LAUGHTER HELPS HEAL Event raises thousands for man facing cancer. Page 14
COMMENTARY | Let’s pause and communicate about marijuana at K2 [8] SPORTS | Grapplers and hoopsters move along in postseason play. [16-17]
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Meeting tonight on proposal that would allow pot at K2 By NATALIE MARTIN Staff Writer
Tonight county representatives will take comments on a proposed change to the Vashon Town Plan that would allow Bakkhos Holding to move forward in its effort to grow marijuana and manufacture edible marijuana products at the K2 building. King County announced it was considering the change on Feb. 7, less than three weeks after Bakkhos Holding announced its plans to purchase the K2
By NATALIE MARTIN Staff Writer
The company that hopes to grow marijuana and make THC-infused edibles in Vashon’s largest commercial building continued to press its campaign last week, part of its ongoing effort to get the land use changes it needs to move forward on its ambitious plans. Dan Anglin, a spokesman for Bakkhos Holding, held a public meeting last Wednesday, where he described a communityfriendly company that would create jobs, be inconspicuous in the former K2 building and contribute to life on the island. Vashon, he noted, would be an integral part of the company’s success. Should Bakkhos Holding’s plans come to fruition, the company would purchase and renovate the K2 building,
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Dan Anglin, above, speaks at a public meeting last week. Another company representative and Keith Putman, the K2 building’s architect, are pictured in the background. The company plans to make marijuana-infused candy, pictured at right, and other food products. enabling it to grow marijuana in 90,000 feet of the structure and manufacture EdiPure-brand marijuanainfused candy and other
food in other parts of it. Ultimately, he said, the company hopes to see its products go nationwide.
property. Two proposed amendments to the Vashon Town Plan stem from a conflict between a marijuana ordinance passed by the King County Council last year and the town plan, which is folded into the King County Comprehensive Plan. The ordinance the council passed in December allows legal marijuana businesses to set up shop in parts of unincorporated King County zoned as Community Business and Industrial. King County officials later realized, however, that a special business district that Vashon’s Town Plan Committee created in 1996 prevents marijuana business in much of the island’s core. The business district, which creates a zoning overlay in parts of Vashon town, Center and at the K2 building, has many permitted uses outlined by the creators of the SEE MEETING, 12
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Local writer releases new novel set in Burton By JULI GOETZ MORSER Staff Writer
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Ask novelist Will North where his ideas come from and he’ll answer “Toledo.” Not because he’s from Toledo or is particularly fond of that city, he just thinks the word itself is funny. Humor aside, North believes ideas for his novels come from a deep place, an inner geography about which the writer is only dimly aware — until they start talking. Take Edwinna Rutherford, the elderly, sharp-tongued but big-hearted clairvoyant in North’s latest novel, “Season’s End.” North claims she came out of nowhere and bossed him around until, he likes to say, he took dictation. Rutherford is a favorite character of North’s, and he’ll introduce the complete cast of his new book at a reading at 6 p.m. Friday at the Vashon Bookshop. An award-winning writer of more than
a dozen nonfiction books North, who grew up in Yonkers, New York, spent much of his early career as a ghostwriter, penning books for the likes of Bill Clinton and Al Gore, among others. He also wrote a series of off-the-beaten-track guidebooks to Britain. Fiction held no appeal for this writer until the day it crashed into his world. “Fiction just showed up — like a gatecrasher or unexpected guest,” North said, “and then the stories kept coming.” He wrote his first novel, “The Long Walk Home,” at a blistering pace — 90 days — and never looked back. His second novel, “Water, Stone, Heart,” began with one idea and two characters. But on page three, a young girl appeared, a character he said he never imagined and who had the gall to try to take over his story. Curious thing is she succeeded, much to this author’s delight. Ask North where she came from, and he’ll say Toledo.
Toledo plays a staring role in North’s third and latest novel, “Season’s End,” but this time it shares the stage with a small, rural island in the Pacific Northwest unabashedly called by its rightful name: Vashon. It’s also one of two places in the world — Cornwall, England, being the other — that North calls home. Five years ago, friends invited North to the island for a weeklong stay at their home on the Burton Peninsula. North said he drove off the ferry, onto Vashon, and within minutes knew he was home. Here was a community where children safely road their bikes without helicopter parents worrying away their fun, where the pace of life seemed slow enough for friendliness and patience to flourish and where natural beauty infused most every vantage point. Once again, North never looked SEE NOVEL, 15
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where are the holes and what makes sense for us to tackle and then we will plan accordingly,” she said. School districts were selected based on a variety of categories determined by the CDC, including demonstration of need, the presence of an existing science-based sexual health education program and the districts’ readiness and ability to implement changes, said Marissa Rathbone, OSPI’s program supervisor for HIV and sex health education. Laurie Dils, also with OSPI, said that while Vashon did not score highly on need, it did score highly in the other areas, and she noted enthusiasm for the project on Vashon. “They are definitely ready and interested in pursuing this,” she said. “Their ongoing efforts have not been as extensive as some school staff would like to see or as comprehensive as they would like.” Rathbone said as the study progress-
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Even though Monday was a holiday, a small number of workers continued with projects at the Vashon Library, which will reopen soon.
Library remodel nears completion The Vashon Library, under construction for more than a year, is nearing completion and is set to reopen by the end of March. Reached last week, Jan Riley, the library’s information supervisor, said shelving has been installed at the remodeled library, the landscaping is almost done and construction is set to be completed within four to six weeks. “I’m really ready,” Riley said. “I am quite thrilled about getting over there.” During the course of construction, Riley said, she has walked through the library frequently, and her favorite element is the light, which comes in through the western bank
of windows and light monitors in the roof. The conference room is also a prime feature of the new space, she said, as it has a wall of windows that looks out onto large evergreens and the Ober Park playground beyond. “It is just beautiful,” she added. While no date has been set to move into the building — which is some 3,400 square feet larger than the old space — Riley said it will open on a Saturday and will include a ribbon cutting and other festivities for the community. — Susan Riemer
An interim pastor recently began serving the Vashon Lutheran Church and will focus his efforts on readying the congregation for a new full-time minister. Pastor Tim Wolbrecht, who works solely on an interim basis, said he preached his first sermon at the church on Sunday. His assignment at the church follows the departure last fall of Bjoern Meinhardt, after the congregation voted to have him resign as pastor in September. Wolbrecht said he was appointed by the bishop, as is the common procedure whenever there is a vacancy in churches that are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Now, Wolbrecht said, he will work with parishioners on both procedural and personal matters at the church in this time of transition. “We’ll be dealing with challenges and moving on,” he said. Wolbrecht is a licensed mental health counselor, he noted, and he sometimes
Tim Wolbrecht calls upon those skills in his work with congregations. His contract with the Vashon Lutheran Church is open ended, but typically interim pastors remain in congregations from 18 months to two years. Wolbrecht works at the church Tuesdays through Thursdays and will continue to preach on Sundays. So far while he has been on Vashon, people have been gracious and welcoming, he said, even cleaning up and furnishing the parsonage, where he stays when he is on the island. Wolbrecht is married and lives in Redmond and
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This week marks a tragic day in history
County should hear out islanders before it moves on town plan
President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared Dec. 7, 1941, when Pearl Harbor was attacked, “a date which will live in infamy.” But there is another, lesser known date that also lives in infamy because the two days are inexorably linked. The first led directly to the second. What few of us know is that Feb. 19, 1942 — 72 years ago today — is the day that Pres. Roosevelt signed an executive order that authorized the forced removal and incarceration of all Japanese people in what was called the West Coast Exclusion Zone. More than 120,000 Japanese people, two-thirds of whom were American citizens, were imprisoned, without trial, in guarded, barbed wire enclosures — American concentration camps. For Vashon Island, May 16, 1942, was the day that this order took effect. One hundred twentysix Vashon residents of Japanese ancestry were assembled at what is now Ober Park, loaded onto trucks guarded by armed soldiers, taken onto a special ferry at the north end, taken to Fauntleroy, loaded onto trucks that delivered them to the King Street Station and placed on a train with curtained windows that took them to Pinedale, Calif. Hundreds of their fellow islanders came to the ferry dock to say goodbye. The exiled Japanese spent more than two months at Pinedale Assembly Center being processed before being sent primarily to “relocation camps.” Roosevelt called them concentration camps at the time, before the horrors of the Nazi concentration camps were widely known, and they are
It’s clear that a Vashon Town Plan plan change being considered by the county would be good for a group of three investors hoping to manufacture edible marijuana products on Vashon. What’s not clear is whether the change is right for Vashon. We’re concerned that King County has already made up its mind on the significant amendments it has proposed to our town plan. But we hope that county representatives who visit the island tonight will truly listen to public feedback and will move forward accordingly. Multiple county officials have said that amending the Vashon Town Plan, which is folded into the King County Comprehensive Plan, simply makes sense. When the King County Council passed a marijuana ordinance last year, it intended for marijuana business to be allowed at all properties zoned accordingly in unincorporated King County. Amending Vashon’s town plan to allow those marijuana businesses within the plan’s boundaries as well, they say, is like cleanup work. The amendment already has support on the council. We’re concerned, however, that this take simplifies the situation. It also doesn’t allow for much public feedback on a significant change to a plan that was created by islanders and was vetted at the time by the island. The proposed amendments would not only allow Bakkhos Holding to move one step closer to setting up its large manufacturing operation at the K2 building. It would add marijuana as an acceptable use at many properties zoned Commercial Business or Industrial in Vashon town, at Center and even at Sunrise Ridge. It would open the door to more marijuana business closer to the heart of the island, something that could change the face of Vashon. With little local government on Vashon, our town plan has been one way to give locals a say in what shapes the place we live. Significant changes to the plan should be vetted by locals, not simply handed down from King County. We also question whether the county is pushing this change forward in part because of the apparent urgency created by the company that is in the process of purchasing K2. Holding off on the amendment would mean missing the deadline for this year and potentially waiting another year for a town plan change. We expect islanders will speak at tonight’s public meeting both for and against the town plan change, for a host of reasons. Some are concerned about the type of business going in at K2. Others have environmental concerns that there is little time to address, much less fully understand. Others welcome and support the new marijuana business, which is legal, will provide local jobs and could bring other benefits. At this point, the county could move forward quickly with its planned amendment; it could alter the proposal based on feedback, or it could put a hold on the process for now. Whatever it chooses, we hope it moves forward based on community feedback, not based on what it believes the county council already decided or based on marijuana investors’ time crunch to secure their plans and close on the K2 building.
