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Vashon High School graduates Keegan Oswald, Kaitlyn Davies and Nolan Moyer were among many who attended an open house to see the new high school building on Sunday.

New high school is unveiledBy NATALIE MARTINStaff Writer

More than 1,000 islanders flooded through the new Vashon High School last weekend, getting a first look at the spacious and modern building that students began classes in on Monday.

The halls, common areas and classrooms of the new school buzzed with energy at a com-munity open house Sunday after-noon, when the 80,000-square-foot building was opened to the public for the first time. Students led tours of the new school and staff members were on hand to answer questions.

“It’s over-the-top fabulous, unbelievable,” commented one woman as she took a tour with her family. “I’m blown away,” she said.

Many at the event echoed the same sentiments, commenting on the building’s impressive archi-tecture, light-filled spaces and modern features. Large banks of windows, island wood accents, a state-of-the-art theater and high-tech features in classrooms drew the most praise.

“You can feel the energy here,” said Emily Burns, whose daughter attends the high school.

Maya Battisti brought her kids who will eventually attend the high school to the open house. She, too, said she was impressed with the new building, which she called a vast improvement over the old, 1970s structure, which many have said was cramped,

dark and not configured well.“This seems like an inspiring

place to learn,” she said.Derryn Williams, another

mother who came to the event, said she was glad to see the high school has also revamped its recy-cling program and will use real plates, trays and utensils in the

Mukai case continues, sent back to lower court

Goodtimes supporters rally to keep camp runningNew nonprofit forms after cancer society funding is lostBy SUSAN RIEMERStaff Writer

When Veronica Jannetty went to summer camp at age 13, she had been diagnosed with leukeu-mia the year before. The camp — for kids affected by cancer — gave her the chance to both con-nect with others facing the same struggle and simply be a teenager at summer camp.

Jannetty, an islander, attended Camp Goodtimes, which is held for two weeks each summer at Camp Burton for cancer patients, survivors and their siblings ages 7 to 17. The camp also offers a week of a week of kayak camping in the San Juan Islands for cancer sur-vivors age 17 to 25. For 30 years,

the American Cancer Society (ACS) supported the camp and several others like it around the country. But last spring the ACS announced it would no longer fund the camps, focusing its resources instead on research.

Now a new nonprofit organiza-tion, The Goodtimes Project, has taken root and is working to raise half a million dollars so that the popular camp can continue, both this summer and for years into the future.

It is an effort Jannetty, who attended camp for five years and will volunteer as a staff member for the second time this summer, hopes many will support.

“It takes a lot more than research and chemotherapy to cure cancer,” she said.

So far, the group has raised $150,000, according to Carol Mastenbrook, the executive

SEE CAMP GOODTIMES, 20

Natalie Martin/Staff Photo

Visitors stroll through the courtyard of the brightly painted school.

SEE HIGH SCHOOL, 18

By NATALIE MARTINStaff Writer

The legal battle over control of the Mukai house and garden will continue, as late last month a state appeals court considering the case sent it back to trial court.

In a Dec. 23 ruling, a three-judge Court of Appeals panel ruled that the Friends of Mukai, a group of island activists who attempted a takeover of the non-profit Island Landmarks, did orchestrate their 2012 special meeting and election accord-ing to the organization’s bylaws, reversing a superior court deci-sion from last year that sided with the organization’s original board.

However, the judges also ruled that other facts in the case are unclear, and therefore the superi-or court should not have granted a summary judgement — a ruling given when there are no facts in

dispute — in favor of the original board.

The case will now be recon-sidered in King County Superior Court, and the parties will have an opportunity to settle before a trial.

Though neither side prevailed in appeals court, Lynn Greiner, a Friends of Mukai board member and one of the group’s attorneys, characterized the decision as a pos-itive step for the Vashon activists.

“I think it’s a big victory,” she said. “It was a unanimous deci-sion by the court of appeals ... that we have a legitimate claim to move forward with here.”

The Vashon group has been in dispute with Island Landmarks, the nonprofit that holds the title to the historic Mukai farmhouse and garden and is headed by

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The state Court of Appeals has declined to reconsider a case between the Vashon Park District and islander Gay Rosser, potentially bringing their long-running property dispute to a close.

The appeals court first issued a ruling on the case in September, uphold-ing a 2012 decision by King County Superior Court Judge Laura Gene Middaugh, who ruled that the Rosser family does not have evidence to support its claims of ownership regarding two contested pieces of property near the new VES Fields.

Rosser appealed that

decision, and on Nov. 1, the appeals court declined to reconsider the case. Both parties were noti-fied of the decision at that time, according to Helen Kistler, a case manager at the Court of Appeals, who said a letter was mailed to Rosser that day.

On Dec. 20, after wait-ing the required 30 days in which Rosser might have filed for further legal review, the appeals court closed the case, and both parties were again noti-fied, Kistler said.

Typically such action would mean the end of the legal process, but reached for comment last week, Rosser said she had not received notification of the court’s decision in a timely way. In fact, she said, she had not received the Nov. 1 notice until Dec. 27.

She also said she only learned of the court’s December decision to close the case through The Beachcomber, though Kistler said the second notice had been mailed out the previous week.

Later, Rosser issued a statement to The Beachcomber.

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ment on the matter until the question of why the service of legal docu-ments according to law and regulation has not been accomplished and is investigated,” she said in part. “Once this has been investigated and legal rights of parties involved are met we will be happy to review the matter with The Beachcomber for pub-lication.”

Notified of Rosser’s response, Kistler said mail is sent out the same day it is dated, and if Rosser wants to pursue further legal pathways, she must file a motion to recall the court’s mandate.

Previously, Rosser, who has acted as her own attor-ney, said she would take the matter to the state Supreme Court if her attempts at the appeals court level failed.

David Hackett, an attor-ney who recently complet-ed a term as a park district commissioner and closely followed the case, said he had expected that the Court of Appeals would refuse to reconsider the case.

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After a lengthy legal bat-tle, two courts have ruled the school district owns the road in question and the Rossers have an ease-ment on it. Both courts also found that the Rossers do not have an easement on the eastern portion of the fields.

Rosser, however, indicat-ed she hopes to continue the legal fight.

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The man who burglarized the Jensen Point boathouse and a north-end home last fall has pled guilty and is awaiting sentencing.

In King County Superior Court on Dec. 30, Sean Jeffery Jeardoe, 20, pled guilty to 14 felony charges, including possession of a stolen vehicle, residential burglary, theft of a firearm, theft of a motor vehicle and second-degree burglary. Jeardoe committed the crimes between January and September of 2013 in several communities in King County.

Authorities apprehended Jeardoe after the father of a rower who had her bag and iPhone stolen from the boathouse was able to track the phone to an apartment in White Center. At the

time, Jeardoe confessed to the Vashon crimes and a variety of others.

Prosectors have requested a sentence of eight and a half years, said Dan Donohoe, a spokesman for the King County Prosecutor’s Office. Jeardoe’s attorney, a public defender, is seeking a sen-tence of seven and a half years as part of an in-custody drug sentencing alternative (DOSA), according to Leslie Brown, a spokeswoman for the county Department of Public Defense.

Under DOSA guidelines, half of Jeardoe’s term would be spent in prison and half under community supervi-sion, but for the whole time, he would receive substance abuse treatment.

“If we want to address his criminality, we need to address the cause,” Brown said.

Jeardoe’s sentencing is set for Feb. 7.

— Susan Riemer

Around two dozen islanders rang in the new year with a chilly dip in Puget Sound.The brave souls converged at KVI beach on the afternoon of Jan. 1 to participate in the annual polar bear plunge, stripping down to swimsuits and running fast into the cold water.“It wasn’t as cold as I thought it would be,” said John Jeffcoat, who participated in the plunge for the first time this year. “Maybe because everyone was pumped up.”Swimmers warmed up afterward around bonfires at the beach, where a few people burned their Christmas trees.While the Vashon tradition has taken place for years at a variety of island beaches, the polar bear plunge isn’t specific to Vashon. People across the country go for cold-water swims on New Year’s Day, and in Seattle there were polar bear plunges at Lake Washington, Golden Gardens and Alki Beach.

