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With nearly 500 votes, The Little House took the top spot in the First Annual Merchant Gingerbread House by Steve Amos Contest sponsored by the Vashon Island Chamber of Commerce. Congratulations It is the many themes surrounding To live again the age-old joys Christmas-time that makes the season That passing time endears. to Bettie Edwards and Mardi Ljubich resonate so deeply within the collective for a job well done! Those that followed heart. Hope, generosity, reconciliation, I can’t even read the words aloud were just votes apart. The details of the forgiveness, forbearance, family, kindness, let alone describe the hurricane of sharp- houses were incredible, the imaginations and a sense of place within a community focused sense-memories and feelings that touches on but a few of the many mosaic this bit of verse on fabric brings forth in pieces that collectively constitute the image my mind. of Christmas in our memories, hearts and Such is the power of Christmas to those minds. The season has its own music and of us that love it, and vastly more beyond traditions, its food and drink, its smells these simple, personal thoughts. and colors, trappings and decorations. It is Another tradition of Christmas is to a glowing, twinkling, swirling snowstorm attempt to capture some of these themes raining down emotions and sensations in Christmas stories, to frame them in a Renie Mroceck made this fragrant winter all around us like the eddying drifts in an way only a story can. “A Miracle on 34th gingerbread scene for Kronos. old snow globe on a mantelpiece above a St.”, “It’s a Wonderful Life”, “A Christmas whispering fire. Story”, “The Littlest Angel”, “White so creative and even the aroma of For me, the sharpest shard of Christmas Christmas” and so on, all incorporate Trigg Insurance agents Brybb Bjorklund and gingerbread was a delight. It was great to is a small piece of framed needlepoint, aspects of Christmas themes and values, all Betsey Gleb had fun creating this house with see the merchants so excited and working designed and made by my mother who striking chords in our hearts in mysterious two sides, showing before and after home together. rests now with my father and grandparents and surprisingly deep ways, drenched accidents. To see the other side go to page 4 26 merchants took on the challenge, in Vashon Cemetery now these many years. in maudlin sappiness though they may It reads: sometimes be. I must sheepishly admit Continued on Page 4 All hearts go home for Christmas Continued on Page 15 Across the miles and years... Road to Resilience Oil Sweet Oil By Terry Sullivan, Transition Vashon Blast from the Past Although there are a lot more aspects but the trend of less rather than more of transition to discuss, I’ve decided to will be a distinct break with the world as rerun the first introductory article from we know it. As more and more people I wrote something for the loop By Hamish Todd almost a year ago. Many of you may fight for fewer and fewer resources, thing at the post office didn’t work out. have missed it and the rest probably business as usual means rising prices, I am broken down on Cunnliffe Road God, I’ve never had a more Kafkaesque forgot it (I know I did). It provides a shortages, permanent recession, more on the north end. Daryl, the postmaster assignment. The mail never stopped. good comprehensive look at the peak resource wars, a general breakdown of is mad as hell and has somewhere to And it was at least 7/10 junk. It piled up oil predicament we are in and why we at our social and economic institutions. go in his red convertible Mustang. The over Sunday and come Monday morning Transition Vashon are trying to foment We have responded rationally to a damn mail is baking in the midday sun. and you had to sort it all out before you some urgent action to meet it. Please note cheap and abundant energy source by I took this job to please the in- headed out to deliver it. that it doesn’t touch at all on last week’s creating an extravagant and wasteful laws. Some civil worker notion that in I could never see driving a wagon topic: climate change. culture. Even the Europeans, with a 25 years I could take four weeks paid from the passenger seat. Bought this “I began working with the Transition lifestyle arguably as high as our own, holiday. Boy was I ever wrong about jeep from a woman on Whidbey; seven Movement (see transitionus.org) when it use half the energy per capita that we that. Now, this was all way back, before hundred bucks. She has quit the mail, became clear to me that we were going use. If we copy the Europeans, add in forever stamps and the never ending but in the meantime her husband had to have to learn to live with a lot less some creative technology and conscious wars and Homeland Security and didn’t fiddled with it so now it would do 40 petroleum and other finite resources. lifestyle changes, we could be using 80% Mickey and Donna just retire from the mph just fine. Trouble was it wouldn’t It is generally accepted that peak oil less energy by 2020, and living within front of the house. I took the job at the do the mail any more. Stopping and production is upon us or will be shortly, nature’s budget. We have a choice: Vashon Post Office thinking I’d flirt with starting would positively seize it up. after which our oil supply will become creative engagement and a reasonable housewives and pet their dogs, now it’s This was before The Red Bike and the increasingly more limited. Even the oil chance for a viable future, or business only this silly postal jeep overheating dead gazillionaire owned the Back Bay. companies now set the date at 2015. Most as usual and the aforementioned dire and grumpy catalogue-crazed old ladies This was before even M.B. started speed of our other resources are following a future. waiting for something important. dating, especially since she met her spare similar trajectory. “We’ve only been able to live as This was way back when you could “These supplies won’t drop quickly Continued on Page 11 smoke and take your dog in the bar. The Continued on Page 9 The Vashon Loop, p. 2 December 8 ‘11 The 100 Wells Pet Protectors Campaign Get in The Loop Vashon Island Community Church Holiday Bake Sale (VICC) Youth Group is having fundraisers Between Thriftway and True Value Submissions to the Loop throughout the year to help Persecution Sat. December 10th 9a.m.