Vol. 2 #9 May 4, 2005TO INFORM AND AMUSE ~ TO PROVOKE THINKING AND ACTIVISM

Spring Break 2006: If youalready have plans for SpringBreak, 2006, you’d better callyour travel agent and say thereis going to be a change. At theVashon School District Boardmeeting on Thursday, April 28,it was revealed that WASLtesting for the high school hasbeen scheduled by the state forthe same week that the schooldistrict planned to have SpringBreak.

Vashon Health Center (VHC)and Vashon Community CareCenter (VCCC) are exploringcommunity interest and supportfor a hospital district servingVashon and Maury Islands. Ahospital district is similar instructure to a school district, firedistrict, or a cemetery district. Itrequires a majority vote of thepeople to establish, is operatedby an elected group of Islanders,and has the ability to levyproperty taxes.

Why do we need a hospitaldistrict?

The population of VashonIsland is not large enough toassure the continuing availabilityof island based primary healthcare and long term health careover time. If we want to havequality services and facilities atthe scale that fits our size, a stablesource of additional revenue isnecessary.

Submitted by Joan Coulson

Hospital District ConsideredThe population of Vashon is

economically diverse.Increasingly, the cost of healthcare and long term care is out ofreach for many. If we want tomaintain the richness of ourcommunity, we need to assureaccess to affordable primary care,nursing home beds, and assistedliving apartments. To offerservices to all Islanders includingthose with Medicaid healthinsurance will require anadditional source of revenue.

Only through the personalgenerosity of a small group ofIslanders, have our Island’s twonon-profit health providers, VHCand VCCC, been able to stay inbusiness and serve people withlimited incomes. Rather thanusing private donations toenhance basic services, they arerelying on private donations tokeep the doors open.

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By Mary Litchfield Tuel

SpringBreak

Broken!

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By now we’ve all heard thedire predictions—conditions areripe for a devastating wild landfire season in western Washington.Can it happen on Vashon?Absolutely! And history tells us ithas on several occasions. Themajor difference between now andthen is the danger posed byhundreds of homes sporadicallytucked away in the woods. Giventhe right conditions, Vashon isvery vulnerable.

By Jim Wilson, Fire Chief

Watch OutFor

Summer

Our island is lush and lovely.People come here to enjoy anaturally beautiful and quietplace. Just last week, the Model TClub of Puget Sound took a tourthrough the rolling hills, pastquaint cottages nestled ingreenery to the pebble beach ofPoint Robinson, with its quaintlittle lighthouse. As it was a sunnyand clear day, they drove past thedramatic views of Mount Rainier,the Olympics and Baker to thenorth, on the far side of aglistening Puget Sound.

by Marnie Jones

Aestheticsand the

Rights ofNature

The following will be submittedto the Army Corps as testimony on“Aesthetics”, one of many topics onwhich they are seeking comment atthe Hearing on May 17, 7-9pm,Vashon Highschool Commons. Fora comprehensive topic list, seepreserveourislands.org.

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Arts to Do!

Harry Manx will bring hisspecial blend of Folk-World Bluesto the Vashon Theatre on Saturday,May 7th, 2005. Tickets for this eventare $15. Jr/Sr tickets are $10.Doors will open at 7:00pm , and themain show will begin at 8:00. Don’tmiss this great show.

Harry Manx

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Blue Heron BalletsThe Blue Heron Dance Company

presents two ballets — La Fille MalGardee and Swan Lake — on Fridayand Saturday evening May 13 and14 at 7 p.m., and Saturday andSunday matinee, May 14 and 15 at 2p.m. at the Vashon High SchoolAuditorium. Tickets are available atBooks by the Way, The Heron’s Nest,Thriftway, and The Blue Heron.

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Mr. DisasterPhoto Craig Hanson

Why is Joe Ulatoski, fondlyknown as “Mr. Disaster,” sohappy? Because Vashon is finallygetting the emergencymanagement structure that heknows we need, and that he hasbeen working on tirelessly forover two years.

Recently, the King CountyCouncil approved the formationof VIEMA (Vashon IslandEmergency Management Area),which creates an interlocalagreement between various

districts for purposes ofemergency planning andmanagement. The entitiesencompassed by VIEMA are FireDistrict 13, Water District 19, theVashon Island School District,King County Department ofTransportation and the Sheriff’sOffice.

This step in the Island’semergency planning process willgive us a more coordinated approachto emergency management,

by Marie Browne

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Sophia Ressler ~ Jenn Reidel photo

The Vashon Loop, p. 2 May 4, 05

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Get in The Loop

Be part of Vashon Island PetProtectors’ 2006 Pet Calendar. Sendyour pet’s photo (limit 2) along withyour pet’s name, a tag line about yourpet, & your phone number to: KathyChappell, P.O. Box 13182, Burton,WA 98013; or e-mail digital photosto kchappy@msn.com. All arewelcome — cats, dogs, pigs, goats...Don’t delay! Photos must bereceived by June 15th. For moreinformation please call Kathy, 463-9203.

Make Your Pet a Star

Adopt a KittyVashon Island Pet Protectors will

host an Adopt-A-Cat Day Saturday,May 14th from 11:00 a.m. — 2p.m. &Sunday, May 15th from 12:30 — 3p.m. at Pandora’s Box. Please stop byor call VIPP at 206-389-1085.

Two years worth of work byIsland Quilters will be on display attheir biennial Quilt Show onSaturday, May 14, from 10 a.m. to 5p.m. and Sunday, May 15, fromnoon to 5 p.m. at VashonPresbyterian Church. Suggesteddonation for admission is $3.

With a theme of “Quilt Tales:Every Quilt Tells A Story”, over 200items will be on display. The entriesinclude bed quilts, lap quilts, wallhangings, dolls and stuffed items,and holiday items. Some of the quiltsand displayed items will be for sale.

Well-known quilters MelodyCrust (Kent) and Megan Peacock(Bellevue) will be judging the show

Quilters SewUp A Show

The Vashon-Maury Island LandTrust annual plant sale will beSaturday, May 7th, from 9:30 a.m. to1:00 p.m., in the Vashon Theaterparking lot. In keeping with thetradition of quality plants offeredeach year, we welcome back thefollowing long-standingparticipating nurseries: AppleyardNursery, Judd Creek Nursery,Colvos Creek Nursery, Country Storeand Gardens, Black Dog Plants,Pacific Potager, and RobinwoodNursery, along with new vendorDirty, Pretty Nursery. In addition,DIG will be participating bydonating a portion of their May 7threceipts to the Land Trust.

A wide variety of plants will beoffered, including unusualperennials, ornamental grasses, andnative plants, along with groundcovers, trees, and annual herb, flowerand vegetable starts. There will be aMaster Gardener on site until noonto answer plant cultural questions.

Once again, these generousisland plant growers are making itpossible for the community to raisemoney for protecting some ofVashon and Maury’s most significantplant and wildlife habitats. The LandTrust will have information availableabout our latest and on-goingprojects, plus ways in which you canbecome involved in these efforts.Please come out, show your supportand take home some great plants!

For further information, contactBeth Bordner at the Land Trust, 463-2644, or emailbeth@vashonlandtrust.org.

Land Trust PlantSale

“Networking—It’s Who YouKnow That Counts” is the topic forthis week’s JobFind workshop,which begins at 9:30 a.m. onThursday, May 4th at the VashonPublic Library. JobFind is a FREEprogram of Vashon Youth & FamilyServices, and targets adults who areunemployed or underemployed andseeking living wage jobs.

Upcoming workshop topics:May 11th: Core Values and

PersonalityMay 18th: Research—More

Important Than You ThinkJobFind offers assistance with job

leads, resume preparation,interviewing techniques, and othersupport for finding a job. Participantsmay attend informal Thursdaymeetings at the library, and/orschedule appointments with staff formore in-depth assistance. For moreinformation, please call VYFS at 463-5511 X603, or come to one of ourworkshops at the library Thursdaymornings.

Green HousingGroup Meets

The Green Housing Group, a partof Sustainable Vashon, will meet onSunday, May 15th, at 7 p.m., at theresidence of Joseph Hall and TeresaToole at 22723 Carey Road S.W. Twospeakers will talk about SustainableIssues of Plumbing. Matt Hallam-Eames will talk about the basics ofgreen plumbing and Steve Grahamwill talk about new septic solutionsfor Vashon. There is much to learn.All are welcome. This is a free event.For more information call 463-7711.

Corps Hearing onDock

As requested by the islandcommunity, the Army Corps ofEngineers has scheduled a hearingON-ISLAND, in the EVENING onthe subject of Glacier’s applicationfor a Corps dock permit. It isscheduled for Tuesday, May 17th, 7p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Vashon HighSchool Commons.

Organizers hope to get hundredsof islanders to attend.

Those who wish to speak shouldalso bring their comments in writingas there may not be enough time foreveryone. Comments will beincluded in the record if submittedin written form (email or hard copy)up to May 31st. Please referenceapplication #20001094 andNorthwest Aggregates.

Preserve Our Islands is lookingfor volunteers to help get the wordout. Email them through theirwebsite at preserveourislands.org orcall 463-2821.

entries on Friday, May 13. Prizeribbons will adorn the winningentries during the Show. Visitors tothe Quilt Show on Saturday will beasked to vote for their favorite itemin the show. The most popular entrywill receive the “People’s Choice”award and will have its ribbondisplayed on Sunday.

Another feature of the show willbe “The Store” with many craft items,fabric grab bags, patterns andunfinished projects for sale. Also ondisplay will be the Vashon AlliedArts Community and tickets can bepurchased for its raffle to be held onJuly 10.

For additional information aboutthe Quilt Show, call Jo Ann Bardeenat 567-5841 or Peggy Scaramastra at567-5694.

Winners of the Quilt Guild’s challenge quilt competition entitled “Sunbonnet SueVisits Washington”. From left to right: Nan Caskey (1st place), Jo Ann Bardeen(2nd place), Edee Eggert and Marilyn Fox (3rd place tie).

The Vashon Sportsmen’s Clubwill host its annual Kids’ TroutDerby on Sunday, May 15 at 12:00noon. Open to all Island children 12and under, the fishing derby offersfun for the whole family and a chanceto picnic on the grounds and enjoyan afternoon at the club pond. Prizeswill be awarded for the big ones, anda drawing will give all kids a chanceto win some nifty sporting gear.

Club cooks will barbecuehotdogs and serve up homemadechili and pop at special low prices.Live country music will keep the toestapping. Children should beaccompanied by an adult and bringbasic fishing gear. Bait-wise, Derbyveterans recommend worm andmarshmallow combinations,PowerBait, or red salmon eggs. Sign-up begins at 11:30 a. m. From VashonHighway, head west on CemeteryRoad, turn left at Singer Road andenter the gate on the left. For moreinformation, contact John vanAmerongen at 567-4575.

The Institute for EnvironmentalResearch and Education will present“Safe and Sustainable Gardening”with Rita Schenck and Mary Marth onSaturday, May 21. There will be two,(1) one hour class times on the sameday, the first is from 10 - 11 a.m. andthe second will be from 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

These classes are supported inpart by the Vashon-Maury IslandRemediation Public ParticipationCommittee. Rita will teach peoplehow to safely sample soil to be testedfor arsenic, lead and cadmium andwalk us through the safe gardeningfeatures of IERE’s demonstrationgarden in the back of the BeallGreenhouse property. Mary Marth,Master Gardener and the manager ofthe demonstration garden will tell us“how the garden grows...”sustainably!

Come for lightrefreshments, expert advice and agood time. Bring your friends andneighbors! Please call Marian Whitedat 463-7430 or email marian@iere.orgif you have questions or for moreinformation. We hope to see youthere!

Safe andSustainable

Gardening Classes

JobFind Workshop

Kids’ Trout Derby

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What would prompt somebody totake on a 3,700 mile bike ride acrossthe country? One feels compelled toask this of Phil Bennett, who isplanning such a ride to raisescholarship funds for WildernessAwareness School, a nature educationnonprofit which runs several youthprograms on Vashon Island. “Ilearned an immense amount aboutmyself and nature through myparticipation with WildernessAwareness School, for which Ireceived a scholarship. I amcommitted to giving back, to ensurethat more children have thisopportunity. This ride is my way ofdoing that.” Bennett participated inWilderness Awareness School’sResidential Program, a year longprogram which prepares naturalistsand mentors to work with children inlocal communities.

Phil is pairing up with JessaZimmerman, local Vashon resident, tohost a wine tasting benefit for the ride.Zimmerman, whose childrenparticipate in Wilderness AwarenessSchool’s Vashonprograms, says,“I have foundthat WildernessA w a r e n e s sS c h o o linstructors focuson the personalgrowth anddevelopment ofeach student,emphasizing far

Wine Tasting Benefit for WildernessAwareness School

more than just gaining specificknowledge in their naturalistcurriculum. They considerthemselves mentors rather than justteachers. This is, by far, my children’sfavorite activity. I am so thankful thatthe programs have been brought toVashon, and I want to support theirability to offer scholarships to islandstudents.”

The event, held at the Havurahbuilding from 7-9 p.m. on Thursday,May 26, promises to be one filledwith many varieties of wine,delicious appetizers to cleanse thepalette, outdoor games and activitiesfor the children, and an opportunityto support Vashon scholarships fornature education. Tickets can bepurchased in advance for $20/adultby calling 425-788-1301. Admissionat the door will be $25/adult;accompanied kids participate forfree. If you aren’t able to make it, butstill want to find out more aboutWilderness Awareness School or theride, visit wildernessawareness.organd MilesforMentors.org. Hope tosee you there!

