HISTORY PRESERVED Land Trust finalizes important purchase. Page 5
NEWS | First set of election debates set for Thursday. [4] COMMENTARY | Island works to end domestic violence. [6] ARTS | Welcome fall with First [13] Friday festivities.
AIMING FOR LAUGHS Drama Dock presents classic comedy. Page 14
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 Vol. 60, No. 39 www.vashonbeachcomber.com
Final review set for VES Fields By SUSAN RIEMER Staff Writer
Five years after the park district broke ground at the VES Fields, the agency is poised to meet a major milestone there this week, when a county official conducts a final review of the project. The fields have drawn controversy in recent years, providing much-needed field space, but costing considerably more than the district had planned for and taking far longer to complete than expected. The fields have been open for play since 2013, but much of the necessary work was finished only in recent weeks. On Thursday, Mike Meins, with the King County Department of Permitting and Environmental Review, will evaluate the recent work at the completed fields, which a countyissued clearing and grading permit required to be finished this month. Vashon Park District Executive Director Elaine Ott said Meins has been to the fields during this latest period
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The VES Fields were filled with activity on Sunday, when several Vashon Island Soccer Club teams held games there, including these U10 teams, the Yellow Jackets and the Green Lemurs. of construction, and she believes any final requests will be minor. Although some work remains for the near future, including removing a large pile of dirt and planting thousands of plants in the rain garden, the work — for now — is complete, and Ott, who
joined the district mid-way through the project, said she is pleased. “I think it has turned out to be just beautiful. I am proud of that facility,” she said. “There was a need, and this goes a long way toward meeting that need.” The park district broke
ground on the fields project in 2010 and planned for a grand opening in the summer of 2011. The renovated complex was slated to include new sand-based fields, as well as lights for at least one of the fields, SEE FIELDS, 22
Two women are vying for a spot on the five-person Vashon Island Fire & Rescue board of commissioners, and VIFR Fire Chief Hank Lipe said Thursday that the new commissioner will face a “jigsaw puzzle” of finances upon election. The department is in the midst of a longer-thanexpected transition to a new paramedic program that would make the department’s paramedics part of the larger South King County system. VIFR board commissioner Rex Stratton, who is moving and leaving his position on the board open, said Thursday that the transition is taking so long because of the negotiations between the county and
firefighters’ unions. When completed, the transition is expected to take some of the strain off the department’s overworked budget, especially in overtime costs. However, the plan has been controversial within the department because of worries that it would leave the island with insufficient emergency medical service (EMS) and fire coverage. Lipe said that currently only two paramedics and two EMTs work a shift on any given day. Because of Vashon’s location, patients sometimes need to be transported off the island and when that happens, one paramedic and one EMT can be off the island for two to three hours. The setup is an exception to King County’s regulations that two paramedics must always transport patients. While the one paramedic is gone, another paramedic SEE FIRE BOARD, 23
School board bringing bond options to public ahead of ballot By ANNELI FOGT Editor
A more than $32 million plan to renovate Vashon High School’s gym, track, tennis courts, Building K and service buildings will be presented to the public beginning next week after a recent decision by the school board. The decision came at a special Tuesday meeting almost exactly one month after the board asked architects to come up with a $25 million proposal for the projects, dubbed Phase 2 in the plan to upgrade
and redesign the island’s schools, with special focus on the high school. The board has yet to vote on any of the improvements, and the Tuesday meeting was called so the board could decide how many of the projects would be presented to the public for consideration to be put on the ballot. In the end, the board decided to go ahead and present all the options, topping out at $32,062,000. Board member Bob Hennessey voiced his concern briefly at the Tuesday meeting about the procedural way that the board
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A $17 million proposal to renovate the VHS gym is one of five options being presented to the public for consideration on the bond ballot. went about their decision to jump from a $25 million project cap to $32 mil-
lion, citing that he wanted to make sure correct methods were followed. He did
say that he agreed with the board’s decision to bring everything to the voters
and let them decide. “We are not deciding what we build. We’re deciding what the community wants to vote for,” Hennessey said last week. “My takeaway is that the board has done all the work to date in a bubble. We’ve heard from the user groups; now we have to hear from those footing the bill, which is everyone. We need to invite them to participate.” Board chair Laura Wishik said the board has made clear that its main concerns are more gym SEE BONDS, 19
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After nearly five years managing Puget Sound Cooperative Credit Union (PSCCU), Patte Wagner has left to open a mortgage office on the island through Evergreen Home Loans. “This is a wonderful opportunity to expand the availability of financial services on the island,” Wagner said last week. The branch office of the Seattle-based company will be located in The Cunningham Building, in the former home of Studio 202, and will open Oct. 19. While there are mortgage brokers on the island,
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Wagner said, it has been a long time since a full-time mortgage office has been located here. “This is going to be exciting to have on the island,” she added. PSCCU partners with Evergreen for home loan services, she noted, and so many customers inquired about and used the services that Evergreen asked her if
she would consider starting a branch on Vashon. The office will offer a full range of services, Wagner said, including mortgages for home purchases, reverse mortgages, refinancing and loans for custom construction, which she noted had been hard to come by after Washington Mutual failed. The new office will also provide community education, she added. She will seek out teaching opportunities in her new role, and plans to offer a variety of seminars, such as those for first-time home buyers, seniors seeking reverse mortgages and selfemployed people trying to qualify for a mortgage. Wagner and an administrative support person will be the sole staff members initially, but she said her intention is to add at least
In a change to Thursday’s school board debate, the two candidates vying for a seat on the fire board will speak and answer a small number of questions at the end of the evening. Brigitte Schran Brown and Tamalyn Nigretto are running for the fire seat being vacated by longtime commissioner Rex Stratton. Their portion of the evening is expected to be about 10 minutes long, organizer Hilary Emmer said, and will begin at 8:30 p.m. or shortly after. Though short, the time is intended for the community to meet the women and begin
to get a sense of where they stand on some of the important issues facing Vashon Island Fire & Rescue (VIFR). Planning for the debates was already under way in August, when the women filed to run during the a special filing period, Emmer said, noting that she and co-organizer Susan McCabe did not want to create a separate debate for just two candidates. However, they decided to create a space for them on Thursday after learning of community interest in hearing from the women. Brown worked for many years as a
nurse, is active with VIFR’s strategic plan process and has been a volunteer EMT with the department for the last 12 years. Nigretto has worked with the Seattle Fire Department for 28 years and received several promotions, moving up from fire fighter, to lieutenant, to captain and finally battalion chief, a position she has held for 16 years. The debate will begin with school board candidates at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Penny Farcy building on Bank Road. The park commissioner debate will take place there at 7 p.m. Oct. 6.
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two full-time brokers as time goes on. Wagner worked for more than 30 years at Washington Mutual/Chase before moving to PSCCU when it opened on Vashon in March of 2011. Now, she said, it has more than 2,000 members and has more than $34 million in deposits. “It was a wonderful challenge,” she said. “We met and exceeded our goals.” Lori Nelson, who has worked at PSCCU since it opened, has been named the new manager there. For her part, Wagner said she is looking forward to working with mortgages again, as they affect people very personally. “I help people’s dreams come true is what it feels like,” she said. “There is real satisfaction in that.”
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Land Trust finalizes purchase of Matsuda Farm, aims to protect it Space will be first farm conservation project for organization Nine months after it was announced that the VashonMaury Island Land Trust planned to purchase the Matsuda Farm, the organization announced this week that the sale of the former strawberry farm has been completed, and a ribbon cutting will be held today at 3 p.m. Land Trust officials said that the 12-acre farm located behind the K2 industrial building is “a rare surviving link to Vashon’s JapaneseAmerican strawberry-growing heritage.” The acreage is the last remaining land on the property still owned by Miyoko Matsuda, the daughter-in-law of the farm’s founding Japanese immigrants. The purchase and upcoming projects to preserve the farm are part of the nonprofit’s first farm conservation project. The Land Trust first announced its plans to preserve the historic space in December, after Matsuda
approached the organization and offered it for sale. The farm that was once 50 acres was the site of Vashon’s last large-scale commercial strawberry harvest in 1985. Land Trust Executive Director Tom Dean said that the group plans to maintain the property as agricultural land by leasing it to qualified growers. However, he said that he also plans to keep the space open and create a trail system through the area as part of an ongoing effort to create a walking and recreational Town Loop Trail from Vashon through the Island Center Forest and near the O Space. Rare bird sightings in the area have also prompted preservation actions. “We’ve been looking for a long time for the right farm conservation project and this is it,” Dean said in a news release. The property was purchased for $510,000. Land Trust supporters provided $100,000 to secure the property, and the balance was paid with a loan from The Conservation Fund, an Arlington, Virginia-based nonprofit organization that finances conservation purchases across the country. The loan will be repaid through the sale of a con-
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servation easement to King County next January, authorities said. The Land Trust needs to raise an additional $30,000 by Dec. 31 to fully retire the loan. The first step in the preservation process will be to renovate the 85-year-old Matsuda farm house with funds made possible through a $150,000 grant from the state Department of Archaeology
and Historic Preservation. Once that is complete, the nonprofit plans to ask for proposals from people interested in operating the farm on a long-term lease. “High land costs on Vashon are a big barrier to farmers who want to start or expand,” Land Trust President Charley Rosenberry said in a statement. “With the Land Trust as the new owner, we think
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there will be strong interest from individuals and families who want to farm this historic parcel.” The farm’s rich history begins with the story of Heisuke Matsuda, an immigrant from Japan who founded the farm in 1930. He grew strawberries, loganberries, gooseberries, currants and Olympic berries, a Vashon hybrid, at the location for
more than a decade until his family was uprooted and sent to an internment camp in Tule Lake, California, in the early 1940s. The family returned in 1945 and resumed farming until the 1980s, when demand for the berries fell due to cheaper alternatives elsewhere. Miyoko Matsuda is the last member of her family to remain on the farm and has been growing hay there since 1985. In a December Beachcomber article, the now 80-year-old Miyoko Matsuda said she is happy to see her property go to the land trust. “We (her and her granddaughters) had talked about how nice it would be if it could continue in agriculture because it was started by (her granddaughters’) father and grandfather, who put a lot of work into it,” she said in the article.
