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He added that he is willing to put his money where his mouth is and gave the park district a $1,000 check. He drew laughs when he said he had written on it, “Save our dock. Do not cash if you can’t.� Ezra Parker also spoke up, representing birders. The dock is the best bird watching site on the island in the winter and a stop on the Puget Sound Birding Loop map, he said. He added that it is a new site in the Puget Sound Seabird Survey, a citizen science project conducted by Seattle Audubon. “Tramp Harbor is ... the jewel in that,� he said, noting that several off-islanders come to bird watch there. Frank Jackson was also among those who addressed the board. “This dock is just too special,� he said. “It helps define our island.� The board is slated to vote at the next meeting, 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, at Ober Park.
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County wants ‘attractive nuisance’ demolished, owner appeals The former real estate office on the north end is for sale, but officials say it is unsafe By SUSAN RIEMER Staff Writer
Just a few years ago, the former Vashon Island Realty building at the north end of the island was a tidy, wellmaintained structure. Now, four years after county officials red-tagged the building because the hillside was giving way, the county has ordered it torn down, believing it to be a hazard. The owner is appealing the order. Next month, Gretchen Miller, an off-island real estate agent who bought the building in 2012, and officials from the King County Department of Permitting and Environmental Review (DPER) will attend a hearing to determine the fate of the building, according to DPER’s Sheryl Lux. “I believe we have enough evidence that it should be demolished,” Lux said in a recent interview. “Our main concern is the structure falling away from the hillside.” However, Miller, who has had the property on the market most of the time she has owned it, says she believes there are many possibilities at the site and that she has envisioned a bright future for the property, which sits just off Vashon Highway and has a sweeping eastern view. “I would love to get input from the community to find out what they would want to see there,” she wrote in a recent email to The Beachcomber. “A Welcome Center? Viewpoint? Restaurant? Retail/gift shop? Live/work lofts? Motel? Campground?” The hearing is scheduled for April 15, and Lux said the hearing examiner will make a final determination about the property either at the hearing or within two weeks. For 30 years, the cottage-like structure, which is supported by stilts on its east side, served as the office for Bill and Lynne Chunn, owners of Vashon Island Realty. During their tenure, the building always appeared freshly painted, with vibrant blue trim, and in warm months, flowers bloomed in red flower boxes. One day in 2011, however, when Bill arrived at the office, he had to reach up for the doorknob, which had always been at his waist. County officials soon came out and red-tagged the building, posting a sign that forbids anyone to enter. That spring had an extremely wet spell, Chunn recalled recently, as he explained that groundwater had exerted too much force on a bulkhead supporting the building. When the bulkhead partially gave way, the building sunk about a foot. The Chunns had no choice but to leave the building, and the bank eventually foreclosed on it. Despite its state, public records show that it was purchased in 2012 for $4,900 and sold to Miller later that year for $24,464. Miller, in turn, put it on the market for $100,000. Over time she dropped the price to $70,000. It came off the market last fall, but when
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County officials stress that the public should stay out of this building, as the hillside is giving way beneath it. Miller returned it to the market in December, she bumped the price up to the current asking price, $149,950. Its online real estate description notes that it is a twobedroom house that was built in 1940 and sits across the street from a state waterfront park. “Excellent storefront or residential sitting on 2 parcels. Remodeling underway, still have time to choose your own finishing touches,” the description says. In her email, Miller also said she would appreciate help with creative planning, engineering and construction lending. “I’m looking for more people that want to invest back into their community, by improving this space to the best use, so it can give back to Vashon,” she wrote. Lux, at the county, however, stresses that the building is unsafe. DPER officials have kept an eye on the property since it was red-tagged, she said, and have noted that the situation is worsening. “It had gotten to the point where it was of concern for us,” she said. “The cracks are getting larger. There is evidence that the structure was moving.” Last spring, DPER was in touch with Miller, notifying her of code violations at the property and the need to seek a demolition permit. They then sent her a legal notice to
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demolish the structure, which Miller appealed. Bill Chunn said he can see that the situation at his former office is deteriorating and raised concerns about the safety of the highway in front of it, should the cracking bulkhead in the hillside give way. He said he fears that if the bulkhead goes, the roadway will go, too. For her part, Lux said that a code enforcement officer routinely checks the site, and if an area of concern is found, a county geologist and/or King County Roads would be contacted to investigate. Several concerns that would prevent future development exist at the site, aside from the moving hillside, including zoning limitations, Lux said. The site is zoned as primarily residential, and the building sits on a county right-of-way for the highway. “There is no way we would allow a structure to be rebuilt in that specific location,” she added. Several of the windows have been broken over time and are now boarded up. Just a few weeks ago, the front door was wide open until a county official contacted Miller to close it. Still, the window of the door is missing, providing access to the inside. “We do not know what the attraction is,” Lux said. “We encourage people to stay out of the building.”
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EDITORIAL
Cookie season creates a Thin Mint high
Schools set to take a holistic approach to sex ed
We have two girls involved in scouts. Our youngest daughter is a real green-sashed Girl Scout. Her older sister attends an alternative girl scout-type thingy on Saturday afternoons. The Girl Scouts have better cookies. During the last weeks of winter, every winter, our youngest daughter sells Girl Scout cookies. She painstakingly records her family and friends’ cookie orders in girlish script on a slick, four-color preprinted form. A gaggle of giggling girls might staff a folding table at the grocery store on Saturdays. My wife Maria might post something clever on Facebook. Helpfully, I might eat several boxes of cookies. This year Maria became a kingpin. We had half of the den stacked four feet high with cases of Thin Mints, Do-si-dos, Rah-Rah Raisins, Tagalongs. Eventually, the whole family joined her organization. Mom, Dad, kids, even the family dog. After our shipment came in, there was a steady stream of visitors, often at odd hours. They usually left their motors running, trotting nervously to our door and furtively handing over crumpled Jacksons, Franklins, personal checks, bags of laundry quarters. A dimply minion in plushy bearhead pillow slippers, or her oldest brother with the remote still in his hand, or sometimes Mrs. Kingpin herself might greet the visitor with a curt nod, disappear into the den, and reappear with a white plastic sack of Samoas, Trefoils, Savannah Smiles. Some women bought 12, 16, 19 boxes “for their families.” One woman claimed she needed 24 boxes of Thin Mints because she had several teenagers in the home. I love Thin Mints. But they don’t
When Vashon’s school district applied for and received a CDC grant to redo its sex education program, it wasn’t because our young people have gone astray in this area. There aren’t high rates of teen pregnancy or sexual assault here, no known outbreaks of sexually transmitted infections. But that doesn’t mean the district’s teachings on sexual health are as strong as they could be. Recently an islander who has worked in prevention at the district noted that students at McMurray Middle In 2012 just 19 percent School seemed hungry for inforon this topic. Currently of Vashon High School mation the schools’ sex education meets seniors reported state requirements, but doesn’t using a condom the go beyond that. last time they had sex. With state funding not covering basic education, the district has made core subjects such as math and history a funding priority. Sex education understandably hasn’t been a target. How fortunate are we, then, that this grant could ultimately provide more than $10,000 to craft and implement changes, updating sex education at the middle and high schools to be more in line with what experts now recognize is meaningful and effective for teens. A state official noted when Vashon garnered the grant that the schools didn’t display particular need, but there was a lot of enthusiasm. That enthusiasm is still apparent, as school officials have clearly committed to examining this topic through the lens of the latest science. Local health professionals who care about youth also joined the committee crafting the plan, as did the director of Vashon’s anti-domestic violence organization. They’ve worked with experts in the field to determine what Vashon currently has to offer and what teens need most. They’ve crafted what seem to be thoughtful recommendations, a holistic approach to sex education that goes far beyond learning about the reproductive system and birth control. The plan also includes offering condoms at the high school, a practice that’s backed by research and that other schools have been doing for years. As noted earlier, Vashon doesn’t have high teen pregnancy rates. Still, in 2012 just 19 percent of Vashon High School seniors reported using a condom the last time they had sex. In a small town where it’s hard to visit a store without bumping into someone you know, providing condoms at the school — along with education about them — could go a long way in developing good habits in teens that they will take into adulthood. The district is now challenged with implementing the recommendations, something made difficult by the fact that high schoolers only have one term of health class. The school community should look forward to seeing how meaningful changes for our youth may happen in this important area.