REMEMBERING By BRUCE HAULMAN now called American concentration camps to distinguish them from the common association of the term with the Holocaust. The West Coast Exclusion Zone was only a narrow strip along the West Coast and in Washington state followed the crest of the Cascades. Thus, if you were Japanese living in Enumclaw, Vashon or Port Townsend, or anywhere west of the mountains, you were imprisoned, but if you lived in Yakima, Spokane or Winthrop or anywhere east of the mountains, you were not. Some Japanese who learned of the coming internment and had family east of the mountains chose to go into voluntary exile. Some Vashon Japanese chose this alternative. The Japanese were an important and vital part of the Vashon community at this time, and both they and the community reached out to one another before they were forced to leave. The Japanese Boy Scouts were given the Troop 495 flag so they could form a branch troop when they were resettled. The Vashon Japanese-American Club published the “Creed of the Japanese-Americans,” which pledged support to America.
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Pot at K2 would be bad for Vashon for a variety of reasons As the owner of property adjoining the K2 site and a 20-year member of the Vashon community, I strongly oppose situating a marijuana factory there. While I support marijuana legalization and participated in efforts to find a use for the K2 facility, marijuana production is not the solution. First, such an operation would have dubious legality. Large-scale marijuana production remains a federal felony subject to a 10-year prison term.
Although the Obama administration wisely decided not to enforce federal marijuana laws in Washington, a Christie or Rubio administration would exercise no such restraint. A legitimate business could become the target of federal enforcement with a single executive decree. Second, a marijuana factory at K2 could threaten public safety. Large-scale marijuana production creates a highly valuable, compact and fungible commodity. The factory and its transportation corridors could become a target for robbery and theft. Vashon has just two sheriff’s deputies to patrol on an island the size of Manhattan with no backup. This is
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inadequate to protect such a lucrative and vulnerable enterprise. Third, a marijuana factory at K2 would devastate neighboring property values and undercut Vashon’s image as a family-friendly community. Significantly, all other proposed King County locations for marijuana production are industrial. For the same reason that strip clubs are separated from neighborhoods, locating a marijuana factory a half-mile from Chautauqua Elementary is problematic. The area around K2 is steadily improving with a new performing arts center, businesses and residences. This progress would be reversed with a marijuana factory in the neighborhood. This issue should not become a sounding board to debate marijuana use or evaluate the dubious wisdom of our national drug policies. Rather, we should engage in a dispassionate analysis of whether or not Vashon would be well-served by a marijuana factory in our midst. — Matt Bergman
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and process fruits and vegetables on about 160,000 square feet of outdoor growing area, almost double that of the proposed indoor operation at K2. Our farm and household energy use combined amount to about one 3,000th of the energy I believe EdiPure will need for its grow lights. My calculation, based on carbon footprint data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, is the carbon footprint for the indoor lighting at K2 would be 23,900 tons of CO2 annually. I would like to see K2 inhabited by an industry that is idealistic and economically viable, both of which EdiPure appears to be. But please, for our children’s planet, grow plants using real sunshine. If you have questions about the national implications of this issue, Google Evan Mills indoor cannabis production. — Joe Yarkin
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I am happy that the initiative to legalize marijuana passed and that we have an opportunity to regulate the drug and end the failed attempt to control the substance through criminalization. For that reason I welcome EdiPure as a prospective business that will provide good jobs to the island. However, the current plans that the EdiPure company has to grow 90,000 square feet of marijuana indoors at the K2 building have one achilles heel or fatal flaw: a massive electrical load on our grid for a product that grows well in the sunshine. I have done the calculations for this and am alarmed by the electrical load using even the most efficient solutions for growing in a dark warehouse. My calculated best case is a five-megawatt lighting load for the grow lights alone. Using standard grow cycles, this would amount to 21,900,000 kilowatt-hours annually. Folks, that’s over 100 times the energy produced by all the solar electrical systems on our island. Here on Sun Island Farm, we grow
Not my kid. This is often what parents tell me when they think about domestic violence. They tell me that it wouldn’t happen to their daughter because she is way too feisty. They say it couldn’t happen to their little girl because she wouldn’t stand for being coerced into doing something she didn’t want to do. And then I talk to the parents who are shocked to one day find their strong, brave teen in a situation where she has been verbally abused, coerced into a sexual act or shoved by someone she thought loved her. We need to change our perception of domestic violence just like we changed our perception of addiction. Addiction doesn’t only afflict the man living under the bridge suffering from severe alcoholism, nor does domestic violence only look like a timid woman with a black eye. Abuse is one in three teens say they are text messaged up to 30 times an hour by a partner or ex-partner inquiring where they are, what they are doing or who they are with. Abuse is 17 percent of teens reporting that a boyfriend/girlfriend has made them afraid to not respond to
a call, email message or text because of what he/she might do. Abuse is 40 percent of girls 14 to 17 saying they know someone their own age who has been beaten or hit by their boyfriend. How do we teach our youth the breadth and width of what abuse looks like? How do we allow men to have a voice in also being victims of domestic violence and a space to know they are not alone? How do we begin to change the culture of normalizing and minimizing emotional abuse? We start to talk about it, with each other and with our kids. We raise the awareness of what relationship abuse is, beyond physical violence. It is the only way our kids will see it if it shows up in their lives. In March the DoVE Project is hosting a one-day workshop for teens to help youth know the warning signs of dating abuse and then have an opportunity to educate classmates. If your teen is not attending, at least use this DoVE offering as an excuse to open the conversation of dating abuse. Having the conversation is the first step in preventing abuse. — Yvonne-Monique Zick
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Thank you,Vashon This is a letter of profound gratitude to the good people of Vashon Island who stepped forward and helped our youngest daughter and her 6 year old daughter (our granddaughter) at an extremely vulnerable and heart wrenching time in their lives. For reasons of concern for the privacy and safety of our daughter and granddaughter and at the request of some the good people involved, this letter, for the most part, must remain anonymous. The intention is not only to thank the folks involved but to let others really know of the kindness, dedication and professional skill level of those involved and that not only are these folks available for others but are indeed helping many others in similar circumstances on the island. The organizations they work through are essential and must be supported. On December 15th of 2012 our daughter (Momma) and granddaughter (little one) arrived at SEATAC airport very ill, emaciated, malnourished and frightened; with a single suitcase, no money, “little one’s” favorite stuffed toy animal and their one little treasure, a small dog. They were attempting to escape an extremely serious spousal and child abuse situation in southern California that had not only already resulted in serious physical and emotional abuse but had the very real possibility of turning deadly...!! This situation had gone on for several years before our daughter could come to grips with, and face the reality, that for her sake, and more importantly, that of her daughter, they had to escape. For the next 11 months they lived with us and through the kindness of this island were able to start to rebuild their lives and begin the life long process of attempting to heal the very serious wounds of their last few years. Through the network of social programs available on the island and the profound kindness and caring of the folks who are involved in these programs, as well as of those who just stepped up privately to help our daughter and granddaughter, their lives have started to rebuild in a very positive direction. Although I cannot, for reasons explained earlier, mention the names of all the good people involved, I want others to know of at least some of the names of the people and groups involved; they are: the good people at the Dental Van who took care of the very serious dental problems both Momma and her little one had (a result of the abuse); the folks at the DSHS van who assisted with the myriad of paper work to help Momma access medical insurance for little