Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber, June 20, 2012

By NATALIE JOHNSONStaff Writer

Last week, the Vashon Island School District broke ground on the largest-ever capital project on the Island — the new Vashon High School building — and no one, it seemed, was left out at the celebratory event.

Taking center stage at Friday’s gathering, the VHS class of 2024, currently kindergartners, took their task seriously as they earnestly dug at the hard-packed sod where the new building will sit. Surrounding the children, full-sized shovels were hoisted not only by students, teachers, administrators and school board members, but also by par-ents, business owners, volunteers and community leaders.

All told, hundreds of Islanders — including a veritable who’s who of Vashon — turned out for the event, held under sunny skies and followed by a picnic lunch.

Moments before shovels hit the ground, Tom Langland, who co-owns the Vashon Pharmacy, said it was not the school dis-trict that should be commended. Langland, a VHS graduate and the keynote speaker at Friday’s event, said the district owes it to Vashon

residents, who last year voted to approve the bond and make the long-sought project a reality.

What’s more, Langland noted, the $47.7 million building is a huge investment, theoretically equating to $4,300 per resident, or $200 from each Islander for 20 years.

“That includes all the babies,” he said with a smile.

The new high school, set to be completed in late 2013, will trans-

form what is now a sprawling cam-pus comprised of five buildings into a single, two-story structure. The new building’s two large wings will be connected by a two-story, light-filled dining commons and an equally dramatic study com-mons that will double as a space for community meetings and team teaching. The building will also have a large courtyard, a clear main entrance — something it currently

lacks — and a new theater.“I tell everyone it’s going to be

wonderful,” said VHS principal Susan Hanson after thrusting her own golden shovel into the sod.

Hanson also addressed high schoolers at the groundbreak-ing, bluntly telling students they would have to put up with a year and a half of construction fences,

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Open house at Mukai thwarted by cyclone fenceBy LESLIE BROWNStaff Writer

Around 100 people gathered to take a tour of the famed Mukai Farmhouse Monday night, onlyto be greeted by a hastily erected cyclone fence that barred them from entering the property.

Those who had organized the event — several Islanders attempt-ing to bring new leadership to the nonprofit that owns the farm-house — held their gathering any-way, doing so on the street in front of the property and using the fence to illustrate their point.

“This is no surprise,” LynnGreiner, a lawyer and member ofthe new board, told the people gathered around her, noddingtowards the fence. “Part of the problem is that they act like this istheir house.”

Glenda Pearson, president of the new board, noted that Mary Matthews, who founded the non-profit, pledged years ago that she’d make the property an educational center open to the public.

“Is it open to the public?” Pearson said to laughter.

The gathering on the quiet

By SUSAN RIEMERStaff Writer

Ten years ago, a young, orphaned killer whale tem-porarily made Vashon her home, captivating Islanders and researchers from around the region.

Springer, as she came to be known, lived for six months near the north-end ferry dock, seeking out human companionship, playing with what was at hand — seals, a stick, some seaweed — and fishing for salmon. All the while, researchers and others tried to determine what to do about this unusual animal in a most unusual predicament.

In the end, after a herculean and costly effort,Springer became the only whale to be reintroduced suc-cessfully to her family. In the years since, she’s been the subject of books and articles, an Emmy Award-winning documentary and yearly health assessments.

Now 12 years old, Springer is said to be thriving. A celebration to mark the decade since her return home and her remarkable story will be held this Saturday at the Alki Bathhouse.

West Seattle whale researcher Mark Sears spent a considerable amount of time observing Springer and

A decade later, a beloved orca is thriving

Vashon High School: A new era begins

Springer’s remarkable journey

Groundbreaking took place under sunny skies, with kids at center stage

SEE GROUNDBREAKING, 17

Mark Sears Photo

Springer was often seen spy-hopping near the north-end ferry dock. SEE SPRINGER, 15

Natalie Johnson/Staff Photo

High school girls take turns shoveling dirt as VHS principal Susan Hanson, far left, looks on at Friday’s goundbreak-ing for the new Vashon High School building.

SEE MUKAI, 11

FAITH ON THE ROCK

Church celebrates its 100-year anniversary.

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THE FINAL CURTAIN

Senior dancers are off to Oz for their last show.

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BUSINESS | New director hired for Chamber of Commerce. Page 3SPORTS | Teen girls find success in competitive shooting. Page 16EDITORIAL | Letter writers weigh in on VAA’s project. Page 6

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Jim Marsh, founder and co-owner of a communica-tions company in Evanston, Ill., has been named the new executive director of the Vashon Island Chamber of Commerce.

Marsh, 44, who currently works as a supervisor at a teen crisis residential center in Seattle, moved to Vashon two years ago. During his tenure in Evanston, he was president of the city’s cham-ber of commerce board. He also co-founded and orga-nized the Evanston Grand Prix, a professional, inter-national bicycle race that draws 500 cyclists and 20,000 spectators.

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“I feel like people have moved here and want to live here … because it’s a special place. I’d love to be a part of helping people sustain a good living here,” he said.

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At first glance, new posters depicting the history of the Church of the Holy Spirit look as if they were lifted from a U.S. history book or one about Vashon’s past.

Amidst photos and text about the Episcopal church’s storied history — art-fully created by a committee of parish-ioners, with one decade on each panel — are images of local and national events: wars and assassinations, pop music and the moon landing, the Asarco plume and the 1970 bombing of Vashon’s courthouse.

“We’re not a little rural chapel set apart,” said Rev. Carla Pryne, the church’s priest. “That was their context. They tried to under-stand what was the place of their parish and their faith in the world they lived in.”

This year the Church of the Holy Spirit celebrates 100 years of worship and out-reach on Vashon. And they’re not holding back during what Pryne calls an exciting time to be a part of the small congregation.

The church’s centenary has already been marked with the creation of a new proces-sional cross, ornately carved from 200-year-old Alaskan yellow cedar, and the planting of a centennial tree, a brightly colored coral bark maple that now sits just outside the building’s fellowship hall. Last month a

centennial celebration, where the history panels were unveiled, and centennial wor-ship service were both attended by Bishop Greg Rickel, head of the Episcopal Church in Western Washington.

“It’s a big deal when a bishop comes,” Pryne said. “But to have him here for the centennial was especially exciting.”

More importantly, Pryne said, the centen-nial has become a time for the congregation to reflect on where they’ve come from. She and David Swain, who chairs the church’s centennial committee, said parishoners have been amazed to learn of the tenacity of the congregation’s founding members, many of them women, who sustained the church through several changes in loca-tion and struggled to bring a minister from off-Island each Sunday until the parish was finally headed by its own vicar in 1949.

“It was not a straight line,” Pryne said. “(They had) a spirit of persistence and determination and loyalty to the vision that they wanted an Episcopal church here. It’s inspiring.”

Swain said the generosity of Vashon’s Episcopalians also stands out over the past century. The congregation’s first building, a small chapel at Portage that they called Christ Church, was built on donated land in 1913. During the 1960s, the will of a Church of the Holy Spirit member paid off the bal-ance of a newly purchased piece of land for

the church. And just half a dozen year’s later, a living member paid off the mortgage for the building north of town, where the church still meets.

“That’s not a common story,” Swain said. “You see churches laboring under mort-gages for a long time.”

Today, as it has been in the past, outreach is central to the Church of the Holy Spirit’s mission. A cruise through the church’s his-tory tells of camps for the blind, outreach to youth and services at the local nursing home. During the 1970s the congregation supported a Cambodian refugee family; the Wednesday night community dinners that

began in 1990 continue today.Church of the Holy Spirit members also

take their volunteer efforts beyond the church walls, Pryne said. One group of women recently helped found Vashon Earth Care, an ecumenical group devoted to envi-ronmental stewardship.

“This parish is chock full of activists,” Pryne said. “It’s crammed with people active on the Island and in the wider world.”

Pryne, who came to the Church of the Holy Spirit two years ago, said perhaps one of the congregation’s greatest outreach tools is the large, grass labyrinth that sits just north of the church building. Pryne said people of

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Mary Belknap, left, talks with Marj Watkins talks at the Episcopal church’s centennial celebration last month. In the background, panels made for the centennial tell of the church’s history.

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every faith use the labyrinth, an ancient spiritual practice with pre-Christian roots.

“It’s a way of going into your inner workings that’s not a book or a preacher, not a community,” Pryne said. “Often people go in with an intention — a grief process, to meditate on a scripture passage or … with the intention of asking and inviting God’s presence.”

