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Holiday closures City offices, the post office and the Mercer Island Library will be closed for the holiday on New Year’s Day, Jan. 1. The Mercer Island Reporter office will also be closed for the holiday, Dec. 31 through Jan. 1.
Biggest stories include the school bond issue, the ‘road diet,’ the election and now, safety
MIVAL artist reception Jan. 3 The Mercer Island Visual Arts League will host its first event of 2013 on Thursday, Jan. 3, with a gallery artist reception. New works by 31 local artists will be featured. The event will take place from 5 to 8 p.m. at the gallery, located at 2836 78th Avenue.
MICEC closures The Mercer Island Community and Event Center has changed its hours for the rest of the year in order to conduct maintenance. From Dec. 26 through Dec. 29, the MICEC will be open from 8:30 a.m. through 5 p.m. On Dec. 30, the hours will be 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Dec. 31. It will be closed on Jan. 1.
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Ginna Seese, an Island House resident, holds ‘Smokey Joe,’ the cat that she rescued and adopted two and a half weeks before Christmas.
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The gray cat across the street from Ginna Seese’s Island House apartment was not easy to catch. Seese’s own cat had recently died, and she hadn’t planned to get another pet. But when she first noticed the gray cat, ‘Smokey Joe,’ among the group of feral cats next to Island House three months ago, she knew she had
to get him off the street. When Seese and a few of her friends put out food for the feral cats, Smokey would eat and then routinely run off across 30th Street. Seese has been feeding feral cats for years — even before she came to Island House, when she lived in a First Hill neighborhood. MEOW Cat Rescue has provided some of the cat food. Worried that Smokey could be hit by a car, Seese decided to start feeding the cat on the other side of the road, in the parking lot of the Reporter. Bedraggled, mangy and in obvious need of veterinary care, Smokey would make his
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The new year begins as the Mercer Island High School Marching Band appears in the Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif. As the 270-member band rounded the corner onto Colorado Avenue, at least one television station went to a commercial, leaving Island viewers shaking their fists at the TV. Luckily, the march was soon posted on YouTube. Tolling begins on SR-520, pushing thousands of motorists onto I-90 instead. Two Island businesses, Quiznos and Cellar 46, close. Minimum wage for Washington state workers jumps 37 cents. Councilmember Bruce Bassett is sworn in as the new mayor of the city of Mercer Island. Former mayor, Jim Pearman, resigns after 10 years on the City Council. Just four Islanders applied for the position, in contrast to 17 who applied a few months earlier to replace Steve Litzow, who was elected to the State Senate. Tana Senn is elected. She joins Debbie Bertlin, who was elected just two months before, in the November election, when she ran against incumbent El Jahncke. A powerful windstorm on Jan. 20 brings snow, downed trees and power outages. Kids grab their sleds and head for the hills. The city begins discussion about ‘parking partners’ in
February The Mercer Island School District School Board votes to put a $196 million bond issue on the April 17 ballot. The bond was to fund a major construction effort to rebuild
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the Town Center as a way to get property owners to agree to share some parking in their private lots. No progress is made. Services are held for Islander pioneer Larry Lunden, who is killed after being hit by a car’s side view mirror on Island Crest Way as he stepped from the curb into a crosswalk that had been recently moved. He was 90. Lunden built the family home on the Island by hand in the late 1940s.
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Island schools and facilities. The school district says that the schools are overcrowded. The present facilities are not configured for what educators say is the kind of learning environment that students need to be successful in a rapidly changing world. The proposal sets off a flurry of letters to the editor. Writers are split between what students need to be successful in school versus the cost and the perception that existing school buildings are still usable. The letters and discussion is to last throughout the year. Islander Lisa Vian Hunter, who is a couture clothing designer with her own shop in Seattle’s Madison Park, is tapped to compete on the reality show, “Fashion Star,” on NBC television. She sells a design to a major retailer. She makes it through three rounds before being cut. End of year numbers released by the Northwest
Multiple Listing Service show that 262 single family homes and 38 condos sold on Mercer Island in 2011, an increase of 19 percent over 2010. Through November 2012, 262 Island homes and condos have sold to date. Two new businesses open on the Island; College Nannies and Tutors, and Mercer Island Pilates. The King County Assessor’s office mails out tax assessment notices to Island property owners. On average, Island home values decline slightly. T h e Hudsman property, the location of The Islander Pub restaurant and True Value Ha r d w a r e , sells for $8 million. The buyers, The Legacy Group, represent the Keeler family of Mercer Island. Jasper Hugunin travels to Washington, D.C., to compete in the White House Science Fair, where he wins an award for a computer game he designed. Mercer Island High School alum and UW grad, Timothy Wettack, dies in an early morning traffic accident. An emotional, standing-room only crowd attends a service for him in the Mercer Island High School Performing Arts Center.
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the Stevenson Farm land ers whether or not changes on Island Crest Way, one of should concern changing the the last large pieces of unde- ratio to allow more offices veloped land on the Island. rather than retail, or that School officials meet with Town Center property ownneighbors who tell them that ers need to reduce rents to they do not want a school in encourage retail merchants. their neighborhood. More than a dozen car There are also discussions prowls occur over the single about possibly purchasing weekend of March 10-11. the land owned by Redeemer The school district Church next door. That announces plans to add option does not materialize. three portables to deal with The purchase would have overcrowding at schools. been made Each costs $100,000. possible by Some 4,500 runners and the passage walkers sign up for the annuof the bond al Rotary Run. Mercer Island issue. High School senior Lauren The King Knebel is the first Islander C o u n t y female to cross the line. Republican The City Council debates C a u c u s the idea of prohibiting smokholds their ing in all or some city parks election of and play areas on March 19. candidates They decide to post signs to at Islander discourage smoking rather M i d d l e than making it part of an S c h o o l . ordinance. The mulThe Mercer Island School t i p u r p o s e District hires Vicki Puckett room at the as the new principal at MIHS school is — she is the fifth principal to packed. The press is neither serve at the school in less welcomed nor allowed to than 10 years. speak to delegates. The school district The City Council looks announces plans to add two into restricting parking on more portables at a cost of the Mercer Ways to ensure $100,000 each. safety for cyclists and walkThe school district ers. The effort is announces its intent later dropped. to purchase the $6 The exclusive and million Stevenson rare Pliny beer is Farm property. once again served at UW admissions the Roanoke Inn. It officials say that sells out in minutes. 26,000 applications Mercer Island were received for a School District class of 6,000 enterD e s t i n a t i o n Vicki Puckett ing freshmen, of Imagination teams is the new which 4,000 would go on to win big in Mercer Island be Washington regional competi- High School residents, with tions. 2,000 nonresiprincipal. The City Council dents. At Western again discusses how Wa s h i n g t o n to fill empty storefronts in University in Bellingham, the Town Center around the admissions office receives the 60/40 rules that dictate 9,631 freshmen applicahow much retail vs. office tions for about 2,800 freshspace is allowed. The rule to man slots for fall quarter, limit offices is to encourage up by over 500 applications a more vibrant Town Center in 2011. The Arts Council on evenings and weekends. The discussion covMarch | Page 4
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June
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Mercer Island resident Matt Parkinson, who lives on 91st Avenue S.E., hires four-legged helpers in early June to clean up his yard, and in the process becomes a neighborhood attraction.
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March | FROM 2 obtains Saturn rocket fuel tanks from the Dale Cox family for artwork placed later in front of the Mercer Island Community and Event Center. Letters for and against the school bond fill pages in the Reporter.
