vashon-maury island beachcomber, september 28, 2011

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BEACHCOMBERVASHON-MAURY ISLAND

DOGS AT WORK

The popular sheep herding trials return to the Island.

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COMPUTERS IN THE CLASSROOM

District hopes a new program will help students in math.

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A VISD error: Events slated to take place on Jewish high holidaysBy LESLIE BROWNStaff Writer

Vashon School District offi-cials inadvertently scheduled sig-nificant public school events on two of the holiest days in the Jewish faith this fall, raising con-cern among Vashon’s small Jewish community and eliciting a pledge from the district that it won’t hap-pen again.

The district quickly resched-uled one of the events last week. Vashon High School’s homecom-ing dance, scheduled to take place on Saturday, Oct. 8, which is Yom Kippur this year, was moved up one week and will now take place Oct. 1.

But the homecoming football game — a well-attended high school event that includes a half-time tradition involving hundreds of students — is still on Yom Kippur, which begins at sundown Friday, Oct. 7, and ends at sun-down the following day. And the McMurray Middle School open house, when parents get an oppor-tunity to meet their children’s teachers, will be held tonight dur-ing Rosh Hashanah, which begins at sundown and ends at sundown tomorrow.

The mix-up was troubling to leaders in Vashon’s Jewish com-munity, who note that the dates for these two holidays are identi-fied on nearly every commercial calendar and are as sacred to Jews as Christmas and Easter are to Christians.

“Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are not obscure holidays,” said Matt Bergman, the father of a high school senior who won’t attend the homecoming football game because it falls on Yom Kippur. “I think it’s disrespectful

By NATALIE JOHNSONStaff Writer

King County officials say they will likely move forward with their proposal for a short-ened hunting season at Island Center Forest, a plan that got mixed reviews at a public meeting last week.

Today is the last day to comment on the pro-posal, which would allow hunting in the forest for 17 days next month, during which time it would be closed to all other uses. County officials say the proposal is based on a large

amount of feedback gathered last year and a thorough investigation into the impacts of the plan.

David Kimmett, a county natural resources manager, said the 10 Islanders who spoke at last Tuesday’s meeting, which was attended by about two dozen people, mostly brought up concerns the county has already heard.

“We’re confident (the plan) addresses all the concerns we heard, and it’s something we can implement,” he said.

Kimmett said the county would review the comments made during the two-week com-

ment period and would likely move forward with the plan within a few days. The hunting season would begin Oct. 15.

Though few at the meeting spoke in direct support of the proposal, those in attendance were clearly divided on whether hunters and pedestrians could continue to share Island Center Forest as they have for years. The county’s plan was crafted after an increasing number of Islanders raised concerns last year about the risk hunters posed to pedestrians at

County gives tentative nod to shortened hunting season

Safety concerns mount at the busy ferry dock

SEE HOLIDAYS, 14SEE HUNTING, 19

The mess at Fauntleroy

By NATALIE JOHNSONStaff Writer

Last Thursday afternoon Washington State Ferries (WSF) worker Lisa Lennon stood on the sidewalk at the end of the Fauntleroy ferry dock directing thick commuter traffic through the tollbooths, a job that until this summer was filled by a Washington State Patrol cadet.

In a move that caught commuters and even some lawmakers by surprise, state budget cuts in July forced the removal of the cadets who have directed traffic at both the tollbooths and the busy intersection at the end of the dock for years.

Lennon — who was transferred from the Coleman dock in Seattle as part of WSF’s tem-porary solution for the loss of the cadets — used hand signals to quickly funnel drivers into the correct lanes. She sometimes pulled cars for certain ferries from farther up in the line and said that since the loss of the cadets, loading the boats seemed to go smoothly with her there dur-ing peak hours.

Unloading, however, is a different story. On this same Thursday, without an officer

to direct ferry traffic pulling onto Fauntleroy Avenue, the lines were long as drivers leaving the dock waited their turn to merge onto the some-times busy street. Some drivers slipped quickly into the traffic; others hesitated, holding up the line. On one occasion, too many cars tried to crowd the intersection at once. One car quickly

SEE FAUNTLEROY, 21Natalie Johnson/Staff Photo

Drivers attempt to merge onto Fauntleroy, a tricky intersection now that cadets no longer direct traffic.

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Curt Noah, a Vashon man with deep roots on the Island, was killed Thursday in an accident that occurred while he was fell-ing a tree in the woods off of Old Mill Road, according to his friends and family.

Noah, 45, whose step-mother and broth-ers own Uptown Takeout, did an assort-ment of jobs for a living, including land-scaping and tree-trimming. He also sold cords of woods on Vashon.

He was in a 15-acre parcel Thursday afternoon, apparently cutting a tree for firewood, when a limb hit him on the head and killed him instantly, according to his father Rex Noah.

It’s not yet clear how the accident happened, Rex Noah said. The sheriff ’s department released few details, noting that an investiga-tion into his death is still under way.

Curt Noah, who went to Vashon High School, lived much of his life on Vashon and in Illinois. For many years he worked at what is now called the Vashon Golf & Swim Club, including one year when he was the greenskeeper, his father said. He worked at other golf courses in the Seattle area as well.

“A hard-working boy,” his father said, when asked to describe his son. “He’d always put more than he had to into things.”

Ruben Arnot, who’s known Noah for years, called him a “solid guy” with a friend-ly attitude. “He had a good spirit,” he said.

The property where Noah died is owned by a family in Billings, Mont., which had not given permission to anyone to cut wood

on their land. Barbara Lombardy said her mother Jeanne had the land thinned a few years ago, and some Islanders were allowed to go onto the property to collect some of the downed madronas.

But since then, the property has been posted “no trespassing,” she said, and nei-ther she nor her mother knew people were still walking onto their property to collect wood. “We’re not around, and people take liberties,” she said.

David Warren, who heads Vashon Forest Stewards, a nonprofit organization that sus-tainably harvests trees on the Island, knows the Lombardys and is familiar with the property; he helped arrange the thinning operation a few years ago.

He got a call Thursday from an Islander who said her renter at a house near the patch of woods, had been hearing chain-saws at the property for a couple of weeks and that it appeared someone had been killed. He decided to stop by; when he arrived, he said, he discovered three police cars at the site and was soon ushered in by a detective who wanted him to take a look at the situation.

Warren said he plans to re-post “no tres-passing” signs at the site for the Lombardys. It wasn’t clear to him how Noah was killed, he added, but it underscored for him how dangerous logging can be.

“If anything, I hope people learn that les-son out of this,” he said.

— Leslie Brown

An article in last week’s Beachcomber, “New alternative school aims to give teen girls a holistic education,” incorrectly stated Yve Susskind’s past role in alternative education. Susskind is one of the founding

teachers of StudentLink.

A photo caption in an article about the Vashon Allied Arts’ annual auction, “Art will be the star of a glitzy gala,” misidentified the artist who created a tiled guitar for the event. The artist’s name is Elaine Summers.

By NATALIE JOHNSONStaff Reporter

As concerns grow about Vashon High Schoolers’ struggles with math, teach-ers at McMurray Middle School are spearheading programs they hope will better prepare their stu-dents for the rigors of high school math.

The new programs come as the middle school adopts the national math standards and works to assure that all students are proficient in basic math skills before entering high school.

Following the state’s

adoption of the national math standards in July, McMurray math teachers spent the summer piec-ing together curriculum to assure that their classes meet the new standards — a requirement the district must meet by 2013 — and will adequately prepare stu-dents for their high school classes.

“I’m actually teaching one step of algebra in sixth grade now,” said McMurray math teacher Jenny Granum. “We’ve increased our stan-dards and expectations to prepare kids for algebra. …

We have to step it up to make sure every kid can graduate high school.”

And as the teachers push their middle schoolers to learn a little bit more before high school, they’re also getting ready to begin two supplementary programs — one they believe will assure all students are proficient in basic math skills and one they hope will give them a deeper understanding of concepts through real-world application.

Beginning next month, all middle schoolers will spend one math period a week doing individual work on small laptops. They’ll work with the much-hailed Kahn Academy, an inter-active Internet program recently featured in “The Economist,” which suggest-ed the new online program could become the math and science education tool of the future.

The students will take computer quizzes on the Kahn Academy site, and the program, which can assess each student’s strengths and weaknesses, will then give them lessons in specific concepts.

Quiz results are delivered in real time to the teacher, who will spend the period

working one-on-one with students who need help. Some children may use the program to catch up on basic skills such as simple multiplication and division, Granum said, while others will use the time to work ahead, learning concepts the class hasn’t begun yet.

Last week one of Granum’s sixth-grade math classes pre-viewed the Kahn Academy,

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“It’s really a time we can individualize for what chil-dren need,” Granum said. “It’s not just for struggling children, but for kids who are excelling at math and need more of a challenge. They can go as far as it will take them.”

McMurray principal Greg

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“It’s kind of a motivator for kids,” he said.

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middle school’s state test scores — almost 80 percent of eighth graders passed the state test last year, compared with 50 percent statewide — he’s pleased the Kahn Academy will help to meet each student’s needs.

“We are significantly better than the state (scores),” Allison said. “That’s not to say we don’t want to improve. We’re always look-ing to help every kid become better math students.”

Following a national trend, Vashon students’ math scores have consistently dropped when they were tested again their sophomore year of high school. Last year 67 percent of Vashon 10th graders passed the national test, compared with 41 percent nationwide.

Roxanne Lyons, director of instructional services at the school district, said that concern about math at the school district began to grow a little over a year ago, after high school teachers noticed that many students either didn’t have their basic math skills down or couldn’t solve simple math problems as easily as they should have.

“Our teachers were finding that our stu-dents could get the right answer, but not as fast as the teacher thought would benefit them in higher math at the high school. … It would get in the way of bigger, more complicated concepts,” she said.

Parents, too, noticed that many high schoolers seemed to struggle in math and often sought help outside the classroom from tutors. They brought up their con-cerns to at least one district “Let’s Talk” meeting last winter.

Lyons said the school district hopes that the Kahn Academy, which it is piloting this year, will help middle school students enter high school better prepared for their math classes.

