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No matter how you spell ‘Pickelhaube,’ this year’s bee promises some fun

Watch out, would-be Island spellers: The Icelandic Sledders are now in training for this year’s Third Annual Community…

Opinion

Sunrise Ridge is a community jewel

Despite downturns in our local and national economies, the Sunrise Ridge board of directors is considering future uses…

Opinion

Editorial: A sorry chapter

King County Superior Court Judge Cheryl Carey’s verdict in Lanora Hackett’s lawsuit against Vashon Island Fire & Rescue…

Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Library could move and still be in town

What happened to the third option for the Vashon library to be built anew just west of the…

Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: School bond — tour convinced us it’s needed

I must admit that I was highly skeptical when I first heard of the Vashon High School bond…

Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Vashon currency could add value

Issuing a bond in U.S. dollars to rebuild the high school will create future hardship. But that is…

Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Foreign aid could do more for poor

My Grandma Skov wanted to help poor people back in the ’20s when the men came to the…

Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: A thank you from California

As we settle into our house here in Sebastopol, Calif. — a true sister city to Vashon —…

Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Let’s work to improve Island roads

I’ve noticed around the Island after the recent snows that the plows scraped many of the new reflectors…

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CALENDAR

THURSDAY 5 Kids’ music Kim Thal will lead Swing Set and Singing Stories for kids ages 1 to…

Chrissy Swope looks for the outlet pass after grabbing a rebound away from Cascade Christian’s Ashley Centioli as the clock wound down in last Tuesday’s game.

Sports

Girls hoopsters take two more games

Vashon’s girls basketball team had a full week of play the last week of January. Starting off the…

Arts

Kingbees make Red Bike debut

Bill Brown and the Kingbees will play at 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, at The Red Bicycle.

The extreme sport of jump roping is featured in “JUMP!”

Arts

Jump rope film shows at theater

If you thought skipping rope was just for the playground, the high-energy documentary “JUMP!” will yank you up…