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Katie Metzger/Staff Photo Volunteers from Kiwanis, the Masonic Lodge and VFW man the fireworks stand in the Rite Aid parking lot. The stand is open from June 28 to July 4. Last year, they sold $65,000 in “safe and sane” fireworks.

Anticipation

Letter to property owners terminates agreement; blames moratorium

By Katie [email protected]

After facing all kinds of opposi-tion from Mercer Island citizens, the Hines corporation seems to have called off its efforts to devel-op three parcels of Town Center property into a five-story retail/apartment building.

The Hines project was incor-porated into the city’s moratori-um on downtown development on June 1, after being initially exempted. At its last meeting, the City Council extended the mora-torium until December.

Representatives from the inter-national real estate company had told the Council that if their proj-ect was included in the moratori-um, “the land assemblage dies and the public benefits will be killed.”

Those public benefits included 200 commuter parking spots, an upscale grocer and a plaza along S.E. 29th Street, though negotia-tions with the city on the parking lot stalled and grocers wouldn’t commit due to the uncertainty surrounding the Albertsons site.

Julie King, whose family owns King Insurance and one of the three parcels previously under contract with Hines, told the Council she received a letter “indi-cating that Hines is discontinuing its efforts to develop the three properties south of McDonalds.”

The other two properties were the Bitney property, home to Terra Bella and a State Farm Insurance office, and the building that hous-es the Veloce Velo bike shop and Mud Bay pet supply store.

The news has spread around the community, though Mark Clegg, the media relations director for Hines, would not confirm any details. There is “nothing new to report from our end,” he said.

The possibility for calling it quits surfaced after the building plans and scope were denied by the city’s Design Commission last month, with concerns about the mass of the five-story develop-ment being “out of scale” with the rest of the neighborhood cited.

The Save our Suburbs (SOS) group brought up the same issue—mass and density—during its first meeting, after Hines had released a massing diagram for a Design Commission study session. That group had been fighting the proj-ect ever since, encouraging the

Hines pulls plug on Island project

By Joseph [email protected]

Members of the Mercer Island School Board weighed the fea-sibility of implementing a world language program, as well as mov-ing back high school start times, at its summer retreat Thursday at City Hall.

Superintendent Dr. Gary Plano acknowledged both issues were technical issues that were “teth-ered together,” with plenty of vari-ables in play that would have sig-nificant implications on how the board would decide to move for-ward. Neighboring school districts in Bellevue and Seattle are in the process of exploring later school start times, and the Legislature

Late start decision on hold

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Limits on FireworksMake sure to follow city laws

regarding � reworks this coming holiday weekend.

Fireworks can only be set o� on Mercer Island between 11 a.m. and 11 p.m. on Saturday, July 4.

Fireworks are prohibited in public parks and on school properties.

Farmers Market It is BBQ day at the Farmers

Market this Sunday, July 5. There will also be music, fresh fruits and vegetables and the King County Master Gardeners will be on hand to answer your garden-ing questions.

The market begins at 10 a.m. Mind where you park—watch for the signs.

Embrace France at Sister City events

Coming up. Don’t forget to RSVP by Friday, July 3, for the potluck at the VFW Hall with members of the Island’s Sister City delegation from Thonon les Bains, France. Tickets are also available for the gourmet dinner at the Seattle Yacht Club.

See 98040 magazine (in the June 24 issue of the Reporter ) for details.

Pooh visits Youth Theatre Northwest

Plan ahead. YTN begins its 32nd season with Winnie the Pooh and friends at the House at Pooh Corner. Performances begin on July 10.

Summer Celebration!

Get ready. The annual Island festival begins Saturday, July 11, with the Grand Parade in the Town Center at 10 a.m. Consult your 98040 magazine for details.

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Mak Abulhson, presi-dent of Mercer Island Rotary, awarded Stacy Bjarnason the club’s presti-gious Achievement Award at the June 16 meeting. The award honors an Island resident and non-Rotarian who exemplifies the ideals of Rotary in their business or personal life.

Bjarnason has demon-strated a commitment to the Mercer Island com-munity with her display of fairness to all, building goodwill and better friend-ship and serving in ben-eficial ways to her commu-nity, Abulhson said.

Bjarnason’s recent activi-ties include being a board member and on the execu-tive committee for the Boys and Girls Club, a co-found-er of the Mercer Island

Presbyterian Church pre-school, “Pebble,” a youth soccer coach and board member, past president of the Mercer Island track and field booster club, presi-dent of the Mercer Island basketball booster club, president of the MIHS golf booster club, past president of the National Charity League-Evergreen chap-ter, treasurer of the Mercer Island Community Fund and announcer for the MIHS track meets.

Abulhson added that she does all these activities and more in an effective man-ner, in an unassuming way, but still leaving quite an impact. She has been an asset to the groups she has touched without drawing a lot of attention to herself, he said.

Bjarnason was present-ed with inscribed crystal and was awarded a Paul Harris Fellow, one of the highest honors provided by the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International at the meeting.

Bjarnason has lived on the Island with her hus-band, Greg, and two chil-dren, Sarah and Bligh, for several years.

Five rescued after boat hit, sinks in lake

By Reporter Sta�

The coordinated efforts of four local safety and law enforcement agencies saved five people in the water in Lake Washington at 12:30 a.m. on Friday morning.

Earlier, two boats had collided in the darkness between Mercer Island and Newcastle Beach, causing one to sink to the bottom of the lake.

A 26-foot power boat with five people aboard collided with a 22-foot fishing boat with two peo-ple aboard, said Mercer Island Police Department (MIPD) Comdr. Leslie Burns. All five occupants of the power boat were thrown into the water. One was able to call 911, and reported that not all of the boaters were wearing life jackets, one was struggling and the boat was sinking.

The call triggered a res-cue response by the King County Sheriff ’s Office, MIPD, the Seattle Police Harbor Patrol and Renton

firefighters, who arrived on scene 14 minutes after receiving the call. King County Sheriff ’s Guardian One helicopter spotted the five people in the water and illuminated them with its spotlight while rescu-ers pulled them from the waters. Another boater nearby also was able to help in the rescue.

The five rescued boat-ers—all in their 20s—were taken to the Mercer Island boat launch, where they were treated for minor injuries and hypothermia by Island firefighters.

The power boat sank.

The fishing boat and its two occupants made it safely to Bellevue and were contacted by Bellevue Police.

The King County Sheriff ’s Marine Patrol unit assisted in locating the power boat. Mercer Island divers went down and marked it. It was then brought to the surface and transported to Donato’s ship yard in Kenmore, Burns said.

It isn’t clear if alcohol or drug impairment played a factor in the collision. The investigation is ongoing, Burns said.

MIPDA 26-foot power boat sunk to the bottom of Lake Washington after a late-night collision. The five boaters on board were rescued with the help of MIPD and the King County Sheriff ’s Office.

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Council to put a pause on downtown development, but insisting it “wasn’t about Hines.”

The Council enacted a moratorium, but decided to exempt the Hines proj-ect due to ongoing park-ing negotiations. Those talks began after a pro-posal to build a parking lot near the community center was met with oppo-sition by Friends of Luther Burbank Park and SOS.

According to the blog My Mercer Island, a ter-mination letter dated June 18 to property own-ers stated that “due to the recent moratorium ... Hines has determined that it will not be able to obtain the Approvals by the Contingency Deadline (as such terms are defined in the agreement) . Hines is exer-cising its right to terminate the purchase and sale agree-ment.”

P r o p e r t y owner Tom King wrote an e-mail to state Rep. Judy Clibborn in January expressing concerns about the moratorium.

“A deal on our prop-erty has come to frui-tion. However, a very vocal extreme minority is attempting to instigate a moratorium on permit-ting new projects until they can rezone,” King wrote. “Frankly, our build-ing is not attractive, nor are two more buildings on the development site. As this is the center of the CBD, having an attractive magnet property would help downtown thrive. With the proper devel-oper (Hines is the best), and retail tenants, it would be a magnet to draw cus-tomers into the entire retail core. This is what I

believe all islanders (with the exception of Save Our Suburbs) wish for.”

