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Island Quilter hummed with activity last Friday morning as a group of women bent over sewing tables in the front of the store, caught up in a class, while a steady stream of customers came to shop. Store owner Anja Moritz’s news — that she expects to move the store off the island at the end of April — circulated among those gathered, and many expressed shock and sadness. Sandy Crossland, a longtime customer from Tacoma, was silent when she learned. “Well,” she said, finally, “we need to find someplace else for y’all.” Sandy and her husband have been shopping at Island Quilter since Moritz first opened a much smaller shop in her house in 2007. Since then, they have come faithfully to her stores in the heart of town, first to her shop across the street, and, for the past three years, to her current location, which includes a gallery, classroom and sewing space, and room enough left over for thousands of bolts of colorful fabric. SEE QUILT SHOP, 13
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Paul Robinson and Anja Moritz help a customer purchasing fabric last Friday at Island Quilter. The customer, new to the store and from the East Side, came with a friend. “We’re going to follow her wherever she goes,” she said.
County pushes for septic fixes, hoping to open harbor to shellfishing Health department narrows focus to 18 waterfront homes By NATALIE MARTIN Staff Writer
After working for years to get waterfront homeowners to update their failing septic systems, King County says it nearly has something to show for its effort. If 18 more homes along a stretch of Quartermaster Harbor can prove their septic systems are up to code and not polluting the water, that shoreline could be opened for shellfishing — something officials say would indicate a healthier harbor and open the way for millions in revenue from tribal and commercial geoduck harvesting. “Everyone sees this as such a large body of water that is so badly polluted,” said Darrell Rodgers, manager of community environmental health in King County’s
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Beachfront neighborhoods such as this one on outer Quartermaster Harbor have some homes with septic systems that are not up to code. The county hopes addressing the failing systems will ultimately allow for shellfishing along a 5-mile stretch of harbor. health department. “If we can get this going, it would be ... a win-win for everybody, including the Vashon residents.” The health department is now targeting those 18 properties, owned by 16 home-
owners that Rodgers called “the true holdouts,” hoping to allow shellfishing in the harbor by the end of 2015. While a few of the 18 homeowners need only to prove they’ve had an annual inspec-
tion, others have failed for years to repair or replace septic systems that are polluting the water, Rodgers said, and some have been ignoring the country entirely. Those who simply haven’t responded to county notices are now accruing fines and have liens against their homes. “There has been a tremendous amount of hand holding going on for many years, a decade,” Rodgers said. “The lien is the last thing we want to do. … That means we’ve bent over backwards and they’re like, ‘I don’t care. I’m not contacting you.’” Should the county be successful in getting all the identified properties up to code, a 5-mile stretch of Vashon Island shoreline from the Burton Peninsula to the southern end of Vashon Island could be formally opened for commercial and recreational shellfish harvesting for the first time ever. “That’s currently the area we’re all working on to try to find and fix the problems and get it up upgraded to approved,” said SEE SEPTIC, 19
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UW students put their design skills to work reimagining the market By SUSAN RIEMER For The Beachcomber
The Vashon Island Growers Association (VIGA) is working to revitalize and reconfigure the Farmers Market, and islanders are invited to a meeting this Saturday to weigh in with their opinions. The market has grown considerably in recent years, and several VIGA members believe it is time to make some improvements, according to Dan Carlson, the VIGA board co-chair. “The intent is to come up with something that is more customer friendly, has more space for vendors and has more light,” he said. “We think we can make it better.” This project, like two on the island before it, will draw on the talents of University of Washington students. VIGA representatives and other Village Green stakeholders have already met and shared preliminary ideas with three UW graduate students, who are part of the College of Built Environments’ Storefront Studio program. Those students and their professor, Jim Nicholls, will be at the meeting on Saturday, Nicholls said, and will present early options to get feedback from the public. Sarah Lowry, who manages Hogsback Farm with her husband Brian, has been helping facilitate this project. “I feel there has been a need for quite a while to accommodate the growth of the market,” she said. She noted that the space under the structure can hold only eight vendors, and their space is restricted and is often dark. It came become crowded there, making it difficult for customers to get through. What’s more
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The Farmers Market, a popular gathering spot, can serve the community better than it does now, many say. Above, Paul Colwell and others check out spring plant starts at last year’s first market of the season. she said, when people walk up to the market, they see the backs of vendors, rather than being able to see their faces and what they are selling. She noted that many vendors typically keep coolers and extra produce behind them, but that area quickly becomes muddy, and it can be difficult to keep things clean. The market has grown so much, she added, that it now has 45 vendors, and vendors that are not under the structure have their own tents. Ideally, she said, the design students will
be able to find a way to provide ample open space for the community, as well more space for the market to expand to accommodate additional vendors who may wish to join. “The more the market can support the local agriculture economy, the better,” she added. VIGA co-chair Carlson noted that these students will build on the work of UW students who have previously come to Vashon. In 2012, students in the Storefront Studio considered Vashon’s main street and how
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it might be improved. Last year, a class looked at the agricultural economy on Vashon. Both classes, he said, came up with concepts for what the Village Green could look like. Now, he said, it is time to move beyond rough concepts and engage the community in conversation. He added that at first students will only consider the Village Green, as the community purchased that piece of property. “It’s a bird in the hand,” he said. If it turns out that space is not sufficient, he said, then those involved would have to look elsewhere. Nicholls noted his students are researching other farmers markets, aiming to be open-minded and respectful, keeping in mind what would work best on Vashon and what people here might appreciate most. He noted that because of the amount of social interaction that happens at the market, it functions in many ways like Vashon’s front porch. “But I would not describe what is there now as the front porch of the community,” he added. After Saturday’s meeting, his students will go back to work, and then come out again with the community’s ideas incorporated. “It’s just the beginning,” he said.
