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One sign of local resiliency is Vashon’s credit union. Island residents looking for ways to improve their financial situation have found an ally in PSCCU. More than 1500 members have opened accounts there as the credit union approaches its first anniversary in March. In 2012, the staff is poised to assist with debt re-structuring, and various loans, including both re-financing or setting up mortgage loans. Ann Leda Shapiro is one of those singing the praises of Vashon’s credit union.
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.
In 1911 eight women who lived in the little town of Burton began meeting every other Tuesday to read books and discuss current events. They called themselves the "Two to Four Club," since those were the hours of their meetings. It wasn’t long before their husbands began calling them the "Two by Four Club."
What an unexpected but delightful surprise to open a recent issue of The Loop and see extensive reference made to the ancient sacred home of Asia’s most revered spiritual deity: The Goddess of Compassion, Kuan Yin.
This past week I realized I will never in my life get what I’ve wanted which is a fairly predictable schedule and a really low profile. I also made peace with that fact as ‘a good thing’.
To celebrate the annual campaign to raise money for Vashon public schools, local families are encouraged to come to the first ever "Run for Schools", a 1k and 5k event to be held on Saturday, March 31st, at 10 a.m., at the Vashon High School track.
As most of us have recently heard, pertussis is on the island. This is not a surprise. The instances of Pertussis cases is well-known to rise and fall cyclically. And, as we know, a mostly non-immune population is more susceptible.
I don’t recall if I ever saw that end-of-the-world, nuclear apocalypse film, On the Beach, a second time in ensuing years after having viewed it when it first came out way back in the ancient times of my impressionable youth. What sticks with me, image wise, is the guy closing his garage doors and climbing into his racer sports car which is up on blocks, and gunning the engine in order to fill the closed space with exhaust and carbon monoxide so he can "go out" on his own terms instead of succumbing to the cloud of nuclear war produced radiation that is circling the globe and taking lives, pretty much all lives, with no remorse, as clouds of that sort are wont to do.
In a recent column I spoke of a VW van in less than flattering terms. Those remarks prompted a friend, Alan Blue Heron Milinazzo Barnett, to write in praise of the VW bus. I asked him if I could run his letter as a guest column. He said yes. Here it is:
REVENGE OF THE ELECTRIC CAR comes to Vashon! Come to this exciting event on Sunday, March 11th, 2:30pm at Vashon Library. The after film discussion will be hosted by VEVA - Vashon Electric Vehicle Association. We are honored to have a guest speaker from Seattle, Chad Schwitters, President, "Plug in America" National Chapter of the Electric Car Assoc. Following a time of Q&A we are invited to adjourn to the parking lot of the Chamber of Commerce to enjoy an Electric Car Show.
Let the March winds blow. Let the usual Northwest gray skies and rain prevail outdoors. Somewhere the sun is shining. Let us close the curtains, turn on some New Orleans jazz music, and get ready for some southern cooking. The aroma of Jambalaya or Shrimp Purlieu will have us smacking our lips, and a wave of happy anticipation will wash all the blues from our hearts.
Many of you read The Loop article last summer on the development of a women’s sanctuary/retreat on our island called Hestia Retreat (hestiaretreat.com). We are still in the development stages, but our vision is coming together beautifully. We now have over 20 women on our planning committees and Board, more than 100 others who are following our development closely and helping in a range of ways, about 300 men and women Facebook followers, agreement from King County to build on rural residential property, and we received our 501(c)(3) status at the end of last year. And that’s not even the half of it!
In cooperation with the University of Puget Sound, Vashon-Maury Island Heritage Museum’s newest exhibit, "Abby Williams Hill: Wanderlust, Works on Paper, 1895-1927," opens on First Friday, March 2, 2012. A select collection of her drawings and sketches span three decades in time and subject - from Vashon Island, the North Cascades, Montana, and the Southwest to Germany, France, Switzerland, and Belgium.
Imagine, only because of what you inherited from the union of your parents; you are now identified with a word that many, including yourself, have "a real problem with." Imagine hearing about people being upset that "the gifted" are getting special treatment, special funding that is "taking away from other programs" that need it more.
The Nettles are coming up, the pink plum blossoms are out, and it’s time to start preparing for the gardening season. Although I love the beauty of flowers and shrubs, I’m really in it for the food. I’m a really big proponent of food. We go way back and I relish having some everyday. That’s why I like to be sure I have a sufficient supply of the very best.
Bank Road Southwest on Vashon Island will be closed in the 9200 block for up to three weeks beginning Tuesday, Feb. 21. During the closure, crews will be replacing an old, deteriorating drainage pipe underneath the roadway that is starting to cause damage on the road surface.
Did that headline scare you? Good. I’m glad. That was the hoped-for effect.
No, it hasn’t actually happened... yet. Which probably qualifies the above headline as the worst sort of sensationalist journalism, for which I apologize. But only a little. Because even shrieking "Fire!" in a crowded theater is permissible if you have legitimate reason to believe it’s about to happen. But before I get to any legitimate reporting, let me indulge in a little more sensationalism while I have your attention.
The Portage Fill Big Band is celebrating 39 years of playing music this year. The band was formed in 1973. The group is comprised of 18 musicians and 2 vocalists and they play songs from the Big Band era. This includes songs from Glenn Miller, Count Basie Orchestra and many more.
Blumeadows was gifted by God and the Earth mother. He is a descendant of the Mississippi Choctaw Nation and is a ‘magda vehu’, which means ‘Black Indian’. He discovered the magic of music through his voice and guitar, which he picked up left-handed, at an early age and has been determined to follow an unbeaten path.
VAA’s first New Works Series 2012, presents Lelavision’s latest endeavor "Harvesting Light." A musical-sculpture installation/performance event, Ela Lamblin and Leah Mann perform Harvesting Light with Island guest artists Jason Staczek (composer), Lynelle Sjoberg and Abby Enson (movement artists). Two performances offer an earlier, abbreviated kid-friendly interactive performance, followed by a full length show.
Kindie Rock is alive and well in the Northwest. From Caspar Babypants to The Harmonica Pocket, kid-friendly indie rock is making entertainment news as music savvy kids and their parents demand hip, g-rated tunes.
Heron’s Nest invites you to their grand reopening celebration First Friday, March 2. Heron’s Nest, Vashon Allied Arts’ retail uptown store, located between Blooms and The Tea Shop, provides a retail outlet for a wide variety of fine art and handcrafted items created by Island-based and regional artists on consignment basis.
There is a stack of used salsa containers that continues to grow on our counter in the kitchen. As they have been thoroughly washed and air dried, they are not growing anything from any former food residue that might have been left behind after the contents were consumed. In fact, the only extra on them besides the color imprint telling of their former contents, nutritional value and place of origin, are sometimes bits of the second, redundant seal and cap that refused to let go of the rim of the vessel part of the container when it was first opened. That thin sheet of fossil fuel based plastic has long since passed into the waste chain.
Last February, we mourned the loss of Ruffles (J1), the eldest Southern Resident male orca. This February we mourn for departed youngsters. Precious little female Sooke (L112), 2009 – 2012, stranded at Long Beach, WA on February 11 and the new calf in J Pod, J48, is missing and probably dead.
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