Judy King told My Mercer Island that she was “dismayed” to see Hines go.

Some Islanders who supported Hines were left with questions after plans to bring an upscale grocer to the Island fell through.

Initially, the commu-nity was divided between a desire for amenities like a large public plaza and a Whole Foods and a grow-ing concern about the character of Town Center, which happened to coin-cide with a “visioning” process undertaken by the city in 2014.

The Hines project was the biggest question mark hanging over that plan-ning process. A group of

T o w n C enter s t a k e -holders, selected by the c i t y , debated a b o u t o n -s t r e e t

parking, bike lanes and retail frontage, but couldn’t reach a consen-sus on underlying issues of building height and density. It prompted an investigation into the city’s obligations under the state Growth Management Act (GMA) and a study on impact fees to charge developments for their impacts on the Island’s schools, parks and trans-portation networks.

The city put the vision-ing process on hiatus “to best review the achieve-ments so far, and to ensure the next phase is as pro-ductive as possible.”

�e next Town Center public input meeting, scheduled for July 16, has been postponed. Check the city website for an

amended schedule.

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The City Council had its mini-planning session on Saturday, June 27 at the Mercer Island Community and Event Center.

Council discusses fire danger

With drought condi-tions presenting another degree of danger relating to Fourth of July fireworks, the Council had a discussion about whether or not the city should discourage peo-ple from celebrating inde-pendence with incendiaries.

Mercer Island is one of the few places in King County to allow consumer fireworks. The sale of fire-works is a fundraiser for several community groups, including the Masonic Lodge, Kiwanis Club and Mercer Island VFW.

The Council directed city staff to talk to the Fire Chief and department and make a recommendation.

If the Council decided to ban the use of fireworks in the future, it would have to wait one year before the ban would go into effect.

City considers tax increase to pay for parks and YFS

The city’s Youth and Family Services (YFS) department is facing a looming deficit in the com-ing years. The YFS Fund was projected to be $100,000 in the red at the end of 2016, $361,000 at the end of 2017 and $460,000 at the end of 2018, said Finance Director Chip Corder.

Corder presented three

options to the Council: cut 50 percent of the program that places mental health counselors in Island schools, get the School District to contribute more toward the cost of the counselors or submit a levy lid lift request to voters in November 2016.

There are projected defi-cits in the General Fund too: $982,000 at the end of 2017 and a $1,565,000 at the end of 2018. Corder said that the city is limited in the amount of revenue it can bring in by caps on prop-erty tax, on which Mercer Island is extremely reliant. It can increase the prop-erty tax levy by one percent per year. New construction generates another one per-cent per year in property tax revenue.

“Recent development activity on the Island is driving the surplus,” Corder said. “I can’t bank on those temporary revenues.”

Three-quarters of the General Fund is “people-driven,” Corder said, mean-ing that it goes to salaries, wages and benefits.

The city’s 2015 prop-erty tax levy also includes $144,960 in banked capacity, which the Council took in addition to the one percent optional increase on Nov. 17, 2014. After the Planning Session, all of that money has been allocated: $56,590 to the LEOFF I retiree long-term care liability, $38,370 to replace equipment, tech-nology and furnishings in the Community and Event Center and the remaining amount to square away the YFS deficit, at least for the next two years.

Next year, the Council and staff will take a hard

look at either cutting ser-vices, bringing in more revenue or finding cre-ative cost-saving oppor-tunities. Corder posed the idea of forming a Regional Fire Authority (RFA) with the cities of Bellevue and Kirkland, or converting YFS school counselors to School District employees. Both would save the city at least $100,000—not enough to fully address the projected deficits, but a start.

“We can’t avoid this dis-cussion by saying we’ve solved it for 2016,” said Deputy Mayor Dan Grausz.

Councilmembers Debbie Bertlin and Terry Pottmeyer volunteered to lead a “smart government” task force to look at how the city could operate more efficiently, or find ways other cities are saving money.

In January, councilmem-bers asked about the possi-bility to do an organization-al efficiency audit on one or more city departments, a course of action not recom-mended by Corder.

“I don’t believe, given how lean we are, that you can wring much out of it,” Corder said.

But Councilmembers said they would be uncom-fortable going to voters to ask for more money without some sort of audit or review of city finances.

Another option is to go to the voters in August or November 2016 to form a metropolitan park district with the same boundaries as the city, which wouldn’t save taxpayers any money, but would free up some park funds for the city to use for other purposes.

City schedules review of Comp Plan, impact fees

The City Council will review school impact fees on Aug. 3, following approval from the School Board and a review by the Planning Commission scheduled for July 15.

Impact fees, authorized under the state Growth Management Act (GMA) to ensure that new develop-ments pay for their incre-mental impact on city infra-structure, have been a hot topic on the Island. The Council will review impact fee reports this summer: for parks on July 20 and trans-portation on Aug. 3.

There was a question of whether the city could adopt school impact fees before updating its Comprehensive Plan, espe-cially as the last plan from 2005 mentions declin-ing school enrollment and doesn’t reference the latest school district capital facili-ties plan. The Council will enact the impact fees as an emergency Comprehensive Plan amendment, with the goal to update the plan by the end of the year.

Finances may be available online

Following other cities like Seattle and Redmond, Mercer Island may purchase software to put its budget and spending information online by 2017. The pro-gram would cost $7,000 to $9,000 per year, but allow city employees, research-ers, “watchdogs” and aver-age citizens to “follow the money” spent by the city.

“Hines is exercising its right to terminate the purchase and sale agreement.”

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School Board names new school ‘Northwood Elementary’

By Joseph [email protected]

The Mercer Island School Board voted unani-mously to officially name the new elementary school Northwood Elementary at its board retreat Thursday morning at City Hall.

Northwood was one of three finalists submitted to the Elementary No. 4 naming committee, with the others being Mercer Crest Elementary and Mercerwood Elementary. Board members shied away from Mercer Crest to avoid confusion with Crest Learning Center, as both school sites will be on 86th Avenue S.E., and from Mercerwood so it wouldn’t be confused with the Mercerwood Shore Club.

The name was suggested by Lakeridge Elementary fifth-grader Lainie Wion.

“I feel excited to be part of Mercer Island history now,” said Wion. “I chose the name because it will

draw kids from the north end of the Island, is near the Mercerwood neighbor-hood, and hasn’t been used for a Mercer Island school ever before.”

Northwood is scheduled to open for the 2016-17 school year.

Bottomley wins Chamber award

Brett Bottomley, a recent Mercer Island High School (MIHS) graduate, was recognized at last month’s Chamber of Commerce luncheon as its scholarship recipient.

T h e Chamber has been giving out the schol-arship for 23 years.

“It always goes to a stu-dent who plans a career in business and is involved in helping the community in some way,” said Chamber Director Terry Moreman.

The Chamber works with teachers in the DECA program to select a stu-dent they feel is deserving, Moreman said.

Bottomley was “an invaluable part of our Business and Marketing program for the past three years as both a leader in the classroom and in DECA,” said his teacher, Kristine Van der Houven.

Bottomley served as Vice President of MIHS’s 200-member DECA chap-ter and captain of his var-sity lacrosse team.

Both of these activities reach their pinnacle in early May, and Bottomley faced a challenge.

He had a lacrosse game at MIHS and the DECA International Competition in Orlando, Fla., on the same day.

So he booked a red-eye flight to Orlando after the lacrosse game ended.

“Brett’s decision to do it all paid off—the MIHS Varsity Lacrosse won the state title this past weekend for the first time in five years,” Van der Houven said.

This fall, Bottomley will study at Babson College in Wellesley, Mass.

County proposes tax levy to fund ‘Best Starts for Kids’ program

By Mark HennonSpecial to the Reporter

State, county, and city officials joined with chil-dren’s health advocates to presented the why and how of the Best Starts for Kids initiative last month at the Phinney Community Hall.

State Rep. Ruth Kagi, King County Councilmember Rod Dembowski and Seattle City Councilmember Tim Burgess shared details of the proposed November ballot measure.