April New Eastbound HOV lanes on I-90 open. In a drenching rainstorm, Sound Transit, WSDOT and local officials gather at the top of the ramp on 80th Avenue S.E. to cut the ribbon. Plans for the South end
fire station rebuild are presented to the public. According to data from the state, sales for Island retailers rebound to 2008 levels. Mercer Island School District Superintendent Gary Plano and Lucia Pirzio-Biroli, a West Mercer Elementary School volunteer, are named Earth Heroes. The school district wins a $464,000 energy grant from the state to upgrade heating and cooling systems. Reports of thefts of items that range from sweatshirts to computers are up at Mercer Island High School. Cases of whooping cough or pertussis begin to grow
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incumbent state Senator Steve Litzow file to run for re-election in the 41st Legislative District. Incumbent state representatives for the 41st District, Marcie Maxwell and Judy Clibborn, also file to retain their seats. Clibborn runs unopposed. The results of a survey are released on why the school bond failed. It shows that voters thought the $196 million was too much. Others thought that the existing buildings, remodeled in the mid-1990s were sufficient. State Health officials declare whooping cough an epidemic. Seattle-area Rotary Clubs, including the Mercer Island Rotary Club, are named Seattle’s Citizen of the Year. Letters fill the Reporter about the changes ahead on
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The VFW Hall gets a new roof through Post 5760’s Operation Restoration, the ongoing effort to revamp the Keewaydin Clubhouse. Island groceries and minimarts begin selling liquor. Due to disruptions at oil refineries and other murky circumstances, local gas prices soar. The Mercer Island Farmers Market begins its fifth season and adds musicians, celebrity chefs and more. Mercer Island High School graduates 351 at its 55th commencement ceremonies, held at the Washington State Convention Center in downtown Seattle. The four class valedictorians are: Ashley Bobman, Samyukta Lanka, Andrea Lin and Elizabeth Orem. The two salutatorians are Annelise Giseburt and Anna Partridge — all young women. Sixty-five Islanders graduate with bachelor of arts degrees from the University of Washington, and 30 graduate from Bellevue College. The results from the survey about why the school district bond issue failed are released. A car driven by an Island woman hits a power switch at the corner of 77th Avenue and 27th Street. The damage causes PSE to down power to the Town Center and beyond. The city names
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‘Five out of nine times this year, the top story involved weapons and violence.’
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ntil last week, the staff at the Mercer Island Reporter thought it might be tough to determine what might be the top news story of the year — be it a local controversy or a national trend. We considered the outcry over the Island Crest Way ‘road diet,’ the proposal to reduce the lanes of the Island’s main artery from four to three, as a top contender. Next, the proposal and defeat of the $196 million bond for new Island schools would be a no-brainer for our short list. But there were other choices. What about the sale of the Stevenson Farm? Or the coming of two major new mixed-use developments in the Town Center — one underway, The Mercer II, and one on the horizon? What about the tolls on SR-520 that pushed traffic onto our stretch of interstate and had hundreds of new bus riders crowding the 550? What about the real possibility that I-90 will be tolled in the future? Nine times this past year, except May and August, we asked Islanders what they believed was the top story of the month. In five of those months, the top story involved weapons and violence. In two of those months, they concerned conflicts in the Middle East. In two other months, our respondents said mass shootings; one in Afghanistan reportedly by a U.S. soldier, the other at a Colorado movie theater. In April, it was the killing of an unarmed teen in Florida by a selfappointed night watchman. For June, a story reflecting another kind of violence was chosen; the trial of a serial sex-offender — a former football coach and a mentor of youth at a respected eastern college. In January, the debates between the Republican candidates for president were the top story. Regardless of your political view, they made for riveting television. We all know that crime and conflict make headlines. They are the stories that stay in our minds because they involve the unexpected and the unthinkable. But there were nicer, noteworthy events this past year. They include the touchdown play and the ref’s call that gave the Seahawks an unexpected win, and the news that a lost Island man with Alzheimer’s was found safe in Issaquah. Also great news for Islanders is the sale of the Stevenson Farm property to a buyer who said the farm will still be a place for horses. This month, we decided to skip asking Islanders what they thought was the biggest news story. We already know.
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Using ‘evil’ to describe shootings is shallow The massacre at Newtown was a tragic event, [and is] not appropriately called evil. Just calling the perpetrator evil, as some news has done, is at risk of being simplistic. A killer might be considered evil if another’s life is taken for the benefit of the perpetrator. Even so, there may be moral and religious justification for it. An evil-good dichotomy is a thoughtless explanation of the shooting and delays significant solution to the problem. The ready use of “evil” by the news media reflects a cultural shallowness nowadays pervasive. Lloyd Gilman
MI Schools Foundation thanks community The Mercer Island Schools Foundation is happy to announce the success of its 2012 fall fundraising campaign, which culminated with the annual tradition of Phone-a-Thon on Nov. 13-14. Thanks to the efforts of over 100 parents, teachers, administrators and other volunteers, and to the generous donations or pledges of many in our community, the foundation is well on track to meet its goal of raising $423,900 to support vital curricula, professional development, classroom enrichment and other programs throughout the school district. If you have an outstanding pledge, please remember to make your donation by the end of the year in order to take a charitable deduction for 2012. To make a donation online, or for more information, visit www.merceris-
landschoolsfoundation.com. Year after year, from Phone-a-Thon in the fall to Bridge the Gap in the spring, we are continually amazed by, and appreciative of, the generosity and community pride exhibited by Mercer Islanders. Thank you for your support! Mercer Island Schools Foundation Board of Trustees
Crime not an issue for Aljoya residents Rarely do stories about crime in our community have a happy outcome. In the Nov. 8 edition of your paper, the lead story in the police section was about a couple living at Aljoya Mercer Island who reported a theft of jewelry, valued at approximately $62,000, to police. I am happy to report that no theft occurred. Rather, our residents, who have a bi-coastal lifestyle, located their
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missing jewelry in a safe place on the East Coast on Tuesday, Dec. 4. The couple had not been able to access their jewelry on a recent trip back east due to Hurricane Sandy, and mistakenly thought it had been taken from their home inside Aljoya. Fortunately, they visited family early this month, and called to tell us that the jewelry is safe and sound on the East Coast. Aljoya Mercer Island has not had any theft incidents since its opening in 2007. Aljoya is part of Era Living, a familyowned, Seattle-based company of eight premier retirement communities. In 2011 the Mercer Island Chamber of Commerce named Aljoya the Business of the Year. Aljoya offers a warm, vibrant lifestyle, a vast array of amenities, rich programming, and exceptional independent living, assisted living, and nursing care. Marla Becker Executive Director Aljoya Mercer Island
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Looking back – What was the biggest news story of the month?
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February
March
April
“Probably the election and the debates.”
“Everything that’s been happening in Syria.”
“The horrid, tragic Afghan shooting.”
“The murder in Florida; they just let the guy out last night.”
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June
“The Sandusky trial.” Lily Froio MIHS student Mercer Island
July
September
“The shootings (in Colorado).”
“The catch by (football player) Golden Tate.”
Riley Lubetich Waiter Mercer Island
Dave Rowe Electrician Mercer Island
October
“The hurricane.” Aaron Jenkins QFC Renton
November
“The crisis in Israel.” Melanie Goldstein Island Park Elementary Para-pro Mercer Island
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With the heart — and face — of a competitor, Blake Ronald, 4, of Mercer Island, fends off older children to secure his space on the starting line before the Half Mile Kids’ Dash on March 25, at Luther Burbank Park. Photo by Matt Brashears.
Top right: Pauline Reed, seen in this undated photo with a Mercer Island fire truck, was named the 2012 Flash Family Inspirational Award winner. Contributed photo. Above: Children read outside of the Mercer Island Library2Go van during the annual SJCC truck day on May 17. Photo by Rebecca Mar. Above right: Calkins Stream empties into Lake Washington in late March. Photo by Rebecca Mar. Far right: Islander Audrey Unger, 82, skydives on June 10, the week of her birthday. Contributed photo. Right: Maggie Colchurst, dressed in a pig costume, tries to eat a donut dangling on a string during the Mercer Island Preschool Association’s Halloween party on Oct. 27, at the Mercer Island Community and Event Center. Photo by Kim Walker Stanberry.
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The year in crime JANUARY Wise Son: The 25-year-old
son of a Mercer Island woman involved in a DUI hit-and-run followed his intoxicated mother in an attempt to prevent her from driving after 11:50 a.m., Jan. 7. Police arrested the woman, 59, at 12:42 p.m. in the 3600 block of 84th Avenue S.E. She refused standard sobriety tests. Police released her to the fire department, and she was taken to Overlake Hospital to be evaluated. The victim in the hit-andrun was a 16-year-old Mercer Island boy whose vehicle was damaged on its driver’s side. Both vehicles were damaged in the incident. Not us: Two plumbers drove away from an accident scene after backing into a vehicle and inspecting the damage at 12:30 p.m., Jan. 17, in the 4800 block of Forest Avenue S.E. One of the plumbers was cited for hit-and-run and driving with a suspended license (for unpaid tickets). Two witnesses observed the plumbing truck back out of a driveway into the road. One of the witnesses, who was outside at the time, heard a crash and “ripping sound,” according to the police report. The two occupants of the truck got out and looked at the bumper of a vehicle parked on the street, as if they had hit the vehicle. The vehicle was dented and marked with the transfer of white paint. When they were contacted by police after leaving the scene, they denied hitting the vehicle. Tag team: A man acted as a “lookout” while his accomplice stole two bottles of champagne worth $439 off the shelf and hid them in the front of his jacket in the South end QFC between 5:10 and 5:24 p.m. on Jan. 22. After discovering that the bottles were missing, an employee reviewed a sur-
veillance camera video for clues, which revealed the incident. The two men were in their 30s.
