Forrest “Frosty” Wallace can’t use the front door in the wintertime in his small, two-bedroom apartment just west of the Vashon post office. Because of gaps between the door and its frame, he duct-tapes it shut during the cold months — his makeshift effort to keep the wind from blowing into his thin-walled unit.
Vashon Library isn’t often the scene of an event that can provoke, inspire and even shock Islanders. But at 2 p.m. Saturday, when Mad Magazine editor Joe Raiola speaks about “The Joy of Censorship,” he promises it’ll be just that.
More than 70 percent of those responding to an Island-wide survey about the Vashon library’s location said they’d like to see it remain in Ober Park, while 21 percent said they’d prefer to see the branch move to K2.
Vashon Island School District Superintendent Terry Lindquist, braced for state budget cuts that could cost the district as much as $850,000, has already put teachers on notice that the district will need to issue pink slips later this year.
Ten thousand miles away, in the epicenter of the Middle East conflict, there are schools where the violent clash between Jews and Arabs doesn’t seem to exist.
Vashon Youth & Family Services (VYFS) could see a 10 to 15 percent across-the-board budget cut this year — the result of a decline in United Way funding, the state’s far-reaching budget troubles and other financial shortfalls wreaking havoc on the small agency’s ledger.
If budget writers in Olympia have their way, Islanders will soon bid adieu to the Rhododendron — the oldest boat in the state ferry system’s fleet and the stalwart of the Tahlequah run for the past several decades.
Rev. Sylvester Ssemanda, the Ugandan priest who was temporarily serving at Vashon’s Catholic church, is headed back to Africa earlier than expected.
My vegetable seedlings have legs.
Rental agency changes hands Winterbrook Realty, Inc., announced recently that it has acquired Vashon Property Management from Ken and Donna…
Islander Kenneth Sudduth, whose accident at the north-end ferry dock Aug. 28 garnered much local attention, completed serving a six-month prison sentence and returned to Vashon last week.
Equestrians on Vashon won’t have a covered riding arena any time soon, after former Islander Tom Stewart informed the group last month that he won’t pony up the $220,000 he’d promised to the project several years ago.
A beloved and massive tulip tree at the edge of Island Lumber’s parking lot on Bank Road was felled on Wednesday, leaving an empty spot not only along the busy road but also in many Islanders’ hearts.