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By AMY CAREY AND TOM DEAN The sun is rising this morning, reaching out with golden rays to Puget Sound,…
It has been said that every man (and I don’t think I’m being sexist here) harbors within himself a secret…
Tease apart the threads that led to last week’s amazing announcement, and one sees something both remarkable and inspiring: Smart…
It’s only mid-November, but here at The Beachcomber, we’re already waist deep in the winter holidays. And if you don’t…
There were a few bright spots as a result of Tuesday’s General Election. Joe Fitzgibbon, an astute young man with…
Lately, I have been deep in “island research mode,” digging down through the layers of accumulated history and lore which,…
Let’s make one thing perfectly clear. I love football. Now, the reason I have to say that upfront is because…
Vashon HouseHold has faced some tough transitions over the last couple of years. It lost a popular executive director when Sam Hendricks and his family decided to move to Portland, Ore. In the last few months, some key staff members — including Margaret Cruse, who played a leadership role in the small organization — have resigned.
On the October Audubon bird walk a newcomer from Detroit looked surprised when I said we would be checking on the arriving winter migrants. She asked, “Did you say birds migrate HERE for the WINTER?” From her delight at this discovery, I could see that she was ticking another 100 points onto her mental scoreboard for Vashon versus Detroit!
Over the last month or so, teen boys across the country have taken their own lives — all after being brutally bullied for being gay or perceived as gay. Tyler Clementi, 18, Seth Walsh, 13, Raymond Chase, 19, Asher Brown, 13, Billy Lucas, 15, and Justin Aaberg, 15, hanged, shot or drowned themselves because the pain was too great to continue living.
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