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Islander fulfills lifelong dream of joining the Peace Corps Fifty-seven years after she was inspired by President Kennedy, former teacher is ready to volunteer

By Sarah Low slow@vashonbeachcomber.com

This summer, islander and retired school teacher Georgia Hartness will celebrate her 70th birthday — not with family, and not with friends or neighbors, but with a host family near Pretoria, South Africa, while she is in the midst of a three-month culture and language training for her Peace Corps assignment: Hartness will be teaching English to primary school children in rural South Africa for 27 months.

“This is a goal I’ve had for nearly my entire life,” she said in an interview with The Beachcomber, not long before she left for the East Coast to visit with family before she gets on a plane in Philadelphia for her Peace Corps assignment on July 7.

President John F. Kennedy created the Peace Corps in 1961. Hartness was just 13 years old when she heard the young president speak about the volunteer program, intended for American citizens to work throughout the developing world, both to help as well as to learn.

“It was something that just resonated with me,” Hartness explained. “I thought, ‘I am going to do that some day.’”

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Georgia Hartness, center, with English students in Namaacha, Mozambique, on a visit with her son during his Peace Corps assignment in 2009.

Highway paving project under way, expect delays

Contractors will take a break for July 4 holiday

By Susan Riemer Jeanne Dougherty and her grandson Owen play at the Vashon Pool on Sunday.

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Summer on Vashon S ummer came to Vashon last week, with solstice last Thursday and the last day of school on Friday.

Over the weekend, the signs of summer were everywhere on the island, with sunny skies and a flock of kids at the Vashon Pool, Vashon Center for the Arts’ Garden Tour in full swing and a crowd at Saturday’s Farmers Market, with the best of summer’s bounty available.

The summer schedule for the Vashon Pool launched on Monday; a family swim is set for July 6, and lessons will begin July 9 and run throughout the summer.

On Monday, the popular Picnics

in the Park program started for the season, with free lunches for children and youth, story times, games, special performances and more. The program, offered by the Vashon-Maury Community Food Bank, is open to all and will meet from noon to 1:30 pm. Monday through Friday at Ober Park this summer. The food bank’s goal is to provide 4,800 lunches through the program.

Coming up, some dates to note: July 4 with fireworks over Quartermaster Harbor, VCA’s Summer Arts Fest opening July 6; the Low-Tide Celebration on July 14 at Point Robinson and the Strawberry Festival July 20 to 22.

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Anna Sholsky and her daughter have lunch at Picnics in the Park on Monday.

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For months, islanders have been hearing about the big paving project set for this summer and had their first experience with it last week, when crews began work in town and then moved toward Center.

This week, work is expected to continue southward to the Tahlequah ferry. Once that stretch is complete, the crews will work back up to the he north-end terminal, although two stretches of highway were paved in 2009 and will not skipped this year: from SW Bank Road to SW 156th Street and from just north of SW 140th Street to SW 132nd Place.

Several days last week were hot, and there were reports that some tempers flared accordingly, as drivers faced delays. Doug Hoffmann, of D & R Excavating, one of the local contractors working on the project, said that

crews started at the most difficult spot — the heart of town — and when the work is completed at Center, islanders should feel like the project is getting easier to contend with. He repeatedly requested that drivers understand the importance of patience and safety.

“Please pay attention to the flaggers, and please pay attention to the signs,” he said, adding that the pilot cars are also in place for a reason.

As with the flaggers and signs, he stressed that people need to stay out of closed lanes.

“You might not see anyone in the lane, but that does not mean you go in the lane. You might meet a sweeper truck or a dump truck. … We do not expect anyone to be in that lane,” he said.

A few people last week reported waits at the work locations of 20 minutes or more.

King County’s Brent Champaco, public information officer for the Department of Transportation, said that waits for a pilot car can vary, but crews are trying their best.

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Johnston said that she can’t exactly place when the robbery may have occurred. She was with her family celebrating Father’s Day and hadn’t been in the store between June 16 to 20.

Also taken from the premises were several bluetooth speakers, two iPhones and a bag of Johnston’s personal jewelry that contained two watches, pearl earrings and several sentimental gold pieces.

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Fire chief faces park district over interlocal agreement

By Paul Rowley prowley@vashonbeachcomber.com

At the most recent park board meeting on June 12, Vashon Fire Chief Charlie Krimmert stood from his seat and delivered a rebuke of the park commissioners’ handling of a proposed interlocal agreement between the two districts.

“What brought me here tonight is that I read the last three posted minutes,” Krimmert told the commissioners. “To be perfectly frank, I was set aback. I think you were a little bit hard on the district,” he said, adding that he appreciated the situation they now faced with the loss of Scott Harvey, who had resigned abruptly at the same meeting.

Krimmert’s comments stem from discussions that park commissioners have held about the proposed agreement, and the state law prompting it. The law states that any municipal organization within the confines of, or adjacent to, a fire district must contract with the fire district for fire protection services. Prior to Krimmert’s hiring as chief, the fire district did not have several key interlocal agreements in place, and Krimmert has been working to secure those, including at the park district.

As part of that effort, Krimmert had proposed an annual cost of $11,500 for its services to the park district, which owns 525 acres

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of land. He arrived at that figure by establishing a cost of $1 per $1,000 of market value, below the fire district’s levy rate of $1.50 per $1,000 of assessed value.

Krimmert said he also took into account the average number of calls per year where fire services are dispatched to park district locations, which he estimated at eight.

“This is a law that is not to your advantage, but it is a law. And we are both — your district and our district — not in compliance with law at this point, plain and simple,” Krimmert told the commissioners, stating that members of the board had wrongly characterized the proposal as “nickel and diming” the park district when history shows they had never before contracted or paid for services.

“The contract and the fee we presented to you, if you read the emails, I’m just saying, ‘Here’s where I’m starting.’ I never suggested I was set in stone, never suggested we couldn’t look at other ideas,” said Krimmert angrily.

The fire district first inquired about the status of an interlocal agreement with the park district in August of last year, as the fire district could not find one, Krimmert said. Later, OttRocheford consulted with the district’s lawyer to ensure that park district leaders understood the statute, which mandates they

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enter a contract to either pay for services or participate in a like-value exchange. Krimmert had also suggested a possible exchange between the two districts with the park district providing property for the fire district to build a new station, as a means of complying with the law. However, Ott-Rocheford said such an arrangement for the park district would likely not be legal, as the park district is bound by stipulations in grants, deeds, and other codes not to re-purpose its properties.

Krimmert asserted that other agreements with the school district or Washington State Ferries, both of which pay the fire district less for services than he proposed to the park district, are not comparable to the situation faced by the park district because of state law. But he was insistent that he was flexible.

“I am not opposed to negotiating a fair and reputable price, but I did not anticipate we would do it in a public forum without even engaging us,” said Krimmert.

Commissioner Karen Gardner, who has been outspoken against the fire district’s proposed $11,500 cost of services in the past, remained adamant at the meeting that the park district would resist complying.

“We’re not going to pay you $11,000 a year. We’re just simply not going to do that,” she said.

“Just pay when we come,”

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Krimmert rebutted. “We can work out an apparatus, equipment and personnel fees schedule; we’ll establish the cost. You don’t call us, you don’t pay anything. You call us, there’s the schedule,” he said. “Happy to do that. I think I can sell that to my board.”

Commissioner Bob McMahon acknowledged that the park district would likely have to come to an agreement or else willfully break the law, though he argued that paying for fire services amounted to little more than a reshuffling of taxpayer money.

But Krimmert asserted that, despite the recent fire district levy, it was his task “to find ways to substantiate my budget on an annual basis” and remains fiscally accountable to the statute.

Ott-Rocheford later said that she felt the fire district was trying to be accommodating and is “interested in working with us on an arrangement that makes sense for both parties.”

“I feel completely confident he is being very honest and forthcoming about his intent,” she said about Krimmert.

After conversations with the park district’s attorney, OttRocheford said that there is no clear statement in the RCW that enforces a monetary exchange and added that she is open to the idea of a cost-per-call fee structure.

Krimmert said that he looked at several examples of interlocal

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“This is a law that is not to your advantage, but it is a law.”

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agreements in other communities for an idea of what options both districts may have that resembled a fixed cost or costper-call fee structure.

“I know at least one other agreement we saw that did a combination of the two. But traditionally, I assume, it’d be to the park’s advantage to pick an annual fixed fee,” he said after the meeting, citing the additional ease for budgeting.

At the meeting, Ott-Rocheford said that based on her own analysis, she found that by not including more than 200 acres of undeveloped park district property in Krimmert’s original assessment, the cost of services to the remaining park property using his formula would be $5,877.

“Yes, we’re negotiating,” said Krimmert, who has continued meeting with Ott-Rocheford. “I have a number on the table, she has a number on the table, and we have to take the next steps.”

The park district met Tuesday, after press time, and will meet again at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 10.

