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Public input sought for proposed methanol production plant tion. It’s a huge petrochemical facility on Puget Sound, and project directors have nvironmental activists are voic- shared so little.” ing concerns about a proposed But officials with the Port of Tacoma methanol production plant at the and the spokeswoman for the compaPort of Tacoma, saying the plant’s poten- ny proposing the plant all say the envitial wastewater and chemical pollutants ronmental review process is just getting could harm the region’s air quality and underway and that there will be ample impact an already fragile Puget Sound. opportunity in the months ahead for more The groups say they’re particularly trou- substantive review. The state named the bled by the veil of secrecy that appears to city of Tacoma as the lead agency for the surround the Tacoma plant project, one of environmental and permitting process three methanol plants proposed for port in October. The city launched a 60-day cities in the Pacific Northwest. They’re environmental scoping period on Dec. 15 aimed at narrowing also concerned about its the scope of the required size: If built, the advo“We’re being asked to Environmental Impact cacy groups say the $3.4 believe they have this Study (EIS). The Tacoma million Tacoma facilunicorn that’s never been News Tribune reports ity would be the largthat the EIS is expectest methanol production seen before, and it’s hard ed to be drafted by a plant in the world. to swallow. We need a lot city consultant as early “We’re kind of in a more information.” as the summer of 2016. pickle because the projIt will explore concerns ect backers have declined Eric de Place to say anything substanSightline Institute brought to light during the ongoing scoping tive about it, so we really period as well as contain can’t draw (environmental impact) conclusions,” said Eric de information about the plant’s environPlace, policy director at the Sightline mental impacts, economic impacts and Institute, a Seattle-based environmental human health concerns. The draft EIS expected this summer think tank taking a close look at the will be put out for public comment, and project. “We don’t really know the core features the building company will have to address of the project,” he added. “We’re being any concerns brought up in the study, asked to believe they have this unicorn including how they will be alleviated that’s never been seen before, and it’s hard to swallow. We need a lot more informaSEE METHANOL, 15
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Roughly 100 brave souls, including Frances Stendahl (bottom left) and Diana Coogle, who was visiting from Oregon (bottom right), gathered at KVI Beach on New Year’s Day to participate in the annual polar plunge. After milling about in the sun and lighting bonfires for warmth, the crowd took to the cold water of Puget Sound for a refreshing dip to kick off the new year.
Vashon HouseHold’s new affordable housing project moves ahead By SUSAN RIEMER Staff Writer
More than a decade after Vashon HouseHold purchased land on Bank Road to build affordable housing, the nonprofit agency is moving ahead and hopes islanders interested in purchasing a home there will contact them soon. The plan for the Sunflower development has changed since it was first introduced in 2002 and now includes 14 small homes — just 700 square feet — about half the size of homes originally planned for the site. It is a model that Vashon HouseHold Executive Director Chris Szala said he believes fits with the widespread interest in small houses and will likely appeal most to individuals, young
families and those who are downsizing. Because the homes are smaller than typical, housing officials from the county and state, which combined have provided more than $1.5 million for the project, want to see a full roster of home buyers, plus alternates, before the project can move ahead. “We are really committed to getting this done if at all possible,” Szala said. “We will see if the market supports this. That is what everybody is waiting for, ourselves and our funders.” As at Vashon HouseHold’s Roseballen community near town, the development will be based on a community land trust model: Vashon HouseHold will own the land, and the homeowners will own the houses. This
arrangement keeps prices affordable to more people, and Szala said he expects these homes to sell for about $170,000, much less than the current $462,500 median price of a home on Vashon. At that low price, Szala added he believes mortgages will be $950 per month or less, lower than many rents on Vashon. The long-delayed project is now on a fast track, and Szala said those who are interested in the project should contact him as soon as possible to be considered. Looking ahead, he noted that he would like the waiting list for homes to be complete by the end of February in order for building to begin June 1, with completion scheduled for the end of 2017. To qualify for a home in the development, potential buyers must make no more than
80 percent of the area’s median income, Szala added. For a single person, the limit is $46,100; for two people it is $52,650, and for four the limit is $65,800. The architect for the project is Judy Tucker of Seattle’s Form and Function. She and Szala have worked on projects together previously, and she said she agreed readily when Szala asked if she would assist with Sunflower. “I love the idea of helping out with low income housing,” she said. “ I think there should be quality housing for everyone at every cost level.” The homes have an open floor plan, galley kitchens, full-sized appliances, a bedroom and a loft, Szala noted. Tucker originally designed SEE SUNFLOWER, 19
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Island woman who died in car crash last week remembered as vibrant lover of animals By SUSAN RIEMER Staff Writer
A single-vehicle crash on Vashon’s north end claimed the life of islander Molly Adams last week, and those closest to her say it is not just the people of the island who have suffered a loss, but the island’s animals as well. Friends and family describe Adams, 33, as a vibrant woman devoted to her family and friends, but above all, they stress her fierce dedication to animals. She followed that dedication both privately and professionally from a young age, caring for her own animals, raising guide dog puppies, volunteering with rescue organizations and working as a veterinary assistant, including for six years at Fair Isle Animal Clinic, a position she held until just recently. Amy Carey of Vashon Island Pet Protectors (VIPP) considered Adams a friend and rock-solid resource for that organization. “Molly was an invaluable person, an invaluable talent. This is a huge loss to the community and to VIPP,� she said over the weekend. Adams grew up on Vashon, and her friends and family say her love of animals was evident from the beginning. Carmen Salazar, Adams’ best friend, recalls that Adams was the only girl who would dig under the grates near the old Burton Elementary School to capture the lizards there, and she would then take them home as pets. Maggie Sudduth, another lifelong friend, recalled that during those early years when friends played house and vied for roles, Adams would choose to be the family dog. Later, Sudduth added, she and Adams would sometimes entertain themselves by buying cat food and feeding the fish at Fisher Pond. Adams’ professional work with animals began early as well. At 16, she took a job with Avalon Pet Care, a boarding and day care facility on Vashon, and she remained there for more than 15 years. Owner Laurie Hardtarfer called Adams her “saving grace,� and said she was excellent with both customers and dogs and extremely helpful to Hardtarfer as she expanded her business. In 2002, Adams became involved with raising guide dog puppies with Eyes of the Future, serving as a project leader and raising 10 puppies. “She could handle any dog,� said Char Phillips, the head of the organization. With VIPP, Carey said she would turn to Adams frequently, often with the most difficult cases. She noted that while it may be common these days to call someone an animal whisperer, in Adams’ case, the title is well deserved. “Molly was truly one of those people who has an unusual connection and capability with animals, especially with dogs,� she said. Carey recounted how whenever VIPP took custody of a dog that was
