It may be 2008, but Mercer Island School District leaders are thinking like it is 2020.
Events Christmas Tree Recycling: Dec. 28; Jan. 3-4, 10. Call (206) 232-1264 for the Mercer Island Lacrosse Club to pick…
As a result of the incredible effort of the Mercer Island Marching Band students and directors — and thanks to the amazing generosity of the Mercer Island community — 12,748 pounds of nonperishable food were donated to local area food banks on Dec. 13.
The final days of Advent have been made memorable by the arrival of real winter weather — several inches of thick, dry snow that stuck and stayed — and kept coming. Along with the snow came ice, wind and bad driving conditions, hassles and headaches. Firefighters, police and maintenance workers have been extremely busy, handling everything from a major house fire to checking on burst water pipes, seeing about a three-year-old boy out alone in the snow to responding to a false alarm caused by burning popcorn at an office building. City snow plows were out doing what they could, clearing roads and shutting off dangerous streets. The city set up it’s emergency operational center at City Hall and was well prepared in case the situation worsened. We were ready.
As many as 150 of your neighbors have been working behind the scenes this year to make Mercer Island and beyond a better place. On the Island, we’ve been honoring outstanding students, awarding scholarships, arranging international exchanges, serving senior citizens, planting trees, flipping pancakes at Summer Celebration, raising awareness about conservation, fixing up Rotary Park and supporting Boy Scouts’ upgrade of Clarke Beach.
Myra Rothenberg and Islander Tami Rudnick Rabin have coined a catchy motto: “If you have a surface, we have a solution.”
It’s only a rumor that most snow forecasting is done by flipping a coin, but sometimes it might as well be “heads it will snow” and “tails it won’t.” Few things can frustrate like a snow forecast in the Puget Sound area, where a shiny quarter seems as helpful as the latest computer model or satellite image.
It could be said that the rising epidemic of diabetes could become as serious as the scourge of AIDS that began in the 1980s.
Mary Chalker has an enviable commute. Step out the back door, walk through the yard and there she is; a key’s turn away from her custom framing workshop. Like many Islanders with Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) or “mother-in-laws” as they’re often called, the small house behind Chalker’s home is a luxury she’d be heartbroken to give up.
The snow storm that blanketed Mercer Island last week was the catalyst for canceling four athletic events, including the first-ever wrestling tournament hosted by the high school, which was expecting upawrds of 1,000 people.
Tomorrow is Christmas and sports fans in Washington have had their fill of coal. Nothing has gone right, from the Sonics moving to Oklahoma City and the Mariners losing 101 games, to the Seahawks’ frustrating year of injuries and both Division I football teams in the state finishing with a combined 2-23 record.
There are many ways to quantify how good the Mercer Island boys swim team has become. Three consecutive state titles, national championships and state records are just a few of the team’s accomplishments. But maybe one of the most tangible accomplishments will take place next year. Three seniors have already signed letters of intent to swim at NCAA Division I schools. The Islanders also have at least five other swimmers with a good chance to compete at one of the highest levels that the sport has to offer.
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