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A practice of borrowing money raises concerns Vashon Park District’s use of credit can obscure cash flow problems, some say By LESLIE BROWN Staff Writer
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Dave Warren of the Vashon Forest Stewards said his small organization is beginning to make a difference on the Island. Behind him, Fred Sayer operates a log truck at the lumber yard off of Vashon Highway.
Saving forests, making lumber By NATALIE JOHNSON Staff Writer
When the head of Vashon Forest Stewards led a group through the woods next to Chautauqua Elementary School last July, trying to explain why it is that cutting some trees would save the forest, he could tell one Islander — a teacher with a keen interest in nature — was critical of the effort. “Some people don’t think you should ever cut a tree down,” Dave Warren recalled. But Warren, an intense man with a passion for the ecological health of forests, pressed on. And part way through the tour, the naturalist who had shown up that day to challenge the project appeared to have a change of heart. “She threw up her hands and said, ‘I get it, I get it,’” Warren said with a laugh. Chalk one up for the Forest Stewards. For a decade, Warren has been striving to get people to understand what
might, at first blush, seem like two contradictory goals — promoting forest health and milling and selling Island wood. But by marrying the two, Warren said, the small organization is both improving Vashon’s forests and giving Islanders a more sustainable option for some of their construction needs. The small nonprofit is now tackling its largest project to date: the thinning of the school district’s 50-acre forest next to Chautauqua, milling of much of its wood to accent the new high school. But he’s quick to point out that the project is, first and foremost, about forest health and student safety. “The wood product is a byproduct of the restoration effort, which is our primary goal,” he said. At the same time, Warren is pleased that the modest operation is finding traction on the Island, beginning to have an impact and is now a player in the biggest construction project on Vashon. “It’s an amazing story that we’ve come as far as we have,” Warren said
last week, “that An Islander we have grown, and now we’re recovers at the school Daniel Haag is back forest.” at work at Vashon King CounForest Stewards, after a longboardty’s forester also ing accident thinks the story nearly killed him. of the Forest But his recovery is Stewards story far from over. is an impresSee story, page 12 sive one. Bill Loeber, one of two foresters for the county, said he knows of no other locally based group that is involved in every step of the forest-thinning process and that actively promotes good forest management, taking time to help even those with small parcels of land be good stewards. “I wish there were other communities that had that type of group that is that organized and engaged. It really helps us get our messages across,” he said. SEE FOREST STEWARDS, 18
Both the King County treasurer and the banker who extends the Vashon Park District its line of credit have raised concerns about the small agency’s history of using bank loans to manage its cash flow. For the past several years, the park district has obtained what’s called a tax anticipation note from a private bank to help it handle the spikes and troughs of its tricky cash flow situation. Twice a year, the agency — like most in the region — gets a big dump of revenue when semiannual property tax receipts come due. Its tax anticipation note, or TAN, provides the cash it needs when money from its first influx is beginning to run dry but the second one has yet to arrive. Bill Ameling, the park district’s chair, said the park district immediately pays off the TAN when it receives its next round of tax receipts, making it a safe bet for lenders and an easy way to manage cash flow. The use of TANs, he said, “is as common as water.” But the cash-strapped district pays interest on that money; this year, its $400,000 TAN will cost it around $6,000 in interest. What’s more, according to the park district’s own banker, it’s actually an unorthodox way of doing business and could obscure cash flow problems that the agency likely should address. “I am unaware of any other entity that uses TANs on an annual basis,” said Ron Olson, the director of municipal services for Cashmere Valley Bank, which has given the park district such a note the past few years. “It isn’t the norm. I think they should be building up a rainy day fund. They shouldn’t be paying interest on something like this,” he said. Scott Matheson, King County’s treasurer, said he, too, is concerned. “You’re always borrowing against future revenue. You never catch up,” he said. “It doesn’t address the structural cash flow problem. At some point, you either have to generate more revenue or reduce your costs,” he added. He and Olson have discussed the Vashon Park District’s ongoing reliance on TANs on more than SEE PARK DISTRICT, 19
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public testimony before making its decision. Julie Koler, the county’s preservation officer, said her office made the recommendation because she believes the district meets the criteria — a set of requirements laid out in county code. “I think there’s enough historic character to warrant a designation,� she said. But the commission, volunteers appointed to the panel by the County Executive, sometimes rejects staff recommendations, Koler noted. “This particular group doesn’t rubber-stamp a staff recommendation, that’s for sure,� she said. Should it win designation, the district would be the second on Vashon; the Beall Greenhouses are also considered a historic district. Center, according to the staff memo, includes nine historic properties, sections of two historic roadways and four non-historic properties. Five of the historic properties have already been listed in the county’s historic resource inventory — including the Fuller Store, the Blue Heron Arts Center and the building that houses Vashon Island Coffee Roasterie. Islander Duane Dietz, who lives down the road from Center, made the nomination after months of research. He submitted his 45-page report in February.
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Washington State Ferries — faced with a mandate to shave $5 million from its budget — has proposed service reductions on both the north and south ends of Vashon that would likely mean longer lines and longer waits for Island commuters. The 2013-2015 budget, put forward by the ferry division last week as part of the state’s biannual budget process, includes a raft of cuts on eight ferry routes similar to what the agency proposed two years ago. Under the budget scenario, the north-end triangle route would see its winter schedule, with reduced service, extended from 12 to 20 weeks. And on weekends year-round, one of the three boats would be taken out of service. On the Tahlequah-Point Defiance route, the ferry division has proposed an elimination of the last run of the night, a service extension that was provided in fall 2009, as well as one mid-day trip. David Moseley, who heads the ferry division, said he knows the cuts would be painful for ferry riders, but declining revenue from the gas tax
has left a hole in the state’s transportation budget. “This is not just a ferry service problem; this is an overall transportation problem,� he said. During the legislative session two years ago, lawmakers, faced with a similar budget situation, chose to transfer funds from other transportation accounts to sustain ferry service levels. Moseley said it was a temporary fix, but continuing to “rob Peter to pay Paul,� he added, would have dire impacts on the state’s roads and bridges. “It simply means less and less preservation of our highways will occur over time,� he said. “It’s not a sustainable picture.� Last year a tax package to raise revenue for the roads and ferries failed to gain traction in the Legislature. This year, Moseley said, there’s already talk of a similar revenue package, though it’s too early to tell how it will play out once the Legislature commences in January. “There is certainly a lot of discussion about it,� he said. “Both (transportation committee) chairs have indicated they realize there needs to be a comprehensive transportation package.�
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large swath of unincorporated King County. In an effort to address that, Starbard said, the agency plans to have an employee posted weekly on Vashon, working out of the new service center the county plans to install on Bank Road across the street from Vashon’s fire department. The agency also hopes to launch a new software program that will enable people to apply for some permits online, he said. “If we have an online presence and staff on Vashon once a week, I would hope that will work out,� Starbard said. Currently, DDES is responsible for issuing building and land use permits for properties located in unincorporated King County. The agency also enforces county land use and building codes, staffs the King County Fire Marshal Division and issues business licenses. But according to Starbard, the agency’s reach has lessened since
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its creation in 1995, as a growing number of annexations and incorporations has reduced its customer base and permit volumes. The nature of permitting activity at DDES also has changed, shifting toward single-family uses within the county’s shrinking unincorporated urban area and resourcerelated uses in the rural areas. With its move to Snoqualmie, Starbard said, “We’ll be located almost in the dead center of the rural unincorporated area. ... For most of our permit customers, we’ll be a lot closer.� As for its name change, Starbard said it makes sense, as the agency does not develop anything; rather, it issues permits and ensures projects comply with various environmental laws. “It’s simply to become more transparent about what we do,� he said of the name change. — Leslie Brown
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A historic district at Center
