree said ultimately, the goal hasn’t changed for Mercer Island. “Our goal is to get to the Tacoma Dome. We’ve fallen short of the final eight for four years in a row, and so our guys are determined to go beyond that point. Our goal is always to win a state championship, we’re never going to cut ourselves short of anything and set the bar too low. But in order to win a state championship, you gotta get to the final eight, so that’s our first step.”
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Vikings had to sweat for a hard-fought six-point victory over a smaller, less athletic Mercer Island team. Against a team that routinely put up 100 points a night, a 61-55 loss could seem heroic. For those in the Mercer Island locker room, it was a missed opportunity, marking the fourthstraight year the Islanders failed to advance beyond the final 16 to the Tacoma Dome. “I was expecting to win the game,” said senior captain David Emanuels. “People think that sounds crazy, but I knew that was the exact type of game it was going to be, where it would come down to the wire. I thought we were going to pull it out.” Silver linings aside, the returning Islanders from
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American novelist John Steinbeck once wrote, “A sad soul can kill you quicker, far quicker, than a germ.” Recent research states he was more right than he knew. The holidays can be one of the most stressful times of the year for many people, especially for those who don’t have anyone to spend them with. It might also be killing them. People who are lonely are 50 percent more likely to die earlier than those who are not lonely, according to recent research. Doctors Mavis Tsai and Robert J. Kohlenberg, psychologists and professors at the University of Washington, have wanted to examine the benefits of building stronger social connections for some time. Thanks to an anonymous donor, their dream was realized. The Center for Science of Social Connection, part of the college’s psychology department, opened earlier this year with a new study aimed at giving people the tools they need to strengthen bonds between each one another. “Relationships are the essence of life,” Tsai told the Reporter. “My dream is that anyone, in any city, can find a meeting, to find other people who want to connect with each other in meaningful ways and are willing to be vulnerable.” With the help of one of Kohlenberg’s former pupils, Dr. Jonathan Kanter, the center is up and running, moving closer to her vision. A group of scientists are currently investigating what best helps build better relationship bonds between pairs of people. “Interpersonal connec-
tion is beneficial to human health and happiness in fundamentally different ways,” Kohlenberg said. “For example, people who are in strong, healthy relationships heal from cuts and bruises faster than those who don’t have those bonds with someone.” Each of the therapists and those assisting in the research each went through the same process participants are currently going through, with someone they wanted to get closer with, Mavis said. The initial results have shown immense success, she said. Stephanie Haque, of Bellevue, said she’s already seen improvements in her relationships. Haque, who decided to go back to school after a successful decade-long career as a nurse to study psychology, joined the center several months ago. “I really loved their vision of and for behavioral sci-
ence,” she said. “I believe we’re a byproduct of our biology and I’ve been fascinated with psychology. What I’ve learned in this lab, and what participants are learning can be taken home. I’ve already started applying it to have an even better relationship with my kids. “ Each pair of participants who finished all three of the Center’s assessments and all four of the sessions held by one of the trained therapists will be paid $200 cash, Mavis said. The study is open to any two people, whether they’re in a romantic relationship, friends, a parent and child older than 18, or any other kind of relationship between two people who want to get closer, she said. For more information about the study or to sign up visit www.uwconnectionsstudy.com or call 206-2214296.
Talk about it The following questions were designed to create stronger bonds in relationships. According to Dr. Mavis Tsai, the holidays provide a prime opportunity to get closer. 1. What have been the most cherished experiences/ memories of your life? 2. What is your personal motto? 3. Who is the hero to you in your/our family? Why? 4. What’s important for you to experience or accomplish before you die? 5. Do you have fears about aging or dying? What are they? 6. What are your most important priorities about dying (e.g., dignity, no pain, holding on as long as possible, loved ones present)? 7. What will you teach your grandchildren? 8. I f you were to die this evening with no opportunity to communicate with anyone, what would you most regret not having told someone? Why haven’t you told them yet? 9. What do you dream or wonder about? 10. Tell us something about yourself that feels risky to share.
