vashon-maury island beachcomber, january 30, 2013

BEACHCOMBERVASHON-MAURY ISLAND

NEWS | State may not be able to sell the Rhododendron. [4]COMMUNITY | Car towed to Seattle racks up fees. [5]COMMENTARY | School district considers its future. [6]

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Fate of ferries again uncertain as session beginsBy NATALIE JOHNSONStaff Writer

As the state legislature convenes this month, lawmakers say they hope to again bail out the ferry system and avoid millions of dollars in ser-vice cuts, but it may not be the year they find a permanent solution to the state’s growing trans-portation deficit.

Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon (D-Burien) said he thought the legislature would be able to move money in the state’s shrinking transportation budget to avoid $5 million in service cuts proposed last month — including ones that would affect Vashon’s routes. And while many, including law-makers, are calling for a transportation package that would generate sustainable funding for fer-ries, highways and bridges, Fitzgibbon said the focus of the legislature this session would likely be funding for education.

The Washington Supreme Court’s McCleary decision a year ago, which ruled that the state is not meeting its obligation to fully fund edu-cation, has put pressure on lawmakers to work toward higher funding of schools ahead of its court-ordered 2018 deadline.

“Transportation is definitely high on the list, but most legislators feel the education needs are really urgent. They will probably receive the most attention this year,” said Fitzgibbon, who serves on the transportation committee.

In December, Gov. Chris Gregoire put forward a 2013-2015 budget that included $5 million in cuts to ferry service. Washington State Ferries, with a mandate to shave its budget, proposed a raft of cuts on eight ferry routes similar to what

Island Landmarks board member files lawsuit, says he’s been defamed

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By LESLIE BROWNStaff Writer

Saying he’s been defamed by a “dissident group” of islanders, the husband of the founder of Island Landmarks is suing three Vashon women who have spearheaded an effort to wrest control of Mukai Farmhouse from the tightly held nonprofit.

J. Nelson Happy, a lawyer and Mary Matthews’ husband, filed the lawsuit on Jan. 17 against Ellen Kritzman, Lynn Greiner and Glenda Pearson, their partners or spouses and eight other people and their partners yet to be named.

Happy, a member of the Island Landmarks board, is seeking punitive damages and lawyers’ fees for the case — judgments, should he prevail, that would come from the women’s personal assets.

Happy declined to comment on his suit. But Robert Krinsky, his lawyer, said Happy decided to sue because he’s “a man with a national repu-tation in his area of practice,” a reputation, he added, that’s been harmed by the high-profile effort by several islanders to take over Island Landmarks.

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Leslie Brown/Staff Photo

Island Landmarks recently repainted the Mukai farmhouse and is in the process of reroofing it. The nonprofit also recently posted “no trespassing” signs around the site.

Park district selects a new director


The Vashon Park District’s five commissioners selected Elaine Ott — a Vashon woman with an extensive background in finance, marketing and sales — as the new general manager of the small public agency.

The board made the decision Friday night, voting five to zero to offer her the job. They sealed the deal Monday night when they offered her a two-year contract at a salary of $78,138 a year. Ott, who was seated in the front row of the small meet-ing room, stood up after the vote and shook each commis-sioner’s hand, smiling broadly as she accepted the job.

“I feel fabulous,” she said, moments later. “It’s a good opportunity to try to do some-thing good for the community. … I plan to dig right in.”

Joe Wald, chair of the com-mission, said he and his col-leagues chose Ott from a field of four finalists because of her strong financial background, her connection to Vashon, her strong references and the sup-

port islanders voiced for her after she appeared at a public meeting last week and in con-versations he’s had over the last several days.

“Everyone had nothing but phenomenal things to say about her,” he said.

John Hopkins, the board’s newest member, said he, too, was thrilled by her selection. “I think it’s a new era for the

park district,” he said.The salary is higher than

the agency had budgeted, but commissioners said they had to offer her a better compensa-tion package if they were to get her to leave her current job as the general manager for a building products manufac-turer in Kent, where she makes considerably more money.

“That was the hard part,”

Wald said of the higher sal-ary. “But I felt that to get the person we wanted, we had to go up a little bit.”

Ott replaces Susan McCabe, the interim executive director who was tapped to take the job after the commissioners terminated Jan Milligan in August. For the past several

Leslie Brown/Staff Photo

Elaine Ott shakes John Hopkins’ hand after accepting the job as park district manager Monday night.

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The Vashon Park District’s board of commissioners agreed last week to negoti-ate the sale of the agency’s kayak operations to islander Doug Kieper.

Kieper has offered to pay $20,000 for the fleet of about 20 kayaks the park district currently owns, as well as 10 percent of his net revenue, or at least $2,000, as an annual rent for use of the agency’s Jensen Point Boathouse. The commissioners, however, suggested at their Jan. 22 meeting that they might instead want him to pay 10 percent of his gross revenue as an annual conces-sion fee.

After some discussion, the five commis-sioners, in a unanimous vote, agreed to enter into negotiations with Kieper.

“I’m comfortable with it, pending a con-tract,” Commissioner Bill Ameling said.

Kieper, a clinical research scientist with a passion for kayaking, said he was pleased by the decision. He also said he’d be happy to pay 10 percent of his gross as his annual fee; last year, the small kayak center grossed about $20,000 and netted about $2,000.

“What I’m trying to convey is that I want the park district to continue to make money,” Kieper said.

Kieper first broached the idea of taking over the park district’s kayak center in

December, when he made a presentation to the commissioners. The park district put out a request for proposals. Only Kieper responded.

Kieper, whose new business is called Vashon Watersports, said he’s offering $20,000 for the center’s assets — a fleet of kayaks, one canoe, two paddleboards, a trailer, safety equipment and gear — after he did an inventory. He estimated the retail value, were all the equipment new, and then offered 40 percent of that, or $20,000, he said.

Susan McCabe, the interim executive director, said she believes the move will be a good one for the park district. The agency could use the immediate infusion of cash

as well as steady revenue from the kayak center. The budget the park district com-missioners passed earlier this month shows it as revenue-neutral for 2013.

“I honestly think he can do a better job of making it a successful venture,” McCabe said.

Kieper, who moved to Vashon a year ago, said he has lots of ideas about how to enhance the small operation.

He envisions offering birding tours and marine ecology tours by kayak, deliver-ing boats to other parts of the island and providing access to people with physical disabilities.

“I’m excited. I think kayaking on Vashon is a real gem,” he said.

The Vashon Community Scholarship Foundation’s annual spelling bee — where top island spellers compete for a good cause — is set for this weekend.

Competitors are welcome to partici-pate in teams or as individuals, in cos-tume or not, to spell some of the tricki-est words in the dictionary.

So far 15 teams have registered, ac-cording to organizer Barbara Gustafson. Registration will remain open until the day of the bee, she noted, and more teams are still welcome.

Organizers have not set a financial goal for the event, though they would like to raise $4,000 to $5,000 dollars, Gustafson said. Instead of focusing on money, she said, organizers are focus-ing on hosting an “intellectually fun” community gathering, with judges, a costume contest and as many teams participating as possible.

Vashon Community Care is sending a team again this year, Gustafson said, and each of the grades at Vashon High

School will be represented as well. “We just love that we have this great

mixture from the community,” she said.

Some of the toughest teams from recent years are not competing this year, she noted, so spelling bee fame may be open to a new group of fearsome spellers. Winners will receive Irene Otis commemorative tiles and jars of Terry Roth’s island-made honey.

Winners of the costume contest, decided on by the audience, will be able to compete for free in the 2014 bee.

As in years past Jeff Hoyt and Jeanne Dougherty will emcee the event.

To register, contact Barbara Gustafson at 463-1638 or email [email protected].

The bee will be at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, at the Vashon High School the-ater. Admission is $15 for adults and $10 for seniors and students.

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Park district board agrees to begin negotiations to sell kayak operations

Barbara Gross, left, and Jan James represent Vashon Community Care at last year’s spelling bee.

Search for new principal begins

The Vashon Island School District has begun its search for the next Vashon High School principal, forming a large search committee and outlining a job posting to go up next week.

Last week the district formed a 16-person search committee, which will interview candidates and make a hiring recommen-dation to the school board in April. This week the committee, using feedback from a parent survey sent out this month, will finalize the qualifications and char-acteristics it will look for in a new principal and choose the words to be included in a job posting.

The job will be posted Feb. 8, and finalists will be identified in March.

The committee includes five district teachers, three parents, two students, a few other district officials and one school board member.

Susan Hanson, princi-pal of the high school for 13 years, announced her retirement last month. She will stay at the school through February of 2014 to aid the new principal and help with the transi-tion to the new high school building.

VMICC expresses concern over park district fees

The Vashon-Maury Island Community Council might have to pay the Vashon Park District for its use of McMurray Middle School, fees that could climb as high as nearly $800 a year, according to a fee schedule the park dis-trict is considering.

VMICC, a long-standing community organization, has been allowed to meet at the public middle school for free for the past couple of years. But under a new fee schedule the park dis-trict’s board put forward at

its last meeting, the com-munity council would no longer get free access and would instead have to pay an hourly rate that would cost an estimated $780 for 2013.

Tim Johnson, VMICC president, said the orga-nization was surprised to learn of the fee and has already begun exploring other options.

“We’ll take a hard look at it. It’s a pretty steep fee increase,” he said.

Susan McCabe, the park district’s interim execu-tive director, said the fee increase is occurring because VMICC was taking advantage of “free hours” for the middle school. “We’re abolishing free hours,” she said.

The fee structure is es-sential to making the park district’s difficult budget

pencil out this year, McCabe added. “We have to charge fees for everything in order to make this budget work,” she said.

