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New parks commissioner joins board early Vashon Park District commissioner John Hopkins resigned from the board last week, and Scott Harvey, who challenged him and won the election, was expected to be sworn in Tuesday evening, after The Beachcomber’s press deadline. Hopkins said that he resigned so the board would have the option to seat Harvey early, providing Harvey an opportunity to be a part of the the district’s 2014 budget process. Reached last week, Harvey said he had been expecting to take office in January, but is pleased to take over the position now. “I’m excited, and I’m a little apprehensive,� he said. “I was expecting a month to prepare. I will have to get up to speed.� Harvey, who has worked in the banking industry for many years, noted he is looking forward to contributing to the budget process as a full-fledged board member and not a commissioner-elect. The issue of seating Harvey before Jan. 1st arose at the Nov. 19 park board meeting after an audience member asked about Hopkins’ absence. Chair Joe Wald then announced Hopkins’ resignation. As part of that conversation, commissioner David Hackett made a motion to

seat Harvey immediately, when Lu-Ann Branch raised a question about the legality of doing so before the election is certified. No one seconded the motion, and the motion died. Following the meeting, Hackett said that because Hopkins had been appointed to fill an open seat last year, his term ran only until the election was certified, in this case Nov. 26. Following the certification, the winner of the election should be seated immediately, he said. Kim van Ekstrom, a spokeswoman for King County Elections, concurred, explaining that when a person fills an unexpired term, his or her term is up with the election certification. Regardless of whether or not Hopkins had resigned, she said, the plan should have been for Harvey to be seated Nov. 26. Doug Ostrom, also newly elected to the board, will take his seat in January, replacing commissioner David Hackett. Hopkins, who has served on many boards in the community, said he plans to take some time off to travel then become involved in community matters again. — Susan Riemer

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Toy Drive will again allow parents to ‘shop’ for kids Tacoma man pleads guilty to attacking islander The annual Kiwanis Toy Drive is under way, and donation boxes are set out in several businesses, ready for donations. Organizers plan to offer a store atmosphere again this year for parents in need to select donated items for their children. They did so last year for the first time, and organizers said it went well. “The store was very successful,” said Joyce Smith, who has been involved with the drive for many years. “People were able to get what they wanted or what their children wanted. It’s personal when parents or guardians pick it out themselves.” For the past three years, the drive has provided Christmas gifts to about 225 island children, and Joyce said she expects that will be true again this year. Organizers will offer parents or guardians in need the chance to “shop” for their children between infancy and age 18 and are hoping there will be enough donated items for them to select two complete outfits, two toys or games and a pair of pajamas for each child. Islanders always step up to make the toy drive a success, Smith said, and she is counting on that again this year. Already,

she noted, businesses and organizations are providing support, with Island Lumber collecting donations for the drive on its recent Ladies’ Night. True Value will offer an additional discount at its Black Friday event to customers who donate to the drive, and the Quartermaster Yacht Club selected the drive as the beneficiary of its Christmas brunch. Additionally, Skanska, the contractor building the new high school, will donate to the drive again this year, Smith said. The deadline to donate gift items and money is Dec. 13, Smith said. Donation bins are located at a variety of businesses in the heart of town as well as The Harbor Mercantile in Burton. Checks can be sent to Kiwanis, PO Box 262, Vashon, and marked for the toy drive. Toy drive store hours will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 22, at the former Island Variety store at Vashon Plaza. These days are one week later than originally planned because of a facility scheduling conflict. — Susan Riemer

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A Tacoma man has been sentenced to six months in jail after pleading guilty to second-degree assault and malicious harassment, a hate crime, in an incident when he attacked a Vashon woman at the Point Defiance ferry dock. William Zesbaugh, 72, pleaded guilty in Pierce County Superior Court on Tuesday, Nov. 19. The charges stemmed from an incident earlier this year when Zesbaugh attacked islander Lu-Ann Branch at the ferry dock and threatened her and a friend, calling them lesbians. The altercation began when Branch, a personal trainer and Vashon Park District commissioner, followed Zesbaugh in his vehicle down Pearl Street in Tacoma, nearing the Point Defiance Ferry Terminal, where she was going to drop off her friend, islander Kelli Nichols. At the tollbooth, Zesbaugh pulled into the right lane and then pulled behind Branch. According to court documents, he laid on his horn and then rear-ended Branch’s minivan when she stopped at a stop sign just before the ferry. When Branch got out of the car to exchange insurance information, Zesbaugh retrieved a metal steering wheel lock from his trunk, came at her and hit her with it twice — causing a deep gash in her arm — before a ferry worker intervened.

During the altercation, the Tacoma man yelled and said, “I can tell you’re lesbians, I should beat the crap out of you right now,” and, “You’re going to pay for this,” Branch recalled. Zesbaugh, who was arrested at the scene, later claimed Branch had tailgated him and cut him off. Branch received 11 stitches in her arm after the attack. The incident garnered regional news coverage, and Branch and Nichols were featured on KOMO and King 5. Branch and Nichols both attended the Tuesday hearing in Tacoma. While Zesbaugh was handed the minimum sentence for the crime — the range for such a conviction is six to 12 months — Branch she said she was fine with the sentence and actually had sympathy for the man after seeing him in court. In a statement in court, Branch said, Zesbaugh claimed to be gay himself and said the attack was out of character for him. He had sought counseling since the incident, he said, and recently had undergone an MRI done of his brain. “I don’t think that was fake,” Branch said. “We felt like this guy needed more help and support.” She and Nichols were both glad to see months of court proceedings end, Branch said, and had both been touched by the support they’d received from the Vashon community over the past year. “I think there is a bit of a feeling of closure. I think the bigger thing is reconciling or feeling a small glimpse into what was going on inside this guy’s head and where he was coming from,” Branch said.

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No decision yet in Mukai appeals case argued last week Property won’t be sold before a ruling By NATALIE MARTIN Staff Writer

A group of islanders argued in the state Court of Appeals last week that they are the rightful leaders of the nonprofit that owns the Mukai farmhouse and garden, hoping to see the court overturn a lower court’s decision and grant them control of the historic property. While the three-judge appeals court panel has not yet issued a decision, Lynn Greiner, an attorney for the group, said she felt good about the hearing and was especially glad to learn that the current board of Island Landmarks, the nonprofit that owns the house, will not sell the property before a ruling in the appeal. Island Landmarks officials said last month that a sale of the house to an undisclosed party was pending. But Nelson Happy, an Island Landmarks board member and the husband of Mary Matthews, the nonprofit’s director, said in court last week that they will not complete the transaction until after a court decision. The couple recently sold the adjacent fruit barrelling plant, which they owned personally. “The good news from our perspective is we stopped the sale (of the house),” Greiner said. “The bottom line for us is that the sale won’t happen, at least for now.” Meanwhile Bob Krinsky, a lawyer for Island Landmarks, said Happy, who is also an attorney and argued in court last week, represented the organization well. While he couldn’t predict the appeals court’s decision,

