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Islanders question health center merger Clinic officials say care will remain the same By SUSAN RIEMER Staff Writer
For more than a decade, the Vashon Health Center has been managed by Highline Medical Center, a nonprofit health organization based in Burien. Now, however, Highline — and with it, Vashon’s largest health clinic — are part of the Catholic-owned Franciscan Health System, and some islanders are voicing concerns. Those involved with the change say it is
a welcome turn of events, a chance to bring greater financial stability to the clinic at a time when Highline was facing a difficult financial picture. But others fear this new partnership could limit medical choices in significant ways. The merger comes at a time of increasing attention to the growth of Catholic health systems throughout the country and in Washington in particular. The American Civil Liberties Union estimates that by the end of this year, 47 percent of hospital beds in the state will be in Catholic-operated facilities. Now, health care activists and others are taking note and raising ques-
tions, particularly those concerned about reproductive health, end-of-life issues and the influence of the Catholic church over health care practices. A community meeting, spearheaded by islanders with questions about the recent transaction, will take place on Thursday, April 25. Mark Benedum, the CEO of Highline, and Dianna Kielian, the senior vice president of mission for the Franciscan Health System, will speak and answer questions. Those involved with the new affiliation, SEE HEALTH, PAGE 23
POI charts a new path in an effort to help Puget Sound By NATALIE JOHNSON Staff Writer
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Potential cuts to ferry service stir concern Tahlequah route would see a reduction under a legislative plan By NATALIE JOHNSON B Staff Writer St
The remaking of an organization
An island nonprofit that made headlines during the battle against Glacier has reinvented itself, and with a new name and a renewed vision, it’s once again making waves in the shoreline development world. Amy Carey, director of the organization, announced last week that Preserve Our Islands has become Sound Action, a regional watchdog group that will seek to hold construction permitting agencies accountable for protecting aquatic habitat in Puget Sound. And in its first watchdogging effort, Sound Action has released an audit that the group believes shows the state Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW) isn’t following specific permitting laws meant to protect forage fish, a backbone of Puget Sound health. “We have run Puget Sound to the brink,” Carey said after the announcement last week. “It really is past the time for agencies to be doing their jobs — not creating new laws, but paying attention to the laws that are on the books.” However, the state, so far, doesn’t seem receptive to Sound Action’s message. Randi Thurston, WDFW’s protection division manager, said she believes the agency does follow the laws in question and does all it can to protect aquatic habitat. “The biologists here are really passionate about what they do, and they care about the fish,” Thurston said. “They take their jobs pretty seriously. One of them said, ‘It feels like I got punched in the gut.’” Carey, however, said there’s a dire need for oversight of regulatory agencies such as WDFW, agencies that issue permits
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Amy Carey and Susie Kalhorn hope the new organization will work with regulatory agencies to improve their permitting processes and better protect habitat.
Islanders are urging state lawmakers to avoid what they call significant cuts to fe ferry service proposed for the south end of o Vashon. The House transportation budget released earlier this month proposes cutre ti the last trip of the evening on the ting Point Defiance-Tahlequah route as well as P o mid-day run, extending the mid-day one service gap on the route from two hours s to three hours and saving the state an estimated $780,000 a year. The Senate plan m retained current ferry service. re Vashon’s ferry advocates, however, say they th worry the service reductions suggested by the House would make it tough g for fo drivers to get on and off the south end during the day, prevent islanders from d going to Tacoma in the evening and send g more cars to the north-end ferry. m “The effect would not be catastrophic, but b very noticeable and would really affect people who regularly travel to Tacoma,” p said Todd Pearson, an islander paying s close attention to the situation. “And to c some degree, it could affect the triangle s route. Any additional pressure is a bad r thing.” th The House transportation plan also includes cuts to the Port Townsendin Coupeville and Clinton-Mukilteo routes C for fo an estimated $2.2 million in total savings. s Pearson said he has written to lawmakers e about the impact that cuts would have on o Vashon, and some others he knows have done the same. h “They’re aware we have our pitchforks in hand, and the torches are burning,” he h said. The state ferry system has been in the red re since the motor vehicle excise tax expired in 2000. Since then, the state has e transferred about $30 million a year from tr other parts of the transportation budget to o maintain service. However, those accounts m SEE FERRIES, 12
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The Maury Island open space formerly owned by Glacier Northwest will likely see funds for restoration and improvement from a new county parks foundation, King County announced last week. On April 9, King County Parks announced it has established a new foundation with a $75,000 initial gift from a Seattle wealth management firm. The parks agency, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, hopes to grow the foundation to $7.5 million over the next decade, largely with gifts from the private sector. The county has already identified the 250-acre Maury Island site it purchased from Glacier Northwest in 2010 as one of seven priority projects it hopes to funnel foundation money into in the coming years. The property, which the county has designated as a natural area, contains large madrone stands, sweeping views of the water and one of the largest undeveloped shorelines in all of Puget Sound. King County Parks spokesman Doug Williams said it was too soon to tell when the site would see foundation funding — or even if it definitely will — as officials are just in the beginning stages of fundraising. Other priority projects identified by teh agency include enhancing Tanner Landing Park near Mount Si in North Bend, investing in and preserving new open space and creating a 16-mile bike and pedestrian trail connect-
ing Lake Washington and Puget Sound. “There isn’t a large pot of money yet, and there certainly is no plan in place yet for how to expend the funds,� Williams said. A committee tasked with looking at King County Parks’ future in 2002 recommended that the agency establish a foundation to ensure long-term financial stability and to invest in large-scale projects as the region continues to grow. The foundation came to fruition this year with a $75,000 seed donation from Laird Norton Wealth Management, a business founded in 1967 by descendants of early Seattle business partners William Harris Laird and his cousins, Matthew G. Norton and James Laird Norton. The county’s Department of Natural Resources and Parks is currently working with the state Department of Ecology to develop a cleanup plan for the Maury Island site, which is tainted with arsenic and lead from the historic Tacoma Smelter Plume. The county is also finalizing plans to eventually install some limited amenities, such as picnic tables and a parking lot, at the site. Officials have also suggested the former mining site, which is full of Scotch broom and blackberry, would benefit from environmental restoration similar to work currently taking place at the nearby Maury Island Aquatic Park. “There’s so much work to be done at the Maury Island site and on so many different levels,� Williams said.
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Low-interest loans will be available as soon as next month for homeowners in Vashon’s marine recovery areas (MRAs) to repair or replace their failing septic systems. King County, which received funds for the septic loan program last summer, announced last week that it has chosen a lender to administer a $350,000 revolving loan program for islanders in MRAs who have been told to update their systems. It selected Craft3, a nonprofit lending organization that has offices in western Washington and Oregon, to administer the loans. “We’re very excited about this, and I know the community is excited about it,� said Stella Chao, deputy director for environmental health at Public Health – Seattle & King County. “We want to get it up and running soon.� Chao said the agency chose Craft3 from several organizations that applied to administer the program because it has experience with lending for septic work and would take a broad approach when considering loan applicants and their needs. “They take into consideration a lot of different things that aren’t what your standard financial institutions consider when you apply for a loan and get a certain interest rate. Craft3 will look at other issues specific to Vashon Island property owners,� Chao said. Several islanders, including Carl Sells and Tim Johnson with the Vashon-Maury Island Community Council, have long advocated for King County to provide financial assistance to those who couldn’t afford the septic work required by the state. A new septic system can cost between $15,000
and $40,000, and some who own property within an MRA, Chao said, have low incomes, are elderly or inherited their homes. “Property owners that we know are going to have financial hardship,� she said. “They are not necessary people that have a lot of money.� The county tried twice before to secure funding for a loan program, but was unsuccessful, in part, Chao said, because many homeowners had yet to return the proper paperwork on their existing septic systems. Now, fewer than 10 homeowners have yet to respond to the county with information on their septic systems. They are accruing fines of $25 a day. “All of the folks that turned in operation and maintenance reports and contacted us so we could we could have an assessment of the situation were part of our success in getting these funds,� Chao said. The county eventually secured $350,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Nation Estuary Program. Chao said that thanks to efforts by former Gov. Chris Gregoire and former Rep. Norm Dicks, almost all of the funds from the federal program that were designated for Puget Sound went to the new septic loan program. “This money is meant for restoring Puget Sound, and King County got the bulk of the money,� she said. “We do have a lot of population here, but it was a recognition by the state that this was an important place to invest in.� The county plans for Craft3 to open applications for loans by May 10. Those who live on Quartermaster Harbor will have priority in the loan disbursement process.
