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County announces plan to buy Mukai barreling plant Current owner to occupy Vashon Forest Stewards land By ANNELI FOGT Editor
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“Tales of Darkness: Darkness Illuminated” is a marionette show that tells three ghost stories from world lore. Pictured: Actor Jed Ward (left), islander and puppeteer assistant Emily Burns (middle) and island artist Monica Gripman (right), who dreamed up the show and felted the marionettes to give them life, run through scenes Sunday.
King County’s department of natural resources has an agreement to buy the Mukai barreling plant, and county officials hope the sale will be completed by the beginning of next year. However, the agreement contains many contingencies, including one that states the barreling plant’s current owner, islander Frank Zellerhoff Jr., will buy 5 acres of industrially zoned land west of Sawbones that is currently occupied by Vashon Forest Stewards (VFS). Christie True, director of King County’s Department of
Natural Resources and Parks, said that the agreement indicates the county will buy the barreling plant from Zellerhoff for $435,000 — $50,000 of which still needs to raised by island organization Friends of Mukai. The county will then surplus the 5 acres of land near Sawbones, which Zellerhoff will buy for $500,000. True said Zellerhoff and VFS will need to “work it out” in terms of whether both can occupy the space and said that the county will assist VFS in finding a new space, if necessary. Reached Monday, Zellerhoff said he does not want to displace anybody and has already offered to have VFS rent the 2.5 acres it already occupies from him when the sale goes through. SEE MUKAI, 18
‘Tales of Darkness’: Puppet show brings monsters, beasts to life this weekend Wildlife expert to speak about cougars Thursday
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In a more than 250-year-old warehouse on a rainy autumn evening just days before Halloween, a team of artists, musicians and actors are concocting entertainment fit for the season. “There’s a ghost story in the Japanese tale; Appalachia is the Boogeyman, and the Irish tale is a ghost story with a funny twist … classic Irish storytelling,” island artist Monica Gripman said about this weekend’s puppet show, “Darkness Illuminated: Tales of Darkness.” The show, which will be performed Friday and Saturday night at the Katherine L White Hall, is promised to be as spooky as it sounds. Through the use of handcrafted, lifelike marionettes — created by Northwest Puppet Center and given life by Gripman, who is known for her felted animal sculptures that many say have a lively soul — the show tells three folk tales from three different cul-
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Marionettes await their turn in the show that tells Japanese, Appalachian and Irish ghost stories. tures. The roughly 18 different puppets, which take the forms of humans of all shapes and sizes as well as life-size dogs, will be joined on the stage by masked and costumed actors and musicians. The show represents the kind of collaborative spirit islanders pride themselves in and, for Gripman, is the culmination of years of work. Gripman has been mak-
ing her unique felted sculptures that exude a mysterious, animate nature — for years. It all started when she bought a felting kit from the pharmacy to make her daughter a bunny rabbit — but did not give much thought to puppets until she was commissioned three or four years ago by an island man who wanted her to make a marionette for his grandson. Knowing nothing about the making of puppets, she partnered with Dmitri Carter of Northwest Puppet Center in Seattle. He made the puppet, while Gripman gave it a face, hands, feet, hair and clothing. “That was my first taste of how that all goes together,” Gripman said. “There was also the whole interaction with my felted sculptures and people coming up to me saying they would start having conversations (with the sculptures) expecting them to move. I figured I should make puppets.” SEE PUPPETS, 10
By SUSAN RIEMER Staff Writer
With at least one cougar visiting Vashon since summer and a black bear reported on the island recently, a wildlife expert is slated to speak Thursday evening and provide information on the large animals, their behavior and how to avoid conflicts with both. Brian Kertson, a carnivore research scientist with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), will deliver the presentation, “From Backyards to Mountaintops: Large Carnivore Ecology and Behavior in Western Washington’s Diverse Landscapes.” Kertson holds a doctorate in wildlife science from the University of Washington and has 17 years of research experience working with large carnivores, mostly focused on cougar ecology, behavior and management. Currently, his research is centered on whether cougar popu-
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Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Brian Kertson. lation characteristics influence the animals’ interactions with people along the western slope of the Cascades. He is speaking on the SEE COUGARS, 19
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Granny’s Attic completes fall grant cycle By SUSAN RIEMER Staff Writer
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The members of Granny’s Attic completed their fall granting cycle earlier this month and awarded $110,000 to local health-related programs. The grants ranged from $52,000 for Vashon Community Care to $3,000 for the Interfaith Council to Prevent Homelessness. These awards rounded out the grant year for the nonprofit thrift store, which also provided $100,000 in the spring to eight island agencies and programs. The newest grantee to receive Granny’s funds was Neighborcare Health, which began operating the long-time health center in September. The agency received $23,500, one of the largest grants awarded in this cycle; the funds will help with the purchase of an X-ray machine, according to Joseph Sparacio, Neighborcare’s chief development officer. The machine will cost approximately $125,000 and will be purchased with the $100,000 the state provided for the clinic effort and the Granny’s funds, he said. Sparacio noted the grant application, which requested $45,000, was completed before the community’s successful clinic fundraising campaign was underway. While islanders’ donations exceeded the fundraising goal, Neighborcare officials did not want to withdraw the request, he said, as some of the funds were promised as pledges, which do not always come through, and the agency had spent $200,000
out of its reserves on equipment for the clinic — not including the X-ray machine. Sparacio also expressed gratitude for the funds. “We are thrilled with any contribution,” he said. Granny’s Attic president Janet Kime noted that the store’s volunteers — who are sometimes called Grannies and vote on the grants to be awarded — were aware of the success of Neighborcare’s campaign, but wanted to fund at least part of the submitted grant. “It is clear the Grannies want to support the health center. We feel it is an important part of health care on the island,” she added. As has happened repeatedly, Vashon Community Care received the largest grant awarded — more than $50,000. Verna Everitt, the executive director of the Vashon Community Care Foundation, also expressed thanks for the funds. “It is such a larger amount that it is significant to my budget,” she said. “I am absolutely grateful.” With the $66,650 VCC received from Granny’s in the spring, the funds totalled one-fifth of the money she needed to raise this year, she said. “We have had a good year,” she added. “I think we will meet our goal.” The final grant of the largest three was $13,000 for The DoVE Project and will go toward supporting the work of the domestic violence agency’s Teen Council, a group of high school
students who are undergoing training to educate their peers about sexual health, relationships and other relevant issues. They will be peer eductors in the high school and will present to McMurray students in January. “It’s going to be awesome,” said DoVE Executive Director Betsey Archambault. “With this grant we will be able to touch every tween and teen at McMurray and Vashon High School.” Granny’s membership also funded some smaller requests, according to Tim Johnson, the store’s business manager, including $10,000 to fund the Vashon Senior’s Center medical transportation program, $8,500 for Sunrise Ridge Health Services’ improved helicopter landing pad and — in a sign of the times — $3,000 for the Interfaith Council to Prevent Homelessness for the purchase of medical marijuana. Emma Amiad, one of the leaders of the interfaith council, said medical marijuana has proven extremely helpful to people with neurological disorders, such as multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease, as well as for people with anxiety, which can manifest with other disorders and with aging. “We will use the money, not for homeless people, but for people struggling with mental or physical illness, as well as age-related anxiety,” Amiad said. Granny’s Attic will award funds again in the spring. Grant applications for that round will be due March 1.
County seeks input on human service needs on Vashon County officials will host a public meeting this Thursday, seeking input for the potential renewal of the Veterans and Human Services Levy. The levy, which expires next year, funds services for veterans as well as for broader human service needs, including preventing homelessness and reduc-
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Washington State Ferries officials, including the head of the ferry system, Lynne Griffith, will hold a public meeting on Vashon this evening in an effort to improve service on the triangle route. Ferry spokesman Brian Mannion said that the meeting will include focused brainstorming and a full group question-and-answer session. The meeting is being held after a difficult summer of ferry travel, and officials are now conducting a “listening tour� in the communities the triangle route serves: Fauntleroy, Southworth and Vashon. The meeting will run from 6 to 7:30 p.m. tonight at McMurray Middle School.
