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Vashon Library construction booking alongBy SUSAN RIEMERStaff Writer

Nine months into its year-long renovation process, the small Vashon Library has been transformed into an expan-sive structure that includes a wall of west-facing windows, a glass-walled conference room and a green roof set to be installed this week.

On a recent tour of the facil-ity, Jan Riley, the library’s operations supervisor, walked a small group through the expanded building, now fully framed and ready for drywall. The space is on track to be completed this winter, Riley said, and noted that the staff is looking forward to leaving its temporary location and return-ing to the renovated space.

“We just can’t wait to come back,” she said.

Walking amidst the con-struction equipment, Riley noted special features of the new facility, which she said will have more of a “tech feel” than the previous library, and will include a cyber bar — a long counter in front of the windows where people can plug in their laptops and other electronic devices and work looking out at a large land-scaped area in front of the building.

“I think that is going to be a big hit,” she said.

Other features she pointed out as highlights of the remod-

eled library — some 3,400 square feet larger than the former space — include the conference room, a children’s section with windows over-looking Ober Park and a large open space that will be filled with ample places to sit. The building, with few interior walls and a long wall of win-dows, will feel expansive com-pared to the former library.

“You are going to get a real

open feel here,” Riley said. There will be both more

books and more elbow room, she noted, but she is not cer-tain yet if more computers will be added.

Greg Nelson, the superin-tendent of the project with Beisley Construction, said that all new electrical and plumbing systems and a heat-ing and cooling system have been installed throughout the

building.Behind the library, the con-

tractor also installed a panel that will enable Vashon Island Fire & Rescue to connect a generator and create a com-munity shelter at the library in the case of an island-wide emergency. Funds for this fea-ture, Riley said, came from money that was gifted to the

History of childhood trauma high on Vashon Local poets value brevity, fun at island haiku club

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Librarian Jan Riley, left, and project superintendent Greg Nelson, right, say library construction is going well and the library is on track to open by March of 2014.

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Experts say early stress increases the odds for a range of problemsBy SUSAN RIEMERStaff Writer

A high number of parents on Vashon report they experienced multiple trau-mas as children, according to a statewide study, and are at an increased risk of chronic disease, mental illness and a host of societal problems — as well as the

increased possibility that their own chil-dren will experience trauma.

The same Vashon parents report that they often or always receive the emotional support they need, though experts say it is not clear yet how much that sup-port counteracts the affects of adverse childhood experiences, dubbed “ACEs” by those who work in the field.

Laura Porter, the director of ACE Partnerships at the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), noted the importance of this information, which her office recently released.

“Toxic stress in childhood is the most

powerful determinant of the public’s health,” she said.

On Vashon, more parents report having had three or more ACEs than parents in most other communities in King County, according to the recent DSHS report. This report features information from a study the Washington State Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control conducted between 2009 and 2011 about the prevalence of ACEs in Washington. In fact, out of roughly 40 King County communities, Vashon ranks

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A creative group is behind the ‘Hiway Haiku’By REBECCA WITTMANFor The Beachcomber

Anyone who inches down the last 100 feet of Vashon Highway toward the north-end ferry  is bound to notice four little Burma Shave-style signs just before reaching the dock. Many islanders who commute regularly look to those signs as an inspiring last whisper from the island before sailing off to less poetic destinations.

It turns out the signs and their ever-chang-ing contents began as a form of citizen-spon-sored traffic control. Hita von Mende, who lives at the bottom of the hill, and her friend and fellow artist, Kajira Wyn Berry, surmised a decade ago that people needed an induce-ment to slow down as they approached the ferry dock. Von Mende owned the land, and Berry was a longtime haiku aficionado and a world-class calligrapher. Thus, Hiway Haiku was hatched.

Have the signs slowed the cars down? Not so much, Berry said recently.

“It didn’t work. Cars and bikes still hurtle down the hill,” she said.

They may have spawned a population of speed-readers. More than anything, they’ve helped cultivate a community of haiku lovers.

Haiku is the purest form of nonfiction, a deceptively simple yet highly disciplined mode of poetic reportage that originated in Japan. It challenges the raconteur to reduce a tale, typi-cally something personally experienced, to its distilled essence. It’s been said that haiku is the bicycle of poetry, which in the case of Hiway Haiku would make it a conveyance that deliv-ers thousands of islanders to the ferry every month and one that delivered me one late summer day to the mother lode of island haiku poets. I share that experience with you here, though in considerably more than 17 syllables.

On the first Monday of each month, a com-pany of haiku purists, known to one another simply as “Mondays at Three,” meets at one of the members’ homes. In attendance on this par-ticular afternoon were six of the group of about a dozen: Berry, Jean Ameluxen, Shirley Ferris, Ron Simons, Ann Spiers and Michael Feinstein.

Each member comes bearing two origi-nal poems. These are not professional poets,

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Election: Branch and Bell win close racesBoth retain their early leads

Lu-Ann Branch has been reelect-ed to the Vashon Park District board in the close race for position 2 on the commission.

Branch, who has held a slight lead over challenger Stephen Evans since results were first announced, retained a lead of more than 200 votes this week, according to results released Monday by King County Elections. There are a little over 100 Vashon ballots left to count in the Nov. 5 election.

Branch has garnered 52.4 per-cent of the vote with 2,114 votes, while Evans, a patent lawyer whose campaign included a website and a flashing road sign, took 47.2 per-cent with 1,903 votes.

“I’m glad I survived,” Branch said on Monday. “I think it says something about my style of lead-ership on the board.”

Scott Harvey and Doug Ostrom were also elected to the park board, beating incumbent John Hopkins and Robin Magonegil, respectively.

Branch said she is looking for-ward to seeing new faces on the board, as she and Hopkins often

voted together on topics such as district spending but often were unable to outvote the other three commissioners.

“My approach has been different than that of my colleagues in a lot of ways, but I haven’t been able to be successful because I’ve been in the minority,” she said.

In the race for an open seat on the board of Water District 19, Jenny Bell has been elected. On Monday, Bell, who owns a water consulting business, had 55.2 percent of the vote with 589 votes. Challenger Mark Graham, a Burton Water Company employee, garnered 44.3 percent with 473 votes.

Bell could not be reached for comment.

Of about 8,150 registered voters on Vashon, about 5,110 returned ballots this fall, a 63 percent return rate. The election will be certified on Nov. 26.

— Natalie Martin

CorrectionsIn a photo from an American Hero Quilts fundraiser in last week’s issue, Roy Bumgarner was incorrectly named as Ray Bumgarner. In a story in last week’s issue, “Islanders get help with health reform,” Lee-Ann Brown was listed as the island’s only health insurance broker. There are additional health insurance brokers on Vashon.

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By SARAH LOWStaff Writer

Following a number of youth suicides and deaths on Vashon, island teen Garnet Burk has partnered with Vashon Youth & Family Services (VYFS) to create the Suicide Hope Initiative (SHIne), a group whose focus is to heal, educate and support the youth of Vashon.

“I was already struggling with my brother’s death. Then there were the other deaths and suicides that have just crushed the community,” Burk said, “I felt crushed too, but I also wanted to be proactive.”

SHIne’s first public event, an open mic night, will take place on Saturday at the Presbyterian church.

Burk, 17, a senior at Annie Wright School in Tacoma, lost her brother Palmer to suicide last fall. She decided to start the project about six weeks ago after the island’s most recent suicide of a young adult. She explained that many young people she knows are in pain, both from recent loss-es of friends and loved ones and from their own personal struggles, and she felt she needed to act.

“Nothing hurts more than seeing kids in all this pain,” she said. “They need guidance to get through and deal with it. I know kids that feel suicidal, and I’m done not doing anything about it.”

So Burk reached out to her friends, as well as Yvonne Zick, a parent educator and community coordinator at VYFS, to organize a group and weekly meetings.

Zick said she was impressed with Burk’s initiative.“Garnet talked about an organization she wanted to

build,” Zick said. “She’d done a lot of research about the ‘sui-cide brain’ and what happens on a physiologic level, and she wanted to share this information, the things she’s learned.”

Burk said the group’s focus will be awareness, and there will be an emphasis on science.

“We need to educate, teach people the signs to watch for and empower kids to become life savers,” she said.

Vashon Fire & Rescue (VIFR) chief Hank Lipe, who has participated in the group, said he agrees.

“This needs to be an issue that the community embraces through support and education,” he said. “It’s time to step up and make a difference.”

Lipe, one of the community leaders Zick contacted to attend a round-table meeting as the group was coming together, said he’s seen too much youth suicide in his years as a first responder. He said Vashon is the second commu-nity he has worked in that has experienced multiple youth suicides and deaths.

“It becomes epidemic almost, even though they’re not connected,” he said. “When it starts, you don’t know when it’s going to stop. It’s a dangerous atmosphere.”

The only thing that made a difference in the other place he worked, Lipe said, was when the community actively came together to support its youth.

Support, according to both Lipe and Zick, is where the adults of the community are needed. Lipe notes that the project and his involvement has the full backing of the VIFR commissioners, and Zick points to community partners such as Minglement and the Presbyterian church, who have been generous in donating space for the group’s meetings and coming event.

“As a community we need to gather the resources our kids need, whatever they are, and make sure that they’re available for future generations as well,” Lipe said.

With awareness of the group spreading primarily by word-of-mouth, Zick said that the group includes people who have lost someone close to them, are feeling suicidal

themselves and some who just want to help. “Everyone has ideas. My job is to organize them,” she

explained. “There’s no one way to do this; healing is dif-ferent for everyone. I’d like to see as many options as there are needs.”

Burk herself has found healing through art, poetry and music, which was the inspiration for the group’s inaugural public event — an open mic evening.

“We came up with the name SHIne because my brother was a real Pink Floyd enthusiast; he loved their song ‘Shine on You Crazy Diamond,’” Burk said. “All young people should have a chance to shine. This is a chance for kids to stand up and just say what’s in their hearts.”

For Lipe, who has attended all but one of the group’s meet-ings, the significance of the project and its goals is clear.

“I feel strongly as a parent, leader and part of this com-munity that as adults we have to embrace this,” he said. “If at the end of the day, I can say ‘Yeah, I made a difference,’ then I don’t think there’s any better achievement.”

For her part, Zick said her goal for the project is simple. “I would love to be overwhelmed by kids telling me what

they need, so that no one else has to die, so they know that we care,” she said.

Burk’s vision for this new effort is to the point and straight from the heart.