October is almost upon us — time to give the annual ugly face and heart of domestic violence a public showing. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the purple month. and this year the sign of awareness on the Island will be the DoVE Project. This past year and a half the DoVE Project has experienced a miraculous empowerment by this community. In one fell swoop, through community members’ donations, some well-timed grants, the leadership of Executive Director Tavi Black and the efforts of a dozen or so volunteers, the needs of 50 victims of domestic violence have been served. For quite some time, Vashon has averaged 50 to 60 cases a year. That translates into one incident a week on this bucolic Island. It doesn’t mean that’s the extent of the hurtful events that occur — that’s just the number of victims who came forward to move towards being survivors. This year we hope to receive more donations and grants so that we can start working on prevention. That is our mission and our purpose. It’s the reason for doing what we are doing. We don’t want to be only interventionists; we want to be in the prevention business. In the meantime, we’re declaring we have a problem, just like any other community, and we’re asking for the community’s help. All around town during the month of October, Islanders are
Those who attend the King County Landmarks Commission’s hearing on Center Thursday night might be tempted to make the proceeding a referendum on Vashon Allied Arts’ proposed performing arts center — either in support of the new structure or in opposition to it. Either stance would be misguided. VAA has already filed a permit application with the county to tear down the McFeeds building and erect a 20,000-square-foot center on the property it owns at the historic intersection. In the parlance of administrative law, that means VAA’s permit request is vested. Should the intersection receive designation as a historic district, it could make VAA’s appeals for public support a little trickier. Critics might see that designation as a way to again take aim at the size and scale of VAA’s project, as an indication that the building won’t fit in. But they won’t have any regulatory power at their disposal. To suggest otherwise is to misconstrue the situation entirely. As long as VAA keeps its permit active — an easy administrative matter — a historic district at Center will have no bearing on its effort to move forward. There are many reasons, no doubt, to support the proposed historic district or to oppose it. But VAA’s future is not one of them. We hope that when residents gather Thursday night to weigh in on the proposal, they’ll do so in a spirit of intellectual honesty. Unlike the national debates on everything from health care to taxation, we think Islanders are able to stipulate to the facts — and then, from there, opine on the merits of the proposal.
Sharing a van: simple, smart
At a time when public resources for those in need are declining, how refreshing it is to see five Vashon agencies work together to obtain a van for their clients. And how smart. The joint effort — a collaboration among Seeds4Success, the Interfaith Council to Prevent Homelessness, Vashon Youth & Family Services, Vashon HouseHold and the Vashon Senior Center — makes sense on so many levels. Each agency has some need for a large passenger van, but not quite enough to justify the entire expense of ownership. By working together, they’re recognizing the way their missions overlap, their shared needs, their common interests. It’s frugal, smart and creative. And it means a population of Islanders — from home-bound seniors to disabled young adults — will be able to see their doctors, get to a free dinner, enjoy an outing in Seattle or make it to a job site. The agencies agreed to work together at Hilary Emmer’s suggestion. An Island activist with a keen interest in social services and a good head for numbers, Emmer could see the logic of a joint proposal. She convinced the agencies it made sense, and then in turn convinced the county that these Island agencies — working collaboratively — could deliver a lot of good with that one van. As a staffer in Councilmember Joe McDermott’s office put it, the application “was very persuasive.� But luckily for Emmer, she wasn’t making her pitch for collaboration in a vacuum. For a few years now, Vashon’s social service agencies have been coming together on a regular basis to figure out ways they can join forces and better serve the Island. The van is a tangible sign that their efforts are paying off.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE By DEBORAH ANDERSON
going to find beautifully decorated birdcages with origami doves in them. Leave some money, take a brochure and help yourself to a dove to remind yourself you care. You are someone else’s flight to freedom. Leave that dove in your pocket or purse or wallet to remember to keep your vigilance, your awareness, your knowledge. Remind yourself you have jurisdiction over this community issue. You can also join us at the Farmers Market on Saturday, Oct. 13, and help us make one giant DoVE sculpture. Like the little girl who believed 1,000 cranes would bring physical healing, we believe that finding 1,000 doves on this Island — 1,000 people who care — can help bring an end to anyone ever having to live in fear of someone else’s hands or words or hateful behavior. Islanders who are members of a service or advocacy group — or maybe a book club, eating club or just a circle of friends — can get together, find the YouTube demonstration of how to make the origami doves and make as many as you like to help us be visible.
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(Visit http://youtu.be/lWgJV5jpP4Y to see our helpful demonstration.) Contact us at DVvashon@vyfs.org to find out where to drop them off after your group is done making them. These doves will be integrated into artistic creations that will be displayed at selected venues in town to be announced later. If victims know you care, if they see that it’s OK to get help, they can more easily choose a new path to freedom from fear and hurt. We don’t need to be embarrassed that 50 people needed help this past year. The only shame is if we don’t acknowledge they need our help. Fifty or 60 more will need help next year. Maybe because you helped us make it visible more than 50 will come forward, and that’s a good thing. These days, domestic violence is a fact of life. We’d like to make it just a story we tell about a time in the past when domestic violence was a reality. We only need to be embarrassed if we look the other way. This month as you notice our posters around town and see the little dove cages, know that your one little part can make a huge difference in someone’s life. Lift the shame, increase your awareness. Be a dove for DoVE today and everyday. Help someone out of their cage.
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long after her appointment when she realized that the park district had a deplorable accounting system for many years. That dysfunctional oversight finger should primarily point to the now park board Chair Bill Ameling, being that he’s a 28-year veteran parks commissioner and a CPA. It took a new accounting structure created by Milligan with the help of Marie Browne to clearly illuminate the district’s status. Good for us, bad for Jan Milligan. Now we are expecting the commissioners to clean up the mess that they helped to create from the beginning and ignored until Jan Milligan clearly exposed the district’s financial train wreck and began a path of recovery. How no credibility trumps credibility by canning Jan Milligan staggers the imagination, or does it? The park district needs a seamless approach, one that’s already in part incorporated by Jan Milligan, to clean up the district’s financial mess. We and Vashon parks need to have Jan Milligan reinstated as executive director.
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I am often reminded of how lucky Washington is to have Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell. Both are strong on women’s issues, the environment, health care and more. However, there is one critical issue neither of them has taken a stand on: the military budget. Military spending is out of control. According to the Commission on Wartime Contracting, over the course of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the Pentagon lost $31 billion to $60 billion in fraud and waste. The money that is accounted for isn’t spent much better: the F-22 Raptor has been grounded indefinitely due to manufacturing issues and has never actually been put into combat. However, the Pentagon is continuing to buy them from contractors, even though the 187 planes it already has cost taxpayers $77.4 billion, according to an ABC news report. Despite the end of the Cold War and promises to reduce our nuclear stockpile — the largest in the world — we continue to pump money into the nuclearweapons program. We also routinely overpay military contractors. Contractors increase the prices for basic parts; for example, the Department of Defense Inspector General reported that a helicopter part costing $8 ended up being $284, according to the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL). Would you buy something that cost $276 more than it needed to? What is the difference between waste in the Pentagon budget versus waste in other budgets? It’s that there is no accountability for the Pentagon budget. The Pentagon is the only government institution in the United States that has never been audited. The first audit was supposed to occur in 2014, but even
that has been postponed to 2017, reportedly because the Pentagon can’t keep its bookkeeping together. No government institution should receive such special treatment, especially the one that receives the most taxpayer money. In fact, this fiscal year, $10.7 billion will go to the Department of Defense from Washington taxpayers alone (not including war or nuclear program costs), the FCNL reports. One of the fears in cutting the Pentagon budget is that people who work in military contracting may lose their jobs — an argument that probably sounds worrisome to our senators, since Boeing is an important employer in our state. However, an independent analysis has shown that investing in jobs in non-military sectors yields more return; for example, $1 billion invested in education yields 26,700 jobs, whereas the same amount invested in the military yields less than half that amount, a University of Massachusetts study shows. But more than this, I believe we need to consider our priorities as a nation. In a time when the national debt has ballooned and education, health care, veterans and environmental programs are being cut drastically, why is the Pentagon budget continuing to grow? If we are incapable of having a healthy economy with less military contracting, we are truly living in a military-industrial complex. Our over-militarization leaves us no moral ground to stand on when encouraging other countries, like Iran, not to militarize. In the upcoming election and budget process, we need to think about addressing our own hypocrisy and what we truly stand for as a nation. —Clara Summers, a Vashon resident, is a junior at the University of Washington and is currently studying abroad in Australia, where she is researching koalas..
