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Photo courtesy Sam Lombard As members of the Sea Scouts, youth learn about boating and maritime heritage through hands-on experience and education. Sea Scout units, called ships, are established all across the country, and the Sea Scout Ship Yankee Clipper is one of the longest continuously active units in the Boy Scouts of America’s Chief Seattle Council.

By Jessica Keller Madison Park Times editor The Sea Scout Ship Yankee Clipper program is celebrating two major anniversaries in its storied history this year.

First, founded in 1930, the Sea Scout Ship Yankee Clipper, the Seattle unit of the Sea Scouts, is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year.

Sea Scout Ship Yankee Clipper Mate Eric Hanson said the Sea Scouts have been around for close to 100 years, and they are like the Boy Scouts, but the youth members learn about boating and maritime heritage through hands-on experience and education. The Sea Scout units, called ships, are established all across the country, and the Sea Scout Ship Yankee Clipper is one of the longest continuously active units in the Boy Scouts of America’s Chief Seattle Council, according to its website.

The current Yankee Clipper boat, which was originally built in 1943 by the U.S. Navy, is celebrating its 70th anniversary as a Sea Scout vessel, as well.

“We’ve had several boats prior to this one,” Skipper Steve Grassia said. “Thousands

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Seattle: One tough tomato town

Photo by Erica Grivas Tomatoes can be tough to grow in Seattle, but they are the most popular vegetable plant to grow nationwide.

By Erica Browne Grivas Get Growing Are your tomatoes planted yet? The year 2019 almost broke me as a tomato grower. I questioned the very fact of whether one should grow tomatoes — much less 44 or 67, both of which have happened at our house — on a Seattle city lot. Here’s what I did: Don’t let this happen to you.

When I first started gardening, I had no interest in growing food, but here we are thanks to the deceptively perfect tomato summer of 2016, which made the dream possible (vision), working at a retail nursery (opportunity) and an acquisitive/ addictive personality (motive).

Through the years, obsessions ensued for perennials, heirloom roses, a cozy detour into hand-dyed yarn and then tomatoes.

In this pursuit, I’m either brave or deluded. The thing about tomatoes is they crave heat. When temps trawl the low 50s, tomatoes refuse to grow. Seattle, with its blink-youmissed-it summer, misty mornings and chilly nights, has to be one of the world’s toughest tomato towns.

Mount Everest base camp and the Monteverde Cloud Forest might be worse, but I’d want to see the data.

Yet the promise of rainbow salads and sandwiches that make your eyes roll back is too much for me to resist, not to mention the tantalizing new and new-to-me cultivars. I’m not alone in this; tomatoes are the most popular vegetable to grow nationwide. If I haven’t had a Caprese sandwich, with creamy mozzarella and balsamic supporting sweet tomato umami, summer hasn’t hap-

pened.

Seductive seed catalogs read like a wine list. There are “smoky,” “salty” and “tropical” tomatoes, as well as the ultimate — the indefinable, know-it-when-you-taste-it “oldfashioned tomato taste” — long lost from supermarket varieties in favor of leathery skins to handle long, bumpy truck rides.

Last season’s 44 included varieties from 6-inch-high “micro-dwarfs,” regular dwarfs on 3-foot plants, tomatoes in every color including blue, sporting stripes, splashes and speckles, storied heirlooms and hot introductions. Nine were planted in the front yard, six in a raised bed, and the remaining 29 were in a motley horde of containers. We had no perceivable patio.

Since that idyllic deep-fried summer of 2016, summer weather conditions turned consistently and cruelly lame. Summer is our magically dry and sometimes sunny three months that makes the rest of the soggy gray year worth forbearing. Remember the wildfire smoke of 2017 and ‘18? In 2019, the wildfires passed Seattle by! Unfortunately, so did the sun.

Nonetheless, just as I was leaving for a weeklong garden writer’s conference in September, the tomatoes came straggling in. I left with a heart brimming with hope.

I came home to a Tim Burton-style nightmare landscape: Overgrown vines bent like broken umbrellas, some with charcoal-colored stems that spewed ashen dust when touched (blight?). Unripe tomatoes half-eaten, or even worse, marred by a disdainful nibble (squirrels/ mice/rats). Ripe fruit obscenely

shaggy with white fur (husband had watered, but not harvested).

A lemon cucumber I had planted on a whim in my raised bed had suddenly spurted 15 feet, smothering four tomato plants and stealing their sun.

