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About 2,000 Vashon homeowners are now eligible to apply for low-interest loans through King County for septic system repair or replacement. The county recently announced that its revolving septic loan program, which was previously only available to about 250 homes in Vashon’s Marine Recovery Area (MRA), is now open to 2,100 properties, mostly in watersheds that flow into Quartermaster Harbor. The program is expanding in part because of a lack of interest in the loans by those in the MRA, according to Darrell Rodgers, manager of community environmental health in King County’s health department. King County announced the septic loan program would begin last year, after members of the Vashon-Maury Island Community Council advocated for it and the county secured $350,000 in funding from the Environmental Protection Agency. The program is part of an ongoing effort to get islanders to repair and maintain failing
septic systems, and the loans are administered through Craft3, a nonprofit lending organization. However, since the program began last spring, fewer than 10 islanders have applied for the loans, a smaller number than the county expected. No loans have been given yet, Rodgers said, but several applicants are in the approval process. The county hopes that expanding the number of parcels eligible for loans will generate more applications. While most of the newly eligible properties are located in watersheds that flow into Quartermaster Harbor, a few waterfront neighborhoods on Puget Sound are also eligible, including Dolphin Point, Dilworth Point and Summerhurst. “They still contribute pollution, chemicals, human sources of fecal waste and all those things to the water,� Rodgers said. “That’s why we wanted to be able to expand it.� Rodgers said he isn’t sure why there was little interest in the septic loan program from those in the MRA, but said that the county plans to do more outreach around the program this year. “We’re trying to alert the (public) and we’re planning some workshops for 2014,� he said. For more information on the loan program, contact Craft3 at 447-9226.
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Heritage association hopes to buy historic house Nonprofit projects garner King County grants
Former parsonage adjacent to museum will go on the market
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Vashon’s heritage association is launching an ambitious fundraising campaign to secure the property adjacent to its museum for eventual use as a family-friendly education center. The Vashon-Maury Island Heritage Association announced last week that the house on Bank Road that it has long hoped to acquire will go on the market in about a month. It hopes to raise $195,000 by then, enough for a down payment on the property. “It’s an urgent situation for us,” said Deb Dammann, the current president of the heritage association. Dammann said the organization has long had its eye on the 1910-era house on Bank Road just west of the heritage museum, which was historically the parsonage of the small Lutheran church where the heritage museum is now housed. Purchasing the home would not only reunite the two historic properties, she said, but would provide a space for the growing museum to expand into. “Eventually we will outgrow that building,” she said. The heritage association recently learned that the owner of the house, Bruce Kleiman, plans to put the house on the market in April, and volunteers scrambled to form a plan. They determined they would need to fundraise $195,000 for a down payment — an amount they also hope will cover about half the cost of the house — and applied for a $65,000 grant from King County 4Culture, which has supported other heritage association projects. Dammann said they are feeling optomistic about the grant and have a meeting scheduled with representatives of 4Culture’s emergency and unforeseen opportunities program. The organization also mailed to all of its members pamphlets titled
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The 1910-era house just west of the heritage museum will likely go on the market next month. The heritage association hopes to raise $195,000 for a down payment. “An Unforseen Opportunity.” Inside is an appeal for donations as well as a description of what the group is calling a heritage education center, a family-friendly interpretive center that could one day be housed in the new building. At such a center, Dammann said, families could experience childfriendly exhibits, see and touch real artifacts, participate in activities and do research on computers. Brian Brenno, a heritage association board member, said the house could also provide needed storage space, though its primary use would be as an interpretive center. “We realize there are a lot of young families on the island, and we’re looking to get a younger demographic in the museum,” he said. “That’s one way we can engage the community and share the history.” However, the new center, Brenno and Dammann say, likely won’t take shape for years. Should the association purchase the property, it would likely rent out the house for as many as 10 years while it pays off the mort-
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gage. Several years from now, it would likely put forward a capital campaign to fund the creation of the new center. Kleiman, who was outside the house doing yard work one day last week, declined to comment on the heritage association’s efforts but said he does plan to put his house on the market next month. He also said he has made many improvements to the home, intending to restore it. According to King County records, Kleiman purchased the house in 1988 for $59,500. Brenno noted that the heritage association has never undergone a large fundraising campaign and has mostly relied on grants and its approximately 400 members for funding. It now needs both wide and quick support for its effort to purchase the house. “We’ve never quite reached out to the public like VAA and whatnot,” he said. “We need to start reaching out to the community and getting more support so we can reach this goal.”
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King County has awarded three grants totaling $6,500 to fund new projects by Vashon organizations. The grants — given to Voice of Vashon, Sustainable Vashon and Vashon Allied Arts — come as part of the county’s Community Service Area (CSA) program. Funding that once sustained various unincorporated area councils — including the Vashon-Maury Island Community Council — is now funneled to Community Engagement Grants available to any nonprofit with a vision for a project that would enhance its community. This year marked the third round of grants. Voice of Vashon (VoV) was awarded $3,000 for the community media organization to further develop its Open Studio program. Susan McCabe, VoV’s station manager, said the grant will help VoV expand Open Studio — which teaches islanders to produce radio programs — to include television production as well. The funds will help Voice of Vashon purchase items such as video cameras, computers and editing equipment, as well as provide stipends for instructors. The organization will need to raise additional funds, McCabe said, but hopes to see the program launched within a year. “We’ll make it happen one way or the other,” she said. A project to start a tool library on Vashon earned a $2,500 grant. Islander Steve Graham, who garnered the grant through Sustainable Vashon, said he’s been working for months to develop a Vashon tool library modeled after the successful West Seattle Tool Library. Already about 50 people have offered to help with the effort or donate tools, which would be lent out to tool library members who pay a small annual fee, Graham said. “It’s kind of a consumer co-op,” he said. “It’s all about people who want to do home projects and need the tools to do them.” Graham plans to locate the tool library in the same place as a woodworking co-op, which another group of islanders is working to bring together. The two groups are still working to locate a space to rent, but the grant money, Graham said, will go toward setting up the new space and purchasing a computer and a computer program to catalog and lend out the tools. King County also awarded a $1,000 grant to Vashon Allied Arts for an educational concert. In all, the county awarded 67 grants totaling $63,000 in unincorporated King County. The only grant request from Vashon that was not accepted was one from the Vashon-Maury Island Land Trust to fund planning around the potential purchase of Misty Isle Farm for community farmland.
