vashon-maury island beachcomber, july 23, 2014

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COMMUNITY | K2 enters state clean-up program. [4]SPORTS | Hundreds ‘do the Burby’ on Saturday. [18NEWS | Island bookkeeper charged with stealing. [4]

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FOREST THINNEDLogging project will

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Islanders disagree on best approach to pesticides and beesBy SUSAN RIEMERStaff Writer

Customers who walk into Kathy’s Corner and look up in the boughs of the sprawling willow tree there will see a thriving bee hive strapped to a branch high off the ground.

“I love bees,” store owner Kathy Wheaton said recently, pointing the hive out to a guest. “I have been a beekeeper for many years.”

Wheaton, who has owned Kathy’s Corner since 1971, has recently found herself at odds with some island-ers who believe that for the health of bees and other pollinators, a class of pesti-cides called neonicotinoids — or neonics — should be removed from local store shelves. But Wheaton, who said she has put in more than 150 hours in the last six months studying the issue from all sides, is not so sure.

“I care about Vashon, and

I care about the earth,” she said. “But I am not ready to pull neonicotinoids.”

The issue of neonicoti-noids and their effect on bees has been in the news recently on Vashon and far beyond its shores. Earlier this month the Natural Resources Defense Council filed a petition against the Environmental Protection Agency, asking it to with-draw its approval of neon-ics because of their harmful effect on bees.

Closer to home, Eugene, Oregon, and Spokane have banned the chemi-cals on public property, and this week the Seattle news agency Grist reported that a National Wildlife Refuge System official in the Northwest has asked his staff to investigate where neonics are being used in the refuges they manage and stop to their use.

Aware of the case against neonics, Wheaton made her

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STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL: VASHON’S BIG WEEKENDA cacophonous parade full of costumes, music, dancing and kids rolled down Vashon Highway Saturday morning, signaling the start of Strawberry Festival weekend on Vashon. The allure of not only a parade, but live music, festival food, shopping at booths and fun for kids again drew thousands to the island, tying up ferries and crowding town.If the number of porta potties used is a measure of the weekend’s success, which festival organizers say it is, then this year’s event was again a hit. Festival attendance was strong, even on Sunday, when sunny skies gave way to clouds and sprinkles. Sue Stinson, event manager for the Chamber of Commerce, said she was surprised by how many visitors and vendors told her this year that the festival had brought them to Vashon for the first time. “That’s part of what festival is about,” she said, “getting people interested in Vashon.” Pictured above, boys from the Bouska family rode in their family’s antique fire truck in the parade. For more photos of the parade and the festival, see pages 14 and 15.

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Bruce and Madeline Morser work on a mural on the side of the McFeeds building.

Nearing construction, VAA works to keep momentum on arts center projectWith fundraising and permitting wrapping up, board votes to break ground in OctoberBy NATALIE MARTINStaff Writer

On a warm July afternoon, Bruce Morser stood on Vashon Highway drawing. While Morser, a professional artist, has done work for such clients as Starbucks, Rolex and National Geographic, that day he and his daughter were drawing with Sharpie markers on the side of an old building.

In the last few weeks, the father-daughter duo

has traced a sprawling mural that includes an orchestra, actors performing Shakespeare and dancers in “The Nutcracker” on the side of the old McFeed’s building. The mural, which that day frequently drew honks and shouts from the busy intersection at Center, is part of an effort by Vashon Allied Arts (VAA) to maintain momen-tum for its Vashon Center for the Arts project. A puzzle showing the new center by Will Forrester has been forming at the top of the mural as well, and in May, Steffon Moody painted two large birds on the other side of the building.

“That drew a lot of attention,” said Molly Reed,

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By NATALIE MARTINStaff Writer

A former employee of The Country Store and Farm has been charged with theft for allegedly embezzling more than $30,000 from the business over two years.

Donna Marie Knowles, 64, was charged with 24 counts of theft in King County Superior Court on July 14. According to court documents, the alleged thefts occurred between January 2011 and December 2012, when Knowles was an employee and bookkeeper at The Country Store.

Knowles allegedly issued herself checks totaling more than $33,000 from The Country Store’s busi-ness account and the per-sonal account of Vy Biel, the store’s owner.

The thefts were discov-ered after Vy Biel’s son Mike began managing the store due to Vy’s declining health, according to charg-ing papers. Mike hired an accounting firm to review the store’s books, and the discrepancies were found.

The financial audit also uncovered charges on the business’s credit card total-ing nearly $6,000 that Vy did not recall making and more than $11,000 in miss-ing funds from the ship-ping portion of the busi-nesses, which has a sepa-rate account. It is not clear whether charges resulted from those missing funds.

According to charging papers, Knowles admit-ted to some of the thefts and denied others when interviewed by Detective Debby Schmitz with the King County Sheriff ’s Office. Schmitz wrote that Knowles said she was aware of Vy Biel’s declining health. Knowles said she felt she was “owed some of the money as she was putting so much time and energy into helping Vy run the business,” Schmitz wrote. Knowles also admit-ted to having financial problems and needing the money.

According to Schmitz, Knowles also said she was sorry and has already paid $5,000 to the business’s insurance company.

Knowles, who spoke to The Beachcomber on Monday, said she had not stolen from the store or Vy Biel and denied admit-ting to the thefts. She also denied paying any money to the insurance company.

Knowles said the checks she wrote to herself were paychecks.

“I’m not guilty. That’s for sure,” she said.

Mike Biel declined to comment on the charges.

Knowles is the former owner of Island Variety, which closed several years ago. According to court documents, she also oper-ated the business Island Bookkeeping.

Her arraignment, when she will enter a plea, is sched-uled for Monday, July 28.

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Department of Ecology will issue an opinion on the siteBy NATALIE MARTINStaff Writer

K2 Sports has taken the first step in obtaining a No Further Action (NFA) determination from the state regard-ing environmental contamination at its former factory on Vashon Highway.

In late May, K2 formally entered the state Department of Ecology’s Voluntary Cleanup Program (VCP). The company is now awaiting an opinion from the state on the condition of the property, the next step in a long process that could end in the state issuing K2 an NFA letter, meaning the contamination has either been cleaned or addressed to state standards.

The move comes months after the Backbone Campaign, a local political action group, raised concern over the envi-ronmental condition of the K2 site and circulated a petition asking that K2 obtain an NFA letter from the state before selling its property. At the time of the petition, the com-pany was under contract to sell the building to a marijuana edibles company. That sale has since fallen through, but the petition garnered nearly 500 online signatures.

The Backbone Campaign announced on Facebook on July 9 that K2 had entered the VCP, calling it “another victory.”

The other victory apparently came last month when the King County Council took action to assure the K2 site obtains an NFA letter before it is put to any other use. The council added a clause to Vashon’s town plan that any properties listed as contaminated by the state Department of Ecology (DOE) must obtain an NFA letter before being granted a change of use building permit for the site. Councilmember Joe McDermott said the amendment was added in response to community concerns about the envi-ronmental conditions at K2.

The K2 site is listed as contaminated by the state due to diesel oil that leaked into the soil there from a tank that was removed in 2008. However, Bill Moyer, director of the Backbone Campaign, and other islanders have voiced

concern that there could be additional undocumented contamination at the site and have questioned whether pollution from the former ski manufacturing plant could eventually end up in the groundwater.

After starting the petition, Moyer went public with a report from the Issaquah company Farallon Consulting, which identifies what Farallon considers to be gaps in testing by the companies that did previous environmen-tal assessments there. The report says it expects the DOE would require additional environmental testing at the site before giving an NFA determination.

Dale Myers, a DOE site manager who is now handling K2, called the Farallon report “well written” but said it was too soon to comment further. He said the site and is currently under review and the state will eventually issue an opinion letter, something which normally happens within 90 days of a property owner entering the VCP. The opinion letter, which Myers called “guidelines on a path forward,” is one step in a long process that he said could eventually lead to a state-approved environmental cleanup. Since the program is vol-untary, an owner can withdraw at any time without penalty.

K2 said in February, when there was a pending purchase of the property, that it intended to seek an NFA letter from the state. In a letter to the King County Council and Executive, Anthony De Rocco, then K2’s president and CEO, called K2 “legally and morally bound to take responsibility for adverse impact on the environment, when those impacts are identified by state or federal agencies with appropriate jurisdiction.”

Donna Musa, a site hazard assessment coordinator with DOE’s toxics cleanup program, said K2 applied to enter the Voluntary Cleanup Program about three months later, on May 29.

Tim Petrick, who replaced De Rocco as K2’s president, said the company is currently waiting for further direction from DOE and still considers itself responsible for any environ-mental issues at the facility.

When asked if K2 recently entered the VCP because of the planned town plan amendment, Petrick said K2 simply wants to sell the property.

“We’ve been trying to sell it to someone since we moved off the island. … We’d like to see it go to some good use,” he said.

Moyer, with the Backbone Campaign, said he was happy that K2 entered the VCP and he hopes that the Farallon report, which he also submitted to the state, will be used in DOE’s review of the property.

He noted that even if K2 drops out of the program at some point, there will still be a review of the site and of K2’s own environmental testing, which is what the Backbone Campaign has been hoping to see. He said he is anxiously awaiting DOE’s opinion letter.

“We haven’t pushed for a process that’s unreasonable,” he said. “We’ve done basically what any home buyer or bank would do to understand ... that whatever happened there, that the community and the potential purchaser under-stand what they’re getting.”

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After more than 20 years outfitting women in downtown Vashon, Constantinople will close this summer.

“It’s been coming for a while now,” store owner Connie Slabaugh said last week. “It’s been a rough couple years.”

Slabaugh, who also owns women’s clothing stores in Burien and Tacoma, said business at those stores came back after the reces-sion, but that was not the case on Vashon.

At the first of the year, she said, she knew she would have to take action, but has been slow to put the closing signs in the window.

“I am very sad,” she added. “I really don’t want to do it.”

In addition to the ail-ing economy’s effect on her business, she said that it has been hard to hire staff on Vashon, and the months that the former dental office and the bakery sat empty only added to the problems.

“There was no foot traf-fic,” she said.

Now both those spac-es are open again, but Slabaugh has made up her mind.

“It’s a little too late,” she said.

Despite difficulty with staffing, Slabaugh was quick to praise the two women who work for her now, Merry Dahlberg and Taran Hesselschwardt.

