PIRATES‘ SEASON ENDS Basketball team loses to Okanogan. Page 14
NEWS | Pot proposal heads to the county council. [5] LETTERS | From marijuana to football, islanders weigh in. [6] ARTS | Island storyteller shares [9] his tales for a cause.
THE STRINGS HAVE IT Island musicians team up with Seattle trio. Page 13
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Vashon applications lined up as state begins to issue pot licenses Some are deterred by new regulations By NATALIE MARTIN Staff Writer
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Felicia Whitmore, a member of the Washington Conservations Corps, spreads mulch at Raab’s Lagoon, one of several countysponsored conservation projects to improve the health of Quartermaster Harbor.
Study confirms concerns about poor health of harbor, sheds light on causes By NATALIE MARTIN Staff Writer
During a break between rain showers Monday, a crew of young people from the Washington Conservation Corps tended to a wide patch of Oregon grape, snowberry and hawthorne recently planted at Raab’s Lagoon. The project to replant the native foliage on the shoreline at the countyowned park is just one of a wide range of efforts currently
being carried out by county, state and local organizations to improve the health of the Quartermaster Harbor. A study recently completed by King County, however, sheds new light on one aspect of the ailing harbor — its dangerously low oxygen levels. Scientists recently completed a four-year study on Quartermaster’s low oxygen levels, which threatens life in SEE HARBOR, 20
As the state Liquor Control Board (LCB) begins to issue marijuana business licenses this week, several people are in line to start small marijuana growing and processing operations on Vashon. While a list on the LCB’s website shows there have been at least 27 applications submitted by companies or people interested in growing and processing pot on the island, interviews with some of the applicants reveal a different picture. Several applicants have dropped out since first applying for licenses last year, and others have changed or delayed their plans due to changing regulations. And while a few islanders contacted by The Beachcomber believed they would eventually be successful in the new recreational marijuana market, no one believed they were
close to receiving permits. “It’s a challenge,” said Scott Durkee, who has been planning a pot growing and processing operation with two other islanders. “There are lots of questions to answer and lots of hoops to jump through. They’ve really regulated the heck out of it.” Durkee’s group, under the new LLC Buds of Vashon, applied for a tier 2 production permit — meaning the grow operation would be 2,000 to 10,000 square feet — as well as a permit to process, or dry and package, their product. Their plans were thrown off, however, when late last year, the King County Council passed a new requirement that marijuana businesses 2,000 square feet or larger must obtain a conditional use permit (CUP). The development was seen by some as bad news for small pot operations, as the county’s CUP process can cost applicants thousands of dollars and takes months to complete. “If you apply for a CUP right now, it’s not SEE MARIJUANA, 15
VYFS sees continued demand for services, leap in numbers in 2013 Officials say economy still has an impact By SUSAN RIEMER Staff Writer
Vashon Youth & Family Services (VYFS), the island’s largest social service provider, served nearly one-third more people last year than it had the year before, an increase that is part of a multi-year trend. For five years in a row, VYFS has seen double-digit increases in clients and pro-
gram participants, said Kathleen Johnson, the executive director of the organization, who noted the agency has recently finished evaluating last year’s statistics. VYFS provides an array of services, including counseling, chemical dependency treatment, a childcare program, family support, parent coaching and emergency services for some of the island’s lowest-income residents. Nearly all areas of the agency have seen growth in recent years, Johnson said. The reasons for the increase stem from both economic times and from foundational work VYFS has done in the community.
“In part it reflects the impact of the recession and the weak recovery,” she said. “It also results from the work of the agency in building awareness on the island and partnerships that have helped us grow our capacity to meet the need.” At the same time VYFS has served increasing numbers of people, income from a variety of funding agencies, such as King County and the United Way, has dropped off considerably. In fact, Johnson said, between 2008 and 2012, private and foundation contributions dropped by 41 percent. Donations were up again in 2013
— including $40,000 from the community during the December appeal — and provided support at a crucial time, Johnson said. “The last five years have been really challenging,” she added. Jeffrey Zheutlin, who has worked at the agency for 21 years and now heads both the mental health and addiction treatment divisions, recently spoke to the growth in the agency’s mental health services. In 2013, he said, the mental health SEE VYFS, 18
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King County voters to decide on transportation funding By SUSAN RIEMER Staff Writer
Proposed cuts to Metro bus service may be averted because of a fare increase approved by the county council and a funding measure that King County voters will decide on in April. Last fall, Metro released plans for a countywide 17-percent cut to bus service that it said would be necessary because of falling sales tax revenue and the expiration of temporary funding. On Vashon, routes 118 and 119 were slated for 20 percent reductions in service. Proposed cuts meant that island bus service would begin later in the morning, end earlier in the evening and run less frequently during the day. Last week, in a step to bolster Metro funding, the Metropolitan King County Council passed a 25-cent fare increase that will begin in March of 2015, bringing a peak one-zone adult fare to $2.75. To further address the funding shortfall, earlier this year, the council created a county Transportation Benefit District charged with putting forward new taxes. Now county voters will see an April 22 ballot measure that calls for a $60 car-tab fee and a one-tenth of a cent sales
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Along with approving a Metro bus fare increase for next year, the King County Council also approved a fare for low-income county residents to help keep public transit affordable. tax increase. Metro officials say that combined, the vehicle fee and tax are estimated to bring in $130 million a year, sufficient to avoid the proposed reductions. “If the ballot measure passes, Metro will withdraw its proposals for service reductions and restructures,” said Victor Obeso, the manager of service development for King County Metro.
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Funds from the ballot measure would provide funds for road repair as well as support Metro. When the council voted to increase fares, it also created a low-income fare program to ensure that communities and individuals that depend on public transit as their primary source of transportation are not “left behind,” according to a press release.
“The county continues to exhaust its authority to maintain Metro bus service,” said councilmember Joe McDermott (D-Burien) in the release. “While this fare increase is needed to help address Metro’s funding gap, we must also work to ensure that low-income folks can get around the region.” The reduced fare will be available to adult riders with incomes at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level, or about $23,000 in annual income for an individual or up to $47,100 for a family of four. The reduced fares for adults will be $1.25 if the ballot measure passes and $1.50 if the ballot measure does not, county officials said. Metro will provide a fare implementation plan by this June to the county council, Obeso noted. The council is expected to adopt it later in the year. While the fare changes are set for a year from now, the cartab and tax increases will require voter approval this spring. Metro’s financial planning process included the fare increases, Obeso said. If the April measure does not pass, however, Metro will go forward with the planned cuts to bus service.
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Marijuana zoning proposal sent to King County Council Those who oppose amendment continue to speak out By NATALIE MARTIN Staff Writer
A proposal that would allow marijuana business at the K2 building and other locations in Vashon town was submitted to the King County Council Monday, the deadline for proposing such changes to the county’s comprehensive plan. The amendment to the town plan, which is folded into the King County Comprehensive plan, would allow marijuana growing, processing and retail in properties in town and at Center zoned as Community Business. It would also allow marijuana growing and processing at locations zoned Industrial. The amendment would allow the company, Bakkhos Holding, which is under contract to purchase the K2 building, to move one step closer to realizing its plan to start a large marijuana operation at the site. The company plans to both grow marijuana and create marijuana-infused candy and other edible products.
Lisa Verner, the legislative coordinator for the county’s Department of Permitting and Environmental Review (DPER) said no significant changes were made to the proposal based on feedback the county heard at a public meeting on Vashon last month. The meeting drew more than 200 islanders, and many spoke both for and against the proposed amendment and the plans for K2. DPER always planned to submit something to the council, Verner said, as officials believe an amendment would fulfill the council’s intent when it passed a marijuana ordinance for unincorporated King County last year. “We’re giving the council the opportunity to make a decision on this issue, and they need to have something in front of them to make a decision,” Verner said. The amendment will first go before the council’s Transportation, Economy and Environment Committee, likely sometime this month, Verner said, and the committee will make a recommendation to the full council. Verner said councilmembers will also have available to them about 120 written comments on the amendment submitted by islanders, as well as detailed notes on the 30 spoken
Correction An article in last week’s issue, “Distillery seeks compliance with town plan...” incorrectly stated that the Seattle Distilling Company overlooked getting a required permit before it opened its doors. Business owners at the time were told by county officials that the permit was not required, according to Tami Brockway Joyce, a partner in the business.