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Rest assured, Vashonians, your children are reading. Last year, the Vashon High School checkout rate increased by 10 percent; this year has barely begun and I’ve a clipboard full of new book requests.
Thank you Maggi McClure and all her amazing committee for the 2012 Vashon Sheepdog Classic! Thank you for bringing a taste of farm life to so many children of all ages! Thank you for benefiting PIE! Thank you for bringing over 3,000 people to the Island to enjoy the experience of Vashon. You benefited all the local merchants!
Last year I purchased the majority of our library books with money raised by Partners in Education, Vashon Masons and the friends of Becky Braicks. Their donors, in turn, were parents and community members.
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Yom Kippur: Yom Kippur services will run all morning at Havurat Ee Shalom and include the Yizkor Memorial Service in the afternoon. A break-the-fast potluck for the community will begin after sundown, around 8 p.m. Medicare Information Meeting: Learn how and where to apply for benefits and about Medicare supplement plans, Medicare prescription drug plans, Medicare Advantage plans and more. Contact Shirley Van Nostrand at shirley@aibenefits.net or 612-5463 for more information. 10 a.m. at the Vashon Eagles. Baby Story Times: Babies ages 3 to 21 months with an adult are welcome. 10 a.m. at the Vashon Library. Tea for Two or Just You: George Gey involves a movie projector, teapots, cups and several kinds of tea for a presentation. 12:30 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center. Strategies for Parents: Devon Atkins will lead this informational session, which includes communicating with teachers, knowing what’s happening at school, how to help with homework and how to create a home culture that supports children in their school experience. The fee is $20 for a parent or parent couple. Contact Atkins at 353-9227 or www.devonatkins. com. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at McMurray Middle School.
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Skeptics and Believers: Religious debate in the Western intellectual tradition is the focus of
this ongoing series of lectures and discussions. The topics this week are Natural Religion and its Critics and Kant-Religion and Moral Reason. For more information, call Herb Reinelt at 408-7360. 4 to 6 p.m. at Lewis Hall behind Burton Community Church. Landmarks Commission Public Hearing: King County Landmarks Commission will hold a public meeting to consider a landmark nomination for the Center Historic District. 7 p.m. at the Penny Farcy Training Center at 10119 S.W. Bank Road. (For more information, see page 3.) Vashon Audubon Program: The group will present a reading and book signing of “Second Nature: Tales from the Montlake Fill� by Connie Sidles. There will also be a field trip to Seattle’s Montlake Fill the following Saturday. Free. For more information, contact Ann Spiers at spiers@centurytel.net. 7 p.m. at the Land Trust Building.
4"563%": t Aruba Pottery & Tile Open House: Steve Roache will offer an open house and clay camp show. 9 a.m. to noon at his studio, 11930 S.W. Cemetery Rd. Farmers Market: Summer bounty continues to roll in. Find vine ripened tomatoes, peppers, sweet corn, sauerkraut, garlic and shallot braids, romanesco, cabbage, many varieties of potatoes, eggplant, plums, pears and apples. There will also be dahlias, handmade caramels, craft beer and local wine, plus pasture-raised meats and smoked fish from local waters. Shoppers can also buy organic skincare products, artisan dog treats, woodcraft products and wood-fired pizza for lunch. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Village Green. Dispose of Unwanted Medications: VARSA will host its annual fall Take Back Your Prescriptions event. Drop off unwanted overthe-counter and prescription medications. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Farmers Market at the Village Green. Vashon Playspace Day: There will be a bounce house, balloons, snacks and a fire truck on hand to tour. Free. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Vashon PlaySpace. Woman’s Way Red Lodge: The group will host a celebration of
16#-*$ .&&5*/(4 Vashon Island School District: 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, at McMurray Middle School. Vashon-Maury Island Community Council Board: 6:30 p.m. at McMurray Middle School. Vashon Island Fire & Rescue: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9, at Station 55. Vashon Park District: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9, at Ober Park.
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its six years with a ceremony and “friend raiser.� The event, called Open the Door Wider, will include an opening ceremony, silent auction, garden vegetable lunch, a four-directions medicine wheel, drumming, community art mandala and spiral dance. All people are welcome. For more information, see www.wwrl.org. 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Dolstad Family Farm, 12108 S.W. 148th. Adopt-a-Cat Day: Vashon Island Pet Protectors (VIPP) hosts an Adopt-a-Cat Day every week. See www.vipp.org for directions or call VIPP at 389-1085. 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at its adoption center at 12200 S.W. 243rd St. Vegan Potluck: Bring a prepared dish of organic vegan ingredients with a list of ingredients. Whole organic fruits and salads are especially welcome. This is a no-trash bash; bring your own plates and silverware. 5 to 7 p.m. at Linda Fox’s home, 11703 Vashon Hwy. S.W.
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The Olympus Pony Club Fall Schooling Show and Derby will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday at Paradise Ridge Park and will include a full day of dressage and jumping. There will be dressage tests, stadium rounds and derby classes. For more information or to receive an entry form, email Kelly at kellyhc@centurytel.net. The event is free for spectators. Above, at a previous competition, riders await their results and ribbons after completing a horsemanship test. 16 and older are invited to the monthly meeting of this new social service organization. The group is focusing its efforts on supporting DoVE, the Island’s domestic violence organization, and will support DoVE’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month campaign in October and a fundraising dance in March. For more information, see www.vmiwater.org or email info@vmiwater.org. 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Courthouse Square.
56&4%": t Family Story Times: Newborns to kids age 6 with caregiver are welcome for a half-hour of stories, finger plays, movement and music. 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays through October at the Vashon Library. High School Open House: Representatives from several high schools will meet with prospective families. This event is primarily for seventh- and eighth-graders who wish to explore their high school options. 6 to 8 p.m. at The Harbor School.
61$0.*/( FiberNet: This month’s presentation will be on fusible fibers that can be used on top or underneath other fabrics and fibers. The fee is $2. 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 6, at the Voice of Vashon Building at Sunrise Ridge. Biggest Weed and Zucchini Contest: All Islanders are invited to participate and should keep an eye out for entries. Al Watts will judge. 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, at the Heritage Museum.
