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February’s First Friday festivities were far more than the artistic celebration of a weekly Vashon tradition for islanders, as the town welcomed a new businesses and Voice of Vashon’s new radio studio. As rain pounded down and wind howled outside, dozens of islanders huddled together in the back of the building between Zombiez and Glass Bottle Creamery, now Kelly Macomber Straight’s Vashon Recess Lab, for a ribbon cutting. The group then headed to the front of the building for the ribbon cutting and unveiling of Voice of Vashon’s (VoV) storefront radio studio. Vashon Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jim Marsh was on hand at both events, serving as the master of ceremonies for the ribbon cuttings. He applauded the Macomber-Straights, as well as VoV for what he called their bravery and investment in the community. “We wanted to revive the ribbon cutting tradition because these businesses are who we are and how we define ourselves,” Marsh said as he addressed the crowd at Macomber Straight’s studio. “We want to recognize those who are brave enough to take on opening a new business. Any time anyone invests in this community we think it will be great, and we want to celebrate that. Good luck.” Friday’s festivities marked the end of a long
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don’t want to take business away from places already here or have more of what’s already here. That’s why we wanted something new.” She said that she is planning on hosting teen nights where island teenagers can watch a movie while riding a spin bike or climbing the
Less than two months after the head of Vashon’s largest social service agency met with local government officials to request increased county support for island nonprofits, it appears Vashon may benefit from additional funds or services as early as next year. Kathleen Johnson, the executive director of Vashon Youth & Family Services (VYFS), says that since she began at the organization three years ago, she has been troubled by the fact that agencies on the island are not eligible for money many other nonprofits in the region have access to: city funds. In urban areas, municipal funds help support social services addressing the needs of that city, but because Vashon is unincorporated, Johnson said the island’s agencies do not receive that type of financial support, leaving them chronically underfunded. In December, hoping to change that picture, Johnson took action and met with King County Councilmember Joe McDermott. “There is something about having that (funding) hole that has grated at me,” she said. “I got to the point where I said we need to do something about this or at least give it a shot.” Reached on Monday, McDermott agreed that municipal funds are important to the work of many nonprofits, and he noted
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Top: Voice of Vashon radio hosts Jeff Hoyt and Susan McCabe broadcast live Friday night from the station’s new Storefront Studio grand opening. The studio has been in the works since summer 2015. Bottom right: Voice of Vashon Board President Jean Bosch cuts the ribbon on VoV’s Storefront Studio. Bottom left: Zabette Macomber (left) and Kelly Macomber Straight (third from left) stand with their children as their son Ian cuts the ribbon to their new exercise studio, while Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jim Marsh looks on. The ribbon-cutting officially opened the Vashon Recess Lab. process for both projects that started in the spring of 2015 when the MacomberStraights bought the building, which was known to be for sale. The building was the home of Island Quilter for three years, a quilt shop that became world famous for its fabrics and workshops. Island Quilter’s cus-
tomers, and many others in the Vashon community, reacted negatively to the sale. Macomber Straight said the following months were tough, but her focus all along has been to bring some new offerings to the island. She is a personal trainer who holds certifications in numerous exercise modali-
ties and bought the building with the intention of creating an exercise studio in the back and a storefront business in the front. “That’s been Zabette and my focus all along: What can we offer the community? And this is it,” Macomber Straight said. “There’s lots of opportunities to do stuff here. We
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Ferry Advisory Committee bill moving through legislature By ANNELI FOGT Editor
A bill making its way through the Washington State Legislature and the House Transportation Committee could reinstate the legitimacy of Vashon’s ferry advisory committee. If passed, House Bill 2745 would allow the county to appoint the members of the committee, which has been operating in a sort of limbo since the island’s community council folded in 2012. State law calls for ferry advisory committee (FAC) members to be appointed to four-year terms by county councils in cities, and by community councils in rural areas, but Vashon no longer has a governing body to do so. Vashon’s FAC has a Facebook page with more than 500 members, most of which have been carrying on with the responsibilities of keeping ferry system officials aware of issues. Vashon FAC member Jan Stephens said he hopes that the bill is a “no brainer” for the legislature to pass. “We would be the only non-represented commu-
nity with the ferries, and I’m not sure where we’d go from there,” he said. Stephens said the bill is a “mere technicality” and that Vashon’s FAC has been operating normally despite its inability to appoint new members. “The committee itself didn’t really change when the community council folded,” Stephens said. “(FAC head Greg Beardsley) said that we had to get this fixed. We’re still pushing forward, and I’m quietly hoping this takes care of business.” FACs are legally mandated by state law. Washington State Ferries (WSF) is required to gather feedback from FACs about problems being experienced. Vashon FAC head Beardsley said that while the committee has continued oversight operations and meets with WSF, Vashon’s committee has lost some legitimacy because of the community council fallout. “As a result of the fiasco with unincorporated councils being defunded, Vashon’s is no longer in existence,” Beardsley said. “One of the last things I had (the
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New Bethel Church pastor aims to preach love, Harbor School hires embrace kindness of island community new head of school By ANNELI FOGT Editor
Washington native and Vashon newcomer Luke Tedder has taken over the role of pastor at Bethel Church and says he is excited to begin reaching out and welcoming the close-knit island community. The husband, and father of two young children, soon to be three when his son arrives, moved his young family to Vashon from Northern California in December upon being hired as pastor. He began serving the church last month and said he and his family have fallen in love with the island and the community. “The culture of Vashon is great. We fell in love with it and moved here,” Tedder said last week. “We really love the close-knit community and love recognizing people in town. Even if it’s the cashier at the grocery store, it’s nice to have those friendly faces. People here have a genuine love for their neighbors, and I’m excited to meet and partner with different ministries and community groups to spread love in a world full of so much sadness and despair
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smaller church. “We have a lot of family up here, but we really felt a move toward pastoring a smaller church would be right for us,” Tedder said. “Being a religion-based family, we prayed about it, and we just fell in love with (Vashon).” He said that the hospitality of the community is something he has been able to witness at the dinners the church occasionally hosts with the Interfaith Council to Prevent Homelessness. He said that he wants islanders to know that if they ever feel alone or hopeless, the church is there to welcome them. “We really want to be a welcoming church,” Tedder said of the church that aligns with the Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA) denomination. “Even if you don’t believe what we believe, we welcome (you) to just come try it out and listen and feel welcome.” As part of EFCA, Bethel Church is one of the island’s more conservative congregations. The church believes the Bible is “without error in the original writings,” and is the “authoritative word for our understanding of God
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The Harbor School’s Board of Trustees has recently hired Mark McGough as the new head of school. Scott Shawver, chair of the school’s Board of Trustees, said McGough (pronounced McGoff) was the “overwhelming favorite” after a search that brought in more than 20 applicants, both nationally and internationally. A search committee narrowed that pool down to three finalists, and with input from the wider Harbor School community, including parents, students and alumni, it endorsed hiring McGough. The board’s decision to appoint him was unanimous, Shawver said. McGough, slated to begin July 1, currently heads The Gardner School of Arts & Sciences, a private school that serves students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade, in Vancouver, Washington. Noting that the Harbor School values travel study, Shawver said that McGough’s international experience is particularly welcome. He has served as the head of school in Milan, Italy, and has been an administrator and teacher in several international schools abroad, including Namibia, Tanzania, Germany and Malaysia. McGough is a native of Great Britain and earned his undergraduate degree and his Master of Arts degree in international education in the United Kingdom. In a school press release, McGough provided a statement about his new position and noted he is eager to come to Vashon. “I was so impressed with the level of parent participation and alumni support that I saw at both Harbor School and Carpe Diem during my visit — it shows a great love for the students, faculty and programs,” he said. The school has been operating without a head of school since James Cardo’s departure in September. Norine Martinson has served as the acting head of school, Shawver said, and he credited her, the teachers and faculty with the smooth operations at the school this year. “I have no doubt with a head of school, it will be even better,” he said.