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Molly Adams at Point Defiance Park. injured or needed a special touch in some way, Adams was the “go-to� person to foster it. “She was somebody where there was always room for a little bit more,� Carey added. “I cannot recall a time when she ever said no.� Carey recounted one incident when VIPP rescued a dog that had been abused and was emaciated and sickly. A young puppy, it weighed less than half of what it should have and had been taken to Fair Isle, where Carey went to meet it. Adams was working that day and assisting. “I remember standing in the back room with Molly, and the pup was there, and I was struck by this poor creature, and Molly said, ‘I got it,’� Carey recalled. And she did, Carey said. Adams took the dog home, completed all the necessary documentation for the animal cruelty case and nursed it to health. “That pup is having a fabulous forever life now,� Carey added. Many islanders came to know Adams through those efforts, and over the weekend her mother, Deborah Adams, noted how well known she was. “She had friends of all ages. Every time I went somewhere with Molly, people were saying, ‘Hi, Molly, Hi, Molly,’� she said, adding that it was not just the people her daughter was acquainted with. “She knew every dog and their name and a little — or a lot — of their history.� Adams was between jobs at the time of the crash, and her mother said she was looking into options, including working at an emergency vet clinic, but intended to remain working with animals. “That was her life,� she said. Beyond Adams’ love of animals, friends describe her as a caring woman, quick to listen when a friend needed an ear, quick to suggest an adventure when a heart-to-heart conversation was over and quick to laugh
— a laugh many friends say they will always remember. “You would hear her laugh from across the room, and you would rise with it,� Carey said. The friends she grew up with say Adams also had a love for the island and its wild places, and they spent most of their time together outdoors, taking walks at the beach and looking for treasures there, where they say Adams had an eye for spotting agates, and at Island Center Forest, when it was less tame than it is now. “It was always, ‘Let’s meet at the beach. Let’s meet at the trails,’� Sudduth said. Salazar lives in Bend, Oregon, and was on Vashon for Christmas, where she said she spent a lot of time with Adams, including Christmas night, which they spent with Sudduth at the Eagles, dancing and watching cat videos, talking and laughing. “We had a beautiful time,� Salazar said recounting their most recent days together. “I know that Molly was incredibly happy last week and moving forward with her life.� Adams died just before midnight on Dec. 29 when she was driving north on Vashon Highway, missed a curve in the road and hit two trees. Vashon Island Fire & Rescue responded to the call and extinguished a fire that had erupted, but Adams died at the scene from injuries sustained by the impact of the crash, officials say. Causes that may have contributed to the crash are still under investigation, according to the King County Sheriff’s Office. In addition to her four cats, two akitas and many friends, immediate survivors include her parents, Deborah and Gary Adams of Vashon, and her sister, Megan Adams Bianchi. A celebration of Adams’ life will be held this spring on Vashon. Donations in Adams’ memory may be sent to Eyes of the Future/Guide Dogs for the Blind in care of Vashon High School, PO Box 547, Vashon, WA 98070.
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Islanders should participate in Methanol plant scrutiny With the Port of Tacoma signing a lease with a Chinese-backed company to build a methanol plant on Commencement Bay, the time for the public to make its voice heard is now. Construction on the plant is set to begin in 2017, and upon completion, the 125-acre factory will be the largest of its kind in the world. With four natural gas lines feeding it with natural gas, the massive chemical production plant is estimated to eat up 10.7 million gallons of fresh water every day, and studies at existing methanol plants reveal formaldehyde and benzene could be released into the air as pollution. When the lease was signed in April 2014, the news seemed to slip by quietly, and the project gained the support of Washington Governor Jay Inslee, who said the plant would “boost our clean energy future,” according to the Tacoma News Tribune. Meanwhile, the exact environmental impact of the plant is still largely unknown. The city of Tacoma has begun a scoping process to determine what will be included in the environmental study, and Vashon residents should make their voices heard. For many on Vashon, the memories of the ASARCO plume that spewed arsenic onto Maury Island and Vashon’s south end are vivid, and the cleanup is ongoing. There is a responsibility to ensure that nothing contaminates this area again. While environmental activists say the scale of pollution from the proposed methanol plant, if any, will not likely be anything like ASARCO, the scoping process can ensure that the plant is investigated from every angle. The plans for this plant deserve conversation, oversight and accountability by the public. The area’s clear and fresh water that runs down from the Cascades as the snow melts should not be sucked dry by a chemical plant. Puget Sound residents who choose to live here for the unpolluted air and proximity to environmental beauty should not have to suffer with drought conditions and potential harmful pollution for the sake of a chemical used to make cheap plastic goods. Ryan Cruz, research assistant at Tacoma’s Citizens for a Healthy Bay, said that Tacoma has long been a hub for manufacturing and industry, but that it is finally starting to clean up the damage that has resulted from decades of heavy industry. He said that the methanol plant could be a step backward in the efforts to clean up the city, the port and areas surrounding Vashon. “We’ve had horrible pollution from ASARCO, Kaiser (aluminum smelter) and Occidental (Chemical Corporation),” Cruz said. “It seems like (Tacoma) always gets the short end of the stick industrially, and it’s so bad.” Jan. 21 marks the first of two public meetings set to gather feedback on the proposed plant. Written and oral questions and comments will be accepted beginning at 5 p.m. at the Tacoma convention center, 1500 Broadway in downtown Tacoma. A second meeting has been scheduled for Feb. 16. A time and location will be posted on the city website.
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ope Francis is grabbing headlines as predictions about what 2016 holds By KEVIN POTTINGER for him begin to roll in. The Several pope had a busy year, complete Abrahamic with a visit to America, where he faiths believe talked about care for our comthat Jesus mon home, concern for the poor, of Nazareth human dignity and the value of miraculously life. turned huge The news machines were set jugs of water fully atwitter by him all year. into wine. Pope is a Latin word that’s Possibly a nice often translated as papa or daddy. I’m a daddy too, but Francis has merlot. If I were the modern Son several billion more children — of Man, my wife might call to remind me that several of the spiritually speaking. Beliefs common to a num- uncles don’t drink anymore, so ber of desert faiths — Judaism, I’d probably have to turn some Christianity, Zoroastrianism, of it into Diet Coke. Oh, and a Islam and Baha’I include the idea 12-pack of Fanta for the kids. Many believe that Jesus the that a Messiah, or Christ took a few Christ, who is the loaves of bread What if this Messiah son of God, will and a couple of appear in human appeared as a dad? Not a fish and miracuhistory to redeem pope-style dad with the lously fed 5,000 God’s people, hat and the robes, but a hungry souls, ascend to heaven with enough and return at the suburban husband and to fill end of time. father? What if the Christ leftovers 12 huge baskets. W hat i f had a car full of kids in But as the newthis Messiah breed Messiah appeared as a basketball uniforms, with several dad? Not a pope- yammering at him in the small children, style dad with Starbucks drive-through wouldn’t I prothe hat and the as he gripped the wheel claim to the mulrobes, but a subtitudes that I’m of a 12-year-old minivan? urban husband not going to start and father? What the story until if the Christ had everyone finishes a car full of kids in basketball their supper? uniforms, yammering at him in Maybe Jesus would have had a the Starbucks drive-through as little less freedom to minister as he gripped the wheel of a 12-yearthe Word Incarnate if he assumed old minivan? human dad-flesh. Having recentWould Mrs. Christ be on board ly manned the helm of a minivan with all the Son of God stuff? For with my wife and kids on a shopexample, if I were the Suburban ping safari, I can see that havLamb of God, must I get off the ing a posse of 12 adult disciples couch to pick up my shoes from may have made things simpler the living room floor, or could for Jesus. I say, “Woman, what does this Jesus probably didn’t have to have to do with me? My hour has stop the procession every 11 minnot yet come,” in a faraway voice, utes for potty breaks, for examperhaps in Aramaic, and go back ple. Or stop for both lunch and to fiddling with my phone? dinner at the McDonald’s with As an ordinary salaryman, the tubes. His disciples probably could I get away with providing didn’t come to blows in the back gallons of tap water to wedding seat over whose turn it was to guests, passing it off as vintage pick the DVD, nor fume silently pinot grigio? because Jesus got lost, refused to
