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By ANNELI FOGTEditor
Vashon Winery owner Ron Irvine is a man passion-ate about wine,
but ask him about the wine he makes on Vashon from grapes grown on
Vashon, and his eyes light up.
Its very special. I dont think people really understand what
local wine is. A lot of people just think its wine grown kind of in
the area, but to have something that is completely coming from the
island is really rare, Irvine told The Beachcomber during a tour of
island vineyards last week. Its about preserving and actively using
local goods.
While islanders and tourists alike know that Vashon offers
multiple wineries, the islands vineyards are a better kept secret.
The six island vineyards that provide grapes to two of the islands
wineries are run by islanders who have taken on the challenge of
growing grapes in one of the most difficult climates, where rain
and cold can wreak havoc on grapevines. But the story was quite
dif-ferent this year, as summer was long and full of warm, dry
days. As those days subsided and morning fog returned, Irvine and
other Vashon wine makers and grape growers celebrated as it became
clear that the vineyards had pro-duced a record amount of plump
fruit.
The record harvest collected earlier this month from the six
vineyards totaled more than 5,000 pounds, help-ing Irvine and Bill
Riley, of Maury Island Winery, pro-duce 100 percent Vashon
wines.
The highest-producing island vineyard, Monument Farm, provided
2,835 pounds of ripe, red pinot noir grapes to Irvines Vashon
Winery on Oct. 6. Owned by islanders Joe Curiel and Tony Raugust,
the vineyard is nestled just north of the waters of Quartermaster
Harbor, off Monument Road, and is 11 years old.
2015 will go down in the record books not only for the warmest
summer in the Puget Sound region, but for pro-ducing all-time
record harvests for Vashon Island grape growers, Curiel told The
Beachcomber. At Monument Farm Vineyard, the harvest shattered all
records both in quantity and quality.
Curiel said that this years harvest was the earliest harvest to
date, and 22 volunteers picked the nearly 2,900 pounds of pinot
noir in one day.
Since the grapes were planted in 2004, Curiel and Raugust have
worked tirelessly to perfect the grapevines. As Curiel walked
through the yellowing vineyard on Friday, he explained how
everything from water drainage to the amount of dirt and grass
around the vines affects
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LOCAL DOG WINS AWARDWashingtonian of the Day
awarded to island dog Tillie. Page 3
Island grape harvest breaks records
School board begins bond outreach events
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Anneli Fogt / Staff Photo
Top: Vashon Winerys Ron Irvine (right) and Monument Farm owner
Joe Curiel look over the farms grapes Friday as fall sets in and
the vineyards leaves yellow. Nearly 2,900 pounds of pinot noir
grapes were harvested from the vineyard on Oct. 6.Left: Irvine at
work with the Monument Farm grapes at his SW 156th Street winery.
The grapes are fermenting in tanks and will be pressed this week
and transferred into barrels where they will age for two to three
years before being sold as 100 percent Vashon-made pinot noir
wine.
Seniors Chester Pruett and Delaney Anderson were crowned Vashon
High School Homecoming King and Queen Friday night during the
halftime festivities of the Homecoming football game. The Pirates
took on the Bellevue Christian Vikings and went on to lose
23-6.
Read the game recap on page 27.See more photos on page 25.
Anneli Fogt / Staff Photo
Anneli Fogt / Staff Photo
By ANNELI FOGTEditor
Roughly a dozen island-ers showed up to the Vashon school boards
first community outreach event Wednesday night aimed at educating
the public about the bond for capital facili-ties improvements
sched-uled to come up for elec-tion in February.
Vashon Island School District Superintendent Michael Soltman and
architect Kim Goforth led the meeting by walking attendees through
each of the five facility improve-ment project options that are
being proposed. Soltman stressed that the board is still just at
the beginning of getting these plans public, and said that the
board is very inter-ested in the communitys feedback.
We invite conversation, we want you to deeply
understand this and want to hear your concerns, Soltman
said.
Of the 12 attend-ees, three were staunch track and field
support-ers and Vashon High School track and field champions: Foss
Miller, a national high school title holder for the javelin throw;
Todd Pearson, a VHS record holder in the 100-yard dash, and Mark
VanDevanter, who cur-rently holds a VHS record for pole vault.
Throughout the presentation in the VHS commons, the trio,
especially Miller, pressed Soltman and Goforth about the importance
of the scheduled main-tenance projects at the elementary and middle
schools, and stressed how necessary they thought a better track at
the high
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Governor gives local dog awardBy ANNELI FOGTEditor
The governors office announced Thursday that Tillie, an island
dog who made international headlines last month after standing
watch over her trapped friend for a week, was awarded a
Washingtonian of the Day award for her bravery and loyalty.
Tillie, her basset hound friend Phoebe and the dogs owner,
islander B.J. Duft, met with Governor Jay Inslee Thursday morning
to receive the award.
Duft said that Inslee proclaimed Tillie Washingtonian of the Day
Thursday morning in Olympia and presented her with a small,
apple-shaped pin that was hung around her neck.
Duft said that the atten-tion his dogs have received has been a
bit overwhelm-ing, but that he and his pooches are taking it all in
stride.
The dogs are loving it because they just have to look all cute
and be pup-pies. Im the one that has to do all the interviews,"
he
said with a laugh.The two dogs wandered
from Dufts island home Sept. 8. Phoebe fell into an old cistern
on another property and became stuck. Tillie, a setter-mix, stayed
by Phoebes side for a week, leaving only briefly each day to try
and find help.
The dogs were found on Sept. 14 by the Vashon Island Pet
Protectors. A media circus surrounded them for days, with news
outlets as far as China pick-ing up the story up.
Governor Jay Inslees Office Photo
Washington Governor Jay Inslee (seated) pets Tillie as islander
B.J. Duft stands over her and Phoebe looks on. The three were
invited to Inslees office Thursday.
Correction In last weeks story, VIGA awarded grant for food hub
feasibil-ity study, Emily Scott said the nonprofit will use $16,000
for plan-ning purposes and management. She later clarified and said
that $9,600 will be used for that cause .
