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Chautauqua Elementary School principal Jody Metzger will retire at the end of the school year, six years after she began leading her pod of 542 “orcas” and their more than 30 teachers.

The search for a replacement has begun, and Vashon Island School District Superintendent Michael Soltman is in the process of creating a search committee comprised of himself, a district board member, parents, teachers and administrators. The committee will be tasked with finding another principal who can com-municate effectively, solve problems, is high-energy and creative and can become active in

the community.The position, with a yearly salary that ranges

from around $95,000 to more than $110,800, was opened and posted earlier this month. The district will accept applications from those with state administrative credentials and experience in elementary schools through Feb. 29. Screening and interview processes with the search committee will be conducted in March, and the new principal should be selected by the end of March.

Metzger’s last day will be the last day of the school year at the end of June.

Soltman and Metzger have a working rela-tionship that spans back to the early 2000s when he was superintendent in Friday Harbor and she taught at Friday Harbor Elementary. Soltman hired her as principal of that elemen-tary school before she left to become principal

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Metzger was at the helm through curriculum, testing changes in recent years

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Jody Metzger is retiring as Chautauqua principal at the end of this school year.SEE CHAUTAUQUA, 20

At 40, Granny’s Attic sees business boom in townBy SUSAN RIEMERStaff Writer

When Granny’s Attic closed its doors last week for its annual break, it marked 40 years support-ing health care needs on the island and one year at its new location, where it had its busiest year ever.

The thrift shop saw more than $800,000 in sales last year, up $50,000 from the year before, and — per its mission — gave away some $271,000 to island non-profits that provide health-related services, according to Tim Johnson, the store’s manager. The business also settled into its new space in the IGA shopping com-plex, after having spent 38 years at Sunrise Ridge. Board President Janet Kime noted that the move was difficult for some because of the shop’s long history at Sunrise Ridge, but it was necessary for the business to thrive.

“It was a real wrench to leave there for many of us, but we could not continue to grow there,” she said. “We were just out of space,

and there was no way to expand.”

Indeed, in the shop’s new location, with its increased footprint, higher visibility and improved access, busi-ness has expanded consid-erably. The store had its most profitable February

ever when it re-opened in town on Feb. 7, Johnson said. It also experienced its largest month in its his-tory: In December, sales hit $91,000, up from $72,000 the December before. Last November’s “Green Friday,” the day after Thanksgiving,

was the store’s largest day ever, bringing in $14,500 in just three hours. Overall, sales were up by 11 per-cent each day the store was open, Johnson added.

“On any given day, we have more out to sell and are better organized. We

have wide aisles people can get down, and we are hand-icapped accessible now,” he said.

In a testament to just how popular the store is, scores of shoppers routinely line up outside, waiting for the doors to open. In the sum-mer, Kime said the line can be 100 people long. More than 60 people lined up outside last Tuesday, when the store hosted its annu-al “make-an-offer” day. Inside, shoppers scooped up items, and the checkout clerks greeted the patrons with an unusual question to hear at a cash register: “How much would you like to pay today?”

Johnson noted that enthusiasm for the store does not belong simply to bargain hunters, but is shared by all involved.

“We know that people love Granny’s by the lines in front of the store,” he said last week. “I am not sure the community understands how much the Granny’s volunteers and staff love

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Sisters and frequent Granny’s Attic shoppers Faith, left, and Emma Sohl check out a coffee maker at Granny’s make-an-offer day last week.

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County homeless population up from 2015Annual count reveals 38 homeless on Vashon By SARAH LOWStaff Writer

More than 1,100 vol-unteers spent three hours combing the streets throughout King County last Friday in the annual effort to count the increas-ing number of men, women and children who are home-less and sleeping outside.

Included among the vol-unteers were eight dedicat-ed islanders who counted 38 people on Vashon with-out shelter between 2 and 5 a.m. on Jan. 29. In total, the Seattle-King County Coalition on Homelessness (SKCCH), which organizes the count, found 4,505 peo-ple sleeping in cars, tents, blankets under bridges or in doorways, riding late night buses or just walking.

“This is surely what an emergency looks like,” said Alison Eisinger, executive director of the coalition, in a press release of this year’s tally.

With this year’s total reflecting an increase of 19 percent over last year, King County has seen a stag-gering 40 percent increase in its homeless popula-tion in the last two years alone. And the numbers are understood to be low, as it would be logistically impossible to count every-one, and this year six count areas were excluded on the recommendation of the Seattle Police Department due to last week’s shoot-

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“We just have to final-ize our agreement with the mountain bikers, dot the Is and cross the Ts,” King County Parks’ David Kimmett said of the grant-

funded project. “Hopefully by spring, that is our hope (to have trails being built). Everything is in place. It’s just details now.”

The open house at McMurray Middle School served as a final chance for the public to review and make suggestions about the project, recommend names for the new bike trails and see trail markers and instruc-tional signs that will be post-ed throughout the area. The signs on display Thursday focused on trail courtesy and yielding to horses. The

island equestrian community voiced concerns at previous meetings about right-of-way issues and running into bike riders on the trails.

Between 20 to 30 people arrived over the course of two hours. Some asked ques-tions of Kimmett and Jenny Devlin, others merely walked through and departed.

This was the county’s third outreach to the Vashon com-munity about the trails that are being funded through a Community Service Area grant. The three-phase proj-ect will begin with Phase 1: Two loops of mountain bike trails, each just over one mile around, will be constructed on 40 acres of forest on the south side of SW 260th Street.

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One month after King County Regional Animal Services opened an investi-gation into the conditions at one of Sea Breeze Farm’s pig holding areas, the case has been closed with no con-cerns, authorities said.

However, community members and a former farm employee think differently. They say that the farm’s ani-mals are constantly loose and in conditions that are not suitable or healthy.

Animal Control Sgt. Tim Anderson said last week that the case, opened on Dec. 30 after sick and dead pigs

were reportedly seen at a pig holding site near 119th Avenue and 156th Street, is closed and there is no con-cern of cruelty or neglect.

“At this point, based on information of the veteri-narians who were out there, the officers’ observations, the contact we had with (Sea Breeze Farm owner) George (Page) and his intent to do some farm management programs, we’re going to close the case,” Anderson said last week.

He said Page was told to get in touch with the county’s Farm Management Team to learn about best farm practices. Anderson said that the program can help teach Page how to best care for his animals and the environment.

“There’s always some-thing new to learn,” Anderson said. “We try to

educate (animal owners) and get them in compli-ance.”

According to Anderson, Page was also told to build a shelter for the pigs and have veterinarians look at his animals. Anderson said a “lean-to-type” shelter was built and veterinarians found nothing out of the ordinary.

“There’s no criminal investigation, just education on good farm management practices,” Anderson said.

Animal Control Sgt. Shelby Russell also said that the law only requires the minimum when it comes to shelter and that pain and suffering need to be proven to file any sort of criminal charges. Neither could be proven at the farm.

“The bottom line is we have to prove pain and suf-fering,” Russell said. “If the animals just aren’t happy, the law says nothing about that. If they’re in good con-dition, there’s nothing we can do.”

At the onset of the recent investigation, Page said that his pigs do get out on occa-sion and wander into the woods. He said that some do get lost, and some are sick, and he does his best to care for them. He also said that remains from pigs that likely

wandered off were found in the nearby, forested area.

“There was only one pig that was sick. The rest are sassy and fat and fine,” Page said. “It’s quite a large area, and some remains were found. It looked like it had been awhile, and we hadn’t disposed of it properly. We were made aware of it, and we fixed the issue.”

However, after news of the investigation, a former Sea Breeze farm employee who asked to remain anonymous as he is still in contact with Page, told The Beachcomber that he quit his job after seeing the conditions at the farm. The employee worked at Sea Breeze for less than two months.

“I feel obligated not just for the animals, but for the small farms movement to set this right,” the former employee said. “When I got there, they had 40 pigs on a half-acre in mud. The animals were obviously sick when I got there. I treated them all with de-wormer and penicillin. Most had obvious pneumonia.”

The recently departed employee said that multi-ple pigs were found dead throughout the property and he tried to get shelters built, but it “wasn’t a priority for” Page.

“I felt helpless. He just always said it was a virus that was going around that they had from the piglet farmer and that there was nothing we could do,” the former employee said. “My answer was to keep them warm and dry. I had a three-hour chat with him when I left about why the farm wasn’t worth it. Animal welfare is my number one concern.”

A public records request to King County’s animal ser-vice department for reports about the farm yielded six other reports dating back to 2007. Two of the six reports were cruelty investigations that yielded no results. The others were reports of loose cows and animals trespass-ing on neighboring proper-ties.

Notes from callers record-ed in one of the early reports illustrate a picture similar to the most recent inves-tigation. According to the report, a person called in January 2007 to report they had seen three pigs left alone in the cold with no shelter. A sergeant eventually issued Page a warning to have shel-ter, food and water for the pigs. The case was closed.