-1p.m. Project- www.persecutionproject.org Stop by to purchase an array of Do you have an event or Public Service Announcement? Email questions or build a well in Darfur. Persecution goodies baked by some of the Island’s best submissions to Steven Allen, editor of the Loop, at [email protected]. Photos Project (PPF) began the 100 Wells bakers. If you would like to contribute are welcome as jpeg or pdf attachments. Campaign in 2004 to rally support from please drop off your tightly wrapped compassionate individuals in America goodies after 8:30 the morning of the to help the refugees of Darfur, Sudan, 10th. For more information please call Jack Frost Father Christmas get necessary life sustaining water. Victoria 463-5381. www.100wellscampaign.com To date Staring Michael Keaton & Kelly Reading PPF has raised enough funds to build Preston, rated PG. Sunday December 11 74 wells, but have 26 wells to go. VICC at 1:30pm, at the Vashon Theater. Saturday, Dec. 10 from 11 a.m. to 3 Youth Group wants to help them build qi gong & Take a break from shopping and p.m., bring the wee ones by The Little one more well. Each well costs $15,000. It meditation day of bring the family in for a treat! We are House to enjoy the wonder of storytelling is this costly because of the location these showing a movie to benefit Vashon High by Father Christmas. Bring your list; wells are being dug. Sudan is in severe practice School’s Senior Class of 2012. Donations we’ll check it (twice!). drought and many non Islamic ethnic and DEC. 11th 9:30am- 3:30pm, Hanna received from this event will be used to The Little House, 17636 100th Ave religious people groups are facing terrible Barn Studio, 7712 SW Pt Robinson Rd. ensure all interested student can have a SW (one block west of Main) treatment from their government. It is a George Draffan will lead “Moving, safe and fun graduation night. genocide of mass proportions, and more Settling, Enjoying” providing Taoist Donations Accepted at the Door. have died than in the Rwandan genocide. and Buddhist instructions in energy, There is really no help from the United Fire Commissioner awareness and contemplations of joy. Nations or the American government for Candy Thanks You! these people. Our current fundraisers “As energy is freed, a natural joy arises.” Sci-Fi Saturday are: Silver4water raffle-$2 per ticket-we No registration required, offered by Sci-Fi Saturday is a new film series Thank You Vashon voters! It was will be selling these outside of Thriftway donation ($45 suggested) NTLF (no one at the Vashon Theatre. These will be impressive to have such a large number on Dec. 11, and Dec. 18 (both Sundays) turned away for lack of funds). the classics form the 50’s & 60’s! Such of registered voters cast their ballots. from 3:00pm to 6:00pm. Winner of raffle For more information call 206-659- titles will include, “War of the Worlds” Thank you for the encouragement, receives 10 American Eagle 99.9% silver 1954 or visit NaturalAwareness.net. “When Worlds Collide” “Invasion of support, and your votes to retain me as coins. Drawing is Tuesday Dec. 20th at the Body Snatchers” “Them!” and many one of your fire commissioners. It is an 7:30pm. others. honor to serve our community, and I am We will also be selling homemade 1st Saturday of each month thankful for your confidence in me. I’ll candles for $5 each. Show time 1:30pm do my best to make you proud. Coffee4water- AJ’s coffee stand is Admission $5.00-$10.00 + A can of Thanks to Joe Ulatoski for a civil donating 20% of her profits from every 40 food. Proceeds willl benefit The Chicken campaign, and for his commitment to for 50 coffee card she sells in the month of Soup Brigade. making and keeping Vashon a safe place. I December. Help Sudan while you enjoy The feature will be, “Invasion of the look forward to his continued efforts with your favorite cup of coffee and buy a Body Snatchers.” January 7 the VashonBePrepared, which works $40 coffee card and receive $50 worth of hand-in-hand with Vashon Island Fire coffee, & Rescue to promote our community’s More fundraisers coming. Please help readiness for any emergency. us give them water. Community talk Finally, to everyone involved - Democracy in either campaign: thank you for your integrity, your civility, and your Hijacked! enthusiasm and commitment to our VMICC Meeting Time & Place Changed shared mission.” VMICC General Meeting will be very short and at a new locale. It will be Monday, Organizing for Sincerely, December 19, 5:30 p.m. to end 20 minutes later at 5:50 p.m. at the Vashon Theater, just Vashon Island Fire & Rescue Fire in time for everyone to join in the Annual Sing Along. Change Commissioner There will not be a formal agenda but new business or motions can be submitted Community talk on SUNDAY Candy McCullough during the limited time. DECEMBER 11 Topics or other issues to be dealt with in January or future meetings be submitted Author, activist, scientist, and Alaska to [email protected] This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You commercial fisher Riki Ott, PhD, offers need JavaScript enabled to view it for board consideration. free talk to Vashon community as thank- All Island Forum Kyle Cruver has been approved by the VMICC board to fill one of the vacant board you for house-sitting opportunity. She positions. If there is a quorum and sufficient time, his selection can be voted on by the All Island Forum meets Thursday, experienced the Exxon Valdez oil spill general council at this meeting or it will have to wait until the January meeting. Dec. 8, 7-9 PM at Minglement to refine first-hand and volunteered one year in topic and plan for mid-winter forum. All the Gulf of Mexico after the BP disaster, are welcome. earning the 2010 Huffington Post Game Advent and Christmas at Episcopal Changer award. Ott teaches value-based community organizing from fifth grade Church Of The Holly Spirit up. “Democracy Hijacked! 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The other side of the Trig Insurance Gingerbread house showing a care parked in the front door. Frame of Mind Congratulations to... The Little House, Bettie Edwards and Mardi Ljubich for a job well done! Top spot in the First Annual Merchant Gingerbread House Contest sponsored by the Vashon Island Chamber of Commerce December 8, ‘11 The Vashon Loop, p. 5 Island Life Dig Deep by Peter Ray

