Mercer Island Reporter, July 10, 2013

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It’s time for Summer Celebration!

Get ready to fly

Visit the Reporter’s booth at the street fair and pick up a copy of our recent 98040 magazine from our June 26 issue (or bring your own) for a full schedule of Summer Celebration! this weekend.

Something magical for everyone at annual festival this weekend

Street closures this weekend, July 12-14

By Reporter Staff

During the Mercer Mile Fun Run on Saturday, 78th Avenue S.E. and S.E. 34th Street along 78th Avenue will be closed, beginning at 9:15 a.m.

Find out more and sign up at www.mercergov.org.

The Grand Parade The Summer Celebration! Grand Parade will begin at 10 a.m., closing 78th Avenue S.E. until 11 a.m.

Honor our veterans A ceremony to recognize Island veterans will begin immediately after the parade at the Veterans’ Pergola at Mercerdale Park.

Magic and music at Luther Burbank The Masters of Magic Show will take place on Saturday evening at Luther Burbank Park at 7:15 p.m.

Fireworks will begin at sundown.

Fireworks cruise The Mercer Island Sister City Association still has tickets left for the Sunset Fireworks Cruise on Saturday, July 13. The Argosy cruise leaves from the Luther Burbank dock at 7 p.m. Buy tickets by calling (206) 232-3404) or go to www.mercerislandsistercity.org.

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Kids take flight on one of the carnival rides during the 2012 Summer Celebration! festival on Mercer Island.

This year’s theme is “It’s Magic,” featuring a wide variety of magic shows and entertainers.

Island home sales begin to grow again

By Mary L. Grady

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Activity levels and prices for Mercer Island residential real estate are beginning to look more and more like 2007. Across King County, the $427,000 median sale price of single-family homes sold last month is looking a lot like the record median home price of $455,000 in 2007, achieved just before the recession hit.

According to data from the Northwest Multiple Listing Service, the number of new listings on Mercer Island for both homes and condos remains somewhat low compared to previous years, but the total number of active listings was beginning to trend back to more normal Island levels. There were 106

June of 2012. Just four condo sales were finalized last month, three less than in 2012. The median price for those four units was $337,000, up from $240,000 a year ago.

The number of single-family homes on the Island added to the active listings last month, just market totaled 46, down from nine less than June of a year ago. 60 listed in June of last year. Yet The number of pending sales, more homes sales were pending however, was up by 17 percent and more sales were finalized. over a year ago, from 41 in 2012 Forty-six home sales were finalto 48 last month. ized last month, up The number of from 28 in June of sales that were 2102. The median finalized in June price declined by was up by more four percent for the than 40 percent most recent sales, over June 1012, landing at a median for a total of 50 price of $977,000.

Northwest Multiple homes and conAt present, there Listing Service dos sold. are 102 homes and C o n d o s condos offered for remained a tiny portion of the sale on Mercer Island. Just three Mercer Island real estate market. of those listings are for condoJust one new condo listing was miniums. They range in price added in June. A total of three from a two-bed and two-bath, were active on the market here.

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Mercer Mile Fun Run

Whether it is a parade, visiting with Uncle Stinky’s, flying down a giant inflatable slide, enjoying a fresh scone or fireworks at Luther Burbank Park, there will be lots and lots to do this weekend in the Town Center.

The Mercer Island Reporter will have a booth at Summer Celebration; stop by and grab a schedule and enter our drawing for a free framed color print.

Don’t forget to check out the arts and crafts of the street fair, the great food and the Mercer Island Visual Arts League’s Junior Arts Show in the Wells Fargo parking lot.

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Park on the Lid to be renamed Aubrey Davis Park at dedication Saturday, July 13

By Reporter Staff

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The ‘Park on the Lid’ was established as part of the agreement between the City of Mercer Island and the Washington State Department of Transportation to build a ‘lid’ over the new lanes of Interstate 90. The Lid and other changes to the design of the interstate was led by Islander Aubrey Davis and a team of other Island officials who sought to rein in the impact of the massive construction project across the Island’s North end.

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Construction of the ‘new’ I-90 corridor in the late 1970s caused extensive disruption to Island life on the North end.

The Aubrey Davis Park dedication (formerly known as the Park on the Lid) will take place at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 13.

Former Mercer Island mayor and City Councilmember Aubrey Davis and his wife, Henrietta, moved to Mercer Island in 1960. Mr. Davis served as Councilmember from 1967 to 1978, and served as mayor from 1970 to 1974.

He died earlier this year in May. Among his many achievements, Mr. Davis served Contributed Photo as the principle Aubrey Davis, a long- negotiator in time Mercer Island resi- what became the dent, died in May. 1976 Interstate 90 (I-90) Me m o r a n d u m of Agreement.

Davis demanded that the state redesign the highway to take into account the impact on the Mercer Island community.

When asked about the freeway expansion, Davis’s signature response was, “We don’t want to see it. We don’t want to hear it. We don’t want to smell it.”

The resulting design transformed Mercer Island into a corridor of landscaped parks, green landscaping and pedestrian pathways adjacent to the I-90 expanded freeway.

The dedication will be located at the park on S.E. 22nd Street by the tennis courts.

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Shore Club will get new facility

City releases annual water quality report

By Reporter Staff

Club plans to demolish 60-year-old clubhouse, improve exterior space

By Megan Managan

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The Mercerwood Shore Club, located off of East Mercer Way, will be building a new clubhouse next year.

The club announced in June that membership voted to demolish the current clubhouse and build a new building and a new recreation plaza area on the site.

“While this clubhouse has served us well, it is time for a new and improved family experience,” said club president David Evans. “We are really excited about our plans to add a toddler area and hot tub to the already magnificent pool that we have at the club. We have been working on this redesign for more than a year. The planning has been member-focused and driven almost entirely by surveys and focus groups of the membership.”

Club General Manager Paul Von Destinon said

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This artist’s rendering of the new clubhouse and outdoor space includes a larger outside recreational plaza. The new clubhouse is expected to be finished in 2015. they have been in the planning stages for the last 18 months, and that vote was overwhelming in favor of the new building.

“We had over 75 percent of our membership vote,” he said of the plan.

The current club was established in 1953, when the clubhouse was built.

Von Destinon said there was an addition in the 1960s, but largely, the clubhouse is as it was over 50 years ago. Planning and permitting for the new clubhouse will take place through this year.

Von Destinon said con-

struction will begin after Labor Day and be done before Memorial Day the following year, so the club won’t lose any of its summer schedule.

He added that the club — everything except the clubhouse — will be open during construction.

The new clubhouse will include a workout space with views of Lake Washington, along with a new state of the art locker room and lounge area with WiFi. The pool will

also include increased lounge space on the deck and the addition of a toddler area and hot tub.

Mercerwood is the smallest of the private clubs on the Island, but continues to be popular, especially with its strong youth summer swimming program. The Mercerwood swim team has won the Midlakes League Championships the last seven years, and the water polo team is a top team in the league.

More lifeguards on the lake this year The beaches on Mercer Island will have more lifeguards this summer.

Both Luther Burbank Park and Groveland Beach will be staffed with lifeguards through Labor Day weekend.

The beaches are open seven days a week, with Luther Burbank open from noon to 6 p.m. and Groveland from noon to 7 p.m.

Two lifeguards will be on duty at both beaches while the beach is open. On busy days, the beaches will have an extra lifeguard on hand.

This is the first year in two years that lifeguards will staff Groveland Beach. They were unavailable during the last several years because of budget cuts.

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The city’s annual water quality report has been released to Island residents.

Mercer Island’s drinking water is supplied by Seattle Public Utilities (SPU). The primary source for Islanders’ water is the Cedar River Watershed, and an alternate source is the south fork of the Tolt River.

Snowmelt from the Cascade Mountains, along with rainfall, supplies SPU’s watersheds, providing drinking water for 1.4 million people in the greater Seattle area.

The Cedar treatment plant has been functioning for 10 years. Water is screened at the facility for the removal of debris such as leaves and twigs.

Chlorine is added to disinfect the water of microbial contaminants, and fluoride is added to promote dental health. The water is also treated with lime for pHadjusted corrosion control and to prevent lead from leaching in older plumbing systems, according to the report.

Water samples are collected on a daily basis. All federal standards are met or surpassed. SPU tests for the presence of radioactive, biological, inorganic, volatile organic and synthetic organic contaminants. Regulated substances include barium, cadmium, chlorine, fluoride, haloacetic acids [HAAs] - Stage 2, nitrate, TTHMs [Total Trihalomethanes] - Stage 2 and total organic carbon.

Turbidity, or cloudiness, rated an average of 0.3 and the source was soil runoff.

For copper and lead, five of 52 sample sites were located at Mercer Island residences.

More lead than copper was detected — 3.6 and .096 percent, respectively — both from household plumbing corrosion and natural deposits erosion. The city recommends that residents minimize the risk of lead exposure by running tap

water from 30 seconds to two minutes before drinking it or using it in cooking.

Regulations are set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Washington State Department of Health.

The city purchased 730.4 million gallons of water from Seattle Public Utilities in 2012, and 57.7 million gallons have not been accounted for. A certain percentage of water is unaccounted for each year, and 4.8 percent marks a three-year annual average.

