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SHARK BISCUIT

Emerging like the phoenix from the flames of the New World Shambolics, SHARK BISCUIT is your Vashon Island Surf Band! Shark Biscuit plays surf and rock instrumentals from the golden age of the 1950's and 60's, plus a few surprises! 

Fauntleroy/Vashon/Southworth – Regular 3 Boat Service Returns Tuesday

The inspection of the Tillikum has been completed earlier than anticipated and the vessel will return to the Fauntleroy/Vashon/Southworth route at the beginning of the service day on Tuesday, May 22, restoring normal three-boat service. 

Veterinarian Forum on Animal Health

Veterinarians from King County and Washington State Departments of Health will be presenting the latest information regarding diseases that Islanders should be aware of, at a public forum to be held on Thursday, May 24th, at 6:45 P.M. at the McMurray Middle School Multipurpose Room.

5th Annual Father/Daughter Dance

Vashon Allied Arts is sponsoring its fifth annual Father/Daughter Dance, to be held at the Vashon Island Golf and Country Club on Saturday, May 19th. Last year’s event was a huge success, and most of the dad’s were left breathless by the end of the evening. Smiles and fun are guaranteed. Uncles, Grandfathers, and other stand-ins are also welcome. Proceeds from the event will benefit VAA’s Blue Heron Dance program.

Annual Kite Day

Annual Kite Day on the beach at Pt. Robinson sponsored by the Board of the Keepers of the Lighthouse, 10 am -3 pm. on May 19th. There will be music by Geordie’s Byre and food for purchase. Tours of the lighthouse will be held and you might also enjoy the photo exhibit on display there. The Ship’s Store will be open if you need to buy a kite. As many as 200 kite flyers have been to the event in the past and organizers are hoping for a good turnout again this year

VMICC Governance and Policy Committee

Just a quick note to let you know that the VMICC Governance and Policy Committee will meet at 10 AM, Friday, May 11 in the "round table" room at Minglement. They will be discussing a motion brought by Joan Sells & others calling for a bylaw change where the job currently appointed to the Outreach committee would instead be assigned to a member of the board of directors.

Occupy the Highway

Peter Ray

I am not an ambulance chaser by any stretch of the imagination, so it was a bit odd and out of character when I found myself grabbing my camera and bike helmet to pedal up to the scene of a car crash on the main highway this past Saturday morning. In doing this, I was responding to a friend who had just called to say that there was a car in the ditch, and the running-off-the-road that had landed it there had happened within the hour.

Training classes on Facebook, Twitter and Pintrest

The Vashon Island Chamber of Commerce is offering training classes on Facebook, Twitter and Pintrest. 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!

Vashon Intuitive Arts celebrates its 2nd Anniversary

We would like to celebrate all the events and classes that have been held here at Vashon Intuitive Arts. Dream Group, Yoga, Medicine Wheel, Art Walk, Reiki Jam, Women’s and Men’s groups, Qi Gong, Book Club, Drum Circle, Channeling Events, Hosting a dinner for Grandmother Margaret of the 13 Indigenous Grandmothers, Ascended Masters Study, Drum Making workshop, Wisdom Circle, Kabbalah 101, Kirtan, Crystal Bowl Ceremonies, Goddess Songs, Dance of Universal Peace,

County to hold open house to discuss safety improvements on Vashon Highway

The King County Road Services Division will hold an open house from 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Monday, May 21 at Chatauqua Elementary School to familiarize residents with proposed safety improvements on Vashon Highway.

Giselle and other works come to VHS stage

Janice Randall

Beauty, love, drama and betrayal with ultimate forgiveness characterize Giselle, the beautiful and dramatic ballet scored by Adolph Adams. Set in the Middle Ages Rhineland during harvest season, this poignant love story of a peasant girl and prince invites audiences to another time and place.

An Evening with WilhelmineAn Evening with Wilhelmine

The Salish Sea Early Music Festival presents An Evening with Wilhelmine, with John Schneiderman on baroque lute, cellist William Skeen and baroque flutist Jeffrey Cohan on Thursday, May 17 at 7:30 PM at Vashon United Methodist Church at 17928 Vashon Highway SW.

Comedy Night is Coming!

The evening is hosted by local humorist and provocateur, Steffon Moody, and features an All Star crew of locally famous on-island comedians, plying their craft as only locally famous amateur comedians can ply.

