With less space to fill than a tiny tweet, placards printed with poems of 50 words or less replaced ads on Seattle Metro buses for the past year, offering poignant and dis-tilled insights into the nature of home.

Islanders Merna Ann Hecht, Yvonne Higgins Leach, Carlos Adams-Tres and Seth Zuckerman were among the Northwest poets chosen in the wide-reaching public arts campaign — Poetry on Buses — sponsored by 4Culture and Metro Transit.

The collaborative project received over 600 submissions from poets of all ages and numerous cultures. Carlos, 10, was one of the youngest poets whose work rode the buses for thousands of riders to read. When the year-long program kicked off in the fall of 2014,

the event organizers invited Carlos to read his poem “Oh Brother” at the opening cer-emony. In front of 800 partici-pating poets and their fami-lies packed into the Moore Theatre, he became a bit of a hero, according to 4Culture spokesperson Christ ina DePaolo.

“Carlos became a sensation at the event,” she said. “He had stage fright and gave it several tries before he read the poem through. The crowd gave him their all, rooting for him.”

Tamar Benzikry-Stern, 4Culture’s public art project manager, said she was grateful to Carlos and his parents for sharing his honest vulnerabil-ity, believing his courage had a large effect on the evening and exemplified an important mission of the project: to fos-ter community.

“It was dark. He came in and out of the spotlight, and people were cheering, saying, ‘We love you, Carlos,’” she said. “It did something to the evening to promote commu-nity. We felt like a commu-nity around him. It was quite

The Old Fuller Store’s new owner is also the founder and owner of Seattle-based pizzerias and coffee shops, but he says he has no plans to expand either business to the island.

King County Assessor’s Office records show the build-ing was sold for $750,000 in late September to McConnell Real Estate, LLC, a corporation with the same address on East Pike Street as the flagship store for a coffee shop called Caffe Vita. The founder and owner of the independent chain of coffee shops is Michael McConnell, a Seattle-raised businessman who started the cafe 20 years ago. The Caffe Vita website says that the business is focused on the “Farm Direct movement,” meaning the company aims to get coffee beans from growers that it develops “long-term, mutually fruitful relationships with.” McConnell’s original Cafe Vita on East Pike Street is one of 11 locations throughout Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles and New York

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Fuller Store new owner: ‘No plans’ for historic buildingBy ANNELI FOGTEditor

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The Fuller Store, a King County Historical Landmark, has been sold to a Seattle man who owns multiple coffee shops and pizzerias. SEE FULLER STORE, 18

Noteworthy year for some island nonprofits

By ANNELI FOGTEditor

A scrappy canine duo and massive construction project were highlights for island nonprofits

Editor’s Note: This is the second story in a series that will explore the state of non-profits on Vashon, specifically how they fared in 2015 and what they have planned for 2016.

Two dogs make international head-lines after staying at each other’s side for more than a week; construction begins on a multi-million dollar per-forming arts center and gallery, and talks of a centralized food hub for local farmers to sell their food wholesale begin. 2015 was just another year for Vashon’s nonprofits.

The above-mentioned events were just a few of 2015’s memorable moments, but all are results of the work done by Vashon’s dozens of nonprofit organiza-tions. With the season of giving upon us, nonprofits are looking to donations to help continue their work in 2016.

Vashon’s story of the year came from Vashon Island Pet Protectors (VIPP) in September. The organization serves as the island’s animal rescue and adoption service and aims to make sure “there are no homeless pets on the island,” the VIPP website states. It was dur-ing a search-and-rescue efforts in early September that VIPP volunteers stum-bled upon the dogs they were searching for: a pair comprised of a bassett hound named Phoebe and a setter mix named Tilly who belong to B.J. Duft, owner of Herban Feast and Herban Bloom.

The duo made international head-lines as word about their friendship got out. When Phoebe fell into a cistern, Tillie stayed by her side, leaving only to look for help. Tillie was later awarded Governor Jay Inslee’s Washingtonian of the Day award.

VIPP Director Geoff Fletcher said the

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Islanders’ poetry gets rush hour viewership

By JULI GOETZ MORSERStaff Writer

Work of four local poets displayed on Seattle buses, bus shelters for a year

Courtesy Photo

Top: Island poet Seth Zuckerman with his Poetry on Buses project portrait.Right: 10-year-old islander Carlos Adams-Tres was one of the youngest poets chosen to be part of the project. SEE BUS POEMS, 17 Timothy Aguero Photography

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The decision for the extra meeting was made last Thursday after a public meeting (the second on the proposal) at which a few islanders felt they needed more information. The January meeting will unveil the final plans for the trails with the public’s recom-mendations.

David Kimmett and Jenny Aunan from the King County Parks Department led the Thursday night meeting at McMurray Middle School and dis-pelled rumors about the bike trail proposal that was brought to the county months ago by local moun-tain bikers.

“There was a lot of mis-information circulating,” Kimmett said last week after the meeting. “They’re just trails, that’s it.”

The proposal calls for two loops of biking trails in 40 acres of the 700 acre Dockton Forest. The loops would be separate from the existing multi-use trails and would have a 50 to 100 foot wide “buffer zone” between them and the existing trails. Kimmett

said that the mountain bike trails will be “essentially invisible” and non-intru-sive to other forest users.

Aunan went on to explain that “there are no threats to existing trails” and that the project is not in any way a mountain bike park.

“The footprint of the pro-posed 2-3 feet wide trails will be less than five-mile loops. The proposed trails will take up 6 percent of the 700-acre forest.”

Aunan continued to say that mountain biking “is consistent with the coun-ty’s forest stewardship pro-gram” and that there is a need for mountain bike trails on the island.

The proposal for the trails was brought to King County’s parks department in October by the Vashon Mountain Bike Association, headed by McMurray teacher Larry Dubois. The project will be built by the association’s members as volunteer work. Materials will be funded through a county community part-nership grant. The asso-ciation is hoping to create trails on Vashon so that bikers no longer have to go off-island to ride. Dubois and supporters also talked about the value to island children and their health.

Stephen Holtz, an island-er on the bike trail steering committee, said the trails will “help the community and kids of the community have a good physical release and use woods and forest for their interest.”

Meanwhile, equestri-ans and wildlife activists pushed back against the

plan and were worried about horses being spooked by mountain bikes and hab-itats being interrupted.

While many equestrians said they have had noth-ing but positive interactions with bikers, a few were ada-mant that clear signage and education would need to be in place so that bik-ers would know to yield to horses.

Dubois, who teach-es mountain biking at McMurray, and the county both got behind the need for education and signs on the trails.

“This is the perfect time for all trail users to come together and get along, but if there (are) conflicts, we are prepared to work it out,” Kimmett said. “It’s going to take everyone working together, getting along and sharing the trails.”

The hope is that once mountain bikers have a place to ride, interactions between them and equestri-ans or hikers will be mini-mized.

Vashon-Maury Island Audubon Society Vice President Ezra Parker said he was concerned about the paths’ effects on wildlife. Kimmett referenced pho-tos of trails in the Duthie Hill mountain bike park in Issaquah to show how plants and wildlife adapt to the trails and grow around them, just like hiking trails.

The date of the third meeting has not been sched-uled, but islanders wish-ing to keep informed can text KingDocktonTrails to 468311 to get updates.

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Dozens of islanders voiced support on Thursday

People are hungry on Vashon because of a combi-nation of low-wage jobs and expensive housing costs, according to Vashon Maury Community Food Bank Director Robbie Rohr.

Rohr and Amiad joined roughly 100 islanders and community leaders from island nonprofits last Tuesday night at a community forum to address the issue of hunger on Vashon and how to pre-vent it. “Who’s Hungry on Vashon,” was presented as part of Vashon Community Care’s (VCC) Telling Stories series and was funded by a county Community Service Area grant. The forum brought repre-sentatives from the Vashon Island Grower’s Association, Vashon Youth & Family Services (VYFS), Vashon Island Growers’ Association (VIGA) and the food bank onto a panel that answered questions about hunger and food insecurity. The panel dis-cussion was interspersed with per-sonal accounts from islanders who are dealing with these issues.

“What I am is dependent on oth-ers, and I hate that. I’m 92, and the senior center is my lifeline. I can get a ride and a hot meal,” Olde John Croan said as he read a letter outlining a hunger story of a 92-year-old islander named Henry who is nearly blind. “I can’t cook, and my finances are really tight. The center gives me good food, delicious salads and a little something extra to take home. The center also takes me to the food bank. Without it I’d starve and be alone too much.”

Rohr opened up the forum after the story and said that the goal of the night, and the personal accounts, was to humanize hunger and challenge assumptions about those who used social services, such as the food bank and free community meals. The community was also called on to think about why the problem exists and how it can be combatted.

“We’re going to begin a discussion about investing in the community,” Rohr said. “Social issues (such as hunger) are very complex and require us to think on

multiple levels.”Five other islanders took the stand to read personal

accounts, including one from a single mother of two who left an abusive relationship, a 65-year-old island woman who uses the food bank after quitting her job due to an injury, an island couple struggling to make ends meet and a man who lost his job in the recession.