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ask for directions and they ended up missing the ferry. Except that logically, the Son of God couldn’t ever get lost, plus he could simply get out and walk on water anytime he wanted. And once they’d found the primo fishing spot, where they’d caught so many fish that their boat almost sank, as the business-casual Messiah, could I go fishing with my disciples whenever I wanted? Or would I have to be content working miracles at the kids’ basketball games on Saturday mornings? If the Anointed One entered modern history as a husband and father, and he was travelling with his disciples, helping the blind to see, the lame to walk and whatnot, would he still call home every night to say goodnight to the kids, and tell his wife that he loved her? I bet he would. Would he stop in the airport gift shop on his way home to pick up snow-globes and refrigerator magnets for the kids? Would he surprise Mrs. Christ with breakfast in bed, even though he wasn’t in any trouble? Would he tell her in utter sincerity that she’ll always be the prettiest woman in the room? I bet he would. Would he do everything he could to protect his family? Would he gladly give his life for his children, for his wife, for those that he loves? Surely he would. If the Messiah was written out of this story, what you’d have left is a pretty ordinary life. Mine, for example. Especially that part about never getting lost. With apologies to Pope Francis, perhaps his message to America could be logically reduced to this: that the world of the spirit is closer than we think; our sometimes dull, and usually very ordinary, lives are washed with waves of God’s grace. There is plenty that anyone can do to make our world a kinder, safer, better place. And now would be a fine time for all people of good will to act. — Kevin Pottinger and his wife Maria live near Portage with their four children.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Rex Stratton Longtime islander served as a mentor for many others In the lead story in the Dec. 30 issue of The Beachcomber, (“Moving away, island volunteer leaves behind long list of community accomplishments”), you captured much of what islanders consider the essence of one of its very important leaders. The encomium to Rex makes us all realize that Vashon has singular treasures among its residents. To that list of roles in the encomium we would like to add “mentor” for Rex has undertaken a mentoring role to many islanders with whom he has engaged in developing ideas into processes that lead to outcomes. As a result, Rex has ensured that his legacies, through others, will remain durable in Vashon’s future. Go, Rex! — Camille and John Staczek
Post office woes Postal service executives bear responsibility Postal Service executives, with their ivory tower executive management perspective, seem quite willing to throw our hard-working, dedicated local postal employees under the mail truck for delays in adding staff. Monitoring staffing needs and replacement actions is one of the “no-brainer”
responsibilities of any executive management team. Why didn’t Postal Service management in Seattle see the need and take action? It is very disappointing for the Postal Service spokesperson to try to shift all of the blame to our local staff. Thank you to our local staff for your dedicated hard work under difficult circumstances. For the small percentage of customers who take out their frustrations on the staff, please take a deep breath and try to be more considerate. If you want to take out your frustrations, please direct them to the Postal Service executive management in Seattle. — Ron Leaders
Gun sales Gun seller should be able to advertise with no harassment I’m a longtime islander and have lived here since 1952: born and raised on Vashon with family here since the 1890s. Vashon was peaceful back then. People minded their own business, and there was no vandalism or theft. That is not the case now. Your way of thinking might not be mine. My right. Being patriotic, serving during the Vietnam war, flying my American flag, believing in the Constitution and the Second Amendment and supporting the NRA are all my rights. I’m an NRA-certified firearms instructor and educate people about firearms, safety, responsibility and the seriousness of carrying a firearm. I also teach concealed
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carry and personal defense classes. I don’t teach people to kill. I’m licensed by the ATF and Washington State to buy and sell firearms legally. I have a federal firearms license and do background checks on every person I sell to. I had a sandwich board sign painted by a local sign painter advertising my business and explaining what I offered: guns, ammo and my services. Business boomed. But then someone took it upon themselves to steal and destroy it because they didn’t like it. I put together a second sign. Five days later it was stolen because someone didn’t like it. Total loss? Over $900. Is that right? I don’t think so. Other businesses exercise their right to advertise. I knew I was going to get a little flak, I got the phone calls saying, “Take it down. It doesn’t belong here.” Why doesn’t it belong here? What is Vashon hiding from? Americans are scared. Your friends and neighbors are arming themselves with personal defense firearms. I hear this often: “Don’t tell anyone I’m buying a gun.” I was taught differently: Mind your own business, don’t steal, respect others’ property and stand up for what you believe in. I have the same rights as you to advertise
my business. People of Vashon, leave my sign alone. — Brad Shride
Vashon Youth Theater Job well done for talented ‘Wizard of Oz’ cast It is never too late to say job well done. On Dec. 19, we attended the production of “The Wizard of Oz” performed by the very talented young people of the Vashon Youth Theater and guided by Elizabeth Ripley. It was a fine performance and wonderful to see the island youth in such a positive manner. Could there be another Judy Garland in the making? This is what small town America is about. The only downside to the evening was the doltish behavior by inconsiderate individuals of the audience who would not turn off their electronic devices after being requested to do so, which interfered with the sound system. — Marilyn and Richard Foulkes
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County animal control officials investigating Sea Breeze Farm ing out Sea Breeze owner George Page. Animal control officers would not comment on the details of the investigation, but confirmed what local animal activists who were contacted by the officers said. Local activists reported that the investigation centered on one of the farm’s pig holding sites in the northwest portion of the island. Pigs were reportedly found sick and dead, according to an island animal activist who wished to be left anonymous out of fear of repercussion. Regional Animal Services of King County Manager Gene Mueller also said that he could not comment on the investigation, but said it is ongoing. When asked about the incident, Page said that the person who had called the authorities on Wednesday stumbled across a pig of his that had gotten out and wandered off. “We’ve had pigs get out before. We had
Investigation is focused on sick, dead pigs found at holding site off 119th Ave SW By ANNELI FOGT Editor
One day before the conclusion of a community fundraiser to help save Sea Breeze Farms’ pastureland, King County Animal Control officers and sheriff’s deputies descended on the farm’s restaurant and began an investigation into the welfare of the farm’s animals. Authorities arrived at the farm’s La Boucherie restaurant next door to IGA on the afternoon of Wednesday, Dec. 30 seek-
one get out, and it wasn’t doing so well,” Page said. “We wish that person would have made us aware of it instead of calling animal control, but we’re nursing it back to health.” As for the dead pigs, he said that the area where the lost pig was reportedly found is “quite a large area” and remains of other pigs that must have wandered off “awhile ago” were discovered as well. The incident came days before a fundraiser for the farm’s pastureland was set to end. As of Thursday, the community had raised $90,000 to go toward a balloon payment for the pastureland. The effort began in mid-December in order to raise enough money for the $150,000 payment due at the end of 2015 for 6 acres of the farm’s land. Page said that he has been using the acreage as the farm’s main grazing pasture and
has been paying it off for roughly 10 years, but the contract he entered into required a balloon payment of $240,000 at the end of 2015. On the farm’s campaign page, he said that he had been able to save $90,000, but needed to raise the remaining $150,000. “That’s the position we found ourselves in,” Page said. “I had worked with some bankers and some other accountants to figure out a solution, but as the day got closer, I just realized it was not going to happen in time.” The campaign pre-sold the farm’s products, from dinners at La Boucherie to gift cards and private farm parties at the northend farm. Page said he was grateful that the farmland was able to be saved. The animal investigation is ongoing. Check upcoming Beachcombers for updates.
