Gov. Jay Inslee has appointed Rita Brogan of Vashon Island to the Washington State Transportation Commission. She will serve the remaining four years of the six-year term vacated by former Commissioner Charley Royer, who resigned effective Jan. 15. Brogan will represent the central Puget Sound area on the commission. Brogan served as the superintendent of […]
4Culture awards $69,750 in historic preservation grants
4Culture has awarded 15 organizations at total of $69,750 from its Preservation Sustained Support grant program. The program provides funding to King County-based non-profit organizations, public development authorities, and municipalities that provide definable, high quality historic preservation services to the public. Among the recipients are Friends of Mukai on Vashon Island, $1,000; Kubota Garden Foundation […]
Goodbye, David Ishii, city’s ‘community baby’
By Jean Godden For Northwest Asian Weekly There are books of mine that, when I page through them, I can’t help remembering where I acquired them. And, if the book is a fine Northwest classic, perhaps signed by the author, I will remember with pleasure that I bought it from David Ishii, the legendary bookseller […]