A PLAY PREMIERES Islander brings acclaimed novel to the stage. Page 12
NEWS | Parks calls for new board
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to resolve dance debate. Page 21 OPINION | A man’s take on domestic violence. Page 6 BUSINESS | Unique salon opens in Vashon Village. Page 22
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2011
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As the Nov. 8 election day draws near, two candidates for Vashon Island Fire & Rescue’s board are finishing one of the most publicly fought contests on Vashon in recent memory. And the very visible buttons, yard signs, newspaper ads and brochures produced in their campaigns have prompted supporters of each candidate to inquire into the other’s spending. Both candidates chose to limit their fundraising to $5,000, an option that means they won’t have to report their finances to the state. Candy McCullough, who was appointed to Position 4 on the board in June and is running to retain it, said she has spent
about $3,440 on her campaign so far, which has included mailing full-color brochures to Island residents. Though she has a “donate” button on her website, McCullough said she isn’t much of a fundraiser and has never asked any individuals for money. She has brought in about $1,550 in donations and $40 in in-kind contributions and spent about $1,850 of her own money. Joe Ulatoski, a retired Army brigadier general who is challenging McCullough for Position 4, has spent nearly the same amount on his campaign — about $3,680 — but has covered most of his expenses with donated funds. Ulatoski, who sent letters and SEE ELECTION, 5
An old Vashon schoolhouse gets landmark protection Scenes from Point Robinson: Top left, adult male L78 (Gaia) breaches (photo by Maya Sears). Top right, a man photographs a dramatic dive (photo by Meg McDonald). Bottom, dorsal fins in a row show the whales in a playful formation (photo by Andrew Uber). Those lucky enough to visit Point Robinson Friday afternoon saw a rare and remarkable scene in the waters off-shore: Some 80 killer whales, members of all three Southern Resident pods, passed by, cavorting, breaching and spy-hopping while children squealed and adults exclaimed. Mark Sears, a West Seattle resident and longtime whale researcher, said such “super pods” come together about once a year. But what was special Friday was not simply the sheer number of whales; it was also their behavior. Instead of feeding, the whales, he said, were socializing. As a result, those on the shores saw dramatic leaps, synchronized dives and courtship behavior, much of it extremely close to the shore. “It was just one great big social event,” said Sears, who was in a boat with his daughter Maya collecting fecal matter as part of his research for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “Every conceivable behavior whales display we observed that day. It was quite remarkable.” Sears said the whales — which were listed as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act in 2005 — were likely on the trail of chum salmon and other prey.
“It was a hunting trip,” Sears said Both Sears and Ann Stateler, who runs the Vashon Hydrophone Project, which records whales’ underwater vocalizations as part of an ongoing research effort, said nearly every member of the three pods that make up the Southern Resident group were present. Easily, both said, there were 80 whales or more. “It was an extraordinary encounter, even for those of us who have been studying these whales for decades,” Stateler said. And it was an extraordinary encounter for Islanders who stood on the shore, such as Andrew Uber, who snapped about 600 photos. Uber, an amateur photographer who lives with his wife at Glen Acres, said his wife saw the whales heading south from their back deck. Uber, his wife and her parents, who were visiting from India, jumped in a car and headed to Point Robinson. They got their in time to watch the whales pass by, a migration that lasted 20 minutes. “I’ve taken a lot of photographs. But I’ve never had my heart pounding quite like that,” Uber said. “It was incredible. I’ve never seen anything like it.” — Leslie Brown
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Over the years, Kathy and Phil Johnson have had a handful of strangers knock on the door of their modest but charming home tucked among the Douglas firs on Wax Orchard Road. The last surprise visitor, nearly a decade ago, appeared on their doorstep with her adult children beside her. “I went to school here,” she told them through tears when they opened the door. The Johnsons are quiet people who moved to Vashon 23 years ago because they prized their privacy. But it just so happens that the home they purchased more than two decades ago is also the former Lisabeula Schoolhouse, which served countless Island children from 1925 to 1936. And last week, in recognition of the home’s place in Island history, Julie Koler, King County’s preservation officer, went before the King County Landmarks Commission at the Johnsons’ behest, seeking landmark status
for the old schoolhouse. The commission unanimously approved the request, making the Lisabeula Schoolhouse the first of Vashon’s once numerous schoolhouses to attain that status and the first landmark designation on Vashon in seven years. The Johnsons are pleased. Though private, they love their old house, painted a high-gloss cherry red with white trim and boasting a wide front porch with amply sized double doors. As the house nears its centennial anniversary, Phil said, he thought it only appropriate to honor its history by placing it on the county’s list of historic landmarks. “I’m thrilled to death,” he said. Kathy, too, is ecstatic. “I fell in love with this house before it was for sale,” she recalled. The couple looked at several old houses when they decided to move to Vashon from West Seattle 23 years ago, they said, but none had the warmth or sense of privacy as this one. SEE SCHOOLHOUSE, 21
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For the last two years, nearly every time Joe Yarkin went to the grocery store or ran an errand, he was stopped by someone who wanted an update on his 76-year-old mother. Yarkin's mother, Rhoda Karusaitis, returned to Vashon just a few weeks ago. The elderly woman hasn't been ill or in the hospital, though. She's been volunteering with the Peace Corps in Ghana as one of a growing number of retired people spending their later years working overseas with the organization. Sitting last week in the living room of her modest home near town, Karusaitis, a warm and humble woman with a large smile, was still reeling from the experience. Holding her laptop and scrolling though some of the 7,000 photos she brought back, she grinned
as she told of her experiences in Like-Mate, a small village in Ghana where she spent the last two years teaching science at a boarding school. “I just loved it,� Karusaitis said. “All the time I just felt very grateful for having the chance. I know lots of people my age, and they don't have an opportunity like this.� An industrial hygienist who has spent her retired years as a frequent Red Cross disaster response volunteer, Karusaitis decided to apply for the Peace Corps after she noticed the organization's campaign to increase the participation of older volunteers. “I said, ‘I’ve got plenty of years,’� Karusaitis said with a laugh. “They took my years and they took me on.� Yarkin, who owns Sun Island Farm with his wife Celina, remembers not wanting his mother to go overseas for such an
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application process.� It was decision she’s glad she made. “It was life changing,� she said. According to Peace Corps statistics, the organization has more older volunteers than ever. About 7 percent of its nearly 9,000 volunteers are over 50. The number is up 2 percect from what it was when Karusaitis left two years ago. Karusaitis pointed out that she wasn’t even the oldest member of the group she trained with in Ghana before beginning her job. Two volunteers celebrated their 80th birthdays there. After she rests up and organizes her photos, as well as her thoughts, Karusaitis plans to tell of her experiences at her church, Vashon classrooms and at the library. As for Yarkin, he says he’s never been prouder of his mother. “A lot of people told me it was inspiring that she was doing it,� he said. “I think she was testing out the waters for a lot of people, especially with our demographics here on Vashon.�
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Deborah Brown challenging incumbent Ron Turner. However, Philip said he’s glad to see that both candidates have remained more civil than those who ran four years ago. “These candidates are pretty respectful,� Philip said. “It’s a nice campaign to see.� Behind the scenes, though, supporters of each candidate have taken some time to keep the other in check. On Monday, the first day candidates for public office were required to reveal their donations and expenditures, both Ulatoski and McCullough opened their books to public scrutiny. Two members of Ulatoski’s team, Gerstle and Truman O’Brien, met with McCullough’s treasurer on Monday to go over her finances. Ulatoski said he thought someone from his team should look at her books as part of simple procedure. “It’s a question of keeping people honest, to know your books are out there and are available for public
viewing,� he said. Ulatoski opened his own books the same day to Barb Stoddard, a friend of McCullough. Stoddard said she’s had no part in McCullough’s campaign. She made the request of her own volition after noticing in an Oct. 9 article in The Beachcomber that Ulatoski declined to say how much he had raised at the time. She added that their meeting was cordial and nothing in his expenditures raised flags. “They are fine as far as I can tell,� she said. McCullough, for her part, said she had no interest in seeing Ulatoski’s numbers. “I don’t care about what he’s doing, but I am curious why they’re insisting on looking at mine,� she said. Gerstle, who noted that the two interested parties’ disclosure requests crossed in the mail, said she didn’t expect to find anything alarming in McCullough’s books, but felt someone should take a look. “It’s pro forma,� she said.