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EDITORIAL
Center needs local support as much as ever
Inaction in Olympia cannot continue
Vashon Community Care, unlike most adult care programs across the country, is owned and financed by the community. For nearly two decades, Vashon residents have supported this important institution, making it possible for island elders to remain on Vashon as they age and providing a place on-island for rehabilitation patients to receive important care. While VCC volunteers have carried out several successful fundraising campaigns over the years, we are now coming to the community with a new fundraising plan to help assure VCC has a sustainable financial base. Some may ask why donations are still needed for VCC, especially considering the campaign for the mortgage refinance of 2012. Although the mortgage refinance helped the center’s short-term stability, it did not solve the underlying need for continuous donations. In 1995 when VCC was created, a promise was made to the Vashon community that no resident would ever be asked to leave because of inability to pay. Today, 19 years later, VCC has kept that promise through the generous support of the island community. When a resident’s personal funds are exhausted, Medicaid steps in to help by reimbursing VCC for a part of the cost of care. For those living in Aspiri Gardens Assisted Living, Medicaid covers only 49 percent of the cost of care. For those in Beardsley Terrace Skilled Nursing, the rate is 70 percent. This difference amounts to a funding gap of more than $1 million per year. It is a testament to VCC’s dedicated staff and volunteers that more than $750,000 of this shortfall was covered by careful management and income from rehabilitation services and other
Flip through the pages of this week’s issue, and you’ll see multiple mentions of King County. Tomorrow, county officials will cut the ribbon on Vashon’s new services center, and next week it will unveil our newly remodeled library. There’s a low-interest loan program for islanders to do work on their septic systems and small grants recently handed out to local nonprofits. The county is even installing a cover on the dock where water taxi passengers wait in the morning. Last week we reported the county is working to avoid Metro bus service cuts. While some on Vashon currently have a beef with King County over the town plan, there’s no arguing that the county is at least using tax dollars and other funding to benefit islanders. Mostly missing in this week’s issue, however, are ways in which we’ll benefit from the state, which finished up another legislative session last week. Lawmakers unsurprisingly failed to pass a bevy of proposed bills, including a transportation package that would have provided stability to the state transportation budget and set the ferry system that is crucial to the island on a sustainable course. They also again failed take any significant action to meet the state Supreme Court’s mandate to fully fund education in our state. Here on Vashon, a community foundation that supports our schools will soon begin another campaign to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to pick up where the state leaves off. Sadly, the inaction seen this session is nothing new. With Democrats controlling the house and Republicans controlling the Senate, legislators have been unable to meet in the middle and again didn’t accomplish much other than passing a workable budget. However, don’t miss a small story on page 5 about funds allocated for the state patrol to again place a cadet to direct traffic at the Fauntleroy dock. The line item is small — about $70,000 — but should make a big difference at the ferry dock. We have increasingly worried about safety risks at the dock when the ferry unloads into busy Fauntleroy traffic, especially when buses, pedestrians and commuting children are added into the mix. Sen. Sharon Nelson (D-Maury Island) said the funding was approved after the co-chair of the Senate Transportation Committee visited the dock during a commute time and saw the situation herself. Lawmakers also approved funding for a third and final 144-car ferry that is badly needed in order to retire older boats. We’re glad the Legislature gave priority to these important issues, though it reportedly killed most other transportation requests. With funding for ferries and other transportation needs running out and a Supreme Court order to fund education looming closer, the stakes will be higher next legislative session. Hopefully our leaders in Olympia will respond by making compromises where it matters.
COMMUNITY By TRUMAN O’BRIEN programs last year. For the remaining $250,000 last year and $300,000 this year, we must rely on the Vashon community. Vashon Community Care’s campaign to refinance its mortgage was very successful and greatly improved VCC’s cash flow, and therefore, short-term financial position. The community was, and is, very generous, and it is much appreciated. While serving on the VCC Development Committee during this 2012 fundraising campaign, I heard a number of our major donors say they were happy to help but they were also concerned about VCC’s long-term sustainability. With our short-term position much improved, we recently could begin thinking about the long-term. A number of factors affect VCC’s long-term sustainability. One factor is its mortgage. Since the mortgage is guaranteed by HUD, there are restrictions on how funds — particularly contingency funds — are handled. It became apparent that the solution to these issues would be to form a separate nonprofit organization to act as the fundraising arm of VCC. Thus Vashon Community Care Foundation (VCCF) was established. The sole mission of VCCF is to provide financial support to VCC, both with operational funds and long-term sustaining funds. Our plan for providing operational
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community are not going to become a reality in this post-Great Recession world. While not meeting the hopes of some of us, the current Bakkhos proposal is the best practical deal for what has been a “white elephant” for quite some time. Elections do have consequences, and the vote to legalize recreational
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marijuana is bound to have an effect on all communities in Washington State. These consequences are not something we can hide from or avoid here on Vashon just because we are surrounded by water or because we self-identify as being unique. Some of our neighbors with many more yesterdays behind them than tomorrows ahead are most strident in voicing their opposition to the Bakkhos proposal. I would hope they would realize that they have arrived at a time when they should be sharing more of their wisdom and experiences rather than their unmet ideals and pipedreams. Very little — be it jobs, transportation, raising a family — will be easier for the youth of today than it was for people of my generation. The chance for good, safe, jobs here at home on the island for our young people is an opportunity that I believe should be supported. — Will Giammarese
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Trouble ensues when a day on the high seas does not go as planned Did I ever tell you about being stranded on a Pacific island? A genuine remote island off the coast of Papua New Guinea. I am reminded of this harrowing experience because right on the bridge of my nose is a scar. It used to be quite noticeable, but the rest of my face has helpfully grown a lot of wrinkles, so it blends in. I was visiting my brother, who for the past eight years had been a teacher in the South Pacific. Like any other visit to my brother, this one involved fishing. But instead of whiling away the hours on an idyllic Canadian lake or lazy Vermont river, we would be on the Pacific Ocean. This was worrisome because every boat my brother has ever owned could be classified as a maritime hazard. His current boat and trailer ensemble did not disappoint. The trailer was the very definition of metal fatigue, but at least three of the four tires were inflated. And then there was the boat itself, named The Mahseer, which I assumed was Papuan for “Death at Sea.” However, in a break from tradition, this boat had two relatively modern outboard engines, a large one for getting from A to B and a small one for trolling. So off we went, and after a long
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stranded on an island. My growing panic lasted almost 15 minutes until a man showed up out of nowhere. He stopped and spoke quickly in a strange dialect. Not having understood a word, I replied just as quickly, “I am American and have many guns!” He politely smiled, nodded and walked away. I took this as an act of aggression and set about trying to get the engine working. I figured if the small engine could be started with a pull-cord, so could the big one. I took off the engine cover to the trolling motor and noticed a pullcord was connected to a thingy. Removing the cover on the big engine, I noticed it had a thingy too. All I needed to do was fashion a pull-cord for the big engine and save the day. The cord part was easy to find, but I needed something to hook the cord to the thingy. I got on my hands and knees to wade through the detritus on the deck. There I found half a pair of pliers, a paperback book, some sort of bone and lots of beer bottle caps. After almost giving up, I found a thin, inch-long nut that would work perfectly. Rigging it up, I gave a pull and heard a “chug, chug” from the engine. My eyes lit up, as I was thinking my Rube Goldberg appa-
ratus might work. I pulled again and again, hearing the same hopeful sounds until on one particularly mighty yank, the cord broke and the nut hit me right between the eyes leaving a thin, inch-long cut. I stared at the broken cord in my hand until I felt the warm blood and acute pain spreading over my face. I ran around in circles screaming because that always helps. Then I tried to find anything that wasn’t covered in fish slime to staunch the bleeding. I ended up using the middle pages from the paperback. When my brother returned, I was sitting down with my head between my knees and chapter six on my nose. After explaining my situation, he gave me one of his standard answers, “Moron,” which is my brother’s way of saying, “I hope you are OK, and you’re a moron.” Needless to say, we made it back, and a couple of days later he announced The Mahseer was seaworthy again. I asked him why the engine stopped running, and he said that it was something so obvious. It seems a thin, inch-long nut fell off the starter button. — Chris Austin is the author of two books available at www.chrisaustinbooks.com. He also works at The Beachcomber.
