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Return of the red berry on Vashon
Local growers work for a strawberry comeback By SUSAN McCABE For The Beachcomber
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Joe Yarkin, sitting in his strawberry picker, shows berries that his family has grown at Sun Island Farm on Maury Island.
As the annual Strawberry Festival begins, it appears strawberries, once a staple on Vashon, are making a comeback on the island. Decades ago, Vashon Island was covered with strawberry farms, and that sprouted the Strawberry Festival in 1909. In fact, Vashon was named “the greatest strawberry growing section of the State of Washington” in the Seattle Republican newspaper in 1911. But the strawberry growing industry on Vashon started declining after World War II, when cheap refrigerated transport spread over the nation’s new highway system, corporate farms grew, child labor was outlawed and many of the Island’s Japanese-American strawberry farmers failed to return from wartime internment camps. A few stragglers, mainly JapaneseAmerican farmers, persisted in growing the luscious red berries in Vashon’s welcoming and sandy soil as late as the mid 1980s. But after that, strawberries virtually disappeared from island fields as residential property expanded and pine trees
filled the gaps. Strawberry Festival treat purveyors were forced to import fruit for the annual summer celebration. Fast forward and we find those gorgeous red berries are making a slow, steady comeback on the Strawberry Festival scene, oddly spawned out of controversy. A few years ago, members of Vashon’s chamber of commerce, which puts on the annual festival, considered removing Strawberry from the name and calling it simply Vashon Festival in an attempt at truth in advertising. The opposition was so vigorous that then newly minted Chamber Director Jim Marsh stepped in, asking vendors and merchants to bring strawberries back to the festival. “People have stepped up,” said Marsh recently, noting that several groups featured island-grown strawberries at the 2013 festival and the Vashon Island Growers Association (VIGA) added to that mix a booth featuring Vashon-grown berries in 2014. And at this weekend’s festival, Sun Island Farm will offer up strawberries grown at its large patch on Maury Island. SEE STRAWBERRIES, 15
Nelson announces millions more for environmental conservation Previous funding was used to purchase land at nine island preserves By NATALIE MARTIN Staff Writer
As a group gathered last week to celebrate a flurry of recent conservation purchases on Vashon, State Sen. Sharon Nelson (D-Maury Island) announced that she has secured another $2 million for environmental preservation on the island. The state funding will allow King County and Vashon’s land trust to continue purchasing ecologically important forestland and shoreline on Vashon at a quick rate, a project that began two years ago with Nelson’s first allocation of $4 million in state funding. Using that money, as well as an additional $1 million from King County, the Vashon-Maury Island Land Trust and the county have worked together to
purchase 142 acres on Vashon over the past two years, expanding eight of the island’s nature preserves and creating one new one. Land trust Executive Director Tom Dean said he is glad to be able to continue the momentum. “It’s really exciting to be able to pay this forward, especially with the good work King County is doing leveraging those funds,” he said. “We’ve got a really nice rolling program going here.” At the press conference overlooking Raab’s Lagoon on Friday, Nelson, the Senate minority leader who has been in Olympia wrapping up budget negotiations, noted that the additional $2 million was formally approved just the day before. The event was attended by state and county officials and current and former land trust board members, as well as other islanders. “Knowing our local land trust, he (Dean) has already got properties lined up,” Nelson said. “It’s not going to take him long to spend the money, and Juli Goetz Morser/Staff Photo
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Sen. Sharon Nelson talks to land trust Director Tom Dean before the press conference.
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Tireless activist named Strawberry Festival grand marshal Amiad founded the land trust By NATALIE MARTIN Staff Writer
Local real estate broker and community activist Emma Amiad has been selected as the grand marshal for this year’s Strawberry Festival. Chamber of commerce Director Jim Marsh said Amiad was chosen because of her seemingly tireless work for island causes. “It’s like anything awesome happening on the island Emma is somehow involved with,” he said. Amiad is known on the island as a straight-shooting buyer’s broker who represents people purchasing homes on Vashon. But her work extends far beyond her small real estate office in town. Amiad is the founder of Vashon’s land trust and Audubon society, served for many years on the park board and currently helps
Emma Amiad lead the Interfaith Council to Prevent Homelessness (IFCH). She also organizes an annual event for Martin Luther King Jr. Day and has been active in and done pro bono work for many other nonprofits. “Someone asks is there anyone willing to do this, and most of the time I step up,” Amiad said in a recent interview. “My wife always tells me I should learn to say no, and I haven’t really in 73 years.” Amiad, who says
she’s always been civically involved, grew up in California. She graduated from San Jose State University and served in the Army during the Vietnam War. She and her wife Susan White moved to Vashon 28 years ago, drawn to the rural setting as well as what she calls an accepting community. As a lesbian, Amiad said, she’s experienced discrimination her whole life. An advocate of women’s and gay rights, she’s spoken at events and been active in the American Civil Liberties Union. She also founded a gay and lesbian Jewish congregation in Seattle. “Coming to Vashon, no one said anything. It was ‘Oh my God, I can be me,’” she said. And being herself has meant being busy. Amiad was on the board of the Vashon Park District when it took over several parks from King County. A lifelong lover of the outdoors,
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she also led a small group of people who founded the Vashon-Maury Island Land Trust 25 years ago in order to protect the Whispering Firs Bog. She was also instrumental in protecting Christensen Pond, and Vashon Household formed out of a meeting she called about land preservation. Amiad still volunteers for the land trust, which is preparing to celebrate its 25th anniversary. Tom Dean, the organizations director, noted that Amiad once had a goal for the land trust to protect 1,000 acres on Vashon. It has now preserved close to 2,000 acres. “It’s very clear she’s left a huge legacy,” he said. Amiad has since been involved with many local nonprofits and tells how even organizations she typically might not be a part of have come to her, including La Leche League and Mothers Against Drunk Driving. She’s currently the president of IFCH, as well as its “token Jewish mem-
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ber,” she joked. Janie Starr, another IFCH volunteer, called Amiad fiesty, fearless and a woman of great integrity. “A dog with a bone, she is relentless in her efforts to procure housing, jobs, medical care and transportation for low-income islanders,” she said. Amiad, however, was quick to call Vashon the most generous community she has lived in, saying she’s constantly surprised by others’ willingness to give of their time and money. She also called the work she’s done a sort of repayment for the acceptance she has felt on Vashon. And while she’s been pleased to watch recent progress in gay rights, she said her civic work is far from over. “Now we’re going to roll up our sleeves and do the next things,” she said. “I can’t imagine not doing that, not looking where the light needs to shine now. There are plenty of other dark places.”