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In 2003, I was asked to create a theater piece for Lynann Politte’s Vashon production of the Vagina Monologues addressing the question “What would our world look like when violence against women and girls no longer exists.â€? My first impression of the question was that is was incomplete. It should have said â€œâ€Śviolence against women and girls, by men,â€? otherwise, it’s just an impersonal concept. Seventeen Vashon men between 16 and 60 came together to workshop this piece and envision this world without violence. But how to begin? How to get to something real and true? It’s easy to imagine something, but what can we do to create this world? What must we do? Well, the first step came clear as a bell. We had to look at ourselves and ask the hard question, “Am I a violent man?â€? This was the first time I took a good hard look at violence and me. I dug deep: What was really going on in those moments, what was I feeling? A memory rose up from my youth offering to be examined. I went to my girlfriend’s house. We’d had an argument — about what I can’t even remember. Knocked on her door, knew she was in there, no answer. I had to talk to her, get her to listen to me. So I shouted, sweet and confident, of course: “Hey, I know you’re in there. I just want to talk. Please? I love you.â€? A frightened voice from inside. “Just leave me alone.â€? My heart sank. Great. Now she’s afraid of me. And I was afraid too. Afraid of being alone, screwing up,
The luckiest among us were on Vashon’s eastern shores Friday afternoon, witnessing a parade of killer whales cavorting and breaching as they made their way south past the Island. All of us, however, are blessed to live in such a place. And in case anyone needed a reminder, it is because of these majestic creatures that we’re working to restore Puget Sound. So much of environmental protection is cast in negatives or stated as behaviors we need to alter. Don’t use pesticides. Drive less. Remove that bulkhead. Change the way you live. But what those who are working to protect places like Puget Sound are really trying to do is preserve a planet where killer whales can thrive. And, of course, while killer whales are the charismatic megafauna, the brightest stars in the constellation of Puget Sound’s marine world, they’re supported by a host of lesser-known critters that aren’t so glamorous but are just as critical. Sand lance, surf smelt, herring, salmon. And then there’s the habitat — eelgrass beds, for instance — and the ecological functions that help to maintain that ecosystem. Think erosion. Tidal action. Water quality. The hard work of conservation comes in understanding these connections and working to preserve all the parts, not just the ones that make us rush to the shoreline, cameras in hand and children in tow. Indeed, orcas would not persist were it not for these various pieces in place, a complex web of physical and biological wonders. The three pods that make up Puget Sound’s Southern Resident population are protected under the federal Endangered Species Act, a legislative mandate often under threat in Congress. But even with this protection, many fear they’re struggling. Their numbers have fallen more than half since their historic highs of up to 200; their three pods — J, K and L — now number 88. Earlier this year, and over the objections of some in the whale-watching industry, the federal government issued new rules for the region, doubling the distance boaters must maintain from these protected marine mammals. Under the rules, all recreational vehicles, from whale-watching boats to kayaks, have to stay at least 200 yards from the animals, instead of 100 yards. Again, this is a negative — a rule limiting behavior. But as those standing on the shore on Friday surely realized, the goal is a lofty one. As we enter the season when whales visit our region more frequently, Islanders are encouraged to report sightings to the Vashon Hydrophone Project, a whale research and conservation effort based on Vashon. Call the project at 463-9041. And when making a sighting report, the following information is helpful: date, time, location, description of the animals — such as color, markings or size — the number of animals, travel direction and speed.
being a loser, afraid of what she thought of me. I needed her so much I was too ashamed to admit it. I couldn’t just leave and feel all this fear and shame and I couldn’t tell anyone about it. Then a fire rose up inside and filled my gut, my chest, my head. I yelled “Goddammit! Talk to me!� and smacked the door hard with both hands. I didn’t think I’d hit the door that hard, but all of a sudden I was staring into her apartment, the door ripped from its hinges on the floor. She was standing there, in shock and absolute terror. “Get out! Now! I mean it! I’m calling the police!� “No, no. I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I’ll fix it. Just let me fix it. I can fix it.� “Get out of my house! Get out of my life!� So I left. I had let my rage take over. I had broken down her closed door. Where did I learn that was OK? “You’re nothin’ without a woman.� That’s what I had been taught. I needed one so much I was always afraid of losing her and always ashamed of needing her. I couldn’t see women for who they were, only for what they did for me, how they filled some empty space in me. As long as I had someone to bed, I was a man.
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On trees and parks After reading The Beachcomber (“Pharmacy removes tree, driveway in attempt to make pocket park safer�), I just can’t remain silent over the pharmacy’s decision to remove the eucalyptus and its rationale for creating a “new park.� I have run a landscape design firm for 40 years. I came to Vashon in 1993. I was delighted to see several exceptional trees preserved on
Vashon — such as the eucalyptus, the redwood at Treasure Island, the monkey puzzle at Bank Road and S.W. 100th and the stately black walnuts at Cemetery Road. Planted in 1984 by Peter Ray, the eucalyptus survived and flourished. I was disappointed over its removal because there is little support for the plant kingdom in our world. There is a general lack of understanding and compassion for trees and their unique form of life. There couldn’t have been a finer fit for a tree to represent the essence
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So what really happened and what’s changed? The powerful, uncomfortable feelings of fear, shame and need made me feel “powerless� because no one (no man) had ever taught me that it’s OK to feel them. No man had ever said to me, “Wow, I’m afraid too.� Since then, I’ve been blessed to find men courageous enough to share the truth of their own feelings and experiences with me and each other. That’s what changed. I’m not alone, I’m not a freak, I’m not weak. Do I still feel fear and anger? Sure. But I no longer feel “powerless.� So I no longer need rage and violence to feel powerful again. Supporting other men, particularly young men, and sharing my truth is what I can do. We can also support Vashon’s new domestic violence project, DoVE, which is working to protect and assist those who experience violence in their homes and put an end to the vicious cycles that lead men to act violently against women, girls and boys. — Stephen Seigel, an Island resident, designs and produces theme parks and museums and creates theater in the hopes of giving people rich, new experiences that are inspiring, authentic and fun. Stephen Seigel’s theater piece, M-en-ding Violence, will be a part of a fundraiser for DoVE, called “Voices Against Violence: The White Ribbon Campaign,� at the Red Bicycle Bistro at 8 p.m. Friday. See page 13 for more information about the show.
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Now, as for the “new park,� it won’t be a park at all, but rather a parking strip. A park implies a place where humans, animals and plants can have a harmonious experience together. There will be none of that. There will be no place to sit. I often sat on the railroad ties, looking up into the eucalyptus. There was a wonderful fragrance noticeable on warm, sunny days. Of course life will go on. Vashon will be less weird. There will be a new parking strip, but there will never ever be another eucalyptus. I suppose the vagrants will now cross over into Thriftway’s parking lot to sit on the one and only bench there. — Terry Welch
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3BJOXBUFS DBUDINFOU JT B CBE JEFB GPS 7BTIPO Recently I received a copy of the Aug. 3 edition of The Beachcomber and was surprised to learn King County has approved a regulation allowing rainwater catchments as a household’s sole source of water. For King County as a whole, this might be viable. For Vashon, which has a limited amount of this precious fluid, this could cause serious issues. It is evident all over the earth: Nations are experiencing increasingly extreme weather conditions and drought is a major problem. As a former Vashon resident, where water ran
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freely from the faucet and my toilet magically refilled with every flush, I have great concern over this new regulation. I warn you to proceed with caution. Voluntary conservation could go a long way in avoiding water outages. I grew up in a household of many and one 30-gallon hot water tank. We each had seven minutes in the bathroom, three minutes with the water running. Turn the water on, wet up. Turn the water off. Soap and shampoo. Turn the water on to rinse. Never was the faucet running while we brushed our teeth. This was not because of a shortage of water; this was because we were a large household and were taught to be conscience of our water use. I was living in a college dorm with shared showers before I learned you could leave the water running through the entire shower. In Jamaica, I live the reality of a catchment system. It is not as dependable as you may think. I hear arguments over water as the water truck rolls around each corner to make deliveries. It can get ugly as we struggle to obtain some of this scarce fluid. I imagine the roads of Vashon lined with barrels, pails and tubs and large groups of residents awaiting water trucks. Not a pretty sight. Think of the cost of trucking water on the ferries to fill these barrels! Water is a precious and scarce commodity on my island, which is only miles from yours. — Tressa Azpiri
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Fire board election
community. For fighting fires, we have a chief and assistant chief with six decades of experience in the fire service. They’re backed by a highly qualified team of career and volunteer firefighters, many of them with their own decades of experience. As fire commissioner, we believe Joe Ulatoski will do a superb job of supporting that team now and for the future.
