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Shooter’s mother jailed for hatching escape plan
Apr 26 2008, 2:26 AM The mother of Jon Kunkel, the 23-year-old man charged with first-degree murder for last summer’s shooting death of Ron Childers, was arrested Friday for conspiring to help her son escape from jail, according to the King County Sheriff’s Department.

Julia Brock, who moved to Vashon from Oklahoma shortly before the Aug. 19 incident, was also arrested for witness tampering, the sheriff’s department reports. She was released Saturday on $7,500 bail.

John Urquhart, a spokesman for the sheriff’s department, said the department could not “reveal the source of our information and what led us to begin the investigation” into Brock. Asked if the two conspired during a jail house meeting, he said, “Mom and kid did talk in jail.”

Could ferry riders lose frequent-user discounts?
Apr 26 2008, 2:26 AM Ferry-service advocates throughout the region have sounded an alarm over the past several days, raising concern that Washington State Ferries could eventually drop its frequent-user discounts that save commuters up to 45 percent in ferry fares in the summer months.

Three-boat schedule back in effect
Apr 26 2008, 2:26 AM The Fauntleroy/Vashon/Southworth route and the Seattle/Bremerton route returned to normal service on Tuesday morning, two weeks earlier than expected, Washington State Ferries (WSF) officials announced Monday.

The 124-car Chelan, which went into drydock at Todd Shipyard on Jan. 14, was completed ahead of schedule and returned to the Fauntleroy/Vashon/Southworth route on Tuesday morning, allowing the so-called triangle route to return to its normal three-boat schedule.

Happening
Apr 26 2008, 2:26 AM Caucuses on Saturday

Mukai Farm: A beloved place with an uncertain future
Ken DeFrang, who lives next door to the Mukai Farm and works as its caretaker, says bike riders and pedestrians sometimes come by the Japanese garden to rest and relax. They’re always welcome, he says. - Leslie Brown/staff photo Apr 26 2008, 2:26 AM For years, Mary Matthews, a committed preservationist, worked diligently to protect the Mukai Farm and Garden, a modest homestead with a history that reads like a chapter out of “Snow Falling on Cedars.”

An outdoor playground for boarders, bikers and golfers could rise from the ashes
Apr 26 2008, 2:25 AM By AMELIA HEAGERTY

School officials grapple with costs of makeover
Apr 26 2008, 2:25 AM An automobile metaphor was in the air at the most recent Vashon Island School District board meeting as school officials worked to make sense of the district’s need to improve the buildings where its 1,500 students gather each day.

Happening
Apr 26 2008, 2:25 AM Firefighters to climb for cure

School board keeps Lindquist
Apr 26 2008, 2:25 AM Vashon Island School District’s board of directors last week unanimously agreed to extend acting superintendent Terry Lindquist’s contract another year, keeping the popular administrator at the school district’s helm through June 30, 2009.

Islanders flock to caucuses, overwhelmingly endorse Obama
Apr 26 2008, 2:25 AM By LESLIE BROWN AND