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2015 Citizens of the Year

Summer Celebration! begins Saturday This is it. The best summer Island weekend ever! It all starts early Saturday morning - with a kids’ fun run to raise money to fight cancer and the Sons of Norway’s pancake breakfast at 9 a.m.

The Grand Parade begins at 10 a.m. in the Town Center. There will be fun, food and good times until Sunday evening. Fireworks over the lake will entertain Islanders beginning at 7 p.m.

Saturday night at Luther Burbank Park.

Visit the Mercer Island Reporter booth for your copy of 98040 with everything you need to know for the weekend ahead, or visit www.mercergov.org.

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Islanders want a central gathering spot, but where?

By Katie Metzger

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With the future of the Hines property in question, some Mercer Island citizens who oppose more five-story apartment buildings going up in Town Center are wondering if the site can be acquired in a private-public partnership and turned into a large plaza.

The lack of a central gathering area downtown has been one of the main criticisms throughout the Town Center visioning process, which city staff began in 2014 and attracted a lot of public atten-

tion in 2015.

Urban planning consultant Seth Harry suggested three areas prime for plazas: on S.E. 27th Street by Starbucks, on 78th Avenue S.E. leading to Sunset Highway and along S.E. 29th Street.

The idea of the “Starbucks plaza,” which would be created by removing the curved road and designed like Pioneer Square in Portland, generated significant interest when it was first proposed.

Later, the Town Center stakeholders posited that the Walgreens site would also be a good option for a plaza or park. A few years ago, the city tried to work out a partner-

“[It’s] an outstanding idea for our children and grandchildren.”

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Islanders are invited to hear from primary election candidates for Pos. 7 of the City Council and Pos. 3 of the Mercer Island School District Board of Directors at two voter forums next week.

The Mercer Island PTA will hold a forum focused on education issues for both City Council and School Board candidates at 7 p.m., Monday July 13 in the board room at the School District Administration Building at 4160 86th Ave. S.E. The second forum with both sets of candidates on all topics will be at 7 p.m., Tuesday, July 14 at Aljoya, at 2430 76th Ave. S.E.

Many wish for public plaza in Town Center

ship with Walgreens that would include civic buildings and public parking, but it never materialized.

The Hines designs featured a large plaza along S.E. 29th Street, a feature praised by the Design Commission. Many say the block under contract with Hines would be a prime location, close to the planned Mercer Island Center for the Arts (MICA), Farmers Market and within reasonable walking distance of the Park and Ride and future light rail station.

On social media, many Islanders said they would support Doris Cassan an initiative, bond or more taxes—personal and/or business—to acquire property in the central business core to create a public plaza, if the Hines project is not built. Hines appears to have discontinued its efforts to develop the three parcels south of McDonald’s, although

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Island Books owners Roger and Nancy Page are the 2015 Mercer Island Citizens of the Year. Roger Page bought the shop in 1991. It was founded in 1973 by Islander Lola Deane.

Few phrases have shown up as often in the Mercer Island Reporter over the years as the words, “Island Books.” Check the Reporter Calendar at any time of the year and there will be several notices for readings, new author events and even sing-alongs for children set for the book shop.

Despite being a business, the shop is also the place for celebrating books and reading.

Owners Roger and Nancy Page are generous with their time and their shop, offering space amidst the shelves, oftentimes for free.

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Transit negotiations to restart More work needed on bus intercept, and ‘loss of mobility’ compensation

one that will be exacerbated when light rail service to and from Mercer Island begins in 2023.

The issues compounded when Sound Transit made a presentation to the City Council in January 2014

By Katie Metzger about the idea of a bus kmetzger@mi-reporter.com intercept. With light rail going across I-90, the bus At the June 27 City turnaround would streamCouncil mini planning ses- line service for commutsion, Mayor Bruce Bassett ers and save Metro service said that the city is setting hours that could be seen as the stage for a “full restart” redundant. of negotiations with Sound The Council said the city Transit, first identifying would require additional outstanding issues between mitigation for that facilthe two parties. ity, separate from the funds Three have been dis- already set aside for “loss cussed this year: a com- of mobility” and parking. It muter parking then unanipartnership, mously a bus interrejected the cept proposal latest bus and the lonintercept gest-standing proposal issue—mitigaplanned Mayor Bruce Bassett tion for losing for 80th access to the Avenue I-90 center lanes.

S.E., concluding that an That mitigation, for “loss operation of that magnitude of mobility,” was promised would not be “a useful startin a 2004 memorandum ing point for further discusof understanding (MOU) sions.” between Sound Transit and A way forward may come the city. with help from Bellevue and Former City Manager its mayor, Claudia Balducci, Rich Conrad negotiated who sits on the Sound a $6.3 million mitigation Transit Board. amount, but it was in an In early April, Sound unwritten agreement.

Transit and Bellevue signed Sound Transit represen- an amended Memorandum tatives said the plan was to of Understanding (MOU), use that money to provide updated from a 2011 MOU, more commuter parking, as to save the city $60 million the Island Park and Ride in contingency costs. fills by 7:30 a.m.

After the Council rejectIt’s not a unique issue ed the Sound Transit proamong Park and Rides, but

“It’s too early to fragment the conversation.”

posal for the bus intercept project, there have been no further proposals, said Deputy Mayor Dan Grausz.

“Instead, we expect Sound Transit to soon agree to a period of discussions during which we can step back, identify issues of mutual concern that may include bus intercept… The City Council has made it clear to Sound Transit that we want them to look again at off-Island options to bus intercept, as we will not consider approving what had previously been proposed,” Grausz wrote in an email update to Islanders.

This “issue identification” process will begin this summer, and involve the City Council and the public.

Bassett said it will be a very broad conversation and not focus on one particular issue or another.

“It’s too early to fragment the conversation,” he said.

The Sound Transit Board discussed the Mercer Island issues at its June 25 meeting.

“Staff heard from Mayor Balducci that she is interested in the Board taking a more active role in ironing out the remaining issues with Mercer Island as we move forward with plans for Mercer Island Station,” said Bruce Gray, Sound Transit PIO. “She directed staff to come back to the Board this summer with a framework and timeline for resolving the outstanding questions about parking and the busto-train transfer on the island.”

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City briefs Campaign fundraising kicks off City Council campaign season is underway, with many candidates hosting fundraising kick-offs and brightly colored signs going up around Island neighborhoods.

Some candidates haven’t started raising money yet, though all have filed with the Public Disclosure Commission (PDC). Check the PDC website for updated fundraising numbers.

As of press time, Tom Acker was leading all candidates with $10,295 in donations.

Bruce Bassett, incumbent mayor and Acker’s opponent for Position No. 5, has brought in $7,869.91 so far, with donations from Reps.

Judy Clibborn and Tana Senn and Deputy King County Executive Fred Jarrett, among others.

Senn and Jarrett also gave to the campaign of Debbie Bertlin for Position No. 7.

She has raised about $4,600, with opponents Traci Granbois following with $1,900 and Darren Gold with $0.

Jane Brahm has yet to raise money in her race to maintain Position No. 1 against challenger Dave Wisenteiner, who has brought in $100.

Jeff Sanderson, running for Position No. 4, logged $5,000 with the PDC, though it appears to be a personal donation.

Salim Nice and Wendy Weiker are in a tight race for Position No. 3, raising $1,320 and $687.42 respectively.

In the race for a seat on the King County Council, incumbent Jane Hague has raised $228,184.86 so far — the second highest amount raised so far for political races statewide.

