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Discover what awaits you on our island in the sound OUTDOORS Beaches • Hikes • Cycling Paddleboarding • Whales

FAMILY FUN Strawberry Festival • Lighthouse Kids’ Activities • Local History

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Art Galleries • Island Radio Concerts • Theater

FOOD & DRINK Farmers Market • Restaurants Coffee • Wineries & Spirits

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The Best of Puget Sound If this is your first visit to Vashon Island, you’re about to discover one of the best-kept secrets on Puget Sound. A fifteen-minute ferry ride from either Seattle or Tacoma, Vashon Island offers more than fifty miles of saltwater beaches, acres of rolling pastures, breathtaking views along its country roads, and majestic forests. The thriving community offers a full range of services, top-rated schools, and encourages active involvement at every cultural level from the arts to the environment.

Finding Your Own “Best Place” I came to Vashon in 1976, seeking a quieter, more open place to live and garden. Zoned rural in 1971 (a move which restricted subdivision enormously), the island is the same size as Manhattan and has a population of 10,000+ permanent residents. As the designated broker/owner of Windermere Vashon, I represent all types of properties, focusing on listing high-end waterfront and estate settings and buyers’ agency. When you are ready to explore, come and talk to me!

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contents 9 OUTDOORS paddleboarding 10, kayaking 12, whale watching 13, hiking 14, P2P bike ride 16, beaches 18, low tide celebration 19

21 FAMILY FUN strawberry festival 22, museum 24, celebrations 25, lighthouse 28, kids’ activities 30, bike in the tree 45, sheepdog trials 50

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by Natalie Martin

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music 32, movie theater 34, art studio tour 36, art galleries 37, island radio 41, theater 43

51 FOOD & DRINK coffee roasterie 53, Vashon-made treats 58, farmers market 62, farm stands 63, wine, cider & more 64, restaurants 67

Helpful information pets 27, public services 44, places to stay 46

Serious cyclists conquer the Passport to Pain

by Susan Riemer

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History: Queens give us a glimpse of festivals past

by Bruce Haulman

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Paddleboarding: A new sport takes off on Vashon

Island’s iconic lighthouse turns 100

by Sarah Low

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Vashon Theatre: A small movie house thrives

by Sarah Low

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New station broadcasts Vashon tunes and more

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Welcome to our island A writer for The New York Times once described the ferry ride to Vashon Island as a trip back in time. Indeed, stepping foot onto our island is like stepping into a simpler time. There are open pastures dotted with barns, stretches of beach where dogs can play off-leash and miles of quiet hiking trails. Islanders greet one another at the store, and families have farm stands on the side of the road. But Vashon is also a lively place with much to offer. Here you’ll find vibrant shops and galleries, inviting restaurants, fun community events, impressive theater productions and concerts of all kinds.

So what makes this island in the sound seem worlds away from the big city? On Vashon, we’re surrounded by natural beauty — dense woods and scenic shorelines. But we’re also surrounded by island residents of every stripe, and in many ways it’s the people who inhabit this place who make it special. In this magazine alone, you’ll read about artisans who share their talents, businesspeople running small but successful enterprises and creative souls making their mark on the local arts scene. This is just a peek at the many entrepreneurs, activists, artists and hard-working volunteers who have shaped the island into a place that continues to lure visitors, even if just for a short trip back in time.

What awaits you on Vashon Island? Turn the pages of Destination Vashon, our annual guide to island life, to find out.

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Before ferries, Vashon was accessed by a large number of small, private boats called the Mosquito Fleet.

concentration of same-sex couples in the state.

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Vashon is the largest island in Puget Sound south of Admiralty Inlet.

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BY THE NUMBERS: Population: 10,624 Miles of shoreline: 51 Time to drive from one end of the island to the other: 25 minutes

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The shape of the islands has been compared to that of a dancing man.

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Pacific Research Laboratories, or “The Bone Factory,” is Vashon’s largest exporter. It makes, among other things, model bones.

Highest elevation: 469 feet Median age of residents: 50.2 Gas stations: 4

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Locals sometimes call Vashon “The Rock.”

Plant and animal species counted at one park during a survey by volunteers: 386

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Vashon is home to the highest

Historical UFO sightings: 1

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Vashon’s farmers market is a kid-friendly place.

Vashon and Maury were separate islands until 1916, when the Army Corps of Engineers created the isthmus that still connects them.

Vashon is larger than Manhattan and has 1/150th of the population.

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paddleboarding

A new kind of paddling takes off

BY NATALIE MARTIN

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hether it’s sunny and warm or cool and drizzly, Reed Nichelson can often be found on the waters around Vashon, standing on a board and paddling.

One afternoon last March, he took a few friends out to paddleboard in Quartermaster Harbor.

“It was a lot of fun,” said Cindy Nelson, who tried paddleboarding for the first time that day. “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 for the season this spring with a fleet of a dozen paddleboards at its rental center on the Burton Peninsula, and Nichelson has a new small business dedicated to the sport.

Called Fat Cat Paddleboarding, the startup business offers mobile paddleboard rentals, meaning Nichelson will launch boards at inner Quartermaster Harbor, where he lives nearby, or anywhere else Certified Residential Specialist

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Reed Nichelson paddles with Hedy Anderson in Quartermaster Harbor.

someone may want to paddle. A certified instructor in the sport, he also offers paddleboarding classes, paddlebaord yoga, guided tours and overnight trips.

“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 made its way to the mainland United

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States, and now most surf shops and kayak retailers in the Puget Sound area offer paddleboards as well.

In recent years the trend has reached 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 of Vashon Watersports.

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paddleboarding the kayak rental business from the Vashon Park District in 2013, it had just two paddleboards in its collection. Now Vashon Watersports offers 12 paddleboards in addition to its 30 kayaks and two canoes.

Kieper added that paddleboarding is especially popular when it’s warm and that many like to go out on the water 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 outdoors lover and avid mountain biker, he biked in Dockton Forest but often found himself leaving the island and driving long distances in search of outdoor fun. He was also looking for an activity he could do as he aged. He tried kayaking, he said, but found it was hard on his back.

“Paddleboarding is something I can do forever,” he said. “It’s something you can be as young or as old as you want.”

Now Nichelson, an energetic 56-yearold, says paddleboarding has opened up a new world for him. He loves being out on the water, and he calls paddling a full-body workout.

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Vashon Watersports also offers paddleboard rentals, tours and trips. See www.vashonwatersports.com or call (206) 463-9257.

“If you don’t like going to the gym to work out, get on a paddleboard,” he said.

On his board, he’s seen plenty of sea life, including a giant octopus in Quartermaster Harbor, and he frequently hops off to swim through kelp beds. He calls the vantage point on a board completely different than a kayak.

“It’s only a few feet, but you’re standing up on top of the water and you can see more,” he said.

One time he was paddling off Point Robinson when a pod of orcas went 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 the sport, joining a small group of islanders that goes out during windy weather to surf waves on paddleboards. The so-called downwinders can be found on the water during some of the worst storms.

“There are a few crazies who do it,” he said. “The bigger the wind, the better.”

For the more casual recreation seeker, Nichelson said he hopes to change the misconception that paddlebaording is only a warm-weather activity. On cool days, he noted, wetsuits keep paddlers plenty warm.

“I just tell (people) come on out, get in a wetsuit, and I’ll prove it,” he said.

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kayaking

Explore Vashon by kayak Kayaking

Paddling Vashon’s waters, whether exploring a quiet harbor or crossing an open section of Puget Sound, is one of the joys of island life. Vashon Watersports helps make those paddling trips possible.

Located on Quartermaster Harbor, Vashon Watersports has a fleet of kayaks, canoes and paddleboards available for families looking for a relaxing outing, experienced paddlers in search of adventure and everyone in between.

Boats and boards are available to rent by the hour or day, and Vashon Watersports staff also transport their RENTAL CENTER watercraft to several Vashon Watersports is located at 8900 places on the island for SW Harbor Dr. From Memorial Day an additional fee. If a weekend into September, the rental group wants to explore center is open from Friday through Colvos Passage on Sunday. Come mid-June, hours will Vashon’s west side, for include some weeknights. Vashon Watersports is also able to schedule example, kayaks can be reservations outside those hours. See transported to and from www.vashonwatersports.com or call Lisabeula Park.

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Should paddlers wish

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to stay close to the rental center and explore Quartermaster Harbor, they will find calm waters and an abundance of wildlife.

“For beginners, Quartermaster Harbor is paradise,” said Doug Kieper, who owns Vashon Watersports with his wife Erin.

Beyond typical paddling excursions, Vashon Watersports offers kayaking classes, camps, moonlight paddles and trips led by a naturalist.

The business also offers the opportunity for groups to circumnavigate Vashon by kayak and camp along the way — on their own or fully supported. If they choose the latter option, Vashon Watersports will provide kayakers with catered meals and tents that have already been pitched when the paddlers arrive at their campsite.

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OUTDOORS

Visitors make a splash

ORCA ALERTS Sign up to get email or text alerts when orcas are in the area at www.soundaction.org.

Vashon’s Va ashon’s sh shoreline shooreelilinne provides provide dess a front-row fron ontt roow seat sea when whe h n Puget Puugeet Sound’s Sounn So resident orcas come to town. Pods J, K and L — about 90 whales — spend the warmer months in northern Puget Sound and Whales intheallPacific Ocean. But periodically during the fall and winter — and occasionally at other times — they venture south to Vashon, feeding on salmon and providing a spectacle for those lucky enough to see them.

The show is greatest when the whales pass Point Robinson, where they often come close to shore and can be seen splashing and breaching. The point has even been named as a site on the Whale Trail, a list of the best whale watching spots in the region.

Whale sightings aren’t necessarily frequent though, so those wishing to see orcas should be proactive. Citizens often post the whales’ locations to Facebook pages such as VashonAll and Orca Network. And for a small annual fee, Sound Action, a local nonprofit, will send text or email alerts when whales come to Vashon. Sign up at www.soundaction.org.

The Vashon Hydrophone Project, a local whale research group, also asks that local whale sightings be reported to them at (206) 463-9041.

Don’t forget, however, that the orcas are listed as endangered. Vashon activists promote only shore-based whale watching, and federal law states boats must stay at least 200 yards away from whales.

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hiking

Take a walk in the woods Vashon is a walker’s paradise. Thanks to the combined efforts of the local land trust, the Vashon Park District and King County, the island is laced with trails, some of which wind for miles through forests. And while popular, they’re often quiet, offering up sweet solitude for those in search of a bit of tranquility.

ISLAND CENTER FOREST Island Center Forest is the largest and most popular expanse of trails on Vashon. Now more than 400 acres in size, it’s a place hikers can go for long walks. The site, owned by King County, was once a working forest.

Today, it boasts a warren of trails, two ponds, extensive wetlands and an artful, open-sided shelter for picnics. And, as the name suggests, it’s centrally located. There are several trailheads — two just outside town — and kiosks hold trail maps.

How to get there: There are several entrances into the forest, but the one that offers the best parking is off of Vashon Highway. Head south from town, and take a right on SW 188th Street. At the end of the road, turn right to follow a gravel driveway to a large parking lot.

DOCKTON FOREST/MAURY NATURAL AREA Natalie Martin/Staff Photo

Island Center Forest is a favorite place for hikers and dog walkers.

It’s time for a new look.

How to get there: The easiest entrance is a trailhead that begins in the parking lot across the road from Dockton Park.

FISHER POND PRESERVE A lovely, half-mile trail circumnavigates Fisher Pond, named for islander Bill Fisher, who donated this 90-acre preserve to the land trust. At the west end, a picnic shelter and table are perched above the water, providing views of this shallow, bird-friendly pond. The land trust has built an additional trail from the east end of the loop, which extends through a lovely forest to Cove Road, and another from the west end, which extends almost to Agren Park. Dogs are not allowed at this preserve.

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Like Island Center Forest, these two natural areas are big enough to get lost in. Combined, the two sites — one a former gravel mine — are now more than 400 acres, an expansive forest with a confusing but delightful warren of trails. Hardy walkers who are ready for hills can go from shore to shore at this site — trails lead from Dockton Park on Quartermaster Harbor all the way to the eastern edge of Maury Island on Puget Sound.

There, old mining structures can still be seen, and at low tide there’s a nice gravel beach affording a walk along the water.

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hiking HIT THE TRAIL Trail maps for some of these preserves are available at the Vashon Park District offices at Ober Park and at the land trust, located at 10014 SW Bank Road. Or download them at www.vashonlandtrust.org.

Information and directions can also be found on the park district’s website, www.vashonparks.org. King County also offers excellent maps online.

How to get there: Fisher Pond is located on Bank Road, about a mile west of town. Just before reaching the pond, there’s a pullout along the road with room for cars.

SHINGLEMILL CREEK/ FERN COVE Vashon’s newest hiking trail is a delightful twomile traverse that takes hikers along the crest of a ridge, into a tree-studded ravine, across Needle Creek and along the shores of Shinglemill Creek, a salmon-bearing stream that empties into Fern Cove and is Vashon’s second largest creek. At the end of this topographically

diverse trail, cross Cedarhurst Road and pick up the last leg — a final stretch that leads to the expansive mudflats at Fern Cove on Colvos Passage. Bring your binoculars; birds abound here. Those not wishing to make the trek back can leave one car at the Shinglemill trailhead and one car by Fern Cove.

How to get there: From town, head north on the highway about two miles; head west on SW 156th Street about a third of a mile. The trailhead is down a driveway on the right side of the road, and there is a small parking lot.

OUTDOORS BURTON ACRES This 64-acre park on the Burton Peninsula offers several lovely trails winding through a mature, diverse forest with towering big-leaf maples, Douglas firs and the occasional Pacific yew. The trails are flat and provide easy walking.

How to get there: Take Vashon Highway into Burton and head east onto SW Burton Drive.

Turn right at 97th Avenue SW and follow the road to Jensen Point, where parking is available.

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A birder’s paradise, this 30-acre preserve on the west side of the island was protected in 2000 with the help of the Vashon Audubon Society. It offers both a small pond and extensive wetlands — a haven for migratory songbirds, waterfowl, owls and hawks. A trail, not quite a mile long, circumnavigates the pond through a pleasant coniferous forest. Dogs are not allowed.

