Vol. 6, #4 Work it, Girls! Women of the Congoby Jean Bosch, Campaign Manager Continued on page 10...

Vol. 6, #4 February 20, 2009TO INFORM AND AMUSE -- TO PROVOKE THINKING AND ACTIVISM

Thursday, February 26, 7 pmWinner of twenty-one national

and international awards, MardiGras: Made in China follows the pathof Mardi Gras beads from the streetsof New Orleans during Carnival –where revelers party and exchangebeads for nudity – to the disciplinedfactories in Fuzhou, China – whereteenage girls live and sew beadstogether all day and night. Blendingcuriosity with comedy, Mardi Gras:Made in China is the only film toexplore how the toxic productsdirectly affect the people who bothmake and consume them.

Director: David Redmon.Running Times: 72 and 48 mins(plus extras including a diary froma worker in the factory).

“...if more of these “where didit come from and at what cost towhom?” type films were made wemight take the think globally thinga bit more seriously” Peter Ray

Lunavision Presents:Mardi Gras- Made in

China

Work it, Girls!

POV Seeks Art ShowSubmissions

The POV (Photographers ofVashon) organization is seekingfine art photographs for anupcoming exhibition. The show,“Inner Vashon, An Outer View”will open in July at the Blue HeronArts Center.

Photographers are asked tocommunicate in their visual work

how the meaning of Vashon Islandas home is so compelling.

Images can encompass any time,on, above, or around Vashon-MauryIsland, including Vashon ferries.Work in progress will be considered.

All submitters must have aphysical presence or workingrelationship with Vashon Island.

Michael Elenko photos

Community Matters:Save the Weekend

by Marie Browne

Vashon’s Strawberry Festival hasbeen moved to the third weekend ofJuly (17, 18 and 19). The Chamberof Commerce made the change sothat the hundreds of Islanders whogo to the Oregon Country Fair onthe previous weekend can be herefor our own homegrown Festival aswell. This is the 100th year ofStrawberry Festival, and whetheryou love or hate it - the crowds, thecurly fries, the booths, the live music,the rides, the drunks, the streetdance, the beer garden, the carshow, the parade, the pancakebreakfast - Strawberry Festival is anevent that binds us together as acommunity. And we hear there willbe plenty of strawberries this year.

Continued on page 12

Sunday March 8 is InternationalWomen’s Day. On that day,organizations in 200 citiesthroughout the globe will host a vigilin support of the women of theCongo. Each city will light 1,000candles to symbolize theapproximately 200,000 women whohave fallen victim to rape, which isbeing used as a tool of war tointimidate and displace entirecommunities in the Congo.

Here on Vashon, the public isinvited to a film screening anddiscussion of Lumo, a Congodocumentary. The film will beshown from 2:00 to 4:00 on Sunday,March 8 at the Vashon IslandTheater.

Women ofthe Congo

Submitted by Korina Knudson


US taxpayers are being asked to incur massive debt to recapitalizeinsolvent financial institutions. While a sound banking system is requiredto drive economic activity – HOW we implement this rescue is critical. Ifthe rescue of these institutions is adopted as proposed, (the “good” bank/ “bad” bank proposal) we will recapitalize the same management, Boardof Directors and oversight structure that created these catastrophiccircumstances in the first place. If adopted, this proposal will effectivelyshield them from having to bear responsibility for their actions. Inaddition, it will impose a debt upon us that is so burdensome it willstrangle our capacity for economic growth, threaten our liberty anddiminish future opportunity for our children. There is no measure of

Petition from Citizensof the US

Submitted by Wayne Miller


The $75.5 million capital facilitiesschool bond provides a long-term,comprehensive and financiallyresponsible solution to long overdueneeds. With it, we can create a morecohesive, safer and sustainable high-school campus, renovating 80% of theexisting footprint and anchoring it witha new centrally located classroombuilding.

Why now?Without a comprehensive plan,

Vashon High School will continue todeteriorate and the district will be forcedto spend more money on band-aidapproaches. Each year we put off theinevitable, construction costs increase byapproximately $3 million, and theschool district pours more money intoshort-term repairs. The school bond is aresponsible use of your dollars

What are the main benefits?More conducive to learning: New,

consolidated classrooms will provideample room for students to learn inbright, well-ventilated spaces, asopposed to the dimly lit, too smallclassrooms they know today (which are20% smaller than classrooms atChautauqua Elementary School).

Space for teachers: Today three VHSteachers lack workspaces. With the newplan, every teacher will have their ownarea to prepare for lessons, correcthomework, work one-on-one with

School BondYes! It’s Worth It

by Jean Bosch, Campaign Manager


Work it, girls! Designers (aka Vashonistas) for the Second Island Artisan Couture RunwayShow take a well-deserved bow after presenting their amazing collection of clothing,handbags, hats, jewelry and costumes to an appreciate audience who gathered at theRed Bicycle on a recent Sunday afternoon. From left to right, they are: Karen Person(Mistress of Ceremonies), Nancy Scott Wienker (Re-Genr8), Tesse Crocker (ElementalStitches), Patricia Toovey (Art Projects and Design), Sally Shivers (Wild Life ClothingCo.), Laura Clampitt (who names each of her darling hats!), Ginny Ciszek (CiszekDesigns), Roxy Hathway (Re-Genr8), Dorothy Dunnicliff (Dova Silks). Dozens of otherpeople (including the models) contributed to the success of the show. It was proof positivethat style and fashion are flourishing on the Island amidst the muck boots and Carhartts.Jeff Dunnicliff photo. For more photos visit annegordonimagery.com.