The latter will work for full time at the Red Bike, and she expects Dahlberg will also land on her feet, she said.

“She is a sought after quantity on the island,” she added.

Looking ahead, Slabaugh said she hopes an island-friendly store will move in.

“It’s the ideal retail loca-tion,” she noted.

The store will be open through the end of July, she said, and depending on the remaining stock, may stay open into the beginning of August.

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By NATALIE MARTINStaff Writer

Last week King County Forester Bill Loeber and Dave Warren of the Vashon Forest Stewards stood at the edge of what at first glance appeared to be a large logging operation in the heart of the island.

Along the side of a hiking trail in Island Center Forest, heavy machin-ery dragged Douglas fir trees out of the woods, stripped them of their branches and heaved the massive logs into piles. Three truckloads of wood a day have left the forest, headed for mills in Tacoma and Edmonds.

The logging project, Loeber said, is actually a forest thinning that will leave Island Center Forest a healthier place.

“If there’s not any intervention, something is going to happen at some point,” Loeber said, referring to the currently over-crowded conditions at the forest, which is popular among walkers, bikers and equestrians.

The forest’s close quarters date back to when 200 acres of the 400-acre forest was an active Douglas fir plantation. Since King County pur-chased the property from the state Department of Natural Resources over a decade ago, the closely planted trees have become even more cramped and unhealthy. Disease can more eas-ily spread through them, Loeber said,

and the forest floor gets little light, meaning there are few other plants there and little habitat for animals.

Now, the county is selectively harvesting 30 to 40 percent of the trees on 40 acres of the forest, leav-ing the remaining trees with more light and more room to grow. The county will also selectively harvest 20 acres of mature and dying alder, and native trees and bushes will be planted throughout the area. The result, Loeber said, will be a forest that’s healthier, has better habitat and is more attractive.

“We’re trying to move this toward more diversity,” he said.

The thinning project began this month and is expected to continue through early August, during which time about half of the trails in Island Center Forest will be closed.

A similar Douglas fir thinning is

planned for Dockton Forest — another former fir plantation — for next month, and trails will close there as well.

While the wood from the two for-ests is not extremely valuable, Loeber said, the county will make $100,000 from selling it, funds which will go into the Department of Natural Resources and Parks’ operating fund and will be used for forestland man-agement throughout the county.

Warren, who is helping manage the project as a seasonal King County parks employee, noted that the log-ging company is able to complete the thinning without damaging hiking trails. Islanders who go there may notice the area has been logged, he said, but he believes the results will be worth it.

“There will be a lot more life in here,” he said.

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County Forester Bill Loeber explains the tree thinning operation at Island Center Forest.

County thins trees for health of popular forest

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Do you know where Tasmania is? Of course you don’t. No one does. Except maybe Tasmanians. It’s like Narnia: a fictional place maybe somewhere on our globe or maybe only in our imagination. Maybe, like me, you have a vague sense that it’s somewhere south of Australia. But is there anything south of Australia other than the South Pole? I have no idea. I wasn’t that good at geography.

But if you are old enough — which is to say already qualified for Social Security — you may recall (though if you’re that old you probably won’t) that Tasmania is known principally in the United States because of a “Looney Tunes” cartoon character called “Taz,” a Tasmanian devil. Wikipedia describes him as “a ferocious, albeit dim-witted omnivore with a notoriously short temper and little patience. He will eat anything and everything, with an appetite that seems to know no bounds. He is best known for his speech consist-ing mostly of grunts, growls and rasps, and his ability to spin like a vortex and bite through just about anything.”

This came as a great shock because this is an almost perfect description of my pal at the Burton Coffee Stand, “Bad Michael,” although, so far, he has not bitten me. I cannot speak for other cus-tomers. Maybe he has. Maybe it’s all hush-hush, for insurance pur-poses. And all this time he’s pre-

tended to be nothing more sinister than a rude ex-New Yorker.

But just last week two appar-ently genuine Tasmanians

showed up at the coffee stand. I am not making this up. They’d taken the early morning passenger ferry from Seattle and the 118 bus. They said they’d come because of a New York Times article that featured the coffee stand, but we were all imme-diately suspicious. Travel halfway around the globe for a cup of cof-fee? I mean, yes, the coffee is excel-lent and the regulars are a hilarious bunch of reprobates, but still.

They sat quietly off to the side initially, but when they finally announced themselves, we were terrified. Tasmanian devils! I have to say their disguises were terrific. They came looking exactly like a luminously lovely young woman and her preternaturally clever seven year old son. Plus, they’d obviously had some pretty fine dental work because when they smiled we saw no fangs.

The woman said her name was Heather. Such an innocent-sounding name. She was soft

spoken. I detected no grunts, growls or rasps. The kid’s name was Elliot, because, she said, he was conceived during an earlier visit to Seattle and named after the bay. I’m here to tell you, these Devils had their act down pat. The charming Heather was nice. Little Elliot was too. “Nice” is not a characteristic normally associated with Tasmanian Devils. Nor is it a characteristic normally associated with the regulars during “insult hour” every morning at the Burton Coffee Stand between 8 and 9 a.m. So naturally, suspicions rose.

Nonetheless, we continued to engage them in conversation. Did I mention she was luminously love-ly? Petite, with a pixie-like smile. Some of us older guys are prone to extending conversations with lovely women since, truth be told, that’s just about all we’re up to.

So completely taken in by these two we were that someone from the coffee stand, who shall remain unnamed, gave them a motor tour of the island before dropping them off “up town,” as we say here.

They said they’d come back soon. Maybe they were just cas-ing the place before launching a frontal assault. Maybe this was all a Tasmanian ruse.

I checked the police report this week. There were no reports of bit-ings up town.

— Will North is an island novelist. His latest novel, “Seasons’ End,” is

set in Burton.

EDITORIAL

The time K2 was almost purchased by a marijuana edibles company is fast becoming a memory for Vashon, as other cities with legal marijuana business take over news headlines. But when the topic of EdiPure and K2 does come up, either as the butt of a joke or in serious conversa-tion, memories of the divisiveness the issue brought to our island community can still feel fresh.

This month there was news of a ripple effect of that tumultuous time on Vashon. Many will remember how the Backbone Campaign and its director Bill Moyer led an effort to get the K2 site into the state’s toxics cleanup program, something the organization hoped would prove whether adequate environmental testing has been done there and create a path for addressing any pollution. Some, however, criticized the Backbone Campaign and accused Moyer of simply wanting to hinder the marijuana company, adding another layer to the K2 dispute. EdiPure has been out of the picture for months now, but K2 has just entered the state’s cleanup program, possibly because it anticipated a recent town plan amendment. It’s still a welcome turn of events for the Backbone Campaign, which months ago cir-culated a petition demanding that K2 enter the program.

Supporters of marijuana at K2, however, shouldn’t dis-miss this development. Amidst the tensions of last winter, Moyer went public with a document by an established Seattle company that claims there were in fact significant gaps in the environmental testing K2 did at its former fac-tory site. It said work is needed to understand if there is any significant pollution there. This is testing that K2 provides to potential buyers showing the property is overall in good shape. Now, experts at the state will soon weigh in on K2’s testing and say definitively what should be done, if any-thing, to satisfy state environmental standards.

It’s possible there is no other contamination at K2 out-side of some oil that’s been known about for years. It’s also possible more testing would tell a different story. Would pollution there actually threaten our groundwater, as many on Vashon have feared? It’s hard to know. But it’s worth finding out what a history of fiberglass ski production may have left behind at the site on Vashon Highway. K2 and its parent company, a corporate conglomerate named Jarden, have said they want to be responsible for any environmen-tal issues there. They clearly want to do whatever they can to sell the site, so let’s let them. Islanders should remain open to what the state says about K2 and wait to form an opinion about the company’s responsibility at the property until more is known. K2 may not have the site forever, but Vashon will.

LETTER TO THE EDITORDogs

Respect leash lawsAs a dog owner who often walks

her two rescued foster dogs in Dockton Forest, I respectfully ask other dog enthusiasts to please keep their animals on a leash while enjoying the trails.

Leash laws exist to protect equestrians, pets and the public from nuisance animals. No one wants to think of their beloved best friend as a nuisance, but unleashed dogs pose a danger to bicyclists, pedestrians, horses and leashed dogs — as well as to themselves.

Recently, my leashed, large-

breed dogs were charged by two unleashed terriers on the trail — an aggressive act that resulted in my dog defending himself and the terrier being injured. This incident was traumatic for all, and I am deeply saddened that an animal was hurt. However, I remind dog owners that the responsibility to protect your animals resides with you. The law only serves to protect the public if all abide by it.

Leash your dogs. Don’t rely on the excuse that your animal is under “voice control.” Voice con-trol means the dog responds and retreats even under distraction. Don’t think what your dog is doing when charging toward another

dog is “just saying hi.” Especially toward a leashed dog. It’s not. It’s a threat. And it’s dangerous.

And don’t blame the breed. It’s not fair. I’m tired of large dogs tak-ing the blame for small dogs with-out manners. My dogs were on a leash. From now on, I will muzzle my dog. Is that fair? He will have no defense if — or when — anoth-er dog charges and nips at him.

On Vashon we like our freedoms and we like our dogs. We also respect each other, despite our dif-ferences. We’re weird like that. But please respect the leash law — for dogs big and small. It’s only fair.

