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Dozens of Vashon hoopsters take on Hoopfest in Spokane

In the weeks before the end of the school year, during the evenings one could not arrive to…

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor: July 15

Health care Americans want national health care Friends, the fox is in the hen house. While 64 percent…

Judy Mulhair is trying to sell Vashon’s only hostel

News

Vashon’s hostel faces unsure future

Vashon’s only hostel and campground — a whimsical Western-themed collection of teepees, wagons, barns and cabins — will…

Bruce Kirschner gazes at photos depicting K2

Arts

K2 exhibit offers up a story that’s still fresh

The cool air inside the heritage museum is a welcome respite from the soaring temperatures outside, and the…

Obituaries

Robert Mitchel Plancich

Robert Mitchel Plancich, 85, died July 8, 2009 at Highline Hospital after an extended illness. Robert was born…

Preserve Our Islands volunteer Courtney Estevenin

News

Preserve Our Islands raffles off beloved 1965 Plymouth

Islanders have a chance this month to win a car — a cream-colored 1965 Plymouth Valiant — and…

Opinion

Charter change gives us a chance to protect county’s rural gems

Our region is filled with majestic places. As two kids growing up in King County, we experienced the…

Opinion

Editorial: The new format is good, for those who can read it

Since our transition to a tab-format, we’ve received mostly positive feedback. People seem to like the way they…

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor: July 8

Kudos to seniors Proud to know the class of 2009 Now that my son has graduated, I can share…

Fom left to right are Daniel Macca

Sports

Master rowers excel at regional regatta

The weekend of June 26 to 28, the Vashon Island Rowing Club (VIRC) masters left the Island looking…

Sports

Island teen heads to rodeo championships

Addie Davis, a junior at Vashon High School, has earned a position on the Washington State High School…

News

Boy molested at Vashon swimming pool

A 12-year-old boy was molested at the Vashon Pool on June 21 by a sex offender from Seattle,…

Leo Montague

Arts

Grand marshal is a man who’s given decades to the Island

Vashon’s newly anointed Strawberry Festival grand marshal is glad to pass on a few morsels of wisdom to…