vashon-maury island beachcomber, october 12, 2011

A THEATRICAL FEAST

Island entertainers team up to indulge audiences.

0

A NIGHT OF SCHOOL PRIDE

High school royalty parades around at Homecoming.

Page 17

ARTS | Composer recognized for innovative music. Page 10NEWS | Beachcomber named best for its size. Page 4PARKS | Longtime park district dispute goes to court. Page 5

By NATALIE JOHNSONStaff Writer

Kay Burrell’s fifth-grade class buzzed with excitement on Mon-day afternoon as the single-file line of kids approached a small detention pond just beginning to fill from the autumn rain. Surrounded by thick woods, only the noise of the playground in the distance reminded the students bundled in sweatshirts and rain-coats that they were still near their elementary school.

Circling the water, the children quieted. Some stood and others sat in the grass as Burrell asked them to write in their science journals about what had changed at the pond since their last visit, about a month ago when the pond was dry and the grass and bushes around it a different color.

Suddenly Burrell stopped mid-sentence. “Shhh. Listen,” she said. “What’s that?”

“A frog,” one boy shouted out as a Pacific tree frog continued to chirp nearby.

“That’s a good thing about being quiet when you’re a scien-tist,” Burrell said with a smile.

At a time when school funding is tight and many extracurricular

programs are threatened, the fifth graders are learning about science at the school district’s new liv-ing pond, an outdoor classroom made possible by a King County Waterworks grant the district received in 2009.

At that time the detention pond — built in the woods behind the school in 1993 to capture runoff from the Chautauqua Elementary

and McMurray Middle School campuses — lay barren as it was regularly cleared of vegetation to comply with county code. But since the school district got spe-cial permission from the county to use the area as an outdoor learn-ing space, the pond has slowly sprung to life.

High school interns funded by the grant and led by David Warren

of the Vashon Forest Stewards cleared blackberry bushes and Scotch broom that surrounded the area’s perimeter. With help from high school horticulture stu-dents and Master Gardener volun-teers, they planted native trees and shrubs around the pond, which swells to about half the size of a

75¢WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2011 Vol. 56, No. 38 www.vashonbeachcomber.com

BEACHCOMBERVASHON-MAURY ISLAND

By LESLIE BROWNStaff Writer

Glenda Pearson, a University of Washington librarian, already rises at an ungodly hour to feed her many animals before making her long commute via a vanpool to Seattle.

Next week, however, when the Alaskan Way Viaduct shuts down for a little more than a week, the Vashon woman is braced for an even

earlier start to her day — rising at 3:15 a.m. instead of 3:30. The goal, she said, is to get her vanpool onto the 6:25 a.m. walk-on-only boat, which allows two vans to board, instead of the 6:40 a.m. boat the van usually catches.

But even with an earlier start, she’s expecting a tough commute. Asked what she thinks her daily trek into Seattle will be like for those nine days when the viaduct closes, she answered in a word: “A nightmare,” she said.

“Our major concern is that some people have to be on campus by a certain time, and that won’t be possible, we don’t think,” she said.

The viaduct’s closure from 7:30 p.m. Oct. 21

until 5 a.m. Oct. 31 will mark the longest shut-down of a Seattle-area highway in the state’s history, traffic officials say. And many, like Pearson, are expecting the worst.

The Seattle region is already heavily con-gested during commute hours. Add the 110,000 drivers who will be displaced by the closure of the north-south arterial along Seattle’s water-front, traffic experts say, and the result will likely be several days of the toughest commute in the region’s history — especially at the beginning, before commuters find their way

A new reality:Some school programs hang by a threadBy LESLIE BROWNStaff Writer

Jackie Merrill remembers her Camp Waskowitz experience as a fifth-grader on Vashon Island — feeling at first scared to go, then, after a week at the rustic cluster of cabins in the foothills of the Cascades, wishing she didn’t have to leave.

That was 32 years ago.Now, she’s one of a handful of

parents scrambling to try to save a fifth-grade rite of passage that has become the stuff of legend on Vashon.

An intensive and largely success-ful fundraising campaign in sup-port of the Vashon Island School District earlier this year enabled the district to maintain all of its academic programs and teaching positions, several of which were threatened by a sizable budget gap. But despite the ambitious cam-paign, which brought in more than $450,000 from parents and other Islanders in support of the district, the public school system is still fac-ing the reality of a declining bud-get, said Superintendent Michael Soltman. And the outdoor school known as Camp Waskowitz could become one of the casualties.

“We’re not able to do everything anymore,” he said.

Last spring’s fundraising cam-paign played an integral role, he noted. “We were able to preserve the academic programs and the class size.”

But with another state deficit looming that could force mid-year cuts in the school district’s bud-get for the second year in a row, Soltman — like superintendents and school board members across the state — says he and his staff are having to face a new reality.

Viaduct’s closure could hit Vashon hard, some predict

SEE VIADUCT, 19

Students make use of nature’s classroom

Natalie Johnson/Staff Photo

Students from Kay Burrell’s fifth-grade class sit next to the detention pond Monday, recording what they see and hear.

Thanks to a county grant, a once-barren site has become a living pond

SEE POND, 12

SEE OUTDOOR SCHOOL, 20

Many brace for the region’s longest highway shutdown

WWW.VASHONBEACHCOMBER.COMW

inderm

ere Re

al Es

tate/

Vash

on-M

aury

Islan

d, LL

C.

Heather Brynn 206/979-4192

Nancy Davidson 206/406-2952Office Number 206/463-9148

Beth de Groen 206/463-9148 x206

Sue Carette 206/351-7772Rose Edgecombe 206/930-3670

Gary Ragland 206/949-1464Dick Bianchi 206/714-3544

Linda Bianchi 206/947-1763 Connie Cunningham 206/853-5517

Cheryl Dalton 206/714-7281 Paul Helsby 206/463-9148x215

Denise Katz 206/390-9149 Kathleen Rindge 206/463-9148x211Mike Shigley 206/919-3498

www.WindermereVashon.com

South-facing waterfront1760 sf home w/expansive views Sound &

Mt Rainier. Firepit, new bulkhead & roof.

MLS#216026 $449,000

Wonderful waterfront! Comfortable 4 bd home w/much to offer; spectac-

ular remodeled kitchen, famrm, 85’ beachfront.

Affordably priced at $639,000 #210331

Adorable waterfront cottage

low-bank, 2 bedroom, sunny yard with

plenty of parking. Impeccably maintained.

MLS#209957 $439,000

’ low-bank waterfrontw/stunning views, 4 bedrm home w/

2-car garage & extra multi-use bldg.

MLS#244731 $769,000

Adorable waterfront cot-

tage close to Tahlequah ferry. 1930’s bungalow

on 100’ wft. Hardwoods, leaded glass built-ins.

MLS#113181 $395,000

96’ low-bank waterfront

on Burton Peninsula. Lovely 2830 sf, 4 bdrm,

3 bth home w/float, dock, waterside decks.

MLS#203055 $995,000

Custom built home on 4.77

secluded, pastoral acres. Charming 3 bdrm w/

formal liv/din, 2-car gar, greenhse, outbldg.

MLS#257928 $450,000

Westfacing low-bank Wft Adorable 3 bdrm beach home w/579’ of frontage

& boat ramp. Total remodel, attached garage.

MLS#254145 $550,000

Stylish, crisp Peter Anderson

renovation. Private 4 bedrm on half acre

with 75’ waterfront on Inner Harbor.

MLS#229772 $949,000

Burton Loop WaterfrontClassy Mid-Century home updated w/imagi-

nation & style. Close to boat launch & park.

MLS#263091 $925,000

Charming Saltbox on 4.3 acres.

3+ bdrm & attached 2-story in-law quarters

wtih loft. Beautiful gardens, outbldgs.

MLS#270357 $605,000

NW contemp. waterfrontExtensively remodeled home on 60 ft me-

dium bank wft. Fir floors, covered porch.

MLS#245402 $545,000

Westside view estate Elegant

4400 sf home sited majestically on 9.4 acres w/

views of the Olympics. Guest quarters & studio.

MLS#209871 $850,000

Pastoral . acres w/rolling

lawn, stream & pond. Grand living room, fam-

ily room, 2 kitchens. 6+ car garage/shop.

MLS#173686 $389,000

Lrg lot w/4-car garage.Ready to build, on one of

Vashon’s most desirable

streets. Plans available.

#190911 $175,000

Vacant

Land

For SalePastoral & sunny

2.2 acres w/200’ of low-bank

waterfront. Includes water share

& completed septic feasibility.

#217752 $435,000

405’ westside wft.Beautiful & private 4.13 acres,

approved septic, Building

permits. Near Lisabuela Park.

#33417 $475,000

Upper Sandy Shores

building lot. Includes

Dockton water share.

Sandy Shores beach access.

#238466 $70,000

Wind

ermere

Real

Estat

e/Va

shon

-Mau

ry Is

land,

LLC.

206/ 463-9148 ◊ 17233 Vashon Hwy SWMailing address: PO Box 1867

www.Facebook.com/WindermereVashon

Linda

Bianchi

Broker, GRI

206/[email protected]

Denise

Katz

Managing Broker


Stunning park-like setting w/exquisite gardens & vista views. Charm-

ing 1908 home w/open floor plan, 3 bdrms, updated kit & bath, fir

floors, built-in book cases & stone fireplace. #282839 $318,000

Beth

de Groen

Designated Broker

206/463-9148 x206

[email protected]

Newer waterfront home with sweeping views and custom

finishes. Low-maintenance yard rolling to bulkhead with

picnic area on one of island’s best beaches. #190245 $799,000

Waterfront Acreage

Beautifully updated 3 bedrm home on nearly 1/3 acre.

Chef’s kitchen, formal liv/dinrm, lower level familyrm.

beach rights. Seller Financing Available #220624 $235,000

Great Starter Home! A Private SancutaryNew Listing

Westside 1 bedroom walk-in cabin on 50’ waterfront, Extra fin-

ished room, full bath with skylights, utility area, sewer connected,

new roof, large deck. Appointment only. #282094 $329,900

WestsideWaterfront

Cabin

Cove

1 bd, 1bth

50 ft wft

New ListingSue Carette

Managing BrokerGreen Certified


Nancy

Davidson

Broker


Delightful views of Mt. Rainer and Harbor from this charming

vintage cottage. Beautiful sunny acreage with fenced garden,

specimen trees & privacy. Fabulous location! #266096 $424,950

Rose

Edgecombe

Broker


Beautiful and private Westside 9.65 acres, close to town

and ferry. Property has completed CAO, KC approved

3 bdrm septic, and drilled well. #49059 $198,500

TranquilWestsideAcreage

9.65 Acres

3 bdrm septic

Drilled Well

Burton Hill BungalowNew Price

Four candidates vying for two positions on the Vashon Island Fire & Rescue board will face off in a debate next Wednesday night.

Deborah Brown and Ron Turner, candidates for Position 1, and Candy McCullough and Joe Ula-toski, candidates for Posi-

tion 4, will discuss the issues facing the fire district in a debate sponsored by The Beachcomber and The Voice of Vashon.

The event will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19, at the Penny Farcy Building on Bank Road. Susan McCabe will moderate the debate. Questions from the audi-ence will be accepted.

The contest between Brown, a 15-year volunteer,

and Turner, an incumbent, has been low-key. But the race between McCullough, who currently serves on the board, and Ulatoski, active in VashonBePrepared, has been lively. Both have web-sites and boast strong com-munity support.

Ballots for the all-mail Nov. 8 election will be sent to voters on Oct. 19. Fire board commissioners serve six-year terms.

QUALITY PET PRODUCTS

Celebrate NationalBosses Day! How?We’ll leave that up

to you. Red BicycleBistro & Sushiin Downtown Vashon

WEEKLY LIVE ENTERTAINMENT

206.463.595917618 Vashon Hwy SW, Vashon

Saturday,October 15th, 8pmPink Zeppelin-

A Backbone CampaignMusic Extravaganza & Benefit

$20 coverAll-ages ‘til 11pm, 21+ after that

all proceeds go to theBackbone Campaign!

Islanders concerned about domestic vio-lence hope Vashon’s town core and many of its neighborhoods will soon be cast in a purple glow.

The DoVE Project, the Island’s fledgling anti-domestic violence program, is selling strings of purple lights and single purple bulbs as part of the Purple Light Nights Campaign, a national awareness effort that highlights community support to end domestic violence by asking people and merchants to hang purple lights in their windows or on their porches.

Islander Allison Shirk, who is spearhead-ing the project with her partner Pete Welch, said the campaign is a way to show commu-nity support to end domestic violence and support victims.

“Sometimes people may not speak up when they see something that’s domestic violence,” she said. “If we band together as a community, it’s easier to send the message that it’s not tolerated.”

The Purple Light Nights Campaign was started in Covington, in east King County, in 2007. Since then, Shirk said, the cam-paign has spread to 21 states, Canada and Guam. This year marks the first time the campaign has come to Vashon.

The event is slated to run through the month of October, considered National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Shirk, who helped to found DoVE last year, said she has deep concerns about the prevalence of domestic violence and the impact it can have on families, in part because of her personal experiences.

“Having grown up with an abusive step-father, I’m passionate about wanting to make sure that no other kids have to grow up seeing that kind of violence against their mother,” she said.

Shirk said she and Welch went door-to-door at various businesses last week and were touched by how many retailers quickly endorsed the plan.

“I think everyone will want to do it,” she said. “I hope the whole town will be purple by the end of the month.”

Supporters of the campaign can purchase a string of purple lights to put around a window for $20 or a single bulb for a front porch for $3. Lights can be purchased at Vashon Youth & Family Services (VYFS) or the Chamber of Commerce’s office. All pro-ceeds will benefit the DoVE Project, which is sponsored by VYFS.

— Leslie Brown

WWW.VASHONBEACHCOMBER.COM

Wednesday, October 19 7pmat the Penny Farcy Fire Training Center 10019 SW Bank Road

Hot Topics

- C A U T I O N -

C A N D I D A T E

FIRECOMMISSIONER

D E B A T ESponsored by The Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber and The Voice of Vashon.