The city’s attempts to reduce unaccounted-for water include replacing inaccurate water meters, inspecting and repairing fire hydrants, and conducting an annual systemwide leak detection survey. During the city’s annual water main distribution flushing program, city crews meter water usage.

Water used during the city’s fire hydrant inspection and repair program is also metered. Residents are encouraged to report water leaks to the city, noncity vehicles connected to fire hydrants or nonmetered hoses connected to hydrants.

The City of Mercer Island reminds residents never to pour fat, oil or grease down sinks. Doing so could cause costly problems within the sewer collection system. Such substances coat plumbing and underground piping and can become blockages when built up over time.

Wastewater could then back up into streets, yards, parks and storm drains. Residents should also avoid flushing food scraps. Residents should always dispose of fat, oil and grease in a waste container and put it in the garbage. Dispose of food scraps with solid wastes, and put disposable diapers, creams, lotions, personal hygiene products and nonbiodegradable wipes in the garbage.

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Online poll: Do you support fireworks being allowed on Mercer Island?

Vote in the latest poll online • 52.41% said yes. at www.mi-reporter.com • 47.59% said no.

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To the editor What is being done to stop Island burglaries?

Let me start by saying that I think our police are doing a great job. I love Mercer Island for, among many reasons, the safety of the community (in no small part due to the Mercer Island police).

I am concerned about the weekly breakins that, to me, seem to have recently escalated to concerning levels. I don’t have a clue what the Mercer Island police have done to address/reduce these break-ins (I am sure they are doing something). But it seems apparent to me that the people breaking into Mercer Island homes: (i) are not too concerned about being caught (e.g., break open front doors in broad daylight), (ii) have figured out that certain times in the afternoon are less risky, and (iii) know that our police don’t show up until 15-20 minutes after the alarm goes off.

I would like to know what our police are doing. Are they hiring more police?

Patrolling more during certain hours? I just don’t hear about anyone being caught.

Scott Sanford

Young heroes find Frannie frightened by fireworks Despite sedatives from the vet, the wearing of a ThunderJacket vest, and Music To Soothe A Dog’s Ears playing in every room, one of our dogs, Frannie, was so terrified by the fireworks popping off in our neighborhood that she mouthed the latch away from a window and jumped out. She ran off in a crazed, panicked state. She was found roaming in a panic in Pioneer Park, off of Island Crest Way. If anyone knows the two young women who helped us find our Frannie — Jennifer Peterson and Jenesa Chin — please let us know. We would like to thank them properly.

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“I picked up the ‘Band of Brothers.’”

Robert Gallagher Unemployed Mercer Island

They comforted me after I had been out running and calling for Frannie with no luck. They told me to take heart that they would not stop looking until she was found. They were true to their word. They did not stop until she was found. Surely these young women are earthly angels.

If you know them, let them know no act of random kindness goes unappreciated.

Hal Quinn, Terri Hildebrandt & Family

Reward offered to find those who dumped wood The Reporter’s story on somebody or some contractor’s dumping cedar log pieces on Mercer Island in the Mercerdale neighborhood, presumably to avoid a legal site’s dump fees, really demands action.

Rather than the taxpayers of Mercer Island paying money and time for city workers, as described by arborist Paul West, to remedy this disgrace, I pledge $50 to the Reporter for the CEDAR Fund (Catch Evasive Dumpers And Report) for the city’s receipt of any information leading to citing the dumper in Judge Wayne Stewart’s court, as well as revoking any dumper’s business license, if they deigned to get one.

Perhaps other readers will add to the pledge.

Don Gulliford

Legal or not — all fireworks are dangerous It’s time to ban all fireworks on Mercer Island.

Over the past week, many of us watched as locals purchase “Safe & Sane” fireworks near the post office. These fireworks are supposed to be “safer” and deter Mercer Island residents from purchasing “more dangerous” illegal explosives.

However, many of us heard numerous

illegal fireworks that were discharged on While I enjoy watching fireworks like July Fourth. everyone else, it’s no secret why many The truth of the matter is that accidents neighboring cities (Bellevue, Burien, do happen. Explosions from even the “saf- Issaquah, Carnation, Federal Way, est” fireworks can be dangerous no matter Kirkland, Medina, Newcastle, Renton, how much oversight we, as Redmond, Sammamish, parents, provide.

Seattle and many others) In addition to the safety of ban these explosives. our children — our utmost To enjoy fireworks, regSend your letters to: priority — many of us live ulated displays are put on editor@mi-reporter.com. in densely wooded, steep by the cities of Bellevue, Keep it brief, courteous, terrain areas that would be Seattle, Kirkland and othunder 400 words and extraordinarily difficult for ers. On Mercer Island, resisign your name. fire personnel to access in dents can watch a display the event of a major fire. at Luther Burbank on the It’s not hard to envision second weekend in July. a stray bottle rocket igniting dry leaves The Mercer Island City Council should or a house’s wooden shakes. Add to that rethink its position on discharging firemixture a breeze, narrow side streets, works. difficult-to-reach locations, and we could All fireworks should be banned. get a major, out-of-control conflagration Why wait for injury to our children or a that would overwhelm even the most well major fire to change our policy? trained fire personnel. The recent fires in If you agree, call or email your local the forested areas of Colorado and north- City Council member or mayor. ern Arizona remind us of the devastation Eric Radman possible.

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Real estate prices are on an upward trend and are continuing to rise throughout the Puget Sound region, including Mercer Island.

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Robert Morris Mommsen

Robert Morris Mommsen, 93, recently of Pullman, WA and a longtime Mercer Island, WA resident, passed away on July 1, 2013 at his Pullman, WA home of age related causes.

Robert was born August 24, 1919 in Excelsior, MN to A.C. & Helen (Bidwell) Mommsen. He grew up in Minnesota and Wisconsin where he received his education.

Following high school Robert attended the University of Wisconsin at River Falls where he studied architecture, receiving his Bachelor of Science degree. Robert joined the U.S. Navy during WWII serving in the South Pacific Theater as a medical corpsman. Following his honorable discharge from the Navy Robert married Olga Dzubay on May 20, 1951 in Seattle, WA. His career with the Department of Health & Welfare as a Regional Engineer and Architect took the family to California, Virginia, and in 1970 back to Seattle, WA where they made Mercer Island their home for over 40 years. Robert & Olga moved to Pullman this past February to live near their daughter and family. Robert was an active member of the Covenant Church on Mercer Island as well as the Gideon’s International.

Following retirement, Robert served as a missionary in South America where he ministered to refugees of different cultures.

In addition to his faith and church, Robert’s family was of the utmost importance to his life. Being around family meant the world to him. Among his many interests and hobbies were Bonsai, carpentry & home maintenance projects.

His is survived by his loving wife of 62 years Olga of Pullman; his daughter Christiana (Chris) Cruver and husband Pat of Pullman; 2 brothers Gordon & Curtis Mommsen; his grandchildren Jordan, Ben & Travis Stone; Emmett & Micah Cruver. In addition to his parents Robert was preceded in death by his siblings Mildred Nordrum, Sylvia Diestler, Phoebe Burdick & Laddie Mommsen.

Graveside services with full Military Honors will be held on Thursday, July 11, 2013 at 10:30 AM at the Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent, WA. Memorial services will be held at 7 PM Thursday, July 11 at the Covenant Church in Mercer Island,WA. Kimball Funeral Home of Pullman, WA is caring for the family.

Memorials are suggested to the Gideon’s International, PO Box 8553, Moscow, ID 83843. Online condolences may be sent to www.kimballfh.com

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Police Saturday | Jun 22 Boat incident: Marine Patrol

stopped the 27-year-old driver of an 18-foot boat on Lake Washington. Three days later, the man reported that the patrol boat damaged his boat during the stop.

By the numbers For the month of June, the Mercer Island Police Department reported eight total arrests and 1,120 calls for service.

There were 22 thefts, nine burglaries, one rape and eight cases of identity theft. The traffic report includes 12 traffic accidents, two DUI accidents, one bike and pedestrian accident, two hit-and-runs, three DUI arrests and four persons injured.

Police issued 257 total citations, including 39 parking tickets.

The estimated cost of replacing the windshield is $500.

Animal complaint: A 34-yearold woman reported that her daughter, 6, was bitten by a neighbor’s dog at 12:40 p.m. in the 3600 block of 86th Avenue S.E. The girl was bitten on the back of her leg while playing in their front deck area.

DUI: A 73-year-old woman was cited for DUI after her vehicle veered off of the road that stretches from East Mercer Way up to the South end shopping center, in the 9400 block of S.E. 70th Place, at 5:47 p.m. Her Toyota four-runner collided into a tree, resulting in significant damage. The driver put the vehicle into reverse but then pulled forward and struck a mailbox. She drove for another 800 feet before the vehicle broke down and was no longer drivable. When a fire department aid crew arrived at the scene, the driver denied being injured.

She was arrested for DUI. Two witnesses were present.

Malicious mischief: Someone fired BB pellets into the windshield of a Chevy truck and caused three holes between 1 and 2 p.m. in the 9700 block of S.E. 36th Street, in the Globe building parking lot.

