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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2015 Vol. 60, No. 37
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EVENTS RAISE NEARLY $40,000 FOR ISLAND CAUSES
Report reveals groundwater contaminants at former K2 site Community continues to brainstorm ideas for building By ANNELI FOGT
Staff Writer
Last weekend throngs of people came to the island for events that rate second only to the Strawberry Festival for drawing an off-island crowd. The Vashon Sheepdog Classic, held Thursday through Sunday, brought more than 8,000 people, according to event organizer Maggi McClure. “It was a huge success for sure,” she said. On Monday, McClure said she did not yet have complete figures regarding how much Kim Farrell Photo, top; Cindy Koch Photo, middle and David Weller Photo, bottom the event raised for education, youth and health programs, but knew it was more than $20,000. Additionally, through its Smart Dog Sponsorship Program, Partners in Education (PIE) raised more than $7,000 in connection to the trials, according to PIE President Jenna Riggs. While crowds relaxed on the hillside watching the sheep and the dogs, bicyclists in Vashon’s Passport to Pain took to the island’s roads to participate in the toughest bike ride in the region, which is also a fundraiser for the Vashon Island Rowing Club. Nearly 300 riders, ages 13 to 73, rode the three courses, according to event director Allison Reid, who noted the financial picture was not clear as of Monday, but she was certain proceeds had surpassed last year’s $11,000 mark. Bruce Morser, the founder and creative mastermind behind the event, said this year’s ride was the best one yet. “It is coming of age, and that is a wonderful feeling,” he said.
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Contaminants do exist in the groundwater underneath K2’s former factory on Vashon Highway, a report submitted to the state Department of Ecology (DOE) last week shows, but the contaminants “appear to be within” the property’s boundaries and pose no risk to humans or other “terrestrial organisms.” The environmental testing began earlier this year and was conducted by environmental consulting company Environmental Resources Management (ERM). The report outlining the findings comes six months after it was reported that the DOE approved K2’s plan to conduct further environmental testing at the former factory that is listed as contaminated by the state. K2 entered into the DOE’s voluntary cleanup program in May 2014 after local political action group the Backbone Campaign raised concerns about the environmental state of the building. Initial environmental testing run at the site after the removal of a leaking diesel tank in 2008 was reportedly deemed incomplete.
According to the report published on the DOE’s website as a site characterization report, the organic compound trichloroethane was found in groundwater under the facility. According to the Environmental Protection Agency’s website, the compound can cause serious health problems affecting the liver, circulatory system and nervous system if consumed in high levels. Hydrocarbons from petroleum and oil were detected in “less than approximately 10 cubic yards” of soil at the site, the report states. However, the results of the ERM study show that exposure of people or animals to the above contaminants at the property “is not a regulatory concern under current conditions.” K2 officials told The Beachcomber in a statement from their public relations firm on Thursday that they “intend to take appropriate actions to mitigate any environmental issues at the site,” but declined to offer further comment about their plans for the future of the building. “(Cleaning up) is our only priority right now as stewards of the property on Vashon Island,” K2 officials said in the statement the PR firm issued. “Once the necessary work is completed, we can contemplate our next steps. For the moment we are completely focused on addressing the SEE K2, 19
Sheriff’s office asks public for help solving racial harassment incident By SUSAN RIEMER Staff Writer
In the midst of public concern about a possibly racially-motivated incident that occurred last month, the sheriff’s office continues to ask that the public come forward with any information, while the victim says he would like the attention surrounding the incident to die down. As previously reported in The Beachcomber, the police report indicates that an African-American man was walking home after work through downtown Vashon at about 1:30 a.m. on Aug. 23, when a vehicle with four occupants swerved in an alleged attempt to hit him in the 9700 block
of Bank Road. It drove off, but returned a short time later, and one of the passengers reportedly swung a baseball bat at the victim. The victim returned to work, called 911 and waited outside for assistance. However, deputies were busy with another call, the report states, and the man tried to walk home, only to have the vehicle return with its lights off while he was still in the Thriftway parking lot. In the report, the victim said he heard the men yell a racial slur followed by two gunshots. Since the Aug. 23 incident, several island residents have expressed concern about SEE INVESTIGATION, 18
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Athletic club welcomes new owners Longtime owner hands reins to local trainer By ANNELI FOGT Editor
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A ferry schedule change to a two-boat schedule Sunday morning due to “a shortage of Coast Guard documented crew” led to 13 sailings along the triangle route being missed. But, once the three-boat schedule returned around 2:50 p.m., two crew members on the ferry Cathlamet revived a local man who was in his car with no pulse. The medical transport from the Vashon dock resulted in three other ferries on the triangle route being cancelled. Ferries were running on schedule by 4:05 p.m. Sunday, the first time all day. WSF spokesman Ian Sterling said that not having enough crew to run a vessel is a problem that has plagued the WSF system for years. “This happens because the Coast Guard requires a certain amount of crew on board (each ferry) each time they sail,” Sterling told The Beachcomber Monday. “On Sunday, we
could not find enough. It was a manpower issue; there was not enough crew to operate the vessel.” Sterling said that the issue Sunday was not that workers were calling out sick that day; it was that there were not enough people scheduled. “We don’t set the schedules like a month before,” Sterling said. “It’s a very tight, quick schedule.” He said that WSF Chief Lynne Griffith “committed” last summer to Governor Jay Inslee “that we won’t have missed sailings.” “We were doing very well, but we missed sailings in the morning, and that’s unacceptable,” Sterling said. He said that it’s “frustrating” and “a disappointment to the ferries.” “A notice will be sent to all crew, reminding them about the commitment made to the governor last year,” Sterling said. WSF dispatchers responsible for calling in crews were eventually able to call in the Vashon make-up crew, Sterling said. The normal, three-boat schedule was back by just before 3
p.m. Sunday. However, ferry workers on the Cathlamet ferry that was unloading on Vashon just before 2:50 p.m. performed CPR and used a defribrilator to revive an islander in his car on the ferry. “They were unloading the vehicles, and one failed to move,” Sterling said. “The crew go over and try to wake the (driver) up and he had no pulse. They performed CPR, brought the defib down from upstairs and ... they were able to start his heart.” The man was revived and raced to Fauntleroy in an ambulance on the ferry that was set to depart to Southworth at 2:50 p.m. As of Monday, he was at Swedish’s Cherry Hill hospital, but his current status is not known. Vashon Island Fire & Rescue Battalion Chief for Medical Services Mark Brownell said that the ferry workers “did an outstanding job.” “I was very, very impressed,” Brownell said. “That effort ... saved his life.”
Festival brings in thousands for music programs Last month’s Chautauqua Musical Festival, hosted by the Vashon Eagles, netted $5,000 for music programs at Chautauqua Elementary and McMurray Middle schools. At the school district, Donna Donnelly said they welcome the funds, which will help provide instruments and music for students who might not otherwise be able to afford them. Organizer Mike Dumovich called the event, which featured nearly 30 musicians of all ages and genres. a success. “It was a testament to this island’s core belief that the arts are not just important for aesthetics, but are an innate, necessary part of being alive,” he said in a recent email. Nancy Connolly, the Eagles’ secretary, said the group was extremely pleased and plans to keep up fundraising efforts for the program throughout the year. Next year the Eagles hope to hold another music festival for the same purpose.
