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An Islander assist

By Mary L. [email protected]

City officials and Sound Transit planners told Islanders last Wednesday evening that they may have found a solution to the dearth of parking at the Park and Ride and in the North-end of the Island.

A solution may just be a parking structure that would accommo-date 200-plus cars built adjacent to the existing parking lot at the Mercer Island Community and Events Center.

Sound Transit would pay for

the construction of the three-level structure. At its completion, the lot will be available to all com-muters for a period of three years while the Sound Transit closes the south Bellevue park and ride to build new capacity there.

After the expanded South Bellevue facility is completed — the Island lot would be transferred to the control of the city of Mercer Island. At that time, the city can manage the lot as they see fit. Presumably the city would limit its use to Islanders to park in the lot.

More than 100 people came to hear about the proposal.

Parking at the Park and Ride lot and in and around the Town Center in general, has been a sore spot for Islanders for years.

Not long after the existing park

and ride was built along North Mercer Way, the 447-space lot was full. While not built for the exclusive use of Islanders, Island commuters complain there is not a space to be found in the lot after 7:30 a.m. In particular, Islanders who wished to travel into Seattle for an errand or a doc-tors appointment in the middle of the day, are stymied. Data from Metro and Sound transit indicates what Islanders already know. Half of those who park there are from off-Island.

With the advent of extensive cuts to local bus service, the need for additional commuter parking has become acute.

Many have asked why the lot cannot be exclusively or mostly used by Islanders.

The existing lot, paid for in part by federal grant money, cannot be turned over to Mercer Island nor can City set aside spaces or decide who uses the lot and when.

Island Mayor Bruce Bassett

Lot at MICEC may offer parking relief

By Katie [email protected]

Though the ‘boil water’ events of last month caused an incon-venience for Islanders, they also prompted the city to take a closer look at its utility infrastructure, water safety ordinances and emer-gency management procedures.

City crews are keenly aware of the age and condition of the water system. They replace pipes as needed as part of regular mainte-nance work. Yet, Finance Director Chip Corder pointed out that fur-ther needs of the water and sewer systems, both of which are 50 years old in places, are “unfunded proj-ects” at a Capital Improvement Program preview in June.

Money not available for pipes

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Lions’ Christmas trees go on sale Saturday

The annual Lion’s Christmas tree sale will begin Saturday, Nov. 29 at the Farmers Insurance parking lot at the corner of S.E. 29th Street and 77th Avenue S.E. Hours are from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays and between 1 p.m. and 7 p.m., Wednesdays through Fridays.

The annual sale raises money for many Island causes and charities including Mercer Island Youth and Family Services, Meals on Wheels, Boy Scouts, Mercer Island Boys and Girls Club and Senior Services and more.

Firefighters collect food today for YFS

Mercer Island Fire fighters will be at each Island grocery today, Nov. 26 between noon and 5 p.m. to collect foot for the Mercer Island Youth and Family Services Food Pantry.

Thanksgiving Service is tonight

The annual Inter-faith Thanksgiving service is between 7 and 8 p.m., tonight, Nov. 26, at Evergreen Covenant Church 3200 78th Ave. S.E. For more, visit www.evergreenchurch.cc.

Firehouse Munch Christmas tree lighting is Dec. 5

Plan ahead with your family, friends and neighbors for an evening of holiday merriment next week.

The Christmas tree lighting is at 6:30 p.m., Friday ,Dec. 5, at Mercerdale Park. Then across the street at 7 p.m. for Santa photos, treats and music.

Bring an unwrapped toy for Toys for Tots.

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At its Nov. 17 meeting, the City Council decided to increase the General Fund support of the Youth & Family Services (YFS) Fund from $300,000 to $350,000 per year in 2015-2016.

This is funded by prop-erty tax “new construc-tion,” which is greater than originally projected, said Finance Director Chip Corder. The YFS fund, fac-ing a $260,000 deficit in the preliminary budget discus-sions, is now projected to go into the red in 2016 by $160,000.

The Council also agreed to set aside $150,000 per year for transit funding in 2015-2020, which was requested by Mayor Bruce Bassett and Deputy Mayor Dan Grausz.

City Emergency Operations Center finds a home

The city will convert a basement storage room in City Hall to be a dedicat-ed Emergency Operations

Center (EOC). The previous EOC space

was the City Council Chambers, but it takes about an hour to set up and take down, said Police Commander Dave Jokinen.

“In a real emergency, that hour is critical,” Grausz said.

During the ‘boil water’ advisory, the EOC was set up and taken down four times. The 1,090-square foot space will cost $138,000 to renovate. That includes the purchase of some equipment, though there will be ongoing costs for the EOC, Jokinen said. It will not impact the space currently occupied by the Historical Society.

Lakes’ residents cry foul over balls from playfields

Parks superintendent Jason Kintner said that the city has been having prob-lems at the South Mercer ballfields with foul balls. Little League teams use the fields simultaneously, so foul balls often go into other fields or even hit peo-ple sitting in the stands.

To solve this problem, the city will install nets above the bleachers to pro-tect spectators. The cost is

expected to be $100,000, with $72,500 coming from a King County grant.

“This is just the city making sure we meet the demands of the commu-nity,” Kintner said.

The Ballfield User Group, composed of soccer clubs, boys and girls lacrosse clubs, the Boys & Girls Club, the school district and the Parks & Recreation department, brought these concerns to the city. The group will contribute to the project funding, per the grant requirement.

$25,000 cut from open space man-agement budget

At its last meeting, the City Council considered a $50,000 yearly cut from the Open Space and Vegetation Management fund. After expressing opposition to that proposal initially, the Council ultimately decided in a close 4-3 vote to cut $25,000 per year, or $50,000 in the biennium.

Corder proposed other funding cut options, including pushing back several projects: $32,000 for City Hall Repairs proj-ect and $30,000 for North Fire Station repairs. The Council did not approve any of the proposed cuts.

Corder also suggested funding $25,000 of the Mercerdale Park play-ground equipment proj-ect in 2018 with private

contributions instead of real estate excise tax, and recommended pushing a $50,000 City Hall park-ing lot re-paving project from 2019 to 2021, reduc-ing the Luther Burbank Administration Building Repairs project by $70,000 in 2019 and pushing the $104,000 Mercerdale Park amphitheater project from 2019 to 2021.

Council pushes budget decisions to January

On Nov. 17, the Council was slated to finalize chang-es to the 2015-16 budget, but decided to push a few decisions to its January planning session.

Many councilmembers felt that especially with the South-end fire station con-struction delays and the recent water situation, it’s too early to make long-term spending decisions.

The city also has a “use it or lose it” $144,960 banked capacity fund that Corder suggested using to address the YFS deficit, and to fund the long-term care costs for a LEOFF I retiree.

The city’s 2015 property tax levy is increasing 2.16 percent, which includes a one percent increase plus the banked capacity.

“To put (that) levy increase in perspective, the June 2014 CPI-W for the Seattle metro area was 2.2 percent,” Corder said.

The Council did not make any decisions about the banked capacity at its last meeting. City Manager Noel Treat said it’s “a great planning session topic.”

Corder said he want-ed the six-year capital improvement and street funds to be balanced, which is why the Council created a Transportation Benefit District (TBD) - to address a street fund deficit with

$350,000 in annual funding from a $20 car tab fee. The Council approved the fee 6-1 at the first meeting of the TBD on Nov. 17.

The city also has $352,000 in capital reserve monies that are currently serving as a contingency fund for the fire station, and which could be transferred to the capital improvement fund after that construction is done.

City briefs

Feathered fisherPatti Brawer took this photo while kayaking off Groveland Beach on Nov. 20. The eagle is one of two who were searching for fish. Got a photo you’d like to share with the Island in our “Eye on MI” feature? Email your image with a caption about where and when it was taken to [email protected].

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How are you feeling about the Seahawks this season?ISLAND TALK

“We took a blow with Mebane and Zach Miller, but we’re still looking pretty good.”

BRETT O’BRIENGeotech engineer

Seattle

“Compared to last year, a little indifferent. But I can’t count them out.”

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“I’m disappointed. I had high hopes, but they haven’t played well the last couple games.”

DEBRA JACOBSON Mother, on right

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“Losing a few is normal. Hopefully, we’ll get back to the Super Bowl.”

JAMES SPAHNIbuki Magazine

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“They’re great, they’re still trying to win. I like Wilson and Lynch.”