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Seattle’s second annual International Ladino Day will be observed on Dec. 4 at the University of Washington, but people on the Island will have another opportunity to celebrate a few days later at the Stroum Jewish Community Center (SJCC). Renowned Ladino singer-songwriter Flory Jagoda will perform at the SJCC on Dec. 6, following the world premiere of a documentary about her life called “Flory’s Flame.” Jagoda was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia, and is now 90 years old. Her performances feature traditional Sephardic songs with her own Balkan compositions, all sung in Ladino or JudeoSpanish, the language of the Sephardim – the Jews who trace their roots back to Inquisition-era Spain more than 500 years ago. “I would compare her to Edith Piaf of France. She’s the voice of a particular kind of heritage,” said Pamela Lavitt, SJCC’s director of cultural arts and the Seattle Jewish Film Festival. Lavitt said that the idea for the event emerged after a conversation with filmmakers Curt Fissel and Ellen Friedland. They directed and produced “Flory’s Flame.” “We have a long-standing relationship with filmmakers,” Lavitt said. “Those artists are capturing the most amazing stories all over the world and bringing them to
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Ladino singer-songwriter Flory Jagoda will perform at the Stroum Jewish Community Center on Dec. 6. Seattle’s, and now Mercer Island’s, doorstep.” According to many, Ladino is in danger of extinction, but is experiencing a minor revival among Sephardic communities, especially in music. Jagoda is a leader in this revival, and in 2002 she received a Lifetime Honor by the National Heritage Fellowship and the National Endowment for the Arts for her work. Jagoda learned many of the traditional songs from her grandmother. Although most of her relatives died in the Holocaust, she and her parents were able to escape and find refuge in Italy, then the United States. Since then, she has made it her life’s mission to keep Ladino tradition and culture alive. The SJCC’s newly renovated auditorium is a perfect stage for both film and live performance, Lavitt said, and the goal is to hold three or four marquee performances every year. This is the first year of the SJCC’s cultural arts program, which kicked off in September. “The history of Sephardic traditions in our region is deep and meaningful and often lost,” she said, noting
that many Sephardic Jews were the founders of Pike Place Market and inhabiters of Pioneer Square. “We are exploring a unique minority culture through the arts.” For people who have never heard Sephardic music or the Ladino language before, Lavitt said to expect “ethnic folk heritage” music that should resonate with fans of the Northwest Folk Life Festival and other cultural concerts. Translations will be provided in the event program. The SJCC and UW Sephardic Studies program are partnering to bring this event to the community, said Sarah Tobis, SJCC marketing and communications Manager. Seattle is the third largest Sephardic community in the nation, with Mercer Island representing home to a large constituency of Sephardic family names, including Behar, Bianco, Mezistrano and Piha, she said.
The film begins at 6:30 p.m., followed by the concert at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $30 in advance and $35 at the door and can be purchased online at http://sjcc.org/cultural-arts/ music/#Flory-Jagoda.
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Island Sound performances set It is not the holidays on Mercer Island without performances by Island Girls Choir and Preparatory Choir. The Island Sound Choir will present “Candy Cane Café,” this weekend. Islanders and friends are invited to join a magical tour to the North Pole to hear the latest and greatest musical songs for the holiday season. Seventy local middle school and high school girls are transformed into musical elves who sing and dance through December. Mercer Island’s own Graham Smyth is the disc jockey for KFREEZE and guides us on the adventure. Tickets are available at the door for $15, $10 with a student ASB card. Performances are at 7
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Northwest ushers in the holiday season with a yuletide classic. Our production of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever will take families on a hysterical journey where the most unlikely children perform the lead roles in their community’s annual Christmas Pageant. Will this revered holiday tradition be ruined? Will it be cancelled? Will the wise men run off with the baby Jesus? Or maybe, just maybe this will be the Best Christmas Pageant Ever! The Best Christmas Pageant Ever performs from December 5 – 21 in the sanctuary of the Emmanuel Episcopal Church on Mercer Island. Based on the book by Barbara Robinson, the show is directed by Matt Giles and features the performing talents of children from across the region. For tickets and more information about Youth Theatre programs and our school season, visit YouthTheatre.org.