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The importance of being an educated voter Educated voter: It’s a term we hear hundreds of times during election seasons thrown around in the communities in which we live. It’s also a pretty straightforward phrase, but becoming one is easier said than done. The power lies with the people in a democratic society, but that can be a curse without an educated society. The power is in our hands, and if we are uninformed, how are we to best choose our leaders? Our policies? Our laws? An educated voter is someone who takes the time to get to know the ins and outs While the overof the candidates, the complication and verbose policies and the issues nature of politics and surrounding the election, politicians makes it regardless of how complitough to know where cated they may be. That’s the truth is, familiarizing where it gets tough, you yourself with politician’s don’t need to be told how statements and policy frustrating and confusing summaries can be helpful it can be to sort through to notice the fine print the spin of political lanthat is not publicized guage to get to the facts. in advertisements on Much of the population television or the radio. will distance themselves as a result. But that is exactly what we should not do. While the over-complication and verbose nature of politics and politicians makes it tough to know where the truth is, familiarizing yourself with statements and policy summaries can be helpful to notice the fine print that is not publicized in advertisements on television or the radio. Being familiar with the issues, especially locally, can also help hold governing officials responsible for what is said is the same as what is being done. If the public is aware of position statements and explanations of proposed policies, it will know when something is changed, but if society does not pay attention, changes can be made, and policies can be reversed, often with no recourse until it is too late. We as a society not only choose our leaders and laws by voting, but also have a responsibility to keep them in check and make sure that what is being said is being done. Debates such as the school board debate on Thursday and the park board debate on Tuesday are one of the easiest ways to find out where potential leaders stand. All questions will be asked by the public, and issues will be made known to candidates. The debates will be available on the radio, TV and in-person, and the entire community is welcome. In small communities such as Vashon, the debates are an easy solution to the problem of getting to know the candidates.
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Participate with DoVE during national Domestic Violence Awareness Month October is nationwide Domestic Violence Action Month (DVAM). The original purpose of DVAM was to connect domestic violence advocates around the country and region, but as the month has gained more attention, it has expanded to involve everyone interested in learning about domestic violence, reporting instances and breaking the cycle of violence. This October, we are bringing it to Vashon. DVAM is also observed to bring to light an issue that affects our island in a staggering way. We know that one in three women and one in four men will experience physical domestic violence in their lifetimes. The next time you are in a room, silently count off, and then know that rates of domestic violence on Vashon are likely a bit higher than the norm as is the case with most rural locations. Isolation is a contributing factor to heightened rates of violence. We know that some survivors wish that their neighbors or friends would have said something like, “This isn’t right. This is abuse. You don’t deserve this. This is not your fault.” After a period of time, violence is normalized within the context of a relationship. Even if that person denies it, he or she will then know that you are there for them; you are a friend that can be trusted. And that, though it seems a small thing, is anything but. We also know that domestic violence is a learned behavior and therefore it is 100 percent preventable. Tell everyone you know. This is a good thing, as it means that one day, our phones will stop ringing and
AWARENESS By BETSEY ARCHAMBAULT our doorbells will stop chiming. We will have worked ourselves out of a job, and we see that as a darn good thing. But for now, we are here and are a force to be reckoned with; positive cultural shifts here we come. The whole concept of a month of activities hosted by community members is a surge of support, approval and enthusiasm for DoVE’s overarching goal of eradicating domestic violence and supporting survivors in the best ways we can. I see it as the collective of Vashon Island saying, “Let’s do this.” At DoVE, we love the fact that community members are becoming activated for October in ways that both create impact and conversation. Island supporters have spoken up about why they are joining in DVAM. “The work DoVE does is important. Everyone deserves to feel safe in their home,” Tami Brockway Joyce told me. Michelle Reed said that Core Centric “strives to foster and support a physical sense of strength and longevity, and DoVE is in tune with these ideas; building community through education and coaching for a sustainable future.” Islander Chris Austin said that DoVE advocates “provide essential
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Oct. 3: Washington State Fairies Bingo Night at the Vashon Eagles building at 8:30 p.m. Oct. 4-10: Order a large pizza from Vashon Pizza and $1 will go to DoVE. Oct. 13-31: Cake raffle at Snapdragon Oct. 18-24: Coffee for a cause at Café Luna and Perry’s for Peace at Perry’s Burgers Oct. 20: “The Hunting Grounds” movie night at the Vashon Theater at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 22: Guest Bartending Night at The Hardware Store Restaurant at 6 p.m. Oct. 24: The Mostly True Trivia Night at the Sugar Shack at 7 p.m., Zumba at Vashon Dance Academy from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. and class at Core Centric from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Oct. 25: Lit Lounge at Open Space at 4 p.m. Oct. 26-31: Portions of proceeds from pizza orders at Saucy Sisters will go to DoVE. Oct. 1-15: Ice cream social raffle at Zombiez
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services sometimes in the most trying of circumstances. While the subject is serious, fundraising doesn’t have to be, and that’s where I thought I could help.” These three proponents of DoVE, a business woman, a fitness specialist and a writer, have very different careers yet all have found a way to support our mission. Throughout the month of October, help DoVE raise awareness about domestic violence and join in our efforts to end violence. Here is what you can do: Make a donation to DoVE in honor of the people in your life who have been impacted by domestic violence; follow us on Facebook and Twitter; wear purple (or color your hair purple) — the color of Domestic Violence Action Month — and use this as a way to tell others why ending domestic violence is important to you; join in the events happening around the island, and share the information with friends or host your own event for DVAM. I say this all the time, and I’ll say it again: Thank you, all of you. DoVE would not have been created without your voice as a catalyst for change. And most certainly, DoVE would not be here now without the incredible support of our island. Steve Jobs said, “The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” This is Vashon. Maybe we all have a little bit of crazy. And that’s not a bad thing. Thank you for joining us in our kind of crazy.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Island tourism
Too much push to bring events to quiet island Thank you, Kate Severson, for your letter (“Visitors affect residents who prefer Vashon’s quiet nature,” Sept. 23). I also realize change is inevitable; however, many have moved here precisely because the island was a quiet, unassuming place to live. It clearly seems there is a push by some to alter this ambience in favor of more activities, noise and congestion. Maybe The Beachcomber should find out how islanders feel and be more sensitive to their viewpoints when writing editorials. — Sue Lowrey
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PIE phone-a-thon helps local schools The nonprofit organization Partners in Education (PIE) has supported our three schools by giving grants to enrich the classroom curriculum. On Oct. 6 to 8, PIE volunteers will be calling to ask for a donation. You can also donate at vashonpie.org. I urge you to visit their website to see the many good works PIE supports. PIE has provided reading material to enrich the curriculum of the U.S. history class at Vashon High School. “The History of the Vietnam
War” volumes 1 to 4, “Looking Like the Enemy,” “Narrative of a Slave,” “The History of World War II in the Pacific” and “American Issues” — a collection of primary sources — are all paperback books I have, thanks to PIE. Several of these items, which are in use in my classroom today, were purchased in the early 1990s. Your donated dollars help students year after year. Last year, when I could no longer scrounge used maps from private companies, PIE came to the rescue and gave me a grant to purchase 100 laminated maps of the United States, which are used in the classroom for reference and for a major project in the spring. Think of the hundreds of students who have benefitted from your generosity. Thank you, my friends and neighbors. — Martha Woodard
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American citizens need to become better people More and more citizens are becoming aware that we are in big trouble. Our government has failed us, and our economy is on the precipice of collapse. We are in danger of losing most of the good things that we’ve been taking for granted, such as freedom and justice. People are beginning to ask, “What can we do about this? How
can we turn this around?” I will tell you what can be done. In my view, nothing else will work, although a great many will try everything else but this: Become someone who honors six words (truth, honor, dignity, compassion, courage and love), strive to learn what they mean and devote your life to what you learn. When there is a critical mass of citizens who are doing this, everything will get better. Doing this is not necessarily a career that pays very well, but then again, no one can stop you from doing it. It’s a job no one will hire you to do, but then again, you will not have to answer to anyone else but yourself. It’s a job that will require all the heart, intelligence and integrity you can muster, but it will often seem like no one cares or thinks you are doing anything useful. No one can make you do this, and you can’t make anyone else do it either. So how many people does it take to create critical mass? I don’t know. But there is a number. If you strive for, and become, any one of the above mentioned words, in the fullness of their meaning, you will become all of them. How long will it take? I don’t know. There are no shortcuts … and I don’t know of any other way to get there. — Mark A. Goldman
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Thank you to Ace Hardware On behalf of Chautauqua Elementary, we would like to thank Kevin Linnel and Ace Hardware for the donation of seven hula-hoops to our school. The hula-hoops are sized for our kindergartners and first graders. Thank you so much for your kindness! Peg Wolczko, Campus Monitor
Community is more than a word We’re writing to express our appreciation for the many people who helped us find the perfect place for our Grandma Rose. She had been living in Blaine with her son until his medical issues made that no longer possible. We had to sell their home and find her an apartment. At 104, she remains fiercely independent and we couldn’t imagine putting her in a facility. We also didn’t have room for her in our 20’ yurt, so we began looking for a place where she could continue living on her own and where we could check on her every day. We quickly learned Vashon’s rental market has become unusually tight. But we also knew Vashon continues to have a real sense of community, in which helping one another comes naturally. We put out the word. Advice poured in from all directions. In less than a week, we found several possibilities, and through the magic of serendipity, we managed to rent a wonderful place at the Islander Apartments. The unit was far better than we could have imagined: close to town, with lots of light, a newly remodeled kitchen and warm-hearted neighbors.