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Vashon Lutheran Church will host a dinner this Friday to raise funds to create a commercial kitchen that will serve the church, the island’s free dinner program and the wider community. Earlier this year, the church received a $5,000 grant from Thrivent Financial for Lutherans for this project. The grant came with an offer of a matching community donation of 50 cents on the dollar, for a potential gift of $7,500. To help it bring in all the money possible, the church is inviting islanders to come by for a homecooked lasagna dinner with all the fixings on Friday — and give generously to the cause. As part of the meals program, a hot meal is served every day on
Vashon, with a cadre of volunteers purchasing, preparing and serving the meals. Each Friday the Lutheran Church hosts the dinner. But the program is limited by a lack of storage and preparation space, according to Lynn Meindhardt, the secretary of the church. A new kitchen will allow volunteers to cook in the kitchen instead of transporting food from elsewhere and will also allow them to make and store what is leftover to send home with individuals and families in need. Harmon Arroyo, the coordinator of the meals program noted the church’s participation in the meals program has blossomed under the direction of Rev. Bjoern Meinhardt. “They’re just champions of the meals program right now,� he said.
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Popular musician reflects on world travels | Welcome Vashon interview Welcome Vashon, the nonprofit that aims to welcome and connect islanders, recently interviewed several highprofile Vashon residents on the idea of welcoming. Jenn Reidel, a member of Welcome Vashon, conducted the interviews and wrote articles about what welcoming means to various islanders. Her interview with musician Paul Colwell is the first in her series of articles to run in The Beachcomber. By JENN REIDEL For The Beachcomber
Musician and songwriter Paul Colwell has been welcomed all over the world. He is a member of the country/ bluegrass/world music band the Colwell Brothers, which his brother Steve started 65 years ago in California. As teenagers, Steve (guitar), Paul (mandolin, banjo and guitar) and Ralph (bass) signed with Columbia Records and were regulars on many radio and TV shows, performing with such country stars as Tex Williams, Tennessee Ernie Ford and Little Jimmy Dickens. Just as their careers began to take off in the early 1950s, the Colwell Brothers were invited by the MRA (Moral Re-Armament) to travel for a year and use their music as part of the organization’s conciliation work in postwar Europe and other parts of the globe. It was then that Colwell saw how music could be used to bring people together and to inspire change in the world. That first year turned into 12 years of traveling, which took the brothers to more than 50 countries on six continents, where they sang in 42 languages. Upon his return to the United States. in the 1960s, times were changing. “There was much that needed to be taken down as well as lifted up, such as civil rights,� Colwell said. In an effort to express a common humanity, he and his brother Ralph wrote the popular hit “Up With People,� and shortly thereafter the Colwells and their longtime colleague Herb Allen founded the international educational youth program of the same name. Paul coordinated the creation of the musical productions with as many as five casts of up to 700 young people traveling each year. This included several Super Bowl halftime shows. He still serves in an advisory capacity for the organization today. Now in his 70s, Colwell continues to work with young
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whether someone else’s home or someone else’s country, you go on the basis of wanting to learn something. Do not go on the basis of comparison, but on the basis of appreciation. That is very important. We sang for the leaders of many countries. We felt that if we could influence the leaders, they could affect change in their countries where needed. And we sang in the remotest villages. We would write a song for each country we visited. Sometimes we had only two or three days to write the song and translate it into the language of the country we were going to. When you go to a foreign country, it is important to try to speak in their language if possible, or at least learn a few words in their dialects. It touches them when you show that kind of interest in their culture. Tell me about some of the songs you wrote for the countries you visited. The most profound experience for me was singing at the independence celebrations of the Congo in 1960. The song we wrote for the occasion, “Vive le Congo,� became the signature tune for the Congolese National Radio’s daily newscasts. We were in the Congo when things were in turmoil. The United Nations was trying to bring stability. Once we were pulled over by a village militia who thought we were spies. We told them we were the Colwell Brothers. We were very well known in the country, you see, for we were doing radio shows every day. They did not believe us. They took us to the village and demanded we sing our songs to prove we were the Colwell Brothers. Little kids packed around us so tight you could barely play your instrument. Luckily our singing convinced them, and then they welcomed us with wine and much celebration. The music was the magic. You said a lot of the songs you wrote during your travels were lost because you didn’t have any recording equipment. So, in a sense, your songs were gifts to the people. Yes, our songs were our thank you. Thanking them for their hospitality and friendship. We tried to get a feel for the spirit of the people and capture it in each song. We broke down barriers and built bridges of understanding. Music played a very powerful role in doing that. — Jenn Reidel is a freelance web designer, fine art photographer and writer who lives on Vashon. To read more of her Welcome Vashon interviews, see www.welcomevashon.org.
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A spring morning holds promise — and cake
Is health care choice at risk? Islanders want to know
It was a splendid Saturday morning in early spring, bursting with limitless optimism, perfect for learning a foreign language, training school-aged children to pick up after themselves or beginning large yard projects involving truckloads of poured concrete. Three of our four kids were methodically insulting each other in the backseat as I managed the wheel of our beat-up minivan in the brilliant-white early morning sunshine. We drove past our emergency backup grocery store, where we usually shop on Christmas Day or Thanksgiving because our regular grocery store has closed. Across the nearly empty parking lot, we saw large yellow and black banners draping the front of the store, advertising new and presumably more capable management and the day’s grand opening in huge black script, with door prizes, store coupons and a drawing to win a dazzling stainless steel propanefired barbeque grill that gleamed in the sun near the entrance. On this giddy morning full of extravagant promise, it seemed perfectly fitting that we might stop by our emergency backup grocery store, win a handsome stainlesssteel barbecue and grill thick steaks for friends that afternoon. We were greeted inside the glass doors by the new manager, a harried man in black glasses with a friendly smile and curly black hair, welcoming us to the grand opening and gesturing toward a stack of entry forms for the barbeque drawing to our left, mentioning that if we could wait, in minutes the store would be conducting a cakewalk. I was in a cakewalk once. Tex Ritter’s “Turkey in the Straw� blared on a tinny portable record player, and two dozen kids and I walked around a circle of numbers until the
Repeatedly, those involved with the Franciscan Health System and Highline Medical Center say nothing will change as a result of the merger between the two entities. We want to believe them. But even while they say it will be business as usual, some are sounding the alarm, in large part because of a 43-page set of “directives� issued by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops — directives, the report notes, that Catholic-run health care systems and their employees are required to follow. The directives (Google “Catholic ethical and religious directives� and read them for yourself) are long and complex — a set of principles fully based in Catholic theology. Catholic health care systems, the directives note, are dedicated to serving the poor, uninsured and under-insured, to promoting social good, to helping those who are vulnerable and on the margins of society. But when it comes to a woman’s reproductive freedom, to a man’s ability to get a vasectomy, to birth control or to a person’s end-of-life decisions, choice is severely curtailed. And the directives don’t mince words. “Catholic health care organizations are not permitted to engage in immediate material cooperation in actions that are intrinsically immoral, such as abortion, euthanasia, assisted suicide, and direct sterilization,� the report says on page 37. Or consider this, from page 27: “Catholic health institutions may not promote or condone contraceptive practices but should provide, for married couples and the medical staff who counsel them, instruction both about the Church’s teaching on responsible parenthood and in methods of natural family planning.� Should a woman face an ectopic pregnancy, a complication that can cause a woman to hemorrhage and bleed to death, “no intervention is morally licit which constitutes a direct abortion.� And if a woman is raped, “It is not permissible ... to initiate ... treatments that have as their purpose or direct effect the removal, destruction or interference with the implantation of a fertilized ovum.� It’s hard to reconcile the promise of “business as usual� with the words in these 72 directives. What’s more, there’s ample evidence in other parts of the state and country that patients’ rights have been curtailed because theology trumped science. Why should we care on Vashon? If we’re not happy with the Vashon Health Center’s services, can’t we just take our business elsewhere? Yes, of course. But Catholic ownership of health care systems is on the rise; according to The New York Times, 20 mergers between Catholic and non-Catholic hospitals have been announced over the past three years and more are expected. Indeed, an organization called MergerWatch exists for the sole purpose of advocating for medical care free of religious doctrine. Next week, islanders will have a chance to ask questions about this merger, thanks to a meeting organized by a few civic-minded women on Vashon and willingness on the part of the Franciscans and Highline to accept their invitation. We hope many will come. While the merger’s already a done deal, it’s important that islanders put the Franciscans on notice that we want law and science — not theology — to guide our local clinic’s practices, now and in the future.