he believed the law was clearly on Island Landmarks’ side, he said. “Our approach to this has been very much legal in the sense that the issue that has been at the forefront of this case is who is the governing body, and this election was not properly held,” he said. Last November, a King County Superior Court judge ruled that the group of island activists that would later call itself the Friends of Mukai did not lawfully execute a takeover of Island Landmarks. Since then, the historic property and the dispute over who controls it has continued to garner regional attention. Several groups and agencies have spoken out about their concerns regarding the property, which many say has fallen into disrepair and has rarely been open to the public since Island Landmarks purchased it in 2000. Four local, state and national agencies filed a brief in the lawsuit, arguing that the Vashon group is in the right and should have control of the organization — a brief that was ultimately denied by the court. The islanders’ attempt to take control of Island Landmarks began in spring of 2012, when the group, led by Glenda Pearson, held a special meeting where several who believed they were new members of Island Landmarks — enlisted without the organization’s knowledge — elected a new slate of officers and ousted Matthews and her board. However, when Matthews refused to give up control of the nonprofit, saying the coup wasn’t legal, the islanders filed suit. A superior court judge ultimately sided with Matthews and her board, ruling that the meeting called by the Vashon group and the subsequent election were not carried out exactly per the organization’s bylaws

and were therefore invalid — a decision the Vashon group appealed. In a packed Seattle courtroom on Tuesday, Nov. 19, Seattle lawyer David Brenner argued for the Vashon group, which last month also put forward an emergency motion to stop the surprise sale of the farmhouse. Greiner said the three appeals court judges — Ronald Cox, Linda Lau and Michael Spearman — peppered each side with questions, largely focusing on issues surrounding the special meeting that was called for the election. Brenner argued that the meeting and subsequent election were, in fact, carried out properly, and islanders should currently be sitting on the Island Landmarks board. “We think they understood our position,” she said. The panel decided the motion for an injunction would not be argued after Happy said the sale would not go through before it issued a ruling. Neither Matthews nor Happy returned calls from The Beachcomber. Krinsky said that while the couple has been mostly quiet in the case, they still believe the Friends of Mukai have misrepresented facts surrounding Island Landmarks and its care of the property. He wasn’t able to comment on the pending sale of the property, which he said wasn’t a part of the appeal. “The other side has, from the outset, made this a quest to damage unsuccessfully the reputation of two people who have devoted years and hundreds of thousands of dollars to maintaining Mukai. There would be no Mukai without Mary and Nelson,” he said. Neither Krinsky nor Greiner knew when the court might issue a decision. “It could be days or weeks,” Greiner said.

Nelson elected leader of Senate Democratic Caucus State Sen. Sharon Nelson (D-Vashon) has been elected the leader of the Democratic Caucus in the state Legislature. “I am honored to have been elected as leader by the Senate Democrats,” Nelson said in a press release following the announcement of the results last week. “We have a diverse caucus, but I believe I was elected by my colleagues because my foremost goal is to do what I was sent here by my constituents to do — work for them. I demonstrated my inclusive leadership style during the budget negotiations last year, and I intend to make that a focal point of my tenure as leader.” As the assistant ranking member on the Senate Ways and Means Committee, Nelson served as the lead Democratic writer on the 2013 capital budget. A former bank executive, she also serves on the Financial Institutions Committee. Nelson is known on Vashon as instrumental in the fight against Glacier Northwest’s proposed mining expansion on Maury Island. Founder of the nonprofit Preserve Our Islands, Nelson joined the Legislature in 2007 as a state representative. During the 2010 legislative session, she was able to secure funds to help pay for the purchase of Glacier’s 236-acre property on Maury. Nelson was elected to the Senate in 2010. She represents the 34th legislative district, which is comprised of Vashon and Maury Islands, parts of Burien, North Highline and West Seattle.

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EDITORIAL Vashon: Remember the best of the island TRANSITIONS Inaction is taking its toll on Puget Sound’s revered whales There are few things more iconic of Puget Sound than the killer whale. Each winter, dozens of orcas that spend the warmer months in the San Juan Islands and Pacific Ocean make their way to the southern stretches of the sound, hunting salmon and providing a spectacle along the way. People flock to the shore when the whales pass through the Seattle area, and news crews are often sent to capture the majestic animals’ appearance. On Vashon, orcas have brought hundreds of people to beaches, includUnless we take action ing Point Robinson, where fast, our grandchildren or the whales have been great grandchildren could known to put on a show, so to speak, swimming in live to see a Puget Sound circles, jumping and spy with no orcas. hopping as they socialize just off the beach. It’s hard not to stand in awe when provided such a glimpse into the natural world, to remember what a special place we live in. But unless we take action fast, our grandchildren or great grandchildren could live to see a Puget Sound with no orcas. The animals’ population is dangerously low, and they’re threatened from seemingly every angle. Puget Sound is an increasingly unhealthy place, and due to commercial fishing and development, salmon stocks are just a fraction of what they once were. Research has shown there’s simply not enough food for orcas. Their noisy underwater world also makes it tricky for them to locate food that’s there. On top of that, pollution in the sound is sending toxic chemicals into the orcas’ bodies, something researchers believe likely contributed to recent deaths in the Southern Resident population. Even if the whales’ numbers — which have dipped in recent years — can be steadied, the group is still too small to provide proper genetic diversity, and each generation becomes less healthy and more susceptible to disease. Climate change could bring new diseases to our waters and is also predicted to hit the salmon population hard. To retain any hope of seeing these creatures survive, we should increase our efforts to sustain the ecosystem they live in and the food chain they’re at the top of. We all play a role — from individuals choosing green products for their homes to the conservation efforts of local organizations to legislative action that sustains our transportation infrastructure rather than putting more cars on the road. When the news crews stop filming and whale watchers leave the beach, these animals we revere are still hurting. Some have made it their mission to preserve the orcas, but as a society we’re not doing enough. The outlook is bleak and solutions often costly, but we can’t let Puget Sound as we know it die for lack of having tried.

A little over six years ago, the Vashon/Maury Island blessed me by causing me to be elected one of five fire commissioners for Vashon Island Fire & Rescue (VIFR). I came into VIFR during a time of great and difficult change, and that change is ongoing. As my term comes to a close, I find myself in an additional transition, as I am leaving the island after living here, and raising a family here, for 18 years. So after 18 years of living and loving on the island, and 10 years of public service, first as a volunteer firefighter and then as a commissioner, I offer these reflections. First, we islanders are what we do. Try to do something that makes you happy and that you’re passionate about. If something here is making you unhappy, get involved. Don’t simply be the person who writes letter after letter to The Beachcomber or who goes to a meeting just to complain. Step up and actually do something about it. Try to be part of the solution. Do what is needed consistently, respectfully and intelligently and you can accomplish the impossible. Just ask Preserve Our Islands. Second, once you truly get involved, be prepared for an eyeopening experience, especially if you find yourself in an elected position. Things look a lot different from the other side. As one of your fire commissioners, I may not have always known what I was doing, but I always tried to do right by the people of the island. I hope those who trusted in me enough to vote for me were satis-

By NEAL PHILIP

fied with what we’ve accomplished in the last six years. To those who worked to get me elected: Thanks a lot. Third, there’s no place better than Tramp Harbor at sunrise. Fourth, regardless of the circumstances, if you’ve chosen to serve the island, you need to keep your eyes on the big picture and try to do what’s best for the island, instead of what might be best for you or your group. This ain’t the mainland, and whatever excessive self-interest motivators drive things over there should stay over there. Fifth, VIFR is heading in the right direction and continues to provide top-notch service to the island, thanks to the dedication of Chief Hank Lipe, Assistant Chief George Brown and all the volunteer and career staff who sacrifice so much to make sure that someone will be there when one of our neighbors needs them. To the women and men of VIFR, I’m deeply honored to have been part of this organization for the past 10 years. We’ve been going through a lot of change, and change can be slow and difficult. But by working together and putting trifles aside, VIFR will get through this transition period and be better for it.