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District democrats, local alliance endorse two for senate seat

By Susan Riemer editor@vashonbeachcomber.com

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about 9 percent. And should the Republican candidates garner just 10 percent, that would put them on the November ballot — in an area that is progressive.

“We do not want to see two Republicans in the general election,” he said.

He added that the risk is “not huge,” but does exist.

There are two ways to prevent that from happening, he said. One is to arrange for two or more Democrats to drop out of the race — which so far has not happened — or get local progressive organizations to endorse the same two or three candidates. If most progressives vote for one of the endorsed candidates, it will ensure that at least one Democrat will be on the ballot in November.

Mackey noted that the Vashon Progressive Alliance sent news of its endorsement to Fuse Washington, the largest progressive organization in the state, whose endorsements influence many people’s votes. He hopes to sway that organization to follow suit.

“It would be a disaster if we have no progressives on the general election ballot,” he said.

On Monday, island candidate Lisa Devereau, who runs Island Funeral Service and entered the race in part to give working class people a voice in the Senate, provided her thoughts about these

CORRECTION The June 13 story “Ferry chief outlines challenges” contained an error about reliability and on-time performance on the triangle route. The numbers provided (98.8 percent and 95 percent, respectively) were for the ferry system as a whole. For the triangle route, the most recent numbers, from 2017, show that for July through September, on-time performance was 88.5 percent. From October through December, it was 94.3 percent. For those same time periods, trip reliability on the triangle route was 97.3 and 100 percent. These numbers come from The Washington State Department of Transportation’s “Gray Notebook.”

“It would be a disaster if we have no progressives on the general election ballot.”

Melvin Mackey, Vashon Progressive Alliance

Constantine’s administration and longtime resident of the 34th District. At King County, she has worked on coordinating and seeking reforms in the delivery of mental, health, addiction, and homelessness services, including working to pass the Veterans, Seniors, and Human Services levy renewal last year and the Best Starts for Kids Initiative.

Joe Nguyen was raised in the White Center and Burien communities and is the son of Vietnamese refugees, according to his website. He is a senior

manager at Microsoft and is the chair of the Wellspring Family Services’ Associate Board, which works on issues related to family homelessness. He is also involved with police relations as a member of the Community Advisory Committee for the Office of Law Enforcement Oversight in King County. The group’s work focuses on building bridges between community and law enforcement to achieve equitable policing.

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Earlier this month, the 34th District Democrats endorsed two of the 11 candidates running for the state Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Sharon Nelson, and more recently, the Vashon Progressive Alliance endorsed those same two people: Shannon Braddock and Joe Nguyen.

Melvin Mackey, speaking for the alliance, said the local group believed it was important to endorse the same candidates because they are good, progressive candidates that would serve the island well and because of weaknesses in the August primary’s format.

“What we are fighting here is the top-two primary,” Mackey said.

In a recent letter to the editor and in a conversation last week, Mackey shared his concerns that with so many people running and despite the progressive nature of the district, two Republican candidates could win the primary. Currently, there are seven Democrats, two Republicans, one Independent and one no-party preference candidate in the race. Should the vote be equally split among them, they would all draw

recent developments, saying it is a competitive race with many people who would bring a wide array of experience and expertise to this office. She noted she would bring transparency, honesty and integrity.

“While it is unfortunate that I will not be endorsed, nor interviewed by the progressive alliance, it does not dampen my spirits or my belief that I am the best choice for Vashon Island and the 34th District,” she said.

She added she has three generations of history behind her, and knows islanders’ needs. She directed people online for more information at Lisaforsenate.com.

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EDITORIAL

To better the world — and yourself — serve as a volunteer For many, the last year and a half of national and world news has gone from difficult to hear to heart breaking. It can be hard to know, on bucolic Vashon and Maury Islands, how to take appropriate action when problems — from climate change to racial tensions to children being ripped from their parents’ arms — grow increasingly more alarming.

This week, in light of all that heartache, we are happy to include the story of Georgia Hartness, who at age 69, is fulfilling a long-time dream and joining the Peace Corps — this after raising three children and a career in teaching.

She was spurred on, in part, she said, by the idea of being a cultural ambassador.

Not all of us can join the Peace Corps, even if we might like to, but her action is inspiring us and is a reminder of how much good takes place all around us on this island and beyond — and how much more is left to do. It is a also a good reminder of just how valuable volunteering is — not just for the wider world and communities close at hand, but for those who volunteer themselves.

Researchers at the London School of Economics examined the relationship between volunteering and measures of happiness in a large group of adults in the U.S. and found the more people volunteered, the happier they were. Their study was later published in the peer-reviewed academic journal Social Science & Medicine.

Compared with those who have never volunteered, the chance of being “very happy” rose 7 percent among those who volunteer monthly and 12 percent for people who volunteer once or twice a month. The benefits were even higher for people who volunteer weekly; some 16 percent felt very happy — an increase in happiness comparable to having a dramatic increase in income, from $20,000 a year to $75,000 to $100,000.

In fact, other studies have shown that the benefits of volunteerism extend far beyond happiness and the expected perks of larger social networks and better career opportunities, to some that people would likely never expect: burning belly fat, possibly preventing Alzheimer’s disease and lengthening life.

It is a good deal, all the way around.

Vashon is fortunate to have an number of people committed to sharing their time and talents, and we have noticed that like Hartness, many of them are retired, sometimes working harder now than they did during their careers.

Others of us have lagged behind in the volunteer arena, often caught up in work, child-rearing and caring for elders. But like Hartness, our time might yet come, when we venture off to a distant country or just a few miles down the road and begin changing the world — and our own lives as well.

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recent article and editorial assure her personal financial needs The Beachcomber questions would be met for the rest of her life, choices made by Vashon the two objectives of her 2008 trust.

Center for the Arts board and staff in It was also her clear desire not to mid- to late 2014 related to building make her choice public. our building. In these past months, I People have asked why VCA did have had the opportunity not discuss this decision to speak extensively with openly. Two reasons. all the people involved The first is it was Kay’s (other than Ms. White money and that was her but including her attordirection. The second is ney) as well as Debra the board and staff were Twersky at 4Culture and confident there would Sen. Sharon Nelson. I be significant financial resources available have read all the documents. Based on all of once construction was KEVIN that, I would like to share complete to help sustain HOFFBERG some of the thinking that the building and the COMMENTARY guided those choices. organization. This proved To back up for a to be a solid assumption. moment, it feels important to recall With the benefit of hindsight, the energy and work that went into we know there are things we might this project. It was truly a massive have done differently. VCA is a big commitment of time and energy part of Vashon, and it is clear we by a succession of board members, need to create constructive dialog community volunteers and a small around our important decisions. group of staff that stretched from There are some specific things I 2008 to 2016. These people are our also want to make note of: island friends and neighbors, and ■ After Kay’s death, the VCA the grit, determination and love board made the decision to apply they brought to the project over proceeds from her estate to pay eight years is really remarkable. down our building loan. This is Many communities and organithe reason our financial resources zations have started projects like are a bit less than $4 million vs. this and not completed them. It is $6 million. But for an astonishing a credit to our community that we last-minute increase in building pulled this off. costs, we likely would have that and One of those friends and neighmore today. bors was Katherine L. White, a ■ People have expressed concerns wonderful woman who dedicated a about ticket prices. In 2017, we sold lot of money to help make this proj11,833 tickets for 79 shows. The ect happen. If you knew her, you average ticket price for 90 percent of knew Kay to be a modest, intelligent our shows was $20. Member prices person who valued her privacy. She are typically lower than that. For allowed her name to become more many events, prices have remained visible when her 2008 trust began to unchanged for years. Volunteers get play a big role in public discussions. in free. Many events are free.

By the summer of 2014, a growing ■ The shows that cost more? In list of concerns pushed the board some cases, those are fundraisers like kd lang. In others, they and staff to find a way to begin the are national acts like Judy Collins, building. Construction costs were David Grisman, Matisyahu, Indigo rising rapidly (and continue to rise Girls, Leo Kottke and others, nearly to this day). The staff and board did all of which typically sell out within not believe VCA could be sure state days, sometimes hours. It seems we money would continue to be available. Perhaps most importantly, we have an audience for these kinds of did not know how much longer Kay shows. would be with us.

■ Last year we offered 96 arts Kay had committed the majorclasses, in all the arts apart from ity of her wealth to this project. She dance, with 790 students enrolled wanted to hear music in the buildand 45 local artists/instructors ing she had been visualizing for employed. A large percent of our many years, even before the 2008 students are on scholarship. trust was created. It was a reason■ Vashon Artists in the Schools able desire for a 93-year-old woman offered 23 residencies to 1,199 who ultimately donated nearly $12 Vashon students, employed 22 million to see her dream become a artists and conducted 12 exhibits of reality. student work. Our biggest and best It was Kay’s decision to restrucyear yet. ture her 2008 trust. In doing so, she ■ In 2017, we showed in our gallery was able to provide the cash VCA 564 pieces by more than 100 Vashon needed to start the project and to artists.