A few months later, another person reported seeing a goat alone and with-

out care. According to the report, Page was “aware of the incident” and discussed the issues at hand with an animal control official. The case was closed with no vio-lations and no action taken.

The remaining four reports date from 2008 to 2013 and involve cows, geese and goats wandering loose on neighboring properties. Reports state that multiple warnings were given to Page before the cases were closed.

At the beginning of the most recent investiga-tion, Page said that he was unaware of any previous issues involving animal control officials. He could not be reached for comment this week.

Page has been farming at Sea Breeze for about 15 years. He sells his pasture-raised meat and dairy prod-ucts at farmers markets throughout the state and region and at a restaurant next door to IGA called La Boucherie.

“It’s really unfortunate it got to that level (involving animal control),” Page said. “We put up signs saying to contact us if you see any animals you’re concerned about. It takes a lot longer going through those (coun-ty) channels.”


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Vashon Park District commissioners voted last week to approve a 5 percent increase in fees for the use of several island park and school district facilities.

The measure will increase fees for a vari-ety of groups, including sports teams that use Vashon’s athletic fields and gyms, eques-trians who rent space at Paradise Ridge Park and swimmers at the Vashon Pool. Individuals and groups who rent indoor space at Ober Park and the public schools will also see increases.

The plan went into effect Monday, but teams whose seasons have already begun or have registration underway will be exempt from the increases until next year. The vote was unanimous, though commissioner Lu-Ann Branch was not present.

Scott Harvey, the commissioner who proposed the measure and who has pro-posed raising user fees repeatedly in the past year, said he was pleased with the meeting’s results.

“It is great to be in a situation when the entire board is on the same wavelength,” he said.

With the increase, club sports teams will pay $15.75 per player per season, up from $15; school classrooms for nonprofit use will increase from $5 per hour to $5.25, and because of a provision to round up to the nearest 25 cents, general admission at the pool will increase from $6 to $6.50. Other facility users will see similar increas-es. The board chose not to act on a request Executive Director Elaine Ott brought from pool manager Scott Bonney to exempt a dis-count program for seniors on fixed incomes from the increases. Those fees will go up from $3 to $3.25.

A measure to charge athletic teams for the cost of materials to line fields was tabled until next year, and Harvey’s initial user fee motion was amended to remove a por-tion that would have established automatic future increases. Harvey recommended both of those actions after hearing from fel-low board and community members about their concerns.

Vashon Island Soccer Club Vice President Nick Keenan attended the meeting and told the board that combined, the tab for the

cost of materials and fee increases would increase the park district-related costs for the club this year by 20 percent. He asked the board to consider instituting just one change this year and another change next year. This would allow the club more time to make the necessary financial adjustments. He noted that the club operates on a net zero budget and serves hundreds of families, many with very young children.

Commissioner Bob McMahon expressed his support for the idea of raising fees, but also expressed reservations about Harvey’s plan except on an interim basis.

He noted that fees to use the fields on Vashon are lower than comparable fees in the area, except for the pool, which has higher fees than many off-island pools.

“The whole system needs to be rational-ized and thought through … to make sure we really know what we are doing before we vote this in,” he said.

Both Doug Ostrom and Harvey agreed about the need for an evaluation of fees, but said they felt raising the fees was important in filling a budget hole. Last year, as part of the budget process, Ott had suggested raising pool fees to bring in an additional $7,000 for maintenance. At the time Ostrom suggested all users share that expense and requested an across-the-board 4 percent increase in user fees. The outgoing board voted that measure down, leaving it to this board to raise fees. Harvey indicated his intent with this motion was to address that situation and get rid of the shortfall.

Islander Barb McMahon, Bob McMahon’s wife, was present at the meeting and said she felt that sufficient due diligence had not been done before the proposal was brought forward and that overall, it had not been well thought through. She cited a lack of study about comparable fees for field use and pool fees — known to be relatively high — now being made higher.

“As the park district works to build its credibility, this feels like more of the old effort,” she said.

Later, chair Karen Gardner addressed that concern, noting that the board is in a period of transition, and some matters can-not be resolved over night.

“Things will be rationalized. Things will be fixed,” she said.

Park district commissioners approve increases to user fees for parks, schools

I first witnessed young mountain bikers working on trails in Dockton forest

several years ago. I was sur-prised and pleased to see kids not only actively involved out-doors in something other than organized sports, but putting in long hours of hard labor to improve the trail experience for bikers.

In initial meetings with these young bikers, I found they were enthusiastic about developing a well-thought-out, safe trail system for bikers that would be done in a “Vashon way” — not too loud, or as they put it —done with LIP (the least impact possible). They didn’t want to change the forest, just “enhance the mountain biking experi-ence” in Dockton Forest. And that is how the project objective to create a system of mountain bike trails was started — not an effort to build a mountain bike park, but to simply enhance the mountain biking experience there.

The group reached out to other island groups, particu-larly the equestrian community, which shared many of the exist-ing multi-use trails. The group of mountain bikers was told by leaders of the equestrian groups that the most important thing to them was that the existing

multi-use trails be left as they are. That became one of the principles of the bike trail proposal. In the final mountain bike trails

design, the dedicated bike trails only join with the main multi-use trail once.

Other trail users have more options. There are numerous trails on the island that are limited to hikers only and other private and public trails that are intended for horses only (including Paradise Ridge Park‚ a Vashon Park District park). It seems reasonable that there be some trails dedicated to bike use. Dedicated bike trails might even reduce the bike traffic on multi-use trails, reducing the potential for accidents and trail use conf licts.

The bike group also developed a trail plan that called for simple cross-country trials to be built first — a first phase to the proj-ect. These trails would be built for beginner and intermediate skilled riders. The outreach por-tion of this first phase has con-

cluded, and construction is set to begin soon.

With hundreds of young peo-ple being trained in mountain bike skills at McMurray Middle School and the Harbor School, there is a real need for more beginner and intermediate trails to accommodate these new rid-ers. At the same time, there are many older riders who would also enjoy these easier trails. These simple cross-country trails would have less impact on the forest and would not create a large draw from off-island rid-ers. The quiet nature of Dockton Forest would not get over-whelmed as a regional biking destination, as would be more likely if the trails were downhill thrill or gravity line trails.

Once this first phase is com-pleted and tested, we can see how it all works and make a decision whether a second or third phase seems appropriate.

I hope King County and the Vashon-Maury Island commu-nity will give these young bikers a chance.

They are a credit to their sport and our community, and they deserve a place to recreate on the island.

— David Warren is managing director of Vashon Forest Stewards,

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He is also a longtime mountain biker.

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EDITORIAL

More than 4,500 King County residents are homeless, up 19 percent from last year, according to last week’s One Night Count, an annual effort to account for the county’s homeless population.

On Vashon, volunteers counted 38 homeless individuals on the streets or curled up in cars or sheds. One of those volunteers was Vashon Youth & Family Services Executive Director Kathleen Johnson, who said the situation is intol-erable and that “we should be ashamed of ourselves that we have homeless.”

It is easy to see the homeless problem and its far-reaching consequences. What is harder to see is a solution to the problem. The One Night Count itself was created with the intention of bringing funding to the issue. Eden Bossom, an islander and King County Housing Authority employee, said that the count is mandated for receiving federal funds. But what should King County do with federal funds or any money that it receives?

The Seattle Times editorial board had an idea that was published Monday: Create legislation to make it easier to open host homes for homeless youth and fund more of said homes. According to the article, Washington funds just 23 beds in youth homeless shelters, leaving most youths couch surfing from friend to friend until they end up on the street. The process of becoming a host home is long and complicated, and the Times’ editorial board is calling for Olympia lawmakers to address exempting host homes from foster care licensing.

But if that idea would help some homeless youth, what about homeless adults? Especially veterans and the men-tally ill, who make up a large majority of the population on the streets. What do we do for them?

There is an effort by many sheriff’s departments, includ-ing one in Southern California, to send deputies out to homeless camps not with the intention of destroying them, but with the intent of finding and connecting the homeless with resources. It’s one of many departments practicing “proactive enforcement.” But many other homeless with criminal backgrounds or those who choose to live on the fringes of society, they do not want help.

There is a population of homeless people who are con-tent with their lives and unwilling to accept help because it would mean becoming a part of society, paying taxes, working, doing what people in a society don’t like doing. And who are we to tell them they have to conform?

This population should also be a focus of potential solu-tions. When a society exists where people choose to leave it or get lost trying to navigate it for help, it points to a much larger problem that goes to the roots of our government’s welfare, veteran and support programs.

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Proposition 1Don’t let old opinions of VISD cloud judgement

A view persists in the Vashon community that prior to the last bond vote, our school board con-spired to hoodwink us by falsely promising to save Vashon High School’s Building A, only to condemn it and build an entirely new school. A vote against the current bond proposition has been promoted as an act of

punishment for the board’s past political sins.