CLASSES Fall Cleanse Class: Detoxify with a home cleanse from the
Ayurvedic tradition. The program includes diet guidelines, herbs, yoga, breathing practices and education on a balanced diet postcleanse. The cost is $135 or $235 with herbal supplements. Ronly Blau, certified Ayurvedic practitioner and massage therapist, will lead the class. Register at ronlyr@ MeadowHeartAyurveda.com. 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursdays, Sept. 27 to Oct. 18, at Island Yoga Center. Guiding Good Choices: This program, a science-based prevention program, aims to help parents reduce or prevent substance abuse and other common problem behaviors in their children. YvonneMonique Zick will teach the class, which is designed for parents of children ages 10 to 14. For more information, contact her at Yzick@ VYFS.org or 463-5502. 6:45 to 8:45 Mondays, Oct. 1 to 29, at McMurray Middle School. Delta Dogs: Learn how to be part of a therapeutic pet partner team. Contact Kathy Farner for more information at farnerkv@comcast. net. 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1, at Vashon High School. English as a Second Language: Learn how to speak, read and write in English, beginning to intermediate levels. Free. Call the library for more information at 463-2069. 6 p.m. Tuesdays at the Vashon Library. Email Level 1: Learn basic email vocabulary; create an account using Gmail, Yahoo or Hotmail and compose and send messages. Free.
Call the library to register at 4632069. 10:15 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, at the Vashon Library. Knitting with Brandon Mably: Mably is the manager of the Kaffe Fassett Studio and is a fabric and knitting pattern designer. He is often featured in the “Vogue Knitting� magazine and has published several knitting books. The cost is $85, which includes lunch and yarn. Call Island Quilter at 7136000 to register. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, at Island Quilter. Camp Mik for Adults: Mik Kuhlman will lead this camp for those interested in improv acting, physical movement skills and a chance to play in a safe environment. Open to all levels of experience. The cost is $100. Contact Kuhlman to register at mik@mikkuhlman. com. 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 13 and 14, at the Hanna Barn Studio, 7712 Point Robinson Road. Clay for Kids and Adults: Aruba Pottery & Tile will offer a fall series of classes for children and adults and a new series called “Dreaming into Clay.“ All series run for four weeks. The kids class, $80, will meet from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursdays; the adult class, $100, will meet from noon to 2 p.m. Thursdays, both beginning Oct. 18, and the “Dreaming� series, $120, will meet from 7 to 10 p.m. Tuesdays beginning Oct. 16. For more information and to register, contact steve@ arubatileworks.com. All classes meet at 11930 S.W. Cemetery Rd.
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...VARSA has collected over 430 pounds of prescription and other drugs from the Vashon community over the last two years ? In partnership with Vashon Pharmacy, King County Solid Waste and the King County Sheriff, the twice a year Take Back event has made a difference by reducing accidental misuse of drugs found in most household medicine cabinets. On September 29th, from 10am to 2pm, VARSA will host another Take Back event at the Farmer’s Market in the Village Green. If you have any prescriptions that you no longer need, please consider bringing them to our disposal site on September 29th.
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A love affair with musical theater
" DPODFSU GPS B DBVTF What’s being billed as “A Magical Night of Improvisation, Music and Movement� will take place at Hanna Barn Studio at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26. The studio is located at 7712 S.W. Point Robinson Rd. The evening will feature a set of Indonesian music by renowned Island composers and musicians Jessika Kenney and Eyvind Kang, a performance by the Island duo Lelavision and a dance piece called “Spell� by Karen Nelson. The performance is a benefit for KTO Sari Alam, an organization in West Java, Indonesia, that promotes traditional herbal medicine and sustainable farming and living practices. The suggested donation for the show is $10 to $20.
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Drama Dock reprises its ‘best date night show ever’
Marshall and Stephanie Murray (seated) and Louis Mangione and Elizabeth Ripley raise a glass to romance in “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change.� The show will be presented this weekend at Vashon High School theater.
%JH JO UP B EPDVNFOUBSZ Filmmaker Deborah Koons Garcia will bring her latest film to the Vashon Theatre at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1. Admission is $9 and $8 for seniors. “Symphony of the Soil� is a documentary feature film that explores the complexity and mystery of soil. It was filmed on four continents and features the insights and voices of some of the world’s most esteemed soil scientists, farmers and activists. Visit www.symphonyofthesoil. com to view a trailer and find out more.
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7BTIPOJTUBT SFUVSO The Vashonistas — a collective of local apparel designers and acessory artists — will present “Fusion: An Evening of Fashion and Performance� at 5:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, at Open Space for Arts & Community. Tickets are $50 for the best catwalk seating, $30 for general seating. Buy them at www.brownpaper tickets.com or visit www.vashonistas. com for more information.
/FX 4IBSJOH UIF 4UBHF Vashon’s Sharing the Stage series will kick off its fourth season at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, at the Red Bicycle, with Zac Anthony and Kate Goldby of The Wellingtons. Following tradition, Island youth will open the show — the lineup includes Skyler Ford, Cameron Sonju and his band, and “The Funions,� featuring Peyton Levin, Duncan Ende and Nick Barber. The Wellingtons, from Melbourne, Australia, are an independent band that has released four albums through labels in Japan, Spain, Great Britain, the United States and Australia. They have also toured extensively, winning fans around the globe. Tickets to the show are $5 for students and $10 for adults.
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he chills and thrills of dating, love, marriage and all that comes after will get the musical theater treatment when Drama Dock presents the offBroadway hit, “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change,� this weekend at Vashon High School. The glossy, laugh-filled show — a song-anddance exploration of modern-day romance by playwright/lyricist Joe DiPietro and composer Jimmy Roberts — holds a record as the second longest-running musical in off-Broadway history, clocking 5,003 performances between 1997 and 2008. When it opened in New York, it won high praise from critics, including a review in the New York Times that called the show “funny and witty� and full of “hip antics.� Since then, the revue has been remounted in productions all over the globe. According to Drama Dock director Elizabeth Ripley, the show has something for everyone who has ever fallen in or out of love. “You’ll leave it thinking, ‘Were they talking about me?’� she said. “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change� will star a particularly talented group of Drama Dock stalwarts — Louie Mangione, a Sinatra-esque crooner who regularly per-
forms with Portage Fill, and Stephanie and Marshall Murray, a married couple who have performed professionally and also done star turns in Drama Dock’s “Rocky Horror Show,� “Sherlock’s Veiled Secret� and “Side by Side by Sondheim.� Ripley, Drama Dock’s artistic director, is also in the show. Two accomplished local musicians, pianist Linda Lee and violinist Karin Choo, will accompany the performers. “It is such a pleasure to work with them,� Ripley said of the company. “They are a gift.� It’s the second time that the foursome have appeared in the show on Vashon. Two years ago, a production of “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change� was presented at Open Space as a benefit for Drama Dock. Wordof-mouth response to it was so strong, Ripley said, that doing it again was a no-brainer. “Last time, so many people who wanted to see it didn’t get to,� she said. “People came up and said, ‘When are you doing that again?’ So this is an encore presentation and an attempt to respond to what Islanders want from their theater company.� Ripley added that Drama Dock is making a concerted effort to reach out to Islanders and find out what shows they would like to see the company present in the future. A survey, quizzing audience members about the kind of shows they like best, is in the works. Drama Dock, now in its 36th year as an Island institution, presents a full sea-
son of plays and musicals each year and in recent years has added a vibrant new program — Drama Dock’s new Youth Theatre Initiative, which immerses Island kids in all aspects of theater production. So far, the initiative has presented high-octane productions of “Into the Woods,� “Godspell,� “All Night Strut� and an evening of one-act plays. The next show in the youth-theater lineup is “Grease,� slated for October with a cast of almost 40 tween and teenage Island thespians. “It’s in our mission statement that Drama Dock will educate the community and support the development of theater on the Island,� said Ripley. “This program actively fulfills that.� Drama Dock’s upcoming season includes “It’s a Wonderful Life,� two Thornton Wilder one-acts, the farce “Black Comedy� and the Andrew Lloyd Weber musical “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.� In the meantime, Ripley is eager to get the ball rolling with “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change.� “I personally promise you will laugh and you will cry,� Ripley said. “Best date night show ever.� The show has performances at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Vashon High School. Tickets, $10 to $20, gare on sale at Vashon Bookshop and at the door.