“It’s the right thing to do, it’s also the fiscally responsi-ble thing to do,” Dembowski said of the proposed 14-cent levy per $1,000 of assessed property value.

Jason Gortney of the Children’s Home Society of Washington told how toxic

stress in young children leads to many physical and mental problems.

And “once they get behind,” Kagi said, “they tend to stay behind.”

Burgess said better child-hood care means “much lower involvement with the criminal justice system.”

The five-member panel addressed the 36th Legislative District Democrats monthly meet-ing, with a spirited Q&A following the hour-long slideshow and talks.

Jennifer DeYoung, a health care reform analyst for Public Health - Seattle & King County, said invest-ing in early development prevents chronic disease, abuse, neglect, domestic

violence, and other crime.The time is right,

Dembowski said, for “end-ing the school-to-prison pipeline” that starts with school suspensions, and continues with dropouts, unemployment, reliance on social-welfare programs, and imprisonment—all very costly to the taxpayer. “For a $400,000 home,” he said, Best Starts for Kids would cost “about a dollar a week.”

State budgetary battles make it unlikely much help will arrive from Olympia this year, Kagi said, but she expressed optimism that legislators may eventually approve a capital gains tax.

The Best Starts for Kids levy would last six years,

completing a “continuum of response from early pregnancy to age five and beyond,” Burgess said, and extend “proven outcome programs” from Seattle to the rest of King County.

“The vast majority of the county’s general fund,” King County Executive Dow Constantine has said, “is used to pay for the crimi-nal justice system... when there’s a negative outcome in a person’s life.”

Best Starts for Kids, he said, would “focus on pre-vention. This is how we will turn proven ideas into results, and how we will put every child in our region on a path toward success.”

The King County Department of Community and Human Services would oversee finances and report-ing for Best Starts for Kids.

According to the proposed King County ordinance, if the King County Council puts the measure on the bal-lot and voters approve it, community-based organi-zations could submit com-petitive bids for outcomes-focused contracts.

Fifty percent of levy revenue would go to help children under age five and pregnant women, thirty-five percent to help children and youth ages five to 24, nine percent to the partner-ship between King County and The Seattle Foundation on Communities of Opportunity, and the final six percent for evaluation and data collection to ensure delivery of “results for every child in King County.”

More info at www.king-county.gov/beststarts.

Northwood Elementary

The large walls being formed on the south side of the site of Northwood are shear walls for the new gymnasium. Work on exca-vation, formwork, rebar and concrete for footings will continue into July.

During summer break, a number of utilities will be installed at the high school parking lot off of S.E. 40th Street, between the new school site and Mary Wayte Pool. The lot will be closed for much of the summer to allow for the installation of a new water service, storm piping and electrical service for the new building.

The path that cuts through the district cam-pus from the high school to the PEAK (Boys and Girls Club) will be closed from June 22 through August. Signs will be posted at both the east and west access points to this path.

Changes to date for demolition and construc-tion have cost $478,198.

Islander Middle School

Progress is being made on the site preparation, excavation, building forms and the placement of rebar and concrete for footings. These activities will contin-ue into July when the con-crete masonry unit (CMU) shear wall construction will begin.

A significant amount of work is planned this sum-mer for the frontage along 84th Avenue S.E. and the large parking lot to the east of the school. The lot will be closed beginning on June 22. All staff access to the building will be off the bus loop on S.E. 72nd Street and community members using the track and playfields will need to park at the south end of the complex or at Lakeridge Elementary. Signs are posted and notice has been given to all sched-uled users of the fields.

Changes to date for the middle school have cost $20,740, with Fox noting some over-excavation cost.

Mercer Island High School

Brick work is nearing completion on the wing extensions at Mercer Island High School. Metal panel installation has continued, and site preparation for landscaping has begun out-side the building.

Inside, the ceiling grid, fire alarms, sprinklers and mechanical ductwork are nearly complete in all three wings. Ceiling tiles are being installed over the next two weeks along with electrical trim.

Floor finishes will go down in late June. Furniture is scheduled for delivery at the end of the month.

The project is on sched-ule for completion this summer and is within bud-get. The change log reflect-ed $465,198 for all changes to date to the high school, which includes changes to the parking lot.

Project manager Brandy Fox called all changes “typi-cal coordination items.”

Brett Bottomley

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Should there be any regulations or restrictions on Fourth of July fireworks?ISLAND TALK

“Once you allow them, you can’t regulate what people set off. It’s either all or nothing.”

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“Yes. People get hurt. It’s one of the busiest days in the emergency room.”

PENNY JONESSemi-retired accountant

Camano Island

“Yes. I think it’s crazy that Mercer Island, out of all places in the county, allows fireworks.”

SHERRY BURKEConsultant

Mercer Island

“No. It’s the Fourth of July—have fun, and be smart about it.”

LINDSEY LIGHTFOOTWith Kate and Evie

NannyMercer Island

“Absolutely. It’s a danger to everybody because we’re in such a dry season.”

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So Hines is out. They don’t need to put up with the hassles that the Island presents. They are the in busi-ness to make money—not to endlessly placate city

leaders and their constituents. Hines tried to work with the city and accommodate the ever-growing lists of must-haves. It simply got to the point where it was no longer feasible for them to continue. Many, of course, are cheering. There are hopes (and dreams) that someone else—the city or Island investors or maybe the people behind the Mercer Island Center for the Arts—will buy the three parcels in the center of town, and make it into a public space. However, the property will not come cheap. It seems that many forget that the land is privately owned by

others—people who are perhaps not interested in selling at a reduced price to make Islanders happy. Finally, there will be other developers for other projects. But will some—the good ones—decide not to come here because it is too di� cult? Maybe.

Hines is an established company that has built some amazing projects all over the world. They were probably as good, or better, than many working in this region. So now, the Island still has a large ugly block smack dab in the center of town. The park-and-ride lot is still chock full. There are still empty storefronts and busi-nesses that are struggling. The Island seems to have passed up $6 million to build a parking lot (somewhere) that is sorely needed—espe-cially when the Bellevue Park and Ride closes. We hope for an attractive, ‘vibrant’ Town Center, where people can live and walk and shop—oh, and yes, get to work easily. It looks like it will be a while.

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‘It seems that many forget that the property is privately owned by others ’

To the editorMercer Island’s park land is not ‘free land’

I was one of more than 150 peo-ple who attended the public meeting regarding the Mercer Island Center for the Arts (MICA) on June 23. Architects, landscape designers and the president of MICA, John Gordon Hill, presented an impressive slide show of the plans for MICA.

People associated with Seattle Shakespeare Company, the Seattle Symphony, and others were introduced to the crowd—some of them spoke strongly in favor of the building.

So what’s the prob-lem? Just this—MICA is to be sited on the Bicentennial Park and part of Mercerdale Park.

The MICA building, to be owned and operated by a private non-prof-it organization, would use open space—park land which previous Mercer Island citizens have protected for us from encroachment by the a civic center (in 1986) and the North End Fire Station (in 1997). It wasn’t easy then to save park land, and it won’t be easy now. But we owe this legacy to our children.

Mr. Hill made the point that MICA would remove the eyesore of the abandoned Recycling Center. But the Mercer Island School District should honor the commitment they signed in 1984. The Statutory Warranty Deed states, “If the [School] District ceases

to operate the [Recycling] Center, the District shall pay for the removal of the Center from this property.”

Now that Hines, the developer of the three-lot parcel of land in the Town Center, has decide to opt out, someone else could buy the land. This means that MICA could purchase that land, or a portion of it. We could have a beautiful Arts Center right in downtown Mercer Island, much more accessible to citizens, closer to more parking, with a lovely open plaza, only two stories high, that would be avail-able for summer Sunday matinees without conflicting with the Farmers’

Market, and more cen-trally located to all of our town center restau-rants and businesses.

At the meeting, when I asked, why MICA was not planned for the “Hines” parcel in the center of town, Mr. Hill said that the park is “free

land” but MICA would have to pay for the Hines parcel. If it were necessary to raise the money for the land and the building; he did not think it could be done.

