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Michael Spakowsky relaxes on the back stoop of his house above Paradise Ridge.
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country music LPs sitting patiently in front of an old turntable and a 1970s-era tape deck. Photos of his grown daughters and grandchildren, which n a bright July day, as I pulled up in he proudly pointed to, share a spot atop the piano front of Michael Spakowsky’s place, with a framed photo of Merle Haggard signed by he stepped outside his clapboard the country legend to “Vashon Mike.” house and gave a friendly A couple of guitars were lined up against one wall, close wave. The tableau — a big Michael Spakowsky’s to a small couch. Looking past man standing alone in front paintings evoke the wild the room, I could see a small, of a small white house in a austere art studio in the back beauty of the sea. His life clearing carved out of the of the house. speaks to a simpler time, woods — was reminiscent of The vibe was cozy and a bit an Andrew Wyeth painting. before computers, credit well-worn. Then it hit me. “I The 63-year-old artist, revered don’t see a computer in here,” cards and cell phones. locally for his maritime and I said. landscape watercolor paintings, “Nope, no computer,” had dressed up for the occasion. He wore black Spakowsky said. “No answering machine or cell jeans with a button-down shirt neatly tucked phone. I never had a credit card or a debit card, I in and his hair slicked back. Sharp, button eyes never wrote a check.” peered out behind long, thin eyelids that seemed Even Spakowsky’s car — a 1967 turquoise and carved out of wood. white Galaxy 500 that he has owned for 30 years And then there was the smile — an impish grin — speaks of another era. that fully welcomed me into his world. And that’s all OK with Spakowsky, who seems To visit him is to take a trip back in time, to content to live amid the trappings of a time gone see Vashon through the eyes of an artist who has by. lived here almost all his life. “I choose to be this way, obviously,” he said. “I Inside his house — a place he built himself, can still sell my paintings the old-fashioned way.” using mostly salvaged materials, on a two-and-aIndeed, by Spakowsky’s reasoning, he’s made half-acre plot near Paradise Ridge that he bought for $7,500 in 1989 — there were stacks of old SEE SPAKOWSKY, 20
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Several Islanders recently banded together to rid their quiet neighborhood east of Vashon town of what they called an out-of-control drug house. Those involved describe a month-long effort involving both residents and law enforcement that resulted in the eviction of the suspected dealers. King County Sheriff’s Dep. Joel Anderson, who was involved in the effort, lauded the neighbors and called the incident a success. But it’s also indicative of a larger problem on the Island, said Anderson, who believes drug use is the catalyst behind nearly all crime on the Island. Anderson, who has worked full time on Vashon for four years, said 80 to 90 percent of the people he arrests are either under the influence of drugs at the time or stealing so they can purchase drugs. “Most of our crimes are in some way, shape or form relat-
ed to someone being on drugs,” Anderson said. Many other Islanders, meanwhile, have their own stories to tell about drug houses in their neighborhoods, though some haven’t achieved the success of this neighborhood east of town. That’s partly due to limits police officers face: While Vashon deputies do all they can to put drug users and dealers behind bars, Anderson said, privacy laws often prevent them from making big drug busts. And people who are sent to jail, he said, almost always return to the Island and continue their habits. “It’s a vicious system that continues to play itself out,” he said. Even so, he said, he’s pleased by what happened in July, when residents on a dead-end road east of town became suspicious of new renters and took action. Neighbors noticed the nearSEE DRUG HOUSE, 18
VCC’s new therapy program helps people rebuild their lives By SUSAN RIEMER Staff Writer
When Barbara Gross moved into an assisted living apartment at Vashon Community Care last December, she was confined to a wheelchair after injuring her back in a fall. But now, after several weeks dedicated to rehabilitation, she regularly uses a walker and navigates stairs. In her recovery, Gross relied on a new service VCC is offering to both its residents and Islanders at large, Vashon Community Therapy. Through it, health care professionals offer physical, occupational and speech therapies to people who qualify for such services, whether the need is from an injury, illness or surgery.
Gross gives the service high praise. “It just changed my life,” she said. In 2011, VCC first offered rehabilitation services on an inpatient basis to people who had been released from a hospital but needed further care before they could go home. Since then, the service has grown. So far this year, the new program has served roughly 70 people, including about 45 residents of the assisted living facility, according to nursing home administrator Janelle Ansell. It provides services on both an inand out-patient basis and, she said, has room to grow. The center, with a commitment to serving Islanders regardless of SEE VCC, 19
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Meanwhile, GreenTech and Wolcott have worked out an agreement about how she’ll pay back the community for its contributions to the historic movie house. Initially, GreenTech planned to lease the equipment to her, allowing her to buy it from the small nonprofit over time. Instead, he said, GreenTech members and Wolcott decided she’ll waive the rental costs for the theater for Vashon nonprofits, charging them only for cleaning and any Vashon Theatre staff they need for their event. What’s more, GreenTech, not Wolcott, will own the equipment. “The payback is to the community,â€? Gornall said. “When and if Eileen sells, the arrangement continues. ‌ We want the community to benefit from this.â€? The fundraising effort got underway in June after Island GreenTech, a group of Islanders who work to support Vashon entrepreneurs, learned that Wolcott needed to pony up tens of thousands of dollars to handle a seismic shift in the industry. By this fall, experts say, most studios will issue films only in a digital format, not as heavy reels of 35 mm film. Without the conversion, Wolcott said, she would soon no longer be able to show new releases. She had planned to take out a small business loan to fund the conversion. But the fundraising plan, she says, means she won’t have to incur more debt at the small, family-run movie house. Donations are being accepted at the Puget Sound Cooperative Credit Union or at the Vashon Theatre during the evenings or on weekends. Or mail a donation to GreenTech, P.O. Box 1847, Vashon.
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One day a year for the past four decades, dozens of Islanders have converged on the same swampy piece of ground west of town to drive jacked-up trucks and Jeeps through several feet of mucky water. They also gather at the same time each year — the Friday that marks the start of the Strawberry Festival. This year, however, was likely their last. The site is now owned by King County, and last Friday — after some drivers moved huge concrete blocks to gain access and ended up with most of their trucks marooned in the deep, brown water — sheriff ’s deputies arrived and told them they had to leave. Police have shown up in years past, said Islander Roger Sherman, who’s been “mud-bogging,� as it’s called, since he was 5. “But this is the first time they’ve ever shut us down,� he said. Sherman, who went this year to show his 11-year-old daughter what the annual event is like, said he’s frus-
trated that he and his fellow mud-boggers can’t use county land. “This is county property. Shouldn’t we have the right to use the park?� he asked. “The horseback riders have everything,� he added. “It’s wrong. It’s just completely wrong.� But Joe VanHollebeke, a resource coordinator with the county’s Department of Natural Resources and Parks, said mud-bogging is too ecologically destructive to take place on countyowned lands. Last week, he walked through the area, a 40-acre swath purchased by the county in December and contiguous with the popular Island Center Forest. Deep, muddy ruts — some of them extending along an old road for several feet — led to the site, making walking difficult. Standing pools of water were brown. At the actual site of the bogging, deep tire tracks carved a wide path into a large, mucky pond. “The whole point of what they do is counter to the
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A home-made video of the event from 1999 shows a few jacked-up trucks making their way slowly through the pond, spraying water and mud when the going got difficult, while groups of people stood a safe distance watching, laughing and egging on the drivers. “It was a lot of fun,� Sherman recalled. In recent years, fewer people have shown up, in part because the bogging has grown more difficult as the pond has gotten deeper from all the activity. Indeed, this year, Sherman said, all of the trucks that attempted to cross the pond got stuck. His “swamp buggy,� as he dubs the rig he uses, was called into service, working as a tow truck Friday and Saturday. Sherman said he realizes the trucks gouge out the road and create enormous ruts, and he plans to help the county repair some of the damage. At the same time, he’s frustrated that there is no public place for what he considers a traditional Vashon activity.
