The No. 1-ranked Mercer Island High School men’s water polo team took its 5-0 record to Newberg, Ore., losing only to the host team, 9-6, during the finals of the tournament last weekend. The 20th annual event included the best 16 teams from Oregon and Washington.
The Mercer Island volleyball team has picked up where it left off in 2007, when it cruised through the regular season with an undefeated record. The Islanders pushed their record to a perfect 5-0 in league play and 7-0 overall with a dominating 3-0 victory against Seattle Prep, Friday, at Mercer Island High School.
A voter education evening focused on Mercer Island’s two park ballot measures to be decided by voters in the Nov. 4 general election will take place at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 16, at the Mercer Island Library. There will be presentations both for and against the measures by members of the community. The event is sponsored by the Friends of Luther Burbank Park. For information, call either Sue Stewart, 232-7402, or Marguerite Sutherland, 232-5945.
Two Mercer Island teens were injured in a deadly boating accident that killed a Bellevue music teacher on Saturday night.
A tragedy of domestic violence that involved the deaths of two former Mercer Island High School students took place last week in Virginia, near the nation’s capitol.
For Cadet Lt. Col. Christie Plackis, Army ROTC boot camp was a time to prove herself. During four weeks of intensive training in skills ranging from navigation to weapons, as well as physical fitness, Plackis met the challenge. She emerged from “Operation Warrior Forge” on top, ranking as No. 1 out of 268 cadets in her regiment and the No. 1 female cadet nationwide.
A growing number of Mercer Island students are attending off-Island private schools, with more than 200 students at Catholic schools this year. The reasons why Island parents are choosing private schools over public are numerous and individual; from smaller class sizes, to individualized instruction, to a more Christian classroom environment.
King County officials announced on Tuesday that a dead crow found in Kirkland on Sept. 15 tested positive for West Nile Virus.
Police arrested a 50-year-old Seattle man with a misdemeanor warrant around 1 a.m. on Sept. 22 at the North Mercer Park and Ride.
The clock is ticking for Washington residents who haven’t registered to vote in the Nov. 4 general election.
Boy Scouts from Mercer Island (Troops 624, 647 and 457) and Bellevue competed in the annual Around the Island canoe relay race on Sept. 20. The 13-mile relay has been a fixture of Mercer Island scouting for several years. Troop 624 won the event in two hours, 37 minutes.
Washington state’s three Republican House members, along with a single Democrat, voted no on the $700 billion bailout of financial markets Monday, Sept. 29.
The Island’s municipal court will be hiring a new clerk to help the short-staffed department recover from a work overload as a sudden increase in cases has caused them to fall behind this past year.