And just as the labyrinth draws those from all walks of life, Pryne says, the Church of the Holy Spirit strives to be a place where anyone feels comfortable walking through the front doors. For instance, she said, one church member also partic-ipates in Buddhist media-tion practices and another is the spouse of a Jew who worships elsewhere.

Swain said that although church leadership would like to see more younger people join the parish, they’re pleased with the size of the congregation and the diversity it has drawn.

“People are coming because people are inviting them, and people here are enjoying being here,” Swain said.

A religious exploration

class that began in recent years has helped attendants consider their beliefs, Pryne said, and last year a series on spirituality in mid-life drew both Christians and non-churchgoers.

“We support people in their search for God,” she said. “We’re not trying to change people or make them like us. What we are trying to do is welcome them and give them tools of a spiritual nature and help them wor-ship in community.”

This Friday the church will open its doors for a concert by acclaimed harp-sichordist Jillon Dupree (see story, page 12). The concert will also raise money for the church’s music program, now headed by Islander Paul Swenson, a talented com-poser who has boosted the program and even writes original worship songs.

Some say Pryne, who brought Swenson to the church, has ushered in a new era there. Before she came, the parish went through two interim priests and experienced some bumps in the road as they searched for a replacement.

Islander Rex Stratton

began attending the church when Pryne, whom he knew from her time at St. Mark’s Cathedral in Seattle, came on board. He said he’s impressed with her leadership style and has seen the congregation grow under her direction.

“I came because of Carla and her strength as a minis-ter,” Stratton said. “She has absolutely incredibly good sermons and has a really nice view of Christianity.”

As the church continues its celebrations, Pryne said members are looking ahead to how they can take up the spirit of those whose stories are laid out on the history panels.

In an effort to reach out to an even wider demographic, members hope to boost their children’s ministry, and in the fall they will pilot a new weeknight service to focus more on music and appeal to those who may not attend a Sunday morning service.

“We ask ourselves today ... how do we speak of the grace we know and the hope we hold in our world and on this Island,” Pryne said. “We don’t have faith in a void ... but part of a much broader community.”

Around 30 waterfront homeowners could face fines of up to $25 a day if they don’t get their septic systems inspected by July 1, according to King County officials.

The county has to meet a July 1 deadline set by the state Legislature six years ago, when the county — at the state’s behest — established six “marine recovery areas” (or MRAs) on Vashon. The goal of the pro-gram is to ensure that septic systems along ecologically rich stretches of shoreline are in good working order, enabling the state to restore shellfish beds currently closed to harvests due to contamination.

The county has struggled to garner com-pliance on Vashon, where several property owners have homes on tiny lots perched right above Puget Sound. In the last several months, however, the majority of the 263 homeowners in the MRAs have responded, said Larry Fay, a manager for Public Health - Seattle & King County.

To date, he said, 196 homes — or 75 percent of them — are in full compliance, and anoth-er 31 homeowners, or 12 percent, are in the process of getting designs approved or new systems installed. Another 36 homeowners,

or 14 percent, have not responded, he said. “There’s a lot of good news,” Fay said. “To

now be at 85 percent at some level of com-pliances is really, really encouraging.”

For the most part, the 196 homes in com-pliance are owned by people who got their septic systems inspected and found they didnot need to be repaired, Fay said. The factthat so many homes did not have failing sys-tems, he added, “meant the magnitude of theproblem is not as great as we’d expected.”

But those 31 homeowners now in the process of getting new systems approved orinstalled as well as the 36 homeowners whohave yet to respond own septic systems thatappear to be polluting the Sound, he said.

“When we have these remaining systemsrepaired, I can say, ‘Yes, Puget Sound will be healthier,’” he said.

But some Island activists remain frustrat-ed that the county still hasn’t secured state or federal grants to help homeowners withthe high costs of septic design and repair.

“We’re trying to make sure the county is making every good-faith effort to get some funding,” Tim Johnson, head of the Vashon-Maury Island Community Council, said.

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EDITORIAL

The Beachcomber strives to be an honest broker, an independent voice on an island where loyalties run deep and passions strong.

It’s not easy, and of course at times we stray from that careful line. But for the most part, we refrain from what’s called “advocacy journalism” (think “Mother Jones”) and instead employ an impar-tial, measured voice. Our goal is not to be perfectly objective — that’s out of reach — but to be fair, to consider all sides.

Such has been our goal as we have covered the discussion now unfolding over Vashon Allied Arts’ proposed arts center. And

if comments from Islanders are an indication, it’s possible we’ve achieved it.

An email from a member of VAA’s campaign cabinet com-plained that it’s time to have “more than negative publicity” — refer-ring, in part, to two stories about the county’s public review process we recently ran. Meanwhile, an

opponent of the project recently said that some of his associates believe The Beachcomber is in VAA’s pocket, referring, no doubt, to the positive press the organization receives week after week for its many events, fundraisers and productions.

The fact is, VAA will likely always get great press from the paper, because it’s a small and nimble organization that packs quite a punch — producing a remarkable array of shows and events and hosting a rich selection of classes that appeal to a wide range of Islanders. It’s woven into the fabric of this community. It touches nearly everyone on this Island.

At the same time, VAA is in the midst of a challenging process, attempting to secure a green light to build a large structure on a constrained site. The county is raising questions about VAA’s sur-face water management plan, the amount of parking in its design, the impact of the structure on the historic nature of Center and a few other issues.

It’s a public process, as well it should be. And The Beachcomber is attempting to cover it as fairly as possible, with room for both sides to get their say.

The same holds true with the Letters to the Editor section, where we’ve run every letter we’ve received on this issue. This week’s opinion page is a case in point. (Our policy is to run all letters that meet our guidelines — stated at the top of this page — though occasionally a letter falls through the cracks.)

The Beachcomber is not opposed to VAA’s project. We have a few specific concerns, most of which we’ve expressed directly to the organization and in editorials over the years. But we also believe the Blue Heron Arts Center is wholly inadequate to meet the orga-nization’s needs, and we clearly see that a new structure is in order,

The process will continue, and stories will follow. And very likely, at some point in the near future, The Beachcomber will run a front-page story about a groundbreaking for a new arts center, an event replete with golden shovels and heady speeches. That, too, will be part of the process, and The Beachcomber will chronicle it. It’s what we do.

LETTERS TO THE EDITORVAA

Coming to grip with change is a challenging process. While we always have our treasured memories, historically significant properties need “updating” to remain viable. This community is up to the task of welcoming the Vashon Performing Arts Center, reviving the Mukai farmhouse and garden and upgrading the projection equipment at our Vashon Theatre. Each serves as a catalyst for new vibrancy on our island. Whether your passion is restoration, movies or performing arts, it’s time to show your support.

Our passion is for the arts. Through the gracious philan-thropy of a lead donor, we have an opportunity to move forward with a new arts facility. A performing arts theater offers all Islanders the opportunity to explore, be inspired and to participate in the arts without having to take the time or spend the money to catch a ferry.

The community has been involved in the design process of the center, which will provide a much-needed dedicated stage with excellent acoustical capabili-ties. Assuring a safe environment as well as accommodating persons with special needs have been pri-orities. Funds have been placed in trust to ensure that VAA programs will remain affordable. We feel strongly this center blends into our rural nature and is critical for the sustainability of our island. Let’s savor the creative talent that abounds on this special island!

Being sensitive to our island’s environmental concerns, plans for mitigation will preserve and enhance the VAA wetland area. Electrical service has been designed in the new arts center to accommodate a generator connec-tion for fire department use in an Island emergency.

Sometimes one has to remem-ber what’s gone, appreciate what still remains and look forward to what’s coming next. Those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future, accord-ing to John F. Kennedy.

— Mary & Whit Carhart

I’d like to add my voice to the growing chorus of Islanders — many longtime supporters of our vibrant arts community — who are, nevertheless, opposed to the current design for the proposed Vashon Allied Arts building.

Many are drawn to our island to enjoy the wonderful balance and harmony of man and nature to be found here. Why not a design that more closely reflects our island community’s distinct identity as such? Why not a design sympa-thetic to our ecological and his-torical environment?

— Michael R. Goth

As a longtime resident of Vashon, I am concerned and dis-mayed over Vashon Allied Arts’ proposed performing arts center.

Per the recent Beachcomber article, the proposed site is on one of four corners of historic value to the county and the Island. While the current building on the site is not historic (McFeeds), the flavor of the corner is reminiscent of an earlier age. I am not suggesting that all construction or modifica-tions of structures throughout the county be stopped in time and ignore progress in materials and technology, but I do believe certain aspects of historic value representing our heritage from earlier times should be protected and preserved if possible. And, in this case, it is possible.

