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Club and organization news
Join Island trackers Vashon Wilderness Program announces its newest program: the Tracking Club. The Tracking Club will meet…
Sports
Seattle Christian serves Pirates a loss
Last week was a bad one for Pacific Northwest sports. The Huskies were decimated in Arizona, the Cougs…
Sports
Girls battle but lose tight contest to Warriors
By GARY MEANS For The Beachcomber The Vashon Pirates girls soccer team took to the pitch last Thursday…
Sports
Pirates stomp Eagles, 26-6
By DON OLSON and MARY KAY RAUMA The Vashon High School Pirates football team put on another dominating…
News
Corrections
• A student’s name was misspelled in the caption that went with “Perfect Fit,” a “Scene & Heard”…
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Happening: Oct. 15
VMICC meets, discusses forest The next meeting of the Vashon-Maury Island Community Council, at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct.…
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CLASSES
Middle school success “Strategies for Success” workshops for middle school students emphasize better organization, study skills and work…
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CALENDAR
WEDNESDAY 15 WIC program WIC provides free vouchers for nutritious foods as well as nutrition education for qualifying…
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Flying high
Puget Sound Energy’s sub-contractor Potelco brought in a helicopter last week to replace nine utility poles on the…
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Homelessness council to offer community dinners
The Interfaith Council on Homelessness voted last month to offer two community dinners per week, Tuesdays and Thursdays,…
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Beachcomber wins 16 awards
The Beachcomber was awarded 16 awards from the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association on Oct. 3. In this year’s…
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Cost to preserve Tramp Harbor Dock may be high
By AMELIA HEAGERTY Staff Writer Tramp Harbor Dock, one of few public piers still standing on Vashon, is…
Obituaries
John Gordon Furbush
Gordy was born January 11, 1920, on Vashon Island to Arthur and Flora Furbush and passed away peacefully…