But the park district will try to find a solution to VMICC’s concerns. “We’ll try to work with these peo-ple,” McCabe said.

Rhody might be given away, state officials say

The Rhododendron, a 48-car ferry that for de-cades served the south end of Vashon Island, still has no buyer — more than two months after it was put up for auction.

The boat, built in 1947, was the oldest ferry in the state’s f leet when it was retired a year ago. Valued

at $750,000, it appar-ently had a buyer in late November, when an enti-ty with the online handle “Kingstontown” offered $300,000 to purchase it, according to the State of Washington Surplus Operations website.

The sale, however, appar-ently fell through a few days later, according to Washington State Ferries, and the boat went back on the auction block.

David Moseley, the head of the state ferry system, reported in his weekly newsletter on Friday that he has yet to receive anoth-er offer, “so we continue to evaluate other options, including donation of the vessel to a local maritime engineering program.”

The boat’s U.S. Coast Guard certificate of inspec-tion expired Jan. 24.

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Michelle Reed, who owns Core Centric with Sandi Silagi, said the addi-tion, a short walk from their current spot, will almost double their workout space and allow them to more easily hold multiple classes at once.

“It feels great to be expanding,” Reed said. “It just shows there are that many more people being conscious and aware of taking care of themselves in all sorts of aspects.”

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Sheriff ’s office says its has no choice but to take car impounds off-islandBy NATALIE JOHNSONStaff Writer

An Islander facing steep hospital bills and a traffic ticket after a car accident says that because of an unfair practice by the sheriff ’s office she’s also facing a bill she can’t afford to retrieve her car from an impound lot in West Seattle.

“I had no idea they were going to take it off-island and it would be this huge ordeal,” said Jude Spaith, who was in a roll-over accident earlier this month. “It just seems wrong.”

Spaith, 49, was driving to the ferry early on the morning of Wednesday, Jan. 16, when her car hit ice near the north end. The Nissan Pathfinder flipped once and landed right-side-up on the side of Vashon Highway, sending Spaith, who was not wearing a seatbelt, into the backseat.

“It was horrifying. I really thought I was going to die,” she said.

An ambulance and sheriff ’s deputy arrived on the scene, and as Spaith was being transferred to the ambulance, she called some friends to ask them to get her car, which was totaled. Because it was 6 a.m., her friends didn’t answer, and a depu-ty told Spaith her car would be towed.

“I was still calling people, and we parted ways,” she said. “They called instantly to have it removed and didn’t even give me a chance to get my friends to come get it.”

Upon her release form Harborview — where Spaith was treated for a fractured bone in her pelvis, a cut requiring stitches and various other bumps and bruises — she learned that her car had been towed to an

impound lot in West Seattle and it would take $480 to get it back.

The bill was high, Spaith said, because the towing company charged by the hour to go to Vashon and back and also billed for the ferry ticket. An attempt last week to contest the bill in King County Court was unsuccessful — a judge ruled the sheriff ’s office acted within the law.

On Monday Spaith’s Pathfinder still sat at Stan’s Mountain View Towing. It will be there until she either pays the bill or relinquishes the car, and until then, the car will rack up a daily holding fee that by the end of last week sent the bill up to $950. Spaith also received a $135 traffic ticket in the mail for driving too fast for the conditions the morning of her accident.

Spaith said she had originally hoped to sell the car — damaged only on top — for parts, but that may not even cover the impound bill.

“It’s hard enough to live on the island, with the price of food, gas, the ferry. Then they do this to you at the worst moment of your life. I can’t even fathom it,” she said.

A spokeswoman for the King County Sheriff ’s Office, however, said the deputies who responded to Spaith’s accident simply followed policy.

When a driver is injured or taken to the hospital and cannot accompany a tow truck to his or her home or a body shop, deputies must have the vehicle impounded, said Sgt. Cindi West. The Vashon deputy couldn’t stay and wait for Spaith’s friends to get the car — someone did come at 8 a.m. to see if the car was still there — because the deputy would have to wait for them to arrive and could be held liable for whatever happened

to the car.“Because the person is going to the hos-

pital, we are responsible for that vehicle,” West said.

Vashon cars are taken to West Seattle, she said, because there are currently no tow companies on the island that are contracted to handle the county’s impounds.

“We certainly aren’t trying to make things difficult for anybody, but there are reasons

these things are in place. It’s to protect the person and to pro-tect ourselves,” West said.

After sharing her experience with oth-ers, Spaith has found she’s not alone. Other islanders have faced steep fees after their cars were towed to Seattle.

“I’ve been hearing from a lot of people on the island. It’s a giant racket that has been going on for a while,” she said.

Paul Engels of Engels Repair & Towing said that in the past Engels and other Vashon tow companies have been licensed to take impounds. Since they stopped, he often hears islanders complain about the bills incurred when their cars are towed to Seattle.

However, recently an official from the Washington State Patrol, which certifies impound yards, visited Vashon to talk with tow companies about possible options. Engels is now purchasing new equipment and taking the steps required to legally handle impounds, he said; he hopes to be certified to handle them within the year.

Engels said he figures taking the impounds could bring some business to

his Maury Island shop while also helping islanders by keeping their impounded cars on Vashon and keeping their bills low.

“Our impound yard is up to code; we’ve got our impound requirements in the bag, we’re narrowing the gap,” he said.

West said that normally a tow company must be certified through the state patrol as a Registered Tow Truck Operator for two years before King County will contract with them. But because there is a need for a local company on Vashon, the sheriff ’s office would waive that requirement, she said.

“We still have to follow our department policy regarding tows to protect all involved, but it would be helpful for all involved if we had a tow company or two we could use on Vashon,” she said.

As for Spaith, she said she was growing increasingly frustrated with the impound lot, which she said keeps changing the amount they say she owes. At one point someone told her she would have to pay $1,200, and then on Monday someone said she could leave the car for just $150. She worries that not settling the issue could ruin her credit.

On Monday, Spaith, frustrated and still in pain from her injuries, was headed to Seattle to try to sort out the situation in person.

“The whole thing is a scam, it’s an abso-lute scam. … I want to get as far away from it as possible. If it costs me $150 that they don’t deserve, that’s fine,” she said.

A man at Stan’s Mountain View Towing who declined to give his whole name defended the company’s practice, saying that Stan’s has been trying to help Spaith and the different prices given to her were for difference scenarios involving her car.

“We are in accordance with King County police rules; we follow them to a ‘T,’” he said.

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EDITORIAL

During the storms that have engulfed the Vashon Park District in recent months, one person has remained a rock.

Susan McCabe, the park district’s program manager for the past seven years, stepped into the fray and became the interim execu-tive director last August — not because she wanted to, but because she was asked. She said yes, and suddenly, this tall and gracious woman with a background in theater, art and public relations, found herself having to draft budgets, craft a new system of user fees, respond to requests from a state audi-tor and deal with a board that was sometimes difficult and a public that was sometimes angry.

Through it all, she’s comported herself professionally and thoughtfully — answering questions directly, acknowledging mistakes, responding to myriad public requests and helping the agency to regain some much-needed trust in the community.

This week, she steps down, heading into “retirement,” where she’ll again be able to pursue the things she loves — art, travel, acting, even a new little business venture called Vashon Vacations, where she and her business partner will act as con-cierges to people visiting the island.

As she ends her tenure at the park district, the island owes her a huge thank you. The term “public service” is thrown around a lot these days. In Susan McCabe’s case, she really did serve the public, doing so out of her love for the park district and her own sense of civic duty and personal responsibility.

So thank you, Susan. May you enjoy a little peace and quiet, some evenings at home and time to pursue that which you love.

Today’s students live in a world of global communication and trade where information is just a mouse click away. What will the world be like when our current kindergarteners graduate? For young people to be successful, they need to be both visionary and grounded and to possess skills that will enable them to be flex-ible and dynamic, able to adapt to the changes that will surely come their way. And we, as teachers and administrators, parents and com-munity members, need a vision for the future of our schools that builds on our strengths, reflects the values of our community and sets priorities that will help our young people succeed.

Over the next few months, we will embark on an important exercise to help us develop a seven-year strategic plan that will enable us to achieve that vision. Members of the Vashon School District Board of Directors and I envision an effi-cient, three-month planning process, informed in part by a community conversation about predictions, possibilities and plans for the future.

I invite islanders to take part in this conversation, to share their diverse experiences, insights, hopes and aspirations. There will be many opportunities for com-munity participation — from public forums and surveys to com-mittees and discussions.

The endeavor will be guided by five questions.

What are the best predictions we can make about the future our children will encounter over the next decade? As a starting point, we invited islander John McCoy, a former Seattle P-I journalist and university lecturer, to write a brief paper called “Five Future Trends and Their Implications for Education,” which was the founda-tion for our first community discus-sion held on Jan. 17. In addition, we are gathering resources such as

speakers, vid-eos, articles and web cita-tions to inform our thinking and enlighten our planning; much of this will be avail-able on our website.

What character traits and skills will students need to thrive? The future we envision informs the nature of the skills and attributes our students must possess for suc-cess. The skills they’ll need to thrive must evolve at a rate at least equal to the change they will encounter. But it’s not just skills they’ll need; they’ll also need to possess a mindset open to change and character traits that will enable them to be persistent,

flexible and respon-sive to the challenges that lie ahead.