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and how we live our lives,” according to the church’s website. Church elder Jin Kim said the church has been without a pastor for more than a year and a half since former Senior Pastor Bob Gentzel left. Gentzel had led the church for roughly a decade. “I’m really looking forward to working with him,” Kim said about Tedder. “He brings a real energy and passion for getting involved in the community.” Kim continued to say that he thinks Tedder’s young family will help the church be more welcoming to families and young children, and he also likes that Tedder and his wife have roots in the Northwest. Kimi Healey, who has been attending services at Bethel Church for seven years, seconded Kim’s comments about Tedder’s energy and youth. “I just love the energy of having a young pastor,” Healey said. “I think it’s great his whole family’s here, and I meet up with his wife, and she’s great. She’s really excited to get involved in the community. There’s just a really positive energy.”
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Frozen yogurt shop opens at laundromat By SUSAN RIEMER Staff Writer
Downtown’s newest business, a frozen yogurt shop, opened recently in the front portion of the Suds Laundromat, and the owners say it has already become a busy after-school spot. Called Kenny’s Brain Freeze, in honor of Ken Sudduth, who died last May, the shop serves six flavors and offers several toppings, ranging from strawberries to chocolate sprinkles to gummy worms. Friday afternoon, despite the February chill, several customers stopped by in the middle of the afternoon for a quick frozen yogurt or sorbet pick-me-up. Mike Parks, one of the shop’s owners, was working that day and said the shop opened Jan. 30 and so far has had its busiest times when students — sometimes with parents in tow — head there after school. Kenny’s Brain Freeze and the laundromat — accessible through an open doorway in the shop — are owned by the Parks and Sudduth families, including Mike Parks’ wife Linda Parks and her son Doug Sudduth. A family member is typically at the shop, Mike Parks said, though they will likely soon hire additional help. Part of the after-school rush Friday included Heather Rhoads-Weaver and her two young children, Luca and Shane. They enjoyed guava sorbet as well as strawberry and pistachio frozen yogurt at an indoor table and ordered another frozen yogurt to go. “We got all four for under $10,” Rhoads-Weaver said on the way out the door. Several customers later, Zoë Hughes stopped in with two school-age girls. It was their first trip to the shop. “My daughter did tons of homework
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New people, businesses bringing new life to island The year seems to be starting out with a bang for Vashon as the first two months of 2016 have brought an election (results were announced after press time), three new businesses and multiple new leaders of island establishments. In a coincidental twist, the past week has also seen some of the most beautiful sunrises in months, possibly signaling at a new beginning for those who believe in the meaning behind such coincidences. Friday, being the monthly First Friday gallery cruise, featured the most noticeable and public of the additions to the island as Voice of Vashon’s long-awaited storefront studio opened in the front of Kelly Macomber Straight’s exercise studio in the building between Zombiez and Glass Bottle Creamery. Roughly 50 islanders packed into the radio studio to celebrate the new beginning for the station, and Susan McCabe and Jeff Hoyt broadcast an inaugural show from the location. The mood was decidedly positive and Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jim Marsh congratulated all involved on their bravery. A frozen yogurt shop, Kenny’s Brain Freeze, also opened earlier this year to join the recently opened Suds Laundromat. The owners say it is already a popular spot for island families and schoolchildren. In other news, the Vashon School District bond issue reached an end on Tuesday as the future of the district’s aging athletic facilities was put on the line by a public vote. A “yes” vote on the $26.9 million bond will mean a new gym and track and field, while a “no” vote will mean the buildings and track and field stay as they are. The island’s private school, the Harbor School, last week announced its new head of school: a world traveller and an Englishman, who has held positions in schools in Malaysia, Germany and Namibia. Also welcoming a new leader, Bethel Church hired a new pastor earlier this year, who brings along his young family. Members of the congregation expressed that they are excited for the new energy a young pastor will bring. Lastly, islander Lia Bardeen is planning on opening her restaurant across from the library and Ober Park in the coming months. If the recent growth and reinvigoration of businesses in the short amount of time that has been 2016 is anything to go on, the year should be a successful one for Vashon. But, new Vashon businesses mean an increased necessity for islanders to shop locally and keep these businesses afloat.
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ave you ever wondered if there’s a young Vashon farmer who would love to transform your field into a productive farm? What that would take in terms of infrastructure, water, housing and land? What kind of difference that would make in your life, theirs and the life of our community? Doug Dolstad and I have asked ourselves those questions, too. We took the leap from dreaming to doing, and we hope our experience might interest owners and young farmers and lead them to pursue creative farming partnerships that work for everyone. Since 2013, we’ve been leasing 8 acres of land from Doug’s family. The land under our stewardship belonged to his ancestors and dates back to the 1880s. By 1990, nothing remained but the 1890 farm house, some outbuildings, a spring-fed reservoir, an old apple orchard, scattered nut trees, forests and two fenced fields of native grasses that are still being hayed by Willie Mann and George Nelson. It became our mission to renew the farm and bring it back as a productive small farm that contributes to the island’s agricultural vitality. Around the same time, islander Liam Rockwell came our way. Liam had been looking for a place to start farming for a living since interning at Hogsback Farm in 2012. He said he saw the potential of the Dolstad’s property after Doug offered him a trailer as an option for housing in exchange for working on the land. “I saw I could put my dreams into reality,” Liam said. The project and relationship between Liam and us grew organically. We remember the first cold farm meetings at the picnic table in the hay field when we shared our dreams and began to explore how this might work. Besides providing housing and land, we committed to a no-interest loan that we calculated was needed to buy the equipment and infrastructure that would get him off to a healthy start.
filed in through a hole in the fence. We also had moments of hilarity as we all ran around the garden in the evening dusk, waving our arms and Liam spent yelling at the same deer who days the winter later had found their way through methodically an open gate. approaching Our weekly farm meetings the research became as essential to the success of phase of the farm as weeding and watering. the project, Liam often shared the gratitude he reading up felt for those weekly connections, on regional saying they gave him a sense of supfarming port and companionship in what methods was largely a one-man operation. and pouring over equipment lists Those regular check-ins not only and seed catalogs. He researched helped grow the farm, but they rototillers and commercial greenhelped to grow the farmer and our houses, seed companies and market partnership. demand, making and sharing comAt the close of the first growing puter lists and season, we sat charts with us. down at the picGradually, all the nic table in what “At the close of the first essential pieces is now Liam’s growing season, we sat of Cedar Spring market garden down at the picnic table in and shared yet Farm came together. what is now Liam’s market another delicious As spring farm dinner. It garden and shared yet approached, Liam was time for us to another delicious farm rolled up his harvest what we sleeves and set to had learned from dinner. It was time for us muscle work: He our first season of to harvest what we had deer-fenced the partnership. learned from our first perimeter, rotoLiam had tilled and, with learned much season of partnership.” the help of famabout the land ily and friends, he was farming, erected a greenhouse that became a its particular needs and capacihome to his future market garden. ties. He also learned about his own Digging rows and rows of growneeds and capacities as a farmer. He ing beds, he laid hundreds of feet learned gates must be closed, fences of irrigation tape and was working checked, cover crops planted and a farmer’s day of dawn to dusk. By that mistakes and celebrations can July, he had his hands full with carbe shared and used as compost for rots and cabbages, snap peas and learning and growing. spinach and was harvesting, cleanDoug and I learned the value of ing and selling 28 vegetable varieties sharing land and how to meaningat VIGA’s Farmers Market. fully support an island farmer. We Among the many successes, there also had the pleasure of witnessing were also challenges. During 2015’s a young farmer realize his dreams, long, dry summer, water became a gain confidence and discover the critical issue. Liam’s garden needed deeper meaning in the work of more flow than we were able to farming and feeding his commuprovide. We activated a 1,500-gallon nity. water tank, where water from our — Barbara Larson is an islander well could accumulate during the and owner of Cedar Spring night and be used by day. What a Farm along with Doug Dolstad. relief it worked. This column is part of a series by One hard-learned lesson was VIGA members. VIGA represents when Liam found his lucrative snap local farmers and those who eat pea crop decimated by deer that had and use their products.