“It was so hard to walk into the food bank and ask for help,” Hawk Jones said as he talked about losing his job. “The food bank helped me when I needed it most. I’m now a food bank volunteer to help contribute to every-

one who helped my family.”Food bank volunteer coordinator

Emily Scott used the stories as a way to make it clear that “there is no one stereotype for food bank users.”

“The food bank serves a diverse group with diverse reasons (for needing food),” Scott said. “The barrier between the haves and the have-nots that we think of as so rigid is actually more of a loose film that’s easily punctured.”

The stories being read were five examples of a much greater prob-lem, Rohr said. She said that more than 7 percent of Vashon’s popu-lation (700 people) is below the federal poverty line; 15 percent of

children are below the line; more than 12 percent of children are on a free or reduced lunch program at the schools, and 17 percent of the island uses the food bank (200 households every week).

Meanwhile, VYFS’ Kathleen Johnson said that nearly 70 of the organization’s 202 mental health patients suf-fer from food insecurity, not knowing when their next meal will be. The food insecurity causes a life stressor that can further erode a family dynamic, she said.

“When a person’s life changes dramatically: a mental health diagnosis, an illness, a disability, this stressor in your life that is getting food does not help the situation or recovery,” Johnson said. “This can create an entire blooming of problems.”

When it was time to discuss solutions for the hunger problem, VIGA representative Merrilee Runyan talked about the organization’s Food Access Partnership, which provides fresh fruits and vegetables to families on food stamps. Emma Amiad from the Interfaith

Council to Prevent Homelessness discussed the coun-cil’s free dinners served every day at island churches. Sarah Day, the Vashon Island School District’s nurse, said the district offers free breakfasts and lunches to students in need. She also announced a project that Vashon High School seniors are working on.

“A group of enterprising high school students is plan-ning on doing a food pantry and needs assessment at the school,” Day said. “It’s a great idea, and it will help us see where needs are.

Vashon’s Joe Wubbold (Captain Joe), called on the island’s “young people” to volunteer, as many islanders are getting too old to do what needs to get done.

“Look at the color of most everyone’s hair in this room,” Wubbold said, referring to the mostly white-and gray-haired audience. “We’re getting old, and we need help. I know there’s going to come a day where I won’t be able to climb the lighthouse steps and f lick the light on for you guys (at Point Robinson).”

Island real estate broker and community activist Emma Amiad then addressed the fact that to afford the average rent on Vashon, a person would need to make $65,000.

“Most people on Vashon make $25,000 a year,” Amiad said.

She then talked about her plan for a centralized mess hall staffed by volunteers under the guidance of a professional chef. According to Amiad, anyone in the community would be able to come for a meal and pay if they could. If not, they would get the meal free. She also called for a centralized social services building where all nonprofits could distribute their services.

“It’s something we really want to see happen,” Amiad said.

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“The food bank serves a diverse group with diverse reasons (for needing food). The barrier between the haves and the have-nots that we think of as so rigid is actually more of a loose film that’s easily punctured.””

Emily ScottVashon-Maury Community Food Bank employee

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Park district passes budget, swears in new board members

The Vashon Park District passed its 2016 budget, swore in new commissioners and elected officers at its board meeting last week.

The board, including outgoing commissioners Joe Wald and Bill Ameling, voted 5-0 to pass the $1.2 million spend-ing plan for next year. Details of the budget are available in the Dec. 2 issue of The Beachcomber.

After the budget vote, Karen Gardner and Bob McMahon took their seats on the board, and Scott Harvey, who was reelected, returned to his. Commissioners elected Gardner as the new chair, Doug Ostrom as the vice chair, Scott Harvey as the treasurer and Bob McMahon as secretary.

A board retreat is slated for Saturday, Jan. 9; the next park board meeting will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, at Ober Park.

Heating, energy assistance availableKing County’s Multi-Service Center (MSC) and Puget

Sound Energy (PSE) are accepting applications from low- income households that need assistance with heating and energy expenses. Two programs are available: the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and PSE HELP services.

Applicants must live in South King County, rent or own a residence, pay home heating and energy bills and have an income at or below current qualifying levels For LIHEAP, a federally-funded program, household income must be at or below 125 percent of the current federal poverty level. For example, a household of four with a net monthly income of $2,526 or less would qualify. PSE HELP income eligibil-ity limits are slightly higher, and an active gas or electric service account is required. Applicants may participate in

both programs.If awarded, LIHEAP benefits are paid directly to par-

ticipating fuel vendors (electricity, propane, gas, wood and oil), essentially paying in advance for heating expenses.

Islander Dennis Williams of Williams Heating and a longtime participating vendor, has worked hard to get the word out about the programs over the last few years.

“We shouldn’t have people here who are cold, if there’s free heat available,” he said.

For more information on the programs and eligibility, go to mschelps.org. Applications for both programs should be made through the MSC by calling its 24-hour toll-free phone number, 800-348-7144, for an appointment.

County receives grant for land purchase in Maury aquatic reserve

Last week, the Washington Salmon Recovery Funding Board and the Puget Sound Partnership awarded over $44 million in grants to various organizations throughout the state for projects aimed at restoring and conserving salmon habitat. King County received nearly $3.8 million of that total, with $200,000 designated by the Water and Land Resources Division for the purchase of 11 acres of land within the Maury Island Aquatic Reserve.

The land parcel that has been deemed a priority includes about a quarter-mile of shoreline along the west side of Quartermaster Harbor near Lost Lake.

The project is part of a broader effort to save Chinook salmon from extinction by protecting the eelgrass that young Chinook use to hide from predators, as well as restore the shoreline habitat for the forage fish that the salmon eat.

Islander Greg Rabourn with the county’s Water and Land Resources Division, noted that the reserve, which stretches between Point Robinson and Tahlequah and includes all of Quartermaster Harbor, is one of only seven aquatic reserves in Puget Sound, which makes it important ecologically.

“Just look across the water (toward Burien),” he said.

“There’s no habitat at all on the other side.”Rabourn also explained that as this funding is for a land

purchase only, more grants will be needed to actually do the restoration and preservation work.

“It’s an ongoing process,” he said. “A previous grant of $1.6 million is being used to work on property we’ve already acquired. We just have to keep going through the steps.”

Land Trust seeks proposals to restore historic Matsuda Farm

The Vashon-Maury Island Land Trust announced last week that it is accepting proposals from farmers interested in turning the old Matsuda Farm back into a working agri-cultural property.

In a press release, Land Trust board president Charley Rosenberry said that the organization is “looking for a farmer or farmers with experience who can turn Matsuda Farm into a fantastic public asset” with five goals in mind: food production, wildlife habitat, public benefit, public access and honoring the history of the farm.

The property consists of 9 arable acres, an agricultural pond, a four-bedroom residence and two outbuildings. Work is scheduled to begin this week on repairing the farmhouse, thanks to $150,000 in grant funding secured by Sen. Sharon Nelson (D-Maury Island) through the state Department of Archeology and Historic Preservation.

The Land Trust is interested in a lease agreement with an experienced farmer but is also willing to consider partner-ship proposals.

For more information, see vashonlandtrust.org/matsu-da-farm. Proposals may be submitted any time between now and Feb. 29.

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Remember the abandoned exer-cise bicycles at the Portage shore-line? They’re gone.

The King County Road Services Division confiscated the bikes, deeming our unique island oddity a distraction and a traffic safety hazard to boot.

As reported in last week’s Beachcomber, the bicycle con-fiscation is part of an ambitious, county-wide initiative to remove all roadside distractions. Top of the list was the bikes because they were, in the words of county road services Director Brenda Bauer, “easy to remove,” (unlike — say — the ICBMs that once had to be dismantled and trucked off the island after we won the Cold War).

In The Beachcomber interview, Bauer also warned that other roadside objects, perceived as distractions, would be “removed” as well.

So what’s next on the King County “distraction” hit list? Ivy-entwined mailboxes ingeniously converted into planters? Those magnificent elephants audaciously prancing on the roof of May’s Thai restaurant? Our Highway Haikus, staked out at the foot of Bunker Terrace? And don’t forget the in-your-face game day 12th man flag flapping in front of Sporty’s Bar and Grill.

We also have the controver-sial 24/7 electronic sign flashing (except during blackouts) a “sale on pot roast” and other specials at the driveway going into Thriftway.

Then there’s the mural of the flying dog on the side of the tele-phone building at the intersection of the highway and 204th, and, dare I mention our magnificent 40-year-old Christmas tree in the middle of the village.

Distraction: We got distraction.Would King County have the

audacity to cast their veracious eyes on Judy Speidel’s sculptured Stone Hinge formation at the entrance to Court House Square? I personally paced the distance from curb to sculpture and was relieved to find it was beyond King County’s 10-foot strike zone.

But I worry about Will Forrester’s historic wall mural at the drive-in side of U.S. Bank at

Vashon’s main intersection. Would King County mea-sure from the highway curb or the curb of the drive-in driveway? Don’t fret,

Will, I got your back.Then there are the divine dis-

tractions, like the rippling waters of Puget Sound. Note that the recently confiscat-ed exercise bicy-cles on the Portage shoreline were all facing toward the bay, where ghost riders could peddle themselves into the Waters of Oblivion just south of Quartermaster Harbor.