Each spring on Vashon, volunteersgo to the phones to ask Islanders fortheir support of Vashon Youth andFamily Services during its annualPhonathon. An annual rite on VashonIsland, the Vashon Youth and FamilyServices Phonathon will be held fromsix to nine p.m. on May 10th,11th, and 12th. The event isthe biggest fundraiser for theagency each year.

If you have a preschoolthrough eighth-grade childon Vashon, it is likely thatyour family has beenreached by the VYFS BestS.E.L.F. (Social-EmotionalLearning is Fun) Program! Incooperation with Islandschools, Vashon Youth &Family Services works tonurture the social andemotional well-being of yourchild. These programs promotecompassion, communication andresponsible choice-making.

One program supported byPhonathon donations is the Life Skillsprogram where VHS students act aspeer leaders for McMurray students.Recently, an outstanding group of 20

VHS students received 9 hours oftraining in preparation to work with8th and 6th grade students. Thetopics of the training, andconsequently topics covered inclassrooms, are transitioning to highschool, refusal skills, being assertive,managing strong and uncomfortablefeelings, and dealing with school andsocial pressures.

Without the donations islandersgive each year for phonathon, we

could not continue to offer programslike Best S.E.L.F. and JobLine which isalso for teenagers. Rayna Holtz, aformer Vashon librarian, is oneIslander who chooses to give adonation during the phonathon. “Bothpersonally and professionally, I havefound Vashon Youth & FamilyServices to be a wonderful Islandresource. They have helped ourdaughter during her adolescence and

as she wanted to break into the jobworld - the JobLine program lined herup with the perfect employer andhelped her define many of herpersonal interests.”

Youth and Family Services hasserved Vashon for 25 years throughprevention and interventionprograms. And each year the agencyserves one out of every seven Islandersthrough one of its programs like theone mentioned here.

If you would like to volunteerduring the phonathon, or find outmore information about any ofVashon Youth and Family Servicesprograms, just call Sam Collins at 463-5511 or email at scollins@vyfs.org. Youmay also visit the agency’s website atwww.vyfs.org.

Teens and VYFSPhonathon

Loop: Congratulations to you both! I understand the test to become areal estate agent is pretty tough.

Troy: Yeah, it was tough, but we both passed it on the first try. Goahead, ask me what a ‘remainderman’ is. Go ahead.

Marie: Troy, the test is over. The Loop doesn’t care that you memorizedall those legal terms. They want to know what we are going to do now.

Loop: That’s right. So, what are you going to do now?Marie: We are going to help people buy and sell their homes. That

sounds straightforward, but we plan to give our clients much more thanjust basic real estate services. We have some innovative ideas that wethink will be very effective.

Troy: Right. And we are too new to know that “it’s never been donethat way before.”

Loop: You are new at this. Why would someone who wants to sell orbuy a house call you instead of a more experienced agent?

Marie: We’re new to real estate, but we have lots of experience thatwill benefit our clients. We have both lived and worked on the Island forages—over 30 years for me, and over 20 for Troy. We are both very activein our community, which keeps us in touch with the issues that affect all ofus. I have extensive business management and accounting experience.Troy is a skilled negotiator and creative marketer. We are both computergeeks, so we can use technology to help our clients get the best deal andhave the best selling or buying experience. We have a full support staffand experienced broker behind us at the Keller Williams Seattle MetroWest office in West Seattle.

Troy: And with us you get two agents for the price of one!

Loop: Why Keller Williams?Marie: I look good in red.Troy: Yes, my wife looks good in red. Perhaps more importantly,

Keller Williams is a great company; their belief system is closely alignedwith our personal values. Every company publishes a “mission statement”these days, but Keller Williams really walks the talk. They have built aculture that genuinely focuses on team work, so that agents worktogether and everyone wins—especially the client. We also like the factthat Keller Williams is a national company, so when we have clientswho are moving to the East Coast, for example, we can refer them toan agent in the KW network and know that they will get the same levelof service as they will get here.

Loop: Touchy question: Are you going to keep publishing The Loop?Marie: Of course! We’ve never made any real money from the

paper, but love doing it, and consider it a community service. Ourfabulous writers keep churning out the stories, and we have brought onsome help to work “behind the scenes” so we can focus on our realestate business.

Troy: And our clients will get great advertising!

Loop: Whew! Glad to hear I’ll still be around. So if someone wantsto talk to you about buying or selling property, how can they contactyou?

Troy: They can call us at (206) 463-LIST. Pretty clever, eh?Marie: Yes, dear. People can call us, or email troy@kwvashon.com

or marie@kwvashon.com. And if you see Troy or me around town, askus for a business card! In fact, take two - they’re small.

Troy and MarieLaunch Home Team

The Loop has learned that Troy Kindred and Marie Browne just recentlybecame Vashon’s newest real estate team, Home Team Realty. Truthfully,The Loop didn’t have to dig too deep for the story, as Troy Kindred andMarie Browne happen to publish The Loop. The Loop caught up with Troyand Marie (also not too hard), and got the inside scoop on their new career.Following is an exclusive interview:

The above was a shameless piece of self-promotion, and not even a real interview.

The Vashon Loop, p. 4 May 4, 05

The geometra in Italy performs roughly the combinedfunctions of an architect, site foreman, and engineer incharge of buildings and land use issues. He or she is alsothe person who liaisons with the building authorities,public bodies, and local councils and is expresslyauthorized to draw up the plans or renovate buildingsup to a certain size limit, without calling on the servicesof an architect. The geometra produces workingdrawings, deals with building contractors, suppliers, andall the paperwork and building permits. The geometrashould know the correct people at the buildingdepartment that make the important decisions and allthe tricks for getting around burdensome regulations. DidI hear ‘CAO’ anyone?

Let’s make your project happen.

Michael O Bradley

‘Geometra‘Geometra‘Geometra‘Geometra‘Geometra’’’’’

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Editor,The Vashon District 13 Fire Commissioners are considering a remodel of the Dockton

fire station for the purpose of instituting a volunteer sleeper program. I cannot support theproposal at this time due to the lack of data provided to the community. This matter shouldcome before the Board at a formal, public meeting for further discussion.

To date, the only official reason offered by the Chief Wilson for modifying the existingDockton firehouse is to “improve response time” on Maury Island. No data were cited at anApril 5 community meeting in Dockton to show when or how response times have changed inthe past ten years, nor was evidence offered indicating that existing response times have beendetrimental to specific fire or medical incidents over the past five years. No informationabout the nature of emergency calls (i.e. # of daytime vs. nighttime calls; # of fire vs medicalemergencies) on Maury Island have yet been presented to the taxpayers either. Mostastonishing, the Chief admitted at the Dockton meeting that even if sleeper quarters existed,no volunteers could be compelled to use them on any regular basis, so the District still mightnot improve response times even after a costly remodel!

The Commissioners have presented no analysis showing whether volunteer participationhas declined, and/or response times degraded, since the District implemented a paid firefighter program. Honest evaluation of the impact of the paid program is critical since theDistrict’s reason for implementing it were to guarantee emergency coverage during thosetimes when volunteers were unavailable and to guarantee improved response times throughoutVashon-Maury Island. That the District is exploring major infrastructure changes to adequatelyaddress response times suggests that the paid program has failed in that regard and/or that theDistrict misled the public in making its case for the paid program.

Fundamental cost-benefit analysis using program data must be undertaken by any agencyprior to advocating the major expenditure of limited resources. The analysis must look at notonly the initial capital expenditure, but all recurring operating expenses to be incurred forutilities, kitchen and firehouse supplies, increased wear-and-tear on vehicles, increasedequipment fuel costs, etc. That the Fire District has failed to perform this most rudimentaryexercise prior to publicly advocating a capital project is irresponsible.

No discussions with the Dockton Water District have apparently occurred to evaluate theimpact of a residential remodel of the firehouse, and no septic percolation tests had beenperformed on the existing site as of April 5. Still, the District prematurely retained an architectto develop conceptual drawings of the proposed remodel, and may very likely have spentpublic money on architectural services that are ill-suited or unusable.

Other aspects of the April 5 meeting in Dockton were disturbing. The Commissionersconveyed the sense that Reserve funds ought to be expended on the project simply becausethey were available at this time. That attitude does not instill confidence in tax payingconstituents. And, it was asserted that sleeping accommodations would give District volunteersa sense of camaraderie and belonging. Such comments give the impression that the FireDistrict is more interested in hosting a scout jamboree than in helping citizens. The paid andunpaid fire professionals I know have a strong sense of service—their leaders belittle themby suggesting they need some sort of building to validate their heroism. If all volunteers arenot yet being given the opportunity to rotate through the sleeping quarters at the centralstation then they should be.

I respect those Commissioners who wish to improve emergency services to Islandresidents. The agency must, however, make sound business decisions to apply limited resourceswhere they will provide the greatest benefit. To date, the District has not demonstrated that ithas conducted the appropriate evaluation needed to advocate for a firehouse remodel or anyprogram alteration on Maury Island. If the District wishes to move ahead with developingadditional services in Dockton, then it should present its case in an honest, open forum usingcompelling data and analysis that support its recommendation.

Sincerely, Barbara Gylland

The Vashon Loop, p. 5May 4, 05

I like to call Maury Island thejewel of Puget Sound. This littlesister of Vashon has one gasstation, a few small guest cottagesand probably hundreds oftelecommuters to boast of forcommerce. If you compare it tothe other major islands of PugetSound, it is the most rural—morelike a San Juan Island, except thatit is close to the cities.

Maury’s proximity to the citiesmeans there are glories andsorrows. Good shopping,museums, universities and jobsare among the glories. Over thelast 100 plus years, the sorrowshave included deforestation fromharvest and fire, 100 years of acidrain from an old copper smelter,oil spills on the shores andchanges to its form, includingseveral aggregate mines on itseastern shore. Millions of tons ofMaury have been exported forhuge projects in the city and onlyone shoreline mine is left. Thecommunities of Gold Beach to thenorth and Sandy Shores to thesouth sit on reclaimed mines withthe Glacier site between them.Considered large in their time,these mines were tiny comparedto what is now proposed.

A few years back, Iparticipated in a poll. I spoke withlandowners who lived off-island.They told of childhoods ingrandpa’s beach cottage. Theytold of mining in the past and howit disrupted summertime respiteson the beach and riled up the clearwaters. Tugboats would comeand go at all hours. The beach wasmessed up for years. Two sunkenbarges were just left there alongwith an estimated 10,000 tons ofspilled gravel and that old dock.

Major mining, limitedprimarily to the late 1960s andearly 1970s, left behind a veryobvious “dent” in Maury’smagnificent coastal ridge. AND,if you stand in the upper pit, itfeels dead. There is no life layer.In contrast, it is surrounded byone of the healthiest stands ofMadrone trees in the wholeNorthwest, a lot of which wouldbe lost to the ruthless mining ofwhat is underneath.

That ridge is so majestic andgrand that it would be a sin toviolate it further. There is even asign that a bit of the aquifer diedback then as a spring has beenseen dripping down the center ofthe old pit. Over the years, I haveseen the site from all angles: froma boat, a plane, the beach lookingup and the ridge looking down.

Think of the wildlife that musthave lost its home back then:eagles, trees, deer, salmon, orcas

that feed on salmon. Theireelgrass home is finally starting toregenerate.

The proposed plan is not justa slice out of Maury’s ridge, but amile of ridge gone forever. It is anevil slaughter, pillage and rape ofsomething so innocent and lovely.It represents the aesthetics ofgreed.

I care about the water, thewildlife, my neighbors and theirburden of this horror. But whathas kept my passion going for thefight for over six years is the sensethat a project like this ismurderous, sinful and abhorrent.A crime. Not just dangerous,which I believe it is, but a crimeagainst humanity and nature.

Occasionally an argument ismade that “Glacier owns it andshould be able to do whateverthey want.” This is absurd,because what they plan not onlyinfringes on the property rights ofothers, but potentially their healthand lives. AND what about theanimals, birds, trees, fish,eelgrass? Shouldn’t their rights berespected and protected? Dr.David Bain, an acknowledgedexpert on whales, is concernedthat the ruckus will drive the orcasaway from their winter haunts.There is some evidence that theybirth their calves off our shores. Itwould be a terrible shame if welost our orcas.

Homo sapien is the onlyspecies that doesn’t respect thenatural plan, and that oftenexhibits total disrespect for otherspecies and the planet thatsupports our living. Thisproposed mine and dock are aglaring and disgusting example ofthis. The salmon and the orcas are

already suffering at the hands ofhumans and may not survive themost obvious additional stress.Recent oil spills have shown ushow vulnerable this island is tohuman messes and the heavyequipment used in mining andbarging would raise the risk ofcontamination exponentially. Itdoesn’t make sense that weexpose our island to a projectwith as many dangers as this one.In an average year, there could bemultiple small or large spills.Think of the accumulation over50 years!

All the best science andmitigations would never putMaury’s magnificent ridge backtogether. No amount ofmitigation would keep thatshoreline pristine with anindustrial barging operation inthe middle of it. The best sciencecan only give us the best scenario-not the gritty reality of every daymess involved with heavyequipment, diesel tugboat

engines, and imperfect humanoperators.