Rose couldn’t believe her eyes. She walked from room to room, crying for joy. “For fifty years,” she said, “I’ve been moving and moving. Now I finally get to be home.” Our gratitude to Joanne, Emma, Barry, Wendy L., Merna, Rob, Annie, Kittiya, Wendy F., Emily, Shane, Elizabeth, Stephen, Deb, Gib, Kit, Dierdre, George, Jennifer, Lisa, Vashon Household, VCC, VSC, and everyone else who helped lead the way. What a gift to live in a place where community remains more than just a word. Tom Pruiksma and David Mielke
“I’d follow her anywhere.” Our community owes our gratitude to Sue Stinson, Events Manager for the Vashon-Maury Chamber of Commerce, for her major role in the organization and contribution to so many events that we enjoy during the year. Stinson was responsible for organizing the Strawberry Festival, Ciderfest, Halloween Open House and Parade, Gingerbread Houses, Santa Parade and Santa’s House, the ordering of the stunning garlands throughout town in December and the Spring Fling with the Easter Bunny Egg Hunt, just to name a few. Sue has recently made a career change and will be deeply missed at the Chamber. She exemplifies professionalism, is enthusiastic, and displays the highest degree of honesty, loyalty and integrity of anyone I have ever had the honor to work with and I’ve had that pleasure in three different jobs. I’d follow her anywhere. I thank you, Sue, for everything you do to make Vashon better. Chamber’s loss, Windermere’s gain.
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Testing debate offers opportunity to reflect on what is important Last spring’s national testing program has been the subject of some controversy here on Vashon and across the nation. The standardized testing debate is spirited, some calling into question test validity, some questioning the class time devoted to testing and others discussing whether to opt their student out of the testing. As we consider our path forward, I think it is important to reflect and to forecast the role that testing and progress monitoring plays in our district. This past week student score reports were mailed to parents. What does all of this really mean for Vashon Island’s public schools? Here are my thoughts: Our primary focus is to nurture a school culture and practice that achieves our mission to “equip every student to engage, thrive, and contribute in an ever-changing world.” Our faculty and staff are committed
EDUCATION By MICHAEL SOLTMAN to the development of the “whole” child in which each develops a love and personal passion for learning, explores and embraces individual gifts and passions, learns to become a contributing citizen and develops essential life and academic skills with plans for continued growth. A standardized assessment does not exist that measures all of the important characteristics I have listed above, and no test result will be an accurate measure of the quality of our teaching, nor the performance of our students vis-à-vis the mission
we embrace. A large part of successfully achieving our mission cannot be measured by a simple test metric. Frankly, the energy and time invested in the testing regime and surrounding debate last spring became a huge distraction, and we must minimize its impact and focus on what is most important: teaching and fostering a love of learning. It is an absolute truth that the skill and passion of our teachers hold the key to each student’s achievement of the characteristics in our mission, and each of you must support our teachers to thrive so that our children will thrive. Our faculty and staff have opened this year by reaffirming that our mission is the center of our schools. We are committing time and resources for cooperative planning, integrating thematic lessons and planning for the meaningful recognition of students and staff. Finally, we have lots of lati-
tude to shape the culture and learning in our schools. I wish to clarify, forecast and declare the following for Vashon’s schools: • Our mission is our core — we will equip every student to engage, thrive and contribute. • Our teachers are our greatest resource and the heart of our schools. Through teacher leadership, we will continue to coordinate action and support each other to accomplish our mission. • Our creative and engaging programs, curricula and teacher-created units will continue to be our focus while we intentionally find ways to integrate the common core standards. • Any preparation for state tests will be minimal and only designed to reduce stress for students. Such test results may produce some information for us, though we will continue to recognize that state tests do not measure the achievement of our
mission. • Teachers will continue to design and use curriculumbased assessments and diagnostic assessments as needed to monitor student progress on our learning targets and to adjust instruction accordingly. • We will acknowledge and recognize the many, and often unmeasurable, successes of our students and staff. • We will continue to invite our parents and community into our schools to help shape and deliver an engaging, rigorous and joyful educational experience to all students. The testing debate has fostered a useful discussion that I plan to continue, and it has provided a means to re-center on the important work we do. Thank you for your continuing support. — Michael Soltman is the superintendent of the Vashon Island School District.
Accepted Insurance Plans for Primary Care Provider, Vashon-Maury Island WA Vashon Health Watch is providing this information as a public service. Please verify your insurance coverage before making your first appointment with any of the Vashon primary care providers. Franciscan Medical Clinic 10030 SW 210th Street Vashon WA 98070 (206) 463-3671 Gary Koch, MD Michael Kappelman, MD Jeffrey HansPetersen, MD Scott Chaffin, DO Dora González, MD (until Nov) Kimberly Valencia, MD (after Nov)
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PIP and L&I For our patients we offer to bill Personal Injury Protection (PIP) to treat injuries from car accidents and Labor and Industries (L&I) for injuries resulting from employment activities that have been authorized by the Department of Labor and Industries.
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Sliding scale We offer a sliding scale option or discount on our visits, depending on income and need. This offer extends to laboratory testing with our local laboratory. Please note that you will need to have a conversation with Dr. Maxwell prior to your visit to receive the discount for that visit.