FAMILY LIFE By KEVIN POTTINGER work. Often the habitués could be seen ripping open the packages on their way down the driveway. Some unfortunates couldn’t wait for the car and crouched behind the bushes. Our backyard turned into a chewing gallery. This year, internecine competition for sales prizes is intense, both around Puget Sound and apparently, across the country. Never mind moms bringing order forms to work with them, or calling grandma to help sell a half-dozen boxes to her buddies in the old folks’ home. One troop, probably somewhere in Kansas or Oklahoma, took it to the next level entirely, engaging Tom Hanks to sell their Girl Scout cookies. Two weeks ago, it was reported that members of the Vashon Girl Scout troop tried to commandeer the corner in front of The Hardware Store Restaurant, while the high school journalism class manned bake sale tables on that same corner. Both groups reportedly told the other to get off their corner. At the same time, a competing group of girls worked the northeast corner, in front of Nirvana. Inexplicably, someone had set up a stair machine on the southeast corner in front of the flower shop, and a shapely woman in yoga pants was demonstrating to the old guys idling at the four-way stop exactly how a stair machine works. The rival girl-gangs peppered the
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Cemetery theft
Valued items were stolen Sadly, the Vashon Island Cemetery gravesite of Ryan Krug was vandalized sometime between late afternoon March 13 and early afternoon March
14. Items of enormous meaning to the family were stolen: a light blue metal and glass lantern and the 6-foot stake on which it hangs; five colorful mosaic-adorned rocks that decorated Ryan’s resting place made by family and friends; a Rubbermaid
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vehicle traffic with shrill cross-fire, flashing three-fingered Scout signs and shouting “Four dollars a box — no refunds!” and “They’re not nutritious, they’re delicious!” A few days later, a late-model minivan pulled into our driveway. While the family dog barked in maximum red alert, a bearded stranger sat behind the wheel and spoke through a four-inch gap in the driver’s side window. He called himself “Duke.” He was apparently some sort of lieutenant in Maria’s operation. While the dog grumbled on the porch, he asked in a hushed voice if I was his connection. He had just closed up an open-air cookie market near the cart park at the grocery store and had instructions from a captain in the organization to deliver the cash, green handSharpied signs and the unsold product back to the kingpin’s crib. His small children watched wideeyed, still strapped in their car seats, as the mule and I unloaded thick, rubber-banded stacks of cash and two dozen half-empty cases of cookies from the back of his Caravan. By the time this column hits print, sales of Girl Scout cookies in Western Washington will be over. If you haven’t scored yet, or have a sincere, teeth-chattering Thin Mints jones, don’t come here. We’re no longer holding. And probably under some kind of surveillance. At least one organization in TriCities is still dealing. And in the southern U.S., Girl Scouts are hosting an ice-and-snow-delayed cookie sale throughout the mid-South starting April 4, or September or something. I’m sorry, man. That’s the best I can do.
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Roughneck tub and lid containing candles, tea lights and lighter wands; a dark green, suede-bound book containing loving messages written by family and friends who visit Ryan. The individual or individuals responsible for this theft perhaps have no idea of the pain they have inflicted. These are not just “things,” but loving mementos that comfort family and friends through an unimaginable loss. The family would like the items returned, particularly the green journal. Please find it within you to act honorably and return them. The perpetrator(s) know that the name, phone number and mailing address are in the front of the journal. They should leave the book at the cemetery, Island Funeral Service, the library, the post office, the fire station, schools or any business on the island. The good people of Vashon who support and comfort the Krugs will make sure it gets back to its rightful owners. Or they should call the number in the book and anonymously arrange to leave it at a location of your choosing. Someone knows what has happened to these items. There is a reward for information leading to their recovery. Ryan was a young man full of kindness. Those who have items from his resting place should please act in that spirit and return them, no questions asked. — Barbara Gylland
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Debate
Program teaches many skills Seeing accomplished debater Callan Foster acknowledged as team captain in the paper this morning, alongside news of our beloved Vashon High School Basketball team placing at State gives me pause to share a parent’s reflection on the value of competition, specifically in debate (Pirate of the Week, March 11). Callan and her partner Aria Garrett’s performance this year continues VHS’ success, where a year ago this week at the Washington state tournament, Lili Stenn and Julia Zaglin were first-place champions in policy debate. Since debate is not a spectator sport, I’d like to share my observations after several years on the sidelines, as students and families consider elective choices at VHS for next fall. Debate is one-stop shopping. It encompasses the myriad qualities educators speak of when they discuss the most desirable skills a student can develop: critical thinking, research, writing, public speaking, leadership and team camaraderie. The academic rigor and curiosity it cultivates is contagious. Debate fosters a deep interest in vital current news and affairs. Students engage with an intellectually charged peer group. The shy ones become confident public speakers, the latent gifted student finds a voice. They all learn to research and articulate salient arguments, how to work as a team, and best of all, experience the exhilaration of being in a collegial com-
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Heartfelt thanks to kind-hearted islanders
Vashon Pizza would like to thank all the kind-hearted people who gave of their time, money and prayers in the passing of Sierra, our beautiful employee and friend for the past seven years. We love and miss her dearly. Robin Murphy, Natalie Harkins Owners of Vashon Pizza
Thanks to local healthcare On January 22 the Vashon Fire Department meds whisked me down the Vashon Highway, onto the ferry, and on to Harborview Hospital where I was almost immediately opened up, the bad part was cut out, and I was helped to heal and survive to live another day. My thanks go to the medics with their speedy response to a stomach ache, their calm professionalism and their caring natures. The folks at Harborview will never take a back seat either; it’s a 4-Star Outfit. If anyone doubts Vashon Island’s ability to provide health care, they can talk to me. Dorothy Hall-Bauer
Ode to Vashon’s “real” radio station
Last Saturday, I made a recording of my poetry at VoV. Susan McCabe, the Program Manager of Vashon’s own radio station, was my very gracious, personable, and professional guide, and the experience was fifteen minutes of fun. It reminded me, once again, how Susan and her dedicated comrades did what ever it took to make VoV the “real” radio station it is today, saving us during wind and snow, alerting us when an Islander is in trouble, and, educating and entertaining us every day. All of us benefit from the loyalty and obvious enthusiasm they have for what they do. So, today, I am here to say, because I think it should be said often, thank you, VoV. We appreciate what you’ve done and what you do! Devon Atkins
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munity with a passion for learning. It’s worth noting graduates of VHS’ debate program have buoyed their college applications, gaining excellent admissions and scholarships to some of the country’s finest universities. Cheers and lots of luck to the VHS debate team at the state tournament this weekend at Gonzaga. — Jil Stenn
Island Quilter
Let’s end the public debate Like so many people, I was disappointed when I first read that the Vashon quilt shop was leaving the Robinson Building on Vashon Highway. Understandably, people are sorry to see the shop go. Yet, is it right to vilify the buyers? There are facts about the real estate agreement that reveal that they have shown nothing but respect for the quilt shop owners. When the buyers, both well known for their community involvement, entered into the agreement, they wanted it to be a win win. Their offer was characteristically generous. It included financial help to the renters and extra time to help them find a new spot — hopefully on the island. Little did they know, when they made the offer, they were jumping into an inflammatory community debate. They and the sellers are feeling emotionally drained by all the negative noise resulting from their purchase, and they have not
been fairly represented in the discussion. Can we please put the public debate to rest? — Anne Atwell
Can a win-win deal be found? Along with so many others, I’m saddened at the plans for the current Island Quilter space. Island Quilter offers a destination for quilters and stichers, a glorious burst of color on gray winter days and a perpetual source of visual inspiration. The store hosts workshops for kids and adults and regularly brings the rock stars of the quilting world to our island to share their passion for vivid color. Many of us have been drawn to quilting by the store’s beauty and Paul and Anja’s encouragement. Quilters who come to town get lunch nearby, visit other stores and stay on the island during workshops. Their enthusiasm and their trade bring vitality to our town center. One hopes that plans can be reconsidered and that a win-win deal could still be found for the current owners of the building, the prospective buyers and Island Quilter. The proposed exercise studio seems highly redundant in our retail center. I fear that a year from now we’ll be passing an empty storefront instead of a vibrant business that draws visitors and uplifts our spirits. We’d rejoice to keep Island Quilter as an anchor of our creative community. — Margot Boyer