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Islanders turn out to provide input on community plan Last week a crowd of more than 100 islanders turned attended a meeting to provide feedback on some elements of the Community Service Area Plan, currently being drafted. King County’s Bradley Clark has been working with a group of islanders to create the plan, and he led last Thursday’s meeting, which drew more than double the number of people expected. “I was really, really pleased with all the interest that was expressed,� he said afterward. In the course of the evening, those who attended discussed questions related to affordable housing and climate change. In particular, islanders were asked to weigh in on whether the county should “upzone� some or all of the non-commercial areas in town to allow for more multifamily housing, to decide if they would prefer that expansion of the town be east to west or north to south and if accessory dwelling units should be allowed. Regarding climate change, islanders were asked to provide some specific ideas about alternative energy and disaster preparedness specific to Vashon, particularly regarding the anticipated rise of sea level. All of the conversations happened in 10 small groups, and county officials are now reviewing and compiling the information, which will likely be completed in a few weeks. Once that process is done, Clark said they will post the plan, adjusted to reflect the feedback, on the website, kingcounty.gov/permits. People who are interested in the progress of the plan can contact Clark at 477-2449 or Bradley.clark@kingcounty.gov to be put on the email list. Another public meeting is slated for March.
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King County homeowners facing foreclosure of their homes because of delinquent property taxes may benefit from a program implemented this month that allows for partial payments, which previously have not been accepted. In June, the King County Council voted to create such a system, which is being implemented as a three-year pilot program. Currently, the focus is on homeowners most in need of payment alternatives — those who are three years behind in their property tax payments and thus headed for property tax foreclosure. With this program, they will be able to make payments over a period of 12 months. Additionally, those facing foreclosure had to pay their entire outstanding property tax balance to avoid losing their homes — and that has now changed, said King County’s Property Tax Supervisor Mark Thompson. “One of the benefits of the partial payment pro-
gram is that it enables taxpayers to first pay off the oldest year (of outstanding taxes), as opposed to all the years,� he said. The county launched the program on Oct. 3, and Thompson said that in July, treasury officials notified about 250 homeowners throughout the county about the upcoming program and received responses from 14 homeowners, including two from Vashon. Currently, county staff are working to ensure that those who responded are qualified for the program. Thompson, noting the low participation rate, said that when the program was made available to this group of taxpayers, the 2016 foreclosure process was already underway, and many had pursued other options to pay their taxes. Going forward, he added, he expects the numbers to increase. “We hope to see greater participation when we send an early notice in November 2016 ... to homeowners facing 2017 property tax foreclosure,� he said. The timing of that mailing will reach the affected homeowners months before they receive their 2017 property tax bill and notice of 2017 foreclosure action. Additionally, Thompson
and a $15 monthly processing fee. It is possible that some funds may be available to offset those fees in the future, but Thompson said none are available at this time. King County officials opted to have a third party, Evergreen Notes Servicing, provide the processing of payments. This company also provides similar services for the Pierce County partial payment program and charges the same amount in that area. County information indicates that the program has the potential to help many people; of the nearly 700,000 property tax accounts throughout King County, about 10,000 have delinquent prior year taxes, and approximately 9,000 of those have homes on them. McDermott, who represents Vashon, sponsored the legislation, and in a statement when it passed, he noted that the threat of foreclosure is very stressful for families — and affects the county as well. “This pilot approach will help to minimize impacts on cash flow for the county while we assess participation rates and the value of implementing the program,� he said at the time.
noted that property tax payments are due each year on April 30 and Oct. 31, and typically around those dates, the number of taxpayers inquiring about a partial payment option increases. “It is our hope that the monthly payment alternative is a viable solution for these callers inquiring about delinquent year payment options,� he added. Program materials also indicated that in addition to higher particiption planned for next year, by 2018, the partial payment option is expected to be fully available to all taxpayers with prior-year delinquencies. When the council voted to create this program, Councilmember Joe McDermott noted its purpose was to help those acting in good faith catch up on their taxes, prevent homelessness and help address housing affordability. However, those close to the program say there are legal and financial requirements that may limit participation, even though they are planning for robust growth. Some of those challenges include that state law requires property owners to have paid their current year taxes and that they pay interest, a $75 setup fee
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Granny’s grants support range of medical needs Granny’s Attic has awarded $110,000 to island healthrelated organizations, but among the grants for Vashon Community Care and the newly opened Neighborcare Health clinic was $3,000 for the Interfaith Council to Prevent Homelessness. The reason for the funds? Medical marijuana. Just over two months ago, Vashon’s only medical marijuana dispensary closed its doors due to a change in state law that essentially combined medical and recreational marijuana sales One of the “real values” of and required medical the Interfaith Council is its dispensaries to abide by same stringent rules ability to do unconventional the and regulations imposed things. on recreational stores. With the state offering only a few hundred permits, most medical dispensaries in Washington closed their doors. The closure of the island dispensary caused many to wonder what would happen to the island population of those dealing with physical and mental illnesses who relied on medical marijuana to help them cope. The Interfaith Council took a step to answer that question and provide funding for medical marijuana, something other nonprofits cannot do because of the federal government’s regulation of marijuana. Organizations that would normally address the needs of underserved and needy island populations, such as Vashon Youth & Family Services, cannot touch the subject of medical marijuana because they receive federal funding (Medicare). The Interfaith Council does not. Janet Kime, Granny’s Attic board president, said that the grannies have a long history with the council and while the request was out of the ordinary, it was approved after a Granny’s Attic member stepped up and talked about how medical marijuana has helped her. “It’s in such an odd position because of federal regulations,” Kime said. “This seemed to be a good workaround. It was a first for us.” She continued to say that one of the “real values” of the Interfaith Council is its ability to do unconventional things. Vashon has dozens of nonprofit organizations that address a whole host of issues, and the Granny’s Attic grant program offers a glimpse into the small part of those nonprofits that deal with health. From the conventional — the new Neighborcare Health clinic — to the unconventional, the grants help support the well-being of island residents by providing funding where traditional means fall short.
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You probably haven’t noticed, but grains can grow here in Western Washington I grew up on a 40-acre farm in New York State where my family grew 20 different crops for fresh market. It was a love-hate relationship for me. I loved being outside and watching the plants grow from tiny seedlings to sturdy plants that produced bushels of food. Waking up to the sounds of the Johnny Popper tractor and the steel wheels of the antique potato digger churning was where the hate came in. I probably didn’t think much about a lot of things back then, but I can say with certainty I didn’t think anything about grains. There are a lot grown in New York, but I honestly never noticed. Grains in Western Washington are like that too. They go unnoticed and don’t cause traffic accidents from people haphazardly pulling their cars over to admire and photograph. With over 80 crops grown in the Western Washington region, most people don’t realize that wheat and barley are even on the list. I often wonder about Eastern Washington, where over 2 million acres of wheat are grown, and it dominates the landscape. Does it, too, go unnoticed simply because there is so much of it? Does anyone wonder where all that wheat goes and what becomes of it? Which leads to the question, why do we even bother growing grains here when there are 2 million acres of it on the east side, not to mention the other 50 million acres grown in other parts of the country? The answer is because we can. Western Washington is actually an ideal place to grow grains. We’ve just let the commodity market lead us to believe otherwise. We average
FOOD & FARMS By KIM BINCZEWSKI three times the yield of other areas that are known for grain, and the flavors are tremendous due to our soils and maritime climate. Not to say that grains will ever replace the more lucrative crops, such as specialty potatoes, tulips or heirloom tomatoes, but they can work together in a rotation system to help rebuild the soil and break pest and disease cycles. We can’t compete with Eastern Washington. Why would we want to? What we can do is grow unique grains that fit into a unique system. The Washington State University Bread Lab program in Burlington contributes to this type of thinking by using classical plant breeding techniques to develop grain varieties that are suitable for our climate, more nutritious and more flavorful. These improved varieties provide benefits to the farmer, the processor and the consumer by not only being profitable, but also being accessible, nutritious and affordable. The fact that grains can also add to our local economy is a bonus, one we are only now beginning to realize. Barley becomes malt, which is made into beer. Wheat becomes flour, which is made into bread, pizza, noodles and pastries. Keeping these things here adds
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Be safe during hunting season On Oct. 15 at 10:30 a.m., two gun shots were heard and two camo-clad men were dragging two deer in my neighbor’s yard on the Burton Peninsula approximately 100 yards from my house. The deer were shot at very close range and dragged to my neighbor’s driveway where the two men put it into a truck. The sheriff’s deputies told me the car was registered in Graham. My neighbor said he gave his OK to the men when
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value; it adds jobs. Growing grains isn’t complicated, and it needn’t be limited to half-million acre swaths. Anyone can grow them. Farmers of any size, home gardeners, schools, even small grass patches next to sidewalks can be converted to wheat or barley. Grain can easily be planted on a small scale by hand, or with a broadcast spreader in October for winter varieties or April for spring varieties. You can plant grain as a cover crop to protect and improve soil quality, or if you really want some fun, harvest the seed and mill it yourself. (Be careful if you choose this option. Once you discover fresh milling you could very well become a different person that your friends and family may find annoying. Not that I am speaking from experience). Grains and pseudograins such as buckwheat are incredibly beautiful. Once you grow one plant, one row or one field, you will find it calls to you to stop and admire. I go back to New York every summer to visit my parents, who are still farming at the age of 74. I drive by many fields of wheat. They seem to be everywhere and always have been. I make a point to stop on the side of the road for a moment to admire and take a picture. Maybe someone driving by will wonder why I am pulled over, then will notice the grains. After that, the possibilities are endless.
