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U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Seattle) will attend a fundraiser on Vashon Island. McDermott will take questions from the community.

Vashon’s U-13 Boys Select Soccer Team (Cobras) opened their season against Sparta99 with a stunning victory two weeks ago in Tacoma.

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.

Vashon Market IGA today announced that effective Saturday, September 29, 2012 the business will be owned and operated by longtime Vashon Island residents Shawn and Kathy Hoffman. In conjunction with the change in ownership, the store will also be changing its name to "Vashon Market Fresh IGA."  

Nirvana restaurant is closed for remodeling now and set to reopen in early October. Nirvana owners Rohit and Shivali Sharma have plans for some exciting changes to the dining areas, menu and bar to create what they believe will be an even more wonderful dining experience.

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

Perfect weather boosts the energy and enthusiasm of the Vashon Solar LLC group! We are gathering interested parties to learn about participation in a community solar project available to individuals.

It started a little over 6 years ago on our first visit to Vashon. We took a day trip to the island after feeling a little home sick for our Caribbean home and immediately fell in love with this Northwest version of island life.

A few years back when some filmmakers were passing through with a screening and presentation in tow, they did something interesting for the discussion circle afterward.

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.

Vashon resident performing artists are invited to apply for Vashon Allied Arts’ New Works Series 2013, and join a long tradition of innovative New Works performances.

Publish The Quest blends groove music melodies with vocally driven compositions that continually question social issues through story telling.

When Tab Tabscott was just 10 years old, he lived just down the street from Scotty’s Music Store in St Louis. Scotty, the owner, started and has hosted the National Pedal Steel Guitar Convention in St Louis for over 50 years now.

Island singer/songwriter Carter Castle’s new CD release, Walking to Phoenicia, coincides with his VAA New Works Series concert, Saturday, Oct 13, 7:30 pm, at VAA.

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.

Background: Island Landmarks’, a Vashon- based non-profit corporation, is responsible for stewarding the historic Mukai house and garden. On June 4th, 2012, Island Landmarks’ members met at a "special meeting" and removed the prior board. Members elected a new board of 11 Vashon based community members including historians, librarians, educators, historical preservationists, project managers, a landscape architect, and a lawyer.

Soil is the least appreciated aspect of the holy trinity of life on this planet. In fact, soil suffers abuse as well because, unlike air and water, its value to us is not readily apparent. First there’s our common name for it. Dirt is supposed to be on the ground, and when it shows up anywhere else, that place or object is said to be "dirty" and unacceptable until it has been "cleaned". Most of us also know that dirt is a medium in which things grow and that it is made of sand, clay and some black stuff. Dirt holds water and the nutrients we put in it around the roots and supports a plant so it can grow toward the sun. Many of us think that dirt could be replaced by just about anything that has the same general physical characteristics, as hydroponics has shown. 

An off Island story but true and very typical as too many people know:

The young girl stood very still with her arms at her sides while her older brother squeezed his hands around her neck yelling, "I’m gonna kill her! I’m gonna kill her!!" Their mother just to the right of them sighed as if one of them had taken the other’s bicycle saying, "Honestly I don’t know what you do to make your brothers so angry."

Vashon’s Sharing the Stage kicks off its fourth season on Thursday, October 4, at the Red Bicycle with Zac Anthony and Kate Goldby of The Wellingtons and student openers.

One of my favorite ways of blowing off steam or working off a case of mad is to pull weeds. Several times a week I go out in the yard, put on my gloves, grab a trowel and a pair of pruning shears, and go to town on the buttercups, Stinking Robert, blackberries, and dandelions. Pulling weeds make me feel better, and it makes the garden look better.

I’ve just invented a new cookie recipe that my son pronounced, "Superb!" Here it is, below. It contains no cane sugar nor corn syrup product nor gluten, just great flavor and nutrition. You may want to clip it and glue or tape it into the back of your copy of my book, Wholegrain and Gluten Free, available at Minglement.

VAA Art Auction is coming up September 21 and 22. Both nights begin at 5:30 pm in the big tent behind VAA. Friday night, enjoy an elegant bento box featuring flavors from around the world, provided by Mileta Creek Restaurant. Place bids for silent and live auction art, experiences and more. GoldenEye Auctioneer is Kevin Joyce and Jeff Hoyt will MC.

Good News! Drama Dock’s I LOVE YOU, YOU’RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE is back for a special 2 Night ONLY encore presentation! And the four performers who delighted audiences in February of 2011 are also back: Louie Mangione, Marshall Murray, Stephanie Murray and Drama Dock’s Artistic Director, Elizabeth Ripley will be your cast, with fabulous musicians, Linda Lee at the piano and Karin Choo on violin.

For many of us, Vashon Island represents a place where real life can be lived without the abandonment of dreams.

Vashon Sheepdog Classic is a harmonious confluence of the dreams of Islanders and their friends.