FEBRUARY Thirsty: Alpenland
Delicatessen was robbed on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 4, and police located the suspect within an hour. At 2:40 p.m., a 22-year-old Bellevue man threatened an Alpenland employee with a pocket knife after stealing a bottle of Bud Light beer from the deli. The employee had followed the suspect out of the store, demanding that he return the beer and telling him to open his jacket. Witnesses provided police with a description of the suspect, who fled. Police found and arrested him in a multi-level parking lot at 3:45 p.m. in the 2700 block of 78th Avenue S.E. The suspect admitted he was in the deli. Passed out: A paper carrier reported a Ford Explorer in some bushes at 5:01 a.m., Feb. 19, in the 2200 block of 77th Avenue S.E. A 24-yearold man was unconscious in the driver’s seat after consuming alcohol. An open beer can was in the center console. A police officer detected a strong odor of intoxicants around the man, who got his wallet out and fumbled through his money when he was contacted. He left his vehicle abruptly and was considerably off-balance, having to steady himself on the vehicle, according to the case report. His explanation
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MARCH gardening: Someone dug a
small Japanese maple tree worth $700 out of a South end woman’s backyard in the 9100 block of S.E. 78th Place and stole the tree. Smashed: A thief dropped four bottles of wine as he fled from Albertsons on foot at 7:45 p.m. on Sunday, March 4. He kept two bottles, having stolen six total, as he ran away northbound in the 2700 block of 77th Avenue S.E. One witness was present, and the suspect was followed out of the store. uninvited guests: More than 100 teenagers crashed a 16-year-old girl’s party and ransacked the house at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 10, after one of the girl’s friends tweeted an invitation to the party, intended for only a half dozen girls, in the 2900 block of 74th Avenue S.E. The girl and her friends tried to lock the house, but the intruders — from Seattle and unknown to the girls — entered by force and brought alcohol. Three police officers responded to the scene at 9 p.m. and found cars parked all over. Police ordered everyone to leave. A Macbook Pro worth $1,000
was reported missing.
APRIL Repeat: The same woman who stole wine from the South end QFC on Monday, April 16, repeated her crime between 7:29 and 7:36 a.m. the next Monday, April 23. The woman stole six bottles of wine worth a total of $377.94 at approximately the same time as the first theft. prospecting : A teenage girl stole a purse after asking about it at the Mercer Island Community and Event Center between 6:40 and 6:50 p.m. on April 26. A 38-year-old Seattle woman left her purse on a chair for more than 15 minutes, and when she returned, the purse was gone. The purse contained $20 in cash, multiple gift cards, including Macy’s cards worth $275, and bank cards. A witness said that the suspect had asked about the purse before taking it and walking toward the front counter. The purse, however, was not turned in, and the victim found it later in a restroom garbage can without its contents. MICEC has a surveillance camera video of the girl taking the purse.
MAY wrong way: A MercedesBenz backed into two
pedestrians leaving Zaw Pizza at 1:30 p.m., May 8, in the Tabit Square parking lot on S.E. 27th Street. A Zaw employee, 25, was carrying out a customer’s pizzas and was knocked down along with the customer, 33, who was leaving with her young daughter. The 22-year-old driver was following a friend and both entered the parking lot in the wrong direction. When they realized their mistake, they both began backing out. The 22-year-old driver did not look behind her at first. The mother and employee sustained injuries and were treated at the scene. Police cited the driver for unsafe backing. stash: Students hid drugs in woman’s yard near Mercer Island High School at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 23, in the 4200 block of 91st Avenue S.E. The woman, 35, saw a white vehicle park in front of her residence. Two male teenagers got out of the vehicle and placed a red duffel bag in some bushes in the woman’s yard. After they drove away, the woman retrieved the bag and found drugs and smoking pipes inside.
JUNE Don’t mess with grandma:
An 81-year-old woman did not let a thief get away with her purse in Albertsons at 2:45 p.m. on Sunday, June
10, at 2755 77th Ave. S.E. The woman confronted the thief, a tall man in his 20s, after he snatched her purse out of her shopping cart while she was choosing grocery items. She had left her cart unattended. The woman got her purse back after stopping the suspect, who then fled in a green Ford Explorer. She gave a detailed description of the suspect to police. The purse contained cash, credit cards and papers. wasteful: A 39-year-old Seattle man hid bottles of wine worth $136.90 in his backpack and stole them from Albertsons at 10:51 p.m., June 25. An Albertsons employee confronted the suspect, who fled northeast toward the park and ride. A bus passenger saw the suspect throw his backpack into some bushes. Police arrested the suspect, a repeat offender who admitted the theft.
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Service announcement Irene Uhl Fleming, born Sept. 3, 1906, died Dec. 9, 2012. A memorial service will be held at the Mercer Island United Methodist Church at 1 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 28.
Dr. William Howell Hatheway, Professor Emeritus Dr.William H. Hatheway died peacefully at the age of 89 on Tuesday, December 11, 2012, at his Mercer Island home of 42 years. Born November 28, 1923, in Hartford, Conn., Bill grew up nearby in Litchfield, Connecticut. A lifelong academic, he left home at the age of 13 to attend Andover Academy and, soon after,Yale University. He made his first trip to South America at age 17 to study Spanish, foretelling a career in that area of the world. Before completing his degree at Yale WWII called him to service and he served four years in the U.S. Army. Following the war he enrolled at the University of Chicago where he received a BS degree in mathematics with a minor in mathematical statistics in 1948. At Chicago, in addition to mathematics, he became interested in botany and biology, receiving his MS in botany in 1952. He pursued his passion for tropical plants at the University of Hawaii and Harvard University, where he earned a MF in forestry in 1953 and a PhD in biology in 1956. Bill received a John Parker Fellowship from Harvard in 1954. Bill met his wife of 42 years, Merilyn, while completing his PhD studies in Cuba. They married in 1953. Bill and Merilyn moved to Medellin, Colombia, when Bill took a position as a statistician with The Rockefeller Foundation. There, in addition to his statistical work, he studied the biology of maize and corn. As a post-doc at North Carolina State University he studied experimental statistics and quantitative genetics from 1956 to 1957. Bill’s three sons, Dave, Bob (Wendy) and Larry (Joan), were born in Colombia between 1956 and 1958. The family moved from Columbia to Mexico City in 1961 where they resided until 1964 as Bill continued his work with Rockefeller. From Mexico the family moved to Costa Rica where Bill joined the Organization for Tropical Studies as their Executive Director
and where he continued his botany studies at the Tropical Science Center in San Jose. Bill continued his teaching career at North Carolina State University when the family moved from Costa Rica to Raleigh in 1967. Then, in 1969, the University of Washington recruited Bill as a professor in the College of Forest Resources where he taught applied statistics and experimental design as professor of quantitative science until his retirement in 1986. His background and numerous scientific publications merged mathematics and tropical biology. Following retirement and Merilyn’s passing in 1995, Bill remained active in academics at the University of Washington, supporting Rose Ann Cattolico’s Marine Molecular Biology lab assisting graduate and post-graduate students. In addition, Bill created and funded the James and Marinelle Bethel Endowed Scholarship in honor of his friend and former CFR Dean, Dr. James Bethel. He is survived by his brother Curtis (Virginia), his sister Lee Jordan (Paul), his three sons, six grandchildren, and dear friends Rose Ann Cattolico and her son,Toby. He will be fondly remembered as a brilliant lifetime student and academic, a wonderful and caring teacher, a serious investor, a lover of all living things (especially plants), an expert in rhododendrons, and a most generous father, grandfather and friend. A memorial service in celebration of Bill’s life will be held on January 10, 2013 at 1:30 PM at the University of Washington, Anderson Hall Forest Club Room, 2nd floor, Seattle, Washington. In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to The University of Washington Foundation.To make a donation, please make checks payable to the UW Foundation, 3718 Brooklyn Avenue NE, Box 355055, Seattle, WA 98195-5055. Please indicate “Bethel” in the memo line. (To make a gift online, visit http://bit.ly/jbethel.) 719326
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JULY order to go: A 21-year-old Bellevue woman stole a bag of deli chicken wings and a bowl of macaroni and cheese from the South end QFC at 3:30 p.m., July 3, in the 8400 block of S.E. 68th Street. Two witnesses were present. Police arrested the woman an hour after she left the scene in a truck with three people. Police stopped the truck, and the suspect admitted the theft. The stolen food was recovered. phone home: Dozens of bottles of alcohol were stolen from the North end QFC on Mercer Island at 12:30 a.m. on Monday, July 9. The theft, which police initially estimated at $900, amounted to a total of $2,000. The suspects, two men ages 23 and 20 from Maple Valley and Seattle, fled in a Cadillac Seville and were immediately located by a police officer. They initially appeared cooperative, as if they would stop, but the vehicle sped away and struck a tree after accelerating from a stop sign in the 7600 block of North Mercer Way. Both suspects then fled on foot. A King County Sheriff’s K-9 unit tracked one suspect, the passenger, who was caught and arrested. The other suspect remained at large until 5:30 a.m., when he came back to the north QFC to use a phone. Store employees and a nearby KIRO 7 crew called 911 when they saw the suspect, who was banged up and blood-
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ied, in the QFC parking lot. He was arrested outside of Baskin-Robbins. Both suspects were booked into the King County Jail. Police recovered the stolen alcohol from the suspects’ vehicle. drinkers on the roof: Two men, 19 and 21, fled an underage drinking party in the 6600 block of S.E. 24th Street by running through neighbors’ properties on Sunday, July 22. A 37-yearold man found the two strangers on the roof of a detached building in his yard after 2:49 a.m. Both subjects were identified and cited for malicious mischief. Later that morning, the victim discovered that the subjects broke a gutter when they climbed onto the roof. Damages totaled $400.