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Burton Community Church will host a two-part “Sermon in Song” by Island activist, writer and musician Harmon Arroyo: Part I, Sunday, March 16 ❖ Part II, Sunday, March 23. Both times are 11am-noon. Mr. Arroyo’s Sermon in Song, titled “Into the Infinite”, will emphasize the enormous spiritual potential each individual has to influence the community good and the promotion of all aspects of human dignity. Examples of Island individuals and organizations making a difference to be highlighted in Part I on Sunday, March 16, will include Sandy Mattara (Burton Store), Emma Amiad and Nancy Vanderpool (Vashon Interfaith Council for the Prevention of Homelessness), the Vashon Social Service Network, Vashon Island Pet Protectors, and AHOPE for Children. Part II on Sunday, March 23, will be a full audience-participation run-through and performance of the theme song/anthem “Into the Infinite”. Featured Island instrumentalists will include Luke McQuillin, Matt “We are grateful for the generosity of our Vashon community that has been so supportive to AHOPE Eggleston, Dianne Krouse, Gib Dammann, for Children and Kathy’s legacy. We are looking Ike Harmon, Sarah Hotchkiss, Meredith forward to this event and sharing in the music and Neal, and Arnon Burns. The Infinite Burton fellowship created by A Sermon in Song. ” – Jennifer Olsen, AHOPE for Children President Singers will resound with the voices of Rick Skillman, Alexis Carleton, Keanu Roush, and the Burton Church Choir. Come join us in spirit and song. The March performance will be videotaped by Peter Ray/Dark Dog Studios for release on YouTube. Plate donations will benefit AHOPE for Children founded by Islander Kathy Olsen to serve the needs of HIV/AIDS orphans in Ethiopia (www.ahopeforchildren.org). Burton Community Church is located in downtown Burton and has served the community for 117 years. For additional information, contact Jeannette Smith at 463-9977, or Harmon Arroyo at 206-351-1441.
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BACKBONE BENEFIT: The Moisture Festival will perform a benefit show for the Backbone Campaign at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 30, at Seattle’s Broadway Performance Hall. See www.moisturefestival.org for more information about this comedy, variety and burlesque benefit event.
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Make room for some new art Vashon Allied Arts is calling all art collectors. The organization is holding an art sale called Collector’s Choice for people who would like to sell art from their collections. Collectors will receive 50 percent of the selling price, or they can make a tax-deductible donation to support VAA. The Collector’s Choice art sale will be held May 30, 31 and June 1 at the Vashon Allied Arts Gallery. Contact gallery curator Janice Mallman at JaniceM@vashonalliedarts.org, or call 463-5131 with any questions.
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Jump on the ‘Gypsy’ caravan and audition for a new musical Drama Dock will hold auditions for its summer production of “Gypsy” directed by Stephen Floyd. Auditions will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 29, in the Vashon High School band room. Parts available include four to six adult men and six to eight adult women, all ranging in age from 20 to mid-60s; one young man, age 16 to 18; two young women, ages 16 to 18; a small chorus of boys and girls, ages 8 to 12; and a small chorus of teen boys and girls. Actors should prepare a short song for the audition and bring music for the pianist, if possible. Monologues are not required, but are welcome (2 minutes maximum.) Actors will be asked to read from the script. Contact the producer, Kirk Beeler, at beelerkirk@gmail.com with any questions.
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Tickets go on sale for opera company’s next show Vashon Opera plans to pluck your heartstrings with its next production, “Werther,” a French opera with English subtitles. Tickets for the show go on sale April 1 at the Vashon Bookshop or www.vashonopera.org. Based on Goethe’s novel “The Sorrows of Young Werther,” this opera tells the tale of a young artist — Werther — who falls in love with a woman betrothed to another. Jules Massenet’s music dramatically illuminates the grief of the ill-fated love, and the professional cast will be directed by Jim Brown. On May 4, Norm Hollingshead will give a preview lecture about the opera, with time and location to be determined. Opening night for “Werther” will be at 8 p.m. May 16, with a matinee performance at 2:30 p.m. May 18. A reduced rate student and family dress rehearsal will be at 7 p.m. May 14. All performances wil be at Bethel Church. Prices are $32 for season and individual tickets and $15 for the dress rehearsal.
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Watch and learn belly dancing at an equinox celebration Popular belly dancing party lives on with music, dance and food More than 20 years ago, islanders Dean Haugen, Bonnie McCallister and Hotei Rice started a belly dancing party that has become so popular that they now have opened it up to everyone. This Saturday an expanded party that will include live music and Middle Eastern food will be held at the Open Space for Arts & Community. At the event, “O-asis: An Equinox Celebration of Middle Eastern Music and Dance,” the classic fairytale of Cinderella will be danced to life — Egyptian style. Nalani Dance’s Blue Lotus Dance Company will perform excerpts from artistic director and belly dancer Suzanna Davis’ innovative treatment of “Cinderella - An Egyptian Story.” Live music by the seven-piece ensemble House of Tarab will accompany the dancers with traditional Arabic music. Davis’ goal for the show, she said, was to creatively integrate dance, theater and music, which
are the foundations for opera and musicals, but that rarely occur with world dance and music. She also wanted to highlight the cultural roots of belly dancing and reveal the diversity of Egyptian modern and folkloric dance styles. Davis will also offer a pre-show belly dance workshop for those interested in learning the dance form. Following the performance, music by Vashon’s world-fusion band Avaaza will beckon audience members to the dance floor along with deejays Whitmore and Mirage 6. For those with hunger in their bellies, a Middle Eastern menu will be supplied by The Hardware Store Restaurant with spirits from the Seattle Distilling Company. O-asis will begin at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Open Space for Arts & Community. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 at the door and $8 for youth. Tickets are on sale at the Vashon Bookshop and www.brownpapertickets.com. Recieve a $2 discount for dressing in a Middle Eastern costume. Register for the belly dancing workshop at www.planetsuzanna.com/instruction.
Special guest will join youth chorus Vashon Island Youth Chorus, a group of young singers in firstthrough fifthgrade, will perform songs from world music and Paul Colwell feature classic two-part harmonies at 7 p.m. Friday at the Blue Heron. Special guest Paul Colwell will accompany the youth chorus, which is under the direction of Marita Ericksen, on mandolin, guitar and vocals. Colwell, a musical mentor and original member of “Up with People,” will be joined by his brother Steve Colwell on guitar, Rochelle Munger on banjo and Cliff Simpson on bass. As an added bonus, the Colwell brothers will play a special mini-set. The youth chorus will sing two-part harmonies in a series of classic songs like “Cripple Creek,” “Green Eggs and Ham” and “All Aboard the Partner Express.” Refreshments will be served at this hour-long show. Tickets are $6 for VAA members, students and seniors or $8 for general admission and are on sale at VAA, Heron’s Nest and www.vashonalliedarts.org.