David Condon, running for Mayor of the City of Spokane has raised the most. Claudia Balducci,

current Mayor of Bellevue, has raised $84,936.72 in her run against Hague for King County Council.

When may singleoccupant vehicles use I-90 HOV lanes?

The city recently received a number of questions about when Islanders driving alone can legally use the HOV lanes on I-90.

The protocol used by the Mercer Island Police Department (MIPD) is to enforce lane restrictions based on the following information from WSDOT, which considers the I-90 express lanes to extend from 5th Avenue in downtown Seattle to I-405 in Bellevue.

Single-occupant-vehicles (SOV) may use the express lanes between Island Crest Way on Mercer Island and Rainier Avenue in Seattle.

East of Island Crest Way (and west of Rainier Avenue in Seattle), the express lanes are open to high-occupant-vehicle (HOV) traffic ONLY. The I-90 express lanes have ramps and exits specifically designated for HOV traffic.

Signage on the I-90 express lanes and the I-90 mainline displays this information and informs the motoring public of the restrictions. The information and an I-90 map are available on the WSDOT website.

City needs five investors for solar Based on the significant interest generated by the city’s 2014 residential rooftop solar installation program, the city has developed another clean energy project that would lower the Island’s carbon footprint and offer a way for even more residents to support clean, renewable energy.

A 75-kilowatt solar array proposed for the roof of City Hall needs five more investors to become viable.

“Community Solar” proj-

ects provide a way for residents to support solar, even if they don’t have a suitable location on their own property.

By contributing funds to install the project, each participant becomes an owner-investor, and receives generous solar production payments from Washington State, while the City would buy the power at market rates. After five years, investors are expected to sell or donate the array to the City, which would operate it for the remaining 20-25 years of its useful lifespan. The array could provide up to 20 percent of City Hall’s annual power needs.

Investors don’t need to live on Mercer Island, but must be a Washington State customer of PSE. Visit www. mercergov.org/solarpower for more information.

Grocery store update at Council meeting At their July 6 meeting, after the Reporter deadline, the City Council discussed an “Albertsons Grocery Site Update.” Check mi-reporter.com for a full story.

“Reports circulating suggest that at least three groceries (PCC, Metropolitan Market and New Seasons-a chain out of Portland) are seeking the location and that the entity controlling this lease is willing to rent to one of them,” Deputy Mayor Dan Grausz wrote in an email update to Islanders.

The Facebook group “Bring PCC to Mercer Island” had about 1,300 members at press time.

Group members arranged to wear their matching T-shirts to Monday’s Council meeting.

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BOOKS | FROM 1 There are often sales at the shop where part of the proceeds go to Mercer Island schools or other causes.

The Pages’ generosity extends to helping support community services as well. Island Books has been a steady donor to many community causes and needs. And the Island has taken notice.

In 2013, they were named a Champion of YFS, the City of Mercer Island’s Youth and Family Services department. In 2010, the couple were the recipients of the Mercer Island Rotary Club’s Citizen Achievement Award, which honors nonmembers for their extraordinary service and commitment to community.

In 2004, Island Books

PLAZA | FROM 1 property owner Dean Bitney said his parcel is still “very much under contract with Hines.”

“The money to acquire a property would have to come from somewhere to both acquire, develop and sustain the property, and that question would need to be answered later,” Tom Acker, who started the Save Our Suburbs community group and is now running for City Council, wrote in a NextDoor thread.

Doris Cassan, whose husband James owns Dollar Development Co. and developed The Mercer apartments, said she and her family “would pledge over time an amount in the seven figure.”

“I would be honored to serve on a group that would seek others who

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Nancy and Roger Page explore new fiction at Island Books, was chosen by the Mercer Island Chamber of Commerce as the Business of the Year. Now, they are Citizens of the Year, and received their award at Monday’s City Council meeting.

“Roger took an already special institution and made it even more beloved and more of an integral part of the Mercer Island community,” Mayor Bruce

Bassett said at the meeting. “[It] couldn’t have happened to a nicer pair...

They’ve meant an awful lot to the community for an awfully long time, but they mean even more to us,” the Island Books staff wrote on their website.

The Citizens of the Year will also be celebrated during the city’s Grand Parade, which starts at 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 11.

would also be willing to donate for such an outstanding idea for our children and grandchildren,” she wrote in reply to the NextDoor post.

She also mentioned that the MICA could be built there, instead of near Mercerdale Park.

“While it would be great to be in the middle of the Town Center, and it would indeed be an excellent site, except for the expense,” said MICA Executive Director Louise Kincaid.

“To acquire the property from the current owners (who rightfully expect full commercial rates) would significantly increase, and possibly at least double, the cost of the current $25 million MICA project budget.”

Cassan said that as a ‘property rights’ advocate, she would want the sale to

be based on the same value as the Hines deal.

Islanders have suggested other ideas for community gathering places, notably a year-round Farmers Market or a development similar to Seattle’s Melrose Market or Wenatchee’s Pybus Market.

Others would ask new developments to contribute to parks or public gathering areas.

The stakeholders have discussed a ‘fee in lieu’ that would require developers to put money in a pot for public projects, like plazas, rather than incorporating them in designs for their own buildings in exchange for height bonuses, as outlined in the current code.

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You can conserve energy even when it is hot form of air conditioning in their homes. Because of that growth, energy conservation is even more important right now.

PSE customers can save money even during heat wave Puget Sound Energy is encouraging its more than 1.1 million electric customers to be even more energy conscious as temperatures jump into the 90s over the next few days.

In a press release issued last week, PSE said that the electric infrastructure is performing well, and generating facilities have the capacity to meet the needs of customers. While excessive heat puts extra demands on the power grid, the region uses more energy on cold winter days, utility officials said. But summer power consumption has been growing as more customers add some

Here are some tips: • Set your thermostat as high as comfortably possible. For those with air conditioning, PSE recommends no lower than 75 degrees. Customers can save up to five percent on their electric bill by taking that simple step.

• Invest in a programmable thermostat that will automatically adjust the indoor temperature while you’re away.

• Use fans to help circulate the air. Remember that ceiling fans cool you, not the room, so when you leave the room, make sure

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School briefs

to turn off the fan.

High test opt-outs will cost MISD federal money

• Make sure to close window blinds and curtains to block direct sunlight. In the evening, open windows for cross ventilation.

Superintendent Dr. Gary Plano alerted the School Board at its regular meeting June 25 that a low student turnout at the high school for the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) test may affect the amount of federal dollars the district receives. Plano said not enough students took the test to validate any of the scores.

“Close to 45 percent [of the students] opted out officially and another 25-30 percent just didn’t show,” said Jennifer Wright, executive director of learning services.

Mercer Island students weren’t alone in their refusal to take the SBAC test, as students from various local schools across the region opted out of taking the exam. KING 5 reported in April that not a single

• Switch out any conventional light bulbs with LED or compact fluorescent light bulbs, which produce 70 percent less heat.

• Run appliances, such as dishwashers, clothes washers and dryers, at night. A hot dishwasher sends heat throughout the house; run only on full loads and use the ‘no heat’ option for the drying cycle.

• Consider cooking a later dinner or grilling outside to prevent any additional heat buildup.

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junior showed up to take the SBAC test at Nathan Hale High School. Seattle Public Schools reported that 95 percent of juniors at Garfield opted out of taking the test. Roosevelt and Ingraham both experienced high volumes of opt-outs as well.

The district was awarded $515,000 from Safety Net funding through OSPI to support special education and related services for 26 of its highest need students.