POSITION #1 POSITION #4

Candy McCullough Joe Ulatoski Ron TurnerDeborah Brown

Granny’s AtticSouth of Sound Food at Vashon Health Center10010 SW 210th St. – Sunrise Ridge

463-3161Open: Tues, Thurs, and Sat, 10 to 5

Donations: 7 days a week 8am-4pm

SEWHalloween

arrivessoon…

You know the most fabulous costumes

and decorations arise from our makin’s, and

your creativity.

Personal Injury and Insurance Disputes

Caring and Dedicated Advocacy for Injured People206-686-5075

Offices on Vashon and in West Seattle

www.shawverlawfirm.com

FLU CLINICFLU CLINIC

IT’S TIMEFOR

October 18th

Vashon Health Centerby appointment only

567-0560 or [email protected]

A Vashon service since 1996

Loving care for animals

By NATALIE JOHNSONStaff Writer

The Vashon Maury Island Land trust recently received grants from REI and the Vashon Rotary to continue improve-ments and restoration work at the Shinglemill Creek Preserve.

Beth Bordner, operations manager at the land trust, said the organization will use a $5,000 REI grant it received last month to purchase about 2,000 cedar and fir seedlings to be planted at the preserve.

“We were thrilled,” Bordner said. “This is a project we want to do and need to do.”

Bordner said that in order to qualify for the REI grant, the land trust had to show that the preserve provides recreational opportunities and that the proj-ect funded would involve com-munity effort.

Shinglemill was a perfect fit, she said. Two years ago, the land trust opened a two-mile trail at the topographically diverse pre-serve, providing what Bordner called the closest thing Vashon can offer to a back-country hik-ing experience.

In addition, the organization relies on volunteers, includ-ing community groups such as the Boy Scouts, to help with restoration projects at the site. Planting along the creek and in

the surrounding forest has been ongoing at the preserve, which was once heavily logged.

“It adds to the health of the forest, impacts the health of the stream and provides condi-tions salmon need to return and spawn along the creek,” she said.

The seedlings will likely be purchased in January 2012 and planted in the winter and early spring.

“It’s sort of next on the list for this watershed,” Bordner said. “For REI to do that was great.”

In July the land trust opened what Bordner called a much-needed parking lot at the trail-head of the Shinglemill Creek trail off of S.W. 156th Street. A $7,000 grant from Rotary last year funded the new park-ing lot, as well as about 200 native trees and bushes planted around the lot and a new metal sign that will soon be installed at the trailhead.

Bordner said the trail at Shinglemill has become increasingly popular and until the parking lot was built, many were forced to park their cars along 156th, a narrow, one-lane road.

“It was causing all sorts of difficulty for the neighbors,” she said. “It has become a very popular Island walk.”

Rotary president Bart Queary

said the Rotary gives large grants to Vashon organizations yearly and chose to fund the Shinglemill project last year because members thought it was a valuable project and want to support the land trust’s con-servation efforts.

“We like the land trust because they do good things and they spend money care-fully,” he said.

Though both the land trust and Rotary are pleased with the parking lot, some who live near the trailhead are concerned that the large, gravel lot will become a gathering place for youth to drink at night.

Ron Irvine, who owns Vashon Winery and has apple trees at a one-acre plot on 156th, said some who live on the street have met to discuss the issue and have made their worries known to the land trust.

Bordner said she understands the concern, but so far there has been no evidence that the lot has been used for drinking

“There have been no issues, no trash, no reports of any-thing,” she said. “Up until this point it has been a concern, but not a realized one.”

If the parking lot does be-come a gathering place, she added, the gate installed at the entry to the lot can be closed at night.

Land trust gets grants for Shinglemill Beachcomber wins top statewide award

Beginning this Saturday, Island Center Forest will close to everyone but hunters for 17 days.

After taking public feedback and completing an environmental impact investigation, county officials approved a proposal for a shortened hunting season at the forest. The for-est will be closed until Monday, Oct. 31.

Doug Williams, a spokesperson for the county’s Department of Natural Resources and Parks, said that once the hunting season is complete, the county will take feedback on the pilot project.

To help assure that hunters don’t open fire near homes — a concern of many who live nearby — Williams said the county will provide maps that

show forest boundaries and will install large signs that show home locations as well as signs near boundaries in the forest.

“It will help hunters to delineate the area where hunting is allowed,” he said.

In addition, he said, county employ-ees will be stationed at the forest’s entrances on the weekends to inform pedestrians of the closure, answer questions and gather information about how the public area is used.

Pedestrians will not be fined for entering the forest during the time.

“We can’t stop people from access-ing it. We’re just asking them to coop-erate,” Williams said.

— Natalie Johnson

Island Center Forest to close for hunting

The Beachcomber garnered first place for general excellence, one of the top statewide awards for newspapers its size, at the annual Washington Newspaper Publisher Association’s awards ceremony in Everett Friday.

The prize marks the second con-secutive year that the newspaper has claimed first place in general excel-lence, a category that looks at every aspect of the paper, from headlines and news stories to advertisements and design.

“We’re thrilled to have taken top honors for the second year in a row,” said Daralyn Anderson, the news-paper’s publisher. “It reflects well on

every member of our small staff.”The Beachcomber also received 19

awards for individual news stories and advertisements. Among them were first place awards to Susan Riemer for health reporting and Elizabeth Shepherd for arts reporting, a second place award to Natalie Johnson for environmental reporting and a sec-ond place award to Leslie Brown for a personality profile.

The paper also won first place for several ads, including ones awarded to Nance Scott for her use of spot color and clip art and for combining multiple advertisers onto a two-page spread.

Fall Into Autumn FUN!

Kids...Hoops Hoopla with Vashon Island Junior

Basketball– Hoopsters from Kindergarten through 6th Grade start practice and play December 10 – Sign up your little dribbler NOW.

Ski (and Snowboard) School 2012

Runs January 7 to February 25. Sign up now to get on the

bus...for kids age 7 to 99. SPECIAL DEAL this year – Sign up before November 30 and join the discounted December trip

to Crystal Mountain.

(packet is online; register in person)

Adults- Affordable Fitness

NEW! Kokikai Aikido – Non-violent Martial

Art from Japan to Vashon – Join instructors John Koriath and Alex Tokar to focus on development of mind/body coordination and non-violent self-defense, improved fl exibility, relaxation, development of positive mind, and applications to daily life. Just $5 Tuesday & Thursday, 7-8:30PM VHS Wrestling Room.

First class is FREE.

Sign up for all this and more at

www.vashonparkdistrict.org

EAGLE EYEPROOFREADING

& EDITING

Nancy Morgan206-567-5463

Call Eagle Eye [email protected]

Tutoring & Academic CoachingSkills for Confidence

Organization, Work Ethic, AttentionTeaching Students of All Ages

How to Learn Better and Happier

www.devonatkins.com

By LESLIE BROWNStaff Writer

A simmering property dispute between the Vashon Park District and Gay Rosser went to court Monday, where the park district obtained a temporary restraining order against the longtime Vashon resident for what it sees as her ongoing interruption of its field project.

David Hackett, a commissioner on the park district’s five-member board, said the agency decided to file a lawsuit after other efforts — including a proposed settlement that gave Rosser and her mother Margaret access to one of the parcels in question — failed. What’s more, despite frequent conversations and efforts at mediation, Gay Rosser continues to try to obstruct the project, he said — most recently last month, when she used trucks to block access to the work site during a critical moment in the construction process.

“After a year and a half of trying to get her to sign some kind of settlement agree-ment, it became apparent to us there would always be something in the way of reaching some kind of agreement, so we decided it would be better to have the court resolve it,” Hackett said.

Rosser, who shares the home with her

mother, did not return telephone calls. However, in an email that she sent to nearly 100 Islanders Friday, she expressed dismay over the lawsuit, noting that she received a summons to Monday’s hearing only Thursday night, after her 90-year-old mother answered the door and was handed papers by a man standing on her porch.

“This allows one business day to gather and respond to these actions by Parks,” Rosser wrote in her email, adding that the family doesn’t have a lawyer and urging Islanders to write letters to The Beachcomber, The Loop and the park dis-trict in support of her cause.

The Rossers’ family home, initially owned by Margaret and her late husband Leon and now owned by Gay, sits on a five-acre parcel on the eastern edge of the park district’s sports field project. The park district is leasing the adjacent 10-acre site on Vashon Highway, where the Harbor School is locat-ed and where it is building several new sports fields; the 10-acre parcel is owned by the Vashon Island School District.

At issue is the ownership of two strips of property at the site — the 100-foot driveway to the Rossers’ home, which runs along the southern edge of the sports field project, and a grassy swath along the eastern edge of the park project, next to the Rossers’ property.

According to the Rossers, that driveway is owned by them — with an easement that gives the school district use of it. And the grassy swath on the eastern edge of the park

project, they say, is owned by the school district — with an easement that gives the Rossers full access to it. The swap was part of a handshake agreement between Leon Rosser and then-school superintendent Hal Barton in 1947, the Rossers say, as a way to give the Rossers access to the back half of their prop-erty and the school access to its land.

But despite a thorough search of their records, school district officials say, they can find no documentation of the Rossers’ easement claim and in fact unearthed a 1957 document that appears to counter it. What’s more, both a title search and a survey by long-time Island surveyor Jerry O’Hare show that the driveway belongs to the school district, with an easement that allows the Rossers to use it, not the other way around.

Without documentation, school Super-intendent Michael Soltman said, the district can’t give an easement on the eastern swath to the Rossers, as that amounts to giving away public property, a violation of state law. The park district, however, has crafted a settlement proposal that would give the Rossers use of the strip on an as-needed basis. The Rossers, according to Hackett, have declined the offer.

On Monday, a King County court com-missioner granted the part district’s request for a temporary order restraining Rosser from doing anything but driving or walk-ing along the driveway on the southern edge of the property. The park district did

not get a restraining order forcing her to stay off of the eastern swath, Hackett said, since the area is fenced and thus the com-missioner did not see an imminent threat.

The issue will now go to a judge, who will “quiet the title,” or determine exactly where the property’s boundaries are.

Hackett said the park district did not want to take the issue to court, as it will cost the district several thousand dollars in legal fees. But he said a series of incidents has forced the district’s hand, the most egre-gious of which was when Rosser parked two trucks in the driveway last month, bringing a part of the project — the installation of field lights — to a temporary standstill.

“We have a project to complete, and Gay Rosser is standing in the way of it,” Hackett said.

Ray Aspiri, a longtime Islander who stepped in last year to try to help resolve the conflict, said he’s sorry it’s come to this.

The Rossers, he added, “genuinely feel they’ve been taken advantage of.” Initially, he said, park district officials didn’t com-municate as well or clearly with the Rossers as they should have. But the settlement the park district has come up with seems to make sense, Aspiri said, and he’s disap-pointed the Rossers won’t agree to it.

“I feel badly that they can’t find a resolu-tion. I thought we got the school district and the park district to reach out to them, but it wasn’t enough to satisfy Gay and Margaret,” he said.

Park district sues property owner in an effort to end boundary disputeAgency wins a temporary restraining order in court

Write to us: The Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber welcomes community comment. Please submit letters — e-mail is preferred — by noon Friday for consideration in the following week’s paper. Letters should be no longer than 300 words. Only one letter from a writer per month, please.

All letters are subject to editing for length, grammar and libel considerations. We try to print all letters but make no promises. Letters attacking individuals, as well as anonymous letters, will not be published.

Our e-mail address is [email protected].


EDITORIAL

As the front page of this week’s Beachcomber so clearly shows, the picture is mixed when it comes to the state of the Vashon Island School District.

On the one hand, thanks to grants, a generous community and resourceful teachers and administrators, innovative pro-grams continue to crop up. The fact that a new outdoor educa-tion program is beginning to take shape around a detention pond-turned-natural area is one such indication: Just walk out the school doors on Vashon, and environmental ed — under the right teachers and with a good curriculum — can unfold.

On the other hand, we’re seeing indications that it will take a lot more than generosity and hard work to maintain the programs we’ve come to expect from our small but resourceful district.

Despite an outpouring of community support over the past two years, our district is continuing to suffer from the

state’s longtime inability — or, more to the point, refusal — to fully fund education. Parents are paying more each year for co-curricular activities. Supplies for basic needs are hard to come by, and teachers, long used to scrimping to get by, are having to make do with less.

Particularly noteworthy is the example that Camp Waskowitz’s uncertain future provides. Beloved programs, like this 32-year tradition of sending our fifth-graders off to a week of camp in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains, are no longer guaran-teed. Indeed, Waskowitz, like so many other things anymore, it seems, will continue only if parents, teachers and community leaders hold enough bake sales and car washes to wrest enough dollars out of a finite number of Vashon residents to make it happen.

It’s fantastic that environmental education can take place a stone’s throw from school buildings. Indeed, teachers should take advantage of Vashon’s rich backyard, an outdoor classroom with its forests, shorelines and dynamic ecosystems.

But a good natural science curriculum can’t make up for what Waskowitz provides in the way of environmental education — robust day hikes, hours of stream exploration, starlit walks back to the cabins after an evening program. Nor can it make up for those less tangible but still very real parts of the experience — the community-building rite of passage that this week away has provided countless Vashon children.

It’s incumbent upon the school district, of course, to be frugal and fiscally responsible. And it’s important to tell district admin-istrators — from the school board to the superintendent — what we value and how we want to see our precious dollars spent.

But after a certain point, there’s only so much this small school district can do. After a certain point, it’s time to turn our attention to Olympia, where initiatives sponsored by Tim Eyman and passed into law by voters and lawmakers are effec-tively dismantling government.

When I was 12, my mom mar-ried a man she had known less than a year. He came into our lives laughing and full of life and left our lives like the grim reaper.

October is the national month for Domestic Violence Awareness, and so I want to share my story to offer hope to those who may be experiencing something like this.

I remember the first time like it is burned into my mind. He came in the house upset that someone had put some glass bottles in the burn barrel. As he started lectur-ing us, he began taking dishes out of the cabinets and smashing them on the kitchen floor one by one. It started with broken dishes, but he was soon breaking my mom’s bones. He broke her hand. He broke her glasses so that she couldn’t see to leave. He disabled our station wagon so that we couldn’t escape in the middle of the night.