— Kim Cunningham

Let’s separate latest K2 news from its pot history

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Thanks for making our show a big success!Sharing the Stage sends big thanks to all who helped make our May 30th show with BFA a big success. Wilson and the staff at The Red Bicycle, John Sparks, Dominick Wolczko, Pamela Hotchkiss, Ben Zaglin (band idea), Sarah Zim-merman & Rosemary Hoogan & Kendall Danzer (social media boost), James Culbertson’s VHS Design class & Megan Murphy, Ken Quehrn, Vashon Events, The Beachcomber, The Loop…and our wonderful openers: Daisy Chain (Sarah Hotchkiss, Maijah Sanson-Frey, Whitney Silkett), Cameron Sonju, Nathaniel Parrott and Peter Evans.Fred Strong

Thank you to Vashon’s ChamberThe Island Heritage Association sends a big THANK YOU to the Chamber of Commerce for the support of the Museum and Festival events under the tents behind the museum! The pub-licity for Miss Lucy’s Dinner, the stage provided thanks to Dick and Linda Bianchi, the sound system thanks to Bandstand, the great music organized by Pete Welch, co-ordination of the Libation Oasis by Janet Welt on Saturday - all of it was great. The Heritage Museum is an island treasure and the Chamber is helping to put it on the map!Deb Dammann The Vashon-Maury Island Heritage Museum

Special Strawberry Festival thanksWe would like to thank all of the folks that stepped up to make this year’s parade safe and fun! Special thanks to Fran Brooks, Angela Gist, and all of the parade participant Marshals that kept their ‘cats’ herded! We are grateful to Island Security Self Storage for the use of their golf cart, without which we could not have cov-ered as much ground, and a very special thanks to Michael, and the entire Bouska Family, for sharing their great old fire engine with Grand Marshal Mike Kirk and his wife, Patti.Thank you! Rick and Deborah Brown Parade Coordinators

A picture perfect thank youA big shout out to Vashon for playing at our Photo Booth during Strawberry Festival! Thank you to photographer Josh Manwaring for snap-ping local islanders who grabbed a prop and struck a pose! Find your photo at Facebook’s Dreaming of Island Living! Fondly, Connie Sorensen Windermere RE Wall Street, Inc

Granny’s Attic awards grants to wide range of island health servicesBy SUSAN RIEMERFor The Beachcomber

Now in its second year of funding com-munity health programs, Granny’s Attic recently awarded several grants intended to address a range of health-related needs on the island.

Last month, Granny’s members voted to approve nearly $100,000 in grants to seven different island organizations and pro-grams. The largest grants included $60,000 for Vashon Youth & Family Services (VYFS) and its medical voucher program and $32,000 for Vashon Community Care (VCC). That grant will help cover the cost of caring for one of the residents paying with Medicaid and provide up to $12,000 in matching funds for the new Vashon Community Care Foundation.

Additional grants were awarded to the Interfaith Council to Prevent Homelessness for the dental van’s services, to The DoVE Project in part to support a teen workshop, and to the Franciscan Medical Group to assist with transportation costs for off-island employees. The Granny’s board also decided to double its annual scholarships for graduating seniors and will now provide four $1,000 scholarships, according to Tim Johnson, the manager at Granny’s Attic.

Susan Chun, the president of the Granny’s Attic board, said Granny’s members are pleased with the variety of services and programs they now support and are learn-ing a lot about island organizations in the process.

“We are having a great deal of satisfaction by being able to be involved with different programs,” Chun said.

At VYFS, Debbie Rieschl, who has administered the medical voucher program

since it began in 2012, said vouchers for free medical care are still much in demand, even with the Affordable Care Act in place. While more people have insurance, those with low incomes often need assistance with co-pays and medications. Additionally, going to necessary medical care off-island, such as chemotherapy treatment, can be costly, and the program also helps people with those transportation expenses.

“The grant will help with that tremen-dously,” she said.

The voucher program has also recently expanded to include eye exams. Rieschl said she made that decision for the health of the community when a woman came to her after an accident on the island, expressing concern that she felt she should be able to see better while driving. The vouchers cover the cost of the exam only, Rieschl said, and then people can search for glasses within their budget.

In 2012, when it began, the voucher pro-gram served only patients at the Vashon Health Center. In 2013 it expanded to include all health care providers on Vashon that accept insurance, and it has grown considerably, providing 80 vouchers for medical care its first year, 334 last year and 140 as of April of this year, Rieschl said.

Vashon Community Care has benefitted frequently from Granny’s grants over the years. Chun said in part that is because the center provides services that are epitome of health related. But also many Granny’s members are seniors and may have had family members there or be considering it for themselves.

“It’s personal,” she said. This granting cycle, Granny’s members

voted to give $20,000 to VCC to help offset

expenses incurred when caring for patients on Medicaid, as Medicaid does not fully reimburse for the cost of care. An addi-tional $12,000 will go toward matching the first month’s payment of anyone who signs up to donate monthly to the care center. Such donations make it easy for people to give, said Truman O’Brien, who is heading the foundation, and they provide the center with a stable stream of income throughout the year.

For DoVE, the island’s domestic violence organization, Granny’s provided nearly $5,000. Betsey Archambault, the agency’s executive director, said the grant will enable the nonprofit to continue its prevention work with island teens by hosting a work-shop this fall. The workshop is intended

to change some sobering statistics among teens: Nearly 60 percent have experienced physical dating-related violence, and more than 95 percent have experienced psycho-logical or emotional abuse.

“We’re thrilled,” Archambault said about the grant. “It feels like very important work.”

The next round of grants will be awarded in August, Chun said. Applications from non-profit organizations will be accept-ed until Aug. 1. After August, Granny’s will award grants in February. So far, the group has been awarding grants every other month. The change to twice a year will enable the members to spend less time on the granting process as well as have a better sense of just how much money the organi-zation has to spend, Chun said.

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We want to take a moment to thank our great community for another wild and suc-cessful Event! Our renting the Vashon Theatre and showing the World Cup was the sec-ond, of what will be many, opportunities for our community to come together and enjoy watching a major sporting event - and we THANK YOU ALL for making it so much fun.

We started working together teaching home buyer education classes here on Vashon (next one is this Sunday at the Library) and discovered we had some shared passions. One was our local sports scene, another was our love for our community and living life at service, and yet another piece of common ground was our interest in really big, fun parties.

But just because we like that stuff we weren’t sure that anybody else felt the same and were very unsure if it would work, if people would want to watch a game in a movie theatre – it’s very diff erent than watching at home – there is no idle chit chat during the game – it’s much more like being at the game than watching at home.

As it turns out you love it too. Everybody really pays attention to the action and the atmosphere is truly electric. When you get 350 people together that are passionate about what’s happening on the screen it really does create a unique experience.

Adding to that experience by giving back to the community was a natural progres-sion. Mike is a member of the Vashon Rotary and Aaron donates 10% of his sales commissions to charities of his customers’ choice. Making these events a benefi t to the Vashon Island Rotary Club is a perfect expression of everything we are both committed to our businesses and lives being all about.

We are truly delighted we found a way to combine all these things – large parties focused around a sporting event, contributing to something that makes a diff erence, providing a way for our community to come together and express itself – all of it are things we do anyway.

Next up is opening day of the NFL season (and the fi rst game of the Seahawks march to their second consecutive Super Bowl). And there are more after that so stay tuned and again, THANK YOU VASHON!

Super Bowl 2014World Cup 2014

Our next Home Buyer Education Class

is this Sunday, July 27th at the Library from

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ONGOING

Edra’s Picnics in the Park: The Vashon-Maury Community Food Bank hosts activities and free lunches for kids age 3 to 17 at noon every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at Ober Park.

Sound Food Test Dinners: Sound Food Restaurant will continue to host weekend test dinners through mid-August. The five-course menu is composed of dishes made with fresh, local ingredients from island and other local providers, and vegetarian options are available. Cost is $35 per person. For more information, menu specifics and to make reservations, go to sound-foodvashon.com. 7 p.m. Sunday, July 27; Saturday, Aug. 2; Sunday, Aug. 3; Saturday, Aug. 9; and Sun-day, Aug. 10, at Sound Food.

FRIDAY • 25

Senior Center Movies and Pop-corn: This month’s film offering is “New York, I Love You,” from 2008. This collection of 11 short films, each from a different director, is tied together with the theme of love, set in the boroughs of New York. The ensemble cast includes Natalie Portman, Andy Garcia, Bradley Cooper, Shia LaBeouf, Or-lando Bloom, Christina Ricci, James Caan, Ethan Hawke and Eli Wallach. 1 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center.

Club O: All ages are welcome to come and dance the night away at Club O. Featuring a wide range of music and full light show pre-sented by deejays Whitmore and MirageSix, cover is $5 per person. 8 p.m. at the Open Space for Arts & Community.

SATURDAY • 26

Farmers Market: The market re-turns this week with musical guest Annie O’Neill. The warm weather is bringing corn, squash and tomatoes to the market early this season, and summer hours remain in effect. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Village Green.

Archaeology Day : The Vashon-Maury Island Heritage Museum will offer two opportunities to learn more about Vashon’s native people. The first event is an artifact iden-tification session in the museum. Expert archaeologists will be on hand to help identify islanders’ native artifacts. The second event is a presentation of archaeological research and projects on Vashon, with an opportunity for questions afterward. For more information, go to vashonhistory.org/events. Ar-tifact identification will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Heritage Museum; Archaeology of Vashon Island presentation will take place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Land Trust Building.

SUNDAY • 27

St. John Vianney Salmon Bake:The church will host its annual fun-draiser, which includes the salmon bake, rummage, raffle and bake sales, silent auction, live music by Loose Change and a beer garden. Tickets cost $15 for adults, $5 for kids ages 5 to 12, and children under age 5 are free. Tickets can be purchased at the Vashon Pharmacy, Vashon Bookshop and St. John Vianney office. 1:15 to 4:30 p.m at St. John Vianney.

Sex and Love Addicts Anony-mous: Meetings are co-ed and will take place every Sunday. For more

information, call 679-7279. 6 to 7 p.m. in the Presbyterian church belfry.

TUESDAY • 29

Beyond the Myths: Morgan Ahern, a Romani woman and founder of Lolo Diklo: Romani Against Racism, will present this program that explores the history and culture of the people known as gypsies. 12:30 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center.

Life Story Exchange Circle with Bette Kimmel will follow the above program at 1 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center.

UPCOMING

DSHS Mobile Office: The state DSHS mobile community service office will be on Vashon to do ap-plication interviews for food and cash programs as well as yearly reviews and to answer any ques-tions on active cases or about any other services. 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Vashon-Maury Community Food Bank and 2 to 4 :30 p.m. at the Vashon Market, Wednesday, July 30.

Senior Center 30th Birthday Bash and Fundraiser: The center is 30 years young and all are invited to celebrate. Kick off your shoes and dance to the music of Portage Fill, bid on silent auction items and enjoy hors d’oeuvres with wine, beer or the special senior center cocktail available for purchase at the no-host bar. Tickets cost $30 and can be purchased at the senior center or the Vashon Bookshop. All proceeds will go to support the

center. 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, in the former temporary library space in the IGA Plaza.

CLASSES

Finding Authenticity Through Nature: This Hestia Hearth Circle for women and girls will focus on expanding observation skills, encouraging reflective thinking, trusting intuitive healing and find-ing inspiration through a medita-tive labyrinth walk. The cost is $20 and space is limited. For more information and to register, email [email protected]. 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, July 27.

