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the influence, compared with just two all of last year — a number that Boe readily When a young woman was killed in a acknowledged was too low. Deputies have also stepped up their viscrash on the north end last December, she was the third islander to die on Vashon in ibility in Vashon town, he said, and have slightly more than a year while driving under made repeated visits to Vashon’s bars in part because of public concerns regarding bars the influence of drugs or alcohol. A King County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) over serving alcoholic beverages to patrons. In an interview last week, Mikhail report released last week indicates that at the Carpenter, a spokesman for the Washington time of her death on Dec. 29, Molly Adams State Liquor and Cannabis Board, said that had a blood alcohol level of .18 — more than double the legal limit — as well as marijuana if customers appear drunk, businesses are and methamphetamine in her system. Her not allowed to sell them additional drinks death follows fatal crashes in December 2014 and must remove any alcoholic drinks the and May 2015. In both cases, the drivers patrons already have. Typically, he added, had blood alcohol levels nearly three times it is enforcement personnel from the liquor the legal limit, and one of the drivers also and cannabis board, not police officers, who conduct oversight checks and enforce the law, had marijuana in his system, but he noted such personnel according to official reports. are limited, and their loca“Is it a trend? Is it bad KCSO’s Ted Boe, Vashon’s checks are often driven precinct captain, addressed luck? I honestly don’t tion by complaints. Carpenter this situation at a public know.” could not say how frequently meeting in January. He noted Ted Boe, enforcement personnel come that from 2009 through 2012, King County Sheriff’s Office to Vashon; The Beachcomber Vashon had no fatal crashes Precint 4 Captain has filed a public information from any cause, and in 2013, request to obtain that recent there was one, unrelated to history. alcohol. In 2014 and 2015, however, five fatal While enforcement of current laws is vital, crashes occurred, with the last three due to experts say it is only part of the picture of drivers who were impaired. “Is it a trend?” he told those gathered. “Is it reducing or eliminating impaired driving, which is often connected to larger substance bad luck? I honestly don’t know.” In an interview last week, Boe said the use or abuse issues. “Clearly the island has a struggle on its deputies who serve Vashon have stepped up enforcement efforts in a range of areas, hands,” Vashon Youth & Family Services including speeding and impaired driving — (VYFS) Executive Director Kathleen Johnson changes that were made in response to con- said last week. “We have high rates of substance use particularly in youth and young cerns raised at the January meeting. “We have asked the officers to be diligent,” adults.” Johnson pointed to the recent fatalities as he added. Staff Writer
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Dozens of islanders beat the heat on Sunday and helped the Vashon Park District break in the pool by participating in the May Day Splash Down. “We had a really great crowd for the lap swim and kids have been coming and going all afternoon,” Aquatics Director Scott Bonney said Sunday. “This event is helpful for us because we can make sure everything is working before the summer.” With swimming season fast approaching, the Vashon Park District is expecting a final report from Tacoma-based Orb Architects, aquatic specialists who recently evaluated the Vashon Pool and all of its systems. That report, to be delivered this month, will include recommendations regarding what must be repaired or replaced both now and in the future, and will assist the park district in planning for the pool’s future. Park district Executive Director Elaine Ott has begun looking at grants to help fund some of the work that will be needed at the facility, which was built in the 1970s. The Vashon Seals swim team is partnering with the district and has committed to raising nearly $10,000 as part of necessary matching funds for one King County grant. The park district opened the pool to the Seals during one cold week in February, and the Seals’ board president Karin Choo said the team enjoyed and benefitted from practicing in the competition-sized pool despite the chilly temperatures. She stressed the club is grateful for its good relationship with the Vashon Athletic Club — where it trains outside of the summer months — but like many swim enthusiasts on Vashon, Choo said members of the club would like to see the Vashon Pool made accessible to the community year round in the near future.
Vashon’s unofficial mayor race heats up, five running for title By ANNELI FOGT Editor
Four island humans and a sheep have announced their run for Vashon’s unofficial mayor, carrying on a long-standing annual tradition that uses the election as a platform to raise funds for nonprofits. Every year, the whimsical mayoral race that has been organized by Vashon’s chamber of commerce since 2001, raises thousands of dollars for charitable work on Vashon. Contestants enter the mayoral race and then compete for votes, each worth $1, by campaigning and holding fundraising events such as carwashes. Donations can also be placed
in dropboxes set around town. Proceeds from the votes go to the designated charities. The winner will be announced in the Strawberry Festival’s beer garden at 10 p.m. Saturday, July 16. Candidates have until 6 p.m. that day to collect donations. In the past few years, the event has raised between $6,000 and $9,000, with some years bringing in far more and others far less. Eighty-five percent of the total for each candidate goes to their designated nonprofit, and 15 percent goes to the chamber. “It’s about the charities,” chamber Executive Director Jim Marsh said. “It’s a fun way to raise money … and we just enjoy it. There’s no power that comes with the mayoral title. It’s just another way to get people to pay attention.”
Working this year to get people to pay attention to island organizations are Noodle the Sheep, running in support of Vashon Youth and Family Services (VYFS); The President of Me’s Rebecca Wittman, running in support of the VashonMaury Island Heritage Association; Bernie O’ Malley and Hilary Emmer, supporting the Vashon Senior Center and Joe T., running in support of Rj’s Kids. The deadline for candidates to declare to run is June 1, so more mayoral hopefuls are likely. “I’m excited, it’s always fun” Marsh said. SEE MAYOR, 18
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“... it is apparent that the vertical extent of TCE in ground water has not been defined,” the opinion letter stated. The letter went on to report that the contamination is “within the fiveyear travel time of Vashon Island Wellhead Protection Zones for Water District 19,” meaning that while there is no TCE currently in District 19’s wells, it could spread in coming years. The DOE will, therefore, require that the “vertical extent of the TCE plume be fully characterized,” according to the letter. ERM had one year from the authoring of the letter to take action. The DOE and ERM agreed that a monitoring well would be installed and a water sample taken. If the TCE concentration in the groundwater is less than the allowed five micrograms per liter, no further evaluation will be needed, ERM’s Monday response to Ecology’s opin-
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Bond discussions continue, new gym cut from plans By ANNELI FOGT Editor
The Vashon school district’s technology and facilities levy passed with more than 70 percent of island voters in favor of the measure, according to King County Elections preliminary results. As of Monday afternoon, 3,891 of Vashon’s 3,948 returned ballots had been counted. Of those, 70.6 percent (2,748 ballots) were in favor of the four-year, $3.8 million levy. The other 29.38 percent (1,143 ballots) were opposed to the measure. The levy is a recurring funding source for the district that goes to the polls every four years for renewal. It provides funding for technology equipment, networks, software, support personnel and staff training as well as funding for major facility repairs, small capital projects and preventive maintenance at the district’s schools. This levy represents a $200,000 increase over the district’s current levy, a decision that came after the school board voiced concerns about the district’s buying power. Board members said the current levy was not keeping up with inflation, so the new levy will adjust to collect $20,000 more every year, providing property values continue to rise as they have. This means the district will collect $920,000 in 2017, $940,000 in 2018, $960,000 in 2019 and $980,000 in 2020. The school district’s board has been in discussion for months about which projects the levy funds will support, and which will need to be held until the passage of another bond — an attempt to pass a $26.9 million bond in October failed. “In our darkest moments, we all wondered if the defeat of the bond would affect the levy,” Vashon Island School District (VISD) board chair Bob Hennessey said Friday. “The board is extremely thankful that the community continues to support
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this basic funding.” VISD Superintendent Michael Soltman seconded Hennessey and said he was thankful for the levy’s passage. “We are so grateful for the support of our community to pass the renewal of our levy. Doing so funds our commitment to excellent care and maintenance of our facilities as well as ... adequate technology resources for our students,” he said. According to school district documents outlining potential capital facilities projects and estimated costs, the highest priority projects include $200,000 to replace movable furnishings (desks, chairs) at Chautauqua Elementary School, $10,000 to add acoustic dampening to the Chautauqua gym and $10,000 to build a “confidential space” at the elementary school’s nurse’s office. Light fixtures and controls, as well as playground renovations are also identified as projects at the elementary school. At McMurray Middle School, priority 1 projects scheduled to use levy funds include: $95,500 to replace or repair the school’s windows that many say “fall out” of the frames; a $90,000 project to replace the school’s furnace; $227,000 to replace flooring and various upgrades to lighting. At the high school, potential levy-funded projects include: $70,000 for new batting cages; $181,000 for tennis court renovations; $425,000 for fixing the pavement in the parking area and repainting older buildings (Building F, Building K). District buildings such as the bus barn and various sheds are also set to potentially benefit with roof replacements and exterior repainting. Since the October bond effort, some have criticized the district for not doing enough to maintain its facilities. Soltman has spoken out against the criticism saying that he stands by the district’s maintenance plan. Board chair Hennessey on Friday said that the district always has a spending plan, but sometimes the plan changes as more immediate needs come up. “We’re not going to let a roof leak because we had that money set aside for something else,” Hennessey
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said. “Needs change and we need to change with them, it’s the same thing homeowners do.” He continued to say that the fact the district now has a list of facilities maintenance projects is “a real improvement.” “We’re really trying to plan better, so the fact that we have a list that shows the windows (at McMurray) were set to be repaired two years ago is something good to see,” Hennessey said. The technology part of the levy is set to go toward professional development and planning meetings, licensing consultants, ChromeBooks and assistive technology. “Two-thirds of it is for personnel,” Hennessey said. He said the board is continuing its efforts to determine how much of the levy will go to facilities, and how much will go to technology. “We need to prioritize, prioritize, prioritize,” he said. “If we heard one thing from the community it was that we need to figure out what is crucial and address those things first.” King County Elections will continue to update election results until certified results are released on Friday. Vashon’s 46 percent voter turnout was the highest of the 11 districts voting on measures in the election. Meanwhile, during its meeting last Thursday, the school board discussed plans for a second bond effort and decided which elements it wanted further analysis of. It was decided that a new gym at Vashon High School will not be a part of the effort. The October bond measure included a $15.9 million project that would renovate the school’s existing gym for use mainly as a storage and practice facility, as well as build a new gym with a collegiate-sized basketball court, updated locker rooms, restrooms and weight room. “A new gym is not on the list. The track and field is going forward and we asked for more information on grass versus turf, as well as alternative ways to deal with the structurally unsound bus barn and Building K improvements,” Hennessey said.
