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Metro threatens big cuts to bus service Vashon’s two routes could see 20-percent reductions By NATALIE JOHNSON Staff Writer
Drastic cuts to Metro bus service, should the fail to secure new funding, would include significant reductions to Vashon’s two bus routes, according to a proposal put forward by the county last week. On Thursday King County Metro released detailed plans for the 17-percent countywide service
cuts officials say the agency could be forced to implement due to falling sales tax revenue and the expiration of temporary funding. On Vashon, both route 118, which runs between the north end ferry terminal and Tahlequah, and route 119, which runs between the north end and Dockton, face 20-percent service reductions. Metro Transit Planner Doug Johnson said island buses would become less frequent during the day, and on route 118, service would begin later in the morning and end earlier in the evening. Metro hasn’t specifically identified which trips would be discontinued
on Vashon, he said, as it is possible that the entire schedule for both routes will be revised. The 118 and 119 express routes — which drive on the ferry and continue to downtown Seattle — also face reductions, as does the RapidRide C line, which many ferry commuters ride from West Seattle to downtown. Those routes are at risk in part because of the loss of state funding to mitigate congestion caused by the Alaskan Way Viaduct construction. Overall, Metro is poised to completely eliminate 74 of its 214 bus SEE METRO, 18
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Kids get their hands on real-world science Election puts two new faces on park board Students across several grades participate in actual research projects
Some races still too close to call By NATALIE JOHNSON
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Two newcomers have been elected to the Vashon Park District board of commissioners, while incumbent Lu-Ann Branch is holding on to a slight lead in last week’s closely watched park district elections. Results released Friday by King County Elections showed that economics professor Doug Ostrom has apparently won his bid for position 4 on the park board — a spot vacated by David Hackett. Ostrom garnered 58.4 percent of the vote with 2,119 votes. His opponent, Robin Magonegil, received 41.5 percent with 1,504 votes. Scott Harvey, a small business advisor and lender has ousted incumbent John Hopkins in the race for position 5. Harvey received 61.8 percent of the vote with 2,112 votes. Hopkins garnered 38.2 percent with 1,311 votes.
“I got another one!” “Look at this!” “It’s a mayfly — see the tails!” “I don’t understand why kids don’t like science. … This is the best lab ever.” These comments echoed through a McMurray Middle School science classroom last month as sixth-graders eagerly sifted through leafy debris from Shinglemill and Needle Creeks’ water samples. They were working to find and identify stream-dwelling invertebrates — in this case mostly tiny insect larva, some barely visible to the naked eye — which scientists use to gauge water health. Vashon Nature Center, as part of a Vashon-Maury Island Groundwater Protection Committee study, brought the invertebrates from local streams into six science classrooms where, with the help of local biologists, hand magnifiers, keys and microscopes, 100 students learned to tell the difference between a caddis fly and a true fly, and what their existence has to do
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Sam Conrad examines tiny stream invertebrates under a microscope at McMurray Middle School. with healthy salmon populations. By the time they were through, the students had counted 700 total invertebrates, identified four species never before recorded in Shinglemill and found native freshwater snail eggs, which prompted local scientists to further probe island creeks to research snail dispersal methods — another important stream health indicator. “I didn’t know a whole bunch
of these little guys lived in the streams,” said sixth-grader Nelson Giorgini. “It was cool to learn about them and what they do, and see the difference between one stream and another.” Sixth-grade student Sean Robertson said he enjoys science class and appreciated being asked to participate in an actual study: “It’s cool that they let kids our age do SEE SCIENCE, 19
In the race for position 2 on the board, incumbent Branch, who joined the board in 2010, held a 200-vote lead on Friday over challenger Stephen Evans. Branch, who has maintained her lead since the first results were announced on Nov. 5, had garnered 52.6 percent of the vote on Friday with 1,866 votes. Evans, a patent lawyer whose campaign has included the promotion of a website and a flashing sign on Vashon Highway, had 47.3 percent with 1,676 votes. According to King County Elections, there are at least 700 Vashon ballots left to be counted in the Nov. 5 election. On Friday Branch said she was feeling good about the results, but she wouldn’t celebrate a victory until the final votes come in. “I don’t think I’m ready to claim victory until we get a better spread or more ballots counted,” she said. Branch said she thought the close race “showed the SEE ELECTION, 20
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“A lot of people are getting better coverage for the first time,� she said. Also, some children whose families qualify for subsidies are able to get health care coverage immediately, Emmer said. Most people must sign up by March 31 to avoid a penalty, but to have coverage by Jan. 1, people must be in the system by Dec. 15 and pay, if necessary, by Dec. 23. Upcoming volunteer-led sign-up dates include Nov. 23 and Thursdays at the senior center. Watch The Beachcomber for details.
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Sun Island Farm goes ‘off the grid’ with new solar energy system Owner says now is the time to invest in solar By NATALIE JOHNSON Staff Writer
When Celina and Joe Yarkin built their Maury Island home, Joe made sure the house was positioned in an ideal spot to one day hold solar panels. Nearly a decade later, those solar panels are in place, and Celina and Joe, parents of three and well known as the owners of Sun Island Farm, are running their farm nearly entirely off the sun. “Every time the sun is out, there’s this sensation,” Joe said standing outside his modest, two-story home last month. Atop the roof are 16 3-and-a-half by 6-foot panels that produce enough energy to power the farm’s greenhouse fans, irrigation system, well pump, coolers and freezers and electric fences, as well as an electric car used to deliver produce to CSA members. Like most systems in the Northwest, the Yarkins’ panels produce more energy than they need in the summer, putting power back into the grid and providing energy credits they’ll use during the winter months, leading Joe to call it the “ultimate battery.” The farm — a 3-acre swath with a large garden, fruit trees, greenhouses, chickens and pigs — would be considered “zero net
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Joe Yarkin stands outside his home, which is topped with 16 solar panels he installed himself. energy,” if not for the fuel used by their tractor, Joe said. He believes they’re have the only small farm on Vashon with such a solar-powered operation. “It’s a good-sized system,” he said. Those who know the Yarkins, however, may be surprised that the couple, who moved to Vashon from New Mexico in 2001, didn’t install their solar panels sooner. Joe, an engineer, has had a career in solar
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energy. A contractor for the National Science Foundation, he spends months each year installing solar and wind energy systems at remote scientific outposts where no other power supply is available. For years his work frequently took him to Antarctica, though these days he mostly travels to Greenland and Alaska. Joe says he has spent his career watching for what he calls the solar age — when the
price of solar drops low enough to make the transition worth it for residential users. As the price of solar energy systems has dropped significantly in the last 10 years — from about $5 per watt to less than $1 a watt — and agencies now offer generous incentives for solar users, Joe recently decided it was time. He spent all last summer installing the system himself with panels he purchased from a New Mexico company, a project he said any do-it-yourselfer could take on. “It makes sense now,” he said. “The price is right, and the technology is there now.” The 3,800-watt system would normally pay for itself in 15 years, but with Puget Sound Energy and federal incentives the Yarkins qualify for, their system will be paid off in about four years. It should last at least 25 years. While Joe once warned people to not be too hasty in installing expensive solar energy systems, he now preaches solar, saying the industry is nearing what he calls solar parity, “when the cost of doing solar is equal to the cost of doing coal or natural gas,” he said. “It will be a historic time when it truly is there.” Sun Island Farm, more true to its name then ever, could now be considered “off the grid,” but Joe is quick to point out that the farm is still reliant on fuel. He notes it will likely be years before they are a truly “zero energy” operation. “This is a big step in that direction,” he said.