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Investigative journalist and islander Jo Robinson will talk this weekend about her discoveries regarding restoring nutrients bred out of our food over thousands of years.

For farmers and gardeners, she will rec-ommend vegetable varieties for optimum nutrition and flavor in time for planting, and for people shopping at the farmers market or grocery store, she will share ideas on selecting and preparing vegetables to preserve nutrients.

Robinson is the author, most recently, of “Eating on the Wild Side: The Missing Link to Optimum Health,” which was published by Little, Brown and Company. It was released last summer, received considerable attention and was featured in several maga-zines and on television and radio, including CNN and NPR’s Science Friday and Fresh Air.

In addition to her research, Robinson gardens on Vashon.

The Vashon Bookshop will have copies of Robinson’s book, and she will bring hand-outs listing her recommended vegetable varieties.

Robinson’s presentation will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Land Trust Building. A $5 donation is requested.

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The driver of this car lost control on a slippery stretch of road Sunday morning.

Two people were transported to a Seattle hospital after a rollover accident on Vashon Highway Sunday morning.

Icy roads caused the driver of an SUV to lose control of the vehicle on Vashon Highway near the north end at about 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, according to George Brown, assistant chief of operations at Vashon Island Fire & Rescue (VIFR). The car flipped into the bushes and was totaled.

Citing privacy laws, Brown was unable to

give names of the victims or say what their condition was.

Another vehicle, a minivan, appeared to have gone off the highway Monday morn-ing, but Brown said VIFR hadn’t received a call for that accident.

Brown noted that with the recent cold temperatures, drivers should remember that roads are often slick in the morning.

“People need to slow down and be care-ful,” he said.

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By NATALIE MARTINStaff Writer

Nirvana Bistro & Bar, which had become a popu-lar spot on Vashon’s res-taurant scene, shuttered its doors last week.

The restaurant’s last day of business was Dec. 31, when it hosted a concert for New Year’s Eve.

“We wanted a way for people to come and say goodbye,” said Rohit Sharma, who owned Nirvana with his wife Shivali. “It was a nice way to see friends, and a lot of people who supported the restaurant came.”

On Friday as Sharma worked to sell the res-taurant’s equipment and furnishings, he explained that the decision to close Nirvana was a hard one for the young couple. While they loved managing the eatery in town, he said, they worked long hours there and the business became exhausting. The two are now ready to start a family and will move to Southern California to be closer to family members who live there.

“It’s a very demanding business, and I wouldn’t be able to have time for fam-ily,” he said. “And basically to be around my mom and dad is important to us.”

Sharma purchased the business in 2011 and ran it as an Indian restaurant until the fall of 2012, when they revamped the place, remodeling the interior and expanding the menu offer-ings to include a variety of international cuisine.

The popular restaurant and bar has also become a hot spot for concerts, regu-

larly offering music on the weekends.

While the move is the best one for the couple personally, Sharma said, they’re sad to leave Vashon.

“More than the restau-rant, I think I’ve enjoyed Vashon, and it feels very bittersweet to leave,” he said. “We’re going to go to our family, but Vashon adopted us a little bit, and now we’re going to leave.”

Sharma, who has been leasing the space Nirvana is in, said he’s not sure what will happen with the spot next, but there has already been interest from another potential tenant.

“It feels like we really accomplished something that people really got behind, and we’re very, very thankful,” he said. “We feel very blessed to have been here.”

Once he and Shivali have wrapped up their affairs on the island, he said, they plan to vacation somewhere tropical before starting their new life in California.

“We’re going to sit by the beach as much as possible and do nothing,” he said.

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Rohit and Shivali Sharma recently closed Nirvana.

Jo Robinson

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Having spent the last two months living and learning in the Netherlands, France and Italy, I’ve gained some perspective on public works, public servants and their lasting impact.

Open space and public parks matter to communities, and their existence depends on people with vision and those with the drive and talent to make that vision a reality. Once in a while you get a leader who’s got it all — Lorenzo (“The Magnificent”) de’ Medici is still highly regarded some 600 years after his death for his contri-butions to the city of Florence.

On Vashon, we’re lucky to live in a naturally beautiful place with lots of land and not too many people. We don’t need big public monuments to make Vashon spe-cial. This, I think, is the way most of us like it and want it to remain. The downside is that we’re all dependent on a small number of people to take care of business — those who are willing to work, for little or nothing, to make life better for the rest of us. Good civil servants are essential to good gov-ernance. Great civil servants are a community treasure. Everyone who steps up to take a turn at these jobs deserves our thanks, if not our support.

We’re fortunate to have the Vashon-Maury Island Land Trust, founded in 1989 by a group of citizens with the requisite vision, drive and talent. Today, the land trust has grown into a healthy nonprofit organization. One hun-dred percent of its funding comes through donations or grants. In 2009, the operating budget was about $400,000, with five paid employees, two full time. Their 15-member board has produced a healthy balance sheet; the orga-nization enjoys broad community and financial support; they are well-respected by other state and local organizations as a partner, and they have a big pool of volun-teers to call upon when needed.

The Vashon Park District was founded in 1983 by some of the same people. For the first years of its existence, the park district was a nonprofit with no public fund-ing and very modest budgets and goals. It was run by a dedicated band of volunteers, including people who showed up to mow the

grass or to drag an old set of bed springs around the baseball infield to smooth it out before a game.

The last voter approved park district levy was passed in 2009 for 45 cents per $1,000 of valua-tion, so own-ers of a $200,000 house pay about $100 per year, a $500,000 house about $250. This last levy is currently providing the park district with budgets of around $1 million per year (2012 and 2013) — more than twice that of the land trust. Interestingly, according to an Oct. 21, 2009, Beachcomber article, “The proposed levy would not fund major park projects like field overhauls or park remodels. It is spent only on the daily operations and maintenance of the island’s parks and properties.”

Well, that’s not how things turned out.

The park district has strug-gled to meet its budgets due to unplanned expenses and cost overruns on the ambitious new athletic fields, among other things. Even though the levy funds were supposed to be only for maintenance and operations, the money was diverted to the VES project.

Although many people have put in a lot of time and effort on this project, it remains unfinished. There is no doubt that sports enthusiasts will enjoy these fields for years in the future, but con-tinued spending on the project is a concern to many citizens and should be thoroughly and publicly addressed. Maintenance costs for the fields are unknown at this time, but might reach as high as $50,000 per year on top of loan payments for money that’s been borrowed for the project. Private donations to the district have dwindled, and controversy about

the project has become the norm. The comparison between the

land trust and the park district, the one, a nonprofit run by vol-unteers, and the other, taxpayer funded and run by elected offi-cials, is stark and not at all favor-able to the park district and its recent commissioners. It brings up an interesting question: Might

we have a better functioning, more responsive park district without public funding?

In Florence, the community labored for more than 140 years to complete the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiori. Everyone knew the massive project (to build the most mag-nificent church in

Christendom) would be the work of several lifetimes. They stopped when they ran out of money or into trouble. They started up again when they figured out how to solve the problems that obstructed progress.

The new board members might want to consider this approach regarding further capital spend-ing on the VES project. It’s in no one’s interest to see this resource shut down and unlikely that King County or the State of Washington would be interested in that out-come. Without this imagined pressure, there is no good reason to keep on spending before the scope of necessary work has been 1) prioritized 2) defined and 3) put out to bid. To proceed in any other way is the equivalent of having your house remodeled on a “time and materials” basis, instead of with a contract, and then getting a payday loan to pay for it.

We have just elected two new commissioners and returned another one to office. All three have said they want to restore the district to sound financial footing and institute good business prac-tices. They will have the three votes necessary to make that happen. I, for one, hope they use them for the good of the entire community.

— CC Stone is a community activist.

EDITORIAL

Walking the crowded halls of the new Vashon High School last weekend must have felt surreal for so many islanders. After nearly a decade of talks, two bond proposals and a year and a half of construction, the school district has delivered a building that has impressed the community while also honoring taxpay-ers’ willingness to invest in the schools.