FAMILY LIFE By KEVIN POTTINGER music stopped, and I didn’t win a cake. I noticed that the store had been rearranged and freshly cleaned and painted, and it hummed with renewed purpose and energetic enthusiasm after decades of slow decline. I scribbled our name on an entry form and dropped it into a slot cut in the top of a cardboard box. It was still early, and the store was mostly empty; clerks were scurrying around with armloads of stuff, straightening and sweeping. There were numbered squares in bright green tape stuck to the scarred and yellowing linoleum floor. Our three kids stood inside the nearest square and waited, elbowing each other for advantage. I explained that their chances would likely improve if they each occupied their own squares, so they fought over one particular square near the cash registers, while I took a square over in produce, shushing them from afar. Presently the manager beckoned to a pleasant woman who disappeared into a backroom off the bakery and without preamble, switched on a microphone and called out a number on the overhead speakers. “Number 19.� The cakewalk had begun. There was a moment of confusion when no one knew exactly where number 19 was, or if anyone was standing on it. As it turned out 19 was back by the beer. It was still kind of early for beer. She called another. “Number 13.�
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I could see that square 13 was unoccupied from my spot near the tomatoes. Our youngest son patrolled the perimeter of his square near the cash registers, apparently prepared to defend it with force. The pleasant lady called another number, six, which sat empty a few squares distant from our oldest daughter, standing by the Cheetos. “Number eight.� Empty. Things were going awry with the cakewalk game. “Number four.� Empty. Our youngest girl investigated the racks of tempting candy bars. “Number 10.� A couple of disheveled guys buying malt liquor stood unsteadily on square 19, grinning. The lady calling the numbers reappeared from the back room looking exasperated. Surveying the checkout lanes, she found our youngest son vigilantly guarding his square. She returned to the room. “Number nine,� she declared flatly. The manager with curly black hair and friendly grin grabbed our youngest boy’s hand and held it up like a champion prize fighter. I snapped a picture with my cellphone. One of the clerks clapped and whistled. Someone wooted. We were all just making it up as we went along. The pleasant bakery lady presented our son his cake, chocolate with chocolate frosting in a snap-together clear-plastic package. Before we left we bought groceries and a double-tall mocha to take home to my wife Maria. On the way home, I exclaimed, “We won a cake! Wait ’til we tell Mom!� Our youngest boy was silent for a moment. He said the cake was OK, but it wasn’t as good as the one he won last year. It didn’t matter. The morning was still young.
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Tax time: ’Tis the season to spread new-found wealth around Vashon GIVING By ELIZABETH SHEPHERD
Spending money where you live is a good investment It’s that easy-come, easy-go time of year. Have you decided how to spend your tax refund? OK, it wasn’t easy come, not at all. Most of us work hard for our money, and the hangover of the Great Recession is still throbbing for many on Vashon. But still, right after April 15 is a time when some of us have a few extra bills in our wallets. Your tax refund is technically the repayment of money you have loaned the government. But still, it can feel like a gift when you pull the check out of the mailbox. So why not pay a percentage of it forward by spending it on Vashon? Here are a few ideas:
Give it to the kids. The Vashon Schools Foundation is in the midst of its third annual campaign to raise $500,000 to support Vashon Island School District programs. The Foundation, created in response to a woefully underfunded state education budget, makes it possible for our school district to continue to thrive when many others have faltered. Our schools still have low student-teacher ratios, athletics, arts and music programs, high test scores, a high college acceptance rate and targeted
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to an island organization devoted to safeguarding our fragile, changing Puget Sound environment. For the beauty of the earth, we all need to give green. Blow it all at the Farmer’s Market and other island businesses. What if we all vowed to shop exclusively fresh and local for one week in May? Think of the marvelous things we could buy: radishes, kale and rhubarb, caramels and chocolates, wine and beer, aromatic coffee, fresh egg, and, of course, brightly colored spring flowers. No buyer’s remorse there, ever. So no, your tax return was not easy come, easy go. A better maxim in times like these? How about, “what goes around, comes around?� — Elizabeth Shepherd is The Beachcomber’s arts editor.
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8&%/&4%": t Chamber of Commerce Board Meeting: 8 to 10:30 a.m. at the chamber office. Toddler and Infant Story Time: Stories, songs and bounces for ages 3 to 21 months with a caregiver. 9 a.m. Wednesdays through May 1 at the VYFS PlaySpace, hosted by the Vashon Library. Open Bridge: All levels of players are welcome. 9:30 a.m. to noon, or take lessons from Daphne Purpus from 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesdays at the Vashon Senior Center. Morningside Farm Community Meeting: Representatives from the Morningside Farm LDS Church Camp project will meet with the community to respond to concerns submitted during the Department of Permitting and Environmental Review’s recent comment period. 6 to 8 p.m. at the Morningside Farm Church Camp Dorm Building, 20400 131st Ave. S.W.
5)634%": t Lecture Series: The Burton Community Church is continuing its lecture series, “The Passions: Philosophy and the Intelligence of Emotions.� Herb Reinelt leads the group. This week’s topics are Emotions and the Self and What is Emotional Experience? 4 to 6 p.m. at the Burton Community Church. Vashon Vespers: This 35-minute service is meditative and musical, a chance for stillness and grounding. Rooted in the Christian contemplative tradition, Vespers is open to all. Childcare is provided. 7
p.m. at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit. Chamber of Commerce Membership Mixer: Everyone is welcome. 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Island Insurance Center, 17804 Vashon Hwy. S.W.
'3*%": t Master Gardeners: The experts will help with gardening questions, plant identification, natural disease control and more. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. outside True Value. Movies and Popcorn: British grand dames Helen Mirren and Julie Walters lead the cast of “Calendar Girls� about women who pose in the nude to raise money for a local hospital. 12:30 p.m. at Vashon Senior Center. Hazardous Waste Collection: King County’ s Wastemobile will be on Vashon to collect household hazardous waste items, including fluorescent bulbs/tubes, pesticides, oil-based paints and automotive products, such as oil, antifreeze and auto batteries. Free. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, April 19 to 21, at the old Tjomsland Gravel Pit, 17001 107th Ave. S.W. Dine for a Cause: Vashon Lutheran Church will offer a dinner to support the free community meals program and help the church remodel its kitchen. Dinner will be by donation. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Lutheran church. (For more information, see page 4.)