VICTOR VLADOVSKIYTelecom, on right

Mercer Island

Who knew that remodeling a community library would raise the ire of so many Islanders in such a big way? Who would have guessed that library

administrators would be so stubborn and tone deaf in light of the resistance that came so early in the process? Who would have thought that the many improvements KCLS o� ered through the remodel would be shunned in favor of the status quo? But no one could really be surprised that the ‘Concerned Citizens’ would band together, raise the � ag and get results. It is an Island tradition. This kind of con� ict is not new. Think of how much fuss was made over the ‘road diet’ on Island Crest Way? The construction of PEAK; the school bonds, and tolling. But now there is good news. A cease-� re has been called. As usual, many issues complicate the library process. Our

library is part of a bigger sys-tem paid for and owned by the citizens of King County. Yet a community library is about two things: learning and customer service. We all know that no one learns the same way — or uses library

resources in the same way. Ditto for a community. It only makes sense that each library is in-tune with its individual neighborhood or community and is treated accordingly. Thus, a reasonable person would expect that library planners and administrators would listen carefully to the people who use the library. Yes, KCLS said wanted input, but made it clear from the beginning that they were the deciders. Now is the time to set some rules of engagement. Who has the power to advance changes to the design phase and who has the � nal say? We suggest de� ning the roles of each party heading into this next round.

With the holidays approaching, The Mercer Island Reporter sta� along with our parent company, Sound Pub-lishing, Inc., wish to thank you for your support. Whether you are a paid subscriber, an advertiser, on-line reader, a letter writer or a person who plunks those quarters into our boxes in the rain — please know that we appreciate you.

Library cease fire

‘A first step is to set rules of engagement for the next round.’

To the editorReporting on City budget

Reporting on the city budget needs to be clear and truthful.

The city’s biennial budget increases $11 million or 11 percent from its 2013-14 Biennial budget, yet the head-line (Nov. 12) is “Council considers difficult cuts to balance city budget.” There might be cuts to increases, but that’s not a cut. Instead, report increases from last year, in building fees, water rates, sewer rates, and other taxes to the amount of $100,000 in surplus. Probably followed by a 1.5 percent increase in property taxes. Plus the new car tab fee of $20. Where are the dollars from record construction permits and the improving economy?

The facts need to be made clear to the citizens of Mercer Island.

Cynthia Moller

Supporting caregivers - a good investment

As a Washington State Council on Aging member, I send this letter because November is National Family Caregivers Month. Each year, more of us are caring for a loved one with a chronic condition, disability or simply the frailties of old age.

Over 850,000 Washington citizens are unpaid family caregivers, providing 80% of the services that allow family members to remain at home as long as possible. Recent state agency data

reports the uncompensated caregiving is estimated to be valued at $10.6 bil-lion. Caregiving is a very human con-cern and a financial one as well. These unpaid caregivers lose about $300,000 in salary & benefits in their lifetime having minimal financial resources to begin with.

Washington State has a Family Caregiver Support Program (FCSP)

but it currently only serves less than 1 per-cent of the 850,000 family caregivers in our state. Recent research findings report some good news though: the FCSP improves out-comes for caregivers- eighty-four percent

of the participants showed significant improvements and were slower to tran-sition to more costly Medicaid services.

Serving more family caregivers would be a great investment for our state. Our legislators and the governor should support expansion of FCSP. These caregivers need our support.

Dr. Cheryl Townsend WinterWashington State Council on Aging

KCLS vote is step toward positive partnership

Bravo to the three of five KCLS trustees who acted upon the City of Mercer Island’s letter to back off from the library renovation until the new director is hired, and then collaborate to draft a plan that is less controversial!

The spirit of positive partnership was born and can be a springboard for the managers and patrons to work

together. Hurray to KCLS board member Rob

Spitzer, an Islander, who framed the resolution, to its president and another board member for endorsing the plan. And boo-hoo to the two dissenters who wonder “Who is in charge here?”

Great new horizons ahead for our cherished library.

Nancy Hilliard

KCLS decisionThis is exactly what KCLS should

have done — and finally did do.Just why are these sensible things so

hard to accomplish on this otherwise marvelous Island?

Jerry Gropp

Passage of I-594What did we just pass?Now that I-594 has passed, let us

see what the law really says. There has been much commotion about the term “transfer.” The most straightforward way to determine what it means is to read the definition. I 594 says in “sec.2 (25) “Transfer” means the intended delivery of a firearm to another person without consideration of payment or promise of payment including, but not limited to, gifts and loans.” It goes on to say “Sec. 3 (1) All firearm sales or transfers, in whole or part in this state including without limitation a sale or transfer where either the purchaser or seller or transferee or transfferor is in Washington, shall be subject to background checks unless specifically exempted by state or federal law.” It makes some exceptions such as trans-fers between immediate family mem-bers if it is a bona fide gift. It further


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Since the E. coli event in late September and early October, the city has expanded its sampling and water quality monitoring programs, reviewed its pipe flushing techniques and hired a utility expert, Confluence Engineering, to identify the source or potential risks for contamination.

Melinda Friedman of Confluence recommended that the city start replacing pipes at an accelerated rate. The industry standard is to replace one percent of the pipe line every year, and Mercer Island replaces .4 percent.

City Maintenance Director Glenn Boettcher said that the city wasn’t aware of that specific metric. Any acceleration of pipe replacement will cost more money, which right now is being dedicated to reducing contami-nation risks of the existing pipes.

“There are a number of ways to gauge whether a replacement program is funded at the right level,” Boettcher said, and the program is now being re-evaluated.

Councilmembers and others point to the renewed focus on the water sys-tem as the silver lining.

“In some senses, we can relate it to E. coli, but in other senses, we can look at it for better or for worse, we’ve had the opportunity to have outside resources come and review the health of our utility system,” said Councilmember Debbie Bertlin.

The Council was asked to approve utility rate increases at its Nov. 17 meeting, and decided to raise them 8 percent in 2015 and 7 percent in 2016 to bring in an extra $550,000 to fund water projects. The projects for 2015, recommended by the state

Department of Health (DOH), include re-plumbing air-vac vaults and adding nine sampling stations.

Since the E. coli event, the DOH required that the city keep chlorine at higher levels and continue a higher rate of water sampling, which was costing $700 per day.

But the list may need to go longer.The city may also decide to review

its cross-connection control program and add mixing equipment to water storage tanks to stabilize chlorine lev-

els. That would also prevent buildup of biofilm, which can form in unlined cast iron pipes and affect water quality.

Utility Board Chair Ben Levie said that the board didn’t consider replac-ing pipes unless they were deemed too small or too old and at risk for asbes-

tos, “but now we have biofilm to deal with.”

Some councilmembers worried that the $550,000 estimate is a lot of money to fix “low hanging fruit” instead of finding the root cause. But the work will fix some issues and allow the city to reduce chlorine levels.

Yet, the real issue remains the state of the pipes in the ground. Mayor Bruce Bassett said that higher utility rates will be necessary, but asked the Council, “Do we want to begin now to deal with these costs … or hold off until it’s clearer?”

By the end of 2015, the city will have spent $480,000 for maintenance and operations: $100,000 on its response to the event, plus $12,000 for chlo-rine boosting, $73,000 for investigative sampling, $50,000 for auto-flushing and installing permanent stations, $50,000 on its cross-connection con-trol program and $195,000 on profes-sional services.

Added to the $550,000 for the DOH directives, the total cost is more than $1 million. Part of that is being paid with $400,000 in water project savings.

“With the help of some real experts, we are methodically thinking through the things we’ve learned about our water system,” Boettcher said. “We are working as fast as we can to eliminate even the smallest risk of another con-tamination event.”


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Derek Pell of the DOH’s Office of Drinking Water said that the Mercer Island E. coli event was differ-ent from similar water contamination events in Washington state in three keys ways.

One was that no source of E. coli contamination was found.

“The vast major-ity of water systems in Washington State serve fewer than 1,000 connec-tions,” he said. “With the smaller systems, we are able to find ‘poop and a pathway’ for the contami-nation event. Often it is associated with birds, bats, or other critters getting into a storage tank. We found no such source for Mercer Island,” Pell said.

In addition, E. coli was detected in samples where chlorine was pres-ent. DOH officials and the city’s utility consultant said that as cast iron pipe corrodes, it creates kind of a barrier to effective disin-fection. And surprisingly, while E. coli was detected, the city did not have a “water quality violation” according to state and fed-eral rules, Pell said.

Mercer Island collected the required samples and

the results met water qual-ity standards, and when collecting additional sam-ples to better understand the water system, found E. coli at other locations.

“The way the rules are currently written, when-ever E. coli is detected in a routine water sample, a set of three repeat samples are required. Repeat samples are taken at the same loca-tion as the initial sample, up-stream, and down-stream sites,” he said.

“Violation or not, issu-ing a boil water advisory was the right thing to do,” Pell said.

Of the smaller water systems in Washington State, in 2013, there were a total of 24 acute coliform, or E. coli, violations. In 2003, there were 37 viola-tions and in 1994, there were 79, Pell said.

Pell said that the DOH also learned things from the Mercer Island event.