And after each incident, he returned bearing gifts and excuses that somehow my mom believed. My mom would tell us never again, but she couldn’t leave him. Not yet. My mom had two master’s degrees and was a social worker for Child Protective Services.

The fear and isolation that I felt will always be with me. Late nights when my schoolmates were fast asleep in their safe homes, we were hiding outside, trying to get away to a motel. I kept a bag packed and under my bed in case the time was ever right to leave. I always hoped for that day.

Our home was full of scream-ing and violence. Why didn’t the neighbors ever call the police? They must have heard something. I would scream for help as loud as I could, but they never came. No one ever came.

So one day, when my mom was screaming and then suddenly stopped, my brother and I got up the courage to kick in the door

to my mom’s bathroom. He was try-ing to stick a towel down her throat to stop her from screaming. My brother pulled out his survival knife

from behind his back — the kind some boys have with a compass and place to keep dry matchsticks — and told him that he would kill him if he didn’t stop. My stepfa-ther walked away and left, but he came back again. We had been liv-ing with him for two years.

Finally one day we came home, and he was out behind the house. He had his gun. My mom told us to stay in the house, and she went back into the woods. She found him there with his shot-gun, threatening to kill himself. Someone finally came, and they took him to an inpatient hospital. He was there long enough for my mom to finally break free.

We are OK now. I’m strong. But no child should have to experi-ence that fear. No child should grow up with violence. No child should have to see a man beating her mom.

If you know someone who is hurting a woman, if you know a child who is facing this fear, speak up and do something. Here on Vashon Island, I helped to start the DoVE Project. It provides help for those who are survivors. We are not victims; we are survivors. But we cannot survive without help. More than anything, this project needs your donation to keep going. We have a shoestring budget that is dwindling quickly away. We need help.

Three fundraisers are planned in the upcoming weeks to support the DoVE Project. On Oct. 21, we will host a one-woman comedy on misogyny, “Eve Was Framed,” at the Red Bicycle. On Nov. 4, we will host an event for men to share

their songs and words on domestic violence, “Voices Against Violence — the White Ribbon Campaign,” also at the Bike. And on Nov. 10, we will show a film at the Vashon Theater called “A Lot Like Me” — a documentary that tells the story of one woman’s journey to explore her father’s culture, but finds that the violence against women in Tanzania was the real story that needed to be told.

You will also see the Island adorned with purple lights this month. Vashon is participating this year in Purple Light Nights, a national domestic violence aware-ness campaign in which businesses and residents shine a purple light in their doorsteps or windows in opposition to domestic violence. I imagine the lights as beacons giv-ing hope to the survivors who may be afraid to leave and just need to know that we are there for them. I also believe the bulbs are shin-ing on the perpetrators like an interrogation light that says, “We are watching.” You can get your lights at Vashon Youth & Family Services or at the Chamber of Commerce.

I spent two years with a monster in my home. If I can save one child from that experience, it is worth all the money I could possibly give to charities this year. Please come to these events and open your wal-let for this important cause.

— Allison Shirk, a grant writer, is one of the founders of

the DoVE project.

We’re seeing indications

ADMINISTRATIONPUBLISHER: Daralyn Anderson

[email protected]

ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR:

Patricia [email protected]

Circulation (206) 463-9195 Epi Wilson

[email protected]

Administration (206) 463-9195Fax (206) 463-6122

E-mail: [email protected]

EDITORIALEDITOR: Leslie Brown

[email protected] (206) [email protected]

ARTS: Elizabeth [email protected]

SPORTS: [email protected]

BUSINESS, CALENDAR: Susan [email protected]

STAFF REPORTER: Natalie [email protected]

ADVERTISINGMARKETING REPRESENTATIVE:

Matthew Olds

Display Advertising (206) [email protected]

DESIGN/PRODUCTIONMARKETING DESIGNERS: Nance Scott and Linda [email protected]

CLASSIFIEDSClassified Ads (800) [email protected]

OPINIONVashon-Maury

Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber, 17141 Vashon Hwy SW, Suite B, Vashon, WA 98070; (USPS N0. 657-060) is published every Wednesday by Sound Publishing Inc.; Corporate Headquarters: 19351 8th Avenue NE, Suite 106, Poulsbo, WA 98370-8710. (Please do not send press releases to this address.)SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $30 on Island motor route delivery, one year; $57 two years; Off Island, continental U.S., $57 a year and $30 for 6 months. Periodical postage paid at Vashon, Washington. POSTMASTER: Send changes of address to Beachcomber P.O. Box 447, Vashon Island, WA 98070.

Copyright 2011 © Sound Publishing Inc.

Living with domestic violence: A survivor recalls her feelings of fear and isolation

DOMESTIC VIOLENCEBy ALLISON SHIRK

For more information about DoVE or to make a donation, visit www.vyfs.org.The three fundraisers planned in support of the project include: “Eve Was Framed,” a one-woman comedic show on misogyny, at 8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21, at the Red Bicycle.Voices Against Violence – the White Ribbon Campaign, an event where men will share their songs and words on domestic violence, at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4, at the Red Bicycle.“A Lot Like Me,” a documentary showing at the Vashon Theatre at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10.

This month, purple lights will highlight our community’s shared concern

CatsIndoor cats are safer and happier

In response to Kirk Beeler’s criticism of Sara Van Fleet’s letter about the lifespan of indoor cats vs. indoor/outdoor cats, one only need do a quick Internet search to see that virtually every site about this inquiry — from vet-erinarians to cat fancier groups — agree that indoor cats do in fact live longer (overall) than outdoor or indoor/outdoor cats.

It is common sense that an indoor cat that is exposed to fewer dangers such as poisons, predators, diseases and traffic would live longer. And the toll on wildlife of all kinds is well-documented as well.

I will add that a dog that is a true member of the family and that is not chained, abandoned by itself in a backyard or allowed to roam free will live a longer, happier and healthier life, too. It is all common sense.

— Michelle Harvey

Research tells the truth about cats

Kirk Beeler, in his recent letter to The Beachcomber (“No Need To Keep Cats Indoors”), questions the statements of a previous writer that indoor cats live three times longer than outdoor and/or indoor-outdoor cats and that cats may not eat as many birds as it is claimed — and/or that dogs and people may eat just as many. Mr. Beeler

also appreciates the “rat, mice and mole control his cats do.” Mr. Beeler asks for research evidence. Well…

A quick search of rel-evant research on the Internet, using the search criteria of “life span of outdoor vs. indoor cats research,” “cats killing birds research” and “cats and rats research,” yielded research results from the University of Wisconsin, the Illinois Department of Public Health and Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine that:

average life span of 14 years, whereas outdoor-indoor cats have an average life span of only four years.”

Wisconsin’s Dr. Stanley Temple estimates that rural cats kill 39 million birds every year in Wisconsin alone.”

reasoned calculation, by one of Audubon’s senior

scientists, where the esti-mate is over a billion birds (killed by cats) per year.”

around homes can be relat-ed to the keeping of pets. In fact, rats may live in very close association with cats and dogs. Rats frequently live beneath a doghouse and soon learn they can feed on the dog’s food when he is absent or asleep. Although house cats, some dogs and other predators kill rats, they do not usually provide effective rat control.”

These are all direct quotes from major univer-sity research groups. For me, the results of this quick Internet search serve to demonstrate the old maxim that “denial isn’t a river in Egypt.” Small streams of denial flow through all of us — especially those of us with lovable but naturally carnivorous and predatory pets, like cats.

— Charles “Buzz” Blick

Amiad & Associates Exclusively Representing Buyers of Vashon Island Homes

206-463-4060 or 1-800-209-4168

1. Clean the gutters! Water can penetrate into your walls and roofi ng and cause serious mold problems.2. Call the heating and cooling contractors and have your

furnace serviced and cleaned for the year. This is critical if you use a fuel like oil, propane or natural gas. This makes your furnace safer, but also saves you big bucks by running more effi ciently.3. Be sure you’re ready for power outages. A generator is fi ne, espe-cially for pumping your well and running the refrigerator but don’t go overboard. A few days without the TV are good for you! Use bat-tery or propane lamps, a battery powered radio for weather news and be sure you’ve stored plenty of water.4. Clean decks and walkways now so the moss build-up won’t be too slippery. Consider putting non-skid strips or outdoor carpet on slick stairs.5. Look around your yard for objects that can get lost under a few inches of snow. You don’t want to lose the dog’s favorite ball and you sure don’t want to step on a rake you forgot was there!6. Be sure your car is serviced and checked out for winter driving. Have ice scrapping tools in the car and a warm blanket in the trunk in case you get stranded.7. Try not to use portable heaters in the house and if you must, un-plug them when you leave home. They are a major cause of fi res.8. Clean dryer vent and range vents.9. Be sure there is a ready supply of warm coats, hats and gloves for each member of the family.10. Have the chimney cleaned if you use wood heat, even occasion-ally. Fireplaces and woodstoves are another source of house fi res.

Q:

A:

Just Ask EmmaCurrent Real Estate Issues

To view this blog & make comments,

visit www.vashonislandrealestate.com/blog.html

Well, it’s that time again folks! Time to start battening down

the hatches. It’s already snowing on Mt. Rainier and the

predications are for a long, hard winter. Here are some hints

to help you get ready. The sooner you do this, while it’s not too

cold to work outside, the better your chances of being prepared

Piano LessonsAll Ages Welcome

Greta Hopper463-2531

Check us out at the Health and Wellness Fair

this Saturday at Wings10 am – 1 pm

BREAKINGNEWS!

LOG ON TO OUR WEB SITE:

24 HOURS A DAY!7 DAYS A WEEK

www.vashonbeachcomber.com

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR VASHONOLOGY BY BILL JARCHO

Vashon Computer Club: The meeting topic will be a peek at Windows 8. Visitors are welcome for free, but membership is inex-pensive. 7:30 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road.

Quartermaster Harbor Water Quality: A four-year study to evaluate the role of nitrogen and low oxygen in Quartermaster Harbor has passed the halfway point, and study participants will share their findings with the public. 6:30 p.m. open house and 7 p.m. presentation at the Vashon High School commons.

Current Events: Bob Hallowell will facilitate a lively but respect-ful engagement of opinions about international, national, state and local news; bring your clippings and opinions. 1 to 3 p.m. at the Senior Center on Bank Road.

Caregivers Support Group: This group is geared toward family or friend caregivers, rather than paid caregivers. Call Julea Gardener at 567-4421. 7 p.m. at Vashon Com-munity Care.

Full-Length Practice SAT: A fully-proctored practice SAT will show students what to expect in a test-like environment. Students will receive a comprehensive analysis of their performance on the test. 10 a.m. at the Vashon Library.

Pumpkin Sale: The Olympus Pony Club will host the sale; there will also be baked goods, caramel apples, gluten-free goodies and more. Pumpkins can be purchased throughout October, with the proceeds going to the pony club. For more information, call Mar-cella Kruly at 463-2986. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Burton store.

Buddhist Presentation: Zen Buddhist monk Rev. Master Basil Singer will give a talk on the Bud-dha’s enlightenment, the begin-ning of a religion and how people now can do what the Buddha did.Singer has been a monk for 21 years and will offer his guidance and experience to those who wish to live life more deeply; he will teach people how to do Soto Zen meditation. 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. at the Vashon Library.

Health Fair: Core Centric will host a health and wellness fair and give the public a chance to meet local service providers who can compliment any healthy lifestyle. Those interested in presenting should contact Michelle Reed at [email protected]. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Wings Birdseed Company.

Adopt-a-Cat Day: Learn about available cats online at www.vipp.org and adopt one this weekend. 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at VIPP’s cat shelter, 12200 S.W. 243rd.

Tour the Vashon Fields Project: The public is invited to take a tour of the new fields complex. Check out what’s been going on and see the plans for completion of the project in fall of 2012. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the fields next to The Harbor School.

PlaySpace Grand Reopening Celebration and Dedication: After a renovation, the PlaySpace is re-opening. Festivities will include a kids’ fair from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. with face painting, balloon animals, musicians and more. The dedication party will meet from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. and will include a visit from Vashon’s unofficial mayors, the Washington State Fairies.

Flamenco Performance: 8 p.m. at Havurat ee Shalom, 15401

Westside Highway. (See page 11 for more information.)

Senior Center Potluck: The event brings together good food, good friends and families. 2 to 4 p.m. at the Senior Center on Bank Road.

Community Cinema: This month’s film is “Deaf Jam.” Aneta Brodski is a deaf teenager living in New York City. As she prepares to be among the first deaf competi-tors in a National Poetry Slam, she discovers the power of American Sign Language poetry to transcend and liberate. Free. 3 to 5 p.m. at Ober Park.

Knit to Celtic Music: Knitters of all abilities are invited to drop in and work on their project while the Celtic Players play their un-derstated and merry music. 4 to 6 p.m. at Café Luna.

Unitarian Fellowship: Pastor Diakonda Gurning will be the speaker; the topic for his service will be “Immigration: Journey of Faith.” He is a mission developer with the Indonesian Lutheran Fellowship. Gurning is one of the co-founders of the Washington New Sanctuary Movement, a faith-based community organization publicly protecting the rights of all immigrants and working for com-prehensive immigration reform. 9:30 a.m. at Lewis Hall behind Burton Community Church.

Vashon Quilt Guild: The program will include a panel discussion of helpful and interesting quiltmak-ing classes that members have taken. For information, call Judy Dohm at 463-3192. 10 a.m. at the Presbyterian Church.

Library Story Times: Toddler Story Times, for ages 21 months to 3 years with an adult, will meet at 10:40 a.m., and Preschool Story Times, for ages 3 to 5, will meet at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesdays throughout October at the Vashon Library.

Education Forum: Islander and state senator Sharon Nelson will speak about possible consequenc-

es for education because of the difficult financial situation Wash-ington is in. A deficit of $1 to $2 billion this biennium is expected, and a special legislative session has been called for November to deal with it. The PTSA is sponsor-ing the event. 7 p.m. at McMurray Middle School.