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As Chief Lipe recently said, “Let’s move forward.” Sixth, an island with a bridge to the mainland is not really an island. Finally, appreciate and cherish what you all have here. The island is truly a magical place, filled with the most amazing individuals. Although I’m not the most social person, I managed to meet many people over the last 18 years who became the kind of friends everyone should be lucky enough to have. These are friends who dropped everything to help with child care, moving, petsitting, whatever. Friends who offered words of support during those tough times. Friends who, for whatever reason, liked to have me around occasionally and accepted me for who I am. Friends who I never thought I’d end up being friends with. To all of you, and you know who you are, I am so thankful for the chance to be part of your lives. And special thanks goes out to Joe and my other friends at The Hardware Store, who were also always there when needed. Not that they had a choice. Anyway, I could go on and on about VIFR, all the fantastic people and families who are here, the incredible experience of watching my children and their friends grow up on the island, the caring and supremely helpful staff in the school district, the Metro bus drivers ... but you get the idea. This is a special place. Don’t forget it.

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loading and unloading problems at the Fauntleroy dock. They believe that current on-time performance could be improved and ferries would leave fully loaded if certain changes were made. Furthermore, they are sure those changes would minimize or eliminate delays when a second, slow-loading Issaquah class ferry is added to the route in 2014. Rather than address these root problems, WSF would simply obscure them by spacing out the schedule. Don’t take my word for it. Study the schedules WSF has drafted and see how they would affect you. If we understand the problems they’d cause in advance of their implementation, we’ll have time to react and engage with WSF. This is not a drill. We can avoid this coming service cut, but we must confront WSF en masse. Please plan on attending the WSF meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3, at McMurray Middle School. — Todd Pearson

Affordable Care Act

Trained island volunteers were a big help signing up for insurance I am writing to express my gratitude to the volunteers who helped my family sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. If the rest of them are even half as well trained and helpful as Lee Ockinga was, then we are in good hands. And I know that Hilary Emmer put great effort into making this Affordable Care Act accessible in our community. I have to admit some embarrassment. I work in the

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health care field, so perhaps I should not have felt intimidated to navigate the website system, but I was. I think I was right to hesitate, too: There were questions I would have had no idea how to answer, but Lee knew just how to handle them. She got us an account with ease and was able to start guiding us in making decisions about which plan to choose. We will have much better coverage than we had before with our catastrophic plan and for less money. Then she informed us that our son is eligible immediately for Apple Care, the subsidized coverage plan for children from low-income families. I’m a little embarrassed about that, too. But gratitude wins out. Now if he gets sick or injured, I can just worry about his health, not how we will pay for it. I’m so grateful to Lee and all the other volunteers who spent so many hours learning how to navigate this complicated system so that I could just show up and be led by the hand. And I’m very grateful that we managed to pass this Affordable Care Act, imperfect though it may be, so that my family and I have health coverage we can count on and which we can actually afford. — Julea Gardener

Health care

End-of-life care curtailed at hospital now owned by the Franciscan system

that changes to these medical services would occur without public transparency. As a consequence of the overwhelming passage of the Death with Dignity Act, Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton, then a secular provider, issued a policy statement on its website allowing its employed doctors to participate in the act. While not permitting patients to self-administer the medication on its premises, it did allow its physicians to fully counsel patients and write the prescriptions for patients to use at home. Thanks to an inquiry by Compassion & Choices of Washington, I learned that Harrison Medical Center, newly affiliated with the Franciscan Health System, has changed its policy. In an email this week to the executive director of Compassion & Choices of Washington, the hospital CEO states “Up until our affiliation with the Franciscan Health Services, our employed physicians were allowed to write the prescriptions for the drugs. This changed Aug. 1, 2013, and Harrison Medical Center employed physicians are no longer able to write these scripts while on duty as an employed doc.” This is completely contrary to the assurance issued by Harrison at the time of the affiliation that there would be no changes to its delivery of health care, and it was done without notice on its website. At the community meeting held at McMurray Middle School several months ago, we heard representatives from Franciscan and Highline tell us over and over the same thing: nothing will change. Some of us were skeptical then. We are even more skeptical now.

Many people are concerned about the consequences to reproductive and end-of-life care by the acquisitions of secular hospitals by Catholic health systems. A recent event dramatically illustrates this and confirms suspicions

— Kay Longhi President, Compassion & Choices of Washington

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A thank you to my clients past and present, colleagues, friends and family who put their trust in me. I am grateful. – Susan

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CALENDAR Vashon-Maury

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.

tors’ all-volunteer crew crafts these holiday accessories out of fresh fir, cedar, holly and more, topping them off with bows. Cost starts at $25. To pre-order, email volunteer@vipp.org or call 3833522. Otherwise, items will be available for sale from noon to 4 p.m. at the Land Trust Building. Club O Dance Night: All are welcome to come and dance the turkey slumber away at Club O’s dance night, featuring DJs Whitmore and MirageSix. Cost is $5 at the door; no one will be turned away for lack of funds. 8 to 11 p.m. at the Open Space for Arts & Community.

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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. Kiwanis Toy Drive: In preparation for the holiday pop-up store for families in need, Kiwanis has set up donation boxes in prominent locations around town. Items needed are new, unwrapped clothes, games and toys for infants through age 18.

Farmers Market: Warm up with tamales, hot soup and cider and take care of holiday gift needs in one stop at the market’s new indoor location. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the old Island Variety space in IGA Plaza. VIPP Holiday Wreath/Swag Sale: VIPP’s sale of hand-crafted holiday adornments continues. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Land Trust Building. Weekly Cribbage Tournament: Play nine friendly games of cribbage against nine different players. Win cash prizes, make new friends and earn national rating points. Visitors welcome. Cost is $8 for visitors and $10 for members. 1 to 4 p.m. at the Vashon Eagles. VIPP Adopt-a-Cat Day: Cat adoptions are open every Saturday at the shelter or by appointment. For more information or to schedule an appointment, email cats@vipp.org or call 389-1085. 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the VIPP shelter, 12200 SW 243rd Street.

WEDNESDAY • 27 Interfaith Evening of Gratitude: All ages are welcome to attend this gathering on the eve of Thanksgiving. The program will include expressions of gratefulness, an examination of the nature and practice of gratitude, poetry and music performed by various church choirs as well as the Free Range Folk Choir. Participating island groups include but are not limited to the Quaker community, Zen community, Native community, Jewish community, Latter Day Saints community, Vashon Presbyterian Church, United Methodist Church, Vashon Lutheran Church, Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit and various artists and musicians. Donations and food will be collected for the Vashon-Maury Community Food Bank. For more information, call 463-9804. 7 p.m. at the United Methodist Church.

FRIDAY • 29 VIPP Holiday Wreath/Swag Sale: Vashon Island Pet Protec-

SUNDAY • 1 Burton Community Church Service: The church will welcome the Rev. Dr. Dave Simpkins as guest minister. Simpkins graduated from the American Baptist Seminary of the West, served at Columbia Baptist Church/Burien Community Church and is involved in women’s ministry at the Washington Corrections Center for Women. 11 a.m. at the Burton Community Church. VIPP Holiday Wreath/Swag Sale: This will be the final day of the sale. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Land Trust Building. Vashon Timebank Orientation and Potluck: The timebank will hold its second orientation meeting and potluck dinner. The timebank is now up and

PUBLIC AND CLUB MEETINGS Kiwanis: 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3, at the Vashon Eagles.