As with most large construction projects, the building pro-cess hasn’t been all smooth sailing, and the school district has made a few controversial moves along the way. But overall

we’ve been impressed with how school officials have chosen to spend tax dol-lars and handled what is said to be the largest-ever capital project on Vashon, showing professionalism and informed discernment that should be expected of our public officials but that doesn’t always hap-pen. A long planning pro-

cess with community input has resulted in an impressive new school that was delivered on time and within budget and, as many saw on Sunday, does in fact seem to reflect the commu-nity’s values and desires.

The new building is spacious and comfortable without being unnecessarily large. Classrooms are larger too and outfitted with new technology. A large and modern theater makes sense in a place that values the arts, and green features will make the school more sustainable and cut operating costs. Abundant windows fill the building with natural light, and wood accents set a warm tone and allude to the beautiful place we live.

Do students need an aesthetic environment, modern technol-ogy or even rolling chairs to learn? Of course not. The schools owe our students a quality education, but not necessarily one that happens in state-of-the-art facilities. But the district has put an enormous amount of thought into what kind of environ-ment is conducive to student learning, in part because we’ve learned what doesn’t boost it. The old Vashon High School, designed based on trends at the time, was cramped, dark, con-figured oddly and sometimes unworkable for classroom needs. The new school is clearly the opposite, and it’s easy to see how, as one parent said, the building will “inspire learning.”

Sunday was a day to unveil the long-awaited high school to the community, but it was also a day the district set aside to recognize the community for passing a bond in 2011 and mak-ing the new building possible. Many towns across our state and country can’t give their students the gift of a contemporary new school to spend their vital high school years in — only in a somewhat affluent community is a project like this even pos-sible. We’re right to be impressed with what the school district has delivered, but we’re also right to thank Vashon residents — many of whom don’t even have children in schools — who agreed that this new learning space was valuable enough to pay for out of their own pockets.

New school honors our investment in education

The district has put an enormous amount of thought into what kind of environment is conducive to student learning, in part because we’ve learned what doesn’t boost it.

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Park district: Take lessons from far and near COMMUNITYBy CC STONE

The park district was run by a dedicated band of volunteers, including people who showed up to mow the grass or to drag an old set of bed springs around the baseball infield to smooth it out before a game.

In the newsIslanders make a splash

There has been a remarkable confluence of stories about Vashon peo-ple and phenomena in the media recently. It started off with an article in The New York Times about Kurt Timmermeister, cheese maker and former restaurateur (“A Table-to-Farm Pioneer,” Dec. 24) and the old Vashon prop-erty he has been cultivat-ing for years.

Next — in my experience — was a TV video “Vashon mystery: How did the bike become embedded in the tree?” that was originally aired on KOMO 4 on Nov. 14, but I saw it as part of a year-end roundup of Eric Johnson’s favorite stories.

The evening of Jan. 1 there was a Jean Enersen HealthLink story on Channel 5 news about Kathy Abascal’s “The TQI

Diet – the Abascal Way” with scenes shot at Express Cuisine and interviews with various Vashonians.

All of these stories evoke a certain “specialness” about Vashon’s people and the things they do. They made me wonder if it was just chance that brought all these very favorable views of Vashon to a large public at the same time and/or if our local business commu-nity has been successful in marketing and publicizing the island’s real charms and strengths. If so, this is a welcome change from producing and promoting, for example, the very non-special Strawberry Festival.

Considering that we have The Lodges on Vashon in our future (“Water district considers changing share policy for new developments,” Jan. 1), I expect that we will see more publicity designed to attract well-to-do people. The fact that two of the recent stories had to do with food reflects, I think,

the concern for healthi-ness-for-one-and-all that generates much of what is special about Vashon. Small farms, small busi-nesses and regular people are the stars on Vashon.

— Jill Janow

AbortionJoin March for Life this month

Rejoice! God exists and He is with us.

Every year on Dec. 28 the Roman Catholic Church celebrates the Feast of the Holy Innocents – martyrs to Herod’s deter-mination to eliminate male competitors. Herod committed lots of crimes against humanity, and this one is considered one of his lesser ones, since no one knows exactly how many boys under the age of 2 were murdered. The guesses range from six to 144,000. In her visions of the life of Christ, Anna

Catherine Emmerich states that she saw that the chil-dren of neighboring towns of Bethlehem were also included.

These young boys are considered “the first buds of the church killed by the frost of persecution” (Catholic Encyclopedia). For us today they are a vivid reminder that the horrors of abortion have plenty of precedents and that by the numbers alone, such evil and persecution are now worse. The Holy Innocents were simply children who were incon-venient. To Herod, their humanity was secondary to their status of being undesirable. This is exactly the status we today have assigned children in the womb, who until their parents decide to love them and claim them for their own are simply known as fetuses, blobs of tissue

without rights, slaves to our whim and sacrificial vic-tims to our irresponsibility.

The good news is that there is no ordinary crime that cannot be forgiven. God is with us and knows our weaknesses. If you cannot believe in God, still you should not support or tolerate abortion, since life

comes before liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

On Tuesday, Jan. 21, Archbishop Sartain will celebrate a Mass for Life in Olympia, and afterward I and others of our parish will enter the March for Life to the state capital. Join us.

— Charles B. Lovekin

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Holiday delightsIn our north end neighborhood we’ve been touched by the magic of The Snowflake Ninjas dropping their paper artistry in our mailbox for several years. It is a sweetly simple holiday delight, and I want to thank them. In the category of simple holiday delights, I also want to thank Drama Dock and Michael Barker for their production of “A Child’s Christmas in Wales.” It was a highlight of my holiday season from the start with olde holiday songs delivered by Marita Erickson and Elizabeth Nye’s choirs right through the charm of an every-family with all their characters explored via Dylan Thomas’ love for language. No techno-toys, no plastic, no debt… just the simple sharing of joy. Wishing joy to all for 2014.

— Susan McCabe

For LeeAnn BrownWhen we decided to get health insurance for our MeadowCreature employees for 2014, we didn’t forsee how complex the process would be. LeeAnn Brown from the Brown Agency helped us sort out the choices with indefatigable good humor. State and federal rules are very much in

transition, but LeeAnn kept her eye on the ball; we all learned a lot, and got the insurance too. She’s a good listener and expert problem solver, and we couldn’t have done this without her. Thanks LeeAnn!

— Margot Boyer

Thanks to VARSA The uplifting documentary spotlighting ordinary people in long-term recovery called “The Anonymous People” was viewed by 55 to 65 Islanders, and I wish to thank the Vashon Alliance to Reduce Sub-stance Abuse (VARSA) for their advance purchase of tickets to meet the goal of 45 reserved tickets. With this support and commitment it was possible to screen this film at the Vashon Theatre on Dec. 8th by the online service called Gathr.

Following the viewing an uplifting dia-logue between youth, family and friends was enjoyed to engage the message of hope and positive affirming stories, and celebrating many Islanders in long-term recovery, too. My gratitude goes to VARSA.

—Pauline Richardson

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NOTICES

Free Range Folk Choir: Rehearsals have begun for the winter season and will take place weekly. No audi-tions are necessary, and everyone is welcome. For more information, go to www.FreeRangeFolkChoir.blogspot.com. 7 to 8:30 p.m. Mon-days through March 3 at the Burton Community Church.

ONGOING

Library Fundraiser: The Friends of the Vashon Library are selling new and used books daily from the book sale shelf at the library. Paperbacks cost 50 cents and hardcovers cost $1. The friends of the library group is the sole source of funding for various speakers and programs like Teen Night, which includes food, prizes and attractions.

WEDNESDAY • 8

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

THURSDAY • 9

Vashon Island Parents Read:All are welcome to join the second annual Vashon Island Parents Read community reading program. This year the group will read and discuss “The Whole Brain Child: 12 Revolu-

tionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind” by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson. Copies are available for checkout at the Vashon Library, and registration is not required. 7 p.m. at the VYFS PlaySpace.