Vashon Insight Meditation: The group meets weekly for informal meditation and discussion. For information, contact vashon [email protected]. 7 p.m. at the Puget Sound Zen Center, 20406 Chautauqua Beach Road.

UPCOMING

Fire Board Commissioner Debate: This is the only contested Island race this November. Come ask your questions of the candi-dates and hear what they have to say to make an informed choice. The candidates are Deborah Brown and Ron Turner for Position 1 and Candy McCullough and Joe Ulatoski for Position 4. 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19, at the Penny Farcy Fire Training Center.

Scholastic Book Fair: The fair this year will benefit the Camp Waskowitz program for fifth-graders. 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19, to Friday, Oct. 28, at Chautauqua.

Independent Senior Living: Mike Masi will discuss Vashon’s only mobile home residential park near town and wants input about what people 55 and older want for a senior community. 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19, at the Senior Center on Bank Road.

Orthodox Christian Mystical Theology and Zen Buddhism: Leading the discussion on the similarities between the two religions will be Father Tryphon who is abbot and co-founder of All-Merciful Saviour Monastery, a monastic community of the Russian Orthodox Church that has been on Vashon Island since 1988. 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct.19, at the Puget Sound Zen Center, 20406 Chautauqua Beach Road.

Author Reading: Longtime Islander Ina Whitlock will read from her book, “Sketches from Paraguana.” The self-published book includes a collection of sto-ries that Whitlock drew from her 10 years of living in Venezuela. 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, at Vashon Bookshop.

Recycle Building Materials: Drop off reusable materials, including windows, doors, clean lumber, cabinets, sinks and light fixtures. Second Use staff will determine what is reusable. Free. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, at the Vashon Recycling and Transfer Station.

Dr. William Foege — Telling Stories: Foege, who lives part time on Vashon Island, has been credited with eradicating smallpox and saving more than 122 million people worldwide. In the speakers’ series hosted by Vashon Commu-nity Care, Foege will share stories

from his life of global health work, including being shot at while giving shots to children and how he came to to be arrested two different times by opposing sides in the Nigerian Civil War. Tickets, by donation, are available at Books by the Way, Vashon Bookshop and Vashon Community Care. 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23, at Bethel Church.

All -Island Forum: At this forum, “Vashon Water: Vitality, Resilience and Growth,” professionals and experts on water from on-Island and off with a broad range of experience will be on hand to add to the current information base and engage in discussion. Creat-ing action based on diverse goals

is one of the plans of the forum. 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, at the Open Space for Arts & Community.

Say Farewell to Wendy Braicks: Everyone who would like to thank Braicks for her 21 years of service at the Vashon Park District is welcome at this open house. 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, at Ober Park.

Holiday Greens and Wreaths: This is a fundraiser for the 2012 senior graduation night. Greens will be available for pick up on Dec. 3. Order forms are available at Vashon High School and Pampered Paws. Call Tammy Thomas at 463-9938 for details. Order by Oct. 28.

Charles Backus Photo

Vashon Island Pet Protectors’ (VIPP) annual Fur Ball will be 3:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23, at the Open Space for Arts & Community. The theme this year is the Honky-Tonkiest Fur Ball Ever and will feature plenty of Western ambience. The evening will include a live auction, silent auction, raffle and a “Buy It Now” board, all with a variety of items to bid on, including a Pam Ingalls oil painting, a diamond broach, a three-night stay at the Bull River Guest Ranch in British Columbia, a cord of firewood and Adam Cone’s scone recipe. Also up for bid will be the mosa-ic dogs, above, and mosaic cats, all created by Island artists. Cone and his wife Meghan Hastings, of Monkey Tree fame, are catering the sit-down dinner and will serve Southwestern vegetarian fare, including three-cheese macaroni, jalapeno candied sweet potatoes and sweet corn “cobettes” dressed in chili and lime.Organizers are hoping to make the event as “green” as pos-sible, according to Jacquie Perry, the auction organizer. They will be using some of the No Trash Bash Stash, renting plates and using cloth napkins and tablecloths. Perry expects the 300 tickets to sell out. They are $45 in advance and $55 at the door and are available at Pandora’s Box, Fair Isle Animal Clinic, Books by the Way, Vashon Bookshop and online at www.brownpapertickets.com.It has been a challenging year for VIPP, Perry noted, with a ringworm problem at the cat shelter and many animals being turned over to VIPP because of their owners facing difficult economic circumstances. Last year VIPP had 129 cats and dogs spayed or neutered, provided other veterinary care to 327 cats and dogs, adopted out 119 cats and 48 dogs and returned 27 dogs and 16 cats to their owners.

CALENDARVashon-Maury

SUBMISSIONS

Send items to [email protected] is noon Thursday for Wednesday publication. The calendar is intended for commu-nity activities, cultural events and nonprofit groups; notices are free and printed as space permits.

HONKY TONK FUR BALL

VASHON THEATER

Contagion: Ends Oct. 13.

Footloose: Opens nationally and on Vashon Oct. 14 and will play until Oct. 27.

Batteries Not Included: 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16. The movie is free and is recommended for ages 7 and older. It is being sponsored by LGC Educational Services.

See www.vashontheatre.com for show times or call

PUBLIC MEETINGS

The King County Cemetery District #1: 3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12, at the Vashon Cemetery, 19631 S.W. Singer Rd.

Vashon Island School Board: The board will vote on the final schematic design package and estimate for the new high school. 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, at McMurray Middle School.

Vashon-Maury Island Community Council: 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17, at McMurray Middle School.

Vashon-Maury Island Community Council Outreach Committee: 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19, at the Vashon Library.

Vashon Sewer District Board of Commissioners: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, at the Vashon Senior Center.

King County Airport District #1 Commissioners: 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, at Courthouse Square.


All VoV TV shows are produced by Islanders. 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.

This week’s features on VoV TV are:

Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, 6 p.m. The Vashon Island Chorale performed Mozart’s Requiem to commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11. Rick Skillman recorded and edited the entire concert, and you can experience it on Channel 21.

The complete VoV TV Schedule is available at voiceofvashon.org.

Introduction to Shape Up Vashon: Drs. Kathleen and Chris Davis will talk about what this new program off ers, how to start, set goals and best use it. Those who attend will get a healthy, easy recipe and learn an exercise they can do without equipment. For more informa-tion, go to www.shapeupvashon.org. The class will run from 7 to 8:15 p.m. At 6:15 p.m. there will be optional blood pressure checks, YMCA step tests for fi t-ness baselines and weigh-ins, all tonight, Oct. 12, at Courthouse Square, 19001 Vashon Hwy. S.W.

Vashon Audubon Birding: Anne Thiess and Alan Huggins will present “All about Bird Feeders and Feeding Birds.” The class will include do’s and don’ts, cleaning feeders, preventing win-dow crashes and more. The cost is $15. 7 to 9 p.m. tonight, Oct. 12, at the Land Trust Building.

Solarize Vashon: This free workshop reviews solar basics, explains how the “solarize” mod-el works and how to participate. The Solarize Vashon project is a residential-based, bulk-purchase solar buying program. For more information, call Artisan Electric at 463-3111. 6:30 to 8 p.m. to-night, Oct.12, at the Gold Beach Community Center.

Nature Yard Care by Design: Learn about sustainable lawn and garden care. Tonight’s topics are garden design with Doug Rice and smart watering with Greg Butler. Free. To register, call 971-3720 or email [email protected]. 7 to 9 p.m. Thursdays, Oct. 13 to 27, at Chautauqua.

Fun with Watercolor: Geri Pe-terson will teach drawing, color choices and combinations, water and brush usage, composition and how to develop your own

style. The cost is $35; register at the senior center. Noon to 4 p.m. Oct. 13, 20 and 27 and Nov. 10 and 17. Sign up at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road.

Small Ceramics: Steve Roache of Aruba Tileworks will lead an informal class in making tiles and small ceramics. Projects will be fi red at his studio and returned a week later. Free. 9:30 a.m. Thurs-day, Oct. 13, at the Senior Center on Bank Road.

Pork Butchery: Farmstead Meatsmith off ers this hands-on class that uses traditional tools and methods of meat carving. A lamb butchery class will be of-fered this month. The cost is $150 per class. Call 463-6328 or email [email protected] for details and reservations. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15.

Master Learn to Row Class:Learn to row. Go to vashonparkdistrict.org for more infor-mation and to register. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, at Jensen Point.

Fat Loss Boot Camp: Fitness trainer Jill Bruyere will lead this program that will include two club workouts per week, work-outs for home, grocery lists and motivational tips. The cost is $75 for one month. Contact Bruyere at [email protected]. Noon to 1 p.m. Mondays and Wednes-days beginning Oct. 17 at the Vashon Athletic Club.

Banana Dance for Kids: Kids roll, jump, create dances and play with dance artist Karen Nelson assisted by musician and mover Larry Browning. The fee is by donation. For information or to register contact [email protected]. 3:30 to 4:15 p.m. for ages birth to 5; 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. for ages 6 and up Mondays, Oct. 17 to Dec. 17 at the Hanna Barn on Point Robinson Road.

Contact Improvisation Dance:Adults can learn this way of danc-

ing with experienced teacher and dancer Karen Nelson. Classes in-clude natural movement, touch, balance, falling and relaxation. To register contact [email protected]. The fee is by dona-tion. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Mondays, Oct. 17 to Dec. 17 at Hanna’s Barn on Point Robinson Road.

Improv for Parents: Improv theater helps develop parent-ing skills, adding depth to the everyday role parents play in their child’s life. Learn side coach-ing, character development and spontaneous creativity. The cost is $50 for individuals, $65 for couples. To register, call the Blue Heron at 463-5131. 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Oct. 18 and 25, at the Blue Heron.

Building Community Resil-ience in Uncertain Times: Bill Scarvie, the coordinator of outreach for the Great Turning Initiative of David Korten’s Living Economies Forum, will lead the workshop. Participants will share stories, concerns and experi-ences, gain wisdom and build a basis for social action. The sug-gested donation is $15. Noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23, a Lewis Hall behind the Burton Church.

Silk Painting for Christmas Giving: Suzanna Leigh will off er theses classes for artists and non-artists. In the fi rst class, students will create patterns by printing with found and natural objects. All classes are $55. To register, email [email protected]. 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays, Oct. 23 and 30 and Nov. 6 at Leigh’s studio near KVI.

Cheesemaking: From Cow to Curd: Culinary Institute of America graduate Kelsey Kozak will guide people through the entire cheesemaking process, from milking the cow to aging wheels of cheese. Call Kozak at 463-1317. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Kozak’s home. Class dates will be arranged to accommodate students.

SCENE & HEARD

At its next meeting, the Vashon-Maury Island Community Council will hear about plans for the Seattle viaduct closure. (See page 1 for details.)

In addition, King County’s relation-ship with Vashon Island will be the topic of Julia Larson, Bong Sto. Domingo and Marisa Alegria. Larson is the lead in devel-oping new programs for gathering and disseminating information to the rural, unincorporated areas.

Bring a new pair of warm socks to the meeting. These are being collected to give to Debbie Rieschl of VIVA, a program providing for people’s basic needs. Also, Emma Amiad will talk about the Social

Services Network, which is comprised of Vashon Youth & Family Services, the Vashon Communty Food Bank, the Vashon Senior Center, Vashon Community Care, the Interfaith Council to Prevent Homelesssness, Vashon HouseHold, Learn-2Earn and Neighbor to Neighbor.

Three motions are on the agenda for vot-ing: shellfish inventory, the Unincorporated Area Councils’ contract extension and the letter to King County about the highway five-tier system and the Vashon Island Fire & Rescue safety concerns.

The meeting will be at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17, at McMurray Middle School.

— Joan Sells

The Creative Preschool admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of educational policies, admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school administered programs.

WaitlistForming

Call 463-2166 forfuture openings!

17708 Vashon Hwy; lower level of Presbyterian Church

TRXSuspension Training

Sandi Silagi Michelle Reed

Health and WellnessLifestyle Fair

Join us at Wings Birdseed CoThis Saturday

Oct 15th • 10am-1pm Free to the Public

Pilates Functional Training Sports Conditioning

Here’s what our clients are saying about Core Centric Personal Training…

“Core Centric has been an amazing experience for me. Not only do I feel great about the way I look and feel, I feel stronger than I have in a long time. I absolutely

love the TRX, it is highly addictive.”

206.388.8953www.corecentrictraining.com

206.463.5477

Karaoke - Saturdays, 7:30 pm

Friday

Monday Dinners, 5– 7 pmTaco Tuesdays, 5-7pm

Hard $1.50 Soft $3.00Taco Salads $5.00

Burger WednesdaysTake the “Eagle Burger” Challenge!

1/2 lb. of premium beef burger with your choice of fries or onion rings

VASHON EAGLES

Sunday BreakfastCooked to order

Prime Rib

Community council to hear about traffic, roads and more

Passport to Pain: The Vashon Island Rowing Club held its first ever “Passort to Pain” last month, when 53 people, including several from off-Island, particated in the 76- mile benefit bicycle ride, which included a whopping 10,000 feet of elevation gain. Twenty-nine people finished the ride. In all, the ride raised more than $4,000, giving half to the food bank and half to Vashon Island Junior Crew. At right, scenes from the ride include bikers making the slog up a long hill, the stamping of a passport and Barney Gill relieved, at last, to be horizontal.

The Making of a Scout: Thomas Douglas recently completed his Eagle Scout project by overseeing a crew of fellow scouts, students and adults that built a new picnic table and refurbished another for the Vashon Community Food Bank.The project took more than 300 hours from conceptualization through delivery. Pictured are, from left, Philip VanDevanter, Teddy Atwell, Roger Douglas and Thomas Douglas.


ARTS&LEISUREVashon-Maury DICKENS, ANYONE? Prepare a one-m inute monologue and sing your favor ite

Chr istmas carol at Drama Dock’s upcom ing auditions for “A Chr istmas Carol,” slated for 7:30 p.m . Saturday and Monday, Oct. 15 and 17, at Ober Park. Par ts for all ages are avail-able. For more information, call Elizabeth Ripley at 463-6388.