“As you do the math you can see the cost well exceeds $10,200 per student, which is the average amount from state, local and grant funding,” Plano said.

PTA to hold election forum on education July 13 Island residents are invited to hear from the candidates running for Mercer Island City Council and School Board in the Aug. 4

primary election.

The forum, which will be from 7-8:30 p.m. on Monday, July 13 at the Mercer Island School District administrative board room, is an opportunity for the candidates to share their positions on school-related issues.

The event will include a brief talk from each of the primary election candidates, followed by an audience Q&A period.

Mercer Island City Council presentations will be from Councilmember Debbie Bertlin and candidates Darren Gold and Traci Granbois. Mercer Island School Board presentations will be from candidates Tracy Drinkwater, Bill Hochberg and Adrienne Roehrich.

The MISD administration building is located at 4160 86th Ave. S.E. To learn more about the primary election, visit www.kingcounty. gov/elections/electioninfo/2015/201508.aspx.

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school parking lot off of S.E. 40th Street, between the Northwood Elementary School site and Mary Wayte Pool.

This lot will be closed for much of the summer to allow for the installation of a new water service, storm piping and electrical service for the new building.

Parking for access to the tennis courts and playfields should be in the back lot at the high school, behind the gym.

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A significant amount of work is planned this summer along 84th Avenue S.E. and the large parking lot to the east of IMS. The parking lot is now closed. All staff access to the building will be off the bus loop on S.E. 72nd Street and community members using the track and playfields will need to park at the south end of the complex or at Lakeridge Elementary.

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he population of the Puget Sound region is expected to grow by one million people between now and 2040. Sound Transit is looking ahead to be ready to move those people via rail. On its website, the agency is asking for public input to determine what kinds of service are needed next.

Why so soon? There is a lot of construction on light rail facilities still underway. But planning for a regional light rail system takes a lot of time and money. And the first time around, it took a very long time.

The seeds for commuter light rail in this region were first scattered in February of 1968 through what was known as the ’Forward Thrust’ transit proposal. The first Forward Thrust bond measure dedicated to financing a $1.15 billion Seattle rapid rail and bus transit system failed to receive the required 60 percent super-majority vote. Instead, the all-bus Metro Transit was formed in 1972. A regional light rail feasibility study was not completed until 1981. Studies continued through the 1980s on identifying routes and corridors and other factors. But it wasn’t until 1988 that King County voters approved an advisory measure calling for accelerated push to have rail service by the year 2000. But that was simply an advisory vote. Voters did not vote on actually funding construction until 1995, where the measure failed again with 46 percent yes and 53 percent no. Transit officials tried again the next year, where the measure was finally passed 56 yes to 43 voting no.

So what happened between all those years? Dozens and dozens of studies were conducted. Meanwhile, bus-oriented travel became the mainstay for public transportation by default.

Sound Transit 3, which will include light rail service to downtown Redmond and fast buses on I-405, is another chance to make a difference for our region. Let’s all weigh in. Soon.

Discussions about light rail began in the 1960s.

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he referred to the proposed site of Mercer Island Center for the Arts as “a relatively little used part of Mercerdale Park.” I was curious—I had never explored this part of the park. The next day, when I had errands in our town center, I walked over to that The Mercer Island Farmers Market “relatively little used part.”

I discovered wide, well-worn pathBoard of Directors would like to thank the Mercer Island Community Fund ways through a lovely wooded section for their generous support of our of flat land, easily accessible to small children and families “Healthy MI Program.” (including parents with Throughout the 2015 strollers) for exploraseason, Farmers Market tion, nature study, and patrons will be able to Send your letters to: cool, shaded picnics. I sample an array of delieditor@mi-reporter.com. discovered two benchcious products sold by Keep it brief, courteous, es in the woods, where our vendors, including and sign your name. seniors could rest and fruit, vegetables, salmon visit. I also discovered and more. The funds will two lengths of bright also support activities on nutrition and farming at the Children’s red plastic tape tied to foliage and Table, run by Judy Witmer, early child- wondered if they marked the extent of hood and parent educator extraordi- the planned construction.

I also discovered some trash as naire. As a result, Mercer Island residents will add healthy, new favorites someone had clearly used the area.

I grew up in a 240-acre cooperative to their dinner tables, and our farmers and vendors will continue to thrive community outside Philadelphia. Sixty families lived on two-acre lots in Bryn here on the Island.

Thank you, Mercer Island Gweled Homesteads (Bryn Gweled Community Fund, for helping us means “Hill of Vision”). All of the improve the health of Island residents woods, streams and ponds were “comand for keeping our farmers market mon land,” now deeded to a nature conservancy for permanent protecstrong and vibrant. tion, and the community is still thrivMindy Landsman ing as an “experiment in cooperative President, MIFM Board of Directors living” (www.bryngweled.org).

We kids roamed freely on all the “common land,” learning its secrets, exploring its hills, seeking refuge and solace at times, too, in its hollows.

From our frequent reunions, I have I was intrigued by the statement learned that for many of us, explorin Councilmember Grausz’s June 30 ing woods and waterways as children emailed update to citizens, in which inspired choices we made later in life,

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leading us to careers in the natural sciences, to passion for outdoor recreation, and to lifelong commitment to protecting parks and open land.

Mercerdale Park is our “common land.” The little gem of wooded pathways and benches nestled between Bicentennial Park and the Skate Park belongs to each one of us, to explore, to enjoy, for discovery, for inspiration, and for solace, too. I hope it will always remain so.

I am reminded of the oft-quoted statement, “We have not inherited the Earth from our parents, we have borrowed it from our children.”

I hope we have the courage and will to preserve every part of our park—however small—from further encroachment. Rather than destroying a “little used” area, let’s encourage families to enjoy it.

Meg Lippert

Time to ban fireworks A letter to the City Council, As you know, I have long advocated for a ban on residential fireworks on Mercer Island. It’s time for the City— and particularly the Council—to stop beating around the bush on this issue.

Whether residential fireworks may be viewed by some as “patriotic,” or “family fun,” or a good fundraiser for community organizations, or a way to reduce the use of illegal fireworks on Mercer Island, the risks and adverse effects clearly outweigh the benefits.

Firefighter professionaIs and the state have recognized and acknowledged this, particularly in the very dry and hot conditions this year.

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What do you look forward to most at Summer Celebration?

“How everyone comes together. There’s a big sense of community.”

“The fireworks, and getting kettle corn.”

CONNERY MCQUEEN Student Mercer Island

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LETTERS | FROM 5 I understand that taking a stand against fireworks may be unpopular with some of the Island’s citizens, and that this may be of heightened concern for some of the Council during a contested election season. But, with the oneyear state statute under state law (assuming there are no viable exceptions), we’ve already lost this year and 2016 as possibilities.

It is long past the time for the Council to act on this.

I read that, at its June 27 work session, the Council directed City staff to develop a recommendation on this issue, and I urge staff to follow the lead of the vast majority of our neighbors and prohibit residential fireworks.

As I’ve said before, and as Councilmember Bertlin has so poignantly illustrated in her comments about her daughter’s injury from “safe and sane” fireworks (fortunately not devastating, as it might easily have been), this is very simply NOT something the Council, in its role as a trusted fiduciary for the safety and well-being of the Island’s citizens, should let sit until a trag-

edy becomes the belated catalyst for change.

Thank you once again for your consideration.