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p.m., Saturday, December 6 and at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 7, all at Mercer Island High School. Island Sound Preparatory Choir will present “Candy Cane Lane” at 7 p.m., Saturday Dec. 13 and Sunday Dec. 14th at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets: $15 available at door all at Mercer Island High School For more information Heather at 206-232-8007 or heatherburgess.ice@ gmail.com
‘Wreaths across America’ needs extra hands to honor veterans Volunteers are needed to lay wreaths at Sunset Hill Memorial Park in Bellevue on Dec. 13. There are over 2,200 veterans buried at Sunset Hills Memorial Park in Bellevue. But this isn’t a Bellevue event, it is an Eastside event for anyone who wants to honor a veteran. You do not have to have a family member buried at Sunset Hills to attend. Many people attend to honor veterans in general or a family member buried in another part of the United States. It is a simple way of saying “We remember.” The group needs help in placing wreaths on veterans’ graves. If you and your family would like to help place wreaths on the graves of veterans at Sunset Memorial Park in Bellevue, all you need to do is attend the Wreaths Across America ceremony. No sign ups are required It will begin at 10 a.m. on December 13. After a short ceremony, those present are invited to place wreaths on veterans’ graves. Learn more by watching the video at http:// www.youtube.com/ watch?v=GC6BtKwKaUY. Other help is needed for the event. “We haven’t raised enough funds for all their graves, but we are extremely pleased to have raised funds for over 1,200 wreaths,” a spokesman said. Anyone can sponsor a wreath for Sunset Hills or any other cemetery in the program by going to http://give.wreathsacrossamerica.org.
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THURSDAY | 4 ST. MONICA MIDDLE SCHOOL INFORMATION NIGHT: 7-8 p.m.,
Thursday, Dec. 4, St. Monica School, 4320 87th Ave. S.E. Parents of prospective middle school students are invited to join Middle School Information Night, which will offer an overview of St. Monica’s STEM + the Arts curriculum. Those unable to attend can call 206-2325432 x174 to schedule a campus tour. Tours during school hours are offered by appointment only. For more, contact Jamie North at jnorth@stmonicasea.org. OPEN BOOK CLUB: 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 4, Island Books, 3014 78th Ave. S.E. Island Book’s open book club meets the last Thursday of every month. A staff facilitator chooses both fiction and nonfiction titles. All are welcome to attend. For more, visit www.mercerislandbooks.com.
FRIDAY | 5 HOLIDAY TREE LIGHTING AND FIREHOUSE MUNCH: 5:30-
8:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 5, Mercerdale Park, 77th Avenue S.E. and S.E. 32nd Street. An evening of holiday merriment at the community tree lighting ceremony and caroling at Mercerdale Park. Arts & crafts, Santa photos, treats and musical entertainment will follow at the Firehouse. Bring an unwrapped toy for the Toys for Tots drive to help a child in need have a better holiday season. For more, contact Amber Britton at amber.britton@mercergov.org.
CLASSICS ON FILM: Much Ado About Nothing (Kenneth Branagh, 1993). 7:30-9 p.m., Friday, Dec. 5, Aljoya Theatre 2430 76th Ave S.E. Presented by the Mercer Island Arts Council and hosted by Aljoya. All films are introduced and 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 amber.britton@mercergov. org.
SATURDAY | 6 EVERGREEN COVENANT CHURCH ANNUAL WOMEN’S CHRISTMAS BRUNCH: 9-11:30
a.m., Saturday, Dec. 6, 3200 78th Ave. S.E. Presented by Women Ministries, this annual Christmas event will feature catered brunch and a theater performance by Taproot Theater. Bring a friend or host an entire table. Cost is $15 per person. Tickets are on sale through Nov. 30 at www.evergreenchurch.cc/events. For more information, contact Linda Nicholl at 206-232-5142 or 2nicholls@comcast.net. MERCER ISLAND PARKS AND RECREATION PARENT’S NIGHT OUT: Drop, Shop & Dine!
5-9 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 6, Mercer Island Community and Event Center, 8236 S.E. 24th St. Plan an evening out to shop and dine, and bring the kids to the Mercer Island Community Center for fun and games, a movie, snacks and Santa. Register at www. myparksandrecreation.com or call 206-275-7609. Course #14831. Cost is $25 per child; $12 for each additional child.
