In a week or so, some 75 parents will get letters from the Vashon Island School District informing them that their children either lack documentation that they’ve been fully immunized or lack waivers exempting them from the requirement.
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updated 2:25 PM February 21, 2012
What is All Island Forum and what purpose does it serve that would be valuable to you? Is it a duplication of other efforts (the Vashon-Maury Island Community College, Welcome Vashon, Chamber of Commerce, to name a few)? Who is behind this effort and why? I’ve asked myself these questions, and I’d like to share what I’ve found out.
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updated 2:21 PM
February 21, 2012
One of King County’s highest-ranking law enforcement officers will visit Vashon on Tuesday to discuss the financial shortfalls his agency is facing.
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updated 1:06 PM
February 14, 2012
As Juli Morser and I bring “On the Verge” to a close, I want to share some impressions about our experience. It all started one day at Kelly Chevalier’s spin class, when a fellow cyclist told me about a book I had to read, a riches-to-rags memoir by a homeless man in Bremerton. She handed me her copy before I could fabricate a reason to refuse.
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updated 12:51 PM
February 14, 2012
So Valentine’s Day is over (by a few hours), and you’ve flubbed up.
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updated 12:48 PM
February 14, 2012
Voters on the Island have a little less than a week to weigh in on the Vashon Island School District’s request for a renewal of its technology and capital projects levy. The Beachcomber urges those who have yet to cast their ballots in this Feb. 14 all-mail election to support the measure.
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updated 11:50 AM
February 7, 2012
A couple of weeks ago, on my first outing after Snowmaggedon 2012, I was at Bishop’s or, for the sushi-eaters, the Red Bike, having a beverage with a north-end friend who shall remain nameless and a couple other mid-Islanders. These distinctions will prove important later — promise.
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updated 11:49 AM
February 7, 2012
On behalf of Mark P. Waterman Lodge #177 of Free and Accepted Masons, I would like to thank our neighbors on Vashon for their generous support of our 2011 public school library fundraising campaign. Over five Saturdays this summer, we raised $3,000 to contribute to the Becky Braicks fund established to purchase critically needed books and resources for our children’s libraries.
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updated 11:47 AM
February 7, 2012
You may have noticed that, despite the fact that spring is almost upon us, the holiday candy cane decorations are still up on poles along Vashon Highway. You may also recall that I wrote disparagingly about them some weeks before Christmas.
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updated 11:45 AM
February 7, 2012
For three days last week, hundreds of Islanders were gripped by the mystery of Jack Randles’ whereabouts. And after a couple of nights of icy-cold weather, many of us feared the worst.
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11:38 AM
February 1, 2012
Our state Legislature is poised to pass a historic bill that has the support of our governor and will make Washington the seventh state to recognize marriage equality for same-sex couples. I was overjoyed when I learned that the state Senate had enough votes to pass the marriage equality bill and uncharacteristically filled my Facebook status that afternoon with many exclamation points.
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11:37 AM
February 1, 2012