comments given at the public meeting. While some islanders were upset the county announced it was moving forward on the plan before the deadline for public comments, Verner said she wanted to emphasize that all comments were considered before the county completed its proposal and all comments would be available to the council. “I think the full meaning of what people were saying will get to the council,” Verner said. Meanwhile, some who have voiced opposition to the amendment and to Bakkhos Holding’s plans for the K2 building say they’ll continue to express their concerns at the council level. A loosely organized group of islanders who have said they believe the county is moving too quickly on the amendment collected about 120 signatures on a petition to the county. Kevin Joyce, who is a part of the effort, said he still believes Vashon residents need more time to consider the amendment. “The question for me is do business rights and the promise of jobs trump public conversation?” he said. Jeffery Reid, a father of two school-age children, is attempting to draw traffic to a new website he created to oppose Bakkhos Holding on the basis that it creates marijuana candy. He writes about his concerns and encourages visitors to contact county officials at www. notpotcandy.com. A Facebook page associated with the site had garnered just 17 likes at press time. “Me, personally, I don’t think
this product should be legal,” Reid said. And two islanders who have been outspoken about their concerns over Bakkhos’ plans — Joe Yarkin and Bill Moyer — both continue to speak out and both gave interviews to a Kiro 7 reporter who recently came to Vashon to cover the story. Yarkin, who installs solar panels, has raised concerns about the environmental impact of the energy-intense operation proposed by Bakkhos. Last week Yarkin said he’d make his complaints, which extend to all large, indoor operations proposed for the state, known to the county council as well. “I just want the county to realize they have a big problem on their hands by driving people indoors,” he said. Moyer, director of the Backbone Campaign, also continues to push forward with his concerns about the environmental condition of the K2 site. Jarden, the parent company of K2, issued a letter to county officials last week stating that proper environmental testing has been done at K2 and Jarden would remain liable for any potential contamination. However, Moyer continues to demand that the company enter into the state’s voluntary cleanup program and do additional testing on the entire site. Verner said a public hearing will be held in Seattle before the council votes on the amendment, but it likely won’t happen for at least two months. The council is required to give 30 days’ notice for such hearings.
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County pot regs look bad for small business When The Beachcomber first began to report on potential legal marijuana businesses on Vashon, we spoke with Shango Los, an islander attempting to gain traction with his new group, the Vashon Island Marijuana Entrepreneurs Alliance. Los spoke of a vision that Vashon residents might step up to start small marijuana farms, and we editorialized that it was an idea we could support. If marijuana is going to be legally grown in the state, why shouldn’t some Vashon residents take advantage of the new market, something that could also provide a small infusion to our local economy? The pot farms would likely be tucked on back roads like our other small farms and would hopefully be managed by islanders with taste and respect for the community. As a story on this week’s front page says, at least a few islanders were well positioned to start such operations. However, a significant change in county zoning regulations suddenly put the skids on some of their plans. In December the King County Council voted that in unincorporated King County, any pot operation over 2,000 square feet should go through the rigorous and expensive process to obtain a conditional use permit (CUP). The law previously required that only large operations, those over 10,000 square feet, be required to obtain a CUP, something the county estimates could cost applicants thousands of dollars and 6 to 8 months to get. Suddenly, something in reach for small startups was out of reach for many and the regulations seemed to favor larger operations put forward by investors with greater resources. Applicants could chose to start with a smaller farm, but we’ve learned it would be difficult to break even doing so. Outdoor growers who do go for the CUP will miss out on this growing season, putting them behind others entering the market. The councilmember who drove this new regulation said it would help ensure that pot permitting in unincorporated King County is cautious and transparent, not allowing businesses to “slip in in the dark of night,” as reported by The Seattle P-I. While we don’t know all of the reasons why the council ultimately passed this measure, we can’t help but feel it isn’t right for Vashon. We expect small operations tucked away on a rural island would have fewer potential consequences and encounter less opposition than those in more populated areas. Why, then, should applicants here be required to go through an extra and expensive step that those in the city do not? Those with the skills and resources to succeed in this new market will likely find a way to be in business despite the new requirement. But we believe the county should look at the effects of its new regulation in places like Vashon. Legal marijuana business is new territory for everyone, so it makes sense to consider how regulations are actually going to play out. If the rule does prove prohibitive for otherwise solid business plans, the council should rethink how it moves forward. Perhaps a similar but less involved requirement could provide the scrutiny and public transparency created by the CUP, without the time and expense that could inhibit businesses that make sense on the island.
The blunted rays of flannelgray February daylight melt into the mirror-still harbor, unbroken sky-gray and harbor-gray split by a jagged band of misty black firs and skeleton maples on the far shore. A dirty-white maxi catamaran lies beached on a sandbar 100 yards from the bulkhead, stormbroken and adrift in last week’s howling rain, now heaving quietly in the milky shallows, high centered in soft mud. My oldest son and I survey the beached hulk with binoculars through our front window, trading conjectures and turns with the field glasses. Through the cross-eyed spherical prisms I inspect the hull, fouled with several seasons’ barnacles and eelgrass. Holes patched haphazardly with mats of sulfurous yellow fiberglass and resin dot the chalky white gel-coat. A rusted crab pot from a decade-distant summer sways rhythmically in the murmuring tide, tied to a pitted cleat on the starboard side with a length of fraying yellow poly-cord, strands of papery seaweed dried in the trap’s sagging net. Near the bow, the boxy outline of a series of recently-removed stick-on hardware-store numbers cut clean white squares in the dirty salt-fouled paint, an anonymous cheat, like the band of pale, secret skin under a wedding ring, exposed in dim tea-lights and the crooning carnal purr of a cocktail lounge at closing time. We see a heavy-set man paddling toward the catamaran, standing unsteadily in an open dinghy, using a battered oar as a paddle, Volga boatman-style. Perhaps it’s the catamaran’s owner, arrived to retrieve his decrepit sailboat after the storm. He circles the derelict, struggling to keep the squirming tender steady, shifting his weight from side to side with shaking legs.
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We reflexively hold our breath; several times it seems as though he might lose his battle with balance and bellyflop into the chilling green water. But after a few uneventful minutes, his curiosity apparently satisfied, he paddles out to deeper water, still standing precariously in the dinghy. We never saw him again. Several days pass. Every morning, the catamaran is still there. Every time I look out the window, it’s still there. Every night when I let the dog out, it’s still there. I realize that some sort of action must be taken, and resolve to contact the state in the morning, adding to my mental list of necessary errands that I never write down, ensuring that I often forget them entirely. The next day my wife Maria receives a lengthy text from one of our neighbors. The gigantic sailboat marooned in the harbor has been discussed at length by the rather tightly organized group of longtime neighbors on the eastern shore. It’s rumored that someone is living on the catamaran — stuck in the mud at the end of the harbor, cold, damp, dark, without heat or power. If there was someone living on it, that had to be the worst commute of all time. The neighbors on the eastern shore had already reported the catamaran to the Department of Natural Resources, and proceedings were underway to list the catamaran as a derelict marine vessel, which allows the state to take legal
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action to dispose of the mess. One morning, the decrepit catamaran was gone. We heard that a tugboat arrived at high tide early one Saturday morning and dragged the derelict catamaran to deep water. On Vashon Island, no one is here by accident, except possibly the guy living on the beached catamaran. Everyone took a ferry to get here. But we have more in common than the cost of a ferry ticket. Every resource on Vashon is finite. The island itself is finite. We cooperate with one another in ways that other communities do not to protect our shared resources, our families and our fragile way of life. Many of us have concluded, perhaps convinced by an extended power outage, that we are all in this together. When islanders speak with one voice about our common needs, for safety, clean water, electricity, food, adequate ferry service, preserving our unique island life, we often find those needs met, assisted by our friends (and islanders) in county, state and federal government. For example, there is no bridge to Vashon. Nor is there a gigantic gravel operation on Maury Island. Or a traffic signal. At the recent community meeting regarding proposed amendments to the Vashon Town Plan to enable a massive edible-marijuana operation to be housed in the nowdilapidated K2 Ski factory, those in attendance seemed to be evenly split, for and against the idea. Let’s refocus those conversations on our common needs. Our community finds its strength in the shared necessities that both define and unite us. The wiser path is pretty obvious to me.