The only way to ensure thatnatural Maury Island is here forour grandchildren is to disallowthis project. In the denial of theirdock permits, the County agreed.How about the Army Corps?

Marnie Jones has been working tostop Glacier’s mine expansion sinceJanuary,1999, first as the creator ofHands Around Maury and then as amember of the board of directors ofPreserve Our Islands. An islander fornearly 13 years, a mom for 14, shehopes to leave this island natural forher grandchildren and theirs. oooooo

Aesthetics andRights

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“I believe in the hereafter.Every time I walk into a room

I ask myself, what am I hereafter?”

Very funny. It can happen toyou at any age, that lost feeling.You move with purpose, you’re onyour way somewhere, butsuddenly you realize that youdon’t know where or why. Itseems to happen more as we getolder.

Some people say that it isbecause the older we get the morewe have to remember, and ourbrains get so full of so much stuffthat they max out. Our neuronsstart to jettison what they considerunnecessary data, like “why I amwalking into this room.” Otherexplanations are, “you’re tired,” or“you’re stressed.”

Our fear is of something muchmore sinister than brain overload,fatigue, or stress. Our fear is ofAlzheimer’s disease, or some otherform of dementia that will leave usno longer ourselves, but rather bigdumb bodies hanging aroundbeing a nuisance to people whostill have minds to lose. As myhusband says,paranoia is anunreasonable fear,so this fear is notparanoia. It couldhappen. It doeshappen.

I remember thecold chill I felt thefirst time I reallycould not for the lifeof me rememberwhere I parked mycar in a parking lot.I walked out of thestore, blithelychatting with afriend, said good-bye as we parted,and started walking toward –where? Suddenly I realized that Icouldn’t remember. That’s whenthe terror gripped me. I had noidea where my car was. I walkedout into the parking lot, hoping I’dspot it, and didn’t. Finally, welland truly panicked, I walked backto the entrance of the store to startover, and there was my car, nottwo spaces from the door.

It was a humbling, frighteningexperience. Up until then I took itfor granted when I parked my carand went into a store that when Icame back out I would knowwhere I was going. Now I look at

the car, and look around where it’sparked, and sort of imprint itslocation in my mind, before I goin. Or I pause as I walk out andthink where is it? This works. SoI haven’t lost my memorycompletely yet.

I have lost something –youthful complacency, I might callit. The illusion that I don’t havean expiration date. As we growolder we make jokes. We say wehave “half-heimer’s,” or “CRS.”We look at each other with themutual understanding that allhumor, eventually, becomesgallows humor.

The standard procedure to jogmemory when I walk into a roomand don’t know why is to walkback to where I started, see if Iremember what the heck I wasdoing, and if I do, hope that I stillremember by the time I reach theother room, so I don’t have to gothrough the whole scenario allover again. This at least gives mesome of the exercise I so badlyneed. Out in the parking lot, if youhave power locks, you can useyour remote to flash the car’s

headlights or honk the horn. I’veheard that some car salesmen usethis as a selling point.

Back in the 1960s Frank Zappaand the Mothers of Invention dida song which featured the chant,“I remember, doo doo, Iremember, doo doo,” and I find itcoming back to me as I ponder allthe things I don’t remember.Great. That, I remember. Doodoo.

I Remember,Doo Doo

A police officer stops Sarah for speeding and asks her verynicely if he could see her license.

She replied in a huff, “I wish you guys would get your sh*# together.Just yesterday you take away

my license, and then today you expectme to show it to you!”

God grant me the senility to forgetthe people I never liked anyway; thegood fortune to run into the ones I

do; and the eyesight to tell thedifference!

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Don’t Forget the BirdsDon’t Forget the BirdsDon’t Forget the BirdsDon’t Forget the BirdsDon’t Forget the BirdsBy Ed Swan

Solution on Page 19 ggggg

Horus’ Pick of the Week:His clavamox. He’ll be fine,

dental surgery next week.

More of our neotropicalmigrants continue to arrive,including recently the Cassin’sVireo. They winter in Mexico andCentral America and breed in thewestern United States and Canada.Cassin’s Vireo have a drab olivegreen plumage with whitewingbars and prominent“spectacles” around the eyes. Ifyou look for them in an old fieldguide, they were formerly knownas the Solitary Vireo. SolitaryVireo was split by the AmericanOrnithological Union into theCassin’s Vireo inhabiting thePacific States, the Plumbeous Vireoof the Great Basin and Southwestand the Blue-headedVireo living east of theRocky Mountains.

Around the state,Cassin’s Vireo inhabitsmainly dry coniferousforests. It is interesting tonote that it used to like theoak prairies that wereonce much more commonin the southern PugetSound region. OnVashon it’s generallyfound along riparianareas in mixed woods whereconifers form the dominant part ofthe mix. When the island wasoriginally cleared of coniferousforests, the Cassin’s populationwould have taken a significant hit,as much as 25-30%. Their abilityto survive in stands other thanpure conifers and the regrowth ofsome stands even as others were

cut are possible reasons for theirsurvival in earlier times on theislands.

Likely places to check forCassin’s Vireos include the IslandCenter Wetlands with their standof cottonwoods and lodge polepine as well as the forests ofsouthern Vashon and MauryIsland. Rayna and Jay Holtz hostthem most years in their forestedproperty off Cove Road. DanWillsie found a nest in ParadiseValley for the sole breeding recordbut they likely breed each year.The first one I noticed this yearappeared along the ridge north ofthe horse park at Paradise Ridge.

Other birds returning to breedinclude Wilson’s Warbler alongParadise Ridge April 22, aSwainson’s Thrush seen byRichard Rogers April 24 nearLisabeula, a Black-headedGrosbeak at Yvonne Kuperberg’sfeeder on April 26 and a Pacific-slope Flycatcher seen by SteveCaldwell above Tramp Harbor.

Bob Gibbs saw returning BarnSwallows as early as April 9 at hisplace on Morgan Hill butelsewhere they seemed late on theisland. The big rarity showing upthis last two weeks came with thesighting of two migrating Clark’sGrebes seen by Bent Blichfeldt at

the mouth ofQ u a r t e r m a s t e rHarbor. These birdslook very similar tothe Western Grebesthat winter here.They will all bemoving on by earlyMay. Caspian Ternsshowed up at theASARCO site seen byGary Shugart onApril 23 and overVashon noticed by

John and Ellie Friars April 26.Meanwhile our resident birds

that remain year-round startednesting already. Sherry Bottomsand Michelle Lee found an activeBelted Kingfisher burrow atBeall’s Point. Brenda Sestrap’sbird boxes appear filled withViolet-green Swallows and BarnSwallows quickly re-appropriated

their nests at the Blichfeldt place.On my son’s preschool field tripto the alpaca farm on West SideHighway, I noticed a BrownCreeper nesting in the peeled openbark of an alder. Kathryn Truefound Chestnut-backedChickadees using one of her nestboxes and Bushtits making one oftheir woven sock nests in her yard.If you have an interesting bird toreport, especially any nestingbirds at this time of year, or aquestion about local birds, call meat 463-7976 or email atedswan@centurytel.net. We stilldon’t have a record of a PineSiskin nest on Vashon so keep aneye out for them this year.

Upcoming events concerningbirds include a talk on theendangered Marbled Murrelet byColleen McShane on Thursday,May 12 at 7 p.m. at the Land TrustBuilding. A good opportunity toget out and see the returningspring birds will be the on-islandfield trip on Saturday, May 14.Meet at the Ober Park Park andRide at 8 a.m. and plan to be doneby about 10 a.m.

Jim Rosso photo of Cassin’s Vireo

More Spring Arrivals

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So now it’s May, What can I say?No new news,

and I’ve lost my muse.Resorting to bad poetry, a new all-time low.

Down

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9. The way one is pat10. Airport abbr.11. Moses’ mountain12. Hair care product brand13. Recently21. Institution (abbr.)22. Elver25. Snacked27. Cincinnati baseball team28. Western Athletic Conferences29. Small brook

30. Thought31. Computer picture button34. Colored35. Lodge37. Organization of PetroleumExporting Countries38. Oracle39. Jumpy41. Cheats45. Like Czarist46. Lazy47. Behold50. Twitch

52. Mourn53. Array54. Worker’s organizaiton55. Council56. Remaining one59. Decorative needle case60. Land unit62. Trigonometric function63. Swerve64. Preparation (abbr.)66. Advertisements68. Central daylight time

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32. Rescue33. Moral philosophy36. Medicine amount40. Horsefly42. Spanish “one”43. Rushed44. Murder45. Court game48. Electroencephalograph (abbr.)49. Posttraumatic stress disorder51. Spot53. Ussr56. Tub spread57. One of these58. Build61. Invitation abbreviaton65. One of Columbus’ ships67. Scratch

68. Town __69. Kind70. Definite71. Receiver of a gift72. Ceases73. Level74. Idioit

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Island LifeIsland LifeIsland LifeIsland LifeIsland LifeText & photos by Peter Ray

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I like to watch TV, listen to thenews, hear what everybody issaying…there’s a lot of talk aboutGod, peace and safety, war andfear…there goes a girl in abikini…who cares where the truthlies…who cares — Suzzy Roche

It all started with a pair ofcomp tickets and a duck—a leastthis particular version of life as weknow it—at least for some of us.There was this email saying thatthere were two free tickets to hearthe Roches here on the Island andthey were ours for the asking. Ihadn’t heard much, if anything,about the Roches for years. Iremembered bits from their firstalbum, and then I guess, since itwas the time of punk and newwave and angrier and moreelectronic music, I kind of let goof the thread the Roches had tooffer. But I asked—for the ticketsthat is— just because I wanted tosee where they had gone after allthese years—twenty-six as I countthem. The tickets arrived the nextday in the mail.

That same day we had anotherarrival. Wendy brought a duckhome from work—not a commonoccurrence around here. Butsomeone had found a loneduckling wandering lost amongparked cars in South Seattle, not afriendly place for ducklings atanytime, or humans sometimes.Anyway, the duckling came intothe workplace and being fromrural Seattle, all involved felt thatWendy would be best suited tofind a safer place for the hatchling

to wander. I went out and gotsome cracked corn and set up theold guinea pig cage and the lamp,and the duckling seemed quite athome. The dogs were quitecurious about what all the peepingwas about, which is why thedarkroom, with its latching door,became the duck’s room for theevening.

I guess the duck part is prettyobvious, but some out there at thispoint might be saying, “…who thehell are the Roches?” The categorybox on my computer CD playerpegs them as “General Folk.”

When they first started, the Rocheswere a trio of sisters, Maggie andTerre and Suzzy as one of theirlyrics had them introduced. At theconcert, when theyplayed the song thatcontained those lyricsthere was a slightrevision that went, “Weare Maggie and _____and Suzzy…” since Terrehas left the group. It wasan amicable split, as Iunderstand it. Beforehitting the stage andplaying that songhowever, Karen fromVashon Island Musicintroduced the Roches(Maggie and Suzzy, thatis), by saying that theyhad played earlier in theday as a benefit foranother of her ventures,BaaHaus Animal Rescue.At this point Wendynudged me and askedquietly, “I wonder if theytake ducks?”

To be truthful, I had come tothis concert with an equal degreeof curiosity and negligent regret,not unlike an old friend who hadlost the chain of correspondenceconnection somewhere back thereand never really picked it upagain. I had pulled out my oldvinyl the night before and listenedto the Roches’ first album as awarm up. As the first chords to thesecond song rang out I spun backto 1979 and the reason I decidedto buy this album. Part way

through the song as andistinctive electronic riffdrifted in and out, I wasalso reminded that thiswork had beenperformed on andproduced by rock legendRobert Fripp, and hisfrippertronic mini guitarsolo sent me spinning inother directions as well.This song, ‘HammondSong’, was kind of ananthem of sorts for the

seventies, at least for me. It was,and is, an immaculate bridging ofthe folky past and the electronicfuture, and the lyrics spoke to meof the dying sixties ethic of notselling out- “..if you go down toHammond, you’ll never comeback.” It does on the surface seemto be about the trouble with boysand where that will lead a girl, butI think there is much more goingon here.

I had expected ‘HammondSong’ to be in the encore end ofthe concert- it is that kind of songfor me. Instead, it showed up just

a few songs into the performance,with a surprise guest appearanceby the Island’s own Jack Barbashstepping up to the electric pianoto play back up. His lilting pianoexcursion more than filled thespace left for Fripp’s electronics.And the whole song set the stagefor the sophistication andmaturity of direction that Maggieand Suzzy’s writing and

interpretation have taken. There isnot a weak song on their latest CD,Why the Long Face. The first songis by Mark Johnson, a bluegrassartist whose work they seem toperform with some regularity.And the CD ends with a BeachBoys song, ‘A Day in the Life of aTree’, from the Surf’s Up album.With a slight alteration in tempoand instrumentation, Maggie andSuzzy give it a freshness thatoutshines the original, in spite ofthe somewhat dire lyrics. And thatis the story of this album—a rangeof emotions being expressed fromdesperation to affirmation. As I satlistening and reading the linernotes, I looked at the title andwondered why there was noquestion mark at the end. As Ilistened further, I realized that itwas intended to be both a questionand an explanation for thematerial within.