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Thursday | 27 Trespass: Two Mercer Island

male subjects, ages 18 and 19, were trespassed at 8:43 a.m. from Shorewood property after continually loitering, in the 3200 block of Shorewood Drive.

Stolen drums: A full Yamaha drum set worth $425 was stolen around 3:40 p.m. from the Mercer Island Thrift Store in the 7700 block of S.E. 34th Street.

License plate theft: A 54-year-old Mercer Island

A home in the 7400 block of North Mercer Way, north of the Park on the Lid, was entered through a shattered front window between 3 and 5:23 p.m. on Tuesday, June 25, while the residents were gone.

The burglar took a pickaxe and hammer from the garage and used them in

man reported that his old, cancelled license plate is in use on another vehicle that has been using the SR-520 bridge and getting ticketed for parking. The victim left his old plates with a Bellevue Toyota dealer in May 2012.

Saturday | 29 Bike theft: A BMX bicycle was stolen from underneath a deck in the 2700 block of 71st Avenue S.E., in a First Hill neighborhood, sometime during Saturday night.

Car prowl: An 85-year-old woman’s Toyota Corolla was prowled overnight in the 2400 block of 64th Avenue S.E. No items were stolen.

Sunday | 30 Parking incident: A Volkswagen van registered to a 46-year-old Seattle man was parked in a lane of North Mercer Way, in the 8400 block, at 3:50 p.m. Police found that the vehicle was only five feet from the center line. It was in the middle of a curve, and drivers coming from both directions had limited sight distance. Police issued a citation, called a tow truck and impounded the vehicle.

the master bedroom, destroying a writing desk, dream chest and the master bed. The burglar placed a shoe in the doorjamb of the interior access door to the garage, to keep it open.

Stolen items included an xBox video game unit and private documents containing the victim’s personal information. A box of liquor was opened on the floor of the basement living room.

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Albert Patrick McMahan Albert Patrick McMahan, age 97, passed away peacefully June 25, 2013. A longtime Mercer Island, WA resident, Al was a loving husband, father, uncle, grandfather and a true Irish gentleman.

Al was born on June 14, 1916 in Iowa City, Iowa. While his parents were Boston-area natives and he was proud of this history, his own roots were with the Hawkeyes. The youngest of five children, he was a 1937 graduate of the University of Iowa with a degree in Business Administration. In 1942 he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served four years throughout the Pacific. After WWII he married Rosemae Schulz in San Francisco. He began a 35year career with Brown Brothers Adjusters, an independent insurance adjusting firm. He worked in the Bay Area and in San Luis Obispo. In 1957, he opened the Seattle office for Brown Brothers in the downtown White-Henry-Stuart Building. Al served as President of the Seattle Casualty Adjusters Association, Blue Goose International, and was a well-known and respected member of his profession.

Among his many civic and fraternal affiliations, Al belonged to the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, attending their annual gathering for 50 years. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus and a 50-plus year member of the Washington Athletic Club. While not relinquishing his Hawkeye loyalty, he was also an avid Husky football fan, and a season ticket holder for over four decades.

Twitter incident: Someone posted a South end resident’s home address on Twitter between 8 a.m. and 2:40 p.m.

Burglaries: Someone destroyed French-style doors with a pry bar at 4:50 p.m. at a home in the 8300 block of S.E. 30th Place. The suspect was interrupted when the homeowner returned home.

Police took a heavy black jacket into evidence.

Three additional burglaries happened around the same timeframe.

Pickaxe, hammer used in daytime burglary

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Always ready with a story or a joke, Al’s kind and thoughtful nature was spiced with a great smile, hearty chuckle and true love for people. After Rosemae passed away, he met and married Jane Lynch Herman. For over 18 years, their primary residence was on Mercer Island. Al and Jane traveled extensively and enjoyed their winters at Blue Skies Village in Rancho Mirage, CA. Al loved sunshine, gardening, golf, cribbage and St. Patrick’s Day parties.

Al is survived by his wife, Jane Lynch Herman McMahan; two children, Jim McMahan of Seattle, and Pamela McMahan (Jacob Schlumpf) of Vashon Island, along with five grandchildren: Erin Schlumpf, Brightin Schlumpf, Danielle Harmon, Chase Harmon and Erica Ruland. Al is held in high honor by his extended clan of McMahan nieces, nephews and cousins and by Jane’s five children: Robin Allenby (Norm), Tim Herman (Joyce), Peggy Herman, Mary Evans (Jeff), Mike Herman (Marianne) and Jane’s eight grandchildren. Al was preceded in death by his wife of 40 years, Rosemae; a son, Steven McMahan; and a daughter, Melinda (Robert Harmon).

Funeral Mass was celebrated Monday, July 1 at 10 am at St. Monica Catholic Church, Mercer Island. Donations may be made in Al’s name to: St. Monica Friends of the Needy, 4301 88th Ave. S.E., Mercer Island, WA 98040, or to the charity of your choice.

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Betty, as she preferred to be called, passed away May 4, 2013 as she slept. She was 84 years old.

Betty was born in Annamoose, North Dakota. As a young woman, Betty traveled far and wide after leaving North Dakota.

She shepherded her husband, Don, and family across America and around the world – even living in New Delhi, India. She later cruised the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans with Don on their 53’ yacht, Maia, for the better part of a decade. Home for the Millers, when not traveling, was their house on Mercer Island, where sons Ken and Bruce grew up.

Betty moved from Mercer Island to Fairwinds of Redmond where she made many new friends. She even began new hobbies. Those of you who knew her would have appreciated her newfound love of theatre and painting. And how she loved playing the hand chimes in the local Chime chorus! As the her dementia progressed, Betty moved to Luca’s Family Home in February where Suzan and Eli Luca were able to make her as comfortable as possible during her last months.

Betty is survived by her sons Ken Miller (Polly) of Redmond, Washington and Bruce Miller (Cindy) of Bakersfield, California and her brother, Marcus Roggenbuck. Her husband, Donald E. Miller, passed away in November 2009.

Betty’s stated desire is to be laid to rest at Tahoma National Cemetery, 18600 SE. 240th Street, Kent,Washington. An Honors ceremony will lay to rest the ashes of Elizabeth M. Miller and her husband, Donald E. Miller. The urns will be placed Tuesday, July 9, 2013 at 2 pm.

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Court may decide $1 billion more for schools is not enough Opinions are mixed as to how the state Supreme Court will view the Legislature’s progress on education funding

By Jerry Cornfield

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Washington’s public schools are in line for a much-needed infusion of money from the state, but it may not be enough to get the Supreme Court to ease off lawmakers to do more.

Gov. Jay Inslee signed a two-year budget containing an additional $1 billion for basic education programs serving roughly 1 million students.

Though Republican and Democratic lawmakers are patting themselves on the back for the accomplishment, it’s only a slice of what needs to be put into schools to comply with a court mandate to fully fund basic education by 2018.

Justices in last year’s McCleary case required lawmakers to submit periodic progress reports to the court. The next one, in the form of a legal brief, is due in two months, after which the attorney who represented the families who sued will file a response.

Then the court is expected to issue its analysis this fall.

Many lawmakers in both parties are confident that the court will be satisfied to see they are pumping $1 billion over the next two years into most of the various components of basic education.

Justices will also want to see if lawmakers came up

with a “regular and depend- targeting minority students able” source of dollars to of low-income families who cover similar-sized invest- perform worse than their ments in future budgets. peers.

And they may look closely Reform is the one area at the reforms aimed at they came up short and will improving the academic be the focus of the Majority achievement of the state’s Coalition Caucus in 2014. lowest performing students.

“On the reform piece, we “I have no intention were not able to get everyof sugar coating what we thing through the House, so did and did not do,” said we will have to come back state Sen. David Frockt, and address that,” he said.

D-Seattle, a member of the Currently, basic educabipartisan panel entrusted tion covers several different with writing the legislators’ programs with a combined report. cost of nearly $13 billion “We’re moving in the right dollars in the budget, which direction. We didn’t make ends today. any historic T h e s e changes. include speWe made cial educapiecemeal tion, bilinimprovegual edum e n t s ,” cation, the Frockt said.

Learning “Overall, on As s i s t a n c e funding, I Program, would give which assists us a C. On u n d e r Sen. Steve Litzow a c h i e v i n g regular and dependable students in funding, I would give us a all grades, instruction for D.” students in juvenile detenSen. Steve Litzow, tion centers and state instiR-Mercer Island, chair- tutions, and the highly capaman of the Senate educa- ble program that aids those tion committee, gave the performing at top academic Legislature a grade of B+ for levels. its effort.

Basic education also cov“We have a regular and ers the separate and growing dependable source. It’s expenses of bus transportacalled the general fund,” he tion and of materials, supsaid. “Unless the economy plies and operational costs. tanks, we have and will conLawmakers can define tinue to have $33 billion and and redefine basic education we must make it a priority to as they want. Most recentput money into education. ly, they did that with bills “For the last 10 years, we passed in 2009 and 2010. In haven’t chosen to prioritize its McCleary decision, the (education),” he said. “It’s court told the Legislature it now locked in. We believe needed to pay for what it we’ve turned the tide toward had promised. making education a priority.”