NEWS BRIEFS Representative McDermott announces retirement after 26 years in Congress, will not seek re-election at end of year
Island dog in running for World Dog of the Year, will travel to Los Angeles this weekend for show taping
After 26 years representing Washington State’s 7th District in Congress, Representative Jim McDermott (D-WA 7th District) on Monday announced his retirement. The senior member of the House Ways & Means and Budget Committees, announced Monday morning in Seattle that he will not seek re-election when his current term ends at the end of this year. “The support and trust symbolized by the voters’ judgment is the highest honor they could have bestowed upon me, and I will retire from the House forever humbled
The most recent development in a story the world is not forgetting any time soon is that island dog Tillie is in the running for World Dog of the Year. Tillie is up against five other pooches and their owners, all hoping to come home with the title. She and owner B.J. Duft will travel to Los Angeles Saturday for the World Dog awards hosted by George Lopez. The winner in each category, ranging from Dog of the Year to Best Dressed and Top TV dogs, will be chosen by popular vote. Votes can be made online at www.cwtv.
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Jim McDermott and grateful for my constituents’ unwavering embrace,” McDermott said at a press conference. “I’m proud that this list of accomplishments or works
in progress is both lengthy and broad — it includes major reform of the foster care system, a landmark program of housing for needy AIDS patients, the first stirrings of the partnership that would become Sound Transit and most importantly, health security for all.” After 14 terms in Congress, McDermott had a reputation for being an outspoken, liberal leader. “Not surprisingly, not everything has worked out as I had hoped, but, on balance, I will leave the Congress with few regrets,” McDermott said Monday.
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Low Vision Resources: Michele Kimble, a licensed mental health counselor, facilitates a monthly support group for people coping with vision changes. 1 p.m. at the Senior Center on Bank Road.
Second Saturday Knitters: Beginners to experts — everyone welcome. For more information, email kelli.brooke@comcast.net. 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Senior Center on Bank Road. Mostly True Trivia Contest: Sponsored by Seattle Distilling and Hinge Gallery, the event for ages 21 and over is a fundraiser for Vashon Community Care. Tickets are available for $12 at the Vashon Bookshop or by calling 463-3782. 7 p.m. at the Sugar Shack (formerly The Little House). New Moon, New Year, New You: Vashon Intuitive Arts will offer a prosperity, sacred sound and meditation ceremony. The cost is $20. Noon to 1:30 p.m. at VIA.
THURSDAY • 7 Vashon Legal Clinic: This clinic offers free legal advice the first Thursday of each month. People who wish to schedule an appointment to meet with a lawyer should call the King County Bar Association at 267-7070. The clinic is always looking for lawyer and non-lawyer volunteers; if interested, email bob.tobin@seattle. gov. 6 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road. Mental Illness Support Group: This is a group for anyone involved with mental illness, either as a caregiver, relative, friend, supporter of any kind or as someone who has been diagnosed. 2 p.m at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road. BCC Lecture Series: Burton Community Church offers a weekly lecture series on classic novels — interested attendees do not have to have read the books ahead of time. The lectures are free and designed to stand alone. This week’s lectures will examine Gustave Flaubert’s “Madame Bovary” (continued from previous lecture) and Leo Tolstoy’s “War and Peace.” For more information, call Herb Reinelt at 408-7360. 4 to 6 p.m. in Lewis Hall behind Burton Community Church. One-on-One Computer Help: A King County Library System volunteer instructor will be available to provide assistance to anyone who needs help using computers. Note: The volunteers cannot provide hardware assistance with personal computers. 7 to 8 p.m. Thursdays, Jan. 7 and 21, at the Vashon Library. Winter Tales: Harp, Story & Song: Jane Valencia is a bardic harper and storyteller who shares nature-inspired magical adventures with kids and kids at heart. Her work includes four CDs, a children’s fantasy novel and more. 4 p.m. at the Vashon Library.
FRIDAY • 8 Gaza Saves the World: Psychiatrist Bill Slaughter will describe the American effort to flip the Israeli-Palestine problem to model equality, respect and peace. Slaughter teaches treatments for child nightmares in Gaza and other aspects of ways forward in the U.S. and Middle East. 1 p.m. at the Senior Center on Bank Road.
SUNDAY • 10 Unitarian Fellowship: Getting to the heart of the matter through non-violent communication is the topic for Sunday. Religious exploration programs for children and youth are available. 9:30 a.m. in Lewis Hall behind Burton Community Church. Heart of Vashon Stories/All Island Forum: This community forum is for attendees to read, listen to and discuss all submissions that were received for the literary performance of the Heart of Vashon Stories scheduled to take place on Jan. 24. For more information, contact John Runyan at jrmrv@aol.com or 354-2563. 3 to 5 p.m at the Open Space for Arts & Community. Chamber Music: Vashon Chamber Music presents the Vashon Beethoven Quartet Project with Seattle-based Girsky String Quartet. Admission is $20 at the door. 7:30 p.m. at the Havurah Building.
MONDAY • 11 Vashon-Maury Island Garden Club: All are welcome to attend this meeting, where guest Karen Gardner will discuss soil amendments. 10 a.m. at the Lutheran church. Drop-In Figure Drawing: All levels are welcome. No reservations are needed, and there is no instruction, though pointers are provided on request. The cost is $17 or $150 for a 10-session pass. Email mmagrath@gmail.com for more information. 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. each Monday at Michael Magrath’s studio, 8805 SW 159th Street.
TUESDAY • 12 An Evening of Betty MacDonald: This entertaining evening will
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feature Heather Henderson, the narrator of the audiobook “The Egg And I,” reading from “Onions in the Stew” by Betty MacDonald. Paula Becker, historian and author of the upcoming book “Looking for Betty MacDonald: The Egg,The Plague, and Mrs Piggle Wiggle and I” will also be featured and will present a talk on “Betty MacDonald, the Vashon Years.” The suggested donation is $10. Tickets are available at the Vashon Bookshop. 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, at the Vashon High School theater.