One might at this point bewondering what happened to theduckling. At the end of the concertwe found out that yes, BaaHauswould take it in, so we arrangedto bring it over the next afternoon.After a few calls back and forth thenext day we sneaked the peeperpast the still curious dogs andheaded down one of those roadsyou always wanted to turn downto find out just what’s back there.What we did find was both anamazing shelter for wayward andneglected animals, and Maggieand Suzzy over for an afternoonvisit. I managed to stumble myway through the compliments Ihad wanted to give them the night

Quacks Like

before, but I did not take anypictures. For some reason, it justseemed like one of those occasionswhere a Kodak moment justseemed plain invasive andinappropriate. Instead, I didcapture the meeting betweenBuckley the duck and our muchsmaller feathered friend. And asfor postcards, I violated one of mynon-manipulation rules and ranone of the duck picture through afew of the Photoshop specialeffects to come up with a slightlyWarholian twist on the theme.After all, why have rules if youcan’t break them now and then?

Yes, postcards, and two dollarswill get you all the pictures in thisarticle sent as postcards in thisweek’s mailing, one buck for eachone. Or if you’d like, send anyamount to receive these cards andmore in the future. It has come tomy attention that some peoplewould rather send the cards thanhave them sent to them, so pleasespecify if you would like to receivethem as individual postcards, orget them in a packet to send outyourself. Make sure you includeyour mailing address. Send allrequests to: 10322 SW 165th St.,Vashon Island, WA 98070.

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Dead and Gone

What do words really mean?And where is it that truth lies, ordoes it? Are we confused yet?Sorry for all the questions, but itjust seems to be one of those days,and it was one of those movies. Ireally wasn’t looking forward tothe screening of TheInterpreter, havingwandered throughAnthony Lane’s tepiddiscourse on the film in arecent New Yorker. Itseemed that he wasneither amused norenthralled with most ofwhat he saw therein, andsince I mostly concur withhis cinematic judgments Iwasn’t expecting much.Sometimes low expectations are agood thing.

If one were to summarize thewhole nine yards in a nutshell, thisfilm is about a United Nationsinterpreter (as opposed to atranslator) named Silvia Broome(Nicole Kidman) who overhears awhispered assassination plotagainst a president of an Africancountry who is scheduled to begiving a speech to the GeneralAssembly at the UN in a few daystime. Once she reports thisdiscovery to the authorities, shesoon finds herself beinginvestigated by one Agent Keller,played by Sean Penn, who fairly

quickly decides that Ms. Broomeis in some way connected to theplot. Actually, she is a major partof the film’s plot; it’s just that amajor part of the film’s plot iswhether she has been plottingwith someone else to dosomething nasty to the visitingAfrican dignitary. The confusionyou may be feeling at this point issomewhat akin to how this filmmade me feel, but this is not a badthing.

If one were to pitch TheInterpreter into a genre box, itwould have to fall close tosomething like a pre-murdermystery. We know what issupposed to happen and to whom,but we are not quite sure about themeans of execution or the who-

will-have-done-it part. There is afair amount of smart writinginvolved. And in the actingcategory, if a performer is able topull off an assumed accent for theduration of the film, as Kidmandoes here with an impeccable

consistency, then for the mostpart, all’s right with the world, orat least this cinematic,fictionalized slice of it.

It is fascinating to watch a filmthat spins at multiple levels. Theloud engine of The Interpreter isthe suspense-thriller part. Thereare the bad guys and the goodguys who are looking for them.There are guns and bombs andthe things that just might blowup. And there is the sweaty palmanticipation of the AfricanPresident’s arrival in New Yorkand the what and when andwhere of the thing that mighthappen to him. But then, there is

also a simpleconversation that occursabout the differencebetween the words“dead” and “gone” andhow a wronginterpretation of either inthe context of a UNspeech might lead to anunintended internationalcrisis.

While The Interpreterhas a lot of good stuff

going for it, one hesitates to giveit a flawless rating. There are afew notable plot devices that, inretrospect, don’t quite work. Andbecause it is a fiction, one can’tquite work up the same amountempathy as one might have hadgoing for Don Cheadle’scharacter and the other victims ofthe slaughter in Hotel Rwanda.But by making The Interpreter afiction, one is able to get beyondhistorical facts and deal with thebigger concepts of truth, lies, trustand how one is able to sort themout in the translation. This seemsto be a fairly important dialogueto be having in these times, if youare paying attention.

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Someone asked me lately whetherI believed in such things as “soulmates” or not. Well, the practical sideof me says no, probably not, but theromantic side of me says, oh, I hopeso! Some people believe that there’sjust one person meant for them, somepeople think that there must be atleast a few just to increase the oddsof running into one, and some thinkyou just find the person who is rightfor you at that particular stage of youror their development; might last,might not, but probably not what youmight consider a “soul mate”.Wouldn’t it be fantastic though if wehad this inner compass pointing theway to “true love”, instead ofslogging through the sheer work ofgetting to know someone andallowing them to get to know you?What if we had something akin tologgerhead sea turtles, some kinds ofMonarch butterflies, and rainbowtrout, amongst others, whopurportedly use small iron crystals intheir physiology called “magnetites”to actually perceive and follow theearth’s magnetic field to navigate forshort distances, or on annualmigrations? ( Nope, not kidding;check out Scientific American.) Itwould be as if turning each way, onlyone direction would be perceived asthe “right” direction and we’d bedrawn towards that special person.Of course, you might have to go athousand miles, introducing yourselfto everyone in your path to actuallybump into that person, which seems,reflexively, to be rather labor-intensive. Or alternatively, you couldchuck that idea, migrate southyourself, and baste on the beaches ofCozumel. Someone special might tripover you in the sand.

Another option might be what weaffectionately call the “Woo-woo”route. A friend of mine for many

years reads cards. Not Tarot cards,but regular playing cards, as theTarot cards kind of freak her out. Sherecently told me, without beingasked, that I was going to meetsomeone. She gave a whole lot ofspecific details, which is kind ofeerie, but she’s always iffy on thewhole time thing. She once toldsomeone a year and a half, and itturned out to be an hour and a half.Still, I suppose if she’s right, and inthe past she’s been right about 80%of the time, I can maybe get hired onas her agent and make enoughmoney to buy carrots as big asdiamonds.

Or, if you’d like another option,try an ad. One reader has asked whatall the abbreviations and acronymsare, so here’s a partial list. Some arepretty self - explanatory like SWF —single white female (and not in themovie sense, thank-you very much),or SBM — single black male. Dmeans divorced, G means gay, andP means professional. Others aremore of a puzzler; ISO means “insearch of” and SoH means “sense ofhumor.” HWP, much to somepeople’s no doubt dismay, does notmean “happy, watchful penguin,”but “height-weight proportionate,”and BBW means “big, beautifulwoman.” This being the island thatit is, we could come up with othersmore Vashon-y, like IT – “islandtemptress;” EM – “earth mother;”HfC – “hippy from California;” or LE– “lawyer extraordinaire.” It’s a wayto make the most out of an ad if youonly want to do a 100 space line for$4.00. For example, SWF ISO S/DWM w/SoH is only 19 spaces withplenty of room for more. So, thirdcall for any personal ads — we’llkeep them going for as long as you’reinterested! Email me atjessiepreste@hotmail.com for more

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Upcoming events: please comeout and support local artists thisFriday, May 6th on the Art Walkuptown and over the weekend atvarious art galleries. Several of usparticipated in the “DocumentingDockton” photography class andour work is on view at the Vashon-Maury Island Heritage Center andMuseum on Bank Road, so come outand see our efforts! There are many

Warm, witty writer, single woman, 36, Smart and sassy, independent, withfaith in myself and my abilities. I snort when I laugh, and laugh loudly andoften. Looking for a SM with faith in himself and others, creative, smart,and sensuous. I do great flying solo, but would like to share life’s ups anddowns with a companion and partner in crime. Gotta love family, friends,camping, laughter, and animals. #005

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And, oh yeah, speaking of myfriend’s card reading talents, say, ifyou have any 6 foot out of town malefriends with a two-syllable middlename they use as their first name ,er…ok, have them drop me a line! Inthe meantime, for all you late greatDouglas Adam’s fans out there, inthe words of Ford Prefect, “Don’tpanic and always carry a towel.”Words to live by.

Catastrophic wild land fires are weather driven events. To happen,temperature, humidity, wind, and fuel moistures must all be in alignmentwhen a start occurs. Major fires almost always start in the afternoon andactively burn until the weather changes. The best way to break thisdestructive cycle is to prevent starts through education and prevention.

Over the next few months firefighters will be visiting islandneighborhoods particularly vulnerable to wild land fire. They will beleaving at each home a State-produced booklet titled Fire Risk Rating forHomes. This valuable publication presents a simple evaluation methodto determine the risk your home faces. It also illustrates ways to improvethe odds of your home surviving catastrophic wild land fire. While there,they will be happy to offer helpful suggestions. Conditions to focus onare:

Driveway clearance: Can a large fire engine gain access to your homeand turn around once there?

Is there a defensible space of at least 30 feet surrounding your home?Are there combustibles such as firewood or tree branches close to your

home?Are rain gutters and roof valleys clear of pine needles and dried leaves?Are eaves enclosed and sealed so embers cannot enter the attic space?During a catastrophic wild land fire there will not be adequate

resources to protect every home. Suppression resources will be directedto homes that are safely defensible. While there is still time this spring,please ensure your home is a winner if the need arises later this year. Ifyou want a firefighter to visit your home to assist in non-bindingevaluation, please telephone 463-2405.

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“You live on VASHON! I’mtotally jealous. You see that clay overthere? Vashon clay is the best clay Iuse. The clay they harvest there is justthe best to work with.”

The effusive remarks came froma young mom volunteering for anevening children’s program which Ihad begun supervising only a weekbefore. After ten years of breaking agender barrier in a mostly male field,thanks to a ruling by the ninth circuitcourt of appeals last summer, Irecently stood in front of this Momwho had spent the first portion of theevening sculpting an figure thatexpressed the heaviness of life in ,like I said before, Vashon Clay.

Ten years is a long time toendure. It’s a long time for yourchildren to experience lack. It’s a longtime to let friends keep you going.It’s a long time to wait for resolution.Fortunately I learned to cry in realtime, so when it was over, in whatseemed like the blink of an eye, I wasfilled with energy and Joy andenthusiasm.

Likely you are curious aboutwhat I was up against. I’m not goingto give the details because they arelong and involved and I’m too busyenjoying my new life as a normalworking stiff using all the skills andabilities and gifts I’ve been given. Butthe Readers’ Digest version isshocking. I don’t believe in sexoutside of marriage. Isn’t that just ahoot? I’ll bet you didn’t think therewere any of us left. Mostly, it’s myown business and what other peopledo is their business. But men will bemen, and women get hit on andwhen a guy hears rejection, hornyguys say, “Oh yea, she wanted me.”

We tell a funny story in ourfamily about my son’s first day inkindergarten. He insisted that hewanted me to make a Care Bearsblanket and Rainbow Brite pillow fornap time. While I had no qualmsabout raising him in non-sexistterms, I thought I ought to warn himabout the world. “Son”, I said gently.“There are some boys in this worldwho think only girls are interestedin Care Bears and Rainbow Brite.”He returned in the afternoon to tellme, with all incredulity, “Mom, youknow those boys you told me about?They ALL go to my school!”Needless to say he returned to schoolthe next day with a jungle themegoing on.

I wish I could write a real treatiseon men who are disconnected fromtheir emotions and the frustration ofbeing an empowered single woman.It’s better if you have a husband toput a boundary, but even that doesn’thelp sometime. I want to be able towrite about why I was forty five andstanding in the middle of VashonMarket during a slow moment rightbefore closing before I had the deepepiphany that some men have a drive

where their brains ought to be. I wishI could write about why I wrappedmyself in extra fat so I could lookunattractive to avoid trouble. I wishI could talk about what it’s like to bea tall woman and how the height ofa man sometimes determines apower struggle.

But, this column is only for athought or two and those are abouttwo dozen different sides to acomplex situation. And quitefrankly, we don’t talk about thoseissues in our society except interribly trendy and lightly attendedegalitarian coffee moments, or bookclubs.

What I can talk about is the onlything I needed in order to get on withmy new wonderful life. Forgiveness.As the days wore on in the EmeraldCity, Promised Land or whateverterm of arrival in a good place youwant to use, I realized that I hadneeded my energy to focus on thefight and hadn’t gotten to the pointwhere I could let go. Letting gomeant forgiving some pretty seriousoffenses. I want this new wonderfuljoy to be the only thing in my life.I’ve been bored out of my skull forthe last ten years and I want nothingto distract. Not bitterness, not anger.I want to forgive.

I’ve read a lot about forgiveness.I’ve collected a lot of quotes. Myfavorite is “Forgiveness is giving upthe hope of a better past.” I learnedabout the connection betweenforgiveness and justice. It’s easier toforgive when you’ve experiencedforgiveness. I’ve also spent a lot oftime trying to figure out why peoplebehave badly. There’s a wonderfulquote from the movie Charade whenCary Grant answers AudreyHepburn by saying, “They liebecause they want something theythink telling the truth won’t getthem.”

But ultimately, forgiving comesfrom realizing everyone has feet ofclay. Before this happened I was nota fighter. I was a doormat, a mouse,an enthusiastic towel upon whichpeople could wipe their hands.That’s a sin actually. No one issupposed to go through lifeunempowered. So, as I came tounderstand my lack of power andbecame empowered, I came tounderstand the flip side which waspower tripping.