It looked like that noxious Mayhem guy from the insurance commercials had hexed the place. All before enjoying even a single Caprese sandwich.

That’s when I heard, as we were having dinner, “Mom, you’ve got to stop this.” Here it was: the intervention. On some level, I knew it was coming.

It was our 15-year-old son, who’d probably seen me eyeing the concrete driveway where he plays basketball for growing space. Walled on three sides, that would be heat-reflecting

heaven for tomatoes!

My husband (who had thought the Tomato Experiment charmingly eccentric two years ago), jumped in.

In the unchallenging-yet-firm voice you use with the mentally unbalanced, he said, “We need the patio back, hon.”

Not only was I outnumbered, but this season had just beaten me down.

Looking at the facts, I had a tomato epiphany. Seattle needs: • More water We often travel in August (prime fruiting/harvest time) to visit family. It doesn’t rain here in summer, and we don’t have an irrigation system (the water department has named us “Gold Level Sponsors”).

[Remedy: don’t travel, get an irrigation system];

• More heat The heat is unpredictable at best.

There’s a reason Seattleites wear socks and sandals (this hasn’t happened to me yet, but still). [Remedy: build hoop houses or add seasonextenders like “Wallo’Waters” and row-cover fabric]; and • More light Wildfires, whose smoke seems to block significant light, are likely to increase with climate change.

[Remedy: vote, take action to reduce greenhouse gases].

I had to face my responsibility for this disaster; I knew the odds going in. So, I came up with a number: 10 tomato plants for 2020. Growing in pots on a large scale in this climate without hoop houses, a watering Tomato, Page 3

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system and preferably a staff is just a recipe for heartbreak.

In light of current events, however, while I agree there is a time for that resolution, 2020 is not that time.

The COVID-19 epidemic has turned the world inside out with real disasters and challenges in all arenas of life. As mentioned in my first column, if ever there was a year for veggie gardening — a salve for the soul that saves you trips to the supermarket — this is it.

Others may have pet sourdough starters; I have 33 emotional support tomatoes.

— Erica Browne Grivas supports her gardening by writing and by working at Ravenna Gardens nursery.

She blames her parents for getting her into gardening.

Let her know if you need any tomato seeds.

Optional Sidebar: Top tips for wrangling tomatoes in Seattle Rational tips are geared to ensure a salad or sandwich to normal folks who are not (yet) tomato-crazed.

Unless you have grow-lights and heat mats, buy started plants — if it’s after June or has been freaky rainy and cold (hello, 2020), buy the biggest you can find.

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Pick mainly varieties:

• that ripen quickly (with a harvest date of 55-75 days from planting; usually listed on the tag);

• with smaller-fruited tomatoes (cherry, saladettes, plum and small slicers);

• that shrug off cool weather (heirlooms from Ukraine and Russia, like “Stupice,” “Moskvich,” “Anna Russian” and “Bloody Butcher).

Consider some weather protection: Cover plants with plastic or breathable row-cover fabric; Pre-heat the soil with a mulch of plastic sheeting, cutting holes for the plants (red gets the nod over black — it’s been shown to increase growth); Mulch plants to preserve moisture and/or use a living mulch of salad greens, herbs, carrots or marigolds (the latter two will help attract beneficial insects that eat aphids or repel them).

Around the first week of September or so, prune the flowering tops of your plants to encourage existing fruit to ripen. By October, you can ripen green fruit indoors by hanging the stalk upside down or laying the fruit in single layers, not touching, in cardboard boxes.

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The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission announces two additional free days in 2020, which replace the two free days lost to COVID-19 related closures in April. On free days, visitors don’t need a Discover Pass for day-use visits by vehicle.

The first makeup free day is Sunday, Sept. 13, to celebrate Girl Scouts Love State Parks Weekend, a national movement to get every Girl Scout into a state park. The second, Saturday, Oct. 10, recognizes World Mental Health Day, which supports State Parks’ participation in the nation-wide ParkRx movement to help people access nature’s health benefits.

Though most Washington state parks have reopened for day use and many have reopened for camping, the agency encourages visitors to minimize the spread of COVID-19 by recreating responsibly on free days and every other day. Visitors can find out which state parks are open at https://parks.state.wa.us/.

Responsible recreation includes: • Staying close to home.

• Knowing what’s open before heading out.

• Having a Plan B if a certain park is too crowded.

• Keeping a social distance of at least 6 feet between households.