Jerry Cornfield is a reportLitzow said the court er for the Daily Herald, a sisshould take notice of the ter publication of the Mercer money put into programs Island Reporter.

“For the last 10 years, we haven’t chosen to prioritize education. It is now locked in.”

Board continues work on school designs

By Megan Managan

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The Mercer Island School District Board of Directors held their annual board retreat late last month. As part of the two-day retreat, the board received updates on the educational specifications process from the architect team.

The team is currently in the information-gathering portion of the process, working with a group from both the elementary school and the high school on what teachers and staff would like to see at the school, and doing site visits of other schools in the area. The team has held several community meetings and will hold several more listening sessions this summer to gather public input on the plans. Mahlum, the architectural firm handling the process, said the things that it has heard from the community about the elementary school are that there needs to be a new school; there also needs to be more detail about the megablock master plan, a look at traffic, the environmental review and more development of the districtwide master plan.

The team has looked

curriculum and space that would allow for shared work spaces and small group activities outside of the classroom.

In the ed spec process, the next steps include studying the building’s footprint on the site, as well as studying existing foot and bike paths and doing a traffic study.

By the numbers What is needed to ‘right-size’ Mercer Island High School? It is nearly at its maximum utilization, currently at 96 percent.

• In 2013, the high school had 1,378 students using 28,341 square feet of general classroom space.

• In 1995, the high school was at 85 percent utilization with 1,200 students using the same amount of classroom space.

• In 2018, the district expects enrollment at the high school to reach 1,518 students. To achieve an 85 percent utilization level, the amount of space must increase by 30 percent to 36,850 square feet.

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at elementary schools on Bainbridge Island, in Sammamish, Kirkland and did a virtual tour of a school in Springfield, Ore. When discussing the site, to be located on the land now occupied by Youth Theatre Northwest and the old North Mercer Gym, the ed spec team said it would like there to be a separate car pickup and parking area, and coordination with the other entities on the site, such as the high school, PEAK and the pool. The team would also like to improve safety and flow around the megablock, and work on joint use of facilities.

Within the school, the ed spec team would like to see a separate gym and cafeteria, which gives the school an option to divide the gym space. In the library, the team would like to have room for up to 13,000 volumes, which would be three-quarters oversized, allowing for space for flexibility. In the music program, the top choice was not to have to share space with the stage, and to have open space for flexibility and enough room for up to 50 students. In the core instruction areas, the team would like to see project-based

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Better economy, more jobs means more riders on the bus Just as ridership grows, Metro prepares to cut service by 17 percent

By Reporter Staff

King County Metro is experiencing its second highest ridership year and is closing in on a new record as demand for transit continues to strengthen along with the local economy and job market.

Preliminary data shows that Metro has delivered nearly 400,000 transit rides each weekday so far in 2013, hitting the second highest average weekday ridership ever in May at 408,000 rides — numbers not seen since 2008, before the recession and rising unemployment. Demand for bus service continues to grow despite a 5 percent drop in gas prices and elimination of the downtown Seattle Ride Free Area. These numbers suggest more people are relying on Metro as they reenter the local job market.

While transit demand is up across the county, Eastside ridership appears particularly strong. Metro is seeing double-digit growth on Eastside routes

Islanders named to board of Washington Business Alliance

By Reporter Staff

Two Mercer Island residents have been named to the board of the Washington Business Alliance, a statewide orga-

such as the 221 between Redmond and Eastgate, 226 serving downtown Bellevue and Eastgate, 234 between Kenmore and Bellevue, and the 245 serving Bellevue, Kirkland and Factoria.

“This preliminary ridership data shows we’re poised to achieve a third straight year of ridership growth as our economy continues to strengthen,” said Metro General Manager Kevin Desmond.

“Instead of gearing up to meet this growing demand as it should be, Metro is preparing to dramatically cut service if a transportation funding package is not approved by the state Legislature.”

Other emerging trends point to growing demand.

Metro’s four RapidRide routes also continue to grow. The A, B, C and D lines have seen a combined 30 percent increase in ridership compared to the bus routes they replaced. These trends are moving Metro ever closer to the record 119 million trips it delivered in 2008, prior to the recession.

Park-and-ride usage is also up and has surpassed levels not seen since the recession, with demand strongest among suburban nization created to bring a collaborative approach to public policy and recognize best practices in state and local government agencies.

The Island residents are Tom Leonard and Michael Sotelo.

Leonard is a prominent ski-area developer and former president of Crystal Mountain, and the

commuters, especially on the Eastside.

This snapshot of Metro ridership comes as it begins planning for a 17 percent reduction in bus service if the state Legislature fails to authorize funding to fill the agency’s projected $75 million annual budget gap.

Sixty-five routes are at risk of being canceled, and service reduced on another 86 routes without a permanent and sustainable source of revenue.

each downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel station, at Sound Transit Link and Sounder Stations, and at the Bellevue transit center.

Many neighborhood retailers also now sell ORCA cards, in addition to revaluing any ORCA card including QFC and Safeway stores. Go to www.orcacard.com or call 1-888-988-6722.

Bicycles for Humanity to collect bikes at Summer Celebration

Metro will discontinue the sale of ticket books and gift certificates, and will no longer provide information at 624-PASS. However, all ticket books and gift certificates sold before July 1 will be valid until used.

The ORCA card and cash will eventually become Metro’s only payment options. ORCA cards can be purchased and re-loaded with additional value at ticket vending machines on the mezzanine or plaza level of

Again this year, ‘Bicycles for Humanity Seattle’ (B4HS) will be collecting good, used bikes at Summer Celebration!

Last year, Islanders donated 55 bikes during the two-day festival by dropping the bikes off at the Bicycles for Humanity booth.

Bicycles for Humanity, Seattle (B4HS) is dedicated to shipping thousands of bicycles to South Africa every year to help poor and impoverished villagers improve their lives with transportation. Since 2010, BFHS has collected and sent over 2,500 bicycles to Kwa Zulu Natal, SA from the Puget Sound region.

Why are bikes so important in South Africa?

There is very little modern transportation as we know

top executive of several ski-area associations. He is also currently a board member at four privately held companies.

Sotelo is president of the King County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, co-founder of the Association of Washington State Hispanic Chambers, a founder of Plaza Bank of Washington and a leader in the Hispanic and Latino community in this state.

The Business Alliance seeks to bring a “reasoned, collaborative approach to public policy that transcends partisan politics.”

The organization is in its second year running and plans by year-end to launch its ‘Win for Washington Awards,’ which will highlight best practices by government agencies as well as successful initiatives, which will be uncovered through conducting ‘Good Government Audits.’ The

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it. Bicycles can help health care workers reach distant villages that have no medical facilities. Because the high incidence of HIV has caused the orphan population to literally explode, donated bicycles can help South African children travel miles to school where a hot lunch — possibly the only full meal of the day — and an education await. And, in an area where one out of every two people is unemployed, bikes can also help villagers get to work or start a small business.

You can help by donating a bike, money or by volunteering. Mountain bikes are best, but B4HS will take any working bicycles, even ones needing minor repairs. For more information, go to www.b4hs.org.

By the numbers Park-and-ride usage, and transit ridership are closely tied to economic growth.

Several Eastside lots continue to operate at or above capacity, including South Bellevue (107%), Bear Creek (110%), Redmond (100%) and South Kirkland (104%).

The 447-space Mercer Island Park-and-Ride has been at or above capacity since 2010.

audits will look for success stories within government, examine the strategies used and encourage the continued employment of successful strategies.

The Win for Washington Awards and Good Government Audits are designed to help make it politically advantageous for elected officials to want to implement good-business processes that benefit all citizens. The awards will recognize government officials and private sector leaders.

For more, go to www. wabusinessalliance.org.

New state laws now in effect as of July 1

By Reporter Staff

Starting on July 1, when the state’s new fiscal year started, a bevy of new laws went into effect.

• It is OK now for some cellphone use. Drivers in Washington can now use their smartphones to show they have insurance if they are pulled over. The state Legislature added electronic proof of driver’s insurance to the list accepted by police officers.

• No sharing. Lawmakers also banned employers from asking for social media passwords at work or during job interviews.

It also stops employers from asking workers to be friends with managers on Facebook to make a profile viewable.

• Tasting must be licensed at farmers markets throughout the state. Along with buying tomatoes, organizations must now meet requirements to offer wine and beer tastings.

• A glass of wine with your popcorn. The state approved making a pilot program permanent, and movie theaters with less than 120 seats per screen can get a liquor license.

State lawmakers also made a rule that grocery stores with self-checkout machines will have someone check shoppers’ identification when purchasing alcohol.

• Also, good to know — marijuana of an ounce or less that is dropped or left at a retail store or pharmacy will be handed over to law enforcement for destruction.

During the recent session, state lawmakers passed more than 330 bills.

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County’s green schools program honors 39 schools for conservation efforts

MISF, PTA’s ‘Bridge the Gap’ campaign raises $1 million

with assistance from the county’s Green Schools Program,” said Dale Alekel, program manager.