Somewhere in my archives, at least mentally if it has indeed been lost to the physical world, there is an image of a baseball viewed through scrub and small trees. For as long as I have been driving I have also been stopping in odd places to record images to various media. In this case, I don’t remember whether I came to a screeching halt or looked for a convenient turnaround spot and doubled back, but I did stop and explore and commit at least one image to 35mm Tri-X Kodak safety film. What caught my eye was the vague outline of a baseball on the side of an abandoned building somewhere in upstate New York back in the 1970’s. I actually traded a print of this shot for a signed copy of Dan Okrent’s Ultimate Baseball Book for a gift for my Dad, but that’s another story. Our focus here will remain on things found on a barn at Young’s Corner here on the Island. Five years ago a barn appeared here courtesy of the efforts of Islanders Duane Dietz and Pat Kane. It was their intent to create a structure that had basic barn-like utilitarian functions, while at Brulé, Dietz and Kane brainstormed for in clocks to “…amplify the effects of the same time remaining in the character a fictional product and came up with immortality on the users.” I like the of vintage Vashon. It seems that, in form, the concept of Cap’n Vashon’s Maritime time reference here, in conjunction with they achieved that goal, as they have Geoduck Elixir. the fact that, while a contemporary been asked recently by an historical For me, the notion of an elixir construct, the giant blue bottle with preservationist just why the barn hasn’t evokes images of snake oil salesmen, so period type-face and graphic symbols made the historical buildings register. I checked with Wikipedia which defines mimics something from the 1920’s or To augment the illusion of the patina of elixir as: “…a clear, sweet-flavored liquid ‘30’s. One could perhaps go another time, they have been slowly adding a used for medicinal purposes, to be taken step with the Waters of Life thing being variety of farm and garden related signs orally and intended to cure one’s ills…” a significant religious reference, and to its exterior. Along with these bits of There is also reference made in this suggest that maybe we have our next memorabilia, two paintings of mural-like definition to alchemy and eternal life. generation of a Jesus Barn in the making. scope and an appearance of advertising While the whole giant mollusk-sourced, One could dispense with the religious have been commissioned to add color clear and sweet thing doesn’t really work undertones and anticipate that it is the and character to the view from the road. for me, the geoduck’s reputation as one strength of the exterior graphics that Both times, Islander Annie Brulé was of the longest living species around, allow this barn to pose as a significant, tapped to produce both an enlarged with one such individual known to Island-based terrestrial marker buoy, reproduction of a Vashon chicken have survived for 168 years, speaks to lighthouse, or a 3D, GPS recalculation farmers’ co-op sign, and just recently an the concept of waters of life and potions alternative. As a native of Northwest “apocryphal advertisement” to grace the for eternal youth. It was also stated that waters, the geoduck was named by north end of the barn. For subject matter, elixirs were known to have been stored the Nisqually tribe, and it might be suggested that while the translation of its name- dig deep- suggests its physical, residential strata in some of the shoreline communities of this area, it could also infer that all this digging for symbolism should maybe give way to the basic concept that a bit of humor is always a welcome elixir in these times. To see the Cap’n Vashon bivalve extravaganza in real life, head to the Island Escrow intersection of Vashon Highway and Cemetery Rd. and head east until you Service can’t anymore. At that point, which is Young’s Corner, your only alternative is to take a 90 degree right to the south and the barn will be on your right. As an alternative, and one that will hopefully continue to be a part of this column, you can journey cybernetically to the land of the YouTube and search out either Cap’n Vashon’s Maritime Geoduck Elixir, or type in the enigmatic gibberish that is the address of this video: www. youtube.com/watch?v=FtzPw04MWdI , where you will find some experimentation in black and white that soon gives over to more conventional living color, video Gingerbread Homes for Sale story-telling fare. Comments are always welcome- [email protected].

Make a date with Vashon! www.VashonCalendar.org [email protected] www.islandescrow.net Vashon Library Events Art & Music Events Submit your Event on line at Find it on www.vashoncalendar.org www.vashonpages.com Chautauqua Elementary first grade classes built gingerbread houses (now Vashon Business on display in our foyer) that are up for silent auction ending this Friday, Dec 9th. Find the Loop on-line at Proceeds are going to benefit our Lunch Club alternate recess program. www.vashonloop.com. Information The Vashon Loop, p. 6 December 8 ‘11 Taking Root The Vashon-Maury Island also had amazing courage and The Land Trust, whose Land Trust is proud to co- was humble.” Her story helps mission is to preserve the wild sponsor the Community us understand the linkages places and rural character of Cinema Vashon’s December between environmental justice, Vashon-Maury Island, has been film screening of TAKING human rights, good governance, instrumental in importing over ROOT: The Vision of Wangari and peace. She was the recipient 100,000 native trees for planting Maathai. This inspirational of numerous awards, served in by the island community. In documentary film is a portrait many positions of leadership thinking of planting trees and of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize and authored 4 books - the last preserving forests, consider recipient Wangari Maathai in 2010, Replenishing the Earth: that trees produce oxygen, add and the Green Belt Movement. Spiritual Values for Healing moisture to the atmosphere, Everyone is invited to this free Ourselves and the World. sequester carbon through event Sunday - December 18th Wangari died Sept 25, 2011 of photosynthesis - thus controlling - Ober Park Performance Room ovarian cancer at the age of 71. the levels of carbon dioxide - 3:00-5:00pm. The film is a testament to in the air, reduce stromwater How does the the simple the power of ordinary people runoff, and improve air quality. act of planting trees lead to to effect major social and Derek Churchill, former winning the Nobel Peace political change. What began Land Trust board of directors Prize? Ask Wangari Maathai as a tree-planting movement member & Island Forest of Kenya. In 1977, she suggested became an example of how Ecologist, will moderate an rural women plant trees to “the little grassroots people.... audience discussion following address problems stemming can change this world.” In the screening. 