February 20, ‘09The Vashon Loop, p. 2

The Vashon Loop

Writers: Kathy Abascal, DeborahAnderson, Rachel Bard, Marie Browne,MEarth, Eric Francis, Troy Kindred,Melissa McCann, Orca Annie, KevinPottinger, Rex Morris, Ed Swan, MaryLitchfield Tuel, Marj Watkins Original art, comics, cartoons: DeeBee,Ed Frohning, Rick Tuel, Jeff Hawley, AlexSoriano. Steve KruegerAd sales and design: no one, reallyEmail: [email protected]: Marie Browne, Email:[email protected]: Marie Browne and TroyKindredPO Box 253, Vashon, WA 98070Paid advertisements in The Vashon Loop inno way express the opinions of thepublisher, editor, or staff. We reserve theright to edit or not even print stuff. Dealwith it. Long live the King!Published every two weeks or soby Paradise Valley Press© February 20, 2009- Vol. VI, #4

Don’t miss an issue

We are in our 6th year ofpublication and still not

bankrupt! Wow!

Do you have an event or Public Service Announcement? Do youhave something to say about a Vashon issue or topic affecting theIsland? If so, please email questions or submissions to Marie, editorof the Loop, at [email protected]. Photos are welcome as jpegor pdf attachments.

Submissions to the Loop

Get in The Loop

Do you have a story to tell? Haveyou always wanted to write, buthaven’t found the time orinspiration? How about filling theselong winter afternoons withobservations and reflections? Bringthose good ideas and your laptopor notebook to Creative Writing forGrown-Ups, a winter series ofworkshops for adults availableonline or in the meeting room ofThe Harbor School on VashonHighway. Taught by Nancy AnnFox, classes in town will meet for 7weeks, beginning February 7th.Writers may begin their onlineclasses immediately.

Courses at the Harbor Schoolinclude Island Portraits: VashonLife Studies (Monday, 5:30-7:30);My Economic Self: Survival andSustainability (Friday, 5:00-7:00);and In My Life: Writing Memoir andThe Legacy Letter (Saturday, 10-12). Classes are limited to 15writers.

The fee for any class is $245 for7 sessions. Courses include groupseminar meetings and individualconferences, with presentation or

publication as a goal for thosewriters who wish it.

Online courses include anindividualized portfolio coursedesigned to suit your needs andinterests, Basic Writing Confidenceand Skill, and How To Create aWriter’s Notebook.

Creative Writing for Grown-Upsis taught by Island resident NancyAnn Fox (known by her students as“Professor Nan”), the founder of theaward-winning Pennington WritingSeminar and a teacher with 28years’ experience in writinginstruction for all ages and skilllevels, in campus and Web 2.0settings. “Professor Nan” is also apublished poet and author of TheWriter’s Notebook, TeachingWriting As a Work in Progress, andthe blog, The Good School. She andtwo students received internationalrecognition with their discovery offour new puns in Lewis Carroll’sMouse’s Tail.

To learn more or register for anycourse, call 206-660-7438 or [email protected].

Six Writing Classes Offered

Loopy sez: Deadline for thenext edition of The Loop isFriday, Feb. 27

Fruit Club EventsSaturday, March 21st at 1:00: A

workshop on grafting at BruceJackson’s. (17920 94th Avenue SW)

Tuesday, April 14 at 7:00: Ourquarterly business meeting, followedby an introduction to pest anddisease control in the orchard.Courthouse Square meeting room.

Sunday, April 17 at 1:00: Apanel discussion on pest and diseasecontrol. Courthouse Square meetingroom

DDES is offering a workshop to prospective permit applicants andproperty owners who intend to build one or more single-family homes ordo remodels in unincorporated King County. The workshop is March 26,from 9 a.m.- noon at the Master Builders Association offices, 335 116thS.E., Bellevue. The cost is $20 per person and online registration is required.Space is limited. For more information visit the Web site or contact PaulaAdams at 206-296-6682 or [email protected].

Getting to Yes at DDESWorkshop explores residential permits

Raising Our OwnFood Classes

Due to popular demand, theVashon Island Growers Association(VIGA) is repeating two “RaisingOur Own Food” classes.

Starting a Vegetable Garden:Topics in the beginning gardeningclass will include choosing alocation, soil building, planning yourgarden, how to plant, frugalgardening, watering, protectingyour crop, and more. Instructors areNancy Lewis-Williams, a mastergardener, and Cathy Fulton,proprietor of Mariposa Gardens. Thevegetable gardening class will takeplace on two consecutiveWednesdays, February 25 andMarch 4, 7:00 – 9:00 pm.

Raising Chickens for Eggs orMeat: Our chicken-raising class willcover ordering chicks, housing,feeding, managing your laying flock,chicken health, and raising chickensfor meat. We will also discuss howto sell eggs at the market. Instructorsare Dana Ness, who has been raisingchickens since she was 10 years oldand Joe Yarkin, owner of Sun IslandFarm. The class will be held Sunday,March 8, 3:00–5:30 pm.

Both classes are free and open toanyone but pre-registration isrequired. Contacting Cathy,[email protected],463-5652.

The Vashon Island GrowersAssociation and the Washington StateUniversity Small Farms Team will beoffering a series of three classes forfarmers on Vashon Island. This is ashort version of the well-receivedWSU “Cultivating Success” course.The classes will have a hands-oncomponent and will be held Mondaymornings from 9am-1pm. They willbe taught by WSU Instructor/Commercial Farmer Clayton Burrows,WSU Soil Scientist Doug Collins andisland farmers.

Learn practical information aboutwhole farm planning, ecologically-based, diversified production systems,composting, soil management andmarketing techniques. The courseincludes classroom discussion, guest

Sustainable Small Farming andRanching

lectures by experienced farmers andagricultural professionals and fieldtrips to local farm businesses.