I love the arts. And I love Youth Theater Northwest. But I want to know why a private organization is using public land for its building. It doesn’t seem right to me. Bicentennial Park currently has the only public rest-rooms near Town Center, a plaza with flagpole and seating, and a surround-ing grass area—it’s peaceful, public space, and it belongs to citizens. And Mercerdale Park is the only green open space near our Town Center. If more buildings go into the Town Center, we will need this open space

even more.After the meeting I was with some-

one who asked how much was already pledged to MICA. President Hill said $4.7M, in only 18 months. That’s a great start—for both building and land.

I spoke to two City Councilmembers at the meeting, who said that MICA would be given a long term lease for a nominal amount. But this land is your land, this land is our land. It does not belong to the City Council. So before any land belonging to the public is leased for any amount to anyone, the City Council should at least sched-ule an Island-wide public vote on the issue.

We must protect our Mercer Island parks, our legacy to future generations, as they were protected for us.

Meg Lippert

Time to ban fireworks It is time to ban the sale and use of

consumer fireworks on Mercer Island on the Fourth of July. There are many public firework displays to enjoy safely.

Are we waiting for a fire, serious injury, or even death to happen here?

Last year more than 10,000 people with firework related injuries, most-ly children, were treated in hospi-tal emergency rooms. Even sparklers burn at 2,000 degrees. In 2009, during similar dry weather conditions, King County responded to 302 fires related to fireworks.

I hope everyone stays safe this year and chooses to go to professional fire-work displays.

Amy Olsson


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CITY OF MERCER ISLANDNOTICE OF POSSIBLE

QUORUM Notice is hereby given that there may be quorum of the Mercer Island City Council at the recep-tion for the Sister City Delega-tion from Thonon-les-Bains, France on Tuesday, July 7, 2015, from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm at the Mercer Island Community & Event Center, 8236 SE 24th Street, Mercer Island, WA. The Council will not be taking action on any City business during this reception. Allison Spietz City Clerk Published in the Mercer Island Reporter on July 1, 2015. #1349430.

PUBLIC NOTICE OF APPLICATION AND OPEN

RECORD HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an application has been re-ceived for a Zoning Text Amend-ment (File # ZTR15-002) amend-ing MICC Title 19 to add requirements for school impact fees that will be applicable throughout Mercer Island. The open record public hearing on this request with the Planning Commission will be held at 7:00 pm on July 15, 2015 at Mercer Island City Hall, 9611 SE 36th Street. This action is SEPA exempt per WAC 197-11-800(19)(b). Environmental docu-ments have neither been required nor submitted. Additional per-mits have not been submitted in conjunction with this application. Written comments on the appli-cations may be submitted on or before 7/15/15 at 5:00 PM, either in person or mailed to the City of Mercer Island, 9611 SE 36th Street, Mercer Island, WA 98040. Only those persons who submit written comments or tes-tify at the open record public hearing will become parties of record, receive the Notice of Decision and have the right to appeal. You may review the file on this matter at the City of Mer-cer Island, Development Services Group, 9611 SE 36th Street, Mercer Island, WA. Contact Scott Greenberg, Development Services Group Director, for more information at [email protected] or 206-275-7706. Published in the Mercer Island Reporter on July 1, 2015. #1351865.

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Project WP310DDATE OF BID OPENING:July 21, 2015 TIME: 11:00 amSealed bids for the Calkins Land-ing Park and Stormwater Im-provements Project will be re-ceived by the City of Mercer Is-land at the DSG Permit Counter, 9611 SE 36th Street, Mercer Is-

land, Washington 98040 until 11:00 am local time on July 21, 2015, at which time bids will be opened and publicly read. DESCRIPTION OF WORKWork to be performed under this contract includes furnishing all labor, equipment, and materials necessary for the construction of the following improvements: Removal of stormwater outlet pipe and outfall, and installation of a meandering stream channel with rock and large woody debris. Removal of a concrete retaining wall, and excavation of the adjacent upland area to ex-pand the existing pocket beach. Placement of beach gravels on pocket beach and installation of a low boulder rockery. Installation of an upland vault to collect stormwater sediment, and re-placement of stormwater pipe upland from settling vault with a larger pipe and catch basin. In-stallation of an ADA-accessible path and picnic table. Installation of native vegetation, hydroseed-ing, and irrigation system. All construction work to take place above Ordinary High Water line. City is in possession of all required permits.BIDDER QUALIFICATIONSThe Contractor’s construction supervisor who will supervise the day-to-day field activities asso-ciated with the construction work shall have personally performed the work or directly supervised the construction, and with suc-cessful completion of stormwater projects that were similar in scope, time and complexity, with one of those projects being at least $150K in total construction costs. Successful Bidder shall complete and furnish the Contractor’s Construction Super-visor Credentials within five (5) days of request after bid opening.PRE-BID MEETINGA pre-bid meeting and site visit will be held on July 9th, 2015 at 11 am at Calkins Landing, SE 28th St & 60th Ave SE, Mercer Island. The City reserves the right to cancel this meeting at any time. For the full Advertisement for Bids, please visit www.mercer- gov.org/RFP.asp Published in the Mercer Island Reporter on July 1, 2015. #1352076.

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Dorothy Esther RobinsonDorothy Esther Robinson, born

September 12, 1918 in Seattle, passed away peacefully on Saturday evening, June 20, 2015, at her home in Bellingham.

She and her husband, Robby, lived on Mercer Island for 35 years, where they raised three children, Sandy, Bruce, and Doug.

Dorothy and Robby owned Robby’s Foods, an iconic Mercer Island landmark, for 13 years, retiring in 1978.

A celebration of Dorothy’s life will be held on July 11th at 2:00 PM at Spring Creek Assisted Living,

223 E. Bakerview, in Bellingham.1351809

MAY 21COLLISION: A large delivery truck with an attached covered cargo area struck a

hanging light in the parking lot of the Chevron station on Sunset Highway. The fram-ing and cover for the light were both destroyed.

JUNE 1

COLLISION: A driver backed out of a parking space and ran into another vehicle in the parking lot of the North-end QFC. The drivers, both Islanders, did not sustain any injuries.

JUNE 11COLLISION: A man who parked his car in a lot at 3801 East Mercer Way said that the left rear of his vehicle had been damaged. There was no suspect infor-mation and no witnesses.

COLLISION: A vehicle was parked and unoccupied in a private lot at the 3200 block of 78th Avenue S.E. An unknown car scratched the side of the vehicle as it exited a parking stall.

THEFT: A 47-year-old Island woman at the 7600 block of S.E. 27th Street said her bicycle, which was locked in the bike room of a secure parking garage, was miss-ing.

JUNE 12FOUND PROPERTY: A 40-year-old Island woman found an iPhone near the bus stop at the 3200 block of West Mercer Way.

THEFT: A 14-year-old Island boy’s bicycle was stolen at the 7600 block of S.E. 27th Street, for a loss of $250. The bike was in a secured locked room, but the combination lock had been broken.

WARRANT ARREST: A 57-year-old Bellevue woman was arrested at the 2700 block of Bellevue Way S.E. on a local misdemeanor warrant.

JUNE 13BURGLARY: A 36-year-old Island woman reported that pieces of jewelry, includ-ing earrings, a necklace, a diamond wedding ring and a sapphire ring, given to her by her ex-boyfriend were

stolen from her apartment at the 2700 block of 76th Avenue S.E. She believes the theft took place while her balcony was left open due to hot weather.

JUNE 14MENTAL: A patient, a 46-year-old Island woman who lives at the 3200 block of 81st Place S.E., attempted to overdose on prescription medication, and was trans-ported to Overlake by Medic One.

JUNE 15THEFT: A 35-year-old Island man said his bicycle was stolen from a secure garage area in The Mercer apart-ments at the 7600 block of S.E. 27th Street.

FRAUD: A 34-year-old Island man discovered an unau-thorized charge, $850 at an auto stereo shop in Federal Way, on his credit card.