The program has three levels that involve students and staff in learning about and practicing conservation of natural resources.

In 2012-13, 21 schools completed Level One by expanding recycling practices and focusing on waste-reduction strategies, such as decreasing paper use, while another 13 schools completed Level Two by engaging in energy conservation actions,

such as turning off lights in unoccupied rooms. Five schools completed Level Three by learning about and engaging in water conservation and pollution prevention practices.

Lakeridge Elementary was one of five schools recognized this spring as a Level Three King County Green Schools.

West Elementary School and the French American School of Puget Sound were two of the 13 schools recognized this spring as Level Two Green Schools.

EYE ON MI | Watch your step

By Reporter Staff

During the June 27 Mercer Island School District board meeting, the Mercer Island Schools Foundation and the PTA Bridge the Gap committee presented the district with a check for $1 million.

The money will allow the district to keep 18 teaching positions, middle school and high school instructional coaches and a K-5 art specialist.

“It is truly an amazing accomplishment and proof that this community is more than willing to step up and support teachers and students,” said Penny Yantis, the executive director of the MISF. Mercer Island School District Superintendent Dr. Gary Plano expressed his thanks for the work done this spring.

The money was raised this spring through the annual MISF Breakfast of Champions in April, and through grassroots efforts by the PTA Council.

Community news TEDx event at the Mercer Island library on July 17 Another TEDx event is set for 7 p.m., July 17, at the Mercer Island Library.

TED Talks are devoted to spreading positive ideas from the most creative members of society. The theme for this TEDx event is “Evolving Education.”

There will be two videos and discussion. Snacks will be served.

TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to “Ideas Worth Spreading.”

Started as a four-day conference in California 25 years ago, TED has grown to support those worldchanging ideas with multiple initiatives. The annual TED Conference invites the world’s leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Al Gore, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Isabel Allende and former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. RSVP to elliottben0@gmail.com.

More information is at www.ted.com/tedx/ events/9750 and on Facebook.

Island choir vocalists to perform at national YMCA convention

Look out! The wooden suspension bridge at Island Crest Park is missing a plank. Photo by Conner Webster.

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Erich and Jenny Parce will be performing with Tacoma youth at the YMCA national convention in Philadelphia next week after entering a video contest.

The couple volunteers for the Art-Full Apprenticeship program at the Tacoma Center YMCA’s ‘Late Nite’ program.

Erich Parce is the choir director at the Congregational Church on Mercer Island, and Jenny Parce is the cantor

CORE Theatrics summer at St. Monica Parish.

Middle and high school production of “Rent the youth gather at the Tacoma Musical.”

When it premiered in Y on weekend nights. The couple teaches voice to 1996 at the New York Workshop, youth who want to sing Theatre and learn about singing Jonathan Larson’s “RENT” and performing. This year, fortuitously coincided the youth wrote a song with the 100th anniverabout what the Y has done sary of La bohéme, the for them and produced a renowned opera upon video of the song. After which “Rent” was based.

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21st American “We are all century, with excited about the trip and the experi- the AIDS epidemic and ence that the kids will the class struggle wracking New York City as a have,” Parce said.

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Performances of “Rent Up to Happy,” may be viewed on YouTube the Musical” are set for at www.youtube.com/ July 26-27 and August 2-4 watch?v=sa6CYWDPZao. at the Lake Washington High School Performing Arts Center, 12033 N.E. 80th St., in Kirkland.

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Three Island schools — Lakeridge Elementary, West Mercer Elementary and the French American School of Puget Sound — are part of a group of 39 public and private schools in King County that earned recognition last month for their successful conservation practices of the county’s Green Schools Program.

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The 99 single-family homes listed for sale as of July 5 range from $16.75 million to $550,000 for a 1,200-square-foot cottage with a basement. The home was built in 1918 on just shy of two-thirds of an acre along West Mercer Way. Just 20 homes are listed for $1 million or less.

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Operation Patriots Plaza 2013 Support Mercer Island’s VFW Post 5760!

These illustrations by David Lund represent our vision of the finished landscape of Mercer Island’s VFW Post 5760 Keewaydin Clubhouse.

Since acquiring the Clubhouse in 1966, VFW Post 5760 has rented the building to many members of our community, with the rental proceeds going to support veterans’ relief causes, both locally and nationally. In addition, rental revenues cover monthly operating and maintenance expenses of the building. We want to help Post 5760 augment their rental income by making their Clubhouse an even more attractive rental facility for individuals and groups by improving the building and grounds.

VFW Post 5760 has restored the Clubhouse exterior with funds raised at a community auction, Operation Restoration 2011, held on October 22, 2011. Our goal now is to help our Mercer Island veterans finish the landscaping and flagpole area as well as the Clubhouse interior if sufficient funds are raised.

Add your name or honor a family member by purchasing an engraved brick for the Patriots Plaza, to be located around the base of three new bronze flagpoles.

You can purchase a personalized brick for $150 each and help us raise funds to complete the improvements at the Clubhouse. Your engraved brick(s) will become part of an historical landmark at one of Mercer Island’s most treasured properties.

You are invited to join in our fundraising effort, Operation Patriots Plaza 2013, by completing the order form below and mailing your check for $150 per brick ($120 of which is tax-deductible), made payable to Mercer Island VFW Post 5760, to Mercer Island VFW Post 5760, Post Office Box 101, Mercer Island, WA 98040.

Making a brick donation is a wonderful way to support our veterans and honor the service of a veteran in your family. Make your purchase now and be part of the initial installation of the Patriots Plaza. If your father or mother, son or daughter, grandfather or grand-

If you have a question about our Operation Patriots Plaza 2013 project or about purchasing a brick, please call Judy Leithe, committee member, at 206-232-5413.

There are three formats that you can use to purchase an engraved brick, using all upper-case letters. Please note that there are only 18 characters per line, including spaces.

Examples are listed below for the five choices:

FRANK SORBA LT USNR VIETNAM

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(2) Non-Combat Veteran

(3) Friend or Friends of the VFW

CHARLES ROBBS LT COL US ARMY 1980-2010 SUSAN LUND FRIEND OF THE VFW 2013

(Name) (Rank & Service) (War) (Name) (Rank & Service) (Dates of Service) (Donor) (Friend of the VFW) (Year Donated)

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mother, uncle or aunt, nephew or niece, or a friend served in the armed forces, purchasing an engraved brick would be a special way to remember and honor their service to our country by including their names on the Mercer Island VFW’s Patriots Plaza. In addition, if you want to honor the service of our veterans as a whole, you can purchase a brick as a Friend or Friends of the VFW. Thank you for your support!

Operation Patriots Plaza 2013 Committee Friends of VFW Post 5760 Frank (Post Commander) and Bonnie Sorba Erick (Committee Chair) and Judy Leithe Mike (Past Post Commander) and Susie Cero Mike Gazarek (Past Post Commander) Bob (Vice Commander) and Betty Harper Susan Lund Charlie and Kris Robbs Kevin and Bobette Scheid

Order Form for Mercer Island VFW Post 5760 Fundraiser – Operation Patriots Plaza 2013. A donation of $150 per brick ($120 of which is tax-deductible) will place your engraved brick on the Patriots Plaza. Make your check payable to Mercer Island VFW Post 5760 and mail your check and order form to Mercer Island VFW Post 5760, Post Office Box 101, Mercer Island, WA 98040.

Name __________________________________________________________ Address ________________________________________________________ Phone(s) _______________________________________________________ E-Mail _________________________________________________________ I am purchasing a brick to honor (1) a combat veteran ___; (2) a non-combat veteran ___; (3) the VFW ___.  Combat Veteran ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ (Name) 18 characters per line including spaces

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ (Rank & Service) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ (War)  Non-Combat Veteran ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ (Name) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ (Rank & Service) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ (Dates Served)  Friend or Friends of Mercer Island VFW Post 5760

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SORBA FAMILY FRIENDS OF THE VFW 2013

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___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ (Name) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ (Friend of VFW) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ (Year Donated) Or ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ (Name)

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Finding her place – Mercer Island Mercer Island Boys & Girls Club honors lacrosse player excels in college

By Megan Managan

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Sometimes finding the right niche can take a while.

Though Mercer Island High School graduate Elena Skouras did end up finding exactly what she wanted, it was on a different route.

The 2012 MIHS grad started playing lacrosse in sixth grade and realized later in high school that it was something she’d like to continue playing in college.

“Recruiting for lacrosse, you have to start sophomore year really, but I didn’t really know that I was good enough to play until my junior or senior year,” said Skouras. “I was really late on the whole recruiting process, which was unfortunate for me because I was going to camps and they were looking at sophomores, and I was like, why didn’t I have that opportunity?”

Once Skouras knew she was interested in playing, she started going to camps, but had a run of bad luck.

Stanford was interested, but a broken wrist sidelined her.