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Next chapter of island nano-brewer’s story might be a cliffhanger By SARAH LOW Staff Writer
Islander Cliff Goodman’s Vashon Brewing Company, born of an empty nest and a desire to no longer give several hours a day to an off-island commute, is on the verge of making a big leap, both in production and distribution. Four years ago, with children grown and flown and the prospect of too many more years of ferry travel ahead of him, Goodman decided to leave his job as an accountant to make a career out of his longtime hobby — brewing beer. Launching his nano-brewery out of an 8-by-12-foot shed, he never imagined that some day people from Bellingham down to Olympia would become customers and that he’d have a distributor looking to sell Cliff’s Beer on the other side of the sound. But that is exactly what has happened. “I’ve just been selling locally, building my brand on the island,” he said. “I didn’t have the capacity to sell elsewhere. But word still got out.” Got out it has, and Goodman will host an open house this week to showcase his new facilities and the equipment that will allow him to triple his production. No longer in the shed, now two 24-foot long cargo containers on Goodman’s Quartermaster Drive
property house the one-man brewery. “I started with a one-barrel system and now I have three,” Goodman explained. “I was brewing about 90 gallons a week before; right now I’m at twice that and will fine tune things to get up to triple. Then I’ll have enough to be able to ship excess production off the island.” The demand for Goodman’s product began with a donated batch to a Labor of Love auction for Vashon Community Care a few years back. “I got great feedback, everybody loved it,” he said. “It sold out very quickly.” Indeed, just three years into his hobby-turned-career, Goodman found himself having to deny requests from caterers and nonprofits that he had been donating to for fundraisers, and cut back on his sales at the farmers market when two of the triangle route ferries agreed to sell his beer. Determined to quench Vashon’s thirst for his brew, Goodman knew it was time to expand. With all going as planned, the increased production has allowed him to supply all three boats on the north-end route, as well as offer kegs for sale or donation to private events and nonprofits again. Meanwhile, as word travels through the craft beer connoisseur world, not only have people con-
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Cliff Goodman is pictured with his new three-barrel brewing system. Goodman will host an open house and ribbon untying ceremony for his new facilities from noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 20, at his home/brewery at 10124 Quartermaster Drive. Samples will be available for tasting. tacted him from various parts of Washington outside of Vashon, but his endeavors recently caught the taste buds of a seattlepi.com wine, beer and spirits blogger known as the Pour Fool, aka Steve Body. After enjoying a Cliff ’s Aromatherapy India Pale Ale (IPA) — one of the five different ales that Goodman brews — he wrote that with only a couple of possible exceptions, Cliff’s was easily the best nano-brewery ale he’d ever tasted, and urged Goodman
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still in his work clothes and a pair of ripped jeans, a man tracked him down, handed him a business card and said he wanted to talk. That man was a representative of C & G Wines, who distribute Dragon’s Head cider, and he’d been behind Goodman in the galley line. He decided to order a Cliff’s Beer after hearing the busy brewer talking about his products with the staff. In order to work around the production limitations, C & G and Goodman came up with the idea for the distributor to put together a portfolio of small niche breweries to offer its customers. “It’s in the works,” Goodman said. “I expect it will all come together some time this fall.” Despite the increased production and impending mainland debut, Vashon’s only commercial brewer has his feet firmly planted on the midpoint of the now wellsupplied triangle route. “If I ever need to expand again, I’d have to move,” he said. “But I’d stay on the island.” Overall, he is glad he made the career change, as is his family. “It’s not my goal to be bought out by a huge company,” he mused. “I just want to keep making a living doing this.” For more information and detailed descriptions of the different ales, see cliffsbeer.com.
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Eat super foods, nutritional grenades, not sugar
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Locals will benefit from big weekend’s fundraisers The island temporarily added thousands of people to its population, and the ferries were jammed, causing many islanders last weekend to be somewhat annoyed with the fact that Vashon’s Passport to Pain and sheepdog trials were held in the same weekend. In the midst of any inconveniences that the crowds may have caused, it’s easy to forget that the two events combined are the island’s largest fundraisers, bringing thousands of dollars to some of the island’s youth programs, respected rowing club, schools and local businesses. Perhaps even more amazing is the fact that both events, which have exploded over their short lifespans, were the brainchildren of two local residents. Both events have truly humble beginnings, being thought up in the heads of individuals simply as ways to help the rowing club (P2P) and the island’s youth health and education programs (sheepdog trials). The founders likely never imagined that in the years since the creation of the ride and the trials, they would draw thousands of people from around the nation and Canada to compete and watch the events. Many volunteers have joined the ranks since the two islanders dreamed up the ideas, but the fact that these wildly successful occasions started so simply is a testament to what communities can accomplish with support. Tens of thousands of dollars have been raised for the organizations since both events started as fundraisers years ago, but the spectators who come out to watch the trials and the bike ride contibute to the local economy through food purchases and lodging accommodations as well. While the money brought in is something to be lauded, the benefits for the community run much deeper. Events such as these bring the Vashon community closer and build relationships between people in fun, supportive environments. Next time Vashon Island is overrun by off-islanders for a local festival or event, look past the ferry traffic, road traffic and crowds that you are thankful not to have everyday, and remember that, without them, many of the programs that we have would not be possible. Without the participants and spectators, our downtown businesses would not be as successful as they are, and we, as a community, would not be as strong as we are. We are all lucky enough to be living our everyday lives in a place where people come to vacation and enjoy their weekends. The crowds are temporary and eventually leave, but the benefits they give the island last long after the ferries leave.
“That’s a nutritional grenade!” the woman in Thriftway said. I looked down at the avocado in my hand. It did physically resemble a grenade, but a nutritional grenade? I avoided avocados for decades because they are high in fat. It turns out that avocados contain “good fat,” the same kind that is in olive oil. This kind of fat helps reduce inflammation and has been linked to reduced rates of heart disease. The fat in avocados also helps us absorb nutrients in fruits and vegetables, increasing their health benefits. There’s a lot more punch in this small fruit: Avocados are surprisingly high in the kind of fiber that keeps our good intestinal microbes happy and have more potassium than bananas. Potassium is important for healthy blood pressure, and many of us don’t get enough of it. The most nutritious part of the fruit is next to the rind, so pull it off gently. Another “super food” also happens to be the least expensive source of protein: the simple bean. It also is a powerhouse of minerals that many of us lack and is packed with antioxidants that reduce the risk of cancer. The latest nutritional guidelines recommend that people eat at least three cups of beans per week. Red beans have the most antioxidants but also are the most likely to cause gas. I have half a cup of black beans most mornings with breakfast. To keep it simple, I use canned beans and rinse them to reduce the sodium used to preserve them.
HEALTHY LIVING By LAURA WISHIK “Brain berries,” also known as blueberries, are my favorite super food. They have been proven to improve memory, learning, decisionmaking and reasoning, and even can reverse some of the loss of balance and motor function that we assume is an inevitable part of aging. I eat a lot of fresh blueberries in season, but I always have frozen blueberries at home. They are my “treat” when I want something sweet. Speaking of treats, most evenings I have a bowl of unsweetened frozen blueberries or frozen cherries that I microwave until they are slightly warm. Then I sprinkle a teaspoon of 100 percent cocoa on them, stir it in and enjoy. Cocoa is another super food that reduces “bad” cholesterol and increases “good” cholesterol while helping to maintain healthy blood vessels. The taste of unsweetened cocoa took me awhile to get used to, but it is better than getting addicted to sugar, as I used to be. I used to be so addicted to sugar that I would sneak out at night to buy sweets and eat them on the way home so there would be no evidence.
