Islanders to run for seats on public boards

Several islanders threw their hats into the political ring last week, filing with King County Elections to run for various elected posts on Vashon

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News updated 6:24 PM May 22, 2013

An author shares the tale of a mighty river

Islanders can celebrate a monumental environmental victory that is also, quite literally, a fish story, at a reading tonight.

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News 10:46 AM May 23, 2013

Rowing club sends record number of juniors to national competition

Vashon Island Rowing Club coach Richard Parr has kept the junior rowers’ focus this spring on the District Championships that took place last weekend weekend, and their hard work paid off when the club qualified a record number for Nationals.

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Sports 10:35 AM May 23, 2013

Second annual BioBlitz provides a peek into the island’s diversity

Last spring a large group of islanders spent 24 hours at the Neill Point Natural Area photographing bugs, live-trapping animals, listening for bird songs and scouring the shoreline at low tide to see what sea creatures were unveiled.

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Community 1:13 PM May 21, 2013

Grant will fund outreach on septic maintenance

Craft3, the organization that will administer loans for septic system work for islanders in Vashon’s Marine Recovery Areas, will also begin working with islanders to see that more homes have their systems inspected.

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Community updated 1:11 PM May 21, 2013

Bank of America should look at more than the bottom line | Letter to the Editor

Earlier this week, I wrote to Bank of America CEO Bryon Moynihan to express my dismay at the bank’s plan to close its Vashon branch due to “a decline in the number of customers who do their banking in-person.”

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Letters 1:10 PM May 21, 2013

Catholic beliefs misunderstood | Letter to the Editor

Islanders are justified in expressing their concern about the recent health care merger. They are entitled to their opinions about Catholicism, and the Franciscans ought to be able to give satisfactory answers about what “Catholic health care” means. Unfortunately, a majority of people misunderstand Catholic beliefs.

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Letters 1:08 PM May 21, 2013

Demonstrators don’t get it | Letter to the Editor

To the men manning a vulgar “Impeach Obama” stand in front of our post office on Friday, May 10: Besides the fact that you are abusing your First Amendment rights by your defamatory portrayal of the president of the United States as Hitler, it is obvious that you have no knowledge of the process of impeachment.

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Letters updated 1:07 PM May 21, 2013

Theft from island nonprofits is disheartening | Letter to the Editor

It is very disheartening when one is the victim of theft, and the recent break-in at Pandora’s Box has left us here at Ferret Shelter Northwest supremely disappointed. Very little was taken because they leave no cash in the register at night, and money was apparently what the burglar sought.

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Letters 1:07 PM May 21, 2013

An oil spill cleanup could harm our waters

Last October, the Washington Department of Ecology conducted an oil spill drill on the west side of Blake Island, just north of Vashon.

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News updated 1:03 PM May 21, 2013

Park district: Communicate with compassion, respect | Editorial

After months of challenges and difficult news from the Vashon Park District, the commissioners recently changed a policy, and now two men have the unenviable task of choosing between their jobs and their homes.

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Opinion updated 12:54 PM May 21, 2013