4"563%": t Farmers Market: Stop by for early produce, more than 50 varieties of plant starts, a variety of artisan-made items and more. Recent Maine transplants Link Harjung and Sofia Albam will provide the music. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Village Green. Master Gardeners: Stop by for advice on improving garden soil, gardening help, plant disease identification, resource materials and more. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. outside True Value. Hazardous Waste Collection: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 17001 107th Ave. S.W. (See April 19 entry for more information.)
16#-*$ "/% $-6# .&&5*/(4 Vashon Sewer District: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 18, at the Vashon Senior Center. King County Airport District #1: 7 p.m. Thursday, April 18, at Courthouse Square. Sunrise Ridge Health Services Board: 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 23, at the conference room at Sunrise Ridge. Kiwanis: 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, at the Vashon Eagles. All interested people are welcome for dinner on the first, second and fourth Tuesday of the month. For more information, call Jan Lyell at 229-8085.
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Recycle Building Materials: Drop off reusable materials, such as windows, cabinets, doors, sinks, clean lumber and light fixtures. Staff will decide if materials can be reused. For more information, contact the King County Solid Waste Division at 296-4466 or see www.kingcounty. gov/solidwaste. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, April 20 and 21, at the transfer station. See Antique Cars: Join The Galloping Gerties, the Tacoma Ford Model A Club, for an afternoon and photo shoot. Talk to the drivers and take a tour of the lighthouse with Captain Joe. 10:30 a.m. through lunchtime at Point Robinson. Adopt-a-Cat Day: Vashon Island Pet Protectors hosts a cat adoption day each Saturday. For more information, see www.vipp.org. 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 12200 S.W. 243rd Street. The Art of Retreating — Guided Visualization: Amy Kessel, certified life coach, will guide women and girls through a process to illuminate what’s alive in them professionally and personally. Register at valerie@hestiaretreat.org; The cost is $20 with scholarships available. 2 to 4 p.m. at a location to be given with registration. Teen Night: Learn how graphic novels are written and produced by independent comic book author and artist Elizabeth Guizzetti. Topics will include developing ideas, character design, plotting, story boarding and more. An adult must sign teens in and out. 6 p.m. at the Vashon Library.
46/%": t Unitarian Fellowship: This week’s youth-led service will explore values and spirituality in many different ways — together and alone, through creativity, listening, learning and living. 9:30 a.m. at Lewis Hall behind Burton Community Church. Hazardous Waste Collection: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 17001 107th Ave. S.W. (See April 19 entry for more information.) Recycle Building Materials: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the recycling and transfer station. (See April 20 entry for more information.)
Performance Pilates Open House: Join Esther Edelman in her new studio and learn about Pilates and its approach to exercise. There will be free demonstrations on new equipment and open house specials for those interested in classes. See www.facebook.com/ vashonpilates for more information, or call Edelman at 463-6765. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 1212 Monument Rd. Senior Center Potluck: Good food will bring together old friends and new ones. 2 to 4 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center.
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56&4%": t Family Story Time: Enjoy stories, finger plays, music and movement for children from newborns to age 6 with a caregiver. 11:30 a.m. at the VYFS PlaySpace, hosted by the Vashon Library. Downton Abbey Marathon: Starting with the first season, “Downton Abbey� episodes will be played on the big screen Tuesdays through April 30. 12:30 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center. Band Students Perform: The Vashon High School and McMurray students who recently performed at the solo and ensemble contest in Tacoma will perform their pieces. Included in the lineup will be the popular Percussion Ensemble from the high school. Free. 7 p.m. at the Methodist church.
61$0.*/( Health Care Information Meeting: Learn more about the merger between Highline Medical Center, which manages the Vashon Health Center, and the Franciscan Health System. 7 p.m. Thursday, April 25, at McMurray Middle School. (For more information, see page 1.) Prescription Drug Take Back: Volunteers from VARSA, the Vashon Pharmacy and the King County Sherriff’s Office will be on hand to safely dispose of unused or expired medications. For more information, contact the Vashon Pharmacy at 463-9118 or Lee Ockinga at 463-9328. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 27, at the Village Green. Community Cinema: This month’s film is “The Island President,� which explores how Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives is working to ensure that his tiny country doesn’t disappear under rising sea-levels. A discussion with local climate change experts will follow the film. Free. 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 30, at the Vashon Theatre.
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The Vashon school district’s annual Science Fair will meet from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. this Saturday at McMurray Middle School. Projects middle school students created will be on display, as will exhibits by Sawbones and Vashon Audubon. The Vashon High School Robotics Team will be there to judge student entries and will bring robots for kids to experiment with. Barbara Gustafson will offer a variety of hands-on projects, including a mini fossil dig and a chance to explore chemistry, aerodynamics, magnets, motors and rocketry — with the ever-popular stomp rockets. Karen Fevold, this year’s fair coordinator, encourages all families to come by for the activities and to see the exhibits. “It’s always exciting to see how the students have decided to use science to explore their world,� she said. Above, Zach Van Dusen experiments with fish printing at last year’s science fair.
CLASSES SAT Prep: This three-session course will prepare students for the SAT by reducing anxiety, increasing confidence in abilities and providing students practical and proven strategies. Register with the Vashon Library at 463-2069 or see www.kcls.org. 3:30 p.m. Fridays, April 19, April 26 and May 3, at the Vashon High School library. Nourishing Nature Workshops for Girls: Girls ages 11 to 14 will practice wilderness cooking, wild edible feasting and herbal medicine-making as a gateway to learning more about the natural world outside and within themselves. The cost, $350, includes one overnight with scholarships available. Register at www.vashonwildernessprogram. org. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday,
April 20, at Camp Sealth. Capoeira/Karate: UMO member Lyam White, capoeira and karate practitioner and personal trainer, will offer a demonstration class. Kids and adults are welcome. People who are interested in taking an ongoing class are invited to contact info@umo.org. The cost is $15 per person and $20 for a parent and child. 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Sunday, April 21. Baking and Bookmaking: Through Vashon Allied Arts, Adam Cone and Megan Hastings, who own Snapdragon, will offer a baking class for kids ages 7 to 11 from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 21, and Allison Trundle will teach the Art of Bookmaking for ages 16 to adult from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays, April 20 and 27. For more information on these classes and others, see www.vashonalliedarts.org.
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SCENE & HEARD: SCHOOL DAYS The Harbor School’s recent benefit auction, Trip the Light on Art, generated record-breaking support for the school and sold-out attendance, two “firsts� in the school’s history. A special appeal for a new arts initiative received a surprise challenge gift from Charley and Lanora Rosenberry that matched all donations dollar for dollar. In all, the event raised over $109,000. At left, Rosenberry, auction chair, and Allison Reid, a volunteer, enjoy a moment together at the auction.
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4BWF UIF EBUF GPS CBMMFU More than 100 students from the Vashon Allied Arts Center for Dance will perform one of literature’s timeless love stories, “Romeo and Juliet,� plus a program of student-choreographed original dance works, at 1 and 7 p.m. Saturday, April 27, and 1 and 5 p.m. Sunday, April 28, at the Vashon High School theatre. Tickets, $10 and $13, are available now at www. vashonalliedarts.org, The Heron’s Nest and by calling 463-5131.
$FMFCSBUF B MJGF XFMM MJWFE A celebration of the life of Geoff Johns, a local percussionist, performer, educator and world music scholar, will be held on Sunday at the Grange Hall, at 10365 S.W. Cowan Rd., adjacent to the north-end ferry parking lot. Johns died of cancer last month at the age of 54. The memorial, which will include food, music, memories and more, starts at 4 p.m. and will continue into the evening. Bring a potluck dish. To help defray the expenses of Johns’ illness and death, consider a donation to Team Geoff, an account at the Puget Sound Cooperative Credit Union. To help in other ways, email teamgeoff@rhythmjoy.com.