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Susan Sullivan remembered as an enthusiastic, caring volunteer By NATALIE MARTIN Staff Writer
Susan Glover Sullivan, an islander known for her years of community activism, died last week at age 70. Sullivan, who died on Monday, Jan. 9, after a battle with cancer, was known on Vashon as an avid volunteer and Vashon Allied Arts (VAA) board member, and for starting the Vashon Road Crew, a popular walking group that raises money for local charities. Friends and family describe Sullivan as a sharp, energetic woman who couldn’t sit still in her retirement and was constantly looking for opportunities to help others. “She was a very generous person with her time, and so affirmative and positive,
Susan Sullivan upbeat, and an extraordinary human being,” said Molly Reed, executive director of VAA. Sullivan was born on Jan. 19, 1945, in North Carolina. She had a career as a biochemist specializing in nuclear magnetic resonance, first at the University of California Riverside and then at the University of Washington.
She met her husband Pat Sullivan 30 years ago on the ferry to Bainbridge Island, where they both lived at the time. After they retired, the two built a house on Vashon in 2000. Sullivan threw herself into civic activities soon after moving to the island, her husband said. She volunteered for Vashon Community Care, where she served meals and was involved in the annual Labor of Love auction. She was on the board of Vashon’s Unitarian church, helped serve the daily dinners offered at local churches and delivered meals to the homebound as a food bank volunteer. Sullivan was also an avid walker, and in 2003 she coauthored the first version of the guide “Walks, Trails and Parks on Vashon” with
est accomplishments, her husband said, was starting a local walking group with her friend Susan Haworth in 2001. The Vashon Road Crew, which at one point included 50 women, still does regular walks around the island in an effort to stay fit, and over the years members have pooled their money to donate thousands of dollars to local causes. Members of the walking group formed tight bonds and walked together in marathons and half marathons. They also took walking trips to places such as Italy, Spain and Greece. “She was not someone who sat there,” Haworth said, “She lived life out loud. ... She had this amazing reserve of energy, and I don’t know where it came from.” Sullivan was already
islander John Gerstle. She helped update it over the years — the most recent edition was in 2011. Around that same time, she started a math tutoring program at Vashon High School, recruiting her math-minded friends to volunteer for it. At VAA, Sullivan was a board member for several years, helped organize events and fundraisers and started the art archive sale. Her friend and fellow board member Ann O’Leary said Sullivan had a clear passion for art and the walls of her home were adorned with works by local artists. “When she joined (something), she gave it her all and was very engaged,” O’Leary said. “She touched the island.” Among Sullivan’s many activities, one of her proud-
planning a walk with the group this fall in Provence, France, when she learned that the cancer she first developed about four years ago, multiple myeloma, had returned. A website Sullivan’s family created to keep friends updated on her condition drew dozens of comments from people expressing their thoughts and thanks for Sullivan and ultimately support for her decision to die on her own terms. She took a trip to Paris with her daughter just a few weeks before she died at home surrounded by family. She is survived by her husband, five children and six grandchildren. “I just didn’t even sense any fear,” Haworth said. “She led her life that way, without a lot of fear. She just did things; she was a doer.”
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Remember what racism caused in the 1940s
UW project could bring results this time
Remembrance Day recognizes Japanese internment
The University of Washington has made Vashon a classroom of sorts in recent years, and we’ve welcomed it. In 2012, a dozen graduate students with UW’s architecture and design school undertook a huge project to imagine various ways to enhance the island. Their proposals ran the gamut from installing bike racks in town and beautifying unattractive storefronts to redeveloping the K2 building and opening up the isthmus between Vashon and Maury. A slate of designs they drew stirred interest While the first project mostly and conversation but benefitted the UW students mostly didn’t result in in the end, VIGA saw an any action, partly due opportunity for help they to a lack of funding. Last spring, a siminormally wouldn’t be able to lar pay for and took advantage of it. group of students took a hard look at Vashon, but focused their efforts on the island’s offerings for local agriculture. While the first effort had no target audience, this time representatives of the Vashon Island Growers’ Association (VIGA) worked with the students, communicated local needs and helped them survey islanders. Plans the students proposed for the Farmers Market also varied from simply creating more covered space to moving the market to an entirely new location. While the first project mostly benefitted the UW students in the end, VIGA saw an opportunity for help they normally wouldn’t be able to pay for and took advantage of it. It’s good that the nonprofit is now following up and getting more help from graduate students, whom they’ve given a specific goal to revitalize the Farmers Market space, drawing on input from VIGA and the community. On an island that prides itself in local agriculture and also thrives off of tourism, the Farmers Market is an important place. It’s a gathering spot for the community, as well as a big draw for visitors. But it has some design flaws that have become more apparent as the market grows. And as the market grows, perhaps its digs should change too. These students aren’t experts — they’re still learning — but they have skills, expertise and perspective that likely wouldn’t be found in Vashon’s agricultural community. And they can leave VIGA with design plans the group can use to garner grants and ultimately improve our market. This effort could result in changes that would help farmers and other vendors and keep our town thriving. Hopefully the community takes these students’ work seriously and shows at upcoming public meetings. And hopefully VIGA and the public give the group realistic parameters, resulting in a project that’s doable, affordable and will enhance our town core.