We will announce the lineup once it’s finalized!

Through the Garden Gate

Janice Randall

Audience members will be transported into an other-wordly garden when VAA New Works recipients Patricia Kelly and Pat Churchill stage their co-produced/co-directed performance at the Blue Heron. Through the Garden Gate, inspired by Island author Terry Hershey’s book Soul Gardening, showcases multi-media talents of more than 20 Island performers. Theatre in the round, gallery walls will move to accommodate production and seating. Pick up your tickets early, as seating will be limited.

Vashon Opera presenting the Russian master piece, "Eugene Onegin"

By Eugene Carlson

Vashon audiences have a not-to-be-missed treat in store this spring. In perhaps its most ambitious production to date,Vashon Opera is presenting the Russian master piece, "Eugene Onegin". It’s an unforgettable opera that brings together the work of two Russian cultural giants -- the lush, dramatic music of Tchaikovsky

Vashon Island Chamber of Commerce General Membership Meeting

Introduction of New Members: Join us in welcoming new Chamber members!

Chamber Announcements:
King County Personal Property Taxes for Small Business
King County Passenger Only Ferry
Storefront Studio Project
King County Sheriff Update

The Best of the Best

Deborah H. Anderson

So… this column was going to be the annual spring look at substance abuse on the Island combined with Mother’s Day and On Being a Woman thrown in.

And then the word came… this may be the last. A ten-minute moment of panic. I had just texted my youngest son to ask permission about sharing his favorite memory of his older brother.

Better Decisions? Better Outcomes?

Vashon College is offering two courses, Ethical Decision Making and Competent Communication & Learning Styles, which could change your life.

Ethical Decision Making (4 sessions beginning Wednesday, June 6) will take the participant on a historical journey while introducing a model that allows the user to actively create more personal wins in his or her life. S/he will gain an understanding of how individuals, couples, families, communities, and entire nations find themselves in trouble or, conversely, living in harmony.

Feeding the Bees

Terry Sullivan, Transition Vashon

Last week, Mary Shackelford wrote a great article about how pesticides and herbicides are poisoning our bees. One more caveat, which I think is mentioned on many products, is that even organic poisons must not be applied to plants when in flower, and that, of course, is because bees will be visiting those flowers.

Church of Great Rain Revival!

Richard Rogers

Church of Great Rain will present a special Revival Show on Sunday, May 20 at Open Space for Arts and Community. The show’s musical guests will be Seattle based world-soul-pop band Luc and the Lovingtons. The show will feature the Church House Band and the Holy Roller Radio Players will be performing some of the best skits from the early days at the Red Bike and the first year at Open Space. Audience members are invited to join in the fun by writing on a topic to be read aloud during the show.

Age of the Fittest Lawn

Harmon McKendrie Arroyo

Mary G. L. Shackelford in her commentary "What’s happened to the bees and why should we care?" made an irrefutable case for the elimination of petrochemical pesticides and herbicides everywhere - and now.

Setting down The Loop, I went out among the fruiting trees in my neighborhood to see the truth of the matter.

A Food Pyramid

Marj Watkins

If you were to draw your personal food pyramid, what would the bottom layer, the one with the foods you eat the most of, have on it? My five-layer pyramid would be constructed like this:

Enough

Mary Tuel

Sunday. It is the first beautiful day, almost like summer. The sky is clear, the sun is hot, the sounds of lawn mowers and weed eaters are abroad in the land. It is a day that makes you feel like you’re young again and anything is possible.

Well, I felt like that until after I’d worked pulling weeds at the church for an hour and came home and sat down for a while.

Power outage on Vashon, Island Wide Outage

The power was out on Vashon and Maury Island. This was an Island Wide outage that started around 4:45 am. There is no report on what caused the outage Power was restored at around 6:10am

Rumble Strip Meeting

King County Roads has called a meeting a meeting with Ashley DeForest, KCDOT Community Relations Planner, and Henry Perrin, manager of King County Road Services' arterial safety project that has been installing rumble strips on Vashon roads. They would like to hear you and other bicyclists' concerns about this project. They have scheduled the meeting for 7:00pm next Wednesday, May 2, at the Vashon Library. Please let them know if you can attend by sending an RSVP to Ashley,ashley.deforest@kingcounty.gov or 206-684-1154.