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Island burglaries lead to Seattle suspect By SUSAN RIEMER
car, according to charging papers. Once apprehended, A Vashon father and he confessed to several resian iPhone app recently dential burglaries in recent helped King County depu- months, prosecutors say. In an interview last week, ties apprehend a man they Vashon resident Gene believe is responsible for several burglaries in King Kuhns recounted the story County, including two on of the burglary at his famiVashon and one that left sev- ly’s north-end home. While eral students without their family members were away, a thief removed a screen backpacks and gym bags. on an open winAut horit ies dow, entered the arrested West “This is a big home and stole Seattle resident case. We think a safe containSean Jeardoe, 20, ing valuables, after burglarthis guy is including jewies at an island responsible elry and a gun. residence and for more than One of the items the Jensen Point in the safe, he boathouse on two dozen said, was his Sept. 9. Jeardoe burglaries.” g ra nd mot her’s was booked into jail Sept. 11 and Sgt. Cindi West, diamond wedKing County Sheriff’s Office ding ring, which was charged in King County he had given to Superior Court his wife and has on Monday with 10 felonies, much sentimental value. including possession of a Beyond the loss of the stolen vehicle, residential material items, he said the burglary and possession theft has had other effects of a stolen firearm, accord- as well. ing to charging papers. The “It has caused us to quescrimes dated from Jan. 26 tion our trust in others and to July 7, 2013. Monday’s be more prudent in our charges did not include the security. We are going to incidents on Vashon, which invest in a security system are still under investigation, with cameras,” he said. according to Dan Donahoe, Not long after the Kuhns spokesman for the King family reported their theft, County prosecutor. members of the junior crew “This is a big case. We team returned to the boat think this guy is responsible house after practice on for more than two dozen Quartermaster Harbor and burglaries,” said Sgt. Cindi found that nine backpacks West, a spokeswoman for and duffel bags containthe King County Sheriff’s ing cell phones, textbooks, Office. A woman was also clothes and money had arrested in the aftermath been stolen. Coach Richard Parr of Vashon’s crimes. She has not been charged yet but is expressed frustration about being held on an outstand- the incident. “It’s really unfortunate ing warrant from her July 7 that some low-life people arrest with Jeardoe. Following the thefts on can have such a negative Vashon, Jeardoe attempted impact on decent kids who to elude arrest and had both support each other and his pregnant girlfriend and a stolen loaded gun in the SEE THEFT, 24 Staff Writer
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A sculptor turns rust into razzle-dazzle art By ELIZABETH SHEPHERD Staff Writer
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The five-foot tall pachyderm has plenty of personality. She has big sad eyes, and a bejeweled headpiece droops royally downward onto her sweet face. And although the baby’s saggy, baggy legs are wrapped in tire chains, a few feathers extend outward from the bottom of her trunk — perhaps, like Dumbo, she is getting ready to fly away. The elephant is Erue’s latest creation, meticulously and creatively fabricated from rusted sheet metal and other found materials, and he’ll be showing it off this Saturday, along with other sculptures, at the WisEnergy Fair in Island Lumber’s parking lot. The fair, held in collaboration with Island Ingenuity and Solar Tour, aims to educate the broader community about ways to conserve energy and live sustainably. Erue’s artworks, and indeed his
entire way of life, seem to be solidly in keeping with the ethos of reducing, recycling and reusing. One of the first stops on a tour of Erue’s property is an area tucked away behind his studio, where he’s neatly laid out piles of items islanders have brought him to use in his work. “All I ask is that people call me first, before dropping things off,” he cautioned. “I want to be sure I can use it, and I’m not going to take people’s stuff to the dump for them.” There’s a twisted pile of rebar, a big pile of brightly colored lawn mower blades, two shiny motorcycle rims, a rusted tractor seat and hundreds of other unidentifiable pieces of metal that once whirred and hummed inside all kinds of machines and gizmos. Now, those scraps of discarded steel are Erue’s raw materials for forging outdoor sculptures that range from whimsical slugs to a majestic eagle with a 5-foot wing span. Using found objects, he said, helps him keep the price of his artwork low. “I get my materials for next to nothing, so I can keep things reasonable,” he said.
Still, he said, pricing his work has always been tricky for him, and he thinks it’s also hard for a lot of artists. “I don’t keep track of my time when I make this stuff, because I’m afraid I’ll find out I’m making $5 an hour,” he said. Some of his creations have found a home in his own backyard. His partner, Bobbi Arnold, is a well-known island gardener, and she’s created several lovely garden “rooms” that surround the small house where she and Erue live together. “If I leave something out for too long, she takes it and puts it in the garden,” Erue said, as he ambled past Arnold’s well-tended beds — garden spaces so beautiful that to walk through them feels like stepping into the pages of a picture book. The place is clearly a labor of love and a place of collaboration between Erue and Arnold. A vegetable garden stands behind an intricate metal gate crafted by Erue. A tree, festooned with blue bottles, is topped by a comical bluebird that Erue cut from SEE ART, 23
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Restoration at Judd Creek set to create healthy habitat for salmon By SUSAN RIEMER Staff Reporter
The possibility for robust salmon runs on Vashon was strengthened last week when King County took the lead in enhancing fish habitat in several hundred feet of Judd Creek. Along a stretch of stream in the 90-acre Paradise Valley Preserve that the Vashon-Maury Island Land Trust owns, workers placed logs in the creek to create pools and protected areas for salmon. While many people — ranging from loggers to landowners — pull dead wood from streams, those logs are essential for salmon to thrive, according to Paul Adler, the project manager for King County’s Small Habitat Restoration Program, which is overseeing this project . “Woody debris is a key element,” he said. Work at the creek was made possible by a vehicle called a spyder hoe, an excavator that is designed to go where other heavy equipment cannot. Given its unusual design, it is able to walk over land, instead of roll across it, and leaves a much smaller footprint behind than other vehicles its size. Adler said he believes there are only two such vehicles in the state of Washington and that this is the first time one has been used on Vashon. Using such a nimble piece of machinery was important both in the stream and on land, those involved with the project said, as it was transporting logs that had been thinned from a stretch of overcrowded woods and carried over a distance of a few hundred yards. “We want to make sure the impacts of the project don’t outweigh the benefits,” Adler said. “It’s really about having the right tool for the job.” Adler called this work a “nuts and bolts” project, but it is part of a larger effort that Tom Dean, the executive director of the land trust, calls a “rolling restoration project” at the large swath of land near the center of Vashon. While the land trust owns the property, Dean said, King County
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Set in place by a spyder hoe, a nimble excavator that can walk over ground rather than roll over it, these logs were moved several hundred feet with little disruption to the natural environment. has a conservation easement to it, meaning that it can do conservation projects there, but is not required to. It’s an agreement that works well for both parties, Dean said. Islander Greg Rabourn, Vashon’s basin steward for King
County, was also involved and lined up the project after walking Judd Creek last year and seeing — in what he called the “ground truth” — just how little wood there was in the stream. Many projects are difficult, Rabourn noted, but this one, in comparison, was relatively straightforward and required a simple direct action to bring about the desired benefits. “This stream needs wood. Let’s do it,” he said, recounting his decision-making process. Also helpful, he said, is that Judd Creek is a large enough system that he can fairly easily direct money for improvements to it. Since purchasing property there over a period of several years beginning in 2004, Dean said they have spent a great deal of time and energy removing weeds and planting conifers, and in particular they are trying to establish more conifers near the stream. They are looking to the future, he said, and are planting trees now for the creek’s health years down the line. “We want conifers to grow and fall into the stream 300, 500 years from now,” he said. Indeed, there is much worth protecting there, Dean said. Judd Creek is home to the island’s most stable salmon runs and rare freshwater pearl shell mussels, and Paradise Valley has the best songbird habitat on Vashon. Future plans include tearing down old homes that are too near the creek and would not be permitted today and, hopefully, developing a loop trail in the area, which would go through an open meadow and the woods and run near the creek as well. Dean noted he is working on a grant for such a trail now, and it would give access for work crews in their ongoing restoration efforts and provide enjoyment to islanders. “Recreation is really important. We think people should see it, touch it and experience it in ways that do not damage it,” he said.
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School bus drivers to vote on striking Bank of America to close this week By SUSAN RIEMER For The Beachcomber
Vashon school bus drivers are scheduled to vote this week on whether or not to strike as they face contract negotiations with an employer many drivers say underpays them. A strike is not imminent, said Jason Powell, the business agent of the Teamsters Local Union No. 763, but the vote, conducted by secret ballot, is a necessary procedural move that would give the union the authority to call a strike if upcoming negotiations fail. A simple majority vote is needed before a strike can be authorized. “I have to follow internal union processes — that I have crossed all the “T�s and dotted all the “I�s,� Powell said. The vote is set for 10 a.m. Thursday with contract negotiations to follow Monday, Sept. 23, Powell said. The bus drivers’ unhappiness with First Student, the bus company that serves Vashon, came to light last month when bus drivers in downtown Vashon handed out fliers, headed with the title “Labor dispute could impact student transportation.� At the time, Powell said island drivers on average earn 5 percent less than the drivers employed by First Student in other school districts. And in Seattle, he said, First Student drivers start out earning $13 per hour and after nine years can earn up to $19.10 per hour.
On Vashon, drivers start at $11.10 per hour and can earn $13.45 per hour after five years, with the exception of a small number of senior employees grandfathered in under a previous pay scale. Looking to the negotiations next week, Powell said he expects that either First Student and the union will reach an agreement on Monday or that the process will become more drawn out and another bargaining date will be set, likely for the beginning of October. Powell noted that Vashon bus drivers are part of this community and will not do anything to surprise islanders or the school board, but they want an equitable wage. “These drivers do not want this multinational company to push them around anymore,� he said. A representative for First Student, which is based in Cincinnati, Ohio, could not be reached for comment on Monday. However, in an earlier email to The Beachcomber, Jen Biddinger, a spokeswoman for the company, said that First Student has been bargaining in good faith with the union representatives and is fully committed to reaching a resolution. Vashon Island School District Superintendent Michael Soltman reiterated his previous comments, encouraging both sides to go to the table and look for a solution that will meet the needs of each party. If a strike is called, Powell said First Student would likely call in drivers from elsewhere, but that he hopes islanders would honor the strike. “I would ask the community to stand with the drivers,� he said.