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An indoor, nearly invisible facility with excellent security, creating dozens of local, construction jobs (economic influx #1), then long-term jobs (E.I. #2), offering to partner with community causes (E.I. #3), and exporting its product off-island. Worried about drugs on the island? Only islander-generated demand will bring those products back into our community. As for resources, demand drives use. So, who is going to stop buying hothouse tomatoes? Practical Hydroponics & Greenhouses states, “Hydroponic and greenhouse production systems are waterefficient.” Worried about chemical use? In closed hydroponic systems, fertilizer wastage is reduced significantly. Will Bakkhos Holding use a closed system? I don’t know. Let’s ask. Meanwhile, with outdoor grow operations, there would be weed issues, different security issues, and our weather systems are not consistent. Hot one summer, wet and rainy the next. Science evolves. Hydroponics evolve. Medicine evolves. Laws evolve. Technology evolves. Let’s evolve too and take time to re-evaluate our assumptions, prejudices and fears. NIMBY attitudes are below us. Our generally high level of education means we should see the risk of classism and purposefully step in the opposite direction. Besides, there is value to be gained from tackling this issue deeply and meaningfully with both our youth and our older generations. — March Twisdale
County missed the mark on pot regulations King County seems to want to bend over backwards to push through a change in their zoning rules that will allow an energy-intensive, huge indoor grow at K2. While I support I-502, I do wish the zoning rules could have considered King County’s efforts to help our environment by making outdoor and greenhouse growing possible. I personally spent months applying for and planning an island owned, sun-energy, organic grow operation, but the county’s marijuana zoning ordinance rules made it economically unfeasible. It seems like the county should have consulted with the state experts when writing their rules and that those rules should have promoted low carbon means of production. Instead King County will produce very little if any outdoor/greenhouse grown marijuana. At a Dec. 29 King County Council meeting, a single council person moved to amend the zoning ordinance recommended by the Department of Permitting and Environmental Review. That change in effect limited a rural area producer to 2,000 square feet of plant canopy. I could have made that work if not for an inexplicable rule written by someone at DPER who knew very little about growing and processing marijuana. The council and DPER made it impossible to use even half of the 2,000 square feet that would have been allotted by my license. It was bad enough that it took the county until January to finalize its rules, months after the state’s rules were finalized. It’s worse that they eliminated the chance of having environmentally responsible marijuana grown on our island. — James Clark
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Assessment of wastewater disposal plan is needed The Vashon community has not had enough time to assess wastewater disposal and potential pollution of our groundwater by Bakkhos Holding. I understand that the required process of amending King County’s Comprehensive Plan will take at least a year to complete, according to Ty Peterson, a commercial product line manager at DPER (King County’s Department of Permitting and Environmental Review). Peterson also stated “you wouldn’t just amend the town plan for this purpose without an extensive process.” Please see boards.cannabis.com/ hydroponics/156247-hydroponic-waste water-disposal.html for a simple explanation of potential pollution resulting from hydroponic growing. Bakkhos needs to submit to the King County Council a complete written plan for disposal of its wastewater. The Vashon community needs the year’s time stated above to examine the particulars of what safeguards exist for maintaining the purity of our groundwater, the amount of water to be used by the facility and the resulting effects on our water table. Bakkhos’ written plans need to be published for the community. Please see research done by the Backbone Campaign (backbonecampaign. ccsend.com) regarding the failure of the former K2 to meet environmental standards. Is Bakkhos committed to trucking its wastewater off-island should it not be able to commit to safeguarding our water supply? Bakkhos also needs to inform the all of us regarding the method it uses to produce its most profitable yield: biolistics, agrobacterium, electroporation, gene knockout? What is the source of Bakkhos’ seeds? Have the seeds been genetically modified, radiated and/or chlorinated? We need to know whether the King County Council has thoroughly researched these concerns, and, if so, who did the research? We need to prevent the council from giving the green light to Bakkos without addressing the potential pollution, high water use and its effect on our water system(s), and the Vashon Town Plan should not be amended until thorough publicly available assessments have been completed by a qualified company. — Ellen Carleton
Health care
Insurance not affordable for all on new exchange I am glad Ms. Ingalls et al. have affordable health care, but there is another side of the equation. Our experience has not been as rosy as those mentioned. First, our insurance was canceled due to the Affordable Care Act. Going onto the Washington state exchange, we found a plan similar to our current plan. The new plan will cost us $10,000 more a year; our out-of-pocket charges will triple, and we now have a deductible. So much for affordable. I have written our senators relative to being able to keep our plan and affordability, but the silence has been deafening. — Robert Kajca
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State tax system needs an overhaul After Vashon voters have congratulated themselves for approving the latest school levy, it might be worthwhile to reflect that Washington state’s taxation system is the most regressive in the nation. The bottom 20 percent, those earning less than $20,000 annually, pay an effective tax rate of 16.9 percent, while the top 1 percent, those earning more than $400,000 annually, pay an effective tax rate of 2.8 percent. Clearly something is amiss. The voters of Vashon are unusual in that they vote to tax themselves — and it would be fair to presume that most would like to see an egalitarian system. Perhaps it is time to revisit the concept of a state income tax rather than nickel and diming our citizens with an ever increasing labyrinth of fees, levies and sales taxes. — Julie Werbel
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‘12th Man’ should focus on real heroes I have been amazed and somewhat disillusioned at the apparent worship of the Seattle Seahawks since their Super Bowl victory. It does cause me to wonder if those who create idols of NFL players read
the news related to the NFL’s weak-kneed approach to the epidemic of brain injuries caused by concussions and lifetime disabilities caused by broken and torn bodies. I also wonder if these fans read the recent story in The New York Times regarding the obscene and brutish behavior of many players toward their teammates, displaying their apparent racial, gender, sexual and ethnic prejudices. I certainly do not expect football players to serve as role models for our children, and I certainly do understand that not all NFL players are brutes. But I do think that we have created unreasonable popularity of a sport that is a tribute to human violence and brutish behavior. We are holding up an image to our children that many will follow to their own physical and/or psychological damage because they hope to realize fame and fortune as professional athletes. Perhaps the 12th Man could spend this off-season paying equal tribute to the real heroes in our society: those who teach our children, those who care for our aging and disabled parents and grandparents, those who police our streets, those who fight the fires that would destroy our homes, those who maintain our state and national parks and, not least, those parents who just get up every day and try to teach their children not to do harm to one another or this planet we inhabit. Perhaps the 12th Man could just cheer on the peacemakers and caretakers of the Earth with equal enthusiasm this offseason. — Jeremy Sappington
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ONGOING Girl Scout Cookie Sale: Girl scout troop #40770 will sell cookies at various locations in town until March 16. Cost is $4 per box and the money raised goes to support the troop and their activities. Free Tax and Health Insurance Help: Hilary Emmer will be available on Wednesdays to assist with federal tax preparation for those making $25,000 a year or less, health insurance sign-ups and property tax exemptions for those over 60 earning less than $35,000 per year including Social Security. No appointments are necessary, and all forms will be provided. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. through March 26 at the Vashon Library.
THURSDAY • 6 Senior Center Tour of VHS: The senior center will host a guided tour of the new eco-friendly high school building. Call 463-5173 to sign up. The group will leave the center at 3:30 p.m. Lecture Series: The Burton Community Church lecture and discussion series continues; all are welcome to attend, and the lectures are free. This week’s topics are: creation, evil and the fall and Rabbinic Judaism - the evil impulse. For more information, call Herb Reinelt at 408-7360. The series will take a break after this week and will resume the first week in April. 4 to 6 p.m. in Lewis Hall, behind the Burton Community Church. Vashon Legal Clinic: This clinic offers free legal advice the first Thursday of each month. People who wish to schedule an appointment to meet with a lawyer should call
the King County Bar Association at 267-7070. The clinic is always looking for lawyer and non-lawyer volunteers; if interested, email bob.tobin@seattle.gov. 6 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center. Family Caregiver Support Group: This group open to family caregivers on the island meets on the first Thursday of each month. The group will be led by Cheryl Dart and is aimed at providing support and community resources for family caregivers. The person being cared for can be an elderly or disabled parent, child, sibling or partner. For more information, call Dart at 228-0704. 7 to 9 p.m. at Vashon Community Care. “Born Yesterday” Sneak Preview: Drama Dock will offer a sneak preview of this political satire/romantic comedy as a benefit for the Vashon-Maury Food Bank. Cost is by donation of nonperishable food items. 7:30 p.m. at the Vashon High School theater.
FRIDAY • 7 Parkinson’s Support Group: Island yoga teachers Elizabeth Freeman and Kathryn Payne will share what they have learned about the application of yoga to movement disorders. For more information, call Steve Steffens at 567-5976. 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Lutheran church fellowship hall. “Born Yesterday”: Drama Dock’s presentation of this comedy set in Washington, D.C., is directed by Chaim Rosemarin and features romance mixed with political shenanigans. The show will run for four evenings and two matinees. Tickets cost $12 for students and seniors, $15 for general admission and are available at the Vashon Bookshop, www.brownpapertickets. com and at the door. 7:30 p.m. March 7, 8, 14 and 15; 2 p.m. March 9 and 16, at the Vashon High School theater. (See story on page 12.)
