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Mercer Island
Lindell is top official for city of North Bend
Station 92 stands by
Historical Society meeting is April 16 The Mercer Island Historical Society will hold a meeting on Monday, April 16, at 1 p.m. at the Mercer Island Community and Event Center. The topic this month is “When Do You Know It’s Time?” The discussion with Betsy Zuber focuses on when it is time for seniors to move. To learn more, call 232-6187 or visit www.mihistory.org.
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DECA/Adaptive sports fundraiser
The Mercer Island Schools Foundation is holding its 30th annual ‘Breakfast of Champions’ at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, April 24, at Mercer Island High School. The event is to raise money in the foundation’s ‘Bridge the Gap’ campaign in order to hire more teachers and provide more resources for education in light of the state’s budget cuts to schools. For information, to become a table captain or sponsor, go to www.mercerislandschoolsfoundation.com or call 275-2550.
City readies to rebuild South end fire station City is in ‘pre-design’ stage for a new South end fire station By Reporter Staff
The city will hold an open house to introduce the design process for a new Fire Station 92 on the South end of Mercer Island. The event will be from 5 to 7 p.m., April 24, at the station, at 8473 S.E. 68th St. “It is more than time that we got started on this,” said Rich Conrad, Mercer Island city manager. The City Council authorized the hiring of Miller Hull at its April 2 meeting. The work now underway is “pre-design” only, city officials said. Feedback from
set by city code. The building was erected in 1962, when Mercer Island was still part of the King County Fire District. It is 5,300 square feet and Lindell | Page 2 sits on a third of an acre. It was built to accommodate just a pair the open house is to provide the of fire engines with three fireCity Council with the informa- fighters living upstairs — plenty tion it needs to decide in June then for the sparsely populated whether to move the project for- South end in the 1960s. As the South-end of the Island ward. has grown considerably since To talk with citizens, the archithe structure was built, so has tects will have representatives on the delivery of public safety. and hand. City staff assigned to the emergency services. project will also attend. A brief Now, the space is tight. There presentation will begin at 6 p.m., has not been enough room for A story in this newspaper in offices or space for firefighters to the fall of 2005 outlined some of the issues facing the simple con- work out. On Sunday, three fire crete/cinder block station on S.E. vehicles were parked outside the 68th Street between Sunnybeam station — it is difficult to believe School and the South-end shop- that they could all fit inside the two-bay structure. ping center. The North end fire station was Then fire chief Walt Mauldin rebuilt in 1999. gave a reporter a tour. Mauldin For more information, contact said he thought that the twoengine firehouse would collapse Glenn Boettcher, assistant city in an earthquake. It was built well manager, at glenn.boettcher@YOUR JUMBO mercergov.org or (206) 275-7802. before earthquake standards were YOUR LENDING SPECIALIST JUMBO • Jumbo Refi to 90% LTV no MI LENDING SPECIALIST • Jumbo Purchase to 85% LTV no MI
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The South end fire station was built in 1962 when the south end of the Island was still part of the King County Fire District. The North end fire station was redone in 1999.
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Mercer Trade Inc., the Mercer Island High School DECA chapter and Seattle Adaptive Sports have teamed up for a fundraiser on April 18 at the high school. The annual wheelchair baseball game and silent auction begins with the auction at 6 p.m., followed by the game at 7 p.m. Students and staff from Mercer Island, Sammamish and Newport high schools will place against SAS Junior Sonics. Proceeds benefit SAS scholarships. Tickets are $5 (pre-sale), or $7 at the door.
Former Mercer Island assistant city manager and city attorney, Londi Lindell, has a new job. She is the new city administrator for the city of North Bend. Lindell was fired by the city of Mercer Island in 2008. She later sued for wrongful dismissal and discrimination. When the suit ended last summer, the city’s insurance company brokered a settlement deal and paid $1 million in damages to Lindell. The city paid more than $180,000 in penalties, which included public records violations. Last Tuesday evening, North Bend mayor Ken Hearing presented Lindell to the city council for final confirmation of his choice for the job. Regarding the lawsuit against
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