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NEWS | Construction to begin on VAA’s arts center. [3] COMMENTARY | Health care reform a local success. [6] SPORTS | Spring teams are in [14] full swing.
ORIGINAL WORKS Young singers, dancers will show their stuff. Page 11
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New kind of paddling takes off on Vashon Start-up business in Burton is dedicated to paddleboarding By NATALIE MARTIN Staff Writer
Last Thursday’s cool temperatures and light rain didn’t stop islander Reed Nichelson from taking a group of friends out on paddleboards in Quartermaster Harbor. As a couple women in wetsuits and lifejackets paddled off on the water, Nichelson — a self-proclaimed paddleboard enthusiast — hung behind to help a new paddleboarder, Cindy Nelson, who was visiting from Alaska. Before long, Nelson, too, was standing up on her surf-
board-like paddleboard and joining the activities on the water. The women tried some yoga poses, and Nichelson did a headstand. Even falling in the water provided an opportunity to swim a little. “It was a lot of fun,” Nelson later said. “I did fall a few times, but it was easier to balance than I thought it would be.” As stand-up paddleboarding becomes increasingly popular, Vashon, too, has more opportunities to stand and paddle. Vashon Watersports will open this spring with a fleet of a dozen paddleboards at its kayak center on the Burton Peninsula, and Nichelson has launched a new small business dedicated to getting people out on paddleboards. SEE PADDLEBOARDING, 19
Last year Vashon Senior Center director Ava Apple learned of an island senior who regularly took two buses and the ferry to get to his chemotherapy appointments in Seattle. One day one of his buses was late, and he resorted to hitchhiking home. That story — along with the many transportationrelated calls the senior center fields — fueled Apple’s effort to find solutions for seniors who need rides. Now, the senior center is kicking off two new transportation programs as one of several local organizations receiving Granny’s Attic grants this month. The grants fund what many feel are badly needed health-related services on Vashon. “I am so happy they saw
fit to fund this program,” Apple said about one of her efforts, which was awarded more than $11,000. Less than two years into funding a variety of healthrelated projects and programs on the island, the Granny’s Attic board continues to see a high number of grant requests and recently allocated $70,000 to five Vashon organizations. Requests in this funding cycle totaled $169,000, according to Tim Johnson, the business manager at the nonprofit thrift shop, which supported the Vashon Health Center for nearly four decades, but now supports an array of health services on the island. “We raise a fair amount of money over the course of the year, but it is a drop in the bucket compared to the social service needs,” Johnson said. Granny’s awarded grants totalling nearly $15,000 for two initiatives at the senior center to improve access to SEE GRANNY’S, 18
Memoir tells of healers around the world Author who has worked on Vashon will read from book, make modern-day connections By JULI GOETZ MORSER Staff Writer
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Spiritual elders in Humla, Nepal, were among the many healers author and filmmaker Rose-Marie Phan-Le met on her journey.
Fifteen years ago, author and filmmaker RoseMarie Phan-Le stepped away from her high-powered position in the film industry to document ancient traditions of healing and spirituality around the globe. From the beaches of Hawaii to the peaks of the Himalayas, with stops along the way on Vashon, Phan-Le sought out lineage holders and keepers of the healing wisdom. That her outward journey
would lead to an inner transformation came as an unexpected surprise to Phan-Le, who will read from her new memoir, “Talking Story: One Woman’s Quest to Preserve Ancient Spiritual and Healing Traditions,” this Friday on Vashon. Phan-Le once described herself as a cultural anthropologist, who earned her degree not through academia but rather as a child born into war-torn Vietnam, as a refugee raised in France during her formative years and finally as a citizen of the United States. She’s witnessed the casualties of war and globalization, observing and learning to live in different cultures. But what ultimately hooked her attention and eventually led to her award-winning documentary “Talking Story” and eponymous book SEE HEALERS, 12
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Popular tamale business is set to expand By SARAH LOW Staff Writer
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The Sally Fox arrived in Seattle earlier this month and is expected to begin service in early April.
New water taxi to be christened, begin service Event will include rides on boat Vashon’s new water taxi, the Sally Fox, will sail to the island this weekend for a dedication ceremony and is expected to begin service on the Vashon to downtown Seattle route in early April. The Saturday afternoon dedication ceremony will be attended by King County Executive Dow Constantine and other officials and will include refreshments, live music and free rides on the new passenger ferry. The Sally Fox is one of two new catamarans replacing King County’s current water taxis, aging boats the county has leased since 2010.
Built by All American Marine in Bellingham, it will carry 250 passengers, 78 more than the current boat. The Sally Fox, which was funded almost entirely by federal grants, was delivered to Seattle earlier this month for crew familiarization and training. It is expected to begin service sometime in early April, after training in Elliot Bay is complete. The dedication will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the north-end ferry dock, and festivities will go until 4 p.m. The lower lot of the ferry parking lot will be closed to accommodate parking for the event, and a shuttle will take guests to the dock. — Natalie Martin
Island chef and entrepreneur Patty Freebourn has secured a dedicated space on Vashon to set up a production kitchen for her tamale business. Patty’s Tamales was up and running as of press time this week at her new location in the Vashon Mini-Storage complex behind Sea Change Tattoo Parlor. “The state has certified the kitchen, and I have a staff ready to go,� Freebourn said last week in an interview with The Beachcomber. “It’s very exciting.� Freebourn had been leasing the kitchen facilities at The Kitchen Larder (formerly Express Cuisine) one day per week but has always been on the lookout for the right space to call her own. She kicked her search into high-gear last month upon learning that there was a potential buyer for The Kitchen Larder space. “I was anxious and sad about where I would go,� Freebourn said. “But
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High-ranking Park district board votes to support Paradise Ridge project Lutheran “To have a unanimous head that effort, which she of the park district funds At the end of February, a vote like that was a nice said will launch within is contingent on the park group of 50 people, includleader to speak Equestrians feeling,” she said. “It speaks a few weeks, noting that district’s levy passing next ing AmeriCorps volunteers hope to create to the quality of the proj- organizers are looking at a month. Even if the eques- and high school students, on Palm Sunday more green ect.” variety of funding options, trians could raise the full spent the day at the park, Bishop Brian Kirby Unti, a high-ranking official in the Lutheran church, will be the guest speaker at Vashon Lutheran Church on Palm Sunday. Unti oversees more than 100 congregations in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America’s Northwest Washington Synod. “He tries to visit them all, but for Vashon to have him here on Palm Sunday is a special event,” said Martha Gebhard, a church parishioner. Unti was pastor of St. Matthew’s Lutheran in Renton for 33 years. He was elected bishop of the Northwest Washington Synod in 2013 and will serve for six years. All are invited to meet the bishop and hear him speak during the church’s Palm Sunday service, at 10:30 a.m this Sunday, March 29.