What educational experiences will stu-dents need to develop those capacities? Certainly we must consider how to develop our teaching practices, programs and content to pro-

vide our students the powerful learning opportunities the future demands. An exciting movement is under way to create nationwide common core standards to help our students meet the challenges of a changing world, and it’s important that we consider their application to Vashon students. At the same time, we need to see what’s right here on the island. We have a cadre of talented people and community resources — scholars and writers, business owners and tradespeople, many of whom could provide men-toring and applied learning experi-ences. Our schools must attract and involve those who have the know-how, interest and experience to help our students grow.

Which current programs and services align with those experiences and what do we need to create? We must benchmark our current pro-grams and services to determine their efficacy in the changing world. We will invite students,

parents and teachers to participate in surveys and interviews that reveal the current effectiveness of our programs and services and suggest future changes. We com-mit to maintaining the quality of the programs that continue to serve our students well and to do whatever is necessary to help them meet the future.

What conditions must be in place for our faculty and staff to thrive in the future? I’m proud of our fine faculty and staff. People who choose education as a career do so out of a commitment to safe-guard the future of our country and world by helping our students develop the skills they need to become responsible and productive adults. To support the continuing development of our teachers, we must plan and budget for profes-sional development, advocate for reasonable compensation and pro-vide opportunities for recognition of outstanding performance.

Our school district is strong. We’re blessed with an excellent fac-ulty and many signature K-12 pro-grams that demonstrate our quality and creativity. Thanks to our gen-erous community, skilled admin-istrators and a budget-conscious school board, we’re relatively stable financially. We’re poised to open a new high school under new lead-ership. And we’ve accomplished the goals outlined in the strategic plan adopted in 2007, resulting in a process of continuous curriculum alignment and renewal, stronger professional development and the improvement and development of capital facilities.

These are positive, enabling conditions — a groundwork that we’ve laid for a vibrant future. Now, let’s work together, build on these accomplishments and do what we can to help our students embrace a future full of promise, challenge and opportunity.

— Michael Soltman is the Vashon Island School District superintendent.

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The school district invites islanders to participate in this process. Communicate with the planning team by emailing [email protected]. Follow the district’s progress and find out about upcoming meet-ings and events by visiting its website, www.vashonsd.org.

Preparing our students for a changing worldWith community help, the district is charting its future

Welcoming a new faceElaine Ott, the park district’s new general manager, seems

up to the challenges that confront her. A seasoned executive with a strong background in finance, she appears to be both hard-headed and good-hearted, a person who has the moxie to handle Vashon politics as well as the skill and personal warmth to rebuild a beleaguered agency.

After a tough year, the park district is in need of a fresh start. Ott, who has roots on Vashon but little direct experience with the park district, seems to be that fresh face. She’s had scant experience with public agencies. But if her performances at a public meeting Friday night and again Monday are any indica-tion, she seems to have the right touch for public life.

No doubt, she’ll face a steep learning curve and many chal-lenges. We hope islanders will support and encourage her, give her time to get her sea legs and see her leadership for what it is — a great new start for an important Vashon institution.

Second AmendmentTaking up arms against the government is not protected

I enjoyed the recent Beachcomber discussion of the Second Amendment. However, I must disagree with two state-ments made by Jim Plihal in his letter (“Violence caused by a murderer, not the NRA,” Jan. 23). He would have us believe that the purpose of the Second Amendment is “so the citizens can stand against the tyranny of government.” He also says the Second Amendment serves to defend the other liberties found in the Bill of Rights.

There are a number of legally recognized reasons for keeping and bearing arms, besides the obvious ones such as hunt-ing and target shooting. Well-regulated militias of armed citizens may be called upon to help defend the country by repel-ling invasions or suppressing rebellions. According to Justice Scalia, writing in the 2008 Supreme Court case that overturned the Washington, D.C., handgun ban, law-ful purposes also include “defense of home and hearth” and the right to personal self-protection in a confrontation. What they do not include is the right to take up arms against the government.

Although the Second Amendment arose out of our revolution against the tyr-anny of Britain, with the adoption of the Constitution, we entered into a pact con-taining built-in mechanisms for protecting

the rights dearly won in the Revolution. Our justice system, as part of the consti-tutional system of checks and balances, is and has been throughout our history the bulwark against encroachments upon citizen freedoms by government at all lev-els. It hasn’t always been perfect, but it is better than the alternative of containing government excesses with firearms, as Mr. Plihal seems to suggest.

In 1861, many Americans took up arms against a “tyrant.” His name was Abraham Lincoln, and his tyranny was to threaten the right to own slaves. President Lincoln rightly regarded the taking up of arms against the United States by its citizens as rebellion, and rebellion is treason.

— Bill Tobin

Interpretation of amendment has strayed far from its roots

I agree with the author of a letter in last week’s paper that the National Rifle Association, as an organization, was not responsible for the Newtown massacre (“Violence caused by a murderer, not the NRA”). However, I have to strongly dis-agree with his interpretation and misquot-ing of Article II of the Constitution (also called the Second Amendment).

The amendment states, “A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” Nowhere in these lines is

there any reference to standing against the tyranny of government. At the time of its writing in 1787, the United States had no permanent standing army. The militia was the method by which an army would be raised for the defense of the country. The amendment is referring to that practice and that alone.

The amendment is in effect about maintaining an army as was the practice at that time. Our modern interpretation of the amendment departs far from this idea and seems to be more about indi-vidual freedoms rather than protecting the country.

— John Williams

India CastleShe was a talented and kind-hearted woman

India Castle was a young woman I’ve known for many years, back from my old library days.

I fear that now, since her tragic death, her name will always be followed with mentions of drug overdose and meth houses.

I just want to state, for the record, that India was much more than that. She was a delightful, inquisitive, talented, kind-hearted, beautiful young woman who was a complete joy to be around.

I mourn her loss and miss her with all my heart.

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Abortion‘Lincoln’ reminds us of the rights of the unborn

On a recent Sunday afternoon my fam-ily and I saw the new movie “Lincoln.” I couldn’t help but be struck by several things.

To begin with, of course, the movie is excellent and should be seen by everyone as well as their children old enough to handle the infrequent scenes of barbarity, death and dismemberment. Our 15-year-old daughter was old enough to see these things and to begin to understand the issues addressed by the movie.

How well the movie showed the trade-offs between blood to be spilled by the current generation and freedom to be lost for millions in future generations, and how well the mature audience seemed to appreciate this fact! In one quiet scene the housekeeper of the Lincolns, a black woman, impresses upon the president that the first and most important issue among all the imponderables that arise in consideration of the sacrifice necessary to liberate her people — who were a class of citizens widely defined as less than human — was, simply, freedom. Without freedom, how can other imponderables be addressed?

Today we face a different kind of choice and the necessary defense of a more basic freedom. As in Lincoln’s time, a class of citizens has been branded as less than

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as far as we are concerned and we’d love to have everything. Our agent tells me that we can’t include that in the offer and that the bank won’t let us include it in a loan. I sure don’t see why not. What do you think?

I normally don’t make comments concerning other broker’s state-ments when there is a transaction underway, but in this case he is right and I support what he told you. Banks and other lenders don’t loan on furnishings when doing a real estate loan. A real estate loan

is for property and homes. Furnishings are personal property and not covered under the term real estate.

This also puts the brokers, escrow, lender and title folks and everyone involved with the sale in the position of selling furniture. That’s not what we do. Of course, it’s not unusual to have buyers purchase personal items from sellers. This is done “outside” of escrow. You need to offer to buy personal items, negotiate a price, and pay the seller directly for those items.

It’s wise to wait until the closing to pay for the items simply to be sure you actually have the house. Common items sold to buyers may include ride on mowers, garden tools, and furniture in the home. It would be wise to photograph the items and make an inventory list so that both you and the seller remember what you have purchased.

Keep in mind that this saves you from going out and purchasing all new stuff so it’s a time and possibly even money saving way to get a house full of nice things. It’s also important that the seller understand that this saves them doing a big garage sale and all the time it takes to get rid of stuff, so they should be fl exible on price.

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Thank you P.I.E.A sincere THANK YOU again to P.I.E. for the recent grant to Chautauqua Lunch Club. We were able to purchase some fun new games. P.I.E. has continually been very supportive to our program.

Also a very important THANK YOU to all the people in this beautiful community who have made donations, dropped off supplies and helped us continue. We are very grateful for this support as well as the support of our volunteers, Lisa who comes in every day and Bryson, Chad, and Dean, who come in on Wednesdays and make “make-it-day” such a success.

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Thank you,“Fam Jam 2012 Crew”A belated but big thank you to the organizer and musicians of “The Fam Jam 2012 Crew.” Their fine work raised money for the Inter-faith Council to Prevent Homelessness and Vashon Allied Arts’ children’s scholarships. Thank you, Colwell Brothers (Paul, Steve, Ralph and Ted), as well as Rochelle Munger and Greg McElroy, who joined them; Poultry in Motion (Chris Anderson, Dave Lang, Gib Dammann, Steve Amsden and Bob Kue-ker; Allison Shirk; Peter Evans; The Three Amigos) Tanner Montague, Peyton Levin, Graham Hazzard; Herb and Jane Allen; The VAA Youth Musical Theater and Marita Erick-sen. Thank you to those providing financial

support for the event: Vashon Pharmacy, Windermere Realty, Vashon Island Rotary Foundation and Stratton Law and Mediation.

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A Heart Warmed Thank You!As Valentine’s Day approaches Vashon Youth & Family Services would like to thank and acknowledge all the families and individuals that gave and strengthened the past holidays with such a caring spirit! Thank you all for your generosity and for making so many families feel a sense of community. Thank you Lutheran Community Church; Thank you United Methodist Church Com-munity; the Kiwanis; Thank you Vashon Elves; Thank you Chase Bank; Thank you Granny’s Attic; Thank you Masonic Lodge #177; Thank you Thriftway.Thank you. Peace into the New Year

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Thanks!Our family would like to thank everyone and Vashon Community Care for giving loving and kindness to our mother.