Don Cohen

Island dog injured in raccoon attack On the evening of June 26, two raccoons attacked our lab from the rear, inflicting multiple punctures inside of back leg and lower abdominal area.

My wife managed, by kicking the racoons many times, to drive them away.

A racoon can and will kill a dog.

Raccoons are prone to rabies and commonly carry ticks that can inflict Lyme disease as as well as fleas that can inflict Black Plague (recent case of teenager dying from Black Plague in Colorado).

Don’t feed raccoons.

You may think raccoons are cute but they are truly deadly.

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Saturday, July 11 at the Auto Spa. Owner Suzanne Skone encourages Islanders to stop by on their way to the fireworks show at Luther Burbank. “[The event] is to thank people on Mercer Island for their support for 20 years, because obviously people can wash their car wherever they want,” Skone said. “I’m thanking people for allowing us to donate back to the community.”

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The Auto Spa opened in the Town Center on 80th Avenue S.E. in 1995. Skone, a trained mechanical engineer, says she designed and built her business from scratch, operating it throughout its 20 years.

“Living on Mercer Island, it seemed like there was a need,” she said.

Auto Spa has served as more than a place to wash your car in the Mercer Island community. The business prides itself as an eco-friendly enterprise and does not send waste water into the city’s stormwater drains, which can runoff into Lake Washington. It has followed the lead of the city’s Solarize Mercer Island campaign and installed solar panels on its roof. Skone says the car wash industry has seen steady growth, with commercial washes encouraged by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the state’s Department of Ecology to keep storm drains clean.

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Top photo, Auto Spa construction was underway in the spring of 1995, with the parents of owner Suzanne Skone posing in front of the site (Contributed Photo).

Below, owner Suzanne Skone stands in front of the newlyinstalled solar panels at the Auto Spa in August of 2014 (Reporter Archives).

“I’ve been lucky; it’s nice to be in an industry that has a positive attitude about it,” she said with a laugh.

Students and nonprofit groups have been able to hold fundraising car washes there, and Auto Spa has been a regular contributor to community fundraisers like the Youth and Family Services’ annual Giving from the Heart breakfast and the Schools Foundation’s annual Breakfast of Champions.

In 2009, the Chamber of Commerce recognized

the Auto Spa as the city’s Business of the Year for its contributions to the city and connections with the community. Skone says it’s important for local businesses to use its community support to pay it forward and support other community services.

“We try to do what we can, just to be a good steward of the environment and a contributor of the neighborhood,” Skone said. “But ultimately that all comes back to the people; it’s just recycling the money. I appreciate the business.”

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Police JUNE 19

BURGLARY: MIPD responded

to a report of a rear door of a business being forced open with a pry tool. A laptop and real estate access key were stolen from inside, for a loss of $500, and causing $600 in damage.

JUNE 20 THEFT: A 45-year-old Island man at the 2800 block of 78th Avenue S.E. reported that his gray Scott bicycle was stolen overnight, for a loss of $400.

THEFT: Two bicycles belonging to a 49-year-old Island man were stolen from the parking garage of the 77 Central Apartments at the 2600 block of 77th Avenue S.E., for a loss of $2,300.

INFORMATIONAL REPORT:

Two separated spouses— a 41-year-old Island man and 49-year-old Seattle woman —were pushing against each other and arguing over property at the 9000 block of S.E. 50th Street. There were no visible injuries. Both declined aid and were provided with DV packets.

JUNE 21 TRAFFIC OFFENSE: A 19-year-

old Seattle man was arrested at the 5000 block of Island Crest Way on suspicion of driving without a license. He had been stopped for having one functioning brake light.

Sound Transit wants your input on future services Now is your opportunity to weigh in on the future of regional transit to serve Bellevue and the Eastside.

Sound Transit and King County Metro are looking for your thoughts on the future of transit in King County.

Sound Transit wants to know which projects you would like to see in a possible November 2016 Sound Transit 3 regional transit ballot measure. Take a few minutes to complete Sound Transit’s online sur-

Crime statistics for June Every month, the Police Department calculates crime statistics and compares them to numbers from the year prior. In June of this year, there were 80 serious offenses, compared to 72 in 2014.

The department had three fewer cases of theft INFORMATIONAL REPORT: A bicyclist riding on a sidewalk at the 7600 block of North Mercer Way possibly hit a root bump in the pavement, causing her to lose control of her bike and crash into a fence and tree.

The 28-year-old Seattle woman was checked out by the aid unit and released.

THEFT: A 56-year-old man reported that his son had his locked BMX bicycle stolen from the secure parking garage area of the Mercer Apartments at the 7600 block of S.E. 27th Street.

JUNE 22 MALICIOUS MISCHIEF: A

70-year-old Issaquah woman reported that her car was keyed at the Roanoke Inn, causing $2,500 in damage.

COLLISION: Two vehicles collided at the 4400 block of Island Crest Way. One driver said he was northbound in heavy traffic and had to slow down to a stop going up the hill and the other vehicle drove up and hit him from behind. The other driver said that he didn’t stop in time.

vey, available through July 8. View the new ST3 website with the draft priority list and map for more information about Sound Transit 3. Send your thoughts to soundtransit3@soundtransit.org or mail to Sound Transit, 401 S. Jackson St., Seattle, WA 98104.

King County Metro wants to know what kinds of service they should be emphasizing as the county grows. Please share your thoughts in Metro’s online survey, available throughJuly 8. Visit the King County Metro Long Range Plan website to learn more about the future of King County Metro. http://www. soundtransit.org.

but two more burglary cases and 14 more cases of theft than in 2014.

Police also reported one case of rape in June 2015.

This year, there were 15 adult arrests and zero juvenile arrests. Police arrested 16 adults and zero juveniles last June.

There were 1,901 calls for service this year, compared to 2,010 in 2014.

FRAUD: A 71-year-old man, who lives on Brook Bay Road but was in Chelan, Wash. at the time of the report, said that his credit card information was used to make an unauthorized purchase in California.

INFORMATIONAL REPORT: Post office personnel noticed a cracked window pane in front of the post office at the 3000 block of 78th Avenue S.E. MENTAL: A 16-year-old Island female wrote a possibly threatening essay at Crest Learning Center.

RECKLESS BURNING: The fire department responded to a campfire on the sidewalk at Islander Middle School.

There was no damage to the school, and no suspects. The school district was notified.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE: A 53-year-old Island man said that when he left for work, the lights upstairs in the house he is renting at the 2400 block of 74th Avenue S.E. were off, and when he returned, they were on. There were no signs of forced entry.

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JUNE 23 BURGLARY: A 52-year-old man said that someone unlawfully entered his garage at the 2900 block of 72nd Avenue S.E. and stole three expensive mountain bikes. There were no signs of forced entry.

THEFT: A 64-year-old man said that 101-ounce silver bars and Canadian Maple Leaf $50 coins were stolen from his bank safe deposit box at the 2700 block of 77th Avenue S.E. BURGLARY: A 61-year-old Island woman said her unlocked garage at the 2900 block of 72nd Avenue S.E. was unlawfully entered and items were moved around, but nothing was reported missing.

PROWLING: A 59-year-old Island man left his laptop in his unlocked car for 20 minutes at the 7600 block of S.E. 27th Street, and came back to find his laptop gone and his trunk ajar.

JUNE 24 FRAUD: A 49-year-old Island man at the 8400 block of S.E. 47th Street was notified by a CPA that his tax return was denied, as a refund had already been processed under his name.

FRAUD: A 61-year-old Island woman at the 7200 block of 87th Avenue S.E. said that someone used her debit/credit card information to pay $69 to a fraudulent site for a U.S. passport renewal.