A few other classes at the middle and high school level are also trying out the program, which can take students through calculus

and includes other subject areas as well, Lyons said. Middle school math teachers could more easily work the program into their schedules this year, she said, as they are required to cover fewer concepts than the more rigorous high school classes. But if it’s successful, she said, the Kahn Academy could one day be used in high school math and science classes as well.

“The district is very interested and curi-ous to see how well it works,” Lyons said. “I think we’re going to find applications in many ways we haven’t imagined yet.”

The school district received a $10,000 grant from Washington STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) to cover the extra teacher work hours required by the Kahn Academy as well as another new program to be implemented in the spring.

Granum, who is heading the second proj-ect, will work with engineers involved in the construction of the new high school to develop construction-related math prob-lems for the middle schoolers to work though.

For example, Lyons said, students might calculate the angles of roofs or determine how many gallons of paint should be pur-chased for a specific building. They hope to even take students to the construction site for some problems.

“The children who aren’t super engaged in math in the classroom, they don’t see it connecting with their lives,” Granum said. “Whenever they can make those connec-tions and see how (math) is used in all areas and aspects, that’s a valuable tool.”

Like the Kahn Academy, Lyons says, teachers are still determining how the pro-gram will fit into their classroom routine and grading. But she has high hopes for both new programs and praised what she called the innovation of the teachers who are making them a reality at the school.

“They are taking the risk to try some-thing we have good reason to believe will dramatically enhance our students’ math success and better prepare them for high school math,” she said.

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EDITORIAL

It’s a shame that the people left picking up the pieces of a sched-uling error that placed homecoming on Yom Kippur are three or four seniors at Vashon High School. They’re the ones who are now scrambling, working fast and furiously to reschedule an event that takes place in a matter of days.

At the same time, it’s unfortunate that the mistake even occurred. Yom Kippur is the holiest of days in the Jewish calendar, a day of atonement that brings millions of Jews, even those who are normally non-observant, to temples and synagogues around

the world. Its significance has deepened in the post-Holo-caust years. For many fami-lies, it’s a time to remember relatives who died in German death camps.

As is so often the case in a situation like this, no one real-ly is to blame. It was a simple oversight, due in part to the

fact that Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur fall a little earlier on the Western calendar this year than they normally do.

The Seattle School District proactively sends out a calendar to its 90 principals letting them know about the various religious holidays that their culturally diverse schools need to take into con-sideration. At our tiny school district, on our remarkably homoge-neous Island, no such calendar gets mailed out. Many of us, from school administrators to journalists, were paying scant attention.

Louise Olsen, president of Havurat Ee Shalom, says she hopes to address this situation. Borrowing a page from the Jewish Federation in Arizona, she’ll now send out a five-year list of the Jewish high holidays to the school district. She has also contacted some Jewish teachers at the public schools, who will likely use the scheduling error as fodder for class discussions.

And while the issue put some Jewish families into an uncom-fortable spot, it also provided an opportunity, some report, for probing and heartfelt discussions. Both Matt Bergman and Andrew Schwarz, observant Jews and members of the Havurat, have daughters who are seniors; both families talked in depth about the situation their families found themselves in.

So too was the case for a handful of McMurray parents who won’t go to the middle school’s open house tonight because it’s Rosh Hashanah, another of the high holidays. Risa Stahl, one such parent, said the situation — and her personal dilemma about how to handle it — gave her an opportunity to talk to a neighbor about when to speak out in defense of cultural and religious diversity and when to stay quiet.

Olsen often uses the phrase “bashert,” Yiddish for “it was meant to be,” when life unfolds imperfectly. And so she did last week, as she discussed the complexities surrounding the district’s schedul-ing mistake. “Maybe there’s a reason for this,” she said. “Maybe it will lead to increased awareness and sensitivity.”

Meanwhile, we applaud those students who are working hard to move the homecoming dance up one week. We wish them a fan-tastic homecoming — one that many students will attend.

LETTERS TO THE EDITORDrag racing

Thanks for the great article on Wagons of Steel (“A homegrown team burns rubber at the strip,” Sept. 14). I’ve seen them race sev-eral times at drag strips on the West Coast.

I came from a family of race car drivers. My dad raced streamliners at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah all his life. He broke speed records over and over. I spent many sum-mers of my youth there and have fond memories. As a very little girl, I remember standing next to an old man getting ready to climb onto his rickety old motor-cycle, which ended up shocking everyone by going over 200 mph. He was from New Zealand, Burt Munro, and a movie was recently made about his life, “The Fastest Indian,” staring Anthony Hopkins (a really good movie). The film captured the look and feel of that time in my life. The only thing

missing were all the kids running around. It was a family thing, and the people of Bonneville were a tight-knit group.

Thanks for the story, and thanks for the memories!

— Susan White

Cats

I loved reading Leslie Brown’s editorial (“Summer’s end brings another kind of sweetness”), describing the end of summer beauty that surrounds us here on Vashon. We are truly blessed to live in a place where nature is so close at hand. How unfortu-nate that the caller she describes became aware of our rare and beautiful native northern flying squirrel only after her cat dragged one that it had mortally wounded into her home.

The native birds and wildlife that we share this remarkable island with are under great pres-

sure from habitat loss, pesticide use and invasive species. To add further pressure from cat preda-tion to this list is both tragic and unnecessary. Keeping cats indoors is not only kind to wildlife, but kind to cats, too. Indoor cats live on average three times longer than outdoor cats. They do not prey on vulnerable birds, squirrels, amphibians and other wildlife, and they do not get hit by cars, snatched by eagles or coyotes, or attacked by other cats, dogs and raccoons.

The Audubon Society and the American Bird Conservancy have teamed up to create a national program called “Cats Indoors!” that is aimed at educating the public about the impact of outdoor cats on birds and wildlife. They estimate that each year in the U.S. free roaming cats kill more than 200 million birds and over a billion small mammals. Their website (http://web4.audubon.org/bird/cat/) also provides great information for people concerned

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Big issues have dominated Vashon’s public education narra-tive of late. Staggering budget cuts and failing facilities are two exam-ples that come to mind. But this focus on big dollar problems has obscured the fact that education is an incremental process. Each child’s knowledge accrues one class, one discovery, one assign-ment and one experience at a time. And it’s our teachers who create and manage these micro learning opportunities. Isn’t there an effec-tive, low-cost way to support them in this effort?

As it turns out, there’s an unas-suming organization that has been doing exactly this for 24 years now — Vashon Partners in Education, aka PIE. For many, PIE may be under the radar compared to other educational initiatives on the Island. But while PIE may work quietly, it works very effectively.

The PIE model for improving Vashon public schools is simple. We solicit proposals for materi-als, projects and activities that will demonstrably enrich the educational experience. Most pro-

posals come from those who know our students best, namely teachers, though anyone may submit a proposal. Proposals with the most merit

and applicability are funded.Vashon Partners in Education is

an independent charitable organi-zation governed by a board of local citizens. Its goal is not to backfill that which state budgets have taken away. Instead, the goal is to experiment, break new ground, reach students in new and engag-ing ways and to rekindle teachers’ passion.

PIE is not about copier paper and glue sticks. Instead, PIE funds outdoor learning experiences, sci-ence experiments, art projects, interactive whiteboards, math

competitions and museum field trips. And that’s only a partial list from last year. You can visit www.VashonPIE.org for a complete list-ing of recent grants.

Of course there is a catch. This simple plan of enabling teachers to provide enriching projects deliv-ered by a low overhead local orga-nization succeeds only in direct proportion to your support. PIE’s biggest annual fundraiser will be a phonathon on October 4, 5 and 6. If you want to keep Vashon schools special, if you believe education happens one “aha” moment at a time, if you want to motivate our teachers and help them challenge our students, then please answer the call and give what you can.

— Dave Straube, a father and software engineer, has been a PIE

board member since 2005.

EDUCATIONBy DAVE STRAUBE

The annual Vashon Partners in Education phonathon is sched-uled for Oct. 4, 5 and 6. The Vashon Sheepdog Classic, this weekend, also raises funds for PIE. See story on page 12.

PIE: A simple way to support our teachers

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experienced buyers are far more critical and cynical than you and other fi rst time home buyers. They often want a castle for the price of a shack, and look at even the best deal with suspicion. In addition, they don’t always know what they want any more than you do.

I can’t blame some buyers for their present attitude, of course, since the sellers market we had for many years ran buyers ragged. But, you have no idea how refreshing it is to work with young buyers who are thrilled with just the idea that they can fi nally buy a home of their own. That’s especially true on Vashon Island.

At the height of the market our average sale price was close to half a million dollars for the most modest homes. There was no hope for low income elders, young families just starting out, or even most middle class single buyers to fi nd something affordable. That included Vashon natives who had been renting here all of their lives.

The recession has helped to change that. Yes, there are people losing their homes and that’s terrible, but the lower prices have enabled young buyers and retirees to fi nally be able to buy a home here.

By the way, as the old saying goes, “there’s no such thing as a dumb question”. It’s how we really learn. I fi nd working with you a joy, so keep those questions coming!

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Warm ThanksVYFS extends a warm thank you to those who helped create the PlaySpace, including Holly Zapel Design, Ed Palmer Construction, GroundWork, and Sergei Serbreyakov. Thanks also to generous community members, Vashon-Maury Co-op Preschool, True Value Service Center, Frame of Mind and VYFS Board and staff. Come see the fruits of their labor at the October 15 PlaySpace Open House, Kids Fair and Dedication!

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Community supports the Vashon Food Bank with LuauVashon Eagles Aerie #3144 would like to thank the entire community for all the sup-port for our recent Luau and auction fundraiser. Thanks to your generosity, FOE 3144 is able to donate over $6000.00 to the Vashon Food Bank in time for the upcoming holidays!