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That question is at the heart of Drama Dock’s spring offering, “Black Comedy,� set for a run at Vashon High School this weekend. The wild British farce, written in 1965 by Peter Shaffer — who went on to write the blockbuster Broadway and West End hits “Equus� and “Amadeus� — is built on a simple conceit: When the stage lights are up, the characters in the play are in the dark, and when the lights go out, they can suddenly see. “It’s the perfect situation for physical comedy,� said island theater artist Steffon Moody, who is making his Drama Dock directorial debut with the show. “The premise is very unique, and that’s what interested me in the play in the first place. I thought it was a great theatrical problem to work with.� Moody has cast a constellation of some of Vashon’s funniest thespians to tackle the slapstick and pratfalls required by the show. Marshall Murray, a rubberfaced actor who has starred in several Drama Dock shows and musicals, will tackle the role of “Black Comedy� plays at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday at Vashon High School. Tickets, $15 and $10, are on sale at Vashon Bookshop and at the door.
Brindsley Miller, a hapless young sculptor. The play is set in motion when Miller borrows some expensive furniture from a neighbor’s flat without permission, in a desperate attempt to impress two visitors, a wealthy art collector and his fiancĂŠe’s father, a pompous colonel. Stephanie Murray, Marshall’s wife and another A-list Drama Docker, plays the ex-girlfriend of the sculptor, who shows up at an inopportune time to add further chaos to evening that goes seriously awry when a fuse blows, plunging everyone into darkness. Other cast members include Bryanna Savalesky, as the fianecĂŠe, Chiam Rosemarin as the fiancĂŠe’s father, Dianna Ammon as an eccentric upstairs neighbor, Randy Marinez as the owner of the purloined furniture, Louis Mangione as the millionaire art dealer and Fred Albert as a German employee of the London electricity board. The ensemble, Moody said, has been a delight to work with. “They are all really strong and professional,â€? he said. “Marshall is a brilliant leading man — he’s jumped into inventing the physical comedy. The whole point of the show is the physicality, and you have to invent it and make it up. So he tries a lot of things, and whenever I laugh, we know we’ve got something.â€? Moody brings a wealth of experience to his role as the show’s director. A founding member of UMO Ensemble, he has performed for the Big Apple Circus, penned a show for Teatro
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group was something new for him. “I wound up designing the set as well, so things kind of snowballed,� he said with a laugh. He said he hopes islanders will come out to see the show. “It’s going to be a really funny physical comedy,� he said. “It is not a serious play. It’s just a lot of fun, and the actors are fabulous.�
Island kids find the rhythms in a play by Shakespeare A group of 7- to 13-year-old island kids has teamed up to tackle the high drama of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,â€? and they’ll show off what they’ve learned about swordfighting, family feuds and doomed romance at a free performance this weekend. The show is the culmination of a class offered by the Vashon Shakespeare Festival, a new organization on the island founded by AimĂŠe Lewis van Roekel, a talented theater artist and educator who recently moved to the island. Lewis van Roekel teaches weekly Shakespeare-for-kids classes and camps at Ober Park. “Romeo and Julietâ€? is her second offering; earlier in the year, she led an afterschool class that explored the Bard’s “Twelfth Night, or What You Will,â€? a more comedic and playful work. But this time around, she said, her students have embraced the challenges of a play she said is often misunderstood as simply being a love story. “It’s really much more about the pointless war between the two families, so that’s fun
balcony scene,� she said. Lewis van Roekel brings a wealth of experience to her work. As a performer and director, she’s worked with companies in New York and San Francisco, piling up an impressive list of credits and collaborations with well-known theater artists. And as a teacher, she brought the educational programs of the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival to at-risk youth throughout the Bay Area. Family connections and her husband’s job in Seattle brought Lewis van Roekel to Vashon, a place she said she’s excited to share her love of Shakespeare with children. “The kids on this island are smart,� she said. “They are really fearless — there is not a lot of timidity with these kids.�
Tamsen Henry strikes a pose during swordfighting practice for “Romeo and Juliet.� for them — kids can get into that,� she said, adding that she has let her students act their ages when it come to the passion that is also embedded in the play. “They just giggle their way through the
—Elizabeth Shepherd “Romeo and Juliet� plays at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Ober Park’s performance space. Donations to defray production expenses are welcome. For more information, visit www.vashonshakes.org. Scholarships are available for all classes.
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as possibly “one of the greatest ensemble works Seattle hip-hop has produced, and it’s undeniably one of the best things to come out of this town in years.â€? The show’s other headlining act, Seattle MC Kublakai, is the musical vehicle for Vashon High School graduate Ian Waller, who has also received praise from The Stranger. An entry in the newspaper’s Line Out music blog said that “honesty and passion ‌ have always been prominent in Kublakai’s tracks.â€? A recent Kublakai video, “One of a Kind,â€? features ballet dancer Meg Sayre, a Vashon High School junior. Opening acts for the headliners will be an eager ensemble of Vashon High School students. Kate Atwell and Mallory Breen will perform a duet. The band Trocadero, made up of Dan Green, Henry Kenoyer and Quinn McTighe, will play. Peyton Levin and Tanner Montague will perform a duo act, and Donald Evans III (aka Peter Evans) will also take the stage. The kids in the opening acts have polished their performances with music mentor Jacob Bain, an islander and bandleader for the groups Publish the Quest and Trolls Cottage. Sharing the Stage began in 2010, when islanders Fred Strong, Harris Levinson and Rob Bordner joined forces to create a concert series aimed at teenagers on Vashon. So far, the trio has presented shows by Visqueen, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Thomas Marriott, the Blue Scholars and Zac Anthony and Kate Goldby of The Wellingtons. “We wanted to produce shows in professional
Step into the spotlight at two events celebrating art and poetry. 1PFUT BSF JOWJUFE UP CSJOH UIFJS OFX PS GBWPSJUF QPFNT UP B DPNNVOJUZ reading at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 4, at the Land Trust Building. At the reading, local poets will share the stage with poets who have been published in Jean Davies Okimoto’s new anthology, “The Weird World Rolls On.� Following the readings, the names of Vashon’s new poet laureates will be announced. For more information, email vashonpoets@ gmail.com. 7JTVBM BSUJTUT DBO TIPX UIFJS XPSL JO 7BMJTF (BM MFSZ T MBUFTU BMM JTMBOE BOE CFZPOE JOWJUBUJPOBM TIPX slated to take place at the gallery in May. Stop by the gallery, located in the heart of town, this Saturday to find out more information about when and where to drop off your artwork, or visit www. valisegallery.org.
It’s time for the latest in a series of innovative concerts that pair top Seattle music acts with young island performers. The series, called Sharing the Stage, will bring Seattle hip-hop sensations The Physics and Kublakai to the Open Space for Arts & Community on Saturday night. The Physics are real-life brothers Thig Nat and Monk Wordsmith, joined by producer Justo D’Amato. The trio has been making music together since they attended O’Dea High School in southeast Seattle. They’ve released three full-length albums and performed at venues including Sasquatch, South by Southwest, Bumbershoot, Capitol Hill Block Party and every major nightclub in Seattle. Along the way in their musical journey, The Physics have become critics’ darlings and hometown heroes of the Seattle music scene. The Stranger’s Larry Mizell, Jr. described “Love is a Business,� the group’s 2011 album,
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The Physics (left) and Kublakai (above) will play. venues, where kids would be psyched to go, feel respected and not be told they can’t dance the way they want to dance,� reads a statement on the series’ website. “We wanted to acknowledge the passion, hard work and dedication that kids put into the music that means so much to them.� — Elizabeth Shepherd Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and music will begin at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Open Space for Arts & Community. Tickets are $15 for students and $20 for adults. Purchase them in advance at www.brownpapertickets.com.