and purse in the vehicle. She found the phone number of one subject’s parent. No items were stolen and the woman did no damage to the vehicle. A police officer noted that the vehicle was partially on city right-of-way and partially on the woman’s property. Campout: Police contacted a 20-year-old man camping inside south Luther Burbank Park after park hours in the 2600 block of 84th Avenue S.E. The man, a Pullman, Wash., resident, was arrested at 12:45 a.m., Aug. 19, on a $10,000 Ephrata warrant for delivering drugs. He was booked into the King County Jail.
AUGUST
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boom: A Toyota Camry rear-
ended a vehicle at 2:12 p.m., Aug. 3, when the driver, 53, became distracted by the sound of the Blue Angels in the 7700 block of S.E. 27th Street. The driver said the accident happened when he looked down because he thought something was wrong with his vehicle after he heard a loud boom. The noise, however, had come from the Blue Angels. Police cited the driver for inattention. Over the line: A 54-year-old woman became upset by a vehicle parked halfway onto her property in the 4300 block of Forest Avenue S.E. after the Seafair air show at 2:50 p.m., Aug. 4. She tried to locate the owners by searching through a wallet
SEPTEMBER stopped a vehicle speeding 58 mph in a 30-mph zone at 1:30 a.m., Sept. 16, and arrested a 32-year-old man in the 7300 block of westbound I-90. The driver had been drinking. He vomited and passed out at the police department. He did not regain consciousness, and he was taken to a hospital for a blood draw. improvise: A burglar climbed onto a backyard barbecue to reach the lower roof of a house in the 7500 block of 85th Place S.E. and cut the screen of an open secondstory bathroom window on Tuesday, Sept. 18. The thief entered the house through the window and stole a Nikon D90 digital SLR, HP laptop and jewelry sometime between 8 a.m. and 3:35 p.m. in the neighborhood between
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Booze heist: This Cadillac crashed into a tree along North Mercer Way as two men, suspected of stealing dozens of bottles of alcohol from QFC, attempted to elude police on July 9.. Islander Middle School and Wildwood Park. Fingerprints were not recovered from the scene. bathroom brawl: A fight occurred in the Roanoke Inn men’s restroom at 11:45 p.m., Sept. 29. The 51-yearold suspect, a Hawaii resident, followed the victim, a 49-year-old Mercer Island man, into the restroom after the two men had an argument. The suspect entered the bathroom stall and punched the victim multiple times. Two people reported the incident. Police located the suspect at a nearby gas station after he fled the scene. He was arrested and booked into the Issaquah Jail.
OCTOBER over and out: Police found
a young man passed out inside his vehicle, with the headlights on, at 11:53 p.m., Oct. 6, in the North end QFC parking lot. Drug paraphernalia was in plain view and the police detected an odor of marijuana. Police searched the vehicle with the driver’s consent and arrested the driver, 17, for being in possession of drugs and paraphernalia. The driver was later released to
his father. dumb: A 33-year-old woman attempted to cash a “washed” check at the Chase Bank drive-thru in the 7900 block of S.E. 28th Street at 4:30 p.m., Oct. 10. Becoming suspicious of the check, the teller asked the woman to finish the transaction inside. The suspect — later identified — drove away and left the check behind with a driver’s license. The check had been stolen and belonged to a Kirkland resident.
NOVEMBER daylight Drunk: A pickup
truck exiting westbound I-90 onto Island Crest Way at 3:30 p.m., Nov. 3, sped up the off-ramp and veered suddenly to avoid rear-ending another vehicle, then drove over two pedestrian islands, wrecked a pedestrian light signal, and continued down a nearby street at 3:30 p.m. Police arrested the driver, a 65-year-old Seattle man who had been drinking. forgotten: A 41-year-old Las Vegas woman left her purse on a bench in the north end of Mercerdale Park between 2:45 and 4:36 p.m., Nov. 4, in the 3200 block of 78th Avenue S.E.
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When she returned to the park to search for her purse, it was missing. The purse contained all of the woman’s ID and $100 in cash, and she was scheduled for a flight home the next day. Strange encounter: A 17-year-old boy came home in the evening and found a strange woman inside, stealing items, on Tuesday, Nov. 20, near West Mercer Elementary School. The intruder fled through the front door of the residence and drove away. Multiple items handled by the suspect were taken into evidence, including perfume bottles, a perfume box, toothbrushes and a pack of Glide dental floss. The woman also left behind a tote that she had been holding and dropped a jewelry box along with a plastic bag full of clothes. A sweater at the scene, similar to what the suspect was wearing, was also taken into evidence. Fingerprints were lifted from several places.
DECEMBER ‘Trading’ cars: The theft of a WSDOT employee’s vehicle was interrupted at the Park on the Lid between 8 and 9:25 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 4, after City of Mercer Island workers informed a police officer of a suspicious person near the WSDOT Tunnel Facility in the 2200 block of 72nd Avenue S.E. The police officer contacted the subject inside a vehicle with a broken window and a severely damaged steering column and wiring. The 21-year-old man, who said that “the owner had traded him vehicles,” was in the process of stealing the vehicle, a Kia Motors Corp. Sportage. The officer contacted the vehicle’s owner, who said that no one had been authorized to enter or drive his vehicle. The suspect was arrested at 9:27 a.m. and was booked into the King County Jail.
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MIHS alums win flag football championship By Reporter Staff
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Heavy snow falls in Whistler during the early ski season. This year marks some of the heaviest early season snowfall for local resorts, including Whistler.
Things you hear on the slopes I now have a few ski days An early Christmas presin my rearview mirror. The ent came one week later first was at Crystal Mountain, when I logged four days on and if I thought I would snowy terrain at Whistler/ be alone on Blackcomb. If that December On snow current trends Sunday, I need continue, this not have worB.C. megaried. I saw resort will set a Mercer Islanders record for the Doug Rosen, most December Dr. Jim Martin snowfall in its and Carl Plateau history. To say while taking a snow coverage break for lunch. John Naye was good is a Even better, I gross undertook several runs statement; snow with not one, but three guys fell the entire time we were named Sam LeClercq. Not there, and rocks I’ve seen one at a time, but all at once. bare late in January are totalI know it’s a big family, but ly undercover. For the seastill ... By the way, Crystal is son, they have had about 17 celebrating its 50-year anni- feet and more is on its way. versary, and it’s off to a great I mention all of this simstart. ply to say that the snows-
ports season is humming. So far this year, the Pacific Northwest (and Sierra) is the place to be if you want some quality conditions. By contrast, Colorado snowfall has been quite sparse, so we should be feeling quite good, if not smug, in comparison. If you have been procrastinating, get rid of the excuses and help yourself to the goods. Santa has brought us a very appreciated holiday gift. Moreover, a drive to the mountains is a great way to experience some “holiday spirit.” We all can find some beauty and majesty when in the mountain environment. Think of the mountains as our cathedral, our place of spiritual renewal, that place
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On the often freezing, windy and rain-soaked turf of the South Mercer Playfields, a champion was crowned in the Friday night Mercer Island Parks and Recreation/Comeback Sports Flag Football League. The team was comprised of all Mercer Island High School alumni who graduated in 2007. “These guys (‘007 Nelsons’) are an excellent example of why we offer recreational sport leagues,” said Recreation Coordinator Ryan Daly. “This is a group of guys who, after high school,
all went different directions with college and jobs, but now have come back together to compete and remain very close friends.” The 007 Nelsons were a first-year team and struggled early on. “The first game was a wake-up call; zero team chemistry. Basically, running around like a bunch of wild banshees,” said Nick Ketcham, a team captain. After a few practices, the team had a rough playbook put together and quickly became unstoppable. After a first game (49-7)
loss to the ‘SeaDrunks’ of Duvall, which finished 6-0, the 007 Nelsons wrapped up the regular season at an impressive 5-1, earning them a No. 2 seed and a bye in the playoffs. Riding a five-game winning streak, they cruised past the semifinal game with a 33-12 victory over a team out of Seattle. Following their victory, they were expecting to play the No. 1 seeded SeaDrunks for the Mercer Island title, but the SeaDrunks were demolished by No. 4 seeded ‘The Roanoke,’ which
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The 007 Nelsons, a team of all 2007 MIHS grads, won the Mercer Island Parks and Recreation/Comeback Sports Flag Football League.