Thorbjorg Fimreite Aarnes

Thorbjorg (Tobbie or Tutta) Aarnes, longtime resident of Mercer Island, died Monday, June 22, 2015.

Born December 17, 1927 in Bergen, Norway, Tobbie moved to the United States in the early 1950’s with her husband, Magne Aarnes. Earning her Master’s Degree in Education, she worked as a teacher throughout her career. Her husband, Magne, was an engineer for The Boeing Company. They purchased a home on Mercer Island in the early 1960’s and she remained in her home until recent years.

Tobbie is survived by her niece and nephew of Norway as well as her great niece, three great nephews, and many friends.

A memorial service to celebrate her life was held on Monday, July 6, at 11am at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church at 8501 SE 40th St. Mercer Island,WA with a reception at her house immediately following the service.

Memorial gifts may be made to the Alliance for Education 509 Olive Way, Suite 500 Seattle, WA 98101-2556.

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Scammers expand ways to impersonate the IRS The Internal Revenue Service issued a consumer alert July 2, to help taxpayers protect themselves from scam artists pretending to be from the IRS. “If you get an unexpected phone call or email from someone claiming to be from the IRS and making aggressive threats if you don't pay immediately, you should assume it’s a scam,” said IRS spokesman David Tucker. “The IRS will mail a written notification of any tax problem, not initiate contact by phone or email.”

The IRS says while phone scams continue, criminals have also started mailing or faxing falsified forms, notices and letters to taxpayers.

“Taxpayers need to know scam artists have started sending fake documents to trick taxpayers into sending money or ‘verifying’ their personal information that is then used to commit refund fraud,” Tucker said.

The IRS says to scrutinize any written correspondence you receive, and just because the IRS website is provided or a form or is listed on the IRS website does not mean what you received is legitimate.

“The bottom line is if you receive an unexpected call,

fax or letter claiming to be from the IRS, contact the IRS directly,” Tucker said.

“Call our toll-free number, 800-829-1040, to see if the IRS is really trying to contact you.”

If you get an email from the IRS that tells you to open an attachment or visit a website, report it.

“The IRS does not use email, text messages or any social media to discuss your personal tax issue,” Tucker said. “We receive thousands of reports every year from taxpayers who receive emails claiming to be from the IRS. Don’t reply, open any attachments or click on any links. You should forward the email to phishing@irs.gov and delete it.”

For more information on reporting tax scams, go to IRS.gov and type “scam” in the search box.

Suspicious emails?

Don’t reply, open any attachments or click on any links. Forward the email to phishing@irs. gov and then delete it.

Call 800-829-1040 to see if the IRS is really trying to contact you.

Velda Blanche Broz

Velda Blanche Broz passed away June 13, 2015, in Seattle at the age of 90.

Blanche was born on April 24, 1925, in Russell County, Kentucky, the daughter of Arnold and Leitha Holder. She graduated from Berea College in Berea, KY, with an Associate of Arts in Economics. Upon graduation she moved to Washington, DC where she was a secretary for Senator John McClellan, who served on the Senate Appropriations Committee. It was there that she met Richard F. Broz, to whom she was married for 50 years until his death in 2002.

Richard and Blanche moved to Mercer Island in 1953, where Blanche enjoyed many years as a devoted wife and mother.

Always placing family first, she supported Richard’s legal career and raised two sons, William Richard Broz and Mitchell August Broz. Blanche was active in the Seattle Assistance League, where she served in several capacities including President. Her family would like to express its appreciation to the staffs of Ida Culver House – Broadview and of Northwest Hospital, where she received excellent care in her later years.

Blanche is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, William and Gina Broz, of Santa Monica, California; daughter-in-law Sharon Christiansen Broz of Coupeville, Washington; and sister Norma Petitt Small of Pinehurst, North Carolina.

A graveside remembrance for family and friends will take place 3:00 p.m. Sunday, July 19, 2015 at Sunset Hills Memorial Park in Bellevue. Please RSVP to William Broz at 310-5623141 or wbroz@comcast.net.

Remembrances may be made through a donation to the Alzheimer’s Association, or to the Seattle Assistance League. No flowers please.

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Little libraries with big hearts

By Katie Metzger

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One has New York Times best-sellers by Jodi Picoult, John Grisham and Jess Walter, along with a “Pretty Good Joke Book.” One has books about oils, mustards and grilling. Another has “Wild” by Cheryl Strayed and “The Handyman”

by Carolyn See. The “little free libraries” on Mercer Island are neighborhood treasures: places for people to come together and share stories. Visit one week and come back the next, and the collections may have completely changed.

Little free library stewards set up boxes near the street in front of a house, school, church or workplace, then seed it with books they love but no longer want or need. Patrons are invited to “Take a book.

Return a book.”

Terry Pottmeyer set up

her little library on Parkside Lane this past winter. It’s one of the four registered on the Little Free Library website, though there are many more.

Pottmeyer’s library is dedicated to her mother, Audrey, “whose love of reading informed her days and accompanied her

nights” and who “raised a generation of true readers.”

She said she credits her mom’s example and her family’s weekly trips to the library as encouraging her love of reading, but got the inspiration to build a little library from her daily com-

mute.

“I used to work in Kirkland and had been driving past a couple little libraries every day for years,” Pottmeyer said. “And I thought, what a great way to encourage reading and build community.”

She said she doesn’t live on a well-traveled street, so she made a library for her friend Susan Kaplan.

Kaplan lives on S.E. 80th Street, where the library gets a little more turnover.

She said she decorated it to match Kaplan’s personality: red with polka dots.

“It’s a great way to introduce yourself to the neighborhood, and say, ‘I love reading and this is where I live and here are other things that I like,’” Pottmeyer said. “One of my favorite places on the Island is Island Books, and now I know that once I finish a book, it can stay in the community.”

Other little libraries can be found along 94th Avenue S.E., 90th Avenue S.E. and S.E. 24th Street.

The little free library in the photo on the left can be found on S.E. 24th Street, by the bike path.

Pictured above is the library on 94th Avenue S.E., and below is the one on 90th Avenue S.E.

Above, Terry Pottmeyer’s little free library on Parkside Lane is decorated as a tribute to her mother, Audrey.

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FEATURED PROPERTIES Pending

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Salem Woods Home

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Mercer Island unified cheerleaders to perform at Special Olympics Cheer team fundraising for trip to L.A. for World Games at end of the month

By Joseph Livarchik

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Mercer Island’s unified cheer team, a cheerleading group consisting of students with special needs, loves getting up and performing for a crowd, be it in front of a packed gymnasium for a school assembly or at halftime of a varsity basketball game.

At the end of this month, the unified cheerleaders will get the opportunity to do what they love at an international event in front of a global audience.

Eleven Mercer Island unified cheerleaders will perform at the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Los Angeles, cheering on athletes from around the globe. The games will take place July 25-Aug. 2 and will be televised on ESPN, kicking off with the opening ceremony that will see the team march in alongside performances from Stevie Wonder, Cody Simpson and Avril Lavigne.

It will mark the first time unified cheer teams have been invited to participate.

Unified cheer coach Traci Brandon said the group, officially named the Pacific Northwest Unified Cheer team, will consist of four

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Left, the Pacific Northwest Unified Cheer team performs one of its stunts during a Mondaynight practice at Mercerdale Park.