Teen Photo Intensive: For kids ages 13 to 18 who want to better understand a camera and take better photographs. The camp to be led by Ray Pfortner will include day trips to the Point Defiance Zoo and Chihuly Sculpture Garden and three overnights at Camp Burton (a day camp option without the over-nights is also available). Photos will be shot from pre-dawn until after dusk. A juried show of camp photos will open at the Two Wall Gallery in November. Participants must have a digital camera. Cost is $220 for VAA members, $245 for non-members; $135 lodging (except for day camp only participants) and $80 food, ma-terials and admissions fee for all. For more information and to register, go to vashonalliedarts.org. Monday, July 28, through Friday, Aug. 1.

Mythical Creatures, Giant Pup-pets: This day camp for kids ages 7 to 12 led by Steffon Moody will bring fantasy creatures to life as participants collaborate to create a giant troll puppet, as well as puppets of their own. Campers will design, sculpt, paper mache, paint and costume the mythical creations and present a puppet parade for family and friends as a finale. Cost is $160 for VAA members, $175 for non-members and there is a $17 materials fee for all. Go to vashon-alliedarts.org for more information and to register. 9 a.m. to noon, Monday, July 28, to Friday, Aug. 1.

Robotics Camp: Led by Bruce Johns for kids age 9 and up, this intensive two-day camp will include hands-on experience building and launching stomp-style rockets and designing, building and driving Lego Mindstorms moon vehicles. For more information and to register by July 31, go to openspacevashon.

com or call 408-7241. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Aug. 14, and Tuesday, Aug. 15, at the Open Space for Arts & Community.

Awakening Holistic Intel-ligence: This Hestia Hearth Circle offering for women and girls will be led by Caroline Peani and will focus on somatics: the practice of align-ing the body with intellect, emo-tion and intuition. Cost is $20. For more information and to register, go to hestiaretreat.org/events. 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 3.

Dance-A-Palooza Summer Dance Camp: Kids ages 7 to 21 are invited to the Vashon Dance Academy’s summer camp. The week will include instruction in ballet, modern, musical theater, acro-balancing, contact impro-visation and choreography. For more information or to register, call 463-1895. Monday, Aug. 4, through Friday, Aug. 8, at Vashon Dance Academy.

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The Vashon Island Rowing Club will offer its annual adult (ages 18 and up) learn to row class for anyone interested in the sport from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to noon Sunday, at the Jensen Point Boathouse. Instruction will be provided by coach Richard Parr and the cost is $100 per person. For more information and to register, go to vashoncrew.com/featured/adultlearntorow.

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VASHON THEATRE

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: Ends July 24.

How to Train Your Dragon 2: Opens July 25.

The Fault in our Stars: Runs July 25 through 28.

Belle: Runs July 29 through 31.

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Vashon School District: 7 p.m. Thursday, July 24, at Chautauqua Elemen-tary School.

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Wednesday, Church of the Holy Spirit

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The winner of the 29th annual Vashon Allied Arts (VAA) community quilt raffle was announced on Saturday during the Strawberry Festival. The winning ticket was held by Colleen Borst, a Seattle resident who grew up on the island. Accepting the quilt was her mother, islander Sybil Weber, pictured above at right, from one of the quilt’s creators, Catholine Tribble, left. Nearly 20 different people were involved in the creation of the quilt, and the theme this year was “That’s SO Vashon,” with each patch representing a uniquely Vashon scene. Approximately 4,800 raffle tickets were sold at a dollar each, with proceeds going to VAA.


ARTS&LEISUREVashon-Maury NO BRIDGES CONCERT ON VOV: If you missed the Vashon Island Chorale’s 25th anniversary

concert last month, you can hear and watch the popular performance of “No Bridges” courtesy of Voice of Vashon at www.voiceofvashon.org.

Barnworks collective reunites in a new venueBy JULI GOETZ MORSERStaff Writer

When the collaborative gallery Barnworks shuttered its doors at the end of 2012, it left a significant hole in the Vashon art scene. For over 30 years the barn situated in the field behind Sharon Munger’s house held biannual art shows, retreats, weddings and parties and became the site for sewing the annual Vashon Allied Arts community quilt. Yet while the venue may be gone, the spirit behind the artist collective remains. The group will hold a reunion show at The Hardware Store Restaurant, open-ing on Friday, Aug. 1, during the First Friday Gallery Cruise.

The end of an era was the general consensus about Barnworks’ clo-sure for just about everyone except Rose Belknap. The artist, who joined Barnworks in 2007, found enjoyment in all aspects of working with the 11 members, from paint-ing together to the critiques and shows. So Belknap not only held out hope for a Barnworks revival, she acted on it.

Belknap inquired with The Hardware Store Restaurant about hanging a Barnworks show. It took two years for the group’s name to come up — apparently reservations are tight not just for a table at the busy eatery, but also for the back room gallery — and now the collective will once again exhibit as a group.

“Two years ago the impetus for the show was so the group wouldn’t fall apart,” Belknap said. “They are wonderful people. I think the show gives them something to look forward to, a reason to get working.”

Unlike Belknap, Munger, who is in her

mid-70s, was more than ready to call it quits after three decades of caring for the barn and managing Barnworks events. Even so, the energy of the collective con-tinues to exert its pull on her.

“I’m really excited to see each other’s work,” Munger said. “Though I still paint landscapes in pastels, my work is different now than two years ago. It’s nice to look forward to showing as a group again.”

Debi Crawford also is happy to exhibit once again with Barnworks. She joined the group in the early 1990s when it was

primarily a collection of water-colorists before it evolved to include mixed media artists. Crawford returned to Vashon last fall after having been gone, she said, for too long from the island.

“I would love to see Barnworks come back together again,” Crawford said. “It’s nice to be a group as we learn from each other and from sharing as

a creative collective.”Apparently they also spur each other on.

Munger said one of the members had not been painting until he received an e-mail blast from the other artists telling him “to get going.”

But none of the group — Jerry Balcom, Donna Botten, Mary L. Hodgins, Dayl Holst, Geri Peterson, Jayne Quig, Hartmut and Ilse Reinmitz, Jon-Eric Schafer and Janice Wall — would be showing together, according to Munger, without Belknap’s initiative.

At Belknap’s Dockton home, with views of outer Quartermaster Harbor, four oil paintings hang on the living room wall, new work that Belknap plans to exhibit. Belknap said she always tries to keep a painting in progress. She believes in the power of creativity — how it helps focus the mind and helps one to see better — and experiences firsthand the healing

aspect of art.Shortly after Barnworks closed, Belknap

began painting landscapes, those she’s seen and photographed. On a square can-vas, a vibrant display of Snoqualmie Falls is one example of Belknap’s new focus. It’s also what she calls a gift from her son Ryan, who died in a car accident in 2013.

“I had been looking for something to paint,” Belknap said, “and came across this packet of photos Ryan took in fifth grade at Camp Waskowitz. It was a little gift as I’d been wanting to paint a waterfall.”

Belknap plans to set aside 10 percent

of her sales for the Ryan Krug Memorial Scholarship, which awards six scholarships to Vashon High School seniors who letter either in cross country or soccer or have over 250 hours of community service.

The Barnworks show will fill the walls in the back room at The Hardware Store Restaurant. Each artist expects to hang three to four paintings, ranging from pas-tels to watercolors, acrylics and oils.

“I’m excited for the show,” Belknap said, “It is a great venue and should be a lot of fun.”

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“Snoqualmie Falls,” an oil painting by Rose Belknap, will be on display at The Hardware Store Restaurant beginning Aug. 1.

Othello will be performed free of chargeBy JULI GOETZ MORSERStaff Writer

Pack a picnic dinner, grab a blanket, family and friends and head to Ober Park at 7 p.m. Thursday to watch a free per-formance of Shakespeare in the Park — “Othello” by GreenStage, Seattle’s longest-running Shakespeare company.

A lot has changed in the world since William Shakespeare wrote his famous tragedy “Othello” in 1603. But the play’s themes of racism, love, intrigue, jealousy and betrayal easily speak to a contempo-rary audience, and actors from GreenStage will bring those words to life in all their wit and poignancy.

The great military hero Othello, who seems to have it all with a plum assign-ment and beautiful bride, falls hard when he becomes ensnared in a wicked web of doubt and treachery woven by Iago, his scheming and devious subordinate.

Pete Welch of Vashon Events said last year’s performance of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” brought “a huge turnout. ... I was pleasantly surprised to see how many Shakespeare fans there were.”

Now, island fans will have another chance to enjoy one of the Bard of Avon’s 37 plays.

The Concert in the Park series is presented and funded by Vashon Park District in association with Vashon Events. The Thursday evening series in Ober Park continues into September. All upcoming events will be music concerts.

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Actors from Seattle’s GreenStage will perform “Othello” at Ober Park on Thursday.

“Two years ago, the impetus for the (Barnworks) show was so the group wouldn’t fall apart.”

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Described by the BBC News Africa as a band with youthful exuberance, musical brilliance and slick dance routines, the Zimbabwe group Mokoomba will make an unscheduled stop in their U.S. tour to play at the Red Bike at 8:30 p.m. Friday.

“This is a unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see what is being described as Africa’s most internationally successful young band,” said Pete Welch of Vashon Events.

Billed as Zimbabwe’s next generation of hope, the six young men of Mokoomba hail from one of Zimbabwe’s smallest rural villages. What’s interesting about the group, according to island-born musician Jacob Bain, who met Mokoomba several years ago, is that the band members are not from the majority tribes.

“They are from the mountain tribes, the Tonga, which is a small ethnic minority group you don’t hear about,” Bain said. “They don’t sing in the language of the Shona and Ndeble, but they are crush-ing it. They’ve been invited to join all the mega African world music stars.”

Five weeks ago. when Bain was in Zimbabwe, he sat down with the manager of Mokoomba to talk about the group playing at Zimfest in Tacoma.

“I asked if they would want to take a free day and come over to Vashon, a small community. They won’t be paid $10,000, more like $250, but they’ll play to a responsive community of folks.”

Apparently the band liked the idea and plans to end their first-ever U.S. tour on Vashon.

“We’ll probably never see Mokoomba at the Red Bike again,” said Bain, “as they are on a high-speed rise. They are the kind of band you want to see make it. They are kind, humble, explosive and their musi-cianship is off the charts. Anyone who comes to the show will be tripping out.”