“We’re working on ways to efficiently coordinate public health messages among multiple agencies during emergencies,” he said. “We’re also evaluating the effectiveness of SPU’s (Seattle Public Utilities) regional monitoring plan in regard to aging distribu-tion system infrastructure among its wholesale cus-tomers.”

“We’ve had the opportunity to have outside resources review the health of our utility system.”

Councilmember Debbie Bertlin

PIPES | FROM 1 DOH also learns from E. coli crisis

Confluence ReportThe Confluence Engineering report shows buildup on older four-inch unlined cast iron main (left) and two-inch service pipes; similar to those on Mercer Island.

NOVEMBER 11PROWLING: A 46-year-old Bellevue woman reported that she parked her vehicle at Tatters on 27th Street. She left the passenger window down part way and her handbag on the front passenger sear while she was across the street at Starbucks. Later, she dis-covered that her laptop was missing from the handbag.

FRAUD: A 33-year-old Island woman at the 7500 block of 85th Avenue S.E. filed a report of identity theft. Her purse was stolen in Redmond and recovered later in Kirkland with iden-tification documents, but since then there have been numerous check cashing and withdrawal attempts on her bank account.

INFORMATIONAL REPORT: An unoccupied stolen vehicle out of Fife was found in the middle school parking lot at the 7200 block of 84th Avenue S.E. The ignition was popped, and the vehicle plates were intact. Police were unable to contact the registered owner, but left a message and had the car impounded.

NOVEMBER 12MALICIOUS MISCHIEF: A 30-year-old Redmond man reported that the electri-cal wires controlling the lights on the soccer fields at the 8200 block of S.E. 78th Street were cut in two underground boxes, for esti-mated damages of $3,000.

DUI: A 39-year-old Edmonds man was stopped for speed-ing and swerving on I-90, and was arrested on suspi-cion of driving under the influence after failing field sobriety tests. He refused to take a blood alcohol content test.

NOVEMBER 13ATTEMPTED BURGLARY: An 88-year-old Island man at the 5200 block of West Mercer Way heard a noise in the night, and thought it was his daughter. He found out in the morning that his door had been pried open and the latch was busted. Nothing was taken or dis-turbed inside the home.

FRAUD: A 57-year-old female at the 7200 block of North Mercer Way reported that there had been two fraudu-lent requests to have credit cards reissued and sent to addresses other than hers. None of the cards were used, and the fraud depart-ments of both banks are aware of the incident.

NOVEMBER 14THEFT: A 27-year-old male at the 7800 block of S.E. 28th Street reported that his spe-cialized brand bicycle was taken from the southwest corner of a secure parking garage. The bike was locked, but the cable was cut. The value of the bike is $2,000.

NOVEMBER 16THEFT: A 31-year-old Island man at the 3200 block of East Lexington Way said that his REI Novara Ponderosa bike was stolen. He initially tried to report it on Sept. 9 at his insurance company's request but didn't have the appropriate information. He called back later and was issued a case number for his theft report.

BURGLARY: A 53-year-old female at the 2000 block of 82nd Avenue S.E. reported that an unknown suspect entered her unsecured storage shed and removed two bicycles, dropping one on the ground outside and leaving with the other.

PROWLING: A 44-year-old Island man reported that at the 2400 block of 84th Avenue S.E., someone entered his unlocked vehicle and stole a multi tool and cash, for a loss of $30.

PROWLING: A 70-year-old male at the 2400 block of 84th Avenue S.E. said that someone entered his unlocked vehicle and took some items of clothing, a duffel bag and a candy bar, for a loss of $475.

NOVEMBER 17PROWLING: A 50-year-old Island man at the 2200 block of 82nd Avenue S.E. said that he parked his car in the driveway and didn't lock it, and the next day found that $6 had been stolen. He said the vehicle registration

may also be missing, or he may have misplaced it.

FRAUD: A 56-year-old female at the 2700 block of 60th Avenue S.E. called to report identity theft involving her 2013 joint tax return.

PROWLING: A 59-year-old Renton man at the 2200 block of 82nd Avenue S.E. reported that his unlocked vehicle was prowled and several items, including cash, clothing, a Sonicare toothbrush,a makeup bag, a MIHS cheerleading duffel and Chanel sunglasses, were stolen, for a loss of $2,700.

CIVIL DISPUTE: A 48-year-old Snoqualmie man reported that at the 2700 block of 77th Avenue S.E., an employee who was termi-nated returned to remove some electronic files and emails.

FORGERY: A 72-year-old Island woman at the 8700 block of S.E. 44th Street said that an unknown per-son intercepted two Sears charge account transfer checks and issued them in the amount of $300 each, transferring those charges to her Sears credit account. She said she hadn't used the account in years and was only notified when a bill came in the mail.

NOVEMBER 18THEFT: A 32-year-old Island woman at the 3400 block of 79th Avenue S.E. reported that she left her coat and phone in a cab. The cab company stated that they didn't have her property, and the phone was tracked to a residential area in Seattle.

BURGLARY: A 66-year-old

male at the 2700 block of 72nd Avenue S.E. said reported an unoccupied residential burglary. A firearm and some jewelry were taken, for an unknown amount of loss.

THEFT: A 62-year-old Island woman at the 8200 block of S.E. 67th Street said that she had contractors in her home since April. She later found that a ring and watch were missing, and realized that the items had been stolen, for an estimated loss of $3,600. She also reported it to her insurance company.

THEFT: A 61-year-old male at the 4600 block of East Mercer Way reported that several items were taken from his home, for a loss of $1,500. There were no signs of forced entry.

NOVEMBER 19PROWLING: A 68-year-old female reported that her vehicle was prowled at the 3800 block of East Mercer Way. An unknown person broke the window on her left rear passenger door and took her purse, which con-tained credit cards, a check-book, currency, hearing aids and an iPhone. Police found possible video evidence with a parking lot camera pointing in the direction of the victim's vehicle.

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CITY OF MERCER ISLANDNOTICE OF

BUDGET HEARINGS Notice is hereby given that pursuant to RCW 35A.34.100 as of October 10, 2014 the City Clerk of the City of Mercer Island has the 2015-2016 Pre- liminary Budget on file. A copy of the 2015-2016 Preliminary Budget may be reviewed in the City Clerk’s office, located at Mercer Island City Hall, 9611 SE 36th Street or online at www.mercergov.org/budget. Notice is also given that the Mercer Island City Council will hold public hearings for the 2015-2016 budget on the follow- ing dates:• October 6, 2014, Monday,

7:00 pm, Regular Meeting• October 20, 2014, Monday,

6:00 pm, Regular Meeting• November 3, 2014, Monday,

6:00 pm, Regular Meeting• November 17, 2014, Monday, 6:00 pm, Regular Meeting• December 1, 2014, Monday,

7:00 pm, Regular Meeting The meetings will convene in the Council Chambers of Mercer Island City Hall at 9611 SE 36th Street, Mercer Island, WA. Adoption of the budget is antici- pated at the Regular Meeting on December 1, 2014. The budget hearings will be open for public comment; any taxpayer may appear at these times and be heard for or against any part of the budget. Allison Spietz City Clerk Americans with disabilities accommodations are available by calling 206-275-7795. Published in the Mercer Island Reporter on October 1, October 8, October 15, October 22, October 29, November 12, and November 26, 2014. #1143450.

CITY OF MERCER ISLANDORDINANCE NO. 14-14

AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AN

INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUE FOR 2015

On November 17, 2014, the Mercer Island City Council adopted Ordinance No. 14-14, levying upon all taxable property within the City of Mercer Island, Washington, a total property tax levy of $12,429,914. Excluding the amounts for new construction and refunds, this is $257,758, or 2.16 percent, more than the 2014 total property tax levy. Complete copies of the entire text of the adopted Ordinance may be obtained at City Hall or by calling (206) 275-7795. This ordinance will be published Wednesday, November 26, 2014 and will be effective January 1, 2015.

Allison Spietz, City ClerkCity of Mercer Island

Published in the Mercer Island Reporter on November 26, 2014. #1185304.

The King County Superior Court has appointed me as Personal Representative of Clarence D Robinson’s estate, 13-4-12533-9 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030. Any person having a claim against the Decedent must present the claim: (a) Before the time when the claim would be barred by any applicable statute of limitations, and (b) In the manner provided in RCW 11.40.070: (i) By filing the original of the claim with the forego- ing Court, and (ii) By serving on or mailing to me at the address below a copy of the claim. The claim must be presented by the later of: (a) Thirty (30) days after I served or mailed this Notice as provided in RCW 11.40.020 (1)(c), or (b) Four (4) months after the date of first publication of this Notice. If the claim is not presented within this time period, the claim will be forever barred except as provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective for claims against both the Decedent’s probate and non-probate assets. Personal Representativ: Charlotte Robin- son, 16700-174th Ave SE Ren- ton, WA 98058 Published in the Mercer Island Reporter on November 12, 19 & 26, 2014 #1180702.

