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Granny’s grants go to five nonprofits By SUSAN RIEMER
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Granny’s Attic recently awarded $130,000 to local nonprofits for health care needs and programs on the island, including one of the largest grants it has ever provided: $90,000 for Vashon Community Care (VCC). From its thrift store proceeds, Granny’s Attic disperses its grants twice a year and made its most recent grant decisions last week after 52 of the shop’s volunteers voted on funding eight of the 11 grants submitted. Of those, five nonprofits received awards, ranging from those that address the needs of island seniors and teens to those that work to improve public safety. At VCC, news of the $90,000 gift was extremely welcome, according to Verna Everitt, the executive director of the Vashon Community Care Foundation, which is in the midst of its campaign to raise $500,000 this year. The center looks to the community and beyond each year to supplement its budget in part because Medicaid does not provide for the full cost of care for residents in the center’s skilled nursing unit and assisted living apartments. Everitt had requested $100,000 from Granny’s, she said, but is very pleased to receive $90,000, which will be designated for the center’s operating budget. As she shared the news of the sizeable grant with the residents, she said many of them were visibly moved
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As his 3-year-old son climbed, swung, jumped and ran throughout the Vashon Youth & Family Services’ PlaySpace playroom Friday afternoon, Dominic Jovanovich talked about the importance of the PlaySpace, VYFS and the programs offered by the organization. “What they do is so important, and it’s so needed in this community,” Jovanovich said. “(More funding) would be great for them, especially because there’s so much income inequality here, and these programs should be available to everyone.” That funding may come to VYFS if a November
ballot initiative called Best Starts for Kids passes. Multiple local organizations that work with children, teens and young adults could receive funding for everything from prenatal support programs to mental health screenings and life skills training for school-age children. The initiative, proposed by King County Executive Dow Constantine, will appear on the Nov. 3 ballot in the form of a six-year levy that would fund the proposed programs. The levy rate would increase property taxes by 14 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value. If passed, the levy is expected to raise about $65 million per year and cost the average King County property owner an estimated $56 per year, according to King County officials. Constantine came to Vashon in January following the opening of Mi
Escuelita preschool and introduced the initiative to local school district officials and the community. A January Vashon Island School District newsletter reported that Constantine talked about the importance of investing in early childhood support and education as a “measure of prevention.” “Best Starts for Kids is how we will transform the way we invest in our next generation, to finally provide the upstream solutions that prevent negative outcomes such as mental illness, substance abuse, domestic violence, homelessness, and incarceration,” Constantine said in a statement. “By making the latest research and tools available to every parent and caregiver in our community, we will be able to produce the talented, creative and motivated workforce we need to remain a prosperous region.” SEE KIDS’ INITIATIVE, 18
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Jack Jovanovich, 3, plays at the VYFS Playspace on Friday. A new initiative proposed by King County officials could bring funding to programs such as the ones offered at the space.
Park board candidates speak to future and past at forum By SUSAN RIEMER Staff Writer
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Bill Ameling addresses the audience at the recent candidate forum. Peter Ray, right, and Scott Harvey, CC Stone — in for Joshua Weil — and Bob McMahon listen.
Seven islanders vying for three seats on the park district board discussed the VES Fields, improving the Vashon Pool, the possible return of programs to the park district and other topics at a candidate forum last week. About 60 islanders attended the Tuesday, Oct. 6 event, the second of the candidate forums in this election season. Susan McCabe moderated both events, sponsored by The Beachcomber and the Voice of Vashon, which recorded the forums and has made them available online. While the seven seats at the candidates’ table were filled, one was by proxy. Joshua Weil, running opposite Bob McMahon for position 3, was in Africa, and CC Stone filled in for him. Although some of the issues the park district has faced in recent years have caused passions to run high and tensions to sur-
face, the evening drew no fireworks, and most questions and answers were forwardlooking, though lessons from the past were mentioned frequently. Early in the forum, islander Joe Wubbold, who worked on a financial plan the district submitted to the state auditor as followup to the most recent audit, asked the candidates their feelings about relying on borrowed money and non-voter approved bonds. In recent years, the park district has taken on debt to build the VES Fields and has relied on borrowed money through TANs, or tax anticipation notes, to meet its operating expenses while waiting for the dispersal of levy funds twice a year. In 2012, the King County treasurer expressed concern about the district’s reliance on TANs, and the state auditor took issue with the district’s debt load in the most recent audit, conducted last year. SEE PARK BOARD, 17
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High school, rowing club receive grants for batting cages, boathouse By ANNELI FOGT Editor
Islanders will have improved athletic facilities in the forms of new indoor batting cages and a completed boathouse at Jensen Point thanks to two grants awarded by King County to the Vashon Island Rowing Club and Vashon High School. After many months of both places attempting to find funds to complete the projects, both are finally possible and should be completed next year with the funds from two separate grants totaling $135,000: $75,000 for the high school and $60,000 for the rowing club. The grants are provided by the county’s Parks and Recreation Department as part of the Youth Sports Facilities Grant fund program. The grants are matching grants, meaning the awarded money must be matched by local community organizations and the receiving agency, but county spokesman Doug Williams said those matching donations were required to be secured by grant receivers at the time grant applications were filed. Williams said the grant receivers do not have to have “all funding in-hand” at the time of the award, but “need to show that they have firm commitments for their portion of a project’s funding needs.” The match requirement does not have to be cash donations and can include donated time, materials or services, Williams said. VHS Athletic Director Andy Sears and Vashon Island Rowing Club President Colby Atwood both said that they are confident about the projects and expect to have them completed by the end of 2016. The high school has been planning to build indoor batting cages since the old facilities in the IGA shopping center were taken over by Granny’s Attic when it moved to the space early this year. For the past 10 months, the school has been renting
a portion of the old Mukai property just outside town to use as batting cages for the high school and the Vashon Youth Baseball and Softball community teams, but parents of athletes say the Mukai property cages are not cutting it. “It’s one step better than not having cages at all,” Vashon resident Cheryl Pruett said. She said the current cages are dimly lit, cold and inconvenient for most students who are not of driving age. The new cages will be built on the VHS campus, north of the softball field, which Pruett says is in a more accessible location for all of the community. Sears said he is excited about the new cages and hopes they will be done and ready for VHS sports teams and VYBS community youth teams to use by late next year. “Weather-permitting, we’re hoping to have the site work done now and then have the cages in the fall for the following winter,” Sears said. “I’m so excited. With the inclement weather in the spring, it’ll be a huge advantage to be able to practice year-round.” Meanwhile, down at Jensen Point, the Vashon Island Rowing Club has been trying to deal with a boathouse that is too small for its needs and was left incomplete. The current house, built in 2000, was supposed to be 50 percent larger than it currently is, but the size would have required an expensive fire sprinkler system. “If you go down there and look, the left-hand portion of the building is not there,” Atwood said. “It was intended to be fully enclosed, but going through the permitting process, we found out we needed a sprinkler system. There is not enough water on the Burton Peninsula to support a sprinkler, and it would have been an expensive addition.” The building was only built up to the point where a sprinkler would not be necessary, and the club has been dealing with the smaller-than-expected house since then. Atwood
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VIGA awarded grant for food hub feasibility study Grant will fund study to determine if island can support food processing and distribution center for sale of local food By ANNELI FOGT Editor
Beachcomber last week. She said there is a problem with the size of the general produce and fresh foods supply on-island, meaning that Vashon farmers do not produce enough to keep up with the off-island economy. The ultimate goal is to create this food hub so farmers can pool their product and have enough to sell to on-island restaurants, schools and businesses, as well as wholesalers and possibly offisland markets. A statement f rom V IGA reports that the hub would have washing and packing facilities, cold and freezer storage, a USDAcertified comEmily Scott mercial kitchen VIGA Co-chair for processing food and a central location for pick-up and drop off. Scott said the grant is a small step in the right direction because “collective aggregation and marketing” has been talked about for years. “The VIGA board has not been pursuing a ‘food hub,’ specifically, but collective aggregation and marketing has
been on farmers’ minds for a long time,” Scott said. “If you go up to any farmer selling at the farmers market and ask, ‘If you had access to a third-party aggregation , marketing and processing facility, would you use it?’ They would say ‘Yes.’” The feasibility study will begin in 2016 and will evaluate potential locations, including the former K2 facility and the old Granny’s Attic building at Sunrise Ridge. Scott said that K2 will be looked at, but that the primary site will be the old Granny’s building. “The space is right; the location is right. That’s our main area of focus,” she said. The grant will also cover the expenses of coming up with a business plan for the hub. Scott said that the VIGA board will likely hire a steering committee to create a business plan for the proposed facility. The steering committee alone would cost the organization roughly $16,000, according to Scott. Once the year-long study is complete, Scott said the next step would be to find more funding for implementation and construction of the hub. “We would look for more grants for implementation and do fundraising,” Scott said.
