Join Kate and Doug as they welcome Carla Pryne and Tom Craighead, members of the Care of the Spirit Team, to the show to learn more about services they offer the island community. 

IsAbled – 1 – Who Let the Dogs Out?

October 11th, 2020 - Posted in

Who Let the Dogs Out, addresses service dogs and starts out with a discussion of basic Americans with Disabilities Act Laws regarding service animals. Host Steve Nourse has recruited Jinna Risdal & Char Phillips, experts in the field of service animals to discuss this issue.

Vashon Walking Tour

July 28th, 2020 - Posted in

Walking Tour Exhibit of Vashon Town Presented by Vashon Heritage Museum Thirty-four interpretive photo panels depicting the history of Vashon buildings are being installed to create “Main Street Vashon” A Walk Through History, presented by the Vashon Heritage Museum and curated by Brian Brenno, opening on First Friday in August. One panel will be displayed […]

Health Care on Vashon Q&A – June 3, 2020

June 7th, 2020 - Posted in

RealTalk Host Susan McCabe brings together a panel of health care experts to discuss health care on Vashon. Listen to the conversation and learn about Vashon’s current health care constellation, the Health Care District’s progress toward both identifying and securing health care options in 2021 and how that might look. Panelists: Dr. Mary Bergman, provider […]

Vashon’s second COVID-19 Town Hall on Saturday, April 25. En Español: A panel of island experts joined Fire Chief Charlie Krimmert and leaders of the all-volunteer Vashon Emergency Operations Center to answer questions about COVID-19 and the island’s response to layoffs, business closures, food availability, testing, transportation issues and what happens when Stay Home restrictions […]

The 1918 Influenza Pandemic resulted in a national “amnesia” that erased the painful memories so many Americans “held in their hearts”, and suffered “privately, and often silently.”  We have the opportunity to ensure that this COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 is not forgotten and that the suffering it engenders is not carried privately and silently. Presented […]

Covid-19 Town Hall

April 5th, 2020 - Posted in

This is a COVID-19 briefing for the community presented Saturday, April 4, from 10 to 11:30 AM with Vashon Fire Chief Charlie Krimmert and members of the Vashon Emergency Operations Center, in English and Español. The town hall may also be viewed on VoV TV at these times: Monday at 4pm and 9pm Tuesday &  Thursday at […]

Vashon Island School District – Special Board Meeting – March 3, 2020 Special meeting of the Vashon Island School Board to discuss the impact of Corvid-19 on the island’s public schools, which includes: the reasons for the current school closures; the impact on and steps being taken to support students’ educations during the closure; and […]

Prelude to Gaybaret – The Art of Transformation

November 29th, 2019 - Posted in

How do we transform into our truest selves? As a prelude to the November 2019 premiere of “Gaybaret,” four distinguished panelists join David Mielke and Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma in a spirited exploration of the art of being who we are. Produced with support from 4Culture and in collaboration with the Vashon Heritage Museum.  Learn more […]

Peter Rinearson and Steve Scher engage in a wide-ranging discussion of the news media, and in particular its role in polarizing society—today and historically. Peter, a Vashon resident, is a Pulitzer Prize winner who wrote a book with Bill Gates, an entrepreneur who developed web-publishing systems for community content, and a former vice president of […]