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By Washington State Ferries’ (WSF) own admission, the triangle route is its most difficult to manage. Our humble little ferry run is WSF’s problem child, primarily because keeping it on schedule is an elusive task. Now, take note of the following statement: WSF hates nothing more than falling behind schedule. Here’s a list of things that WSF hates less: leaving ticketed cars on the dock while departing ferries have room for more, long lines of cars on Fauntleroy Avenue and the ire of ferry riders who plead for changes. Why does WSF want so badly to stay on time? It conducts its business under the close scrutiny of the state legislature, which takes a very dim view of off-schedule systems. WSF, including the staff on the boats and docks, can incur very real penalties if they are behind schedule. This is at the very heart of the dissonance between what WSF wants and what we, its customers, want. We want to fill those boats to the brim, so we can get to work, and especially to go home, as quickly as possible. What WSF wants, more than anything, is a nice, new schedule they can easily meet, by eliminating several departures. The only remedy to the inefficiencies of the triangle route is to dramatically ease the bottleneck at the Fauntleroy dock. We must insist that WSF get pre-ticketed cars onto the dock much more quickly and efficiently. WSF planned to make some of those changes last spring and made a mess of it. Come to the meeting tonight, Oct. 26, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at McMurray to oppose schedule cuts.
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town border in the recent planning effort caught my attention. Affordable housing is one of the important objectives of this planning. To achieve this objective, there is an option to expand the town boundary out into 100 acres of land into the critical aquifer recharge area, now zoned rural, and allow greater density. Accompanying the expanded border, a proposed special district overlay would allow developers to build to much higher density — up to 48 units per acre under certain scenarios — if they included a few affordable units. The old plan allowed for 12 units per acre within the town. Our public and private wells are all dependent on rain percolating down to recharge the island aquifers. The protection of these aquifers is fundamental to our whole community and its future. Our rural zoning was intended to protect the island’s rural nature, but even more importantly, the island’s aquifer recharge capability. In my view, it is important not to change the rural zoning without proving that the island’s water recharge capability will be protected with equal or better certainty. Technically, such proof is difficult. As a result, extreme caution is warranted. The reality is that a greater supply of land and density does not deliver affordability. Quite the opposite. Other tools are necessary. These include public subsidies, private partnerships with public entities and nonprofits, a development process with simpler rules and requirements and good enforcement.
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Some increase in density within the existing town boundary may be advisable if these other tools are actually implemented. Let’s take the town expansion option off the table.
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Vote ‘yes’ on I-732 to make sustainable choices easy It was great to read Randy Smith’s commentary in support of I-732 (“For the birds: Vote ‘yes’ on I-732, tax emissions,� Oct. 12). I’m writing from Copenhagen, Denmark, where I am currently doing research toward my Master of Arts in urban planning from the University of Washington. Denmark has per capita carbon emissions that are roughly half of what we have in the USA. They are nice folks, and they live very well, but they are not naturally saints. They just figure out the cheapest and easiest way to do things, and their government has helped make it so the cheap and easy choices are the most sustainable ones too. Our government has made the most wasteful and harmful behavior the cheapest and most convenient, and it’s having awful consequences. I-732 is our chance to change course and to set an example for the rest of the country. I can’t wait to vote yes on I-732 this year. — Ian Crozier
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ONGOING Limited Deer Hunt: Two hundred acres of Island Center Forest are closed to all but licensed hunters through Oct. 31 for the county’s annual limited deer hunt. The 140acre Natural Area, near Mukai and Meadowdale ponds, will remain open for recreational use during this time.
WEDNESDAY • 26 Advance Care Planning: Honoring Choices Vashon will provide information on selecting an effective health care agent — someone who would speak for you and ensure your values, beliefs and wishes were respected and followed if you were in an accident or became ill and could not speak for yourself. Assistance will also be given to those who wish to complete written, advance care directives in accordance with Washington State law. 10:30 a.m. at the Vashon Library. Ferry Service Meeting: WSF’s Chief Lynne Griffith and other officials will be on hand to meet with the community, hear its concerns and understand its priorities regarding ferry service on the Vashon-Fauntleroy-Southworth route. 6 to 7:30 p.m. at McMurray Middle School. Digital Citizenship: The Vashon Alliance to Reduce Substance Abuse brings Jo Langford, sex educator, therapist and parent, back to Vashon to discuss digital citizenship with parents or caregivers of teens and tweens. Langford will cover teen behavior and the risks and benefits of online life, as well as why and when it is important to have conversations with your children about online safety, guidelines and social media dynamics. Parents and caregivers will gain information, tips and tools to navigate these conversations effectively and with confidence. The event is free. 7 to 9 p.m. at Vashon High School.
THURSDAY • 27 Veteran and Human Services Community Conversation: Representatives from the King County Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) will be on the island to collect input from islanders about how the Veterans and Human Services Levy —due to be renewed next year — can best serve residents. The levy has been used to fund services for veterans as well as non-veterans in need in the broader community. All interested island residents are encouraged to attend. For more information and to register (not required), see tinyurl. com/jz35dbm. 3 to 5 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road. Radical Robots: Attendees will meet Kibo the robot, learn how to develop programs and complete
challenges while discovering the world of robotics and basic program design. To register, see kcls.org or call 463-2069. 4 p.m. at the Vashon Library. BCC Lecture Series: Burton Community Church presents a new weekly lecture-discussion series titled “Earth’s Changing Climate.” This six-week series features lectures via DVD by physics professor Richard Wolfson of Middlebury College. The lectures are free, and all who care about or are interested in climate change are encouraged to attend. This week’s titles are “The Human Factor” and “Computing the Future.” For more information, contact Kathy Ostrom at 408-7442. 4 to 6 p.m. in Lewis Hall behind Burton Community Church. Drop-In Life Drawing: Uninstructed studio time will be available for artists of all skill levels and experience. Sessions will include a live model in both short and medium poses, benches, boards and lights. Attendees must bring their own drawing or painting materials. No registration required. 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. every second and fourth Thursday (except Thanksgiving) at the Vashon Grange Hall, 10365 Cowan Rd.
FRIDAY • 28 Take-A-Senior-To-Lunch Day: The 28th of every month on Vashon is take-a-senior-to-lunch day. Those who take part will receive 10 percent off the bill at these participating restaurants: Cafe Luna, Green Ginger, The Hardware Store Restaurant, Zombiez, Pure, Saucy Sisters and Subway. For more information, call Dorothy Bauer at 707-4696. Health Insurance/Health Care Services Counseling: Trained volunteers from the state Insurance Commissioners office will be on hand to offer counseling services about private health insurance, Medicare and other government programs, prescription drugs and other health-care related topics. All are welcome. 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road. Homecoming Community Dinner: The community is invited to attend a dinner hosted by Vashon High School as part of its Homecoming Week festivities. Tickets cost $10 for adults, $7 for students with ASB cards and $5 for kids age 10 and younger and are to be purchased at the door. VHS’ Homecoming football game will follow the dinner. 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the VHS lunchroom and courtyard. Drama Dock Auditions: Auditions will be held for parts in Jeanie Okimoto’s “The Reinvention of Albert Paugh.” Chaim Rosemarin will direct the production and is looking to fill roles with seven men and seven women, ranging in age from mid-30s to 90 years old, and one 10 year-old boy. Scripts are available
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from the Drama Dock file at Cafe Luna or by calling Trudy Rosemarin at 567-4172 or 300- 5359. The performance will take place in early February. 7 p.m. at the Ober Park performance room.