Current Events Discussion: Bob Hallowell will facilitate group dis-cussion on international, national and local news topics. 2 to 4 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center.

Lecture Series: The Burton Com-munity Church has begun a new lecture and discussion series titled “Consciousness and its Implica-tions.” All are welcome to attend, and the lectures are free. This week’s topics will include mental causation and other minds. For more information, call Herb Reinelt at 408-7360. 4 to 6 p.m. in Lewis Hall, behind Burton Community Church.

FRIDAY • 10

Baked Potato Bar: The senior center will host its First Friday baked potato bar. Cost is $4. 5 to 6 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center.

Stepping Stones Teens Time: This confidential teen support group will meet weekly and is open to all teens looking for help with harm reduction, recovery and any other life issues or concerns. Snacks will be provided, and attendees can bring their own beverages. The group is looking for adults (age 18 and older) to help support this new program. If interested in volunteering, contact Epi Wilson at 653-6327. 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Presbyterian church.

Vashon Drum Circle: All ages are welcome to come sing and drum at this community gathering, spon-sored by Woman’s Way Red Lodge. The event is free, but donations are gratefully accepted. 7 p.m. at Vashon Intuitive Arts.

SATURDAY • 11

“Eating On The Wild Side”: Vashon author Jo Robinson will talk about her discoveries regarding the need to restore nutrients bred out of our food over thousands of years. For farmers and gardeners, she will recommend vegetable varieties for optimum nutrition and flavor in time for planting your next garden. For people shopping at the farm-ers market or grocery store, she will share ideas on selecting and

preparing vegetables to preserve nutrients. Cost is by a $5 suggested donation. 1 to 3 p.m. at the Land Trust Building.

“Heal Your Life”: This free movie focuses on the life of Louise Hay, who is best known for her work in helping people heal their own lives. The film will be followed by a question and answer session facili-tated by Letitia Reason, a certified teacher of Hay’s work. 1 to 3 p.m. at Vashon Intuitve Arts.

Sci-Fi Saturday — New Date: This month’s film showing to benefit the Chicken Soup Brigade, part of the Lifelong AIDS Alliance, is “Colossus: The Forbin Project.” This is an American film from 1970 in which an artificially intelligent military defense computer develops a sinister agenda of its own. Tickets are by a suggested donation of $5 to $10, and canned goods are also accepted. 1:30 p.m. at the Vashon Theatre.

Start to Fitness: Part of the King County Library System’s Start to Fitness series, this seminar is presented by the Washington State Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics and will explain how to evaluate a diet. Popular myths, fad diets and scientific evidence for how diets work will also be discussed. 2 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center.

Knitting Group: This ongoing group led by Myra Willingham will meet on Saturdays, and all are en-couraged to bring current projects to share. 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center.

SUNDAY • 12

Unitarian Service: Erica Martin, professor of Hebrew Bible, New Tes-tament and Qur’an, will explore the symbolism of the “New Year of the Trees” (the Jewish B’shevat holiday.) 9:45 a.m. at Vashon Island Unitarian Fellowship in Lewis Hall behind the Burton Community Church.

Burton Community Church Ser-vice: Herb Reinelt will be the guest speaker for this week’s service. 11 a.m. at Burton Community Church.

MONDAY • 13

Island Grief Support Group: Any-one who is feeling grief is welcome at this new support group. 7 p.m. at Island Funeral Service. For more information, call Lisa Devereau at 463-9300 during business hours.

TUESDAY • 14

Family Story Time: For newborns through age 6 with a caregiver, this weekly program includes 30 minutes of stories, finger plays, movement and music. PlaySpace membership is not required to at-tend. For more information, call the Vashon Library at 463-2069. 11:30 a.m. to noon Tuesdays at the VYFS PlaySpace.

Project Censored, The Movie: Sponsored by Vashon GreenTech, this documentary focuses on the top 25 news stories of the year that corporate and mainstream media missed or failed to cover adequately, bringing to light media censorship issues. A Q&A with the filmmakers will be offered after the free screening. 6 p.m. at the Vashon Theatre.

UPCOMING

Chamber of Commerce: The annual membership meeting will be held from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15, at the Penny Farcy Building.

Study Zone: For kids in grades K through 12, this is a free drop-in session for homework help from trained volunteer tutors. 3 to 6 p.m. Wednesdays, starting Jan. 15 at the Vashon Library.

Zen Center: The Dharma talk evening service will include a new-comer orientation and meditation service, “Fear and its Anitdote.” 6:45 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15, at the Puget Sound Zen Center, 20406 Chautauqua Beach Road.

Vashon High School Band: The VHS band will perform a concert to celebrate the new theater. 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15, at Vashon High School.

Martin Luther King’s Birthday Commemoration: The annual event will feature a speaker from the ACLU who will discuss what progress has been made to bring about Dr. King’s dream. It will also feature statistics that demonstrate how far we still have to go to achieve racial equality. Cake and coffee will be served. 7 p.m. at the Vashon Lutheran Church. For more information, call Emma Amiad at 463-4060.

Mobile Veterinarian: A mobile vet will come to Vashon and hold a temporary clinic inside Island Lumber, where they will provide inexpensive vaccinations to walk-in customers. Other services, such as michrochipping, health exams, heartworm test and more, will also be available at reduced costs. 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18, at Island Lumber.

CLASSES

Vashon Allied Arts: Registration for VAA winter classes, including drawing, painting, clay, dance, musical theatre and more, is now open. Scholarships are available.Go to www.VashonAlliedArts.org or call 463-5131 for more information or to register.

Computer Class - Email Level 1: This class will teach attendees basic email vocabulary, how to create an email account and how to compose, send and reply to messages. Pre-requisites include the ability to use a mouse and keyboard, as well as a basic understanding of the Internet. Register online at www.kcls.org/learning/computerlearning or call 463-2069. 10:15 to 11:45 a.m. and 12:15 to 1:45 p.m. at the Vashon Library.

Self Defense for Children and Adults: Classes are appropriate for all ability levels and will be led by Alex Echevarria, a fourth-degree black belt with over 26 years of experience in martial arts. The classes have been FamilyLink-approved for Vashon School District credit. Cost is $56 for children (ages 6 to 13) and $80 for adults (ages 14 and up). Registration for the classes will begin 30 minutes prior to the first class. For more information, see www.openspacevashon.com or www.facebook.com/vashonkenpo. Kids’ class will meet from 4 to 5 p.m. and adults from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Wednesdays, Jan. 8 through March 5, at the Open Space for Arts & Community.

Butchering: Lauren Garaventa will lead this two-day workshop where participants will learn how to turn a side of meat into cuts for home cooking and curing, using two full-grown guinea hogs. Curing tech-niques and different methods for preparing pastured pork at home will also be covered. Cost is $100 per person. Email meatandnoodle@gmail.com for more information. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10, and Saturday, Jan. 11, at Sound Food.

Beginning Bridge: Ellen Trout will teach bridge to beginners or those who want a refresher course. 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays, starting Jan. 14, at the Vashon Senior Center.

Grief Support Group: Offered by Providence Hospice of Seattle, six weekly meetings will be held on Vashon for those who have experienced the death of a loved one in the last two years. This will be a closed group, and registration is required. For more information and to register, call Jane Fleming at 749-7704. 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday evenings, Jan. 15 through Feb. 19.

Parent Education Series — Posi-tive Action: Sponsored by VYFS, the Vashon PTSA and VARSA, this four-week program is for parents and caregivers of children in K through 3rd grade. Learn critical areas of development and impor-tant tools to help children learn how to identify their feelings, allowing them to take control of their actions and foster more thoughtful decision making. Cost is $40 per individual or $50 per couple. For more informa-tion or to register, call Ann Palmer at 463-5502 or email apalmer@vyfs.org. Sliding scale fees and scholar-ships are available. 6 to 8 p.m. start-ing Jan. 16, at the VYFS PlaySpace.