A performer cooks up a theatrical feast

Eyvind Kang, an Island-based composer and multi-instrumentalist, has won this year’s prestigious Arts Innovator Award, given by the Seattle non-profit, Artist Trust.

The award comes with an unrestricted $25,000 cash prize.

Kang, a Vashon resident since 2003, was one of two recipients of the award; the other prize went to Seattle choreographer Pat Graney. The awards program is funded by The Dale and Leslie Chihuly Foundation and is meant to rec-ognize Washington artists who originate new work, experiment with new ideas, take risks and push the boundaries in their respective fields.

Kang’s work seems a perfect fit for those criteria.

A classically trained musician, Kang creates music that is defined on his Wikipedia page as “a classical approach to jazz with punk, ambient and folk influences.” His ecumenical embrace of many different genres has led him to collaborate with musicians in Seattle, New York, Reykjavik, Bologna, Vienna and the Bay Area and pushed him to continue to hone his skills on the viola, violin, tuba, erhu, setar and all manner of other stringed instruments.

Along the way, he has worked with the likes of Laurie Anderson, Beck, Bill Frisell and many other noted musicians. He has also per-formed and recorded with his wife, composer and vocal artist Jessika Kenney, and worked on many film, theater and dance pieces.

Kang most recently performed on Vashon as part of “The Mystical Life of Rumi,” a concert put together by Kenney, and in December, he’ll release a new album, “With Visible Breath (I am Walking),” on the Ideologic Organ label.

Kang, reached Saturday, said he was still in a state of disbelief about winning such a pres-tigious prize. “I didn’t expect it at all,” he said. “It was a good shock.”

For Kang, the award has provided a measure of validation for his work.

“I’m more confident that (my work) has meaning in this world, that it’s not just soph-ism and having fun — that it helps the soul,” he said.

He has no special plans for the award money, he said, adding that he simply wants to contin-ue composing, playing and practicing his art.

“There’s a quickening — things are getting deeper for me, somehow,” he said. “The sub-ject matters that I’m interested in are opening up to me more lately, and great teachers have appeared. I’ve been doing so much studying, it’s hard to think I’m a professional artist — I just feel like a student. So there is a balance between that and doing my work, because if I don’t do my work, no one else is going to do anything like it.”

— Elizabeth Shepherd

ISLANDER WINS PRIZE FOR ARTS INNOVATION

By ELIZABETH SHEPHERDArts Editor

Vashon performer Arlette Moody is joining togeth-er with some of her closest Island friends on Friday and Saturday to present “More Feasting,” a

variety show that she hopes will leave her audiences feel-ing pampered.

“More Feasting” — a collection of 12 theater, music, dance and comedy vignettes — has been put together by Moody as part of Vashon Allied Arts’ ongoing New Works Series.

The show, she said, is “about appreciating what we have and enjoying simple, delectable pleasures, like allowing someone to make you feel good by giving you a stroke on your check or having a little glass of wine and a conversation. Everyone wants to feel loved and appreciated.”

To that end, Moody has invited some of the people she loves most on Vashon to be in the show, which will be staged at the Blue Heron on a set decorated with her own hand-made, crescent-shaped luminaries.

The cast includes a group of singers, dancers and per-formers who are well known to Island audiences — Esther Edelman, Kathy Zbryck, Cathy de Smet, Lynelle Sjoberg, Abby Enson, Adrienne Selvey Mildon and Lyn McManus.

Members of Moody’s own family will also make appearanc-es. Funny man and UMO founding member Steffon Moody will perform a vignette in the show on Friday night only, and Steffon and Arlette’s 12-year-old daughter Louisa will help her mother close the show both nights with a special dance.

Other prominent Islanders have also been enlisted to help behind the scenes. Actor, writer and theater impresario Kevin Joyce directed Moody’s opening number for the show, and choreographer Francois Serre y Berga choreographed a jazz trio piece that will be performed by Moody, Edelman and Zbryck.

Audiences can also expect tender solo pieces by Moody, as she sings songs by her favorite songwriter, Kate Bush.

Moody, who moved to Vashon 15 years ago, said she was thrilled to be sharing the stage with so many friends.

“What a glorious thing to work with your friends on these creative projects — how lovely is that?” she asked. “I social-ize through my work, so this was a great way to interact with my friends. It’s a very powerful thing to connect with other people, when you’re all singing the same thing together, or dancing together.”

Moody also plans to connect with her audience during a special moment at the beginning of her show.

“I might be gifting the audience with some little treats,” she hinted. “I love my audience and want them to feel so happy that they came.”

“More Feasting” will be presented at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Blue Heron. Tickets, $12 and $15, are on sale at the Blue Heron, Heron’s Nest, Island book stores and www.brownpapertickets.com. The show is rated PG-13.

Backbone’s ‘Pink Zeppelin’ will fly high at the BikeVashon musicians will line up this

Friday to perform in a fundraiser for the Backbone Campaign, Vashon’s grass-roots group that has made a national name for itself by agitating for progres-sive causes.

The fundraiser, slated to take place at 8 p.m. Saturday at Red Bicycle Bistro, is dubbed “Pink Zeppelin,” a nod to two of the most famous bands in the history of rock music — Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd.

Almost two dozen local music makers are signed up to play songs made famous by those iconic groups.

Performers will include such well- known Island players as Bob Krinsky, Ron Hook, Steve Amsden, Luke McQuillin, Adrienne Selvey Mildon, Greg Parrott, Greg Dember, Pat Reardon, Fletcher Andrews and many others.

“Pink Zeppelin” is the seventh in a series of annual musical fundrais-ers for the Backbone Campaign. Past themes have celebrated the music of the Beatles, Bob Marley, Bob Dylan, the Grateful Dead, Elvis and The Rolling Stones.

Tickets to the event are $20, with all

proceeds benefitting the current work of The Backbone Campaign — providing imagery, training, and inspiration for the activist “occupations” taking place on Wall Street, Washington, D.C., down-town Seattle and other cities across the country.

According to Backbone’s executive director Bill Moyer, the group is serving “as Vashon’s liaison to progressive social movements calling for fundamental reforms to our broken democracy and economic system.”

— Elizabeth Shepherd

Arlette Moody is ready for “More Feasting.”

Eyvind Kang

A New Works show at the Blue Heron brings together a group of friends tocelebrate life’s most delectable pleasures

Carmona Flamenco, an award-winning dance and music ensemble, will celebrate Sukkot, a Jewish and universal festival known as the “season of joy,” at a special gathering at Havurat Ee Shalom on Saturday.

The show, a fundraiser for Vashon’s biennial Poetry Fest, marks the first time Carmona Flamenco has performed on Vashon. Based in West Seattle, the popular flamenco group has wanted to visit Vashon for some time, said orga-nizer Cal Kinnear.

“I’m really glad to final-ly get them here and have a chance to show them off,” he said.

The four-member group performs traditional and contemporary flamenco dance, music and song. At Saturday’s event, the

group — a husband and wife time that performs with their son and special guests — will focus on the lighter and more joy-ful side of the flamenco repertoire in keeping with the Jewish celebration of Sukkot, Kinnear said. The

show will also include two Sephardic songs sung in Ladino and a poem by Manuel Machado.

The performance is at 8 p.m. at Havurat Ee Shalom, 15401 Westside Hwy. Tickets, available at the Vashon Bookshop, are $20.

Daphne Ashling Purpus

Piro Kramar

Michelle & Scott Harvey

Todd Vogel & Karen Hust

Cindy & Hans Koch

Fur Ball The Honky-Tonkiest Fur Ball Ever

TM

The original, world-class magic of Joey Pipia will be featured in “The Magic Chamber: 30 Seats, 60 min-utes, One Outrageous Event” presented at two shows, 7 and 9 p.m., Saturday at the Open Space for Arts & Community.

Pipia has escaped from a straitjacket 80 feet above the street while dangling by his ankles and has ap-peared in fi lm, on TV and on stages across the coun-try. He performs with the Moisture Festival and tours regularly with The New Old Time Chautauqua and The Flying Karamazov Brothers.

Only 30 seats are being sold for each show. Tickets cost $20 and can be purchased at www.brownpapertickets.com or by calling 800-838-3006.

Café Luna’s weekend off erings will include a wine tasting with Vashon Winery owner Ron Irvine from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday and a free screening of two important Great Depression-era documentaries, “The Plow that Broke the Plains” and “The River,” at 7 p.m. Saturday. Both fi lms were directed by Pare Lorentz, one of the pioneers of documentary fi lmmaking. Peter Ray will lead a discussion after the fi lms.

The exuberant strains of the rock opera “Godspell” will be heard on Vashon next week when the show is staged by Drama Dock’s Youth Theatre Initiative.

The cast of 13 teenage thespians has been in rehears-al for the show for the past two months under the direction of Drama Dock’s artistic director Elizabeth Ripley.

“Godspell,” by Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak, took Broadway by storm in 1971 with its groundbreaking musicalization of the Gospel of St. Matthew. The show will be performed on Vashon at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 21 and 22, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23, at Vashon High School. Tick-ets, $7.50 for youth and seniors and $10 general, are on sale now at Island book stores.

Alex Zerbe, an award-winning comic, will bring a show of amazing stunts, physical comedy and audience participa-tion to the Blue Heron at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23. The show, part of Vashon Allied Arts’ Family Series, promises plenty of fam-ily fun. Call 463-5131 for tickets, $5 (for ages 10 and younger), $9 for VAA members and $12 general.

Jazz guitarist, composer and recording artist Mimi Fox will play a concert at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, at the Blue Heron.

Fox has appeared in major festivals from New York to Tokyo, including the Caribbean, Japan, Thailand, Aus-tralia, New Zealand and Europe. She has headlined New York City’s The Blue Note and Merkin Concert Hall, The Kennedy Center and Blues Alley in Washing-ton D.C., Yoshi’s and the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco and has become a welcome favorite at Seattle’s Triple Door and Jazz Alley.

Tickets to the show are $15/$18 and are on sale at the Blue Heron, Heron’s Nest, Island book stores and www.brownpapertickets.com.

ARTS BRIEFS

Carmona Flamenco will perform on Vashon on Saturday.

football field in the spring. Though many of the

plants are young and short, chain link fences are vis-ible and some areas are cov-ered in black tarp, the pond is already a wilder place. Insects, ducks and other birds have moved into the area in larger numbers, and native frog and newt eggs were introduced there.

Burrell’s students, tak-ing in the sights at the pond with wide eyes and smiles, pointed out mush-rooms and new plants they observed in the water, and some thought they saw tad-poles swimming around.

“It’s a lot funner than staying in the classroom,” said Gracie Zenner, a fifth-grader in Burrell’s class. “It’s funner than looking at the book and seeing a picture. Instead of looking at a book, you can really see it.”

The fifth graders have started utilizing the pond by practicing simple obser-vations. In the spring they will study amphibians there as part of Chautauqua’s new school-wide science curric-ulum, which was also fund-ed by the Waterworks grant and written by Islander Trish Howard.

Howard, who has volun-teered at Chautauqua as a science coach, said it’s been a longtime dream of hers to see the school have a stronger science curriculum

that takes advantage of the school’s garden, large sur-rounding forest and deten-tion pond. Her new curric-ulum, which she developed after receiving training that was also funded by the grant, gets every grade level out of the school building and into the outdoors.

“It’s probably one of the best outdoor classrooms in the state,” Howard said.

Burrell said she was thrilled to see the pond incorporated into the new science curriculum. In the spring her students will scoop up its water and study it under microscopes, look-ing for microscopic life. They’ll each develop their own investigations about the pond habitat, attempting to answer questions such as

how the water temperature influences what creatures live there.

“It’s pretty rare that you have a school in an envi-ronment like this,” Burrell said. “Being able to access it and take advantage of the opportunity is wonderful.”

Doug Swan, another fifth-grade teacher, said he is excited for his class to see what life appears at the pond by next spring. He thinks the new curriculum will get his students even more interested in science.

“What’s great about it is it makes science real in their lives because its right out-side our door,” he said.

As Burrell’s class finished their lesson and made the trek back to their classroom, they passed another class of fifth graders and then a multi-age class making their way down the wind-ing trail to the pond.

Roxanne Lyons, the dis-trict’s curriculum direc-tor and one of the driv-ing forces behind the pond project, said fourth-graders now visit the pond as part of their science lessons as well, and some high school science electives will take field trips there to do more advanced investigations and practice using tools such as water-testing devices. The pond won’t be used exclu-sively for science, however. Some elementary teachers, Lyons noted, have already taken their younger stu-dents to the pond for simple outdoor activities such as writing nature poetry.

“It will be used across the district,” she said.

She believes the opportu-nity to study science hands-on will get more students of all ages interested in sci-ence and perhaps encourage some to pursue continued study in the field.

“It’s an amazing oppor-tunity for kids to learn to be field scientists basically. ... I hope that in the process we create more scientists. We get kids who didn’t know how fun science could be and inspire them to study science,” she said.

Though about $20,000 of the $73,000 Waterworks grant has been dedicated to the pond and new science curriculum, Lyons hopes future grants and continued volunteer work will allow the district to maintain the pond and even make improvements there. She envisions a day when plants are tall, the chain link fence is torn down and nearby sits an amphitheater that could double as a classroom space and concert area.

“It’s another Vashon gem, and we’ll share it with the kids,” she said.


CALL — 866.527.9378 (ESPAÑOL 866.960.6660)

CLICK — centurylink.com/5yearsCOME IN — For locations, visit centurylink.com/storelocator

*When bundled with Unlimited Nationwide Calling plan.

CENTURYLINK™

HIGH-SPEED INTERNET No term commitment required.