THEFT: A 72-year-old woman at the 2700 block of 63rd Avenue S.E. said that the front license plate had been removed from her car.

JUNE 17COLLISION: MIPD responded to an accident at Jackson’s Shell station. A Fedex driver pulled into the roadway at S.E. 29th Street and 78th Avenue S.E. and struck another vehicle, driven by an Island woman. Both cars were damaged. After contacting a witness, police charged the Fedex driver with failing to yield to traffic while exiting a driveway.

FRAUD: The credit cards of a 59-year-old couple who live at the 2400 block of 60th Avenue S.E. were used to make two fraudulent charges.

COLLISION: An Island woman was riding her bike on the sidewalk on North Mercer

Way and using the marked crosswalk. A car rolled through the stop sign at the intersection at 81st Avenue S.E. and collided with the woman, causing her to fall down. The driver asked her if she was OK, then left the scene. She reported the inci-dent a few hours later. She had no visible injuries.

JUNE 18INFORMATIONAL REPORT: A 65-year-old woman at the 9300 block of S.E. 70th Place said that debris from anoth-er house was cast onto her property, causing possible potential for injury.

FRAUD: The identity of a 61-year-old Island man who lives at the 8800 block of S.E. 74th Place was stolen and his Social Security number was used to file a fraudulent tax return.

THEFT: A 71-year-old woman said her wallet was stolen from her purse at a store at

the 7700 block of S.E. 27th Street.

LIQUOR VIOLATION: MIPD responded to a juvenile drinking party and dis-turbance at the 3000 block of 81st Avenue S.E., finding two fifths of Jack Daniels and smelling burnt marijuana in the apartment. Three females admitted to drinking alcohol and were released to their parents.

JUNE 19PROWLING: A 63-year-old Island man said his car was broken into at the Island Square apartments at the 7800 block of S.E. 28th Street. An iPod, money and keys were stolen.

FRAUD: An Island woman was contacted by someone claiming to be from the U.S. Treasury stating she owed money for 2012 taxes. She sent $10,032 to the sub-ject in a “NetSpend Reload Pack.”

New state law aims to reduce abuse of parking permits for disabled

The Washington State Department of Licensing has an-nounced that changes to the laws governing special park-ing privileges for persons with disabilities will take e�ect July 1. The new laws are aimed at reducing the number of people who abuse these parking permits.

Changes include requiring a written prescription from a licensed health care provider to obtain disabled parking privileges and requiring a new application for every re-newal. The application also includes a new fraud warning on the application to remind applicants and healthcare providers it is a gross misdemeanor if they knowingly provide false information.

The new laws also extend temporary parking placards from up to six months to up to 12 months and increases the penalty of illegally obtaining a disabled parking plac-ard, license plate, tab, or identi�cation card from a tra�c infraction to a misdemeanor.

The changes were recommended by a group formed to develop a plan to eliminate abuse of the program. Par-ticipants included Department of Licensing, Department of Health, disabled citizen advocacy groups and local governments. The work group also gathered input from the public.

These changes were included in Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2463 passed by the Legislature in 2014. More information is available at dol.wa.gov.

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Bill from state lawmakers will preserve thousands of acres

By Reporter Sta� Bipartisan legislation

was introduced June 26 to designate the Mountains to Sound Greenway as a National Heritage Area. Senate legislation was introduced by Senators Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray, and House leg-islation was introduced by Congressmen Dave Reichert and Adam Smith.

“This region is unique in many ways to the rest of the nation, with our spectacular outdoors, world-class recreation, vibrant economy, and deep heritage of placing great value on our healthy relationship with the vast natural landscapes on the doorsteps of our cities,” said Greenway Trust Board President Kurt Fraese. “We great-ly appreciate the efforts of Senator Cantwell and Congressman Reichert, who are strong cham-pions in caring for this unique heritage and push-ing for the creation of the Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area.”

Greenway designation has strong, bipartisan support in Congress and has been endorsed by over 5,000 businesses, govern-ments, nonprofits and individuals. Supporters include Mercer Island Mayor Bruce Bassett, Bellevue Chamber of Commerce, Microsoft, and REI, among many more.

The Mountains to Sound Greenway encom-

passes 1.5 million acres of public and private land from Seattle to Central Washington. The scenic beauty of the Greenway is the backdrop for the daily lives of millions of resi-dents. Alpine peaks, wil-derness lakes, expansive forests connect by road, rail and trail to rural com-munities and downtown high rises.

This legislation will promote local economic growth from tourism and outdoor recreation, so it attracts the support of business leaders and community members alike. Legislation to create the Greenway National Heritage Area was origi-nally introduced last Congress. With the efforts of Senator Cantwell and Congressman Reichert, the legislation passed out of committees in both chambers, but did not receive a final vote from Congress before the end of the year.

Reintroduction also comes on the heels of another recent success: in May, more than 3,000 local hikers, bikers, climbers, and kayakers voiced their support for Greenway National Heritage Area designation, thanks to the Outdoor Alliance.

Learn more at www.GreenwayHeritage.org.

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still has not resolved basic education funding.

“Because the Legislature hasn’t completed its work, we don’t know what could be covered by the local levy, we don’t know the size of the local levy, we don’t know what our Schools Foundation could fund,” Plano said. “We’re very pre-mature and trying to answer all those questions.”

Board member Adair Dingle said while it would be fabulous to have world languages in Mercer Island Schools, her greatest con-cern was where the money would come from.

“I don’t know how we could move forward sub-stantially with the world language program unless we had a better idea of what the finances would be,” she said.

Plano noted he has to change bell times within the district, even if high school start times didn’t change and even if a world language program wasn’t added, because of a sched-ule anomaly on early-release Wednesdays.

“I see the decision on early release day connected to anything I do with ele-mentary bell times,” Plano said. “It all depends on the variable called ‘high school start time,’ and my timeline on this initiative is the end of the calendar year.”

The High School Start-Time Committee, Mercer Island’s joint research com-mittee with the Bellevue School District, recom-mended to the School Board earlier this month that no changes be made to current high school bell times after conducting six months of community outreach.

A survey of more than

1,200 respondents taken by the committee showed more than half of those sur-veyed opposed to moving back start times to 8:30 a.m. for the 2016-17 school year.

A total of 44 percent of respondents answered they were strongly opposed, while eight percent said they were somewhat opposed. Feedback was particu-larly negative from those involved with the band and orchestra programs, as well as among faculty members regarding the impact of stu-dents leaving school early for athletics.

But board members Dingle and Dave Myerson pushed the issue, citing the growing amount of evi-dence supporting the value of later high school start times to students.

In Bellevue, the com-mittee recommended that the district move the high school start time to 8:30

a.m. beginning in the fall of 2016. The Bellevue School District has yet to make an official decision.

“I don’t think we can move [start times] unless Bellevue moves to 8:30,” board mem-ber Ralph Jorgenson com-mented. “Otherwise, I just don’t see it happening in terms of athletics and in terms of the public interest.”

Plano said the district would have a little bit of time to see what happens in the legislative session before he would need a decision, at the latest, by this winter.

The board agreed to revisit world languages and start times at a later date, when board members would have a better idea of what to expect from the Legislature, or possibly after more information was pro-vided regarding high school start times.

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Coveted Westside $2,298,000Views 5045 88th Ave SE. Gourmet kitchen, large movie room, 2 decks & more enhance this 4+BR/3.5BA home designed to capture light & entertain. Enjoy spectacular Lake & Mtn. views from this coveted Westside location.

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New on Market! $100,0007 Harrison St. Unit 26, Seattle. Beautiful turn of the century, classic brick building in the heart of lower Queen Anne. Peaceful, 3rd � oor unit w/ wood � oors in living room & entry as well as new � ooring in the kitchen & bath. Ideal location & priced to sell NOW!

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High Bridge Estate $995,00016405 208th Place SE, Monroe. Perfectly situated 4BR/3BA Country Estate w/sweeping views across the valley to the Cascades. Stunning living areas, gorgeous outdoor settings including Koi pond, 6 car garage & more make this home a Must See!