Although the military buildings are long gone at the park, former driveways, stairways and sidewalks remain, making a large swath of the park unusable for riders, as it is not safe for horses to cross the hard surfaces. Without those areas as impediments, a large, continuous green space would be opened for equestrians and others who want to use the park, Knaebel said. Creating such a space would provide opportunities for equestrians who cannot use the park now, including several who drive carts. Horse jumpers would also have a much larger space to practice. The cost estimate for the plan is $36,000, with $10,000 coming from the park district and the rest from a fundraising effort. Equestrian Shelby Edwards is helping spear-
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EDITORIAL We all benefit from affordable health care Five years after the On Vashon, we care for our HEALTH CARE act, King County has own when it comes to health seen much success This week marks five years since President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, setting the stage for universal health care in this country. Today, the virtues and successes of the act are still hotly debated. In a commentary on this page, the King County executive and a federal health official argue that it has played out well in King County, where 200,000 people have signed up for health insurance or Medicaid as a result. How coincidental that also highlighted this week is a successful grassroots effort that has altered the wider health care scene on Vashon. Since 1974, Granny’s Attic has provided $4 million to local health care needs, mostly to the clinic at Sunrise Ridge, but in recent years to an array of health-related programs and projects. Health care on Vashon has been the subject of much discussion and hand wringing. We’ve lost physicians in recent years, limiting patients’ options and putting pressure on remaining providers. Specialists are off-island and difficult for some to access. Our aging population means health care needs will likely only increase. And we face the same struggles as any community where a portion of families can’t afford health care or don’t have insurance. While the Affordable Care Act has worked to make insurance accessible and affordable, Granny’s Attic has worked to see that living on an island doesn’t equate to compromising one’s access to care. In recent years it’s funded the dental van, which provides free dental work for adults and children, and vouchers for low-income islanders to get medical care. It has given several times to Vashon Community Care, helping assure that anyone who needs to can live at the center. This time around, Granny’s also funded a new program that will make it easier for seniors to get to doctors in Seattle and Tacoma. It also funded needed upgrades to the helipad, where patients with urgent needs are picked up to be flown to the hospital. It’s done all this and much more not by raising taxes or asking for donations, but by running a popular thrift store. Funneling money to a variety of programs thoughtfully considered by its members has proven a good choice for Granny’s. The clinic now has greater resources as part of the Franciscan system, and there’s no lack of need among local nonprofits committed to helping islanders. While many more islanders now have insurance under the Affordable Care Act, Vashon residents still face plenty of health-related challenges, and Granny’s is making strides in helping address them. Unlike Obamacare, that’s something that’s not up for debate.
Correction Last week’s editorial cited a statistic that was misstated at a school board meeting, that in 2012, 19 percent of Vashon High School seniors reported using a condom the last time they had sex. Healthy Youth Survey data shows that among the 36 seniors who answered that question, 17 percent reported using a condom. In addition, 19 percent reported they hadn’t used a condom the last time they had sex, and 64 percent said they had never had sex.
Since President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law five years ago, Washingtonians have sent a powerful message: The Affordable Care Act is working, and the quality healthcare coverage choices offered on Washington Healthplanfinder are what consumers need, want and like. They have also made it clear they don’t want this coverage taken away. Thanks to what’s commonly known as Obamacare, more than 160,000 Washingtonians have been able to buy affordable healthcare through the Washington Healthplanfinder — three out of four of them through the plan’s financial assistance. In King County we’ve cut the percentage of adults without health insurance by nearly half. The law achieved these results in three stages. First, everyone in this state received the security and peace of mind of knowing they could not be denied coverage due to a pre-existing condition. Second, we changed the rules so that young people can stay on their parents’ insurance plans until they turn 26. And third, we created new access to insurance by expanding Medicaid for low-income adults and creating
blood pressure in check; children who can stay on their parents’ plan while they continue their educaBy DOW CONSTANTINE and tion or start a career. SUSAN JOHNSON We all benefit from having everyone covered. The growth in healthcare costs is at an historic low since the Affordable Care Act took effect, and people are getting the care they need. Nationwide, the Affordable Care Act has led to the largest reduction in the uninsured rate in nearly five decades, with more than 16 an affordable insurance option, million previously uninsured the “health exchange” known as people newly enrolled. This state’s Washington Healthplanfinder. decision to expand Medicaid also In King County, our “all hands means that “safety net” hospitals on deck” approach lifted the barlike the county’s Harborview riers of geography, Medical Center race and language have to pay for far In King County we’ve less uncompensated to enroll more than 200,000 people in cut the percentage care. either health insurTaken together, of adults without ance or Medicaid. the Affordable Care health insurance by Act is not just about Our countywide effort was praised a new way to buy nearly half. by the White House insurance, it’s about as an effective and a health system that innovative approach that should prioritizes access, affordability and be replicated across the nation. quality for everyone. Five years All told, nearly 1.8 million strong, the Affordable Care Act is people in Washington now no working, and all of us — families, longer need to choose between businesses and taxpayers — are getting a checkup or paying a bill, better off as a result. or fear that a devastating accident Let’s keep it that way. could plunge them into debt or — Dow Constantine is the King bankruptcy. These are a mom County executive. Susan Johnson is whose cancerous lump is found in the regional director of the departtime to intervene; a dad who can ment of Health and Human Services, afford the prescription to keep his Region 10.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Park district levy
Vote yes for our parks in April The kind of parks we have and how we take care of them says a lot about us. They’re a living statement about what we value as a community. Parks exist because we choose to have them, and every few years, we vote to tax ourselves to pay for them. The last Vashon Park District levy election was almost six years ago, and a lot has happened to the district since then. From the ongoing spending for VES Fields construction, the state auditor’s findings about the VPD’s financial condition, the problems with the drain field at the swimming pool and the VPD’s failure to resolve its issues regarding the pool lease with the school district and the problems with the Tramp Harbor dock, the past few years have been
difficult for the VPD. Although I’ve often been disappointed in the VPD’s board of commissioners’ performance during this time, I’m still voting yes for this levy, and I hope you will, too. Executive Director Elaine Ott, Maintenance Supervisor Jason Acosta and the rest of the hardworking staff deserve the support of the community for what they’ve been able to accomplish in the past two-plus years as they rebuild the VPD from the ground up. This process of recovery has been slow and sometimes painful, but it is occurring, and we should keep building on this momentum, not interrupt it. George Washington said, “We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought
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Many want to save quilt show, not vilify buyers I don’t believe anyone has vilified the buyers of the Robinson building. I’ve read the original article and every letter about the possible loss of the quilt shop with close attention. Rather than vilifying the new owners, letters have focused on islanders’ love and appreciation of the quilt shop and their sadness over losing it. The attention given to the new owners has been to express the writers’ hopes that they might find a solution that would preserve the quilt shop in its current location. Islanders are concerned about the loss of a bright and welcoming gathering place for the whole community and the damage to island businesses if this anchor store should leave. These are important issues, and far from ending this discourse as one writer suggests, it is completely appropriate for our community to share views on an island resource many have come to love. Many islanders hope and believe that another solution can be found, that the buyers can help to preserve the quilt shop in its current location while satisfying their own business needs. No one wants their business to fail. But we respectfully request that a different option, one that preserves the quilt store where it is, be given serious consideration by the buyers.