*Offers end 1/28/2012. Offer for residential customers activating or adding listed High-Speed Internet and/or voice services in qualifying service bundle. Existing customers will lose current discounts by subscribing to this offer. Locked-In Offer applies only to the monthly recurring charge for the listed service for sixty consecutive months; excludes all taxes, fees, surcharges, and monthly recurring fees for modem/router and professional installation. Listed rate of $19.95/mo. applies to High-Speed Internet service with up to 12 Mbps and requires a subscription to CenturyLink Home Phone Unlimited. One offer only per account. An additional monthly fee (including professional installation, if applicable) and a shipping and handling fee will apply to customer’s modem or router. Offer requires customer to remain in good standing and terminates if customer changes their account in any manner including any change to the required CenturyLink services (canceled, upgraded, downgraded), telephone number change, or change of physical location of any installed service (including customer moving from residence of installed services). General – Services and offers not available everywhere. CenturyLink may change, cancel, or substitute offers and services – including Locked-In Offer – or vary them by service area, at its sole discretion without notice. Requires credit approval and deposit may be required. Additional restrictions apply. Terms and Conditions – All products and services listed are governed by tariffs, terms of service, or terms and conditions posted at www.CenturyLink.com. Taxes, Fees, and Surcharges – Applicable taxes, fees, and surcharges include a carrier Universal Service charge, carrier cost recovery surcharges, a one-time High-Speed Internet activation fee, a one-time voice service activation fee, state and local fees that vary by area and certain in-state surcharges. Cost recovery fees are not taxes or government-required charges for use. Taxes, fees, and surcharges apply based on standard monthly, not promotional, rates. Monthly Rate – Monthly rate applies while customer subscribes to all qualifying services. If one (1) or more services are canceled, the standard monthly fee will apply to each remaining service. High-Speed Internet – Connection speeds are based on sync rates. Download speeds will be up to 15% lower due to network requirements and may vary for reasons such as customer location, websites accessed, Internet congestion and customer equipment. CenturyLink Home Phone Unlimited – Applies to 1 residential phone line with direct-dial local and nationwide voice calling, designated calling features, and unlimited nationwide long distance service, including all U.S. states, Puerto Rico, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Canada; excludes commercial use, data and facsimile services (including dial-up Internet connections), conference lines, directory and operator assistance, chat lines, pay-per-call, calling card use, or multi-housing units. Usage may be monitored and customer may be required to show compliance if usage exceeds 5,000 minutes/mo. or non-compliance indicated. International calling billed separately. ©2011 CenturyLink, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Fifth-grade teacher Kay Burrell talks to her class during a trip to the pond at Chautauqua.

PONDCONTINUED FROM 1

More Than Just A Lumber Yard

Your Local Purina Feed Dealer

17633 97th Pl. S.W. Vashon, Wa 98070 206-463-5000

For every Pink 50 bag of Purina® animal feed you buy,

Purina Mills will donate a portion of the proceeds to

breast cancer research. It’s a great way for all of us

and your animals to help make people better.

YOUR ANIMALS WANT YOU TO GET REGULAR MEDICAL CHECKUPS

FEED TODAY

TOMORROW

FOR ADIFFERENCE


Beachcomber Bulletin BoardShare your message, photo, celebration, event, milestone, or connection with your friends, neighbors, and community.

Submit your information to [email protected] or call 463-9195.

Pumpkins! Pumpkins! Pumpkins!

Olympus Pony Club’s

Great October Pumpkin Sale

Oct. 15th10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Hosted by

Harbor Merchantilein Burton

Calling all Sweet Tooths

there will also be baked goods; gluten–free

goodies; caramel apples and hot cider

for sale. Pumpkins can be purchased

all through the month of October with

proceeds going to Olympus Pony Club.

Where: Vashon Plaza (the old Napa Store)

When: Sunday, Oct. 23 from 1-4pm

Hands on seminar taught by Joanne Factor,

a certifi ed self-defense instructor. Class size is limited so please call now

to reserve your spot. Call Cheryl at 206-714-7281.

Proudly sponsored by Cheryl Dalton of

FREE...FREE...FREEWomen‛s Self Defense Seminar

Vashon-Maury Island, LLC

Paint on Silk with artist Suzanna Leigh

Make beautiful scarves for gifts

Oct. 23, 30, Nov. 6

Call 463-5255 for more information

Cozy by the fire?

Call us for a new gas fireplace!

…an energy management team

463-1777www.VashonHeating.com

WA Lic # DANIESH953OL

OPEN HOUSEVashon Island Chamber of CommerceAnd Visitor CenterCordially invites you to attend our Open HouseThursday, October 20, 20116:30 PM to 8:00 PMPlease Join Us at Our New Location17141 Vashon Hwy SW (just north of Vashon Village)See the New Vashon Island Visitor CenterMeet the Chamber Board of Directors, Staff and VolunteersEnjoy Ray Pfortner Art ExhibitMeet the Vashon LEADS Networking GroupRefreshments Will Be Served

By BRIAN BRENNOFor The Beachcomber

Though the Pirates held the Chimacum Cowboys back for most of the first half of Friday’s Homecoming game, the night ended with a Chimacum win, 35-14.

The Cowboys started the game with the ball, and the Pirates held them from scoring on their first three possessions. The Pirates moved the ball well in the first quarter — highlighted with a complete pass to Evan Anderson for 30 yards and strong run-ning from Nick Betz — but were unable to score. Chimacum started the scoring after an inter-ception that led to a field goal and a 3-0 lead.

Peter Evans intercepted a Chimacum pass, ending their next possession. But the Cowboys got the ball right back with an interception for a touch-down, bringing the score to 9-0. Evans then intercepted another pass, but the half came to an end before the Pirates could score.

After looking a little flat in the first half, the Pirates came out fired up. But the Cowboys returned a punt for a touchdown early, making the score 15-0.

Vashon returned the kickoff to the 45-yard line and capped a nice drive that included a 20-yard run by Nick Betz with a 40-yard run for a touchdown by quarterback Nick Amundsen, putting the Pirates on the score-

board, 15-6. Vashon scored again on a

fourth-and-one run by Nick Betz to come within two points, 15-13. On the next Chimacum pos-session, Kevin Thomas sacked the Cowboy quarterback for a 15-yard loss, but they contin-ued their drive and scored again, widening Chimacum’s lead to 21-14.

Vashon suffered from two more turnovers and were unable to score again while Chimacum ended the game with two more touchdowns for a Cowboy win, 35-14.

Vashon will play Life Christian next Saturday at Harry Lang Stadium in Lakewood.

— Brian Brenno is the president of the Vashon Bounty Club.

SPORTSVashon-Maury

YOUTH WRESTLING SIGN-UPS: Kids ages 5 through 12 can sign up for the Rockbusters wrestling team from 6 to 8 p.m . tomorrow, Oct. 13, at the Vashon High School commons. For more information, contact B.J. Nelson at 463-5854.

Serving Vashon Island Since 1929 463-9134

WILLIAMS HEATING Proudly Sponsors…

Nick BetzFootball, JuniorNick is Running Back and Linebacker and is a high energy player who is always working to make himself and his team better. He was voted a captain for our team and leads through example, by his hard work and dedication to the team. Nick is great to coach, always willing to do whatever is needed to help the team, with 100% eff ort all the time.

PIRATE

Visit our website for high quality prints and digital

downloads of local sports stars in action.

www.Riksimages.com

5th AnnualWrestlingSpaghetti

FeedFundraiser

Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011 Sportsmen’s C lub

6 p.m.We’ll be taking

registrations at the first day of Rockbuster

practice on Monday, October 24th!!

Contact Desireé at463-5854

Vashon loses Homecoming game to Chimacum Cowboys

Soccer wins one, loses one

Peter Evans fights for every inch of yardage as a Chimacum tackler hangs on.

Denise Griffith, center, eludes a Seattle Christian player in last Tuesday’s home soccer game.

By BILL TRANDUMFor The Beachcomber

After a tough loss to Seattle Christian, 7-2, on Tuesday, Oct. 4, the Vashon High School girls soc-cer team dominated the Charles Wright Academy side in an away game on Thursday, beating the Tarriers, 3-0.

The first score came when Cat Amick took a pass from freshman midfielder Madison Chapman out-side the 18 and worked her way to the left across the goal face. She put the ball out of the reach of the goalkeeper, high in the left side of the net.

Shortly, Charles Wright made its best attack of the match. A hard shot was blocked by Vashon goalkeeper Courtney Gateman; the rebound was sent right back and Gateman’s quick reflex action again blocked the shot. A third

try was cleared by defender Mykah Shiosaki.

Before halftime, left wing Lena DeGuzman lofted a well-placed ball from outside the 18 to Cat Amick, who cleanly headed it into the net for the Pirates’ second score.

The second half was likewise dominated by Vashon. DeGuzman used her powerful left foot to place a free kick over the defenders and out of reach of the Charles Wright goalkeeper for Vashon’s third and final score.

Four more games remain in league play, all of them to be played away. Additionally, two away games against bigger non-Nisqually league schools are scheduled to help the Vashon girls refine their game for post-season play.

— Bill Trandum is the parent of a

Seattle Sounders women’s team play-er and the uncle of a Vashon player.


Save the date!

Community Trick-or-TreatMonday, October

31st

License# PASCAPC972CE

SERVICE & QUALITYREMODELS – ADDITIONS – REPAIRS

WE ACCEPT CREDIT CARDS

YAM LAMB Sheep Co.USDA and Locker lamb & beef

Supports Wolftown’s agricultural programAlso wool clothing!

You want the slow/local food and clothing movement to work?

Please put your dollars where your heart is.

206-463-9113 or [email protected] www.ricksdiagnostic.com

Want To Get Rid of That Junk Car or Truck?

More Often Than Not We Can Haul It Free!

Diagnostic & Repair Service, Inc.

463-9277Washington Hulk Hauler’s – License #0463-A

Cross country team takes on the competition at Point DefianceBy KEVIN ROSSFor The Beachcomber

Anyone waiting to catch an early evening ferry at Point Defiance last Thursday had the opportunity to see the start and finish of the Pirates’ cross country meet, where the girls team took a close second behind Seattle Christian. Vashon went up against both Seattle Christian and Life Christian at a dou-ble-loop course beginning in the open grass area just across the street in Point Defiance Park.

The afternoon meet began with sev-enth grader Eva Cyra turning in a time of 12:19 on the 1.5-mile middle school course.

In the high school girls team com-petition, Vashon and Seattle Christian both earned 28 points, requiring a tie-breaking decision.

The first tie-breaker is to compare each team’s number-six runner. Since Vashon and Seattle Christian did not

have a sixth runner, the tie-breaker was determined by adding up the first four team places instead of the first five.

After all of this, it was Seattle Christian that ultimately won the meet over Vashon, 17-19 (the lower score wins).

Madi Groen and Peri Roberts were a big help to the team, placing sec-ond and third overall. The boys had a tougher time, placing second behind Seattle Christian, which had 18 points to Vashon’s 54 points.

However, many of the boys ran per-sonal-best times on the 3.1-mile course. Seattle Christian has a nice pack of boys that run well together up front, which has benefited them this season. Pirate runners Ryan Krug and Nathan Williams both had strong races, and Codi Williams put in a great effort as well.

— Kevin Ross is a cross country coach at Vashon High School.

The McMurray Middle School boys soccer team is undefeated after their latest game against Seattle Christian, an away game where the Mustangs played well and coasted to a 10-4 win.

McMurray’s starting varsity players, after gaining a large lead, were able to be rested. The reserves also played well, keeping Seattle Christian to only four goals.

Scoring goals were Cole Jeffko (4), Gabe Reoux (3) and Sean Delargy, Chris Walker and Anthony Gateman, who each scored 1.

The defending league champi-on Mustangs opened this year’s sea-son at home against Cascade Christian and Charles Wright Academy. They had an easy

time of it against Cascade Christian, walking away with a 9-0 win on Sept. 27.

Scoring for the Mustangs were Reoux (2), Jeffko (2), Bernard Cowen (2) and Walker, Bodi Mozeleski and Brett Beardsly, who all scored one.

The next day the Mustangs battled to a 3-2 win against league rival Charles Wright. Goals were scored by Reoux, Jeffko and Mozeleski.

McMurray took on Charles Wright again in an away game on Tuesday (after press deadline), and they will play Cascade Christian at home today at 4:30 p.m.

— Bret Owensby

Vashon High School’s vol-leyball team stands undefeat-ed in Nisqually League play.

The second half of the sea-son began on Oct. 6, when the Pirates systematically disman-tled a tough Charles Wright team, winning the match in three decisive games.

Vashon did lose, 3-1, against non-league rival Sequim at the end of last month, but bounced back with excellent play against Seattle Christian and Charles Wright.

On Monday the team took on Cascade Christian (after press deadline), and Thursday

they will play Chimacum in an away game. On Saturday the girls will participate in a tough tournament in Bellingham that will serve as an excellent warm-up for post season play.

— Cheryl Pruett

McMurray boys soccer team wins first three games of season

Vashon volleyball stays strong, is undefeated in league play

206.937.6122 2615 SW Barton St., Seattle, WA 98126

www.DaystarSeattle.comIt’s so good to be home!

JOIN US IN OCTOBER FOR OUR The Daystar Promise is Good Ol’ Fashioned Value and Service Everyday!

Daystar Retirement Village is the only senior living community in West Seattle that is locally owned and family owned. We may not be the newest or the biggest in town, but we promise the best senior lifestyle value year after year. Value and comfort in a warm and caring environment is why our residents call Daystar “home.”

Get your FREE copy of the book: The Savvy Senior!

Get the free mobile app at

http://gettag.mobi

OCTOBER EVENTS20th Century History with Pete Mazza

Tuesday, October 4th, 1:15 p.m.From the Franco Prussian War to the Korean Conflict and Beyond. An 8 week lecture series with Pete Mazza every

Tuesday at 1:15 p.m. starting October 4, 2011. Fall Harvest Ice Cream Social

Friday,October 7th, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.Enjoy apple cobbler a la mode and spiced cider along

with music by the Hanky Panky Band. Nutrition and SupplementsMonday, October 10th, 3:00 p.m.

Learn easy-to-follow tips on healthy nutrition and balanced meals. Get the facts about the benefits of supplements.

Road Trip to Remlinger FarmsThursday October 13th, 9:30 a.m.

