Happening | March 2 edition
Published 1:30 am Thursday, March 2, 2023
Health Care District seeks input
Vashon Health Care District (VHCD) commissioners are asking islanders to help define the island’s most pressing unmet healthcare needs. The district is now redefining its role on Vashon, following Sea Mar Community Health Center’s decision last year to sever its relationship with the district and build its own healthcare center on Vashon. (See article, on page 3, for times and dates of upcoming listening sessions.)
Vashon Fix-It Youth Academy
The Vashon Fix-It Youth Academy, a new program teaching middle and high school students fundamental repair skills, will launch with “Lamps 101,” from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 18 at ORBIT’s northwest wing of Open Space for Arts and Community.
The program will be led by engineer/inventor Dennis Chien, with assistance from other members of Vashon’s Fix-it Café, Makerspace, Zero Waste Vashon and the Tool Library.
Space is limited — register by March 10 online here, or by contacting Michelle at michelle@openspacevashon.com. The event is free, with lunch and tools provided, and made possible through a grant from King County Eco-Consumer Program and discounted tools sourced from Vashon Ace Hardware. For more information, visit vashonfixit.com or openspacevashon.com/orbit.
Styro and plastics recycling
Bring styrofoam and plastic waste to the next First (&Third) Sunday Styrofoam and Plastics Recycling Event, held from 10 to 2 p.m. Sunday, March 5, at the Sheffield Building, 18850 103rd Ave SW. Please note: organizers will no longer accept plastic waste if it is contained in a black plastic bag. Find more info at zerowastevashon.org, or email nadine@nadineedelstein.com. To volunteer, contact jacquieperry@comcast.net.
Brown Briefly on Voice of Vashon
Join the host of the Brown Briefly radio show, Truman O’Brien, Bruce Haulman, Craig Beles and Kevin Jones at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 7, on Voice of Vashon, 101.9FM to hear Tom Dean and Daniel Baptista discuss the development of a Vashon sign to recognize the sx̌ʷəbabš First People of Vashon. A grant written by Dean provided the funding for Baptista’s work and to produce metal signs for Vashon trail heads and businesses and yard signs for interested islanders.
International Women’s Day
Come for free Pollard coffee, pastries by Vashon Baking Company and Snapdragon, and an informal community gathering to honor women’s contribution to the world, from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 8, at Vashon Center for the Arts. Free and all welcome. Come when you can, leave when you need to. Find out more at internationalwomensday.com.
Vashon 101
Vashon Heritage Museum’s “Vashon 101” webinar speaker series will next offer a talk by Binah McCloud, Puyallup Director of Student Success and Culture at Chief Leschi School. Her talk takes place at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 9, via Zoom.
McCloud’s family participated in the Fishing War of the 1960s-70s, and she will describe the historic struggle that won them decisive recognition of their treaty fishing rights.
Register to attend at vashonheritagemuseum.org.
