Bill Morton
On Travel
More than 11,000 people enjoyed sunny weather during the 2007 Seattle Marathon on Nov. 25. A number of Islanders participated in the event, including lifetime runner Doug MacLean, who ran the half-marathon with his son, Hunter.
Betsy Zuber
A Page on Age
Pastor Greg
On Religion
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.
Last week, Bill and Dana Isherwood personally experienced the community connections that attracted them to Mercer Island three years ago.
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 For many, the two words conjure up memories of early Saturdays in a stuffy classroom, outdated instructional videos and weekly scantron tests.
African Children’s Choir makes a stop on MI
Reporter staff
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.
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.
Bill Morton
On Travel
