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The 7th annual baseball Social to benefit Vashon Youth Baseball & Softball Will be held Saturday April 28 6pm-9pm, at the former Sound Food Restaurant, 20312 Vashon Hwy. S.W., Vashon

$45 per coupleor $25 per individual.

Please join us for traditional ballpark fare with a gourmet twist as well as the amazing dessert buffet. Debate the fate of local teams over the Memorial Jim Martini or hoist a cup of Curve Ball Ale or Home Run Punch.

Come enjoy the Puget Sound at the Seventh Annual Vashon-Maury Island Low Tide Celebration, Wednesday, July 4, 2012 from 10am to 3pm at Point Robinson. It’s family fun that’s free, local, educational and all natural.

The Low Tide Celebration is an event for everyone to explore, discover and appreciate the panorama of marine life that populates this island shoreline. Experience the beach at a noontime low tide of -3 ft’ and gently explore the tide pools using proper "Beach Etiquette" with the help of Vashon’s own expert Beach Naturalists on site.

Put May 5th on your calenders and come early because by noon we are mostly sold out. Members have been busy dividing and cultivating perennials, shrubs and grasses all year long. We will have lovely Fuchsias and Geraniums from Kay White’s garden. The perfect gift for Mothers Day!

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2012 Strawberry Festival Grand Marshal. When nominating someone please tell us how they have enhanced Island life, given back to the community, their involvement in community service work, how long they have lived on Vashon, and generally why you think they should be Vashon Island’s Grand Marshal.

April 7 was a clear windy day at Bremerton Raceway and Wagons of Steel was there for the first day of drag racing in 2012. We arrived casually, in the late morning. It was a test and tune session so there was no schedule. The starting line was remarkably decent, considering that the track hadn’t been used since last season and traction was pretty good. Our big wagon picked up right where we left it last year, running consistent mid eleven second quarter mile times at 115 mph. Not bad for a two ton wagon running on 87 octane!

In Terry Sullivan’s "Ferry Affair" piece in the March 29th Loop, he argues for sustaining present levels of car ferry service, but only for now. He then paints an interesting picture of a future Vashon where we simply do without and accept a certain level of inconvenience in exchange for reduced or curtailed car ferry service.

The Vashon Island Chamber of Commerce if offering training classes on Facebook, Twitter, Pintrest and Constant Contact. If you are interested in learning why you should or how to get your business or organization up to speed with social media opportunities and don’t know where to begin, this is your chance!

What do two women born 100 years apart have in common? Quite a bit it turns out. Pam Ingalls and Abby Williams Hill, painters both, Islanders too, are women of immeasurable talent with an overwhelming desire to travel. Pam will be giving a talk on Thursday, March 22, 7:00 p.m. at the Land Trust building; Pam Ingalls: Wanderlust, How Travel Influences Art.

Join us for "Come to the Cabaret" and celebrate The Harbor School’s 17th year as an independent private school on Vashon Island. On Saturday, March 24, 2012, The Harbor School hosts their annual fundraising benefit auction at the O Space. This year’s Cabaret theme promises to be a night of feather boas and sultry musings with an inspired delectable dinner, specialty desserts, music, wall of wine, and of course, a silent and live auction with a special appeal "Raise the Paddle" dedicated to enhancing and enriching Harbor School’s SCIENCE program.

March 12, 2012 marks the 100th birthday of Girl Scouting in the United States when Juliette "Daisy" Gordon Low held the very first Girl Scout meeting in her Savannah, Georgia, home. Those eighteen brand new Girl Scouts had no way of knowing that they had just paved the way for millions of American girls by showing them a new way to have fun while learning life skills. Within a few years Juliette received requests from women all over the United States asking how to start their own troops and today Girl Scouts USA is home to over 3.2 million girls and adults.

Enter Island public schools this spring and bask in the glow of arts as Vashon Artists in Schools (VAIS) residency season blooms! Teachers and local artists combine their ideas and expertise to create rich residency projects for K-12 students. VAIS, collaboration between Vashon Allied Arts and Vashon Island School District, receives generous support from Vashon Vashon Partners in Education (PIE), WA State Arts Commission, Vashon PTSA and private donations.

On Saturday, February 18th, your National Rodeo Correspondent left home and hearth to brave the seventy-degree temperatures and clear skies of Tucson and to attend the 2012 Fiesta De Los Vaqueros on your behalf. What follows is his special report, including editorial comments.