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With babysitting, it’s best to start before you are too old I was the youngest child in my family, by a long shot. My closest sibling was almost a decade older than me. Yeah, I’m one of those. I was also the youngest among all my cousins. As a consequence, I grew up never spending any time around people younger than myself. In fact, I never held a baby until I was 40 years old. It was one of the first items I checked off my bucket list. The mother was surprised, but the kid was OK with it. Generally my only time around kids has been against my will such as on a plane, in a movie theater or at the teacup ride at Disneyland — just try cutting in front of me, junior. So it came as a surprise when I was recently asked to babysit. I scratched the side of my head and said, “Babysitting? Isn’t that one of those things they do in
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out easy enough, me drinking a beer racing against the younger one in a video game. I lost time and again as we raced through the streets of Los Angeles. He was nice enough to show me the nuances of blasting through construction barriers while shooting out the window. the country for fun, you know, like After one egregious wreck, I assessed my beer bottle, cow tipping?” deciding if I should have another. I figured it was OK I barely remember the neighborbecause if we had to drive somewhere, he was a better hood girl who was hired to watch at it than I was. Before I could even get out of my chair, me as a lad. I can recall a lot of he said, “You want me to get you another beer?” And foot stomping, breath holding and like a springbok, he hopped up the stairs. Back in the general temper tantrums, but other day, his father and I would wrestle until someone had than that, she was pretty good. What a submission hold before a beer would does stand out from be fetched. It was then I understood the those days was the whole purpose of parenthood. Children Apparently time I was finally deemed worthy of not are like human Roombas, Humbas, that needing a babysitter. I was 14 years old in childrearing has will joyfully go about doing mundane Tennessee, and my mother gave me $100 changed. Nowadays tasks. Genius! and an open account at the local grocery Two hours into this parenting gig, I you can’t chuck a wad store and promptly drove to Florida for a pretty sure I had it figured out when month-long vacation with my stepfather. of cash at your kid and was a chill ran through the room. It was the As she pulled out of the driveway, I wasn’t leave the state. older one. She plunked down on the sofa entirely convinced she was coming back, with a look that said, “Could you be any but I had $100, and if I spent it carefully it stupider?” She was at that endearing age should last until my early 20s, and by then when any declarative sentence was grounds for an arguI would surely get another mother. ment. I found out the hard way that with one kid you As they drove off into the distance, I realized this was are a caregiver, but with two you are a referee. The first an opportunity not to be missed. I immediately rode my high-pitched debate concerned what video game to play. bike to the grocery store and said, “Garçon, show me She wanted to kill zombies, and he wanted to race cars. to your finest grape Nehi.” That night’s dinner featured I tried to play peacemaker by shutting off the TV and hors d’oeuvres of Pop Rocks; soup du jour was Karo suggesting that we play a nice board game. syrup; the entree was either Moon Pies or Twinkies, It is amazing how quickly two squabbling children and all of this was followed by dessert. My popularity can ally themselves against a common enemy. With one skyrocketed that month, too. You could always tell when an expert zombie killer and the other a getaway driver, there was a party at Chris’ house by all the bicycles in things were not looking good for me. I believe it was the driveway. only the early arrival of the parents that allows me to Apparently childrearing has changed. Nowadays you now tell you about the first and last time I ever babysat. can’t chuck a wad of cash at your kid and leave the state. For my child monitoring duties, I had to actually stay — Chris Austin is The Beachcomber’s circulation manager, a in the house with the juveniles in my charge. It started writer and an avid bicyclist.
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ONGOING Free Tax Help: Hilary Emmer will be available to provide free income tax preparation for those who earn $25,000 per year or less. No appointment is necessary. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Thursday through March 26 at the Vashon Library. Lunches at the Senior Center: The senior center offers hot, homemade lunches made from fresh, local fare four days a week. Many recipes come from the senior center cookbook and are prepared by a professional chef. Cost is by a suggested donation of $4.50. Call the senior center at 463-5173 for more information, to find out the day’s menu or to reserve a spot. Noon every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road.
WEDNESDAY • 18 DSHS Mobile Office: The state DSHS mobile community service office will be on Vashon to do application interviews for food, cash and childcare programs as well as yearly reviews and to answer any questions on active cases or about any other services. 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Vashon Maury Community Food Bank and 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Vashon Market IGA.
THURSDAY • 19 Chamber of Commerce Merchant Meeting: All storefronts are welcome to attend. The Spring Fling and other related topics will be discussed. 9 a.m. at the Vashon Bookshop. Lecture and Discussion Series: The Burton Community Church continues its lecture series, “The Skeptic’s View of American History.” Each week features two lectures, which are designed to stand alone. This week’s topics are: the Civil War’s actual turning points and the myth of “laissezfaire.” The lectures are free, and all are welcome to attend. For more information, call Herb Reinelt at 408-7360. 4 to 6 p.m. in Lewis Hall behind Burton Community Church. `How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk’ Book Discussion: Pick up tools for parenting and learn positive methods for communicating with children with this book from best-selling authors Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish. Discuss the techniques presented in the book and personal experiences with other parents. The book is available to check out through the King County Library System. 6:15 p.m. at the Vashon Library.
Vashon Vespers: This 35-minute service is meditative, musical, rooted in Christian contemplative tradition and open to all. Childcare will be provided. 7 p.m. at the Church of the Holy Spirit. Park District Levy Support Meeting: This is an organizational meeting for those interested in supporting the Park District levy. 7 p.m. at the McMurray Middle School library.
FRIDAY • 20 Colonel John Moore’s War: Community member and carving artist John Moore will present “Tales of Vietnam: No Guns, no knives, only the lowly telephone,” which focuses on his experiences while stationed in Japan. 1 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road. Shabbaton at the Havurat: In addition to being Shabbat, this weekend is also Rosh Chodesh — the new moon. Beginning with a musical service Friday evening, services and programs will continue through Saturday evening. See vashonhavurah@wordpress. com for details. 7 p.m. at Havurat Ee Shalom.
SATURDAY • 21 Spring Equinox Global Harmonization Ceremony: The circle of sound bowls will be played, holding the intentions of unity, compassion, harmony, joy, acceptance, love and appreciation among all the beings on the planet. Participants are welcome to bring their own crystal bowls or other sacred instruments. 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Vashon Intuitive Arts. Continuing Conversation: Amber Salvidar of the Community Network Program of Puget Sound Mental Health will talk about how immersion into the world of the disabled changed her life. For more information, call Dorothy HallBauer at 707-4696. 4 p.m. at 10127 Burton Dr. Vashon Social Dance Group: The group welcomes guest instructor and deejay Lilli Ann Carey from Dance for Joy for a Zydeco lesson and variety dance. Cost is by a $10 suggested donation, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. For more information, contact Candy McCullough at 9207596. 7 to 8 p.m. lesson and 8 to 9:30 p.m. variety dance at the Ober Park performance room.
SUNDAY • 22 Burton Community Church: The church will host an encore performance of last year’s twopart presentation organized by island activist, writer and musician Harmon Arroyo. “Into the Infinite,” part two, begins at 11 a.m. at the
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Burton Community Church. Ceremony for Abundant Rivers: In celebration of World Water Day, islanders are invited to a ceremony of song and prayer, while waters collected from various island sources will be offered to the Salish Sea. Attendees are welcome to bring light refreshments to share after the ceremony. For more information, contact Love Moore at rewildinglove@ gmail.com. 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at Winghaven Park. Seed Saving and Exchange: This event will include seed-saving information for participants. It is not necessary to have seeds to share to attend. 3 to 5 p.m. at the Vashon Library.
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Recognizing Marijuana Use: This free drug awareness presentation is designed for all islanders and groups who are interested in learning about marijuana and its observable effects and indicators. Led by Mike Graddon, founder of Drug Education Services and sergeant of the Des Moines, Washington, police department, this multimedia presentation will explore the subtle signs of marijuana use. 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, March 23, at the Vashon Theater.
UPCOMING DoVE Project Open House: The Vashon DoVE Project will host an open house to introduce islanders to its new office space. Children are welcome. Noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 28, at 19001 Vashon Hwy (Courthouse Square).