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Organizers hope new type of carnival will appeal at the festival Traditional carnival company will not return BY DANIEL GREEN For The Beachcomber
After holding a hastily prepared alternative carnival at last year’s Strawberry Festival, event organizers have planned what they hope will be a more engaging experience for this weekend’s event. Plans to host the regular carnival fell through last year, and the Vashon Chamber of Commerce, which puts on the annual festival, was forced to scramble in the 11th hour to come up with an alternative. However the plan B — a rock climbing wall and a few inflatable structures — lacked the grandeur brought by a fullfledged carnival in years past. The festivities’ underwhelming nature could be attributed to a lack of planning time. Paradise Amusements, the carnival supplier, had dropped out just a week before the festival because of a contract disagreement. The chamber decided not to hire a traditional carnival company far earlier this year. With more time to survey islanders and communicate with contractors, the chamber has put together an alternative carnival that Executive Director Jim Marsh described as “human-powered” and “homegrown.” “It’s going to be different,” he said. “It’s not going to be big and showy.” Instead, the chamber has individually contracted a variety of rides and activities, many of which Marsh said will be more interactive and physical than a traditional
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A boy enjoys an inflatable slide at last year’s Strawberry Festival. This year the carnival will feature similar inflatable structures as well as more activities, rides and games. carnival. “What I’m going for is more stuff that you’d maybe see at a Burning Man, stuff that’s kind of cool and unusual,” he said. He emphasized that he wants to transform the carnival from “something commercial” to “something playful.” The carnival will feature a diverse range of activities aimed to appeal to all ages. Some of the attractions include pony rides, a 40-foot slide, a mechanical bull, small rides and Bubble Fun, where people can
play inside giant plastic bubbles. In addition, buskers, magicians and jugglers will perform throughout the carnival grounds. Marsh said that after the press from last year’s last-minute event, amusement owners contacted him directly. This year, each attraction will be managed by a different small business owner instead of one large carnival contractor. Marsh noted that another key difference in his homespun carnival is the lack of tra-
ditional carnival food and games. “When you hire a carnival company, you have to give them exclusivity on [these] products,” he said. Without this exclusivity agreement, Marsh explained, local vendors will take the place of carnival merchants who would otherwise only bring revenue for the carnival company itself. “By not having (carnival games), we’ve opened it up for nonprofits to do their own kinds of games,” he said. In contrast with some public criticism last year, Marsh said that he has felt minimal pushback so far. He is optimistic that festival-goers will like the new carnival. “People, overwhelmingly, are positive,” he said. While the piecemeal carnival will also bring more financial risk, Marsh was not particularly worried. “I’m nervous because it’s a new venture, but I’m not scared of the risk, because when you’re trying to build something you have to take that risk,” he stated. Marsh said what organizes want most is for everyone to have a good time. “[We’re] trying to find things that are still engaging and fun but aren’t necessarily falling back on the old, tired ways of doing things. — Daniel Green recently graduated from Vashon High School, where he wrote for The Riptide. The carnival will be open from noon to 10 p.m. Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. It will be located across the street from Ober Park.
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EDITORIAL
Gardeners should turn more crap into crops
Many play a role in saving our best natural places
Islanders import compost while manure sits unused
In the booming metropolis that is the Puget Sound region, Vashon stands out. On an island reachable only by ferry, many of the our forests and beaches have not been developed like they have on the mainland. These ecologically rich places provide important natural habitat that helps sustain the region’s ecosystem. It’s encouraging that our lawmakers, at both the state and county levels believe these Vashon places are worth investing in. In the last two years alone nearly 150 acres of forestland, shoreline and streams on Vashon have been permanently preserved thanks to funding from the state and King County. And Sharon Nelson, the state senator who lives on Maury Island and was the force behind most of that funding, has just announced that another $2 million in the state budget has been earmarked for conservation on the island. In a tough economic climate, it could be easy to put things like open space preservation on the back burner. Money for things such as education and social services has more immediately visible results. But investing in environmental preservation on Vashon is truly investing in our future. As Puget Sound is threatened from every angle — development, climate change and pollution — saving our natural places is just one way to save the sound as we know it. Conservation has some immediate benefits on Vashon, as well. Hikers, bikers and equestrians enjoy using land that’s been preserved at the former Glacier site, Dockton Forest and Island Center Forest. And a new trail will soon open in Paradise Valley, where Vashon’s land trust has been adding parcels. Preservation helps save the environment, but it also helps save the rural nature that drew many of us to this place. We’re fortunate that Sharon Nelson, a staunch environmental activist, has fought for preservation funding in Olympia. We’re also lucky that King County, though often criticized on Vashon, is fully on our side when it comes to conservation, giving both funding and staff time to the effort. Finally, we’re lucky Vashon has fostered a mature and functional land trust that makes this widespread preservation possible. Vashon residents also have a role to play. We should keep supporting levies that fund open space conservation and park operations. We should encourage policy makers to not only to support preservation but to ensure that environmental regulations are enforced. Those with the means to donate should keep the land trust in mind for their giving. Finally, land that has been developed is not inherently bad, but homeowners near shorelines and streams play a role in stewarding those areas — for instance, keeping septic systems in working order. While the government has worked at several levels for preservation to happen, residents of Vashon and King County are positioned to see that it continues.
As we say in the recycling business, “One person’s trash is another’s gold.” Vashon farmers and gardeners can mine a lot of gold from the nuggets left behind by our neighbors’ horses, goats, llamas and other ruminants. Manure left in a pen or piled in the woods can create bad smells, attract flies and rats and contaminate streams and groundwater. Bit when handled properly, manure can be a great resource for farmers and gardeners. Aged manure makes clay soil easier to cultivate, better drained and more productive. Amazingly, manure also slows drainage in sandy soil, reducing the need to water and fertilize. Manure also adds nutrients and feeds beneficial soil life. A horse produces almost 11 cubic yards of manure each year. That’s over 2,500 yards from just the 250 island horses that King Conservation District (KCD) works with on pasture and waste management — and there are many more, plus cows, goats, sheep and llamas. Considering it costs over $40 per yard for compost delivered from the mainland, manure is almost as valuable as gold. But before you rush off to add manure to your soil — or try selling that pile in the back 40 for $1,150 an ounce (today’s gold price) — there are a few things you should know. First, manure is not the same as the compost you buy. Compost is a regulated product that has been processed to destroy weeds, seeds and plant and animal diseases. It has also been cured so that it won’t cause nutrient imbalances or burn
FOOD & FARMS By HOWARD STENN plants. Fresh (or home-composted) manure contains seeds or rhizomes of weeds that can take over a garden. It may also cause nutrient imbalances in your soil Gathering manure when it is fresh, wetting it if it is dry and stacking it in covered piles can help. But as many gardeners have learned, when using manure, be prepared to pull weeds. A neighbor solves this by spreading aged manure over his annual garden in winter, letting the weeds germinate in early spring, then rototilling a few times before planting. If you have manure that you want to make into a better soil amendment, look up Washington State University’s Strategies for Livestock Manure Management brochure. For more hands-on assistance, KCD can help develop a management plan and even pay for storage bins. Information about its programs is available online. It also hosts a list of livestock owners with manure to share. There are currently no Vashon sources listed, so tell your horsey friends and neighbors about it. The second thing to know is that manure is not a substitute for fertilizer. Even manure that is few years old can tie up all the nitrogen when mixed into soil. I recently relearned this the hard way after mixing several yards of dark, aged manure and sawdust into vegetable beds and then watching healthy transplants stop growing. Fish emulsion to the rescue.