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HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE AT POINT ROBINSON

VASHON THEATRE

Seattle International Comedy Competition: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 27. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire: Ends Nov. 28 See www.vashontheatre. com for show times or call 463-3232.

running with almost 30 members ready to trade skills and services. All are welcome to come and learn how it works, and members are encouraged to attend for a breakout session on using the website. For more information, email vashontimebank@gmail. com, go to www.Vashon.tbanks. org or call 949-2790. 4 to 6 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center.

TUESDAY • 3 Washington State Ferries Public Meeting: All are welcome to attend this community meeting to discuss ferry system issues. 6 to 8 p.m. at McMurray Middle School. The Lost Boys of Sudan: Sponsored by Island GreenTech and the Vashon Theatre, a benefit screening of this Emmy-nominated documentary will be held to raise money for Peter “Deng Deng” Dut, one of the two boys featured in the film and cousin to “Lost Boy” islander Jacob Acier. Dut, who also lives on Vashon, is hoping to raise enough money to move his displaced surviving family members back to their home village in South Sudan. Dut and Acier will be in attendance for questions and discussion after the film. Cost is by a suggested donation of $5 to $10, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. 6 p.m. at the Vashon Theatre. (See story on page 1.)

UPCOMING Ribbon Untying/Grand Opening Celebration: The Chamber of Commerce celebrates the two newest businesses at the Old Fuller Store — Bookman West and the President of Me. Seattle Distilling Company will provide holiday cocktails. RSVP for this grand-opening party to vashonchamber@hotmail.com. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4, at the Old Fuller Store. Zen Center: The Dharma talk night evening service will include a newcomer orientation, meditation service and a talk by Koshin Cain titled “Going Home.” 6:45 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4, at the Puget Sound Zen Center, 20406 Chautauqua Beach Road.

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All are invited to Point Robinson for their annual Holiday Open House. This free, family event is sponsored by the Keepers of Point Robinson and will take place rain or shine. There will be a buffet of seasonal food and drink featuring Captain Joe’s homemade chili; a visit from lighthouse Santa around 1 p.m.; live music of the season performed by Lute, Flute and Fiddle (pictured above); opportunities to tour the lighthouse and Keepers’ Quarters; and the Ship’s Store will be open for holiday shopping. The open house will take place from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 1, at Point Robinson. Transition Vashon: The group will hold a public meeting, where the Whatcom County Skillshare Fair, Vashon Timebank, Tool Library and Food Co-op will be discussed. There will be a focus on initiative, resilience and independence while moving forward. The first 30 minutes will be available for snacks and socializing. 6:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4, at Hub070 in the Spinnaker Building north of Chase Bank. Wine and Dine for the Food Bank: The Palouse Winery and Nirvana Bistro and Bar will team up to host a special five-course wine dinner to support the Vashon Maury Community Food Bank. Tickets cost $100 and will be available for advance purchase only at Nirvana. For more information call 463-4455 or go to www. NirvanaVashon.com. 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4, at Nirvana. Health Insurance Sign Up: County-trained island volunteers will be available to help with health insurance sign up through the state exchange. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5, at the Vashon Senior Center. Holiday Art Studio Tour: More than 40 studios, shops and galleries representing over 150 artists will open their doors to visitors for two weekends this month, for the annual holiday Art Studio Tour. Tour maps are available at most island businesses or online at www.VashonIslandArtStudioTour. com. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 7 and 8, and Dec. 14 and 15. Ceremony of Carols: The Vashon Island Chorale will perform its annual holiday concerts. Advance tickets are available at the Vashon Bookshop or at www.brownpapertickets.com. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, at Bethel Church.

Quilt Guild Holiday Lunch: Vashon Quilt Guild is hosting a holiday catered lunch with guest speaker Carol Alfors from Blooms & Things. Guests are welcome. Cost is $17 per person and reservations are required by Dec. 1. Payments should be mailed to P.O. Box 93, Vashon, 98070. For more information, call Sue Nebeker at 463-5650. 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10, at the Presbyterian Church. Simply Raw : This independent documentary film follows six diabetics who eat nothing but raw, vegan food for 30 days. All six participants demonstrated lower blood sugar levels and reduced insulin dependence by the end of the observation period. After the screening, Paradise Ridge Accupuncture, Herbs and Massage (PRAHM) will host a discussion. 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10, at the Vashon Theatre.

CLASSES Ikebana Containers: Learn how to make your own clay Ikebana container with island artist Suzanne Britton. Cost is $65. 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 30, in the Bloomroom at Blooms & Things. First Time Home Buyer Class: This free class is sponsored by the Washington State Housing Financing Commission and is required to qualify for a number of state-sponsored financial assistance programs, including down payment assistance. Reservations are required; call Aaron Hendon at 280-3312 to register. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Minglement. Pen on Paper, Making Sense of our Lives Through Writing: Lali Groth, an experienced freelance writer who has a MFA in creative writing and a PhD in English, will lead this class. The focus will be on writing in a fun and supportive environment and expanding cre-

ativity to bring clarity. Cost is $75 and attendees will need to bring a notebook or paper and a pen. Email surfloll@mauigateway.com or call 808-268-6643 or 463-2234 for more information. 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 1, in the Bloomroom at Blooms & Things. In Sync with the Season: Led by Amy Wolff, this class will be devoted to connecting with the Earth’s wisdom and preparing for the season ahead. For women and girls only. Cost is $20. For more information, see www.HestiaRetreat.org/events/ upcoming-events. For location information and to register, email valerie@hestiaretreat.org. 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 1. Enhance Fitness: Mo Brule leads an hour of exercise for everyone age 55 and older three days a week. First class is free, a 10-visit punch card costs $37.50 (there is no charge for Group Health members with A and B Medicare coverage.) Sign up at the senior center. For more information, call 463-5173. 12:45 to 1:45 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at Ober Park. Drop in and Stitch: Lois Yunker will teach new ways of knitting and crocheting for beginners and experienced attendees. 11 a.m. to noon every Tuesday at the Vashon Senior Center. Beads, Bells, Baubles and Baskets: Barbara Gustafson will lead an afternoon of creating woven ornaments for everyone age 7 and up. Learn to make mini baskets and bells, Finnish stars, God’s eyes and more, using reed, yarn, ribbon, beads, bells and shells. Cost is $30 for VAA members, $35 for non-members, and a $10 materials fee for everyone. Go to www. vashonalliedarts.org to register. 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, at the Blue Heron.

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In past years McMurray Middle School’s food drive has brought in a couple hundred pounds of food around the Thanksgiving holiday. This year, however, the middle school students decided to up the ante and turned the food drive into a contest between the grades, with leadership class students focusing on hunger awareness and pushing for each student to bring in at least five pounds of food. Between Nov. 12 and 21, the sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders collected and brought in more than 1,500 pounds of food for the Vashon-Maury Community Food Bank. The amount of food far exceeded the school-wide goal of 1,000 pounds, earning the kids a free end-of-the-year dance. Eighth graders, who brought in the most food, also earned free entry to this year’s Valentine’s Day dance. “It ended up being more than we could have imagined,” said McMurray leadership and band teacher Ken Quehrn. “This is a very cool thing that we’ve done.” Above, food drive participants pose with some of the food that was collected.

