As we say goodbye to 2008, I thought it appropriate to talk about how far we’ve come as a school district this year and to touch upon where we want to go as stewards of tomorrow.
The Washington State Ferry Advisory Committee will hold a public hearing on Vashon next week to seek Islanders’ opinions on potential service cuts, pricing strategies and other proposals contained within the ferry system’s newly released draft long-range plan.
But at a small community newspaper like ours, the staff is only part of the picture. The fact is, we rely to a huge degree on the community to help us fill our pages week after week — another group of dedicated Islanders who write for us, take photographs, send us news tips and provide news releases.
By SHARON NELSON For The Beachcomber How can we educate our children and protect our neighborhoods while balancing the state…
It’s impossible to know why Gov. Christine Gregoire has failed to take a public stance on Glacier Northwest’s dramatic expansion…
Skirting the north edge of Paradise Valley mid-Vashon, this walk traverses the east and west stems of upper Judd Creek, a salmon-bearing stream flowing from central Vashon’s plateau.
That was a good article in The Beachcomber about the Vashon Senior Center both simplifying and improving itself through alignment with the Vashon Park District. At a youthful 84, I’m in the cheering section for whatever positive things happen at the senior center.
“When and who would like to make Swedish Potato Sausage?” my dad asks.
We commend the Vashon school board for its decision to place a complete bond proposal before voters rather than a piecemeal version, or no version at all. Teachers at Vashon High School (VHS) overwhelmingly favor the construction of a new building. We are heartened by the school board’s commitment to modernizing our schools, especially since VHS has been sub-standard for years.
Three months ago, the Vashon Park District board wrote a letter to the King County Library System board making one significant piece of information clear: The park district remains willing to work with the library system to find a way to keep the Vashon branch at Ober Park.
A creek ran through my grandmother’s front yard, and in the fall it was jam-packed full of salmon, swimming hard against the current. They seemed pretty big to me, all battered and ragged with their hooked noses. There were plenty of dead ones floating backwards, sort of ghostly white, eyes staring at nothing. We were sternly warned to stay out of the rose garden that edged the creek while we were busy staring at the salmon.
Mainland cities grow from the inside out, but small islands are populated from the outside in. The first human inhabitants arrive by water and settle on the shoreline to hunt and fish. Vashon began with native peoples earning their living on our cobbled beaches with only occasional forays into the interior for wood and meat.