Forgive and Heal

Forgiveness is not easy.Forgiveness is a process. Forgivenesswill help you get to Truth and indeedthe Truth will set you free. Don’t letanyone force you into forgiveness,but when you areready…forgiveness is freedom toenjoy happiness. Forgiveness issweet. If you’re stuck, keep trying. Ifyou’re on the other side. Share theJoy. Offer someone who’s strugglingyour ear and a word ofencouragement. oooooo

Friday, May 6, 7-9pm - Opening ReceptionDocumenting Dockton - Group Photography Showat the new Heritage Museum, 10105 SW Bank RoadLive MusicVashon-Maury Island Heritage Association

A team of twenty Vashonites and non-Vashonites took part in aphotographic documentation of Dockton in February 2005 guided byinstructor Ray Pfortner. The results are a stunning and varied look at oneof our island’s richest communities. Part of the Friday Gallery Cruise forMay.

Saturday, May 7, 7-9pm - Artists ReceptionCherry Hill Group Show - Cherry Hill Inn, 9915 SW 188th Street, 463-

3067Live Music, RefreshmentsVashon-Maury Island Spring Arts Tour

Four very different artists in a new group show - Diane Fox’s jewelrywith semi-precious stones; Mike Fox’s yard art; Geri Peterson’s floralwatercolor paintings; and Ray Pfortner’s fine island art photography. Meetthe artists at the first evening reception. The Group Show is part of theVashon-Maury Island Spring Arts Tour and will be open the first twoweekends in May, 7 and 8, 14 and 15, from 10am to 5pm all four days.

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“Arise, arise, all women whohave hearts!” begins the originalMother’s Day Proclamation, writtenby Julia Ward Howe in 1870. Farfrom sending mothers to bed forbreakfast, Howe went on to call fora day of counsel of women in thepursuit of “the means whereby thegreat human family can live inpeace.”

For the last three years, womenon Vashon and all over the countryhave been answering the call. Thisyear, Mother’s Day parades andfestivals are being held in cities asvaried as Memphis, the Bronx andJerusalem, and anyone who has everhad a mother is invited.

Vashon’s event begins at 2 pm onMother’s Day, May 8, with a livelyparade from the Vashon Theatre toOber Park. Islanders are invited todress up and march or just watch theexuberant event (past years haveseen kids on stilts, outlandishcostumes, wild hats, giant puppetsand signs expressing hopes for thechildren of the world).

The festival takes off at 2:30 p.m.at Ober Park with music by SusanLewis and friends and closes withmusic by local favorite Daryl

Redeker. In between the secondannual Julia Ward Howe award willbe presented (this year it goes to JoyGoldstein) as well as thoughts onhow to recognize, celebrate andhonor the many ways we can helpchildren around the world throughour daily choices and political voices.There will a number of actions peoplecan take, a kids’ activity, and pie andcookies.

The event is sponsored by GlobalLinks (a subgroup of VashonIslanders for Peace) in collaborationwith Mothers Acting Up, anorganization dedicated to mobilizingthe gigantic political strength ofmothers to ensure the health,education and safety of every child.The group is also hosting a table atthe Saturday Farmer’s Market onMay 7th where islanders can work oncostumes, signs and banners for theparade.

Mother’s Day was originallyenvisioned by Julia Ward Howe(who also wrote the Battle Hymn ofthe Republic) as a day for mothers tounite to protect the lives of children.Modern Mother’s Day events arecelebrations of the desire and abilityof mothers (and all who care forchildren) to protect and nurture the

by Lesley Reed

Be Part of the Mother’sDay Parade and Festival

youngest humans. This doesn’tsimply mean making sure ourchildren eat a healthy lunch and lookboth ways before crossing thestreet—it means recognizing that ourchildren’s lives are interconnectedwith those of children all over theworld. It means Connecting the Dots,the theme of this year’s events.

“Connecting the Dots” meansembracing the connection betweenone life and another, one action andits effect, one child’s plenty andanother’s labor. It means recognizingthat we are all connected, all a partof a global family with linkedopportunities, challenges andsolutions and most importantly, acommon future—our children’sfuture. Individually and collectivelywe must begin to measure the trueimpact of our actions—ourconsumption, health, energy andtrade policies, and national securitystrategies—not only by how they

affect our children, but childreneverywhere.

The responsibility implicit in thiscan seem overwhelming. But whenwe each start connecting the dots—through our daily choices andpolitical voices, what we buy, howwe vote, what programs wesupport—together we weave a fabricstrong enough to sustain ourchildren’s future.

Join mothers and others all overthe world this Mother’s Day:inspiring each other to Connect theDots in our daily lives, educatingourselves about how to Connect theDots and engaging our communitiesin taking action to benefit ourchildren and children everywhere.Let us recognize, celebrate and honorour interconnection.

For more information, call LesleyReed at 567-5561 or visit the Mother’sActing Up Web site atwww.mothersactingup.org.

A stable ongoing source ofadditional revenue not only directlyfunds basic services but also allowsfor prudent borrowing at lower ratesand leverages more privatecontributions for enhanced services.

What is a hospital district andhow does it work?

A hospital district is a publicentity governed by an elected boardof commissioners. Hospital districtshave the authority under state lawto generate funds through propertytax levies. By statute, hospitaldistrict funds can be used for mosthealth related purposes. Manyhospital districts do not have ahospital.

There are 55 public hospitaldistricts in the State of Washington. Ten of those districts do not have ahospital and nine of those tensupport primary health care andlong term care with their levy funds.The majority of public hospitaldistricts serve rural communitieswhere, like Vashon, the size and theeconomic make-up of the populationmake it difficult to assure thecontinued availability of healthservices.

State law establishes how aHospital District is formed.Basically, there must be a petition tothe King County Council to establishthe hospital district. The petitionincludes the geographic servicesarea, the number of electedcommissioners, the proposed size ofthe levy, and the timing of theelection.

Our initial thinking:— The geographic boundaries to

be Vashon and Maury Islands;

— The size of the governingboard to be five commissioners;

— The size of the levy to bedetermined, somewhere between .10and .50/$1000 assessed value;

— The timing for the election tobe February, 2006.

It takes approximately 6 monthsfrom the initiation of the legalprocess to get a vote on the ballot.Once on the ballot, it takes a simplemajority for approval of the hospitaldistrict and the election of thecommissioners. If a hospital districtis passed by June 2006, funds willbe available in 2007.

What’s next?Over the next few months VHC

and VCCC will be discussing thehospital district with Islanders. Wehave just completed a randomtelephone survey of registeredvoters on Vashon to determine theinterest in the hospital districtconcept. Initial review of the rawdata shows a positive response to theconcept. Once the survey resultshave been fully analyzed andinformal contacts with communitygroups and leaders have been made,VHC and VCCC will decidewhether to put the Hospital Districton the ballot in February 2006. Weexpect that decision to be made inJuly 2005. You can expect continuedcoverage in the Beachcomber and theLoop. VHC and VCCC Boardmembers will also be offeringeducation presentations at theCommunity Council, the Chamberof Commerce, and other communityforums. For more information,please contact: Joan Coulson of theVashon Health Center Board 463-7993, or Lynn Davison of the VashonCommunity Care Center Board 463-6942.

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explained Public Informationvolunteer May Gerstle. She also saidthat in case of a disaster, it will beeasier for Vashon to get financialassistance from FEMA, the FederalEmergency Management Agency.

Over the last several years, theIsland’s emergency managementinfrastructure has evolved from ahandful of ad hoc groups to acohesive umbrella organization,driven by dozens of committedvolunteers and the ever-present quietleadership of Ulatoski. The groupsinclude Community EmergencyResponse Teams (CERT)—neighborhood teams trained infirefighting and search and rescue;Local Area Communications Centersthat will provide emergencycommunication capability in severalIsland neighborhoods; VashonEmergency PreparednessCommittee, operating under theauspice of the Red Cross to handlecare, shelter, and feeding, and theEmergency Operations Center (EOC)

which will become thecommunications and coordinationcenter for all activities during anemergency.

At the most local level, manyneighborhoods have formed aNeighborhood Emergency ResponseOrganization, whose unfortunate butmemorable acronym is NERO. A

NERO is an informal groupof neighbors who willcheck on one anotherduring a disaster and knowhow to get help. (It isunlikely that we will just beable to pick up the phoneand call 911.)

Although Ulatoski isthrilled that King Countyfinally approved VIEMA,he knows that we havemuch more work to do, andtakes every opportunity toencourage people to takepersonal responsibility forpreparedness, and to helpwith the larger effort. If you

have questions about volunteering,call Mary Swanson at 463-3545.She’ll explain the alphabet soup ofways to get involved in more detail,and help connect you with the rightpeople. And when you see Ulatoski,give him a big “thank you”—orbetter yet, show him your gallon jugsof water.

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Mr. Disaster

The Vashon Loop, p. 13May 4, 05

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After more than three years of fundraising,the Campaign for Camp Fire reached itsprecedent-setting capital campaign goal. Sincethe campaign began on September 10, 2001, theCentral Puget Sound Council of Camp Fire hasraised an historic $6 million dollars, making itthe largest capital campaign in Camp Fire historynationwide.

“We can all feel proud of this historicaccomplishment and the benefits to anothergeneration of Camp Fire youth,” concludedCampaign Co-Chair Carolyn Kelly. “We aregrateful to more than 800 friends of Camp Fire –individuals, corporations, and foundations,”added Campaign Co-Chair Ann Hooper. “Thiswas a broad-based effort, which will benefityouth for decades to come.”

By reaching its goal, The Campaign for CampFire qualifies for a $50,000 matching gift from alocal family foundation, as well as a $500,000challenge grant from the Kresge Foundation.“These generous foundations inspired us to reachhigher than we ever thought possible,”commented Board President Ken Ng. “Theirsupport and confidence became a self-fulfillingprophecy for Camp Fire.”

The Campaign for Camp Fire enables theorganization to expand the EnvironmentalEducation program, and better serve nearly20,000 youth and their families through a varietyof activities.

The campaign is also allowing for extensiveremodeling of Camp Sealth on Vashon Islandand Camp Niwana in Kitsap County.

Among the renovations at Camp Sealth is arehabilitation of the Camp’s historic dining hall,Rounds Hall, including major infrastructureupgrades, insulation, and a new roof. There willalso be an overhaul of the camp’s environmentaleducation center, providing much more room foreducation activities; an upgrade of the camp’sswimming and boating dock; and much more.

Construction has begun and will continuethrough December 2005.

“This Capital Campaign could not havesucceeded without strong leadership from CampFire’s Board of Directors,” said Campaign Co-Chair and past Board President Ann Hooper. “From start to finish, they were supportive of thiscampaign. They launched it, maintained 100%participation, and stuck with it until the end. Their combined gift totals more than $850,000,the largest Board gift in the history of Camp FireUSA.”

About Camp Fire USA Central Puget SoundCouncil: Central Puget Sound Council is one ofthe largest Camp Fire Councils in the UnitedStates, serving nearly 17,000 youth programmembers and adult volunteers each year.

Stay tuned for construction updates and theDedication Ceremony at Camp Sealth sometimein the fall. For more information contactAssociate Director of Development KristenStewart at 206-461-8550 x246, or Kristen-s@campfire-usa.org.

Camp Fire Reaches Goal

Would you like to become more effectiveand confident communicating publicly withothers? Then consider what Toastmasters hasto offer: The opportunity to gain publicspeaking skills, build quick-thinking skills forimpromptu situations, lead meetings, and giveand receive constructive evaluations. Andmake new friends. At Toastmasters, we learnby doing, and we support each other’s growthin a friendly, supportive atmosphere.

Members of Peak Speakers, Vashon’scommunity Toastmasters Club, recentlycelebrated our first anniversary as acommunity organization (it was formerly acorporate club with K-2). We are holding anopen house demonstration meeting Thursday,May 19 from 5:30 to 7:00 pm for people

interested in finding out more about Toastmasters,and we invite you to join us. Our meetings areheld at the LDS Church, 9330 SW 204th Street, inthe Family History Center on the west side of thebuilding.

Club President Barbara Stratton says shefrequently hears stories from people whoconsidered joining Toastmasters, but were initiallytoo intimidated at the idea of public speaking tojoin. It takes many people years to take that“risky” first step. The truth is, Toastmastermeetings are lively, energetic, and fun. Pleaseaccept our invitation to learn more—come to ouropen house May 19, or any other Thursdayevening at 5:30 pm. Please call Barbara Strattonat 463-4004 for additional information. – submittedby Barbara Stratton

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Dan Auer, Ken Atkinson, Frances Eikenberry, Patrick McManus, Dorothy Bauer, Marcy McCarthy, Jill DuBois,Barbara Stratton, Christian Brasier, Nancy Bennion, Henry Sauer.

The Vashon Loop, p. 14 May 4, 05

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I often mention the Eclecticphysicians in my articles because oftheir knowledge about medicinalplants. The Eclectics were a sect ofMDs who primarily used herbs andnatural principles of healing to treattheir patients. They were a strongforce in American medicine from the1830s to the early 1900s butdisappeared from medicine by the1930s. Their views contrastedstrongly with those of typicalphysicians in Europe and the US.