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Construction has begun at the little-used Firefighters’ Association Building on Bank Road to transform it into a Vashon hub of King County services. Come February, the services now found at Courthouse Square will move into the 2,600-square-foot building across from the fire station. The sheriff’s office will be there, as will the courtroom and an office of the Department of Permitting and Environmental Review. Islanders will also be able to stop by to pay their property taxes, obtain passports and marriage licenses and access other services. The Emergency Operations Center (EOC) will also be housed there in the event of an island-wide emergency. “I think it is a win-win for everybody,� said George Brown, the assistant chief at Vashon Island Fire & Rescue (VIFR). The plan to move county services to town has been in the works since the Vashon Firefighters’ Association disbanded in 2009 and gave the building to VIFR. The county’s relocation plans formalized in 2012. Now, Brown said, the building, which has been mostly used for storage and occasional drills since given to the fire department, will undergo a complete renovation, be gutted down to the studs, with new electrical and HVAC systems installed and new walls erected. A benefit to the district will be that the courtroom, which is used infrequently, will also serve as a public meeting room and a classroom for VIFR, which expects to put it to good use, Brown said.
“It is not uncommon that we will have all three of our classrooms in use multiple times a week,� Brown added. He noted that he is also pleased that the EOC — when it is needed — will have a dedicated home, with the infrastructure, such as computer and phone lines, built in to support it. King County is providing funds for the renovation, said county spokesman Cameron Satterfield. As the landlord, VIFR is responsible for the building renovations and will be reimbursed by the county. After the bidding process, Brown said, VIFR selected Regency Northwest of Bellevue to do the work. That bid came in at $575,000, which the county approved, Satterfield said. Moving into the new building will be a cost-saving move for King County. Its current rent at Courthouse Square, owned by islander Tom Bangasser, is $2,376 a month plus utilities. The courtroom has been located there since the building was built in 1973. At VIFR’s building in town, the county’s stay will be rent-free for the first five years in return for reimbursing VIFR for the renovations. After that, the base rent will be $547.50 per month, Satterfield said. The lease term is 10 years. The move-in date is slated for Feb. 1, if all renovations are complete. Satterfield noted that it took longer than anticipated for both parties to finalize plans that would work well for them both and be within the budget. But now the process is well under way. Brown agreed. “It’s been a long process, and we’re happy to see it started,� Brown said.
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Vashon native named to ‘most influential’ list Developer is spotlighted by Seattle Magazine This month’s issue of Seattle Magazine profiles 54 of the city’s most influential men and women of 2013, and a Vashon son has made the list. Property developer and former islander Dirk Mulhair, son of Vashon hostel owner Judy Mulhair, was named to the list that includes such notables as musician Macklemore, Seahawk Russell Wilson, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Bertha, the Highway 99 tunnel boring machine. The magazine makes clear that the distinction is not about popularity, but about shaping everything from the Seattle economy to local attitudes. Mulhair is the driving force behind aPodments, a micro-housing concept for urban tenants that he began nine years ago. The congregate-style apartments offer about 200 square feet of living space, and have been compared to modern-day boarding houses, with short-term lease options and rent aver-
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EDITORIAL
Drowsy driving can have tragic consequences
Voters should have the option to save Metro service
Editor’s note: William Shaw is the publisher of several of The Beachcomber’s sister papers. He recently wrote this piece in response to Gov. Jay Inslee’s declaration of this week, Nov. 11 through 17, as Drowsy Driving Prevention Week in Washington.
The potentially drastic Metro bus cuts announced last week and widely publicized in the news didn’t come as a surprise. King County has warned for some time that with falling tax revenues, it cannot keep up its current bus service. Ironically, these cuts would come at a time when the county’s buses are more used than ever. The county should be adding trips, not cutting an unprecedented 14 million rides per year. No one wants to pay more taxes — and Republicans sure don’t want to approve them — but Metro simply can’t get by on its declining sales tax base. We hope lawmakers and voters recognize the serious The county should be implications of these cuts adding trips, not cutting an and act to stop them from unprecedented 14 million happening. rides per year. Proposed cuts to Vashon’s two bus routes — 20 percent reductions on routes 118 and 119 — could further crowd already crammed morning and evening buses popular with ferry commuters and would likely put more Vashon cars on the road. Of even more concern, however, is that mid-day bus service on the island would become even less frequent. While mid-day buses with low ridership are an easy and understandable target for cuts, they are also a lifeline for some of Vashon’s most vulnerable: low-income residents who don’t own cars, elderly islanders who no longer drive or young people trying to get to and from work. Mid-day bus service on Vashon is already sparse, and we’re worried additional reductions could leave some islanders out of options for getting where they need to go. We’re sure the same will be true in other parts of the county if deep cuts come to fruition. The county’s bus system isn’t the only one in crisis right now. For years the state has struggled to keep ferries running, to build new highways and to repair roads. Some of Vashon’s lesser-used roads are currently identified to be left to crack and crumble because the county lacks funds to maintain them. Since the recession hit, state and county agencies have buckled down, cut workers and raised fares in an attempt to keep up with Washington’s transportation needs. While many lawmakers in Olympia oppose any new tax — and don’t even want to give voters the option to pay more — we’ve now reached the point where only new taxes will save our vital transportation infrastructure. A motor vehicle excise tax would tax only those purchasing cars, likely hitting low-income residents less. The Legislature should allow King County to put this new local tax on the ballot — one that would fund both buses and road maintenance — and let county residents decide whether the extra dollars are worth it.
Seven years ago, I sped across the I-90 Bridge to Harborview Medical Center. As I did, I begged for God to take my life, “Take Me instead. Not Her!” Just 15 minutes before my drive across the bridge, my wife Mary Beth and I had received the phone call that every parent dreads. Our 17- year-old daughter Mora was in emergency room at Harborview. All we knew was that she had been in a terrible car accident and that her condition was critical. Like any parent, I bargained and begged aloud for God to spare the life of my child. Since then, I’ve told our story about drowsy driving — over and over again. And I will continue to do so until people take drowsy driving more seriously. That frantic trip across I-90 was just one of the moments from that harrowing time that is seared into my psyche. There are other memories of terrible moments like that that stay with me and continue to push my family and I to carry on in our mission to talk about the dangers of drowsy driving: • The sadness in the doctor’s eyes three days later as she took my wife and I over to a private corner after the morning consult was over. She told us that the trauma team was very disheartened. After being in a coma for three days, Mora’s brain was not showing any signs of response, and they were
SAFETY By WILLIAM SHAW losing hope of her recovery or survival. • The devastation in my wife’s eyes as we approached our family in the Trauma ICU waiting room. When we said it looked like Mora would not make it, our family closed around us in an elemental circle of love and shared anguish. Defiantly, my mother said, “Well, we’ll just have to pray even harder!” • The disbelief and anger we felt when we were told by the Washington State Patrol trooper that the driver of the car Mora was a passenger in had been awake for more than 20 hours before she got behind the wheel. That she fell asleep while driving over Blewett Pass. • Or Mora’s first words over a month later ... whispered in pain and agony, trapped in a full body cast and an injured brain. “I hate this.” Or six months later, when she was an 18-year-old woman, when she took her first baby step without a wheelchair, crutches, or a scooter, knowing she would need multiple surgeries on her ankle for years to come. We cannot give Mora back the years that were taken away from her or the pain that she continues to deal with. But we can try to spare others from suffering terrible, life-changing injuries like hers and to prevent more easily avoidable deaths from drowsy driving.