The proposed VAA project would erect a contemporary urban structure in the immediate vicin-ity of the historic structures. The structure is out of keeping in size and design with the neighborhood and with the adjacent Blue Heron building, a designated historic structure. The Blue Heron, now one of the community hubs for the arts, could become an abandoned architectural anomaly next to the new structure and without a pub-lished budget to support it. If the design team’s effort was to avoid “a literal resemblance of historic styles” (Beachcomber, May 23), it

achieved that goal in the extreme, creating a design that does not come close to fitting the site in an architecturally integrated man-ner. The building would be placed too close to the roadway so that its grandiose size and design would loom over the intersection and surrounding buildings.

Vashon is small in both size and population. The VAA blog says it hopes the performing arts center will become a “regional hub” for the arts. Again, this is unrealistic and unnecessary given Vashon’s proximity to Seattle and Tacoma, which have international acclaim for their many facilities and exhibits. The essence of VAA’s Blue Heron is that it is a commu-nity arts center.

— Deena Eber

I have a few concerns. Firstly, as young people leave the nest, I hope they receive updated advice. Education is paramount, but investing tens of thousands in a college degree (as a matter of course) is dangerously old school. Please remember that who you are and finding your passion is what matters most.

Secondly, we have Island development issues, which pre-sume this recession is nearing its end. Throwing money at problems and “getting bigger” are old school solutions that may not work any-more.

Thirdly, while I feel sorry for the public outing that Tracy N. Morgan has received, I’m glad people are reminded that Vashon is not 100 percent safe. He’s not the worst our island has to offer.

Fourthly, long before the end of oil, we will face “the end of safety.” The end of safe water, safe soil, safe air, safe food, etc. What comesnext? Our fatal flaw, as a species, is our over-adaptability — mean-ing, if people can adapt to living inMexico City, where the air quality equals smoking three packs a day, then, is that a good thing?

There is a general assumption that our ability to adapt will save us. But our ability to adapt to

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unhealthy things may actually lead to our long-term demise. It is not enough to “adapt.” We have to adapt intelligently!

Finally, I agree with Laurie Geissinger and Mark Graham. Just like the school bond issue, questioning the current proposal for the Vashon Allied Arts’ perfor-mance hall has been misconstrued as a vote against our artistic community, shutting down valu-able conversation. Frankly, I had hoped it would look more historic and ooze down the slope, comple-menting the serene ambiance of its neighboring buildings. I believe the current towering structure plus parking lot will ruin the feel-ing of the intersection.

— March Twisdale

Dogs

Recently, arriving home, my wife found two dogs, a rottweiler mix and a pit bull mix, running almost all the way up the quarter-mile drive to our house. They followed her toward the house. She stopped and called me to warn me to try to get our cat in. No luck. As we soon found from her faint calls, she was 40 feet up

a Douglas fir a little ways back in the woods. It took us about a half an hour to talk her into climbing down.

I don’t know if the dogs chased her up. What I do know after a little research is that dogs run-ning “at large” in the county are, by definition, “nuisances,” subject to impounding and fines, as is any domestic animal that “enters on a person’s property without the permission of that person.” That’s no different from the fel-lows with the meat truck coming up to the house and setting up their shop on my porch. A nui-sance, and trespassing. And the dogs’ owners are responsible for their dogs’ trespassing, just as much as if they themselves came to my door uninvited.

I wish we could get the distinc-tion clear: “domestic” and “wild.” Wild comes from before people and includes ants, termites, wasps, bees, hummingbirds, crows, as well as raccoons and deer. With the wild, there was and never will be any question of ownership and boundaries. We can, of course, shoot and poison. Whether we like it or not, they’ll visit and range.

Domestic is our human overlay. There are boundaries and laws. There is responsibility. We people can be more or less thoughtful,

careful, civil. From our domestic cat to someone’s domestic dogs: You’re a nuisance; stay off my property. I don’t enjoy climbing up and down 40 feet of tree.

— Cal Kinnear

Rumble strips

A biker lying down in pain along 204th Street interrupted our conversation as we stopped and provided first aid and called 911. The injured was an expe-rienced daily bicycle commuter who swerved off the narrow, two-lane road onto a non-shoulder and took a tumble.

Vashon’s great rumble crises is an opportunity to focus Islanders’ energy to transform our Island’s auto-centric transport system into a needed safe bicycle trans-portation system, including paths and safe lanes. Perhaps the energy generated in this crisis can be harnessed into longer term effec-tive political action to design and adopt a safe bike transportation system plan for our Island.

It is ironic that Vashon, the home of many bike innovations, is devoid of a bicycle transporta-

tion plan, such as those found in most communities in our greater metropolitan area. Seattle has budgeted $250,000 to update its very expansive five-year bike transportation plan and action program. Seattle, as well as most of our metro area, has made sub-stantial progress in constructing miles of bike paths and safe lanes during the last five years.

One might ask why Vashon Island remains a big white blank in King County Department of Transportation’s Bike Transportation Map. Why have the needs of the bicycle trans-port failed to be addressed in the county’s Vashon transportation planning and decision making? Why did the Department of Transportation not consider bicy-cle use when it spent huge sums resurfacing many of the Island’s roads a year or so ago or on other recent DOT decisions such as the rumble strips.

The words of Amiee Semple McPherson may be appropriate in today’s context when she told the grangers to stop raising corn and start raising hell in their fight against the railroads. It may be time now to stop riding on the shoulders and start rais-ing hell.

— Jack Churchill

VHS

As a student who has been part of band for my entire Vashon High School career, as well as during my three years of middle school, I am deeply saddened by the exclusion of any sort of band recognition in my senior yearbook.

While I know that this simply must have been a mistake, I am requesting that, at the very least, the six graduating band members receive an alternate yearbook that includes photos of the band during at least one of the various events we attended — graduation, football games, basketball games, homecoming, etc., free of charge.

This does not seem unreason-able, considering that my family has spent well over $1,600 to sup-port me, as have other families on their band students, so that we could pursue our musical endeav-ors throughout the course of our high school careers.

I would truly like my and my classmates’ memories of Vashon High School to be complete and positive in our future years of nostalgia.

— Kaitlyn Yelinek


Text Telephone Service: Mer-edith Engle, outreach specialist for Washington Relay, will discuss free and confidential access for people who are deaf, deaf and blind, hard of hearing or speech disabled. 12:30 p.m. at the Vashon Senior Center.

Vashon Maury Island Chamber of Commerce General Member-ship Mixer: Meet the new cham-ber director. 6:30 to 8 p.m. at The Brown Agency in Vashon Village.

Eden Reframed: Celebrate sol-stice with a musical instrument, a story and some finger food at this community eco-art project. Bev-erly Naidus will host. 6 to 8 p.m. at the Burton Skate Park.

Vashon Autism Spectrum Community Meeting: This is an informal support group for people coping with or providing services to people with an autism spec-trum disorder. Meeting topics will include what works for managing the transition to summer and how to navigate summertime camps and vacations. For more informa-tion, call Ryan Sweet at 753-9923. People can join the email list on Yahoo Groups at [email protected]. 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the VYFS PlaySpace.

Summer Solstice Labyrinth Walk: A meditative space sur-rounding the labyrinth will be cre-ated by the reverberations of the crystal bowls of Circle of Sound. Accordion, didgeridoo and percus-sion will add to the ambiance. For

more information, contact Betty Hawkins at 463-5062. 7 to 9 p.m. at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit.

Preschool Story Time: Zeke Burgin will read to kids and par-ents. 11 a.m. at Vashon Bookshop.

The Wizard of Oz: Dance!Vashon stages the classic story in music and dance. The show opens Friday night and continues Saturday and Sunday. (See page 12 for more information.)

Vashon Island School District Surplus Sale: A variety of items will be for sale, including welding supplies, residential ranges, file cabinets, computers and a 1994 pickup truck. 9 a.m. to noon at buildings B and C of Vashon High School and the old administration building at 20414 Vashon Hwy. S.W.

Farmers Market: Find local strawberries, asparagus, basil starts, the first peas of the season, spring onions, celery and gourmet salad greens, as well as gluten-free treats, gourmet caramels, chocolate and lavender lemonade. Take home fresh eggs, native plants, pasture-fed meats and fresh fish. Enjoy locally crafted beer and wine and a variety of artisan-made products. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Village Green.