The show is open to all ages until 11 p.m., then 21 and older after that.

Allison Shirk, a singer/songwriter and co-founder of Vashon Events, has launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund the recording and distribution of her debut country-rock album. The album, “Break My Heart,” will be comprised of Shirk’s best original songs written over the last decade and will tell the story of her life, centered around the experience of liv-ing in a small town.

“I poured my heart and soul into every song and held nothing back in recording them,” Shirk wrote in an e-mail. “This album is a diverse collection. Some songs will make you tap your feet and dance, others will tug at your heartstrings.”

Shirk, on guitar and vocals, will be backed by bassist Keith Lowe and drum-mer Todd Zimberg along with guest appearances by a number of island musi-cians — Jacob Bain, Sarah Christine, Joe Panzetta, Jason Staczek, and “Lonesome Mike” Nichols.

Shirk describes the music as folk-coun-try, mixed with rock and blues.

“It’s sweet and sassy like Norah Jones,” Shirk said, “catchy like Sheryl Crow and haunting ... like the Cowboy Junkies.”

One of the songs, “Monster”, is an auto-biographical account of her experience as a child in a home with domestic violence. Shirk plans to donate all proceeds from the download of the single song to the DoVE Project on Vashon and domestic violence coalitions.

“Now I have the chance to take that hor-rible experience I had as a child and turn it into something good,” Shirk said. “If people hear the song and it makes them speak up about domestic violence that they know about, or are living in, then the song has done some good.”

Shirk, who has made frequent appearanc-es on Vashon and around the Puget Sound, will perform a concert with Keith Lowe on Thursday, July 31. The show will be at 8 p.m. at The Hardware Store Restaurant.

Funding from the Kickstarter campaign will go directly towards studio costs, musicians, mixing, mastering, pressing the CD and distribution.

The Kickstarter campaign is a time-limited fundraising platform. Shirk has until Aug. 18 to raise $8,000. If she does not meet the goal, Shirk will not receive any of the money.

Shirk’s campaign can be found at www.Kickstarter.com/profile/allisonshirk.

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The Zimbabwe band Mokoomba will play at the Bike on Friday.

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the executive director of VAA. “It’s for fun, and it’s to show progress as things have sort of evolved on the building.”

VAA announced its ambitious plans to build a multi-million dollar performing arts center in 2011, and since then the project has grabbed attention and headlines as the non-profit has vetted its controversial plans with the community, moved through the construction permitting process and worked to raise funds for the $16.9 million project. However, both Reed and Morser, who is also a VAA board member and sits on the building committee, say things have quieted down lately as the orga-nization has cleared its major hur-dles and comes close to completing its fundraising. They hope that the new art on the McFeeds building will remind passers-by that plans are still underway to tear down the building and construct in its place a 20,000-square-foot structure com-plete with an orchestra pit, art gal-lery, classroom space and expansive lobby.

With the required funds nearly in place, VAA’s board recently voted to break ground on the project in October.

“Because we’ve worked so hard for so long, to be able to say that is really exciting for us, to say the least,” Reed said.

VAA also recently announced a $250,000 matching dona-tion that it hopes will encourage more people to donate and help round out the $500,000 it still needs to raise from the com-munity.

Since announcing a $2.5 million public fundraising campaign last October, VAA has brought in about $2 mil-lion. Reed said donations and pledg-es have ranged from from $25 to five-figure gifts, and they are seeing many people contribute $5,000 dona-tions, the amount required to be named on the donor wall inside the new building.

“Some people are brand new to us, and some are people who have decid-ed to increase their gifts,” she said.

VAA has also received a donation

of two pieces of property the orga-nization can sell to bring in addi-tional funds, though Reed said she is unsure how much the plots are worth, as VAA has not yet had them appraised.

Though she declined to say who contributed the $250,000 matching donation, Reed said she felt confident it will help bring in the final dollars of the public campaign. The organization also still plans to raise $1.5 mil-lion from other sourc-es, such as grants and foundations.

“We’ve got what we need to break ground, contingent on finishing off this matching cam-paign,” she said.

With fundraising on track, Reed said the project itself is on schedule as well, as VAA and its engineers work to obtain construction permits in time to break ground in October. VAA’s contractor, Seattle-based Sellen Construction, plans to bid out the project and hire subcontractors


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this summer.Breaking ground in mid-October would

allow VAA to spend its $2 million in state funding by the June 2015 deadline and to open the building by December of 2015, in time for the chorale to hold its holiday concert there.

Seeing the chorale perform its December concert in the new building is especially important to VAA, Reed said, as it was former chorale member Kay White who set the project in motion by donating more than $10 million in cash and trusts. Next December, White will be 95, and Reed says she hopes White can watch the concert from the seats of the new theater.

Ty Peterson, a product line manager at the county’s Department of Permitting and Environmental Review (DPER), said the

department is waiting to hear from VAA representatives on a couple minor issues, but the organization should be able to obtain its building permit in time to break ground in October. He called the issues, having to do with structural engineering and civil engi-neering, “normal stuff in most reviews.”

“It’s not permit-issue ready, but most of the review has been done except those areas,” Peterson said.

As for the mural, Morser said he and his daughter have been adding to it a few times a week — a child painting a picture here, a magician there. He said he opted to spread out the project to keep people looking at the old building as they pass by.

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A grand day for a paradeIt wouldn’t be the Strawberry Festival without the Grand Parade, and on Saturday morning a flow of quirky, fun and downright strange groups and floats made their way down the highway to the delight of hundreds of islanders and visitors who lined the sides of the road. Parade participants this year included the Vashon Island Ukulele Society strumming and singing, a Safari-themed float from Vashon Community Vacation Bible School, a colorful costumed show by Comunidad Latina de Vashon and, of course, the antique tractors. Unofficial mayor candidates all marched in the parade this year, though only one would win the title later that day. Caleb Johns, who raised over $15,000 for Vashon Community Care in his campaign, became the island’s new faux mayor at the festival.This year the first-ever award for best parade participant was cho-sen by Strawberry Festival Grand Marshal Mike Kirk, who handed the honor to the Vashon High School cheer squad.

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Festival time in Vashon townVashon town was a familiar scene on Saturday and Sunday, as most Strawberry Festival favor-ites returned for the big summer event. Absent, however, was the busy carnival that is normally found on the edge of the festival grounds. After a dispute with the carnival company led to a last-minute cancelation of the carnival, the chamber of commerce and other Vashon groups scrambled to come up with alternative activities for kids. The results included bouncy houses, blow-up obstacle courses, a rock climbing wall, and the return of the popular Bubble Fun, which organizers had already planned to bring back. Chamber Director Jim Marsh said he heard lots of positive feedback on the Saturday activities, which he felt also seemed to suit Vashon by being more interactive and physical than traditional carnival rides. Marsh said festival organizers will now begin brainstorming what an alternative carnival may look like next summer.“I think we could take what we learned from that and find a way to satisfy all people,” Marsh said. Pictured clockwise from top: a young woman has fun at the Bubble Wand booth; Sarah Christine performs in Ober Park; a boy plays on an inflatable slide; festival-goers check out jewelry at an artists booth; a boy climbs a rock wall, and kids stop to enjoy some festival food while listening to music at the Pandora’s Box stage.

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Douglas James Holt was charged with one count of third-degree rape in King County Superior Court last week.

Holt, 56, was arrested on Vashon July 12 after an island woman report-ed he had sexually assaulted her when she gave him a ride to his home on Cemetery Road.

Initially, bail was set at $25,000, but when Holt was charged, the judge raised it to $100,000. Prosecutors had asked for the increase because of the nature of the crime and concerns that Holt, who is a transient, would not appear in court, according to charg-ing papers.

The court documents state that the victim went to visit a friend on the island in the afternoon on July 12, and Holt was present at the friend’s home.

When she left, she agreed to give him a ride to his place. During that trip, he sexually assaulted her. She kicked him out of the car near where he was stay-ing on Cemetery Road and went back to her friend’s house, then to the fire station, where they called the police.

Deputies then located and arrested Holt. According to the documents, he told the deputies that he was innocent and did not intentionally do anything wrong and that he knew what he did was wrong and should not have done it. When the victim objected, he said he stopped and apologized. He also said he believes he misread the situ-ation.

Holt is scheduled to be arraigned on July 31.

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Transient charged with rapeArchaeologists to offer expertise on VashonThis weekend islanders will have two oppor-

tunities to learn more about Vashon’s native people through the clues found by archaeolo-gists during the past century.

At the first event, from 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday in the Heritage Museum, people are invited to bring their artifacts for archaeologists to iden-tify. The team of archaeologists will include Brandon Reynon from the Puyallup Tribe, Tom Minichillo from King County Roads and Laura Phillips and students from the Burke Museum at the University of Washington. Archaeologists will not authenticate or estimate the value of any artifacts.

The second event is the Archaeology of Vashon Island, which will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Land Trust Building.

Reynon will join Minichillo and Phillips to describe what has been learned from the exca-vations on Vashon over the last century. They

will speak about the 1996 project at Jensen Point on the Burton Peninsula, which verified the importance of herring and shellfish in the diet of native people who lived in the area for thou-sands of years.

All of the speakers were involved in an exca-vation at Manzanita in 2010, and this is the first opportunity for them to share their findings with the residents of Vashon. After the presenta-tions, there will be an opportunity for questions.

Those who attend the free events can also see artifacts at the museum in the current special exhibit, Vashon Island’s Native People: Navigating Seas of Change.

A variety of items are on display, including stone tools, 19th-century baskets, a paddle from 1883 and a herring rake found on the beach at Indian Point.

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Nearly 400 runners and walkers kicked off the festival weekend at 9 a.m. Saturday by gathering at the VYFS PlaySpace to meet friends and family to “do the Burby.” This was the 34th year of the event and marked the 25th anniversary of the change in name to honor Bill Burby, a former teacher and beloved coach.

Between the start of the 10k and the 5k, Destia Hermes, widow of the late Bill Burby, took the microphone to thank the participants for keeping his memory alive and sharing his love of running and main-taining a healthy lifestyle.

“If he could see this, he would be sur-prised that it’s still going, but also very pleased,” Hermes said.

Then Russ Brazill, one of the race founders, fired the starting gun and the runners were off.

Just over 16 minutes later, with a time of 16:39, Graham Peet, 17, crossed the finish line to take first in the men’s 5k for the second year in a row. Scott Healey, 39, followed with a time of 17:31. Mark Ripley, 52, came in third with a time of 18:29.

