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    Articles by Jennifer Flick
    Longtime friends Jessica Dixon left and Alli Drinkard met as toddlers at an Island day care and have now opened their own place for kids.
    Day care buddies become day care business partners
    By Jennifer Flick • August 14, 2013 7:58 pm

    From the age of 3, best friends Alli Drinkard and Jessica Dixon were on a mission. Since meeting at a Mercer Island home nursery school, the two tykes have been confident that they would grow up to be ‘Daycare Ladies’ together.

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    Island native Mark Berry paints in his studio in Ellensburg
    Multimedia artist says Mercer Island life encouraged creativity
    By Jennifer Flick • August 14, 2013 12:51 pm

    Mixed-media artist and Mercer Island native Mark Berry is on a mission to share his creative talent with the world. Born in Seattle and raised on the Island, this veteran of the artistic world brings lessons learned in his youth to realization in his work now.

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    One of the students from Country Village Day School reacts after petting Harley
    Horsing around | Country Village Day School students...
    By Jennifer Flick • August 7, 2013 4:31 pm

    For 11 kids, Wednesday, Aug. 7 will be remembered as the first time they rode a horse.

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    Islander junior
    Mercer Island student supplying hope to Sierra Leone
    By Jennifer Flick • July 31, 2013 1:20 pm

    Most high school kids aren’t preoccupied with the state of education resources in a foreign country. But that doesn’t go for 16-year-old Jason McRuer.

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    Mercer Island student Larissa Bitners with her project.
    Google takes note of Island scientist Bitners
    By Jennifer Flick • July 17, 2013 12:18 pm

    Mercer Island teen qualifies as a finalist in 2013 global Google Science Fair.

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    Musicians work on the score for Islander Leeran Raphaely’s animated musical short
    Mercer Island native collaborates his way to film...
    By Jennifer Flick • July 16, 2013 4:48 pm

    Mercer Island High class of ’09 graduate Leeran Raphaely has a lot to be proud of lately. At only 22 years of age, his animated musical short film, “En Passant,” has received considerable praise.

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