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Merci Beaucoup! VAA extends a warm thank you to all of these generous people who made the 2015 Art Auction a huge success. Commissioned Artists Jo Ann Bardeen Kim Farrell Kathy Johnson Bill Knox Bruce Morser Carol Schwennesen
Donating Artists Kris Anderson Jeaneen Bauer Christine Beck Darsie Beck Lee Beck Rosemary Belknap Mark Bennion Harvey Bergman David Blad Marilyn Blitz Barbara Bradfield Al Bradley Brian Brenno Morgan Brig Mary Margaret Briggs Emily Burns (Bill Akers) Sandy Burns Greg Bush Mary Lynn Buss Steven Caldwell Carolyn Candy Dannielle Carbone Sue Carette Patricia Churchill Donald Cole Will Dacus Kristine Dahms Karen Dale Larissa de Ruyter Lisa DeFaccio Michael Elenko Steve Ellis Jean Emmons David Erue Ivonne Escobar de Kommer Marcus Fellbaum Brian Fisher Terri Fletcher William Forrester Karen Fox Britt Freda Francesca Fuller Lee Gelb Leah Gerrard Donald Glaister Jeff Good Anne Gordon Penny Grist Barbara Dusty Gustafson Lisa Guy Roger Hall Gretchen Hancock Dean Hanmer Elaine Hanowell Art Hansen Charlotte Hansen Stephanie Harlan Roxy Hathaway Randy Heit Paula Hendricks Lin Holley Ed Holmes Bob Horsely Mary Hosick Brent Houston Gail Howard Joseph Illg
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Supporting Businesses Andrew Will Winery Café Luna Casa Bonita Cliff’s Beer—Vashon Brewing Company The Hardware Store Restaurant Herban Feast Isola La Biondo Farm & Kitchen May Kitchen + Bar Melita Creek Restaurant Obelisco Otis Kenyon Palouse Winery Partners Crackers Plum Forest Farm Pure Juice Bar Red Bicycle Rock Island Pizza Saucy Sisters Vashon IGA Market The Vashon Island Coffee Roasterie & Minglement Seattle Distilling SnapDragon Vashon Island Baking Company Vashon Tea Shop
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Auction Committee Karin DeSantis, Co-Chair Jenny McMurdo, Co-Chair Christy Veal, Coordinator Judi Burwell Mary O’Leary Bryant Stephanie Halstead Lin Holley Denise Katz Katy Krogman Anna Martinsen Tom Nicolino Mary Margaret Pearson Nancy Sipple
VAA Staff Molly Reed, Executive Director Angela Gist, Deputy Director Janice Mallman, Gallery Curator Christine Juarez Wendy Finkleman Stephen Jeong Justin Huguet Jill Venturi Lara McKnight Crissy Baker Katie Horner Meredith Neal Kathy Pine Holly Houston Eileen Burke Roderick McClain Kaycie Alanis Jeremy Edmonds Tony Gentilcore Mary Walker Robert Alleson
VAA Board of Trustees Tim Roden, President. Denise Katz, Vice President Chuck Weinstock, Treasurer Judi Burwell, Secretary Duane Bedard Scott Benner Mark Bennion Randee Crisman Blackstone Karin DeSantis Stephanie Halstead Lin Holley Katy Krogman Susan Kutscher Jenny McMurdo Robert Misel Bruce Morser Tom Nicolino Mary O’Leary Bryant Mary Margaret Pearson Russ Ray Susan Rives Jon-Eric Schafer Thank you to all those whose names we may have overlooked and are not listed.
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WEDNESDAY • 30 Safe Place Initiative Public Meeting: The Seattle Police Department in conjunction with the King County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) will be on Vashon to introduce the community to the KCSO Safe Place concept, and bring awareness to the issues surrounding LGBTQ hate crimes, student bullying and the community support needed to reduce the frequency of these events. For more information, see KingCounty.gov/SafePlace. 6 to 8 p.m. at the Penny Farcy building on Bank Road. Discover Cuba: There will be a youth travel opportunity to Cuba in April 2016. This meeting is offered to provide information regarding the trip and to sign up. 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. at the Vashon Library.
THURSDAY • 1 Play’n’Chat (walkers): Parents whose children are walking are invited to this weekly facilitated parenting support and discussion group. Child care will be available so the kids can play while parents talk. For more information or to reserve a place in the group, see vyfs.org/playspace. 10 a.m. to noon Thursdays at the VYFS PlaySpace. BCC Discussion Series: Burton Community Church offers a new weekly discussion series on the topic of science and religion. The lectures are free and may be attended separately. This week’s lecture titles are God the Watchmaker, and Natural Theology and Arguments From Design. For more information, call Herb Reinelt at 408-7360. 4 to 6 p.m. in Lewis Hall behind 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. Arsenic and Old Lace Preview: Directed by Caim Rosemarin, this Drama Dock production will play for the first two weekends in October. Preview night will benefit the Vashon Maury Community Food Bank, with admission by donation
of non-perishable food item(s). 7:30 p.m. at the Vashon High School theater. For more details on performance dates/times, see dramadock. org.
FRIDAY • 2 Parkinson’s Disease Support Group: Guests Wendy Noble and Carol Spangler from Honoring Choices Vashon will discuss exploring personal goals, values and wishes for end-of-life care, and offer practical advice for having the conversation with family and loved ones. For more information, call Steve Steffens 567-5976. 1 p.m. at the Lutheran church. Baked Potato Bar: The senior center will host a baked potato bar during the First Friday gallery walk. The cost is $4 for a large baked potato loaded with butter, sour cream, cheese, bacon and chives. 5 p.m. until sold-out, at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road.
SATURDAY • 3 Farmers Market: The market offers 30 to 40 vendors of food, fresh produce, arts and crafts, meat, cheese, wine and more. The musical guest this week is The Pahoehoe Boys, who play Hollywood-style hokum Hawaiian music. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Village Green. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: Anatomy of a Masterpiece: The King County Library System (KCLS) and Humanities Washington will host Lance Rhoades, who will use a multimedia presentation to show how Shelley addressed some of mankind’s greatest concerns with a creation that took on a life of its own. Rhoades has taught in the departments of Comparative Literature, Cinema Studies, Comparative History of Ideas and American Indian Studies at the University of Washington, as well as a yearly course in Humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. For more information, see kcls.org or call Ursula Schwaiger at 463-2069. 2 p.m. at the Vashon Library. Bingo and Ballads for DoVE: The Famous Filson Sisters will host an evening of bingo and Fairyoke Karaoke to benefit the DoVE Project. Admission costs $15, which includes one bingo card; additional bingo cards and daubers will be available for purchase. Winners get to sing a song. Beverages and snacks will also be available. All proceeds will go to the DoVE project and its work to end domestic violence. 8:30 p.m. at the Vashon Eagles.
SUNDAY • 4 Blessing of the Animals: Celebrate Saint Francis of Assisi — patron saint of animals and the environment — and have your pets blessed at this special annual service. 10:15 a.m. at the Church of the Holy Spirit.
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Sportapalooza: The Vashon Rotary will show the Seahawks’ Monday Night Football game against the Detroit Lions as a fundraiser for its Vashon High School Graduate scholarships. Admission is by a suggested donation of $5, and raffle ticket purchase is encouraged. Beer and wine will be available for purchase during the event. All proceeds will go to the scholarships. Doors open at 4:30 and the game starts at 5:30 p.m., at the Vashon Theatre.
TUESDAY • 6 The True Cost: Vashon Fibershed presents the documentary “The True Cost.” The film pulls back the curtain on the clothing industry of today, and its human and environmental costs. 6 to 8 p.m. at the Vashon Theatre. Ellisport History: A neighborhood meeting will be held to help plan for a Vashon-Maury Island Heritage Museum exhibit on the history of Ellisport — from its early days as a chautauqua through its commercial and industrial heyday, to its present close-knit community. Historic photos and records are needed. For more details and location information, call Carla Okigwe at 463-2844 or email cokigwe@comcast.net. 6:45 p.m. Northern Lights Fall Flamenco Tour: Savannah Fuentes will present her latest show, “Northern Lights,” which will feature the tradition of Flamenco as interpreted by three different artists: Puerto Rican/Irish dancer Fuentes, Bulgarian guitarist Bobby de Sofia and from Spain, singer Juañarito, who received acclaim for his performances on the Spanish version of The Voice this year. Tickets cost $22 ($35 for VIP seats), $12 for students/seniors and $8 for children and can be purchased at brownpapertickets.com. 7:30 p.m. in the Ober Park performance room.
UPCOMING Rockbusters Wrestling Registration: Coaches will visit Chautauqua Elementary School in early October to discuss wrestling with kids ages 5 to 12 who are interested in the sport. Registration will take place from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7, in the Vashon High School great hall (new registrants will need to bring a copy of their birth certificates).