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The public should speak up and be heard by the new park board This letter is in regards to the recent Vashon Park District commissioner election. I would like to congratulate the winners of the election and wish them all the best. I would like to thank everyone who worked on
my campaign, marched in the Strawberry Festival parade, put a yard sign up, donated their time or money and voted for me. I am proud of the race we ran, and I could not have done it without all the support I received from this amazing community. I am passionate about the parks and the many parks programs that we have here on Vashon; everyone should be as they are vital to our life here. I agreed to run for this office because I care about those programs
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Half of our mission is to promote drowsy driving awareness and prevention through education. In print, online and on television, we have warned about the dangers of drowsy driving. We have shouted about it from the rooftops and in our state legislature’s House Judiciary Committee. But prevention and education go only half way. For as with drunk driving 40 years ago and wearing seat belts 20 years ago, perceptions about and laws and penalties against drowsy driving need to be changed. If a person who has not slept for 20 to 24 hours gets behind the wheel of a car and causes an injury or death, there should be serious consequences to their actions and added teeth to the current reckless driving laws. Before others are injured or killed by drowsy drivers, we urge our legislators to seriously look at tougher penalties and fines if a driver causes injury of death after falling asleep while behind the wheel of a car. Mora has miraculously defied all the medical odds and is living her amazing life. But others have not been so “lucky.” If one person getting behind the wheel of a car thought first and took a nap, Mora’s life and many others like her would have been different. Others lives would have been saved. Seven years later, as our governor proclaims Nov. 11 through 17 Washington State Drowsy Driving Prevention Week, the Shaw family will continue to make noise about drowsy driving and its consequences. And we will never forget.
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and parks and the public they serve. My sincerest hope is that the commissioners go forward in an ethical, considerate, fiscally responsible manner, acting in the best interests of all the residents of Vashon. I spent a great deal of time leading up to the election meeting with representatives from many of the groups that are either partnered with or use the parks. I found them to be well-informed, concerned and willing to work with the park district. I hope that the commissioners will truly act as public servants and listen to them. I encourage you, the residents of Vashon to attend the meetings and to demand that your voices be heard. The parks belong to you. — Robin Magonegil
Vashon Community Care
Residents are happy here We are presently living in the Vashon Community Care facilty (VCC). This is situated on Vashon Island, and it is the only one of its kind for older people and their lifestyle. It is staffed by a collection of angels of both sexes and various shapes and sizes that we have christened “angels without wings.” It is also a lovely building surrounded by nature, with gardens available to residents for exercise and pleasure. Residents are made to feel as though it is our own home. We are served three full meals a day, most of which are cooked on the premises. We have many different nationalities amongst us, and we love to cross-question them about their native countrymen and their religious preferences, countries and birthplaces. This letter was written by two very happy residents of VCC, Phoebe and Tom. — Phoebe Johannesson
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Pulling pranks was the best part of being a dentist While slowly driving through a construction site not too long ago, I noticed three trucks from three different companies each with signage ending with the words “and Sons.” The coincidence got me to thinking about my own family business, in my case dentistry. My great uncle practiced in the early part of the 20th century; my father graduated dental school in the 1950s, and I hung up the drill in the late 1990s. While my father and I never practiced at the same time, we did share similar chair-side eccentricities. Dad set up his practice amid the hustle and bustle of a city, but I changed all that. The day I was born he had his first heart attack (OK, I wasn’t the prettiest baby, but come on!) so it was decided to begin a new practice in an environment with a slower pace. He found a small rural town in southern Ontario that was without the services of a dentist, and a few months later he hung out his shingle. It wasn’t long before the local hospital called to have him look at the occasional injured jaw. When the call came in, he would shut down the practice, load up his doctoring tools and drive to the hospital. On one particular
HUMOR By CHRIS AUSTIN call, the treatment room contained a young man in a motorcycle jacket with long hair, sporting a broken jaw. That’s what most people would have seen anyway. This was the late 1960s, and my crusty, World War II veteran father saw a long-haired, pinko commie, hippie-type, bent on the downfall of Western democracy, sporting a broken jaw. He gave him a cursory exam and said, “I’m not treating you until you get a haircut.” Without a lot of options, the patient left and got what surely must have been some barber’s most awkward trimming. Treatment predicated on a haircut; I believe that has only happened once in the history of dentistry. While I wasn’t concerned with my patients’ coiffure, I wasn’t beyond a little mischief myself. My first job after dental school was in the military, stationed in southern California. Everyday started
out with sick call. The waiting room was full of young, healthy men in their late teens and early 20s, not too far removed from boot camp. Any real problems would have been taken care of way before they saw me. In short, it was pretty boring. After every exam the patient would stand up, take a small cup and swish fluoride around for 30 seconds. My particular duty station was originally built for our nation’s strategic blimp fleet and since then had gone through a lot of changes. My examination room, for instance, had the patient’s sink hidden behind a file cabinet. One day after an examination, the patient stood up and I handed him the fluoride. After he swished for 20 seconds, he began searching the room for a place to spit. On the spur of the moment I said as matter-of-factly as possible, “Spit it back in the cup for the next Marine.” His eyes got big as he stopped swishing then swished once or twice more before dutifully depositing the fluoride back in the cup — gotta love the Marines. I bet he was thinking, “Who the hell came in here before me?” I could only hold my straight face for a second before showing him the sink.
Not all my patient interactions ended up as I expected though. Years later in private practice, I was looking over the chart of a 5-yearold — I’ll call him Little Johnny — before starting my examination, when, totally unprovoked, he said, “My father can count higher than you.” Feeling my arithmetic skills impugned, I lowered my mask and said, “No he can’t.” An argument worthy of Plato ensued. “Yes, he can.” “No, he can’t” “Yes, he can.” My debating skills exhausted, I blurted out, “I can count to a hundred bazillion, gazillion!” The kid wasn’t even phased. He said, “My dad can count all the way to the end.” My assistant snickered as I sat there with my mouth half open thinking of a comeback, but my brain felt like it had just divided by zero. I smiled and slowly put my mask back on. We both learned a valuable lesson that day. I learned not to match wits with a 5-yearold, and Little Johnny learned not to show up the dentist before an examination. — Chris Austin is the author of two books available at www. chrisaustinbooks.com. He also works at The Beachcomber.
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Full Hearts for Empty Bowls
The Organizations of the Vashon Social Services Network had a riproaring Empty Bowls fundraiser last Friday night. The money raised is a major support of our local meals program, which provides healthful hot meals seven days a week to those who need them. Mike Masi got us rolling w/ beautiful posters w/ his donated
design. And VAA’s Heron’s Nest Gallery whetted everyone’s appetite with a stunning display of bowls. The hospitality of the Vashon Presbyterian Church and their two champions, Jack Skeffington and Bob Spangler, set the stage. With music by The Stardust Trio (Harmon Arroyo, Steve Touger, and Stephen Meyer) in the background, over a dozen volunteers from the Organizations helped keep the event flowing and the cookie trays full. Tasty soups and bread were donated by some of our star food establishments: Cafe Luna, Green Ginger, The Hardware Store Restaurant, Nirvana, Red Bicycle, and Vashon Market. The whole island benefits from their largesse in support of a greater good. But what would an Empty Bowls event be without bowls? Liz Lewis donated her time, materials, energy, planning, and just plain fun to amass the nearly 200 bowls available for the event. The work of many artists and would-be artists, young and old, are now residing in Vashon kitchens. Thank you all for your generosity of spirit. Sue Gardner Secretary, Vashon Social Services Network
Holly Daze Christmas Bazaar Saturday, November 23, 10 - 4 McMurray Middle School (9329 SW Cemetery Road)
50 local vendors offering mostly handmade items for sale - appropriate for gift giving. Come and join in this festive community event!
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SUBMISSIONS Send items to slow@ vashonbeachcomber.com. Deadline is noon Thursday for Wednesday publication. The calendar is intended for community activities, cultural events and nonprofit groups; notices are free and printed as space permits. The Beachcomber also has a user-generated online calendar. To post an event there, see www. VashonBeachcomber.com, scroll to the bottom of the page and follow the prompts.
ONGOING VYFS/VARSA Survey: VYFS Family Education and Support Services and VARSA programs are largely funded by a government grant that requires that the community be polled every two years. The survey of community attitudes is completely anonymous and helps funders determine what the needs are on Vashon. All are invited to complete this short survey at www.surveymonkey.com/s/ YHQFS7T. The survey will be available through mid-December.