Yet another significant contribution: On a second note, I would like to make an addition to last weeks article regarding the free dinners being provided to the homeless and needy of Vashon. For the last year and a half, the Eagles has sponsored the dinners of John and Kaia Fredrickson, who prepare and serve Monday nights dinner at the Village Green. Arlene Landers has worked every Monday night preparing delicious homemade dinners at the Eagles and the profits of these dinners go to pay for the food for the home-less dinners. John and Kaia come up with healthy, filling and yummy dinners for over 25 people each Monday. They provide to go containers as well, so everyone gets something to eat, even those that can’t stay to eat. John, Kaia and Arlene are deserving of a huge applause for their dedication and hard work!

Christine VanVolsem, Secretary FOE 3144

I want to thank Steve Haworth for stretching our minds about the Oberlin Project and for others who have expressed their opinions about the two proposed arts facilities on our Island. After reading Steve’s columns, getting information about Vashon Allied Arts’ proposed arts center and learning more about the plans for the high school, I recognize the need for two facilities. But I want to express my concerns about building two similarly sized facili-ties and the siting of the VAA building.

I believe the proposed VAA arts center is out of scale with both the location and the site. The VAA building, at a historic, small-scale intersection, will have a 450-foot frontage on Vashon Highway, walls 22 feet tall, a 48-foot peak to the roof and 100 parking places behind it. I believe a building and parking lot of this size are better located on the 100-acre high school campus, where they are compatible with the scale of buildings and associ-ated hardscape.

Not only would this provide opportunities for education and internships to students during the classroom day, but it would allow us to build two complimentary theaters — sized for both the large audiences VAA anticipates (10 times per year, according to data VAA submitted to Water District 19) and a smaller, more intimate venue.

Having attended many Allied Arts perfor-mances and Drama Dock productions, it is clear that a small venue is desirable for many. This is the model Benoroya Hall has created — a space that can hold peak audiences and another smaller performance space sized for more intimate perfor-mances and for class use — the kind we have come to love at the Blue Heron.

We have an enormously complex set of issues

before us: public and private funding, some of which is apparently site- and facility-specific; scheduling for the needs of multiple arts organiza-tions and programs; sizing of facilities to provide for peak audiences and the more usual need for small venues; enormous capital costs and the con-cern for ongoing operating costs — to name a few.

My hope is that our Island organizations could construct two facilities on the high school campus, perhaps relocating the “bus barn,” just off Vashon highway or using the Building A site once that building is demolished. We could create two the-ater spaces — one sized for an audience of 300, the other for, perhaps, 125. If these were adjacent, they might share an entrance, a lobby and plumbing walls. Even if not connected, economies of scale would likely be realized if the buildings were in proximity to one another, making geothermal heat-ing and rainwater collection and use more cost-effective. We might even be able to reduce oper-ating costs, a major concern for both the school district and VAA.

The benefit to the community is that we create the most flexible spaces, where we don’t sacrifice our intimate venues for the desire to have space for larger audiences. With the Oberlin type of planning, we could honestly say that we will be constructing community facilities — ones that reflect a set of values with regard to scale, envi-ronmental impact and how we work together to meet our needs and affect our landscape and sense of place.

— Donna Klemka is a former Vashon School Board member and a long-time member of Vashon Allied Arts,

an organization for which she also volunteers.

about this issue and trying to transition their outdoor cats to indoor life.

— Sara Van Fleet

Substance abuse

Bringing in an outsider to com-bat substance abuse is an insult to our civic sensibility. (“Vashon school district brings on sub-stance abuse pro,” Sept. 14). We hadn’t a clue? But wait, we build a new arts facility before we put a skate park in town center? Think that over. No, we haven’t a clue and the insult is deserved.

— Tom Herring

PIE

Four days before the start of the 2010-11 school year I was diag-nosed with stage three ovarian cancer. I was in shock and facing an uncertain future. One of many dilemmas I faced was if I could make a commitment to The 2011 Blue Heron Student Exhibition. This is the student art show I have

produced every other year since 2001 in cooperation with the Blue Heron Gallery.

By the end of September I had settled into my battle with cancer and had learned, among many other things about my disease, that making future plans was very important to my recovery. I made the commitment to my students and the Blue Heron. The show would go on no matter what! I worked throughout my chemotherapy, but had to take an extended break after my major surgery, so when January 2011 rolled around and I had only col-lected 20 pieces of student art for the show, I knew I had to step it up although I was still in chemo-therapy and weighing in at under 100 pounds.

Partners in Education (PIE) stepped up along with me and contributed a generous grant for the framing materials, which greatly reduced my stress over financing the show. Added stress was certainly something I did not need during my fight for survival. The art show happened and it was very successful and beautiful!

I am cancer-free now and I sin-cerely thank PIE for being a part of my cure.

— Amy DubinVashon Island High School

art teacher

Teen Wilderness Program Open House: Vashon Wilderness Program is off ering a program for teens this fall that will include day-long workshops one Saturday each month and a 10-day trip next summer to the Olympic National Forest. At the open house, teens can meet the mentors, enjoy games and check out what’s in store for the year ahead. For more information, call 651-5715 or visit www.vashonwildernessprogram.org. 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Vashon High School.

Domestic Violence Support Group: Concerned about a cur-rent or past relationship? Need people to talk to who understand? The support group for domestic violence survivors meets weekly. There is no judgment, just sup-port. Call the DoVE Project at 715-0258 for more information. 6 to 7:30 p.m. every Wednesday at a confi dential location.

Death with Dignity Law: Reg-istered nurse Else Lindgren, who has worked with home health care and hospice clients, will lead an open discussion of the law, which allows terminally ill adults who have less than six months to live and are mentally sound to request lethal doses of medication from physicians. Free. 12:30 p.m. at the Senior Center on Bank Road.

Sheepdog Classic Trials: The weekend of trials open, and close to 100 dog and handler teams will compete at the trials, which run from dawn to dusk. (For more information, see page 12.)

Solar Tour: The event has been cancelled for this year.

Adopt-a-Cat Day: After a hiatus, Adopt-a-Cat Day has returned. Stop by and adopt one of the many cats in need of a good home; learn more about them online at www.vipp.org. 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at VIPP’s cat shelter, 12200 S.W. 243rd.

Baccanalia — A Masquerade Evening of Wine & Revelry: The evening is a a fundraiser for the Vashon Poetry Fest. Come in mask or borrow one at the door. Host Terry Hershey will invoke the history and poetry of wine; Mark Wells will play music, and Martin Koenig will lead round dances of revelry. The night is for ages 21 and older. A $20 donation is re-quested. 7 p.m. at Vashon Winery.

Fibernet: Ursula Dashiell will demonstrate a simple way to weave with beads. Bring your own newest fi ber work to share. Con-tact Sue Willingham at [email protected] or 463-1747. 10 a.m. at the Sunrise Ridge conference room.

Free Dinner: Daily free meals for anyone who wishes to participate will be served on Vashon begin-ning today. 5:30 p.m. at the Meth-odist Church.

Social Dance: The night will begin with a lesson for all level dancers from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Then from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. dance to an eclectic collection of music with deejay Candy McCullough. For more information, see www.vashonparkdistrict.org. All levels of dancers are invited, and no partners are needed. The donation for the dance instruction is $10. It meets at Ober Park.

Lunavison — ‘Into Eternity’: The fi lm by Michael Madsen con-siders the future 100,000 years from now. This is the time it takes for radioactive waste to become inert, or at least no longer harmful to humans and other living things. The fi lm is about the Onkalo nu-clear waste facility being built in Finland for spent reactor fuel from Finnish nuclear power plants. This 75-minute fi lm asks important

questions and gives some fascinat-ing answers, although not neces-sarily what people might want to hear. 7 p.m. at Café Luna.

Unitarian Fellowship: Those who attend will celebrate the furtherance of their common religious values with Unitar-ian Universalist congregations throughout the country. 9:30 a.m. at Lewis Hall behind Burton Com-munity Church.

Blessing of the Animals: The Epicopal Church will host its annual blessing of the animals in honor of St. Francis of Assisi. Weather permitting, the service will be held outdoors; the fellow-ship hall will be used in case of inclement weather. The collection will go to Vashon Island Pet Pro-tectors. Off erings of animal food will be gathered for the food bank. All animals and their people are welcome to attend. 10:15 a.m. at the Church of Holy Spirit.

Free Lunch: A free lunch will be served for anyone who needs it. 1 to 2 p.m. at the Methodist Church.

Opera Preview: Local opera expert Norm Hollingshead will illustrate his commentary about “Carmen” with recorded musi-cal excerpts. Free. 2 p.m. at the Vashon Library.

Yarns and Yarns: This is the fi rst meeting for a new group forming at Vashon Bookshop. The group will read a short story or essay each month while people knit and crochet together. This month’s selection is “The Shell Collec-tor” by Anthony Doerr. For more information, call the store at 463-2616. 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Vashon Bookshop.

Free Dinner: All who wish to attend are welcome. 5 p.m. at the Village Green.

Rock Riders 4-H: The group, for kids ages 5 through 19, will hold its enrollment meeting. Members learn about horsemanship, stable management, equine health care, show etiquette, foaling and safety. There are also mounted meetings, which include instruction. Mem-bers do not need to own a horse to participate, as there are numerous horseless activities. The fee is $25.

For more information, call Marie Bradley at 463-2065. 6 p.m. at Paradise Ridge.

Great Books Discussion Group: The group is reading a series of books called Great Conversations and is now ready for Book Four in the series, which can be purchased online. 6:30 p.m. at the Vashon Library.

Free Dinner: All who wish to attend are welcome. 5:30 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church.

High School Decisions Open House: Admissions or counseling representatives from a number of high schools, along with some Harbor School alumni and their parents attending those schools, will be able to answer ques-tions for parents and students in seventh- and eighth-grades considering which high school to attend. 6:30 to 8 p.m. at The Harbor School.

Vashon Insight Meditation: The group meets weekly for informal meditation and discussion. For information, contact [email protected]. 7 p.m. at the Puget Sound Zen Center, 20406 Chautauqua Beach Road.

UPCOMING

Grief Support: Providence Hospice of Seattle Grief Support Services will off er a six-week grief support group for adults who have lost a loved one to death in the last two years. Registration is required; call Jane Fleming at 749-7704 for

information. 6 to 8 p.m. Wednes-days beginning Oct. 5, at a meet-ing space near town.