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EDITORIAL
Motorcycle event creates hardship for many
Staffing shortages at WSF suggest bigger problems
Although controversial, this commentary is not intended to deny anyone’s pleasures. Rather, it is to educate and create a community dialogue. On Sunday, Sept. 8, I headed into town to pick up supplies. As I drove, I was surprised by large numbers of motorcycles roaring down Wax Orchard. Horses, as startled as I, ran from the loud noise, and I wondered what was going on. Approaching town, I saw that the numbers of motorcycles increased dramatically. In Vashon center, I was overcome by wallto-wall motorcycles, loud revving motors and no place to park close to my destination. I had never witnessed this event during my brief time on the island and had no idea the Vintage Motorcycle Enthusiasts (VME) had chosen that Sunday as touring day. I was shocked there had been no publicized announcement. From various sources, I learned 1,000 to 2,000 motorcycles toured our island that day. I was in need of food and had to walk through groups of roaring engines lining my path. I had to scream to be heard over the noise. Along my walk I saw churches in service and wondered how they could pray with the noise outside. I called 911 to report excessive noise and learned we had no police presence in town. Further on, I came upon the motorcycle command center with maps of courses for the bikers to run around the island. Suddenly, I developed symptoms of an impending anxiety attack due to the noise. I went to The Hardware Store Restaurant for food and to escape the cacophony. But the noise was still intense, so I left
The state ferry systems’s inability to fully staff several sailings on a recent Saturday is a reminder that life on Vashon isn’t always bliss. And as if we needed it, the long lines and personnel disruptions stand as yet another wake-up call that our ailing state ferry system is in desperate need of a fix. So just what happened? On Saturday, Sept. 7, 14 sailings between Tahlequah and Point Defiance and 17 sailings on the north-end triangle route were cancelled due to insufficient staff. On the north end, the three-boat schedule became a two-boat schedule. On the south end, service stopped altogether This is about more 5:55 and 11:45 a.m. than inconvenience. between According to WSF officials, the It also underscores system is often in a precarious Vashon’s dependence staffing situation — a potential crisis routinely averted during on a government busy summer weekends by a disservice that’s patch center that makes hundreds inadequately funded. of calls to staff shifts unexpectedly unfilled. “The struggle is largely invisible to the public until something like this happens,” Marta Coursey, WSF’s spokeswoman, told The Beachcomber. On this particular weekend, she added, dispatchers came in two hours earlier than usual and stayed two hours later, making nearly 800 calls over the course of two days to try to fill shifts. The shifts were vacant due to illness or family emergencies, according to press accounts. The situation was exacerbated by an already tight staffing situation — many WSF workers were on vacation — and the U.S. Coast Guard’s recent requirement that WSF add staff to its boats. In other words, it was a perfect storm. And many on Vashon were greatly inconvenienced. But this situation is about more than inconvenience. It also underscores Vashon’s utter dependence on a government service that’s inadequately funded and increasingly vulnerable. Without a dedicated funding source — which the ferry service lost when voters ended the motor vehicle excise tax in 2000 — the ferry system is not financially sustainable. Its aging boats are in disrepair. Staffing is inadequate. Fares continue to go up, even as service erodes. David Moseley, WSF’s director, said he’s going to do what he can to make sure staffing shortages don’t derail ferry service again. “We will be working over the fall, winter and spring to do everything we can to ensure that we’re not in this situation next summer,” he told The Beachcomber. But until a political solution is hammered out in Olympia, Moseley will continue to be up against formidable forces. Careful management of limited resources is critical. Meanwhile, the fundamental issue — inadequate resources — still needs to be addressed.
COMMUNITY By MARY MORSE the restaurant without getting served. Increasingly anxious, I walked to my car, without needed supplies from True Value. I passed the Presbyterian church and collapsed into its hallway, needing peace. I was greeted by the pastor and another gentleman who listened to me vent, enabling me to find the strength to drive home and pull myself together. For their loving support and attention, I am grateful. The following day, disturbed by what I endured and could have avoided given adequate public notification, I started looking for answers. I learned the decibel level possibly exceeded acceptable levels already established in King County. Ordinance No. 14114 Section 10 B, defines public disturbance noise as “the creation of frequent, repetitive sounds in connection with the starting, operation, repair, rebuilding or testing of any motor vehicle, motorcycle, off-highway vehicle or internal combustion engine so as to unreasonably disturb or interfere with the peace, comfort and repose of property owners or possessors of real property.” This ordinance covers rural areas in addition to more populated areas of King County. From my perspective as a registered nurse of 29 years and a highly sensitive person, Vashon has a public health issue. Approximately, 10 to 20 percent
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of the general population is highly sensitive to stimuli. Excessive noise can be devastating to those who are sensitive. It can also activate PTSD, affect people on the autism spectrum scale and the mentally ill, leading to extreme volatility, depression, anxiety and other effects. It can terrify young children and traumatize animals, whose hearing is especially acute. For some, these negative effects can persist long after the noxious stimulus is removed. It can cause intense suffering. I canvassed the Vashon population one afternoon after the event with a petition addressing the negative impact of the motorcycle day. Of the 50 interviewed, I received 25 signatures. The most eager to sign was a Special Forces veteran. I will never forget his passion. He told me the problem was very real and I was on the right path. I hope the Vashon-Maury Island Community Council will discuss these issues with VME and the community. I do not expect this tradition to be eliminated. I realize large numbers also support it, but I would ask for understanding for those who appreciate Vashon for its tranquility. Along with the vulnerable, I want to enable tourists with planned vacations to enjoy the peace this island brings to them. It was still summer with good weather, and many ferry waits that weekend were up to an hour. Did they all come for the motorcycle day? Or were many caught off guard as I was? Why is there no notice on this island? That is the mystery of motorcycle day. To sign the petition I created, visit www.marycares.net.
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Organizers extend thanks The Vintage Motorcycle Enthusiasts (VME) would like to thank the Vashon-Maury Island community for supporting the 31st Annual Old Bike Rally known as the Isle of Vashon TT. On Sunday, Sept. 8, a brilliant early fall day drew many motorcyclists to the island. While advertising for the rally date is limited to VME membership in the club newsletter, there were more than the 900 who registered for the ride who attended. Prior to the TT, the ferry system and local businesses are notified. Over the years, the VME continues its contribution to the community by donating to the Vashon-Maury Community Food Bank, including $500 for this year’s event, and through the adoption of Cemetery Road, where we participate in King County’s road cleanup. The Isle of Vashon TT also benefits the Vashon Grappler’s Society, which provides food services at the Sportsmen’s Club, where we value being able to rent their wonderful facility each year. With a focus on vintage
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Staff will be missed after branch closes It is with a grateful heart that I commend the employees at Bank of America for their fine and friendly service for many, many years. Friday is the last day our island branch will be open due to corporation decision makers. I will miss them all — Barbara, Nancy (Rosemary), Carole and Ryoko. Thank you all for your wonderful customer service and sharing your cheerful, neighborly spirit of Vashon. I wish you all well in your days ahead. — Kathleen Hendrickson
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Weekend ride brings pain and camaraderie Even when things don’t work out the way you planned, Vashon’s Passport to Pain, the P2P, is one heck of a ride. As the big ride approached, I realized I had not trained nearly as much as the year before and was poised for a classic sophomore slump. With just a week to go what could I do to improve my chances of finishing? I could shave my legs. I have never adopted the smooth look of a hard core cyclist but thought, “What could it hurt?” I found out. As I stepped out of the shower, I thought I might have to miss the ride due to blood loss. Then the next day I decided to get in a bicycle wreck just in case I’d forgotten how to do that. So at 7:30 a.m., with one leg scraped and bruised and the other sporting a weird mohawk from my inept shaving, I set off to ride my second P2P. What makes this ride unique is its decidedly irreverent attitude. For instance, when you select which ride you want to do the choices are “The Weenie,” “The Weasel” or “The Idiot.” I was an “idiot” last year and signed up for the same this year. Then there was Burma Road. As anyone who has attempted to ride it knows, this is the steepest road on the island if not the
CYCLING By CHRIS AUSTIN planet. Right before the climbing starts, the P2P organizers had a sign posted, “This is where it gets ugly.” Another sign on parking lot hill reads, “Welcome to the wall.” You can’t help but smile through gritted teeth. The P2P even had Jim Marsh from the Chamber of Commerce as its own “Red Devil” to inspire riders up the hills. The real Red Devil is a German spectator named Didi Senft who for the last 20 years has dressed in a devil’s costume and has famously jumped and yelled alongside the most elite cyclists in the world. I have been to a lot of organized bike rides and have never seen a homegrown Red Devil. It was the perfect surprise after biking up Burma Road. I was one of the last riders to leave Jensen’s Point, which worried me because I knew I would
need all the time I could get to complete the course. About five and a half hours in, I realized I was in trouble when I kept seeing the same guy in a red truck behind me. He was picking up the P2P signage! He told me the people in the checkpoint up ahead were just waiting for me before they could go home. After a very short internal argument, I decided to be magnanimous and have them go home. I would, with great reluctance, ride straight to the picnic and start drinking beer. And what a sumptuous picnic it was, with great local food, wonderful support from the community, including bike repair, massage and stretching stations. Local businesses were even offering discounts to P2P participants, but what really makes this event one to remember is the tireless work of the volunteers. When it became clear to me I wasn’t going to reach my goal, I was feeling pretty glum, yet at each checkpoint I was greeted by a friendly face and good dose of encouragement. So for all the P2P volunteers, you have my sincere appreciation. I hope to see you again next year. — Chris Austin works at The Beachcomber and is also an author.
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WEDNESDAY • 18 DSHS Mobile Office: The van will be on Vashon to do application interviews for food, cash, and medical assistance as well as drug and alcohol treatment services, yearly reviews and to answer any questions on active cases or about any of their services. 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Vashon-Maury Food Bank and 3 to 5 p.m. at Vashon Market. Wine and Dine for Education: The Vashon Winery is collaborating with Nirvana to create a five- course wine dinner as a fundraiser for the Vashon Island Public Schools Foundation. Each course of the dinner will be paired with a unique wine. The dinner costs $70 per person (not including gratuity) by advanced ticket purchase only. Tickets may be purchased at Nirvana. Information is available by visiting or calling Nirvana at 4634455, or online at NirvanaVashon. com. 6:30 p.m. at Nirvana.
