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Elves told to leave four-way junction

By NATALIE JOHNSONStaff Writer

After collecting donations at the main intersection in town for four winters, the Island Elves have gotten the boot: They’ve been told by law enforcement they can no longer conduct their fundraiser in the road.

On Saturday morning, as volunteer elves collect-ed money for the second weekend this year, two King County sheriff ’s deputies arrived at the intersection and informed the volun-teers that their fundraiser violates a state law that pro-hibits soliciting business in the street.

Head elf Bernie O’Malley talked with the deputies and complied with their request, but was unhappy with the turn of events.

“It’s very bad for (Vashon) Youth & Family Services,” he said. “They’ll lose a lot of money that we won’t be able to collect for them. I feel very bad about that.”

For the past three years, the volunteers — dressed in bright costumes and ring-ing bells — have collected nearly $20,000 in donations each holiday season for the Vashon Maury Community Food Bank. This year the the elves decided to collect funds for VYFS and expect-ed to raise about the same amount.

O’Malley said the depu-ties were polite and even apologetic to the volunteers and told them there had been some complaints. The move came the same week

Homeless forced to vacate woods

By LESLIE BROWNStaff Writer

Twenty to 25 homeless people living in the woods south of the Roseballen housing development were forcibly removed over the past few weeks after King County officials received an anonymous complaint about the growing encampment.

The last couple to leave the woods, a man and woman who had made their home in their inoper-able Dodge camper for two years, were forced out on Thursday as part of the far-reaching effort.

Roberta Montana, a Seattle resident who owns the parcel, said she had no choice but to evict the squat-ters. Because of the complaint, Montana faced a county code violation — the accumulation of junk and debris and a campground on land not zoned for such use, according to Mary Impson, a code enforcement officer with the county’s Department of Development and Environmental Services (DDES). The violation was lift-ed Monday, after Impson visited the parcel last week and saw that the junked cars and camps had been removed.

The removal comes at the same time that the county is in negotiations with Montana to purchase her 40-acre parcel, a swath of forest and wetlands adjacent to the popular Island Center Forest and two blocks west of the Vashon post office.

While the code violation is separate from the coun-ty’s two-year effort to buy the parcel, county officials cannot complete the transaction until the violation has been lifted, said David Kimmett, a natural lands pro-gram manager for the county’s Department of Natural Resources and Parks.

The purchase, which could close by the end of this month, represents an auspicious development for

VASHON’S WEEKEND OF FESTIVITIESIslanders turned out in droves for Vashon’s first Winterfest, a weekend of fun and festivity. Santa and Mrs. Claus made the scene Saturday night, leading a parade that culminated in the lighting of the tree. Gingerbread houses were on display in 26 shops and businesses. And the 29th annual Art Studio Tour drew art lovers to dozens of far-flung studios, including Joan Sells, above, who took in the artfully adorned tree at Waterworks Studio. The tour continues this weekend from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. See page 16 for more photos and visit www.vashonbeachcomber.com to view a slideshow.

Natalie Johnson/Staff Photo


There’s a new face at the Vashon Park District. This fall Jan Milligan, the former head of Camp Sealth, became the new director of the district. And as those who are close to the agency note, taking over the bustling organization is no small task.

For over two decades, Wendy Braicks was the face of the park district. Detail-oriented and driv-en, Braicks grew it from an agency

with one office and a handful of small parks to a large district that has about a dozen full-time employ-ees, manages nearly 20 properties, runs on a $1 million budget and either administers or partners with more than 50 youth and adult pro-grams, camps and classes.

Milligan, 57, now takes over the park district at what is arguably one of the busiest times in its his-tory. Last year the agency took ownership of the Vashon Pool — a facility that came with substan-

tially higher maintenance costs than expected — and kicked off an ambitious $1.3 million sports fields project, for which it has struggled to raise funds.

What’s more, Milligan enters the district as it deals with two time-consuming legal issues. A property battle regarding the fields project made it to court last month, and after a messy dispute involving ballet volunteers, the former head of a park district ballet program filed a claim against the agency

last month, saying she plans to sue.

Milligan, a warm woman who speaks softly but with authority, said in an interview last week that she’s up to the challenge of heading the busy district.

“Any organization has its chal-lenges at any given time,” she said. “There’s no perfect, clean time in any large organization like this to assume there’s clean sailing.”

New park director comes on board at a challenging time

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SEE HOMELESS, 23

Agency, meanwhile, prepares to purchase the 40-acre parcel

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Vashon’s fire commis-sioners passed a $4.5 mil-lion spending plan last week that reflects a slight increase in revenue and includes no cuts in department services.

While other public agen-cies on Vashon have seen revenues decrease, Vashon Island Fire & Rescue expects to collect 2 percent more in revenue from Vashon and county-wide levies next year.

The $4.5 million bud-get for 2012 — up from $4.4 million this year — includes funds to give all VIFR employees raises, replace the chief ’s vehicle

on schedule and continues public education programs. It also designates money to repair the driveway at the main station, complete a facilities master plan, pay for a new volunteer reten-tion program and replace the emergency radio system with a new federally man-dated one.

Fire commissioners praised Chief Hank Lipe for his careful budgeting at the Nov. 29 board meeting, where Lipe gave a presen-tation on the budget and answered a few questions from the small handful of people in attendance before the board unanimously passed the budget.

Board member Neal Philip said he remembers when VIFR budget meetings brought crowds of unhappy Islanders to the fire station. Since his hiring in 2008, Lipe, Philip said, has gotten

the department’s budget as well as overtime pay under control.

“We’ve come a long way,” Philip said.

Board members were also pleased to hear that the department will be under budget for 2011. They recently approved the pur-chase of a new aid car, half of which will be paid for by funds that were not spent this year.

Lipe, in an interview after the meeting, said that VIFR is in a better financial place than many fire departments across the state. Although property values have decreased in the last year, the fire department’s levy allows for a higher rate to be taxed when values drop.

“The tax rate adjusts. It will flow up on economic downturns and down on economic upturns,” he said. “So we get roughly the same amount of money.”

Prudent budgeting, he added, has allowed VIFR to fund things they hope will improve the agency’s

work, such as a new phone system purchased last year and a volunteer retention program funded this year.

“We watch every dollar carefully,” Lipe said.

VIFR collects about 96 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value from Islanders. Board chair Rex Stratton noted that the state allows fire department lev-ies to collect up to $1.50 per $1,000. He said some depart-ments began to collect the maximum years ago, before home values dropped.

“The other fire districts are seeing a reduction in their revenues, and those at the cap are having to lay off people,” he said.

VIFR’s 2012 budget also reflects 10 percent raises that were given to four respond-ers last year when they were promoted to captain, new positions at the fire depart-ment. Lipe said the new cap-tains provide oversight and accountability on shifts, and he’s pleased to finally have the position at VIFR.

“We’re probably one of

the few across the U.S. that didn’t have them. … It’s essential for accountability,” Lipe said.

Three firefighters pro-moted to captain are bud-geted to receive more than $87,000 in the next year, not including overtime, while the firefighter/para-medic promoted to captain is budgeted to earn nearly $115,000.

Both Lipe and Stratton said that although the depart-ment is currently on good financial footing, the coun-ty-wide emergency med-ical services (EMS) levy is set to expire in 2013. A task force is currently working to draft a new levy to put before voters, but VIFR faces the possibility of los-ing all or some of its county EMS funding, which makes up half its budget.

Though $94,000 was bud-geted to equipment reserves for 2012, nothing was added to the department’s oper-ating reserves, which Lipe said is already sufficient at about $1.4 million.

Stratton agreed, saying that if VIFR were to lose EMS funding, the reserves would hold them over until they found a solution — perhaps putting another levy before Vashon voters.

“That will be a conversa-tion that may never have to happen, and it may happen next year,” Stratton said. “In terms of revenue to the fire department, this is a very uncertain period we’re entering.”

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Fire department board approves $4.5 million spending planBudget includes salary increases, new equipment

The Vashon school board is expected to ask voters to renew a $3.6 million levy for technology and capital upgrades, a measure that would come before voters on Feb. 14.

The five-member board will vote on the proposal at its next meeting, sched-uled for Thursday, Dec. 15. Superintendent Michael Soltman said the four-year levy would bring in $900,000 a year, the same amount the district cur-rently receives for technol-ogy and capital projects.

Soltman said it would cover the costs of items now considered essential at the district, including several salaries and needed upgrades.

“It’s our lifeblood,” he said. “It’s every bit as criti-cal as the maintenance and operations levy.”

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Business community joins forces to prepare for disaster, emergenciesBy SUSAN RIEMERStaff Writer

With the threat of a hard winter looming and the perpetual possibility of a severe earthquake shaking the region, several Island businesses have banded together and are making strides in preparing for emer-gencies and possible disaster.

In recent years, many Islanders have taken steps to become prepared, but until this fall, those efforts focused mostly on homes and neighborhoods. Now, at the urging of Debi Richards of the Chamber of Commerce, Vashon’s preparedness groups and other volunteers, emergency prepared-ness is taking root in the heart of town and beyond as business owners take a hard look at what they need to do.

Richards, the chamber’s executive direc-tor, has been the driving force behind the efforts. Her awareness of Vashon’s vul-nerability was raised last year, she said, when she attended a groundwater tour on the Island, followed by meetings with VashonBePrepared, and began to realize the implications of a disaster on the Island.

“No one is coming to help us, and we are on our own,” she said.

Given her position with the chamber, her thoughts turned to Island businesses and what they might face in an emergency or worse.

“I thought someone needs to lead the charge to get businesses organized,” she said.

In October, she called a disaster pre-paredness meeting for businesses, which several Island preparedness officials and volunteers led, including Fire Chief Hank Lipe, Rick Wallace, vice president of VashonBePrepared, and Joe Ulatoski,

considered the grandfather of Island pre-paredness.

The meeting was well attended. “I was amazed at the level of interest on the part of businesses,” Richards said. “They under-stood the message and wanted to take action.”

Borrowing from VashonBePrepared’s Neighborhood Emergency Response Organizations, or NEROs — groups of neighbors organized to check on one another in a disaster and report to officials — Richards divided Vashon into eight business com-munities based on their location, with the intent that businesses in those groups will get prepared and organized and plan to check on one another and report to officials if a disaster strikes.

Of the eight neighborhoods, three have made considerable progress, Richards said.

Each business that attended the fall chamber meeting received a disaster pre-paredness packet tailored to business needs, and the three active groups are working on several of the to-do items, including com-pleting forms that list contact information for the business owner, skills people have that might be useful in an emergency, contact information for all employees and the location of shut-off valves and safety items. The information will be posted in each business.