Community Dinner: Gather for the year’s second dinner as part of the Experience Food project in the schools. The proposed design for the new high school will be on display and available for comment, and Shape Up, Vashon organizers will be on hand to sign up new members and provide information about the new program. 5:30 p.m. at Vashon High School.

Costume Swap: In connection with National Costume Swap Day, there will be an Island cos-tume swap. Anyone can drop off costumes at Books by the Way between now and Oct. 9. Local author Tom Brenner will read from his book “And Then Came Hal-loween” during the swap. People do not need to donate a costume to participate. 3 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9, at Books by the Way.

Arts and Humanities Mini Se-ries: Art Historian Rebecca Albiani will off er three fall lectures. In her

fi rst talk, she will focus on Impres-sionist women Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, Eva Gonzales and Marie Bracquemond. Her second talk will consider the complexi-ties of three artistic marriages between Georgia O’Keeff e and Alfred Stieglitz, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera and Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock. Finally, Albiani will discuss and share meticulous watercolor renderings of American folk art from the WPA’s Index of American Design. Tickets for all talks may be purchased for $36 for VAA members and seniors and $45 for the general population. Individual tickets are available for $14 or $17. 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays, Oct. 11, 25 and Nov. 8.

Health Fair: Core Centric will host a health and wellness fair and give the public a chance to meet local service providers who can compli-ment any healthy lifestyle. Those interested in presenting should contact Michelle Reed at [email protected]. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, at Wings Birdseed Company.

Vashon Maury Island Land Trust Photo

The Vashon Maury Island Land Trust will offer tours of Whispering Firs Bog, a fragile preserve that shelters a rare sphagnum bog thought to be more than 10,000 years old. The preserve, between Vashon Highway and Vermontville Road, doubled to nearly 20 acres this year, thanks to a successful legislative effort to secure state funds used to purchase a 10-acre parcel adjacent to the long-standing preserve, the land trust’s first acquisition. The preserve is botanically inter-esting, according to the land trust. The tiny sundew, a carnivorous plant, is found there, and the trees that surround it are twisted and stunted, due to the bog’s stagnant, acidic water.High school science teacher Tom DeVries, Ph.D., shown above, will once again lead tours of the site. The cost is $5 per family for land trust members and $25 per family for non-members, by reservation. Contact the Land Trust for information or to reserve space at 463-2644 or [email protected]. Tours will run at 9, 10 and 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, at the bog.

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TOUR WHISPERING FIRS BOG

VASHON THEATER

The Help: Held over to Oct. 6.

Winnie the Pooh: Opens Sept. 30.

See www.vashontheatre.com for show times or call

PUBLIC MEETINGS

Vashon Island School District Vashon High School Renovation Presen-tations are scheduled for several dates this fall. Comment forms are available online at at www.vashonsd.org/capitalprojects, the Vashon Library and the three public schools.

6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28, at the McMurray Middle School open house

5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6, at the community dinner at Vashon High School

6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, at the McMurray Middle School library. The school board will vote on a fi nal schematic design package and estimate.

Vashon-Maury Island Community Council Board: 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 3, at McMurray Middle School.


All VoV TV shows are produced by Islanders. If you’ve created a video program of any kind, contact Susan McCabe at 463-0301 or [email protected]. Comcast 21 is happy to broadcast your show.

This week’s features on VoV TV are:

Thursday and Tuesday, 7 p.m. Thinking of buying a horse? Check out PetsToGo, Horses.

Thursday and Tuesday, 7:15 p.m. Follow PetsToGo with a Susan White-Daryl Redeker anti-war creation, Eye for an Eye.

Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Relax and remember summer with Dennis Lam-bert’s musical version of the Vashon Fireworks display.

The complete VoV TV Schedule is available at voiceofvashon.org.

Taking a Hike:The Harbor School’s eighth-grade celebrates their climb to the 5944-foot summit of Mount Ellinor in the Olympic Mountains as part of the school’s annual orientation trip. The hike was an immense challenge, climbing 3,200 feet in just 3.1 miles, and then, of course, the students had to walk back down.According to school officials, the students’ sense of accom-plishment will affect all that they do as scholars and leaders for the remainder of the school year. From left to right, the students are Oscar Lewis, Fletcher Call, Elliot Carleton, Joshua Davis, Siena Jannetty, Zach Hershey, Lhamu Konrad, Preston Scheer, Forrest Miller and Sally Walker.

Vashon Allied Arts: Adults, teens and kids can express their creative side in VAA art classes this fall. There will be classes in the metal arts, drumming, creative writing and working with clay, all starting soon. Com-plete schedule, scholarship and registration forms are available at www.VashonAlliedArts.org or call 463-5131.

Wednesday Bridge Lessons: Ellen Trout teaches the basics from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Wednes-days. Daphne Purpus will continue to teach the advanced bidding and conventions class from 1 to 3 p.m., both free and on Wednesdays at the Vashon Senior Center.

Attract Birds to Your Garden: Vashon Audubon will show how to make your landscape more appealing to birds, with the guid-ance of Sara and Sam Van Fleet, including a tour of their garden. The cost is $30. For information or to register, email Alan Huggins at [email protected]. 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays, Sept. 28 and Oct. 12, at the Land Trust Build-ing. The garden tour will be 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 1.

Yoga: Ronly Blau will teach Yoga for Teen Girls. The cost is $50 for five classes. To register, contact Blau at [email protected] or 499-8488. 3:15 to 4:15 p.m. Tuesdays, Oct. 4 to Nov. 1.

Stroller Fitness: The class is designed to get parents moving, breathing and balancing their time with infants and toddlers. The cost is $10 to drop in or $8 per class with a punch card. Reg-ister online at www.vashon parkdistrict.org or at the main office. 11:30 to noon Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning Oct. 4, at Vashon Park District.

Intro to Yoga: Teachers will in-troduce the most common yoga

poses with an emphasis on safe-ty, alignment and technique. To register call or email your name and phone number and indicate that you want to sign-up at 463-2058 or [email protected]. Free with pre-registration and $5 without. 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5, at Island Yoga Center.

Line Dancing: KB Jones, a line-dancing teacher, will show basic steps for dancing to country music; beginners, men, women and children are all welcome. Wear leather-soled shoes. Free, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays beginning Oct. 5 at the Vashon Senior Center on Bank Road.

Sex Matters for Women: Sex therapist Jessa Zimmerman will lead this six-week exploration in-tended to help women challenge negative thinking that feeds feel-ings of shame and inadequacy, get accurate information about sexual health and discover how to enhance their sexual growth. The cost is $60 for the series. For information or to register, call Zimmerman at Vashon Youth & Family Services at 463-5511. 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays, begin-ning Oct. 5, at VYFS.

Master Gardeners: Classes are held at the Center for Urban Horticulture on the University of Washington campus through Washington State University Extension. Training will be on 12 Saturdays, beginning Jan. 14. Students study botany, geology and soil composition, water quality, entomology and plant pathology as well as roses, perennials, home orchards, lawn care and more. Applications are available at www.king.wsu.edu/gardening/becomeamg.html. The application deadline is Oct. 7. For more information, stop by the Master Gardeners’ table or call Olivia Graffe at 567-5132.

Poetry: Lonny Kaneka, a poet and teacher, will lead an interac-tive poetry workshop, which will

draw inspiration from the images of Gay Schy, a VALISE member and Lynn Mauser-Bane, a Cali-fornia artist. These artists will be showing their own encaustic paintings as well as a joint instal-lation of encaustic monotype scrolls. 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9, at VALISE.

Nature Yard Care by Design: Several free workshops, all from 7 to 9 p.m. and held at Chautau-qua Elementary School, will be offered by this King County pro-gram. Garden Design with land-scape architect Doug Rice and Smart Watering with Greg Butler will be Oct. 13. Growing Healthy Soil with Lisa Taylor of Seattle Tilth and Designing with Plants with Islander Greg Rabourn will be Thursday, Oct.20. Designing a Natural Lawn by grass guru Ladd Smith and Natural Pest Control with Woodland Park Zoo’s organics guy Dan Corum will be Thursday, Oct. 27. To register, call 971-3720 or email [email protected].

Vashon Delta Dogs: Learn how you and your dog can train to be a certified Delta Society Pet Partner Team. Dogs must know basic obedience and be leash trained. Classes meet weekly on a rotating schedule; please con-tact Kathy Farner at [email protected] for details on the next class.

Improv for Parents: Improv theater helps develop parent-ing skills, adding depth and refreshment to the everyday role parents play in their child’s life. Learn side coaching, character development, energy exchange, rapport and spontaneous creativ-ity. Experience how those skills add to the parenting toolkit, helping with everything from tears and tantrums to homework wars. The cost is $50 for individu-als, $65 for couples. To register, call the Blue Heron at 463-5131. 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18 and 25, at the Blue Heron.

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The Vashon Healthcare Council will host a community conversation about health care at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5, at the Land Trust Building.

The group will discuss the the results from its community health survey and provide information about services avail-able both on and off the Island, includ-ing the dental van, according to Hilary Emmer, one of the group’s members. Information will be also be provided about the Vashon Community Wellness Project, which allows people to volunteer in the community in exchange for reduced fees

on health related services. The project has been dormant, Emmer said, but she hopes the project will be revitalized

Meeting organizers also hope to hear from community members about what their concerns are regarding health servic-es on the Island, Emmer noted, and those who did not fill out a survey previously will be able to do so.

The council came together last spring because several people were concerned that the health needs of other Islanders were not being met.

— Susan Riemer

Islanders are invited to join in health care conversation

“Solarize Vashon,” a community-based, group-purchase program that gives partici-pants a reduction in the price of solar vol-taic panels, will hold community meetings Oct. 5 and Oct. 13.

The project, sponsored by Vashon’s Artisan Electric, is modeled after suc-cessful efforts in Seattle, Port Townsend and Sequim, according to Jason Williams, owner of Artisan Electric.