Above, cheer team members (bottom row, from left): Jared Ong, Riley Thompson, Patrick Laurenson and Kelsey Scanlan. Middle row, from left: Jeffrey Pimental, Veronica Pangallo and Mackenzie Johnson. Top row, from left: Sophia Pangallo and Holly Brandon.

special-needs cheerleaders and seven mentors.

“It’s too big of an opportunity for the special needs kids to pass up,” Brandon said. “For them to really shine and be on the world stage, we just felt that a lot of the kids [on Mercer Island] have a lot of opportunities to travel and do things that are pretty spectacular that these kids don’t. And to be part of that and be celebrated for a week is just awesome.

“This is a big deal, for these kids to be part of it is amazing.”

Brandon said she was contacted by the Special Olympics in late March with an invitation for the unified cheer team to participate. They were discovered through the MIHS cheer program’s partnership with the Sparkle Effect Foundation, which works to bring together students with and without disabilities in school cheerleading and dance programs across the country. Mercer Island’s Sparkle Squad was featured on Q13 Fox News last year.

“We had to jump on this, we had about three weeks

to decide,” Brandon said.

“Within a couple weeks, we just decided, ‘Let’s do this.’”

While the team is comprised of Mercer Island High School cheerleaders, it isn’t representing MIHS at the summer games due to fundraising and other logistic technicalities.

The team is currently fundraising toward its goal of $15,000, which Brandon said would help cover travel and lodging costs, including having to rent a private home to meet the needs of some of the students on the trip. The team set up an online fundraising page through GoFundMe, has been selling doughnuts at soccer games and will host

a yard sale near Homestead Park on July 18. Brandon said fundraising efforts would likely continue through mid-August.

“We understand that this is a trip that everyone needs to put some money out there, everyone understands that,” Brandon said.

“It’s really just helping those kids and the parents who are making a lot of sacrifice.”

Once the team gets to L.A., the team will cheer at one to two events per day, cheering at events ranging from aquatics to gymnastics to judo. The team has had to learn special choreography required of all participating cheerleaders from around

the country.

But performing a routine is nothing new to this group of cheerleaders, and team members are growing more and more anxious for their trip in the days leading up to their departure.

“They are used to getting up in front of a crowd, and they love it,” Brandon said.

“This will be different in that we’ll be cheering on all athletes, we’re not picking a side. Instead of being Mercer Island versus our opponent, we’re cheering for the world.”

To support the team, visit their GoFundMe page at http://www.gofundme.com/ xad5f7w.

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Sports briefs Mercer Island All Comers Track Meet July 9 The Mercer Island All Comers Meet returns to Islander Stadium Thursday, July 9 at Mercer Island High School.

Presented by the Mercer Island Cross Country and Track Booster Club, the second-annual all-ages track meet will run from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Age divisions range from three years and under to 60 years and above.

All are welcome to participate. For a full list of events, visit www.mitrackandfield. com.

MIFC to host Sounders Women July 11 Mercer Island FC will host the Sounders Women in their W-League match against the Arizona Strikers FC at Islander Stadium during Summer Celebration Saturday, July 11.

The game will kick off at 3 p.m. with a pre-game soccer clinic taking place beforehand at 1 p.m. Cost for the clinic is $25 for MIFC players and $50 for all others. Prices include a

ticket to the soccer match.

Players may register for the clinic at http://swclinicjuly11th.eventzilla.net.

Tickets to the game are $10 and may be purchased at www.sounderswomen.com.

Islanders named to WSBCA All State team Four members of Mercer Island’s 3A title-winning baseball team were named to the Washington State Baseball Coaches Association (WSBCA) 2015 All State team, which was announced in June.

Islander infielder and DH Anthony Scalzo, pitcher Peter Lopes and catcher Michael Petrie all earned first-team nods, while sophomore infielder Noah Hsue was named to the second

team.

Players are selected by the WSBCA board and by member coaches.

Volleyball skills camp run by former Olympian The Mercer Island High School volleyball booster club and Island Thunder Volleyball Club will be hosting a skills camp July 27-29 from 6-9 p.m. at Mercer Island High School.

The camp is open to all girls from grades 6-12 and costs $200 per attendee.

Players with any level of experience in volleyball are welcome.

Proceeds will benefit the program and be used to purchase new gym equipment and electronics for the 2015 fall season and fund scholarships for future summer camps.

The camp is run by

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Destinee Hooker, a 2012 Olympian and silver medalist, former member of the U.S. National Team, and professional volleyball player. Hooker will interact with the players through Q&A sessions and share her experiences as a collegiate and professional player.

For questions and to receive the online registration link, contact Loria Yeadon at mihsvbbc@ gmail.com. Spots are limited and are accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis.

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Refuse Connections key to market self-published books To Abuse Sometimes it is the cover with expectation, national spy thriller set in his homework. He notes in easy, but these days, everyhese days, professional hoping to be transported the U.S., Afghanistan, Saudi the acknowledgements he’s one’s doing it. Last time I T sports teams are expected moved. At the very Arabia, Spain, Switzerland, attended the Willamette checked, over one million tiniest detail that can and to publicly address domestic least, diverted Brazil, etc. The Writers’ Conference in books were available for sale Paid Advertisement

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and amused. cast of characRecently, I Reads & writes ters is diverse, received a copy the biometrics of The Ericksen spy technolConnection by ogy cutting Barry L. Becker edge. Acronyms in order to let (JSOC, DoD, Islanders know, IED, PTSD) via this column, abound. The about a book Claire Gebben story centers with a connecon a terrorist tion to Mercer plot to detonate Island. The author pro- nuclear bombs in two U.S. vided the review copy with cities. a hand-written, personal As I was reading along note: “pages 25-27 focus on in Becker’s novel, I couldn’t Mark Ericksen and Mercer help but think about the Island.” author, and the state of pubThat about sums it up. My lishing these days in genwork is done. Mercer Island eral. aside, the book is an interClearly, Becker has done

Portland and “attempted to absorb the words of wisdom on the craft of writing.” He’s a member of the Northwest Writers & Publishers Association, and signed on with Inkwater Press, an author-friendly book publisher that “helps authors reach for their creative dreams.”

So the book is edited, proofread, and formatted for e-book and print-ondemand. Phew. Now comes the hard part. Marketing.

Yes, the Internet makes it possible to reach the public and potential book buyers, the opportunity to reach millions. It may seem

on Amazon. With so many reader choices out there, how does Becker get his book noticed?

One way is just what he’s done. Good old-fashioned shoe leather, taking to the streets to make personal connections and generate “buzz,” that is, word of mouth mentions that translate into sales. As one author to another, I wish him all the best.

Islander and author Claire Gebben is an occasional columnist for the Reporter. For more, go to clairegebben.com.

Clear thinking key to effective concussion management

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A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury.

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In 1995, the Seattle Mariners were in a race for the Western Division Pennant and fans adopted the phrase “Refuse to Lose” to cheer them on. It was the first time the team advanced to the American League Championship Series and it was a time when no one in professional sports was talking about domestic violence. The Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence (WSCADV) asked the Mariners if they would collaborate on a domestic violence prevention campaign.

The Mariners response? “Yes. It’s the right thing to do.”

Since that day, the two organizations have partnered on this effort. Refuse To Abuse® includes print, radio, and television public service announcements featuring prominent Mariners players speaking out against domestic violence and promoting healthy, respectful relationships. Having credible, professional male athletes speak out on this issue helps send a powerful message to young people.