Ham Radio Field Day: Amateur Radio (or ham radio) operators throughout the United States will put their emergency communica-tion and technical expertise to the test during “Field Day” this week-end. The public is invited to attend between 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 9 to 11 a.m. Sunday at the field behind the Vashon Health Center.

Celebrate Springer: The or-phaned orca whale Springer, who made Vashon waters her home a decade ago and thenwas reintroduced to her pod, will be celebrated. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Alki Bathhouse in West Seattle. (For more information, see page 1.) Adopt-a-Cat Day: Vashon Island Pet Protectors hosts an adoption day every week. See www.vipp.org for more information, includ-

ing the adoptable pets. 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at 12200 S.W. 243rd St.

Rib Cook-Off and Tasting: The Eagles will host the event, which will benefit the Relay for Life. People can enter to win for $10 or attend the dinner, contest and silent auction for $13. Poultry in Motion will provide music. For more information, call the Eagles at 463-5477 or email [email protected]. 5 p.m. social hour and 5:30 p.m. dinner and rib cook- off and tasting.

Community Conversation: Environmentalist Ken Miller will share his methods of soil amend-ment, using biochar with garden prunings. Call Dorothy Hall-Bauer at 463-5664 for more information, including location. 4 p.m. at Hall-Bauer’s home in Burton.

Scared Silly Storytelling: Kids ages 3 and older can dream big with humorous storyteller Chris Fascione and his silly nighttime stories that provide shivers and giggles. Registration is not re-quired. 2 p.m. at the Ober Park performance room.

Vashon Island UItramarathon & Trail Run: Traverse 10 miles or 50 kilometers of Island trails with approximately 140 runners. Reg-stration at www.vashonultra.com will close at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 23. 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 30, at Paradise Ridge Park.

Camp Sealth Open House & Family Play Day: Take a tour of the camp, meet camp and Camp Fire staff and try activities such as boating, fishing, archery and arts and crafts. Reservations are not necessary. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 30, at Camp Sealth, off Wax Orchard Road.

Family Story Time: All ages are welcome for a half-hour of stories, finger plays, movement and music. 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 26, at the Vashon Library.

Caulk the Rock — Energy Fair & Solar Home Tour: Learn about energy conservation, renewable energy and green homes. See the

latest products and hear from local and off-Island experts. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 30, at the Island Lumber parking lot.

Women’s Service Alliance Meeting: The Women’s Alliance to Enhance the Rock (W.A.T.E.R.) is open to girls and women ages 16 and older. The group will begin working on the two projects it is supporting this year: DoVE’s Free as a DoVE Freedom Dance and DoVE’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month campaign. Contact Pam Robbins at [email protected] if planning to attend or for more information. 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, July 1, at the Ober Park perfor-mance room.

Low Tide Festival: Celebrate Vashon beaches’ abundant wildlife as part of the Fourth of July. There will be beach naturalists, family activities on the beach, informa-tion booths and more. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. a shuttle bus will run along Point Robinson and Luana Beach Roads to transport people from their cars to the beach. The lowest tide will be -3.1 feet at 11:50 a.m. The free festival will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, July 4, at Point Robinson.

Fireworks: Enjoy fireworks over Quartermaster Harbor. Fireworks will begin at dark, about 10 p.m. Wednesday, July 4.

CLASSES

Swimming Lessons: The Vashon Pool and the Vashon Golf & Swim Club both offer swimming lessons throughout the summer. Call the Vashon Pool for more information at 463-3787 and the golf and swim club at 463-9288.

Soil — An Advanced Under-standing: The master gardeners are sponsoring this free class, which assumes a basic under-standing of soil and its properties.

7 to 8 p.m. Thursday, June 21, at the Land Trust Building.

Delta Dogs: Learn how to be part of a therapeutic pet partner team. 5 p.m. Monday, June 25, at Vashon High School.

Yi Ren Medical Qigong: A level one class series taught by Lauri Amidon is forming. Early registra-tion is necessary; a minimum of 15 participants is necessary. The first class is free, and continuing educa-tion units are available for some healthcare professionals. The cost is $160 for six classes. To register, go to www.iqim.org. 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays, June 26 to July 31, at the Hanna Barn.

Fireworks Safety Classes: All ages and skill levels are welcome to the class, where Gabriel Felix and a representative from Vashon Island Fire & Rescue will teach how to use fireworks safely. 3 p.m. Saturday, June 30; 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 3, and 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 4, at Sound Food.

Learn to Row: This class is for anyone 18 or older. No experience is necessary, but students must be comfortable on the water and be able to lift 50 pounds. The class will be taught by Vashon Island Rowing Club coach Richard Parr. Participants will learn the basic stroke, fitness and teamwork on and off the water. The cost is $140. Call Vashon Park District to register at 463-9602 or see www.vashon-parkdistrict.org. The three-day class will meet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, July 5; 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Saturday, July 7, and 8 to 11 a.m. Sunday, July 8, at the Jensen Point boathouse.

SUMMER CAMPS

Aruba Clay Camp: Steve Roache still has room in several sessions of his clay camps, where kids make clay with their feet and create more from there. Ages 6 to 12 meet from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and kids 3 to 5 meet from 3 to 5 p.m. The cost is $180 for older kids and $90 for younger kids. Register by emailing [email protected]. Camps meet June 25 to 29, July 16 to 20 and Aug. 6 to 10, at Roache’s studio on Cemetery Road.

Junior Golf Camps: Local golf professional Gregg Bernheisel will lead the camps this summer for kids age 6 through high school. The cost is $100 with a discount available for club members. Call the club at 463-9288 to sign up. 10 a.m. to noon Monday through Wednesday, June 25 to 27, July 9 to 11 and Aug. 6 to 8, at the Vashon Golf & Swim Club.

Junior Tennis Camps: Jake Dil-lon will lead camps for kids age 6 through high school. The cost is $70 with discounts available. Call the club at 463-9288 to sign up. 10 to 11 a.m. for beginners and 11 a.m. to noon for intermediate players, Monday through Thurs-day, July 9 to 12, July 16 to 19, Aug. 6 to 9 and Aug. 13 to 16, at the Vashon Golf & Swim Club.

The annual Concerts in the Park series will kick off with Vashon’s Avaaza and Seattle’s Manooghihi. Avaaza is influenced by the musical styles from the Mediterranean region, and Manooghihi’s music includes rock-and-roll instrumentation with Indian scales, harmony and rhythms. Avaaza will open the night at 6:30 p.m., and Manoohihi, pictured above, will play at 7:45 p.m. on Saturday at Ober Park.The concert is free and sponsored by Vashon Park Distict. For more information, see www.vashonparkdistrict.org.

CALENDARVashon-Maury

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

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

VASHON THEATRE

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Vashon Island School District School Board: 7 p.m. Thursday, June 21, at McMurray Middle School.

Water District 19: 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 26, at the district office, 17630 100th Ave. S.W. The focus will be continuing conversation of the Master Resolution and other business as necessary.

Vashon Sewer District Board of Commissioners: 6:30 p.m. Thurday, June 21, at the Vashon Senior Center.

King County Airport District #1: 7 p.m. Thursday, June 21, at Court-house Square.

Viewers on Vashon will find VoV-TV on Comcast Cable Channel 21. Most VoV-TV shows are produced by Islanders.

Hightlights this week include May show, the final show of the season, playing at 7:30 p.m. Sunday evenings. Also, ferry cam views of the Tahlequah dock, the Fauntleroy Dock in West Seattle and Vashon’s north end are also available on channel 21.

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Big award winners from Vashon High School’s track and field team display some of their hard-ware at the June 5 banquet. From left: Kenese Parker, most inspirational and Russ Brazill 110% Award; Maddi Groen, MVP and Russ Brazill 110% Award; Peri Roberts, most inspirational; Landon Summers, MVP; Samantha Clements, VHS all-time top 10 long jump and triple jump; Taylor Hernandez, most improved, and Aaron Kitchener, most improved.

Ten Pirates selected for All-Nisqually League first team, second team or hon-orable mention were recognized at the soccer team’s end-of-season banquet June 4. Back row, from left, are Sean O’Neil, Jesse Turner, coach Paul Beytebiere, Van Ralston, Shane Bedard, Ezra Koenig, Jesse Hazzard and Nick Gass, defensive player of the year. Front row are Victor Moreira, Peter Amick and Philip VanDevanter.


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dead-end street where the farmhouse sits was the latest turn of events in a dra-matic tug-of-war over Island Landmarks, the organization Matthews founded more than a decade ago and that Island activists say is no longer legally constituted. Earlier this month, dozens of Islanders — new members of Island Landmarks — held a meeting where they ousted Matthews and the board’s three other officers, putting 11 Island activists in their place.