Each business will also be responsible for checking on two designated businesses nearby. In a disaster, one leader from each

group will report in with neighborhood damages and injuries, streamlining the influx of calls to disaster officials.

“They will not have 100 phone calls,” Richards said. “They will have eight.”

Businesses are also encouraged to create a full plan for disaster, including determin-ing critical operations, establishing plans for communication after a disaster and

maintaining a backup of electronic records.

One of Vashon’s leaders in business pre-paredness is Sawbones Worldwide. According to Human Resources Manager Tom Beall, the company has taken prep-aration issues seriously for at least a decade and is participating in this new effort as well. Currently, 140 employees work there,

and the company has enough food and water for every employee for three days, as well as a considerable supply of other emergency sup-plies, including blankets, first-aid kits, camp-ing stoves and flashlights. Two of their three buildings have a generator, and Beall hopes to have a third generator online within three months — so that in the event of a prolonged power outage, each building could function 24 hours a day, the company could continue to meet its obligations and staff could con-tinue to earn their paychecks and have a safe, warm place to stay if they wished.

Beall, who is serving as the neighbor-hood captain for businesses on S.W. 188th Street, which includes the tofu maker Island Spring, the Sheffield Building, the Open Space for Arts & Community and the

Beauty Nook, noted that representatives from those businesses have been meeting this fall and winter and are making some progress.

“I’m really happy to see this being done,” he said. “It’s easy to sit down and say this is going to happen. It’s so much better when it’s actually being done.”

In town, Jan Lyell of Barber and Beauty Shoppe has stepped forward to coordinate efforts in her neighborhood, which extends from S.W. 174th Street northward.

“I think it is important that the busi-nesses get together and plan,” she said. “It is not a matter of if, but when.”

Lyell, who works by herself, said she is heartened to know that in a disaster someone from Edward Jones and Fair Isle Animal Clinic would check on her.

The neighborhood businesses have more work to do, but Lyell noted they have made progress already, and even if disaster would strike today, they are better prepared than they were just months ago.

Across town in the 100th Ave. neigh-borhood, Karol Lake of Lake, Kennedy, McCullough CPAs has also stepped up and begun contacting business people, most of whom have been receptive, she said.

She was inspired to act after watching a presentation by Wallace at the chamber disaster meeting. A vibrant graphic from the U.S. Geological Survey showed that a quake in the Cascadia subduction zone or the newly studied Tacoma fault could carry severe repercussions for Vashon; nearly the entire Island was colored red to indicate severe shaking.

“It was like a bull’s eye on Vashon,” she

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said, “It is right under our feet, and no one is going to come. … It got my attention.”

Wallace, well versed in the pos-sibilities of disaster and its likely effects in this region, said there could be a considerable economic impact if Vashon experienced a disaster. According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, he said, 40 percent of businesses fail after a disaster and do not come back.

“These businesses are the beat-ing heart of the Island,” Wallace said.

He also noted that some do not believe there will be a large earthquake any time soon. But everyone believes that there will be hard winters here in the next few years, he said, and prepara-tions for those events help with larger ones.

“If you prepare for a tough winter, you’re a lot of the way pre-pared for a tough earthquake,” he said.

At Vashon Island Fire & Rescue, Chief Lipe said he’s pleased the business community is taking action and noted he and others in the preparedness community will assist in whatever ways they can to continue the process.

“I am very excited — exuber-ant, I suppose — that the busi-ness community has embraced this planning effort,” he said. “It’s people that make the dif-ference. That’s what is so special here. The people are making the difference.”

By LESLIE BROWNStaff Writer

Facing a state-imposed deadline, King County officials plan to turn up the heat in Vashon’s Marine Recovery Areas, waterfront neighborhoods where failing septic systems are thought to be fouling beaches and pollut-ing Puget Sound.

For the past three years, the county has worked to get 262 homeowners in six separate MRAs on Vashon to inspect their septic sys-tems and repair those that are failing — efforts required by a 2006 state law crafted as part of a long-range plan to improve Puget Sound’s health.

County officials have held six public meet-ings, gone door to door, sent out informational mailings and held septic maintenance work-shops in an effort to encourage compliance.

So far, however, only 34 percent of those homes within the beach-front communities targeted by the county have had their systems inspected and, if needed, improved or replaced them, said Larry Fay, the community envi-ronmental health section manager for Public Health - Seattle & King County.

The county now has a little more than six months left to meet a July 2012 state-imposed deadline, he said.

“We feel we’ve spent a lot of time talking to folks about what needs to be done. … Over the next months, we’ll be talking about compli-ance,” Fay said.

The county plans to send out letters this week to those homeowners who have yet to

comply with the state law, letting them know that they now face “very specified time frames to complete things,” Fay said. Those home-owners who don’t respond, he added, will get another letter that says they’ll soon face civil penalties.

“This is not going away,” Fay said. The county established its biggest recov-

ery area along the western shore of outer Quartermaster Harbor — from Shawnee to Magnolia Beach — and several smaller ones along the eastern shores of Vashon and Maury in 2008. Homeowners within those areas are expected to have their on-site sewage systems inspected by a professional and, if necessary, repaired or replaced; they’re also to begin a regimen of annual inspections.

The law was prompted in part by the need to clean up beaches now closed to both state and tribal shellfish harvests because of the extent of the pollution. The situation is serious on Vashon, according to Fay, where some homes are dumping raw sewage into Quartermaster Harbor.

But some Vashon real estate agents say homeowners have failed to step up to the coun-ty’s requirements because of the daunting costs of a new system and the difficult nature of installing one. Many of the waterfront homes on Vashon are small cabins built in the 1930s and 1940s; some are on tiny lots up against steep banks.

“The cost is prohibitive. And the county hasn’t come up with any plan to assist people,” said Linda Bianchi, a Windermere real estate agent whose sons have a small beach-front cabin on Vashon. “I think if they could, more people would step forward. … I think most people have good intentions.”

Beth de Groen, who owns the Windermere office on Vashon, concurred. “I think it’s

mostly about money,” she said.She just sold a waterfront parcel where the

homeowners installed a new system in advance of putting their home on the market. The system cost them $35,000, she said. But the couple, de Groen added, also felt “it was the right thing to do.”

“They didn’t like the idea that there was effluent going into the water,” she said.

Len Wolff, an agent with John L. Scott, said the new law has put a damper on sales within the MRA. “It’s a cause to pause for buyers,” he said.

Fay said the county continues to try to find funding to help homeowners secure low-inter-est loans to repair their systems. But without more information about the extent of the problem, he said, he’s hard-pressed to write a compelling grant request.

“That’s why we’ve told people, ‘You need to do this work, so we have a better application,’” he said.

But Fay said he’s optimistic about the situ-ation on Vashon. While only 70 properties, or 34 percent of the homes within the MRA, are fully in compliance, many homeowners have begun the process, Fay said. What’s more, he said, the tone’s begun to change; homeown-ers, he said, are more receptive to the county’s information and more aware of what it is they need to do.

“This last year, we’ve seen quite a shift. So I feel better about where we are. But we’re run-ning out of time,” he said.

Some homeowners, Fay said, have been tak-ing a wait-and-see approach, “waiting around to see what would happen and see what their neighbors would do.”

Now, he predicts, many will begin to act.“I think we’ll see quite a bit of movement

over the next six months,” he said.

“We’re running out of time,” a county official says, to meet the state’s deadline.

ElectionThanks extended to all involved

Thank you, Vashon voters! It was impressive to have such a large number of registered voters cast their ballots.

Thank you for the encouragement, support and your votes to retain me as one of your fire commis-sioners. It is an honor to serve our community, and I am thankful for your confidence in me. I’ll do my best to make you proud.

Thanks to Joe Ulatoski for a civil campaign and for his commitment to making and keeping Vashon a safe place. I look forward to his continued efforts with VashonBePrepared, which works hand-in-hand with Vashon Island Fire & Rescue to promote our community’s readiness for any emergency.

Finally, to everyone involved in either campaign: Thank you for your integrity, your civility, your enthu-siasm and your commitment to our shared mission.

— Candy McCulloughVashon Island Fire & Rescue commissioner

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EDITORIAL

The eviction of a couple dozen homeless people from the woods behind Roseballen is a sad commentary about the state of things in our country. But it’s not an indictment of county government, nor of the woman who owns the property.

Roberta Montana, a Seattle resident, had every right to reclaim her land and order the 20 to 25 homeless men and women to leave.

First, she would have faced a fine had she not done so, since the county’s Department of Development and Environmental Services had lodged a code violation against her. Secondly, the site was a mess because of the encampment: Abandoned vehi-

cles, human waste, debris, drug paraphernalia — the detritus of years of human life, without proper sanita-tion or adequate means to address the mess, had piled up. It was a bad scene.

But how ironic that a few days after the last homeless man was ordered out of the woods, another high-profile eviction, of sorts, took place

on Vashon: The Island Elves — currently raising money for Vashon Youth & Family Services — were told they couldn’t do so in our busiest intersection anymore. Turns out it’s against the law, at least according to the King County Sheriff’s inter-pretation, to stand in an intersection and ask for donations.

The irony is this: The elves were raising money for an agency that, among other things, helps to house the homeless. Prior to this year’s support of VYFS, those industrious elves raised around $20,000 a year for the Vashon Maury Community Food Bank, another mainstay in the lives of our homeless residents.

In this time of under-funded government and a deeply flawed tax structure, this is how social policy gets addressed and social needs met. Those who care about our neighbors in need stand on street corners and ask for money — doing so, in the elves’ case, in colorful costumes and at a busy spot to ensure the greatest success. Homeless people, meanwhile, wake up to the voice of a sheriff’s deputy telling them they’re tres-passing. They’d gotten warnings before, but many didn’t leave. Why would they? They had nowhere to go.

One of them got placed at Eernisse Apartments, decent, subsi-dized housing. It’s not clear if the others would have gone to an apartment or shelter, given the choice; some want the freedom that comes with living in the woods. But the rub is this: There are few choices for the likes of those living in the woods behind Roseballen. Few resources for poor people with mental illness. Little help for those on drugs. No shelters anywhere on Vashon.

We hope Islanders won’t blame the property owner, a woman trying to protect her assets. But maybe we could all dig a little deeper the next time those elves come ringing, wherever it is they end up standing next.

The sorry mess in the woods: Who’s to blame?

Abandoned vehicles, human waste, debris, drug paraphernalia — the detritus of years of human life, without proper sanitation or adequate means to address the mess, had piled up.

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Christmas movies could use a makeoverI love Christmas movies.

