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May 06 2008, 6:58 PM
Sleeping Beauty ballet goes en pointe at Blue Heron Blue Heron Dance Company, comprised of 50 advanced dancers, will perform the “The Sleeping Beauty” ballet at Vashon High School theater. Performances will be at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 9 and 10, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 11. The score for the three-act ballet is considered by many critics to be one of Tchaikovsky’s finest works. “I chose this ballet because we have so many advanced dancers. It is a complex and challenging ballet,” said Vashon Allied Arts Dance Director Christine Juarez. “Those who saw it 10 years ago will see a very different piece this time.” Blue Heron Dance Company includes students in Ballet 2, 3, 4 and 6, and Modern 1, 2 and 3. In the first portion of the program, younger students will perform excerpts from Balanchine’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Ashton’s “La Fille Mal Garde” and and the “Rose Adagio” from “Sleeping Beauty.” The youngest dancers, always a crowd-pleaser, will perform “The Fairies and the Dragon,” a storytelling piece about accepting differences. Sarah Balcom, as Sleeping Beauty, will be in good company with a large group of experienced dancers, including...
A landfill in the making? County health department is taking a look 
May 22 2008, 10:11 AM
The Seattle-King County Health Department is reviewing Glacier Northwest’s expansion plans on Maury Island to determine if the mining corporation will need to establish a landfill for the arsenic-laced soil it plans to remove.
Vashon youth is headed to National Convention 
May 22 2008, 10:12 AM
Students at Carpe Diem Primary School just finished a month-long exploration of simple machines with a bang — they built an amusement park for stuffed mice.
VHS newspaper ‘Riptide’ takes top honor The Vashon High School Riptide was one of two Washington newspapers to win a top honor in the American Scholastic Press Association’s annual competition for high-school newspapers.
The paper earned the mark of “first place with special merit” for the 2007-2008 year, and both the staff of 29 students and the paper’s adviser Greg McElroy were recognized with the award.
Sixth graders earn second place at state Math is Cool competition
May 22 2008, 10:13 AM
McMurray Middle School “mathmagicians” did it again.Earlier this year a team of 18 sixth graders from McMurray placed second in the annual “Math Is Cool” regional competition in Tacoma, earning the team a place in the state masters competition against 14 other schools from all over Washington.
With that win under their belt, Zoe Sackman, Zach Wall, Lauren Houston and Teddy Atwell along with reserve team member Tera Jane Ripley traveled with their parents and coach Gordon Millar to Spokane on Friday, May 16, for the state competition on Saturday at Mount Spokane High School.
Talent shines at VHS
May 22 2008, 9:42 AM
The annual performance of the Best of Open Mic, also known as B.O.O.M., will take place at 7 p.m. tonight, May 21, in the Vashon High School (VHS) theater.
Vashon Pool to open June 15 