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And after all, the Tooth Fairy Micheal, the husband of my friend idea in general when talking with can’t just write a check; Tooth Fairies don’t Susan who recently passed, writes that children. With My Teeth? have bank accounts. their four year old grandson Ian asked I think you’d need to tell a child that Let me explain: I’ve been busy, work; Perhaps feeling that a closer if MaMa was dead. Yes, Micheal told bodies die, but spirits don’t, and love my wife and our four kids: busy too. My relationship was building with the Tooth him, and the boy went off to play. But doesn’t. You could say that the person people call their people; we do lunch. So Fairy, with all those notes and crisp fivers now, a couple of weeks later, Ian wants who died is not coming back the way we’ve all been quite busy; I love writing and teeth under her pillow lately, Gracie to know when MaMa is going to come we knew her, and we’re very sad, and my columns, I love my wife and kids and created a ten or twelve-page illuminated back alive again. we love her and miss her so much, but I love my readers. You’re all fine, I swear. manuscript in colored markers, peppered When is Susan going to come back she’s not sick anymore, not hurting. We Our youngest daughter Gracie, with personal questions for the Tooth alive? I know how Ian feels. I was know that she wants us to go on living, seven, has recently lost almost all of her Fairy: what’s it like being a Tooth Fairy? thinking the other night, okay, joke’s remembering her and telling stories front teeth, sometimes two at a time, so What’s your name? Where do you live? over, let’s go back to the way it was. about her and being glad we got to love there’s been plenty of visits from the Tooth Can I visit you? Micheal said he tried to explain it to her and be loved by her because she was Fairy lately. Inside the envelope were trinkets Ian but could tell the kid wasn’t buying such a great MaMa, such a great Susan, The Tooth Fairy usually provides a Gracie left for the Tooth Fairy, a little what he was saying. I don’t know how the best there ever was, really, one in crisp fiver, per tooth, or sometimes the Barbie necklace, a small stamped-metal to explain death to a child, either. seven billion. rough equivalent in shiny laundered key to a diary or a small jewelry box, three I’m a Christian and I’m supposed to I’d think that if it’s appropriate you quarters and dimes and nickels. So the Altoids. believe we go to heaven, and I believe could hold that child and try to be as loss of her front teeth has been a nice little How did you become a Tooth Fairy? that if there is a heaven, Susan is there, comforting as possible in the face of our cottage business for Gracie; the other day What exactly do you do with my teeth? but I also think that we just don’t know unfortunate and unavoidable mortality. she had like thirty-five bucks in her little Gracie shouted when she found the what happens when we die. I think there If it was me, I know I’d be faking it, zippered vinyl coin purse. little suede satchel under her pillow, is a truth and that we don’t know what because ultimately, there are no words So all of our kids are vigilant for stuffed with five bucks and a letter from it is. If it is heaven, cool. that adequately explain the death of his wiggly teeth. Like pigeons pecking at the Tooth Fairy answering each of Gracie’s The Christian heaven is the way beloved grandmother to a little boy. shiny things, in a quiet moment they’ll questions. Christians talk about the afterlife - but As you become older and more of reflexively give each tooth a tug in The Tooth Fairy had filled the front again, I think a lot of theology uses puny the people you know pass on before you, turn. Mom! Dad! I have a loose tooth! and half the back of an eight-and-a-half- little words to talk about things that you become a little more inured to death, We examine the alleged wiggly tooth, by-eleven sheet in flowery purple script, are too huge to be contained by all the but when someone close to you dies, it is prodding it front to back, side to side. folded it in half four times, and crammed words we’ve got. The word “God” is a quite literally stunning. All you can do is I suspect our youngest boy Alec of it in the tiny suede satchel. pretty small box and couldn’t possibly grieve, and go on, and wait for the solace sometimes helping things along a little, It might have taken the Tooth Fairy contain whatever “God” is - the word that can come with tincture of time. forcing teeth to wiggle that weren’t three hours to write it with her special is a symbol, a placeholder, for what we What shall we do today? Let’s get up actually ready to come out yet. purple fairy pen, late at night after the don’t know how to say or grasp. and live and thank God. For several days, Gracie would point kids were asleep; painstakingly writing to her loose tooth and demonstrate its out responses to each of Gracie’s questions wiggle to anyone with ears to hear. A in the Tooth Fairy’s idiosyncratic curlicue couple teeth got wigglier and wigglier purple script. Rosie Needs A Home... from repeat demonstrations, they hung What do you eat? 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Well, we are all missing Buddy. His spirit is still roaming around and riding the cart. Thanks for all the kind words of condolence. It is comforting to know that he touched so many. Cheryl’s Pick of the Week: Trying to catch the shy little tabby that keeps running under the ramp and back to the building next door. It’s becoming a challenge. Also - Don’t forget to shop early for Christmas treats! 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The Ballard Bridge was up on my way to brunch and I had a Marine Recovery chance to reflect on the answers Positively Speaking I was going to give. In that Area Septic System moment, the Spirit revealed to me my attitude was inaccurate Stirring Gentle Waters in how I was holding those Compliance on Vashon questions. In my heart I was By Deborah H. Anderson hoping that God would shoot Island Approaching some magic wand my way and It’s the four in hand in make my body healthy and Bell Choir playing that really come from two sources: not whole again. And I was praying July 2012 Deadline astounds me. As I watched the enough resources resulting in that God would give me some Failing septic systems that Island residents have Bells of the Sound handbell a feeling of powerlessness , and ideas about how to heal my potentially pollute Vashon responded: choir play piece after piece with dependency issues. childrens’ hearts. Sitting in Island marine waters as well as 34% of the 262 homes in the that four in hand technique I sat Right now, I’m absolutely front of the completely raised other parts of Puget Sound are MRA have been inspected and mesmerized. spent. It’s taking everything in bridge. I realized I had the two required to be fixed by July 1st, are functioning; The first time I picked up a me to not write to editor Steve backwards. Only God can heal 2012 under Marine Recovery Properties known to be in handbell I had a real orientation and tell him, “I can’t do this right my children’s broken hearts Area law enacted by the State the process of a permitted repair challenge. As a pianist I’m now” . What was supposed to and only I can do the things Legislature in 2006. The law, or replacement will be treated used to commanding all the be a fun weekend that began necessary to restore health to described in RCW Chapter as having a current inspection. notes. With handbells, you with a handbell concert (which my