Vashon once had a vibrant Japanese-American community whose members were involved in the daily life of the island. These Japanese-American residents owned and operated over 20 island farms, owned the largest berry barreling plant on the island and provided jobs picking and processing crops for hundreds of individuals who lived on and off Vashon. This Japanese-American community supported the schools, provided a number of valedictorians and salutatorians for the graduating classes and contributed players for the winning high school basketball, football and track teams. They donated 100 cherry trees to landscape the new Vashon High School in 1931, were some of the founders of the Sportsmen’s Club, were members of the Businessmen’s Club and helped raise funds for numerous school projects with Japanese performances and dances. There were 140 JapaneseAmerican residents of Vashon in 1930, and even though the Great Depression reduced that number slightly to 120 by 1940, the Japanese Americans on Vashon were an important part of the island community. World War II effectively destroyed Vashon’s Japanese-American community, with only around 40 former residents of Japanese descent returning after the war to pick up and resume their interrupted lives. What caused the destruction of this Vashon community and Japanese-American communities all along the West Coast was Executive Order 9066, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Feb. 19, 1942. The order authorized the forced removal and incarceration of all Japanese Americans in what was called the West Coast Exclusion Zone, including all of Western Washington, Western Oregon, southern Arizona and all of California. Approximately 120,000 individuals with Japanese ancestry, two-thirds of whom were American citizens, were imprisoned, without trial, in guarded,
HISTORY By BRUCE HAULMAN barbed-wire enclosures — what President Roosevelt called American concentration camps. At least 124 residents were forcibly removed from Vashon on May 16, 1942, because they were of Japanese ancestry. Another four chose to voluntarily leave prior to the enforced evacuation. These individuals were taken from their normal lives, allowed to bring only what they could carry, while leaving behind all their other possessions. They were transported from their productive farms, businesses, jobs and community lives on Vashon to desolate, dusty and isolated areas first in the Pinedale Processing Center in Central California, and then scattered in six of the nine governmentestablished Relocation Camps in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Idaho, Utah and Wyoming. Some of them remained in these camps for four years. The reaction to this removal and imprisonment on Vashon was mixed. On the day Vashon Japanese Americans were evacuated, over 300 fellow islanders came to the north-end ferry dock to say goodbye. Many fellow islanders kept in touch with the evacuees during the war, and some managed Japanese-American farms while their owners were absent. At the same time, the Vashon News Record printed biased and even racist commentaries throughout the war. In early 1945, a small group of young men who did not want the Japanese Americans to return to the island burned three houses owned by imprisoned Japanese Americans. One of these homes belonged to the Miyoshi family. In their house they had stored their furniture, clothing and agricultural equipment and the possessions of four other evacuated families. They all lost everything in the fire. At the time of the fire, two of the Miyoshi sons were fighting in Europe with the
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U.S. Army’s 442nd Regimental Combat Team. The Friends of Mukai recently created a program called The Japanese Presence Project to identify all the Vashon Japanese Americans who lived on the island and were interned or voluntarily exiled. The project seeks to learn who they were, where they went and what happened to each of them. Those working on the project include Joe Okimoto, a resident of Vashon who was imprisoned as a young boy during the World War II removal; David Perley, the descendent of the Tanaka and Sakahara families, who lived on Vashon prior to World War II and were removed in 1942; Laura Nishiyori, a descendent of the Nishiyori family, which was also removed in 1942, and others. The group has developed family trees for each of the JapaneseAmerican families living on the island, has researched the internment camps where each family was imprisoned and is collecting photographs and documents from each of these families. They would like to hear from other descendants of Vashon Japanese-American families to help gather more information and further develop the Japanese Presence Project. Tomorrow, as we consider Remembrance Day, a day that recognizes Japanese-American internment, let us all take a moment to reflect upon what fear and racism can do to a community. Frank Fujii’s logo for Remembrance Day 1978 is an important reminder to us all. It represents the Japanese symbols for first, second and third, representative of the three generations of Japanese individuals who were evacuated. These symbols are enclosed within a barbed wire entangled circle representing the barbed wire-topped prison fences that imprisoned these three generations. A vital JapaneseAmerican community on Vashon was destroyed because of fear and racism. Let us be aware and committed to never letting this happen again to any fellow islanders no matter what our differences. — Bruce Haulman is an island historian working with the Japanese Presence Project.