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For the best results, mix aged manure into garden soil at least a few weeks before you plan to plant, and then test the soil to see what is needed. Fertilizing based on tests ensures you add enough nitrogen, but not excess nutrients that may end up in local waters. KCD can also help with soil testing, offering up to five free soil tests per property, and Oregon State Extension has a list of regional soil labs. A final word of warning: Timothy and other hay can contain traces of a herbicide that persists in compost for up 18 months at levels that stunt the growth of seedling peas, potatoes and other crops. Though it is not toxic to people or other animals, and most plants will outgrow the effects, it can set back crops. This is not a problem for manure from livestock fed exclusively on island pastures and hay, but most horses get some imported feed. For an test to see if compost or manure is okay, Google “WSU herbicide bioassay.” Technically, it would be easy to compost much of Vashon’s livestock manure to produce an economical, home-grown alternative to imported material. Many livestock owners and gardeners are already making the connections, but there is still a lot of manure creating problems — and a lot of compost riding the ferries. More communication between livestock owners and growers is part of the solution. Organized composting and marketing of manure from larger livestock operations may be another part. Let’s talk about it and explore this possibility seriously.
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lacking in the community of independent health care providers, not in the general community at large. We observed a divergence between what our group perceived to be the best means of advancing the interests of the island community and the conduct of current independent island providers. We found the majority of current independent providers not inclined to take modest steps to work together. Second, the “rural” designation allows for certain increases in medical fee reimbursement and other benefits. Vashon qualified for the designation under a population-provider ratio test. We lost that necessary ratio when one of the independent island practices added a very limited part-time provider. We suggest this speaks to the importance of developing communication and cooperation among the island’s health providers. We consulted state and federal experts, founders and managers of rural clinics, state legislators and private medical organizations developing new care models. Our group concluded that strengthening the current network of on-island independent providers is the best way to lay the groundwork for adding additional resources and services that are not beholden to off-island management and directives (whether economically or philosophically based). We do not claim to have all the answers to a thorny problem, nor that our approach is necessarily the best one. But as one watches the slow parade of providers leaving the island or restricting their practices, each citing the same reasons for doing so, it seems reasonable to suggest that these common challenges may have a common solution. That common solution requires cooperation and, we think, a sense of urgency.
I joke that on Vashon, we all get dressed out of the same closet: Granny’s. Granny’s Attic is the greatest common denominator of island life, one of the strongest threads that binds our community together. This summer, I joined the 1,000-plus other islanders who make this amazing organization live and breath. It’s one of the best volunteer jobs I’ve ever had. What makes Granny’s so great? The people, the purpose and the proof that good intentions combined with lots of hard work can have a huge positive impact. If anyone has ever longed for a volunteer job that is meaningful, interesting and fastpaced, they should come on down and join the fun. Here’s what they can expect: Your time won’t be wasted. There’s plenty of interesting work and volunteers feel part of the team right away. They can work as little as three hours a week. Granny’s flexible hours make it easy to find a schedule that will fit anyone’s needs. Your opinion matters. You’ll be asked to weigh in on decisions about where the money goes, because Granny’s was set up so that the volunteers decide how the profits are distributed. There is no other organization on the island like it. Room for advancement and new things to learn: Many volunteer jobs are dull, routine things, the kind of repetitive, boring work that can quickly become a chore. Not at Granny’s. There’s so much going on, so many new things to sort, price and stock. Every day I work there, I come home with a new appreciation of how amazing Granny’s is. Those who have a few hours a week to spare won’t find a better or happier use for their time.
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When I leave my apartment and drive west on Bank Road, knowing that I’m heading for Vashon Cemetery, something begins to happen deep inside — a sense of peace and of beauty. I drive on; the feeling intensifies. As I navigate my recent years, this feeling has grown, but it is not a feeling of death, but of life — life beautiful and everlasting. Last Saturday two women were there for just awhile, walking and jogging on the gravel roads. Something special. I parked close by bird artist Edmund Sawyer and his wife Helen. Until the 1970s, they lived in Burton. I took my lightweight Swedish-made walker out of the trunk of the car and wandered past the Sawyers over to sit for awhile with my friend Myrna. A beautiful day, blue sky above and so many shades of green below. Recently — a different visit — there was an abundance of robins sharing the cemetery. They seemed happy to be there, just as I was happy to be there. There’s a need to share feelings of peace and beauty that have been happening in recent years, to share these words in this my autobiography. How about yours?
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All of this hot weather has really upset me. I have a beautiful garden and the property is wonderfully landscaped. Many of my plants are dying and some are getting a fungus and look awful. I had a landscape expert out and she said I should switch to more drought tolerant plants. I don’t want to have a cactus garden! We plan on selling in a couple of years and I just know that will hurt our resale value. Any suggestions?
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Reading the news from the past weeks, I have been struck by the relevance of what Senator Bernie Sanders is saying. Here’s a fellow who actually says what he means and means what he says. And when I’ve spoken with others about his message, folks have been enthusiastic for many of the same reasons I am. He is a candidate who has not been bought by corporations, one who will do what he has done for his entire political career, which is fight for the betterment of the middle and working classes. Obviously I support the guy. But how can others support him, beyond shouting, “Go Bernie?” In Washington state, we can organize and attend the local Democratic party caucuses. If Bernie is to have a shot, he must get the nomination. To get the nomination, he must have the support at the local caucus level. So if you support Bernie’s efforts, if you want a candidate who has been “purchased” not by billionaires, but by thousands of average citizens, who will work for the commonweal, then now is the time to educate yourself and others, dive in and practice democracy by participating in local caucuses. And be sure to stop by the Bernie booth at the upcoming Strawberry Festival. We’ll have more information about all of this available.
