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April 18‘ 19Get in The LoopSubmissions to the LoopDo you have an event or Public Service Announcement? Email questions or submissions to StevenAllen, editor of the Loop, at editor@vashonloop.com. Photos are welcome as jpeg or pdf attachments.MasterGardenerBring your gardeningquestions, plant samples and/or plant photos for identificationto the Vashon Master Gardenersin front of Vashon AceHardware and receive free,science-based advice everySaturday 9:30am-2:30pm fromApril 27-September 21, andfirst Fridays 9:30am-2:30pmJune-September. ContactVashon Master Gardeners WSUExtension at mgvashon@gmail.com for more information.CommunitySound BathVashon’s ThresholdChoir will share its soothingbedside songs with the islandcommunity. All are welcome torelax in a zero-gravity chair andto listen to the group’s calminga cappella harmonies. Friday,April 26 from 6:45 to 7:30 PM atVashon Cohousing CommonHouse, 10421 Bank Road.Bird LanguageWorkshopVashon WildernessProgram will share ancientearth skills and practices toawaken and empower yourconnection with yourself, theEarth, and each other. This daylong workshop will help youdistinguish the five commonvoices of bird language as youlearn to bird by ear. Hiking,bird mapping, shapes of alarm,sensory awareness exercisesand more.Date: April 20thTime: 10am-4pmCost: 80Location: Details will besent one week prior to theworkshop.Grief Supporton VashonProvidence Hospice ofSeattle Grief Support Servicesis offering a 6-week supportgroup for those who haveexperienced the death of aloved one in the last year. Thisgroup will meet on Vashon onMonday evenings beginningApril 15th through May 20th,from6:00 – 8:00 p.m.This is a closed group andregistration is required. Pleasecontact Grief Support Servicesat 206.749.7702 for moreinformation and to register.Space is limited.Household Hazardous WasteCollection Event April 12-14Safely dispose of old car batteries, oil, paint thinner andmany other household hazardous items at no cost by visiting theWastemobile when it comes to Vashon-Maury Island, April 12-14.The Wastemobile will be in the old Tjomsland Gravel Pit, 17701107th Ave. SW, Vashon, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.Residents can drop off household hazardous waste itemsincluding pesticides, oil-based paints, automotive products (oil,antifreeze, lamps, etc.), fluorescent bulbs/tubes and other itemswithout a charge. The service is pre-paid through garbage andsewer utility fees.ZWV Electronics Recycling EventZero Waste Vashon and SBK Recycling are excited to announcethey will be holding another Electronics Recycling event incelebration of Earth Day. Like last year, this event will be heldat Vashon High School’s east lot. Please use the far east entranceby the pool and follow the signs, Have the items organized andeasily accessible for our volunteers to offload. All materials will becollected by and delivered to SBK Recycling in Tacoma.Date: April 20, 2019Time: 10 AM to Noon (or until the truck is full)Location: Vashon High School – east lot (enter by the pool)Accepted items:Computers, laptops, monitors, ink cartridges, printers, faxmachines, keyboards & mice, servers, routers, televisions, DVD& CD players, VCRs, audio components, radios, cellphones,telephones, cameras, electronic games and small electronics. Itemsshould be clean, dry and free of dirt.Not accepted:No big rear screen projection TVs, no appliances exceptmicrowave ovens. No large commercial copiers, miscellaneousmetal boxes, cabinets or devices. [Metals can be dropped off atthe Vashon Transfer Station for free in the large metals dumpster.]There is no charge but donations are gratefully accepted.Checks can be made out to Zero Waste Vashon.Let’s Talk about Living and DyingThese quarterly gatherings include featured speakers, focusedconversations, local resources, book reviews and upcoming events.Conversations are confidential, accessible and respectful of all,regardless of gender, sexual orientation, religion/faith, ethnicityand disability. It is free from ideology -- with no definitive answersabout life, death or life after death. It is a place to explore one’sown thoughts and feelings.This quarter, we have Allsion Cox,,a Vashon freelancestoryteller of 37 years across the U.S. and Canada, New Zealand,Denmark and Sweden. She co-edited and contributed to THEHEALING HEART books on storytelling for healthy communitiesand is a co-founder of the Healing Story Alliance. Allison organizesyearly storytelling events of world epics for the Seattle StorytellingGuild and tells stories monthly for UNDER THE RAINBOW,STORYTELLING FOR LGBTQ & ALLIES in Edmonds. She will besharing stories with us that stimulate questions related to stavingoff death, bargaining with death and is death a blessing or acomfort?We are all going to die - but we can be hesitant to talk aboutit. By coming together to talk about death and dying, we alsobegin to talk about life and living. Join us, have a cup of tea anda