CITY OF MERCER ISLANDORDINANCE NO. 14-13

AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING FUNDS

AND FIXING THE AMOUNT OF TAXES TO BE LEVIED

FOR THE YEAR 2015 On November 17, 2014, the Mercer Island City Council adopted Ordinance No. 14-13, appropriating and fixing the general property taxes in the amount of $12,429,914, detailed as follows: REGULAR LEVY:Prior Year Levy $10,371,1011.0% Optional Increase `103,711New Construction 195,183Refund Levy 35,147Use Banked Capacity 144,960 LEVY LID LIFTS:2008 Parks Maintenance & Operations 917,8122012 Fire Station & Fire Rescue Truck 662,000 TOTAL TAXES REQUESTED FOR 2015 $12,429,914 Complete copies of the entire text of the adopted Ordinance may be obtained at City Hall or by calling (206) 275-7795. This ordinance will be published Wednesday, November 26, 2014 and will be effective January 1, 2015.

Allison Spietz, City ClerkCity of Mercer Island

Published in the Mercer Island Reporte ron November 26, 2014. #1185331.

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Schools Foundation gives thanks for Phone-A-Thon support

On Monday, Nov. 17, the Mercer Island Schools Foundation (MISF) announced it is more than two-thirds of the way toward the fall fundraising goal of $445,300. Money raised goes toward support-ing classroom curriculum and materials, enrichment opportunities, programs for all students that are con-sidered essential to enable personalized learning, and supporting talented and

dedicated staff.“Thank you to the Mercer

Island community for making an investment for Mercer Island students and our public schools,” said MISF Executive Director Penny Yantis. “Nearly 200 volunteers made phone calls to parents and put donation forms in the mail. Now we ask that parents send those donation forms back as soon as they can or make a contribution online on the Mercer Island Schools Foundation web-site by Dec. 31.”

“Public schools are a vital part of our great commu-nity. The Mercer Island Schools Foundation is made up of all of us: con-

cerned parents and com-munity members who want to ensure the best for the next generation,” said Mercer Island Mayor and parent Bruce Bassett. “Like so many Mercer Islanders, I don’t hesitate when it’s time to contribute to the Mercer Island Schools Foundation. I know my gift will benefit all kids and strengthen our community.”

“The MISF has built a collaborative partnership with the Mercer Island School District and with the community to help imple-ment a shared vision of educational excellence for all Mercer Island students,” said Superintendent Dr. Gary Plano.

Lux Foot Spa open for business

A new foot massage clin-ic, opened over the summer in the South-end shopping center, is aiming to help Islanders with stiff muscles, back pain, emotional stress and other conditions.

Lux Foot Spa Owner Jun Kuang, who owns another clinic in Mukilteo called Sunshine Foot Relax, said that her business special-izes in acupressure, a tra-ditional Chinese technique that is less invasive than acupuncture or “guasha cupping,” but more natural than surgery or medica-tion.

“We provide quality massages and would like to bring a green, healthy life to Islanders,” Kuang said.

Hear winemaking tips at Chamber lunch Dec. 4

Three Island winemakers will tell their stories at noon on Tuesday, Dec. 4 at the Mercer Island Community and Event Center.

John Ramseyer of Ramseyer Vineyards, Scott

Greenberg of Convergence Zone Winery and Peggy Sullivan of OS Winery share their experiences as owners and wine makers, and explain how the wine business works.

All wine lovers, and wine makers are welcome.

The luncheon cost is $15 for members and $20 for non-members and mem-bers without reservations. Please call the Chamber office at 232-3404 or email your reservation to [email protected] by 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 2.

Recovery loans for small business available

The city and the Chamber of Commerce are partnering to provide sup-port to businesses interest-ed in applying for the SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan program. Low inter-est loans are available to cover operating expenses for affected businesses.

With an interest rate of just 4 percent, the loans can help overcome the tempo-rary loss of revenue, and may be used to pay fixed

debts, payroll, accounts payable and other bills that cannot be paid because of the incident’s impact.

For more information, go to https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela or call city Administrative Services Manager Alison Van Gorp at 275-7733.

PSE ‘Outage App’ tracks power outages

Puget Sound Energy is offering its electric custom-ers a quick, new way to keep tabs on power out-ages.

They have developed a mobile outage reporting app that’s now available for most web-enabled smart-phones and tablets. It can be used 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Even if the electricity is out at a customer’s home or business, they can still access the app to get the information they need. PSE customers can down-load the new app to their Apple iOS, Android and Windows smartphones and tablets from the various app stores.

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possesses the firearm.” Although the legalese is difficult to sort through it is clear that temporar-ily transferring (formerly known as lending) your shot gun to a friend to shoot skeet the next day is illegal if that transfer takes place in your home. The same goes for hunting.

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Billen said his agency is well aware of the prob-lems with parking on the Island. He noted that when the Sound Transit East Link project (the light rail extension to Redmond) was proposed, no plans were included to provide addi-tional parking.

Islanders had many ques-tions about the proposal

Many were concerned that “if we build it, they will come,” phenomena might entice more off-Islanders to seek parking here. Next, several asked if 200 more spaces would be enough for the first three years and beyond.

Bassett answered that the 200 was a bit of a guess. But the agencies’ real goal at this point was to get input from the community.

“We want to know if this plan worth having a conver-sation about,” he asked.

Sound Transit officials concede that with the South

Bellevue lot closed for three years, there will simply not be enough parking for any-one.

“We have leased parking spaces from churches in Bellevue and other places,” he said.” But it will not be enough.”

Community members wanted to know, why here? Some asked if there was any way Sound Transit could build more parking capac-ity elsewhere or encourage commuters to park near their home rather than coming to the Island to board buses or the coming trains.

But Sound Transit plan-ner Tia Raamot and Billen said that Islanders have repeatedly told them they want more parking.

“We are respond-ing to what we hear from Islanders,” Raamot said.

Others worried about the impact on the streets and neighborhood around the Community Center. One man said, “We are turn-ing the north end of the Island into a bus terminal.” He wondered how the city or Sound Transit would enforce who uses the lots.

Bassett said that beyond adding parking, the city is hoping to ‘re-constitute’ bus

service here and is explor-ing several options to ease congestion and traffic. Yet, both he and Billen empha-sized that time is short.

Several pieces of the regional transportation are coming together soon, they noted. The timing is criti-cal. In order to have the lot ready for the Bellevue clo-sure and ahead of building

rail lines in the I-90 center lanes, the new lot must be complete by 2017.

In the meantime, “Islanders are still ‘dying on the vine’ looking for park-ing,” Bassett said. “We need to move forward.”

To comment or find out more, visit www.

soundtransit .org

Other issues• The lot would adversely

affect neighbors along 82nd Avenue S.E. who overlook the space. City and tran-sit representatives met with neighbors on Nov. 18.

• An EIS and other stud-ies will be needed.

• Sound Transit will soon release a traffic study for the neighborhoods surround-ing the Community Center and the Park and Ride.

• The final placement and expected impact of a turnaround for future buses at North Mercer Way and 80th Avenue S.E. are still being discussed.

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Sound Transit Sound Transit has proposed three very similar options for constructing a lot of around 200 parking spaces by leveling the ‘hill’ adjacent to the existing parking lot at the Mercer Island Community and Events Center. The hill is essentially a pile of dirt excavated when the community center was built in 2004 -2005. It was not removed then in order to save money.


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Last week was a busy week for Stanford sophomore and former Mercer Island soccer standout Jordan Morris. Days after watching his Cardinal soccer team clinch a Pac-12 title in a 3-2 double-overtime victory over Cal, Morris made his international competition debut with the U.S. Men’s National Team, substituting in the 77th minute of the U.S.’s 4-1 to Ireland. Morris then hopped a plane to begin preparing for NCAA tournament competition.

Recently, Morris spoke with the Reporter about seeing international com-petition while also pursuing a national championship with the Stanford Cardinal.

Mercer Island Reporter: You’re a very busy man right now. Can you weigh in on what life has been like for you recently, between the college soccer postsea-son and your time with the USMNT?

Jordan Morris: It’s defi-nitely a little busy and hec-tic. Sometimes it can be stressful, but that’s the life of a student-athlete. Everyone here is busy in their own

ways, but it’s a super, super exciting time. The team did well and won Pac-12 which was exciting, and then the excitement in Ireland. It’s been a little overwhelming but exciting.

MIR: In your interna-tional debut, what was that experience like coming into the 77th minute of the U.S.’s Nov. 18 game against Ireland?