She was very happy there and you took very good care of her.

Also our thanks goes out to the wonderful people with the Providence Hospice. The care my mother received her last few weeks was extra special.

Thank you all again. You were all a blessing to her.Rebecca Linda Parks and Family

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human, but this class of citizens has their futures cut off not by inability to vote or to move about freely or other losses of freedom, but termina-tion of life under the most extreme prejudice possible — through abor-tion. I wondered to myself how many of those attending grasped the obvi-ous parallel to what they had just seen.

Our children and grandchildren are going to ask us, how was it pos-sible that tens of millions of innocent human lives were lost in the pursuit of our personal “freedoms”? What answer will we give them?

— Charles Lovekin

Park District

Regarding Bill Ameling’s defense

of his use of inappropriate language at the recent park board retreat (“Beachcomber failed to provide context,” Jan. 16), I think that most would agree that the point taken in The Beachcomber’s Jan. 8 editorial still stands: words matter. Words mat-ter, whether they originate with the speaker or come from a quote that the speaker chooses. I am as big an admir-er of H.L. Mencken as the next person, but I wonder if Mr. Ameling would approvingly repeat some of Mencken’s writings on race or religion. Using an authority figure as an excuse to use improper words is behavior one would more expect of Bart Simpson than a parks commissioner.

Meanwhile, David Hackett’s unprofessional language continues to go unexplained, let alone unapolo-gized for.

Along with words, content matters, too. Here, also, one has to wonder about the substance of Mr. Ameling’s complaint of mistreatment by the paper. His one example — blaming the paper for a state audit — has been refuted by the state audit manager herself. Indeed, given the financial mess that the park board has presided

over, one could only wish that the audit had been done earlier and was more extensive.

As The Beachcomber pointed out in its editor’s note after the letter, the Mencken quote appears to be apocryphal. It’s true, however, that Mencken had a low opinion of some of the newspapers of his day. Even if Mr. Ameling had managed to come up with an accurate quote consistent with Mencken’s opinion, it would have been improper from a content perspective. The papers Mencken had in mind are a far cry from The Beachcomber.

Our island newspaper is the best public forum we have. If Mr. Ameling and Mr. Hackett feel that the paper’s coverage of the park dis-trict has been incomplete or unfair, I am sure that The Beachcomber would give them editorial space to make their case. I hope they do this, and, if they do, that they use language that is worthy of a con-structive, respectful dialogue among neighbors.

— Tim Morrison

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the agency put forward a year ago.Under the budget scenario, the north-end

triangle route would see its reduced-service winter schedule extended from 12 to 20 weeks. The route would also go to a two-boat schedule on weekends year-round.

On the Tahlequah-Point Defiance route, the ferries division has proposed the elimi-nation of one mid-day trip as well as the last run of the night, a service extension that was provided in fall 2009.

The ferry system has been in the red since the motor vehicle excise tax ended in 2000. Since then, the state has transferred about $30 million a year from other parts of the state’s transportation budget to keep the ferry system afloat. However, those accounts are running dry, officials say, and the state estimates a $3 billion shortfall over the next decade to maintain highways and continue ferry service.

Ferry service advocates are frustrated by the lack of a permanent solution. The situation seems even more uncertain with a new administration — headed by Gov. Jay Inslee — in place.

“They have not addressed the pressing need for a large sum of money,” said Greg Beardsley, chair of Vashon’s Ferry Advisory Committee. “They’re going to have to do something. They can’t kick the can much further.”

Beardsley, along with a small group of

islanders concerned about the situation, is gearing up for what has become an annual ritual of lobbying lawmakers in Olympia to fund ferries.

“I hate that we are at it again for the same thing year after year,” he said.

Beardsley said he and other ferry advo-cates on Vashon will again ask lawmakers to put a transportation package on the bal-lot. But their top priority, as in past years, is to avoid the service cuts they say would not only mean longer lines at the docks but may also hurt local businesses and discour-age families from mov-ing to the island.

“The primary thing is no service cuts, which have been proposed again,” Beardsley said. “We keep trying to get that message across to everybody.”

He said they also hope the legislature will find funds to continue replacing the sys-tem’s aging boats. The state is currently building two new 144-car vessels, but has yet to secure funds for the third and fourth vessels it has under contract.

Beardsley said that funding new boats is especially important in light of the service disruptions caused this winter on several routes when multiple ferries experienced mechanical problems at the same time.

If new boats aren’t funded, “It will cer-tainly mean that several ferries will exceed

60 years of age before they can retire them,” Beardsley added.

While a few on Vashon have been dedicated to advocating for the island’s ferry service — including Beardsley and Kari Ulatoski, head of Vashon’s Ferry Community Partnership — the group has historically struggled to recruit helpers. At a Ferry Advisory Committee meeting last week to kick of the lobbying season, fewer than 10 people showed, including just one island business owner.

Beardsley said he suspects that since the past several years have brought threats of cuts that never came to frui-tion, Vashon residents aren’t too nervous about losing ferry service and don’t feel the need to take action. In past years, ferry advocates’ efforts have included handing out fliers to ferry riders

and gathering islanders’ signatures for a petition to the state.

“I would say that, at least in part, our suc-cess of the past several years has led to sort of an indifferent attitude, thinking nothing will go wrong,” he said.

And while he’s optimistic ferry service will again be maintained, Beardsley said, the situation around ferry funding and aging boats will only worsen until lawmak-ers take action.

“If what happened in December hap-pened for six months, where people were

struggling to get on and off the island, there might be a whole lot more interest,” he said.

Sen. Sharon Nelson (D-Maury Island) said that as a Vashon resident she knows full well the situation the ferries are in and the need for new vessels. But if the state puts one revenue package on the ballot this fall, it will likely have to be one for educa-tion, she said, with perhaps a smaller one for transportation.

“From a ferry community perspective, I would really like to see (a transportation package), but the other issue at hand is funding of K-12 and higher ed in my opin-ion,” she said.

Fitzgibbon said that the transportation committee was already discussing what a transportation package, either this year or in the future, might look like. So far, he said, most proposals included an increase in the gas tax.

Another more controversial proposal is to bring back the motor vehicle excise tax, and a proposal by Gregoire to tax drivers on their milage rather than fuel is still under consideration. However, such a tax would likely be complicated to implement, Fitzgibbon said.

“It’s one of the ideas that we’re consider-ing a little further down the line as a way to supplement the gas tax,” he said.

Fitzgibbon said he was hopeful the state would put something viable on the ballot by next year.

“The service cuts proposed this year are pretty small compared to the ones we’d be looking at in future years,” he said.

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Chautauqua Preschool and Kindergarten News: The preschool program is accepting names for its waiting list. Those who are on this list by Feb. 15 will be included in a lottery for wait list order. Chautauqua is also ac-cepting registrations for 2013-14 kindergarten students. RSVP for the kindergarten open house on Tuesday, March 12. Early registra-tion deadlines are Friday, April 19, for the Spanish immersion/full-day program option and Tuesday, April 30, for half-day kindergarten. Forms are available at www.vashonsd.org/chautauqua. Call Chautauqua at 463-2882, ext. 401, or email [email protected].

Baby Story Times: Enjoy stories and songs for babies and tod-dlers up to 21 months. 10 a.m. Wednesdays through Feb. 13. Jan. 30 meets at the Vashon Library; future sessions will meet at the PlaySpace.

Free Tax Assistance: Hilary Emmer will provide free tax preparation assistance for people making under $25,000. She will also fill out prop-erty tax exemption forms for seniors 61 years and older whose income is under $35,000. No appointments are needed. All forms will be pro-vided. Call Emmer at 463-7277 for more information. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesdays at the Vashon Library.

Parkinson’s Support Group: John Anderson, a long-term resident of

Vashon and well known for his land-scape photography reminiscent of the work of Ansel Adams, will share his work and how he has adapted his techniques to accommodate Parkinson’s disease. All people are welcome. For more information, call Steve Steffens at 567-5976. 1 p.m. at the Vashon Lutheran Church.

Adopt-a-Cat Day: Vashon Island Pet Protectors hosts a pet adop-tion day each week with many felines to choose from. In Febru-ary, black cats are being offered for a $25 discount. For more informa-tion, see www.vipp.org. 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at VIPP’s cat shelter, 12200 S.W. 243rd St.

Bake Sale: Maasai Children’s Initiative Girls to Girls members will hold a bake sale to raise money to bring several Maasai girls to the United States to experi-ence America. To learn more about this group of Vashon High School students, see www.mcigirlstogirls.wordpress.com. The sale will begin at noon outside Thriftway.

Cribbage: Play nine friendly games of cribbage against nine different players. The cost is $8 for visitors and $10 for members. For more information, see www.vashoncribbage.com. 1 p.m. at the Vashon Eagles, 18137 Vashon Hwy. S.W.

Storytelling Festival: This sixth annual festival benefits the Vashon Wilderness Program. 4 p.m. at the Methodist church. (For more information, see page 13.)Wine and Watercolors: Enjoy an evening of wine tasting, ap-petizers and guided steps to create a watercolor painting. Artist Wendra-Lynne will host the evening. Painting experience is not required; all materials will be provided. The cost is $45 in advance and $50 at the door. For more information, call 369-1242 or see www.Wendra-Lynne.com. 6 to 8 p.m. at Palouse Winery.