WEDNESDAY • 13 Vashon Computer Club: This month’s meeting will be about free utilities for computer safety and maintenance, and there will be a demonstration of how to use Windows 8. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13, at the Vashon Senior Center.
THURSDAY • 14 Current Event Discussion: Bill Hallowell will lead a discussion of local, national and international news, as suggested by the group. 2 to 4 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center. Lecture Series: The Burton Community Church program continues, featuring the topics of pessimism and illusionism, optimism and skepticism. All lectures are open to the public. 4 to 6 p.m. at Lewis Hall behind the Burton Community Church.
Song Writers’ Night at Vashon Eagles: Denny McVeigh and Jamie Jackson Music will host another evening of dinner and music. Local musicians are invited to bring their original songs and all are invited to enjoy the evening in the lounge or listen from the restaurant. For more information contact McVeigh at 463-9591 or Jamie Jackson Music at 407-6086. 7 to 10 p.m. at the Vashon Eagles.
FRIDAY • 15 Everything “Oz”: Robin Hess, a lifetime fan and scholar of the Land of Oz, will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the movie. 1 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center. Pandora’s Box Celebrates: To celebrate 30 years in business, Pandora’s Box will hold a customer appreciation event for three days over the weekend. Customers can save money on selected products, win door prizes and take home free items, Friday, Nov. 15 through Sunday, Nov. 17. There will also be a special after-hours event Friday night, when customers can come in for dessert and a beverage and shop, with all profits donated to VIPP. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Pandora’s Box. Piano Recital: Vashon pianist Paul Swenson will perform a solo recital. 7:30 p.m. at the Church of the Holy Spirit. (For more information, see story on page 10.)
SATURDAY • 16 Ski Swap: The Vashon Ski School will hold one more swap for anyone interested in buying, selling or trading new and used ski and snowboard gear and apparel. There will be a raffle for prizes of new, donated ski/snowboard gear, with proceeds going to the scholarship fund for the ski school. To sell or trade used gear, the items should be labeled with the seller’s name and dropped off at the event location between 8 and 9 a.m. the morning of the swap. For more information, email k2powers@ msn.com. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the parking lot between Spider’s Ski and Sports and Saucy Sisters Pizza. Farmers Market: The market has moved in to its new indoor space for the remainder of the season.
PUBLIC MEETINGS King County Cemetery District 1: Noon Wednesday, Nov. 13, at the cemetery district office at the Vashon Cemetery. Vashon Island School District: 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, at Chautauqua Elementary School. Vashon-Maury Island Community Council: 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18, at McMurray Middle School. Friends of Island Center Forest: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, at the Land Trust Building. Vashon Sewer District: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, at the Vashon Senior Center. King County Airport District: 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, at Courthouse Square.
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STAY DRY AND BRING YOUR BEST PIE
VASHON THEATRE
Captain Phillips: Ends Nov. 14. Inequality For All: Plays Nov. 15 to 21. A Place at the Table: GreenTech/Vashon-Maury Community Food Bank presentation at 6 p.m. See www.vashontheatre. com for show times or call 463-3232.
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the old Island Variety space at the IGA Plaza. (For more information see photo at top right.) Psychic Fair: Astrology, tarot, tea readings, numerology, spiritual counseling, psychic and intuitive readings, energy work and gemstone jewelry will be included. Prices vary by vendor. Noon to 5 p.m. at Vashon Intuitive Arts. Dance-a-thon: Dance! Vashon will sponsor its annual dance marathon, where dancers from Vashon Dance Academy will lead participants in various styles of dance through the evening. All funds raised will be used for financial aid to assist in the cost of tuition. Dance students will be in front of Thriftway on the evening of Nov. 15 to collect pledges and donations. 6 to 10 p.m. at the Vashon Dance Academy. Vashon Ski School Potluck: All registered students and those interested in registering for Vashon Ski School are invited to attend this evening of food, contests and raffles. Information about the upcoming season, scholarships and registration will be provided. For more information, email k2powers@msn.com. 7 p.m. at the McMurray Middle School multipurpose room. (See story, page 15.) Vegan Potluck: All are welcome to attend this “no trash bash.” Bring plates, utensils and a vegan dish to share. For more information call 861-3689. 4 to 6 p.m. at Mo Brule’s home, 16720 Vashon Highway. Northwest Noir: Mysteries, Legends and Landscapes: Presented by Susan Olds and sponsored by the Friends of the Vashon Library, the talk will examine Northwest coast Native American legends and art, UFO sightings and stories, unexplained mysteries and ghost stories, art by contemporary Northwest artists and mysteries, movies and novels set in the Northwest. 2 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center. Ladies Night at Open Space: Happy Hour at the O Space is back for a third time, to welcome the ladies of Vashon for an evening of refreshments, entertainment, shopping, spa treatments and more. For more information, see
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The Farmers Market moves to its new indoor location in the former Island Variety space at the IGA Plaza this weekend and will celebrate with the annual pumpkin pie contest. Usually held a week later, market manager Jordan Beck said that Farmers Market organizers thought holding the pie contest the weekend of the move would be a nice way to celebrate. Pie entries will be accepted at 10 a.m. and winners will be announced at 11 a.m. The market will remain a “farmers market” through the end of the month. Beck said that initially there had been a plan to stay outdoors through the end of November, but there was a lot of vendor interest in getting inside. Of the new space, Beck noted, “I think it will be beneficial for the market, it should be a perfect location.” The market will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., now at the Island Variety space in the IGA Plaza. Music will be provided by the Free Range Folk Choir and Gregg Curry. Pictured above are last year’s pumpkin pie contest winners, from left, Adri Yarkin, Jeff Berend, Eleanor Yarkin and Madeline Yarkin. www.openspacevashon.com or call 408-7241. Admission is $10 at the door, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. 4 to 7 p.m at the Open Space for Arts & Community.
SUNDAY • 17 Unitarian Service: Rev. Carmen McDowell will explore how to cultivate a heart of authentic gratitude and a spirit of abundance as the season of materialism approaches. 9:45 a.m. at Vashon Island Unitarian Fellowship, in Lewis Hall behind the Burton Community Church.
TUESDAY • 19 Vashon Quilt Guild: The group will meet for a discussion of vintage quilts, with speaker Susan Commeree. Attendees are encouraged to bring vintage quilts to show, and guests are welcome. For more information call Jeanne Reynen at 408-7059. 10 a.m. at the Presbyterian church. Sunrise Ridge Board Meeting: The Sunrise Ridge Health Services Board will have its monthly meeting, which will be open to the public as always. 10 a.m. in the conference room at Sunrise Ridge.
UPCOMING DSHS Mobile Community Service: The DSHS truck will be on the island, offering assistance with child support questions and applying for services. 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20, at the
Vashon-Maury Community Food Bank, 10030 SW 210th, and 2:30 to 5 p.m. at the Vashon Market, 17639 100th Ave. SW. Vashon Island Parents Read: Sponsored by the King County Library System and VYFS, this will be the third meeting of the group to discuss “The Whole Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture your Child’s Developing Mind,” by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson. 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20, at The Minglement. Zen Center: Evening service will include newcomer orientation, meditation service and guest speaker Dairin Zenji, with a talk titled “The essential teachings of Shodo Harada Roshi.”6:45 to 8:30 p.m. at the Puget Sound Zen Center, 20406 Chautauqua Beach Road.