On Friday December 13th, 1799,George Washington awoke with apainful sore throat, laboredbreathing, and a fever. He had beensoaked by rain the day before. Hecalled for a bleeder who took 12 or14 ounces ofblood from hisa r m .Washington feltworse the nextday and calledfor his doctors.T h e yprescribed twomore bleedingsalong with twodoses ofmercury and ac a t h a r t i cenema. Hegrew worse.After somedebate, hisdoctors decidedto bleedanother 32ounces whilegiving him amuch largerdose of mercury along with a doseof antimony (another strong poison).Blisters were raised on his throat andthe soles of his feet. Less than 24hours after awaking with a cold,George Washington was dead.

This was accepted medicaltreatment; it had been for centuriesand continued to be for most of the1800s. Louis XVI, King of France,may have survived childhood onlybecause the Duchess locked himaway from the doctors who had bledand killed three other infant heirs tothe throne. A hundred years later inSouth Carolina, an 8-year old boyhad surgery after a mercurytreatment caused his jaws to fusetogether. A surgical incision wasmade through his jawbone and 8teeth were removed permitting him

to open his mouth ¾ of an inch. Dr.Benjamin Rush, signer of theDeclaration of Independence, taughtmedicine and advocated bloodlettingfor almost all conditions. Herecommended drawing up to 140ounces to cure pneumonia. Hetaught his medical students thatmercury was “a safe and nearly anuniversal medicine.”

In reaction to the “heroic”medicine practiced by “regular”physicians, a group of MDs createdthe Reform Medical Society of theUnited States and called themselvesthe Eclectics from the Greek wordmeaning ‘select’. Their goal was tofind the best remedy for eachpatient’s ailment, and they chose

carefully amongavailable remedies,including those ofthe homeopathistsand the NativeAmericans. Theirprimary medicineswere herbs, andthey believedstrongly innourishing theindividual ratherthan usingbleeding, mercuryand antimony.

The Eclecticsopened medicalschools, publishedjournals, andgained the aid ofJohn Uri Lloyd, afamous pharmacist.They collectedinformation on the

use of plants in a wide variety ofdiseases. Their views were liberal,and the first women and AfricanAmerican MDs were graduates ofEclectic medical schools. Lloydzeroed in on plant extraction,working to create medicines thatretained the actions of the wholeplant. Many tinctures are still madeaccording to his recommendations.

Fortunately, Eclectic booksremain in print, and herbalists todaycontinue to use these references thatexplain how physicians used plantsin all aspects of medicine, fromsimple colds to serious heartailments. The Eclectics — as domodern herbalists — sometimesstruggled with the gentleness of theirmedicines compared to the strengthof allopathic drugs. One Eclectic MD

Who Were theEclectics?

lamented: “Some people will take afew doses of medicine from anEclectic, and if it don’t cure at once,they think there is nothing in it. Butthey will take large doses of strongdrugs week after week, and thoughthey do not improve, they think it isall right because the medicine has abig bulk and a powerful taste. Theythink it is doing something. Well,so do we. It oftentimes gives theundertaker a job.

Another Eclectic commentedthat herbal medicines ultimatelycured more quickly because “owingto drug complications, it many timestakes their patients as long to recoverfrom their treatment as it does fromthe disease.” The Eclectics had somestatistics to support their claims.Data from public hospitals in the USshowed that the death rate forpneumonia patients treated by“Regulars” was 41% compared to a16% death rate for Eclectic patients.Overall, the death rate for Regularswas 6.3% compared to a 4.2% deathrate for Eclectics.

So, why are most peopleunfamiliar with the Eclectics? Inlarge measure, it is the result of thebattle the AMA waged against themand the homeopathic MDs in theearly 1900s –- a topic deserving of itsown article. The public was left withthe strong impression that plantmedicines were ineffective anddangerous, and that disease wasnever treated successfully before theadvent of modern drugs. We tend

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to look for miracle drugs and silverbullets to fix ourselves, rather thanlistening to and taking care of ourbodies, and utilizing the greatresource that we all have access to —plants as food and medicine.

There’s nothing wrong with theyounger generation that

twenty years or so won’t cure.

The Vashon Loop, p. 15May 4, 05

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Zen teaching tells us to be inthe moment, to walk our lives inthe world leaving no tracks, andthat everything has suchness.That includes our inner state.

The version of the CowboyCode I was given by actualcowboys — including my father— provided exactly the sameteachings and included such sageadvice as: always leave gates theway you found them; treatwomen and nature with thegreatest of respect; don’t let ananimal suffer; do unto others asyou would have them do untoyou whether they know it or not;and always leave places better foryour passage.

When we finished camping —which we did a lot when I wasyoung — we left the camp sitesin great shape. There was neverany trash, there was always a pileof firewood and kindling for thenext guy, and things werearranged so that cooking,sleeping and other humanfunctions could all be done in theeasiest, most congruous place andway. The so-called ‘cowboy’attitude elucidated by badwestern movies and supposedlypersonified by modern Americanmilitary strategy (obviouslymisnamed intelligence) and thecurrent mad political game ofwar-planning bears norelationship to anything myfather taught me. I resent the co-opting of the “cowboy” label bysuch clueless posers.

Another one of the things myfather taught me, mainly byexample, was to state your truthsimply and quietly. If peopledidn’t hear you or agree, that wastheir problem. One of the finestexamples of that I ever sawinvolved a Shoshone medicineman in a tepee in the Hollywoodhills. I was in it with a couplemembers of the Firesign Theater— on whose property the big tentstood — and 25 or so assortedother friends of theirs, mostlyyoung Hollywood liberals. Wewere swapping stories and jokes.It was a cool evening and a small

fire was lit. Whenever it burnedlow, someone would throw onanother piece of firewood from theample pile I had stacked nearby.The Shoshone man, there for asymposium and who was well-known in some circles inCalifornia at the time, came in andsat silently near the door. It grewquite smoky in the teepee.

When it became intolerable,the man moved to the fire pit. Thegeneral conversation continuedbut I watched him. He sortedthrough the stack of wood andpulled out a firestick — a long,slender piece for tending the fire— which endeared him to mebecause I always do the samething. He pushed the flamingwood to the edge of the pitopposite the door and pulled allthe red-hot coals to the center. Helovingly laid the stick beside thefire for the next person that soughtto use it, then returned to his seatnear the door. A little air currentbegan; it came in the door, movedalong the floor until it struck thebed of coals, then rose swiftly upand out the hole in the top of thetepee, taking the smoke with it. Inmoments, the tepee wascompletely smoke-free. Theconversation and jokes continued.Gradually the fire burned downagain, as fires do, and peopletossed more wood on randomly.

Looking back, I suppose Icould have stepped forward atthat time and showed him that atleast someone there had beenpaying attention, but I was toointrigued watching him watcheveryone else. When the big tentbecame unbearably smoky again,the quiet man returned to the fireand picked up the stick. Hecarefully arranged things as hehad earlier to create the airflowthat cleared the smoke out of thetepee. His last act was to lovinglylay the firestick — which no onehad even touched since he laid itthere — onto the fire. He left theteepee with a melancholy look onhis face.

I hung around to see if anyonebut I had noticed any of this. Asfar as I could tell, no one had. I leftsoon as well. Interestinglyenough, the following eveninganother member of the FiresignTheater — one of my most reveredcomedy groups ever — told thatstory (which I had, obviously, toldhim), in that very tepee, with mesitting right there, without givingme credit. Ah well, such is the fateof a writer in Hollywood.

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In my introductory article Ioffered you my first rule of FinancialPlanning: Strive to create a lifestylesuch that your annual income ismore than your annualexpenditures. For retirees, strive tospend an amount each year that issustainable for the rest of your life.

Two corollaries: 1) to “strive”means to do your very best… to useyour intelligence, your discipline,your wisdom and your heart toaccomplish something. It doesn’tmean you are there yet, but that yousurely intend to be. 2) in our culturethis rule is not always easy to live by.If you’re going to break this rule, youshould have an understanding ofwhy, and a strategy for bringing itunder control as soon as possible.

Why is it so hard to stay on track?One reason is that we buy things wewant when we really can’t affordthem right now…so we use creditcards. I will tell you, if you havecredit card debt on which you arepaying interest charges, a red flagshould go up. You are now indangerous territory.

In 1978, a Supreme Courtdecision made it possible for creditcard companies to charge you justabout any rate they can print on theback of a plastic card. For perhapshundreds of years prior to 1978charging interest above a certainlevel was considered usury, acriminal offense…not anymore. For125 years, the maximum legal rate ofinterest in Arkansas, for example,was 5%. That’s history now. Thedictionary defines usury as anunconscionable or exorbitantamount of interest in excess of a legalrate charged to a borrower for the useof money. That’s right, just a fewyears ago the interest rate that creditcard companies now routinelycharge would be considered usury,and it would be illegal.

Many people don’t understandhow compound interest works andhow devastating these interestcharges can be, particularly if you’relate on a payment. And now there’smore danger ahead. Congress justsigned new legislation that willinsure that even bankruptcy won’tsave you if you get in trouble. Nowyou might never get out from underif you get over your head in debt.Don’t let the American dreambecome a nightmare. Have afinancial plan that works. Who ismost vulnerable? Young folks whohave little guidance or experiencewith money, older folks who havemore experience then they wish theyhad, and a lot of others in betweenwho have made unwise decisions orare simply caught up in difficultcircumstances.

Rule #2: Do everything you canto stay away from credit card debt. Iwould say a corollary to this is: stayaway from any debt where rate termsare variable and outside your control.

How? You do it by makingdifficult decisions and sticking bythem. Americans have the lowestsavings rate of any industrializedcountry and the highest consumerdebt. An economic downturn couldbe devastating. Most folks aregrossly uninformed about economicand political realities anddependency on credit makes usextremely vulnerable. To many folks,statistics don’t mean much… at leastnot until they become one. And theprobability of becoming one now isgreater than ever. Don’t let anyonelull you into false complacency. Thegap between the rich and the poor isobscene and getting worse, and ifyou think you will always be on the“rich” side of that equation,remember that life, like a football, cantake some funny bounces.mark@gpln.com, www.gpln.com

By Mark A. Goldman

Financial Planning101, Installment 2

The Vashon Loop, p. 16 May 4, 05

Eric Francis has more to say at www.PlanetWaves.net.

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Aries (March 20-April 19) It’s true thatmoney is not everything, and that somepeople who were raised extremely wealthyare often out of touch with what many otherpeople go through trying to survive. Moneydoes not guarantee happiness. It’s true thatthe drive to make a buck leads some peopleto sell their souls. For you, however, yourpersonal wealth and what you do with it areof the utmost importance now. To the extentthat you are bestowed with abundance, youneed to ask the question: who or what is mypower serving? Does this reflect my deepestvalue?Taurus (April 19-May 20) You may findyourself feeling an unusual depth ofdedication to an ideal, or to something youfeel is greater than yourself. You may havesuddenly decided you know what your mostpassionate desires are. And you may feel likeyour awareness of these things is rising fast.If so, I would say you’re right on time. Yourdeepest hopes and dreams may be burninglike fire in your heart right now. Let themburn and feel the heat. You are often onewho can hold the idea of what you want inyour mind, but when it comes time to makeit real, you balk because it’s not practical orinvolves a sacrifice. I’m here to tell you thetime has come to be bold about what youwant and need.Gemini (May 20-June 21) You are workingwith a good balance of practical dreamer andraging idealist energy, particularly where aprofessional situation is concerned. Workwith both consciously; the breakthrough forwhich you’re headed will require quite a lotin the way of grounding, resources and asolid foundation. But those things cannot bethe guide or set the limits. To get thisparticular job done, you’ll have to go pastwhat you perceive as the boundaries of yourabilities, skills or vision. Just remember, youare not reinventing your career. You arereinventing yourself.Cancer (June 21-July 22) The past few weekshave presented quite a few challenges wheredealing with others is concerned. Clashes inideology, sorting out fact from fiction, anddealing with people who have some strongviewpoints have all been part of the gameof life. That’s about to change. It’s as ifyou’ve passed a test to see whether youcould withstand high energy and peoplewho test your patience. If you can keep yourcool for the next few days, you may find thatthe territory of your life opens up and thatyou are experiencing the benefits of true self-confidence.Leo (July 22-Aug. 23) Nobody can say youlack dedication, talent or faith in the peoplearound you. But you may need to go out ofyour way to express that you believe inthem, while at the same time remindingyourself that you are doing the best possiblejob when it comes to holding up your endof the deal. People have high expectationsof you precisely because you set such highstandards for yourself. It seems appropriateat this juncture that everyone adjust theirexpectations and ease off on unnecessarypressure. Life is complex enough without it.Virgo (Aug. 23-Sep. 22) It’s all fine and goodif a domestic partner goes through theirchanges or has to blow off steam, but don’tbe pushed into a situation that’s not rightfor you. At the same time, you seem to be ina position where others may try to push youinto doing something you don’t have theguts to do yourself. Still, there’s a boundaryissue that must be resolved: whose propertyare certain emotional matters that may goback quite a long time? This needs to besorted out as carefully as possible, based onreal and tangible evidence that no one mayaccept but you.

