The Vashon Island Pet Protectors (VIPP) cat shelter, which closed for nearly three months to address a small ringworm outbreak, is now adopting cats by appointment only. VIPP hopes the shelter will be fully operational by Saturday, Sept. 24, said Geoff Fletcher, president of the animal rescue group.
At the end of a quiet gravel road near the north end of Vashon last week, a small group of Quileute tribal members engaged in a centuries-old tradition.
Despite opposition by legislators from communities served by ferries, the Washington State Transportation Commission recently approved ferry fare increases that add up to more than 5 percent in the coming year — twice the increase that was anticipated in the spring.
Islander Jan Milligan, who directed Camp Sealth for 15 years, has been hired as the next executive director of the Vashon Park District.
A King Count Superior Court Judge said Thursday that he will take time to think before ruling on whether Oregon mother Trisha Conlon should be given full custody of her sons, 13 and 14, who currently live on Vashon with their father John Cushing and his ex-wife and partner Kristine Cushing. Conlon says her children are not safe with Kristine Cushing, who shot and killed her two young daughters in Southern California 20 years ago and was later found innocent by reason of temporary insanity.
As the sun began to set on Manzanita Beach one day last week, Islander Joey Pinczes, in sunglasses and shirtless in the early evening heat, cast his fishing line repeatedly into the mouth of Quartermaster Harbor, slowly reeling in the bright pink lure at the end. His younger brother Shane Hylton did the same, wading into the water in flip flops, while Pinczes’ two young children played on the beach.
On a sunny day last week, 3-year-old Quentin Cherry hung what he called “fake apples” — brightly painted red rocks — on the branches of some of his family’s 400 young apple trees
Last Saturday a small but determined group of Islanders set out to bring new life to the walls of the indoor skate park at the Burton Adventure Recreation Center.
Islander Pamn Aspiri played co-ed softball on Vashon for more than a decade, usually one of just a few women on a mostly male team. She said she loved playing on the league, but always had a hunch that more Island women were interested in softball but simply didn’t want to take to the field with men who could sometimes play rough.
Steve Full, who coached the Vashon Island Rowing Club for the past year, recently accepted a position as the freshman women’s rowing coach at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
Vashon High School’s football team kicked off the season last week with its first practice on Wednesday, Aug. 17. The Pirates will face the Chelan High School Goats in the first game of the season on the home field at 7 p.m. next Friday, Sept. 2.
Vashon drivers, along with the rest of King County, will pay $20 more to renew their car tabs but won’t see significant reductions in bus service.
A fire that caused structural damage at a home on Maury Island Monday appeared to have been caused by a brush fire that ignited after residents burned debris near the home the day before, firefighters said.
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