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SATURDAY • 29 Farmers Market: All are invited to bring the kids for trick-or-treating and a costume contest with prizes. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Village Green. Inexpensive Pet Vaccination and Microchip Clinic: Good Neighbor Vet will be on the island to offer low-cost vaccines, microchips, heartworm and fecal tests, flea control, de-worming and health certificates for domestic travel. For more information, see goodneighborvet.com. 10:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. at Island Home Center & Lumber. Drama Dock Auditions: See Friday’s entry for details. 2 p.m. at the Ober Park performance room. Halloween at the Eagles: Island kids of all ages are invited to participate in a free maze from 4 to 6 p.m.; adults only are invited for a haunted Halloween music “spooktacular,” with live music from Heavy Nettle and The Four Horsemen. Entry is fee is $10, which includes chile bar, music, dancing and entry into the costume contest for those wearing them (prizes will be awarded). All proceeds will go to benefit the Backpack Pantry. 7 p.m. at the Vashon Eagles.
SUNDAY • 30 Unitarian Service: A Unitarian guest from East Africa will talk about the sources of courage and support that were necessary for him to leave his family and culture in order to preserve his faith and convictions. Religious exploration and education is available for children and youth. 9:45 a.m. in Lewis Hall behind Burton Community Church. Drama Dock Auditions: See Friday’s entry for details. 2 p.m. at the Ober Park performance room.
MONDAY • 31 Senior Center Halloween Party: Guest chef Karen Armijo will prepare a special lunch —costumes are optional. The cost is a suggested donation of $4.50. Noon at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road. Halloween Storytelling: Merna Hecht will continue the spirit of trick-or-treat night with her “Outsmarting the Devil and Other Spine Tingling Tales” program. The stories are appropriate for ages 5 and older, though they increase in scariness as the evening progresses. 7 p.m. at the Vashon Bookshop.
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The Vashon Chamber of Commerce along with town merchants invite the community’s young and young at heart to trick-or-treat from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday in town. With the streets closed to vehicle traffic, Halloween revelers may trick-or-treat safely at participating businesses; enter costume contests at Zombiez and Hinge Gallery; have fun with the free photo booth at Hinge Gallery; have free, professional costume portraits taken by Marla Smith at Cafe Luna (from 4 to 7 p.m., and costumes are required); bust some thriller moves at Snapdragon’s dance party or wander the spooky hallway between Herban Bloom and Heron’s Nest. The Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road will also be open for trick-or-treating and will have hot dogs, loaded baked potatoes and hot drinks available for purchase for those who need to refuel during the event. For detour and event information, see vashonchamber.com.
TUESDAY • 1 Screenagers: Harbor School will host a free, second island showing of this documentary about family struggles over social media, video games, academics and internet addiction. Brain scientists and other experts offer insights on empowering kids to best navigate the digital world. All are welcome. 6:30 p.m. at Harbor School.
CLASSES & WORKSHOPS Quartermaster Yacht Club Tech Talk: The yacht club begins a series of free boating and marine tips, tricks and safety talks with a workshop on the free OpenCPN chart plotter application/software. All that’s needed is a laptop or tablet computer and a $30 GPS antenna. The free program will show boat position superimposed on the marine chart, as well as tide, current, navigation aid and anchoring information. Kevin Jones, Rick Oppegaard and Perry Hansen will go over the program’s capabilities, offer tricks and tips for using the system and show attendees how to download the software and charts onto their personal computers (which should be brought to the workshop). 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26, at the Vashon Library. Bicycle Maintenance Clinic with Spider: This is a free, open-forum clinic. For more information and to register, see spidersportsvashon. com/bicycle-clinics. 7 to 8 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 26, at Spider’s Ski & Sports. Radiant Relationship Couples Retreat: Veronica Fernmoss and Baruch Roter will lead this retreat for couples interested in strengthening their emotional, energetic, spiritual, sensual and sexual connections. Attendees will learn and practice essential concepts and tools for deep, sweet and fulfilling relationships. The cost is $360 per couple. For more information and to register, see OneLoveAwakening.com. 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30. Location information provided upon registration. Medicare Workshops: Islander LeeAnn Brown, a financial planner and independent insurance broker, will hold Medicare workshops throughout the upcoming enrollment period. For more information, call Brown at 567-4600. 10 a.m. Sat-
urday, Oct. 29, at Vashon Island Fire & Rescue (VIFR); 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2 and Saturday, Nov. 19, at the Vashon Eagles and Thursday, Nov. 10, at VIFR. Bicycle Commuting Clinic with Charlie Pieterick: This free clinic is for anyone interested in commuting by bicycle. For more information and to register, see spidersportsvashon. com/bicycle-clinics. 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2, at Spider’s Ski & Sports. Solstice Lanterns: Potter Liz Lewis will teach adults, teens and kids (children under 8 need to attend with someone older) to design and make house-style candle lanterns to brighten the darker days ahead. The cost is $30 ($25 for Vashon Center for the Arts members) plus $5 for materials. For more information and to register, see vashoncenterforthearts. org. 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, at Lewis’ studio, 12714 Cemetery Rd.
VASHON THEATRE The Magnificent Seven: Ends Oct. 27. Snowden: Plays Oct. 28 through Nov. 3. Frankenstein (National Theatre Live Encore): Oct. 30. See vashontheatre.com for show times or call 463-3232.
PUBLIC MEETINGS Vashon Island School District: 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, at Chautauqua Elementary School.
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SCENE & HEARD: HONORING SENIORS The Vashon High School girls’ soccer team celebrated Senior Night — and its eight graduating seniors — last Thursday. As part of the celebration, island bagpiper Adri Yarkin played about 10 tunes. Yarkin, a junior, was invited by head coach and Scotsman Alan Zoltie, who had previously indicated he would sport a kilt the day of the game — but declined, citing the chilly temperatures. Yarkin has played the bagpipes since fifth grade and said she was drawn to them because she loves how they sound. “I have wanted to play them since I can first remember,” she said, recalling that she knew by age 5 she wanted to play. Now in the Northwest Junior Pipe Band, Yarkin traveled last year to the World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow, where the group came in sixth in the novice juvenile category. At the game, she played a medley from that competition. Despite having played on the world stage, Yarkin said she had not performed at a sporting event before. “This is a first-time thing, actually. It was great,” she said. The team won the game, defeating their Charles Wright rivals. Mike Riggs Photo
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7-9pm October 28th Root soup, bread and hot cider ZYDECO MUSIC BY LADY GATOR & THE SWAMP GUISE PLEASE FEEL FREE TO BRING YOUR OWN GOURD CARVINGS TO ADD TO THE ROASTERIE’S FRONT PORCH …THANK YOU. EVA “Winter celebrations have been with us for thousands of years. People from where the day’s light grows short for the winter season used the “fire’s light” to tell stories of birth and life and to share with family and friends the food gathered throughout the year. This is our celebration of fire and light expressed thru the artistic gourd carvings that adorn The Roasterie’s front porch each year at winter’s low light.
Vashon’s Halloween In the early part of the 20th Century, Halloween was a local neighborhood celebration on Vashon. Trick-or-Treating was largely just among neighbors. After the Second World War, Halloween began to be celebrated more widely and in 1947, Vashon held its first Halloween parade and had a Vashon Theatre Party following the parade. Beginning in the late 1970s Ellisport featured the eerie sound effects and ghostly howls provided by Bob and Lorna Estes as Trick-or-Treaters flooded the streets of the community, going door to door. The 1970s and 1980s saw Vashon Allied Arts sponsor the annual Halloween Costume Ball at the Blue Heron featuring Ron Hook and Subconscious Population, which became a fabulous place to experience costumed Vashon until the event ended in 1983. Vashon Town began the tradition of closing off the main road and of merchants providing treats to the costumed Trick-or-Treaters in the mid-1990s, which still continues today. In 2010 the Roasterie and Minglement began the annual tradition of the Roots, Gourds, and Lights Display at Center for Halloween, which continues again this year with the Vashon High School Football team hollowing out pumpkins for carvers to express themselves in a festival of lights. So, this year be ready to don your favorite Halloween costume, bundle up (it could be cold – in 1991 there was snow), stop by Center to see the carved pumpkins, and come to Vashon Town to walk the streets, gather candy from the merchants, and celebrate another Halloween.