CLASSES & WORKSHOPS Youth Mental Health First Aid: This free program is designed to teach parents, family members, caregivers, teachers, school staff, peers, neighbors and other citizens how to help adolescents (ages 12 to 18) experiencing mental health or addiction challenges or who are in crisis. The course will include information on the common mental health challenges for youth, typical adolescent development and a five-step action plan for how to help young people both in crisis and non-crisis situations. Topics covered will include anxiety, depression, substance use, disorders in which psychosis may occur, disruptive behavior and eating disorders. Pre-registration is required. Go to varsanetwork. org/training/mhfa for more information and to register. 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, at Vashon Island Community Church. Summertime Marijuana Home Growing: Mike West of Green Lion Farms will teach this class
Woman’s Way Red Lodge and Island GreenTech will present “Daughters of the Niger Delta,” a peer-filmed documentary about the struggles of day-to-day life for women in a beautiful but polluted part of Nigeria, at 6 p.m. on Tuesday at the Vashon Theatre. Young women (like Helen Omodamin Omusuku, pictured above with the camera) from the heart of the region were equipped with the tools and skills to make the film themselves. Following the free screening, islander Kirsten Gagnaire, founder and director of the Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action, will speak about her experiences working in the delta, answer questions and discuss what can be done to help. on growing cannabis outdoors at home using organics, probiotics and companion plantings. Presented by the Vashon Island Marijuana Entrepreneurs Alliance, the class is free but donations are welcome. 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, at the Vashon Island Grange Hall. Free SAT Prep Classes: Sponsored by the King County Library System and the Friends of the Vashon Library, these sessions are designed to get participants well on the road to preparing for the SAT. Free copies of the official SAT Study Guide will be provided and attendance at all three sessions is mandatory. Class size is limited, and registration is required. To register, call 463-2069, go to kcls. org or stop by the Vashon Library. 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 21, and 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 28 and April 4, at the Vashon Library. Counting the Omer: A Kabbalistic Journey of Personal Transformation: This three-part class led by Tammy Lianu is based on Kabbalisitc Judaism and will explore the journey toward personal wholeness, with meetings before, during and after the Counting of the Omer (the Counting of the Omer is the 49-day journey between the second night of Passover and the holiday of Shavuot). This is an all-levels class and is open to everyone; no prior knwledge of Kabbalistic Judaism is necessary. Cost is by a suggested donation of $15 per class, with proceeds going to the land trust. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. See vashonhavurah. wordpress.com for more information. 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays, March 25,
April 22 and May 27, at the Havurat Ee Shalom. Ayurvedic Cleanse Program: Ronly Blau will lead this two-week program that includes four days of preparation, followed by one week of cleansing and a three-day digestion reboot. Diet will include nutritious, easy-to-digest food, and participants will learn stress management techniques such as yoga and breathing exercises. Classes can be taken in person or online. Cost for in-person classes is $200 ($110 for those repeating the program); online classes are $125 ($75 for those repeating the program). For more information and to register, go to meadow-
heartayurveda.com or call Blau at 499-8488. Registration is required by March 26. Program begins Wednesday, April 1. Cheese Making, From Cow to Curd: Professional cheese maker Kelsey Killian will host a class where participants will learn to milk a cow as well as learn how to make butter, mozzarella, goat cheese, aged cheeses and more at home. A full brunch and samples of the class’ work are included. The cost is $150, with group discounts available. For more information and to register, go to dairycouple. us or call 755-9419. 10 a.m. Saturday, March 28, at Venison Valley Farm & Creamery.
VASHON THEATRE Big Eyes: Ends March 19. Kingsman: The Secret Service: Plays March 20 to 26. Love’s Labour’s Lost (Royal Shakespeare Company): March 22 and 26. Daughters of the Niger Delta (GreenTech Night): March 24. See vashontheatre.com for show times or call 463-3232.
PUBLIC MEETINGS Vashon Sewer District: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 19, at the Vashon Senior Center. King County Airport District: 7 p.m. Thursday, March 19, at Courthouse Square. Vashon Island Fire & Rescue: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, at Station 55. Vashon Park District: 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, at Ober Park.
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“Rarely is the question asked: Where was our children learning?”
Watching our high school basketball team grab the headlines lately, it struck me as a good time to investigate the history of our island’s secondary education system. The construction of the very first high school was completed in Burton in 1904 looking not unlike a church. It would be another nine years before Vashon had its own high school located where the Harbor School sits today. For sixteen years both institutions were operating concurrently which fomented a rivalry so intense that legend has it Burton students said, “y’all” while Vashon students said, “oh sure, yeah, you betcha.” In 1929 the schools merged to form the Union High School located on a 20-acre plot near Center. It would graduate the first class of 37 students in 1930. Both original academies went on to become elementary schools but only the Burton High School alumni can brag that their former school house was used to build nose cones for missiles (must have had one helluva shop class). In 1973 a new Vashon High School was built for 500 students which has since been replaced by the one we have today. As I leafed through the pictures of graduating classes it seemed every decade had its own flavor. The very first graduating class, in 1909, consisted of five students with the youngest looking about 35 years old. It seems photography techniques a century ago didn’t quite capture the vigor of youth. A graduating class in the fifties lived up to that era’s reputation for staid conformity. It appeared to be an entire class of insurance agents with the class rebel wearing the off-the-wall, outrageous, light gray blazer. Neither of these class pictures compare with my own however. My class photo showed a real ladies’ man with hair parted straight down the middle and sporting a powder-blue tuxedo with a bow tie as big as a dinner plate - both of which still reside in my closet for special occasions. As I continued to rummage through the Heritage Museum’s archives, the class of 1925 stood out as it left us with a particularly robust history. One interesting assignment involved writing a “Last Will and Testament of the Class of Nineteen Twenty-five.” Each student was given several questions on how they would dispose of their high school “estate.” When asked what he would leave to a particular faculty member, who had commented, “Thank goodness that class is gone!”— one student said: “absolutely nothing, because of his unkind remark.” Several interesting books were bequeathed to the library including: “The Handsomest Man I Have Ever Known,” an autobiography, “How I Became Monarch of All I Surveyed,” another autobiography and “The Dumbest Mummy in the World,” hopefully not an autobiography. The final portion of the document detailed what students would gift to each other and included a generous classmate who left “a wad of partly used gum” for his two friends to share and one young lass who left a certain lad, “her ability to make love.” Apparently teenagers and their head-scratching declarations are nothing new. Send me your topic suggestions at www.chrisaustinmedia.com
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ORIGINAL WORKS: A performance produced by Vashon Allied Arts’ Center for Dance will showcase young island dancers and musicians for one weekend, March 27, 28 and 29. The artists will perform their own original works, from dance choreography — contemporary, ballet and tap — to songwriting and musical pieces. Tickets are sold at the Blue Heron and vashonalliedarts.org.
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Northwest writer reads poems seasoned by the heart New collection of poetry invites thoughtful reflection By JULI GOETZ MORSER Staff Writer
Former poet laureate Billy Collins once said that poetry tells the story of the human heart. For poet Yvonne Higgins Leach, that truth runs throughout her new book of poems “Another Autumn,” which Leach will read from and discuss at 6 p.m. Friday at Vashon Bookshop. From the time Leach began writing poetry at the age of 13, inspired and encouraged by her older sister, she never stopped. Admittedly, Leach is not one to rise from bed and pour her ideas out onto paper every morning. She averages about 10 to 12 finished poems a year. But the poet is never far from her creative process. Leach believes in letting her ideas simmer, tempering the thoughts and images in an alchemical process held within a special container — her own heart. “A lot of ideas flow, but I focus on the ones that feel right in my heart. I let those stew and then do a rough outline on my
notepad. I’ll think about them on walks until something tells me it is time to write (the poem) down. That takes several hours, then I let it sit and stew again. I allow a lot of time for the creative process.” Not that Leach has had a lot of time to spare. As director of communications at Boeing for over two decades, Leach balanced work with motherhood — raising two daughters — and pursuing her passion for poetry. “My focus was to keep writing and get published in poetry magazines,” Leach said. And over time, Leach’s poems have appeared in journals like Spoon River Poetry Review, Cimarron Review, Wisconsin Review, South Carolina Review and South Dakota Review. Then two years ago, Leach learned that WordTech Editions had accepted her poems for book publication. “It was the best day of my life,” Leach said. “It was such validation to achieve recognition for something I’ve worked my whole life for.” It also spurred Leach to make a lifechanging decision. She left her corporate job and devoted herself to her poetry and the manuscript that is now “Another
Autumn.” In addition to the new poems written over the past couple of years, Leach combed through the body of her work, selecting some poems that stretched back to childhood, others that were germane to motherhood plus, Leach said, everything else that reflected the last two decades. Leach divides her time between Spokane, where she grew up and many of her family members still live, and Snohomish. The poet also spends weeks at a time on Vashon, where her partner, Ed Turner, grew up. It was through Turner that Leach met island artist Janice Wall, whose painting of a fall day in Mazama Leach chose for the cover of her book. A recent press release commented that Leach’s poems fully embrace the seasons of life through perfectly chosen images, simple language and a genuine voice. Bill Hayes, the New York author of “The Anatomist,” praised “Another Autumn” saying, “Leach … bravely opens her heart in intimate poems about family, love, loss, community, work, separation and connection, and by doing so, invites us to consider our own lives more thoughtfully. This book is a gem.”