“It allows for a large group of people in the same community to take advantage of buying power,” Williams said. “By round-ing up a number of orders, we can negoti-

ate better prices and cut costs on shipping.”The deadline for enrolling is Oct. 16,

with installation later in the year. The size of the price break depends on how many enroll, Williams said. The maximum rebate the company can offer is $3,000 per customer.

The Oct. 5 workshop will be from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Vashon Library. The Oct. 13 workshop is scheduled for 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Gold Beach Community Center. See www.solarizevashon.com for more infor-mation.

— Leslie Brown


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A night with the starsVAA Auction brings out the best

More than 400 Islanders flocked to two sold-out nights of entertainment, food and, of course, bid-ding at Vashon Allied Arts’ annual auction, which boasted a Hollywood theme this year.The event netted more than $100,000 for the arts organization, including $45,000 for scholarships during the raise the paddle portion of the auction. Five gregarious impersonators who dressed and acted as famous celebrities entertained guests throughout both nights, and many Islanders were dressed to the nines themselves as they mingled, dined and bid on original pieces of art and other items.The live auctions were led by David Silverman on Friday night and Kevin Joyce on Saturday. Jeff Hoyt emceed both nights. Money flew during the fast-paced live auctions, and several items touched off bidding wars. Among the most popular items, said VAA director Molly Reed, were a dinner party at Islander Matt Bergman’s home, a dinosaur statue by photographer-turned-sculptor Mike Urban and a watercolor painting by commissioned artist Art Hansen. Both Bergman and Urban agreed to donate additional items to be auctioned Saturday night after theirs proved so popular.Reed said she was pleased VAA met its fundraising goal. But more than that, she said, she was pleased by the infectious energy that seemed to fill the tent outside the Blue Heron both nights.“It was the feeling that happens — you can feel it when you’re doing special events. Sometimes you just really hit it,” she said.

Lucille Ball, aka Jennifer Sutherland, and Groucho Marks, aka Steffon Moody, entertain the guests with a dance.

Marilyn Monroe, aka Stephanie Murray, enjoys a moment in the limelight.

Wine, of course, flowed freely.

Kathi Jenkins and Denise Katz, co-chairs of the event, make their way through the crowd.

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ARTS&LEISUREVashon-Maury CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES RETURNS: Vashon Allied Ar ts’ third annual Chamber

Music Ser ies, directed by Island cello stars Rowena Hamm i l l and Douglas Davis, star ts on Oct. 7 with a per formance of Beethoven’s “Archduke Tr io” and Dvořák’s “Piano Quar tet No. 2 in E flat m inor.” For information and tickets, call 463-5131 or visit w w w.vashonalliedar ts.org.

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Stephen Tobolowsky, an actor who has appeared in more than 200 films and television shows, including “Goundhog Day,” “Glee,” “Deadwood,” and “Californication,” will tell some of his favorite stories about life, love and the entertainment industry at 7:30 p.m. Friday at a fundraiser for Vashon High School’s theater program.

Tobolowsky, who is also the star of a popular podcast and radio show, “The Tobolowsky Files,” decided to donate his performance on Vashon after being con-tacted by Islander Rebecca Graves, who is a staunch supporter of Vashon High School’s drama program.

“I’ve seen it save lives,” said Graves, recounting how, as a substitute teacher in the school district, she has seen troubled kids blossom as they performed in school plays.

Tobolowsky, for his part, agrees that art can make a difference.

“Art and drama have gotten me through some of the worst times in my

life,” he said. “So anything I can do (on Vashon) is great.”

Tickets are on sale at Books by the Way and Vashon Bookshop. The show costs $25; a “meet-the-star” reception at Sound Food after the show costs $75. For more information, contact Lauri Hennessey at [email protected].

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Vashon Poetry Fest will host “Bacchanalia! A Masquerade Evening of Wine & Revelry” at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, at Vashon Winery, 10317 S.W. 156th St.

Islanders are encouraged to come to the event ready to dance, drink deeply and celebrate the season’s first crush. The eve-ning’s host, Island author Terry Hershey, will tell tales that invoke the wild history and poetry of wine. The night will also feature music by Mark Wells, and Martin Koenig will lead dances of revelry. Wine and cider will be available by the flagon, and attendees can come in mask or borrow

one at the door. Tickets, $20, are on sale at Island book stores and at the door. Pre-ticketing is strongly encouraged.

“Bacchanalia” is the first of two October fundraisers for the Poetry Fest. The second event — a celebration of the Jewish harvest festival Sukkot at Havurat Ee Shalom — will feature an award-winning flamenco group, Carmona Flamenco. The group sings and performs dances with the intense flavors of Sephardic and Spanish music and Flamenco dancing. Tickets to that event are also $20. For more information, call Cal Kinnear at 463-3160.

A BAND BLOWS ITS HORN

A nine-piece dance band, Cordaviva, will bring a what promises to be a powerhouse show to the Red Bike at 8:30 p.m. Friday.

The band plays music influenced by the rhythms and styles of the African diaspora — a blend of coukous, rumba, Afro beat, funk and various Latin styles. A horn sec-tion backs up vocal harmonies sung in

multiple languages, soulful guitars and driving percussion.

The band has played Seattle venues such as The Triple Door, Nectar Lounge, The Tractor Tavern and ACT Theatre. Their show on Vashon is free and for all ages until 11 p.m. and ages 21 and older after that.

Vashon Allied Arts will launch a new season in their long-running New Works Series this week-end, when veteran Island performer and choreog-rapher Karen Nelson will premiere a new dance work, “Pause/Scrub/Play.”

The performance marks a return to dance and to Vashon for Nelson, who lived and performed on the Island in the 1990s.

For “Pause/Scrub/Play” — a collaborative work that will be largely improvisational — Nelson has assembled a team of collaborators, including dancers Kris Wheeler and Lila Hurwitz, visual installation artist Susan Gladstone, percussion-ist John Dancey and guest performers Aaron Schwartzman and Louis Gervais. The dancers will also interact with each other and the audi-ence through vocalization.

Tickets, $12/$15, are on sale at Blue Heron, Heron’s Nest, Books by the Way, Vashon Bookshop and www.brownpapertickets.com.

The next show in the New Works Series will take place at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 14 and 15, when Arlette Moody and Friends present “More Feasting.”

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Cordaviva, a band with a big Afro beat sound, will play a free show at the Bike on Friday.

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Come Friday, a scene resem-bling pastoral England will unfold on a rolling field in the heart of Vashon Island, with sheep dotting the landscape and working dogs and their handlers at the ready to herd them.

While the scene might look like one from far away, it will be part of a very Vashon event: the second annual Vashon Sheepdog Classic at Misty Isle Farms. The event will feature nearly 100 dog and handler teams, includ-ing some that are highly skilled, such as the 2010 U.S. National Champion Patrick Shannahan, who served as last year’s judge.

“This is a rare opportunity for people to watch these wonderful dogs work,” said Maggi McClure, the event’s organizer. “It is grow-ing into one of the most presti-gious working dog events on the

West Coast.”Like last year’s event, which

McClure said drew roughly 3,500 spectators, this event is also a fundraiser for Vashon’s Partners in Education (PIE), which sup-ports Vashon’s public schools.

What people should expect this weekend, McClure said, is a traditional sheepdog trial set on a classic course.

The mission of these highly trained dogs will be to run the length of the field, gather what McClure calls “willful and wise” sheep and bring them into a pen back up the field not far from the handler. Throughout, McClure said, the dogs must conduct themselves in an “efficient but workmanlike manner,” an impor-tant part of the process.

“We want the sheep feeling as good about themselves as they can,” she said.

While herding might sound

straightforward, each dog’s run will be broken into seven judged components, McClure said, and she recommends binoculars to catch some of the highlights along the way.

One of the most important pieces of each run is when the dog first makes contact with the sheep at the end of the field. The dog must approach “with author-ity and patience” to guide them, McClure said, and within seconds the dog’s relationship with the sheep will likely be established.

While the speed of the event is not judged, all seven steps must take place in about 10 minutes.

Last year the dogs had a chal-lenging time penning the sheep, McClure recalled, and she ex-pects this will be the case this year as well.

“These sheep run in bands of thousands,” she said. “They are not used to fences. Going into a small area — they do not under-stand that at all.”

The sheep, trucked in from the Blue Mountains in Eastern Washington for the event, are used to cougars, bears, coyotes and wide open spaces, and the

dogs will have to be skilled, according to McClure.

“It’s a worthy competition,” she said.

The weekend event will include a range of other activities and booths — including a shearing demonstration and displays of fiber arts. Food will be available, and a representative from the Kitsap Humane Society will be there with some senior dogs she hopes people will want to adopt.

Parking will be along the road-ways with overflow at Paradise Ridge, and Island Girl Ride

Service will offer rides for people who have to park at a distance from the entrance. Spectators are welcome to bring picnics and chairs, McClure said, and there will be a convenient location set up as a load and unload zone.

“It takes a lot of people to put an event like this on,” McClure noted.

The event raised more than $5,000 last year, she said, and she hopes to exceed that this year.

“I am hoping for good weath-er,” McClure said. “We hope people come out.”


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At the same time, he said, he was impressed by Superintendent Michael Soltman’s decision to change the date of the homecom-ing dance, a move Soltman made almost immediately after receiving a strongly worded letter from Bergman asking that the date of the dance be changed.

“I think the outcome really shows courage on the part of the district in that they admitted they made a mistake and fixed it,” Bergman said. “A lot of public officials could get very defensive. In this case, the district acknowledged it made a mistake and looked for a way to fix it.”

Others in the Jewish

community said they hoped the incident will provide an opportunity to build more awareness on Vashon about the Jewish high holidays — an awareness that is strong on the East Coast but is often missing in the Northwest, where the Jewish popula-tion is much smaller.

“For me personally, this is a teachable moment,” said Louise Olsen, president of the Havurat Ee Shalom, a Jewish congregation on Vashon, and a former teach-er at Vashon High School.

She said she talked to VHS principal Susan Hanson, McMurray princi-pal Greg Allison and some Jewish teachers at the two schools about the mistakes. She also said she promised to give the school district a calendar that lists the dates for the Jewish high holidays over the next five years — something she discovered other Jewish organizations

do in other parts of the country.