March 2: Sustainable CropProduction/Whole FarmManagement

March 9: Ecological SoilManagement/Composting

March 16: Profitability of SpecificCrops for Small Farms

Cost is $15 for whole series forVashon Island Growers Associationmembers, $30 for general public.Memberships available at registration.Courses can be taken individually for$10 for VIGA members and $20 forthe general public.

To register contact Joanne Jewellat [email protected] orcall 206-267-8146.

Firearm Safety course available atthe Vashon Sportsmen’s club

Upcoming classes include:Basic Pistol Feb 21 and Feb 22 $75

Personal protection in the home April 18 and April 19 $100

Basic Shotgun March 21 and March 22 $100

Taught by N.R.A certified instructorsThese course teaches safe and responsiblehandling, use, care and storage of firearms

Course fee as listed above per Adult to pre-register, call “Phil” at 408-7009 or Stephan at 777-5449

Course openings are limited. You may enroll the day of thecourse if space is available.

All Ammunition and Firearms are supplied“ The only thing you need is comfortable clothing”

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Troy: Since the stimulus plan is something everyone is talking aboutthese days, maybe we should tell our readers how theAmerican Recovery and Reinvestment Act impacts thehousing market specifically. What do you think?

Marie:I think that’s a great idea. There are a few elements of the Actdesigned to stimulate a housing recovery, which is clearlynecessary to get the country and the world back on track.Naturally, there is a lot of disagreement about how to go aboutit, and to what level the government - and taxpayers - shouldintervene. The National Association of REALTORS had a lotto do with making recommendations to the Act.

Troy: Some were included, some were modified. For example, theNAR proposed a $15,000 tax credit to all buyers, but the finalbill that was just signed into law includes an $8000 credit, forfirst time buyers only.

Marie: Just to clarify - a first time buyer is defined as someone whohas not bought a house in three years. And it truly is a credit -it does not have to be paid back.

Troy: Another provision is to reinstate the increases in FHA, FannieMae and Freddie Mac loan limits to last year’s levels. Thiswill provide more liquidity in the mortgage market, which willnot only free up money for new loans but will help many currenthomeowners refinance into more affordable mortgages.

Marie:In addition to the Big Act that was signed into law, PresidentObama is also unveiling a specific mortgage relief plan. Andthis one is causing even more controversy.

Troy: As I understand it, one thing the mortgage relief plan woulddo is to help homeowner who are “under water” to be ableto refinance. (These people won’t be helped by the higherFannie and Freddie limits; if your house is worth less thanyour loan, you can’t refinance.)

Marie:Refis for owners who owe more than the house is worthmake sense. Sure, a lot of people who bought houses oncrazy loan terms should have known better. But they didn’t,and now they are in a situation where their only options areto walk away or make a lower monthly payment. Or, maybethey’ve lost a job while their house values plummeted. Whynot refinance the loan so these people can stay in theirhomes and avoid foreclosure? Of course, this does notaddress the issue of what happens if they have to sell. Ifthey owe more than the house is worth the bank will stillhave to take a loss.

Troy: The proposal also provides incentives to lenders to helpother homeowners cut their monthly mortgage paymentsso that they don’t exceed 31% of income. This one soundslike it has a lot of potential for abuse and misapplication.I’d like to see more details before opining.

Marie:We await your opinion with bated breath. The whole stimulusplan - not just the housing component - is really veryexpensive, and its effectiveness is unknown. Sure, we arepaying the price for a lot of greed and stupidity, and we aremad as hell. But being mad does not solve the problem,and letting the chips fall where they may is really not anoption.

Interesting times, aren’t they? If you are wondering if you should sell or not, give us a call. We can help you evaluate your options,as well as give you an idea of what your house would sell for in this market. No cost, no obligation. We’re at (206) 463-LIST(5478), or write [email protected].


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I’ve been thinking about these nextfew weeks coming up since 1989.That’s when my middle adopted sonJoe came to live with us and westopped including children in ourfamily. We had four kids. Two boys,two girls, two birth , two adopted.The birth order went birth, Isaac (afterone miscarriage). Chris, four yearslater but only four days younger thanIsaac ( after three miscarriages) ,Caity, five years later ( after two moremiscarriages) and then one year laterJoe, who is four years older than Caityand five years younger than Isaac andChris.

For all the bump aroundness aswe called it in our family, there weresome oddities about the birthdays.First of all Isaac, Chris and Joe havebirthdays all in the same week. Caity’sbirthday is ten days before that.

There is nothing better aboutbeing a parent than the responsibilityof telling your kids they are a giftfrom heaven and they are lovedunconditionally.

For all those years, 2009 kept megoing . It was going to be the year ofthe big bash. You see, the otheroddity of the birthdays is that

12 February 2009, Caity turned 21.26 February 2009, Joe turns 252 March 2009, Isaac turns 306 March 2009, Chris turns 30.Little did I know that both Isaac

and Chris would marry in 2008.It’s a banner time zone. But the

party, the big bash I envisioned forall those years won’t happenanywhere except in the joy of my heartknowing the kids have all made it toadulthood and are doing well.

Caity is in Austin going to college.Isaac’s wife will be in charge of theparty for him. Joe and Chrisdisrupted. That means they didn’tbond to me and chose to liveelsewhere. I am so proud of both ofthem and always told them their lovefor me did not determine my love forthem. I love them unconditionally. Asone caseworker said, “These childrenwill always present you as an abusiveparent.’ The agreement was that Iwould be the adult and love themanyway. They knew that. I said it tothem frequently. And I do. And Ialways will. Part of that love washonoring their desire to liveelsewhere. Well, after a lot of tears.And I finally forgave the people whosaid, without knowing me, ‘yeh! Youshould hate her good!” People meantwell. They just didn’t know. Iaccepted they didn’t want me as mom.That didn’t mean I didn’t want themto be my children.