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“We’re not out to judge the activity,� he added. “But clearly, this is not what we have in mind for the site.� Meanwhile, he said, the county is well on its way to connecting what he and others call the “gateway site� to the rest of Island Center Forest, creating a 400-acre swath of forestland that people will be able to reach from town. A crew began the process last week, flagging a trail that will eventually wend all the way to the main entrance of Island Center Forest at S.W. 188th Street. The Vashon-Maury Island Trust and its AmeriCorps crew will donate a week to the trail-building effort, and a large volunteer work party is scheduled for Aug. 18, Kimmett said. After months of work, he added, the new parcel is now free of debris from a homeless camp that had long existed there. It’s hardly pristine, he said, but nature is beginning to reclaim the site. “It’s already starting to feel like it’s a natural place,� he said.
“We don’t want to have problems with other people. We just want to go out once a year and have our little mud show,� he said. He hopes to work with the county to find another place where mudbogging can happen. A former cow pasture with some water trucked in would work, he said. “I hope they’ll listen to us,� he said. County officials said they encourage the mud-boggers to come to the monthly Friends of Island Center Forest meeting. Those who regularly attend the meeting say representatives from the mud-bogging community have never attended. At the same time, county officials said, it’s unlikely they’d ever allow such activity on publicly owned lands and certainly not at Island Center Forest. “We’re hoping to reach out to these people and help them understand what our goals are,� said David Kimmett, a natural lands manager with the county.
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Department of Natural Resources seven years ago. But no one submitted an offer when the county put out its bid packet to the timber community in April, said King County Forester Bill Loeber. A logger who hopes to win the bid to log several thousand board feet of timber from the Vashon Island School District’s forested campus next month said he might be interested in doing both jobs, so the county re-issued its bid last month. Again, Loeber said, no one responded, including the logger who had said he might be interested.
“It just didn’t pencil out,� Loeber said. “It’s not overly lucrative.� The county will likely offer up the logging as a firewood sale, working with a firewood dealer, Loeber said. Or the county will try to pay someone to do the work. The county wants the logging done for forest health, Loeber said. The alder stand isn’t critical, he said, but the Douglas fir stand needs thinning to allow other tree species to take root. “It definitely would benefit the forest,� he said.
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Drug houses in our midst: Neighbors take a stand
Months before the Skagit sank, a student found herself on the boat
It’s rare that The Beachcomber quotes people without using their names. A tenet of contemporary journalism is that people are expected to stand behind their comments. The citing of “unnamed sources� creates a lack of transparency, and that, in turn, can engender cynicism. But in this week’s issue, we decided to let a handful of Islanders discuss their concerns about drug houses in their midst without insisting that we name them. In each case, we knew the Islander. 0WFS UIF ZFBST *TMBOEFST We also had independent of their situaIBWF UPME VT BCPVU UIFJS knowledge tion, having heard about JOBCJMJUZ UP GPSDF ESVH it from authorities, previEFBMFST PVU PG UIFJS ous police reports or other Islanders. OFJHICPSIPPET PS UIFJS Most significantly, withNPVOUJOH DPODFSOT BCPVU out granting these Islanders UIF *TMBOE T NFUI BOE anonymity, it would have IFSPJO QSPCMFN been hard for us to cover a story we think is important. Over the years, Islanders have told us about their inability to force drug dealers out of their neighborhoods or their mounting concerns about the Island’s meth and heroin problem. But few have wanted to discuss it on the record, fearing retribution from the alleged users and dealers. Vashon is not a hotbed of meth-use and heroin addiction. But there’s no question that both drugs exist on Vashon and that addiction is driving much of the petty crime that plagues this Island. We’re impressed by how one group of neighbors successfully stood up to the problem, bravely parking in front of the suspected drug house, jotting down license plate numbers and putting pressure on the landlord to evict the tenants. It worked; the landlord ultimately forced them to leave. But as a sheriff’s deputy pointed out, such an eviction only displaces the problem. The cast of characters will show up elsewhere, forcing another neighborhood to try to confront them. We won’t eradicate this kind of hard-core drug use on Vashon. Both meth and heroin are horrific, powerfully addictive drugs, and this small group of addicts and dealers isn’t likely to get any kind of meaningful or effective help soon. Compassion, not just frustration and anger, is in order, too. Still it’s important that we take a stand, as several Islanders have in recent years. If neighbors continue to work together, we’ll make it increasingly difficult and uncomfortable for these dealers and their customers to live here. And that, in turn, will keep our neighborhoods safer and our community a healthier and more vibrant place.
contained. One of those numbers was crossed out The sun was particularly fierce with sharpie; as I walked down the dock to a apparently, I waiting ferry in Zanzibar last fall, realized, the and I was cranky from waking up number was at 5 that morning to get there. The now different. boat was relatively small with the I passed a words “safety first� plastered in framed article two different places. After what about a crew from a Washington happened on this route a few state-owned ferry called the Skagit months earlier, when a boat sank that rescued three teenage kayakand hundreds of people perished, ers who were hypothermic in 1991. you can’t be too careful, I thought. The article praised the state ferry I was living in Tanzania at the system, a routine day on a Vashon time as part of a study abroad pro- passenger ferry. Wait. What? gram, and this visit to Zanzibar, Then it dawned on me: We a small country off the coast of had just boarded the MV Skagit, Tanzania, was an excursion I and a former Vashon passenger-only a handful of other students in the boat and one I remembered well program had decided to take. — a double-decker that used to I walked onto the flimsy ramp, taxi my family and me to and showing the ticket collector my from downtown Seattle. Sitting ticket to Pemba, one of Zanzibar’s next to one of the big windows so islands. I was in a daze, going characteristic of Vashon ferries, I through the motions in a herd of suddenly expected to look out and people. The pushiest among them see Vashon’s evergreens, not the bumped me as they moved past, Arabic-style buildings of Zanzibar. wiping their sweat on my already When we set off, I watched the sweaty body. Well, this is going to blue waves on the side of the boat be a fun three hours, I thought. froth with white. It was difficult to As I made my way through the understand where in the world I was. I had many memories of this crowded ferry, I noted the orange boat, near-empty of passengers, lifesavers strapped to the walls, faithfully cutting its way through the evacuation plans posted in Puget Sound. Now, people were various places, the large windows, crammed on every bench; others, navy blue benches and table surwho didn’t have seats, were lying faces of fake wood. One member on the floor. Is this what an alterof my program noticed a sign, nate universe feels like, I wondered. “Please, No Sports Cleats,� and But I also felt as though a piece laughed. We hadn’t seen many of home was here with me in sports cleats lately. The sides of Tanzania, checking up on me, the benches noted the numbers of reminding me that once this crazy adult and child life preservers they experience was over I would have a place and people to sail home to. Part of me wanted to dock on Vashon instead of Pemba. I had to remind myself it would happen soon enough. During my brief excursion to 'JMF 1IPUP Zanzibar, I rode the Skagit three times The Skagit served many years on Puget Sound.