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New administrator settles in at care center By SUSAN RIEMER Staff Writer
Some two and a half years after its former administrator left the organization, the care center hired a new leader, who has been settling in since March. Dax Dowling came to Vashon Community Care (VCC) most recently from the Washington Veterans Home near Port Orchard. He served there for nearly five years as the associate superintendent, until his position was eliminated. Since starting at the center, he said he has been getting to know the VCC community and Vashon more broadly. “I am trying to learn as much as I can how things work and the overall business model,” he said. He noted that health care is always changing, and he hopes to help VCC evolve with it. “Where are we behind, and how can we move forward?” he said, noting that he is already considering where the center would like to be in 10 to 15 years. While the future is important, Dowling said he is also looking to VCC’s past to learn important lessons from it. “Where did we fall short, and how do we learn from that situation?” he said. Dowling follows in the footsteps of Janelle Ansell, who left the care center in September of 2014 after nearly three years at the helm of the agency. Judy Beggs followed her on an interim basis, expecting to fill the role in a permanent position and pursued her administrator’s license, but changed her mind about the direction her professional life should take, VCC board president Susan Hanson said in an interview last week.
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Dax Dowling After Beggs’ decision early last winter, the board opened up the search process, which was led by Providence Mount St. Vincent in West Seattle, with which VCC has a management contract. Both Hanson and fellow board member Joe Wubbold, who participated in the hiring process, noted how rigorous it was, with Hanson adding Dowling did not just jump through a few hoops, “he jumped through 17,000.” Hanson, a former principal at Vashon High School, noted that she has read countless letters of reference, but she was particularly impressed by Dowling’s. “They were the strongest, most direct and positive letters of reference I have ever read,” she said. She credits Dowling with being a
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Islander begins effort to bring therapy robots to autistic youth Fundraising efforts underway By ANNELI FOGT Editor
An island father to a daughter with autistic tendencies is hoping to help others in the same situation by bringing therapy robots to Vashon. Hans Youngmann recently created his fledgling nonprofit: Robostarter, with the intent to raise money for, and purchase therapy robots for use by island families with autistic children. His GoFundMe page has raised $240 of its $10,000 goal and he is holding a fundraiser at 6 p.m. Saturday, May 14, at the Open Space. The event will be emceed by the Filson Sisters and will feature performances from Ian Moore and Ike Harmon. In a Monday interview, Youngmann said that he came up with the idea to bring therapy robots to the island after seeing his autistic daughter, a Pre-K student at Chautauqua Elementary School, interact with a singing and dancing Elmo. “Her attention directed right to it. I had never seen that before,” he said. “To see her solely focused on one thing, that’s when everything clicked and I knew I had to get her access to these robots.” The robot he is talking about is called Romibo, a fuzzy, socially assistive, kid-
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The Romibo robot friendly robot for autism educators and therapists. Made by Oakland, California-based Origami Robotics, the robot comes pre-programmed with lessons that deliver prompts and conversation. The lessons range from learning about emotions to social narratives and fill-in-the-blank songs. All of Romibo’s actions can be controlled with an iPad. Youngmann’s goal is to purchase these robots and lend them out to families interested in using them. Depending on interest, he would then work with the school district to make them available in classes. “The best way to get access will be through the schools. (The) nonprofit will be an introduction service where people can request therapy devices,” Youngmann said. According to Origami Robotics’ website, Romibos cost $449 each. Tickets for the May 14 fundraiser are $10 and can be purchased at Vashon Bookshop or at brownpapertickets.com.
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Scar Wars: Amid stories, mine is farce
Schools, community need to talk about drunk driving
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Every year around prom and graduation, students from hundreds of high schools throughout the country participate in dramatic crash reenactments and assemblies that address the issue of drunk and distracted driving. Vashon High School has not participated in such an event in about a decade, according to Vashon Island Fire and Rescue Chief Hank Lipe. Now, on the heels of three DUI deaths in just over a year and with a pervasive culture of drinking and drug use among the island’s youth, there has never been a better time to bring the shock factor-based alcohol prevention tactics back. School officials have said that the approach might be too heavy-handed for students raw from the loss of their friends, but those raw emotions and loss could potentially make the message stronger. Multiple organizations are available to help train school officials and help with the implementation of the reenacted crashes and assemblies. One such organization is Every 15 Minutes. According to its website, a person in the United States dies from an alcoholrelated crash every 15 minutes. To illustrate this point in schools, the program involves sending a grim reaper to pull a student from class every 15 minutes, accompanied by an announcement on the loud speaker. This happens all day until a midday crash reenactment occurs, where local emergency personnel respond to a fatal crash due to a drunk driver. Complete with realistic makeup, the fire department’s metal-cutting Jaws of Life, helicopters and emergency vehicles, at least one student is pronounced dead as others react to the news. The student’s obituary is read and the student’s parents are taken through the process of identifying their child. The experience is gut-wrenching and yes, students cry, even those who have had no real-life tragic experiences. This emotionally charged and gruesome reminder of the consequences of drunk driving are not things that should be shied away from. Teenagers harden themselves to emotions and put on apathetic and sometimes selfish faces to seem “cool” to peers so it sometimes takes extreme measures to get through to them. Programs like this were created for that reason. But the talking cannot end there. According to a 2005 study, “Effectiveness of School-Based Programs for Reducing Drinking and Driving and Riding with Drinking Drivers,” published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, in order “to maximize the effectiveness of school-based interventions, they must be part of a larger community effort.”
t was a slow night at my usual watering hole when a sharp-eyed bartender noticed a new scar on a patron’s arm. This begat a fearsome tale of its acquisition and that begat a fearsome game of how-I-gotmy-scar. Whiskey Neat pulled up his shirt to reveal a doozy across his stomach. House Red hiked up a leg to show a burn on her calf (motorcycle muffler). As the various stories of pain and valor began to run out, the group looked to Draft Beer, a guy not known for keeping his mouth shut.
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not even as a Christmas/ birthday combo-deal. I was a sophomore in college when I turned eighteen, the age of reason or so they say, and marched into the student health office. I pecked on the little window in the waiting room, and a nurse born in the waning days of the Civil War looked up, I had to think fast because wrin“How may I help you?” kles and stretch “I would like a marks don’t count vasectomy please.” What I came to realize in this game. She peered over her Removing a fleck was that I would half-glasses and said, of foam from my probably grow up and “Excuse me?” lips, I set my pint “A vasectomy, and that meant I might glass gently on the if I could get it done bar and said, “I have a child, and that before Spring Break have a scar from meant it would surely that would be great, my vasectomy if you know what be as bratty as me. No ifI mean.” anybody wants I made a to look at that.” way was I going to snickity noise with After the smirks my mouth for emphaendure what I was and giggles sis. petered out I conputting my parents She raised an eyetinued, “Laugh through. brow, “We are here to all you want, but treat coughs, colds, you can’t imagine chlamydia, that sort what I went through to get these.” of thing. We are not in the business It started when I was a lad being of neutering students.” a right and proper brat. I was banClearly Mom had gotten to her. ished to my room to ponder what It would be another six years of I had done. What I came to realize school and post-coital anxiety was that I would probably grow up before I graduated and entered the and that meant I might have a child military with its attendant healthand that meant it would surely be care. as bratty as me. No way was I going Soon I found myself in a drab to endure what I was putting my room with a lieutenant looking parents through. over my paperwork. He closed the So it was at a tender age that I chart and said, “OK, vasectomy, not started asking mom for a vaseca problem. All we need from you tomy. It amazed me how stubborn she was about granting my wish, is a stable marriage of at least ten
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despite numerous attempts by the parents to ensure a safe learning environment for their children. I agree with The Beachcomber that the island needs to show restraint and patience while two efforts are underway — an independent investigation opened by the school district as well as the legal system (“Lawsuit filed against district calls for restraint from public,” April 27). The editorial asks us not to jump to conclusions and let both processes proceed. That makes sense. Apparently the school district expects to get findings from its independent investigation in a few weeks. The legal process is moving into investigation and evidence gathering. Given this timing and the complexity of the complaints, I was disturbed to read the quote attributed to superintendent Soltman that stated, “I truly believe that once the allegations have gone through the legal process, it will be made more clear that we ... always acted with the best intentions of our students in mind. There was no discrimination or neglect ever.” Now is not the time for conclusions. That is especially true for our school board members given that the district’s administration has apparently prematurely concluded that all is well. — Julie Burman
VISD lawsuit is frustrating It is quite amazing to us that Vashon Island School District Superintendant Michael Soltman is “disappointed” that he and the Vashon school district are being sued for sexual harassment and bullying that he and his staff have been aware of since at least 2013. In the following years, there has been no response to the serious concerns that the parents had about their students. Even a complaint recently filed with an attorney to the school district made no difference.