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STUDIO TOUR IS SOON: The holiday Vashon Island Art Studio Tour, a chance to see artists in action and shop for gifts, will be held this year on Dec. 7 and 8 and 14 and 15, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. For more information, see www.vashonislandartstudiotour.com and watch upcoming issues of The Beachcomber.

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Native artist awarded a national fellowship Carver is one of 16 artists chosen from a range of fields

STAND UP LAUGHS

Comedians to compete tonight at the theater

By NATALIE MARTIN

The 34th Annual Seattle International Comedy Competition, America’s biggest touring comedy festival, will once again come to tickle the funny bone of a Vashon audience at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the Vashon Theatre. Competing are international finalists in this statewide competition, which is the first of three final showcase events during which a comedic champion will be selected. Tickets are available online at www.vashontheatre.com.

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HOLIDAY SONG

Chorale performs a ‘Ceremony of Carols’ The Vashon Island Chorale will present its annual holiday concert with two performances. The concerts will commemorate the centenary of composer Benjamin Britten, as well as feature traditional carols for choir with flute and harp. For more information and tickets, see www.vashonislandchorale.org. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, at Bethel Church.

BE IN A SHOW

Drama Dock holds auditions for ‘Born Yesterday’

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Israel Shotridge has lived and worked on Vashon for more than a decade.

Drama Dock will hold auditions for its spring 2014 production of “Born Yesterday,” which will have 12 male and four female roles. The Broadway hit from the 1940s is a classic romantic comedy-cum political satire. Auditions will consist of reading selected scenes from the play. A few copies of the script are available for perusal at the Vashon Library. Auditions will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 11 and 12, with callbacks on Sunday, Dec. 15. Performances will take place at the Vashon High School theater March 14 to 16 and 21 to 23.

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Vashon resident and Native artist Israel Shotridge was recently awarded one of 16 fellowships handed out nationwide by the Native Arts and Culture Foundation (NACF). In its second year, the fellowship recognizes Native artists who are making an impact in the fields of dance, film, literature, music and traditional and visual arts. The fellowships provide artists the opportunity for study, reflection, experimentation and discovery, according to a press release, and range from $10,000 to $20,000 per artist. Shotridge, an Alaska Native, is regionally known for his work in the Tlingit art of cedar carving. Known for the unusual depth of relief in his work, he carves traditional forms such as totem poles, bentwood boxes and masks, as well as more modern pieces such as doors. Cultural stories or songs usually inform his inspiration, which evolves into the unique contemporary compositions for cedar, maple and alder. In an interview, Shotridge, who has lived and worked on Vashon since the late 1990s, said it was an honor to

receive the fellowship. The award will allow him to focus on work he’s been interested in but hasn’t been able to explore, such as jewelry engraving. “As a commissioned artist, I spend most of my time creating artwork for other people, and this award frees up some time for me to do something … I want to do,” he said. Shotridge is often commissioned to create new works for private collectors and organizations seeking to feature Native art. He has also been called upon to restore monumental carvings important to the history of Native communities. Totems he has carved can be seen in several parks in Alaska, as well as the U.S. Forest Service Headquarters in Washington, D.C. In the past, he has also been awarded an Alaska State Native Artist Fellowship and a Folk Art Fellowship from the Washington State Arts Commission. Shotridge said he wanted to share his latest honor with the master carver he worked under in Alaska, as well as his late mother and grandmother, who both taught him Tlingit culture and traditions. “That’s why this award means so much to me,” he said. “What I’ve learned from the master carver and my mother and grandmother about my culture and my heritage means more to me than anything. This is just a validation, the award.”

A holiday favorite approaches

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One More Mile will play on Friday.

Lelavision works to fund its latest show

Local band brings big sound to the Bike

The Vashon-based performance duo of Ela Lamblin and Leah Mann is reaching out to crowd-fund its latest show — Lelavision’s Heavy Metal Devices, to be performed at the Moore Theatre in Seattle on Dec. 14 and 15. The creative team of the show includes well-known island composer Jason Staczek. Besides Lamblin and Mann, the show’s cast is made up of Vashon names, including Abby Enson, Lynelle Sjoberg, Arlette Moody and Christopher Overstreet. Mann and Lamblin are now in the process of raising $15,000 to support the show and its subsequent touring. To donate, visit www.kickstarter.com and enter “Lelavision” in the search engine. The entire fundraising goal must be achieved by Dec. 2, so donate soon.

One More Mile, a Vashon band that has been together for more than three years, will play a free show at 8 p.m. Friday at the Red Bicycle Bistro. Members of One More Mile have had varied careers and performed on stages from the Washington Performing Arts Center to the old Central Tavern in Seattle’s Pioneer Square. Still committed to roots of the blues, branching out into some funk sounds and performing a few originals as well, One More Mile gives it their all, says Pete Welch, who books shows for the Bike. “They believe that nothing should be left behind when performing,” he said in a press release. One More Mile’s rhythm section is made up of Sam Veatch and David Salonen, who have been playing together for more than five years. Lonesome Mike is still perfecting his harp sound, and Jason Lollar and Tommy Bean trade licks on their guitars. The show is all ages until 11 p.m. and 21 and older after that.

Troupes of young dancers are in final rehearsals for this year’s staging of “The Nutracker” to be presented by the Vashon Allied Arts Center for Dance Dec. 6 through 8 at the Open Space for Arts & Community. This year’s production of the popular ballet will include re-choreographed scenes, elaborate sets, new costumes and a decadent candy shop in the lobby of the Open Space. Meg Sayre, who danced as the Sugar Plum Fairy last year, will reprise that role, as well as take on the role of the Snow Queen. Sam Opsal, a Cornish College senior, will play the roles of Snow Prince and Cavalier. Quinn McTighe will dance as the Nutcracker Prince, and Stephen Floyd, Vashon High School’s

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Dancers rehearse for “The Nutcracker,” which will be performed next weekend at the Open Space for Arts & Community. drama teacher, will play Drosselmeyer. The show will be performed at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6; 1 and 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7; and 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, at the Open Space for Arts & Community. A pre-show reception with Adam Stern, music director of the Seattle Philharmonic, will be at 5:45 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 7, before the 7 p.m. show. An abridged and narrated children’s matinee will take place at 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6. Tickets, $14 for for VAA members, youth and seniors, and $16 general, are available at the Blue Heron, the Heron’s Nest and at www.vashonalliedarts. org. Tickets to the children’s matinee are $5.

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PAID FOR BY YOUR VASHON FERRY ADVOCATES.

Fix Fauntleroy First!

