Christopher Simpson at MI Country Club sees hundreds of Island dads in action. As a father of four who teaches Island kids to swim, Chris knows how to spot the superlative. He nominates David Kelly-Hedrick for his and his wife Heather’s modern way of shared parenting and exposing their children, ages 12, 10 and 7, to life’s adventures.
Togolese man is fellow at Seattle nonprofit institute
Washington is the latest state to join a rapidly growing network of volunteer rainfall observers across the country. As of June 1, Washington state became part of a growing national network of volunteers who collect local weather data.
Lisa Abeyta, the manager at Island Salon and Spa, will spend her two weeks of vacation at an orphanage in Loc Binh, Vietnam. Instead of pampering Island women with manicures, facials and makeup, Abeyta will be caring for children suffering from malaria, leprosy and malnutrition. The work is trying, the hours are long and the living conditions are far from comfortable. But the rewards, according to Abeyta, are invaluable.
Islanders perform with Chinese Arts & Music Association
For nearly a month now, Manuel Cawaling has been the new executive director of Youth Theatre Northwest. But he is no stranger to the Island’s only production house. Cawaling’s relationship with YTN goes back almost 10 years, to when he directed “The Nightingale” in 1999. Since then, he has directed a number of plays at YTN and has grown close with the theatre team.
The Women Painters of Washington Gallery is now showing the “Mischief” exhibition through Aug. 1. Mercer Island resident Nancy Axell is among the artists who are displaying their art pieces in the exhibit. Other Mercer Island members of the Women Painters of Washington include Esther Akrish, Madelaine Georgette, Gertrude Hollis, Genny Rees and Cissy Gray.
When do the lazy days of summer come? We’ve had three end-of-school performances, three graduations, one wedding, visits to friends with new bionic parts, baseball games, swim meets, one Golden Grad reunion in Boise and my Queen Anne High golden gala yet to come. Gadzooks.
Now summer, the garage doors to Pepper Kaminoff’s atelier are open so that all can watch him make deftly sculpt away at wood, metals and other material.
So you go to a restaurant and have to repeat three times to your server that you want your eggs scrambled. Sure enough, 30 minutes later you’re served cold, runny eggs sunny-side up.
Driving across the country from Atlanta, Ga., to become the new rector at Emmanuel Episcopal Church on Mercer Island took more than two weeks for Rev. William Hunt Priest and his family. Such a drive would normally take less than a week, but the Priests visited friends and relatives on the way, and places such as Yellowstone National Park and Flathead Lake, Mont.
Plenty of ways to catch the Summer Celebration wave, July 12-13: Sign up to help MI Chamber of Commerce sell Dove Bars, register to march in the parade, buy your tickets for Sunday’s Pancake Breakfast, make a date for the Car Show, and plan naps for the young ones, so they don’t miss the 10 p.m. fireworks at Luther Burbank Park.
Fashion is going organic with Sara Seumae’s new clothing business, SPUN, on Mercer Island.