“This is about education. We need to focus on science and not the assumptions people make,” she said. “I want everyone to recognize the signs and to prevent suicides. It’s about healing. Life is beautiful. We need to live on.”

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The group will host an open mic at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Presbyterian church for healing and expression and will include acoustic music, poetry and spoken words. The cost is free for those 24 and under, $10 for 25 and up, with all proceeds going to the SHIne Foundation through VYFS. To perform or participate, call Garnet Burk at 353-4907 or email EveryoneShineOn@gmail.com.

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District officials say project not considered over budgetBy NATALIE MARTINStaff Writer

The construction of the new Vashon High School and upgrades to other island schools are projected to cost the school district about $2 million more than originally estimated.

According to recent estimates presented to Vashon’s school board, the construction of the new high school building — as well as upgrades at the elementary and middle schools and high school gym that have already been completed — are forecast to cost the district as much as $49.3 million, more than the $47.7 million bond island voters approved in 2011.

The figure has led some to call the large construction project over budget. However, Superintendent Michael Soltman, as well as Capital Projects Manager Eric Gill, insist the project is on budget and say the cost dif-ference can be attributed to board-approved changes made to plans for the high school and changes in the economy since the proj-ect began. Further, the original estimate anticipated the use of additional state funds for program and construction contingency. The added costs will be covered by funds the district has in hand, they said.

“There are no cost overruns on this proj-ect,” Soltman said.

In 2011 after the bond was passed, dis-trict officials decided that rather than reno-vate the school’s main classroom building, as originally planned, the district would tear down the main building and build a new high school, something the general contractor said would bring project costs down by about $70,000.

The new course, however, also gave the district more flexibility in what the new school would look like, and the school board ultimately voted to add a host of ener-gy efficient and environmentally friendly features to the new building, such as an air-to-water heat pump, better insulation and a rainwater harvesting system. They also approved some features the board believed would be valuable to the community, such as wood accents made from wood harvest-ed from the district’s own forest and higher quality systems in the new theater.

The added features were funded with state construction assistance funds — $2.7 mil-lion the district set aside as contingency and which was not included in the bond amount. Contingency funds also helped cover con-struction bids that came in higher than antic-ipated as a result of the improving economy

An additional $750,000 in energy grants from the state and Puget Sound Energy, which were not in the original budget, helped fund green improvements such as a new boiler at the middle school and new thermostats in the high school gym.

Gill noted that while energy efficient fea-tures a the school — which will be built 30 percent above code — cost more up front, many of them will bring down the building’s long-term operational costs.

“These are board decisions to meet the goals of the project for efficiency and respond to community needs,” Soltman said.

Local activist Hilary Emmer, however, crit-icized decisions made by the district at last week’s school board meeting. Emmer says she considers the building to be millions over budget and said the board should have been more frugal in its decision making — calling features such as wood accents unnecessary — and saved extra funds for future needs once outlined in phase two of the project.

“They want to do a new gym and track,” Emmer said in an interview. “Don’t you think $3 million will go a long way in that deal? They’re showing they have no concern or care about my tax dollars.”

When asked if the building was on bud-get or over budget, Dan Chasan, chair of the school board, said he didn’t “think in those terms” and that it was “not over the current budget.”

While it would have been nice to have funds left over for phase two, Chasan said, the project changed and he and other board members are pleased with the final product.

According to Soltman, the district has estimated its remaining financial risk in the project — partly due to unknowns in the demolition of Building A — and in a worst-case scenario the project could come in about $600,000 over budget. However, that amount, he said, would be easily covered by the $2 mil-lion construction reserve balance.

“I don’t hear anybody saying they don’t like the building,” Chasan said. “We are not going to have to ask people for more money, and we’re not going to have to cut corners. Those strike me as the important things.”

Changes raise cost of new high school Local writer hired as Beachcomber’s new arts editorAn islander with an

extensive background in writing has been hired as The Beachcomber’s new arts editor.

Juli Goetz Morser will replace Elizabeth Shepherd, who recently stepped down from the part-time position.

Morser, who has lived on Vashon for 25 years, worked for years in the TV and film industry as a writ-er, producer and actress for television shows, commer-cials, movies and radio.

On Vashon, Morser has been a bookseller at Books by the Way — where she also started the shop’s author reading series — was communications director at The Harbor School and has written freelance for The Beachcomber as well as Vashon Allied Arts, Vashon Youth & Family Services and a slate of online publi-cations and blogs.

The Beachcomber’s edi-tor, Natalie Martin, said Shepherd would be greatly missed at the paper, but she was thrilled to have Morser join the paper’s team.

“The arts pages are an important part of our news-paper, and I’m thrilled we found someone with so much talent, experience and pas-sion for the arts,” she said.

Shepherd, who has been with The Beachcomber since 2008, recently stepped down to focus on her other part-time job. Shepherd is director of children’s pro-

gramming at Northwest Film Forum, where she puts on an annual chil-dren’s film festival. Her duties at the Film Forum recently expanded, and she is leaving her post at The Beachcomber to focus her energy there.

“It’s been a really ful-filling job to keep track of Vashon’s bustling arts com-munity,” Shepherd said. “I’ll really miss the daily contact with so many amaz-ing people and artists, but I look forward to continu-ing to support the arts on Vashon in any way I can.”

Morser lives on Vashon with her husband, freelance illustrator Bruce Morser, and has an adult daughter who lives in Seattle. She will take over the position at the beginning of next month.

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Newspaper’s editor changes nameThe Beachcomber’s editor has changed her name from Natalie Johnson to Natalie Martin after marrying over the summer. She was married in August, but recently made the name change official.Natalie is now married to Nick Martin, a law student at the University of Washington, and the two live on Vashon.

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EDITORIAL

Of the many small community newspapers in western Washington, The Beachcomber is one of a handful that fea-ture a robust weekly arts and entertainments section as part of the paper — a testament to the truly artistic place we live. And for five years, the section of the paper that documents our island’s diverse array of visual artists, musicians and actors, as well as a plethora of visiting artists and entertainers, has been steered by a woman who has brought professional-

ism, enthusiasm and a true passion for the arts to her post. Elizabeth Shepherd — known to us and many of you as simply Liz — recently announced she’s stepping down as arts edi-tor to focus on her other job. We will miss Liz’s sharp wit, vibrant energy and warm spirit, as well as

her perceptive reporting, engaging writing and keen direction on the arts pages.

Liz came to The Beachcomber in 2008, following a string of impressive positions that included director of an interna-tional children’s film festival in Chicago, editor of a monthly arts publication in Chicago and director of the Center on Contemporary Art in Seattle. At The Beachcomber, Liz has not only previewed events and shows, but profiled local artists and performers, reviewed our homegrown shows and contrib-uted engaging features on other facets of our unique commu-nity. She’s done it all with skill and a creative flair, and she’s picked up several press awards along the way.

For nearly a decade, however, Liz, a true film aficionado, has also contributed her talents to Seattle’s Northwest Film Forum, where she is director of children’s programming, puts on an annual children’s film festival and travels worldwide to other film festivals. Her work at the Film Forum is expand-ing, and she’s leaving The Beachcomber so she can more fully commit herself there.

The goodbye is bittersweet. We’re glad Liz is pursuing her other passions. We’re also saying hello to Juli Goetz Morser, a talented writer who is joining our team as the new arts editor. Juli is already well known in the community — she’s worked at The Harbor School and Books by the Way, and she’s written freelance for Vashon Allied Arts and The Beachcomber. She’s had a long career in TV and film, and she knows the local arts scene well. We think she’ll bring new energy and a fresh per-spective to the arts pages.

The Beachcomber has gone through several staff changes recently, but our team is as committed as ever to bringing you the most current local news each week and documenting this eclectic and beautiful place we live.

A bittersweet goodbye to the paper’s arts editor

We’re glad Liz is pursuing her other passions. We’re also saying hello to Juli Goetz Morser, a talented writer who is joining our team as the new arts editor.

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Weakening safeguardsreverses the protective efforts of many

Earlier this month, the Puget Sound Partnership released its State of the Sound Report, which is the annual evaluation on the health of the sound and effec-tiveness of recovery efforts. The results are distressing. Eelgrass beds that were once vast rib-bons of green continue to dis-appear. Herring populations, a prime salmonid food source that is the backbone of a healthy Puget Sound, are shrinking, and chi-nook populations stand at a mere 10 percent of historic levels. 

When it comes to orcas, the news is downright devastating. Since 2010, 18 endangered orcas have died with the current popula-tion now at only 80 whales — a 10 percent drop since being listed as endangered in 2005 and a 5 per-cent decline in the past two years alone. 

In the state of Washington, the primary law designed to protect the habitat that supports the Puget Sound ecosystem is called the Hydraulic Code, and all nearshore development projects require a permit. These permits — called Hydraulic Project Approvals (HPAs) — are administered by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) for con-struction projects in both marine and freshwater environments. To be approved, nearshore projects such as bulkheads, piers, dredg-ing, marinas and barging facili-ties must result in no net loss of marine habitat and must provide protection for habitats during fish spawning and rearing times. While that is what is dictated by the law, review has found that WDFW often misses that mark.  

Sound Action, the environmen-tal watchdog group born from the local group Preserve Our Islands, recently audited two past years of HPAs issued by the depart-ment and reported on serious shortcomings in protecting forage fish spawning habitats in Puget Sound. We currently continue to conduct permit-by-permit review

of each HPA applied for or approved in the Puget Sound basin. Most recently we appealed two dozen per-mits that did not ensure fish

habitat protections and required corrective action by the depart-ment.

Last month, the state announced plans to revise the rules ensuring environmental pro-tections in HPA permitting. As a first step, the department released a draft programmatic environ-mental impact statement (PEIS), which evaluates the pros and cons of the proposed rule-making, and announced a series of public meet-ings and a public comment period.

Unfortunately, rather than pro-posing new rules that strengthen environmental provisions and the ability to protect habitat, the currently proposed draft rule language significantly weakens the regulations by providing trou-bling loopholes and directives that contradict both the best available science and the protections man-dated by law.

For example, WDFW has pro-posed a new “simplified” category of HPA that would in effect allow some nearshore construction proj-ects to go forward with little or no environmental review. The pro-posed rules also limit the state’s ability to protect habitat, outlining that a provision to protect habitat can only be applied to a project if the habitat, species or spawning activity has been fully document-ed through a survey at the site. But, since many nearshore areas in the Puget Sound basin have not been surveyed, many productive habitats are undocumented in the eyes of the department and would be afforded no protection.