body. 70.118A, requires inspection of However, 66% of the are in charge of one or two was such a wonderful multi Dependency on God is a on-site sewage disposal systems properties lack a current or three depending on the generational girl’s night out), healthy dependency. and repairs to failing systems inspection, a record drawing, song. Each player is assigned lead into a Christmas brunch Each of us playing our own in Marine Recovery Areas in or both. While a 34% compliance a note or notes and they play that turned heavy with the notes is the interdependent order to restore and preserve rate with the state law is progress only those notes. That means burdens we agree to mutually pattern necessary for the world the health and safety of Puget towards a cleaner environment, a player is constantly listening share as a small group. That was to play its tune in the right Sound waters, our ecosystem, 66% of homeowners must to what comes before and after followed by an email stating peaceful key. and our marine life. still take steps to come into and requires of themselves a that the brother of a middle age As I fled the church To meet the 2012 deadline, compliance by getting an technique that makes their notes man who died of cancer five setting before the service was Public Health - Seattle & King inspection done and repairing sound like everybody else’s months ago, had just suddenly out because my soul was so County is increasing notices a failing system where required. notes. It’s truly remarkable. died of cardiac arrest. By this sad I could not contain the and technical assistance for After four years of education It’s also the answer to less morning I forced myself to go tears, I found myself driving to homeowners. Letters will be and outreach, starting in stress during the holidays and to the off Island church where Greenlake. Our whole family sent to homeowners, and new December, Public Health will world peace during the rest of I worship loves Greenlake. It’s a sacred community meetings and begin the enforcement process the year. ( which during the week is place for us. (I’ve often longed technical assistance fairs will to meet the State’s requirements Too many of us are in Kakao Café at 415 Westlake— for Greenlake on Vashon. We be held. Since 2008, Public by July 2012. somebody else’s business when do go have a latte) and sat in need a small lake with a bike Health provided a variety we’re not supposed to be, not the service listening to Henry and walking path around it.) of educational opportunities More information attending to the business we Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem I sat in the parking spot by for MRA property owners to Failing systems have the ARE supposed to be involved ‘Christmas Bells’(which was the crew house, and finished my understand and comply with potential to pollute waters in in, or worrying about the big later made into the hymn ‘I feelings… kind of. I called to the law including: Quartermaster Harbor, and East picture when the big picture Heard the Bells on Christmas mind the sound in the sanctuary 6 public meetings; Passage. Many leak untreated would be better if we were Day’) which includes two on Friday night as the bells Door belling individual or partly treated sewage taking on our little set of devastatingly heartfelt verses ( rang out. The echo, the residual properties to provide one-to- through seeps and drains in concerns with excellency. not included in the hymn) about effect of clappers against metal one neighborhood meeting bulkheads while some older The other thing we lack the nation in the middle of Civil wafting over the audience in a opportunities; waterfront properties even is the ability to play our lives War, and wept. Take a minute universal language of peace. Periodic informational discharge wastewater directly collaboratively. and google them. May you have one mailings and inspection to the beach. New technologies Why? Dependency issues, Sometimes the pain of evil meaningful moment of reminders; available today will allow many neediness from birth or trauma in this world just o’re takes my redemption this holiday season; 2 septic system vendor fairs property owners to improve old or improperly wired circuits. soul and I weep. one moment when you realize to show technology solutions; wastewater systems. Dependency means you I lead our small group and that there will be enough oil in 4 Homeowner septic Updated maps showing are not a stand alone person. so I’m the one who chooses the lamp to keep the sacred trust maintenance workshops; properties with current None of us are really. There our sharing questions. For the or one moment when you heave Working with the inspections and/or record are positive dependencies and Christmas Brunch I asked ‘What a sigh of relief because being Community Council Septic drawing documentation is negative dependencies and is the gift you’d like to give rescued from slavery starts with Solutions Subcommittee: available along with other best of all in relationships is and what is the gift you’d like a baby. Individual technical information on the MRA at interdependency. to receive?’ I can tell you my And because of that assistance upon request; and www.kingcounty.gov/ . My dependency on the answers. I’d like to take away all moment, may you stir the contributing to news articles in healthservices/health/ehs/ pool to soothe my inner wrinkles the pain in the hearts of my four waters gently during the rest of the local newspapers. wastewater/mra.aspx is healthy and beneficial. My children; pain they acquired the season. dependency on Franz chocolate during some bumpy patches Love, covered donuts to calm down sometimes while they were in Deborah after a nerve wracking day is our family and sometimes when not healthy. they were outside. The gift I’d Most of life’s problems like to receive is getting my