How to get there: The preserve is due west of Burton on Wax Orchard Road just south of SW 232nd Street. Look for the small sign that says “nature preserve.”

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Pain-seekers only

Hills set the stage for one tough ride

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his September, hundreds of bicyclists are expected to take part in what some say is the toughest ride in Puget Sound, Vashon’s Passport to Pain.

The P2P, as the ride is known, covers 80 miles and takes in many of the island’s steepest hills, totaling 10,000 feet of elevation gain, according to Bruce Morser, the ride’s mastermind and one of its organizers.

Known as an extremely fit cyclist, Morser makes clear just how difficult the ride is.

“This shreds me,” he says.

Now in its fifth year, the event continues to grow, and Morser expects it to draw nearly 400 men and women this year. In addition to the 80-mile ride — christened The Idiot — there are shorter options. The Weasel climbs 6,300 vertical feet over 50 miles, and even The Weenie is not for the faint of heart with 3,400 feet of elevation gain over 30 miles.

Morser created the ride as a fundraiser for the Vashon Island Rowing Club, of which he is a member, and the result is a ride — not a race — marketed with attitude and a lot of humor. It is also a ride that Morser and others say ranks among the top rides in the region, including the Chilly Hilly and the Ride Around Mount Rainier in One Day (RAMROD).

At the beginning of the P2P, each rider is

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Cyclists in a previous Passport to Pain muster smiles despite the ride’s many steep hills.

given a passport, which is then stamped at 18 checkpoints along the route. The checkpoints all have themes that might range from paradise, where cyclists can enjoy a tropical fruit snack and receive a lei for the

journey, to a rest stop with a lounge chair and a cooler of beer for those who can pedal no farther.

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cycling a few words of advice for those who are considering the ride. “Train, train, train,� he said. “Ride nothing but hills.�

The number and steepness of the hills make the elevation gain more difficult than sustained long climbs, he explained, and riders have to change in and out of climbing mode both physically and mentally. “Vashon is a fabulous place to train, but a tough place to ride,� he said.

For those who think they might be more up for the challenge as part of a team, that is an option, too, either with a group riding the route together or riders sharing the hills and completing the course in relay fashion.

One year, nine women from the rowing club — representing eight rowers and a coxswain — participated as a team. It allowed them to ride two hills each, support the club financially and volunteer at checkpoints, but just two of Vashon’s hills can prove challenging for even the fittest rowers. “My two hills are killing me,� Kim Goforth said during training. “There are hills between the hills.�

Rowing club coach Richard Parr has praised the event, noting that he appreciates it as a fundraiser because it provides

PASSPORT TO PAIN This year’s ride will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 12. There are several options for riders and teams of riders. For more information on the ride, a map of the course or to register, see www.passport2pain.org. The ride may fill up, so organizers recommend signing up early.

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something for everyone. Over the years, he said, P2P funds have helped purchase much-needed equipment for the club, including new rowing shells and oars. “The masters and juniors all train very hard, and we should get them the best equipment. The P2P goes a long way toward making that possible,� he said.

Currently, the rowing club is working to improve its boathouse, and this year’s P2P funds will support that effort. Morser noted he thinks the rowing club is a good cause for cyclists to support, particularly for what it offers teen rowers in terms of self esteem and camaraderie. “I love what rowing does for kids,� he said. “It just rises kids up.�

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Last year’s event netted $16,000 for the club, and organizers hope to make $20,000 this year. “It has become one of the keystones in the rowing club’s finances,� Morser said. “Everyone in the club participates.�

Parr said he believes P2P has become so popular in part because of the support cyclists receive on the course, and unlike on other rides, cyclists never feel alone. “When you do the Passport to Pain, you feel valued,� he said. “We appreciate people coming to do it and donating to the rowing club, and that comes out.� — Susan Riemer is a staff writer at The Beachcomber.

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Head to the beach With 51 miles of shoreline, Vashon has lovely and diverse beaches, offering empty stretches for quiet walks, sandy expanses that delight children and rocky tide pools where sea creatures live. Here’s a list of beaches that are open to the public. Remember that you’ll find the best sand and the most sea life around low tide. For tide information, see page 44.

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DOCKTON PARK Owned by King County, this 23-acre park doesn’t have much sand, but it’s a favorite on Vashon — especially among teens, who swear the water is the warmest on Vashon.

The park has a playground, a grassy lawn, restrooms, a boat launch and a pier. It’s also the beginning of the Dockton Historic Interpretive Trail.

Directions: From town, go south on Vashon Highway. Turn left at SW 204th Street. When

it comes to a T at the water’s edge, turn right onto Dockton Road SW. Cross the isthmus to Maury and turn right to stay on Dockton Road until you enter Dockton. The park will be on the right.

KVI BEACH This beach, named for the AM tower that provides not only a radio signal but also a roost site for bald eagles, is a top choice among locals. With an expansive, sandy shoreline and

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slow-moving slough, KVI is especially fun for young ones and sunbathers and is amazing at low tide.

Directions: From town, head south on Vashon Highway. Turn left at SW 204th Street. Turn left on Chautauqua Beach Road, then right on SW 204th Street. Limited parking.

LISABEULA PARK A quiet, west-facing beach, Lisabeula is the perfect spot for evening sunsets and family picnics. It also boasts a grassy expanse for Frisbee throwing, some picnic tables and portable restrooms.

Directions: From town, head south on Vashon Highway. Turn right at SW 204th Street. Turn left on Old Mill Road. Turn right on SW 220th Street. Continue down a winding road until you reach the park.

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This 320-acre park, owned by King County, was once a gravel pit. But thanks to an ongoing restoration campaign, the park — an expanse that begins in the woods and ends at the shore — is looking increasingly natural and verdant. It’s a steep half-mile walk from the parking lot to the beach.

Directions: From town, head south on Vashon Highway and turn left on SW 204th Street.

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beaches under the dock, but be respectful of nearby homes.

Directions: Access the beach using the boat ramp on the right side of the north-end ferry dock.

WINGHAVEN PARK This 12-acre park on the north end of the island suggests Vashon’s grand past; it’s the site of a former waterfront estate and still boasts a crumbling balustrade. The quiet beach, located down a quarter-mile trail, offers views of Mount Rainier and sand to walk on at low tide. It’s also a great place to collect beach glass.

Directions: From the north-end ferry dock, head south on Vashon Highway. In about a mile, take a left on Cunliffe Road. The park entrance is a half-mile down the hill, down a wooden staircase on the left side.

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It’s also a fun day for kids and families, with booths, food, children’s activities, guided beach walks and a special visit by the Blue Heron Canoe, which typically comes across the water from Des Moines for the occasion.

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Visit our website: www.vashonparks.org Vashon Park District Facilities and Their Amenities Agren Memorial Park Burton Acres/Jensen Point Burton Adventure Rec Ctr. Fern Cove Fisher Pond Inspiration Point Lisabuela Lost Lake (boat only) North End Boat Ramp Ober Park Paradise Ridge Park Point Robinson Lighthouse Spring Beach (boat only) Tramp Harbor Dock V. Commons/School Campus Vashon Pool Vashon Fields (VES) Village Green Wingehaven (walk-in only) King County Parks on Vashon Island Dockton Park & Forest Ellis Creek Natural Area Island Center Forest Marjorie Stanley Nature Area Maury Island Marine Park Piner Point (boat only)

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The best party on Vashon comes each July, when the chamber of commerce puts on the Strawberry Festival. More than 30,000 people attend the three-day affair, a classic community celebration with parades, booths, a beer garden and activFESTIVAL TIME ities for kids. Vashon’s festival is This year’s festival is July 17 to 19, 2015. Pick homegrown — it boasts perforup the July 15 issue of mances by island musicians and The Beachcomber locally made arts and crafts, allowfor a guide ing the spirit of Vashon to shine. to the weekend.

The festival this year will be held July 17 to 19, when the main road through town will be given over to the gala, with a variety of retailers, nonprofits and food vendors setting up shop. The focal point of the festival is the Grand Parade, which will take place Saturday at 11 a.m. The Classic Car Parade, which also draws crowds, will take place Sunday at noon.

Highlights this year will include favorites from years past — street dances, the Bill Burby Fun Run, a spot for local artists’ wares and music by local performers at numerous outdoor stages. There will also be shuttle service from both the northend and south-end ferry docks for those who want to leave their cars behind.

For those visiting Vashon during the Strawberry Festival, check out www.vashonchamber.com for more information.

Also pick up a copy of The Beachcomber’s annual Strawberry Festival guide, which comes out just before the festival.

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Local history

When Miss Vashon ruled the festival

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n 1967, Noel “Gigiâ€? Hake was crowned Miss Vashon and competed in the Miss Washington contest as part of the Miss America Pageant. Wait ‌ what? Vashon had a Miss Vashon? Yes, indeed. For nearly 50 years, Vashon had a festival queen and Miss Vashon contests as a popular part of the annual Strawberry Festival.

Vashon’s annual festival was not always the Strawberry Festival.

Over the years, the festivals were called the Island Festival, Peach Festival, Harvest Festival, Vashon Island Festival and, since 1984, the Strawberry Festival. The first festival on Vashon was held in 1900, and in 1909, the first Strawberry Festival was held to celebrate Vashon’s renowned strawberries and plentiful strawberry farms.

The 1923 Strawberry Festival renewed the tradition of annual festivals, which had been interrupted by the First World War.

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The 1926 Strawberry Festival queen was Mabel Holland, center, and her court included, from left, Consuelo Ramquist, Marjorie Stanley, Laura Brosseau and Frances Blekkink.

It was also the first festival to have a queen, a title that went to Melissa Lucy Jaynes, who was 104 years old. Lucy Jaynes’ memory still lives on at the festival — the Friday night Miss Lucy Dinner held at the Vashon Heritage Museum at the start of the weekend honors “Grandma� Jaynes.

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Alyssa Jean Shipley was crowned queen at that festival, and her court included four young women. The newspaper reported there was “no accident, no drinking and no unseemly conduct by anyone.” Terkel Hansen, president of the Vashon State Bank, remarked that the festival was “unquestionably the biggest thing the island has ever put over.”

Two years later, in 1926, the festival was moved to town at the Vashon school grounds, where Ober Park is now. Mabel Holland was crowned queen and given a key to her island empire. She also had a court of four. Their photo from the July 30, 1926, News-Record shows us what well-dressed flappers were wearing then.

The tradition of a Vashon Island queen and court was well established and continued into the post-war years, with breaks during the Great Depression and World War II. From the late 1940s through the early 1970s, the festival grew increasingly larger and more elaborate.

And with this growth came a more important role for the festival queen and more elaborate floats for the queen and her court to ride in the parade. The 1951 photo (shown above) of Island Harvest Queen Susan Wadleigh and her court on their float covered in fir boughs, ferns and flowers is a good example of how important the festival queens were to the festival.

By the late 1950s, the festival queen also became Miss Vashon and was eligible to participate in the Miss Washington

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The 1951 Island Harvest Festival court included Queen Susan Wadleigh, top, Phyllis Brown and Nancy Dahlgren, center, and Helen Kranjcevich and Nancy Reed, bottom.

Pageant representing Vashon Island. But by the early 1970s, the tradition faded away. Changes in attitudes, the women’s movement, the counter-culture revolution and a lack of volunteers to run the contest led to the end of Miss Vashon.

Rhea Brobeck was the last festival queen crowned as Miss Vashon at the 1971 Island Festival, and she competed in the 1972 Miss Washington contest.

With no festival queen at today’s festival, the role of grand marshal — given each year to a community leader — has expanded. The unofficial mayor contest has become another way to recognize islanders at the festival and also raises money for local nonprofits. But a special part of the festival disappeared when Vashon lost its annual festival queen.

— Bruce Haulman is an island historian.

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Travel back in time The Vashon-Maury Island Heritage Museum, housed in a historical Lutheran church just west of the main intersection in town, showcases the island’s rich history. The well-kept building is small but jampacked with historical artifacts, photos and interactive exhibits on Vashon’s past.

This summer the museum will feature an exhibit on the Point Robinson Lighthouse, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary (see page 28). It will run through October.

In its permanent collection, Vashon’s rich farming and shipbuilding history is showcased. Visitors can also see artifacts of the island’s earliest settlers — the stuff of island life — a herring rake, an apple peeler and tarnished school bells.

Nike missiles were sited on the island, and a nose cone can be found there along with toy rockets made on the island.

There are also artifacts from when Native people inhabited the island.

The museum is open from 1 to 4 p.m.

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Vashon seems to have a celebration to mark every season and holiday — community-wide affairs that showcase the island’s creativity and fun-loving spirit. While the biggest bash is the weekend-long Strawberry Festival in mid-July, smaller celebrations occur throughout the year.

A celebration of water, wind and sky, Kite Day draws beachgoers for the annual event at Point Robinson. Set for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 6, festivities will include food and music, kites available for purchase and tours of the lighthouse.

Also at Point Robinson, the Low Tide Celebration, a favorite event among locals, offers a chance to see sea life during one of the lowest tides of the year. This year it is slated for Sunday, Aug. 2. See page 19 for more information.

The Fourth of July is a true community affair on Vashon. An impressive fireworks show generously sponsored by locals each year draws hundreds to the shores of Quartermaster Harbor.

Halloween is a particularly spirited time on Vashon, when the town core closes to cars and both kids and adults — dressed in creative and sometimes extravagant costumes — hit the streets.

Merchants hand out candy, and there’s a haunted house or two to explore. Before the big day, many islanders carve pumpkins with intricate designs and put them on display at the Vashon Island Coffee Roasterie, creating a visual cornucopia of jack-o’-lanterns.

WinterFest, this year slated for Dec. 5, draws hundreds into town to celebrate the holidays. It includes a Santa-led parade and tree lighting, music, roasted chestnuts and other holiday favorites. Merchants in town stay open late for holiday shopping and drawings for prizes.

Spring Fling, when the Easter Bunny makes an appearance, is a delightful, kid-friendly event. It takes place the Saturday before Easter and includes an egg hunt, crafts and prizes for kids in Ober Park.