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The right pairing for holiday meals December is the month for here is a great story. Treveri parties, and parties call for Vineyards in Yakima was wine. As a host, it just a year old can be difficult to On Wine when Hillary judge the actual Clinton’s chef amount of wine stopped by the to provide. I usuwinery. He was ally figure a botalso the event tle for every two manager at the guests. However, Office of Chief I helped with a of Protocol. He wedding a few arranged for years ago and Dee Hitch Treveri to be used my formula served at the of half a bottle White House per person. The wedding during the holidays last year. couple not only opened wine Then, in April, Treveri was as presents, but also had to chosen to be served at a send people out twice to the James Beard event. local supermarket. Most distributors and wineries have exceptionally good prices for December, so this is a This is often a tradition good time to stock up anyway. Also, look for weekly on many Island holiday grocery store specials where tables, and especially New the 10 percent discount for Year’s Eve. Suggested pairings: six bottles is raised to 15 Chateau Ste. Michelle Indian percent. We have stayed at Maison Wells Cabernet Sauvignon, Mumm in Reims, France. At $15; Beringer Knight’s Valley dinner, every single course Cabernet Sauvignon, $25; was accompanied by cham- Cain Cuvee, $33. pagne. The message: champagne can be paired with everything. We have served a crown If you would like to serve pork roast for the last five a sparkling wine that was years with family favorites served at the White House,
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seek refuge underneath a parked car. “Sometimes he would be way along the edge of the so hungry — he’d eat two parking lot, between the curb cans, all of it, and then off and hedge of trees — coming he’d go,” Seese said. when Seese called for him, Seese tried to pick up the yet afraid to get too close. A cat once, but he scratched delivery truck entering the her. alley on the other side of the Trapping the cat would be hedge could send him run- the only way to rescue him. ning, or other passersby. And Bundled up against the cold he had a few critters to con- the week after Thanksgiving tend withlaces over the food: rac- orship and leaning on her walker for � of W coons. On cold, wet nights, every step, Seese had help to Smokey would sometimes
of crab Louis and Chinese fried rice. Champagne pairs well with this entire meal. Other suggested pairing: DeLille Chaleur Estate Blanc, $35.
Ham Ham is often a New Year’s Eve entrée because of its ease of serving. Because of the saltiness, a slightly sweet wine goes well with it. Suggested pairings: Long Shadows Poet’s Leap riesling, $20; Chateau Ste. Michelle Eroica, $22. Both are from Washington state.
Lamb Pinot noir is the classic with lamb. Hartford Court Land’s Edge pinot noir from California, $30; Tori Mor, $20; Domaine Drouhin, $40; Domaine Serene Evenstad, $80. All three are from Oregon.
Seafood Hey, we live in the Pacific Northwest where salmon and shellfish are abundant. I personally enjoy pinot noir with salmon (see above rec-
trap the cat. She and another woman experienced in trapping spent hours waiting, watching, pacing the parking lot from one end to the other — desperately hoping that Smokey would be hungry enough to enter the cage with food inside. As soon as he was trapped, Seese would take him to a veterinarian, get him cleaned up, and bring him home as her own pet. But it didn’t work. Nothing could be done to make
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A sparkling wine can only be correctly called champagne if it is from the Champagne region of France. All others are sparkling wine. Louis Roederer Champagne (my personal favorite), $49. Kirkland Signature Champagne from Costco, $20. Metropolitan Champagne rose from Metropolitan Market, $40.
Sparkling wines Domaine Ste. Michelle Luxe from Washington state, $20. Treveri sparkling wines from Washington state, $14$20. Argyle brut from Oregon, $25.
Mercer Island Smokey enter the cage, and Seese realized that wouldn’t be the day. There would be more days, and nights, of crossing the street, setting out cans of food, and hoping that the raccoons would leave the cat alone. It was the first Friday of December, during the first week of Advent, when the miracle happened. “It was really just like a miracle,” Seese said. The cat came to her that night and
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winemakers Portteus reserve merlot, $30 (owners and winemakers, Paul and Marilyn Portteus, MI class of 1967 and 1966, respectively). Cain Cuvee (winemaker Chris Howell, MI class of 1970), $33. Maryhill reserve zinfandel, $36 (winemaker and owner Craig Leuthold, MI class of 1974). William Church viognier, $23 (winemaker and owner Lesley Lind Balsley, MI class of 1976).
Lodmell Cellars sauvignon blank, $18 (winemaker and owner Andrew Lodmell, MI class of 1982). Buty Conner Lee chardonnay, $40 (co-owner and co-winemaker Nina Buty Foster, MI class of 1993). aMaurice Cellars syrah/ Grenache, $34 (winemaker and owner Anna Schafer, MI class of 1997). Check with your retailer as some of these wineries might be self-distributed. Dee Hitch can be reached at rockypointlane@aol.com.
laid down, as if he was simply Seese’s lap. But he is still a bit giving up. Seese picked him wary of strangers, and when up and put him in the basket he is shy or spooked, he hides on her walker, with a towel under the bed or the sofa. inside, and Seese postclosed the poned her lid. cleaners that “ H e first week. didn’t give When they me any came later, t r o u b l e ,” Seese stayed in Seese said. her bedroom “He isn’t with the cat, aggressive with the door at all.” closed, until She then the vacuuming wheeled was finished. him across But Smokey Rebecca Mar/Staff Photo the street has taken to Ginna Seese and Smokey and kept Seese’s daughhim in her Joe. ter, Barbie, who apartment has four cats of over the weekend until she her own and, like her mothcould take him to Island er, feeds and helps strays in Cats Veterinary Hospital first her own neighborhood in thing on Monday. The cat Snoqualmie. knew right away how to use There are no more feral a litter box — someone had cats next to Island House at previously owned him. At present — the last one, like the veterinary clinic, Smokey Smokey, has recently been got his shots and was pre- adopted into a home. scribed antibiotics. The vet With Smokey curled up determined the cat’s age to be on her lap, Seese has received around 2 or 3 years. her Christmas gift. As Smokey is settling in “I was just so pleased that and recovering in his new he came to me that night,” home, he is content to sit in she said.
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A watercolor painting of the Roanoke Inn by Pat Taylor, in the MIVAL Holiday Show in December.
Jan. 3 Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support Group: 3-4:30
p.m., Jan. 3, 2013, Mercer Island Senior Center, 8236 S.E. 24th Street. A consistent, caring place for group members to discuss Alzheimer’s challenges and problems.
MIVAL Gallery Artist Reception: 5-8 p.m., Jan.
3, 2836 78th Ave. S.E. Features new work by 31 local artists. Paintings, scarves, ceramics, photography and jewelry are featured. Refreshments and hot cider will be served. Regular hours: 12-6 p.m., Thursday-Saturday; 12-4 p.m., Sunday.
Jan. 6 SJCC Jewish Touch Lecture Series: “Jewish Comedians
in 1950s Hollywood,” 2 p.m., Jan. 6, Stroum JCC, 3801 East Mercer Way. Speaker: Foster Hirsch, professor of film at Brooklyn College, will explore
comedians including Danny Kaye, Judy Holliday, Jerry Lewis etc. Tickets: $8 (members), $12 (nonmembers). www.sjcc.org.
Jan. 8 MIHS Basketball Little Cheer Clinic 2013: 4-5 p.m., Jan.
8 and 10, West Mercer Elementary, 4141 81st Ave. S.E. All preschool and elementary ages welcome. Cost: $55 (full clinic), $40 (one day). Registration required. Contact: Charlene Steinhauer, charlene@ steinhauerfamily.com.