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A win-win solution for both parties would be cause for an island-wide celebration. — Carla Kiiskila
There’s nothing to complain about at the quilt shop Are you kidding me? With all the vacant Vashon rental space, the quilt shop can’t find a place to move? Go to K2, go to the old Indian food restaurant. Here’s how it works, people. When someone puts out the capital to buy a building in order to expand their own business and their renter agrees to a 30-days notice to vacate, once they’re given notice to vacate, they have 30 days to vacate. But my understanding is that the new buyer gave them 90 days and money to move besides. Why are we still talking about this? In a capitalistic market, if the quilt shop wants to stay, buy the building. If the town’s people that don’t like the change, don’t use the new business moving there, and stop your whining! — Brian Dougher
Businesspeople should consider the greater good This weekend I came across a December 2012 Seattle Times travel article about visiting Vashon, which begins with a photo of Island Quilter and its brilliant fabrics. Again I’d like to stress that Island Quilter is a rare gem in our small town. It draws many visitors here, to the benefit of our entire island community. How can we keep it here? How about the new buyers become supportive landlords to the quilt shop so we don’t lose this treasure? Could realtors help the buyers locate reasonable alternative locations for the exercise studio and potential shop the buyers plan to establish? And please, could sellers, buyers and realtors give thought to the greater good involved in any transaction or business
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deal? It’s not “just business.” Lives and livelihoods and community life are all affected. Let’s consider the bigger picture and community benefit in all our interactions. — Andrea Avni
Fans in Friday Harbor hope the quilt shop can remain I live on another island north of you, and each year my friends and I anxiously look forward to visiting Vashon Island for an annual retreat. The highlight of our stay is being able to shop at Island Quilter. We were quite saddened to hear that Island Quilter has to move, possibly away from Vashon. As someone who lives in an even smaller community, I understand smalltown politics, but I won’t presume to say that I understand anything about Vashon Island’s . What we do know is that Island Quilter is a unique shop that draws quite a bit of business to your community. It may not seem plausible to folks who are not in the quilting and sewing community, but Island Quilter has a huge fan club. Over the many years that we have visited Vashon Island, we have come to know the owners, Anya and Paul, and I find them to be generous, vibrant, extremely hardworking people . As we see it, Vashon Island has a unique opportunity to show the rest of us “island
dwellers” what the power of a small, cohesive, community can achieve. You have the opportunity to come together to make some magic happen by helping to locate a suitable place for Island Quilter to call a permanent home and keep the income coming in to your island. We will have to strongly reconsider making our annual visit to Vashon next year if Island Quilter is gone. We will miss visiting Giraffe, the silk shop, the bookstore, the drugstore, the tea shop, the second hand shop among many other shops, but the draw of Vashon for many of us is Island Quilter. My friends, Janet Wright, Liz Pillow and Barbara Snider also share these thoughts. — Marie Z. Johansen Friday Harbor, Washington
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Letters show Vashon’s varying perspectives Who can deny that The Beachcomber’s Letters to the Editor section is never less than thought provoking and often unexpectedly entertaining. Take the March 18 issue as a perfect example. One writer extols the virtues of debate (“Program teaches many skills”) while another calls for an end to it (“Let’s end the public debate”). What a great island we live on. — Margaret Heffelfinger
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We really had a lovely time touring the Island with you last week but I do have a question. I hope you don’t take offense but I was actually appalled by the way people dress here. Even in the shops everyone looks like they just fell out of bed. Their clothes are not really appropriate at all! Mix matched and not ironed and some of them look just plain odd. I even saw a woman in bedroom slippers at the grocery store! There are so many young people with odd hair styles and the children look just wild. I don’t know if I can adjust to a place where people look so weird. Is that just the way it is?
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Well, bless your heart. You actually answered your own question. You probably wouldn’t be able to adjust to living here. First, remember that Washington is far less formal than the rest of the country and the Seattle area is far more “laid back” than the rest of the state. Vashon Island is even more informal than Seattle and not as concerned with appearances as most places. In our defense, we try to be a “live and let live” community that is accepting of everyone. Of course folks who commute to jobs in the city look very different on the ferry than they do on the Island. I rarely see local women using much make up when on Vashon, and no one wears a suit here unless they are going to a funeral or heading off Island. As for the children, I agree that some are wild. Their parents think that’s the way to raise them. There is a strong belief here that raising children in a rigid, disciplined way is basically not good for the adults they will become. There is disagreement about that, of course. I’ve also seen folks wearing slippers and even a bathrobe in the grocery stores. I think it’s fun that people can be that unconcerned about “keeping up appearances”. My dear grandmother, a Midwesterner through and through, would say we’ve “let ourselves go.”
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ONGOING Last Day for 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. Thursday, March 26, at the Vashon Library.
HOLY WEEK SERVICES Church of the Holy Spirit: Palm Sunday services at 8 and 10:15 a.m. Sunday, March 29; Holy Eucharist, 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 1; Maundy Thursday, 7 p.m. Thursday, April 2; Good Friday services at 12:30 and 7 p.m. Friday, April 3; and the Great Vigil, 7 p.m. Saturday, April 4, at the Church of the Holy Spirit. Lutheran Church: The church will welcome Bishop Brian Kirby Unti as its guest preacher for its Palm Sunday service. All are welcome to attend. 10:30 a.m. Sunday at Vashon Lutheran Church.
THURSDAY • 26 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: misconceptions about the original populists and labor in America — a strange history. 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. Guest Bartender Night for the Vashon Lacrosse Club: The club will hold a guest bartender night and prize raffle to raise money for youth lacrosse on Vashon. Proceeds from donation jars and a percentage of the drink sales, as well as donations added to food bills during the event, will go to the club. 6 to 9 p.m. at The Hardware Store Restaurant.
FRIDAY • 27 Wii Bowling: Participants can play this virtual game standing or sitting, and cheering supporters are welcome. 12:45 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road. Senior Center Movies and Popcorn: Send March out like a daydreaming lamb with 2013’s The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. The film stars Ben Stiller as a Life magazine employee who spends his days imagining a life of excitement to
pass the time and eventually ends up in a real adventure of a lifetime. 1 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road.
SATURDAY • 28 DoVE Project Open House: The 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).
SUNDAY • 29 Unitarian Service: Rev. Heather Christensen’s topic will be “Playing the Fool.” Programs for children and youth are also available. 9:45 a.m. in Lewis Hall behind Burton Community Church.
MONDAY • 30 Ho’oponopono Ritual: All are welcome to participate in this traditional Hawaiian chanting ritual of forgiveness, reconcilliation and restoration led by Love Moore. 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Vashon Intuitive Arts.
TUESDAY • 31 Community Cinema Vashon: This month’s screening features the documentary “The Homestretch,” which follows three homeless teens from Chicago as they fight to stay in school, graduate and build futures. With unprecedented access, the filmmakers follow the teens as they move through the milestones of high school while navigating a landscape of couch hopping, emergency shelters, transitional homes and street families. 6 p.m. at the Vashon Theatre.