“If you go up to any farmer selling at the farmers market and ask, ‘If you had access to a third-party aggregation and processing facility, would you use it? They would say, ‘Yes.’”
The Vashon Island Growers Association (V IGA) last week received a $24,600 grant from the USDA to be used for a feasibility study to determine if Vashon can have its own center to process and aggregate food for distribution. The all-inclusive facility that can be used to process local farmers’ food for sale to on-and off-island retailers is called a “food hub,” and VIGA Co-Chair Emily Scott said it will fill a need for island farmers. “The challange for small farmers now is they can’t sell to wholesalers because their product is either not consistent quality or they don’t have enough,” Scott told The
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Every islander deserves fresh fruits, vegetables
Granny’s Attic has business plan that works
You are probably familiar with the Vashon Island Growers Association (VIGA): the non-profit that brings us the bountiful Wednesday and Saturday farmers markets. What you may not know is that beneath the displays of ruby red beets, shiny green kale and brightly colored bunches of carrots lies a deep commitment to food security for all. Many of us look forward to devouring that first spring strawberry, chomping on that mid-summer ear of corn so sweet it hardly needs cooking and munching on a crisp red apple on a chilly fall morning. VIGA’s mission includes making those delectable and healthy experiences available to all through its Food Access Partnership (“Effort will get local produce on more plates,” April 29). The partnership’s programs demonstrate the importance of reaching out to low-income islanders who might otherwise not be able to purchase those fresh fruits and vegetables many of us take for granted. We proudly identify as VIGA’s social justice arm. As a member of the small-buttenacious all-volunteer partnership team, along with Karen Biondo, Lisa Hassleman, Merrilee Runyan and Dana Illo, our board liaison, I am delighted to share our story and to encourage your involvement so that we may continue to grow. Our work is personal for me on several accounts.: My son is the director and chief farmer of an organic non-profit farm, and my young granddaughter has been harvesting (into her mouth) berries, tomatoes and sugar snaps since she was 2. She never has to worry about enough fresh food on her table. In contrast, while volunteering at the food bank, I witnessed too many islanders suffering from food insecurity and too many children worried about their next meal.
Just this month it was announced that Granny’s Attic awarded more than $100,000 to local nonprofits. Of that, $90,000 went to Vashon Community Care, an organization that routinely seeks community support to help it stay operational. Bravo to Granny’s; it epitomizes everything a community should strive for. Not only is Granny’s reusing old clothing, furniture, toys and anything else that is no longer needed by its former owners, it is selling it for others to use In science, students learn and then turns around about symbiotic relationand puts that money ships, like when a small fish right back into the community. The store is a attaches to a large whale, win-win-win: Those and both parties benefit: with too much stuff sitThe fish eats the annoying ting around can get rid animals and plants that of it, knowing it will not go to waste. Meanwhile, grow on the whale, and Granny’s sells the items the fish gets a free ride. to those who need them; Granny’s and the Vashon community reaps the community are an example the benefits of the sales, and of a textbook symbiotic Granny’s becomes more relationship. successful because of its humanitarian, charitable donations. I have seen nothing like this anywhere else, and it’s so refreshing to see a local business giving back to the community that supports it. In the past, they gave specifically to the Vashon Health Clinic, but cut ties when it was bought by CHI Franciscan Health. So began the ties with the many local nonprofits. In science, students learn about symbiotic relationships, like when a small fish attaches to a large whale, and both parties benefit: The fish eats the annoying animals and plants that grow on the whale, and the fish gets a free ride. Granny’s and the Vashon community are an example of a textbook symbiotic relationship. This example is even more refreshing to see in a world that seems is becoming ever more dependent on squeezing every last dollar out of consumers and giving nothing in return. Granny’s business plan is a simple lesson in business ethics and smart strategy. If you treat those you serve with respect and show them that you care about the community you provide for, they will reciprocate and come back time and again to make contributions. In Granny’s case, customers aren’t just shopping, but returning because they know their money will go toward something bigger and better that they could not have accomplished on their own.
FOOD AND FARMS By JANIE STARR Emily Scott, a food bank staff member, informed me that about one in seven islanders shops there annually. About 25 percent of services go to seniors and another 25 percent to children. I can’t imagine anyone who finds those staggering numbers acceptable. Increasing the availability and accessibility of healthy, locallygrown food is a hallmark of a just society. We believe that yummy and nutritious food is both an individual right, as well as a necessity for the health of the entire community. In the same vein, we want to guarantee that our local farmers make a healthy living for the abundance they deliver. VIGA’s Food Access Partnership ensures that farmers’ efforts go way beyond producing fabulous food for those who can afford it. We do not want to be a place where hunger exists in the midst of plenty. Instead, we choose to offer a model for how small communities invest in local food and make it increasingly available to all. We believe that Vashon has a significant role to play in the food security movement. The partnership benefits our entire community. It increases the purchasing power for those most at risk for hunger and poor nutrition, and it supports our farmers by increasing the sales of locally grown food, a big win-win for all. We are making it possible for patrons receiving senior, WIC and EBT
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(food stamps) coupons to purchase locally-grown fruits and vegetables at both the markets and VIGA farmstands through our Market Buck Match Program. Additionally, we have partnered with eight social service organizations, providing them with dollarvalue coupons, so they can share them with clients and/or use them to purchase food for client meal preparation. So far in 2015, these customers and non-profits have redeemed $3,630, and we anticipate doubling that amount by year’s end. One Saturday, I overheard a small child asking his mom if he could get some cherries. She handed him a couple of coupons and said, “Sure!” Fresh, local cherries were a rare treat for this family. Our hope for next summer is to expand our win-win model further. With additional volunteers, we plan to host a donation station at the Saturday market, where shoppers can leave produce they have purchased specifically to give away. We will distribute all contributions to those non-profits who prepare meals for their clients. We welcome your ideas and involvement as we continue to blossom and grow. In closing, I offer an ode to kale from a coupon customer: “I’m getting more kale with these ‘bucks’… I need to be eating more kale!” Just imagine an island full of healthy shoppers gleefully waving their bunches of kale in the air in celebration of a community where we all join together with island farmers to feed all island neighbors.
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Not only does she work her scheduled volunteer shifts, but when we have many calls going on and there is no one else to respond, Brigitte shows up and saves the day. When we realized that our air packs (SCBAs) were expired and needed replacing (without the money in the budget), Brigitte stepped up, wrote a grant LETTERS CONTINUE, NEXT PAGE
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application and secured over $300,000 to make sure that our firefighters had the necessary equipment to do our jobs. She has recognized internal morale issues, and as a result has single-handedly taken over the role of department booster by organizing our awards banquets and holiday events to be more inclusive and fun, and the result has been greater participation and stronger ties between members. She has also been participating in the Strategic Planning Committee (SPOT team) looking at the department’s big picture and future challenges. This makes her a uniquely qualified candidate in that she is well versed in the operations of the organization from the ground level (in the field) as well as the commission (visionary) level. Finally, she is a great communicator with excellent ethics, who will say exactly what she thinks and believes even if it is unpopular. Whether you are member of the department or a member of the community, as fire commissioner, Brigitte has all of our backs!
After an hour and a half of angry taxpayer questions, David Hackett admitted, “We know that we are in a leaking boat with a torpedo coming straight at us,” but Bill Ameling declared, “This was OUR mess to make, and it is OUR mess to fix.” And he said in another year the VES Fields would be done and no one would remember any of this. He repeated that last sentence in 2013 and again in 2014. To date, the VES project totals more than $2.7 million. Three of the board members from 2011 are still serving, and three votes are a board majority. In 2015 alone, expenditures on VES are approaching $400,000, and with the final $100,000 payment on the bond and the cost of fields maintenance and the money needing to be paid to the school district for use of their fields, this year’s park district budget is more than 50 percent directed to fields and therefore to team sports. Hopefully, the November election will provide us with a more generalist board that will even out the sharing of the tax levy monies.
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Thanks to all the candidates who entered the race for Vashon park board. Their answers to citizen questions at last Tuesday’s “debate” were appreciated, and I hope any voters who did not attend will watch the video produced by Voice of Vashon (Thank you, VOV). I wish I had thought to ask if the new commissioners were either among the 75 attendees of the September 2012 board meeting or have thoroughly familiarized themselves with the financial circumstances of that time and the three years since. The VES Fields project had halted, and in spite of the usual TAN (tax anticipation note), as well as a $400,000 emergency loan via a non-voter-approved bond, the district finished the 2011 year $250,000 in the hole.