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— once from Zanzibar, the main island, to Pemba, a second time from Pemba back to Zanzibar and a third time from Zanzibar to the mainland. All three times the Skagit didn’t fail to blow my mind. On the last ride, I noticed a piece of paper that had been taped to the wall of the boat since its Vashon days. Dated Sept. 25, 2009, it was written by Don Duncan, the Skagit’s engineer at the time and a Washington State Ferries’ employee who was about to be reassigned to another route. The Skagit, and the route it served, was due to be transferred to the newly formed King County Ferry District. Don’s letter was a beautiful, even poignant, farewell to a boat he clearly loved and a route he loved serving. “This is the day I hoped would never come,� he began. “To say I am saddened is an understatement.� He went on to note the next chapter of his life, the vacation he planned to take, an upcoming race with his beloved samoyeds. “I wish you all well and hope our paths may cross again,� he concluded. “If Washington State Ferries ever gets back into the Passenger Only Service and a Seattle/Vashon run is reinstated, I will be the first to apply.� After I read the letter, I slyly took it off the wall. No one else on this boat thought that piece of paper was nearly as cool as I did. I felt an odd sense of ownership of the things on the boat. The signs, the windows, the framed article — they were all a part of my childhood, my identity as a Vashon Islander. Didn’t they belong with me, I thought, more than they belonged here in a foreign land? Maybe the result of my finding a Vashon ferry in Zanzibar was my newfound understanding that home isn’t a place in the world, but a feeling. I certainly felt at home on that boat. And stealing a piece of paper, I told myself, was not as big a deal as stealing a framed article, though, I must admit, I couldn’t help but notice that framed article would have been easy to remove.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR VYFS
Maaz’s predecessor made a difference, too Thanks for your good coverage of Ken Maaz’s departure from Vashon Youth & Family Services (VYFS), and your editorial about the lack of benefits for VYFS staff. (I had no idea!) Ken is a friend, as well as a tireless super-competent administrator, and his presence on the Island will be missed tremendously. However, I felt your article failed to give credit to Ken’s predecessor at VYFS, Sam Collins, who was really responsible for beginning the agency’s turnaround and specifically made the PlaySpace purchase and the initial VARSA grant possible. He also began the networking process, which has resulted in a much better social service and safety net on the Island. — Stephen Silha
Arts center
VAA has outgrown its home There are many reasons we all love Vashon. The slow pace, the connection to water, nature and community. For some, it is the growing art community and its amazing collection of singers, musicians, writers, performance artists, sculptors, potters, photographers, painters and visual artists. In the last 15 years or more, the arts, particularly Vashon Allied Arts, has
been outgrowing its home. Thankfully, there has been a thoughtful process in which many people have donated time and made large financial donations to help the arts continue to thrive. It is easy to resist change in the name of tradition. I believe that the true tradition on our Island is to value the arts and stand behind it as it serves our greater good as a thriving community. I also believe that the new Center for the Arts will continue to serve our community and become a beacon of light that will add joy, inspiration, education, beauty and grace in its service to our residents and guests for countless years to come. — Kathleen Kinney
Hydroplanes
The noise is home-grown Rumor has it that the reason Vashon was, many years ago, spared from the lowflying jets passing into and out of SeaTac was that an influential member of our community had a seat on the board overseeing airport operations and was able to exempt us from the flight paths. Seattle grew, the airport expanded, and we lost our clout. The jets that then populated our airspace were extremely loud and annoying, and we endured a pretty obnoxious 10 or 20 years. Since then the new generation of aircraft is considerably quieter, and it’s only the occasional plane that has to pass pretty low that probably violates the noise ordinance — along with occasional
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military helicopters from McChord and smaller but also loud med-evac choppers. These intrusive sounds aren’t what you’d choose when you’re trying to believe you live in a relatively rural place. But since they happen often enough, you get somewhat accustomed to them and, if you’re able to, learn not to focus on them along with the raft of other things that bother in life. The good thing about the once-a-year hydroplane noise is that, unlike these airborne irritants, it’s home-grown. Perhaps we could embrace it, along with the beans at Saturday market. “Wince local� could be the motto. The bad thing about the brief but noisy race is that it only happens on July 4th. We don’t have the chance, as we do with recurring aircraft noises and neighbors’ barking dogs, to acclimatize. It stands out. Seems like the best solution would be to get the racers to go out and practice every week or two. Makes sense, doesn’t it? A side benefit would be the engines would help cover up the growing sound of folks pounding their keyboards to register their opinions on the art hangar. — Richard Bard
Vashon Theatre
Effort shows how great we are Vashon Island. What an amazing community we are. We may have our differences, but when push comes to shove, we band together. How thrilled I was to see Tag Gornall and Island GreenTech get behind the Vashon Theatre, bringing community support for a digital projector.
How fortunate we are that Eileen and Gordy Wolcott bought the theater as I was wearing out. I was only going to be there for five years; 14 years later, they turned on the TV on Oscar Night to see the theater was for sale. The Wolcotts made an appointment to come tour it. Two years of negotiations followed; they had to fix up and sell several properties to make it happen. The process was the best kept secret on Vashon! Eileen worked Saturday nights for a year to learn the business. She is as passionate about the theater as I was. When I bought the business, many asked me about the mural on the outside wall. We had meetings and jars in stores to collect money for the project. For those of you who contributed, I want you to know that Eileen and I talked about the mural, but now a remodel to accommodate the new projector seems more of a priority. She still has hopes for the mural. But first we need to address these other issues. I have turned over to Eileen the $363.79 that has been in a special account for nearly 25 years. This wonderful surrounding of love and support reminds me of Vashon Community Care. A call on a Saturday morning years ago from Pat Cunningham about the nursing home being sold for a rehab center, a standing-room-only meeting Sunday night ‌ When owner Jim Alexander saw the Island support, he put off signing the next day, and the rest is history. I am so proud of this community and how we can come together so quickly when the need arises.
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Shame on you! Shame on the person who threw out a glass Nantucket Nectars bottle on the East side of the North end of Beall Rd SW. There were many sharp shards. People walk their dogs there, children ride their bikes there. Please be more responsible and use your trash can at home. That goes for the other cans, cigarette butts, etc. that I regularly pick up or it would be ankle-deep out there! Sandra Johnson
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You just sent my mother to another agent to work with. What are you thinking? I made it a point to introduce her to you and really wanted her to work with you. You did a great job for us when we moved here and we expected that you’d welcome working with our family. Mom is ready to make an offer and I can’t imagine why you would pass her on to someone else. I’m really disappointed and upset.