UPCOMING Burton Auto Turns 30: Burton Auto is celebrating 30 years in business and islanders are invited to the party. There will be food and music, and Artisan Electric will be on hand to talk about the solar array it recently installed there. 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 3, at Burton Auto. Zen Center Morning of Silence: All are welcome to come and sit, read, write, rest or have a cup of tea. Attendees are welcome to bring a friend and come and go as they please. Cushions and chairs for meditation are available. 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 4, at the Puget Sound Zen Center, 20406 Chautauqua Beach Rd. Free Swim Day at Vashon Pool: The park district will open the pool for a special one-day-only free swim to thank the community for
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its support. The pool and locker rooms will be heated, and there will be hot soup, hot chocolate, tea and cookies provided at no charge. Early bird season passes will be available for purchase and the Friends of the Vashon Pool group will offer information about the new four-month season as well as its vision for a retractable roof and year-round schedule. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. lap swim and 1 to 3 p.m. open swim Saturday, April 4, at the Vashon Pool. Free Range Folk Choir Concert: The choir will preform a concert of a cappella choral music from around the world that will be recorded live. The evening will feature music from the Martin Luther King era of gospel, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the Paul Winter Consort, Joe Crookston, as well as choral folk music from Croatia, South Africa, Israel and England. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted. 7 p.m. Saturday, April 4, at the Vashon High School theater. Passover Seder: The Havurah will host an inclusive, song-filled community Passover Seder. Attendees should bring potluck dishes to share as well as their own place settings to reduce trash. The sharing of relevant world issues, poems or Passover memories will enhance the celebration. For more information, call Emma Amiad at 463-4060 or Bart Arenson at 537-5701. The organizers are also looking for volunteers to help set up and clean up. 4:30 p.m. Sunday, April 5, at Havurat Ee Shalom.
CLASSES & WORKSHOPS 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. Yoga-Tation: The Rj’s Kids Foundation will offer this class, which combines simple yoga stretches and mindful meditation techniques. The class, which is available on two separate dates, is appropriate for all age groups
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The Vashon Ukulele Society will host an open house at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday in the studio above Vashon Island Music. This will be a musical event and ideal for anyone just getting started with ukulele or who is interested in participating in the group’s bi-weekly strum-ins. For more information or to reserve a loaner ukulele for the event, contact Karen Eliasen by calling 463-0552 or emailing karen@vashonislandmusic.com. and anyone who would like to learn a few basic skills to manage personal stress. Mats and chairs will be provided. The class is free but space is limited; call Judith Neary at 661-5902 or email judith. neary@gmail.com to reserve a place. Donations to Rj’s Kids are welcome. 7:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday, March 26, or, 4 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, April 12, at Vashon Intuitive Arts. 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 meadowheartayurveda.com or call Blau at 499-8488. Registration is required by March 26. Program begins Wednesday, April 1. Chick Owners Workshop: Island Home Center will offer a free chick owners workshop, with content appropriate for all experience levels. Registration can be done in person at the store, by calling 463-5000 or emailing julie@ islandlumber.com. Chicks arrive at the store on April 3. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 28, at Island Home Center. 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. Magic for Adults: For the first time, professional magician Thomas
Pruiksma will offer a course for adults who are interested in learning the art of magic. The four-week intensive course is for anyone who has ever been interested in magic, as well as other performers, speakers and presenters. Cost is $160 with a $10 early-bird discount for those who register by April 7. For more information and to register, see poetsmagic.com or call Pruiksma at 567-4023. 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays, April 21 through May 12, at the Open Space for Arts & Community.
VASHON THEATRE Kingsman: The Secret Service: Ends March 26. Love’s Labour’s Lost (Royal Shakespeare Company): March 26. Still Alice: Opens March 27. Skylight (make-up showing): March 28. World Circus — The ultimate circus competition: March 29. The Homestretch (Community Cinema Vashon): March 31. See vashontheatre.com for show times or call 463-3232.
PUBLIC MEETINGS Vashon School District: 7 p.m. Thursday, March 26, at Chautauqua Elementary School.
FREE COMMUNITY MEALS Volunteers serve free meals seven days a week on Vashon. All people are welcome at the meals, which are served at 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the following locations. For more information about the meals program, contact Harmon Arroyo at 351-1441 or at luckyharmon2010@gmail.com. Monday Methodist church Thursday Presbyterian church Tuesday Presbyterian church Friday Lutheran church Wednesday Church of the Saturday Methodist church Holy Spirit Sunday Methodist church
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Three sandhill cranes, a rare sighting for the area, were spotted in a Maury Island pasture last week by some eagle-eyed islanders. Sandhill cranes are an endangered species in Western Washington and frequent south-central, northeastern and southeastern areas of the state, either to breed or stop over during migration. Sightings in this part of Puget Sound are designated as rare by the Seattle Audubon Society. According to bird expert Ed Swan, this is only the ninth recorded sighting of the birds on Vashon in the last 30 years, and most of those have been flyovers. Sometimes mistaken for blue herons, the cranes can have wingspans of up to 7 feet.
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IT’S YOUR HISTORY Guiding Light – starring P. Robinson By Chris Austin Let’s see, what was going on in the world one hundred years ago? Well, Henry Ford made his one millionth Model T, Babe Ruth hit his very first home-run and bowling alleys and dive bars rejoiced as the neon sign was invented. Locally, however, 1915 was marked by the construction of the Point Robinson Lighthouse. I’ve always had a thing for lighthouses. I remember as a kid thinking how neato it would be to live in one. I thought the grinding isolation would be worth it because of the cool circular staircase plus the fact that I could do the world’s greatest shadow puppets. Point Robinson itself has had a long maritime connection. This most eastern part of Maury Island was named after crew member John Robinson, a quartermaster on Lieutenant Charles Wilkes’ survey voyage of 1841. As traffic increased between Seattle and Tacoma - an area sailors call the “the fog net”- a fog signal station was installed in 1885. The steam whistle was improved three years later by erecting a red lantern on a 25-foot pole. Enhancements continue, and, in 1894, a 31-foot tower was built for the signal light. It would be another 21 years before our humble lighthouse, with 38-foot tower, began its tireless vigil. In addition to a higher tower the lighthouse was equipped with a fancyschmancy Fresnel lens. The new optic allowed the beam to be seen for 10 nautical miles (12 miles to us land-lubbers.) and the original lens would be used until 2008 when the Coast Guard added a modern light. What do you bet the the warranty ran out in 2007. If these few facts have piqued your interest in our scenic landmark then my work here is done. You may slake your thirst for knowledge on Friday, April 3rd, from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM, when the Heritage Museum will open its latest exhibit honoring the Point Robinson Lighthouse. Send me your topic suggestions at www.chrisaustinmedia.com This Feature Proudly Sponsored by: Tom and Dave - Vashon Pharmacy Norm - Vashon Thriftway Earl - Island Home Center and Lumber
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MAKE IT BIG IN JAPAN: Join writer and director John Jeffcoat for a Q & A after the screening of his new film “Big in Japan” on Friday, April 3, at the Vashon Theater. Director Jeffcoat (“Outsourced”) uses a narrative approach and guerrilla production style to reveal simple, often humorous, universal truths in his story that is loosely based on the experiences of a Seattle band on tour in Japan.