I have lived on this island off and on since 1980. In the times I have not been here, I have longed to get back. The sense of community on these two islands is unsurpassed by any other place I’ve ever been to. Our new high school is something to behold. If you have not been there, I encourage you to. Before it was built, the discussions to build were, for the most part, positive. This is 2015. Our priceless children need a top-notch athletic facility to perpetuate their health and wellbeing. You only need to travel to the other side of the pond. I would venture to say that none have a facility as decrepit and out of date as ours. Please don’t skimp on this facility. I have heard estimates of $25 million to $32 million, and those don’t even give us bathrooms at the stadium. Please, school board and concerned citizens of Vashon, let’s unite and give our students what they deserve.
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Bonds should focus on education Hot off the press this week were two publications focusing on events in Vashon schools: One was The Beachcomber, the other was the Vashon School District Soundings. newsletter. I read both carefully concerning the bond and the new state standardized math and English tests. Here’s what I came away with regarding testing. The Beachcomber’s headline states, “Opt outs make it ‘hard to draw conclusions from tests.’” Superintendent Soltman said that the students who took the tests performed better than expected given reports ahead of the testing. This left me wondering what is currently expected, and what were those reports that said two-thirds of the students would not meet standards. The percentages of third graders who met standards were in the low 60s. Is this good? Soundings devoted its whole back page to a performance report. It notes that in VSD, grade 11 math test takers didn’t even reach 60 percent of the district standards. There’s a disclaimer that says the results should be considered with caution because they were brought down by the high number of opt-outs, who get a 0. The Beachcomber’s report of the school board public forum does not mention whether there was discussion about why all the opting out or math scores. More time was devoted to facilities recommendations for the upcoming bond. In Soundings, the district says about 570 kids attend Vashon High School per year. By my calculations, even by voting for the lower priced bond of $25 million, property taxpayers altogether will invest about $2,200 dollars per student per year for 20 years whether or not they use the new facilities. I’m not against whatever updated facilities we, as a community, want and can afford, but maybe what we need is a bond that invests that amount per student in math in addition to sports. — Margaret Heffelfinger
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Why not $40 million and get the job done? What is that going to cost each property owner? Will it mean there will be no meat on the table after the levy is passed? Of course not. I am guessing it will cost each one of us around $1 a day. I’ll bet most of you lose that every day in your sock drawer. Please support our new athletic endeavor.
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Disappearing Concrete There's a lot of concrete visible on the Vashon Center for the Arts site - but not for long. No swimming pool. Despite it's appearance, the huge concrete box in the ground just south of the Blue Heron is not a swimming pool or another building foundation. It is all about water though. Runoff from the future parking lot and roof will be directed through this giant two-chambered retention vault, completing the water settling and purification process required by King County. Then it's on to the headwaters of Judd Creek for the short winding trip to Quartermaster Harbor. Within a month though, this entire environment protection system will disappear permanently beneath the ground. The big concrete music box will also start to disappear now. The metal studs south of the music box, define the multi-use "back of house" spaces that cleverly double as dressing rooms, green rooms, classrooms, meeting rooms etc. The walls just starting to appear on the north side will become the lobby, gallery, bathrooms and office. It's hard to believe now, but once the overhanging roof is in place, creating the west wall breezeway, all the concrete currently visible from the road will be out of sight. Inside the theater, however, concrete will still be visible, but stained and combined with many long wood inserts crucial for creating top sound quality. But that's a story for the next article.
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NOTICES Waterline Replacement Project at Dockton Park: Periodic closures of parts of Dockton Park will be required during work to improve its fire protection and potable water systems. Oct. 12 to 16: Lower parking lot and boat launch will be closed; upper parking lot will be open for walkins; dock moorage will be available. Oct. 19 to 23: The boat launch will be open, but the lower parking lot will remain closed; vehicles and boat trailers may use the upper parking lot or the gravel lot across the street; dock moorage will be available. Oct. 26 to 30: The parking lots and boat launch will be open, but there will be no shore access and both restrooms will be closed; dock moorage will be available. Island Center Forest to Close for Limited Deer Hunt: Island Center Forest will be closed to public recreation for two weeks in order to offer its fifth-annual limited deer hunt. The Gateway and Natural areas will remain open for public use during this time. The closure will be in effect from Saturday, Oct. 17, through Saturday, Oct. 31.
WEDNESDAY • 14 Grief/Loss Support Group: Licensed mental health counselor Michele Kimble will facilitate this twice-monthly group. 1 to 2 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road (second meeting will take place on Oct. 28). Harbor School Open House: Harbor School will hold an open house for families of children entering fourth- through eighth-grades. The evening will feature classroom tours, a meet-and-greet with current and alumni families, curriculum overview with teachers and refreshments. For more information, see harborschool.org or email admissions@harborschool.org. 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Harbor School’s main campus on Vashon Highway. Vashon Computer Club: On the agenda for this meeting is further discussion of Windows 10 and remedies for some problems that users have encountered. Club membership is inexpensive and has its benefits, but meetings are free to the public. 7:30 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road.
THURSDAY • 15 Auto Museum Trip with the Senior Center: The senior center has organized a trip to the LeMay Auto Museum in Tacoma. The cost is $38; $30 for senior center members, and lunch is not included in the fee. For more information, contact the center at 463-5173. The van will leave at 9:15 a.m. from
the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road. BCC Discussion Series: Burton Community Church offers a weekly discussion series on the topic of science and religion. The lectures are free and may be attended separately. This week’s lectures, the last in this series, are about fundamentalism and creationism, and the past, present and future. For more information, call Herb Reinelt at 408-7360. 4 to 6 p.m. in Lewis Hall behind Burton Community Church. An Evening of Kirtan: Baruch and Veronica Roter will host an evening with mantra recording artists Jaya Lakshmi and Ananda, who will perform kirtan (call and response singing), bhajan (devotional hymns) and original compositions. Cost is by a $20 suggested donation. 7 to 9 p.m. at 13320 108th Ave.
FRIDAY • 16 VHS Homecoming Community Events: To celebrate Homecoming, the Vashon School District, along with VHS’ ASB and leadership class, has put together activities for the whole community. 3:30 p.m.: Girls’ football game at the VHS stadium. 5 to 6:30 p.m.: Community dinner hosted by the ASB at the high school cafeteria and courtyard. Mingle with football players, staff, students and district officials who will be on hand to present and discuss proposed bond issue options for the replacement/renovation of the VHS athletic facilities. The cost is $10 for adults and $8 for students. 6 p.m.: Pep rally. 6:30 p.m.: Pre-game senior presentation at VHS stadium. 7 p.m.: Kickoff for the VHS Pirates vs. Bellevue Christian football game. Homecoming royalty will be presented at halftime. Saucy Sisters Pizza will host a post-game social. Parents Night Out: Every Friday and Saturday evening, the VYFS PlaySpace has trained, experienced childcare providers available so parents can have a night out. Reservations are required 24 hours in advance, and cost is determined according to income. Registration can be done online at vyfs.org/ playspace or by calling 463-5502. 5 to 9 p.m. at the VYFS PlaySpace.
SATURDAY • 17 Farmers Market: The market offers 30 to 40 vendors of food, fresh produce, arts and crafts, meat, cheese, wine and more. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Village Green. Parents Night Out: See Friday’s entry for details. Teen Night at the Library: Laura and Brian of Meeples Games in West Seattle will provide an intro-
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duction to Dungeons and Dragons, and attendees (grades 6 through 12) will be able to play Minecraft and other games on library computers. Attendees may also bring their own board games to share. Registration is not required. The event is sponsored by the King County Library System, VARSA and Vashon Friends of the Library. For more information, contact Ursula Schwaiger at 463-2069 or email her at uschwaig@kcls.org. 6 to 9 p.m. at the Vashon Library. Vashon Social Dance Group: Lilli Ann Carey from Dance For Joy will give a cha-cha lesson, and a social dance to deejayed music will follow. Partners are not needed to attend. Admission is by a suggested donation of $10, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. 7 to 8 p.m. lesson; 8 to 9:30 p.m. social dance, in the Ober Park performance room.