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When the policies of the district are not followed and complaints are ignored, with the result that students are continually intimidated, sexually harassed and threatened with bodily harm, the parents of these students had no alternative but to file suit. The filing was not done lightly. Years of effort were attempted to abate the endemic culture that has resulted in this suit. We are not disappointed, we are furious. — SC and DG Wright
Accusations are blown out of proportion It is with great sadness that I read the article about the harassment lawsuit filed against the school (“Lawsuit alleges lack of action, harassment at island schools,” April 27). As a parent of children with decades of combined Vashon school years, I know Vashon schools are among the safest and most accepting anywhere. The staff and administration are caring and conscientious, they welcome parents and are willing to listen. The kids, for the most part, reflect the great community they come from. There is a reason many come from off-island, and it is not convenience. It is also known that there are some soccer players who will flop to the ground and writhe in agony when barely touched. There are also those who will throw legal tantrums over injuries that are imperceptible to others. From a somewhat informed perspective, the accusations made in the lawsuit are hysterically out of proportion. Some crude and inappropriate language — often meant as jokes — should not be excused, but in this age group it can’t be totally unexpected or entirely suppressed. The “throw the kitchen sink” ambush launched on the unsuspecting school district says more about the accusers than it does about good people doing a good job. Did those aggrieved contact the school and raise concerns before assembling and making an actual case? Does
the ugly nature of such cases incline the district to settle instead of enduring further pain and expense? Have such calculated tactics paid off before? Don’t think so. Hope not. — Anonymous
* The Beachcomber does not usually accept anonymous letters. This writer’s request for anonymity was granted in an effort to protect his child who is a student at McMurray Middle School.
District is innocent until proven guilty I was dismayed and extremely concerned when I learned of the lawsuit alleging that administrators at our middle and high schools were negligent in their responsibilities to insure students are safe and unharassed while at school (“Lawsuit alleges lack of action, harassment at island schools,” April 27). I was a teacher at McMurray for 23 years, and I can attest to the amount of time and effort put forward by principal Greg Allison and the faculty at the school to educate our students about bullying. Since Allison’s arrival, there have been almost weekly homeroom lessons that address what bullying is and how to report it to adults, as well as how to help those being bullied or harassed. Students hear the same message during assemblies to amplify the message that bullying has consequences. Before making a snap judgement about our school administrators who, in my experience, are thoughtful, hard-working professionals trying to do their best to make our schools great places to get an education, I’d ask you to remember that even allegations can ruin their abilities to be effective at their jobs. They need the support of all of us who know the culture at our schools, and who know how hard they have worked. Please let them know that they are innocent in your eyes until proven guilty. — Geo Cheroke
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Movie Night The Chautauqua Elementary School PTSA would like to thank the Vashon Theatre for their generous efforts in helping to support our Vashon Island youth. The complimentary movie night was a huge success and really brought the community together. The mission of the Vashon PTSA is to be a powerful voice for children, a relevant resource for families, schools and communities, and to advocate for the education and well-being of all children. We strive to make every child’s potential a reality and it is through community involvement and special events such as this that it becomes possible. —CES Council
Thanks from the Heart of Vashon Heart of Vashon, the community story project that brought us so much joy, pleasure, pride and gratitude, is complete! We are happy to report that all project materials were delivered to the board of Vashon Maury Island Heritage Association last week: three notebooks containing all the original stories, the script we wove from the stories, brief biographical data, posters, program, invitations and other publicity materials. There is a video of the performance and a CD of the story documents, MP3s and list of contributors. We want to thank everyone who participated: Michael Barker, director, and the cast and crew who staged the Blue
Heron readings; the audiences who were with us every breath; and especially the 150 writers who entrusted us and the community with their stories. The project would not have been possible without our sponsors, each contributing to make different pieces of the entire beautiful tapestry fall into place: Voice of Vashon, Vashon Allied Arts, All Island Forum and VMIHA. Thank you all! —Shirley Ferris and Mary G.L. Shackelford
Thanks from the Senior Center The Members and Friends, Staff and Board of the Senior Center are proud and thrilled with the recent federally-funded remodel of our building! We offer special thanks to the Vashon Rotary members who greatly assisted with the moving out and moving in process. Many thanks to Ka Lumola, Kim Richards, George Butler, Mike England, Bill Brown, Jan Milligan, Gary Sipple and Salina Milstein. Your labor and support is greatly appreciated! In addition we extend our gratitude to Windermere Realty and Island Lumber for the use of their trucks to make the relocation to temporary storage of the Center’s furniture and equipment happen more efficiently. Thank you, Island supporters! —Ava Apple Executive Director Vashon Senior Center
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I think you were a little hard on my husband when he asked for your opinion on what we need to do to get our rental property ready to sell. You sold us this property as an investment a long time ago and now that we want to sell it we just wanted a bare bones list of the most pressing things that would have to be done. I can’t believe the list you gave us! It sure doesn’t need to be perfect to sell in this hot market.
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You’re right that it’s been many years since I sold you this home. However, it doesn’t appear that you have done even basic maintainence on it since. It needs a new roof, paint on the outside and inside and the carpets are beyond being able to be cleaned. Everything looks worn and tired. You don’t have to do a major remodel. Leave that to the future buyers. But you are leaving a lot of money on the table if you put it on the market as is. I’m always surprised that people invest in a rental property and then don’t take care of it. It’s like driving a car without doing any maintenance for years and then expecting a high price when you try to sell it or trade it in. Buyers judge a property quickly by its obvious flaws and will discount their offer accordingly. If it appears shabby, buyers will assume there are serious problems they can’t see. If you don’t pay attention to a rental you can lose money. A small bathroom leak that isn’t attended to, can easily rot out a floor and the supports under it. I’ve seen that many times. Lack of paint can expose the wood siding to the weather and rot the wood, requiring extensive repair. A run down, unkempt yard can devalue a house by tens of thousands of dollars. If you want to get a good return on your investment, fix up the basic problems and clean the place up. You’ll end up selling faster and for more money.
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WEDNESDAY • 4 Low Vision Support Group: Licensed mental health counselor Michele Kimble will focus on sharing resources, support and suggestions for moving through life with increasing vision loss. 1 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road.
THURSDAY • 5 Vashon Legal Clinic: This clinic offers free legal advice the first Thursday of each month. People who wish to schedule an appointment to meet with a lawyer should call the King County Bar Association at 267-7070. The clinic is always looking for lawyer and non-lawyer volunteers; if interested, email bob. tobin@seattle.gov. 6 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center.
FRIDAY • 6 Parkinson’s Disease Support Group: Aaron and Carolyn Horowitz will explore concerns of those with PD over the course of its progression. The group will also explore coping mechanisms based on shared experiences. 1 p.m. at the Lutheran Church fellowship hall. Senior Center Movies and Popcorn: The center will show “Buena Vista Social Club,” an Oscar-nominated documentary from 1999, featuring a group of legendary Cuban musicians (some in their 90s) brought together by Ry Cooder to record a CD. They also talk about their lives and how they got started in music. 1 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road. Swing Dance at the Sugar Shack: The Sugar Shack will host a swing dance lesson and social dance to celebrate First Friday. Attendees will learn the basics of swing dance and can then practice their skills during a couple of hours of social dancing. Comfortable clothes and shoes are recommended. The cost is $8 for the lesson and dancing. 6 p.m. at the Sugar Shack, 17636 100th Ave.
SATURDAY • 7 Garden Club Plant Sale: The Vashon Maury Island Garden Club will hold its annual plant sale. Attendees should expect a few surprises this year. 9 a.m. at Island Home Center and Lumber. Master Gardener Plant Clinic: Vashon master gardeners will be available to answer questions with research-based, environmentally sound information. Each clinic will also feature a special topic of interest to the gardening community. All are welcome to stop by with questions or to share successes. Free handouts and garden resource
information will be available. 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. outside Ace Hardware. Farmers Market: The market offers one-stop shopping for fresh, local produce; hot food; unique treats and artisan wares. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Village Green. Harbor School and Carpe Diem Open House: The schools will hold an open house for interested families of children in Kindergarten through eighth grades. Noon to 3 p.m. at Carpe Diem Primary, 17708 Vashon Hwy. (K through third grade families), or Harbor School main campus, 15920 Vashon Hwy. (fourth through eighth grade families). Tarot Readings: Psychic Bill Champlin will be available to give tarot card readings. For more information, see tarotbybill.com. Noon to 5 p.m. at Vashon Intuitive Arts.