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Dogs love Vashon, too Vashon’s a great place to venture out with a four-legged friend. There are several parks and beaches where a dog can be off-leash if it’s under voice command.

KVI Beach and Point Robinson are favorite spots for well-behaved dogs to romp (see page 18).

Another favorite spot is Island Center Forest, a 400-acre expanse of trails where dogs are allowed. Also consider the long trails of Dockton Forest (see page 14). But dogs need to share the trail with horses, cyclists and joggers, so aggressive and overly friendly dogs need to be leashed.

If your dog gets lost on Vashon, contact Vashon Island Pet Protectors, a local animal welfare organization, by visiting its website, www.vipp.org.

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he west coast of Washington state, particularly the peninsula-protected waters of the Puget Sound, is a mariner’s playground. From the workhorse fleet of white and green ferries to sailboats, barges and fishing trollers, vessels of every shape and size sail the waters around Vashon Island.

It should come as no surprise then that the island is also home to a lighthouse, which stands watch on the easternmost point of Maury Island, as it has for the last 100 years.

The Point Robinson Lighthouse, easily Vashon’s most iconic landmark, celebrates its centennial anniversary this year. With a permanent spot on the National Register of Historic Places, the lighthouse has a story as rich as it is long, and there is much more to this former Coast Guard station than its classically picturesque facade and stunning backdrop that typically draws shutterbugs and wedding parties alike.

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Marine navigation aid at Point Robinson was first established 130 years ago with a fog signal in 1885. Two years later, a lantern was attached to a post as the first light source, and in 1915, the lighthouse was built.

The best source of information on the 38-foot red-and-white beacon is Captain Joe Wubbold, known on Vashon as Captain Joe. Wubbold is a former Coast Guard captain and current president of the Keepers of Point Robinson, a group of volunteers dedicated to preserving the lighthouse and the popular park where it sits.

On a tour of the lighthouse — which Wubbold gives weekly during the warmer months — he might tell you about the barn that the U.S. Lighthouse Service initially built for the station in the hopes that those who lived there could be self-sufficient. He might also tell you about the boathouse, of which there are still some remains. As part of the centennial celebration, the “barn boys” — a group within the Keepers of Point Robinson that perform most of the maintenance at the site — plan to restore it.

“We want it to look just like it did,” Wubbold said, “and the barn boys can do it.”

Another project in the works at the HEAD TO THE POINT lighthouse this year Point Robinson Park is open daily from is to install a new dawn to dusk. Tours of the lighthouse are fog horn that sounds offered from noon to 4 p.m. every Sunday more like the original, from May 10 through Sept. 16. as the modern elecTo get to Point Robinson from town, head tronic version producsouth on Vashon Highway. In about three es a higher pitched miles, turn left onto Quartermaster Drive then right onto Dockton Road. Keep tone than the old straight to follow Point Robinson Road. steam-powered, comWhen that road ends in a T, turn right. pressed air signal.

If you bring children on a lighthouse tour, have them ask Wubbold where to look for the lighthouse ghost, and he might just point out a few of its favorite hiding places.

But if you really want to see Wubbold light up, get him talking about the lighthouse’s original light, a Fresnel lens that still sits in the lantern room at the top of the tower. Though the Coast Guard installed a less expensive and more easily replaceable LED light there in 2008, Wubbold and the Keepers insisted that the rare Victorian-era Fresnel lens (named after the French physicist who created it) remain in its place.

“These lenses are priceless. This one is made up of 61 prisms, each individually cast of leaded crystal and polished and mounted by hand,” Wubbold said.

Those who visit Point Robinson might also be greeted by

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lighthouse Wubbold’s newest protege, 6-year-old Mirabelle, who lives in the caretaker’s quarters with her family.

When the light was automated in 1979, there was no longer a need for the lighthouse to be manned. However, when the Vashon Park District entered into a long-term lease for the park with the Coast Guard in 1998, it added a caretaker, primarily for park security. Jake Heil and Julia Anderson currently fill that position, having moved with their two children from Portland earlier this year.

While the lighthouse is the main draw at Point Robinson, the spot is also home to a popular park and beach managed by the Vashon Park District. Surrounded on three sides by water, the point offers breathtaking views of Puget Sound and Mount Rainier.

A large, grassy lawn makes a good spot for picnics, and low tide exposes a ribbon of sandy beach dotted with driftwood that draws walkers and sandcastle builders alike.

The Vashon Beach Naturalists hold their popular Low Tide Celebration — a chance to see and learn about sea creatures — at Point Robinson every summer. And come June, the beach fills with families and the sky fills

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Each summer, volunteers hold the Low Tide Festival at Point Robinson to teach visitors about sea life. This year’s festival is Aug. 2.

with kites during the annual Kite Day. Those who fall in love with Point Robinson might consider staying there a few nights. Two historical Keepers’ Quarters at the point are available to rent

through the park district.

While the former Coast Guard captain and his crew of volunteers should have visitors covered for on-site information, in town the Vashon-Maury Island Heritage Museum is displaying a special exhibit on Point Robinson through Oct. 15, 2015.

The exhibit offers artifacts, pictures and interactive displays on the lighthouse, as well as profiles of three of the light’s historical keepers. There is also a special section called “This Little Light of Ours” that displays local artwork featuring the lighthouse.

At the end of the day, Wubbold might also tell you that the most interesting thing about the Point Robinson Lighthouse is the lack of interesting things that have happened on its watch.

As busy as the Port of Tacoma has been since the late 1800s, the lighthouse’s reliability rating is high, as there have been no groundings or marine accidents in the area.

“Lighthouses have been around for 3,000 years,” Wubbold said. “There’s a reason for that. This one is 100. ... It’s doing its job.”

— Sarah Low is a staff writer at The Beachcomber.

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Places to play With its beaches, woods and parks, Vashon provides a playground for kids of all ages. There are plenty of fun activities to keep children busy on the island. Here are a few places to start.

TAKE A DIP The Vashon Pool will open for the season on Memorial Day Weekend and continue through September. Throughout the summer, the pool will offer early morning and noontime lap swims, open swims every afternoon and evening, family swims and swimming lessons. Come September, hours will be reduced, but the pool will still be open in the afternoons and on weekends.

A popular place, the pool has a spiral slide, diving board and plenty of pool toys. Daily admission is $6 general and $3 for seniors and children 3 and younger. Season passes and punch cards are available at a discounted price. Individual and group lessons and private pool rentals are available, too. For more information, call pool manager Scott Bonney at (206) 240-7721. The pool is located at 9600 SW 204th St. next to the high school. It is ADA accessible.

HEAD TO THE PARK Ober Park, at the north edge of town, is an excellent choice for little ones. It has play structures and swings, as well as woods and trails, and the library is just steps away.

Other play areas include Dockton Park, with playground equipment feet from the beach, and Chautauqua Elementary School, which offers play equipment and covered basketball hoops. Agren Park sports a large field, trails in the woods and a baseball diamond.

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SKATEBOARD AT BARC The Burton Adventure Recreation Center — or BARC — is the park district’s “alternative park,” offering a new skate bowl, an indoor skateboard and in-line skate facility, a nine-hole disc golf course, BMX trails and a regulation sand volleyball court. All activities are free and unsupervised. BARC is located at 10500 SW 228th St. in Burton. See www.vashonparks.org for details.

PLAY WITH WORDS The newly remodeled and expanded Vashon Library has an impressive children’s section. There’s ample and colorful seating, kidheight shelves full of children’s books and computers designated for little ones. Large windows look out on the Ober Park playground.

GO FOR A NATURE WALK Choose one of Vashon’s less strenuous hiking trails to take little ones to explore the outdoors. Consider visiting Island Center Forest via the trailhead on 188th Street, where it’s a short walk to Mukai Pond. Fisher Pond is also a fun spot for families, and the trail there is wide and flat. For more trail information, see page 14. For more about nature walks and the wildlife that can be seen on them, pick up a copy of “Family Walks on Vashon” by Bianca Perla.

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A trip to Vashon is not complete without a trip to the beach. Whether north, south, east or west on Vashon, there are public beaches.

For the best sand castle-making, though, KVI Beach may be the best choice. See page 18 for beach details.

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Every weekend, it seems, Vashon’s venues are alive with the sound of music — from folk and rock to chamber and jazz. Consider what the island has to offer: an 80-person chorale, a choir that sings world music, two chamber orchestras, dozens of independent bands and its own beloved big band, the Portage Fill.

Vashon Allied Arts brings an impressive lineup of local, national and even international acts to the island, and Vashon Events, a local entertainment promoter, schedules SEE A SHOW frequent conTo see what concerts are certs as well. coming up, see the Arts Jazz, classical, & Entertainment section of The Beachcomber or chamber music www.vashonbeachor vocal solocomber.com. Also see ists are on tap www.vashonevents.com, nearly every a site that has extensive weekend. information on upcoming entertainment.

The Red Bicycle Bistro & Sushi — known as The Bike among locals — is one of the island’s hot spots, a place that’s rocking most weekends with an eclectic lineup featuring players from Vashon and beyond. The bistro, which has a full menu, features every kind of music, including rock, country and reggae.

The Open Space for Arts & Community is a warehouse-turned-arts space that brings a remarkable variety of acts — from hip hop to jazz to Hawaiian slack-key guitar.

And come summertime, Concerts in the Park draw crowds to Ober Park for free live music. Pack a picnic and some dancing shoes.

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A one-screen movie house endures Islanders rallied to help keep a unique theater open

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here can you go to sip an old-fashioned egg cream, nibble a locally made organic cookie or munch on popcorn made in a WWII-era popper while watching a 3-D blockbuster, the Bolshoi Ballet’s latest performance or a live musical event? You’d be hard pressed to find any place other than the Vashon Theatre, the island’s sole movie house.

A surviving member of a dwindling group of independent, single-screen venues, this downtown cornerstone is more than just a funky place to see movies. It’s an embodiment of the community itself.

The current 400-seat theater opened in 1947 after a fire destroyed the island’s first cinema. In keeping with Vashon’s eclectic, artistic vibe, local artist Jack Tabor painted murals based on CATCH A FLICK the fictional Lost Continent of Mu To see what’s showing at on the interior walls in 1952. The the Vashon Theatre, turn quirky murals remain there to this to the calendar page of day.

The Beachcomber, or visit While the owners have worked www.vashontheatre.com. to maintain the theater’s vintage atmosphere, much has had to change along with the industry. As movie studios switch from 35-mm film to all-digital formats, theaters have had to install new projection and screening systems, costing upwards of $80,000 for the projectors alone. This is a drop in the bucket for massive, multiplex theater chains, but for the small, independent movie houses, it’s been a death knell, forcing many out of business.

Vashon Theatre owner Eileen Wolcott was faced with the dilemma in 2012, when she said it was getting harder and harder to get films the theater could show, even though she and her husband put in a new projector when they bought the theater in 2003.

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The Vashon Theatre shows popular new releases as well as educational films, ballets and international theater performances filmed live.

wanted to keep showing first-run films, we were going to have to figure out how to buy the new equipment.”

Initially prepared to take out a substantial bank loan, the Wolcotts — who live in West Seattle but also have a house on Vashon — soon discovered they had more support than they thought. As they were gearing up to go into debt, they connected with Island GreenTech, a young nonprofit group with a mission to catalyze business activity on Vashon. GreenTech, whose members felt it was important to keep the theater open, agreed to help with the needed fundraising.

Theater lovers jumped on the opportunity to give to the cause, some giving generously. The group collected $35,000 in three donations alone.

“When we started, we wondered if we could even raise enough to buy the projector,” said Tag Gornall, president of GreenTech.

“Ultimately, we raised far more than we ever imagined.”

Indeed, the effort garnered enough money to purchase not only a digital projector with 3D capability, but 3D glasses, a special cleaning unit for the glasses and some audio equipment as well.

“There was a point we had to put an announcement in The Beachcomber for people to stop sending money,” Gornall said.

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movie theater Rex Stratton, one of the founders of GreenTech, explained that due to laws preventing nonprofits from giving money to private businesses, the funds raised were not given to the Wolcotts to buy the equipment. GreenTech, on behalf of the Vashon community, owns it.

“This was a real Vashon solution,” he said.

This also means that if the theater is ever sold or goes out of business, the equipment still belongs to islanders.

“The people in this community tacitly took ownership of the theater,” Gornall said.

For their part, the Wolcotts purchased a new, larger screen that was needed to show the digital films and built a new stage. They also agreed to a unique arrangement in lieu of paying GreenTech to rent the upgraded equipment.

At least two nights a week, the theater is now available free-of-charge to community groups. Tuesday evenings — referred to as GreenTech Nights — are for nonprofits to show films or hold educational events. The theater also hosts free movies for middle school and high school students, and on the first Friday of every month, the Vashon

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Theater owner Eileen Wolcott with the theater’s WWII-era popcorn popper.

Film Society screens independent, often locally produced films in conjunction with the Gallery Cruise.

“It was overwhelming,” Wolcott said of the community’s response. “Just a huge miracle. And the new equipment is also allowing us to expand our offerings to adjust to the changing market.”

Like all theaters, the Vashon Theatre has had to adjust to changes such as the increasing availability of new movies on cable or on-demand services like Netflix.

Recently Wolcott decided to expand her own lineup to appeal to wider audiences.

Some of the programming the Vashon Theatre now offers includes performances filmed for the National Theatre Live series, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Bolshoi Ballet.

Looking to the future, Wolcott notes that the theater is close to being licensed to serve beer and wine, which would likely only happen on weekend evenings or for special programs when appropriate.

“We want to keep things family friendly,” she said.

And with her husband getting closer to retirement, Wolcott says the two of them hope to become a more permanent part of the community they’ve grown to appreciate and move to the island full-time.

“Eventually it would be nice to just be on the island,” she said. “Vashon is like a deep breath.”

— Sarah Low is a staff writer at The Beachcomber.

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See where artists work Vashon’s Art Studio Tour started some 25 years ago as a way for the island’s small pottery community to sell its wares. Over the years, the tour has grown into a rich and thriving twice-yearly tradition.