A box-office hit comes to Vashon, but its star has spent lots of time here “Ruby Sparks,� a new film with a strong Vashon connection, will have a run at Vashon Theatre starting Friday through Oct. 4. The romantic comedy, which has received rave reviews, was written by and stars Zoe Kazan, who spent a good portion of her youth on the Island. She’s the daughter of acclaimed screenwriters Robin Swicord and Nicholas Kazan, who have split their time between Vashon and Los Angeles for many years. Her film lineage also includes her paternal grandfather, famed director Elia Kazan, and her grandmother, playwright Molly Thatcher. Zoe Kazan graduated from Yale in 2005, and ever since her career has been a whirlwind of juicy parts in more than a dozen films as well as plum roles on and off Broadway. She has also worked steadily
in television, and her plays have been presented by the Manhattan Theater Club and the Humana Festival of New American Plays. “Ruby Sparks,� her first screenplay, tells the story of a young novelist who conjures up the woman of his dreams on paper and is amazed when she appears, live and in person, in his kitchen the next morning. Kazan stars as the made-up girl, opposite her real-life boyfriend, Paul Dano, who plays the bewildered and bewitched young writer. Robin Swicord, reached by phone in Los Angeles, said her daughter had hoped to be able to attend a screening of the film on Vashon but so far hadn’t been able to arrange her schedule to do so. She’s currently in Toronto, co-starring in a new film, “The F Word,� with Daniel Radcliffe.
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Vashon Allied Arts’ auction brings out Island stars for a favorite cause
Roughly 400 Islanders came out dressed to the nines last weekend for “Bond with the Arts� — a James Bond-themed, two night auction to benefit Vashon Allied Arts. The gala netted approximately $120,000. The money, organizers said, will help cover operational costs, pay VAA’s stable of teachers, be doled out to artists for commissions on their work and replenish a scholarship fund that last year awarded approximately $40,000 to Islanders. Some 150 items were auctioned off during the two-night affair, including artwork, trips and other experiences. On Saturday night, a wine tasting trip to Italy garnered the most most money for VAA, with a winning bid of $10,500. Other top-selling items that evening included a painting by Olivia Pendergast that sold for $5,000, a Ted Kutscher painting that brought in $4,300, a Mike Urban sculpture that sold for $3,200 and a David Erue sculpture that went for $2,600. A block of VIP tickets to an upcoming Neil Young concert sold for $2,700, and a one-week stay at a vacation house in Palm Springs brought in $2,750. Fine food, flowing wine and secret agent-themed +BOJDF 3BOEBMM 1IPUP MFGU 3BZNPOE .BSUJOF[ 1IPUP SJHIU
entertainment by Steffon Moody, David Godsey, Esther Edelman and Martha Enson completed the The Saturday night soirĂŠe drew quite a crowd, with people mingling about bidding on items and enjoying Bond-like entertainment profestivities. vided by, clockwise from left top, Martha Enson, Esther Edelman, David Godsey, Shannon Mahan and Steffon Moody.
1VCMJTI UIF 2VFTU CSJOHT JUT FOFSHFUJD NVTJD CBDL UP UIF 3PDL Publish the Quest, a band with deep Vashon roots that has made a name for itself worldwide as both a musical and philanthropic force, is coming home to Vashon this weekend after several whirlwind trips around the world. Jacob Bain, frontman for the group and also a founder of the allIslander ensemble Trolls Cottage, grew up on Vashon and lives here now. Other band members include Samantha Boshnack on horns, bassist Jeff DeMelle, woodwind whiz Izaak Mills, guitarist Mark Oi, keyboardist and sax man Chris Poage and precussionist Adam Kessler. The group plays an energetic and danceable mix of blues, rock, ska and world pop. A passion for social and musical outreach has taken the group around the globe. Working with a nonprofit called Learn Africa, Publish the Quest has made several recent trips to Cape Verde, Zimbabwe, Mali, Poland, Portugal and Spain, where band members have played in festivals and music halls, recorded with local artists, and conducted music workshops and jam sessions with under-privileged children. On their most recent trip to Zimbabwe, this summer, the band brought along a trove of donated instruments and soccer
balls to give to kids in Harare and Hatcliffe Extension, a slum just outside the city. An impressive roster of international stars has collaborated with the band — Femi Kuti, Nneka Lucia Egbuna, Matt Chamberlain, Eyvind Kang, Radioactive, Oliver Mtukudzi and Vieux Farka TourĂŠ have joined forces with the group on recordings and in concert. A recent single, “Sodade,â€? was recorded with Cape Verdean vocalist Laise Sanches, with all proceeds from the sale of the song going to benefit the cause of arts education in Africa. Bain said he has found great inspiration in working with kids and musicians in Africa — people he said had “an insatiable appetite for music.â€? To share the healing aspects of music with children in Africa, he said, has been a joy. Publish the Quest’s latest album is called “Then What!?â€?, and Bain said he is currently working on a new album as well as a short film that will document the band’s work in Africa. The show starts at 9 p.m. Saturday at Red Bicycle Bistro. It’s an allages show until 11 p.m., and for ages 21 and older after that. There is an $8 cover charge.
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An Islander makes his way down the long path of recovery
movements slow, and his memory, by his own admission, is poor — all typical repercussions of severe head injuries. To those who know him best, however, his recovery is nothing short of miracuBy SUSAN RIEMER lous. Staff Writer “His progress is amazIn a longboarding acci- ing,� said Dave Warren, dent on a spring day two his boss and the director years ago, Islander Daniel of Vashon Forest Stewards. Haag suffered a brain inju- “He’s fought for every inch ry so severe it nearly took of it.� his life. Now, after proWarren, who visited Haag longed medical care and frequently during his hosrehabilitation, Haag is back pitalizations and rehabilitaon Vashon, living in the tion, remembers how bleak place he calls home. the picture was. During While he has come far the two months Haag was from the day of the accident, in a coma, Warren said he when doctors doubted that expected a Hollywood endhe would live, Haag, 28, still ing, where one day Haag has a long road of recovery would rouse and be fine. ahead of him. Last week, But that is not how the picsitting outside on a friend’s ture unfolded. deck in the afternoon sun, When Haag came out Haag talked about his life of his coma, his awareness now and his most pressing grew slowly, Warren said. concerns, includHe could ing working on not sit, i"MM NZ NVTJDBM his unfinished swallow or DBQBCJMJUJFT IBWF cabin. For Haag, say more with a small WBOJTIFE JU JT than a income and limifew quiet TPNFUIJOH * IVHFMZ tations resulting words. He miss. � from his injury, had limited such an under%BOJFM )BBH use of one taking weighs arm, and heavily. his memo“I still don’t know how ry was extremely limited. to walk,� he said. “I still fall down. That’s it. Plain and Doctors had removed half of Haag’s skull the first simple.� In fact, Haag does know night in the hospital to how to walk, but his gait allow for brain swelling, is unsteady, some of his and eight months passed
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Daniel Haag was one of a handful of Islanders who tried to block the gravel mine expansion on Maury Island two years ago, kayaking near a construction barge in an act of civil disobedience. before surgeons replaced it. He stayed at Harborview Medical Center for three months; then, still unable to sit up or eat, he was moved to a Mercer Island care facility, where he spent several more months. Further hospitalizations were required before Haag finally moved to Delta Rehabilitation Center, a long-term care facility in Snohomish for people recovering from traumatic brain injuries. Haag lived there for more than a year. Warren credits the Delta center for playing a pivotal role in Haag’s recovery.