Generally, I consider myself some-thing of a film snob. But during the holidays I’m willing to put up with an exponentially higher degree of corny dialogue, canned acting and tinsel-thin plots. But even I am reaching my limit as I see more and more recycled themes popping up on my TiVo’s “Christmas” category search.

There now appear to be 14 basic story lines. They all start on a low note: Thieves go on the rampage wearing stolen Santa suits; towns forget Christmas (apparently, there are towns without retail outlets of any kind) and it is frequently the Depression. In fact, I’m convinced that if all the holiday movies set in the Depression were run back-to-back, they would last longer than the actual Depression.

But then they build to impres-sive crescendos of the spirit, when everyone involved — including the Salvation Army bell-ringers whose Santa suits were stolen — discov-ers the true meaning of Christmas. (Bet you can’t guess what it is!)

Here’s a summary of what you can expect to see this season:

1. Woman makes holiday wish; perfect man shows up; snow falls; marriage occurs.

2. Neighbors deplete their retirement accounts trying to best each other via escalating outdoor holiday displays.

3. Man dons Santa suit, gains weight and/or breaks and enters.

4. Extended family unable to get along until Christmas Eve epiphany.

5. Angels assist (choose one): a) unbelievers, b) bankrupts, c) doc-tors, d) troubled families, e) unbe-lieving bankrupt doctors from troubled families.

6. Reindeer/snowmen become self-aware.

7. Every kind of jerk — including Mickey Mouse — gets a series of visits by

redemptive ghosts.8. Children try to get divorced

parents back together by Christmas Eve.

9. Stranger, stranded over holi-days by automotive breakdown and/or blizzard, rekindles family’s Christmas spirit.

10. Santa retires; hilarious search for replacement ensues.

11. Mistletoe actually works; heterosexual lawyers fall in love.

12. Dogs, cats, squirrels, don-keys, hamsters, rabbits, guinea pigs, orphans, Hercules and Charlie Brown all save Christmas.

13. Family members go to visit grandmother who is ignored most of the year, only to discover that she has been run over by a reindeer.

14. Grinch steals Christmas.Please, Christmas, don’t be

late — or we’ll be stuck with these movies all the way to the Super Bowl. But there’s a way for Hollywood to pull out of the nar-row rut its fiberglass sleigh has cut into the fake snow. Our culture has matured to the point where we can handle a little reality along with our Christmas magic, so how about trying some of these movie plots:

1. Woman makes holiday wish; imperfect man shows up; rain falls; woman lowers standards.

2. Children are excited about parents’ pre-Christmas breakup, knowing they will score big in compensatory gifts from the one not awarded custody.

3. Mistletoe actually works; law office Christmas party gets out of control; all must resign to avoid crossfire of sexual harassment charges.

4. Santa gets Alzheimer’s; sen-tient reindeer take too long trying to figure out new GPS; millions of children have no Christmas.

5. Frosty T. Snowman faces an identity crisis when he discovers that he’s one-quarter Abominable on his mother’s side.

6. Family secrets are revealed at Christmas gathering, causing all to question previous support for WikiLeaks.

7. Santa has coronary due to “bowlful of jelly” being too close to heart.

8. Reindeer/snowmen continue to lack insight into large-scale problem-solving.

9. Chipmunk receives hula hoop (regulation size).

10. Child of pragmatic parent(s) doesn’t believe in Santa; Santa shows up; child never again trusts parental judgment.

11. Rudolph meets his Uncle Tripp, whose 60s drug experiments resulted in a black-light nose.

12. Global warming decimates Vermont ski season, forcing pla-toon of singing World War II vets to stay home and spend the holi-days with their families.

13. Grinch returns Christmas for refund after store’s 60-day limit has expired. Enraged Grinch steals Easter and runs out of store.

— Cindy Hoyt is a writer and performer for Church of Great Rain.

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Thanks to EaglesA huge and heart felt thank you to the Vashon Eagles, Phil Bomber and Skan-ska Building Inc. for the donations and help with the Vashon Kiwanis Toy Drive. We need all the help we can get this year and these folks are Christmas Angels. Thank you again for helping make Christmas for Island boys and girls.Joyce SmithKiwanis Toy Drive Chair

Pie sale success!Thank you to everyone who purchased pies from Vashon Island Commu-nity Ballet during our First Annual Holiday Pie Sale. We were able to sell over 50 pies to fundraise for our costumes for this seasons show. We also were able to donate 7 pies to the Vashon Maury Island Foodbank and 4 pies to the Community Thanksgiving Dinner. Order your pies early next year and help us support our dancers as well as these important community orga-nizations.Vashon Island Community Ballet Board of Directors

Thanks from B.A.R.C.skate parkVashon Park District ex-tends miles of gratitude to the parent, friend and family volunteers who worked all weekend at the B.A.R.C. Skate Park to raise money for operations. This hard-working group raised over $2600 to cover a budget shortfall at the Skate Park, and keep it running for Island kids.

Many thanks to: Nick Ran-ney, Jenni Wilke, Dave Wilke, Amelia Wilke (for labeling), Phoebe Wilke (for labeling), Anita Halstead-Robinson, Lisa Elliott, Charles Elliott, Ken Zaglin, Ben Zaglin, Collin Sahnow, Jane Slade, Sherrie Rush, Tiffany Schira, Saul For-tunoff, Ian Jamison, Lynelle Sjoberg, Marc Brown, Tina Shattuck, Daher Jorge, Sarah van Cleve, Oakley Reid (for labeling), Jeff Reid, March Twisdale (and her husband).

The Island’s decorations leave some residents hankering for a change

You may have noticed that the holiday candy cane decorations are back on poles up and down Vashon Highway. You may have seen hardy Island volunteers install-ing them — one guy up in a bucket crane doing all the work and another guy on the ground basically watching the guy doing all the work. You may even have pulled your car to the side of the road, as I did, and offered these workers handsome bribes to take the canes down immediately. The workers were speechless; apparently it had never occurred to them.

These eyesores — oops, festive candy canes — have a long and colorful history the entirety of which almost no one on the Island knows. This is because they’ve been here nearly forever and the folks who’ve been here that long don’t remember all that much anyway. Here is their story, which I am not making up:

Long ago and far away, like the mid-1970s, Island businesses ushered in the holiday season with a charmingly eclectic array of store decorations. In the off sea-son, they were all stashed in the attic of the Vashon Pharmacy. Then, in 1977, the night before Halloween, tragedy struck: The pharmacy burned to the ground, incin-erating the holiday decorations as well as everything else for most of the whole block, scorching buildings across the street as well. Actually, it wasn’t tragedy that struck, it was arson: two drunks (well, who else?) threw bottles of gasoline through the pharmacy windows — and this was

even before the cost of health care went through the roof!

Anyway, as fate would have it, the very next day an Island businessman (who still lives here) was attending a Seahawks game and ran into

another chap who happened to be in the business of selling commercial holiday decorations in the region. What luck, eh? Except that most of the really tasteful decorations had long since been ordered and delivered and all they had left were — you guessed it! — these enormous electri-fied plastic candy canes. Plus, they were really cheap, though perhaps that’s no sur-prise. Anyway, desperate to avoid another tragedy — a black Christmas instead of white, maybe — members of the Vashon Businesmen’s Association (apparently only men had businesses then) rallied to raise money for the candy canes.

Unfortunately, they succeeded.Coincidentally, 1977 was a year before

the oil crisis, and petroleum was cheap. Gasoline, for example, was about 60 cents a gallon. Consequently everything was made of petroleum products in those days, from polyester leisure suits to — yes, that’s right — huge plastic candy canes. Maybe you’ve never shinnied up one of the telephone poles in town, but I can tell you with authority that the canes are made of thousands of thin strips of shiny white and red plastic. I can’t imagine how long it

took for someone to tie all those tiny strips together — or why they bothered. There were plenty of decent jobs in those days.

Here’s the thing about plastic candy canes: Unlike your polyester leisure suit, they never die. And unlike the splendid twinkly garlands of real cedar boughs that grace the facades of busi-nesses throughout town during the holidays, or our grand town tree, they’re nei-ther organic nor biodegrad-able. No, indeed. They’re virtually indestructible. It’s so very un-Vashon…

Good citizens of Vashon have been hanging these plastic canes for nearly 35 years. Amazing, huh? And amazingly every year one of our civic associations — like the Rotary or the Eagles — volunteers to repair them. But the most amazing thing of all is that no one has ever stopped and asked, “Hey, waddya really think of these things?”

Mind you, it’s not as if the canes have never been controversial. Uh-uh. The very first year they went up an Island dentist (I am not making this up either) protested that they promoted candy eating and tooth decay in children. I am told he is no longer on the Island.

Now don’t get me wrong: I love tradi-tions. The woman lately known as my

wife and I fill our home with so many evergreens during the holidays you’d think you were lost in the Olympics. And I will be the last person in America to give up on cozy incandescent lightbulbs. I’m already stockpiling them.

But maybe you look at those plastic candy canes and smile and reminisce

about the old times when, like the movie “The Graduate,” plastic was the word on everyone’s lips. I can certainly understand that, and my advice is: Get over it! But, you know, let’s be democratic about this. Maybe the Island Elves can come up with a simple petition at the blinking red light with just one ques-tion: Plastic Candy Canes: icons or eyesores? Check one. Could there be a better

cause for their attention?Or maybe the long history of the candy

canes can come full circle: Born of fire and similarly retired. Because the one thing about plastic, you know, is that it burns. So, maybe a bonfire! Give the fire engine in the holiday parade a real job!

But this time, maybe not in the attic of the Vashon Pharmacy.

— Will North, an Islander and writer, is completing his latest novel. Then again, he

claimed that more than a month ago.

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I just love going to open houses and looking at homes for sale. I enjoy it so much that I’m thinking of becoming a real estate broker. I’ve always had a really good eye for decorating and can advise people on how to prepare their homes for sale and what

colors would look the most appealing to get a buyer interested. Working with buyers, I could offer ideas on how to make a crummy place really look nice. Where would you recommend I go to school to get my license?

I can recommend a school but I think you may need a little reality check fi rst. Real estate is not a business for the faint of heart, especially in our current market. You will work very long hours and

there is no paycheck waiting for you until you’ve sold and closed a transaction. It’s common to put in 50 to 60 hours a week or more for months without a closing. You need to be prepared for that.

In addition, showing homes is a very small part of the business. In fact, I would say that I spend about 10% of my time showing houses or land and 90% doing transaction paperwork. That also includes interacting with lenders, title companies and escrow agents, and most important; negotiating for my clients.

