The Vashon Loop

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Vashon Beachcomber

• Meet your local cetaceans: The Gray Whale
  Gray whales are some of nature’s farthest travelers and a conservation success story.

• Walking more than a few miles in Rick Wallace’s shoes
  Beyond supporting the community, Wallace has another passion: long distance walking.

• Photos: Stupid bikes brighten the night
  The annual tradition of creativity and frivolity returned to Vashon.

• Park District forced to end vacation rentals at historic Belle Baldwin house
  But the property could see new use as a tenant rental with the help of Vashon HouseHold.

• VashonBePrepared: Utility safety and AEDs
  Learn how to manage your utilities in an emergency.

• PIE helps revitalize Chautauqua robotics program
  Skills learned in robotics transfer to any field of study, helping students in whatever they pursue.

• Editorial: Here’s to the doers
  Our community is made brighter by those who tinker, craft and master the arts.

• Drama Dock journeys into magical realism in “The Hatmaker’s Wife”
  Catch the performance September 26–29 at Vashon Island High School Theater.

Find out when School Schedules change due to weather

Direct link to the Vashon School District Emergency Information – Snow/Weather Schedule changes page can be found here. http://flashalert.net/news.html?id=4288

Stay updated on most King County Schools here: Public Schools Emergency Communication System. www.schoolreport.org

South Sound and Kitsap School information can be found here: www.pugetinfo.net/

Puget Sound Tide Tables 3 Tide tables for Vashon	National Weather Service Doppler Radar and Vashon forecast

Extended Forcast and more Current Weather Conditions on the New Weather Page

Vashon Be Prepared – Voice of Vashon – Update

Whenever something happens that you need to know about, we’ll get it out there for you. Stay tuned, Stay warm, stay safe, and stay tuned to VoV Standing By at 1650 am on your AM radio dial.

Do you know what to do? What would you do if your home were damaged so bad you could not stay there? How would you cope with the power being out for seven days or longer? How would you help your neighbor? Making sure that not only you are ready but so will your pets. www.VashonBePrepared.org

BBC News

• Titanic shipyard to go into administration
  Harland and Wolff confirms it is set to be placed into administration for the second time in five years.

• Huw Edwards given suspended prison sentence
  The disgraced BBC News presenter will be sentenced for charges involving indecent images of children.

• New cold case probe ordered into doorstep murder of Alistair Wilson
  The banker and father-of-two was shot dead at his home in the Highlands nearly 20 years ago.

• New cold case probe ordered into doorstep murder of Alistair Wilson
  The banker and father-of-two was shot dead at his home in the Highlands nearly 20 years ago.

• I had four days left to live, says Daisy Cooper
  The Liberal Democrat deputy leader tells her party's conference about living with Crohn's disease.

• Girl died from sepsis after GP sent her home twice
  Mia Glynn's parents launch a claim for negligence after their daughter died hours after seeing a GP.

• Man in court over mother's murder in Belfast
  Rachelle Simpson's body was discovered in a garage beside a property on the Castlereagh Road on Friday.

• Britain 'looking to bright future' in post-Murray era
  With British tennis now in the post-Andy Murray era, BBC Sport analyses the mood as the next generation look to take over.