Yoga and Vision for the New Year: Cody Strauss will lead this class for women and girls in guided exercises to help connect and clarify mind and body for the new year. Cost is $20. For more information, go to www.HestiaRetreat.org. To register and for location informa-tion, email valerie@hestiaretreat.org. 1 to 4 p.m. Jan. 18.

Craft Distilling Workshop: Seattle Distilling Company will offer this workshop to be led by master distiller Paco Joyce and master brewer Ishan Dillon. Cost is $100 and space is limited to 10 people — there are two spaces left. To register, go to www.squareup.com/market/seattle-distilling-company/craft-distilling-workshop. 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 19, at Seattle Distilling Company, 19429 Vashon Highway.

Parenting With Backbone and Heart: Roger Taylor will again offer this workshop series for parents of children of any age who want to be more clear, calm and connected in parenting their children to be more confident, thoughtful, car-ing and resilient. There will be an open orientation session, then four weekly evening sessions, which will be limited to 12 participants. Cost is $50 for the orientation and $150 for the four evening sessions. Call 463-3763 or email Taylor at roger@rtaconsulting.com to register by Jan. 29. 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb.1, orientation; 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6, begins the weekly sessions, at the Vashon Fire Department and the Penny Farcy training center on Bank Rd.

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The Vashon-Maury Island Garden Club will meet on Monday Jan. 13, and guest speaker Randy Smith will talk about moun-tain wildflowers. The public is always welcome to attend. Club business meeting will begin at 10 a.m., followed by Smith’s presentation at 11:15 a.m. and lunch at 12:30 p.m, at the Vashon Lutheran Church.

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Dallas Buyers Club: Ends Jan. 9.

Frozen: Plays Jan. 10 to 16.

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PUBLIC AND CLUB MEETINGS

King County Cemetery District: 3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8, at the cem-etery district office at Vashon Cemetery.

Vashon Island School District: 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 9, at Chautauqua Elementary School.

Water District 19: 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14, in the district board room.

Kiwanis: 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14, at the Vashon Eagles.

Vashon Island Fire & Rescue: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14, at Station 55.

Vashon Park District: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14, at Ober Park.

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The new owner of Bob’s Bakery, Samantha Weigand, was all smiles on Friday, her first day run-ning the shop. Weigand and her husband Stephen now own the downtown fixture and plan to maintain the bakery’s previous hours of operation, which are 6 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, until their second child is born in late March, when they will close the shop for a couple of months. The Weigands will then plan for the bakery’s grand reopening in late May or early June.

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ARTS&LEISUREVashon-Maury THEATRICAL CIRCUS AT OPEN SPACE: Mark your calendar to see “50 Sense Circus” at 4

p.m. Sunday, Jan. 18, at the Open Space. Veteran women performers will pull out all the stops in their new show that raises funds for the Vashon DoVE Project and Eve Ensler’s 1 Billion Rising Project.

Most galleries and venues are open from 6 to 9 p.m.

Art in the Alley, located behind Spider’s Ski & Sports, is brimming with Northwest artists working in different mediums. Aiko Vail and Kathy Skripek create fused glass art, Susan Baker uses mixed media, Janet Gadallah is a tile artist, Linda Morrow works with glass beads, David Blad is a potter and tile artist and Poul Erkison is a wood and metal artist. The gallery will open with music by Jack Barbash on piano and Steve Meyers on bass.

Bergamot Studio, Kassana Holden’s design hub, will be open by appointment only from January through March, while Holden is on design sabbatical.

Blooms & Things will show new work from master chainsaw carver Jake Lucas.

Café Luna will hold a reception for Marcia McKinzie. A self-taught artist who uses a technique called “watercolor batik,” McKinzie began painting at age three and has always found creativity rewarding but said that only recently did painting become an essential part of her life.

The Hardware Store Restaurant will display photographs by Neil Wiesnet, taken from his travels in India and Ethiopia. Wiesnet, a cin-ematographer who grew up on Vashon, credits the island’s natural beauty as inspiration for his career. This show includes images of the Kara and Hamur tribes of the Omo River Valley region in Ethiopia, along with portraits taken in India. An artist reception was held on Jan. 3, and the show will be up through the month of January.

Vashon Intuitive Arts will exhibit images of phone photography by Dianna Ammon plus Adina and Lorna Cunningham. Taken during travels abroad and in their own backyard, these photographs capture memorable moments in the lives of the three photographers.

The Red Bike, on the bar side, will show work by Vashon native Spencer Sinner. A for-mer student of Vashon High School’s beloved art teacher Amy Dubin, Sinner paints colorful landscapes, abstracts and portraits. The show is titled “Freedom Fighters” and will feature peo-

ple whose lives have inspired Sinner through their uplifting and positive work.

The Seattle Distilling Company will display art by Jonathan Kuzma and host a Luana Beach Coffee Liqueur launch party from 5 to 9 p.m.

Starving Artists Works (SAW) will show Kelly Brynn’s pyrography.

Two Wall Gallery opens with juried photo-graphs that highlight Seattle’s two Asian gar-dens — the Chinese and Japanese — and the show runs until the end of February. The pho-tographs were taken by two accomplished adult student teams under the guidance of island photographer Ray Pfortner. There will also be some photos by Pfortner on display. Pfortner is well known for his Shoot to Show photography workshops that teach students how to create and promote a show. Pfortner will offer a new Shoot to Show workshop for Vashon Allied Arts in the spring.

The Vashon Allied Arts Gallery show will celebrate something many islanders cherish on a daily basis — their best friends, a.k.a. their dogs. Curator Janice Mallman, inspired by an idea from VAA board member Fred Albert, asked 14 Vashon artists to create special canine-themed artwork in various mediums for the show. The selected artists had to meet Mallman’s main criterion of having a heartfelt, personal connection with the dogs in their lives. The musical group Riverbend will play for the gallery opening, and Plum Lodge will cater the event.

VALISE Gallery showcases four island artists plus four of their guests. Gallery members Ina Whitlock, Ann Nicklason, Kathryn Schipper and Mary Lawrence invited their respective guest artists Ivonne deKommer, Kate Thompson, Rebecca Watson and Zoe Sackman to join them. One of the pieces, called “Look At Me” by Kate Thompson, was built with help from the Vashon Robotics Club. The show includes a range of media, from sculpture to drawing.

The Vashon Tea Shop will continue its exhibit of photography by Richard Kasden. Kasden’s show, called “Holy Moly Moments,” includes landscape and travel photos from Vashon, the Pacific Northwest and Kasden’s worldwide travels.

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A dog-themed show at VAA will include “You’re the Only One I’ll Ever Love,” (top) by Margaret Tylczak Heffelfinger. Two Wall Gallery will show photos by Ray Pfortner and his adult students. “Seattle Chinese Garden Moon” (bottom) was taken by Pfortner.

Six years ago, two real estate agents from Sonoma, Calif., decided they were mad as heck with what they saw as corporate media’s failure to accurately inform the public by replacing truth with “infotainment,” and in the words of Howard Beale from the movie “Network,” they were “not going to take it anymore.”

The duo took action, and today Christopher Oscar and Doug Hecker can claim new job titles as the writers, direc-tors and producers of the documentary “Project Censored: The Movie, Ending the Reign of Junk Food News,” which will play at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14, at the Vashon Theatre.

Begun as a sociology class at Sonoma State University in the post-Watergate era, Project Censored grew into a media watchdog group that teaches students in over 25 colleges and universities how to become citizen journalists and annually publishes a book highlighting the year’s top news stories that media corporations failed to report.

Oscar and Hecker decided to take this story of media censorship and the need for critical thinking about media literacy on the road by producing a documentary. They

rounded up an impressive cast of corporate media crit-ics to interview including Howard Zinn, Daniel Ellsberg, Dan Rather, Noam Chomsky, Phil Donahue, Oliver Stone, Bob and Sharon Jimenez, Greg Palast, John Perkins and Cynthia McKinney, among other notables.

Islander Melissa Curtin met Oscar at the Sonoma Valley Film Festival and became the film’s first editor, working on the documentary for several years before relo-cating to Vashon. She recently asked Vashon’s Green Tech series to bring the award-winning film to the island.