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UPCOMING Taxes and Retirement: Prabha Srinivasan, CPA, and Jeanne Dougherty, EA, of Dogwood Associates will discuss the tax ramifications of various retirement income strategies. A better understanding of retirement savings strategies allows people to minimize tax liability in retirement. Advance registration is encouraged. To register, email info@dogwoodassociates.com or call 463-9995. 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13, at the Vashon Library. King County Sheriff’s Office Forum: Representatives from the sheriff’s office will discuss general operations on Vashon, the officer conduct/complaint investigation process and what peoples’ rights are as citizens when interacting with the police. These topics and some question and answer time may lead to discussion topics for a future meeting, as quarterly meetings are being planned. 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13, at McMurray Middle School. Vashon Computer Club: The first meeting of the year will look at what’s in store for the digital world this year. The public is always invited for free, and membership is inexpensive. The club is a service for anyone wishing to learn more about the digital world. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13, at the Vashon Senior Center. Vashon Vespers: Now in its third year, this 35-minute service is meditative and musical, a chance for stillness and grounding. Rooted in the Christian contemplative tradition and drawing from the world of poetry, Vashon Vespers welcomes all and provides nursery care. For more information, contact rector@holyspiritvashon.org. 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14, at the Church of the Holy Spirit. Martin Luther King Celebration: The annual community celebration of Mark Luther King will feature many voices from the community speaking about their experiences, concerns and ideas to help create the world King envisioned over 50 years ago. The event is free, but a collection to help settle refugees will be taken. For more information, call event
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The documentary“The Mask You Live In” will be shown at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13, at the Vashon High School theater. The film follows boys and young men as they struggle to stay true to themselves while negotiating America’s narrow definition of masculinity. The documentary presents the personal narratives of young boys and men and interviews experts in neuroscience, psychology, sociology, sports, education and media, who further explore how gender stereotypes are interconnected with race, class and circumstance. After the screening, VARSA mental health specialist Woody Pollack will lead a discussion. Admission is free, and the screening is appropriate for all ages. The film and discussion are sponsored by VARSA and Woman’s Way Red Lodge. organizer Emma Amiad at 4634060. 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15, at the Presbyterian Church. See story on page 13.
CLASSES & WORKSHOPS TQI Diet Class: For first-time students or those who need to get back on track, Kathy Abascal will teach her program on the island in the new year. The cost is $160 for new students or $105 for returning students. Go to TQIDiet.com. 2:30 to 4 p.m. Saturdays, Jan. 9, 16, 23, 30 and Feb. 13, at the Sheffield Building, 18850 103rd Ave. Karate: Kenpo self-defense classes for children and adults will start next week. The class is intended to help students develop street awareness and prevention skills in addition to learning practical self-defense techniques. Alex Echevarria will teach the classes. Children’s beginner classes for ages 5 to 12 will meet from 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesdays, Jan. 12 to May 10. Tuition is $80. Continuing children’s classes will meet from 4 to 5 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays from Jan. 11 to May 25; tuition is $180. Adult classes (ages 13 and older) will be from 5:15 to 6:15 p.m. Mondays, Jan. 11 to May 23; tuition is $90. Registration and payment by cash or check for all classes begins 30 minutes before the first class meets. Classes meet at Ober Park. For more information visit vashonparks.org.
Embodied Life: Karen Nelson will teach Feldenkrais-influenced movement lessons, meditation and listening-speaking practices. The fee is $20 to $40 per class, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Call Nelson at 503740-0523 or email heartgreen@ yahoo.com for more information. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m Mondays , Jan. 11 to March 7, at the Hanna Barn.
Woodland Ways: The Vashon Wilderness Program is now enrolling for a new nature immersion program for children ages 4 to 6. Tuition is $250 for four sessions, and scholarship assistance is available. Space is limited to 12 students. Go to vashonwildernessprogram.org. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the second Saturday of the month from February through May.
VASHON THEATRE Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Plays through Jan. 13. Star Wars Trivia Night: Jan. 13, doors open at 6:15 p.m., trivia starts at 6:30 p.m. Twister: 6 p.m. Jan. 12 (Benefit for BaileyBoushay House in Seattle).
PUBLIC MEETINGS Vashon School District: 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14 at Chautauqua Elementary School. Vashon Park District: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, 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 Tuesday Presbyterian church Wednesday Church of the Holy Spirit
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Step out for art on gallery cruise slated for second Friday Most galleries and art spots will be open from 6 to 9 p.m. Galleries and art spots will open on Friday, some with new exhibits, while others will be showing work held over from December. New openings on Friday will include the following: VALISE Gallery will feature Nathan McNair and Hita von Mende. An award-winning island artist, von Mende paints Western subjects in a modern style, including cowboys, weather, landscape, animals, myths and more. McNair lives in Portland where he paints colorful images inspired by the Caribbean islands. The former Director of Gallerie Malraux in Los Angeles, McNair has exhibited in galleries in the Los Angeles area and in Birmingham, Alabama. In honor of Vashon Allied Arts’ 50th anniversary in 2016, and in anticipation of the new Vashon Center for the Arts, the Vashon Allied Arts Gallery will open its final group show to be held in the Blue Heron. Called “My Vashon, My Home,” the exhibit will feature 15 island artists, some of whom have lived on Vashon most of their lives. Others, like Christine Beck and Janice Mallman, were instrumental in the formation and development of Vashon Allied Arts. Included in the show are artists Mary Liz Austen, Christine Beck, Darsie Beck, Pam Ingalls, Liz Lewis, Janice Mallman, Larry Muir, Irene Otis, Jayne Quig, Margaret Smith, Catholine Tribble and Leslie Wu. The Vashon Senior Center will show work by photographer Karlista Rickerson, featuring her underwater scenes and portraits of Puget Sound creatures. Raven’s Nest will not have an opening Friday night but will show work during January by its colleague and friend, internationally known Tlingit artist Preston Singletary. Singletary is a glass artist from Seattle whose work is fashioned in contemporary Tlingit Native style. Singletary will give a lecture on Sunday as part of Vashon Allied Arts’ Arts & Humanities series. Courtesy Photos
New artwork on display this month will include pieces by Leslie Wu (top left), Christine Beck (middle left) and Catholine Tribble (bottom left) at the Vashon Allied Arts Gallery. VALISE Gallery will show work by Nathan McNair (top right) and Hita von Mende (bottom right).
Tlingit glass artist discusses his work in arts lecture Seattle jazz singer croons Vashon Allied Arts (VAA) will present a lecture with internationally recognized glass artist Preston Singletary as part of its Arts & Humanities series at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Vashon High School theater. For nearly two decades, Singletary has created a body of work that is now in the collections of the National Museum of the American Indian, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and The Seattle Art Museum. A master of the European glassblowing technique, the Seattle artist also learned his craft from local and Italian glass artist legends. His work is sculpted in luminous glass, using the visual vocabulary and narratives traditionally associated with Native woodcarving. He incorporates and interprets the rich cultural images, myths, legends and spirituality of his Tlingit ancestry and blends it with the dynamism of the Northwest Studio Glass Movement and modern art. Tickets are available at vashonalliedarts.org and the Blue Heron. Courtesy Photo
Tlingit glass artist Preston Singletary will discuss his artwork on Sunday.
at the Blue Heron Seattle singer Chip Parker will bring his signature interpretation of swinging jazz, ballads and blues to the Blue Heron at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Known for his dynamic intersection of storytelling and musical improvisation, Parker’s style reflects the influence of the great singers of the last and current century — Frank Sinatra, Mel Torme, Chet Baker, Shirley Horn, Nat King Cole and Tony Bennett. Darin Clendenin will join Parker on piano; Clipper Anderson will be on bass and Mark Ivester will be on drums. Jazz singer Greta Matassa said of Parker’s singing that he is “dangerously good — I love (his) phrasing.” Parker said of his own work, “I love the interaction of and improvisation working with musicians, the interplay in performance and sharing it with the audience.” Tickets are available at vashonalliedarts.org and at the Blue Heron.