THURSDAY • 19 Lecture Series: The lecture for the Burton Community Church program is canceled this week. See Upcoming events for re-scheduling details. Vashon Vespers: Open to all, this 35-minute service will be meditative and musical. Childcare will be provided. 7 p.m. at the Church of the Holy Spirit. Guest Bartender Night: The Hardware Store Restaurant has invited The DoVE Project to be their charity of the month for this fundraising event. Honorary
Mayor and DoVE project member Kathi Jenkins will be bartending 6 to 9 p.m. at The Hardware Store Restaurant.
SATURDAY • 21 Super Saturday: Three Island traditions — Energy Fair, Island Ingenuity Tour and Solar Tour — create a one-day conservation extravaganza. Tour maps and site information will be available on WisEnergy, VIGA and Sustainable Vashon websites, as well as at the Energy Fair and Farmers Market. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Island Lumber parking lot, 17633 97th Pl., S.W. (For more information, see pages 11 to 18.) Forest Stewardship Site Tour: The tour will include the upcoming thinning and harvest sites, as well as the 2007-08 forest stewardship sites that harvested aging red alder and Douglas-fir infected with root rot. 10 a.m. at the Cemetery Road trailhead. Picnic Shelter Dedication: King County Parks will celebrate the completion of the new shelter, as well as several other Island Center Forest enhancements. Noon at the picnic shelter at the 188th St. trailhead. Farmers Market: Author and artist Nikki McClure will be there to read her children’s books. After the readings, kids will receive special “market bucks” to shop the market with their families. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Village Green. Intro to Zen: Free class with Jodo John Candy. For more information please email office@pszen.org. 9 to 10:30 a.m. at Puget Sound Zen Center, 20406 Chautauqua Beach Rd. Weekly Cribbage Tournament: Win cash prizes and earn national ratings points. Visitors are welcome. The cost is $8 for visitors, $10 for members. Membership is $20 per year, and anyone who joins in September will receive a free travel cribbage board. 1 to 4 p.m. at Vashon Eagles. Psychic Fair: Monthly psychic fair featuring different practitioners each month. This month features I AM Spirit ART, spirit guide/angel portraits, tarot readings, unicorn healing readings and tea read
PUBLIC MEETINGS Vashon Sewer District: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, at the Senior Center. King County Airport District #1: 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, at Courthouse Square. Kiwanis: 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, at Vashon Eagles. Vashon Island Fire & Rescue: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, at Station 55. Vashon Park District: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, at Ober Park. Vashon Island School District Board: 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, at Chautauqua Elementary School.
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Blackfish: Plays Sept. 20 to 26 The Graduates/Los Graduados: Part 1, “Girls,” 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday Sept. 24 (see details at right.) See www.vashontheatre. com for show times or call 463-3232.
ings and numerology. For more information see www.vashonintuitivearts.com. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Vashon Intuitive Arts.
SUNDAY • 22 Introduction to the Sikh Community: The King County Library System, Friends of Vashon Library and Aasra Punjabi English Magazine, invite all to attend a presentation to learn about this community. 2 p.m. at the Land Trust Building. Life Comes Fast: Rev. Carmen McDowell reflects on what makes Unitarian Universalists tick in the areas of grace, human nature, and purpose. 9:45 a.m. at Vashon Island Unitarian Fellowship, Lewis Hall, behind Burton Community Church. Continuing Conversations: Topic will be oyster farming, with Bill and Susan Rowling. For more information call 463-5664. 4 p.m. at Dorothy Hall-Bauer’s home, 10127 SW Burton Dr.
MONDAY • 23 Speed Networking: Vashon Chamber of Commerce Leads Groups present this interactive event for business owners. Build your referral network and jump start end of the year sales efforts. Cost is free for Chamber members, $5 for non-members. Advanced registration is strongly recommended. Please register online at www.vashonchamber.com, by phone at 463-6217, or by email at vashonchamber@hotmail.com. 9 to 11 a.m. at the Penny Farcy Memorial Training Center, 10015 Bank Rd. (For more information, see page 25.) Pet Partner/Delta Society: Learn how you and your dog can become a certified Pet Partner therapy team. 5 to 6 p.m. at Vashon High School.
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medical directives, tax and retirement planning, and the pros and cons of reverse mortgages. Lunch will be provided by Subway. Space will be limited to 40 to 45 people on a first-come, first-serve basis and admission is free. 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, at the Penny Farcy Training Center. Vashon Island Parents Read: All are invited to join this second annual community reading program/morning book group. This year the group will read and discuss “The Whole Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind” by Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson. Copies are available for checkout at the Vashon Library. No registration required. The first discussion will take place at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, at the Minglement. Lecture Series: The Burton Community Church program will resume, and feature the topics of Ancient and Medieval Indeterminism, and Agent Causation. All lectures are open to the public. 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, at Lewis Hall behind Burton Community Church. Friends of Vashon Library: The group that supports the library will meet. Please call 463-2069 for meeting location. 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 28. Palm of the Hand Memoir Workshop: With poet and publisher Michael Czarnecki, sponsored by the King County Library System and the Vashon Island Poets Laureate. For more information, email spiers@centurytel.net. Noon Saturday, Sept. 28, at the Land Trust building. 48 States Poetry Tour Across America: Michael Czarnecki, founder of Foothills Publishing and poet, is taking his 48 States Poetry Tour across America, traveling Highway 20. The tour started with a reading in Maine in August and will make a stop on Vashon at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, at the Land Trust Building. RedPerl: This Vashon music duo will be back together for a special concert to benefit VYFS. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at www.brownpapertickets.com, the Vashon Bookstore, VYFS’ main office and the PlaySpace. VIP tickets are also available. 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29 at the Vashon Theatre. Drama Dock: Annual membership meeting, all members and friends are invited to attend. Food and beverages will be provided and the election of new board members will take place. For more information please email Gaye Detzer at detzerubicz@comcast. net. 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, at the VHS theater.
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Community Cinema Vashon presents “The Graduates/Los Graduados.” Kicking-off the new season will be this 2-part documentary which explores pressing issues in education today through the eyes of six Latino and Latina students from across the United States. More than a survey of contemporary policy debates, the bilingual film offers first-hand perspectives on key challenges facing Latino high school students and their families, educators, and community leaders. It is the story of the graduates who will make up America’s future. A running theme throughout all of the stories in The Graduates/ Los Graduados is the importance of civic engagement, of students becoming involved in their schools and communities, and — crucially — having a say in their own futures. Vashon Theatre will host a free preview with discussion to follow. Part 1, “Girls Hour,” 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24. are $12 to $80 for VYFS PlaySpace members and $15 to $100 for nonmembers. For more information, email apalmer@vyfs.org. 5:30. to 7:30 p.m. Thursdays for 12 weeks beginning Sept. 19 at the VYFS PlaySpace Pilates Mat and Ball Class: Arlette Moody teaches the class. Fees are $13 for walk-ins or $50 for five classes. 7 a.m. Thursdays starting Sept. 19 at Ober Park. Learn to Row: Coach Richard Parr will teach this two-day class for adults. The cost is $75. Email registration@vashoncrew.com to sign-up. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, and 9 a.m. to noon Sunday, Sept. 22, at the Jensen Point Boathouse. Autumn Wreath Class: Decorative wreath-making class. Cost is $80. 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22, in the Bloomroom at Blooms and Things. Free ESL Classes: Learn how to speak, read and write in English. Free weekly lessons are taught by an ESL Instructor. For more information, call 206.463.2069. 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, at the Vashon Library. Parenting With Backbone and Heart: This workshop series is for parents of children of any age who want to be more clear, calm, and connected in parenting their children to be more confident, thoughtful, caring, and resilient. Workshop will be led by Roger Taylor, leadership consultant, coach, parent, and former marriage and family therapist. There will be an open orientation session, then 3 weekly evening sessions which
will be limited to 12 participants. Cost is $50 for the orientation, and $100 for the 3 evening sessions. Please call 463-3763 or email drumdoc@aol.com to register by Oct. 8. 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, October 19, Orientation; 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24 begins the weekly sessions, at the Vashon Fire Department training room on Bank Rd. Late Start Arts: Vashon Allied Arts is teaming up with the school district to offer some arts programming for the late start dates. This new program is open to children in grades 1 to 5. Program cost is $30 per day, $200 for the full program (7 days), $175 for VAA members, cost includes art supplies and snacks. To register go to www.vashonalliedarts.org and for more information please call VAA at 463-5131. Parents may drop off their children at Vashon Allied Arts between 8:30 and 9 a.m. on PDD late start mornings. The CES bus will pick up participants and take them to school. Dance Classes: Vashon Allied Arts is currently offering dance classes for kids ages 6 to 18. Choose from tap, teen acro, or sports dancing. Tuesdays and Thursdays, go to www.vashonalliedarts.org for more information or to register. Fundamentals of Magic: Poetmusician Thomas Pruiksma will teach this class 3 Sundays this fall, for students age 8 to adult. Cost is $110. Please call 567-4023 or email thomas@thepoetsmagic.com to register. 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, Oct. 20, and Nov. 17 at the Open Space for Arts and Community.
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Forest celebration open to all islanders King County Parks and Friends of Island Center Forest will host a celebration in honor of improved public access and amenities at the forest at 12:30 p.m. this Saturday. The event will be at the picnic shelter at the Southwest 188th Street trailhead, and will include an acknowledgment of all the Vashon islanders who helped make the project a success. Earlier that day, King County and Vashon Forest Stewards staff will lead a site tour through a portion of the forest that is scheduled for tree thinning and harvest. The tour will begin at 9 a.m. at the Cemetery Road trailhead. In 2006, a site management plan, completed by King County in partnership with the Vashon community, called for improving access to the forest’s nine-mile trail network by adding trailhead parking lots, kiosks and signage. Soon after the parking lots were built, an idea was
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The fourth annual Vashon Sheepdog Classic drew a record crowd, according to organizer Maggi McClure, who estimates some 4,000 people attended over the course of the three-day event. “I am all smiles,” she said on Monday. The trials, a benefit for island youth organizations, brought a friendly crowd to watch the dogs, visit the fiber arts booth and browse items from vendors. The proceeds from the weekend event had not yet been tallied at press time, McClure said. The overall winner was Ray Coapman from northern California and his dog Jill, who even had one run in the pouring rain. “Jill was steadfast and true,” McClure said.
