This year’s Strawberry Festival Grand Marshal wears his football uniform every day, even though he hasn’t been on a team for 50 years.
Bethany Weir and Richard Cromwell announce their engagement. Parents of the couple are Colleen and Dan Weir of Moorhead, Minn., and Sharon and Cecil Cromwell of Vashon.
t VAA’s summer classes for kids still have some room.
A listing of clubs and organizations offering things for Vashon-Maury residents to do.
With an eye toward the traditions and legacy of fruit production on these islands, the Vashon-Maury Island Heritage Museum will sponsor two events during Strawberry Festival, a Heritage Jam Contest and a “Tractor Jam,” both slated to take place after the Saturday parade.
A Transformational Breath workshop will meet from 6:15 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays, July 9, 16, 23 and 30, at the Hanna Barn on Point Robinson Road.
“Walk on the Wild Side: Incredible Mini-Beasts” presented by Barbara Gustafson will meet at the Vashon Library during the next few weeks.
We hear a lot about how boring Vashon Island can be in the summer months for young people. Well, here’s something we’d like to ask those young people with access to a camera to do.
Tour the Vashon High School campus from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, July 16. Before the tour, Eric Gill, the school district’s capital projects manager, will briefly explain the two campus overhaul options the school board would like Islanders to consider.
For singer-songwriter Kat Eggleston, there is truly no place like home.
The golden-haired, clear-voiced troubadour is known internationally not only for her virtuoso skills on guitar and hammered dulcimer, but also for her heart-felt songs about her childhood spent on Vashon Island.