CLASSES Ceramics: Artist Steve Roache of Aruba Pottery will teach a class how to make tiles and small clay sculptures. All experience levels are welcome. 9:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 15, at the Vashon Senior Center. Kokedama Bonsai Class: Learn to make “kokedama” bonsai with Devon Genser (this is a type of bonsai done as a moss ball.) Cost is $65. 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16, in the Bloom Room at Blooms & Things. Solstice Lanterns: Liz Lewis will teach attendees how to make a house-style candle lantern to brighten the dark winter evenings. All ages are welcome,
children under 8 must be accompanied by a teen or adult. Cost is $25 for VAA members, $35 for non-members and materials are $5 for everyone. 2 to 4 :30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 16, at Lewis’ studio, 12714 SW Cemetery Road. Yoga For Back Care and Wellness: Led by Irene Tokar, these four weekly classes will focus on back care, with an emphasis on yoga postures that promote core strength and flexibility. Cost is $56. To register, send a check payable to Island Yoga Center to P.O. Box 2062, or drop it off in the red mailbox by the front door. For more information, call 463-2058 or email info@islandcenteryoga.com. 6:30 p.m. Thursdays, Nov. 21 to Dec. 19, at Island Yoga Center. Transforming Grief Through Creativity: Led by Victoria Clayton, the class will focus on guided meditation. Cost is $20 and the class is for women or girls only. For more information, see www.HestiaRetreat.org/events/ upcoming-events. To register and for location information, email valerie@hestiaretreat.org. 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17. Deer to Dinner Table: For both beginners and experienced hunters, regulations, field care and hunting tips will be discussed. Class emphasis is on game butchery and cookery. This four -hour class will involve a hands-on butchering demo and a multicourse lunch. Taught by Kelsey Kozak and Ben Scott-Killian. Cost is $120. Call 755-9419 for directions and to sign up. 10 am, Sunday Nov. 17, at Kozak’s house.
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Island Home Center and Lumber held its ninth annual Ladies Night on Monday, Nov. 4, when a donation to the Vashon-Maury Food Bank or the Kiwanis Toy Drive gained admission for women only from 6 to 9 p.m. The popular island event offered food, prizes and the best sale prices of the year — all items 33 percent off — for those who attended.
Cash donations can be mailed to: Vashon Kiwanis PO Box 262, Vashon, WA 98070 Info: Jan Lyell 206.229.8085 or Joyce Smith 206.372.5030
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WHAT’S HAPPENING FREE RANGE FUN
Local choir gives a concert The Free Range Folk Choir, a local group of more than 50 singers who band together to sing a cappella choral music from around the world, will present a concert at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Vashon Methodist Church. The choir, led by Shane Jewel, was formed in 2008 and is open to all islanders. Over the years, the group has explored the vocal rhythms and harmonies of everything from South African freedom songs, Canadian sea shanties and Bulgarian love songs, to old-school Gospel music, medieval French rounds and even songs about Vashon Island itself. Saturday’s concert will include folk songs from Japan, the Republic of Georgia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, England and the Untied States. Admission is free, but donations are welcome. For more information about the choir, visit FreeRangeFolkChoir.blogspot.com.
A MID-MONTH OPENING
An artist inspired by silk Local artist Suzanna Leigh will open an exhibition of more than 50 of her paintings on silk at 7 p.m. Friday, at Vashon Community Care. Leigh’s passion for painting on silk was sparked by her exposure to the artist Phan Nguyen Barker and a month she spent in the silk producing region of China. A reception for her show will include refreshments, a slide show and an interactive talk by Leigh featuring stories about some of her paintings. She’ll also offer an opportunity for audience members to share some of their own. Her show will be on display through December.
IAN MCFERON RETURNS
Ian McFeron wil play the Bike.
Come out for a free show The Ian McFeron Band will play a free show at 8:30 p.m. Saturday at the Red Bicycle Bistro. McFeron, a well-traveled and respected musician who has released seven studio albums, started his career in Seattle before his debut album propelled him into a full-time recording and touring career. His most recent album, “Time Will Take You,” was recorded in Nashville with members of Ryan Adams’ band and produced by the Grammy-nominated music impresario Doug Lancio. He’ll perform on Saturday with Alisa Milner on fiddle, cello and harmony vocals, Norman Baker on bass and harmony vocals and Mark Bateman on drums. The show is for all ages until 11 p.m. and 21 and older after that.
GO TO TOWN: “Lelavision’s Heavy Metal DëVices,” a show by the local team of Ela Lamblin and Leah Mann, will play at the Moore Theatre in Seattle at 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, and 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15. Their collaborators include performers and musicians Jason Staczek, Abby Enson, Lynelle Sjoberg, Aimee Zoe Tubbs, Arlette Moody and Christopher Overstreet. Visit www.stgpresents.org for more information.
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he flamboyant art of flamenco will be on display this weekend, when Vashon Allied Arts brings guitarist Ben Woods and dancer Stephanie Pedraza to town to perform. Woods and Pedraza are both vibrant performers who bring a lifetime of experience to their art form — a music and dance experience filled with percussive sounds, intricate guitar work and passionate emotion. Pedraza, from Vancouver, B.C., is a triple threat talent as a dancer, songwriter and singer of traditional flamenco music. Born to a Latin American family, she moved to Colombia at an early age and has been immersed in the Latin roots of song and dance ever since. Her original compositions reflect her heritage with a blend of traditional Latin rhythms, pop, jazz and English and Spanish lyrics. She has toured extensively and taught workshops in Canada and internationally, in countries including Mexico, Spain, Colombia, Guatemala and the United States. Woods, who was born in Seattle, is considered an innovative, virtuoso player. His journey as a musician began as a player of heavy metal music who only switched to flamenco when his electric guitar was stolen. Although known for his muscular and nuanced traditional flamenco playing, he’s also created two fusion flamenco/metal bands, Flametal and Heavy Mellow. He’s also performed with a long list of revered
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Two internationally revered flamenco performers, Ben Woods and Stephanie Pedraza, will before in a Vashon Allied Arts show on Saturday.
rock musicians and has released 13 albums on his own, two of which have been licensed and sold widely at Costco stores. Concert organizers promise a performance perfect for lovers of flamenco and Latin American dance, full of fervent song and dance, with musical surprises thrown in for good measure.
The flamenco show, put on by Vashon Allied Arts, will take place at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Blue Heron. Tickets to the event, $12 and $16, are on sale at the Blue Heron, the Heron’s Nest, www.vashonalliedarts.org or by calling 463-5131.
— Elizabeth Shepherd
Recital includes a premiere Youth chorus with strings performs Vivaldi across the sky; the real Vashon Pianist Paul Swenson will perform a solo recital at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Church of the Holy Spirit. The performance will be a benefit for the church. Featured in this concert is the Vashon premiere of “Palais De Mari,” a single-movement, half-hour work by Morton Feldman. Feldman emerged as one of the United States’ most significant postwar composers. “Palais” is one of his late works, which reflects Feldman’s interests in atmospheric works, whose slow evolution is crafted to take place in real time, as opposed to narrative or symbolic time. “‘Palais” is a piece which lives and breathes in the present,” said Swenson. “Listening to it can be likened to spending time in the woods, watching the sun travel
action takes place in the hearts of the listeners and observers.” Also featured will be an assortment of Bach keyboard works, taken from various sources, but all in the key of G. And to round out the program, Swenson will play two major works by the French Impressionist composer Erik Satie. Swenson is an island pianist specializing in postmodern and unusual repertoire. Susan McCabe, of Voice of Vashon, raved about Swenson’s talents. “Paul puts his heart and soul into whatever he takes on,” she said. “He is a joy to watch as a performer, energetic and soulful.” Tickets will be available at the door for a suggested donation of $20 and $15 for kids and seniors.
Vashon Island Youth Chorus and I Solisti di Vashon Youth String Ensemble will perform Vivaldi’s “Gloria for Young Voices and Instruments,” at 7:30 p.m. Friday and 4 p.m. Sunday at the Vashon Methodist Church. This performance will mark the revival of the Vashon Island Youth Chorus, a group of nine choral members ages 10 through 18, led by Marita Ericksen. The chorus has not performed since 2008. I Solisti Di Vashon is a group of eight high school string players under the director of Gaye Detzer. The choral work they will perform this weekend has a rich history, going back to the time Antonio Vivaldi spent directing a choir and orchestra at an orphanage in Venice, training young orphans to become masters of music. His “Gloria” is based on his stories from the orphanage and cele-
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A string players’ ensemble, I Solisti Di Vashon, will perform with the Vashon Island Youth Chorus this weekend. brates the fame and success that young people attained through their music, with his help and mentorship. The performers will do a reader’s theater style dramatization of the Vivaldi story, featuring Vashon High School senior Meghan Murphy in a leading role, with the remainder of the chorus and string ensemble members portraying the
orphans in Vivaldi’s music class. Ericksen is excited about the performance and reported that her singers “have risen to the challenge of singing a higher level of choral repertoire in two and three-part harmonies.” Tickets are $6 and $8. To purchase, visit www. vashonalliedarts.org.
