Opinion
Editorial: Quartermaster needs our help; let’s wait no longer
It’s understandable that homeowners are hesitant to step forward to become the “poster child” in King County’s efforts…
Opinion
Thirty-one ‘daughters’ teach valuable lessons
For years, the fall air made me yearn for helmets, pads and tackling dummies. I would wake up…
Opinion
Brava, ‘La Bohème’
Sometimes, in the cultural life of this community, an event comes along that is so special that for…
Arts
Island author shares a new Halloween tale
Debut children’s book author Tom Brenner doesn’t think Halloween should be scary.
Arts
Arts briefs: Sept. 23
Talk at VALISE VALISE Gallery, a collective of Island artists, will host a talk with Gust Burns at…
Arts
School children feast on farm fresh food
Last Tuesday, the lunch ladies at Chautauqua happily heaped hot lunch plates with harvest veggie pasta — whole…
Sports
Youth Pirates win two
Vashon Pirate Youth Football head coach Matt Amundsen identified the secret ingredient that propelled the seventh- and eighth-grade…
Sports
Cross-country runs at Steilacoom
Pirate runners ran hard and fast at two away meets last week, and the athletes finished strong in…
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor: Sept. 23
The Vashon Park District by law is considered a non-essential service. This means that there is no continued…
Obituaries
Sarah Bohanon
Longtime Vashon resident Sarah Ann McMahan Bohanon died Friday, Sept. 18, 2009, at her Vashon Heights home. She…
Opinion
Editorial: Ferry woes — A commission listened. Will lawmakers?
Not many Islanders turned out for a meeting with the state Transportation Commission when it came to the…
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor: Sept. 16
Swine flu There are still unknowns I agree with Kathy Abascal that it is important to prepare for…
Business
Vashon and Friday Harbor CPA firms merge
R. Peter Lake, a CPA with a firm on Vashon, and Kennedy McCulloch, a CPA firm in Friday…