Then there are continuing education classes that we must take, seminars and forums on real estate regulations as well as issues of land use, water, criti-cal areas, septic systems, title insurance and the constantly changing rules and regulations we must follow in this business. Plus there are hours of communicat-ing with my clients, marketing, returning dozens of emails and calls a day, doing research on specifi c property my clients are interested in and a thousand other things that good brokers spend time doing.

Your interests sound far more like those needed to stage houses for sale or do interior design or decorating. You might want to get some career counseling at one of our community colleges and see if those areas might be a better fi t.

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Homestead School Open House: The curriculum for next year will be presented. For more information, see www.home steadschool.org. 6 to 8 p.m. at 16245 Westside Hwy. S.W.

Current Events: Bob Hallowell will lead an informal discussion of local, state, national and inter-national news suggested by the group. 1 to 3 p.m. at the Senior Center on Bank Road.

Parent Meeting about Teen Substance Abuse: Terrie Tilotta, the Island’s prevention/interven-tion specialist, and Vashon High School administrators will host a parent meeting about teen alcohol and drug use. They will listen to ideas and concerns and provide an update of the prevention and intervention programs being implemented at the high school. 7 p.m. at the Vashon High School library.

All-Island Forum: The group will refine the topic and plan for the mid-winter forum. 7 to 9 p.m. at Minglement.

Daniel Brower and the Crystal Bowls: Brower, a former Islander who now lives in Argentina, will will share stories and show slides of ceremonies and gatherings that go on across the globe with crystal bowl players. The event is by donation. 7 p.m. at Vashon Intuitive Arts.

Listen to Carols: Students from Carpe Diem Primary School will sing holiday songs. 11:45 a.m. at the Senior Center on Bank Road.

Veterans’ Services: Joel Estey, a consultant with the King County Veterans’ Program, will help vet-erans connect with county, state or federal benefits. Call Estey at 296-7570 for more information. Noon to 3 p.m. at the Senior Center on Bank Road.

Senior Center Movies and Pop-corn: In the film, Henry Winkler and Michael Keaton try to run a call-girl ring from the city morgue. 12:30 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road.

Vashon Drum Circle: All ages are welcome to drum and sing with Buffalo Heart, a large community drum. The event is free, but do-nations will accepted. 7 p.m. at Vashon Intuitive Arts.

Photos with Santa: Santa will be in his cottage, and photographer Michael Sage will be there to take photos. 9 to 11:45 a.m. at his cot-tage at the Village Green.

Boy Scout Christmas Tree Sale: A variety of trees will be for sale in a range of prices . 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the US Bank parking lot.

Harbor School Arts and Crafts Fair: Students will showcase their talents and donate a portion of the proceeds to charity. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at The Harbor School.

Farmers Market: Shop locally this holiday and support Island artisans and crafters. More than 25 booths will be open. Island farm-ers will be on hand with late fall produce and eggs, plus the market offers fresh seafood. Also, enjoy hot coffee, cider and baked goods from the VIGA bake sale while listening to traditional and Celtic music from Geordie’s Byre. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m at the Vashon High School commons.

Christmas Cheer: Father Christ-mas will read stories from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at The Little House, and people can stop by and make a free ornament for their own tree any day of the week.

Restore Habitat: Help restore shoreline habitat at Raab’s Lagoon. For more information, contact Tina at King County Parks at 296-2990 or [email protected]. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the lagoon on Quartermaster Harbor.

Meet the Author — Jennifer K. Chung: “Terroryaki!” is a story of food, family love, Seattle and the best, if slightly cursed, dish of chicken teriyaki to be found in any realm. 3 p.m. at the Vashon Library.

Boy Scout Christmas Tree Sale: A variety of trees will be for sale in a range of prices. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the US Bank Parking lot.

Unitarian Fellowship: Rev. Elizabeth Stevens will lead a service woven of poetry, music and reflections titled ”This Little Light of Mine.” It will celebrate the divine spark within each of us that sustains us in dark times. 9:30 a.m. at Lewis Hall behind the Burton Community Church.

Community Talk with Riki Ott: Author, activist, scientist and Alas-ka commercial fisher Riki Ott will offer a free talk, titled “Democracy Hijacked! Organizing for Change.” She experienced the Exxon Valdez oil spill and volunteered one year in the Gulf of Mexico after the BP disaster. Ott teaches value-based community organizing from fifth grade up. The talk is geared for ages 14 to adult. Noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Vashon Library.

Continuing Conversations: Dorothy Bauer hosts these gather-

ings. This month’s topic will be on immigration, with Chuck Torrey, Jack Johanessen and Ruby Von Henkle. Call Bauer for directions at 463-5664. 7 p.m. at Bauer’s Burton home.

Vashon-Maury Island Garden Club: Bruce Haulman, an Islander and historian retired from Green River Community College, will share some history of agriculture and gardening on Vashon. Haul-man also co-authored, with Jean Cammon Findlay, “Images of America: Vashon-Maury Island.” 11 a.m. business meeting, 12:15 p.m. lunch and 1 p.m. speaker at the Vashon Lutheran Church.

Vashon-Maury Island Green Party: Greens, Democrats, Inde-pendents and other interested progressives are welcome. The four priorities for 2012 are Transi-tion Vashon, Vashon governance, Occupy Everywhere and the Green Team. For more information, call Melvin Mackey at 463-3468. 7 to 9 p.m. at Joy Goldstein’s home, 10329 S.W. Bank Road.

UPCOMING

Shape Up Vashon: Organizers of the group, with the goal of helping Islanders get healthier, will hold three meetings. The introductory class will meet from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14, and 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15, at the Vashon Senior Center. A third class on medical numbers — blood pressure, cho-lesterol and glucose — will meet from 7 to 8:15 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14, also at the Senior Center. There will also be information on important cancer screenings, a holiday check-in, exercise sugges-tions and more.

Meet the Author — Thor Hanson: Local author and con-servation biologist Thor Hanson, PhD, will discuss his newest book, “Feathers,” which is a sweeping natural history of feathers as used to fly, protect, attract and adorn through time and place. 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14, at the Vashon Library.

Vashon Computer Club: Hot drinks and refreshments will ac-company a presentation about the “Kindle Fire,” the latest reading device from Amazon. Anyone may attend free of charge, but mem-bership has benefits, and is inex-pensive. 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14, at the Vashon Senior Center.

Free Gift Wrapping: Islanders are invited for refreshments, fel-lowship and free gift wrapping. All gifts, up to five per person, must be pre-boxed. The church intends for the wrapping to be a blessing for those who attend. For more information, call the church at 463-3940. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sat-urday, Dec. 17, in the lower level of

Vashon Island Community Church, 9318 S.W. Cemetery Rd.

Photos with Santa: Santa will be in his cottage, and photographer Michael Sage will be there to take photos. Noon to 3 p.m. Sunday. Dec. 18, at his cottage in the Vil-lage Green.

CLASSES

Blog Basics: Learn the basic con-cepts of blogs and starting a blog using Google’s blogger service. To register, call the Vashon Library at 463-2069. 10:15 a.m. Monday, Dec. 12, at the Vashon Library.

Facebook Basics: Learn the ba-sics of the social networking web-site Facebook. The instructors will demonstrate how to use it, why it is useful, discuss privacy and help set up accounts. 12:30 p.m. Mon-day, Dec. 12, at the Vashon Library.

Qi Gong and Meditation: George Draffan will lead “Moving, Settling, Enjoying,” providing Taoist and Buddhist instructions in energy, awareness and con-templations of joy. No registration is required. The suggested dona-tion is $45, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. For more information, call Draffan at 659-1594 or visit NaturalAware-

ness.net. 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, at Hanna Barn Studio, 7712 S.W. Point Robinson Road.

Vashon Fiber Arts and Textile Collective Classes: Sewing 1: Bring your own fabric and make a dozen cloth napkins while learn-ing sewing machine basics and troubleshooting. For ages 12 to adults. The cost is $30. 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Dec. 13. Embroidery 1: Learn four useful embroidery stitches while creating ornaments from recycled felt. For ages 8 and up. The cost is $15. 4 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13, and 10 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 20. Contact Jenni Wilke at 697-2377 to reg-ister. Wilke will teach the classes on Dec. 13, and Jan Staehli will teach the classes on Dec. 20. More offereings will come in January at Vashon Fiber Arts and Textile Collective, in the former home of Books by the Way.

Weaving: Sue Willingham and her daughter Janet Dawson will teach two five-day classes: Begin-ning Weaving will meet from Jan. 30 to Feb. 3, and Continuing Weaving will meet from Feb. 6 to 10 at the Willingham Weavery on Vashon. For more information, see www.weaverspalette.com or call Sue Willingham at 463-1747.

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The Keepers of Point Robinsion are hosting their first ever photograpic exhibit this month, culminating this weekend, when the lighthouse will be open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days for the show as well as lighthouse tours.Photographs in the show date as far as back as 1885, when the light station was first established. Some of the photographs, collected by volunteer archivist Tamma Farra and others, have never been seen before. Guests will be invited to share what they know of the history of Point Robinson and the photos presented.The show is free, but donations will be welcomed. Above, the assistant keeper’s house, now known as Quarters A, as it looked in the 1940s, though the exact date of the photo is not known. The quarters now serve as a vacation rental.

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VASHON THEATRE

Twilight: Ends Dec. 8.

J. Edgar: Plays Dec. 9 to 15

Men Who Don’t Work: VHS alums Alexander Atkins and Andrew Franks return with their short film adaptation of a short story by Raymond Carver. Free with a question and answer session fol-lowing the film. 9:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9. See story, page 11.

Jack Frost: 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 11. The senior class is hold-ing this as a fundraiser for a safe graduation party.

It’s a Wonderful Life: Free. 4:30 p.m. at the Vashon Theatre.

Community Sing-Along: 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 19.

See www.vashontheatre.com for show times or call

PUBLIC MEETINGS

Vashon Island School District School Board: 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8, at McMurray Middle School.

FAC/VMICC Transportation Committee: The year-end meeting will include such issues as the need for a revenue source for ferries and cuts to ferry service. 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8, at the Chamber of Commerce.

Water District 19: 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13, at the distict office, 17630 100th Ave. S.W.

Vashon Island Fire & Rescue Board: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13, at Station 55.

Vashon Park District Board: The public is invited to comment on the 2012 budget. 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13, at Ober Park.

King County Cemetery District #1: The 2012 budget will be approved at this meeting. 3 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14, at the Vashon Cemetery, 19631 S.W. Singer Rd.


