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The Vashon Island Junior Crew team recently competed at the Northwest Junior Regional Championship regatta in Vancouver, Washington where the team entered 16 races, qualified for the final in 15 of them, medaled in 12, and qualified 4 boats for the U.S. Junior National Championships 

The Vashon Park District will break ground on Saturday, June 11that 10:00 a.m. at a gold shovel ceremony to begin the construction of the Vashon Fields. The project is a 4.59 acre renovation of the fields adjacent to the Harbor School to be used for soccer, baseball, softball, football, and lacrosse. 

Our kids all attend Vashon schools, Chautauqua Elementary. Two are going into first grade next year. Our older two will be in third and fifth grades.

Peter, Wendy, Tinkerbell, and Nana the Dog, along with over 100 additional dancers, take the stage in Vashon Dance Academy’s 15th annual performance, Peter Pan, Friday, June 24 – Sunday, June 26, at the Vashon High School Theater. Show times are Friday and Saturday night at 7:30 PM

Caity’s adventure in singing finished with the two of us deciding it didn’t make sense on many levels for me to fly down to Texas for two days for graduation. She was going to be exceptionally busy with performances, honors convocation had happened two weeks earlier when even she couldn’t go because of a scheduling conflict

I remember how the meaning of words began to change. Valerie- fromV for Vendetta

            Perhaps I was more acutely aware of a vocabulary of time and place because I had just spent the weekend immersed in words. A random occurrence of synchronous events tends to be one of my secret amusements.

Now is the time of year that mother wild animals are having their young and raising them. Often wild mothers leave their young alone for stretches of time. So don’t panic if you see a baby fawn or seal pup alone.

Join the Vashon-Maury Heritage Association when it takes to the water for "The Gatsby Cruise," an around-Vashon Island trip aboard the historic steamboat Virginia V on Sunday, August 21.

A new gallery of endless possibilities….has opened its doors at Parker Plaza

17232 Vashon HWY S.W. Between Ober Park and Town. Heidi Stair recently moved into the cozy store front space now gallery. Through the summer, the gallery will be showing Woodworkers of Vashon.

Massy Ferguson is excited to come play the Red Bicycle Bistro for the second time in the last year. The first time the roots rockers were scheduled to play the venue last October

The End is Near
It’s the end of a fabulous season for Church of Great Rain. What to do? Celebrate, of course with the Season Finale on Sunday May 29th at the Open Space for Arts and Community.

Celebrating their sixteenth year, Hot Club style group Pearl Django continues to be one of America’s most respected and in demand groups. Pearl Django returns to Vashon, Saturday, June 4, for an 8 p.m.