SUNDAY • 8 Zen Center: Following an introduction to Zen session, this week’s dharma talk will be given by Lindunn Overdahl Cain, who will talk about Zen and being a mother. Service includes seated meditation, tea ceremony, walking meditation and discussion. 9 to 9:45 a.m. (intro to Zen) and 10 a.m. (dharma talk/ service), at the Havurat Ee Shalom on Westiside Highway. Vashon Opera Preview: Norm Hollingshead will present an introduction to Pagliacci Palooza, to be performed by the Vashon Opera and Vashon Chorale May 13 and 15. 2 p.m. at the Vashon Library.
TUESDAY • 10 Sci-Fi Tuesday: This month’s sci-fi offering is the 1963 classic “Jason and the Argonauts,” starring Todd Armstrong, Honor Blackman, Nigel Green and Douglas Wilmer. The film is being shown in support of Virginia Mason’s Bailey-Boushay House and its mission to provide both in- and out-patient care to those living with HIV and AIDS. Cost is by donation — $10 is suggested. 6 p.m. at the Vashon Theatre.
UPCOMING Vashon Computer Club: The club meets monthly to learn about solutions for the digital age. Discussions include the use of all digitized devices including smart phones, tablets, computers, all new technology and occasionally some old technology. Protection for devices is a regular topic. Everyone is welcome to bring questions and information to share. The meetings are open and free to the public, though membership includes an informative newsletter and oc-
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casional phone support. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 11, at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road. Vashon Vespers: Now in its third year, this 35-minute service is meditative, musical and rooted in the Christian contemplative tradition. All are welcome. For more information, email holyspiritmusic13@ gmail.com. 7 p.m. Thursday, May 12, at the Church of the Holy Spirit. The Vashon Telethon Game: This event to support the launch of an island nonprofit (Robostarter) that aims to put robotic therapy units into special education programs for developmentally disabled children, will feature musician Ian Moore and Vashon’s Famous Filson Sisters. For more information on Robostarter and the Telethon Game event, see facebook.com/The-Vashon-Telethon-Game-1608961306094604 or gofundme.com/krfa797w. Tickets cost $10 in advance at brownpapertickets.com, or $15 at the door. 6 p.m. Saturday, May 14, at the Open Space for Arts & Community. ED Talks: The Vashon Nature Center once again presents ED Talks, a local, educational spin on the popular TED Talks series. The community is invited to join Vashon High School students and professional scientists as they share the latest in island environmental science investigation and discovery. The event is free. 2 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, May 15, at the Open Space for Arts & Community. VIFR Retreat: The board of Fire Commissioners of Vashon Island Fire & Rescue will hold a retreat to improve perspectives and communication, and to bring a more unified approach among personnel as VIFR looks to the future. A guest presenter will lead and facilitate the event. All district members (commissioners, employees and volunteers), spouses and the community are encouraged to attend. Meals and snacks will be provided for district members; all others may purchase food at a cost of $20 per person. RSVPs are requested by Friday, May 13, via email to Brigitte Schran-Brown at b.schran@comcast.net or Susan Wolf at swolf@ vifr.org, or by calling 463-2405 ext. 311. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, May 22, at Burton Lodge.
CLASSES & WORKSHOPS Housing Feral Bees (Keeping it Wild): Learn how to grow genetically diverse honey bees with Heather Wood, of Urban Evergreen Bee Sanctuary. No registration required. 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 4, at the Vashon Library. Parkinson’s/Multiple Sclerosis Cardio Cycling and Multiplanar Movement: This class is offered by Kelly Straight. For more infor-
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Join Vashon Youth & Family Services (VYFS) at its Derby Day Gala Fundraiser to watch the “run for the roses” in support of critical social service programs, from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday at the Vashon Golf & Swim Club. The event will include a southern-themed buffet, bake sale, mint juleps, music from High & Lonesome and the Derby on TV. A prize will be given for the most extravagant hat, and there will be an auction for a Pam Ingalls oil painting. Tickets for the public cost $30 and may be purchased at the Vashon Bookshop; Vashon Golf & Swim Club members pay $25, with tickets available at the club. Proceeds go to VYFS. mation, contact Straight at kmstraight@gmail.com. Participants are asked to arrive 15 minutes early to sign up. 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesdays and Fridays, beginning May 4, at the Vashon Recess Lab. Watercolor Class: Geri Peterson will lead this class focusing on the structure of nature in watercolor. Using trees, flowers and clouds as subjects, this class will help attendees develop skills using transparent watercolor and other water medium materials. The class will cover sketching, paper stretching, color choices and combinations, water and brush usage and a variety of other techniques. The cost is $35. Register in advance at the senior center (a list of suggested supplies will be provided upon registration). Noon to 4 p.m. Thursdays, May 5, 12, 26, June 2 and 9, at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road. Drop-In Figure Drawing: Artists from beginners to professionals are invited to share or learn tips and insights, as well as work with some of the finest models in the region. No reservations are needed, and no instruction is given (gentle pointers may be given on request). The cost is $17 per session or $150 for a 10-session pass. For more information, see magrathsculpture.com. 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Mondays at Magrath Sculpture Studio, 8805 159th Street. Thriving Through Connection: This six-week class, taught be Lori Means, is for parents or caregivers of toddlers and infants to teach them how to connect meaning-
fully. Participants in this evidencebased class will learn the unique, non-verbal language of babies, how to strengthen attachment bonds and promote emotional and social development. Dinner is provided and childcare is available. For more information and to register, see vashonplayspace. wordpress.com/parent-education. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays, beginning May 11, at the VYFS Playspace.
Cheese Making: From Cow to Curd: Learn how to make butter, mozzarella, fresh cheese, aged cheeses and more in this class led by Kelsey and Ben Killian. Participants will be able to milk Jingle the Jersey cow and sample the day’s work while enjoying a farmstead brunch. The cost is $150. For more information and to register, see dairycouple.us. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 21, at Venison Valley Farm & Creamery.
VASHON THEATRE The Jungle Book: Ends May 5. Captain America: Civil War: Advance showing May 5 (8 p.m.); opens May 6. Krisha (Vashon Film Society): May 6. Don Quixote (Bolshoi Ballet): May 8. See vashontheatre.com for show times or call 463-3232.
PUBLIC MEETINGS Water District 19: 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 10, in the District 19 boardroom. Vashon Island Fire & Rescue: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 10, at Station 55. Vashon Park District: 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 10, at Ober Park.
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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SCENE & HEARD: HISTORY CONTEST WINNERS The Vashon-Maury Island Heritage Museum recently announced the winners of its third annual Vashon Story History Contest. First place went to Xan London-Chambers for his “History of my Farm” report that included interviews with four previous residents of his current home; Second place went to Lila Cohen’s project titled “Pioneers,” which included a paper about early islanders and a model log cabin; Caleb Cullimore was awarded third place for his report on the Mosquito Fleet; and honorable mentions went to Alex Burgess for his storyboard about Vashon Highway, and to Livy Winnard for her poem about Vashon. All received monetary awards, certificates and year-long family memberships to the Heritage Museum. Pictured from left: Alex Burgess, Lila Cohen, Caleb Cullimore, Livy Winnard and Xan London-Chambers.