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Pool ends season slightly over budgetBy SUSAN RIEMERStaff
Writer
The Vashon Pool had a strong season with several successes this
summer but went over budget, according to Vashon Park District
Executive Director Elaine Ott.
The park district had allocated $46,500 for the pool this summer
and expected to lengthen the season to the end of September.
Because of an inability to find September staff, however, the
district closed the pool on Labor Day as usual, three weeks
ear-lier than projected, with a total of $43,000 needed from the
district.
We underestimated our labor costs, Ott said. We did not forecast
it correctly.
The staffing expense and the cost of an electrical repair
combined to make the pool exceed its budget by $3,700 dollars,
accord-ing to Ott.
Scott Bonney, the pool manager, had been optimistic in his labor
cost projec-tions, Ott said, noting that Bonney tried to use staff
as efficiently as possible, but he could not always do so. The last
weeks of the season, when rain returned to the region and
attendance plummeted, were particu-larly challenging in that
regard, she said.
Despite the overage in staff costs, the season was a success
overall, Ott said, noting that during the many weeks of hot
weather, the pool was packed.
Bonney said highlights of the summer included an increase in
kids participating in the water polo program; the Vashon Community
Care weekly program, which brought many seniors to the pool, and
swimming lessons, which had record par-ticipation and brought in
about a quarter
of the pools revenue. I am particularly pleased about the
lessons because it is one of my goals to have everybody on
Vashon learn to swim, Bonney added.
Next summer, he said, the pool will allo-cate more resources to
lessons and expand the hours they are offered, with the intent of
drawing in people who might not other-wise take them.
We are going to make a concerted effort to reach out to those
kids and find an affordable way for them to learn to swim, he
said.
In this off-season, Bonney said he is going to step up his
efforts at increasing the pools staff, as finding enough people to
work there has been an ongoing challenge.
We need to put more resources into finding people and increasing
our bench strength, he said.
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Pool manager Scott Bonney considers water polo, above, a
highlight of the summer.
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Nurse midwife joins Franciscan clinicBy SUSAN RIEMERStaff
Writer
Womens health care at the Franciscan Medical Clinic-Vashon has
expanded with the recent addition of a certified nurse midwife.
Elina Frumkin joined the clinic this month and offers
gynecological care for adolescents through adults, while
special-izing in care for women before, during and after pregnancy
and childbirth.
Frumkin, who lives on Vashon, works primarily with Franciscan
Womens Health Associates at the Pearl Place clinic in Tacoma, but
as of this month, she is also working one day a week on Vashon.
Island doctors used to provide prenatal care and delivered
babies, but that changed several years ago. Now, Frumkin said, she
looks forward to revitalizing those ser-vices and making them
available to island women again.
Hopefully that will pick up. That is one of my favorite parts of
my job, she said.
Her pregnant patients will deliver at St. Joseph Medical Center
in Tacoma, a hospital with a midwife-friendly culture, she said,
where low-risk women are not attached to monitors, are able to
labor in water and have as many people as they wish in the room,
including a doula.
St. Joseph is also launching an out-of-hospital birth center,
which is expected to open in May. Women with very low-risk
pregnancies will have the option of deliver-ing there, she
noted.
Frumkin works in a collaborative with 14 midwives at five
satellite clinics, and they share patient care.
We do try to catch the babies of women we see prenatally, but it
does not always happen, she added.
Frumkin has been practicing for two years and said she most
appreciates the variety of her work. In the course of a day in the
clinic, she said she might tend to a woman with painful periods,
listen to a babys heart beat, evaluate a breast lump
and then start someone on contraception. And catching babies
never gets old, she
added. In an interview with The Beachcomber,
Frumkin stressed that she wanted to cor-rect the misconception
that because the clinic is owned by a Catholic entity, provid-ers
cannot provide birth control.
I offer counseling on all forms of con-traception, including all
three types of IUDs and Nexplanon (birth control that is implanted
in the arm) and emergency contraception as well, she said.
Kimberly Valencia, who owned the Vashon Womens Health Center for
six years, will start at the clinic next month, and Frumkin says
they might share some of their patient load.
Kimberly has a lot of patients who love her. I hope when they
call that they might see me too, she said.
Currently, Frumkin works at the island clinic on Wednesdays.
Next month, ser-vices will expand further when lactation consultant
Debi Crawford will begin at the clinic and work on Thursdays.
Crawfords services will be available to all women, not just those
who are patients at the Franciscan clinic.
Courtesy Photo
Elina Frumkin, MSN, CNM, ARNP
Land Trust gala raises more than $100,000By ANNELI
FOGTEditor
The Open Space for Arts & Community on Saturday night was
filled with roughly 300 wildly-dressed islanders, who contributed
$91,000 to the $106,000 total raised at the Vashon-Maury Island
Land Trusts first fundraising gala.
The theme of the 25th Anniversary celebration was Backwoods
Black Tie, and outfits varied from extrava-gant green and blue
nature-themed gowns decked out in feathers, sea animals and
reptiles to islanders dressed in true backwoods overalls and
galoshes.
By raising their paddles to donate money and par-ticipating in a
dessert dash event where tables donated money to get to the dessert
table first, more
than $90,000 was raised in less than an hour. When combined with
sponsor-ships, the number grew to $106,000.
We didnt really have a goal because weve never had an event like
this before, Land Trust Executive Director Tom Dean told The
Beachcomber on Monday. Were defi-
nitely very pleased with it. We never expected to top $100,000,
never even dreamed of that.
Dean said that the funds will go toward multiple projects,
including a new community forest initiative, shoreline preservation
and restoration projects and the renovation and preservation of the
Matsuda Farm.
Open Space for Arts and Community Photo
Locally made desserts, like a cake decorated with a banana slug,
were up for grabs during the Saturday galas dessert dash event.