Current law requires WDFW to protect habitat first and fore-most and, with few exceptions, it gives the department flexibility to

develop the strong tools needed to do so. One provision that should be included in new rules would be to require, not just suggest, that any proposal for bulkhead con-struction use methods other than hard armoring, which destroys important nearshore habitats.

When the state began the rule-making process two years ago, it put together a stakeholder group for assistance in drafting the new rules. The majority of the contrib-uting members, however, reflected the interest of regulated parties — such as developers — rather than the interests of the scientific, envi-ronmental and recreation com-munities. This is sadly reflected in the proposed language.

For decades, the introduc-tory line for the Hydraulic Code rules spoke to the purpose of the regulations by specifying first and foremost that the intent of the department is to provide protection for all fish life. The proposal, however, has dropped this language as an opening line. The omission and tone it sets is disconcerting. 

Weakening, not strengthening, safeguards to protect critical near-shore fish habitats reverses the efforts of many who are working to protect and restore the sound’s health and vitality. It runs counter to the Puget Sound Partnership’s Action Agenda. It puts at risk our forage fish, our salmon and our iconic orcas, as well as our compliance with provisions of the Endangered Species Act.

Sound Action asks all who care about the health of our marine, estuarine and freshwater habitats throughout the state to join us by stepping forward and participat-ing in public meetings being held and providing public comments, which are due by Dec.13. Let’s ensure that any changes strength-en rather than weaken the HPA program and its protections.

Information on the proposed rule making and the public com-ment period can be found online at wdfw.wa.gov/licensing/hpa/rulemaking.

— Amy Carey is the executive director of Sound Action.

ENVIRONMENTBy AMY CAREY

Step up to protect the health of Puget Sound

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I was in your offi ce recently with some friends of mine who are looking for a weekend getaway. I was frankly shocked that you said there were areas of the Island you won’t sell. I guess I’m naive but aren’t there rules or something that you have to show everything on the market? I don’t want my friend missing an opportunity because

you have some sort of prejudice about specifi c places.

I’m sorry if I gave you the impression that I arbitrarily choose areas I don’t like and exclude them from showing or selling. In fact, I am working from the specifi c history of substantial landslides and

serious fl ooding in certain areas that have sort of red lined those areas as far as I’m concerned.

I really don’t have to show everything. I can’t say bad things about another Realtor or “steer” a buyer to a specifi c area, but knowledge of major landslides or serious fl oods is a material defect for many areas of the Island and I want to be sure folks know about that. I want them to have their eyes wide open.

In addition, I’m happy to refer your friends to another broker in another company if they really intend to buy in those areas that I’m excluding. I have discovered, over the years that even when everything is disclosed and buyers get inspections and engineering studies, etc. they can still come back years from now and say that I was at fault for letting them buy a seriously defective property.

More important to me is the fact that I can’t live with myself if I sell a property I know is in a serious slide hazard area or fl ood area. Most of my clients become my friends. I want them to be happy now and 20 years from now.

Listing agents can pick and choose as well as I can and some believe they are covered by the seller’s disclosures and public record. That is their choice and I totally respect their decision to list such property. But I don’t have to sell them.

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Ever since Highline announced it was selling itself and all its subsidiaries to the Franciscan Health System, there has been a lot of angst rumbling around the island.

Seniors in a Regence MedAdvantage plan have been told the clinic no longer participates as a preferred provider with that plan, according to local activist May Gerstle. Some patients have quit the clinic altogether. Center employees have lost insurance coverage for contraception. Many islanders fear sectarian interference in their health care. I believe women are tallying up the cost in time and money of going off-island for routine care. And oth-ers, like letter writer Mary Frances Lyons (“Franciscans aren’t ideal, but may have saved the center,” Oct. 30), fear that if we rock the Franciscan boat too much, we will lose our health center altogether.

Take a big breath. We do have a problem here, but we are not alone. Merger mania grips the nation. In the old days when doctors were independent and hospitals were just hospitals, people had choices. Now hospitals are morphing into giant health care systems, buying up other hos-pitals and acquiring physician practices, clinics, labs and ancillary services of all sorts. There is no equivalent of the Federal Communications Commission to temper health provider consolidation or look out for the public interest. Only recently have our state’s attorney general and insurance commissioner awakened to their duty to

represent the public interest.

All employees of the Franciscan sys-tem, including those at the Vashon center, are required to abide by the “theological principles that guide the Church’s vision

of health care,” according to the Catholic Church’s Ethical and Religious Directives, which outline Catholic health services’ principles and their detailed application to real-life medical situations. This document is the product of the U.S. Conference of Bishops. The bishops, all men, overwhelm-ingly white and old, are theologians. They are not medically trained or medi-cal ethicists. The directives are rooted in church doctrine. They concentrate on sex and reproduction and on death and dying. Death with Dignity, goodbye. Good luck with the rhythm system.

Ten out of the 25 largest health care sys-tems in the United States are now Catholic owned. While Catholics comprise less than 12 percent of our state’s population, by the end of this year, Catholic systems are predicted to control half of the hospital

bed capacity in Washington. The bish-ops’ directives, now in their fifth edition, predate the current nationwide wave of mergers. Yet the directives address doc-tors and patients as if all were all compli-ant practicing Catholics.

There is a real problem here, and we should not keep quiet about it.

We need to join in the statewide and even national conversation about limits on imposition of religious beliefs in the workplace on those who do not share them. Religious exemptions and con-science clauses have been very popular with the anti-abortion crowd. Do we need a legal conscience clause for health care providers to act in accord with their professional oath and conscience even when in conflict with corporate religious beliefs? Can corporations require, as a condition of employment, that a doctor pledge obedience to a religious doctrine that conflicts with his or her professional oath or religious beliefs?

Health care is not a privilege. It is as essential as food, shelter and educa-tion. It is also a highly regulated and taxpayer-supported industry. Is there any hospital in America that doesn’t depend on substantial taxpayer/government money and tax exemptions? Hospitals are licensed to provide public services. Can they discriminate willy nilly on religious grounds? No to women? No to gays? When a large hospital or provider network becomes a monopoly in an area, shouldn’t it be required to provide a full range of legal health care services compatible with its type of services it provides?

There are working examples of mergers structured to protect physicians’ integrity and ability to follow medical best practic-es. There have been some efforts to assure that reproductive health services remain accessible and local. Surely religious health care systems know that it is unre-alistic to think that they can impose their religious dogma on everyone who works for them or gets services from them. They may not be able to work up the hierarchy for change, but some have shown willing-ness to work out creative solutions. We need to keep talking.

— Mary Lyn Buss is a member of Vashon HealthWatch and has a law degree with an

emphasis in health law. For more information on Vashon HealthWatch, contact

vashonhealthwatch@outlook.com.

Catholic-controlled health care continues to raise concerns on VashonHEALTH WATCHBy MARY LYN BUSS

While Catholics comprise less than 12 percent of our state’s population, by the end of this year, Catholic systems are predicted to control half of the hospital bed capacity in Washington.

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ONGOINGVYFS/VARSA Survey: VYFS Family Education and Support Services and VARSA programs are largely funded by a government grant that requires that the community be polled every two years. The survey of community attitudes is completely anonymous and helps funders determine what the needs are on Vashon. All are invited to complete this short survey at www.surveymonkey.com/s/YHQFS7T. The survey will be avail-able through mid-December.

WEDNESDAY • 20Vashon Island Parents Read: Sponsored by the King County Library System and VYFS, this will be the third meeting of the group to discuss “The Whole Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture your Child’s Developing Mind” by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson. 9:30 a.m. at The Minglement.

DSHS Mobile Community Ser-vice: The DSHS truck will be on the island, offering assistance with child support questions and ap-plying for services. 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Vashon Maury Commu-nity Food Bank, 10030 SW 210th, and 2:30 to 5 p.m. at the Vashon Market, 17639 100th Ave. SW.

Zen Center: Evening service will include newcomer orientation, meditation service and guest speaker Dairin Zenji, with a talk titled “The essential teachings of Shodo Harada Roshi. ”6:45 to 8:30 p.m. at the Puget Sound Zen Center, 20406 Chautauqua Beach Road.

THURSDAY • 21Health Insurance Sign Up: County trained island volunteers will be available to help with health insurance sign up through the state exchange. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center.

Chamber of Commerce Mem-bership Meeting: : “Get to know Your Media” is the theme for this month’s meeting, where speak-ers will include editors from The Beachcomber, The Riptide, Voice of Vashon and The Vashon Loop. Members and guests are invited. There will be coffee and door prizes available. 8:30 to 10 a.m. at the Penny Farcy Training Center on Bank Road.

Soil Presentation: Vashon mas-ter gardeners will show the first of three planned free presentations. Topics to be discussed include soil morphology, structure and why soil matters. 7 to 8 p.m. at the Land Trust Building.

Lecture Series: The Burton Com-munity Church program continues, featuring the topics of the ethics of punishment and the power of punishment. All lectures are open to the public. 4 to 6 p.m. at Lewis Hall behind the Burton Community Church.

Vashon Vespers: Now in its sec-ond year, this 35-minute service is meditative, musical and rooted in the Christian contemplative tradi-tion. All are welcome to attend. 7 p.m. at the Church of the Holy Spirit.

Guest Bartender Night at The Hardware Store: This month’s event will benefit the Vashon Island Soccer Club, with 10 percent of all drink sales going to support youth soccer. 6 to 9 p.m. at The Hardware Store.

FRIDAY • 22Kiwanis Toy Drive: In preparation for the holiday pop-up store for families in need, Kiwanis will set up donation boxes in prominent locations around town. Items needed are new, unwrapped clothes, games and toys for infants through age 18.

Story Time at the Vashon Bookshop: Alison Kennedy hosts this weekly event for children under 5 accompanied by a parent or caretaker. For more information, call 463-2616. 11 to 11:30 a.m. at the

Vashon Bookshop.

Senior Center Birthday Table: If your birthday falls in November, come have lunch and possibly win a prize. VIFR paramedics will also be on hand to do blood pressure checks. Cost is by a suggested donation of $4.25. Noon at the Vashon Senior Center.

Folk Tales: Marjorie Cornell, a retired Spanish professor, will draw her audience into worlds of adven-ture and romance from Peru and Mexico to rural Nebraska. 1 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center.