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The Open Space for Arts & Community’s Lit Lounge storytelling event returns on Sunday, Nov. 6, with the theme Tandem. From stories about bicycles built for two to overlapping stories, duos of all kinds are welcome. People who bring a story will drop their name in a hat at the door when they enter, and names will be drawn as the event unfolds. Those who have their name drawn will come to tell a story for no longer than five minutes. Between 10 to 12 names will be drawn. At past Lit Lounge events, stories have ranged from the poignant to the outrageous. Tales of truth (or at least a kernel of it) are invited. Lit Lounge is a space that is intimate and safe, where storytellers are free to share and not be judged. Doors Open at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6. The event begins at 4 p.m. Admission is $10, and tickets are available at Vashon Bookshop, brownpapertickets. com and at the door. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. All ages are welcome, but the event is not intended for children. Stories may include mature language or themes.
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ARTS & HUMANITIES: The second of Vashon Center for the Arts’ five Arts and Humanities lectures will be given at 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6. KEXP DJ Greg Vandy will speak about folk music icon Woody Guthrie, who, in 1941, was commissioned by the government to promote the benefits of hydroelectric power, irrigation and Washington’s Grand Coulee Dam. His lecture will explore the unusual partnership.
Coffee is widely known to be fertilizer for the creative process, and it was over a cup o’ joe that singersongwriter Kat Eggleston and director-producer Charlotte Tiencken hatched the idea that spawned “The Cyclone Line.” When Tiencken and Eggleston met that morning in March 2016, the subject was Kat’s dad, Al Eggleston, the inspiration for a few of Kat’s best songs about America’s Depressionera Dust Bowl. The light bulb went off again that afternoon. Actually, it was more like the starting gun for a race to get Al’s story of life as a child in the Dust Bowl down on paper and ready for the stage. That race will cross the finish line Friday, Nov. 4, on the stage of the Katherine L White Hall when “The Cyclone Line” has its world premiere. A second performance happens Saturday, Nov. 5, same time, same place. Watching the growth of this story as its stage manager has been a profound opportunity to explore a little known, and largely ignored, period of American history. As Eggleston puts it in her script, “In school, there seemed to be loads of other dry facts that were thrown at us, but nothing about The Dust Bowl, the so-called ‘Dirty Thirties’ with their thick, black rolling clouds that brought dust pneumonia and blew the crops
away. We learned very little about the Great Depression as a whole ... Maybe a kind of social amnesia had set in since then.” While history all but ignored The Dust Bowl, author George Steinbeck illuminated it in “Grapes of Wrath,” and Seattleite Tim Egan more recently detailed its causes and impacts in his book “The Worst Hard Time.” For Eggleston’s play, the title is derived from the loosely strung telephone lines that carried vital weather information along a barbed wire party line during the horrible years of The Dust Bowl. This so-called “cyclone line” also carried the voices of families living through the nightmare of black clouds carrying dust. Eggleston grew up with a front row seat to a child’s-eye view of life during this worst of America’s human-made disasters. Her play is personal as she recreates kitchen table talks with her dad from his childhood through old age in an Alzheimer’s patient facility. Both writer and director agreed immediately on their choice of actor to play Al through his ages. Seattle thespian Brian Gunter (Woody Guthrie in “East Towards Home,” winner of The Bay Area Critics Circle Award) accepted their enthusiastic invitation and delivers a moving performance as Al the kid, the artist and the old man — perpetually curious about all that life holds. Anna Martinsen enhances Al’s character throughout with costumes that cue the time. “Isn’t that amazing!” was Al’s favorite phrase, and that spirit saved him from the despair that ruined so many in the “Dirty Thirties.”
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Kat Eggleston talks to the spirit of her father Al Eggleston (Brian Gunter) in her play “The Cyclone Line.” While Al’s tales are personal, the stories are universal to all who endured the horror that greed inflicted on the land and the people of Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas in the 1930s. Eggleston does Al’s stories proud in dialogue and most eloquently in her original music written for this play. There is no way to listen to “Rain,” “Africa” or “The Days” without a catch in the throat, for tears or a laugh. Island musician Mark Graham will back up Eggleston’s songs and add to the play’s score. Under Tiencken’s sensitive direc-
tion, Al has come to life and made it possible to taste dirty, dry shame along with the triumph of human spirit through the most unspeakable of experiences. All this occurs in one intimate 90-minute visit with a remarkable man and his gifted daughter. Kat Eggleston’s “The Cyclone Line” plays at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 4 and 5, in the Katherine L White Hall. Tickets can be purchased at vashoncenterforthearts.org and at the door if it’s not sold out.
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Head to the golf club for sweet swing tunes Islanders are invited to enjoy some happy hour cheer at the Vashon Golf & Swim Club’s Greenside Grill Restaurant on Thursday. Radiator Charlie’s Mortgage Lifters will be serving up some sweet swing tunes from the 1920s, 30s and 40s with a few more modern ditties to get listeners’ feet tapping and ice clinking. Radiator Charlie’s Mortgage Lifters are Kim Thal, Robert Hinrix, Johnny Calcagno and Tony Mates. They play fiddle, guitar, ukulele, mandolin and upright bass, and all of them sing as well. The Lifters will play from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the club.
With Carter’s guidance, a $6,500 Arts Projects grant from 4Culture — King County’s cultural services organization — and a fearless attitude, she began work on the puppets that would become part of the “Darkness Illuminated” cast. It was a collaboration from the beginning with Carter doing the structure of the puppet and Gripman taking over to add hands, feet, faces, hair and clothing. “I just decided to give it a shot and say, ‘Here we go,’” Gripman said. “It is an experiment. A lot of people are doing this stuff for the first time ever. We’re jumping in, and we’re going to see what we make.” While learning new things through the making of the puppets, Gripman went back to what she knew when coming up with the show’s storyline. “Two of the three stories (in ‘Darkness Illuminated’) were bedtime stories from my childhood,” she said. “That’s right, bedtime stories. My mother wasn’t very discerning with the stories she told before bed. One of them gave me nightmares well into my 20s.”
She said her mother would talk about the ghosts she experienced as a young woman growing up in Japan, family ghost stories that were told and retold through generations. “This one that I chose is particularly terrifying. It stuck out to me,” she said. The Appalachian boogeyman story also comes from her childhood. Gripman said that, growing up in Virginia, the story was a classic known by everyone. As for the Irish story, it’s one she found that is similar to another childhood story. “I wanted to do projects around these stories for a long time, but nothing ever quite fit,” she said. “I realized puppets would be the perfect medium.” Any more details about the stories would spoil the show, but a post on Gripman’s company Facebook page, Fable Collections, tells audience members to “expect monsters and beasts to come to life as each grisly saga unfolds.” Involved in the telling of the saga are island musicians Chai St. Marie, Jon Whalen, John Browne and Craig Sutherland; actors and puppeteers Jyl Brewer, Sandra Cooper, Bernadette LaCarte, Nicole Meoli, Pablo Paeni and many others, including islander Emily Burns, who is a puppeteer assistant and has been hard at work
for months creating the feet and paws of the lifelike puppets. “I’ve had women I’ve spent a lot of time with and know really well start telling me of their own stories about their interactions with these creatures. They create this storytelling ability in your own mind,” Burns said. “They come to life through eyes, movement, gestures; inanimate objects become very much their own.” And that ability for the puppets to come to life is what is going to make this weekend’s show something so different. “It’s a fantastical experience. It comes through in movies like ‘Labyrinth’ or the Muppets where you have these interactions (between humans and puppets), but this show is for a mature audience. It’s not limiting itself to genre of a child. It doesn’t just pander to one demographic; it’s very much an adult experience,” Burns said.
“Darkness Illuminated: Tales of Darkness” will premiere at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28, at the Katherine L White Hall. A second showing will be at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29. Tickets are at vashoncenterforthearts.org and are $16 for VCA members and students, $18 for seniors and $20 general admission.
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Endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales from J and K pods — with one member of L pod — were spotted off Vashon on Thursday, according to Ann Stateler, coordinator of the Vashon Hydrophone Project. She said she believes that all members of both pods were present: a total of 48 whales. Photos and reports began coming in from those watching at Point Robinson, including a photo of Sequim (K12) breeching taken by island photographer Marla Smith (above). Stateler said the whale sightings were the first Vashon encounter of the season. She continued to say the whales were most likely searching for chum salmon, but likely didn’t find what they were looking for since they turned back so quickly. “There were multiple breeches in response to a cargo ship that came through the East Passage and created a large wake. They get excited about those and seemed to be responding to that,” she said. Islanders who see orcas or any stranded marine animal — seals, dolphins, whales, etc. — should contact Stateler at 463-9041 or email vashonorcas@aol.com.