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Photography class teams up with land trust By JULI GOETZ MORSER Staff Writer
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Vahson photographer Ray Pfortner’s annual Shoot to Show class focuses on photography from many angles. Now in its 11th year, Shoot to Show is sponsored by Vashon Allied Arts and begins with four evening sessions plus two field shoots and ends with a juried photography show at The Hardware Store Restaurant on July 3. Helping students understand what makes the best possible composition for each image taken is the workshop’s cynosure, with special attention given to capturing a sense of place — from the broader, dramatic views down to the details. As in the past, this year the class will team up with the Vashon Maury Island Land Trust to photograph land trust properties in honor of the nonprofit’s 25th anniversary. Tom Dean, director of the land trust, will meet with the class to iden-
tify specific properties. Pfortner said students then will pick two or three properties to photograph as a class assignment. The students will work as a group at two different places for the planned field shoots. In a recent email, Pfortner wrote that the power of art can often turn things around. Early Shoot to Show classes photographed the Glacier property to showcase the land for Preserve Our Islands. “I think we played a role in preserving (the Glacier property),” Pfortner said, “with our (photographs) of the beauty of the property in the landscape, marine life, flower and butterfly images.” Other years, the class has photographed properties the land trust already owned. The images were used on the land trust’s website and calendars. The workshop is open age 15 and up with any level of experience and any kind of digital camera. Each
New book describes Vashon through an enchanted lens Vashon author and illustrator Jane Valencia will perform tales from her children’s fantasy and Vashon-inspired book, “Because of the Red Fox,” at 2 p.m. Sunday at Vashon Bookshop. The event is free and open to all ages. Valencia is a well-known Celtic harpist and has been a bardic storyteller for the last 20 years. In her upcoming performance, she will incorporate storytelling, harp, song and folklore as well as a reading from her book. In a recent email, Valencia explained the role of a bard. “A bard serves as a voice for the community, the land and for whatever one holds dear, using story, poetry, music and more.” For Valencia, nature’s magic and a child’s lively nature were what she held dear, what she found that inspired her to create the book and what will fuel her performance. “I want my readers and audience to experience the fun and magic that’s always around us,” Valencia wrote. “This performance is particularly special to me because the characters’ home, Yonder Island, is pretty much Vashon viewed through the lens of enchantment. I’m eager to hear from the audience about island magic they have experienced.”
Vashon poetry to fill VoV airwaves in April By JULI GOETZ MORSER Staff Writer
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Jane Valencia will perform tales from “Because of Red Fox.” Valencia’s other published works include a kid’s herbal comic, an online comic, harp CDs and a free ezine. She is also an instructor with the Vashon Wilderness Program, a nature-immersion program for children ages 4 to 14.
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student will submit work to be adjudicated for the show. The judges this year will include Melinda Sontgerath of The Hardware Store Restaurant, Holly Houston, manager of Vashon Allied Arts’ artist-in-the-school program and — full disclosure — Juli Goetz Morser, arts editor at The Vashon Beachcomber. Pfortner said other judges may be added to the panel by the students. “One year we had the White House photographer for President Clinton on the panel,” Pfortner said. “Another year we had a Seattle Times photographer jurying. Both were student suggestions.” The workshop includes four Monday evening classes on March 30, April 6 and 20 and May 4, from 7 to 9 p.m. The two Saturday group field shoots are scheduled for sunrise on April 4 and sunset on May 2. To register, see vashonalliedarts.org or call VAA at 463-5131. Scholarships are available.
Seattle native and nationally renowned jazz trumpeter Thomas Marriott will bring his innovative jazz music to the Blue Heron at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Marriott has played with musical luminaries like Rosemary Clooney, Michael Feinstein, Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra, the Spanish Harlem Orchestra and Maynard Ferguson’s Big Bop Nouveau Band, with whom he played three world tours. Several of his eight albums have been featured on NPR’s Morning Edition and have gained critical acclaim worldwide. Marriott will be joined by Orrin Evans (piano), John Bishop (drums) and Jeff Johnson (bass) and will play a collection of American popular song standards, jazz classics and originals. Tickets are $18 for VAA members, students and seniors and $22 for general audience. Tickets are available at the Blue Heron and vashonalliedart.org.
April is National Poetry Month, and Voice of Vashon (VoV) is jumping into the poetic fray by airing the spoken words of Vashon poets — twice a day for the month of April. The Academy of American Poets inaugurated National Poetry Month in 1996. Since then, according to the academy’s website, the event is now “the largest literary celebration in the world with schools, publishers, libraries, booksellers and poets celebrating poetry’s vital place in our culture.” Not to sit on the sidelines, Vashon’s poets will join the celebration, thanks to Vashon’s current poet laureate Ina Whitlock, inaugural island poet laureate Ann Spiers, poet Cal Kinnear and VoV station manager Susan McCabe. “Ann and Ina started the planning,” Kinnear said, “then Ina had to leave town, and I was handed the planning job. It’s proven very interesting.” Kinnear reached out to island poets to see who might be interested in the project. Twenty-four poets responded. All the poets are published, and many have their work in books available at Vashon Bookshop. At the recording session, the poets read two of their poems. Before they began their reading, as an introduction to each poem, McCabe said she asked the poet to say their name, when they began writing poetry and what role it played in their life. VoV plans to archive the poems and will make them available on the station’s website beginning in May. In the meantime, McCabe said islanders can tune in to VoV to hear a poem a day read by Vashon poets.
Voice of Vashon will air one poem twice daily throughout the month of April. The daily reading can be heard at noon and at 6 p.m. Tune into Voice of Vashon’s KVSH-FM at 101.9 FM.
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was what she calls the losses of many cultures’ spiritual and healing legacies. Healers, according to Phan-Le, are those committed to alleviating the suffering of others or helping them to find meaning in their suffering. And with the passing of elder healers trained in venerable practices and ritual, the healing traditions are disappearing — from Peru’s indigenous ShipibobConibo community, Hawaii’s kapuna or elders in the Kalapana area, China’s minority Naxi who settled in Lijiang, lamas of Tibetan descent living in the sparsely populated village of Ladakh, India, regions around Tibet’s sacred Lake Manasarovar and even nearby the populous city of Kathmandu, Nepal. “It’s not about preserving the traditions in a museum, but keeping the teachings and tools alive to prepare us for the times we are in,” she said. “The (ancients) had our current and future existence in mind when they planted the seeds (of wisdom). They were thinking of us way back when.” Phan-Le sees the relevance of the insightful teachings played out in many aspects of modern life, including the Seattle Seahawks. The
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team meditates and visualizes, she said, which are applications of ageold meditation tools. And Pete Carroll’s whole-person coaching of one for all and focus on the community as winners instead of star players are values found in indigenous cultures — including the way the team dealt with the Super Bowl loss. “We were so sure they had a Godgiven path to winning. I’d even painted my nails blue and green,” she recalled with a laugh. “It was a great game, and then they taught us how to lose with grace, how you move on from loss.” Far from Seattle, in the jungles of the Amazon, Phan-Le met an internationally recognized shaman who healed his own heart ailment using shamanistic plant healing after allopathic, or Western medi-
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cine, failed to help. “Plants are medicinal, not woowoo,” Phan-Le said. “They help cure modern illness with their chemical makeup. We really can let go of the dualistic view of allopathic versus natural or spiritual medicine. It’s about having more choices in our collective medicine cabinets.” In her current position as chief operating officer and creative director of High Impact, Inc., a visual media company, Phan-Le said she applies many of the things she learned on her journey to the business. “Spiritual teachings allow you to be more successful,” she said. “Meditation and mind training, compassion and emphasizing collective well-being are all applicable in the work environment. Indigenous values remind us that if we put everyone first, then no one is last. Healers and spiritual teachers weren’t in an elite position. They had to care for the well-being of the entire community.” The teachings Phan-Le learned didn’t just appear at the tap of a wand, however. Many of the places she and her crew visited were “tough logistically, physically, emotionally and spiritually,” especially given the thin air of the Himalayas. And when they arrived, being granted an interview was not a fete accompli just because they had made the arduous trip.