■ Through our Vashon Center for Dance, we offered 30 weekly dance classes and six dance camps to 153 enrolled students. About half of those students receive a scholarship for their dance classes.

This last point is an important one. Through the great generosity of our donors, we are able to offer financial assistance to 100 percent of the people who want to take a class, any class we offer, but don’t have the money to do so.

Vashon Center for the Arts is the largest nonprofit on Vashon Island.

We touch a lot of lives. We don’t always get things right, but we’re listening and learning so we can do better.

From the beginning of this process, through to this day, the people involved with the project, our friends and neighbors, acted with integrity, good faith, thoughtfulness and positive intent.

The building was built. Capital was preserved. We are delivering against our mission. We are working every day to make what goes on at VCA inviting, vital, relevant and accessible to as big a portion of our community as we can.

— Kevin Hoffberg is the executive director of Vashon Center for the Arts.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ■ VCA

Story answered important questions I’m a mostly retired journalist with 40 years’ experience, most of that with The Seattle Times.

Elizabeth Shepherd consulted me regularly while reporting her piece on Vashon Center for the Arts (“Arts Center answers a $6 million question,” June 20). She shared with me the hundreds of pages of state and county records she received, as well as documents later provided by VCA, so I’m well acquainted with much of the source material.

This was a sprawling, complex story that would have given many big-city journalists pause. Shepherd acquitted herself well.

She was thorough. She was accurate.

She was fair.

My wife and I are VCA members. I wish the center only the best.

I hope VCA realizes Shepherd actually has done them a great service. Her reporting has gone a long way toward answering questions that have hung over VCA for months. The longer those questions linger, the more difficult they will be to resolve, to move past.

How VCA responds now will say a lot about what kind of organization it is, and what it hopes to become.

— Eric Pryne

Article should have been a thank you Your article about the obstacles overcome by hundreds of volunteers, donors and employees of Vashon Center for the Arts in managing to deliver an incredible gift to Vashon should have been a huge thank you. Instead, you choose to slant is as though you have discovered some huge improprieties. Your editorial comments were especially inappropriate and insulting. Hopefully your article and editorial will not deter anyone from continuing to support VCA in its ongoing artistic and educational mission. Clearly, there are virtually no arts organizations anywhere that are self-sustaining. They only work with the blessing of donors, volunteers, dedicated artists and employees.

— Steve and Cindy Stockett

Maintenance funds’ importance was known Elizabeth Shepherd’s superb article was most welcome, even though unsettling.

When I was on VAA’s board, some years ago, a few of us went to other arts centers, such as Bainbridge. Beautiful ones. Each of their boards warned us that, without separate funds for maintaining the buildings, it had been a disaster. So I was particularly delighted when Kay White’s bequest was sufficient (according to all statements at the time!) to adequately avoid that unfortunate result. Yet here we are, with conflicting reasons for that failure, on and on.

As a photojournalist for 20 years and special writer in the past for The Beachcomber, thank you for doing such a careful, insightful story of fine journalism.

— Kaj Wyn Berry

Beachcomber should be insightful, not inciteful As a strong supporter of the Vashon Center for the Arts, I was dismayed by the Elizabeth Shepherd article as to content and questionable motivation.

For the VCA and the arts community, to have received a $12 million gift from Katherine L. White and her estate is beyond remarkable. Now and in future years Vashon Island will have a unique visual and performing arts center adding to the culture of the island and introducing the arts to the school children. It’s inconceivable that this would have happened otherwise.

Unfortunately, mistakes were made, construction costs increased dramatically, and weather conditions added to the cost increases. Even the general contractor participated in absorbing some of the cost overruns. Experts in all related fields, both compensated and volunteers, were involved in the building process and funding along with the management team. All were trying their best to bring the facility successfully to fruition.

As a nonprofit, the VCA is governed by a volunteer board, supported by numerous volunteer committee members, many donors/members and a dedicated staff.

No one financially benefitted, so it appears the article is meant to be an implication of malfeasance and mismanagement. To the contrary, the community should be thanking Katherine White and all involved for their efforts in creating the VCA facility.

The VCA and the community are fortunate to have someone with energies and abilities of Kevin Hoffberg to assume the executive director role. Admittedly there are operating budget challenges, but with Kevin and his staff along with continued community and donor support, these challenges will be overcome.

The Beachcomber might better monitor its reporting to distinguish between being insightful or inciteful.

— Jerry Mathews

Community deserves transparency I began asking questions about VCA in December and, since then, the community has broadened the conversation.

Following Liz Shepherd’s article on VCA, radio conversations and a VCA blog entry, the question of why the community wasn’t informed of the dissolution of the $6 million sustaining fund remains essentially unanswered. In the article, VCA stated that it was an “unfair characterization” that the community had been told that the trust would remain and that VCA never claimed there would be $6 million in the trust after construction. Documents have revealed this to be untrue. VCA explained that the trust held two volatile stocks in one sector that, when analyzed in 2014, could have depleted the trust in a “really severe” way. Per the U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research, the recession started in 2007 and ended in 2009.

One would suppose that diversification by a competent fund manager by 2014 would provide a solution. And there’s VCA’s comment that the community was “struggling with some of the sophistication” of language relative to the resources. Finally, VCA stated that facts surrounding the trust were “so perilous” that VCA not only did not want to inform the public, they “still

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company in the Seattle area go from $11 million to $20 million? Certainly these were not change orders. Or did Sellen Construction have an open checkbook contract? Either way, it is ludicrous that the board gets to spin this as construction materials costs being too high. So what caused the overrun?

The truth is one of total incompetence and lack of transparency.

There are examples of how competent boards have exceeded what VCA set out to do. Bainbridge Art Museum was built between 2011 and 2013, with the same constraints of the economy and building material costs. They selected an appropriate architect and builder for the scale of the building. They achieved, within their $13 million dollar budget, a LEED Gold certified building with 20,000 square feet, a 95 seat theater, seven formal galleries, a conference room and offices, a community gallery, a bistro and patio, soaring atrium space and gift shop. Solar panels.

Automatic screens to shelter art from sun damage. My friend Greg Robinson managed this project from start to finish.

In addition, Bainbridge built another multi-thousand square foot building — BARN — for $6 million. In other words, two facilities for the price of our one.

No more excuses, VCA board. Raising money for a building is the easy part. Prior to accepting Kay White’s generous gift, the board should have had a long-range revenue plan in place, as well as contracted programming into the future. Without these, they had no business accepting major gifts of any size or going forward

don’t.”

I spent 26 years as a state and federal criminal defense legal investigator. A significant portion of my practice dealt with financial investigations. A lesson learned was if the client’s finances were so “complicated” that those finances couldn’t be explained, something was off.

VCA’s comments excerpted above and many more are but weak attempts to explain away a continued trust-breaking failure in communication. These comments continue to be elitist, patronizing and condescending to the community represented by donors, visual artists, performers and public funding agencies — the revenue sources for VCA. Islanders are not a mindless group, but are well able to understand complex issues presented honestly, transparently and without prevarication. The community deserves from VCA and every nonprofit it supports transparency in all their financial dealings.

Simply put, such values are not a multiple-choice question.

— Christine Beck

Board, ex-staff should be held accountable As an arts lover, and someone who questioned the scope of the VCA project from the beginning, I believe the board, past and present, the former executive director and project manager should be held to further account. How did a project conceived with a leading architect and cost analyzed by the largest construction

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ■ IMMIGRATION

Choose to be welcoming We’ve had it good for awhile, a couple of generations, at least. Most of us have safe homes, enough to eat, social services like 911, medical insurance. We’ve come to think of this as normal, the way things have always been and always should be.

It ain’t so. Change is coming. Time to take an honest look at what is coming down the pike.

What is coming down the pike is people. Scared, hungry people looking for a safe place to live, people fleeing their homes in fear of their lives. Many have lost loved ones to violence.

Unless we are 100 percent Native American, we are descended from immigrants; how can we shut our doors to people who want freedom and safety?

Remember “give me your huddled masses yearning to be free?” Remember the Statue of Liberty? Remember justice and liberty for all?

Make no mistake; we cannot keep them out forever. Desperate people will find a way in. We can shut the doors until they break down the doors. We can build walls until walls will no longer hold them.

Then what? Will we have a

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horde of angry, frightened, desperate people to deal with all at once? Or can we begin making a place for them now?

It is scary, I know. An onslaught of people speaking different languages, with different customs, many in trauma, can be disruptive to an unprepared community. Yet we cannot keep them out forever, and to isolate such people is not the answer. Isolation leads to fear, leads to violence.

Classifying them as criminals is not the answer.

Treating people as criminals who are seeking safety is cruel and inhuman— and can lead to violence.

But how can we prepare ourselves?

I believe we need tools.

We need to have some systems in place. We need strong communities that can absorb many new people without coming apart. We need ourselves to be strong enough, courageous enough, wise enough to choose welcome over fear.

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Be a good neighbor and talk to those around you about what you are planning to do.