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Two junior boats take on Head of the Charles Boys’ quad places 11th of 27 boats By ANNE HIGUERA For The Beachcomber
Vashon Island Rowing Club’s juniors were divided last weekend with some at a regatta on the East coast and others traveling internationally. The team was also larger than usual with the addition of members from a visiting German rowing team. Despite the distance and logistics, the team brought home a number of medals and placed well in a national event on Sunday. A women’s youth eight boat and men’s youth coxed quad were invited to the prestigious Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston, Massachusetts, where the 52nd annual race was held on the Charles River — which was buffeted by high winds and rain on Sunday when each of Vashon’s races took place. Despite the challenging gale conditions on the water, the men’s boat placed 11th in a field of 27 boats on the three-mile course. Most impressively, they placed well despite being a mostly lightweight boat in an open weight race. The men’s boat included David Nguyen, Seth Rosen, Beckett Reid and Cooper Py, with Coxswain Lucca
Shattuck. The women’s eight, coxed by Josie Slade, placed in the middle of the field of 85 boats, in 45th place. “Great job by our two coxswains, Lucca and Josie, who steered really well in tough conditions on one of the most famous courses in the world,” Vashon’s head coach Richard Parr said. Junior rowers invited to compete do so in the midst of masters, collegiate and national teams. “Our launching area was the same one used by this year’s Olympians, so it was great for the Vashon crews to meet and be in really close proximity with the best rowers in the world,” Parr said. The Head of the Charles this year included more than 11,000 entries from around the world, and spectators numbering in the thousands lined the river to see the race. Clubs whose entries place high enough are invited back the following year to race in the same category, though the balance of spots is determined by lottery. The men’s coxed quad received an automatic invite for 2017 based on their standing this year. With one-third of the team in Boston, the rest of the VIRC junior rowers competed in Victoria, British Columbia, at the Head of the Gorge and Tail of the Gorge races, spon-
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boats over the weekend. “This is a great opportunity to broaden their horizons athletically and culturally,” Hannes Heppner, Berliner Ruder-Club Aegir coach said. “It is great the way that rowing can connect people from around the world.”
The Vashon High School Pirates played two conference games last week, resulting in their first win and another loss. They beat Chimacum at home, 55-35, and lost to Port Townsend in Port Townsend, 41-6. Vashon is now 1-7 for the 2016 football season. On Monday, Oct. 17, the Pirates dominated the Chimacum High School Cowboys at home: 55-35. The game was played on a cold and calm Monday evening after inclement weather and a closure of the Hood Canal Bridge led to a postponement of the previous Friday’s matchup. Despite a steady downpour of penalties against them, the Pirates triumphed over the visiting team. The victory was chiefly due to Bryce Hoisington, Vashon’s star running back, who shared quarterback duties in this game with his brother, Connor. The Pirates led the Cowboys in scoring for the entire game. Bryce broke away on the first play of the game for a Vashon touchdown. This was the first of the Pirates’ eight
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VIRC assistant coach Tom Kicinski agreed. “I’ve been very impressed with how the two clubs have come together as rowers and athletes in general,� he said. The 3,800-meter Head of the Gorge was held Saturday, and the race is known for having one of the most unusual starts to any regatta in the world. That’s because the Head and Tail races are held on opposite ends of the Gorge Waterway, which is a tidal river dividing the city of Victoria. To reach the start of the Head of the Gorge, rowers must make it upstream through rapids caused by the incoming tide at a narrow bridge without crashing into rocks on the side. A coach familiar with the rapids calls out commands from the bridge to rowers so that they can position themselves in the rapids in such a way that they can make it safely through. It’s difficult enough that some boats try multiple times to make it up and are finally disqualified. All of the VIRC boats made it up the rapids without incident, and three medaled on Saturday. The women’s eight came in first with a time of 15:21.95. Rowers Olivia White, Ivy Jaguzny, Kate Lande, Tiffany Huestis, Emma Greenlee, Sam Zeigler, Mabel Moses and Maya Gould were coxed by Hayden Rosen. The junior men’s eight won a bronze
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medal, as did the junior women four. Each included rowers from the German team, and the women’s four included Berlin coxswain Helene Aign, along with rowers Pippa Slade, Maria Abe, Lucie Hartfiel and Ava Lorentzen. That boat also had the distinction of being rigged as a “fuad� — a combination of a four and a quad, with two seats having two oars and two seats with a single oar. The unusual rigging was due to a lack of enough sculling rigs, but worked just fine on the course. The Tail of the Gorge held on Sunday lacks all of the starting-line drama of its counterpart, but the same serene scenery, starting at the terminus of the tidal waterway and making its way 3,500 meters across mostly calm waters. Sunday’s sunny weather and light winds made it a great day for racing. Both silvers for the day were earned by boats that included both Vashon and Berlin rowers. The junior women’s quad and open novice women’s eight came in second in their respective races. The junior women’s eight earned bronze with an all-Vashon crew. “It’s difficult to gauge our success, as we are rowing against mostly Canadian teams, who we won’t see again during our regular season,� Kicinski said. “It’s great to see us out here being competitive and rowing at a high level.� VIRC’s next regatta is the Portland Fall Classic this weekend. — Anne Higuera is the parent of a VIRC junior rower.
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touchdowns, all scored by the Hoisington brothers. Several interceptions, most by Bryce and one by Will Hennessey, cut short the Cowboys’ possessions throughout the game. Chimacum’s quarterback, Cole Dotson, had a decent passing game, with successful completions to wide receiver Issac Purser for two touchdowns. Dotson was then taken out of the game with an injury in the fourth quarter. This victory at home for the Pirates was very welcome after a daunting season of consecutive defeats. On Friday, Oct. 21, Vashon faced much stiffer competition in an away game played against the Port Townsend High School Redhawks, losing 41-6. The field was quite muddy, which turned the white of Vashon’s awaygame jerseys into a dirty grey. Muddiest of all was Bryce Hoisington, who did most of the quarter-
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who was the leading rusher in the state last year. Offensively, as this year’s Vashon squad is young, they had trouble stopping Port Townsend’s pass rush. This defensive pressure also led to five pass interceptions by the Redhawks. The Port Townsend team also worked very well together on blocking for their running backs. Redhawk Detrius Kelsall was an especially potent rusher in the game, and the Pirates often had a difficult time bringing him down. While both teams did not have much success with their passing games, the Pirates’
single touchdown was the result of a beautiful 25-yard completion from quarterback Connor to his brother. Bryce slipped easily by a lineman, and Connor had time enough to let the ball fly. Bryce, running backward at the 10-yard line, caught the ball in the face of a charging Redhawk defender. A less experienced player might have been tackled before reaching the endzone, but Bryce ran backwards the remaining 10 yards, keeping his opponent away with a stiff-arm shove. This was a touchdown scored in fine style, with confidence, but without showboating. It was especially sweet for Vashon, as they put some points on the scoreboard after three scoreless quarters. Vashon will play their last home game of the season at 7 p.m. Friday, taking on local rivals Charles Wright Academy. All islanders are encouraged to come support the team.
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Boys’ tennis sends two to district tournament By PAT MULVIHILL For The Beachcomber
The 2016 boys’ tennis team got off to a great start this fall. After graduating 10 of the 12 players from last year’s team, there were only two returners, and it was questionable as to whether there would be enough players for a team. Instead, there was a large turnout of 19 new players joining the two returners. Most of the new players were freshmen or sophomores, so it was a really young team to start the season. The season began with the Pirates playing the same three very strong teams twice (always tough Charles Wright, senior-laden Cascade Christian and talented South Kitsap). Vashon was shut out the first time through these matches, but the second time around, the matches were closer and the team began winning a few individual matches. Vashon finally won a match 5-0 at Clover Park and then lost a heartbreaker at Fife 3-2. Vashon then won a close home match with Bush 3-2 before the rest of the schedule was rained out.