Just like I let, nay helped, Caitygo away to arts boarding school eventhough there was not a day that wentby I didn’t miss her.

And like I let Isaac beat me up oneside and down the other emotionallywhen his dad left. Single moms youknow that one don’t you? And thenyou hold them and say, I love you andI’m not going anywhere.

Indulge me an open letter to mykids.

Dear Kids,It’s a rare opportunity for a parent

to have such a public forum to say tothe world, you are the best and I’mproud of you!

You know what my favouritememory is actually? Do youremember when Isaac and Chris wereboth on the Greenlake swim team andJoe and Caity you had to wait andwait and wait until we were done. Iwould bring dinner and we would siton the bleachers ( well you wereactually under the bleachers) and wewould cheer them on and they wouldbring the ribbons and we would writethe event on the back of each? I thinkI loved that the most. I can’t even saywhy. Maybe because Chris and Isaacyou are such incredible athletes andJoe and Caity you were such goodfriends and enjoyed each other somuch.

Sure I’ve got individual favoritememories. Isaac…it’s you and thezoo. Chris… do you remember theweek we went to see three differentkinds of dance, PNB, Montreal Jazzand …what was that third one?Mommy and Chris dress up nights.Great fun.

Joe, I loved watching you have somany friends. You were the socialbutterfly to capture all titles.

And Caity, well…….you know,wearing your underpants and thestrainer on your head togetherthinking it was the most beautiful ofhats.

How about Willy Wonka and theChocolate factory ,Chris and Isaac?.You were a great Willy and Violet.

Caity, you buttering the legs ofthe kitchen table while I washomeschooling Joe for the second halfof kindergarten. I thought it wouldnever come off.

Isaac tending the fire andwatching over a sleeping Chris and Joein the living room during our firststorm here on the Island when Caityand I got caught overtown because ofthe power outages.

You have done well with a verydifficult hand. All of you. You havefound your way to your best.

Caity, you know your gift is amother/daughter weekend away assoon as our schedules permit. Isaacyou get one friend for each decade tothe opening game of the Sounders.Chris, if you ever want to takewatercolour and/or ballet at the BlueHeron, you let me know. Tuition’s onme. Joe, I just want to take you out toa really nice dinner and hear aboutyour new dreams.

The picture of all of you the lasttime we all went to the Evergreen Fairhangs right outside my office door. Ithank God for each one of you everyday. And for the four of you togetheras my children.

The hard times. Comes with theterritory. I wanted children. And youwere the ones God picked out for me.And you all blessed me. Still do.

I love you.Mom

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Canvasbacks Join Vashon Bird List

A Canvasback gave Vashon aValentine’s Day gift this year,showing up at Raab’s Lagoon. Aftera Vashon Audubon monthly fieldtrip Jeff Adams, Ross Adams andGary Shugart stopped at Raab’sLagoon so that Gary could find Rossa Black Scoter, a life bird for Rosswho’s visiting from the Midwest.While they looked intoQuartermaster Harbor, Jeff, lookinginto the lagoon, remarked to Gary,“There’s a Canvasback.” Garyprepared to say maybe not (he knewnone graced the Vashon list) butthere it swam along. It then sailedout into the harbor, fed a bit anddisappeared off into the innerharbor.

I’m a little mystified as to whyno reports of Canvasback exist forVashon. They tend to be quite localin the Puget Sound area in winter,that is, they stay in certain specificareas as opposed to spreadingaround all over like scoters orgoldeneye. However, those specificareas line the length ofPuget Sound. Why is itthat not even one hasbeen noticed stoppingby before?

Why Vashon staysoff their list of winterlocations probably lies intheir winter foodpreference for tubersand other plantmaterial. Their bodydesign and divingtechnique aims to helpthem penetrate deeplyinto the substrate underthe water. They tend toprefer shallow lakes ormudflat deltas in saltwater orbrackish water, usually of larger size.Vashon has no lakes, only smallponds and the eel grass beds andmudflats tend to be of little size. TheIsland lacks proper habitat for anextended presence but it seemssurprising that this is the firstrecorded stopover.

Known sometimes as the“aristocrat of the ducks,”Canvasback possess a strikingappearance. The adult males havea strong black sloping bill comingdown from a deep chestnut coloredhead, black breast, white body andblack tail. Females look morepedestrian, with overall fairlygrayish brown plumage in winter.

Gilbert Findlay, warned of thepossibility of the Canvasbackswimming toward his house by themouth of Judd Creek, looked outacross the inner harbor to behold alarge conglomeration of CommonMergansers. Reports of large flockskeep coming in steadily of a hundredor so birds but his 252 tops them all.Gene Hunn spotted two RuddyDucks near their usual Portageforaging area also on Valentine’sDay. Usual that is in earlier years,this makes the first sighting for thiswinter and none showed up lastwinter. Raab’s Lagoon also hosted

Adult male Canvasback at Raab’s Lagoon, a first record forVashon. Photo by Gary Shugart. This is a “digiscope” shot.He stuck his digitial camera up against his scope lens andpresto, a nice close shot. See something unusual and needhelp with identification? Send it in and we’ll get it identified.

a Greater Yellowlegs in the weekbefore Valentine’s Day and a maleHooded Merganser for much of thewinter. Red-throated Loons seem tobe moving into the area with smallgroups in inner QuartermasterHarbor, Tramp Harbor and Raab’sLagoon. I noted at least 150 inTramp Harbor on February 2.Richard Rogers saw Tundra Swansflying over his place in the Lisabeulaarea the same day. I also received abelated report at the end of Januaryfrom Amy Watkins of a rare wintervisit by a Townsend’s Solitaire to heryard on the north end. If you havea question about local birds orinteresting sightings of birds call meat 463-7976 or email [email protected].