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Keeping New Year’s resolution may mean opening unusual restaurant How have your New Year’s resolutions held up? As for me, I resolved to improve my diet by cooking my own meals instead of eating out. If you don’t count the third or fourth, I made it all the way to Jan. 6. I was done in by my radio co-host, Anneli. After our show (Wednesdays from 4 to 6 p.m. on the Voice of Vashon, 101.9 FM — shameless plug ) she said, “Hey, you want to go to The Hardware Sto…” “YES!” I screamed, “Hurry, hurry let’s go!” I really can’t be faulted for stumbling off the resolution bandwagon when she was practically begging me. I don’t remember 2015’s resolutions being so hard to stick to. Of course, last year I promised myself I would exercise less, eat more salt and saturated fat and drink harder. I guess it really is all about making realistic goals. So with my solemn oath to not patronize restaurants dashed, I figured the best way to beat them was to join them. So I’ve been making plans to open Vashon’s newest eatery. Even though the failure rate for new restaurants is among the highest of any business and I have no practical experience in the industry, I do have one thing in my favor. I have never let facts or common sense get in the way of one of my ideas.
HUMOR By CHRIS AUSTIN Yet with all my naivete, even I have seen some glaring errors in the basic foodie business model. Take for instance this glutenfree fad. Almost any place you walk into offers their glutens for free, which leaves a lot of money in the customer’s pocket. I plan to buck the trend and sell my glutens at a premium. I have already found an exclusive gluten rancher in Nigeria (he’s a prince, no less) and plan to sell non-GMO glutens for an obscene amount of money. Cha-ching! As for a restaurant itself, I want to stay in the spirit of recycling, reusing and repurposing. I will join the 10 or so states that sanction the consumption of road kill and open a chain of outlets called, “Offally Good Eats!” I am stuck on a catchy slogan, though. I have narrowed it down to, “Where mystery meat is more than just a saying!” or “From Car Grill to Char Grill!” Everything will be slow-cooked, which
is fitting because the critters themselves were not too fleet of foot. Have a hearty breakfast of flattened flapjacks or a bumper crop of raccoon nuggets. Go on a fender bender at the all-you-can eat buffet. For dessert, there’s always room for my sugar coated “Iffy Pops.” They’re everyone’s favorite carcass candy. And remember, it’s always organic and always sun-dried. If meals on wheels aren’t your thing, how about a plate of sushi? Now I believe in responsible, sustainable food on the menu, so I am opening the world’s first chicken sushi bar. It’s named Way Too Fresh Chicken! or WTF Chicken! for short. In fact, I’ll beat sushi chefs at their own game. While that tuna was swimming in the Pacific yesterday, my chicken might be staring at you from across the table. That’s right, these free-range fowl will live right in the restaurant. It will be like picking your own lobster at a seafood joint. I know what you’re thinking, “Won’t the floor be covered with chicken poop?” Um, yeah, it’s called ambience, like peanut shells on the floor of those fancy French restaurants. One question that invariably comes up is how does the dispatching of your delicious, nutritious meal actually work?
You can thank science for that answer. I simply perch the chosen chicken in a room broadcasting “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo!” As the small avian brain tries to understand why anyone would watch such a show, its head explodes — quick and painless. Before you know it, you’ll be served a plate full of glistening beige meat. Bon appetit! Some of my naysayers have suggested that serving raw chicken will give customers so many gastrointestinal illnesses that even cruise lines will be envious. Well, I have that covered, too, with our homemade Amoxi-Mints. Every meal comes with a minty fresh complete course of broad spectrum antibiotics. Say you’re allergic to penicillin? Then give your immune system the night off at my “We’re Nuts for Allergies” diner. You’ll have hypo-allergenic food paste delivered right to your table by a sterilized drone. Spice up your meal with our special recipe condiment that doubles as a hand sanitizer and wash it all down with Auntie-Histimines’ famous epinephrine shooters. And what do the kids say about our yummy Anaphylaxis Shake? “Swell!” — Chris Austin is an award-winning writer and circulation manager at The Beachcomber.
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We’re really disappointed in our Realtor and wonder if you’d care to comment. He told us about a new listing but then wrote up an offer on it for someone else before we could even see it. Isn’t there a rule or protocol about that? We have lost out on several places in Seattle and are desperate to find something, so he brought us over to Vashon and we thought he was going to help us find something here. There are really a couple of issues here. The first is your belief that your Realtor should be working exclusively for you. There is no protocol or rule that says a Realtor has to work for only a specific number of clients. Most active brokers have several clients in the same price range with similar interests and requirements. We all decide on some plan for ourselves and try to discuss that with people as we make a commitment to work with them.
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I try to tell all of my clients that there may be other people I’m working with that are looking for the same thing. With such a tiny inventory of homes to sell every year, competition is always tough. I notify every client I have in a specific price range as soon as a new listing comes on the market. Whoever gets out to see the house, and commits to making an offer, will be the one I represent in a transaction. If a second client is also interested I will refer them to another broker I trust. Your second issue is working with a broker from Seattle. There are some great folks working there, but you should be sure that they really know the issues on Vashon. I spoke to someone recently who made an offer on a home without even understanding that it had a major landslide issue. Fortunately, they were able to get out of the sale. Brokers who live on Vashon Island work with these and other local issues every day. It’s just a safer bet to work with a local broker.
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ONGOING Soup-and-Sandwich Saturdays: Grilled-cheese sandwiches and soup will be available on Saturdays for lunch at the Eagles as a fundraiser for the Vashon Senior Center. The cost is $8 — senior center members can pick up coupons for $2 off at the center. Noon to 1:30 p.m. (or until sold out) Saturdays through March 26 at the Vashon Eagles.
WEDNESDAY • 10 Ash Wednesday: Everyone is invited to this Ash Wednesday service. 7 a.m. at the Presbyterian church. Methanol Plant Public Hearing: This hearing is the second of three opportunities to submit comments on the scope of the plant’s environmental review. This meeting will also allow the public to review the city’s first draft of that scope, which is available online now. Northwest Innovation Works, the company proposing the $3.4 billion methanol plant at the Port of Tacoma, the City of Tacoma and the port will have representatives in attendance to distribute information and answer questions about the proposed project prior to the hearing. 5 p.m. on the fifth floor of the Tacoma Convention Center, 1500 Broadway. Drama Dock Auditions: Drama Dock will hold auditions for its production of Steven Dietz’s “Becky’s New Car” to be directed by Michael Barker. The show will run from April 22 through 24 and April 29 through May 1 in the round at the Open Space for Arts & Community. There are parts for four men, ages 20 to 70, and three women, ages 20 to 60. A script is available to read at the library (cannot be checked out); no prepared monologue is necessary. 7 to 9 p.m. in the Ober Park performance room. Auditions will also be held from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday. Vashon Computer Club: The club will meet and discuss the future of the digital world. Visitors are always welcome to attend. 7:30 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road.
THURSDAY • 11 Current Events at the Senior Center: Bob Hallowell will lead a conversation about the month’s news. 1 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road. BCC Lecture Series: Burton Community Church offers a weekly lecture series on classic novels — interested attendees do not have to have read the books ahead of time. The lectures are free and designed to stand alone. This week’s lectures will examine Marcel Proust’s “Remembrance of Things Past”
— also known as “In Search of Lost Time” — continued from last week. 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 service is meditative, musical and rooted in the Christian contemplative tradition. All are welcome, and nursery care will be provided. For more information, email holyspiritmusic13@ gmail.com. 7 p.m. at the Church of the Holy Spirit.
FRIDAY • 12 Senior Center Valentine’s Party: A special menu and games will be offered. Lunch costs $4.50. Sign up (at the center) is requested as space is limited. 11:45 a.m. at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road. Vegan Potluck: Vegans, vegetarians and those learning — or interested in learning — about a compassionate, healthy and earth-friendly way of eating are encouraged to attend. Dishes should be vegan food only. The event is a “no trash bash,” so nondisposable plates and utensils will be provided. For more information, call 567-5852. 5:45 p.m. at the Land Trust Building. Nar-Anon: This is a weekly support group meeting for family and friends who are concerned about the addiction or drug problem of another. For more information, call Joe T. at 253-223-7615. 7 to 8 p.m. in the belfry of the Presbyterian church. Vashon Drum Circle: Members will meet to drum on behalf of the health and wellbeing of the planet and community. The gathering is sponsored by Woman’s Way Red Lodge and is open to people of all ages and experience. 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Vashon Intuitive Arts.
