The City Council got a look earlier this month at the 768-square-foot pump house at the emergency water well in Rotary Park. A 60-horsepower submersible motor will be housed in the new building, which will be 24-by-32-feet and also contain three pressurized tanks with a total capacity of 3,000 gallons. The pump will be able to produce 200 to 250 gallons per minute. Rectangular in shape, the new building will have a single dormer and some skylights on the metal roof above a cedar siding.
A light rail station is coming to Mercer Island. With the passage of Sound Transit’s Prop. 1 by 58 percent of the vote, the funds will be raised to add a cross-lake route from Seattle to Bellevue with a stop on Mercer Island.
Dozens of Civil Rights photographs, some from the 1960s and others from 2008, sat in silent auction at the Community Center at Mercer View on Nov. 16 as viewers browsed over and discussed the images. The exhibit, titled “Images of Change,” raised money for the Multicultural Scholars Program, which educates students from Mercer Island and Franklin High Schools on contemporary and historical civil rights issues.
The adage often used by planners and real estate developers that the Island is built out seems to be a misnomer.
An Islander’s Honda Accord was stolen from his residence in the 3000 block of 65th Place East during the night of Nov. 15. According to the police report, the owner found the ignition lying on the driveway instead of his parked car around 10 a.m. on Nov. 16.
Islander Rachel Godfred receives a medal from her coach, Jeff Lowell, after she broke former Olympian Mary Wayte’s high school record in the 200 individual medley, Saturday, on her way to winning the state title in the event. Godfred also won the state title in the 500-yard freestyle, breaking a 32-year-old Islander record.
From 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. this morning, Nov. 19, Islanders are invited to join in celebrating the opening of Aljoya, a continuing care retirement community located at 2430 76th Ave. S.E. in the Town Center. The new development includes an expanded outdoor public plaza area adjacent to the I-90 trail, just south of the I-90 Sculpture Garden.
Former Mercer Island City Councilman and four-term 41st District state representative, Fred Oakley May, has died.
To many, the acronym D.A.R.E. represented the community’s drug and alcohol prevention programs in one word. But since it was announced that the Mercer Island Police Department no longer planned to designate a patrol officer for D.A.R.E., city officials have not been able to succinctly label their new approach to prevention.
Nearly a year after the Mercer Island School District conducted a Title IX compliance report, the athletic department is already undergoing transition. Determined to meet all athletic equity standards between girls’ and boys’ sports, Mercer Island High School Athletic Director Craig Olson is speaking to coaches, parents and teachers about changes that must be implemented to meet Title IX law.
Thank you for including a French newspaper article about the presidential preference of most Mercer Island residents. My only regret is that their newspaper believes that Thonon’s sister city is in the Eastern United States (“Située a l’est des Etats-Unis”). For all the complaints that Europeans have about American ignorance of geography, one would think that they could at least place us in the correct half of the United States!
Thank you for your ongoing coverage of Island events. The Senior Foundation Board appreciates the articles and invitations [printed in the Reporter] prior to the Fabulous Forties tea held on Oct. 11 at the Congregational Church. It included a fashion show provided by Mary Lewis of Goodwill Industries and eight volunteers. They gave a wonderful commentary about the 1940s and its styles.
The highs and lows of the recent election are nearly behind us. It is time to focus on the serious tasks at hand. Dark clouds swirl overhead. It is plain that we are in crisis mode when the first policy gathering held by President-elect Obama involved a group of nerdy economists and financial gurus. Who knew that these people would come in handy?