JM: It was truly an unbe-lievable experience. I was waiting on the sidelines a bit and waiting for the ball to go out of bounds, and it was that moment, standing there and the fourth official holds the sub sign, I’ve been

waiting for that moment since I was little kid. It kind of gives me chills to think about, it was something I dreamed about playing with my brother in the backyard. It’s such an honor. To step on the field and represent my country is such an amazing experience.

MIR: What was your mindset toward your per-formance on the field? How did you feel in the flow of the game?

JM: I felt good. My first touch, I just wanted to get that first touch and wanted to play a simple ball. I didn’t want to lose that and got a simple pass off. The coaches

said, ‘just go out and show what you can do.’ After the first couple of touches, I tried to be really dangerous because that’s what I believe I can do.

MIR: Your USMNT call-up was viewed by many as a surprise. What was your reaction when you were first called up in September?

JM: It definitely was a surprise to me, but a very exciting one. I actually met with [U.S. coach] Jurgen [Klinsmann] before the call-up came out, but when he told me at the meeting, it was a big surprise.

Islander finds balance between college and international soccer competition

Jim Shorin/stanfordphoto.comJordan Morris plays soccer for Stanford University. While is team is in the hunt for the collegiate national title, he was recently tapped to play with the U.S. National Soccer team.

MORRIS | PAGE 15

MIHS grad Jordan Morris debuts with national team


It might be easy to think of Yale goalkeeper Elise Wilcox as a late bloomer. She knows firsthand it’s taken awhile for some of her coaches to get around to her.

“ O n E a s t s i d e FC, it took me a cou-ple years to win over my coach, but by the end of the year he was my biggest supporter,” she said. “It just took me a couple years to prove what I can do.”

Wilcox managed to do just that her senior year at Yale, wrapping a record-

breaking season in the net for the Bulldogs on the soc-cer pitch this past season. She appeared in 14 games, starting 12, allowing only six goals while posting 64 saves for a .914 save percent-age. Her 0.50 goals against average, which translates to opponents scoring against Wilcox once every other game, was the lowest in school history. She was named the Ivy League’s Defensive Player of the Year and earned her first career All-Ivy first-team selection.

Not bad for a goalie who wasn’t named starter her first three seasons.

Wilcox said increased preparation heading into this season led to a change

Islander soccer standout Elise Wilcox breaks records at Yale

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Several Mercer Island athletes signed letters of intent to play college sports at their respective schools next year.

From Mercer Island High School, Brooke Behrbaum committed to play volleyball at the University of Pennsylvania. Anika Christofferson and Margaret Seaton commit-ted to women’s crew at

Stanford. Leah Fisk com-mitted to swim at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Morgan Peyou com-mitted to play softball at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and Sofia Raisys committed to wom-en’s crew at the University of Washington.

Mercer Island resident Carly Ledbetter, who attends Holy Names Academy, committed to row for West Virginia University.

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My heart dropped. It was something I don’t think I’ll ever forget, but I was ready to take on that challenge. I thought that trip went well and then I got called up again.

MIR: You’ve spent some time coming up through the Sounders Academy. How did that prepare you for the transition to the USMNT?

JM: When you go into the USMNT environment, obviously there are very good professionals. Coming up through the Sounders kind of helped me learn how to become the best, in a professional sense, that I can be and try to learn those skills that all the guys on

the national team have that made them such good play-ers. Coming up in an envi-ronment like that through the Sounders really helped me.

MIR: You’ll be with Stanford in the postseason. How were you mentally balancing going from the national team to college competition?

JM: When I was down there, I was watching the Pac-12 final. I tried to make that my main focus this year, helping my col-lege team. People wonder what I’m doing afterward, and I’m just focusing on this season. I was honored to be in Ireland and took advan-tage of the opportunity, but we want to win a national championship and we’ve

made strides to be there. It’s time to keep moving and working hard. I’m excited for the postseason games to happen.

MIR: How have your Cardinal teammates received you as a member of the USMNT?

JM: I can’t say enough about how unbelievable they’ve been, they’ve been so supportive. I’m lucky to have these group of guys around me, we call our-selves brothers. After the game when I got my first U.S. cap, one of the first things I got was a video of the team watching me enter the game, and they cheered me on as I stepped on the field. It was very cool and made me tear up a bit. It’s a testament of how support-

ive these guys are and how close we are as a team.

MIR: You’ve helped the Cardinal to a Pac-12 title. What will Stanford have to do to be successful in the NCAA tournament?

JM: We know that now it’s a loser-out game, so there’s no way we can take any team lightly. We know this could be our last game and to take advantage of every minute. Coming in with the right mentality is key, as

well as sticking to to watch we do best. We’re an orga-nized team defensively and it’s tough to play against us, it’s definitely a team. I think that’s what made us success-ful throughout the year. If we continue to do that in the postseason, we’ll be suc-cessful.

MIR: There are a few impending career decisions before you, between staying in college, going pro and playing overseas, all leaving fans with much to speculate

about. What frame of mind are you trying to keep as your approach these deci-sions and the speculation?

JM: They’re all amazing decisions to have and I’m thankful, but I made a com-mitment to my team. I real-ly want to focus on this sea-son, be the best teammate I can be and push out all the distractions until after the season. I’ll make my deci-sion after the season when that time comes.

MORRIS | FROM 14

in confidence, and ulti-mately was the difference-maker in her performance for her final campaign with the Bulldogs.“I think finally this past summer, I was able to train and get my mental game in the place I wanted it to be,” she said. “Mentally, I strug-gled being confident. This year when I was in goal, I wasn’t thinking about any-thing; I was focusing on watching the ball and tell-ing the defense where to go. But in the years before, I’d worry and have negative thoughts. This year, I was able to tune it out and not worry about what’s going to happen, and that really helped.”

Growing up on Mercer Island, Wilcox played club soccer with Eastside FC since she was five years old, but didn’t play goal-

ie until she was 12. She attended Islander Middle School until transferring to a private school when she was in 7th grade. During her high school years at The Bush School in Seattle, Wilcox was the starting varsity goalkeeper for four years, winning a state champi-onship in 2010.

As a fresh-man at Yale in 2011, Wilcox said she was ready to go for the Bulldogs until a bout with mononu-cleosis threw her off her game.

She still managed to start the final six games, earning Rookie of the Week hon-ors. But studying abroad in France after her freshman season factored into her chances at a starting spot with the Bulldogs.

This year, Yale was 4-2-4

with Wilcox in the net, fin-ishing 8-4-4 overall and just missing the postseason with a third-place finish in the Ivy League.

Wilcox said her favorite memory came in a hard-fought win against Hofstra earlier this year. Wilcox

posted 12 saves in an intense 2-1 Yale v i c t o r y , w h i c h included saving a c r u c i a l p e n a l t y kick in the 88th minute.

“ T h e team came off the bench and hugged me, it was such an amazing moment after a really intense game, and I came through from them,” she recalled.

With the season over, Wilcox is now focused on finishing applications for

PhD programs to study biomedical engineering, which she also studied as an undergrad.

She believes the lessons she learned playing soccer will continue to help her as she moves on from the soccer pitch at Yale.

“I think soccer has defi-nitely helped form who I am,” she said. “It taught me to be a good teammate and to be dedicated to one thing. Like the Michael Jordan quote: ‘I’ve failed so many different times.’”

“I learned to get back up and try again even after let-ting in stupid goals.“

Having my teammates support me, did so much to shape me into who I am. Those attributes will carry me on as I go through grad school and everything else.”

WILCOX | FROM 14

“Having my teammates support me did so much to shape me into who I am.”

Elise Wilcox Yale student athlete

At right, soccer goalie, Elise Wilcox, allowed just six goals in 14 matches at Yale.

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By Mary L. Grady editor at mi-reporter.com

Islander Carolyn Shores says she is happiest outside in the woods. It is a good thing.

Shores is Ph.D. stu-dent and National Science Foundation Research Fellow in the Predator Ecology Lab at the University of Washington. Shores is studying wolves in the field and their impact on the environment around them.

Research shows that the presence of wolves in the wild are important to both people and animals.

But the re-emergence of wolves in the Okanogan Highlands in northeastern Washington state, is not without controversy.

Wolves were once nearly hunted to extinction in the United States in the 1920s. They disappeared com-pletely from Yellowstone National Park. Then some 80 years later, they were reintroduced in the park. Researchers found that without the wolves to keep the populations of other

animals in check, the bal-ance of the forest ecosys-tems changed — and not for the better.

Without wolves, researchers observed that trees and grasses were over-grazed by deer and other wildlife. The loss of trees and grass, changed habi-tats. The fragile balance of the ecosystems where the top predators once roamed, were altered — even affect-ing rivers, fish and animals such as beavers.

Indirectly, wolves feed other carnivores and rap-tors. The leftovers of a wolf kill are consumed by other predators or scavengers.

Yet, despite their essen-tial role in the wild, wolves are generally feared and hated. Wolves sometimes kill livestock and are seen to reduce deer populations that attract hunters.