In the 5k women’s race, Michelle Neal, 53, with a time of 21:41 took first, edging past Maddi Groen, 18, after coming in sec-ond behind her last year. Groen’s second-place time was 22.02, and Emma Veatch was a close third at 22:12.

In the Men’s 10k, Patrick McAulitle, 30, smoked across the finish line with a time of 34:12. McAulitle was on the island to participate in the annual softball tournament. Second place went to Blake Magnuson, 48, with a time of 40:00, and Kevin Ross, 41, came in third with a time of 40:25.

Rebecca Nichols, 23, was first in the women’s 10k with a time of 47:27 after fin-ishing third last year. Coming in second was Ann Root, 41, with a time of 48:59, followed by Amy Clark, 34, with a time of 49:17 in third.

All first-place winners took home a $100 gift certificate donated by Northwest Sports, and second-place winners picked up gift bags with donated products from Partners crackers and CoreCentric. Two additional $100 gift certificates were awarded randomly as well as two Partners crackers gift baskets, a CoreCentric train-ing package and other products.

Once again this island tradition attract-ed participants of all ages, the youngest being Rafael Escovedo, age 5, running in the 5k Race. The eldest was Skip Norton,

85, who finished the 5k walk.Tom Theno proudly wore his 1993

Burby T-shirt from the first year he ran the race.

“This is my 20th race,” he said. “I had to miss one for a family reunion.”

Others were wearing “I’m running for Ryan” stickers.

Friends and family of Ryan Krug, a high school student killed last year in a car accident who would have graduated this year, sold T-shirts and took donations to raise money for the Ryan Krug Memorial

Scholarship fund. Funds raised by the event help support

high school athletics and also fund the annual Bill Burby Wellness Scholarship, awarded annually to a student who most clearly demonstrates a healthy lifestyle, consistent with the living philosophy shown by Bill Burby.

Complete race results are available on the website at www.billburbyrace.org.

— Glenna Mileson is a Bill Burby race volunteer.

Hundreds participate in annual Bill Burby run during festival weekend

Derek Wegner Photo

Jennifer Gogarten inspired awe in many onlookers and competitors when she ran the 5k race this year pushing a triple baby jogger.


Race Results Sponsored By:

34th Annual Bill Burby Inspirational Fun Run Saturday, July 19, 2014

10K Run and 5K Run/Walk Finishers

10K Run - Overall (Men’s) Pace Time1 Patrick McAulitle 5:31/M 0:34:12.12 Blake Magnuson 6:27/M 0:40:00.93 Kevin Ross 6:31/M 0:40:25.6

10K Run - Overall (Women’s)1 Rebecca Nichols 7:39/M 0:47:27.42 Ann Root 7:54/M 0:48:59.93 Amy Clark 7:57/M 0:49:17.0

5K Run - Overall (Men’s)

1 Graham Peet 5:22/M 0:16:39.52 Scott Healey 5:39/M 0:17:31.03 Mark Ripley 5:58/M 0:18:29.7

5K Run - Overall (Women’s)1 Michelle Neal 7:00/M 0:21:41.22 Maddi Groen 7:06/M 0:22:02.43 Emma Veatch 7:10/M 0:22:12.2

10K Run - Men - by Age GroupMale 15-18 Overall Time1 Baxter Call 5 0:42:39.02 Benjamine Martin 7 0:43:36.73 Fletcher Call 9 0:44:04.64 John Ursino 15 0:48:59.25 Gibson Silagi 23 0:51:55.86 Jesse Taitano 44 1:12:01.1

Male 19-29 Overall Time1 Ramsey Walker 4 0:41:26.82 George Silagi 10 0:44:51.83 Patrick Denice 16 0:49:24.94 Anthony Bianchi 17 0:49:28.05 Ross Jenson 20 0:49:50.06 Juhno Mann 22 0:51:48.97 Gunde Svensson 28 0:55:05.28 Tyler Williams 37 0:59:47.3

Male 30-39 Overall Time1 Patrick McAulitle 1 0:34:12.12 Nathan Rozendaal 8 0:43:55.43 Ian Laughlin 19 0:49:32.54 Jeremy Kaufman 25 0:52:19.05 Enjay Santos 33 0:56:24.46 Colin Morgan-Cross 35 0:59:09.9

Male 40-49 Overall Time1 Blake Magnuson 2 0:40:00.92 Kevin Ross 3 0:40:25.63 Casey Lawrence 11 0:44:59.24 Sam Thwaite 13 0:46:33.35 Rich Scovel 14 0:46:59.86 Peter Luycky 18 0:49:32.27 Joel Anderson 21 0:51:03.58 Michael Rojas 24 0:52:18.99 Dave Turczyn 26 0:52:26.410 Joe Laing 38 1:00:08.311 Lyle Harris 40 1:02:39.812 Brent Mills 48 1:15:55.6

Male 60-69 Overall Time1 Scott Harvey 6 0:43:14.12 Eric Walker 27 0:54:12.33 Tim Reagan 31 0:55:56.94 Jim Cross 36 0:59:10.15 Jim Laughlin 39 1:01:42.76 David Frank 43 1:07:18.7

Male 70-79 Overall Time1 Michael Kirk 34 0:56:56.82 Ed Holmes 42 1:07:17.13 James Price 45 1:13:42.4

Male 80+ Overall Time1 Murray Andrews 46 1:14:14.7

Male - Not Categorized Overall Time1 Morris 41 1:03:06.3

10K Run - Women - by Age GroupFemale 10-14 Overall Time1 Micaela Jessup 13 0:54:24.2

Female 19-29 Overall Time1 Rebecca Nichols 83 0:47:27.42 Izzy Cannell 40 0:50:05.93 Heidi Nelson 23 0:53:38.24 Rachel Austin 25 0:54:31.55 Kate Cheney 59 0:59:47.36 Randi Bernhardt 31 1:02:13.07 Calais Dunn 93 1:03:06.68 Cassandra da Costa 6 1:03:24.89 Sophia Ressler 36 1:05:04.710 Odessa Martin-Morris 46 1:12:51.0

Female 30-39 Overall Time1 Amy Clark 22 0:49:17.02 Sarah Cameron 65 0:53:35.63 Alicia Johnson 51 0:59:09.54 Caedmon Cahill 33 0:59:31.45 Sarah Day 28 1:00:38.86 Yael Jessup 60 1:00:59.97 Emma Reynolds 68 1:07:19.6

Female 40-49 Overall Time1 Ann Root 72 0:48:59.92 Michelle Bjornberg 32 0:49:47.63 Christine Colling 21 0:53:37.04 Rainy Anderson 37 0:57:27.55 Dana Rosellini 42 0:59:25.96 Kate Davidson 39 1:01:37.97 Betsy Kraft 99 1:02:13.88 Cara Rosellini 67 1:05:18.39 Michelle McVeigh 17 1:09:17.810 Susan Puz 66 1:10:37.311 Jennifer Martin 44 1:16:38.312 Beth Husted 18 1:17:52.1

Female 50-59 Overall Time1 Nancy Bristow 3 0:52:52.12 Erin Sheridan 43 1:03:12.43 Judy McOstrich 12 1:15:02.5

Female 60-69 Overall Time1 Debby Jackson 29 0:56:31.02 Sarah Driggs 62 0:57:34.2

Female - Not Categorized Overall Time1 Galylene Laing 78 1:21:46.8

5K Run - Men - by Age GroupMale 1-9 Overall Time1 Xan London-Chambers 36 0:25:03.2.2 Gavin Keenan 58 0:27:36.2.3 Dylan Fick 68 0:29:15.2.4 Charlie Walker 77 0:30:25.2.5 Ferdinand Escovedo 85 0:32:23.7.6 Rafael Escovedo 96 0:39:56.9.

Male 10-14 Overall Time1 Mario Dias 8 0:20:32.3.2 Issac Martin 17 0:22:39.2.3 Elijah Dougher 20 0:23:06.6.4 Zachary Van Dusen 31 0:24:02.3.5 Elijah Nichelson 33 0:24:15.1.6 Cameron Bedard 34 0:24:17.1.7 Ursa Medeiros 35 0:24:17.6.8 Lucas Hamilton 38 0:25:17.7.9 Dalton Kearns 39 0:25:25.3.10 Isaac Escovedo 46 0:26:05.6.11 Ryan Nelson 62 0:28:46.1.12 Hunter Moore 64 0:28:47.8.13 Mateo Ellner 66 0:28:56.2.14 Max Boyd 70 0:29:36.6.15 Jerome Daly 73 0:29:48.1.16 Mark Ursino 76 0:30:20.5.17 Oliver Thwaite 86 0:32:44.3.18 Sam Walker 88 0:33:07.0.19 Kelton Hisatomi 90 0:33:34.6.20 Andre Forest 94 0:37:40.0.

Male 15-18 Overall Time1 Graham Peet 1 0:16:39.5.2 Mason Gionet 4 0:18:45.9.3 Dylan Martinez 6 0:20:27.0.4 Quinn Weber 7 0:20:29.8.5 Trevor Tuma 11 0:21:21.2.6 Aaron Kitchener 13 0:21:39.6.7 Henry Kenomer 15 0:21:55.0.8 Shane Bedard 18 0:22:43.2.9 Joe Shugart 25 0:23:37.1.10 Codi Wiliams 29 0:23:57.5.11 Bradley Gylland 41 0:25:37.1.12 Philip VanDevanter 80 0:30:58.2.

Male 19-29 Overall Time1 Lucas Webster 12 0:21:35.4.2 Alex Williams 16 0:22:31.9.3 Brian Gylland 40 0:25:36.2.4 Lukas Aiher 49 0:26:47.0.

Male 30-39 Overall Time1 Scott Healey 2 0:17:31.0.2 Andrew Zabel 10 0:21:12.9.3 Thomas Fitzpatrick 43 0:25:42.4.4 Collin Medeiros 44 0:25:46.0.5 Max Baumann 51 0:26:51.3.6 Mike Callan 63 0:28:47.1.7 Jonathan Colwell 75 0:30:13.9.8 Brennan Banks 95 0:39:08.7.