SATURDAY • 13 Tarot Readings: Psychic medium Bill Champlin will be available for Tarot card readings. For more information, see tarotbybill.com. Noon to 5:30 p.m. at Vashon Intuitive Arts. Drama Dock Auditions: See Wednesday’s entry for details. 2 to 4 p.m. in the Ober Park performance room. Smoke Signals (Nicotine Anonymous): This is a monthly support group for those who desire to stop smoking. For more information, call Joe T. at 253-223-7615. 5 to 6 p.m. in the belfry of the Presbyterian church.
SUNDAY • 14 Zen Center: Genko Kathy Blackman, an Osho in the Rinzai Zen tradition, will speak about taking refuge. The weekly service also
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TUESDAY • 16 Vashon Quilt Guild: Joanie Raymond will present a demonstration of machine quilting using a Domestic sewing machine. Guests are welcome. 10 a.m. at Bethel Church.
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, Feb. 17. Blood Drive: The Vashon Rotary has sponsored a blood drive through Bloodworks Northwest’s mobile service. To schedule an appointment, see bloodworksnw.org. 1:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. (no appointments between 3:15 and 4 p.m.) Thursday, Feb. 18, at the Lutheran church. Guest Bartender Night: The Vashon Island Chorale will hold a guest bartender night to promote its production of “Carmina Burana,”which is scheduled to be the inaugural concert event in the Vashon Center for the Arts in late April. The “Naughty Monk” will be the evening’s signature cocktail, and chorale singers will participate as servers. 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, at The Hardware Store restaurant. Senior Center Book Group: The book choice for this meeting is Ann Patchett’s thriller “Bel Canto,” which tells the story of an opera singer’s kidnapping. 2:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 22, at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road.
CLASSES & WORKSHOPS Happy Hour on Tap: Donate to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and enjoy an adult tapdance session appropriate for all levels of proficiency. Drop-ins are OK and tap shoes are not required. For more information or to register, go to corecentrictraining.com and
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The first Labor of Love Gala Auction — a benefit for the Vashon Community Care Foundation — will take place from 5:30 to 9 p.m. on Saturday at the Open Space for Arts & Community. Attendees are asked to “return the love” at this event, featuring music, dancing, dining and a live auction. Herban Feast will cater; music will be provided by Vashon’s own Portage Philharmonic (pictured), and professional auctioneer Laura Michalek will preside over the main event. Tickets cost $50 and can be purchased at vashoncommunitycare.org or by calling 567-6164. then click “training schedule.” 4 to 5 p.m. Fridays through March at Core Centric’s D1 studio. Seed-Starting Seminar: The class will cover topics such as starting seeds indoors, when to transfer them outside, how to harden them to make the transition, materials needed and how or when to use heat mats. Seeds and supplies will also be available for purchase. 11 a.m . to noon Saturday, Feb. 13, at the Country Store and Farm. Zen Center: The Puget Sound Zen Center offers a free monthly Intro to Zen class, which covers meditation practice and posture as well as what to expect in a PSZC service. Attendees are welcome to stay for the weekly service immediately following the class. 9 a.m. intro class and 10 a.m. service Sunday, Feb. 14, at the Zen center at the Havurat Ee Shalom on Westside Highway. Winter Break Art Camp: Alisara Martin will lead “Print on Everything,” a three-day art camp for kids ages 9 through 12. Original screen and linoleum stamps will be printed on clothes, journal covers, greeting cards and tote bags. Participants will also learn versatile processes and explore drawing patterns using text and photos. Ready-to-print items will be provided. The cost is $140 ($120 for VAA members) plus $45 for materials. For more information and to register, see vashonalliedarts.org. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16 through Thursday, Feb. 18, at the Blue Heron. Forest Stewardship Coached Planning: This is a comprehensive, university-based forestry class for landowners. The Washington
State University Extension Forestry program will coach owners of wooded property how to assess trees, avoid insect and disease problems, enhance wildlife habitat, get a fair deal when selling logs and take practical steps to keep their woods on track to provide enjoyment for as long as possible. During the course, participants will develop personalized forest stewardship plans, which
qualifying landowners can use to potentially lower their property taxes. The fee is $185 for those who register before Feb. 17, $215 if registering on or after. For more information and to register, see forestry.wsu.edu/nps/events/ cpvashon or call 206-263-1128. 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays, March 2 through April 20 (with a field day on Saturday, April 2), at the Land Trust Building.
VASHON THEATRE Jane Eyre (National Theatre Live): Feb. 11. Joy: Ends Feb. 11. Room: Plays Feb. 12 through 18. Taming of the Shrew (Bolshoi Ballet): Feb. 14. When Marnie Was There: Plays Feb. 15 through 18. See vashontheatre.com for show times or call 463-3232.
PUBLIC MEETINGS King County Cemetery District: 3 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10, in the cemetery district office at Vashon Cemetery. Vashon School District: 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, at Chautauqua Elementary School. Friends of Island Center Forest: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16, at the Land Trust Building.
FREE COMMUNITY MEALS Volunteers serve free meals seven days a week on Vashon. All people are welcome at the meals, which are served at 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the following locations. For more information about the meals program, contact Harmon Arroyo at 351-1441 or at luckyharmon2010@gmail.com. Monday Methodist church Thursday Presbyterian church Tuesday Presbyterian church Friday Lutheran church Wednesday Church of the Saturday Land Trust Building Holy Spirit Sunday Methodist church
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On a Wednesday in late January, Harbor School students attended Vashon’s VFW Post #2826’s award ceremony at McMurray Middle School for its 2015 youth essay contest. The annual contest is open to sixth- through eighth-graders in public, private, parochial or home schools across the country who wish to express their views on democracy. Last year, more than 129,000 students participated. The top 46 state winners receive a $1,000 savings bond and a chance at the top prize of a $10,000 savings bond and an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C. In all, nine Harbor School students were awarded for their efforts. First place went to Laura Erickson (sixth grade), Martin Ellison (seventh grade) and Silas Gardener (eighth grade). Second place certificates were given to Emerson Dunn (sixth grade), Eric Ormseth (seventh grade) and Isabelle Spence (eighth grade) and third-place to Quinn Williams (sixth grade), Kai McAlpin Godsey (seventh grade) and Dmitry Marcy (eighth grade). The first-place winners move on in the competition to the second or regional level. One winner from that level will advance to the state level, and the winner of each state level is then considered for the national prize. Pictured from left: Kai McAlpin Godsey, Eric Ormseth, Martin Ellison, Laura Erickson, Emerson Dunn, Isabelle Spence, Silas Gardener, Quinn Williams and Vashon VFW member Olde John Croan.
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IT’S YOUR HISTORY his excerpt from an obituary in the 1928 Vashon News-Record describes the lifestyle of Etta McNair, an early Burton pioneer. Her husband commuted to Tacoma for work, leaving her to hold down the Burton homestead. “This she did, staying alone in her little home in the woods all week, looking forward to Saturday night when her husband with the other men from the islands would row over from Tacoma to spend a few hours with heir families and return to Tacoma Sunday night by the same means. The place now called Newport was for many years known as ‘McNair’s Landing’. . Mrs. McNair was the only white woman living on the Island, south of Judd’s Creek … “In those early days, with no doctor on the Island, sickness and accidents were things to be dreaded and it was on these occasions that Mrs. McNair was a capable and willing neighbor to all, many times following the narrow trails through the thick woods on stormy nights to the bedside of some sufferer. In the forty-five years she lived there she saw many changes in the Island. She saw it grow from an isolated spot covered with woods through which a few trails served as roads, no churches, schools, stores, or postal service, to its present state. She often laughed, when thinking of the old days, of how she and her husband got lost in the thick woods where the town of Burton now stands. Surrounded with wild game she soon learned to be a fine markswoman, and never failed to come home with a bag of game few men could equal.”
