Vol. 8, #11 TO INFORM AND AMUSE -- TO PROVOKE THINKING AND

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Vol. 8, #11 TO INFORM AND AMUSE -- TO PROVOKE THINKING AND ACTIVISM May 26, 2011
Vashon Rotary 4th Annual Father/
PolioPlus fundraiser Daughter Dance
By Craig Hanson By Jeff Sayre
2010 Father/Daughter Dance, Photo by John Sage/FinchHaven
Vashon Allied Arts is sponsoring its era reminiscent of New Orleans. The
fourth annual Father/Daughter Dance, dance will be semi-formal, with coats and
to be held at the Vashon Island Golf and ties for dads and dresses for the ladies.
Country Club on Saturday, June 4th. Desserts and drinks will be provided,
VHS Interact Club students (along with Rotarians Verne Johnson and John Burke) pushing the
Last year’s event was a huge success, and along with a complementary photograph,
iron lung from the high school to Thriftway
most of the dad’s were left breathless by a small gift for each daughter, and
During the first week in June, the 4 countries with endemic polio and there the end of the evening. Smiles and fun memories to last a lifetime. The dance
Vashon Island Rotary Club will hold has been a more than 99% reduction in are guaranteed. Uncles, Grandfathers, will take place from 7 - 9:30 p.m., at
two events related to child health and polio cases. and other stand-ins are also welcome. VIGCC, and Vashon’s own Dan Brown
immunizations: a PolioPlus fundraiser Two years ago the Bill & Melinda Proceeds from the event will benefit will D.J. the event. The evening will kick
and an Immunization Symposium. Gates Foundation issued RI a challenge VAA’s Blue Heron Dance program. off with some helpful group instruction.
In 1988, Rotary International (RI) grant. If Rotary could raise $100 The theme for this year is Mardi Gras, John Sage graciously returns from last
began a program called PolioPlus whose million, the Foundation would match and participants will be transported to an
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ambitious goal was to eradicate polio it. Recognizing how close we were to
from the face of the planet. At that time the goal of complete eradication, and
there were 125 countries where polio was also acknowledging the very large job Slander Trial Begins for
endemic and 350,000 new cases of polio remaining to meet the goal, the Gates
were reported each year. Working with Foundation offered a new challenge. If RI
the World Health Organization and other could raise $200 million, the Foundation Amanda Knox
partners, PolioPlus has since immunized
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over 2 billion children. Now there are just
Curt Knox, Amanda’s father, was By Karen Pruett
Road to Resilience back in Perugia for the beginning of her aftermath of Meredith’s slaying. During
Slander trial and for a hearing on her the Illegal Interrogation she said police
continuing Appeal. She and her friend, repeatedly called her a “stupid liar” and
By Terry Sullivan, Transition Vashon
Raffaele Sollecito, were convicted for one officer slapped her in the back of the
What is Resilience? the murder of her roommate Meredith head twice. Police denied misconduct
Kercher in 2009 and they have repeatedly and filed charges saying her comments
I recently received a response from an alternative source? If the power goes asserted their innocence. “She is holding were slanderous. Curiously Amanda
a reader wanting to know what I mean out, do you have a way of getting water up as well as you would expect for said that only one female officer slapped
by resilience. So, I decided that I would and providing heat for your home? In the a person who has been in prison for her and she testified to that in court, but
give you the whole nine yards. Don’t same sense, having a variety of skills and three-and-a-half years for a crime she eight police officers, male and female, are
stop reading! There is actually some knowledge yourself, or amongst your didn’t commit. She still has faith that the suing her for slander.
interesting stuff to know about this neighbors, will increase the likelihood of Italian Justice system will seek the truth The Knox family has also filed a
concept. your adapting successfully to unexpected in her appeals trial,” said Curt. “She complaint because PM Giuliano Mignini
Resilience is the ability of an object change. A plumbing leak could be dire goes through a variety of emotions, from is prosecutor as well as offended party
to regain its shape after an impact on an island of electricians. anger to anxiety to crying to calm.” for the slander trial and they want it
with another object. In the context Diversifying the local economy is Curt will be in Perugia for a couple moved to Florence or Rome. “The case
of communities, when exposed to also important so as to maintain business of weeks to visit Amanda; he said several is supposed to be tried in a different
unexpected disturbance or change, it activity when one market is weak. of her friends from the United States jurisdiction (than Perugia) where he
refers to the ability to avoid collapse, Diversity amongst communities had been to visit her throughout her can be a party and not be bolstered by
respond, adapt, and maintain its basic means that each community can pursue imprisonment, which is keeping her his colleagues in his office,” Amanda’s
function and structure. In other words, the solution that takes advantage of the spirits up. Their devotion has not been stepfather, Chris Mellas told the West
to be able to “take a lickin’ and keep on unique qualities and strengths inherent lost on the Perugians and many locals Seattle Herald. Mignini’s involvement
tickin’”. There are at least three features in each, rather than a top down “one size have told the family that they know in the slander case will be determined
that figure importantly in the resilience fits all” approach. Amanda is innocent. in October. If Amanda wins her appeal
of any system or community: Diversity, Modularity means that each On May 17, 2011, the first hearing in she could be home before then. Fingers
Modularity, and tightness of feedbacks. community maximizes its ability to Amanda’s slander trial was adjourned crossed!
Diversity has many different aspects. function independently of all the others. until November 15 after “a brief hearing Amanda’s parents, Curt Knox and
Firstly, it provides alternate ways of This is where economic globalization devoted to procedural matters,” said her Edda Mellas, are due to appear in court
doings things in the wake of failure in has made us seriously vulnerable. For lawyer, Luciano Ghirga. Amanda claimed on July 4 for their own Slander Trial. The
any one system, ie. “there’s more than the sake of efficiency, we are directed she was slapped and put under pressure police are also suing them for repeating
one way to skin a cat”. If the food fails to to eliminate all redundancies and to by police when she was questioned in the
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The Vashon Loop, p. 2 May 28, ‘11
Washington State AcademiCamp
Get in The Loop
Ferry Public Meeting
Grades 1-5
June 1st. Washington State July 25-29 & Aug. 22-26
Ferry Public Meeting, 6:30-8:30 pm
at McMurray. David Moseley will
Submissions to the Loop Run by Teachers
speak about the Legislative Session and
Do you have an event or Public Service Announcement? Email questions or possibly about the current construction Games, Treasure Hunts,
submissions to Steven Allen, editor of the Loop, at [email protected]. Photos of the 64 car ferries.