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MERCER ISLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CONCERT SERIES:
Strum All Ye Faithful: 7-9:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 6, Mercer Island Presbyterian Church, 3605 84th Ave. S.E. A dazzling evening of mandolins and carol singing. For more, visit www.mipc.org.
SUNDAY | 7 JULIE KRAMIS HEARNE, AUTHOR OF WORLD SPICE AT HOME: 3
p.m., Sunday, Dec. 7, Island Books, 3014 78th Ave. S.E. Cookbook author Julie Kramis Hearne has joined with the owners of World Spice Merchants to create a new collection of recipes that does justice to the many treasures the Pike Place Market shop purveys. She will be on hand to present, discuss and sign copies of the book, and she’ll also have with her a fantastic flavor companion. The World Spice merchants have assembled a 16-jar set of their most delicious spices to accompany the book. For more, visit www.mercerislandbooks.com.
WEDNESDAY | 10 ARTS COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING: 6:30-8:30 p.m.,
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 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 galleries, 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, contact Amber Britton at amber.britton@ mercergov.org.
PLANNING FOR SUCCESS GIVING FROM THE HEART TABLE CAPTAIN KICK-OFF: 7-8 p.m.,
Wednesday, Dec. 10, Mercer Island Community and Event Center, 8236 S.E. 24th St. Giving from the Heart Breakfast, the largest MIYFS Foundation fundraiser, is open to all community members. Planning will begin Dec. 10 to create a stellar recruitment strategy for a successful event. All are welcome. Those who can’t make it and still want to be involved can contact Sari Weiss at sari.weiss@ mercergov.org or by calling 206-275-7756.
PACIFIC MUSICWORKS PRESENTS J.S. BACH’S CHRISTMAS ORATORIO: 7:30-9:30
p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 17, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 4400 86th Ave. Celebrate the holiday season with a collection of North America’s best peri-
od instrumentalists and vocal soloists in this festive performance of three of Bach’s six Christmas Oratorio Cantatas. This new collaboration features multiple presenters from the Pacific Northwest, and is co‐produced with Early Music Vancouver. Cost is $40; $35 for seniors; $10 for those under 25. Children ages 7-12 free with ticketed adult. For more, contact teklacunningha@yahoo.com or call 206-724-6625.
basketball and the Mercer Island Select program. Cost is $85. To register or find out more, visit mibasketball.org. MERCER ISLAND VISUAL ARTS LEAGUE HOLIDAY ART SHOW:
Nov. 3 - Dec. 19, Mercer Island Community and Event Center, 8236 S.E. 24th St. MIVAL once again creates their Annual Holiday Art Show presenting over 30 local artists of all mediums. Their artwork will adorn the walls and interior of the Mercer Island Community and Events Center. For more, contact Nannette Bassett at
nannettebas@gmail.com or call 206-232-8148. JAYMARC HOMES TOYS FOR TOTS:
Nov. 3 - Dec. 8. Toys for Tots is a charity put on by the U.S. Marine Corps that collects new, unwrapped toys each year and distributes those toys as Holiday gifts to children in the community in which the campaign is conducted. Boxes will be at each JayMarc open model in Bellevue and Mercer Island. Donation boxes will be available through Monday, Dec. 8. Model homes are
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EVENTS | ONGOING MERCER ISLAND LITTLE DRIBBLERS BASKETBALL CAMP:
Saturdays, Dec. 6 - Feb. 7, Mercer Island High School gym, 9100 S.E. 42nd St. The Little Dribblers program is the longest running youth basektball program on Mercer Island, with over 40 years of basketball instruction to young athletes. Little Dribblers complements participation in Mercer Island Boys & Girls Club recreation
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CALENDAR | FROM 19 open Friday-Tuesday from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Mercer Island locations are at 2229 77th Ave. S.E. and 2436 60th Ave. S.E. Donated toys must be new. For more information about this charity, please go to www. toysfortots.org/Default.aspx. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH’S “SOUP AND SOUND” ADVENT CONCERT SERIES:
11:30 a.m., Fridays, Dec. 5-19, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 4400 86th Ave. These free events will begin with homemade soup and bread served in the Narthex, followed by music in the church. This year’s concerts will be provided by Susan E. Bloomfield, organist, on the magnificent Beckerath organ. Her programs will include Advent and Christmas music by composers such as J.S. Bach, Brahms, Liszt, Pachelbel and Max Reger, as well as sing-along carols, and will last about 45 minutes each. For more information, call 206-232-1572 or visit www. emmanuelmi.org. YTN’S THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER: Dec. 5-21 in
the Emmanuel Episcopal Church Sanctuary, 4400 86th Ave. Youth Theatre Northwest’s production, adapted from the bestselling young adult book, tells the story of a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant and faced with casting the Herdman kids – probably the most inventively “awful” kids in history. Tickets are $15 for general admission, $13 for students and seniors. For more, visit YouthTheatre. org. REGISTRATION FOR BEGINNING FLY-TYING CLASS: Taught by
members of the Washington Fly Fishing Club, learn to tie 15 Northwest trout fly patterns, while receiving st personal instruction on common fly-tying skills. Reporter Each student will be given 4
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online access to the WFFC Fly-Tying Manual. A DVD showing close-ups of the flies being tied, tying tools and materials are available for purchase. The eight weekly sessions will begin Thursday, Jan. 8, taking place from 6:30-9 p.m. at Evergreen Covenant Church, 3200 78th S.E.. Cost is $60; DVD is available for an additional $10. Register online at www.wffc.com. For more, contact Pat Peterman at 425-503-5979.
Island Library, 4400 88th Ave. S.E. Running Dec. 8-15 during library hours. For more, contact crintern@ kcls.org or call 206-236-3537. COMPUTER CLASS: One-onOne Assistance. Thursday, Dec. 11, 7 p.m., 7:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. Do you need extra help on the computer? A KCLS volunteer instructor will give one-onone computer assistance. Registration required.
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CHILDREN & FAMILIES HOLIDAY MAGIC SHOW: 2 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 6, Mercer Island Library, 4400 88th Ave. S.E. Presented by Jeff Evans, ages 5 and older with adult. Free tickets distributed at Information Desk, 10 a.m. on day of the program. For more, contact crintern@ kcls.org or call 206-236-3537.
SHABBAT UNPLUGGED: 2-4 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 6. Unplug from technology and plug into community and family. Every Shabbat Unplugged will feature a variety of activities open to our entire community, including family yoga, a gym obstacle course, swimming and art projects. Free. Contact Zach Duitch at Zachd@sjcc.org. FILM AND CONCERT: “Flory’s Flame” and Legacy. 6 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 6. Keeper of the flame of Sephardic music, songbird Flory Jagoda takes audiences on a journey through songs and storytelling. The program kicks off with a film premiere of “Flory’s Flame,” a new documentary that weaves Jagoda’s life story, tracing her family’s Spanish Jewish roots from the Inquisition to the former Yugoslavia and culminates in a concert at the Library of Congress. The film directors will attend. For the concert, Jagoda is joined by handpicked musicians steeped in the rich sounds of Sephardic traditions. Co-presented by the Sephardic Studies Program of the Stroum
TEENS LIGHTEN UP AND LEARN AT THE LIBRARY: 2:30 p.m.,
Wednesday, Dec. 3. For 5th grade and older. Create your own computer keyboard with Makey Makey kits, or get a chance to tinker and invent. Contact crintern@ kcls.org or call 206-236-3537. STUDY ZONE: Wednesday, Dec. 3, 10 and 17, 3–6 p.m. Grades K-12. Drop in for free homework help from trained volunteer tutors. Proofreading help is available. Ask at the Reference Desk for location. TEEN ADVISORY BOARD: 7 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 9. Voice opinions on the programs and services the library offers. Come with feedback and bring ideas to discuss. Pizza available.
Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Washington for International Ladino Day. Doors open 30 minutes prior. Advance tickets for members/students/ youths/seniors is $25, $30 for guests; $35 at the door. 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 cardiovascular and weight training as well as balance, stability, and stretching. Free for members, $5 for guests. Contact Dana Azose at danaa@sjcc.org or call 206388-0836. TOT SHABBAT: 9:45 a.m., Fridays. Join us with your children and celebrate Shabbat with songs and challah on Friday mornings. Free event. 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 September 8 through June 8. $592 for member, $718 for non-members. For more, contact Laura Selby at lauraselby@comcast.net. MOMMY MATTERS: Moms, Getting Real about What Matters. 10-11:30 a.m., Tuesdays. Mommy Matters is an opportunity for moms to get support and learn about what matters most as your child moves through the toddler and preschool years, blending love and logic parenting, positive discipline and Gottman principles with personal coaching. Cost is $259 for members, $279 for non-members. Contact instructor Melissa Benaroya, LICSW, for more information and to register, melissa@ growparenting.com.
Book amnesty KCLS to forgive library fines for kids
There are a few other things I’d like to point out about fines: • If you are an adult At a recent visit to with overdue fines we a library in Seattle, I promise to not tell your accompanied my son to mother. We will also not the check-out desk. The shun you, taunt you or staff member behind the put your photo in the desk told us there were post office. • If your account is some fines on his card. under $10 you can still As a librarian I feel a special kind of shame in dis- check out items. A total covering when my kids of $9.99 in fines still allows you lose or damaccess of up age books. My to 100 items son blushed, I and downblushed, then loads. I gave him a • Fines do sigh and what not accrue my husband interest like refers to as the credit cards ‘Stern Look of do. I wish Disapproval.’ Visa would As I reached Darcy Brixey follow suit. for my wallet, • Your I calculated a fines can be paid online. list of chores that could be done to pay back those This is a simple way to avoid the embarrassment fines. There are a few com- of admitting to a staff mon things people ask member you kept Fifty when they learn I’m a Shades of Grey a week librarian. The questions longer than the due date. • Ebooks can never are usually what I’m readbe overdue. They simply ing and how to download an ebook. The most expire. If managing a housecommon occurrence is a quiet admission that they hold worth of library haven’t been to a library cards is getting to be too lately because they are much, remember that embarrassed by having Library Elf can help consolidate those cards and too many fines. There is a campaign you can set your preferright now to help rid ences for helpful remindstudents of their library ers by email or text when fines. If students are in things are coming due. We could all use a kindergarten through fresh start now and then. 12th grade they can ask for a Fresh Start on Maybe I’ll suggest it to fines that were accrued Visa. Darcy Brixey is a teen before November 2014. services librarian with This does not extend to the King County Library fees from lost items or to System. She’d like to tell adults. More information you she loves to read, but is available at http://www. it’s an expectation of the kcls.org/usingthelibrary/ freshstart/. job.
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MULTI MEDIA SALES CONSULTANT (Redmond) Looking for an exciting career in Sales and want to be part of the largest community news organization in Washington? Sound Publishing, Inc. has an immediate opening for a Multi Media Adver tising Sales Consultant with the Redmond Reporter, working out of our Kirkland office! Do you have a proven track record of success in sales and enjoy managing your own territory? Are you competitive and thrive in an energetic environment? Do you desire to work in an envir o n m e n t w h i c h o f fe r s uncapped ear ning opportunities? Are you interested in a fast paced, c r e a t i ve a t m o s p h e r e where you can use your sales expertise to provide consultative print and digital solutions? If you answered YES to the above, then we are looking for you! Redmond Reporter, a division of Sound Publishing, Inc. is looking for self-motivated, resultsdriven people interested in a multi-media sales career. This position will be responsible for print and digital adver tising s a l e s t o a n ex c i t i n g group of clients in the Redmond area. As part of our sales team you are expected to maintain and grow existing client relationships, as well as develop new client relationships. The successful candidate will also be goal oriented, have organizational skills that enable you to manage multiple deadlines, provide great consultative sales and excellent customer service. This posit i o n r e c e i ve s a b a s e salary plus commission; and a benefits package including health insurance, paid time off, and 401K. Position requires use of your personal cell phone and vehicle, poss e s s i o n o f v a l i d WA State Driver’s License and proof of active vehicle insurance. Sales experience necessary; Media exper ience is a definite asset. Must be computer-proficient. If you have these skills, and enjoy playing a proactive part in impacting your local businesses’ financial success with adver tising solutions, please email your resume and cover letter to:
REGIONAL ADVERTISING SALES MANAGER Sound Publishing has an immediate opening for an experienced Regional Sales Manager in our National Sales department. This position is based out of our Bellevue, WA office, near the I-90/ I-405 interchange (Factoria). Compensation includes a base salary plus commission, excellent benefits, 401k with company match, and paid time-off.