In the fall of 2014, an Issaquah class ferry will replace one of the smaller Evergreen class boats on the Vashon/Fauntleroy/Southworth run. While the addition of a second large boat would seem to be a good thing, paradoxically, it may result in decreased overall capacity and longer wait times. Washington State Ferries has schedules in the works that would eliminate some sailings and increase the average time between departures. Their proposed schedule changes may result in more on-time departures, as mandated by the state legislature, but ignore the root problems causing late departures. Your ferry advocates believe the cause of late departures stem from difficulties loading and unloading at the Fauntleroy dock that have steadily worsened in recent years. To increase efficiencies there, we recommend adding an additional ticket scanner person to help move ticketed cars around the toll booth and bringing back a traffic safety officer to control the flow of traffic on Fauntleroy. WSF should do whatever is necessary to enable drivers to once

again exit through the small parking lot at the end of the dock. These steps would dramatically improve the speed of loading and off-loading ferries, helping to ensure that ferries leave the dock fully loaded. These changes will also improve safety where traffic from ferries and Fauntleroy Avenue, pedestrians and busses all converge at the end of the dock. Make no mistake about it: this is a service cut, and a serious one at that. You may be as mystified as your ferry advocates who are still trying to make sense of this equation:

Please closely examine the tables below, comparing the current schedule to WSF’s two options for the morning westbound commute and another two options for the afternoon eastbound ferries. In most cases, we think you’ll find your round trip to Seattle will take longer and will

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PM Fauntleroy Departures - Schedule Comparison and Related Capacities Westbound Option 1

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Departure # of Vashon Cars Schedule Onto Ferry Vashon Only

Departure # of Vashon Cars Schedule Onto Ferry Vashon Only

87 43 124 87 124 87 62 43 87 62 87 44 124 62 87 44 44 44 44

X X X X X X X X X

1:20 1:35 ISS 2:35 ISS 3:15 4:00 ISS DELETED 4:55 ISS 5:30 ISS 5:55 ISS 6:20 7:05 ISS 7:20 7:40 ISS 8:50 ISS 9:20 10:40 12:00 1:15 2:30

44 124 124 87 124 0 124 62 62 87 62 87 62 124 62 62 62 62 62

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X X X

Fix Fauntleroy First! Please take our survey, which asks your opinion about scheduling issues, by going to this web address: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Z3V7Y8Z Key to chart below:

– = You are on the dock + = You are on the boat

AM Vashon Departures - Schedule Comparison and Related Capacities Eastbound Option 2

CURRENT SCHEDULE

PROPOSED SCHEDULE

Departure # of Vashon Cars Schedule Onto Ferry Vashon Only

Departure # of Vashon Cars Schedule Onto Ferry Vashon Only

4:05 4:45 5:20 5:45 ISS 6:20 CP 6:40 ISS 7:00 7:15 7:55 8:15 8:40 9:00 9:40 ISS 10:10 10:30 11:10 HAZ 11:30 ISS 11:55 12:25 ISS 12:50 1:50

87 35 42 124 3 124 32 87 87 44 57 87 44 44 44 0 124 43 124 43 87

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X X X

4:00 ISS 4:50 ISS 5:30 6:00 ISS DELETED 6:55 ISS DELETED 7:10 7:45 ISS 8:10 8:45 ISS 9:10 9:35 ISS 10:10 10:40 ISS DELETED 11:50 12:10 HAZ DELETED 12:50 1:35 ISS

62 124 87 62 0 124 0 32 44 87 57 87 44 87 62 0 43 0 0 87 124

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X X X

X X

Cumulative Gain or Loss of Vashon Cars* -25 +64 +109 +47 +44 +44 +12 -43 -86 -43 -43 -43 -43 0 +18 +18 -63 -106 -230 -186 -149

* When comparing the current and proposed schedules, the yellow column reflects the cumulative gain or loss of Vashon cars for each departure. * Cumulative Loss (-) or Gain (+) of Ferry Capacity Compared to Current Schedule.

HAZ = Hazard run from Fauntleroy ISS = Issaquah Class Boat CP = Carpool Only

1:20 1:40 2:45 ISS 3:05 4:00 ISS 4:40 5:00 ISS 5:40 6:00 6:30 ISS 7:05 7:35 8:05 ISS 8:55 ISS 9:20 10:20 11:40 12:55 2:10

We need a big community presence at the December 3rd, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm meeting with WSF at McMurray Middle School. We must demand that they do everything possible to maximize the efficiency of our current system before changing the schedule.

1 large boat + 2 small boats = current schedule 2 large boats + 1 small boat = reduced capacity, longer wait times.

AM Vashon Departures - Schedule Comparison and Related Capacities Eastbound Option 1

4:05 4:45 5:20 5:45 ISS 6:20 CP 6:40 ISS 7:00 7:15 7:55 8:15 8:40 9:00 9:40 ISS 10:10 10:30 11:10 HAZ 11:30 ISS 11:55 12:25 ISS 12:50 1:50

likely require more time waiting at the dock. The “Cumulative Gain or Loss of Vashon Cars” column will help you understand how the reduced capacity would play out in the course of the day. WSF’s plan to stretch the schedule will leave cars on the docks during peak times of the day and at night every day, seven days a week. Before WSF changes our current schedule, we want WSF to Fix Fauntleroy First.

Cumulative Gain or Loss of Vashon Cars* -43 +38 +38 +38 +38 -49 +13 +32 +7 +32 +7 +50 -12 +50 +25 +43 +61 +79 +97

PM Fauntleroy Departures - Schedule Comparison and Related Capacities Westbound Option 2

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Remembering Ryan Krug at the annual Turkey Trot Each year at Thanksgiving, fourth- and fifth-grade students at Chautauqua Elementary School run from Vashon High School to the elementary school, all the while chasing high school “turkeys” played by runners from the VHS cross country team. Traditionally, the top three elementary runners earn prizes ranging from an egg to a turkey. This year’s event was held in honor of Ryan Krug, a much-loved Vashon High School student and cross country runner, who was killed in a car accident last year. This year’s turkeys — two in shirts commemorating Krug — led the young runners on the route. From left, they are Jane Oswald, Shane Williams, Maddie Groen, and Teddy Atwell. John Sage/FinchHaven Photo

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to the clinic, a 19 percent increase over the previous six months, and patient visits are up 5 percent over the same time period. “That is positive news for us,” he said. When the Franciscan system first announced its plans to purchase Highline, several people familiar with Catholic-affiliated health care systems expressed concern about a range of women’s health care issues, including access to birth control, which is prohibited by the Ethical and Religious Directives, a document that governs Catholic health institutions. However, Franciscan and clinic officials said that providers at the clinic would continue to prescribe birth control. Tom Langland, one of the co-owners of the Vashon Pharmacy, said he has seen no changes in prescriptions since the Franciscans took ownership of the clinic, noting that he and the other pharmacists fill birth control prescriptions written by the clinic’s providers everyday. “It’s business as usual,” Langland said. Meanwhile, Granny’s Attic, which has supported the health center since its inception in the 1970s, is no longer doing so on a monthly basis, having changed its granting model to funding health-related programs at several island nonprofits. In the fall, Janet Kime, the president of the Granny’s board, said Granny’s hoped to partner with the clinic in the future, but it had turned down a clinic grant request, which had asked for funds to assist with transportation costs for off-island staff. Recently, however, clinic and Franciscan representatives asked that Granny’s reconsider the request, which is for $22,000 for the year, Kime said. They made a good case, she said, and the Granny’s membership will vote on

whether or not to provide the funding in early December. In the fall of this year, the Franciscan system established a Patient and Family Advisory Council on the island, which Thompson said the Franciscans have created in all of its major hospital areas to get feedback from patients and improve the delivery of care. Comprised of eight Vashon patients as well as several Franciscan staff members, the council experienced a turbulent beginning, according to some who were part of the process. May Gerstle, one of the organizers of a public meeting with the Franciscan representatives last spring, had been in communication with Highline CEO Mark Bennedum about forming a local advisory council. Several community members stepped forward to join the group — to be called the Vashon Health Center Citizens’s Advisory Committee — but shortly after the Franciscans began running the clinic, they announced they wanted to develop their own council. At first, Gerstle said, she was told members of her group would be grandfathered into the Franciscan group, but then they were told they would have to apply. In the end, Gerstle said, just two members of her group elected to do so, and both are now serving on it. Gerstle declined to apply for a position, saying she did not believe it would not be a true advisory council. “I could not in good conscience be on the board,” she said. John Staczek, one of the people to move from the first group to the Franciscan council, said he, too, has questioned if the group will truly be an advisory council. The Franciscans set the agenda, he said, and it has seemed to him that the answers to the topics have been clear ahead of time. So far, he said he felt that council members were only able to discuss the limited agenda, and he hopes that there will be more opportunity for questions and other observations so genuine communication would be possible.