This scenario of connivance and deceit is simply not true. I was there, as a member of the citizen advisory committee, for the initial pitch by the capital facilities manager, for interviews with architect candidates, for discussions about design and for the announcement of a gen-eral contractor. The unfolding sequence of events leaves no room for conspiratorial spin.

At the outset, many favored a

new school building. Neverthe-less, to reduce costs and honor individuals who wanted to pre-serve Building A, the district’s executive committee proposed to keep and re-purpose Building A and move classrooms into a new wing. An architect was chosen with that hybrid solu-tion in mind. Ensuing discus-sion focused on extracting as much functionality and aesthetic appeal from a design likened to

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A Thank-you from the Senior CenterWhat a generous community we have on Vashon! When we were faced with drastic cuts to our funding for the coming year, it was the generosity of the community that gave us the funds and support that we needed to continue the programs we offer to the seniors on the island. Without that support we were faced with options that would have meant huge changes in our ability to meet the needs of island seniors. Now we look to 2016 as a year filled with hope and possibilities. We had already obtained a federal grant to remodel the interior of our building to make it better meet the needs of our members and pro-vide a more inviting atmosphere. Because that money was to be used only for that specific purpose, and not for operations, it looked for awhile as if we’d have an up-dated facility without the funds to operate it as we wanted. A sincere thanks to all of you who opened your hearts and wallets and provided us with the ability to make our dreams of continuing the work of the senior center come true.Ava Apple, VSC Executive Director

Ellen Trout, 2015 Board President

Annual Dance-a-thon a great success!The Vashon Dance Academy and its board, Dance!Vashon, would like to thank everyone who participated in our annual Dance-a-thon. We had a record breaking turnout at the Dance-a-thon—53 dancers raised more than $3500 for our financial aid program! It was a fun filled night of dancing and the enthusiasm of the dancers and student leaders was incredible. Special thanks go to our generous local busi-nesses that contributed more than $200 in prizes for our raffles: Vashon Pharmacy, Vashon Island Coffee Roastarie, Charles N. Pete Designs, Herban Bloom, Glass Bottle Creamery, Saucy Sisters Pizza and Zombiez Burgers. Thanks again to our dancers, their parents and sponsors for making this event a great success!Sincerely,

Mariette Spence

the ill-conceived union of an aircraft carrier and the Starship Enterprise.

It was after this expenditure of time and money that a general contractor came onboard. The contractor told the executive committee at the 11th hour that a brand new building would cost about the same as the less-functional ugly-duckling hybrid. After an intense debate, which included input from the re-activated citizen advisory committee, the executive committee chose to forsake Building A and build the new school we have today.

No conspiracy there, only reaction and response to changing circumstances. That’s what happened. So, as you prepare to vote on Proposition 1, please make your deci-sion based solely on the merits of the current proposal.

— Tom DeVries

Gun salesEmotional extremism associated with guns causes problems

When people attribute outcomes to objects, I call it outcome attribution. A gun, for example, does noth-ing until a human interacts with it, legal immigration papers do not dictate a person’s work ethic and owner-ship of a Koran does not indicate a proclivity toward violent behavior.

The recent rhetoric on Vashon Island that cast asper-sions upon fellow islanders based upon their owner-ship of guns and ammunition is behavior that falls in the same vein as these other forms of discrimination; it’s an attack on a person’s character based upon intol-erance for diversity.

Emotions offer powerful information about our-selves. As such, emotions can help guide our decisions, but they do not concretely determine what is right or wrong, safe or dangerous. This is proven every day by people with phobias. Essentially, your fear of (blank) does not prove that (blank) is dangerous.

The man who said he “tasted vomit” when he saw a sign advertising Guns & Ammo (“Gun sales on Vashon a scary, bad idea for all,” Jan. 13) is experiencing a reaction that informs him about himself. It does not

prove that this business is inherently immoral, that the advertising is inappropriate or anything else other than, “Gee, for me, that sign is very unpleasant to look at.”

A multi-cultural democracy requires tolerance and diplomacy, meaning we all have a responsibility to practice cognitive diligence, self-awareness and self-restraint. Radicalized ideology and extremism are catching, so watch yourself carefully. During this con-tentious election year (where some stakeholders will stop at nothing to win), it will take our very best effort to maintain a civil society.

This raises the question: Who will hold the line?

— March Twisdale

Now is the time to get real about guns, gun sales on Vashon

Boy, am I glad we now have easy access to guns here on Vashon. A landlord I know went to talk with a prob-lem tenant and wound up staring down the barrel of the tenant’s gun. Fortunately, the tenant did not pull the trigger. If only my friend had had a gun drawn and ready.

Let’s get real, people. Vashon is a terrifying, danger-ous place. We need to be fully armed and ready at all times. A “kill or be killed” mentality should replace those naïve “Keep Vashon Weird” bumper stickers.

I’m hoping we can adopt the same open carry laws here that Texans now enjoy. You just never know when a terrorist might be roaming the aisles of Thriftway or one of the many other dangerous neighborhoods here. The outdoor summer concerts feel especially dangerous and scary. It would be great if we could pack our Glocks right in the picnic basket alongside the hot dogs and potato salad.

More than a quarter million gun deaths in this coun-try in the past 10 years is ample evidence that guns make us safer. I wish all those naysayers would pack up their yoga mats, move to a hippie commune and leave us alone so we can protect our community.

— Shannon Mahan

Apparently sandwich board signs and guns just do not mix

I say get rid of all sandwich board signs unless they’re worn by a person in a fuzzy animal suit.

However, I have yet to hear that the “Eden like Vashon” (“Gun sales on Vashon a scary, bad idea for all,” Jan. 13) has been designated a gun-free zone, exempting it from the Second Amendment. So, let’s all read from our pocket Constitutions:

“A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the secu-rity of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”

Nothing about target shooting, or hunting, or even personal protection is mentioned. The right of the people to “keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Huh?

The founding fathers purposely made this the second most important amendment so the citizens could fight a tyrannical government. You know, like the one they had just fought.

I live in the safest place in King County: Vashon. I own guns. I enjoy target shooting. I don’t hunt, but use some guns for personal protection.

I talked to Brad Shride about his community gun shop and his sandwich board sign that was stolen. Brad seems like a good guy, so I’m buying another firearm from him because:

1. It’s my Constitutional right.2. I want to help Brad’s Vashon business.3. I want people who fear that “guns and those who

sell them are profoundly scary and dangerous” and believe that “no one should make a living from spread-ing instruments of death and destruction” (“Gun sales on Vashon a scary, bad idea for all,”) to enjoy the free-dom to exercise their First Amendment right and live with their irrational fear of me and hundreds of thou-sands just like me. I also want them to enjoy their First Amendment right to offend us in The Beachcomber (you know…that pesky freedom of press thing).

While self-righteousness and hypocrisy are also rights, stealing and/or vandalizing someone else’s prop-erty isn’t.

— Brian Dougher

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A little girl in first grade at Chautauqua wasn’t learning to read and write. Her teacher suggested she be evaluated for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). She was diagnosed with ADHD. By then, the girl was in summer school.

She started taking ADHD medication on a weekend. Her parents didn’t tell the summer school about her diagnosis or the start of medication. Monday evening the parents got a voice mail from their daugh-ter’s teacher.

“I don’t know what happened,” the teacher said, “but today your daughter started reading and writing.”

Some people say ADHD is overdiag-nosed due to our culture’s discomfort with kids who have high energy. This perception causes more pain to children and their families. Parents may wait years to have a child evaluated, think-ing the behavior is a phase that will pass. Teachers sometimes think a child is delib-erately misbehaving.

Those of us with adopted children often wonder why it seems many adoptees have ADHD or other neurologic disorders. Chemical exposure is now known to be a major factor.

Freddie Gray, who died in a Baltimore police van last April, had brain damage from lead poisoning. He was poisoned by lead-based paint in his childhood home. France banned lead-based paint in 1909. It wasn’t banned here until 1978. Houses built before World War II are very likely

to have lead paint, and those built before 1978 may have it.

In 1971, a child was considered “poi-soned” if the level of lead in his or her blood was above 40 micrograms per deciliter. Recently,

the “level of concern” dropped to 5 micro-grams per deciliter. Dr. Bruce Lanphear at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia has shown that even lower lead levels are associated with reduced IQ, ADHD and other neurologic disorders. A few days ago researchers at the University of Oregon announced that a particular gene mutation results in children develop-ing ADHD when they have a low level of lead in their blood.

Paint companies claimed their products were safe, just like tobacco companies. In our country, decades pass before there is enough evidence and political will for regulators to act. In this country, 85,000 chemicals are registered for use, and only 200 of them must be tested for safety. Other countries employ the “precaution-ary principle. Chemicals that are suspect are restricted until proven safe.