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WHAT’S HAPPENING SCIENCE OF OCTOPUSES
Series looks at science of animal’s camouflage Have you ever wondered how and why octopuses can change their appearance in a millisecond? Coming to Vashon with the answer and more is Dr. Jennifer Mather, who will give a talk about octopuses as part of Vashon Allied Arts’ Science Series at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Blue Heron. Octopuses are very smart animals that can manipulate the pattern, color and texture of their skin to look like different backgrounds, to startle predators or to signal their sex to another octopus — despite the fact that the animal cannot see color. These facts and much more will be discussed on Sunday by Mather. Mather, who grew up in Victoria and spent her spare time on the shore or in the water peering into tide pools and collecting shells, is currently a professor at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada. Her research interests include the behavior of squid and both the behavior and cognitive abilities of the octopus. Tickets are $16 for VAA members and students, $18 for seniors and $20 for general admission and are available at vashonalliedarts.org or the Blue Heron.
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Auditions held for Drama Dock’s summer musical Auditions for actors, dancers, singers and musicians will be held for Drama Dock’s summer musical and Broadway hit, “Chicago,” on Feb. 17, 18 and 19. The musical, which will open on July 21 and run through July 24, will be Drama Dock’s first production performed on the new stage at Vashon Center for the Arts. The Tony award-winning musical includes seven principal roles — Roxie Hart, Velma Kelly, Billy Flynn, Matron Mama Morton, Amos Kelly, Mary Sunshine and the emcee — and a large acting and singing ensemble of seven women and seven men. The age of the characters runs from 18 to 60. Acting auditions will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday Feb. 17, 18 and 19, at McMurray Middle School cafeteria. Actors should be ready to read a scene from the script and to sing, if auditioning for a principal role. Dance auditions will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, also at McMurray Middle School cafeteria. All potential principal actors and chorus members need to participate in the dance auditions. Orchestra auditions will be held from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24 ,in the McMurray band room. A band of 10 to 12 instrumentalists will be on stage for the entire production. Contact Gaye Detzer at gaye@dramadock.org or Sue Wiley at sue@dramadock.org to set up an appointment.
MUSIC COVERS RANGE OF GENRES: The Van Redeker Band — with Daryl Redeker, Sara and Sam Van Fleet —will perform its dynamic interpretations of covers by some of contemporary music’s greatest songwriters at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, at the Blue Heron. Tickets are available at the Blue Heron and vashonalliedarts.org.
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Current and former poets laureate read new work By JULI GOETZ MORSER Staff Writer
Listening to island writers Ann Spiers and Lonny Kaneko talk about their long-term friendship sounds more like the banter of a comedy team than that of Vashon’s inaugural and current poets laureate. The two accomplished poets met with The Beachcomber last week to discuss the many points of connection in their lives and the upcoming reading of each poet’s new work — “Weather Station” by Spiers and “Coming Home From Camp and Other Poems” by Kaneko — slated for 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, at the Vashon Bookshop. Ask when the two first met, and the answer runs along the line of “1972? No, it was ‘73. Or was it ‘74?” “When did you break your foot, Ann?” Then the pair is off and running with memories they mockingly refer to as “Cultural Notes.” Spiers begins, saying Lonny grew up in … and Kaneko finishes the statement citing “(Seattle’s) Central District, across from Yessler Terrace.” Spiers was raised on Capital Hill as a “post-war Catholic” with a fascination for all things Japanese, while Kaneko spent several years of his early life at Minidoka, an internment camp for Japanese-Americans during World War II. Despite their disparate origins, the writers share a mutual time line of friendship. They agree on not when but where
Lonny Kaneko and Ann Spiers they met: in an Aikido class in a bowling alley in Seattle, “on the edge of the original Chinatown,” Kaneko said, “where Ann hurt her foot.” The following nexus occurred at the University of Washington, where Kaneko took classes with poet Theodore Roethke and Spiers later studied under poet Nelson Bentley, though neither intended to become a poet. Spiers had started a master’s degree in play writing, then switched to poetry when her plays where deemed “too feminist.” Kaneko, an English major, took Roethke’s poetry class to fulfill a requirement, having never written a poem. Then came the Highline School District.
“Lonny was my boss,” Spiers quipped, while Kaneko fired back, “She quit on me, and that’s the funniest point.” For years, the two teachers commuted together from Vashon. According to Spiers, their traveling conversations “were about how to teach a particular student, a class, or a text or how to teach something better.” All the while, as they taught, each poet kept writing. Why do they write, and why does poetry matter? “It’s a way to figure out who I am. If you know who you are, then you have nothing to say. But there’s a lot to figure out and that means you talk about the world you live
in,” Kaneko said. “Cal (Kinnear, Kaneko’s co-poet laureate for 2016) was writing about the importance of place recently. It’s different for me — the problem with Vashon is that everything is so good. Elsewhere, there is a lot of concern. So, I write about stuff brewing up from the past.” Spiers said she “writes to feed my curiosity about landscape or history or family and to make my experience have value.” She added that in her monthly haiku group, which began 15 years ago, the conversation always ends up that “where we live is a luxury.” It is also a place where people read and talk about poetry, which is a rare community, she said. Poetry is equally upheld on Vashon by publishers like writer Jeanie Okimoto, who will introduce Kaneko and whose Endicott and Hugh Books printed Kaneko’s “Coming Home From Camp and Other Poems,” which portrays life among Japanese-Americans during and after World War II. Spiers’ new work is a collection of broadsides, or poems, printed on sheets of paper with a design or illustration. In Spiers’ case, the images are icons from the International Weather Symbols, which link to her poems about climate change. Poetry also thrives here, Spiers said, because there are venues for poets to do a reading. Kaneko agreed and pointed out that the island “calls a certain person to live here.”
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Bill Brown & The Kingbees will play a show this Friday.
Popular band plays at the Red Bike The Bill Brown & The Kingbees band will bring its exuberant and infectious sound to the Red Bike at 8:30 p.m. Friday. The band plays several times every year at the Red Bike and at the Strawberry Festival. The group includes Steve Minzel (keyboard), who has played all over the Northwest; Leslie Shelton (bass guitar and vocals), who toured for 10 years with Bo Diddly; Tony Handy (drums), who has his own jazz group, HD Fusion; John
Gaborit (guitar), whose finesse and style is likened to Eric Clapton; and Bill Brown (harmonica and vocals), who is known for his engaging spirit on stage. Pete Welch calls Brown “a classy guy who plays a lot of cool covers.” “I love it when he does Joe Cocker’s ‘You Can Leave Your Hat On,’” Welch said. “It’ll be a nice show to come in out of the weather and enjoy.” This is a free, all-ages show until 11 p.m., then 21 and older. ID is required.
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“The Uprising” by Diego Rivera, 1931
Art talks about Rivera Art historian Rebecca Albiani will discuss the life and work of Mexican artist Diego Rivera at 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, at the Vashon High School theater. Rivera, husband of artist Frida Kahlo, was a painter and muralist and is best known for his large wall frescos and communist politics.
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On Valentine’s Day, give away handmade hearts By JULI GOETZ MORSER Staff Writer
Tell tales of love Sunday The Lit Lounge returns with tales of love at 4 p.m. Sunday, Valentine’s Day, at the Open Space for Arts & Community. Gather your stories about what love means to you — the humorous, the poignant, the mundane or the sublime — then drop your name in a hat at the door. If your name is pulled, be prepared to tell your story about love in a small, intimate setting. Lit Lounge is the brainchild of Cara Briskman, who, with the help of Maria Glanz at Open Space, crafted the new program, which was inspired by programs like the “Moth Radio Hour.� Doors open at 3:30 p.m. and stories begin at 4 p.m. Tickets are $10 at brownpapertickets.com, Vashon Bookshop or at the door.