Male 40-49 Overall Time1 Jim Gross 5 0:19:15.1.2 Nick Keenan 9 0:21:07.2.3 Ralph Pooler 14 0:21:40.0.4 Michael Marks 21 0:23:09.0.5 Douglas Sackman 22 0:23:10.2.6 Tim Martin 23 0:23:21.1.7 Pablo Peani 24 0:23:22.8.8 Jim Simmonds 26 0:23:41.8.9 Hans Van Dusen 32 0:24:02.7.10 Daniel Macca 37 0:25:12.3.11 Erik Assink 48 0:26:27.4.12 Gurjot Tur 52 0:27:14.4.13 Joseph Papa 61 0:28:26.2.14 Stewart Putnam 79 0:30:30.9.15 Robert Murdock 81 0:31:00.1.16 David Waterworth 82 0:31:05.9.17 Bryce Harpole 89 0:33:08.0.18 Shanti Escovedo 97 0:39:59.2.19 Marcus Daly 101 0:45:20.7.

Male 50-59 Overall Time1 Mark Ripley 3 0:18:29.7.2 Steve Morse 19 0:22:55.9.3 Daniel Klein 27 0:23:42.4.4 Warren Maierhofer 28 0:23:43.7.5 Dave Dammann 45 0:25:49.0.6 Toby Nichols 47 0:26:06.4.7 Robert Nickelson 50 0:26:48.8.8 Don Wolczko 53 0:27:16.4.9 Henry Haselton 55 0:27:28.0.10 Duane Bedard 56 0:27:28.7.11 Shelly Whitlock 57 0:27:35.8.12 Joe Silagi 59 0:27:52.7.13 Chad Magnuson 65 0:28:52.2.14 David Sunstax 67 0:29:08.4.15 Kevin Boyd 69 0:29:36.3.16 Barney Rubble 72 0:29:38.4.17 James Fitzpatrick 83 0:31:54.1.18 Jim Westcott 84 0:32:21.9.19 Dan Clare 98 0:41:36.7.

Male 60-69 Overall Time1 Peter Butz 30 0:23:58.8.2 Tom Theno 54 0:27:20.6.3 Rod Reagan 60 0:28:01.0.4 Fred Flinstone 71 0:29:37.9.5 Eric Pryne 74 0:29:52.5.6 John Aff olter 78 0:30:30.8.7 Richard Blackburn 92 0:35:56.2.

Male 70-79 Overall Time1 Edwin Ebright 42 0:25:39.5.2 Vernon Trevellyan 87 0:32:46.2.3 Joe Labrum 91 0:34:37.1.4 Kerry Strand 93 0:37:28.1.

Male 80+ Overall Time1 Abe Bergman 100 0:42:31.1.

Male - Not Categorized Overall Time1 John Kraft 99 0:42:14.2.

5K Run - Female - by Age Group Female 1-9 Overall Time1 Mallory Keenan 48 0:30:58.1.2 Alexandra Waterworth 49 0:31:06.2.3 Alana Bass 77 0:36:12.9.4 Isabel Forest 98 0:43:58.5.5 Autumn Daly 100 0:45:23.2.

Female 10-14 Overall Time1 Oakley Reid 17 0:26:19.8.2 Chloe Kuyper 26 0:28:21.4.3 Enya Pooler 27 0:28:35.7.4 Olivia Larson 28 0:28:41.0.5 Clara Atwell 34 0:29:13.6.6 Hanna Nelson 36 0:29:47.5.7 Olivia Colwell 41 0:30:12.7.8 Ciely Daly 44 0:30:45.0.9 Lily Mueller 52 0:31:25.0.10 Clare Lawrence 53 0:31:25.1.11 Elly Snyder 57 0:31:33.8.12 Maya Gould 72 0:34:09.9.13 Lelah Assink 73 0:34:12.2.14 Rhiannon Simmonds 82 0:36:27.4.

Female 15-18 Overall Time1 Maddi Groen 2 0:22:02.4.2 Emma Veatch 3 0:22:12.2.3 Maddie McEachern 4 0:23:23.7.4 Genevieve Payne 7 0:24:24.9.5 Llira McEachern 8 0:25:04.3.6 Sadie Hoverter 9 0:25:15.5.7 Lauren Jenks 16 0:26:16.6.

8 Mykah Shiosaki 23 0:28:09.0.9 Hannah Van Dusen 24 0:28:11.3.10 Anna Ripley 45 0:30:48.3.11 Miriam Chappelka 51 0:31:24.9.12 Calla Westcott 61 0:32:22.6.13 Abbey Cole 68 0:33:27.7.14 Hannah McArthur 78 0:36:13.7.15 Lili Helsby 81 0:36:26.9.

Female 19-29 Overall Time1 Madeleine Wolczko 6 0:24:17.5.2 Erin Lauber 10 0:25:23.9.3 Michele Cusick 13 0:26:05.1.4 Camille Burkhardt 14 0:26:06.0.5 Kathleen Costello 19 0:26:54.4.6 Shalise Bosworth 40 0:30:12.2.7 Taylor Hernandez 43 0:30:38.4.8 Elizabeth Gleb 56 0:31:33.7.9 Amanda Willing 75 0:34:43.9.

Female 30-39 Overall Time1 Eileen Miller 12 0:26:00.5.2 Desiree Nelson 15 0:26:13.8.3 Jill Petersen 22 0:28:02.8.4 Kristin Callan 30 0:28:47.2.5 Lauren Englund 46 0:30:51.6.6 Kara Sears 55 0:31:33.7.7 Elizabeth Archambalt 62 0:32:27.8.8 Anna Pekoz 63 0:32:28.0.9 Angie Harpole 64 0:32:41.2.10 Jennifer Gogarten 66 0:33:21.8.11 Wangui Banks 67 0:33:25.1.12 Angela Fowler 76 0:34:45.1.13 Lindsay Englund 80 0:36:17.1.

Female 40-49 Overall Time1 Brenda Martin 20 0:27:34.5.2 Amy Broomhall 21 0:27:41.2.3 Kristen Spencer 25 0:28:15.1.4 Deborah Banner 29 0:28:46.9.5 Jenny Snowden 31 0:28:48.6.6 Mary Papa 33 0:28:54.9.7 Carrie Chambers 35 0:29:15.0.8 Juniper Rogneby 42 0:30:21.2.9 Elizabeth Naumann 47 0:30:57.0.10 Alice Meng 54 0:31:25.2.11 Heather Hisatomi 70 0:33:40.6.12 Susannah Hannaford 74 0:34:39.1.13 Gabriela Hayas 79 0:36:15.0.14 Theresa Hampl 87 0:39:30.7.15 Stacie Caughell 88 0:40:03.7.16 Amy Mercer 89 0:40:16.4.17 Lois Meng 90 0:40:29.6.18 Jennifer Olsen 92 0:41:17.9.19 Laura Strand 96 0:42:19.9.20 Emily Burns 99 0:44:01.8.

Female 50-59 Overall Time1 Michelle Neal 1 0:21:41.2.2 Jennifer Varey 5 0:23:34.5.3 Colette Quackenbush 11 0:26:00.0.4 Beth Bowers 18 0:26:19.9.5 Elizabeth Glennon 32 0:28:49.5.6 Leslie Garrison 37 0:29:55.2.7 Tory Hayes 38 0:29:56.0.8 Lise Ellner 39 0:29:56.4.9 Kathryn Payne 50 0:31:24.7.10 Janet Williams 60 0:32:13.0.11 Leslie Ferriel 65 0:33:02.0.12 Anne Van Holde 69 0:33:39.5.13 Suzy Chesney 83 0:36:31.4.14 Vicky de Monterey Richoux 85 0:37:46.1.15 Julia Raab 91 0:40:30.7.16 Lynn Clare 93 0:41:33.5.17 Casey Rouse 94 0:41:37.3.18 Carrie Van Buren 101 0:48:58.6.19 Anne Atwell 102 0:53:18.5.

Female 60-69 Overall Time1 Nancy Pfeiff er 58 0:31:38.6.2 Lynda Fitzpatrick 59 0:31:54.0.3 Phyllis Davis 71 0:33:59.6.4 Carol Butler 86 0:38:18.8.5 Kathleen Davies 97 0:42:32.5.

Female 80+ Overall Time1 Esther Norton 84 0:37:10.7.

Female - Not Categorized Overall Time1 Caroline Kraft 95 0:42:15.0.

5K Walk - FinishersMale - Not Categorized Overall Time2 Luke Larson 14 0:36:51.0.3 Wyatt Yates 14 0:36:51.0.5 Dave Lauber 55 0:37:40.0.7 Bob Culley 65 0:37:56.9.8 Roberto Morales Parra 29 0:38:41.3.11 Steven Ohmert 53 0:40:53.8.19 Larry Setchell 67 0:46:31.8.21 Randy Medlock 26 0:46:59.8.28 Mark VanDevanter 59 0:49:38.2.37 Jar Lyons 52 0:51:01.7.51 Karl Kitchener 57 0:52:08.8.57 Eric Heff elfi nger 61 0:53:29.2.62 Brain Anderson 61 0:55:33.7.63 John McCoy 67 0:55:49.8.65 Dave Giusti 59 0:55:49.8.68 Logan Means 11 0:59:08.3.70 Skip Norton 85 0:59:32.3.74 Blythe Deines 39 1:01:44.3.75 Brendan Bartlett 0 1:01:44.3.76 Harry Gerecke 65 1:04:13.2.