SUNDAY • 18 Unitarian Service: Rev. Heather Christensen will give a talk titled “Gaia’s Garden: Lessons From Permaculture.” 9:30 a.m. in Lewis Hall, behind Burton Community Church. Humanity’s Future in Space: Guest speaker Sean McClinton, organizer of Space Entrepreneurs, will discuss how ideas that were once fodder for science fiction are now close to becoming reality. 2 p.m. at the Vashon Library.
MONDAY • 19 Vashon Community Council: The council will meet to discuss the results of the recent home value assessments done by King County and the council’s future. 7 p.m. at McMurray Middle School.
TUESDAY • 20 Vashon Quilt Guild: The group will meet in a new location, and attendees will share ideas for sewing or quilting holiday projects. Guests are welcome and refreshments will be served. 10 a.m. at Bethel church. The Secret Garden: Book-It Repertory Theatre will put on a performance of the classic children’s book for ages 5 and older. 4 p.m. at the Vashon Library. 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 Head Lice Checks: The Chautauqua Council PTSA will hold two free head lice check sessions. Volunteers are still needed to help — contact Christy Veal at
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Woman’s Way Red Lodge and the Vashon DoVE Project will host a screening of the critically acclaimed documentary “The Hunting Ground” on Tuesday at the Vashon Theatre. Shining a spotlight on the subject of sexual assaults on U.S. college campuses, the film focuses on two women who led a campaign to file a Title IX complaint against the University of North Carolina. There will be a panel discussion after the film, and counselors will be on hand for anyone who needs support. The screening is one of DoVE’s Domestic Violence Action Month events as well as part of Red Lodge’s annual member fund drive. Admission is by a suggested donation of $5 to $20, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. The doors open at 5 p.m., and the film will start at 5:30 p.m. leo1cfa@aol.com if interested. 10 a.m. to noon, Wednesday, Oct. 21, and 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, in the health room at Chautauqua Elementary School. Carpe Diem Primary School Open House: Carpe Diem primary school, now a division of Harbor School, will hold an open house for prospective families of children entering kindergarten through 3rd grade. Attendees will be able to meet the school’s teachers and chat with current families. Refreshments will be served. 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, at the Presbyterian church. Community Diversity Dinner: There will be a communityorganized potluck dinner and open mic, where Vashon residents of all cultures are invited to share food and showcase talent. Se invita a los residentes multiculturales de Vashon para compartir la comida y el talento en este evento comunitario . 5 p.m. Friday, October 23, at the Land Trust Building on Bank Road.
CLASSES & WORKSHOPS Yoga: This ongoing class is led by Irene Tokar. Attendees may participate on a drop-in basis or purchase a multi-class card. Reservations should be made at corecentrictraining.com. 11 a.m. to noon Mondays and Wednesdays and 8 to 9 a.m. Saturdays, at CoreCentric. Defensive Driving for Seniors: Instructor Dave Rogers will teach
this two-day class (attendance at both is required to qualify for discounted insurance rates). The cost is $20; $15 for AARP members. Payment should be made to the instructor on the first day. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, and Saturday, Oct. 17, at the fire station on Bank Road. Home Funeral Vigil Workshop: Char Barrett, of A Sacred Moment Funeral Services, will present information about the growing home funeral movement and how participants can create the experience for their own families. The cost is $95 and registration is required. For more information and to register, call Leona Troese
at 567-6153. 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, at the Land Trust Building. Yi Ren Qigong: Michiko Uto will lead this class in Qigong, a type of spiritual practice intended to align the body, breath and mind for better health. The cost is by a $2 suggested donation per class. 2 p.m. Tuesdays at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road. TRX DoVE Benefit Class: CoreCentric will hold a one-time TRX class to benefit the DoVE Project, in support of Domestic Violence Action Month. Cost is by a $20 donation. Reservations should be made at corecentrictraining.com. 8 to 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, at CoreCentric.
VASHON THEATRE Black Mass: Ends Oct. 15. Othello (Royal Shakespeare Company): Oct. 15 and 18. The Intern: Plays Oct. 16 through 22. The Hunting Ground (GreenTech): Oct. 20. The Martian: Opens Oct. 23. See vashontheatre.com for show times or call 463-3232.
PUBLIC MEETINGS King County Cemetery District: 3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, in the cemetery district office at Vashon Cemetery. King County Airport District: 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, at Courthouse Square. Sunrise Ridge Health Services Board: 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 19, in the boardroom at Sunrise Ridge. Friends of Island Center Forest: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, at the Land Trust Building.
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SCENE & HEARD: 9/11 MEMORIAL NEARS COMPLETION
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Vashon Island Fire & Rescue’s 9/11 Memorial is nearly complete after a group of Rotary volunteers joined VIFR staff members, including Chief Hank Lipe and Assistant Chief George Brown, in planting several bushes last Friday. The memorial includes multiple pieces of columnar basalt from the Columbia River basin, representing the New York city skyline. One of those columns holds a steel piece from the Twin Towers, a reminder of the destruction of that day. The project was first conceived four years ago and has been funded by private donations. Taking a break from planting to talk about the memorial last week, Lipe noted he is pleased to see the project nearly complete: “Patience has been the virtue,” he said.
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Fire has plagued our island ever since the last glacier receded. Many of them have had natural causes such as the forest fire on the south end that was extinguished with the help of girls from Camp Sealth - that’s one merit badge they really earned. More recently, however, conflagrations have been artificially ignited. Back in 1945 three men were arrested for setting ablaze three Japanese-owned houses over a period of months. The reasons the firebugs gave were a mixture of liquor, a search for excitement and war-inspired dislike of the Japanese. Another case of arson began because islanders loved their free-range dumping. In 1970 King County began taking steps to fence the dump and limit the hours of operation to nine hours a day instead of twenty-four hours. Then they had the gall to charge a quarter for this reduction in services. No longer could a man drive his truck to the dump at three o’clock in the morning and fling his sixty-pound portable TV anywhere he chose. Times were a changin’. The Chamber of Commerce sued King County over the fees and things became so heated the County felt a reserve officer was needed to patrol the dump and prevent vandalism. I am thinking a vandalised dump looks pretty much the same as an un-vandalized dump. But I would be wrong, because the next month the dump’s gate was cut and the tollbooth set ablaze. The following year dump fees were raised to fifty cents, probably to pay for a new gate and tollbooth. Then there was the case of the firebombing on July 18th, 1971, which destroyed an insurance office and the Vashon District Court. I assume the insurance office was targeted by someone fed up with commercials featuring a gecko with a British accent. It turns out, however, that a pair of yahoos wanted to send a message to “the system.” After a mid-summer street dance, a few revelers wanted to continue the festivities and set out for a party in Gold Beach. Before reaching their destination they were turned around by a sheriff who stated that the area was private property. Most of the partiers found other entertainment and quickly forgot the incident with the lawman. All except two who couldn’t let it go. (...to be continued, next week) Send me your topic suggestions at www.mostlytruehistory.com. This Feature Proudly Sponsored by: Tom and Dave - Vashon Pharmacy Norm - Vashon Thriftway Earl - Island Home Center and Lumber
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WHAT’S HAPPENING
STORYTELLING SUPPORTS DOVE: Lit Lounge returns to the Open Space for Arts & Community at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25. The event will be produced in support of the DoVE Project, as part of the nonprofit’s recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness month. Participants are invited to tell stories around the idea or theme of support.
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CD release party celebrates folk music of Macedonia By JULI GOETZ MORSER Staff Writer
Music and dance ethnographer, community organizer, photographer and islander Martin Koenig has spent a lifetime working with immigrant ethnic populations in North America and traditional communities in Macedonia to save an endangered species — the fading, forgotten and now often extinct traditional dance and music of these people and their cultures. Smithsonian Folkways Recording recently published an album of field recordings that Koenig collected in Macedonia between 1968 Guargantua by Honoré Daumier and 1973. CD release parties are planned from coast-to-coast, with one slated for 7:30 p.m. Talk focuses on social Thursday, Oct. 22, at the Vashon Land Trust. “Playing ‘Til Your Soul Comes Out!” is the justice in the visual arts title of the new CD that showcases three styles Vashon Allied Arts will kick off its 2015of traditional Macedonian music and the ethnic, 16 art history series, “Subjects that religious and linguistic diversity that Koenig Matter: Artists as Agents of Change,” at 1 first experienced when he visited the southeastp.m. Thursday at the Vashon High School ern European region in 1959. theater. Art historian Rebecca Albiani “They were in transition, going the way of the will return to Vashon to deliver a talk West, adapting our forms,” Koenig said. “So I about the intersection of the visual arts did a lot of work beginning in 1966.” and social justice as exemplified by the That work included trips to the Balkans to French artist Honoré Daumier. learn the traditional folk dances and then teachAs a caricaturist, Daumier expressed ing them to students at Barnard and Sarah his political convictions through his art, VAA ART HISTORY TALK
including his scatological 1831 image of King Louis-Philippe gobbling up the taxes of the poor, which earned Daumier six months in jail. Albiani said, “He ridiculed the wealthy and powerful throughout his life and maintained deep empathy for the vulnerable. And although his livelihood depended on printmaking, he devoted his spare hours to ‘fine art’ — his powerful, personal paintings.” Tickets are available at the Blue Heron or vashonalliedarts.org.
