Wednesday, February 19, 2014 • Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
Yarkin, who also installs solar panels, said he had done his own calculations and believes the operation would use a massive amount of energy. “That’s a huge environmental impact and extremely expensive,” he said. When another islander, Leslie Brown, asked why the company’s owners weren’t at the meeting, Anglin said the owners “don’t like speaking in front of people.” In an interview before the meeting, Anglin also declined to provide contact information for Bakkhos’ owners to The Beachcomber. Anglin did say that Scott Bergin, listed with the Secretary of State as one of the company’s owners, in 2008 founded both the brand EdiPure and Green Cross Colorado, the first legal marijuana business in the country. In 2012, Bergin, along with Colorado resident Daniel Griffin and Mercer Island attorney Michael Rosen, started Green Cross Washington, which distributes EdiPure products to medical marijuana dispensaries. After marijuana was legalized for recreational use in Washington, the same three men founded Bakkhos Holding to move into the new recreational market. In June of last year, Anglin said, Bergin and Griffin moved from Colorado to Washington to
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meet the residency requirement for new marijuana companies. On the Secretary of State website, Bergin and Rosen are listed with the same Bainbridge Island address. The men applied with the state last year for marijuana growing and processing licenses at both the K2 building and another building in Woodinville, which Anglin said they still have the opportunity to purchase. Anglin is a Colorado resident, a registered lobbyist in Colorado and the owner of Anglin Public Affairs. He said he has been with EdiPure since May of last year. On Vashon, he has held meetings with several community groups, including the Chamber of Commerce board and the Vashon Alliance to Reduce Substance Abuse. “This challenge of public perception happens everywhere,” he said. “Any company that wants to be a national marijuana brand has to do what we’re doing.” One challenge to Bakkhos has come from the Backbone Campaign. Last week Backbone’s director, Bill Moyer, began a petition asking that Bakkhos and Jarden, the company that owns K2 and the building, have additional environmental testing done at the site. The petition asks that the companies obtain a statement from the state Department of
Mya Calista Shelton Mya passed in great comfort unexpectedly at her home in the late evening hours of January 24th 2014. She was born in Walla Walla, Wa. on January 7th, 1941. As a child she grew up in the Seahurst/Burien area of Seattle. Before graduating from Highline High school in 1959, she attended Morgan City High School in Louisiana and Milwaukee Downer Seminary Girls School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mya attended Stephen’s College in Columbia, Missouri, graduating with a dual degree in economics and fashion merchandising. After working for Wolff Brothers in Kansas City and Joseph Magnin in Los Angeles as a fashion model and buyer, Mya returned to Seattle to fulfill her dream of travel and flying. She worked first for Pacific Northern Airlines flying on her favorite Constellation aircrafts (‘her Connies’), which she loved so much. As she advanced in her career, she would occasionally take her nephew, Joel, on airplane trips from Seattle to Alaska and back while she was working so the two of them could have lunch in Juneau or Ketchikan, and be home by his bedtime. PNA became Western Airlines and is now Delta Airlines. Mya’s passion was air safety. She worked tirelessly for the airline industry and National Transportation Safety Board as a west coast crash investigator. As Chair of the Aircraft Technical Committee for the Association of Flight Attendants she tested the implementation of new safety equipment with Boeing, Lockheed and McDonnell-Douglas on new aircraft. Mya had a varied work life after leaving the airline industry. She worked at K2 on Vashon Island for two years in the accounting department and worked was a server at Sound Foods. She was also very happy to be able to help out wherever she could at Rock Island Pub and Pizza when Chuck and Carol were out of town. In her last years, Mya’s health was greatly compromised. She fought very hard for her life more than once in the last 6 years. She was small, but mighty in her determination, and lived her life with an iron will. Mya will be remembered as bright, funny, possessed of a razor sharp wit, and as a perpetual scholar. Her love of learning, however, was only eclipsed by the love she had for those she surrounded herself with, including many caring Island friends. Although her family was small she loved them with her whole heart. She is survived by her sister Sally (Shelton) Carlson, her nephew Joel Carlson, his wife Brenna, her friend and brother-in-law Gary Carlson, and her beloved cat Teekah. A service honoring her life will be held at Island Funeral Service at 11AM on Saturday, February 22nd. Please visit our online guest book at www.islandfuneral.com.