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As I explained to your mother, I want to avoid the appearance of a serious conflict of interest in the case of the home she wants to buy. I’ve been on the Island over 25 years and know a lot of people. If the seller of a home on the market is a close friend I won’t usually represent a buyer for that home. I want to be fair to my buyer clients and negotiate in their best interests, but if the seller is a close friend of mine someone might suspect I am really looking out for that seller. I sent you mom to another broker whom I trust and believe will do a good job representing her. This way there is no appearance of a conflict of interest. I often am acquainted with the sellers of property here, but I feel I can represent a buyer anyway. However, if the seller is a close friend, it could look like a conflict of interest. In our state it’s totally legal for a real estate broker to represent both parties in a transaction. I simply don’t believe that you can represent both sides of a transaction fairly. That’s why I’ve chosen to only work with buyers all these years. Many states don’t allow duel agency and I agree with them. I don’t fault brokers who do it, that’s their right and their decision, but for me I’d rather pass up a sale than have anyone doubt my loyalty. Maybe I’m too self righteous, but it has to feel right to me.
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The annual Relay for Life took place Friday at McMurray Middle School, where participants walked around the perimeter of the playfield throughout the night in an effort to raise money for cancer research, support those who have battled the disease and remember loved ones lost. The event began in 1986, when a Tacoma doctor decided to raise money in support of his patients who had battled cancer and ran 83 miles over the course of 24 hours. Since then, the event has become the American Cancer Society’s largest fundraiser, playing out in communities across the country. All of the money, however, remains in the community where the event takes place, funding cancer research in the state and care and services for nearby cancer patients, including those on Vashon, organizers say. Friday’s event was quieter than in years past, largely because it took place at McMurray, which doesn’t have a track. Even so, the 142 participants in 20 different teams raised $47,000. And the event was deeply meaningful to those involved, including Suzanne Mager and Marc Pease, pictured above. Mager, brushing away tears, said they were walking “to support lots of family and friends and particularly Marynell Matt,� an Islander and dear friend of theirs with cancer.
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ARTS BRIEFS Enjoy Danny O’Keefe and a glass of wine Music legend Danny O’Keefe will perform at Vashon Winery on Saturday — the latest installment in the winery’s summer concert series. O’Keefe will be joined by musician Joel Tepp, and the audience will sit on the lawn in front of the winery. Wine and cider, of course, will be available by the glass. Expect O’Keefe to fill the orchard air with original and personal songs of love, life and daily struggles — songs such as “Good Time Charlie’s Got the Blues,� “The First Time� and “Along for the Ride.� The show takes place at 7 p.m. The winery’s address is 10317 S.W. 156th St. Tickets are $20. Reservations are not necessary, and concert-goers should bring their own seating. For more information, visit www.vashonwinery.com.
Blue Monster, a five-piece instrumental funk band, will play at the Red Bicycle Bistro Friday night. The band, which started as a trio on Vashon in 2005, has played throughout the Puget Sound area. The group is known for live performances that combine heavy funk grooves laced with psychedelic improvisation. This show, which begins at 9 p.m., has no cover and is open to all ages until 11 p.m., then 21 and older after that.
Big laughs at a live vaudeville show A new vaudeville show, “Big Time and Little Something’s Big Adventure,� will be presented at 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 10, at Chautauqua Elementary School. Tickets, $10 for adults and $5 for children, are available at www.brownpapertickets.com and at the door. The show is the creation of Islander Luz Gaxiola and Molly Shannon, a native of San Francisco. The duo are members of Circus Finelli, an all-female circus troupe based in San Francisco.
Sounds of a music fest to fill the park The fifth annual Vashon Island Music Festival — three packed days of live, open-air concerts — will be held at Paradise Ridge Park on Aug. 10 to 12. Expect to hear some rockin’ music, including Posse Impossible, Publish the Quest and Subconscious Population. Tickets are $15 at the gate or $10 with a donation to the Vashon Maury Community Food Bank.
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Ethnic roots, American spirit
The ‘music of America’ comes to Ober Park By ELIZABETH SHEPHERD
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he driving beats and intricate rhythms of top Cajun, Hungarian and Greek music ensembles will soon be heard on Vashon, thanks to a passionate advocate who believes that ethnic music is the real soundtrack to American life. A free outdoor concert series, slated to take place at Ober Park on Monday evenings, Aug. 6, 13, and 20, is curated by Martin Koenig, an Islander whose life’s work has been to discover and promote community-based traditional arts and ethnic dance and music traditions. The upcoming concerts, he said, are meant to bring Islanders of all ages together to discover and celebrate a wide world of music. “It’s the kind of music you’ll find in church basements and banquet halls all across America,â€? he said. “If you’re driving across the country and you see a banquet hall, stop. You’ll be shocked by what is going on in there. Go along the New Jersey turnpike, and you’ll find celebrations of Indian weddings and Albanian Muslim circumcisions taking place in banquet halls. ‌ The face of Vashon is very different from the rest of the country. The music I bring to the free concert series is, I think, the music of America.â€? Koenig also aims to get audiences up and dancing. The shows are participatory — concertgoers can learn dance steps to traditional folk dances that match the music. Partners aren’t necessary, and everyone is encouraged to move to the music. The whole point, Koenig said, is to create “an intergenerational conversation through music and dance.â€? Koenig — who has presented the series for the past six years in collaboration with Vashon Park District and 14 years before that on his own, at various Island locations — has cast a wide net to find performers for the series. He said he purposefully planned
the series for Monday nights — a time when A-list world music performers would be available for a show, as well as a night when he faces little competition for audiences on Vashon. “On Mondays, we’re the only show in town,� he said. “We have a possibility for both audience and artists. Some of people we get to come here typically charge $8,000 to $9,000 for a concert.� The first show of the series, set for this Monday, will present the Cajun Country Revival, playing the rural dance music of Louisiana and the honky-tonks of east Texas. Led by elder Cajun accordionist Jesse Lege, the Cajun Country Revival also features Cajun fiddle wunderkind Joel Savoy and the young roots country masters of the Caleb Klauder Country Band — a group including Sammy Lind and Nadine Landry of the Foghorn Trio. Dances will be taught by MaryLee Lykes. The following Monday, Aug. 13, Duvo Ensemble, a Hungarian group, will take the stage. This four-piece string band is made up of three fiddlers, an upright bassist and a vocalist. They play a vast repertoire from all ethnic groups of the Carpathian basin, employing a wide range of traditional instruments. They have released nine major recordings, won several prestigious awards and actively tour as musicians and teachers at music and dance camps throughout Europe and the United States. On Vashon, they’ll be joined by two dancers, who will perform and teach dances to audience members. The final concert in the series, on Aug. 20, will feature Dromeno, a Greek ensemble led by multi-instrumentalist Christos Govetas. Based in Seattle, the six-member group has a taste for old-style dance music — they are equally at home playing
ballads from the mountains of Epiros in Greece, lively tunes from the Bulgarian, Yugoslavian and Albanian border areas or Roma dances from the Gypsy quarters in Macedonia. The group’s instrumentation includes clarinet, accordion, guitar, saxophone, percussion, voice and bouzouki. Koenig, a skilled and experienced dancer, will teach willing participants how to dance to the traditional tunes. Koenig, now in his early 70s, said he’s lived long enough to see some of the music he has championed all these years begin to get a broader audience. Balkan music, he said, is big now. “It’s fabulous, the music is just so soulful and brilliant,� he said. “I got exposed to it while I traveled the back roads of the Balkans in the 1960s and 70s.� Now, he said, his teenage son is a fan of the group Balkan Beat Box, an AmericanIsraeli band and one of several that has begun popularizing music that incorporates Balkan, Middle Eastern and Roma traditions, mixing it up with elements of punk and electronica. “It’s not even a resurgence,� Koenig said. “It’s the first time this music has gotten a hipster audience. It never had that audience before.�
The Cajun Country Revival, above, plays Monday night. Dromeno, left, a Greek ensemble, plays Aug. 20.