one, food stamps and the like; Hilary Emmer who was instrumental in setting up access to both of these vans as well as being a remarkable source of help in other areas and one of the several good friends that Momma has made during this ordeal; all of the good folks at Vashon Youth and Family Services; little one’s counselors, Momma’s parenting and personal counselors helping her to deal with being a single mom and going through an ugly divorce, such good people as Yvonne Monique, Amy, Delene and Dalinda; the AA group that helped Momma remain sober (yeah, she had to deal with that as well); the folks at Play Space; the counselors at the DOVE group who helped with dealing with the aftermath of domestic violence; the folks at the Wrap Around Group who are helping little one deal with the same aftermath; the good teachers and staff at Chautauqua Elementary School who have insured, and continue to insure, little one’s safety while at school; the good folks who provided private funds so that little one could attend the summer Vashon Kids program; the good folks at Vashon Kids who made sure little one would have a great experience; again the good folks that provided private funds so that Momma and little one could attend Parenting classes; the good island doctors who are helping Momma with her pain management (she suffers from a chronic degenerative spine disease and fibromyalgia that leaves her permanently disabled and on disability); the good folks at Granny’s Attic without whom she would not have the household items she needed or the clothes; the good folks at the Vashon Food Bank who insure that it never becomes a question of food on the table versus paying the rent, and finally one very great domestic violence lawyer, found here on the island, who helped Momma “fight the good fight” with respect to all of the legal burdens and issues. Although the divorce is final and Momma and little one have been able to find a place of their own here on the island, the struggle will go on for some time for them. The struggle has been made worthwhile and tolerable by virtue of the goodness of this island and its people, and while I may not always agree with the prevailing political winds of the island and the people who hold them, my beloved wife and I are forever grateful for this island and all of the good people who literally stepped up in our daughter’s and granddaughter’s hours of need and have helped and continue to help them heal their wounds and become whole again; we know you know who our daughter and granddaughter are and we have met some of you...please accept our profound gratitude for all that you have done and continue to do... THANK YOU FOLKS...and may God continue to shed his grace on this island and its good people... Anonymous
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AN OPEN LETTER TO THE COMMUNITY
Slow down the town plan change so the community can vet its implications In a community our size, the location and scale of any given industry matter. We have before us the possibility of a large-scale marijuana manufacturing operation in the biggest building on our island and in a spot that could hardly be more high-profile. This is a watershed moment for our island. It’s important that we think hard about it. That we discuss it. That we vet the implications, the pros and cons, the full meaning of this. And fortunately, thanks to our town plan, we have that opportunity. Our town plan, crafted by hundreds of islanders over the course of a multi-year process, is one of those defining documents in a region known for good government and citizen engagement. Even though we’re not really a town— and perhaps because we’re in unincorporated King County where our government effectively sits a ferry ride away — county officials realized some time ago that we needed a more direct say in our destiny. So in 1996, the Vashon Town Plan came into being, a document that lists what can and cannot happen within the boundaries of an area defined for land-use and planning purposes as the Vashon Town. And it’s no small matter. When our town plan — and those of others — became law, the ordinance made clear the meaning. “The Vashon Town Plan Area Zoning … is adopted as the official zoning control for that portion of unincorporated King County,” according to Ordinance 12824. The King County Council passed it with an 11-2 vote in July of 1997. Pot production, the infusion of THC into cakes, cookies and candies, and the wholesale or retail distribution of commercially produced recreational marijuana were not among the uses listed in our town plan. Little wonder. It was illegal in 1996. Now, county officials have proposed that our town plan be changed. Under their proposed amendment, “recreational marijuana growing, processing and retail uses” would be added to our town plan. And they want to forward that amendment to the King County Council by March 3, after one public meeting for which the community received a 12-day notice. In government, that’s a remarkably fast pace and very little notice. It’s how zoning happens in some of the darker corners of our country. It’s not how we expect it to happen here. Some of us are making a simple request to county officials. We’re asking that they push the pause button. Give us some time to figure out what this might mean for our community. Let us go through the process that we have every reason to expect when a significant change to our town plan is under consideration. The off-island investors who want to buy the K2 building want the amendment to move forward quickly. It’s understandable. There’s a lot of money to be made in this new market, and getting in on the ground floor is a huge advantage to them. But those of us who live on Vashon have had to work within the dictates of the town plan for years. So, too, should this handful of investors. A public meeting to discuss the county’s proposed amendment will be held tonight at McMurray Middle School. We’ll have a petition on hand that will ask simply this: Push the pause button. Give us some time. This is a matter we, as a community, need to discuss. Steve Abel Tom Bardeen Craig Beles Leslie Brown
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Monetary support eases the financial stress of college I’m writing to express my gratitude and urge the continued support of the Vashon Community Scholarship Foundation. As
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a member of the 1990 graduating class at Vashon High School, I was fortunate to receive a scholarship sponsored by the K2 Corporation. Their financial generosity enabled me to pursue my coursework without excessive financial stress. As the costs of collegiate and vocational education continue to increase, these scholarships make a significant impact on the lives of Vashon High School graduates as they did in mine. — Mike Kirk, Ph.D. Danvers, Mass.
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WEDNESDAY • 19 Free Tax and Health Insurance Help: Hilary Emmer will be available on Wednesdays to assist with federal tax preparation for those making $25,000 a year or less, health insurance sign-ups and property tax exemptions for those over 60 earning less than $35,000 per year including Social Security. No appointments are necessary, and all forms will be provided. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. through March 26 at the Vashon Library. DSHS Mobile Office: The state DSHS mobile community service office will be on Vashon to do application interviews for food and cash programs as well as yearly reviews and to answer any questions on active cases or about any other services. 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Vashon Maury Community Food Bank and 2 to 4:30 p.m. at the Vashon Market. Public Meeting on Marijuana Amendment: King County has proposed amending the Vashon Town Plan portion of the county’s comprehensive plan to allow legal marijuana uses at properties on Vashon zoned Community Business and Industrial. County representatives will take public comments on the proposal at a meeting at 7 p.m. at McMurray Middle School. (For more information, see page 1.)
THURSDAY • 20 Our Community Credit Union Open House: The new credit union will open its doors and offer refreshments and a chance to win prizes throughout the day. At 5:30 p.m., there will be a ribbon untying ceremony with the Chamber of Commerce and a party with island business owners following that. Lecture Series: The Burton
Community Church lecture and discussion series continues; all are welcome to attend, and the lectures are free. This week’s topics are based on the Hebrew Bible and are human rivalry with God and wisdom and the fear of God. For more information, call Herb Reinelt at 408-7360. 4 to 6 p.m. in Lewis Hall, behind the Burton Community Church. VIPP Membership Meeting: Members of Vashon Island Pet Protectors will elect a vice president and treasurer at the regular membership meeting. 6:30 at the main fire station. Vashon Vespers: Now in its second year, this 35-minute service is rooted in the Christian contemplative tradition and is open to all. Childcare will be provided. 7 p.m. at the Church of the Holy Spirit.
FRIDAY • 21 Movies and Popcorn: Daniel Day-Lewis and Sally Field star as Abe and Mary in the epic “Lincoln.” 1 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center.
SATURDAY • 22 Adopt-a-Cat Day: Vashon Island Pet Protectors (VIPP) hosts a cat adoption day every Saturday. See www.vipp.org for directions or call VIPP at 389-1085. 11:30 am. to 2:30 p.m. at VIPP’s cat house,12200 S.W. 243rd St. Cribbage: Play nine friendly games of cribbage against nine different players. Win cash prizes and earn national rating points. The cost is $8 for visitors and $10 for members. 1 p.m. at the Vashon Eagles.