Female - Not Categorized Overall Time1 Olivia Boyes 8 0:36:35.1.4 Leah Kearns 7 0:37:13.3.6 Marie Culley 65 0:37:56.6.9 Kelly Biedeny 37 0:38:41.7.10 Robin Hendricks 27 0:38:49.6.12 Cynthia O’Brien 40 0:41:57.5.13 Becky Youman 37 0:42:58.1.14 Katie Sears 35 0:42:58.3.15 Delaney Palmer 11 0:43:05.7.16 Lola Kuyper 10 0:43:06.2.17 Pam Stenerson 50 0:43:28.3.18 Stefanie Lucus 44 0:43:28.8.20 Chastity Medlock 27 0:46:59.0.22 Isadora Meyerhoff 14 0:48:19.2.23 Coral Sky 14 0:48:19.3.24 Kirsten Eastman 51 0:48:27.3.25 Zoe Sackman 18 0:48:48.3.26 Sonja Sackman 49 0:48:48.5.27 Kathy Snyder 53 0:48:55.0.29 Natalie VanDevanter 16 0:49:39.2.30 Serena Cosgrove 50 0:49:44.9.31 Kristi Lee 35 0:49:45.1.32 Angela London 45 0:50:10.0.33 Olivia London-Chombers 12 0:50:10.4.34 Hannah Lauber 22 0:50:44.5.35 Madeline Lauber 54 0:50:45.1.36 Kate Atwell 16 0:51:01.4.38 Myra Elliott 60 0:51:09.3.39 Lynn Douglas 53 0:51:11.7.40 Erica Walker 20 0:51:12.9.41 Linda English 57 0:51:13.0.42 Norma Nicolson 77 0:51:13.2.43 Allyson Ericksen 37 0:51:13.5.44 Roxanne Lyons 57 0:51:13.6.45 Mary Walker 55 0:51:14.1.46 Michelle Bernard 34 0:51:15.1.47 Peggy Rubens-Ellis 46 0:51:23.2.48 Linda Laughlin 62 0:51:42.1.49 Mary Thornton 64 0:51:42.7.50 Paula Strand 69 0:52:02.6.52 Amy Kitchener 57 0:52:09.8.53 Novelle DuPen Meyerhoff 70 0:52:30.3.54 Linda Peterson 73 0:53:03.0.55 Karen Thwaite 70 0:53:04.7.56 Margaret Heff elfi nger 62 0:53:28.2.58 Jane Schmaus 55 0:55:18.2.59 Kendra Recinos 33 0:55:20.8.60 Nicole Terry 33 0:55:20.8.61 Barbara Owdziej 54 0:55:32.6.64 Karen McCoy 63 0:55:49.8.66 Isabella Dougher 9 0:57:09.6.67 Virginia Ohmert 51 0:58:45.9.69 Shelley Means 50 0:59:09.5.71 Diana Labrum 0 1:00:00.6.72 Brooklyn Young 17 1:01:43.7.73 Blythe Bartlett 72 1:01:44.0.

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July 7: Suspicious circum-stances were reported on the 23100 block of Vashon Highway, where a woman reported that cupcakes she suspected may contain can-nabis had been left in her mailbox with a note.

A bicycle was reported stolen from the north-end ferry dock.

July 8: Fraud was report-ed when someone filed a fake unemployment claim using the victim’s name.

A burglary ocurred on the 27600 block of Vashon Highway.

Mail theft was reported on the 28700 block of 133rd Avenue SW.

A controlled substance violation occurred on the 10200 block of Cove Road.

July 10: An assault was reported on the 17900th

block of 97th Place SW,when a mother got drunk and hit her daughter.

July 11: A civil problem was reported between a landlord and tenant on the 8100 block of SW 222nd Place.

Suspicious circumstanc-es were reported by Camp Sealth, where bruising on a child caused a suspicion of child abuse and Child Protective Services was called.

July 12: A handicap plac-ard was stolen from the 9700 block of Bank Road.

July 13: A hit and run of an unoccupied car occurred at Thriftway.

Stolen license plates were reported on the 9600 block of Dolphin Point Road.

July 14: Chairs and a stool were stolen from behind The Brown Agency in Vashon Village.

In the 29300 block of 129th Ave. SW, several 10- to 14-year-olds entered an unlocked home and out-house, stole banana split makings and left.

July 15: Possible stalking was reported in the 19600 block of Vashon Highway.


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Catholic ChurchSt. John Vianney

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Vashon WA 98070

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Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit

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Vashon Lutheran Church18623 Vashon Hwy. SW (1/2 mile south of Vashon)

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VoV raises its new FM radio antennaVoice of Vashon’s new radio antenna went up last week, brining the nonprofit one step closer to put-ting the island’s first FM station, KVSH, on the air. Pictured at right, VoV volunteers Dan Schueler and Rick Wallace, supported by a ground crew, raised the antenna atop Water District 19’s water tower. The station broadcast for a short time as a test and could be heard around the island.“A couple board members called us and they were crying,” Wallace said. “It’s been that long and that much of an effort.”As VoV continues testing and other prepara-tions, hoping to go live this fall, it’s also fin-ishing up a $50,000 fundraising campaign. As of last week, volunteers had $7,000 to go, but planned to be busy fundraising at the Strawberry Festival. Wallace said 400 people have donated so far. “The community response has been amazing,” he said.

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decision last week after a meeting at True Value, where a group of more than 20 people, including Wheaton, gathered to discuss herbicide and pesticide use on Vashon. At the meeting, True Value owner John Yates announced the store would no longer carry products with neonicotinoids. Since then Wheaton has decreased her stock; islander Justin Headly began filming a documentary about the issue on Vashon, and Greg Davila has offered to pick up islanders’ products with neonicotinoids and dispose of them. Davila has also set a date next month for another public meet-ing on the issue.

The meeting at True Value followed a local petition that called on island stores to remove neonics from their shelves. Davila, who launched the effort, said he gathered 750 signatures in three weeks. Some poten-tially divisive rumors also sprang from the petition, and island attorney Rex Stratton said he stepped in to the fray to help facili-tate a community meeting.

“My interest was to avoid polarization between retailers and a few hot heads,” he said last week.

Indeed, the issues at stake raise pas-sions on Vashon and beyond. In a recent interview, Davila acknowledged that some people have told him his approach has been too heavy handed, though he said his intent has not been to antagonize, but to build strong community and to educate.

He’s has been assertive, though, he said, and his resolve has not waivered.

“There are enough passionate people about bees and birds and worms that it is worth pissing some people off,” he said.

On Monday, in fact, he did just that on the Facebook page VashonAll, when he and Wheaton clashed, as she explained her decision to pull some products and not others. Many other islanders weighed in as well, mostly supporting Wheaton, as the exchange became heated.

“Choosing your personal beliefs and profits over the health of our ecosystem is not your right to make,” Davila responded in one of his first posts. “This community has been there for you time and again. Now

we are asking for you to be there for us.” Wheaton agreed that the community

has been there for her many times, but regarding neonicotinoids, she said she does not have all the answers, that science will ultimately prevail, and that she believes it is important to look at the full picture.

Wheaton, who calls the issue of bee health “huge, huge, huge,” says that full picture includes the possibility that such a ban might actually do more harm than good. On a large scale, she said the agriculture and horticulture indus-tries are not likely to give up chemicals any time soon, and without neon-ics, they will have only more toxic alternatives. Locally, if all Vashon stores remove the prod-ucts, she believes many customers will go to Seattle for them, and an opportunity for educa-tion will be lost.

“It is rare anyone gets out of here with a blue bottle (containing a neonicotinoid) without me talking to them about what, how and why,” she said. “No one is going to talk to them at Home Depot.”

The full picture, she said, also includes an array of studies that show several fac-tors are responsible for the decline of bees: decreased habitat; the Varroa mite, which arrived in this country in the late 1980s and is characterized by at least one expert “as the worst thing to happen to honey bees ever in the history of the world,” and Nosema, a new fungus. In this mix, some experts say any chemical, not just neonic-otinoids, could push stressed bees past the tipping point. She believes those studies have merit, she said, along with the studies that point solidly to neonics.

“We need some time to figure it all out,” she said.

Wheaton and many others also stressed the need for education about best practices, and, if people choose to use chemicals, how to use them wisely.

“All chemicals — organic or synthetic — are a part of the problem,” she said. “How do we use chemicals responsibly? How do we teach people to respect and read the

label? It’s that complicated and that simple. That is not an overnight process. That is an ongoing conversation.”

Furthermore, she said, her research led her to worrisome information about prod-ucts she and many others have long trusted to be earth and bee friendly.

In an interview in her store last week, Wheaton pulled Captain Jack’s Deadbug Brew from the shelf, noting that the label states it is for organic gardening. The

fine print on the back label, however, says that it is toxic to bees and to aquatic invertebrates. Its active ingredient is Spinosad, which is also the active ingredient in Sluggo Plus.

“I thought that was safe,” she said, referring to Sluggo. “It’s not stay-ing here. It’s as poisonous as hell.”

Next, Wheaton pulled neem oil — a common pesticide derived from a

seed — off the shelf. Its label, too, says it is toxic to bees. The caterpillar killer Bacillus Thuringiensies (Bt), a naturally occurring bacteria, kills the larvae of butterflies, which are important pollinators, she said, and even diatomaceous earth poses risks to bees.

“My point is simple,” Wheaton said. “It’s not simple.”

Indeed, experts disagree on what is safe, what is not and how attempts to ban a product on Vashon may work for some, but not for all.

Bob Norton, a farmer, retired professor and biologist active in Vashon’s fruit club, said he believes that pesticides are not typically necessary, but he has been strug-gling with a particular fruit fly, which is decimating his cherry crop, and has been spraying with one of the chemicals that Wheaton has called into question.

“I believe it is safe if used properly, he said. “I have bees, and they are happy.”

To use such a product responsibly, he said people should spray for pests before 7 a.m. and after 7 p.m., when bees are not flying.

He will lose most of his cherry crop this year, he said, and he lost all of it last year

— losses that have cost him thousands of dollars.

“I might have to pull my cherries out if I cannot control the pests,” he said.

Additionally, he said, many people are attempting to support agriculture on Vashon, including drawing young farm-ers into the fold, and he believes that some products, including those others may dis-prove of, may be necessary to make that possible.

“If we cannot use things approved by the USDA, then we are in trouble,” he said.

Decisions should be based on science, he added, not emotion, which he believes is driving some people in the conversation now.

It’s a conversation he plans to continue to be part of and considers many involved to be his friends.

“There is not anyone that I do not like and respect,” he said.

The Vashon Island Growers Association (VIGA) has been following the issue, as well, according to the group’s president, Nan Wilson, who noted the board has had considerable conversation about it.

“We do take the position those things do affect the health of people and other spe-cies,” she said.

As a group, they are not calling for a local ban on the products, she said, as they want any decision to be collaborative. Instead, she said, they will support edu-cation efforts, and hope to offer some of their own, including information on best practices and an educational forum later this year.

“We support an active conversation and further conversation about how to make this work in our community,” she said.

Meanwhile, at her nursery, Wheaton has said that while she could stand at a podium and argue either side of the neonic argu-ment, the conversation in the community has solidified her views on keeping some of the products.

“I am not going to put myself and Vashon in a position where people have to go to town to get what they need,” she said. “I need to be able to educate people. That is who I am.”

PESTICIDESCONTINUED FROM 1

The next public meeting on the subject of pesticide and herbicide use on Vashon will be at 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 4, at the Vashon Eagles.

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