CLASSES & WORKSHOPS Bridge for Kids: Held on late start days during the school year, island youth are invited to the senior center to learn how to play bridge (school bus transportation
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Vashon Partners in Education (PIE) will conduct its annual fundraising Phone-a-thon from Oct. 6 through Oct. 8. PIE’s focus is to leverage the efforts of teachers by funding grants aimed at improving and enhanging classroom experiences. PIE has no political agenda and has no effect on staffing. Examples of the types of grants PIE funds include science experiments, Vashon artists in schools, field trips, robotics upgrades and music programs. Above, students from McMurray Middle School traveled to the University of Washington as part of the Empowering Students to Invest in Reading PIE grant, to select and purchase books for the McMurray library. will be available at the end of the class). Lessons are free and recommended for kids ages 10 to 14; parents are welcome to join in. Particpants must register upon arrival. 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road. Shakespeare’s Famous Soliloquies, From Page to Stage: Darragh Kennan, one of Seattle’s most prominent Shakespearean actors, will lead this class for ages 15 and older. Participants should come to the first class with a speech memorized, and be prepared to work on getting it ready for the stage. Some acting experience is preferred, but all are welcome. The cost is $160; $145 for VAA members. To register, go to vashonalliedarts.org. 6 to 9 p.m. Thursdays, Oct. 1 through 22, at the Blue Heron. Youth Mental Health First Aid: This two-part workshop is designed to teach parents, family members, caregivers, teachers, school staff, peers, neighbors, health workers and others, how to help adolescents (ages 12 to 18) experiencing mental health or addiction challenges or crises. Attendance both days is mandatory. Continuing Education Unit (CEU) hours are available. Food will be provided. The cost is free, but preregistration is required. To register, go to varsanetwork.org. 1 to 6 p.m. Sundays, Oct. 4 and 11, at the Penny
Farcy building on Bank Road. Creative Movement for 3 to 5 Year-Olds: Parents and caregivers can dance along with their children in this weekly class that focuses on fun, appropriate movements for nurturing child development. Led by Elizabeth Mendana Shaw, sessions will include a “brain dance” warm up, exploring concepts with multi-sensory props and instruments and movement to a wide variety of music and rhymes. For more information and to register,
see vyfs.org/playspace. 11 a.m. to noon Tuesdays, at the VYFS PlaySpace. Guiding Good Choices: This free, five-week interactive workshop will teach parents/caregivers the skills to work with children to prevent future drug and alcohol use and other risk behavior. For more information and to register, see varsanetwork.org. 6:30 to 8:45 p.m. Tuesdays, Oct. 6 through Nov. 3, at McMurray Middle School.
VASHON THEATRE The Man From UNCLE: Ends Oct. 1. Learning to Drive: Plays Oct. 2 through 8. Poltergeist (Sci-Fi Sunday): Oct. 4. Monday Night Football (Rotary fundraiser): Oct. 5. The True Cost (GreenTech): Oct. 6. See vashontheatre.com for show times or call 463-3232.
FREE COMMUNITY MEALS Volunteers serve free meals seven days a week on Vashon. All people are welcome at the meals, which are served at 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the following locations. For more information about the meals program, contact Harmon Arroyo at 351-1441 or at luckyharmon2010@gmail.com. Monday Methodist church Thursday Presbyterian church Tuesday Presbyterian church Friday Lutheran church Wednesday Church of the Saturday Land Trust Building Holy Spirit Sunday Methodist church
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By Chris Austin Vashon was, is and probably always will be a sleepy enclave between Seattle and Tacoma but that doesn’t mean it’s all rainbows and unicorns for those sworn to uphold the law. For instance, I bet there has never been a cop in New York or Los Angeles who was shot as he brushed his teeth. That’s exactly what happened to Deputy Sheriff Frank Reuther in 1948. While attending to his morning ablutions, the county Mounty heard a knock on the door and yelled for the visitor to enter. A few seconds later there was a man at his bathroom door who apparently had a real problem with oral hygiene and shot Reuther twice. The first bullet grazed his side and the second bounced off his stomach. You read that right, bounced off his stomach, so either the officer had been doing A LOT of sit ups or it was a defective bullet. Regardless, Reuther held the man in custody until help arrived. It is unclear if he finished brushing before doing so. On one outing Deputy Sheriff Shattuck accompanied Log Patrol Officers checking the beach at Lisabeula. I am going to go out on a limb here and say that this would make the most boring cop show. In truth, however, it was an exciting event. Two weeks earlier Log Patrol Officers identified some illegal activity on a man’s land and were threatened by the owner with a rifle. Two weeks later they returned, now with the deputy, only to be charged upon by an irate S.L. Stump (I couldn’t believe it either) with a pike pole. He soon found out he was barking up the wrong tree and was sent to ride the pine in county jail. So, it can actually be said that the Log Patrol, a branch of state law enforcement, arrested a Stump. In another multi-agency case Deputy Shattuck and Deputy Game Protector Al Roen warned several mainlanders to “discontinue their promiscuous digging of clams” - I hope that is not a euphemism for something else - but regardless people were coming to the island and enjoying promiscuous activities and our sheriff would have none of it. Yet even the good deputy had feet of clay. In November of 1929 the newspaper reported, “F. J. Shattuck is confined to his bed with an attack of sciatic rheumatism.” In my opinion this is probably a HIPPA violation and a green light for hooligans on the island. But the paper went on to explain, “No crime wave is anticipated even though our deputy sheriff has fallen victim to this foul attack.” Good to know. In some cases helpful victims tried to resolve matters without involving the authorities. An example is a blurb in the newspaper which began, “WARNING: The ones who took the tires off the machine on the Keplo Beach road Saturday night, are known and unless the tires and other things are put back by Saturday night, you will be put in the hand of the law.” Send me your topic suggestions at www.mostlytruehistory.com. This Feature Proudly Sponsored by: Tom and Dave - Vashon Pharmacy Norm - Vashon Thriftway Earl - Island Home Center and Lumber
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Film chronicles rise of women’s movement Vashon Film Society (VFS) will present “She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry,” a documentary about the rise of the women’s movement in the mid-1960s into the 70s, at 9:30 p.m. Friday at the Vashon Theatre. With footage of marches and street theater, to the founding of NOW and the rise of feminist intellectuals such as Kate Millett, Susan Brownmiller, and Eleanor Holmes Norton, ”She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry” is an illuminating reminder of how much can change in a generation. Admission to this show at the Vashon Theatre is by donation.
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Van Redeker trio to play at The Bike The Van Redeker Band will appear at the Red Bicycle Bistro on Friday. The group performs danceable interpretations of songs by pop music’s greatest songwriters, including The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, and JJ Cale, as well as originals by veteran musician Daryl Redeker. The band is quickly gaining a reputation for its energetic performance style and lush vocal harmonies. Daryl Redeker is on lead guitar and vocals, Sara Van Fleet is on bass guitar and vocals and Sam Van Fleet on guitar and vocals. This show features guest drummer Chris Leighton, who has worked with a vast array of musical luminaries. Joseph Stewart, Vashon Events’ sponsored youth opener, will start the evening. Stewart brings joy and happiness with his Sinatra style, and some people know him as the ukulele guy, out plying and singing before his shifts at May’s Thai restaurant. The event begins at 8:30 p.m. and is for all ages until 11 p.m., when it becomes for 21 and older only.
NOTED POET TO READ ON VASHON: Sam Hamill, the author of 17 previous volumes of poetry, four collections of literary essays and distinguished translations of ancient Chinese and Japanese classics, will read from his new poetry collection, “Habitation,” at 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, at the Vashon Bookshop. Hamill is also known as the founding editor of Port Townend’s Copper Canyon Press.
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End the week with art and music on the Gallery Cruise Most galleries and arts spots will be open from 6 to 9 p.m. Treasure Island, the jewelry and antiques store, will celebrate First Friday by announcing the store’s expansion, holding a vintage lighting show of antique lamps and lights and hosting musical guest Listen in the Kitchen, an all-women island band. The store is expanding across the hallway on the first floor of the Old Fuller Store. Puget Sound Cooperative Credit Union will show the collages of Sharon Hines-Pinion, with musical guest Harmon Arroyo. Tom Conway is Café Luna’s featured artist for the month of October, with a show titled “Eye Candy” and an artist’s reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Conway moved to Vashon 10 years ago, settling into an old farmhouse on what he has described as “four acres of possibilities.” He shares his experiences in photography and words on his blog Tall Clover Farm. Vashon Allied Arts’ Glass Goblet Invitational will open on Friday with hand-selected and commissioned glass goblets from six Northwest artists: Daniel Albrecht, Granite Calimpong, Jason Christian, Mikey Cozza, Masami Koda and Boyd Sugiki. The show will also include a few glass goblets from the collection of Emily Burns by the late Vashon Island glass artist Bill Akers (1964-2006). While each goblet in the show was handcrafted locally, there are a number of distinct styles represented, from traditional Venetian-style furnace techniques to more modern, decorative pieces using torch-work with borosilicate glass.
In addition to goblets, several glass wall pieces by Janis Miltenberger and Lisa Zerkowitz are on display. An October photography show by Kim Farrell will be on display at the Heron’s Nest. “Spooked” features a group of black and white images she took of an abandoned mining town in California, as an homage to All Hallows’ Eve. The Vashon Senior Center will host a display of oil paintings by Kathy Larsdotter. VALISE Gallery will open its October show, “Treasure Maps.” The show includes maps of family history, island haunts, favorite places and a map of blood vessels around a human heart, all created by Vashon residents and friends. One entry is real treasure map that leads to a “pirate’s dozen” historic silver dollars that have been hidden somewhere on the island. A show featuring new and recent mixed media collage work by island artist Tara Snowden will open at Hinge Gallery. Snowden re-contextualizes found imagery to create portraits and new narratives; the show also includes some of her abstract work. Raven’s Nest gallery will host a Vashon artists’ invitational show titled “Call of the Raven,” featuring works from Rose Belknap, Anne Gordon, Pam Ingalls, Carole Meriam, Mathilde Oldham, Silvija Paza, Kip Schwarzmiller, Israel Shotridge and Sue Shotridge. Quartermaster Press will celebrate its second month on display at Vashon Community Care. The show features etchings, monotypes, collographs and mixed print media by Pat Churchill, Debi Crawford, Lollie Groth, Lisa Guy, Suzanne Moore, Christina Nichols, Carla Okigwe, Jayne Quig, Linda Sedgley and Deborah Taylor. The evening reception will include music and refreshments.