Yvonne Higgins Leach will read from her new book of poems. Artwork on the book’s cover is by island artist Janice Wall.
Music promoter Pete Welch called the band, “…built for joy. Not a show, a party.” As for the group’s moniker, James added, “We officially like bicyclists. We just couldn’t pass up the name, that’s all.” The show — or party — is free and open to all ages until 11 p.m., then 21 and older only.
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Vashon musicians form new band There’s a new dance band in town that takes its name from the controversial sleeper lines along Vashon Highway. The Rumble Strips will perform world dance music at 8:30 p.m. Friday at the Red Bike. The players united based on a common love for the celebratory music of West Africa, Brazil, New Orleans and Cuba. Andy James, who started the band last fall, said he thinks the band will surprise and delight people with its musical echoes of jazz, parades, soul music, tribal rhythms and Bo Diddley. The size of the group varies, but ranges from 12 to 14 musicians plus guest vocalists. The group on Friday will feature Carol Lutra-Johns, Meri-Michael Collins, Rebekah Kuzma (vocals), Andy James, Chip Lamason (guitars), Stephen Buffington (bass), Emory Miedema-Boyajian (drums), Van Crozier, Dianne Krouse (horns) and Christian Codd, Allison MacEwan and Mario Soberanis (percussion).
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Musician performs with special guests Islander Joseph Panzetta will perform his original, melodic songs with his signature percussive guitar style at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Blue Heron. A multi-instrumentalist, composer and singer, Panzetta’s musical ventures range from singer/songwriter of folk rock to mantra and world music. He will perform solo and in various combinations with special guests including Nova Devonie (accordion), Vincent Gates (guitar and vocals), Dave Keenan (mandolin), Dianne Krouse (sax), Steve Meyer (bass), Annie Roberts (cello), Allison Shirk (guitar and vocals) and Kim Thal (violin and vocals). Tickets are $14 for VAA members, seniors and students and $18 for general audience. Tickets are sold at the Blue Heron and at vashonalliedarts.org.
The Portage Fill Big Band will return to the Open Space for Arts & Community for Sunday Swing, an allages event beginning with a dance lesson by Jacqui Lown at 3:30 p.m., followed by live music at 4 p.m. Sunday. Sunday Swing was inspired by Open Space’s Inaugural Ball, which had teenagers, elders and folks of all ages swinging across the dance floor. Since then, the band has filled the Grand Hall at Open Space many times. Admission is by a $10 suggested donation at the door, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. For more information, visit openspacevashon.com or call 408-7241.
Gallery calls all island artists Every year, VALISE Gallery holds an invitational allisland show in May. Islanders are encouraged to submit a sculpture, painting or any work that is suitable for public viewing for this non-juried show. The gallery will hang the art that is submitted. This year’s theme was inspired by Pablo Neruda’s poem “Ode To The Spoon,” and participants are encouraged to follow the idea wherever it may lead them.
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Drama Dock show playfully ponders serious questions THEATER REVIEW By SUSAN MCCABE For The Beachcomber
My mother always said laughter is good for digestion. If that’s true, then my turkey burger last Friday went to all the right places as I watched the opening night of Drama Dock’s production of “The Curious Savage.” Director Michael Barker and assistant director Antonia Greene have guided the ensemble cast to comic success with this light piece about the heavy subjects of greed and insanity. Written by John Patrick in 1950, “The Curious Savage” was the fourth in a series of about seven plays that the author ultimately staged. His most famous work, “Teahouse of the August Moon,” won him Pulitzer and Tony awards for drama and was ultimately adapted to the screen. “The Curious Savage” blends dramatic observation with satirical comedy, causing the audience to laugh and then ponder. The story takes place in a posh sanitarium, The Cloisters, immediately post World War II. Scene one introduces each of the patients as they anxiously await the arrival of the new, wealthy and famous resident, Ethel Savage. Playwright Patrick clearly aimed to make the audience fall in love with these sweet — anything but psychopathic — characters. And the Drama Dock cast makes that strategy work. Sue DeNies as Florence delivers subtlety of character development, slowly reveal-
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015 • Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
Why grow carrots in a bucket or barrel? • Good soil tilth and drainage • Easy-to-start seeds • Carrots thrive in light, rock-free soil • Easily harvested as needed • Successive planting, one in spring (summer crop) and one in summer (winter crop) • Easier to control pests like grubs, wireworms and moths Tom Conway Photo
How to grow carrots in a container Choose a wide container at least two to three inches deeper than the mature length of the carrot cultivar you’ve chosen.
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An island gardener shares how this nutritious veggie could actually do better outside the garden bed By TOM CONWAY I usually stay away from gimmicky gardening tips, the ones fraught with the requisite hoop-jumping to pick a mere pea pod or pull a pound of potatoes. The truth is (at least from my experience) that most vegetables benefit from being grown in the ground as opposed to a container. As for my apartmentdwelling pals, stick with containers and keep up the good fight. There’s nothing like plucking a sun-ripe tomato from a fourth-story
balcony. Gardening triumph in the city! Now back in the country, I rely on good ol’ Mother Earth to provide my planting canvas, except when it comes to growing carrots. I prefer to scatter seeds chockablock in a large barrel or plastic pot filled with potting soil. Carrots are quite happy in this uptown home. Tom Conway owns Tall Clover Farm and blogs at tallcloverfarm.com. This article originally appeared on his blog.
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Get to know the orange veggie Carrots have existed for at least 5,000 years. However, no one knows exactly when and where the carrot was first consumed, because it was often mistaken for parsnip. While carrots provide plenty of vitamin A, eating them does not improve eyesight. This myth dates back to World War II, when the British air force developed a radar system that helped pilots find other aircraft at night or in limited visibility. The air force didn’t want its enemies to know about its new technology, so it spread a story that British airmen had exceptional vision due to high consumption of carrots.
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Florists weigh in on keeping petals perky
When wilt thou be gone? Cut flowers brighten up a room with color and sometimes fragrance, but too often their ephemeral nature means the floral beauties disappear in short order. We asked several island flower experts — Melody Williams and Mark Grant at Herban Bloom, Sylvia Matlock at Dig and Beatrice Mann at Thriftway — what they recommend for keeping flowers from wilting. While each florist suggested unique tips, they all agreed upon several critical points: Start with a clean vase and clean water. Make a slit up the stem and cut it on an angle. Keep bouquets cool and out of direct sunlight, and change the water daily. Matlock focused on best practices for garden flowers. “Cut them early in the morning when the flowers are the freshest, and cut them young, even in bud,” she said. Williams swears by adding a handful of pennies to a vase of tulips and keeping daffodils out of mixed bouquets unless all the stems are cut daily. “Daffodils and also eucalyptus emit a sap that clogs the stems of the others flowers,” she said. “Also, don’t be afraid to submerge wilted roses and hydrangeas in a bath of water. I’ve seen some amazing results.” Mann said Thriftway sells a lot of carnations, mums and alstroemerias, as the blooms last a long time. “Buy them when the buds are tight,” she said. “The mature flowers fade more rapidly.” When all else fails, Grant suggested adding a dash of gin to the water. “It helps kill the bacteria and keeps the water clean, so the flowers last longer.” — Juli Goetz Morser
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Take a peek inside island houses where local art doesn’t just hang on the walls, but adorns tiles, cabinets and doorways.