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During the regular season, the Pirates’ normal lineup was Wyatt Keppler and Towner Anderson playing singles, Mason Rice and Finley Oswald at doubles, Hank Rogers and JJ Bogaard at doubles and Cameron Bedard and Sam Profit at doubles. Also playing some nice tennis for the varsity when lineup changes were necessary were Malcolm Henry, Alex Hitchcock, Isaac Ajeto and Colin Pottinger. The league tournament was held on indoor courts at Sprinker Tennis Facility on Oct. 20, and Vashon sent six players: Keppler, Anderson, doubles Rice/Oswald and doubles Rogers/Bogaard. The boys rose to the occasion as Anderson eliminated Keppler, and Rice/Oswald eliminated Rogers/Bogaard. The winners finished in third and fourth place respectively and will move on to the district tournament Thursday. The tennis played at the league tournament validated the improvement this year’s team made in a short, rainy season. — Pat Mulvihill is head coach of the boys’ tennis team.
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Girls’ soccer shuts out rival Charles Wright By PARIS CRISPIN For The Beachcomber
On Thursday, Oct. 20, the Vashon Island High School girls’ soccer team won its last home game of the season against the Charles Wright Tarriers. Playing the rival team was a fitting last home game as the Pirates had suffered a painful loss at the last game against Charles Wright and weren’t about to let it happen again. The Pirates went out with high intensity, intent on winning their last home game for Senior Night. The Tarriers were under so much pressure that they could barely complete a pass. The night really took off when the scoring started. Senior Madison Brown kicked things off by stealing the ball from the Tarriers, dancing past the defense and blasting the ball past the goalie and into the back of the net. The beautiful shot was a great start to Senior Night. Soon after that, senior Lauren Jenks took the ball down the right side and crossed it in to senior Bailey Ormsby, who expertly finished it like she has been doing the entire season. But the Pirates were not done yet. Their next act came with a pass from Jenks and a left-footed shot from Dalia Aladin that lofted up and ducked just under the crossbar. Aladin struck again soon after that when another through ball from Jenks put Aladin one-on-one with the keeper. She slotted the ball calmly past the onrushing keeper to put the Pirates up 4-0 before half time. At half time, the Pirates walked into the locker room to discuss how to hold
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The girls' soccer team on Thursday night celebrated its seniors. onto their lead, and the crowd was entertained by Adri Yarkin and her bagpipe. Coach Alan Zoltie is from Scotland and asked Yarkin to perform for Senior Night. He and his accent are a huge part of why the team is so successful, and the girls love having him as a coach. The second half began, and the Tarriers came out much harder in the second half. Despite Charles Wright’s best efforts, nothing they did could compare to the efforts of the Pirates. VHS was dead set on winning and keeping a shut out. The next goal for the Pirates came from a cross by Aladin. She made a great run to the corner and whipped the ball across the face of the goal. Unfortunately for the Tarriers, the first person to be on the end of the cross was a Charles Wright player and a tip from her put the Pirates up 5-0. The Pirates defense did a good job
of keeping the Tarriers away from the goal. Not afraid of a little mud, Sydnee Adams rushed out at the Tarrier player and slid to grab the ball, keeping the shut out. The night finished with a score of 5-0, but it wasn’t over yet. As the game ended, a couple Pirates players rushed off to get everything to celebrate Senior Night. The seniors: Kat Andrus, Madison Brown, Maria Gilmour, Lauren Jenks, Aimee Olson, Bailey Ormbsy, Mira Peterson and Grace Riggs, really were senior queens with their crowns and flowers. There was cake and a lot of hugging. Even stoic Zoltie may or may not have shed a tear. The Pirates are so proud of all of their seniors. The Pirate girls lost their last regular season game Monday to Bellevue Christian, 2-0. — Paris Crispin is a member of the VHS girls’ soccer team.
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“It’s just if they will be able to pay the rent,” he said. VFS Director Dave Warren said Monday that the organization will likely have to relocate as the rent will be higher than the current county rate. VFS is meeting with True and other county officials on Nov. 2 to discuss the issue. “We’re hopeful,” Warren said. “We’re really hopeful something can be worked out.” Zellerhoff owns a small construction business, and The Beachcomber reported in 2013 that he had been in a dispute with King County over whether he could conduct his stumpgrinding business in a residential area on Cemetery Road. He bought the barreling plant for $270,000 in September of 2013, but, at the time, declined to give details to The Beachcomber on his plans for the 5,000-square-foot building. Reached Monday, he said he bought the building for his business as the plant is “technically zoned residential, but was grandfathered in as industrial.” It currently houses offices and batting cages for community baseball teams, as well as serves as storage space for a variety of tenants.
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Left to right: King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks Director Christie True, Friends of Mukai President Lynn Greiner and Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jim Marsh toast to the Mukai property at Sunday’s open house. True said that Zellerhoff needs industrial-zoned land for the business he wants to run and he has been looking for such land since buying the plant. “He is not allowed to use the barreling plant for this pur-
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pose (stump grinding and construction work). As a means of acquiring the barreling plant, we have been trying to find a solution for him,” True said in a Monday email. “We have been talking with him about all or a portion of the surplus piece (near Sawbones) for a couple of years.” True said that the state has set aside $350,000 for the plant’s purchase and another $35,000 is coming from the county. Once Friends of Mukai raises the remaining $50,000, the VFS land will be surplused and approved by the King County Council. The sale can then close in what she hopes is near Jan. 1, 2017. Zellerhoff said that he was not planning on selling the building before the county came up with the plan to have him buy the other land. “I would not have sold it if there wasn’t another place to go,” he said. “If I don’t get that piece of property, they (the county) won’t get this one. It was offered as a trade, basically.” He said it is “good for the island” to have the plant, but thinks it is “unfortunate” that the county requires both him and VFS to be on industrial-zoned land because “there is not enough of it.” The announcement of the purchase and sale agreement was made at Sunday’s Mukai open house event where dozens of islanders gathered to tour the historic property and hear about future plans for preservation. The island organization Friends of Mukai gained ownership of the home in April after a yearslong court battle and is working with a Tacoma-based historic preservation company to restore the home. The house and barreling plant reside on two separate parcels, and True said at the event that the agreement in place is a realization of the Friends’ dream to recombine the two parcels. Friends of Mukai President Lynn Greiner said the county plans to lease the barreling plant to the organization. The Friends will be responsible for renovating the building and preserving it for the future. “We don’t want it to be a museum,” she said. “We want it to be a working place.” However, True said that those details still need to be worked out. Sunday’s event also saw the last piece of fence — leftover from the property’s time under the ownership of Mary Matthews — ceremoniously cut by Friends members and Chamber of Commerce Director Jim Marsh and brought down. Bernie O’Malley, Vashon’s unofficial mayor, issued a proclamation at the Sunday event, stating that the Mukai House and Garden is open to the public “to benefit all members of the community.” “This house stands as a symbol of the dream,” he said. “The Mukai family endured many hardships, but with diligence and determined focus, they received respect. All here today stand in gratitude to them.”
