I found Jack Stewart’s article about grinding to be depressingly and predictably ironic. He wants teens and adults to communicate, yet this whole fiasco was created by adults who saw something they objected to and eradicated without including teens in the process.
For the last several weeks, The Beachcomber has run a series of stories on some of the agencies and organizations on Vashon helping those who are in need. Called “Compassion in Action,” each story focused on one nonprofit, taking a look at what it offers up, for whom and why.
In response to The Beachcomber’s request for suggestions regarding the need for environmentally sustainable manufacturing, I’d like to revisit an idea I proposed more than two years ago for the creation of a Vashon Ecosystem for Green Industry (VEGI) at the now-vacant K2 facility. I first presented this proposal to the Vashon-Maury Island Community Council (VMICC) Land Use Committee in June 2007 and have discussed it at two subsequent VMICC meetings since then.
There is usually an apprehensive flutter that accompanies my bravado when I go to the local food bank.
Darsie Beck’s new book, “Your Essential Nature: A Practical Guide to Greater Creativity and Spiritual Harmony,” is as much about us, the readers, as it is about him. His part is written: discoveries of practical activities that free his sense of creative purpose. Our part is waiting, with space provided among the pages.
We’re sometimes asked at The Beachcomber why we do what we do, and one of the categories that seems to particularly befuddle readers is our letters to the editor column.
For weeks now I have been following the debate about high school dances and thinking about the issue.
Catching a glimpse of a hummingbird zipping away from a salal bush, I had to investigate what had attracted it. Much to my surprise, the bush was fully flowering — in December.
I don’t have one of those newfangled wide-screen televisions. That’s why, lately, you’ll find me sitting on a folding chair on the sidewalk on the south side of Bank Road, opposite Thriftway, taking in the entertainment (FREE!) from that snazzy, new, towering, gi-normous, active video display sign Island Lumber has thoughtfully situated for my viewing pleasure right at the edge of the road. I don’t think I’ve seen anything more spectacular since Cinerama came to my hometown when I was a kid, back in the mid-1800s.
Saludos from El Salvador, where they call me Señorita Carlota. I’m currently in my eighth month of service as a Peace Corps volunteer in a rural health and sanitation program.
By Kate Hunter President Obama has proposed a Dec. 23 deadline for Congress to send him legislation reforming our nation’s…
During the recent campaign for King County executive, Larry Phillips, one of the candidates, expressed his opposition to a countywide tax to fund a ferry district that served only Vashon and West Seattle.
I have followed the tourism issue with great interest and believe I have a sure-fire way to bring in those big beautiful tourist dollars Vashon Island so desperately wants right now. The economy has gone south faster than songbirds in a snowstorm, and times are tougher than two-week old leftover turkey so we need a great marketing plan to save Vashon.