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Art on display this month includes “Migration” by Tara Snowden at Hinge Gallery, top, and glass goblets at Vashon Allied Arts’ Glass Goblet invitational.
Swamp Bottom Jamboree takes stage this weekend
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The Nilbillies will play this weekend at the Blue Heron.
From deep in the swamps of Vashon comes an evening of inspired performance featuring some of the island’s most imaginative entertainers. This weekend, Steffon and Arlette Moody will present Swamp Bottom Cabaret: a spin-off of their roving outdoor Swamp Bottom Jamborees adapted for the Blue Heron stage. The show will feature local musical groups The S Curves and The Nilbillies. The S Curves came together three summers ago at the first annual Swamp Bottom Jamboree. Their debut performance included cocktail dresses under hip waders in the middle of a pond by candlelight, accompanied by the boisterous bass of a croaking bullfrog. Last summer they revisited that pond in a rowboat dressed in nightgowns. Unexpectedly, the bullfrog also made a repeat appearance. For this performance, they will be a little more dressed up and with some added surprises, but without the frog. The three Vashon women: Arlette Moody, Elaine
Ott and Stephanie Murray are sure to send guests away swaying. The Nilbillies are an existential bluegrass trio that doesn’t play much bluegrass. Lead billy and songwriter Steffon Moody offers his twist on the American dream, serving up both fire and brimstone. The trio is rounded out with the burly tones of Kevin Almeida on stand-up bass and funky country picking from Andre Sapp on mandolin. Expect to hear original songs that sound oddly familiar, but are mostly just odd. Top YouTube videos for The Nilbillies include “Only God Knows,” “Space Monkeys” and “Lesbian Man.” The Swamp Bottom Cabaret is part of Vashon Allied Arts’ New Works series and will be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Blue Heron. Tickets are $16 for VAA members and students, $18 for seniors and $20 general admission. Tickets are available at the Heron’s Nest and through VashonAlliedArts. org.
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New York theater critic who is in love with the vicar’s daughter Elaine (Bonny Moss), and he can’t decide whether to keep his promise to marry her. The rest of the cast consists of an almost victim (Tim McTighe), various police officers, a vicar and a nursing home superintendent, roles played by Max Lopuszynski, Peter Kreitner, Marjon McDermott, Phil Dunn and Mick Etchoe. A mixture of newcomers and Drama Dock veterans will take the stage, according to Rosemarin. “I am very enthusiastic about the cast,� he added. “They are very hard working and dedicated. All together, they present a very large amount of talent.� The show will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Oct. 2 and 9; 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3; 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, and at 2 p.m. Sundays, Oct. 4 and 11, at the Vashon High School theater. A preview performance at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, will be by admission of food donations for the food bank or $5 at the door. Ticket prices are $18 for all other shows.
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VOLLEYBALL: The Pirate girls varsity volleyball team fell to Charles Wright Academy 3-0 at home on Friday, Sept. 25 and then was defeated by Seattle Christian by the same margin at the Seattle school on Monday, Sept. 28. The team will play again at 6:15 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1 when they take on Port Townsend at an away game.
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Cross-country teams finish in top 10, set personal records Both VHS teams celebrate by jumping into Lake Washington By BRUCE CYRA For The Beachcomber
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McMurray Middle School cross-country runner Cole Parks takes on a stretch of 1.5-mile course in Seattle Tuesday, Sept. 22.
Vashon’s cross-country teams showed 10 less free-spirited teams how to celebrate after combined Emerald City and Nisqually League races last week by jumping into and swimming in Lake Washington at Magnuson Park in Seattle. Nearly all Pirate and Mustang runners set personal bests on Tuesday, Sept. 22 when they took on the relatively easy course where Vashon was, once again, the only public school competing. The women’s team took third place, beating all other Nisqually League teams, and the men’s team finished ahead of Seattle Christian for ninth
place. The women’s team was led over the three-mile-long course by freshman Lucy Boyle who came in at 21:05, followed by juniors Selena Mildon (21:33), Eva Anderson (21:52) and Aria Mildon (21:59). The top seven Pirates were rounded out by junior Jane Oswald (22:58), freshman Clara Atwell (23:12) and senior Taryn Mulvihill (23:31). In cross-country, the top seven runners from each team have scoring potential. The men’s team was led by sophomore Gianno Waller, who came in at 18:21, followed closely by junior Isaac Hughes (18:35) and sophomore Hunter Justis (18:40). Senior Gabri Oliera, an exchange student from Italy, found that he could fly down hills as he used his fleet descending skills to come in at a time of 20:03. The Pirate top seven was also filled by sophomore Sam Plauche (20:29)
and Theo Hu (20:34). The Pirates’ seventh man, junior Adam Kraabel, lowered his personal best to 21:22, continuing his impressive decrease in finishing time. McMurray Middle School was represented by eighth-grader Cole Parks, who ran the 1.5 mile course in 10:33 to finish 13th out of a field of 85 runners, setting a new personal best and the fastest time in that distance for the Mustangs since 2010. The next venue for the islanders to show their unique personalities is at Curtis High School’s invitational at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 3. Twentynine schools will race at Titlow Park in Tacoma. The men’s junior varsity race begins at 9:30 a.m., followed by the women at 10 a.m. Varsity men will race at 10:45 a.m. and varsity women at 11:15 a.m. — Bruce Cyra is an island runner.
Football: Pirates fall to South Delta Sun Devils in offensive battle By CHERYL PRUETT For The Beachcomber
It was a last minute pick-up game to fill an unexpected empty spot in the schedule that turned into a battle between the small, quick Pirates and the behemoth Sun Devils from South Delta, British Columbia whose starting lineup looked like a Divison I collegiate team. The average weight of the Sun Devils starting lineup was an intimidating 225 pounds. The Sun Devils were last year’s B.C. regional champions, and yet, it was a game much closer than any expected. The teams clashed at a neutral site: King’s High School in Shoreline on Saturday, Sept. 26. Much like the Sept. 18 game against Charles Wright Academy, the Pirates con-
tinued to put up huge offensive numbers, scoring 46 points but losing the contest by a two-score margin: 61-46. Once again, turnovers made the difference in the outcome with the Pirates coughing up the ball five times, twice within 10 yards of the goal line. Vashon’s quick, attack-style offense clearly rattled the Sun Devils, who allowed Vashon to score the first two touchdowns of the game. The Pirate defense was fired up early with a big sack by senior Clyde Pruett. On the next play, Bryce Hoisington ripped and tipped the ball away, dropping it in Adrian St. Germain’s lap for a nice run. Hoisington went on to score in that series, and with the subsequent two-point conversion Vashon was on top 8-0. Vashon
senior Logan Nelson capitalized on a South Delta fumble early in the first quarter, but on the very next play, the Pirates handed it right back to them. Two plays later, the turnover game continued when Chester Pruett forced a huge fumble that was recovered by Anthony Gateman. Not long after, Hoisington took the pitch out and scampered around the end for the second score of the night. The conversion was no good, but the Pirates were up 14-0.