snack, and discuss life and death. The event is free -- donationsgladly accepted.Let’s Talk about Living and DyingSunday May 51:00 PM - 2:30 PMVashon Land Trust BuildingPlease call Susan Pitiger at 206-818-4232, Jane Neubauer at206-567-5404 or Kim Eckhardt at 206 678-2204 with any questions.Law Offices ofJon W. KnudsonParker Plaza * P.O. Box 229Bankruptcy -- Family Law463-6711www.lawofficesjonwknudson.comThe Vashon Loop, p. 3LOCK YOUR DOORS!Vashon Island is experiencing a surge in home andvehicle burglaries. The people involved in the crime spreelook for unlocked homes and vehicles to steal from. Your firstline of defence against a home robbery is to LOCK YOURDOORS. LOCK YOUR CAR.King County Sheriff are aware of the group doing thebreak ins. If you suspect your house has been broken into anditems taken, even if your home was unlocked, call 911 andreport it. Making a report and prosecuting the individualsis the only way to send a message to the people doing this.The days of leaving your home, garage, out building orcar unlocked are gone. Even on Vashon Island. One reportedrobbery happened at night while the family was asleep. Evenwhen home, especially at night, Lock Your Doors.2019 Strawberry FestivalPerformer ApplicationsStrawberry Festival 2019 will take place on Friday, July 19th,Saturday, July 20th and Sunday, July 21st.Musicians/bands can now submit their 2019 PerformerApplications online at vashonevents.org. Just click on “ForMusicians” at the top of our home page and then click on “Applyfor Strawbery Festival”.We strongly prefer an electronic Performer Applicationthrough this site because it is more environmentally conscious andit’s easier for us to manage. However, bands can still submit viasnail mail by sending hard copy submissions to: Vashon Chamberof Commerce; Attention: Vashon Events; P.O. Box 1035, Vashon,WA 98070.Deadline for completed 2019 SF Performer Applications is April30th, 2019. The sooner you apply, the better your chances are atsecuring a spot on one of the seven outdoor stages.Thank you!Vashon EventsThe Vashon-Maury Chamber of CommerceVashon Island Pet ProtectorsSpring Bake SaleSat, April 13th 9 a.m.-noon. Between Ace Hardware andThriftway . Stop by to purchase an array of goodies baked by someof the island’s best bakers & support VIPP! If you would like tocontribute please drop off your tightly wrapped & labeled goodiesafter 8:30 the morning of the 13th.VIPP will also hold our annual Nikki Champlin Neighbor toNeighbor Pet Food Drive. If you’re able to contribute cat or dogwet and/or dry food please drop it off at the Bake Sale on the 13th.For more information please call Victoria 206-463-5381.Tahlequah Sign CelebrationThe South End CommunityClub invites Tahlequahans tocelebrate our new Historicalsign at the ferry landing.Saturday, April 20 at 6 PMat the dock.We want to take a pictureof a crowd (like the one 90 yearsago in the sign,) followed byour monthly potluck dinner atthe clubhouse.Our history dates back tothe native Americans over 6,000years ago and in 1841 when theWilkes expedition first recordedseeing the South End--the USMilitary, squatters, settlers,egg,flower, berry and chickenfarmers, loggers and ferries,store and social life before roads.The South End CommunityClub collaborated with theVashon Maury HeritageMuseum .Bruce Haulmanand Royce Wall made it happen.Please join us in addingthe south ends history to theIslands culture.All arewelcome.Next Edition ofThe Loop Comesout ThursdayMay 2Deadline for the next edition of The LoopSaturday, April 27

The Vashon Loop, p. 4The Spoon and EggBy Sean Malone and John SweetmanEaster was a time of formal display ofdress and behavior, as well as supervisedfun and games. We kids had mixedreactions.Mom wouldn’t give us her spoons touse for egg races because they were ourgrandfather’s silver and we were sure tolose them. We had to get down on ourknees and clasp our hands behind ourbacks and shove the egg forward withour noses, not quite as tame as the racesat Dockton after Easter Sunday Mass.There, we had spoons and ran as fastas we could with the egg in the spoon,trying not to drop it.Easter was like the start of the schoolyear in that we got new clothes for theholiday and were told to change themright after Mass. It was tradition forus to stop for brunch at the homesteadat Portage, property that had been inour Family since our great-grandfatherbought it in 1892. The picnic table wascovered with a split shake roof, whereyou could see light coming through thespaces between the shakes but no rain.Papa Jim, our grandfather wore a fullwhite apron and a tall chef’s hat as hemarshaled the eggs and bacon on a halfinch steel plate on the outdoor barbecuethat had a seven foot chimney. He wouldsend one of us kids to the kitchen totell Grandma Ada that he was runningout of pancake dough as she had 22grandchildren and we ate a whole lot.Easter usually dawned fair andbright, so nobody really planned forrain. We thought about umbrellas inthe morning, but inevitably