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IT’S YOUR HISTORY This is an excerpt from Chapter 4: First Euro-American Settllement A BRIEF HISTORY OF VASHON ISLAND (2016) by Bruce Haulman The pioneer days are surely behind us. The past ten years have brought a host
V IF&R R ETREAT The Board of Fire Commissioners of Vashon Island Fire & Rescue will be holding a retreat at the Camp Burton Lodge. Sunday, May 22nd 8:00 a.m. to 2 p.m. The purpose of the retreat is to improve perspectives, communications and bring a more unified approach among personnel as VIFR looks to the future. A guest presenter will lead and facilitate the workshop. All District members, spouses and the community are encouraged to attend. Breakfast, snacks and lunch will be provided to District members; the public may also enjoy refreshments for a fee of $20. Your RSVP is due by
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of settlers; we have a post office here at Quartermaster and another at Vashon up near the center of the island; a daily boat to Tacoma and the Iola is making regular stops every other day on the east side and alternate days on the west side; we have several miles of wagon roads and many of the farmers have teams and wagons and therefore several buckboards. – John Smith, 1891 Between 1865 and 1893, the Pacific Northwest was transformed by a wave of EuroAmerican immigration. The railroads arrived, settlers flooded into the region, Washington became a state and resource-based economies and industries were established as the major cities of Seattle and Tacoma experienced explosive growth. Vashon, lying between these two metropolitan centers and easily tied to them by the “water link” of Puget Sound steamers, experienced similar growth. Within these thirty years, the new settlers replaced the sxˇ w babš and their way of life, establishing Euro-American patterns of community settlement, society, transportation, business and discrimination that has influenced the island ever since. Come to the BOOK LAUNCH Thursday, May 12, 7:00 PM at the Heritage Museum. The author will be talking about his work and autographing copies of the book. Refreshments will be served. This Feature Proudly Sponsored by: Tom and Dave - Vashon Pharmacy Norm - Vashon Thriftway • Earl - Island Home Center and Lumber
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Island youth opens for Seattle band Island youth musician Whitney Silkett will open for Seattle’s Jefferson Rose Band at 8:30 p.m. Friday at the Red Bike. Skillett plays guitar, ukulele and piano and has opened for Seattle groups playing for “Sharing the Stage.” Jefferson Rose Band has rocked full houses in Seattle’s biggest venues and energized dancing crowds at Northwest festivals since 2011. New to the band is Alex Kitchen who sings in Spanish and English, adding another layer to the complex and dance-worthy rhythms. Her powerful, heartfelt vocals draw from R&B, jazz and Latin music. The free show is open to all ages until 11 p.m., then 21 and older only. SINGER-SONGWRITER
Popular performer returns Singer-songwriter John Craigie will return to Vashon for a show at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Vashon Island Coffee Roasterie. Musically compared to John Prine, Craigie is also known for his engaging storytelling. The troubadour has traveled the world to perform at festivals and sold-out venues. The band Moody Little Sister will open for Craigie. Tickets are available at Vashon Bookshop and brownpapertickets.com. EARLY MUSIC CONCERT
Group plays music from court of Louis XIV The Salish Sea Early Music Festival will present a taste of the musical atmospheres generated by the celebrated musicians of the court of Louis XIV in the program “Versailles” at 7 p.m. Monday, May 9, at Bethel Church. Baroque flutist Jeffrey Cohan, viola da gamba player Joanna Blendulf and baroque guitarist and orbo player John Lenti will play music by composer Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre. Suggested donations are $15, $20 or $25. Those 18 and under are free. See www. salishseafestival.org/vashon for more information.
ANYTHING GOES: The Vashon High School (VHS) spring musical “Anything Goes” will open on Friday, May 13, and run for three consecutive weekends at the VHS theater. Cole Porter’s popular musical portrays the madcap antics by passengers on board an ocean liner from New York to London and features well-known songs such as “You’re the Top,” “I Get a Kick Out of You” and “Anything Goes.”
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Art abounds on First Friday Island photographer Lori Kay will show her latest artistic photo images at Café Luna. Hastings-Cone Gallery will hold a champagne reception for Oregon artist Paula Bullwinkle. The former photographer for Vogue, British Elle, The London Sunday Times Magazine and others now turns her creative focus to oil painting and printmaking. Hinge Gallery will show print portraits from island author Jessie Johnson, who explores his relationship to iconic authors. Raven’s Nest will show Northwest Coast Native-inspired accessories featuring tribal artists’ wraps, shawls and scarves. SAW will celebrate its fourth anniversary with champagne and cake and showcase all 110 island artists who are part of the gallery. Pam Ingalls’ portraits of elders will be featured at The Hardware Store Restaurant gallery, with more than 40 oil portraits in the show. VCA Koch Gallery will open with its first show in the new arts building and will feature six island artists. Big art will hang at VALISE Gallery with 10 floor-to-ceiling works by 10 collective members. Vashon Intuitive Arts will show mixed media “Goddess Art” by Rebecca Sweeney. Vashon Senior Center will exhibit Marshall Sohl’s wood sculptures about historic VashonMaury residents from his family’s collection. A photography show at the Land Trust building will show 11 photographers’ visions of Vashon’s public lands from a juried show for the 2015 anniversary of the Land Trust.
Artwork on display this month will include (clockwise from top right) paintings by Paula Bullwinkle at Hastings-Cone Gallery; photograph by Dennis Hess at the Land Trust; work by Brett Carlson at VALISE Gallery; and prints by Jesse Johnson at Hinge Gallery.
Critically acclaimed indie film has local ties By JEFF HOYT For The Beachcomber
It’s the rare extended family that escapes the toxic reach of addiction. Who doesn’t have at least one ‘black sheep’ who sucks up all the oxygen at family gatherings, inciting hushed whispers and wary glances? This all too familiar theme about the heartbreak of addiction comes to a head in the tour de force indie film “Krisha,” presented as Vashon Film Society’s First Friday Art Film at 9:30 p.m. on the silver screen of Vashon Theatre. The movie has quite a personal backstory: Before my wife Cindy and I moved to the island, one of our best friends in Seattle was a voice actress — and the film’s future star — named Krisha Fairchild. Krisha and I had the same voiceover agent, Tish Lopez, who lives on Vashon with her husband Cornelius, the long-time McMurray math teacher. Among the many things Cindy and I shared with Krisha was that all three of our families included a lost soul who dominated our
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Krisha Fairchild attention from halfway across the country. For Krisha, it was her niece, Nica, whom she remembered as “the most precocious, amazing, funny and smart girl in any room.” Tragically, Nica was introduced to hard drugs at a very young age. She struggled to stay clean over the years, but ultimately overdosed at age 39.
A month before she died, Nica had put the family through the wringer at a dramatic holiday gathering that left a profound impression on her 23-year-old cousin Trey Shults, an aspiring young filmmaker. Shults wrote a short film inspired by that unforgettable weekend, asking for and receiving the family’s permission to pro-
duce it. Then came the full-length feature that rocked the film festival circuit last year and continues to earn astonishing accolades since its theatrical release in March. Shults’ Aunt Krisha plays the lead role, and at age 64 has erupted into a “breakout star,” scoring rave reviews from The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Variety and many others. The entire movie was a family affair with roles for Krisha’s sisters and mother. Shults plays Krisha’s estranged son. “The character I play is not Nica,” says Krisha. “She represents the addict in every family whose experiences lurch through the lives of the people who love and bleed for them. People come up to us after screenings and want to hug us. You can take all your blockbuster movies and push them right off a cliff. Leave us just those hugs, and we will die happy.” Friday’s screening of “Krisha” will be preceded by a short conversation with Krisha Fairchild from her home in Mexico. Admission at the door is $7.
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Opera and chorale sing together in special show Vashon Opera and members of the Vashon Island Chorale will perform a joint concert, “Pagliacci Palooza,” on the new stage at Vashon Center for the Arts at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 13, and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 15. While “I Pagliacci,” written in 1892, is a one-act opera complete with beginning, middle and end, “Palooza,” according to Vashon Opera Artistic Director Jennifer Krikawa, “is a fake name for a greatest hits opera program.” The collection of arias and ensembles will be sung by the chorale with a 20-piece orchestra playing scores individually arranged by Dr. James Brown. During intermission, while a troupe of Seattle acrobats perform in the VCA lobby, risers on stage will be replaced by the set for “I Pagliacci.” About 28 members of the chorale will change into 19th century costumes and sing the choruses in the opera, along with a chorus of 10 children. “Knowing that this production would be the first in the new Katherine L White Hall, we wanted to include the chorale, and we’ve always wanted to do a ‘night of the stars,’” Krikawa said. “It all came together.” Norm Hollingshead will give a preview lecture on “I Pagliacci” at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 8, at the Vashon Library. “I think (his talks) really help people’s understanding (of the operas),” Krikawa said. “And it’s fun and free.” — Juli Goetz Morser
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Tenor Limmie Pulliam will perform as Canio in “I Pagliacci.”
Burlesque is back at Open Space
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The naughty, humorous and sophisticated Burlesco Notturno returns to Open Space for Arts & Community for an evening of world-class burlesque inspired by pop culture in the new show “Burlesco Notturno POP” at 8 p.m. Saturday. Doors open at 7 p.m. Since its inception as the brainchild of Open Space co-founder Janet McAlpin, who appears as the beguiling co-host Madame X, the show has gathered an impressive array of performing artists. Inga Ingenue, Ruby Mimosa, genderblending performance art sensation Waxie Moon, Acrobatic Conundrum and Marina Mezzogiorno-Brown will each bring their unique acts to the stage. The Love Markets band will be back along with Madame X and her lawyer. Optional ticket packages include the Burlesco VIP ticket with food from The Hardware Store, wine, a photo
portrait with a Burlesco artist and reserved seating in the first two rows; the VIP Party Table includes a frontrow table for eight, food, wine and a personally crafted surprise from Madame X; reserved tables for four without the food and wine are also available as are single tickets. Tickets are available at Vashon Bookshop and at burlescopop. brownpapertickets.com.