SATURDAY • 8 Learn to Create Radio Programming: Voice of Vashon will offer free, open studio training for anyone interested in learning how to create radio programs. The VoV studios are staffed by trainers who
PUBLIC AND CLUB MEETINGS Water District 19: 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 11, at the district boardroom. Kiwanis: 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 11, at the Vashon Eagles. Vashon Island Fire & Rescue: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 11, at Station 55. Vashon Park District: 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 11, at Ober Park. King County Cemetery District: 3 p.m. Wednesday, March 12, at the cemetery district office at Vashon Cemetery. Vashon School District: 7 p.m. Thursday, March 13, at Chautauqua Elementary School.
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Nebraska: Ends March 6. August: Osage County: Ends March 6. 12 Years a Slave: Opens March 7. La Traviata: Plays March 9 at 3:30 p.m. See www.vashontheatre. com for show times or call 463-3232.
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are ready to teach the art of radio production to participants who need the skills to get their ideas on the air. The sessions begin with an introductory overview of audio production, equipment and recording and editing software; then individual assistance is available via mentors. For more information, contact Susan McCabe at susanm@ voiceofvashon.org. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Voice of Vashon studios at Sunrise Ridge.
The Vashon Island Chamber of Commerce will present the 2014 Vashon-Maury Island Inn Keeper’s Tour, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, March 11. The tour will feature a variety of places to stay — such as the KVI Beach House, pictured above — as well as island businesses and services available for special event needs. Venues and accommodations range from quaint cabins to elegant vacation homes set in pastures, woods or on the water. The tour is self-guided and will follow an open-house format. It will be split into morning and afternoon sessions — meaning that sites will only be open for the tour during their designated session, not all day. A brochure complete with location map and session times is available at the chamber of commerce and at www.vashonchamber.com. Mackey at 463-3468. 7 to 9 p.m. at 10329 SW Bank Road.
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Unitarian Fellowship: Rev. Carmen McDowell will explore the connection between peak oil, climate change and cooperative rather than competitive approaches to living. 9:45 a.m. in Lewis Hall behind Burton Community Church. Burton Community Church: Kathleen Kinney, certified life coach and creativity specialist, will be the guest speaker. 11 a.m. at Burton Community Church. Kinney will also offer a workshop titled Possibility Living — The Keys to Success from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 15, in Lewis Hall. Lent Lunches: The community is invited to share simple soups, bread and fellowship during Lent on Sundays through April 6. 11:30 a.m. at the Vashon Lutheran Church.
Vashon Computer Club: The group will meet and the topic for discussion will be options for decisions about personal computing and the replacement of aging machines. Non-members are welcome to attend, and membership is always available. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 12, at the Vashon Senior Center. VHS All Years Reunion: Vashon High School alumnus Kevin Cooper has organized the fourth annual VHS mini-reunion. Anyone who has ever attended or graduated from VHS is welcome. For more information, call Bonnie Raume at 463-2839. 5 p.m. Saturday, March 15, at The Cloverleaf Tavern on 6th Avenue in Tacoma.
MONDAY • 10 Vashon-Maury Island Garden Club: The club will host guest speaker Connie Wurm from the West Seattle Nursery, who will talk about container gardening. Nonmembers are always welcome to attend. 10 a.m. business meeting, 11:15 a.m. speaker and 12:30 p.m. lunch at the Vashon Lutheran Church.
TUESDAY • 11 Vashon-Maury Island Green Party: The group meets on the second Tuesday of each month, and other interested progressives are always welcome. This month’s topics include petition signature collection and initiative 1329. For more information, call Melvin
CLASSES Land and Water Stewardship Workshop Series: This free fiveweek program for horse and small farm owners on livestock management practices is offered by the King County Conservation District. Learn how to reduce mud, improve pastures, manage manure and care for streams and wetlands. The topic for this week will be “Mud management: Record rainfall, record mud,” and next week’s topic will be “Manure management: Got livestock? Got manure!” To register, call 425-282-1949 or email signup@kingcd.org. 6:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, March 5 and 12, at the Land Trust Building. Cheese-Making Classes: Professional cheese maker Kelsey Kozak will hold cheese-making classes through the month of March. Participants will milk a Jersey cow, learn to make mozzarella, aged cheese and more, sample the day’s work and enjoy a full lunch.
Cost is $150 per person, and group discounts are available. For more information or to register, go to www.dairycouple.us. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 2, 12, 23 and 29 at the Kozak family farm. The Incredible Years Series: Vashon Youth & Family Services will offer this class for parents and caregivers of children 3 to 10 years old. Melanie Salonen will facilitate the course, which is a 12-week, research-based program that provides parents with the tools needed to make the job of parenting easier while raising happy, healthy, independent children. The cost is $80 for PlaySpace members and $100 for non-members. Call Ann Palmer at 463-5502 to register or email apalmer@vyfs.org. 5:30 p.m. Thursdays, March 6 through May 22, at the PlaySpace. Staying Connected with Your Teen: Yvonne-Monique Zick will lead this class for parents and caregivers of youth in grades eight through 12. This series is designed to supply parents with simple, effective tools to help teens determine right from wrong, develop open communication skills and remove roadblocks in their relationships with their teens. Call at 463-5502 to register or email apalmer@vyfs.org. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays, March 6 through April 3, at Vashon High School. Doing it Your Way … Aging in the 21st Century: Emma Amiad will offer this free seminar, which will provide a variety of speakers and a range of information important in the later years. Space is limited; contact Amiad to register at 463-4060. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 8, at the Land Trust Building. (See story on page 3.) Gun Safety/Concealed Carry License Prep Class: Led by Brad Shride, this class is designed for those who wish to apply for a license to carry a concealed firearm in Washington and/or Utah. The
Utah permit is good in 35 states. Shride is a certified instructor for this class. Cost is $125 (plus $25 for those wanting to apply for an Oregon permit), and registration is required. For more information or to register, call Shride at 463-9230. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 8, at Sound Food. Trendy Tropicals: Carol Alford will lead this class in working with forms and shapes to create stylized arrangements. Cost is $85. 2 p.m. Sunday, March 9, in the Bloom Room at Blooms & Things. Video Editing Workshop: Offered by the Vashon-Maury Island Heritage Association in support of the Vashon Story contest (for more information, go to www. vashonhistory.org) for fourth-and fifth-graders. The workshop will be led by documentary filmmaker Michael Monteleone. Participants are encouraged to bring their own videos to practice with. Call 463-7808 to register. 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 15, at the heritage museum. Basic Rifle Class: This course will cover safety, operation of different firearms, mechanics, marksmanship and position shooting. The cost is $100 per student. Lunch will be offered for an additional $10. A parent or legal guardian must accompany students under 18 at no charge. To enroll, contact Phil Mahurin at 8986697 or email at plm.3331@yahoo. com. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 15, and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 16, at the Sportsmen’s Club. Hepatitis C Class: Hepatitis C is an emerging health threat, with increasing impact on Vashon and across Washington State. Learn the basic facts about this disease: symptoms, screening, testing, transmission and treatments. The class will be given by Steve Graham, a founder of the Hepatitis Education Project and a patient advocate and activist. 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 19, at the Ober Park performance room.
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WHAT’S HAPPENING VAA FAMILY SERIES
Book-It Theatre presents ‘The Phantom Tollbooth’ VAA’s Family Series returns with BookIt Repertory Theatre’s adaptation of Norton Juster’s classic, “The Phantom Tollbooth,” at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Blue Heron. This performance inspires interaction between the audience and the story as families travel along the imaginative journey taken by the young protagonist Milo in this favorite childhood story. Tickets are $6 youth and $8 adult and are available at VAA or www.vashonalliedarts.org .
FIDDLING MUSIC
Master fiddler Randal Bays plays Irish-inspired music Pacific Northwest fiddler Randal Bays brings his Irish music to the Blue Heron at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Known as one the best of his generation, Bays’ fiddling has been compared with contemporary Irish-born masters Martin Hayes, Kevin Burke and James Kelly. Bays has performed his jigs, reels and airs in the US, Europe and Canada. For this Vashon concert, Bays will be joined by his son, Willie Bays, on flute and Suzanne Taylor on keyboard. Tickets are $12 for VAA members, students and seniors and $16 general admission.
AUTHOR CONVERSATION
VAA will host noted author Join Charles Johnson, emeritus professor of English at the University of Washington and National Book Award winner, for The Power of Story, at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Blue Heron. Based on his short story “Night Hawks,” which describes a series of dinner conversations he held with playwright August Wilson for more than a decade, Johnson will facilitate a group-directed analysis of the piece. Tickets are $18 for VAA members, students and seniors and $22 for general audience. Tickets are available at VAA and www.vashonalliedarts.org. Free copies of “Night Hawks” are available as well.