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TUESDAYS ARE FOR TAPPING: Kids and teens can learn how to back flap, ball tap and brush step at two classes now offered by Vashon Allied Arts. A beginning tap class, for ages 6 to 11, is at 3:50 p.m. Tuesdays, and an intermediate tap class, for ages 12 to 18, is at 4:50 p.m. Tuesdays. For more information, visit www.vashonalliedarts.org or call 463-5131.
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A bounty of art is on the block with ‘Camelot’ By ELIZABETH SHEPHERD
Don’t miss ‘Die Fledermaus’
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ttention, all comely maidens, noble squires and others enamored of Athurian legend: Vashon Allied Arts has the event for you, and it’s coming up next weekend.
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Cheryse McLeod Lewis is cast as Prince Orlofsky in Vashon Opera’s “Die Fledermaus.” Vashon Opera will present “Die Fledermaus” at 8 p.m. Friday, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Vashon High School theater. A discounted ($15) final dress rehearsal will be open to the public tonight, at 7 p.m. For more information and to purchase regular tickets ($32) online, visit www.vashonopera.org. Tickets are also on sale at the Vashon Bookshop. The opera, by Johann Strauss, is a frothy and comedic tale of mistaken identities and revenge set in Vienna. Vashon Opera’s production stars regional and national opera luminaries and also features a 45-member chorus of island singers. Look for cameos by other island performers, including Kevin Joyce, Tom Pruiksma and Martha Enson. A chamber orchestra, filled with local players, will play Strauss’ lilting music.
VASHON FOLKDANCERS
Time to learn Balkan moves Islanders can learn the rhythms and dances of Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and the former Yugoslavia at an eight-week series of Monday night folk dance classes, beginning at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7, at Havurah Ee Shalom, 15401 Westside Hwy. The series, sponsored by the Vashon Folkdancers, will be taught by Martin Koenig, a nationally known folk dance instructor who has taught at many universities and folk dance centers throughout the United States and Canada. Participants will learn a solid repertoire of Balkan line and circle dances. No previous dance experience or partners are required. Prepaid classes cost $45 for returning dancers (those who have studied with Koenig in the past), $65 for new students or $10 per class (for returning and new participants.) For more information, call Beth Bordner at 463-0953.
VAA’s annual two-night art auction has a Camelot theme this year. Dubbed “A Knight with the Arts,” the event will offer up a king’s ransom of artwork created by more than 100 local artists. Lavish trips and other one-ofa-kind experiences will also be on the block. Among the travel opportunities are a week in a private Palm Springs home, a golfing excursion at a resort in Costa Rica and a winetasting tour of Italy. The event, slated for Friday, Sept. 27, and Saturday, Sept. 28, also has a special sidebar activity this year — a free Renaissance Faire will be held during the day on Saturday, Sept. 28, across the street from the Blue Heron Arts Center. Artisans will demonstrate crafts, and there will be kid-friendly arts activities, music and more. “Auction organizers recognize that for parents with young children, going to the auction is often a challenge,” said Kira Bacon, VAA’s interim communications director. “This year, everyone can participate.” Bacon said that VAA hopes that “A Knight with the Arts” will bring $110,000 into the local art institution’s coffers. But even though VAA is currently in the midst of an ambitious capital campaign aimed at building a multimillion dollar new facility, funds brought in from the auction won’t be used for that purpose. Instead, roughly half of the money will go toward providing scholarships to students who take VAA classes. The rest will be earmarked for artist commissions, instructor fees and VAA’s day-to-day operational needs. Bacon said the art auction is more than a means of raising money — it’s also a visible example of the symbiotic relationship between VAA and the rest of the community. “It’s important to remember the countless volunteer hours that go into producing the auction, the generous donations by island artists and businesses and the many ways the auction gives back to the community,” she said. Bacon added that proceeds from VAA auctions help keep the organization’s ticket prices below market rates and provide funds for programs like VAA’s New Works Series to
Rose Belknap, a painter, is one of six local artists who have been commissioned to create works for Vashon Allied Arts’ upcoming auction. encourage performing artists on the island. Bacon also pointed out that last year, VAA’s art auction paid out $16,000 in commissions to visual artists who provided work for the event. As in years past, VAA has commissioned several local artists to create work especially for this year’s auction. Paula Allegrini, a U.S. Forest Service firefighter turned woodworker and furniture maker, has created a bi-level table out of woods, including black walnut that was grown and milled on Vashon. Rose Belknap, a painter, is offering up a piece called “Walking the Headlands,” inspired by a trip to the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area more than a decade ago. William Dacus, another woodworker, has crafted a salad bowl set that includes a large bowl and eight smaller bowls, all cut from a single section of Myrtlewood burl. Each bowl is unique, designed to capture the natural nooks and crannies of the wood. Leslie Wu, a landscape artist, has created a pastel on paper diptych called “Learning Curves.” She said the piece explores how landscape affects our psyches. Betty Gardner, a jeweler, has crafted a collection called “Hint of Gold — Pearl and
Crystal Collection,” using Swarovski pearls and crystals knotted together using gold silk. The collection includes two necklaces, two bracelets and two pairs of earrings. Debra Paulsen, a photographer, will contribute a work called “Skyline 100.” The photograph, she said, has a subject that some viewers will recognize, although it is abstracted from its environmental setting. Bacon said that with these artistic contributions and many more, “A Knight with the Arts” is shaping up to be a stellar evening of fun on Vashon. “The VAA art auction is one of Vashon’s most highly anticipated parties of the year, and this year promises to live up to expectations,” she said.
VAA’s auction on Friday, dubbed “Camelot in the Parking Lot,” will take place at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, in a tent near the Blue Heron Performing Art Center. Tickets are $45. Saturday night’s event, called “Night at the Round Table,” will be held at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, in the same location. VAA’s free Renaissance Faire will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, across the street from the Blue Heron. For information, visit www.vashonalliearts.org.
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A POET VISITS VASHON
A reading and workshop Calling all poetry lovers: On Saturday, Sept. 28, poet Michael Czarnecki will offer two free events — “Palm of Hand,” a memoir writing workshop at noon and a poetry reading at 7 p.m. Both events will take place at the Land Trust Building. Czarneck’s stop on Vashon — part of his 48 States Poetry Tour across the United States — is co-sponsored by the Vashon Library and Vashon Island’s Poets Laureate. For information, contact Ann Spiers at 463-9858 or spiers@centurytel.net.
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Cami Lundeen is a singer and songwriter.
The New Triumph plays the Bike
Cami Lundeen stakes out Nirvana
A Seattle band called The New Triumph will bring a mix of funk, Latin and jazz music to a free show at 8:30 p.m. Friday at Red Bicycle Bistro. The group is made up of six players who have also done time in such respected area bands as Picoso, Kore Ionz and The Polyrythmics. Camilo Estrada plays bass, Scott Morning blows a trumpet, Arie Pytel plays guitar, Adam Kessler drums, Marc Hagar plays keyboards and Ivan Galvez fills it all in with percussion. The band has played at venues all over Seattle and their songs have gotten radio play on KEXP, KBCS and Hollow Earth Radio.
Singer songwriter Cami Lundeen will play an all-ages, free show at 8:30 p.m. Saturday at Nirvana. Lundeen’s style, promoters said, is a creative blend of the bluesy-soul of Adele, the alternative rock flair of The Cranberries, the quirkiness of Feist, the edginess of Pink and the vocal stylings of Brandi Carlile. Lundeen’s show is being presented by Vashon Events, a new island business that aims to publicize arts events on its website, www.vashonevents.com, as well as provide a wide range of services to budding musicians, bands and arts presenters.
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WisEnergy, Island Ingenuity and the Solar Tour will host Super Saturday this weekend, with the goal of educating the community about ways to conserve energy and live sustainably. Island Ingenuity and the Solar Tour will give those interested an opportunity to visit island homes where the owners have taken steps to improve or install heating, drip irrigation systems, passive solar, ground source heat and many other energy saving techniques. WisEnergy will focus on home weatherization products and strategies, green building, renewable energy — solar and geothermal — and more. The Island Ingenuity and Solar Tour will focus on innovative home projects and invite the public to come see these projects. Last year hundreds attended Caulk the Rock, taking advantage of the opportunity to talk with experts. This year Island Ingenuity and the Solar Tour will help to further promote resource conservation, renewable energy and sustainable living. Tour maps for this year’s event are available on pages 14 and 15 of this paper and will be available at the WisEnergy Fair Saturday at the Island Lumber parking lot.