Wednesday, 8 p.m. and Tuesday, 6 p.m. Revel in the satin jazz stylings of Mercedes Nicole and her band at Jazz Alley, as recorded by Vashon producer Penny Kimmel.

Sunday, 7 p.m. Just in time for the holidays, producer Penny Kimmel brings an enchanting tour of the Argosy Christmas ship in Elliott Bay, along with a fleet of smaller, decorated wannabe boats.

The complete VoV TV schedule is available at www.voiceofvashon.org. If you’ve created a video program of any kind, contact Susan McCabe at 463-0301 or [email protected]. Comcast 21 is happy to broadcast your show.

Happy Holidays to All!

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Restoration Work PartiesWant to get outdoors, have fun, and do good for the Island?

Sign up for these great volunteer opportunities to help restore

Vashon’s fine habitats. All ages welcome, families and groups

encouraged. Attend one or all of the upcoming events!

Raabs Lagoon: Saturday, December 10th, 10:00am – 2:00pmKing County and The Nature Conservancy will be planting native trees and shrubs at Raabs lagoon. For more details about joining the party contact Tina Miller at (206) 296-2990 or [email protected]

Maury Island Marine Park: Saturday, December 17th, 10:30am-2:00pm Join People For Puget Sound in their ongoing effort to establish native trees and shrubs along this beautiful stretch of Maury Island shoreline. Contact Dhira Brown for more details about the event at (206) 456-3813 or [email protected]

Singer Farm Planting #1: Saturday, January 7th, 9:00am - 12:00pmThe Land Trust will be planting potted plants throughout the meadow in this ambitious 8 acre reforestation project to protect Judd Creek. There has been a lot of work taking place on this property over the past year and the Land Trust would love to share the experience with the volunteer community. Info or to RSVP for this work party to Abel Eckhardt at (206) 948-7644 or [email protected]

Singer Farm Planting #2: Wednesday, January 11th, 9:00am - 12:00pm Once we put plants in the ground we have to protect them. This Land Trust work party will be focused on planting anything that didn’t get into the ground at the previous event and also adding vole collars and other tree protection “Bling” to all the plantings. Info or to RSVP for this event to Abel Eckhardt at (206) 948-7644 or [email protected]

On Veteran’s Day, American Legion Commander Phil Volker and American Heroes Quilt repre-sentative Margaret Bickel, who works at Vashon Community Care as the hair stylist, presented quilts from the heroes project to 12 veterans residing at VCC, including Ken Van Fleet, above. American Hero Quilts has been providing quilts to wounded veterans since 2004 and in November marked a significant milestone; it surpassed 10,000 quilts to service men and women both here and in Afghanistan. A silent auction and high tea held on Saturday, Nov. 12, shortly after Veteran’s Day, brought the project nearly $12,500, an amount that made Sue Nebeker, the organization’s founder, happy. The numbers of wounded are still high, and the poor economy and increased fabric prices have affected the organization, making the influx of money quite welcome. “We are so thrilled,” she said.

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ARTS&LEISUREVashon-Maury WANT TO STRUT? Drama Dock is looking for a few more male kids, ages 11 to 18, to

sing and dance in its next youth theater show, “All Night Strut: A Jumpin’ Jivin’ Jam .” The show, with a current cast of 19 kids, is in rehearsals now and will be per formed Jan. 27 to 29 at Vashon High School. Call Mar ita Er icksen at 715-7126 for more information.

The Vashon High School band will present its winter concert at 7 p.m. tonight at the VHS theater. Highlights will include music from Handel’s “Messiah,” “A Charlie Brown Christmas” and a trumpet solo by Dylan Basurto. The McMurray band will play its winter concert at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14, in McMurray’s multipurpose room.

The last weekend of the Art Studio Tour will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. A total of 41 studios are partici-pating, off ering paintings, silver bells, artful cards, jewelry, wooden toys, pottery, carved boxes, hand-dyed yarn, hand-crafted furni-ture, sculpture, photography, scarves, candles and more. For more information and a map, visit www.vashonislandartstudiotour.com.

The Crunge-ing Black Dogs will play a free, all-ages set of music by Led Zeppelin at 9 p.m. Friday at the Red Bike. The band is made up of Mike Marlatt on guitar, Jeremy Light-foot on bass, Keith Jaeger on drums and Paul Gulledge on vocals.

A wine tasting with Vashon Winery owner Ron Irvine will take place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Friday. The same night, at 7 p.m., acoustic solo guitarist Ronnda Cadle will play music, along with Montana native Heidi Swan, who is a singer/songwriter and keyboardist. Cadle will soon release “Will’s Embrace,” a collaboration with producers Corin Nelsen and Windham Hill founder William Ackerman.

Greg Curry, a local artist and musician, will play at the café from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday. Curry’s night of music will accompany his show of paintings currently on exhibit on the café’s walls. Curry’s musical resume includes time as the front man in Ghost Dance, a grunge-era Seattle band, and being the founder of Branch Ricky, a roots rock group.

Drama Dock will soon bring Charles Dickens’ classic, “A Christmas Carol,” to life on the Blue Heron stage. Islanders can break away from their own holiday parties to attend those thrown by the Cratchits and Fezziwigs at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 16, 17, 22, 23 and 26. Matinees will take place at 2 p.m. Dec. 18 and 24. Buy tickets, $15/$10, at the Blue Heron, Heron’s Nest, Vashon Bookshop and www.brownpapertickets.com.

Well-known Island actor and impresario Kevin Joyce is presenting his solo show, “A Pale and Lovely Place,” through Dec. 11 at West of Lenin in Fremont. To fi nd out more, visit www.apaleandlovelyplace.com.

Young dancers from the Vashon Island Com-munity Ballet program will perform excerpts from “The Nutcracker” at 7 p.m Friday and Saturday, Dec. 16 and 17, and 2:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 17 and 18. Tickets will be on sale at the door.

ARTS BRIEFS Young dancers shine in a new ‘Nutcracker’By ELIZABETH SHEPHERDArts Editor

A familiar holiday treat will arrive this weekend as more than 60 young Island dancers, ages 8 to

18, are transformed into mice, soldiers, snowflakes, dancing dolls and other beloved characters in Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker” ballet.

“The Nutcracker,” an annual presenta-tion by Blue Heron Dance, is helmed by the dance company’s artistic director, Christine Juarez.

Juarez has refreshed this year’s presenta-tion of the ballet with new choreography, set and costume pieces, more short dramatic vignettes and the inclusion of more local boys in the show than ever before.

“We are building a culture of dance for boys and young men,” Juarez said in a recent article in Island Arts, a monthly publication of Vashon Allied Arts. Classes for boys at the Blue Heron now include sports dance and ballet.

This year’s Nutcracker Prince, played by teenage danseur Quinn McTighe, will be joined by a gaggle of other boys, including Colin Pottinger, who will revisit the role of Fritz. Cornish College of the Arts danseur Sam Opsell will again join the company for a pas de duex with the Sugar Plum Fairy Camille Kappelman.

Kappelman, a senior dancer who will float across the stage as the Sugar Plum Fairy, has danced with the Blue Heron company since she was a little girl. Over the years of her involvement, her roles in the show have also included Clara, the Snow Queen, the Arabian princess, a party girl, a snowflake, a soldier and a mouse.

Another senior, Veronica Jannetty, will cap 15 years as a Blue Heron dancer by appearing in this year’s “Nutcracker” in two pivotal roles — a dancing doll and the fetch-ing Arabian princess.

Other young dancers, following in Kappelman’s and Jannetty’s footsteps, are now rising through the company’s ranks.

Maisy Bockus and Grace Derrer will share the role of Clara, and 10-year-old Marissa McTighe will appear as another dancing doll.

Meg Sayre will lead the famous Dance of the Flowers as the Waltz Queen, and Mara Drape will bring dramatic swordplay to her role as the Mouse Queen. Katherine Misel, as Mother Ginger, will sport one of the ballet’s most elaborate costumes — a giant skirt that hides an adorable troupe of tiny dancers.

Audiences can also expect to see a few familiar Island adults joining in the fun on stage with cameo parts in the ballet.

As usual, the magic of the show will extend beyond the stage and into the lobby of Vashon High School’s theater — a space that will be transformed into a land of sweets. Ornamental nutcrackers and other gift items will be for sale, with all proceeds benefitting VAA’s ever-expanding dance program.

A total of five performances of “The Nutcracker” will take place, with two of those offering something a little different.

A special narrated, abbreviated version

of the ballet for preschoolers will take place at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9 — tickets to that show are only $5. And at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, there will be a pre-show perfor-mance of seasonal tunes by Vashon Carolers, an ensemble directed by Joe Farmer.

For Juarez, it’s a race to the finish line of a ballet that wouldn’t be possible without extensive community collaboration.

“I’m so grateful for everyone who pitches in to make this happen,” she said.

“Nutcracker” performances are at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, at Vashon High School. A spe-cial abbreviated version of the ballet for preschoolers will take place at 3:30 p.m. Friday. Tickets, $10/$13 for regular per-formances and $5 for the preschool show, are on sale at the Blue Heron, Heron’s Nest, Vashon Bookshop, Thriftway and by calling 463-5131.

Camille Kappelman eyes her double reflection in the mirror as she stretches for “The Nutcracker.”

Church of Great Rain marks the season with a festive showVashon’s own variety show,

The Church of Great Rain, will celebrate the spirit of the season with a special holiday show at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Open Space for Arts & Community.

The holiday show will feature the Church House Band, twisted news and irreverent views expressed in holiday sketches featuring the Holy Roller Radio Players and a lively impromptu sermon by the troupe’s preacher, played by local performing icon David Godsey. More than 60 Island actors, musicians, writers and technical crew contribute to Great Rain shows. Joining the cast for this performance will be Island actor and singer Louis

Mangione.Special musical guests will be

Manooghi Hi, an East-meets-West ensemble made up of musi-cians from a variety of musical backgrounds. The band’s lead

singer, India native Mehnaz, has worked with her Northwest accomplices to construct a new take on music, mixing up rock-and-roll instrumentation and presentation with Indian scales,

harmony and rhythms. Seattle PI music critic Gene

Stout has described Mehnaz and her music as “mesmerizing and otherworldly.”

The band has performed at the Triple Door, Bumbershoot, South By Southwest, Sundance Film Festival, Oregon Country Fair and Oregon’s World Music Festival, among other places.

Church of Great Rain holiday show tickets are $10 at Vashon Bookshop and brownpapertick-ets.com. Golden Circle Passes for four, including a reserved table in front, are $60 at brownpapertickets.com and at the door.

For more information, visit www.churchofgreatrain.com.

Church of Great Rain cast members will whoop it up at a holiday show.

