More than 100 dogs and handlers competed in the four-day Vashon Sheepdog Classic last weekend, but the event also served as a fundraiser for local nonprofits and resulted in almost $9,000 being raised for the island’s Partners in Education (PIE) organization.
Washington’s Department of Ecology is continuing its multi-year effort to clean up yards contaminated by lead and arsenic from Tacoma’s former ASARCO copper smelter, and officials are holding a meeting on Vashon about theongoing work on Tuesday, June 14.
ince the Vashon Sheepdog Classic’s revival seven years ago, thousands of people from across the globe have converged on the fields of Vashon’s Misty Isle Farms in September to watch herding dogs silently wrangle sheep. But, thisyear, the event is happening in June, a departure from tradition.
Islander and longtime Vashon Park District commissioner Bill Ameling will be recognized tomorrow night at an open house and presentation at the Vashon Golf & Swim Club.
Vashon High School sent two senior tennis players to the state tennis tournament in Yakima on May 26 and 27. Josh Tillman qualified from the boys’ team — which ended its season in the fall, but Tillman has waited until spring for the state tournament — and Taryn Mulvihill qualified from the girls’ team — which just ended its season.
Dozens of National Guard soldiers arrived via watercraft at Jensen Point on Monday afternoon. With vehicles and days of supplies in tow, the soldiers headed to Sunrise Ridge where they will camp for the rest of the week while the Cascadia Rising disaster drill is underway. They will provide humanitarian aid and work with local agencies to respond to a disaster scenario based on the possibility of a 9.0 earthquake and tsunami.
Two new ferry ticketing procedures are being implemented at the Fauntleroy ferry terminal in an effort to load ferries more efficiently, but commuters last week voiced frustrations with the new systems.
Vashon school district employees correctly addressed complaints of harassment and discrimination from parents who are now filing a lawsuit against the district, according to the results of an independent investigation.
Five months after the Vashon-Maury Island Land Trust announced it was seeking a farmer to lease the historic Matsuda Farm, the organization has decided not to lease the farm and will instead focus on developing it further.
The two families suing Vashon’s school district, alleging their children’s repeated bullying and harassment was not addressed by the district, are asking for at least $31.5 million in damages plus attorneys’ fees, according to documents released by the school district.
Twenty-eight-year-old Caitlin Ames never thought she would be a farmer.
“I wanted to study social issues and actually came across agricultural colleges and would say, ‘Oh, heck no.’ In my head, a farmer is some guy in his 50s driving a tractor and smoking a cigarette. It was never something I could identify with,” she said during an interview with The Beachcomber, as she sat on a bench outside the office wearing a Pacific Crest Farm T-shirt and commenting about the dirt on her hands.
After months of community meetings and discussions with King County and the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, construction work on mountain bike trails through Dockton Forest has begun.
Vashon’s school district announced last week that it will contract with an educational service organization to craft a plan to address racial awareness and equity within the district.
