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According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, crude oil from Louisiana (or MC252 as it is called here) mixed with water comes in at least three different forms.
When you were 10 years old, did you ever grab a pen and sit down with the daily newspaper, methodically drawing mustaches on all the photos of politicians, movie stars and ordinary people who happened to make the news that day?
Now that the June wedding season is nearly over (thank goodness!), it might be prudent to offer some advice to those who have recently succumbed to the marriage bug.
Some Islanders believe — understandably — that the threat that Glacier Northwest posed to the health and vibrancy of our Island is behind us.
A couple of parents asked me if I would consider running for unofficial mayor to raise money for the Vashon…
The 2010 Vashon High School class graduates on Saturday — and it’s a time, of course, to reflect on all they’ve accomplished. Like those who have come before them, they’re a smart, colorful and talented class, and their paths are rich and varied.
There are times, in the journey of parenting, when the clock and the calendar seem to warp and do funny things.
King County Executive Dow Constantine visited Vashon last week, using the occasion to meet with the Vashon-Maury Island Chamber of Commerce, Island friends and colleagues and The Beachcomber, where he touched upon a range of issues.
In his brief visit, before dashing off to catch a ferry, he said he’d gotten an earful about the importance of ferry service and public transportation on Vashon and expressed sympathy for an issue that is the bane of many Islanders — the lack of coordination between the state ferry schedule and the county bus schedule.
When we moved here 20 years ago, one of the first things I learned is that the Vashon community values “local control.” Islanders created the Vashon Park District because King County Parks wasn’t responding to our needs. Islanders created the Vashon Health Center so they could get health care on the Island. The emergency preparedness efforts are a recent example of Islanders taking charge of our own destiny.
Every day I ride my bike to school, saving fossil fuels and giving me the added benefit of being able to sleep in for a extra 30 minutes. As I ride to school I pass the decaying, abandoned Beall Greenhouse complex.
From a forager’s perspective, our Vashon forests are more bountiful now than any other time of year, and the other day I was able to prepare a lunch exclusively with ingredients I collected myself.
King County should do all it can to facilitate what appears to be a creative, smart and environmentally spot-on project…
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