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Islander turns to the sun for green energy Handmade solar array tracks the sun, making the most of a good thing By SARAH LOW Staff Writer
Longtime island resident and local veterinarian Don Wolczko is building a photovoltaic solar array with a sun-tracking system that will not only offset his family’s residential power consumption, but also will be powerful enough to match and possibly exceed it. Wolczko’s interest in solar electricity was sparked more than a decade ago when he and his family embarked on an extended offshore sailing trip. “On a boat in the middle of the ocean, your power is limited, so I was looking to do whatever I could to supplement that. We ended up using solar panels,” he said. Once he’d returned home, however, it was not an idea that was forefront in his mind until a chance conversation changed that. “I was talking to someone on the ferry one day who had just installed solar panels at their home. We’d done it on our trip; it made sense. The idea grew from there,” Wolczko said. Wolczko did his homework. The vast majority of residential solar installations are fixed panel systems, meaning that the panels never move. This limits power production to the amount
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Don Wolczko stands next to his tracking photovoltaic solar array. of time the sun is in good position for maximum light absorption in that placement. What Wolczko discovered in the course of his research was that there are photovoltaic systems that can actually track the sun as it “moves” across the sky, thereby maximizing light absorption and increasing the power produced. In fact, a tracking array will boost power production anywhere from 20 to 40 percent over a fixed system. Tracking can be done on a single axis, which adjusts the panels’ direction on a fixed plane to
follow the sun’s path across the sky, or on a dual axis, which can move to follow the sun as well as adjust the angle of the panels for maximum alignment as the sun’s position also shifts with the seasons. Given that the idea behind residential solar energy production is to not only offset people’s own energy consumption but also that of commercial power producers, Wolczko said that he STORY CONTINUES, NEXT PAGE
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he decided it made the most sense to install a system that would provide the maximum amount of benefit, despite the upfront costs. Based on a picture and some information he found on Wikipedia, Wolczko, with the help of his son Stefan, designed a dual axis tracking solar array that could produce enough power to meet and potentially exceed the family’s energy needs. Despite the improved power production, however, this is not the type of system that residential consumers typically choose. “There is a reason that most people don’t go with this type of system,” said Jason Williams of Artisan Electric, a company that specializes in solar installation. “The initial cash outlay is significant.” Residential solar energy systems are not inexpensive. Even the more common fixed panels that Williams usually installs can cost anywhere from $15,000 to $30,000, but the payoff is that those costs will be made up over a reasonable amount of time by the many incentives available at both the federal and state levels. The panels and the inverter alone for Wolczko’s system were $40,000, he said. Then there was everything else: the two trackers and all of the materials and tools needed for building the frame and support structure. “We’re not done yet,” Wolczko said. According to his and Williams’ calculations though, it should only take six to seven years for these costs to be recovered. While this might sound surprising, the numbers add up. The federal government gives homeowners a tax credit of 30 percent of the cost of a newly installed system with no upper limit. At the state level, Washington’s Renewable Energy Credit (REC) program pays for every kilowatt-hour (kwh) of solar energy produced up to a maximum of $5,000 per year, using multipliers based on the percentage of local products used in the system to determine this payout. If a system is built using all out-of-state or country products, then the base pay-rate of $0.15/kwh is used. If panels are from Washington but the inverter was made in China, the rate would be $0.36/kwh. If both panels and inverter are from in-state manufacturers, that qualifies for the maximum rate of $0.54/kwh produced.
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Wolczko is not only building his system using nothing but local products, but he designed it to produce enough power to achieve the $5,000 per year maximum REC credit. This accounts for its size. According to Puget Sound Energy, the average household uses 10,000 to 12,000 kwh per year of electricity. In order to produce this much power, Wolczko’s array requires 36 panels at 200 watts each, taking in to account an anticipated 30 percent increase in power output because of the tracking. Wolczko’s system will not likely achieve a full 40 percent increase because it won’t be tracking horizon to horizon, as it would with a completely unobstructed skyline. “It’s massive,” said Williams. “I was out there the other day and parked my truck next to it to take a picture so my partner could get an idea of the size of it.” In order for a fixed array to produce the same amount of power, 45 panels would be needed. Williams says that on average, the residential systems he installs use six to eight. “So this really is a huge difference in power, the tradeoffs being the upfront cost and size of the system,” he said. Wolczko says that he didn’t have a good sense of the size of the structure until the day he had a crane operator help him move the frame from where he’d built it to the other side of the property, where the system was to be placed. “When I saw it hanging from the crane and swinging over the house, I thought, ‘wow, I really hope my welds hold together!’” he said. They did. Another reason that the tracking systems are not widely used by consumers is that they require more maintenance. “Moving parts mean there is a greater risk for things to break,” said Williams. “I’ve seen tracking arrays where the motors have simply been abandoned.” But Wolczko is prepared to keep his system in good shape. “I used aluminum for the frame,” he noted. “It cost more upfront, but it eliminates the problem of corrosion, so in the long run, it will be worth it.” Another precaution Wolczko is taking to protect his investment is a special safety feature that will be written into the computer program that controls the system. If the wind ever reaches 40 miles per hour or above, the computer
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will “tell” the array to lie flat to keep it from being damaged. The system is not quite ready to go yet. Wolczko started with the basic design in December of last year and has the frame, panels, support structure, foundation and inverter in place. He’s waiting for the trackers. “The first one should be here any day,” he said, “so it will start out as a single axis system. The second one is more complicated, and it will probably be a few more months until we get it.” Wolczko will be on the Ingenuity Tour tour this weekend, and recently tour organizer Susie Kalhorn spoke to the uniqueness of the system. “It’s definitely the only array of its kind on the island,” she said, noting that the fact that Wolczko and his son designed and built it themselves adds to its originality. For his part, Wolczko credits several people with help he’s received on the project, including his son Stefan, who is an engineer; Williams and Artisan Electric for expert consulting as well as helping him get the parts he’s needed; and Jim Boardman, who is writing the tracking software and safety program for the system’s computer. Williams recently voiced his support of the project. “Don has a vision,” he said. “I can’t wait to see this when it’s done.”
The Wolczko array can be seen as part of the Island Ingenuity Tour, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21. See page 14-15 for Tour Map.
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SUPER SATURDAY ISLAND INGENUITY AND SOLAR TOUR September 21, 10AM-4PM 1
MICHAEL LAURIE HOME AND GARDEN: 13470 108th Ave SW. You’ll see: four different drip irrigation sys-
tems (two of which utilize rainwater), rain gardens, native plant restoration, medicinal plants, and a Pesticide Free Zone Garden. You can also see: a green roof, indoor/outdoor water-saving equipment, a composting toilet, a ductless mini-split heat pump, LED lighting, and other energy-saving equipment. Michael Laurie
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GARY AND LINDA PETERSON HOME AND GARDEN: 15305 Vashon Hwy SW. We have one of the oldest
passive solar homes (1981) on the Island. The house utilizes a Trombe wall with water as the heat storage medium. It’s trouble free! We have a productive garden that uses recycled material to help with weed control and moisture retention. We employ galvanized nails and plastic bottles to ward off root maggots. During winter, our chickens are free ranged in the garden for weed and slug control. Our small green house produces tomatoes August through January and salad greens and cauliflower March through May. Gary Peterson
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VASHON SOLAR LLC, HARBOR SCHOOL: 15920 Vashon Hwy SW. Vashon Solar LLC is the first com-
munity solar project to come on line in unincorporated King County. Our mission is to create solar industry in the state and demonstrate solar is a sustainable long term energy solution. “Community solar” allows people/businesses to pool their funds to build larger installations on a public property. Phase one (44 modules) started producing power in January of this year. Phase 2 (41 modules) went on line mid August. Together they total 18 kW of power. We will be serving up burgers and tofu dogs during lunch to anyone interested. Gib Dammann
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MARCH TWISDALE AND JOSE MARQUEZ HOME: 11933 SW Cove Rd. Please park on 121st Ave SW and
walk back to our house and please close the gate behind you. Our friend was getting solar panels and, when we realized the government would cover much of the cost, we couldn’t pass up the opportunity! We’ve stopped washing laundry in hot water and plan on installing lines to dry clothes in our fireplace room during winter. We have an electric bike, which we love, and hope to buy an electric car in 2014. Solar specs: 5.07 kW using 26 Silicon Energy 195 Watt Modules, 1 SiE5300 Inverter. March Twisdale
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WISENERGY FAIR: (Island Lumber parking lot on Bank Road and 97th PL SW). Pick up Tour Maps here.
Meander through this Vashon-style Home and Garden show. Check out home products and services that help save money and reduce energy costs: efficient appliances, remodel ideas, home heating, building materials. Learn about honey bees, solar technology, electric cars, Island wood products, financing options and much more.
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LOTUS AND BARB SMITH HOME AND GARDEN: 17310 97th Place SW. In the 1970s I dreamed of partici-
pating in a self-sufficient rural community. Now I have a level, sunny quarter-acre! Bliss. I am working toward food independence, cheaply. I am learning and inventing as I go, which has lead to some humorous and functional creations. You’ll see my solar food dryer, infiltration trenches that help retain water for the dry months, rainwater usage, a flow-through worm bin, as many low-effort ways as I can imagine for soil building and weed control, fruit and vegetables, staples like beans & corn, chickens, self closing gates, seed saving, and more. Lotus
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JOHN AND JENNY OSBORNE HOME: 17416 100th Ave SW. I started collecting LED (light emitting diode) lights
when the technology was immature. Lights were expensive, burned out quickly and had unpleasant colors. There has been a revolution in the quality of LED lighting. Learn what to look for in terms of lumens, watts, color temperature, light dispersion, ability to dim, longevity, and color rendering. See LED lights from different manufacturers and in different applications like general illumination, track lights, task lighting,
and porch lights. As a bonus, check out our ductless heating/ cooling system and heat recovery ventilation. John Osborne
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ROGER AND JAIMIE SHERMAN GARDEN: 17423 100th Ave SW. We have a small lot in the heart of Vashon
town and rarely go to the grocery store. We raise chickens and rabbits for meat, grow organic fruit and vegetables, and practice permaculture. We make an aerobic compost tea to help boost garden productivity and sell chicks to pay for chicken and rabbit food. Roger and Jamie Sherman
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FARMERS MARKET. Pick up Tour Maps here and check out the local produce, crafts, and food.
10 DON AND STACEY WOLCZKO HOME: 8819 SW 198th
St. My interest in photovoltaic solar electricity started years ago when my family geared up for an extended offshore sailing venture. We wanted to produce as much of our own power as we could. Now I am building a PV array to match our household’s consumption on a dual-access tracker. The array will follow the sun, thereby boosting efficiency up to 40%. I couldn’t find a tracker to buy that was the right size. My son, Stefan, and I decided to design and build our own out of aluminum to hold an array of 36 modules 200 watts each. Don Wolczko
11 SUNRISE RIDGE: 10030 SW 210th St.
Vashon Island Fruit Club: The Research and Demonstration garden broke ground about a year ago, with three goals: to trial and demonstrate varieties that can be grown on Vashon, to be a repository for heritage fruits, and to demonstrate how to grow fruit resourcefully. Projects include: a Peach leaf-curl trial, an Almond variety trial and a multiple stone fruit grafted tree trial. You’ll see mulching with cardboard and ramial chipped wood, hugelkulture, advanced grafting, and a drip irrigation system. Emily MacRae Food Bank Garden: The Community Food Bank Garden was started in 2009 by an enthusiastic group of volunteers determined to increase our community’s access to fresh, organic produce. Volunteers gather in the garden every Monday evening and Wednesday morning to plant, weed, and harvest. All produce goes directly to the Food Bank. We focus on growing fruits and vegetables that are familiar, nutritious and easy to grow, with an emphasis on fall & winter vegetables. Jennifer Coe and Emily Scott
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Island Lumber parking lot on Bank Road and 97th PL SW. Meander through this Vashon-style Home and Garden show. Check out home products and services that help save money and reduce energy costs: efficient appliances, remodel ideas, home heating, building materials. Learn about honey bees, solar technology, electric cars, Island wood products, financing options and much more.
