Monday night, May 21, attendees at the Vashon Maury Island Community Council meeting heard the results of the actions taken since the passage of the Marine Recovery Area Septic Waiver motion passed at the March 19 meeting. Meanwhile, rumble strip opponents grumbled at King County Dept. of Transportation officials at Chautauqua School across the parking lot.

Hilary Emmer is running for this year’s Vashon Maury Island Unofficial Mayor. Her platform is, "help make healthcare accessible to all Vashon Maury residents".

This year Hilary expanded the existing Dental Van Program to include children.

Inspired by her volunteer experience with Habitat in Madagascar and Costa Rica Maridee BonaDea is volunteering again to lead this trip to build houses in Ghana. So please come join her and Habitat for Humanity August 31 – September 14. 2012 in exploring Ghana upfront and personal. Helping Habitat Ghana is a great service opportunity to spend your vacation making a difference in the world. No construction or building skills necessary.

Carla Decrona and Andrea Aldrich have more than 20 years combined experience living and traveling in Europe. These two women "of a certain age" have compiled their knowledge to help and encourage women, in their same age group, to travel abroad with confidence,

First of all, an apology to Narcissa Whitman, who has suffered enough. After I sent out my last column I was informed right smartly by several people that the person who brought the dandelion to Seattle was in fact Catherine Maynard, second wife of "Doc" Maynard, Seattle’s first doctor.