If you are shooting fireworks next to people with sensitive animals or children, please go elsewhere, or check with them to see if quiet fireworks might be an OK substitute. For those with pets, you can get free canine relaxation treats at Vashon Fireworks Company and Fair Isle Animal Clinic.

To prepare your property properly on the 4th, it’s a really good idea to water your yard a couple of hours before people start to use products, and have a charged garden hose ready just in case. Please remember that on Vashon fireworks’ discharge is only legal on July 4 and New Year’s.

If we really do like having fireworks, we need to be responsible with them.

Irresponsible use results in injuries, property damage and local bans on fireworks.

Unfortunately, areas with bans often have the highest injury and fire rates because supplies of safe, legal products aren’t available.

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■ PARK DISTRICT

Wage hike plan irresponsible I was disappointed The Beachcomber article regarding my resignation failed to include the many facts I presented at the park district meeting “Park board member resigns over wage plan,” June 20).

During the past three years, I supported a 17 percent increase in park district staff wages and benefits. The need for the proposed increase was based solely on off-island park districts. There was no discussion of Vashon wages.

I discovered the Vashon School District maintenance workers currently earn $43,000 to $45,000 per year, whereas the park district maintenance workers currently earn $43,000 to $49,000.

If the island passes the $0.50 per $1,000 park district levy next year, it will increase park district-related property taxes by 28 percent over what people will be paying at the time of the election.

The motion that passed will increase wages and benefits by 39 percent during the next two years, with an annual increased cost of $249,000. This will happen when the Vashon Island School District is providing a 4 percent wage increase for teachers.

Over the next decade, the total cost will dwarf the VES Fields’ cost, and we will have nothing to show for it, not a soccer field, or ball field or even a covered pool.

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the survey responses indicated a need for higher staff wages. Four times that many were worried about increased taxes, and for deferred maintenance it was five times.

Even though we have over $4 million in deferred maintenance, the budgets used to arrive at the $1 million “reserve” Elaine presented includes no money for deferred maintenance or for the immediate needs to replace two aging trucks and other equipment.

I ran for park district commissioner on a platform of transparency, fiscal responsibility and representation of all islanders. I resigned because this board made it impossible to fulfill any of those tenants. That is why I indicated I would oppose the bond the park district will be proposing in the near future to address all the deferred maintenance.

— Scott Harvey

Staff, board can be trusted I do not personally know whether Elaine Ott-Rocheford or Scott Harvey’s predictions about the state of the VPD’s finances will prove to be correct in the year 2024.

No crystal ball here.

I do know that Ms. Ott-Rocheford was essentially willing to bet her job that she is right about the numbers. I admire her determination to fight

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for our public employees. She has brought up the importance of fair and reasonable employee compensation repeatedly over several years, always backing up her requests with hard numbers and facts. Her position hasn’t changed, but in today’s hot job market, the urgency of addressing the issue has.

Sometimes plans must be adapted to adjust to changing real-life conditions.

What is important is to keep an eye on the goal. VPD has made great strides over the past few years to rebuild after the VES project almost sank it, and many thanks to Scott Harvey for all he did to make that happen. He was courageous and willing to serve our community at a time when his skills were vitally important, and I am sorry that he has ended his tenure at VPD. I remember when the small handful of employees who still remained at VPD were furloughed, without pay, for three days, the week before Christmas, because things were so financially dire during the VES years. I’m willing to trust Ms. Ott-Rocheford and the three VPD commissioners who voted in support of her request for additional funds to pay staff, and I believe that they will make adjustments to future spending as needed to keep VPD on sound financial footing.

— CC Stone

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CALENDAR NOTICE Drama Dock: The Drama Dock theater group is in urgent need of volunteer set builders and painters. Set construction for the run of “Noises Off!” takes place every afternoon in the VHS theater. Experience using a drill/ driver would be helpful. For more information or to volunteer, contact Gaye Detzer at detzerubicz@comcast.net. The production is scheduled to open the first weekend in August.

FRIDAY • 29 Vashon Stories: Barbara Gustafson will combine her photographs with a compilation of old stories told by islanders in “The Heart of Vashon” project. 1 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road.

SATURDAY • 30 Master Gardener Clinic: Master gardeners will be on hand to answer all gardening-related questions with research-based, environmentally sound information. 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. outside Ace Hardware.

Vashon Beekeeping Club: The club meets weekly at its apiary. For more information and class announcements for beginners through advanced, join the Vashon Beekeepers Facebook group (facebook.com/ groups/VashonBeekeepers). 11 a.m. at the intersection of 112th Ave. and Bank Road (entrance is on north side of Bank Road).

VIPP Adopt-a-Cat Day: Vashon Island Pet Protectors has cats that need forever homes. The cat shelter is open every Saturday for those looking to adopt a fabulous feline friend. For more information, contact VIPP at 206-389-1085 or email cats@vipp.org. 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at 12200 243rd off of Old Mill Road.

SUNDAY • 1 Zen Center: Guest Christian Meass Svendse, president of the board of the Rinzai Zen Center in Oslo, Norway, will discuss Buddhism in Norway. The weekly service also includes tea and meditation. 10 a.m. at the Havurat Ee Shalom on Westside Highway.

Kirtan: There will be a Kirtan with Chaitanya featuring Joyful House Kirtan. Christian Codd will inspire and energize as percussionist singer/guitarist; Baruch Roter will soothe and heal as singer/guitarist and on harmonium and Jonny Burgess will also sing and play harmonium and include original chants. 7 p.m. at a private home at 13320 108th Ave.

MONDAY • 2 Senior Center All-American Lunch: All are welcome to attend this old-fashioned Fourth of July party and food celebration. Attendance is by a suggested donation of $4.50. Advance reservations are requested by calling the center at 206-463-5173. Noon at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road.

Medicare Mondays: LeeAnn Brown will be available on Monday afternoons through mid-August to answer phone calls or in-person Medicare questions for free. Call 206-567-4600, or stop by 16619 Vashon Hwy. 2 to 4 p.m.

Mondays at the Brown Agency.

TUESDAY • 3 Summer Bocce: Sue Weston will lead an informal, weekly group to play this Italian, outdoor bowling game in the grass at VCC. 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays (weather permitting) at Vashon Community Care.

UPCOMING Senior Center Walks: A gentle hike around the leafy Frog Holler Forest trail is this month’s

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destination. Vashon’s newest community forest features a 5acre pasture that’s been grazed over the years by sheep, goats and horses. All are welcome; carpools are encouraged. Meet at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 7, at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road.

CLASSES, CAMPS & WORKSHOPS Fireworks Safety: Presented by the Vashon Fireworks Company, the class is open to people of all ages and experience levels. Participants will receive a gift certificate (while supplies last). 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 4, at 20316 Vashon Highway.

Tai Chi: Deena Eber teaches this low-impact, slow motion mind and body practice to enhance muscle strength, flexibility and balance. Participation is by a suggested donation of $1. 2 p.m. Wednesdays at Ober Park.

Guided Meditation for Seniors: Scott Gaul, a longtime teacher of guided meditation for health and wellbeing, will lead a friendly group in ways to explore meditation and visualization. All are welcome to attend.

10 a.m. Fridays at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road.

Beginning Mah Jongg: Hazel Wilding will teach newcomers how to play and win at this ancient game of tiles. Classes allow time for practice. 9:30 to 11 a.m. Mondays at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road.

Death, the Experience of a Lifetime: The Vashon Conversation for the Living about Dying project is offering a free evening event and a full-day workshop on preparation for death and care of the dying.

The program will feature guest presenter Bodhi Be, executive director of Doorway into Light, a nonprofit organization on Maui engaged in advocacy and educational programs on death and dying. The day-long workshop costs $70 and includes refreshments and lunch.

To register, go to the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road or email vashonconversation@ gmail.com. A discounted rate

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Keep your eyes on the sky over Quartermaster Harbor next Wednesday evening, and enjoy the fireworks show to celebrate the Fourth of July Vashon style.

Expect the rockets to begin launching once it’s dark (usually after 10 p.m.).

Grab a spot on any public stretch of shore around the harbor for the best land-based viewing, but head out early as this is one of the island’s most popular events. And remember that fireworks are not allowed on any park district property, which includes Jensen Point, due to the fire hazard.

For those hoping to capture the colorful display in pictures, islander Steve Tosterud offers this tutorial on how to photograph fireworks: adobe.ly/2MXu7FS. is available for those needing financial assistance. Registration is required by July 31. For more information, see vashonconversation.com. Free presentation 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 10, and workshop 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 11, both at the Land Trust Building.

Intuition for Young Women: Island psychic and author Aimee Cartier will teach a sixweek class for young women between the ages of 16 and 26. Participants will learn what intuition is, techniques for strengthening it and aligning with their own highest knowing, and a formula for using their intuition to get the best answers to any of the questions that they have in their lives. The cost is $295 and space is limited - partial scholarships are available for demonstrated need. Advance registration is required. For more information or to register, see AimeeCartier.com/vashonyoungwomen. 10:30 a.m, to 12:30 p.m. Wednesdays, July 25 through Aug. 29.