“‘Project Censored: The Movie’ motivates and educates viewers to become better informed and active citizens by discovering relevant news that has critical environmental, socio-political and humanitarian impact,” Curtin wrote in a press release. “Showing the film to the Vashon community will ultimately help create solutions, raise awareness and support for local and global activism for newsworthy issues.”

Oscar will be on hand to answer audience questions fol-lowing Tuesday night’s free screening.

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Just eight months before Seattle superstars Macklemore & Ryan Lewis topped the charts with their mega hit song “Thrift Shop,” the hip-hop duo headlined for Sharing the Stage, a community-building event designed for Vashon High School musicians to open for visiting bands. The seventh show in this dynamic concert series will feature the Seattle-based group Tangerine and will happen at 7 p.m. Friday at the Red Bicycle Bistro & Sushi.

For a relatively new Indie pop band of four college-age musicians, Tangerine is quickly making a name for itself at home and across the Atlantic. “Tangerine are girl group grunge, or DIY meets doo-wop,” said one reviewer for The Guardian newspaper. “Four-part harmonies led by two sisters, Tangerine make sweet melodies that nod to ‘60s pop and a little to R&B, guitar solos that are models of economy and lots of bash-ing, crashing drums. It’s dreamy, lovely stuff, even at its most sham-bolic … with enough polish and gloss to attract non-indie fans.”

The lucky students opening for Tangerine include Monday Night Jazz Band, Isaiah Graham Hazzard, Kate Atwell & Mallory Breen, Two Dime Icebox and 10 Cent Time Machine.

Sharing the Stage organizers — islanders Rob Bordner, Harris Levinson and Fred Strong — say they choose bands they hope the students will like, not just bands that they like. Tangerine, according to Fred Strong who first heard the group at Seattle’s Comet Tavern, have a nice pop-rock sound, and audiences seem to have a great time at their shows. They are on an upward trajectory, he

said, but seem keen on Sharing the Stage, which they recognize as being all about supporting students and music.

That support also comes by way of a strong mentorship program estab-lished by the three founders. Island musicians Ian Moore, Van Crozier, Jacob Bain and Dominic Wolczko have all stepped up to become men-tors, attending student auditions and giving feedback during rehearsals, “two very important steps,” said Strong.

Marika, Tangerine’s lead singer and co-founder, said she and her band members wished that their high school would have had a similar series as it “is a cool opportunity for kids” with an interest in the arts to come together and share the stage with a rising band.

Tickets to the Friday show, which is open to everyone, are $10 general admission or $5 for students with an ASB card. Tickets are available at www.brownpapertickets.com.

Once again, it’s time for Sunday Social Hour with The Rev, 4 p.m. Sunday at the Open Space for Arts & Commmunity. Joining the Rev on stage for this rollick-ing event will be Michael Meade, Sarah Christine, Jeff Hoyt, Dianne Krouse, Kevin Joyce, Jason Staczek, Azula, Gregg Curry, Chaz Reed, Fletcher “Dr. Drum” Andrews, a young sing-er named Anelaya plus other performers yet to be announced.

Sunday Social Hour is part of a new series called “Sundays at 4” at the Open Space. Future events will include Sunday Swing with The Portage Fill Big Band, a magic and poetry show from Tom Pruiksma and more to come. Tickets for

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After closing out December with a lackluster team per-formance at their own Rock Tournament, the Vashon grap-plers turned in an amazing effort at the massive Everett Classic on Saturday.

With illness, injury and fungus sidelining most of the squad, including team anchor Shane Armstrong with a neck injury, seven lone varsity wres-tlers competed against 26 other teams from around the state. As usual, most teams were from much larger 2A, 3A and 4A schools.

Astonishingly, after the first two rounds of the 16-man pig-tailed brackets, the crew of seven Pirates were in the lead — with all seven winning decisively in the first round and most winning in the sec-ond. By the end of the third round, the group was in a tie for third and finished the day fifth out of 27 teams. The final placing was a huge statement by the young Pirate squad, as five of the seven competitors are only sophomores. All seven wrestlers ended the day in the medals.

Sophomore Chase Wickman cruised to the championship without seeming to break much of a sweat. Senior Preston Morris took second in the tough 195-pound weight class.

Junior Joe Coller continued his roll through the 285-pound weight class with a strong fifth-place finish. Also taking fifth-place medals were a cadre a sophomores: Shane Williams, Clyde Pruett, Logan Nelson and Franklin Easton. Match of the day went to Nelson, who had his hands more than full with a brute from LaConner, whom he beat to earn a berth into the medal round.

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also competed at the event, each facing very tough competition. Freshman Bryce Hoisington won all three of his matches to take the win in his group. First- year grappler Rodolfo Flores notched two wins, as did senior Codi Williams. Also compet-ing for Vashon were Preston Petersen, Chester Pruett, Peter Wolczko, Vanessa Williams, Ian McWhirter and Marquis Stendahl.

The first home dual meet of

the season will be Thursday at the high school, as the Pirates take on Nisqually League nemesis Eatonville. Last sea-son, Vashon beat Eatonville by 2 points in their gym, as the match came down to the results of the final bout. Junior varsity action will begin at 6 p.m. with varsity action under the light at 7 p.m.

— Cheryl Pruett is the mother of two Pirate wrestlers.

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Preston Morris, top, pins his opponent, while Clyde Pruett, left, in the striped singlet, locks it up with his opponent at the Everett Classic on Saturday. Fans can come out and support the team on Thursday, when the Pirates take on Eatonville at home.

Hoopsters on hot streakBy BRIAN BRENNO and EZRA LACINAFor The Beachcomber

The Vashon Pirate boys basketball team played two games at the Yakima Sundome Shootout on Dec. 26 and 27, coming away with two wins, a 7-0 record for the season and a number-three state ranking in the 1A division.

In the first game against the Ridgeview Spudders, the Pirates came out a bit lethargically and were playing the tourna-ment without starter Noah Chee, who was away for the holidays. After the Spudders hit two 3-pointers early, Thomas Douglas got things started for the Pirates with a 3 from the baseline; Jessie Norton found success driving the lane; Sam Yates hit two threes; Owen Brenno and Josh Tillman each scored, and the Pirates were up 32- 28 at halftime.

After trading leads in the first half, the Pirates came out with intensity in the second half and built a 10-point lead. One of the keys to their success was spreading the scoring around between seven players. Norton and Yates led scoring, with Steen Jennings hitting a 3 in the third quarter and Ian Stewart, Tillman, Douglas and Brenno all scoring. While not taking over the game, the Pirates never trailed in the second half and won 55-48

The second day the Pirates faced 2A Bremerton. This game they came out and attacked, playing good defense and pro-ductive offense. Yates made a nice move to the basket to bring the Pirates up by 8 at the end of the first quarter. A tough Pirate defense kept Bremerton out of the paint. Norton hit two 3-pointers in the first at half, the start of a 31-point game. The Pirates led 33-16 at halftime.

The second half was a battle with Bremerton coming out fired up with

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At home following the tourament, the Pirates improved their record to 8-0 on the season with a 52-36 victory over Life Christian Academy.

On Friday, The Eagles made the journey across the sound to face the Pirates on their home court.

The game started with a bang for the Pirates, with Norton hitting a deep 3 on the first possession, but Life Christian answered with an immediate score of its own.

This is how the first quarter was, back and forth scoring, neither team able to pull away from the other. After one quarter, the score was knotted up at 15 all.

In the second quarter, the Pirates started to gain an edge on the Eagles. However, Life Christian was still able to put up 11 points in the second quarter. At half time Vashon was up 32-26.

The third quarter was a completely dif-

ferent game. The Pirates defense came alive allowing only 4 points in the period. The Eagles were still moving the ball around well and running their offense, but they could not score whatsoever. While the defense was shutting down any chance of scoring, the offense provided a boost on the other end of the court, pulling away with a commanding lead.

The junior duo of Stewart and Norton made their presence felt on both ends of the court, aggressively attacking the basket on offense and flying around on defense.