Shores works in the area around Republic, Wash,. in Okanogan County where she might spend hours each day outdoors, tracking and observing animals. But it is not just about wildlife.

“People are part of the ecosystem too,” she said.

Shores points out that license fees and tourism dol-lars that come from hunting are important to supporting land and wildlife manage-

ment and provide jobs and income to local communi-ties.

People love or hate the wolves, she admitted. “But we (researchers) have to detach from that emotion. We must use science to manage them.”

The concerns of the ranchers and hunters are part of the picture, she added.

Since 2008, fourteen wolf packs have established themselves in the state. Their presence offers a rare opportunity to study eco-system responses when a top predator returns,

Shores said that her work is focusing on the impacts

of wolves to the hub of the food web in the Okanogan ecosystem—white-tailed deer and mule deer.

These two species are crucial prey for other North American carnivores such as cougars, coyotes and black bears. The deer are “ecologically influential grazers” in the American west given their great num-bers.

Shores works out of Republic with a team of researchers to study the wolves. The team uses high tech tools to conduct their research.

To examine how deer respond with or without wolves, the team collects behavioral data using ani-mal-borne cameras, global positioning collars and scat samples.

Animal-borne cameras enable researchers to see if deer change where they eat or how often they look up to check for wolves or coyotes. The GPS collars provide directional data to track the movements of instrument-ed deer over the course of a year to see how the presence of the predators alters their movements.

Shores explains that scat (aka poop) samples pro-vide another way of docu-menting deer diets. These samples can reveal if deer change what they eat when confronted with wolf dan-ger, possibly because they stop eating certain foods that are located in areas that are risky.

The research team maps and follows the movements and even physiological changes in does that will sig-nal a birth. If that happens, the team moves quickly to briefly capture the newborn

fawn and fit it with an elec-tronic collar. Subsequently, the collar will send a signal if a fawn dies, alerting the team. They head out to find the fawn and determine if it was killed by a wolf or per-haps a coyote.

On an ordinary day, Shores may travel up to 90 minutes one way to check on a signal, retrieve data, or check camera gear.

She will be wearing layers of clothing, boots or even snowshoes. Beyond note-books, electronics and exam gloves in her 25 lb. pack, there is trail mix and bear spray. She also has a ‘spot device’ with her at all times. The device keeps track of her location by satellite.

In the evenings, the team works long hours to down-load and analyze the data.

Shores’ research is fund-ed by a National Science Foundation grant. Her grant was one of approxi-mately 40,000 proposals submitted each year to NSF for research, education and training projects. Shores’ grant pays for three years of tuition for graduate work, housing and a stipend.

Shores who attended

Lakeridge Elementary School and grew up near Pioneer Park, where she spent a good deal of time on the trails there.

“I was always out hik-ing or in the woods as a kid,” she said. “We’d go to Cougar Mountain or Tiger Mountain.”

Shores graduated in 2004 from high school at Holy Names Academy in Seattle. She earned a Bachelor of Science Biology: Environmental and Conservation, with Distinction from UW in June 2010.

Shores said she has always loved ‘big charismatic car-nivores.’

“And I love dogs,” she continued, “I have always had an affinity with big dogs.”

Kaeli Smith, a 2005 grad-uate of Mercer Island High School, is another Island-based recipient of an NSF grant. She is studying crows. She has the office next door to Shores at the UW.

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Photos from Carolyn Shores and the University of Washington At left, Carolyn Shores holds a drowsy fawn after fitting it with a radio collar. Above, three grey wolves let their presence be known. Below a deer family carefully ventures out on a rural road in Okanogan County.

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Toys can help kids meet developmental milestones

This holiday season, keep in mind the notion that what your children play with can have a large impact on their interests and brain develop-ment. So when it comes to a walk down the toy aisle, parents are becoming more discerning, leading smart toymakers to design toys with a learning component that’s equally as important as the fun.

VTech, a world leader in age-appropriate and devel-opmental stage-based elec-tronic learning products for children, works with a team of child development experts to assess toys and provide feedback before reaching store shelves.

The members of VTech’s Expert Panel are offering some helpful holiday shop-ping hints to parents look-

ing to foster their child’ss love of learning:

Add it up: “Mathematical foundations provide the building blocks for future mathematical success, both in school and beyond,” says Dr. Francis (Skip) Fennell, mathematics educator.

“Toys that emphasize numbers, counting and beginning concepts with whole number operations will develop, support and encourage these crucial concepts and skills.”

The Count & Chomp Dino, for example, intro-duces children to numbers, colors, shapes and foods. Here are some other tips to consider:

A g e - a p p r o p r i a t e : “Children’s brains are developing at a remarkable speed,” says Dr. Lise Eliot, an early childhood devel-opment expert. “Their toys should keep up with that growth.”

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with educational toys that are age-appropriate, so they are never bored or frustrat-ed. Consider child-sized, kid-friendly tablets, such as the InnoTab MAX, that are packed with educational, stage-based learning con-tent.

Full ‘STEAM’ ahead: Science, technology, engi-neering and mathemat-ics (collectively known as STEM) have gained more visibility in schools, along with the addition of arts to form STEAM.

However, says Dr. Carla C. Johnson, science and STEM expert, “It is still crucial to cultivate skills in these subjects and imple-ment them in everyday learning.”

Build vocabulary: “Children absorb new information like sponges. Take advantage of their blossoming interests with interactive toys that high-light letters of the alpha-bet, the sounds letters make and vocabulary,” says Dr. Deborah Sharp Libby, an

early childhood language and reading expert. “Above all, don’t forget the impor-tance of reading to and with your children often!”

Choose wisely: “Don’t get carried away with the bells and whistles. You and your kids will quickly look past those. Instead, look for toys that actively engage your kids through technology, by deeply integrating games and learning,” says Dr. Eric Klopfer, platform learning expert.

Remember, each child grows at his or her own pace, and there are few hard and fast deadlines when it comes to a child’s mile-stones. For a detailed guide-line, sorted by age group and area of development, along with other free par-enting resources, visit www.vtechkids.com/milestones.

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This Thanksgiving I’m thanking God for the beauty of an

average kind of day. I’ve come to see that normal isn’t boring. It’s an under-rated blessing in our lives.

The recent contamina-tion of our community’s water supply with E. coli requiring us to boil our water for a week helped me to see normal through new eyes. So did that major wind storm a few weeks later that left our neighbor-hood with-out power for four days.

As I contemplate God’s goodness this year, my list of things for which I am grateful is dominated by the little things that enrich my life. Little things like…

Drinking water from the tap without boiling it. Flipping on the wall switch and lighting up the bedroom without need of a flashlight. Turning up the thermostat and feeling warm without having to don a down jacket.

Brewing a cup of French roast from our electric coffeemaker instead of driving to the local Starbucks for a grande drip. Watching the Seahawks on TV instead of driving around town in my car listening to the game while charging my iPhone.

A couple years ago while writing a book about Frank Capra’s classic movie “It’s a Wonderful Life,” I was reminded of the beauty of everyday blessings. After George Bailey is granted “the greatest gift” of being able to see a world in which he was never born, he resumes his normal life.

As he does he discov-ers just how wonderful normal is. The little things of life that once irritated him have become sources of joy.

George’s bleeding lip, the result of being punched in the mouth in a bar scuffle, becomes a cut for which he is thank-ful. The loose banister

knob on the stairs that had been a source of frustration to George for years he now views with gratitude.

He is also elated to find his little girl’s flower petals in his watch pocket. Although not a fragrant dozen

roses, Zuzu’s petals are a bouquet of blessings nonetheless. George Bailey’s temporary depri-vation of “the little things” gave him the ability to see normal as the essence of a wonderful life.

Being thankful for nor-mal days is rooted in the soil of contented hearts. A first century rabbi by the name of Paul invited his disciples to discover the joy that is rooted in contentment. He wrote “I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation…”

This Thanksgiving sea-son I have discovered the same secret. Being grateful for normal days and being contented with the small things of life definitely isn’t normal. It’s a learning process. And, ironically, it takes going without the things we take for granted to appreciate what really matters.

Rev. Greg Asimakoupoulos, is the Chaplain at Covenant

Shores and a columnist for the Mercer Island Reporter

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Toys as tools to teach


It's Friday afternoon, well after the school day has ended and the weekend has begun, and a group of six middle schoolers are gathered at West Mercer Elementary. They're putting their heads together as they try to figure out ways to create the light-est possible structure while maintaining the possibility to take as much weight off it as possible.

Such is the life of students participating in Destination Imagination (DI), the inter-national, creative problem-solving program, which is technical in nature and ranges through subjects like science, fine arts, improv and structural engineering. Now in its ninth year at Mercer Island schools, 16 teams from grades 4 through 12 are

participating in Destination Imagination challenges.