Near the end of the first quarter, South Delta gathered themselves and quickly scored off a huge run by their star running back Grant McDonald. The extra points were good and the score was 14-8 Vashon at the end of the first quarter. The second quarter got off to a rocky start when the Sun Devils intercepted a pitch out on the 4-yard line. But on their SEE FOOTBALL, 18
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Girls soccer: Regular season begins with losses to rival, state champs By ALAN ZOLTIE For The Beachcomber
The Pirates kicked off their regular season Tuesday, Sept. 21, with an away league game at their greatest rival: Charles Wright Academy in Tacoma. On a spectacular sunny afternoon, Vashon was soon one goal up when Katherine Andrus bundled in a rebound from a Maren Fremstad shot. It was no more than the Pirates deserved at that point, but CW was soon back in it, and within five minutes, they had equalized after some indecisive defense left the Pirates exposed. The game was tied 1-1. That was how the first half ended, and although Vashon was ahead physically and with possession in their favor, they just couldn’t put the ball in the CW net. With the second half only three minutes underway, Fremstad broke through the CW defense, and with a thunderous strike, Vashon was again in the lead. Madison Browne then hit the post twice, with two incredible shots from outside the 18-yard box, but CW wasn’t done, and with 10 minutes left to play they scored two quick goals to
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next possession, the Sun Devils were forced to punt thanks to a big sack by Hoisington and Chester Pruett, followed by another huge sack for a loss of 23 yards by Pruett. After a solid move down the field behind four first downs, the Pirates again coughed the ball up with a fumbled pitch. South Delta went on to score the touchdown and extra points, bringing the score to 16-14 South Delta with four minutes to go in the half. After a Vashon possession to nowhere, South Delta took over on downs and proceeded to bust a 52-yard run for a touchdown. With the extra points, the score was 24-14 South Delta, with two minutes to go in the half. But the Pirates weren’t done yet, as a complete pass from quarterback Connor Hoisington to senior Logan Nelson gave the team the momentum it needed to push downfield. After strong running by both Hoisingtons, Connor Hoisington found Nelson in the end zone for a touchdown with 22 seconds to go in the half. The score at the half was a tight 24-22 South Delta. On the kickoff, the Sun Devils ran it all the way back for a score that was negated by a costly personal foul penalty in the backfield. The Sun Devils posted two more quick scores in the third quarter, with the two-point conversion being good on the
take the win. Coach Karen Olsen was left to rue the Pirates lack of finishing in a game they should have won comfortably. On Thursday, Vashon traveled to Silverdale Stadium in Bremerton to take on the reigning state champs: the Klahowya Secondary School Eagles. With a swirling, gusty wind blowing off the sound, the Eagles were soon in front, scoring two goals in the first five minutes. Unphased, Vashon never surrendered, and the Pirates’ Browne grabbed one back by scoring directly from a corner kick. The game was shaping up to be a real battle with Vashon giving as good as they were taking, and even though Klahowya scored two more goals to lead 4-1, Vashon came powering back into the game after Fremstad scored a peach of a goal with another of her thunderous shots from just inside the 18-yard area. A second Pirates’ score came from a Bailey Ormsby corner kick, when one of the Klahowya players deflected the ball into their own goal. It was now 4-3, and the game was on. Fremstad had the opportunity to tie up the game just before halftime, but a great save from the Eagles’ keeper
kept out what was sure to be a certain goal during one of Fremstad’s trademark power runs. The second half was a tight affair for the first 20 minutes, with Fremstad again having two great opportunities to score, both of which she blasted over the bar. Vashon’s Emily Serebryakova was outstanding, running the midfield for the Pirates, and Camille DeGuzman was welcomed back after two weeks out due to injury. Vashon was at full strength as they pulverized a shaky Klahowya defense, but it wasn’t meant to be. As Vashon tired, the reigning state champs took control and scored three more toward the end of the second half to secure a 6-3 victory in what turned out to be a game that was well worth watching. The Vashon girls will stay home for the next two games against Bellevue Christian at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1 and then Cascade Christian at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6.
second, bringing the score to 40-22 South Delta, with eight minutes to go in the quarter, but the Pirates weren’t dead, and settled down behind the sound running of quarterback Connor Hoisington. A lobbed pass and insane reception by Nelson, who rolled into the end zone, got the Pirates back on the score board, and with the two-point conversion, the score was 40-30 South Delta with six minutes to go in the third. The Sun Devils quickly scored on their next possession, bringing their lead to 18 points, and the score to 48-30 with five minutes to go in the third. Connor Hoisington continued running the ball, making first downs into the red zone before having a pitch intercepted. Three plays later, the Sun Devils were in the end zone again, and the score was 54-30 through the end of the third quarter. Just 22 seconds into the fourth quarter, South Delta took the ball into the end zone for their last score of the night and, with the point after kick going through, they were up a daunting 61-30 and started to put in their second string players. The Pirates had them rethinking that strategy when they quickly scored on a Connor Hoisington run and two-point conversion, bringing the score to 61-36 South Delta. After taking over on downs, the Pirates worked back downfield behind the running of St. Germain and both Hoisingtons. A crucial pass completion play to Clyde Pruett set Vashon in
great field position. After one sack and a Bryce Hoisington run, Clyde Pruett ended up with the touchdown reception. After the two-point conversion, South Delta was still up 61-46 with four minutes to go in the game. Vashon’s defense rose up with a monstrous sack by both Pruetts and an assist from Colin Voynick. The pressure by Chester Pruett on the next play forced a South Delta punt, and Vashon took the ball with 2:39 to go. Thanks to a pass interference call on South Delta, the team had worked its way downfield before giving up the last turnover of the game with just two minutes to go. The Sun Devils ran out the clock and took the game. Head Coach Brynie Robinson was pleased with the game and said he was “grateful” to have a game this week, and to see “what we look like against great competition.”
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space, track renovations and getting Building K to work for the high school’s current programs, which would cost more than $28 million, according to estimates provided at the Sept. 22 meeting. Building K currently houses the school’s StudentLink program, an alternative high school option for island teens. Wishik said the building used to be a kindergarten and is “just not built for high schoolers.” “Some of the equipment there, it’s aging. It’s definitely getting close to the end of its life,” Wishik said. Hennessey agreed that the gym and track were very important, but said that he “would like to know more” about Building K before agreeing to put the renovation on the ballot. “I need to find out what specific needs we have at Building K,” Hennessey said last week. Besides the athletic facility and Building K improvements, the rest of the $32 mil-
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Soltman also said at the meeting that the lion figure comes after the costs of scheduled replacement and renovations and a corner of the high school that houses the new bus barn are taken into consideration. bus barn is currently not very attractive, and he would like to Superintendent see a nice building go Michael Soltman said Thursday that all of the “We are not deciding what we there. “What does the projects will have to be build; we’re deciding what the community have to done eventually. It’s just community wants to vote for. say about it all as it a matter of how much of them will be done My takeaway is that the board is presented now? what we want now and how much will has done all the work to date in That’s to know,” Soltman be postponed again. He a bubble. We’ve heard from the said. “These are realsaid that the $4 million ly solid estimates.” in scheduled replaceuser groups. Now we have to With the decision ment and renovation hear from those footing the bill, made to present all to parts of the district’s which is everyone. “ of the options, the three schools is important to get funding for Bob Hennessey board will turn its because it becomes Vashon school board member attention to community awareness events “deferred maintenance” aimed at gathering if not addressed. “At some point, scheduled replacement feedback about what the public would and renovation becomes deferred main- like to see the money go toward. The first tenance, so it’s reasonable and respon- event will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. sible for us to plan for this,” Soltman said Sunday, Oct. 4, in the Thriftway shopping Thursday. “We would like to get adequate center. Photos and plans will be displayed, funding because we don’t want to be in a and board members will be present, fielding questions about plans, finances and situation where we get behind.”
the effects on property taxes that the projects will have. A community involvement meeting has been set for 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, at the Vashon High commons, and board members will be present at the commons again for the Homecoming Community Dinner at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16. Another community awareness event will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, at the Thriftway shopping center, and one final meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, at the VHS commons. The bond/levy election is set for Feb. 9, 2016. The Phase 2 improvements, if approved by voters, follow a $48 million redesign and rebuild of the high school campus that was completed two years ago. The overhaul was made possible by a bond passed by voters in 2011, but, that same year, voters narrowly rejected a separate $3.5 million bond for a new track and field. The athletic facilities were not renovated. In another close election, voters in 2009 turned down a plan to renovate athletic facilities and classrooms at the high school for $75 million.