FOLK CONCERT
Local choir performs The Free-Range Folk Choir will perform a concert including songs by the Beatles, Creedance Clearwater Revival, Stan Rogers and choral folk music from Japan, South Africa, Bulgaria and the U.S. Admission is free but donations will be accepted. The concert will be at 7 p.m. Friday, March 7, at the Burton Community Church.
VASHON CHORALE AT BENAROYA: Vashon Island Chorale will perform Mozart’s “Great Mass in C minor” at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 30, at Benaroya Hall. Tickets are on sale now at the Vashon Bookshop.
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Art abounds on first Friday tour Most galleries are open from 6 to 9 p.m.
Art in the Alley will show new works in acrylics by Christine Marsh and Kelsey Johnson, peacock cuenca tiles by Amber Matusky plus jewelry and renderings by Katie Underwood. Adrianne Mildon on piano and Van Crozier on sax will provide entertainment. Snacks, wine and beverages will be served. At Blooms and Things, West Seattle painter Linda Myers will display canvases from “Your Wedding Painted.” Café Luna will hold an artist reception for Megan Hackett, a graduate of VHS and student at the California Institute of the Arts for Acting. Hackett is an expressive painter, and a collection of her work that explores her personal themes will be on the walls of Café Luna. Island Quilter will host a reception for returning artist LUKE Haynes and his new show “The Second Coming,” an exhibition of his latest architectural and creative quilt designs. Haynes first showed with the gallery in 2012. His work is currently in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum, the American Folk Art Museum, Newark Museum and the headquarters of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. On his website, Haynes states that he pulls concepts and images from historical paintings, sculpture and craft, which allows the pieces to have multiple layers of visual as well as conceptual intrigue. King5 News said “LUKE Haynes is to quilting, what rock ‘n’ roll is to music.” The Hardware Store Restaurant will exhibit work by island photographer Molly O’Brien, who specializes in equine portraiture and wildlife photography. Her photo travels have taken her to Ireland, Spain, South Africa, Kenya, the American West and above the Arctic Circle in Alaska. Yellowstone National Park and the Bighorn Mountains are the subjects for this show. The Heron’s Nest will show Mary Lynn Buss’s artisan handmade tiles, which are about seeing beauty in the mundane. Her often custom designs can be utilitarian as well as humorous, even sacred or profound. Her show will include pieces from her “Acts of God” works along with other new work from “The Aura Series.” Hastings Cone Gallery will exhibit “ballast — a conversation in photographs.” This series of cell phone photographs began as a text conversation between New York cinematographer Ian Vollmer and Vashon artist Monica Gripman and lasted for a year. The two artists exchanged images that explore memory,
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At Puget Sound Cooperative Credit Union (PSCCU), Islander Sean Malone’s photographs taken while he was stationed in Korea in the 1960s will continue through the month. Raven’s Nest will be closed for First Friday, but a schedule of upcoming art exhibits and native art workshops will be posted on the door. SAW (Starving Artists Works) will exhibit Ken Judd’s robot pioneers. Judd creates his sculptures from found objects and inexpensive, odd materials that inspire his vision. Two Wall Gallery will show David Affholter’s photography. Three artists who explore beauty in every day subjects will share the VAA Gallery. Potter Larry Halvorsen creates his signature look using the sgraffito carving technique. His vases, tables and sculptures are inspired by the styles and functional simplicity of early cultures. Photographer Peter Serko carries his camera with him so he can capture whatever catches his eye. Working in black and white, Serko explores landscapes throughout the changing seasons. Oil/mixed-media painter Sarah Dillon lives in Seattle. She discovers interesting urban images in her daily life and expresses mood through bold color and highly developed surfaces. VALISE will present “Secret Terrain,” a show focusing on two divergent interpretations of environment. Vashon artist Gregory Burnham’s work looks at the homes we make out of the maps and landmarks that guide us. Burnham will show 40 photographs of tiny figures in unusual environments. Renee Nunez calls into question the humanist notion of a hierarchy of species. Her exhibit dissolves the taxonomic barriers between animals and plants with both reverence and humor. She dissolves the frame, preferring to mass her intricately painted and handcut canvas layers on the gallery walls and ceiling. Vashon Golf & Swim Club will continue to show Valerie Willson’s oil paintings. Vashon Intuitive Arts will feature Nancy Leith’s inspirational fabric mandalas. Vashon Maury Island Heritage Museum continues the showing of “Two Women Artists Painting a Century Apart,” featuring paintings of Vashon by Abby Williams Hill. Refreshments will be served. At the Vashon Senior Center, The Relay for Life of Vashon Island will host the new mixed media show “Cancer Survivors and Caregivers Tell Their Stories” and will be present to provide information about cancer care resources. Proceeds from the baked potato bar benefit the center. At the Vashon Tea Shop, Suzanna Leigh’s oil paintings on fabric will continue to be shown.
Country music variety show comes to the Red Bike The Pretty Good Opry — Vashon’s twist on an old-time country music variety show — is all about mixing comedy and music in three acts delivered in the format of a bygone country music radio show. The Nilbillies call themselves an existential bluegrass trio, featuring Steffon Moody as lead songwriter, Kevin Almeida on stand-up bass and Andre Sapp country picking on the mandolin. Duo Finelli pairs up islander Luz Gaxiola with Molly Shannon from San Francisco. In the show,
the two create and perform original vaudeville comedy playing their accordion and steel-bodied mandolin. The Sweet Twangs is a classic country band influenced by the sounds of Hank Williams and Johnny Cash. They play upbeat originals and classic country covers. This free show opens at 8:30 p.m. Friday at the Red Bike. All ages are welcome until 11 p.m. and then 21 or older only.
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Drama Dock’s latest show pokes fun at political corruption Island thespians bring a Broadway smash to the stage The delightful screwball comedy about romance and political satire, “Born Yesterday,” will hit the Drama Dock boards for two weekends of performances beginning Friday at the new Vashon High School theater. A smashing success on Broadway in 1946 and an Academy Award-nominated film in 1950, “Born Yesterday” riffs on the contemporary theme of corruption in business and politics. Harry Brockman, a greedy war profiteer, played by islander Peter Kreitner, heads to Washington with
his brassy chorus line girlfriend Billie Dawn, played by Stephanie Murray, with a scheme of political bribery. The attorney general, played by Rich Wiley, acts as a political fixer, helping Brockman to ensnare the targeted senator, played by Gordon Millar. The fix is in, or so it seems, until Brockman decides to polish up his girlfriend for the elite Washington social set by hiring investigative reporter Paul Verral, played by Marshall Murray, to do the job. Will the good or bad guys win in this game of political skulduggery and will love triumph over intrigue? Only the final act of “Born Yesterday” will reveal the truth.
There will be a sneak preview of “Born Yesterday” to benefit the Vashon Community Food Bank at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, at the high school theater. Admission is by donation of nonperishable food items. Performances are Fridays, March 7 and 14, and Saturdays, March 8 and 15, at 7:30 p.m., and Sundays, March 9 and 16, at 3 p.m. at the Vashon High School theater. Tickets are $12 for Drama Dock members, students and seniors or $15 for general admission and are available at the Vashon Bookshop and www.brownpapertickets.com.
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Seattle band and Vashon orchestra team up Three rocking mostly string bands will get people dancing Saturday when two island groups, RISK and RISK Jr., open for the Seattle fiddle-driven trio, The Onlies. This is a benefit performance for the RISK scholarship fund, which supports music lessons and instrument rentals for lowincome children. Playing original and traditional fiddling tunes with Celtic, old-time American and Canadian roots, The Onlies have performed throughout the Pacific Northwest. Members of the band sing and play fiddle, guitar, mandolin, banjo and piano. The Onlies just recorded their first fulllength album, “Setting Out to Sea,” a fine feather in the caps of the three Garfield High School musicians — Samantha Braman, Riley Calcagno and Leo Shannon — who have played together since they were 2 years old. Island bands RISK — the Rock Island String Kollective — and RISK Jr. will set the lively tone for the evening with their opening sets. With violin, viola, cello,
guitar, ukulele, mandolin, banjo and harp, RISK brings a new flavor to Irish music, Klezmer, the Beatles, Red Hot Chili Peppers and more. RISK Jr. — Rock Island String Kids — is for any child in the third- through fifthgrade who wants to learn how to play a stringed instrument. Kim Thal and Sarah Perlman teach the fundamentals of music in a group setting using a wide range of musical styles. These are low-cost classes available to any child, regardless of ability to pay. More than 25 Vashon children and adults will take the stage followed by The Onlies’ concert and dance. Larry Muir will call the dance portion of the event. The concert and dance will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Open Space for Arts & Community. Tickets are $10 for individuals and $15 for families with children. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.openspacevashon.com or www.brownpapertickets.com.