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The Crunge-ing Black Dogs

Two sons of Vashon, Alexander Atkins and Andrew Franks, will return to the Island this weekend to present their new short film, “Men Who Don’t Work,” in its public pre-miere at 9:30 p.m. Friday at Vashon Theatre.

The filmmaking duo — now residents of Portland, Ore. — produced numer-ous films together dur-ing their middle school and high school years on Vashon, but their indi-vidual collegiate pursuits caused a five-year break in their collaboration.

Both have now earned degrees in film and video — Franks at the University of Washington and Atkins at Purchase College in New York.

“Men Who Don’t Work,” a 12-minute film based on

Raymond Carver’s story, “What Do You Do in San Francisco,” tells the story of a small-town postman in the 1960s who becomes enthralled by the mystery of an unusual family that moves into a house on his route. The film’s captivat-ing imagery brings the author’s simple realism to life and transports view-ers into the mind of a man forced to grapple with the uncertainties of 1960s Americana.

Atkins and Franks raised $6,000 to fund the film, tapping friends and fam-ily on Vashon as well as admirers of their project in the Portland filmmaking community. Christopher T. Paul was enlisted as cinematographer for the film, and an original score for the film was composed

by Portland musician Matthew Cooper.

The film was shot in May and involved shutting down an entire Southeast Portland intersection and lining the streets with clas-sic cars.

The short film, which has won the endorsement of Raymond Carver’s widow, Tess Gallagher, has thus far been submitted to more than a dozen film festivals worldwide. Atkins and Franks plan to submit it to at least 40 more over the course of the next year.

Both filmmakers will be present for the film’s premiere on Friday and will introduce the film and answer questions after the screening. There will be an after-film party at The Hardware Store Restaurant.

From Vashon to Portland, young filmmakers collaborate

Former Islanders Andrew Franks and Alexander Atkins show off their film’s poster.

The Vashon Theatre will host three holiday events this season. First up will be a free showing of the classic “It’s a Wonderful Life” at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec 18. The next night the his-toric theater will open its doors for the annual Holiday Singalong at 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 19. Holiday festivities will come to a close with the family show, “The Grinch Sets the Record Straight” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 22. Island funny man Steffon Moody will star, accompanied by Arlette Moody, his wife, and Louisa Moody, his daugh-ter, as the Ginchettes. The show is free, but dona-tions for the food bank will be welcomed.


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Basketball begins with a winOwen Brenno puts up two of his 13 points in the Pirates’ home opener against Rainier Christian.

Islanders take on Seattle MarathonBy NATALIE JOHNSONStaff Writer

At least two dozen Islanders went to downtown Seattle on the Sunday after Thanksgiving, not to shop but to run the Seattle Marathon and Half Marathon.

Graham Peet, an Island teen who is a freshman at The Northwest School, had the fastest marathon time for the Island, finishing in 3:29. His father Andrew Peet also ran the marathon in 3:36, as did Laura Johnson (4:48) and Casey Westphal (5:37).

The Peets ran together for the first half of the marathon, but Graham pulled ahead in the sec-ond half and was the second fast-est 14-year-old to finish the race. Andrew recently ran the Cascade Crest 100 Mile Endurance Run, and finished 31st of 140 entrants.

Three members of Vashon High School’s cross county team compet-ed in the half marathon. Ryan Krug finished in 1:46, Magnus Wallgren, an exchange student from Sweden, finished in 1:49 and Maddi Groen in 1:48. Groen placed 8th among all 14- to 19-year-old females.

Chester and Clyde Pruett, both 13, were the youngest Islanders to finish the half marathon. With a time of 1:54, Chester Pruett was the second-fastest 13-year-old in the race.

Kevin Ross, a track and cross country coach at Vashon High School, had Vashon’s fastest half marathon time, finishing in 1:29.

Laura Johnson, who is also a track coach at the high school, com-peted in three marathons in a row Thanksgiving weekend, finishing with Sunday’s Seattle Marathon.

On Friday she competed in the Wishbone Marathon in Gig Harbor,

and on Saturday she ran the Ghost of Seattle Marathon, which fol-lows the original Seattle Marathon course.

Johnson ran the three races last year as well, but is humble about her accomplishments, saying she didn’t run fast, but paced herself to avoid exhaustion.

“Knowing you have to make it to the end, you pace yourself,” she said.

Her Seattle Marathon time was her fastest of the weekend, and she credits the speed to running along-side her nephew.

“We had a great time, and I think his company must have helped me go faster. … It was an awfully fun weekend,” she said.

By NATALIE JOHNSONStaff Write

The Pirate boys basketball team opened their season with a victory, beating Rainier Christian at home last Wednesday, 52-34,

Coach Andy Sears said he was happy to start the season off well, especially since the team is fairly young and inexperienced this year.

“We have a really young club. But we played tough, really hard, and with good defense,” he said.

Sears noted that Ben Whitaker, a key returner, was out for the game due to an injury. However, he said, other players stepped up

in his place.“It was good. We had people

step up and fill his role nicely,” Sears said.

All 11 players had time in the game, and Dan Lofland and Owen Brenno led in scoring with 13 points apiece.

Sears said that young players on the team are already showing promise as well. Freshmen Jessie Norton and Ian Stewart both sank baskets, scoring 7 and 6 respectively.

Though there are still some skills Sears would like to see the team improve on, he said that so far he’s pleased with how the

Pirates are shaping up.“I like the path we’re on. Every

single day we seem to be improv-ing more and more,” he said. “It’s exciting.”

The Pirates played Evergreen Lutheran in an away game Tuesday after deadline.

This Friday at 7 p.m. they will play Seattle Christian on the home court in their first league game. Sears said it should be an exciting match, as Seattle Christian is a Vashon rival and looks to have a good team this year.

“It should be a good, competi-tive game,” he said.

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LACROSSE CLINIC: The Vashon Lacrosse Club will host a free clinic for players in grades three through six on Saturday, Dec. 17, at the Vashon High School gym . New players will meet from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m . , and players with at least one season of play will meet from 11:30 a.m . to 1:30 p.m . Loaner gear is available. To register, email [email protected] with the child’s name, grade and which clinic he will attend.

Graham Peet finished the Seattle Marathon in 3:29


A weekend of winter funVashon was at its finest last weekend, when hundreds of residents and visitors toured the Island’s art studios, visited its historic lighthouse, dropped off coupons at various merchants and converged on the town for the annual lighting of the tree.The weekend was the Chamber of Commerce’s newest inspiration — Winterfest — an effort to pull many of the Island’s long-standing traditions, as well as a few new ones, into a packed couple of days. The traditions included the parade through town, culminating at a towering fir bedecked with lights. Another tradition was the Art Studio Tour, now in its 29th year — an opportunity for people to drop into art studios, watch artists at work and purchase some of their creations. The tour continues this weekend as well. Pick up a map for the self-guided tour from Island merchants or download one from vashonislandart studiotour.com.New this year was a contest for the best gingerbread house. Twenty-six merchants and businesses — each

with an elaborate design — vied for the honor of being deemed the best gingerbread house, a level of partici-pation that thrilled Debi Richards, the chamber’s direc-tor. More than 500 people voted, she said, with the creation at The Little House garnering the most votes.Richards said she was pleased by the way the weekend unfolded — especially the crowds that gathered in town Saturday evening. Santa and Mrs. Claus, she said, parked their sleigh in the center of town for more than 90 minutes, giving children a chance to chat with them and families an opportunity to take photos.Clockwise, Santa and Mrs. Claus wave to the crowds; Lute, Flute and Fiddle play at the quarters at Point Robinson; Islanders admire Gordon Barnett’s sterling silver bells as he looks on; artist Janice Wall talks to people at Barnworks; The Little House’s winning ginger-bread house is on display; a child gets a view of the tree lighting from up high; members of Vashon’s Mormon church sing carols before the lighting of the tree.

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Vashon Jr. Crew offers a blend of characters and athletic backgrounds aiming at common goals. In 2010 Vashon earned 12 medals in 17 events at Regional Championships, and were the only crew from the region to medal in multiple events. New rowers will learn the basics of the rowing stroke and get a well-rounded introduction to this novel sport. Varsity and Novice rowers will compete in a couple of regattas throughout the season. Registration packet is available for download or at Ober Park offi ce. Registration does not guarantee place-ment on the team. Season ends May 21, 2012. Fee is $400 exclusive of regatta fees.

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Kindergarten League – Kids get complete exposure to the game of Basketball. Skills, drills and game play are led by volunteer coaches one a week, for seven weeks. Registration deadline is December 9. Kids play Saturdays from December 10 to January 28. Fee is $45, plus tax. Age for kindergarten play starts at 4, by parental discretion.First & Second Grade League – Registration deadline is passed.Third & Fourth Grade League – Kids at this level are uber enthusiastic for the game. Volunteer Coaches conduct one

practice a week concentrating on team play, and improving basketball skills. Games will be on Saturdays starting February 4. Registration deadline is December 31. Practices begin January 7 and games start February 4. Fee is $65 plus tax.Fifth & Sixth Grade League – Kids at this level get competitive and work up a frenzy for the game. Volunteer Coaches conduct one practice a week concentrating on team play, and honing skills. Games will be on Saturdays starting February 4. Play is divided by gender. Registration deadline is December 31. Practices start the fi rst week of January and games begin February 3. Fee is $65 plus tax.Yay! It’s time for Ski & Snowboard School 2012!

And, that means the Ski Bus to Snoqualmie Pass Saturdays from January 7 to February 25 – snowboard and/or ski lessons with Ski Masters – AND, Discount Lift Passes.Register now thru December 31. You can print out the packet online then turn it all in, in person, at the Ober Park offi ce.Babysitter Training – Get Certifi ed January 14

The Red Cross babysitter certifi cation is coveted by many a babysitter and desired by many a parent. The class – taught by a certifi ed Red Cross instructor – runs from 8:45AM to 3:45PM on Saturday, January 14 at the Chautauqua Multi-Purpose Room. Bring lunch and wear comfortable clothes. Register early-space is limited. The Red Cross has raised the fee to $98 per student this year.