IF YOU GO Mondays at Ober Park World Music Concerts, with participatory dancing, start at 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 6, 13, and 20. The free shows are sponsored and produced by the Vashon Folk Dancers, Barking Rooster Productions and the Vashon Park District. Bring your own lawn chairs or blankets for seating.
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The Seattle Shakespeare Company will bring the Bard’s “The Winter’s Tale� to Ober Park on Saturday as part of a summer-long tour to venues all over King County. The play — a work full of romance, jealousy, redemption, music, poetry and magic — will start at 7 p.m. Audience members are encouraged to bring their own seating and picnic baskets to the show. It’s a free presentation of Vashon Park District, though donations for the performers are encouraged. The play’s plot is framed by the tale of King Leontes, a man who seems to have everything. But the king accuses his wife of infidelity, and his rash choices plunge him and those he loves into a winter of despair and regret. Yet true love triumphs, and forgiveness heals deep wounds, as an exiled princess and a wise woman orchestrate one of the most touching reunions in all of Shakespeare. Susan McCabe, the park district’s program director, said she was pleased the park district is able to offer
this professional company perform Shakespeare in our park,� said McCabe. “Yet, there’s a twinge of sadness that it’s not a Vashon-produced production, showcasing Vashon talent.� For the past several years, a group called Vashon Shakespeare in the Park, founded by Islander Paul Shapiro, has brought Shakespeare and other classic works of theater to Ober Park. But this year, plans for a local production of “The Merchant of Venice� had to be shelved after Shapiro had difficulty casting the show — many of the best actors in town were involved in Drama Dock’s summer production of “The Pirates of Penzance.� The Vashon troupe is expected to return to Ober Park in 2013, McCabe said, adding that in the meantime, she was confident Saturday night’s performance of “The Winter’s Tale� would be "MBO "MBCBTUSP 1IPUP wonderful. Brenda Joyner plays Perdita and Riley Seattle Shakespeare Company is the Neldam plays Florizel in “The Winter’s Puget Sound region’s only year-round professional, classical theater dedicated Tale.� to producing the works of Shakespeare. the summertime performance. “We’re very excited about having — Elizabeth Shepherd
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Blue Heron Gallery’s show will combine ceramic pieces by Spokane artist Mardis Nenno and two bodies of work by Shorline-based tile artist and painter Paul Lewing. Nenno creates utilitarian, architectural forms that exemplify movement and human transportation. Lewing’s works — mostly landscapes — are smaller scale tile pieces and acrylic on canvas and board. CafĂŠ Luna will exhibit photographs by Steven Moore, who uses contemporary methods to achieve the look of argyrotype — a silver printing process that results in brown images on plain paper. This show will include four years-worth of images that he describes as having “a haunting sensuality and tension within the intimate.â€? Common Thread, a fiber arts collective, will feature the exquisitely needle-felted animals of Monica Gripman. The theme of the show is pirate cats, rats and mice. Duet will show work by mosaic artist Lisa Betz. Always on the search for vintage china and found objects, Betz also adds her own ceramic pieces to her creations. Her line of mixed-media jewelry including pendants made with silverplated spoons and knives, vintage adornments and some of her own handmade ceramic beads. The Hardware Store Restaurant will exhibit Brian Fisher’s prints and paintings — layered and colorful
compositions of shape and line that juxtapose form and abstraction. Heron’s Nest will show abstract collages by Joan Wortis and oil paintings by Donald Cole. Paintings by Abbey Prevot, who has practiced art in Portland and Eastern Oregon, will be featured at Ignition Studios. She has been painting regularly for the past 12 years, usually inspired by her environmental surroundings and travels. A fan of small towns, Prevot appreciates the quaint avenues and streets found in familiar places and uses many of these scenes as inspirations for her paintings. Island Quilter will exhibit work by members of the Portland and Vancouver Modern Quilt Guilds. The Little House will feature raku pottery by Christine Beck — works from a process she calls “fast, dramatic, hot, smoky and very fun.â€? Beck, a member of Waterworks Studio, is an accomplished photographer and potter. For the past 17 years, she’s worked as a private investigator, but she now spends at least half of every year focused on ceramics and creation of new designs. “Remembering India,â€? by Kathleen Kinney will adorn the walls at Nirvana. The paintings were all inspired by a trip Kinney took to India in 2007. “These paintings offer a personal impression of India seen through the lens of an artist who values color, shape, decoration, the sublime in nature and the joy and beauty of (India’s) people, its arts and culture,â€? said Kinney, a creativity coach who plans to donate 40 percent of her sales to Vashon Allied Arts’ proposed arts center. Open Space for Arts & Community will offer the final showings of “It’s Not Conspiracy, It’s Reality,â€? a sitespecific kinetic sculpture by Jon Carlson and Dave Olson. The large-scale piece, inspired by Rube Goldberg, was commissioned by Open Space co-founder Janet McAlpin, and funded with a grant from 4Culture’s Site Specific Arts program. McAlpin, Carlson and Olsen will give a talk prior to demonstrations of the sculpture at 5:45, 6:30, 7:45 and 8 p.m. Raven’s Nest will display wearable art — clothes, accessories and jewelry — by Northwest Coast Native artists. Works by Corrine Hunt, co-designer of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic medals, will be featured. For more than 22 years, Hunt has been creating contemporary art that reflects the traditions of her Kwakiutl and Tlingit heritage. The shop will also showcase a collection of T-shirts, hoodies, scarves, jewelry and flip-flops. A special private collection of traditional wearable art belonging to Sue and Israel Shotridge will also be on display. Snapdragon will exhibit photos, drawings and journal entries based on a two-week trip the cafÊ’s owners — Adam Cone and Megan Hastings — took to Bulgaria this spring. Called “Under a Bulgarian Moon,â€? the exhibit depicts the beauty the couple discovered while exploring the pastoral lands of northeastern Bulgaria, where they recently purchased a stone cottage. The couple hopes to fix up the cottage and ultimately establish some sort of exchange, so that other Islanders can also experience the beauty and culinary delights of rural Bulgaria. The First Friday event will include light, Bulgarianinspired food as well as Bulgarian-themed music by The Diggers.