Vashon Social Dance: Lilli Ann Carey will review and build on what she taught in January. No partners are needed; deejays will provide an eclectic mix of music. For the Triple Time East Coast Swing lesson, there is a suggested donation of $15. For more infor-mation, contact Candy McCullough

at 920-7596 or see www.vashon parkdistrict.org. 6 to 7:30 p.m. lesson, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. dance session, both at Ober Park.

Unitarian Fellowship: Ned Hayes will reflect on finding dia-monds of truth and love even in the driest desert. Liberal religious education is available for toddlers through students in eighth grade, and a high school group is form-ing. 9:30 a.m. at Lewis Hall behind Burton Community Church.

Super Bowl: Watch the big game on the big screen. 2:30 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center.

Vegan Potluck: All are welcome to this potluck and no-trash bash. Call 963-1058 for ideas and loca-tion. 5 to 7 p.m. at a private home.

Great Books Discussion Group: This month’s selection is “The Small-est Woman in the World” by Clarice Lispector. 6:30 p.m. at the Vashon Presbyterian Church.

Family Story Times: There will be stories, finger plays, movement and music for newborns to chil-dren up to age 6 with a caregiver. 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays, Feb. 5 and 12, at the PlaySpace.

‘Things We Don’t Talk About — Women’s Stories from the Red Tent’: This documentary captures women’s stories that are often hidden but shared under The Red Tent, a space where women gather to rest, renew and share their stories. Proceeds will benefit Women’s Way Red Lodge. Tickets to the film will be $5 to $10 by donation at the door, payable by check or cash. The film is rated “For Mature Audiences.” 6 p.m. at the Vashon Theatre. Pre-event drumming outside the theater will begin at 5:30 p.m.

Vashon Legal Clinic: This clinic of-fers free legal advice the first Thurs-day of each month. People wishing to schedule an appointment to meet with a lawyer should call the King County Bar Association at 267-7070. 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, at the Vashon Senior Center.

Lecture Series: The Burton Com-munity Church will host a new lecture series, “The Passions: Philosophy and the Intelligence of Emotions.” Herb Reinelt will lead the group. This week’s topics are Emotions as Engagements with the World and The Wrath of Achilles. Call Reinelt for more information at 408-7360. Free. 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, at Burton Community Church.

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English as a Second Language: Non-native English speakers can learn how to speak, read and write in English. Free weekly lessons, beginning to intermediate level, are taught by an ESL instructor. Call the Vashon Library at 463-2069 for more information. 6 p.m. Tuesdays at the Methodist Church.

Fundamentals of Animal Massage: Learn the benefits of massage therapy, basic massage techniques and safe stretching for animals. The cost is $65. For more information, including location, see the website of the Northwest School of Animal Massage, www.nwsam.com. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2.

Kabbalah 101: Rabbi Alyjah Navy will lead this session. Participants

will receive Kabbalah insights and techniques for spiritual healing, abundance, enhanced intimacy, inner joy and purpose in life. The cost is $40 with scholarships avail-able. 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, at Vashon Intuitive Arts.

Fertility Yoga Series: Nicole Grey will lead this class, which will explore poses and breathing techniques that are restorative and address the needs of women who want to conceive a child. All levels are welcome. Pre-registration is required. To register send a check for $56 payable to Island Yoga Center to P.O. Box 2062 or drop it off in the mailbox by the front door. For more information, email [email protected]. 2 to 3:15 p.m. Saturdays, Feb. 2 to 23, at Island Yoga Center.

School Success: Devon Atkins will offer three workshops for parents and students. The Strategies for Parents work-shop will provide information on how parents can more easily and

effectively support their children’s learning. It will meet from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5. Strategies for Success in Middle School 101 will offer six after-school workshops during the weeks before and after mid-winter break for sixth, seventh and eighth graders. Workshops will provide information for students on how to manage assignments, homework, binders and time. The class meets from 3 to 4:30 p.m. beginning Monday, Feb. 4. Strategies for Success in Middle School 201 will include five after-school workshops during the three weeks before and after mid-winter break for seventh and eighth graders who want to go beyond the basics and learn new skills for preparation for high school. 3 to 4:30 p.m. beginning Feb. 8. All classes will meet at McMurray Middle School. For more informa-tion and to register, contact Devon Atkins at 353-9227 or see www.devonatkins.com.

The Vashon Library is preparing to begin its renovation and will be closed Monday through Friday, Feb. 4 through 8. When it re-opens at 10 a.m. Feb. 9, it will do so at its new temporary location at Vashon Plaza, 17707 100th Ave. S.W.The library will take up residence at the end of the building, in the former home of the NAPA auto parts store. While the interim space will be smaller than the current library, it will hold as many books as the current library, the same number of computer stations and a children’s area. It will lose its conference room, and the library’s programs and classes will meet at a variety of locations around town, including the Vashon Senior Center, the Vashon Land Trust Building, the PlaySpace and the Methodist church. The library expects to be in the temporary space for 12 to 18 months.Above, several patrons were hard at work at the Vashon library on Monday afternoon.

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Deadline is noon Thursday for Wednesday publication. The calendar is intended for commu-nity activities, cultural events and nonprofit groups; notices are free and printed as space permits.

The Beachcomber also has a user-generated online calendar. To post an event there, see www.VashonBeachcomber.com, scroll to the bottom of the page and follow the prompts.

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9:15 p.m. Feb. 1

Plays at 1:30 p.m. Feb. 2. Life Long Aids Alliance. Donations will be taken at the box office for Lifelong AIDS Alliance and food donations will be taken inside.

6 p.m. Feb. 5

Vashon Island School District Board: 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, at Chau-tauqua Elementary School’s conference room.

Vashon Island Fire & Rescue: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, at Station 55.

Water District 19: 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, at the district’s office.

Vashon Park District: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, at Ober Park.

King County Cemetery District #1: 3 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, at the Vashon Cemetery.

Volunteers serve free meals seven days a week on Vashon. All people are welcome at the meals, which are served at 5:30 p.m. Monday through Sat-urday and at 1 p.m. Sunday at the following locations. For more information about the meals program, contact Harmon Arroyo at 351-1441 or at [email protected].

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Tuesday, Presbyterian church

Wednesday, Church of the Holy Spirit

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Friday, Lutheran church

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Double-crested cormorants — a common sight in the Northwest — lined the old dock at Tahlequah on a chilly morning recently. Often these birds can be seen extending their wings as they rest, looking as though they are sunbathing or hanging their wings out to dry. Several other varieties of birds also assume the “wing-drying” position, including pelicans, storks, herons, vultures and hawks.On land, cormorants often gather in large groups, but when they fish, they go it alone. Last year, researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society attached a tiny camera to an imperial cormorant and were amazed to watch as it dove 150 feet in 40 seconds, foraged on the sea floor and returned with fish for a meal — behavior most people would never imagine when they watch cormorants linger above the water.


ARTS&LEISUREVashon-Maury CELEBRATED AUTHOR VISITS: Vashon Allied Ar ts’ Ar ts & Humanities lecture ser ies

will continue on Sunday, Feb. 10, with a talk by wr iter, poet and journalist David Guterson. Guterson, a Bainbr idge Island resident, is best known for his award-winning novel “Snow Falling on Cedars.” For t icket information, see w w w.vashonalliedar ts.org or call 463-5131.

FIRST FRIDAY GALLERY CRUISE

The Blue Heron Arts Center will feature abstract color and vibrant texture with its exhibition of work by photographer Karen Frank and painter Ken Susynski. The opening night will also include live music by a beloved local trio that often graces the Blue Heron — Jack Barbash on piano, Steve Meyer on bass and Fletcher Andrews on percussion.

Frank, a Port Townsend photographer who refers to her current body of work as abstract expressionism, began her artistic documentation of nature versus technol-ogy after noticing the bounty of boat parts strewn along a Port Townsend area beach. Her photographs show the transforma-tion of objects over time by natural forces — rust, seaweed, barnacles, tiny pools of captured sea water.

Primarily self-taught, Frank says her post-master’s certificate in Transforming Spirituality from Seattle University influ-ences her work. “I want people to stop and take a second look,” she said.

Susynski, a Seattle resident, will exhibit paintings informed and influenced by his travels to Turkey and Germany. Called “Landschaften,” German for landscape, his current series is a mixed media exhibit that involves cutting older canvases into shapes and patterns, placing them under a layer of acrylic gesso, then filling in with more oil washes, charcoal, ink and some-times even automotive base paint.

His work, he said, “is all about reinvent-ing, recycling and reinterpretation.”

Painter Suzanna Leigh, concerned about environmental degradation, puzzled for months about what she could do as an art-ist to help the earth. Then one day, when an accidental spill of red dye ruined one of her silk paintings, it gave her an idea, and

her new show — “Blood on the Maple: A Love Affair with Leaves” — was born.

The painting that resulted from the spill looked like a leaf with blood on it, she said, a perfect metaphor for the way people are damaging the natural environment.

All profits from her show at the Vashon Tea Shop will be donated to the Backbone Campaign, a nonprofit that, among other things, advocates for the environment. Hoping to reach more people, she has priced her work at wholesale for this show. Prices start at $45 for a small, framed painting on silk.

VALISE will present “The Reverse of Contrapositive,” an exhibit by two artists linked by name and a begrudging respect — Tom Hughes and Hugh Thomas — or so VALISE, known for playing with reality, claims in its press release.

Thomas is a mid-career California art-ist, the press release says. His works are most frequently produced under a series of false names and range from commissioned design pieces for high-end international col-lectors to illicit street art — thus, there’s no way to find him through a Google search.

Hughes says he met Thomas at a nation-al conference of artists and took great pleasure in their reversed names. This simple link has developed into a sincere but somewhat antagonistic relationship and drew Hughes to challenge Thomas to what Hughes calls an “Artist’s Challenge.”