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Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
As a public school teacher with a 3-year-old daughter who will
be starting at the big school soon enough, I find myself thinking
about education a lot. Because of this, a recent Beachcomber
article that referenced Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and
test-ing results has kept me up at night. Yes, education really is
that impor-tant me.
In an ideal world, states would adopt
developmentally-appro-priate standards written by pro-fessionals in
the fields of educa-tion and childhood development. Standards would
be based on sound research and adequate field-testing. Then,
teachers would be given the freedom to use their tal-ents and
creativity to help students with varied learning styles meet the
agreed upon standards.
Unfortunately, this is simply not the case for our existing
learning standards. It is now well known that the authors of the
CCSS had no elementary school teaching experience. It seems they
ignored entire fields of study, including early childhood
development and brain research while writing learning standards for
grades K-3. Our youngest students, naturally existing in a
pre-operational stage of development, are held to stan-dards
demanding concrete rea-soning. The results include stress,
disengagement from learning and school interventions when teach-ers
perceive typically developing students as delayed based on
unre-alistic standards. And, because we only have CCSS for
mathematics and English Language Arts, other subject areas get
short shrift or are left out completely.
The crucial act of unstructured play has taken a huge hit over
the last few years as well. Research tells us that free play forms
unique connections in the prefrontal cor-tex of the brain during
childhood. This sets the stage for wiring the brains executive
control center. We need this wiring to regulate emotions, make
plans and solve problems. Indeed, these skills are far more
important than rote memorization.
Now, what could be so important that we, as educators and
adminis-
trators, would ignore our training and instincts and let this
sort of thing happen? Enter high-stakes test-ing. The U.S. D e p a
r t m e nt of Education
awarded $350 million to two con-sortia to develop assessments
for the CCSS. While the standards have never been field-tested to
see if they actually improve educa-tion, our gov-ernment has no
problem penal-izing us if we do not demonstrate i m p r o v e m e n
t based on this same set of stan-dards.
U n d e r President Bushs No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and
President Obamas Race to the Top program, conse-quences for poor
test performance cover a range from losing eligibili-ty for
specific funding to receiving a label of failing, resulting in
open-ing up a school to forced govern-ment interventions and
possible privatization measures.
Scores of schools across the country have taken a stand and
opted out of high-stakes test-ing. Locally, the school sen-ate at
Nathan Hale High School in Seattle researched the issue and
concluded that the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC)
tests are not valid, reliable or equitable. The group, consisting
of students, parents and teachers, thoroughly noted that students
time will be better spent in their classrooms learning and
partici-pating in teacher-generated assess-ments that will help
guide next instructional steps. Members also concluded that under
the deeply f lawed NCLB policies, many good schools will be
considered failing
and that there is no reason to participate in erroneous and
mis-applied self-labeling. As a result of the school senates
findings, 100 percent of 11th graders opted-out of SBAC testing
last spring.
High-stakes testing and mis-guided standards have real
con-sequences here on our island. Last June, I presented a letter
to Vashon Island School Districts school board members,
Superintendent Michael Soltman and Chautauqua Elementary School
Principal Jody Metzger that was signed by 25 Chautauqua Elementary
School educators and myself. In it, we expressed several concerns,
includ-ing narrowing curriculum to focus on tested subjects, lack
of time
and resources for meaningful instruction in highly engaging and
important subject areas such as science and social stud-ies, and
pre-school and kin-dergarten pro-grams that are
touted as academic despite some of those academics being
develop-mentally inappropriate and talent-ed teachers being forced
to adhere to scripted teacher manuals.
To his credit, Soltman has kicked off the new school year with
some encouraging changes.
Are national standards a bad idea? No. Is testing a bad thing?
Not necessarily. Of course, we must ensure that both are sound,
appropriate and supportive, not punitive. I do think that the
com-munity of Vashon, and its educa-tors, should remain vigilant as
we navigate Common Core and high-stakes testing. My hope is that
the district will return to using research to support best
practices in the classroom and be willing to call foul when federal
and state agencies get it wrong. The children of Vashon, including
my future Orca, deserve nothing less.
Kate Davidson is an island mother and teacher taking time
off
to raise her daughter.
EDITORIAL
In recent months, the school board has begun talks about the new
capital facilities bond to help pay for the maintenance of the
districts three schools and improve the athletic facilities at the
high school. Some community members have since become skeptical and
voiced opposition to another property tax increase. Critics came
out of the woodwork at meetings and the open forum earlier this
month and began questioning why the facilities being proposed are
necessary and why the community should be asked to foot the
bill.
The Vashon Island School District board is in the midst of
holding a series of public forums in hopes of answering the publics
questions and explaining why the district found each of the
expenses necessary. Last Wednesday, the board kicked off the
effort, and mem-bers were met by roughly 12 attendees, of which
about half were district employees or coaches.
My question to the community is where were all the concerned
citizens? With residents at the school boards candidate forum and
Thursday meetings talk-ing about needing justification for the
projects and the money being proposed to be spent, why were there
not more islanders at the meeting?
One resident showed up at the meeting for five min-utes and
asked the board to consider those on fixed incomes, those most
affected by the tax increase of roughly $1 per day. Once she left,
the room consisted of VHS principal Danny Rock, two teachers from
the districts alternative education programs, three VHS
track-and-field alumni and a smattering of citizens who remained
mostly quiet throughout the hourlong presentation.
This is your chance, Vashon, your chance to ask the hard
questions and listen to the boards answers about why it believes
the projects you could be paying for are necessary. Open government
and accountability are qualities that are sought after in our
communitys leaders, but the concepts are two-way streets. The board
is making its attempt to reach out and gather opinions, but unless
islanders take advantage of the effort, it will be all for
naught.
It is very easy to stand on the sidelines and ques-tion or
criticize why a decision is being made. Its a lot more difficult to
actually attend a meeting or ask questions and get the facts and
opinions from those who will make the decisions. Theres still time.
The outreach events will continue through November, and the board
will make itself available to questions before the decision about
what to put on the ballot is made on Nov. 19.