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“It saved Dan’s life,� he said. Haag does not recall much of his time in rehabilitation, but he does remember some aspects. “I just had to sit down and be quiet and accept that someone was getting paid to help me,� he said. Among his friends, Haag is known as being a meticulous and skilled woodworker. Before his accident he built the shell of the small cabin on a parcel of shared, wooded land in the center of the Island, but now the tasks at hand — installing insulation and paneling as well as stairs to his high
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sleeping loft — present quite a challenge. “All these tools I have are perfect,� he said. “Only I can’t hold a drill or anything perfectly. It all goes wonk-a-doodle-do.� Many Islanders likely recall Haag, a quiet but high-profile Islander before his accident. He wore his jet-black hair in dreadlocks and would longboard through town, his hair flying behind him; sometimes he’d sit on a street corner in town and drum. He also played a role in the headline-grabbing demonstrations against Glacier Northwest; he was one of a handful who dared to kayak under a water-borne construction crane before the corporation decided to sell its holdings on Maury Island. For several years before his accident, Haag also worked as a sawyer at Vashon Forest Stewards, and Warren welcomed him back to work after he returned to the Island this summer, though Haag quickly points out that his tasks there are much different now. Warren, who says he has “great affection� for Haag, recounted a story from his early days at the mill. Haag was living in a former school bus at the time. One day the bus was at the mill but Haag was not around, Warren said. Thinking he must be asleep, Warren knocked and went in when no one answered. He did not find Haag but did find Haag’s tools. On one side of the bus, his woodworking tools were organized neatly on a peg board, and his chainsaws, peaveys and
other logging equipment were all organized just so on the other side. “And I thought, ‘Who is this guy?’� Warrren recalled. “Everything was all in place. Very orderly and exact.� Now he knows the meticulousness he spotted that day was typical of Haag. “That is part of his character,� Warren said. “He is very orderly and exact.� It is a trait that served him well when he was promoted to the head sawyer at the mill. It is highly skilled work, Warren noted, and large mills pays accordingly, though on Vashon the position paid much less than prevailing wages. “He ran the mill terrifically,� Warren said. Last week, after talking about his long recovery, Haag gave a visitor a tour of his tiny cabin — a minimalistic structure with bare frame walls, few furnishings and intended to be both a home and wood shop. A stack of windows rested against one wall; when asked, Haag described an elaborate plan to install them in his roof. “I have sort of a designer gene that helps me,� he said. “I don’t have the capacity to carry it out anymore.� Haag, who is slowly growing back his dreadlocks, readily admits to some of the wide-ranging difficulties of his recovery. He can’t play drums anymore, for instance. “All my musical capabilities have vanished; it is something I hugely miss. My body and my mind are separate things now,� he said. “They do not work together.� But aware of how close to death he came, Haag said he contends with the challenges in his life now by simply carrying on. “You just wake up every morning,� he said. “It’s just something you do. If you are dead, you don’t.� Meanwhile, the Forest Stewards plan to help Haag with some projects at his cabin with cold weather approaching, Warren said; the Interfaith Council to Prevent Homelessness will provide additional support. But Warren hopes such help may not always be needed, and he can imagine that someday Haag may run the Forest Steward’s yard again. “I would have said he would never be back here,� Warren said. “I think it is the challenge he needs. Who knows what his limits are?�
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Pirates rack up another loss to a strong Eatonville team By BRIAN BRENNO For The Beachcomber
The Vashon Pirates football team suffered a disappointing home loss to a new Nisqually League team, the Eatonville Cruisers, 47-7, on Friday. Their record is now 0-4. The Pirates received the opening kickoff on Friday and three plays later were forced to punt. The Cruisers, a team with twice as many players as the Pirates, scored on a 40-yard touchdown run on their first possession, but missed the extra point to lead 6-0. The Pirates had two other possessions in the first quarter, one ending with an unsuccessful fourth-down try, the other ending in a punt. Eatonville scored two more touchdowns in the quarter to lead 21-0 at the end of the quarter. The second quarter saw Eatonville score again on a 70-yard touchdown run. The Pirates moved the ball, and on a fourth down Nick Amundsen completed a screen pass to Nathan Lawson for 20 yards; later the drive stalled on an incomplete pass on fourth down. Eatonville scored again to stretch the lead to 35-0. The Pirates then had one of their best drives of the night that featured another
screen pass and a first down pass from Amundsen to Garrett Starr, but the drive was stopped on a fourth down at the 5-yard line. The second half started with a failed onside kick attempt by the Pirates, leading to another Eatonville score and a 41-0 lead. The Pirates then went three and out, forcing a punt, which led to a 50-yard touchdown run by Eatonville to take the score to 47-0. With Eatonville’s substitutes in during the fourth quarter, Vashon was finally able to move the ball with Amundsen, Evan Anderson and Lawson each gaining first downs to take the Pirates down to the 10-yard line. Amundsen then pitched the ball to Peter Evans, who threw a touchdown pass to Starr to get the Pirates on the scoreboard. Clyde Pruett, a freshman, kicked the point after for the final score of the night. The Pirates will play at Port Townsend on Friday. Their next home game is Oct. 12 against Pemberton, also new to the Nisqually League.
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Athletes invited to go the distance, run the length of Vashon
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Runners take off at Tahlequah in last year’s dock-to-dock run.
This weekend the VHS cross country team will host what is possibly the toughest run on Vashon: the annual dock-to-dock fun run. The non-competitive, 13.5-mile run along Vashon Highway, which is open to everyone, will begin at the Tahlequah ferry dock at 8 a.m. on Saturday. Those who make it will end at the north0-end ferry dock, and those who don’t feel up to the full 13.5 miles can stop at any point along the highway. Last year two dozen Islanders participated in the fun run and seven completed all 13.5 miles.
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This year shuttles to take runners back to Tahlequah will stop at Inspiration Point, Burton, Vashon High School, the Vashon Island Coffee Roasterie and The Harbor School. A shuttle will also run from the north-end ferry dock to Tahlequah at 7:30 a.m., for those who expect to finish the entire run. The event, with entry by donation that morning, is a fundraiser for the VHS cross country program. For more information, email VHS cross country coach Kevin Ross at runkevlar@ yahoo.com.
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Young volleyball team splits first few games By JILL MULVIHILL For The Beachcomber
When the Vashon varsity volleyball team began the season, they weren’t sure what to expect. Many of last year’s varsity players graduated, and the Nisqually League is now expanded, meaning tougher competition. The team got off to a good start, however, as the girls began their season on the second day of school, Sept. 5, with a strong 3-1 win at Eatonville. The next night at home, although the games were close, Vashon lost the match to Bellevue Christian. Vashon had another strong 3-1 win the next week at home against Highline, followed two nights later by
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a loss at home to Cascade Christian. The next week, an away match at Chimacum brought a 3-2 victory for the Pirates. Vashon’s most recent match, at Seattle Christian last Wendesday, was neck-toneck throughout but ended with a 2-3 loss after a tiebreaking fifth game. On Monday after press deadline Vashon, with a record of 3-3, played at Life Christian. Today’s they will play Charles Wright. The JV volleyball team has won two matches, and has had several close games, showing marked improvement as the season progresses.