SATURDAY • 23Farmers Market: Stock up for Thanksgiving with bounty from market farmers or check out the artisans who will be stocked with gift gear, hot cider, coffee and ed-ible goodies. The day’s music will be provided by Walter & Donny. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the old Island Variety space in IGA Plaza.

Health Insurance Sign Up: Coun-ty-trained island volunteers will be available to help with health insurance sign up through the state exchange. 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the multipurpose room at Chautauqua Elementary School.

Holly Daze Christmas Bazar: Sponsored by St. John Vianney church, the bazar will host approxi-mately 50 vendors offering a wide variety of items and a bake sale, featuring homemade pastries, cookies and candy. Gift wrapping will be available for a small fee, and live music will be provided by Kevin Pottinger. The Vashon Guild of Seattle Children’s Hospital will also be on hand, selling coffee mugs and tickets to raffle gift bas-kets, with all proceeds from their sales going to Children’s Hospital. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the McMurray Middle School Commons.

Suicide Hope Initiative (SHIne): Working to empower youth and prevent suicide, the Suicide Hope Initiative invites all to attend an evening of poetry, acoustic performances and words spoken from the heart. This is an open-mic event, and everyone will have a chance to share. There will be refreshments and door prizes. Cost is free for ages 24 and under, $10 for ages 25 and up. All proceeds will go to the SHIne Foundation. Anyone wishing to perform or

participate can contact Garnet Burk at EveryOneShineOn@gmail.com or 353-4907. 7 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church. (See story on page 4.)

SUNDAY • 24Unitarian Service: All are wel-come as Margaret Mackey and Sharon Hines-Pinion celebrate Thanksgiving with appreciation for Native American culture and earth-based spirituality. 9:45 a.m. at Vashon Island Unitarian Fel-lowship, in Lewis Hall behind the Burton Community Church.

Backbone Grand Strategy Workshop: This is the signature workshop of the Backbone cam-paign, that will articulate a set of strategic priciples and a frame through which this social move-ment can assess the effectiveness of its tactics. For more information email eric@backbonecampaign.org. 1 to 4 p.m. at 18850 103 Ave. SW.

UPCOMINGInterfaith Evening of Grati-tude: All ages are welcome to attend this gathering of gratitude on the eve of Thanksgiving. The program will include expressions of gratefulness, an examination of the nature and practice of gratitude, poetry and music per-formed by various church choirs as well as the Free Range Folk Choir. Participating island groups include but are not limited to the Quaker community, Zen com-munity, Native community, Jewish community, Latter Day Saints community, Vashon Presbyterian Church, United Methodist Church, Vashon Lutheran Church, Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit and vari-ous artists and musicians. Dona-tions and food will be collected for the Vashon Maury Community Food Bank. For more information call 463-9804. 7 p.m. Wednesday,

Nov. 27, at the United Methodist Church.

VIPP Holiday Wreath/Swag Sale: VIPP’s all-volunteer crew craft these holiday accessories out of fresh fir, cedar, holly and more, topping them off with bows. Cost starts at $25. To pre-order, email volunteer@vipp.org or call 383-3522. Otherwise, items will be available from noon to 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 29; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 30; and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 1, at the Land Trust Building.

Washington State Ferries Public Meeting: All are wel-come to attend this community meeting to discuss ferry system issues. 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3, at McMurray Middle School.

Transition Vashon: The group will hold a public meeting, where the Whatcom County Skillshare Fair, Vashon Timebank, Tool Library and Food Coop will be discussed. There will be a focus on initiative, resilience and indepen-dence while moving forward. The first 30 minutes will be available for snacks and socializing. 6:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4, at Hub070 in the old Spinnaker build-ing north of Chase Bank.

Ribbon Untying/Grand Open-ing Celebration: The Chamber of Commerce celebrates the two newest businesses at the Old Fuller Store — Bookman West and the President of Me. Seattle Distilling Company will provide holiday cocktails. RSVP for this grand-opening party to vashonchamber@hotmail.com. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4, at The Old Fuller Store.

Wine And Dine For The Food Bank: The Palouse Winery and Nirvana Bistro and Bar will team up to host a special five-course wine dinner to support the Vashon Mau-ry Community Food Bank. Tickets cost $100 and will be available for advance purchase only at Nirvana. For more information call 463-4455

or go to www. NirvanaVashon.com. 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4, at Nirvana.

CLASSES

In Sync with the Season: Led by Amy Wolff, this class will be devoted to connecting with the Earth’s wisdom and preparing for the season ahead. For women and girls only. Cost is $20. For more in-formation, see www.HestiaRetreat.org/events/upcoming-events. For location information and to regis-ter, email valerie@hestiaretreat.org. 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 1.

Holiday Wreath Class: Make your own wreath for the holidays. Cost is $75. 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24, in the Bloomroom at Blooms & Things.

Meditation Series: Jyl Shinjo Brewer will lead this weekly, five-class series in Japanese Zen medi-tation combined with subtle body movements. Cost is $125. Contact Brewer at 619-3321 or email josan500@yahoo.com for more information or to register. 6:30 to 8:15 p.m. Tuesdays, beginning Nov. 19, at Hanna Barn.

Youth Spin Circle: This series of four weekly classes for children ages 6 to 9 will be led by Linda Moore. The focus will be on spin-ning, using a drop spindle with island wool. A light snack will be provided. Cost is $48 with a mate-rials fee of $10 (drop spindles must be purchased prior to first class.) Class size will be limited to six participants, and there will be two “circles” to choose from: Circle one will run on Tuesdays, and Circle two will run on Thursdays. Schol-arships are available. For more information or to register, email Moore at meadow.nest@yahoo.com. 3:45 to 5:15 p.m. Tuesdays or Thursdays, starting Nov. 21 and Nov. 26, at Island Quilter.

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Community Cinema Vashon, with support from Voice of Vashon, Island Green Tech and the Vashon Theatre, presents “The State of Arizona,” a film that explores the emotions and complex realities behind Arizona’s struggle with illegal immigration.Arizona’s enforcement-led policy born from its position as a frontline border state is reshaping the national conversation around immigration reform. With other states considering a similar approach, the film’s purpose is to prompt questions about who we are as a people, and who we’d like to be. There is no cost to attend this screening. The film will be shown from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26, at the Vashon Theatre.

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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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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire: Nov. 22 to 28.

Seattle International Com-edy Competition Finals: Nov. 27

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463-3232.

PUBLIC AND CLUB MEETINGS

Vashon Sewer District: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, at the Vashon Senior Center.

King County Airport District: 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, at Courthouse Square.

Kiwanis: 6 p.m Tuesday, Nov. 26, at the Vashon Eagles.

Vashon Island Fire & Rescue: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26, at Station 55.

Vashon Park District: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26, at Ober Park.

Water District 19: 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26, at the Water District 19 office.

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on Sunday, November 10th to share a few tears and laughs and remember our dear friend, Thank You. Together we raised over $3000.00! for Linda, Doug’s lifelong friend and partner.

Donations were made by friends and co-workers and others that only knew Doug as the nice guy in the Produce department at Thriftway. We had one couple that just recently moved to the island and didn’t get a chance to meet Doug, but still came by to show their support. There is something very special and unique about this place we all call home and Doug embodied that spirit.

We would like to thank the following island neighbors and businesses that provided their time, energy and generous food donations.

Wendy Johnson for the bundt cakes, Donna Sauer for the cookies, Jim Riggsbee for his time and continued friendship, Hogsback Farm for produce, Plum Forest Farm for produce, Macrina Bakery for bread, Charlie’s Produce, Cucina Fresca for the pasta and sauce, Bob Mabray for wine, Chris Zimmerman for wine, Kellie and Alan from Express Cuisine for their time, commitment and love.

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SCENE & HEARD: MATH IS COOL AT THE HARBOR SCHOOL

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Harbor School eighth-grade students participated in the Washington State Math Is Cool tourna-ment at Mount Rainier High School on Nov. 8, when they took second place in the eighth-grade division II competition. As a result of their efforts, the state Math is Cool Masters competition has invited the Harbor School to bring one team of four students to compete in the elite division at Moses Lake High School on Dec. 7.The elite division is typically comprised of division I schools, where grade enrollment exceeds 200 students. The Harbor School’s team will compete against the top seven schools in the state.Harbor School parent Nathan Enzian volunteered his time to coach the team in preparation for the event.Pictured, from left, team members include Kieran Enzian, Calder Stenn, Jacob Gold, Stuart Kraabel, Nick Spranger, Alden Hinden-Stevenson, Bjorn Lynge and Tor Ormseth.

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ARTS&LEISUREVashon-Maury KIDS DO THE BARD: ShakesKIDS, a group of tweens versed in the tongue of Shakespeare, will

perform their production of “The Tragedy of Macbeth” at 7 p.m. on Friday at the Ober Park performance space. This free event is part of the Vashon Island Shakespeare Festival’s mission statement to provide the community with “Free Will.” Donations will be accepted.

Local performers team up with LA actor in a new workPlay by a Vashon screenwriter is next up in VAA’s New Works SeriesBy JULI GOETZ MORSERStaff Writer

When the staged reading of the play “Billyboy” hits the boards as the next per-formance in Vashon Allied Arts New Works Series, audience members will have a chance to give direct feedback not only to a former Hollywood screenwriter but also a current Hollywood star.

Adapted from his novel by the same name, “Billyboy” is the brainchild of Bill Wood, known to islanders as The Jazz Guy on Voice of Vashon and a former member of the Church of Great Rain. What many residents may not know about Wood in his former life as a dis-tinguished Hollywood screenwriter.

While living in the Hollywood hills, Wood wrote the story of Billyboy about down-and-out cowboy Gil Werby and his best friend Brownie who make a mad-capped trek from Las Vegas to the Chicago stockyards on a mission to rescue the beloved horse named Billyboy, which Werby rode to fame in the 1947 rodeo.

Wood, who wrote many TV episodes for “The Fugitive,” admitted this drama is “an anomaly in my work. It’s mostly funny, really

quite funny,” he said. Fans of TV’s “Deadwood,” “Supernatural”

and “Breaking Bad” will recognize Los Angeles actor Jim Beaver reading the role of Brownie, the character who narrates the wild odyssey he makes with Werby, played by local actor Paul Shapiro.