Support the effort being made to educate, and make your voice
heard to those who need to hear it.
Community needs to attend bond outreach events
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State standards developmentally inappropriate for young
students
STATE TESTINGBy KATE DOVER DAVIDSON
Our youngest students, naturally existing in a pre-operational
stage of development, are held to standards demanding concrete
reasoning.
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Park boardNew board needs to collaborate
We need new commissioners who will bring a totally dif-ferent
mindset to the Vashon Park District.
Ive been to many VPD commission meetings during the past five
years. In my experience, some current and recently past board
members have shown little interest in, and a fair amount of disdain
for, being collaborative with, or even influenced by, just about
anyone including VPD staff, the public, stakeholders, the school
district, state, county and other commissioners with different
points of view.
All the candidates at the recent forum seemed to agree on the
need for a VPD strategic plan. However, strategic planning is more
than just the one survey everyone seemed to be talking about. Done
well, its an ongoing collabora-tive process in which a lot of folks
get to influence the final plan. This means a lot more than
commissioners simply sit-ting quietly while a stakeholder speaks,
although sadly even that would have been a huge leap for some.
Being influen-tial means even though a suggestion may not turn out
to be the final decision, or appear in a final plan, it will be
clear to all how the suggestion factored into the outcome.
Over the past five years, and particularly in regard to the VES
Fields project, some current and previous commission-ers have
repeatedly demonstrated their total failure, and possibly even
disinterest, at leading this sort of collaborative process. Anyone
with the endurance to watch the meeting videos will see how even
being civil seemed too much to expect at times.
We have some very good candidates for open positions.
I realize VPD commissioner is a volunteer position, and I think
anyone who has held this position for a very long time should be
thanked for his or her service and the opportunity given to someone
else with a very different vision and style. Please vote to bring
an end to business as usual.
Steve Sussman
Park districts finances cannot be ignoredFor quite awhile weve
been made aware of the financial
morass that is integral to the Vashon Park District. In 2012,
the King County treasurer expressed concerns about this issue, as
well as the State Auditor in 2014 who took issue with the debt
load, etc.
Yet, the position 5 incumbent, a former CPA, 30 years on the
board, says, You cannot have accountants and lawyers and things on
a park board because a park board is not a bank. Seems to me the A
in CPA stands for accountant, and I well recall his buddy on the
board (a lawyer no longer on the board) and their full speed ahead,
damn the torpe-does approach to finances. (Budget troubles dog
Vashon Park District, Sept. 19, 2012).
I intend to vote for either of the other two islanders running
for position 5. Both at least seem concerned not only with
fiduciary probity, but more importantly, with a reasoned request
for accountability in the position.
Michael Goth
Board needs a change for the better We are fortunate to have
some excellent candidates for
the Vashon Park District this election cycle, and we have an
opportunity to reinvigorate the VPD board of commis-sioners by
choosing smart, talented people. We have seen
what happens when we elect commissioners with a narrow focus on
a particular project. We are still living with con-sequences of
unfortunate financial decisions, and we will continue to do so for
several years to come.
I urge my fellow islanders to vote for fiscally-responsible park
management, for those who bring fresh ideas and fis-cal
accountability. It is time to thank Bill Ameling for his many years
of service, and give Executive Director Elaine Ott a new board of
commissioners who will join forces in a collegial effort toward
making Vashon Park District a reflection of all-inclusive community
values and interests.
Vicki Boyd
School bondIts time to speak up about finances
It worries us when we read school board member Bob Hennesseys
comments quoted in The Beachcomber, We are not deciding what we
build. Were deciding what the community wants to vote for. (School
board bringing bond options to public ahead of ballot, Sept.
30).
Good fiscal management suggests that the community be provided
with clear explanations and priorities. This is a good time for
prospective board members to weigh in as well. There are a lot of
people on the island with fixed incomes. That does not mean we dont
want good schools for island children. It does mean that every day
we make decisions about want and need.
The financial numbers that are being presented are very high for
a community of approximately 11,000. We would not debate the value
of the numbers of students commut-ing from West Seattle, Tacoma and
the peninsula. This has clear advantages in class size and to the
families that
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can send their children to a good school system for the cost of
ferry tickets. But this practice brings in the question of scale.
Will $32 million improve the quality of education for Vashon Island
students? Are we building island schools or suburban campuses?
We shouldnt postpone scheduled replacements and reno-vations.
The rebuild of the high school campus was necessary, and we voted
in the bond issue. Going forward, do we keep putting projects on
the ballot that have been voted down in the past? Adding $32
million or $25 million on top of the existing $48 million dollar
bond for the high school brings us close to the $75 million that
was voted down. Can we see options that phase in less costly
capital improvements?
This is an important time for island residents to learn,
consider and speak up about the proposed renovation plans.
Nick & Linda Bonazza
CommunityGrannys Attic, VCC care for islanders
What a duo, the community care center and Grannys Attic. Can
anything get better than having two great orga-nizations on the
island working together to care for our seniors?
While our news, even on a small island, is filled with budgets,
campaigns and who is running for what office, we have two
organizations that continue to keep in sight what is really
important to us: our residents, be they in our neighborhoods or at
community care.
Vashon Community Care still needs support from all of us. They
are having their annual funding cycle, and I hope every family on
Vashon gives whatever they can give. Help them with your support,
and thank you VCC and Grannys for all you do.
Carol Ireland McLean
King CountyCounty needs to fix permitting process
I have been a contractor on Vashon for 36 years. Due to the
frustration of dealing with the permitting pro-cess, we started
making owners or architects obtain any permits years ago.
This past spring I decided to put a piece of property on the
market and was told I should get a Critical Areas Designation prior
to selling it. On June 2, I applied for this designation and paid a
$1,210 fee. On Sept. 9 (yes that is over four months later), I
received a letter say-ing they were busy and that I needed to hire
a wetland specialist and have him write a report to give them. Two
weeks and $600 later, the specialist sent them a report saying
there were no wetlands.
