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Rotary Run is Sunday March 23 The annual ‘Mercer Island Half’ aka, the Rotary Run, to benefit colon cancer awareness and prevention, sponsored by the Mercer Island Rotary Club, Swedish Cancer Institue and other Island businesses ,is set for Sunday morning, March 23. Festivities begin Friday evening at the Event Expo at the Mercer Island Community and Event Center. There is something for everyone; a Kid’s Dash, a 5K walk and run; a 10 K run and the big daddy — the 13-mile half marathon race that winds all the way around the Island. To find out more about Race Day; events, start times, registration and road closures, go to mercerislandhalf.org or see Page 3.
Despite cancer, chemo, Islander continues competing in distance races By Joseph Livarchik
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The summer after being diagnosed with lymphoma on, of all days, Sept. 11, 2001, Tom Giuliano did something crazy. While going through chemotherapy treatment, he competed in his first Iron Man competition. Thirteen years and ten more Iron Man competitions later, Giuliano is still at it. Despite his chemotherapy treatment, Giuliano is gearing up for the Mercer Island Half this weekend, in which
Kiwanis to meet March 27 Past International Kiwanis President, Sylvester Neal will speak and present an award to Mercer Island Kiwanis at noon, March 27 at Aljoya. All are welcome, but must RSVP by contacting Harry Dingwall at 232-0672 or email at hdingwall@msn.com.
Extra hands needed to mail Island Directory Volunteers are needed to help members of the Mercer Island Guild of Seattle Children’s get the 2014 Directory ready for mailing. Volunteers are asked to stop by at 9 a.m. Friday, March 21, at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 4400 86th Ave S.E. Questions: Contact miphonebook@gmail.com or 206-232-3903.
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The Elmira, a 1930, 36-foot English cutter, remains at the dock on the Beaufort property that sold in a day earlier this month. The boat, built at a Lake Union shipyard, was named for Elmira Beaufort who lived on the property for over 60 years.
Past meets present Property has five offers just hours after listing appears By Mary L. Grady
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It is not the first time that Island realtor has sold a home in a single day, and these days, it won’t be the last. Island real estate agent, Lindy Weathers, knew the nearly pristine 33,000 square feet of land situated on the water on the north
end would sell quickly. But this was epic. “I posted the offer at about 10 p.m., and by 10 a.m the next day, I had my first offer, she said. Soon there was a total of five. “We could have had at least five more offers,” she continued, “but we told callers that there were five already in.” Weathers said that the sellers will get their asking price of $2.4 million and a bit more. At least three of the buyers were international, she said. And there were cash bids. The offer the own-
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ers selected is from a local builder. Weathers who grew up on the Island and has sold homes here for many years, says there are few properties that she has not seen. But this was one. The land and the old house built in 1914 has been untouched for decades and is not visible from the street. It took Weathers and her husband and a team of helpers a month to clear the land and haul away debris and old furniture. They even hired the ‘We Take Junk Truck’ that is often seen parked in the Town Center, said Weathers. There were blackberry vines that had grown over the front
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