Along the way, the two best friends meet a variety of quirky folks, read by many well-known Vashon performers, including Jeff and Cindy Hoyt, Susan McCabe, Jeanne Dougherty, Marshall Murray, Jon Whalen, Chaim Rosemarin, Michael Barker and Bill West, with music by Luke McQuillin.

Islander Charlotte Tiencken, a longtime friend of Wood and the managing director of Book-It Repertory Theater in Seattle, directs the reading and said she sees great potential for bringing “Billyboy” to full production. The process to get there, according to Tiencken, begins with the public reading.

“New pieces often are presented as a kind of workshop production that leads to various rewrites,” she said. “The audience’s response is part of the process. We want to hear what the audience thinks.”

Musicians bring the sounds of India to VashonYou don’t need to travel to India

to hear the traditional melodies and beguiling rhythms of East Indian music. Islander Fletcher Andrews has arranged for classically trained sitar-ist Arjun Verma and tabla drummer Ravi Albright to bring the sounds of India to Vashon at a concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23, at the Havurat Building.

Though dedicated to maintaining the purity of the sitar tradition he learned under the tutelage of sarode maestro Ali Akbar Khan and Ravi Shankar, Verma also experiments in the musical genres of Western classi-cal, Celtic, jazz and even rock n’ roll, having performed with the likes of Bob Weir from the Grateful Dead. Verma attributes his innovative style to the musical approach of his father, internationally known sitarist Roop Verma, his teacher Akbar Khan and sitarist Nikhil Banerjee.

Andrews calls Verma the Wynton Marsalis of East Indian music because of Verma’s desire to maintain the integrity of the musical form. And Andrews, as Arjun Verma’s uncle, should know. He also knows that Ravi Shankar — a close family friend of the Vermas, who helped introduce the sound of sitar to the Western ear through his work with the Beatles — gave Arjun his name at birth.

Seattle-born tabla (an East Indian

hand drum) player Ravi Albright is one of the few “ganda-banda” or for-mally recognized disciples of Pandit Anindo Chatterjee, renowned as one of India’s most eminent tabla play-ers. In a formal ceremony in 2006, Albright made a lifelong commit-ment to his art through an initiation into one of India’s traditional schools of tabla playing. Albright performs throughout the United States and is the executive director of Seattle’s

Anindo Chatterjee Institute of Tabla, which offers classes, workshops and performances.

Playing together, Verma and Albright are known for their hypnotic renderings of traditional North Indian music.

Purchase advance tickets, $10, at www.brownpapertickets.com or at the door, $12.

—Juli Goetz Morser

The Vashon-Maury Chamber Orchestra returns for the second concert in its popular series, this time providing a bountiful selection of music and an array of desserts donated by island restaurants, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Vashon United Methodist Church.

Led by music director and concertmaster Karin Choo, the orchestra will first focus on music from the 20th century, including Concerto per Archi by Italian composer Nino Rota (best known for his film scores for “The Godfather,” “War and Peace” and the 1968 “Romeo and Juliet”) plus a collection of songs by American composer Jerome Kern.

With Thanksgiving approaching, music from banquets and social occasions will be the theme for the second half of the concert, featuring Mozart’s Divertimento K.251 and a triple vio-lin concerto from Telemann’s Tafelmusik (Table Music) Volume II.

Island oboist Irene Alexander Tokar and horn players Richard Reed of Vashon and Becky Miller from Seattle will join the orchestra for Mozart’s Divertimento K.251. The Telemann triple violin concerto will feature island violinists Danielle McCutcheon and Choo, along with Seattle violinist Cecilia Archuleta.

Donations for desserts served during intermission will benefit the Vashon Maury Community Food Bank. Tickets are available at www.vashonalliedarts.org and at the Heron’s Nest.

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Jim Beaver has appeared on “Deadwood,” “Supernatural” and “Breaking Bad.”

“Billyboy” will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 22 and 23, at the Blue Heron. Tickets, $12 and $16, are available at www.vashonalliedarts.org and the Heron’s Nest.

Sweets and ‘sweet table’ music at a chamber orchestra performance

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Arjun Verma has been called the Wynton Marsalis of East Indian music.

Ukulele band joins forces with singer for Nirvana concert

Vince Mira once played for spare change at Seattle’s Pike Place Market. After two albums produced by John Carter Cash, Mira’s big baritone has boomed in the studios of Good Morning America, The Ellen Degeneres Show, at Bumbershoot, the Austin City Limits Festival and the Church of Great Rain.

Mira returns to the island with the ukulele-washboard band of Spank Williams, who call themselves a special brand of star-spangled, old-fangled country and Western music, at 8:30 p.m. Saturday at Nirvana.

All ages are welcome until 11 p.m. at this free show.

Spank Williams is Samantha Fisher, left, and Kate Chapman.

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High and Lonesome, a bluegrass and country music band, will perform at 8:30 p.m. Friday at The Red Bicycle Bistro.

Called “one of the greatest local blue-grass bands ever” by a founding member of the Wintergrass Blues Festival, High and Lonesome has entertained audiences at bluegrass festivals throughout the Northwest since 1985. Members of the band include local Vashon musicians Tab

Tascott on dobro/pedal steel guitar and vocals and John Schubert on guitar and vocals. Pete Martin on mandolin/fiddle, Al Hutteball on bass and Rick Jones on banjo/guitar and vocals join Tascott and Schubert to play a mix of bluegrass and pre ‘70s classical country music. This free show is open to all ages until 11 p.m., then 21 and older only.

Legendary local singer, songwriter and stage and screen performer Tim Noah will demonstrate the art of songwriting in his popular show “Anything is Possible” at 2 p.m. Sunday at The Blue Heron.

Known for his unique ability to engage the imagination of his audience, Emmy award-winning Noah will share his cre-ative process while inspiring audience members to explore their own. Through storytelling and song, Noah playfully instructs and invites children and adults alike to sing, dance, create and dream.

Noah lives in Snohomish, where he runs the Tim Noah Thumbnail Theater. He has performed at Lincoln Center, on HBO, The Disney Channel and the BBC. This show is part of Vashon Allied Arts’ Family Series. To purchase tickets, $5 youth and $8 adults, visit www.vashon alliledarts.org.

Country band brings blugrass boogie to The Bike

Anything is possible at new Family Series concert

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Tim Noah will bring his popular performance to The Blue Heron.The 34th Annual Seattle International

Comedy Competition, America’s biggest touring comedy festival, will once again come to tickle the funny bone of a Vashon audience at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 27, at the Vashon Theatre. Competing

are international finalists in this state-wide competition, which is the first of three final showcase events during which a comedian champion will be selected. Tickets available online at www.vashon theatre.com.

Comedians to compete for laughs, state championship title

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Welcome Vashon, the nonprofit that aims to welcome and con-nect islanders, recently interviewed several high-profile Vashon residents on the idea of welcoming. Jenn Reidel, a member of Welcome Vashon, conducted the interviews and wrote articles about what welcoming means to various islanders.

By JENN REIDELFor The Beachcomber

Sandy Mattara is owner and operator of the Harbor Mercantile. From behind her cash resister she reigns, offering not only directions to visitors from off-island and cold drinks, but a small-town welcoming philosophy that is authentic, hilarious and wise. Also known as the Burton Store, her shop was built in Burton in 1908 and has been in continuous operation ever since. A photo of the store taken on opening day is high up on the wall. If you look you can see three people on the porch, holding pitchforks, Sandy says with a smile.

Sandy and her husband Fred Mattara bought the store on Dec. 22, 1977, and changed the name from Red and White to Harbor Mercantile. The store, one of the last old-time shops left on the island, sells just about every-thing you need. Sandy says the store is basically for the convenience of men and the enjoyment of children. Ninety percent of her customers are men. Her “guys,” as she calls them, sit on the bench behind her and drink cof-fee and relax with her while she works the register in the morning. Some even chimed into this interview.

Jenn Reidel: What do you like to do to welcome your cus-tomers?

Sandy Mattara: I say hi. I smile, usually. I want them to feel welcome and comfortable. I don’t watch them, so they can relax and enjoy the store. There is lots to see. My store is hometown, USA.

At one time there were lots of little general stores on the island. They are all gone. Harbor Mercantile is the last store of its kind on the island. What is the secret to your longev-ity?

Work, work, work. Basically, just hard work. That is all it is.

Did you ever think you were going to get into this kind of business?

No, this was not my dream. Actually, when I was young I wanted to be an interior decorator.

When people from off-island come into the store, what do you tell them about Vashon?

I give them a map and tell them where to go. Point Robinson is beautiful. Dockton Park is pretty. The new park on Maury is a nice place to walk. Our Burton Acres is gorgeous to walk around in.

What do you like to do on Vashon?Go uptown to eat. That is about it. I don’t leave the build-

ing that often. It doesn’t give you a whole lot of free time. On those rare times when I can, I have someone drive me to see the island in different areas they know best.

Do you still think Vashon is a nice place after all these years?

Oh, hell, yes. It is even better than it was when I came here. It is more civilized. At one time the town seemed to be fading. Now it seems alive. My, yes, 35 and a half years, my dear, a lot of things change. A lot of improvements.

Speaking of change, I remember when a car crashed into the store.

Yes, that was the best thing that happened to me, if that is possible. It was a favor, because then I changed everything. Sometimes things force you to make changes. He crashed through and knocked the produce case over and then came the change! It made me move things. As a rule, people don’t change things unless they are forced to. Because it means more work doesn’t it? To make change means work.

What is the most generous, welcoming act you have done?John Sweetman (who chimed in): She has been kind to

people.Sandy: I don’t look at it that way. What have I done?John Sweetman: Well, remember you used to have the

good karma jar of change. People who needed money could take it out of it.

Sandy: Oh, yes. I put money into a jar, and if peo-ple needed money for gas or something, they got it. Somebody decided to steal all the money out of it. Same thing happened to the coffee fund. Somebody stole all the money out of that, so we gave up on it. I don’t worry about it. I don’t want to know who did it. It is one of those things where you don’t really want to know who does something bad. It is better not to know.

John Burke, sitting behind the counter with Sandy, interrupted: You give away the free bread.

Sandy: Yes, there is the free bread. (She gestures over to a cart with loaves of bread in it.) I don’t think about it. It is just part of each day. Let’s see. The Pony Club does a bake sale once a year. ... In all the years I’ve helped them with the sale, there has never been a pumpkin stolen. I don’t make money off those things. It is not part of my business. But I like to have them do those things because it is an asset to the community.