A few years ago, Refuse To Abuse® expanded to include a 5K fun run/walk to raise money for WSCADV’s violence prevention work and create an opportunity for Mariners fans to join them and help end domestic violence. The only run to take place entirely at Safeco Field—the course goes through every level of the ballpark, from the top to the players tunnel to a final lap around the field—the event encourages participants to start conversations about healthy relationships with young people and gives them concrete tools to do so.

For the past nineteen years, the Seattle Mariners have done more than just talk about helping raise awareness about this issue, they have stood firm in their leadership role. If you need another reason to feel good about cheering for the Mariners, Refuse To Abuse® is a good one.

Register today for the Goodwill Refuse To Abuse® 5K at Safeco Field at refusetoabuse5k.org.

To find the domestic violence program in your community, visit wscadv.org or call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800799-7233 or 1-800-787-3224 (TTY).

months. For these reasons, it’s really important to watch for these symptoms and contact your doctor if they last.

• Diagnosis To diagnose a concussion, the doctor will ask how and when it happened and about symptoms. The doctor may also ask basic questions to test the person’s consciousness, memory and concentration.

The physician will also do a physical exam and focus on the nervous system by testing balance, coordination, nerve function and reflexes. Sometimes a CT or MRI brain scan will be done.

• Treatment Because each concussion is unique, symptoms can differ in severity. For this reason, treatment depends on a person’s particular condition and situation.

• Resume normal activities If the person injured is a child, be sure to get the OK from a doctor before your son or daughter returns to sports or other physical activities. Hurrying back to sports and other physical activities increases the risk of a condition called second-impact syndrome, which can cause lasting brain damage and even death.

Rebecca Partridge, MD is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric emergency medicine. She is at Virginia Mason Issaquah Medical Center.

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WEDNESDAY | 8 ARTS COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING: 6:30-8:30 p.m., Mercer

Island Community & Event Center, 8236 S.E. 24th St. For questions, contact Amber Britton at amber.britton@ mercergov.org or 206-2757864.

FRIDAY | 10 ‘THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER’ OPENING NIGHT: 7 p.m.,

Rotary Park, 4350 88th Ave. S.E. (at S.E. 44th St.).

Youth Theatre Northwest’s production of ‘The House at Pooh Corner’ runs July 10-26. Audience members are encouraged to bring a blanket, fold-up chair and a basket of delicious goodies for this unique outdoor production. Cost: General-$15, Student/Sr-$13. For information and tickets, please visit YouthTheatre.org.

SATURDAY | 11 SUMMER CELEBRATION 2015:

July 11-12, Mercerdale Park, 77th Avenue S.E. and S.E. 32nd St. The pirates from the 2007 festival return with souvenirs, games and photo opportunities. Featuring a parade, arts and crafts, food and a children’s fun zone.

Events will begin at 10 a.m.

Saturday at Mercerdale Park and Town Center, and will culminate in a fireworks extravaganza at 7 p.m. at Luther Burbank Park. The festival will continue from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sunday. For more, visit www.mercergov. org.

41ST JUNIOR ART SHOW: 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Wells Fargo Bank, 3001 78th Ave. S.E.

Junior Art Show, a part of Mercer Island’s Summer Celebration. Award ceremony is at 1:00PM for submissions entered by children grades K-12.

BUSINESS ENGLISH CLASS: 11 a.m., Mercer Island LDS Church, 4001 Island Crest Way. Anyone who needs to use English regularly and for whom English may be a second language who would like to improve their business English, contact Daniel Hsu at zapato.d@ gmail.com.

MONDAY | 13 MERCER ISLAND PTA PRESENTS PRIMARY ELECTION FORUM – FOCUS ON SCHOOLS: 7 p.m.,

Mercer Island School District Administrative - Board Room, 4160 86th Ave S.E. Hear from the Mercer Island candidates running in the Aug. 4 Primary Election. This forum is an opportunity for the candidates to share their positions on schoolrelated issues. To learn more about the primary election please visit: http://1.usa. gov/1NsTyca.

EVENTS | ONGOING SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK:

Sponsored by The Mercer Island Arts Council, Wooden O presents two Shakespeare plays with multiple performances at the Luther Burbank Park amphitheatre in July and August.

With open seating and an outdoor setting, Wooden O brings the Shakespeare plays to life, engaging audiences of all ages. For performances and times, visit www.mercergov.org.

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MERCER ISLAND MARTIAL ARTS SUMMER CAMP: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, June 22-Sept. 4, 2630 77th Ave. S.E., Suite 106-108.

Featuring formal martial arts classes as well as art lessons and outdoor activities. Every Friday, we end the week with a big celebration and party. A great way to get an introduction to martial arts or to get a leg up on your current martial arts training.

Register at www.mercerislandmartialarts.com or call 206-230-9050.

BASEBALL POSITIVE SUMMER GAMES CAMPS: June 22-Aug.

13, King County/South Snohomish County. Baseball Positive is back to run its fast-paced and informative baseball camps for kids ages 6-12. Drills and handson instruction are woven into the game focus of the camps. Cost is $137. For more, contact Mark Linden at marklinden20@gmail.com or visit www.diysports.com/ baseballpositive.

EXHIBITION OF MIVAL ARTISTS’ WORK: Lighthouse Gallery

at Covenant Shores, 9150 Fortuna Dr. View the wonderful art of five MIVAL artists at the Lighthouse Gallery through Aug. 1.

Featured artists are Seiko Konya, Judith Roan, Nancy Abel, Genny Rees and Ron Reeder. Free. For more information, contact Nancy Axell at dnaxell@aol.com.

CALL FOR BAKERS! MERCER ISLAND FARMERS MARKET BERRY PIE BAKE CONTEST:

First annual Berry Pie Bake contest. All are invited to enter their favorite homemade berry pie. Cost is $5, deadline to register is Aug. 1. Contact MIFMpiebake@

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EVENTS | LIBRARY 4400 88TH AVE. S.E. (206) 236-3537 WWW.KCLS.ORG/MERCERISLAND FRENCH STORY TIMES: 10:30 a.m., July 9. Family program, all ages welcome with adult. Stories, songs and fun.

BOOK BUDDIES TEENS READING WITH KIDS: 1-3 p.m., July

9. Practice reading while making a new friend. Ages 5 to 8 are invited to stop by the Children’s Area for reading with a local teen.

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Island Farmers Market welcomes all helping hands.

Need community service hours? Contact volunteer@ mifarmersmarket.org.

GENEALOGY AND FAMILY HISTORY WORKSHOP: 7 p.m.,

Thursdays, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 4001 Island Crest Way. Free, no obligation, family history and genealogy weekly workshop.

Beginner to advanced training hosted by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All are welcome.

Contact Peter Selden at peterselden@gmail.com or 206 412-8252.

BRAIN INJURY ALLIANCE OF WASHINGTON ART SHOW: June

22-July 24, Mercer Island Community and Event Center Gallery, 8236 S.E.

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re-creations of weapons and artifacts. Registration not required, but space is limited.

FORENSICS 101: Powers of Observation and DNA Fingerprinting: 2 p.m., July 14. Middle and high school ages. Presented by Pacific Science Center Science on the Go. Test your own visual memory and use microscopes to view evidence in the first workshop. Learn where to find DNA, how to obtain a sample and how to use science to examine evidence to solve a crime in the second workshop.

Presented back-to-back, one online registration covers both workshops.