and Frivolity Will dominate
are welcome as jpeg or pdf attachments. Greg Beardsley, our Vashon Ferry
the schedule
Advisory Committee Chair (FAC), is
bringing up an issue concerning “on time
Proposed King VMICC Seeks New
performance”. Here is an excerpt from a Small, Age leveled groups
County Zoning Board Member memo he copied to David Moseley which
2 hour days for $120
I’m sure you will want to be discussed
Changes Due to the resignation of board at the meeting: 2 sign-ups for $200
member John Stazeck. The Vashon Recently passed legislation has
Call Jill Heryford for details
DDES is taking public comment on the Maury Island Community Council provisions for “on-time performance.”
proposals through Friday, June 10. After board is accepting applications for the This is supposed to be adjusted for 463-0887
reviewing public comments, DDES will vacant board seat. There is about a year individual routes. The Triangle route has
make a recommendation to the Executive and a half left on the vacated position. a constant and consistent issue with this.
who will then decide whether to forward Applicants will be voted on by the board no matter what happens the slightest
the recommendations to the King County for approval at the next general meeting. hiccup causes a delay because the traffic
Council for its review. The King County Please send a letter of interest to tim. volume is high and the Fauntleroy Dock
Council will hold public meetings and take [email protected] to be considered. is being used at, or beyond, its design
comment on any recommendations before capacity. One ambulance run has the
it takes action. same effect as a car with the keys locked
Community Cinema
The proposed ordinance and a in or unable to start. The boats will be
summary of the proposed amendments is off schedule.
Vashon Presents:
available on the DDES website at Last year Kingston-Edmonds faced a
www.kingcounty.gov/property/ Two Spirits similar problem. WSF’s solution was to “Open my eyes, that I
permits/codes/legislation/legnews/ drop to runs during the day and spread
may see wonderful
PublicReviewComment.aspx. Community Cinema Vashon presents the departure schedule to allow the
Comments may be submitted in TWO SPIRITS - FREE - Sunday, June 5th, boats to be on time more often. During things in Your Torah”
writing not later than 5 pm, Friday, June Ober Park Performance Room, 3:00- the public meeting in December I started Psalm 119.18
10 to: 5:00pm. the meeting with a straw vote of those
Harry Reinert Filmmaker Lydia Nibley explores present. Did the people there want to torahinmyheart.com
King County Department of the cultural context behind a tragic and have the boats more on time and loose
Development and Environmental Services, senseless murder. Fred Martinez was a three runs per day or continue as is with
900 Oakesdale Ave SW, Renton, WA Navajo youth slain at the age of 16. But the boats sometimes being off schedule. The Atticus “South
98507 Fred was part of an honored Navajo The vote was unanimous that we stay
Email: tradition - the nadleeh, or ‘two-spirit,’ with the schedule we have. of the Border”
[email protected] who possesses a balance of masculine
For additional information, contact and feminine traits. In relating Fred’s Reading & Potluck
VMICC Meeting
Harry Reinert at the above address story, Nibley reminds us of the values
Bring a simple Mexican- or any-style
or by telephone at 206.296.7132. that America’s indigenous peoples have
Reminders dish or dessert to share while enjoying
long embraced.
a professional dramatic reading of
The after film speakers, Q & A and
VMICC Board Meeting @ McMurray “Atticus,” a play adapted by St. John
Caregivers discussion will include topics of gender
MS 6:30pm Monday, June 6th, 2011. Vianney Pastor Fr. Marc Powell from the
identity, bullying/suicide prevention,
Support Group VMICC General Meeting @ novel by New York Times best-selling
teaching tolerance and extending the
McMurray MS 7:00pm Monday, June author Ron Hansen.
Vashon Community Care Center hosts circle of acceptance beyond two-spirit
20th, 2011. WHEN: 7 p.m. Saturday, June 18th
a monthly Caregivers Support Group. The people to all LGBT Americans. For more
Just another reminder that the WHERE: St. John Vianney Catholic
group meets on the second Thursday of every information on this film and a video
meeting will be held at the VIFR EOC Church Hall, 16100 115th Ave. SW.
month at 7pm. The next meeting is april 14. preview visit: www.vashonmovies.
Room at 7pm on Thursday, May 26th. A COST: Free, but good-will donations
This group is geared toward family or friend blogspot.com/ (Vashon Movie News).
caregivers, rather than paid caregivers. This few items will be presented by the public, to the church are appreciated.
The topics of this film are presented
month, we are again offering care for those including inquiries regarding a stop Audience members will have a
in a positive and compassionate way. It
who need it during the meeting. If interested, sign on Ellisport Rd. near Monument chance to offer feedback about the play
will be an important film especially for
please make a reservation by calling Julea at Rd. and the move of a speed limit sign before it is revised for full production
teens and parents as well as the whole
206-567-6142 near Burma Rd. on Vashon Highway at Blue Heron Arts Center at 8 p.m.
community. Remember, “It takes a
SW. Commercial signs will also be Saturday, Nov. 5th and 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
village to raise a child.” We All Belong
Compost the Loop discussed. Sunday, Nov. 6th. You can pre-read the
is about “Nurturing a spirit of inclusion”
The Loop’s soy-based ink More information can be found at novel by purchasing it at Vashon Book
on Vashon.
is good for composting. www.vmicc.org. Shop or Books By The Way.
This is the 3rd monthly screening
New York Times best-selling author
event hosted by We All Belong - FREE
Ron Hansen (“Mariette in Ecstasy” and
Find the Loop on-line at film and discussion, a project of Welcome We Bring the Beach
“The Assassination of Jesse James by the
www.vashonloop.com. Vashon. The summer mini-season
Coward Robert Ford,” which was made
will begin July 24th with Me Facing to You! –For Elders
into a hit movie starring Brad Pitt) will
Life: Cyntoia’s Story. This will be co-
The Vashon Loop sponsored by the Dove Project. & Families attend the Nov. 5th opening for an after-
show Q&A with the audience.
Community Cinema Vashon will
LISABEULA PARK
Writers: Kathy Abascal, Deborah continue FREE each month. Watch for
Saturday, June 4, noon to 2pm
Anderson, Marie Browne, Eric Francis, community fliers and media coverage.
There’s a chair in the shade for you Vashon Island Fruit
Troy Kindred, Melissa McCann, Orca Contact: Jane Berg 567-4532 -
on the upper beach.
Annie, Kevin Pottinger, Steve Amos, [email protected] for more
Vashon Beach Naturalists and junior Club Logo Contest:
Ed Swan, Mary Litchfield Tuel, Marj information.