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Ike Harmon
Island musicians will rock the Red Bike The Ike Harmon Band, which plays original rock’n’roll, blues, folk and ballads, will perform at 8:30 p.m. Friday at the Red Bike. Vashon fingerstyle six-string guitarist Phil Royal will open for the band. Island singer-songwriter Harmon fronts the band with a powerful voice. Lead guitarist David Noriega’s playing evokes such seminal influences as Santana, Stevie Ray Vaughn and Jimi Hendrix. Bassist Ben Rafael McQuillin is known for his avant garde sound, while drummer Emory Miedema-Boyajian’s sound is inspired by Led Zepplin’s John Bonham. The free cover show is open to all ages until 11 p.m., then 21 and older only.
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A Macedonian wedding celebration is the cover photo of “Playing ‘Til Your Soul Comes Out!” Lawrence College. His research revealed that the cultures were finite and needed preservation, so he started filming the dances and celebrations. His work was noticed by anthropologist Margaret Mead, who helped him secure grants for the project.
“She supported me all the time. She was fabulous,” Koenig said. “She just thought I could do it, and I did.” Several years and some 60,000 feet of 16 mm film plus sound recordings later, Koenig had what a press release called a “sonic time capsule.” Koenig had captured the only known recordings of the region’s traditional musicians before the popularized music or newly composed folk music had obliterated the old. In 1968, Nonesuch Records, a subsidiary label of Elektra Records, gave Koenig an advance to make four recordings. “Two recordings were of Bulgarian songs, and one went up on the Voyager (one of NASA’s outer-planet probes),” Koenig said. Having finished three recordings, Koenig returned the advance monies for the fourth, as he found himself too busy working as an ethnographer collecting traditional dances and curating the Smithsonian’s Folklife Festival. Now, Koenig said, after 47 years, the fourth recording has finally been published. “I will host the release party, show photographs and tell the story of this long-deferred recording,” Koenig said. “And then we’ll have wine and Macedonian delicacies like feta cheese, olives and spinach pies.”
Author blends humor with history of Vashon in new book By JULI GOETZ MORSER Staff Writer
Funny man Chris Austin sits at a desk in the front office of The Beachcomber. As circulation manager, he oversees the drivers who deliver the paper, solves an occasional mystery of the missing paper and generally provides comic relief for the editorial staff. Austin is also an award-winning columnist, author of four books, and if he had his druthers, he just might be a historian. Instead, Austin has created a niche for himself, combining his entertaining insights with historical facts. He will read from his latest book, “The Mostly True History of Vashon and Maury Islands: Criminal Element,” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, at the Vashon Bookshop. On his website, mostlytruehistory.com, Austin calls himself the “Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup of literature,” as his writing is a blend of history and humor that tells stories about a particular place, topic or person. In a recent interview, Austin said he’s a “history buff who buffs history, a gag writer who likes history.” “Criminal Element” and its predecessor “Vashon’s First Boy Band” are companion books with the shared title, “The Mostly True History of Vashon and Maury Islands.” The covers boast several disclaimers like being “glutenfree” with “words generally in the right order.” “I wanted people to see the
covers and know it is tongue-incheek,” Austin said. The books essentially began as a series of articles last January when islander Gary Sipple made inquiries at The Beachcomber about occasionally publishing bits of trivia about the island. Austin heard the request and offered to write a column about Vashon’s days of yore, soon launching the series, “It’s Your History.” To find a subject worthy of retelling, Austin culls through binders housed in the museum’s research room. He skips over dull topics like King County historical documentation forms in favor of a subject he thinks will generate some laughs. Two weeks ago Austin wrote about a Vashon deputy sheriff who was shot while brushing his teeth. One bullet grazed his side, and the other bounced off his stomach. Austin writes, “You read that right, bounced off his stomach, so either the officer had been doing A LOT of sit ups, or it was a defective bullet.” Austin said most people tend to look back in time with rose colored glasses, but he added, “you can’t make this stuff up.” He also believes that history, written with an eye toward the amusing, makes information more accessible, minimizing the “dry tome effect.” Plus, he sees real value in
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Chris Austin remembering the past. “Everything has a history,” Austin said, “and it explains a lot of what is happening today — how we got to where we are now.” Austin’s personal history, that which got him to Vashon in 2011, includes living and working as a dentist in Southern California for 20 years, volunteering for the San Bernadino museum to help paleontologists map dinosaur fossils, working for a defense contractor in Washington D.C., a year-long bike ride across the country, a call from his cousin to housesit his angry cat on an island in
Puget Sound, working as The Beachcomber circulation manager and writing about Vashon. “I was a blank sheet when I got here,” Austin said. “I only knew it was an island. I’ve been learning the history and struggles the people went through to live here like rowing to Tacoma for groceries.” As for the “mostly true” part, Austin said it is his “out.” “There’s nothing false in the articles that I know of,” Austin said with a laugh, “but sometimes I find out something different after the fact from (historian) Bruce Haulman — we meet once a week. The last article of the year will be a retraction.”
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Jazz vocalist returns to Vashon As part of Vashon Allied Arts’ Jazz Series, acclaimed Seattle jazz vocalist and educator Greta Matassa will return to Vashon to teach an afternoon jazz singer clinic and hold an evening performance with her band on Saturday. The
three-hour clinic will run from 1 to 4 p.m., and the performance will begin at 7:30 p.m. Both events will be held at the Blue Heron. Growing up on Bainbridge Island, Matassa was influenced early on by her parents, who were big
jazz fans. They encouraged Matassa’s interest in music, which gravitated toward singers from the 1930s and 40s, such as Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Fred Astaire and Frank Sinatra. Matassa’s clinic will cover style, phrasing, technique, improvisation, rhythm, new ways to treat melody and fresh approaches to favorite old standards. Other topics will include dynamics, harmony, scat and methods for overcoming performance anxiety. Matassa is well known for her versatile, rhythmic sensibility, diverse repertoire and perfect pitch. She will be joined by longtime collaborators Darin Clendenin (piano), Clipper Anderson (bass) and Mark Ivester (drums). Performance tickets are $16 for VAA members and students, $18 for seniors and $20 for general admission. The clinic costs $50 and will be limited to nine singers. Tickets are available at the Blue Heron and vashonalliedarts.com.
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Violinist launches world tour on Vashon Dr. Quinton Morris, a concert violinist, chamber musician, teacher and director will launch his world tour with a performance at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Blue Heron. Morris will open his tour playing the sonatas of Chevalier de Saint-Georges — the 18th century violinist, conductor and first classical composer of African origin — with piano accompaniment by Alastair Edmonstone. Morris has performed as a soloist, and with chamber music ensembles around the world, including concertos Jean-Marcus Strole Photo with the Seattle, Thalia, Renton and Tacoma Youth Dr. Quinton Morris Symphonies and Orchestra Seattle. As a recitalist and collaborator, Morris performs and speaks frequently at Seattle’s Town Hall, Seattle Chamber Music Society and other esteemed venues around the country. He is the founder, artistic and executive director of The Young Eight, the only African-American string octet in the world, comprised of distinguished string players from national music schools and conservatories. The Young Eight have performed in New York City at York College’s Distinguished Artists Chamber Music Series and a host of educational school residencies. Tickets are available at the Blue Heron and vashonalliedarts.com.