Other natural distractions that might cause traffic hazards include migrating orcas and grey whales, bald eagles, magical rainbows, the snowcapped Olympic range and, of course, the peak of mighty Mount Rainier. Come to think of it, these are the distractions caused by the attrac-tions that inspired most of us to move here.

In defending King County’s bike abduction, director Bauer told The Beachcomber that the distraction of the exercise machines on the side of the road “caused drivers to either slow down or stop in the middle of the road.” To do what? Gawk, I guess.

Please, I mean, how compel-ling could these rusty old exercise cycles be? Bauer might have a point if, say, a nude had mounted one of those machines and ped-dled to her or his heart’s delight. In the unlikely event that ever should come to pass, I concede, a naked rider peddling a stationary bike would be a major distraction, competing with our island’s pri-mary diversion — whale watching.

This might necessitate separate, magnetized phone numbers on the door of the fridge, to prevent confusion like this:

Call in: “I see one.”Hotline: Whale or person?Call in: PersonHotline: Male or female?Call in: Not sure. Poor visibility

and the nude is facing the water.Hotline: What’s it doing?Call in: (focusing binoculars)

PeddlingHotline: Can you get close

enough to tag it?Clearly, nudes change the equa-

tion.So it’s reasonable to conclude

that a distracted driver might go right over the Portage sea wall, which does meet King County’s criteria for a road safety hazard, but that’s all hypo-thetical.

Among nature’s natural distractions is the mother of all dis-

tractions — the possible eruption of the Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ) under the coastal waters of Washington state.

If the CSZ erupted, as predicted in a summer issue of The New Yorker magazine, this clearly would create road hazards as “everything south of I-5 would be toast.” Ok. Let’s not go there.

Director Bauer concluded her interview with the Beachcomber by saying she had a “deep under-standing of the desire for quirki-ness.” Since when did the road director become a sociologist? You’re out of your depth, Brenda.

“Quirkiness,” as Bauer calls it, particularly island quirkiness, comes from within. It can’t be taught or learned, but it does help if you live here.

Our zip code is our DNA. “Keep Vashon Weird” is more than a bumper sticker. It’s who we are.

— Brian Brown is a former journalist and host of Voice

of Vashon’s “Brown Briefly” on Wednesday nights.

King County Parks officials on Thursday night held a public meeting to gather islanders’ opinions on the proposal to build bike trails in a portion of Dockton Forest. The meeting served as an opportunity to end rumors about the scale and process of the project, but some islanders remained upset about the trail system and would not support it.

All of the concerns brought up at the meeting, from the possibility of conflicts between equestrians and mountain bikers, to the health of the forest and the impact on existing trails, were addressed and thor-

oughly answered by the county representatives. There is no reason why the trail-building pro-cess should be delayed any longer. The island has nothing to lose and so much to gain.

The trails proposed by Vashon’s mountain bike group will be built by island volunteers on 40 acres of the 700-acre Dockton Forest (6 percent of the total forest). They will not replace any of the current multi-use trails, all the current trails will remain available to all users. The biking trails will be constructed in an area that currently has no trails, and will be hidden from the existing trail system, and there will be 50 to 100 feet of buffer zone between the biking trails and existing trails.

The proposal is not for a mountain bike park, it is proposing two-to three-feet-wide trails, much like hiking trails, but with skill-building elements and sharp turns built in.

The trails will create a place for mountain bikers to gather and will likely decrease the frequency of encounters with equestrians that could spook horses. The county representatives made it clear Thursday that proper signage will be a large part of the project.

The island’s mountain bikers deserve a place to recreate just like the hikers, walkers and equestrians. The plan created between the county and the local bikers brings together the interests of all concerned parties and should be applauded. The county parks department should also be applauded for the time that has been invested to inform all islanders about the project and ensure the information getting out is correct.

Trail construction should begin so bikers can reap the rewards of their work with the county.

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Construction should begin on Dockton bike trails

Of the island’s roadside distractions, Portage bikes were the least compelling

So what’s next on the King County “distraction” hit list? Ivy-entwined mailboxes ingeniously converted into planters? Those magnificent elephants on the roof of May’s Thai restaurant?

HUMORBy BRIAN BROWN

Thank you for keeping us apprised of King County’s intent to update the current comprehensive plan. We should all pay close attention to what the county believes our community should look like.

It was disconcerting to read that the county chose not to include the recommen-dations of our community in the previous plan. It is not the first time King County has ignored recommendations from Vashon.

The Vashon community should insist that our recommendations be included. County officials should be required to sign an agreement to include the recommenda-tions from our community. I believe that without such a signed agreement, county officials will continue to ignore the recom-mendations from our community.

The new plan should address both low-income and middle-income affordable housing and all permit fees for low-income housing be waived. No new permits, reviews requiring permits or review fees should be included in the new plan, and the current fee structure for permitting should be reduced across the board by 25 percent.

— Arthur Rack

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Center is only place island seniors have

Regarding our beloved Vashon Senior Center: In what are fat times for the real estate market, some luckier island orga-nizations and the whole construction industry, here is a resource that serves a segment of the population that’s essen-tially forgotten.

These people with no safety net — the widows on pensions, the last of the senior K2 workforce and other longtime islanders determined to brave it out in homes where they raised their fami-lies — are the ones who depend on the senior center. When the power is out, they don’t have the luxury of just going uptown and waiting it out over lunch and free wi-fi at The Hardware Store. Without that shuttle to the senior center, they will not have a nourishing lunch in a safe place and company and activi-ties to keep them from worrying about the storms outside. Are we willing to let them shiver it out, alone in the dark, fully aware that this vital island resource is “between a rock and a hard place” for a mere $45,000 when many millions have been raised down the way for a place to be entertained?

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I am pledging $500 to help get the senior center through the crunch. Who will join me? These are our seniors. We should be their safety net.

— Rebecca Wittman

RefugeesCan islanders take refugees?

Somewhere back in the 1970s, I was liv-ing on a commune in Northern California,

and we had 21 families that all came from Berkeley.

The Vietnam War was winding down, and the U.S. was abandoning local Asians who had supported us there. Refugee camps overflowed.

Our commune was large: 2 square miles with a 100-year-old ranch house, barns and sheds. We only used the ranch house for meetings, so we thought we could take some refugees.

We applied for a couple, but the voice on the phone said they had a desperate family of 12 who had been in the camps for three years. I immediately thought: “No!” but the voice in my head said, “in as much as you have done it to the least of these my brothers and sisters, you have done it unto me.” I’m not religious, but the statement rings true.

We could not do this alone. To our amazement, the whole valley turned out in support. Folks we had never met vol-unteered with language lessons, jobs and transportation. Eventually we took 19 refu-gees. It’s hard to say no when you find out just how tragic the circumstances are.

Many of those who are refugees from Asia and the Middle East are entrepre-neurial; they form small businesses that employ others, including Americans. This really helped in our situation. Our refu-gees eventually learned to support them-selves with shops, restaurants and manual labor; their children have gone to college and are part of American culture.

Is such a thing possible on Vashon?

— Lawrence Dean

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but we don’t really want to lose any money on this. Suggestions?

You probably can raise the rent and get other tenants who will pay more. However, you should do the math. Let’s say you have been charging $1,600 a month for your three bedroom rambler. You could raise it to $1,800 which would give you an added

$2,400 per year. But you should also fi gure in at least one month’s lost rent for the change over between tenants. That’s assuming you rent it right away. That would bring your gain down to $600.00 for the year.

You also have to decide if you want to get rid of good, responsible tenants who have been paying rent on time and taking good care of the place in favor of some-one new you don’t really know. In addition, you may have to repaint between tenants and do other small repairs. That could eat up any gain you might see. Of course you would get that increased income for the following years, assuming you get a good tenant who pays on time, takes good care of the property and stays for awhile.

Each time you have a turnover of tenants there are costs and losses. Of course it’s tempting to squeeze a bit more out of your investment. But you always have to consider the costs. You should also keep in mind that your rental is an excel-lent investment in the future since you will probably make a good profi t when you sell it. That’s why it pays to take care of the property and be sure you have tenants who take good care of it too.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Too much money spent for off-island students

I question our educating 248 off-island students, 133 of which make up nearly one-fourth of high school enrollment. We are hiring staff to escort students to three ferries several times a day, and, of course, extra bus runs. Our expensive new high school (which we did not vote for) is larger than need be. This school and the proposed athletic improvements may be helpful in recruiting students to the island. How much tax money are these students bringing for building improvements?

According to my calculations, high school enrollment has only increased by 129 students in 45 years (since 1961). Why were we asked to build this large school and are now expected to pay for yet more athletic facilities?

Possibly improved scholastic perfor-mance by high school students is due to hand-picked, non-local students, not improved academics offered here.