VASHON THEATRE Jurassic World: Plays through July 5.

The Rider: Opens July 6.

Solo: Opens July 13.

See vashontheatre.com for show times or call 463-3232.

PUBLIC MEETINGS Vashon Island School District: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 28, at Chautauqua Elementary School.

Vashon Island Fire & Rescue: its regularly schedule meeting has been moved from June 27 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 11, at Station 55.

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. Sunday through Friday and at 5 p.m. Saturday at the following locations. For more information about the meals program, contact John Datin at 206-512-6444.

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It’s Your HIstorY Vashon Ferry Accident One fine June Sunday in 1921, the worst fear of every ferry rider who drives onto a ferry was realized. As the News-Record reported, “When the ferry Vashon Island was taking on its usual Sunday load of pleasure seekers who weekly spend the day on our beautiful island, one of the first cars on was a Ford roadster…. The car was on the port side of the boat and the deck hand had directed the driver to take the position directly in front of the stairs. He started to do so and was headed to the starboard side apparently in full control of the machine. The next thing those on that end of the boat saw was the rear wheels of the car disappearing over the edge into thirty feet of water. The car’s occupants were finally rescued by lines thrown from the ferry. As they stood on the deck and had shaken some of the water off, Mrs. Hilditch who was the calmest of the trio remarked – “I told you fellows we’d get wet today, but I didn’t think it would be this way.” Aside from the theory that the Ford was suddenly seized with a desire to become a submarine, no explanation can be given for the accident. The Ford was raised and brought ashore by the tug Kathleen.

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Amanda Westbrooke steps down at Open Space An interim general manager will lead for the next three months

By Elizabeth Shepherd arts@vashonbeachcomber.com

Amanda Westbrooke, executive director of Open Space for Arts & Community since 2016, has resigned her position effective July 3, the organization has announced.

Amy Wigstrom will serve as interim general manager of the organization for the next three months.

Wigstrom’s background includes leadership roles with the American Heart Association, the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra and Sun Valley Center for the Arts. Her business, Wigstrom Consulting, currently advises a wide range of nonprofit clients.

For the past two years, she

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Amanda Westbrooke will depart as Open Space’s executive director, but will continue to serve on the organization’s advisory council.

has worked with Open Space as a consultant for the organization’s capital campaign for renovations and chaired its fundraising events. According to the press release, Open Space will reassess its organizational needs after Wigstrom’s 90-day interim tenure is over, and if necessary, conduct a leadership search.

In a press release, Westbrooke cited the reason for her departure as health-related, adding that she will miss her colleagues at Open Space, but that she will still be a presence at the arts center.

“I have loved leading this brilliant team,” Westbrooke said, adding that she plans to continue to serve as a volunteer and member of the organization’s advisory council. “I will always be looking for ways to continue making this the

best Open Space this island has to offer.”

Westbrooke began working at the organization five years ago, first serving as a volunteer before being quickly promoted to a variety of roles that led to her present position. Under her leadership, Open Space completed an extensive renovation to add a black box theater and gallery space, as well as multi-purpose rooms for classrooms and meetings. Open Space’s Grand Hall still holds 600 people for larger productions and community events.

As executive director, Westbrooke also oversaw a wide array of performances, programs and partnerships with local organizations. Most recently, it was announced that a theater company, Civic Rep, would be in residence at Open Space for their 2018-2019

season. The organization has also launched a new initiative, Teen Club O, aimed at giving island youth a safe place to express themselves, socialize and organize their own events in the former warehouse turned community and arts center.

Open Space co-founders David Godsey and Janet McAlpin said that Westbrooke’s contribution to the organization has been enormous. “We are indescribably grateful for Amanda’s leadership,” they said in a joint statement. “We are absolutely counting on her to continue bringing her brilliance to her new role on our advisory council. Her vision has guided us and will continue to inspire us as we move forward.”

Wigstrom, the pair added, is exceptionally well qualified to lead the organization as a firm plan for leadership evolves.

WHAT’S HAPPENING ISLAND ARTS OFF THE ROCK Artwork by Vashon artists Ilse Reimnitz and Brian Fisher has been selected for The Printmaker’s Hand 4 Exhibit, sponsored by Corvidae Press. The juried show of contemporary printmakers will show traditional and new technical approaches. The juror is Bob Kochs of August Gallery in Portland, Oregon. The show will be on view July 5 to 29 at Northwind Arts Center in Port Townsend.

KIDS SHAKE UP A SHOW Shakeskids students will take an outdoor stage for two rollicking performances of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at 7 p.m. Friday, June 29, and 3 p.m. Saturday, June 30, at Ober Park.

Teacher/director Aimee Nicole Lewis van Roekel leads the popular youth theater program at Vashon Center for the Arts, offering kids the chance to study and perform the works of

Poultry in Motion will play at VCA.

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“Migration,” by Ilse Reimnitz.

the Bard. For more information about the group, visit vashonshakes.org.

They play music ranging from country to Cajun, Swamp Rock and Folk.

POULTRY IN SCULPTURE AT MOTION AT VCA JUDD CREEK In partnership with RANCH Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon Events now showcases a free series of local bands at the Katherine L. White Theater. Next up in the series, the island group Poultry in Motion will play at 8 p.m. Friday, July 6, at VCA. Band members — who describe their group as “a drinking club with a music problem,” are Wilson Abbott, Steve Amsden, Chris Anderson, Gib Dammann, Bob Kueker and Dave Lang.

A show of indoor and outdoor sculpture and ceramics is now on display at Judd Creek Ranch Gallery, located at 22237 103rd Ave. SW. The gallery is open from noon to 5 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays, and can also be seen on the First Friday art walk on June 6. Artists in the show include Barbara Wells, Eric Nelsen, Andy Ruble, Hans Nelsen, Doug Lawrie and Jim Wayne.

SUMMER ARTSFEST SET TO LAUNCH Vashon Center for the Arts will present its first annual free two-month Summer ArtsFest, opening 5:30 p.m. Friday, July 6, and running through Aug. 26 at VCA. The fest will showcase and sell artwork by more than 80 local visual artists in more than 45 individual and collaborative exhibits, workshops and demonstrations. New shows will open each Friday, except July 20.

Participatory and music events will also be sprinkled into the mix each Friday and Saturday.

TIMELY SHOW COMING TO VCA Vashon Center for the Arts has issued a call for art for “#MyMeToo,” an October show open to all people who would like to use the visual arts to explore responses to sexual assault and harassment. First consideration will be given to those who complete an “Intent to Submit” form at bit.ly/MyMeToo by a July 30 deadline. The show will offer two cash prizes to artists. In a lead up to the show, VCA will offer four free workshops for those ages 16 to adults who are interested in using the arts to explore the themes and conversations relating to the #MeToo movement. Participants, who must register in advance,

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will have the option of including their completed artwork in the gallery show. Written work can be included in the show as a stand-alone piece or incorporated into visual artwork.

Workshops will include two writing workshops, “Making the Personal Private,” from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, July 7, and “How Movements Become Movement,” from 1 to 5 p.m.

Saturday, July 14. Another workshop, “Collage: A Practice in Truth-Telling,” will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 4.

The workshop series will close with “Written Word Encaustic” from 1 to 5 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 18. Visit vashoncenterforthearts. org/education/ to register or call 206-259-3005 for more information.

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Clinton Fearon and his Brown Boogie Band will appear on Vashon on Friday.

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Clinton Fearon boogies The road leads to Vashon back to the Red Bicycle for Moody Little Sister Moody Little Sister will play at Open Space on Saturday.

Modern-folk and husband/wife duo Naomi Sparrow and Rob Stroup will bring their act, Moody Little Sister, to play road-inspired music at 8 p.m.

Saturday, June 30, at Open Space for Arts & Community. The duo’s 2015 debut album, Wild Places, was produced by folk-rock icon and islander Pete Droge.

In recent years, Sparrow and Stroup have traveled in their van (along with a big fluffy dog named Triton), playing gigs everywhere between Anchorage and Albuquerque.

A press release described their music as “New Folk of the American West that captures dust storms and tsunamis of the heart.”

The release went on to compare Sparrow’s voice with folk-pop darlings Patti Griffin and Anais Mitchell, and said Stroup “takes the road-worn, rootsy approach of John Moreland, Jason Isbell and early Ryan Adams.”

Tickets to the show, $20, are available at openspacevashon.com.

Crowd-pleaser Clinton Fearon will bring his Boogie Brown Band back to Vashon for a show at 8:30 p.m. Friday, June 29, at Red Bicycle Bistro & Sushi.

Like other Jamaican reggae musicians who came of age in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Fearon was a country boy who migrated to Kingston as a teenager, hoping to make his mark in the big city. Soon after he arrived, he joined Albert Griffiths and Errol Grandison to form the Gladiators, a well-known band that launched his musical career. Fearon moved to Seattle in 1989, where he co-founded The

Defenders. Since 1993, he’s played with his own band, The Boogie Brown Band.