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Advertise in the Loop! It’s a great time to get back in the Loop. Find the Loop on-line at www.vashonloop.com. [email protected] Next Loop comes out December 22 December 8, ‘11 The Vashon Loop, p. 13 The Thing That Wouldn’t Leave By Orca Annie Stateler, VHP Coordinator Odin and I had our flippers full on the afternoon of November 30 as Southern Resident orcas traveled south in Colvos Pass and we obtained our first VHP recording of the fall/winter season. Stinging wind and white-capped swells made visual identification a challenge. The water was too rough for our compadres Mark and Maya Sears to example of how to be Whale Rude and deploy in their small, open aluminum Stupid. research boat. We were distracted from our killer Fortunately, the killer whales whale count when I reported the cabin were widely dispersed, foraging, and cruiser to NMFS Enforcement for highly vocal. Judging by the abundant harassment. When I made the call, the echolocation clicks, many Chum salmon moving boat was on top of a male orca, Vashon baby Notch (J47) with a female relative, off Alki Point. Photo © Maya Sears, 11/29/11 became orca sushi. In the absence of possibly in physical contact. The whale prey samples, we presume the orcas slapped his tail flukes vigorously and Moreover, it is not precautionary to his table and watch him demonstrate at were foraging for the Chum breaching repeatedly toward the vessel, indicating betray exact real-time locations of an the Vashon Island Coffee Roasterie, all over Colvos. behavioral disturbance. I have no doubt endangered species sensitive to vessel Saturday and Sunday, December 10 and The first clear call we heard on the that if Soundwatch or an enforcement impacts on any platform that is instantly 11, during the Roasterie’s regular hours. hydrophone was K Pod’s signature agency witnessed such boater conduct accessible to countless boaters. You are Please support the work of the catlike call. Shortly thereafter, we heard J in the San Juans, the offender would part of the problem if you engage in this Vashon Hydrophone Project (VHP): Pod’s signature call, as well as an opulent receive a warning at a minimum or, dysfunctional behavior. REPORT LOCAL WHALE SIGHTINGS array of other Southern Resident calls. ideally, a ticket. On November 29, Mark and Maya ASAP TO 463-9041. Reporting directly to Within ten minutes of hearing calls, we NOAA defines disturbance/ Sears braved choppy water between the VHP sustains an ongoing, accurate spotted blows and dorsal fins. To our harassment as interfering with West Seattle and Bainbridge to document dataset of whale sightings for Vashon- dismay, a boat exposed the location of an animal’s ability to hunt, feed, an encounter with J and K Pod members Maury and contiguous Central Puget the killer whales – shades of San Juan communicate, socialize, rest, breed, with L87. This week’s photo shows Sound waters, initiated more than 30 Island. or care for young. For that clueless Notch (J47), so named for the prominent years ago by researcher Mark Sears. As they approached the VHP site, Colvos Pass boater to harass the orcas nick in his dorsal fin. Notch is a Vashon- Call the VHP about seal pups as well as the Southern Residents were spread at their most vulnerable time of year, Maury baby, discovered by Mark Sears dead, injured, or sick marine mammals out in foraging clusters of two to five when finding food requires greater just north of Pt. Robinson on January 3, on Island beaches. Check for updates at orcas. A navy blue and white cabin effort, is unacceptable. Depriving the 2010. www.Vashonorcas.org and send photos cruiser, approximately 30 feet long, was Southern Residents of valuable foraging Every holiday season, Tlingit artist to Orca Annie at [email protected]. obviously stalking the whales down opportunities imposes life-threatening Odin Lonning sells artwork to benefit the The NMFS Enforcement number is Colvos Pass. It crowded nearby feeding energetic costs on these fragile orcas. VHP and Wolftown’s wildlife rehab. Visit 1-800-853-1964. groups and repeatedly intercepted the path of other orcas. Only a research vessel should be in such close proximity to marine mammals. The new law for our endangered Southern Residents requires vessels to maintain a distance of 200 yards. The entire time we could see it, the cabin cruiser was not even 100 yards from the orcas. For more than two hours, this boat was an intrusive, looming presence amid the whales – think John Belushi’s classic SNL skit, “The Thing That Wouldn’t Leave.” Rather than being “Whale Wise,” the boater provided a textbook Next Edition of The Loop Comes out Thursday, December 22 Deadline for the next edition of The Loop is Friday, December 17 Loopy Laffs The Vashon Loop, p. 14 December 8 ‘11 a Weekend Entertainment December 9-11

The Grunge-ing Black Dogs True story: Two guys debated as to whether the music they were hearing was a Led Zeppelin cd or an actual band playing live music in the studio next door. A bet was made, hands were shook. One guy made off with some easy money. He had heard the band practice last week. And so it goes, with The Crunge-ing Black Dogs. The C.B.D’s originally formed to play a full set of Creedence Clearwater Revival for a Big Lebowski party on Vashon Island. In short, the C.B.D’s played C.C.R on V.I Lightfoot on bass, Keith Jaeger on drums and it was B.A. They were then asked to and Paul Gulledge on vocals. They will play a set of Led Zeppelin for a group of be playing an entire set of Led Zeppelin. Led Zep enthusiasts at an outdoor party. They don’t look like Led Zeppelin but they Neighborhood Watch called it the “party kind of sound like them most of the time. of the summer”. The cops were equally So if you kind of like Led Zeppelin, then impressed calling it “loud enough to be it looks like you will mostly like the sound heard several blocks away”. of the Crunge-ing Black Dogs. The Crunge-ing Black Dogs are made All-Ages Till 11pm 21+ after that up of Mike Marlatt on guitar, Jeremy Free Cover Friday, December 9, 9pm. At the Red Bicycle, 17618 Vashon Hwy - 206-463-5959 One More Mile is a band that came These talented front men are backed together over the passion of playing real by the most amazing rhythm section Ronnda Cadle - Solo Acoustic Guitar blues and making the blues real! any band could ask for! These two child Guitarists Jason Lollar and Tommy prodigies are David “The Kid” Salonen Heidi Swan -Mildly Rocked & Soulfully Raw Bean both have been playing since they on Bass and Sammy “Milhouse” Veatch Montana native Heidi Swan’s could walk, and ever since Tommy on drums. Both young men have been music is known to be mildly rocked, saw Lollar performing with a band he playing together since birth, forming one while soulfully raw. Swan, a singer/ had put together called Shakey Jake, he of the tightest beats available. The Kid songwriter/keyboardist teamed up knew he would get together with him comes from a family of Cajun musicians with famed LA producer Paul Chiten one day. Both men come from a long out of Louisiana, and his grandfather in 2007 to record her latest EP ‘Take line of bands playing rock, rhythm and brought Cajun to the Pacific Northwest It All’. The collaboration created a blues and straight blues, and their years back in the 70’s. Veatch’s father has been history of awards which included a of performing excellence can be heard performing and managing bands and Song Of The Year Award that was on such numbers as Black Cat Bone or groups since they moved here in the 80’s. sponsored by VH1’s Save The Music Reconsider Baby. Often times having to sneak these two Foundation, an honorable mention from Now add to this mix the incredible kids into performing venues like so many the International Singer/songwriter Lonesome Mike Nichols on Harmonica, of their