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Oleg Timofeyev will play the Russian seven-string guitar in concert on Monday.
Listen in the Kitchen, a group of island singers and musicians, will serve up homespun harmony at the Vashon Bookshop from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Friday. The group includes Erin Durrett and Linera Lucas on vocals; Mary Rose O’Reilly on fiddle and autoharp; Mary Litchfield Tuel on guitar; and Lynn Carrigan on guitar and mandolin.
Early music festival opens sixth season on Vashon The Salish Sea Early Music Festival will launch its 2016 season with the concert “Trios for Guitar, Flute & Violaâ€? at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11, at Bethel Church. The early chamber music group will offer six diverse programs from January through June on Vashon during its sixth annual festival. All the concerts will be played on period instruments by leading early music specialists from Germany, the Pacific Northwest and across the United States. Performers will include harpsichordist Hans-JĂźrgen Schnoor, the organist at St. Mary’s Church in LĂźbeck, Germany; violinist Ingrid Matthews, who founded and directed the Seattle Baroque Orchestra; harpsichordist Bernward Lohr and violinist Anne RĂśhrig, who teach at German music conservatories in Hannover and Nuremburg; guitarist Oleg Timofeyev, who is one of the world’s leading
exponents of the Russian seven-string guitar of Beethoven’s time, and flutist and artistic director Jeffrey Cohan. Monday’s performance will feature Cohan, Timofeyev and Stephen Creswell on violia. The trio will play works by Gaspard Kummer, Antonio Diabelli, Francois Devienne and Wenzeslaus Matiegka. Mark your calendars for the remaining performances, all of which will be performed at Bethel Church: “The Baroque Trio Sonatas� at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 29 “Fortepiano & Flute� at 7 p.m. Monday, April 4 “Musical Offering� at 7 p.m. Monday, April 18 “Versailles� at 7 p.m. Monday, May 9 “1800: Virtuoso Guitar & Flute� at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, June 5.
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Vashon will honor Martin Luther King’s vision with event next week Evening gathering will mark the island’s 25th commemoration of the civil rights leader’s life By SUSAN RIEMER Staff Writer
Vashon’s annual recognition of the life of Martin Luther King Jr. is slated for next week and will include several guests from the island who will speak about their experiences and ideas for creating the kind of world King envisioned more than 50 years ago. The evening is sponsored and organized by Emma Amiad, as it has been for the last 25 years. Over the years, each of the celebrations has been different, and Amiad said she selected the program this year because of recent events and the current political climate that includes a rise in prejudice against refugees and racial minorities, many controversial police shootings and racist rhetoric from some presidential candidates. King spoke broadly about xenophobia — the fear of the other — Amiad said, and how it is wrong to act inappropriately to those we deem different than ourselves. “Our current situation is so extreme it is heart breaking,” she added.
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or resolved. The Tacoma News Tribune reports that once the city considers public comments and the company revises plans to address concerns, the city will file a final EIS with the Department of Ecology. The final EIS has to be submitted before permits can be issued. At the Port of Tacoma, Senior Project Manager Tony Warfield said the lease signing for the plant and the ongoing environmental scoping project is “just the beginning” of the long process mentioned above and that the plant’s plans may change as the process goes on. He said the port’s leases have a feasibility period that require permits and environmental studies to be done before building. “That’s just the law,” Warfield said. “For any of our leases to work, you have to go through environmental and permitting processes. If anything during that process is found to not be feasible, the plans can change.” Northwest Innovation Works (NWIW), the company proposing the methanol plant, signed a lease with the Port of Tacoma in spring of 2014. The firm is backed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a Hong Kong-based investment group. It hopes to build the plant at the former Kaiser aluminum smelter site, which has stood vacant for the past 12 years. The plant is also expected to bring hundreds of permanent jobs to the area. NWIW’s website states that the Tacoma plant would create up to 1,000 jobs at the peak of construction. Once operational, the facility would employ roughly 260 full-time managers and workers. NWIW is hoping to begin construction in Tacoma as early as 2017 to have the plant operational by 2020. The Tacoma plant is slated to join two other methanol production plants in Kalama, Washington, and Clatskanie, Oregon. By using natural gas, all three plants are being touted as a low-emission and environmentally-sustainable way to produce methanol. The colorless and flammable liquid is used as a feedstock
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for olafin, which is the base for much of China’s manufacturing economy and is necessary to make plastic goods from keyboards and cell phones to contact lenses and carpet fibers. The Pacific Northwest plants would be supplied with natural gas by underground pipelines and, through a series of chemical reactions, the gas would be converted to methanol. That methanol would then be loaded onto tanker ships and transported to China. China is the world’s largest producer and consumer of methanol and currently produces methanol from coal. With plants in the Pacific Northwest and others along America’s shoreline, companies like NWIW hope that cleaner-burning natural gas and relative abundance of water when compared to China will yield a cleaner, Anneli Fogt / Staff Photo cheaper methanol for use in China. The plants have the support of Washington The proposed Northwest Innovation Works methanol plant would sit on the Tacoma Tideflats Governor Jay Inslee. A Tacoma News in the shadow of Mount Rainier. In the photo above, the tideflats are located where the steam is Tribune article reports Inslee voiced his seen rising up and cranes dot the haze. support in August 2015, calling the plants a “boost to the state’s clean energy future.” electricity,” Skaggs said. “We have the of the largest concerns is that the plant’s NWIW has also said that the Tacoma available resources and the high environ- water use could threaten the Green River, plant will contain ultra-low emissions mental standards for the clean manufac- which is a water source that the orca (ULE) technology that will further reduce turing. In China, the natural resources population’s food — Chinook salmon — greenhouse gas emissions. The technol- needed are in areas that are far away from rely on. ogy reportedly will reduce emissions by the port cities on the coast.” The CHB report also shows other enviusing Tacoma’s electrical grid instead of However, environmental groups such ronmental concerns and specifies that burning natural gas as Seattle’s Sightline volatile organic compounds like benzene to fuel the chemical Institute and Tacoma’s and formaldehyde (known cancer-causing “One thing we said early on reactions. Citizens for a Healthy agents), fine particulates and the known is that it’s so early in the Charla Skaggs, Bay (CHB) are skepti- respiratory irritant sulfur dioxide could NWIW’s spokeswomcal, especially when it be among chemicals released into the air process, and we’re giving an, said the proposed comes to the plant’s around Tacoma. A study posted on their very conservative numbers. plants are a far more water requirements. website by Research Assistant Ryan Cruz (We) are hesitant to go out environmentally susThe estimated 125- reports that pollutants from the comtainable production with what we know are very acre Tacoma facility is bustion of natural gas can also include