— Susan Lowrey

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ONGOING

Holiday Toy Drive: The John L. Scott Toy Drive is underway with donation boxes available in seven locations: Ace Hardware, Thriftway, Vashon Pharmacy, IGA, Island Home Center & Lumber, U.S. Bank and the John L. Scott office. The drive’s goal is to help provide Christmas gifts to children (ages newborn through 18) of families in need. Donations of new, unwrapped toys; personal care items; winter outerwear (coats, scarves, gloves and hats) or paja-mas may be dropped off at any of the listed locations until 4 p.m. Sat-urday, Dec. 19. Distribution will take place from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Satur-day, Dec. 19 at the former Granny’s Attic space at Sunrise Ridge.

Chautauqua Food Drive: Chautauqua Elementary School is holding its annual holiday food drive. Any non-perishable, canned food items are acceptable and will be given to the Vashon-Maury Community Food Bank. Donations may be made through Wednesday, Dec. 16, in the main entrance of the school.

WEDNESDAY • 16

Vision Loss Support Group: The group will meet at 1 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road.

Judd Creek Invasive Killing Spree: Anyone interested in deck-ing the halls with holly and ivy this season is welcome to help the Land Trust with removal of both along Judd Creek in Paradise Val-ley. Gloves, loppers, shovels, weed wrenches and tree saws will be pro-vided, but volunteers are encour-aged to bring their favorite tools of invasive species destruction. To sign up to help, email natalya@vashonlandtrust.org. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (park on 111th between 204th Street and 212th Place, and look for the “Land Trust at Work” sign).

THURSDAY • 17

BCC Lecture Series: Burton Com-munity Church offers a new weekly lecture series on classic novels — interested attendees do not have to have read the books ahead of time. The lectures are free and designed

to stand alone. This week’s lectures will examine Charles Dickens’ “Bleak House” (continued from previous lecture) and Gustave Flau-bert’s “Madame Boveray.” This will be the last lecture before the winter break; the series will resume on January 7, 2016. For more informa-tion, call Herb Reinelt at 408-7360. 4 to 6 p.m. in Lewis Hall behind Burton Community Church.

FRIDAY • 18

Senior Center Holiday Party: All are invited to attend for games, presents and caroling and guest chef Sheree Tomoson will prepare a special lunch. The cost is $4.50. To sign up, call 463-5173. 11:30 a.m. at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road.

Holiday Craft Market: The Lodges on Vashon will host a preview of its holiday craft market. All are wel-come for refreshments, music and a peek at the vendors. 5 to 9 p.m. at the Lodges.

Wizard of Oz: Vashon Youth The-atre’s latest production is an ad-aptation of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s stage show featuring songs from the 1939 film. Attend-ees should expect a few surprises to pop up among the special effects and familiar tunes. Tickets cost $10 in advance ($5 for youth and seniors) and are available at the Vashon Bookshop; tickets will also be available at the door for $15 ($5 for youth and seniors). 7 p.m. at the Vashon High School theater.

SATURDAY • 19

Adopt a Cat Day: Saturdays are cat adoption days at Vashon Island Pet Protectors. Meet cats available for adoption at the shelter during adoption hours, or call 389-1085 to make an appointment. 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the VIPP shelter, 12200 243rd Street off Old Mill Road.

Holiday Craft Market: Vendors will be selling their wares from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Lodges on Vashon.

Shape Note Singing: All are wel-come, no talent required. Loaner books and guidance for beginners are available. 2 to 4:30 p.m. at the

Vashon Grange Hall, 10365 Cowan Rd.

Wizard of Oz: See Friday’s entry for details. 7 p.m. at the Vashon High School theater.

Vashon Social Dance Group: The group will hold a holiday dance party, and all are invited to bring finger-food or desserts to share and dance to a variety of holiday tunes. Lilli Ann Carey from Dance for Joy! will be on hand to teach foxtrot and swing and then deejay a social dance with holiday music. No partners needed. Admission is by a suggested donation of $10, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. 7 to 9:30 p.m. at the Ober Park performance room.

SUNDAY • 20

Unitarian Service: Rev. Heather Christensen will lead a solstice-themed service titled “Gifts of the Dark.” Programs for children and youth are available. 9:45 a.m. in Lewis Hall behind Burton Commu-nity Church.

Zen Center: This week’s dharma talk, “Robert Frost and A Snowy Dawn: What’s All the Fuss?,” will be given by Sangha member Christo-pher Ezell. The weekly service also includes tea, chanting and medita-tion periods. 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Havurat Ee Shalom on Westside Highway.

Wizard of Oz: See Friday’s entry for details. 2 p.m. at the Vashon High School theater.

TUESDAY • 22

Music Mends Minds Holiday Sing-along: All are invited to sing holiday songs with the Island Rock-ers. For more information, call Amy Huggins at 851-7159. 2 p.m. at the Lutheran church.

Holiday Carol Sing-along: All are welcome to this free, annual holiday event. 6 p.m. at the Vashon Theatre.

UPCOMING

Christmas Services at the Church of the Holy Spirit: The church will host its annual commu-nity pageant and Holy Eucharist at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 24; Christmas

Eve Holy Eucharist and sermon at 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 24; and Christmas Day Holy Eucharist and sermon at 9 a.m. Friday, Dec. 25.

Candlelight Christmas Service: All are welcome to attend a candle-light Christmas Eve service. 8 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 24, at the Vashon United Methodist Church.

Club O’s Future Ball: All are invited to Club O for a futuristic New Year’s Eve all-ages bash. The new year will be welcomed four times, beginning with New York’s countdown at 9 p.m. PST and mov-ing west (this allows families with children or those who don’t want to wait for midnight to celebrate). Deejays MirageSix and Whitmore will be on hand for music to dance the night away, and there will be a kids’ area, teen space and a beer and wine garden for adults. The cost is $10 for adults, $5 for kids or $30 for a VIP package (ages 21 and older only) that includes admission, two drink tickets, a reserved table and special surprise. Tickets may be purchased at brownpapertickets.com, the Vashon Bookshop or at the door if available, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 31,

at the Open Space for Arts & Com-munity.

CLASSES & WORKSHOPS

Tai Chi: Deena Eber will lead the class in traditional exercises aimed at improving strength, balance and mental focus. Cost is a $1 suggested donation per class. 2 p.m. Wednes-days at Ober Park.

Holiday Cookie Extravaganza: Karen Biondo will teach this class for kids ages 8 through 10. Par-ticipants will make a tray of Italian holiday cookies (pizelle, macaroons, chocolate sesame bars and more) to share with family and friends. The cost is $30 ($25 for VAA members) plus $12 for materials. For more information and to register, go to vashonalliedarts.org. 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 17, at La Biondo Farm & Kitchen, 20602 11th Ave.

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The long-awaited seventh installment of the iconic Star Wars franchise opens Thursday night at the Vashon Theatre. Directed and co-written by J. J. Abrams, the film stars Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, Daisy Ridley and John Boyega (pictured above with Ridley in a scene from the movie). The story is set 30 years after the original story line in Return of the Jedi. Tickets cost $9 ($8 for children and seniors) and can be purchased at vashontheatre.com or at the box office. There are still tickets available for the opening night screening at 8 p.m. Thursday.

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Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2: Ends Dec. 17.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Opens Dec. 17.

It’s a Wonderful Life: Dec. 20 (free).

See vashontheatre.com for show times or call 463-3232.

PUBLIC MEETINGSVashon Sewer District: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 17, at the Vashon Senior Center.

King County Airport District: 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 17, at Courthouse Square.

CALENDAR SUBMISSIONS: Send items to slow@vashonbeachcomber.com. Deadline is noon Thursday for Wednesday publication. The calendar is intended for community activities, cultural events and nonprofit groups; notices are free and printed as space permits.

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IT’S YOUR HISTORYVashon College History 101

By Chris Austin

It is that time of year when students pursuing sociology and communications degrees entertain the country. I am talking, of course, about the college bowl games. This annual love affair between higher education and advertisers got me to thinking about our very own Vashon College or, in the words of an old brochure, “Vashon College and Academy - A Military School.” Founded in 1892, it was one of the fi rst ten colleges in Washington State. It was open to young men, young women and boys. The cadets were under the supervision of a Military Commandant, the ladies had their own dormitory and were always under the care of a preceptress (I have no idea what a preceptress is but it doesn’t sound fun) and the lads under fi fteen years old had special apartments which were “mothered” by an experienced matron” (that doesn’t sound fun either).

The college began as a non-sectarian, Christian institution. Their advertising played heavily on the fact that Vashon was removed from the vices of city living and stated, “there are no saloons, gambling houses, dance halls, or other place of evil infl uence within eight miles of Vashon College.” They also reassured parents with the fact that, “not a drop of liquor is for sale on the island.” It was college. There was booze.

A variety of classes were taught. Five languages were offered including Greek and Latin which were handy when traveling to Greece or Latin America. The sciences included the expected chemistry and physics as well as the unexpected pharmacology. Hmm, maybe Vashon had its own nineteenth-century Walter White. Commercial Studies included business correspondence, rapid calculating and typewriting. Other interesting classes were elocution drills, mandolin and orthography. I had to look up this last one and it turns out orthography is the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage. LOL that is just cray, cray!

The brochure was sprinkled with pithy educational-type sayings. The one that had me scratching my head was, “The student should be told as little as possible and induced to discover as much as possible.” This must have been written by one lazy preceptress.