Have you ever felt unwelcome at a time in your life?I have had a few customers who told me they wish I’d

take a trip somewhere. The pickers from Wax Orchards got a little upset with me. They would bring down bus-loads of pickers from the orchard. They would all come at one time, about 30 of them, and they would clean the store out. If I knew they were coming, I would close the doors and turn off the lights. Well, one time they got mad, and they started beating on the walls. I was so upset I couldn’t breathe. You know Tommy Craven? He had been to the beach water skiing, and he came in and found me so upset. He locked the doors and took me into the cooler. His wet bathing suit froze, and he was freezing, but he stayed with me until I calmed down and could breathe. That is the only time I felt threatened in 35 years.

Lots of islanders do love you, especially the old guys and the children.

I know. I am very lucky. I am very well protected and well taken care of. I have been here over 35 years, and I have watched children grow up and have children who now come into the store. It is a beautiful cycle I get to be a part of. Most of what has happened to me at the store is more positive than negative. I feel safe in my community.

— Jenn Reidel is a freelance web designer, fine art photog-rapher and writer. To read more of her Welcome Vashon

interviews, see www.welcomevashon.org.

Shop owner reflects on decades at Burton | Welcome Vashon Interview

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Sandy Mattara, owner of Harbor Mercantile, says men and children frequent her shop.

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In the fall of 2014, an Issaquah class ferry will replace one

of the smaller Evergreen class boats on the Vashon/Fauntle-

roy/Southworth run. While the addition of a second large

boat would seem to be a good thing, paradoxically, it may

result in decreased overall capacity and longer wait times.

Washington State Ferries has schedules in the works that

would eliminate some sailings and increase the average

time between departures. Their proposed schedule changes

may result in more on-time departures, as mandated by the

state legislature, but ignore the root problems causing late

departures.

Your ferry advocates believe the cause of late depar-

tures stem from diffi culties loading and unloading at the

Fauntleroy dock that have steadily worsened in recent years.

To increase effi ciencies there, we recommend adding an

additional ticket scanner person to help move ticketed cars

around the toll booth and bringing back a traffi c safety

offi cer to control the fl ow of traffi c on Fauntleroy. WSF

should do whatever is necessary to enable drivers to once

again exit through the small parking lot at the end of the

dock. These steps would dramatically improve the speed

of loading and off -loading ferries, helping to ensure that

ferries leave the dock fully loaded. These changes will also

improve safety where traffi c from ferries and Fauntleroy

Avenue, pedestrians and busses all converge at the end of

the dock.

Make no mistake about it: this is a service cut, and a seri-

ous one at that. You may be as mystifi ed as your ferry advo-

cates who are still trying to make sense of this equation:

1 large boat + 2 small boats = current schedule2 large boats + 1 small boat = reduced capacity,

longer wait times.

Please closely examine the tables below, comparing

the current schedule to WSF’s two options for the morn-

ing westbound commute and another two options for the

afternoon eastbound ferries. In most cases, we think you’ll

fi nd your round trip to Seattle will take longer and will

likely require more time waiting at the dock. The “Cumu-

lative Gain or Loss of Vashon Cars” column will help you

understand how the reduced capacity would play out in

the course of the day.

WSF’s plan to stretch the schedule will leave cars on the

docks during peak times of the day and at night every day,

seven days a week. Before WSF changes our current

schedule, we want WSF to Fix Fauntleroy First.

We need a big community presence at the December 3rd, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm meeting with WSF at McMurray Middle School. We must demand that they do everything possible to maximize the effi ciency of our current system before changing the schedule.

Fix Fauntleroy First!Please take our survey, which asks your opinion about

scheduling issues, by going to this web address:https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Z3V7Y8Z

Key to chart below: – = You are on the dock+ = You are on the boat

Fix Fauntleroy First!

AM Vashon Departures - Schedule Comparison and Related CapacitiesEastbound Option 1

PM Fauntleroy Departures - Schedule Comparison and Related CapacitiesWestbound Option 1

AM Vashon Departures - Schedule Comparison and Related CapacitiesEastbound Option 2

PM Fauntleroy Departures - Schedule Comparison and Related CapacitiesWestbound Option 2

-43 -4 -1 -63 -66 -120 -97 -184 -227 -184 -198 -223 -180 -100 -82 -82 -206 -205 -267 -223 -248

-43 +38 +38 +38 +38 -49 +13 +32 +7 +32 +7 +50 -12 +50 +25 +43 +61 +79 +97

4:05 87 X 4:45 35 5:20 42 5:45 ISS 124 X 6:20 CP 3 6:40 ISS 124 X 7:00 32 7:15 87 X 7:55 87 X 8:15 44 8:40 57 9:00 87 X 9:40 ISS 44 10:10 44 10:30 44 11:10 HAZ 0 X 11:30 ISS 124 11:55 43 12:25 ISS 124 X 12:50 43 1:50 87 X

CURRENT SCHEDULE Departure # of Vashon Cars Schedule Onto Ferry Vashon Only

1:20 87 X 1:40 43 2:45 ISS 124 X 3:05 87 X 4:00 ISS 124 X 4:40 87 X 5:00 ISS 62 5:40 43 6:00 87 X 6:30 ISS 62 7:05 87 X 7:35 44 8:05 ISS 124 X 8:55 ISS 62 9:20 87 X 10:20 44 11:40 44 12:55 44 2:10 44

CURRENT SCHEDULE Departure # of Vashon Cars Schedule Onto Ferry Vashon Only

4:05 87 X 4:45 35 5:20 42 5:45 ISS 124 X 6:20 CP 3 6:40 ISS 124 X 7:00 32 7:15 87 X 7:55 87 X 8:15 44 8:40 57 9:00 87 X 9:40 ISS 44 10:10 44 10:30 44 11:10 HAZ 0 X 11:30 ISS 124 11:55 43 12:25 ISS 124 X 12:50 43 1:50 87 X

CURRENT SCHEDULE Departure # of Vashon Cars Schedule Onto Ferry Vashon Only

1:20 87 X 1:40 43

2:45 ISS 124 X 3:05 87 X 4:00 ISS 124 X 4:40 87 X 5:00 ISS 62 5:40 43 6:00 87 X 6:30 ISS 62 7:05 87 X 7:35 44 8:05 ISS 124 X 8:55 ISS 62 9:20 87 X 10:20 44 11:40 44 12:55 44 2:10 44

CURRENT SCHEDULE Departure # of Vashon Cars Schedule Onto Ferry Vashon Only

4:00 44 4:40 ISS 74 5:30 45 5:50 ISS 62 DELETED 0 6:45 ISS 70 7:10 55 DELETED 0 7:45 ISS 44 8:15 87 X 8:50 ISS 43 9:15 ISS 62 9:40 87 X 10:15 ISS 124 X 10:35 ISS 62 11:15 HAZ 0 DELETED 0 11:50 44 12:35 ISS 62 12:50 87 X 1:10 ISS 62

PROPOSED SCHEDULE Departure # of Vashon Cars Schedule Onto Ferry Vashon Only

1:20 44 1:35 ISS 124 X 2:35 ISS 124 X 3:15 87 X 4:00 ISS 124 DELETED 0 4:55 ISS 124 5:30 ISS 62 5:55 ISS 62 6:20 87 X 7:05 ISS 62 7:20 87 X 7:40 ISS 62 8:50 ISS 124 X 9:20 62 10:40 62 12:00 62 1:15 62 2:30 62

PROPOSED SCHEDULE Departure # of Vashon Cars Schedule Onto Ferry Vashon Only

4:00 ISS 62 4:50 ISS 124 X 5:30 87 X 6:00 ISS 62 DELETED 0 6:55 ISS 124 X DELETED 0 7:10 32 7:45 ISS 44 8:10 87 X 8:45 ISS 57 9:10 87 X 9:35 ISS 44 10:10 87 X 10:40 ISS 62 DELETED 0 11:50 43 12:10 HAZ 0 DELETED 0 12:50 87 X 1:35 ISS 124 X

PROPOSED SCHEDULE Departure # of Vashon Cars Schedule Onto Ferry Vashon Only

1:20 87 2:10 ISS 62 2:35 ISS 124 3:00 44 X DELETED 0 X 4:05 ISS 124 4:55 ISS 124 5:20 ISS 62 5:55 ISS 62 DELETED 0 6:20 87 X 6:55 ISS 62 7:20 87 X 7:40 ISS 62 8:40 ISS 124 X 9:20 62 10:40 62 12:00 62 1:15 62 2:30 62

PROPOSED SCHEDULE Departure # of Vashon Cars Schedule Onto Ferry Vashon Only

Cumulative Gain or Loss of

Vashon Cars*

Cumulative Gain or Loss of

Vashon Cars*

-25 +64 +109 +47 +44 +44 +12 -43 -86 -43 -43 -43 -43 0 +18 +18 -63 -106 -230 -186 -149

Cumulative Gain or Loss of Vashon Cars*

0 +19 +143 +63 -24 -24 +13 +13 +32 -55 -30 -55 -12 -74 -12 -37 -19 -1 +17 +35

Cumulative Gain or Loss of Vashon Cars*

* When comparing the current and proposed schedules, the yellow column refl ects the cumulative gain or loss of Vashon cars for each departure. * Cumulative Loss (-) or Gain (+) of Ferry Capacity Compared to Current Schedule.

HAZ = Hazard run from Fauntleroy ISS = Issaquah Class Boat CP = Carpool Only

PAID FOR BY YOUR VASHON FERRY ADVOCATES.

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Building on a growing trend of the last few years, the Vashon Island Rowing Club’s (VIRC) Junior Crew is adding four members to a list of its athletes that have been offered collegiate scholarships for rowing.

Taegan Lynch, Mia Croonquist, Maya Krah and Bryn Gilbert, all seniors this year at Vashon High School and members of Junior Crew, recently signed full scholarship offers to row for colleges in California and Florida.

Lynch is heading to the University of Miami, Croonquist to the University of California at Berkeley and Krah and Gilbert will be join-ing VIRC Junior Crew alumnus Avalon Koenig at the University of San Diego.

VIRC coach Richard Parr noted that over the last four years, Vashon rowers have earned more than $1.4 million in rowing scholarships.

Recent VIRC Junior Crew alumni are currently rowing for Princeton, Villanova, the University of Washington, Stanford, Northeastern, Washington State and the University of San Diego.