• Bringing personal supplies such as soap, hand sanitizer, toilet paper and face coverings.

• Packing out what is packed in.

State Parks free days are in keeping with legislation that created the Discover Pass. The pass costs $30 annually or $10 for a one-day permit and is required for vehicle access to state recreation lands managed by Washington State Parks, WDFW and the Department of Natural Resources. The free days apply only at state parks; the Discover Pass is still required on WDFW and DNR lands.

The remaining 2020 State Parks free days are as follows: • Tuesday, Aug. 25 — National Park Service Birthday • Sunday, Sept. 13 – Girls Scouts Love State Parks Day • Saturday, Sept. 26 — National Public Lands Day • Saturday, Oct. 10 – World Mental Health Day • Wednesday, Nov. 11 — Veterans Day • Friday, Nov. 27 – Autumn Day The Discover Pass provides daytime access to parks.

Overnight visitors in state parks are charged fees for camping and other overnight accommodations, and day access is included in the overnight fee.

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Getting a Good Start: Tips for New Runners Amidst the current pandemic and the subsequent closing of gyms and other exercise spaces, people are becoming more interested in running. Like walking, most people think because they have Dr. Dan two feet and a pair of Michael sneakers, running is NW Sports as simple as putting one foot in front of the other with a bit more spring in their step than a brisk walk. While that may be good enough to dash out the door or down the sidewalk, there are some important considerations to make before you decide to make running your primary exercise of choice. Here are some tips that can help you navigate running, one of the oldest and best forms of exercise that we have to date.

• Walk before you run.

It sounds simple, but walking is a critical first step to perform before you run, not unlike the crawling that we all do before walking. In fact, unless you can easily walk a given distance (non-stop) every day of the week, you probably should not suddenly decide to run said distance in any single session. Ramping up your mileage too quickly puts your muscles, joints and nerves at risk. While walking may not be the same thing as running, walking briskly trains most of the same muscles and movement patterns as running, and it can also help condition your heart, lungs, muscles and joints to carry the load of your bodyweight over a distance.

Start by keeping track of your mileage, whether walking or running. Tracking your weekly mileage is the best way to monitor your progress, and, thankfully, most smartphones have the capability to do this with ease.

Aim to increase your weekly mileage at 10 percent per week, which will give your body a chance to repair at a reasonable rate.

While muscles adapt quickly (one to two

other issues.

Most new runners make the mistake of using all the wrong muscles and movement patterns, so do not feel alone. In fact, most athletes make this mistake in one way or another, and like any garden variety weed, the answer is to address the problem at its root, get rid of it and keep going. Additionally, many new runners bump up against a mild or moderate injury and get scared

weeks), tendons, ligaments and nerves take more time (months to years) to adapt.

• Know thy weakness(es).

Every body has weaknesses; what’s yours?

For many runners, their weakness is that they aren’t engaging their core enough on impact, and that puts strain on the spine and the hip. For others, they don’t “feel” the ground with their feet or engage the ground with their foot muscles, which puts excessive strain on the plantar fascia (foot), nerves of the toes or knee. And for many runners, “good posture” is over-emphasized in their form, and they end up over-engaging their spinal muscles, creating a host of

away from running altogether, which is sad and, for many, is unnecessary.

Start by becoming self-aware when you run. Running, and all exercise, is as much about self-awareness and consciousness as it is about “feeling the burn” or “getting a good workout.” When you are exercising, your focus should be on what your body is doing and not anywhere else. This is the “zen” of running that many runners have come to love and even crave. Getting familiar with how your body is moving is the first step in learning how to run effectively, so why not start now?

• Start with quality equipment.

If you are going to be putting miles on your feet, getting a quality shoe is a good place to start. While I do not want to endorse any brand, most people do not need an extra special type of shoe. Companies spend millions on research and development every year to create the next new, highly specialized type of shoe that most people do not necessarily need. Most people need a shoe that fits their foot length, foot width and supports their foot without being too rigid or flexible; that is it. Most good shoe stores will have staff who can help you decide on a shoe, and some may even be able to watch you walk or run to see where your foot weakness may be. If a foot injury arises and you do have a quality shoe under foot, look next at your technique and movement habits. Many times, there are poor patterns, poor mechanics or old soft-tissue issues that are causing unnecessary strain. This is where a good professional who can combine your diagnosis, your movement assessment and your technique can be helpful.