SUNDAY • 23 Burton Community Church: Rev. Robert Ellis will be the guest minister. He is a retired member of the United Methodist Church and has lived on the Burton loop since 1989. During his active ministry, he served three churches in Colorado. He will speak about being in the presence of God. 11 a.m. at Burton Community Church. Unitarian Fellowship: Indigo Lewis, director of religious exploration, will talk about struggles facing youth today in “Catching Fire.” Religious exploration classes for children and youth will also meet. 9:45 a.m. at Lewis Hall, behind Burton Community Church. Vashon Timebank: Islanders
PUBLIC MEETINGS Vashon Island School District: 7 p.m Thursday, Feb. 27, at Chautauqua Elementary School. Water District 19: 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25, at the district office, 17630 100th Ave. SW.
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Saving Mr. Banks: Ends Feb. 20 Anchorman 2: Plays Feb. to 24 Her: Plays Feb. 21 to 27 The Trials of Muhammad Ali: 6 p.m. Feb. 25. Free See www.vashontheatre. com for show times or call 463-3232.
are welcome for a potluck and orientation sessions for both those who are curious about how a timebank works and new members. For more information, call or text Diane Griffin at 413-588-8376. 4 to 5:30 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center.
TUESDAY • 25 Family Story Times: Children from infants up to age 6 are welcome for a half-hour of stories, finger plays, movement and music. 11:30 a.m. at the VYFS Placespace, hosted by the Vashon Library.
UPCOMING Ferry Meeting: The meeting’s focus will be on the Washington State Ferries proposed revisions to the triangle route schedule, which is slated to go into effect in the fall, when the 124-car Cathlamet replaces the 87-car Klahowya. 6 p.m. open house, 6:30 p.m. presentation Thursday, Feb. 27, at McMurray Middle School. Relay for Life: Learn more about the relay, which benefits the American Cancer Society. The relay will be Aug. 1 and 2 at the Vashon High School. Sign up at www. VashonRelay.org. 6:30 p.m. at Rock Island Pub & Pizza. Club O Dance Night: The monthly dance night will meet again for people of all ages. 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28, at the Open Space for Arts & Community.
CLASSES Gardening Seminars at the Country Store: The Country Store and Garden Center will host three free seminars on Saturday, Feb. 22. At 10:30 a.m. Karen Dale, author of “Garden on, Vashon!,” will talk about starting seeds; at 11:30 a.m. Sue Day will speak on sustainable vegetable gardening, and at 1 p.m. Jan Staehli will discuss composting. RSVP to sue@country storeandfarm.com or call 4633655 if planning to attend. CPR: Vashon Fire & Rescue offers the course monthly for community
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The next film in the Community Cinema series will be “The Trials of Muhammad Ali,” which explores the life of the legendary athlete outside the boxing ring. The 2003 film follows Ali’s journey of spiritual transformation from his Louisville roots through his years in exile to receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom. It will be shown for free at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25, at the Vashon Theatre.
members who want to learn CPR but do not need a course completion card in CPR for their job or other requirement. The cost is $10. Call VIFR at 463-2405 to register. 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Penny Farcy Training Center on Bank Road. Reducing Stress Through Meditation: Ajili Hodari will lead the class in understanding the potential of meditation to reduce stress-related responses, improve concentration and enhance clarity of thought and mental equilibrium. Free and sponsored by the Friends of the Vashon Library. 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23, at the Land Trust Building. Blooms Class: Carol Alfors will lead a class in working with the tellandsia plant, and participants will create a wall decoration using air plants and other materials. The cost is $80. 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23, at Blooms & Things. Soups and Spirits: Through Vashon Allied Arts, make soup at Snapdragon while sipping spirits from Seattle Distilling Company. Participants will create two soups and sample the distilling company’s gin, vodka, whiskey and coffee liqueur. Students should bring their own knife, apron and two soup pots to take soup home. The cost is $65 for VAA members and $75 for general admission. See www.vashonalliedarts.org for more information. 5 to 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 24, at Snapdragon. Waking Fully to Living and Dying Class Series: This six-week program led by Carol Spangler and Cheryl Ellsworth at the Puget Sound Zen Center will explore what it means to live life fully. The cost is $85, and financial aid is available. Classes will take place every other Monday from Feb. 24 to May 5. For more information or to register, go to www.pszc.org or email trez@
pszc.org. First session is 6 to 9 p.m. Monday, Feb. 24, at the Puget Sound Zen Center, 20406 Chautauqua Beach Road. Land and Water Stewardship Workshop Series: This free fiveweek program for horse and small farm owners on livestock management practices is offered by the King County Conservation District. Learn how to reduce mud, improve pastures, manage manure and care for streams and wetlands. The topic for the first week will be “Streams and Wetlands: Living with Livestock Near Water.” To register, call 425282-1949 or email signup@kingcd. org. 6:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26, at the Land Trust Building. More Magic at Open Space: Poet-magician Thomas Pruiksma will continue his magic classes on three Sundays in March for students ages 8 and above. No previous experience is necessary. The cost is $110. Call 567-4023 or email thomas@thepoetsmagic.com to register. 1 to 3 p.m. on March 2, 9, and 16 at the Open Space for Arts & Community. The Incredible Years Series: Vashon Youth & Family Services will offer this call for parents and caregivers of children 3 to 10 years old. Melanie Salonen will facilitate the course, which is a 12-week, research-based program that provides parents with the tools
needed to make the job of parenting easier while raising happy, healthy, independent children. The cost is $80 for Playspace members and $100 for non-members. Call Ann Palmer at 463-5502 to register or email apalmer@vyfs. org. 5:30 p.m. Thursdays, March 6 through May 22, at the PlaySpace. Staying Connected with Your Teen: Yvonne – Monique Zick will lead this class for parents and caregivers of youth in grades eight through 12. This series is designed to supply parents with simple, effective tools to help teens determine right from wrong, develop open communication skills and remove roadblocks in their relationships with their teens. Call at 463-5502 to register or email apalmer@vyfs.org. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays, March 6 through April 3, at Vashon High School. “Doing it Your Way … Aging in the 21st Century: Emma Amiad is offering this seminar featuring a variety of speakers, who will provide a range of information to help chart the course for aging, including buying down, retrofitting a home, wills and estate planning, medical directives, end of life decisions and aging well. Free. Space is limited; contact Amiad to register at 463-4060. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 8, at the Land Trust Building.
FREE COMMUNITY MEALS Volunteers serve free meals seven days a week on Vashon. All people are welcome at the meals, which are served at 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and at 1 p.m. Sunday at the following locations. For more information about the meals program, contact Harmon Arroyo at 351-1441 or at luckyharmon2010@gmail.com. Monday, Methodist church Tuesday, Presbyterian church Wednesday, Church of the Holy Spirit
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Industrial. Dan Anglin, a spokesman for Bakkhos Holding, said in an interview and at a public meeting he held on Vashon that the county’s proposal came after he met with county officials to discuss the zoning conflict. After the county’s Department of Permitting and Environmental Review (DPER) informed Bakkhos of the zoning conflict on Jan. 23, he said, he met with county officials, including Lauren Smith, a land use policy advi-
sor with the King County executive’s office. He also spoke over the phone with Joe McDermott, Vashon’s representative on the King County Council. At that time, Anglin said, it was too late for a member of the public to submit an amendment to the county’s comprehensive plan. There was time, however, for the county itself to propose the amendment and transmit it to the council by the deadline of March 3. “All around, for us and them, the timing is fortu-
itous,” he said. The county announced the proposal on Feb. 7, giving notice of a public meeting for tonight, Feb. 19, and asking that islander submit any written comments by Feb. 26. Smith could not be reached for comment, but Lisa Verner, DPER’s legislative coordinator, confirmed that Anglin did meet with county officials. Verner said that while the proposal was announced after the county spoke with Anglin, officials had
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already been considering the amendment. She said the amendment would carry out the county council’s intent when it passed the marijuana ordinance, which it believed at the time would cover all of unincorporated King County. “Even if (Anglin) weren’t around, we would still need to do this,” she said. “From our perspective, it’s sort of a cleanup,” she added. Meanwhile, it appears the focus on the town plan has called other businesses
within the boundaries of the town plan into question. Anglin said he believes more than a dozen businesses in Vashon town and at center do not comply with the uses listed in the town plan. And on Monday, Ishan Dillon with the Seattle Distilling Company, located next door to the K2 building, said DPER had informed him that his business does not comply with the town plan. Several other businesses were in the same predicament, he said. “The town plan has kind of been falling through the cracks over the years, and it hasn’t been enforced,” he said. A DPER representative could not be reached before press deadline because of the Presidents’ Day holiday. Dillon said so far the county hasn’t given him any indication of how it will address the issue. He said that shutting down his operation or moving locations would be devastating to his small business. “They definitely had a tone of we’ll get this figured out, we don’t want to impact any island businesses,” he said. “Until it’s figured out, we’re obviously not sleeping well.”