Participating students choose what challenge they want to take on in September and then work on complet-ing that challenge through February. The teams then show their solutions to appraisers, with some teams moving on to the state com-petition. After that is the global finals in Tennessee, which has seen teams from China and South Korea. Last year, Mercer Island sent teams to the global finals competition.

DI director and coach Mark Headlee said the objec-tive through Destination Imagination is to give the kids a place to practice being creative and expressing that creativity through the oppor-tunity of working in groups.

“These groups are more self-selecting in the sense

that they choose the chal-lenge they're working on,” he said. “They’re looking at things differently, trying to find the most creative and unique solution possible. They’re collaborating, figur-ing out their strengths and working with everyone’s individual strengths and the team’s strengths. We want

these skills to carry over for rest of their life.”

“I ran the program at a school in Iowa for 14 years, and kids were coming back telling me how beneficial it was for them in the work-place,” he said. “They could see the application and were using it daily in their life.”

Flexing the muscles of imagination

Joseph Livarchik / Staff PhotoIslander Middle School students from left; Ryan Shobe, 7th grade, Alex White, 8th grade, Ichi Nakata, 7th grade, and Sophia Ristuben, 7th grade, put their heads together on a new Destination Imagination project.

CALENDARCALENDARWEDNESDAY | 26EVERGREEN COVENANT CHURCH INTER-FAITH SERVICE: 7-8 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 26, 3200 78th Ave. S.E. For more, visit www.evergreenchurch.cc.

THURSDAY | 27MERCER ISLAND THANKSGIVING HALF MARATHON FUN RUN: 7:30 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 27, Mercerwood Shore Club, 4150 E. Mercer Way. An annual tradition, with proceeds going to Mercer Island Youth and Families Services. For more, contact Kevin Larkin at [email protected].

TUESDAY | 2MERCER ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL PTSA COLLEGE NIGHT SERIES: Financing College Education. 6-8:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 2, Mercer Island High School, 9100 S.E. 42nd St. Learn about several helpful methods to finance college education in addi-tion to financial aid. Also, learn about the financial aid application process and

about methodologies used in determining financial need. Information about how to maximize your opportunity for college financial aid as well as tips for financial planning will be presented. Guest speakers will be in attendance. For more, contact [email protected] HAPPINESS THINKS: 7:30-9 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 2, The Friendship Circle, 2737 77th Ave. S.E. Suite 101. Drawing on classical Jewish and mystical teachings, JLI’s new course, How Happiness Thinks, will present you with a deeper understanding of yourself and help you flourish by suggesting prac-tical advice which, when implemented, will radically enhance the happiness quo-tient of your life. Cost is $75 for the six-week course. For more, contact Rabbi Elazar Bogomilsky at [email protected] or call 206-374-3637.

THURSDAY | 4ST. MONICA MIDDLE SCHOOL INFORMATION NIGHT: 7-8 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 4, St. Monica

School, 4320 87th Ave. S.E. Parents of prospective middle school students are invited to join Middle School Information Night, which will offer an overview of St. Monica’s STEM + the Arts curriculum. Those unable to attend can call 206-232-5432 x174 to schedule a campus tour. Tours during school hours are offered by appointment only. For more, contact Jamie North at [email protected] BOOK CLUB: 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 4, Island Books, 3014 78th Ave. S.E. Island Book’s open book club meets the last Thursday of every month. A staff facilitator chooses both fic-tion and nonfiction titles. All are welcome to attend. For more, visit www.merceris-landbooks.com.

FRIDAY | 5HOLIDAY TREE LIGHTING AND FIREHOUSE MUNCH: 5:30-8:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 5, Mercerdale Park, 77th Avenue S.E. and S.E. 32nd Street. An evening of holiday merriment at the community tree lighting ceremony and caroling at Mercerdale Park. Arts & crafts, Santa photos, treats

and musical entertainment will follow at the Firehouse. Bring an unwrapped toy for the Toys for Tots drive to help a child in need have a better holiday season. For more, contact Amber Britton at [email protected]. CLASSICS ON FILM: Much Ado About Nothing (Kenneth Branagh, 1993). 7:30-9 p.m.,

Friday, Dec. 5, Aljoya Theatre 2430 76th Ave S.E. Presented by the Mercer Island Arts Council and hosted by Aljoya. All films are intro-duced and Q&A led by film historian Lance Rhoades. Free and open to the public. Refreshments provided courtesy of Aljoya. For more, contact Amber Britton at [email protected].

SATURDAY | 6EVERGREEN COVENANT CHURCH ANNUAL WOMEN’S CHRISTMAS BRUNCH: 9-11:30 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 6, Evergreen Covenant Church, 3200 78th Ave. S.E. Presented by Women Ministries, this annual Christmas event will feature catered brunch and a theater performance by Taproot Theater. Bring a friend or host an entire table. Cost is $15 per person. Tickets are on sale through

Nov. 30 at www.evergreen-church.cc/events. For more information, contact Linda Nicholl at 206-232-5142 or [email protected] ISLAND PARKS AND RECREATION PARENT’S NIGHT OUT: Drop, Shop & Dine! 5-9 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 6, Mercer Island Community and Event Center, 8236 S.E. 24th St. Plan an evening out to shop and dine, and bring the kids to the Mercer Island Community Center for fun and games, a movie, snacks and Santa. Register at www.myparksandrecreation.com or call 206-275-7609. Course #14831. Cost is $25 per child; $12 for each additional child. MERCER ISLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CONCERT SERIES: Strum All Ye Faithful: 7-9:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 6, Mercer Island Presbyterian Church, 3605 84th Ave. S.E.

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.

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EVENTS | ONGOINGMERCER ISLAND VISUAL ARTS LEAGUE HOLIDAY ART SHOW: Nov. 3 - Dec. 19, Mercer Island Community and Event Center, 8236 S.E. 24th St. MIVAL once again creates their Annual Holiday Art Show present-ing over 30 local artists of all mediums. Their artwork will adorn the walls and interior of the Mercer Island Community and Events Center. For more, contact Nannette Bassett at [email protected] or call 206-232-8148. MERCER ISLAND MARTIAL ARTS BLANKET DRIVE: Mercer Island Martial Arts, 2630 77th Ave. S.E., #106-108. For the month of November, Mercer Island

Martial Arts is collect-ing blankets for Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission. For more information, contact Jessica Merly at [email protected] HOMES TOYS FOR TOTS: Nov. 3 - Dec. 8. Toys for Tots is a charity put on by the U.S. Marine Corps that collects new, unwrapped toys each year and distributes those toys as Holiday gifts to children in the community in which the campaign is conduct-ed. Boxes will be at each JayMarc open model in Bellevue and Mercer Island. Donation boxes will be available through Monday, Dec. 8. Model homes are open Friday-Tuesday from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Mercer Island locations are at 2229 77th Ave. S.E. and 2436

60th Ave. S.E. Donated toys must be new. For more information about this charity, please go to www.toysfortots.org/Default.aspx.AU COURANT | OF THE MOMENT & DEN: Community Giving Campaign. Throughout the month of November, Au Courant will collect food and supplies that will go to Mercer Island Youth and Family Services. Donations collected may include dry, canned and boxed food items; baby food, diapers and baby supplies; and QFC and Albertsons gift cards. Contributions may be dropped off at Au Courant at 7900 80th Ave. S.E. For more, visit www.aucourantsalon.com/events.

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EVENTS | UPCOMINGEMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH’S “SOUP AND SOUND” ADVENT CONCERT SERIES: 11:30 a.m., Fridays, Dec. 5-19, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 4400 86th Ave. These free events will begin with homemade soup and bread served in the Narthex, followed by music in the church. This year’s concerts will be provided by Susan E. Bloomfield, organist, on the magnificent Beckerath organ. Her programs will include Advent and Christmas music by com-posers such as J.S. Bach, Brahms, Liszt, Pachelbel and Max Reger, as well as sing-along carols, and will last about 45 minutes each. For more information, call 206-232-1572 or visit www. emmanuelmi.org.MERCER ISLAND LITTLE DRIBBLERS BASKETBALL CAMP: Saturdays, Dec. 6 - Feb. 7, Mercer Island High School gym, 9100 S.E. 42nd St. The

Little Dribblers program is the longest running youth basektball program on Mercer Island, with over 40 years of basketball instruc-tion to young athletes. Little Dribblers complements par-ticipation in Mercer Island Boys & Girls Club recreation basketball and the Mercer Island Select program. Cost is $85. To register or find out more, visit mibasketball.org.JULIE KRAMIS HEARNE, AUTHOR OF “WORLD SPICE AT HOME”: 3 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 7, Island Books, 3014 78th Ave. S.E. Cookbook authors Julie Kramis Hearne has joined with the owners of World Spice Merchants to create a new collection of recipes that does justice to the many treasures the Pike Place Market shop purveys. She will be on hand to pres-ent, discuss and sign copies of the book, and she’ll also have with her a fantastic flavor companion. The World Spice merchants have assembled a 16-jar set of their most delicious spices to accompany the book. For more, visit www.merceris-landbooks.com.ARTS COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING: 6:30-8:30 p.m.,