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Local media portrayal of ‘white privilege’ perpetuates issue According to the 2013 US Census’ American Community Survey, Vashon is 94.9 percent white. Yes, that’s pretty white. We two writers are white. Looking at the most recent issue of The Beachcomber’s annual “Vashon Island Child,” you’d think we were an exclusively white community. For the second year in a row, there is not one child of color pictured on the cover, and in the pages within, the most recent issue only has one child of color, and that’s in a paid advertisement for an off-island school. As issues concerning race and social justice (appropriately, finally) fill the news and our social media feeds, important, and sometimes difficult, conversations are being had about race, identity and #BlackLivesMatter. When people push back against
the idea of “white privilege,” we’re disappointed we can easily pull out an all-white issue of a magazine ostensibly for all island children and families and say, “Here, this is what it means: When you look around, and all you see are images reflected back of people who only look like you and you don’t even notice, that’s white privilege.” White privilege is constructed around perpetuating institutions, power structures and images in the media that serve to maintain white culture, white power and white perspective as dominant. We suggest that putting a message out to the world that this island and its educational opportunities are only for white children is a grave oversight and mistake. While Chelsie’s two children are black and Juniper’s two are white, they are all subject to the implicit and explicit messages contained in the media that surrounds them.
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This sugar addiction gets planted in us when we are babies though, making it difficult to kick the habit once we are grown. A friend of mine was looking for a healthy brand of baby formula, but was shocked to see that cane sugar was the second ingredient on the list. Recently, I had lunch with friends at a Vashon restaurant. After the meal, they decided to share a large piece of cake. The person who ate most of it, and scraped the plate clean, pulled out his kit to check his blood sugar after, and I realized he has diabetes. That is what addiction looks like. When I was growing up, I thought the key to weight loss was to balance the calories consumed with the calories burned during exercise. While that is important, we now know that added sugar changes the body’s metabolism, making it easier to gain fat, and harder to lose it. We have to change what we eat. The average American consumes 156 pounds of added sugar per year, which totals five and a half tons over 70 years. When female mice were fed the amount of added sugar that would be the equivalent of a person drinking three cans of soda per day, they died at twice the normal rate. The choice is simple: Cookies and cake? Or life? I’m filling my shopping basket with super foods and leaving the white stuff on the shelf.
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As readers of The Beachcomber, and residents of Vashon, we’d like The Beachcomber to take greater responsibility for the written and visual messages they send out. Because when they don’t, we all lose. — Chelsie Irish & Juniper Rogneby
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Donors should give to community care center Thanks to the many generous, forward-looking islanders who opened their wallets, the new performance center is rising from the pits like a giant ship. Maybe some, or all, of these generous, forward-looking islanders will donate to Vashon Community Care, which is like a small ferry boat needing financial assistance. Now, wouldn’t that be rewarding for both centers? — Jack & Marge Rollo
Vashon’s elders need support Considering giving to Vashon Community Care? Now’s the time. When our vulnerable VCC residents run out of their own money and resources, Medicaid pays only 49 percent of the cost of care in assisted living and 70 percent in skilled nursing. This gap won’t go away; our government isn’t considering increasing benefit payments. Representing the Vashon community, we promised our support and promised that we would raise money to pay the difference so the residents would not be sent to the street. As you can see by the thermometer posted at Bank Road and Vashon Highway, we have a huge shortfall. We need almost $250,000. Large donations are welcome. Obviously not everyone has that ability. Please, join me and be “one of the 500,” at least another 420 monthly sustaining contributors for a strong financial foundation for the residents at Vashon Community Care. Eighty kind and generous monthly contributors are filling not yet enough of the gap between what insurance
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and government benefits pay and the actual cost of care for our dear residents. The great team at VCC, including volunteers, continues to find ways to reduce costs. They’ve managed to rearrange expenses, including refinancing the mortgage so that of the $1 million shortfall in income from services provided, we need only raise $500,000 for 2015. It will be at least the same in future years, thus the need for sustaining donors. We welcome you and thank you in advance. Together, with major donations, sustaining donors, grants and a variety of fundraising events throughout the year, we will reach our goal, keeping our Vashon family together at home on Vashon. — Valerie Howe VCC President
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Protect against computer viruses Back in July, I wrote about malware designed to trick you out of personal information or money. This note is about ransomware, a new and more sophisticated type of malware that encrypts your important files and then demands hundreds of dollars for the keys to recover them. One variant, CryptoLocker, hit over 500,000 systems in its first nine months. Your PC can be infected by opening a nasty email attachment, visiting a malicious website or downloading software from a questionable source. Or it can be loaded by other malware that may already be on your system. Once infected, you’ll get a pop-up demanding payment in order to get your files back. The payment, often in bitcoins, is usually impossible to recover. Ransomware affects files stored on local as well as mapped network drives. This means it can encrypt files on shared drives in your home or office and on any other attached storage. Files on cloud storage services, such as Dropbox, will also be encrypted if they are mapped as folders or drives on your computer. If you are a victim of ransomware and don’t have a current backup, it is nearly impossible to recover your files without the encryption keys. That being said, there
are two drawbacks to paying the ransom; first, there is no guarantee the bandits will send you the recovery keys, and second, paying the ransom encourages this type of criminal behavior. To avoid having ransomware trash your digital life: Don’t click on things that you’re not 100 percent sure of, show file extensions to easily identify executable files, back up your data regularly, disconnect your external drives when not in use, set your email system to deny all “.EXE” files (including inside zip files), keep your operating system and applications up to date and use a good security suite. — James Hyde
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Pool should be open year-round Hats off to Scott Bonney and crew for another successful summer at the public Vashon swimming pool operated by the park district. Scott has breathed new life into this wonderful community resource and made it into a delightful destination for all ages. Summer on the island just wouldn’t be the same without the pool. Here’s hoping we can find a way to operate the pool year-round instead of closing the doors every Labor Day weekend. It’s a solid investment in the health and well-being of islanders. — Robert Miskimon
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Thank you for your help with the Chautauqua Music Festival! On behalf of the Eagles Aerie 3144, I want to thank you all for attending and supporting the Chautauqua Music Festival. The arts have always been an important part of Vashon life, and it was heartening to receive so much in the way of contributions, attendance and performances toward our cause. We were able to raise $5,000.00 for underprivileged kids in the music programs at Chautauqua and McMurray music programs! And on a blustery day as well! We’d like to thank our sponsors here and encourage you to follow the link below to see the amazing coalition of community members that volunteered and/or performed at this event. Here is a link to the big long thank you letter to everyone: http://business.vashonchamber.com/ news/details/news-release-08-27-2015 Our sponsors: Windemere Realty Vashon Thriftway Bandstand Music Moth and Crow Design The Country Store and Farm Vashon Events The Chamber of Commerce Treman Studio Harbor Mercantile Ace Hardware
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Thanks to island responders In the wee hours of August 31 I had need to call 911 for a guest who was having a serious seizure. Within 10 minutes 5 or 6 responders arrived, quickly assessed the situation and corrected it. The guest was revived and in good condition within minutes. The response was quick, efficient and effective. Thank you so much to Vashon Fire and Rescue. We are lucky to have such a great group on Vashon! Kathleen Rindge
Much appreciation for Vashon My husband and I would like to thank the following lovely people from Vashon, that helped us with our visit. Not sure if you put notes of thanks in the Paper. Much appreciation and to the couple that gave us a ride from the Ferry Dock to the Town we had missed the bus. Thanks to the person at the Island Center Forest for giving us great directions and how the place is managed. And The Hardware Store Restaurant for their great outstanding food and service. Kathy Elmer
Thank you for your support Thank you to our Vashon friends and neighbors for the outpouring of support since Steve Self was diagnosed with cancer. Steve is currently in remission and we can reflect on the amazing ways we have been assisted. Caregivers and friends came to help, and the donation fund enabled us to deal with daunting medical and caregiving costs. Through our dark, exhausting months, we were held in prayer and good wishes by this community. Blessings to you all! Steve Self and Julia Lakey
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ONGOING High Holiday Services at the Havurat: See below for service dates and times: Tuesday, Sept. 22: 6:30 p.m. Kol Nidre services. Wednesday, Sept. 23: 10 a.m. Yom Kippur morning services; 6:15 p.m. Yizkor (memorial) service; 6:45 p.m. Neilah (closing) service; 7:54 p.m. Havdallah and break the fast potluck. For more information, see vashonhavurah.wordpress.com. Zen Center Services: During the Jewish Holidays, Puget Sound Zen Center services will be held at the Land Trust Building, Sundays and Wednesdays through Sept. 23.