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Customers, too, should stay home when sick I wanted to add something to the letter “Stay home when sick,� (Feb. 4). The letter implies that the employees of a high-volume store are not concerned about customers with “fragile immune systems.� I work for a high-volume store. For the past five years, I have been battling back from advanced stage 4 cancer of my immune system. Numerous operations to remove cancerous lymph nodes, seven months of intense chemotherapy and other treatments have left me with a “fragile immune system� to say the least. Every day at work I come in contact with parents with children too sick to go to school yet need to shop, adults too sick to go work yet need to shop, patients coming home from the hospital or clinic with a major illness yet need to shop, travelers coming home from vacation sick and need to shop. All of it is terrifying to me, yet I show
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Zoning laws may provide affordable answers Re: “Affordable Housing Remains Out of Reach for Many,� (Feb. 11). I am not optimistic that the state of Washington will fund its Housing Trust Fund in order to address the issue of a lack of affordable housing, any more than I expect it will begin to adequately fund college education or institute a progressive tax structure. Perhaps another solution can be found in the example of Vancouver, B.C., which liberalized its zoning law to allow small rental units to be added to residential properties, thereby increasing housing density without altering the character or quality of neighborhoods, and reducing
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Chautauqua. What does is it mean? Well, if you ask me it means the most misspelled word on the island but for the rest of Vashon it has several definitions both old and new. Chautauqua was a movement that started in the state of New York in 1874 by Methodist minister John Heyl Vincent and businessman Lewis Miller. It began as an adult education event that was embraced by rural America from coast to coast. It brought together music, entertainment and thought-provoking lectures to an agrarian society, long before the advent of movies and radio. Think of a it as a modern day TED Talk. President Theodore Roosevelt himself said Chautauqua “was the most American thing in America.� The movement was named after the location of its inaugural event at Chautauqua Lake. The word itself comes from a time when vowels were more plentiful than today. It originated from a Native-American language and has several connotations. One translation means “place of easy death,� probably something they glossed over in the marketing brochures. Locally, the movement became a permanent activity on Vashon in 1888 by way of the Puget Sound Chautauqua Assembly. This group platted the first town on the island naming many of the streets after American writers and native flora. The location was touted as a place to escape the “noxious vapors and immoral influences of a crowded city.� So take that, West Seattle. Originally the area consisted of around 150 acres of donated land but would eventually encompass some 600 acres, including two miles of shoreline. To accommodate the burgeoning number of visitors a dock, hotel, three-story pavillion and a 1,200-seat amphitheater were built. With the rise of the horseless carriage and mass media the world began to shrink and with it the interest in Chautauqua lectures. By the 1920s the movement had all but disappeared. Yet we can still see remnants of the most American thing in America by its namesake road and elementary school. This Feature Proudly Sponsored by: Tom and Dave - Vashon Pharmacy Norm - Vashon Thriftway Earl - Island Home Center and Lumber
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ONGOING Free Tax Help: Hilary Emmer will be available to provide free income tax preparation for those who earn $25,000 per year or less. No appointment necessary. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Thursday through March 26 at the Vashon Library.
welcome. Admission is by a suggested donation of $10 at the door, though no one will be turned away for lack of funds. 8 to 11 p.m. at the Open Space for Arts & Community.
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Chamber Mixer: Join fellow chamber members at this month’s mixer, hosted by VMI Property Management and Windermere Vashon Real Estate. Enjoy treats, libations and door prizes, and attendees are welcome to bring friends and family. Don’t forget your business cards. 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Windermere Vashon Too, behind AJ’s Coffee stand. RideShare Driver Information Meeting: Puget Sound RideShare services will host an informational meeting on Vashon to discuss how ridesharing services could benefit the island. They are looking for drivers who could commit to one four-hour shift per week. For more information, go to facebook.com/ pugetsoundrideshareservices. 7 to 8 p.m. at the Vashon Library.
Re-Imagining the Vashon Farmers Market Public Meeting: The Vashon Island Growers Association is working with the University of Washington Storefront Studio to develop design ideas for the revitalization and reconfiguring of the market, to better serve the community and accommodate market growth. The public is invited to come and meet the design team and take a look at initial design ideas. 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Vashon Library. (See story, page 4.) Vashon Social Dance Group: All are welcome to come with partners, friends or alone for a foxtrot and swing lesson, then stay for a variety dance, where attendees can practice their swing, foxtrot, waltz, two-step and Latin dance skills. Admission is by a $10 suggested donation. For more information, contact Candy McCullough at 920-7596. 7 to 8 p.m. lesson and 8 to 9:30 p.m. dance at the Ober Park performance room.
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Lecture and Discussion Series: The Burton Community Church will begin its new lecture series, “The Skeptic’s View of American History.” Each week will feature two lectures, which are designed to stand alone. This week’s topics are religious toleration in colonial America and the question of being neither American nor revolutionary. The lectures are free, and all are welcome to attend. For more information, call Herb Reinelt at 408-7360. 4 to 6 p.m. in Lewis Hall behind Burton Community Church. Family Movie Night: Bring the whole family to watch a free, child-appropriate movie. Call 4632069 for the movie title. 5 p.m. at the Vashon Library meeting room.
Unitarian Service: Rev. Heather Christensen’s sermon topic this week will be “Money: Good or Evil?” Programs for children and youth are also available. 9:45 a.m. in Lewis Hall behind Burton Community Church. Continuing Conversations: Vashon Park District commissioner Doug Ostrom will lead a discussion about the parks, and all are welcome to attend. For more information, call 408-7442. 4 to 6 p.m. at 10127 SW Burton Dr.
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FRIDAY • 20 Volunteer Appreciation at VAA: To thank the many volunteers who lend a hand throughout the year, Vashon Allied Arts will host a volunteer appreciation party, with food, wine and live music. Current volunteers and their families, as well as new and interested volunteers are invited to attend. 5 to 7 p.m. at the Blue Heron. Fly Fridayz at the O Space: Come to Club O for a night of hip hop with Marcus Jones-Moore, aka Speak on the Mic. All ages are
MONDAY • 23 Senior Center Book Clubs: Facilitators Nancy Slater and Jude Boardman will take suggestions for types of books, titles and the best times of day for two groups to meet if there is enough interest. Bring your favorites for the group to consider; all ideas are welcome. 2 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road. Teen Talking Circle Meet & Greet: Teens from 14 to 18 years old are invited to this introductory meeting about a new weekly support group. The group will focus on compassionate listening, as well as sharing, exploring and deconstructing issues without judgement. Refreshments will be provided. The meeting is free to attend, but donations are welcome.
