Creativity comes naturally for Lauren Burman: from pottery to printmaking, jewelry-making and photography, she has a knack for art. It was therefore fitting for her to sit down at the potter’s wheel in order to raise $2,900 for cancer research as a participant in the Leukemia and Lymphoma Team in Training Vancouver Marathon.
Conversation among the knitters and crocheters who gather monthly at the Mercer Island Covenant Church drifts from what pattern to choose next to the challenges and adventures of overseas missions, all the while interspersed with laughter and light-hearted banter.
Putting pen to paper the old-fashioned way, St. Monica School sixth-graders are writing letters across city and district boundaries. The pen pal exchange is an unlikely one, between a private Catholic classroom and second-graders at a Renton public school, Cascade Elementary.
Hal C. Quinn, M.D., of Mercer Island Pediatric Associates, has been given the Richard A. Molteni 2009 Medical Staff Award for community-based professional and quality care.
Black currant or raspberry balsamic vinegar? Tequila lime or white truffle dipping oil? The choices abounded at the Blendissimo’s Gourmet Blends booth, managed by Mercer Island resident Phyllis Schut at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show in Seattle last week.
Summiting the world’s highest mountains on each of the seven continents is more than just another goal for Ang Chhiring Sherpa, of Mercer Island. It is the means to his greatest ambition: helping his native Nepalese people, one-third of whom live below the poverty line.
For Cadet Lt. Col. Christie Plackis, Army ROTC boot camp was a time to prove herself. During four weeks of intensive training in skills ranging from navigation to weapons, as well as physical fitness, Plackis met the challenge. She emerged from “Operation Warrior Forge” on top, ranking as No. 1 out of 268 cadets in her regiment and the No. 1 female cadet nationwide.
Togolese man is fellow at Seattle nonprofit institute
Islanders perform with Chinese Arts & Music Association
Driving across the country from Atlanta, Ga., to become the new rector at Emmanuel Episcopal Church on Mercer Island took more than two weeks for Rev. William Hunt Priest and his family. Such a drive would normally take less than a week, but the Priests visited friends and relatives on the way, and places such as Yellowstone National Park and Flathead Lake, Mont.
Fashion is going organic with Sara Seumae’s new clothing business, SPUN, on Mercer Island.
Sixty people were checked for skin cancer during the Road to Healthy Skin Tour that came to Mercer Island on Thursday, Aug. 7.