Studio These days, as many as 100 artists Tour throw open the doors to their studios, inviting the public to come in and have TAKE THE TOUR Studio tours happen four a look, and to purchase art if they’d like. weekends a year, in May Visitors can step into a glass-blowing studio and December. Visit www. and watch a veteran glass-blower at work, a VashonIslandArtStudioyurt on a small working farm where delicate Tour.com to learn more or Ukrainian eggs are painted, a cottage where a to download the map. potter works at her wheel and a home where a celebrated jeweler sells intricate silver bells.

Textiles, candles, pottery, paintings, jewelry, tiles, garden art and furniture are among the creations Vashon’s prodigious arts community produces.

The tour takes place twice a year — in May, the quieter of the two tours, and in December. Both give visitors an opportunity to purchase original artwork and support small-scale, local artists.

The holiday Art Studio Tour will take place the weekends of Dec. Natalie Martin/Staff Photo 5-6 and 12-13. The spring art studio tour will take place the first two weekFiber artist Karen Hust gives a spinning demonstration ends of May in 2016. during a recent Art Studio Tour.

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Places to see and purchase art

Galleries and shops are a feast for the eyes Vashon is something of a mecca for artists, luring painters, sculptors, photographers, potters, tile-makers and more. The island also draws talented artists from around the region to show their work in local galleries and art shops. Where to look for art? Here are a few suggestions.

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17817 Vashon Highway SW A vibrant space with warm light, the Hastings-Cone Gallery features an eclectic mix of international and local fine art and music, sometimes bringing live shows to the space.

The gallery is located next to Snapdragon, a bakery and cafe also owned by Megan Hastings and Adam Cone. See www.vashonsnapdragon.com.

in a dedicated gallery space along with art books, letterpress cards, hand-printed T-shirts, prints, posters and more. Visit www. hingegallery.com.

17508 Vashon Highway SW This bustling shop showcases a variety of Northwest Coast Native art, much of it created by Tlingit Master Carver Israel Shotridge, a Vashon resident. Visit its Facebook page for more information.

9922 SW Bank Road Work by 110 local artists is featured at SAW, a gallery and shop that stands for Starving Artist Works. Find items such as photographs, jewelry, scarves and hand-painted tiles. There’s a door between SAW and Café Luna, where artwork also adorns the walls each month. See its Facebook page for more.

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17600 Vashon Highway SW Heron’s Nest is owned and operated by Vashon Allied Arts, a nonprofit organization that supports Vashon artists and arts programs. The shop showcases fine art and handcrafted items by more than 100 island artists. See www.vashonalliedarts.org/ heronsnest.

9925 SW 178th Street Spoke is a new multi-use space that features work by Vashon artists. It was founded by three women who all pursue their own artistic endeavors, and they call Spoke a hub for creative expression. In addition to a gallery, Spoke offers yoga, bodywork and a Gyrotonic studio, as well as space for performances and concerts.

HINGE GALLERY 17635 Vashon Highway SW Hinge Gallery features monthly exhibits of local and regional contemporary artists

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Bloom and Heron’s Nest doubles as a community art space that often has paintings, photographs and more on display. Locals and community groups hold shows there throughout the year, and acclaimed local photographer Ray Pfortner and his photography students are regular exhibitors.

VALISE GALLERY 17633 Vashon Highway SW This artists’ collective, located in the heart of town, shows a provocative mix of art, often with a humorous, ironic or activist bent.

Sometimes fine art adorns the walls, other times mind-bending installations. See www. valisegallery.org.

VASHON ALLIED ARTS 19704 Vashon Highway SW Situated in the Blue Heron Arts Center about two miles south of town, the VAA Gallery is a fixture on the island arts scene. It hosts shows by talented local and off-island artists nearly every month, and it’s a happening scene on First Friday. Visit www. vashonalliedarts.org.

VASHON INTUITIVE ARTS 17331 Vashon Hwy SW Vashon Intuitive Arts (VIA) carries work by island artists, including art, jewelry, crystals, natural skin care products and other handmade items. VIA is a member-owned center that promotes traditional and alternative healing and learning. Visit www.vashonintuitivearts.com for more information.

STEP OUT ON FIRST FRIDAY Vashon’s vibrant arts scene shines particularly bright on the first Friday of every month, when galleries and other businesses open new shows. The evening is a great chance to see artwork and connect with islanders and other visitors.

Many island places — shops, restaurants, banks and even two senior centers — show art and participate in the First Friday Gallery Cruise each month. Many have artist receptions, live music and nibbles on hand as the streets fill with locals and visitors cruising to see art. The Vashon Theatre even participates by showing independent films hosted by the Vashon Flim Society.

The fun usually begins at 6 p.m., and businesses with galleries stay open late for the occasion. To see what shows are opening at locations around town, see the arts section of The Beachcomber or visit www.vashonbeachcomber.com.

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Music and more

Vashon goes live on KVSH

BY JULI GOETZ MORSER

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Michael Barker and Susan McCabe are regular hosts of the Morning Scramble, a show that airs on Voice of Vashon weekdays from 8 to 11 a.m. McCabe is also Voice of Vashon’s station manager.

Vashon visitors and residents alike can now tune in to a radio station billed as “all Vashon all the time” at KVSH. Broadcasting on 101.9 FM and online, KVSH offers an eclectic mix of Vashon music, talk shows on local issues and more, all produced by a group of intrepid island radio lovers.

Fifteen years ago, an FM station with island-driven programming — let alone the notion of an app — seemed like a certified pipe dream. But the visionaries of Voice of Vashon were tenacious, and last

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October, the nonprofit media organization broadcast its first show.

“It (was) the ultimate community historic moment,” said Rick Wallace, a longtime Voice of Vashon (VoV) volunteer. “There aren’t that many things on Vashon that have taken so many years to come to fruition.”

Indeed, the group first applied for FM status back in 2001, but was turned down due to lack of space on the FM dial. Later efforts were also unsuccessful. Not to be deterred, the energetic VoV volunteers moved ahead on other broadcast frontiers, establishing a web radio station with music and shows by islanders, a community access television station on Channel 21 and an alert system that broadcasts ferry information and emergency alerts on the radio at 1650 AM. “It’s a testament to the creativity of this bunch of people,” said Susan McCabe, VoV’s station manager. “After we lost (the applications for FM status) … each time rather than folding our tents and going away, we found other ways to continue broadcasting.”

So when the Obama administration allowed the FCC to open up the bandwidth for community radio stations, VoV was ready. This time around, the FCC quickly approved VoV’s application.

“2014 was the year the dream came true,” McCabe said. “Now, KVSH has a range of fun programming, from comedy to talk shows to music. The music is island generated or related, which you can’t get anywhere else in the metropolitan area.”

Created, hosted and produced by island volunteers, KVSH’s 24/7 broadcast offers a variety of programming with lots of music but also shows with poetry, local news, comedy and children’s stories.

The station’s flagship show, the Morning Scramble, runs from 8 to 11 a.m. each weekday. The program is hosted by live broadcasters — half of whom have previous radio experience — and features music, discussions and interviews.

“We try to be a reflection showcase, a forum for all that is Vashon,” McCabe said. “We even have a program called Island Crossroads that covers those subjects whispered about in the aisles at Thriftway.”

KVSH fills the air between programs with what it calls Vashon All the Time, a mix of music related to the island. The lineup includes songs by local musicians who frequently play on Vashon or have connections to the community. Some connections are more tenuous than others — as is the case with a band whose guitar player once drove a UPS truck on the island — but listen-

ers will also hear big names like Macklemore, K.D. Lang and Bill Frisell, who have all played shows on Vashon.

“There are all kinds of weird connections,” said Jeff Hoyt, KVSH’s program manager and a weekly radio host. “We are trying to play with the connections and have some fun with it, see what happens when we mix it all together. ... Most of the time, (Vashon All the Time) has a kind of rock, singer-songwriter, alternative vibe.”

Another role the station recently TUNE IN added to its roster is that of archiKVSH can be heard at vist. KVSH video records art perfor101.9 FM and online at mances, community meetings and www.voiceofvashon.org. anything related to island history.

Listeners can also hear Archived material is available on KVSH using a free app for demand on the station’s website. smartphones and tablets, “Our website is very robust and both Apple and Android. full of all these things,” McCabe Visit your device’s app said. store or VoV’s website to download it.

KVSH broadcasts using new equipment VoV purchased after a successful fundraiser in 2014.

Through personal appeals, a collection during the Strawberry Festival and a crowdsourcing campaign, VoV raised $50,000 to buy new computers and other studio equipment and to install the FM radio antenna atop an 80-foot water tank just outside of town.

Though the station’s low-power signal covers most of the island, reception can be spotty in waterfront neighborhoods, some inland low-elevation places and the two ferry docks, which is where VoV’s mobile app comes into play. With the app, listeners can tune in to KVSH anywhere on the island or around the globe. McCabe tells stories about grandparents in all parts of the world who listen to live sportscasting of Vashon High School football, basketball and soccer games.

“This is the only place people are going to get Vashon Island information from their neighbors about their home,” McCabe said.

“We hope it will be a forum for community issues and opinions, and certainly a showcase for the arts that are happening here.”

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Perhaps one of the island’s most stand-out artistic efforts is the Vashon Opera, a small opera company that turns out shows that rival bigcity productions. It’s rare that a place the size of Vashon would boast its own opera company, but after a pair of professional opera singers landed on the island, Vashon Opera was born. Since its inception, the company has drawn sellout crowds and considerable praise.

Since founding the company in 2009, Jennifer and Andy Krikawa have produced 11 full-scale operas, including “La Boheme,” “Madama Butterfly” and “Die Fledermaus.”

The volunteer-run company has been an effort of more than 90 islanders donating their time and talents to create top-notch opera. The company brings up-and-coming singers, well-known Northwest performers and talented orchestral musicians to the Vashon stage.

Season seven of the Vashon Opera opens this fall with “The Elixir of Love,” a comedy

by Gaetano Donizetti that will feature a professional cast and a chorus of 26 Vashon performers. Sung in Italian with English supertitles, the opera will play Sept. 11 and 13, 2015. In the spring, the company will put on “Pagliacci Palooza,” a combination of opera’s greatest hits and the opera “I Pagliacci.” The show is scheduled for May 13 and 15, 2016. See www.vashonopera.org for show and ticket information.

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A scene from Vashon Opera’s recent production of “Due Fledermaus.”

DRAMA DOCK Drama Dock, now in its 39th year, is an island institution — a community theater company that showcases Vashon’s remarkable theatrical talent. Some of the group’s recent shows include “Gypsy” by Styne, Sondheim and Laruents and “The Curious Savage” by John Patrick. This October, Drama Dock will put on “Arsenic and Old Lace,” by American playwright Joseph Kesselring. See www. dramadock.org as the show nears.

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Tips for navigating Vashon

Though not far from Seattle, Vashon is a rural place with rural sensibilities. That means the two grocery stores in town close early — Thriftway at 9 p.m. and IGA at 10 p.m. — and there’s no bus service on Sunday. Here are a few other things you might find helpful.

VASHON ISLAND FIRE & RESCUE 10020 SW Bank Rd (206) 463-2405 | Emergency: 911 Vashon Island Fire & Rescue is equipped to respond to medical problems and major emergencies and has the cooperation of the ferry system and local medical helicopters.

KING COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE 10011 SW Bank Rd. (206) 477-6655 | Emergency: 911 The local sheriff’s station is located at King County’s Rural Services Center on Bank Road.

For help in a domestic violence situation, call The DoVE Project, which operates a 24-hour hotline, at (206) 462-0911.

MEDICAL CLINICS Vashon has several clinics that provide care for islanders and visitors when health needs arise. You can reach the Franciscan Medical Clinic - Vashon Island at (206) 463-3671. Reach Fulton Family Medicine at (206) 463-3696 and Vashon Women’s Health Center at (206) 463-2777.

Naturopathic physicians are available at Vashon Natural Medicine at (206) 463-4778 and Maxwell Family Medicine at (206) 463-1480.

POST OFFICES There are two on Vashon. The downtown office is located on SW 178th Street and can be reached at (206) 463-5134. Another is in the core of Burton on Vashon Highway and has limited hours.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE The Chamber of Commerce is a fount of information about island activities, businesses and events. Visit its office at 17141 Vashon Hwy. SW, across the street from Ober Park and right next to The Beachcomber’s office.

The chamber is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. Stop by its office, call the chamber at (206) 463-6217 or visit its website at www.vashonchamber.com.

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TIDES For information on tides on Vashon, visit www.saltwatertides.com/pickpred.html, go to “Washington” and select “Point Vashon” or “Tahlequah.”

For information on shellfish closures, visit www.doh.wa.gov/CommunityandEnvironment/Shellfish/BeachClosures or call (800) 562-5632.

PUBLIC LIBRARY Vashon’s branch library, a part of the King County Library System, is located in Vashon town at 17210 Vashon Hwy. SW, right by Ober Park.

It’s open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

TAXI SERVICE Vashon has a small, locally operated taxi service called Vashon Taxi, providing service on the island and to off-island locations by reservation.

Call (206) 434-1121. Vashon Shuttle also provides transit services by reservation. Call (206) 463-2664 or email vashonshuttle@gmail.com.

The island sometimes has drivers with the mobile apps Uber and Lyft on call, providing a chance for rides without reservation. Download the apps to check it out.

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A legendary bicycle The bike in the tree continues to draw curious visitors

Bike in the Tree

Tales abound about how a bicycle came to be lodged in a tree feet off the ground outside Vashon town. But a longtime island family has laid a solid claim to the bike. The bicycle belonged to Don Puz, who left it in the woods in 1954, when he was as 8.

Don received the bicycle after a tragedy struck his family: A fast-burning blaze swept through his home one evening, when everyone in this family of seven was gone but Don’s father, who perished in the fire. Islanders, moved by the tragedy, responded in tender Vashon style, donating clothes, furniture, financial support and a new bike for Don. But the bicycle wasn’t his favorite, so one day he left it behind in the woods. He never returned to fetch it, and the rest is history.

The bicycle in the tree has become a legend on Vashon, and many travel to the island simply to take in the curious site. Unfortunately, the bike has been vandalized recently and is missing several parts. But locals have discussed restoring it, and what’s left is still a draw for those interested in the quirky sight and the story behind it.