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Seahawks-themed pop up washes ashore in Kingston Long ferry waits expected this week
Pop up trailer, raft was adrift near Vashon over weekend By ANNELI FOGT Editor
The remnants of an Olympia resident’s pop up trailer and raft that went adrift Friday morning and floated north of Vashon was found in pieces on Kingston’s Jefferson Beach Monday, according to KOMO News reports. The smashed trailer, decked out in giant Seahawks paintings, was found on the sand against a berm of driftwood logs, KOMO News photos Monday showed. The Coast Guard had told The Beachcomber Friday that the agency was going to let the pop up drift because it was too dangerous to tow back to its Ollala port. No one was on board. The pop up was first spotted around 8:30 a.m. Friday as it was floating through the ferry route from Vashon
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A pop up tent trailer on a raft left its Olalla moorings Friday morning and drifted past Vashon to Kingston Monday, where it washed up on a beach in pieces. to Fauntleroy and remained adrift throughout the day. The trailer was complete with a large, outdoor umbrella and folding chair sitting on the deck. Two large wood panels with the Seahawks logo painted on them sat on either side of the trailer’s front door. U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Jonathan Klingenberg initially told The Beachcomber Friday that the Coast Guard would not be removing it because
officials were busy with numerous other tasks and issues they were responding to. He later said that the Coast Guard is going to have to “let it drift” because it was too dangerous to tow. The Coast Guard issued a warning Friday urging mariners to be careful due to predictions that the remnants of Hurricane Oho were expected to cause unusually high ocean swells. The weather phenomenon brought heavy
rain and wind to the area Saturday. “We will let it drift until conditions improve,” Klingenberg said. It is not known when the trailer washed up on shore in Kingston. Klingenberg said the vessel also got free last year and drifted along a similar route. It eventually washed up in Olalla in pieces, but apparently refused to stay put. Just before noon Friday,
Klingenberg said that the owner was not currently facing any fines or repercussions for the loose vessel. KOMO News reported that Olalla residents are familiar with the trailer normally anchored in Olalla Bay. Olalla resident Jana Lorraine was interviewed in the Friday KOMO news story and said locals were forced to clean its debris from the beach when it previously washed ashore.
T he Wash i ng ton State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) announced Friday that ferry wait times will be “longer than usual” for at least one week starting Monday, Oct. 12. The delays are due to “a temporary vessel downsizing” on the triangle route, meaning smaller ferries will be running, leaving less room for cars. WSDOT officials said in a Friday alert that the temporary downsizing is “needed to maintain a three-boat sailing schedule while the Cathlamet is out of service for its annual maintenance and U.S. Coast Guard inspection.” The 124-car Cathlamet will be out until at least Friday. In the Cathlamet’s place, the 124-car Issaquah, 87-car Tillikum and 87-car Evergreen State will be running the route.
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Annual limited deer hunt will close Island Center Forest for two weeks Pilot project is now in its fifth year By SARAH LOW Staff Writer
On Saturday, roughly 200 acres of the Island Center Forest recreation area will close to all but permitted deer hunters for two weeks. The limited deer hunt, which began in 2011, was set up as a pilot project by King County in conjunction with the state Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) in response to opposing public views on whether or not hunting should be allowed to continue on the former state lands. “As state land, that area had always been open to hunting,” said David Kimmett, of King County Parks and Natural Resources Lands Programs. “But when it was transferred to the county, it started being used differently as improvements were made. So there was concern raised about the hunting as things changed.” The concern came from both hunting supporters as well as detractors, which ultimately led the county and the DFW to establish a five-year pilot program of limited deer hunts. The hunts last for two weeks each fall and correspond to the state’s modern firearms season, when all firearms except rifles are allowed to be used for deer hunting with the appropriate permit. Referring to the program as a trade-off for both sides, Kimmett explained that
both agencies involved will look at all of the data once this season is over, and the long-term viability of the limited hunts will be evaluated. Once they are at that point, a public meeting will be held. Last year, 70 hunters registered for the hunt, and four deer were culled. The majority of the hunters were from Kitsap and Pierce counties. “Each year, the number of hunters that register for the Island Center Forest hunt goes up,” he said. “And their success rate is actually on par or high compared to other hunting areas in the county, as well as the state.” Kimmett also noted that Island Center Forest could see more deer this season, given that the forest was thinned-out last year, leaving more room for the animals to forage as well as better lines of sight for the hunters. One piece of data that Kimmett felt was noteworthy is that there were no legitimate complaints registered by area residents last year. In previous hunts, there were some issues with hunters gutting their kills and leaving the entrails in the forest. But Kimmett said that issues that have come up have been dealt with, and that it’s a good sign that even though the number of hunters is increasing, problems have decreased. Island Center Forest will be closed for hunting from Saturday, Oct. 17, through Saturday, Oct. 31. The Gateway and Natural Areas will remain open for public use during that time.
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VOLLEYBALL: Two of the three Pirate teams have home games today, Oct. 14, against Seattle Christian. Junior varsity plays at 4 p.m. in the Vashon High School gym, and varsity plays at 5:45 p.m. Upcoming home games are set for Oct. 15, 19, 23 and 29.
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Pirates pummeled by Tarriers in Charles Wright rematch Offense continues to rack up points while defense struggles By CHERYL PRUETT For The Beachcomber
Friday night’s game did not live up to the high expectations of the Pirates. After beating Tacoma’s Charles Wright Academy just three weeks earlier, the Vashon High School football team entered the competition at the CW field with high hopes. Those hopes were soon dashed after they were blown out by the Tarriers, losing by a final score of 76-52. Vashon’s inability to defend against the big pass play has been the team’s downfall this season, and this game was no different. Tarrier quarterback Henry Cheney was able to find wide-open receivers for huge gains all night. However, Vashon’s fumble recovery has improved — with eight drops, it managed to recover six of them. Offensively, the Pirates once again put up huge numbers, amassing 552 total yards and scoring eight touchdowns for a total of 52 points. Despite the numbers, the team struggled to maintain any sort of serious drive, turning the ball over on downs more times than in any previous game this season. The game was off to a perfect start when Vashon’s defense forced the Tarriers to punt after their first set of downs. The wheels came off the Vashon bus soon after though, and the massive score-fest began when the Tarriers scored five minutes into the game. The extra point was good, and Charles Wright was up 7-0. Vashon answered right back, and behind Bryce Hoisington’s running, got into the end zone just two minutes later. The extra
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The Vashon Pirate offense lines up against the Charles Wright Tarriers in a Nisqually League rematch in Tacoma on Friday, Oct. 9. point conversion was no good, and the score was 7-6 for the next 30 seconds. The Tarriers brought the kickoff back for a large gain, and two pass plays later they scored again. Two minutes later they were in again and, by the end of the first quarter, they were up 21-6 and never looked back. The second quarter got off to a rough start when the Tarriers found the end zone again after 12 seconds. After just four snaps, the Pirates handed the ball back to the Tarriers who, after a run to nowhere, hit yet another big pass play for a touchdown. After only two minutes off the clock in the second quarter, Charles Wright was up 35-6. After another set of downs to nowhere,
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frustration set in and the Pirates got flagged for unnecessary roughness. A Kellan Riley interception provided a morale boost, but the subsequent fumble negated that. Out of the ashes, the Pirate defensive line rose up in a goal line stand behind big stops by Logan Nelson and Ron Krieger, forcing a Tarrier field goal attempt that was blocked, then recovered by senior Chester Pruett. With three minutes to go in the half, Bryce Hoisington snagged his second score of the nigh, and with the two-point conversion, the score was 35-14. Vashon’s kicker, Luis Villa-Senor placed the ball perfectly, but just 20 seconds and one complete pass later, Charles Wright had scored again: 42-14. It was Vashon’s turn next,
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finally putting together a string of runs and a pass completion to Edgar Polkat. With less than a minute to go in the half, Bryce Hoisington punched the ball in, and Polkat scored the extra two points. Not to be outdone, literally 20 seconds later, Charles Wright unleashed another huge pass play, and the score at half time was 49-22. The misery continued through the third quarter with the Pirates falling behind 55-22, until Adrian St. Germain scored with five minutes to go, bringing the score to 55-28. But again, literally seconds later, the Pirates’ defensive backs were unable to do anything against the deep throwing threat of Charles Wright, and they were in again, making it 62-28. St. Germain and the Pirates answered back with his second score of the night, bringing it to 62-34. But, as had been the case all game, with just six seconds to go in the third quarter, yet another long bomb saw the Tarriers in again. Score 69-34. Thanks to tackles by Jackson Bard and Pruett, the Pirates took over on downs, leading to another Hoisington score and 69-40 on the scoreboard. As the last seven minutes played out, Charles Wright scored one last time, along with Hoisington’s final score of the night and a touchdown by Pruett, bringing the debacle to an end with a final score of 76-52. Vashon plays at home this Friday, Oct. 16, against Bellevue Christian. It is homecoming for all VHS alumni, as well as the annual senior night presentation. There will be a community dinner sponsored by the ASB and open to all from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Other festivities will begin at 6 p.m. with a pep rally, senior recognition at 6:30 p.m. and the kickoff at 7 p.m. — Cheryl Pruett is the parent of two VHS football players.