Watkins, Peter Ray. naturalists from Homestead School will Cash prizes, Plus Fame
Original art, comics, cartoons: DeeBee, roam the tideline in search of beach life.
Ed Frohning, Rick Tuel, Jeff Hawley, They’ll bring trays of seawater with The logo must have “Vashon Island
VCC temporarily
Alex Soriano. Steve Krueger specimens to show you, and they’ll tell Fruit Club” spelled out.
Ad sales and design: Steven Allen relocating Sunday you about the lives, loves, and food It must be received in our PO Box
Phone [phone] preferences of each one. (VIFC, PO Box 2242, Vashon, WA 98070)
Email: [email protected] Services Co-sponsored by Vashon Beach by July 1; electronic submissions must
Editor: Steven Allen Naturalists, Vashon Park District, also be received by July 1. To submit
Vashon Island Community Church
Email: [email protected] Vashon-Maury Island Audubon, and electronically, call Ron Weston at 463-
is temporarily relocating Sunday services
Publisher: Steven Allen Vashon College. 9026 for instructions. All printed entries
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Paid advertisements in The Vashon Loop purpose room (the cafeteria) beginning
(8 1/2 x 11 in).
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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
up with a plan of support for men and women under his command.
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Bennedsen’s family and friends wish to fulfill Bennedsen’s plan and ask that
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Any metals any size! More than just metal in your pile,
requested. The list includes mechanic’s gloves, green uniform socks, sunscreen,
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The Vashon Loop, p. 4 May 28, ‘11
Heritage Museum Vashon Food Security Group
Sports Exhibition Offers Food Preservation
By C. Hunter Davis
Tools to Community
By Jessica Lisovsky
These are not the best of times— us with both great advantages and
there’s enough bad news to make us interesting challenges. We are lucky that
all, either pull our hair out or just pull there are groups working in many areas
the covers over our heads, roll over and that need to be addressed: green energy,
groan. The pictures coming out of Japan housing, jobs, water conservation, food
after the recent earthquake, tsunami and security and more. As part of the Vashon
subsequent nuclear crisis are terrifying Food Security Group, sponsors of the
and remind us of how vulnerable we annual Food Preservation Fair, I would
all are to the forces of nature. The like to suggest one way that many of us
rolling revolutions in the Middle East can become more self-reliant in our own
are triggering higher gas prices affecting lives. We can preserve food!
the cost of everything that must be Thanks to a grant from Sustainable
transported from point A to point B using Vashon, the Vashon Food Security Group
anything except a horse, llama, bicycle or has put together an Equipment Lending
burro. A direct result of these energy costs Library. It includes all the tools you need
is that food prices are spiking again. to preserve food. It is available to the
A recent op-ed piece in the Seattle community anytime of year with just a
Times (4/3/11) by Neal Peirce highlights phone call—and a small donation.
one of my favorite books: Small is Beautiful On Saturday, May 28th (over
by E. F. Schumacher and reminds us that Memorial Day weekend), the Vashon
we may have reached the point of what Food Security Group will be at Saturday
Grandma use to call “too big for our Market on the Green with the Equipment
Did you know that Burton and and former coaches, have done a terrific breeches”. Just because we are able to Library to talk about food preservation
Vashon were once fierce rivals? The two job of showing how sports have changed invent a lot of really cool stuff (nuclear and share recipes and tips. All the tools
high schools that is, that battled each throughout 120 plus years of Island power plants, deep-water drilling rigs, will be on display and available for
other in sports and Islanders were quite games. The exhibition covers uniforms, credit-default swaps, etc.), does that mean borrowing. There is also an excellent
divided by their teams. Did you also team photos as well as trophies and we SHOULD? We seem to be getting video on canning and freezing.
know that the Pirates (once there was tidbits from many of the various athletics ourselves into trouble when we construct If you miss the Saturday in May, there
only one school) won a football game played on Vashon. It’s a fun travel down huge systems that cause huge damage are 3 more chances for you to look over
81 to 0? And yes, they also lost another memory lane to pick out familiar faces if something goes wrong. Washington the equipment uptown and talk to folks
91 to 0. in the photos and be amused at how the Post columnist Steven Perlstein calls it who love to preserve their own food.
This information and more is the uniforms have changed over time. “low-probability, high-impact events” Preserving food is fun, satisfying and it
subject of the new show at the Heritage The show opens on Friday, June and reminds us that those events have helps with the budget.
Museum . Dick Warren and Jim Bettie 3rd from 6 to 9 PM. The Vashon Maury plagued “human experience since Noah You can see the equipment and talk
combed through masses of photos, Island heritage Museum, located at 10105 and the flood.” with your food preserving neighbors
trophies, sports gear and more to celebrate SW Bank Road, is open Wednesday, Mr. Peirce suggests we apply one of on:
Pirate sports. These two lifelong friends, Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 4PM. The Schumacher’s prescriptions: “smallness May 28th 10am – 2 pm at Saturday
both Pirate football players in the 40’s show runs until September. within bigness” to all of our systems. In Market on the Green
the area of our food systems that would June 25th 10am – 2 pm outside
mean more small (organic!) gardens and Thriftway, next to True Value.
farms in and around population centers August 20th Annual Food
resulting in fresher, healthier food on one Preservation Fair (next to the Green)
hand and less reliance on fossil fuels since Sept. 24th 10am – 2 pm outside
we will have shortened the supply line. Thriftway, next to True Value.
Growing our food is the first step toward And remember: the equipment
self-reliance—the next step is preserving library is open year-round. Call Cathy
and storing that food so that it is there in Fulton at 463-5652, borrow your food
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May 28, ‘11 The Vashon Loop, p. 5
Island Life
Reality Reality
by Peter Ray
So I’m going to hurl myself against
the wall ‘Cause I’d rather feel bad than
not feel anything at all
Lyrics from Ain’t that Pretty at
All by Warren Zevon
It is bicycle racing season,
although the only thing most people
are hearing about the sport these days
are the echoing doping accusations
being flung by disgruntled and often
disgraced former teammates at cycling
legend Lance Armstrong like so much
over-cooked pasta, in the hopes that
some of it will finally stick. What most
people are missing, however, are the real
glories of bike racing being played out in
the flats and mountains of Italy, and the
just completed dashing ups and downs
on the Tour of California. One could
point to the strange hypocrisy of having
the premiere cycling event in these
United States being sponsored by the
same drug company that manufactures
the performance enhancing substance
whose use is banned by the International
Cycling Federation, but that would get Island bike rides since March. It had Horner grinning his way to a mountain
into a depth and breadth of absurdity otherwise been a winter of sloth for me, stage victory in the Tour of California, it
we have no time and no where near so I resolved going in to ride my own seemed to be a simple thing to try. I’m Cerise Noah
the space for here. Instead we will give ride and hopefully get through the whole here to say that I believe it worked, as I
a nod of recognition to the snippet of thing, knowing full well that having tried made it through the whole ride, all 47
Mr. Zevon’s song lyrics above while easier Island loops before, and bailed miles and 5,200 feet of elevation gain of
describing an event, both past and future, part way through, that even an “easy” it.
