Mercer Island Reporter, November 30, 2011

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Islander basketball broadcasts to return

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Firehouse Munch and Christmas tree lighting this Friday It is time once again for the annual tree lighting at Mercerdale Park and a bowl of hot chili and a cup of hot chocolate across the street at the Firehouse. The festivities begin at 6 p.m. at the park with a Radio Disney show for kids, then the lighting and Christmas carols at 7 p.m. Move across the street to the firehouse at 7:30 p.m. for music, good food and Santa, who will hang out with Islanders until 9 p.m. Firefighters ask revelers to bring an unwrapped gift for the Toys for Tots Drive.

After long absence, student radio station will broadcast games By Mary L. Grady editor@mi-reporter.com

Breakfast with Santa and more at MICEC this weekend Lots is happening at the Mercer Island Community and Event Center this coming weekend. There will be breakfast with Santa from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., Dec. 3, for children, a giving tree to help local people in need, postcards to send messages off to our troops serving our country around the world, and a fabulous holiday art show on display in the gallery. For more details, go to www.mercergov. org.

Lions’ Christmas trees available in Farmers parking lot And speaking of trees, the Mercer Island Lions Club is hosting its annual sale of Christmas trees with the assistance of Island Boy Scouts. The sale is held in the parking lot at Farmers Insurance from 2 to 8 p.m., Wednesdays through Fridays, and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekends through mid-December. The lot is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. All proceeds from the sale go to charities and local scholarships supported by the club.

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A Christmas wrapping wreath, by Lillian Broekhoven, is part of the Mercer Island Visual Arts League Holiday Show at the Mercer Island Community and Event Center. Many of the pieces are for sale.

Islander traveled the yellow brick road ‘Wizard of Oz’ extra friends with Judy Garland, Vivian Leigh, Mickey Rooney By Linda Ball lball@mi-reporter.com

It was the golden age of cinema when the musical fantasy, “The Wizard of Oz,” starring the great Judy Garland, was filmed in 1939. Islander Meredythe Glass not only remembers that time — she was in the movie, cast as one of the many townspeople of the Emerald City, an ‘extra’ in the

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vernacular of film. The recent death of Karl Slover, one of the last surviving actors who played a munchkin in the film, led the Reporter — via a tip from a friend — to Glass, who lives at Covenant Shores. Glass doesn’t think her part in the movie is any big deal, but it is, considering that the movie is still Meredythe much loved and Glass cherished. “The Wizard

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KMIH radio station will return to broadcasting Islander basketball games tonight. The Mercer Island High School radio station, KMIH, 88.9 FM, will broadcast Islander boys and girls varsity basketball games this season. The student-run station stopped broadcasting the games nearly 10 years ago. The first Islander game is set for 7:20 p.m., tonight, Nov. 30, between the Islander boys varsity team and Eastlake High School. The ‘voice’ of the Islanders will

of Oz” had all the elements of a great film. A young girl in distress, her loyal new friends helping her along her journey to get back home, a wicked witch for a villain and, of course, the frightening and realistic flying monkeys. “I was just an Emerald City townsperson,” Glass said of her role. “All the way through the movie, we were in and out [of scenes].” Glass’ involvement in the movie confirms the adage that having a friend or relative in ‘the business’ helps to get a foot in the door. Glass, who turns 91 on Dec. 4, got the part because her cousin, Mervyn LeRoy, was the film’s producer. LeRoy is credited for discovering Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Robert Mitchum and Lana Turner.

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The Mercer Island High School basketball teams kick off the season this week. See Sports on page 9 for the first winter previews.


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