the forcesof nature mysteriously combined toproduce intense showers of hail or rainor both. At the first sign of dark clouds,the little ones were swept up by Momsas if they were loose sheets ready to beswept away by a maelstrom. We hadgoofy Easter egg things, like one with atwo-bit piece, rubber banded to it. Also,“special eggs” could be redeemed forchocolate, or a silver coin sometimesreal “grass” was used instead of thatfake stuff. As we got older, our parentshid the eggs higher and in more deviousplaces, like in the crooks of trees Andthe eggs not found were found laterPhoto by Kathy Wingeand hurled at various family members!Sister Molly screamed when Mike threwan old one at her and the egg went “poof”when it hit, making her dress smell to“high heaven.” Weeks after Easter westill found them.We can never forget the ‘home’made treats that were done crispyAlmond Roca maybe rice pudding andhomemade chocolate figures.And afterEaster we had “deviled” eggs .sort of acontradiction in religious terms but wenever noticed.Mom had a cast iron Easter lamblying on its side that appeared to bechewing its “cud.” It came apart soMom could fill one half with cake dough,replace the other half and bake in theoven. When the lamb cake was done shepulled the halves apart very carefullybecause the neck was very weak andshe stuck toothpicks in the lamb to helphold its head up. The cake had thickwhite frosting that she liberally sprinkledwith shredded coconut to make it looklike lamb’s wool little fingers alwaysreaching for a sample when nobody waslooking as Mom kept a table knife and asevere look of tolerant disapproval as shewhacked the back of Mike’s hand withthe flat side of the tableknife.On Easter Sunday we had to wearlittle ties. We were expected to havescrubbed our faces, have clean handsand no dirt under our fingernails. Wewere required to be nice to each otherexcept when the rule failed when ourparents weren’t looking. Girl’s Eastershoes ’mary janes’ that were shinypatent leather, which the girls viciouslyguarded against any kind of scuffing,including any kicking under the table we guys just had brogans which wepolished up by filling the cracks withmelted black crayons which we hadstolen from our sisters and refused toown up to taking them.We were so relieved when we gotout of those stupid ties and released fromtemporary Easter bondage of dignity,decorum and good behavior.Sean@vashonloop.comAdopt A Cat Day!Vashon Island Pet ProtectorsSaturdays 11:30-2:30Our VIPP Shelter is open for adoptions every Saturday.Visit our website www.vipp.org for Directions and toview the Cats and Dogs available for adoption.Or give us a call 206-389-1085Support Prop 1I write in support of Prop 1. OurPark Board has responsibility for keepingthe playing fields mowed, our ancientswimming pool in operation and for doingmany activities that are not glamourousbut require doing regularly. Last week’sop-ed by Scott Harvey is a belligerenttirade including willful misstatements.Readers will recall that Scott was electedto be Commissioner to the Vashon ParkBoard. Lamentably, Scott is unable orunwilling to collaborate; and, failing to gethis way, abruptly resigned in the middleof a meeting leaving the Board without aquorum. Scott Harvey resigned rather thanwork toward solutions. Our serving ParkBoard cannot write the needed rebuttal.Regulations prevent that. Please disregardthe rant of a bitter fella. Scott would haveyou reject Prop 1 as a continuation ofhis personal vendetta. The list of parkApril 18‘ 19properties needing deferred maintenanceis a long one. To name just a few, the OberPark playground equipment is nearly 20years old (wood structures for instanceare rotting). The potholes at Agren, PointRobinson and Lisabeula present risks ofdamaging to vehicles. The repairs neededfor the pool were identified in a 2016Engineering Analysis Report by a reputableengineering firm. Moreover, our playingfields depend upon maintenance. HavingParks is part of why living on Vashon canbe pleasant. Please do not be distracted byScott Harvey’s unproductive anger that hepersonally harbors for the Park Board. Weneed deferred maintenance and currentmaintenance. VOTE YES on Prop. 1Kate SpelmanResident and home owner on VashonFerry Advisory CommitteeThe Ferry Advisory Committee will hold a meeting on Wednesday April 24that 7pmat the Vashon Police Substation (10011 Bank Rd SW) next to the Penny FarcyBuilding.Please come and share your experiences with the new schedule. This is thegood, the bad and the ugly. For the bad and the ugly experiences, come withsome suggestions on how to make your ferry commute better. All comments andsuggestions will be presented to the Washington State Ferry people.Washington State Ferriesto host series ofCommunity MeetingsThis spring, Washington State Ferrieswill host a series of community meetingsfor each route it serves.Topics will include proposed changesto passenger fares, implementation ofWSF’s 2040 Long Range Plan and issuesand projects specific to each route.