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The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong interpersonal skills, both written and oral, and excel in dealing daily with internal as well as external contacts. Must be computer-proficient and internet savvy, and have an exceptional marketing and sales background; print media exper ience is a definite plus. Must engage prospective clients with Sound’s capabilities and customize the message to secure new business as well as grow existing business. Submit your resume and cover letter for immediate consideration to hr@soundpublishing.com Sound Publishing is the largest community news organization in the state of Washington. Learn more about us at www.soundpublishing.com EOE REPORTER The Grays Harbor Publishing Group on Grays Harbor, Wash., has an opening for a full-time reporter with an emphasis on local sports writing. We’re looking for someone to produce clear, brightly written high school prep spor ts stories relevant to real people reading us in print, on our website and in social media. Ability to take photos is necessary, as is familiarity with social media. Grays Harbor is on the Washington Coast, an hour from the Olympic Rain Forest and two h o u r s f r o m S e a t t l e. Benefits include, but are not limited to paid vacation, sick and holidays, medical, dental and life insurance, and a 401(K) plan with company match. Send a cover letter, resume and writing samples to: hr@soundpublishing.com All qualified applicants will be considered for employment. Qualified applicants selected for inter view will be required to complete an application.
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NOTICE Washington State law requires wood sellers to provide an invoice (receipt) that shows the s e l l e r ’s a n d b u y e r ’s name and address and the date delivered. The invoice should also state the price, the quantity delivered and the quantity upon which the price is based. There should be a statement on the type and quality of the wood. When you buy firewood write the seller’s phone number and the license plate number of the delivery vehicle. The legal measure for firewood in Washington is the cord or a fraction of a cord. Estimate a c o r d by v i s u a l i z i n g a four-foot by eight-foot space filled with wood to a height of four feet. Most long bed pickup trucks have beds that are close to the four-foot by 8-foot dimension. To m a k e a f i r e w o o d complaint, call 360-9021857. agr.wa.gov/inspection/ WeightsMeasures/Fire woodinformation.aspx agr.wa.gov/inspection/WeightsMeasures/Firewoodinformation.aspx
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Wednesday, December 3, 2014 Dogs
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M A C AW, b e a u t i f u l blue/gold, 10 year old male. Recent check up with nail clip. Recent job change forces sale. Includes very large collapsible cage with 2 perches, 3 food/water dishes, also travel cage, food. $1,200 firm to good home. Large vocabulary! (425)772-2012 Awesome Christmas Gift!! Need extra cash? Place your classified ad today! Call 1-800-388-2527 or Go online 24 hours a day www.nw-ads.com.
PIXIE BOBS - TICA Registration possible. Playful, lots of fun! Hypo-allergenic, shor t hair, some with extra big feet, short tails, very loving and loyal. Box trained. Excellent markings. All shots and wor med. Guaranteed! $150 to $1,500. Also, 1 FREE adult cat! Call for appointment: 425-2353193 (Renton) RAGDOLL Maine Coon mix kittens (6), will be huge, docile, dog like. Raised under foot never caged. Raised with dogs and great with kids. 8 weeks. Sealpoints, Bluepoints, tabby, black & black & white. Shots, wo r m e d , g a ra u n t e e d . $300 no checks please. Weekend delivery poss i bl e . S o r r y n o p i c s . Available Bengal Maincoon Mix. 425-350-0734.
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1981 CAMARO Z28. All original $8,500. Beautiful sleek black cr usier is ready to roll. Own the car of your dreams! Excellent cond! Lake Stevens. Call Jim 425-2444336.