Next week we’ll fi nd out how much it cost to attend our school and who won when Vashon College played the University of Washington in football. That will give you time to dig out your old cardinal and cream (Vashon’s colors) giant, foam fi nger.

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A new book edited by island poet and teacher Merna Hecht and designed by for-mer islander Annie Brulé is a collection of poems, stories and recipes written by refu-gee and immigrant high school students and women.

“Our Table of Memories: Food and Poetry of Spirit, Homeland and Tradition” celebrates the rich connection among food, memory and culture.

The book is a collaboration between two programs — one created by Hecht — with shared missions of helping immigrant and refugee students and women.

Six years ago, Hecht established a poetry program called Stories of Arrival Poetry Project for students at Foster High School in Tukwila, one of the most language-diverse high schools in the country.

Nearby the school is a community center that houses Project Feast, a culinary train-ing and certificate program which, accord-ing to Hecht, empowers refugee women through their own love of food from their own cultures.

“I thought, what a great idea to collabo-rate,” Hecht said. “All of the students in the project are English language learners who have been here less than a year. Most are from countries experiencing conflicts, and many are from refugee camps.”

There are 37 students in the project from

10 different countries. Hecht praises her students, saying they are good citizens, eager to be educated and take what they learn back to help their countries.

“One student from Burma wrote a trib-ute poem to Aung San Suu Kyi called ‘Justice on Her Head’ and another about the tea that colonized Burma, called ‘My Grandpa’s Black Tea.’ I honestly believe if they were in charge of things, we would have a much better world,” Hecht said.

She wrote in a press release that “Project Feast and the Stories of Arrival serve to help refugees and immigrants share their strengths and their experiences, and by doing so they literally and metaphorically nourish the larger community.”

The book is designed by Brulé, published by Arundel Books and will be sold at Vashon Bookshop following its release on Thursday.

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ARTS&LEISUREVashon-Maury EARLY DEADLINE FOR ARTS NEWS: Due to the upcoming holidays, there will be an early

deadline for arts news in the Dec. 30 edition. The new deadline will be Monday, Dec. 21, at noon.

Youth theater presents magical land of OZ in new productionDuring the season of Nutcrackers and

Ebenezer Scrooges, Snow Queens and Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeers, the Wizard of Oz and the residents of Munchkin county are not typically granted much stage time. The Vashon Youth Theatre plans to break that tradition when it presents the timeless tale of “The Wizard of Oz” at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Vashon High School theater.

Director and founder Elizabeth Ripley said that the goal of Vashon Youth Theatre (VYT) is to mount one production in the summer that deals with real life themes encountered by teens today, a second show that is a fundraiser and a third production that is all about giving back to the com-munity.

“We produced ‘Carrie’ last summer because of bullying, especially cyber-bully-ing,” Ripley said. “But we also want to give a gift to the community, and the ‘Wizard of Oz’ is that.”

Based on the Royal Shakespeare Company’s stage production, VYT’s show includes a dozen preschool- and elemen-tary-aged Munchkins, the regular troupe of more experienced high school thespians and eye-catching special effects from pyro-technics to fog and bubbles, a geyser spout-ing lights to a tap dancing Tin Woodman

and Scarecrow.Cast members include Isa Sanson Freh

as Dorothy, Maria Gilmore as Glinda, Joy Gihgleri as the Wicked Witch, Isaac Hughes as the Scarecrow, Xavier Ajeto as the Tin Woodman and Luter Marinez as

the Cowardly Lion. Toby Nichols, a regu-lar member of Drama Dock, will play the Wizard, while a chihuahua mix named Killer will star as Toto.

Ripley established VYT with the intent of helping youth experience all aspects of

the business and art of the theater. With a master’s degree in psychology to aug-ment her degree in theater and arts, Ripley believes in the hands-on approach to learn-ing and the value of mentors.

“The idea is to work cross-generationally. We use professionals to do the lights (for example) and to mentor the kids,” Ripley said. “It’s a community education program that uses theater.”

Her daughter Lillian fills several roles in the organization as board member, cos-tume and scenic designer, property fabrica-tor and graphic artist. She works with the students, helping them take responsibility for the show, Ripely said, including sewing every button and bit of glitter on their own costumes.

For Ripley, the arts are a critical ingredi-ent for a healthy community and vibrant world.

“What are we as a people,” she said, “if we don’t foster art in our children and help those who grew up without art to discover art. As a community, we need to support this. We soon will have two awesome the-aters. Our goal is to foster the arts, and the kids are having a blast.”

Tickets are $10 for general admission, $5 for youth and seniors and are available at Vashon Bookshop. Tickets will be $15 for general admission and $5 for youth and seniors at the door.

Musicians sing to help food bankVashon Events will help foster a holiday

mood of giving with the third annual “Will Sing For Food” benefit for the Vashon-Maury Community Food Bank at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Red Bike.

Like last year’s event, local musicians will gather to perform holiday carols for tips in support of the food bank.

“The performers include people who don’t always get out and sing in public, so it should be super fun and festive,” Vashon Events co-founder Pete Welch said. “It will be fun, festive and for a great cause.”

For a list of musicians and the songs they will sing, visit vashonevents.com.

Donations will be accepted in lieu of a cover charge. The show is open to all ages until 11 p.m., then 21 and older only.

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Catherine Willard and Michael Whitmore sing to help others at the Red Bike.

Seattle trio jazz up holiday concertThe Seattle-based Jose Gonzales Trio

will perform a holiday jazz classic with its signature rendition of “A Charlie Brown Christmas” concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Blue Heron.

The Gonzales trio will perform Vince Guaraldi’s entire score, including favor-ites such as “My Little Drum” and “O Tannenbaum” and songs like “Christmas Time Is Here” and “Linus and Lucy,” which are now holiday jazz standards.

Tickets are $16 for members and stu-dents, $18 for seniors and $20 for general admission. Tickets are available at vasho-nalliedarts.org and the Blue Heron.

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’Tis the season when hol-iday wreaths decorate the doors of many island hous-es. But for some, there are no doors to make festive, let alone a home to welcome friends and relatives.

When 6-year-old Mirabelle Anderson told her mother Julia that a school friend was sleeping on friends’ couches because her mother lost her job and couldn’t pay the rent, the Anderson team took action.

The mother-daughter duo decided to raise both funds and awareness about affordable housing on Vashon by creating unique wreaths out of empty spray paint cans — turning trash into treasure — and donat-ing 20 percent of the sales to Vashon HouseHold.

Julia, who calls herself a natural tinkerer, began collecting the used cans several years ago when she lived in Olympia. She said graffiti artists left behind their spent cans, inspiring her to reclaim the refuse.

“I decided to give the unsightly a second life,” she said. “Now I go to Olympia to collect cans from beauti-ful outside places that oth-erwise would be trashed.”

In her studio shed behind the Sugar Shack, Julia cuts the cans open to cre-ate ornate flowers, which she fastens into wreaths. Mirabelle is in charge of color and choosing the

beads that Julia then wires onto the refashioned cans.

The idea to raise money for those in need is not new for the Andersons. Last year, Mirabelle raised $1,400 through a quilting project for the homeless in Portland. This year, help-ing the displaced took on a personal poignancy.

“Mirabelle was really concerned for her friend,” Julia said, “so we sought out Vashon HouseHold as the nonprofit we wanted to support as a family.”

She added that growing up on the island and now raising her family here is a huge part of her motiva-tion to do something for the community.

The wreaths are available

at Urban Bloom and at a pop-up sale from 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday at the Sugar Shack. Donations to support the project can be made at the fundraising site gofundme.com/vashon-homes4all.

Julia plans to continue making her spray can art, taking commissions and creating new pieces for the garden after the holidays. She and Mirabelle say they are committed to continue donating 20 percent of all future proceeds to Vashon HouseHold.

“Every kid deserves a safe and cozy bed to sleep in, Mom,” Mirabelle said to her mother. “In a place like this, everyone should be able to take care of each other.”

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Lia Bardeen, a chef with over 15 years’ experience working in world-class restaurants in New York City and around the globe, is bringing her culinary and business skills to Vashon as she plans to open a restaurant on the north edge of town.

Bardeen, who spent half of her childhood on the island with her father and step mother, Tom and Jo Ann, is literally turning Old Dreams into new ones as she works to con-vert the little green house and for-mer consignment shop on Vashon Highway, next door to the Chamber of Commerce.

“The island has always been a big part of my life,” she said. “And I really wanted to be back in the Pacific Northwest.”

Bardeen’s road to executive chef began as she worked in restaurants in New York City to put herself through school — ironically, not culinary school for the literature major.

“There’s a tradition in the field of learning on the job,” she explained.

And learn she did. After just two years at the well-

known, Michelin-starred River Café, Bardeen was hired as a sous chef at Jean-Georges, one of New York’s most famous and critically acclaimed restaurants. Eventually she became its

executive sous chef, before venturing off for a stint on season three of Bravo TV’s Top Chef.

Ultimately, Bardeen landed back at Jean-Georges as part of its corporate team, where she was responsible for opening various restaurants in loca-tions all over the world, including China, France, Japan, Dubai and the Bahamas.