Ray Pfortner Photo How to get there: To find the bike in the tree, park outside Sound Food, A photographer captured this shot of the bike in the tree which is south of town on Vashon Highway. The tree is just across a small before it was vandalized. Unfortunately, the bike is currently missing several parts. footbridge on the northeastern edge of the property.

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places to stay

Places to Stay on Vashon

See pages 46 – 50

B E D & B R E A K FA S T Spacious • Private • Comfortable

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POINT ROBINSON LIGHTHOUSE Vashon Park District offers two historic vacation rentals: Stay in the Head Keepers’ Quarters or the Assistant Keepers’ Quarters. The houses sleep four to six people and are completely furnished. You just need to pack a lunch and grab your beach shoes. Rentals are available from two to seven nights, depending upon season. This is our centennial year.

We look forward to your historic stay.

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EVENTS: 2015 Centennial Celebration Weddings Lighthouse Tours Reunions Kite Day Low Tide Festival Retreats Point Robinson is a great adventure. Take a day trip. Picnic. Stay in our historic houses. Find treasures in the Ship’s Store. Play. Hike. Kayak.

Relax. We are just an hour from Seattle but it’s a whole world away. Whether you are watching giant freighters steam by or fishing for salmon, this is the place to be.

Contact us at: Vashon Park District P.O. Box 1608 Vashon Island, WA 98070 lodgings@vashonparks.org (206) 463-9602

places to stay A&E BED & BREAKFAST (206) 276-5136 www.vashonbandb.com

ANDRIOS GUEST HOUSE (206) 817-4764 www.vacationrentals.com (#31704)

ARTIST’S STUDIO LOFT B & B (206) 463-2583 www.vashonbedandbreakfast.com

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L AV E N D E R H I L L FA R M VAC AT I O N R E N TA L 6 bedroom farmhouse Views of harbor and Mt. Rainier Go to: lavenderhillvashon.com for links to Airbnb, HomeAway, VRBO 3 2 3 - 3 76 - 6 4 4 4 lavenderhillmob@mac.com Open for U-Cut in season 6/27-8/2 (see our ad on pg. 8)

BELLE BALDWIN HOUSE (206) 463-9602 www.vashonparkdistrict.org

BOWERIE ON QUARTERMASTER HARBOR (206) 707-4696 www.vashonchamber.com

DIG GUEST SUITE (206) 463-5096 www.airbnb.com/rooms/3835467 The names and ads in this section are paid advertising.

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MAURY COTTAGE (206) 463-4558 www.maurycottage.com

NORTHVIEW GUEST HOUSE (206) 463-9181 www.onvashon.com

PLUM LODGE BED & BREAKFAST (206) 408-7162 www.plumlodge.com info@plumlodge.com

POINT ROBINSON LIGHTHOUSE/ KEEPER’S QUARTERS (206) 463-9602 www.vashonparkdistrict.org

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The names and ads in this section are paid advertising.

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TRIPLEBROOK GUEST COTTAGE AND BARN (206) 463-3386 www.triplebrookvashon.com

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The Bowerie on Quartermaster Harbor

The Bowerie is a waterfront, sandy beach vacation destination. It is a place to relax away from the busyness of life. There’s a beach to walk, eagles to watch and seagulls at your ear. Sit on the deck and see sunrise and sunset! The Bowerie has 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, a full kitchen and laundry. $180 per night with a 2-night minimum.

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sheepdog trials

Weekend spotlights working dogs The Vashon Sheepdog Classic has become a celebrated island event that attracts thousands of spectators each year. At the multiday competition, dogs and Sheepdog dog handlers from around Trials the country demonstrate sheepherding at an idyllic setting, the rolling meadows of Misty Isle Farms.

The most well-attended herding event on the West Coast, the sheepdog classic is a nationals-qualifying event for the U.S. Border Collie Handlers Association. Maggi McClure, an islander and professional dog trainer, started the event in 2010. It has grown each year, drawing larger crowds and more dogs and handlers. Last year, more than 60 teams competed for cash and prizes.

Slated to be held this year from Sept.

10 to 13, the competition is sure to draw spectators to sit on blankets or chairs,

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watching the herding action from the natural amphitheater created by Misty Isle’s terrain. The weekend will also feature a local food and spirits garden, a fiber arts village featuring a spin-in and kids’ fiber tent as well as demonstrations, curated

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coffee roasterie

FOOD & DRINK

Artisan coffee has roots at the historical Roasterie

BY JULI GOETZ MORSER

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he Vashon Island Coffee Roasterie is a hub of activity, frequently filled with people enjoying the shop’s brews and socializing on the porch of the 100-yearold clapboard building. Old coffee bags and grinders lining the walls of the shop, however, suggest the spot’s historic past. It was here at Center that Jim Stewart, known for founding Seattle’s Best Coffee and bringing artisan coffee to the Northwest, got his start.

As Stewart tells it, the path to Seattle’s Best Coffee began with two bookkeepers — the women who did the taxes at an ice cream shop he opened in Coupeville in the summer of 1969.

GRAP A CUP “At the end of that first summer, The Roasterie is locatthey said we have this donut recipe ed at the intersection — to hear them talk it was going to of Vashon Highway and save the world — and there are these Cemetery Road, about great coffees in Monterey, California,” two miles south of Stewart recalled. The women said that Vashon town. For more if Stewart added coffee to The Wet information and hours, see www.tvicr.com.

Whisker, they’d give up their recipe.

Stewart later found the women’s suggestion rattling around his head as he drove south toward Los Angeles to start optometry school.

So he stopped in Monterey and checked out JJ Adams Coffee. He liked the ambiance of the shop, the burlap bags on the walls and how it smelled. But Stewart’s eureka moment came when he discovered The Coffee Bean, a specialty coffee shop in Los Angeles where he eventually worked during optometry school.

“They had coffee samples, and it was like whoa, this coffee has flavor. Each one is different from the other. So I started drinking coffee,” Stewart said.

And he started selling it at his ice cream shop, called The Wet Whisker, buying from a wholesaler in Portland. Stewart also learned the art of roasting, and soon his younger brother joined him. In 1971, the two opened a second store at Pier 70 in Seattle.

Stewart now says leaving optometry to sell coffee happened because he was going through a divorce and not thinking clearly.

But his love of specialty coffee and the success of The Coffee Bean also drove the decision.

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The Roasterie’s front porch is a popular place to sit and drink a cup of coffee.

“That coffee was different. People didn’t know what it was. …

People were coming in like Robert Redford and Cary Grant. I mean for a 21- or 22-year-old kid from Wisconsin, you could hardly believe you were there,” he said. “But I learned the biz and then came back up here.”

He brought his entrepreneurial spirit and Midas touch with him.

After Pier 70, Stewart landed a contract for an ice cream concession at Seattle Center. It became the largest hand-dipped hard ice cream stand on the West Coast, and sales funded his coffee business.

He then began roasting on Vashon in 1984, in the basement of old Granny Dugan’s house, the current site of the Roasterie.

Stewart had moved to the island in 1981, and he liked the idea of not commuting to a warehouse in Seattle.

Next, the brothers opened a retail store in Bellevue Square. But the company name, The Wet Whisker, and the burlap bag look were not for Bellevue clientele.

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FOOD & DRINK “We decided ... to call ourselves Stewart Brothers Coffee and laid out this whole new thing,” Stewart said.

With high traffic flowing through the Bellevue Square store and a focus on product quality, sales soon reached $1 million and the brothers met a subsequent challenge. They needed money to grow. It was the Carter era, and the financial risk came in interest rates close to 18 percent.

Riskier still was Stewart’s decision to buy coffee direct from growers after a trip to Indonesia, Central and South America, a practice that was unheard of at the time.

“Nobody was doing that, not even the big companies,” he said. “I figured we could buy less expensively and get better quality, but you needed to buy larger quantities.”

As the business began to expand, Stewart Brothers Coffee in Chicago discovered Stewart Brothers Coffee in Seattle, and they didn’t like the coincidence. The brothers switched the name to SBC, and in 1987, the company became an overnight sensation.

SBC won a tasting contest held by the restaurant McCormick & Schmick’s, and that night on every radio and TV station in Seattle, SBC morphed into Seattle’s Best

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Jim Stewart still lives on Vashon and visits the Roasterie regularly.

Coffee.

From there the company’s trajectory soared high and fast, with shops all over Seattle and sales reaching $5 million. SBC had to restructure again, and this time Stewart bowed out. He sold 60 percent of his share but continued to keep his hand in the business doing what he loved most — buying the beans. And he did so until the day Starbucks bought the company in 2003.

“Which I can tell you was not part of the plan,” he said.

Though there was worry that Stewart’s beloved shop on Vashon might morph into a Starbucks, the company only wanted what was new at SBC, such as computers and cash registers. Starbucks had no use for the old roasters or other items, which meant Stewart had a museum on his hands when islander Eva DeLoach approached him to rent the building. To Stewart’s delight, DeLoach was also interested in roasting.

“She knew nothing about coffee, but was afraid of nothing,” Stewart said.

DeLoach brought Stewart’s former roaster on board, and soon the smell of roasting beans permeated the air again. She named her new business the Vashon Island Coffee Roasterie, and because she wanted the feel of the old building left intact, Stewart didn’t have to move his collection of antiques.

“It was perfect,” he said.

Today, the Roasterie is a thriving business. Along with freshly brewed coffee, espresso and pastries, patrons can buy organic sandwiches and salads, slices of freshly baked cake and pies, and islandmade beer, cider and wine.

DeLoach’s other business, The Minglement, is also housed in the building and is one of the state’s original natural food stores. The Minglement offers an array of healthy foods, teas, supplements, local produce and hand-crafted gifts.

As for Stewart, he still owns the building and plays a role in coffee bean sourcing for the Roasterie. He spends half the year in Costa Rica on his farm, which became the country’s first certified organic coffee farm.

Sales from his beans help fund Stewart’s nonprofit Vashon Island Coffee Foundation (VICF). Originally established to assist Santiago, Vashon’s sister city in Guatemala, VICF has also helped with flood relief and earthquake assistance in El Salvador and Costa Rica.

Inside the Roasterie recently, Stewart talked with some patrons while evidence of his storied career hung overhead. With his easy laugh, Stewart reminisced that the two bookkeepers never did ante up on their part of the deal.

“We didn’t get the donut recipe, thank heavens,” he said. “But we did get the coffee.”

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ISLAND CHURCHES

PLACES OF

Worship

ALL-MERCIFUL SAVIOUR ORTHODOX MONASTERY

9933 SW 268th St (south of Dockton) SUNDAYS: DIVINE LITURGY 9 a.m. – followed by Potluck – Visitors Welcome – www.vashonmonks.com Call 463-5918 For gift shop hours, call the monastery

BETHEL CHURCH

14736 Bethel Lane S.W. Sunday School - 9 a.m. Sunday Worship Service - 10 a.m.

Sunday Children’s Church, Fellowship Groups, AWANA www.bethel-efc.org Phone: (206) 567-4255 E-mail: office@bethel-efc.org

BURTON COMMUNITY CHURCH 23905 Vashon Hwy S.W. Sunday Service - 11 a.m. www.burtonchurch.org • (206) 463-9977

CALVARY FULL GOSPEL CHURCH

at Lisabeula • 13107 S.W. 220th St Sunday Morning Worship/Children’s Church - 10:30 a.m.

Sunday Evening Worship- TBD Saturday Prayer - 7:30 p.m.

Midweek Bible Study- Thursday 7:00 p.m.

Pastor: Steve Sears Phone: (206) 463-2567 (church) • (206) 463-9635 (pastor) E-mail: stephen.sears@comcast.net

EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT 15420 Vashon Highway S.W. Sunday Services: 8:00 a.m. and 10:15 a.m.

Religious Exploration and Childcare – 9 a.m.

Wednesday Mid-week Eucharist - 12:30 p.m.

The Rev. Carla Valentine Pryne, Rector The Rev. Ann Saunderson, Priest Associate www.holyspiritvashon.org Phone: (206) 567-4488 E-mail: office@holyspiritvashon.org

VASHON LUTHERAN CHURCH

18623 Vashon Hwy S.W. • P.O. Box 2930 Vashon, WA 98070 Sunday Service - 10:30 a.m.

Pastor: The Rev. Tim Wolbrecht The Rev. Jeff Larson, Ph.D., Counseling www.vashonlutheranchurch.org Phone: (206) 463-2655 E-mail: vlc98070@centurytel.net

ON OUR ISLAND

HAVURAT EE SHALOM

15401 Westside Hwy. S.W. Serving the spiritual, social, and intellectual needs of Vashon’s Jewish community Saturday Morning Torah Study 9:30-11:00 am, Bet Sefer Sunday School 10-12 noon, twice monthly President: Louise Dorfman Olsen (206) 463-1399 • www.vashonhavurah.org

ST. JOHN VIANNEY CATHOLIC CHURCH

16100 115th Ave SW P.O. Box 308 Vashon, WA 98070 Saturday Vigil Mass - 5 p.m.

Sunday Masses - 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

Weekday Masses: Mon, Wed, Thurs, Fri at 10 a.m.

Pastor: Rev. Marc Powell • Phone: (206) 567-4149 E-mail: vashonsjv@centurytel.net • www.stjohnvianneyvashon.com

VASHON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

17708 Vashon Hwy. S.W. Sunday Worship - 10:00 a.m. • Pastor: Dan Houston Church Office Hours: Monday-Thursday 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Phone: (206) 463-2010 E-mail: vashonpresbyterianchurch@yahoo.com www.vashonpreschurch.org

VASHON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

17928 Vashon Hwy. S.W. * P.O. Box 330, Vashon, WA 98070 Sunday School for all ages - 9:00 a.m. * Sunday Service - 10:00 a.m.

Adult Bible Study - Wednesday 11:00 a.m.