24th Street. The Brain Injury Alliance of Washington, in conjunction with the Mercer Island Arts Council, is proud to present the 7th Annual BIAWA Brain Injury Art Show. A collaboration of 37 artists, all of whom have suffered a brain injury, will offer up their creative works for viewing at The Mercer Island Community and Events Center. The art will remain available for viewing during regular viewing hours at The Mercer Island Community and Event Center Gallery. Cost is free.

All are welcome. For more, contact Emily Taibl at 206228-8611 or emilytaibl@ comcast.net.

Norwegian language, arts and crafts, cooking, dancing, skits, games, trolls, Rosemaling, leather crafts, treasure hunts, wood carving, singing and storytelling. This camp is open to the public. Norwegian heritage is not required. For more information on how to apply, contact Leiann Ronnestad at info@cascadelodge.org.

14, Deane’s Children’s Park, 5500 Island Crest Way. Held at Deane’s Children’s Park, also knowns as the Dragon Park. Family program, all ages welcome with adult.

Bring your lunch to the park and enjoy stories.

HEROES OF HISTORY: Knights in Shining Armor: 7 p.m., July 15. Presented by Knights of Veritas. Ages 5 and older with adult.

The knights of the Middle Ages were not only heroes in their own time. Books, video games, movies and television bring us many stories of their bravery and heroic deeds. See and learn about authentic

NORWEGIAN HERITAGE CAMP:

9 a.m.-3 p.m., July 13-17, Mercer Island United Methodist Church, 7070 S.E. 24th St. Calling all children ages 9-12. Join us for this fun day camp featuring an active program of:

Redeemer

Lutheran Church

EVENTS | SJCC 3801 EAST MERCER WAY (206) 232-7115 WWW.SJCC.ORG SJCC SUMMER CAMP 2015:

June 22-Aug. 28. Camp runs Mondays through Fridays from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sign up for a single week or a three-week session. Join us all summer or whenever fits your schedule. Before and after camp care is available.

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EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH

6001 Island Crest Way 232-1711

Sunday Summer Worship | 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship & Kids' Church 10:00am Fellowship & Bible Study 11:00am www.RedeemerLutheranMI.org

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LUNCH BUNCH STORY TIMES IN THE PARK: 12 p.m., July

4001 Island Crest Way

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Mercer Island United Methodist Church

8501 Street 206.232.3270 8501 SESE4040 Street 206.232.3270 Top of the Hill on Island Crest Way office@htlcmi.org www.htlcmi.org office@htlcmi.org www.htlcmi.org We are a Reconciling in 3605 84th Ave SE We are a Reconciling in Christ congregation Christ congregation (206) 232-5595 | www.MIPC.org

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Return of the ‘lucky lone soldier’ Islander grad Kayla Mogil reflects on her experiences serving in the Israeli Defense Force

By Kris Brackmann

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You’re sitting on your couch, tuned into the video game where your player is guarding the gate at the Israeli-Gaza border.

For the umpteenth time this day, the ‘code red’ alarm goes off, telling you to duck and cover. You press ‘B’ on your controller and suddenly the speakers start to shake and the whistle of the rocket blasting through the gate screams throughout your living room.

Phew. Your player survives the attack.

The video game goes quiet again.

Meanwhile outside of this virtual world, some 7,000 miles away in Israel, a real soldier is preparing to dodge yet another rocket. But first, Kayla Mogil dusts off her uniform and picks up a piece of cooled shrapnel from the rocket that almost hit her.

She’s going to give it to her younger brother, Noah, who is at home safe on Mercer Island.

Flashback to June 2013, where Mogil is performing her last routine as a graduating senior on the Mercer Island High School drill team. A year later, and only four months into her combat training for the Israeli Defense Force (IDF), Mogil is stationed right on the border where Israeli troops were entering into Gaza.

For the first time Mogil feared for her own life.

“It was scary because you heard screams, you heard people dying — there were rockets that landed right next to us,” Mogil said.

“It was a night where nobody slept. We were looking at each other like, ‘When is this going to end?’”

Until she was thrown into the middle of this war mid-training, it was hard for an 18-year-old to understand that at any minute, she could die.

People think the role of a voluntary lone soldier (which can be anyone without parents in Israel) is to fulfill their service and return to their home country. But in a war, it doesn’t matter if you are Israeli or Palestinian or American. This is one reality that Mogil learned quickly.

Fortunately, Mogil did survive these events and her two years of service with the IDF. The soldier, now 19, was reunited with her family upon returning home June 29.

And while she is very happy to be back home with her family, Mogil knows that somewhere her other family is still fighting.

“I’m happy to be here, but I know everything that’s going on at the base. I feel guilty that I’m not over there where people are struggling to keep that country safe. I did almost two years, but I still feel like it wasn’t enough.”

As part of the search-and-rescue combat unit, Mogil was tasked with a wide variety of missions around her station in Ramallah in the West Bank. She did guard duty in a

pill box, guarded Jewish settlements, broke up riots and made arrests.

Dodging rockets and running through flumes of tear gas are some things that seem so normal to Mogil, which is why she retells her stories so nonchalantly.

“It was my life. I’m so used to it,” she says.

While there is some lasting trauma along with minor injuries and a recovering back (she had surgery at the end of her service), Mogil says that she was fortunate to have been stationed with a great group of soldiers, while receiving support from friends and family at home.

Her army friends called her the “lucky lone soldier.”

“I am incredibly proud to have served in [the IDF]. I think I did amazing things Kayla Mogil for a country that is a close ally to this country,” she says.

“I’m happy I fought for it and did it.”

The journey was definitely difficult and Mogil is quick not to glorify her experience, but overall she says that she got way more out of it than she had imagined. The young girl with a love for Israel came out a woman with a greater appreciation of her entire world.

“I feel that I’m definitely more mature coming out and I’m very appreciative of where we live. I can’t even imagine if Canada or Mexico would send rockets daily over America. [The experience] definitely opened my eyes.”

So what’s next for the soldier?

Mogil will attend Stern College for Women at Yeshiva University in New York in the fall. At Stern, Mogil plans to study international politics and political science.

“We were looking at each other like, ‘When is this going to end?’”

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Kayla Mogil, right, served for two years in the Israeli Defense Force, and returned to Mercer Island on June 29.

Mogil says she is excited for the college experience and is ready to catch up with everyone else.

“Of course, God forbid, if something were to happen [in Israel], without a doubt I would pack up my bags and go. I can’t just leave my friends fighting out there on their own,” Mogil says.

But for now, Mogil will be packing up her bags again; only this time, the lone soldier is heading to Manhattan.

“This is the first time where I have no idea what’s about to happen.”

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EXECUTIVE EDITOR T h e Pe n i n s u l a D a i l y News in Por t Angeles, Wash., a six-day morning newspaper and 24/7 online news operation serving the beautiful two-county North Olympic Peninsula, seeks a w e b - s a v v y exe c u t i ve editor with excellent writing, editing and pagination skills and proven m a n a g e m e n t ex p e r i ence. Reporting to the publisher, this is the No. 1 position in our newsroom. The executive editor provides day-today newsroom leadership, overseeing online n ew s c ove ra g e w h i l e spearheading the publication of our print newspaper and overseeing all its sections and special supplements.

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COLDWELL BANKER BAIN MERCER ISLAND OFFICE | 7808 SE 28th Street #128, Mercer Island |

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$749,950

Impeccably remodeled rambler: 3 bedrooms, 1.75 baths w/a floor-plan that lives large and entertains well. Turn-key & meticulously maintained. Grassy, level backyard. #808873 Mary Yax 206-612-8722 Greg Rosenwald 206-230-5445

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