“The Reverse of Contrapositive” is the result of that challenge, according to the release. Over the course of the last month, the artists placed limits on each other for materials and time. They also worked together, stole from each other, argued, lost sleep, questioned each other’s credibil-ity and disrupted family life, the results of which will be on exhibition.

Due to health concerns, VALISE is unable to confirm Thomas’ availability for the exhibition, but Hughes expects to attend. The artists — or artist — will also give a spirited gallery talk illustrat-ing their complicated relationship, mutual antagonism and creative process at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20.

Raven’s Nest will open an exhibit called “Lovebirds,” featuring the Eagle and the Raven separately and together as one.

Throughout the Pacific Northwest Coast, the Native American tribes identify themselves with animals, birds and fish from the region. The two main groups are the Eagle and the Raven. Following tradi-

tion, tribal members would seek to find a member of the opposite clan to marry. Together in marriage, the couple would be “lovebirds,” and the lovebirds motif is a popular design.

Raven’s Nest will also have a wide selec-tion of art cards, prints, silver jewelry, apparel and gifts featuring the lovebirds in honor of Valentine’s Day. It will also sell the famous Chukar Cherries in a variety of options.

Lotus, a well-known Vashon photogra-pher, will exhibit her native-eye images of Vashon at Café Luna in February.

Though her work includes plenty of beauty shots, her perspective is largely a personal view of the island, she says, with less attention to the typical island scenes that catch the eyes of tourists and more attention to nature, food, friends and farming, a life-long love of hers. Viewers will find striking images of Vashon’s natu-ral landscapes, plant and food photos, por-traits of Island farmers and farm animals.

There will also be cards and matted prints for sale on Friday, but not the rest of the month.

Snapdragon will present a unique col-lection of 30 framed, early 20th century pressed flower works of art for February. The works are from the Crosleycone col-lection, created by Aaron Crosleycone, a certified appraiser of art, antiques and collectibles, and will be available for pur-chase. Crosleycone, a Seattle resident, has a connection to Vashon; he’s the brother of Adam Cone, who co-owns the Snapdragon.

According to Cone, his brother’s col-lection has a “wistful, nostalgia” feeling,

an “‘Alice in Wonderland’ quality.” The pressed flowers date from the 1890s to the 1915s and all came from the Seattle area, Cone said.

La Boucherie will display several color prints of Croatia taken by Martin Koenig during his travels to the region in the late 1960s. The large-format photographs dis-play the traditional music, dance and cer-emonies of the Balkans, ways of life that have largely disappeared in recent years due to modernization, globalization and emigration, Koenig says.

The farm-to-table restaurant will also feature island singer Christie Azula and Seattle guitarist Leif Totusek Friday night. The duo will pair up for an intimate “dans le coin” (in the corner) set of nostalgic, Edith Piaf-inspired music, complement-ing La Boucherie’s old world charm. Azula sings in many languages, including French, Portuguese, Spanish and Arabic, and has performed most recently on-island with the music group Avaaza.

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

Suzanna Leigh’s silk painting, above. Ken Susynski’s oil painting, below.

The will be a hot spot for kara-oke on First Friday. The Washington State Fairies — the singing duo of Jennifer Sutherland and Tami Brockway Joyce — will host a special Fairyoke featuring love songs. 7:30 p.m. at the Eagles.

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Trio Pardalote, an all-women group named for an Australian songbird, will perform at the Vashon Chamber Music’s fourth concert in its six-concert series at 3 p.m. on Sunday.

The trio, comprised of violinist Victoria Parker, violist Heather Bentley and cellist Rowena Hammill, will perform the little-known and fascinating work “1925 String Trio” composed by rear-admiral of the French Navy Jean Cras. They’ll also per-form Dmitri Sitkovetsky’s arrangement of the “Goldberg Variations” by J.S. Bach. Originally written for harpsichord, the

piece was made famous by a recording by Glenn Gould.

According to Hammill, the piece works beautifully for violin, viola and cello. “It has an aria theme followed by 32 varia-tions of amazing contrast and virtuosity.”

The three women have impressive backgrounds — Parker with the Seattle Symphony and Seattle Opera, Bentley with Northwest Sinfonietta and Hammill with Los Angeles Opera.

A few tickets are still available and can be purchased online at VashonAlliedArts.org or by phone at 463-5131.

An animated Czech film that won best animated feature film at the 2012 European Film Awards will be shown at Vashon Theatre Friday night, part of the First Friday Gallery Cruise.

Set in the late 1980s, “Alois Nebel” tells the story of a train dispatcher at a small railway station in a mountainous region on the Czechoslovak border who begins to hallucinate about the region’s dark past after World War II. Based on a graphic novel by Jaroslav Rudiš, the black-and-white film explores the expulsion of Germans after the war, a tragic and little-explored chapter of Czech history.

The film, brought to the island by the Vashon Film Society, begins at 9:15 p.m.

Masterful storytellers will come to the stage at the sixth annual Storytelling Festival, a fundraiser for the Vashon Wilderness Program’s scholarship fund,

which will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday at Vashon United Methodist Church.

The event, which will be hosted by comedian Steffon Moody, will feature three seasoned storytellers.

Gene Tagaban, a trainer and board member for the Native Wellness Institute, has performed at the National Storytelling Festival in Tennessee. He was also in Sherman Alexie’s film, “The Business of Dancing,” and performed before the Dalai Lama during his “Seeds of Compassion” visit to Seattle five years ago.

Merna Ann Hecht is a poet, storyteller and teach-ing artist who received the National Storytelling Network’s 2008 Brimstone Award for Applied Storytelling. Hecht, a widely published poet and essayist, currently teaches creative writing, humani-ties and social justice at the University of Washington in Tacoma.

Shane Kenode is a hip-hop artist, storyteller and youth mentor who was raised in Sitka, Alaska, and graduated from The Evergreen State College with a BA in sustainable business and a minor in myth and ritual studies.

Tickets for the family-friendly event are $10 per person or $25 for a family and are available at the Vashon Bookshop and brownpapertickets.com.

The Highlife, a seven-piece Seattle band that com-bines elements of reggae, jazz and Caribbean music, will play at the Red Bike at 9 p.m. Saturday.

The band, which includes a trumpet and trombone with guitar, percussion and vocals, creates a full-bodied sound with poetic lyrics and funky beats, according to organizers of the event. It’s played on Vashon several times over the years and tours throughout the region. The show is free and all ages until 11 p.m., then 21 and older after that.

Brush Notes II, an improvisational event combining the artistic talents of Pam Ingalls and the musical talents of Daryl Redeker, will take place at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, at Open Space for Arts & Community. Ingalls and Redeker brought the first Brush Notes to Open Space in June 2011. This time around, Ingalls will paint a portrait of an audience member while Redeker writes a song about the person. Tickets, $10 per person, are available at the Vashon Bookshop and www.brownpapertickets.com.

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Gene Tagaban during the Dalai Lama’s visit.


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Wrestlers take first in leagueBy CHERYL PRUETTFor The Beachcomber

Last week the Pirate wrestlers capped a suc-cessful season with two exciting dual meet wins on their home mats, securing overall first-place ranking in the Nisqually League.

On Thursday Vashon took on Bellevue Christian in its final league competition. Bellevue forfeited four of the 14 matches, and the Pirates absolutely dominated the rest of eve-ning, winning eight of the 10 remaining bouts.

Winning for Vashon were Clyde Pruett, Sam Frederickson, Christian Seymour, Logan Nelson, Shane Armstrong, Preston Morris, A.J. Sawyer and Louie Jovanovich.

Match of the night went to Seymour in his first action after a two-week layoff. He had the fastest pin of the night, decisively downing his opponent early in the first round.

The final score for the match was 46-12, and Vashon clinched first place in the Nisqually League for the first time since 2007. The Pirates were undefeated in league action and ended the regular season with a dual meet record of 8-3.

On Friday the team took on 4A Emerald Ridge from Puyallup. It was a tight match from beginning to end. The Pirates were down by 19 points heading into the heavyweight section of the lineup. But under the lights in front of a great home crowd, the tide turned and Vashon ended up on top with a final score of 37-35.

Winning Pirates on Friday were Chase Wickman, Shane Williams, Clyde Pruett, Armstrong, Morris and Joe Coller. Match of the night went to Armstrong, whose contest was a thrash-and-bash nail-biter all the way with a final score of 13-11 in overtime.

Vashon will host the first round of post-season action Saturday at the VHS gym. Teams from Pt. Townsend, Bellevue Christian, Eatonville and Cascade Christian will compete in the sub-regional tournament. The top three wrestlers from each weight class will advance to the regional competition the following week-end. Wrestling will kick off at 10 a.m.

— Cheryl Pruett is the mother of two Pirate wrestlers.

By EZRA LACINAFor The Beachcomber

The Pirate boys basketball team rebounded from a winless week with two home victories last week.

The first game of the week was a home game against the Life Christian Eagles on Tuesday, Jan. 22. The Pirates needed to get a win to get back on track, and they started the game like they knew it, quickly jumping out to a 6-point lead. As the game progressed, the Eagles managed to keep pace with the Pirates, but could not overcome them.

“We had some stretches of great bas-ketball, but sloppy play made it a bit closer than it needed to be,” said coach Andy Sears.

Most of the great play came from sophomore Jesse Norton, who scored nearly half of the team’s points, fin-ishing the night with 25. Senior Ben Whitaker also had an impressive game with 14 points. At the end of the game, the Pirates came out on top, winning 56-52.