Pastor: Rev. Dr. Kathryn Morse Phone: (206) 463-9804 * E-mail: office @vashonmethodist.org www.vashonmethodist.org • Look for us on Facebook

VASHON ISLAND COMMUNITY CHURCH

9318 S.W. Cemetery Road Sunday Service - 10 a.m.

Sunday Children’s Church and Nursery • Call about Adult Education Pastors: Mike Ivaska & Frank Davis • Phone: (206) 463-3940 E-mail: VICC4Life@centurytel.net • www.VICC4Life.com

VASHON ISLAND UNITARIAN FELLOWSHIP 23905 Vashon Hwy S.W. In Lewis Hall behind Burton Community Church Community, Diversity, Freedom of Belief, Enrichment of the Spirit Sunday Services - 9:30 a.m. Mid-September through Mid-June Religious Exploration for Children and Youth www.vashonuu.org • E-mail: administrator@vashonuu.org Phone: (206) 463-4775 • P.O Box 1127 Vashon, WA 98070

VASHON FRIENDS WORSHIP GROUP (QUAKERS) Sunday 10 am Silent Worship Meeting in Members’ Homes Call for location, phone: (206) 567-5279 E-Mail - eadnjd@comcast.net WWW.VASHONBEACHCOMBER.COM

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Center shops

Find books, antiques and more at Center Center Natalie Martin/Staff Photo

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Located less than two miles south of Vashon town, the intersection known as Center — at Vashon Highway and Cemetery Road — was once Vashon’s business hub. Today Center retains its historical feel thanks to the maintenance of several historical buildings, which are now home to some beloved, locally owned businesses.

The Vashon Island Coffee Roasterie was where the coffee company that eventually became Seattle’s Best Coffee was once housed. It’s still a favorite place to get a cup of coffee or a bite to eat and relax on the front porch (see previous pages). In back of the Roasterie, Zuzu’s Ice Cream serves up frozen delights April through November.

Also in the Roasterie building is the Minglement, an organic health food store established in 1979. Shoppers should also head to the back of the Minglement, where Bookman West offers an impressive collection of rare, collectible and signed books, as well as many quality yet affordable titles, including fiction, poetry and travel books.

Kitty corner from the Roasterie, the nonprofit Vashon Allied Arts is located inside a 100-year-old structure built by the Odd Fellows. Now called The Blue Heron Arts Center, it holds a gallery with shows by local artists and a theater that hosts regular concerts and events. Construction is happening at the site, as the nonprofit builds a new performing arts center, slated to open in spring of 2016. See www.vashonalliedarts.org.

Also at the intersection, the whitewashed, two-story Fuller Store is the oldest commercial building on Vashon. Beginning in July of 2015, it will house Treasure Island, a local antique shop that recently celebrated its 10th anniversary.

At the northern edge of Center, a large red building houses Seattle Distilling, where visitors can get a taste of the locally made vodka, gin and whiskey that has garnered much praise (see page 66).

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Visit Vashon for other great Island events throughout the year: Tom Stewart Memorial Classic Car Parade July 19, 2015 CiderFest October 10, 2015 Trick-Or Treat Night Saturday October 31, 2015 Shop Vashon Passport November 1 to November 30, 2015 Holiday Parade and Tree Lighting December 5th, 2015 Spring Fling Easter Egg Hunt March 26th, 2016 Visit our visitor center at 17141 Vashon Hwy, Vashon, WA 98070 or check us out online at www. vashonchamber.com, on Facebook: Vashon Chamber and on Twitter : @VashonChamber 206-463-6217 WWW.VASHONBEACHCOMBER.COM

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Vashon-made treats

MADE ON VASHON

Queen of caramel builds a sweet empire

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Hedy Anderson makes caramels at Vashon Cohousing. With a growing business, the candymaker recently opened her own kitchen.

BY SUSAN RIEMER

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tanding at a stove stirring a large pot of caramel one day last December, islander Hedy Anderson shared her journey from occasional candymaker to successful entrepreneur.

Anderson is known on Vashon as the maker of mouthwatering caramels. But she’s also the owner of the Sugar Shack, a commercial kitchen and event space in the downtown building where The Little House, a gift shop, was located for four decades. There Anderson rents out kitchen space to others in the food industry, holds food-centered events and classes and provides the space for special events, ranging from weddings to concerts. And it is where she makes her caramels, the candy that set all the rest in motion.

Anderson is the force behind King Caramel, the brand of handmade and hand-wrapped caramels she makes and sells at the Vashon Farmers Market and more than 20 stores on Vashon and beyond.

Six years ago Anderson had been working as a handbag designer and had a popular line called Hedy Handbags. But she was unhappy working in the fashion industry and was winding the business down when she made a batch of caramels for family and friends.

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time, thought that the caramels would be received well there.

At first, Anderson was reluctant to work in the food industry.

But she set those feelings aside and started slowly, making caramels in a commercial kitchen at the common house at Vashon Cohousing and selling only at the farmers market, while homeschooling her two children.

Then Little House owner Bettie Edwards wanted to carry the sweet treats at her shop, and the business grew from there.

Quickly though, Anderson said, she learned that unlike the handbag buyers she had worked with, food and drink buyers were enjoyable to do business with.

“They like to eat, drink and laugh,” she said.

While some may think of caramels as the uniform, mass-produced Kraft squares, Anderson’s caramels are a step apart. Online she carries six varieties: Classic, Roasted Pecan, Organic Agave, Fresh Ginger, Black Licorice and Sea Salt, the far and away favorite. For the farmers market, she gets creative and tries out additional batches, such as coffee, rocky road and turtle caramels.

Her busiest times are in the summer and December, when she sells a couple hundred pounds a week and over 4,000 caramels in a month’s time. A small team helps with packaging and other tasks, but so far, she is the only one staffing the stove, where she tests everything she makes.

Vashon-made treats “I sample every batch. I used to really like caramels, but it has definitely waned,” she said with a laugh.

Now, she sometimes has company in the kitchen when she makes her confections.

Edwards, who owned The Little House, sent Anderson a 3 THE SWEET STUFF a.m. text last winter, suggesting King Caramels are available she buy the building, as Edwards at the farmers market, Thriftwas closing the shop and retiring. way, the Country Store and Giraffe. They can also be “Of course I need a kitchen purchased online at www. anyway,” Anderson recalled kingcaramel.com. thinking. “I would rather do that than pay to rent one.”

In just a few months, Anderson installed two commercial kitchens in the building and was joined by bakers, nutritionists and caterers. Together, they offer monthly pop-up markets, where they showcase their work, offering samples and selling their food. They also offer regular cooking classes, ranging from how to make the best birthday cakes to the foods of France, Greece and India.

“People can spend a Saturday afternoon being inspired, learning something new and maybe have a glass of wine,” she said.

She also offers kids a turn in the kitchen. For Mother’s and Father’s Day, young cooks can learn the ins and outs of cooking for their parents, and this summer, she is offering Camp Yum, where kids will harvest vegetables at a nearby farm then cook and eat lunch and make caramels for dessert.

Anderson wants the Sugar Shack to serve the wider community,

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King Caramel has a booth at the Vashon Farmers Market.

as well, she added, and offers it for rent. Concerts there can seat up to 50 people and sit-down dinners can accommodate 36. Caterers are welcome to use the kitchen space.

“We want to keep it versatile,” she said.

For her part, Edwards, who reached out to Anderson with that middle-of-the-night text, predicted success.

“She’s going to make it a winner. It’s going to be a fun, energetic, feel-good place,” she said. “I hope all her dreams come true.”

— Susan Riemer is a staff writer at The Beachcomber.

ashon Pharmacy’s primary focus is to provide the highest caliber of pharV maceutical care to the residents of Vashon Island. Our five staff pharmacists are available 7 days a week with friendly and personal service including medication advice to both residents and visitors as well as medical equipment rentals. Operated by the same families for over 60 years, Vashon Pharmacy works daily to support the framework of our rural community. his pharmacy is modeled after the many small town “mom & pop” stores that we all miss from America’s historic street corners. Our friendly staff will be happy to help you find something unique from the “other side” of Vashon Pharmacy including gifts for the home, personal care products, yarn, greeting cards, photo frames and albums and so much more. The Pharmacy is also home to the Island’s largest selection of toys and games for children, as well as for souvenirs and Vashon Island sweatshirts and T-shirts. e sure to enjoy the green-space and bicycle racks built by Vashon Pharmacy just south of our building on Main Street.

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More Vashon-made treats ea s ANU RANA’S HEALTHY KITCHEN

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The wide variety of treats from Anu Rana’s Healthy Kitchen are nutritious and packed with taste.

The cookies, bars and assorted treats created by islanders Anu and Birbal Rana are handmade with fresh almond flour, dried fruits and organic sweeteners such as honey, maple syrup, dates and molasses. The goodies are flourless and made in small batches with non-GMO ingredients. They are also free of dairy, wheat, eggs, soy, corn, rice, refined sugar and preservatives.

Anu Rana products are available at the farmers market, the Minglement, Café Luna, Thriftway and online at www.etsy.com/shop/Anuranaskitchen.

PATTY’S TAMALES

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When Patty Freebourn debuted her tamales at the Vashon Farmers Market in 2013, they were a quick hit, drawing long lines of people looking for lunch or dinner to bring home.

Born in Mexico, Freebourn moved to the U.S. with her family when she was 11 and eventually became a nurse. At 43, she went back to culinary school to pursue her love of cooking, and she recently started Patty’s Tamales. Now selling at the two local grocery stores — Thriftway and IGA — Freebourn recently moved into her own commercial kitchen.

The move also allowed her to continue talks with Costco and Trader Joe’s, which are both interested in carrying her tamales. She still sells at the farmers market, and her tamales are available in a growing variety of flavors with and without meat. See www.facebook.com/ pattystamales for the latest updates.

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Market offers up local bounty VVashon’s h ’ farmers f market k t is i the th quintessential i t titi l community it experience. It’s a great place to buy fresh, organic produce, flowers and wonderful handcrafted items — from soap to jewelry to carved wooden spoons. There’s also beer and wine, hot food and even pet treats. But it’s also a place to revel in the Vashon vibe. Most Saturdays through the summer, the market offers live music, the smell of fresh-baked pastries wafts through the air, and children happily run around.

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The market runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Saturday, from April through December. From June through August, a mini-market — without artisans or hot food — is offered on Wednesdays from 4 to 7 p.m. Until November, the Saturday market is held at the Village Green in the heart Farmers of town; it then moves indoors for the last few weeks, when the crafters hold center stage and holiday gifts Market can be purchased.

Throughout the year there are special events, educational booths and themed contests and celebrations, including a pumpkin pie contest, a celebration of lavender and CiderFest, when island-grown apples steal the show. To get the weekly “fresh sheet” or to see a list of vendors, visit the Vashon Island Growers Association’s website, www.vigavashon.org.

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Local picks Eat fresh from a farm stand Vashon boasts a growing crop of small-scale farmers, people supplementing their incomes or making a living tending small patches of land. Farm stands scattered around the island offer everything from organic vegetables and berries to fresh eggs, flowers and even meat butchered here on the island. So pay them a visit. It’s a great way to see the island, get fresh food and support an important, life-sustaining movement.

More information on many of the farm stands can be found at www.vigavashon.org/farm-stands.

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BURTON HILL FARM & DAIRY

LA BIONDO FARM & KITCHEN

Collin Medeiros 23419 107th Ave. SW www.burtonhillfarm.com

Karen Biondo 20602 111th Ave. SW www.labiondofarm.com

CORNERSTONE FARM Natalie Sheard 9125 SW 204th St. www.cornerstonefarmvashon.com

GREENMAN FARM Jasper and Will Forrester 8800 SW Dilworth Rd. www.greenmanfarm.com

PACIFIC POTAGER

PLUM FOREST FARM

Michelle Crawford 27918 Vashon Hwy. SW

Rob Peterson and Joanne Jewell 20020 107th Ave. SW www.plumforestfarm.com

LOST SPRING FARM

PINK TRACTOR FARM

SUN ISLAND FARM

Lisa Hasselman and Chris Hedgpeth 10515 SW 140th St.

Dave Hatfield 10714 SW Cemetery Rd. www.pinktractorfarm.com

OLIVE FARM SW 246th St. and Dockton Rd. www.facebook.com/olivefarmstand

HOGSBACK FARM

PACIFIC CREST FARM

Brian Lowry 16530 91st Ave. SW www.hogsbackfarmvashon.com

Jen and Bob Keller 23720 Dockton Rd. SW www.pacificcrest.org

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Joe and Celina Yarkin 24002 Vashon Hwy. SW, outside the Harbor Mercantile www.sunislandfarm.com

LAVENDER TIME Lavender Hill Farm’s U-cut field and farm store is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily from June 27 to Aug. 2. It is located in Burton at 10425 SW 238th St. For more on the farm, visit www.lavenderhillvashon.com

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Vashon spirits

Wineries and more offer local tastes Vashon Island has long been home to several successful wineries. But recently, the island has become something of a mecca for talented individuals making spirits of all kinds. Now nearly any type of drink you can think of — wine, beer, cider, perry and even liquor — is made and sold on Vashon. The island-produced spirits are garnering awards and rivaling those of the best-known makers.

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Cheryl Lubbert and Jim Gerlach keep an Asian pear orchard at Nashi Orchards, where they make cider and perry.

Many of the beverages are made using locally grown fruit, creating a special connection to the place. And on Vashon, the people behind the bottles are eager to talk about what they make. Several of the businesses have tasting rooms and offer occasional tours of their operations. Consider walking through Asian pear trees at Nashi Orchards or seeing the state-of-the-art facilities at Seattle Distilling Company. Some makers are also on hand at the Vashon Farmers Market and for the island’s annual CiderFest. See the following pages for a little about each business.

Open for tasting Saturday & Sunday 2-5 pm April 1st to October 1st 10317 SW 156th St (206) 567-0055 vashonwinery@yahoo.com

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wine, cider and more PALOUSE WINERY Palouse Winery on Vashon’s north end produces 1,500 cases of handcrafted wine a year. Owners George and Linda Kirkish, whose bottles have won a slate of awards, complete the entire winemaking process onsite using Eastern Washington grapes and aging the wine in French oak barrels.

The winery plans to soon release its first port, a joint effort with the Seattle Distilling Company, located on Vashon, which made the port’s brandy from Palouse wines.

Tasting: Palouse Winery, overlooking Colvos Passage, is open for tastings from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday year-round and by appointment. See www.palousewinery.com or call (206) 567-4994.