Wednesday, Dec. 10, Mercer Island Community and Event Center, 8236 S.E. 24th St. The Arts Council and Parks and Recreation staff provide community activi-ties such as art galleries, concerts and plays and liter-ary events as well as sup-port local artists with grants and acquire public art for the city. For more about the Arts Council, contact Amber Britton at [email protected]’S THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER: Dec. 5-21 in the Emmanuel Episcopal Church Sanctuary, 4400 86th Ave. Youth Theatre Northwest’s production, adapted from the best-selling young adult book, tells the story of a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant and faced with casting the Herdman kids – probably the most inventively “awful” kids in history. Tickets are $15 for general admission, $13 for students and seniors. For more, visit YouthTheatre.org.THE CHILDRENS DANCE CONSERVATORY/ISLAND YOUTH BALLET: The Nutcracker. Dec. 13-21, SJCC, 3801 East Mercer Way. It isn’t Christmas without excerpts from the Nutcracker. Lovely

costumes, colorful sets and beautiful dancing will transport you to magical places where mice and soldiers battle, snowflakes dance, and the Sugar Plum Fairy reigns. This year, the Nutcracker performances will take place at the Stroum Jewish Community Center. For more information and performance dates visit ChildrensDance.info/nut-cracker.

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TEENSLIGHTEN UP AND LEARN AT THE LIBRARY: 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 3. For 5th grade and older. Create your own computer keyboard with Makey Makey kits, or get a chance to tinker and invent. Contact [email protected] or call 206-236-3537.STUDY ZONE: Wednesday, Dec. 3, 10 and 17, 3–6 p.m. Grades K-12. Drop in for free homework help from trained volunteer tutors. Proofreading help is avail-able. Ask at the Reference Desk for location.TEEN ADVISORY BOARD: 7 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 9. Voice opin-ions on the programs and services the library offers. Come with feedback and bring ideas to discuss. Pizza available.

ADULTSMERCER ISLAND FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE: Mercer Island Library, 4400 88th Ave. S.E. Running Dec. 8-15 during library hours. For more, contact [email protected] or call 206-236-3537.COMPUTER CLASS: One-on-One Assistance. Thursday, Dec. 11, 7 p.m., 7:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. Do you need extra help on the computer? A KCLS volunteer instruc-tor will give one-on-one computer assistance. Registration required.

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SHABBAT UNPLUGGED: 2-4 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 6. Unplug from technology and plug into community and family. Every Shabbat Unplugged will feature a variety of activities open to our entire community, including family yoga, a gym obstacle course, swim-ming and art projects. Free. Contact Zach Duitch at [email protected] AND CONCERT: “Flory’s Flame” and Legacy. 6 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 6. Keeper of the flame of Sephardic music, songbird Flory Jagoda takes audiences on a journey through songs and storytelling. The pro-gram kicks off with a film premiere of “Flory’s Flame,” a new documentary that weaves Jagoda’s life story, tracing her family’s Spanish Jewish roots from the Inquisition to the former Yugoslavia and culminates in a concert at the Library of Congress. The film directors will attend. For the concert, Jagoda is joined by hand-picked musicians steeped in the sounds of Sephardic tra-ditions. Co-presented by the Sephardic Studies Program

of the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Washington for International Ladino Day. Doors open 30 minutes prior. Advance tickets for members/students/youths/seniors is $25, $30 for guests; $35 at the door.TWEEN FITNESS, AGES 9-13: 3:30-4:30 p.m., Wednesdays. Kids will learn to use bands, balls and their own body weight to work on cardio-vascular and weight training as well as balance, stability, and stretching. Free for members, $5 for guests. Contact Dana Azose at [email protected] or call 206-388-0836.TOT SHABBAT: 9:45 a.m., Fridays. Join us with your children and celebrate Shabbat with songs and challah on Friday mornings. Free event. CREATIVE BEGINNINGS: 9:30-10:45 a.m., Mondays. Creative Beginnings is a time for your child, together with a parent or caregiver, to explore the richness of the SJCC Early Childhood School through art, sensory experiences, and creative play. Another class follows from 11:15-12:30 p.m. Runs September 8 through June 8. $592 for member, $718 for non-members. For more, contact Laura Selby at [email protected] MATTERS: Moms, Getting Real about What Matters. 10-11:30 a.m., Tuesdays. Mommy Matters is an opportunity for moms to get support and learn about what matters most as your child moves through the toddler and preschool years, blending love and logic par-enting, positive discipline and Gottman principles with personal coaching. Cost is $259 for members, $279 for non-members. Contact instructor Melissa Benaroya, LICSW, for more information and to register, [email protected].


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At its meeting on Nov. 13, the Mercer Island School District (MISD) board of directors dis-cussed the progress on a poten-tial community solar project.

The idea to put solar panels on the south-facing roof of the Mercer Island High School gym was brought up at joint meeting between the City Council and MISD Board on Oct. 16.

Community solar projects provide incentives for private investors. There have similar ventures in nearby cities. In Seattle City Light’s project, cus-tomers enroll by paying upfront to purchase energy from a por-tion of the city-owned solar modules.

Customers will receive an annual credit through 2020 for the amount of electricity gen-erated by their portion of the array.

City communications and sustainability manager Ross Freeman said that either City

Hall or the high school would be an ideal location, as they can fit 75 kilowatts of production power.

“The city’s current array is 4.4 kilowatts, so this would be a lot bigger,” Freeman said. “Until 2020, all power produced by a community solar project earns $1.08 per kilowatt hour from the state, which is how it pays people back.”

Investors need to be found soon for the project to progress and provide a payback, as state solar incentives end in 2020.

If investors have been secured and funds are available, work can begin on the roofing and panel installation. The district is looking at an April 1- June 30 window of work to be complet-ed should a decision be made to proceed, according to the school board meeting agenda.

“At this point in the proj-ect, we are cautiously optimistic and proceeding to define the cost and construction details,” the agenda states.

A preliminary examination regarding logistics and system capacity for the project was favorable, said superintendent Dr. Gary Plano.

“In other words, there ini-

tially didn’t seem to be any criti-cal flaws in the ideas explored. However the board has asked me to provide them with more details regarding the project,” Dr. Plano said.

There are three planning milestones for the solar proj-ect at the high school: first to determine if the project was feasible from a legal and struc-tural perspective, and second to determine the cost of the project to the district. The third step will be to make a go/no-go decision on the project, which will be made by March 1, 2015.

The agreement with investors will include the rental cost of the roof space, the end date of the agreement, and long-term ownership of the panels and Puget Sound Energy’s reim-bursement for power generated.

Dr. Plano plans to share the financial implications, includ-ing the return on investment, with the board once financial information is available, tenta-tively set for Dec. 11.

For more information on the construction and upcoming

School Board meetings, visit www.mercerislandschools.org

District hopes to partner with community investors on solar power for high school

Staff PhotoOn Tuesday Nov. 18, crews remove reclaimed metal during demolition at the old North Mercer site along 40th Avenue S.E., to make way for the new elementary school 4. Construction is set to begin before the end of the year.

South-facing installation at high school would yield 75 kW of energy

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GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPPIES 2 Females, black and tan, 1st shots, wormed. Very loving and playful. $425. 2 year old male German Shepherd, black & tan $300. 360- 4 9 6 - 1 3 9 0 . 3 6 0 - 4 9 6 - 1394, Randle, WA

Dogs

AKC WEST HIGHLAND White Terr iers. These puppies are beyond cute and full of “Westitude”. They are healthy, lively puppies from sweet, loving parents. We are experienced breeders with 35 + years experience. Ready to go to their new homes Dec. 7 for the d iscr iminat ing buyer. $1200 each. Rochester. Call now 360-273-9325.

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Horses

2 HORSE TRAILER with all new oak floors and new tires. Hauls easily! Wheel barings packed. Solid white trailer in very good condition. Clean title. Ready to roll. Great deal, asking $3400. Call today 1-607-765-9632. Coupeville.

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Classics & Collectibles

1973 MUSTANG! A nice Robins Egg Blue with d a r k b l u e v y n i l t o p. Great condition. 2 door coupe with 351 (2) barrel Cleveland V8 engine! Second owner. Automat- ic, power steering and low miles, just 116,000. Asking $15,000 OBO. Own your dream car!! Call Mark now for all the details, 206-824-1713.

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I also love my job.�is year I have listed and sold over 16 homes on Mercer Island.

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