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Ayurveda: Ancient healing unpacked in new book By JULI GOETZ MORSER Arts Editor
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Ancient Ayurveda cleansing practices are explained in what is billed as an accessible and comprehensive guide called “The Mindbody Cleanse: A 14-Day Detox and Rejuvenation Program From Ancient Ayurveda,” by islander Ronly Blau and Adrian Nowland. Blau will read from the recently released book at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 12, at Vashon Bookshop. Experience is a powerful teacher. After struggling through various allopathic and alternative treatments for ongoing, unsolved health issues, Blau and Nowland each found longed-for relief through Aryuveda, a practice and path they continue to follow. “My springboard into Ayruveda was the first home panchakarma cleanse I did, guided by an Ayurvedic practitioner. It rocked my world,” Blau writes in the book’s introduction. Today, Blau is a certified Ayurveda practitioner and yoga teacher. She’s been leading group cleanses for eight years. When Nowland worked with Blau five years ago, she said Blau helped her find a middle-way approach to diet and lifestyle that healed her problems and changed her life. Following Ayurveda principles, Nowland has developed recipes
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Ronly Blau that are included in the book. The duo began writing the book two years ago. Using the 35 pages of notes Blau typically handed out to participants of group cleanses, plus Nowland’s recipes, Blau said their intention was to communicate the wholistic nature of the cleanse. “It is not just food and herbs, but time and space to see habits and make lifestyle changes,” Blau said. “We want others to know it is not black and white, you can do the cleanse in a gen-
tle way — try a mini cleanse for a week that includes meditation, yoga and self-care. You can read the book and see your (body) type, use the recipes, get healthy tips about diet and herbs, self-care and stress-management.” Based on the 5,000-year-old Aryuveda tradition, the book distills the main points of the panchakarma cleanse and how to use it at home. The co-founder of Mount Madonna Institute, who knew Blau when she was a student there, writes in the foreword, “The authors’ mastery of Ayurvedic knowledge is evident. They clearly explain classical Pancha Karma and have created a 14-day cleanse that will benefit just about everyone…. Their personal results from the Ayurvedic cleansing are impressive.” Blau writes that panchakarma “is a deep healing. It is not a fad, a diet or quick fix. It is a profound process that can offer you a real window into wellbeing, a moment of clarity in body and mind that can lead to real insights, wisdom and transformation.” Blau will have samples of the recipes at the reading. “It’s tastier than people think,” she added with a laugh.
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New history of island, what makes it unique
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What makes Vashon unique? The answer to that short but loaded question is teased out in the engaging narrative of Bruce Haluman’s new book, “A Brief History of Vashon Island.” The island historian will read and discuss his second book in a trilogy about Vashon’s history at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 12, at the Heritage Museum. A second reading will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 26, at Vashon Bookshop. It is said that historians wear many hats — those of storyteller, researcher, anthropologist, psychologist, detective and scholar among others. Writing about history means they must gather the enormous expanse of information they’ve collected, examine it and then distill it down to key events and people. It is like a huge funnel, Haulman explained in a recent interview, and it’s about trying to decide what to leave out rather than what to keep in. “I develop a time line to include a certain level of detail, but those are just factoids,” he said. “I look for the patterns, past the factoids, to the interpretive. As a public community historian writing for the community, I try to step back and ask why something happened the way it did and how it led to Vashon becoming this or that.” In the book’s preface, Haulman writes that “the concept of being an islander is a concept based on a collective existence and location that people share. (Islanders) describe themselves as distinct, and it is this story of self-identification that creates the island’s history.” Beginning with the eight permanent village sites of the Native Americans later known as the S’Homamish, Haulman’s historical narrative moves on to the dispersal of the S’Homamish with the arrival of Europeans between 1792 to 1893; the first Euro-American settlements from 1865 to 1893; the founding of Vashon 1983 to 1920; the hard times of the depression and world wars between 1920 to 1945; when Vashon became a united island community from 1945 to 1980; and concludes with the chapter heading, “A New Vashon: 1980-2015.
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Bruce Haulman Despite a seven-page bibliography and decades of collecting stories and facts about Vashon, Haulman does not get lost in the trees of details. He sees the forest, the larger picture of the island’s history, in which five enduring patterns emerge to characterize Vashon: Vashon Island Exceptionalism; Isolation versus Dependence; Resource to Service Economy; Leadership and Consolidation. The patterns, he writes, are what form much of the community that marks a history defined largely by change. Writing history, Haulman said, is what we do with our own life — we retell the story to make sense of it. His book is a story of a place in which Aristotle’s narrative arc of a beginning, middle and end does not readily apply because “as a historian, you can only tell the story of who you are now. The story of what makes Vashon unique will go on. We are a piece of a longer story, and we are only telling part of it.”
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Mothers are the foundation of every family. We are always happy to be able to honor the great Moms in our life as we celebrate the coming of spring. Just as you can always count on Mom, the Daystar family is always there for you, too. The Daystar mission is “to create a home, a haven from the world, where we care for one another, residents, staff, owners – family.” When your home is Daystar Retirement Village, you can relax in comfort and know those around you are just like family! At Daystar we have created a supportive environment to allow both our Moms and Dads to live a relaxed and worry-free lifestyle. Join us for a tour of our independent and assisted living apartments and see for yourself how rewarding a Daystar lifestyle can be for you!
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SPORTS Vashon-Maury
SOFTBALL: The Vashon High School girls’ softball team is wrapping up its season and playing its last four games this week and next. The Pirates will play at home May 5, away in a double header May 9 and finish at home May 12 with Senior Night. Playoffs are scheduled for May 20 and 21 at Sprinker Field in Spanaway. The team currently stands at 5-7-1 on the season.
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Baseball: Pirates finish with perfect JUNIORS SEE EIGHT MEDALS AT BRENTWOOD league record, playoffs start Tuesday Team finishes season 12-0 in Nisqually League By CHERYL PRUETT For The Beachcomber
The Vashon Pirates baseball team capped a record-setting season, winning three close games last week to take the Nisqually League title with a perfect 12-0 record in league play. The Pirates rose to the occasion, facing two tough opponents in three games last Monday, Wednesday and Friday. It wasn’t easy, but great pitching, sound defense and clutch two-out hitting gave the Pirates the edge in each nerve-wracking contest. Monday, April 25, the team played on its home field against Seattle Christian in the third meeting of the season. The final score was a tight 4-2 with the Pirates off to a quick start scoring three of their runs in the first inning and one in the second. The Warriors scored their two runs in the second inning, and that was it for the day. Jeremy PilgrimStoppel pitched the full seven innings allowing only two runs on three meager hits with
four strikeouts and six walks. The Pirates’ offense had 10 hits on the day, but couldn’t get more than four across the plate. The big hit of the day belonged to Chester Pruett who knocked a two-run home run over the left field fence in the first inning. Wednesday, April 27, found the Pirates at Cascade Christian in Puyallup. It was an edge-of-the-bleachers game the whole way. With two outs in the third inning, Clyde Pruett worked the pitcher for a full count before drawing the bases loaded walk scoring Simon Perrin for the Pirates’ first run of the game. Courtesy of a couple hits, a walk and some untimely fielding errors, the Pirates were down 4-1 going into the top of the fifth inning. With one out, Logan Hawkins reached base on error. The next batter flew out, bringing Clyde Pruett to the plate. He took the ball deep, sending it over the left fielder’s head and out of the park, bringing the score to 4-3. In the sixth inning, the Pirates impressively manufactured two runs to take the lead. The first two Pirate batters were sent back SEE BASEBALL, NEXT PAGE
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Vashon’s lightweight women’s eight (Maya Gould — stroke, Lelah Assink, Sam Zeigler, Mabel Moses, Ruta Milewski, Olivia White, Ivy Jaguzny, Brigit O’Rourke and Ellie Lande — coxswain) cross the finish line with no other boats in sight. Read the full recap of the Brentwood Regatta on page 15.
Vashon High School boys’ soccer heads to playoffs By GREG MARTIN For The Beachcomber
Vashon High School’s boys’ soccer team played two games this week and came out victorious. First was a home game against Cascade Christian on Wednesday, April 27. Senior Gabe Reoux stepped up early and pounded in a shot from top of the box for a lead less than two minutes into the game. Not to be outdone, Bohdin Mozeleski got into the game with a similar shot about 10 minutes later. The score was 2-0, and it was clear VHS meant business and had post-season
on their minds. The third goal was from a very powerful direct kick from about 25 yards, taken by Luis Villasenor-Castellon after a foul on Reoux. Zane Bork then muscled his way into dangerous positions a number of times and with a deft tap, created just enough room to finish one for the fourth goal. One of the highlights of the season, however, came late in the game. A nice cross was laid into the box by Sam Briggs and there was a scramble as it fell to the feet of Mozeleski, who was bear-hugged and taken down from behind as the ball
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arrived at the 6 yard line. A foul was called, and keeper Brett Beardsley came out of the box. He cooly stepped up, and with his favorite right boot, put the ball into the back of the net. This made the game 5-0, and that was the final score. Up next, just two days later, was a match against Charles Wright (CW). CW has a new coach this year — Bill Chissoe, a fairly storied player and coach in Oklahoma and North Carolina. His team dismantled Vashon 4-1 when the teams visited early in the season. But the Vashon seniors were eager for a reply on
the Pirates’ home turf. After all, Friday was the seniors’ last home game and Senior Night. With the stadium full of VHS fans and a fair number from the Tacoma side too, the Pirates squeaked out a win with a 1-0 victory. The team took on Bellevue Christian on Monday after press time and will begin the post-season this weekend with games at Orting Middle School. — Greg Martin is the father of two high school athletes.