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are running dry, officials say, and the state estimates a $3 billion shortfall over the next decade to maintain highways and continue ferry service. Those who have watched lawmakers wrestle with the transportation budget the past several years note that current proposed cuts aren’t as sweeping as what’s been put forward in the past. Last budget session, officials proposed completely eliminating five ferry routes, including the Point Defiance-Tahlequah and Southworth-Vashon runs. And last fall, Washington State Ferries, with a mandate to shave $5 million from its budget, put forward a plan that included cuts to Vashon’s south-end route as well as extended the period of reduced winter service on the north end. “I have to say that they are less this time, ‌ but for Vashon, this is about a serious of a cut that we can have,â€? said Greg Beardsley, chair of Vashon’s Ferry Advisory Committee. Beardsley recently spent time in Olympia with a handful of other islanders, lobbying lawmakers to sustain ferry service and delegate funds to continue building new vessels. Both the House and Senate transportation budgets provide $107 million to complete two 144-car ferries currently under construction, but not to build additional badly needed boats. “Seven vessels are over 45 years old, and not one of them is in good shape,â€? Beardsley
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nesses there and need to travel back and forth during the day. “It’s a good sign that there are not proposed cuts on the north end, but cuts on the south end would affect people on Vashon, too,� he said. “That still needs to be fixed.� Fitzgibbon said there is still hope of passing a comprehensive transportation package this session, enacting new taxes to fund high-
way projects, maintain rural roads, avoid cuts to ferries and even build new boats. But at the least, he hoped the Legislature, as it has in past years, could move funds around to avoid the proposed cuts. “This year cuts are small enough it may be possible for us to find the money. There are still some places we can look,� he said. In a move that has garnered mixed reactions, the Senate transportation committee also included in its budget $250,000 to fund a study and plan to convert ferry fare collection to the state’s Good2Go electronic tolling system. Good2Go is currently used to collect tolls on the 520 Bridge and the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Last winter, a private consulting group suggested the state could save money by using the same tolling system on ferries. Beardsley said the idea itself wasn’t bad, but on Vashon it would likely mean allowing passengers and walk-ons to ride free while steeply increasing vehicle fares. “It is a very real possibility,� he said. Fitzgibbon said he thought such a radical change in the fare structure would be a hard sell. “It’s something we need to give a little more scrutiny to,� he said. As for the service cuts currently on the table, Fitzgibbon said concerned islanders should contact members of the House and Senate transportation committees with specific examples of how the reductions would affect their lives. Budget talks are scheduled to wrap up this month. “When people can be specific about the hardships associated with service cuts, that’s helpful information for other legislators to have,� he said.
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Local businesses discover the benefits of LED lighting LED bulbs use less energy, last longer and don’t create heat By NATALIE JOHNSON Staff Writer
In the 1990s, compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs) revolutionized the lighting world with their energy saving glow. Now, there’s a new bulb on the scene. More and
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McClements said several other Vashon business or organizations have also taken advantage of the Small Business Lighting Program, including the Vashon Senior Center, the Vashon Quilt Shop and The Hardware Store Restaurant. Though there’s currently no such PSE program for homeowners, McClements said now is a great time for islanders to change their homes over to LED. There are a wide variety of LED bulbs available, she said, including ones that cast a warmer glow (look for a low Kelvin rating). There are also good options for LED-specific light fixtures that work well with the bulbs and maximize their energy saving potential. LED bulbs cost more up front, but need to be replaced much less often — some can last up to 30 years. “Paying $8 for a light bulb that is going to last 30 years probably pencils out in the end, and it makes sense to do that,� McClements said. To learn more about PSE’s Small Business Lighting Program, call the Energy Advisor Hotline at 1-800-562-1482, or stop by Vashon’s PSE community office.
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BACK TO THE FIELD: After several Vashon High School teams paused play during last week’s spring break, the young athletes are at it again. Varsity baseball plays an away game tonight against Seattle Christian; the track and field team will compete in a meet tomorrow at Charles Wright. and boys varsity soccer plays an away game against Cascade Christian on Friday. For more team schedules, see www.vashonislandathletics.org.
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Pirate baseball pounded by strong Fife team By RITA ALLMAN For The Beachcomber
After having their planned doubleheader in Chelan cancelled due to bad weather, the Vashon baseball team was left with only one non-league game to play over spring break. The team traveled to Fife on Thursday to take on the Trojans and lost, 14-0. Fife is a 2A school that won a league title last year and is currently leading its league this year with a record of 9-1. Vashon coach Steve Hall, however, always likes to challenge his team, and this proved an opportunity to do so. Josh Myer pitched the first three innings for the Pirates, allowing three earned runs on four hits. He gave up only one walk and had no strikeouts. Ezra Lacina relieved in the fourth and ran into some trouble, giving up six hits and five walks in twothirds of an inning. When the dust had settled, 11 runs had been scored. Kelly Sullivan came on and recorded the final out. On this day, there was no Pirate offense as Trojan senior hurler Andrew Waltner threw a no-hitter. Waltner had five strikeouts and allowed no base on balls. Line score: Fife 14 runs, 11 hits, 3 errors, Vashon 0 runs, 0 hits, 4 errors. With spring break over, the Pirates continued league play on Monday after press deadline with a game against Cedar Park Christian at home. — Rita Allman does web and team support for the Pirates baseball team.
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Tucked into the Cascade foothills southeast of Eugene, Dexter Reservoir provides a picturesque setting for the Covered Bridge Regatta, a recent addition to the spring rowing calendar for both Vashon’s master and junior programs. Last weekend, more than 1,000 rowers representing 39 clubs participated in the dayand-a-half event: a 2,000-meter sprint course for the juniors and 1,000 meters for the masters. Race officials and rowers played cat and mouse with some squalls on Saturday, pushing the last races of the day way past dinner time, but in the end all of the scheduled races were rowed. On Sunday morning the strong headwind from the day before gave way to a light tail wind and a calm surface to the delight of the crews. Vashon rowers participated in 24 juniors and nine masters races. Strong competition from Oregon, Northern California and some noteworthy Seattle-area clubs meant that many races had all eight lanes filled, and Vashon left with fewer gold medals than in previous regattas this spring. In total, the juniors collected three gold, seven silver and seven bronze medals, while the masters earned two silver and four bronze medals. The junior novice four with Fletcher Call, Jacob Plihal, Lorenzo Higuera and Forrest Miller, coxed by Ally Clevenger, started Vashon off early with a solid win of 15 second over all 18 other boats in the category. Later on Saturday, Tea Schafer and Leanne Anderson rowed
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From left, Fletcher Call, Jacob Plihal, Lorenzo Higuera and Forrest Miller came in first in the novice boys four race. Ally Clevenger was the boat’s coxswain. their novice boat to an astounding first-place result in a junior varsity race with 300 meters of open water on their nearest competitor. In the final race of the regatta, the girls’ varsity four of Taegan Lynch, Maya Krah, Emmie Kehoe and Bryn Gilbert, coxed by Clevenger, rowed to a twoboat-length win. Also noteworthy at this regatta, masters women rowers Su Dewalt, Marilyn Kleyn, Kim Goforth, Lisa Huggenvik and Mary Rothermel medaled in all four of the races that they entered, taking two silver and three bronze medals (two Vashon boats competed in one of the races). In fact, between the masters and juniors, all but one rower returned with at least one medal. To put some perspective on the 2,000 meter race distance,
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it is the same as the length of the track at the Kentucky Derby. Race horses cover that distance in about 2 minutes, compared to the best times at Covered Bridge of around 7 minutes. Because of the availability of daylight and weather conditions, crew training is sometimes done on a rowing machine or ergometer, and the 2,000-meter distance is a benchmark on land as well. The “erg� is a tool that tells rowers the hard truth about just how hard they pulled that last stroke. Just as every serious runner knows his or her marathon time, every rower knows his or her 2,000-meter erg score. Rowers like to say that “ergs don’t float,� meaning that being able to pull a very low time on a rowing machine doesn’t ensure a championship performance on the water.