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Tracy Helming will dance the role of Cinderella in “Cinderella - An Egyptian Story” on Saturday night at the Open Space.
Magician to perform tricks with words Island poet, teacher and magician Tom Pruiksma will premier his latest theatrical piece, “By Heart: The Poet’s Magic of Memory,” at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Open Space for Arts & Community. By combining poetry, magic, story and song, Pruiksma will explore how poets reveal the inner truths of people’s hearts. Pruiksima described this show as a theatrical journey — not just a talk about poetry — using words and illusion to make the invisible visible and the unsayable sayable. He wants to share what he knows about the inner experience of poetry and how it helps us remember who we are. Pruksima calls his latest show magic for adults “because it’s about the real magic that can happen when we listen to our hearts,” according to a press release. “For a long time I’ve wanted to present some-
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Tom Pruiksma will perform “By Heart: The Poet’s Magic of Memory” on Sunday at the Open Space. thing more elegant and more meaningful than what we usually associate with the word magic,” he said. Vashon’s Poet Laureate Ina Whitlock and both of Vashon’s Junior Poet Laureates, Lily Robinthal
and Zauxie Sackman, will open Sunday’s show by reading poems of their own. Tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the door and are on sale at the Vashon Bookshop or www. brownpapertickets.com.
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Once-loved jewelry stars at first-ever VAA sale Champagne, chocolate and jewelry with stories to tell will be the stars of Vashon Allied Arts’ Once Loved jewelry sale on Sunday. At the sale, shoppers can choose from an array of previously worn necklaces, earrings, pins, bracelets and rings. Whether given as gifts, purchased for a special occasion or handed down through a family, these jewels come with a
history that adds an alluring element to their ownership. This will be VAA’s firstever jewelry sale of items sourced from local community members. The collection includes a variety of styles with reasonable sale prices. The sale will run from noon to 1 p.m. for VAA members and 1 to 5 p.m. for the general public at the Blue Heron.
AUDITION for “GYPSY” Drama Dock announces auditions for its Summer 2014 production of “Gypsy,” directed by Dr. Stephen Floyd. When: Saturday, March 29, 1:00-4:00 p.m. Where: In the new VHS band room. Who: Parts available for--4-6 adult men, 20’s-60ish, 6-8 adult women, 20’s-60ish, one young man, 16-18, two young women, 16-18 a small chorus of boys and girls 8-12 years old, and a small chorus of teen boys and girls. Prepare a short song for the audition. Bring music for the pianist, if possible. Monologues not required but are welcome (2 minutes max please). You will be asked to read from the script. Questions? Please contact the producer Kirk Beeler at beelerkirk@gmail.com. Courtesy Photo
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Soul and funk band will play a show at the Red Bike Soul Senate, a seven-piece, high-energy and original soul and funk band, will play at 8:30 p.m. Saturday at the Red Bike. The band bridges the funky sounds of the 60s and early 70s — the music of the Meters, Stevie Wonder and the Stax label of Memphis — with the distinctively modern sound of bands like Raphael Saadiq, Alice Russell, Eli Paperboy Reed and the New Mastersounds. Soul Senate defines their own musical territory with well-crafted arrangements, sizzling horns, memorable
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Gail Green, Vashon’s postmaster. Olihovik said that he believes one large bin of mail is missing, but he says he and other post office officials have no way of knowing how much mail was in it. An event like this, he said, happens “tremendously infrequently,” but he believes the mail will be located soon. “I’m pretty confident it’s going to be found in a short period of time,” he said last week. Green said she feels the same way. “Absolutely, I am optimistic it will be found soon,” she said. Green noted she is keeping a list of people who wish to be notified when the mail is found, and people interested in being added to the list should contact her, and she will notify them directly. “I am going to do everything I can possibly do to get this resolved,” she said. Some people have expressed frustration with limited information coming from postal employees and the lack of notice about the missing mail. Green, however, said that at first she and her colleagues
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did not realize the scope of the problem Development Linda Milovsoroff said the until they received multiple complaints. missing mail has created a headache. Furthermore, she said, she and other local During their recent Labor of Love online postal staff are limited in what they can say. auction, many people bid on a variety of “Any information given to the public items, and several of the missing envelopes from the post office has to come through contained more than one gift certificate. the Office of Public Affairs,” she said. In all, she said, 37 Labor of Love gift While authorities do not know yet what certificates went astray, plus seven gift happened to Vashon’s mail, Olihovik said certificates from island that in other instances merchants that the cenwhen mail has disap“We don’t have answers ter itself cannot reprint. peared, it has been found Steen, who mailed to give at this time, in a postal location under the bundle, also noted unfortunately.” a large mailbag, for examthat it will likely take ple, or mistakenly set off Gail Green them nearly 15 hours to to the side out of view. Vashon Postmaster duplicate their work — Green noted she has and additional time for never experienced mail island merchants to remissing on this magnicreate the certificates as well. tude before and wishes she could pro“It’s major for us, a major cost,” she said. vide affected postal customers with helpful The missing mail has also proven costly information, but cannot. for Island Home Center & Lumber, said “We don’t have answers to give at this Gina Jacobs, the executive assistant at the time, unfortunately,” she said. She also noted that the post office has store. She mailed nearly 400 statements on procedures in place to prevent events like March 3. “Gone. Every one of them,” she said. this from happening. Customers began inquiring where their “The post office has very strict operating procedures to ensure the security of the statements were in the middle of the week, she added, and she and other staff had mail,” she said. At the care center, Director of to redo the billing, which took staff time
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Modern manufacturer makes a classic farming tool By LESLIE BROWN For The Beachcomber
A quiet revolution is taking place in a drafty warehouse on Vashon, where a handful of islanders are earning decent wages manufacturing steel farming implements. The effort defies, if not the myth of America, certainly the myth of Vashon Island — that manufacturing is dead and that nobody really makes anything anymore. Chalk this one up to ingenuity, a bit of luck, a machine that can fabricate the product and a market for it. Plenty of people, it turns out, want what Meadow Creature manufactures — heavy-duty broadforks for hand-tilling long rows of hard-packed soil or, as the founders of Meadow Creature like to say, “artisan farming implements for modern times.” Bob Powell founded Meadow Creature in 2009, after a handful of Vashon farmers told him they needed a decent broadfork, a tool that could replace gas-guzzling rototillers or the much more labor-intensive process of using a pick-axe and shovel. An MITtrained engineer with an environmental ethic, Powell went to work, toiling alone in the cavernous warehouse at the Sheffield Building, using the perfect machine — a waterjet — to create the steel tines that help to make the broadfork a powerful hand tool. Today, Powell employs four people full time, paying them family-wage salaries. He’s sold more than 3,000 broadforks, tools that have been shipped to every corner of the