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SAVE THE DATE Two players visit Vashon for a classical Indian concert A concert of classical East Indian music will take place at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23, at the Havurat Ee Shalom on Westside Highway. The concert will feature two notable players, sitarist Arjun Verma and tabla player Ravi Albright. Verma has performed in the U.S., Europe and India, including performances at the United Nations in Switzerland and Prague Castle in the Czech Republic. He has performed with rock music greats as well as masters of Indian classical music. Albright is also the executive director of the Anindo Chatterjee Institute of Tabla, which offers ongoing classes, workshops and musical events throughout the year in the Seattle area. Advance tickets to the concert are $10 and available at www.brownpaper tickets.com. Tickets at the door cost $12.
A reading of a new play has a Hollywood appearance “Billyboy,” a staged reading of a new play by islander Bill Wood, is the next performance in Vashon Allied Arts’ longrunning New Works Series. The drama, adapted from Wood’s novel of the same name, is directed by Charlotte Tiencken, islander and managing director of Seattle’s Book-It Repertory Theatre. Wood moved to Vashon in 1995 after a long career in Los Angeles as a screen-
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Kids put their own spin on a Shakespeare tragedy The Vashon Island Shakespeare Festival’s ShakesKIDS will present “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22, at Ober Park’s performance space. ShakesKIDS, led by islander Aimée Nicole Lewis van Roekel, is a group of increasingly Shakespearean-literate pre-teens. Since the troupe’s inception, its productions have included “Twelth Night,” “Romeo and Juliet” and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” “Macbeth” is a scarier play, complete with witches, power grabs and betrayal. Friday’s show at Ober Park is free and open to the public — part of Vashon the group’s mission to provide the community with “free Will” — but donations are welcome.
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LEGACY OF THE WEST: The Vashon-Maury Island Heritage Museum is showing the landscape paintings of Abby Williams Hill and Debra Joy Groesser — women who painted the West a century apart. The exhibit will remain open until the spring.
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Vashon veterans: a long history of service and commitment By BRUCE HAULMAN For The Beachcomber
Vashon-Maury Island has a long and rich history of islanders who have served our country. With Veterans’ Day recently behind us, it is appropriate to recognize our veterans and to recognize that the island has long celebrated its veterans. Vashon was originally settled by many Civil War veterans, almost all of them veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR). In 1889 only 14 islanders came from former Confederate states, while 272 came from Union states. It is not that Southerners as settlers were not welcome, but they were not encouraged either. The chain migration — settlers bringing friends and family along, or sending for them once settled — made Vashon a haven for Union veterans and made Darrington, Wash., a haven for Confederate veterans. The photo of the Civil War Union veterans, members of the H.G. Sickles, Post 57, Grand Army of the Republic, was taken in 1895. The post was organized in 1890, with George Fuller as its first commander. The post was named for Colonel Horatio G. Sickles, who commanded the Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps 32nd Regiment from Bucks County, Penn., not the infamous Major General Daniel Sickles of Gettysburg fame, whose shattered leg bones and the cannon ball that struck him are on display at the National Museum of Health and Medicine. Shown in this photograph are many of the early settlers of Vashon. Back row are Adam Christman, Caleb Barton, Salmon Sherman, J.W. Jacobs, John Markham and Lawrence Christman. In the front row are Mark Waterman, Jerome Cutler, Elmer Van Olinda, Adolph Sandrock, James Pruuitt, Daniel Price, George Lindley, Isaac Reese, Moses Snow, Abram Casler and James Mace. The photograph of the Color Guard on Armistice Day in 1938, was taken at the Vashon Cemetery and includes, form left, John Brink, Harry Janney, Conrad Hoffmeister and Al Morrison. The photograph of the color guard in the Strawberry Festival parade was taken in 2009 and includes, from left, John Burke, Martin Teachout, Chris Woodley and Phil Mahurin. — Bruce Haulman is an island historian.
Historic photos courtesy of the Vashon-Maury Island Heritage Association, Strawberry Festival Photo by John Sage/FinchHaven Photography
The 1895 Grand Army of the Republic included many men who would go on to be early settlers of Vashon, top. Veterans commemorated Armistice Day in 1938 at the Vashon Cemetery, bottom left, and in current tradition, the Strawberry Festival always features a color guard.
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HONORING THE WOUNDED: AMERICAN HERO QUILTS A formal tea fundraiser for American Hero Quilts over the weekend brought in $10,000, according to Sue Nebeker, below, who runs the quilt project from her Maury Island home. “I am thrilled out of my mind,” Nebeker said on Monday, noting she had been hoping to bring in $5,000 for the project, which has provided more than 14,000 quilts to cover wounded service men and women in the last decade. Ray Bumgarner, right, the commander of the VFW on Vashon, presented Nebeker with a check for $500 from the organization, and Chris Gaynor, below, presented a check for $250 from the American Legion. Gaynor also invited the 100 people gathered to contribute $25 each to reach a goal of $500. The call brought in $3,000. Susan Riemer/Staff Photos
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Pirates fall in last game of season By CHERYL PRUETT For The Beachcomber
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Four islanders run at State, Peet takes champion title By BRUCE CYRA For The Beachcomber
Four Vashon Island cross country runners competed at the State Cross Country Championships in Pasco last Saturday, with junior Graham Peet sprinting past his main rival in the last 100 meters to claim the 1A title, leading his team from The Northwest School to eighth place. Junior Sam Levant ran to 41st place in 17:14 for Charles Wright Academy, as the third Tarrier, helping his team finish in seventh place. Vashon High School senior Maddi Groen and freshman Jane Oswald represented the Pirates well, running to 39th and 48th place in the 5k girls race out of 138 racers, finishing in 20:50 and 21:02, respectively. The two were cheered on by teammates and parents who had taken a bus over the pass to attend the event. Saturday’s weather for running was perfect, dry and cool with no wind. Senior Groen had made the trek to Pasco once before as a
sophomore. This year she ran 22 seconds faster and improved 21 places. Groen has been a mentor to her younger teammates, including Oswald, who ran with Groen for much of the 5k race and has also made significant improvement over the season. Peet, in his third trip to the state championships, set a personal best by nine seconds in the 5k, finishing in 15:50, 34 seconds faster than last year. On Saturday, Peet and his longtime rival, Andrew Ayers of King’s High School, ran stride for stride for 3 miles. Ayers had bested Peet at the District race and had a 5k personal best that was 15 seconds faster than Peet. Ayers may have thought he had the race sewn up as he led Peet with 140 meters to go. However, Peet unleashed a blistering sprint to the finish, besting Ayers by 3 seconds in the day’s most exciting finish. — Bruce Cyra is an island runner and cross-country parent.
Last Thursday the Vashon football team made the double ferry ride, time-consuming trek to Friday Harbor for the last game of the 2013 season and took a tough loss there to the Wolverines. Short several key members, the squad was down to 23 players. Seventeen seconds in, on the first play from scrimmage, Friday Harbor’s star running back, Nathan Steenkolk, stole the ball and ran it in for the first score of the game. Eight plays later, the same Wolverine ran the ball in for another touchdown. On Vashon’s next possession, senior Evan Anderson returned the kickoff. The next play the Vashon running back was hit for a loss; an offsides penalty on the Pirates followed, and then Friday Harbor recovered a Pirate fumble and ran it in for another score. After just 5-and-a-half minutes of play, the score was Friday Harbor 21, Vashon 0.