This Year’s Vendors: Island Lumber Artisan Electric PSE PSCCU Healthier Air and Heating Vashon Heating and Cooling King County Noxious Weeds Potential Energy Pathway Construction Vashon Forest Stewards
KATHLEEN DOLAN HOME: 10505 SW 230th St. View
a small attractive one storey straw bale house that has been lived in for several years. Tours within the house will not be available, but you may walk around it, look in the windows, and ask the current resident about her experience living in a straw bale home in this climate. Books about straw bale construction will be on hand. Terry Sullivan
13 JIM GERLACH HOME: 25407 Wax Orchard Rd SW.
Our solar array was installed on an existing barn. The retrofit was a little tricky since we had to back feed from a sub panel into the main panels in the house, but it has been performing without issue. It’s always nice to get our production check every year. Solar specs: 3.0 kW using 14 Sanyo 215 Watt Modules, 1 Fronius inverter. Jim Gerlach
14 BILL AND WENDY GAGE HOME: 26428 Wax Orchard Rd SW. Our 100-year-old home was moved to Frogholler in 1990 to make way for the yacht club parking lot. Since purchasing our recycled two-story farm house in 1994, we have imported tons of clean soil for organic gardening, insulated the attic and cedar shake siding, and design-built custom storm windows. In 2012 we retrofitted our home with solar energy and geo-thermal heating. We plan to purchase a new high efficiency washer with the $487 in energy credits we earned over the past year. Solar specs: 3.68kW using 16 SolarWorld 230 Watt Modules, 1 Power-One Inverter. Wendy Gage Solar Energy Sites
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Mason bees prove their value on Vashon
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By LYRA PIEROTTII For The Beachcomber
The plight off the h honeybee h has made headlines often recently, amid mounting concern over colony collapse disorder and our dependence on just one species for the pollination of one-third of our nation’s food supply. Often absent from the discussion, however, are alternative pollinators. Vashon Island boasts 120 “host” families who have discovered the wonders of the mason bee: a sting-free, native alternative to the well-traveled and increasingly troubled honeybee. Tom Lorentzen lives on the same land his father bought on the west side of Vashon when he came over from Norway for the halibut fishery. He speaks energetically, with an enthusiasm that makes it difficult to tell his age. For years, Lorentzen kept honeybees to pollinate his 15 acres. He was a very good beekeeper, sustaining up to 13 colonies. One year, he harvested 850 pounds of honey, which he would sell out of five gallon buckets for just $1 a pound. As he got on in years, keeping honeybees became cumbersome. But he still needed pollinators. Dave Hunter, the owner of Crown Bees in Woodinville, Wash., provided the perfect solution: mason bees. They would drop off the nest, a wooden box no bigger than a volleyball and pick it up when the season was over. At 85 years old, Lorentzen said, “I don’t miss struggling down the hill with a box of frames full of honey.” Jerry Gehrke, a retired mechanical engineer who now spends most of his time tending to his garden, has been the mason bee knowledge base on Vashon since last
year. Tall, lean and lightly bronzed from his hours spent working outside, Gehrke’s stature hardly betrays his age. He will be 70 this October. His three-quarters of an acre is enough to sustain him and his wife, with a surplus of 50 percent, which they process for the off season or give away. Gehrke coordinates the delivery of the mason bee blocks and the three tubes of cocoons each “host” family receives every March from Crown Bees. He is the go-to guy for information and for assistance for those dedicated “hosts” such as Lorentzen. He is also a founding board member and treasurer of the Vashon Island Fruit Club, an organization started to promote knowledge of growing fruit trees and berries. The benefits of promoting native bees are many. “If we have more pollinators,” Gehrke said, “including mason bees, I don’t have to rely on trucks from California and Mexico to deliver my fruit.” Mason bees are a spring pollinator, typically emerging earlier than honeybees, making them better suited to pollinate fruit trees. Using native bees to pollinate is “how nature wants it,” said Hunter of Crown Bees, which is dedicated to the education and promotion of mason beekeeping. Honeybees are strained by overuse and a busy travel schedule, he explained, their hives getting trucked around the country to arrive in time to pollinate specific monocultures, from almonds to oranges. Vashon is one of 12 neighborhoods in Washington that Hunter works with. Vashon, he said, is “mason bee Disneyland.
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collects the nests full of cocoons at the end of the season. He then sells these bees to gardeners across the Northwest and provides bees for local projects designed to better understand the mason bee and discover their full potential as a pollinator in their native habitat. Hunter estimates the value of one mason bee at roughly equivalent to 60 honeybees. While honeybees will travel up to two miles from their hive, mason bees, he said, will only venture about 200 to 300 feet, making them a truly local pollinator. This makes it trickier for them to pollinate the vast monoculture orchards of modern agriculture, but easier to target for specific needs. Hunter estimates mason bees are 99.7 percent successful at pollinating, valued in a collaborative effort with the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service Logan Bee Lab. Female mason bees are born with 30 eggs, which they like to stack in tube-like nests, layering the egg first, then pollen (food for the larva), then mud (hence the name mason bee). By the end of spring, the bees die off, thus storing their progeny in “bulletproof” cocoons for the winter. Honeybees, however, overwinter in their hive, eating the honey they made out of the nectar collected during the warmer months to sustain the colony. Since the mason bee doesn’t need to keep a hive alive over the winter, she is able to focus more on collecting pollen, instead of nectar, which is much of the focus of honeybees, since they need to build vast reserves of honey. This focus dictates a bee’s behavior. A honeybee will systematically visit each flower on a branch, Hunter said. The mason bee, however, will flit about from flower to flower, tree to tree, thus ensuring that pollen from one plant will make it to another. Mason bees are also fun to watch, Gehrke said. Sometimes a female building her nest will get confused and enter a neighbor’s nesting tube, then have to pop out and try again. And as a stingless bee, they are family friendly. The blue orchard bee, the mason bee of choice locally, looks like a giant horsefly, Jerry said. “You might not recognize it if you were looking at it.” Bees are a keystone species. Without them, problems will cascade. One-third of our national food supply depends on honeybee pollination. Even the alfalfa fed to beef cattle
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Here are 12 things you can do now to start saving on energy costs right away 1. Lower your thermostat at night and whenever the house is unoccupied. If you set your thermostat back at night 10 degrees, you may reduce your heating bill by 10 percent. Better yet, install an automatic setback thermostat that adjusts room temperature according to your daily schedule. Heat pump systems use a special thermostat. 2. Lower the thermostat on your electric water heater to 120° (F) degrees. Turn it off when leaving for extended periods. Electric water heaters can be set on timers; gas heaters must be set manually. 3. Set refrigerator temperatures between 37° and 40° degrees (F). Clean the coils. Keep both the refrigerator and freezer stocked; it takes more energy to cool it when empty. 4. Wash full loads of dishes and air dry. 5. When washing clothes, use warm or cold water and rinse with cold. Air dry clothes, but not indoors, as this creates unwanted mold and moisture problems. 6. Shut off lights, computers and other electronic appliances when not in use. 7. Always use the bathroom or kitchen exhaust fans while showering or cooking to avoid moisture problems. 8. Close your fireplace damper and seal the opening shut when not in use. 9. Install foam gaskets behind electric-outlet and switch-plate covers. 10. Install do-it-yourself weather stripping and caulking to seal air leaks. Seal all perimeter wall penetrations and ceiling and floor penetrations. Use door sweeps. 11. Use motion sensors or timers for outdoor lighting. You’ll still have security and save energy. 12. Replace incandescent light bulbs in common areas (where lights are on most often) with compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs). They use about a quarter of the energy.
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Jerry Gehrke with his mason bee house. needs honeybee pollination. In one region of China, pears have been pollinated by hand since their regional bees were wiped out by pesticides in the 1980s. There is a danger, Hunter explains, to being reliant on one bee for pollination. With 4,000 species of bees native to North America, the beloved Southeast Asian honeybee need not be such an exclusive pollinator. Scientists nationwide are encouraging the use of other pollinators, diversifying options and creating a more robust, mixed model of pollination. As eating local becomes increasingly fashionable, it is fitting to think next of the locality of the entire ecological food chain, from dirt to mouth. — Lyra Pierotti is a freelance writer who lives part-time on Vashon Island.