WEDNESDAY • 16 Grief and Loss Support Group: Licensed mental health counselor Michele Kimble will facilitate a bi-weekly support group for those experiencing grief. 1 to 2 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road. Mid-Week Market: This will be the last Wednesday market of the season. Stop by for locally grown produce. 3 to 6 p.m. at the Village Green.
THURSDAY • 17 BCC Discussion Series: Burton Community Church offers a new weekly discussion series on the topic of science and religion. The lectures are free and may be attended separately. This week’s lectures will cover faith and reason (scripture and nature) and God and nature (miracles and demons). For more information, call Herb Reinelt at 408-7360. 4 to 6 p.m. in Lewis Hall behind Burton Community Church. Vashon Vespers: Now in its third year, this 35-minute meditative and musical service is rooted in Christian contemplative tradition. All are welcome to attend; nursery care will be provided. For more information, email rector@ holyspiritvashon.org. 7 p.m. at the Church of the Holy Spirit. Gardening Without Pesticides: All are invited to this information session to find out what pesticide alternatives have worked for top island farmers and gardeners, and hear the latest on green-gardening from Seattle Tilth, Puget Sound Partnership and others. Speakers will include Michael Laurie and Diane Emerson. The event is sponsored by King County through the Vashon-Maury Island Groundwater Protection Committee. 7 to 8 p.m. at the Vashon Library.
FRIDAY • 18 Free Friday Movie: This week’s
showing is the French film “Certified Copy,” starring Juliette Binoche and William Shimmell. The story follows shopkeeper Binoche and British author Kimmell, as strangers who spend a day together in Tuscany pretending to be a newly wedded couple. The film is in French with English subtitles; commentary will be offered by Gordon Fisk. 1 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road. DoVE Project Fall Forum: All are welcome to participate in this forum titled “In Their Shoes — A Community Conversation About Relationships.” 1 to 3 p.m. at the Presbyterian church.
SATURDAY • 19 Run the Rock: This 5k fun-run is sponsored by St. John Vianney Church, with proceeds going to the St. Vincent de Paul society — a social outreach ministry. The cost to enter is $25 for adults, $12 for kids or $50 for families. To register, go to stjohnvianneyvashon.com or call 567-4149. 9 a.m. to noon at St. John Vianney Church. Farmers Market: Local produce, hot food, unique treats and artisan wares, all in one place. This week’s musical guest is March to May. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Village Green. Food Drive: The Vashon Maury Community Food Bank will hold two non-perishable food drives this month to bolster its inventory at this time of year when it starts to run low. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. outside Thriftway, with the second to take place next week at the IGA. Vashon Friends of the Library: The public is invited to this meeting to share ideas for raising funds to support library programs, expand community services and recruit new members. Call the library for meeting location, 463-2069. 3 p.m. Shape Note Singing: Vashon Shape Note singing will get underway with some help from a contingent of singers from Seattle. All are welcome to join; no experience or talent necessary. Shape note song books will be available for sale and loan. Look for Shape Note videos on YouTube for more examples of the tradition. For more information, contact Mary Rose O’Reilly at 651-699-8452. 2 to 4:30 p.m. at the Vashon Grange Hall. Oktoberfest at the Senior Center: An authentic German meal will be prepared by Sheree Tomoson, including wiener schnitzel, red cabbage kraut and German potato salad. One beer is included in the dinner price of $15. Seating is limited. To reserve a place, call 463-5173. 5:30 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road. Vashon Social Dance Group: All are welcome to come for a foxtrot lesson followed by a deejayed social dance. No partners are needed. Cost is by a suggested donation of $10, but no one will be turned
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away for lack of funds. For more information, call Candy McCullough at 920-7596. 7 to 8 p.m. lesson and 8 to 9:30 p.m. social dance in the Ober Park performance room.
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SUNDAY • 20 Unitarian Service: The Vashon Island Unitarian Fellowship will resume its services after the summer hiatus. This week’s service will feature “water communion.”9:45 a.m. in Lewis Hall behind Burton Community Church. Raft Up: Vashon Youth and Family Services (VYFS) will hold its second annual Raft Up event to raise money for its programs. This is a family-friendly, community celebration, and any human-powered watercraft is welcome, including kayaks, canoes, row boats, paddle boards, rafts and dinghies. Registration costs $25 per watercraft. The festivities will include food, a music stage, children’s carnival games and a raffle to win an ocean kayak (with paddle and sprayskirt). Raffle tickets are $1 each or six for $5, and can be purchased at the Vashon Bookshop or the VYFS office. For more information and to register, go to vyfs.org/raftup. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (with boats in the water at 1 p.m.) rain or shine at Jensen Point. Community Forum on Racism/ Oppression on Vashon: Residents are invited to meet and respond to the recent reported incident of harassment of a young black man on the island as he walked home from work. Attendees are encouraged to come with ideas for positive action, stories, courage, heart and conscience. For more information, call Swan Eagle at 303-7583. 12:45 to 2:45 p.m. at the Vashon Library.
MONDAY • 21 Adult Children of Alcoholics: A new weekly meeting for adult children of alcoholics and dysfunctional families is available. The group offers a safe environment to share experiences and provide support, strength and hope. For more information, call Kirk B. at 425-6159990 or email kdbbros222@yahoo. com. 6:30 p.m. Mondays in Lewis Hall behind Burton Community Church. Free Range Folk Choir: FRFC will begin its autumn season with weekly rehearsals. Under the direction of Shane Jewell, the choir celebrates the ways that music from around the world lifts the spirit and cultivates community. All are welcome to join; no auditions necessary. For more information, see freerangefolkchoir.blogspot. com. 6:45 to 8:30 p.m. in the Vashon High School band room.
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The DoVE Project and Three Dollar Bill Cinema will present an LGBT film series to run at the Vashon Theatre Saturday and Sunday. To help celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, six awardwinning and audience favorite films will be shown, including 2011’s “Cloudburst,” starring Olympia Dukakis and Brenda Fricker (above). Tickets cost $8; $6 for students and seniors; $3 for Three Dollar Bill Cinema members or $33 for a full series pass. To purchase tickets, go to threedollarbillcinema.org. For film information and complete schedule, go to vashontheatre.com. yard color and show the birds some love with this activity for kids ages 5 and older (ages 5 and 6 should be accompanied by an adult), sponsored by Vashon Friends of The Library. All materials will be provided. 4 p.m. at the Vashon Library.
UPCOMING King County Public Health: Representatives (one of whom speaks Spanish) 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-enroll, 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, Sept. 23. AARP Fraud Watch Network: This presentation will cover fraud trends and behaviors, prevention strategies and the con-artist’s playbook. The goal is for attendees to be able to safeguard against identity theft and fraud and to keep them from becoming victims of scams and cons. Registration is required; go to kcls.org or call 4632069. 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23, at the Vashon Library.
CLASSES & WORKSHOPS Late Start Bridge Class for Kids: Fourth and fifth-graders are invited to this free class to learn the challenging game of bridge on late start days. A school bus will pick participants up at the senior center and take them to school when it’s time. Parents or guardians will need to fill out a permission form on the first day and are welcome to stay for the class(es). For more information, call Ellen Trout at 408-7167. 9 a.m. every Chautauqua late start Thursday starting Sept. 17 at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road. Mindful Yoga for Everyone: This class is appropriate for all experience levels including beginners, who are
interested in cultivating mindfulness. Ronly Blau will lead the class, which includes meditation, slow, gentle yoga poses and relaxation. The cost is $10 per class. Go to meadowheartayurveda.com/yoga for more information. 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Thursdays, beginning Sept. 17, at Ober Park. Improv Class: Michael Barker will lead weekly classes for those interested in learning more about theater improvisation. No experience is necessary (all experience levels are welcome), just a willingness to laugh, play and be foolish in a safe place. For more information including times and cost, call Barker at 321-5732 or email lavidaverde51@ gmail.com. Mondays, Sept. 21 through Nov. 30 at the Open Space for Arts & Community.