“Because of Title IX, college rowing for women is very well funded and Vashon is producing some really good rowers who’ve worked hard to be in a position to take advantage of these opportunities,” Parr said. “I’m really proud of all of them.”

— Sarah Low

Local rowers earn full-ride scholarships

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From left, Bryn Gilbert, Taegan Lynch, Mia Croonquist and Mya Krah sign their college offers at the Vashon boathouse.

By NATALIE MARTINStaff Writer

A recent University of Puget Sound (UPS) football event paid tribute to islander and former football coach Paul Walroff and raised thousands for Vashon’s youth football program.

The fundraising dinner on Saturday in Tacoma was attended by about 150 alumni of the UPS football program, which Wallrof coached for two decades.

Islander Rick Sassara, a for-mer player who helped organize the event, said he was touched by how many men from around the country came to honor the well-loved coach, and many spoke about how they were touched by Wallrof during their time at UPS. They also donated thousands in his name to the island’s youth football program, which Wallroff helped lead after retiring from UPS.

Wallrof, now in his early 80s, was unable to attend the din-ner but joined many of his for-mer players for a brunch the next day.

“Seeing all these guys come back and connect up with him was fantastic,” Sassara said.

Wallrof coached the PLU Lutes from 1966 to 1985, when the team had a 60.8 wining per-centage, and after retirement he helped coach and lead Vashon Pirate Youth Football.

Sassara called Wallrof an

“unstoppable force” as a coach and mentor.

Wallrof was named the unof-ficial mayor of Vashon in 2008, and in 2009 he was inducted

into the Tacoma-Pierce County Sports Hall of Fame.

“He has been an incred-ible inf luence,” Sassara said, “Not only with

the legacy of guys at UPS, where he coached all those years, but with all his passion for the kids when he came back to the island.”

Sassara and others are now working to grow the youth foot-ball program again, and funds raised at the weekend event will go to help purchase badly need-

ed new helmets and equipment as well as fund scholarships for players.

The club purchases NFL-quality helmets for its young players, Sassara said, but its current gear is nearing the end of its life. The club is looking for more help to replace their equipment and continue pro-viding scholarships, he said.

“Safety has always been the number-one most important thing on the list,” he said. “Kids aren’t hitting with a lot of force at the youth level, but it’s impor-tant we provide them the abso-lute best protection we can.”

To donate to the youth football program, a registered nonprofit, send a check to Vashon Pirate Youth Football, c/o Vashon Bounty Club, PO Box 621, Vashon, 98070.

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Paul Walroff cheers at a Vashon Pirate Youth Football game in 2004.

“He has been an incredible influence.”

Rick Sassaraformer UPS football player

fourth highest in the number of adults who experienced three or more childhood traumas, such as physical abuse, parental discord in the home or a family member with a mental illness. This type of stress carries over from one generation to the next, Porter said, noting that parents who experienced five or more ACEs are 14 times more likely to have a condition that will result in trauma for their own children.

The study is based on extensive, random phone inter-views with adults with children in the home. On Vashon, one-third of respondents reported experiencing three or more childhood traumas. Only Federal Way, West Seattle and Kent reported higher numbers, with Kent topping the chart at about 41 percent. In contrast, only a fraction of parents in several other communities reported having had three or more childhood traumas, such as northeast Seattle with 12 percent and Mercer Island at 6 percent.

While such trauma occurs across all socio-demographic groups, Porter said, she had not expected the island’s sta-tistics to be so high.

“When I saw the Vashon numbers, I thought, ‘Oh my goodness, I’m shocked,’” she said.

Porter said she does not know why the correlation exists, and noted that it could simply be coincidence that so many island parents share this type of history.

Regardless, Porter said she believes the statistics provide important and accurate information.

“It is an indication that ACEs are likely higher on Vashon than in other areas of King County,” she said.

Typically, the higher an ACE score in any population, the higher the likelihood of a range of problems, Porter said. She expects that to be the case on Vashon as well and suspects that on the island there are higher than nor-mal rates of chronic diseases, more depression and other mental health challenges, increased injury rates and high unemployment, among other problems.

In fact, apprised of the high number of people who have died by suicide on Vashon in the past year, Porter said that the two health effects most strongly correlated with ACEs are suicide and intravenous drug use.

“You may be having transmission of toxic stress across the generations that could affect young people’s ability to navigate their daily lives and build hope for the future,” she said.

Porter said research indicates that Vashon would benefit from increased social and emotional support for parents with young children, more dialogue about what kind of life islanders want for their children and grandchildren and — in the island’s formal institutions such as Vashon Youth & Family Services and the schools — clear plans for addressing problems among adolescents, including dating

violence, drug and alcohol use and suicide.“There should be organized and systemic methods for

prevention and intervention,” she said.Information about the prevalence and effects of ACEs

is very new, Porter said, and is only now beginning to be written about in the popular press. Washington, she noted, is a leader in the field.

Despite the newness of the information, Meri-Michael Collins, co-chair of the Vashon Alliance to Reduce Substance Abuse (VARSA), said the data is already influ-encing the coalition’s focus and noted that a working group with representatives from health care, drug and alcohol prevention and social services is set to meet this week and will focus on revising its strategic plan to increase wellness on Vashon.

“We can’t ignore the fact that the suicide rate has gone up, drug and alcohol use among 10th and 12th graders is high and our ACEs are still high,” Collins said. “The data is just screaming at us.”

While many people think of VARSA’s mission as reduc-ing youth substance abuse, Collins said many issues inter-relate, and the group is broadening its focus and working with its county and state granting partners accordingly.

“As we see with those ACEs, these things all go hand in hand,” she said.

She noted that for her — and many others on Vashon — the ACEs information is not just data, but is personal, and she has a sense of urgency about addressing the necessary issues as a community.

“I have a family story that goes with those ACEs,” she said. “A lot of us do.”

The findings about the prevalence of ACEs in this state have their roots in a large study conducted by Kaiser Permanente and the Centers for Disease Control in California in the 1990s, Porter said. The study leaders were trying to determine the risks for cardiovascular disease. Instead, in what Porter characterized as a “massive break-through,” they found that childhood trauma contributes to a range of health problems across the age spectrum, includ-ing difficulty with learning and memory in the earliest years, behavior problems in young children, participating in high-risk behavior as a teen and increased injury, illness, adversity and poverty in adults.

The reason for these challenges is rooted in neurobiol-ogy, Porter said. From the beginning developmental stages in utero through the early adult years, the brain is develop-ing and is shaped by a person’s surroundings. Sometimes — depending on those surroundings — this creates a mismatch between the brain chemistry and wiring and society’s expectations. For example, while society expects people to be calm and talk problems through with a high

degree of reason, people whose brains formed in tense sur-roundings may have more difficulty doing so because their brains adapted to the need for rapid response and quick escapes.

“That is OK in dangerous situations,” Porter said, “but it is not OK at work or in classrooms.”

Such early brain development can also create problems years later in parenting, Porter noted.

“Parents that have a high number of ACEs benefit from a high degree of support,” she said, “but our society is not organized that way.”

Scientists now understand that whether people grow up in calm surroundings or traumatic surroundings, their brains develop in a manner that benefits them in their immediate environment. Biologically speaking, it is not that some people adapt well and some poorly.

“The neuroscience is clear,” Porter said. “It is adaptation, and it is helpful to the species.”

This is often good news for people who struggle with certain issues, Porter said, such as difficulty in parenting. People often internalize their problems, not understand-ing the root of some of their difficulties, and are relieved to learn they are having a biological response, not simply making a bad choice.

“It is good for communities and individuals to know this and to be more compassionate with themselves,” Porter said.

While compassion and understanding are valuable steps, experts say the cycle of trauma must be stopped for a range of problems to decrease. For Porter, this is where hope lies. By stopping the cycle of childhood trauma, she said, communities would improve the lives of children and their families and also create a healthier future for their com-munity as a whole.

“This is a massive scientific breakthrough that everyone should know about and own,” Porter said.

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though a few have had their haikus published. They hail from almost every profession but letters: psychiatrist, lob-byist, educator, photographer, artist, publisher, among others. Most are retired. Most are intensely active in some island organization. Every one of them is gathered here for one reason: They adore haiku.

The tableau this beautiful day reflects the subject matter in soft, colorful dimension: a warm evening, one of those bonus days that brings people outside wearing helpless smiles.

A languorous pair of hours is spent seated around Berry’s back deck table, modest slips of paper changing hands, each bearing intimate stories in miniature stan-zas. Tea. Courtesy. Palpable respect among peers. Sheer delight in words. The conversation mimics a familiar dance in nature, that of butterflies flitting through the air, darting and dipping from one person to the next. Graceful, congenial exchanges about carefully chosen words, punctuation here or there, discrete meanings within one word, personal stories writ small, some of which may one day be transcribed onto highway placards in Berry’s elegant calligraphic hand.

The ensuing discussion has a magic to it that you could only really experience in the moment. And so I soaked that magic in as the group commenced with its first poem, by local writer and editor Michael Feinstein.

Autumn dusk, nettlesbowed over, woodsmokedrifts toward the moon.

The discussion centers around what kind of moon — waxing or waning? Full moon or half moon? The nature of the moon harkens one listener to a fond, distant memory. The parry and thrust brings nothing defensive from the author, only willing consideration of the myriad possibili-ties within his poem.

Ron Simons, a passionate birder, presents a story of a pair of “mourning” mourning doves:

Here the widowed dove(So much grain, almost always)Brings her new-found mate

Berry explains to the outsider, “We have several bird-ers, so sometimes two-thirds of the haikus will be about birds.”

Others chime in, “This is a nice story, happy ending.”“It’s not schlocky because you’ve told us a true story,”

Shirley Ferris cheers, “It’s a feminist story.”Ferris, a retired Vashon High School counselor, distrib-

utes a thin slip of paper adorned by a small, amorphous woodcut, bearing this haiku in bold print:

On Bank Roadsudden foot to brake:passing the buck

This triggers a burst of discussion of deer on the island, of near misses and rueful hits.

“Very timely!” Ferris adds, as the discussion turns to the upcoming hunting season. Then, the exchange returns to poetry.

Feinstein: “I would take away ‘sudden.’” And Ferris, welcoming the note, “You’re right! Let’s just trim this baby down.”

SEE HAIKU, NEXT PAGE

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Olde John CroanOlde John Croan recent-

ly received the 2012-2013 Lifetime Achievement

Award from the Veteran of Foreign Wars, department of Washington.