Opening up for Fearon will be the Sum Band, whose island members — Chai Ste Marie, Josh DeHaven and Vor Hostetler — are all longtime Clinton Fearon fans.

The cover charge for the night is $10, and it is an all-ages event until 11 p.m., and for ages 21 and older after that. Previous shows with Fearon at the The Red Bike have sold out, so promoters advise buying tickets in advance at vashonevents.com/support-us/ clintonfearon2018.

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Island artists help celebrate Fisher Pond On July 7, 19 years and 364 days from the day that Bill Fisher put pen to paper and signed the deed that conveyed his property over to the Vashon-Maury Island Land Trust, islanders are invited to come together at the Open Space to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his gift, Fisher Pond.

At the time, the Land Trust was working to protect the Shinglemill Creek Watershed, from its headwaters at Fisher Pond to the estuary at Fern Cove, which had been protected in 1994. As one of only a few remaining salmon-bearing creeks in King County, it was more than just a beautiful place. It was rare and valuable salmon habitat. The full protection of the watershed was a complicated and ambitious project for the young Land Trust, which in 1998 was only 8 years old and had one part-time staff member.

A committed board and group of volunteers worked tirelessly to build and gain support for the Shinglemill project.

The success of the project, supported greatly

by Bill Fisher’s generosity, was a landmark moment for the Land Trust, the Shinglemill Creek watershed and the community.

For Fisher, it meant that the parcels he began acquiring in 1966 would remain intact and protected in perpetuity as a nature preserve.

He continued to live on the property until his death in 2003.

On July 7, guests will be treated to dinner and a celebratory program hosted by Kevin Joyce and Martha Enson, as well as a small art auction composed of eight original works inspired by the pond and created by island artists to commemorate the anniversary.

The Backwoods Black Tie Gala will begin at 5:30 p.m. July 7. For more information, including to purchase tickets, which are $50, see vashonlandtrust.org.

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This spring was warmer and dryer than normal, and officials at Vashon Island Fire & Rescue continue to encourage islanders to be cautious with fire.

They also increased the fire danger on the island last week to high.

“We are ripe for a wildfire,” Assistant Chief Bob Larsen said, noting the dry conditions.

Even a small ember, with a breeze fanning it, could become a large problem.

“If it gets in the grass, we are off and running,” he added.

A county-wide burn ban is expected to be in place soon, as early as this week.

Many islanders and visitors are fans of camp and beach fires, sometimes even where they are not allowed. District officials note that fires should be out cold to the touch before people leave them.

Those who burn should also have a water source and shovel to mix dirt and water until the fire is fully out.

Should anyone come across a questionable scene, such as a beach fire still smoldering, Larsen said they should not hesitate to call 911 for the department to check it out.

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Rowing club’s masters’ event, a weekend of all-out fun The Vashon Island Rowing Club’s masters rowers made their annual pilgrimage to the Northwest Masters Championships on Vancouver Lake last weekend. The conditions were perfect. The competition was tough, and Vashon rowed for medals in blah, blah, yada, yada… (insert usual rowing quotes here).

Okay. Sure, Vashon took gold with open water in the women’s quad. Could add a quote here about focus and drive, but you’ve read all that before.

Instead, let’s drop the spotlight on why a crazy bunch of friends and teammates on Vashon, most of whom are well into their 60s and 70s, would give up an entire long weekend to a sport where it might be hours, or even more than a day, between races.

“It’s a weekend of relentless chilling,” said VIRC’s Bob Horsley. “We’re here all day long. Then we go out, warm up, go hard on the water for four minutes, return to shore, hang at the tent, shoot the breeze for three hours, and then go back out and do it again.

Relentless. All of it.”

Included in the chill time at Regionals would be carrying oars to the water for teammates, cheering for Vashon boats from the beach, volunteering for jobs that help the regatta go, rigging and de-rigging boats, and spending hours of quality time at the tent, eating together and telling stories that will have legs on into the future.

In fact, two third-place finishes by Vashon Island Rowing Club at this year’s

Gary Schoch, Fred Sayer, Lisa Huggenvik, Bob McMahon and John Jannetty sport their hard-earned medals

Northwest Regional Championships will be the races the VIRC masters rowers will remember most.

Amy Bogaard rowed to a remarkable third-place finish in the women’s single after flipping out of her boat not once, but twice, less than a minute before the start of her race.

“I’d just gotten back in the boat and was talking to the person who was holding my bow about getting a bailer,” said Bogaard, “and then I heard ‘go!’ And off I went — slosh, slosh slosh!” Rowing from last place in a boat filled with water, most of which had sloshed out of the boat by the halfway mark, Bogaard found a finishing kick to come on strong and somehow finish third.

The other “race to remember” also just happened to be the final Vashon race of the weekend, featuring the “Old Guys Four.” In recent years,

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water. With 70-year-old Gary Schoch nursing a knee injury from the bow seat, Vashon arrived at the starting line just hoping to be competitive, row their race and not worry so much about where they finished.

As coxswain Lisa Huggenvik pushed the lineup of John Jannetty, Bob McMahon, Fred Sayer and Schoch down the 1,000-meter course, they found themselves neck and neck with Bainbridge in the next lane, to their port side.

In rowing, whether you’re dueling for first place or fifth, having a boat right next to you is one of the great sensations in the sport. In this case, though, Vashon also had the Ancient Mariners to their immediate starboard.

Watching Vashon’s Old Guys Four row through both boats over the final 250 to a photo finish and a bronze medal provided a final thrill for everyone in the club, screaming their encouragement from the beach.

“I kind of lost my voice out there and then started laughing because there we were, right in the thick of it,” said Huggenvik. “Then we all crossed together. No one could tell who won, and all three boats started laughing.

We even told Corvallis, the #1 boat, that they were too fast and missed all the fun.”

Three days. Fifty-three rowing clubs. One thousand eighty athletes. And countless moments of teamwork, camaraderie and laughter. All in all, it was a pretty typical Northwest Masters Championships on Vancouver Lake.

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Longtime islander announces bid for unofficial mayor John Browne, a Vashon musician, farmer and local icon, has entered the crowded field of candidates vying to become the next unofficial mayor of the island. His campaign will support programs and services provided by the Vashon Senior Center.

Browne “embodies the active life of an older adult,” said Executive Director Catherine Swearingen, adding that the center is thrilled to be represented by him.

Browne, a Seattle native and long-time Vashon resident, plays guitar, harmonica and the washboard.

He started his musical career in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district in the mid-1960s, then lived off the grid on the Oregon Coast, raised a family and started a garden before returning to Washington State. Browne has worked as a bus driver, a logger and a commercial fisherman, and for many years helped run Wax Orchard Farm.

In addition to his other pursuits, he also owns and manages Judd Creek Nursery with his wife, Vicki, plays in a band with gigs from

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John Browne

Vashon to Portland, and is a regular fixture at the Vashon Farmer’s Market.

Browne said being unofficial mayor was on his bucket list.

“I promised myself I’d run for something [and now] seems like time,” he said.

According to Browne, it’s important to remind people that Vashon has a history.

“When you get familiar with a place, age doesn’t matter; inclusion does. The Vashon Senior Center has a focus, and that focus is that no one is excluded,” he said.

When asked why he wants to raise money for the center,

Browne said that his motivation stems from the desire to help the center remain a vital part of his own life — and the lives of Vashon’s senior population — for as long as possible. The programs and support that the center gives to seniors to help them stay active and independent are, to Browne, an especially worthy cause.

“There’s never enough money for the many good programs on Vashon and the good things people want to do. I want to help,” said Browne.

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“John encapsulates so much of what I think of as ‘old’ Vashon. He lives modestly and close to the land. He values nature, music and human relationships. He lives thoughtfully with a good dose of humor.

He’s a senior worth emulating,” she said.

Meals and transportation pose the greatest challenges to the center’s budget, said Swearingen.

“As fuel prices rise, so do our transportation costs.

We provide round-trip transportation to and from lunch through our CareA-Van service three days each week, but need to raise money to cover the rising costs,” she said. “We would like to expand that to four days each week, train additional drivers and ensure that our members can get to and from the center. Funding for these two areas are a priority.”

Additional funding will go a long way to support a nutrition program that provides

hot, home-cooked lunch four days per week, as well as transportation to and from lunch for isolated adults three days each week.

“Lunch donations only cover about half the cost of the food used for hot lunches. We have been extremely fortunate to have had an angel donor for the past few years who bridged the gap, but we now need to make up the difference,” said Swearingen.

Other essential programming that the center provides Vashon’s senior citizens ranges from an array of health, wellness and fitness exercise classes such as Zumba, guided meditation and tai chi, to opportunities for education, recreation, socialization and personal growth. The center connects individuals and often hosts experts who lead discussions about relevant topics such as Medicare enrollment, estate planning and the Community Van Program. Volunteers from the Neighbor to Neighbor program help older adults

to age in place by assisting seniors with household chores, transportation and errands.