Geri Peterson’s watercolor “Together,� top, will be shown at Vashon Community Care. Christine Beck’s raku pottery, below, will be on display at The Little House. An exhibition of paintings by Vashon artists Carol Schwennesen and Jiji Saunders will be held at VALISE. The two women will show nearly 100 paintings ranging in size and spanning several decades. While the abstract paintings of Schwennessen and Saunders can appear to be landscapes, seascapes or skyscapes, the works just as easily read as images of the universe, they said. Vashon Community Care will be the site of a show by Geri Peterson, a local watercolor artist who will discount the prices on her works by 70 percent. “There is a thing, as an artist, where you paint for the love of painting. Not to sell, just to do. To me each painting is a little piece of me and I want them to make people happy. ... My prices for this show will be only to recover part of that cost. In other words, the painting is free, as my gift.� Peterson will also make a donation to Vashon Community Care for each piece sold. The reception for the show is from 7 to 9 p.m. Vashon Senior Center will also display watercolor still life paintings by Geri Peterson, whose “Fearless� painting classes start Aug. 2 at the center. Wings Birdseed will show a unique embroidery tableau by Bea Johnson, and items from an upcoming fiber arts trunk sale, to be held Aug. 11 at the Land Trust Building. The sale will benefit Vashon Community Care.
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Talent on the track takes young Islander to the Junior Olympics Coaches say teen athlete has potential to be an elite runner By NATALIE JOHNSON Staff Writer
At 14 years old, Abigail Kim has already blown coaches away with her performance in track and field. Urged by her coaches, the Vashon teen is competing this week at the Junior Olympics in Houston. On Monday Abigail won her first heat and made it to the semi-finals in the 100meter dash, which she finished in 12.9 seconds. She will also compete in the 200meter dash and the long jump at the Junior Olympics, an annual event put on by the Amateur Athletic Union. “It’s a big achievement,� said Sue Kim, Abigail’s mother. “Even if she didn’t place at all, it will still be a tremendous achievement.� Reached at home last week, Abigail was excited to go to the event and asked that her mom speak on her behalf. From the time Abigail was little, Sue said, was been clear to everyone that she is fast. She won her first Turkey Trot on Vashon as an elementary schooler, Sue said. “She didn’t want to beat the boys because
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championships last spring. Todd Pearson, a volunteer coach at McMurray, said that Abigail was somewhat out of her league competing against fellow middle schoolers. The same performances at the high school state championships, he noted, likely would have placed her in the top three in those events. “It was clear to me that she had the ability to be very, very good,� Pearson said in an email. Pearson also said it was clear that Abigail needed coaching beyond what she could get on Vashon. “It’s obvious that she’s really gifted,� Pearson said. “We needed to get her to a coach who can really show her what to do to get to the next level.� Abigail, who moved to Vashon with her family when she was 6, is extremely muscular and is built like a runner, Pearson said. The fact that she was running so fast without the help of an experienced coach who could improve her form, he added, was also a testament to her natural talent. “There was enormous room for improvement in her performances, and yet she was easily beating the competition using lessthan-stellar technique,� he said. With encouragement from Pearson and middle school coach Marilyn Oswald, Abigail began training about a month ago with Mike Cunliffe, a Seattle running
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coach who works with elite runners and was impressed with Abigail’s times. With hard work and some improvements to her running form, Abigail qualified to compete at the Junior Olympics in all three events she tried for. There, Pearson said, she’ll be competing against some young athletes who have had highlevel coaching for years. “Abbie will come into that meet at a significant disadvantage on that score, but I am confident she’ll do very well in spite of it,� he said. Sue said that while Abigail’s coaches anticipate she could go far in the world of competitive track and field, she and her husband Jin Kim are being careful not to put too much pressure on the young girl. Abigail also enjoys soccer and plays on an elite team in Seattle, and her parents want her to feel free to pursue whatever sport she chooses, Sue said. “She’s built to be an athlete, and she needs to move to survive,� she said. “We want to keep her life in balance, too, and make sure she stays involved in other things as well.�
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BUSINESS BRIEFS Locally brewed hard cider now available at Thriftway
First Cliff Goodman offered up his popular microbrews, and now Vashon’s only commercial cidery has its first bottles on the shelf. Dragon’s Head Cider — hard cider made and bottled by Islanders Wes and Laura Cherry — is now available at Vashon Thriftway and may hit other retailers or restaurants this summer. The Cherrys, a young couple with a two-acre apple orchard at their home near the famed Mukai Farmhouse, have been developing the brand for about two years. In the process, they’ve taken classes from Peter Mitchell, an international authority on cider-making and award-winning producer from England, and gotten help from local fruit expert Bob Norton. Laura Cherry said she and Wes have gotten positive feedback from friends who have tried their cider, and they’re excited to finally offer it commercially. They chose Thriftway, she said, in part because it has a growing cider section. “The next outlets we’ll look at are speciality bottle shops in Seattle and probably smaller restaurants,� she said. The Cherrys describe Dragon’s Head as a more traditional dry, English-style cider. Though their own orchard isn’t ready to harvest yet, Laura said, they used the same types of apples they will harvest next year to make this year’s batches. Dragon’s Head is sold at Thriftway in 750 ml bottles. “It’s great for sharing,� she said.
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Vashon woman honored by business journal Jennifer Olsen, president of Resourceful HR, was named one of Puget Sound Business Journal’s “40 under 40� — a prestigious award that identifies influential business leaders under age 40 who demonstrate dynamic leadership and excel in their industry and communities. Olsen, a Vashon resident, founded the company in 2007. Resourceful HR provides temporary employees, recruitment, leadership development, consulting and other human resources-related needs to businesses. Olsen also hosts the Northwest HR Best Practices Roundtable and serves as board president of AHOPE for Children, a nonprofit focused on assistance for vulnerable children in Ethiopia. The business journal’s award, now in its 14th year, selected the 40 young businesspeople from among more than 400 nominations. Gordon Prouty, the business journal’s publisher, said this year’s class joins 520 past winners “who have been recognized for their outstanding achievements in both career and community. They represent a diverse group of industries and background and demonstrate the innovation, energy and commitment that has made our region great, and will continue to make our region great moving forward.�
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Palouse wins wine awards Judges at this year’s Seattle Wine Awards recently selected Palouse Winery’s 2009 Black Pearl Petite Sirah for a Double Gold Medal, the highest award given. The competition includes only wines produced in Washington state, and 16 judges evaluate each one on color, aroma, flavor, palate, balance, finish and overall impression. Palouse Winery is located at the north end of Vashon and is owned by George and Linda Kirkish. Since releasing their first petite sirah in 2004, they say they have been committed to creating the best possible wines with Washington-grown grapes. “We’re really thrilled and honored to have been awarded this medal,� they said in a recent press release. The grapes for the award-winning wine came from Portteus Vineyard in Zillah, Wash., which is owned by Paul Portteus, a former Vashon Islander. His was one of the first small, family vineyards and wineries