“I went to the Stanford one and on the first day they said I broke my wrist, so I was in a splint the entire time and they were looking at me to see if they wanted to recruit me, but I couldn’t play,” she said. “I came back home and I go to an ortho-

pedic surgeon, and they ketball, lacrosse, whatever, said it wasn’t broken. So I but in college you really do sat out for nothing. That have to pick because it’s a was really tough because I year-round commitment. I finally realized that I did wanted to be in a sororlove lacrosse and I wanted ity and experience college to do somelife, but you thing with c o u l d n’t it. It became really do that lacrosse that. I was wasn’t going talking to to be my the coaches primary about playentrance ing D-I, into college, but they and people said they were saying c o u l d n’t you could go give me a to a lot betElena Skouras scholarship 2012 MIHS grad because it’s ter academic school than too late, if you do but ‘we can lacrosse, but I was just too definitely see you and you late to do that.” can play.’ It just seemed like It was a setback, but with the commitment level luckily for Skouras, she was and everything, my freshaccepted at the University man year, I wanted to do of Southern California, and good academically and get while she wasn’t offered a into the groove of college. scholarship to play for the So I decided to do club, Division I girls program, and it was actually the right she knew it was a good level of competitive atmoschool, and it had a wom- sphere that I needed.” en’s club lacrosse team.

The women’s D-I team “I got into USC and they at USC was a new program had a program and every- last season, and in part the thing. I thought, I can play club team attracted many D-I lacrosse, but I feel like players with D-I experiwhen you go to college and ence. you play lacrosse, you do “A lot of players had your sport and then you played D-I; they were go to school,” she said. “I’m a year ahead of me, and a very academically driven they dropped down to club person, and I didn’t think I and said this is so much could do that. In high school better and this is so much you could play soccer, bas- fun, and so we did that,”

“I decided to do club and it was actually the right level of competitive atmosphere that I needed.”

she said. “We did really, really well that season. It was the best USC has ever done. We took ninth in the nation, with an 18-4 record, which is unheard of — USC lacrosse was always a joke in the past. We did really well.”

Skouras finished the season tied for the most goals on her team at 69, with 13 assists and 89 points.

She averaged 3.9 points per game in the Western Women’s Lacrosse League.

The highlight of her first season on the team was surpassing their expectations.

“Our initial goal in the season was just to make it to our league playoffs.

We ended up making it to the championship and then we ended up going to Nationals and ending up getting ninth, and honestly we didn’t even think we would make the playoffs,” she said. “Just sitting there looking at your teammates and seeing how far you came was such an amazing feeling because we never in the world thought we could ever get there. I think that was awesome. It was the first time in USC history that the girls lacrosse had ever gone that far.”

The Trojans finished with a record-setting season, and in the process of playing, Skouras discovered

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The Rookie Coaches award went to Kim and Joe Alex for their work coaching baseball this year.

By Megan Managan

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The Mercer Island Boys & Girls Club celebrated its volunteer coaches in June, thanking them for all of their hard work during the seasons.

Over 70 of the 325 volunteer coaches attended the event on Mercer Island.

The Boys & Girls Club runs 25 athletic programs each year with over 2,000

students participating, many of them in multiple activities. Volunteer coaches are a critical part of the program, and they invest a significant amount of time in training, planning, practices, games, tournaments and more.

A few of the many Island coaches were honored for noteworthy performances

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Ride a bike, blend a smoothie at Sunday farmers market

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gave input on various flavors.

One of the first that Bicycle-blended smoothies have arrived in Seattle. they came up with was the Pedal Smoothies is making ‘Tour de Heaven Mixed its debut this summer at Berry’ — a twist on the the Mercer Island Farmers Tour de France, because Market and other local they thought the smoothie “tasted like heaven.” markets.

Other flavors include the Save a dollar by pedaling your own smoothie, priced ‘Inter-Urban-ana’ (coconut milk and banana), at $5. Smoothies the second most cost $6 for those popular variwho don’t want to ety; strawberrypedal and prefer banana; the ‘Burke to have it done for Gilman Kale’ them. (agave, banana, soy O w n e r milk and kale); and Himanshu Mehru, chocolate varieties. who was born and Peach and nectarraised in India and ‘Tour de goes by “Mike” at Heaven Mixed ine smoothies will the market, first Berry’ smoothie soon be added to the selection as heard of the conPedal Smoothies cept of a bicycle blender in May when he mixes currently available learned about such a busi- ingredients and tries new ness in Baltimore, Md. combinations.

Now that berries are After finding out how the contraption worked, he got in season, Mehru obtains together with engineering frozen berries from local friends from school and farmers such as Hayton built one. The blender is Farms. Berries are frozen attached to the rear bicycle when they are most ripened, he explained. That wheel.

Mehru had just decided is when they are the most to sign up for the Seattle nutritious and are best in to Portland bike ride and smoothies, creating a good purchased a new road bike. consistency.

Pineapple and banana are Within a week, he had the only non-local ingreregistered his new business, Pedal Smoothies, with the dients. But everything is organic, Mehru said. Sugars state.

Its mission is to “promote and preservatives are not healthy living, love of bicy- added to the drinks. A scoop of Spirulina, howevcles, and happiness.”

Mehru then contacted er, is available for $1. Base the Mercer Island Farmers options are organic rice, Market manager, who soy, coconut or whole milk.

With two beach cruiser accepted his application even though the deadline bicycles, which are comhad already passed. He had fortable to ride and more worked for a farmers mar- compatible with blenders, ket vendor on the Island Mehru was ready for the during the previous sum- Island market’s opening day in early June. mer.

“The first people were With just one month to prepare for his market shocked and amazed to see debut, Mehru was also what was going on,” he said. studying for finals at the “I invited them to ride the University of Washington. bike and pedal their own He is majoring in computer smoothies, or they can have science and will graduate me pedal it for $1 extra.”

After taking an order, next spring.

Mehru prepares the ingreMehru planned to create dients and connects the his own smoothie recipes.

“I only wanted to do local blender to the bicycle.

“Kids love it,” he said. and organic ingredients,” he said. His source for ingredi- But there is a challenge ents would be local farmers for some kids — they can’t markets. He then hosted pedal sitting down because smoothie-tasting events at of the bicycle’s height.

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ride the bike, Mehru said, was about three feet tall.

Children who are shorter than the bike must stand up to pedal.

“I ask them to pedal while standing up like they were going uphill — and that way they can reach pedals and blend the smoothie really quickly,” Mehru said.

The bike must be a certain height in order for the blender to work successfully.

A smoothie can be blended in about 15 to 20 seconds.

“I do a smoothie in about 10 seconds,” Mehru said.

Some Islanders started scheduling Pedal Smoothies for birthday parties. The business also has a liquor endorsement and can serve margaritas and other blended beverages at private events where customers provide alcohol to be blended.

“This past Sunday was the hottest day. I set up the booth at 10 a.m. and the line never stopped until 3 p.m.,” Mehru said of the last weekend in June, when temperatures reached 90 degrees. “The entire day,

we sold and sold … I forgot to check the weather and was not totally prepared for such an amazing response.

I had everything — it still went well, I still served all of my customers.”

Mehru estimated that single-handedly, he sold 120 smoothies altogether that day. He also offers lemonade.

“It takes time to make the smoothies and get customers onto the bikes,” he said.

The total experience takes from three to five minutes, he added. He does not yet have hired help, but that is a future possibility.

Beyond Mercer Island, Pedal Smoothies can be found at four additional farmers markets: Mukilteo, Lake City, Shoreline, and Willis Tucker in Snohomish.

The Mercer Island market is open every Sunday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. except during the weekends of Summer Celebration and Seafair.

Pedal Smoothies also caters at weddings, fitness classes and other events.

Go to www.pedalsmoothies.com for more about the new business.

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Above, a boy pedals his own drink at the Pedal Smoothies farmers market booth. Below left, Pedal Smoothies opens at the Sunday market with owner Himanshu “Mike” Mehru.

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this past year. The Rookie Coaches award went to Kim and Joe Alex for their work coaching baseball this year. The Love of Coaching award went to Quinn Christofferson, Marcus Vizzutti and Eric Stevens for baseball. The Coaching Excellence award went to Dominique Davis for work with the junior tackle football program, while the Unsung Hero award went to Rich Buchan for his work in wrestling, football and baseball. The Most Inspirational Coach award went to Steve Mattox for his work coaching wrestling and baseball. Mattox will have his name added to the Most Inspirational Coach banner that hangs in the Boys & Girls Club field house.

“I have the best job,” said Becky Shaddle, the athletics director for the club.

“I get to work with all these great people who give so much to our kids.

It’s rewarding to have an opportunity to thank them. Our club athletics goals next year are to continue to improve the quality of our existing programs and to grow athletic opportunities for girls.

Having inspired coaches will enable us to deliver better and better outcomes for our community.”

The event was hosted by Leslie and Kurt Dammeier, and volunteers for the event included: Lisa and Dan Nordale, Heidi Bergland, Susie and Steve Stenberg, Matt Williams, Becky Shaddle, Scott Barbara and Glenn McCrary.

Mercer Island Warriors finalist in first tournament of the season The Mercer Island Warriors, a 16U boys teams, were finalists in the team’s first tournament of the season. The team competed in the Washington Premier FC 21st Rainier Challenge, held in Puyallup June 15-16.

The team competed against other top teams in the Copa division, earning a spot in the championship match. The Warriors scored the most goals in their division, 10, but fell to Crossfire B97 James in the title game.