On Monday, the new board filed a law-suit against Matthews and her husband J. Nelson Happy, Texas residents. Also named in the suit are the old board’s two other offi-cers — Ken DeFrang, who lives next door to the farmhouse, and Owen Ryan, a North Carolina resident.

According to the suit, the former officers have acted illegally, using the farmhouse for their own personal use, stripping it of some of its historic artifacts, failing to adhere to the requirements of public grants they received and co-mingling their personal assets with those of the nonprofit.

The lawsuit, crafted by Island attorney Rex Stratton over the weekend, calls on the court to declare the newly elected offi-cers the rightful leaders of the organiza-tion. It also calls on the former officers to account for all of their transactions and asks the court to impose monetary damages on them.

“You have two people who have hijacked a nonprofit corporation that had been given substantial taxpayer money to acquire this property and who … have totally misman-aged it,” Stratton said, referring to Matthews and Happy. “How do you take it back? … That’s what the whole issue is here.”

Matthews, reached Monday, declined to comment. But Happy called The Beachcomber later on Monday and said the new board acted illegally when it seized control of Island Landmarks.

“They’re definitely not the rightful board. They did not follow the bylaws,” he said.

For instance, he said, only the treasurer can deposit checks in Island Landmarks’ account; because checks from dozens of new members were deposited by someone not on the board, those Islanders are not new members and thus weren’t able to elect a new board, Happy said.

He and Matthews would be happy to turn over the farmhouse to a well-funded group interested in historic preservation, he added,

noting that he has poured about $300,000 of his money into the property.

“It’s not just a little local site that a few personally motivated individuals can con-trol. It’s a national treasure. And we have to come up with a plan for its future,” he said.

Those who gathered for the open house Monday night, meanwhile, said they were disappointed to find a fence barring their entrance. Dozens of Islanders walked along the perimeter, looking in at the modest farmhouse, built by B.D. Mukai in 1928, and the traditional Japanese garden, designed by his wife Kuni, a first-generation Japanese-American.

On the other side of the fence, two people worked on the garden, and a ladder was up against the pale green house, next to an overhang that’s beginning to rot and crum-ble. Matthews, dressed in white pants and a white tunic, was also spotted in the yard, talking to DeFrang and pulling weeds.

“I’m disappointed. I think the new board did a wonderful job,” said Merrilee Runyan, as she stood on the street. “I wish Mary had been graceful. … There’s tremendous sup-port for this effort, for bringing home Island Landmarks, for reconstituting it.”

“This is so unfortunate. We came here hoping for a celebration,” added Flo Lentz, head of the historic preservation program for 4Culture, King County’s cultural arts

organization and one of the funders that helped Island Landmark purchase the house a decade ago.

Mary Matsuda Gruenewald, a Japanese-American who knew B.D. Mukai and who used to babysit his grandson Milton, came from Seattle for the event. Gruenewald, who wrote a memoir called “Looking Likethe Enemy: My story of imprisonment in Japanese-American internment camps,” brought several old, black-and-white photo-graphs with her, including one that showed her as a teenage girl holding baby Milton and sitting in the farmhouse’s living room.

“I was looking forward to going in the house,” Gruenewald said, noting she hasn’t been inside it in years. “I can’t believe this.... I am enraged. ... I don’t have any patience for this.”

Happy, meanwhile, decided to holdhis own meeting Monday evening at the farmhouse to discuss the property’s fate; he emailed invitations Saturday to several Islanders, though not to any of the new board members. He later changed his mind and on Monday put up several signs along the fence, noting the meeting was cancelled.

Initially, those signs said, “Meeting can-celled due to rain.” But by Monday evening, the rain had stopped, and the bottom of all the signs were torn off, so that each oneread, simply, “Meeting cancelled.”

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Glenda Pearson looks at photos of the farm-house and the Mukai family that Mary Matsuda Gruenewald, right, brought with her to the event.


ARTS&LEISUREVashon-Maury RAISE YOUR VOICE: Vashon’s Free Range Folk Choir begins its next season with

Monday evening rehearsals at 6:30 p.m . at Vashon Methodist Church. This season the community choir will concentrate on musical rounds and rehearse for a per formance at Strawberr y Festival. To find out more about joining, visit FreeRangeFolkChoir.blogspot.com .

Last stop before college: They’re off to see the wizardBy ELIZABETH SHEPHERDArts Editor

Students of Vashon Dance Academy will take audiences over the rainbow this weekend with

a high-flying interpretation of “The Wizard of Oz” — a show that seems a particularly appropriate fit for some of the dancers.

There are almost 120 Islanders in the cast, but nine of them — much like the iconic character of Dorothy in her ruby red shoes — are about to set off on an unchart-ed path to a strange new world.

These nine young women — Carlie-Sue Anderson, Olivia Andrus, Audrey Figgins, Neah Lynch, Odessa Martin, Summer Peet, Lizzy Schoen, Rachel Taylor and Chloe Zimberg — are all headed to college in the fall. And although many of them plan to continue to study dance, this weekend’s show will mark the last time they take the stage together as dance academy students.

Zimberg, who will double major in dance and another, yet-to-be decided field at the University of San Francisco, is cast in the show as Dorothy. She said that much about the familiar tale is hitting close to home.

“In the last scene, when Dorothy is say-ing goodbye to all her friends, and they all swirl around me and leave, it’s not even like we’re in a show at that point,” she said. “It’s total reality.”

Taylor, who will dance the roles of the witch’s broom and the Cowardly Lion in the show, agreed.

“There are parts of this we can all iden-tify with,” she said. “We’re all going off on a new adventure, and it’s exciting but it’s scary too.”

All nine seniors recently huddled back-stage at a rehearsal for the show at Vashon High School, and when asked what they’d do when the final curtain came down on “The Wizard,” they answered as one.

“Cry,” several said, their voices an echo chamber. “Hug,” a few others chimed in.

Meanwhile, out on the stage, dance academy founder Cheryl Krown was put-ting younger students through the steps of a scene in the show. After that, a group of

middle-aged men tromped onto the stage.These were “dance dads,” taking part in

a longtime tradition that gives cameo roles to the fathers of dance academy students.

Krown, a vivacious, ponytailed presence, laughed and yelled encouragement at the men as they comically pranced through their paces as apple trees in the show.

The Vashon Dance Academy — now in its 16th year on Vashon — is known for innovative, high-gloss productions that incorporate ballet, modern and world funk in the telling of beloved stories. Past shows have included “Peter Pan,” “Willy Wonka,” “Snow White” and “Aladdin.”

Krown recalled that some of the dancers who are now graduating from the program first danced with her 15 years ago, in the dance academy’s first production of “The Wizard of Oz.”

“The first time, they were the little baby bluebirds that flew over the rainbow,” she said. “How perfect is that?”

Like past productions, “The Wizard” has been a labor of love for not only Krown and her dancers, but also other artists and volunteers working behind the scenes.

Jenna Riggs, a professional designer and illustrator whose two daughters attend the dance academy, has designed the set and supervised a crew of volunteer painters. Josh Randall, a lighting and special effects expert, has contributed his usual profes-sional sheen to the show.

But when Randall’s lights come up on the show, a more metaphorical spotlight will shine on the nine graduating seniors, as the production places the final punctuation mark at the close of the years they spent growing up together at the dance academy.

Carlie-Sue Anderson, double cast with Schoen as the Wicked Witch in the show, said that she still had a hard time believing her dance academy years were ending.

“It’s kind of surreal,” she said. “It’s hard to wrap your mind around.”

But Rachel Taylor pointed out another, more comforting parallel to the story line of “The Wizard of Oz.”

“A lot of us seniors have been dancing together a long time and are really good friends,” she said. “So we can always come home. This will always be our home.”

Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 1:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Vashon High School. Tickets, $13 and $11, are available at Vashon Bookshop and Pampered Paws.

Above, senior Vashon Dance Academy dancers are, top row from left, Olivia Andrus and Carlie-Sue Anderson and, second row from left, Summer Peet, Rachel Taylor, Chloe Zimberg, Lizzy Schoen, Odessa Martin, Neah Lynch and Audrey Figgens Above, flying monkeys Shira Stahl, Phoebe Wilke, Stella Gross Shader and Maya Harrison surround Chloe Zimberg as Dorothy.