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“I would like to see that happen,” he said. However, another member of the group, Arlene Schade, a retired school teacher, said she is pleased to be part of the group and has only praise for it. “I am happy that they are even doing this,” she said. “How many groups ask citizens their opinion?” Committee members are supposed to keep the meeting topics confidential, but Thompson said the subject of the first meeting was about what specialists patients go offisland to see. Staczek noted he felt the answer was clear — since we have no specialists on Vashon, islanders travel to see all specialists. Schade, however, said she appreciated the topic and privately conveyed to the group’s leader some of the difficulties seniors have in leaving the island for such appointments. The purpose of the question, Thompson said, was to gather information to see if rotating specialists might serve the island. Franciscan representatives will look to see what is feasible to do in that regard, he said. Finally, Thompson shared the Franciscan policies for uninsured patients and charity care, which many hoped would improve under Franciscan leadership. The clinic no longer requires that self-paying patients pay $75 at the time of service, which is a departure from a policy Highline created some years ago. Patients experiencing financial difficulty are invited to apply for financial help for their care before or after service, including if they have outstanding bills, Thompson said. If approved, they — and anyone in their families — are eligible for assistance for 90 days, with no limits on the number of visits in that time. While changes continue at the health center, several islanders, including Gerstle and Kate Hunter, who was also instrumental in setting up the initial public meeting with Franciscan representatives, say they continue to be concerned that people will not have access to a full range of care at the island clinic and the larger Franciscan system. They’re continuing a group called Vashon HealthWatch, which they say is currently in a transitional phase. Hunter has also formed a splinter group, which has petitioned the Group Health Cooperative board to educate its physicians and patients about the potential limits of Catholicsponsored care, including restrictions on participating in the Death with Dignity Act. She took this action, she said, because in some areas, Group Health members are sent to Franciscan hospitals. Gerstle added that several members of her initial group are working on assisting with other types of health matters, such as signing up for health insurance through the state exchange. For now, she said, Vashon HealthWatch is still focused on keeping aware of health changes on the island and informing the public of them. In the next few months, she said, the group may call another meeting to talk about what is going on in the health care arena on Vashon. “I ... feel an obligation to do that,” she said.

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LEGACY OF THE WEST: The Vashon-Maury Island Heritage Museum is hosting a show featuring the work of two artists, landscape painter Debra Joy Groesser and Abby Williams Hill (1861-1943), a painter and activist who was commissioned by the railroads to paint the American West in the early 1900s.

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Studio tour roots go back more than 30 years to six island potters By BRUCE HAULMAN and TERRY DONNELLY For The Beachcomber

This year, the Vashon Island Art Studio Tour, taking place the first two weekends in December, features 45 artists, including jewelers, ceramicists, sculptors, photographers, painters, glass artists, print makers and more. This twice-annual event (the other tour occurs in the spring) had its beginning more than 30 years ago as the Vashon Potter’s Tour and was originated by six island potters. In 1979, the six potters organized a holiday pottery sale in each of their studios, and each potter advertised separately to his or her customers. During the next year, they decided to combine mailing lists and created a postcard (shown at right) to advertise their sale. John Sage, one of the potters, worked with the others to put their mailing lists on his Apple II computer, sort them into one mailing list and print labels. It took more than two days for the computer to sort the files and print the labels. When Sage discovered the 1980 photograph earlier this year, it struck us as a great opportunity to get the group back together, recreate the photograph and collect their memories of the first Potter’s Tour. The group met with Terry Donnelly and me on a cool, windy November Saturday. We took photographs, learned how the Potter’s Tour helped create an amazing connection among these artists and learned what led them to create the original Potter’s Tour all those years ago. As they reminisced about their experiences, the stories flowed freely. Pat Cummings remembered that when they mailed their first postcard in 1980, she had over 1,000 messages left on her home answering machine. Greg McElroy reflected on the year the ice storm was so severe that many island roads were closed because of black ice, and still folks came to their studios. Sage recalled that the potters all had identical white and blue signs painted by Kaj Berry that they put up out on the main highway, directing people to their studios. Rosalie Sage, John and Janice Mallman’s daughter, remarked when she was 5 years old that she liked the tour because “Mom will be making Christmas tree cookies with green stuff on them.” For Mallman, though, the day was about considerably more than cookies. “The big thing was the idea that we could all be selling our pottery at the same time and we didn’t feel a sense of competition,” she said. “We never felt like rivals, just comrades sharing an intense love of clay.” Cummings captured the special bond between these potters.

Paul Macapia Photo (above), Terry Donnelly Photo (right)

In 1980, six potters created the first Potter’s Tour. Left to right they are Larry Watson, Greg McElroy, Irene Otis, John Sage, Janice Mallman and Patricia Cummings. Several of those potters convened again recently at the Blue Heron. They are, standing, Greg McElroy, John Sage and Janice Mallman and, sitting, Irene Otis and Patricia (Cummings) Bolen. “During the year we socialized, helped deliver pots to our off-island galleries, did fairs together, bought supplies together and in general offered support. I look at that picture from 1980 in front of the Blue Heron and feel like I am looking at a family photo because that is how it felt.” The Potters Tour continued to flourish through the 1980s and 1990s. In the mid-1980s, the potters began to hand out Barnworks brochures to help publicize the Barnworks exhibits too. Other potters soon joined the Potter’s Tour: Jeff and Donna Tousley, Liz Lewis, Tom and Julie Koster and Kim Newall. By the late 1990s, other artists joined as well, and the Potter’s Tour morphed into what it is today, the Art Studio Tour. Of the six original Potter’s Tour potters, only Irene Otis is still an active potter. As she puts it, “Amazing to still be glazing after all these years.” Larry Watson moved to North Bend, Ore., in 1982, where he still works as an artist. McElroy changed careers in 1995 and began teaching at Vashon High School. Cummings went on to earn a master’s degree in Applied Behavioral Science and moved to Port Townsend in 2007,

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where she is a therapist at Dove House Advocacy Services. Sage began working for King County in 1988 and stopped producing pottery. Mallman began working for Vashon Allied Arts and also stopped making pottery. McElroy, who recently retired from teaching, has begun to clean out his old studio to start working with clay again. Cummings, now Patricia Bolen, still has all her equipment and plans to return to pottery at some time in the future. Sage has become a well-known island photographer, and Janice Mallman has continued to work for Vashon Allied Arts for the last 28 years, currently as the gallery curator. In her off time, she creates original collages and monotypes for lamps, cards and framed works. As people make their plans for the 2013 Art Studio Tour, they may wish to take a moment to think about where they were in 1980 and send a quiet thanks to the six innovative and creative ceramicists who got this all started with the first Potter’s Tour.

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Monday, Oct, 21, 2013, at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle after a short illness. His friends and family say they will miss him, and his family extends thanks to the staff of Vashon Community Care for its kindness and care. A full obituary can be found at www.funerals. coop/elmer-adam.