process for methanol expected to produce carbon monoxide and methane. However, preliminary numbers, but than China’s coal20,000 metric tons of the exact amounts and concentrations of we don’t have a lot of the based plants. She methanol per day by those chemicals that might be emitted are said China’s olafin estimates (the community) is using 10.4 million gal- not known. Cruz said the concentrations demand is expected lons of water per day of such chemicals is the important part asking for. ” to double in the next (5.9 billion gallons per because the human body can handle the eight years, which Charla Skaggs year). Tacoma Water chemicals in low concentrations. Northwest Innovation Works spokeswoman reports that Tacoma’s also means a need CHB Director Melissa Malott said that for more methanol. total residential water her agency’s concerns are compounded by use is around the what they say is a lack of transparency and She also said that the plants were proposed for the Pacific same amount every year: The plant would information from NWIW. Northwest because the ports and ship- easily double the city’s water use. Mallot said that she and her staff met CHB officials have taken on the plant with NWIW twice and were told that the ping infrastructure already exist and the proposal and written a report outlining necessary natural resources are nearby. SEE METHANOL, 20 “We have the natural gas, water and the plant’s potentials effects. Among one
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GIRLS BASKETBALL: The Pirate girls’ basketball team had a rough break, losing to both Marysville Pilchuk and Oak Harbor. They resume their season at 7:15 p.m. Friday, Jan. 8, at Seattle Christian. They play at 6:30 p.m. at home Tuesday, Jan. 12, against Bellevue Christian. WWW.VASHONBEACHCOMBER.COM
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Vashon grapplers stay busy over holiday break Boys’ basketball team gives strong effort at Oregon tourney
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The black cloud of misfortune continues to follow the Vashon Pirate wrestling team. One more member went down to unexpected injury, bringing to seven the number of key varsity wrestlers off the mats. The current injured reserve list includes four concussions, one dislocated elbow, one dislocated shoulder and one broken foot. The silver lining is the pending return of Chester Pruett and Connor Hoisington, who are in the process of getting their required number of practices in before being cleared for competition. The team was kept busy over the holiday break with practice every day and two major tournaments. On Tuesday, Dec. 29, Vashon hosted the 26th annual Rock Tournament, with 12 teams traveling from across the state to compete in the home gym. The Pirates entered 15 in the tournament with five making it into the semifinals. Finishing first in his weight class with a dominant performance was Logan Nelson. Making the finals and coming in second was sophomore Hunter Burger. Taking strong thirds were Luke Larson, Shane Williams and Clyde Pruett. Match of the day goes to Nelson for his brawl with a brute from Hoquiam, who kept things interesting all the way to Nelson’s eventual 3-2 victory. Saturday, Jan. 2, a small squad of 11 traveled to Everett High School to compete in the massive Everett Classic. This tournament features 29 teams from Western Washington and has full junior varsity and varsity brackets. Vashon was the smallest school represented, with almost every other team coming from 3A and 4A schools. The Pirates entered six on the JV side, and all performed exceptionally well, each coming home with a first-place
Pirates come up short in championship game By JOEL SCHOENBERG For The Beachcomber
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Stand-out Pirate wrestler, senior Logan Nelson, brought home championships in two tournaments over the holiday break. He won The Rock Tournament on Vashon on Dec. 29, and The Everett Classic on Saturday, Jan. 2. Above, he is on his way to defeating an opponent during the Rock Tournament. medal in his group. Freshmen Payton Bonaventura, Nicholas Nuxoll and Evan Standford all went 3-0 on the day. Sophomore Alyx Arteaga won all three of his matches by fall. Junior Cori Williams looked sharp against tough competition and was 2-1 for the day. Senior and first-time wrestler Jackson Bard took his group by storm, handily defeating all three opponents. On the varsity side of the tournament, Vashon entered only five, with two finishing in the top three. Senior Preston Petersen was trapped in a tough bracket and came up just short in his two matches. Senior Shane Williams won his first match by pin before dropping two heartbreakers. Sophomore Burger was sharp, beating competition from Snohomish and Interlake by pin. Pruett won his first two, dropped a close one 6-7, just missing a trip to the finals. He bounced back, winning a six-minute nail biter 1-0 to take third place. Nelson ended the day atop the podium
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Coach Andy Sears and the Pirates varsity basketball team had a great run at the Les Schwab Holiday Hoopfest tournament in snowy Bend, Oregon, over the holiday break. The tournament included solid athletic effort from the Pirates, including a thrilling overtime victory over Bend High School. But the week ended with a tough loss to the Summit High School Storm on their home court in a game that was competitive to the very end. The Pirates wrapped up 2015 non-league play with a record of 10-2 and move on to play Nisqually League opponents in January and February, fighting for the chance to appear again in the 2016 WIAA Hardwood Classic state basketball tournament. In the first game of the tournament, Monday, Dec. 28, Vashon battled hard to defeat Sherwood High School (Oregon). The first quarter was a back and forth battle between two well-matched athletic teams. Coach Sears started the game with a full-court press that disrupted Sherwood’s offense. At the end of the first quarter, Sam Schoenberg drained a three at the buzzer for the tie at 14-14. Vashon’s half-court game was solid for the second quarter, yielding a one-point lead at the half: 28-27. In the second half, Vashon’s zone defense strengthened, and Sherwood had trouble penetrating the lane. Meanwhile, Sean Delargy took the ball low for three straight post-up baskets and several laser passes to Alex Symbol, ending the third quarter with a 46-38 lead for Vashon. After adjustments to its offense, Sherwood managed to post-up for some points themselves and claw back to a two-point deficit. But as the clock wound down, Sherwood couldn’t keep up with the sharp passing and ball control skills of Vashon. With the 59-53 victory, Vashon moved on to face local team, Bend High School, in the second round
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fought battle down to the last few minutes. Summit started strong with three straight baskets working the low post and didn’t let up much for the rest of the first half. Delargy continued his tournament hot streak with steals and ball control. Symbol also continued to score in the low post, but was swarmed with defenders for much of the first half. At the start of the second quarter, Polkat scored with two quick baskets, and Yates worked the perimeter for his signature deep three-point shot, and the half ended at 21-16. Vashon came out from the halftime break and fought back hard to tie the game 21-21 midway through the third on a Delargy drive to the basket. After yielding more fast break points to Summit, Symbol nailed a buzzer beater three-point basket, and Vashon was down 31-29 at the end of three. Vashon continued to scrap for rebounds and hit deep perimeter shots and with 2:40 left in the game found themselves tied with the 6A school out of Bend. But with excellent ball control skills and solid freethrow shooting, Summit carried the day, defeating Vashon 53-46 and taking the championship trophy. The Pirates play at Seattle Christian at 7 p.m. Friday and play at home next at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, against Bellevue Christian.
