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Terry Hershey to Offer Workshop on “Soul Gardening”

“There is something fundamentally spiritual about dirt under your fingernails,” says landscape designer and inspirational speaker Terry Hershey.  To help islanders deepen their awareness of gardening as spiritual practice, the Vashon Episcopal Church is offering a free workshop

Neighborcare Clinic opening Monday September 26th

The new Neighborcare Health at Vashon clinic will beging scheduling appointments on September 15. The first day patients will be seen in the new clinic will be September 26.

Quartermaster Harbor beaches closed for shellfish harvesting

Paralytic Shellfish Poison (PSP) has been detected at unsafe levels in Quartermaster Harbor shellfish on Vashon-Maury Island.  As a result, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has closed Quartermaster Harbor beaches to recreational shellfish harvest.
 

Pets and Pesticides

Michael Laurie

Many people are changing their garden practices when they learn that some pesticides can be very harmful to their pets who spend so much time playing in their landscape.

Vashon Intuitive Arts introduces Kate Moodys’ Musical Meditation

The Connect & Glow meditative exercises quickly bring participants to a deep connection with their inner source of vibrant well-being. The exercises are inspired by ancient Eastern wisdom and modern quantum physics, and grew out of experiments with visualizing the energetic stimulation of the limbic center of the brain in an effort to heal depression

The Glass Ceiling We Must Shatter in 2016

Karen Crisalli Winter and March Twisdale

It would be nearly impossible to live in America today and not know that there is a woman running for the position of President. Indeed, with a campaign slogan that focuses your attention entirely upon her sex (I’m with HER), how could you miss it?

CHI Franciscan to close Vashon Health Clinic

CHI Franciscan Health, which has operated the medical clinic at Sunrise Ridge for three years, announced on Friday the 6th it will cease operations there August 5 2016.

Unintended Consequences - Learning From History

Karen Crisalli Winter and March Twisdale

Right now, we are facing a serious threat to our safety and freedom. As is so often the case, this threat is coming from good people, well-intentioned people who seek only to protect society.  But good intentions aren’t enough.

Hunting for Crab

Seán C. Malone

Bob T.  was my best friend and we managed to get into a lot of trouble together such as the day we stole some pigeons from old man Therkelsen and Sheriff Starr made us take them back to the henhouse we had stolen them from.  We were guilty.

Informed Consent: Why Fully-Vaccinated Citizens Need Vaccine Exemptions

Karen Crisalli Winter and March Twisdale

When you go to the doctor, you may take the right to informed consent for granted. The doctor makes a recommendation, which usually includes information about the risks and benefits of that recommendation.

 

Eating Our Way to a Better World

March Twisdale

I am grateful to Marcia C. Pearson, Joana Gardiner and Jo An Herbert for kick-starting awareness around our food choices and the environment. The angle they bring is well-documented and accurate. Modern agricultural practices have huge and devastating impacts on our environment.

Think you can be a Meat & Dairy Environmentalist? Think Again

Vashon Vegans ~ Marcia C. Pearson, Joanna Gardiner and Jo Ann Herbert

There has been a lot of talk lately about “going green” and reducing your ecological footprint. Many environmentalists suggest switching to compact florescent lights, taking shorter showers, and driving a hybrid car. While these things do help, the environmental benefits of these actions pale in comparison to the good done by going vegan

Communicating with Persons with Dementia

Ominous reminders of impending “old” age assail us from every direction. From bold headlines informing us that an average of 8,000 baby boomers are turning 65 each day (and for the next 18 years), to constant advice for staying healthy by eating right and exercising

Informed Consent At Risk - HB 2009

Karen Crisalli Winter and March Twisdale

In Washington State, certain vaccines are required prior to enrollment at any school or childcare, public or private. Washington State also provides three exemptions: medical, religious and personal/philosophical. House Bill (HB) 2009 seeks to eliminate the personal/philosophical exemption.

The Aging Brain

Our knowledge of brain development, aging and health has expanded based on the explosion of new research tools in neuroscience. Using his experience as a clinical neurologist and research scientist, Dr. O’Brien will summarize the changing understanding of lifestyle, genetics and their impact on brain health, as well as common diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and stroke.

Shape Up Vashon 1 month Walk, Run, Cycle Blitz!

For our early fall event, Shape Up Vashon is offering guided walks, runs and a bike event from Sept 18-Oct 19.

A Community Conversation About Health and Responsibility: Vaccines and Beyond

Karen Crisalli Winter and March Twisdale

On May 10th, we hosted a documentary film called The Greater Good. In the process of bringing this film to the island, we learned the following:

A Community Conversation About Health and Responsibility: Vaccines and Beyond

Karen Crisalli Winter and March Twisdale

We live in a time-stressed culture. “Faster and better” are spoken so frequently as a pair that we’ve come to view them as synonyms. Faster might be nice for internet connections, but it causes problems when applied to human beings.

All Vashon Spring to Summer Presidents’ Challenge

Shape up Vashon challenges the whole island community to team up to win Presidential Active Lifestyle Awards or Presidential Champion Awards. Make a team of 2 to 8 people of your family

Buteyko Breathing Technique: Controlling Asthma Without Medication

Robert Litman

Asthma is at record levels in the United States, near epidemic in some ethnic and income groups. And while experts are at a loss to name a cause, two things are agreed upon: asthma kills

A Community Conversation About Health and Responsibility: Vaccines and Beyond

Karen Crisalli Winter and March Twisdale

For humans, the drive to learn is as powerful as the drive to eat. There’s a good reason for this. Eating and learning are both equally vital for our survival.

Vashon Youth and Family Services combines Mental Health/Chemical Dependency Services

Vashon Youth & Family Services announces today that it is consolidating its Mental Health and Chemical Dependency treatment programs into a single Mental Health program.
 

Grow Your Own Stevia!

March Twisdale

Kathy Abascal’s recent article, Time to Quit Using Stevia, brought up some excellent points. That said, I’d like to encourage you to “consider” Stevia,

A Community Conversation About Health and Responsibility: Vaccines and Beyond

Karen Crisalli Winter and March Twisdale

No More Sleepless in Seattle?

How was your sleep last night?  For many people sleep time is no longer teddy bears and being tucked in.  Sleep time challenges can begin to dominate lives.