“The request (for an interview) always had to be made along with what I intended to do with the knowledge they would impart or the experience they would share with me,” Phan-Le wrote in her book. Drawing on a tradition called “talking story” that she learned from the healing community in Hawaii, Phan-Le ended up being granted permission because she took the time to really listen to what the healers had to say. “Talking story is about taking the time to linger over the details of the mundane, to ponder the realm of the profound and to surrender any structure of time or agenda,” PhanLe writes in the book’s preface. “It is the art of listening and being present.” Talking story opened doors previously closed to other Western visitors, especially with a group of lamas living in the high-altitude village of Humla, Nepal. It was there that Phan-Le experienced the stunning revelation that she, too, had the power to heal. The incident eventually led her to work as a hands-on healer on Vashon, in Seattle and the Southwest before she shifted her one-on-one healing practice to the one-to-many form she now employs in business. Still, it took Phan-Le almost 11 years to finish her documentary and about seven to complete the
book because, she said, it took a long time to integrate all that she learned. “It’s not like being blissed-out on a lotus cloud,” she said with a distinctive twinkle in her voice. “I still get stressed out, but I can call on those spiritual tools to help me.” Coming full circle, “Talking Story” is fulfilling Phan-Le’s promise to the healers who gave her those invaluable tools by sharing their stories, by transmitting their spiritual legacy so that others in a different culture and context might hear it. “I had the burden of carrying these stories as a single person,” she said. “Now they are in a form that others can carry. If they share one of the stories, they help me with my promise. It’s all been a great surprise.” At the beginning of her journey, Phan-Le called herself a cultural anthropologist. Today, she identifies as an ethno-spiritualist, someone who studies how different cultures use their spiritual resources to adapt to mundane issues of both survival and living well. “I realize that my work now is to bridge the relevance of what was then with what is now.”
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SOFTBALL: The girls dropped their first game of the season against Darrington, 12-0, on Wednesday, March 18. Great defensive play from catcher Hannah McArthur and third baseman Bailey Ormsby were highlights of the contest. The team plays at home next at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 31, against Bellevue Christian. WWW.VASHONBEACHCOMBER.COM
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Mother Nature 3, Pirate baseball 1 so far this spring Track season begins with success
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After a stellar start to practices with two straight weeks of fair weather, the Vashon Pirates baseball team fell victim to Mother Nature’s whims last week. The season opening jamboree at Spanaway Lake High School on March 14 was a washout, as were games against Cascade Christian and The Bush School. Monday, March 16, the team found sunshine at Marymoor Park in a matchup against perennial powerhouse Cedar Park Christian. Vashon won the contest by a decisive 11-5 score, with junior left-hander Logan Hawkins picking up the win. In the early innings, the team struggled to find itself offensively, but the bats came alive in the fifth, and the Pirates never looked back. Senior Josh Myer opened the game pitching a strong inning and a third before giving the mound and a tight 0-1 score to Hawkins, who pitched through the fourth inning and allowed no further runs. Sophomore Ashton Dulfer came in to pitch the top of the fifth and after allowing four runs, settled down and pitched solid sixth and seventh innings. The Pirates broke out the bats in the fifth inning, batting through the lineup and scoring 7 runs. In the top of the sixth, the Pirates sent eight to the plate and extended their lead to 10-5, tacking one more on in the top of the seventh for the final score of 11-5. Offensive highlights were Sam Schoenberg going 2 for 4, Clyde Pruett 2 for 3 with a double and 2 RBIs, Logan Hawkins driving a ball deep to the fence, and Harper Whitney and Hawkins each also having 2 RBIs The defense was strong all game, with center fielder Simon Perrin snagging several deep flies, and a key double play at second base got the Pirates out of a jam in
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Junior Logan Hawkins pitches against Cedar Park Christian and picks up the 11-5 win. the bottom of the fifth. Head coach Steve Hall was pleased with the team’s performance. “The boys played well. Our defense was perfect, and we were decent on the bases,” he said. “Even though we didn’t see their number one or two pitchers, it’s always great to get a win against them.
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The Vashon High School track and field team set sail on its inaugural meet of the season last Thursday at Charles Wright Academy. For many athletes, this was their first athletic competition for the high school, and for the few returning veterans, the five-team meet was an opportunity to pick up where they left off last year. Freshman Gerry Gerrior placed third in the boys’ 100-meter race at 12.2 seconds and second in the 200 meters in 25.17. In the boys’ javelin, senior Nate Lawson finished in second place with a throw of 122 feet, 10 inches. In the girls’ 1,600-meter race, sophomore Eva Anderson placed second with a time of 6.00.34; Anderson also finished third in the 800 meters in 2:46.52. In the girls’ 3,200-meter race, all Aria Mildon and Natalie VanDevanter needed to do was finish the race, as they were the only two competitors entered to compete. Mildon finished the eight-lap race in 14:08.59, and VanDevanter finished in 15:22.81. Annika Hille, Katherine Andrus, Annie Muller and Lauren Jenks swept the top four places in the girls’ long jump. Hille set the standard with a jump of 16 feet. Hille also finished second in the girls’ 200-meter race in 27.43 The Pirate girls 4-by100-meter relay team consisting of Annika Hille, Emily Browne, Annie Muller and Lauren Jenks took first with a time of 54.57. The girls team placed third at overall at the meet. Scoring for the girls was Bellevue Christian 111, Charles Wright 89, Vashon 84, Cascade Christian 77 and Seattle Christian 21. Overall meet scoring for the boys was Charles Wright 115.5, Bellevue Christian 112, Cascade Christian 98.5, Seattle Christian 31 and Vashon 23. Tomorrow the Pirates will head to the West Seattle Stadium for a meet with these same Nisqually League teams as well as Emerald City League teams. — Kevin Ross is an assistant track coach.