King County Executive Dow Constantine needs to please explain
what in the hell is going on with the per-mitting agency. When we
are required to get something like that designation prior to
getting a building permit, they should at least be able to provide
it in a reason-able time. Maybe Constantine could also explain why
it would cost so much. If a private company pulled that
kind of crap, King County would be all over them. Does this make
you wonder why we get so many requests from homeowners to do work
without a permit?
I think King Countys permitting process is broken and needs a
major overhaul. At least they removed services from the end of
their name because the only service we seem to be getting from them
is the same one we could get from a proctologist for a lot less
money.
Ed Palmer
Gun control Liberal gun laws work in other countries
When I lived a short time in New Zealand three years ago, I was
curious about how they handled guns. New Zealands gun laws are
notably more liberal than other countries in the Pacific and focus
mainly on vetting fire-arm owners, rather than registering firearms
or banning certain types of firearms.
Furthermore, the incidence of gun violence is drasti-cally less
there than in the U.S.A.
The president of the local gun club introduced me to the New
Zealand gun culture, and I was surprised to see how many guns were
there, even a gun like the AK-47 (brand new, unmodified, fully
automatic) was proudly shown to me at a local gun range. The new
owner smiled and said to me: Bet you dont see many of these in the
U.S. Membership in a gun club also involves firearm training in
safety and defense.
To own a gun in New Zealand, one must be part of the community
of gun owners, be a member of a local gun club and attend at least
12 meetings a year. A history of domestic abuse or violence results
in immediate confis-cation of all guns.
I think the critical difference between New Zealand and the U.S.
is that a gun owner in New Zealand must be well-known and trusted
by the community. In fact, since New Zealand police are mostly
unarmed (they carry pepper spray and a baton), armed citizens may
be called out when a violent situation occurs, sort of like a
well-regulated militia.
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Residents discuss future of community council, alternatives
Island property assessments also discussed at meetingBy ANNELI
FOGTEditor
Roughly 10 islanders met at McMurray Middle School Monday night
to hear the results of the King County Assessors Offices valuation
of island properties and determine what would be the future of the
Vashon-Maury Islands Community Council, which has been defunct
since last year.
Phillip Sit, a spokesman from the asses-sors office, presented
the results of the prop-erty assessments conducted earlier this
year and said the average home value on Vashon has risen from last
year. The average home this year is $449,900, up $30,500 from last
year. He also explained that just because a propertys value goes
up, it does not mean taxes on that property will also go up. He
stressed that property taxes are part of a large picture, in which
the money local agen-cies are calling for in their budgest is
broken up into the taxes for each home.
There is not a one-to-one ratio between property value and
increased taxes on that property, Sit said. Just because your
appraisal goes up does not mean you will be paying more taxes. Its
all relative.
After Sits presentation, islander Jake
Jacobovitch asked attendees what the future of the years-defunct
community council should be.
Should we let it wither on the vine? Or is it worthwhile? He
asked.
The council was brought to an end several years ago when the
entire board amid what former VMICC president Tim Johnson said was
threats of lawsuits and endless pub-lic records requests stemming
from drama between an islander and the board.
Island activist and real estate broker Emma Amiad was the first
one to speak and talked at length about not bringing the coun-cil
back, but replacing it with an unofficial organization that could
organize quarterly forums to inform the public about relevant
issues such as public safety or land use.
The format (of the VMICC) didnt work, Amiad said. The job of the
community council was to be a conduit between Vashon and King
County, and we need to keep that conduit.
Discussion continued about how leader-ship would work without a
formal board, and Amiad pointed to Vashons Social Services Network
as an example. The network con-nects the islands social service
organiza-tions and residents in need of the services to county
resources.
Read more about the meeting and the plans to replace the
community council in next weeks Beachcomber.
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NOTICES
Waterline Replacement Project at Dockton Park: Periodic closures
of parts of Dockton Park will be required during work to improve
its fire protection and potable water systems. Oct. 19 to 23: The
boat launch will be open, but the lower parking lot will remain
closed; vehicles and boat trailers may use the upper parking lot or
the gravel lot across the street; dock moorage will be available.
Oct. 26 to 30: The parking lots and boat launch will be open, but
there will be no shore access and both restrooms will be closed;
dock moorage will be available. Island Center Forest Closed for
Limited Deer Hunt: Island Center Forest will be closed to public
recreation for two weeks in order to offer its fifth-annual limited
deer hunt. The Gateway and Natural areas will remain open for
public use during this time. The closure will be in effect through
Saturday, Oct. 31.
WEDNESDAY 21
Head Lice Check: The Chautauqua Council PTSA will hold a free
head lice check. 10 a.m. to noon in the health room at Chautauqua
El-ementary School. Chris Austin Book Signing: Island humorist
Chris Austin will read from and sign copies of his new book, The
Mostly True His-tory of Vashon and Maury Islands: Criminal Element.
6 p.m. at the Vashon Bookshop. Carpe Diem Primary School Open
House: Carpe Diem primary school, now a division of Harbor School,
will hold an open house for prospective families of children
entering kindergarten through 3rd grade. Attendees will be able to
meet the schools teachers and chat with current families.
Re-freshments will be served. 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Presbyterian
church.
THURSDAY 22
Head Lice Check: The Chautauqua Council PTSA will hold a free
head lice check. 2 to 4 p.m. in the health room at Chautauqua
Elementary School. BCC Lecture Series: Burton Com-munity Church
offers a new weekly lecture series on classic novels interested
attendees do not have to have read the books ahead of time. The
lectures are free and designed to stand alone. This week will offer
an introduction, titled Meeting the Challenge of Great Literature,
and a lecture on Daniel Defoes Moll Flanders. For more information,
call Herb Reinelt at 408-7360. 4 to 6 p.m. in Lewis Hall behind
Burton Community Church. Family Movie Night: Islanders are
invited to bring the kids to watch an all-ages appropriate movie
(call the library for the title). 6 p.m. at the Vashon Library.
