What is All Island Forum and what purpose does it serve that would be valuable to you? Is it a duplication of other efforts (the Vashon-Maury Island Community College, Welcome Vashon, Chamber of Commerce, to name a few)? Who is behind this effort and why? I’ve asked myself these questions, and I’d like to share what I’ve found out.
In a week or so, some 75 parents will get letters from the Vashon Island School District informing them that their children either lack documentation that they’ve been fully immunized or lack waivers exempting them from the requirement.
So Valentine’s Day is over (by a few hours), and you’ve flubbed up.
One of King County’s highest-ranking law enforcement officers will visit Vashon on Tuesday to discuss the financial shortfalls his agency is facing.
As Juli Morser and I bring “On the Verge” to a close, I want to share some impressions about our experience. It all started one day at Kelly Chevalier’s spin class, when a fellow cyclist told me about a book I had to read, a riches-to-rags memoir by a homeless man in Bremerton. She handed me her copy before I could fabricate a reason to refuse.
Voters on the Island have a little less than a week to weigh in on the Vashon Island School District’s request for a renewal of its technology and capital projects levy. The Beachcomber urges those who have yet to cast their ballots in this Feb. 14 all-mail election to support the measure.
A couple of weeks ago, on my first outing after Snowmaggedon 2012, I was at Bishop’s or, for the sushi-eaters, the Red Bike, having a beverage with a north-end friend who shall remain nameless and a couple other mid-Islanders. These distinctions will prove important later — promise.
On behalf of Mark P. Waterman Lodge #177 of Free and Accepted Masons, I would like to thank our neighbors on Vashon for their generous support of our 2011 public school library fundraising campaign. Over five Saturdays this summer, we raised $3,000 to contribute to the Becky Braicks fund established to purchase critically needed books and resources for our children’s libraries.
You may have noticed that, despite the fact that spring is almost upon us, the holiday candy cane decorations are still up on poles along Vashon Highway. You may also recall that I wrote disparagingly about them some weeks before Christmas.
For three days last week, hundreds of Islanders were gripped by the mystery of Jack Randles’ whereabouts. And after a couple of nights of icy-cold weather, many of us feared the worst.
Our state Legislature is poised to pass a historic bill that has the support of our governor and will make Washington the seventh state to recognize marriage equality for same-sex couples. I was overjoyed when I learned that the state Senate had enough votes to pass the marriage equality bill and uncharacteristically filled my Facebook status that afternoon with many exclamation points.
A few weeks ago, the Washington State Supreme Court ruled that the state of Washington has failed to meet its constitutional duty to sufficiently fund basic education. The ruling compels the Legislature to follow through on ESBH 2261, a massive education reform bill passed in 2009 with an implementation deadline of 2018. Noting the Legislature’s lack of progress to date, the high court said it will retain jurisdiction to ensure lawmakers meet the reform bill’s deadline.
We have a modest proposal for Vashon Island Fire & Rescue’s board of commissioners.
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