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There is something about having a dog around; that look in their eyes, the sloppy, drooling, unmanageable tongue, but most of all it is all about that unconditional love thing.
Come one, come all to the Vashon Island Fruit Club’s annual Fall Fruit Show, which will be held on Saturday, November 10th from 10 am to 3 pm. The Show will take place in the Senior Center and the Land Trust Building, side by side on Bank Road
Tired and jet-lagged we meet Xiao Ming in Shanghai for the hundred-mile drive to Hangzhou. We have come for a wedding and everybody is excited to see us. Coming all the way from Mei Guo we bring big face to the bride and her family.
"Nightmare scenarios of the End may turn out to be a dramatic device intended to awaken people to deeper levels of awareness as life reaches not a final end
Voice of Vashon, specifically their board of directors, are teaming with the Hardware Store to present a very unique fundraiser on Thursday, October 25th.
When Englishman, Robert F. Scott and Norwegian Roald Amundsen competed to be the first to the South Pole, one of their expeditions lived and the other perished. Come find out why from Islander, Captain Joe Wubbold, retired U.S. Coast Guard.
A group of former Vashon Girl Scout leaders have planned a celebration in honor of the 100th anniversary of Juliette "Daisy" Gordon Low’s very first Girl Scout meeting in her Savannah, Georgia, home on March 12, 1912. Please join us at the Vashon Sportsmen’s Club on Sunday, October 28th, 2012, from 1pm to 4pm to share memories of your time as a Girl Scout on Vashon Island and elsewhere. Everyone is welcome!
The Vashon Veterans of the Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 2826 offer all students from the 3rd through the 12th grades, our Leader of Tomorrow, an opportunity to participate in a VFW Youth Essay Contest. Two of the contests are National VFW programs, Voice of Democracy (grades 9 through 12) and Patriot’s Pen (grades 6 through 8) and one is the Washington State Youth Essay program (grades 3 through 5). The following schools have been provided
As the white wife of a man of color, and as the mother of two biracial children, I have developed a keen awareness of racism. I can smell racism a mile away. Maybe farther. Unfortunately it is a lot closer than that. It’s the policeman stopping my husband on the street to verify ownership of his bicycle. It’s the stranger in the grocery store raving about my son’s hair.
By now most everyone on the island is aware of the horrific event which resulted in the loss of a young man just beginning to move from childhood to young adult. I find it very endearing that our town sees fit to do whatever it takes to surround our friends in need.
Harbor School will hold a Fall Open House on Wednesday, October 17 at 7 PM for prospective students and their families.
Harbor School, a non-profit, independent school serving Grades 4 through 8, invites local families to attend our Fall Open House and learn more about the school and its offerings.
"Oh, sure" says the Rodeo Director, "no problem. You can shoot from the bucking gates. Hell, you can go ahead and shoot from the arena if you want, as long as you know how to stay out of the way."
We live in a very special and unique community with an amazingly diverse population. But have you ever been curious about the island itself…it’s geology, ecology and history. Or the culture, the social science and demographics that give insight into the past, present and future of our island and its population.
I must confess that I viewed the Vashon-Maury Island Garden Club largely as a passel of peculiar, singly-focused (mostly) women who meet occasionally to obsess about plants and wear silly hats. In my own defense I was not entirely wrong
The Vashon-Maury Island Garden Club, notorious for its no-holds-barred celebratory blasts, is planning yet another unruly bash to celebrate the Club’s 60th Anniversary and concordant exhibit at the History Museum.
Harbor School has invited a number of off-island high schools, as well as Vashon High School, to meet with prospective families on our campus the evening of Tuesday, October 2, from 6 - 8 PM.
Camp Sealth on Vashon Island, run by Camp Fire USA, is looking for community partners to sponsor the continuation of its horse program. Miller-Blue, Camp Sealth’s horse outfitter for the last 25 years, is going out of business at the end of this summer. The proprietor will be selling his entire herd. As his valuable longtime customers, Camp Fire has the option to purchase horses and all their tack at an extremely favorable price if we can secure donations and pledges now. Camp Fire shares the outfitter’s hope that these horses will be able to continue in high quality youth programs that serve kids who truly care about them.
Amanda Knox’s friend, Raffaele Sollecito, is writing about his experience in Perugia, Italy, when he and Amanda were falsely accused of murdering her roommate, Meredith Kercher, in 2007. The two spent nearly four years in prison until they were exonerated at the appeal level in 2010. The next level, the Italian Supreme Court in Rome, will rule on the case in late March 2013 and their duty is to assure that the appeal judges, Hellmann and Zanetti, followed the letter of the law and to listen to rebuttal arguments from the prosecution.
The annual Flower Faire Aug 3-4 was a great success. You could smell the wonderful scent of lilies before you got to the Library door. Vashon Garden Club members brought in hundreds of specimens from their gardens. Islanders participated in judging the event and the following winners are by category. Thanks to all who participated.
Tom Wallace gently taps the back of Bella’s leg, asking permission to lift her hoof so that he can remove her worn shoe and replace it with a new one. Rebecca, Tom’s wife, cradles Bella’s head and speaks reassuringly to her, keeping her calm and making her feel safe in an uncomfortable moment. Bella is one of four horses in the Wallace stable, now her herd, and she calls out to two who romp in the pasture without her.
After several visioning meetings this summer, Church of Great Rain is now on retreat to consider the future of the show. Unlike the past 4 years, there will not be a season premiere this September. This will provide our cast and crew the space needed for personal renewal and to work out logistical issues.
Get on your track shoes, grab the dog leash, and head to Burton Acres/Jensen Point on Saturday morning, September 8th for the Vashon Island Pet Protectors (VIPP) Dog & People Walk. Don’t own a dog but want to stroll that Burton Loop with dignity and a suitable furry companion? Here’s the answer: NEW at the annual VIPP fund raiser is "Rent Your Rover." Borrow a part-time pooch for the morning! VIPP
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