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constant traffic at the small cabin — visitors who often stayed just a few minutes. Around the same time, theft in the area increased, heightening their concerns. Once it was clear to them that drugs were being sold at the home, residents said they contacted police and began to write down license plate numbers, photograph people outside the home and pressure the landlord to evict the occupants. Some even stopped their cars outside the home when driving by and stared at the cabin, hoping the tenants would grow uncomfortable under their watchful eye. The issue came to a head when a home close to the suspected drug house was broken into in the middle of the night. The man who lives there says he scared off the intruder — who appeared to be under the influence of drugs — but was terrified nonetheless. “It was kind of like that nightmare you have that someone is in your house,� said the resident, who asked not to be named. “Only it’s not a nightmare.� Around the same time, deputies stationed themselves
near the home throughout the day, observing traffic and running license plate numbers. Police didn’t have enough evidence to obtain a search warrant for the home, Anderson said, but over the course of one week in July, they made three drug-related arrests. On July 6, deputies arrested a 36-year-old man they believed to be living at the home on a warrant from Union County, Ore., for conspiracy to manufacture and deliver marijuana, according to a sheriff’s report. On July 11, they arrested a man leaving the home who was driving with a suspended license. They also found a crack pipe in his vehicle, according to the report. The next day they arrested a 42-year-old man on a Seattle warrant on drug charges. “Once we found out about the house, we hit it hard,� Anderson said. Neighbors close to the situation say they were pleased with the police response and felt sales were interrupted, but they were still uneasy with the amount of activity at the house. The man whose home was broken into said he saw around 30 different people at the cabin over the course of several weeks. He believes many of them grew up on Vashon and are known by deputies to be drug users. He said several people he questioned admitted to buying both methamphetamine- and heroin at the house, though it
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wasn’t clear whether drugs were being made. “Everybody feels this is a terrible thing,� he said. “There was a strong response from the whole neighborhood.� One woman who lives near the home and asked not to be named contacted police after her fence was torn down by one of the suspected drug users. She said she was shocked at the number of people who seemed to be crammed into the small cabin and said they often spilled out onto the lawn. Angered by the situation and worried for her family, the woman said she and others confronted some of the people outside the home. “We were in their face everyday, maybe putting our life on the line a little bit, but we definitely wanted them to know they’re not welcome here,� she said. Neighbors say they came to realize the landlord, a Vashon resident, was key to ending the problem. After repeated phone calls, personal contacts and encouragement from the police, the landlord finally evicted the renters. A “no trespassing� sign was posted on the cabin door for a time, neighbors say, assuring the residents didn’t return. Those who pressured the landlord say they’re pleased he finally acted, but they also believe the suspected drug dealers are likely living somewhere else on Vashon or looking for another home to rent. One woman posted a warning on the popular listserv VashonALL, encouraging owners of rentals to check references before new people move in. “I don’t want anyone else to go through what we have experienced,� she said in the message. The east-side residents have also found that their experience was not an uncommon one. The man whose home was broken into said that after telling his story to others, many have said they’ve also had problems with drug houses. “Since word got around, people are stopping me and saying, ‘Here’s what we’re dealing with.’ It’s more than a couple of people. There’s quite a bit going on,� he said. Indeed, a man who lives on Westside Highway and asked not to be named said his neighborhood responded similarly to a suspected drug house a couple of years ago. They also became suspicious of the home because of heavy traffic there, and when theft increased in the area, they began to call police and write down license plate numbers. They even held a neighborhood meeting. “You could tell when they got a new shipment or something — there would be a steady stream of cars,� the man said. “It made me a little nervous for my wife, and when I had children I didn’t want these characters cruising around down there.� The man said he suspects drugs may still be sold at the home, but the activity there seemed to die down after the place got so much attention. “I think in part what happened is they started to catch on that all the neighbors were unhappy,� he said. Others, however, haven’t been so successful at quieting suspected drug houses. Some who live near the Vashon airport say one home down a gravel driveway has been problematic for years. A woman who lives close to the home says she has developed a contentious relationship with the residents, whom she calls “bottom of the barrel� drug users, because she frequently reports their activities to police. The woman, who asked not to be named, said she has seen countless suspected drug users come and go at the house; she believes drugs are being made there as well. She described the residents as crude and confrontational and said they are frequently arrested, usually for theft. “They get them and arrest them, and they are out in days,� she said. People who appear to be under the influence have wandered
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Almeda (Koehn) Gilchrist Cruse Born February 15, 1921 in Taloga, OK, Almeda, 90, died April 15, 2011 in Federal Way, WA. Raised in Oklahoma, she married Wilke Cruse in 1955 in Denver, CO. After living many places they settled in West Seattle. They built a home on Vashon Island, living there 20 plus years. Predeceased by her husband, Wilke, Almeda is survived by her sons, Keith Gilchrist (Barbara) and Kendall Gilchrist (Bonnie) and her daughter, Karen Carpenter (Chuck); five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. A memorial will be held at Kendall’s home August 4, 2012, 1-3pm at 434 SW 297th, Federal Way, 98023. RSVP 253-941-9127.
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onto her property, defecated in her driveway and are believed to have kicked a neighbor’s dog to death. “I’ve had them on my back porch at 9 at night in the winter,� she said. She said she has become so afraid of the residents that she purchased a gun, learned how to use it and will keep it nearby if she spends time on the farthest corners of her property. “I do my yard work with a shotgun over my wheelbarrow,� she said. Another woman who lives in the area believes someone who attempted to break into her home during the night, waking her teenage daughter, is connected to the same suspected drug house. She said she also recently called police after seeing someone who appeared to be under the influence staggering down a main road. “We have noticed more wasted people walking around our street,� she said. “It’s definitely changed my attitude in terms of this being a safe, bucolic place to live. ... We knew there was stuff going on on the Island, but it’s different having it right in your neighborhood.� The woman who lives closer to the airport says she understands that the hands of the police are tied, since it’s difficult to obtain a search warrant. Despite her fears, she said, she’ll continue to call the sheriff’s department whenever there are problems — something she believes other neighbors have shied away from. “Most of the neighbors here ignore it,� she said. “They don’t want to rock the boat. They like to keep to themselves.� One deputy told the woman that if it weren’t for her repeated calls, the suspected drug dealers would probably be “sitting pretty all the time,� she said. “Honestly, ignoring it is the worst thing,� she said. Anderson, who spoke with concern about the Island’s drug problem, said he and other deputies encourage Islanders to report suspected drug dealers, even if there is no hard evidence, and to write down license plate numbers, something he called “gold� for police. Anderson said he wishes he had more deputies on the Island to investigate tips and make traffic stops, but said that’s unlikely with the current budget situation. He noted that parts of the county with higher crime rates have seen staff cuts, and a proposal to reduce the number of deputies assigned to Vashon is being considered. “We’re going to do the most we can with the resources we have,� he said.