Jan. 9 Probus Club of Mercer Island Meeting: 10:30
a.m., Jan. 9, Mercer Island Presbyterian Church, 3605 84th Ave. S.E. Topic: “Everything You Wanted To Know” about the Social Security Administration. Speaker: Kirk Larson, SSA Western Washington Public Affairs Specialist. The public is welcome.
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Events | Upcoming Mercer Island Kiwanis Meeting: 12 p.m., Jan. 10,
Aljoya, 2430 76th Ave. S.E. This regular meeting will include a special presentation by Robert Munger about U-2 piloting during the Cold War. The public is invited. Please RSVP to hdingwall@msn.com or calling Dr. Harry Dingwall: (206) 232-0672. RSVP deadline: Jan. 9.
First Aid and Adult CPR Class: 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Jan.
12, Mercer Island Fire Station, 3030 78th Ave. S.E. Cost: $35 (check or cash). To reserve a space, call (206) 275-7607. www.mercergov.org. “Using the Internet for Genealogical Research”:
7:30 p.m., Jan. 14, Stroum Jewish Community Center, 3801 East Mercer Way. Presented by the Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State. Speaker: Mary K. Kozy. JGSWS
library, WiFi available. Free admission (members); $5 (nonmembers). www. jgsws.org.
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7 p.m., Jan. 16; 1 p.m., Jan. 27. Get started with KCLS eBooks. Bring your eReader, tablet or phone for an introduction to downloading from the library’s growing catalog of titles. Opera Preview: “La Cenerentola,” 7 p.m., Jan. 9. Presented by Norm Hollingshead. Gioachino Rossini’s retelling of “Cinderella” includes no magic; only hilarious and irresistible tunes. Sing With Our Kids: 7 p.m., Jan. 10. Remember your favorite songs and learn fun, creative ways to share them with your children, grandkids or children you work with. One-on-One Computer Assistance: 10 a.m., 10:30
a.m., 11:30 a.m., Jan. 11. A KCLS volunteer instructor can provide one-on-one assistance. Please register.
MIVAL December Gallery:
“Family Gatherings” is showing through Dec. 27, Avellino Building, 2836 78th Ave. S.E. A unique cooperative gallery with 30 local artists representing artwork in various mediums. Features festivities and food. A percentage of all sales is contributed to annual high school visual arts scholarships. www. mival.org.
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Baby And Me Story Times: 10 a.m., Tuesdays, Jan. 8-29. Ages 3-12 months with adult. Preschool Story Times: 11 a.m., Tuesdays, Jan. 8-29. Ages 3-5 with adult. Wonderful Ones Story Times: 10 a.m.,
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Tuesdays, beginning Jan. 8. Drop in for free homework help from volunteer tutors. SAT Strategy Session: 1 p.m., Jan. 19. Learn how the test is structured, strategies for taking it and have a chance to ask questions. Practice answering real SAT questions and get help with them. Teen Advisory Board: 7 p.m., Jan. 22. Voice your opinions on the library’s programs and services. Teen Zone: Study and Games, 2 p.m., Mondays and Wednesdays. No Teen Zone on Jan. 21 and 30. Hang out, do homework, play board games or chat.
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Football | FROM 9 was comprised with players from the Mercer Island School District and Parks and Recreation Dept. who had to win two games just to make the championship. The 007 Nelsons came
into the championship vs. The Roanoke highly energetic and confident. Playing great defense and having a dominant offense was the key to their championship run. In the title game they
didn’t deviate, forcing The Roanoke quarterback to throw four interceptions. The offense played extremely well also, as quarterback Steven Frankel (MIHS quarterback in 2006) threw for four touchdowns in a dominating 39-13 victory. Frankel was also named
“Cliff Bar Player of the Tournament.” The 007 Nelsons team includes: Nick Ketcham, Veljko Kopjar, Steven Frankel, Jacob Tobis, Will Nelp, Bryan Naden, Jordan Sinclair, Taylor Dawson, Robbie Philbrick and David Marowitz.
right time? If I could have been here yesterday (or last week, this morning, during the famous powder storm of 1997), don’t you think I would have? • Where Are You From? Serves as a great ice-breaker, and can be asked in other ways: Are you from around here? Where do you live? Where are you staying? Local skiers with season passes love to find visitors with daily or weekly lift tickets and this question. • How’s The Snow? Now here is a real test of one’s philosophical outlook. Are you a whiner or a Pollyanna? If you want to keep a little powder stash a secret, don’t advertise. • Have You Been To
The Top Yet? Men want to show other men that they are good skiers or boarders. That’s why they say things like this, or even better, “Is the top open?” Like the guy was going to head up there anyway — right! • Meet You At The Top (Bottom). This is the ultimate time-wasting technique. Do not say yes; do not agree. You should be protective of your snow sliding time. Make him wait for you, but you might get points waiting for her. • My Boots Are Killing Me. This is a great cop-out for quitting early and retiring to the lodge. It’s a subtle way to get out of skiing in snow conditions you may not be able to handle. • Mind If I Ski With You? This is a great way to acquaint yourself with
an unfamiliar mountain resort. It’s also a great way to acquaint yourself with unfamiliar skiers or boarders. The more direct, seldom-stated version: “You’re pretty darn cute.” • I’m A Little Out of Shape This Season. Another generic disclaimer, this expression is intended to obscure the obvious; he’s not only out of shape, but probably a poser as well. The real truth is the person’s physical fitness is the same every season. Celebrate your holiday in the mountains. Ski you there. John Naye is a Mercer Island resident and the past president of the North American Snowsports Journalists Association. He can be reached by email at jnaye@trekworks.com.
Ski | FROM 9 where the magic of the holidays can be captured ... over and over again. One thing that struck me, both at Crystal and Whistler, was what I heard from someone riding the chair with me: “This may be good, but you should have been here yesterday.” Apparently, as good as I thought it was, I missed the truly epic day before. And that reminded me of a list I once put together, of things people say to each other on the mountain, things that I actually find humorous. Let’s start with the yesterday comment. • You Should Have Been Here Yesterday. Who are these people who are always in the right place at the
Mercer Island sports coming up Though Mercer Island schools on are winter break, there are still some teams playing games. For a complete list, visit the sports blog From the Goal Line at www.mi-reporter.com. Wednesday, Dec. 26 - Saturday, Dec. 29 • Boys varsity basketball at VisitMesa Tournament in Mesa, Ariz., for four games.
By the numbers Boys basketball Tuesday, Dec. 18 Mercer Island 75, Liberty 59 Mercer Island – 14 19 25 17 - 75 Liberty – 9 15 11 24 - 59 Mercer Island scoring – Nick Nordale 24, Joe Rasmussen 21, Kaleb Warner 15, Will Taylor 6, Espen Platou 4, Max Tilden 4, Daniel Sims 3, Jake Shaddle 2.
Girls basketball Wednesday, Dec. 19 Mercer Island 53, Liberty 46 Mercer Island – 9 18 13 13 – 53 Liberty – 4 15 13 14 – 46 Mercer Island scoring – Jessica Blakeslee 14, Renae Tessem 12, Kris
Brackmann 9, Rachael Tessem 8, Julia Blumenstein 4, Yasmeen El-Rafey 2, Jamie Mounger 2, Christina Williamson 2.
Wrestling Thursday, Dec. 20 Mercer Island 54, Juanita 18 Individual results – 106 Shenmeng Wang won by forfeit; 113 - Taylan Yuasa won by forfeit; 120 - double forfeit; 126 - Trevor Gullstad pinned Austin Wells; 132 - Jacob Pruchno pinned Daniel Smith; 138 Justin Boynes pinned Ben Markey; 145 - Masahito Kemmotsu pinned Allen Moeung; 152 - Pierce Belleman (J) pinned Connor Gullstad; 160 - Mason McDaniel (J) pinned Delano Kingston; 170 - Mikalai Hubrevich pinned Bradley Reubish; 182 - Daniel Stanke won by forfeit; 195 - Dylan Majewski won by forfeit; 220 - double forfeit; 285 -
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Thursday, Dec. 27 - Saturday, Dec. 29 • Girls varsity basketball at San Diego Tournament in San Diego, Calif., for three games Friday, Jan. 4 • Quad basketball vs. Bellevue – girls varsity 6:30 p.m., boys varsity 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 5 • Wrestling at Panther Classic at Snohomish HS, 10 a.m. Thomas Toki (J) pinned Chase Kimball.