Understanding your foot length and width is a good place to start. Having those measurements alone can be incredibly helpful in choosing the right shoe. While most companies have length and width specs, many brands also have a “type” of foot that they accommodate best. Once you get that information, get in touch with your local running store to narrow down your options.

They might ask you about your arches, which would also be helpful to know if you have a high arch, flat arch or somewhere in the middle.

Dr. Dan Michael is a chiropractic physician at NW Sports Rehab in Madison Park.

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While many seniors are enjoying safe and legal access to medical cannabis for relief from a variety of age-related afflictions, some of our older friends or relatives may still harbor stereotypes from the “devil’s lettuce” propaganda of decades past. Several recent studies have shown that legal cannabis use is on the rise among Americans over 65.

Peter Grinspoon, a renowned Medical Doctor and contributor to Harvard Health, described his experience guiding older patients through the decision to start using medical cannabis. He writes, “these patients range from people in their 60s with kidney failure who can no longer take certain pain medications but still need to manage chronic pain, to patients in their 90s, who are looking for a good night’s sleep and are leery of the side effects of traditional sleep medications. Some of them — typically “children of the 60s” — are quite comfortable with the idea of using medical marijuana; others bring it up quietly, as if they are asking permission to break the law.”

If you have a senior friend or relative who may benefit from medical cannabis, it can seem overwhelming to try to overcome false, negative stereotypes about cannabis. The drug war entailed several decades of well-funded propaganda films geared toward children and adolescents.

The abundance of stereotyping, dramatization, and well-told lies is potent enough to permanently influence the opinions of many who grew up during this era. Fortunately, there are a few things to consider when trying to get your older friends or relatives to consider cannabis.

First, you’ll want to discover,

address, and avoid your friend’s primary concern(s). Often, the psychoactivity of cannabis is daunting; many people have bad experiences with intoxicants, and simply don’t want to get stoned.

Remind them that the psychoactivity of cannabis is entirely avoidable: topical salves, balms, and lotions can offer relief from pain without inducing any sort of mind-altering effect.

Cannabinoids, like the psychoactive ingredient “THC,” can’t enter the bloodstream through the skin, it must be ingested. By sticking to topical-only cannabis products, you can be assured to avoid any type of psychoactivity.

CBD is another important cannabinoid to consider when trying to avoid psychoactivity. CBD doesn’t produce an intoxicating high like THC, even when consumed orally or inhaled. Many people report CBD having pain-relieving, relaxing, or clarifying properties. Primarily medical patients and elderly users opt for CBD, making it a popular choice for an older, apprehensive clientele.

Sometimes, the concern among older patients is lung health and smoking. Since cannabis is often smoked, many people have the association that smoking is an essential part of cannabis use- but it’s not! Cannabis products can be consumed as a food or drink, or as capsules or tinctures. The array of options available on the legal cannabis market helps to make cannabis consumption a more customizable process than ever before. No smoking necessary!

Second, it might be helpful to normalize the use of cannabis, especially with people your older

friends or relatives can relate to. For example, Sue Taylor is a cannabis pioneer of the ‘Reefer Madness’ generation, who helps seniors find their way to “marijuana” as a medicine.

Sue was greatly influenced by the Reefer Madness era myths about cannabis, describing how she once believed cannabis to be as bad as heroin. Only after her son went to Oaksterdam College in Oakland, California to learn about the cannabis industry did she begin to change her perspective on it. Interestingly, Sue was originally against her son studying cannabis, until she went to Oakland and met pioneers of the medical cannabis industry firsthand.

“I saw the healing, I saw what this amazing medicine can do first hand.

It wasn’t something I read — it was something I witnessed” she describes.

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Sea Scout, from Page 1 of kids have walked across our decks.”

While the initial draw is getting youth out onto the water on a boat, Hanson said, the program exposes the children to many aspects of the maritime world. Not only do Sea Scouts learn about all aspects of operating and maintaining a boat, their education either directly or indirectly touches on everything from weather, to navigation, to ocean currents and how that knowledge applies to any number of careers and jobs in the maritime industry, from oceanography to meteorology to marine biology.

“We give these kids a head start learning what it’s like to work on a ship and give them advice on all the career opportunities that are available out there,” said Hanson, who has worked in the maritime industry for 35 years.

The Sea Scouts typically meet from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. every Thursday at the boat, which is moored at Pacific Fishermen Shipyard in Ballard, close to the Ballard Locks.