Island Dance Theatre Ballet CompanySoars through SpringKim Gallo and Island Dance Theatre offer ballet classes for children and adults. Price increases refl ect the longer trimester session of 22 weeks. Payment plans are welcome. All classes are at Ober Park.Beginning Ballet – Ballet basics for dancers 5 and older. Girls-light pink leotard, tights, ballet shoes. Boys-black pants, white t-shirt & shoes. Tuesdays, 4:50 – 5:45, Starts January 3. $160 Intermediate Ballet – Intermediate ballet instruction for dancers age 8 and up. Girls: burgundy leotard, tights & ballet shoes. Boys- black pants, white t-shirt & shoes. Mondays & Fridays, 4-5:25PM. Starts January 9. $400 Advanced Ballet – Advanced ballet instruction for dancers age 12 and up or by instructor placement. Girls- black leotard, tights & ballet shoes; boys –black pants, white t-shirt & shoes. Monday & Friday 5:35-7:30PM; Wednesdays, 5:30-6:45PM. Starts January 9. $720Pointe/Pre-Pointe Ballet – All about ballet on Pointe for dancers age 12 and older. Beginning to Intermediate training

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Tumbling class accelerates natural movements and moves toward improved grace, fl exibility and strength for children aged 5 to 30 (some exceptions). Tuesdays, 4-4:45PM. Starts January 3. $155 or $7.75/class.Vashon Seals Swim Team – Winter Registration

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Season Starts January 3 – The Vashon SEALS Swim Team provides an exceptional swim team experience through professional leadership. The coaches’ progressive, developmental and competitive age-group training creates a supportive team environment emphasizing personal achievement at each swimmer’s highest level of ability. Check the Vashon SEALS Swim Team website for more detail and pricing at www.swimvashon.org or pick up a registration packet from the Vashon Park District Heads Up Baseball Players! – Registration for

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NEW! VoV TV and VPD Collaborate to bring you Elements of Video Production

Creating a quality video presentation is easier and more fulfi lling than you may think. Your Vashon business, community and family each benefi t abundantly when featured in a well produced video. From camera staging and audio support to lighting, shot planning, directing talent and post production editorial, Instructors Richard Montague and James Culbertson bring their joint 40 years of professional experience to showing you the basics, honing your technical knowledge and creative expertise. Mondays 7PM-9PM at the VoV studio, February 27 through April 2. Enrollment is limited. Age 16 and up. $125 Get more information and register online at vashonparkdistrict.orgKokikai Aikido – Try this Non-violent Martial Art – Instructors John Koriath and Alex Tokar focus on mind/body development, coordination and non-violence in this Japanese version of martial art. Its benefi ts include self-defense skills, improved fl exibility, relaxation, development of positive mind, and application of its principles in daily life. Practice is vigorous, yet non-competitive. Visit kokikai.org for more information. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7-8:30PM, VHS Wrestling Room. $5/class in punch cards of 4, 8 and 12. First class is FREE.Heads Up Softball Players – Vashon’s Adult Softball

League will start team sign-ups in April for games

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Kundalini Yoga – An Ancient Form

Working for You Now Patti Kiriazis teaches this ancient form of yoga to help awaken, energize, strengthen and relax body and mind. It works the core system and is great for posture. $9/class. Drop-ins are $10. First class is FREE. Tuesday & Thursday, 12- 1:00PMYoga 101–Gently effective Patti offers this gentle, restorative Yoga to help fl exibility, posture and energy. This class is good for new yoga students, seniors or people in rehab from injury, it even includes chair yoga. Start at the ground fl oor and work up to your optimum comfort level. $9/class. Drop-ins are $10. First class is FREE. Tuesday & Thursday, 1:15-2:15PMFitness Beyond Fifty – Push the boundaries of fi tness in middle age and beyond with gymnastics and dance instructor Sam Van Fleet. With strength, balance and stability train-ing the class improves awareness of and care for the aging body. Sam’s approach is to keep you strong, stable and fl exible your whole life . $11/class in punch cards. The class is vigorous

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Cycling from the Inside Out – Kelly Chevalier applies her body working skills to develop muscular awareness on cycling machines. Intensity is self-regulated with personal instruction. Monday & Friday, 11AM-12PM. Classes are $10 each in punch card packages of 6 and 12. Drop-ins are welcome at $12. Kelly adds weights & stretching in Plus at 12:00-12:30 for an additional $2.50/class. Ask at the Ober Offi ce about adding Plus to your punches.

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Drop-in – Nancy Brocard leads this happy cycling romp Tuesday and Thursday mornings 6:45-7:40AM with great music and video of Vashon cycling routes. Drop in – it’s free!Straight on Strength – Kelly Straight applies various strength training modalities – free weights, stretch bands, exercise balls, weighted bars, balance discs, your own body weight, mat work and perhaps, a new toy from Kelly’s home studio to this class. It’s designed for all levels of fi tness; you work at your personal level. Modifi cations are offered for rehab students and students just starting a strength program. Routines vary each class with emphasis on functional strength. Straight on Strength punch cards cover Monday, Wednesday and Friday classes. $10/class– in punch card packs of 4, 8 or 12. Wednesday, 9-9:50AM

World Step Aerobics – Working the Conscious Body – Develop body alignment, posture and aerobic fi tness “from the core” and all to Afro-Caribbean musical rhythms with master body worker Kelly Chevalier $12/class. Drop-ins welcome at $15. Tuesday & Thursday, 9-10A M Online registration available. Kelly adds weights and stretching in Plus at 10-10:30AM, for an additional $2.50/class. Ask at the Ober Offi ce about adding Plus to your punches.Core Stability – MORE TIME! – Work with Kelly Chevalier applying principles of yoga, pilates and stretching to strengthen and lengthen your all-important core.$12/class. Drop-ins pay $15. Tuesday & Thursday 7:45-8:50AM and Fridays, 10-10:50AM. All for the same price, and all on your punch card.Adult “Flash Dance with Vashon Dance

Theatre – Remember Flash Dance? This is like that but ripped T-shirts not required. Come dance away your work day stress. Loosely following classic ballet, incorporating Jazz and aerobics. Gain strength, balance, fl exibility and a good night’s sleep! Wear free moving clothing and ballet or jazz shoes. Tuesdays, 7:10-8:10PM, Ober Performance Room. Starts January 3; ends May 31. $165Vashon Dance Ecstatica – Move

Through the Dark Times – A moving body initiates change. Come with an intention. Through self-initiated movement comes a resonance with your own energy at another level, whether you dance for renewal, revelation or simply to lift your spirits. Surrender to the rhythm. Dance for yourself. Restore the vital fl ow of life force. No steps to learn. Free Form Dance to World Music. No partner necessary. Drop in. Wednesdays 7-8:30PM FREE. (Donations accepted).

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“We had no advanced warning, no phone call or letter,” O’Malley said of the incident. “We don’t know why this moment was chosen.”

The law the deputies referred to, RCW 46.61.255(4), states, “No person shall stand in a roadway for the purpose of soliciting employment or business from the occupant of any vehicle.”

Sgt. Cindi West, a King County Sheriff ’s Office spokesperson, said that Vashon dep-uties received at least one complaint about the elves. They called their supervisor and were told by the supervisor that the vol-unteers were breaking the law and had to leave.

O’Malley, however, believes the elves should be an exception to the law, since they are collecting funds for a charity and not a business.

“We don’t work for anybody, other than the community good,” he said. “As I said, it’s a lawyers’ argument.”

However, O’Malley said, so far there’s been no discussion of trying to appeal the

decision. He said he wouldn’t even know whom to contact about the situation.

“I don’t know what else to do,” O’Malley said. “I can’t change the law, and I’m not going to disobey the law. … They made their decision.”

Tag Gornall, another head elf, agreed, saying he didn’t fully understand the legal basis for banning the volunteers from the intersection, but he planned to follow the order.

“Elves are not confrontational people,” he said.

O’Malley noted that in the past the elves have tried to collect money from cars from the sidewalk. But it didn’t bring in as much money, he said, and was less safe. This year, he noted, the elves tried to make their fund-raiser even safer by adding orange cones and brighter signs.

“Doing it the way we were doing it — … with safety cones and brightly dressed — was safe,” O’Malley said. “We had no incidents.”

O’Malley and Gornall said the Island Elves may still collect donations on Dec. 16 and 17 — the last weekend they were sched-uled to do so — but at a different location.

“We would like to and hope to continue to do things for Youth & Family Services,” Gornall said. “In what area and how has not been sorted out yet.”

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Milligan apologized for having what she said were bags under eyes, explaining that she had stayed late at a park board meeting the night before, going over the budget line by line with commissioners.

Due to dropping home values, the district must trim about 3 percent from its 2012 budget. Though it’s less than last year’s 10 percent cut, Milligan said they have made a point to trim without cutting any programs or raising fees.

“We’re managing more and more all the time with the same amount of money,” she said.

Milligan isn’t new to handling a large budget, though. She pointed out that Camp Sealth, which she directed for more than a decade, had about the same size budget, as well the same number of year-round employees and nearly the same acreage when all the district’s parcels are added up.

“There are some funny parallels,” she said.

And though park district commissioners say that they were sad to see Braicks go, they are excited that Milligan brings a new set of skills and knowledge to the district, as well as a fresh eyes. Commissioner David Hackett said Milligan is already helping the board look at the budget in a new way.

“Jan’s got some real good ideas on how we can improve efficiency of operations and increase revenue. ... It’s really been a heck of a lot to ask her to take on, being new and fresh to the job,” he said.

Milligan came to Vashon in 1993 to head Camp Sealth. She attended the camp as a child, and learned to sail on Vashon as well, but never imagined she would return as an

adult until one day she received a frantic phone call asking her to take the place of a camp director who backed out at the last moment.

“By Friday I was on the payroll,” she said with a laugh.

What was to be a temporary, interim director position turned into a 15-year career that Milligan says she loved.

Born a city girl in Seattle, Milligan says she has known since she was young that she wanted to work in the outdoors.

“Even when I was a little kid, I always had a yearning to be a kid in the country or on a farm,” she said. “I have no idea why I had that pull, but I did.”

After earning a degree in forestry and wildland recreation management, she directed several outdoor organizations, including two different camps in California, as well as the Washington Trails Association and Volunteers for Outdoor Washington.

Milligan left Camp Sealth in 2008 so she and her husband Doug Milligan, a fire-fighter and paramedic for the Bellevue Fire Department, could focus on building the couple’s new home on Vashon, a full-time job in itself.

The two have been “saving pennies,” for a decade, Milligan said, to build a 4,000-square-foot home with a water view on Reddings Beach Road. The project near-ly consumed their time for three years, though Milligan did continue to volunteer with several Island organizations and was even president of Vashon Rotary for a time.

“I am so glad I did it,” she said. “It’s the dream house.”

Now that their home is nearly complete, Milligan said she is looking forward to hik-ing more, putting her sailboat back in the water and beginning a new chapter at the park district.

When she heard in April that former

director Wendy Braicks planned to step down after more than 20 year at the dis-trict, she though the position would be a perfect fit for her. And the more she learned about the district, she says, the more she liked it.