Weary of traveling and newly mar-ried, Bardeen and her husband spent two years in Mexico before deciding it was time to come back to her beloved Pacific Northwest.

“It just seemed like the right time to come back to Vashon,” she said.

She spent time looking at potential restaurant spaces on the island with her father before settling on the small house that had also been a wine shop in one of its former lives.

“It’s such a great location. I love the

trees,” she explained. “And it just feels like a good space ... it’s homey.”

Bardeen is also excited about the possibility of planting a garden for the restaurant’s use on the property’s three-fourths of an acre.

She made the decision to buy the house in June and has been working with the department of health and the county for all of the necessary per-mits. As of press time, Bardeen was waiting only on the building permit from the county to allow renovations to the inside of the house.

“The outside cosmetic work is mostly done. We’re roughed-in for plumbing, and the drainage review is complete,” she said.

If the county comes through with the building permit as anticipated, the hope is to have the restaurant open by Valentine’s Day.

“I don’t have the name yet,” Bardeen noted. “That is turning out to be the most challenging part.”

She describes the style of food the restaurant will serve as “modern American,” likely influenced by her experiences at a variety of restaurants in New York and other parts of the world.

“My hope is that it will be a place where people will be driving home from work and just pull in to have a glass of wine and a bowl of pasta,” she said, “but also where they will come for special occasions and enjoy themselves.”

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It was an interesting week that had an odd feeling to it for the Pirate wrestling squad.

On Thursday, Dec. 10, the team had a highly anticipated matchup with Montesano in the home gym. It was a decisive 66-6 win for the Pirates, but it was a hollow victory that came with an asterisk. The Bulldogs showed up with only nine wres-tlers, all but three of them their

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The girls’ basketball team final-ly notched a win last week against the Klahowya Eagles during a home game on Wednesday, Dec. 9.

It was a much-needed victo-ry after making the long trip to Port Angeles the night before and enduring a fourth loss to start the season. The girls seemed a little fatigued to begin the game against the Eagles, no doubt from the long day before, but were able to tie the score at seven points apiece toward the end the first quarter. However, the Pirates were finally able to get things flowing during the second quarter, combining several steals and solid rebounds to put together numerous nice scoring runs. The girls out-scored the Eagles 18-3 to take a 25-10 lead into the locker room at halftime.

The Pirates continued to out-play their opponents during the third quarter, combining many fast break points with some timely 3-pointers from Siena Jannetty, and took a 45-14 lead into the final period. During the fourth quarter, coach Rob Kearns was able to get some playing time for the younger girls, and the two teams basically traded baskets for a final score of 55-25.

“It felt so nice to finally get a win”, said senior Annika Hille after the game.

Jannetty led the scoring for Vashon with 21 points; Hille had 15; Eva Anderson scored eight, and Chloe Kuyper added six. Hille led the rebounding effort with 10; Kate Atwell, Maren Fremstad and Kluyper each grabbed four, with Anderson and Olivia Larson each pulling down three.

On Saturday, Dec. 12, the team

traveled north to Bellingham to play the Meridian Trojans of the Northwest 1A/2A league. Despite being a 1A school, the Trojans were perhaps the best team the girls have played thus far in the early season, and they prevailed over the Pirates by a score of 55-22.

The Pirates play a home contest tomorrow night against Northwest

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on Saturday for a 6 p.m. game, and then have another home game against Coupeville at 4:15 pm on Tuesday, Dec 22.

— Joel Hille is the father of a Pirate basketball player.

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The boys’ basketball team has begun the season strong and currently has a 5-0 record.

Part of the success this year comes from the number of sea-soned players who returned, coach Andy Sears said.

“We have six seniors back. Their experience has paid off. They work hard and are confident in what we do. They are all talented, and they share the ball extremely well. It has been a fun way to start the year.”

The Pirates have played only non-league teams so far, defeat-ing Granite Falls, Sultan Senior High School, Klahowya and Tahoma, which was the toughest opponent so far, Sears added.

That game, played last Saturday, was close and ended in the Pirates’s favor, 48-43.

Sears noted that Tahoma had some big players who guarded well, but the Pirates overcame that challenge.

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Sears added that Sam Yates is the leading scorer this year, but the players work as a team.

“We have a whole bunch of guys that can really score and share the ball,” he said.

John Yates, the father of Sam Yates, is one of the announcers for the games for Voice of Vashon. He noted that the seniors have played together for the last eight years and that experience shows on the court.

“They have a real comfort in sharing the ball with one another,” he said. “There is no hesitation to distribute the ball to one another.”

John Yates also noted that Sears plays a large number of play-ers, not just a select few.

“He plays 10 deep on his bench,” Yates said. “That gets rest for the starters and helps you go longer into the season. He has confidence in all of them, and they have trust in one another.”

Seniors this year are Sam Yates, Sean Delargy, Edgar Polkat, Josh Tillman, Sam Schoenburg and Alex Symbol-Godfrey

In addition to being undefeated so far this season, the team has an excellent record, John Yates noted, with the previous two seasons totalling 43 wins and eight losses.

The team has a game Tuesday after press time at Seattle Academy and a home game against Northwest Yeshiva High School at 7 p.m. Thursday. Its first league game will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, against Bellevue Christian.

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third round. He turned the tables and recorded the win with a pin with 19 seconds to go. In junior varsity action, Payton Bonaventura and Alyx Arteaga both won.

Friday, Dec. 11 found the team at Decatur High School in Federal Way facing off in double-dual action against the 4A Bethel Braves and the 3A powerhouse Decatur Gators. Again, there was excellent, good, bad and ugly. The Pirates left the gym with two sets of loose teeth, a re-injured ankle, a dislocated elbow and a ride in an aid car.

In the excellent category, Luke Larson, Bryce Hoisington and Logan Nelson all turned in two stellar matches against very tough competition. Excellent, before turning to ugly, were brilliant first matches for Adrian St. Germain and Chase Wickman before injuries sidelined both of them for the second round.

Posting varsity wins for the Pirates against Bethel were Bonaventura, Luke Larson, Wickman, Williams, St. Germain, Hoisington and Nelson. On the JV side, the lone winners were Ben Angelacos and Cori Williams. The somewhat diminished squad took on Decatur, and emerging victorious were Larson, Shane Williams, Hoisington and Nelson. On the JV side Arthur Moore was the lone winner.

Match of the night goes to Shane Williams, who took his Decatur opponent the full six minutes and came away with an impressive 9-7 win.

With their schedule not getting any easier, the Pirates head to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho on Thursday for the annual Tri-State competition. The two-day tournament features the best high school wrestlers from the Pacific Northwest.

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annoys me like crazy, he makes weird faces, he tries to bite me, he tries to lick me too, and if you have a little brother, I’ve got empathy for you.”

Hailed as a much-beloved program, Poetry on Buses began in 1992. Last year, the scope and reach of the 23-year-old project broadened with an online poetry portal, dedicated exposure on four RapidRide lines in addition to city-wide buses and bus stops, and com-munity poetry workshops focused on building commu-nity within and across multilingual cultures. Benzikry-Stern spearheaded the ambitious reboot.

“We made a number of changes to the program, most of which are a ref lection of time,” Benzikry-Stern said. “In previous years, we had 52 poems. Now, with a digital presence, we have 365 poems, and we recorded a poet of the week. We also had poets writing in English, Russian, Somali, Spanish and Vietnamese.”

Benzikry-Stern’s team hired poetry planner Roberto Ascalon to pick a topic and develop poetry workshops with a community liaison who often taught traditional forms of writing poetry. Ascalon chose “Writing Home” as the theme, which Benzikry-Stern said was spot on.

“Robbie nailed the theme,” she said. “Home of pres-ent and past, imagery through words that fostered open conversation. Poetry can do that, and exploring it with other people builds community. Poetry can be an accessible art form.”

To select the final poems, an esteemed panel of seven poets culled through the hundreds of submissions, selecting what would fill the bus placards and website.

Vashon writer and poet Zuckerman was a featured poet of the week in October. He writes a weekly column for the Olympia-based non-governmental organization Climate Solutions, and said he first read the ad for the project while riding a bus. Though he never found his

poem on a bus, he did say he saw it “at the bus stop for the C Line RapidRide at the Fauntleroy ferry dock, where it hung for the better part of a year.”

His poem “Enclosures Not Permitted” describes a yearning for his family home in California:

“Sun blazing, muggy air babbling with unfamiliar tongues. In the house, cool and dark, I scribble to my grown sister. Lucky one. She got to stay in California. I’ll fold the blue sheet into an envelope wishing I could wrap myself inside it and mail myself back home.”

In July, fellow island poet Hecht became a poet of the week, read-ing her poem “Across Borders.” She wrote:

“I braid my grandmother’s old world recipes into each new day, join others who dream of beloved hands slapping tortillas, mixing injera dough, knowing scents and f lavors travel with us across borders — pickled her-ring, chili peppered stews, samosa, pita, challah — our hearts full with pungent spices of home.”

