CALENDAR

WEDNESDAY 28

High school tours

A tour of Vashon High School will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. today, Jan 28.

The tour meets in the Vashon High School gym foyer, and all Islanders are welcome to take the tour, particularly those weighing their votes on the proposed bond issue for a new school.

For those who cannot make it to the tour, a virtual tour is available online at www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0_Fa6Ae_S4&eurl=http://www.vashonforschools.org/.

Contact Anne Atwell at the district for more information at 463-2121, ext. 8114, or aatwell@vashonsd.org.

Fight cancer

The American Cancer Society is looking for volunteers and teams for the first Relay for Life on Vashon Island this summer, at a date yet to be determined.

Organizers are holding an information meeting at 7 p.m. tonight, Jan. 28, at the commons at Vashon High School.

Relay for Life is an overnight event that mobilizes communities throughout the country to celebrate survivors (anyone who has ever been diagnosed with cancer), remember loved ones lost, commit to fight back through healthy lifestyle changes and raise money for the fight against cancer.

Volunteers are needed to organize and recruit teams, seek community support, coordinate logistics, find refreshments and prizes, plan entertainment and lend their support.

To RSVP for tonight’s meeting or volunteer on the Relay for Life committee, contact Tracy Weidel at 674-4120 or visit www.RelayForLife.org/VashonIslandWA.

SATURDAY 31

Adopt-a-cat day

Vashon Island Pet Protectors (VIPP) hosts an Adopt-A-Cat Day every Saturday from 11:30 am. to 2:30 p.m. at its new adoption center at 12200 S.W. 243rd St.

Go to vipp.org for directions or call VIPP at 389-1085.

MONDAY 2

Great Books

The Great Books discussion group will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 2, at the Vashon Library.

This month the group will discuss “Distributive Justice” from “Collected Papers” by John Rawls. Call the library for more information at 463-2069.

Learn about labyrinths

“Walking the Labyrinth as a Practice for Peace” will be presented by Betty Hawkins at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 2, at the Land Trust Building. Her presentation is part of Winter Feast for the Soul, a program currently on the Island exploring how people practice peace.

Contact Zubin Goldman for more information at 463-02620.

TUESDAY 3

Youth-Adult Dialogue

The next Youth-Adult Dialogue will meet from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3, for “Sex: What’s Love Got to Do With It?” The dialogues provide a lighthearted space for different generations to talk with each other.

There’s a free dinner. Please bring your own plate and utensils. And youth who participate get a coupon that’s good at Movie Magic for a movie or a drink.

Call Maryam Steffen at 463-2603 for more information.

UPCOMING

Horse farm tour

Horses for Clean Water and the King Conservation District will conduct a tour of a 12-acre Vashon commercial horse property that works hard to maintain the heath of its natural features as well as the health of its Dutch Warmbloods. Participants will see pastures interspersed amongst mature fir and cedar trees, mud-free sacrifice areas, winter turnouts and a covered arena. An ecology block bin collects stall waste for give-away to Island growers. Horse aficionados can observe chore-efficient horse management techniques that make horse life easier and reduce environmental impacts.

Participants can win a coupon for $100 off expenses to install barn gutters, exclusion fencing, winter paddocks or other best management practices.

The tour will be held at Paxhia Farms from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 7.

Storytelling benefit

Islanders who are garrulous, verbose or fibbers are wanted at a storytelling festival that will meet from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, at Havurat Ee Shalom. Guest are invited to come spin a yarn or sit back and listen to others’ tales of woe, whimsy and wonder.

The event is a fundraiser to provide scholarships for children in the Vashon Wilderness Program.

Tickets are available at Books by the Way and at the door. E-mail Leslie Enzian at tobler@enzianfour.com for more information.

Harbor School

The Harbor School will host an open house from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11.

For more information, call the school at 567-5955.

ONGOING

Tax help

Hilary Emmer will help people with their taxes, property tax exemptions and applications for Basic Health at the Vashon Libary from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursdays, Jan. 29 to April 2.

Her tax assistance is free for people who make less than $25,000 a year.

For more information, call Emmer at 463-7277.