We can apply the precautionary prin-ciple to choosing a type of artificial turf for our high school. “Crumb rubber” from used tires has been used ever since tire companies realized they could turn garbage into a profitable product. A women’s soccer coach at the University of Washington raised the alarm after discov-ering that nearly 100 young soccer goal-ies have developed leukemia and other cancers. Studies on crumb rubber have been inconclusive due to small sample size and narrow focus, but lead has been identified at very high levels in some situations. Lanphear has called for a moratorium on installation of crumb rubber fields, and bills are currently before our state legis-lature to require test-ing of crumb rubber and tracking of health issues.

Rather than assume crumb rubber is safe until proven harmful, our school board used cost estimates for a material made from recycled sneakers that does not contain high levels of lead. Another option would be to use a material made from coconut husks and cork.

When we bought land on Vashon 25

years ago, we collected soil samples and had them analyzed for lead and arsenic due to the ASARCO smelter. The results sounded bad to me, but staff at the King County Public Health Department assured us it would not be a problem if we washed our hands and any vegetables we grew and took our shoes off in the house. Now I wonder — did our children ingest enough lead to hurt them?

If you are preg-nant, it is recom-mended that you be tested for lead. If you have a young child and are concerned about their development or behavior, I sug-gest, as one par-ent to another, that you get your child tested for lead. Under the Affordable Care Act, your insur-

ance company, including Medicare, typi-cally pays for it.

As for that little girl, she continued struggling in school even with medica-tion. We must educate parents and our community that ADHD is real.

— Laura Wishik is a mother, attorney and head of ShapeUp Vashon.


EDUCATIONBy LAURA WISHIK

Lead shown to cause ADHD, diagnosis should not be taken lightly

We collected soil samples and had them analyzed ... due to the ASARCO smelter. The results sounded bad to me, but staff at the King County Public Health Department assured us it would not be a problem if we washed our hands and any vegetables we grew and took our shoes off in the house. Now I wonder

— did our children ingest enough lead to hurt them?

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WEDNESDAY • 3

Low Vision Resource and Sup-port Group: Michele Kimble, a licensed mental health coordina-tor, will lead the group’s discussion of ways to cope with the changes and challenges that accompany vision loss. 1 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road.

THURSDAY • 4

BCC Lecture Series: Burton Com-munity Church offers a weekly lecture series on classic novels — interested attendees do not have to have read the books ahead of time. The lectures are free and designed to stand alone. This week’s lectures will examine Franz Kafka’s “The Trial” and Marcel Proust’s “Remembrance of Things Past” (also known as “In Search of Lost Time”). For more information, call Herb Reinelt at 408-7360. 4 to 6 p.m. in Lewis Hall behind Burton Community Church.

Vashon Legal Clinic: This clinic offers free legal advice the first Thursday of each month. People who wish to schedule an ap-pointment to meet with a lawyer should call the King County Bar Association at 267-7070. The clinic is always looking for lawyer and non-lawyer volunteers; if inter-ested, email [email protected]. 6 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center.

FRIDAY • 5

Kyoto Solo: Barabara Wells and Karen Dale each traveled alone to Japan last fall and will share their slides and stories. The event is free. 1 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road.

Parkinson’s Disease Support Group: The group will meet at the Heritage Museum to view the Marshall Sohl exhibit — the Sohl family has been a substantial sup-porter of the PD support group. 1 p.m. at the Vashon-Maury Island Heritage Museum on Bank Road.

Nar-Anon: This is a weekly sup-port group meeting for family and friends who are concerned about the addiction or drug problem of another. For more information, call Joe T. at 253-223-7615. 7 to 8 p.m.

in the belfry of the Presbyterian church.

SATURDAY • 6

Land Trust Tree and Plant Sale: The Land Trust will hold its annual native bare root tree and plant sale. Conifers, deciduous trees and shrubs, selected for their qualities as landscape plants and ability to attract wildlife, will be available (12 different native species in all). Tree tubes and stakes will also be available for sale. All species cost $10 per bundle of five. Only checks and credit cards can be accepted as payment. Pre-orders should be picked up during the sale. For more information, call Julie Grunwald at 463-2644. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Land Trust Building.

Tarot Readings: Psychic medium Bill Champlin will be available for Tarot card readings. For more information, see tarotbybill.com. Noon to 5:30 p.m. at Vashon Intui-tive Arts.

MONDAY • 8Vashon-Maury Island Garden Club: Guest Jo Robinson will dis-cuss the best fruits and vegetables on Vashon. All are welcome to attend. 10 a.m. at the Lutheran church.

TUESDAY • 9

Comedy Tuesday: This month, Sci-Fi Tuesday becomes Comedy Tuesday at the theater, with a showing of 1980’s “Airplane!” The film is a spoof on the vast number of disaster movies that hit the big screen throughout the ‘70s and stars Leslie Nielsen, Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges and Peter Graves. The film is being shown in support of Virginia Mason’s Bailey-Boushay House and its mission to provide both in- and out-patient care to those living with HIV and AIDS. Cost is by donation — $10 is suggested. 6 p.m. at the Vashon Theatre.

UPCOMING

Ash Wednesday: Everyone is invited to this Ash Wednesday service. 7 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10,

at the Presbyterian church.

Methanol Plant Public Hearing: This hearing is the second of three opportunities to submit comments on the scope of the plant’s environmental review. This meeting will also allow the public to review the city’s first draft of that scope, which is set for release on Feb. 5. Representatives from Northwest Innovation Works, the company proposing the $3.4 billion methanol plant at the Port of Tacoma; the city of Tacoma and the port will have representa-tives in attendance to distribute information and answer questions about the proposed project prior to the hearing. 5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10, on the fifth floor of the Tacoma Convention Center, 1500 Broadway.

Drama Dock Auditions: Drama Dock will hold auditions for its production of Steven Dietz’s “Becky’s New Car,” to be directed by Michael Barker. The show will run from April 22 through 24 and April 29 through May 1 in the round at the Open Space for Arts & Community. There are parts for four men, ages 20 to 70, and three women, ages 20 to 60. A script is available to read at the library (cannot be checked out); no prepared monologue is necessary. 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10, in the Ober Park performance room. Auditions will also be held from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 13.

Vashon Computer Club: The club will meet and discuss the future of the digital world. Visitors are always welcome to attend. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10, at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road.

Smoke Signals (Nicotine Anony-mous): This is a monthly support group for those who desire to stop smoking. For more information, call Joe T. at 253-223-7615. 5 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, in the bel-fry of the Presbyterian church.

CLASSES & WORKSHOPS

Free Home Buyers’ Workshop: Guest Deborah Teagardin, a buyer/seller representative with Wind-ermere Vashon and over 35 years of real estate experience, will help potential buyers move forward

with increased knowledge and confidence. Attendees will also learn the necessary steps to secure financing. 1 p.m. at the OCCU on Bank Road.

Watercolor Painting: The class will be led by Will Forrester, and attendees will learn about preliminary sketches, structuring and blocking, integrating drawing and painting, seeing tonal value, painting hard and soft edges and color theory. The group will experiment with textures, mask-ing with frisket, mixed-media and “pours” or “walk-ins.” The cost is $220 ($200 for VAA members). For more information and to register, see vashonalliedarts.org. 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursdays, Feb. 4 through March 17 (no class Feb. 18), at the Grange, 10365 Cowan Rd.

Happy Hour on Tap: Donate to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and enjoy an adult tap-dance session appropriate for all levels of proficiency. Drop-ins are OK and tap shoes are not required. For more information or to regis-ter, go to corecentrictraining.com and then click “training schedule.” 4 to 5 p.m. Fridays through March

at Core Centric’s D1 studio.

Story Play: In this class for kids ages 4 to 6, participants will read different stories each week and bring them to life by acting them out. Instructor Sue Wiley has written, directed and produced plays for kids for over 20 years. The cost is $75 ($65 for VAA members) plus $10 for materi-als. For more information and to register, see vashonalliedarts.org. 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturdays, Feb.

6 through March 5, at the Blue Heron.

Aruba Tileworks and Pottery Open Studio: The studio will be open to adults for pottery and tile-making and sculpture instruction at a cost of $20 per session. Beginners are welcome. For more information and to register, call Estavan at 571-8869. Individual lessons are also avail-able. 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9, at 11930 Cemetery Rd.

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The Puget Sound Zen Center will host David Levy (pictured), a professor at the University of Washington’s Information School (ISchool), who will give a free talk titled “Mindful Tech: Staying Attentive in an Age of Distraction,” at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Havurat Ee Shalom on Westside Highway. “Mindfulness” is a Buddhist concept, and Levy is focused on how people can find contemplative balance in a time of technological stress.

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The Revenant: Ends Feb. 7.