Lastly, while guiding a bird touron February 15, an immaturePeregrine Falcon provided a nicefinale to the trip. As we readied towrap up and leave from theEllisport parking lot, it swooped inon some Mallard and Mew Gulls,

failing to scare any into the air andvulnerability. Without pause, thefalcon continued, tangling with anadult Bald Eagle, scared a kingfisheroff a piling and forced the kingfisherto dive into the water for safety.After missing the kingfisher, thePeregrine headed off towards KVIBeach. As its wings beat furiouslyalong, geysers of spray shot one totwo feet into the air as Buffleheadand goldeneye dived for their lives.If you’d be interested in a guidedbird tour of Vashon or an off-Islandtrip for falcon excitement on theSkagit or down to the NisquallyNational Wildlife Refuge forreturning spring birds, contact meas listed above. I also do home visitsto help identify birds in your yardand provide suggestions forattracting more birds and speciesdiversity. For details contact me orvisit my website:www.theswancompany.com.



Aries (March 20-April 19)Those you think fit into society

so well either are the biggest misfitsor have to work the hardest tomaintain their role, which is inperpetual question. I wouldpropose that they are not your rolemodels; your real goal seems to bestanding out and apart, such thatyou know you are one of a kind.This is your calling this year — toovercome the reticence to be boldlyyourself that can even seize anAries. Remember, we’re talkingabout the reality, not theappearance. It is easy to seemdifferent, and truly challenging toactually be different.

Taurus (April 19-May 20)Successful careers come in two

main species: those that follow aseries of promotions and slaps onthe back (with occasional setbacksthat we learn to make work for us);and the other kind. The other kindis where you take every stepyourself. You don’t climb a ladderto success, you invent one. Youdon’t type a resume. You convincethe world, one person at a time,that you are the one and onlyperson capable of doing what youneed to do, and then you make surethey let you try. You never reachthe point of success: you aspireevery day. It seems lately that onlyone of these options is open for you.

Gemini (May 20-June 21)I hope you didn’t already sign

on the dotted line; if you did, youmay be discovering that you needto find an exit clause, or a point ofrenegotiation. Here is a clue. Thereis something you can notice thatoffers an improvement to bothparties, and this becomes the leverfor renegotiating other aspects ofthe arrangement. The contract inquestion may be financial, it maybe sexual and from the look ofthings, it may be both. In any event,please do not underestimate thewider world that will open up onceyou have the freedom that thisrethinking process will offer you.

Cancer (June 21-July 22)You may think you need a team

of accountants, lawyers andnegotiators to handle your affairs;the truth is you need to handlethem yourself. Yes, expert opinionscount for a lot — the right ones, atthe right time do anyway. What

you need to know is what, from themany options that the world isoffering, you want for yourself.Then you need to put the power ofyour mind to work sorting throughthe potentials and looking for theone or two things that hit the mark.Finally, there is one partner whoseems ready to come on board.Make sure there is an authenticmeeting of the minds, otherwise goit alone. It will be easier.

Leo (July 22-Aug. 23)Generally you handle the influx

of information and experience sowell that you can establish a socialpattern, a working method or arelationship model and leave it inplace for a long time. We all knowthat most cats like things just theway they are. Occasionally, such aslately, the energy rises to the pointwhere you need things to be someother way; enough Friskies, it’stime to catch a vole. This new wayis going to involve a new kind ofcooperation from the peoplearound you, and probably speakinga new language with them. The keyis that while the help may comefrom others, your brain is the oneassigning their roles.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sep. 22)Every bell, timer, alarm clock

and high-strung chiuaua in theuniverse are reminding you thatyou are not the person you alwaysthought you were. Recent efforts togo back to being that person haveonly been met with more resistancefrom the people around you.However, I trust that with Mercurychanging directions and the grip ofwinter about to break, you willdiscover something: your mind isbigger than you thought. It’scapable of more complex thoughtand more creative activity; and itworks the best in the positionknown as wide open.

Libra (Sep. 22-Oct. 23)Your native planet Venus has

made its way into your oppositesign, Aries, where it will stay (withone brief exception) for the next fivemonths. This is calling for a closereview of a relationship. How muchof what you see in another personis you, projected onto that person?How much of who they are is them,completely and exclusively? Due tothe nature of the current human

operating system, there is always anoverlap. Most people take somecomfort here, in that it’s easier tospend some of our time being whatothers need us to be. But what if yousorted this issue out altogether? Yousoon will.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 22)We all know you’re an emotional

person, but if that is true, why doyou have Aquarius, the sign of logic,on the house most closely associatedwith your feelings? This is workingout to be extremely useful now thatthere have been planets stacked sohigh we had to raise the roof of thesolar system. For you this means sodeep you need to open up a newlevel of feeling. This must take youbeyond your opinions of what youare feeling, your judgments of themany others who now populateyour world, and simply be aboutyou, existing at the core of yourself.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 22)Your mind is clearly

overwhelmed with both thepossibilities and also with theamount of information you areprocessing. Relax. If the world caninvent the Internet, you can inventa way to process everything you areperceiving; which really means,everything you are learning. You doneed to use logic. You need to designa flexible, but sensible work method,which includes a way to prioritizeboth your ideas and your activities.Things will seem a lot simpler whenyou have a central organizingprinciple. Say those three words afew times and see if the meaningchanges.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 20)You are having to make many

decisions about money and as sooften happens, you are not the onlyperson involved. However, ratherthan thinking about how manypeople you have to take care of,

consider how many arecontributing to your resources, inways large and small. Since youcan’t take care of the whole worldyourself, you may as well inventa system where the world aroundyou takes care of itself. But morethan this is about banking,commerce or business, it’sactually about ethics.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19)Precision is what you want:

precision of thought, and howyou express yourself. You maydecide that there is no such thingas an “identity” except what youhave in your mind, and thewords you use to express thatpsychic material you are workingwith. Your identity will change asfast as the thoughts you arethinking; but the focus that canremain is your locus of identity;the point where you draw yourmind to clarity, look honestly anddetermine what is so. Nothingelse matters. Nothing else hasanything to do with you.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)You have discovered the

benefits of letting off pressure ona regular basis; but you have yetto discover the real gift, which isa kind of clarity that is rarelyassociated with having psychicgifts. Generally, information thatis not strictly in the form of lettersand numbers can seem nebulous.Your awareness is becoming anextremely advanced receiver ofinformation: about yourself, aboutyour circumstances, and in truthabout the planetary condition.Trust what you are hearing.Document the information andput it to work right away. Don’tsave it up for 2012.

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Raw vegetables appeal to kidsmore than cooked veggies do. Letthere be salads, the do-it-yourself kindwith cherry or grape tomatoes, sliversof red and yellow bell peppers, olivesthey can stick on the ends of theirfingers, baby spinach leaves or tornred or green lettuce leaves andcheddar slivers, all in separate piles.

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pepper or to taste¼ cup water

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Heat the oil in a large, heavy-bottomed frying pan or wok. Whenit shimmers, toss in the garlic. Give ita stir and a few seconds to barelychange color. At once, add the greens,sprinkle on the salt and pepper, tossand add the water. Cover, reduce theheat to medium and cook until greensare tender, about 15 minutes.

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We have all heard the story ofthe ant and the grasshopper. It’s abeautiful summer day, and the antworks hard taking grains of wheat,or kernels of corn, depending onwho tells the story, to the anthill tostore up for winter. The grasshopperplays his fiddle, and tells the ant sheshould relax and not worry – thereis plenty offood.

A fewmonths later it iswinter, and thegrasshopper iscold andhungry, whilethe ants aresnug in the hilleating thesupplies they setby in thesummer.

The grasshopper sees the errorof his ways, now that he’s cold andhungry. In some versions of thestory the ant says, “Neener neenerneener,” to the grasshopper, but inothers the grasshopper is left todeplore his thoughtless ways insolitude.

The moral of this story is: it iswise to think about tomorrow today.

This story is attributed to Aesop.It is one of the animal fables thatwere told to teach lessons about lifeand the world. I was thinking aboutthis fable last night as I listened tothe radio. People were talking abouthow they had saved money all theirlives, and had pensions invested inthe market, and now – gone. Ayoung man said he hesitated to savemoney now, because he knows thereis no guarantee that his savings willbe there when he retires.

So many industrious ants arefinding they’ll be out in the cold withthe grasshoppers, was my firstthought. But then I realized thatAesop created these fables centuries

The Ant and theGrasshopper

before the stock market as we knowit existed. The ant was putting awayfood, not making contributions toher Roth IRA.

The Greek historian Herodotustells us that Aesop lived during thesixth century BC and was probablya slave on the island of Samos.Though no historical information onAesop is available, he was probablya real person.

Phaedrus was a Roman slaveborn in Macedonia. He lived fromaround 15 BC to around 50 AD,during the reigns of Augustus,Tiberius, Caligula and Claudius. Heput together books of fables,including Aesop’s, in Latin.Phaedrus’ treatment of the fablesinfluenced later writers.

So the story of the ant and thegrasshopper comes from a timewhen people lived on agriculture,livestock, and the maritime trade inthe Mediterranean. The stock marketwas where you bought a chicken ora goat or some other farm creature.

You could say that we all stilldepend on those things globallytoday, and we do, but most of us are

a few layersr e m o v e dfrom thefarm, theranch, or theboat with acargo ofamphorae ofolive oil.Whether weeat or stayw a r mdepends on

how much money we have morethan whether we gathered the cropsin sufficiently and stored themwisely last summer.

So our savings are financial. TheIRA, the 401k, the mutual fund,stocks, are all tied to the ups anddowns of the market.

You may have been an ant allyour life, but now you’re sittingaround having a beer with thegrasshopper wondering how theheck this happened to a nice hard-working ant like you. Thegrasshopper sympathizes; he hasnothing, either, but fortunately hecan still play that fiddle, so theevenings can be merry.

We are being stripped of ourillusions of what security is. It ain’tmoney. This might be a good yearto consider what security is.



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Dear Madame Toujours,I am wondering what you think

about raising boys properly. See, when Igot pregnant, I was sure I was going tohave a daughter because ... well ... youknow ... the goddess and everything. Imean, it didn’t make sense that I wouldhave a boy when everybody knows thatmen are...you know...the cause of all warsand violence and bad hair days and stuff.So anyway, when my son Hermes wasborn, I figured it must be some kind ofmistake, but my doctor says I can’t givehim a sex change operation until he istwenty-one and then only if he says hewants one. I think that’s ridiculous. Imean, I’m his mother, and I would onlybe doing what was best for him. I mean,I’ve always lived in peace with motherGaea; how can I bring another man into aworld that is already dying from war andfamine and pollution and other malestuff? Anyway, now I am wonderingwhat if I just ... you know ... dressed himlike a girl and let his hair grow long andtold him all about the evils of thepatriarchal system and about worshipingthe goddess? I mean, how bad could thatbe? They say that gender is really just ...you know ... how people treat you. If I toldeverybody he was a girl, wouldn’t he turnout gentle and nurturing?