Libra (Sep. 22-Oct. 23) Remember whereyour true loyalties reside and you’ll have theopportunity to strike an entirely new dealthat includes you in a greater portion of thebenefits of your work. Understanding yourideas about loyalty is very much the key. Towhom, or to what, do you have a kind ofsilent oath that you feel you cannot break?Or, looked at a different way, where do yougive yourself, and get nothing in return? Itis true that you are compelled to go deeperinto your relationships, and to seek most ofyour learning there. Just be selective, andmake sure people are as kind to you as youare to them.Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 22) You simply mustdeal with your own insecurities. It’s not thatothers won’t coddle you along; theyprobably will. But what good is that if youdeny yourself the growth that you need? Ifyou expect others to support the parts of yourpsyche that had you in their grip onlyyesterday? You simply must find newemotional territory, establish new patterns,and remember that who you are is really acollection of feelings that can either be inharmony or in conflict. Love is the sign ofharmony; fear is the sign of conflict. Listento those signals, and find your way home.You can get there, and you will.Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 22) In a few days,Gemini becomes host to the one and onlyplanet Venus. I would say she will be singingyour tune. You have been through quite alot in certain relationships lately, and as ofthis particular date, things may still not haveresolved themselves. But I see you headedfor a breakthrough and the resultingrewards, if you are able to sort out what Iwill bluntly call truth from lies; desires fromfalse wishes; and more than anything, if youare truly willing to redefine what it meansto be safe. It’s not that a lot of people arecounting on you. You are counting on you.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 20) Keep at it. Ideasfind their way into the world, but it oftentakes significant work before they find theirway into manifestation. The realbreakthrough is not the concept when itcomes to us, but rather when we find a wayof fully integrating it into our lives in a waythat roots it into reality. Work at what youare doing every day. Develop your ideas. Filla notebook, stay up late playing with testtubes, or play that piece of music over andover again until you get it exactly right. Youare directly on the way to what you arelooking for.Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) Love is always arisk. This is true. But the real question is whatwe are risking. And that question deservesan answer. Many would say that we arerisking getting hurt. I would say we risksomething else in equal measure: that ourbelief system which says that love isimpossible will collapse and leave usstanding in the cosmic void. Many peoplecling to their belief systems whether theyserve or not. I don’t suggest you do this atall. Take the chance. Dare to hold yourselfworthy of all that you think is possible. Then,dare to move your heart, your soul, and yourfeet.Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) It is true thatPisces can take a God-awful long time to getto the place he or she wants to be. And it’strue that little fish can get lost in the big oceanof life. But then, there is the moment ofarrival, and you are very close to home. Canyou feel it? Can you tell something is aboutto shift? It’s very likely that those who areresisting the developments that are fastapproaching may be feeling frustration orpain. If that is true, give it up and let the goodthings happen in your life, and trust that thechanges that are afoot will work entirely inyour favor. But for the bold and the daring,this is the week to make your deepest desiresknown, to act on them, and to trust.

Happy Birthday, Taurus!The New Moon in your birth sign right near your anniversary contains a reminder notto be too self-sacrificing. People born under the sign Taurus are usually said to bestubbornly self-centered. But there is only so possessive of ourselves we can be, and stillhave anything to share with others. You need to know what to hold onto, and what togive away. Ideally you will find a perfect balance, and you will reward the exceptionalgenerosity you’re about to be offered by a close friend or associate that will likely leadto a significant breakthrough.

Dear Madame Toujours,I am about at the end of my rope.

My husband Jeff has been spendinga lot of time lately with an old collegefriend—I’ll call him “Butthead.”Butthead is 42, drinks too much,smokes like a chimney, still datescollege girls and has three illegitimatechildren he doesn’t support becausehe can’t hold a job. Jeff says he isaware of Butthead’s faults, but hedoesn’t want to hurt Butthead’sfeelings by breaking off thefriendship.

Last week was the last straw.Butthead brought over a case of beer,and Jeff and Butthead got drunk andwent next door where theydognapped Mrs. Twaddle’s toypoodle, Sweetums, dyed him purpleand gave him a spiked mohawkhaircut. Mrs. Twaddle hasn’t stoppedcrying since it happened even thoughI went with her to the groomer andpaid for them to bleach Sweetums toa delicate shade of lavender.

Madame Toujours, I appreciatethat Jeff is so tolerant and forgivingof other people’s faults. I have triedto support my husband, and to makeall his friends feel welcome in ourhome, but Butthead has led myusually considerate husband intohurtful and destructive behavior. Isit all right for a wife to dictate whoher husband can have as friends, oram I being a judgmental witch?

Sincerely,DisgustedChere Mme. Disgusted,

Mais oui, you are being perfectlyin your rights to demand that yourhusband is staying far away from thedisreputable persons who are leadinghim into the crimes against the small,household pets. This is one of the verysensible reasons for being married tosomebody in the first place. Now youare having the intimate friend in thelife who can be discouraging you fromspending too much time with yourfriend Mavis who is dressing like aman and smoking cigars in yourliving room while making thedisparaging remarks about the malepersons and staring lasciviously atyour bosoms. You are feeling veryfortunate to have someone in your lifewho is holding you to the higherstandards, n’est pas?

Of more concern to you is towonder why is M. Jeff so muchtolerating the obnoxious person withthe bad morals. Possibly M. Jeff, he isignoring the drunken boorishness andthe illegitimate children because M.Butthead, he is reminding M. Jeff ofthe good old college days when hewas being carefree and footloose,before he met you and began to havethe regular sex. If he is scorning M.Butthead, then M. Jeff, he will haveto be scorning the irresponsiblebehaviors of himself. This isuncomfortable. This is requiring thathe is actually being the responsible,adult-type person. Naturally, he iswishing to be avoiding this at all costs.

Bon Chance, Mlle. Disgusted.Perhaps for the punishment, M. Jeff,he is taking the lavender poodle forthe daily “walkies.” The scooping ofthe poops, it is extremely good for themoral fibers.

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In ham radio speak his firstname would be Delta Romeo EchoWhiskey, last name Papa IndiaNovember Echo. To us he’s DrewPine, ham radio aficionado, andyoung member of the Vashon-Maury Island Radio Club. Drewsat down with us to talk aboutlicenses, Morse code, and a guyfrom Alberta.

LOOP: How did you getinvolved with radio?

PINE: My dad is a ham radiooperator and I wanted to be ableto talk with him on the radio.

LOOP: What’s your call sign(KE7AYY) mean? Does it have anysignificance?

PINE: KE7AYY is an auto-generated call sign from the FCC.They go in alphabetical order tochoose call signs. However, youmay get a vanity call sign ofalmost anything. The “7” inKE7AYY shows what area of thestates I’m in. 7 is for the PacificNorthwest including Washington,Oregon, and California.

LOOP: How did you getinvolved in the Vashon RadioClub?

PINE: My dad had droppedthe hobby and lost interest in it,but when he started back up, hefound that there was a club on theisland, and I became a memberjust like him.

LOOP: How does ham radiowork exactly?

PINE: Well, You can buy aradio, hand held or not, and ittransmits on a frequency that youplug into. There are things calledrepeaters that listen on onefrequency and then transmit toanother if you don’t have a lot ofrange. A lot of times repeaters areused when you are driving.

LOOP: Who are someinteresting people you’vecontacted?

PINE: I contacted a guy inAlberta through the EvergreenInter-tie repeaters. He said gaswas $4 a liter there!

LOOP: How do you get alicense? Who can do it?

PINE: You get a license bypassing a 35 question written testand if you want a higher licenseclass you have to take a Morsecode test and another 35 questionexam. To get the highest classlicense, an Extra, you have to passa 50 question test. Anyone can geta ham radio license at any age,except people from a foreigngovernment.

LOOP: Anything else you’dlike to share about ham radio?

PINE: Ham radio is really funand I encourage kids to get their“ticket” (license) because it is funto rag chew (chat) with people allaround the world!

Drew Pine

On Sunday, August 21st, the Vashon-Maury Island HeritageAssociation will offer an Around-the-Island cruise aboard theNational Historic Landmark Steamship Virginia V. Tickets for thecruise are $50 per person. The cruise will begin and end at Vashon’snorth end passenger ferry dock, adjacent to where the ferry fromFauntleroy docks, so visitors coming from Seattle can walk on boardthe ferry at Fauntleroy, and then walk on board the Virginia V.Passengers may board starting at 12:30 p.m., and the vessel willdepart at 1:00 p.m. The cruise will run until approximately 5:30p.m. Bring your own lunch, no alcohol allowed, and soft-soled shoesare required.

As the Virginia V circumnavigates Vashon and Maury Islands,local historians will point out sites of historic interest, such as theformer Lisabeula resort (hailing port of the Virginia V), Camp Sealth(founded in 1921), Point Robinson Lighthouse (recently listed inthe National Register of Historic Places), the Dockton shipyards,and sites of Chautauqua meetings in the 1890s.

For more information or to purchase tickets, contact Jean or AlanMendel, 463-1453, or email jemendel@comcast.net. Tickets are alsoavailable at Books by the Way, Vashon Island Realty and theHeritage Museum. Proceeds support the Island Heritage Museumexhibit fund.

The Vashon-Maury Island Heritage Association is a 501(c)(3)non-profit organization founded in 1976; its mission is to collect,preserve, exhibit and interpret the history of Vashon and MauryIslands.

Sail the Sound On Virginia V

Among Our Piers:By Jonathan Shipley

THE DORSAL SPIN:In Gratitude

By Orca Annie Stateler, VHPCoordinator

Many thanks to the 85 peoplewho turned out for “Whales ofVashon” with Mark Sears at theVashon Theatre on April 17. We areespecially grateful to Eileen Wolcottand her staff for offering the Theatreas a fundraising venue for theVashon Hydrophone Project (VHP)and other worthy Island causes likeWolftown.

Marty did an outstanding job ofconverting Mark’s slides so theycould be used in PowerPoint. MayaSears was indispensable inorganizing Mark’s presentation.

We were thrilled that somepeople came to “Whales of Vashon”from Seattle and Tacoma. We werehonored to have Kathy Fletcher ofPeople for Puget Sound and DonnaSandstrom of Orca Alliance inattendance.

Mark talked about his experiencewith Springer (A73), so it was fittingfor Donna and Kathy to be there, asthey were also instrumental inhelping Springer go home. The“oohs” and “aahs” elicited by Mark’sphotos were gratifying.

In jarring contrast to the lovelyphotos, I played some VHPrecordings of boat noise and sonar. Iexpect our audience now has greaterempathy for what the whaleshabitually endure underwater. Innarrow bodies of water like ColvosPass, just one loud boat could have anegative impact on killer whales whoare trying to forage, rest, or simplymaintain contact with each other.

To restore harmony, we wrappedup with enthralling orca calls, so thekiller whales got the last word.

Mark’s informative, beautifulwhale images are made possible byalert Islanders who report whalesightings to the VHP at 463-9041. Weextend our heartfelt gratitude to youfor thinking locally and sustainablyand supporting our work.

I appreciated the call from thekayaker who had a memorableencounter with a gray whale acrossfrom Camp Sealth. I hope a graywhale will visit our hydrophone.Contact Orca Annie atVashonorcas@aol.com or 463-9041.

We do passport photos

The Vashon Loop, p. 18 May 4, 05

Loop ~ Sports

Editor: Ernest was wounded insome serious sports action last week,and was forced to type with the toes ofhis left foot, making punctuation andcapitalization an impossible feat.Understandably, he has not been ableto reply to the hundreds of fan letterspiling up in his in-box here at the Loopoffice, but did manage to squeeze outthis report. As Ass Ed likes to say, “Ifyou can’t be an athlete, be an athleticsupporter.”

high school sports report:

— the anderson brothers rule inbaseball, helping the team to a 4-2start. michael hitting 3 homers in 2games (both wins), and eric pitchinglike a silent assassin and hitting too.e phillips doing the fielding andhitting a walk off homer vs.chimacum.

— softball stole a win fromklahowya, making d pux ecstatic.

— lacrosse, of course,undefeated.

— tennis and track doingawesome with large turnouts.

— soccer beating returningchamps sequim 4-3 in a 2 otshootout.

— micah sohl and t gatemanplace 5th in greco roman state, a sohl3rd and a gateman competing well.

— knud and greg martin gettingstretched out and ready forslowpitch at the strawberry festival.Watch out for the long ball and thelong slow trot around the bases.

Ernest, speedy recovery, buddy.Yo, eleven.

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School, 1 week of summer camp,beautiful gift basket from Kronos,

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The Madrona School’sSilent Auction!!

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Sat. May 7th, 9:30-1, Land Trust Building

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Double Crostic by Richard Carson

Guess the answers to the clues, then transfer those letters to the correspondingnumbered squares in the grid. Work back and forth between the clues and the grid untilthe quotation is revealed. The initial letters of the clue answers, reading down, form anacrostic revealing the source (author and title).

Solution to Double Crostic

A. PHOTO FINISHJ. EDITINGB. END OF AN ERAK. SHIFTC. ROGERL. THICKNESSThe roast was a pale, resilient scintilla of mutton that turned the tines ofthe fork, garnished with a spoonful of greenish boiled string and a dab ofpenicillin posing as a potato. - [S.J.] Perelman, “Westward Ha!”