Joy: Plays Feb. 8 through 11.

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PUBLIC MEETINGSWater District 19: 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9, in the District 19 boardroom.

Vashon Island Fire & Rescue: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9, at Station 55.

Vashon Park District: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9, at Ober Park.

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IT’S YOUR HISTORY

Mrs. Etta McNair, who moved to the Island in 1884, was one of Burton’s early

pioneers. She and her husband, Thomas, were married in Lincoln, Nebraska,

in 1873. They came west on the train to San Francisco, the only railroad terminal

connected to the east back then. They took a side-wheeler to Astoria, Oregon, and

then a steamer to The Dalles. Then they traveled to Walla Walla by narrow gauge

railroad. It took them four years to decide they wanted to move on, and they arrived

in Tacoma in 1882. Impressed? Read on from this document in the Heritage archive:

“Mr. McNair was fi rst attracted to Vashon Island by accompanying friends on

hunting trips to the Island. One of these was John Haskell who owned the present site

of Dockton; also Bob Carter, who had a hunting camp near Manzanita.

“After several trips to the Island the McNairs decided to locate here permanently.

They took a homestead near the present town of Burton, built a small house of

shakes, and moved over. There was little employment for a contractor and builder on

the Island at that time, as most other dozen homes on the island were made of either

logs or shakes. So the McNairs decided that he would continue his employment in

Tacoma and she hold down the homestead alone.” To be continued next week.

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On Jan. 16, nine islanders completed certification training through Honoring Choices to become advance care planning facilita-tors. They are now available to provide support to any island resident who needs a jump start in reflecting upon and discussing goals, values and beliefs for end-of-life health care with their loved ones and health care providers. The service is free. Contact Wendy Noble at 608-317-3310 or Carol Spangler at 567-5302 to begin the conversation.Back row, from left to right: Claire Denise, Jeri Jo Carstairs, Trish Macdonald and Berneta Walraven. Front row, from left to right: Kate Smith, Julea Gardener, Jacq Skeffington, Sheila Brown and Eric Horsting.

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ARTS&LEISUREVashon-Maury TALES OF LOVE: The Lit Lounge returns on Valentine’s Day, Sunday, Feb. 14, at 4 p.m., in a small,

intimate setting at the Open Space for Arts & Community. Gather your stories about love — the humor-ous, the poignant, the mundane, the sublime — and what love means to you. Doors open at 3:30 p.m., and stories begin at 4 p.m. Tickets are $10 at Vashon Bookshop, brownpapertickets.com or at the door.

WHAT’S HAPPENING

CIRCUS SPECTACULAR

UMO celebrates second annual circus fundraiserUMO will hold its second annual Cir-cus Spectacular beginning at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Open Space for Arts & Community.

The family-friendly evening will include acts by UMO’s advanced aerial students, old and new acts by UMO Ensemble, dance and theatrical skills by Seattle’s Acrobatic Conundrum, plus the quirky sound of musical duo Miles and Karina.

UMO teachers will be on hand to instruct audience members on the Tumbl Trak and balance beam. For the fast of feet, there will be a dessert dash, and a raffle prize will be given.

Proceeds will support the UMO School of Physical Arts, including the purchase of equipment for the new Parkour course, scholarships and additional classes. Some of the funds will benefit the artis-tic work of UMO Ensemble.

Tickets are available at circusspectacular.brownpapertickets.com and at the door.

BLUES ROCK BAND

Local band will play on Friday at the Red BikeOneNiteStand & The Sirens will bring its bluesy-rockin’ sound to the Red Bike at 8:30 p.m. Friday.

OneNiteStand & The Sirens is an all-island band that runs the musical gamut from growling out the blues, to flat-out rockin’ tunes.

Lead singer Terri Cole knocks out the vocals supported by band members Luke McQuillin on guitar and vocals, Gib Dam-mann on drums and vocals, Slab Findley on sax and vocals, Adrian Witherspoon on trombone, Ainslie MacLeod on bass and Mike Nichols on harp and vocals.

This is a no-cover show and open to all ages until 11 p.m., then only 21 and older .

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For February and March, Café Luna will feature Wendra-Lynne’s collec-tion of work inspired by, and painted with, coffee. The artist will be out of town for Friday’s opening but will host a painting-with-wine class from 5 to 7 p.m. at the café on the first Friday of March. Registration for the class begins Feb. 5 at Café Luna.

Painter Miya Sukane will display her work at the Hastings-Cone Gallery. Influenced by classical realism, Sukane plays with light and shad-ow, using an alchemy of traditional painting and drawing — line, form, value and color — to create reality through illusion.

Raven’s Nest will present the Shotridge Collection’s newest design, “Hummingbird & Fuchsia,” created by Tlingit master artist Israel Shotridge. Limited edition art prints in a variety of formats and sizes, from large to miniature framed archival giclées and art cards, will be available. Shotridge will sign the prints on Friday, and a door prize will be offered.

Islander Ralph Moore’s wooden cutting boards will be featured at S.A.W. The artist has lived on Vashon since 1979 and has made hundreds of cutting boards, each one a unique size and combination of woods. Moore uses wood collected from the island, including madrona, holly and vertical-grained Douglas fir, combined with sustainable hardwoods from Central and South America.

The Hardware Store restaurant will show still life photographs by island artist Valerie Willson. A longtime oil painter, Willson started photograph-ing flowers to record the ephemeral nature of the plants and then began experimenting with floral still life arrangements against a black backdrop. Though shot with a digital camera, the images are not digitally altered or enhanced.

Valise Gallery will exhibit a show called “Beach Dialogues,” featuring 16 artists working in a variety of mediums, including oil paint, ceramic sculp-ture, photography and metals. The show was curated by Eric Heffelfinger, a goldsmith and Valise member.

Vashon Allied Arts Gallery will feature two artists who use light, shape and color to express movement and emotions. The exhibit will showcase paintings by islander Allison Crain Trundle and stone sculptures by Jon Schmidt, an artist who lives in Everett.

Vashon Community Care will exhibit watercolors by 12 island artists. This will be the first showing for most of the artists, all of whom have taken watercolor classes from Geri Peterson at the Vashon Senior Center.

Vashon Intuitive Arts will show mixed-media work by Swan Eagle Fitzgerald.

Karlista Rickerson’s vibrant underwater photographs will continue to be shown at the Vashon Senior Center.

Voice of Vashon will open its Storefront Studio on Friday with a rib-bon cutting at 5:50 p.m. by Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jim Marsh. Following the ceremony, the studio will hold an open house and spe-cial First Friday live broadcast from 6 to 9 p.m. The studio is located between The Glass Bottle Creamery and Zombies on Vashon Highway.

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King County Sheriff ’s Office officials said the gunshots multiple island-ers reported hearing on Thursday afternoon were from an islander shooting targets on their own prop-erty.

King County Sheriff ’s spokeswoman Cindi West said that the department received reports of the shots around 3:35 p.m. in the area of SW 180th Street and 107th Avenue SW. Deputies responded, she said, and it was found that someone was target shooting on their property, “in an open shoot area.”

Youth Mental Health First Aid class on Feb. 15

All are invited to attend a Youth Mental Health First Aid course from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 15, at the Penny Farcy building on Bank Road.

The class is free and designed to teach everyone from parents and family members, to school staff and other caring citizens how to help an adolescent (ages 12 to 18) who is experiencing a mental health or addic-tions challenge or is in crisis. Among topics covered will be: risk factors and warn-ing signs of mental health problems; information on depression, anxiety, trauma, psychosis and addiction dis-orders; a five-step action plan to help someone developing a mental health problem or in crisis, and where to turn for help — professional, peer, and self-help resources.

Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) is primar-ily designed for adults who regularly interact with young people.

For more information, contact Lisa MacLeod, co-chair of the Vashon Alliance to Reduce Substance Abuse (VARSA) at 463-0378.

Vashon senior candidate for U.S. Presidential Scholars program

Vashon Island High School senior Alden Rogers is one of 4,000 candidates throughout the nation eli-

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Candidates were cho-sen from more than 3 mil-lion graduating seniors and needed to demonstrate superior academic and artis-tic achievement, leadership qualities, strong character and involvement in commu-nity and school activities.

A committee will select 800 semifinalists in April who will then be in the run-ning for one of up to 161 U.S. Presidential Scholar spots.

Scholars will be honored with a trip to Washington, D.C. to meet numerous gov-ernment officials and accept a medallion at a White House-sponsored ceremony.

Construction waste no longer accepted at transfer stations

As part of a county-wide change, Vashon’s transfer station is no longer accept-ing large loads of recyclable construction and demolition waste such as cardboard, gypsum scrap, wood, metal, asphalt paving and bricks.