The final score was 2-1.

The team includes: David Braman, Nick Umlauf, Josh Park, Jules Van de Bospoort, Austin Taylor, Jason Zhu, Noah Talerman, Cameron Wittman, Artemis Zafari, Tiger McBurney, Max Boksem, Ramsey Attisha, Brian McGinley, Jonathan Perr, Ethan Iano and Caden Condor. The team is coached by Farzad Zafari and assistant coach Roy Umlauf.

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The NW Islanders 16U baseball team recently traveled to Pasco, Wash., to play in the Triple Crown Father’s Day tournament.

Mercer Island team wins baseball tourney in Pasco The NW Islanders 16U baseball team recently traveled to Pasco, Wash., to play in the Triple Crown Father’s Day tournament. The Islanders, made up of players from the 2015 and 2016 MIHS classes, won their division, going undefeated.

The team’s record was 4-0, giving up just six runs and scoring 27.

Islander Alfonso Gonzales pitched an 8-3 win over the Puget Sound Shockers, and William Mansfield threw a

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“I just think that you shouldn’t let go of your sport just because you don’t play D-I. I think you should continue because it’s really nice having something you’re passionate about. You meet so many people and so many friends in lacrosse, and you get to travel together and it’s really fun,” said the attacker.

Though the club team was still a time commitment, Skouras said for the USC team, it was less than most others.

“We do have to make some sacrifices, but what was really unique about our team was that we were one of the most competitive teams in our league, but we only practiced two days a week and everyone else who was the same

ranking as us practiced five days a week and conditioned every day,” she explained. “It just showed us that for our team, it was about having fun and playing because you’re passionate about it, not making it a job. I feel like when you play D-I it becomes a job and you lose that intrinsic satisfaction for playing a sport. It gave me that adrenaline rush of playing.”

She said she plans to play again next season, and is still considering moving up to Division I, but doesn’t know how it will pan out yet.

On Mercer Island, many of the high school players are encouraged to coach younger teams. This helped Skouras realize that continuing to play was something she wanted to do.

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The Mercer Island Warriors, a 16U boys team, was a finalist in the team’s first tournament of the season. complete game, lifting the team to a 4-1 win over the Seattle Tides in the finals.

Other Mercer Island players on the team include: Michael Bantle, Brandon

Lawler, George Pallis, Anthony Pedreira, Anthony Scalzo and Josh Stenberg.

The team is coached by MIHS head coach Dominic Woody.

give you a lot of opportunities to coach,” said Skouras.

“I coached a seventh-eighth grade team and a thirdfourth grade team one year.

Mercer Island just provided you with a lot of opportunities as players to see every aspect of the game, playing it and seeing it from the sideline, and I think that really helped me grow as a player. It helped me understand what my coaches had been telling me. So I would be coaching my seventh, eighth-graders and tell my head coach, Liz Shields, and she would be like, this is what I’ve been telling you!”

Skouras, who was a twotime all-state team member in high school, said for anyone interested in playing in college just to get out and play the game as much as they can.

“I think that it’s hard because no one really knows

they want to really play sophomore year — I feel like sophomore year you’re not really thinking about where you want to go to college as much,” she said. “I think that for advice, they should just go to camps, because I know that’s where you get recruited a lot. But also joining select teams, like in soccer, but I just think if they are passionate about the game and they are willing to sacrifice your time to be on select teams if should be a sign that maybe they do want to pursue this in college.”

Skouras is a business major at USC, doing an accounting internship with Costco this summer.

“I may not go accounting, but I’m a person who is a hands-on learner, so I like to do things to see if I like it.

That’s why I tried lacrosse, to see if I liked it, and I love it,” she said.

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Birds

Dogs

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Horses

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PREVIEWS COLDWELL BANKER BAIN ASSOCIATES

DESIGN GUILD HOMES PRESENTS A SPECIAL PRESALE OPPORTUNITY

Westside Views 8032 SE 45th Street | Mercer Island, Washington

MAIN FLOOR

COVERED PATIO

UPPER FLOOR

MUD

FLEX/ BONUS OPEN TO BELOW

ENTRY FOYER PORCH

WALK

DINING

PROPERTY SPECIFICATIONS 4 Bedrooms Master Suite plus 3 En Suite Bedrooms Upstairs 4.5 Baths 5,086 Square Feet** Lot Size: 17,314 Square Feet** Upstairs Media Room Main Floor Den/Study Two-Story Entry Foyer with Circular Staircase 4 Fireplaces Upstairs Flex/Bonus Room (also 5th Bedroom Option ) Wine Cellar Central Vacuum Multi-zoned Heating High-tech Wiring throughout 3-Car Garage Mercer Island School District West Mercer Elementary Islander Middle School Mercer Island High School **Finishes and specifications subject to change.

Buyer to verify to satisfaction.

BDRM 3 EN SUITE BATH

M,ECH

DEN/ OFFICE

BUTLER

LIVING ROOM

BDRM 2 EN SUITE BATH

MASTER SUITE LAUNDRY

KITCHEN

FAMILY ROOM

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MASTER BATH

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MEDIA ROOM

Design Guild Homes Design Guild Homes, founded in 1976, was the vision of George Glass, whose company soon captured the imagination and acclaim of the Northwest’s most discriminating homeowners. The passion for excellence that brought George Glass and his client’s homes to national recognition today is the hallmark of his sons, Joel, Steve and Tom Glass, the seasoned principals and hands-on management of Design Guild Homes. The three brothers not only grew up in the business, but brought it specialized training and skills ranging from art and design to finance and operations expertise. Each is directly concerned with and responsible for each client relationship and each home we create. Their talents, values and knowledge, coupled with long-standing partnerships with carefully selected vendors and a team of experts in design, architecture, financing, construction, landscaping, materials and amenities, are the key to maintaining quality, on-time schedules, cost effectiveness and efficient project planning, as giving each client both an exceptional experience and a stunning new home. With Design Guild Homes your personal vision and desires are in good hands. From new homes in a variety of quality areas to outstanding custom-built residences, a Design Guild home provides comfort and pleasure that endures for generations. Few homebuilders have more experience. offered at

$2,285,000 Land also listed for sale separately

$785,000 Please direct all inquiries to exclusive listing broker:

LISA WHITTAKER

Exceptional Properties Director | International President’s Elite

425.990.0166 LisaWhittaker@cbba.com www.LisaWhittaker.com

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

206-232-4600

To see every home that is for sale in Western Washington go to cbbain.com

OFF ISLAND HOMES

-SHORT SALE- $100,000

Issq Chateau style beauty! Top floor with beautiful view of professionally landscaped courtyard. ARCH housing. Cash buyer only. #314087 James R. Shute 206-230-5421

-SHORT SALE- $194,900

Large attic space, gas available for appliances, new roof within past 3 years and a kitchen water filtration system. #462633 James R. Shute 206-230-5421

Compass Point $349,000

Light & bright 3BR condo w/open floor plan. Soaring ceilings, stainless steel appliances, great flow! Positioned among 1,000ac on Redmond Ridge. #501315

-SHORT SALE- $109,900

Single story 2 bedroom and 1 bath home in quite location on 1.5ac. Cozy covered deck overlooks the spacious yard.

Additional dwelling on property. #487356

James R. Shute 206-230-5421

James R. Shute 206-230-5421

Rainier Beach

$219,000

Wonderful starter home or rental on great street. Large living room with cozy fireplace. Huge kitchen with great dining area, fenced yard. 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bathroom #454821 Mary Yax 206-612-8722

-SHORT SALE- $354,900

Carrie Simmons 206-679-7093

Quiet 2BR/1.5BA, home. Skylights brighten up the living area & french doors open to spacious deck w/hot tub overlooking beautifully maintained, fully fenced bkyd #485433 James R. Shute 206-230-5421

◆ Somerset

Capitol Hill

$698,000

Privacy abounds in this sought after 3BR/2.5BA Forest Glen hm. Main floor living & formal dining, kit w/plenty of casual b’fast space. Somerset Elem, Tyee Middle. #509321 Peggy Watkins 206-230-5444

-SHORT SALE- $154,900

Top floor 1BR/1BA condo located in Front9. Updated kitchen with cozy dining nook. Open living area w/fplc. Balcony overlooks the community pool. #498778

$699,900

Enchanting & serene off-street ltownhouse w/superb finishes throughout. Oak floors, French doors, Craftsman inspired millwork, gas fplc w/custom tile, 2BR/2.5BA #503387 Chase Costello 206-999-4420 Jeff Costello 206-595-5709

-SHORT SALE- $249,900

-SHORT SALE-

$169,900

Wonderful new 3 BD/2.5 BA short sale with landscaped backyard, new carpets and laminate flooring and security system. located near parks and a golf course. #478483 James R. Shute 206-230-5421

◆ -SHORT SALE- $274,900

INVESTOR ALERT! $184,900

Great development potential - can be short platted to make 2 lots. Could be a fixer or tear down. In disrepair. #486497 James R. Shute 206-230-5421

-SHORT SALE-

$299,900

Private drive ends at this cozy 3BR/2.5BA home, master on main. Spacious living areas, open kitchen and large rear deck and patio with a fully fenced backyard. #494945 James R. Shute 206-230-5421

3BR/3BA home in quiet neighborhood w/view. New septic in ‘07, 50yr roof installed ‘06, steel storm shutters & retractable awning over deck. This will go quickly! #507907 James R. Shute 206-230-5421

Great 2BR/1BA 940SF home in the Genessee nbrhd of West Seattle. Close to the junction, shops, schools. Large back yard, 1 car garage. Great starter home! #397600 James R. Shute 206-230-5421

N Beacon Hill

Issq Schools!