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building an additional fence. The club’s annual budget for everyone involved, but the outcome is fantastic.” The soccer club, with 450 kids enrolled this fall, is the 270 kids is $40,000, and contributing in a substantial way largest single user of the fields, and while the members beyond what they already have would be difficult, as they CONTINUED FROM 1 appreciate the fields, soccer is played in the darkest months try to keep the sport affordable to families. “If you want baseball to put in $10,000, we’d have to raise permanent restrooms and a concession stand, all for $1.3 of the year, and lights are critical. Van Dusen previously fees by another $40,” he said. million. As costs rose and revenue to the park district called the fields “an incomplete resource” Targeted fundraising for a special projdeclined because of the recession, the district pared the without them. The club currently pays to ”We play on a lot of fields ect — such as a permanent bathroom — rent lights, which last year cost it $2,700. plans down, but the price tag is now at over $2.7 million, around the area, and these is an option, he said, but if $100,000 was and Ott said that within the next year or so, park commis- The club’s board is now considering how requested, for example, the user groups are some of the best we sioners will need to address building a permanent bath- it can support putting lights on the fields, could not come up with the funds. he added, by looking at further grants room to replace the restroom trailer there now. play on.” “Soccer, lacrosse and baseball comUnder Sunday’s clear blue skies, young athletes and their and fundraising as a club, along with Scott Hitchcock, bined, there is no way they could write families packed the fields for several hours as multiple possible support from the park district. President, Vashon Youth Baseball & Softball that check,” he added. soccer games went on throughout the afternoon. This is Even one light would help, he said, addThough more than $1 million of the ing, “We’ll try and be creative.” a typical scene, according to Vashon Park District’s Robin cost of the project has come through Vashon Youth Baseball & Softball Miller, who schedules field use for both the park and school grants, donations and in-kind services, districts, and says that there are times there still is not (VYBS), the second largest user of the work at the fields has taken a great deal of park district fields, is pleased with the final product, as well. enough space to meet everyone’s needs and requests. “We play on a lot of fields around the area, and these funds, and critics point to high maintenance costs there as “I wish we had another field so we could rest that field more often, and then the school district would not be upset are some of the best we play on,” Scott Hitchcock, VYBS an ongoing concern. The district keeps close track of maintenance costs, Ott president, said last week. “How they are laid out and the about overuse of their fields,” she added. said, noting it spent $44,000 on maintenance at the VES Hans Van Dusen, president of the Vashon Island Soccer condition of them — they are fabulous.” Hitchcock noted that members of VYBS have contrib- Fields in 2014 and has spent about $55,000 to date there Club, recently spoke about the finished fields. uted a great deal of time and money and plan to put in this year, in comparison to $21,000 at the smaller, native “We love them. The soccer club is ecstatic. The facility serves the club well,” he said. “It has been challenging for more, including covering the dugouts with canopies and soil-based field at Agren Park. “A sand-based field does require more maintenance,” she said. Despite the challenges, Ott said the district’s financial picture is improving. The district had to borrow money again this year to manage cash flow through 2016, she said, and has $250,000 available through a line of credit. The district will have it tapped out through March of next year and pay it back with the tax money it receives in April. The district will likely have to have borrow $100,000 in September of next year, Catholic Church but will pay that off in October with levy proceeds, but Vashon Island All-Merciful Saviour St. John Vianney then the picture gets better. Unitarian Fellowship Orthodox Monastery Mass–Saturdays at 5:00 pm Community, Diversity, Freedom of Belief, “I forecast we will end 2016 with a $100,000 reserve in 9933 SW 268th St. (south of Dockton) Enrichment of Spirit Sundays 8:00am and 10:30am tact,” she said. SUNDAYS: DIVINE LITURGY 9:00 am Sunday at 9:45 am – September to June Pastor: Rev. 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monetary shortfall and the loss of their medics. “There may not even be a levy,” Stratton said. “If that were to happen, we’d have to figure out how to provide emerCONTINUED FROM 1 gency services. Our medics wouldn’t belong to us, and they wouldn’t belong to Medic One. It would then be a lot of work and one EMT remain on-island. If a second medical call to re-organize the fire district.” requiring transport comes in during those hours, a medical Many King County municipalities are joining together helicopter is the only option. Overtime costs are racked up and consolidating to help better provide for all fire serwhen a paramedic is on vacation, sick or on leave and another vices. For example, communities such as Enumclaw, Black one needs to fill one of the two paramedic positions. ParamedDiamond and Maple Valley, who are already served by Medic ics result in roughly $200,000 of overtime pay yearly, according One, are combining with Kent’s larger fire district to create to Lipe. one “huge regional fire authority,” Stratton said. Meanwhile, he said that the volume of medical aid calls The worry for Vashon is that by requiring advanced life support being an island, there is no chance for “Our residents expect to stay rural, but skills is on the rise. The department with a larger entity. If no they want the service and the response consolidation responded to 828 ALS or rescue calls levy is passed, funding for the Medic between January and September 2014. times of living in Seattle. In the end, One program falls through. In that same time period this year, the “The moat is a big hurdle for mutual (local districts) are all in competition for department has responded to 929. aid,” said. “In the next few a small pool of money: whatever the years,Stratton “The cost of ALS is a lot for us,” Lipe we’re going to have to be thinksaid. “ALS care gets money that was public is willing to pay.” ing about our plan.” supposed to go toward other things He said the levy is a “critical issue” Rex Stratton, VIFR Board comissioner like maintenance or replacing equipthat will not be able to be solved alone, ment. This integrated approach (with and stressed the importance of colthe new paramedic program) will be laborating with off-island districts and departments to come better and help establish a long-term sustainable plan.” up with a solution. He continued to say that the department needs to focus On top of the unknown future of paramedic funding, the on coping with this increased demand before addressing any department is facing another funding problem that stems other issues. from an outdated fire department operations levy. The last While the new program is expected to help curb some fire operations levy was passed by voters in 1998 at a rate of overtime costs, it may be all for naught in four years. Lipe $1.50 in taxes for every $1,000 of assessed home value. The and Stratton said that the largest hurdle standing between levy is completely separate from the Medic One levies and the department and their successful financial future is the deals only with fire department expenses. passing of the Medic One levy that the county will vote on Stratton said the 1998 levy is “permanent” and will not in 2019. have to be voted on again, but the levy rate has not been Medic One has been historically funded by six-year tax updated to account for inflation of home prices. The levy levies, but Stratton and Lipe said that if the upcoming levy rate does not automatically update as home values rise, so the does not pass, the department could be facing a significant levy rate has stayed the same even as home values have risen.
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Val Seath
Crist Granum
(206) 790-8779
(206) 419-3661
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Vaulted ceilings and walls of windows will delight you in this spacious contemporary. Open living/dining/kitchen, family room, 3 bdrms & 2.75 baths. Sunny deck wraps on three sides; pretty yard & gorgeous community beach. MLS #847651 $539,000
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Val Seath
Susan /RĂ DQG
(206) 790-8779
(206) 999-6470
BEAUTIFUL VIEW, OVER AN ACRE, AND TWO SWEET HOMES!
SWEET SHINGLED COTTAGE
An unbeatable combination - wonderful views of the East Passage & Mt. Rainier; 1.14 acres in 2 tax lots; a 3 bdrm, 1.75 bath home AND a permitted 1 bdrm carriage apt w/ bonus room over the garage! Deck, hot tub, beach access. MLS #848946 $489,500
YOUR ULTIMATE BEACH ESCAPE One of Vashon’s best beaches outside your door! Glorious sunsets & views, big front SRUFK EGUPV ÀU à RRUV SHOOHW VWRYH QHZ windows, bonus room. MLS #842650 $359,000
180O VIEW ON THE WEST SIDE Beautiful former church is now a lovely 2900 sq. ft. home in a peaceful garden. Large rooms, UHFHQW XSJUDGHV ZRRG Ă RRUV VRDULQJ ceilings & more. MLS #755758 $568,000
EXCEPTIONAL WATERFRONT ESTATE
Rare and beautiful - exquisite residence and carriage house on almost six acres of stunning grounds and 275’ of low-bank wft. MLS #777936 $3,950,000
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Adorable 3 bdrm, 2 bath home will charm with a few updates & is in a great spot not far from Burton beach! Has been a successful rental and is set up for two SDUWLHV D SHUIHFW FKRLFH IRU ÀUVW WLPH EX\HU RU LQYHVWRU MLS #801300 $209,000
AMAZING SOUND/MT. RAINIER VIEWS! Craftsman-inspired, spacious home needs your touch to restore its former grandeur. 4 bdrms, 2.5 baths, on 3.2 private acres, beach access. MLS #790216 $409,000
SUNNY, SECLUDED, DELIGHTFUL! Timeless home has 4 bdrms, 2.5 baths, big front porch, back deck w/hot tub. Two-car JDUDJH Z ODUJH XSSHU Ă RRU IRU RIĂ€FH RU living, 3.96 acres. MLS #813189 $550,000
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Stunning, custom designed, multi-level home on over nine acres with gorgeous views! Decks & level lawns give way to gardens and meadow with utter privacy. MLS #802719 $995,000
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(206) 388-9670
(206) 999-6470
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Crist Granum
Leslie Ferriel
(206) 419-3661
(206) 235-3731
VINTAGE CRAFTSMAN ON LOW-BANK WATERFRONT
ICONIC WEST SIDE FARMHOUSE!
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Jean Bosch
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(206) 919-5223
(206) 940-4244
SUNSHINE, LOVELY VIEWS, PEACE & QUIET - IT’S ALL HERE
SPACE, SUNSHINE AND PRIVACY
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BEAUTIFUL LAND - GREAT VALUE! /HYHO DQG UROOLQJ ODQG DFUHV 6XUYH\HG sunny home site. MLS #665433 $120,000
BEAUTIFUL, PRIVATE FORESTED ACREAGE DFUHV ZDWHU SRZHU VHSWLF IHDVLELOLW\ done, rustic cabin. MLS #841817 $160,000
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