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“Not seeing a specialist just because you can’t arrange weather station, improved signage and better helipad transportation is a dangerous situation,” he added. markings. Apple has also initiated in an effort to decrease isolaGreg Martin, the president of the Sunrise Ridge board, CONTINUED FROM 1 tion among Vashon’s elders by employing a driver to said the improvements will make it easier for Airlift take people to and from the senior center for lunch on Northwest to fly to and from Vashon when it transports patients in urgent need of medical attention, particularly medical appointments off-island as well as to lunches and Mondays and Fridays. This program will use make use of the 10-seat van in poor weather and at night. He noted that a represenprogramming at the center itself. tative of Airlift Northwest indicated “We get a lot of calls about transportation. It is a large the center shares with other social service agencies. Apple plans to add proVashon’s need for helicopter transport need. I cannot over-emphasize that enough,” Apple said. may increase when Vashon’s para“Not seeing a specialist Now, the center’s Bluebird Medical Transport is set to gramming at lunch on those days and medics are absorbed into South King launch April 1. Two drivers have been hired, Apple said, offer everything from health educajust because you can’t County’s Medic One system, possibly and will take people to and from medical appointments tion to entertainment. Now, she said, arrange transportation is a later this year. Martin added Vashon’s in Seattle and Tacoma. Apple has budgeted for trips three she knows of some seniors whose only aging population may also increase the interaction comes when the Meals on dangerous situation.” days a week and will evaluate how that fits the need. need for helicopter flights. While King County’s Senior Services provides some Wheels volunteers deliver food once a Tim Johnson The board has been working with volunteer drivers, it cannot adequately provide for week. Granny’s Attic Business Manager Airlift Northwest as well as a helipad “People need to get out and socialVashon residents, she added. design expert and it expects to install The program is named after former senior center ize,” she said. “We are social animals. member June Mikulka, who loved bluebirds and whose Study after study has shown you die prematurely if you the weather station and lights this spring. In a phase that has not yet been funded, Sunrise Ridge also hopes to pour are isolated.” family made a large memorial donation to the program. Sunrise Ridge will also benefit from Granny’s Attic a new concrete helipad and renovate the area for emerJohnson noted that this grant was popular among Granny’s members, who volunteer at the shop and vote funding and plans to use two grants totaling more than gency vehicles and the gurney pathway from the clinic. Vashon Island Fire & Rescue Chief Hank Lipe indion all the grants, as the difficulty of getting to distant $21,000 to make upgrades at the helicopter pad near the medical appointments is clear to them, sometimes from Franciscan clinic. Soon the Sunrise Ridge board will cated he was pleased to learn of the project. install lighting, a radio-accessible wind indicator and “It’s good for the island. It’s good for us. It’s good for personal experience. Airlift Northwest,” he said. “Anytime we can increase care for a critical patient, it’s good.” Vashon Community Care (VCC), another grantee, received nearly $27,000 to help cover the gap between what Medicaid pays and the actual cost of care at the center. The center had asked for $80,000 and has been one of Granny’s largest grantees over the years, Johnson said. The services VCC provides are extremely important to Granny’s members, he added, especially because the center provides care for people regardless of their ability Catholic Church to pay, and he noted VCC is one of the island’s largest Vashon Island All-Merciful Saviour St. John Vianney employers. Unitarian Fellowship Orthodox Monastery Mass–Saturdays at 5:00 pm Community, Diversity, Freedom of Belief, “Losing that would eliminate working-class jobs on the 9933 SW 268th St. (south of Dockton) Enrichment of Spirit Sundays 8:00am and 10:30am island,” he said. SUNDAYS: DIVINE LITURGY 9:00 am Sunday at 9:45 am Pastor: Rev. Marc Powell Followed by Potluck Religious Exploration for toddlers – 8th Grade Truman O’Brien, the president of the Vashon 16100 115th Avenue SW, Celebrating 2000 years of Orthodox Christianity Lewis Hall Vashon WA 98070 Community Care Foundation, said he is pleased to get Call for a schedule weekday and Holy Day services. (Behind Burton Community Church) office 567-4149 rectory 567-5736 the money, even though it was considerably less than 23905 Vashon Hwy SW 463-5918 www.stjohnvianneyvashon.com Info: www.vashonuu.org • 463-4775 requested. www.vashonmonks.com “When it comes to the second round of grants, we will ask for more at that point,” he said. Episcopal Church of the Vashon Friends Burton Community Church Other grant recipients that received smaller amounts Holy Spirit ALL ARE WELCOME Worship Group of money include the Interfaith Council to Prevent The Rev. Canon Carla Valentine Pryne Kindness, Gratitude, Love (Quakers) The Rev. Ann Saunderson, Priest Assoc. Homelessness, which was awarded $6,000 to help pay and Community! Sundays – 8:00 am & 10:15 am 10 am Meeting for Silent Worship its meals coordinator, and the Vashon Island Growers Worship 11 am Church School & Religious Exploration 9:00am in members’ homes. Association, which received $1,200 for its Food Access Maggie Laird Child Care Call for Location Mid-week Eucharist, Wednesday–12:30pm Partnership. This partnership provides vouchers for Pianist/Choir Director 15420 Vashon Hwy SW 567-4488 567-5279 463-9552 463-9977 nonprofit organizations to obtain food from farm stands www.holyspiritvashon.org www.burtonchurch.org and the farmers market or pass the vouchers on to those it serves. Bethel Church Havurat Ee Shalom Vashon Lutheran Church VIGA member Merilee Runyan said Granny’s funded Serving the spiritual, social and 14736 Bethel Lane SW 18623 Vashon Hwy. 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Vashon Island Vashon United Methodist Church Calvary Full Gospel 17928 Vashon Hwy SW Granny’s Attic, for decades a fixture at Sunrise Ridge, Community Church (one block south of downtown) Church at Lisabeula Worship Service 10:00 am moved into the IGA plaza earlier this year. Pastor: Rev. Dr. Kathryn Morse Worship 10:30 am & 7:00 pm (Children’s Church for Sunday Service & Sunday School The move has been a good one so far, Johnson said. Thursday Bible Study 7:00 pm preschool–5th graders) 10:00 a.m. Staff and volunteers have seen an uptick in the numCall for location Office Phone 463-3940 Childcare Available at All Services. Saturday Prayer 7:30 pm ber of customers who could not navigate the old store Pastors: Office open Mon.–Thurs. 9 a.m. – 12 noon Mike Ivaska and Frank Davis Pastor Stephen R. Sears because of its cramped quarters as well as those who had 463-9804 9318 SW Cemetery Road www.vashonmethodist.org 463-2567 difficulty getting there, he said. 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Called Fat Cat Paddleboarding, the startup business will offer mobile paddleboard rentals, meaning Nichelson will launch paddleboards at inner Quartermaster Harbor, where he lives nearby, or anywhere else someone may want to paddle. A certified paddleboard instructor, he will also offer paddleboarding classes and guided tours at different locations, even overnight trips. He and a friend are already holding paddleboard yoga classes on the harbor once a week. “The sport is so new that people are finding new opportunities to get out on paddleboards,” Nichelson said. Stand-up paddleboarding originated decades ago in Hawaii when surfers began to stand or kneel on their boards and propel themselves with one paddle, sometimes catching waves in the process. The new sport came to the mainland United States, and now most surf shops and kayak retailers in the Puget Sound area offer paddleboards as well. In recent years the trend made its way to the quiet shores of Vashon, and on calm days paddlers — sometimes clad in wetsuits and sometimes in no more than a bathing suit — can often be seen at KVI Beach, Tramp Harbor and Quartermaster Harbor. “We’ve seen a pretty good increase in people’s interest in paddleboards,” said Doug Kieper, who owns Vashon Watersports. When Kieper and his wife purchased the kayak rental business from the Vashon Park District in 2013, it had just two paddleboards in its collection, he said. Now Vashon Watersports has 12 paddleboards in addition to its 30 kayaks and two canoes. He added that paddleboarding is especially popular when it’s warm and that many like to paddleboard in groups. “When people come to paddleboard, they paddleboard in a half-dozen,” he said. Nichelson took up paddleboarding a couple of years ago in a quest to find more activities he could do on Vashon. An out-