The second game of the week was another must-win for the Pirates against a physically tough Bellevue Christian team on Saturday. The first quarter was played very evenly. Junior Thomas Douglas swished a spot-up 3-pointer in the middle of the quarter, sending the Green Tide into a roar, but Bellevue Christian immediately responded. At the end of the first quarter, the teams were tied at 12.

In the second quarter, the Pirates came alive on offense and defense, out-scoring the Vikings 16 to 8. In the final seconds of the first half, the ball was in Norton’s hands; he put up a 3, holding the follow-through as the ball swished through the net and the buzzer rang.

As play resumed in the third quarter, the Pirates went right back to work, dis-mantling the Vikings. Sophomore Ian Stewart played great on defense, domi-

nating his opponents. At the end of the third quarter, the Pirates were up 41-27.

In the fourth quarter, Bellevue Christian began to close in, and came within 8 points. Norton then put the final nail in the coffin, driving the lane and putting in a layup for 2. He was fouled on the play, and buried the free throw.

As the final buzzer rang, the score-board read 50-38, a Pirate victory.

Norton led Vashon scoring with 21 points.

“We got great production from Jesse and Ben, but this was truly a team win,” Sears said.

The Pirates still have a big hill to climb, needing to win the rest of their regular season games to make the playoffs.

— Ezra Lacina is a student at Vashon High School.

Pirate senior Christian Seymour turns Bellevue Christian sophomore Michael Dougherty to his back on the way to a 49-second pin in their 170-pound match. The fastest pin of the night also proved to be the match that assured the Pirates of an undefeated Nisqually League dual meet season.

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Pirates fall to Bellevue Christian in following gameBy GARY MEANSFor The Beachcomber

The Vashon girls basketball team split Nisqually League con-tests last week. The Pirates defeat-ed the Life Christian Eagles on Tuesday, Jan. 22, and then took the Bellevue Christian Vikings to the wire before losing a close game on Saturday.

The game against the Eagles presented an opportunity for the Pirates to demonstrate the degree of improvement they have achieved since a 29-point drubbing at Life Christian in December. The Pirates leaned on their scrappy defense during the first half, taking a 3-point advan-tage to halftime (13-10). The team exploded for 20 points in the third quarter on their way to the 36-24 win.

Siena Jannetty’s 17 points led the Pirate scoring. Anya Quig

scored 9, Taegen Lynch tallied 6, and Annika Hille added 3.

“Our communication was real-ly great on defense,” said head coach Henry Porter after the game. “On the offensive end, we

are getting much more makeable shots. The end result is that we have really begun to play better as a team.”

The Pirate win dropped Life Christian out of a tie for the

fourth and final spot in the Tri-District tournament and repre-sented Vashon’s largest winning margin of the season.

The Saturday evening visit by the Vikings pitted the Pirates against the league’s third-place team. Bellevue Christian entered the contest one game behind Eatonville in the Nisqually League standings — the Vikings had beaten Vashon by 37 points earlier in the season.

Playing without two sidelined starters, the Pirates trailed by as much as 11 points in the first quarter before battling back to end the stanza down by six, 13-7. Vashon continued its bid to even the tally in the second quarter, outscoring the Vikings 8-4, and were within 2 points at the half, 17-15.

The Pirates kept the game within reach in the second half, pulling to within 3 points with 30 ticks left on the clock. The Vikings were aided by an inten-tional foul call with 20 seconds remaining. This gave them two free throws and possession as the

Pirates came close in this one, but ultimately fell short, losing 37-30.

Kalie Heffernan had 11 points to pace the Pirate scoring. Natalie VanDevanter scored 6 points in her first starting appearance for Vashon. Quig added 9 points, while Lynch and Kate Atwell each scored a bucket in the Pirate effort.

“This was a game where a cou-ple of missed scoring opportuni-ties could have turned the result,” Porter said after the game. “But I think the girls showed their met-tle, played hard through adversity, and were very close to an upset win.”

The Pirates played Chimacum in a home game after press dead-line on Tuesday. They will travel to Eatonville on Saturday. The final game of the season will be next Tuesday at VHS. With no seniors on the roster, and looking forward to next year, the Pirate team is looking solid.

— Gary Means is the assistant coach of the Vashon girls

basketball team.

McMurray Middle School’s varsity and JV girls soccer teams both had successful seasons and both won their league champi-onships this month.

The varsity team won the league outright with an undefeated season, 7-0-1. The JV team, with a record of 7-1, tied for first place, sharing the championship title with North Lake Tapps Middle School.

Teams in the middle school league have an end-of-season tournament where the first-place team faces off against the sec-

ond-place team. McMurray hosted both these games on Tuesday, Jan. 25.

The McMurray varsity team shut down North Tapps with a good defensive outing to come away with a 2-0 win.

The JV girls also faced North Tapps in a third meeting of the season. The whole team played well and defeated the Bulldogs, 3-0, to win the tournament championship game.

Kelly Blair got a hat trick by scoring all three goals in the JV game.

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The Vashon Lacrosse Club will kick off its new season with its annual Face-off event, 6:30 p.m. tonight at the Vashon Theatre. Parents and players can get a heads up on the coming sea-son, ask questions about the club and meet the coaches, including new head coach Daniel Macca.

This season, Vashon will field boys and girls lacrosse teams at the high school level in addition to its teams for girls and boys in elementary and middle school. The club also welcomes its new head coach, islander Daniel Macca, who has coached various club teams for several years.

Macca replaces club founder and longtime head coach Charley Rosenberry, who retired last year. According to Vashon Lacrosse Club volunteers, Macca has participated in organized lacrosse for over 33 years and picked up his first stick while in grade school. His formative years were spent playing midfield and goalie for upstate

New York powerhouse Fairport. He was recruited by Division III lacrosse teams, but chose to move to California, where he was on the founding team of Loyola Marymount University.

Macca, who has a degree in psychol-ogy from Loyola as well as an MBA from Marylhurst University, is well known on Vashon for his time as a parent educator at Vashon Youth & Family Services. He played lacrosse

in Seattle for the Bluefish, a perennial A-league championship team, until retiring to play the more gentle sport of ice hockey.

Macca has been passionate about passing along the game of lacrosse to the next generation of players, includ-ing his 5-year-old son and 2-year-old daughter. He said that after years of coaching with the Vashon Lacrosse Club, he was excited to take up the position of head coach and to lead the high school team, the Vultures.

“With a talented, seasoned group of rising upperclassmen, 2013 prom-ises to be a strong year for the Vashon Vultures,” Macca said.

At Face-off, fun activities and booths with loaner gear and uniforms will open at 6 p.m., with the main event beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the theater. There will also be raffles and new apparel to check out. After the meeting, parents of high schoolers and fifth- and sixth-grade girls can attend a brief meeting specifically for the Vultures and the Valkyries.

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months, the park district has been buffeted by con-troversy as it worked to trim a looming deficit, defend a sports fields project that has gone over-budget, reduce the size of its administra-tive staff and end many of the programs it offered.

Asked why she wanted to take on the position at such a difficult time, Ott, in an interview Sunday after-noon, said she welcomed the challenge.

“It’s a chance to put my skills and my passions to work for my community in a way that improves the sit-uation at the park district, gets it back on track and moves it forward,” she said. “I think there’s some heal-ing that needs to take place. I’m really good at that.”

Friday night, during a public meeting attended by about 20 people — includ-ing park district staff and islanders who have been bird-dogging the agency — Ott sounded a similar note, saying her management style is collaborative, open and relaxed and that she strives to bring an attitude of fun into the workplace.

When Truman O’Brien, a former park district com-missioner, told her at the Friday night meeting that she was “way overqualified,” she smiled and said, “I don’t think I’m overqualified. I think I’m well-qualified.”

Ott has an undergraduate degree in marketing from Pacific Lutheran University

and an MBA from Seattle University. The mother of two grown children, Nathan and Callison Ott, she first moved to Vashon in 1993, left for a couple of years and returned about a year and a half ago. Last August, she married Gregg Rocheford, a database administrator for the city of Seattle’s Safe Harbors program, which is attempting to measure the extent of homelessness in Seattle and King County.

Ott worked for the K2 Corp. from 1994 to 2003, where she was a credit ana-lyst and later a sales opera-tions manager. She also worked for the Richlite Co. in Tacoma, a firm that man-ufactures sustainable archi-tectural surfacing material. By the time she left last year, she was the company’s general manager.

A classically trained mez-zo-soprano, Ott also has an extensive background in singing and acting and was a member of the Seattle Symphony Chorale and the Seattle Opera Chorus.

Islanders who have been attending the park district’s meetings over the last sev-eral months said they were pleased by her selection.

“She’s very sharp. She has a great financial back-ground. I think she’ll be a good professional face for the park district. That’s what they need,” O’Brien said.

Hilary Emmer, another islander, said, “What I really liked about Elaine was her emphasis on collaboration, listening to everyone … and asking people to come forward with solutions.”


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Jan. 21: A Toyota van reported stolen in Seattle was found abandoned at the north-end ferry park-ing lot. A stuffed teddy bear was left “posed” in the driver’s seat with the seatbelt on.

A man’s bicycle was found behind Luna Bella’s Consignment Boutique. The bicycle had not been report-

ed stolen, and it was left with those who found it.

Jan. 22: Vandalism was reported at the Vashon Municipal Airport. An unknown suspect appar-ently attempted to enter an airport hangar by prying open the hangar door.

Jan. 23: Attempted credit card fraud was reported by a man on the 11000 block of Palisades Avenue. Someone made several attempts to open credit cards in the man’s name. The suspect attempted to open accounts with Discover Card, JC Penny and others.

