Mercer Island churchyards now compete to bring heaven on Earth. Their lush plantings are cloaked in fall colors. Emmanuel Episcopal’s 90-foot maple is the hands-down winner in its rusty red majesty.
On Sundays, more than 200 people representing 15 nationalities worship God together at New Hope International Church (NHIC) on Mercer Island. Thai, Latinos, Japanese, Koreans, Chinese, Mienh, Taiwanese, Laotians, Vietnamese, Indonesians, Malaysians, Cambodians, Filipinos and even Australians — all experience spiritual unity in Jesus Christ.
Flutist Donna Shin, the first woodwind player in the history of the Eastman School of Music to be nominated for the highly coveted Artist’s Certificate, joined the University of Washington School of Music faculty this fall as assistant professor of flute.
Pastor Greg Asimakoupoulos
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Nancy Gould-Hilliard
Around the Island
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Christina Mortimer has always associated Halloween with UNICEF. As far as she’s concerned, the two go together like costumes and candy. But when she moved from Toronto, Canada, to Mercer Island five years ago and celebrated her first Halloween in America, Mortimer realized that few Islanders had even heard of Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF. This Halloween, the Mercer Island High School senior is going to change that.
Nancy Gould-Hilliard
Around the Island
Pedestrians are surrounded by fall colors as they walk along 78th Avenue S.E. in the downtown business district of Mercer…
Anna Sotelo — the “Ana” in Ana’s Family Style Mexican Restaurant in the Snoqualmie Ridge Village — recently opened her restaurant.
Nancy Gould-Hilliard
Around the Island
The Lakes neighborhood will once again organize its annual Halloween trick-or-treat on Oct. 31, and keeping with previous years will hold a food drive for Mercer Island Food Pantry. The charitable Halloween tradition began in 1998, when resident Polly Addison set collections boxes at each Lakes entryway, asking visitors to donate non-perishable foods. Since then, the food-drive has become part of the overall Lakes Halloween festivity.