VASHON THEATRE Merchant of Venice (Royal Shakespeare Company): Sept. 17 and 18. LGBT Film Festival: Sept. 19 and 20 (see box above for details). See vashontheatre.com for show times or call 463-3232.
PUBLIC MEETINGS Water District 19: 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, in the District 19 boardroom. Vashon Sewer District: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, at the Vashon Senior Center. King County Airport District: 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, at Courthouse Square. Sunrise Ridge Health Services Board: 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 21, in the boardroom at Sunrise Ridge. Vashon Park District: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22, at Ober Park.
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Harbor School sees leadership change Longtime head leaves, team will oversee transition Harbor School officials say former Head of School James Cardo is no longer in the position after a move earlier this month by the board of trustees. Cardo, whose last day was Sept. 4, had served as the head of the school since 2011. He first joined the school the fall of 2011 and served for many years as the English teacher, according to Allison Reid, the school’s marketing and development director. In an announcement released to the community
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last week, school officials noted Cardo’s contributions over the years along with his departure. “James brought many great things to our school as a beloved teacher and Head of School. ... We are grateful for the years of service James brought to the Harbor School, and we honor his contributions.” In an interview, Reid pointed to Cardo as an instrumental person in moving the school forward when founder Toby Welch stepped down in 2008. She noted he kept in place important elements, such as the school’s cornerstone values: travel study and service learning.
The announcement from the school also noted that the board of trustees has created a new leadership team, comprised predominantly of staff and faculty. The team has been tasked with bringing the school through the transition while a search for a new head of school is under way. Harbor School opened in 1995 in a former elementary school building north of town, and until this year, it served students in grades four through eight. In April, the school purchased Carpe Diem, a primary school now located in the Presbyterian church. — Susan Riemer
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NEW WORKS: The Vashon band, Poultry in Motion, with Steve Amsden (guitar, banjo, mandolin), Wilson Abbott (dobro), Bob Kueker (bass), Dave Lang (button accordion, fiddle, mandolin), Gib Dammann (drums) and Chris Anderson (guitar) will play a show 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at the Blue Heron as part of Vashon Allied Arts’ New Works series. Tickets available at the Blue Heron and vashonalliedarts.org.
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Commissioned artist draws patterns of light and dark By JULI GOETZ MORSER Staff Writer
I have watched Bruce Morser draw for over 30 years, and I still don’t understand how he manages to create the illusion of realism in his work. Full disclosure — I am Bruce’s wife and so have witnessed an extensive range of subjects he’s drawn during his career as an illustrator, artist and teacher. Many people have seen his work in national publications, but only recently has his artwork been exhibited locally. As one of six commissioned pieces of art, Morser’s “Quercus Alba — White Oak” will be auctioned Saturday night at “Vive La France,” Vashon Allied Arts’ auction. When Morser teaches classes on drawing, illustration, and especially on creativity, he helps students move away from drawing what they think they know toward what they actually see. The artist said it can sometimes take a while to be present with what one is truly seeing. “I can feel myself literally stop thinking and shift more to feeling,” Morser said. “I look for patterns of light and dark that is the essence of the overall picture. I look with my eyes, and what I see turns into a feeling in my hand.” When he is not illustrating images for companies that run the gamut from National Geographic to NASA, Morser spends time observing and understanding how things work. He said he does not think about what to draw; rather he chooses a subject based on a strong feeling he gets when he looks at it with focused attention — as he did with the oak tree. “I have this feeling about old trees, which I think almost everyone has,” Morser said. “Then I start to look for the patterns. ... I’m trying to find the ‘it-ness’ that defines it, which means I have to just look for a while.” Morser then takes, or finds, numerous photographs and builds his drawing from all the visual pieces that add up to the strong feeling. Using plastic lead on film, a technique he developed in his illustration business, Morser creates a range of values with “dark darks” and “light lights” to form a fine texture. Despite his honed techniques, Morser will tell his stu-
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Bruce Morser’s drawing, “Quercus Alba — White Oak” will be auctioned at Vashon Allied Arts’ “Vive La France” on Saturday. dents that drawing is less of a skill and more of a state of mind. He also says that in drawing — as in life — tedium is helpful, while boredom is not. Rendering all the details in his images can feel tedious, he said, but he believes that the tedium is positive as it indicates he’s in a state of awareness. When he gets bored he stops, because “people
can feel the boredom in a drawing.” Though Morser earned his Masters of Fine Arts in painting, his true passion, he said, lies with drawing. “I used to paint until I realized I was just drawing with paint. For the past 30 years, I switched almost entirely to drawing. I love to look at drawings, and I love to draw.”
Paintings are a portal for artist commissioned by VAA By JULI GOETZ MORSER Staff Writer
For island artist Carol Schwennesen, whose often large canvases are a vibrant choreography of color, painting is a kind of gateway to another dimension. Indeed, the panel she painted as a commissioned artist for Vashon Allied Arts’ auction, “Vive La France,” is called “Portal,” and the painting will be auctioned Saturday night. For Schwennesen, who’s been painting since she was 6 and teaches private classes to students, the act of painting is a nonconceptual process. “It has to do with losing yourself in the paint and not worrying about that other part of your brain that’s crabbing and snorting and pulling tricks,” Schwennesen said. “Bottom line for me is I paint until I see or feel there is more than one dimension. It’s all mixed up, and all the atoms and molecules have to be together. I call it four dimensional paintings,” she said, adding with a laugh, “My students say, ‘But it’s a flat surface,’ then I have to whip them into shape.” It’s often while she is painting, or afterward, that images reveal themselves in the paint. She said with amusing self-deprecation that she wasn’t at all sure why she added pink to the dark indigo of “Portal.” She liked it, but wasn’t sure it was right, so she waited a bit. Then one day, walking down the hall toward her home studio and the painting, she saw a garden of orchids and, upon closer inspection, a deer. “It was nothing intentional, but then I emphasized it,” she said. “I didn’t sit there and think I’ll do a painting of deer in a field of orchids with no stems.” The artist said she asked herself what paintings do for her and realized it’s her way of getting to the other side of herself and other things. “It is like a portal, and I can’t get there until I paint, ” Schwennesen said. “I first balked at using the name because all paintings are a portal, but it’s okay as this one spun off about five more paintings that are equally unruly.” “Vive La France” will be held on Friday and Saturday at 5:30 p.m. at the Open Space for Arts & Community. Tickets are available at the Blue Heron or vashonalliedarts.org.
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Local band will rock the Red Bike The Vashon band Bill Brown & The Kingbees has been playing gigs in the Northwest since 1986, and will bring the group’s energetic and entertaining show to the Red Bike at 8:30 p.m. Friday. While Brown’s use of the harmonica has been likened to Paul Butterfield’s, all the musicians — Michael Stango, John Gborit and Tony Handy — sing, which contributes to the band’s full, deep and
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event until 11 p.m., then 21 and older after that.
Final call for islanders to tell their stories Last April, Mary Shackelford and Shirley Ferris launched a project called, “Heart of Vashon: Telling Our Story.” The two longtime islanders invited all islanders to submit their personal stories about what it means to live on Vashon — tales about the community, the landscape, the animals, “whatever nurtures and sustains you ... what you hope to pass along that others might value and continue to nurture.” While Ferris and Shackelford are calling out for islanders’ reflections, they know not everyone is a writer and do not expect perfectly crafted stories. In a recent email, they said they are not looking for long stories nor does it need to be an actual story, rather it could be an “anecdote, perhaps a couple of sentences, three paragraphs.