on our home turf. Island circuit is not all that easy. Leaving There was something else from
It started with an email and Jensen Point in the group I felt okay, but Born to Run that I almost tried for the
an invitation to join in on a trial run as soon as we hit the climb up Burton ride, but didn’t in deference to the old
of something Bruce Morser and the Hill I realized I wouldn’t be a part of this adage- if you can avoid it, don’t do
members of the Vashon Island Rowing group for long. I was right. anything new right before race day.
Club (VIRC) had decided to call the There was some imaginary Don’t buy new shoes right before a big
Passport to Pain. How could one resist training coming in as well. Watching run, get them and break them in first. Professional, Knowledgeable
such an offer, one might ask? To start cycling greats self-propel up narrow Don’t buy a new bike before a big ride- Fun & Friendly to work with.
with, there was the map of the Island roads with slope percentages ranging tune up the one you’ve got or get the new
with cute, squiggly red lines all over into the twenties can’t do anything but one well in advance of the event. I was 360-393-5826
it somewhat resembling those “Billy’s help the viewer’s climbing prowess, thinking of trying the “secret” energy [email protected]
Route Home” cartoons from Bill Keane right? And having just finished reading drink of the Tarahumara to help get
and his Family Circus comic syndication. Christopher McDougall’s magical ultra- through the ride, but opted for the tried
The only difference was that all the running book, Born to Run, I knew there and true green goo of Accelerade instead.
deviations were not there for distraction- was nothing I couldn’t do. Actually, It did help. But after the ride Wendy
they were the pain. Each detour and that’s not quite right. If anything, I mixed me up a bit of Iskiate- a blend of
tangent was there as a vertical challenge was a bit concerned about the damage water, lime juice, a bit of sugar and some
to be confronted and conquered. It was a I might do to myself by jumping into scoops of chia seeds, and in writing on
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bit like being handed a walking stick and the fire like this. As the pedals turned, I this day after when I normally would be
a trail map with x’s marking bee’s nests took it relatively easy in order to make hobbling, I find myself to be nearly pain
that you would then find and poke at it all the way through. I got off and free and ready to go again. of The Loop
with the stick, and then run from while walked up most of the steepest parts of For those interested, a full blown
seeing how few (or many) times you the Burma Road climb, a stretch that is Passport to Pain ride is in the works for Comes out
got stung. Yes, this is what some of us hard to impossible even when you are in sometime this Fall as a fundraiser for
consider to be good fun. shape. I did, however, visualize climbing the rowing club. At that time, Billy’s Thursday,
While this was being billed as forms gleaned from my mountain stage route home will include Maury as well,
a ride, not a race, I knew that because it Giro viewing. I also thought back to along with plenty of bee’s nests over the June 9
was a bunch of guys on bikes that, well, one of the lessons offered in Born to seventy mile route which includes 10,000
it was going to be a race anyway. I also Run, and that was “smiling through feet of elevation gain. Watch for details
knew that I was not ready for either the the pain”. In reading about how the as September approaches and start riding Deadline for the next
distance or traveling quickly over it. Tarahumara runners from Mexico smiled now. If you do decide to ride, don’t forget edition of The Loop is
Part of my training had been a week of and floated over hundreds of off road your passport (it will be supplied), some
Friday, June 3
swimming and very spotty ‘round the trail running miles, and in seeing Chris Iskiate, and a smile.
The Vashon Loop, p. 6 May 28, ‘11
Top 10 Workout Mistakes Mistakes 9-10
by Rochelle Gravance
NAFC Master Level Certified,
IYCA Level 2 Conditioning Specialist
Physique Transformation Specialist
Habitsforming.com - [email protected]
9. Time is of the essence. One of our most valuable Super Set #3
resources is time. We can find time hidden everywhere Chin up (max reps)
if we look for it. We can also let it become lost in the Plank (1:00-2:00)
daily shuffle. Once you have decided to make time for Rest 1:00
your workouts, you need not waste it. Spending more Keeping your rest periods down to a minimum will
than an hour working out isn’t necessary. If designed also save time and challenge your conditioning.
properly using all the suggested strategies thus far, you Another time saver to consider is the method called
can build and complete a dynamic workout that will get circuit training. This is a great way to get a total body
you the results you are looking for including warm up workout while saving time with the added bonus of
and stretching in as little as 20 minutes and as much as challenging your cardiovascular system.
45 minutes. Example: Squats
RESOLUTION: Pushups
Efficiency lends itself to productivity. We are the Lunge
most productive humans to ever walk the earth. We get Body-weight Row
more done in a day than ever before. Now I’m not here Single Leg Ankle Touch
to say that we use all that productivity wisely because Plank
if we did, we’d most likely be a whole bunch healthier Rest 1:00-2:00 minutes
right now. Repeat (1-4 more times)
So, how do we find ways to be productive and 10. Knowing is only half the battle. So now you know
efficient within our workouts? One method is called what you can do to get back in your clothes and have
super setting. This means we take two non-competing them fitting better than ever. Are you doing it? Playing
exercises and perform them back to back without rest. the hit and miss game with your workouts and nutrition
Once one “super set” is complete and you’ve rested program is detrimental to long term success. Eventually,
your allotted time, follow the same tactic to finish out you’ll tire and burn out from less than productive results
1-4 more sets of the same exercises. Start out with one and quit all together thinking the program isn’t working.
to two sets of each “super set” and progress accordingly Let me be the first to tell you that being healthy and fit
as your fitness level improves. Once your entire “super takes EFFORT. It doesn’t take a lot of time but it does
set” is complete for the two exercises, select the next take effort.
two exercises on the list and complete the intended sets RESOLUTION:
until “super set” #2 is complete. Choose 6 compound Follow all the suggestions mentioned thus far and
exercises per workout (that’s 3 super sets), complete each get your workouts “done”. Once you follow the plan
in the described fashion and you’re done. religiously for 60-90 days, not only will you see results,
Example: Super Set #1 you’ll also develop better habits which simply means that
Squats (8-12 reps) eating well and working out consistently will become part
Pushups (8-12 reps) of your everyday life.
