Lydia Bassetti, left, and Ethel Lui, in foreground, bag cookies at Sunrise Senior Living with activities and volunteer coordinator Jessica Rosborogh for sack lunches prepared for Tent City residents last week.
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Jennifer Seely
Islander Jennifer Seely took this photo of a spotted owl outside her home at the end of 91st Avenue S.E., near Ellis Pond, around 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 8. According to Seely’s mother, Cynthia, the family often hears an owl in the darkness of the early morning and have seen one perched in a tree near the house. “But this is the first time we have seen one on the basketball hoop. It was quite a surprise — and it stayed there for about 20 minutes,” she said.
“Cooks With Potatoes II” on KCTS 9 will feature Mercer Island resident Aida Kouyoumjian on Saturday, Nov. 1. After submitting her recipe for an Armenian specialty potato dish to the KCTS 9 Cooks program, Kouyoumjian was invited to be featured on the show. Her demonstration of how to cook Patata-chop — potato cakes with stuffing — can be viewed from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Nov. 1.
Island Park Elementary students and brothers Peter Ramstedt, 5, left, and Hunter Ramstedt, 7, wait for candy to be thrown from floats during the Mercer Island High School homecoming parade along 80th Avenue S.E. last Friday.
A lone pumpkin is propped up in the pea patch behind the Community Center at Mercer View on Mercer Island, Oct. 15.
When 3A KingCo was realigned prior to the start of the season, Mercer Island lost its biggest rival, Newport, to the 4A ranks.
The Mercer Island boys golf team will not be able to compete at the state meet next spring, as just one player made the cut from districts on Monday.
Some of the top wrestling teams from around the state will converge on Mercer Island, Dec. 20, as the high school will host a major tournament for the first time in its history. The first annual Jack Reynolds Scholarship Fund Holiday Wrestling Invitational will celebrate the life of a referee, umpire and teacher.
Too many times this season, the Mercer Island football team has been blown out. But at the annual homecoming game against Ingraham High School on Friday, Mercer Island cashed in some karma for a 48-0 route as seven different Islanders put the ball into the end zone.
The Mercer Island School District has adopted a new teacher evaluation system, replacing its former approach with the Charlotte Danielson “Framework for Teaching” model. The decision was made last year and approved at the School Board’s June 25 meeting.
Islanders talked dollars and sense at a debate about the prudence of the parks bond and levy on the Nov. 4 ballot. Some suggested that the city live within its present budget, while others argued that additional funds are essential to preserve and improve key Island assets.
The City Council formally approved a resolution that discourages the state’s Tolling Commission from tolling I-90 to help fund a new SR-520 bridge.
Adding street parking in front of Maggie Moos and Noah’s Bagels is one idea being considered to alleviate the parking shortage in the Town Center. That, time limits and more enforcement were all generally supported by a handful of Town Center business owners during a discussion with city planners last week.