It can be the quintessential something that happened to you recently; or just the words that speak your heart when you think about what Vashon means to you.” The duo believes that a collective story will emerge from the individual tales. They plan to both archive the material for the Heritage Museum, and craft a script for a performance reading in January to celebrate Vashon Allied Arts’ 50th anniversary. Several island organizations — Vashon Allied Arts, Voice of Vashon, VashonMaury Island Heritage Association and All Island Forum — are co-sponsoring the community project. The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, Sept. 30. Guidelines and submission forms are available at vashonalliedarts.org/heartofvashon.
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Pirates soccer team opens season with 3 games Football team fights With a 1-1-1 record, the girls look hard but loses to ahead to four-game stretch at home Roughriders By ALAN ZOLTIE For The Beachcomber
The 2015 varsity girls soccer season began on Sept. 8, when the Vashon Pirates traveled to Lindbergh Senior High at Renton Stadium. In front of about 100 spectators, the Pirates put on an incredible display that saw them reap 80 percent of the total possession and dominate the game from start to finish, only to end up tying 1-1. There were close calls for several of the Pirate forwards in the first 30 minutes with Ana de Guzman going close after a great through ball from Lauren Jenks. Finally in the 36th minute, after a pass by Aimee Olson that split the Lindbergh defense, Maren Fremstad stepped up and blasted the ball past the opposing goalkeeper for the opening goal. It was nothing more than the Pirates deserved, having controlled the first half with relentless possession and attacking pressure. The second half started in a similar vein with Vashon dominating and peppering the Lindbergh goalie with shot after shot, twenty in total, but without that cutting edge finish that would have secured a win and all three points. With six minutes to play, Lindbergh took advantage of some sloppy Pirate defensive play and managed to bundle in an equalizing goal from 8 yards out. It was, in the end, a result that flattered the home team and one that Vashon with their total domination and some star performances from Camille de Guzman and Grace Riggs, hardly deserved. The following evening at Vashon High School, the Pirates took on Chief Sealth International High School. Again the Pirates dominated play and with six minutes gone, it was Fremstad, with her second goal of this new season, who put the Pirates in front. The remainder of the first half saw total domination by a Pirate offense that just couldn’t seem to find the back of the net thanks to some incredible goal tending by the opposing keeper. The second half, however, saw the Pirates increase their lead to 3 -0 with goals from Katherine Andrus and Repeka Lematua, before the visitors replied with a late penalty kick and another goal from a disputed corner kick. All in all it was a totally satisfying performance by a Vashon team led by some outstanding play from Madison Browne and Ana de Guzman. And so it was on to Saturday’s game in Olympia against Capital High School at the newly refurbished Ingersol Stadium.
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Pirate Maren Fremstad, center, celebrates with teammate Camille de Guzman after scoring her second goal of the season against Chief Sealth International High School last week. In searing heat, which topped 90 degrees, the Pirates fell behind to a penalty kick in the first minute of the contest, but recovered well to even the score with a great opportunistic effort by Mira Peterson, after a great through ball by Bailey Ormsby. Vashon then took the lead after the same duo combined yet again, with Peterson bundling the ball over the Capital goal line to surprise the hosts. That triggered Capital into life and after scoring six straight goals, four in the first half and two in the second, Andrus popped up to score her second goal of the season to make the final score 7-3 Capital. There were some outstanding Vashon performances, but the heat and the fact that the Pirates were missing some key players due to injury, made for a scoreline that flattered the hosts. Vashon’s next four games will be at home beginning today, Sept. 16, against Hazen High School. On Thursday the team will take on Bonney Lake High School; on Saturday they face off against Issaquah High School, and next Tuesday they compete against the Charles Wright Academy. Evening games begin at 6 p.m., and Saturday’s game begins at 1 p.m. at the high school stadium.
The Vashon Pirates snatched defeat from the jaws of victory last Friday, Sept. 11 in Port Angeles, losing a close contest by a final score of 27-18. The game was closer than the final score represents, with the Pirates going down 21-0 in the first quarter before gathering themselves and crawling back into contention. Vashon’s offense amassed 423 total yards from scrimmage but squandered it away with 11 fumbles, five of them recovered by the Roughriders. The Pirates’ grinding, relentless no-huddle running offense clearly took a toll on the Port Angeles defense, but almost every drive resulted in a costly turnover, or they would turn the ball over on downs. Bright spots continued to be the stellar running of junior Bryce Hoisington, who ran for over 200 yards and had two touchdowns. Freshman Adrian St. Germain contributed 79 yards and a nifty fumble recovery and return for the Pirates’ third score of the night. Contributing positive yardage in the first quarter was sophomore running back Gerry Gerrior. Defensively, the tag team tackling and sacking by the Pruett twins led the team. Senior, and first time high school player Simon Perrin, made key run-stopping tackles. The game got off to an inauspicious start with Port Angeles’ first score of the night coming with four minutes to go in the first quarter. It was on Vashon’s next possession that the Roughriders stripped the ball, recovered the fumble and ran it in for another score. Perrin received the subsequent kickoff, but on the first play from scrimmage, a wobbly pitch from Vashon’s quarterback Connor Hoisington was intercepted by Point Angeles, and they scored their third touchdown in four minutes just five plays later. The second quarter was off to a good start when Bryce Hoisington busted a 25-yard run out of heavy coverage. The effort was wasted with a fumble, recovered by the Roughriders. The next series was an impressive defensive stand by Vashon, driving Port Angeles back to fourth SEE FOOTBALL, 16
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9/15/2015 9/19/2015 9/22/2015 9/22/2015 10/03/2015 10/06/2015 10/10/2015 10/16/2015 10/16/2015 10/22/2015 10/31/2015 11/03/2015 11/07/2015
4:15 PM 10:00 AM 4:00 PM 5:10 PM 10:00 AM 4:00 PM 10:00 AM 4:00 PM 5:10 PM 4:15 PM 12:00 PM 3:30 PM TBA
ALL LEAGUE MEET Steilacoom Invite Combo Meet w/ECL JV COMBO MEET w/ECL Curtis Invite ALL LEAGUE MEET Leavenworth Invite Combo Meet w/ECL JV COMBO MEET w/ECL Nisqually League Championship The Westside Classic Dock to Dock Team Challenge STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
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9/15/2015 9/19/2015 9/22/2015 10/03/2015 10/06/2015 10/10/2015 10/16/2015 10/22/2015 10/31/2015 11/03/2015 11/07/2015
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ALL LEAGUE MEET Ft Steilacoom Invite COMBO MEET W/ECL Curtis Invite ALL LEAGUE MEET Leavenworth Invite COMBO MEET w/ECL NISQUALLY LEAGUE MEET The Westside Classic Dock to Dock Team Challenge STATE CHAMPIONSHIP State Meet
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Charles Wright Academy Earl Marriott Secondary School Charles Wright Academy Bellevue Christian HS Cascade Christian HS Chimacum HS Cross-over with Olympic League
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Klahowya Secondary School Seattle Academy Charles Wright Academy Seattle Christian Bellevue Christian School Cascade Christian Puyallup, WA Charles Wright Academy Seattle Christian Schools Darrington HS Cascade Christian Puyallup, WA Crosspoint Academy Bellevue Christian School District Pigtail (Nis #4 @ Oly #3) West Central District Tournament West Central District Tournament WIAA 1A State Championships WIAA 1A State Championships
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6:00 PM 6:00 PM 1:00 PM 6:00 PM 3:30 PM 6:00 PM TBA 6:00 PM 3:30 PM 9:00 AM 4:00 PM 6:00 PM 4:00 PM TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA
Hazen Senior H S Bonney Lake H S Issaquah HS Charles Wright Academy, WA Klahowya Secondary School Seattle Christian Schools, WA Bellevue Christian School, WA Cascade Christian Schools, WA Seattle Christian Schools, WA Northwest School Charles Wright Academy, WA Bellevue Christian School, WA Cascade Christian Schools, WA District Pigtail (Nis #4 @ Oly #3) West Central District Tournament West Central District Tournament West Central District Tournament West Central District Tournament