“It’s important to address this in a sensitive, appro-priate, respectful way,” she said. “The message to me is that it wasn’t considered. And why? It could be a real healing thing.”

But Olsen and others are concerned about the impact the last-minute change in the date of the homecom-ing dance is having on stu-dents, especially those who are organizing the event.

“Students need to be sup-ported and valued,” she said. “They put a lot of time and effort into their home-coming plans, and they do a beautiful job.”

Indeed, the students plan-ning the event say they’re now scrambling as a result of the decision. ASB co-presidents Julie Wilson and Carly Sue Anderson offi-cially learned on Friday that the dance would be Oct.

1 rather than Oct. 8, giv-ing them only eight days to recreate an event scheduled to take place at the Vashon Golf & Swim Club.

“We pretty much have had to start over from scratch,” said Anderson, noting that the venue — as of Friday — was still up in the air. Chaperones will have to be lined up again, she added, as does the deputy sheriff who attends.

“It’s unfortunate the problem was brought up so late,” Wilson said, adding that the date was set by the administration, not the stu-dent body.

In an interview, Wilson, Anderson and one other student, Gianna Andrews, co-vice president of ASB, said they felt particularly frustrated that a decision was made without their input. The three girls went online and researched the issue, discovering Vashon is

not the first school to make such a mistake. Western Michigan University President John Dunn earlier this month apologized for scheduling Homecoming on Yom Kippur but did not reschedule the event, they noted.

The ASB executive coun-cil also organized a meeting with Hanson and assistant principal Stephanie Spencer, inviting a Jewish student to attend. At that meeting, the girls said, they learned that because Yom Kippur tech-nically ends at sundown, the dance would not neces-sarily create a conflict for Jewish students. The foot-ball game, Jewish students told them, is really the issue, but because of complex scheduling procedures with the Nisqually League, that date couldn’t be changed, the girls said.

“The student body has been good,” Anderson

added. “We know it’s not the Jewish students’ fault. … I think the reason students feel frustrated is that it was just dropped on everyone.”

Sarah Kai Schwarz, a Jewish student active in the Havurat and co-editor of The Riptide, the high school newspaper, said she, too, was disappointed the deci-sion was made to change the date. “It’s just causing a lot of stress for the students who are organizing it,” she said.

But Bergman said it’s a misunderstanding of the Jewish faith to believe that Yom Kippur suddenly ends at sundown. Many Jews, he said, fast during the 24-hour period, then break the fast with a cel-ebratory dinner. He com-pared the situation his fam-ily would have found itself in to another family racing through Christmas dinner so that a child could head to a school function.

“We could cut short and truncate this tradition,” he said. “But it’s pretty impor-tant family time. And just because technically the holiday is over at sundown doesn’t mean the observa-tion is over.”

Andrew Schwarz, Sarah Kai’s father and an active member of the Havurat, said he feels sympathy for the students who are sud-denly shouldering the work of rescheduling the dance.

“My heart goes out to them,” he said.

But he agreed that Yom Kippur — a solemn day of prayer and fasting — shouldn’t be capped by the high school’s homecoming dance. And like Bergman, he believes the mistake was one of considerable mag-nitude and an issue that should not be taken lightly.

“Plain and simple, I hope the mess of it is enough to convince the administra-tion to be a little more care-ful. … I hope something’s learned from it. I hope the mistake isn’t made again,” he said.


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The Vashon High School volleyball team is off to a strong start this season, as the Pirates have won every game they’ve played so far. They have a current record of 4-0 in league play and 5-0 overall. The Pirates opened league play this month against last season’s two top teams — Charles Wright and Cascade Christian — beating both. On Tuesday after press deadline Vashon played Orting at home, and on Friday they will travel to Sequim for a rematch with the tough 2A team. Important home matches will take place next week, as the girls take on Seattle Christian on Tuesday, Sept. 4, and play Charles Wright again on Thursday, Sept. 6. JV action in both games kicks off at 4:15 p.m., and the varsity team takes the court at 5:45 p.m.Pictured, Senior Sammy Fall goes for the kill at game point in the first game of the Pirates’ 3-0 match win over Chimacum last week.

VOLLEYBALL UNDEFEATED Pirates lose tough game to a top teamBy BRIAN BRENNOFor The Beachcomber

The 2010 state football champi-ons the Cascade Christian Cougars brought their 60-player squad to Vashon last Friday and overwhelmed the younger, smaller Vashon team in a 55-12 win.

On the Cougars’ first drive, Vashon’s Peter Evans intercepted a Cascade pass, giving Vashon the ball. Cascade then intercepted a Vashon pass and drove for their first score, putting Cascade up 7 points.

Vashon’s next possession ended in a punt. Multiple player injuries punctuated the game, beginning with an injury to a Cascade player on the ensuing drive. Thought to have a broken leg, the player was taken to Harborview in an ambulance.

Shortly after, the Cougars scored again, bringing the score to 14-0. The Pirates again had to punt. Cascade continued to roll with their passing attack, scoring on a 50-yard touch-down pass, bringing the score to 21-0.

A Vashon fumble gave Cascade the ball, resulting in another touchdown.

Vashon quarterback Nick Amundsen was hit in the ribs on the next pos-session and was out for a few plays but returned to the game. Cascade got the ball back with an intercep-tion scoring on another pass, and one more touchdown for Cascade

brought the score 42-0 at halftime. In the second half the Pirates

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Soccer loses to Tacoma team, still ranked first

Nick Betz fends off a Cougar tackler near the end of Friday’s football game.

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Following a 11-0 win over Chimacum last week, the Vashon girls soccer team suffered a loss to Woodrow Wilson High School of Tacoma at the Stadium Bowl, on Thursday, Sept. 22.

Vashon fans weren’t surprised to see Wilson, a school with over 1,200 students, fielding a strong team that included several exceptionally skilled players.

The final score of 5-1 was lopsid-ed, but included three corner kicks that were each nicely executed and

converted to goals by Wilson.The field play, however, was very

closely contested, with good passing combinations and shots on goal by both teams.

Vashon put together several moments of excellence, one of which was a 45-yard free kick by junior mid-fielder Lena DeGuzman, to one bounce and a well placed header over the goalie to score by senior forward Cat Amick.

The Vashon team was forced to step up its game against the strong

opponent and will now come back to take on teams in its own Nisqually League.

Vashon is 3-0 in league play and 3-1 overall, and is tied with Orting for first in the league, according to the Seattle Times.

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MCMURRAY PLAYERS TAKE TO THE FIELDAfter a three-year hiatus, McMurray Middle School foot-ball is back on the gridiron.The Mustangs lost a close game, 0-14, last Wednesday to the much larger Mountain View Middle School team from Bremerton.The Mustangs have one more home game, at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18, at Vashon High School.Pictured, Clyde Pruett (25) car-ries the ball as a Bremerton Mountain View tackler closes in during the fourth quarter of Wednesday’s game.

Vashon’s first points, bringing the score to 42-6. On the Cougars’ next drive they had another player injured, suffering what was thought to be a neck injury. The game was halted for about 45 min-

utes, until medics safely removed the player from the field, also transport-ing him to Harborview.

The Cougars scored again, making it 49-6. When the Pirates got the ball, Nick Betz raced for a 31-yard gain topped off with a Garrett Starr touch-down, making the score 49-12. Cascade ended the scoring with a 50-yard

touchdown. The Pirates got the ball again and drove into Cascade territory, but time elapsed before they could score, and the final score was 55-12.

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Last Thursday the Vashon cross country team parked its bus and walked onto the ferry, headed to a meet at Lincoln Park, right by the Fauntleroy ferry dock.

The hosting school was Seattle Christian, and Vashon competed against five Nisqually League schools.

Middle school runner Jeffrey Parrish started things off by placing near the top in the 1.8-mile race, which he ran in 12:42.

Next up in the boys JV race,

the Pirates put out a full team that shows a lot of promise for the future. The highlight was when freshman Aaron Kitchener set a 30-second personal record with a time of 24:22 in the 3.1-mile course.

In the girls JV and varsity race, it was sophomore Maddi Groen who led the way for the Pirates, finishing in 22:46.

Overall the girls had a great showing as a team. The boys varsity race saw per-sonal records set by Nathan Williams, who as a freshman is establishing himself as the number-two varsity runner for

the Pirates. Philip Vandevanter, Codi Williams and Magnus Walgren also set personal records. Ryan Krug led the way with a time of 19:31.

Overall the boys are start-ing to pick up the pace as a varsity team.

The next event for the team will be the eighth-annual ferry dock to ferry dock 13.5-mile run/relay event to benefit the cross country program this Saturday. A shuttle bus will pick runners up at the north end at 7:15 a.m.

— Kevin Ross is a cross country coach at VHS.

An unusually high number of players were injured during Friday night’s home football game. One injury halted play for 45 minutes.

Two Vashon players experienced minor injuries, requiring them to sit out for part of the game, and two Cascade Christian players were transported via ferry to Harborview for their injuries.

According to Deanna Johnson, ath-letic assistant at Cascade Christian, the first Cascade player to be transported suffered two broken bones in his leg. He was held at Harborview for at least three nights and was expected to be released Monday.

When another Cascade player was injured during the third quarter, suf-fering what seemed to be a neck injury, three Vashon ambulances were already off the Island.

While emergency responders were at the field in about five minutes, an ambu-lance crew wasn’t available to transport the player for 45 minutes, during which time responders tended to him as he lay stabilized on the field.

Mark Brownell, battalion chief of EMS Vashon Island Fire & Rescue (VIFR),

said VIFR experienced an unusually high number of calls Friday evening, requiring five off-Island transports in 90 minutes. He said the spurt of trans-ports was very rare.

“That’s the first time that that’s occurred in my six years working for VIFR,” he said.

Brownell, who responded to the inci-dent, said the player’s injury required VIFR responders to keep him immobile until an ambulance arrived.

While the response time to the sec-ond injury was longer than normal, Brownell said the player’s condition improved as they waited. VIFR can always transport patients via helicopter if necessary, Brownell noted.