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to the dugout empty-handed. Facing two outs, Sam Schoenberg drew a walk and stole second. Ashton Dulfer drew another walk. A gutsy double steal put Schoenberg on third and Dulfer on second. Hawkins reached first on an error allowing Schoenberg to score the tying run. Dulfer scampered home with the go-ahead run on a subsequent error. Vashonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relief pitcher Dulfer held the Cougars the final two innings, facing only four batters each inning. Chester Pruett had the start, pitching four innings, allowing three earned runs. Dulfer came on in relief, pitching the final three innings and effectively shutting down the Cougarsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; bats. Friday, April 29, was the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s final home game and all eight seniors were honored mid-game. The large crowd saw some great baseball as the Pirates and Cougars faced off for the last time. The first three innings were a testy affair with neither side happy with the other. In the first inning, Hawkins hit a bomb of a
home run with Dulfer on base that should have scored two. Upon appeal by the Cascade coach, the umpire determined he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see him touch home plate, and he was called out; The ball that went over the fence was called a triple instead. The Pirates were now up 1-0 instead of 2-0. The loss of this run had serious implications as the game progressed. Cascade scored a run in its half of the third inning, and the Pirates answered right back in the bottom with one of their own. Hawkins drilled a bomb double, and courtesy runner Levi Myer got to third on PilgrimStoppelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sacrifice. With one out, Clyde Pruett hit sharply to the third baseman who threw wide to home, allowing Myer to slide in for the go-ahead run. After a couple of innings of back and forth nothing, the Cougars tacked on the tying run in the top of the seventh making it a very tense 2-2 score. In extra innings, Vashonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reliever, Dulfer, pitched impressive eighth and ninth innings. The Pirates broke through in the bottom of the ninth with another twoout, ice-water-in-your-veins performance. Dulfer came to the plate first and laid
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down a picture-perfect bunt for a hit putting him on base. The next two batters were retired, but Dulfer got to second on a passed ball. With two outs, Clyde Pruett took a 3-1 count and drove a line drive deep into left field plating Dulfer for the winning run. Head coach Steve Hall was ecstatic over the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance and never-saydie attitude. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have always enjoyed coaching and being around the kids, but this group is special. I have never had so much fun in all my years of coaching. No matter what the outcome in the playoffs, I know these guys will give everything theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got and will leave it all on the field. These guys all pull for each other like no others I have ever seen.â&#x20AC;? With playoffs not starting for the Pirates until May 10, they will play a couple more non-league games to keep them sharp. The team traveled to Kentlake High School on Tuesday, May 3, with results after press time. They will take on Olympia High School on Friday, May 6, in Olympia.
Rough April weather subsides at spectacular Brentwood Regatta
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After a month of competition in blustery spring conditions, Vashonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s junior rowers traveled to Canada for the 46th Annual Brentwood Regatta. Its weather atoned for everything with three days of sparkling conditions on the shore of Vancouver Island at Brentwood College â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a private high school located 30 miles north of Victoria. In recent years, attendees of this event have become accustomed to layered clothing, rain gear and shivering. This year, it was shorts, shirtsleeves and sunscreen. The juniors sleep on the gym floors, eat at the school cafeteria, row the 1500-meter course by day and attend street dances by night, leaving their parents some time to explore the area and gather for potlucks and dinners at local restaurants. It is the favorite regatta of the year for most juniors (and their parents).
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Races proceed with a clock-like cadence every seven minutes. The finish line area is punctuated by about a minute of screaming with teammates and parents urging their rowers to either hold on or catch up. Then six minutes of calm until the next race comes down the course. A total of 190 races are completed in just over two days of racing. Vashonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crew competed in a total of 41 races. Juniors returned with four gold, one silver and three bronze medals in this highly competitive event. Winning Vashon crews were the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s double â&#x20AC;&#x201D; competing as lightweights â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Virginia Miller and Maddie McEachern, lightweight womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eight (Maya Gould â&#x20AC;&#x201D; stroke, Lelah Assink, Sam Zeigler, Mabel Moses, Ruta Milewski, Olivia White, Ivy Jaguzny, Brigit Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Rourke and Ellie Lande â&#x20AC;&#x201D; coxswain), the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quad (Connor van Egmond â&#x20AC;&#x201D; stroke, Seth
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Track and field: Late-season meets bring records Girls’ tennis 8-5 going into last week of play By CARRIE VAN BUREN For The Beachcomber
The VHS track and field team has enjoyed mild weather, focused workouts and the fruits of their hard labor as they measure their success with a multitude of personal records (PRs) set in competition over the past two weeks. The team participated in two league meets held in April at Charles Wright Academy and the Eighth Annual BCS Invite, held at Interlake High School in Bellevue last Saturday. Track meets can offer a fresh egalitarian perspective for high school sport spectators, where the spirited celebration of those who come in last place often surpasses that of the winners. Those athletes who achieve the top spots are honored and decorated, but the good sportsmanship, team efforts and personal achievements demonstrated by all the participants are really the name of the game. This ethic was captured at the BCS Invite, when the last runner to cross the line in the girls’ 3200 meter race did so a full six minutes after the first-place finisher. The infield crowd of 20 schools and the families in the stands all cheered her on to her lastplace finish.
Last Saturday’s meet in Bellevue incorporated hundreds of competitors from a variety of regional schools and offered a challenge for the Pirates in the “waiting game,” as the athletes spent nearly seven hours at the site, prepping for their events. The wait for junior Kat Andrus paid off as she stole first place and was awarded the gold baton in the girls’ triple jump with her lovely leap of 35 feet, 7.75 inches. An added bonus was the announcement that Andrus’ jump set a new BCS Invite meet record. Senior Arthur Moore also put the long wait to his advantage, as he flew past his own long jump record by over a foot to 17 feet, 1.5 inches. Moore also had a PR in the triple jump. Senior Natalie VanDevanter launched the discus to a new PR of 89 feet, 8 inches, which earned her an eighth-place ribbon. After weeks of pushing himself training, freshman Paolo Peani found his stride and his place on the track as he stacked up a couple of big PRs on Saturday — his first in the boys’ long jump at 16 feet, 11.25 inches; followed by a sprint of 26.51 seconds in the boys’ 200 meter. Senior Annika Hille found success in the same two events, as she steamed her way to the finish
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Gianno Waller (front, left) jockeys for position in the first lap of the 1600-meter race at the BCS Invite. in 26.82 seconds in the 200 meters and leapt just a hair over 16 feet in the long jump to earn the second-place spot in both events. With the post-spring break focus on accelerated improvement and better training conditions on the track, the team reaped the rewards of their hard work at last Thursday’s league meet at Charles Wright. Twenty participating Pirates racked up 16 PRs for the day. After lopping off an impressive eight seconds, junior Lauren Jenks grabbed a PR and second place in the 800 meter race with 2:30.70. In the sprints, Marie Kier, Analeah Olson and Colbi Kubo each had a PR in the 100 meters, as well as Ava Bostock in the 200 meters. Further achievements included a mighty javelin throw by
Andrus of 96 feet, 4 inches for third place, as well as javelin improvements for Jordan Bezoenik and track meet newcomer Maria Gilmour. On the boys’ side, Italian exchange student Gabriel Oillaro improved his time in the 1600 meter race, earning him his best finish this season in third place and a PR of 5:32:99. The VHS team will look for more competition and more improvements today, Wednesday, as they participate in a meet hosted by Emerald City League at West Seattle Stadium. The Nisqually League championship meet will be held Saturday, May 14. — Carrie Van Buren is the mother of a track and field athlete.
Vashon girls’ tennis entered the last week of May with a 7-4 record and two difficult matches scheduled. After a busy schedule last week, the Pirates caught up with a couple consecutive days of practice on Monday and Tuesday. The next day, they traveled to Stadium High in Tacoma, a 4A school that has a strong program with a large turnout. Vashon’s entire varsity and junior varsity teams had a chance to play. The Pirates’ varsity won a close match, 3-2 with wins at singles by Taryn Mulvihill, doubles by Emmaline Wittwer/Lizzy Maciejewski and a nice win at doubles by Yulia Falia/Hannah Nelson to clinch the overall. The JV team also won a close match, 5-4. The next day, Vashon hosted Charles Wright and as expected, this was a tough match. The Pirates had lost to Charles
Wright in their two prior meetings — first 5-0 and then 4-1. The final meeting again went to Charles Wright, 3-2, but the progression in scores indicates a steady improvement by the Pirates. Maciejewski had a strong comeback win at singles, and in the longest match of the day Beka Lematua/ Lizzie Sutherland had an exciting comeback win at doubles, winning the match in a third set tiebreaker 11-9. A split for the week left the Pirates with an overall record of 8-5 going into the last week of the regular season. The team hopes to improve its record with an away match on Monday at Cascade Christian after press time and the final regular season match at home against Granite Falls on Thursday. The Pirates will then host the Nisqually League tournament on the following Thursday, May 12. — Pat Mulvihill is the assistant coach of the VHS girls’ tennis team.