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Pirates’ winning season ends By EZRA LACINA For The Beachcomber
The Pirate basketball season came to an end on Saturday with a 60-70 loss to Okanogan High School at the regional championships. Okanogan came into the game boasting a 23-0 record while Vashon came in with an impressive 20-5 record. The Okanogan Bulldogs came out fired up and strong to start the game. Their interior zone defense seemed impenetrable, and they did not let passes go through the inside. Junior Jessie Norton scored the first 8 points for Vashon, beginning one of the best personal performances in school history. Late in the first quarter, sophomore Noah Chee hit a 3-pointer to bring the Pirates within 1, but Okanogan got two quick scores, ending the first quarter up 18-13. The problems continued for Vashon in the second quarter. The Bulldogs scored quickly and efficiently, with quick slashing drives and fast breaks. At the same time, they were not allowing any Pirates to score in the paint, but the long-range shooting of Norton kept Vashon within 11 points. At the half, Vashon was still down 26-37. Norton had an impressive 17 points in the first half. For years Vashon has been known for its high
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The novice junior women’s eight won their race by a boat a length on Saturday.
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Vashon’s Jessie Norton, number 25, broke the Vashon High School record, which he set earlier this year, by scoring 43 points on Saturday. pass offense. One big problem in this game was that Okanogan defended the pass incredibly well, often picking off passes and taking them the other way for a fast break. With time winding down, it was apparent that Vashon was not going to win the game. The Pirates fought hard, but in the end the better team won. Vashon fell 60-70. Norton had an incredible personal performance, hit-
ting 11 3-pointers, scoring a career high of 43 points and breaking the school scoring record he had set earlier in the season. The loss marks the end of two careers, seniors Owen Brenno and Thomas Douglas. Both these young men showed incredible work ethic and heart throughout their basketball careers. — Ezra Lacina is the sports editor for The Riptide.
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The Jensen Point boathouse buzzed with activity early Saturday as coach Richard Parr mixed masters and junior rowers into the same shells to make this year’s masters and juniors scrimmage a competitive one. In all, more than 70 rowers and coxswains took part in the event — all in pursuit of the Guinea Gig Cup. The women’s eight race, which pitted a mixed boat of veteran junior and masters women against a promising crew of junior novices was one of the highlights of the day with the novices (Adriana Yarkin, Tabitha Illerbrunn, Lili Helsby, Madelyn McEachern, Virginia Miller, Katrina Heffernan, Rhea Enzian and Riley Lynch with coxswain Ally Clevenger) pulling out a win by a boat length. The final race of the day was for the cup, and this year’s format featured mixed eights (four men/four women rowing in each shell). The junior eight with all senior rowers pulled off a three boat-length win over the masters, ensuring that the Guinea Pig Cup will reside with the juniors for another season. Normally, the coxswain of a boat is the smallest person in the crew but the junior crew chose world champion
rower Mia Croonquist as their cox. With a 10-knot tailwind Croonquist’s 6-foot frame acted as a sail and wasn’t the handicap that one might expect. Junior women rowers in the winning boat were captain Taegan Lynch, Bryn Gilbert, Hannah Russell and TeraJane Ripley. The junior men were captain Baxter Call, Tate Gill, Jacob Plihal and Alexander Wright. After the races and awards ceremony, the Vashon Island Rowing Club held a new boat christening ceremony. After a short reading beseeching that the boats encounter “light breezes and calm waters,” a few cups of Quartermaster harbor water were poured over the bow of each of four new boats, whose names were revealed on Saturday morning: Vashon Island Coffee Roasterie; the Windermere Vashon; the Geraldine, named by Leslie Mackie of Macrina Bakery in honor of her mother; and the Parr-Fection, named by the Call family in honor of coach Richard Parr. The purchase of the boats was made possible by the contributions of those mentioned above as well as donations from numerous rowing parents and community members. — Pat Call is a recreational rower and parent of two junior rowers
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MARIJUANA CONTINUED FROM 1
guaranteed you’ll get it before the deadline of getting your plants in the ground,” Durkee said, referring to the growing season for outdoor marijuana. The LCB recently changed its own regulations as well. After receiving an huge influx of applications to grow marijuana in the state, the agency decided to temporarily limit the grow area associated with each permit to 70 percent of what it originally was. The limit may be lifted in the future. Buds of Vashon decided to start with a smaller operation, hoping to take advantage of the summer growing season and give themselves time to obtain a CUP. Under the new state limits, they hope eventually grow up to 7,000 square feet of pot. Durkee said he is unsure if they will break even in the first year, but believes they could eventually make money at the endeavor. They secured a greenhouse on Maury Island to use for the grow, he said, but must set up the high-security operation and pass an LCB inspection before receiving permits. “Really this first year is a trial period because it’s such a ground-breaking experience for everybody,” he said. Linda Schaeffer said she, too, has changed her plans as state and county regulations have changed. She decided to scale back her operation on 240th Street to avoid the CUP. She moved her plans indoors as well, something she said could also make the small business more financially feasible, as pot grows better indoors, she said. As a real estate broker for 25 years, Schaeffer noted that she has grown accustomed to meeting changing regulations. She hasn’t had an LCB inspection yet, but believes she will meet all the requirements to be issued a permit in the end. “Frustration is nothing new to me,” she said. Joe Yarkin, who owns Sun Island Farm with his wife, is also scaling back his plans because of the new county regulations that require a CUP for what he applied for. He originally planned to grow three quarters of an acre of pot at his farm and sell it to off-island distributors, he said, but now he’ll only be able to plant one 20th of an acre if he receives a license. “Basically it’s all the imbedded startup costs, but oneeighth of the potential crop,” he said. Yarkin said he is still moving forward on his application, but more slowly now, and unlike others, he has yet to be contacted by the LCB for an interview. “We lost our momentum with the rule changes to rush,” he said. Yarkin, who is also a father of young children, said the process can be frustrating but he has also been happy to get positive feedback on his efforts from people he knows. “I’m sure there are people who disagree with it,” he said. “I hope we don’t lose our vegetable customers.” Other marijuana entrepreneurs have not been as flexible with their plans for start-ups on Vashon. Richard Doane, an off-islander who also owns Burien Auto Repair, scrapped his plans to start a tier 2 grow operation on a family property on Wax Orchard Road after the county’s regulation change. “That wasn’t anything they talked about in October and November when people were gearing up,” Doane said. “The CUP changes after the fact wasn’t something we figured into the budget.” Islander James Clark was planning a solar-powered grow operation on the south end when King County amended its zoning regulations. Though Clark didn’t return calls from The Beachcomber, he did submit a letter to the editor published in this week’s issue that said regulations made his project economically unfeasible and he was frustrated at the county. “It seems like the county should have consulted with the state experts when writing their rules and that those rules should have promoted low carbon means of production,” he wrote in the letter. Several other marijuana business applicants could not be reached by The Beachcomber, and the status of their applications is unknown. Tier 1 producer applications for grow operations up to 2,000 square feet — sometimes with accompanying marijuana processor applications — were submitted for properties on 267th Lane on the south end, Dockton Road and Cemetery Road.
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Tier 2 producer applications for grow operations up to 10,000 square feet (or 7,000 square feet under new state limits) were submitted for properties on 87th Avenue and on Vashon Highway near the north end. Finally, just one tier 3 producer application to grow up to 30,000 square feet (or 27,000 under new state limits) was submitted on Vashon, outside of the one being considered at the K2 building. The application, as well as one to process marijuana, was submitted by Green Island Organics, a new LLC registered to islander David Benham. Benham could not be reached by The Beachcomber. Just one island company applied with the state to process marijuana only, applying to do so at a home at Gold Beach. The residents of the home did not return a call from The Beachcomber. As Vashon residents attempt to navigate the new licensing system, one islander is trying to help and is gaining traction with his marijuana trade organization, the Vashon Island Marijuana Entrepreneurs Association (VIMEA). Shango Los, who founded VIMEA last year, said the group has been meeting monthly and around 150 islanders have come to at least one of the meeting, which generally draw 30 to 50 people. Some are interested in growing and processing marijuana for sale, he said, and others are planning related businesses such as video surveillance installation or pot-friendly B&Bs. VIMEA has also held several topic-specific workshops. Los, who has a background in businesses, says he has advised some who are considering their future in the new
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market for free, and some people are networking and sharing ideas at meetings as well. He has acted as a middleman between islanders and the Liquor Control Board, attempting to become an expert in the new regulations so he can answer questions. “The goal is to get the conversation going and help people get their licenses so we have a stake in the game,” he said. Los has even lobbied lawmakers in support of small marijuana businesses. He said he has seen some potential pot growers decide to wait on applying with the state, as the strict regulations make it a risky investment. “The regulations are still very fluid, and as a part of democracy, we should be giving our feedback,” he said. The LCB, which received 7,000 marijuana applications, will begin issuing licenses this week, and the process will likely take several months, according to Mikhail Carpenter, a spokesman for the LCB. While some applicants have had inspections and are ready to begin operations, Carpenter said, many are not as far along in the process and some businesses haven’t even lined up their financing yet. All applicants must submit business plans, prove they can finance their new businesses and pass criminal background checks as well as extensive interviews and inspections of their new operations before being issued a license. “Not everybody is close to being ready,” he said. “As we say, each license is unique. Every person goes through the process at their own pace.”