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Rain, wind have no effect on runners Howling winds, torrential rain did nothing to stop crosscountry teams By BRUCE CYRA For The Beachcomber
The weather held up for last Tuesday’s crosscountry meet in Fort Steilacoom, but the rain and wind arrived in time for Saturday’s invitational in Hoquiam for the Pirate and Mustang harriers. Tuesday saw the Pirates hosted by Charles Wright Academy at Fort Steilacoom. The men’s team was paced by sophomore Gianno Waller, who set a personal record on the 5K course in 18:43. Eight other Pirates set personal records behind Waller, as the Pirates came in third out of five teams. The women’s team was paced by freshman Lucy Boyle, who set a personal record of 21:43. Three other Pirates set records as well, and the women’s team won
the meet with a near-perfect score of 20 points. Saturday at the Hoquiam Invitational, the Pirates wisely keep their pop-up tent in the bus, as all the other teams’ tents blew away in the strong wind. Although everyone got soaked in the monsoon-like rains, a surprising number of local runners saw personal bests. The women Pirates were led by junior Selena Mildon, with freshman Annabelle Allen setting the day’s largest personal record, reducing her best by one-and-ahalf minutes to 23:26 over the 5K course. The men’s team was led by junior Isaac Hughes, with three Pirates lowering their bests without being blown off the course. The Pirates move on to the Nisqually League Championships this Friday when they travel to Kelsey Creek Park in Bellevue. The women’s varsity runs at 4:30 p.m., followed by the men’s varsity at 5:10 p.m. — Bruce Cyra is an island runner and VHS crosscountry supporter.
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Soccer team loses two, wins one on road By ALAN ZOLTIE and EMILY LEVIN For The Beachcomber
On the evening of Tuesday, Oct. 6, the Cougars of Cascade Christian made an appearance at Vashon High School, bringing with them a strong physical team which the Pirates knew right from kickoff would be hard to break down. The match was the first of a threegame series of away games that stretched over five days. This first game was a close contest with the aggressive Cougars making it tough for the Pirates to score. It took two attempts on goal by Pirates’ top scorer Maren Fremstad, both of which were seething shots from just outside the 18-yard box, before Cascade had its first foray into Pirate territory. VHS goalkeeper Katherine Andrus had little to do until she failed to stop a shot by the Cougars in the 25th minute, which just beat her to give Cascade a slender halftime lead 1-0. The second half was more of the same, relentless Vashon pressure without any real gain or threat to the Cougars’ goal. Then the whole game turned after a missed shot by Vashon’s Emily Serebryakova. Although some spectators believed a Cougar defender had stuck her hand out and hit the ball, the referee played on, and with time running down, coach Karen Olsen went for broke and played the last five minutes with five strikers in the hope of pulling back the one-goal deficit. The lineup change left the Pirates exposed at the back, and with 30 sec-
onds of the game left on a breakaway from its own half, Cascade scored what would be the decisive, and winning, goal, making the final score 2-0. Thursday, Oct. 8, saw a rematch at Seattle Christian. The team knew this one was going to be a battle, with Vashon desperate for a win that would enhance its playoff chances. Vashon started brightly, and before long had some opportunities to take the lead; However, midway through the first half, Vashon native and Seattle Christian player Abbie Kim took over, sprinting down the left wing and shooting low and hard past the Pirates’ keeper, making it 1-0 Seattle. Three minutes later, Kim again pounced onto a through ball from one of her teammates and easily put it past the Vashon keeper with the Pirates’ defense floundering. The half ended at 2-0 Seattle. The second half saw more of the same, and in the 39th minute, Seattle found themselves with an unassailable 3-0 lead. Four minutes from time, Kim again blasted a shot from a distance and past the Pirates’ keeper to make it 4-0 and give Seattle Christian a win it thoroughly deserved, leaving Vashon with an all-but-impossible task to make the playoffs. An early kickoff at Starfire Stadium against Northwest School on the morning of Saturday, Oct. 10 , was met with a depleted squad and torrential rain. Coach Karen Olsen made several changes to the team that had lost mid-
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would prefer to avoid debt, and many added that they would prefer that any bonds be voter-approved. McMahon, who has a 40-year career in shipyard management behind him, noted that borrowing might be necessary in some instances, such as for major capital expenditures — and then must be planned for accordingly. “If borrowing is to be done, there has to be a line item in the budget to cover the debt service,” he said. Rick Skillman, running for position 1, noted that when he was a hospital CEO, borrowing money for operations was not done. “If you had to do that, it generally indicated you weren’t managing your money very well,” he said. “So I don’t support having to go to tax anticipation notes to run the operation.” Bill Ameling, a former CPA who has served on the park board for 30 years, took a different approach, saying he is comfortable taking out a yearly TAN. “It is designed for this purpose,” Ameling said. “I have no problem taking cash flow early in the year and then you repay it in May when you get your first paycheck. … I have no problems with that at all.” Scott Harvey, a banker
running for position 5 against Ameling on a platform of fiscal accountability, disagreed. “Borrowing money for operations is bad fiscal policy,” he said, noting the findings of state audits. Later in the evening, islander Kate Hunter asked Ameling specifically, if he is serving his last term, will he be proud of the VES Fields. Ameling, 68, responded passionately, noting that he coaches his 10-year-old grandson’s baseball team. When he was at the fields not long ago, he said, boys were there playing baseball and soccer and girls were playing lacrosse. He noted when he was young, girls did not play sports and were considered the weaker sex. “I looked out at that field, and I thought, ‘How could anybody say this (the fields project) is wrong?’” he said. While many other candidates agreed the fields are an asset and well used, they questioned how the project was managed and the cost, which more than doubled during the course of construction. Candidate Peter Ray, one of two islanders opposing Ameling and a videographer that has filmed park district meetings for three years, said the VES Fields project is the reason he started attending park district meetings in 2012. He
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said that he believes the public process was flawed, with a lack of accountability, and he expressed concern about the amount of water used for irrigation; so far this year it is more than 2 million gallons, he said. “That to me seemed like an awful lot to just water grass and keep it alive over the summer,” he added. He also questioned the need for the fields, as they are an improvement over the fields there before, not entirely new construction. “I do not know that there was a need to begin with,” he added. Position 1 candidate Karen Gardner, a retired computer scientist with a degree in horticulture, also expressed questions about water and the process around creating the fields. “I would agree that the fields are quite lovely,” she said. “I too looked at the amount of grass and how much water was probably used to keep them green. I would also agree that the process was flawed and that we could have done something less expensive that would have been probably quite doable.” Shortly afterward, a question followed on how to prevent the mistakes of the fields projects from happening again. The candidates weighed in on a range ways to do so. Stone — for Weil — called for electing generalists instead of those with specific, vest-
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ed interests. Skillman said that the board must be certain to know both capital and operating costs, while Gardner called for careful risk assessment up front and skillful project management throughout. In Ameling’s response, he noted that none of candidates were there in the beginning of the project and so were unaware of the board’s initial work. “If we did everything that this panel says that they would do, right now we would be sitting here with a pile of money and no fields,” Ameling said, adding, “You cannot have accountants and lawyers and things on a park board because a park board is not a bank. It is a human organization and we have to provide things for people even when it is tough.” Harvey, who was called on to speak directly after Ameling, disagreed. “A park district is a business. It is a public business, and we have 11,000 customers, but it is a business, and we need to serve all of our customers,” he said. “Bill mentions the pile of money. If we had the pile of money then we could do the project properly.” Soon afterward, a member of the audience changed course and inquired about the pool, which was built
in the 1970s. King County owned it until 2010, when the Vashon Park District took it over after the county indicated it planned to close it. The questioner inquired when a pool adequate for all groups would be built, saying the current pool is sub-standard. All commissioner candidates agreed about the need for improvements, and McMahon noted that, as a Friend of the Vashon Pool, he believes a feasibility study on the pool and its immediate and potential long-term needs and costs is essential. His group has proposed such a study, he noted. Stone commented for Weil, a father of two young children who works for Conservation International, a global conservation organization. “Josh would like to explore opportunities to work with the school (district) in terms of improving the pool,” she said. When the park district took the pool on, the school district was experiencing budget contraction, Stone added, wondering if the school district might be more open to taking some of the pool’s cost on. “Now that revenue has stabilized and the school is looking to improve its athletic facilities, perhaps
now would be a good time to begin a dialog with the school (district) to see if there is a way we could share expenses,” she said of Weil’s position. Nearing the end of the forum, Truman O’Brien, who previously served on the park board for eight years, inquired about bringing programs back, as the district used to have robust program offerings. All candidates indicated they had at least some interest in the doing, with Gardner, McMahon and Weil all indicating the question of programming and what might be offered is for the community to decide. Skillman noted that the full name of the Vashon Park District, which has been shortened over the years, includes the word “recreation” in it and that he believes programs should be at the heart of what the agency provides. King County Elections will mail ballots to voters this week. For more information about the candidates and their views on a range of issues, see the Community section of The Beachomber’s website and VoiceofVashon. org, which has recorded candidate statements for the fire, parks and school board elections, as well as both forums.