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Phinney Bay Views $297,0002623 E Phinney Bay Dr, Bremerton. Bring your ideas & imagination! Enjoy 75ft. of wa-terfront w/ Phinney Bay vistas-Olympic Mtn views, the Bremerton Yacht Club-and plenty of space to garden & grow. 16,117 sq.ft. Lot.

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Near Mercerdale $365,000Park 7930 SE 34th St. #309. � is 2BR/1.5BA con-do has plenty of space & has lots of daylight. Mecerdale Park is right across the street. Here’s the opportunity to live close to shopping, res-taurants, I-90 & a beautiful park.

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Heart of Ravenna $530,0007543 25th Ave NE, Seattle. Classic 1924 American Bungalow in the heart of Ravenna. � is 3BR/1.75BA home, across from Waldo Dahl Play� eld, has a remodeled kitchen w/stainless appliances, 2 wood-burning fp, full non-conforming apt downstairs w/ full kitchen & lg family rm. Lovley backyard, garden, front porch & more!


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Salem Woods $1,200,000Home6180 90th Ave SE. Lovely 4BD/2.25BA traditional home on a cul-de-sac in coveted Salem Woods! New kitchen, new roof, hardwood � oors, over 20,000 sq. ft. lot! Near Engstrom Open Space, Pioneer Park and Island Crest Park.

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Welcome to $315,000Spyglass Hill2123 NW Paci� c Yew Place Unit #2123, Issaquah. Welcome to Spyglass Hill. 2BD/2.25BA view townhome w/ tons of natural light, engineered cherry hdwds on main, newer carpets, vaulted ceiling in both upstairs bdrms, as well as a patio backing to greenbelt. Tandem 2-car garage. No rental cap.

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Mountain Retreat $1,150,000 45609 SE Edgewick Rd, North Bend. NW meets Classic Contemporary for a stylish, unique blend of � nishes in this 3BR/3.75BA mountain retreat. Set on 2.19 picturesque acres w/Mtn. views & the whisper of Boxley Creek. 3rd level w/2nd Kitchen & ¾ Bath.


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Coveted Westside $2,298,000Views 5045 88th Ave SE. Gourmet kitchen, large movie room, 2 decks & more enhance this 4+BR/3.5BA home designed to capture light & entertain. Enjoy spectacular Lake & Mtn. views from this coveted Westside location.

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Mercer Island native Matt Boyd made his major league debut on the mound for the Toronto Blue Jays, taking on the Texas Rangers Saturday, June 27 at Rogers Centre in Toronto.

Promoted from Triple-A Buffalo, the 24-year-old left-hander registered a loss in the 4-0 Texas victory.

Though Boyd gave up three home runs in the loss, he struck out his first two batters and became the second Toronto starter ever to strike out the first two hitters he faced in the majors.

Boyd went on to pitch 6 2/3 innings, allowing four earned runs and nine hits while striking out seven.

Boyd’s family was in attendance, flying out for his major league debut. A sixth-round draft pick in 2013, Boyd grew up on Mercer Island. He graduated from Eastside Catholic High School and played collegiately at Oregon State University.

Boyd strikes out 7 in MLB debut

Kurt Boyd/Contributed PhotoMatt Boyd delivers the first pitch of his MLB debut for the Toronto Blue Jays Saturday, June 27 at the Rogers Centre in Toronto.

Charlie Peterson/Special to the ReporterThe Mount Baker Crew girls varsity eight competes in the grand final at the national cham-pionships on June 14. From left: Isabelle Gahard, Margaret Seaton, Anika Christofferson, Gretchen Peterson, Bella Green, Sophie Boyd-Fliegel, Emma Jane Gardiner, Charlotte Lepp and Emma Vagen.

Mount Baker crews compete at U.S. Rowing national championships

By Charlie PetersonSpecial to the Reporter

Over the weekend of June 12-14, seven MIHS stu-dents traveled to Sarasota, Fla. to compete for Mount Baker Crew at the US Rowing Youth National Championships at Nathan Benderson Park.

In the girls’ Varsity Eight event, graduating Islander senior oarswomen Anika Christofferson, Margaret Seaton, and Gretchen Peterson were joined by junior oar Charlotte Lepp and sophomore coxswain

Izzy Gahard in a power-ful showing, winning fifth place nationally.

In the boys’ Lightweight Four with coxswain event, MIHS graduating seniors Jason Campbell and Michael Chanen helped power their boat to 13th place nation-ally, winning the “C” final race.

Both boats began their quest in tough qualifica-tion heats on Friday and Saturday. Only winners of these heats could advance automatically to the semi-finals races, giving those

crews an enormous advan-tage in the hot, muggy con-ditions with heat indices well over 100 degrees.

As neither Baker crew was able to win its initial heat, both had to regroup and race the same day in a second qualifying heat, or repechage, to continue chasing their medal dreams.

After winning their repe-chage Saturday evening, the Baker girls’ Eight rowed the best race of their weekend in the semifinal Sunday

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A Personal Call to ActionIn 1980, an African Amer-

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She remembered him put-ting his face close, his �sts tight, as he knocked her to the ground. Her belly tight-ened with pain, fear, and dread for what he would do next. He yelled, “You little whore! Don’t you know I’m head of the house, and you have to do what I tell you! If you ever try to leave me again, I’ll kill us all!”

Sometime later, she heard the sound of the front door slamming. Temporarily alone, she called a 24-hour Domestic Violence Hotline, and found connections to a network of advocates who provided the tools and re-sources she needed to be-come a survivor. �ree very strong and brave African American senior women of faith were also always there to encourage and support her. �e great combination of helpers was a key ingredi-ent in rediscovering her own voice, and learning that she deserved to be treated right.

I was that woman, and you too can make a di�erence in your own life, as well as others. We all have a respon-sibility to take action to end violence, so that no one has to su�er the pain of abuse ever again.

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Dad and daughters to climb Mount Kilimanjaro

By Katie [email protected]

Walter Boos and his three daughters will travel to Tanzania on July 23 to climb Mount Kilimanjaro.

At 19,341 feet above sea level, it is the high-est mountain in Africa and the highest free-standing mountain in the world.

But Boos said they want-ed to find a way to make their adventure “more than just about us.” They are raising money through a razoo.com crowd fund-ing campaign to support St. Ignatius School, a Jesuit K-12 school in Kigali, Rwanda destroyed during the 1994 genocide.

The school will have a celebration on July 31, which is when the Boos clan—“Wally,” Rosemarie, Bronwyn and Grace, plus family friend Aaron Thornburg—plans to reach the summit. They are hop-ing to raise $50,000 to build

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“It's a high altitude hike, not like Mount Rainier where you’re climbing over snow and ice,” he said.

Boos said he also has three sons, who are older, but his daughters are the ones who agreed to join the adventure.

Boos’ wife will join her husband and daughters after the climb and after visiting the school. She works at Seattle University, where a colleague her about

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morning. Needing to place in the top three to advance as one of six boats to the Grand Final that afternoon, they sprinted at an amaz-ing 44 strokes per minute to squeeze out third place by only a few feet over the 2000-meter course. They also posted the third fast-est time of the day to that point, covering the course in 6 minutes, 47 seconds, only 4 seconds behind undefeated, and even-tual national champion Saugatuck (Connecticut).

The boys’ Four rowed valiantly in their heat and repechage, but came up just short, and had to settle for racing in the C Final on Sunday afternoon.

In the Grand Final, the Baker girls rowed a strong and determined race, but it was apparent from the start that three tough races in the prior 36 hours had taken too great a toll. While covering the course in 6:49, the four crews finishing ahead of them had avoid-ed the repechage heats the day before, and seemingly therefore found another gear, with Saugatuck blis-tering the course to win in 6:34.

In their ultimate race of the year, the boys’ Four showed speed and mettle by winning the C Final in a time of 6:54. That win resulted in a 13th place national finish for the crew.

Several of the Islander seniors look forward to rowing for Division I col-lege crews next year, with Seaton and Christoffersen heading to Stanford University, and Peterson to Brown University.