6MBUPTLJ LOPXT IPX UP JOTQJSF QFPQMF We just voted for Joe Ulatoski to serve on the board that governs Vashon Island Fire & Rescue. It’s a vote-by-mail election, so please find your own ballot and join us. For this job as commissioner — helping to set policy, working crucial funding and road issues on the mainland, dealing with the effects of our tough economy, planning for the evolving needs of our Island community — there could be no better person. Joe has decades of track record in inspiring people, bringing grant money home to the Island, planning for the big picture and doing the heavy lifting required to accomplish community goals. At the candidates’ debate night, only one of the candidates emphasized the need for a long-range business plan for the future. That was Joe. There’s only so much money to go around. For example, exactly what will it take to improve response times when a house is on fire, a car goes off the road, a heart attack strikes? What are our options to accomplish the goal? What are all of us willing to pay to achieve the option we choose? A detailed business road map — that’s the thoughtful, methodical work we need from our fire commissioners to help us make the right choices for the future of our
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.D$VMMPVHI T TUZMF JT BT B GBJS BOE TUSPOH MFBEFS Candy McCullough is our choice for Vashon Island fire commissioner, Position 4. Her strong, fair leadership and persistence are inspiring. Candy is able to keep major goals in mind as she pulls the details together. We trust Candy McCullough to inspire and help carry out fire commission plans to protect our island, even involving all of us at the neighborhood level. — Bob and Carol Norton
6MBUPTLJ IBT JOUFHSJUZ BOE B WJTJPO GPS GVUVSF In response to the editorial in last week’s paper, “Should commissioners get paid? We think not,� I want to say, “I absolutely agree.� Joe Ulatoski has publicly
and strongly stated that he will not accept a per diem. You can see that statement on his website: www.JoeForVashon. org in the “Joe’s News� section. Joe’s website also details his experience, philosophy and positions on other matters of concern for the entire Vashon community. I support Joe Ulatoski because his integrity, his vision for the future and his dedication to whatever he takes on will make him an outstanding commissioner. Please join me and my husband John Gerstle in voting for him. — May Gerstle
.D$VMMPVHI IBT QBTTJPO BOE LOPXMFEHF GPS KPC I have known Candy McCullough for more than 15 years, and to me she has always represented the positive side of Vashon Island Fire & Rescue. She has had a huge influence on VIFR, not only as a volunteer but as a mentor to volunteers and others. I have always known her to be level-headed, fair, extremely responsible and a hard worker. Candy has the experience, the passion, the knowledge and the vision of a bright future for our island. Vote Candy McCullough for Position 4 of the Vashon fire commissioner board. You will be happy you did. —Doreen Higgins
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Musings on an occupation: A member of the 99 percent visits New York By BRIAN BROWN For The Beachcomber
While visiting my sister Maureen and friends in New York last week, I went downtown by subway from the Upper West Side to join the Wall Street protest in lower Manhattan. As an afterthought, I bought a poster board and Magic Marker at a card shop and proceeded to scrawl a message that read: “Vashon Island is with the 99%.� My declaration was dashed off between subway stops, and the questionable results can be seen in the accompanying photograph taken by Mico Perceone, an Italian photographer who was documenting the New York protest for LaPrenza. It was immediately apparent to me that a poster representing the artistic island of Vashon should reflect more distinctive script and bolder lettering than I was able to render, although I cut myself some slack for creating under pressure. I mean, Tom Paine’s first draft of “Common Sense� required some graphic refinement. Where’s Will Forrester when I need him? The site of the Wall Street protest — Zuccotti Park — is an utterly obscure city-block-sized plaza with a few carbon
monoxide-ingesting trees and uninviting concrete benches. To put Zuccotti in architectural perspective here on Vashon, it lacks the charm of the pharmacy’s pocket park, even without the eucalyptus tree. Yet there it was, Zuccotti (our urban Alamo), across the street from where the Twin Towers used to be and two blocks north of Wall Street. After schmoozing and cruising through the park, which meant stepping gingerly over occupied sleeping bags and making my way between tents and tarps as well as a functioning camp kitchen, serving lentils, rice and beans, seasoned with chutney (delicious), I joined some protesters standing along the park’s perimeters. Doubledecker tourist buses circled the block. Yes, the sweet smell of cannabis was in the air. I stood next to a tall man with a sign that read, “I’m too big to fail.� An elderly woman in a rain hat was against “corporate welfare.� There were posters for legalized marijuana as well as several signs calling for an “End to the Fed.� There was also an in-your-face directive from a bearded protester to “barbecue a banker.� I told him that they taste better if you let them
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marinate. I started to get into seasonings and basting techniques when he drifted away from me. No one paid any attention to my poster until a tourist (bless him) with a German accent asked me, “Where exactly is Vashon?� It’s “near Seattle,� I replied, “in the Puget Sound.� Because Germans are precise people, I even gave him our nautical position (N 47’26’51� — W 122’27’31�), which happened to be stenciled on the old Vashon boating cap I was wearing. Later, I added “Wa.� to my sign as a concession to the geographically challenged. It began to rain — not a heavy rain, but a slow, intermittent Vashon kind of drizzle. How appropriate, I thought. Some of the protesters took refuge in tents or under tarps but most were dancing to drums, waving banners and interacting with the public who descended in droves upon New York City’s newest tourist attraction — Zuccotti Park, formerly Liberty Park, a far more appropriate name, I thought, for what was going on there. A hat was passed among us with coins and dollar bills inside. Pinned to the sweatband was a note: “Give what you can. Take what you need.� I saw more giving than taking, and some of those donations were coming from workers (they couldn’t all be socialists) wondering through the park on their lunch break. Maybe their generosity was recognition that they were just a paycheck away from being in the park themselves. The mood was mellow, and the karma was good. Critics of the Wall Street protest contend that the rebellion lacks an agenda, almost as if they expected a PowerPoint presentation at the conclusion of the rally. To that point, I spotted an intense young man on top of a porto-san with a sign that read: “We’re here. We’re unclear. Get used to it.� While the messages were varied and scattered, the bottom line was that the 99 percent know the 1 percent have rigged the game in their favor at our expense. The Tea Party characterized the Wall Street protesters as “unemployed, uneducated and uninformed.� I agree with the
first indictment. They are unemployed. That’s one of the reasons they are in the park. In this economy, unemployment is not a character defect. But uneducated and uninformed they are not. As an old newspaperman, I was impressed with a computer-published four-page, four-color broadsheet called “The Occupied Wall Street Journal.� Its editorial content and analysis was superior to much of the mainstream press. These young people are media savvy and connected to the world and each other via Internet and satellite. While most of the protesters were young, there were plenty that were middleaged or older, including myself. I was touched by a student who thanked me for being there. A married middle manager with kids told me he had been laid off a year ago. He had exhausted his unemployment and was unable to find work, which became increasingly unattainable the longer he was unemployed. An art appreciation teacher who had been let go from a New London school district told me she had come down by bus for the day while her sister babysat her child, “just to be here.� The day I was at the park, the police looked relaxed behind their barricades. But I knew that festive atmosphere would turn quickly if orders were given to clear the park, something that had been threatened a couple of times that week. The only thing holding the mayor and the city in check was the realization that the whole world was watching, and that’s something. By the time I left New York, the police strategy seemed to be to wait for cold weather to drive the protesters from the park. It might work, but don’t count on it. The thing is, the protests are not limited to Zuccotti. Protests are taking place in parks, squares, plazas and malls in cities and towns all over the country, not to mention the world. Why is that? To quote an old 60s song: “There’s something happening here.� — Brian Brown is a freelance writer who lives on Vashon Island, which is in Puget Sound (N 47’26’51� — W 122’27’31�).
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Some basic precautions can make the roads safe for everyone Now that Shape Up, Vashon is under way and more walkers are taking to the Island’s roads, it’s time we reviewed what “sharing the road� really means. As a long-time pedestrian on Vashon’s roads, I’ve experienced all kinds of life-threatening behavior over the years, and I’d hate to see an injury or fatality result because of the ignorant behavior of some drivers, pedestrians and cyclists. Drivers: Is a life worth six seconds of your time? To safely pass a pedestrian (a dog, baby stroller, walker, runner, wheelchair), you will need to cross the center line and enter the opposing lane of travel with your left wheels. The only exception to this on Vashon Island is on the main highway, where a large shoulder space exists on both sides. When passing, there should be a minimum of three feet of space between the pedestrian and your vehicle. If you attempt to pass a pedestrian while staying within your lane of traffic, you are putting that person’s life in jeopardy. Your vehicle has mirrors which protrude directly into the “head/shoulder� space of a pedestrian. Your tires spit rocks. Fear can make us stumble. If you spend any time on foot on Vashon’s roads, you realize that the “shoulders� of the roads are, for the most part, ditches, blackberry thickets and mud holes. If your mirror hits my head or shoulder, I could die or suffer a lifesundering injury. What if there isn’t room to pass safely? Slow down and wait for about six seconds. That is the amount of time it will take for the oncoming traffic to clear or for the pedestrian to clear your vehicle. Speed matters. Taking corners tight and fast means you are driving blind where a pedestrian might be, at a speed where you won’t have the time to react safely. I have often seen vehicles taking the corners on the main highway so tight and fast that they are using the entire shoulder to negotiate the moderate turn. As for cyclists, they are also vehicles, subject to the same traffic laws governing stops, turns and lanes of passage. They are vulnerable vehicles, to be sure. The pothole that jars you a little could send them head over heels. Loose gravel on the road could take them down sideways in a wipeout. As do motorcycles, cyclists are watching for these obsta-
SAFETY By SUSAN HESSELGRAVE cles, and will be using their lane of traffic as appropriate to stay safe in those circumstances. To safely pass a cyclist requires the same set of conditions as required for safely passing another full-size car: visibility of the opposing lane of traffic for
a sufficient period of time to fully enter the opposing lane of traffic, pass the cyclist, and return to your lane. At intersections, don’t double up at the stop on the left of a cyclist. It could dangerously obscure their presence from cross-traffic. What if you are going up a hill behind a slow cyclist, and you can’t see over the top? Be patient, it may take a few more seconds of your time. Isn’t their life, your life, and the oncoming, unseen vehicle’s occupants’ lives worth those few seconds? Pedestrians: Generally, you should face approaching traffic. When a car
is approaching or when you can’t see whether one might be, go single file. Share the road, don’t hog the road. This gives drivers the opportunity to pass you safely. Be smart on blind corners. Cross over to the “safest� side of the street if you’re coming up to a sharp, blind corner. Use your ears. If you listen to music while you walk, make sure your earphones are the type that allow ambient noise to come through clearly. At intersections (like the library parking lot), make sure the vehicle driver has made eye contact with you
before you proceed in front of them. Drivers are often “looking� for cars, “blind� to anything else. What’s with walking on Vashon at night wearing all black? Wear some reflective clothing. Reflective tape, vests and clip-on flashing lights are widely available. Choose your exercise times wisely, and remember that twilight and fog are visibility killers. Cyclists: Wear a helmet. (It doesn’t take another vehicle to throw you from your bike, just an unfortunate rock placement.) Not only are you protecting your own brain, you are setting the right example
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for all of our bike-loving children. For great information on safe cycling and how to avoid getting hit by a car, go to www.bicyclesafe.com. As a regular runner, I thank the 95 percent of drivers on Vashon who already practice safe driving. I wish everyone a long, happy and healthy life and applaud the efforts of all the pedestrians and cyclists who are working to improve their health through exercise.