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Bellevue Vikings sail past Pirates for victory Vashon’s Amundsen scores three touchdowns By CHERYL COCHRANE For The Beachcomber
It was a sunny Saturday evening in Kirkland as the Vashon Pirates took the field to warm up. Coming off the high of last week’s victory against their Orcas Island rivals, Bellevue Christian’s Vikings quickly put the Pirates to the test. Vashon received the kickoff, launching an initial strong drive, but a high snap on the fourth play resulted in a turnover on the Pirate 35. The Vikings drove swiftly to an early touchdown. The Vikings continued to dominate the first quarter as the Pirate defense struggled to blunt the Viking offense. A long pass earned Bellevue another touchdown, though they missed the point after. The first quarter ended with the Vikings up by 13 points. Running back Nate Lawson started off the second quarter with several strong rushes and a catch from quarterback Sam Schoenberg. Nick Amundsen continued his powerful running game and thrilled the Vashon crowd as he carried the ball over the goal line. A precise kick by newcomer Austyn Heit brought the Pirates’ score to 7. The Vikings dominated for much of the second quarter, though the Pirates rallied after Louis Javonovich recovered a Viking fumble on the Pirate 35-yard line, but the Pirate offense could not seem to advance. A second bobbled snap on the fourth down returned the ball to Bellevue as the clock ran out for
halftime. The Pirates came back with renewed vigor. After receiving the kickoff, the Vikings were forced to punt after the Pirate defense held them to midfield. With the ball in Pirate control, Nate Lawson had a 50-yard run, which was called back from the 1-yard line due to a penalty. Undaunted, the Pirates kept their momentum and pushed forward from the Viking 21-yard line. It was first and goal with 2 yards to go, when Nick Amundsen plowed through the middle for his second touchdown. Austyn Heit’s kick pushed the Pirates ahead for the first time in the game, 14-13. The Pirates continued to exert pressure, and the Vikings soon were punting on a fourth down from mid field. Unfortunately, the fumbled return was quickly picked up by Bellevue at the Vashon 39-yard line. Three plays later Viking quarterback Kemper McQuaid broke away from the pack to run 26 yards for a touchdown. A successful point after put Bellevue into the lead again, 14-20. This change in circumstances rattled the Pirate team. On the kickoff return, after fighting to control the ball, Ezra Lacina made a powerful 21-yard return. The Pirates were able to push forward with a quarterback keep and two short runs; however, with one yard to go on fourth down, the Pirates were frustrated by a loss of five yards and turned the ball over deep in Pirate territory. As the fourth quarter began, the Vikings were on fire. On the first play, quarterback Kemper McQuaid nailed a pass to senior Noah Holmes, who easily ran into the end zone. Although the point after attempt
was short, Bellevue led 26-14. The Pirates did not give up. The ball stayed mainly mid field for several drives due in part to the defensive work of linemen Jason Kruly, Owen Brenno and Louis Jovanovich. The Pirates gained momentum when Nate Lawson picked up a fumble on the Viking 33-yard line. On the next play, Nick Amundsen made a spectacular run across the goal line for his third touchdown of the evening. The Pirates trailed 26-21, though there was plenty of time remaining on the clock. The Vikings had control when it looked like Louis Javonovich stopped the Viking running back just short on their fourth down, but the first down was awarded. A pass to Bellevue receiver Noah Holmes and the ensuing touchdown and extra point sealed the deal, putting the Vikings up 33-21. Time was against the Pirates. After several drives, the clock ran out with a final score of Bellevue Vikings 33 and Vashon Pirates 21 in an exciting but penalty-laden game. “This is a strong, talented team,” said Coach Kelvin Goliday. When asked what might have changed the outcome for the Pirates, he commented, “Again, it was our mental mistakes. The big difference in last week’s game and this week’s was that Bellevue Christian took advantage of those mistakes.” As the Pirates prepare to meet top ranking Cascade Christian on Vashon this Friday, they will be working to keep their minds focused on performance and cast the mental errors made in Kirkland behind them.
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The Pirate Cross Country team competed in the first meet of their season on Thursday, Sept. 12. The race was a 2-mile Jamboree hosted by Cedar Park Christian in St. Edwards State Park. Some Nisqually league teams as well as some non-league schools, including Bear Creek High School and Grace Academy, competed at this low-key season opener. The Jamboree-style meet was split into two co-ed races. The first was for all freshmen and sophomores. Only three pirates competed in the first race. Harper Whitney represented the sophomores, and Jeffrey Parrish and Jane Oswald ran for the freshmen. All three had exceptional starts to their seasons. Oswald placed second among the girls and was the fastest freshman girl of the day. The Pirates had slightly bigger numbers for the junior and senior race. Aaron
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Kitchener, Mason Carter, Joe Shugart and Anna Ripley ran for the juniors, and Philip VanDevanter, Codi Williams, Maddi Groen and Camille Charnews represented the class of 2014. “It was by far the best first race of the season I’ve had in my high school career,” said Williams. Despite the heat, the Pirates were able to kick off their season with quite a few individual successes. Once the weather is cooler and more athletes are able to compete, the Pirates should be able to rack up a few top three finishers as a team this season at their league meets. On Sept. 18, the team will travel to Bellevue Christian’s home course for their first 5k of the season. On Saturday, Sept. 21, the Pirates will compete in the annual Steilacoom Invitational at Steilacoom Park.
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Soccer splits first two games By KELLY McEACHERN For The Beachcomber
With a talented roster, led by seven returning seniors and filled out from a large turnout of underclassmen, coach Sergei Serebryakov’s Vashon girls varsity soccer team began the season this week with road games at Nisqually League rivals Cedar Park Christian and Cascade Christian. Tuesday’s first match at Cedar Park looked just that, as both teams took some time to get their footing. Neither side could muster any real goal scoring opportunities outside of several free kicks awarded to the Eagles just outside of the 18-yard box. After regulation time had expired, the two sides were still scoreless. Despite playing 80 minutes with temperatures in the high 80s, the two teams produced some exciting play in the overtime periods as both teams pushed for the winning goal. In the end, the score remained tied 0-0, thanks in large part to some amazing saves by Pirate keeper Lauren Ockinga. Preceding the varsity game, Vashon’s junior varsity team easily handled the Cedar Park JV, winning 3-0. Thursday’s game at Cascade Christian began much the same way as the first, as uneven play seemed the rule for both teams. Late in the first half, Vashon opened the scoring as junior midfielder Emily Browne, assisted by senior forward Llira McEachern, banged a sharp shot just
out of reach of the keeper, off of the upright and in. The score was tied 1-1 just before the half on a free kick over the wall by Cascade Christian. Both teams showed much more intensity in the second half, and play was more crisp. After consistent pressure was created by the Pirates on the Cougar goal, Llira McEachern took advantage of a poor clearance by Cascade’s back line to produce Vashon’s second goal, placing the ball perfectly beyond the goalie’s reach and into the far corner of the net. Cascade again managed to tie the score 2-2 with another flawless free kick taken just outside the 18-yard box. The Pirates were unbowed and continued to pressure the Cougar defense. Sophomore Maddie McEachern, returning from an ankle sprain suffered in the first half, fed her sister Llira for Vashon’s final goal with about five minute remaining. Vashon held on to the 3-2 advantage as the charging Cougar team gave their best effort to score, but even several added minutes from the referee was not enough as Vashon’s defense repelled every effort. The girls played their first home game of the season Tuesday night against Charles Wright Academy, with scores coming in too late for press time.
Travelers with a Passport to Pain Nearly 240 riders participated in last weekend’s 78-mile Passport to Pain bike ride, a benefit for the Vashon Island Rowing Club. At press time, organizers were still determining the amount of money raised but believe it was a few thousand dollars more than last year, which netted more than $10,000 for the club. Above, riders listen to pre-race instructions at the boathouse, and at left, islander Henry Haselton leads a group of riders up the hill from Gold Beach.
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rusted metal. Some of his more abstract works peek out from behind lush foliage. Perfect clusters of grapes encircle an arbor Arnold fashioned from bent concrete reinforcement that someone had given to Erue. “It was something she snitched from me,” Erue said. Erue’s sculptures are also tucked away in other gardens all over Vashon and beyond, but his best known work, locally, is a large sculpture that stands in the center of town — a life-sized giraffe that holds court outside of Giraffe, a shop that sells fair trade gift and craft items. The giraffe is constructed of rusted scrap metal, stainless steel and discarded shelving from True Value, and viewers can peak into it, through the cracks in its structure, to see a metal heart suspended within its chest. Giraffe co-owner Jim Kimmel said he was glad that he and his wife, Priscilla Schleigh, had commissioned Erue to create the sculpture. “I think it only took him about 60 hours to make it, and he worked to our budget,” Kimmel said. Best of all, Kimmel said, is the way the sculpture has changed in the three years it has stood outside the shop, developing new rust and dappled patinas. “The more I look at it, the better it looks,” he said. “He did a great job.” But old metal isn’t all that Erue has refashioned over the
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years. As it turns out, he’s also rebooted his own life several times, switching from one career to another in a trajectory that only found him fully developing his latent artistic talent when he was in his mid-50s. He’s 71 years old now, a tall man with a wry smile, a shock of unruly white hair, and the gait of a man with two hip replacement surgeries behind him. He’s also stealthily stylish — it takes a few minutes for a visitor to notice that his faded black T-shirt has a cool Harley Davidson logo on it, and that his eyewear is also trendy — titanium steel frames with an aviator bridge and wide legs spiked with bright yellow accents. In his 20- by 15-foot shop, a neat-as-a-pin space where he teaches workshops and makes art, Erue perches on a stool, peers out from behind those glasses and tells his story. He was born in Iowa, but raised on Queen Anne Hill, one of two sons of a plumber and a homemaker. He took a high school ceramics class, and later, in this 20s and 30s, he became a photographer, selling some of his work. In his younger years, he also showed his Great Dane, winning top prizes for her at dog shows in Washington and Oregon. But for the most part, he worked at a series of blue collar jobs for decades. For 25 years, he was a cook, toiling at the Beach Broiler, the Alki landmark that became Salty’s in the mid-1980s. After leaving his cooking job, he switched gears to open a daycare center in Seattle, filling his backyard with a one-of-a-kind sandbox made from an old boat, a tire swing and toys he crafted himself. “I like kids, and I could get along with them,” he said, when asked why he decided to go into daycare. “I was told
I was the first licensed male daycare provider in Seattle.” But in 1985, Erue picked up and moved to Vashon, where he found employment first at Seattle’s Best Coffee, and later at the Ace Hardware housed in what is now Pandora’s Box. It was at the age of 53, he said, recovering from his first hip surgery, that he asked his younger brother, who rebuilds hot rods and classic cars, to teach him how to weld. And by the time he was 62, Erue said, he had retired completely from his other jobs and was exclusively making sculptures. The self-taught artist is now himself an educator, opening his studio two or three times a year for classes in welding, plasma cutting and making art, held in conjunction with Vashon Allied Arts. He also has some large and small commissions in the pipeline, and he’s going to make a metal dog for an upcoming show at the Vashon Allied Arts Gallery. The artist said he doesn’t want to spend time keeping a website for himself up-to-date, and relies instead on more old-school methods — word of mouth and referrals from happy buyers — to find new buyers. For the past year, he said, he has purposefully slowed down a bit, and taken a break from participating in the Vashon Island Artists’ Studio Tour, so he could go on the tour himself and look at other artists’ work. But come January, he’s planning to dive back into creating more sculptures. He’s motivated to sell, he said, so he can keep creating. “If I get too much in my yard, I feel like I can’t make anymore,” he said. “I want to see it go down the road, so I can make more stuff.”