FRIDAY 23
Donations for Book Sale: Dona-tions of new and/or lightly read
books are needed for the Vashon Friends of the Library booksale (no
text books or encyclopedias), to support guest speakers and
pro-gramming for all ages. Donations will be accepted from 1 to 3
p.m. in the meeting room at the Vashon Library. Senior Center
Movies and Pop-corn: This weeks showing will be the animated film
Hotel Tran-sylvania, featuring the voices of Adam Sandler and Fran
Drescher. The story follows Count Dracula as an over-protective
father, when a human boy falls for his daughter. Children are
welcome. 1 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road. Community
Diversity Dinner: There will be a community-organized potluck
dinner and open mic, where Vashon residents of all cultures are
invited to share food and showcase talent. 5 p.m. at the Land Trust
Building on Bank Road.
SATURDAY 24
Farmers Market: The market of-fers 30 to 40 vendors of food,
fresh produce, arts and crafts, meat, cheese, wine and more. 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Village Green. Better Book Sale: The Friends
of Vashon Library will hold a book sale to raise money to support
its library programs and speakers. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the meeting
room at Vashon Library. Mostly True Trivia Night: This fundraiser
for the DoVE Project will feature Quiz Master Chris Austin,
signature cocktail, The Brainiac provided by Seattle Distilling
Company and prizes from Hinge Gallery. Admission is by a $25
donation; space is limited. Tickets will be available at the door
or can be reserved in advance by emailing Hedy Anderson at
[email protected]. 7 p.m. at the Sugar Shack, 17636 100th Ave.
RJ Ontiveros Celebration Concert and Fundraiser: All are welcome to
this all-ages concert in memory of RJ Ontiveros to benefit the
skate park and Burton Adventure Recreation Center (BARC). Thalia
Goering will open for The Dadds. The cost is $5. Raffle prizes
include a custom-built BMX bike, two Samsung smart TVs with BluRay
disc players, Ninja coffee bar and more. 7 p.m. at the old VFW
Hall, 22100 Vashon Hwy.
SUNDAY 25
Unitarian Service: The fellow-ships social justice committee
will host an interactive service on acting for economic justice,
and donations for the food bank will be collected. Religious
exploration classes are available for children ages 3 and older.
9:30 a.m. in Lewis Hall behind Burton Commu-nity Church. Zen Center
Dharma Talk: Rev. Heather Christensen will discuss her spiritual
journey from conser-vative Christianity to Unitarian Universalist
minister. 10 a.m. at the Havurat Ee Shalom on West-side Highway.
Continuing Conversations: Mike Kirk of Vashon Island Fire &
Rescue will lead the discussion, and answer questions about the
fire department as well as 9-1-1 calls. For more information, call
Dorothy Bauer at 707-4696. 4 p.m. at 10127 Burton Dr. Ancestor
Feast and Community Celebration: The Vashon Wilder-ness Program
will host this event aimed at honoring ancestors and creating
connections within the community. Attendees are invited to bring
food from family or ances-tral heritage, as well as pictures or
objects to honor those that cant be present. For more information,
go to vashonwildernessprogram.org. 4 to 7 p.m. at Rounds Hall, Camp
Sealth.
MONDAY 26
Senior Center Book Group: The group will discuss All The Light
We Cannot See by Anthony Doer. The book is available at the Vashon
Bookshop, Amazon.com in multiple formats or at the Vashon Library.
2 p.m. at the Vashon Se-nior Center on Bank Road.
UPCOMING
PTSA Candy Swap: The Chautau-qua Council PTSA will hold a candy
swap for children with food aller-gies to the candy they receive at
the Halloween festivities in town. Donations are needed for party
fa-vor items to be used for swapping; email Christy Veal at
[email protected] by Oct. 28 to help. 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31,
in front of the old Quilt Shop.BioBlitz Presentation: The
Vashon-Maury Audubon Society will host this free public event.
Vashon Nature Center director Bianca Perla will discuss the results
of this years BioBlitz species count which took place over 24-hours
in the parks of Maury Island. This years count came to 408 species,
which is the highest ever for a Vashon BioBlitz. 7 p.m. Thursday,
Oct. 29, at the Land Trust Building. Horse-O-Ween: The Vashon Rock
Riders 4-H Club will host a Hallow-een party in support of the
club, complete with games, a costume contest and more. Admission
costs $20. For more information, call Marie Bradley at 463-2065. 10
a.m.
to 2 p.m. at Paradise Ridge Park.
CLASSES & WORKSHOPS
Papermaking: Kristine Marvich will lead this free class;
materials will be provided. 10 a.m. to noon Thursday, Oct. 22, at
the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road. Happy Hour on Tap: This
weekly tap dance class is offered as a benefit to rotating
nonprofits. Cost is by a $10 donation per class. To register, go to
corecen-trictraining.com. 4 p.m. Fridays at CoreCentric. TRX DoVE
Benefit Class: Core-Centric will hold a one-time TRX class to
benefit the DoVE Project, in support of Domestic Violence Action
Month. Cost is by a $20 donation. Reservations should be made at
corecentrictraining.com. 8 to 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, at
CoreCentric. Resonance Mandala Work-shop: This workshop will be led
by Lani Ladbon and Anastassia Matsievskaia, who will assist
attendees to dive deep into the subconscious to align with personal
truths and manifest intentions. The cost is $20. For more
information, see vashon-intuitivearts.com. 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday,
Oct. 24, at Vashon Intui-tive Arts. Dharma Study Series at the Zen
Center: Training in Compas-sion is a four-week dharma study class
to be taught by Genko Kathy Blackman. The course is based on a book
about the practice of Lo-jong, a Tibetan Buddhist practice
that involves working with short phrases or slogans as a way of
generating bodhicitta, or the heart and mind of enlightened
compassion. The cost is $70 ($60 for Zen Center members) and the
class is limited to 20 participants. For more information and to
register, go to pszc.org. 7 to 9 p.m. Mondays, Oct. 26 through Nov.