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For the last three years, islander and origami artist Alice Larson has fulfilled a heart-driven mission to hand out origami hearts to strangers on Valentine’s Day. She’s traveled to a different city every year — Tacoma, Port Townsend and Portland to date — where she walks around to stores and on the street handing out packets with 10 of her handmade hearts along with this tailored statement: “My name is Alice Larson, and I’ve made these origami hearts. I’d like you to take one for yourself, and tomorrow on Valentine’s Day, please give the rest to people who need a heart.� Larson has filled her requisite 50 packets, each with 10 hearts, but this year, she cannot travel and hopes islanders will come to her on Feb. 13. “I have this great gallery — Island Paper Chase — and I won’t be able to go anywhere on the 13th,� Larson said. “So, I thought what if people come to me?� Her plan is to open the doors of her gallery from
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Alice Larson shows off handmade hearts in her gallery, Island Paper Chase. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Feb. 13, and give the bags of hearts to the first 50 people who show up. She hopes they will continue her tradition of handing out the hearts to strangers on Valentine’s Day. “I will tell them to go forth and do good things,� Larson said. Larson’s first random act of distributing hearts grew out of a visit to Washington D.C. several
years ago. As she traveled around the capital using the city’s Metro services, Larson would fold paper cranes. Sometimes she left them on a seat; other times she gave them to whomever watched her fold the crane, which is when she noticed people’s reactions. “You hand someone something (like the crane), and their face lights up,� Larson said. “I thought,
this is fun, and it has been so much fun to do.� Islander Peter Ray has traveled with Larson to video tape people’s reactions, but after awhile the duo discovered that the point for them was not who folks gave the hearts to or where the hearts ended up. “The story for us,� Larson said, “is all in the giving them away.�
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The Interfaith Council to Prevent Homelessness A Big Valentine to all of our wonderful volunteers! IFCH COMMUNITY MEAL & SERVICE TEAM VOLUNTEERS 2016 IFCH Board Meal Team: Emma Amiad Jim Dam Nancy Vanderpool Edna Dam Carol Eckman Sandy Oellien Lucy Hellier Clarke Jim Hunsaker Beverly Skeffington Annette Geohegan IFCH COMMUNITY SPECIAL PROJECTS ADVISOR/FACITATOR: Hilary Emmer IFCH Community Support Team Volunteers: (Showers, transportation, moving, dental & general assistance)
Weslie Rogers Sol Rogers Sandy Oellien Michael Vayo Lois Yunker Lucy Hellier-Clarke Geoff Cole John Datin Joan Moyer Scott Moyer Marian Whited Beverly Skeffinton Jacq Skeffington Dick Vanderpool Nancy Vanderpool Pat Isaacson Barbara Steen Gaye Detzer Robin Hess Barbara Garrison Dave Rogers Hilary Emmer Shannon Mahan Susan White Jim Dam Emma Amiad Mary Margaret Pearson Harmon Arroyo Arnon Burns Ron Albers Debbie Rieschl Lee Kopines (Seeds4Success) Sally Adams Dave Rogers Participating Community Businesses, Nonprofits & Faith Groups: Granny’s Attic Salvation Army PSE/Salvation Army Warm Home Fund Saint Vincent DePaul Vashon Episcopal Church Community Meal Teams Vashon Island Growers Association Vashon Youth & Family Services Vashon Household Senior Center The Dove Project Vashon Food Bank Thriftway
Vashon IGA Herban Bloom Vashon Island Growers Association (VIGA) The Harbor School Gardeners Pacific Crest Farm Plum Forest Farm Midlife Crisis Farm Eagles Swallows Nest Vashon Friends Worship Group Vashon Lutheran Bethel Church Vashon Methodist Vashon Presbyterian Zen Center Havurat Ee Shalom Latter Day Saints of Jesus Christ St John Vianney Vashon Unitarian Fellowship Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit St. John Vianney Wood Ministry Team: (Cutting, hauling, splitting, curing & delivering home heating wood to Islanders in need)
Ron Keenan John Burggraff Kelly Burke Robert Kajca Clyde Howe Sean Malone John McCoy Steve Urban Steve Jones Jim Roy Phil Volker Rick Paquette Chris Anderson Jim Walker Vashon Household Meal Team: David VanHolde Eric Weber Leslie Brown Leslie Ferriel Joy Goldstein Bev Miller Jessica Kennan Theron Shaw Mike Yates Carolyn Wilber Bill Dorn Sue Gardner Chris Szala Vashon Youth & Family Services Meal Team: Elise Morrill Christine Wood Kim Newell Sue Day Welcome Vashon Meal Team: Pat Isaacson Karen Chesledon John McCoy Bruce Anderson Episcopal Church Meal Team: Chris Greenlee Lisa Mae June Ronee Huggins Pam Saunders-Osness Emily MacRae Anna Swain Emily McRae Will Lockwood
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Boys’ basketball team loses to league rival in close home game with five minutes left in the third quarter. With Howells out of the game, fellow senior Andrew Tigges had to step up to keep the Cougars from falling behind to Vashon. With help from junior Leighton Lanier, the team was able to be very physical with Vashon in the lane and aggressively box-out our rebounders. However, this also led to several Cougar players being in serious foul trouble due to the physical play, and players began to foul out of the game with 2:35 left in the fourth period, but with the Cougars leading by 10 points. As the fourth quarter waned, the action came from Vashon senior starting five: Delargy, Polkat, Schoenberg, SymbolGodfrey and Yates as they were able to prevent the Cougars from scoring. Vashon also managed to make baskets driving the lane, but the Pirates seemed unable to sink any outside shots, and they lost the game, scoring only 41 points against Cascade Christian’s 47. The Pirates hoped to rebound for their next game on Monday at Charles Wright Academy, played after press time. The Vashon boys have already qualified for the 1A District 3 Tournament that begins this week, and their first post-season game will either be Saturday, Feb. 13, on Vashon at the high school gym or Tuesday, Feb. 16, at Sumner High School.
Team moves ahead to post-season play regardless of loss By JOEL SCHOENBERG For The Beachcomber
The Vashon High School boys’ basketball team suffered a loss against Nisqually League rival Cascade Christian (Puyallup) on Friday. A determined Cougar team refused to let the festive senior night atmosphere distract them from the difficult task of taking on the Pirates’ leagueleading team. The Vashon boys started much like other games this season with solid full-court defense that led to turnovers and points. A pressure steal leading to a layup from Vashon senior Sam Schoenberg, then a shot-clock violation turnover, then Sam Yates sinking a three-point shot, and it felt like many other games for the Pirates this year, where they have a 6-1 record against Nisqually opponents. In one scary moment midway through the first half, Vashon sophomore Jahmiah Hoogen took a pass from Yates low under the basket and pump-faked a shot at the basket, which caused Cascade Christian’s senior Jesse Howells to jump high for the block. As Howells came down, he flipped over the back of Hoogen and collapsed on the floor, where he lay for several minutes while being assessed for injury. Although Howells walked to the bench under his own power, he did not play again
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Senior Alex Symbol-Godfrey takes control in Friday’s game against Cascade Christian, top; Edgar Polkat concentrates on a shot in the same game, right. The team plays next either Feb. 13 or 16. in the game. Although Vashon’s defense prevented the Cougars from scoring over several stretches, the offense couldn’t make them pay on the other end. Vashon senior Alex Symbol-Godfrey was able to score down low, and junior Casper Forest was able to hit a three, but later on a run through the lane, Yates launched himself high in the air above the rim and laid the ball right into the hoop. But the basket was
waived-off by the referee, claiming an offensive foul on Yates even though the contact came well after the basket was made. The Pirates ended the first half down to Cascade Christian, 20-25. The second half started well enough for the Pirates, with senior Edgar Polkat scrapping for a rebound and Yates hitting clean mid-range jump shots. Vashon senior Sean Delargy streaked in the lane for a sweet
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Girls’ basketball team wins at home, honors its six seniors By JOEL HILLE For The Beachcomber
The Vashon High School girls’ basketball team hosted the Cascade Christian Cougars on Friday, Feb 5. It was the final home game for the six seniors, who have been playing basketball together since they started back in grade school. Those seniors — Kate Atwell, Lilly Hennessey, Annika Hille, Siena Jannetty, Melanie Stoffer and Natalie VanDevanter — were honored, along with their parents, during the annual senior night pre-game ceremony, and the girls went on to delight their parents and the home crowd with a 50-40 victory. Coach Rob Kearns also honored the girls on their special night by starting five seniors. The Cougars scored the first points of the game, but the Pirates answered quickly with a crowd-pleasing fast break about two minutes into the game: Atwell dug into a scrum for a loose ball, pulled it out and dished to Hille, who took a few dribbles down the court then passed to Jannetty on the wing, who nailed a three-pointer to finish the play. A few minutes later Hille hit another three-pointer to keep the Pirates within two points at 9-7, but they could only manage four more points the rest of the quarter and were down 16-11 after one. The Pirates couldn’t get the shots to fall in the second quarter, and they soon found themselves down 20-11 after several near misses at the basket and some untimely turnovers. But they stuck to their stingy defense, limiting the Cougars to only two more points in the quarter and pulled to within 22-18 at halftime. Coach Kearns again went with five seniors to start the second half, and they did not disappoint, as they made a quick
7-0 run within the first minute: Jannetty got a steal and drove down the court for a shot, and Hille got the rebound and dished to Hennessey for two. Then Jannetty made another steal, drove down the court and drained a three-pointer. VanDevanter made a two-pointer shortly thereafter, and the Pirates took the lead at 25-22. Later in the quarter, the freshman duo of Chloe Kuyper and Olivia Larson each made three-pointers, helping the Pirates outscore the Cougars 16-8 in the third to take a 34-30 lead into the final quarter. The teams traded baskets for most of the fourth quarter, with Vashon holding onto its four-point lead until the team finally stretched it to six with about one and half minutes left in game. It then came down to free throws as the Cougars fouled several times to stop the clock. Down the stretch, Hille made two free throws; Anderson made two more, and then VanDevanter added one, and Jannetty made one to make the final score 50-40. Larson led the scoring for the Pirates with 12 points; Jannetty added 11; Anderson had nine; Hille had six; Kuyper had five; VanDevanter had three, while Atwell and Hennessey added two each. Anderson and Hille each grabbed eight rebounds, while Atwell grabbed four. Jannetty and VanDevanter each grabbed three, and Hennessey, and Larson each grabbed two. The Pirates played their final league game at Charles Wright Academy on Monday, after press time. The outcome of that game determined their seeding in the District playoffs, a game either at Port Townsend or Klahowya on Feb. 11.