Croan, who is a member of the Vashon VFW, said he was extremely happy to have been selected.

“It is the nicest thing,” he said. “If I was any more pleased, I wouldn’t know where to put it.”

Dick Whipple, the state quartermaster of the VFW, said that the group selects three or four people to receive the award every year, and Croan was among this year’s winners.

Whipple noted that Croan was chosen for the exemplary service he has given to the VFW over many years and to the Vashon community as a whole.

SHERIFF’S REPORT

Oct. 31: A hazardous, abandoned house was being lived in by unknown tran-sients on the 19400 block of Vashon Hwy. The owner advised King County depu-ties that nobody is allowed in or on the property.

Nov. 1: A laptop and six notebooks were stolen from a classroom at Chautauqua Elementary School.

Nov. 1: A short-term roommate stole the resi-dent’s cat at a home on the 25600 block of 79th Avenue.

Nov. 3: A controlled substance violation was reported at Cove Road and Vashon Highway.

Nov. 4: A truck belonging to a business on the 25100

block of Vashon Highway was entered and searched and something was taken. There was no damage to the vehicle.

Nov. 4: Narcotics activity was reported in the 17000 block of Vashon Terrace.

Nov. 4: A customer was causing problems at Sporty’s and was barred from the establishment.

Nov. 6: Medication was stolen from a home on the 25700 block of 79th Avenue.

Nov. 7: Suspicious cir-cumstances were reported at a home on the 12600 block of 264th Street.

Nov. 8 A purse was reported stolen from Wesleyan Way.

Nov. 8: A possible bur-glary was reported at the 12600 block of 264th Street.

HAIKUCONTINUED FROM 1

Berry’s first piece, printed in Harry Potter font, comes with a long, grammar-challenged title:

Names for things we cannot remember the names of:

WHATCHAMACALLITHOOCHAMAJINGERTHINGAMBOB, MUGWUMP

The author announces with pride, “Seventeen syllables,” to which Simons exults, “Perfect!” This is when the group explains that it’s possible to vary the 5-7-5 form.

“Ron tries to keep us honest. But it rarely works,” chuckles Berry. When asked whether they endeavor to keep to 17 syl-lables, a resounding no is followed by the clarification that it’s the crystallizing of an experience that’s meaningful, more than the number of syllables.

Simons, however, is a holdout for 5-7-5.“I like the idea of trying to say something

in that form without the obvious padding or any extraneous words,” he says.

Jean Ameluxen announces to the group: “I’m scornful of clever haiku; so trite,” as she distributes this one:

Behind a curtainof ////////////////////////summer slips into fall

She half apologize for its cleverness.“But it’s real,” Spiers encourages, deem-

ing it a legit bit of cleverness. “It’s coming from the southwest, as it should.” The group entertains thoughts of how it would look on the highway signs. “It would catch the eye,” one person says.

Then it comes around to Spiers, Vashon’s first poet laureate, with a haiku that honors three old trees she had to cut down:

wheel barrowing chipsour fir now splinters dressingthe lesser flora

Simons salutes the subject: “The mighty has fallen.”

But Feinstein, Berry and Spiers all slip into workshop mode: “Would you consider putting a comma after splinters? Or move dressing to the third line? ... It’s a fortuitous change from hard to soft sound, comple-menting the content. … Wheelbarrowing needs to be one word.”

Who says art was never crafted by com-mittee?

The little boat in the yard is now the star of Berry’s second poem:

Two, still-spotted fawnsStand in the boatUnder the apple tree

Berry explains that she had observed the fawns feasting on the apples that had fallen inside the boat, as the mother stood nonchalantly by. The haiku is greeted with “visual” and “unexpected.” Someone likes the choice of “still-spotted” to denote the young age of the fawns. Spiers states what must be an unspoken rule of poetry: “Anytime there’s an apple tree, you have to go there.”

At one point in the discussion, Helen Russell becomes the topic of conversation. At age 87, she started this group with Chris Bollweg.

Spiers writes, in an online tribute to Russell, “From her beach cabin on Vashon Island’s Paradise Cove, Russell phoned a few islanders to insist that they write two haiku to share at her house each month, first Mondays at three o’clock.” Russell wrote her last haiku from a hospital bed the night before she passed away, at age 101.

Ron Simons recalls with a wistful smile his favorite Helen Russell haiku:

new phone bookhis namestill there

As the meeting winds down, the group reminisces about its history together, which Spiers sums up: “Half the reason we love being together is all the comments. … You learn something, you never thought of that before, you never heard that before.” And finally, the obvious: “We have a lot of respect not only for the form, but for each other.”

As I get up to leave, Ferris slips me one

last little folded paper. The epilogue to my visit, I realize; a reminder of the delicate beauty of words so thoughtfully written and considered.

Open a letterslowly… stamp, seal, word… Notlike touching a mouse

For days afterwards, I see haiku in every-thing I do. This “Mondays at Three” visitor will never again look at the Hiway Haiku signs without seeing a great deal more.

— Rebecca Wittman is a freelance writer and the owner of The President of Me, a local

clothing line and shop.  

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passed away peacefully at her home in Raymond, Wash., on November 9, 2013, surrounded by her husband and children. She was born on August 18, 1938 in Spokane, Wash., to Bill and Gladys Elmore, the youngest of four children. Billie grew up on Vashon Island and attended Vashon High School, where she met Bill Coomer. Billie married Bill on October 13, 1955. Th ey lived in the Seattle area and briefl y in San Diego before settling in Duvall, Wash., in 1968. Th ey retired to Raymond, Wash., in 1991. Billie was very involved with volunteer work in

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Patricia Joanne HawcroftOn October 28th, 2013, in the a.m., Patty Jo Hawcroft went home peacefully in

the loving hands of our Heavenly Father.She leaves behind her beloved family, and many friends and extended family.

Her family of origin, in mourning her loss are: Brother Jim and wife Claudia Buxton of Everett, Washington. Phillip Williams and granddaughter, Ava Hilton Williams of Everett; Anthony and Lissa Williams, grandson Anthony Jr. and granddaughter Naomi also of Everett. Her loving husband Jim Boushey, with whom she fostered many grandchildren and great grandchildren, and his family of Richmond Beach and Smokey Point, Washington. Brother John Hawcroft and his daughter, nieces Lissa Peck and Sam, and Emily Rose and baby sister Luella and Patrick Paull of Renton, Washington, and their three daughters Athena, Ariel and her son Angelo, Sierra Paull and her partner Sorh. All are of east Seattle, Washington. Also among those who will miss Patty Jo are sister Melody Zavis of Vashon Island, Washington, and her two daughters Phoebe Anne Zavis of north Seattle and her loving partner, Danny Barksdale of Ballard, and Diane Cormier Hawcroft, of Tacoma, Washington and her children: Breana, Alaya, and her daughter Emorhi Cormier, and Azaria and Micah Henderson. Hannah Zavis and her daughter Grace of Florida and her mother Joan Zavis of Arlington. Jack Zavis, of Florida and his son Kyle Ron Zavis of Vashon Island, Washington.

Surviving also are cousins Steve Brix and Maxine Barden, of Vashon Island and many other cousins of south and east Seattle. Shawn King of Arizona and his sons Damian and Trevon and daughters Samaria and her young sister. All are direct descendants of Grandma Hawcroft (Miss Sarah Beck), and Moses Hawcroft, natives of Nez Perce, Idaho. Grandma Sarah was the daughter of Great Grandpa Edward Beck, native of Georgia who fought in the Indian War.

Diane was preceded in death by her adoptive parents Willy and Flora Cormier originially from Tacoma and Louisiana.

Patricia was a force of light and will be sorely missed!Her funeral service and burial was held on Friday, November 8, 2013, at Forest

Lawn Cemetery and Funeral Home; Seattle, Washington. Her celebration of life followed and was held at the Manhattan Hall in Burien,

Washington.Patricia taught me about the power of genius and the love of God. In His name.

Holy Holy HolyPatricia, (Miss “Tiny Bubbles”) our love for you is without time and without

end. We will all be together soon enough.

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November 8th.She was born to the late Frank and Julia Carlin, April 16, 1932, in

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into her life, as well as personal and professional satisfaction. Mary often went beyond the required duties of her job. Her compassion and concern for the elderly, she cared for, truly reflected how Mary lived her life. One of Mary’s greatest loves in life was spending time with her 14 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren. They continued to be in her conversations and thoughts until the end of her life.

Mary is survived by four children: Rachel Kimmel and life partner John Lentz; Julia and John Clark; Esther and Craig Stewart; Daniel and Barbara Bilyeu. She is also survived by fourteen grandchildren and twenty-seven great-grandchildren.

Mary is preceded in death by her husband, George W Haugland; as well as daughter Elizabeth R Mathews and son Joseph W Bilyeu.

In lieu of flowers Mary had requested that donations be made to Cancer Life Line of Seattle. www.cancerlifeline.org.

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library and not from the funds allocated by the pas-sage of a 2004 bond mea-sure.

The Vashon Library’s remodel is just one of 10 capital projects the King County Library System (KCLS) is currently working on throughout its 43-library system, and a central tenet of the projects is to build as environmentally friendly as possible, while being fis-cally responsible, according to the KCLS website.

Greg Smith, the KCLS director of facilities, said that while the building will not be LEED-certified — the gold standard of envi-ronmental building — it

includes many green fea-tures, most notably the green roof planned for the new portion of the building. Such a roof, with plants to absorb storm water rather than turning it into runoff, is an important feature that a few KCLS libraries share. While not very visible from the street, the green roof should be visible from the park, he said.

Additional green fea-tures, Smith said, include energy-efficient plumbing and lighting fixtures, day-light harvesting through an abundance of windows and rooftop light monitors, as well as enhanced insulation in the existing building.

Library users who like to walk between the park and the library will be especially happy to learn

that the drainage prob-lems in that area are being addressed with both drains and a new pathway, Nelson said. Previously, the area between the park and library was extremely wet and muddy several months out of the year.

The construction has gone well, with no sur-prises along the way, Smith said. The $6 million project is on budget, and KCLS officials expect the library will be able to move from its temporary location to the new building in late February or early March.

Riley noted when the move occurs, the library will be closed for a week, but it will open with fan-fare.

“We will have a party,” she said.

Natalie Martin/Staff Photo

The library is designed to be a light-filled space, with a large expanse of western windows. Construction supervisor Greg Nelson stands where seating will be located once the building is complete, which is expected to be February.

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