Parents of students in Vashon’s public schools will be asked to lend a helping hand to the Island’s financially strapped school district.
By a near-unanimous vote and with scant discussion, Islanders at the Vashon-Maury Island Community Council (VMICC) meeting Monday night urged the King County Library System to keep the Vashon library branch in the town core.
Rep. Sharon Nelson (D-Maury Island) was chosen by the aides of her 62 fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives as the Legislator of the Year, lawmakers announced Thursday.
From natural resources such as Peter Point, to cultural resources such as the “O” Open Space for Arts and Community, to green living resources such as Mariposa Gardens, the newly completed online version of the Vashon Green Map at www.socialecologyvashon.org can help direct those who need information. It may also lead to some surprising discoveries about the Island.
This weekend, Islanders have the chance to learn more about the bloody but little-known conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo from people who have witnessed the strife firsthand.
Vashon HouseHold is facing what executive director Sam Hendricks calls a serious “water intrusion” problem at its newly built and much-celebrated Eernisse Apartments, an affordable housing complex that is home to about 75 people.
Businessman Tom Bangasser lost round one in his effort to force King County to reverse its decision to rezone the K2 site when a quasi-judicial panel ruled he lacked the legal grounds to challenge the county’s move.
Six Island establishments failed a sting operation and sold alcohol to minors March 28, infractions that could cost them their liquor licences for days, officials said last week.
Some of the tenants at Vashon Village say they’re reeling from the news that the small colorful buildings that house their businesses might be razed, while others say they see the latest developments as a chance for new opportunities.
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.