Boys swimming Tuesday, Dec. 18 Mercer Island 125, Liberty 58 Individual results – 200 medley relay - 1. Mercer Island (Noah Deiparine, Andrew Fukuda, Andrew Weiss, Brandt Waesche) 1:43.98; 200 freestyle - 1. Duncan Koontz 1:50.52, 3. Ian Caldwell 1:52.19, 4. Nick Swaya 2:06.36; 200 individual medley - 1. Noah Deiparine 2:02.30, 3. Andrew Fukuda 2:12.00, 4. Peter Litzow 2:22.98; 50 freestyle - 1. Andrew Weiss 21.65, 2. Karl MacLane 23.20, 3. Brandt Waesche 23.22; Diving - 1. Cody Hall 199.20; 100 butterfly - 1. Ian Caldwell 58.67, 3. Jack Larkin 1:04.40, 5. Nick Swaya 1:08.49; 100 freestyle - 2. Brandt Waesche 50.99, 3. Austin Ralph 51.17, 4. Samuel Peterson 52.55; 500 freestyle - 2. Chris Apodaca 5:23.61, 3. Jake Jenkins 5:43.23, 4.
Peter Litzow 5:50.78; 200 freestyle relay - 1. Mercer Island (Karl MacLane, Andrew Fukuda, Ian Caldwell, Andrew Weiss) 1:33.68; 100 backstroke - 1. Andrew Weiss 58.88, 2. Noah Deiparine 1:00.85, 3. Teddy Larkin 1:02.65; 100 breast stroke - 2. Andrew Fukuda 1:05.19, 3. Kalen Hopkins 1:08.05, 4. Devlin Conway 1:17.32; 400 freestyle relay - 1. Mercer Island (Duncan Koontz, Ian Caldwell, Samuel Peterson, Brandt Waesche) 3:28.20.
Sports scores? Send Mercer Island sports scores or other information to Megan Managan at mmanagan@mi-reporter.com.
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I was deferred from my under. You want to relay to early decision school. Is the admission office that you there anything I can do at have done your homework, this point? and this is the school that I think being deferred would offer you what you are almost puts stulooking for. If you dents in a more are absolutely cerdifficult position On College tain that you would than being rejectattend should you ed, by having to be granted admiswait in limbo until sion, I would specApril. Knowing ify this, although that the chance colleges know for admission in that this is not the spring is fairly always the case. small, I generMore importantly, ally tell students Joan Franklin I would send any not to bank on new information it. For many students, the such as improved grades, likelihood of being admitted new leadership positions, now is in the single digits. honors or better test scores I do encourage students to that would strengthen your advocate for themselves if application. Colleges do not they still truly believe that want to be inundated with this school remains their top more paper come spring, choice. However, on the same so I would ask before sendnote, I believe the student has ing in additional letters of to be careful not to come off recommendation or writing as desperate, overly anxious samples. Should they be willor aggressive in the process. ing to have an additional recI would send a letter or ommendation sent, consider email to the admissions offi- sending one from someone cer at the school where you who can shed new light on were deferred and reiterate your application and can that this school remains your speak to something that has top choice school. If you can not already been conveyed. get the name of the regional Please consider putting representative who reads in the time now to write a your application, this would strong application to all the be preferable. February other schools on your list, might be an appropriate time as you might stand a better to send this letter, as admis- chance at being accepted at sion officers are ramping up one of those schools. While again at this time of year to I recognize that this can be review their regular admis- demoralizing, this is not the sions, and you have the bene- time of year to let discourfit of having your first semes- agement impede all the hard ter grades completed. If you work you have done up to have additional information this point to be the candidate to add that was not included who you are. in your supplement as to why you have chosen this school, Joan Franklin is the you can add this information owner of The College Source, at this time. You would want an Independent College to be very specific about a Consulting Practice (www. certain major, department thecollegesource.org), and can or program that you want be reached at (206) 232-5626 to participate in or a profes- or joanfranklin@thecollegsor who you want to study esource.org.
Snowflakes for Sandy Hook By Reporter Staff
The National PTA and the Connecticut PTSA are working to help the Sandy Hook PTA and community, and are asking for help from local schools and PTAs. One way that local students can help is by creating snowflakes for Sandy Hook. Parent volunteers are working to make sure that when students go back to school in the new year, the entire school is decorated with as many unique snowflakes as possible to create a winter wonderland. “We encourage senders to be as creative as possible, remembering that no two snowflakes are alike,” said the
National PTA. “Please make and send snowflakes by Jan. 12.” Snowflakes can be sent to: Connecticut PTSA, 60 Connolly Parkway, Building 12, Suite 103, Hamden, CT 06514. Donations are also being accepted for the Connecticut PTSA’s Sandy Hook Fund, which will help to provide ongoing support for the community. The Newtown community has requested that only monetary donations be given at this time, but for other information about donating services or products, please contact newtownboe@ gmail.com.
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The Blue Angels fly over Mercer Island in August as part of the annual Seafair celebrations. Below, shoppers peruse the vegetables at the Alvarez Organic Farm booth during the first Mercer Island Farmers Market of the season on Sunday, June 10. The market was open weekly through October. Photo by Brita Moore. ahead of schedule and has secured a $25,000 grant for the solar project. Three Islander women — despite being turned away from the New York City Marathon, cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy — return to Seattle and later take the top spots for women in the Seattle Marathon.
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Pixie Hill Preschool students march from their old location to the new location, led by Tina Rowe, teacher, on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012.
June | FROM 4 Harborview emergency physician, as the Citizen of the Year. Two pertussis (whooping cough) cases are reported on Mercer Island. At the 2012 annual meeting of the Aging Services of Washington, the Senior Foundation of Mercer Island receives the 2012 Award for Public Trust. Board officers Alanna Burdell, Angela Decker, Barbara Levinski and Leslie Scott accepted the award on June 6 in Spokane. The city readies a $5.2 million bond issue for a new South end fire station, for the November ballot. The road diet project, to reconfigure the four-lane stretch of Island Crest Way south of 42nd Street into three lanes, is set to start July 1. Lakeside Industries is awarded a contract of $1.2 million for the work. Three thousand voters dial in to participate in a ‘town hall’ style meeting by telephone held by state Sen. Steve Litzow. Audrey Unger skydives to celebrate her 82nd birthday.
July According to data from Mercer Island Youth & Family
Services, gross receipts from the thrift store reach nearly $1 million. Islanders alone spent 620,000 or about $75 per household, for the 12 months ending in May. Pauline Reed receives the Flash Family Inspirational Award. She rides in a fine convertible at the Summer Celebration Parade. Islanders bask in the sun during Summer Celebration! The growing Mercer Island Community Band, organized and led by Islander percussionist Bert Pound, adds flair to the grand parade. The Island is quiet as residents head off on vacation.
AUGUST By chance, Christoph Schmidt-Warnecke meets Hope Solo, a member of the 2012 U.S. Olympic Soccer gold medal team, in the wee hours of the morning on his way home from Europe with his family at a New Jersey airport. She graciously poses for a picture with him. A record number of Islanders gather in parks and on beaches and backyards for National Night Out, an event that promotes community and encourages looking out for neighbors in the event of an emergency. As the first day of school
approaches, Island Crest Way work begins to wind down. There are delays and back-ups as crews finish up repaving and re-striping. Islanders grumble about long delays. A 1950s vintage green vinyl bar, once a centerpiece of family life at a home on Faben Point, sold and remodeled some years ago, is returned to the granddaughter of the original owners after it is found by an acquaintance of the family at a resale business in South Seattle. A new multi-story, mixeduse development named Legacy Mercer Island is proposed for the Hudson property. Islanders are concerned about the fate of The Islander restaurant and True Value Hardware. Islander native and father, Nate Bahner, 33, dies while wakeboarding, Aug. 10, on Lake Washington. Island Park P.E. teacher, dancer and mentor, Jesse Jaramillo, dies on Aug. 17. He was 59.
Island children return to school. Enrollment reaches 4,080, just 30 students under what was forecasted. However, there are 14 more sixth-graders than expected. But the district expects 300 more students here in 10 years. Islander native and MIHS grad Kaeli Swift gets a $90,000 National Science Foundation grant to study crows and behavior at the University of Washington with renowned UW scientist and crow-whisperer, Professor John Marzluff. The city sets up a citizencity sustainability task force. Shoppers find that prices for liquor are higher than what was expected or promised after the state law changed to allow private retail sales. The average retail price of a liter of spirits, including taxes, is up by an average of 11.6 percent. Despite the jump, sales are up by nearly three percent for the first four months of privatization, over 2011 levels.
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After months on the real estate market, the Stevenson Farm does finally sell close to the asking price of $5 million. The farm land is to remain for horses and riders, according to reports.