Small loads of the men-tioned items in vehicles not equipped with dump-ing mechanisms will still be accepted at King County Solid Waste Division trans-fer stations. Large loads of the materials must be sepa-rated from garbage at the job site and recycled at an approved recycling facility. They are forbidden to be dis-posed of in a landfill.

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Applications available for Strawberry Festival musicians

Strawberry Festival 2016 will take place from Friday, July 15 to Sunday, July 17. Musicians and bands inter-ested in performing should submit a 2016 Performer Application online at vashonevents.com.

While an electronic appli-cation through Vashon Events is preferred, bands can still submit via snail mail by sending a hard copy to the Vashon Chamber of Commerce, Attn: Pete, P.O. Box 1035 Vashon, WA 98070.

The deadline for complet-ed 2016 applications is April 30. The sooner the applica-tion is turned in, the better the chance of securing a spot on one of the seven outdoor stages.

Vashon High School’s varsity boys’ basketball team won two more games this past week,

posting a 6-0 record in the Nisqually League and a 15-3 record overall for the 2015-2016 season thus far. Victims of the Pirates’ plunders were Seattle Christian on Tuesday night and Bellevue Christian on Friday. The Pirate boys now wait until Friday, Feb. 5, to play rival Cascade Christian at Vashon in a game that could deter-mine the regular season winner and the number one seed for the playoffs, which start Feb. 11.

Seattle ChristianThe first quarter of Tuesday’s game

against Seattle Christian started with defense and speed from Vashon’s five senior starters, who pressured the Warriors into giving up the ball. With the Warriors’ senior center, Taggart Anderson, out of this game for undisclosed reasons, the Pirates were able to pass the ball low to Alex Symbol and Sam Yates with ease.

The Warriors, however, adjusted well to Taggart’s absence and were able to keep it close by penetrating with quick lay-ups. The first period ended with Vashon lead-ing 12-6.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Vashon’s Yates launched a long three-point-er that bounced high and true and dropped right through the middle of the basket. It foreshadowed other friendly bounces grac-ing Vashon’s shots that led to a big halftime lead for Vashon, 29-13.

The second half started well for the Pirates with a steal on the initial in-bound

pass and a contested three-point baseline basket from Yates. But Seattle Christian refused to give up, and senior guard Ryan Gifford was able to sneak through Vashon’s zone defense for a few baskets himself.

Later in the half, Vashon’s Symbol con-tinued to showcase his quickness in the post and his clean jump shooting, making several baskets in a row for the Pirates. Seattle Christian’s junior forward Dalton Saggau countered and sank two three- point shots in a row, but it was simply not enough. Vashon’s dominance of the middle on rebounds and excellent shooting brought the victory for the Pirates, 59-45.

Bellevue ChristianThe Vashon boys’ basketball team

made the trip to Clyde Hill to face the Bellevue Christian Vikings on Friday, Jan. 29. The game started 40 minutes late due to the exciting overtime victory from the Pirates’ junior varsity boys’ team. By the end of the night, Vashon would not be denied as they streaked to their sixth straight win this season.

The contest started out with each team having difficulty finding the bottom of the basket, but plenty of shots fell from rebounds. Fortunately, Vashon’s Symbol was able to control the rebounds against Bellevue Christian’s standout senior cen-ter, Joe Lampkin.

Meanwhile on offense, Yates scored with a beautiful, f loating one-handed shot that slowly arced over Lampkin’s outstretched hand. The shot fell right into the basket for two and brought the many travelling Vashon fans to their feet.

Symbol and Sam Schoenberg teamed up for seven three-point shots that were def lating to the Vikings’ defense and forced Bellevue Christian to play catch-up the entire game. In the latter part of the second half, Viking senior guard

Gage Gutman was assigned to shut down Vashon’s key players, slowing down the scoring attack, but ulti-mately proving insuffi-cient.

Gutman’s performance was a bright spot for the home team. He scored multiple three-pointers that kept the spirit of the Christian private school team high. The Vikings were hosting the Pirates for the last time this season.

Ultimately, even with Gutman’s spirit-boosting play, it was not enough. The game ended 55-40 with Vashon extending its league unbeaten streak to 18 straight games spread over the last three seasons.

The boys will ride the victories into Friday’s home court showdown with rival

Cascade Christian. With an early 5:30 p.m. tip-off at Vashon High School, Friday’s game will feature the top two teams in the Nisqually division and will likely determine the seed-ing for the district cham-pionships. It is also “Senior Night” and will showcase the five starting seniors that have been playing together since they were

kids: Edgar Polkat, Schoenberg, Symbol, Yates, Sean Delargy and Josh Tillman.

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VHS boys’ basketball coach, Andy Sears, briefs the Pirates’ starting five seniors before defeating Bellevue Christian on Friday night. The starting five are Edgar Polkat, Sam Schoenberg, Alex Symbol-Godfrey, Sam Yates, Sean Delargy and Josh Tillman.

The game ended 55-40 with Vashon extending its league unbeaten streak to 18 straight games spread over the last three seasons.

The Vashon High School girls’ basketball team lost another close contest to their rivals from Seattle C h r i s t i a n on Tuesday, Jan. 26, when the W a r r i o r s defeated the Pirates by three points.

The mar-gin was four points when the teams met back on Jan 8.

The Pirates fell behind 8-0 early in the game before junior Eva Anderson finally broke the ice by making a three-point play with about four minutes left in the first quarter. Senior Kate Atwell added another field

goal for the Pirates, but the Warriors led by a score of 11-5 after one quarter.

The Pirates began the second quarter by playing solid defense and getting

good looks at the offensive end. With some nice inside drives, the team pulled to within three points, down only 17-14 at halftime.

The Pirates then kicked into high gear with a 9-0 run to

start the third quarter.Freshman Olivia Larson

got the second half started with a free throw. Anderson then connected on two

On paper, this wrestling season was to have the great-est compilation of high school wrestling talent Vashon High School had ever produced. Hopes were high, and the excitement was infectious.

The team knew it was going to be great; the coaches knew it, and the parents and die-hard Vashon wrestling community knew it. There are a dozen legitimate, state medal-contending grapplers on the roster, and all sights were set on a first-ever team state title.

As of today, the initial ros-ter of 27 has been trimmed to 22 through attrition, and of those remaining, four are freshmen, and three more are first-time wrestlers, leav-ing just 15 with high school experience.

As soon as this season began, grapplers started dropping like flies. Every week, unexpected injuries

would pop up, taking as many as eight or nine ath-letes out at a time.

Dislocated joints, cracked and broken bones, concus-sions, strained muscles and pulled ligaments turned Vashon’s dream team into an orthopedist’s dream team.

But this is a scrappy group. They are tight-knit and have a true and abiding respect and love for each other. It really is a band of brothers forged through sweat and shared misery. This little team has dug in and fought back — resiliency has become their motto and they are living it. As they enter the run for the post season, all but three wrestlers are back on the mat, enjoying the infamously gru-eling practices.

These young men are learning valuable life les-sons about facing adversity, handling disappointments, adapting expectations and realizing that sometimes a victory isn’t always a win.

The group has not spent its time wringing hands and lamenting lost time, but has worked hard.

Coach Anders Blomgren is pleased with the team’s work ethic.

“I’m not going to lie, this season has been a new test for us. But we really have gone back to our core phi-losophy: work hard and have fun together as a team,” Blomgren said. “We have had to let go of immediate expec-tations and focus on the pro-cess. Chop wood and carry water. And, like our pops always said, ‘If it comes too easy, it ain’t worth a damn.’”

Blomgrens’ brother and fellow coach, PerLars Blomgren, added that the team is ready for the post season.

“While the season hasn’t exactly gone as planned, we are still primed for an epic post-season run. The guys are like caged, rabid dogs eager for their prey: state

tournament medals and tro-phies.”

Even with the unex-pected events of the sea-son, Washington Wrestling Report ranks Vashon fourth in the 1A state classifica-tion. Numerous Pirates have earned individual rank-ings in the report, including seniors Logan Nelson and Chase Wickman, who are both ranked number one in their weight classes.

— Cheryl Pruett is the mother of two VHS wrestlers.


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Wrestling recap: Pirates kept coming back during roller coaster regular season, aim for StateBy CHERYL PRUETTFor The Beachcomber

On Saturday, the Pirates will host a sub-regional wrestling tournament, the first step on the road to the state tournament.

Wrestling will begin in the high school gym at 9 a.m. The top four wrestlers in each weight class will move on to the regional tournament in Silverdale on Feb. 13.

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The scoreless stretch continued into most of the fourth quarter until Larson finally made a long two- pointer and shortly thereafter made a three-pointer with about a minute left in the game.

three-pointers and then followed that up with an assist to Larson for a lay-in. The Pirates were ahead 23-19 with 5:20 left in the third quarter. But the Warriors then responded with a 6-0 run of their own to retake the lead at 25-23 with 3:40 left in quarter.