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doors lover and avid mountain biker, he obvious choice quickly,” he said. “He has this little flip thing,” said Nelson, says he biked in Burton but often found His grassroots effort now has 15 pad- from Alaska. “It’s like I’ll be damned, I’m on himself leaving the island and driving long dleboards designed to be more stable for the board again.” distances in search of outdoor fun. He was beginners, along with lifejackets — which Hedy Anderson, who also paddleboarded also looking for an activity he could do as he he requires — and a wide selection of wet- for the first time that day, said she would do aged. He tried kayaking, he said, but found suits, including booties, caps and gloves. He it again. it was hard on his back. “I felt excited because it was something says he hopes to change the “Paddleboarding is somenew and it’s really pretty to be out there,” misconception that paddle“It’s only a few feet, thing I can do forever,” he boarding is a warm-weather she said. but you’re standing “I asked him if he would have a punch said. “It’s something you can activity, stressing that wetup on top of the water suits are very warm, espe- card,” she added with a laugh. be as young or as old as you Nichelson isn’t sure where Fat Cat want.” and you can see more,” cially once paddlers get movPaddleboarding will take him, he said, but Now Nichelson, an enering. Reed Nichelson getic 56-year-old with a fit Last winter, he noted, for now he’s offering a variety of options Fat Cat Paddleboarding build and dark brown beard, he and some friends went — including yoga at 9 a.m. every Sunday — says paddleboarding has downwind paddleboarding and will see what becomes the most popular. “I try to express to people that it’s difopened up a new world for in below-freezing temperahim. He loves being out on the water, and tures and found they were comfortable on ferent than what they think. If you don a has found it to be a full-body workout. the water. Inner Quartermaster is especially wetsuit and get on a paddleboard, you might “If you don’t like going to the gym to work warm, he said, because it’s protected and the find that you love it.” out, get on a paddleboard,” he said. water is shallow. On his board, he’s seen plenty of sea life, “I just tell (people) come on out, get in a For information on Fat Cat including a giant octopus in Quartermaster wetsuit, and I’ll prove it,” he said. Paddleboarding or to make a reservation, Harbor, and he frequently hops off to swim Indeed, last Thursday, despite temperasee fatcatpaddleboarding.com or call through kelp beds. He called the vantage tures in the mid-50s, a few of the paddle463-1755. point on a board “completely different” than boarders got warm enough to jump in the Vashon Watersports will open for the a kayak. water and swim. Nichelson, who says he season on Memorial Day weekend and “It’s only a few feet, but you’re standing up puts great emphasis on good paddleboardalso offers rentals and trips by appointon top of the water and you can see more,” ing technique, showed them a special move ment. See vashonwatersports.com or call 463-YAKS. he said. to get back on their boards. One time he was paddling off Point Robinson when a pod of orcas swam by. “All you could hear was breathing,” he said. “It was just me and them, and the sound was fantastic.” Recently Nichelson has taken up more extreme forms of paddleboarding, joining a small group of islanders that goes out during windy weather to surf waves on their Submit it for publication boards. The so-called downwinders can be found on the water during some of the worst in The Beachcomber’s storms. “There are a few crazies who do it,” he FYI section said. “The bigger the wind, the better.” Weddings • Graduations • Births Last summer, Nichelson, a builder by trade, tried renting out a few paddleboards, Death Notices • Special Awards mountain bikes and small boats in Burton, hoping to appeal to both Vashon residents Send information to editor@vashonbeachcomber.com, and tourists who came through. The paddleboards, he said, were by far the most or visit our website, www.vashonbeachcomber.com popular offering. and click “Contact Us.” “The paddleboard became the clear and
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Stephen “Step” Graves passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on Sunday, March 22 at 12:45 pm, the day after his 61st birthday. Step was born in Virginia in 1954. He traveled extensively from a young age. He served in the Navy in Vietnam aboard the USS Coral Sea then settled in Oakland, California where he received his degree from Laney College. Following that he moved to the Seattle area where he worked for SeaLand for over fifteen years. After retiring from SeaLand, he found his way to Vashon Island, where he started his own auto detailing business “Island Detail”. Step will be remembered by all who knew him as a kind and loving man. He had many interests including drumming and singing reggae, blues and soul music, sailing, traveling, walking, and drag racing. He was the ultimate “people person” who was a friend to just about everyone that he met but he especially loved women. He could be very opinionated but open minded and quick to forgive. He loved animals and was a keen observer of birds. He will be missed. He is survived by his daughter Vanessa and grandson Elias.
Russel Herbert Nelson Born 4/4/1925 in Snoqualmie, Washington. Died 1/16/2015 at Vashon Island Community Care Center. Russ grew up in Kirkland with his Swedish parents Herbert and Linnea Nelson. After graduating from Kirkland High School in 1943, he enlisted in the Air Force and was trained to pilot B-17s. He received a B.S. in Physics from the University of Washington in 1949. While at the UW he was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, and met his future wife of 67 years Jeannine Foster. They moved to Vashon Island in the 1950’s where he built his home of 60 years. Russ flew small planes for many years, often buzzing the family house on Quartermaster Harbor. Always an exercise buff, he was known for jogging before it was popular and chopped wood every day. He walked to work rain or shine from Fauntleroy ferry dock to Chief Sealth High school where he taught Physics & Math. After retiring from teaching in 1980 he became active in the community; Square Dancing, volunteering at Granny’s Attic, and playing his fiddle with the Garage Boys band and other local musical groups. Russ took great pleasure in bird watching from his front porch and enjoyed working out of doors. He is survived by his wife Jeannine now living at Vashon Island Community Care and his three children: Chris Nelson of Vashon, Mike Nelson of Tacoma, Suzanne Miller (Michael) of Seattle, and granddaughter Anna Zola Miller.
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We’re looking for forever homes! Lady Skittles is a prim and proper elderly lady, think Violet Crawly, the Dowager Countess of Grantham. Her class and position at the shelter are extremely important to her. She takes no prisoners and she rules the roost in the Green Room at the shelter which she prefers to call the Emerald Suite. Even though she is a bit older, she insists that she has several good years left and she would love to spend them in a proper home where she can be waited on by her servants. Lady Skittles came to VIPP on 11/11/14. Sweetness is just that. She loves to sit on a lap and be petted while she purrs away the hours. She was relinquished by a man who found her four years ago and took her in. She has lived with dogs but she is afraid of them. She prefers being indoors where she can curl up and luxuriate on a soft bed. Sweetness came to VIPP on 1/6/15.
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