Shannon Storie and T. Ryan Johnson were married on Sept. 5 at the bride’s home on Mercer Island. Rev. Paul Fauske officiated the wedding ceremony. A reception followed at Salty’s on Alki.
Mercer Island Rotary awarded the Islander of the Month award to Mercer Island High School seniors Zach Rowe and Michele Zemplenyi.
Mercer Island high school students will be collecting used and broken technical equipment for proper disposal on Oct. 25 and 26. The project is part of King County’s Take it Back program, which provides consumers with options for recycling certain wastes and their hazardous components. Students are collecting old cell-phones, computers and computer parts, TVs, microwaves and other electronic equipment — as well as fluorescent light bulbs — to be collected at the Bayley Construction Parking Lot (8005 S.E. 28th St.) next Saturday and Sunday between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Most donations are free except for larger equipment such as monitors and TV screens, which cost around $10 to recycle. Money raised through the project will go toward the Mercer Island Senior Class Safety and Scholarship Fund. For more information, call (206) 940-4611.
The Mercer Island cross country teams made a statement this week as both the boys and girls exceeded expectations.
Senior Rachel Godfred has achieved Ironman status for the fourth year in a row as an Islander girls swimmer.
Kelsey Ingram, a 2006 Mercer Island High School graduate, will return to Seattle on Oct. 25 as a member of the University of Notre Dame’s varsity cheerleading squad when the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame meet the University of Washington Huskies at Husky Stadium. A Notre Dame pep rally will be held on Oct. 24 at 7:30 p.m. at the Seattle Hyatt Hotel.
The Mercer Island football team did not fare well against the high-powered Mount Si Wildcats on Friday, as they gave up 28 first-half points, losing 41-16. The loss extends Mercer Island’s losing streak to five consecutive games, but the hope for the future got a little brighter during the second half with the play of the defense and starting freshman quarterback Jeff Lindquist’s two touchdown plays.
Two days after losing its first game of the season, the Mercer Island girls soccer team traveled to Juanita High School, looking to get back on track. But the team struggled to connect on scoring opportunities and a lapse on defense resulted in a 1-1 tie.
The Mercer Island girls volleyball team took control of its own destiny on Monday as it defeated Mount Si, 3-1, at Mercer Island High School. The Islanders were led by Shayda Sanii and Janelle Chow, who combined for 25 of the Islanders’ first 50 points of the match.
Former Mercer Island High School and South Mercer Junior High wrestling coach and teacher, Paul Jackson, will be inducted into the Washington State Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame on Nov. 1.
The former director of Mercer Island’s Youth Theatre Northwest reached an agreement with the King County prosecutor’s office and will not stand trial for a rape he was accused of committing nearly one year ago.
An Island resident and CEO of a local software company was arrested last Tuesday night at his South-end home on West Mercer Way for allegedly cooking the accounting books and defrauding investors of about $50 million.
The City Council may officially cancel the Island’s D.A.R.E. program next month during its scheduled 2009-2010 biennial budget approval, but City Manager Rich Conrad said that the program would be continued in another fashion.