“If I thought his condition was wors-ening. … I wouldn’t have batted an eye for a second to call a helicopter,” he said.

Johnson said the player suffered a neck strain, was released from Harborview that night and is reported to be in good condition.

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Curt was born in East Saint Louis, Illinois, and began coming to Vashon in the summer of 1976. He spent most of his summers here thereafter, eventually becoming a year-round resident. Curtiss divided his adult life living between Illinois and Vashon. While on Vashon he worked several years at The Vashon Island Golf and Country Club, and became the golf club superintendent. In later years he started his own landscaping business. He was a resource-ful, hardworking man who was quick to lend a hand to others.

Curtiss had a deep and abiding love for his family and always seemed to light-up in the presence of his siblings.

It brings some measure of solace to his family knowing that he was in a beautiful, peaceful forest doing work he enjoyed when he died.

In Illinois he leaves behind his beloved mother, Sharon and his cherished siblings; Mark, Michael and Andrea.

On the island he leaves his dad, Rex, stepmom Lin, sisters Cerise and Noor, brothers Jenner and Kael, and his daughter Jadzia.

Curt had far too many friends to mention by name, but you know who you are.

He leaves a huge hole in the hearts of his family and friends and we will love and miss him forever.

Notice of a memorial service will be announced soon.

Curtiss NoahMay 16, 1966 – September 22, 2011 Nancy C. Benson passed away on August 22,

2011 in Kent WA surrounded by her daughters and her niece. Nancy was born on January 23, 1922 in Oregon City, OR to Jesse and Aimee Cochran. As a child Nancy spent many of her summers on Vashon with her grandparents William and Margaret Spald-ing of Cedarhurst. Nancy and her cousin, Margaret Rosser forged a lifelong bond during those summers of fi shing, berry picking and generally having a good time together. Both Nancy and Margaret raised large families (each had 8 children) and the families visited each other often on Vashon and the Oregon coast.

Nancy married Norman H. Benson on October 1, 1945 upon Norman’s return from the war. Th ey eventually moved to the Oregon coast and operated two Depart-ment stores, the fi rst in Newport and the second in Toledo called Benson’s Variety. Th ey operated Benson’s for 20 years and were known for their kindness and generosity in the community.

After retiring Nancy and Norman made their home with several of their children and on two occasions lived on Vashon helping their daughter Rebecca with her young children. Later Nancy started East to West produce bringing fruits and vegetables from Yakima to sell on Vashon. Nancy enjoyed her friends on the Island and became a favorite of so many people.

Nancy is preceded in death by her husband Norman who died 3 months and 5 days before her. Th ey had celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary last October at the Quartermaster Inn. She is survived by her children, Greg, Keith, Jack (Nancy), Paul (Nancy), Brita (Ken) Stern, Laurie Crollard, Rebecca Benson(Tom Wallace), and Steph-anie ( John) Fiskum. She is also survived by 20 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.

A celebration of her life will be held on October 1, 2011 at 2:00 pm at Clearview Foursquare Church 17210 State Rt. 9 SE Snohomish, WA. Everyone is invited.

In lieu of fl owers please make a donation to the Vashon Food Bank at P.O. Box 1205, Vashon WA 98070.

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the densely forested and increas-ingly popular area during the four-month deer hunting season.

Lisa Peyer, who has lived by the forest for more than 20 years, said she has watched it become more and more popular among all users, and worries that eventually someone could be shot.

“I think it’s a tragedy waiting to happen,” she said.

Of particular concern to those present were hunters from off-Island, whom several people said are known to disregard safety at the forest.

Amy Carey, who as a Vashon-Maury Island Land Trust board member was instrumental in the property’s transfer to the county in 2005, said that on several occa-sions she has run into off-Island hunters who are lost, not wearing safety vests and sometimes shoot-ing on the trail or wandering onto private property.

“I continue to see safety as a problem,” she said.

However, Carey said, closing the forest to most of its users for 17 days didn’t seem fair. She thought the proposal should be taken off the table while the community discussed alternatives.

“I understand you’re trying to find a solution, … but the closure for three weeks to me is not an equitable solution,” she said.

County officials at the meeting said they wished to continue to allow hunting at the forest in part

because historically it’s been the only public land on Vashon open to the activity. In addition, they said, hunting is the only way to control Vashon’s large deer popu-lation.

Brian Kertson, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist for the county, said that although Vashon’s deer have not been formally surveyed, biologists believe the population is at or above a size that can be healthily sustained on the Island. Some of them, he said, are likely sick or malnourished. He noted that deer

on Vashon are frequently hit by cars and are known to damage property.

“From the department stand-point, we view hunting as the only valuable tool to reduce the deer population, with the concern of public safety,” he said.

A few who spoke, however, argued against placing any limita-tions on hunting at Island Center Forest, saying hunters and pedes-trians have shared the forest with-out problems for years.

“When is the last time some-one was shot?” questioned Scott

Harvey. “A hunter should know their

target. ... It’s their responsibility,” he added. “I don’t see any reason at all there should be this restric-tion.”

Kimmett told those at the meet-ing that hunters would be closely monitored during the shortened hunting season. Maps of the forest would be available and poster-size aerial photos at the trailheads would show where park boundar-ies and homes are located.

Scott Snyder, a King County resource coordinator, held up a

wooden trail sign, an example of the two dozen he said would soon be installed at the forest and would help hunters know their location. Under county law, it’s illegal to fire a weapon within 500 feet of a home, a rule those who live by the forest say is broken.

“We feel with all this signage, it will help the main issue,” Synder said.

The program would be a pilot, Kimmett emphasized, and the county would monitor how the forest is used during the time.

Lisa Coley, a mother of three who lives by the forest, told those present that she thought the pro-posal was a good idea, as she has always been concerned about her family’s safety in the forest during the four-month hunting season.

“I’m glad to see it was con-densed,” she said, adding she didn’t have a problem walking somewhere else during a shorter hunting season.

“It’s a compromise, and I think that’s what everyone was trying to come up with,” she said.

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Lisa Peyer, who has lived near Island Center Forest for more than 20 years, said she worries that hunting at the popular site could lead to a tragedy.

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Jesse Cole Turner, mem-ber of Troop #294 of Vashon, will receive his Eagle rank at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, at The Sportsmen’s Club. Community members are invited to attend his Eagle Court of Honor and recog-nize the Troop’s 71st Eagle Scout.

For his Eagle Scout ser-vice project, Turner man-

aged the construction of and helped build a storage equipment shed for the Vashon High School foot-ball team.

“This also opened up stor-age for the school’s other sports teams by allowing more space in the locker room and for equipment to dry out and be organized,” he said.

Vashon tile artist Mary Lynn Buss will partici-pate in Artisan Tile NW’s Handmade Tile Festival, presented from 10 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, at Pioneer Hall in Madison Park, 1642 43rd Ave. E.

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Aug. 30: A watch was reported missing at Vashon Community Care.

Sept. 1: A mailbox was knocked down on the 16900 block of Westside Highway.

Sept. 8: Liquor violations occurred at a home on the 10700 block of 116th Street. An individual hosted a drinking party at the home while his father was away.

Wires and a hose were pulled from underneath the hood of a pickup truck parked on the 10400 block of Bank Road.

A suspicious person was

reported at Thriftway. The person was quacking at children by the street.

Sept. 10: A commercial burglary occurred at the K2 building. Entry was not forced, and a security cam-era system and a pair of skis were stolen.

An individual was arrest-ed on a warrant on the 10200 block of Cove Road.

Sept. 11: A trespass was reported at a home on the 16200 block of Vashon Highway. An individual became intoxicated, went into a stranger’s unlocked home and fell asleep on the sofa.

A motorcycle was impounded on the 17100 block of Vashon Highway due to a license violation.

An intoxicated man caused a disturbance at the Chevron station. The man taunted and teased the clerk as well as the deputy who responded.

Sept. 12: A suspicious looking sailboat was report-ed at Tramp Harbor. The boat was left tied to a buoy with its sails unfurled.

Sept. 13: Batteries were sto-len from an excavator at a construction site on the 12700 block of Cemetery Road.

Landscaping lights were stolen from Misty Island Farms on the 11800 block of 220th Street.

An individual was found to be driving with a sus-pended license during a traffic stop the 15600 block of Vashon Highway. The

suspect fled on foot, and the vehicle was impounded.

An individual was arrest-ed at the intersection of Bank Road and 97th Place on a warrant for a con-trolled substance violation. The suspect was found to possess meth.

Sept. 16: Items were stolen from a truck parked outside the Eagles hall. The suspect broke the truck’s window.

Sept. 18: Mail was sto-len from a mailbox on the 10500 block of 238th Street.

Sept. 19: An Islander on the 14500 block of Camp Sealth Road had his or her identity stolen. The infor-mation was used to gain employment in Texas.

Sept 22: A theft occurred at the Chevron station.

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Episcopal Churchof the Holy Spirit

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

Children’s Hour 10:30 am (Sept.- June)childcare available

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Rocco “Rocky”

Lombardi1914-2011

“I was born, at an early age, in the hospital. I

wasn’t sick but I wanted to be near my Mother who wasn’t feeling very

well at the time”

Rocky was born in Brooklyn, New York, on March 9, 1914, the eldest of six siblings born to Amadeo and Carmela (Perelli) Lombardi. Rocky passed away September 11, 2011 at The Lodge at Roo Lan in Lacey, WA where he had been living since March.

Rocky came to Vashon in 1983 to marry Joane Walsh and quickly became involved in Island life; he was one of the first Vashon Park District Commissioners and coached the Pharmacy Little League Team to victory. He was a past President of the Vashon Sportsman’s Club; he loved to write music and had a great sense of humor.

Rocky was also a professional whistler and whistled on stage at Carnegie Hall.

Rocky is survived by his loving wife Joane of Vashon, his sister Mary of New York, step children Michael Walsh of California, Stephen Walsh of New York, Cara Eaton of Tacoma and several adoring nieces and nephews and many friends.