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First, may I suggest you get online or go to the library and do some research on drought tolerant plants. There are many northwest natives that can handle some heat and large families of plants that are in no way cactus. Keep in mind that unlike that phrase the landscape industry uses; “plant material” as if it were interchangeable fabric, plants are living things and do a lot of work for us as well as being beautiful. They offer food and habitat to birds, butterflies and other wildlife, they hold the soil from sliding or blowing way, they hold water which then percolates into our aquifer instead of just running off, and they can cool us in summer. You just need to find plants that can handle more heat. The fungus you speak of is probably one that comes on in warm weather when you over water. Always check the soil before watering to be sure it’s dry before you do any watering. Do a little homework to better understand your landscape and discover plants that can tolerate our changing weather. WSU Extension offers great online information. As for resale value, we’re not talking about a quick change like painting your house. When you’re ready to sell, your listing broker might suggest toning down a less popular house color before putting it on the market, for instance. But plants are not like that. You can’t just rip out an entire landscape overnight and replant. Plan a gradual change rather than a huge makeover and your yard will stay looking lovely. Plus, don’t forget to amend your soil.
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VIPP Needs Strawberry Festival Parade Volunteers: Vashon Island Pet Protectors is looking to showcase the dogs and cats that have been adopted in the last 12 months, as well as those that are still up for adoption by having people carry the pictures of each pet in the Strawberry Festival parade. Over 100 volunteers are needed for the adopted pets alone. If interested in participating, contact Randy York at randykayyork@centurytel.net.
Strawberry Festival: See the Strawberry Festival guide in this issue for a schedule of events. One World Kirtan: All are welcome to attend this free event. Kirtan is joyful, meditative and restorative call-and-response singing that celebrates the divine in everyone. Participating can result in feelings of well-being and a quiet mind, and prior experience is not required. The event will be led by Jonathan Burgess and Tim Hulley. For more information, contact Hulley at 617-0787. 1 to 3 p.m. at Vashon Intuitive Arts.
ONGOING Vashon Friends of the Library Ongoing Book Sale: Donations of new and lightly read books are needed for the book sale shelf in the library; please do not bring textbooks or encyclopedias. All proceeds fund library programs for children and teenagers, as well as special speakers.
WEDNESDAY • 15 DSHS Mobile Van on Vashon: Islanders can apply for cash assistance, basic food assistance and more. 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Vashon Maury Community Food Bank and 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Vashon Market IGA. Mid-Week Market: Stop by for locally grown produce. 4 to 7 p.m. at the Village Green.
FRIDAY • 17 Strawberry Festival: See the Strawberry Festival guide in this issue for a schedule of events. Heart of Vashon: Telling our Story: All are invited to gather, talk and write anecdotes, paragraphs and sentences about what they love or value most about living on Vashon. This community project is sponsored by Vashon Allied Arts, the Vashon-Maury Island Heritage Association, Voice of Vashon and the All Island Forum. 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road.
SATURDAY • 18 Strawberry Festival: See the Strawberry Festival guide in this issue for a schedule of events.
TUESDAY • 21 Vashon Quilt Guild: Guild members and guests will participate in a meeting devoted to preparations for the 2016 quilt show. All are welcome to join the work party. Regular business meeting, show and tell and a snack lunch will be included as usual. 10 a.m. at the Presbyterian church. DoVE Project Legal Clinic: This monthly clinic offers legal guidance — by appointment only — to domestic violence survivors and DoVE clients. For more information or to make an appointment, contact DoVE at thevashondoveproject@ gmail.com or call 462-0911. 6 to 8 p.m.
UPCOMING St. John Vianney Community Salmon Bake and Rummage Sale: At this 55th annual community event, attendees will find good food, local beer, the Balloon Guy, music by Loose Change, kids’ games, a bake sale, a raffle prize donated by Ace Hardware and a rummage sale. A portion of the proceeds will go to the Interfaith Council to Prevent Homelessness. The cost for the salmon bake is $15 for adults and teens, $5 for kids ages 5 to 12, and children under 5 are free. Tickets are available at the Vashon Pharmacy, the Vashon Bookshop, after masses at St. John Vianney and at the door. 8 a.m to 4 p.m. (rummage sale) Saturday, July 25, and Sunday, July 26, and 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. (salmon bake) Sunday, July 26, at St. John Vianney Church. Adult Learn-to-Row Weekend: The Vashon Island Rowing Club
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(VIRC) will offer a two-day learnto-row class for adults (ages 18 and up). Coach Richard Parr will teach this six-hour introduction to rowing basics, and VIRC membership is not a requirement to participate. The cost is $100. For more information or to register, go to vashoncrew. com/masters/adult-learn-to-rowclass or contact Debby Jackson by email at membership.virc.dj@ gmail.com or by phone at 463-3729. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, July 25, and 9 a.m. to noon Sunday, July 26, at the Jensen Point boathouse. Farm-to-Table Benefit Dinner: A five-course dinner including wine and dessert will be held at LaBiondo Farm & Kitchen as a benefit for the Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action (MAMA). MAMA’s executive director Kirsten Gagnaire will be in attendance to talk about the organization’s work to help the world’s vulnerable women and children. The cost is $75, and tickets may be purchased at globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/ Calendar?id=101921&view=Detail. 5 to 7:30 p.m. Sunday, July 26, at LaBiondo Farm. King County Public Health: Representatives (one of whom speaks Spanish) will come to Vashon once a month to sign people up for Orca LIFT (Metro’s reduced fare program), food stamps and health insurance through Apple Health. Current Apple Health clients may re-certify, and children who were covered through their parents and have turned or will be turning 19 will need to apply for their own coverage. For the Orca LIFT program, applicants should bring photo identification from any state or country and income verification such as a Provider One card, EBT card, TANF award letter, SSI award letter, L&I statement of worker’s compensation or Social Security award letter. 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the food bank and 1:30 to 3 p.m. at the Vashon Library, Wednesday, July 29.