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Ecology (DOE) that the property is clean before any transfer of liability. On Friday, Moyer also went public with a document that he says calls into question the adequacy of environmental testing that has already been done at the site. An eight-page memorandum prepared by the Issaquah company Farallon Consulting, which examined environmental assessments of the site prepared by other companies, identifies what it considers to be gaps in testing by the other companies. The report says it expects DOE would require additional testing before it declared that no further action is necessary under the state’s Model Toxics Control Act. “I think it affirms what the rumors have been saying that there are many unanswered questions about environmental conditions at the K2 site that need to be addressed, and this is the moment to address them,” Moyer said. Anglin, who has insisted that proper environmental testing has been performed and that Bakkhos is not releasing Jarden of any liability, said he questioned the legitimacy of the report. He said he believes Farallon has a connection to someone who attempted to purchase K2 in the past. Moyer said the Backbone Campaign purchased the document from Farallon
after he investigated rumors he’d heard, but he declined to say whether a potential purchaser was involved. Water District 19, which has a well near the K2 building, is also looking into the situation. Last week, commissioner Jenny Bell said Moyer shared his concerns with the district’s board and the board has inquired with DOE for more information about the site. “We need more information, and we’ll see what they provide,” Bell said. “The proper course is for us to talk to the Department of Ecology.” Bakkhos Holding faces several obstacles before it can begin operations at the K2 building. Should the county amend the Vashon Town Plan to allow marijuana business at the building, Bakkhos must also get the building rezoned from Community Business to Industrial, Anglin said. The company is also awaiting licenses from the state Liquor Control Board and must obtain a Conditional Use Permit from King County before. The county council will vote on the town plan amendment as soon as late march. Anglin said that if the council approves the amendment, Bakkhos plans to close on the building’s sale soon after.
M. Clark Dyer M. Clark Dyer passed away peacefully, at the age of 86, on the evening of Friday, February 7, 2014, with family at his side, in Santa Cruz, California. Born July 26, 1927 in Florence, Alabama to Melburn Clark Dyer and Virginia Crain Dyer, he grew up Melburn Clark Dyer Jr. in Florence. As an adult he lived in Yakima, Washington, Pasadena, California, and at Shawnee Beach, Vashon Island, Washington and finally in Santa Cruz. Clark is survived by wife and best friend; Carolyn Price Dyer, his three sons; Philip and wife Gloria, Paul and wife Ruthie, and Andrew and wife Jenifer, as well as Aunt Arlyn Nelson, Brother-in-law Jim Price and wife Sharon, 6 Grandchildren, 2 Great-Grandchildren, 2 nieces, 2 nephews, and many wonderful neighbors and friends. He was predeceased by his daughter- in-law Nora. After serving as a lieutenant in the Navy during World War II, he attended the University of Alabama and the University of California at Berkeley. Clark was a proud member of his fraternity Alpha Tau Omega, maintaining lifelong friendships. He had a successful career in marketing on the west coast. Clark loved the open water, sailing throughout his life. He was a great supporter of his wife Carolyn’s art endeavors all of their marriage. He enjoyed socializing, classical music and a nice drink. Clark was a man of faith, who was active in the Episcopal Church in his adult life. He enjoyed singing in church and community choirs. In 2011 Clark and Carolyn moved back to California to Santa Cruz, to be cared for while he walked the path through Alzheimer’s. He was able to continue watching the sailboats on the Monterey Bay from the bay window at Sunshine Villa until his last week of life. A special thank you to daughter-in-law Jenifer Dyer, for being there regularly for both Carolyn and Clark through the past three years. Also, thank you to the staff of Sunshine Villa, and Hospice of Santa Cruz for their care and attendance at the end. A memorial will be announced at a later date.