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    Articles by Leslie Brown
    Ed Swan will release a new edition of his popular guide
    Birder’s latest guide is a compendium of local...
    By Leslie Brown • December 4, 2013 7:00 am

    Over the years, Vashon Island Audubon President Randy Smith has gotten phone calls from birders wondering how they could snag a copy of Ed Swan’s book, “The Birds of Vashon Island.” Printed in 2005, all 750 books sold quickly, and it was a rare day that a used copy appeared on a bookstore shelf.

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    Car-free commute shows society at its best
    Car-free commute shows society at its best
    By Leslie Brown • July 2, 2013 3:33 pm

    The other night, as I was sitting on the water taxi on my way home to Vashon, I struck up a conversation with a couple from Cambridge, England, who appeared to be headed to the island for a visit. As it turned out, they didn’t plan to set foot on Vashon. They were simply taking a sunset cruise on the water taxi. A ride on the King County-owned catamaran, they noted, was as lovely as a cruise on one of those big, tourist-filled commercial boats and a lot less expensive.

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    Mukai board member drops suit against islanders
    Mukai board member drops suit against islanders
    By Leslie Brown • March 27, 2013 12:36 pm

    A Texas lawyer who sued three Vashon women, saying he was defamed by their high-profile efforts to dislodge him from the board that owns the historic Mukai Farmhouse, has asked a judge to dismiss his lawsuit.

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    Michael Pedrin works the fish counter at Vashon Thriftway
    Shellfish troubles signify a changing ocean
    By Leslie Brown • March 27, 2013 12:25 pm

    Decades ago, some scientists believed the oceans could absorb much of the carbon dioxide the world’s fossil fuel-driven economy was spewing into the atmosphere. The oceans, early studies suggested, would serve as a so-called carbon sink, drinking up that carbon and storing it for perpetuity.

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    Will Macdonald holds up one of the few logs remaining for his project.
    A Vashon Scout regroups after supplies for his...
    By Leslie Brown • March 21, 2013 7:28 pm

    When Will Macdonald goes before a Boy Scouts’ review panel and is asked to name the biggest challenge he faced in completing his Eagle Scout project, he has no doubt how he’ll answer.

    It’ll be the time the materials for his project disappeared.

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    Park district establishes citizens’ committee to review fields project
    Park district establishes citizens’ committee to review fields...
    By Leslie Brown • March 19, 2013 12:56 pm

    The Vashon Park Dis-trict’s new general manager, in what she called an effort to rebuild the agency’s credibility, has empaneled a citizens’ committee to oversee construction of the fields project north of town.

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    Elizabeth Archambault
    Former refugee worker now heads DoVE
    By Leslie Brown • March 19, 2013 4:15 pm

    Elizabeth Archambault has traveled the world trying to protect women and girls from violence.

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    Schools foundation launches campaign, hopes to raise $500,000 for district
    Schools foundation launches campaign, hopes to raise $500,000...
    By Leslie Brown • March 19, 2013 3:53 pm

    The Vashon Schools Foundation is gearing up for its third year of fundraising, once again hoping to raise $500,000 for the 1,500-student school district.

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    Kathy Wheaton stands at the end of a row of maples. Until she was burglarized last week
    Vashon nursery loses trees, shrubs in a huge...
    By Leslie Brown • March 12, 2013 2:41 pm

    A customer last Friday afternoon told Kathy Wheaton, owner of Kathy’s Corner, that he was interested in one of several Japanese maples she had for sale. When he came back Saturday morning and found that the one he’d had his eye on was gone, he asked her why she had sold it.

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    The state Ecology Department’s new map shows the new service area in gold; the hatched area indicates the previous service area.
    Impact from arsenic-laced plume not as extensive, state...
    By Leslie Brown • March 12, 2013 2:37 pm

    Far fewer homes on Vashon and Maury island will be eligible for a publicly funded yard cleanup program after a new state analysis indicated arsenic contamination in the region is not nearly as extensive as officials originally believed.

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    From left
    After 31 years, owners of Fair Isle Animal...
    By Leslie Brown • March 12, 2013 2:26 pm

    Don Wolczko’s early days at Fair Isle Animal Clinic were trying ones.

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    Real estate analysis suggests park district rentals are under-occupied
    Real estate analysis suggests park district rentals are...
    By Leslie Brown • March 12, 2013 1:39 pm

    The Vashon Park District’s historic Belle Baldwin House at Fern Cove was occupied only 35 percent of the time in 2012, according to an analysis undertaken by a real estate agent.

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    Man arrested for meth possession on Gorsuch Road
    Man arrested for meth possession on Gorsuch Road
    By Leslie Brown • March 6, 2013 3:46 pm

    A 51-year-old man was arrested on the 9500 block of S.W. Gorsuch Road late Sunday afternoon for possession of methamphetamine and other alleged violations, King County sheriff’s deputies report.

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