After that, the Pirates settled down and played the game. The defensive unit held strong on the next Friday Harbor possession, forcing them to punt the ball. The Pirates fumbled on the first snap of their possession, but two plays later Owen Brenno recovered a Wolverine fumble and the Pirates were back in business. The Pirates opened play in the second quarter with a touchdown pass from sophomore quarterback Sam Schoenberg to senior Evan Anderson. The extra point by Austin Heit was good; the Wolverines were still ahead, 21-7. After a bizarre play involving a broken field run, a tackle and fumble and a recovery, the Pirates took possession on their own 1-yard line then managed to move the ball halfway down the field before turning it over on downs. Friday Harbor scored once more before the half, leading 28-7 at the break. Early in the third quarter the Wolverines scored another rushing touchdown, going up by 28
The Vashon girls varsity soccer season ended in Seattle last Tuesday when the team fell to defending state champion, University Prep, 7-0. The private school recruiting advantage was on clear display as the prep girls, at least three of whom are headed to play Division 1 soccer, showed a high level of skill and athleticism throughout the roster. The Pirates mustered a good effort all the way until the final whistle but could not match their opponent’s level. The remaining Nisqually League members that will continue in the State playoffs will be first-place Eatonville, perennial contender Seattle Christian and Cedar Park Christian.
The result against University Prep was not unexpected and should not take the shine off of another quality Vashon varsity soccer season. The Pirates finished with a 9-5-3 record in all matches and a fourth place finish in the Nisqually League. While the team will miss the seven graduating seniors, several underclassmen were key contributors, with Emily and Madison Browne, Ana and Camille de Guzman, Madelyn McEachern, Mykah Shiosaki, Katherine Andrus and Kate Atwell among those playing prominent roles in this season’s success.
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points. But the scrappy Pirates bounced right back with a solid running series capped by a short pass to junior Winter Krimmert, who battled his way up the middle for a touchdown. Heit’s point after was good, bringing the Pirates to 14. From there on out, it was all Wolverines. The Vashon squad managed to string together a few good plays in a row but could not get back into the end zone. Senior Garrett Starr had several good receptions for positive yardage during the game. Evan Anderson had a great night for the Pirates, with multiple receptions and several kick returns. Nick Amundsen ran well against a tough and aggressive Wolverine defense and junior Jason Kruly managed to put a few good licks on the Friday Harbor star running back. The final score was Friday Harbor 54, Vashon 14.
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VHS students will join ski school as mentors this year collaboration. Vashon Ski School offers ski and snowboard lessons through Ski Masters Ski School at Summit West at Snoqualmie Pass, with chaperoned bus transportation from the VHS parking lot to the mountain and back on designated Saturdays in January and February. Skill levels from beginner to expert can be accommodated, and scholarships are available. The registration deadline for this season’s ski school is Nov. 15, though some extensions may be possible.
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Now entering its 66th year, the Vashon Ski School, in partnership with Vashon High School, is gearing up for the ski season with a new mentorship program. “Starting this year, we’re going to build opportunities for high school students to grow beyond their abilities on the snow,” said Robert Henry, a ski school board member and father of a ski school student. In partnership with VHS, the ski school has developed a program where high school students can earn their community service credits. Vashon Ski School (VSS) offers seven chaperoned Saturdays of ski or snowboard lessons and transportation to and from the mountain, from Jan. 4 to Feb. 22, for Vashon and commuting students. While the majority of participating students tend to be middle school age, Henry said that some younger students have come with their parents, but they don’t usually have very many high schoolers. “They are heading up the mountain on their own at this point,” he
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blame Senate Republicans for their resistance to new taxes and “a difference in opinion on how critical mass transit is.” “Unless the majority party is willing to bring this vote to the table and put this package forward, it’s not going to happen,” she said. Though the special session is over, Nelson said Gov. Jay Inslee is still looking for a way to move the package forward before the end of the year. State Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon (D-Burien) said that should a transportation package again fail to take off, county officials believe they could also raise the needed funds through a car tab fee and a small sales tax increase. However, he called the motor vehicle excise tax the “preferred option.” “It would be a more stable revenue for them. ... Getting the package through is the hardest thing,” he said. Should the county reduce bus service, initial reductions would begin in June of next year.
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that sort of thing. I’ve never done it before and I think it’s pretty awesome.” Giorgini and Robertson volunteered with several classmates to create an overview of the students’ invertebrate findings, which they will present to the Groundwater Protection Committee next week. “I’ve always wanted to have an experience where kids get to be citizen scientists because it’s real life and it’s making an impact,” said Gay Roselle, a McMurray science teacher. “One of the issues with teaching about environmental problems is that sometimes we don’t discuss the solutions. It was great to have the opportunity for kids to explore these issues and learn about some positive things that are being done to address them.” Bianca Perla, who founded Vashon Nature Center to connect islanders with local nature and collect data on island flora and fauna, chose science as a career path after a high school science class led her literally into Puget Sound to improve salmon habitat. “I didn’t think much of science until I saw wildlife biologists in the field,” she said. “It made science come alive for me.” Perla said citizen science gives people a new appreciation for their home and strengthens the community as a whole. “It increases people’s connection to the place where they live,” she said. “The environment is easier to protect when you have citizens that know what’s going on because they’re out there walking the beaches and the forests. They have a certain level of environmental literacy that makes the whole community more resilient and less vulnerable to environmental degradation.”
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From a scientific standpoint, citizen school diploma, you just need to be able science provides important information, to look at things and follow directions. It’s which Perla explained would otherwise fall something they can do no matter what through the cracks: Citizen science can be they know,” she said. conducted with less money than needed For her project, freshman Eva Anderson for a government agency or university chose to work with Vashon Nature Center study, and the collected data augments the to monitor recent plantings at Maury efforts of other agencies. Island Marine Park, a place she often visits Perla, an ecologist, noted that Vashon is on horseback. Her job is to measure plantimportant regionally from an ecological ings such as Douglas fir and snowberry, perspective — salmon from as far away and record the results so King County will as the Skagit River eat have data about the sucalong the island’s shores, cess of various planting “One of the issues and migratory birds methods. with teaching about from South America “I realized how it’s not and California breed in just doing something, environmental problems island forests and waters. also seeing how it is that sometimes we don’t but Vashon and Maury make helps,” she said. “It’s discuss the solutions. It up half the undeveloped interesting to figure out shoreline in King County what grows where and was great to have the and have some of the last why.” opportunity for kids to remaining good habitat Sophomore Alina explore these issues...” for many species, howBrown has always been ever the islands aren’t Gay Roselle curious about a wetland McMurray Middle School science teacher in her neighborhood that studied much, she said. “Scientifically the comes to life each spring island is important with a symphony of frog because everything is connected,” Perla song, so for her project she designed a said.“We’re just a speck on the map, and research study to explore its health. While when it comes to large-scale conservation collecting plant and water samples, she’s projects, we slip under the radar.” been impressed by the size of the cattails Vashon High School Science Chair and grasses, and with the number of dragElisabeth Jellison is drawn to the comonflies on sunny days. munity service element of citizen science. “Citizen science helps us as students Inspired by a science education journal know more about where we live and posarticle, this year she had a new assignment sibly make a difference in our area, which for her biology students: All 165 of them I think is really cool,” Brown said. “If the were asked to complete a 15-hour citizen test results show the place is polluted, I science project over the semester. hope to be able to find a way to clean it “Science is here to serve us and make up and bring it to 100 percent in terms of our lives and the world we live in better,” health.” she said, explaining she thought the projThe diversity of the high school projects ect was a good way to show students that is impressive, and Jellison is excited to see science was relevant to their lives. some kids finding a true passion for their “You don’t need a PhD or even a high projects. One group of students volun-
teered to help the research project Sound Citizen do water quality testing; the scientists seven invited the teens to tour their lab at University of Washington Tacoma. Some students joined the county’s Green Schools Program to help ensure the new high school follows conservation and recycling best practices. Others are setting up a weather station at Chautauqua Elementary School, and several have joined online studies where they are cataloging cancer cells or recording animals roaming Africa’s Serengeti plains. “This is opening a lot of doors for kids who would have never thought of doing anything like this,” Jellison said. “Ten years from now they might not remember the stages of mitosis, but I think they will remember meeting people outside class, counting the salmon or volunteering in the park.”
