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Volunteers restore Mercerdale Park
Volunteers restore Mercerdale Park
November 24, 2008 9:08 pm

A dozen or more volunteers came to North Mercerdale Hillside Park, a woodland just minutes from downtown, during snowy and rainy weather on Nov. 30, Dec. 1 and Dec. 4 to plant more than 100 ferns salvaged from King County homeowners and about 175 native plants purchased from a King County Small Change grant.

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Season of ‘community’
Season of ‘community’
November 24, 2008 9:08 pm

Last week, Bill and Dana Isherwood personally experienced the community connections that attracted them to Mercer Island three years ago.

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Chad Coleman/Mercer Island Reporter Mercer Island High School junior Nick Obando
New look at driving schools
November 24, 2008 9:08 pm

Driver’s education; that universally lamented teenage rite of passage. For many, the two words conjure up memories of early Saturdays in a stuffy classroom, outdated instructional videos and weekly scantron tests.

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Young voices perform songs of hope
Young voices perform songs of hope
November 24, 2008 9:08 pm

African Children’s Choir makes a stop on MI

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Chad Coleman/Mercer Island ReporterTatters is the Mercer Island Chamber of Commerce business of the year. Owner Michele Tesler, center, and Maryse Camelan are shown in the store at 7605 S.E. 27th Street on Mercer Island.
Chad Coleman/Mercer Island ReporterTatters is the Mercer Island...
November 24, 2008 9:08 pm

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Tatters is the Mercer Island Chamber of Commerce business of the year... owner Michele Tesler
Island clothing store Tatters wins award
November 24, 2008 9:08 pm

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New look for the Chamber gallery
New look for the Chamber gallery
November 24, 2008 9:08 pm

The Mercer Island Chamber of Commerce’s art gallery has a new style. Over the past five years, the MI Chamber gallery exhibited numerous painters from MIVAL and artists associated with MIVAL. The nature of the gallery, however, did not lend itself to the atmosphere of a regular art gallery. Therefore, the Chamber analyzed the situation and decided to move the gallery in a new direction.

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Chad Coleman/Mercer Island Reporter Florence Palmer stands in front of her paintings depicting the construction of I-90 on Mercer Island. The paintings were bought by the city and are on display at the City Hall.
Color, cranes and concrete
November 24, 2008 9:08 pm

To the untrained eye, the chaos of dirt and heavy equipment isn’t a thing of beauty. Yet, the tangle of cranes and concrete that accompany construction of new roads and bridges is was what attracted Florence Palmer to paint I-90 as it took shape. In fact, construction is one of her favorite subjects. Among the 500 art pieces to her credit are scenes of cranes operating over Eastside condos and businesses.

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Bill Morton/Special to the Reporter Tourists read and sunbathe on the beaches of Los Cabos San Lucas on the Baha Peninsula of Mexico.
Many Washingtonians fly to Mexico to escape rain
November 24, 2008 9:07 pm

Bill Morton
On Travel

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Gardening tools can make the difference
Gardening tools can make the difference
November 24, 2008 9:07 pm

Linda Stephens-Urbaniak
In the Garden

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Charity goes way beyond home
Charity goes way beyond home
November 24, 2008 9:07 pm

This season, the majority of Island merchants and city agencies have had special drives or events to benefit others. The Reporter has already run mentions of many.

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Memories 2007-style bring laughter, celebration and pride
Memories 2007-style bring laughter, celebration and pride
November 24, 2008 9:07 pm

The 2007 tapestry of Island people and their passions includes the likes of Walter Witt, Mariner fan of 2,000 games … two mothers of five turned entrepreneurs — Lori Moll of Dooz and Carole Airut Murphy, the pop-top jeweler … Ashley Brewer and her mini-menagerie on the Island’s tiniest farm … Fran Call and Erica Hill, former and current track coaches who build fitness into young people’s lifestyles.

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Chad Coleman/Mercer Island Reporter Cambria Chardonnay
Kendall-Jackson wine, sweeter than average
November 24, 2008 9:07 pm

Dee Hitch
On Wine

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