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The Visiting Angels, from left, Julea Gardner, Marilyn Oswald and Fran Brooks, won the spelling bee this year, putting their historical and medical knowledge to good use and winning on the word “cuneiform,” which refers to the wedge-shaped characters used in some ancient writing systems as well as three bones of the ankle.
Spelling bee raises scholarship funds About 100 islanders braved the snow earlier this month to watch teams compete in the annual Spell It! spelling bee, a fundraiser for the Vashon Community Scholarship Foundation. After expenses, the event, held this year at Camp Burton, raised $3,540 for the foundation. “We’re delighted, especially with the weather,” said Barbara Gustafson, one of the event organizers. “It was a great event with a lot of drama. The students did great, and there were a lot of great costumes and a dramatic spell-off.” Out of 14 teams, the Visiting Angels won the event. The bee is not only about brains, but about style as well, and the Fur Bees, clothed in perky skirts, fake fur vests and antennae, took first place in the costume contest, according to Gustafson. As their prize, Fur Bees members, Kathyrn Yeoell, Jenni Wilke and Amanda Long will compete for free at Spell It! next year. The teams this year included five student
teams, a team from Vashon Community Care, a mother-father-son team and couple from Seattle who saw the sign for the bee at The Hardware Store Restaurant, thought it would be fun and signed up to compete. Jeff Hoyt, a longtime emcee of the event, had to bow out because of illness, but his wife, Cindy Hoyt, stepped in to help Jeannie Dougherty bring the event to life. Just six teams made it to round four. The teams battled it out for two more rounds until two teams, the Visiting Angels and the VHS Class of 2014 proceeded to the challenge round. Finally, after the dramatic spell-off Gustafson mentioned, the Visiting Angels correctly spelled “cuneiform.” Looking ahead, Gustafson said 98 Vashon High School seniors will receive scholarships on May 28 at the high school gymnasium and all community members are welcome to attend.
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Laughter proves the best medicine for island comedian Friends and family raise both spirits and funds for cancer patient By JULI GOETZ MORSER Staff Writer
Cancer is no laughing matter, but on the last Friday night in January at the Red Bike, eight comedians stood up for their friend and fellow comic — and cancer patient — Andy Royer. With the hope of raising money to help Royer defray the exorbitant costs of his ongoing cancer treatment, islanders Jim Farrell and Steffon Moody invited Seattle comedians Andrew Rivers and Cory McMichaelis to headline the benefit show. Hope turned to fruition as audience members opened their wallets to the tune of $3,000, an impressive figure for a non-auction event, yet in the end, a small palliative for the ills of Royer’s monthly medical bills of $8,000 to $10,000 after insurance. But according to Royer, the spiritual lift he received “was absolutely invaluable.” “Really, I was blown away by the response and by the number of people from the community who showed up to share their love, words, support and some bucks as well,” he said “There were so many friends from near and far, and I have never experienced such a gathering. As difficult as my current situation is, my spirit was lifted high that night by everyone in attendance.” Royer, 44, learned of his cancer only three months ago, and the diagnosis was stunning — stage IV colon cancer. Needless to say, his life took a radical turn. Instead of one full-time job running his specialty bamboo pole import company, with annual flights to the bamboo forests of Guangdong Province in southern China, Royer now had two. The second became the full-time management of
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Andy and Amayah Royer his cancer treatment. As Royer explained when he took the stage at the benefit, beating cancer involves not only seeking the best medical care but also fostering a positive mental attitude and receiving support from others. Royer said he feels lucky times two — lucky to live near high-level cancer treatment centers and lucky to live on Vashon. “Cancer patients from all around the world come to
Seattle because it is regarded as the best place on Earth for treatment. And I submit that Vashon is one of the best places on Earth for community support. ... The people of Vashon, in one amazing night, gave me a boost that many others can only dream of. My family and I feel incredibly fortunate to be a part of such a community.” In addition to the money raised, there were offers by islanders to fix Royer’s car, give him food from their garden and take him for a sailboat ride. Minglement now gives him 30 percent off on all of his supplements. “Every bit of support, whether it comes in the form of dollars or words, letter, hugs, prayers ... is taken in and put into my energy bank. I draw on this bank account often to receive a little mental lift. Just knowing that there are so many people out there who care and who want to see me beat the cancer that has invaded my body gives me tremendous strength.” Royer’s daughter Amayah, 17, who was raised on Vashon, also has plans to jump in with her support. For her senior project, Amayah chose to make desserts from five global regions with a goal to take her baked goods out into the community, but she didn’t know which cause to help with the proceeds. She does now. Amayah will hold a bake sale for her father from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23, at Minglement. As much as cancer has shaken Royer’s world, his mental outlook seems trained on the positive and infused with gratitude. He said he realized that odd as it might sound, he sees parts of cancer as a blessing, specifically in the outpouring of help and love from his friends and community. “I don’t know how common it is to have a comedy night to help fight cancer,” added Royer “but hey, everything helps. As they say, laughter is the best medicine.”
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Rock and blues will fill the Bike Get ready for rocking entertainment when Captain Dick & The Portholes take the stage 8:30 p.m. Friday at the Red Bike. A perennial island favorite, this band is known by its wild versions of slightly obscure rock and blues covers as well as its original compositions. Islander Loren “Little Daddy” Sinner rejoins his former
band members Chris Craggs (vocals and guitar), “Lonesome” Mike Nichols (harp), Bret Harper (bass), Terry Ganchorre (piano), Ken “Mama” Richardson (drums) and the horns of Jeff Ptolemy, Chris Wily and Pat Marlatt. All ages are welcome to this free show until 11 p.m., then only 21 and older.
Spend a musical evening with Beethoven as Trio Pardalote bows to life the maestro’s magical “String Trio in E Flat, op. 3” at the next concert of the Vashon Chamber Music series at 7 p.m. Sunday at the United Methodist Church. The trio — Victoria Parker (violin), Heather Bentley (viola) and Rowenna Hammill (cello) — shares a keen commitment to the art of live musical performances, with particular attention given to their interpretations of classical chamber music. Known for performing traditional compositions for string, the women also commission works by current composers and enjoy collaborating with other performers to broaden the range of their repertoire. On Sunday, Seattle composer and keyboardist Wayne Horvitz will join the trio for a contemporary chamber music collaboration. Celebrated soloists, chamber musicians, prin-
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Victoria Parker, Rowenna Hammill and Heather Bentley of Trio Pardalote will play at the Methodist Church on Sunday. cipal orchestra players and improvisers, the trio believes music to be a soulnurturing and transporting medium of expression and enjoys connecting with their audience in this way. The trio’s name comes from the pardalote, a tiny and rarely seen Australian songbird, one that paid a visit to Hammill’s mother
on her birthday and now lives on as the trio’s namesake. Tickets are $18 for VAA members, students and seniors or $22 for general audience and are available at VAA, the Heron’s Nest and www.vashonalliedarts. org. — Juli Goetz Morser
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back. Today he lives with his wife Susan and multiple rescue dogs on the southfacing beach of the Burton Peninsula, known to locals as Governor’s Row, but known to his characters in “Season’s End” as Madrona Beach. Madrona Beach in particular, but Vashon in general, are the settings for “Season’s End,” a novel that Maria Semple, a summer resident of Burton and New York Times bestselling author of “Where’d You Go Bernadette,” called “full of mystery, desire and rich characters who will linger after the thrilling conclusion.” “I like to set my stories in real places that I can make come alive visually, where I know people,” North said. “Sometimes there are characters who might be recognizable, but mostly they are not. I love the real places, and I love taking readers on journeys to those real places.” Indeed islanders will recognize North’s descriptions of the terrain: “as the light strengthened, he could see, atop an old gua-
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no-stained piling only 50 yards offshore, the motionless American bald eagle that spent mornings at slack tide scanning the still water for foolhardy young salmon lounging near the surface.” As for shops and businesses, North changes the names of some but leaves others intact: “On the northwest corner of the intersection, housed in the historic old Masonic Hall, was the Quartermaster Gallery, an exhibit space that served the island’s unusually large population of fine artists and was typically the highlight of the island’s monthly ‘First Friday’ gallery tour, in part because there was always cheese and wine. In its shadow was the walk-up Burton coffee stand.” North claims most of his characters are fictional, but admits the veil covering one in particular is thin at best. Betty Walsh, the beloved owner of the Burton Mercantile, who offers “free coffee and a well worn couch for regulars to sit on while they drank it; free biscuit for any dog who happened to wander in, with or without an owner; and free advice” is none other than Sandy Mattara of Harbor Mercantile. Still, North took his cue for “Season’s End” from his observation of the four families who for generations have spent sum-
mers at their family compounds, swimming and water-skiing in the harbor and combing the driftwood beaches of Governor’s Row. “It struck me that this is like a throwback to the 1920s, when people had family summer compounds where they would spend the season from July 4 to Labor Day,” said North, who typically starts his books without an outline but with three crucial elements: the setting, one or two characters and a theme. In this case, North wondered what could possibly happen, what could possibly wrench apart forever several generations of families intertwined by shared summers, by marriages and children who grow up together, by careers and long historical ties to the area. “I thought it had to be betrayal,” North said, “a series of betrayals all revealed on the last day of the season. I can’t tell you why that hit me, it just did. But the three families in my book have nothing to do with the people on that beach. They are totally fictional.” Which is a good thing considering the betrayals in the book run the gamut from attempted murder and adultery to suicide. Long before young Colin Ryan heard of and then became the vet of Vashon Island, he privately fell in love with his col-
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lege roommate’s girlfriend, Martha “Pete” Peterson. Pete and Tyler Strong, Ryan’s college roommate, grew up summering on Madrona Beach and in some vague sense were destined to marry one another, which they inevitably do and begin the fissures in the sunny veneer of these smart, sexy, privileged and dysfunctional families. “It’s a dark book,” admitted North, “and that’s worried me from the get go. My first two novels were love stories for adults, about second or third chances in love. ‘Season’s End’ is also a love story, but you have to wait for it. Ryan is slow to understand his real love and spends too much time on a phony love.” Whether dark or redemptive, North’s stories pay homage to place, as will his next novel, the first in a series of mysteries set in Cornwall. For North, the importance of place ranks high enough to garner an acknowledgement at the conclusion of “Season’s End.” North writes, “I have the great good fortune to live on a beautiful island in Washington’s Puget Sound populated by talented, warm, and good-natured neighbors and friends. ... My fellow islanders are a big part of what makes this such a magical place to live and work.”