predecessor’s, they are some of Association for her song ‘As Real As It and you really have something. the most powerful musicians for such a Get’s’, which then sparked the interest As a solo guitar instrumentalist, of Nashville’s recording duo The Lonesome Mike has perfected his licks young age, and One More Mile is lucky Ronnda Cadle is known for the melodic Ramski’s. The duo has since recorded over the many years of performing with to have them! hooks she coaxes from her guitar. the award winning song for use on such names as Elvin Bishop, Norton All told, this is one hot band and Ronnda’s style fuses heartfelt emotional their debut album from Lamon Records. Buffalo and Commander Cody. Locally their live performances get everyone up content with masterful guitar work. www.heidiswanmusic.com he performed with The Great Divide in and shakin’ it, or diggin the groove from Cadle just finished the final mixing the 70’s and 80’s. Lonesome Mike brings the comfort of their seats. and mastering of her third release an intensity to the harp that is rarely seen Come check these guys out at the using the production skills of former or heard, so much so that he will often Red Bicycle, it’s going to be a real treat! Windham Hill Founder/Producer have to spend a couple days recovering All ages ‘til 11pm and 21+ after that. William Ackerman and Corin Nelsen. after he gives it his all in his performing. The new disc titled ‘Will’s Embrace’ is scheduled for release in early 2012. Saturday, December 17, 9pm. At the Red Bicycle, 17618 Vashon Hwy - 206-463-5959 www.ronndacadle.com Friday, December 9, 7pm, At Cafe Luna, 9924 SW Bank RD www.cafelunavashon.com Holiday Comedy Shorts ~ An Evening of Brief Spoofs ~ Friday, Dec. 23rd @ 8pm @ The Red Bike, Aimee Cartier, Andy Royer, The Doily Brothers Harris Levinson, Jeff Hoyt, Jim Farrell, Brett Bachaus ~ Drums, Scotty Johnson ~ Guitar, Vocals, Jimmy Spakowsky ~ Steffon Moody & physical comedian Bass, Vocals , Michael Spakowsky ~ Guitar, Vocals extraordinaire, Bill Robison provide a Friday, December 9, 8pm. At Sportsmans Inn, 17611 Vashon Hwy - 206-463-0940 sure-fire antidote to the Holiday season with “Holiday Comedy Shorts: An Evening of Brief Spoofs.” Come early, pay $5 and we’ll spike your seasonal Gregg Curry eggnog with hilarity. Acoustic Roots Music with Attitude This evening of live local comedy is Local singer-songwriter Gregg will hosted by local humorist and provocateur, perform his roots-based music at Cafe Steffon Moody, and features an All Luna from 7-9 p.m. Originally from Star crew of locally famous on-island Alabama, Gregg brought his songs comedians, plying their craft as only soaked in blues, country, rock, and locally famous amateur comedians can gospel to Seattle. Shortly thereafter, he ply. record his first solo album, A Shared The full lineup of comedians is soon Cup of Discontent. He then joined the to follow...we will reveal it soon! grunge rock-era band Ghost Dance as a Expect the usual ribald, tasteless, singer/frontman, performing in theaters eccentric, and life transforming and clubs throughout the Northwest and experience that is regularly delivered at producing two studio recordings, Out this local Yuk fest. the Window and Siren. Gregg picked his guitar back up to perform regional Cover charge is $5, and the show solo shows and, in 1995, began a roots- where past, present, and future are now.” starts at 8pm, but show up early and be altered, you may want to bring them. based rock group called Branch Ricky Indeed, an Islander since 2000, Gregg still get a seat, because it is always packed! Just sign the liability release at the door.) that toured regionally and released the produces songs deeply tangled in the rich (Also note, that children may be altered 21+ (ADULT CONTENT) strong 12-song album Tangled Roots. musical roots of America and plays them in unknown ways as a result of exposure $5 COVER! One fellow musician said: “Gregg aims with an attitude that says: “The past isn’t to Comedy Night. If you feel they need to dead; it isn’t even past.” for the timeless in his songs -- the place Friday, December 23, 8pm. At the Red Bicycle, 17618 Vashon Hwy - 206-463-5959 Saturday, Dec. 10, 7pm, At Cafe Luna, 9924 SW Bank RD. www.cafelunavashon.com December 8, ‘11 The Vashon Loop, p. 15 Church of Great Rain Blue Heron Dance Holiday Show Nutcracker Church of Great Rain will celebrate the spirit of the season with a Holiday Show on December 11 at 4PM at Open Space for Arts and Community. The Holiday Show will feature the Church House Band, twisted news and irreverent views by the Holy Roller Radio Players, and a lively impromptu sermon by the preacher. Over sixty uniquely talented actors, musicians, writers, and technical crew contribute to these wonderful collaborations. Joining the cast for this performance will be Manooghi Hi has performed at the Island actor and singer Louis Mangione. Triple Door, Bumbershoot, South By Special musical guests will be Southwest, Sundance Film Festival, Manooghi Hi, an East meets West Oregon Country Fair and Oregon’s collaboration between rock-and-roll World Music Festival. The group has instrumentation and soaring vocal been featured on KING 5′s Evening gymnastics that are heavily rooted in Magazine, Q13′s Morning Show and Indian tradition and intense mysticism. Seattle Channel’s Art Zone. There is a sense of liberation and Church of Great Rain Holiday Show transcendence in their music that directly tickets are $10 at Vashon Bookshop and correlates to the artful fusion of eastern/ www.brownpapertickets.com. Golden western traditions that rests at the core Circle Passes for four including of the band. a reserved table in front are $60 at Seattle PI music critic Gene Stout brownpapertickets.com and at the door. describes Mehnaz as “mesmerizing For special holiday gifts, surprise and otherworldly”, while Techgnosis. your friends and family with Church of com guru Erik Davis writes “Manooghi Great Rain show tickets. Advance tickets Hi has the rare sense of having found are now available for the 2012 shows at a common language that is capable Brown Paper Tickets. Purchase tickets in of fusing and mixing very different their name to add them to the Will Call communities of listeners while actually list. One size fits all gift-certificates for allowing the band to say something new Church of Great Rain and Fupps Beer and powerful, like the globe is spinning t-shirts and aprons are also available. so fast that east and west really don’t Discover more about Church of Great More than 60 Blue Heron dancers, ages 8 to 18, bring holiday tradition to life with mean much anymore and everybody is Rain, holiday gift ideas, and Manooghi Tchaikovsky’s magical Nutcracker ballet on VHS stage just in time for the holiday season - 7 coming to party.” Hi at www.churchofgreatrain.com. p.m., Friday and Saturday, Dec 9 and 10, 