A star in the world of baroque music plays her first concert on VashonAcclaimed harpsichordist

Jillon Stoppels Dupree will make her Island debut at a concert at the Church of the Holy Spirit Friday night. It’s a fundraiser to benefit the music ministry of the Episcopal church, which is cur-rently in the midst of celebrating its centenary as a house of wor-ship on Vashon.

The concert was arranged by the church’s pastor, Rev. Carla Pryne, who said it seemed a per-fect way to celebrate the church’s long history on Vashon. Both at the church and on the Island, she said, there has been a history of exceptional music performances.

“Music and drama are at the heart of Vashon,” Pryne said.

“We come together in the arts here, and share in the holiness of beauty.”

Dupree has captivated audi-

ences in cities around the world. Her career as a recording artist has included a highly praised performance with the Northwest Chamber Orchestra of a concerto for harpsichord and chamber orchestra by Philip Glass.

A recipient of a Fulbright Fel- lowship and the National En- dowment for the Arts Solo Re- citalists grant, she has taught at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, the University of Wash-ington and the University of Michigan. She is currently the harpsichordist with Magnificat Baroque Ensemble and the Seattle Symphony. She is also on the early music faculty of Seattle’s Cornish College of the Arts and is founding

director of the Gallery Concerts, an early music series in Seattle.

Paul Swenson, an award-winning composer, organist and the director of music ministries at Church of the Holy Spirit, will join Dupree for the last piece of the recital. Swenson, who has a 25-year history as a church musi-cian, said he was very excited to perform with Dupree.

“Her tempos and her orna-ments are legendary,” he said, referring to Dupree’s musical style. “Every one is elegant and perfect and never lacking.”

The chance to hear her per-form in the intimate setting of the Church of the Holy Spirit is a rare one, he said.

“She doesn’t really ever play in a small place with the intimate acoustics we have,” Swenson said. “You’ll be able to hear every attack, the breathing, the attack on the keys.”

The concert’s repertoire will begin with a sonata by J.S. Bach and will include a selection of theatrical pieces by 18th century French composers.

“It’s a chance to hear repertoire that is curious and rarely heard,” said Swenson.

—Elizabeth ShepherdJillon Stoppels Dupree

The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Church of the Holy Spirit. A $20 donation is suggested.

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The efforts of dozens of local volunteers will bloom this weekend when Vashon Allied Arts hosts its annual Garden Tour on Saturday and Sunday.

Five private gardens, landscaped by their local own-ers, will be open to tour-goers. This year’s gardens are the handiwork of Sylvia Soholt, Whit and Mary Carhart, Bruce Fillinger and Barry Foster, Todd and Mary Pearson, and David Pfieffer and Daniel Klein.

The tour will also include a garden market open to the public on the K2 grounds, talks by expert growers and live music performed by talented Island musicians.

Performers will include Con Brio, a youth string ensemble, at the Pearsons’ garden. Nonesuch, a Celtic trio comprised of Marilyn Kleyn, Nicholas Anderson and Steve Austin, will play at the Fillinger/Foster garden. And harpist Leslie McMichael will perform at Soholt’s garden.

The Magpies — Steve Amsden, Jean Richstad, Dan Brown and Cliff Simpson — will perform at the Garden Market on Saturday. Geordie’s Byre, another Celtic group, will perform there on Sunday.

This year’s tour will include more garden talks than in years past. Speakers include Jan Nielsen and Jonathan Morse, Dave Hunter and Sara Van Fleet, Melissa Schafer and the Lavender Sisters, Leda Langley and Tom Conway, David Pfeiffer, Sylvia Soholt, Barry Foster and Whit Carhart.

Each of the speakers will bring something different to the table and aim to leave listeners inspired to try new things in their own gardens, organizers said.

Tickets to the tour are $25 per person. For more infor-mation about tickets, talks, music and more, visit www.vashonalliedarts.org or call VAA at 463-5131.

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Clinton Fearon, a beloved reggae legend who lives in Seattle, will return to Vashon at 9:30 p.m. Saturday for a CD release party for his latest album, “Heart & Soul,” at Red Bicycle Bistro. Tickets to the show (open to all ages until 11 p.m. and 21 and older after that) are $10 and can be purchased in advance at the Bike or by calling 463-5959.

Fearon was invited to perform the show by his friend and fan, Islander Pete Welch, who is the music booker for the Bike.

“He’s such a cool cat …. so positive, so in love with life, so talented,” said Welch, who is in charge of lining up weekly music shows at the Bike. “I feel fortunate to know him.”

Fearon is considered a music legend, having come of age in Jamaica, where he was a member of the ac-claimed roots reggae band The Gladiators. While on tour in Seattle with that band in 1987, Fearon decided

to stay and has made music in the Northwest ever since, though he frequently tours to stages all over the world. As usual, he’ll bring his Boogie Brown Band with him to the show on Saturday, and he’ll also have plenty of copies of his new CD on hand. The album presents 12 acoustic tracks of music Fearon wrote for The Gladiators.

Members of Con Brio, the Vashon youth string en-semble, will perform a program of classical and popu-lar music at 7 p.m. Friday at the Methodist Church. Vashon Youth String Ensemble is a group of students from McMurray Middle School, The Harbor School and Vashon High School who are coached by Gaye Detzer. Violinists are Kaia Lynne Boonzaier, Hugh Davis, Ana DeGuzman, Rhea Enzian, Alden Rogers and Charlotte Schoen. Ethan Sedgemore and Natalie VanDevanter play viola, and Camille DeGuzman is the cellist. Solo-ists will be Adela Thompson Page, Alden Rogers, Gra-ham Peet, Hank Rogers, Hugh Davis and Kale Scheer. They will play music by Vivaldi, Bach, Wieniawski and others. Admission is by donation.

Vashon’s free Summer Concerts in the Park Series be-gins at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, at Ober Park, with a double bill of lively, danceable global sounds from from Avaaza and Manooghi Hi. (For additional information about the concert, see page 8.)

Cami Lundeen, an Island singer/songwriter, will play an outdoor show in the garden of Scott and Lisa Betz from 2 to 4 pm. Sunday at 12931 S.W. 300 St. Bring your own seating to the all-ages show, which will raise money for recording Lundeen’s debut album of

indie folk/pop music. The suggested donation is $5 per person or $15 for a family.

“Attuning: An Evening of Listening and Music,” by

improvising pianist Lee Pui Ming will take place at 7

p.m. Saturday, June 30, at

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Point Robinson Rd. Tickets

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the use of wisdom cards. There is a $20 fee, with a

sliding scale, for the workshop. Call 463-3530 to re-

serve a spot for either the concert or workshop.

Ming, a masterful practitioner of improvisation, is a

classically trained pianist who has recorded six CDs,

organizers say. Her 2011 album “She Comes to Shore”

features solo improvisations and a concerto for impro-

vised piano and symphony orchestra.

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Pete Welch (left) is bringing reggae giant Clinton Fearon back to Vashon for a CD release party on Saturday at Red Bicycle Bistro.

What’s happening on the Rock

Lee Pui Ming

remembers her time here well.

“It was a big deal to have a lone whale like that, espe-cially all by itself,” he said. “It was a really unique situ-ation.”

Springer, whose scientific name is A73, is a member of Canada’s Northern resident whale population, a group that ranges from mid-Van-couver Island and north up the coast.

“We don’t get those whales in Puget Sound,” Sears said.

But, in fact, from January to June of 2002, Springer was very much here, and according to Sears, mostly ventured no more than a half-mile out from the busy dock before she circled back.

Islander Kimm Shride, a longtime traffic attendant at the north-end dock, recalls spotting Springer sporadi-cally as early as November of 2001. She noted, though, that Springer did not fully take up residence until mid-January, when one of the ferry workers — a friend of Sears — called Sears to tell him about the wayward whale. In the months that ensued, she said, ferry work-ers saw her most everyday and worried if she was miss-ing for long.

Orcas are notoriously sociable creatures, and Springer sought people out, Shride recalled.

She had a particular affin-ity for one ferry worker; when she came out, Springer would roll on her back and clap her fins together, and when one of the boats was tied up, she would often go underneath, click and bang

against, until the workers on it came out to greet her, Shride recalled.

Islander Lesley Reed, who is finishing a children’s novel about Springer, was also a frequent Springer vis-itor with her husband and then-kindergarten-age son.

“It felt like a gift to have this sweet, beautiful crea-ture visiting with us,” she said.

Springer’s tenure in the waters off Vashon followed a difficult stretch and served as a particularly wel-come counterpoint to both the Nisqually earthquake and the events of Sept. 11, she noted.