The Vashon Senior Center has been serving older adults on the island since 1980 and continues to have an active and supportive presence in the community.

“A vote for John is a donation to support our mission of enhancing the experience of being an older adult on Vashon,” said Swearingen. “Our membership has grown significantly over the past three years, yet our funding has gone down despite an increased need for senior services. Seniors at the center are technically anyone 55 years or older, but our doors are open to the whole community.”

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This week, scheduled work is grinding and paving the southbound lane of Vashon Highway from just north of Cemetery Road to SW 266th Street, a bit south of Inspiration Point. Alternate routes are encouraged between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Monday through Friday.

This is a large project for the island, and King County Roads officials previously stated that it is the first comprehensive paving project in nearly 25 years. Along with delays on the highway, ferry travel is affected as well, with many trucks traveling to and from the island. On Monday, Washington State Ferries announced that 40 to 50 asphalt trucks are expected on the south-end

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Friday, he said that officials are still evaluating the production levels that can be achieved during the day, with weekly updates planned for the community online at kingcounty/gov/ vashonhighway.

Hoffman also reviewed the steps involved in a paving project — grinding off the old asphalt, taking those millings away, spraying a coat on the surface, overlaying that with new asphalt and then painting it. Hoffman and four other island contractors are hauling the millings away, taking some to King County’s Mileta Pit near the golf course, and will be reselling them.

With the holiday next week, no work is planned for Tuesday and Wednesday, July 3 and 4. Work is slated for July 2, 5 and 6.

Champaco also said that work schedules can change based on several factors and people are encouraged to visit the website and sign up there for alerts to help plan island travel.

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Our office will be closed Wednesday, July 4th to observe the July 4th holiday Early Deadlines for our July 4th issue:

Letters to the Editor deadlines Thursday, June 28, at 1:00pm

Advertising deadline Wednesday, June 27, at 1:00pm Arts/Scene & Heard deadlines Wednesday, June 26, at noon

Classified Advertising deadline Regular Deadline: Friday, June 29, at noon

News/Calendar/Business deadlines Wednesday, June 27, at noon

Have a Happy & Safe July 4th!

Serving our Community Since 1997

Our Practitioners:

Places of Worship on our Island Burton Community Church ALL ARE WELCOME Kindness, Gratitude, Love and Community!

Catholic Church

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Mass–Saturdays at 5:00 p.m.

Sundays 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

Pastor: Fr. David Mayovsky

Worship 11 am

16100 115th Avenue SW, Vashon WA 98070

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Bethel Church

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Vashon Island Community Church 9318 SW Cemetery Road

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(Children welcome, nursery available) Midweek groups for adults, youth, women & Men

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Puget Sound Zen Center Meditation: Sunday at 10am, Wednesday at 7pm Koshin Chris Cain, Abbot All welcome!

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Vashon Presbyterian Church Sunday Worship 10am

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Worship 10:30 a.m.-Evening Worship TBD Thursday Bible Study 7:00 p.m.

Call for location Saturday Prayer 7:30 p.m.

Sunday Service & Children’s Table 10:00 a.m.

Tues: Men’s Coffee 10:00 a.m. • Wed: Adult Bible Study 10:30 a.m.

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Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber by fulfilling three goals: • To help the people of interested countries in meeting their need for trained men and women.

• To help promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the peoples served.

• And to help promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of America.”

Georgia Hartness said she is “eager to represent and show the good side of this country of ours.”

Per Peace Corps protocol, new members must spend the first three months of their assignments “training.” Which in Georgia Hartness’ case means that she will be placed with a South African family that lives on the outskirts of Pretoria, South Africa, to be immersed in the culture of the people there, and to learn as much of the Zulu language as she is able.

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“I just fell in love with the villages and the people …

I always knew Africa is where I wanted to go when it was my turn.”

Georgia Hartness

“I am a little bit afraid of that,” she said with a chuckle.

The very nearly septegenarian added that after the first three months of culture and language immersion, she will be sent somewhere in the more remote/rural parts of South Africa to teach English to primary schoolage students.

“I don’t know exactly where I will be,” she said.

“The closest major hub is Pretoria, that is all I know. But I am thrilled, excited, nervous … eager to get there and meet the people.”

David Hartness, now the Peace Corps veteran in the family, is also very happy that his mother is finally able to realize her dream.

“I think that this is just so cool,” he said. “She has gone through so many struggles to get to this point.”

By the time this story goes to press, Georgia Hartness will be out east visiting with family before she heads to Philadelphia to fly to South Africa on July 7, and she could hardly contain her enthusiasm.

“I can’t tell you how excited I am,” she said.

“I know I will learn more from them (her soon-to-be students) than they will from me.”

IN MEMORIUM

DANNIE BROWNE AUGUST 18, 1953 - JUNE 23, 2018

Georgia Hartness, at home on the shore of Puget Sound.

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What she didn’t know was that “some day” for her wouldn’t be for another 57 years.

Early on, when Hartness was 18 and old enough to apply to join the corps, she found herself caring for her mother who was ill. After that she was married and having her own children.

“Life happened,” Hartness’ son David Hartness said.

“It derailed those dreams of hers. But now she’s in a place where she can take that dream up again.”

Derailed might just be an understatement.

Georgia Hartness was married twice, had three children and ultimately found herself a single mother and primary school teacher on Vashon.

“Oh, I am pretty sure I taught at every primary school there was on the island at some point,” she said, noting that that included Burton Elementary

School, which no longer exists. “I taught mostly fourth grade and second grade, and even some driver’s ed.”

Georgia Hartness taught on the island for 22 years, until a battle with cancer forced her to retire in 2005.

David Hartness said that his mother was diagnosed with and treated for breast cancer while he was at university in the early 2000s, and then diagnosed with tongue cancer in the mid-2000s.

“That’s why she had to quit teaching,” he said.

“It was just too hard for her to speak without real difficulty.”

But the apple did not fall too far from the tree, as it turned out, and it was David Hartness who joined the Peace Corps in 2008 and spent time in Mozambique and Zambia. Ultimately he was in Africa for seven years, during which time

he adopted his son, and his mother paid him several visits.

“How did you beat me?”

Georgia recalled laughingly saying to her son during her visits to him in Mozambique. “I just fell in love with the villages and the people…

I always knew Africa was where I wanted to go when it was my turn.”

And as she has now been cancer-free for five years, her final hurdle has been cleared and it is, in fact, her turn with her 70th birthday just around the corner.

“She called me last summer,” David Hartness said, “and asked for help with the application process, since I had already been through it. I think it’s the right time. Now more than ever the U.S. needs good ambassadors to the world.”

The stated mission of the Peace Corps is “To promote world peace and friendship

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Dannie passed away on June 23, at age 64, of lung cancer.

When he was eight, Dannie moved with his parents, Fred and Jean Browne, and his seven siblings, to Luana Beach on Vashon Island. Dannie was always active, in the water and on the beach, and in organized sports. His Little League team always placed first or near first during years he played.

He would continue playing sports at Vashon High School, in both basketball and football. Dannie’s love of sports continued as he watched the Mariners, Seahawks, and former Seattle Sonics games. He worked at K2, Todd Shipyards, and Boeing, until he began to struggle with mental health.

We will always remember Dannie’s sense of humor, his charm, and his big heart which drew people to him.

Dannie is predeceased by his parents, and brothers Greg and Chris. He is survived by brother Mac (Vashon), sisters Terry (Palm Desert, California), Vicki (Carbondale, Colorado), Wende and Dannie’s twin sister, Debbie (Vashon), and many nieces and nephews. The family would like to thank those in the Vashon community who were kind to Dannie, including the gang at Sporty’s, Providence Hospice, Tom and Dave at Vashon Pharmacy, Rick and Debi at Vashon Manor, and special thanks to Debra Reischl at VYFS for her kindness and social work on Dannie’s behalf.

A celebration of Dannie’s life will be held at Sporty’s on Saturday, June 30, at 4:00 PM.

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Hi, my name is SISSY. I am only eight years old so I can’t go to the nursing home with my 94-year-old owner. She misses me greatly but the time has come for me to find another loving home. I’ve been an indoor cat all my life. I’m chipped and have all my shots. At this time in my life I need adult companionship. I’m a pretty girl and love to look out the window especially if there are birds or squirrels to watch. I like my space and prefer to be loved from a slight distance, rather than hugged and cuddled. So if you’re looking for a low-maintenance cat, I could be your girl.

BOY was rescued and adopted by a loving family, and spent his puppy days through his first 8 years of his life with the complete adoration he so deserves – and in turn he was a loyal and dedicated companion. Sadly, he recently lost his life-long home when his owner developed medical issues and could no longer care for him. Our dear Boy is more than a bit heartbroken and aching for a new forever home where he can share all of his love again. This happy guy is playful and loves running through the water at the beach.