ail outouttcountry. Thirteen retail lets —including Vashon hon Truee Value — sell the item. tem. And d he’s now close to retailingg his second “artisan san imple-ment” — an industriallstrength cider der press, presss , designed to be effi-cient, easyy to use and d indestructible. uctible. Powell, well, 54, is a tall, ll, bearded d man an with a sel f-ef faci ng manner, nner, and d he calls ls Meadow w Creature “an accidental busi-ness” that garnered d more attention than he anti anticipated after he put up a website. “I never would have guessed,” he says of his success. His wife, Margot Boyer, a former writing instructor who handles the company’s sales and marketing, seems not so surprised. Not only are Meadow Creature’s broadforks well-designed and well-made, she said, they “solve one of the oldest problems of civilization — how to break open the soil so it can be worked with the hands and grow seeds of the gardener or farmer’s choosing.” “Also, they look cool,” she said. The Sheffield’s large warehouse is a hub of activity these days. The BURN Design Lab, which makes small stoves for developing nations, is located there. The Backbone
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Bob Powell stands with one of his broadforks. Sitting are Meadow Creature machinist Paul Thibault and production manager Jared Middle Calf. Campaign’s huge puppets hang from the rafters. And this is where the tool that has enabled Powell to put his inventor’s brain to work is located — a kitchen table-sized precision-cutting machine that uses water and abrasive sand to cut through thick pallets of steel. “High-speed, controlled erosion,” explained Paul Thibault, Meadow Creature’s machinist. In half a day, the waterjet can carve out of steel enough tines for 18 broadforks. The waterjet is an impressive machine — it uses software that allows Thibault to draw his design onto a screen and then push a few buttons to begin the cutting process. “I can go from an idea to a finished part in less than 30 minutes,” he said. The beauty of it, Powell explained, is that he can fabricate low-volume products with a small overhead. As a result, Powell has built up a small machine shop in the building, taking custom orders for all sorts of things — parts to be used in sculptures, art pieces, one-of-a-kind signs. Both he and Boyer are social activists, and a philanthropic spirit infuses his shop (he’s donated $50,000 in services to BURN Design Lab). But at the heart of this shop are the broadforks, tools that have garnered attention and won accolades from small-scale farmers across the country. “Eureka! We found it,” proclaimed the editor of Mother Earth News in the January 2012 issue. “The Vashon Broadfork, with its sharp, superrigid, slightly curved 14- or 16-inch tines, ... penetrates soil (sort of like how eagle
talons work) with less operator effort than any other fork we’ve tried.” Powell’s broadfork was already selling well in the niche market of small-scale organic farmers, but the endorsement gave the small company another boost. “The publicity was a wonderful gift,” Powell said. His then part-time employee, Jared Middle Calf, became his full-time production manager, and he soon hired three others. Today, testimonials for the broadfork fill his website, including videos of three wellknown Vashon farm families using the tool. One video features the Yarkin family, Joe and Celina and their three daughters, each with their own broadfork, doing “broadfork races” across their small family farm. Powell hopes to now parlay the success of the broadfork into other tools and products, all manufactured with the same set of guiding principles. “We want to make only good products and do right by our customers and our employers and the earth,” he said. Most gratifying to Boyer has been the feedback she hears from customers — comments that underscore the need to manufacture quality items. People often say to her, “Wow, you make those here? You make those yourself?” she said. “We desperately need to bring our manufacturing sector back to life with real stuff — not junk, but well-made things that meet genuine human needs,” she added. —Leslie Brown is a communications specialist at the county’s Department of Public Defense and the former editor of The Beachcomber.
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This weekend the Chamber of Commerce will offer its first ever home fair, an event chamber officials hope will connect islanders with Vashon-based businesses for their remodeling projects and other home needs. “A lot of times you don’t get to meet the person you are trusting one of your largest investments to until you’re in the bidding process,� said chamber director Jim Marsh. At the Vashon Home Show, which will be held at the newly constructed Vashon High School, attendees will have the chance to meet with representatives from more than two dozen businesses related to the home and home improvements. Included in the lineup are architects, construction companies and contractors that do floors, kitchen and bath design, HVAC systems, landscaping, excavating and even solar power installation. Also on hand will be islanders who offer services related to other aspects of home ownership, such as pest control, home organizing, home inspections and handyman services. Throughout the event, door prizes will be given out, and businesses will give presenta-
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Yin, yang and chi in the home
Designer uses feng shui to create spaces that welcome By JULI GOETZ MORSER Staff Writer
When Pattie Hanmer first saw the clapboard house perched above Quartermaster Harbor, she knew she had found her Northwest home. Supported from behind by the wooded hillside, embraced on either side by tree-covered slopes and fronted by a vista of sparkling water, this dwelling had all the elements needed for ideal feng shui. “It's called the armchair,” said Hanmer, a feng shui professional and island resident since 2002. “The hill behind represents the back of the chair, which offers protection, and the trees on the sides form the arms.” The small rise beyond the water, in this case Maury Island, symbolizes the footstool. All combined, it’s a classic feng shui configuration. The art of feng shui originated in ancient China and is all about the flow of energy or “chi” in a building and its environs. Keeping that chi moving depends upon the balance of the feminine and masculine energies — yin and yang — plus the prime energetic building blocks, the five elements of wood, fire, earth, metal and water. Hanmer cites Northwest houses as
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what the clients most want changed in themselves. “The house is like a mirror. I ask what they want to change, and it distills down to two things: relationships and money.” Apparently, our energy gets stuck in things. Take one of Hanmer’s clients on Queen Anne. An attractive, successful business executive with a lovely house, this woman seemed to have it all — except in the world of romance. And that’s what the executive wanted to transform. “She had boxes of letters from old boyfriends, hanging onto the pain and nostalgia of each breakup.” Hanmer had the woman read each letter, and then they tore them up. The process took six to seven hours. “Within the year, she called me up to say she was happily married,” Hanmer said. With a twinkle in her eye, Hanmer said she loves to retell the dramatic success stories, but anyone can spruce up his or her home with a few feng shui touches. Though Hanmer said there is no perfect feng shui, a good place to start is with your front door. Chi should flow into the house, so the entrance needs to be welcoming, beckoning you in. Once inside, the area to the left traditionally represents wealth.
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A frog figure outside Hanmer’s home stands for bringing wealth into the home. “The Chinese use red to symbolize money and wealth,” Hanmer said. “Crystals stand for diamonds, and plants equal health and well-being. The left side in our house is the dining room, which includes the wealth of our friendships.” The right side is for relationships. Hanmer displays two guitars for her and her husband’s, artist Dean Hanmer, love of music. There are two small cups from a wedding and other pairs of meaningful objects. “Bird feeders and wind chimes bring in sound and movement,” added Hanmer.