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The senior starters in action: Lilly Hennessey grabs a loose ball while (left to right) Annika Hille, Natalie VanDevanter, Siena Jannetty and Kate Atwell play defense.
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Vashon wins island competition, qualifies 15 Pirates for regionals By CHERYL PRUETT For The Beachcomber
At last Saturday’s sub-regional competition, the Pirate grapplers served notice they are healthy and ready to roll through the post season. They ended the day as
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The Vashon wrestlers celebrate after their dominating performance on Saturday. second. Three third-place Pirate finishes rounded out the day. The toughest bracket in the tournament was 152 pounds, the only one with a full eight-man complement. Both Hoisington brothers, Bryce and Connor, were in this group, and each match was a brawl. The finals pitted Klahowya’s top wrestler, Gabe Wallis, against Bryce, who was back on the mat for the first time in several weeks. It was close throughout, with Hoisington pulling out the victory late in the third round. Connor had lost earlier in the day to Wallis, sending him to the match for third, which he handily took from Port Townsend with a pin in round one. The all-Vashon final matches saw Luke Larson and Preston Petersen at 113 pounds, Chase Wickman and Shane Williams at 126
pounds and Logan Nelson and Chester Pruett at 170 pounds. It was Wickman’s first match back since the Tri-State tournament in Idaho in mid-December. He was impressive in his semi-final match, and it was a boost for the team to have him competing again. Freshman Adrian St. Germain, who has been sidelined most of the season with injuries, ran roughshod over his opponents en route to a championship at 145 lbs. Clyde Pruett, at 160, took the win by technical fall over his Klahowya counterpart. Making it to the finals and coming out with a second-place finish were freshman Payton Bonaventura and seniors Rodolfo Flores and Franklin Easton. Senior and first time wrestler Jackson Bard, along with teammate freshman Evan Stanford, took third.
Matches of the day go to Bryce Hoisington for his finals performance against Wallis and Franklin Easton for his semi-final performance. Easton is freshly back from an injury suffered on Dec. 10, and it was a real test of mind vs. flesh and bone. Late in the match the score was knotted at four when he pulled ahead to take the late 6-4 win. Coach Anders Blomgren was happy with the team’s performance and noted, “It was great to have everyone back — a new energy.” The Pirates travel to the regional competition at Klahowya Secondary School in Silverdale on Saturday. The top four wrestlers in each weight class will move on to the state competition in the Tacoma Dome on Feb. 19. — Cheryl Pruett is the mother of two Pirate wrestlers.
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VoV board member Rick Wallace said that the reasonMacomber Straight said. “We were more interested in the “We just want to support a healthy lifestyle,” she said. community and having something that was ing behind building the studio was to create “It’s tough, Ian (her son) is 10 and on First Fridays he shared, we basically gifted them the space.” a visible VoV entity in town, one that the “There’s 1,500 can’t do the gallery cruise thing all night, he gets bored, VoV Station Manager Susan McCabe said would see and be able to convolunteer hours in just community so hopefully this will be a place where kids and teens can that once she was approached about the nect with. come and be active and have fun.” this project. That’s idea, she met with the radio station’s board “People can see us and know we’re here She also said she wants to have rock climbers give talks and, after what she called an “incredible and support our mission of being a virtual where the funding and do clinics. feasibility study,” work began to secure square where we connect everybody,” came from. If we had town Island physical therapist and yoga instructor Andra funding from donors and grants. The fundhe said. Devoght also has an office at the space and will be teach- ing came together and construction of the to pay all of them, this Live shows began being broadcast from ing yoga classes. new space began in October with a workwould not be possible.” the new studio on Friday night and most Macomber Straight said that once the exercise studio force of more than 50 volunteers. live shows will begin the transition into the Susan McCabe, new studio in the coming weeks. McCabe planning was complete, the process to find a tenant for “There’s 1,500 volunteer hours in just VoV station manager the front portion of the store began. She said that when this project,” McCabe said. “That’s where said the station’s goal is to aim for as much she and her partner were considering the front of the the funding came from. If we had to pay all live programming as possible, and she said building, they wanted something that didn’t already exist of them, this would not be possible. It was the calendar is filling up. in town. “The aim is to fill the weekday 1 to 3 p.m. and 4 to driven by the physical need that we’re on display, so it has “We wanted something that would be great for the com- to look good.” 6 p.m. slots with live programming, and we’re almost munity. We didn’t need more ice cream shops or coffee With a wall of windows facing the highway, the new there,” McCabe said. “We would love to have programplaces and a friend suggested VoV,” Macomber Straight studio is reminiscent of the radio studio in the 1990s ming 24/7.” VoV’s FM station was licensed in 2014 and relies on island volunteers to host shows. The station has been based out of a small studio at Sunrise Ridge that will continue to be the main operations center of the station. The new storefront studio will serve as the location for live shows as well as a place to potentially broadcast live music. Longtime VoV radio host and islander Bill Wood talked about the station’s transition “down from the mountain” of Sunrise Ridge in a toast he proposed at the First Friday opening. 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the way Johnson framed the funding issue was new to him and provided a different way to consider and talk about the issue. “This is a situation where we are the local government for Vashon as well as the unincorporated areas of King County,” he said. In January, he attended a Vashon Social Services Network meeting, with representatives from many of the island’s nonprofit agencies in attendance. Last week, Adrienne Quinn, director of the King County Department of Community and Human Services, attended another of the network’s meetings. Afterward, Quinn indicated she will work to address some of the issues Vashon and other rural providers in the county face. She noted that everywhere she goes, communities ask for additional funding for social services, but she also stressed that Vashon agencies and residents face some unique challenges, including costly ferry rides to access services off-island and a surprisingly high poverty rate. Not long ago, she said, her department did a mapping exercise to show where people with low incomes live. There were some notable results. “One thing that stood out to many people is that there really are a lot of people in poverty on Vashon,” she said. “It really stood out as a striking, significant issue.” For Johnson and other island service providers, these results and related issues indicate just why Vashon agencies need assis-
tance from the county. At VYFS, in 2015, the agency closed its VIVA program, which served islanders who were homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. VIVA suffered a blow in 2013 when it lost an $80,000 county grant that had funded it in previous years. While VYFS leadership sought alternative funding, they were never able to secure an ongoing source. In 2014, VYFS closed its addiction treatment program because it, too, was financially unsustainable and was at risk of drawing needed funds from other programs. Additionally, Johnson pointed to Vashon’s growing Hispanic community and the importance of assessing and addressing needs within it, and she noted that the Vashon Senior Center has lost its funding from United Way and is struggling to make up the difference. Johnson has also compiled data from the King County Health Profile, published in 2014, which gives an indication of some of the widespread needs on the island. Among the statistics are the poverty level results Quinn referenced: Some 45 percent of islanders live below 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Level. Thirty percent of islanders 18 and older report “activity limitations,” and 10 percent of mothers received late or no prenatal care, with more than 7 percent having babies with a low birth weight. Moreover, Johnson said, one-third of all parents on Vashon experienced three or more “Adverse Childhood Experiences” (ACES), the fourth highest score in King County. High ACE scores are linked with