Hecht teaches Stories of Arrival: Youth Voices Poetry Project at Foster High School in Tukwila, one of the most linguistically diverse high schools in the nation. She also submitted eight poems by her refugee and immigrant students, who wrote about homes they left behind in war-torn countries. Some of her students, who received a stipend for their poems, read on the stage at the Moore Theatre at the 2014 opening night.

“There were three students, including a boy in a wheelchair from Nepal,” Hecht said. “They went from refugee to main stage. It was the best day of my life, and they were thrilled. (Imagine) come to America and get paid for a poem.”

For Higgins Leach, the quality of home is expressed in the simple breathing of her loved ones nearby. In “Why I Am Complete,” she writes: “In this cove-tucked cabin I call home, I begin the last third of my life. My young adult daughters breathe steadily in the next room. The man it took me a lifetime to find does the

same beside me. All this breathing — in and out — here, with mine.”

Higgins Leach, who recently published her book of poems, “Another Autumn,” said she was honored to be

part of a project that brought poems to the local community in such an innovative way. She also attended opening night at the Moore, calling the evening phenomenal.

“The theater was full,” she said. “They had students perform spoken word poetry, and individual poets from all backgrounds and of all ages read. It was fantastic to have that much energy around for poetry.”

Carlos remembers a different feel-ing from that evening.

“It was terrifying,” he said. “I thought I was never going to write again, but I wrote the next day.”

He still writes today, and said his poems usually come from his experiences. What happens becomes a poem, he said, based on thoughts, events, ideas, possible things, adding that he has a lot of ideas. He is currently writing a book of poems, but his passion now centers on geology.

“My first poem was the one I submitted to Poetry on the Bus,” he said. “It was the only one I could submit because all of my other poems were about feelings, nature or specifically geology and didn’t fit the topic.”

When Poetry on Buses launches its 2016 campaign during National Poetry month in April, Carlos may or may not submit another poem, saying he might want to stop at some point. As for “Oh Brother,” he said he doesn’t like the poem now because it is about his brother being annoying, and he loves him.

“He is older now,” Adams-Tres said, “and not as annoying as he used to be. I can’t even remember the last time he bit me … wait, no. He did just bite my hair recently. But anyway, he is great now. Well, okay, a little annoying but I love him. He is my brother.”

To read all 365 poems archived on 4Culture’s “Poetry on Buses” website, including all of the ones mentioned in this story, visit poetryonbuses.org.

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City.McConnell branched out in 2004, opening Via Tribunali

pizzeria in an old auto shop on East Pike Street, which spe-cializes in Southern Italian Neapolitan pizza. McConnell has since opened three more of the pizzerias in Seattle.

Regardless of the successes of both of his businesses, McConnell told The Beachcomber last week that he has “no set plans” for the historic building and is not planning on bringing either of his businesses to Vashon.

“With certainty, we are not opening a Caffe Vita or Via Tribunali,” McConnell said. “We feel fortunate to merely look after it for the next generation.”

The building currently houses Francisco’s Barbershop and the antique store Treasure Island. Barbershop owner Francisco Marinez said last week that he had not heard anything besides the fact that the building had sold. Treasure Island owner Marci Christopher could not be reached for comment.

The 131-year-old building is Vashon’s most historic commercial building. Sitting at the intersection of Vashon

Highway and Cemetery Road, it was put up for sale in late 2013, months after the structure was deemed a histori-cal landmark by King County’s Landmarks Commission.

Roy McMakin and Mike Jacobs, the build-ing’s former owners, took it upon themselves to ensure the building got the historical rec-ognition it deserved. They nominated it for landmark status in March 2013.

“I wanted to preserve the historical nature of the building,” McMakin said last week. “The entire interior and the black walnut trees on the property are historically regis-tered. We got the strongest historical pres-ervation because we felt since we were lucky enough to own it, we had the responsibility to do everything we could to preserve it.”

With the historical preservation done, he said that he and Jacobs decided to sell it because their plans to stay on the island changed, and the new Vashon Allied Arts (VAA) performing arts center was set to go across the street. McMakin said that he was “never very happy” with the new center and felt it ruined the intersection’s historical value.

“That intersection was supposed to be historically pro-tected,” McMakin said. “It’s the only existing 19th-century

intersection in the county.VAA was not doing right by that intersection. That was part of (the reason we decided to

sell).”McMakin said that after the space was

put up for sale, there were “a number of people” looking at it and its $750,000 price tag. He said McConnell and his wife loved the building and had no problem with the necessary preservation standards.

Real estate records show McConnell and his wife, Elizabeth Weber-McConnell, bought a $1.5 million home on Glen Acres Road in August, one month before buying the historic building. McMakin said that the McConnells are planning “to kind of live part-time on Vashon,” and that he is happy

with the sale.“We priced it high because it’s such a special thing, and

the people who bought it needed to be able to take care of it. It’s a fine antique,” McMakin said.

The McConnells are the fifth owners in the building’s long history.

When asked what brought him to Vashon, McConnell said simply, “Vashon makes me happy.”

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“With certainty, we are not opening a Caffe Vita or Via Tribunali. We feel fortunate to merely look after it for the next generation.”

Michael McConnell, Caffe Vita, Via Tribunali and

new Fuller Store owner.

story was “certainly a high” point of 2015.“It wasn’t necessarily the rescue, but

the kind of recognition that story brought to animal rescue groups is incredible,” Fletcher said. “These organizations do extraordinary stuff all the time.”

VIPP celebrated its annual Fur Ball in November and raised more than $100,000. Fletcher said that he is always amazed by the support that nonprofits on the island get from the community.

In 2016, Fletcher said the organiza-tion’s main goal is “to do a lot less animal rescue” by emphasizing the importance of micro-chipping pets. He said he will be expanding the micro-chipping effort next year along with the organization’s spaying and neutering services.

A story that did not make international headlines, but made big waves on the island, was the beginning of construction on Vashon Allied Arts’ (VAA) perform-ing arts center. VAA broke ground on the center in April with the goal of creating a place for all arts, from dance performanc-es to art displays and musical concerts.

“Breaking ground was wonderful, obvi-ously, but it’s also been the biggest chal-lange to just deal with all the construc-tion and parking issues and keep things going,” VAA Director Molly Reed said.

Besides the beginning of the long-awaited, massive construction project,

Reed said that 2015 also brought what is believed to be a record crowd to the annual “Nutcracker” ballet.

“More than 1,000 people bought tick-ets,” Reed said. “We’re all here trying to think, and we think it’s the biggest ever.”

The organization’s “Like a Bridge” musi-cal tribute to Simon and Garfunkle in November, and “I am Vashon” music project in early-2015 also went beyond Reed’s expectations, she said.

“They were all ter-rific,” Reed said.

She said 2016 is “going to be a great year” as the center is expected to open in April. The year also marks VAA’s 50th anniversary.

“To have both the center opening and the anniversary at the same time is an incredible coincidence,” VAA Director Molly Reed said. “We’re planning celebra-tions for both of those things.”

Meanwhile, at the Vashon Island Growers’ Association, the organization’s big news this year was that it was awarded a $24,600 federal grant to start studying the possibility of an island food hub. The hub would create a place for local farm-ers to aggregate and sell their produce wholesale.

VIGA Co-Chair Emily Scott said that the food hub feasibility project will “get

started in earnest” in 2016.“Hopefully by three-quarters through

next year, we’ll be seeing exciting results,” Scott said this week. “Regardless of whether or not study says it’s feasible,

the information we get from it will be really useful. It will tell us a lot about the state of farming on the island.”

Scott continued to say that 2015 was “a year of big growth” that also came with a new mis-sion statement that the organization was work-ing on embodying, and a project to renovate the Village Green.

She said that VIGA has gathered feedback

from residents on the Village Green project and will go forward with it next year.

“Aside from defined projects, we’re going to try to extend membership and the revenue sources we have control over,” Scott said. “We’re going to work really hard at building revenue sources.”

At the Vashon-Maury Island Community Food Bank, Executive

Director Robbie Rohr said that 2015 brought enhancements to the food bank, including measures for better customer service and nearly 1,500 pounds of pro-duce from the organization’s garden. The food bank has a 2-acre plot of land behind the IGA shopping center that it is leasing for a farm. The amount should be even larger next year.

“We had 1,400 pounds of fresh pro-duce from our garden this year, and it should be close to 5,000 next year,” Rohr said. “We’re definitely looking forward to that.”

Also in 2016, the food bank will con-tinue to focus on offering a variety of healthy foods and specialty foods for those with diabetes or on special diets. The Picnics In The Park kids’ summer meals program will also continue for children ages 3 to 17 and will be offered five days a week in the summer months.

Despite all the organization’s plans for 2016, Rohr said she is most looking forward to working together with other nonprofits.

“I think after that ‘Who’s Hungry on Vashon’ forum, I’m really looking for-ward to more collaboration with other nonprofits and looking at how to solve problems differently,” Rohr said.

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Scott Daniel Bokland

passed away peacefully at his

home on November 23, 2015,

at the age of 65. A second

generation Islander, he was

born to Stanley Eugene Bok-

land and Marjorie Darlene

Bokland on 12/28/1949. Af-

ter graduating from Vashon

High he served 5 years in the

Navy, 3 of which were aboard

the USS Leahy and USS

Worden in Yokosuka, Japan.

