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Vol. 8, #12 TO INFORM AND AMUSE -- TO PROVOKE THINKING AND ACTIVISM June 9, 2011 Vashon Dance Academy Vashon Vintage Makes Brings Never Never Land Everything Old New to the Island Again. Again. By Amy Morrison By Steven Allen Islander Mathilda Oldham, owner Vashon Vintage Uptown officially opened and proprietor of the original Vashon its doors on June 3, Vashon Island’s Vintage, still located in a repurposed traditional “first Friday”. Dancers rehearse for Peter Pan. From L to R: Anna Hicks, Aiden Rees, Isa Sanson-Frey, and old garage behind what used to be Old The original Vashon Vintage, which Lizzy Schoen, Photo: John Osborne. Dreams which then became the Vashon opened its doors nearly 3 years ago, Peter, Wendy, Tinkerbell, and Nana is known for its creative interpretations Wine Shop and is now Urban Cottage, while doing very well and which will the Dog, along with over 100 additional and imaginative characters. This year’s has opened a new satellite retail outlet in remain open, is perhaps not the most ideal dancers, take the stage in Vashon Dance cast lives up to the studio’s renown, the main downtown Vashon commercial location for a retail outlet. Ms. Oldham Academy’s 15th annual performance, with dancers performing the inventive corridor immediately next to Robinsons decided she needed “...more of a retail Peter Pan, Friday, June 24 – Sunday, roles of Pirate’s Treasure, Pan’s Music, Furniture, and which will formally space, less of a garage, something in the June 26, at the Vashon High School Mermaids, Water, Stars, Never Wood be called Vashon Vintage Uptown. Continued on Page 11 Theater. Show times are Friday and and Never Birds, Tinkerbell’s Little Saturday night at 7:30 PM with matinee Sisters, Tiny Indians, and Forest Folk, performances at 1:30 PM on Saturday among others. The cast, featuring and Sunday. Tickets are available at dancers as young as age 3 ½ is composed The Monster of Florence Books by the Way. of 120 Vashon students, weaving the While the story of Peter Pan is Continued on Page 15 familiar to most, Vashon Dance Academy Claims New Victims By Karen Pruett The Monster of Florence was a satanic sect) with Mignini and Gabriela heinous serial killer who mutilated his Carlizzi, a spirit channeler. The lawyer, female victims and terrified Tuscany the cop and the psychic concocted Road to Resilience from 1968 to 1985; it is now the most theory after theory featuring mentally By Terry Sullivan, Transition Vashon famous cold case in Italy. Here in the challenged persons, tramps, addicts and Puget Sound, we knew this fear from prostitutes as witness/informants. They The Psychology of Bike Riding the 70’s to the 90’s as two serial killers wove elaborate tales about the modern The bicycle is the simplest, most functional used bike at the Bike Shop. Jeff left their mark upon our lives, but we doings of the ORR, whom they claimed efficient, and elegant machine ever at the Bike Shop is a very understanding never expected a twist of fate to link us had infiltrated Italy’s elite. Then they invented to move people over land at and pleasant guy to deal with and will to a foreign murderer. laid waste to a select few as they tried to the local level. Biking is the predominant get you what you need and want. He Our connection to the Monster prove that Satanism was alive and well mode to transport people in the world. can also refurbish that Granny’s bike (be of Florence is the Perugian Public in Tuscany and Umbria. It can get you where you want to go, sure to have him check it out). You may Minister Giuliano Mignini, the man who A year and a half before Meredith’s bring home the groceries, keep you in want to get a bike with electric power wrongfully prosecuted and convicted murder another American crossed paths great shape, provide a lot of fun, and, assist ($1400), The important thing, for Amanda Knox and her friend Raffaele with Mignini for writing about the case. in our case, cut your carbon footprint a good first experience, is to have a good Sollecito of the death of Meredith Kercher In their book, “The Monster of Florence,” way down. workable bike. in 2009. His lurid tales of satanic rituals, authors Doug Preston and Mario Spezi 350.org, a group working to bring the Having been an on and off bike rider sex, drugs and his parade of tramp describe their interrogations at the hands carbon content in our atmosphere back to for 30 years, I believe I understand the witnesses were so far fetched that it set of Giuliano Mignini. He accused