CREW | FROM 10New coach takes over MI girls hoops programBy Joseph Livarchik

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When Gillian d’Hondt discusses her new gig as coach of Mercer Island’s girls basketball team, she’s not bashful about her lofty expectations for the pro-gram going forward.

“My goal for Mercer Island is to make us a pow-erhouse,” d’Hondt said. “Using all of what I’ve learned as a player and being able to give that back to the girls, that’s my pas-sion.”

With over 20 years of playing experience, d’Hondt will try to pass her knowledge on to an Islander squad looking to make it back to the state tournament next winter. She officially took the helm as varsity head coach June 1, and has already coached the Islanders in a few sum-mer tournaments.

Taking over for the departing Kaela Yuen, d’Hondt previously was an assistant coach with Northwest University and joined the Mercer Island program last year, coach-ing the seventh grade girls select team.

d’Hondt grew up in the Seattle area. Her father, Walter, was a Canadian Olympic gold medalist in

rowing. She played bas-ketball at Bishop Blanchet High School, making the state tournament every year of her high school career. d’Hondt went on to be a four-year starter at the University of the Pacific before playing profession-ally overseas. She won a national championship in Germany and was a mem-ber of the England Women’s National Basketball team in 2006.

The new Islander coach

has already begun institut-ing a few changes, imple-menting pressure defense and a triangle offense, which she learned play-ing under University of the Pacific coach Sherri Murrell.

“It allows girls to play basketball and read the defense and play free,” d’Hondt said of the trian-gle. “I like them to be able to have spacing and to play together.”

A variation of the

offense made notable by former NBA head coach Phil Jackson, d’Hondt acknowledged the triangle isn’t a common scheme to see these days among prep teams.

“That’s what’s exciting, it’s hard to scout,” d’Hondt said. “It’s not like you can say, ‘we’re going to switch on this every time.’ The girls are learning how to read the defense… there’s just so many ways we can adjust to the defense.”

d’Hondt admitted her team will need some time and reps with the new offense to get used to their new coach’s style.

“What I learned from Sherri Murrell was to really coach everyone differently, motivate them all differ-ently, get to know them and figure out what makes them tick because you can’t discipline or coach every-body the same way,” she said. “I think once they all buy into it and they all find this chemistry and trust each other, they’ll be unstoppable.”

The girls basketball pro-gram will host a basketball

clinic for 4th-8th grade girls July 21 and 23 at Mercer

Island High School. For more, visit migb.org.

Contributed PhotoGillian d’Hondt, above, hopes to use her 20 years of bas-ketball experience to help the Islanders get back to the state tournament.

CALENDARCALENDARWEDNESDAY | 1PROBUS CLUB OF MERCER ISLAND MEETING: 1:30 p.m., Presbyterian Church, 3605 84th Ave. S.E. Social hour at 1:30 PM and program at 2:00 PM. Ron Dickinson, who was the MI City attor-ney for 21 years and served 15 years as Administrative Law Judge, will discuss Social Security issues of interest to us all. Bring a friend. For more, contact Jim Marich at 206-232-4019.

THURSDAY | 2FOREST STEWARDSHIP EVENT: 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Pioneer Park. Mercer Island Parks & Recreation Forest Stewardship Opportunities. Meet at the corner of 84th Ave S.E. & S.E. 68th St. Register for today’s event at www.earthcorps.org.

FRIDAY | 3RSVP DEADLINE: Mercer Island Sister City Association’s Welcome Potluck Dinner honoring visitors from Mercer Island’s Sister City, Thonon-les-Bains, France. Visit www.mercerislandsis-tercity.org, click on Thonon Delegation Visit, then click on Welcome Potluck in the sidebar for event details and ticket purchase.

SATURDAY | 4BUSINESS ENGLISH CLASS: 11 a.m., Mercer Island LDS Church, 4001 Island Crest Way. Anyone who needs to use English regularly and for whom English may be a sec-ond language who would like to improve his/her busi-

ness English, contact Daniel Hsu at [email protected].

SUNDAY | 5MERCER ISLAND FARMERS MARKET: 10 a.m., 7700 S.E. 32nd St. Providing local fruits and produce and arti-san Washington-made prod-ucts. For more, visit www.mifarmersmarket.org.TICKET DEADLINE: Mercer Island Sister City Association’s Northwest Gourmet Dinner at Seattle Yacht Club honoring visitors from Mercer Island’s Sister City, Thonon-les-Bains, France. Visit www.merceris-landsistercity.org and click on Thonon Delegation Visit, then click on NW Gourmet Celebration Dinner in the sidebar for event details and ticket purchase.

MONDAY | 6CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING: 7 p.m., City Hall Council Chambers, 9611 S.E. 36th St. Special meetings and study sessions begin at 6 p.m. For questions, con-tact Ali Spietz by phone at 206-275-7793.

WEDNESDAY | 8ARTS COUNCIL REGULAR MEET-ING: 6:30-8:30 p.m., Mercer Island Community & Event Center, 8236 S.E. 24th St. For questions, contact Amber Britton at [email protected] or 206-275-7864.

EVENTS | ONGOINGMI SERVICE ORGANIZATION’S FIREWORKS FUNDRAISER: June 28-July 4, S.E. corner

of the Rite Aid parking lot. MI Masons, MI Kiwanis and MI VFW Post join together again to sell safe and sane fireworks to the Mercer Island community. This has been a long standing tradi-tion on Mercer Island. Please stop by the booth and help support these groups in their continued service to the community. Contact Scott Anderson at [email protected] ISLAND MARTIAL ARTS SUMMER CAMP: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday, June 22-Sept. 4, 2630 77th Ave. S.E., Suite 106-108. Featuring formal martial arts classes as well as art lessons and outdoor activities. Every Friday, we end the week with a big celebration and party. A great way to get an introduction to martial arts or to get a leg up on your current martial arts training. Register at www.merceris-landmartialarts.com or call 206-230-9050.BASEBALL POSITIVE SUMMER GAMES CAMPS: June 22-Aug. 13, King County/South Snohomish County. Baseball Positive is back to run its fast-paced and informative baseball camps for the kids ages 6-12. Drills and hands-on instruction are woven into the game focus of the camps. Cost is $137. For more, contact Mark Linden at [email protected] or visit www.diysports.com/baseballpositive.EXHIBITION OF MIVAL ARTISTS’ WORK: Lighthouse Gallery at Covenant Shores, 9150 Fortuna Dr. View the won-derful art of five MIVAL artists at the Lighthouse Gallery through Aug. 1.

Featured artists are Seiko Konya, Judith Roan, Nancy Abel, Genny Rees and Ron Reeder. Free. For more, con-tact Nancy Axell at [email protected]. CALL FOR BAKERS! MERCER ISLAND FARMERS MARKET BERRY PIE BAKE CONTEST: First annual Berry Pie Bake contest. All are invited to enter their favorite home-made berry pie. Cost is $5, deadline to register is Aug. 1. Contact [email protected] or visit www.mifarmersmarket.org.VOLUNTEER AT MERCER ISLAND FARMERS MARKET: Mercer Island Farmers Market wel-comes all helping hands. Need community service hours? Contact [email protected] INJURY ALLIANCE OF WASHINGTON ART SHOW: June 22-July 24, Mercer Island Community and Event

Center Gallery, 8236 S.E. 24th St. The Brain Injury Alliance of Washington, in conjunction with the Mercer Island Arts Council, is proud to present the 7th Annual BIAWA Brain Injury Art Show. A collaboration of 37 artists, all of whom have suffered a brain injury, will offer up their creative works for viewing at The Mercer Island Community and Events Center. The art will remain available for view-ing during regular viewing hours at The Mercer Island Community and Event Center Gallery. Cost is free. All are welcome. For more, contact Emily Taibl at 206-228-8611 or [email protected].