Join us for a tour and lunch! The trip includes a pumpkin harvest tour, steam train ride, pioneer farmhouse and more!

Raptors and the EnvironmentWednesday,October 19th, 2:00 p.m.

The Woodland Park Zoo visits Daystar with a presentation about raptors, ecological systems and environmental health.

Please RSVP Three Days in Advance Seating is limited, and reservations are required for all events.

SCHOOL SPIRIT ON PARADE

Though the Vashon High School football team lost its homecoming game to Chimacum, spirits were high and smiles bright dur-ing the festive halftime parade Friday night. Homecoming royalty paraded in cars around the track, followed by large and cre-ative floats constructed by each class. Selected by their peers, royalty included freshmen Mykah Shiosaki and Nick Barker (above right), sophomores McKenna Ralston and Philip VanDevanter (bottom left), juniors Cate Stackhouse and Matt Swope (above middle), seniors Sloan Ralston and Noah Baseleon-Abbott (left) and the king and queen, seniors Carlie-Sue Anderson and Sam Crosby (top right). One of the most elaborate floats was a pirate ship constructed by the junior class (top left).

To place an ad in the Service Directory, contact Daralyn or Matthew at 463-9195. Deadline for ad placement is Friday at 1pm.


AT YOUR SERVICEAT YOUR SERVICEAT YOUR SERVICE

RO Enterprises, Inc.

PO Box 1973Vashon, WA 98070

[email protected] # ROENTEI924RS

Quality You Can MeasureRemodeling &

Construction ServicesIsland Resident

206-818-8371Jim Schmidt

www.ro-enterprises.com

206-935-1575Michael KennicottIsland Resident

WA 98108

CONT.LIC# BETTERC052DT

Bob Webster

handyman service

(206) 455-4245

[email protected]

Licensed, Bonded & Insured LIC# BOBWEWH9290E

MasterCardACCEPTED

CAREFUL & EFFICIENT

PAINTINGServing Vashon

30 Years

206-463-4646

Brothers Landscaping, Inc.

Call anytime for an appointment

206-793-7749

H E A T I N G & C O O L I N G L L C

...an energy management team

We service

gas & electric

heating systems

463-1777 www.VashonHeating.com

WA L ic #DA NIESH953OL

INDEPENDENTCONSULTANT

Tammy Thomas206-463-9938

DecorativeWax

Warmers80 Fragrant Scents

http://tammythomas.scentsy.us

AlterationsTailoringHemmingResizing

Kate567-5485

15 years of experience

Island Yoga

islandyogacenter.com

“Yoga for Every Body!”

463-2058

RAY MATTHEWS CONSTRUCTION

Serving Vashon 35 years Additions, Decks, Siding, New

Windows & Doors, Garages, Sheds, or Remodel any room in your home463-2237 or 303-7705

#raymamc913k1

through a maze of alternative routes.“I know for a fact that the first day of

the closure is going to be real tough,” said County Councilman Joe McDermott, who chairs the King County Ferry District.

For Vashon, the impact could be particu-larly significant, in large part because West Seattle — Vashon’s portal to the mainland — is expected to be ground zero in viaduct-related traffic snarls. Even the passenger-only boat from Vashon to Seattle will feel the impact, some say, as Islanders who normally get to Seattle via West Seattle opt to ride the daily commuter boat.

“I think we’re going to be hit hard,” said Kari Ulatoski, a ferry-service advocate who pays close attention to traffic issues. “And not just during rush hour. I think it’s going to be chal-lenging to participate in any event where we have to go east and into Seattle.”

“Everybody is going to have to be very patient,” she added.

King County Metro and the ferry district are trying to compensate for the closures, adding ser-vice directed in large part toward easing the West Seattle commute. Enhanced service includes:

water taxi into downtown Seattle, as well as more parking spaces at the West Seattle dock and along Harbor Avenue S.W.

shuttle — routes 773 and 775 — which takes riders from various stops in West Seattle to the water taxi’s dock at Seacrest Park.

54, which has already been implemented and which is scheduled for departures every 15 minutes rather than every 30 minutes.

residents, the King County Ferry District decided not to increase the number of Vashon-Seattle water taxi sailings,

McDermott said.Already, he noted, the schedule is “maxi-

mized,” with the boat turning around

and its three evening runs. An additional sailing would have gotten commuters into Seattle around 10 a.m., too late for most workers, he said.

The ferry district’s board considered the possibility of renting an additional boat, but set aside that idea because of costs, McDermott said; an additional boat would have cost the cash-strapped ferry district $15,000 a week.

Like Ulatoski, he believes the pedestri-an-only boat will be particularly crowded during the viaduct closure, and more pas-sengers than usual, he predicted, will get left on the dock.

“The Vashon run is already a very popu-lar run,” he said.

But McDermott, like many of the region’s policymakers and traffic engineers, hopes com-muters will be creative and find alternative paths to their daily destina-tions. Some might cycle; others might find they can work at home; some might be able to com-press their work week

into fewer, longer days.“I anticipate more people will be look-

ing for all kinds of commuting options,” he said.

The closure is the first tangible step in the state’s $2 billion plan to replace the aging and vulnerable viaduct with a bored tunnel beneath downtown Seattle, a project that got its final green light in August, after Seattle voters, in an advisory vote, OK’d the project.

During the nine-day closure, workers will demolish vast sections of the southern mile of the viaduct and complete a temporary four-lane detour that will connect a new southbound bridge to the central water-front section of the viaduct. The detour will be in place until late 2015 or so, when the tunnel project is slated to be completed.

The closure is the only one expected

during the course of the ambitious tunnel project, except at the project’s completion, when the viaduct will be shut down for up to three weeks to connect the bridges to the finished tunnel, said Ka Deena Yerkan, a spokesperson for the state Department of Transportation.

“That’s great news,” she said.But once the detour is opened on Oct.

31, commute patterns will continue to be affected — as the new route will have a posted speed limit of 25 mph, down from

40 mph currently, Yerkan said.“The detour will slow people down,” she

said. McDermott, however, said he believes

commuters will find ways to live with the detour over the next couple of years, and eventually, the impact will lessen.

“The first day that detour opens, it’ll be slow-going,” he predicted. “Some people will get used to it and keep driving it. Others will find new routes. There will be a norming period as we learn to live with it.”

Don Boles, Owner – Island Residentwww.aawoodstree.com

206.463.9333Competitive Pricing

Licensed, Bonded, InsuredAll workers are covered by L & I

Tree ServiceSpecializing in

Challenging Trees and Tight Quarters

FREEESTIMATES

CONTINUED FROM 1

Matt Preedy, deputy director of the Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Program, will attend a meeting of the Vashon-Maury Island Community Council at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17. Preedy will discuss the detour that the state Department of Transportation is building and that will be in place for the next four years or so and its impact on Vashon commuters. The meeting will be held at McMurray Middle School. The state and county have extensive information about the nine-day closure, includ-ing a simulated driving video that can be found by going to www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0aaX8s3MME. And to help commuters plan transit options, Metro has set up a new website at www.kingcounty.gov/getyouthere. Meanwhile, the state Department of Transportation is holding what it’s calling its “One Last Shot” public contest. The winner and 24 of his or her friends will receive access to the viaduct’s downtown section for 30 minutes on Saturday, Oct. 22, by answering the ques-tion, “What would I do with 30 minutes on the Alaskan Way Viaduct?” Play soccer? Propose to your significant other? Hold a dance? Submit an answer in 100 words or less to [email protected] by Sunday, Oct. 16. The person who is selected and his or her collection of friends will be escorted to a private section of the viaduct to follow through on the win-ning proposal.

“Business as usual is over,” he said.Several small but prized programs — many of which hold

a special place in Vashon’s community of parents and civic boosters — are no longer receiving district dollars and, as a result, are hanging on by a thread.

The much-heralded third-grade music program was salvaged this year after Bettie Edwards, owner of The Little House, found an anonymous donor who could cover the costs of the pianist and music.

Diane Brenno, aka the Lunch Lady, got a one-time grant from the PTSA that will enable her to keep her popular lunch-hour program at Chautauqua going for this year. But without district funding, its future is in doubt, she said, and she plans to begin a cookie dough sale this month to try to keep it afloat.

And parents like Merrill are engaged in an ambitious fundraising campaign to ensure that fifth-graders can once again attend Camp Waskowitz, a tradition now in its fourth decade.

Merrill admits to some self-interest. She and her husband

Austin, who not only went to Camp Waskowitz as a fifth-grader but also worked there as a high school counselor, returned to the Island 13 years ago in large part because they wanted their children to also experience the famous camp program.

Last year, their fifth-grade daughter attended Waskowitz and loved it, Merrill said. “I want my second-grader to also be able to go,” she said.

As a result, she signed up to be PTSA’s vice president this year, and during the community street dance last month, she sold $550 worth of snow cones in front of Movie Magic Espresso, a business she owns. But she and several other parents who are trying to save the program — including fundraising powerhouses such as Lauri Hennessey and Glynis Delargy — worry that without a hard push by sev-eral parents and community members, they won’t be able to raise the $10,000 to $15,000 they need to supplement the portion that parents pay to send their kids to the camp.

“As a fundraiser, I can say that raising $15,000 between now and the end of the school year is pretty daunting,” said Hennessey, whose son is in the fifth grade.

A car wash usually brings in about $600, she noted. A bake sale can reap $400. “What I’m hearing is that parents love the program. But the question is, do they love the pro-gram enough to raise this money,” she said.

Jody Metzger, principal at Chautauqua, agreed to reserve dates for the school’s 100 fifth-graders to attend the camp at the end of the school year after a group of parents told her they planned to fill in the gap. Parents of fifth-graders, as in years past, will likely pay around $190 for their son or daughter’s weeklong experience. But the program actually costs more than $300 per child, Metzger said, adding, “I can’t use any school funds.”

“If the parents don’t raise the money,” she added, “it won’t happen.”

Located outside of North Bend, Camp Waskowitz — a picturesque cluster of lodge-style cabins perched near the South Fork of the Snoqualmie River — was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1935. Today, the 372-acre site is owned by the Highline School District and is both a state and national historic preservation site because it’s one of only two remaining CCC camps in the country with all of its original buildings still standing.

Parents say the camp is life-changing for some students, especially those who haven’t been able or willing to spend much time away from home.

“It made a huge difference for our daughter in terms of her self-confidence and independence,” said Laura Wishik, who chairs the school board. “We weren’t sure she’d make it through the week. She came back just so matured in a lot of ways.”

Other parents say the program acts as a kind of rite of passage, marking the ending of their kids’ elementary school years at the small, tight-knit elementary school and ushering them into the world of middle school. The stu-dents also share cabins with students from other schools, many of which are far more ethnically and racially diverse than Chautauqua.

“The opportunity to meet and live with kids from places other than Vashon and to get to know them on a very per-sonal basis is a really big benefit,” said Kay Burrell, a fifth-grade teacher who started working at Chautauqua in 1986 and has taken countless classes to the camp.

Students often talk about it for years, she added. And many return as high schoolers to be camp counselors. “It’s such a tradition on Vashon,” she said.

Hennessey, Delargy and some of the other parents involved in the fundraising campaign say they believe they’ll find the money to send this year’s crop of fifth-grad-ers to the camp. Metzger, too, said she believes the parents will come through. But bigger questions about the pro-gram’s future linger, in part because such ambitious fund-raising efforts are hard to sustain over time, they said.

“I think we’re going to pull it off,” said Delargy. “Do I know that we can continually pull it off every year? I don’t know.”

But the funding problem, she and others noted, is bigger than Camp Waskowitz, bigger even than the Vashon school district. “I just think there are hard choices everywhere,” Delargy said.


All-Merciful SaviourOrthodox Monastery

9933 SW 268th St. (south of Dockton)SUNDAYS: DIVINE LITURGY 10:00 am

Followed by PotluckCelebrating 2000 years of Orthodox Christianity Call for a schedule weekday and Holy Day services.

463-5918www.vashonmonks.com

Burton Community ChurchALL ARE WELCOME

INSPIRATION not Indoctrination!Worship 11 am

Maggie LairdPianist/Choir Director

463-9977

Bethel Church14736 Bethel Lane SW(Corner of SW 148th St.

and 119th Ave. SW)9am Sunday Bible School

10am WorshipFollowed by coffee fellowship

AWANA Thurs 6:00pm Sept-May

Offi ce phone 567-4255

Vashon Island Community Church

Sunday School (all ages) 9:00 am

Worship Service 10:00 am (Children’s Church for preschool–5th graders)

Offi ce Phone 463-3940Pastor: Frank Davis

9318 SW Cemetery Roadwww.VICC4Life.com

Catholic ChurchSt. John Vianney

Mass–Saturdays at 5:00 pmSundays 8:00am and 10:30am

Pastor: Rev. Marc Powell16100 115th Avenue SW,

Vashon WA 98070

office 567-4149 rectory 567-5736www.stjohnvianneyvashon.com

Vashon Island Unitarian Fellowship

Community, Diversity, Freedom of Belief,Enrichment of Spirit

Sunday Services at 9:45 am (Sept–June)Religious Exploration for toddlers–8th Grade

Lewis Hall (Behind Burton Community Church)

23905 Vashon Hwy SW

Info: www.vashonuu.org 463-4775

Puget Sound Zen CenterAbove KVI Beach

in the Mann Studio.

Sitting Meditation: Mon. – Fri. 6:30 – 7:30am,

Wed. 7:00 – 8:30pm.

All Welcome!

463-4332www.pszen.org

Vashon Friends Worship Group

(Quakers)

10 am Meeting for Silent Worshipin members’ homes.

Call for Location567-5279 463-9552

Havurat Ee ShalomServing the spiritual, social and

intellectual needs of Vashon’s Jewish Community

9:30 am Saturday Services

15401 Westside Hwy SWPO Box 89, Vashon, WA 98070

567-1608www.vashonhavurah.org

Episcopal Churchof the Holy Spirit

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

Rev. Jeff Larson, Ph.D., vm: 206-463-6359 www.vashonluthernchurch.org/JeffLarson/JeffLarson.htm

463-2655e-mail: [email protected]

Vashon United Methodist Church17928 Vashon Hwy SW

(one block south of downtown)

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

10:00 a.m.Youth Class 11:30 a.m.