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counselors at VYFS provided more than 6,300 sessions, up nearly 30 percent from 2012. He attributes that increase, in part, to the fact that seeking mental health care carries less of a stigma than it used to, so people are less hesitant to seek it. And, he noted, last year was a difficult year on Vashon. Several young people died, leading many islanders to seek professional support. “There is just a lot of grief,” he added. The agency now has 20 counselors, Zheutlin said, and eight of them this year are interns. He began the intern program eight years ago, and that program has grown considerably, too. The interns are unpaid, Zheutlin noted, and provide a way for the agency to offer more mental health care than it would be able to otherwise. “There is not enough money to do the things we do,” he said. In fact, Johnson said, only one-fifth of the agency’s mental health clients had private insurance last year, with nearly half covered by Medicaid and the remaining 30 percent paying on their own, typically on a sliding scale. Those
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percentages will shift this year, Johnson said, because of the Affordable Care Act. While growth is happening throughout much of VYFS, its Family Education and Support Services, which operates the PlaySpace, saw a considerable increase in the number of people it served last year. In 2012, it expanded its programming thanks to the Community Prevention and Wellness Initiative grant it received in partnership with the Vashon Alliance to Reduce Substance Abuse. While the PlaySpace initially served families with children from birth to age 6, the grant allowed it to provide resources for parents and guardians with children up to age 18, ranging from parenting classes to targeted support services for at-risk youth. Last year — the first full year of its funding from the grant — the agency reached 76 percent more people with its programs: parenting classes, play groups, coaching sessions and support services for at-risk kids and their families, according to Lori Means, the Family Education and Support Services director. Experts believe that to establish positive parenting as a cultural norm, 20 percent of the population needs to be reached with parent education information. Means said they are getting close to this target. “We had 607 in family education programs out of a population of 11,000,” she said. “We are just at that number,
and that excites me.” In the PlaySpace playgroups, intended to foster wellness in families with young children, Means said, participants have grown dramatically, from 163 in 2011 to 250 in 2013. The constellation of parenting classes for families with older children has grown as well, with two new classes added to the roster in the past year, including one that parents can take online. The grant that funds the programs aims at reducing substance use and other harmful behaviors in middle and high school, and while some substance abuse numbers have been decreasing for 10 years, it will be a few more years before it will be clear if current efforts are having an effect. A little over a third of those who participate in the Family Education and Support Services programs fall into low or very low income categories, and accordingly, Means said, they offer all their programs on a sliding scale basis. “The inability to pay is never a barrier,” she said. In other areas of the agency, VIVA, which provides emergency services to the islanders with the lowest incomes, served 12 percent more people in 2013 than in 2012, and the childcare program Vashon Kids served 7 percent more children, Johnson said. STORY CONTINUES, NEXT PAGE
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Looking ahead through 2014, Johnson With all this growth, VYFS is outgrowing its home near the Vashon High School, said she expects to see more growth at the and space can be hard to come by, Johnson agency this year, though she believes it will said; counselors sometimes work weekends level off. In part, further growth is expected and evenings, and some meet with clients in because more people will have coverage for space that VYFS rents inexpensively from needed services through the Affordable the Methodist Church. While Johnson said Care Act, but questions remain. “The change in the ACA is the agency’s current office huge. We are losing support will remain the headquar“We are turning over in some areas and gaining it ters, staff would appreciate every stone we can. in others,” she said. additional safe, affordable Johnson also noted that space. This is not a time to the agency is working hard “We’re always looking for be lax about asking to make sure it gets reimother opportunities,” she for everything we are bursed for services it prosaid. An area of the agency entitled to and using vides, particularly concerning Medicaid reimbursethat has not seen as much it wisely.” ments. growth as anticipated is Kathleen Johnson “We are turning over the Outpatient Addiction Director of VYFS every stone we can. This is Recovery Services (OARS) not a time to be lax about program, which provides asking for everything we are chemical dependency and addiction treatment for both teens and entitled to and using it wisely,” she said. “That’s going on in every corner of the adults. The program was restructured in July, agency.” Additionally, Johnson said, while comand Johnson said they continue to do outreach and networking to make sure people munity support is vital to VYFS, she will know that services are available on the continue to reach out to funding sources island, and they will continue to evaluate off-island and advocate for islanders’ needs, which are sometimes not evident to those the services they provide in this area. “We look at every single program and on the mainland. “We are focused on making sure this compare it to the need,” Johnson said. “If there is a (financial) deficit, we could turn agency has a robust and diverse funding stream,” she said. to the community and ask for support.”
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Frederick (Fred) Losornio january 26, 1920 to february 25, 2014 Fred Losornio passed away while being attended to by his daughter Michelle Harvey at Vashon Community Care on the morning of February 25. Born in Manhattan, Kansas, Fred had four distinct life experiences: his youth, his working career, his retirement and his final years. As a child, Fred lived with his father, Jesus, in Mexico City where he became proficient in speaking Spanish, a talent he would use the rest of his life. He returned to the United States to live with his mother in Pawhuska, Oklahoma and his four younger siblings. After high school, he studied horticulture at the University of Oklahoma, where he met his future bride, Patricia Lautaret. He enlisted in the Army after World War II began. He survived the Normandy Invasion and subsequently was awarded the Bronze Star for heroic actions while fighting in Germany. A humble man, who hated war, he rarely shared the details of his heroism. After the war, he married Patricia (Pat) and employed some of the skills he learned at OU to start a successful nursery that produced both edible and ornamental plants. Soon after his son Michael was born in 1952, he and Pat relocated to California and he lost touch with his siblings and mother. There he began a successful landscaping business. His daughter Michelle was born in late 1953 and the family traveled extensively throughout Southern California creating beautiful landscapes for families in Pasadena, La Canada, Bonsall and Vista, while propagating and selling bamboo, and growing oranges and strawberries sweeter than candy. A lover of nature, he was an environmental and animal-rights activist long before it was fashionable. Leaving before dawn and returning late and exhausted, he worked continuously until Pat passed from cancer in 1999. His daughter, Michelle, helped heal his broken body and convinced him to finally retire and move to Vashon. After more that 45 years of separation, Michelle helped Fred reconnect with three of his surviving siblings, including his younger brother Felix, who shared the same birthday day, and had retired just down the road in Arlington. At 80, Fred was reluctant to join the Vashon Senior Center, because the people there were too old. However, after regular trips to weekly Bingo, he discovered a vast population of new friends. He soon was participating in the frequent potlucks where he served potato pizzas long before any restaurants had discovered the treat. A good card player when he used to visit the Nevada casinos, Fred became quite the “shark” at a favorite Senior Center game - Hand and Foot. A classical, gentleman, who was happy to serve all the ladies, he often delivered roses and strawberries from his beautiful home garden. While there were too many to name them all, he was especially close to former Spanish teacher, Helen Pierce, who helped keep his Spanish speaking from getting too rusty, Francis Eikenberry and his best friend, Luella Lodahl. Not ready to truly retire, he continued to work and ultimately supervised a revision of the landscaping in front of the senior center. With his second stroke, he lost his independence and moved to the Community Care Center. However, he did not lose his zest for life, his sense of humor or his happy demeanor. He discovered a whole new set of friends and caregivers who loved him too. He especially enjoyed the “men’s club” and Ken VanFleet. He resumed regular Bingo playing at VCC and enjoyed trying to beat his family each week at cards, and an occasional poker game when his grandson, Stephen visited. Despite his increasing pain, he insisted he was okay all the way to the end. He is survived by his daughter, Michelle Harvey, and son-in-law Scott of Vashon, son Michael Losornio and partner Jerry Hubbard of Ollala, grandson, Stephen from Shoreline and the one best friend who was devoted to him and followed him from the Senior Center to VCC, Luella Lodahl. The date for a gathering to celebrate Fred’s life will be announced later. In lieu of flowers, donations to either VIPP or the Senior Center would be appreciated.