During the winter, when it’s dark early, the Sea Scouts do a lot of maritime training with books for the formal advancement program, where the youth gain ranks

with experience and testing. In the spring, the Sea Scouts begin maintenance on the boat, put on the sails and service the engine by replacing the diesel filters.

They also begin taking out the Yankee Clipper for the year, sometimes stopping at Fishermen’s Terminal in Queen Anne to get ice cream, Hanson said.

In the summer, when the Sea Scouts are out of school, they meet for four hours and take the boat out to the Ballard Locks and into the Puget Sound. In August, they take a 10-day cruise, and participate in the many summertime community boating events. In the fall, they winterize the boat.

Hanson, who has been volunteering as a Sea Scout leader for the past four years, said there are currently five Sea Scouts, but ideally they would really like to have 20.

The Sea Scouts are open to both boys and girls, but because of safety concerns, ages are restricted to 14- to 21-year-olds, although exceptions are made to youth who are 13 ½ and who have graduated eighth grade.

As a Sea Scout, boys and girls learn a lot more than just sailing, safety and seamanship, Grassia said. They also learn a lot of life skills, such as personal responsibility, leadership, teamwork and character development.

“That’s really our focus in scouts,”

he said. “We just happen to do it on a boat.”

As a Sea Scout, the youths perform a variety of duties on the boat, from cleaning the deck to cooking in the galley.

“They learn to work together as a team, and they learn leadership skills that a lot of the time are not taught in school,” Grassia.

“They’ve got to pull together as a team to make all this stuff happen.”

The Sea Scout organization also provides mentors and role models to the youth and fosters environmental stewardship, Grassia said.

Sea Scouts also do community service and participate in many community activities, such as the Fall Fishermen’s Festival.

Blake Coe, a recent graduate of Ballard High School and Loyal Heights resident, joined the Sea Scout Ship Yankee Clipper because he became interested in boating as a child on his parents’ boat and took his first lessons at age 8. Afterward, he decided he wanted to learn more, which led him to the Sea Scouts.

“I think it’s a really one-of-a-kind program,” Coe said. “There aren’t many things like it any more in respect to scouting.

“Even having access to a boat like the Yankee Clipper, where it’s a mix of practical skills, tradition and maritime history, it’s become

an amazing opportunity,” he added.

He also welcomed all the friends he has made through the years and recommends Sea Scouts to anyone interested in learning more about boating and the maritime world.

Coe intends to pursue a maritime career and was recently accepted into the Seattle Maritime Academy, which is part of Seattle Central College. He said he wants to earn the rank of an Able-Bodied Seaman, after which he could be hired on any number of vessels, from ferries to tugboats or freighters.

Grassia said boys and girls who become Sea Scouts are in good position to get hired in any number of jobs in the maritime industry, which is experiencing a

chronic employee shortage right now because of an aging workforce, with an average age of 55.

“There aren’t any young people coming into the maritime industry,” he said, adding jobs are high paying with job security.

Hanson said the jobs don’t just take place on a boat. The maritime industry has any number of landbased jobs, from shipyard work, maritime insurance, maritime law, ship building and more.

“It’s not all having to leave for half the year round,” Hanson said. “A lot of people don’t really understand there’s a huge industry on the land side.”

To learn more about the Sea Scout Ship Yankee Clipper, go to seascoutshipyankeeclipper.com, or email Hanson, ericleehanson61@ gmail.com.

For sale 1.81 acre lot a mile to the warm springs village See-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gLBKBb-wRQ “Take a drive and 11 hours later you will be in Sun Valley, Idaho.

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At Windermere, we see this moment as a time to draw strength from one another, inspire each other, and listen closely to the individual stories told by our neighbors. Only by hearing and understanding their perspectives can we build the community we all want to call Home.

All in, for Community.

M A G N O L I A / $10,888,000 4751 W Ruffner St, Seattle / MLS# 1603116

B A I N B R I D G E I S L A N D / $4,400,000

B L A K E LY I S L A N D / $2,350,000

6516 Wing Point Road NE / MLS #1612562

5614 Spencer Road, Blakely Island / MLS# 1568966

Michael Doyle & Patrick Chinn MichaelDoyleProperties.com

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Beth Bylund / BBylund.com

M O U N T B A K E R / $1,595,000

C A P I T O L H I L L / $1,375,000

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3210 S Lander St, Seattle / MLS# 1615872

B A I N B R I D G E I S L A N D / $1,297,000

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