“We were all trauma-tized,” Reed said. “Springer

was traumatized, too. Selfishly, she was a joyful event for us.”

Despite the joy that comes with having a whale so close to home, Islanders and researchers were naturally concerned about Springer’s fate. She was a young whale living without her pod, was too habituated to humans and approached boats far too closely.

Whale researchers Odin Lonning and Ann Stateler of the Vashon Hydrophone Project observed and watched over Springer almost daily, they said recently. Stateler, also vice president of the Puget Sound Chapter of the American Cetacean Society, noted

that Springer’s challenges also included significant health problems: She was underweight, had a heavy parasite load and carried a skin condition known as whale pox.

In the spring of that year, after much delibera-tion, including a commu-nity meeting on Vashon, officials at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in con-junction with Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the Vancouver Aquarium, decided to attempt the first-ever orca relocation project. With con-siderable community sup-port, in June Springer was moved to a sea pen in near-by Manchester for a month of rehabilitation and then transferred by catamaran 410 miles away to Hanson Island, off the northern tip of Vancouver Island, to reunite with her family.

She arrived on July 13, 2002. Less than 24 hours later, Stateler said, members of her extended family lined up a distance away out-side her pen until she was released back to the wild.

It was a bit of a rocky adjustment at first for Springer, Stateler said. She did not settle in instantly with one group, but moved back and forth between a few groups of A pod whales. She still approached boats. One day, though, when

Springer was heading for a boat, two members of the pod intervened and pre-vented her from doing so.

“That seemed to make a huge difference,” Stateler said.

Now Springer is thriving, experts say, and at 12 years old, may soon have a calf of her own.

For Shride, the continued good news about Springer is welcome. For a few years after Springer’s move, she and others frequently inquired about the whale’s well being.

“We were like parents,” she said. “We just didn’t let her go and never look back.”

But despite the success of Springer’s story, whale experts note that concern for whales in this region remains high.

“Springer is really a good poster child for all the threats that are facing our killer whales in the Pacific Northwest,” Stateler said.

Southern resident orcas are listed as endan-gered under the federal Endangered Species Act. Two centuries ago, experts believe there were as many as 300 orcas in these waters; now, there are 85 or fewer residents, Stateler said, not-ing that 100 to 120 whales are considered necessary for a healthy level of genetic diversity.

Challenges to the resident

whales are many — lack of food, underwater noise, pollution and the stress that comes from too manyvessels coming too close, a problem Lonning and Stateler say has been exac-erbated by Internet postings of where whales are, mak-ing their location instantly available to the public.

Donna Sandstrom, the director of The Whale Trail and organizer of the June 23 event in West Seattle, noted the event will also include current information on whales.

“The goal is not to look back nostalgically,” she said. “Today we have not just onewhale to save, but an entirepopulation of Southern resident orcas. We hope Springer’s success story willinspire people to become engaged with issues facing orcas today.”

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Ann Stateler and Odin Lonning observed Springer often dur-ing her time off the waters of Vashon. Lonning, an artist, holds a print of a portion of a carving he created for the Seattle Aquarium. Springer is depicted in the carving.

The celebration of Springer will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Alki Bathhouse. The event will include The West Seattle Whale Trail launch, Le-La-La Dancers, Singing Feet, Keet Shu-ka and children’s activities. Ann Stateler and Odin Lonning will also be there and offer a tribute.For whale sightings on Vashon, call The Vashon Hydrophone Project at 463-9041.


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Lili HelsbyTutoring VolunteerIn conjunction with her Spanish teacher and a few other Harbor School students, Lili volunteers one night per week at the Vashon library. She helps the children of Spanish speaking families with their homework, reads books with them and engages in other playful activities. Lili has been doing this throughout her 7th grade school year and plans to do it again next year. Additionally, this past spring, Lili traveled to Guadalajara, Mexico with several other students as part of the Voyager’s Week program to bring donations to a local orphanage and spend time with the children who reside there.

Two girls who take part in the Vashon Sportsmen’s Club youth marksmanship program are now making their mark on the competitive shooting scene.

Lily Voynick and Corinne Blair, both 15, along with two other off-Island girls, were part of the Vashon team that recently won the NRA National Indoor 4 Position Smallbore Championships with a score of 1573 out of 1600 points.

The girls competed in West Seattle, but their scores were compared with those of young shooters across the country.

Voynick placed second in the nation and brought home a silver medal, shooting to earn 398 points out of 400 points. She finished just one point shy of the gold medal winner.

In the course of the match, the Vashon team shattered the National Women’s Team record in this event, a record that has stood since 1969.

Voynick and Blair, who became interested in shooting after participat-ing in a Harbor School program put on by the Sportsmen’s Club, follow in the footsteps of former Islander Marisca Mozeleski.

Mozeleski had a successful shooting career as a high schooler on Vashon and now shoots for Murray State in Kentucky. Earlier this year, Mozeleski won the USA Shooting National Junior Olympics state qualifier for smallbore, with a score of 566 out of 600. She then attended the National Championships, where she finished 26th in the nation.

At the NRA National Indoor 3 Position Air Rif le Championships, the Vashon team, again competing in West Seattle, put together another outstanding performance. The girls won the 15- to 17-year old age group and finished fourth overall, with 2309 out of 2400 points. They were just one

point away from winning the bronze medal. Voynick also finished 11th in her age group, with a score of 581 out of 600.

At the NRA National Indoor 3 Position Smallbore Championships, the team again shot in West Seattle and finished second in the 15 to 17 age group with a score of 2203 out of 2400.

There the team set two more nation-al team records. They set a record for the National Intermediate Junior Team Score, for ages 15 to 17, and the

Women’s National Team record.Earlier in the year, the team quali-

fied for the Civilian Marksmanship Program’s (CMP) National 3 Position Air Rifle Championships when they won the state qualifier. The team’s qualifier score was the fourth best in the nation this year. Next week the team will attend the CMP Championships, as well as the NRA 3 Position Air Gun Championships, in Anniston, Ala.

— Joe Matter, Vashon Sportsmen’s Club


For a third year, the Vashon Island Ultra-marathon and Trail Run, scheduled for Saturday, June 30, will draw long-distance runners from all over the Northwest and the globe to race on the Island’s forested trails.

Race founders Kevin Kim-Murphy and Bruce Cyra say that the Ultramarathon & Trail Run, which includes a 50-kilometer race and a 10-mile companion run organized completely by volunteers, has surpassed their expectations.

“When we started this we really had no idea how popular it would become,” said Kim-Murphy. “The outpouring of interest from Island runners and non-runners has been amazing.”

An ultramarathon is any race longer than a tradition-al marathon of 26.2 miles. The course for the Vashon event begins at Paradise Ridge Park, winds through Island Center Forest and cir-cles Fisher Pond. A 10-mile companion run is open for those who are looking for an alternative to the full 31 miles.

The 200 spots for the races are filling fast, orga-nizers say, but there is still space available. So far seven

of the athletes signed up for the 50-kilometer and more than 40 runners signedup for the 10-mile run arefrom Vashon. Off-Islanders include athletes from as far away as Canada and Italy.

The event’s local andnational sponsors include West Seattle Runner and Raw Revolution. Proceeds from the event are donat-ed to local nonprofits that share in the organizers’ goal of fostering physical fitness and outdoor explorationthroughout the community.

Registration is still open for runners, and organizers are also looking for volun-teers to help with the non-profit event. Local volun-teers help support runnerswith everything from staff-ing aid stations to directing road crossings to awarding finisher medals.

“Every year the partic-ipants say the thing that made the event such a suc-cess was the quality and enthusiasm of our volun-teers,” Kim-Murphy said.

More than a marathon: Ultra will bring runners from around the world

Lily Voynick and Corinne Blair’s competitive shooting team won or placed in several national events last month.

Sportsmen’s Club girls shoot to win

The Vashon Island Ultramarathon & Trail Run will begin at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, June 30, at Paradise Ridge Park.To register for the race or to learn more about vol-unteer opportunities, see www.vashonultra.com.

detours, noise and porta-bles. The class of 2013, she noted, would deal with the construction but never go to class in the new building.

However, Hanson said, it will all be worth it when the school moves into the “dream building that supports our educational mission and helps us be better students and better educators.”

Langland, in his address, asked the audience why the community, which has recently supported the dis-trict to the tune of $500,000 a year, would also dish out the money to build a brand new high school.

Not only does the commu-nity know that the Island’s viability relies on a strong school system, Langland said, but those who attend the new high school will one day be major players on Vashon and in the wider world.