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a host of problems, including increased physical and mental illness, high injury rates and high unemployment, among other issues. Despite these challenges, she said, Vashon receives no money for early childhood prevention efforts from the county. For her part, Quinn noted there are issues unique to Vashon, but noted, too, that rural areas in general pose challenges for service delivery. In the coming months, she said, she will begin addressing the best way to gather the county’s rural service providers and have a discussion about their needs and how to address them. While some county money is available for youth and family services in rural agencies, Quinn said she will begin looking at other areas where additional funding might be available or changes in procedure that might be helpful. “Is there something we could be doing differently with county dollars?” she said. She noted that the county’s Mental Illness and Drug Dependency (MIDD) levy is intended to stabilize people suffering from mental illness and chemical dependency and might be a helpful resource for communities such as Vashon. Additionally, the Best Starts for Kids Initiative, which voters approved in November, may be another source of funds. Additionally, she said, county funds are often available to agencies through a request for proposal (RFP) process. That process needs to be examined, she said, to ensure that small organizations
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can be more competitive for available dollars. “Have we been equitable? Have we disadvantaged rural or unincorporated areas? There are valid and important issues we need to address,” she said. She added that providing more services, instead of money, to outlying areas might also be an option. For example, the county has a mobile medical van that that provides services in some communities, and it could possibly serve Vashon and other rural areas and address a range of healthrelated issues. Quinn also cautioned that the county has limited funds to assist with unmet needs and will have to proceed carefully. “The pie is not growing,” she said. “We will have to have a well thought out rationale for why unincorporated areas get additional funding.”
Vashon Household’s Executive Director Chris Szala has also been part of this process, and both he and Johnson stress they want to see additional funding possibilities embedded into how King County operates and not awarded on a one-time only basis. “At the county policy level, it needs to be important to them,” Szala said. Moving ahead, he said forming a coalition with McDermott’s office — or McDermott’s successor — and other unincorporated areas will be important to developing long-term change. “It cannot be a Vashononly thing,” he said. Johnson said she first approached the Youth and Family Services Association, a group of human services executive directors in King County, and they supported the idea of seeking additional fund-
ing from the county. She noted she is also a member of the King County Alliance for Human Services, and its members, too, support the idea. They will join her in advocating that, as a policy, the county find ways to identify additional funding for rural and/or unincorporated areas not being supported by municipal funds. Szala said given the restrictions of the budget process, he is not sure how much change is likely in the short term, but he is more optimistic about the future. “Long-term I think some good things will happen,” he said. Recounting the actions of recent months, Johnson said she is pleased to have been heard at the county level and see that some changes might be made. “I am surprised how quickly this has gone. I am gratified to see that because the need is urgent,” she said.
Karen “Mike” Michael Karen “Mike” Michael, 69, of Sumner, Washington, passed away on December 19, 2015 in Tacoma, WA. A celebration of Mike’s life will be held at 3:00 pm, February 21, 2016 at Camp Burton Lodge (9326 SW Bayview Dr, Vashon, WA 98070). Family and friends are invited to bring their favorite potluck dish and memory or story to share. Private interment will be held later by the family. Mike was born Karen Kay Michael on March 23, 1946 in Colorado Springs, Colorado to James Wilbur and Elizabeth Jane (Moss) Michael. When Karen was five years old, her parents moved the family to Dixon, California. She graduated from Dixon High School in 1964 and, after business school, worked as a legal secretary in California. She moved to Seattle in 1969 where she worked for the school district and in law firms. By 1987 Mike had a family and decided she wanted to raise her children in a small, rural community. A Vashon farm seemed just right. Some of Mike’s happiest memories were of her family cooking together and building family food traditions that she passed on to her daughter. A consummate storyteller, Mike spun colorful stories about learning farming skills from the ground up. Mike’s stories brimmed with love for her Vashon home and humor about life as a novice farmer. During her professional career, Karen (who was known by coworkers and friends as “Mike”) legally changed her name to K. Mike Michael. Mike had many interests, among them volunteering with Vashon Allied Arts “Heron’s Nest” gift shop and serving as a “DAWN” crisis line operator for domestic abuse victims. One of Mike’s strongest passions was for animals, especially dogs and horses. When she moved to smaller acreage on Vashon, Mike enjoyed exploring the woods with Enu, her special dog; and she had a home that included a tiny barn and corral for her miniature appaloosa, Little Shoes. Located on the south end of Vashon, Mike named her homestead “Penumbra”. It was her special place on the fringe. In 2013, Mike retired from the Oles Morrison law firm in Seattle after 25 years of service. After retirement, she worked intermittently as a law librarian with some of her former colleagues. Mike is survived by her daughter, Sasja (Michael-Brown) DeKoker of Tacoma; her former husband, Dennis Brown; her grandson, Dylon Tanner Brown and two great grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews and many close friends. She is preceded in death by her parents, James Wilbur Michael and Elizabeth Jane Michael; her brothers James Warren and Kenneth Wilbur; and by her stepson, Brian Ernest Brown. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Vashon Pet Protectors, a humane no-kill animal shelter on Vashon Island at www.VIPP.org; to KIVA, a global non-profit organization that helps eliminate poverty using microfinance institutions at www.KIVA.org; or to DAWN, a private, non-profit that works to support the survivors of domestic violence, at www.dawnonline.org. The family wishes to extend their gratitude to the compassionate and caring team of doctors and nurses at St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma, WA.
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Patrick Joseph Fitch, Husband, Dad, Grandpa, Brother, Son and friend, passed away on January 17, 2016, in Istanbul, Turkey. Pat was the eldest son of Bob and Laura Fitch (both deceased) who were Vashon residents. He is survived by his loving wife, Ayten, his son Enver, (Katie) and granddaughter Abigail; five sisters and 3 brothers and many nieces and nephews.
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There are many kind people in this world but few stood out as much as our brother, Pat. His courage to go into the Peace Corps was inspiring. We are sure Ayten, living in Turkey, saw that kindness in Pat. When he and Ayten came from Turkey it was a joy to get to know them. It would be very difficult to find two kinder people joined together. The crown jewel of Pat’s kindness was his care for Mom and Dad, Laura and Bob Fitch, on Vashon in their final years. There was never a dull moment with Pat. He was a great story teller regarding his adventurous life. It is interesting that sixty people of various beliefs from four continents joined to bid Pat farewell, Catholic priest, from Africa, praying in Turkish, with Catholic prayers, to a Muslim audience, as well as a singing nun. He probably would have liked his Peace Corps group, who remember “Monk” and Ayten fondly, wishing him a fond farewell. We will have to accept in our hearts the enduring Image of Pat’s free spirit, his laughter, his good fortune in finding Ayten but above all else, his enduring kindness.
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PUDGE was the tiniest of kittens who turned out to be a very big beautiful boy. Pudge is an independent kind of guy who loves attention and a lap but on his terms. Pudge is afraid of dogs and small kids so he would do best in a home with adults who can give him his space alone when he needs it. He came to VIPP on 3/29/14.
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