Rest 1:00 There you have it. The Top 10 Mistakes…and
Resolutions to turn your efforts into results.
Super Set #2
Body-weight Row (8-12 reps)
Lunge (8-12 reps)
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Don’t Call Australia This chart was meant to keep me from Continued from Page 1
in the Morning making a friendly telephone call that woke Amanda’s claim of “being slapped twice in forensic police to hand over information
them up at four in the morning, which I did the back of the head” to England’s Sunday essential to their report. They still haven’t
by Mary Tuel
once, and I could tell it was not appreciated. Times during a 2009 interview. Neither received it and will therefore request a 40
As I am writing this, it is May 20, 2011. Friendship is all well and good, and a great the reporter nor the Times are being sued days extension,” said Carlo della Vedova,
According to some people who have been thing, but there are boundaries. it appears that only Amanda’s family is another of Amanda’s lawyers. “It’s not
getting a lot of press lately, the end of the I can tell you as a general rule that it is targeted, evidentially in an effort to cut the first time we’ve asked for the police to
world is supposed to occur tomorrow, May not a good idea to call Australia from the her off from support. hand over this information. They weren’t
21. If that is the case, it won’t matter that West Coast of the United States between July 4th is also the beginning of able to find any DNA on the knife blade at
I didn’t get my column in before deadline our three in the morning and let’s say our the defamation suit against Lifetime all, and it wasn’t possible to repeat the test
today. one or two in the afternoon. Observing Network’s made for TV movie which on the bra clip. It had been kept in a wet
found it’s way into Italy; such media bag and had completely disintegrated.”
That’s what I was thinking, and these guidelines respects the sleep schedule
during an Appeal is illegal under Italian Prosecutors have maintained that
then I thought, wait. Do they mean May of people living on Sydney time. If you
Law. After it’s release a ‘laundry list’ Amanda’s DNA was found on the Knife’s
21 American time, or May 21 Sydney, live in some other time zone but the West
appeared online citing some 30 factual handle and that Meredith’s DNA was
Australia, time? Coast of the United States, you’re on your
errors that supported the prosecution’s found on the blade. They say Raffaele’s
We have friends who live on the east own. It was hard enough for me to figure
version of events and painted Amanda DNA was found on the Clasp of Meredith’s
coast of Australia north of Sydney, and out this much.
and Raffaele in a negative light. bra.
when ever I try to figure out what time Oops – just looked on Facebook, and
Amanda’s lawyers are taking Lifetime The Defense says those DNA traces
it is there, I use the simple rule that they our god daughter who lives in Cairo, Egypt,
to task for “stealing her life.” The movie were inconclusive and that they might
are eighteen hours ahead of us, or, as I has observed that if the end of the world
was not sanctioned or supported by either have been contaminated when they were
sometimes like to think of it, six hours was occurring on Greenwich Mean Time,
the Knox or Sollecito families and Lifetime collected and analyzed.
behind us, tomorrow. So if it’s seven it’s late. Maybe not May 21, after all. was repeatedly asked to not film in Italy The two court-appointed experts could
twenty-five in the evening Friday on I tend to think that when Jesus said, or to air the movie during the appeals. All not retest the miniscule traces and are now
Vashon Island (and it is right now), then “no one shall know the hour or the day,” requests were ignored. When it did air, we assessing the reliability of the original
it’s – um – wait – one twenty-five Saturday he knew what he was talking about. No one realized that Lifetime had used two of the tests. After obtaining the 40-day delay to
afternoon in Sydney. So it’s already more will see it coming. So straighten up and fly most damaging reporters as their sources. collect all the documents, the experts from
than halfway through May 21 there. Maybe right, pal. You never know. Nick Pisa, of the Daily Mail, is the English La Sapienza University will conclude their
I should give them a call and see how And don’t call Australia in the reporter who hacked Amanda’s My investigation by June 30 and report their
they’re doing. What if they don’t answer? morning. Space page and destroyed her childhood findings to the court on July 25.
That simple rule is simple because it’s nickname Foxy Knoxy. Recently Pisa Chief of Homicide Monica Napoleoni,
was quoted on the Today Show saying, who missed a previous court date, was
“The House of Cards it’s built on is slowly asked to produce missing records of
PERRY’S VASHON collapsing, it looks like it will collapse in a witnesses who contradicted the testimony
very spectacular fashion.” It is bittersweet of Superwitness Antonio “Toto” Curatolo.
to hear him finally speaking the truth. Toto is the heroin addict who lives
Barbie Nadeau is a freelance reporter who on a park bench in the piazza above
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wrote a novella based on the prosecution’s Amanda’s apartment and claimed to see
sordid tale. them watching the house the night of the
May 21st was another hearing for the murder. But previously on the stand he
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first thanking them for listening to the telling of costumed students getting into
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said, “I am innocent and have been in jail Meredith’s murder, is a national holiday
for more than three-and-a-half years. It is and no buses were running.
Open 11am to 8pm Monday-Saturday very frustrating and mentally exhausting To his credit Judge Hellmann decided
for me, but nothing is more important than to hear new witnesses in June that were
12pm to 5pm Sunday finding the truth after prejudices and many rejected by Judge Massei in the first trial.
mistakes. I remember the first days when I Several inmates from Viterbo prison,
was free and when I was being questioned where Rudy Guede is being held, came
as a witness and then eventually as a forward to tell the court that Guede
suspect. I remember I was young and I claims Amanda and Raffaele were not
didn’t understand what was happening. at the apartment the night of the murder
The most important thing is that I do not and that he feels some guilt for blaming
want to stay in jail unjustifiably for all my them. Mario Alessi, a convicted child
life.” murderer, and other convicts have written
Curt said, “The independent experts letters claiming to know who really killed
have made requests for specific information Meredith Kercher and wanted to give
from the forensic police related to the DNA evidence. The existence of these letters
testing of the knife in particular and this has been known since the early days of the
data is not being provided. Amanda is not trial, but the Judge Massei, in the original
afraid of the truth, it will be interesting to trial, ruled them as inadmissible. By law
understand why the forensic police are not when a person offers testimony the court
willing to provide the independent experts is obliged to pursue, record and verify
the information they feel is necessary in the information and this was not done
order to provide a fully reviewed final in Alessi’s or the other prisoners cases.
report. I know Amanda is upset about Another broken law, one of many by the
Bob Webster continuing to stay in prison but is thankful nefarious prosecution.
to the court for the full evaluation.” In a bazaar twist, one of many in this
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Licensed Bonded and Insured release the original DNA data and she letter, dated May 6, that said Meredith
[email protected] has refused. The Knife and Bra Clasp was the victim of a ‘hit’ over a $100,000
LIC# BOBWEWH9290E are at issue and the police have denied drug debt. It is not unusual for convicts
VISA and Mastercard accepted the defense access to the documents for to create stories to get out of prison for a
over three years. “The experts asked the Continued on Page 9
May 28, ‘11 The Vashon Loop, p. 9
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flowing. Suddenly, you are more able to
Tablespoon white mustard seeds
properly digest your food.