Period four revealed a different Life Christian team, but that didn’t change much. The Eagles’ level of intensity increased greatly in the fourth quarter, especially on the perimeter, not allowing open 3s. This made things a little harder for the Pirates, but they still found ways to score and did not allow Life Christian to score with efficiency.

The game ended with another Pirate vic-tory, 52-36, and yet another Nisqually team taken down on the rock.

The team has a motto of “championship effort” this year, and each player is playing with the goal of returning to Yakima for the state championship playoffs. They are playing well as a team and thrive on crowd energy.

The Pirates play at home each Friday this month as well as Thursday, Jan. 30.

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Vashon played the Life Christian Eagles and Seattle Academy Cardinals on back-to-back nights last week.

The Pirates were slow out of the block against the Eagles on Jan. 3, managing 10 points in the first half, which ended with Vashon trailing, 27-10.

The second half was completely different, as the Pirates rallied to within 10 points early in the third quarter. Despite outscoring the Eagles in the second half, the Pirates lost the game, 55-42.

The Pirates had double-digit scoring efforts from Anya Quig and Annika Hille. Quig led the Pirate scoring with 16 points, while Hille added 11. Siena Jannetty contributed 7 points; Kate Atwell added 5, and Tianna Koenig had 3 points for the Pirates.

“We did not start the game with the right ener-gy,” coach Henry Porter said after the game. “The improved energy in the sec-ond half was perfect, but it is hard to come back from that far down.”

On Saturday night, Vashon traveled to Seattle for a non-league game

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The Pirates held an early advantage against the Cougars, finishing the first quarter with a 10-4 advan-tage. The Pirates could not hold the lead, scoring only 14 points in the final three quarters in a 35-24 loss.

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The group, which sup-ports programming at the Vashon Library, has been active on the island for

many years, but in recent times has seen its numbers decrease and the age of its volunteers increase.

Petree, looking to reverse that trend, said that the youngest member of the group is 65 and that new volunteers, particularly those who with a passion for libraries and an interest in fundraising, are needed.

For several years, Petree said, the friends has had an ongoing book sale at the library. Sales used to bring in $200 to $300 each week, but with time and the introduction of ebooks, sales are slumping, bring-ing in now just $100 to $150 a week.

One of the core programs the friends support, Petree said, are the late nights at the library for teens — a popular program that can draw up to 80 participants.

Jan Riley, the library’s operations supervisor, said the library is thankful for the friends’ support and understands the group needs a new influx of vol-unteers.

“We really depend on them a lot,” she said. “We’d be a lot more limited in our programming without them.”

For more information about how to get involved, email Petree at vippphone@gmail.com or attend the meeting on Saturday.

— Susan Riemer

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cafeteria rather than cardboard and plastic ones.She was also impressed with the large, 260-seat theater

and glad it would be available for community use.“It’s awesome,” she said.John VanBuren, who has two granddaughters at the

high school, noted that the new school has been long in the works. After grappling with the idea for years, the district first proposed rebuilding Vashon High School in 2008, but a $75.5 million bond measure was rejected by voters. In 2011, voters approved a $47.7 million bond for a scaled-back remodel.

VanBuren said the final product, an entirely new build-ing the district ultimately opted for over a remodel, is beautiful.

“It’s truly remarkable,” he said. “I think we got our money’s worth.”

Students who attended the event also expressed excite-ment to attend class in the new building, but not without some reservations.

Freshman Annie Muller said the layout of the new school, with two two-story classroom wings, meant she would be walking up and down stairs throughout the day, something she wasn’t used to, but quickly added she was glad to not have to walk outside between classes.

“It will be nice not to walk around in the cold,” she said.Selah Bellscheidt, also a freshman, noted that the library

seemed small and wondered whether student workspaces scattered throughout the new building would be adequate.

“I feel like it will be a lot nicer than the old school,” she added.

VHS principal Danny Rock said he has heard com-ments on the library’s size, but explained that the district designed the room to be small, following a national trend away from large spaces filled with thousands of volumes. At the new library, he said, there are fewer books, but there will be more more of a balance between print and digital materials, with specialists on hand to help students navi-gate them.

And while the library has traditionally been a place where students converged to study, use computers and work in groups, the new school has more computers in classrooms and pushes work areas into designated study

spots throughout the school and “places like this great hall,” Rock said, standing in the large, light-filled common area that greets visitors at the front entrance of the school.

In February, an advisory group made up of staff, stu-dents, parents and librarians from both the school district and the Vashon Library will convene to help determine how to best use the new library, Rock said, and how the high school could greater collaborate with the Vashon Library, which is also nearing completion of a building renovation and expansion.

“The two spaces can support one another,” he said.On Monday, high schoolers’ first day back after winter

break, students started the day with a special assembly and ribbon cutting for the new building. Tours were again offered to help students get the lay of the land, and regular classes resumed mid-morning.

Rock said it was important that the district give island-ers — not just high schoolers — the first look at the new building on Sunday as a way to recognize the community for its support of the bond measure that made the new school possible.

“I think that message was delivered and received,” he said.

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resident Mary Matthews, since 2012. Concerned over the declining state of the historic Mukai property and Matthews’ failure to open it regularly to the public, a slate of islanders quietly joined the organization in the spring of 2012 and ousted Matthews and her board in a special elec-tion, electing their own board to take its place.

When Matthews refused to give up control of Island Landmarks, the islanders sued for control, claiming the take-over was carried out according to the organization’s bylaws.

In the fall of the same year, however, a superior court judge ruled just the opposite, saying the special meeting wasn’t called correctly and that Matthews and her board maintained control of the organization and the property.

When the Friends group appealed, several state and local organizations joined the effort, filing a brief in the lawsuit that ultimately wasn’t accepted by the court but that expressed concern about the state of Mukai and argued the islanders should be granted control of the property.

In a 13-page decision written by Judge Ronald Cox fol-lowing a November appeals court hearing, the appeals court ruled that the superior court’s interpretation of Island Landmark’s bylaws was incorrect and that the island activists did correctly call their special meeting.

However, Cox went on to write that it’s unclear, according to the bylaws and based on testimony by each party, whether those who voted at the meeting were rightful members of the organization at the time or whether notice of the meeting was truly sent to all members of the nonprofit as required.

Because those facts are in dispute, Cox wrote, the case should be reconsidered in superior court, where evidence could be presented and the case decided by a judge or jury.

“These conflicting arguments cannot be resolved on the record that is before us,” Cox wrote.

Matthews could not be reached for comment, but her group’s attorney, Bob Krinsky, said he and his clients are disappointed with the ruling and wish the case would have been resolved. They believed the lawsuit, which he has repeatedly called an attack on good people, was unfounded in the first place and they are displeased that they are essentially “back to square one,” he said.

“Basically this puts everybody back to if the suit were filed yesterday,” Krinsky said. “I’m sure everybody on both sides is a little happy and a little sad that we have to start over.”

A trial would be expensive for both sides, he noted. A court schedule that includes a potential trial date is expect-ed to be set this month.

“I think it’s a horrible waste of resources for everyone, when it could have been simply resolved earlier on,” Krinsky said.

Both Krinsky and Greiner indicated that their sides would be willing to settle, but declined to comment on any current negotiations.

“I can’t talk about possible settlement inroads, but we’re certainly seeking some,” Krinsky said. “We’re hopeful these islanders can find a solution. We’ll have to wait and see.”

While a trial could become costly, Greiner said, it would also give the Friends of Mukai the opportunity to present a wider case for why they should be granted control of the Mukai property.

In the 2012 superior court case, the Vashon group moved to amend its complaint, asking the court to remove the original Mukai board under a state law that says the court may do so if the director engaged in fraudulent or dishon-est conduct with respect to the organization or removal is in the best interest of the corporation.

The superior court judge didn’t consider the additional complaint, Greiner said, but it’s likely that another judge would and Matthews’ board would be required to provide evidence documenting the nonprofit’s ownership of the property, such as financial records and membership infor-mation. Members of each board would also be interviewed under oath as part of the discovery process.

