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    Opinion
    Helping our own
    Helping our own
    November 24, 2008 10:11 pm

    Despite the early hour, the wind-tossed hike up the steps (in high heels) from the Luther Burbank parking lot to our beautiful new Community Center was a worthwhile effort. The coffee was good, the company lively, and the sponsor of the early-morning fund-raising breakfast, Mercer Island Youth and Family Services, held a blessedly brief and informative program. Most innovative was the addition of Karen Campbell, the drama teacher from Mercer Island High School and Island attorney, Craig Wright, who performed rather than read a sampling of heartfelt comments and thanks from those the agency has helped.

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    Flight delay at Renton airport
    Flight delay at Renton airport
    November 24, 2008 10:11 pm

    The city and its citizens have geared up to challenge the City of Renton and its plans to upgrade and expand its municipal airport. Renton planners hoped to attract more planes and flights to the facility. However, Island officials and citizens want Renton to ensure that flights will not be routed directly over the Island at low altitude. Islanders had a taste of what might happen with more planes overhead last August when another south county runway was shut down sending extra flights directly over the Island. And many Islanders were stunned to find out just last fall that this expansion was nearly a done deal. The City of Renton had started the process to redevelop the airport as early as 2001.

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    Have you talked to your teen about binge drinking?
    Have you talked to your teen about binge...
    November 24, 2008 10:11 pm

    Chris Harnish
    Island Forum

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    Re-striping I-90 critical for Islanders
    Re-striping I-90 critical for Islanders
    November 24, 2008 10:11 pm

    Judy Clibborn
    Island Forum

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    Islanders at odds
    Islanders at odds
    November 24, 2008 10:11 pm

    The proposed expansion of the Renton municipal airport and the potential for aircraft noise that would accompany it, recently brought Islanders out in droves to protest. Citizen shock over the scale of development in the Town Center is part of the push to modify building codes there. Islanders are fierce about protecting the tranquility of the Island and their way of life. Islanders are equally as fierce about protecting and enhancing the well-being of their children. The PEAK proposal by the Boys and Girls Club to build a teen center and field house near the high school has split these usually-aligned forces and has set them in direct opposition to each other. Neighbors near the high school are clearly, and we think correctly, concerned about the impact of this building on their streets and homes. Supporters of the project and the dedicated professionals of the Boys and Girls Club who are in the business of working with youth, are convinced that they can make it work. They want to peacefully co-exist with the people who live nearby. Their view, however, is that any impact from PEAK is a small price to pay for having a safe and enriching place for teens. It is hard to argue with them unless you live near the high school.

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    Symmonds’ graceful leadership
    Symmonds’ graceful leadership
    November 24, 2008 10:11 pm

    As an Islander, I have a good deal of faith in the workings of the staff at the City of Mercer Island, especially when people like Deb Symmonds are involved.

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    ‘Common Ground’ celebrates art for all
    ‘Common Ground’ celebrates art for all
    November 24, 2008 10:11 pm

    Julie Biggs
    ISLAND FORUM

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    Learning from the 307th Long Rangers
    Learning from the 307th Long Rangers
    November 24, 2008 10:10 pm

    A story in this issue is about generations learning from each other. It is a story that starts out in a familiar way. A teen is searching for a service project suitable to meet the final requirements of his Eagle Scout award. A parent’s friend has an idea. The scout is not certain it will work at first, but takes it on. The project involved interviewing WWII veterans, some now into their 80s, about their war time experiences. The project yielded a set of memories now saved for future generations in the archives of the Library of Congress.

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    Schools Foundation invests in teachers too
    Schools Foundation invests in teachers too
    November 24, 2008 10:10 pm

    Ellie Gittelman
    Island Forum

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    PEAK will build a stronger community
    PEAK will build a stronger community
    November 24, 2008 10:10 pm

    Patrick Paulich
    Island Forum

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    A vote for the majority
    A vote for the majority
    November 24, 2008 10:10 pm

    Washington state voters now hold the key to doing away with the super-majority law after state lawmakers agreed last week to send the change to the ballot this fall. Voters will decide in November whether or not to change a 1944 amendment to the state constitution that imposed the super-majority rule to protect property owners from tax increases voted in by non-property owners — those who did not bear the burden of such taxes.

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    Changing teaching with ‘professional learning communities’
    Changing teaching with ‘professional learning communities’
    November 24, 2008 10:10 pm

    Marion Mohler
    Island Forum

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    Good government at work
    Good government at work
    November 24, 2008 10:10 pm

    Last week the Mercer Island City Council and Renton officials agreed to delay any further decisions on the expansion of Renton’s municipal airport until further studies are conducted. It was a smart move.

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