Both teams made a couple more baskets, and then the Warriors went into the final quarter with a 30-27 lead.

In the fourth quarter, Anderson tied the game at 33 apiece with two free throws and about 5:30 remaining. Both teams traded baskets thereafter, and the Warriors held a one-point lead with about 30 seconds remaining.

Senior Annika Hille missed a long shot attempt to take the lead, and the Pirates fouled to stop the clock.

The Warriors then made both free throws to make it a three-point lead. On the last possession, the Pirates man-aged two decent three-point shot attempts to tie but were unable to connect, and the final score was 42-39.

Anderson led the scoring for the Pirates with 19 points and grabbed eight rebounds. Larson had 10 points and three rebounds; Hille had six points and eight rebounds; Atwell had three points and five rebounds, and Chloe Kuyper and Lilly Hennessey added two points and one point, respectively.

The girls then traveled to Bellevue on Friday, Jan. 29, for another league contest against the Bellevue Christian Vikings.

The Pirates again had a tough time getting the offense going early in this game and were playing without Hille, one of the main playmakers, who was ill and could not

make the trip. The Vikings’ aggressive defense had the Pirates flustered

from the start, effectively limiting their shot attempts. But the Vikings were also very aggressive on offense, taking the ball into the Pirates to draw fouls and get to the free throw line often, which resulted in them jumping out to a 16-6 first quarter lead.

In the second quarter, the Pirates played much better defense, holding the Vikings to only seven points, but unfortunately, the Pirates’ offensive woes continued, and the Vikings held a 23-11 halftime lead.

During the third quarter, it became obvious that the Pirates were having an off night when they still couldn’t get any shots to fall, and the Vikings outscored them 13-1 for a 36-12 lead.

The scoreless stretch continued into most of the fourth quarter until Larson finally made a long two-pointer and shortly thereafter made a three-pointer with about a min-ute left in the game. But it was way too late, and the Vikings cruised to an easy 51-18 victory.

Larson had seven points and one rebound; Anderson had four points and six rebounds; Siena Jannetty had four points and one rebound; Atwell had two points and three rebounds, and Natalie VanDevanter had one point and one rebound.

The Pirates play their final home game of the season on Friday night, Feb. 5, when the team’s six seniors will be honored for their hard work and dedication over the last four years.

The team’s final league game will be at 5:15 p.m. Monday at Charles Wright Academy in Tacoma.

— Joel Hille is the father of a VHS girls basketball player.


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score the urgent need to work together — at every level of government and with our community partners — to create the housing, treatment, employment and other services that thousands of adults, children and families in King County need right now,” he said. “We continue to call on our Legislature and Congress to recognize this growing humanitarian crisis and take immediate action.”

And all of this comes one year after the county’s self-imposed deadline for ending homelessness, as it promised 11 years ago.

According to a KUOW report from March of last year, county officials have estimated that more than $1 billion has gone toward helping the area’s homeless in the last decade, and as of 2015, nearly 6,000 units of affordable housing had been built — more than any city in the U.S. outside of New York and Los Angeles. But at the same time,

Seattle/King County also had the fourth highest homeless population in the country, just barely missing third behind Las Vegas, with New York and Los Angeles topping the list (cities that have 12 and six times Seattle’s population, respectively).

In the past year, the King County Medical Examiner’s Office recorded 91 deaths of homeless people, including six homicides.

The extent of the homeless crisis in the county is so overwhelming, that in November, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray and Constantine declared it a state of emer-gency in Seattle and county-wide. Both have said they will call on state and fed-eral officials to react the same way as they would to a natural disaster.

While city, county and state officials struggle to understand the issues and come up with viable solutions, island agencies and service leaders are working hard to help those without shelter on Vashon.

Islanders Eden Bossom, who works with the King County housing authority, and community activist Hilary Emmer led a team of volunteers last Friday to count Vashon’s home-

less as part of the greater One Night Count effort. Typically the SKCCH has focused its efforts in urban areas but brought the island into the mix last year.

“We’re the trial for rural areas,” Emmer said, but noted that last year’s count had many issues logistically.

“It’s of the utmost importance to follow the methodology from the SKCCH, but it needed to be adapted for us to be able to collect any useful information here,” Bossom said.

SKCCH’s Eisinger stated in an email that the coalition agreed to allow the Vashon volunteers to adjust their pro-tocol in order achieve a more accurate count.

“It’s an advantage for us,” Emmer added, “in that we know (mostly) who is homeless here. We have relationships with them.”

This means they also know, generally, where to find them.

The Vashon team of Emmer, Bossom, Kathleen Johnson, Dan Auer, Mike Yates, Jennifer Coe, Elise Morrill and Theron

Shaw counted 31 people in vehicles (including RVs) and seven in “structures” — which is defined as any structure not intended for human habitation, such as tents and sheds.

“Through the relationships with organizations like the Vashon Social Services Network and the Interfaith Council to Prevent Homelessness, they know who is sleeping where,” Bossom said.

And even with the community connections, Vashon’s number is, in all likelihood, low.

“We know there are people living in the woods,” Emmer said. “But we’re not going to count them. … It would be an intrusion.”

“If people don’t want to be found, we are not hell bent on finding and counting them,” Bossom added. “If people are deep in the woods, we have to respect their desire for pri-vacy. And there are safety issues. We don’t want volunteers tramping around the woods at 3 a.m.”

Understanding the numbers are low, despite how sober-ingly high they are, puts the scope of the issue into stark perspective.

“Our hope is that by participating in the One Night Count, Vashon will become eligible for federal funding for affordable housing and service programs,” Bossom said. “Participating in the count is actually required for much of the money coming from the federal level, and that’s the big money.”

Emmer agreed. “Vashon Youth & Family Services (VYFS) lost funding for its VIVA (social service) and homeless pro-grams, which was a crime. This data could help bring those kinds of programs, which we desperately need, back. That is really the hope,” she said.

Kathleen Johnson, executive director of VYFS and one of the Vashon count volunteers, was blunt in her assessment of the situation.

“We need more action. The homeless situation in King County is intolerable,” she said. “Someone needs to stand up and say, ‘we need housing first’ in this county. We can’t keep coming up with incremental solutions while people are dying on the streets. We can count, but we need action first. We should be ashamed of ourselves that we have homeless — nobody should have to live outside.”


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“Our hope is that by participating in the One Night Count, Vashon will become eligible for federal funding for affordable housing and service programs.”

Eden BossomKing County Housing Authority

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The coalition invites all concerned community members to register for Beyond the One Night Count: Homeless Advocacy 101. These free workshops will take place in Ballard (Feb. 24) and Kent (Feb. 27). Participants will learn how to speak up for housing, tenant protections and other important policy proposals in Olympia.For more information, see homelessinfo.org.


Edna Erdean Harness Fuller Woodside

Erdean passed away at the Vashon Community Care Center of natural causes at age 91 on January 19, 2016 on Vashon Island Washington. Born in Mayfield, OK on April 19, 1924 to adoring parents, Harry and Edith Harness, she and her brother, Robert Harness, enjoyed a pleasant childhood in Oklahoma, and in particular in Elk City. She lived her last 70 years in Long Beach, California.

She married her beloved Vern Fuller in 1948. They first lived in Wilmington, CA, and then purchased a home across the street from the elementary and middle schools, where she lived for the last 55 years. Their three sons, David, Dale and Wayne, were the light of their lives. Sadly, Leukemia took Vern from them in 1973. She married Charles Woodside in 1975 and they shared life and travels until he passed away in 2008.

Erdean worked as a cashier for the Press Telegram in Long Beach and later retired from her position as a clerk for the Long Beach school district. She was a skilled pianist, a wonderful cook, a true lady, a researcher and keeper of family history, a very beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. Her summers in particular were dedicated to grandchildren. Her family was her priority and she made us all feel special and loved.

She leaves behind three loving sons, grandchildren, great grandchildren and others who adored her. A memorial gathering was held on January 26 at Sunnyside Cemetery in Long Beach, California, where she was laid to rest with her husbands. We will love and miss her forever.

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When Granny’s Attic closed its doors last week for its annual break, it marked 40 years supporting health care needs on the island and one year at its new location, where it had its busiest year ever.

The thrift shop saw more than $800,000 in sales last year, up $50,000 from the year before, and — per its mis-sion — gave away some $271,000 to island nonprofits that provide health-related services, according to Tim Johnson, the store’s manager. The business also settled into its new space in the IGA shopping complex, after having spent 38 years at Sunrise Ridge. Board President Janet Kime noted that the move was difficult for some because of the shop’s long history at Sunrise Ridge, but it was necessary for the business to thrive.

“It was a real wrench to leave there for many of us, but we could not continue to grow there,” she said. “We were just out of space, and there was no way to expand.”