D. EATING RAOULM. WIFFLE BALLE. LAPTOPN. AS IT STANDSF. MOSEO. RIPPLE

G. ANNOTATIONP. DESTRUCTIONH. NATIONQ. HAGFISHI. WHEREABOUTSR. ALLOTTED

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Loopy Laffs

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OneLiners(more or less)

A dogma is not a mama dog!Patience is counting down without blasting off.Don’t assume malice for what stupidity can explain.The only substitute for good manners is fast reflexes.Logic is a wreath of pretty flowers with a very bad odor.A duck is a bird that walks like it has ridden horseback all day.A self-addressed envelope would be addressed to “Envelope,” right?Eccentricity is a like having an accent—it’s what “other” people have.Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving evidence of the fact.Living would be easier if men showed as much patience at home as they do when they’re fishing.Vital papers will demonstrate their vitality by moving from where you left them to where you can’t find them.

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A high-school student wastaking the tour of a national parknot long ago. The rangermentioned to the tour groupthat dinosaur fossils had beenfound in the area. The studentexclaimed, “Wow—I can’tbelieve the dinosaurs wouldcome this close to the highway!”

A lady waspicking through thefrozen turkeys at the

grocery store, but couldn’tfind one big enough forher family. She asked a

stock boy, “Do theseturkeys get any bigger?”

The stock boy replied, “Noma’am, they’re

dead.”

MarijuanaIssue Sent To AJoint Committee

—Toronto Star headlineImagination is more important than knowledge.

—Albert Einstein

Fresh out of gift ideas, Ibought my mother-in-law

a large plot in anexpensive cemetery.

On her next birthday, Ibought her nothing. Shewas quick to commentloud and long on my

thoughtlessness.

Well, she hadn’t used thegift I gave her last year!!

The Vashon Loop, p. 20 May 4, 05

In the past schools were given athree-week window to give theWASLs, and while that is still truefor the elementary and middle-school levels, state high schools arenow mandated to give the WASLtests on the same days, at the sametime. In the past students who tookthe test early were able to pass alonginformation to students who tookthe test later. Making everyone takethe test at the same time on the samedays is supposed to preventcheating.

The School Board will decide attheir May 12 meeting when SpringBreak will be next year. Stay tuned.

Budget: The main concern of thedistrict and Superintendent MimiWalker now is planning the budgetfor the 2005-2006 year. That budgetwill be presented to the Board at theMay 12 meeting. Walker stated thatfunds for the budget are limited, andthere will be some tough choicesmade. She emphasized by saying,“Ask those questions!” that shewants the Board and the public toask what is being funded.

May 15 is the deadline for staffreduction. The district will receiveapproximately $450,000 for the 2005-06 year from the state Initiative 728funding to public school districts.The Board passed a spending planfor these funds at the April 28meeting. Copies of the approved I-728 spending plan are available tothe public at the schooladministration office.

Math Curriculum: Chautauquaprincipal Amy MacFarland andteacher Gail Mitchell reported on theselection of a new math curriculum,“Everyday Math.” Their decisionwas based on visiting and observingother schools to see what workedover time, and what teachers had tosay about the curricula they wereusing.

Teacher Cherry Champagne saidthat she liked “Everyday Math”because it is geared to how childrenlearn, coming back to things severaltimes in different ways, providingdifferent strategies for learning andencouraging children to work outstrategies together. Gail Mitchelladded that for grades 3-5 thecurriculum has a reference book forparents so that when working withtheir children at home they can seehow skills are being taught in theclassroom. MacFarland stressed thatteacher training will be thefoundation of the new curriculum’ssuccess.

School Principal Reports: Alldistrict principals noted that theyhave been conducting WASL testingat their schools.

VHS Principal Susan Hansonreported several students at the highschool and in the Student Linkprogram who are being recognizedfor their academic excellence byawards, scholarships, and freetuition to colleges they will beattending. The Riptide, the highschool paper, has won first place in

a high school newspapercompetition.

McMurray Principal GregAllison reported that planning is wellunder way for Exploratory Week inJune. Recently McMurray held anearthquake drill for students andstaff. Allison noted that during arecent Artists in Schoolspresentation, an African dance anddrum troupe came to McMurray, andone of the singers in the troupe founda picture of his late father in materialsabout Africa that had been put outfor students, which gave hisperformance a heartfelt personaltouch.

Chautauqua Principal AmyMacFarland reported that the CESMath Team won first place at acompetition. She said that manyschool field trips are coming up, asis the annual fifth grade pilgrimageto Camp Waskowitz. The new schoolgarden is a quiet and beautifuladdition to the school.

Title IX issue: The Rev. JerryConnors read a letter regardingdiscrimination against girls on thewrestling team, specifically hisdaughter, Megan. Ms. Connors alsoread a statement she had prepared.Connors declared his intent to sue theschool district, among others.

Personnel: Several leaves ofabsence, job share requests,resignations, and hires werediscussed and approved, as well asthe slate of school sports coaches fornext year.

Arsenic reduction:Superintendent Walker reported thata plant species named “Chinesegrape fern” is going to be planted inthree test sites in what is called a“phytoremediation study.” Theplant is known to remove arsenicfrom soil, but it has not been grownin this climate before so this studywill gauge the practicality of usingthe plants for arsenic removal here.

Plate boundary GPS instrument:Katrin Hafner, of UNAVCO,answered questions from Boardmembers and SuperintendentWalker regarding the placement of aplate boundary GPS instrument toreport earth movement. Hafneraddressed several concerns,including who would pay forelectricity to run the monitor (solarcells and batteries put in place byUNAVCO), possible vandalism(instrument is placed in cyclone fenceenclosure), danger of electrocution(none), weed control (weed barrierand gravel) and liability (none forschool district). This is a scientificproject to collect data, and UNAVCOwould lease the land for fifteen years,with a one-time payment of $1500 tothe school district. Other issuesremain to be addressed, and a Boarddecision will be made on whether toallow the placement of the monitoron school property in May.

Next School Board meeting:May 12, 7 p.m., Vashon High SchoolLibrary.

(Editor: Mary Litchfield Tuelgraciously offered to cover this schoolboard meeting for The Loop even thoughshe finds meetings to be about as muchfun as tests. She brought her camera,but forgot the card, so just use yourimagination.)

School Boardmeeting

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Now opeNSuNdayS 1 to 7pm

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LoopArts

Jon Gailmor, one of Vermont’sbest-known and well-loved singer/songwriters, will be appearing inconcert at Cafe Luna on Saturday,May 28 at 7:30 p.m.

Since 1971, Jon has beenperforming in schools, colleges,resorts, restaurants and folk clubsthroughout the country, serenadingat child care and senior centers,singing at prisons, hospitals,corporate and private parties,delivering unorthodox high schoolcommencement addresses andtalking to students far and wideabout alternative career choices. Jonpresents songwriting residencies andworkshops for students in pre-schoolthrough college, and helpscompanies and other organizationscreate their own masterpieces.

Jon Gailmor has been honored asan “Extraordinary Vermonter” by thegovernor, received the Mayor’s PeacePrize in Burlington and was awardeda Silver Citation by the Vermont ArtsCouncil. He sang as Vermont’srepresentative at the 25thAnniversary of the Kennedy Centerin Washington, D.C. and, in 1996,was chosen to carry the OlympicTorch through Brattleboro, on its wayto Atlanta. He has toured with theVermont Symphony Orchestra, hasreleased six solo albums, and liveswith his family in Elmore, Vermont.This is Jon’s first visit to the GreatNorthwest, and he is relishing it withgreat anticipation. For moreinformation than you probably careto know, please go towww.jongailmor.com.

Jon Gailmor atCafé Luna

The Blue Heron DanceCompany presents two ballets — LaFille Mal Gardee and Swan Lake — onFriday and Saturday evening May13 and 14 at 7 p.m., and Saturdayand Sunday matinee, May 14 and15 at 2 p.m. at the Vashon HighSchool Auditorium. Tickets areavailable at Books by the Way, TheHeron’s Nest, Thriftway, and TheBlue Heron.

This year’s spring performanceis a study of contrasts as the pre-professional dance company bringsto life two very different versions ofthe classic romantic love story. LaFille’s plotline is a simple variationon the theme of boy-meets-girl,conflict arises but is overcome, boyand girl live happily ever after. Firstperformed in 1789, La Fille is creditedwith liberating ballet from the rigidtradition of depicting only gods,kings or queens by telling, instead,the story of ordinary, “real” people.It is the oldest ballet still seen byaudiences today, and its stayingpower has much to do with its light-hearted comedic appeal. As onecritic described it, “The title mayscare people because it doesn’tsound like Disney. But it’s one of themost charming andentertaining…ballets and haseverything imaginable for adults toenjoy it as much as children.”

Vashon High School SeniorSophia Ressler, who began dancingwith BHDC when she was four andhas charmed audiences as a soloistin numerous performances, willdance her final solo as Lisette, ayoung woman in love with a poorpeasant boy named Collin, dancedby Chad Richardson. Unfortunatelyfor the cupid-struck couple, Lisette’smother envisions other plans for herdaughter, namely marrying theinept but soon to be wealthy Alain.Fortunately, the couple outwits boththe conniving mother and haplessfinance, proving — with humor —that love does conquer all.

Love also wins in Swan Lake, butthe revered ballet presents a highly

dramatic and more complex versionof “boy meets girl.” No simple plotand no simple heroine in this tale; anevil sorcerer transforms QueenOdette, the idealized woman, into aswan. It takes the undying love ofPrince Siegfried to break the wickedcurse, which he pledges to do…untilthe evil sorcerer plays another nastytrick, this time on the prince.Heartbreak ensues, but reunion — ofa poignant sort — eventually follows.

Arguably the most popular balletever created, Swan Lake’s debutperformance at the Bolshoi Theaterin 1877 met with less thanenthusiastic response. Its longevityis partly attributed to PeterTchaikovsky’s lyrical score, his firstof many compositions for ballet.Tchaikovsky’s favorite part of theballet was Act II, The Lakeside, as itis for many dancers because it blendsthe emotional denouement of theballet with some of the mosttechnically challenging dancemoves.

Vashon High School SeniorCaitlin Bonner, who performs therole of Odette, meets that challengewith the confidence that comes fromyears of experience as a BHDCsoloist, long hours in the studio, anda grace that is uniquely hers. Bonnerbegan dancing with BHDC at the ageof two; Swan Lake will be her ‘swansong’ with BHDC. Veteran BHDCmember Jay Motoyoshi will dancethe role of Prince Siegfried.

Artistic Director Christine Juarezchose these two ballet excerpts tofeature her two seniors and to giveher other students more time onstage. BHDC set designer MichelleBerlin, costume designer KateGuinee, and poster designer DeeDeePloog once again create a magicalworld in which these stories unfold.Sue Clark and Lisa Crosby, theBHDC fairy godmothers otherwiseknown as the co-producers, areeverywhere with their magic wandsof superhuman elbow grease,making sure the show will go on.

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Rodeo Angel will playCafe Luna Sunday, May 15th,from 5 to 6:45 p.m. RodeoAngel is Mark Borax, DanaBoyd and friends playingoriginal acoustic folk-rockwith vision and harmony.They play the third Sunday ofevery month at Cafe Luna.

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So, I’ve just got to say that if youmissed last Friday night’sEnvironmental Symposium, youmissed something just a little bitthrilling. Seven fabulouslyarticulate and sophisticatedEvergreen students who justhappened to have researched andwritten an incredible book calledDefending Wild Washington: ACitizen’s Action Guide came toVashon to share what they learnedwith us. The audience was a “Who’sWho” of the Island’s mostpassionate environmental activists,and more than a dozen “green”groups were represented fromPreserve Our Islands to theAudubon Society. I think theEvergreen authors enjoyed us asmuch as we enjoyed them. Therewas a lot of learning going on, andfor my money, it was Vashon at itsbest.

Meanwhile, we are loving May,with all its promises of goodweather and lots to do. Our kids’book groups are coming right up;the Original Kids Book Group (ages10-13) will meet at the Bookshop,Saturday, May 7th at 9 a.m. Kidstalk books and eat doughnuts whiletheir parents eat breakfast or browsethe Market. And then, there’s MernaHecht, who stops by at about 10 a.m.just to tell us stories. You’re luckyif you get to hear and watch her. Merna’s small, but seems to growmuch bigger than life the momentshe begins a tale. Then, a week later,the Second Saturday Book Groupmeets Saturday, May 14th for moredoughnuts and book chat.

And, speaking of May flowers,here comes Marty Wingate. That’sright, that same Marty Wingate whowrites the column every Thursdayfor the Seattle PI. Marty, who tookus all by storm last year, with herBig Ideas for Small Northwest Gardens,

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is doing it all over again with herbrand-new The Big Book of NorthwestPerennials: Choosing, Growing andTending, a potent book of color andtips from the expert for those lovelieswe can all count on, year after year. Marty will speak and delight us witha slide show, Friday, May 6th at 7:30p.m. at the Bookshop. It’s a night ofgardening and flowering in theMerry Month of May!

And speaking of merry, GwynnPalmer is nothing if not merry; andsmart and generous, and fun, too. And, a much loved Vashon icon. Afriend of mine says that she’s one ofthose people who, you know, knowssomething you want to know. Andshe does! She’s come full circle backto us with a message of love andhealth, and good eating. She’s spentyears learning how to be healthyagain, and we’re lucky enough thatshe wants to tell us all about it. Thingis, Gwynn is the kind of person whocould tell you anything, and you’dlike it. Her books, Eat Well and Live,and, Having it All: Without Dairy,Wheat, or Sugar promise a lot of guilt-free, great eating, so stop by and havea listen when Gwynn Palmer, of longago Sound Food fame, tells us whatshe knows, Friday, May 13th at 7:30p.m.

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