Milligan said she was especially impressed by the number of sports and recreational programs the district manages as well as the volunteer contributions behind several Vashon parks, such as Paradise Ridge, Point Robinson and Ober Park.

“There is phenomenal volunteer energy in the community,” she said.

Milligan admits she’s still getting her bearings at the district and has a lot to learn about its operations, but as she looks to the future she believes volunteer contributions are key to helping the growing agency stay on its feet financially.

She would like to strengthen the park district’s partnerships with community organizations, bring more volunteers into the fold and develop stewardship groups for sites that don’t already have them.

“If the community wants as much from their parks and programs as they wanted when there was a little more money and fewer parks to maintain, it’s an opportunity for the district to facilitate the community pitching in a little,” she said.

LuAnn Branch, another park district commissioner, said the board is pleased that Milligan comes to the district already hav-ing relationships with many Island organi-zations. Milligan is already setting goals to build on those connections, Branch said, as well as to reinvigorate fundraising for the fields project and bring in more revenue from the pool, which runs deep in the red.

“She has some fabulous ideas,” Branch said. “That’s what we’re looking for.”

Both Branch and Milligan agreed that at the park district it’s easy to become dis-

tracted by new projects or challenging situ-ations. But Milligan hopes to stay focused on what’s at hand.

“For every challenge,” Milligan said, “I have 10 times as many good opportunities and positive things already working in this district that I need to feed and keep them succeeding.”

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Vashon Park District’s board of commis-sioners is poised to pass a 2012 budget that includes some small cuts, but maintains all programs and park maintenance despite a reduction in revenue.The budget also provides funds to subsidize the Vashon Pool, which last year lost more than $25,000, and maintain two new sports fields by The Harbor School that will be open next year.Islanders can comment on the proposed budget at a public hearing at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13. The board plans to pass the budget at its Jan. 20 meeting. Due to falling property values, the district expects to get about three percent less in levy funds than it did last year. Though last year park district commissioners helped fill a 10 percent budget hole by raising fees for sports teams and other groups, park district director Jan Milligan said this year they have decided to make small cuts instead of rais-ing fees.“We’re tightening our belt a little, even though they tightened it pretty tight last year,” Milligan said.No park district staff will receive raises next year, and new supplies won’t be purchased unless critically needed, she said.Milligan said she was pleased they were able to balance the budget without cutting programs.“The district is committed to offering the programs currently on our slate. … I don’t expect the public will see a difference at all.” she said.

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the county and those who enjoy Island Center Forest, a county-owned, 360-acre site that boasts a warren of trails popular among equestrians, hikers and cyclists.

“It would be a remarkable addition to Island Center Forest,” Kimmett said.

The county hopes to work with the Vashon-Maury Island Land Trust to put a trailhead at the site, linking it to the nine miles of trails that already wend through the forested landscape. Once purchased, the new parcel, said Tom Dean, director of the land trust, would become “the gateway to Island Center Forest.”

“Island Center Forest is kind of becoming our Central Park,” Dean said. “This (purchase) would really bring the park right into town. … There’s something special here about making it so accessible.”

The county has an agreement in principle with Montana, as well as $750,000 set aside by the county council and ear-marked for the ambitious acquisition. “It took us two rounds of application to put the money together,” Dean said.

But the end to the encampment has also put the spotlight on Vashon’s homeless population, a small group of people with few options, those who lived in the woods said. Greg Garcia, 48, who has lived in a tent on Montana’s property for six years, said he’s not sure where he’s going to go. He was booted out two weeks ago, the day before Thanksgiving.

According to Sgt. John Hall with the King County Sheriff ’s Office, all of the homeless people living on the site learned in October that they’d have to leave after a deputy sheriff walked through the woods and visited every camp-site. Garcia, however, said he’d only heard rumors about his impending eviction, and it wasn’t until someone shook on his tent two weeks ago that he realized he had to leave.

“I really don’t know what I’m going to do,” he said last week. “I’m more on the streets now,” he added. “I just sit around town and listen to people’s problems.”

Homeless people have lived in the woods behind what is now Roseballen for several years, but the size of the camp grew significantly this summer, when several people addicted to methamphetamine began to hole up there, according to both Garcia and Dave, the man who lived in his Dodge camper. Both men said the situation grew

increasingly worse over the last couple of months. One man was dealing heroin, Garcia said.

“Before the meth heads arrived, it was quiet, out of the way,” said Dave. “One person moved in who was on drugs, and we got overrun with drug activity.”

It’s not clear where the men and women will go now that they’ve been evicted. One of them, a disabled veteran who had lived on Montana’s property for years, landed an apart-ment at Eernisse, Vashon HouseHold’s subsidized apart-ment complex, according to Emma Amiad, a volunteer with the Interfaith Council to Prevent Homelessness.

Others will try to find another spot in the woods, some said. Dave, the last to leave when his camper got hauled out last week, expressed dismay over his future. “I’m a little upset,” he said. Asked where he’ll go, he said, “Down the road, I guess.”

Montana, a musician who plays flute with the Seattle Festival Orchestra, said she feels bad that so many people are down on their luck and have no place to live. At the same time, she said, they’ve made a mess of her property

and cost her thousands of dollars in cleanup expenses.All told, eight or nine junked vehicles were removed and

20 to 25 camps — some of them quite established — were bulldozed, according to Jake Johnson, a heavy-equipment operator hired by Montana to clean up the site. The area was quite foul, he added. Debris, human waste, food remains and drug paraphernalia were scattered throughout the heavily wooded site.

“I was shocked to see the garbage, the rack and ruin,” Montana said. “It’s sad for anyone to be homeless. … But I feel they’ve really, really hurt the land. … They trashed it. They never cleaned up after themselves. And I’m having to pay thousands to clean it up.”

Amiad, whose organization gave some of those who lived at the site propane heaters last winter to make sure they didn’t freeze, called this group a hard one to serve, in part because they’ve chosen to live off the grid and in the woods.

“There’s just a hard core group who wants to be separated from society,” she said.

Vashon has no shelters for homeless people, while those in Seattle are considered dangerous places that Vashon’s homeless would likely rather avoid, Amiad said.

“They don’t want to go there,” she said. “They’d rather sleep in the cold in a tent than be in a shelter where they fear they’ll be harmed.”

She said she suspects “they’ll shuffle around until they find someplace else. It’s a small population.”

Meanwhile, Montana said she’s pleased that her property will likely soon become part of Island Center Forest, saying she sees the county’s acquisition as a way to “honor that land.”

“I think that preserving it as parkland and open space is the most honorable thing to do,” she said.

Dean, with the land trust, said the parcel is ecologically significant. The property needs a lot of restoration work, not only because of the homeless encampment but because parts of it have been taken over by invasive plants such as Scotch broom.

At the same time, he said, the property boasts native for-ests, wetlands and the headwaters to Judd Creek, Vashon’s largest watershed. Its adjacency to Island Center Forest gives it additional significance.

“In our work, size matters,” he said. “And when we have a big area like Island Center Forest that we can make that much bigger, it’s additive; it’s worth more than the sum of its parts.”

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The Rev Canon Carla Valentine PryneSundays – 7:45 am & 10:15 am

Church School & Religious Exploration9:00am

Child CareMid-week Eucharist, Wednesday–12:30pm

15420 Vashon Hwy SW 567-4488www.holyspiritvashon.org

Vashon Lutheran Church18623 Vashon Hwy. SW (1/2 mile south of Vashon)

Children’s Hour 10:30 am (Sept.- June)childcare available

Holy Communion Worship 10:30 amPastors: Rev. Bjoern E. Meinhardt

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Vashon United Methodist Church17928 Vashon Hwy SW

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Pastor: Rev. Dr. Kathryn MorseSunday Service & Sunday School

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Calvary Full Gospel Church at Lisabeula

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Pastor Stephen R. Sears463-2567

Vashon Presbyterian Church

Worship 10am17708 Vashon Hwy (center of town)

Pastor Dan HoustonChurch Offi ce Hours

Monday– Thursday 10 am - 2 pm

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Centro Familiar CristianoPastor: Edwin Alvarado

Ubicados En Bethel Church14726 Bethel Lane SW

206-371-0213Hora De Services: Sabados 7:30pm

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Vashon resident Brian Dublin, con-victed in October of raping two teenage girls and attempting to rape a 12-year-old girl, was sentenced Friday after-noon to just under 45 years in prison.

Dublin, a construction worker and a 2000 graduate of Vashon High School, was arrested in May 2010 and charged with the January 2010 rape of a 16-year-old girl and the October 2003 rape of an 18-year-old girl. Charges were later amended to include the attempted rape of a 12-year-old girl in July 2006.

After a jury trial in September and October, he was convicted on all three sex offenses and three counts of first-degree burglary — crimes he committed over the course of a decade on Vashon, when he broke into homes in the middle of the night and assaulted the girls. He was acquitted of one account of

attempted indecent liberties.On Friday, nearly nine weeks after

his conviction, King County Superior Court Judge Laura Middaugh handed down a sentence of just under 45 years. The King County prosecutor’s office had sought a 50-year sentence. The

sentence is indeterminate, meaning that at the end of his prison term, he could be held indefinitely as a violent sexual predator.

According to a news story post-ed on SeattlePI.com, Dublin did not say anything during his sentencing. Middaugh, the PI reports, noted that he represents a dichotomy — a lov-ing father of two and a violent rapist. Dublin, she said, has “almost two per-sonalities.”

On Vashon, the father of the girl who was raped in 2010 said his fam-ily is relieved that Dublin will be in prison a long time. “We think that will keep him away from harming girls indefinitely,” he said.

His wife attended the sentencing but his daughter opted not to, he added. “She’s really putting this behind her.”

— Leslie Brown

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Richard C. Ferguson, a longtime Islander, died on Nov. 18, 2011, in Tacoma at the age of 64.

Friends are invited to a memorial for Mr. Ferguson at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Tacoma. In lieu of flowers, a contribution may be made in Mr. Ferguson’s name to Emmanuel Lutheran Church.

Logan R. Longworth and Lilia Maria Acero Alvis were married Sept. 11, 2011, on Vashon. Steven and Kristien Marvich opened their beach home for the ceremony, and judge Tim Odell of Everett performed the ceremony.

The bride is originally from Bogota, Colombia, where she worked as an independent insurance contractor. She is currently attending school polishing her English skills and will soon be looking for work on the Island.

The groom is originally from Tacoma. He works in sales at L.S. Cedar, and the two live on Vashon.

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Brian Dublin at Friday’s sentencing.

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