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THE SALSA HOUSE
Family builds a small cabin with big character By SARAH LOW Staff Writer
A colorful, cozy secret is tucked away on a central island property that many who drive by every day likely don’t realize is there. The Salsa House, as it is affectionately referred to by friends and family, was built in 2004 by John Demyanovich and his sister-in-law, islander Delene Rodenberg. It sits on Rodenberg and her partner’s 10-acre wooded property, and is now a home for Rodenberg’s mother- and father-in-law. (Rodenberg’s partner and inlaws preferred not to be named.) Rodenberg said her in-laws always loved Vashon, and visited often, “but they always had to find a place to rent or stay since our house is pretty small,” Rodenberg said of her and her partner’s 1920’s era, 950 square-foot home. When the in-laws started talking about moving STORY CONTINUES, NEXT PAGE
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Bold colors on the custom-stained Salsa House keep the rainy-day blues away (top). Inside the house, bookshelves attached to loft beams save space (right).
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Tree-branch spindles can be seen on the left from the loft’s catwalk. Translucent blue stain colors the living-room floor, and the entryway is a mosaic of donated tiles. permanently to Vashon, the tight-knit family had to brainstorm. Initially they considered buying a trailer and parking it on the property — given the acreage, that seemed doable. Then, a lightbulb went on with the perfect solution: Why not build a cottage? Rodenberg knew just who to call. “We’ve been friends forever. I’ve known Delene since she was 13,” Demyanovich said as he gave a guest a tour of the Salsa House. His partner Donna is Rodenberg’s sister. Demyanovich, who grew up in Seattle, has been in the construction business since 1983, and his company, John F. Demyanovich Construction, is based in West Seattle. The project was a true collaboration and labor of love for the friends and family. Beginning in 2002, Rodenberg’s partner began placing paint buckets to mark the potential location and orientation for her parents’ new home. Over the course of a year, she knew she had the right spot after studying the light at different times of the day and
throughout the seasons. They started construction in the summer of 2003. Demyanovich designed the one-bedroom, one-bathroom with a loft himself, with input from Rodenberg and her partner. With size being limited to just under 1,000 square feet, Demyanovich wanted to give the house a sense of space and volume with high ceilings, as well as provide options for expanding the loft living area in the future, in case they felt they needed more space. “The goal is always maximum energy efficiency and minimal redundancy,” he explained. A lifelong recycler and salvager, Demyanovich kept construction costs down by using salvaged materials from his other work sites, as well as damaged items and lumber that he then re-cut and planed back into good condition to use for the home. Everything from the tile and wood for the floors to the kitchen cabinets was salvaged. “I always save and recycle material whenever I can on my different jobs,” he said. “For the amount of money being spent, you get a nicer product in the end.”
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Demyanovich has a keen eye for style and design that matches his refurbishing skills. Unconventional and creative touches can be seen throughout the small cabin. For instance, the railings on the stairs and the loft catwalk are made of actual branches from a dogwood tree that was cut by Puget Sound Energy while doing work on the property. The kitchen countertops are made of unused gymnasium flooring. Rodenberg, for her part, was responsible for the majority of the labor as well as her own creative
additions to the home, including the pale blue, almost translucent stain on the hardwood floors that lets the wood grain show through. Rodenberg was also the mastermind behind the semi-polished stone shower surround, where she placed each of the hundreds of stones by hand. “It was actually somewhat meditative,” she said with a laugh. Color and texture are important to Demyanovich, who has seen and built his share of more conventional homes over the years. “We put a lot of intent into everything. It’s so much nicer than a drywall box,” he said. The vibrant palette of the exterior stains was chosen by Rodenberg’s partner. Wanting a bright and cheerful look for her parents that would fight back even the grayest of Northwest days, she had each color custom mixed to just the right shade — the yellow from a pencil, the red from her own kitchen trim. The green was inspired by a shirt worn by an associate at True Value. “That was what she wanted,” Demyanovich said of the colorful exterior. “I wasn’t sure how that was going to go, but they absolutely love it.” So, is this saucy mix of colors the reason they call it the Salsa House? The name actually has more behind it. Rodenberg and her part-
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The stone shower/bath surround covers three walls; Rodenberg placed each stone by hand. ner have a long-standing tradition of making their own salsa using ingredients from their garden. Once when her mother-in-law was away, they had a salsa making and canning party in the new cottage with
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Tools and tips make for gardening without the aches By KAREN DALE For The Beachcomber
It’s spring! You sprang from the couch, grabbed a tool and hit the garden. And what did you get? Aches and pains! In early spring (and at a certain age), what you need are some tips, tools and techniques for low-ouch gardening.
Stand and let the tools reach for you Becky Bumgarner, a pro gardener and tool maven, saves her back by using long-handled tools that reach and stretch instead of her body. Her favorite cobra heads and scuffle hoes are more than 55 inches long, nearly as tall as she is; their push-pull action razors through weeds just below the soil surface. With a long, skinny rake, she then pulls the weeds onto a tarp she drags and flings at the nearest compost pile. Tools that telescope are like longer arms. Bumgarner’s Fisker telescoping hedge trimmer gives her 40 inches of reach so she can prune the lowest shrubs without much bending. For orchard care, her favorite pole pruners come with a hand trigger and a levered handle. Rather than fire up the chainsaw, she puts a pruning blade in a batteryoperated Sawzall. “It zips off suckers quickly,� she says.
Think lower resistance You can muscle dull, lightweight or big-headed tools through soil — or you can use sharp tools with heft that almost drive themselves through the work. Many new tools come unsharpened, but True Value’s service shop can sharpen them for a few bucks. A beveled edge points the tool in the right direction. For example, a scuffle hoe’s head slips best beneath the soil if the top is beveled outward and down. Bumgarner’s favorite tools have business ends only 2 inches wide. Her Rogue 25S scuffle hoe has a tiny 2.5-inch triangular blade that gets into tight places. The narrow stainless steel blade of her Pro Radius transplanter plunges into heavy soil like butter, its notched end perfect for punching through blackberry roots. The circular handle offers a wrist-friendly ergonomic design.
under my bottom to keep my weight from squashing my leg joints. Also, working a short-handled tool while kneeling forces you to tilt forward, putting stress on your lower back. Instead, use a midlength tool about 24 inches long that can reach across garden beds. Mid-length tools aren’t common in stores; try online.
Bring the garden to your height Raised beds are a help, but how about higher? Gardeners Supply and Costco offer planter boxes on legs that lift the garden to counter height. Even compost gets a lift with Costco’s elevated pair of rotating compost bins. A big pot raises the ground level; add a trellis or stake to bring beans, cukes or tomatoes to easy pickin’ height. Try hanging baskets: I once saw luscious strawberries dangling from a macrame planter — no slugs near! But use lightweight soil mixes and wheels under those pots, or suffer a herniated disk as Carolina Nurik once did. Now when she tends her potted tomato vines, she sits on a garden kneeler, a kiddie chair or her Step2 Garden Hopper that scoots across the floor. When she sprays her dozens of fruit trees, she doesn’t strap on a backpack sprayer. Instead, she puts the heavy tank in a little wire grannycart and drags it behind her. To lift heavy bags of soil, she drops the end of her tilt-up wagon. I do something similar with my hand truck: Keep heavy weight on wheels, the center of gravity down low.