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7$$ NPEJGJDBUJPOT XJMM LFFQ SFTJEFOUT XBSNFS With a ribbon cutting ceremony last Thursday, Vashon Community Care commemorated the construction of two new vestibules at the front and rear entrances to the building. The creation of the vestibules solves a problem that has long plagued the center, VCC officials said. During the winter months, cold air blew easily into the entrances and made some of the most heavily used rooms chilly. It got especially cold during extended power outages, they said. Now, the vestibules’ double doors — both of them automatic — will keep the elements out. “It doesn’t seem like a big deal, but it is for the residents,� said Capt. Joe Wubbold, a VCC board member who led the effort. The $48,000 project was funded by the center’s maintenance reserve fund as well as grants from The Little Family Foundation and the Puget Sound Energy Foundation. Keith Putnam, a Vashon architect, designed the vestibules at a discounted rate. As the vestibules were being built,Wobbold said, residents joked that VCC’s resident cat Isabella, who frequently comes and goes through the doors, would have the final stamp of approval. And before the front ribbon was cut by Wubbold and Putnam (pictured at left), Isabella successfully passed through the doors. /BUBMJF +PIOTPO 4UBGG 1IPUP
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their financial resources, has long existed on an extremely tight budget in part because of how it is reimbursed for care. For residents receiving Medicaid, the government pays only 74 percent of the cost of their care in the skilled nursing facility and 49 percent of the cost of care in assisted living. VCC makes up the difference. As a result, providing this rehabilitation service made sense on two levels, Ansell said. It serves a need on the Island and provides another stream of revenue. Ansell stepped into her role at VCC in January 2011 and noticed immediately that there was no dedicated rehabilitation space, she said. She also noticed that many residents of the assisted living quarters could benefit from such services. Some of them were receiving care in their apartments from Swedish’s home care program, and when that service shut down on Vashon abruptly last fall, Ansell said she contacted Providence to see if it might offer the home
care services. VCC stepped up its efforts to provide the services as well. Without such in-homeservices on the Island, Ansell said, she knew many people would simply go without — and be the worse for it. Vashon Community Therapy offers a variety of services, each of which is important, Ansell said. Physical therapy helps people increase their strength and mobility; occupational therapy helps people maintain as much independence as possible and learn new ways to handle their daily activities, and speech therapy assists not just with talking, but also with eating and cognition. “It’s a very important part of wellness,� Ansell said. “It makes a difference in people’s lives.� VCC currently employs a staff of seven part-time professionals to provide these therapies, as well as Jan Kittleson, the director of rehabilitation services. The services are especially intended for older people or those with disabilities. “Our focus is there,� said Lynn Davison, the board chair. “We want to honor that.� In February, Ansell said, VCC moved its adult day
care program to a different room, and the rehabilitation program took its former space — a large lightfilled area, now with a variety of equipment, including a set of stairs, parallel bars, an exercise machine similar to a seated elliptical trainer and a full kitchen, useful in addressing a variety of rehabilitation needs. VCC staff have been in touch with Group Health Cooperative about providing rehabilitative services for Islanders who are Group Health members, Davison said, and the board and staff are hopeful that request will move forward. “We love partnering, looking for places we can be value-added,� Davison said. “We like to be a resource to the broader community and have the community be tapped into us.� In other news at VCC, Davison said that the center hopes to refinance its mortgage this fall and create a substantial savings each year. To do so will
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require a major fundraising campaign, which VCC plans to unveil soon. Currently, VCC is locked into a HUD-backed mortgage with an interest rate above 7 percent. That lock is about to expire, and Davison expects VCC will be able to secure a new mortgage at 3.5 percent or lower, saving the cashstrapped facility $200,000 a year or more in mortgage payments and $9 million over the course of the loan. “It’s just an amazing opportunity,� she said. A refinance, she added, will “take the heat off our very tight financial situation.� Ansell and Davison both
said the first priority once the refinancing is completed is to create an operating reserve, which VCC currently does not have. Following that, Ansell said she would like to see some of the new-found money go toward resident programming, including adding staff to support more activities. There are many activities already, she said, but people would like more. “The residents want to be busy. They want to be challenged. ‌ They want to get off the Rock,â€? Ansell said. “Another full-time employee would make a big difference.â€?
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Mary and Sean Forsman Emily Carroll of Georgetown, Kentucky, and Ed &Pam Carroll of Charlotte, North Carolina are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter Mary Carroll to Sean Forsman, son of Ann Barnhart and Jim Forsman of Vashon, Washington. The couple was married July 28, 2012 on Vashon Island, Washington. Mary attended Clarksville High School and graduated in 2002. She received a Bachelor of Arts in History from Emory University in 2006. Sean attended Vashon High School and graduated in 2001. He received a Bachelor of Science in Operations Research from the United States Air Force Academy in 2005. He is currently employed by the United States Air Force. The couple will reside in California where Sean is currently stationed.
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two paintings a week for 40 years now — more than 4,000 in all, almost all of which he has sold. A thousand of the paintings, he estimates, hang on Vashon walls — making him by far the most collected painter on the Island. Not that he thinks that is all good. “I’m not proud of it, really,� he said. “It’s almost too prolific.� Part of Spakowsky’s appeal, no doubt, are his prices: Many of his works go for between $200 and $600. He wants to be able to sell them to working-class people, he said. His art brings in enough money, he said, to “keep me in groceries� and pay for his single biggest expense — his property taxes, which have skyrocketed over the years. Spakowsky lives alone, after a long-ago breakup with his wife. His three daughters, now grown, stayed with him on holidays and during the summers when they were young, he said. He has had plenty of company at his home, though — guests in a small outbuilding next to his house that he calls his bunkhouse. Big enough for just a bed and a few shelves to store gear, the bunkhouse has provided a way station for friends from Vashon and other faraway places. “People fall in love with Vashon and just stay here for a couple of months,� he said. “I never charge them anything.� Over the years, he’s exhibited at many venues, including the Astoria Maritime Museum and the Kirsten Gallery in Seattle, and in special shows organized at the Vashon boatyard of his lifelong friend, Danny Cadman. Seven times, his paintings have been accepted into Foss Maritime’s prestigious calendar competition. Currently, his paintings line a wall at Duet, a local shop and gallery. Along the way, he’s always found time for another art form altogether. In the 1970s, he and his brother Jimmy formed a rock band, The Doily Brothers. One of the band’s high-water marks came in 1972, when they opened for Alice Cooper at the Paramount in Seattle. Now, many years later, the Doily Brothers still draw a dancing crowd for
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Born 2008 Carmina is a very serene girl. She is sweet and quiet, but loves to be petted. Carmina was found near Wax Orchard Rd. and brought into VIPP. Upon arrival at the shelter, Carmina was a little shy but quickly warmed up to the people around her. She would love to curl up on your lap all day or cuddle up underneath a blanket to take a nap. This sweetheart hasn’t been claimed and is ready to find a new home. She would be a great member to add to a family. Carmina came to VIPP on 7/11/12.
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Born around 2007 Ziggy seems to have zigzagged his way to Vashon Island. He was found in a carrier in a ditch on the south end on the Vashon Highway. He took off at first when someone discovered and opened the carrier but then he finally came back around to the area and was turned over to VIPP. He had to be neutered and get all of his shots. Throughout the whole ordeal, this boy was a total sweetheart. Ziggy would like to zigzag his way into a loving home. He has a great disposition and he would make a great family pet. He came to VIPP on 5/24/12.
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Promise is a happy little chap, about 10 pounds and 5 years old, who is good with cats and most other dogs. He is trained on an invisible fences. Promise walks great on a leash and loves to meet people but should be in a home without small children. He gets cold easily and would love a warm indoor home (and maybe a stylish sweater!). Contact Vashon Island Pet Protectors atdogs@vipp.org or call 206-707-2218. $125 adoption fee. Follow VIPP on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/ Vashon-Island-Pet-Protectors
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