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Pirates share the league title, will play first tri-district game tonight By EZRA LACINA For The Beachcomber
The Vashon Pirates capped off a strong regular season with a great week of basketball. They started the week by crushing the Cruisers of Eatonville, finished with a road win at Charles Wright Academy and came out of the game sharing the Nisqually league title with Cedar Park. Tuesday was time for a rematch with the Eatonville Cruisers, who had handed the Pirates their first loss of the season. Vashon was plenty motivated to win this game. Not only did they want to prove that the last meeting was a fluke, but also this was senior night for the Pirates. The Pirates came out on fire, with senior Owen Brenno getting Vashon on the board with an off-the-glass basket. From there Vashon got a big first-quarter lead and didn’t let up. This was an instance when the intensity on the floor didn’t reflect the score. Vashon was dominating in the score book, but Eatonville was more physical and more intense than the Pirates. At the end of the first quarter, the Pirates had the lead, 17-6 In the second quarter, Eatonvilles’ physical play got more intense, and it helped the Cruisers as they forced turnovers and grabbed tough rebounds. They doubled their first-quarter score in the second quarter, but Vashon still held a strong lead to the half, going into the locker room up 31-21. Junior Ian Stewart started things off in the second half by draining a 3-pointer to add to Vashon’s already impressive lead. The third quarter was almost identical to the first score wise, putting Eatonville down in a huge hole late in the game. In the fourth quarter, Vashon was in cruise control when senior Thomas Douglas scored a 3-pointer and threw up an alley-oop to junior Jessie Norton. With a couple minutes left in the game, head coach Andy Sears called time out, subbing
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Junior Jessie Norton, number 25, was the high scorer in two of the Pirates’ three games last week. Above, he charges through Eatonville’s defense to score. out Douglas and Brenno. The crowd gave the two seniors a standing ovation while Sears paced back and forth signaling for the crowd to get loud — which it did. In the end, Vashon cruised to victory, winning by a score of 66-39. Norton led the Pirates scoring with 18. Brenno had 4 and Douglas had 5 to finish their home careers. Thursday night promised a thriller as the Pirates traveled to the Charles Wright dome to take on the Terriers. In their last meeting, the Pirates pulled out a close victory that ended with the students storming the court. It is no secret that these two schools don’t like each other when it comes to sports, which almost always promises great competition. The energy in the dome was high, as the traveling Vashon crowd battled with the home CWA crowd. Vashon started well, with Norton scor-
ing the first 7. Then sophomore Sam Yates added the next 9, hitting three treys. At the end of the first quarter, Vashon was up 18-13 with Yates and Norton dominating as a sharp shooting duo. The second quarter was a battle with both teams playing very well, but Vashon was able to maintain its lead, going into the half up 32-25. The third quarter made a Charles Wright comeback seem possible as they outscored the Pirates 13-8 in the quarter. Coming down the stretch, it looked as if this would be another close finish. Vashon just had to keep the upper hand for several more minutes. Norton was dominating the game both driving and shooting from beyond the arc. Stewart made a layup while getting fouled to put Vashon up by 7 with 13 seconds left. Stewart’s free throw put the game
away for Vashon as the Pirates battled to a 58-50 victory. Norton led the Pirates scoring 21 points. Stewart played with tremendous energy all game long and dropped 12. Beating Charles Wright gave Vashon the co-league title with Cedar Park, forcing a one-game playoff played at Seattle Christian on Saturday. Vashon came out strong in the first quarter, finishing the first period up 16-10. In the second quarter, Vashon played solid defense along and scored consistently. Both Yates and Norton got into foul trouble early, proved difficult for the Pirates late in the game. At the half, Vashon was up 32-23. The third quarter did not go well for Vashon. The Pirates were plagued by turnovers, and Cedar Park capitalized on the Vashon’s mistakes. After the third quater, the score was knotted up at 42. In the fourth quater, Vashons’ defense collapsed, giving up 21 points as Trey Drechsel took over. In the end, Vashon came up short, losing 52-63. Junior Steen Jennings led Vashon’s scoring with 14, followed by sophomore Noah Chee ,who battled to get 13. The loss means Vashon has the number two seed heading into the playoffs and will take on the Northwest School at home tonight. Vashon defeated Northwest 66-33 earlier this season. — Ezra Lacina is the sports editor for The Riptide.
The Vashon boys’ basketball team will host the Northwest School at 7 p.m. tonight in the first round of the Tri-district Tournament. The winner will advance to the next round, which will be played at 6:15 p.m. at Mountlake Terrace High School on Friday. The loser will be out of the tournament. Ticket prices are $7 for adults and $5 for students and seniors. No checks will be accepted at the door because this is a tri-district event.
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Hoopsters end with losses and some strong play By GARY MEANS For The Beachcomber
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Grapplers take second at regionals, send 6 to State By CHERYL PRUETT For The Beachcomber
For the second year in a row, Vashon wrestlers took second place in the 15-team regional competition. It was held last Saturday at Castle Rock High School. The day got off to a rough start when two of the 15 wrestlers were scratched at the last minute. The remaining 13 regrouped, but it was a rough first round with only six winning their bouts and the other seven starting their double-elimination day with a loss. At the end of round one, the Pirate team was sagging and in a tie for third. Shaking off the doldrums, the team bounced back, and in round two they amassed 10 victories against only three losses and moved into sole possession of second place. By day’s end, six Vashon grapplers had moved through the regional tournament and on to the state competition in the Tacoma Dome this coming weekend. With final, pivotal victories last Saturday, four more Pirates made strong fifth place showings and will be alternates to the state competition. Regional champions from Vashon were sophomore Chase Wickman and seniors Preston Morris and Louis Jovanovich. Taking second was senior Shane Armstrong, still wrestling with the handicap of a heavily splinted hand and forearm. A third-place finish went to junior Joe Coller, and
rounding out the field to State with a fourth-place finish is sophomore Clyde Pruett. Alternates to the Mat Classic event this weekend are freshman Bryce Hoisington, senior Trevor Figgins, and sophomores Chester Pruett and Logan Nelson. Senior Ian McWhirter finished sixth along with sophomore Franklin Easton. Competing in his first regional tournament, freshman Cori Williams wrestled well in two matches and gained valuable experience. Representing Vashon but missing action were brothers Shane and Codi Williams. Senior Vanessa Williams, also a first-time wrestler, competed at the regional tournament. Coach Dave Chapman said that she wrestled well and noted that it is a feat for a firstyear wrestler to make it to the tournament. There were several matches of note throughout the day. Every match was a veritable brawl fest, as the top wrestlers from the region all fought for a trip to State. In each weight class, only the top four advance. Franklin Easton, heavily bandaged from ribs to fingers, gets a match of the day nod for his gritty, comefrom-behind, wait-until-the-finalfive-seconds-before-I-pull-a-victoryfrom-the-jaws-of-defeat kind of bout. He was behind 5-9 with 35 seconds to go and managed to take the win —
thereby living the adage, never, ever give up. Another match of note was Clyde Pruett, whose opponent was a senior from Stevenson High School and currently ranked eighth in the state. Winner of the match would have a guaranteed spot at State, loser would wrestle for alternate. Regulation time ran out with the score knotted at 7. Thirty long seconds into overtime, Pruett finally got the takedown and his first trip to the Tacoma Dome. Champions Chase Wickman, Preston Morris and Louis Jovanovich were dominant in each of their matches. Bryce Hoisington had an excellent first match, beating a senior from Castle Rock. After tiring of having close matches, Chester Pruett soundly defeated his rival from Bellevue Christian in a match for fifth place. Logan Nelson put the hammer down on his final opponent to take fifth. Joe Coller was solid and strong throughout the day, losing only one match to his teammate Jovanovich. Ian McWhirter fought hard all day and finished a highly respectable sixth. With only a partial regular season under his belt, Trevor Figgins scrabbled his way to fifth. Action in the Tacoma Dome will run all day Friday and Saturday. — Cheryl Pruett is the mother of two Pirate wrestlers.
