By Pete Welch Concerts in the Park Returns to Ober Park! This summer, the Vashon Park District teams up once again with Vashon Events to present Concerts in the Park – a beloved, family-friendly outdoor music series held at Ober Park every Thursday evening continuing through August. All concerts are free to attend, and take…
By Jo Ann Herbert Still dark morning of a new day … my organization (and spelling) still lacking, AI interfering, politics corrupting I can go outside as yesterday and stand under my Viburnum snow ball bush, almost two stories high, that graces over and surrounds a human, green leaves in attendance, with its soft large…
By Dr. Marli Parobek When we consider summer, our first thoughts may be the carefree vacations, time off school, relaxed schedules, and the beautiful Pacific Northwest sunshine. As any good PNW resident, we are also careful not to tell too many people about our marvelous summers, lest we be overrun with visitors. One topic worth…
By Marc J. Elzenbeck My friend Valeo put a deposit down for a RAV-4 Prime, a ride in more demand than a Lamborghini. After waiting unfulfilled for almost 2 years, he sprang for a 5th-Gen Prius Prime. Both these plug-in vehicles are huge upgrades on Toyota’s solid hybrid tech, real game-changers in convenience and flexibility….
By Caitlin Rothermel What’s brought Russ Baum, a central Indiana-based touring musician, to Vashon’s Strawberry Festival? It started with a long-distance friendship formed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and is part of a bigger story about the ways musician-audience engagement changed, quite suddenly, during that time. Baum describes his music style as “folk-rock, Skamericana,” that also…
This might seem like a charming local story: Vashon has a practitioner whose advanced studies in psychiatric nursing are a great benefit to Islanders. But the old saying, “if you want to change the world, start locally” could not be more applicable. Just recently, Dr. Marli Parobek APRN DNP FNP PMHNP, was recognized by her…
Vashon Island, WA Weslie Rodgers, maker of smile dispensers Weslie Ann Rodgers passed away on June 23rd, 2025. Perhaps best known for her “Please do not eat animal” sign campaign, her touch can be found almost anywhere you look on Vashon. She and her husband Saul first reached Vashon in 1979, and have been permanent…
The Vashon Care Network and Vashon Senior Center, in partnership with the Presbyterian Church, are launching the Vashon Island Old Friends Club, a daytime program for adults living with dementia or cognitive decline. Based on the successful Old Friends Club model (www.OldFriendsClub.org), the program offers engaging, meaningful activities for participants while giving family caregivers consistent, scheduled…
By Rich Osborne Eight years ago, my buddy Karen Dale came up to me and said “Rich, you have got to come out next Tuesday afternoon and sing and play guitar with this group of musicians at 1:30 at the Vashon Community Care Center (VCCC). We have a sing-along for folks living with Alzheimer’s or…