Jan. 23: A warrant arrest for a misdemeanor crime was made on the street on the 12100 block of Cove Road.

Jan. 24: Tools and home

supplies were stolen from the unoccupied retail space that formerly housed Upcycled Furnishings. The space, a home on Vashon Highway, is currently on the market, with some fur-nishings being stored at it.

Vashon Thriftway re-ported that someone tres-passed on the premises and shoplifted.

Jan. 25: Multiple 911 hang-up calls were placed using a phone at Dockton Park. The calls occurred several times over the course of a week and some-times multiple times a day. According to the report, the sheriff ’s office doesn’t know where the phone is located at Dockton Park. The calls are not consid-ered suspicious.

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Ott talks to islanders Hilary Emmer and Truman O’Brien before the commissioners’ vote Monday night.

“You just can’t carelessly accuse people of illegal acts and unlawful conduct with-out thinking about who they are,” Krinsky said.

The islanders who have been named in the suit said they’re troubled by Happy’s effort. “It’s unfortunate that he’s chosen this low road,” said Pearson, president of the newly formed Friends of Mukai.

But they also said they feel confident that they’ll prevail in court. Greiner, also a law-yer, called the litigation a classic example of a SLAPP suit, a “strategic lawsuit against public participation” — litigation meant to intimidate people involved in a public pro-cess and considered illegal in Washington state.

“We’re not going to go away,” Greiner said. “I’ve got more support than ever. We’re working with partners from the state, from the county, from historic preservation entities. There’s a huge group now that is concerned about this property. It’s not just a small group on Vashon. It’s big.”

Kritzman and Pearson said they, too, are not intimidated.

“I think it makes us feel ever more com-mitted to doing this,” Kritzman said.

The lawsuit is the latest chapter in a long and simmering saga about the fate of the famed farmhouse and Japanese garden tucked at the end of 107th Avenue S.W. off of Bank Road. The farmhouse was built by B.D. Mukai, a Japanese-American straw-berry farmer who left Vashon during World War II (he and his family were not interned but moved to Idaho in advance of the 1942 internment order that forced 110,000 U.S. residents into “war relocation camps,” as they were called at the time). The gar-den, considered a traditional Japanese gar-den with some American influences, was designed by his wife at the time, Kuni.

Matthews, then an islander but now a Texas resident, purchased the farmhouse for $400,000 in county, state and federal grants in 2000, promising at the time to

make it into a cultural and educational resource center. By most accounts, that hasn’t happened; these days, the house is rarely opened to the public, and until recently, it appeared to be receiving little attention from Island Landmarks, an orga-nization with an out-of-state board.

Greiner, Pearson, Kritzman and other islanders, saying they wanted to see the famed house and garden restored and opened to the public, tried to take over Island Landmarks at a meeting last year, an effort that failed after a King County Superior Court judge ruled they hadn’t adhered to the nonprofit’s bylaws. They’ve appealed the trial judge’s ruling and have now formed a new group, Friends of Mukai, to continue to press for the house and gar-den’s restoration and to educate islanders about the Japanese-American experience on Vashon during World War II.

In the 11-page complaint, Happy takes issue with the group’s effort to advance their cause, saying that in doing so the islanders wrongly accused him of illegal actions and engaged in a “civil conspiracy” to take over the nonprofit.

The suit cites statements by Greiner and other members of the group — for instance, a hand-out called “Top 10 rea-sons why Island Landmarks needs a new board of directors,” which says that the current board failed to fulfill obligations imposed by funders and that some of the grant money the nonprofit received “simply disappeared.”

Happy contends a bumper sticker the group produced that says “Free Mukai” suggests Island Landmarks is “acting in a way that was similar to the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II,” according to the complaint. He also takes issue with a website the group created, an article Greiner wrote for The Loop and the group’s booth at Strawberry Festival, saying that in all of those situations the defendants “disseminated false informa-tion” about Happy and made him “feel vilified and cast out of the Vashon Island community.”

Happy, 69, who is licensed to practice law in several states, has had a long career as a

lawyer, most recently working in private practice in New York City. He also served as general counsel for an aggregate com-pany in Dallas and for Mooney Aerospace Group in Kerrville, Tex., and was the dean of Regent University Law School, part of Regent University, founded by televangelist Pat Robertson.

Happy, who was on Vashon last week, in part to do an interview with a Seattle television news station, declined to discuss the lawsuit. But he took issue with what he called “the dissident group,” saying, “We’ve had nothing but an unpleasant rela-tionship with them. They’ve shown no real interest in working with us or cooperating with us.”

At the same time, he added, he and Matthews would willingly meet with the Vashon group if it would join them in their effort to get the National Park Service to take on ownership of the property. “I think it’s important for us to move the project forward,” he said.

The islanders who formed Friends of Mukai said they have tried several times to meet with Matthews and Happy and to bro-ker an agreement. According to Greiner, the group has written to Matthews and Happy, suggesting a meeting, and was directed to the couple’s lawyer, Krinsky.

“There have been a number of efforts to resolve it favorably,” she said.

Others, before this new group formed, have also tried, she said. “We’ve been deal-ing with them for years. Whenever an idea is put forward, they come up for some

reason it won’t work. It’s been a pattern,” she said.

Friends of Mukai, meanwhile, will con-tinue to push for the property’s restora-tion and to realize the vision Matthews first articulated when she secured public funds to purchase the property, according to Pearson, president of the organization.

The group, which now has 142 members and is in the process of becoming a tax-exempt organization, held a meeting last week. Clarence Moriwaki, a Bainbridge Island man and a leader in the Japanese-American community, discussed his efforts to create a memorial in honor of the Japanese-Americans who were sent to what he called “concentration camps” in 1942 — a history that’s particularly rich on Bainbridge because of the communi-ty’s effort to stand with their Japanese-American neighbors.

Pearson said she was inspired by Moriwaki’s success and the obstacles he had to overcome to build the memorial, a “story wall” that traces the path Japanese-Americans took as they were forced off of the island and onto a boat, the first step in their journey to a locked, barbed-wire camp in Idaho.

“The facts are different,” she said of Moriwaki’s efforts, noting that the Bainbridge memorial was built on an EPA Superfund site. “But the resistance, the difficulties they had to overcome and the fact that they did it … was very inspiring. I think people left feeling, ‘Yes. If they can do it, we can.’”

“Idaho Joe”Joseph Wade Beal

July 2, 1916 - Jan 21, 2013

Joe Beal was born in Fircrest, raised in Tacoma and traveled the world.

He died in Lakeland, Florida after spreading 96 years of laughter.

He truly lived up to his name, ‘Joseph the father of many.’ He sired 7 children, 10 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren, 10 great-great grandchildren and many beloved step children.

He was a father, a teacher, a story teller, and a social butterfly.He loved living several years on Vashon, having lunch and playing cards at the

Senior Center or having Sunday breakfast or Friday night dinner at the Vashon Eagles.

He was proceeded in death by his first wife Katherine Nelson Beal and his second wife Faye Carte Beal. He is survived by his third wife, Doris Fied Beal.

A memorial service will be at Christ The Servant Lutheran Church, 4300 Carpenter Road in Lacey, WA on Feb. 17th at 2pm.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to the families in need fund at Christ The Servant Lutheran Church.

A memorial lunch will be held at the Vashon Eagles on Feb. 14th for his friends from the Senior Center and Eagles.

Joanne Teresa McGinnis, 63, passed away Tuesday, January 22 at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, surrounded by family and friends. Joanne was born July 23rd, 1949 in St. Paul, Minnesota to John and Virgiline McGinnis. She was the eldest of 7 children and a supportive figure to her younger siblings. She graduated from Saint Teresa College in Winona, MN with a degree in education. After graduating, Joanne spent several years

volunteering with VISTA and the Jesuit Volunteer Corps. In 1973, she moved to Seattle, experiencing a new city with friends from the Volunteer Corps. After a few years of living in Seattle, Joanne met her future husband Kelly Burke who she would marry in 1978. Joanne went back to school and achieved her Masters in Adult Education from the University of Washington. In 1983, Kelly and Joanne bought land on nearby Vashon Island where they built a home and raised 3 children. Joanne quickly became involved with the local Catholic Church, St John Vianney Parish, where she was a devoted member until her last days ; volunteering to lecture whenever she was needed. She worked at Pacific Research Laboratories for 28 years as a Sales Manager and vital piece of the organization. Joanne loved rooting for her favorite sports teams and traveling to every corner of the world, but most of all she loved her family and friends. In 2005, being diagnosed with cancer, she battled resiliently and fought through many difficult treatments but always had a smile on her face and a positive outlook on life. A prayer service and remembrance will be held for Joanne on Friday, February 1st at St. John Vianney Catholic Church (Vashon Island) at 7pm with a reception to follow. The funeral mass will be held on February 2nd at 11am at St. John Vianney Church, followed by a reception. Joanne is survived by her mother Virgiline McGinnis; Husband, Kelly Burke; Brothers, John (Patricia), Steve, Patrick, Joseph (Carmella), and Thomas McGinnis; Sister, Kathleen (Randy) Deschene; children Katie, Eileen (Andy Casey), and Michael Burke; grandchildren Eleanor and Henry Casey; and many cousins, nieces, nephews and extended family.

Donations can be made to the Vashon Firefighters 911 Fund PO Box 1150 Vashon, WA. 98070, Vashon Youth and Family Services and The Scholarship Fund at Vashon Allied Arts, in Loving Memory of Joanne McGinnis.

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4 bdrm 2.75 bath NorthendThe Seattle commute’s a breeze in thisfabulous view home! New carpet, deck,

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