Gear up your body first Finally, gear up your body beforehand: sunscreen, hat and rubber slip-ons instead of boots you’ll pretzel yourself to wrench off. I’ve seen garden pants with built-in pockets for knee-pads — or make your own with velcro and oil cloth. You might consider an orthopedic cumberbund to support your back. Don’t do too much in your first sessions, and change position often — perhaps putting out a yoga mat, as flower grower Hope Bloesch does, as a reminder to stretch. And don’t forget this hot gardener’s tip: Aleve. Before you step out the door.
Karen Dale is an avid gardening and writer who recently released the book “Garden On, Vashon.� Inspired by Michael Pollan’s “The Omnivore’s Dilemma,� Dale wrote the book after realizing that island gardeners and farmers could yield a bookful of stories and tips. The book is equal parts gardening how-to, island history and gardening adventures with the author. Copies are available at several island stores and nurseries as well as online at Amazon.com.
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Hugelkultur | Learn a new type of gardening Imagine a garden that doesn’t require watering or fertilizing. The ancient practice and growing trend of hugelkultur involves creating a raised garden bed on a base of rotting logs and sticks covered by manure and soil. The rotting wood holds moisture, creates a natural fertilizer, generates heat and increases the available planting area. It also creates a raised bed without the hassle and expense of constructing one. Next month, garden designer and permaculture specialist Laura Sweany will visit Vashon to give a free workshop on hugelkultur. During the workshop she will create an actual hugelkultur mound on a local property. The class will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, April 27. For more information or to sign up, call Sweany at 369-7590. Courtesy Image
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Explore VAA’s garden tour Spring is here, which means Vashon Allied Arts is already preparing for its 24th annual Garden Tour, which will take place Saturday and Sunday, June 21 and 22. The event is a fundraiser for VAA. Weekend festivities begin with the Sunset Garden Gala at 6 p.m. Friday, June 20, where guests can enjoy live music and dining at the Asian-style garden Tesoro de Luz. Tickets are $125 and are limited; call 463-5131.
The gardens The Garden Tour, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, offers islanders the opportunity to experience five distinct outdoor sanctuaries on Vashon. At Jo Robinson and Rick Mellen’s south-end garden, stunning views of the sound set off a collection of nutrient-rich fruit and vegetable varieties. (See story, page 13.)
Pat and Walk Riehl’s stumpery features rare mosses and ferns nestled among gnarled, overturned roots. It was conceptualized by the designer of Prince Charles’ stumpery. The rustic backyard sanctuary of Brad and Lori Kittredge has cobblestone paths among lush garden beds of local and exotic plants. The sprawling grounds at Steve Paschall and Katy Jo Steward’s home feature a lavender patch, rose garden and landscaped trails leading to the beach. Floral enthusiasts Hope and Anthony Bloesch keep a shaded woodland garden and a variety of dahlias, lillies and annuals.
Other events There’s much more to the Garden Tour, including a host of presentations by local experts. Garden talks this year will cover a variety of topics, including
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vegetables high in these nutrients. “You can reduce the risk or actually treat illness with highphytonutrient fruits and vegetables,� she said. Robinson, who created a detailed database of 800 fruits and vegetables, can cite countless examples of current foods that have lost much of their nutritional value, as well as varieties of the same or similar food to choose instead. One type of potato can reduce blood sugar, she said, while most potatoes will raise blood sugar as much as eating two slices of white bread. In animal studies, one variety of raspberries inhibited human breast cancer, and wild blueberries have been shown to reduce dementia. While people cannot tell what variety of blueberries they find in a store, Northwesterners can easily find a substitute. “Our wild huckleberries are an example of a food that would reduce the risk of cognitive decline,� she said. In “Eating on the Wild Side,� which is by turns distressing and inspiring but always clear and easy to read, Robinson examines a wide range of fruits and vegetables, from corn to tomatoes to the everyday apple. The book
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Wild strawberries are small and packed with anthocyanins, an important phytonutrient. Unlike their wild counterparts, many commercially grown strawberries have a hollow center and white insides, where nutrients are lacking. includes both at-a-glance information that compares varieties and charts that include information on flavor, phytonutrient content and often a bit of the variety’s history, so that shoppers can easily decide what they should purchase or plant. “I wanted to make it very practical,� she said. Throughout the book, she makes clear the importance — and the scientific basis — for her message. Regarding apples, a fruit with a long reputation
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Crew eases into spring season Rowers medal in all but one race on Green Lake By PAT CALL For The Beachcomber
The 52nd annual Green Lake spring regatta featured something not experienced for this event in a few years — actual spring conditions. Warm temperatures and light winds greeted rowers as dawn broke on Saturday morning and lasted until precisely the last air horn on the final race, when the rains returned. If the spring crew season is likened to an academic semester, then this regatta is more like a quiz than a test or final exam, with a relatively short 1,000-meter course and many local teams either not participating or not sending their full varsity teams. Nonetheless, coach Richard Parr was pleased at day’s end. “I am really proud of both our junior and master crews,” he said. “It was a great start to the season and one of Vashon’s best regatta performances ever. We will need to build off of this success.” The summary stats tell the tale: With 24 race events entered, Vashon’s junior and masters crews failed to medal in only one race, with 15 first-, three second- and five third-place finishes. And with those 15 first-place finishes, the average time over the second-place boat was almost 10 seconds. All of the junior crew members took home at least one medal. First place finishers were the Open
Men’s Quad, the Open Women’s Double, the Open Women’s Quad, the Open Men’s Double, the Open Novice Women’s Eight, the Master’s Women’s Four, the Master’s Women’s Quad, the Master’s Women’s Double, the Junior Women’s Quad, the Junior Men’s Four, the Junior Men’s Quad, the Mixed Double, the Lightweight Women’s Four, the Junior Novice Women’s Eight and Mixed Master’s Eight. Winners of the junior crew open races were Baxter and Fletcher Call, Jacob Plihal, Tate Gill, Kirsten Girard, Mia Croonquist, Hannah Russell, Kalie Heffernan and coxswains Olivia Mackie and Ally Clevenger. In total, 37 Vashon rowers returned home with gold medals. Seven rowers had three first-place finishes each, and coxswain Callie Andrews won the “bling” award with a neck-straining four winning medals. The spring season continues this week with the Saltwater Scrimmage at Vashon’s Jensen Point boathouse at 8:30 a.m. Sunday. Unlike the Green Lake course, where after 100 or so powerful strokes to cover 1,000 meters, coxswains and crews have to power down quickly or risk ending up in the grandstands, the Quartermaster Harbor course is wide open and affords excellent viewing and plenty of room for crews to paddle it out and cool down after each race. Junior crews from Bainbridge Island, Olympia and Vashon will compete in 1,500-meter sprint racing. — Pat Call is a recreational rower and the father of two junior crew members.