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and 12, forcing the punt. The Pirates marched down the field behind the running of Bryce Hoisington and St. Germain, but could not sustain the drive, giving up another fumble. Again, Vashon’s defense stood strong, with St. Germain forcing a major loss and another Roughrider punt. Vashon’s next drive saw a 25-yard pass completion from Connor Hoisington to senior wide receiver Edgar Polkat, whose acrobatic catch put the Pirates in great field position at the 35-yard line. Strong short running gains got the Pirates to the eight, and Bryce Hoisington ran it in for the Pirates’ first score with 36 seconds to go in the first half. The extra point conversion was no good, and the score at halftime was 21-6. The first possession of the second half saw the Pirates eating over five minutes off the clock, wearing down the Roughrider defense before Bryce Hoisington popped out of the pile on a third and 9, sprinting 50 yards down the far sideline for Vashon’s second score of the night. The extra point conversion was no good, and the score was 21-12 with seven minutes to go in the third quarter. Port Angeles scored on their next possession, but Vashon was able to block their point after attempt, bringing the
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the incident, raising questions about media and law enforcement’s response to it, believing too little attention was being paid, and some have organized a community forum about racism on Vashon for this Sunday. Late last week, Sgt. Stan Seo, a spokesman for the King County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO), said that the department is taking the report seriously, but has little information to go on. Seo repeated the department’s earlier request that people with knowledge of the event step forward. “If you have direct knowledge of what occurred, contact the sheriff’s office. That is what is going to help us be successful,” he said. Seo noted that the one detective assigned to Vashon, Debby Schmitz, has been trying to connect with the victim, but efforts had been hampered because of the long Labor Day weekend, job responsibilities that took her out of the office and the fact that the victim does not have a phone. Schmitz and the victim had exchanged voice mail messages, he said, but had not yet met in person. “She is trying to connect with him to see if she can extrapo-
late more information to see if we can identify those involved,” he added. When Schmitz was first given the case, Seo added, she generated a bulletin that went out to law enforcement, giving the description of the truck involved, but she had few details beyond that. “It is a serious crime,” Seo added. “The problem is there is not a lot of information to go on.” Seo also noted that concerned islanders have called the detective to learn more about the status of the investigation, but KCSO staff are not able to give out investigation information to the public. In an interview at his home last week, the victim, who asked not to be named, confirmed the information in the police report and elaborated on it. The vehicle involved, he said, was a small, beat up white pick up truck. There were two men in the cab and two in the open bed when they veered toward him as he was walking up Vashon Highway near the Vashon Island Baking Company. He leapt out of the way to avoid being hit, he said. The vehicle drove away and then returned, and the passenger swung a bat at him, but the truck was not close enough to hit him, he said. Not sure what they would do next, he said he returned to his job at Thriftway and called 911 to report the incident and request a ride home.
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While waiting outside in the parking lot, he saw a deputy’s vehicle drive down the highway toward the four-way intersection, and he ran toward it to flag it down. It was then the white truck reappeared behind him with its lights off, he said, and the shots were reportedly fired. With that, he said he ran toward the Village Green, and took a back way home. He called and reported the incident further the next morning, something he said he was hesitant to do from previous experience and because deputies did not respond the night before. “The only reason I called the cops is my wife believes in the island,” he told The Beachcomber. Since news of the incident has circulated, he has received both support and criticism, as people have questioned if the events really happened in a place as quiet as Vashon. He said he would not make up such a situation and does not want to be in the spotlight. “We’re brand new here. Who wants the attention?” he said. He and his family moved to the island three months ago from inner-city Baltimore and have extended family living on the island. “I’m here for some serious peace and family time,” he said, sitting outside his home, gesturing to his young children, who played in the yard. Some of the island’s deputies have been looking into the incident, he said, but he does not feel he needs any investigation updates. “I don’t care until they are caught,” he said. The men in the truck were likely drunk, he added, and he has not seen them since that night. He believes they live offisland, though he said he remembered two of them from the Strawberry Festival. He added that he retained little information from the incident and doubts he will not have anything to add when he meets with the detective. And, he stressed, three weeks have past since the incident, and he would like to move on and have the conversation with the visiting reporter to be his last on the subject. “I am ready for it to be through,” he said. “It was so fast, so rare and so gone.” Anyone with information about the incident should call KCSO at 296-3311.
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issues brought up by the report that has been published on the WA Department of Ecology website. We will have no further comment until that work has been completed.” K2 officials fielded all questions through their PR firm, Verde Brand Communication. Multiple steps still stand in the way of the cleaning process being completed, though. DOE site manager Dale Myer, who is handling the K2 site, said that the site characterization report posted on the DOE’s website is the digital copy, not the hard copy. Until the hard copy arrives, he said he is unable to author an opinion letter or review the report. “Our 90-day review and response time starts when we receive the hard copy,” Myers said. “It may arrive next week; it may not arrive for a few weeks. We don’t know. Once it arrives, it will probably be two months before the opinion letter comes out.”
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Opinion letters are written by DOE site managers to summarize and present the information in reports in a way the public can understand, and give the opinion of the department in response to the study. Because K2 is part of the state’s voluntary cleanup program and there is no “immediate danger to health and the environment,” Myers said the company is under “no real time requirement.” “As long as they make some sort of action one year after we receive the hard copy of this report, there is really no time frame for them to complete the cleanup,” Myers said. “Cleanup processes can take a couple of years.” DOE spokesman Larry Altose said that the department’s next step is to determine “whether the site study provides enough information to proceed with the next cleanup process steps.” He said a feasibility study of cleanup options and an action plan will need to be provided to the department before cleanup work and follow-up monitoring take place. “Each of these steps involves a report to us and an opinion letter from us,” Altose said.
The facility has been vacant since K2 moved their manufacturing business out in the mid-1990s. There has been strong local interest in the former factory, and many ideas have been generated by islanders, including plans for a large community center, but the ideas have not come to fruition and the building continues to sit vacant. A marijuana edibles company showed brief interest in buying the building early last year, but terminated its contract to do so a few months later due to “county land use paperwork,” previous Beachcomber articles report. There was also discussion about the Vashon Island School District possibly obtaining the property, but Superintendent Michael Soltman said last week that the plan is “not feasible.” “It’s just too much space,” Soltman said. “It’s a monster of a project for the community to take on.” Soltman said that the best idea he has heard for the use of the building is islander Kevin Joyce’s idea for a public development
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authority (PDA). Joyce told The Beachcomber that he and a group of islanders are doing the groundwork and researching the idea to turn the building into an area for “longtime community resilience.” He and his group envision a place for self-sufficiency, where power can be made, water can be purified and residents can learn and innovate to further the interests of sustainability and self-sufficiency. “We’re doing the groundwork, but the vision isn’t coherent,” Joyce said Friday evening. “The idea is still in its larval stages, but it’s something we need to do as a society. We need to collaborate with the on-island brain trust for sustainability.” He said that the group has held off on making any plans public because the idea is still in its infancy. He hopes to eventually find some sort of governmental support or funding to get the idea off the ground. “Presenting the idea needs to be done coherently,” he said. “It’s really critical for societies to learn how to be self-sufficient.”