The Pirate girls basketball team played its final games of the year last week: the second-place Eatonville Cruisers on Tuesday and the fourth-seeded Charles Wright Tarriers on Thursday. Down 20-9 at the half to Eatonville, Vashon roared back in the third quarter, cutting the Cruisers advantage to just 6 points, 24-18. The Pirates kept the game close through most of the fourth quarter, pulling to within 5 points twice, but were unable to close the gap. Like many games this season, the Pirates relied on scrappy defense. Quality play from Kalie Heffernan, Kate Atwell, Natalie VanDevanter and Lilly Hennessey were critical to Vashon’s efforts to keep the game in reach. Freshmen Morgan Spangler and Eva Anderson contributed energetically to the Vashon defensive backcourt pressure as the Pirates limited the Cruisers to 36 points, a full 35 points less than in the teams’ first meeting. In the closing moments, the Pirates needed to foul to regain ball possession, and the margin increased in a contest that was much closer than the 36-23 final score might appear to indicate. Vashon scoring was turned over to the seniors, led by Taegan Lynch, who had 12 points. Anya Quig added 8 points, and Tianna Koenig tallied 3 points for the Pirates. In the final game of the year, the Pirates struggled in the early going to hit shots from the field against the Tarriers. Trailing 34-8 entering the fourth quarter, Vashon used full-court pressure and opportunistic offense to pull to within 10 points at 34-24. The Pirates had two opportunities to cut into the 10-point lead but could not get a bucket on consecutive possessions with just under two minutes to play. Vashon lost the season finale, 39-24. Vashon scoring was paced by Quig’s 15 points and Lynch’s 6. Spangler and Anderson, whose defense was one key to the late rally, added 1 and 2 points respectively. “Bidding a fond farewell to the outgoing seniors is always a little tough, coach Henry Porter said after the game. “We have had a lot of moments this year where I was proud of these players and of how they worked together, but my favorite moment was listening to them share their thoughts about how much they meant to each other. That is what being a team is all about.” — Gary Means is the assistant coach of the girls basketball team.
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“We’d like to be able to brand across the country as marijuana becomes legal,” Anglin said at the public meeting at the Open Space. Anglin, a public relations professional and a managing partner in EdiPure, has also held meetings with county officials and local groups such as the Vashon Chamber of Commerce. Bakkhos Holding is made up of three investors with ties to the Colorado marijuana industry. Anglin’s efforts came at the same time as others began to raise questions and concerns about the company’s plans. Members of the Vashon-based Backbone Campaign say they’re concerned about the K2 site’s environmental condition and the possibility that a sale could get K2’s parent company off the hook from undertaking needed cleanup. As of Monday, a petition Backbone launched calling for additional environmental testing at the site had more than 300 signatures from both Vashon residents and offislanders. Another group of islanders wrote an open letter to the
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community printed in this week’s issue, saying they plan to launch a petition drive asking King County to give the island more time to vet proposed amendments to the Vashon Town Plan. Bakkhos can’t move forward with pot production until the town plan is changed, according to county officials. A public meeting to discuss the proposed amendments is scheduled for tonight. (See story, page 1.) “Some of us are making a simple request to county officials,” the letter reads. “We’re asking that they push the pause button.” Anglin, however, said islanders should not be concerned about the company’s pending purchase of K2, painting Bakkhos Holding as a responsible business that will even bring benefits to Vashon. The three owners of Bakkhos Holding, Anglin said, have already been making and selling EdiPure products at medical marijuana dispensaries in the state through the nonprofit Green Cross Washington. EdiPure products have also been distributed widely in Colorado and Arizona. A website for EdiPure Washington touts how the brand of marijuana edibles has precise THC dosing, something not often found in edibles. A photo gallery of products on the site shows mostly gummy candies with names such as Bubbly Cola Gummies and Orange Slices, as well as a few
Places of Worship on our Island All-Merciful Saviour Orthodox Monastery
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Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit The Rev. Canon Carla Valentine Pryne The Rev. Ann Saunderson, Priest Assoc. Sundays – 7:45 am & 10:15 am
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other products such as cookies and nuts. Anglin said the company’s owners believe the K2 building, which has sat vacant for years, is ideal to hold their new manufacturing plant. They expect the island will provide a good workforce as well. Bakkhos will hire dozens of locals and pay well, he said, and plans to contribute to the community as well, possibly partnering with local nonprofits. “We look at this island as a way to become a different kind of marijuana company,” Anglin said at the meeting. “Our intention is to be good neighbors.” Peppered with questions about Bakkhos’ plans, Anglin described how the K2 building would look very similar from the outside, with no new signage. As required by law, the building would be highly secure, possibly surrounded by a fence, and not open to the public. All products would be shipped to off-island distributors. “This concept does not include higher foot traffic on Vashon,” he said. Anglin’s words were often met with applause from much of the crowd of about 100 who attended the meeting. During a time for questions and comments, however, few expressed either support or opposition. Todd Pearson, one person who commented that he didn’t support Bakkhos’ plans, said after the meeting that he had concerns about a large marijuana business located near Vashon town. He was especially put off, he said, when Anglin said it would be necessary for the company to search their employees daily, ensuring they do not steal product. “Is that the kind of business we want on Vashon?” he said. When pushed on specifics of Bakkhos’ plans, Anglin sometimes said those who would know the answer were not at the meeting. One person even suggested a follow-up meeting for the unanswered questions. When Joe Yarkin, a local farmer, questioned Anglin on how much energy the operation would use, Anglin couldn’t provide specifics but said he believed it would use oneeighth of the power available there.
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Beatrice (Ellingsen) Beal In Loving Memory
March 21, 1925- February 15, 2014 Services will be held Friday, February 21st, 2014 at 2pm. Call Island Funeral Service for information on service location. 463.9300 A full obit will follow in the next issue of The Beachcomber. Please visit our online guest book at www.islandfuneral.com.