Indeed, in the shop’s new location, with its increased footprint, higher visibility and improved access, business has expanded considerably. The store had its most profit-able February ever when it re-opened in town on Feb. 7, Johnson said. It also experienced its largest month in its history: In December, sales hit $91,000, up from $72,000 the December before. Last November’s “Green Friday,” the day after Thanksgiving, was the store’s largest day ever, bringing in $14,500 in just three hours. Overall, sales were up by 11 percent each day the store was open, Johnson added.

“On any given day, we have more out to sell and are bet-ter organized. We have wide aisles people can get down, and we are handicapped accessible now,” he said.

In a testament to just how popular the store is, scores of shoppers routinely line up outside, waiting for the doors to open. In the summer, Kime said the line can be 100 people long. More than 60 people lined up outside last Tuesday, when the store hosted its annual “make-an-offer” day. Inside, shoppers scooped up items, and the checkout clerks

greeted the patrons with an unusual question to hear at a cash register: “How much would you like to pay today?”

Johnson noted that enthusiasm for the store does not belong simply to bargain hunters, but is shared by all involved.

“We know that people love Granny’s by the lines in front of the store,” he said last week. “I am not sure the commu-nity understands how much the Granny’s volunteers and staff love serving the community. It really is something we feel honored by.”

Granny’s first opened in 1975 at a former gas station near Sound Food and was run by a group of women supporting the work of the Vashon-Maury Health Services Center, which had opened in 1973 in a small home in Burton. Mary Jo Barrentine started volunteering at the thrift shop in 1976, invited by her sister, Bonnie Shride, who was one of the original founders. Four decades later, Barrentine, now 81, is still one of the most active volunteers at the shop and works there three days a week. She is in charge of the seasonal depart-ment, which last week was overflowing with Christmas items in the store’s large — and quite full — sorting area.

“It’s remarkable that this whole thing worked with a handful of volunteers who didn’t know what they were doing,” she said. “Who would have thought this would have come from it?”

Johnson shares that feeling, noting the store is doing the same work now as it did then — but on a much larger scale.

“In the first month, the store brought in $1,100. Now the average month is about $65,000,” he said. “We do $1,100 in a half hour of a good store day.”

In the beginning, Barrentine said, volunteers would argue over who would get to sort and price the items, and then they would wait and make sure whoever had donated them had left the store before the volunteers placed them out on the floor for sale. Typically, the volunteers would have a handful of items to put out— a marked contrast to the activity of the store today, when four or five people might be needed to keep the dock from overflowing with donations.

The shop, which staff and volunteers run as a depart-ment store, with necessities typically available and at a

low price, also includes areas meant to convey the feeling of a garage sale as well as items worthy of a treasure hunt. From toasters to toys to tools, all items are reflected in the store’s sales, which Johnson tracks meticulously, thanks to the technology that allows the store to accept credit cards, which it did not do — with strong feelings on both sides — until just two years ago. Last week, Johnson provided a glimpse into just how much — and of what — Granny’s sells.

Last year’s sales included 36,000 books, more than 14,000 collectibles — ranging from knick knacks to sil-ver to antiques — nearly 5,000 pieces of furniture, more

than 4,000 CDs and nearly 2,000 purses. Clothing made up the largest category of sales, with women’s clothes account-ing for the lion’s share. Out of $200,000 worth of clothing sold, women’s clothes accounted for $140,000, Johnson said.

Those sales translate into unwanted items being kept out of the landfill and in fulfilling Granny’s mission of sup-porting health care on the island. In all, since the shop first opened its doors, Granny’s Attic has provided some $4.8

million for health care needs and programs, Kime said. For many years, Granny’s provided money only to the

Vashon Health Center, but that began to change about eight years ago, when the membership voted to ease that restric-tion and provided limited funds to organizations such as Vashon Community Care. In 2013, Granny’s broadened its focus entirely and began funding grants for health-related services and needs at Vashon’s nonprofit agencies. Twice a year, island organizations submit grant applications for health-related proposals, which the board then reviews and makes recommendations on for the whole membership — Granny’s volunteers. In its most recent granting cycle last fall, the group awarded $130,000, including $5,000 to the Vashon Senior Center’s Neighbor to Neighbor program, which pairs volunteers with seniors who need assistance at home; $17,500 for an all-terrain vehicle outfitted with rescue and firefighting equipment for Vashon Island Fire & Rescue and, in one of its largest awards ever, $90,000 to support the work of Vashon Community Care. The next granting cycle is coming up; March 1 is the deadline for applications. Like last year, Johnson said he expects the organization will award about $270,000 this year.

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“We’re really helping the island. None of us could give $100,000, but we can be part of that. That is one of the best parts of all.”

Sheryl AllenFormer Granny’s Attic volunteer coordinator

Chautauqua Elementary School principal Jody Metzger will retire at the end of the school year, six years after she began leading her pod of 542 “orcas” and their more than 30 teachers.

The search for a replacement has begun, and Vashon Island School District Superintendent Michael Soltman is in the process of creating a search committee com-prised of himself, a district board member, parents, teachers and administrators. The committee will be tasked with finding another principal who can com-municate effectively, solve problems, is high-energy and creative and can become active in the community.

The position, with a yearly salary that ranges from around $95,000 to more than $110,800, was opened and posted earlier this month. The district will accept appli-cations from those with state administrative credentials and experience in elementary schools through Feb. 29. Screening and interview processes with the search com-mittee will be conducted in March, and the new princi-pal should be selected by the end of March.

Metzger’s last day will be the last day of the school year at the end of June.

Soltman and Metzger have a working relationship that spans back to the early 2000s when he was superinten-dent in Friday Harbor and she taught at Friday Harbor Elementary. Soltman hired her as principal of that

elementary school before she left to become principal of Neely-O’Brien Elementary School in Kent. He hired her again to be the Chautauqua principal in 2010. He said that she is a leader who is able to identify a common vision and build trust to work toward that vision.

“I think she’s really good at building culture and tak-ing in faculty, and developing cooperation and coordi-nation,” Soltman said. “I saw her as a leader who would be able to bring the staff together.”

Those skills were something that were needed and tested in the last two years, as Common Core standards, a new teacher evaluation system and new testing pro-gram all were implemented in quick succession. Both Soltman and Metzger said the changes were rough and created tension and angst throughout the district. Chautauqua was hit especially hard as some parents pushed back against the required tests and questioned how the school’s goal of teaching to the whole child fit into the new mandates.

“We had a breakdown when it all came together. I think it was a real leadership challenge for Jody,” Soltman said. “There were a lot of external factors at play … creating a lot of questioning about who we are and what’s at our core. She showed extraordinary leadership listening to staff, adapting and getting back to reassert-ing the value of teaching to the whole child.”

Metzger seconded Soltman’s comments and said that the last few years were hard, but would have been hard anywhere. She said that Soltman’s allowing teachers to have a light touch on mandated testing helped keep the school’s unique offerings.

“It was like drinking from a fire hose. There was no time to adjust,” Metzger said of the implementation of all the new requirements. “These last few years were really high stress. We didn’t all agree; that made it tough, but Michael allows us to have the lightest touch on assessments that aren’t helpful to teachers.”

She continued to say that state assessments do give some information that is helpful in the long run, but the biggest issue is that the results of state tests are given to the student’s next teacher, so by the time teachers find out how their students did, the school year is over.

“For teachers themselves, it’s just not that helpful,” Metzger said. “We can use the lightest touch to just make sure the students understand the test’s format and the depth of the questions, which is good teaching anyway.”

The creativity, openness and support from the com-munity is what drew her here, she said.

“The arts of this community are amazing, and the support from VAA (Vashon Allied Arts), PIE (Partners in Education) and the Schools Foundation is the most amazing thing I’ve seen. It’s on another level here. It blows me away,” Metzger said.

Chautauqua Parent Teacher Student Association Interim President Jackie Merrill said that Metzger was always extremely f lexible and willing to collaborate. She said that Metzger was a huge supporter of student art and of the school’s SOLE (respect for Self, Others, Learning and our Environment) program.

“From a parent’s standpoint, I felt she supported (the) non-bullying and self-respect program,” Merrill said. “I


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Please email your cover letter and resume to: [email protected] ATTN: PrePress

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Production• Creative Artist - Port Angeles

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13401 Vashon Highway SW

CHALKBOARD

Susan

(206) 999-6470

SPACE AND SUNSHINE!Easy living one-level home, large rooms, big yard! Living & family rooms, 2 bdrms,

buyer, downsizing or investing. MLS #863513 $221,500

(206) 235-3731

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(206) 419-3661

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SALE PENDING

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SALE PENDING


From left to right...Val Seath: (206) 790-8779

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SOLD

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SOLD

DISTINCTIVE ISLAND COUNTRY ESTATE Idyllic west side retreat on 8+ acres offers pristine privacy and sparkling views over Colvos Passage. The extraordinary custom home weaves wood, stone,

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(206) 940-4244

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