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TUESDAY • 24 `American Denial’: Community Cinema Vashon presents a free screening of this film which offers a provocative look at race in America through the prism of the landmark 1944 inquiry into Jim Crow segregation. A moderated discussion will follow the film. 6 p.m. at the Vashon Theatre.
UPCOMING Vashon Vespers: This service is meditative, musical, rooted in Christian contemplative tradition and open to all. Childcare will be provided. 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, at the Church of the Holy Spirit. Recycle Event for Safe Grad Night 2015: Get rid of old electronics, appliances, metal objects, mechanical devices and more at this fundraiser for the VHS Class of 2015’s Safe Grad Night. Acceptance of items is by donation, which is tax deductible. For more information about what can be accepted for recycling, go to safegradnight. org/fundraising. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 7, at the north parking lot of the K2 building.
CLASSES & WORKSHOPS Money Mechanics: This is a free, 10-week financial education course sponsored by several island service organizations, including The DoVE Project, VYFS, Seeds4Success, Vashon HouseHold, the senior center, Our Community Credit Union and Puget Sound Cooperative Credit Union. Some topics for the program include setting and meeting financial goals, improving credit and managing debt, financial aid for school, domestic violence and finances, and more. Free childcare is available, and dinner will be provided. Space is limited. To register, contact Betsey Archambault at 715-0258 or betsey@vashondoveproject.org. Location information will be provided upon registration. 5:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays, Feb. 18 through April 15. Pruning 101: This free workshop will address pruning fundamentals, such as when, where, how and why to prune. Weather permitting, there will be hands-on practice. Participants are requested to bring their own tools, if possible. 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 21, at The Country Store & Farm. A Daring Way (Hestia Retreat): This workshop for women ages 18
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Seattle-based Flamenco dancer Savannah Fuentes, above, will bring her latest show to Vashon from 8 to 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 1, at the Vashon Grange Hall. For “La Primavera, Flamenco en Vivo,” Fuentes will be joined by cantaora (female Flamenco singer) Kina Mendez from Spain and guitarist Gerardo Alcala. Tickets cost $22 for general admission, $12 for students, $7 for children or $35 for VIP seating and a poster and can be purchased at brownpapertickets.com. For more information, go to savannahflamenko.com. and up will be led by Kay Duncan and Lailey Jenkins and will draw from the works of Brené Brown and Kristin Neff to explore shame resilience and self-compassion. Participants will be taught practices to help internalize a deeper sense of worthiness. Cost is $150 and scholarships may be available. For more information or to register, go to hestiaretreat.org. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, at Plum Lodge. Buteyko Breathing Program: Robert Litman will teach participants this breathing technique through a series of five 90-minute classes. Class size is limited to six. For more information and to register, call Litman at 567-4029. Noon to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24 through Saturday, Feb. 28. CERT Training: Vashon’s Community Emergency Response Team will offer a free, 40-hour training course. Topics covered include personal preparedness for emergencies and disasters, indoor and outdoor light search and rescue techniques, light fire suppression practices and safety, first aid and medical care skills for personal and disaster situations, CERT organization and how it supports the fire department and other professional responders and more. Veteran CERT managers and instructors Catherine and Michael Cochrane will teach most sessions. The course is open to those 18 and older and will run for eight weeks. Class size is limited and registration is required. See vashonbeprepared.org for more information, and call Jan Milligan at 949-1184
to register. Course begins Friday, Feb. 27 and runs through April 17. Resonance Gathering: Sound therapist Lani Ladbon will guide participants to relaxation using gong meditation, Tibetan singing bowls and Pranayam (breath work). The cost is $15. 6 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27, at Vashon Intuitive Arts.
Free Buteyko Breathing Introduction: Buteyko is a method of breathing re-training that has been used to address a variety of physical and physiological issues, including sleep disturbances. This one-hour introduction is limited to 12 attendees. For more information and to register, call Robert Litman at 567-4029. 2 to 3 p.m. Sunday, March 1.
VASHON THEATRE The Imitation Game: Plays through Feb. 26. Foxcatcher: Ends Feb. 19. Treasure Island (National Theatre Live): Feb. 19 and 21. Wild: Opens Feb. 20. Oscar Night: Feb. 22. See vashontheatre.com for show times or call 463-3232.
PUBLIC MEETINGS Vashon Sewer District: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19, at the Vashon Senior Center. King County Airport District: 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19, at Courthouse Square. Vashon Island Fire & Rescue: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, at Station 55. Vashon Park District: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, at Ober Park.
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 Thursday Presbyterian church Tuesday Presbyterian church Friday Lutheran church Wednesday Church of the Saturday Methodist church Holy Spirit Sunday Methodist church
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The award-winning shop has drawn luminaries from the quilting world, including internationally known textile artist and author Kaffe Fassett, and has hosted monthly shows with quilts from local, national and international quilters. “I can’t think of any place I would rather be than at this quilt shop,” Crossland said, looking around the store. Now, however, the quilt shop is moving because the building is being sold. Islanders Kelly Straight and Zabette Macomber are purchasing it from longtime owners Chuck Robinson and Bob Hawkins. The women say they decided on that building after consulting a real estate agent about properties for sale. It will house Straight’s exercise business and include an as-yet-to-be determined independent retail space in the front, Straight said. John L. Scott owner Ken Zaglin, who represents the sellers, said those involved have tried to make the transition as easy as possible for Moritz. “The sellers and the buyers have worked as diligently as they could to provide both compensation and extra time to accommodate, with the best of intentions, the quilt shop, so that they have both the resources and adequate time for relocation,” he said. However, the realities of moving such a large store are complex and extremely costly, Moritz said. And Vashon’s lack of available commercial space means that, barring an unexpected turn of events, she has no options but to leave the island. Moritz noted that she walked through the former Nirvana space carefully, but she does not believe the layout — and its smaller footprint — would work for her business.