CLASSES & CAMPS Swimming Lessons: The Vashon Pool still has openings for lessons for a variety of ages and levels. Swimming lessons are 30 minutes long and offered in two-week sessions. 5 p.m., 5:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. throughout the summer. Enhanced Fitness: An exercise program tailored to individual ca-
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A special pre-release screening of the adventure documentary “Unbranded� will play in support of the Ponies Against Pavement project at Paradise Ridge Park at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 28, at the Vashon Theatre. The film documents the 3,000-mile journey of four men and 16 wild mustangs from Mexico to Canada, through the deepest backcountry of the American West. With a focus on the need for better land and wild horse management, the film has received high praise on the festival circuit. Suggested donations of $10 to $15 will be accepted at the door. pabilities is led by Ramon Ontiveros and is intended to improve flexibility, balance and aerobic capacity for men and women 55 and older. Try a class for free; 12-visit punch cards cost $45 and are available at the Vashon Senior Center. 12:45 to 1:45 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at Ober Park. Yi Ren Qigong: This spiritual practice is intended to align the body, breath and mind for better health. Michiko Uto will lead this weekly class to balance the chi (the body’s vital energy) with slow, flowing movement, mediation and deep, rhythmic breathing. Cost is by a suggested donation of $2 per class. To register, call the senior center at 463-5173. 2 p.m. Tuesdays, beginning July 21, at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road. Tai Chi: Tai Chi uses low-impact, slow exercises, which can ease the discomforts of aging by improving fitness, muscle strength, flexibility and balance. Instructor Deena Eber has been practicing yoga since the 1970s and has studied Tai Chi for 15 years; the suggested donation is $1. Senior center membership, which is open to everyone, is required. 2 p.m. Wednesdays at the Ober Park
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outdoor activities. The cost is $300, with some limited scholarships available. For more information or to register, email campmik@gmail. com or go to mikkuhlman.com. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, July 27, to Friday, July 31, at Hanna Barn Studios.
VASHON THEATRE Love & Mercy: Ends July 16. The Audience (National Theatre Live): July 16 and July 19. Spy: Plays July 17 through 23. Me, Earl and the Dying Girl: Plays July 20 through 23. See vashontheatre.com for show times or call 463-3232.
PUBLIC MEETINGS Vashon Sewer District: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 16, at the Vashon Senior Center. King County Airport District: 7 p.m. Thursday, July 16, at Courthouse Square. Sunrise Ridge Health Services Board: 10 a.m. Monday, July 20, in the conference room at Sunrise Ridge. Friends of Island Center Forest: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 21, at the Land Trust Building.
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By Chris Austin The first Vashon Island Festival of the 1970s certainly upped the cool factor. The music for the pageant was the very contemporary “Age of Aquarius.” It is unknown how many contestants wore platform shoes with goldfish in the heels. The next year, however, marked the last time a Vashon Island Pageant was held. It was also the year the Chinese Community Girls’ Club Drill Team took top honors during the parade - this would not be the last drill team to entertain the spectators. While contests came and went one aspect remained the same, the community’s love of flight. From the “flying jitney” featured at the very first Strawberry Festival, to the floatplane flights of the 1940s and model airplane demonstrations twenty years later, the 1970s, too, gave attendees reason to look skyward. The 1972 fair had an Air Force jet flyover (as opposed to the SeaTac flyover we get all year long) and two years later a hang-gliding exhibit was offered. The next decade began with a new subtitle for the event, “Strawberries Forever.” This would last exactly three years. However many activities emerged from the eighties that are still going strong today. While the sprinting contests of yore were gone, 1980 was the first year of the K2 10K run. Bill Burby was one of the original organizers of the event and his untimely death nine years later led to its current name the “Bill Burby Inspirational 10K Run.” It serves as a living memorial for this exceptional teacher, coach and community organizer. The late eighties also saw the origins of the always popular Vashon Thriftway Shopping Cart Drill Team. I found a photo from the 1995 parade which featured the Niece Pumping Service truck adorned with large cardboard leaves and strawberries. I have to believe this is the only place in the world where a septic pumping truck is not at the parade but in the parade. That year also saw the Seattle Cossack Motorcycle Drill Team in action and they were no doubt in awe of Vashon’s own Kazoo Marching Band. From the Corgi Club, to the Ukulele Society, to a demolition derby and even an unofficial “cage fight,” our long-running, unique festival has given islanders an opportunity to show the world that we are, indeed, keeping Vashon weird.
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PLAY IN THE PARK: Vashon Events and the Vashon Park District will present Shakespeare’s comedy “Much Ado About Nothing” from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, July 23, at Ober Park. GreenStage, Seattle’s longest-running Shakespeare company, will produce the play. The show is free and family friendly.
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Strawberry Festival musicians no longer play for free By JULI GOETZ MORSER Staff writer
Something new will hit the music stages this year at Vashon’s Strawberry Festival. It will play a crucial role but remain behind the scenes, invisible to the audience. Thanks to the vision and grit of Vashon Event co-owners Pete Welch and Allison Shirk and Vashon Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jim Marsh, festival musicians will be paid for the first time since the recession hit in 2008, when sponsorship of musicians dried up. Shirk, Welch and Marsh worked together to find a way to honor — with a small stipend — the mostly local but sometimes off-island musicians, who are one of the main features of the festival. “We didn’t know what it would involve at first, how many musicians we’d have to pay, and we couldn’t promise anything in advance,” Welch said, “but we were set on paying the musicians.” While the stipends will be small, Shirk, a musician and grant writer, said giving them feels great. She cited a movement around the world and on Vashon where musicians are standing up for their art and not playing for free. Earlier this year, Welch and Shirk made a vow to pay the musicians they hire through Vashon Events. “We as musicians have to ask are the caterers at events being paid?” Shirk said. “We need to value ourselves and our music as being just as important as catering.” Marsh agreed, saying payment is important because entertainment is not just a hobby but a livelihood for musicians. “The chamber looks at how people make a living on the island,” Marsh said. “We’ve done fairs and paid musicians. They are part of the draw and help build our events. We hope others will follow suit and start paying musicians.” While Welch and Shirk curate the bands that play at the festival, Marsh sought out the sponsors to provide the funds to pay the performers. With over 200 musicians and with each band scheduled for different amounts of stage time, sorting out the accounting behind the scenes will be no small task. Marsh said there will be a lot of checks to cut, but that is part of his job, and he hopes it will appear seamless.
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Geordie’s Byre performed last year on Pandora’s stage. The group will return for this year’s festival. Another festival first will be a one-stop booth run by volunteers selling CDs by the bands. All music sales will go back to the musicians. Shirk added that she also sees payment as an investment in island youth. “We will have a youth stage, and this is valuable for them,” she said. “If we can help our youth find music to help them through what’s going on in their lives, we’ve done our job.” In Marsh’s view, there’s a connection between commerce and the arts. He cites several island businesses that help support the musicians by sponsoring stages. And he understands there are many working islanders who are also musicians. “As the chamber, we look at how many musicians are business people like Bill Brown, Barry Cooper at Ace and
Allison, who is a grant writer. Our population is full of musicians and artists.” While Marsh sees the festival as a great showcase for island musicians, he also sees room to invite off-island acts to play, hoping to put Vashon on the musical map. For Welch, it is all about supporting the local musicians, many of whom are his friends. “I want to take care of them,” he said. “We look at locals first, anyone who applies gets a spot, then we reach out to bands from the city.” Shirk, Welch and Marsh all expressed pride and satisfaction with helping to financially support the music community. “It takes courage to get up on stage,” Shirk said. “We’ve always wanted to pay musicians year after year, and now we can.”