Last Friday Vashon’s U-12 boys soccer team, the Vashon Islanders, were invited to be ball boys at a Seattle University soccer game. The young players posted themselves around the field and retrieved the ball any time it went out of bounds during the game against the University of Portland. The boys were also in for a special treat that day, as they had the opportunity to meet Kasey Keller, former star goalie for the Seattle Sounders. Keller, a world-renowned player, was at the game to cheer on UP, his alma matter, and give the opening coin toss. Before the match, which Seattle U won 4-3, Keller met with the boys to answer questions, sign autographs and pose for photos. The Vashon Islanders plan to return as ball boys at another game next month, though they may not have the same brush with fame.
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Decades ago Vashonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s forests, like most in the Northwest, were almost completely clear cut. Since then, forests have grown in unnaturally, Warren said. In some places trees are crowded and sick. In others a thick canopy blocks light to the understory. And at many forests harmful invasive plants have taken hold. The Forest Stewards have now managed thinning operations on roughly 2 percent of the forested land on Vashon. The best of the wood is processed at the Forest Stewardsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; own lum-
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much as it would like. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My guys donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make real good money, but they believe in it,â&#x20AC;? Warren said. The Vashon Forest Stewards began in 2002 when Warren, who was director of the VashonMaury Island Land Trust during its formative years, decided to expand his work writing forest management plans. He joined efforts with a few other Islanders â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Stewart, Fred Sayer and Joel Kuperberg â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who also wanted to see Vashon landowners equipped with better tools to manage their personal forests. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We decided we were going to be that group to help landowners,â&#x20AC;? he said. The Forest Stewards had a rocky beginning as the men attempted to do much of the thinning they prescribed themselves and worked to develop their own methods rather than consult logging experts. They now hire logging companies to do the actual thinning work. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were so stupid and naĂŻve,â&#x20AC;? recalled Stewart. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We reinvented the wheel 16 different times.â&#x20AC;? In 2004 the Forest Stewards leased a countyowned property behind Sawbones, where it began a small mill using borrowed equipment at first. Around the same time, Derek Churchill, an Islander who studied forestry at the University of Washington and is now working toward his PhD there, came on board to provide his expertise. By 2006, the group finally seemed to have hit its stride as it took on its largest thinning project to date, the 30-acre woods at Agren Park. The thinning was con-
troversial, Warren recalled, and the Vashon Park District board at the time struggled over whether to approve it. But the Vashon community had grown more aware of the need for best forest stewardship practices, he said, and many took hazard trees far more seriously after a tragic accident in 1998, when a girl was killed by a falling tree during a hike at Camp Sealth. The project was a go, and everyone who used Agren Park seemed happy with the result, Warren said. He heard some people say it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even look like the forest had been thinned. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was our only complaint. It was too nice of job,â&#x20AC;? he said with a laugh. Last week the Vashon Forest Stewardsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lumber yard buzzed with activity as a few workers began to process timber from the school districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s forest. Two men ran rough boards through a noisy planer. Sayer, who along with other board members often donates his time at the yard, moved logs with the giant arm of the log truck. And all around the yard, boards were stacked and waiting to be put in the large, walk-in kiln to be dried. Warren, taking a break from his own work, pointed to large stacks of fir, alder and madrone removed in the thinning over the summer. Eventually the logs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the better half of the 20 truckloads removed from the forest â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will be processed for use in the new Vashon High School. The other half was sold to an off-Island mill to help cover the cost of the project. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This will be a confer-
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ence table,â&#x20AC;? Warren said with a smile, referring to a 4-foot madrone board waiting to go into the kiln. The use of the wood in the new school has already become a point of pride for the district. Rather than bury it inside the walls of the school, the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s design team has chosen to use the appearance-grade fir, alder and madrone in highly visible places, such as in wall paneling, shelves or handrails. The school district didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite break even by selling half the wood it harvested from its forest, Warren said. But the wood it held on to will look beautiful in the new building and will be a visible reminder of when the district thinned the forest and used the wood, part of its growing commitment to sustainability. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be able to see it and touch it daily,â&#x20AC;? Warren said. Like the school district, landowners who complete ecological thinnings on their properties rarely come out on top, Warren said. And those who purchase the Island wood the Forest Stewards offer could usually save money by buying from another lumber yard. But Forest Stewards wood, Stewart said, typically priced 10 to 15 percent more higher than that of other lumber yards, is also a better product. The wood harvested on Vashon has grown naturally and not at a commercial logging operation, where growers put quantity over quality. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our wood is not comparable to the wood that comes from clear cuts, plus
we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to clear cut the forest to get it.â&#x20AC;? While many Islanders are willing to pay a higher price for local products, the Forest Stewards still struggle to scrape by. Warren, who called his career with the Forest Stewards a labor of love, does seasonal maintenance work at the parks just to make ends meet. But promoting healthy forests and working to keep Island wood on the Island is simply the right thing to do, Warren said. Stewart agreed. A contractor with a long career in home building, Stewart said it pains him to see logs shipped around the world for processing and sale and to see old-growth forests in British Columbia clear cut for construction in the Northwest. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s diminishing forests on Vancouver Island and coastal British Columbia. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very little of it left,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most of the guys who build houses donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think or care about that very much. They think about what the owners think about, which is the price of wood.â&#x20AC;? The Vashon Forest Stewards now sell $30,000 to $50,000 of wood a year. The timber revenue doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t begin to cover their costs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the organization struggles to pay its workers; board members donate their time and money, and they keep a wish list of milling equipment. But seeing Island wood installed in homes, and now in an Island school, they say, makes the struggles worth it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of uphill all the way,â&#x20AC;? Stewart said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re still pushing the thing down the runway.â&#x20AC;?
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one occasion, Matheson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know Ronâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never seen it. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never seen it either,â&#x20AC;? Matheson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It just raises concerns.â&#x20AC;? The park district began using TANs on a regular basis about five years ago, according to Cynthia Capifoni, the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s longtime budget manager until she stepped down in April. Before 2007, a TAN was sought about every other year, she said. Wendy Braicks, the park districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s former executive director, â&#x20AC;&#x153;never did it without discussion and without approval of the board,â&#x20AC;? Capifoni added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a thorough process and was very well-documented. It was done with the commissioners full support.â&#x20AC;? Like Ameling, Capifoni defended the practice. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You have to have cash flow. It was a responsible tool that was used well,â&#x20AC;? she said. But the size of the TAN has grown significantly in recent years, she said. Usually, it was â&#x20AC;&#x153;just a few thousand dollars,â&#x20AC;? she said, climbing as high as $30,000 on occasion. Earlier this year, shortly before she left the district, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everything was past due â&#x20AC;Ś and we made a huge draw,â&#x20AC;? she said. In February, the district sought $175,000 from Cashmere Valley Bank. A month later, she added, the district drew another $100,000. When the district did so, she said, Olson, its banker, made it clear he was troubled by the request. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was not happy,â&#x20AC;? she said. Michael DeBlasi, the park boardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s treasurer, did not return telephone calls. Ameling, a former CPA, said he knew Olson didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like the fact that the district was seeking TANs on a regular basis but questioned the basis for his apprehensiveness. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never understood his concern,â&#x20AC;? Ameling said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the safest thing you can do as a banker.â&#x20AC;? The TAN gets paid off immediately when a new infusion of tax receipts comes in, Ameling said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the first ones at the trough.â&#x20AC;? The interest rate Cashmere charges for the loan is 2.76 percent â&#x20AC;&#x201D; making it what Marie Browne, the park districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s financial consultant, called â&#x20AC;&#x153;a pretty cheap way of financing.â&#x20AC;? But even a low interest rate is an issue, she added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s real money,â&#x20AC;? she said. Most agencies develop a
reserve over time, enabling them to weather the highs and lows of bi-annual tax receipts, Matheson said. The executive director of Si View Metro Parks â&#x20AC;&#x201D; like Vashonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, one of only a few free-standing park districts in the region â&#x20AC;&#x201D; said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d never heard of tax anticipation notes. Travis Stombaugh, the director of Si View in North Bend, said that when he arrived at the district in 2007, he found it had no emergency reserve and a small general fund reserve.