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Handmade cherry cabinetry sets off an artful kitchen artist. They will try to customize their work for you. They listen and do what you want and do a darn good job.” Klein and Austin are also patrons of other Vashon artists. A series of lidded pots by Donna and Jeff Tousley, former island potters, lines the kitchen counter, a Valerie Wilson painting hangs on the wall next to the stove, and in the Makore cabinets is a selection of coffee mugs crafted by Chris Beck, Liz Lewis and the Tousleys.
When Marilyn Klein and Steve Austin bought their house on the Burton Peninsula three years ago, they decided to give the kitchen a facelift. Hoping to coordinate the updated cabinets with an antique sideboard — a family heirloom — Klein and Austin hired island artists and cabinet makers Tom Northington and Mary Rothermel to design and build the new cabinetry. “Mary and Tom suggested we use Makore, an African cherry, and it looks beautiful with the sideboard,” Klein said. “They got our vision. That’s one of the points to go with an island
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VAA shifts the spotlight for 25th annual garden tour
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Past garden club plant sales have drawn hundreds of people. This year’s sale is May 2.
Find unique plants, deals at garden club sale Throughout the year, members of the Vashon Maury Island Garden Club collect plants they no longer need or want, tucking them away in corners, barns and basements. They also spend time cultivating and propagating some of their favorite flowers and other plants. Come May, those plants will go up for sale at bargain prices at the garden club’s annual plant sale. “A lot of people have really unusual things,� said Patty Hieb, a volunteer for the garden club. At the sale, which takes place each year the first Saturday in May, the club will sell some 4,000 flowers and trees, perennials, native plants and vegetable starts. There will also be low-priced garden art and second-hand gardening tools. Customers typically line up before the sale begins at 9 a.m., and plants are sold out within a few hours. Most plants are priced at $1, $2 or $3. “People can spend 20 bucks and get a whole box full of stuff,� Hieb said. “It’s the lowest prices on the island.� Proceeds from the sale, the garden club’s largest fundraiser, provide most of the club’s operating funds for the year, allowing it to do community projects such as programs in local schools and to fund several college scholarships. This year’s sale is from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 2, in the empty storefront just east of Thriftway. The garden club meets once a month for presentations on gardening and has events and tours throughout the year. For information about joining the club, call 819-2700.
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built and has expanded to include local landscape architect Bob Horsley and garden expert Vor Hosteller. Initially, the proposal was just for a fruit and vegetable garden, but Horsley met with VCC residents and expanded the garden design to include much of what they requested, including areas where they could exercise, relax and eat outdoors. While those elements are incorporated into the whole, the fruit and vegetable garden, slated to be 5,500 square feet, is central to the project and will feature varieties of fruits and vegetables that have the highest nutritional content, Robinson said, including some varieties that are clinically proven to have health benefits specifically for seniors. Some foods have been shown to help with early stage dementia, low energy, balance issues, macular
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ROBOTS CONTINUED FROM 1
team’s advancement to the FIRST Super-Regional Championships is evidence not only of the teens’ abilities in designing, creating and programming a robot from scratch, but of the fast success of Vashon’s robotics program, which now includes 50 students on six teams at the middle and high school. “It’s evolving and growing,” said Kathy Jones, a parent and engineer who helps with the high school team. “We’re getting more and more attention and awareness from the community.” Johns, a senior technician for Canon, started Vashon’s FIRST program in 2007 with a dozen middle schoolers who began competing using Lego robots. At the time, Johns said, he wanted to volunteer at McMurray, where he had a child in middle school, and thought of the do-it-yourself soapbox cars that were popular when he was young. “I was thinking in those terms, what would kids like to do these days,” he said. “I ran into FIRST, and I was hooked.” The middle schoolers were hooked too, possibly because most already had hands-on experience with robots during Chautauqua Elementary’s popular fifthgrade robotics program. When club members graduated on to the high school, Johns said it made sense to take robotics there as well. Both schools now have PTSA-sponsored robotics club that fall under the umbrella of FIRST, a wellrespected organization that was founded in 1992 and whose name means For the Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology. When school begins each September, FIRST — which now has over 38,700 teams in the U.S. and abroad — issues challenges for its middle and high school robot builders. Some years have seen machines collecting rings or flinging balls. This year, the robots must pick up small balls and deposit them into tube-like goals of varying heights. “It’s like a sports game, except using robots instead of humans,” Johns said. “The game is released, and they imagine how they would play the game and translate that into what a robot might need.” At the high school practice, the shiny, cube-like robot, controlled by students holding video game
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of the game — and tournaments are managed by nuanced rules and a complicated scoring system. But what stands out most about FIRST competitions is that the teams partner up to compete with one another. So-called alliances must figure how to use each robot’s strengths to make goals and corroboratively score the most points against another alliance during a two-minute game. “There’s a real emphasis on collaboration,” said VHS principal Danny Rock. “Even when you are competing against other teams, the rules and the goals are still based on the elements of cooperation.” This season, Vashon’s two high schools teams, with separate robots, each won enough matches to advance to the state tournament in January, when 32 teams took over the floor of an arena in Kent. While
both teams were out before the final rounds, in a complex set of circumstances, one of the Vashon teams was selected to be part of an alliance that went on to win the state title. Since the big win, the boys say they’ve been working to further perfect their robot and practicing the game. At Super-Regionals they’ll go up against the top teams from the western United States. “Everyone else is going to be improving their robots, and competition will be much more intense,” said Alden Rogers, a junior on the team. During one such practice round the other day, their robot suddenly began smoking. Unfazed, the boys diagnosed the problem with help from Johns and determined the robot was building up too much static electricity. It wouldn’t be unusual for something like
that to happen during competition, they noted, so they always bring spare parts. Other teams are typically quick to lend a hand as well. “Everyone wants everyone to succeed,” said John Kehl, a sophomore on the team. “It’s about working together and getting along to achieve a goal.” Asked why they spend their weekends building and working with robots, the boys don’t give the same answers that FIRST or the school district might — that it teaches important skills or promotes interest in science and technology. “I think it’s really cool,” said Rogers. “There’s a lot of fun problem solving and challenges involved.” Rock said that while some on the robotics team are involved in sports or other school programs, it also draws students who “aren’t necessarily involved with other types of highprofile activities.” The VHS program has grown from four students in 2009 to 20 this school year, including a few girls. There are 32 in the Lego robot program at the middle school, which
has also sent teams to the state competition. “Many of them would probably own the word nerd,” said Laura Bienen, Rogers’ mother. Her older son also went through the program, she said, and is now studying mechanical engineering in college. “It’s incredibly valuable. It’s sports for the mind,” she said. “And it’s a team sport, so they learn the lessons of compromise and collaboration in the venue of a lot of difficulty.” Later this month, the boys will put those lessons, and their robot, to the test when they compete amongst 72 teams from 12 states at Super-Regionals. The winners will advance to the world championships in St. Louis, Missouri. Several of the boys said they expect to do well at the California competition— with one chiming in as long as the robot keeps working. “It’s really rewarding to start the year with a pile of screws and things,” Kehl said, “and end with a machine that can do some pretty incredible things.”
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PLAY BALL: Vashon Youth Baseball & Softball’s annual spring registration is open through March 23, with team draft on March 26. Coaches are still needed for the t-ball and machine-pitch league. Registration ia online only at vashonbaseballandsoftball.com. For more information, email vashonbaseball@gmail.com or call Cheryl Pruett at 5951057 or Jennifer Bonaventura at 817-6880.
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Wrestlers take medals at freestyle competition
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The women’s lightweight four boat, with Emily Milbrath, Virginia Miller, Mabel Moses, KaiLi Scheer and coxswain Callie Andrews, won its race.
Rowers brave weather to survive weekend scrimmage Wind and rain cause the Saltwater Scrimmage in Olympia to end early By PAT CALL For The Beachcomber
“Beware the Ides of March” proved to be a fateful message to Julius Caesar over 2,000 years ago and was no less an apt warning for this past Sunday. There are those that believe in a karmic bank account as far as weather goes, with nice days being withdrawals to be paid back in full (and with interest) on days like Sunday, where the rain poured down, the wind whipped and junior rowers from Bainbridge and Vashon joined host Olympia in a contest of shivering and teeth chattering, comprising this year’s Saltwater Scrimmage. The event was mercifully suspended just before noon, with only half of the races completed.