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One More Mile will play a show at the Red Bike on Friday.
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Publish the Quest played to an enthusiastic crowd last year and will return to the Red Bike on Saturday.
Popular band returns for evening show during festival Publish the Quest is a band with deep Vashon roots that has made a name for itself worldwide as both a musical and philanthropic force. The group, fronted by island native Jacob Bain, will come home to Vashon for
another Strawberry Festival show, beginning at 9 p.m. Saturday at the Red Bike. Opening for Publish The Quest will be Vashon’s own RalphReign. Organizers say RalphReign offers
a breath of fresh air to the art of hip hop, with great music and a great message. There will be a $5 cover. All ages are welcome until 11 p.m., then 21 and older only.
Vashon band will play the blues at the Red Bike Two years ago, One More Mile played at the Red Bike to a sold-out house. The band will return to the bike at 9 p.m. Friday for another packed show. One More Mile is a band that came together over a shared passion for
playing the blues. The band is now branching out into some funk sounds and will also perform a few originals. This is an all-ages show until 11 p.m., then only 21 and older only after that. There will be a $5 cover charge.
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New Vashon poets laureate to be announced today Vashon’s 2015-17 poets laureate will be announced today, July 15, at a celebration from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Vashon Winery. Native islander Annie Brulé, founder of Chatwin Books Publishing, will host the event, which will begin with the new honorees reading their poetry. The rest of the evening will include an open mic, and audience members are encouraged to bring their own poems to read. Island poet Cal Kinnear, in a recent email, described the short history of poet laureates on Vashon. According to Kinnear, the honor dates back to May of 2011, when the all-poet organizing committee of that year’s Vashon Poetry Festival spontaneously named Ann Spiers poet laureate of Vashon. Since Spiers’ first term, the two-year accolade has been held by Ina Whitlock and also by the youth poets laureate duo of Zauxie Sackman and Lily Robinthal. All three poets have distinctive styles and ideas for engaging the community in poetic dialogue. New poets laureate are named biannually by an ad-hoc committee of island poets dedicated to community engagement in the poetic arts. For more information, contact Ron Irvine of Vashon Winery at vashonwinery@yahoo.com.
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Strawberry Festival, boating and history enthusiasts should plan to chart a course to the Quartermaster Yacht Club (QYC) this weekend and take a tour of the MV Lotus for a step back in time to the Puget Sound of the early 20th century. The 92-foot long, 102-ton boat is 106 years old and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was built for Maurice McMicken, publisher of the Seattle PostIntelligencer newspaper, attorney and legal counsel to the state legislature and developer of Seattle’s first cable car.
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introduce the boat to more people. “I was working on setting up a presentation during a rendezvous for our members in Port Townsend, and the woman who I was working with turned out to be the Lotus’ owner,” said Lynn Buscaglia, a QYC member and board trustee. “And she approached me about bringing the Lotus to Quartermaster.” The yacht club got behind the idea, in part to raise its own profile. “We have this new marina, new docks and a great sailing program, but the club feels a bit hidden from the rest of the island,” Buscaglia said. “We’d love for people to come and see what we have to offer.” The yacht club along with the VashonMaury Island Heritage Association, the Keepers of Point Robinson and J.R. Crawford of Windermere-Vashon, are sponsoring the floating museum’s visit as well as a float in Saturday’s parade. Look for yacht club Commodore Buzz Blick at the float’s helm, and Captain Joe Wubbold of the Keepers of Point Robinson and several period representatives, including Admiral Vashon, to join him. The Lotus will be moored at the yacht club and open for tours from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, and QYC’s sailing camp has sponsored a Strawberry Festival shuttle stop at the club for convenience. Tours are free, though the Lotus Foundation accepts donations.
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begun along the salmon-bearing stream. Plans are also in the works to open a new hiking trail in that area this fall. Using the remaining state funds, as well as $1 million King County contributed from its park levy and the Conservation Futures Tax, a patchwork of additional parcels were secured, from the Whispering Firs Bog on Vashon’s north end to Neill Point on the southernmost tip of the island. A half-acre was added at Whispering Firs, which allowed for an old septic system threatening the bog to be removed. And eight acres were added to the preserve at Shinglemill Creek, one of the few salmonbearing streams on Vashon. A dilapidated house was torn down there, also stopping greywater that was draining into the creek. Three parcels totaling 28 acres were added to Island Center Forest, including land considered good habitat for flying squirrels and one 20-acre piece that has been used by hikers and informally called the forest’s “missing tooth.” At Dockton Forest, another popular spot for hiking, 70 acres of forestland sandwiched between Dockton Forest and the former Glacier site were purchased by the county. More than 1,400 feet of island shoreline were also protected, and a new preserve was created when 7 acres in the Big Beach area along outer Quartermaster Harbor were purchased. About 400 feet of bulkhead will be removed there.
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Nine acres were preserved on the southern tip of Maury, where old structures and creosote bulkheads will also be removed. Dean said that while scattered across the island, the purchases were all intentional. “It was a parcel here and a parcel there, but we stitched it all together into something larger and more meaningful preserve-wise,” he said. Half an acre was also purchased at Raab’s Lagoon, where a small shoreline restoration project provided the backdrop for Friday’s press conference. At the event, King County Councilmember Joe McDermott said he believes conservation on Vashon affects the entire region. For instance, salmon that spawn on the island, he said, provide food for endangered orcas. He added that successful preservation on Vashon also sets an example for other parts of the region. “It helps us build the case to do the same thing in east King County as well,” he said. McDermott, as well as Dean and King County Executive Dow Constantine praised Nelson for securing the additional $2 million in conservation funds during a tough budget year. “We’ve had really strong leadership for conservation on the island, and we’ve been lucky,” Dean said in an interview. “If she
was not the ranking Democrat, we wouldn’t have a prayer of getting this.” For her part, Nelson recalled her and others’ fight to save the former Glacier mining site, which is now owned by King County. Proving that site was ecologically important, she said, also showed how critical Vashon’s shorelines are for all of Puget Sound. “It’s not just there. As far as our uplands, madrona forests, our aquifers, they say a lot about an ecological system that’s important to the entire state and to King County,” she said. King County and the land trust now have two years to spend the additional $2 million. Dean said he expects new purchases will be announced soon and for a new preserve to be started, though he is not yet able to say where. While Nelson has been praised for securing the funds, McDermott noted that several levels of government as well as the land trust had to work together for the purchases to happen. “In this case, it is really true that it is state led. The county was able to follow, as was the land trust here on the island. Island resources play a critical role in this as well, making sure it all comes together.” Juli Goetz Morser contributed to this article.
