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    Articles by Linda Ball
    School board retreat rescheduled due to weather
    School board retreat rescheduled due to weather
    By Linda Ball • January 19, 2012 4:34 pm

    No problems with any of the school buildings or transportation fleet

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    Fourth business quits ‘The Mercer’
    Fourth business quits ‘The Mercer’
    By Linda Ball • January 10, 2012 1:37 pm

    Cellar 46 closes abruptly, are high rents to blame?

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    This artist’s rendering is for a new Cherry Crest Elementary School in Bellevue. The Bellevue District has been rebuilding its schools and has nearly completed Tyee Middle School.
    Board crosschecks project list for school bond issue
    By Linda Ball • January 10, 2012 3:53 pm

    School leaders have just weeks to finalize project list for April bond issue vote.

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    The backyard of this foreclosed home at 2213 61st Ave. S.E. near Interstate 90. It sold for $275
    Mercer Island homes sold in December not ‘average’
    By Linda Ball • January 9, 2012 3:01 pm

    Condos, tiny older homes pull down sale price average.

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    Larry Lunden
    Larry Lunden lived life large
    By Linda Ball • January 9, 2012 2:52 pm

    Lawrence Raymond Lunden was a true Mercer Island pioneer. Lunden, 90, died Dec. 23 after crossing Island Crest Way and being struck by a passing car.

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    MISD 2011 report: Learning by the numbers
    MISD 2011 report: Learning by the numbers
    By Linda Ball • January 5, 2012 3:22 pm

    Most Islanders received the Mercer Island School District’s annual report for the 2010-2011 academic year in the mail last week.

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    Mercer Island School Board to set amount to rebuild schools
    Mercer Island School Board to set amount to...
    By Linda Ball • January 5, 2012 3:20 pm

    The decisions that must be made in order to place a bond for new schools on the April 17 ballot need to be made soon.

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    Cellar 46 closes
    Cellar 46 closes
    By Linda Ball • January 3, 2012 6:28 pm

    With no fanfare, Cellar 46 closed silently over the holiday weekend. The website for Cellar 46 simply states, “Thank you for the many great years. We are no longer open for business.”

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    Mercer Island High School senior Anna Partridge performs with Circus Smirkus last summer. Partridge is a skilled juggler and acrobat.
    MIHS student finds passion in circus
    By Linda Ball • December 27, 2011 4:52 pm

    In 19th and 20th century America, the circus reached its height as a popular art form, and was one of the greatest sources of entertainment before the age of television. Circus acts still exist, as do circus schools and performers; you just don’t hear that much about them anymore.

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    Mercer Island High School marching band leaving for Pasadena
    Mercer Island High School marching band leaving for...
    By Linda Ball • December 27, 2011 3:38 pm

    Band leaves Wednesday for their third appearance in the Tournament of Roses Parade

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    Friendship Circle donates over 700 toys to special needs and foster kids
    Friendship Circle donates over 700 toys to special...
    By Linda Ball • December 23, 2011 6:51 pm

    The Friendship Circle on Mercer Island just completed its second annual Wraps Toy Drive, donating over 700 toys to special needs and foster children throughout King County. The Friendship Circle Wraps is a time when “kids give to kids.”

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    Students fill the hallway of Islander Middle School
    Watershed year for Mercer Island schools
    By Linda Ball • December 21, 2011 12:35 pm

    The year started out with the Mercer Island High School’s Marching Band making the sojourn to London to participate in London’s New Year’s Day Parade. The honor was almost squelched by bad weather that caused flight delays, but the entire band made it by the skin of their teeth, and performed gloriously.

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    Change Making Change donations can be made at Coinstar machines like this one in the north end QFC.
    Pennies add up to currency of hope
    By Linda Ball • December 20, 2011 4:40 pm

    Most of us have a jar at home, filled with pocket change that we take for granted. Even kids have a piggy bank filled with change. So what if all those pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters could go to use for a better cause?

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