Vashon rowers benefited from strong parental support and a culture of making good choices to come through the least scathed of the three crews. And, as has been the pattern in recent years, the crew posted strong results against its competitors, who both have larger rosters. Vashon won five of the nine races it entered with varsity boats again showing their earlyseason strength. The weather was so appalling that even with binoculars, spectators could only see the last half of the race, with boats emerging from the murk at about the 1,000-meter mark of the 2,000 meter races. This season, Vashon’s junior women’s team has been plagued by an uncharacteristic number of minor injuries, meaning that lineups have needed to be juggled. In the most competitive race of the day, seventh-grade novice Mabel Moses joined veterans Emily Milbrath, Virginia Miller and KaiLi Scheer, with coxswain Callie Andrews, to take the open Women’s four event. And they did it as a lightweight crew. In the
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women’s pair race, Kirsten Girard jumped into the stroke seat, joining Rhea Enzian in bow to win the event. The pair is the toughest boat to row well, and this team had never rowed it together before Sunday — a testimony to the discipline and experience of the Vashon junior crew. Liam McConnell won the men’s single race in the first event of the day and then joined Patrick Hanson, Fletcher Call, Forrest Miller and coxswain Olivia Mackie to win the four event later in the morning. “We did have some great racing results, and I thought our athletes handled the conditions really well,” said Coach Richard Parr, summing up the day. “And I hope that both athletes and parents realize that the insistence on proper attire is probably a good thing.” Next weekend the crew season continues for both masters and juniors at Saturday’s Green Lake Spring Regatta.
Eight wrestlers from Vashon competed in the South Sound Scuffle, a freestyle and Greco Roman wrestling tournament at Mount Tahoma High School on Saturday, and several returned with medals. There were 650 participants on the freestyle side and 400 in Greco. The freestyle and Greco wrestling tournaments vary from the usual collegiate style that is wrestled during the regular season. Different moves are allowed, and the scoring system is not the same. Competing for Vashon were Chase Wickman, Logan Nelson, Franklin Easton, Luke Larson, Hunter Burger, Shane Williams, Colin McIntyre and Chase Bradrick. Champions on the day were Wickman in freestyle and Nelson, who took top spots in both styles. Medalists include McIntyre, who took third in freestyle, and Williams, who earned second in Greco. Larson came home third in freestyle. — Cheryl Pruett
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Despite Vashon’s relatively low human population, mice McGonagle knows how far rats can swim (more than a mile in open water), how quickly their incisors grow (about and rats are plentiful, he said. He estimates that there are five inches a year) and how small a hole they can squeeze about one and half times as many rodents as people on the CONTINUED FROM 1 through (about the size of a quarter). He knows about their island. sex lives (fast and furious, with males sometimes mating “There are a lot of free-growing plants that provide and battled some ferocious rodents, but it’s fun going to with 20 different females in a matter of shelter and food for them, and lots of old work everyday,” McGonagle said on a recent afternoon at hours) and how quickly they multiply houses with a lack of foundations,” he “There are a lot of freeCafé Luna — a cozy spot where he and Flannery had agreed (females can give birth to 12 litters a said. “We have houses close to the water, to explain some of the Sherlockian secrets of their trade. year). He knows what kills rodents effecgrowing plants that provide and the saltwater helps to corrode and “It’s a kick in the butt. Every house is different. I don’t see it tively and quickly (predatory birds, racshelter and food for them, eat away at structures, making it easy for as a bad deal. We do what everyone else hates to do.” coons and snap traps) and what doesn’t to enter. They also can feed on the and lots of old houses with them McGonagle, 43, looks like a stocky man at first glance, (older cats). sea life on the beaches.” until he mentions that he is dressed in multiple layers of McGonagle is also well versed on all a lack of foundations.” Flannery, 37, who has a background thick work clothes — two T-shirts, a sweatshirt embla- the nasty communicable diseases that in office work and also works as a paraChristopher McGonagle zoned with his company logo, long johns and two pairs of vermin harbor, including hantavirus pulThe Rat Detective educator at Chautauqua Elementary, is pants. Wearing all those clothes, he said, helps assure he monary syndrome, hemorrhagic fever not as experienced a rodent scholar as can always peel down to something clean and dry. He has a with renal syndrome, rat-bite fever and McGonagle. But she’s no less of a hunter. wide smile and bright eyes, and he leans forward as he talks Bubonic plague. Her biggest job satisfaction, she said, comes from having about his line of work. But beyond all that, McGonagle also seems to under- customers who are “just ecstatic because we were able to rid The Rat Detective is his second foray into the profes- stand what makes rodents tick and why they have devel- them of something that no one else had been able to do.” sional pest control business. Before moving to Vashon five oped such an egalitarian dependence on the human race. The two not only work together, they also call themyears ago, he worked for a Bellevue-based rodent control “They want to be with people,” he said. “Like us, they selves — for lack of a better term, they say — girlfriend and company. He admits his fascination with his prey and like to stay warm in the winter, and they like to have babies. boyfriend. The banter between them is familiar and affecquickly reveals himself to be a font of gruesome informa- If you’re in a million-dollar house, they like to be there, and tionate, and they laugh as they describe the gag-inducing tion about the habits and history of vermin. if you’re in a cardboard box, they like to be there, too.” gross-outs they have endured together — like the time Flannery pulled down some insulation in a crawlspace and two dead mice fell on her head, or the day McGonagle tried to remove a dead raccoon from a job site and its tail came off in his hand. The Rat Detective offers a full suite of services, including not only trapping rats and mice but also sealing up their entry points into houses and outbuildings. McGonagle and Flannery also bill themselves as crawlspace specialists, capable of installing new insulation and vapor barriers, wrapping ducts and replacing them, and using foam and Catholic Church Vashon Island All-Merciful Saviour screening to fill in cracks in foundations. St. John Vianney Unitarian Fellowship Many clients opt for the company’s one-year Rodent Orthodox Monastery Mass–Saturdays at 5:00 pm Community, Diversity, Freedom of Belief, 9933 SW 268th St. (south of Dockton) Infestation Control program, which provides regular setEnrichment of Spirit Sundays 8:00am and 10:30am SUNDAYS: DIVINE LITURGY 9:00 am Sunday at 9:45 am ting and clearing of traps, monitoring of new entry points, Pastor: Rev. Marc Powell Followed by Potluck Religious Exploration for toddlers – 8th Grade 16100 115th Avenue SW, removal of carcasses and a one-year warranty on all work. 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support of the provision, noting that she and other students have been handing out condoms at school in recent months. CONTINUED FROM 1 “We have already gone through 1,000,” she said. one of 16 schools in the state to receive the Laura Wishik, the chair of the board, four-year grant, which provided $500 to raised some concerns about the proposal the district last year and will provide up and requested that the district make proto $10,000 over four years, the district’s viding condoms a pilot program, saying Director of Instructional Services Roxanne she wants the district’s actions to be based Lyons created the committee. Over the on science and evaluated after one year. last year, that group studied best practices After researching the issue on her own, she regarding sex education in the schools and said she believes the science behind schools determined what community resources are providing condoms is weak all around. available for Vashon teens. The group’s “We don’t have very good data,” she said. work and recommendations were guided In an interview following the meeting, by CDC officials, with which some mem- she questioned whether the district is the bers of the groups worked closely, the right entity to hand out condoms. state’s Office of Superintendent of Public “We do not do a lot of things that would Instruction and the best research available, make sense for our students because it is Lyons noted. not our role,” she added. Central to the new proposal, she said, is She also cautioned people against assumthe recommendation that sexual health be ing that providing condoms will solve all taught not as a subject unto itself, but in the the problems people would like them to larger context of healthy individuals and solve. relationships. Bob Hennessey, a Indeed, at last week’s board member and a “Sex education today has presentation to the board, member of the commitevolved a long way from Archambault indicated tee that drafted the prothe goal of the plan is just teaching the mechanics posal, countered those to raise students’ awareconcerns at the meeting. of how the human ness of what constitutes is public health, reproductive system works.” and“This healthy relationships and this is science. I to equip students with Bob Hennessey don’t see what there is to Vashon school board member what they need to develdebate,” he said. “There op healthy relationships, is no reason not to stick including strong commuour toe in the water nication, anger management and conflict because it might not work as well as we resolution skills. thought it would.” The most recent data about a variety of What’s clear, Wishik said, is that conteens’ behaviors on Vashon comes from doms should not simply be given out, but the 2012 Healthy Youth Survey, which provided in a larger context, including with Archambault shared in the presentation directions on how to use them. last week. That information shows that 36 Superintendent Soltman has requested percent of 12th graders, 25 percent of 10th the committee provide him with a recomgraders and 9 percent of eighth graders on mendation for how they should be providthe island reported that they were sexu- ed, but voiced his support for the condom ally active. Additionally, she said, national provision overall. data from the CDC shows that one in four “I think it’s a well-established, comsexually active adolescent females has a mon practice in many high schools,” he sexually transmitted infection (STI, for- said. “It’s not like we are breaking historic merly referred to as an STD). It is widely ground here.” understood that drinking influences sexual He added that district representatives activity, and Archambault also noted that will look at best practices or invent a methVashon’s teen drinking rate is 50 percent od that they think might be better, but higher than the state average, with 65 per- providing condoms will be done in a mindcent of 12th graders reporting they drank ful way. alcohol within the last month, according to “Obviously, vending machines are the the 2012 survey. worst way to do it,” he said. “Drinking alcohol makes it more likely Making condoms available is a small eleto experience unwanted, unplanned and ment of the overall sexual health education unprotected sex,” Archambault said. plan, and district officials and committee Archambault also addressed teen preg- members say they have work to do around nancy, noting that 34 percent of teen moth- implementing that as well. Lyons said she ers do not earn high school diplomas and hopes to make a recommendation to the that society bears the economic costs, while board this summer on new curriculum the teens bear tremendous personal costs. for McMurray Middle School, but making “Every single thing we have brought up is changes at the high school level and addipreventable,” she said. tional changes at McMurray will be more As part of that prevention effort, the challenging because of limited time in the group has suggested making condoms schedule — an obstacle she said schools available at the high school, something across the state face, in part because of state that many high schools have been doing graduation requirements. for years. Currently, only one semester of health is “Condom use does not increase sexual provided at the high school, and starting activity or the age of the first encounter. next year that will be when students are They reduce the rate of STIs and HIV,” sophomores. Archambault said. “If they are available, Soltman said he does not see the disthey will be used.” trict adding courses, as the day is full, but The issue of condom availability came rather, embedding elements in the school up earlier this school year, when the edi- day as it is now. tor of the high school newspaper, Sophie “We will have to create experiences that Harrison, and a group of other students can be woven into other parts of the day — went to the principal and then the school home room, smart period — so that kids board, requesting that condoms be made get regular exposure to the curriculum and available at the high school. Harrison concepts,” he said. “I think it is something attended last week’s meeting and expressed that is going to grow over time.”
