Buy treasures; help ferrets

Ferret Shelter Northwest Vashon will hold its annual Fall Rummage Sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, at the Land Trust Building on Bank Road.

As usual, most of the items will be available for free, with donations to the shelter encouraged but not required. A few ferrets will be on hand to answer questions of adoring humans, although shelter operators Michael and Miriam FitzPatrick will also be available to act as interpreters.

Departing from the usual priced-item format has been very successful for the shelter since Vashon Islanders have consistently been very generous in donating to the modest Island shelter, which includes many ferrets that have come to the shelter from here on Vashon, like Kelley and Einstein, who arrived in the past couple months.

Donations of smaller items can be made after 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21, at the Land Trust Building.

For further information, or to make an item or tax-deductible cash donation, call 463-4371, or e-mail the shelter at

ferretamerica@yahoo.com.

— Michael FitzPatrick

Turkey shoot set for Nov. 22

The Vashon Sportsmen’s Club annual turkey shoot will be Saturday, Nov. 22.

Come on down to the Sportsmen’s Club range area and try your skill at trap shooting for a Thanksgiving turkey.

This event is open to all Islanders, rain or shine. Some ammunition will be available.

There will be different flights for different levels of competition. There will also be categories for women and youngsters.

Sign-up time is 9 a.m., and shooting is 10 a.m. through noon. Lots of turkeys will be available, not like the old days when we had live turkeys. No, folks, what you win will be a fine broad breasted, pre-cleaned, packaged bird.

Elections for next year’s officers will be Dec. 5. The coronation of the king and the ordination of the other trustees will take place on Dec. 19.

Dues for 2009 are payable now. We prefer the personal delivery of your dues. Of course, you can mail them to Vashon Sportsmen’s Club at P.O. Box 121, Vashon, WA 98070.

Call Lee Miller with questions at 463-6433; call Randy Thomas with complaints at 463-3923.

— Ed Babcock

Fans of graphic novels meet

Books by the Way hosts a Graphic Novel Club for all ages every third Thursday from 5 to 6 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 20, will feature a guest speaker who has spent time in Japan and will talk about graphic novels, manga and Japanese culture. Be sure to bring your graphic novel ideas and illustrations to share with others.

— Jenni Wilke

VIPP calendar helps pets

Vashon Island Pet Protectors’ 2009 Pet Calendar is now available for $15 at the following locations: Pandora’s Box, Books by the Way, Fair Isle Animal Clinic and The Vashon Bookshop.

— Victoria Rohlfs

Council on VoV TV

Voice of Vashon’s television programming on Comcast Channel 21 for the upcoming week will feature two replays of the Nov. 17 Vashon-Maury Island Community Council meeting. The meeting will be shown at 7:32 p.m. Monday, Nov. 24, and Thursday, Nov. 27, and will be repeated for the next two weeks.

For the full broadcast schedule, including both audio and video schedules, see www.voiceofvashon.org

— Dan Schueler

Prepare youth for the world

The Unitarian Fellowship will host Pam Dell Fitzgerald, associate professor of clinical psychology at Argosy University in Seattle. She has a doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Raised as a Unitarian, she is a specialist in child and family psychology, experienced in therapy and research and development of internationally acclaimed classroom curricula for violence prevention and social skills development.

The program will be “Preparing Our Children for Their Challenging World.”

We will discuss how parents and other adults can use positive caretaking principles, from planting the seeds of inner strength in infants and building on positive elements in the social worlds of school children to helping adolescents find their wisdom in the face of risky options.

Our conversation will be in Lewis Hall behind the Burton Community Church at 23905 Vashon Hwy. S.W. at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 23.

Religious Exploration is offered, as well as child care for those under 3.

For more information, contact Mona Anderson at 463-4104.

— Wendy Wharton