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Noodle the Sheep: Vashon Youth & Family Services (VYFS) Noodle is a sheep at islanders Joe and Celina Yarkin’s Sun Island Farm, but is bestknown for his appearance on HGTV’s “Island Life” television show. He decided to use this reality television fame to run for office and support VYFS’ services. Noodle has already begun making appearances at the Vashon Farmers Market on Saturdays with the Yarkins and plans to attend the Sheepdog Classic in June along with many other island events. He is excited
about chewing through ribbons at opening ceremonies for island businesses. While introducing Noodle at a recent farmers market, Joe Yarkin said that he is happy to lend his sheep to the mayoral race in support of “all of the good things” VYFS does for the island. VYFS Executive Director Kathleen Johnson said that Noodle “typifies the values held dear by all islanders: individuality, strength, loyalty, courage and spirit.” “Noodle firmly believes that all islanders thrive when they support each other, and he throws his support behind VYFS,” Johnson said in a statement announcing his running. The agency is the island’s primary social services agen-
cy and provides prevention and intervention services ranging from mental health support and counseling to homeless assistance programs, financial assistance, parent support and childcare. Rebecca Wittman: Vashon-Maury Island Heritage Association Rebecca Wittman is known on Vashon as the owner of The President of Me, a clothing store that spreads a message of selfresponsibility. Early last month, she made waves in the community by announcing an April Fool’s prank that she was moving to Brooklyn. Making it clear that she is going nowhere, she has now decided to run for unofficial mayor in sup-
port of the Vashon-Maury Island Heritage Association. She announced her running early last week, calling herself “a strong champion of Vashon history,” as she lives in a nearly 100-year-old house and has served on the Heritage Museum board of directors for four years. The association is in the midst of fundraising for a new foundation for the museum, and Wittman said she wants to raise $20,000 by the July 16 deadline. “If Vashon is to maintain its essential character, longtime residents, as well as newcomers, must be active stewards in the preservation of that character,” she said. “Pledging allegiance to our Heritage Museum is step one in that stewardship.”
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Wittman said she felt running for mayor during this year of presidential politics was “a no-brainer.” “It doesn’t take any brains to be Honorary Mayor of Vashon. Cutting ribbons? I do it everyday at the shop when I send someone out the door with a gift.” Anyone donating more than $1,000 will be invited to the inaugural dinner at Wittman’s home. Heritage Association Board President Deb Phillimore Dammann said Wittman “gave … her heart and prodigious skills to the organization” while she was on the board. “Now, by running for unofficial mayor, Rebecca is determined to save the museum because it’s a treasure for the community. We hope the community will help her raise the badly needed funds to replace the foundation. This is a gift of love,” Dammann said. Joe Thieme: Rj’s Kids For his second year in a row, Thieme is running for mayor to support Rj’s Kids. A recovered addict, Thieme said he is in “partial retirement” from his job at an offisland counseling and mental health education facility and is running for the community. “I’m looking for more community-based things to do and want to focus on the the people on the streets we know and love,” he said. “Youth on the island, that’s the main concern.” “I am blessed because I see all these opportunities to help our youth.” Rj’s Kids is an island nonprofit created in response to suicides among teens and young adults on Vashon. The organziation helps out with a multitude of community issues and is branching out to seniors, Judith Neary, director of Rj’s Kids, said. The organization’s main focus now is serving seniors who were affected by the senior center closing on Thursdays. The closures that started earlier this year were necessary as United Way of King County pulled funding for senior programs. “There are quite a number of seniors who depend on the meal service offered through the center, and the closure on Reach
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examples of why the island needs substance abuse treatment options, and she noted that she continues to look for funding to bring back VYFS’ addiction treatment program, which ended in 2014. She added while that program no longer exists, the agency offers counseling for people working on sobriety and for mental health concerns. When addressing impaired driving, some experts, incuding KCSO’s Boe, say it is important that several facets of a community work together, “Media, schools, social services, law enforcement, fire departments, families, etc. should all be sending a consistent message that risky driving behaviors are not acceptable,” he said in an email. Efforts to see how that might be happening on Vashon indicate success in some areas and room for growth in others. Vashon Island Fire & Rescue (VIFR) Chief Hank Lipe noted that following Vashon’s cluster of suicides a few years ago, there was a push for greater mental health services, but such a response has not been forthcoming in this situation. “We do not have that for alcohol or marijuana consumption and driving,” he said. “I do not see it anyway.” He noted impaired-driving conversations are especially important for young people, and he encouraged families to talk about the issue. “Parents have to have the conversation and
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Pirate at school and in the wider community: respect, integrity, service and engagement. Next year, he said, the school will include more direct conversation about alcohol and drugs and making healthy choices as part of increased communication about appropriate behaviors overall. In just a few weeks, he added, the school will address the impaired driving issue directly around prom, with a special activity to promote safe choices, The Vashon Alliance to Reduce Substance Abuse (VARSA) is also targeting young people and safe choices. Lisa Bruce, one of VARSA’s coordinators, said she believes that the community should discuss the issues of impaired driving, especially given the island’s recent losses. “I think we need to talk about it. …We really need to push that education piece,” she said. She added that she believes that conversation should include a wide range of participants, from the schools to the marijuana businesses on the island, including the medical marijuana dispensary and the Vashon Island Marijuana Entrepreneurs Alliance (VIMEA), an advocacy and trade organization for legal marijuana produced on Vashon. Bruce noted that early this year, VARSA reached out to see if there are additional services KCSO could offer Vashon regarding
youth alcohol and drug use. As part of that effort, Boe said he attended a VARSA meeting with some island teens present, who told him they plan parties strategically so that they can escape without being apprehended, as the teens know the woods and trails better than the deputies and can easily get away. With that in mind, Boe said deputies are hoping to prevent more youth parties where alcohol and/or drugs might be present. VARSA sometimes knows of parties beforehand — this summer it intends to set up an anonymous tip line for such information — and will pass the information on to Boe. Deputies may then be able to intervene with the host of the party, explain the potential legal consequences to them and, ideally, prevent the party before it occurs. Ending impaired driving may be complicated on and beyond Vashon, but last week, in discussing the recent tragedies, Chief Lipe noted the importance of individuals getting involved and potentially saving a life. “When people are together and there is a situation and someone (who has been drinking) may need to get home, the people who are watching and recognizing the situation need to step in and come up with an alternative,” he said. “That is just watching after your friends.”
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REPORTER sought for Port Angeles staff opening with the Peninsula Daily News, a six-day a.m. newspaper on Washington’s beautiful North Olympic Peninsula, which includes the cities of Por t Angeles, Sequim, Port Townsend and Forks. Bring your experience from a weekly or small daily - - from the first day, you’ll be able to show off the writing and photography skills you’ve already acquired while shar pening your talent with the help of veteran newsroom leaders. This is a general assignment reporter position in which being a self-starter is required. Our circulation area covers two counties, including the Victorian seaport of Por t Townsend, the sunshine town of Seq u i m , t h e “ Tw i l i g h t ” countr y of For ks, five Native American tribes plus wild rivers and the “mountains to the sea” city of Port Angeles. We are located at the gateway to million-acre Olympic National Park and across the Strait of Juan de Fuca from Vancouver Island and spectacular Victoria, British Columbia. Port Angeles was named by “New Rating Guide to Life in America’s Small Cities” as one of the best U.S. small cities. Plus we get half the rainfall of Seattle! Compensation includes medical, vision, life insurance, 401(k) and paid vacation. The PDN, nearly a century old, is a c o m mu n i t y - m i n d e d , family - focused local newspaper and Web enterprise that is the main news provider for the North Olympic Peninsula. Check us out at www.peninsuladailynews.com. T h e Pe n i n s u l a D a i l y News is part of Washington state’s largest newspaper group, Sound Publishing Inc. If you meet the above qualifications, email your resume and cover letter addressing how you fit our requirements, to careers@soundpublishing.com. No phone calls, please.
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PUNKY was orphaned when her owner died in December. As friends were trying to care for Punky and her buddy Salty, Punky started to wander from her home and she was turned over to VIPP. A dear friend of the owner tried to take Punky but the resident cat would have nothing of it so Punky remains an orphan. She has a big story and she loves to talk about it. Punky is a very sweet cat and she gets along with her fellow office mates in the lobby of the shelter. Punky came to VIPP 1/26/15.
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SUGAR is a joyful and loyal six-year-old Border Collie mix who is true to her breed, loves people, playing, adventure walks and other dogs. Because of a recent life change for her previous owner, this dear girl is now looking for a person or family to be her absolutely true forever home. And oh…what a lucky person or family that will be. Sugar is super smart, eager to please and just the right combination of hiking buddy and movie night lap snuggler. She would be fine with a dog friend in the house and older kids too, but no cats. To meet Sugar call 389-1085 or Dogs@vipp.org.
ADOPT A CAT DAY every Saturday 11:30–2:30 at the VIPP Cat Shelter • 12200 SW 243rd St. (off Old Mill Rd.) Dog Adoptions by appointment only at dogs@vipp.org. Lost & Found, and other information, call 206.389.1085. Follow us on Facebook and www.vipp.org.
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