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The Covered Bridge Regatta calculates a team efficiency score for all of the junior teams represented. Since there are big and small clubs that enter many and few races, respectively, this calculation attempts to level the playing field in awarding a team trophy. Based on that calculation, the Vashon team placed eighth out of 16 junior programs represented. Coach Richard Parr again was pleased with the efforts of both the masters and the juniors. “We were in the top three in the vast majority of our races, but there is still work to do,� he said. “We don’t compete against the California teams except at Nationals, and the strength of those programs is a good calibration for us.� — Pat Call is a recreational rower and parent of two junior crew members.
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-JMB -FF (JMMJBN Lila Lee Gilliam was born on Dec. 17, 1928, in Seattle, to Homer Bostain and Nellie Alexander Bostain. Like many families during the Depression, the Bostains moved to California for work. Her parents and older brothers worked in the fields on her uncle’s ranch while Lila watched her younger sister. Once the economy
improved, Lila’s family moved to Vashon Island. As an adult, Lila moved with her daughter to Seattle, where she held a variety of jobs. She worked at the Seattle World’s Fair in l962 and managed one of the restaurants at the Edgewater Inn, the hotel where famous performers stayed in Seattle. While working at the Rainier Brewery, Lila became one of the first women hired to their quality control department. She continued her education while working there and was one credit short of earning an engineering degree when she retired. It was at the brewery that Lila met John Gilliam, who she later married. John died
at 46. Upon her retirement, Lila moved to Sutherlin, Ore., to be near her daughter and grandchildren. Despite suffering from hearing loss, Lila attended as many of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren’s activities as she could. She was a voracious reader and familiar patron at the local library and book stores. Lila cherished her friends at the Sutherlin Senior Center and had fun preparing treats for their birthdays. Lila died on Dec. 19, 2012, with her family by her side. Lila was preceded in death by her husband John, her mother and father, brothers Richard and
Gilbert, sister-in-law Joni, sister Jean, and son-in-law Gary Von Derahe. She is survived by her daughter Claudette; grandson Cord and his wife Jennifer; granddaughter Michele and her husband Greg Sanberg; grandchildren Gavin, Savannah, Abigail, Madeline and Elizabeth; brother Ken; sister-in-law Sally Bostain and numerous nieces and nephews.
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to be floating around in Quartermaster Harbor at Dockton. March 15: The construction site at Vashon High School was burglarized. It was the second time items were stolen from the site. March 18: Mail was stolen from a mailbox on the 13900 block of 240th Street. Someone trespassed during the night at Bonsai Nursery in Dockton on the 28200 block of 99th Avenue. March 19: A man was banned by police from the Vashon Library and the Chevron gas station. March 24: A sailboat was reported stolen on the 9200 block of Harbor Drive. It was later discovered that the sailboat had broken loose and drifted away. March 22: Someone was found to possess stolen property on the 17000 block of 135th Place. March 26: A motorcycle was stolen during the night from under a carport on the 20300 block of 87th Avenue. March 27: A package was stolen from a mailbox on the 9400 block of 183rd Street. Nearby mailboxes appeared to have been opened as well. March 28: A woman attempted to steal five bottles of wine from Thriftway. She was caught before leaving the store and banned from the store by police. Police banned an intoxicated man from his friend’s apartment after he kissed his friend without permission and vomited on her. The man then drove to another friend’s home and arrived there with fresh damage on his vehicle. March 29: An elderly man accidentally crashed his vehicle into his home. March 30: Harassment and vandalism with a baseball bat were reported at a home on the 16600 block of 115th Avenue. A chainsaw was reported stolen on the 9900 block of Windmill Street. March 31: An individual pulled over on the 18200 block of Beall Road was
driving with a suspended license and had a warrant out for his or her arrest. April 1: A hit-and-run accident occurred on the 19000 block of Vashon Highway. The suspect rearended a vehicle and then drove away. Concerns about a vagabond camp near 180th Street were reported to police. Illegal dumping has occurred at the camp, and residents are reportedly concerned that it is a public nuisance and a health hazard. April 3: A truck parked at the Vashon Terrace Apartments was vandalized. All four tires were slashed, the front windshield was broken and the word “tweeker� was spray painted on the tailgate. The victim said he does not do drugs. April 4: A camper parked at a lot on the 9000 block of Dock Street was stolen. April 6: Jewelry was stolen from a home on the 29800 bock of 131st Avenue. A person being arrested assaulted a deputy then kicked out the deputy’s window. April 8: A Gary Fisher mountain bike was locked overnight at the north end Washington State Ferry dock, and the next night it was gone. April 9: A man was found unconscious on the 113th block of S.W. 238th St. A person was driving under the influence of alcohol at S.W. Ellisport and Tramp Harbor Road. April 10: An adult male was arrested on a warrant at the 9500 block of S.W. Gorsuch Road. Methamphetamine was found in his pocket. April 12: A suspect entered a construction area of the Vashon Library at night. Over two months, sculptures bolted to trees at the Open Space for Arts & Community have been stolen. April 13: Two juvenile males climbed a tree to the top of a downtown Vashon business.
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including Vashon Health Center manager Rita Cannell, say that care on Vashon will not be curtailed in any way. “We have been assured time and time again that it will be business as usual,� she said. “Women can still get their birth control prescriptions here; men can still get their vasectomies here if they want them, and to terminate a pregnancy, we will still refer out. Making sure that patients get the care they need will continue regardless of the religious affiliation.� Dr. Gary Koch, a longtime health center physician and the clinic’s medical director, also expressed his support for the merger in a statement released through the Franciscan public relations office. He said the change could be the best thing that has happened to the clinic and, like Cannell, stated that patients could expect the same range of services the facility has always provided. “The Franciscan Health System has assured me that the doctor-patient relationship is paramount and that they’ll support my medical judgment when it comes to caring for my patients; it says so right in my employment contract,� he said in the statement. Other islanders, however, have concerns about the ramifications of a faith-based system providing health care, including Kate Hunter and May Gerstle. The two women organized Thursday’s community meeting and, with a small number of others, have established a group they call Vashon HealthWatch. Hunter and Gerstle said they began collaborating last fall on how to improve the Vashon Health Center facility, an aging structure many consider inadequate. When they learned of the upcoming affiliation, however, their focus changed. They encourage all interested islanders to attend next week’s meeting. “We hope people will come and get their questions answered and be able to make choices on how they’re going to deal with their health care based on what they’ve heard,� Gerstle said. At the heart of the matter, they say, are concerns about just how closely Vashon Health Center physicians will be required to follow a set of guidelines called the “Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services.� These directives, which Catholic health care systems are mandated to follow, are written by the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops and contain 72 guidelines that span six categories, including the professional-patient relationship and beginning-of-life and endof-life issues. The directives state explicitly that Catholic health care services must adopt the directives as policy and adhere to them. Regarding reproductive health, the directives allow only natural family planning and forbid contraceptives. They also prohibit sterilization procedures unless deemed medically necessary and forbid abortion, including for ectopic pregnancies, which can be life-threatening for women. Advocates for end-of-life choice say they’re concerned that Catholic health systems interfere with the Death with Dignity Act, which Washington voters passed in 2008. The law allows patients with a terminal diagnosis and a life expectancy of six months or less to obtain a life-ending prescription from a physician. The directives, however, strictly prohibit physician-assisted death. The Catholic