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the article, for his dissertation, Kertson investigated cougar behavior and ecology in wildland-urban environments in CONTINUED FROM 1 Washington, such as in east King County and southeast Snohomish County. He island at the request of Bianca Perla, who studied how much time the animals spend heads the Vashon Nature Center. Perla said in residential areas, how often interacshe began talking with Kertson when the tions with people take place and how the cougar sightings started this summer and landscape and other factors influence the the center had to educate people about the cougars’ behavior. large cats — and found him to be extremeThe article noted his findings were rathly helpful and enthusiastic about his work. er surprising, “even a bit hair-raising,” “I liked his depth of knowledge and out- regarding human-cougar proximity. “What [my research] showed was that look. He has a great background with large carnivores in our area and will be a good cougars spend a lot more time in residenresource … for all types of questions that tial areas than we knew — a little more people have,” she said. “He is so passion- than 17 percent of their time,” Kertson was ate about what he does. He was born to do quoted as saying. “Cats use these residential portions of the landscape just like they what he is doing.” In recent weeks, Perla said that the cen- do wildlands, including hunting for deer ter has continued to receive reports about and elk in greenbelts and other forested cougar sightings in all areas of the island habitats.” However, despite the animals’ fairly and has not been able to determine if there is only one cougar or two; Vashon Nature common presence, he found that people Center staff are compiling the sightings encountered the animals only once every 629 days. Previous cougar in part to determine that research had been centered answer — and she wants to in wild environments, so “As they learn more, keep hearing from people this information was new. when they spot the animal. that brings the fear But the article states peo“I would encourage peofactor down — it ple should not be alarmed, ple to share their sightings gives tools to live in a although the borders of with us so we can figure this cougar habitat weren’t out,” she said. more relaxed way.” as defined as previously The animals can travel 15 Bianca Perla, thought. miles in a night, so the couVashon Nature Center “Unbeknownst to many gar could easily be in one of us, we share our neigharea in the evening and a borhood greenbelts, forests much different area of the island by morning. People should be cog- and trails with one of America’s foremost predators — and we’d never known it,’ nizant of this fact, she added. “We should expect it be anywhere, the Kertson said in the piece. In addition to grappling with the visitsouth end as well,” she said. ing cougar, islanders also contend with the Additionally, the center has received reports of livestock kills that may be the occasional bear, including one reported result of the cougar, including two last on the island in recent weeks. One sightweek on Maury Island. In a Facebook post ing came Oct. 11, when a person walking last Friday, Perla said those kills have been near Fern Cove on the new portion of reported to WDFW and that she expects the Shinglemill trail briefly encountered to hear a determination from experts this a bear. After that, Perla said, someone sent her a photo of bear scat in the Needle week about them. When cougar reports began to stream Creek area, confirming another ursine in last summer, many islanders expressed visitor. Despite the presence of the animals, it unease about it being on the island. Perla said she understands that the presence is not clear yet whether the island is seeof the large predator struck a deep chord ing more cougars and bears than it used within many people and that she was to. It’s possible the number is higher, she impressed with how island residents said, particularly as the animals become crowded out of the Kitsap Peninsula. It’s responded. “Most were curious — and fearful — but also possible Facebook has played a role, as able to handle their fear and say, ‘Let me it has changed the way people communilearn, and then I will decide what I think,’” cate when they spot the animals. Regardless, Perla said, this experience she said. “As they learn more, that brings the fear factor down — it gives tools to live with the cougar has taught her a great deal, and she recalled a day she tracked in a more relaxed way.” She noted, though, that people’s fear the animal for a mile down the beach. Its is not entirely gone, and there are many tracks were perfect in the sand, she said, questions about how long the animal will and went over and underneath obstacles with no deviation. remain on Vashon and how it will behave. “It was a wonderful experience,” she “No one knows,” she added. “It depends on our actions and the cougar’s decisions.” said. “It made his power and athleticism She stressed that regardless of how and playfulness clear. That made a big people feel about the cougar being here, impression on me.” She added that everyone is learning in Kertson’s presentation will be helpful and provide a chance for islanders to ask ques- this process, including herself. “I have learned a lot about what these tions and share their experiences. “There will be something for everyone at animals bring out in us. I have been wresthe talk. Whether you like the cougar here tling with my own fear and wanting this or not, they are truly magical animals,” cougar to be acting right,” she continued with a laugh. “It’s been a great learning she said. Late last week, Kertson was in the field experience. I feel more prepared for the and not available for an interview before next one.” his presentation. However, a past newsletter from the University of Washington’s Cougar presentation School of Environmental and Forest Sciences included a profile of Kertson and Brian Kertson will speak from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the Penny Farcy Building his work, some of which may be illumiat 10019 S.W. Bank Road. The event is free. nating for island residents. According to
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Valerie Gene Seath February 10, 1942 — October 17, 2016
A dear, sweet, kind, lovely, and loving woman passed from this world early Monday, October 17th, 2016. Valerie Gene Seath was born in Leavenworth, Washington on February 10th, 1942, to Leona Hauff and Gordon Hill. Much of her childhood was spent in Peshastin, Washington, surrounded by family. A grandparent, aunt or uncle was often right next door. Her best friends and playmates were her cousins. Valerie was considered a model child, sweet and obedient, except when her cousins got her into trouble. The eldest by nine years, she was often the caretaker of her younger siblings. After completing high school in 1960, she moved on to Wenatchee Valley College graduating with an Associate’s degree in 1962. Diploma in hand, she moved with her best pal and dear cousin Nancy to Seattle, joining the typing pool at Boeing. They would drive home most weekends in Valerie’s convertible to visit their families overthe-mountains. Val would also write long letters home each week with tales of her adventures in the big city. While working at Boeing, Valerie met the love of her life, M. Gene Seath. Thanksgiving weekend, 1966, Gene asked her to move in with him at his home on the north end of Vashon. She showed up the next day with one packed suitcase and never left. Valerie and Gene boated and scuba-dived in the summer and spent the winters skiing. They threw terrific dinner parties for their friends and often had romantic dinners alone seated on cushions in their living room in front of the fire. Valerie became a mother for the first time in February of 1969 with the birth of her daughter, Shannon Marlena. She must have liked the experience because sons Kyle Weston and Tobin Wayne soon followed. Summers were spent on their boat, the Valhalla, and later the ValShannon, cruising the South Sound, the San Juans and up into Canada. Suddenly and tragically widowed in 1979, Valerie dove into real estate to support herself and her three young children ages 10, 8 and 5. Her favorite clients were firsttime home buyers. She loved selling Vashon to newcomers and it tickled her no end when they chose Vashon over Bainbridge or Whidbey. Many, many clients returned to Val when selling or buying. At the height of her career it was impossible for her to make a quick trip to Thriftway—everyone wanted to talk with her. She got to know practically every inch of the island, often exploring raw land on her lunch hour with a collegue, a picnic lunch and her handy machete. Valerie also dove into her community. Through church and school activities she created a vast network of friends and aquaintances. Valerie was a Campfire leader, and Camp Sealth Summer camp counselor. She was a member of the “Morning Belles” bowling team. She often collected for the March of Dimes but found her real calling as a member of Soroptimist International and later, The Seattle Children’s Guild. A true soccer mom, she was always willing to provide support and encouragement for whatever her children were interested in as well as a warm home to grow and play. Her big house at the north end housed 27 cats, many wonderful summer parties and a swimming pool full of neighbor children. Summer vacations, now, were spent at Lake Chelan. The family would often spend several weeks at Wapato Point Resort often meeting up with other island families. This resulted in a constant scrum of children running in and out of the units and piles and piles of wet swimsuits and towels. After sending all three of her children to college, Val was able to fulfil her own dreams of traveling. She made many trips to Mexico and Hawaii, adoring the sunshine and the heat! Later in life Valerie gathered together friends and family members for trips to Spain, Italy, and France. Valerie enjoyed cooking, dining out, art, antique furniture, reading spy novels, and of course, shopping! Perhaps Val’s greatest strength was in maintaining friendships and connecting people to one another. A matchmaker at heart, she never wanted to see anyone alone. She would often throw dinner parties with the sole purpose of introducing two people to each other. She never forgot anyone, sending birthday cards and holiday greetings. She would gather groups of people together for fun activities and outings both large and small, making sure that everyone got out occasionally. Valerie showed her love by giving. She gave her time, her expertise, her ear, and herself over and over and over. Val was a woman of true grit, a woman able to stand tall in the face of life’s many storms. She will be remembered for her optimism, generosity, and kindness, as a strong business woman, a true friend, and a wonderful mother. She is survived by her children, Shannon Seath Meyer, Kyle Seath and Tobin Seath; her son-in-law Michael Meyer; two grandchildren Daalny Lucille Meyer and Aine Gene Meyer; her sisters Vicki Patrick, Dawn Goodman and Robin Pomarleau, a niece and nephews, many cousins and dear, dear friends! A celebration of her life will be held on Saturday, November 12th, 2 pm at the Bethel Church, 14736 Bethel Lane SW. A reception will follow.
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Find everything for the holidays without leaving the Island! Ad Deadline: November 2nd Publishes: November 23rd Vashon Islanders know how useful The Beachcomber Gift Guide is for holiday gift buying.
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Holiday Open House Saturday, December 3rd Special “coupon” pages in The Beachcomber encourage customers to clip out your coupon and bring it in to your business during the Holiday Open House. Each business draws a winning coupon. The names of winners and the prizes from each business will appear in a following issue of The Beachcomber. Coupons run 11/23 & 11/30.
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On behalf of the John L. Scott Vashon family, I wish to express our deepest sympathy to the family of Val Seath. Val has touched this community in so many ways through her easy smile, generous heart and 36 years of service to the countless people she helped as a real estate professional on Vashon. 9DO ZDV DOZD\V Ã&#x20AC; UVW WR RIIHU VXSSRUW WR DOO WKRVH DURXQG KHU and had a sparkle in her eye that came from a life well lived. I know I speak for each and every colleague when I say there is a void in our heart, but also a smile as we treasure the memory of a most special person.
A memorial for Valerie will be held on Saturday November 12th, 2:00 p.m. at the Bethel Church 14736 Bethel Lane SW
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