1 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 10 and 11. A popular addition in recent years, an interactive, abbreviated version will be offered for pre school audiences 3:30 p.m., Friday, Dec 9. Tickets for Friday afternoon’s pre-school show A Christmas Carol are $5 per person and are available at Blue Heron and at the door. Weekend performance Continued from Page 1 tickets are $10/$13 and available at Blue Heron, Heron’s Nest, Vashon Bookshop, Thriftway, that “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” Show”. In “A Christmas Carol”, the actors brownpapertickets.com or by phone, 463.5131. Don’t miss it! Camille Kappelman as the Sugar and “A Charlie Brown Christmas” are also will interact onstage with a collection Plum Fairy, photo by Mike Urban. harbingers of Christmas for me simply of projections created by Christopher because I’ve been watching them near Overstreet, who also has a great deal of Christmas for half a century and just a experience in Multimedia Theater. It was New Years Eve at the little bit more. Christopher Overstreet with whom Ms. The very epitome of the Christmas Ripley worked on projections used in “The story must be Charles Dickens’ “A Rocky Horror Show”. Red Bicycle Christmas Carol”, the archetype of all When asked if the increasing use popularized Christmas stories that have of projections within Drama Dock followed it in the more than a century and productions constituted any sort of trend, a half since it was originally published on Ms. Ripley said, “Not particularly. It’s just the 17th of December, 1843. a matter of coincidental timing. Multimedia Poring through at least a dozen scripted Theater was simply something that was variations of the story, Drama Dock Artistic fun and interesting to experiment with Director Elizabeth Ripley has chosen a and my work with it happens to coincide version of the classic story that preserves with the desire to bring something novel the traditional aspects of its structure and inventive for the Island to experience while at the same time introducing a slight in a beloved traditional Christmas story.” variation appropriate to a stage version of As another intriguing element of the story. Jacob Marley is elevated from his the current production, of the cast of 30 position as a mere augury of ghostly visits performers in the show, approximately 18 yet to come to encompass the narrative are children, some of whom are as young aspects and to take a much more active role as 8. Younger versions of Scrooge himself in the conversion of Scrooge from miser to as well as his sister Fran are played by philanthropist. children. If you happened to go to the Church of Eyvind Kang, Radioactive and Vieux Farka A particularly interesting and See Drama Dock’s production of Israel Great Rain show last February, you saw an Touré, the band went into the studio recently inventive aspect of this production is Horovitz’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’ amazing band perform called Publish The to record a song to benefit music education Ms. Ripley’s decision to rely almost “A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley”, Quest. They were responsible for a lot of in Cape Verde. Sodade, which features Cape exclusively on projected staging elements performances at the Blue Heron. bodies moving in chairs that night and sold Verdean vocalist Laise Sanches, was released for the set design, projected images being Dec. 15th Final Dress/Preview, curtain a lot of CD’s because of it. Then they blew in Portugal earlier this year. a constituent element of what is known as at 7:30 PM. the roof off the Bike at the Halloween show Publish The Quest performed in Multimedia Theater. Within the context Evening performances at 7:30 PM on this year. Zimbabwe in April at the Harare International of Drama Dock, Ms. Ripley first invited Dec 16, 17, 22, 23, 26. Publish The Quest blends groove music Festival of the Arts (HIFA). HIFA was a six experimentation with projections in the Matinees at 2:00 PM on Dec 18 & 24. melodies with vocally driven compositions day annual festival and workshop program production of “Enchanted April” with Dir. Christopher Ott; Artistic Dir. that continually question social issues that showcased the very best of local, regional her colleague Adam Brock who holds a Elizabeth Ripley; Costuming Patricia Kelly through story telling. Songwriter Jacob and international arts and culture in a Masters in Multimedia Theater Arts from & Lieschan Lopuszynski; Polka Mistress Bain formed the band in 2008 to record The comprehensive festival program of theatre, Suny College. Subsequently, she carried March Twisdale; DG Video Effects Richard Threads. As a result of that experience, seven dance, music, circus, street performance, the projection technique further in the E. Montague; Digital Effects Supervisor passionate people have come together to form spoken word and visual arts. recent production of “The Rocky Horror Christopher Overstreet; Graphic Designer a strong bond and a band that is serious about PTQ is fresh off a road trip through Lillian Ripley. keeping feet moving, bodies shaking and California this month and about to embark minds engaged! upon another trip to Poland in November, It’s New and Free Deadline for the next Publish The Quest is destined to make where they will open for the amazing Nneka. a difference both at home and abroad. After This is an all-ages show until 11pm, then Visit Our New Website edition of The Loop is recording with Femi Kuti, Matt Chamberlain, 21+ after that. The cover charge is only $10. www.VashonLoop.com Friday, December 17 Saturday, December 31, 9:30pm. At the Red Bicycle, 17618 Vashon Hwy - 206-463-5959 The Vashon Loop, p. 16 December 8 ‘11

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Vashon Care Packages Sought Fauntleroy & for Fallen Soldier’s Platoon When Vashon’s 1st Lt. Robert Bennedsen was killed in Afghanistan last month, he had only been in the country three weeks, but he had already come Southworth up with a plan of support for men and women under his command. He told his family that while he enjoyed care packages from home, many in his platoon never received anything. He hoped the people of Vashon would Ferry Route change that. Bennedsen’s family and friends wish to fulfill Bennedsen’s plan and ask that Islanders donate cash to the cause or give items the men and women there Find the Loop in the have requested. The list includes mechanic’s gloves, green uniform socks, sunscreen, hand warmers, preserved foods, powdered Gatorade, cans of tuna, Passenger Kiosk Area toothpaste, toothbrushes, razors, reading material, flip flops and hard candy, according to Lauren Chinn, who is helping to organize the effort. Online www.VashonLoop.com Islanders can drop off both types of donations for Bennedsen’s platoon at James Hair Design or Bank of America.