Sincerely,Warrior for Mother Gaea

Chere Mlle. Warrior,Actually, M. Hermes would become

the slavering maniac, marching hisarmies of devastation across the Earth,

eating the skins of his enemies andfeeding their brains to his dogs. This isbeing the little known fact that M. Attilathe Hun and M. Vlad the Impaler, theywere both being made to dress like thegirls by their mothers until they weretwelve years old. Possibly this is not whatyou are meaning when you are talkingabout the gentleness and the nurturings.Fortunately, however, you are probablynot noticing any of this because M.Hermes is mostly cutting you into the littlepieces and wearing for you the kidneysas the decorative ornaments before he ishaving the fourteenth birthday.

You will be relieved to know thatmany of the male persons are the perfectlyacceptable, non-kidney-wearingindividuals. It is not even being necessaryto browbeat and bully M. Hermes untilhe is unable to have the individualthoughts. All you are needing to do is totreat M. Hermes with the considerationand respect and the firm but gentle settingof the appropriate boundaries. Thisremarkable method for the raising of thechildren is resulting in the sensible andnon-violent adult type persons who aremostly not eating anybody’s skin even ifthey are feeling very much provoked.

Bon Chance, Mlle. Warrior, and do notpanic with the unexpected manliness ofthe offsprings. Mme. Gaea is having thevery good reasons for inventing themasculine type persons. If we were nothaving any of them, then who would behaving the sex with all of the heterosexualtype women? This is the very simple logicn’est pas?

This event is a collaborationbetween Friends of the Congo,HEAL Africa and Vashon IslandLutheran Church. Lumo was shot atthe HEAL Africa hospital in theCongo. The organization HEALwas founded in Congo by aCongolese orthopedic surgeon andhis wife. It has over 200 Congolesestaff members in the Congo and fourothers here in the States.

“During my time in Goma Istarted a vocational trainingprogram called HEALing Arts forwomen staying at the hospitalwhich teaches sewing, business, andliteracy skills. The women have anopportunity to make money throughsewing HEALing Arts products oncethey have successfully completedtheir training. These products aresold in Congo and in the US and

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$10.00 suggested admissionbecomes donation to HEAL Africa.

The goal is to raise $1,000 toenroll ten Congolese womencurrently admitted at the Healhospital into the vocational trainingprogram. $1,000 will cover the costsof ten sewing machine and businessstart up kits. For more informationcontact: Friends of the Congo(www.friendsofthecongo.org),Harper McConnell HEAL Africa(www.healafrica.org), or PastorBjoern Meinhardt(www.vashonlutheranchurch.org).

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General fund dollars will go farther.New exteriors, improved insulation,green-building techniques, less outdoortraffic, new roofing and updated heatingand ventilation systems will contributeto energy efficiency, reduce upkeep costsand allow more time for preventivemaintenance. Improvements likesynthetic turf will save the school district$20,000 a year in water and maintenancebills.

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Noted Norwegian scientiest,philosopher, and writer Arne Naess(pronounced Ness), has passed inhis home country at the age of 96.He had long been considered thephilosophical founder of the DeepEcology Movement, a philosophythat has roots deep in the history ofmankind’s relationship to thisEarth.

In the early 1970s, after threedecades teaching philosophy at theUniversity of Oslo, Mr. Naess, anenthusiastic mountain climber,threw himself into environmentalwork and developed the theory thathe dubbed deepecology. Its centraltenet is the beliefthat all livingbeings have theirown value andtherefore, as Mr.Naess once put it,“need protectionagainst thedestruction ofbillions ofhumans.” Itassumes a respectfor creationmissing in mosthuman activitysince Neolithictimes.

After decades of refinement,Naess and George Sessions –philosophy professor and author ofDeep Ecology For The 21st Century– camped out in Death Valley,California in 1984, and drew upeight basic principles that describethe fundamental foundations of theconcept:

1. The well-being andflourishing of human andnonhuman life on Earth have valuein themselves. These values areindependent of the usefulness of thenonhuman world for humanpurposes.

2. Richness and diversity of lifeforms contribute to the realisationof these values and are also valuesin themselves.

3. Humans have no right toreduce this richness and diversityaccept to satisfy vital needs.

4. The flourishing of human lifeand cultures is compatible with asubstantial decrease of the humanpopulation. The flourishing ofnonhuman life demands such adecrease.

5. Present human interferencewith the nonhuman world isexcessive, and the situation is rapidlyrapidly worsening.

6. Policies must therefore bechanged. These policies affect basiceconomic, technological, andideological structures. The resultingstate of affairs will be deeplydifferent from the present.

7. The ideological change ismainly in appreciating life qualityrather than adhering to to anincreasingly higher standard of

living. There will be a profoundawareness of the difference betweenbig and great.

8. Those who subscribe to theforegoing points have an obligationdirectly or indirectly to try toimplement the necessary change.

These concepts transcend thespecio-centric practices that havebeen the basis of western civilizationsince the beginning of recordedhistory. Even fairly progressivethinkers have trouble recognizingthat grizzly bears have just as manyrights as human beings in thegreater context of earth life. DeepEcology challenges each of us torecognize just what a small part ofcreation we are – and that theuniverse does not revolve around us,much as we would like to cling tothat illusion. His concepts promotedthe idea that Earth as a planet hasas much right as its inhabitants, suchas us humans, to survive andflourish. He cited the 1962 book“Silent Spring,” by Rachel Carson asa key inspiration.

Deep ecology,which called forp o p u l a t i o nreduction, softtechnology andnon-interferencein the naturalworld, was eagerlytaken up byenvironmentalistsimpatient withshallow ecology —another of Mr.Naess’s coinages— which they feltdid not confronttechnology andeconomic growth.

In a worldgoverned by such principles, weedsare not erradicated because theyinconvenience us when we try tomono-crop the whole world, theyare recognized as a valuable part ofan ecosystem we do not fullyappreciate, as free and independantbeings with a destiny beyond ouropinions of them, and beings that,incidently, often contain valuablemedicines and nutrients we all need.