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AKC ENGLISH Mastiff Healthy Fawn pups, with large bone, English correct confirmation, and genetically sound. Superior breeding! Family r a i s e d . Ve t c h e c k e d . Current on shots and worming. Both parents on site. Old foundation lines, set the standard in which Mastiff ’s should be. Huge, yet gentle and w e l l b e h ave d . $ 1 2 0 0 a n d u p. G u a r a n t e e d . Pictures and information call 509-738-6330.
AKC Standard Poodle Puppies. Ready Now for t h e i r fo r eve r h o m e s . B l a ck , B r ow n & R e d . Healthy & well socialized. Proud, graceful, noble, good-natured, enj oya bl e a n d c h e e r f u l . This highly intelligent dog is one of the most trainable breeds. Micro chipped & housebroken. Parents are health tested. $1,100. www.ourpoeticpoodles.com or call 509-582-6027 AKC YELLOW LAB puppies. 3 females, 2 males are ready for their loving homes. Hunting bred & wonderful companions! Both parents on site. Dew-clawed, wor med, 1 st shots. Born October 4th. $600 each. Rochester. Call Chuck 360-2504559. GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPPIES 2 Females, black and tan, 1st shots, wormed. Very loving and playful. $425. 2 year old male German Shepherd, black & tan $300. 360496-1390. 360-4961394, Randle, WA
AKC WEST HIGHLAND White Terr iers. These puppies are beyond cute and full of “Westitude”. They are healthy, lively puppies from sweet, loving parents. We are experienced breeders with 35 + years experience. Ready to go to their new homes Dec. 7 for the d i s c r i m i n a t i n g bu ye r. $1200 each. Rochester. Call now 360-273-9325.
BEAGLE PUPPIES. Now taking deposits for our Champion Bloodlines. Bor n Oct. 24th. Raised in our home, well socialized. Make great family pets. Will have 6 weeks of worming and first shots. $550 each. 360-779-7489 or 360509-5109 Christmas Puppies!
Purebred mini Australian S h e p h e r d p u p p y ’s , family raised. Miniature Australian Shepherds are easygoing, perpetual puppies that love to play. Courageous, loyal and affectionate, they are excellent children & senior’s companions. 1st shots, wor med, dew claws & tails removed. M a ny c o l o r s. Pa r e n t s are our family dogs and on site. $450 & up. 360261-3354
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BIG D TOWING Abandoned Vehicle Auction Tuesday 12/09/14 @ 11AM. 4 vehicles. Preview 10-11am. 1540 Leary Way NW, Seattle 98107 YORKSHIRE Terr iers, A K C p u p py ’s. S i r e championship lineage. R e a d y fo r t h e i r n e w homes Nov. 10th. Parents on site, should be no bigger than 4-5 LBS. All shots, wormed, health verified. Females starting at $1,150. Males star ting at $875 425530-0452 (Marysville)
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Snoqualmie
Issaquah
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Gorgeous Murray Franklyn resale in the Deer Park neighborhood of Snoqualmie Ride. A four-bedroom home features an open floor plan with gourmet kitchen. #698634 Eric Huang 425-922-4368
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Quality view homes are rare on MI, so don’t miss this! Lake view, 2BR, 2.5BA, family room, formal liv/din rms. Deck for entertaining, xtra storage. 2 pkg. #703426 Harrison & St.Mary 206-953-8359
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Snoqualmie
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Renton
$249,950
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Charming craftsman in a remarkable location features a warm living room w/classic fireplace & an inviting formal dining room with a boxed beam ceiling. 2BR/1BA #718888 Michael Scott 206-230-5455
Great lighting and top floor plan with vaulted ceilings. Updated kitchen with tons of cabinets & counter top. Hardwood floors in kitchen and guest bedroom/den. #697490 Amanda Reynolds 206-230-5395
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This 2BR/2BA end unit at Issaquah Crown Condos with updated modern look has a private balcony overlooking woods w/wildlife and nature trails. Spacious yet cozy. #707551 Koleen Cook 425-233-5500
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