1 teaspoon fenugreek seeds
And, interestingly, the effect of bitters
2 Tablespoons minced ginger root
goes beyond improving digestion. Over
I Tablespoon whole coriander seeds,
time, bitter formulas will have additional
optional
beneficial effects on the body. They can
1 Tablespoon each dill and celery
improve heart function, strengthen
seeds, optional
nerves, and stimulate appetite. Bitters
are useful in many, varied digestive
Add and stir-fry until onions are
disorders. They can provide substantial
semi-transparent:
relief to those who do not digest fats or
4 yellow dry onions, wedge-cut in
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¼-inch wide slices
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1 head garlic cloves, mashed and
course, bitters are not for everyone.
Fourteen people gathered for a peeled
People with red, pointed tongues will
meal at our extended table on the eve of 1 green chili pepper, minced, or
not benefit from them. In contrast, those
the recent memorial service for my late green Tabasco sauce to taste
with coated tongues will benefit greatly.
husband. How could I cope with the 1 stick cinnamon finely broken up (I
Because bitters stimulate the secretion
throng, half of them vegetarians, with used a small hammer on it.
of stomach acid they may be the wrong
a minimum of hassle and a maximum Add the onion mixture to the lentils
Herbal Bitters remedy for those with hyperacidity.
of mouth-watering elegancy, bearing in and beans. Stir. Simmer covered 1 hour
However, frequently people who are
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eating improperly (that is eating under
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Bitters are one of the simplest, oldest, stress or not eating much greens) actually
The answer that came at once to my if needed.
and most effective of herbal remedies. do not secrete enough stomach acid when
mind was a Rijstaffel. That’s a Dutch
Bitters are simply herbs with a strongly they eat and oversecrete in between
word for a sort of potluck invented by the Add and stir in:
bitter taste. Today, many of us need meals. Those individuals can be greatly
British Raj in India long, long ago. The 1 Tablespoon dried crumbled
those bitters more than ever before. Once helped by bitters even though they
host cooked the curry and the rice. Each marjoram leaves or 3 Tablespoons fresh
upon a time, much of our food was on appear to have too much stomach acid.
guest had his houseboy bring something marjoram leaves, or 1 scant teaspoon
the bitter side. Wild greens, wild berries, Bitters come in three forms: Simple
to put on it. powdered marjoram
wild vegetables usually range in taste bitters, aromatic bitters, and pungent
The heart of a Rijstaffel meal is the ½ teaspoon ground cloves
from slightly bitter to very bitter indeed. bitters. The best known bitter is gentian
curry. For a vegan or vegetarian curry, 1 ½ Tablespoons curry powder, or
We developed an ability to handle those (Gentiana spp.). This plant has a lovely
sprouting develops the Vitamin E in the to taste
foods and it appears that we have not blue flower and contains one of the
lentils and the beans. Sprouting makes 2 teaspoons salt, or to taste
modified our digestive responses in the most bitter chemicals known to man.
legumes cook faster and keeps them from Turn off the heat and let the flavors
short time that we have been cultivating This chemical is now synthesized and
causing gas. Without a couple of days meld while you assemble the rest of the
foods. Over the 10,000 or so years since wires are treated with it to discourage
forewarning for sprouting, you’ll need meal.
we began cultivating our food, we rats from gnawing on them. Gentian is
to give the legumes the longer cooking Serve with yogurt to refresh and
favored seeds from the plants with a a common ingredient in many formulas.
time allowed for in the recipe below. cool the palates while eating the hot
sweeter taste. So our food today usually But there are many other simple bitters.
I doubt you’ll be cooking for fourteen curry. Garnish with “boys” (side-dishes
range in taste from slightly sweet to very Local plants that serve well as a bitter are
people, but if you must, here’s the recipe, carried in
sweet. Those sweet tastes, however, do Oregon grape root (Mahonia aquifolium)
developed from one supplied years ago by each British officer’s servant boy).
not trigger the digestive responses that and its barberry relatives (Berberis spp).
by Kaj Berry. One might bring the chutney, another
bitter tasting plants do. The aromatic bitters also contain
raisins, others slivered toasted almonds,
Moreover, we increasingly live in volatile oils that help relieve intestinal
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the midst of emotional stress that also spasms, flatulence, and more strongly
14 to 16 servings tops, minced parsley, pineapple bits,
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chopped hard-boiled eggs, or horseradish,
we enter into “flight or fight” mode and greater digestive relief but lack the tonic
LENTIL & BEAN CURRY or chopped toasted peanuts.
our stress hormones prepare us to be effect of the simple bitters. An example
Total cooking time: 1 ½ hours To toast peanuts, spread the shelled
able to move quickly and effectively. is angelica (Angelica archangelica) root, a
nuts in a single layer on a bacon sheet.
In stress, we do not secrete the saliva common ingredient in many liqueurs.
3 cups brown lentils Slip it into a 400-degree oven for a few
that contains carbohydrate-digesting In fact, many liqueurs are old bitter
2 cups small red beans minutes, watching to see that they don’t
enzymes. We do not secrete stomach herbal formulas intended to improve
Water to cover plus 1 inch over-brown. Chop the roasted nuts in a
acid, bile or pancreatic enzymes. We digestion. Wild candytuft (Iberis amara)
Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover, food processor or nut-chopper.
instead divert blood from the intestinal is an aromatic bitter that in formulas
and cook slowly for 30 minutes. For beverage, we offered sparkling
tract to our muscles. We are ready for appears to help irritable bowel syndrome
In a fairly large skillet, stir-fry until water and juices.
physical exertion and are not prepared symptoms. Finally, there are the pungent
the mustard seeds pop:
to digest food. Nonetheless, many of us or warming bitters such as ginger
cope with our anger, anxiety, and fear (Zingiber officinale).
