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Dec 04 2012, 12:58 PM Vashon Community Care (VCC) and Vashon Fire & Rescue (VIFR) will team up to present an open house on Friday focused on fall prevention for seniors. Vashon Allied Arts has not engaged the community | Letter to the Editor
Dec 04 2012, 1:02 PM My name opens a recent letter to the editor about Vashon Allied Arts (“VAA has led the way in historic preservation,” Nov. 21), which prompts me to respond and state my position on the VAA project and the recent nomination to designate Center as a King County historic district. As the owner of The Old Fuller Store, my intention was to get it designated prior to my selling it. After discussing it with staff at the county’s Historic Preservation Program, I decided I would pursue designation only if Center were not designated, since there was no need to do so if it was part of a district. I began the process the day the nomination for Center was suspended. We must strive for tolerance and civility | Letter to the Editor
Dec 04 2012, 1:06 PM Regarding the Mormon church and same-sex marriage, terms such as freedom of speech, bias, tolerance and civility have been thrown around with apparent disregard for their meaning and context. Hate is evil, and we need to stay away from religions that espouse it | Letter to the Editor
Dec 04 2012, 1:08 PM The Finding Faith series seems to be taking on a weird but somewhat familiar pattern. So far we seem to be getting into “The Blame Game.” This religion did that and that one did this and so on. The culprits doing these vile and atrocious acts against humanity are not the apostles or emissaries of the faith system they claim. They enter in on the reputation of this or that faith and commit crimes later when in power. When you enter in singing praise songs and turn them into a battle cries on humanity, the name of that faith is hate. Hate is evil, and we ought to stay away from a religion whose leader asks me to “worship” in an evil way. Proposed coal train would carry high risks | Guest Column
Dec 04 2012, 1:13 PM Not long ago, Vashon citizens won a 10-year struggle to stop a gravel mine and dock that would have wounded our home place and damaged the health of Puget Sound. Today we face a greater threat to the health of our region, the Sound and the Earth. Mining interests propose to mine coal east of the Rockies, transport it west by rail and ship it to Asia from five proposed docks, two in Washington and three in Oregon. Park district’s fiscal mess calls for a measured response | Editorial
Dec 04 2012, 1:15 PM There’s plenty of blame to go around at the Vashon Park District, an agency that seems to be imploding financially. Fire agency’s board passes $5.4 million spending plan
Dec 04 2012, 1:17 PM Vashon Island Fire & Rescue will see slightly less tax revenue next year but will still meet its operational needs and complete some needed projects, while pushing less important budget items into 2014. Park district faces a deficit; could shut its doors for four months
Dec 04 2012, 1:24 PM Vashon Island Fire & Rescue will see slightly less tax revenue next year but will still meet its operational needs and complete some needed projects, while pushing less important budget items into 2014. Whales make a splash, delighting hundreds of Islanders
Dec 04 2012, 1:55 PM The Puget Sound’s famed southern resident orcas have been no strangers to Vashon lately, making three dramatic passes by the Island in a week and a half. Each time — on Nov. 24 and 27 and Dec. 3 — news of the whales drew crowds of Islanders to Point Robinson, where groups of 20 to 45 orcas, mostly from the J and K pods, delighted onlookers with their trademark moves — tail slaps, spy hops and awe-inspiring breaches. On Tuesday, Nov. 27, nice weather made for especially pleasant whale watching and what amounted to a truly Northwest scene as several of the whales stopped and lingered under a clear, looming Mt. Rainier. Seattle fundraiser selected to helm Vashon agency
Dec 04 2012, 1:43 PM Kathleen Barry Johnson, a fundraising professional and former criminal defense attorney, will become the new head of Vashon Youth & Family Services, a $1.5 million agency that provides a wide range of social services on the Island.