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Church strongly opposed the law and lob- any changes in health care, she felt dubi- referrals, he said, but he has seen Catholic providers’ policies on the act that call for bied against it, said islander Kay Longhi, ous. “My first response was, ‘Yes, it will,’� she doing so, and Franciscan social workers the president of Compassion & Choices of Washington, a nonprofit that helps said. “That’s just what happens when these and nurses have told him that they are forbidden from sharing information about people with end-of-life decision-making types of deals take place.� Reese, now out of the workplace to care the law with patients or to refer them to and assists people in overcoming obstacles for her young son, decided to reach out Compassion & Choices. in using the law. “They actively try to prevent people from to her former colleagues To those outside a Catholic about the new partner- using the law. ... 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UIFJS IFBMUI DBSF saving abortion for a mother “The frustrations will be only be more That meeting has of four. The bishop excomCBTFE PO XIBU UIFZ WF meeting. not happened yet because common if these Catholic mergers continmunicated her for the deciIFBSE w of scheduling conflicts, she ue and the Ethical and Religious Directives sion, and the diocese severed are enforced,� she said. ‰ .BZ (FSTUMF said, but she hopes it will its connection with the hosLike Reese, she does not believe care will 7BTIPO )FBMUI8BUDI take place soon. pital. remain unchanged. “I am concerned that Regarding the directives, “Everything changes,� she said. “Lots of patients will not have Franciscan’s Kielian said they often incite more fear than warranted. access to a range of health care options, unintended repercussions happen. Times She noted that they are wide ranging and and providers will have to adhere to a set of change, personnel changes. I’m not saying include a mandate to serve the poor and directives that may not be in the best inter- I distrust an individual. I do distrust the system to follow through on the statement pay staff a living wage. They also mandate est of the patient,� she said. that nothing will change.� Of particular worry, she said, is whether that the relationship between a physician At the health center, Cannell also encourand patient is sacred. Physicians that are providers will have latitude or be forced to ages islanders to attend the upcoming follow the church’s directives. part of the Franciscan system are educated meeting. She said she and other staff will “I feel wary of arrangements like this about the directives, she said, and at times be there and will take it as an opportunity because we don’t know,� she said. values will conflict with one another. Robb Miller, the director of Compassion to listen and learn as well. “Primary to this is the patient-doctor “Coming to the forum will be a great & Choices of Washington, also voiced conrelationship,� she said. When Highline sought to merge with cern, particularly about patients who may opportunity,� she said. another health care system, CEO Benedum want to use the Death with Dignity Act. By law, individual physicians and entire said it approached eight health care entities $PNNVOJUZ NFFUJOH heath care systems are allowed to opt out and looked for a good match on mission, of participating, Miller noted, and every A meeting to discuss the merger quality of care, financial stability, local between the Franciscan Health System Catholic health care system in the state has governance and culture. and Highline will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, done so. “As we lined up the criteria, our board April 25, at McMurray Middle School. Jim The law does not authorize health care was unanimous that the Franciscan Health Hauser will moderate. providers to withhold information and System was the best choice,� he said. Highline and Franciscans call their new relationship an affiliation, but Highline is now owned by the Franciscan system, Benedum said. The Franciscan system is one of the largest health care systems in the state. It, in turn, is owned by the Coloradobased Catholic Health Initiatives, one of the largest faith-based health care systems in the country. The deal, announced last June, became effective April 1. Supporters of this change include Cannell, who has worked at the health center for 35 years and has seen it through some challenging times. She described genuine enthusiasm for what lies ahead. “I look at it as very positive,� she said. She cautioned that because the deal has been finalized so recently, many details have yet to be worked out. But, she noted, the affiliation will mean islanders will have access to more hospitals and specialists. The Vashon-Maury Island Chamber of Commerce is accepting nomiIt will also mean the clinic will move to a nations for the 2013 Strawberry Festival Grand Marshal. Nominations state-of-the-art electronic medical records should be submitted to the Chamber of Commerce via letter or email. system by 2014 — something they have When nominating someone please tell us how they have enhanced been trying to get at the clinic for four Island life, given back to the community, their involvement in community years. service work, how long they have lived on Vashon, and why you think Highline has lost money in recent years, they should be Vashon Island’s Grand Marshal. The Grand Marshal will and the health center had to make painful be honored with a special place in the Grand Parade on Saturday July cuts, Cannell said. Patients felt the effects, 20th and the Car Parade on Sunday July 21st as well as their name etched as did the doctors, whose administrative on the Grand Marshals plaque displayed at the Chamber office. workload increased. She had grown concerned about the future of the clinic. “The Franciscans have brought stability Please send nominations for Grand Marshal to the Chamber to us,� she said. of Commerce at PO Box 1035, clearly marked “nomination� Others, however, worry about what price on the envelope or email to discover@vashonchamber.com that financial stability will carry. When islander Kelly Reese, the former with “nomination� in the subject line. Nominations must be legal director of Planned Parenthood of received by 3pm on Friday, May 17th. Western Washington, read a news story in The Beachcomber last fall reporting that the affiliation was not expected to result in
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Deborah Susan Paxhia june 26, 1951-march 24, 2013 Deborah Susan Paxhia, 62, Cottonwood, AZ formerly from Vashon, Washington. Born in Lebanon, Tennessee, on June 26, 1951, and passed away March 24, 2013. Deb leaves a legacy of good works; she was employed with the Boeing Company for 35 years in various management positions. She also owned and operated Paxhia Farm. This was a horse breeding, training and boarding farm for Dutch Warm Blood horses. Most of Deb’s babies (as she called them) were always Olympic hopefuls. Deb’s father served in WW2 as a decorated B17 pilot, she lived and grew up on many Air force Bases throughout the US and in Germany. Deb really enjoyed living and growing up on the Air Force bases. Deb enjoyed traveling and in the past three years traveled throughout the world. Deb made many trips to Europe. She made it to France, Spain and three trips to Italy. She was able to attend three family reunions from Friday Harbor, Washington, Bend, Oregon and Placencia, Belize. She delighted in horseback riding, fine wines, great food, good books and spending time with her grandchildren. Deb was preceded in death by her father William Forsyth, her stepfather John Minkema, her mother Frances Minkema, and her step son Paul Paxhia. Deb is survived by Alan Paxhia, her husband of over 26 years, her sister Pat Thornton (husband Jim), step Brother Doug Minkema (wife Cathy), her step children Michael Paxhia, Lisa Clark (husband Gary), and Susie Paxhia (husband Rich Elgin), grandchildren Ciara Clark, Andrew Clark, Shasta Elgin, Shiloh Elgin, Kea Elgin, Nicoletta Paxhia, and Sophia Paxhia. A celebration of life will be held at Sound Food, 20312 Vashon Hwy SW, Vashon, WA, on May 4, 2013 at 4:00pm. Interment of Deb’s ashes will be on the family farm, Vashon Island, WA in a sacred place that she loved to sit. The family suggests that memorials may be made to Vashon Island Pet Protectors or the charity of one’s choice. Vashon Island Pet Protectors, PO Box 245Vashon, WA 98070.
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set for raccoons and about to be shot by the person who trapped her. Fortunately, someone intervened and saved her little life. Now, after this narrow escape, this girl is looking for a safe home where she can live the life of luxury. Niki is a sweet roll-over kind of cat that would be a great family pet. She looks suspiciously like another VIPP cat named Higgins who was found in the same neighborhood.
Born 2007, Star is a petite and sensitive girl who was completely bowled over by the resident cat in the home that adopted her in 2011. They tried everything to make it work since they were so in love with this little girl. In the end, they knew she could not be happy living with another cat especially one with a big personality. Star is back at VIPP and looking for a home where she can be the only star attraction in her new home.
Cee Cee is a beautiful pit-mix puppy,
about a year and a half old. She is full of energy, but ready to please. She is still being tested with other dogs and cats, but seems to have a very good attitude and wants to show you her charming side. If you are looking for a puppy with energy and a winning personality, come meet Cee Cee. There is $125.00 adoption fee.
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