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the harbor. The extensive study found that human influences on the harbor, such as septic system contamination and fertilizer run-off, likely don’t play as significant a role in the low oxygen levels as once thought. However, some familiar with the situation and the study say it’s as clear as ever that conservation efforts should continue, as any additional pollution to the harbor could be detrimental. “You don’t want to get over the tipping point. You’re already really low on oxygen there,” said Cheryl Greengrove, a physical oceanographer and professor at the University of Washington-Tacoma who took part in the study. “It’s an area of concern that causes us to be more vigilant about what we put into the system.” Earlier this year, King County released a final report on the Quartermaster Harbor Nitrogen Management Study, a four-year effort to determine whether nitrogen-loading is leading to the bay’s depleted oxygen levels and what role human activity plays in the equation. The $893,000 study, funded by a $625,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency, as well as funds from King County, the University of Washington-Tacoma and the state Department of Ecology, started in 2009 but built on years’ worth of data collected by scientists and field researchers. The study comes at a time of mounting concern about the health of Puget Sound and Quartermaster Harbor. In past years samples taken from the harbor have shown very low levels of dissolved oxygen, a potentially serious situation. Low oxygen levels have been implicated in the massive fish kills that have plagued Hood Canal and other water bodies. They can also threaten sea life that depends on oxygen, particularly creatures that can’t easily move to more oxygenated waters. “You get a different type of ecosystem if you chronically have low oxygen levels in some areas,” said Curtis DeGasperi, a hydrologist in King County’s Department of Natural Resources and Parks and the lead scientist on the study. Excess nitrogen has been identified as a source of pollution in parts of Puget Sound and a cause of low oxygen levels, DeGasperi said. The naturally occurring element creates a cycle that can suffocate a water body: It triggers the rapid growth of algae, which eventually decompose; as they do so, bacteria that break down the algae suck oxygen out of the water. Dissolved oxygen levels below 5 milligrams per liter are considered unhealthy, and at 3 milligrams per liter,
the underwater environment can be stressed. During the study, oxygen levels in Quartermaster were observed dipping below 1 milligram per liter. While the levels stayed low only for a time, and no impacts on marine life have been observed so far, researchers say the extreme lack of oxygen is a cause for concern. “If it got worse, I think it would be bad news,” Greengrove said. DeGasperi said the study confirmed one thing researchers already suspected. In Quartermaster Harbor, nitrogen levels directly affect oxygen levels. As algae requires nitrogen to grow, the more nitrogen that is present in the harbor, the more algae grows and the more oxygen levels are driven down. “It’s something that’s been noticed in other parts of Puget Sound,” he said, “and it’s the prime reason why nitrogen is the nutrient people are most concerned about.” The study also confirmed that the physical makeup of the Quartermaster Harbor only exacerbates the situation. Researcher found that the inner harbor, with a narrow mouth facing away from incoming ocean tides, takes 100 days to fully flush. “Anything that you put in the inner harbor is going to stay there for a long time,” Greengrove said. During the summer months, light easily penetrates the shallow and stagnant bay, creating a petri dish effect where oxygen-depleting algae thrive. In fact, Quartermaster has had the highest concentration in Puget Sound of the algae that causes paralytic shellfish poisoning. And last summer another harmful algae bloom was blamed for a small fish kill. On Vashon, concerns over nitrogen in the harbor and its contribution to low oxygen levels have been one driver behind local conservation projects. The Vashon-Maury Island Land Trust, for instance, has worked with owners of properties near Judd Creek to keep livestock manure, a source of nitrogen, out of the stream, which empties into the harbor. And this month King County will put on a manure management workshop aimed at keeping manure out of groundwater, which also ends up in the harbor. County-sponsored projects such as the the native plant planting at Raab’s Lagoon and an even larger one underway at Dockton Park can also work to improve the situation, as foliage with deep roots can consume nitrogen before it makes it into the harbor. And while a large-scale effort to get septic systems in Vashon’s Marine Recovery Area (MRA) inspected and fixed is aimed at reducing septic contamination in the harbor, officials say it could also work to reduce nitrogen outputs from failing systems. Water quality in the harbor has already improved
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because of the effort, according to Darrell Rodgers, manager of community environmental health in the King County’s health department. The state recently opened up more than 120 acres of shellfish beds in the harbor that had been closed due to contamination, he said. The state also recently announced a low-interest septic loan program has expanded to include more than 2,000 parcels on the island. “The goal is to clean up Puget Sound and clean up Quartermaster Harbor,” Rodgers said. “We’ve got different tools in our belt.” When it comes to nitrogen, however, the recent study found that the largest contributors in the harbor may not be human causes, but natural ones. DeGasperi said that testing and modeling completed as part of the study revealed that most of the nitrogen in the harbor is naturally occurring and actually enters the harbor from the Puget Sound and the Pacific Ocean. And in the inner harbor, he said, natural processes that occur in sediment deposited historically on the harbor floor — possibly by human activity — also play a greater role than once thought. “That’s a big driver of the oxygen problem in the inner harbor,” DeGasperi said. He said researchers originally hoped to gather more specific data on the smaller amounts of nitrogen that could be traced to other sources — septic systems, manure, fertilizer and even alder trees — perhaps providing more helpful information to islanders. But doing so proved to be too complex and time consuming, DeGasperi said. “We were overly ambitious in thinking we could accomplish that in the time frame we had and given the resources we had,” he said. Nevertheless, DeGasperi said he expects human contributions to the low oxygen situations observed in the harbor are minimal, and he efforts to reduce nitrogen inputs into the harbor may have little effect in the end. “Those kinds of subtle changes, we wouldn’t be able to measure them,” DeGasperi said. Tom Dean, who has paid attention to the issue as director of the land trust, said he was surprised at the results of the study and wanted further information. However, he said he believes the land trust’s efforts around the harbor and Judd Creek are still important. Most conservation projects have wide effects on the surrounding ecosystem, he said, with water quality in the harbor being just one consideration. For instance, Dean said, the unnaturally abundant alder trees on Vashon release nitrogen into the harbor. Replacing them with other trees can help address that issue and also creates a more healthy, balanced forest. He added that he felt releasing less nitrogen into the harbor could only be a good thing. “My glass is always half full,” he said. “There are things we can do to improve the situation, even if there’s no magic fix.” Greg Rabourn, Vashon’s basin steward for King County, also said projects such as the one at Raab’s Lagoon have wide goals. Native trees do consume nitrogen, but perhaps more importantly, they improve soil, create habitat for animals and a build a healthier shoreline in the harbor, something desperately needed to aid in the recovery of salmon. “The primary focus is to restore natural functions,” Rabourn said. “Nature will generally solve the problem as we restore the natural processes. Something like this is just a no-brainer.” Greengrove expressed more optimism about conservation efforts than DeGasperi, saying she believes any project that reduces nitrogen in the harbor by any amount is important. She noted that questions about the smaller nitrogen contributors remain, and it’s likely the work will be picked up in the future. “We build our knowledge base this way, but we don’t always get the answer to questions we want without further study,” she said.
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Snork was born in the late summer
of 2005, and she came to her home in September of that year. She has been an indoor cat for the last four-plus years. She grew up with other cats and has spent the past four years with a small dog. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more affectionate with the dog than he is with her and she has even tried to comfort him several times when he was hurt. When she gets adopted, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s likely to find a place to hide for a few days, but if she is placed in a calm environment and treated with kindness, she will bond and become affectionate with her new person. She loves to sit with people and purr while watching movies. Snork came to VIPP on 2/5/14.
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person died and the personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sister brought Teekah to VIPP. Sadly, the sister had no information about Teekah. Teekah is a beautiful plus sized girl who is very sweet. She enjoys pets and getting brushed. She can be intimidated by other cats with big personalities but she gets along with most of her bunkmates at the shelter. From what we have observed, Teekah would do best in a quiet home where she can get lots of lap time and love. Teekah came to VIPP on 2/1/14.
Ellie is all of the things that people love in a lab and
more. At 10 and a half years-old she is spry and sometimes even exuberant, but never barks. She is sweet, affectionate, craves pets, chases balls, loves to play with other dogs, and is good with cats and children. She even walks well on a leash! She also quickly bonds with the loving people in her life. The only caution the foster mother would tell the lucky new owner, is that she can pull food off the counter, but is otherwise fine when left alone in the house. She comes when called and drops balls on command and since she is so food oriented, further training will be easy. Her former owners could not provide her the attention she needed and sadly gave her to VIPP. She will be a happy addition to your household. Please call Cindy Young at 463-1934 for VIPP or her foster Mom, Ginny Nichols, at 463-2207 for more information.
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