Library friends meet Saturday
Friends of the Vashon Library will meet from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 14. Help support the library by joining the Friends of Vashon Library, the “Friendliest” group on the Island. Our volunteers do a variety of fundraisers to provide programming for all ages. This month’s meeting will focus on the Strawberry Festival sale and parade. Please join us for fun and refreshments.
— Ursula Schwaiger
Quilters sew for soldiers
The Vashon Island Quilt Guild will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 17, at the Presbyterian Church. Guests are welcome; refreshments will be served.
Attendees should bring needles and thread for sewing bindings on soldier quilts. A featured speaker will talk about “Quilters Without Borders,” a project in Mongolia. For information, contact Ann Maher at 567-5686.
— Jo Ann Bardeen
End poverty with RESULTS
RESULTS Vashon is offering two excellent opportunities this month to learn about solutions to poverty worldwide and what we on Vashon can do to make a difference in the lives of the poorest people in the world.
Paul Farmer will be our guest speaker on our June conference call at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 14. Don’t miss this chance to hear from — and even ask questions of — the man who was the subject of the book “Mountains Beyond Mountains” by Tracy Kidder.
Farmer will talk about treating HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis in Haiti and Rwanda via conference call with RESULTS chapters around the country.
Call Stan Merrell at 463-7670 for directions to the gathering.
On June 18, Cameron Herrington of Seattle CISPES (Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador) will speak at our monthly education and action meeting. He’ll address these questions: What are the root causes of immigration from Latin America? What is the role of U.S. foreign policy and free trade agreements in addressing poverty and inequality? How does immigration affect the home countries that are left behind?
Please join us at 7:15 p.m. in the meeting room of the Windermere Building.
For more information about RESULTS, contact me at 567-5561 or visit www.results.org.
— Lesley Reed
Caregivers get support
Vashon Community Care Center hosts a monthly Caregivers Support Group meeting. The group meets on the second Thursday of every month at 7 p.m. — this month June 12.
Call me for details or with questions at 567-6142.
— Julea Gardener
Knit and listen at Café Luna
Every third Sunday knitters of all abilities are invited to bring their projects to Café Luna. This month the group gathers at 6 p.m. Sunday, June 15, to knit, schmooze and learn from each other, while the Celtic Players work their understated and very merry music.
For more information about the knitting, contact David Guion at 463-1680.
— Natalie Sheard
VIGCC gears up for summer
The Men’s Club meeting this month at Vashon Island Golf and Country Club (VIGCC) on Friday, June 13, will feature a free dinner for the Men’s Club members. Make your reservations early. The Wine Club is meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, June 14, to sample red bordeaux and enjoy a great dinner afterwards.
Dayna Rogers is coordinating our swimming lessons, which start the week of June 23, and are open to non-members, so tell your friends. Call the office for information at 463-9410.
This year Vashon Island residents will be eligible to apply for our new pool membership. The office has all the information. Call 463-9410 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
If you need to make reservations or get more information about June events, please call 463-2005.
— Victoria Miner
Seniors can make a splash
Vashon older adults can go to the King County pool at times reserved just for them and learn how much fun getting wet for an hour can be.
Seniors are invited to join the group and Senior Center Director Abbie Nielsen and Program Coordinator and Fitness Instructor Willow Eaton from 3 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, June 18, the free opening day, then from 3 to 4 p.m. June 20. The time changes to 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. June 30, July 2, 7, 9, 11, 14, 16, 18, 28 and 30 and Aug. 4, 6, 8, 18, 20, 22, 25, 27 and 29. The pool fee is $3.25 for adults 62 and older, and pool passes are accepted.
Amenities include warm shower and pool temperature, entry steps or a lift, floating paddle boards and other swimming accessories. You don’t have to know how to swim to enjoy the pool and the sunshine: lanes divide the water walkers from those who stretch and float while others swim their laps.
“If you missed the Senior Splash weeks at the Vashon/King County pool last summer, you missed a great time,” says Claire Hollowell, a member of the Senior Center. “Eight to 10 of us got together for socializing, exercizing and swimming. The helpers were great; the charge was minimal, and the water was warm. It’s lots of fun — and it’s good for you, too!” Join us for friendship, fun and feeling fit.
— Deirdre Petree
Send videos to VoV
Voice of Vashon’s television programming on Comcast Channel 21 next week will feature a new program from Sea-Inside NW. This underwater video program is filmed in the waters of Puget Sound and will play every morning at 9 a.m.
For the full broadcast schedule including both audio and video schedules, see www. voiceofvashon.org.
If you have been creating your own video that you would like to share with your Vashon/Maury neighbors, please e-mail dans@islandimage.net.
— Dan Schueler
Support roller derby
Vashon’s daring damsels of the flat track roller derby will shed their skates for a night to raise spirits and funds for Slaughter County Roller Vixens. Vashon team members have assembled a team fundraiser for the TerrorMedixxxon at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 14, at Vashon’s Eagles club house, 18134 Vashon Hwy. S.W.
This fundraiser is intended to raise funds for training and educational workshops for our league members and help lend support to the junior roller derby team (Kitsap Derby Brats).
Many will play Bunco, a game of dice played in rounds, that is fun and easy to learn. Those who do not want to play Bunco can enjoy a dice table as well.
Games aside, half the fun of attending is to say you rubbed elbows with a roller derby girl.
Preregistration is appreciated but not necessary. Contact Dangerous Dahlia at 463-2960 with any questions.
We will have roller derby merchandise for sale and new recruit and sponsorship information available. Please come out and show your support while having fun. This is open to the whole community.
— Marcella Matthews Kruly
