Making a difference for others, row by row

On a warm afternoon last week a garden on Wax Orchard Road hummed with activity: One woman planted sunflowers; one more stopped by to help plant broccoli, and a man dropped in and headed off to mulch.

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4:34 PM May 16, 2012 0

U.S. Climate Versus Weather Computers: Climate Wins

Why is the U.S. government provide hugely more computer resources for climate prediction than weather prediction?  And why is far more emphasis given to climate prediction research than weather prediction research and development?In some past blogs I talked about the unfortunate lack of computer resources available to the National Weather Service (NWS), resulting in the...

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Blogs 11:16 PM May 15, 2012 Cliff Mass Weather Blog, a Community Blog

Vashon College offers new courses in ethics and communications

Vashon College is offering two new courses — one about ethical decision-making, the other about effective communication — taught by a former probation officer with a long history of using the courses to help people change their lives.

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3:27 PM May 15, 2012 0

Safeway’s "Search For Our Next Chef" Competition Finals

This week is the finals for the Safeway Culinary Kitchens Search For Our Next Chef Competition. On May 16 in Safeway's Culinary Kitchens in Pleasanton, CA the 3 finalists for the event will compete using Safeway's 100% natural, signature brand Open Nature. The finalist were chosen after chefs from across the country competed in San...

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Blogs 8:44 AM May 15, 2012 Gluten Free Foodies, a Community Blog

DITCH AMBER! I’m saying NO TO DOMINO’S!

I have been biting my tongue since this news came out last week.  I was so upset when I saw so many people excited about the fact that Domino's Pizza had decided to "jump into the Gluten Free pizza game" in all of their locations.  They even admit that the ingredients are Gluten Free and...

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Blogs 8:50 AM May 14, 2012 Gluten Free Foodies, a Community Blog

Cold Records with Warm Temperatures

On Saturday it became toasty here in Northwest, with many locations gets into the 70s and lower 80s.  Yet a number of locations exprienced daily minimum temperature records in the morning--here is the proof from the National Climatic Data Center records website.  The blue dot indicate a tie for the record and stations with an...

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Blogs 8:28 AM May 13, 2012 Cliff Mass Weather Blog, a Community Blog

Participation Now = Better Outcome Later?

I'm from Rhode Island, a state with out-sized influence in the US Senate.  Rhode Island, with a population of  barely one million people has two US senators - Washington, with 6.75 million people, has the same number.  As a RI resident, you can pretty much be sure that if you call or write either Jack...

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Blogs 11:24 AM May 11, 2012 Ferry Interesting, a Community Blog

Summer in May

It is a climatological oddity of Northwest meteorology that we often get a period of very warm, dry weather sometime in the second or third week of May, followed by a retreat into the dismal June Gloom.  Well folks, we are about to have the heat wave--one that will bring near 80F temps to Seattle,...

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Blogs 10:44 PM May 10, 2012 Cliff Mass Weather Blog, a Community Blog

Celebrate Celiac Awareness Month at Razzi’s Saturday, May 12

Gluten Free Gyros, Grinders and Pizza's ...Oh My!Meet us at Razzi's Pizza in Greenwood this Saturday, May 12 noon-2 PMPleaseRSVP toEnjoy all your favorite Gluten Free foods from the largest Gluten Free menu in Seattle!All sauces, breads and doughs are Organic and made fresh daily.Each guest will order from the Gluten Free menu and will pay Razzi's for their...

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Blogs 10:19 AM May 9, 2012 Gluten Free Foodies, a Community Blog

Vashon senior center welcomes a new director

The Vashon Senior Center has recently named a new director to lead the nonprofit agency, Islander Ava Apple, who has deep roots at the center and an affinity for working with seniors.

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10:16 AM May 9, 2012 0

Growing those Tomatoes

[caption id="attachment_1708" align="alignleft" width="475" caption="Bush 'Siletz' tomatoes in Sept 2009, caged, tented, plasti-mulch on ground"][/caption] Four flying hours after a stampede of buyers swarmed the tomato tables of the Vashon Garden Club plant sale, I looked up, saw it was 12:30, and we'd moved over 400 tomato plants into eager gardeners' hands. Hoop-la! What a...

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Blogs 7:25 PM May 7, 2012 Garden On, Vashon, a Community Blog

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