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High School in 1955 and then worked for Boeing. She fell in love and married Harold Tetwiler in 1957, and they were together until he died in 1995. They traveled together and lived in many locations until returning to Vashon in 1969. When Harold retired, they moved to Clarkston, Wash., until he died in 1995. She moved back home to Vashon shortly thereafter. Patricia loved to garden and always had beautiful flowers. She loved the outdoors and the sun on her face. She walked all the time, and many people knew her because of her walking all over town. Survivors include her

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An island woman and her family are hoping to make this holiday season special for some local seniors in need by creating gift baskets to be handed out at Christmas time. Karen Bartley is collecting donations of baskets of all sizes, household items, food, lap blankets, slippers and “anything that would bring a smile to a senior in need’s face,” she said. She is also collecting cash donations to help purchase gifts. Bartley and her family will assemble the baskets and give them to seniors in need around Christmas. Items and cash donations should be dropped off by Dec. 23 at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road. The center is open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. For more information, contact Bartley at kbartley@ centurytel.net

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begin life anew in the U.S., finishing their education, looking for work and finding their way in a new culture. But Dut’s story, like Acier’s, began to unfold about 14 years earlier, when Sudan was embroiled in a brutal civil war. Lasting 22 years, the war and its resulting famine and disease took the lives of more than 2 million people — the largest loss of civilian life since World War II. When Dut was around 4 years old, a militia attacked his village, and he and his father were separated from his mother and six siblings. Dut and his father joined about 26,000 other fleeing men and boys on a walk that would take over a month with little food or water, ending at a refugee camp in Ethiopia. It was on this journey that Dut’s father, like many other men, died, leaving him to survive on his own. Dut found himself on the run again three years later when his refugee camp was attacked by rebels during an overthrow of the Ethiopian government. Still just 7 to 8 years old, he and thousands of other boys set out into the desert on an unforgiving and deadly path to Kenya. The journey would take a year, during which time almost half of those who began the walk perished, as starvation, dehydration and attacks by wild animals and militia took their toll. Against these staggering odds, Dut survived. Roughly 16,000 of these young, orphaned refugees ultimately made it to Kenya, where the United Nations set up a camp and provided food and schooling for the boys for almost a decade. Increased media attention on the plight of the displaced boys in the late

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1990s helped bring about a U.S. agreement with the U.N. High Council on Refugees, and after an extensive screening process and many interviews, 3,800 children who would become known as the Lost Boys were approved for relocation to the U.S. Dut and Acier, who had discovered each other at the camp in Kakuma, were on the list. About a week before he was to board a plane to the U.S., American filmmakers Megan Mylan and Jon Shenk arrived at the camp in Kenya, looking for two boys to be the subjects of a documentary. They interviewed 80 of the 100 young men that were scheduled to leave that week, looking for strong and engaging individuals to feature in their documentary. They found what they were looking for in Dut, a soft-spoken and contemplative young man who the filmmakers would later describe as focused. In the U.S., Dut lived in Houston then Kansas, where he was able to finish high school. He received a scholarship to Green Mountain College in Vermont, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in biology with a minor in sociology and communication. Since the filming of the documentary, Dut has traveled around the country to raise awareness about the suffering of the Sudanese people and support the film, speaking before many different organizations, including the United Nations and the U.S. Congress. All the while, Dut, who doesn’t know his exact age but believes he’s now 30 or 31, has assumed that the rest of his family was dead. “I had no way to know, there was no way to find out. I couldn’t think about it. I had to believe they were gone,” he said. “So I never had any reason to go back.” That is until 2011, when South Sudan gained its independence and communication opened up. Dut learned that while a couple of his sisters had died, his mother and remaining siblings survived.

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“Since I found out they are alive, I have a feeling of needing to reunite. I need to see my family, and I want to help them,” Dut said. It was this reawakening of his family connection that led Dut to Vashon. Then living in Vermont, he came to the island in April of this year to visit Acier, his cousin, decided to stay and got a job. He has been working for an exterior home cleaning company, though an injury sustained at work currently has him sidelined. His family still weighs heavily on his mind. During the war, Dut said, women were raped and taken to be slaves in the north and the boys were forced to fight. His family members are now far away from their former home without the means to return. “I am the middle of all of the children, but now I am considered the head of the family. I need to help them however I can,” he said. Dut is now working to raise $15,000 to $20,000 to travel to Sudan and move his displaced family members back to their home village in South Sudan. He says that he will go regardless of what he raises, but he’s unsure how much he will be able to accomplish there without help from others. The trip is especially urgent, Dut said, as his mother is ill. “I can’t think about bringing her here, and she wants to go home,” he said. “I haven’t asked for anything since I came to America, but I need help now to try to bring my family back together. What I have

to give back is my experience.” He feels that the documentary is the best way to do that, even though he says he often feels embarrassed about being featured in the film. “It was hard to be followed around all the time,” he said with a smile. “The other boys got to make mistakes without being in the spotlight, but mine are all on the screen.” But he feels strongly that his experiences can help others and educate people about Sudan and what its people have been through. “We have many ways to fight,” he said. “I am not fighting with a gun, but fighting with information and education. If I can do that, why shouldn’t I?” Hoping to leave by the new year, Dut plans on returning to Vashon, where he shares a home with Acier. “I appreciate everything I have here and everyone around me. I just need to see my family back together, safe and home where they belong, no matter what else I do from here.”

See ‘Lost Boys of Sudan’ Peter Dut and Jacob Acier will host a screening of “Lost Boys of Sudan” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3, at the Vashon Theatre. They will introduce the film; then both men will facilitate discussion afterward. Cost is by suggested donation of $5 to $10, though no one will be turned away for lack of funds.

Paul Billingsley III Paul Billingsley III, Vashon Island designer and musician, died November 18 at Birchview Memory Care in Sedro Woolley. He was 76 years old. Paul was an inventive, creative and highly-skilled man who rarely found a problem he couldn’t solve. Born in South Gate, California to the former Betty Sue Lee and Paul Billingsley II, young Paul spent the happiest days of his childhood at his grandfather Paul Billingsley’s home on Quartermaster Drive. The senior Billingsley was a mining geologist and Vashon community leader. Paul III graduated from West Seattle High School and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the University of Washington. After serving in the U.S. Army, he worked for noted sculptor George Tsutakawa, designing and building fountains that were displayed in Seattle, Los Angeles, Honolulu and other cities. His love for water and boating drew him to back to Vashon, where he lived and worked for more than thirty years. Paul joined the staff at Pacific Research Laboratories, known locally as The Bone Factory, in the mid-1970s when it had fewer than a dozen employees. When they began to make bones for medical research and teaching, there were few templates to follow. Billingsley was a key employee in designing the molds, building the machinery and developing the process to make the bones. Pacific Research is now the largest employer on the island and one of the largest manufacturers of artificial bones in the country. Paul could make almost anything. When he wanted a sailboat, he designed and built Catawampus, a 20-foot gaff-rigged Cape Cod Catboat with a double keel. A blue grass musician, who played with local bands like Truck Stop Chili and The Geezers, he made his own banjo. He designed and helped build a three-bedroom home on Raab’s Lagoon and turned an old VW bug into an electric car. Paul Billingsley III will be missed by his many friends on the island. He is survived by a sister Caryl Bangsund, a daughter Barbara Towse, a son Peter Billingsley, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Contributions can be made in his name to the Vashon-Maury Island Heritage Association, P.O. Box 723, Vashon, Washington 98070.

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