“We know what we think is going on, but we’ll be able to get from them now their records,” Greiner said. “The summary judgement was just very narrowly focused on the bylaws and the process for the meeting, not on the reason for the meeting, which was the bigger issue.”

Glenda Pearson, another islander instrumental in the Friends of Mukai, said she, too, thought it would be valu-able to present a wider picture in court, rather than focus-ing on the meeting in 2012.

“The trial would allow us for the first time to really present all the information we have about why we thought the old board, the Matthews group, should no longer be in control of Island Landmarks,” Pearson said.

“It’s the last thing we would like to do because we’re sick

of all the legal stuff,” she added. “But to have the opportu-nity to do it, we welcome that.”

Meanwhile, the Friends of Mukai, which now has more than 70 members, continues to hold programs related to the Mukai site, considered one of the most historically significant Japanese-American properties in the country, despite not having physical access to it.

In August two guest speakers visited the island for an event, and a Jan. 22 event will focus on Japanese gardens, with two experts coming to speak, and GPS information gathered about the Mukai garden will be presented.

Pearson said that despite the legal battle, the group wants to continue trying to educate locals about the significance of the Mukai property and the story behind it. She said the Friends group holds an educational event every few months.

“We’re such a white community, but built on a diverse background, which I think we need to appreciate and know more about,” she said.

Allyson Brooks, a top official from the state Department of Archeology and Historic Preservation (DAHP) who last year voiced concern about Island Landmarks’ management of the property the state helped purchase, said her depart-ment hasn’t taken any action since sending a strongly worded letter last winter, but it has followed the court case.

While the state doesn’t take a position on lawsuits such as this, Brooks said, her department did join a motion by the Friends group to halt a potential sale of the property by Island Landmarks to an unidentified buyer. The motion was set aside when Nelson Happy, Matthews’ husband and an attorney who argued for the group in court, said that Island Landmarks would not sell until the court case was resolved.

“Our position is we want the owner to follow the … standards for historic preservation, open the house to the public and perform as the state originally intended when they gave $150,000 to buy the property,” Brooks said.

“We’re neutral on that,” she said when asked about the lawsuit. “Our concern is for the property. We’re not happy with the current situation.”

Mark Eric (Rick) Tuelmay 28, 1945 – december 29, 2013

Guitarist and singer extraordinaire, cartoon-ist, woodworker, builder and maintainer of water systems, log keeper, grandfather, father, husband, human being with a kind and wise heart, he made us laugh. How blessed we were to know him and have him with us, how fortu-nate to love him and be loved by him.

He leaves his wife, Mary; two sons, J.D. & Drew; a granddaughter, Allysan; his step-mother Diane; and many friends who grieve his passing.

A service will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, January 11, at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit on Vashon.

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director of The Goodtimes Project. Its goal for this year is $500,000, she said, though $400,000 will ensure the camp will run this summer, and she is optimistic the group will reach its goal through donations, pro-ceeds from an upcoming wine auction and transitional funds from the ACS.

“We believe we will have the necessary funding,” she said.

Still, there is considerable work to be done, according to Gus Peterson, the camp’s program director. Both he and Mastenbrook say that with the camp’s new autonomy, possibilities have opened up, including for new relationships and activities on Vashon.

“We’re very interested in working with the local community,” Mastenbrook said. “We want to be part of the larger, broader family there.”

As for what that might mean, Peterson said most anything might be possible.

“The sky is the limit for islanders to plug in,” he said.

Doug and Erin Kieper, the owners of Vashon Watersports, have already plugged in.

Doug himself is a cancer survivor, diag-nosed when he was just 24, and an avid out-doorsman. When he completed treatment, he returned to the outdoors, he said.

“I left the hospital and climbed a 13,000-foot peak in Colorado with radiation burns, surgical scars and a partially paralyzed left hand. It was a celebration of life and living that impacted me deeply,” he said.

Kieper learned about Camp Goodtimes shortly after taking over the business at Jensen Point from the Vashon Park District. When he learned of the camp’s mission, Kieper said he volunteered to help the group in any way he could.

“It was one of those surreal moments in life when you feel you have been led to something,” he said.

Vashon Watersports is now loaning kay-aks to the camp, instead of renting them, and the Kiepers have donated to the The Goodtimes Project and offered their assis-tance however it might be useful, from hosting fundraising events to engaging in brainstorming sessions.

He noted that he thinks the island pro-vides an ideal setting for the camp and its mission.

“The kayak center and Vashon Island, they’re kind of like adventure travel with training wheels,” he said.

Each week, about 120 children and teens attend the camp, Peterson said, with about half of the campers affected by cancer

directly and five to 10 campers in the midst of treatment. The other half the campers are siblings, who sometimes show symp-toms of post-traumatic stress disorder from the upheaval pediatric cancer causes in a family, Petersen said.

Many activities are traditional summer camp fun, he said, archery, arts and crafts, swimming and beachcombing. There are larger activities as well, including a trip on an Argosy cruise and getting sprayed by a Seattle fire boat. Vashon Island Fire & Rescue comes out on the camp’s carnival day and takes part in the festivities with a water fight and other activities.

The group also intentionally “dives into and out of” the cancer story, Peterson said. They open the week with the lighting of a metal heart in the trees that was inspired

by a man who helped found the camp and who had erected an enormous heart on his Seattle home so that pediatric cancer patients at Children’s Hospital might see it from a window and feel less alone.

From the somberness of that ceremony, Peterson said, balloons go up, celebration ensues and community begins to form.

Kathleen Hendrickson, the executive director of Camp Burton, said she and her staff are proud to host the camp, which has met there each summer since 1989.

“It’s a tremendous program,” she said. “It’s inspiring to see how they face medical challenges and come here and be kids. We have seen so many happy campers and the love they have for each other.”

It is a picture that apparently keeps many volunteers coming back; last year, Peterson said, 80 percent of the volunteers from the year before returned. But there is room for more hands, he said, with a range of pos-sibilities open for people, from helping with office needs to assisting with logistics — and not all volunteer jobs need to happen during the weeks of camp, he noted. And if people have a particular skill or talent they would like to share with kids, he would like to hear from them.

Kieper, who will also serve as a camp volunteer this year with his wife, hopes islanders will step up and lend assistance to the camp as it both stabilizes and creates a new path for itself.

“I see it as a big opportunity for their organization and for us as a community to get involved in something that makes a big difference in people’s lives,” he said.

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Campers fish at the Tramp Harbor dock during a past Camp Goodtimes session. The American Cancer Society ended its funding of the camp last year.

Camp Goodtimes will meet at Camp Burton the weeks of June 22 to 28 and July 20 to 26. For more information about the camp and the fundraiser, see www.thegoodtimesproject.org or contact Gus Petersen at gus@thegoodtimesproject.org.

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Sunshine & privacy, woods & clearing on 1.8 south end acres! Water & power, good

septic feasibility. MLS #562521 $99,500

SOLD

206/930-5650

Vashon Community Care CenterVashon Youth & Family Services

Vashon-Maury Chamber of CommerceVashon-Maury Cooperative Preschool

Vashon-Maury Island Land TrustVashon School District Foundation

VIEW! Sunny, water share AND drilled well, many

bldg sites - choose the perfect spot for your dream home!

MLS #559656 $229,000

Great views, 100’ hi-bank waterfront! Paid water share, survey complete, septic design in

process. MLS #521466

$250,000

Mid-century farmhouse has fireplace, bonus room, attached garage & pole

building. Fruit trees galore, lots of garden space! MLS #568914 $299,900

NEW

Sought-after in-town condo is a great place to enjoy carefree Island living!

parking. MLS #470902 $139,000

Sweet privacy in this sunny waterfront

steps to beach. Bonus room, woodstove & big deck. MLS #402115 $299,000

Friendly Westside neighborhood near the beach! Build sweat equity with this

make it easier! MLS #559205 $140,000

Sun-dappled woods and enchanting views of Burton bay! Stylish home has

& sunny beach. MLS #309005 $399,000

system; multiple cabins above a sandy beach! Utterly private - gorgeous views.

MLS #547015 $639,000