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    Schools to conduct annual youth survey | Studies show high school students benefit from anti-drug programs
    Schools to conduct annual youth survey | Studies...
    By Elizabeth Celms • October 14, 2008 4:29 pm

    Data released last week by the Office of National Drug Control Policy further backs the success of drug-free programs such as the Island’s Communities That Care. According to the report, youth substance abuse decreases at a faster rate in communities with such programs.

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    Flu shots available
    Flu shots available
    By Reporter Staff • October 14, 2008 4:29 pm

    The Washington Department of Health has ordered more than 435,000 doses of flu vaccine this year — a record order. For help finding an immunization clinic, call 1-800-322-2588, or go to www.doh.wa.gov/FluNews.

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    Riding the rails | Media and politicians take...
    October 14, 2008 4:29 pm

    The wait for light rail in Seattle is almost over, just as Islanders and Eastsiders are getting a second chance to approve a cross-lake route in November. A new westbound HOV lane and direct-access off-ramp funded by Sound Transit and the Department of Transportation opened on Thursday night, bringing the Island one step closer to light rail.

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    Visitors gather at a Mercer Slough view point. The Environmental Education Center was the site of a grand reopening last Saturday.
    Mercer Slough environmental education center is bigger and...
    By Claire Gebben • October 14, 2008 4:28 pm

    When traveling off-Island to the east, we drive over it. Kayakers and canoers float through it, and hikers and joggers explore its trails. Students, teachers and parents of our elementary schools make field trips there every year. Thousands of migratory birds cross Mercer Island skies on the Pacific Flyway on their way to and from — you guessed it — the 320-acre Mercer Slough. And last Saturday, Oct. 11, the vital wetland ecosystem of the Mercer Slough got another boost, with the grand opening of the expanded Mercer Slough Environmental Education Center.

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    Severance paid to city attorney unusual
    Severance paid to city attorney unusual
    October 14, 2008 4:28 pm

    The city does not often pay employees to leave its employ. And when they do, the amounts are fairly modest. Yet former City Attorney Bob Sterbank received a check for $137,500 after he resigned — the equivalent of more than a year’s salary. The amount was 20 percent more than the total amount that the city paid to all others over the past five years combined.

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    Counselor funding contingent upon fields issues
    Counselor funding contingent upon fields issues
    October 14, 2008 4:28 pm

    Insisting that the school district play ball, the City Council pressed the Mercer Island School Board last week to resolve field-availability issues in exchange for funding youth counselors.

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    West Mercer Elementary students cross SE 40th St at Homestead Field during International Walk To School Day last Wednesday
    Walk to School Day a success
    By Reporter Staff • October 14, 2008 3:22 pm

    Mercer Island celebrated International Walk to School Day last Wednesday, Oct. 8 with all three elementary schools participating. The event,…

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    Mercer Island boys golf advances six players to districts
    Mercer Island boys golf advances six players to...
    By Matt Phelps • October 13, 2008 7:28 pm

    By Matt Phelps Mercer Island Reporter The Mercer Island boys golf team qualified six athletes for districts for the first…

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    Ex-theatre director pleas guilty
    Ex-theatre director pleas guilty
    October 13, 2008 6:45 pm

    The former executive director of Mercer Island’s youth theater reached an agreement with the county prosecutor’s office and will not stand trial for a rape that he was accused of committing nearly one year ago. He will be sentenced on Dec. 5.

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    Ex theatre director pleas guilty
    Ex theatre director pleas guilty
    October 13, 2008 1:00 pm

    The former executive director of Mercer Island’s youth theater reached an agreement with the county prosecutor’s office and will not stand trial for a rape that he was accused of committing nearly one year ago. He will be sentenced on Dec. 5.

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    Former MIHS wrestling coach to be inducted into Hall of Fame
    Former MIHS wrestling coach to be inducted into...
    By Matt Phelps • October 10, 2008 11:36 pm

    By Matt Phelps Mercer Island Reporter Former Mercer Island High School and South Mercer Junior High wrestling coach Paul Jackson…

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    A rail car waits at Othello Station before a demonstration of Sound Transit's Link light rail project for Sen. Patty Murray
    Another trip to the ballot for light rail
    October 9, 2008 6:42 pm

    The wait for light rail in Seattle is almost over, just as Islanders and Eastsiders are getting a second chance to approve a cross-lake route in November. A new westbound HOV lane and direct-access off ramp funded by Sound Transit and the Department of Transportation also opens Thursday night, bringing the Island one step closer to light rail.

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    Islander CEO arrested for fraud
    Islander CEO arrested for fraud
    October 9, 2008 4:23 pm

    An Island resident and CEO of a local software company was arrested Tuesday night at his South-end home on West Mercer Way for allegedly cooking the accounting books and defrauding investors of about $50 million.

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