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work really hard,” he said. He also noted that he has coached in boathouses all over the world, and all of them have had some problems with theft, except Vashon — until now. The team is taking steps to prevent such a situation from happening again, he said, and is locking the boathouse doors when rowers are on the water, even though it is logistically difficult to do so because the building’s large double doors lock only from the inside. The arrest of Jeardoe, meanwhile, unfolded like a detective novel, with a Vashon father and modern-day technology taking center stage. The night of the thefts, one of the rowers who had two bags stolen began to track her missing phone, using the Find My iPhone app. The rower’s father, who wishes to remain anonymous, provided details of the search in an interview last week. Initially, he said, the tracking program indicated the phone was at the Motel 6 by the airport. Later, the tracking path showed that the phone was on the move and that whoever had it took a trip north, where authorities told him a pawn
shop is located. The phone then returned to the White arrived, they located the women and the bags. The father had been so intent on getting the description of the vehicle, Center area. The next day the father left Vashon and followed the he said, that he could only identify one of the women. She path of the phone from the night before. His journey even- claimed that all of the items in the bag were hers, he said, tually brought him to a White Center parking lot, where even though the bag was emblazoned with “Vashon Island Junior Crew” and he recognized several the tracking app indicated the phone items, including a pair of jeans and his was currently located. There were only own belt his daughter liked to borrow. a few cars there, he said, and he planned The arrest of Jeardoe The iPhone, however, was the clincher, to get their descriptions and their plate unfolded like a detective he said. It has a feature that instructs numbers. He got out of his car to do so, novel, with a Vashon users to press a button if the phone is lost; when he noticed two women unloading when the button was pushed, the father’s suitcases and bags from one of the cars father and modern-day own phone rang. and taking them into an apartment. One technology taking center He was able to get some of his daughof the bags was a gym bag, but it caught stage. ter’s belongings, he said, but her backpack his eye, he said, because it was being with its expensive graphing calculator and unloaded by a “very unathletic-looking $150 calculus textbook was still missing as woman.” Then they lifted out a plastic of late last week. The woman is believed bag, which sounded like it had 15 cell to be the one previously mentioned awaiting charges, but phones in it, he said. authorities have not verified that. “I thought: These are the people,” he said. At press time, Kuhns’ gun and several of the crew memHe then walked a distance away, called 911 and gave the details about the car to the dispatcher, who instructed him bers’ items had been reported found, but West said she did not yet have concrete information on all that will be returned. to get back in his car. “That was good advice,” he added. West also said that the father’s description of the car The car left, he said, but the app showed the stolen phone was still at the apartment building. When the deputies — a stolen Subaru with stolen plates — proved extremely important in linking Jeardoe to the island crimes. An Issaquah resident had previously taken a photo of Jeardoe and the Subaru when Jeardoe was in that neighborhood, and the photo had been sent out to deputies. When those clues aligned, the connection became clear, West said.
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Matthew J. Hill passed away unexpectedly in the early morning hours on Monday, September 9, 2013 after 49 years of loving devotion to his family, friends, and community. Matthew was born on November 15, 1963 in Spokane, Washington. Raised in West Seattle and on Vashon Island, he spent the last 20 years of his life raising his family in the Kent, Washington area. Having recently left Costco after 30 years, he split his time between starting his own consulting company and volunteering as the fund development manager for Angels in Sports. He is survived by his sons, Nicholas and Jonathan Hill; his grandsons, Shane and Derek Hill; his daughterin-law, Patricia Hill; his parents, Sterling and Beverley Hill; and his siblings, Kimberley Nielsen, Christopher Hill, and Heather Sanders, as well as their spouses and children. A memorial service will be held at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ Star Lake Building (28616 48th Avenue South, Auburn, Washington), on Saturday, September 21, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. A celebration of Matthew’s life will also be held on September 29, 2013 from 11–2 at Lake Wilderness Lodge (22500 South East 248th Street, Maple Valley, Washington, 425-432-9953). In lieu of flowers, Matthew’s family requests that donations be made in his name to Angels in Sports, his favorite charity: Angels in Sports, 15 South Grady Way, #248, Renton, WA 98057 www.angelsinsports.org
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Jeardoe, in fact, has a long history of crime. News accounts from this summer reported that Jeardoe was arrested on July 7. Police apprehended him in the West Seattle Thriftway parking lot while he was driving a stolen vehicle filled with stolen items. A .22 revolver and shotgun were also in the car. At the time, Jeardoe had been living in a trailer in a residential West Seattle neighborhood and was considered a likely suspect in several burglaries there. Just four years before, news reports say, he had been involved with the Seattle Police Explorers, a program designed to interest youth in law enforcement careers, but was expelled for drug-related infractions and went on to be arrested for cocaine possession, methamphetamine possession, receiving stolen property, attempted theft and residential burglary. He will be arraigned on Sept. 26. — Sarah Low also contributed reporting to this article.
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Business owners to swap stories in networking event Island business owners can connect with each other, build their referral bases and practice their pitches when the Vashon Chamber of Commerce Leads Groups host a speed networking event next week. This will be the first event of its kind to be held on Vashon, Jim Marsh, the chamber’s executive director said. Marsh, though, has had experience with events like this in Chicago. “It’s a play on ‘speed dating,’” he said. “Everyone gets two to three minutes to practice talking, but also to listen.” The feedback can be invaluable, he said. “Many people don’t know what their business looks like to other people,” Marsh said, “and talking about what they love can help them see what they do in new ways.” Dawn Sheppard, a member of one of the Leads Groups, which helps members network, said that the event would be good for those with home businesses
or for anyone wanting to develop their public speaking or presentation skills. Marsh, noting other possibilities says, “Maybe you’ll meet your next best client; maybe you’ll meet your next best friend. I’ve seen it happen.” If the event is a success, they will hold more, but will also try to change things some to keep it interesting and useful. “This is what the chamber is for, to help businesses do well,” Marsh said.
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—Sarah Low The event will meet from 9 to 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 23, at the Penny Farcy Memorial Training Center. The cost is $5 at the door for non-chamber members and free for members. Advanced registration is strongly recommended and may be done online at www. vashonchamber.com, by phone at 463-6217 or email vashonchamber@ hotmail.com.
Gerda Hansen Gerda Hansen, who raised a family and lived most of her 79 years on Vashon, died September 7 at the Weatherly Inn in Tacoma from Alzheimer’s disease. The daughter of German parents, Gerda was born February 27, 1934, in Carlsbad, Czechoslovakia. She was trained as a draftsman and developed a life-long appreciation of well-machined goods and tools. She met Art Hansen, then a graduate art student from Vashon, in Nuremberg, Germany. They married in 1956,. The couple lived in Germany, Minneapolis and Hawaii before settling permanently in the Lisabeula area of Vashon in 1961. Together they built a rustic house, a large garden and an enclosed pasture. They grew much of their own food and heated their home with wood cut from their land. An industrious, hard-working and self-reliant woman, Gerda preserved and canned fruits and vegetables, designed, sewed and knit clothes for the family, and taught other women how to bake bread from scratch. Her best friends were often immigrants like she. She was pleased to pass on old country recipes and find new uses for discarded clothes and furniture from Granny’s Attic. She was especially devoted to her husband and her two sons, Knut and Ben. Gerda is survived by her husband Art, of Vashon; her brother, Rainer Anton, of Kassel, Germany; her sons, Knut (Ruri), of Seattle, and Ben (Christine), of Brooklyn, NY, and five grandchildren. At her request, there will be no memorial service. The family suggests remembrances be made in her name to Granny’s Attic.
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Margaret Rehm Rothschild Margaret Rehm Rothschild died peacefully at home, surrounded by love and family, on September 10, 2013, at age 71, after what she called her five-year dance with cancer. Margaret was born on November 9, 1941, in New York City. A 1963 Barnard College graduate, she went on to earn a Masters in Art Therapy from New York University and a Certificate in Spiritual Direction from New York City’s General Theological Seminary. She also studied painting and ceramics at the Art Students League of New York and other venues. Margaret’s passions were contemplative spirituality and the creative arts. A spiritual pilgrim investigating many traditions, she explored the concept of mystery through her painting and writing. Though ultimately embracing an inclusive spirituality, she found a welcoming home in the Christian community. She was a member of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit on Vashon Island, Washington, where she has lived for the past ten years, and served as a community-at-large vestry member at Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral in Seattle. Deeply committed to social justice and poverty issues, Margaret sat on the board of directors of Equal Rights Washington and was a staunch supporter of the ACLU and many other organizations. One of Margaret’s highest priorities was community with others. A great joy of her last years was the interaction between her and her friends sparked by her email updates about her spiritual journey through medical treatment, life with cancer, and eventually, conscious dying. Through them, she demonstrated that death need not be driven by fear, and that if one puts light and love out into the world, one only has to ask in order to receive them in return. Margaret’s beautiful abstract paintings grace the homes of her friends and family, and together with her inspiring writing serve as a reminder that we are not separated by death – it is merely the next step. Margaret is survived by her beloved husband George Heidorn, daughter Laura Ruderman and son-in-law Craig Greenberg, stepdaughter Judy Ruderman and son-in-law Bob Dubner, brother Jack Rothschild, stepsister Indigo Mahira, stepsister Chris Sekaer and her partner, Chris Ulrich, as well as stepsons Mark, Chris and Ken Heidorn and their spouses Jeff, CJ, and Denice, nephews Kevin DeMunn and Brian Rothschild, niece Heather DeMunn, and six grandchildren: Amelia, Courtney, Emily, Jacob, Jake, and Miranda. There will be a memorial service on Wednesday, September 18 at 1:00 pm at Saint Mark’s Cathedral in Seattle and a Memorial Eucharist and committal ceremony on Thursday, September 19 at 11:00 am at the Church of the Holy Spirit on Vashon Island. Donations in Margaret’s memory may be made to the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington and to the Margaret Rehm Rothschild Meditation Chapel Fund at the Order of St. Helena Episcopal Convent in Augusta, Georgia. Please visit our online guest book at www.islandfuneral.com.
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