VASHON WINERY Vashon Winery has been producing cabernet sauvignon, merlot and its reserve red for nearly three decades. Ron Irvine, the winery’s owner, was named Best Winemaker of 2012 in the Seattle Weekly’s Best of Seattle edition.

Irvine works with several local vineyards, so many of his bottles incorporate grapes grown on the island. He has also gained a following for his hard cider and his sparkling

FOOD & DRINK in the world by Wine & Spirits Magazine. The winery has also been named the top wine producer in Washington and one of the top 25 producers of Cabernet worldwide.

The small but growing Maury Island Winery is a family-owned and operated vineyard and winery dedicated to producing high quality, estate-grown wines. Its wines include pinot noir, sparkling crémant, gris and rose. Call Bill or Jan Riley to schedule a tasting at (206) 595-3643.

white wine, called Isletage, grown from grapes grown on Vashon and Lopez Island, and his sparkling rose, Salmon Chanted Evening.

Tasting: Vashon Winery is open for free tastings from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Oct. 1, and for tours and tastings weekdays by appointment. See www. vashonwinery.com or call (206) 567-0055.

OTHER WINERIES Other wineries aren’t open to the public but sell their vintages at outlets on Vashon and in Seattle.

Andrew Will Winery, maker of several varieties of highly acclaimed wines, produces about 5,000 cases a year. In 2014, Andrew Will was named one of the best 100 wineries

Artisan Cider and Perry Tasting Room Hours Sat and Sun 12-5pm (Summer) Sat 12-5 (Winter) Weekdays and Orchard Tours by Appt.

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wine, cider and more DRAGON’S HEAD CIDER

SEATTLE DISTILLING

Dragon’s Head Cider is home to 2,000 cider fruit trees and a production facility.

Owners Wes and Laura Cherry believe one of the keys to creating great cider is having control over the entire process, and they do pressing, fermentation, blending and bottling all on their farm.

They offer several ciders, which they describe as lightly effervescent and pleasantly dry, as well as perry, an alcoholic drink made from pears. Thriftway, the Minglement and Vashon Liquor carry their ciders, and May Kitchen + Bar and The Hardware Store Restaurant offer them on their menus. The owners plan to open a tasting room this summer; see www. dragonsheadcider.com for details.

Family-owned Seattle Distilling is a grain-to-bottle distillery that makes vodka, gin, whiskey, coffee liqueur and many other seasonal offerings. It has garnered many national awards for its spirits and had even been voted best Western Washington Distillery by Evening Magazine.

Seattle Distilling products are available at IGA, Vashon Liquor and Island Lumber and are served at several local restaurants. The distillery is open for tours and tastings from noon to 5 p.m. Thursday through Sunday and by appointment; call (206) 463-0830. See www.seattledistilling.com for more information.

NASHI ORCHARDS Nashi Orchards creates artisanal perry and hard ciders. The winery started with Asian pear perry and has expanded its offerings to include Island Harvest Perry, Spring Cider, Issho Ni Cider and a quincepear-apple blend. Additional small-batch blends of perry and cider will be released throughout the year and are only available from the winery location.

On Vashon, Nashi Orchards products can be found at the Minglement, Thriftway, Vashon Liquor and The Hardware Store Restaurant. Its tasting room is open from noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays from May through October and from noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays from November through April. Weekday availability is by appointment, and Nashi Orchards encourages visitors who want a tour of the orchard and gardens to call ahead at (206) 463-0358. See www.nashiorchards. com for a full listing of where to buy their products and for more information.

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VASHON BREWING COMPANY Vashon Brewing Company, a small but beloved brand created by islander Cliff Goodman, offers original beers brewed right on Vashon using all Washington and local ingredients. He offers several brews at a time, including IPAs, blondes and porters.

Several local restaurants carry the beer, called “Cliff’s Beer” after the brewer. Or pick up a refillable growler at Vashon Liquor, the Minglement or the Vashon Farmers Market, where the beer can also be tasted. Cliff’s is also available on two north-end ferries, the Issaquah and the Cathlamet. See www.cliffsbeer.com.

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RESTAURANTS What’s cooking on Vashon?

A lot, it turns out. The island boasts multiple Mexican restaurants, some great American fare, several pizza joints, Asian food, hearty burgers and more. Here’s a listing of some of the many fine eateries on Vashon. Bon appetit!

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Hand Tossed Gourmet/Traditional Pasta & Salads Ribs & Wings Beer Garden/Lounge Fireplace Families Welcome Lunch & Dinner Open Tuesday – Saturday

463-6813 17322 Vashon Hwy SW

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ZuZu’s Ice Cream Vashon’s obsession

ZuZu’s Ice Cream at the Vashon Island Coffee Roasterie Ice Cream in the Back...

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Mediterranean Influences Open Tuesday – Saturday 5pm Reservations through Open Table 17629 Vashon Hwy SW

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Come Enjoy the Friendliest in “Island” Hospitality • Custom built, quality pizzas from our brick oven in 90 seconds.

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Right along the main street.

• Frosted beer mugs – the Island’s coldest!

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• Family Friendly.

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Open 7 days and late on weekends

If you are what you eat; we’re fast, easy and cheap!

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AJ’S ESPRESSO The island’s only drive-through coffee stand, AJ’s brews a mean cup of joe, and the baristas are always friendly. You can also pick up breakfast items, snacks, deserts and fresh-made salads and sandwiches. A landscaped patio makes the small stand pleasant for walk-up customers.

CAFÉ LUNA Café Luna is a warm and bustling cafe located in the heart of downtown Vashon. It specializes in expertly crafted espresso drinks using the finest organic coffee and milk, but don’t overlook everything else it has to offer. Cafe Luna boasts a full menu of made-from-scratch sweet and savory baked goods, a wide variety of organic salads made to order, unique grilled sandwiches, organic hand-crafted soups, exquisite quiche and so much more. It has something for everyone, so stop in and take a look.

CASA BONITA This small, family-run Mexican restaurant is a favorite among families, offering up heaping platters of food in a warm, relaxed atmosphere. Its menu includes homemade tamales, molcajete or Mexican stew, vegetarian entrees and a nice tortilla soup. On Sundays, children’s meals are $1.99.

ENDOLYNE JOE’S - WEST SEATTLE This popular restaurant is walking distance from the Fauntleroy ferry dock in West Seattle and serves American food as well as rotating special menus from around the world.

$40.00 yearly memberships

Great food Served Daily, Prime Rib dinner every Friday Family Friendly Atmosphere,

Pet Friendly Grounds Short Term camping and RV hook up available inquire about our annual events such as the Luau, the rib cook off and the Easter Egg HUnt

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charities and nonprofits Dining and events always open to the public VASHON EAGLES #3144 • 18134 Vashon Hwy SW • 206.463.5477

GREEN GINGER CHINESE CUISINE Green Ginger serves nicely seasoned Asian fare. The menu is vast, offering both vegetarian and meat dishes. The Mongolian beef is particularly good, as are the shrimp curry, szechuan-style green beans and almond chicken.

THE HARDWARE STORE RESTAURANT The Hardware Store Restaurant is celebrating its 10-year anniversary of being a popular gathering place on the island. The restaurant serves upscale American food with a focus on Northwest cuisine. Everything served is made from scratch using local and all-natural ingredients to the extent possible. Join them for breakfast, lunch and dinner seven days a week. Enjoy their delicious menu, craft cocktails, impressive wine list, barista bar and art gallery. Create your own memories in this historic place.

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restaurants ISOLA Isola, a restaurant slated to open in 2015, will serve Mediterranean-influenced food, sometimes prepared using a wood-fired grill and rotisserie.

MAY KITCHEN + BAR Have dinner overseas, no passport required.

Experience the spirit of Thai style without the expense of airfare. Step into May Kitchen + Bar and be transported to another place.

Enjoy the harmonious blend of the spicy, the sweet, the sour and the salty. Taste Thailand in the heart of downtown Vashon.

MILETA CREEK RESTAURANT

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Immediately adjacent to the 9th hole, Maury Island’s only full service restaurant and lounge.

Open to the public as well as all members.

Reservations & Hours 206-463-2005

Exquisite cuisine, kid’s menu, and home of the 2 for $42 Dinner Special.

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The only restaurant on Maury Island, Mileta Creek is part of the Vashon Golf & Swim Club, perched above the rolling golf course with views of Quartermaster Harbor, and is open to the public. Mileta Creek offers a wide range of American fare — salmon, pork, fish and chips, pasta and more; it also has a full bar and an extensive wine list. In the summer, its large deck opens for outdoor dining.

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restaurants ORCA EATS Orca Eats food truck serves delicious, locally sourced food quickly from a big, black-and-white mobile kitchen truck.

The Orca is often across the street from the post office in the Vashon Market IGA parking lot, one block west of the main street in town. The Orca Eats truck also pops up at events around the island for lunch and dinner. Available to cater any gathering. For daily location, see www.OrcaEats.com or call (206) 304-1049.

PURE ORGANIC CAFE & JUICERY Pure is a cozy little health and wellness kitchen serving up feelgood food, including organic soups, fresh green juices, salads, Buddha bowls and handmade vegan desserts. Unique weekly specials include its locally famous raw vegan pizza, featured in Seattle Weekly’s Voracious Food Blog (served Wednesdays and Saturdays). Pure has a plant-based menu and dedicated gluten-free kitchen.

THE ROCK ISLAND PUB & PIZZA Known by locals as “The Rock,” Vashon’s oldest pizza parlor has a loyal following. The restaurant has creative recipes, including great pizzas, salads and pastas. It offers wings and ribs as well. There is outdoor dining and a big-screen TV and fireplace inside. The Rock offers a full bar service with many choices for draft beer. Families are welcome; don’t miss the special game room for the kids.

SAUCY SISTERS BRICK OVEN PIZZERIA Saucy Sisters serves custom built, quality pizzas cooked in a brick oven in 90 seconds. The restaurant features pleasant patio dining right on main street. It is family owned and operated with the best island hospitality. There are frosted mugs for beer, floats and ice cream sundaes. If you are what you eat, Saucy Sisters is fast, easy and cheap.

SNAPDRAGON BAKERY AND CAFE Snapdragon is Vashon Island’s “home sweet home.” Relax within its secret garden patio, enjoy rustic pastries and exceptional vegetarian cuisine in the warm atmosphere, and listen to live music while taking in the unique art gallery.

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“But the pad thai is perhaps most memorable (and certainly most authentic): servers deliver banana leaf–wrapped parcels of noodles bathed in house-made tamarind sauce, mixed tableside with chiles, Chinese chives, bean sprouts, and bitter banana flowers.”

– TRAVEL + LEISURE MAGAZINE Recognized May Kitchen + Bar as one of the 20 best Thai restaurants in the country.

“The Best Thai in Seattle is on Vashon”

DINERS ’ CHOICE AWARD Named within the top 100 best restaurants in America

by Open Table diners THECULTURETRIP . COM Named one of the 10 best restaurants in Washington.

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plant-based, gluten free food and desserts to live for!

Organic Cafe & Juicery Mon-Sat 9am-5pm Sun 12-4pm 9925 SW Bank Road

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GREEN GINGER CHINESE CUISINE Lunch - Dinner - Takeout

Monday - Saturday 11am - 9pm Sunday 12pm - 9pm air conditioned - banquets - beer & wine

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CASA BONITA Mexican Restaurant Lunch & Dinner Daily 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Enjoy our Patio Dining!

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Vashon’s chapter of the Fraternal Order of the Eagles is open to the public for dinner on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays. It also offers lunch on Thursdays and breakfast on Sundays from 9 a.m. to noon. The dinner menu varies nightly, usually offering one item — tacos on Tuesday, burgers on Wednesday and prime rib on Fridays.

Breakfasts include a wide range of items.

Proceeds go to benefit local charities.

THE VASHON ISLAND COFFEE ROASTERIE Known worldwide as one of the original Northwest specialty coffee roasters and birthplace of Seattle’s Best Coffee, locals also know the Roasterie as a place to find organic pastries, hearty breakfast and lunch fare as well as hand crafted kombucha, beer, wines and ciders on tap. This Roasterie is celebrating over 110 years at Center, the historic heart of Vashon.

VASHON ISLAND BAKING COMPANY Vashon Island Baking Company is a popular local bakery. It specializes in hand-crafted croissants, seasonal pies, buttercream celebration cakes and coffee and espresso from The Vashon Island Coffee Roasterie. Visit the bakery in the heart of town.

VASHON TEA SHOP The Vashon Tea Shop is a quiet, peaceful tea and coffee café where people bring their children and grandchildren to share special moments together. Others come to read or write or hold small business meetings. The pleasant environment and delicious aromas of the teas blend together to create an inviting, welcoming place.

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restaurants ZAMORANA Zamorana serves authentic Mexican fare to-go from a small space in town with some outdoor seating. Zamorana is named after owner and cook Jorge Garnica’s hometown, and he makes tacos, tortas, burritos and more, similar to what he enjoyed growing up there.

ZOMBIEZ Not your typical fast food place. This family-owned business, established in 2012, serves quality food made to order.

Hand-cut fries, hand-dipped fish and chips, house-made sauces, Painted Hills beef, locally sourced ice cream, beer, wine and more grace the menu. Dine in or drive through its passenger-side drive through.

Zombiez also caters, everything from simple bites to five-course wine dinners.

ZUZU’S ICE CREAM Zuzu’s serves a variety of organic ice cream in back of the Vashon Island Coffee Roasterie seven days a week April through November.

Vashon Tea Shop 206-463-5202

Mon-Fri 5:30 am - 4 pm Sat 7 am - 3 pm Sun 8 am - 2 pm

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206 463 1310

Beer & Wine • Garden Patio 17817 Vashon Hwy, Vashon WA 98070

‘great good food’ 10 years ago, The Hardware Store Restaurant ŽƉĞŶĞĚ ŝƚƐ ĚŽŽƌƐ͘ ƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ Ɵ ŵĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ŚŝƐƚŽƌŝĐ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ǁĞ ĐĂůů ŚŽŵĞ ŚĂƐ ďĞĐŽŵĞ Ă ĐĞŶƚƌĂů ŐĂƚŚĞƌŝŶŐ ƉůĂĐĞ ĨŽƌ ŽƵƌ ŝƐůĂŶĚ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ͘ It has been our privilege ƚŽ ƐĞƌǀĞ ŽƵƌ ŶĞŝŐŚďŽƌƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ ĚĞĐĂĚĞ͘ We hope to see you soon!