Offi ce open Mon.–Thurs. 9 a.m. – 12 noon 463-9804

www.vashonmethodist.orgoffi [email protected]

Calvary Full Gospel Church at Lisabeula

Worship 10:30 am & 7:00 pmThursday Bible Study 7:00 pm

Call for locationSaturday Prayer 7:30 pm

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

463-2010

Our Vashon Island Community warmly invites

you and your family toworship with them.

Wors hip on our Island

Centro Familiar CristianoPastor: Edwin Alvarado

Ubicados En Bethel Church14726 Bethel Lane SW

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

Todos Son Bienvidos, El Lugar Ideal Para Toda La Familia

Dios Les Bendiga

Buy a Region or the Entire State!

206.463.9195

OUTDOOR SCHOOLCONTINUED FROM 1

State Sen. Sharon Nelson will hold a legislative update and answer questions regarding the latest statewide bud-get shortfall and its implications for public education at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18, at McMurray Middle School.The Scholastic Book Fair from Oct. 19 to 28 will raise money for Camp Waskowitz. The book fair will be held in Chautauqua from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will be open during parent/teacher conference days and the Harvest Festival (see below). All proceeds go to support the fifth-grade trip to the camp.A Harvest Party Carnival will be held at Chautauqua from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28, sponsored by the PTSA. The event, which will cost $5 for children ages 5 to 12 and be free for adults, teens and those under 4, will raise money for a number of school-related causes, including McMurray’s Exploratory Week, the Class of 2013’s end-of-year celebration and the fifth-grade excursion to Camp Waskowitz.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011, Vashon Beachcomber, PAGE 21

Real Estate ResourcesTitle CompaniesFirst American TitleAmber Wharton (206) 387-9402Insurance AgenciesTrigg Insurance AgencyTom Trigg (206) 463-7411Escrow CompaniesIsland EscrowPat Cunningham (206) 463-3137

Connie Sorensen Managing Broker206-819-7669

Windermere Real Estate/Fauntleroy, Inc.

Find your Home atwww.ConnieSorensen.com

$320,000 $347,500

$329,000

8032 SW 204th St. MLS# 219139Price Reduced! At the Beach in Minutes! 3 Bedroom/2 Bath, Near Town with Mt. Rainier & Sound View.

27907 SW Summerhurst WalkMLS # 225755Price Reduced! Great House with nearly 1500 sq. feet, 4 Bedrooms, 2 Baths right on the Beach!

Artist Studio!

24719 Vashon Highway SW MLS #: 279736New Listing! Two Studio Spaces on One Acre Near Burton. Two Bedroom with Two Baths, Private Yard, Plus One Car Garage.

real estatefor sale

Real Estate for Sale

Services

real estatefor rent - WA

Real Estate for Rent

King County

Real Estate for Rent

King County

Apartments for Rent

King County

List in the Fleafor free!

Items selling for$150 or less arealways listed for

FREE in The Flea.theflea@

soundpublishing.com or 866-825-9001

announcements

Announcements

Announcements

Found

Found

FOUND: A WALLETContents:

A Playing Card &A One Dollar Bill.

Playing Card Is TheTen Of Hearts.

Serial # On The Bill Is:L 95003490 I

And She Will KeepThe Man.

legals

Legal Notices

Legal Notices Legal Notices

jobsEmployment

Aesthetics

You’ll find everything you need in one website 24 hours a day 7 days a week: nw-ads.com.

click! www.nw-ads.com email! classifi [email protected] call toll free! 1.888.399.3999 or 1.800.388.2527

Local readers.Local sellers.Local buyers.

We make it easy to sell...right in your communityreal estate

for sale jobshome

services stuff wheelsreal estate

for rent - WA PN

W M

arke

tPla

ce!

OfficeHours:8-5pm

Mondayto Friday

print &online24/7

, Vashon Beachcomber, Wednesday, October 12, 2011

More animals and info at www.vipp.org Give a Pet a Home!

FEDERICO is a found brown tabby cat that was never claimed. He is FIV positive but don’t let that scare you away. He is a very gentle cat with a handsome face and his best friend is Neville. He would need to be an indoor cat and you can read about FIV on the VIPP website. He is a great cat that appreciates everything. He would love to get adopted with his best friend.

NEVILLE was found hanging around a gang of fi xed feral cats but since he has come to VIPP he’s turned into a real love bug. He is soft and very sweet and is best buddies with a cat named Federico. He would love to get adopted with his friend - so ask VIPP about that. Come meet them both on Adopt a cat day Saturday at the shelter.

Lola Perfectly sweet! This year old lab mix puppy is a little doll. She loves the water, the ball, other doggies to play with and YOU! She is learning basic obedience and that jumping up is not the only way to express herself. She will make a wonderful lifelong companion. If you would like to meet Lola, contact Cindy, Vashon Island

Pet Protectors, at 206-463-0941. There is a $125 adoption fee.

Celebrating27 Years

of Service!

Follow VIPP on Facebook -http://www.facebook.com/pages/Vashon-Island-Pet-Protectors-wwwvipporg/100662740020048

Employment

Education

Employment

General

Every moment is an opportunity for an extraordinary

experience

206-567-4421www.vashoncommunitycare.org

for more information call

New Hire BONUS

$13.53 - $15.20 per hourstarting CNA base rate

CNA’sHousekeeper

Openings for:

Find what you need 24 hours a day.

Employment

Transportation/Drivers

Business

Opportunities

PNWHomeFinder.comis an online real estate community thatexposes your profile and listings to two million readers from our many publications in the Pacific Northwest.Log on to join our network today.

Need extra cash? Place your classified ad today! Call 1-800-388-2527 or Go online 24 hours a day www.nw-ads.com.

stuffAntiques &

Collectibles

Building Materials

& Supplies

Firewood, Fuel

& Stoves

Green or Seasoned 16” or 24” Split.Visa/MC accepted

Rick Middling 206-463-3889

206-817-2149


Firewood, Fuel

& Stoves

Heavy Equipment

Mail Order

Mail Order

Miscellaneous

Musical Instruments

pets/animals

Dogs

Build up your business with our Service Guide Special: Four full weeks of advertising starting at $40. Call 800-388-2527 to place your ad today.

Find Your Dream Home atPNWHomeFinder.com

Our network of local real estate websites come together to form the Pacific Northwest (PNW)

HomeFinder Network.

PNWHomeFinder is an online real estatecommunity that exposes your profile andlistings to two million readers from our many publications in the Pacific Northwest.

It works because we actively promote andadvertise the site to our readers of our printpublications and newspaper websites.

Go to PNWHomeFinder.comor call 1-800-388-2527

to join our network today.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011, Vashon Beachcomber, PAGE 23

vashon

206-463-914817233 Vashon Hwy SW

Vashon Island is a wildly beautiful place with miles & miles of shoreline. The postcard views around each corner are breath-taking and lead many day-trippers to consider living here on a permanent or part-time basis, the first time they visit. As is the case in any unique environment, if you decide you might want to live here, you need a local guide!

Windermere Vashon is the most venerable office on Vashon. A primary player in the Vashon-Maury Island community, our team has decades of experience assisting you to find your passion in this diversely talented and active community. Whether it’s buying vacant land for your custom residence or simply answering questions about the award-winning school system, ferries/commuting, septic innovations, or the best fishing spots – your Windermere Vashon broker knows the neighborhood!

No need to break the bank.The Classifieds has great deals on everything you need.

Reach thousands of readerswith justone phonecall.

Dogs

Sell it for FREE in the Super Flea! Call866-825-90 1 or email the Super Flea at [email protected].

Services

Animals

wheelsAviation

Marine

Power

Marine

Sail

Marine

Sail


Pickup Trucks

Ford

Build up your business with our Service Guide Special: Four full weeks of advertising starting at $40. Call 800-388-2527 to place your ad today.

Vans & Minivans

Volkswagen

Motorhomes

Reach the readers the dailies miss. Call 800-388-2527 today to place your ad in the Classifieds.

Motorhomes

Need help with your career search?

There is help out there! and you can access it at

whatever time is convenient for you! Find only the jobs in your desired category, or a specific location. Available when you are, 247. Log on at www.nw-ads.com or

call one of our recruitment specialists, Monday-Friday

8am-5pm800-388-2527

Tents &

Travel Trailers

[email protected]

Home Services

Backhoe/Dozing/Tractor

Home Services

Building Services

Home Services

Handyperson

Home Services

Handyperson

MAYSHSP939BE

Home Services

Hauling & Cleanup

253-886-7724SLASHED RATES!

JUNK REMOVALYard,

Home & Garage too!

LICENSED/INSURED/BONDED

Find your perfect pet in the Classifieds.www.nw-ads.com

Home Services

Landscape Services

Organic Compost

Tom Carlson

VASHONBARK &

SOILS, LLC.

Faerie Hill Landscape Maintenance

Services

Specializing in Espalier Pruning of Fruit Trees. Regular Pruning

of Small Trees, Shrubs & Plants. Broad Knowledge

of Xeriscape Gardens.Mowing, Weed

Whacking, Mulch & Compost Spreading

(206)408-8014


Home Services

Landscape Services

Home Services

Painting

Home Services

Septic Service


Sell it for FREE in the Super Flea! Call866-825-90 1 or email the Super Flea at [email protected].


BURTON BEACHEveryone’s favorite place to be!Soak up the sun on 100’ south-facingwft with a home that’s right next to the

beach! New windows, siding, appliances& shed. MLS #281110 $269,000

DILWORTH WATERFRONTFive minutes to town & ferries!Sound views, 50’ beach outside yourdoor! Open living w/pellet stove, 2

bdrms, 1.5 baths, big deck, walk-in bsmt.MLS #220111 REDUCED to $279,000

NEW

PRICE!

CristGranum

CRS206/419-3661

COMMUTER’S DREAMRural life with easy city access!

City/Sound/Mountain views! Light-filled Northend home has 3 bdrms, 2.75

baths, lower level living area, fencedyard & pond. MLS #280886 $299,000

NEW

PRICE!

3 bdrm two@3/4 bath .49 ACBeautiful restored Victorian has a hugefront porch, high ceilings, all the detailsyou love! New garage w/unfinished

studio, sunny yard. The beach is acrossthe street! MSL #278518 $443,700

Amazing Views! 1.87 ACTerrific property near Burton Beach hasdelightful views of Quartermaster Harbor

& Cascades! Two-car garage & mfdhome are in place. Plan your dreamhome here! MLS #190385 $189,900

Maury4.62 acresSerene forestsanctuary with

room for gardens& more! Paidwater share.

MLS #260059$160,000

Northend1.34 acres

Quiet side street,sweeping lawn &building site set

back from the roadfor privacy.

MLS #228303$129,000

Westside8.79 acres

Views of ColvosPassage! Big

trees, well is in,easily renewedseptic design.MLS #206655

$139,000

Land For SaleLand For Sale

J.R. Crawford (206) 954-9959Sophia de Groen (206) 992-4636Krista Dehnert (206) 406-4840Leslie Ferriel (206) 235-3731

Jean Bosch (206) 919-5223Deb Cain (206) 930-5650

Crist Granum (206) 419-3661Susan Lofland (206) 999-6470Phil McClure (206) 696-1800Val Seath (206) 790-8779

This office independently ownedand operated JOHN L SCOTT VSH

Nancy Sipple (206) 465-2361Diane Stoffer (206) 650-6210

Ken Zaglin (206) 940-4244Len Wolff (206) 300-7594

October 16, 1:00-4:008011 SW Hawthorne Lane

MLS #265801 $434,000

SusanLoflandASP, GRI

206/999-6470

Huge ViewsSophisticated 3 bdrm

OPEN SUNDAY!

3 bdrm 2.5 bath .39 ACViews that go on forever! Newly finished

home on a private cul-de-sac has agranite & stainless kitchen with skylight,

oak floors, spacious deck, oversizegarage. MLS #257451 $449,000

Victorian Cottage View!Rejuvenate this turn-of-the-centuryIsland home & enjoy life in Burton,with harbor views & marina acrossthe street! Bay windows, two bonus

rooms. MLS #282590 $177,500

NEW

PRICE!

4 bdrm 2 bath 2.07 ACIsland classic has all the vintage elements

- big porch, wood floors, fireplace andmore! “Four Square” farmhouse is waitingto be restored. Adjoining land available!

Northend. MLS #274532 $449,500

Be part of Vashon CohousingRare opportunity ! Charming 4 bdrm,

2 bath home in a sweet, secludedcommunity only blocks from town.

Shared gardens, fruit trees, & commonhouse. MLS #249844 $387,000

NEW

PRICE!

PRETTY HARBOR VIEWS!Picturesque Burton setting

Cozy bungalow on a quiet lane near themarina and beach has large, light living

spaces, fir floors, 2 bdrms, 2 sunny decks& more! MLS #283110 $379,000

CUSTOM CRAFTEDHand-built forest hideaway

More than 5 acres of forest-stewardshipland with lovely gardens & a gorgeous3 bdrm, 2.75 bath custom home. Garage

& shop. NWMLS #246490 $585,000

KenZaglin

D.Broker206/940-4244

JUST

LISTED!

LenWolffGRI

206/300-7594

DAZZLING VIEWSWatch the ferries on the Sound!Northend! Upscale home has 4 bdrms,2.5 baths, two-level design that makesthe most of the pastoral surroundings &terrific views! MLS #254358 $479,000

LeslieFecrrielBroker

206/235-3731

SUPERB ARTISTRYPolished European Timber-frameUtter privacy in an enviable Northendlocation! Beautiful 3 bdrm, 1.75 bath

home plus carriage house, guest cottage,shed, 4.91 acres. MLS #245286 $635,000

NEW

PRICE!

PhilMcClureCRS, GRI

206/696-1800

13401 Vashon Hwy SW PHONE: 567-1600 www.VashonHomes.com

DianeStoffer

Mg Broker206/650-6210

vashon-maury island beachcomber, october 12, 2011

Documents