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The event that has brought the most Moritz and her partner Paul Robinson, who is Chuck Robinson’s brother, have people in the shortest amount of time is looked at some places off-island, but so far the Western Washington Quilt Shop Hop. have not found anything suitable. They have In the last two years, Mortiz said, the event tasked a real estate agent with helping them drew between 400 and 600 people to the to find a large, affordable space anywhere island over five days. She was signed up to participate again this June, but had to withfrom Seattle to south of Tacoma. “It is not looking all that grand,” Moritz draw because of the impending move. Barb Jansen, a longtime customer of the said of the possibilities so far. The store has struggled over the years, store who lives on the island, noted that and Moritz has at times talked openly about many quilters like to frequent a variety of considering moving off the island. Last quilt stores and explore the surrounding month, however, was the strongest January communities. “Quilters are shopthe shop has had, Moritz pers and eaters,” she said, said, and she wondered if “In the quilting world, stressing, like Marsh, that they had turned a corner. She was poised to sign a people commonly know us downtown businesses feel the effects of the new one-year lease when now. That did not come by will store’s move. she received word that accident; that came by a lot Speaking personally there were serious buyers about the store, Jansen interested in the building. of hard work.” said she has come to relish Word began to travel, Anja Moritz the time she spends there, Moritz said, and customowner of Island Quilter ers stepped forward with particularly because it is offers of financial assisdifficult for her to leave tance to help her buy the the island. building, but it was too late. “I am devastated by the loss of the store,” “There has been an outpouring of sup- she said. “Island Quilter is my happy place. port,” Moritz said, “and there have been I can leave the house for an hour and spend tears every day in the shop.” time with people I love and look at fabric Indeed, as news has traveled of the store’s I love.” impending departure, many are talking While many of the store’s customers are about the store’s benefits to the island busi- older women, not all are, and employee ness community as well as what it has meant Christine Millican said she believes she has to people in sometimes deeply personal helped teach 50 to 60 people to sew in the ways. last three years. Her youngest pupil was 4, At the chamber of commerce, Executive and the oldest were in their 70s. She has Director Jim Marsh called Island Quilter a also worked with some young people with “marquee business.” special needs, teaching them to sew and “We get a lot of calls about it,” he said. providing a sense of belonging. “They bring in a lot of visitors that like to Currently, one young boy whose mother spend a weekend or however long they can died comes to the store for lessons, deteron the island. Several businesses — restau- mined to learn to sew on his mom’s machine, rants, lodging, stores — they notice when Moritz said. quilting people come.” “Some days he wants to talk and some-
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VHS SPRING SPORTS: Spring is in the air, and spring sports are getting ready to bloom at Vashon High School. Registration for spring sports, including baseball, softball, track and field, boys’ soccer and girls’ tennis, is open next Monday through Thursday. For more information, contact the VHS office. Practices begin on March 2, and late registration will open March 3 for teams that have space available.
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Boys win on home court, head to district playoffs Pirates finish regular season undefeated in Nisqually League The Pirate boys’ basketball team came out with another victory, 61-55, last Tuesday against league foe Charles Wright at home on what was senior night. John Yates, who announces the games on Voice of Vashon with Kevin Linnell, spoke to the opponents’ skill and attitude in an interview earlier this week. “Charles Wright has some really good basketball players, and they came out wanting to beat Vashon at home on senior night,” he said. “They came out ready to play.” At halftime, the Pirates were down, 32-25, but Vashon is typically a second-half team, Yates said, and they came back out and quickly tied the score. It was a back-and-forth battle after that, and the Pirates were trailing by 2 going into the fourth quarter. Senior leadership took over from there as both Jessie Norton and Ian Stewart made huge plays down the stretch. In the end, the Pirates outscored Charles Wright 36 to 23 in the last half, giving the victory to the Pirates. Yates noted that Tuesday’s game was not a must win for the Pirates as they claimed the Nisqually League champion title last week, and sewed up the number-one seed at district playoffs at the same game. “Tuesday night was just playing
to have an undefeated season in the Nisqually League,” Yates said. He added that Vashon currently has one of the best defenses in the entire state. “It’s not a high-scoring team,” he said. “They just lock other teams down and don’t let them score.” The team has considerable offensive talent, he added, but they play a style where the defense controls the game. Speaking to offensive skill, he noted that senior Jessie Norton averages about 20 points per game and is the Nisqually League’s lead scorer. Several other teammates average 8 to 10 points per game, Yates added. With a 19-1 record, this is the best regular season start in school history except for 2009, when the boys took the state championship. This year’s record ties that year. The Green Tide was high and in full force last week and celebrated the victory and the final home game for the senior boys, which in addition to Norton, include Ian Stewart, Darrin May-Power and Steen Jennings. The Pirates played Charles Wright again yesterday at Sumner High School in the second round of the District 3 playoffs. With a win in that game, which was after press deadline, they will play again on Thursday night for the district title. If the boys won on Tuesday, the game will be at 7:45 p.m. Thursday. If they lost, it will be at 6 p.m Thursday. All games can be heard live on Voice of Vashon.