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8&%/&4%": t Homesharing: Vashon HouseHold will host this meeting about its new program, which matches those wanting to rent a room with those looking. People can ask questions and pick up information and applications. 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Vashon Library.
5)634%": t Medicare Advantage: Learn about Medicare Advantage plans and Medicare insurance options. This seminar will help seniors compare the various programs. Call Shirley Van Nostrand for more information at 612-5463. 10 a.m. at the Vashon Eagles hall on Vashon Highway. Vashon Legal Clinic: This clinic offers free legal advice. People wishing to schedule an appointment to meet with a lawyer should call the King County Bar Association at 267-7070. 6 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road. Community Dinner: Vashon Island Fire & Rescue is the sponsor of this month’s dinner. People can learn about emergency medical services and enjoy firehouse chili, corn bread, salad and desert. The suggested donation is $10. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Vashon High School.
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Social Media Marketing: Learn how to promote your business with social media using Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other social media web sites. Participants will discuss strategies for building followers and inviting followers to become customers. Register by calling 463-2069. 1 p.m. at the Vashon Library. Sci-Fi Saturday: Films from the atomic era will be shown in this new series on the first Saturday of the month. Films will include “The Day Earth Stood Still,� which will play first, “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,� “The Incredible Shrinking Man,� “Them� and others. This is a fund raising effort for The Chicken Soup Brigade. The suggested donation is $5 to $10 and a can of food. 1:30 p.m at the Vashon Theatre. Danceathon: Dancers from the Vashon Dance Academy will raise money for financial aid by participating in a danceathon and are seeking pledges. Patrons may pledge a flat fee or an hourly rate. All funds go to pay for dance classes at the academy for those who might not otherwise be able to take lessons. 6 to 10 p.m. at the Dance Academy. Early Childhood Nature and Education Talk: Early childhood and nature expert Erin Kenny, founder of the Cedarsong Nature School’s Forest Kindergarten (or outdoor preschool), will give a presentation about her recent participation at the International Nature Action Collaborative for Children conference, which included many site visits to forest kindergartens and nature preschools in the Netherlands and Germany. The presentation consists of a slideshow with commentary and discussion. This is an adults-only event, and the charge is by donation. 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Land Trust Building.
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PUBLIC MEETINGS Vashon-Maury Island Community Council Board: 6:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 7, at McMurray Middle School on Cemetery Road. Vashon Island Fire & Rescue: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8, at Station 55 on Bank Road. Vashon Park District: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8, at Ober Park. Water District #19: 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8, at the district office on 100th Ave. S.W. King County Cemetery District #1: 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8, at the Vashon Cemetery, 19631 S.W. Singer Road.
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Puss in Boots: Plays through Nov. 10. The Whale: Opens Nov. 4 The Day the Earth Stood Still: 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5 Bend It Like Beckham: 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6. Moneyball: Plays Nov. 11 to 17. See www.vashontheatre. com for show times or call
founding fathers and articulation of them now. 9:30 a.m. at Lewis Hall behind Burton Community Church. Author Reading: Seattle author Katherine Malmo will read from her book, “Who in this Room: The Realities of Cancer, Fish and Demolition.� 3 p.m. at Books by the Way. (For more information, see page 13). Service of Prayer and Healing: Come to hear a few readings, pray and be prayed for, anointed with oil, or come to just sit and be silent. For more information, call 463-6359. 6 to 6:30 p.m. at the Vashon Lutheran Church.
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56&4%": t Senior Center Movies and Popcorn: The big screen features a children’s fantasy with Don Knotts as a talking fish that helps the Navy defeat the Nazis during World War II. Free.12:30 p.m. Nov. 8 at the Senior Center on Bank Road. Vashon Island Fruit Club: The meeting will be a brainstorming session about what to include in next year’s program. 7 p.m. at the Land Trust Building. Vashon-Maury Island Green Party: Greens, Democrats, Independents and other interested progressives are welcome. The agenda will include a report on the meeting with Rep. Eileen Cody about single-payer health care and the Green Party planning party. For more information, call Melvin Mackey at 463-3468. 7 to 9 p.m. at Joy Goldstein’s home, 10329 S.W. Bank Road.
UPCOMING Veterans Services: Joel Estey, a consultant with the King County
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The Open Space for Arts & Community will host Happy Hour, an event for women, from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday. The event will feature fashion, demonstrations, shopping, a clothing exchange and dancing. Some of the day’s highlights will include a Zumba dance and exercise class led by Dari Haffi and Sara Van Fleet, three runway fashion shows featuring Dova Silks, Emily Burns and Jenni Wilke, and Arlette Moody performing a new dance. A Seattle club DJ will provide music breaks. The Washington State Fairies will host the event and add their brand of sparkle, as they did last year, above. Admission is $10 at the door with no pre-sale tickets available. Two-for-one coupons are available by participating early in the clothing exchange: Drop off a bag — at least grocery size — of women’s clothing, shoes or accessories at Books by the Way and receive a two-for-one coupon to Happy Hour. The last day for advance drop-off is Thursday, Nov. 3. Clothing donations will be accepted during the event, but no coupons will be given out. Veterans Program, will help veterans connect with county, state or federal benefits. Contact Estey at 296-7570 for more information. Noon to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, at the Senior Center on Bank Road. Shape Up Vashon — Depression and Seasonal Affective Disorder: Dr. Kim Farrell and Mona Hardy will discuss mood changes as the days shorten in a talk called “Who’s Afraid of the Dark.� They will discuss keeping motivated and enjoying the holidays. Those who attend will also receive a recipe and learn about the SUV walking group. Go at 6:15 p.m. if you want to get your blood pressure checked, weigh in or to sign up for Shape Up Vashon. Classes are free for SUV members and $5 for others. The presentation will be from 7 to 8:15 p.m. Wedneday, Nov. 9, at Courthouse Square. Vashon Computer Club: The topic will be the growing uses of computer technology in everyday life. Anyone may attend free of charge; but membership has benefits and is inexpensive. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, at the Vashon Senior Center. Holiday Magic: Jeff Evans will bring his bag of tricks to the library. See his trained reindeer that does card tricks, a drawing of Santa that comes to life and many more magical surprises. For ages 5 and older. Call the Vashon Libray for details at 463-2069. 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, at the Ober Park performance room.
Women and the Vietnam War: Marianne Jacobs, who served as a nurse in Vietnam during the war, will speak. She was on the Vietnam Women’s Memorial Committee and is a noted anthropologist who studies the role of women in the Vietnam War. 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, at the Vashon-Maury Island Heritage Museum. Author Reading: Island author and Seattle University humanities professor Serena Cosgrove will speak about Latin American women’s organizing and her new book, “Leadership at the Margins.� 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, at Vashon Bookshop. St. John Vianney Catholic Italian Dinner: The event will include an Italian meal, entertainment and silent and live auctions. Tickets cost $40 and are available at weekend masses. Seating is limited; purchase tickets soon. Contact Mary Ann Beardsley at 567-4273 for more information. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, at Saint John Vianney Catholic Church.
Zen Talks: Eko Jeff Kelly will speak on the subject, “a single leaf builds a great temple.� He is from the Seattle Soto Zen Sangha and is an ordained Soto Zen priest. He is a former architect, father of two, and he does a lot of work in local prisons. His talk will be after the traditional tea, chanting and sit. For more information, call Celina Yarkin at 463-007. 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16, at the Puget Sound Zen Center. Holly Daze Bazaar: Buy handmade items as Christmas gifts. There will also be a “make it and take it� booth for children. For more information, call Ann Zbryk at 463-9428. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, at the former NAPA store. Folk Music Concert: This preThanksgiving concert will include music from around the world. The event is free, but donations will be welcomed. For more information, visit freerangefolkchoir.blogspot. com. 7 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 20, at the Methodist Church.
$0.$"45 All VoV TV shows are produced by Islanders. If you’ve created a video program of any kind, contact Susan McCabe at 463-0301 or info@ voiceofvashon.org. Comcast 21 is happy to broadcast your show. This week’s features on VoV TV are: Wednesday, Friday and Monday, 7p.m. For those voters still undecided about the fire commissioner race, the VIFR Fire Commissioners Candidates’ Debate among the four candidates and is a good way to help with that decision. The complete VoV TV Schedule is available at voiceofvashon.org.