16, at the Havurat Ee Shalom
on Westside Highway. Yoga: This ongoing class is led by Irene
Tokar. Attendees may participate on a drop-in basis or purchase a
multi-class card. Reservations should be made at
corecentrictraining.com. 11 a.m. to noon Mondays and Wednes-days
and 8 to 9 a.m. Saturdays, at CoreCentric.
Elena Fetisova Photo
The Vashon Theatre will show Giselle, the first of the Bolshoi
Ballets seven filmed-live perfor-mances on Sunday at 1 p.m.The
story is that of a peasant girl who dies of a broken heart after
discovering that her lover is betrothed to another. When he is
targeted for death by a group of supernatural beings, Giselles love
frees him from their clutches. The music was composed by Adolphe
Adam and the ballet was choreographed by Jean Coralli and Jules
Perrot in 1841.
CALENDARVashon-Maury
BOLSHOI AT THE THEATRE
VASHON THEATRE
The Intern: Ends Oct. 22. The Martian: Opens Oct. 23.Giselle
(Bolshoi Ballet): Oct. 25.
See vashontheatre.com for show times or call 463-3232.
PUBLIC MEETINGSVashon Sewer District: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct.
22, at the Vashon Senior Center. Vashon School District: 7 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 22, at Chautauqua Elementary School. Vashon Island
Fire & Rescue: 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, at Station 55. Vashon
Park District: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, at Ober Park.
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FREE COMMUNITY MEALSVolunteers serve free meals seven days a
week on Vashon. All people are welcome at the meals, which are
served at 5:30 p.m. Monday through Satur-day and at 1:30 p.m.
Sunday at the following locations. For more information about the
meals program, contact Harmon Arroyo at 351-1441 or at
[email protected].
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New, untreated pilings were placed next to the Tahlequah dock
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ARTS&LEISUREVashon-Maury TWO BANDS IN ONE SHOW: Home Sweet
Home and Jason Sees Music will play a
show at 8:30 p.m. Friday at the Red Bike. Home Sweet Home
combines ethereal vocal reflections of love and loss with music of
the bayou, classic rock and soul. Jason Sees Music is a West
Seattle indie band that tours regionally around the Pacific
Northwest. The free show is open to all ages until 11 p.m., then
only 21 and older.
WHATS HAPPENING
MUSIC OF MACEDONIA
CD release party celebrates new recordingSmithsonian Folkways
Recording recent-ly published a CD of field recordings that
islander, music and dance ethnographer Martin Koenig collected in
Macedonia between 1968 and 1973. The CD release parties are planned
from coast-to-coast, with one slated for 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the
Land Trust Building.Koenig, who is also a photographer and
community organizer, will host the party, give a slide presentation
and tell the story about the long-deferred project. Macedonian
delicacies, such as spinach pies, feta cheese, olives and wine will
be served.
HUMOROUS HISTORY
Author reads from second book about VashonIslander Chris Austin
will read from his new book in the series, The Mostly True History
of Vashon and Maury Islands, at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Vashon
Bookshop. Austin, who is also the circulation man-ager for The
Beachcomber, compiled the second book with the subtitle, Criminal
Elements from his col-umn, Its Your History, featured weekly in The
Beachcomber.Austin peruses the archives of the Heritage museum to
find factual but amusing stories about Vashons history. Though the
articles are clearly written in a tongue-in-cheek fashion, Austin
remains a committed history buff as well as a humorist. He believes
history is more accessible if delivered with humor and finds value
in remembering the past.Everything has a history, Austin said, and
it explains a lot of what is happen-ing today how we got to where
we are now.
By JULI GOETZ MORSERStaff Writer
Freelance illustrator, graphic designer, biolo-gist and Vashon
resident Sandra Noel is well-known for her interpretive and
educational signs posted around the island and throughout the
Northwest. What many islanders do not know is that Noel is also a
published poet. She will read from her new chapbook, The Gypsy in
my Kitchen, at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, at the Vashon
Bookshop.
For an artist whose career includes a degree in marine biol-ogy
and working for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) Fisheries, the National Park and the U.S. Forest Service, it
is not surprising that Noels poetry calls forth images of the
natural world.
In Orpheus is dead, Noel writes, compose your own songs ...
inside you or borrow from these small birds gathering in the
branches ... no sacrifice or offering ... all is given, all is
received.
Originally from the East Coast, Noel moved west in 1975 to
attend Western Washington University for a degree in marine
biology. She moved with her son to Vashon in 1982, and with the
advent of Strawberry Festival that year, hand painted printed
drawings shed made of Vashons natural habitats, a tradition she
kept for 20 years. Noel eventually created greeting cards from 14
of the images and sells
them at various outlets on the island. In 1987, Noel began the
business
she still runs today, making signs for the national parks and
forest service. On the island, her signs can be seen at Island
Center Forest, marking the history of the Dockton area, at the
overlook of the marine park on Maury, at Quartermaster Yacht Club
and for the small stream projects.
As for her poetry, Noel said shes been writ-ing since the late
1970s, with a gap while she raised her son as a single mother,
eventually returning to the poetic word through her asso-
ciation with former island poet laureate Ann Spiers.
I met Ann while working on an interpretive sign project in
Yakima, Noel said. Her writ-ing is stunning. She inspired me to
pick it up again.
Noel joined an island poetry group and has attended since 2008.
Four years into the group, she rose to the challenge of writing a
poem a day for a year. Shes been doing it ever since.
Its terrifying to sit down and come up with something every day.
Some days are bet-ter than others, but we are still doing it, Noel
said.
The group also encouraged Noel to submit her poems for
publication, and many have been published in various literary and
poetry journals. Only recently have her poems been published as a
collection.
Her next chapbook, The Green, will include poems about her
island home of Vashon and her volunteer work with Alliance for
Tompotika a nonprofit conservation organization working to help the
island of Sulawesi, Indonesia, directed by islander Marcy
Summers.
Noel said the book also reflects the many ways she feels
inspired by living here by the number of poets, writers and
creative residents and, of course, the power of the natural
envi-ronment that is so readily available on Vashon.