At Rocky’s request no services are scheduled. Donations in his name can be made to Vashon Elementary Fields Project C/O Vashon Park District PO Box 1608 Vashon, WA. 98070

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braked and traffic stalled for a several moments as a few cars laid on their horns.

WSF officials say the lack of an officer to direct traffic during peak hours so far hasn’t caused boats to run late. But they are worried about safety at the busy intersec-tion and are actively searching for the funds to either reinstate the officers or install a traffic light there.

Doug Schlief, senior terminals manager for WSF, said the agency has been con-cerned ever since it found out the offi-cers would be pulled. Schlief, who worked at the Fauntleroy terminal in the 1990s, said both car and pedestrian traffic have increased significantly at the intersection. More than 100 students now commute from Seattle to Vashon for school, he said, and many of them must make their way across Fauntleroy Avenue in the mornings and afternoons.

“There is more activity today,” he said. “When you add all that together, that’s what gives us concern.”

Many ferry riders and West Seattle driv-ers have taken notice of the change. Though some aren’t bothered by the lack of direc-tion at the intersection, noting that some-times it just takes longer to unload the boat, others are worried it’s an accident waiting to happen.

Paul Anderson, who commutes on the ferry from Port Orchard to West Seattle, said

navigating the intersection at Fauntleroy was already tricky enough. One time before the officers were pulled but during a time when they weren’t stationed there, he wit-nessed an accident that occurred when two cars turning left tried to merge and hit each other. He worries a similar accident will eventually happen again without an author-ity at the end of the dock.

“It’s just a matter of time,” he said.Neal Philip, an attorney and commis-

sioner on Vashon’s fire board who com-mutes to Seattle, says he’s extremely worried after a situation he witnessed earlier this month. Stopped in line with a good view of unloading traffic, he said he saw multiple near-accidents as offloading drivers quickly pulled out at breaks in traffic. Once a car on Fauntleroy had to hit its breaks to avoid hitting another car, he said.

Philip was so bothered that he sent a let-ter to WSF officials as well as several state and city lawmakers expressing his concern.

“I wanted to make sure somebody was actually doing something,” he said. “We need leadership to step up and say this is an immediate public safety issue. and we need to fix it now.”

State Sen. Sharon Nelson (D-Maury Island), one of the legislators Philip wrote to, said she is aware of the situation and has been working with other lawmakers and WSF officials to find money for a replace-ment.

“I’m very concerned,” Nelson said. “In my opinion, this is a potential fatality wait-ing to happen.”

Nelson said she and others have been

talking with WSF director David Moseley about a solution. But after lawmakers sig-nificantly trimmed the state transportation budget and ferry operating budget last leg-islative session, Nelson said, finding extra funds to fill the hole left by the officers is proving tricky. It’s especially hard to secure funds when the legislature isn’t in session, she added.

“I’m not happy this was imbedded in the (state) budget and the fact is it was. Trying to explore our options is difficult,” she said.

Nelson said she would prefer to put offi-cers back at the intersection, an idea that isn’t off the table yet. But Schlief said the agency is also looking into the feasibility of installing a traffic light at the intersection, perhaps one controlled by the WSF. He said Moseley recently identified a Seattle engi-neer to discuss the project with.

“We kind of like that idea. We think it makes sense,” Schlief said, noting that the ferry-controlled traffic light in Edmonds has worked well there.

“It would be nice if we could give a green light to offloading traffic,” he said. “That would be ideal for us.”

The upfront costs of installing a traffic light would be much greater than hiring Washington State Patrol officers, Schlief said, and WSF may seek some city funds to support such a project. State ferry officials, however, have yet to discuss the idea with the city of Seattle, he added.

“To try to engage different funding is just a challenge all the way around,” he said.

The Fauntleroy neighborhood, mean-

while, has historically resisted the idea of a traffic light at the ferry dock.

Gary Dawson, the head of the Fauntleroy Ferry Advisory Committee, said traffic at the dock has been the main topic of con-versation at recent Fauntleroy Community Association meetings.

While many who live and drive near the dock are now concerned about safety there, he said they also worry that a traffic light that gave priority to ferry traffic would cause congestion on Fauntleroy Avenue and surrounding roads and could delay buses.

“We’re not putting up road blocks to prevent progress, but we want to make sure any change in operation benefits both com-munities,” Dawson said.

Whether the answer is a traffic light or a return of officers, Dawson said, the Fauntleroy community believes the state should fund the solution, as the traffic is created by cars unloading state ferries.

Tom Rasmussen, a Seattle city coun-cilmember, said he too has been in talks with WSF and other lawmakers about a long-term plan for the intersection and where the funds may come from during a time when state and local budgets are tight.

Rasmussen was open to the idea of a traf-fic light, but agreed with Dawson, saying the solution should be funded by the state.

“We are being proactive to come up with a plan,” he said. “But again we believe it is the state’s responsibility to manage the traffic, and we’ll work with them to be as helpful as we can.”

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Tom Carlson

VASHONBARK &

SOILS, LLC.

Home Services

Landscape Services

Faerie Hill Landscape Maintenance

Services

Specializing in Espalier Pruning of Fruit Trees. Regular Pruning

of Small Trees, Shrubs & Plants. Broad Knowledge

of Xeriscape Gardens.Mowing, Weed

Whacking, Mulch & Compost Spreading(206)408-8014

Home Services

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2 bdrm 1.5 bath 70’ WF10915 Pt. Vashon Drive SW

MLS #216252 $479,950

Sophia de Groen 206/992-4636

2 bdrm 1.5 bath 50’ WF8032 SW Hawthorne Lane

MLS #220111 $299,000

3 bdrm two@3/4 bath .49 AC7429 SW Maury Place RoadSEE AD ABOVE $443,700

Jean Bosch 206/919-5223

Crist Granum 206/419-3661

Oct. 2nd

1:00--4:00

OPENSUNDAY!

3 bdrm 2 bath 5.37 AC24901 Wax Orchard Rd SW

MLS #270372 $439,000

Susan Lofland 206/999-6470

3 bdrm 1.75 bath 1.39 ACWell-built brick contemporary! Russianfireplace, two bonus rooms, large deck,

hot tub & more. Sunny setting in aunique “condo” community with acres

of shared land! MLS #274020 $329,000

Leslie Ferriel (206) 235-3731Crist Granum (206) 419-3661Susan Lofland (206) 999-6470Phil McClure (206) 696-1800

Sophia de Groen (206) 992-4636Krista Dehnert (206) 406-4840

Val Seath (206) 790-8779Nancy Sipple (206) 465-2361Diane Stoffer (206) 650-6210Ken Zaglin (206) 940-4244

This office independently ownedand operated JOHN L SCOTT VSH

Len Wolff (206) 300-7594Jean Bosch (206) 919-5223

Deb Cain (206) 930-5650J.R. Crawford (206) 954-9959

Stop byour officefor mapsand info

Stop byour officefor mapsand info

Burton

Vashon

JUSTLISTED!

JUSTLISTED!

SUN, SAND & VIEWS!Five minutes from Seattle ferry

Generous wood finishes, soaringceilings, & a two level design with a

private bdrm & 3/4 bath on each floor!Stairs to 48’ wft. MLS #166435 $549,000

NEW

PRICE!

DianeStoffer

Mg Broker206/650-6210

SUPERB WATERFRONT!Stylish home on Raab’s LagoonIncomparable property has 200’ pristine,protected waterfront, over two acres oflovely grounds & an impressive 3460sq. ft. home. MLS #268487 $629,000

NEW

PRICE!

SusanLoflandASP, GRI

206/999-6470

AMAZING VIEWS!1.87 acres near Burton Beach

Terrific property has delightful views of theharbor & Cascades! Two-car garage &

mfd home are in place. Plan your dreamhome here! MLS #190385 $189,900

WESTSIDE ACREAGE!Utterly private, beautiful landSunny, mostly level truly lovely 6.52

acres also has a ravine with abundantwildlife AND a camper’s cabin! Subjectto inspection. MLS #218172 $139,000

YOU CAN SEE FOREVER!Exceptional home AND views

Elegant, spacious home is on over 1-1/2acres of sumptuous grounds set atop150’ of hi-bank wft. High-end finishes,3 bdrms, 2.5 baths. #234431 $799,000

RESTORED VICTORIANBeach is across the street

Beautiful home with a huge front porch,3 bdrms, high ceilings, all the details youlove! New garage w/unfinished studio,sunny shy 1/2 acre. Offered at $443,700

OPEN SUNDAY!See map belowOPEN SUNDAY!See map below

JUST

LISTED!NEW

PRICE!

JeanBoschBroker

206/919-5223

NEW

PRICE!

CristGranum

CRS206/419-3661

AN ISLAND CLASSICGreat traditional near Northend!

All the vintage elements! “Four Square”farmhouse on just over 2 acres is waiting

to be restored. 4 bdrms, 2 baths. Adjoiningland available! MLS #274532 $449,500

A TERRIFIC BUY!Farmhouse on shy ten acresSunny pasture, woods & fruit trees nearDockton Park! 4 bdrms, 2 baths, newhdwd & appliances, just needs a bit of

finishing. A rare find! #276872 $395,000

PhilMcClureCRS, GRI

206/696-1800

JUST

LISTED!JUST

LISTED!

ValSeath

Mg Bkr, GRI206/790-8779

13401 Vashon Hwy SW PHONE: 567-1600 www.VashonHomes.com

Homeport CondoEnjoy Vashon at your leisure! Quiet &

park-like setting near restaurants &shops! New gas fireplace, carpet & paintin this one-level, ground floor two bdrm

condo. MLS #245662 $189,000

3 bdrm 1 bath .17 ACGreat location and super-easy care --never cut your grass again, it’s cut bythe community association! New vinylwindows, sunny home is on bus line &near schools. MLS #239864 $189,500

3 bdrm 3.25 bath 1.25 ACSunshine, towering firs & wide lawns!Fine interior finishes include high-end

kitchen appliances, fireplace in master,woodstove in living. Bonus room, 2-car

garage. MLS #244129 $345,000

vashon-maury island beachcomber, september 28, 2011

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