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VISIT THE MUSEUM DURING THE FESTIVAL: The Vashon-Maury Island Heritage Museum will be open this weekend during the Strawberry Festival. Hours are 1 to 6 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday. The museum will also host the popular Miss Lucy Dinner on Friday. See page 5 of the Strawberry Festival guide inside this issue for details on that event.
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Vashon’s waters have long been a graveyard for boats Abandoned ships are now removed using government funding By BRUCE HAULMAN & TERRY DONNELLY For The Beachcomber
Late last year, Vashon social media pages lit up as a large crane and barge entered Quartermaster Harbor. Everyone wanted to know why it was there. It quickly became apparent that the crane and barge were there to lift the abandoned and sunken tugboat Murph, which had been scuttled in October 2007 along the west shore of the outer harbor. As part of the cleanup of the Maury Island Aquatic Reserve, the state began to remove old abandoned docks and sunken boats in an effort to preserve the environment of the new reserve. In the past, abandoned or sunken boats were just allowed to be where they were and to gradually become part of the ecosystem. A good example is seen in the 1909 Ashael Curtis photograph of the Fleetwood breaking apart when it was abandoned on the beach at Dockton. The Fleetwood was one of the first propeller-driven boats on Puget Sound and one of the fastest. She made a once-a-day round trip from Olympia to Steilacoom, Tacoma, Seattle and back with no other stops. She would typically burn about one chord of wood for every 10 miles she traveled. The 80-mile round trip between Olympia and Seattle would consume about 16 chords of wood each day. At this rate, in a year, Fleetwood would burn about 5,500 chords of wood each year. In 1898, after serving on Puget Sound for 10 years, Fleetwood was stripped of all her salvageable materials and abandoned on the beach at Dockton to rot. The Murph was a U.S. Navy harbor tug built in 1944 as the Winginia and served in Puget Sound and the Columbia River until 1980. After being placed in reserve until the end of 1985, she was sold for commercial service and renamed the Murph by her new owners. When the Murph was scuttled in October 2007, she sank in about 30 feet of water, and at low tide her mast and funnel were visible. Lighted buoys were
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The Murph, a scuttled tugboat, was raised from outer Quartermaster Habor last year. deployed to mark the spot, and her hull was checked to ensure no bunker oil was leaking into the harbor. The Washington State Department of Natural Resources began to plan to remove the Murph, and she quickly became a popular dive site among recreational divers. The 2014 photo of the Murph being raised by a crane and placed on a barge for removal to a disposal yard is a good example of the way in which we deal with abandoned boats today compared to the way we did over 100 years ago when the Fleetwood was abandoned. The cost of removing the Murph was well over $300,000, while the cost of disposing of the Fleetwood was almost nothing. We have come to learn that protecting the environment can be a costly but necessary responsibility. — Bruce Haulman is an island historian. Terry Donnelly is an island photographer.
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But the real story is how strawberries are returning to Vashon-Maury farms stronger than any time since Yoniechi Matsuda harvested his last crop behind K2. Journey to Maury Island and step behind an unobtrusive sign for Sun Island Farm, where the scene opens to a maze of outbuildings, fruit trees, rolling animal pens and pristine vegetable patches. This is where Joe and Celina Yarkin have planted their flagship strawberry patch — Joe’s current horticultural obsession. For nearly 15 years, the Yarkins have shared a fascination with the scientific method of farming, experimenting with fruit trees and greenhouse vegetables, carefully grafting one plant to a sturdier stalk to amplify disease and weather resistance. Out of this fascination was born a trial patch of strawberries in 2007. Already well established with their booth at the Vashon Farmers Market, the Yarkins started selling their fresh-picked strawberries in 2008 and they were an instant hit. Today, that small patch has grown to dominate Sun Island Farm, with a special breed of organic strawberries. “Once you start (growing strawberries) it’s like starting a fire,” Joe Yarkin said. “And, by specializing,” he adds, “we’re less likely to forget them.” Growing strawberries on Vashon isn’t simple, though, and the Yarkins have been met with a variety of challenges. “Everything wants to eat strawberries,” Yarkin observes, “and robins are the worst. But we’ve learned to live with the fact that we share with the robins.” He’s applied clever, natural tactics to reduce crop loss by introducing violet green swallows to ward off other birds and dragon flies to eat offending insects. “They are our allies here,” he said. “And they put on quite a show with their lace wings shimmering as they eat the aphids and swallows dart among them.” With a shortage of bees on Vashon, the Yarkins have found strawberries help by attracting pollinators. Bumblebees are everywhere at Sun Island. “The bumblebees do most of the work here,” Yarkin said. But he’s giving them too much credit. While the Yarkins plant and monitor
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Joe Yarkin lays in a special solar-powered tractor to pick strawberries at his farm. the growing of their proprietary variety of strawberries, the entire family gets into the picking process. One recent innovation is a solar-powered electric tractor that allows the human picker to lie flat on his or her stomach while the machine propels them slowly along the berry rows. Yarkin heard about the machine from a fellow farmer he met in the Antarctic, where he sometimes works installing solar panels, and quickly shipped one from the East when he learned the picking method “is five times as fast as walking and bending,” he said. And it’s an exciting enticement to the couple’s three daughters, who jump at the chance to pick with the contraption. “Berries must be picked in the evening when they’re cool so they remain fresh for delivery to market the next day,” Yarkin said. The Yarkins pick twice weekly to assure optimum freshness for local customers. “Our advantage is that we can get berries to the Vashon market fresh,” he said. The taste difference between locally grown berries and those shipped from afar is immediately obvious. “Berries shipped from California and Mexico have been grown with pesticides,” Yarkin said. That not only affects the taste, but long shipping times also reduce the
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islanders and off-island tourists. And we haven’t had any leftovers to sell.” In fact, Biel encourages prospective u-pickers to call the store in advance in case they’ve had to close the field for a day of rest. Biel plans to double or triple the size of his u-pick patch next year, and he’s considering adding the historic Marshall strawberry, once grown and well-loved on Vashon, to his collection. “There’s a growing community of consumers on Vashon who prefer to eat local produce, including strawberries,” noted Yarkin. “Eating locally means eating fresher, getting more nutrition and consuming unique varieties of fruits and vegetables that are unavailable anywhere else.” The Yarkins and Biel are just two examples of island farmers who are bringing strawberries back to Vashon, and they both plan to ramp up their production. When it comes to the Strawberry Festival, Marsh, at the chamber, said that there’s great interest in bringing local berries to the celebration, but there are challenges as well, including that many varieties of strawberries ripen only in June. But there will be a clear red berry presence at this weekend’s festival, with Yarkin selling his strawberries at a booth for Sun Island Farm. The Vashon-Maury Heritage Association will also offer its strawberry shortcake, and the Teens in the Field will use Washington berries to make Italian soda-like strawberry drinks. Marsh said the chamber is continuing its call to bring strawberries of any kind to Vashon’s summer celebration. “We hope others will be inspired to figure out how to make it happen.” — Susan McCabe is an island writer and Voice of Vashon’s station manager.