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FLYING FOOLS & DARING DREAMERS: 7 p.m., July 6, Mercer Island Library, 4400 88th Ave. S.E. Sing, dance and laugh as you hear tales of unlikely heroes from around the world. This duo weaves music, movement and audience participation into every performance. Jump up and join in the sto-ries! Registration not neces-sary, but space is limited.LUNCH BUNCH STORY TIMES IN THE PARK: 12 p.m., July 7, Deane’s Children’s Park, 5500 Island Crest Way. Held at Deane’s Children’s Park, also knowns as the Dragon Park. Family program, all ages welcome with adult. Bring your lunch to the park and enjoy stories.

SUBMISSIONS: The Reporter welcomes calendar items for nonprofit groups and community events. Please email your Island event notices to [email protected]. Items should be submitted by noon on the Thursday the week before publication. Items are included on a space-available basis. CALENDAR ONLINE: Post activities or events online with our calendar feature at www.mi-reporter.com. Events may be directly added to the calendar on our home page. Click on the “Calendar” link under Community.

[email protected]. Items should be submitted by noon on the Thursday the week before publication. Items are included on a space-

EVENTS | UPCOMING‘THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER’ OPENING NIGHT: 7 p.m., Friday, July 10, Rotary Park, 4350 88th Ave. S.E. (at S.E. 44th St.). Youth Theatre Northwest’s production of ‘The House at Pooh Corner’ runs July 10-July 26. Audience members are encouraged to bring a blanket, fold-up chair and a basket of delicious goodies for this unique outdoor production. Cost: $13-15. For information and tickets, please visit YouthTheatre.org.SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK: Luther Burbank Park Amphitheater, 2040 84th

Ave. S.E. Sponsored by The Mercer Island Arts Council, Wooden O presents two Shakespeare plays with multiple performances at the Luther Burbank Park amphitheatre in July and August. ‘As You Like It’ performed July 9 & 10 at 7 p.m. and July 11 at 2 p.m. ‘Henry IV, Part One’ performed July 12 at 7 p.m. Full schedule at www.mer-cergov.org. SUMMER CELEBRATION 2015: July 11-12, Mercerdale Park, 77th Avenue S.E. and S.E. 32nd St. The pirates from the 2007 festival return with souvenirs, games and photo opportunities. Featuring a parade, arts and crafts, food and a chil-dren’s fun zone. Events will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday

at Mercerdale Park and Town Center, and will culminate in a fireworks extravaganza at 7 p.m. at Luther Burbank Park. The festival will continue from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sunday. For more, visit www.mercer-gov.org. CALL FOR ARTISTS JUNIOR ART SHOW: The 41st annual Junior Art Show is July 11 and 12. Submit your art for cash awards and prizes. The show is open to all Mercer Island residents in grades K-12, and includes categories for painting, drawing, photography, sculpture and crafts. Cost is $3. Find more informa-tion on the application at www.mival.org or contact Kendall Taylor at [email protected].

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anguish that they commit suicide. Even with the success of Washington's Referendum 74 in 2012 and then the Supreme Court's Windsor

decision in 2013; even after watch-ing state after state refuse to uphold bans on same sex marriage, it was not a given that the U.S. Supreme Court would once and for all recognize same sex marriage as a constitutional right. Perhaps no one

could have said it better than Justice Anthony Ken-nedy's closing paragraph: “No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the high-est ideals of love, �delity, devotion, sacri�ce, and family. In forming a marital union, two people become something greater than once they were... It would misunderstand these men and women to say they disrespect the idea of marriage. Their plea is that they do respect it, respect it so deeply that they seek

to �nd its ful�llment for themselves. Their hope is not to be condemned to live in loneliness, excluded from one of civilization's oldest institutions. They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right.” Although we have achieved this signi�cant victory, we also recognize that there are still many struggles for the LGBT community in our country, including youth homeless-ness, care of our seniors, equal access and respect for our trans community, and employment nondis-crimination and religious exemptions laws. GSBA will continue to work until equality is achieved for all, which has been our focus since our founding in 1981. But, for now, this is a day to celebrate! Equality is good business. It was in 1981, and it still is in 2015.

Louise Chernin is the President & CEO of the Greater Seattle Business

Association.

SCOTUS rules and love wins

Louise Chernin

If you spend lots of time in your car, you probably listen to your car radio. But in the digital age, your car “radio” can be traditional over-the-air AM/FM sta-tions, or—and this is the big one—using your cell phone to tap into literally tens of thousands of Internet radio stations available, just for the asking.

If you’ve not tried it, Internet radio is fabulous for music, podcasts (we used to call them “radio pro-grams) or more. If haven’t explored them, go to TuneIn.com on your computer to sample some of the radio stations and topics that you could be listening to on your morn-ing commute.

Virtually every new car has a built-in dashboard console for listening to Internet radio that taps into your phone’s data plan. But what if you have an older car that doesn’t have this “Star Trek”-like panel? How can you get in on this aural bonanza?

This is what I did:I have a 1999 Honda that

runs great and looks good. I see no reason to trade it in. It has no Internet radio con-sole or audio plug-in, but I’ve been able to import the Internet in my car without a major overhaul or breaking the bank.

First, I made sure my data plan could handle it. If you’re curi-ous, check out Verizon Wireless’ data user calcula-tor to esti-mate the data you could

consume for music stream-ing, video watching, emails, etc. If you have a 2-giga-byte (GB) monthly plan, and you listen for an hour a day, you’ll use up about 1.75 GB. That would cover a rush hour commute between Seattle and Bellevue.

For an added bonus, T-Mobile’s Music Freedom plan lets you listen to unlim-ited Internet radio for free without consuming your data. Check it out.

Next, how do I get the music from my phone into my car speaker system? I

know of two ways if you don’t have an audio port. Many companies make Bluetooth transmitters that plug into your cigarette lighter, er, power port to link your cell phone to your car radio. You tune to a setting on your car radio recommended by the gadget, “pair” your phone with the car radio, and you’re listening to Internet programming on your car radio. I’ve seen devices like these priced as low as $19 on Amazon.

I went a different direc-tion. I had a TranzIt Blu HF Bluetooth system installed in my car at Best Buy for around $200. It’s pricier, but it’s worth every cent to me for its audio quality and unobtrusiveness inside the car. I turn on my engine, and voilà, the cell phone-to-car radio is DONE. It also includes a small unobtrusive mic near my sun visor that lets me talk hands free on my cell phone.

My advice? Try a low-cost Bluetooth-based car/smart-phone connector for start-ers such as the GOgroove FlexSmart X3. If you like it... well, you know what to do.

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8798 North Mercer Way is a jaw-dropper. There’s a temptation to name waterfront estates, but sometimes grandeur simply speaks for itself. 8798 North Mercer Way is one of those. 8798 needs no name. From the moment you turn down the drive you know you're on the way to s o m e t h i n g s p e c i a l . R e c e n t l y reconstructed by master builder, Gallagher Construction, 8798 sits on 2/3 acre with 100' plus of low bank waterfront on the coveted northern shore of Mercer Island. The home offers seven bedrooms and ten separate bathrooms with expansive northern views throughout the house. The premium finishes, outstanding designs, and attention to detail are dazzling. Calling the kitchen a “chef’s kitchen” would be slanderous — this is a kitchen fit for a king. And a queen. 8798 has two kitchens, five fireplaces, two deluxe wet bars, grand entertaining rooms with vaulted and soaring ceilings, a 2000 plus bottle wine cellar, shop, sauna, art studio or gym, and a four car garage with a huge bonus room above (plumbed for another kitchen or bar or a bunch of extra ice-makers and wine fridges). The 175’ dock allows for deep-water moorage because a house like this needs a big boat. What’s more, there’s a beach. A fire pit. A lush, green lawn. An outdoor grilling station. And yes, there’s a custom pool with attached, built-in, spa-style hot tub. Is 8798 grand? No, it’s not just grand -- it's ridiculously grand. So if you insist on naming this estate, we at Gottesman Chapin would suggest that you call it

“Home.”

The perfect mix of Cape Cod and Sun Valley, this 10,700 square foot mansion is simply spectacular

Sam Chapin 206.948.9153

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Dan Gottesman 206.898.2505

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Knowledge is Key 2690 76th Ave Se Ste 100

Mercer island, WA 98040

Mercer Island Reporter, July 01, 2015

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