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of Christian groups, Jews are encouraged to debate and ate for a congregation,” Amiad said. “So I sort of made the discuss and question. It’s not a negative thing, and we just offer without even asking anybody, and then called a few of our members to ask if they would put up the money go round and round and come to a compromise.” CONTINUED FROM 1 Amiad, who has been involved with the group since ahead of time. Then we started fundraising.” Several other potential buyers bid on the building, she moved to the island in 1987, was instrumental in the said Louise Olsen, who has been the president of of the purchase of the Havurah’s building on Amiad said, but the Havurah’s offer Havurah’s board of directors for many years. “We are Westside Highway in 2003. was the one accepted because the leadlike that. We are striving to create a sense of place where “The people in the ers of Bethel Church appreciated that For many years, she said, the group people can find a home for their Jewish practices — a was itinerant, meeting in members’ the group would maintain it as a house community are willing to place where they can take away what they need and bring of worship. homes for Shabbat celebrations as well experiment, so I’m able what they have.” Since 2008, the group has engaged as other locations, including the Land Olsen described the Havurah’s current membership to offer them all kinds the services of a Santa Cruz-based Trust Building, for High Holiday serof about 55 families as having backgrounds in different rabbi, Fern Feldman, who travels severvices. And although the Havurah in the of things that we can do strains of Reform, Conservative and Orthodox Judaism, al times a year to Vashon to teach workmid-1990s had acquired its own Torah together, and they are and even categories that stretch beyond those definitions. shops and preside over High Holiday — a sacred scroll, written in Hebrew And because Vashon lacks Seattle’s choices of synagame for it.” celebrations and other events. inscribed by hand on parchment, that gogues, she added, all the people in her congregation have Feldman said her part-time work contains the first five books of the Bible Rabbi Fern Feldman had to embrace their differences. with the Havurah has been a good fit visiting rabbi to the Havurat “There are religious Jewish people, ecumenical and — it still lacked a synagogue. for her. That changed in 2003, when Bethel secular Jewish people, social action, intellectual, creative, “My practice is traditional, but my visionary, cultural and even gastronomic Jewish people,” Church put a small chapel that it owned social and political life is very progreson the Westside Highway up for sale. It she said. “We have them all on Vashon.” sive,” she said. “The people in the community are willneeded the money to rebuild its own larger church, which Emma Amiad, a local realtor who is also active in the ing to experiment, so I’m able to offer them all kinds of had been destroyed by a fire. Havurah, sees the group’s diversity as a plus. “There are very few buildings that would be appropri- things that we can do together, and they are game for it.” “We have long discussions,” she said. “But unlike a lot Last weekend, Feldman came to Vashon to help the congregation celebrate Purim, a Jewish holiday that centers on the story told in the Book of Esther, which is part of the Hebrew scriptures. In it, the queen of Persia, who is secretly Jewish, intervenes with her husband, the king, when she learns of a terrible plot to destroy her people. The two-day celebration, which Feldman called “the most wild holiday of the Jewish calendar,” included a potluck feast with wine on Saturday night, a lively event that many attended in costume. Singing and a spirited reading of the Book of Esther — both the Hebrew Catholic Church Vashon Island All-Merciful Saviour and English versions — were a part of the evening. On
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Sunday, children from the Havurah’s Bet Safer school came back to the building, again in costume, for more merriment, singing, games and crafts, along with another reading of Esther’s story, this time entirely in English. Julie Shannon, the instructor for the Bet Safer school for the past two years, said it has doubled in size since she has been involved, and now has a core group of almost a dozen children between the ages of 4 and 12. Shannon said she wants the children who attend to “think about Jewish concepts and ideas and what those mean to each of them personally, to raise discussions with their families and develop a personal sense of Jewish identity.” At the school, children hear stories from the Torah and learn the concepts of “tikkun olam” — a Hebrew term that translates to “repair of the world” — and “tzedakah,” a word that refers to righteousness, justice and the obligation to care about less fortunate people. A recent bake sale, run by the children, raised hundreds of dollars for a girl’s school in Afghanistan. The proceeds of another bake sale, coming up on April 6 outside of
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Members of Havurat Ee Shalom gather round Bet Safer teacher Julie Shannon (bottom middle) for a family friendly class during the Purim holiday last weekend. Thriftway, will go to a home for needy children in Nepal. According to Olsen, the Havurah also reaches out to the people of Vashon by renting out the building, at very afford-
able rates, for concerts, lectures, classes and other events. Members of the Havurah are also active in many interfaith activities on the island. Most notable, perhaps, is an annual
interfaith celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, organized by Amaid and held at the synagogue. Other members of the group are in charge of a community Christmas dinner for home-
less and other needy islanders, held at the Church of the Holy Spirit. But Amiad also pointed out that the larger island community has also returned the embrace of the Havurah in a deep and meaningful way. In 2008, someone broke a window to the synagogue, crawled through it and scrawled a swastika and the phrase “God Hates Jews” on the front wall of the room with a marker. The perpetrator was never caught. But on the Friday following the crime, hundreds of islanders gathered in the town for a vigil in solidarity with the Havurah’s members and other Jewish people on the island. Afterwards, many posted a Star of David in their windows, on their cars or elsewhere. The show of support was greatly appreciated by Vashon’s Jewish community, Amiad said. “It meant people will stand with you no matter what,” she said, adding that the gesture of solidarity touched a deep chord. “Judaism is founded not so much on theology, but rather, on ethics and compassion,” she said. “I think it is important that our congregation was acknowledged and honored by the community.”
Vera Campbell
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Vashon resident, Vera Campbell, passed away March 1st. She was 94. A sweet, bright, loving woman who lived the truth and loved the good in everyone. She had a sparkle that is hard to define, making others feel at ease and wholly welcome. Her home was always open to others.
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Vera was born in Portland, Oregon, but grew up in Tacoma, Washington, where she married her long-time pal, Duke Campbell. They lived in Florida, New York, California, and Washington, and settled on Vashon, 45 years ago.
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Vera will be sorely missed and long cherished by her children: China, Fred and his wife Kelly, Candy and her husband Jean, Richard and his wife Claudia, Patty, and Carol and her husband Tim; her sister-in-law Pat Burrus; 11 grandchildren; and 11 great grandchildren. A celebration in Vera’s honor will be held at her home on Vashon on Saturday, June 28th 1–4 pm. All friends are welcome. Contributions may be made to a Vashon charity or to a charity of your choice.
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Juno is the much-loved companion of an owner who has moved to an elder care facility. Her favorite thing to do is to sit next to people or on their lap. She’s shy at first but very affectionate once she feels safe in a new environment. Juno’s hoping to find another kind person whose love she can return.
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A sweet and incredibly special girl, 5 year old Coco had a rough go of it for the first few years of her life and is ready to finally have the love and care that every dog deserves. In true Chi-weenie fashion, she LOVES to cuddle, the softer the blanket the better. But, don’t be fooled, she is no couch potato and also adores romping in the yard ( fenced please) and going for walks. Coco is a fabulous companion and “go with� dog who loves car rides and people and handles new situations well. She is good with other dogs and while she is ok with kids, she would prefer not to live with them. If you would like to meet this sweetie please call Barb Drinkwater with Vashon Island Pet Protectors at (206) 567-5222.
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