Editor’s note: This article, the first in a short series featuring citizen science projects on Vashon, was written with funding from the Vashon Nature Center. Kathryn True is an island writer and outreach coordinator for VNC. She volunteered in the classroom during the McMurray stream study and is advising four high school students on a citizen science project to help catalog species for an online field guide.
Meet the student scientists McMurray Middle School sixth graders, with the help of Vashon High School student mentors, will present their findings about the health of Shinglemill and Needle Creeks at a meeting of the Vashon-Maury Island Groundwater Protection Committee. The meeting will take place at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18, at the Land Trust Building, and the public is invited to attend.
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Nancy died peacefully at home with her husband Richard by her side. Nancy was born in Detroit Lakes MN to Jack and Alta Bush. She grew up in Detroit Lakes moving to Minneapolis MN as a teenager. She graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in Associates Arts. In 1949 she married Richard Wickberg with whom she had four children. The family moved to Seattle in 1961 settling in Laurelhurst neighborhood. Nancy provided a warm home that all the neighborhood kids liked to play. In 1975 after a trip to Vashon with Richard for a sales call, they informed the family they were moving to Vashon Island. They bought an old farm house known as the Tingly house. Nancy loved the home very much. Years later Nancy successfully had the home listed as a Historical Site, something she was very proud of. Through her life she volunteered for many charities and served on many of their boards. On Vashon she volunteered and served on the board at Grannies Attic and Mukai House. Nancy was a wonderful, loving, caring and wife, mother and friend. She is survived by her husband of 64 years Richard; sons Richard and wife Maria of Spokane, David and Connie of Seattle and daughters Nancy and husband Scott Dinsmore and Alta and Rob Costew of Vashon, sister-in-law Arlene Bush, Bloomington MN, 7 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren and her six nieces. Many on Vashon knew her as the sweet little lady with a smile, kind words and glint in her eye. If you came to her home you were taken care of with good food, spirit and great conversation. Many considered her as “Mom”. In lieu of flowers the family is suggesting donation be made in Nancy’s name to Highline Hospice Services or Daystar Retirement Village. The family will be holding a private memorial.
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intensity with which people felt about the park district.” Updated results were released Tuesday afternoon after The Beachcomber’s press deadline. Both Ostrom and Harvey said last week that they were eager to take their spots on the board this January, but also anticipated the tough jobs ahead of them. Ostrom, who has a doctoral degree in economics and ran for the board after learning of the district’s financial struggles, said he plans to work to balance the district’s priorities while completing any obligations left at the VES Fields project. “I’m under no illusions that it’s going to be simple. There are a bunch of trade-offs involved,” he said. “People aren’t going to be happy no matter what we decide.” Harvey, who has been on the VES Fields Oversight Committee, also called joining the board a challenge and said he hopes commissioners will work to regain trust of the public, which he
called “very dissatisfied” with how the district handled the fields project. “We have to reestablish their confidence in the park district so they can feel they can trust the park district to make good decisions,” he said. Both men said they hope the situation won’t be adversarial and they expect they can learn from the institutional knowledge of current board members. “Bill (Ameling) has an unbelievable wealth of knowledge,” Harvey said. “I’m looking forward to learning from him about the park district, and hopefully he will learn from me about fiscal responsibility.” In another close race, Jenny Bell appears to have won a seat on the board of Water District 19, Vashon’s largest water purveyor. As of Friday, Bell, who owns a water consulting business, had 54.7 percent of the vote with 510 votes, and her opponent Mark Graham, a Burton Water Company employee, had 44.9 percent with 418 votes. About 1,200 votes have been counted in the Water District 19 race; there are about 2,250 registered voters in the water district. On Friday, Bell, who has master’s degrees in business and architecture,
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seemed pleased but said she was not claiming a victory yet. “I look forward to the opportunity to serve the District should the current trend continue and I be elected to the position,” she said in an email to The Beachcomber. In the race for position 1 on the board of Vashon’s cemetery district, Jay Hanson, who was appointed to the board last year, appears to have retained his seat with 56.6 percent of the vote. Challenger John Kimble, an arborist and senior gardener with Seattle Parks and Recreation, garnered 43.3 percent. A county levy that brings significant funding to Vashon’s fire department passed with a wide margin last week. The King County Medic One renewal levy, which funds emergency response services throughout King County and provides half of Vashon Island Fire & Rescue’s budget, passed with an overwhelming 84-percent approval rate. About 16 percent of King County voters rejected the levy. Election results will be certified on Nov. 26. For up-to-date election results, see www.vashonbeachcomber.com.
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Former nurse elected to fire board A retired ICU nurse will join the board of Vashon Island Fire & Rescue. (VIFR) Camille Staczek ran unopposed and was elected to position 2 on the fire board, which was vacated by commissioner Neal Philip. Philip, whose term was scheduled to end this year, resigned this week after moving off the island. The fire board will either appoint Staczek to finish Philip’s term or leave the seat vacant until she comes on board in January. Staczek spent 14 years as a registered nurse working in an intensive care unit (ICU) for open-heart surgery patients. She also worked at a nurse triage call center and recently retired from teaching nursing at Highline Community College. On Vashon, she volunteers with the local Certified Emergency Response Team, a group that partners with VIFR. Staczek said that when she and her husband moved to Vashon in 2006 to be closer to family, she was struck by the fact there is no hospital or emergency room on the island. “The only thing we have that even resembles an ER is the fire department,” she said. Staczek was approached
Camille Staczek about running for the board and decided to put her name in, she said, as she believes her emergency care experience could be valuable to the board. She has been attending board meetings and says the fire district seems to be in a good place, adding that issues around Assistant Chief George Brown’s employment have been discussed only in executive session. “There are no great issues that I know of for the community to worry about,” she said. Staczek added that she believes her years as a nurse have given her strong communication skills and an ability to assess situations. “I think listening is going to be a big part of being on this commission. I don’t have any pre-concieved ideas of anything,” she said. — Natalie Johnson
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LILLY, All the folks at VIPP remember Lilly’s tennis ball moment and it’s been impressive to watch her doing the hard work to earn herself a family ever since. She’s dropped just under 15 pounds and, at age five, is looking as fit as ever. While she may look small due to her Boxer/ Corgi heritage, don’t let that fool you as she’s now down to 55 lbs of happy, active, well-adjusted dog operating at the level of your knees. Lilly is excellent on a leash, well-behaved and come, sit, lie down, stay and rollover are all in her repertoire. It’s a guarantee that she’ll make you laugh on a daily basis with her big smile, enthusiasm and willingness to please. Call (206) 389.1085 or email dogs@vipp.org to meet Lilly in person. The adoption fee is $125.
ZEKE is a millennium cat born in the year 2000. When he first came to the shelter Zeke was shy and unsure of the volunteers. You wouldn’t know that now. This guy is one gentle loving cat. His former owners had allergies so Zeke spent his years in a garage. Now, Zeke is looking for a home where he can spend time on the couch and in a lap. Zeke gets along with other cats but he is not so sure about dogs.
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Born 2008, PRIMA is indeed a prima donna who wants to have the starring role in her new home. She loves humans but she is not excited about sharing the spotlight with other felines. She likes attention but she can be independent enough to entertain herself. Come and visit this beautiful star at our shelter.
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