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Setting sail
Kids’ sailing camp participants rig their sails for the afternoon water session at Luther Burbank Park, Aug. 5. This is the first season when the city has sponsored sailing classes at the park. Lessons continue next week. - Chad Coleman/Mercer Island Reporter Sep 09 2008, 11:57 AM Kids’ sailing camp participants rig their sails for the afternoon water session...
520 Tolling Open House tonight at Community Center
Sep 09 2008, 11:57 AM 520 Tolling Open House tonight at Community Center

This Week
Sep 09 2008, 11:57 AM Come out and play

SWAT team arrests sex offender at Mercer Island home
Sep 09 2008, 11:57 AM Mercer Island Police arrested a level-three sex offender in violation of his parole at an Island home on Saturday morning, just blocks away from the Boys & Girls Club.

According to Mercer Island Police Detective Pete Erickson, the Island’s eight-man Special Ops Team (generally referred to as SWAT) forced their way into an apartment in the 3000 block of 67th Avenue S.E. around 9:30 a.m. on Aug. 9 after receiving a tip earlier in the week about the sex offender’s whereabouts. Erickson said it took police several hours to apprehend the suspect, and they blocked off the neighborhood.

Tent City settles in on Mercer Island
Tent City 4 residents and volunteers set up camp in the Mercer Island United Methodist Church parking lot on Tuesday, Aug. 5. - Chad Coleman/Mercer Island Reporter Sep 09 2008, 11:57 AM Tent City is here.

Tent City moves onto Mercer Island
Tent City 4 residents and volunteers set up camp in the Mercer Island United Methodist Church parking lot on Tuesday, Aug. 5. - Chad Coleman/Mercer Island Reporter Sep 09 2008, 11:57 AM Tent City residents and volunteers began setting up the roving camp of about 100 homeless men and women at First Hill's United Methodist Church early on Tuesday.

Hats off
Sep 09 2008, 11:57 AM Erica Breese, of Mercer Island, graduated from Emory College of Emory University in Atlanta, Ga., with a Bachelor of Science in May. She is the daughter of Dr. John Sydney Breese and Emily Seklar Breese. Emory University is ranked as one of the country’s top 20 national universities, according to “U.S. News & World Report.”

YFS food pantry supply low, usage high
Sep 09 2008, 11:58 AM The Youth & Family Services food pantry, located in the Luther Burbank Administration Building at the park, is in need of donations as its usage has increased by 36 percent as compared to last summer. It has no more than a two-week supply on hand, and it serves an average of 10 Mercer Island families on a weekly basis with a user breakdown as follows: unemployed, 30 percent; low-income, 30 percent; disabled persons, 23 percent; senior citizens, 10 percent; homeless, 7 percent.

The pantry accepts nonperishable food item donations such as soup, protein drinks, nut spreads, jams, beans-rice meals and pastas, to name a few, as well as grocery gift cards and toiletries. It also offers food cards in the amount of $50. It does not accept produce or fresh foods. All donations are tax-deductible.

King County will conduct a Top 2 primary this month
Sep 09 2008, 11:58 AM This month, King County will conduct a Top 2 primary. Voters will not have to pick a party and will be able to choose among all candidates for each office. In each race, the two candidates with the most votes will advance to the November General Election.

New MISD classes focus on the future
Sep 09 2008, 11:58 AM This month, King County will conduct a Top 2 primary. Voters will not have to pick a party and will be able to choose among all candidates for each office. In each race, the two candidates with the most votes will advance to the November General Election.