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The Vashon Eagles hosted a luau in September to benefit the Vashon Maury Community Food Bank. More than 200 people attended. The luau, auction, hat and T-shirt sales netted $6,500 for the food bank, which continues to serve many Island individuals and families each week. Above, Phil Bomber, left, and Kim Cantrell, right, present Yvonne Pitrof, the food bank’s director, with a copy of the check, funds that will help the organization continue its work.
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ENJOY A FILM WITH YOUR COFFEE: A free screening of “V for Vendettaâ€? will take place at 7 p.m. Saturday at CafĂŠ Luna. The film is set in an alternate vision of Britain, where a corrupt and abusive totalitarian government has risen to complete power. The event will be hosted by Peter Ray, who will lead a discussion after the movie.
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A novelist’s tale finds new life in a soulful premiere By ELIZABETH SHEPHERD
“Atticus� will open at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and also be performed at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Blue Heron Art Center. Ron Hansen will attend on opening night. Tickets, $12/$15, are on sale at Blue Heron, Heron’s Nest, Island book stores and www. brownpapertickets.com. Due to intense subject matter, parental guidance is suggested for children younger than 13.
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Peter Kreitner and Steve Tosterud play a father and son at odds in “Atticus.� An ensemble of local thespians and theater artists will bring Powell’s version of “Atticus� to life on the stage. The show is directed by Charlotte Tiencken, an accomplished theater professional who currently works as managing director of Seattle’s Book-It Repertory Theatre, and the show’s set was created by Gordon Millar, Paul Wilkin and Jenna Riggs. Well-known Island singer/song-
writer Kat Eggleston has contributed music for the show. The cast features Peter Kreitner and Steve Tosterud in the roles of father and son. Lisa Breen, Antonia Greene, Robert Harkins and Fernando Luna are also in the show. The play’s opening night will also feature a special treat for Islanders — author Ron Hansen will be in attendance and will
lead a discussion after the play. Hansen, reached by phone at his home in Cupertino, Calif., said he was excited to see what Powell and the Vashon cast had made of his book. “I haven’t read the script,� he said. “I kind of purposefully didn’t do that, because I recognized I didn’t want to interfere and give him notes. So this will be a fresh experience for me, too.� This is the second adaptation of “Atticus� — an earlier adaptation, called “Missing Pieces,� aired as a TV movie starring James Coburn, and is still available as a video from Hallmark Hall of Fame. “Marc’s adaptation is much more faithful, I’m sure,� said Hansen, noting that in the movie version, “there wasn’t a line of dialogue taken from my book for the movie.� Hanson, who was recently ordained as a deacon of the Catholic Church, said he was “flattered and honored� that Powell, a priest who also happens to be a playwright, had chosen to adapt his book. “I’m just marveling that he has the time to do it, because most priests I know are incredibly busy,� he said. “It will be interesting to see what it sparked in him and what he decided to adapt.� Hansen said that he hopes that the play’s audiences will come away with the same message he wanted to convey in his book. “It shows just how much a father loves his son, a deep love that is just a pale reflection of what God has for us,� he said. “That’s what I was hoping for in the story, and I’m sure that is what Marc is hoping for in the play.�
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The Vashon Maury Chamber Orchestra, led by Karin Choo, will present its fall concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Methodist Church. Joined by two Island soloists, cellist Rowena Hammill and oboist Irene Alexander Tokar, the orchestra will play works that bookend two centuries of classical music. An all-American first half includes two pieces from the 1950s: the first movement of Vittorio Giannini’s Concerto Grosso for string orchestra, featuring Karin Choo, Mary Walker, Gaye Detzer and Annie Roberts, and Henry Cowell’s Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 10 for oboe and strings. Tokar, who moved to the Island this year and is playing the solo oboe part for this work, studied at the Eastman School of
Music and has performed with ensembles throughout the Pacific Northwest. Hammill, who is artistic director of Vashon Allied Arts’ annual chamber music series, will lead off an all-Haydn second half with the first movement of Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C Major, one of the most beloved concerti in the cello repertoire. The program will conclude with Haydn’s Symphony No. 45, better known as the “Farewell� symphony. Selections from the program will be performed for Island kids at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, at the church. Entrance for the children’s concert is “pay-what-you-can.� Tickets for the Friday evening performance, available at the door, are $10 general and $7 for students and seniors.
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Everyone will receive white ribbons to wear at a concert on Friday, dubbed “Voices Against Violence: The White Ribbon Campaign.� The show, at 8 p.m. Friday at the Red Bicycle Bistro, is a benefit for Vashon’s DoVE Project, which provides support to survivors of domestic violence. Activists, actors, musicians and artists who will perform at the show include Daryl Redekker, Ken Maaz, Jon Whalen, Stephen Seigel, David Godsey, Jason Everett, Rick Vanselow, Kevin Almeida, Harris Levinson and Scott Durkee. The white ribbon campaign started in 1991, when a group of Canadian men decided to urge men to speak out about violence against women and wearing a white ribbon became a symbol of men’s opposition to violence against women. “Wearing a white ribbon is a way of saying, ‘our future has no violence against women’� said Allison Shirk, who is organizing the event. “Wearing a white ribbon is a personal pledge to never commit, condone or remain silent about violence against women and girls,� Tickets to the show, $20, will be sold at the door.
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Get out and take a look at some art on First Friday gallery cruise Don’t let November’s grey weather stop you. Get out of the house for some color therapy during the November gallery cruise at Island art spots. Most receptions take place from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday.
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PSCCU Puget Sound Cooperative Credit Union will show paintings by Anne Gordon.
Raven’s Nest The work of Gunter Reimnitz will be on display. Raven’s Nest will also introduce a series of reproductions designed by Tlingit artist Israel Shotridge, blanket throws embroidered with clan crests, new books about Native art and culture and a children’s gift section.
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A detail of a photograph by Sophie Gagnaire, who has a show at CafĂŠ Luna. Vashon Village in the old Vashon-Maury Chamber of Commerce space, will show watercolor and acrylic paintings by Islander Lynn Wilhoit, whose work has been inspired by the art of the Fauves and the Cubists.
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The exhibit “Time� will feature the work of painter Elizabeth Conner and sculptor Carol Schwennesen. Next weekend, at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, Seattle artist Vaughn Bell will orchestrate a walk, beginning at VALISE, featuring an artist’s tool for walking called the I Ped. Vaughn
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From lambs to headless brides, Vashon shows its flair Monsters, of course, turned out. But so did a pair of lambs. There were several witches, a phoenix who’d lost her wings, a genie, a couple of Harry Potters, a flying monkey, a family of ducks and one stellar-looking headless bride. And for those fans of “Little House on the Prairie,� little Laura herself, in a horse-drawn wagon, made an appearance. So did Thing One and Thing Two of Dr. Seuss fame. Halloween is always a delight on Vashon, when the town
closes off to traffic, merchants hand out treats and Islanders display their skill with make-up and the hidden treasures deep in their closets. Monday’s affair — as a golden afternoon gave way to a crisp evening — was as sweet as ever. Below is a sample of some of the fine scenes Monday. For a slide show, visit The Beachcomber’s website at www. vashonbeachcomber.com. -FTMJF #SPXO 4UBGG 1IPUPT
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SOCCER MOVIE: The Vashon Island Soccer Club (VISC) will host a free showing of the soccer film “Bend it Like Beckham� at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6, at the Vashon Theatre. There will be door prizes, a raffle and new VISC gear. For more information, contact Karson Brown at ekarsonbrown@yahoo.com.
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Runner heads to state meet By KEVIN ROSS For The Beachcomber
Sophomore runner Maddi Groen qualified for the state cross country meet when she placed 26th at the Tri-district tournament, also known as the Westside Classic, on Saturday. Groen’s time was 21:30 on the 3.1-mile course at American Lake in Tacoma, placing her in the top 30 runners and sending her to state. Last year as a freshman, Groen just missed qualifying for state by one place at the same meet. She put in a tremendous amount of effort this season to achieve her goal. When asked about her race, Groen commented, “I did not expect as fast as a start to this race. However, it was really good. I felt strong and confident with the pack that I was in and stayed with them to the finish.� Maddi was the lone Pirate runner to qualify for the state meet this season. At the tournament, the girls team finished 15th overall and the boys finished 18th. The top five boys teams and top six
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Vashon sophomore Maddi Groen drives for the finish line in 26th place at the Westside Classic to qualify for this Saturday’s state cross country meet. girls teams qualified. Vashon’s young boys and girls teams will be returning many of their runners for next season. The Charles Wright boys are the only team from the Nisqually League that qualified their whole team to
state by placing fourth overall. Groen will compete at the state competition this Saturday at the Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco. — Kevin Ross is a cross country coach at Vashon High School.