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Island company awarded for innovative stove Burn earns award for stove that helps women in Africa By DANIEL GREEN For The Beachcomber
Vashon’s innovative stove manufacturer Burn recently received the Ashden Clean Energy for Women and Girls Award. Ashden, an internationally recognized nonprofit, awards “sustainable energy trailblazers” to showcase their efforts. Burn was founded by Vashon resident Peter Scott and has offices on Vashon, where its stoves are designed and tested. Ashden awarded the com-
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14736 Bethel Lane SW
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PO Box 89, Vashon, WA 98070
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15420 Vashon Hwy SW 567-4488 www.holyspiritvashon.org
Vashon Lutheran Church 18623 Vashon Hwy. SW (1/2 mile south of Vashon) Holy Communion Worship 10:30 am Rev. Jeff Larson, Ph.D. vm: 206-463-6359
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SHERIFF’S REPORT June 9: A student was reported to have made threats against staff at Vashon High School. June 10: A woman reported that a friend notified her that a special memento had been taken from her brother’s gravesite at the Vashon Cemetery. June 11: A vehicle was towed from the 18500 block of Beall Road for code enforcement inspections and license violations. June 12: A burglary was reported on the 11400 block of Vashon Highway. Someone shoplifted clothing from Northwest Sports. A burglary was reported on the 12600 block of Cove Road. A driver was stopped for possible DUI and reckless driving after trying to elude authorities on Cove Road and 115th Avenue. June 13: A fourth-degree assault was reported on the 11600 block of 156th Street, where a verbal argument became physical. A controlled substance violation was reported at Bank Road and 115th Avenue. A controlled substance violation was reported on the 27300 block of Wax Orchard. June 14: Suspicious circumstances were reported on the 22100 block of 111th Avenue. A felony criminal warrant was served on the 10100 block of Vashon Highway. June 15: A burglary was reported on the 10300 block of 112th Street. A sign was cut off of
a gate and stolen from a yard on the 18000 block of Thorson Road. A man was banned by police from Sporty’s after being asked to leave three times. June 16: A man was banned by police from Water District 19 property on the 17600 block of 100th Avenue. A man was sent for alcohol detoxification after falling and hitting his head on the road, with a preliminary blood alcohol reading of .280, on the 17500 block of Vashon Highway. June 18: An attempted burglary was reported on the 10400 block of 112th Street. June 19: An attempted burglary was reported on the 23500 block of Vashon Highway. A bicycle was found after someone reported seeing it being thrown over a fence behind the Vashon Library. A report involving a controlled substance was made near 280th Street and Vashon Highway. June 20: A burglary was reported on the 14700 block of 108th Lane. A misdemeanor criminal warrant was served near Cove Road and Vashon Highway. June 22: A misdemeanor criminal warrant was served near Bank Road and 97th Avenue. Disorderly conduct and threats were reported on the 12500 block of 154th Street. Fraud was reported on the 7100 block of 20th Street. June 24: Vandalism was reported at Thriftway. June 25: A misdemeanor criminal warrant was served near Bank Road and 100th Avenue. June 26: Trespassing was reported during a community meal at the Lutheran church. June 27: Suspicious circumstances were reported on the 22400 block of Dockton Road
Sunday Service & Sunday School
10:00 a.m. Childcare Available at All Services.
Office open Mon.–Thurs. 9 a.m. – 12 noon
463-9804
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Vashon Presbyterian Church
Our Vashon Island 463-2010 Community warmly invites you and your family to worship with them. Pan-Denominational Tuesdays from 6:45 pm to 8:30 pm
Vashon-Maury
Sunday Worship 10am
17708 Vashon Hwy (center of town)
Pastor Dan Houston
Church Office Hours Monday– Thursday 10 am - 2 pm www.vashonpreschurch.org
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Katie Stone Katie Stone, born September 4, 1946, a long time resident of Vashon, died peacefully in her sleep on June 23rd, after a battle with lung cancer. She leaves behind her mom, Bobby Stone, husband, David (Shorty) Powers, brothers, John and Scott Stone, and sister, Dana Stone. Katie grew up in the family 1906 beach house on Alki Beach and moved to the island with her mom, Bobby, in 1989, where she worked for a time at Bishop’s Tavern. Katie then became a Ph.D. (Professional Hand Dishwasher) at South Seattle Community College until she retired. She loved to garden and collect beautiful antiques and artwork. Katie was a Universal Life priest and had officiated the weddings of several island couples. Katie had a heart of gold, and the voice of a crow. Katie will be greatly missed by all who knew her. The memorial service date and time will be announced shortly.
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Mary Rosenbaum, a 52-year resident of Vashon, passed away July 7 at the Vashon Community Care Center. She was born Mary Louise Ballance January 20, 1923. The daughter of Hobart “Earl” and Alma, she was raised in Lincoln Nebraska with her sister, Jean. While attending the University of Nebraska, she met and married Robert (Bob) Rosenbaum in 1942. Mary kept the family together by following Bob throughout his military career. She loved travel and different cultures, was an avid reader which led to her favorite job as a librarian. She taught herself to read music and played the organ and piano at home and at the Vashon United Methodist Church. They moved to Vashon in 1963 when Bob retired from the Air Force where they set about building a home on Maury Island they called “Edelweiss,” designed by their older son, also named Robert. Other interests of Mary included playing bridge and participating in the Vashon Auxiliary of Seattle Children’s Hospital. Bob and Mary both enjoyed golf and were members of the Vashon Island Golf and Country Club. Bob and their son, Robert, both predeceased Mary. She is survived by her son, Phillip, daughter, Jean (Alan Mendel) and Robert’s wife, Carole Elder. She also had seven grandchildren, Alex, Colin (Julie Higgins), Melanie (Ron Loggins), Amanda (Kevin Carrubba), Julie (Nigel Browne), David (Leah Engelbart), Marne (Jeremy Uttech) and 11 great grandchildren. A memorial service will be held July 25 at 10:30 a.m. at the Vashon United Methodist Church followed by a reception at the church. In appreciation for the loving care she received, donations in memory of Mary are invited for the Vashon Community Care Center, 15333 Vashon Highway SW, Vashon, WA 98070. Please visit our online guest book at www.islandfuneral.com.
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