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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Mercer Island athletic director Craig Olson said Hedlund, who would have turned 67 next week, was having lunch with friends on Monday and she began slurring her words. She was rushed to Overlake Medical Center where doctors discovered a blocked carotid artery.
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Joyce Hedlund, the longtime tennis coach at Mercer Island, died Wednesday morning after suffering a stroke earlier in the week.Mercer Island associate principal and athletic director Craig Olson said Hedlund, who would have turned 67 next week, was having lunch with friends on Monday when she began slurring her words. She was rushed to Overlake Medical Center where doctors...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
A memorial for Mercer Island tennis coach Joyce Hedlund, who died earlier this week after suffering a stroke, will be held on Saturday.
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Richard Sprague (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
... where do I put the rest of me, the hodgepodge of interests I have in technology, Hayek , China, Mercer Island , and more? I’m still waiting to figure that out. But meanwhile don’t go away.
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Juanita swimmers Emilee Kaufman and Kelly Tannhauser were both two-time individual event winners at Saturday night's Sea-King 3A District championships at Mary Wayte Pool and have already committed to swim at Division I colleges next season.
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Mercer Island billionaire Paul Allen is asking for federal bankruptcy protection as he liquidates the remains of Digeo, a Kirkland set-top box company that was mostly sold off this fall.
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West Seattle Blog... (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Big games ahead this week for some of West Seattle’s high-school athletes, starting tonight. Here’s the list: *West Seattle High School girls’ soccer vs. Holy Names, 5 pm today, Memorial Stadium downtown *Seattle Lutheran High School varsity football vs. Evergreen Lutheran, 7 pm Thursday at WS Stadium *Chief Sealth High School varsity football at Mercer Island, 5 pm...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Jarrett, a former mayor of Mercer Island, ran against Constantine in the eight-way primary for county executive. Jarrett said earlier today he had told Constantine he was "eager to help in any way that I can. It's really important that he can be successful."
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... and escaped ending up a gated enclave or a private estate. A bridge was proposed from here to Mercer Island in the 1920s and '30s, but luckily the plan fizzled, and the park retains some of the last remaining stands of old-growth forest in Seattle.Most visitors stick to the perimeter road, walking briskly alongside a friend, cycling determinedly or gripping the lagging end of a dog-powered...