Mario 350 ppm (parts per million), the amount tortuous inner struggle with the resolve off alarm bells all over Amanda’s Seattle of being Il Mostro because he had been that would have maintained the climate to ride the bike. Riding for the first time community. Fear replaced alarm when reporting on the investigation for decades we’ve enjoyed for the last 10,000 years, in your adult life, or at least after many we discovered that this was not the first and had amassed an impressive set of is setting aside September 24 this year years, can be hard. As you make your time Perugia’s PM had used these same files on the case; Mignini imprisoned for people all over the world to make way gasping, with leaden legs, up those tactics, in the decade prior to Meredith’s him, ‘confiscated’ his files and subjected a commitment to curb climate change hills, you look for excuses never to do murder he had become notorious as a him to an outlandish trial. Doug was by getting out of their cars and onto this again. However, along with an wily and ruthless prosecutor. chased out of Italy. their bikes. For those of you still in the intimate awareness of slopes, you will His path to glory using the Monster Doug and Mario were now victims contemplation stages, or maybe not even experience the Vashon roadscape that of Florence case became our path to of a different Monster of Florence, there, the outset of summer is a great you never noticed before: the birds, trees, ruin. an investigation that had become a time to experiment with bike riding. water views, and…. things! If you wait In 1995 Michele Giuttari took over juggernaut, a destructive force. A bike can be had for as little as $5 another six months before trying it again, the MOF investigative squad and by 2002 For over forty years those accused of at Granny’s or as little as $40 or so for a you will be back to the arduous square he had joined forces in a holy war against Continued on Page 8 the Order of the Red Rose (a medieval Continued on Page 8 The Vashon Loop, p. 2 June 9, ‘11 Vashon Delta Dogs Learn how you and your canine AcademiCamp friend can become a Certified Pet Partner Grades 1-5 Get in The Loop Team. Dogs must have basic obedience July 25-29 & Aug. 22-26 skills. Chautauqua Elementary School, Submissions to the Loop Monday, June 13, 6:30pm or Tuesday Run by Teachers June 21 at 5pm Do you have an event or Public Service Announcement? Email questions or Games, Treasure Hunts, submissions to Steven Allen, editor of the Loop, at [email protected]. Photos are welcome as jpeg or pdf attachments. and Frivolity Will dominate Community the schedule Drumming The Atticus “South Spring on Vashon Join Vashon Drum Circle to drum Small, Age leveled groups of the Border” Now is the time of year that mother and sing with Buffalo Heart, our big 2 hour days for $120 wild animals are having their young and community drum, on Friday, June 10, 7 Reading & Potluck raising them. Often wild mothers leave PM outdoors at Village Green. All ages 2 sign-ups for $200 their young alone for stretches of time. Bring a simple Mexican- or any-style are welcome. Buffalo Heart just returned Call Jill Heryford for details So don’t panic if you see a baby fawn or dish or dessert to share while enjoying from a 3000 mile journey to Flagstaff to seal pup alone. You can call me any time 463-0887 a professional dramatic reading of witness and hold space for the birthing for advice. But most often I will ask you “Atticus,” a play adapted by St. John of a new sister drum to serve that these questions. Vianney Pastor Fr. Marc Powell from the community. Come welcome her home Is the baby crying? novel by New York Times best-selling and share the joy, depth and beauty of Is it thin? author Ron Hansen. this recent birthing ceremony. Is it wounded or in a high traffic WHEN: 7 p.m. Saturday, June 18th Sponsored by Woman’s Way area. WHERE: St. John Vianney Catholic Red Lodge, a non-profit dedicated to If the answer to any of these questions Church Hall, 16100 115th Ave. SW. promoting balance and wholeness by is yes, we will come out and check up on COST: Free, but good-will donations enlivening the sacred feminine in our it. But also realize if you stay around a to the church are appreciated. communities, Vashon Drum Circle healthy baby its mom will hide! This Audience members will have a meets every 2nd Friday. During summer often causes problems. chance to offer feedback about the play months we will be outdoors at Village Baby birds are learning to fly.

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