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    Articles by Leslie Brown
    The weakest link in emergency preparedness? You and me
    The weakest link in emergency preparedness? You and...
    By Leslie Brown • December 18, 2012 5:20 pm

    Whenever weather reports indicate a major storm is headed this way, Michael Cochrane says he sees a phenomenon that troubles him greatly — scores of Islanders flocking to stores to buy candles, batteries, canned food and other emergency supplies.

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    A moldering trailer surrounded by junk and debris recently appeared at a vacant lot south of town.
    Homeless camp near town prompts concern
    By Leslie Brown • December 18, 2012 5:05 pm

    Local law officials and community leaders are expressing concern about a new camp that has sprung up in a vacant lot just south of Vashon town, where a handful of people are living in squalid conditions and in makeshift shelters.

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    Judd Creek parcel secures protection
    Judd Creek parcel secures protection
    By Leslie Brown • December 18, 2012 5:00 pm

    King County and the Vashon-Maury Island Land Trust teamed up to put another 10 acres of property along Judd Creek into protected ownership, representatives from both entities said last week.

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    Michele Kimble shares a laugh with J.G. Common residents Sue Knight
    Vashon HouseHold begins offering services, support to seniors
    By Leslie Brown • December 18, 2012 4:52 pm

    In the few weeks since she set up shop at J.G. Commons, Michele Kimble has been able to help one resident reduce the amount she pays for her cable service.

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    The new structure at Island Center Forest is being built largely with wood from the Island
    New shelter in Island Center Forest could become...
    By Leslie Brown • December 13, 2012 1:08 pm

    King County officials hope that a new timber-framed shelter in Island Center Forest will become a site for family reunions, weddings, picnics and educational gatherings once the open-sided structure is completed early next year.

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    Hunting season at Island Center Forest drew 38 hunters
    Hunting season at Island Center Forest drew 38...
    By Leslie Brown • December 13, 2012 12:59 pm

    Nearly 40 people registered to hunt in Island Center Forest (ICF) during the 400-acre forest’s closure for a limited hunting season between Oct. 13 and 31.

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    Neighbors raise concerns about ‘rustic’ church camp
    By Leslie Brown • December 12, 2012 7:00 am

    Morningside Farm is a quiet, park-like expanse on the south end of Vashon, surrounded by a white split-rail fence and dotted by towering firs. On a recent rainy day, hardly a soul was there, save for a couple of men driving tractors to repair potholes in the gravel road leading up to it.

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    County tells park district it needs better cash management
    County tells park district it needs better cash...
    By Leslie Brown • December 11, 2012 5:46 pm

    King County’s highest financial official said the county won’t let the Vashon Park District default, a specter raised last week after the agency’s four commissioners failed to reach an agreement on a plan to pay off a $410,000 loan due Dec. 31.

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    Activity at house near airport has long vexed neighbors
    Activity at house near airport has long vexed...
    By Leslie Brown • December 4, 2012 4:45 pm

    Neighbors have complained for years about the grey-blue house on 109th Avenue S.W., a modest split-level on 12 acres of marshy land abutting the eastern edge of the Vashon Airport.

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    Seattle fundraiser selected to helm Vashon agency
    Seattle fundraiser selected to helm Vashon agency
    By Leslie Brown • December 4, 2012 4:43 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.

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    Park district faces a deficit; could shut its doors for four months
    Park district faces a deficit; could shut its...
    By Leslie Brown • December 4, 2012 4:24 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.

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    Fundraiser under way for ski school program
    Fundraiser under way for ski school program
    By Leslie Brown • November 29, 2012 4:21 pm

    A Vashon family concerned about the lack of scholarship funds for low-income kids who want to participate in Vashon’s ski school program is making wreaths and holding a raffle in an effort to raise the needed money.

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    Mormon church gets green light to develop south-end camp
    Mormon church gets green light to develop south-end...
    By Leslie Brown • November 29, 2012 4:09 pm

    Vashon’s Mormon church has received preliminary approval from King County to move forward with its plans to develop a teen girls camp at its 100-acre property on the southern tip of the Island.

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