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According to the county, the revenue generated from the levy would be invested in programs for a mix of children of various ages, from newborn to age 24. The largest chunk of funding, 50 percent (roughly $32.5 million annually), will be invested in strategies focused on children under age 5 and pregnant women, the county website explains. These programs and strategies would vary from home visits for new parents and their children, to maternal support groups and housing for those mothers suffering from domestic violence. The funds will also include a “modest investment to sustain and expand parent/child health services” that are already provided through public county health centers, according to county officials. The preventative nature of the programs offered under the initiative is something Vashon Youth & Family Services Director Kathleen Johnson can get behind. She said the initiative would provide much-needed funding to her organization. “We are signed on as an agency and endorsing it; it
absolutely would affect us,” she said last week. “During the great recession, 2009 to 2011, early childhood development and prevention program funding evaporated. This initiative could help reinvigorate early childhood development programs.” Johnson also said that she believes the initiative is “very forward-thinking,” and has science to back up its goals. “There are countless studies showing the importance of early childhood development programs and the economic savings from them in the long term,” Johnson said. “We not only recoup the savings once, but hundreds of times. Studies show that every $1 spent in early childhood development programs saves $15 later in their life.” A study from Purdue University published this year shows that same relationship between money spent on these programs and the money saved later. According to the study, titled “Investing in Early Childhood Development is Smart Economic Development,” the researchers state that “for every $1 invested in highquality early childhood programs, there is a return of $4 to $16.” The returns come in the form of higher worker productivity, lower education costs, reduced crime and less government assistance, researchers say in the study. “We need to help make a difference early,” Johnson said.
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She said that there is a story about a group of villagers who lived near a river and saw a person drowning that summarizes the goal of her organization and those who provide these kinds of programs. “They pulled the man who was drowning out, but kept seeing other ones coming downriver drowning, so they pulled them out one after another,” Johnson said. “Someone finally decided to go upriver and see what was making the drownings happen and build a wall.” Johnson said that since VYFS’ funding has been cut, the organization has been focused on “getting people out of the water,” but it needs to focus on building the preventative “wall.” “We know what’s causing the issues, and we can fix them,” Johnson said. Beyond early childhood programs, the initiative would focus 35 percent of the revenue ($22 million annually) on investing in strategies focused on children and youth ages 5 to 24. The King County initiative website explains that programs in this category could consist of early intervention to prevent teen depression and substance abuse. Locally, Vashon High School has been looking for ways to provide counseling and mental health services to students. When asked last week, Vashon Island School District Superintendent Michael Soltman said he was not familiar with the initiative. The last 15 percent of the levy funds would be divided between community programs (10 percent, or roughly $6 million annually) such as creating affordable, healthy food and housing. The remaining 5 percent of the funds would go toward gathering data on the effectiveness of all of the programs. The revenue used for community programs could be used by local organizations such as the Vashon-Maury Community Food Bank and Vashon HouseHold. Food bank Executive Director Robbie Rohr said that the initiative is the “tip of the iceberg” for funding, and it aims to have all community organizations come together. “It’s not just about the Vashon food bank or hunger,” Rohr said. “It’s a large community effort in the context of how we, as a community, can come together. This is exactly the kind of opportunity that Vashon needs. It’s an opening for creative thinking on how to help others claim their rights to the tools of success — one of which is certainly not having to worry that that they won’t be able to feed their children, or that they will have to choose between medicine and food. The county calls this a collectve impact model….perfect for Vashon.”
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upon hearing the news. “I am so excited,” she added. “What Granny’s did with this grant is say, ‘We want everyone to know the value of the people who live here.’” With donations coming in, financial gifts expected from an upcoming VCC fundraising event and the Granny’s grant, Everitt said she will still have to raise $125,000 by the end of the year. She has been pursuing grants from offisland and island sources, she said, and is also working to spread the word about VCC to those who have never been there and are unfamiliar with its work. Tim Johnson, the business manager at Granny’s Attic, noted that in the four years he has been in his position, he has not seen a one-time grant this large and believes the only other grants of this size would have been for capital projects years ago at the Vashon Health Center. VCC is extremely popular among Granny’s membership, Johnson added, and the grant received overwhelming ‘yes’ votes. The next largest Granny’s grant, at $17,500, went to VashonBePrepared, an organization working in partnership with Vashon Island Fire & Rescue (VIFR), for an all-terrain utility vehicle equipped with a specialized package of emergency rescue and firefighting equipment. Called a Gator, the vehicle will be helpful in a variety of situations, according to VIFR Chief Hank Lipe. “It’s a great asset to have, but we have not been able to fund it because of other priorities,” he said last week. “It will give us a huge expansion of our capabilities.” The vehicle can be used for emergency medical calls, fires and rescue sit-
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uations, Lipe added, and will be especially helpful in walk-in beach communities and in Vashon parks and trail systems, such as at Island Center Forest. Additionally, he said if the climate continues to produce hot, dry summers like this last one, the vehicle will give the department faster capabilities in the woods, allowing firefighters to more quickly extinguish fires and prevent them from spreading out of control. Rick Wallace, president of VashonBePrepared, noted that when he was deployed in the Snohomish County Emergency Operations Center during the Oso landslide, they put every available Gator in the region to help responders work on “the pile,” and it could prove similarly valuable on Vashon. “This will be an invaluable tool during a landslide response, and we know all too well that we have a significant landslide risk around the edges of our island,” he said. Additional funding for the Gator will come from VashonBePrepared, which will contribute $3,600, and VIFR, which will provide $5,000. Granny’s members awarded the third largest grant in this cycle to The DoVE Project, which received $15,220 for its teen advocacy program. As part of its teen dating abuse prevention curriculum, DoVE sends staff members to Vashon High School four times a month to talk about healthy relationships, technology and dating and breaking up. The staff members — a man and a woman — go to the high school during lunch and the SMART periods, when students do not have classes scheduled, enabling students to get to know DoVE staff without going to the office or attending a more traditional workshop, DoVE Executive Director Betsey
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Vashon Island Fire & Rescue and VashonBePrepared will soon have use of a Gator such as this one, thanks to a grant from Granny’s Attic. The photo was taken from the grant proposal, which was written by Brigitte Schran Brown, Ben Davidson and Rick Wallace. Archambault said. “We are trimming our strategy to go where the kids are,” she added. “In our programming, we have figured out this is the way to strategize. As we grow, we get better, and we adjust how we are reaching people.” Funds from the grant will fund staff time and supplies for the program. Meanwhile, to help seniors remain living independently in their homes, Vashon Senior Center received $5,000 for its Neighbor to Neighbor program. This program, now in its second year, pairs island volunteers with seniors who need assistance in some way, whether it be help with yard work or someone coming in to visit and read out loud. The program is going well, Ava Apple, the senior center’s executive director, said last week. She said Neighbor to Neighbor has 55 volunteers and close to 100 clients. The $5,000 will pay for Apple’s volunteer coordinating time for approximately six months, she said. Finally, Vashon’s Care Closet received full funding for its request of
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money for the Care Closet to move from its current location at Island Funeral Service’s garage to Sunrise Ridge. Lisa Devereau, one of the Care Closet’s managers, said the group will move soon, as it has outgrown the space at the funeral home. People can still drop donations of such items off there, she added, and she will take them to the new location. Last week’s grants
marked the second granting cycle of the year for Granny’s Attic, and Johnson noted that with its ongoing support of some programs and both the spring and fall grants, it is on track to grant $270,000 this year. In February, Granny’s moved from its longtime home at Sunrise Ridge to its current location in the IGA plaza. The move has been good for the thrift store, Johnson said, noting volunteers and staff now find it more efficient to receive, sort and sell items that are donated, and it is easier for customers to get to the store and move around in it once they are there. That has translated into more donations and sales, he said. To cover the increased rent at the new facility, the store needed a 3 percent increase in sales, he added, but sales have been running 10 to 12 percent above last year’s record pace. The increased proceeds translate to more funds for grants to disperse to health-related needs on the island. “The thing that excites our membership more than anything else is giving away money,” Johnson said.
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