The Vashon football team played their last home game of the season Friday night against the Cedar Park Christian and lost to the Eagles, 40-6. The Pirates received the opening kickoff and gained two first downs on the opening drive but were unable to convert on fourth down, and Cedar Park took over on downs, scoring on a long drive. The extra point try was no good, and the score was 6-0. The Pirates’ only other possession in the first quarter ended with a punt. Cedar Park scored again in the second quarter on a long run to lead 13-0. Vashon returned the kickoff to the 45-yard line and sustained a drive that included three first downs on good blocking from
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Volleyball enters playoffs with perfect record By CHERYL PRUETT For The Beachcomber
The Vashon High School volleyball team closed out their regular season with a perfect 10-0 record by beating a scrappy Seattle Christian team in three straight last Wednesday. The Pirates played with a very solid, consistent style and look ready to tackle the post-season. Tomorrow Vashon will host the first round of district playoffs. Charles Wright will face stiff competition from Lynden Christian at 5 p.m. at the VHS gym, and then Vashon will play the winner of that game at 7 p.m. If the Pirates win, they have an automatic berth to the state tournament in Yakima on Friday, Nov. 11. If they lose, they will play in the second round of playoffs on Saturday, Nov. 5, at King’s High School in Shoreline. After a couple days of well!!HUGE!!
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“They have all worked very hard this season, and I am looking forward to a great match on Thursday,� she said. — Cheryl Pruett is the mother of a Vashon volleyball player.
Three Vashon High School tennis players ended successful seasons at the Tri-District tennis tournament last week, where they took on the most talented young tennis players from across the region. Singles player Zach Barker lost two matches to players from Overlake and Charles Wright. The doubles team of Chris Cirillo and Will West also lost two matches against teams from Charles Wright and Friday Harbor.
Vashon tennis coach Jake Dillon said he was proud the players made it to districts, something he said is an accomplishment in itself because Nisqually league tennis is so competitive. “Districts are tough. The state champs always come out of our district,� he said. “I’m proud of them for getting that far.�
McMurray soccer goes for league title The McMurray Middle School boys soccer team played against the Showalter Vikings in a must-
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Park district calls for a new board to resolve dance debate But some in the dance community say the park district is not acting fairly By NATALIE JOHNSON Staff Writer
In an effort to end a bitter dispute that has divided a once-thriving ballet program, the Vashon Park District has told both sides that they need to come together and elect a new board to oversee the fractured organization. Until they do so, the park district’s five commissioners said at their board meeting last week, neither side will have access to the $4,000 in ballet funds that the district holds or theater dates for their annual winter performance. An election has been set for Nov. 14, suggesting that an end to the dispute may be in sight. However, neither party is happy. The chair of one of two ballet boards claims the park district owes her group money, while Betsy Frazee, founder of the program and a member of the other board, says she’ll sell her mother’s diamond-studded wedding ring to cover the costs of a lawsuit she plans to file against the park district. Meanwhile, about 30 dancers continue to rehearse a few acts of “The Nutcracker,� unsure whether this year’s show will be a scaled-back version of what they have put on in years past or if they’ll be able to perform a longer show with full costumes in the Vashon High School theater. “I’m just sick these kids are in the middle of it and they should not be,� said Frazee, who was artistic director of the Vashon Junior Civic Ballet (VCJB) for 17 years. The dispute centers over who controls Vashon’s only free ballet company — Frazee and her new board, helmed by Michael Goth, or the original board chaired by Kamela Trujillo. The two sides parted ways this summer, after a disagreement over swapping theater dates with Vashon Allied Arts’ ballet program escalated into a more heated discussion about who was in charge of the program, Frazee or the board, which
was newly chaired by Trujillo. meeting of the ballet company’s members The park district initially sided with — based on a list of 50 families that the park Trujillo, and signed a contract with her district has compiled from the program’s board, asking them to change their name to last three years of registrations — will be Vashon Island Community Ballet to show held next month. Members from either facthat they had parted ways with Frazee. But tion could be elected, and once a new board after several difficult interactions with both is in place, the district will then release the groups and after Frazee said she was consid- funds as well as the theater dates for the ering a lawsuit, the park district cancelled its winter show. “What I’m looking for at the end of the contract with Trujillo’s group and released the dates that had been reserved for its per- day is a board that is responsive to its memformance of “The Nutcracker� in December. bership, that represents the dancers and At a park board meeting last week, com- gets a show going, and that’s the board that missioners expressed their frustration with gets the money,� Hackett told them. the dispute — a conBut after the flict that has involved a meeting, Trujillo, considerable amount of i8IBU * N MPPLJOH GPS BU UIF FOE PG who is helping staff and board time. “The UIF EBZ JT B CPBSE UIBU JT SFTQPOTJWF organize “I don’t want to go Nutcracker,� said UP JUT NFNCFSTIJQ UIBU SFQSFTFOUT she believes the through this crap anymore,� commissioner UIF EBODFST BOE HFUT B TIPX HPJOH w park district is Bill Ameling told the ignoring the fact %BWJE )BDLFUU DPNNJTTJPOFS group. 7BTIPO 1BSL %JTUSJDU CPBSE that her board The park board — spent about $3,000 involved because the on the production, park district partners with the the dance theater lighting repairs and dance scholarprogram and holds its funds — recently got ships — almost all of it before the district into the middle of the situation, appointing cancelled their contract in September. She commissioner Michael DeBlasi to arbitrate said the district should honor what the the dispute and make a decision. board did under its contract by releasing But DeBlasi decided to try mediation the ballet program’s funds to them. What’s instead, and while Frazee’s group came more, she added, she still doesn’t underup with a written agreement to split the stand why the contract was cancelled after funds, Trujillo’s board decided not to par- the district told them they were a legally ticipate, unhappy the park board didn’t legitimate board. follow through with arbitration. “There were a lot of things that we let go. At last week’s meeting, Trujillo’s board ... But at this point they’re leaving us owing let the park commissioners know they were people money,� Trujillo said. unhappy with the process. She and other board members, she said, “You pulled the rug out from under us,� are hesitant to be part of a new board and Michael O’Donnell, a member of Trujillo’s enter into a new contract when the one board told the commissioners. signed in September wasn’t honored. The But the commissioners returned the vol- original contract stated under the park disley, noting they were fed up, as well. trict’s responsibilities: “Disbursing funds as “We got near the finish line, and all the requested by VICB board designee.� sudden we get back to this again,� DeBlasi Susan McCabe, the park district’s prosaid. gram coordinator, said that at one point the “You had five months to come to an park district’s lawyer issued an opinion that agreement,� commissioner David Hackett funds should be released to VICB board added. “This (meeting) is the arbitration.� members as they spend them. However, Hackett put forward a motion to resolve since then, the park commissioners decided the conflict, which passed unanimously. A to hold all of ballet funds until the program
has what they feel is a legitimate board. “There was a legal opinion that the money should go to them, but that legal opinion was not accepted by the commissioners,� McCabe said. Hackett said he hoped a newly elected board that represented the families in the program would agree to reimburse those who spent money. But Trujillo said if members of both factions are elected to the new board, it’s unlikely they would agree on anything. She added that dance instructor Kim Gallo and some of the dancers have said they will never work with Frazee again. Throughout the course of the conflict, she said, Frazee has made harassing phone calls to ballet families. At one point, Trujillo said, Frazee screamed and cursed at volunteers in front of dancers, an event that Frazee denies. “We’re at risk of losing our director and dancers. It’s almost like (the board is) setting us up to have the program fail because they know these things,� Trujillo said. But Frazee, in an interview after the meeting, said she is pleased with the park board’s decision. Emotional at times, she said the most important thing is that she have access to the dancers again, claiming she’s been told not to call ballet families or show up at rehearsals. “I think it’s a pretty good idea we do this,� she said. “It should have been done months ago. I don’t understand why they are so late doing it.� Frazee said she hopes the new board makes her the executive director of the program, but went on to explain that she will soon begin working with four of her former dancers as part of her own dance company. At the same time, she said she says she’s still planning to sue the park district over what has happened. “They set it up in the first place, this division, with incorrect information,� she said. As the election and the winter performance draw near, the nature of this year’s production hangs in the balance. As Trujillo noted, the company would normally be advertising its show by now. “There will be a performance,� Trujillo added. “It’s just a matter of what size and where it will be.�
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People with computer-related questions and minor problems frequently stop by Vashon Tech Support for help, according to business owner Terry Peters. When the problems can be resolved so quickly a fee for service is not warranted, people have the option of leaving a tip, which Peters then passes on to a local nonprofit organization. The amount of money varies each month, Peters noted, ranging from as low as $25 to as much as $120. Beneficiaries so far have included the Experience Food Project, the Vashon Senior Center, Vashon Island Pet Protectors and Wolftown. Peters credits his wife Gillian Callison with coming up with the idea. “We’re very happy to do it as a business on the Island,� he said.