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For her part, Archambault said she has many ideas on how to do that, including bringing in community partners, using the prevention specialist and getting families more involved. “Implementation will be the fun part,” she said. “ I think that will be easy.” It will also be guided by what the students want, she stressed. “Otherwise we are just teaching to ourselves,” she said. Both Hennessey and Wishik, though, say they want to take a look at the school day and thoroughly consider next steps. “I am eager to look at the amount of time we allocate to this part of our instruction,” Hennessey said, noting the subject’s importance. •
“Sex education today has evolved a long way from just teaching the mechanics of how the human reproductive system works. There is so much more kids need to know in 2015 — STDs, mental health, empowering girls how to resist being coerced, teaching boys how not to be coercive and abstinence as the best way to avoid all of it,” he said. And, he said, he wishes it had not taken the district so long to create a new plan. “I wish we had been earlier to the table to take a more holistic look at how we teach health and sexual health in our schools,” he said. “We’re overdue.” The school board will meet again at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 26, at Chautauqua Elementary School.
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August 10, 1931- March 6, 2015 Patricia, 83, died peacefully Friday, March 6th, in the company of family and friends on Vashon Island. Born in Hartford, CT to Mary and Sidney Haley, she and her elder sister Mary were raised in New York’s Hudson River Valley and then Winter Park, Florida. The young Miss Haley attended the Scarborough School, graduated from Kent Place School in Summit, NJ and graduated from Goucher College in Baltimore, MD in 1953 with a BFA in music. While attending Goucher she met Midshipman Leon J. Ezzell from the Naval Academy and the two were married upon her graduation. Lee and Pat lived the nomadic life of a military family for many years, spending time in Coronado, CA and Corpus Christi, TX. Upon completing his service, they settled in Glastonbury, CT in 1962. A child was born in each of these homes: Lynnette, Christopher and Deirdre. Lee and Pat were divorced in1968. Shortly thereafter she received a Master’s degree in Education from the University of Hartford and worked in various teaching, daycare and librarian roles before joining Aetna Life & Casualty in 1979. In 1995, Patricia and her partner in crime, Springer Spaniel Chloe, moved from Glastonbury to Pleasant Hill and then Walnut Creek, CA. Finally, upon retirement in 2002, they migrated north to Vashon Island, WA. Patricia was a devoted mother and a dedicated participant in local community organizations where ever she lived. Patricia’s love of horses and pride in her children was apparent in her active involvement in Glastonbury Pony Club, teaching unmounted classes as well as volunteering for the club’s local and regional events. She was always a generous volunteer, giving her time and abilities to many organizations including The Vashon Library, the YMCA, The Church of the Holy Spirit, The Glastonbury Historical Society and South Glastonbury Library. She was a member of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit on Vashon Island, serving on its altar guild and had attended St. Augustine Church in South Glastonbury. Her interest in history and culture led her on many adventures. Whether it was taking an exploratory Sunday drive or joining a tour of Israel or Turkey, she was an avid and fearless traveler. Patricia is preceded in death by her parents Mary and Sidney and her sister Mary. She is survived by her three loving children: Lynnette Harmon of Concord, CA; Christopher Ezzell of Vashon Island, WA; and Deirdre Stables of Hayfield, Derbyshire, UK as well as her loving granddaughter Sara Rose Stables also of Hayfield. She also leaves behind beloved nieces Joanne Beuthel of Mercer Island, WA and Patricia Webster of Santa Cruz, CA. She loved a laugh, a good book, gathering with friends, coffee, ice cream, English Springer Spaniels, and ABBA. She did not like cilantro. At all. She got things done. Please visit our online guest book at www.islandfuneral.com A memorial service will take place on Thursday, March 26th, 2015 at 2:00pm with a reception to follow at the Church of the Holy Spirit.
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We’re looking for forever homes! Born 2010, Tugg was left behind by his owner. VIPP volunteers spent a few days setting Havahart traps at his home to round him up. We have not been able to find out much about Tug but he lived with an adult person in a home without other pets or kids. He was an indoor cat. Tugg came to VIPP on 12/10/14 and will Tug at your heartstrings!
Hal is a dapper gentleman and on the small side for a male cat. Hal came to his person after a friend relocated. The new person has two small children and soon after Hal got settled, the family realized that Hal gets very anxious around little humans. Hal loves larger humans and he can be extremely sweet with older kids and adults. He doesn’t do well around alpha male cats but he is good with female cats and dogs that are used to cats. Hal has never scratched the furniture and he always hits the litter box. Hal came to VIPP on 3/29/14
Meet Dixie‌a true hearted dog looking for love and a place to rest her head. Dixie knows what it feels like to be without a home. Through no fault of her own, she’s been passed from one place to the next so many times in her 8 years that she wonders if anyone will ever step up to call her their forever dog. Or put tag on her collar that says she has a home and that someone loves her. And really, how could you not love Dixie – a Redbone Coonhound that is gentle and easy going and so very eager to please. She loves walks and will joyfully lead the way... her amazing hound dog nose finding all the interesting scents along the sidewalk or trail. Dixie gets along well with other dogs and adores people, but she loves the small creatures a bit too much so a cat free home is best. For more information please call Vashon Island Pet Protectors at 206-389-1085 and press 1 for dogs then 2 for adoptions or email: dogs@vipp.org
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The elegance of sunny Provence right here on Vashon Island! Exquisite French timber-frame country estate on 2.3 acres (206) 388-9670 of legendary gardens with unmatched views of the harbor & Olympic mountains. 7UDYHUWLQH UDGLDQW KHDW à RRUV FDUYHG ZRRGHQ VWDLUFDVH VXSHUE À QLVKHV WKURXJKRXW :LGH SDWLR DQG WHUUDFHG JURXQGV ZLWK IRXU VHDVRQV RI FRORU RUFKDUG DQG SRWDJHU Truly one-of-a kind! MLS #755304 $1,175,000
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