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    Schools Foundation raises $418k
    Schools Foundation raises $418k
    By Elizabeth Celms • November 4, 2008 3:16 pm

    The Mercer Island Schools Foundation set a new record in Phone-a-Thon donations last week, earning $418,000 in its annual two-day fundraiser.

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    City briefs
    City briefs
    By Reporter Staff • November 4, 2008 3:16 pm

    The Design Commission will get its third look at the Boys & Girls Club’s proposed PEAK project next Wednesday, which will be the first of a typical pair of formal review sessions by the panel of seven Islanders.

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    A BMW sport utility vehicle rests on top of a U.S. Postal Service mailbox and a parked Subaru after driving over a parking lot retaining wall along 76th Avenue S.E. in the Town Center on Halloween. Go to page A7 for the full story.
    Accident leaves SUV, Subaru and mailbox in precarious...
    November 4, 2008 3:16 pm

    A SUV was suspended on top of a blue metal mailbox after it rolled out of a parking lot and flew off a rock retaining wall onto 76th Avenue S.E. just before 3 p.m. last Friday. The car smashed onto the roof of a parked car just below the True Value Parking lot in the Town Center.

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    Cyclists, pedestrians needed for city plan
    Cyclists, pedestrians needed for city plan
    November 4, 2008 3:15 pm

    Just how future road projects on the Island will accommodate pedestrians, cyclists and a skateboarder or two is currently up in the air. City planners are now hosting public workshops to hear ideas from Islanders, as the City Council is expected to update the Island’s 12-year-old Pedestrian and Bicycle Plan next year.

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    Feds say use of Metro to bus kids illegal
    Feds say use of Metro to bus kids...
    By Elizabeth Celms • November 4, 2008 3:15 pm

    According to a new Federal Transit Administration (FTA) regulation, the Mercer Island School District will have to relinquish its use of Metro buses on two school routes.

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    Cast members
    Student composer takes on Arturo Ui
    By Elizabeth Celms • November 4, 2008 3:15 pm

    Music composition comes naturally to Leeran Raphaely; writing and performing 30 songs for a musical is another matter. Raphaely, a Mercer Island High School senior, is attempting both. So far, he is more than halfway there.

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    A BMW sport utility vehicle rests atop a U.S. Postal Service mailbox and a parked Subaru after jumping a retaining wall out of a parking lot along 76th Avenue S.E. shortly before 3 p.m. in the downtown business district of Mercer Island on Friday.
    No one hurt in freak accident
    October 31, 2008 7:21 pm

    A SUV crashed off a rock wall and was suspended on top of a blue mailbox after it smashed the roof of a parked car just before 3 p.m. on Friday in the True Value Parking lot of the Town Center.

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    The dungeon at the Dugan family’s haunted house on Mercer Island promises a vivid experience for those brave enough to enter this Friday
    Dugans’ dungeon
    October 29, 2008 9:00 am

    The dungeon at the Dugan family’s haunted house on Mercer Island promises a vivid experience for those brave enough to enter this Friday, Halloween night. The Dugans have opened their basement creation to the public at 9228 S.E. 59th St.

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    Election season civility at all-time low
    Election season civility at all-time low
    October 28, 2008 4:22 pm

    This election campaign season has been filled with a level of animus I can’t ever remember seeing before. The lack of civility and the negativity may be reaching an all-time low. Recently, the community of Renton has been served up a plateful of disrespect by Steve Litzow, a candidate for the Washington 41st District House of Representatives.

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    Let the signs speak
    Let the signs speak
    October 28, 2008 2:38 pm

    I’ve thought for some time now that political free speech on Mercer Island is pretty much dead. My experience on Sunday, Oct. 18, put another nail in that coffin. While at the recycling center, I noticed two Dave Reichert yard signs leaning against the backside of the big glass bin. Their wooden stakes had obviously been in the dirt somewhere, sometime. Having lived on this suburban Island paradise for 36 years, I can remember a time when people from both major political parties could put signs in front of their houses and they stayed there until after the election. I haven’t seen much but roadside signs for several years, and those seem to be in a constant state of flux.

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    YES and YES for MI parks
    YES and YES for MI parks
    October 28, 2008 2:37 pm

    Great schools and an abundance of parks are key elements of what makes Mercer Island a great place to live and raise a family. Islanders have always shown a great willingness to invest in our schools; on Nov. 4, you have the chance to do the same for our parks.

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    Halloween stories about parks levy
    Halloween stories about parks levy
    October 28, 2008 2:37 pm

    Halloween has infected the debate about the parks bond and levy propositions. At last Tuesday’s League of Women Voters Forum, scary stories were told by a small but vocal cadre of opponents — stories about untrustworthy hobgoblins on the City Council, of a slush fund witches’ brew, of ghostly interest that adds up to more than the face amount of the bond. (Duh — is it any surprise that when you pay back a debt with interest, you pay more than the original proceeds borrowed?) Let’s not get spooked. Mercer Island is one of the best-managed suburbs in the region, with a bond rating that no other city in the region exceeds. Further, the claim was made by one opponent that when he was on the Open Space Conservancy Trust Board, the park was maintained without a special fund. Oh? Then how come on his watch, the park degraded, reforestation fell behind and now we are having to play catch-up?

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    Editorial | Elect Jarrett, Maxwell; No on Prop #1
    Editorial | Elect Jarrett, Maxwell; No on Prop...
    October 28, 2008 2:37 pm

    As is our custom, the Reporter publishes its picks on political races that affect Mercer Island directly. This is an even-year race, meaning there are no Mercer Island City Council or Mercer Island School District Board of Directors positions up for grabs.

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