On Aug. 6, Marion McBride, the regional director for Housing and Urban Development (HUD), will be at Vashon Community Care to discuss funds available for housing our special needs community. (Watch for an article announcing the details of that meeting.)
Ballots for the Aug. 17 primary election will be mailed to us starting July 27, and as Sharon Nelson is running for the state Senate, we will select two candidates to advance to the November election to succeed her in the House of Representatives for the 34th Legislative District.
At 5:39 a.m. July 4, I shut my three-pane windows, sure that the Vashon thunderboats had cancelled due to weather….
Please don’t use styrofoam for flotation. This is what it is doing to our beaches. This picture is of my…
Before Tom Stewart (yes, there was a time before the Mighty Fireworks Show) the evening of Independence Day was filled with the muffled sounds of scattered, home-purchased fireworks, both legal and not-so-legal. The zing of pinwheels, the spinning fire of ground blooms, even the whistle and pop of noise-only fireworks, these were the accompaniment to neighborhood and family picnics.
I would like to respond to the column from Sen. Joe McDermott in the June 30 Beachcomber (“Taxation is in response to global crisis,” June 30).
I was sitting here listening to the Vashon Hum when I got (yet another) unsettling call from Havurat Ee Shalom, where I am the “handyman.” There was another burglary there in the last few days, one of several over the last few years.
For those unable to attend the meeting Wednesday, June 9, in Burien on the SeaTac Part-150 NOISE Study, a report follows.
Fireworks season is upon us once again. The community of Vashon did a great job last year keeping safe during fireworks season, with only one fireworks-related incident. For the last five years Vashon’s fireworks-related incident rate has been very low.
The Beachcomber’s June 9 issue included an article about Sen. Patty Murray honoring Sue Nebeker and two other activist citizens at her annual Golden Tennis Shoe award luncheon. It is wonderful that such outstanding people receive recognition, but I was surprised to read that the event is a fundraiser for Murray’s campaign. Shouldn’t the funds go to the causes championed?
The staff at Vashon Community Care helped me acquire the skills and confidence to successfully leave their assisted living program. While preparing to leave, I knew I would need outside support to continue to take care of myself. Being new to Vashon, I also knew I would need friends. When I opened the door at Vashon Senior Center, I found both.
I like your editorial entitled “As Seniors Graduate” and the commitment to starting a foundation. The idea of creating a more equitable tax base is appropriate, though the next phrase “years away” strikes me, and I add this humbly, as a bit fatalistic.
I wonder if Vashon Allied Arts is open for another location for their planned performance/classroom space. I would much rather see a theater that is in the heart of the community.