Commercial

$374,900

Remodeled down to the studs. New roof, Siding, Windows and so much more....

Spacious three bedroom a bonus room/ loft. Two full baths #499028 Chase Costello 206-999-4420 Jeff Costello 206-595-5709

Seward Park

$750,000

Mid Century gem w/ view in great neighborhood- totally renovated in 2006new kitchen, baths, millwork, lower level with rec rm+2 bedrms & den & large yard #494295 Laura Parris-Reymore 206-949-3270

$499,000

Renton Highlands Luxury 2005 Burnstead craftsman w/designer touches at every turn. 4BR+loft, 2.5BA & 2821 square feet. Gourmet Kitchen with stainless appliances. #490425 Greg Rosenwald 206-230-5445

Houghton Living

$850,000

Minutes to everything…2 Park N Rides, 405, 520, Metropolitan Market, trails, Google the waterfront. AND a main floor master! 3BR’s, & bonus room downstairs. #501556 Peggy Watkins 206-230-5444

$535,000

Welding shop/commercial/home in Maple Valley. 1.4+ acres right on the M. Valley Hwy, 3 bldings, house, 2 tenants. 2 tax parcels. Pull through access. #390273 Betty Carleton 425-444-3507

Custom Estate

$1,235,000

Spectacular 2.5ac estate with pool, ADU, sport court, poolhouse, year-round creek.

Street of Dreams builder Gregerson Homes custom built this 2005 5BR home #457615 Greg Rosenwald 206-230-5445

VACANT LAND North Bend Land

$150,000

Newcastle Land

$150,000 Mercer Island

12.9 wooded ac. just off I90 at exit #31.

Reduced; deeded easement for easy access.

Lots of room, timber and space to roam, this will be a great location. #29160006 Betty Carleton 425-444-3507

2.5 acres w/R-1 zoning. Good location and close to everything in Newcastle, must hike in to see. #392633 Betty Carleton 425-444-3507

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY HOUSING

Lake Tapps

$179,950 Building Site

$398,000 Issaquah

$450,000

Westside View

$500,000

$300,000

$448,000 Get this now!

$500,000

Edgewood

$710,000

Great lot with full Mt. Rainier view. Small “cabin” and storage shed stays. Year around water access. Recreational site. #457845 Chase Costello 206-999-4420

Generous .48 acre lot on Mercer Island, with survey and some studies done. Convenient location. #295333 Betty Carleton 425-444-3507

Partial lk view lot, small subdivision 5 lots, up pvt road off E Mercer. Backs to conservancy Tract. Road, utilities in along paved access.

Cleared for viewing! #83516 Lindy Weathers 206-920-8842

Private Lane

Large residential building site in area of new/ remodeled homes. Lk & Mt Rainier views.

All utility/access easements recorded. Serene stream along south boundary. #143651 Janet Scroggs 206-230-5414

Beautiful view property near Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park on top of Cougar Mountain. Enter via a private drive to an enclave of 6 estate properties. #474086 Pam Hughes 425-260-5662

Building is back! Now is your chance.

Build the view hm of your dreams! Over 21,000 sq ft in a beautiful setting & prime neighborhood, one lot from water. #455555 Harrison & St.Mary 206-953-8359

South Mercer Island westside view residential building site in area of other newer homes.

Opportunity for creating a homes of your choice. Utilities available. #482387 Lindy Weathers 206-920-8842

2.9 acres in Edgewood on Meridian Ave. ready for development. #446147 Betty Carleton 425-444-3507

Stop by our COLDWELL BANKER BAIN Mercer Island office for a Hot Sheet of New Listings, Sunday Open Houses or Sold Properties in your neighborhood!

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

206-232-4600

To see every home that is for sale in Western Washington go to cbbain.com

MERCER ISLAND HOMES

West Mercer

$799,000

Huge 28,545sf lot, move right in or build your dream home! This charming rambler is filled with light from the multiple skylights & lg, Western facing windows. #506162 Marlene Fallquist 206-310-3580 Carrie Simmons 206-679-7093

Shared Wtrft

$1,150,000

Westside 50 feet with dock, moorage & permitted boatlift, view protection+.5 acre lot, 3BR/2.5BA, loft, den, master on main, great rm+rec rm & upside+ #505591 Laura Reymore 206-230-5351

One Level

$838,000

Private 4 bedroom with pool and spa. View home. Unique outbuildings add sf, Enjoy as is, add on or build new. Everything is possible here! #503439 Barbara Bro 206-232-4600 Josh Thurman 206-321-3129

Got SAD?

$1,298,000

Seasonal Affective Disorder? This is your new house! Views & amazing light all day!

Open plan, high ceilings, updates thruout.

Wrap around deck & big yard! #473915 Harrison & St.Mary 206-953-8359

Rambler By MIHS

$895,000

2 Mstrs, 5BR, 2.75BA, 2520 SqFt., 2002 Remodel( Plumbing, Electrical, Heating, Sewer)Kitchen-Gas Cook Top, Granite, Brkfst Nook, Stainless Appliances, Hardwood, 3Patios #504154 Galen Hubert 206-778-9787

◆ New on Market $1,399,998

Like new, 2 story w/Old World Charm.

4BR, 3.5BA, 2 car garage. Custom design & woodwork throughout. High-end appliances, cherry floors & kit cabinets, granite. #509908 Debbie Barbara 206-300-6077

Estate Setting

First Hill

Extraordinary property-Acre+ of formal gardens, exquisite renovation of interior, 5BR/4.5BA, main master+formal rooms+fam rm+rec rm, outdoor rm+poolgorgeous! #391328 Laura Reymore 206-230-5351

Gold Coast 60’ $3,125,000

Clean lines and walls of windows sets the stage for this 5BR/2.75BA home. Master suites on both floors offers flexibility. 60’ of wtft, 183’ dock & sandy beach! #471980 Peggy Watkins 206-230-5444

Italian Villa

$5,088,000

Magnificent northend-90 feet private wtrfrnt & dock, level yard; great rm & main floor master-5+bedrms, 5.5 baths, new exterior, roof, bths & much more! #496920 Laura Parris-Reymore 206-949-3270

Snapshots from our 2013 Flag Planting

$1,450,000

City, Lake & mtn views, completely renovated 2005, 2 master suites, formal liv & din+fam rm in kitchen+rec rm bsmtwalk to Lid Park & town -enter on 66th #483416 Laura Parris-Reymore 206-230-5351

West side!

Cape Cod Estate $3,000,000

$998,000

Step back in time. Unsurpassed Serenity found in this Prime First Hill Estate Setting. Large picture windows let the sun shine in. Tastefully Updated.

4BR/1.75BA. #493645 Barbara Bro 206-459-8411

Lkvw Highlands

$1,150,000

Classic Northwest 2 storied residence with large flat lot; multiple french doors open onto garden. Main floor flows from formal to casual. 4 Bedrooms +den #502544 Hedy Joyce 206-406-7275

South End

$1,580,000

Amazing opportunity to live in very desirable S end neighborhood. Newly built in 2007, this 5BR, 4BA, 3 car garage, light-filled home welcomes you! #490989 Debbie Barbara 206-300-6077

$550,000 ◆ North End

$780,000

Private lane. Wonderful opportunity to build your dream home. West side with possible lake views! Bring your builder/architect/ dreams! #404816

Wonderful home with all the spaces you want and Upper Luther Burbank Park in your backyard! 4 bedrooms plus a den & 2.25 baths. Level and sunny backyard. #507325

Carol Hinderstein 206-595-5722

Gerald Chew 206-679-9294

Mercerdale

$599,000

Outstanding!

$2,299,000

Take advantage of one of MI’s most sought after nbrhds with this property full of opportunity & potential. Bring your vision! #493656

Exceptional quality! 5BR+office/5.75 bath.

Rare 12,000SF street-to-street lot. North End close to Lake. Mtn/Lake Views. Chef’s kitchen. Legal ADU (separate unit) #479109

Michele Schuler 206-992-2013 Anastasia Miles 425-260-5881

Sarah Ford 206-854-7702

MEET OUR BROKERS

Natalie Malin Managing Broker (206) 230-5422

Over my 35 years of selling hundreds of our great Island properties, I’ve developed unique creative marketing and negotiating skills that help my clients obtain the best possible price for their homes while making the experience a pleasant one, and help them obtain the best price for their “new” homes and condos.

Whether you are moving up or downsizing, I’m here to help make your move profitable and enjoyable!

“Natalie blends the latest tech-savvy skills with ‘old fashioned’ caring discretion! She goes the proverbial ‘extra mile’ to exceed your expectations!”

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