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Stephanie Quiroz/staff photos                                Covenant Living at the Shores residents and staff with Ageless Aviation pilot and team at the Renton Municipal Airport on Aug. 12.

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Covenant Living at the Shores Residents take flight

Tom Norris, Sid Boegl, Doug Wilkinson, and Jack Nelson take flight in a 1942 Boeing Stearman.

Leaving for college anxiety | Dear YFS

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Leaving for college anxiety | Dear YFS

A monthly advice column about issues faced by Islanders.

Author Claire Gebben gives blacksmithing a go at Bruce Weakly’s private shop on Whidbey Island. Gebben sought to learn the art of blacksmithing to better understand the life of her great-great grandfather, who immigrated to Cleveland in the mid-1800s. Photo courtesy of Claire Gebben

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Island author Gebben’s work named Indie Book Awards finalist

“How We Survive Here: Families Across Time” reveals genealogical journey.

Advice for addressing marijuana use in college students | Dear YFS

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Advice for addressing marijuana use in college students | Dear YFS

Dear YFS is an advice column with reader submitted or posed questions from the Island.

Rev. John Go, his wife Mia Park, Grace (13) and Gloria (9) come to Mercer Island from Portland, Ore. Photo courtesy of Mercer Island United Methodist Church Facebook

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Mercer Island United Methodist Church welcomes new pastor

Rev. John Go moves go Mercer Island from Portland, Oregon.

Mercer Island seniors sing from their songbooks in the Fellowship Hall at Covenant Living at the Shores on July 17. Madeline Coats/staff photo

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A monthly sing-a-long program uses music to support patients with memory loss

Music Mends Minds places emphasis on music therapy as a way to delay neurodegenerative dementia.

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Discussing sustainable sustainability on the Island

A column on the importance of protecting the planet and how to go about doing that.

Dear YFS — How to address ‘lack of kindness’

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Dear YFS — How to address ‘lack of kindness’

Dear YFS is an advice column with reader submitted or posed questions from the Island.

Senior community gets new name, logo

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Senior community gets new name, logo

The rebranding connects the community to its faith-based foundation.

Mike Woodsum of the Mountain to Sound Greenway Trust is the featured speaker for the Mercer Island Probus Club July meeting on Thursday, July 11. Courtesy photo

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Greenway speaker at July 11 Probus Club meeting

Meeting date has changed for July; location has changed for summer meetings.

Celebrating the Fourth on the Eastside

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Celebrating the Fourth on the Eastside

Americans all over the country including the Eastside region will gather on July 4 to celebrate Independence Day.…

This willow tree had recently fallen and was only a stump. Now new life has grown where all hope had seemed lost. Photo by Greg Asimakoupoulos

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Lessons from the resurrection tree

Finding hope in times of loss | On Faith

Objects for sale are displayed in sectioned areas throughout the store to make for organized shopping. Photo by Madeline Coats.

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Thrift shop brings community together

Second-hand shop projected to bring in 2.9 million dollars this year alone.