Two local businesses burglarized in same day, authorities investigating By ANNELI FOGT Editor
King County Sheriff’s detectives are investigating two separate burglaries that occurred on Sept. 7: One at Mom’s Deli in the early morning hours and another at the Chevron gas station late that night. According to sheriff’s logs, a deputy was dispatched to the deli around 1:40 a.m. after a motion detector inside the business was
tripped. The deputy checked the outside of the deli and it “appeared to be secure,” the logs report. The deputy believed the alarm to be a false alarm and left. Later, around 4:20 a.m., the alarm was once again set off. The deputy arrived and determined that the business had been broken into by someone who entered through the second-story window. Sheriff’s officials said that deputies believe the suspect had come in through the win-
dow with an extending stepladder and then climbed down to the deli floor using a knotted rope. Authorities are unsure whether the suspect stole anything, and the only damage done to the store was a broken window. Roughly 19 hours later, around 11:55 p.m. Monday, another burglary was reported at the Chevron gas station in town. A woman reportedly pushed the Plexiglass window out of its frame at the convenience store and stole cigarettes and alcohol. Sheriff’s report logs
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show that deputies reviewed surveillance footage and saw the woman jump the fence near the generator, push out the glass and steal the items. The woman reportedly had a towel held over her face during the crime. It is not known if the two burglaries are related. Anyone with information about the identity or whereabouts of either of the suspects is urged to call the King County Sheriff’s Office at (206) 296-3311.
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• Catherine I. (Kay) Larsen • Catherine I. (Kay) Larsen 96, passed away peacefully at Island Elder Care on Vashon Island September 10, 2015. Kay was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada to Everett and Elsie (Kelf ) Joy on June 24, 1919 and moved to Washington State the following year. She attended Ronald Elementary and Lincoln High schools. Kay worked in the concessions on Washington State Ferries for 25 years. She also worked for Sears Roebuck Company in Seattle and Kimmel’s Shoprite at Bank Road and Vashon Hwy. Kay enjoyed knitting, crochet and various crafts as well as numerous camping, fishing and the annual hunting trips to eastern Washington. She loved visits with her grandchildren. Kay volunteered for many years at Grannies Attic on the Island. Kay was preceded in death by her husband Earl Larsen, her parents, brother James Joy, grandson Martin H. Larsen and great grandson Nicholas King. She is survived by her children, Bonnie (Albert) Steele of Alaska, Mindy (Kelly) McHugh of California, Robert ( Jan) Larsen of Vashon, Debi Larsen (Greg Slaseman) of Oregon and Keith (Krystal) Larsen of Michigan. She also leaves fifteen grandchildren, twenty great grandchildren and her sister Josephine Frances of North Carolina as well as many nieces and nephews. Private family service will be held at a later date.
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Pat Fitzpatrick Pat Fitzpatrick 86, was born on Vashon Island December 1, 1928, living her entire life on the North End. She passed away September 1, 2015 at home with family and friends. She was amazingly kind, steadfast and resolute. Cherished for the loving person and friend she was to many with her sense of humor and cheerful manner known by those whose hearts she touched. She grew up during the great depression, endured the struggle of World War II, then continued on to flourish over the rest of her life, a tribute to her strength. Pat was caring, compassionate and kind. She gave years of volunteer service to Granny’s Attic, the Senior Center and Red Hat Society, following a thirty year career as a window clerk at the Vashon Post Office. She was a supporter of the Vashon-Maury Island Heritage Association from its start in 1975. She had a special love for our native birds enjoying their busy life daily. She also loved observing the weather, flowers, seeing the sunset, making the most of every day, and appreciating life. She never took life for granted, commenting often how fortunate and thankful she was. Above all, Pat was devoted to her family and friends. She was always available, and loved them deeply. She was a woman of strong conviction, believing in the power and strength of love and the beauty and peace that it holds. She put the needs of others before her own. She and her husband Walt Fitzpatrick, traveled often to their favorite place Alaska, and to adventures in Montana, California and the Southwest. Also to Hawaii, England, Ireland, Norway, and twice to Australia and New Zealand, a highlight in their travel years. An avid reader, she loved to learn about people, places, and the beauty of nature. Pat and Walt’s wonderful friends with whom they enjoyed, sharing, laughter and fun. Always active at home and away, they frequently visited others, sharing precious time together. Good friends are found and treasured; they were always in good company. She was preceded in death by her husband Walt. She is survived by her son Reed Fitzpatrick of Vashon; a son Paul of Spokane, and many Nieces, Nephews. A celebration of her life will be shared later, with the date and location to be announced. Memorials may be made to Vashon-Maury Island Heritage Association, P.O. Box 723, Vashon, WA 98070. Vashonheritage.org Please visit our online guest book at www.islandfuneral.com
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1956 - 2015 After a valiant fight against cancer, Jack Barbash passed away at home on September 7, 2015, surrounded by those who loved him best. Born in East Orange, New Jersey on September 13, 1956, Jack had an innate, life-long thirst for knowledge of all things in the natural world, a drive that led him to pursue advanced degrees at Harvard University, University of Waterloo, and Stanford University in the fields of geological sciences, hydrogeology, and environmental engineering, respectively. It was while obtaining his doctorate at Stanford in 1988 that he met fellow graduate student and beloved life partner, Kathryn Sposato, whom he married in 1996. After earning his Ph.D., Jack landed his dream job at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), an agency where he proudly spent his 24-year career as a groundwater specialist and research chemist. When asked about his profession, Jack always expressed profound gratitude for his tenure at the USGS, his fervent belief in its mission, and a deep respect for his colleagues. While at the USGS, Jack became a recognized specialist in the field of pesticides, publishing the book “Pesticides in Groundwater: Distribution, Trends and Governing Factors” in 1997, which became a standard text in many university environmental studies programs. After Jack and Kathryn moved to Vashon Island in 1998, he quickly became an integral member of the Vashon community and an ardent advocate of all things Vashon, including his commute. Twice daily, rain or shine, Jack could be found on the upper deck of the south end ferry chatting with the ferry crew, watching for wildlife, and catching up with his fellow commuter friends. Jack variously served as a board member of the VMI Community Council, a member of the Vashon Maury Island Land Trust, and as part of the founding team of the Vashon Forest Stewards. Jack was perhaps best known on the island for his musical talent, and the joy he had in sharing this gift with friends. An accomplished piano player (he also played the accordion, clarinet, trombone, and upright bass), Jack was a valued member of numerous bands on Vashon and beyond including Fishflop Cuba, Hot Trivet, Spike Rivet, Lifters, Parchers, Boogie Witch, Rhythm Method, This Way Up, Big Wood / Expresso, Backroads, Tastes Like Chicken, 501, Turner Down, Island Fusion, and Cinq à Sept. Jack played at numerous Vashon music venues and was a frequent volunteer musician at Vashon Community Care, but his favorite Vashon gig was playing at the Blue Heron during gallery openings. He last played there on August 14 with his friend Steve Meyer of Cinq à Sept. Jack was a man of strong values and convictions guided by the Buddhist principle of ahimsa. He regularly supported more than 300 organizations dedicated to habitat preservation, animal welfare, and biodiversity education. Jack was most passionate about his role as a founder and Board Member of The Alliance for Tompotika Conservation (AlTo), a non-profit organization established to protect habitat and endangered species in the waters and lands surrounding Mt. Tompotika in Sulawesi, Indonesia. In addition to the legacies Jack leaves in the worlds of science, music, and protection of the natural world, Jack will, above all, be remembered for his wondrous gift of conversation, his boisterous laugh, and the boyish joy of life he shared with all. Plans for a celebration of Jack’s life will be announced at a later date.
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