While tree branches fell, along with the occasional whole tree, and without electricity due to Hurricane Gustav, Dr. Paula Arai, keynote speaker of the fifth annual Vashon Island Buddhist Seminar, talked of her keen interest in the realm of what she calls domestic Zen, which, she adds, is very different from monastic Zen.
Garden program still open
Late arrival tomorrow
Kenneth Sudduth, the Islander who crashed into a Dumpster at the north-end ferry dock on Aug. 28, jumped into the water immediately following the accident because his shirt was on fire, according to his mother Rebecca Parks — not to elude arrest for an outstanding warrant, as deputies believed.
The King County Cemetery District #1 monthly meeting will be held at 3 p.m. today, Wednesday, Sept. 10, at the Vashon Cemetery located at 19631 S.W. Singer Rd.
King County has purchased a little more than an acre of waterfront on the southern tip of Maury Island as part of its ongoing Maury Island Conservation Initiative, an attempt to protect important marine habitat on both Maury and Vashon islands.
Saying it was the only way he could fulfill his promise to Island voters, the head of the King County Library System (KCLS) has pledged to move the Vashon Library to the proposed K2 Commons — should the ambitious redevelopment project come to fruition.
The entire historic archive of the Vashon Beachcomber will be made freely available online.
Vashon Island School District’s standardized test results came in last week, revealing strong gains as well as losses across the board, a mixed picture for a district that prides itself for its strong academic achievements.
The Vashon Island School District and its five-member board will hold a community-wide forum Tuesday, Sept. 9, in an attempt to gauge Islanders’ potential support for a multi-million dollar bond measure to rebuild parts of the district’s aging infrastructure.
A Vashon citizens’ committee is mailing a survey to all Vashon households this week in the hope that it will help Islanders influence a range of state and county decisions on both ferry and bus service on Vashon.