by eating. For obvious reasons, we do Ginger is often used when nausea
a poor job of digesting our food under is a dominant symptom. For many
Slander Trial Begins for Amanda Knox
those circumstances. This leads to many individuals, simply working more leafy
digestive issues ranging from simple greens (with their moderate bitterness)
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indigestion (with burping and farting and spices like ginger and turmeric into
day or to curry favor and judge Hellmann’s room.” the most usual expression), dyspepsia, the diet will suffice to maintain proper
hesitancy regarding Pace is evidence of his Mignini’s theories over the years have heart burn, and a variety of intestinal digestion. But in others, herbal bitters
caution with this new story. ranged from a Drug Fueled Orgy Gone disorders. provide a remarkable, simple, and safe
In other news, Frank Sfarzo, the Wrong to an attempt to steal Meredith’s So what do bitters do? Our bodies remedy. They are fabulous for those
Perugian blogger who became number rent money, but the 62-year-old prosecutor respond to the taste of food. Thus, who tend to have dry skin, are slightly
twelve on Mignini’s defamation ‘hit list,’ has failed to support his views with any if we taste sweet we will begin to constipated, tend to maintain their blood
(Amanda is number one) found help credible evidence. Graham continues, “At secrete insulin. Bitter taste triggers a sugar levels by eating simple sweet foods
outside of Italy to save his blog, Perugia the end of our interview, Mignini smirked more complex chain reaction in the (as opposed to fatty sweet foods), often
Shock. Sweden, US, Canada and Britain and asked that details of what he said
body. First, by reflex, we begin to have a coated tongue, and tend not to
all helped to restore the informative blog “remain here in his office.” We are glad
secrete saliva and salivary enzymes. This especially like meals heavy in fats and
that was deleted by Google on Mignini’s Bob didn’t listen.
reflex overrides the effect of adrenalin. proteins. As we age, digestive problems
order. Frank, in the meantime, is trying The Sun interview also points out
Digestive secretions begin flowing. If you often appear and bitters are often a safe,
to stay out of the way of the police as he a crucial point, one that the defense has
take some bitters 10-15 minutes before inexpensive, and useful way to help us
gets ready for his own slander trial and continued to draw attention to, “both the
eating, you will have stomach acid to digest and absorb nutrients in our food.
will resume blogging as soon as possible. police and prosecutor failed to follow strict
greet the food you eat. The bitter taste
We wish him well and hope he is able to Italian legal rules and laws. The entire
stay safe. police investigation - directed by Mignini -
Here in the US, the State Department has been a clumsy affair” and that Mignini
is making news as copies of Unclassified “chose to go with the parts of the testimony Got scrap metal laying around taking up space?
memos regarding Amanda’s case are (the False Confession) that suited his case.”
making the rounds on the Internet and The False Confession was “half fact, half
CNN, the Today Show and local networks fiction” Mignini admitted. Again, well Tired of mowing around that clutter in your yard?
have produced excellent coverage of the done Bob Graham.
No problem, I can remove your metal clutter for free!
Slander and Appeal. I would like to thank the many folks
Bob Graham of The Sun interviewed who have been bringing me checks and Any metals any size! More than just metal in your pile,
Mignini in his Perugia office and asked the airline miles for our dear friends. Your
I can help you recycle and remove most “clutter”.
Public Minister to explain why Amanda left generosity is so appreciated. Please visit
no DNA in Merdith’s tiny bedroom. He AmandaDefenseFund.org to access the Fees apply for dump runs and plastic/paper recycling.
shrugged and produced his latest bizarre airline miles accounts or the donation Pay
theory (number six I believe), “Amanda Pal account. While the online accounts
Call 7 days a week 8am to 6pm 206-463-5590
might theoretically have instigated the reference US Airways and United, there is
murder while even staying in the other also access to Delta. Thanks again.
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Vashon Rotary PolioPlus fundraiser
Positively Speaking
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would match that with an additional $355 be back on the island, at the high school
million, for a total of $550 million! The on May 31st. On Friday, June 3rd, it will
deadline for the challenge is the end of move to Thriftway where we will again
The Promise of Green
June 2011. Through March, worldwide, be accepting donations through Sunday,
By Deborah H. Anderson Rotary has raised $134.5 million, well June 5th. Donations can be made to the
over halfway. Vashon Island Rotary Foundation, a 501-
By 6:35 AM the sun has risen through
Rotary Clubs all over the world have c-3 not-for-profit corporation. Donations
my office situated in the front of the
been asked to help. Last year Vashon are tax deductible within limits allowed
house and begun to rotate through to the
Rotary was loaned an actual iron lung by law.
long, high up window in my bedroom
and held a fundraiser at Thriftway. Discussions in Vashon Rotary about
that allows it to shine on my face . It’s a
Generous Islanders donated nearly PolioPlus led to a bigger conversation
work day, but I am not due at work for
$7,000. While for some, the threat of polio about childhood immunizations in
two and a half more hours . I allow myself
is unknown or a vague memory, we were general. It is well known that Vashon
the luxury of staying in bed until the sun “Teach me to see what I’m not
surprised to find out how many people Island has a low immunization rate and
has risen almost past the window casing seeing”. “Show me what I can change”.
here on our island had personally been that many parents have questions and
and I can feel it no more. I do not move. “Offer me opportunities to increase my
affected by polio. One woman came up concerns about vaccines. Rotary decided
This is, literally, a golden moment. ability to Love”.
to us, and, fighting back tears, told us that it would sponsor a community
It is not a warm sun. It is a just a The difficult truth is that the sixteen
about how her father had been building symposium on childhood immunizations
bright sun. That alone is rare. It has been shades of green would not be there were
a house up in Snohomish County. Young in order to answer these questions: Why
a long, long winter. Children cannot it not for endless days of rain. Because
and healthy, the men decided to take a are immunizations important? What is
seem to be free of colds. Adults are of the rain I see new growth before me.
lunch time break and go swimming in the science? What are the myths? What
fighting bronchitis and pneumonia like Because of the rain the air smells like
Puget Sound to find some relief from should parents do?
they were common illnesses. People tell fresh soil all the time. It beckons new in a
the hot summer. The next day, feeling On Thursday, June 2nd, at 7:00 pm
tales of repeated antibiotic regiments. We world that had died for many months.