Whenever possible, he would

explore the foreign island by bicycle, which he carried on board

with him.

Scott’s life never strayed far from the beachside residence where

he grew up on Colvos Passage. His observation of the sea and native

wildlife was keen and profound. His mother once said “I don’t know

why I sent him to school - everything important he learned was from

the beach.” The natural world was his oyster - he fished and explored

Puget Sound in his numerous, often hand-made, boats. For many

years, he also fished in Alaska. A third generation carpenter, he in-

sisted on perfection in whatever he undertook. He was known as one

who could build or fix anything. His skills made him a sought after

crewman on a fishing vessel or tradesman on a building project.

Scott was original and authentic. This meant that people were

drawn to him like a magnet. He lived life on his own terms. He took

great pride in his tugboat, Parthia, always a favorite at the Olympia

Harbor Days. He is survived by his twin sister, Kyle C. Fleischbien,

and his son, Simon J. Miles.

A memorial celebration will be held at The Sportsman’s Club on

January 9th, 1pm - 6pm. Potluck, with a variety of beverages offered.

Scott Daniel Bokland

Robert Allan (Bob) BeallBorn March 15, 1920, Vashon Island, Washington; Died November 12, 2015,

Milwaukie, Oregon Robert Allan (Bob) Beall was born March 15, 1920 on Vashon Island,

Washington, the youngest son of Magruder and Grace (Gorsuch) Beall. His parents were partners in the Beall Greenhouses, a lifelong influence on Bob’s love of plants and gardening. Although his dad died when Bob was only three, Bob played with his older brothers, Ken and Fielder, and enjoyed the many relatives living nearby. Bob went on to graduate in physics from the University of Wash-ington in 1941.

In 1942 Bob married Junanne ( Judy) Sexsmith of Seattle. They made their first home in a tiny beach cottage that had no electricity, and water had to be carried from a spring. Their mutual faith, commitment to social justice and tolerance, and love for music and the ocean carried them through 68 years of marriage. They raised three children, Jane Margaret (deceased,) Magruder Clare and Robert Alexander, who grew up to be talented musicians and committed humanitarians in life and work. Throughout their marriage, Bob and Judy always loved the beach, and moved to Lincoln City, Oregon, full time after retirement.

Bob served in the US Navy during World War II, and later worked for the Fed-eral Bureau of Mines in Albany, Oregon, for 30 years. At the Bureau of Mines, Bob conducted research melting rare metals to use in sheathing atomic-powered submarines. He was honored at a Presidential dinner in Washington D. C. for his work. He also was the author or co-author of fifty articles related to the ongoing research, which can be googled under Robert A. Beall, rare metals. Bob’s work led to travel, consulting in the United States, England, Sweden, Russia, Argentina and Brazil.

In retirement, Bob made beautiful wood furniture as well as exquisite jewelry, which have become family heirlooms. He sang in the church choir, and kept the organ in good repair. The home Bob and Judy shared was filled with music and activity. Their doors and their hearts and minds were open to family, friends and humanity. In his final years, Bob received gentle, loving care at Royalton Place in Milwaukie. Ever the scientist, Bob donated his body to medical research.

Bob is survived by his sons Magruder Clare (Manjeet) Beall of Santa Rosa, CA, and Robert Alexander (Nan Lewis) Beall of Portland, Oregon, and his for-mer son-in-law Edward (Dawn) Marges of Salem. Bob’s grandchildren include Corinna Raznikov, Andrew and Annie Marges, Christa Kaainoa, Laura and Lisa Meyer, Josh and Scott Pfenning, Payal and Gagan Singh, as well as great-grandchildren Josephine, Jude, Lee Alex, Robin, Austin, Kaeli, Amare, Bodhi, Taylor and Hayden.

An informal memorial gathering will be held at a later time.

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“I think after that ‘Who’s Hungry on Vashon’ forum, I’m really looking forward to more collaboration with other nonprofits and looking at how to solve problems differently.”

Robbie RohrFood Bank Director

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COUNTY OF KINGESTATE OFALFRED T. OLSON,Deceased.NO. 15-4-06788-2 SEAPROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS(RCW 11.40.030)The personal represen- tative named below has been appointed as per- sonal representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, be- fore the time the claim would be barred by any o therw ise app l i cable statute of l imi tat ions, present the claim in the manner as provided by RCW 11.40.070 by serv- ing on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal repre- sentative’s attorney at the address stated be- low a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate pro- ceed ings were com- menced . The c l a im must be presented with- in the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided un- d e r R C W 1 1 . 4 0 . 0 2 0 (1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of f i rst publication of the notice. If the claim is not pre- sented within this time frame, the claim is forev- er barred, except as oth- erwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is ef- fec t i ve as t o c l a ims against both the dece- dent’s probate and non- probate assets.Date of Filing Notice to Creditors: December 1, 2015Date of First Publication: December 16, 2015Date of Appointment of Personal Representa- tive: December 1, 2015/s/Cynthia Y. WallaceCYNTHIA Y. WALLACE Personal RepresentativeAddress for Mailing or Service:SMITH AND KOCH

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17225 Vashon Hwy. SW P.O. Box OVashon, WA 98070Tel: 206-463-9491/s/Margaret L. KochMargaret L. Koch, WSBA #8470Morgan Canterbury, WSBA #48000Attorneys for Personal RepresentativePublished in the Vash- on-Maury Island Beach- comber on December 16, 23, 30, 2015. (VIB672863)

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON

COUNTY OF KINGESTATE OFRALPH W. ElSTER,Deceased.NO. 15-4-06605-3 SEAPROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS(RCW 11.40.030)The personal represen- tative named below has been appointed as per- sonal representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, be- fore the time the claim would be barred by any o therw ise app l i cable statute of l imi tat ions, present the claim in the manner as provided by RCW 11.40.070 by serv- ing on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal repre- sentative’s attorney at the address stated be- low a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate pro- ceed ings were com- menced . The c l a im must be presented with- in the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided un- d e r R C W 1 1 . 4 0 . 0 2 0 (1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of f i rst publication of the notice. If the claim is not pre- sented within this time frame, the claim is forev- er barred, except as oth- erwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is ef- fec t i ve as t o c l a ims against both the dece- dent’s probate and non- probate assets.Date of Filing Notice to Creditors: 11-19-2015Date of First Publication: December 9, 2015Date of Appointment of Personal Representa- tive: 11-19-2015/s/Larry Allan EisterLARRY ALLAN EISTER Personal RepresentativeAddress for Mailing or Service:SMITH AND KOCH17225 Vashon Hwy. SW P.O. Box OVashon, WA 98070Tel: 206-463-9491/s/Margaret L. KochMargaret L. Koch, WSBA #8470Morgan Canterbury, WSBA #48000Attorneys for Personal RepresentativePublished in the Vash- on-Maury Island Beach- comber on December 9, 16, 23, 2015. (VIB671367)

THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE

OF WASHINGTONIN AND FOR THE

COUNTY OF PIERCEThe Estate of:JOSEPHINE STROM HILL,Cause No.: 15-4-01990-5NOTICE TO CREDITORS(RCW 11.40.030)Deceased.The Co-Personal Repre- sentatives named below have been appointed as Co- Personal Represen- tatives of this estate.

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Any person hav ing a claim against the dece- dent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limi- t a t i o n s , p r e s e n t t h e claim in the manner as p r o v i d e d i n R C W 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Co-Per- sonal Representatives or the Co-Personal Repre- sentatives’ attorney at the address stated be- low a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate pro- ceed ings were com- menced.The claim must be pre- sented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the Co-Personal Repre- senta t ives ser ved or mailed the Notice to the creditors as provided un- d e r R C W 1 1 . 4 0 . 0 2 0 (1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of f i rst publication of the Notice. If the claim is not pre- sented within this time frame, the claim is forev- er barred, except as oth- erwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is ef- fec t i ve as t o c l a ims against both the dece- dent’s probate and non- probate assets. CO-PERSONAL REP- RESENTATIVES:Mary Jo Strom-Copland and Thomas Michae l StromATTORNEYS FOR CO- PERSONAL REPRE- SENTATIVES:A. Colby Parks, Attorney at Law, P. S.1008 Yakima Avenue, Suite 100Tacoma, WA 98405ADDRESS FOR MAIL- ING OR SERVICEA. Colby Parks, Attorney at Law, P. S.1008 Yakima Avenue, Suite 100Tacoma, WA 98405COURT OF PROBATE PROCEEDINGS AND CAUSE NUMBER:The Superior Cour t of the State of Washington in and for the County of Pierce, Cause Number: 15-4-01990-5 Date of Filing Notice to Creditors with the Clerk of the Court: November 24, 2015Date of First Publication: December 2, 2015 Presented by:A. Colby Parks, Attorney at Law, P.S.By:/s/Jeffrey G. Nielsen Jeffrey G. Nielsen, WSBA No. 46526 of Attorneys for Personal RepresentativePublished in the Vash- on-Maury Island Beach- comber on December 2, 9, 16, 2015.(VIB670728)

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