When she was 6, Sarah Lake St. Germain recalled, she got in trouble for cutting someone’s hair and charging for it. But if it put a crimp in her aspirations, it certainly hasn’t limited her as an adult. Today, St. Germain is a licensed cosmetologist and the owner of a new salon, Uninhibited Ink in Vashon Village. With the addition of three other women, the small shop across the street from the Vashon Library offers tattoos and massage in addition to a full range of hair styling and coloring services. Many people on the Island know St. Germain as a former owner of Curves and as the mother of three active boys. She is also recognizable for her spirited sense of style. “When people look at me, they worry,â€? she said, sporting an asymmetrical haircut with streaks of purple. “But I’m very good at the very normal. ‌ When they are ready for a change, I am good at that too.â€? She opened on Oct. 1 at the former site of the Chamber of Commerce, transforming the interior with bright pink walls and zebra stripes. The colorful interior fits in with her business goal, she said: She wants to build a business that will be comfortable to people of all ages, especially teens. So far, St. Germain noted, she has had clients ranging in age from 6 to 85. Both St. Germain and Sarah Browne, the other stylist working in the salon, were trained at the Gary Manuel Aveda Institute in Seattle. The training was rigorous and instilled in them a focus on customer service, St. Germain said, so that people feel well cared for while there and leave with a style that is the look they want and fits their lifestyle. She noted that she keeps flexible hours, offering appointments on Sundays and as late as 8 p.m. during the week. In addition to owning Curves, St. Germain has also been a chemical dependency counselor. “It’s a really cool thing for me to
Lawyer expands services to include mediation David Cooper, a Vashon Island attorney for more than 30 years, has expanded his legal practice to include mediation and arbitration services. “More than ever now I see people in need of a low-cost resolution process on Vashon,� he said in a news release. �Mediation, in particular, offers a way to get to a solution quickly and efficiently and leaving the parties still talking to one another.� He said he expects his mediation practice will largely serve unrepresented people grappling with family law matters, such as divorce or child custody issues. Cooper’s office is located at Courthouse Square. He can be reached at 463-3608. For more information, visit his website at www.davidcooper legal.com.
Life coach opens new practice at Full Circle Amy Kessel, a certified life coach, has opened a practice at Full Circle Wellness Center, where she’s begun working with women to make “meaningful change in their personal or professional lives,� she said in a news release. Kessel, who has an undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College and a master’s degree in social change and development from Johns Hopkins University, is a member of the International Coaches Federation and the Puget Sound Coaches Association. On Vashon, she serves on the board for Vashon Youth & Family Services and Hestia Retreat. Kessel’s life coaching consists of weekly sessions over the phone or in person. Most clients see Kessel for three to six months, she said. To learn more her style of coaching, visit her website at www.amykessel. com or call her at 459-4825 to schedule a free 30-minute consultation.
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Sarah Lake St. Germain, seated, opened Uninhibited Ink and shares the space with, from left, Sarah Browne, Kate Kibler — decked out for Halloween — and Kristin Baron. be 42 and doing what my heart really wants to do,� she said. Joining St. Germain and Browne are Kristin Baron, one of the former owners of Gusto Girls, now a licensed massage therapist, and Kate Kibler, a tattoo artist. Browne, the daughter of Islander Marie Browne and the most recent addition to the salon, hopes to be settled in this week. “I love doing it all,� she said. “But I most enjoy men’s haircuts.� Baron, whose business is called Blossombodywork, said she has been interested in massage therapy since she was 18, but her love of the restaurant industry prevented her from pursuing that path until recently. She graduated from Renton Technical College in June and is also practicing in Fremont. She is available on Vashon on Sundays and Mondays and offers 90-minute appointments on a sliding scale. Baron said she provides integrative massage with a variety of techniques, including deep tissue massage, reflexology and Swedish methods. She specializes in women’s con-
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cerns, including treatment of fibromyalgia, reproductive issues, pregnancy and postpartum massage. Kibler, owner of Mojo Rio Tattoo, said she has always been captivated by tattoos and is drawn to light-hearted, whimsical designs. To become a skilled tattoo artist, she interned for a year with Doc Elsea, who owns the Leavenworth Tattoo & Piercing Haus. She has been a tattoo artist now for three years. “I always feel like it’s such an honor to be able to tattoo someone,� she said. “It’s so personal to them. For them to come to me and ask me to be part of that, it’s very humbling.� Noting that she is the second tattoo artist on Vashon, she said, “I think our clients are really different. Between our two styles, we’ll be able to satisfy a lot of different people.�
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A wartime tradition: Islanders have long supported troops overseas By BRUCE HAULMAN and TERRY DONNELLY For The Beachcomber
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ashon Island has a long history of supporting our troops serving in far-off wars. On Veterans Day it is appropriate to recognize how the Island has always celebrated and supported our veterans. During World War II (1941-1945), Vashon postmaster John Ober began to pay tribute to the Island’s military men and women by compiling the “Island Roll of Honor.� Vashon veterans served in every branch of the armed services and in every theater of the war. Of the 431 men and women recorded, many members of the same families served, and each community sent its young off to become what would later be called “the greatest generation.� A gold star was placed next to the names of the 13 killed. There are 20 women among the 431 names, and 12 of the veterans were Japanese-Americans who had been interned before they volunteered and were sent to the European front. The framed Roll of Honor originally hung in the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall. It is now on display in the Vashon-Maury Island Heritage Museum. During the Vietnam War (1964-1973), Islanders organized to send cookies to troops serving in Southeast Asia. When Islander Linda Harmeling Kendrick learned that churches across the country were sending home-baked cookies to troops, she decided to organize the women from the Vashon Presbyterian Church. Linda’s husband Staff Sgt. Larry Kendrick was serving with his 115 men near Tuy Hue in the II Corps Tactical Combat Zone of central South Vietnam. The Presbyterian women baked chewy fruit bars for their first shipment of cookies and collected three-pound coffee cans in which to ship them. Vashon was “very supportive of the troops over there. The ‘Cookie Project’ was something tangible that we could do to show our support,� Shirley Gilliland recently recalled. In the 1968 Beachcomber photograph, Mrs. Kendrick, Mrs. Harlan Gilliland, Mrs. Hoot Gibson and Mrs. Leon Rosser are pictured packing 26 cans with cookies for shipment. In 1968, married women were referred to by their husband’s names, not by their own names; things have changed. During the Iraq War, which began in 2001, Islander Sue Nebeker decided to take action to support wounded warriors by organizing a quilt-a-thon of more than 80 people to make quilts for returning wounded troops. This was the beginning of the American Hero Quilts project. By this Veterans Day, American Hero Quilts will have delivered more than 10,000 quilts to our wounded warriors. In the 2011 photograph, pictured left to right are Colleen McClure, Sharon Aukland, Marie Blickfield, Margaret Bickle, Nancy Zellerhoff and Jo Ann Bardeen with some of the red, white and blue quilts ready for delivery to wounded warriors. Islanders have also supported troops
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during the Afghanistan War, which also began in 2001. When 1st Lt. Robert Bennedsen was killed on July 18, 2010, the Island organized to fulfill his family’s plan to support the men and women under his command by sending care packages to those who never received anything. The Fallen Soldier’s Platoon Project was born to send items the troops had requested, including mechanic’s gloves, green uniform socks, sunscreen, hand warmers, preserved foods, powdered Gatorade, cans of tuna, toothpaste, toothbrushes, razors, reading material, flip flops and hard candy. Islanders are encouraged to support the project with donations of cash or items. Although 70 years separate World War II from today, the 1945 Island Roll of Honor, the 1968 Cookies for Servicemen Project, the current American Hero Quilts project and the current Fallen Soldier’s Platoon Project all represent Vashon’s commitment to honor our troops in the midst of war, no matter how controversial the war may be. We have learned to honor our servicemen and women whether we agree or disagree with the decision-makers who send them in harm’s way. — Bruce Haulman is a Vashon historian. Terry Donnelly is a nationally recognized landscape photographer.
4FWFSBM FWFOUT BSF QMBOOFE UP NBSL 7FUFSBOT %BZ OFYU XFFLFOE At 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, at the Land Trust Building, the Heritage Museum will sponsor “Women and the Vietnam War,� a talk by Dr. Marianne Jacobs. Jacobs served as a nurse in Vietnam during the war, was on the Vietnam Women’s Memorial Committee and is a noted anthropologist who studies the role of women in the Vietnam War. On Friday, Nov. 11, Vashon Eagles #3144 will host a Veterans Day Dinner. Social hour will begin at 5 p.m., dinner at 6, and Portage Fill will play at 7. The dinner — smoked brisket, potatoes au gratin, beans, cole slaw, corn bread and cheese cake — is free for Vashon veterans and $5 for their spouse or widow. For others, it’s $15 per person. Tickets, available now, must be purchased at the Eagles in advance of the event. And on Saturday, Nov. 12, American Hero Quilts will hold a fundraiser to recognize having delivered more than 10,000 quilts and to raise funds to continue its work. The fundraiser will include an English Tea from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. and a silent auction — including cocktails and appetizers — from 7 to 9:30 p.m., both at Vashon Island Books located at the former VFW Hall.
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“When we walked into the Lisabeula School,â€? Phil told the commissioners last week, “it just sort of captured our heart. ‌ I’d like to see this structure survive.â€? It used to be that the Island’s children attended one of 13 such schoolhouses on Vashon. During the Island’s Euro-American settlement period, in the 19th and 20th centuries, the Island was a constellation of communities centered largely around the waterfront and connected, if at all, by boat, not by road, according to Island historian Bruce Haulman. Several of those old schoolhouses still exist. Of the eight that were going strong in the 1920s, five survive, according to a document the county drafted as part of the landmark designation request: Center School, located near Minglement, Columbia School off of Cove Road, Maury Grade School off of Point Robinson Road, Quartermaster School just north of Morgan Hill and Dockton School. Of those, the Lisabeula Schoolhouse is the most intact, the county says. As a result, historic preservationists were pleased when the Johnsons stepped forward in an effort to get their house registered as a landmark.