“We not only want to provideexcellent service, we want to be goodneighbors to the communities we serve,”said WSF Assistant Secretary AmyScarton. “I’m looking forward to sharingwhat’s ahead for the future of ferries andhearing from our customers about howwe can continue to improve.”Each meeting will include a briefpresentation and then an opportunity formembers of the public to ask questionsor share comments.The Meeting on Vashon Islandwill be held at the Vashon Island HighSchool, 9600 SW 204th St.,7 p.m. Thursday, May 30Compost Feasibility StudyZero Waste Vashon is pleased toannounce that King County Solid WasteDivision (SWD) will be conducting acomposting facility feasibility studyfor Vashon. The following is a projectoverview provided by Morgan John,SWD project manager:The King County Solid WasteDivision is requesting proposals tostudy the feasibility of building andoperating a compost facility on VashonIsland (publicly or privately owned andoperated) to provide local, on-islandcomposting of organics including yardwaste and food waste. The project willillustrate costs and benefits of an onisland compost processing facility byconsidering available organics feedstock,potential composting technologies,co-located or coordinated anaerobicdigestion, potential project sites, andexpected markets for finished compost.SWD will collaborate with Zero WasteVashon to develop a relevant scope ofwork and ensure meaningful results.The feasibility study will presentoptions for implementable strategies,with economic and greenhouse gasimpacts, to manage organics differentlyfrom current SWD practices. Resultsof the study will benefit the VashonMaury community and may also serveas a model to other communities in andbeyond King County for small-scaleorganics processing. The study will helpthe division determine if small-scalecomposting can support efficienciesin waste hauling and reduced climateimpacts.ZWV has been working for five yearsto bring a compost facility to the island.These efforts started by demonstratingto King County Solid Waste Divisionthat there was enough volume to meritseparate collection of yard waste. In2016 King County started a yard wasteprogram at the Vashon Recycling andTransfer Station.The program has been a great successwith volumes exceeding predictions.Currently, the yard waste is truckedto the Cedar Grove Compost facilityin Maple Valley. That is better thanlandfilling tons of yard waste, butit is inefficient, costly ( 200,000/yr.)and has high carbon emissions due totransportation (over 250 trips) to andfrom Cedar Grove. An island-basedcompost facility would eliminate thetrips to haul organics off the island andthen import them back as compost.Zero Waste Vashon looks forward toworking with King County Solid WasteDivision as we continue exploring localcomposting solutions for Vashon.

The Vashon Loop, p. 5April 18‘ 19Island LifeSacred PlacesBy Peter Raypgray@vashonloop.comI think the first time I stood in awe of abuilding was when I was in England in 1975. Ihad left a group of photographers in Londonat the conclusion of the “European PhotoStudy Workshop” that I had been a part ofand, because I had a somewhat open endedticket home, I spent the next three weekshitchhiking through England, southernScotland and Ireland. People had told me”You should go to Bath”- so I did. I’m fairlycertain that I did not misunderstand thatthey were actually imploring me to go takea bath. At any rate, I went to Bath, where Isaw the Roman baths that I believe the townwas named after. But it was the Bath Abbeythat really captured my imagination. It wasold- 12th century. But mostly it was ornate,with details inside and out that put mostother buildings of any kind to shame. Therewas craftsmanship, structural intricacy andhistory all in one place. It was the end ofsummer and tourists were wandering in andout - myself included. It did not really feellike a religious space in that context- it wasjust an amazing building.I don’t really recall how many daysI spent in Bath but I do remember howfascinating the entirety of the town was. Iwalked everywhere, and since Bath is builtaround a river and somewhat nestled in avalley, it was fairly easy to walk all overtown to visit and view its multitudes ofpoints of interest. One day I decided to walkup hill and out of town to get a look fromthe top of the nearby knoll for a differentand overall perspective. I remember seeinglow brick walls in front of houses alongthe way. Many of these walls had partlyrusted stumps of metal sticking out of thebricks that made up the top of each wall. Ibelieve I had heard that these stumps werethe only remnants of the ironwork fencesthat had stood there before the war timedemand for scrap metal had seen them allcut down and melted and reformed for moredestructive p

Vol. 16, #8 SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS THEY MAKE THE LOOP POSSIBLE April 18, 2019 Continued on Page 8 By Terry Sullivan, The Road to Resilience There are a couple words flying around