Indeed, as a keen observer of the natural world, Noel celebrates
its unfettered powers for healing. In her poem, Sacrifice, Noel
writes: Today a small rain creates concentric magic. A pair of red
tails circle overhead. ... I came here closed and broken. I leave
filled with light.
Island illustrator reads from new book of poems
Sandra Noel
Chris Austin
Martin Koenig Photo
Celebration in Macedonia
AROUND TOWNSerious puppet show at Open Space
Open Space for Arts & Community wel-comes Bread & Puppet
Theatre to Vashon for the companys performance of Fire at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, with doors opening at 7 p.m.
Bread & Puppet is currently touring the West Coast with
Fire, which is considered one of the companys most powerful works.
The show requires absolute darkness, and is 60 minutes long,
Bread & Puppet Theater is based on a large farm in Vermont
and was founded in 1963 by Peter Schumann, a German-born
artist-dancer. For the next decade, his giant puppets figured
prominently in anti-Viet-nam-War demonstrations in New York City,
Washington D.C. and other cities in the U.S. and abroad.
Fire is a series of tableaus about daily life in a Vietnamese
town firebombed by the U.S. and is performed by life-sized puppets.
A press release calls the performance, slow, quiet, disturbing,
indelible.
Tickets, available at the door, are by a sug-gested donation of
$10.
Circus debuts new act on Vashon IMPulse Circus Collective will
arrive on
Vashon to debut We All Fall Down at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, with
doors opening at 7 p.m. at
the Open Space for Arts & Community.When the lid of an old
trunk is lifted, its
contents inspire five friends to relive their formative years
and the joy of play. They act these memories out with feats of
strength and precision acrobatics. The show takes the audience on a
journey of charm, surprise and accomplished circus acts.
The IMPulse Circus Collective is a group of young performers.
Formed in Seattle in 2013 as artists-in-residence at the School of
Acrobatics & New Circus Arts, the groups goal is to inspire its
audience, challenge soci-etal constructs and usher in the next
evolu-tion of contemporary circus.
We All Fall Down was created by circus performers Marta Brown,
Arne Bystrom, Emma Curtiss, Jasmine Manuel and Jonathan Rose.
Tickets, available at the door, are by a sug-gested donation of
$15 for adults and $10 for youth. The performance is appropriate
for ages 10 and older.
Talk defines power of humor
Vashon Allied Arts Arts & Humanities series will present the
lecture Humor as an Antidote to Conflict given by Howard Sohn at 7
p.m. Sunday at the Vashon High School theater.
Sohn will show an episode of the TV sit-com, Arab Labor, written
by Israeli-Arab Sayed Kashua. The show portrays the daily struggles
of an Arab-Israeli family in a Jewish-
dominated society by highlighting obstacles to mainstream
acceptance with satirical humor.
Sohn facilitated the production of the show and is deeply
involved in efforts to bridge the chasm between Jews and Arabs in
Israel. He also currently serves as co-chairman of the board of The
Abraham Fund Initiatives, an international organization that
promotes coexistence and equality among Israels Jewish and
Arab-Palestinian citizens.
Tickets are $18 for VAA members and students, $20 for seniors
and $22 for general admission. Tickets are available at the Blue
Heron and vashonalliedarts.org.
Lit Lounge supports DoVELit Lounge returns to the Open Space
for
Arts & Community at 4 p.m. Sunday, with doors opening at
3:30 p.m.
The event will be produced in support of the DoVE Project, as
part of the nonprofits recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness
month.
Participants are invited to tell stories around the idea or
theme of support.
Cara Briskman, who founded Lit Lounge, said, The DoVe Project
provides so many ways for our community to find support,
edu-cation, help and so much more. DoVe is an organization I truly
believe in and personally support. It was an obvious partnership
(with Lit Lounge.)
Tickets are $10 at the door.
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Young girl with island ties appears on EllenIn remission from
cancer, she spreads hope to othersBy SUSAN RIEMERStaff Writer
Last week 4-year-old Violet Brielle Spataro ful-filled one of
her dreams when she appeared on the Ellen TV show.
Violet, the granddaugh-ter of islanders Yolanda and Mike Rugg,
survived retinoblastoma an eye cancer as an infant, and she
continues to face sub-stantial health challenges while trying to
help other children facing cancer.
Sporting cat ears and a kitten sweater when she was on the show,
Violet was upbeat and clearly happy to be sitting next to host
Ellen Degeneres.
Its so cool, Ellen, Violet said about being there.
The 5-minute clip has been viewed nearly 10 mil-lion times since
the show posted it online last week.
Violets mom, Shenay Spataro, appeared with her and shared
Violets story,
as well as information about their project, deliv-ering packages
they call Blessing Bundles to other children facing cancer and its
aftermath. The packages are filled with toys, cray-ons, books and
other kid-friendly items.
They really need some-thing to cheer them up, Violet told
Degeneres.
Violet sometimes deliv-ers the packages to chil-dren in the
hospital or leaves them for nurses to hand out, Spataro said in an
interview following the show. The Spataros also ship them if
requested to do so.
Donations are always welcome.
We would love the help
because there are so many kids that need the help, Spataro
said.
Since she was 7 months old, Violet has endured 12 rounds of
chemotherapy, countless injections, two long hospital stays, dozens
of labs and 20 exams under anesthesia, with another scheduled for
this month, her mom said. This months test will determine if she is
still in remission.
You would never know she has gone through all of this, she
added. She has been amazing through it all since day one.
Grandmother Yolanda Rugg said Violet is a fre-quent visitor to
Vashon and is particularly fond of helping host the well-known
Halloween spooky trail at the Ruggs home on Cemetery Road which
will not be happening this year because the Ruggs are
remodeling.
Like Spataro, Rugg com-mented on the young girls zest for
life.
She continues to shine through it all, she said.
For more information about Violet, see violetbri-elle.com or her
Facebook page.
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