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He told the board he wanted an operating reserve that could cover six months worth of operations, he said. The commissioners were hesitant, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to hoard cash,â&#x20AC;? he said. So they asked him to come up with a policy, which the board then approved. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Before 2007, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d have to have temporary spending freezes,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a very good picture.â&#x20AC;? Olson said his bank is not licensed to give financial advice, and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been careful about what heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s said to the park district. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more, he said, he thinks Vashonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s park district is a good one. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a really nice park district,â&#x20AC;? he said. But the use of a TAN, he said, can make a small district vulnerable, should a true financial emergency come up. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What would happen if there was a sud-
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1BSL DPNNJTTJPOFS QSPQPTFT TUSFBNMJOFE BHFODZ A Vashon Park District commissioner has put forward a proposal to address the agencyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ongoing financial problems by dramatically reducing the scope of its services. David Hackett, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s serving his second term on the five-member commission, has issued a four-page paper calling for a district that offers very few programs. Instead, he says, the district should become what he calls a public facilities maintenance and operations district, focused on maintaining facilities, fields, parks and natural areas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The park district has tried to be â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;all things to all people.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; In a period of declining tax revenue, this approach is no longer feasible,â&#x20AC;? he writes in his memo, titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Transforming the Park District: A Sustainable Model for Serving the Public.â&#x20AC;? Under his proposal, the district would reduce its personnel and operational costs by no longer offering several classes it currently sponsors â&#x20AC;&#x201D; such as health, fitness and dance classes. The district would also
no longer provide administrative support and oversight to a number of community groups, including rowing, baseball and soccer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lots of different organizations provide classes. We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to be in that business,â&#x20AC;? he said in an interview last week. The proposal, he said, would enable the district â&#x20AC;&#x153;to put our money where weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d get the most bang for it.â&#x20AC;? According to his plan, some of the agencyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most popular programs would still be offered, such as Concerts in the Park and Kite Day at Point Robinson. By reducing its expenses, he added, the park district would be able to continue to operate the pool; the skate park and Kayak Center, meanwhile, would pay for themselves, he said. Hackett planned to put the proposal before commissioners at their meeting Tuesday night, too late for this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deadline at The Beachcomber.
Anna Elizabeth Sestrap Anna Elizabeth Sestrap (Betsy), longtime Vashon resident and cofounder of Wax Orchards, passed away September 22nd, at the age of 90. Services will be held at Island Funeral Home on Saturday, September 29th at 1 pm. Graveside to follow with reception at the home of David and Anna Swain on Vashon. A full obituary will publish in a future edition of The Beachcomber. visit us online at www.islandfuneral.com
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Burton Community Church
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Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit
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Followed by coffee fellowship
PO Box 89, Vashon, WA 98070
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Vashon Island Community Church Worship Service 10:00 am (Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Church for preschoolâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;5th graders)
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Calvary Full Gospel Church at Lisabeula Worship 10:30 am & 7:00 pm Thursday Bible Study 7:00 pm Call for location Saturday Prayer 7:30 pm
Pastor Stephen R. Sears
463-2567
23905 Vashon Hwy SW
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.BO BTTBVMUT EFQVUZ A Vashon man arrested for trespassing is now facing additional assault charges after allegedly assaulting the deputy who arrested him. On Sept. 6, a 34-yearold homeless man who had been banned from the Village Green after being arrested for disorderly conduct there last month was spotted sitting at the park, said Sgt. Cindi West, a
spokeswoman for the sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s department. The man saw the deputy and fled on foot but was arrested without incident a couple hours later when the same deputy saw him walking down a road. While in the patrol car, the man began to scream, lunged his head through the window between the front and back seat and then spit in the deputyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s face. When the deputy stopped and got out of the car, the man kicked out a side window and the deputy was struck with broken glass. West sad the suspect later told deputies that he was upset because he was being transported off-Island and didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the money to get back.
Washington State University Extension is bringing its Forest Stewardship Coached Planning landowner education series to Vashon this fall. The class will run on Wednesday evenings starting Oct. 3 at the Land Trust Building. Participants will develop their own Forest Stewardship Plan, which brings state recognition as a Stewardship Forest, eligibility for cost-share assistance and may also qualify owners for significant property tax reductions. The registration fee is $185 per family or ownership and includes a visit to the property by a professional forester. Pre-registration is required. Details and registration are available online at snohomish.wsu.edu/forestry/forestryevents.htm or by contacting WSU Extension at (425) 357-6023.
The Rev Canon Carla Valentine Pryne Sundays â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 7:45 am & 10:15 am Church School & Religious Exploration 9:00am Child Care Mid-week Eucharist, Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;12:30pm 15420 Vashon Hwy SW
567-4488
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Vashon Lutheran Church
18623 Vashon Hwy. SW (1/2 mile south of Vashon) Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hour 10:30 am (Sept.- June) Holy Communion Worship 10:30 am Pastors: Rev. Bjoern E. Meinhardt Rev. Jeff Larson, Ph.D., vm: 206-463-6359 www.vashonluthernchurch.org/JeffLarson/JeffLarson.htm
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Vashon United Methodist Church 17928 Vashon Hwy SW
(one block south of downtown)
Pastor: Rev. Dr. Kathryn Morse Sunday Service & Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Weekly Gluten-Free Communion
Office open Mon.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Thurs. 9 a.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 12 noon
463-9804
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Vashon Presbyterian Church
Our Vashon Island 463-2010 Community warmly invites you and your family to worship with them.
Pastor: Edwin Alvarado Ubicados En Bethel Church 14726 Bethel Lane SW 206-371-0213
the Vashon Village parking lot. A domestic violence assault occurred at a home near the south end. A window was broken on a vehicle parked in a driveway on the 23900 block of 104th Ave. Nothing was stolen.
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2 year old Elroy and five of his buddy cats came to VIPP when his owner died. Elroy is a little shy at first but it doesn’t take long for him to start purring and “making muffins.” Elroy is a young, handsome, sweet boy who would do best in a quiet home. He would like to “Make Muffins” for you.
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2 year old Lance and his buddies were turned over to VIPP when their owner died. Lance is a fabulously handsome orange boy with a mellow personality. He is getting used to his new situation at the shelter and settling in as you can see from the photo. Lance gets along great with any one of his buddies and he could be a member of our Purrfect Pairings Program where when two cats are adopted, the second adoption fee is 1/2 off.
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Promise is a happy little chap, about 10 pounds and 6 years old, who is good with cats and most other dogs. He is trained on an invisible fences. Promise walks great on a leash and loves to meet people but should be in a home without small children. He gets cold easily and would love a warm indoor home (and maybe a stylish sweater!). Contact Vashon Island Pet Protectors atdogs@vipp.org or call 206-707-2218. $125 adoption fee.
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