weak, her dad went to his doctor. A in the McMurray Middle School multi-
are all ready for this constant, incessant, The metaphor is too obvious to point
preliminary diagnosis was he had come purpose room, Dr. William Foege, Senior
unending, plague-like rain to end. out. Soon the summer will come; about
down with the flu. But in fact, swimming Advisor on Global Health to the Gates
For one brief day it will. We will bask eight short weeks for us, maybe less. We
in polluted waters had exposed him to Foundation and former Director of the
and talk of possibly remembering where will harvest vegetables that were able
the polio virus and just a few days later Centers for Disease Control, Dr. Gary
the sun block is and get outside chores to survive the drowning of Spring. We
he was paralyzed from the neck down. Koch of the Vashon Health Center, and
done or inside ones that require light. will gather on those long nights to dance
Because of the new Gates Foundation Celina Yarkin, an Island farmer, mother
Days pass. The rain continues and outdoors or listen to bands that make our
challenge and the looming deadline and community activist will discuss
then again, one brief day of sun, a bit feet move in rhythm involuntarily.
in June, the Vashon Rotary Club has childhood immunizations. Craig Hanson
warmer now. It’s a Saturday and by golly Children will splash in pools till
decided to again hold a fundraiser to of the Vashon Rotary Club will also
I’m going to wash the slider and kitchen they turn wrinkled and blue. Teenagers
help reach our goal. The iron lung will briefly review the PolioPlus program.
windows. Newspaper and chemical will embrace summer jobs that fill them
that shall not be named in hand, I spray with a sense of maturity. The rest of us
and scrub. It’s a thing of beauty to look will linger in the chores that make our
through a clean window. For many lives more pleasant on a daily basis be
Road to Resilience
moments I sit and enjoy the view. I find they work or maintenance, recreation or
myself looking out the window for the creative pleasures. Festivals and fairs will
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sheer pleasure of it. I enjoy standing lighten the country’s mood. corporations or governments to provide
at the kitchen sink. Deep sigh. A brief How do we hang onto promise? specialize in that one product or service goods and services from remote parts
respite. How do we stay suspended in that state that is optimal for our community, and of the world, we tend to be unaware
Out those windows, the trees and where we cannot yet see the goodness with calamitous results! We have taken of the consequences of those actions,
shrubs that are either evergreen or are we will embrace but know is there? the land from millions of self sufficient and, therefore, unable or unwilling to
leafing out offer a palatte of sixteen How do we grow comfortable with the farming families around the world, put make needed changes. Certainly, not all
shades of green. By July surely the constant change that pushes us outside all that land into an export monocrop, the money we pay out is siphoned off
forecasters will be sounding dour about our comfort levels and moves us more sent the starving families to live in by scammers, goes into unsustainable
a need for rain. By August they will likely deeply into relationships and events that squalor in cities, with the hope of finding production, or produces misery and
be counting how many days it’s been add meaning and depth to life? bare subsistence jobs, either in their home destruction, but the point is that we don’t
without moisture. They will kavetch. Surely this past Winter and Spring countries or in another. We’ve turned really know. Doing more locally and
That’s not quite a complaint right? have been a test.. I too have said, “In the a huge population of people that were regionally will make it easier for us to
Perhaps the word would be grouse. forty ( fifty, twenty, lifetime… you fill in effectively taking care of themselves monitor and make changes in the way we
I love this promise the verdant the blank) I have lived in the Northwest I into a huge problem for all of us. At do things. The world will always be large
shades offer. There is the promise of don’t ever remember it being this bad. the same time, we’ve made ourselves and complex, but we can do better.
extended daylight. The promise of visits And then I look out those clean vulnerable to monocrop failures and
from family who find rest in our little windows to that exceptionally diverse, disease exposure that have repercussions If you look at our island with the
residential resort Island. The promise of brilliant green view in front of me and around the world. The same goes for above in mind, you may see that we
celebrations, of getting things done we think, ‘Ya know….maybe it was worth manufacturing: note the recent tsunami are very unresilient in many ways.
didn’t think we could do but find we will it.” For the green before me speaks and earthquake in Japan caused the Disruption in our ferry service, gasoline,
with the renewed energy that comes with more vibrantly of the summer that lays Toyota plants in the US to shut down food supply, water, or power are not
not having to use artificial light. Natural beyond. Sweet Promise of Green stay for lack of parts. This doesn’t mean that within our control and we have few or no
light is so much more powerful. with us all in our hearts till harvest. we isolate ourselves from the rest of the alternatives. Our premise at Transition
This season reminds me how much world; only that we “engage the rest of Vashon is that a careful reading of the
I like process. I like the journey. I like Love the world in an ethic of networking and trends indicates a very strong probability
the ‘getting there’ part. I’m not afraid of Deborah information sharing” rather than utter for those disruptions sometime in the not
change I’ve discovered. In fact I wake mutual dependence. . Efficiency is a too distant future, and it would be smart
each day with three prayers on my double edged sword; here’s another for us to become more resilient. Even if
heart: cliché, “don’t put all your eggs in one we were completely wrong, it is still a
basket”. good idea to become more resilient.
What would you say if you had to share your faith story? Deborah will offer a Tightness of feedbacks refers to how Coming events: Wisenergy Energy
workshop at Vashon Presbyterian Church Saturday 25 June 2011 from 10-4. Lunch is quickly and strongly the consequences Fair, June 18, 10 to 4, at the parking lot
included. No charge but a freewill offering will be taken to defer costs. For questions of actions in one part of the world north of the Village Green.
and registration call 206.853.2388. are felt and responded to in other Comments?
parts. When we provide money to [email protected]
I am looking to gather perhaps six to eight ( tops ten to twelve) participants for
tweeners and teens both typical and special needs kids for a one shot workshop
on developing and using social skills this summer on the Island. I’m looking for 4th Annual Father/Daughter Dance
interest first and then we will coordinate time. It would run three to four hours( with
appropriate breaks and snacks, games and fun as part of the learning) and cost wouldl
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be $60 on a sliding scale. If you have a child or children you would be interested in
year to provide the photography (check are limited to 100 couples; and we expect
attending please let me know at [email protected] or call 206.853.2388
out finchhaven.com to view last year’s to sell out fast. Dads and daughters
event). This year, we are also offering a alike will always remember this special
dinner option before the dance, starting evening. Daughters of all ages are
Make a date with Vashon!
at 5:30 p.m. Three choices of entree will welcome - regardless of age, we know
Its New and Free www.VashonCalendar.org be available to select from. Girls – grab you’ll outlast your dad! If questions,
3 or 4 of your best friends and their dads, please call the VAA office or Jeff Sayre
Vashon Library Events
Visit Our New Website and make an evening of it. 463-2150.
Art & Music Events
www.VashonLoop.com Tickets - are $20 per person for the
Submit your Event on line at
dance and $20 per person for the optional Compost the Loop
www.vashoncalendar.org dinner; can be purchased at VAA, Books
The Loop’s soy-based ink
by the Way, and the Vashon Bookshop;
is good for composting.