He is great in the car and in the house, adores toys, and his big heart loves life and everyone he meets. No cats please.

To meet Boy, call (206)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.

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Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber

Measuring up to your expectations one ad at a time

Measuring up to your expectations one ad at a time.

Are you searching for a better job or a more reliable car? Have you outgrown your apartment? Are you looking to get rid of that old couch and chair sitting in the garage? Whether you’re buying or selling, Sound Classifieds has it all. From automobiles and employment to real estate and household goods, you’ll find everything you need in the Sound Classifieds.

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From automibiles and employment to real estate and household goods, you’ll find everything you need in the Sound Classifieds.

Call: 1-800-388-2527

Dogs

Dogs

Services Animals

Vehicles Wanted

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Sire 75lb Chocolate Lab OFA certified.

Mother 80lbs Chocolate, sweet position, great family members and hunters. $800 Males $1000 Females.

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AKC Chocolate yellow/white and black Labrador Retriever puppies Parents and grandparents are here for viewing, deworming and parasites prevention treatment also with 1st shots.

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Golden Doodle Pups Reg. Born 4/4/18. Dew claws removed, wormed, vaccinated. Doing good on vocal & sign lan2 Female Black Labs guage commands. Top 6 months $600/ea. quality lines. Hips & Call (360)827-2928 eyes are great. Looking for good forever family Need extra cash? Place home. All black but will your classified ad today! turn to silver & gray.

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Motorhome for Sale 1984 Winnebago, 26ft Model 27C. Low mileage.

Price $4000.00,obo Call Joan 206-463-3648 www.SoundClassifieds.com

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Go online to www.SoundClassifieds.com 24/7 to find what you need or to place an ad.

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2009 Vespa GT200 Excellent Condition 8500k. miles

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Place your Classified ad 24/7 ONLINE @ soundclassifieds.com

Westside Estate

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One of Vashon’s most breathtaking and special places. 10 acres, 365 waterfront and a home of the finest quality and design.

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WESTWOOD

Burton View Home Rustic Elegance and a huge water view in the heart of Burton. 3 bedrooms, end of road privacy - a peaceful Island getaway.

Offered at $799,000 MIKE VERHAREN 206.650.8817

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Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

SEE NEW LISTINGS FIRST!

www.VashonOffice.JohnLScott.com 13401 Vashon Highway SW Office: (206) 567-1600

Crist Granum

Ashley Lisenby

(206) 290-7106

THE BEACH IS WAITING AT THIS WATERFRONT GETAWAY

Darling 3 bdrm on 70’ of gorgeous beach with huge views! Living room w/ fireplace, view dining area, eating bar in open kitchen. Covered breezeway to carport & bonus room. Sunny patio, firepit, bulkhead, easy care so there’s more time for fun! MLS #1310850 $775,000

(206) 419-3661

EXPERIENCE ISLAND LIVING THE EASY WAY

This delightful one level home offers 3 bdrms, 2-3/4 baths, fresh paint inside & out. Country kitchen w/ dining area, classic built-in storage, 2 bonus rooms. Fenced front yard, fenced veggie garden. Great location near both town AND ferries! MLS #1308557 $498,000

SALE PENDING

SOLD

Crist Granum

Ashley Lisenby

(206) 290-7106

“WINTERBROOK FARM” - TRULY ONE-OF-A-KIND!

Light-filled home, Mt. Rainier view, and 5+ acres next to a wildlife reserve! Beautifully updated, turn-key home has 2 bdrms, 1-3/4 baths. Gardens, barn, shop, chicken coop, fruit trees, woodland pond, all near beaches, stores, schools & busline. Rare and wonderful! MLS #1293578 $599,000

(206) 419-3661

SOLD REPRESENTING BUYER

A magical beach getaway right on the water w/ fabulous privacy. 120’ of low-bank Westside waterfront w/ 2 docks in coveted Fern Cove. Cedar bunkhouse sleeps 3. 1,400sf of private mahogany decks, rustic great room w/wall of windows. Offered at $1,050,000

SOLD

David Knight

Susan Lofland

(206) 388-9670

(206) 999-6470

SOLD REPRESENTING BUYER

A classic island 1932 farmhouse on 1.1 acres with big firs and mature apple trees! Multiple living spaces, hardwood floors, 3 bdrms, 2 baths, large kitchen. An attached extra long garage w/ shop space & large storage loft. An ideal mid-isle location. Offered at $489,000

RARE BUILDING LOT IN A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD!

Generous lot, over a third of an acre, pretty trees & lots of sunshine. Paid water share is included, septic feasibility completed in 2005 so the land is ready for your septic design. Well-established community with nice homes that share a fabulous beach. MLS #1310836 $103,000

SALE PENDING

SOLD

Julie Hempton

Deb Cain

(360) 460-8080

(206) 930-5650

SOLD REPRESENTING BUYER

Charming, quiet 1 BR top floor corner unit in Queen Anne. Remodeled exterior, including new deck, siding, paint, roof & windows. New carpet, W/D, wood-burning fireplace, dedicated parking spot, & extra storage. Shops & restaurants nearby. Offered at $395,000

WEST SEATTLE - SWEAT EQUITY, ANYONE?

This solid rambler won’t last long! Roll up your sleeves for this 3 bdrm fixer, and you’ll find hardwood floors under the carpets & a cozy fireplace in the living room. Great location near bus and Westwood Village. MLS #1300004 $375,000

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SEE NEW LISTINGS FIRST!

VashonOffice.JohnLScott.com 13401 Vashon Highway SW Office: (206) 567-1600

JUST LISTED

JUST LISTED

Leslie Ferriel

Susan Lofland

(206) 235-3731

(206) 999-6470

SALE PENDING IN ONE DAY!

Beautifully renovated turn-of-the-century farmhouse is a showcase of style & quality!

Superb finishes, dynamic new kitchen, 3 bdrms, 2 baths, wrap-around decks, on 1.68 acres w/orchard, studio, gardens, barn. Near Lisabeula park! MLS #1313950 $789,000

AFFORDABLE AND MOVE-IN READY!

Sweet privacy in a sunlit yard on just over 2 acres of lovely forest. Timeless open design has plenty of space! Great room with dining, large living room, dining bar in kitchen, 4 bdrms, 2 baths. Near Tacoma ferry & Burton beach. MLS #1314314 $419,000

JUST LISTED

Diane Stoffer

David Knight

(206) 650-6210

(206) 388-9670

A GARDEN OASIS NEAR SHOPS & RESTAURANTS

The BEST location for enjoying shops, galleries & events in town! Spacious home feels very private, with garden views from almost every room. 3 bdrms, 2.5 baths, hardwood floors, fireplace, decks & patio, garden studio, and more. MLS #1315380 $597,000

A RARE FIND ON OVER SIX SUN-FILLED ACRES!

This classic Shaker farmhouse is the real deal, ready for you to restore it to is historic beauty.

Period floor plan has wood floors, original built-ins, woodstove in large living room, 3 bdrms, basement. Near town & schools, Zoned R4P tons of potential! MLS #1284675 $549,500

NEW PRICE!

JUST LISTED

Nancy Sipple

Ken Zaglin

(206) 465-2361

(206) 940-4244

BUILD THE HOME YOU REALLY WANT

The natural beauty of this land will delight you: This shy three-acre parcel has tall evergreens, salal & ferns abound, while bird song fills the woods and clearings. Your new home will be within easy reach of the ferries and Burton Beach. MLS #1314219 $125,000

FRESHLY UPDATED & MOVE-IN READY!

Great location near KVI beach. New paint, carpets, kitchen appliances and new 1-3/4 baths. Easy-care one-level, open design; big fireplace. Two nice size bdms, big 3rd bdrm could also be a 2nd living room! Very pretty, generous 1/2 acre. MLS #1293587 $495,000

SOLD

SOLD

Deb Cain

Marjon McDermott

(206) 930-5650

SOLD REPRESENTING BUYER

(206) 817-7437

This stylish modern home is set amid sun-filled lawns and glorious gardens on over five acres! The 2161 square foot home features high-end finishes throughout, and has a large attached garage. Not far from Pt. Robinson Park! $868,000

Marjon McDermott (206) 817-7437 Gillian Zabel (206) 310-3263 Nancy Sipple (206) 465-2361

David Knight (206) 388-9670 Julie Hempton (360) 460-8080 Heidi Grimsley (206) 660-6871

SOLD REPRESENTING BUYER

Delight in the existing, profitable business plan, menu, & loyal clientele. Islanders patronize ZOMBiEZ for its quality of service and food, and features one of the best commercial kitchens in town w/ a fantastic location, parking, and lease. Offered at $95,000

Leslie Ferriel (206) 235-3731 Deb Cain (206) 930-5650 Ken Zaglin (206) 940-4244

Diane Stoffer (206) 650-6210 Hilary Limont (206) 679-2145 Ashley Lisenby (206) 290-7106

Len Wolff (206) 300-7594 Susan Lofland (206) 999-6470 Crist Granum (206) 419-3661