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Yarkin, who also installs solar panels, said he had done his own calculations and believes the operation would use a massive amount of energy. “That’s a huge environmental impact and extremely expensive,” he said. When another islander, Leslie Brown, asked why the company’s owners weren’t at the meeting, Anglin said the owners “don’t like speaking in front of people.” In an interview before the meeting, Anglin also declined to provide contact information for Bakkhos’ owners to The Beachcomber. Anglin did say that Scott Bergin, listed with the Secretary of State as one of the company’s owners, in 2008 founded both the brand EdiPure and Green Cross Colorado, the first legal marijuana business in the country. In 2012, Bergin, along with Colorado resident Daniel Griffin and Mercer Island attorney Michael Rosen, started Green Cross Washington, which distributes EdiPure products to medical marijuana dispensaries. After marijuana was legalized for recreational use in Washington, the same three men founded Bakkhos Holding to move into the new recreational market. In June of last year, Anglin said, Bergin and Griffin moved from Colorado to Washington to
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meet the residency requirement for new marijuana companies. On the Secretary of State website, Bergin and Rosen are listed with the same Bainbridge Island address. The men applied with the state last year for marijuana growing and processing licenses at both the K2 building and another building in Woodinville, which Anglin said they still have the opportunity to purchase. Anglin is a Colorado resident, a registered lobbyist in Colorado and the owner of Anglin Public Affairs. He said he has been with EdiPure since May of last year. On Vashon, he has held meetings with several community groups, including the Chamber of Commerce board and the Vashon Alliance to Reduce Substance Abuse. “This challenge of public perception happens everywhere,” he said. “Any company that wants to be a national marijuana brand has to do what we’re doing.” One challenge to Bakkhos has come from the Backbone Campaign. Last week Backbone’s director, Bill Moyer, began a petition asking that Bakkhos and Jarden, the company that owns K2 and the building, have additional environmental testing done at the site. The petition asks that the companies obtain a statement from the state Department of
Mya Calista Shelton Mya passed in great comfort unexpectedly at her home in the late evening hours of January 24th 2014. She was born in Walla Walla, Wa. on January 7th, 1941. As a child she grew up in the Seahurst/Burien area of Seattle. Before graduating from Highline High school in 1959, she attended Morgan City High School in Louisiana and Milwaukee Downer Seminary Girls School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mya attended Stephen’s College in Columbia, Missouri, graduating with a dual degree in economics and fashion merchandising. After working for Wolff Brothers in Kansas City and Joseph Magnin in Los Angeles as a fashion model and buyer, Mya returned to Seattle to fulfill her dream of travel and flying. She worked first for Pacific Northern Airlines flying on her favorite Constellation aircrafts (‘her Connies’), which she loved so much. As she advanced in her career, she would occasionally take her nephew, Joel, on airplane trips from Seattle to Alaska and back while she was working so the two of them could have lunch in Juneau or Ketchikan, and be home by his bedtime. PNA became Western Airlines and is now Delta Airlines. Mya’s passion was air safety. She worked tirelessly for the airline industry and National Transportation Safety Board as a west coast crash investigator. As Chair of the Aircraft Technical Committee for the Association of Flight Attendants she tested the implementation of new safety equipment with Boeing, Lockheed and McDonnell-Douglas on new aircraft. Mya had a varied work life after leaving the airline industry. She worked at K2 on Vashon Island for two years in the accounting department and worked was a server at Sound Foods. She was also very happy to be able to help out wherever she could at Rock Island Pub and Pizza when Chuck and Carol were out of town. In her last years, Mya’s health was greatly compromised. She fought very hard for her life more than once in the last 6 years. She was small, but mighty in her determination, and lived her life with an iron will. Mya will be remembered as bright, funny, possessed of a razor sharp wit, and as a perpetual scholar. Her love of learning, however, was only eclipsed by the love she had for those she surrounded herself with, including many caring Island friends. Although her family was small she loved them with her whole heart. She is survived by her sister Sally (Shelton) Carlson, her nephew Joel Carlson, his wife Brenna, her friend and brother-in-law Gary Carlson, and her beloved cat Teekah. A service honoring her life will be held at Island Funeral Service at 11AM on Saturday, February 22nd. Please visit our online guest book at www.islandfuneral.com.
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Ecology (DOE) that the property is clean before any transfer of liability. On Friday, Moyer also went public with a document that he says calls into question the adequacy of environmental testing that has already been done at the site. An eight-page memorandum prepared by the Issaquah company Farallon Consulting, which examined environmental assessments of the site prepared by other companies, identifies what it considers to be gaps in testing by the other companies. The report says it expects DOE would require additional testing before it declared that no further action is necessary under the state’s Model Toxics Control Act. “I think it affirms what the rumors have been saying that there are many unanswered questions about environmental conditions at the K2 site that need to be addressed, and this is the moment to address them,” Moyer said. Anglin, who has insisted that proper environmental testing has been performed and that Bakkhos is not releasing Jarden of any liability, said he questioned the legitimacy of the report. He said he believes Farallon has a connection to someone who attempted to purchase K2 in the past. Moyer said the Backbone Campaign purchased the document from Farallon
after he investigated rumors he’d heard, but he declined to say whether a potential purchaser was involved. Water District 19, which has a well near the K2 building, is also looking into the situation. Last week, commissioner Jenny Bell said Moyer shared his concerns with the district’s board and the board has inquired with DOE for more information about the site. “We need more information, and we’ll see what they provide,” Bell said. “The proper course is for us to talk to the Department of Ecology.” Bakkhos Holding faces several obstacles before it can begin operations at the K2 building. Should the county amend the Vashon Town Plan to allow marijuana business at the building, Bakkhos must also get the building rezoned from Community Business to Industrial, Anglin said. The company is also awaiting licenses from the state Liquor Control Board and must obtain a Conditional Use Permit from King County before. The county council will vote on the town plan amendment as soon as late march. Anglin said that if the council approves the amendment, Bakkhos plans to close on the building’s sale soon after.
M. Clark Dyer M. Clark Dyer passed away peacefully, at the age of 86, on the evening of Friday, February 7, 2014, with family at his side, in Santa Cruz, California. Born July 26, 1927 in Florence, Alabama to Melburn Clark Dyer and Virginia Crain Dyer, he grew up Melburn Clark Dyer Jr. in Florence. As an adult he lived in Yakima, Washington, Pasadena, California, and at Shawnee Beach, Vashon Island, Washington and finally in Santa Cruz. Clark is survived by wife and best friend; Carolyn Price Dyer, his three sons; Philip and wife Gloria, Paul and wife Ruthie, and Andrew and wife Jenifer, as well as Aunt Arlyn Nelson, Brother-in-law Jim Price and wife Sharon, 6 Grandchildren, 2 Great-Grandchildren, 2 nieces, 2 nephews, and many wonderful neighbors and friends. He was predeceased by his daughter- in-law Nora. After serving as a lieutenant in the Navy during World War II, he attended the University of Alabama and the University of California at Berkeley. Clark was a proud member of his fraternity Alpha Tau Omega, maintaining lifelong friendships. He had a successful career in marketing on the west coast. Clark loved the open water, sailing throughout his life. He was a great supporter of his wife Carolyn’s art endeavors all of their marriage. He enjoyed socializing, classical music and a nice drink. Clark was a man of faith, who was active in the Episcopal Church in his adult life. He enjoyed singing in church and community choirs. In 2011 Clark and Carolyn moved back to California to Santa Cruz, to be cared for while he walked the path through Alzheimer’s. He was able to continue watching the sailboats on the Monterey Bay from the bay window at Sunshine Villa until his last week of life. A special thank you to daughter-in-law Jenifer Dyer, for being there regularly for both Carolyn and Clark through the past three years. Also, thank you to the staff of Sunshine Villa, and Hospice of Santa Cruz for their care and attendance at the end. A memorial will be announced at a later date.
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The opportunity to make a Recycle this newspaper. difference is right in front of you. Two and a half years ago, tenants that moved out of their rental house abandoned brother and sister, Rumi & Kiwi. They were just kittens then. The new renters discovered them living under the house. They brought the kittens inside and socialized them and got them fixed. Now two years later Rumi and Kiwi’s peeps have moved and are unable to take them along. These two are best friends and need to find a new home together. They get along with dogs but they have never been around young children. These two were very attached to their humans and they are looking for a quiet home where they can get lots of love and lap time. Rumi and Kiwi came to VIPP on 1/31/14. When Zekey’s young person died, he was taken in by the family. Now because of a move, Zekey has found his way to VIPP. Zekey has been an indoor cat during his short life and he has perfect house manners. He does not scratch the furniture and he always hits the litter box. His sleeping places of choice are on the bed or in a lap. Zekey is afraid of dogs but he does very well around other cats. Zekey would like to find a home where he can continue his pampered life style. Zekey came to VIPP on 1/4/14.
Ellie
is all of the things that people love in a lab and more. At 10 and a half years-old she is spry and sometimes even exuberant, but never barks. She is sweet, affectionate, craves pets, chases balls, loves to play with other dogs, and is good with cats and children. She even walks well on a leash! It has been too cold to test out her swimming ability. She also quickly bonds with the loving people in her life. The only caution the foster mother would tell the lucky new owner, is that she can pull food off the counter, but is otherwise fine when left alone in the house. She comes when called and drops balls on command and since she is so food oriented, further training will be easy. Her former owners could not provide her the attention she needed and sadly gave her to VIPP. She will be a happy addition to your household. Please call Cindy Young at 463-1934 for VIPP or her foster Mom, Ginny Nichols, at 463-2207 for more information.
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