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from the property line, these homes will be no closer than 10 feet, allowing for more space for yards and gardens. While the homes are small and meant to be affordable, care is being taken with them, she added. “They will be well built with good materials,� she said. “They are being built to last. We are not taking short cuts.� Of the public funds provided, King County supplied $756,000 for this project, according to Mark Ellerbrook, a regional housing and community development manager for the county. He recently expressed enthusiasm for the revised plans. “We are excited that there is a concept to move this program forward. We know there is a need on Vashon,� he said. He added that he does not see the small size of the homes as a deterrent. “With costs rising and demand rising, we are always interested in supporting innovative and different approaches to see what might work,� he said. “We need to support different
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the homes for another project and revised them for this one. “It is small but well designed and compact, but very liveable,� she said. She added that each home includes a large covered porch and good amount of storage relative to its size. Additionally, care will be taken when placing the homes on the lots with an eye toward privacy, she said, “so you do not stand in your dining room window and look into the dining room window next door.� There will also be room for personal identity. “Someone can walk down the street and come to your house and know that it belongs to you,� she added. The lots themselves range from 3,000 to 3,700 square feet, she noted, and while a larger home might have just a 5-foot setback
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island needs more affordable housing badly, both to rent and to own. He noted that Vashon HouseHold has a waiting list to rent its current properties some 60 people deep, and the Sunflower project could help take a bit of the pressure off Vashon’s rental market. “There is a possibility that people who are currently renting can own a home,� he added. Looking ahead, Szala said that Vashon HouseHold may try to raise $10,000 per home — $140,000 — to help with down payment assistance. The Sunflower development was originally named in honor of Sarah Bremner, an island girl who died in 1994 and who had lived across the street from the proposed development on Bank Road. At the time of the land purchase, her parents, William and Jane Bremner, said their daughter loved sunflowers and that her nickname was Flower. Islanders interested in learning more about Sunflower and owning a home there should email Szala at Chris@Vashonhousehold.org or call him at 463-6454.
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concepts in different locations to meet the affordable housing needs that we have.� When Vashon HouseHold bought the 6acre parcel in 2002, its plan was to build 14 homes of about 1,300 square feet with homeowners contributing labor. The project hit several delays, however, Szala said, including the required lowering of Bank Road — which was costly — and the recession, which dried up funds for federally subsidized mortgages and caused the closing of Northwest Housing Development Corp., Vashon HouseHold’s partner in the project. That organization had secured construction financing from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Housing Program, and when Northwest Housing went out of business more than a year ago, Szala said, that funding went with it. Since then, Vashon HouseHold has been trying to “rejigger� the project, he noted, arriving at this solution with county and state funding partners last month. Szala said his organization was determined to find a way to move ahead because the
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company did not have answers to their questions. She said the company appears to be “flying by the seat of its pants with its plans.” “They have all these new technologies and this huge plant that is unrivaled in size, and we haven’t seen the numbers for the low emission technology,” Malott said last week. “When they first talk about it, it sounds really great, and I think that’s why the governor jumped behind it. But the plans have changed a lot, and I think everyone thinks (NWIW) has been confusing in their communications.” NWIW’s Skaggs said that the low-emission technology indeed has never been used at a plant of this size, but that there has been extensive research, and the technology’s creators have been working with NWIW to “make sure the infrastructure will work.” The technology has been in use at a small Melbourne, Australia methanol production plant since 1994. The Melbourne plant produces nearly 1.8 million metric tons of methanol per year, while the Tacoma plant is set to produce 7.3 million metric tons annually. She also said the company has been trying to respond to the community’s concerns, but that it’s difficult because the process has just begun and the numbers are still changing. “One thing we said early on is that it’s so early in the process, and we’re giving very conservative numbers,” Skaggs said. “(We) are hesitant to go out with what we know are very preliminary numbers, but we don’t have a lot of the estimates (the community) is asking for. The Kalama plant is further ahead in the process, and it was through that that
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we were able to give more firm numbers.” As far as the plant’s water use, Skaggs said that the company has been in discussions with Tacoma about the potential water source and the feasibility of using the city’s wastewater to power the plant. “Could Tacoma’s wastewater be ours? Possibly, but it takes time to get those answers,” Skaggs said. “We need to figure out the feasibility of all of this.” Word of the plant began spreading on Vashon last week as the Backbone Campaign’s Bill Moyer started investigating it. Moyer said that he is still researching the plans, but hopes to “delve into the campaign” against the plant and is tired of Washington’s infrastructure being used to support fossil fuels. “My sense is that Backbone will at least work to support those who are opposing it by providing tactical tools and training,” Moyer said. “Due to the water issues, potential community safety impacts and the supply chain link to fracked (natural gas), it is highly likely that we (will) go beyond mere support and delve into the campaign as an organization.” Other islanders have begun circulating an online petition to stop the project; local farmer Tom Conway is one of more than 3,000 Pacific Northwest residents who have signed it. He said he is worried about the plant’s “ravenous appetite for natural resources.” “Natural gas will be piped in from Canada; tankers will transport 22,000 tons of methanol on Puget Sound, and 1.44 million gallons per day of treated wastewater will be discharged to the city of Tacoma’s wastewater treatment plants,” Conway said. “It’s like the environmental poster child of what not to propose and build.”
Comments needed, public meetings scheduled in Tacoma The city of Tacoma is asking for the public to submit concerns and comments about the proposed methanol production plant’s impact on the environment. Comments will be taken into consideration when the city decides on the scope of the environmental study. Vashon residents could be among those affected by the plant, and all comments are due to the city of Tacoma by 5 p.m. Feb. 17. Letters can be mailed to planner Ian Munce at Tacoma’s Planning and Development Services Department: 747 Market St., Suite 345, Tacoma, WA 98402 or emailed to Tacoma. methanol.sepa@cityoftacoma.org. Two public scoping meetings have also been scheduled in Tacoma: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21, at the Tacoma City Convention Center. Another meeting will be held on Feb. 16 at a time and location to be announced on the city’s website.
Richard “Dick” Ernest Baker Jr.
Howard A. Buskirk
1955 - 2015
October 9,1921 - December 25, 2015
Following a valiant battle with a previously undiagnosed incurable lung disease, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, compounded by MRSA Pneumonia, Dick passed away with his wife and children at his side on December 23rd, 2015. Dick’s love and passion for his family will not be matched. He leaves behind his wife Julie, daughter, Michelle, sons, Christopher and Eddie (Miesha), as well as his mother Dee, brothers Todd Baker, Scott Baker (Melissa), Bryan Baker & sister Judy Buchanan as well as numerous nieces, nephews and grandchildren. Dick also leaves behind many other family members and friends who know how much they were loved by such a magnetic man, as the Baker’s house was always open to all. Born to Eleanor “Dee” Arnold and Richard Baker Sr., Dick was raised on Vashon Island and settled in West Seattle. He was an active member of the community, volunteering with his sons’ Scout troops, coaching his children in baseball, basketball, umpiring, and an all around positive role model who unselfishly gave his time to help others succeed in life’s pursuits. Dick was an avid outdoorsman who loved to boat, fish, and crab at every possible moment and was a beloved member of The West Seattle Yacht Club. Dick will be truly missed but never forgotten. There will be a celebration of life held this spring in West Seattle. In lieu of flowers, any desire to donate can be sent to Pulmonary Fibrosis research. Please visit our online guest book at www.islandfuneral.com
Howard died peacefully in his sleep at Island Elder Care early on Christmas morning due to complications of Alzheimer’s. He was born on October 9, 1921 to Robert and Florence Buskirk in Martin’s Creek Pennsylvania. After serving in the Army during World War II, Howard returned to marry Clara Bush of Bangor, PA and they moved to New Jersey. They lived there for fifty years before retiring to Vashon Island. Howard is survived by his wife of 67 years, Clara, a son Daniel of New York City, daughter Eileen (John) of Vashon, grandchildren Ashley, Angie, and Kirk, and great-granddaughter Jade Noelle. His many friends at the Golf Club will remember his love of the game, and while there will be no memorial service, Eileen says she will buy anyone with a “funny Howard” story a drink at the Club.
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