I urge you to be progressive, not regressive, by voting to approve Referendum 71. Be sure to mark the “yes” box.
This week, registered voters on Vashon should see their ballots arrive in the mail.
By Susan McCabe For The Beachcomber Imagine you’re the parent of a healthy, athletic 13-year-old boy who wants more than…
The Beachcomber’s exposé four weeks ago prompted impassioned letters to the editor about Islanders’ outrage over the decision by a Sylvan Beach property owner to trap and kill a family of river otters, for the crime of soiling his boat. Writing letters to The Beachcomber editor is certainly a fine response to the killings. (Heck, I co-wrote one of them!) But Islanders now have an opportunity to do more — we can rewrite the law.
I don’t know about you, but I don’t know much about paving. This may be because I’m from New York City where no new paving has been done since just after the Revolutionary War. Or because my immigrant ancestors arrived in New York expecting the streets to be “paved with gold,” and were sorely disappointed because, at that time, the streets were mostly covered in horse manure. This is why men are trained to this day to walk close to the curb: to protect their ladies’ skirts from being besplattered. This is a silly rule to obey here on Vashon, not just because, while rural, there are very few horse-drawn carriages, but also because for the most part there are no curbs. Or sidewalks. Or even shoulders. And we like it that way.
We commend the Vashon Island School District and the Vashon PTSA for encouraging parents to get their kids onto school buses next week. It definitely matters. Funds are tight, and the number of kids who climb aboard between Oct. 12 to 16 will dictate the amount of money the district receives to cover its high transportation costs.
By Ellie Kuyper and Susan Lofland For The Beachcomber School is under way and the hustle and bustle of busy…
By Stephen Bogan For The Beachcomber We have heard a lot about the latest Healthy Youth Survey results showing that…
By HANS F.W. STIERLE For The Beachcomber In 1938, my parents took me on a visit to their homeland, Germany….
Those of us who struggle to get our laundry done or keep our refrigerator stocked may quake at the thought of yet another domestic task: Creating Go Kits that will enable us to be ready in the event of a significant disaster.
Each year as we turn toward the beautiful autumn season, Jewish communities around the world get ready for our most important holidays.
It’s been a busy year here on Vashon, where the women hold strong opinions, the men try to look good, the children want higher grade averages and the schools are underfunded. School budgets have been the talk of the town for some time now. Our upstanding citizens ask one another, “How can Vashon schools possibly provide an education above the minimums mandated by state standards?”
It’s understandable that homeowners are hesitant to step forward to become the “poster child” in King County’s efforts to clean up Quartermaster Harbor.