The Mercer Island School District faces a discrimination complaint brought by an Islander family who said that their son was harassed at school by fellow students. The district would later
appeal the decision. A survey finds that fewer Island children go to private schools than a few years earlier. Youth Theatre Northwest sets up a committee to be ready for a possible move from the North Mercer location, near the high school. Longtime MIHS soccer coach and Island resident, Steve Newman, dies on Oct. 11. The paper, the airwaves and Island mailboxes are filled with political advertisements during the final push for the general election on Nov. 6.
November Results for the general election show that more than 86 percent of Island registered voters, or 15,233, cast their ballots. The draft update to the City of Mercer Island Shoreline Master Plan is in the hands of the Washington State Department of Ecology for final review. The city is just 38 Puget Sound Energy Green Power customers away from reaching the “stretch goal” of 750 by the end of the year and earning an additional $5,000 for a Community Center solar array project. The previous goal of 650 new customers was achieved
The city finalizes its budget. Some fees and taxes for Islanders will increase. Two Islanders are deployed by FEMA to help in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in the Northeast. Puget Sound Energy sends crews back east to help restore power. The city revisits parking issues in the Town Center and says that the number of parking spaces are adequate. The Council notes that drivers need patience and help to find spots. The news of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., shocks and saddens Islanders. School officials and Mercer Island police plan to again review procedures to protect Island school students.
By the numbers • 3 – number of pieces of public art that were installed on Mercer Island this year • 10 – Islanders who became Eagle Scouts; 2 Girl Scouts win Gold Award • 13 – the number of shows Youth Theatre Northwest produced in 2012 • $1.75 million – the amount of revenue raised by the Mercer Island Schools Foundation in 2011-2012
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AKC COCKER Babies most colors, beautiful, s o c i a l i z e d , h e a l t h y, raised with children. Shots, wor med, pedigrees. $550 up. Terms? 425-750-0333, Everett A K C F S S R a t Te r r i e r pups. Ready now and some ready at Christmas time. M 400 F 450. w w w. c l e a r b r o o k - ke n nels. com 360-224-0903
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Puppies. Christmas p u p p i e s ava i l a bl e, lots of colors. Two 5mo red tri males available. $350-$850. Registered, health guaranteed, UTD A K C Po i n t i n g L a b s - C h i h u a h u a p u p s . shots. 541-518-9284 P U P P I E S F O R T H E Christmas Puppies- Elite White/Cream color ing Baker City, Oregon. HOLIDAY!! 6 Mastador pedigree from bloodlines of Grand Master Pointing hunters of N Dakota and MACH agility titled. OFA, ready Dec 7. $850 jloud@nctv.com or text/ call 509-760-0697, Moses Lake WA.
AKC Golden Retriever pups $500 Also Golden Doodle pups $800. Wormed, shots, ready for Christmas! 360-6527148
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AKC GERMAN SHEPHERD pups. Females from $1000-$1500 Black, bi-color, black sable. East German & C ze c h wo r k i n g l i n e s. Home companion, SAR, & family protection. 253A K C YO R K I E / Yo r k 843-1123 shire Terr ier puppies. SchraderhausK9.com th A K C G O L D E N R E - Born October 14 , 2012. T R I E V E R P u p p i e s . Home raised . Will be Champion Stock, Good small, approx. 3.5 lbs to Hunters, Extremely Intel- 4 lbs. Very friendly and ligent. Shots, Wormed, loving puppies, full of Vet Checked. Mother’s mischief. Mother and faHips, Elbows and Heart ther onsite. Wormed and Certified. Born October f i r s t s h o t s . Fe m a l e s : 15th, ready by Christ- $ 1 , 0 0 0 . M a l e s : $ 8 0 0 . mas! $800 each. 360- Call anytime: 360-6316256 or 425-330-9903. 588-1346 Skagit Valley BEAGLE PUPS, AKC. Six weeks old. Champion bloodlines, raised in our home, well socialized. Make great family pets. $500. Call 360779-7489 or 360-5095109
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and great temperament, socialized, excellent with children. shots,wormed. Will hold till Christmas with deposit. $300-$400. (206)673-7917 Dachsund/Yorkie puppies. They are to die for cuties. Mom is longhair dapple and Dad is champ blood line yorkie. Male 300 Female 350 Ready Jan 3rd 3604740744 weiniemom4@aol.com French Mastiff Puppies, Pure Bred. Born Oct 20th. Will have shots a n d p a p e r s. Fe m a l e s $1500. Male $1000. Call 360-482-2015. Elma GREAT DANE
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BICHON FRISE. AKC Champion bred, 8 week old, male puppies. Conformation perfect for taking into the show ring, agility competition, or just perfect as your personal Winter’s lap warmer. Hypo-allergenic fur. Ideal for pet sensitivities. $1,000 each. 360-8650829 or 360-627-7222
BOSTON TERRIER Puppies, just in time for Christmas! Some older for good homes, please ask. Can send pictures. 360-880-2216 RhondaHoffman57@ hotmail.com B OX E R P U P P I E S ! Purebred. We have 2 Males and 3 Females left. All are Brindle with some White. Born December 4th, ready to go h o m e fo r Va l e n t i n e ’s Day! First shots & worming. Family raised. Asking $500 for Boys and $550 for Girls. Text for pictures: 425-268-5944 BOXER, White, male, 5mos old, $650; also Yor kie, small, female, s p a y e d , 3 YO $ 4 0 0 (360)631-6035
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GREAT DANE Puppies, AKC. Starting at $500. Blacks, Harlequins, Merlequins, Mantels, Merles. (360)985-0843 Waynekiser6@aol.com www.dreamcatchergreatdanes.us G R E AT G I F T I D E A ! ! ChillSpot is The COOLE S T D o g B e d - A n ew and innovative, thermodynamically cooled dog bed, that enhances the cool tile surfaces our pets rely on during the warm weather months. Use promo code COOLG I F T Fo r 1 0 % o f f ! www.chillspot.biz www.dreamcatchergreatdanes.us
JUST IN TIME For Christmas! Adorable Bichon / Minature poodle cross. Super smar t crossbreed. Will be 10-15 lbs. mature. First shots, worm negative, 1 year genetic health guara n t e e. E x c e l l e n t w i t h children, elderly and for apartment living. Picture doesn’t do them justice! $400. Call 360-697-9091 sayheytj@comcast.net Poulsbo Find what you need 24 hours a day.
JUST IN TIME For Christmas! Adorable Bichon / Miniature poodle cross. Super smar t crossbreed. Will be 10-15 lbs. mature. First shots, worm negative, 1 year genetic health guara n t e e. E x c e l l e n t w i t h children, elderly and for apartment living. Picture doesn’t do them justice! $400. Call 360-697-9091 sayheytj@comcast.net Poulsbo
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POM’S, 3 Females, 8wks. Shots & Wormed. Terr ific Personalities. B l a c k / Ta n & C r e a m / Ta n . Pa p e r t r a i n e d . $375 each. 425-3771675 RED (IRISH) SETTER PUPPIES! Two red setter puppies for sale. One male and one female. Six months old and have recieved all shots including rabies and are dewormed. Registered with American Field. These puppies will make great hunters and family pets, very intelligent and personable. Both parents on sight. $500. Call Preston (360) 410-9659 Shih Tzu Puppies Special puppies for a special p e r s o n T h ey b o r n o n h a l l owe e n d ay. . $ 3 0 0 (206) 753-8747
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Rottweiler / Doberman Cross puppies! These puppies are intelligent, loyal and loving! Crisp, sharp color pattern. Champion bloodlines. garage sales - WA Born 9/26/12. AKC registered parents on site. 2 m a l e s . 6 f e m a l e s . Garage/Moving Sales General Breed makes for excell e n t fa m i l y d o g s ! D e MONROE wormed and first shots. Year Round Ready for loving homes Indoor Swap Meet $750. Burlington. Photos Celebrating 15 Years! and/or questions call or Evergreen Fairgrounds email us today at 206Saturday & Sunday 504-9507 or 9 am - 4pm firstfourkennels@gmail. FREE Admission & com parking! For Information call firstfourkennels@gmail.com
ROTTWEILER Purebred Puppies, sweet, great temperament, familyraised, nice markings, lst shots, wormed, dew claws & tails done, $475 & up, joann@ scattercreek.com 360-910-0995
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CHRISTMAS PONY 14.2H, Bay Mare, 13 years old, broke to ride, nice family horse, gentle $1300 (360)510-7466 You’ll ďŹ nd everything you need in one website 24 hours a day 7 days a week: nw-ads.com. FOR THE EQUEST R I A N c o m p e t i t o r, Dressage/hunter. 5yo T B g e l d i n g . Tr u e 1 7 hands. No disappointments here. Asking $7,500. youtube/sTRSAC-f9LA8 Call Linda 253-843-1884 253-230-7319 General Pets
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