“You’re it. You are our only hope,” Langland said. “My generation is willing to invest heavily in this gener-ation because we have faith in you.”

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Oscar-nominated actress Lilia Skala, written and performed by her granddaughter Libby Skala.

OWLS: WHO ARE THEY?Tuesday, June 26th, 2:30 p.m.

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Construction crews have less than three summer months to complete criti-cal work on the new high school building. Workers will begin to move onto the site this week after school lets out, making the campus largely inacces-sible until classes resume in September.

“This is a major construc-tion project, and we have a really qualified team to do it, but we need to clear the deck in order for them to work efficiently,” said Eric Gill, the district’s capital projects manager.

Construction will begin in full force next Monday, Gill said. At that point a con-struction zone only acces-sible by workers and project officials will consume all of the campus, except for the

athletic fields, the pool and the tennis courts closest to the pool. Buildings A, B, C, F and the gym, as well as the northernmost tennis courts, will all be closed for construction.

The entire north parking lot, accessible from Vashon Highway, and most of the south parking lot, accessible from 204th Street, will be blocked during the sum-mer, Gill said. The north parking lot will remain closed through the duration of the construction. A por-tion of the south parking lot, accessible from 204th Street, will be open this summer for pool and tennis court users.

Vashon Youth & Family Services, located on the northwestern corner of the campus, will remain open throughout the construc-tion, and several parking spaces will be available out-side the VYFS offices and accessible from the high-way.

The high school athletic fields will close for most

of the summer, as they do each year, for grass to grow. The football stadium, however, will be open, and it along with any other open fields will be acces-sible by foot from either the highway or the park-ing lots at Chautauqua and McMurray.

Park district programs that took place on the high school campus, such as classes and drop-in games, will either be moved or can-celled for the summer, said Wendy Paridon, the park district’s facilities coordina-tor. Participants should look at the park district calendar

at www.vashonparkdistrict.org for more information.

When school begins again in September, the construction zone will shrink considerably, Gill said. All buildings except C, which will be demolished this summer, will reopen for classes. The district will install three portable class-rooms on campus to replace the classroom space lost in Building C.

The south parking lot, accessible form 204th Street, will completely reopen as well. All athletic fields will be open again, but students and community members

may have to walk farther toreach them.

The new high schoolbuilding is scheduled to be completed by December2013, and the school districtplans to move into it overwinter break.

Once students beginclass in the new building in January 2014, Buildings A and B will be demolished and some site work complet-ed. Construction is set towrap up by spring of 2014.

Chautauqua Elementary will also be closed for a portion of the summer as the school district makes upgrades in classrooms.

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May 14: Burglary tools and narcotics were dis-covered in a vehicle pulled over on the 14600 block of Vashon Highway. The driver was also unable to produce a driver’s license. The vehicle was impound-ed.

May 15: A container of marijuana was left at the Vashon High School office.

A vehicle parked near the Village Green was broken

into. A woman who lives on the

11300 block of 98th Avenue reported that she believes her neighbor is snooping and entering her home as she sleeps.

May 16: Cash, cigarettes, lottery tickets and smok-ing pipes were stolen from Mom’s Deli. A sheriff ’s deputy aided by a police dog discovered the suspect hiding in the grass off of 192nd Street. He was found to possess the stolen items, as well as marijuana, and was booked into jail.

Suspicious circumstances were reported at a home on the 11800 block of 204th Street. Screen windows at the home were bent, per-haps in an attempted bur-glary.

May 18: A lock box at the Point Robinson Lighthouse was ripped off a shed and stolen.

An unlocked vehi-cle parked at the Vashon Theatre was broken into.

May 19: A purse was sto-len from a vehicle with an open window parked on the 17600 block of Vashon Highway.

May 20: A transient man’s jacket and the contents of its pockets were stolen at the Village Green.

Three vehicles parked at Miles Towing were bro-ken into and ransacked. Nothing appeared to have been stolen.

Police responded to a fight between two intoxi-cated individuals in Vashon town.

The Little House was broken into. The suspect or suspects removed door pins to enter the business and stole money from charity donation jars.

May 23: A home on the 11600 block of Bank Road was burglarized.

A home on the 10900 block of 103rd Avenue was burglarized. A microphone and headphones were sto-len.

An ongoing neighbor dis-pute was reported on 270th Street.

May 25: A home on the 8200 block of 204th Street was burglarized. The sus-pect or suspects entered the home by pushing open a bathroom window.

May 28: An individual pulled over near the inter-

section of Vashon Highway and Bank Road was found to be driving with a revoked license.

May 30: Students were found smoking cigarettes on the Vashon High School campus during lunchtime.

May 31: A business on the 17500 block of Vashon Highway was vandalized. Police responded to the dis-turbance.

A vehicle was driven into a ravine on the 550 block of Luana Beach Road and was abandoned.

June 1: An assault occurred at the former Vashon Family Practice after police asked a tran-sient man sleeping outside the business to leave.

June 2: Assault was reported on the 9900 block of 188th Street. Two drunk individuals were involved in a fight, and a vehicle was also damaged.

Mail was stolen by an unknown person who filed a change of address form with the post office.

Police responded to a report of an intoxicated male who fell down on the

9900 block of Bank Road.June 3: A wallet was stolen

from a home on the 18100 block of Vashon Highway, possibly by someone who entered the home through the dog door during the night. The victim’s debit card was used to withdraw more than $300.

June 4: An assault occurred in the alley behind the Sportsman’s Inn. The victim claimed he was attacked as he left the bar.

June 5: A stolen vehiclewas discovered on the 14900 block of 119th Avenue.

June 6: A complaint was made about vehicles speed-ing upwards of 70 mph on Beall Road.

June 7: Mail was stolen from a mailbox on the 7400 block of 255th Street.

June 8: Phone threats from an inmate in jail were reported at a home on the 7800 block of 256th Street.

June 9: Police responded to a burglary on the 16100 block of 121st Avenue, where a transient broke into a trailer and reportedly held a man at gun point with a BB gun.

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Bethel Church14736 Bethel Lane SW(Corner of SW 148th St.

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Catholic ChurchSt. John Vianney

Mass–Saturdays at 5:00 pmSundays 8:00am and 10:30am

Pastor: Rev. Marc Powell16100 115th Avenue SW,

Vashon WA 98070

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Episcopal Churchof the Holy Spirit

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Church School & Religious Exploration9:00am

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

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

Holy Communion Worship 10:30 am

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Vashon United Methodist Church17928 Vashon Hwy SW

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A recycling drive hosted by a small contingent of Islanders last week brought in nearly $5,000 to cover the costs of a dental van that provides oral health care to low-income children.

The drive, spearheaded by Hilary Emmer, was the second recycling effort to fund ongoing trips by the dental van, owned and operated by Medical Teams International.

The drive — which took in appliances, electron-ics, scrap metal and other unwanted items — was more successful than one held last fall, Emmer said. All told, 11 truckloads were taken off the Island, com-pared to nine truckloads last September. And the event raised $4,900 from Islanders who donated to the effort this time around;

last year, it garnered $4,000 in donations.

The money will cover the costs of six visits over the course of the upcoming academic year by the dental van, Emmer said. During the academic year that just ended, the van also visited six times; those who staff the van saw 45 children and filled 35 cavities, Emmer said.

Emmer said she’s pleased the recycling drive once again proved successful. She had about a dozen vol-unteers helping out, includ-ing Michael O’Donnell of Sound Computing, who removed more than 100 hard drives from discarded computers, some of which he returned to their own-ers.

“I’m just happy. It was very successful,” she said.

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CristGranumCRS206/419-3661

Private, sunny Northend settingWonderful light! Inviting 4 bdrm nearSeattle ferries has two master bdrms,vaulted ceilings, open design, & lovely

gardens. MLS #368533 $310,000

NORTHEND COTTAGE

DebCainGRI, CNW206/930-5650

Peek views near Seattle ferries!Classic beauty & wonderful updates!

Slate gas fireplace, 3+ bdrms, ready-to-finish family room. On 1.17 private

gated acres. MLS #328572 $335,000

PhilMcClureCRS, GRI206/696-1800

$344,0007823 SW 259th Place

VIEW 3+ bdrm #139862

Val Seath206/790-8779

$339,0009223 SW Harbor Dr

Just Listed! VIEW 3 bdrm

Susan Lofland206/999-6470

$469,00024315 - 49th Place SW

Just Listed! VIEW #369564

Nancy Sipple206/465-2361

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Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber, June 20, 2012