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The Vashon High School girls’ basketball team hosted the Charles Wright Tarriers last Friday for the final league game for both teams. The Pirates entered the game eager for a victory in their final contest after losing their previous 3 games, and they posted their only league win when they visited Charles Wright just two and a half weeks earlier. The Tarriers jumped out to an early lead, making several inside baskets and playing strong defense, and the first quarter ended with the Pirates down 18-9, and was capped by a Tarrier 3-pointer just before the buzzer. The Pirates allowed the Tarriers’ lead to grow further in the 2nd quarter when they missed several inside scoring opportunities and also missed several free throws. The Tarriers went to the free throw line several times themselves, but they were more successful in converting the points. The Pirates got a 3-pointer from Annika Hille and a
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Pirates send 11 wrestlers to State in a standout tournament Four won their weight classes at regionals and several more placed By CHERYL PRUETT Staff Writer
It was a red-letter day for Vashon wrestling. Even within the storied history of the team, none can remember one quite like this. Fourteen Pirate grapplers traveled to the WIAA Region I wrestling championships, with an amazing 11 making it through to the state tournament this week at the Tacoma Dome. The team traveled north to Meridian High School in Bellingham on Feb. 14 and competed against wrestlers from nine other 1A schools, finishing second in team points. The team’s motto all season has been one of survival — to outwit, outlast and out-wrestle all opponents. After being dismissed from the top 13 in team rankings in state after the district tournament, the Pirates went in as underdogs and quickly served notice that they were not to be taken lightly. By day’s end, Vashon had seven in the finals and crowned four regional cham-
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again proving that nice guys can finish first, and that hard work and conditioning will pay off in the end. Champions for Vashon were Chase Wickman, Shane Williams, Bryce Hoisington and Logan Nelson. Making it to the finals and taking second were Luke Larson, Hunter Burger and Joe Coller. Third-place finishes went to Preston Petersen, Chester Pruett and Franklin Easton. Rodolfo Flores finished fourth. Taking sixth were Eli Hudson and Elllis Petersen. Alyx Arteaga made it into the tournament as an alternate and gained valuable experience. The large Vashon wrestling roadie crowd had a lot to cheer about from the first match of the day. At 106 pounds, freshman Luke Larson won his first two matches by first round pin, was down in his final match 0-7, came back to tie it, force overtime and came up just short 6-8. Junior Preston Petersen, 113 pounds, lost only one match on the day, to teammate Wickman, and moves on to his first trip to state. Wickman, the beneficiary of a first round
bye, posted an excellent final round, pinning his opponent in the second round of their match. At 120 pounds, Williams also had a first round bye, then took care of opponents from Mt. Baker and Pt. Townsend to take the championship. Flores, also at 120, had an amazing day winnig two and dropping 2 to take fourth. Freshman Hunter Burger got revenge on his nemesis from Klahowya. After losing to him in double overtime the previous Saturday, Burger pinned him in the first round and moved on to the finals. Hoisington, 138 pounds, continued his winning ways, muscling his way through to a championship. Pruett, 152 pounds, brawled his way through the bracket, dropping a tight one to a highly ranked wrestler from Sultan, bouncing back, and definitively grabbing third place. Nelson, 160 pounds rolled through his bracket with ease and looks be tough to beat next week. Easton, at 182, took care of business, his one loss an overtime thriller against his Sultan counterpart. Rounding out the group was Coller who beat opponents from Sultan and Nooksack Valley before his lone loss in the finals. One match of note goes to first-year wrestler and senior Eli Hudson, 220 pounds. His first match against Mt. Baker had his teammates and the Vashon crowd on their feet. After a difficult season, in a difficult sport for a rookie, he got his first pin of the season. Junior Rodolfo Flores’ first match of the day against Nooksack Valley was a 14-0 affair that resembled two fresh-from-the-dirt worms, making it the other match of note. Coach Blomgren said he was exceptionally proud of the effort of the team. “Our conditioning and grit clearly paid off,” he said. “We had a great intense week of practice and we will pick up the focus, diligence and intensity even more next week.” The state competition, the Mat Classic XXVII, takes place this Friday and Saturday, Feb. 20 and 21, at the Tacoma Dome. — Cheryl Pruett is the mother of two Pirate wrestlers.