Breakfast - Lunch - Dinner Open 7 Days a week.

206.463.1800 17601 Vashon Hwy SW, Vashon, WA 98070 www.thsrestaurant.com

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Celebrating 110+ years at “Center” The Historic Heart of Vashon Island

This building has been many things to many people in the 110+ years it has stood. From general store to dance hall, from feed shop to most famously, the birthplace of Seattle’s Best Coffee. Today both the Vashon Island Coffee Roasterie and the Minglement proudly call it home and humbly carry on in these traditions of meaning.

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Known worldwide as one of the original NW specialty coffee roasters and the home of Heirloom Coffee, locals also know us as the place to find over 300 herbs, spices and loose leaf teas, organic non-GMO pastries, breakfast, and lunch fare, groceries, local produce, health supplements, gifts, kombucha, and local beer and ciders on tap.

History

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206-463-9800 19529 Vashon Highway SW Vashon WA 98070

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2015-2016 Vashon-Maury Island

See Table of Contents for Park Listings Š2014 Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber

Discover what awaits you on our beautiful island!

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ADVANCED DENTAL CARE OF VASHON 19001 Vashon Hwy SW, #100 . . . . . . . . . . .463-9115 CHAUTAUQUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 29309 SW Cemetery Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-2882 COUNTRY STORE & FARM 20211 Vashon Hwy SW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-3655 DIG NURSERY 19028 Vashon Hwy SW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-5096 DON ROBERTS CONSTRUCTION, INC 1903 Vashon Hwy SW, suite 1-B . . . . . .206 714-5369 ED PALMER CONSTRUCTION, INC. 22024 103rd Ave SW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .463-4111 FAT CAT PADDLEBOARDING 8222 SW Quartermaster Drive . . . . . . . . . . . .463-1755 FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES 18134 Vashon Hwy SW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-5477 KVI BEACH HOUSE 20252 77th Place SW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-6276

19529 Vashon Hwy SW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-9800 VASHON ISLAND COMMUNITY CHURCH 9318 SW Cemetery Road. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-3940 VASHON ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL 20120 Vashon Hwy SW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .463-9171 VASHON ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT 9309 SW Cemetery Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .463-2121 VASHON LUTHERAN CHURCH 18623 Vashon Hwy SW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-2655 VASHON SPORTSMEN’S CLUB 19720 Singer Road SW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-9440

97 98 99 100 101 CAT SHELTER 102 VIPP 12200 SW 243rd Street . . . . . . . . . . . .206 389-1085 ICE CREAM 103 ZUZU’S 19529 Vashon Hwy SW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-9800 SOUTH END *B NUMBERS BELOW ARE IN THE TOWN OF BURTON

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A&E BED & BREAKFAST 10910 SW 232nd St . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206 276-5136 ANDRIOS GUEST HOUSE 27717 145th Avenue SW. . . . . . . . . . . . 206 817-4764 THE BOWERIE ON QUARTERMASTER HARBOR 10127 SW Burton Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . .206 707-4696 BURTON COMMUNITY CHURCH In Burton on Vashon Hwy SW . . . . . . . . . . . 463-9977 CALVARY FULL GOSPEL CHURCH 13107 SW 220th Street . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-2567 FROGGSONG GARDENS 23416 115th Ave SW . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206 932-4717 HARBOR MERCANTILE Burton Store. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-2500 LAVENDER HILL FARM 10425 SW 238th St.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323 376-6444 NASHI ORCHARDS 25407 Wax Orchard Road SW . . . . . . . . . . . 463-0358

LODGE 113 PLUM 14210 SW Reddings Beach Road . . . . . .206 408-7162 COTTAGE 114 QUARTERMASTER 23819 Vashon Hwy SW. . . . . . . . . . . . .206 794-9451 NURSERY 115 ROBINWOOD 18827 Robinwood Road SW . . . . . . . . . . . . .463-5115 NEST GUEST COTTAGES 116 SWALLOW’S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 (800) ANY-NEST or 463-2646 OF LEGACY 117 TREES 13005 SW 267th Lane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .463-1588 ISLAND UNITARIAN CHURCH 118 VASHON In Burton on Vashon Hwy SW . . . . . . . . . . . 463-4775 WATERSPORTS 119 VASHON Jensen Point Boathouse 463-9257 or 463-YAKS (9257)

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MAURY ISLAND ALL MERCIFUL SAVIOUR ORTHODOX MONASTERY 9933 SW 268th St . . . . . . 463-5918 MAURY COTTAGE 5313 SW Pt Robinson Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-4558 MILETA CREEK RESTAURANT 24615 75th Ave SW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-2005 PT ROBINSON LIGHTHOUSE 3705 SW Pt Robinson Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-9602 SWALLOW’S NEST GUEST COTTAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 (800) ANY-NEST or 463-2646 VASHON GOLF & SWIM CLUB 24615 75th Ave SW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .463-9410

NOT ON MAP A Better Roofing Company ..................... 206 935-1575 Abode Electric.......................................360 990-0934 Anu Rana’s Healthy Kitchen.................... 206 408-7470 Dragon’s Head Cider www.dragonsheadcider.com Greentree Dozing .........................................463-3889 Guild Hall Construction ................................. 463-4248 Herban Feast Event Planning/Catering 206 932-4717 Joanna Gardiner ........................................... 567-0560 K's Housecleaning .................................206 498-9401 McIntyre Construction ..................................463-4988 Mike England, Mortgage Consultant .......206 271-3219 Orca Eats Food Truck www.Facebook.com/Orca Eats Trilogy Homes .............................................. 463-1963 VARSA (Vashon Alliance to Reduce Subtance Abuse) www.varsanetwork.org VashonEvents.com Vashon Island Marijuana Entrepreneurs Alliance www.VIMEA.org VashonSheepdogClassic.com WeddingsonVashon.com Wipeout Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning ...206 300-5905

206 463-9195 www.vashonbeachcomber.com publisher@vashonbeachcomber.com ads@vashonbeachcomber.com

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BELLE BALDWIN HOUSE 11408 SW Cedarhurst Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-9602 BETHEL EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH 14736 Bethel Lane SW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .567-4255 DILWORTH POINT BED & BREAKFAST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206 550-7714 EAGLE HEIGHTS COTTAGE 13528 Vashon Hwy SW. . . . . . . . . . . . .206 304-7188 JOHN L. SCOTT REAL ESTATE 13401 Vashon Hwy SW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .567-1600 LA PLAYA MEXICAN RESTAURANT 10824 Vashon Hwy SW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567-0020 NORTHVIEW GUEST HOUSE 104th Pl SW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .463-9181 ST. JOHN VIANNEY CATHOLIC CHURCH 16100 115th Ave SW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567-4149 VILLA VASHON LODGING & EVENTS 10836 Vashon Hwy SW . . . . . . . . . . . 206 650-0766

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AYH RANCH RETREAT CENTER 12119 SW Cove Rd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-2592 ARTIST’S STUDIO LOFT B&B 16529 91st Ave SW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-2583 CHURCH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT 15420 Vashon Hwy SW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567-4488 HARBOR SCHOOL 15920 Vashon Hwy SW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .567-5955 PALOUSE WINERY 12431 Vashon Hwy SW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .567-4994 VASHON WINERY 10317 SW 156th Street. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567-0055

NORTH OF TOWN

HUNT & ASSOC. 29 CHRIS 17147 Vashon Hwy SW, Suite C. . . . . . . . . . 463-3301 AUTO REPAIR 30 DOUG’S 17224 Vashon Hwy SW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-9106 31 DUET Across from the Pharmacy . . . . . . . . . . .206 724-2904 4 32 ESSENTIALS 17326 Vashon Hwy SW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-7706 OF MIND 33 FRAME 9926 SW Bank Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-3933 34 GIRAFFE 174th and Vashon Hwy SW . . . . . . . . . . . . . .463-1372 ATTIC 35 GRANNY’S 17707 SW 100th Avenue SW . . . . . . . . . . . .463-3161 GINGER 36 GREEN 9851 SW Bank Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-7788 HARDWARE STORE RESTAURANT 37 THE Corner of Hwy / Bank Road . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-1800 BLOOM 38 HERBAN 17600 Vashon Hwy SW. . . . . . . . . . . . .206 607-8885 NEST 39 HERON’S 17600 Vashon Hwy SW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-5252 GALLERY 40 HINGE 17635 Vashon Hwy SW. . . . . . . . . . . . .206 659-9243 ESCROW SERVICE 41 ISLAND 9929 SW Bank Road #204 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-3137 SECURITY SELF STORAGE 42 ISLAND 10015 SW 178th Street. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-0555 YOGA CENTER 43 ISLAND 17520 Vashon Hwy SW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-2058 44 ISOLA 17629 Vashon Hwy SW . . . . . . . . . . . . .206 578-2852

HAIR DESIGN 45 JAMES 17414 Vashon Hwy SW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-9942 LODGES ON VASHON 46 THE 17205 Vashon Hwy SW. . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 641-4717 KITCHEN + BAR 47 MAY 17614 Vashon Hwy SW . . . . . . . . . . . . .206 408-7196 SPORTS 48 NORTHWEST Thriftway Plaza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-5906 COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION (OCCU) 49 OUR 9701 SW Bank Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .800 426-5657 BOX 50 PANDORA’S 17321 Vashon Hwy SW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-3401 OF ME 51 PRESIDENT 17601 ½ Vashon Hwy SW. . . . . . . . . . .206 947-4777 VEGAN CAFE 52 PURE 9925 SW Bank Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206 434-9419 NEST ART GALLERY 53 RAVEN’S 17508 Vashon Hwy SW. . . . . . . . . . . . .206 567-5826 BICYCLE BISTRO & SUSHI 54 RED 17618 Vashon Hwy SW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-5959 ISLAND PUB & PIZZA 55 ROCK 17322 Vashon Hwy SW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-6814 SISTERS BRICK OVEN PIZZERIA 56 SAUCY 17636 Vashon Hwy SW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-7743 57 SNAPDRAGON 17817 Vashon Hwy SW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .463-1310 58 SUGAR SHACK

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SKIN CARE 16 GLOW 11808 SW Cove Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-3571 FOR HAIR 17 KAREN 15631 Westside Hwy SW, Studio#2 . . . . . . 567-4247 RESORT GUEST HOUSE 18 LAST 19807 Robinwood Road SW . . . . . . . . . 206 495-1410 GUEST COTTAGE & BARN 19 TRIPLEBROOK 17705 Westside Hwy SW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-3386 ISLAND HAVURAH 20 VASHON 15401 Westside Hwy SW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .463-1339 SUPPLY/CEDAR VALLEY STABLES 21 VI17710HORSE 112th Ave SW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-6430 STABLES 22 WESTSIDE 21200 Westside Hwy SW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-9828

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ESPRESSO & TREE SALES 23 AJ’S 17311 Vashon Hwy SW . . . . . . . . . . . . .206 383-0195 AND ASSOCIATES 24 AMIAD 17500 Vashon Hwy SW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-4060 BEACHCOMBER 25 THE 17141 Vashon Hwy SW, Suite B. . . . . . . . . . .463-9195 LUNA 26 CAFÉ 9924 SW Bank Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-0777 BONITA 27 CASA 17623 100th Ave SW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-6452 OF COMMERCE 28 CHAMBER 17141 Vashon Hwy SW, Suite A. . . . . . . . . . 463-6217

Library

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MIDDLE SCHOOL 87 MCMURRAY 9329 SW Cemetery Rd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-9168 CREATURE, LLC 88 MEADOW 18850 103rd Ave SW . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206 271-9547 SPACE FOR ARTS & COMMUNITY 89 OPEN 18870 103rd Ave SW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206-408-1241 DISTILLING COMPANY 90 SEATTLE 19429 Vashon Hwy SW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-0830 RIDGE, FOOD BANK, VOV 91 SUNRISE 10010 SW 210th Street METHODIST CHURCH 92 UNITED 17928 Vashon Hwy SW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-9804 ALLIED ARTS GALLERY 93 VASHON 19704 Vashon Hwy SW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .463-5131 ATHLETIC CLUB 94 VASHON 19120 Vashon Hwy SW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-5601 DENTAL/LEIF RASMUSSEN, DDS. 95 VASHON 19715 Vashon Hwy SW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-3685 ISLAND COFFEE ROASTERIE 96 VASHON & THE MINGLEMENT

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VALISE 17633 Vashon Hwy SW. . . . . . . . . . . . .206 375-5886 VASHON FLOOR STORE 17504 Vashon Hwy SW. . . . . . . . . . . . .206 408-7155 VASHON ISLAND BAKING COMPANY 17506 Vashon Hwy SW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .463-1441 VASHON ISLAND DENTAL/MARC O. LANGLAND, DDS. 17425 Vashon Hwy SW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-9282 VASHON ISLAND LIQUOR STORE 17607 Vashon Hwy SW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .463-2163 VASHON MARKET/IGA 17639 100th Avenue SW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-9725 VASHON-MAURY ISLAND HERITAGE MUSEUM 10105 SW Bank Rd. . . . . . . . . 463-7808 VASHON ISLAND MUSIC Thriftway Plaza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-0552 VASHON PARK DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS 17130 Vashon Hwy SW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-9602 VASHON PHARMACY 17617 Vashon Hwy SW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .463-9118 VASHON PRINT & DESIGN 17627 Vashon Hwy SW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-6100 VASHON SELF STORAGE 17425 Vashon Hwy SW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .463-7411 VASHON TEA SHOP 17608 Vashon Hwy SW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-5202 VASHON THRIFTWAY 9740 SW Bank Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-2100 WET WHISKERS 17321 Vashon Hwy SW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-2200 WINDERMERE REAL ESTATE 17233 Vashon Hwy SW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-9148 ZAMORANA 17722 Vashon Hwy SW. . . . . . . . . . . . 206 356-5684 ZOMBIEZ 17705 Vashon Hwy SW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463-7777

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