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Kathy Johnson rings the bell in front of the house she shares with her husband Phil. “It’s a lovely building and really neat that it still exists,� said Holly Taylor, a Vashon resident and historic preservationist who met with the Johnsons shortly after they made their request. “And it’s really neat that it’s owned by people who care about it and want to preserve that history.�
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Vashon Lutheran Church 18623 Vashon Hwy. SW (1/2 mile south of Vashon) Children’s Hour 10:30 am (Sept.- June) childcare available Holy Communion Worship 10:30 am Pastors: Rev. Bjoern E. Meinhardt Rev. Jeff Larson, Ph.D., vm: 206-463-6359 www.vashonluthernchurch.org/JeffLarson/JeffLarson.htm
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And rich in history it is. The schoolhouse was the third to serve the once-thriving waterfront community called Lisabeula. The first proved too far away from the community, and the second burned down in 1923 or 1925 after a kerosene stove flared up and caught the curtains on fire during a meeting between the teacher and the community’s mothers, according to early historian V.S. Van Olinda. The new schoolhouse was built on the same foundation as the second — a two-classroom structure with no plumbing or electricity. A play shed — a barn-like structure that gave the students a place to let off steam — stood nearby. The schoolhouse closed in 1936, shortly before Vashon established its first all-Island district, but the structure continued to be the site of Island activity. During World War II, according to the county’s landmark narrative, it was used by the Red Cross and the Civil Defense for classes and other wartime activities, such as rolling bandages. After that, the Ernst family, owners of a nearby farm, bought it, using the north half of the building to store hay. Later, they let the Unitarian Fellowship use the building as a temporary venue; other community groups also held meetings there, until the Ernsts remodeled the structure into a home with a kitchen and bathrooms. Meanwhile, the founders of Vashon Allied Arts built a stage in the play shed, using it as its first performance venue some 40 years ago, Koler said. The structure has changed a lot over the years, the Johnsons noted during a recent visit. One of the two classrooms is now their living area, with a kitchen, family room, bedroom and bathroom; the ceiling has been dropped and walls added. But the northern half — or the second classroom — is little changed, and to walk into it is to step back in time. The ceiling is 15-feet high; a bank of beautifully framed windows, from waist-height to the ceiling, lets in a flood of filtered light. Other features of the house hint at its previous life. The play shed still stands, giving the site more context and meaning in the eyes of historic preservationists. The home’s front entrance is a wide double-door with windows — just the kind of door a teacher might throw open to release a hoard of restless children. And next to the wrap-around front porch is a cast-iron school bell; when Kathy rang it, it let out a loud, rich peel. The couple — she’s an artist and he works for King County Metro as an operating engineer — has had their fair share of surprise visits over the years. They recalled one time when a woman simply walked in, thinking it was a Jewish synagogue. And the couple is braced for more visitors, now that it’s been landmarked. But they think this home that they’ve come to love is worth the extra protection landmark status provides. And now, with the possibility of some low-interest loans or even grant money that comes with landmark status, they hope to undertake some needed repairs to the structure. “It’s a real peaceful home,� Kathy said. “Even though I love to travel, I always love to come home to it.�
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Vashon is a unique rural environment in an otherwise developed regional landscape. There is nothing similar to this place for fifty miles in any direction: Vashon has pastoral areas similar to Lopez; there are wildly verdant rain forests reminiscent of coastal wilderness; there is little traffic (except when the ferry off loads), and people tend to say, “Hi,� to you, whether they know you or not. There are only two shopping malls (located in the town core) and no places where the houses are exactly like the next door neighbor’s. The reason for this is that the Island petitioned King County to be zoned rural in the early 1970’s, so in many regards, large-scale development froze at that point. Vashon has many happy secrets that are not apparent when you are shopping in stores on the one-block-long main street. To discover the wonderful hidden qualities that Vashon-Maury Island has to offer, contact Windermere Vashon, to speak to a real estate professional who understands everything from schools and septic systems to opera and metal artists. Enjoy the benefits of working with an agent who really knows Vashon!
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Simone is an absolutely gorgeous cat with a captivating personality to match. This is a cat that has been well loved and taken care of. Sadly, her person was unable to keep her so Simone is now at VIPP looking for a loving home to match her previous one. As her namesake, Simone de Beauvoir, once said, “Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now without delay.� Don’t delay coming to meet this girl. You won’t be disappointed. Date of entry 5/4/11 Jag is the quintessential Manx cat, the cat that acts like a dog. He likes to follow along with his humans by their side. He loves being picked up. His favorite place is in a lap. He is totally easy going. This boy was brought into the veterinarian to be euthanized because his blood sugar level was at a diabetic level. The veterinarian did not euthanize Jag and indeed made him the office cat. Unfortunately, Jag had a tendency to get out the front door and the clinic was on a busy street, so he is looking for a safe indoor home. Jag needs to be on a strict high protein diet to keep his blood sugar in check. Jag is a senior and would love to be adopted by one himself.
Charlie is a beautiful and sweet 11 month Brittany Spaniel mix. He is just weeks out of a hoarding situation and is still very shy, but you can tell he really wants to play and be part of the gang. He needs a family who is patient, loving and will put his best interests first. Help him build his self confidence and the rewards will be unending. If you would like to meet Charlie please contact Vashon Island Pet Protectors at 206-567-5222. There is a $125 adoption fee. Follow VIPP on Facebook -http://www. facebook.com/pages/Vashon-Island-PetProtectors-wwwvipporg/100662740020048
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EASY LIVING!
Not far from Burton Beach Low-maintenance 3 bdrm, 2 bath mfd home has a bright & open interior with vaulted ceilings, large deck. Big garage, large yard & pond! MLS #287332 $189,000
DILWORTH HIDEAWAY
Cute cabin on 75’ waterfront Drop-dead gorgeous views! Completely remodeled 2 bdrm, refinished fir floors, new kitchen cabinets, bath updates, paint & more. Offered at $310,000
WESTSIDE ACREAGE!
Utterly private, beautiful land Sunny, mostly level truly lovely 6.52 acres also has a ravine with abundant wildlife AND a camper’s cabin! Subject to inspection. Offered at $139,000
BIG VIEW, BIG VALUE!
Custom-built, beautiful home A rare find! Award-winning gardens, finely finished 4 bdrms, 2.5 bath home, garden house, & sweeping Sound/Mt. Rainier views. MLS #199811 $595,000
Land For Sale Val Seath Mg Bkr, GRI 206/790-8779
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PARADISE COVE
Near town & Northend ferries! True NW style! Lots of wood & stone, 3 bdrms, 2-1/2 baths, fireplace, den, bonus room, on just over 2 acres of pasture & orchard. MLS #265935 $475,000
Glenacres‹2.52 AC
Big trees & pretty trails - adjoins a vintage home also for sale, for the ultimate getaway. #274531 $190,000
Westside‹70’ WF
Great views! Recreation beach lot has level parking area & is the perfect place to relax & have fun. #274764 $65,000
Low-bank Westside waterfront! 1.56 acres & 100’ of beach, bulkhead & boat davit! Four bdrms, 2.5 baths, hardwood, granite & slate, garage/shop & studio. MLS #223742 $850,000
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8228 SW Hawthorne Lane MLS #166435 $549,000
3 bdrm‹2 bath‹5.37 AC
Picture-perfect country living in a sunny Westside setting! Easy care ranch home has pine floors & wood stove. Barn, garage, fenced pasture, lots of garden space. MLS #270372 $419,000
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8032 SW Hawthorne Lane MLS #220111 $279,000
3 bdrm‹1 bath‹.45 AC
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‡ Len Wolff (206) 300-7594 Jean Bosch (206) 919-5223 Deb Cain (206) 930-5650 J.R. Crawford (206) 954-9959
4 bdrm‹2 bath‹9.89 AC
A terrific buy! Two-story farmhouse set amid sunny pasture, woods & fruit trees near Dockton Park. New hdwd floors, new appliances, just needs a bit of finishing. A rare find! #276872 $395,000
8011 SW Hawthorne Lane MLS #265801 $434,000
Magical gardens surround this terrific home that’s just a few blocks from Seattle ferries! Maple floors, new kitchen, new bath w/deep soaking tub, fresh paint and more. MLS #238835 $299,000
Sophia de Groen (206) 992-4636 Susan Lofland (206) 999-6470 Phil McClure (206) 696-1800 Krista Dehnert (206) 406-4840 Val Seath (206) 790-8779 Leslie Ferriel (206) 235-3731 Nancy Sipple (206) 465-2361 Crist Granum (206) 419-3661
3 bdrm‹1 bath‹.17 AC
Great location and super-easy care -never cut your grass again, it’s cut by the community association! New vinyl windows, sunny home is on bus line & near schools. MLS #239864 $189,500
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