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Road work near north-end ferry Drainage work along Vashon Highway that was originally to start earlier this month was rescheduled to Feb. 17 through March 18. Drainage work by King County was expected to begin on Vashon Highway as early as Tuesday, Feb. 17, or once crews shift from other projects on
Wednesday, Feb. 18. Crews plan a month of work along Vashon Highway north of SW 112th Street, leading to the Vashon ferry terminal, on weekdays from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Two-way traffic will be maintained during commute times, and alternating one-way traffic at other times. Work will be focused on the shoulder drainage system, and road crews will maintain traffic flow and access to the ferry holding lane during construction. Pedestrian access on the walking shoulder will be coordinated by crews as needed. While traffic delays are possible, the ferry holding lane is not scheduled to completely close during this work. County crews will
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Puget Sound in this region. We all know cally those homes close enough to the water to cause shellfish closures when their septic things aren’t good out there in the water.” Winfrey and Weymer said the Puyallup systems are not working properly. Of those Tribe has long been concerned about the homes, 18 are not in compliance. “These people are receiving the most septic pollution in Quartermaster Harbor, which prevents it from harvesting geoducks intense outreach effort … to get them into and other clams there and amounts to a compliance because the stakes are so much treaty violation. Winfrey first approached higher,” Rodgers said. Recently representatives from King King County during the 1990s, asking officials to better enforce the septic code on County, the Puyallup Tribe and the state Vashon, an effort that he Department of Health said fell flat. agreed that should those “It goes well beyond a Over the years the 18 homes come into financial thing. This is the tribe has continued to compliance and should pressure the county to DOH water testing show right thing to do to be do something, Winfrey good results, that stretch concerned about the health of shore will be opened. said, and while its concerns have been wellof Puget Sound in this region.” “We’re closer than received, it hasn’t seen we’ve ever been,” John Weymer results. Winfrey said he’s spokesman for the Puyallup Tribe Weymer said. happy with the current Many of the 18 homes effort, though he is frusare apparently owned by trated it has taken so long. off-islanders. At least six owners have mail“As a 90s person who just sees that there ing addresses on Vashon, but others list are laws being broken … no, I’m not pleased Seattle and cities in the Seattle area on their because it just doesn’t make sense,” Winfrey property tax forms. Three of the homes on 266th Lane are said. “How can these people be allowed to do what they’re doing? On the other hand, owned by the same person — J.M. Delano, after learning about the process, I know who has a California mailing address and that there is a due process that people have also owes back property taxes. County records show that Delano once took steps to go through.” King County’s current effort began in to begin repairs at his properties but never 2007, when it identified 263 homeowners at followed through. He could not be reached six different island beaches with the worst by The Beachcomber. Rodgers said many of the homeowners pollution who needed to either prove to the county that their systems were in order or on the list have told officials they lined begin the process of inspecting and fixing up inspections or got on a contractor’s them. waiting list in order to stall the county’s Since then, the county has performed enforcement process, but then never folextensive outreach, issuing notices and lowed through. He said the county knows working one-on-one with homeowners in installing or repairing septic systems can those areas, called Marine Recovery Areas be costly, but a low-interest loan program (MRAs). However, in order to hasten the is now available, and the homeowners are opening of the harbor to shellfishing, the simply breaking the law. “We can’t continue to allow that to hapcounty recently narrowed its focus on the Quartermaster Harbor MRA, and specifi- pen,” he said.
All of the homeowners have been issued final notices and told that they could be fined if they don’t take steps to come into compliance. A few are attempting to appeal the county’s requests, and two homeowners who have never responded — John and Nancy Burgoyne of Vashon and Corinne and David Hill, with a Seattle mailing address — have liens filed against their homes. The county’s final step is to refer cases to the county prosecutor’s office. The wider MRA effort has also been met with mixed success. Currently 100 of the 148 total homes in the Quartermaster MRA — including those not right on the water — are in full compliance. The other 48 either need septic work or need an updated annual inspection. Rodgers said that while the process has taken years, the Puyallup Tribe has been “extraordinarily patient.” It’s possible the tribe could sue over the pollution, but Weymer said tribe representatives hope they won’t have to consider that. “We’ve been doing this for years, but the harbor is still closed,” Rodgers said. “We’re trying to get something where we can show people the benefit of all the work we’ve been doing.” Berbells, at DOH, said that if not all 18 homes the county is focusing on come into compliance, it’s possible the state could still open smaller stretches to shellfishing. Rodgers said doing so could be tricky, as the homes in question are spread out along the shore. He also emphasized that the county is concerned for the overall health of the harbor and of Puget Sound, something a shellfish opening is simply an indicator of. It is still working with homeowners at the other MRAs and will add more Vashon beaches to the MRA program in the coming years. “If we can get Quartermaster open, it will be a huge win for the county and the Vashon residents,” he said. “Then we can move on to other areas.”
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A Shining Star on Vashon Island for 31 years! Available for Adoption Foxy earned her name from her being able to outfox her owner in getting her to VIPP to be relinquished. She ended up being left behind after the owner moved and VIPP used a Havahart trap to get her. She settled down and settled in once she got to her foster home. Foxy is a little sprite of a cat who loves to be petted. Foxy came to VIPP on 7/22/14.
Punky was orphaned when her owner died in December. As friends were trying to care for Punky and her buddy Salty, Punky started to wander from her home and she was turned over to VIPP. Punky’s owner’s family came from out of town and they took Salty but since they didn’t know that Punky was at VIPP, she was left behind. A dear friend of the owner tried to take Punky but the resident cat would have nothing of it so Punky remains an orphan. She has a big story and she loves to talk about it. Punky is a very sweet cat and she gets along with her fellow office mates in the lobby of the shelter. Punky came to VIPP 1/26/15.
Pudge was the tiniest of kittens who turned out to be a very big beautiful boy. Pudge is an independent kind of guy who loves attention and a lap but on his terms. Pudge is afraid of dogs and small kids so he would do best in a home with adults who can give him his space alone when he needs it. He came to VIPP on 3/29/14.
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Nancy Sipple
(206) 919-5223
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QUALITY, SPACE AND BEAUTY ON STUNNING WATERFRONT
ATTRACTIVE & WELL-MAINTAINED CONDO
Sophisticated contemporary on 70’ pristine waterfront near Seattle ferries! Three levels, 4 bdrms, 3+ baths, gorgeous views from virtually every room. Waterside deck, manicured gardens, fabulous three-car garage. MLS #723647 $739,000
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(206) 388-9670
(206) 419-3661
PRISTINE PRIVACY IN A MAGICAL FOREST
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(206) 940-4244
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