When a human being’s life isthreatened by another human beingand that person takes it upon himor herself to defend him or herself,it is considered unfortunate butnecessary. When a grizzly bearseeks to protect itself from a humanbeing because he or she feels thesame threat, or feels anger becauseof previous such mis-behavior, thebear is considered a dangerousrogue to be hunted down anddestroyed. This does grant the bearany inherent rights to self-preservation, which I think go without saying.

While this distinguishedphilosopher has passed from thisEarth – and our prayers journeywith him to the other side – theconcepts he put forth are rooteddeeply in the truth and shall notpass, whether they are honored,acted upon or ignored. My prayeris that they are not only acted uponbut embraced by humanity enmasse. It is the hope we have for eco-salvation, our road back to thesacred council fires,where a place ofhonor is still held for us, in hopes ofour return to the sacred pathways.See you there, ME.

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Michael Elenko, current POVchair, is encouraging emergingphotographic artists to submit work.“Part of POV’s mission is to cultivatetalent here on Vashon.

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Sugarcane Mutiny at the Red BicycleFriday, February 20, 9:30 pm

Grammy award winning duo,Eric Tingstad and Nancy Rumbel willperform at the Blue Heron, 7:30 p.m.,Saturday, Feb. 21. They will be joinedby one of the region’s hottest electric

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Tingstad and Rumbel have beenmaking music togethersince 1985. Seattle nativeTingstad learned guitar inthe Segovia tradition atWestern WashingtonUniversity. His diverseinfluences include LedZeppelin, Ravi Shankarand Hawaiian slack keyguitar. Tingstad wasnominated for a Grammyin 2006 for solo project,Southwest.

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Timothy Everett Bertsch playsOriginal Acoustic Compositionsperformed on Rare, AntiqueHarpguitars and GuitarsSaturday, February 21, 7:30

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Local artist, Nan Joy, of VashonIsland, has been accepted into the 2009CVG Show, a statewide juried art showheld at the Collective Visions Gallery inBremerton. Her artwork, Found ObjectAssemblage, titled Naturalization, is oneof 130 artworks chosen by exhibitionjuror Gary Faigin, Artistic Director of theGage Academy in Seattle, from over 800works submitted by artists throughoutWashington State. Accepted artists willbe competing for $8,000 in prizes andpurchase awards and will be on displayat CVG during the month of February. Fora complete schedule of events visitwww.collectivevisions.com.

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Thursday, March 5 at 7:00 pm -Diane Hammond reads from hernew novel Hannah’s Dream. Thebook touches on the subject ofanimals in captivity, in this case anelephant. Diane’s book, however, isreally based on her real-lifeexperiences with Keiko, theinfamous killer whale from the FreeWilly movies, who was rehabilitatedin Newport, Oregon before beingreleased. Solitary elephants in zoos,though, are what have been makingheadlines of late and Diane’s bookhas proven to be rather timely in thatrespect.

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maturity, honor or decency in encumbering our children with massivedebt to pay for our generation’s mistakes and the inept management ofour affairs. We must demand an alternative course of action from ourgovernment. This Petition offers such an alternative.

In this Petition we citizens propose that in exchange for US taxpayerinfusions of capital all of the securities representing the ownership of thesebusinesses (see Provision #3 for the exception) will be treated as thoughthe business had actually made a bankruptcy filing. When US taxpayersrecapitalize the insolvent institutions, a new class of shares shall be issued.Those securities will: (1) become the property of the US taxpayers and(2) be deposited into a Trust, called the Social Security Trust, for thebenefit of all Social Security system participants.

As the business activity of the citizenry revives the economic vitalityof these institutions, the value of shares in those rescued institutions willincrease. As they increase in value they will become the financial backbonefor the Social Security system – a system that now has no real assets butfor the social security taxes taken from future payrolls. The SST shall bemanaged by a FIDuciary Oversight Board (FIDOB) whose members shall;be experienced investment fiduciaries, report directly to the President ofthe United States and be subject to oversight by the General AccountabilityOffice. When there is clear evidence that the rescued financial institutionsare stable, the FIDOB may examine the prudence of selling the securitiesto the highest bidder in the marketplace. While such a program wouldrequire the President’s and GAO’s approval, the proceeds from a sale willremain as SST assets.

By implementing the actions proposed in this Petition, we citizens ofthe United States will: recapitalize the financial infrastructure of thecountry,

· Employ market-based principles consistent with the intent of ourlaws,

· Substantially alleviate (not solve) the financial burden upon ourchildren of paying for Social Security benefits we have promised to giveourselves,

· Create a governance model grounded in and guided by an authenticfiduciary standard of care (not how banks or bank regulators operatenow),

· Establish a Trust with real assets that serve as a financial backbonefor Social Security, and

· Exemplify our President’s call for individual responsibility.Please visit www.sociallyresponsiblerescue.org to read the Petition and

sign it. Pass it along to friends, family and colleagues; after all, this isOUR country. Thank You.

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Adrian Xavier’s broughttogether some of Seattle’s mostinfluential musicians to record andtour, The Adrian Xavier Band is aall-star cast of musicians from a fullspectrum musical backgrounds.Although listeners mayimmediately identify AdrianXavier’s songwriting assituated in the Reggae genrefrom the sound and potentmessages, a careful listen cansail them through Worldfusions, elements of Folk,warm isles of smooth Soul,Dub, Jazz, even Rock andHip-Hop, revealing an artistwho is an intrepid traveler inthe musical as well asgeographic sense.

Performing almost twodecades now, Adrian Xaviergrew up being exposed to the musicindustry in a special way and beganstudying music at a very young age.Working with many established

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