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The majority of prevention and treatment experts agree that the greatest tool parents have to reduce the risk from youth starting and continuing alcohol and other drug use is the strength of their convictions. If you secretly hope against all hopes that you can keep your son or daughter from using and abusing during the teen years, you need to stand up and fight for that expectation.
In your gut you worry, wonder what to say and perhaps decide to say nothing. But your silence sends a loud message that its OK to use. You may have read articles from last weeks paper about the results of the recent Healthy Youth Survey that reports the same message about how youth perceive the Islands view of substance use.
Watching addicts in town is a painful reminder of the power of addictionThe Pirates beat Charles Wright Academy 6-3 on Monday, April 21.
Senior lefty fireballer Micah Deibel took the mound for the Pirates. The two teams traded runs early before the Tarriers went ahead by one in the fifth. CWA threatened to break it open with the bases loaded and two outs when a Tarrier batter laced the ball into right center field. Sophomore Matt Amick chased it down for a highlight-reel, full-speed diving catch to strand the runners. The Pirates again tied it up in the sixth.
HAPPENING
May 06 2008, 6:55 PM
Vashon wins thriller against Garfield Vashon High School Varsity Lacrosse Club finished its season with three games 
May 06 2008, 6:57 PM
Vashon wins thriller against Garfield Vashon High School Varsity Lacrosse Club finished its season with three games, two back to back against two of the top teams in Division I high school lacrosse. The Vultures won a thrilling game, 8-7, against Seattle’s powerhouse Garfield High School last Saturday, May 3, and lost to another powerhouse, Mercer Island, 15-4, on Friday, May 2. Garfield needed to beat Vashon to gain a spot in the state high school playoffs, and the Vultures denied them. Garfield’s roster included the the top scorer in Washington high school lacrosse, and Vashon was without one of its top defenders, Ian Blixt. But Vashon showed why there is such promise in the years ahead. Vashon’s defense stood up to the high-powered Garfield offense, limiting it to 3 goals at halftime. Vashon took the lead in the third quarter behind the offense of freshman Gregor Davidheiser and one of the team’s only three seniors, Derek Kimbrough. On goals from junior Jack Lorence and Davidheiser, Vashon took a 3-goal lead into the final five minutes of the fourth quarter. Then Garfield made a furious comeback run, scoring 2 goals in the final five minutes, but Vashon’s Ross Bowers was able to win the final face-off to deny Garfield a final scoring opportunity. Davidheiser led scorers with 4 goals, and Kimbrough had 2. Junior goalie Chad Richardson registered his finest game of the season with 17 saves. Against Mercer Island, the Vultures stayed close through the first quarter, but Mercer pulled away by halftime and never looked back. Vashon just didn’t have an answer for Mercer Island’s staunch defense and ball-control offense, said coach Charley Rosenberry. The game on Tuesday, April 29, resulted in a close 9-8 Vultures defeat at the hands of Curtis High School. Curtis has a very talented team this year, said Rosenberry, but Vashon started the game with intensity and intelligence to take a 3-1 lead at the end of the first quarter. Curtis came back to take the lead at half 5-4, and maintained a 1-goal lead at the end of three quarters, 7-6. Curtis scored the first goal of the fourth quarter, but then Vashon scored twice, the tying goal coming from junior Wyatt Williams with four minutes left in regulation. Curtis then put the ball in the control of one of the league’s top offensive players, Landon Carr, who drove to score the final and winning goal. Rosenberry said, “This was a wonderful team effort for Vashon. Freshman defender Sam West and junior middie Wyatt Williams had particularly strong performances.” Vashon wins thriller against Garfield Vashon High School Varsity Lacrosse Club finished its season with three games, two back to back against two of the top teams in Division I high school lacrosse. The Vultures won a thrilling game, 8-7, against Seattle’s powerhouse Garfield High School last Saturday, May 3, and lost to another powerhouse, Mercer Island, 15-4, on Friday, May 2. Garfield needed to beat Vashon to gain a spot in the state high school playoffs, and the Vultures denied them. Garfield’s roster included the the top scorer in Washington high school lacrosse, and Vashon was without one of its top defenders, Ian Blixt. But Vashon showed why there is such promise in the years ahead. Vashon’s defense stood up to the high-powered Garfield offense, limiting it to 3 goals at halftime. Vashon took the lead in the third quarter behind the offense of freshman Gregor Davidheiser and one of the team’s only three seniors, Derek Kimbrough. On goals from junior Jack Lorence and Davidheiser, Vashon took a 3-goal lead into the final five minutes of the fourth quarter. Then Garfield made a furious comeback run, scoring 2 goals in the final five minutes, but Vashon’s Ross Bowers was able to win the final face-off to deny Garfield a final scoring opportunity. Davidheiser led scorers with 4 goals, and Kimbrough had 2. Junior goalie Chad Richardson registered his finest game of the season with 17 saves. Against Mercer Island, the Vultures stayed close through the first quarter, but Mercer pulled away by halftime and never looked back. Vashon just didn’t have an answer for Mercer Island’s staunch defense and ball-control offense, said coach Charley Rosenberry. The game on Tuesday, April 29, resulted in a close 9-8 Vultures defeat at the hands of Curtis High School. Curtis has a very talented team this year, said Rosenberry, but Vashon started the game with intensity and intelligence to take a 3-1 lead at the end of the first quarter. Curtis came back to take the lead at half 5-4, and maintained a 1-goal lead at the end of three quarters, 7-6. Curtis scored the first goal of the fourth quarter, but then Vashon scored twice, the tying goal coming from junior Wyatt Williams with four minutes left in regulation. Curtis then put the ball in the control of one of the league’s top offensive players, Landon Carr, who drove to score the final and winning goal. Rosenberry said, “This was a wonderful team effort for Vashon. Freshman defender Sam West and junior middie Wyatt Williams had particularly strong performances.”
Sleeping Beauty Ballet 
May 06 2008, 6:58 PM
Sleeping Beauty ballet goes en pointe at Blue Heron Blue Heron Dance Company, comprised of 50 advanced dancers, will perform the “The Sleeping Beauty” ballet at Vashon High School theater. Performances will be at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 9 and 10, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 11. The score for the three-act ballet is considered by many critics to be one of Tchaikovsky’s finest works. “I chose this ballet because we have so many advanced dancers. It is a complex and challenging ballet,” said Vashon Allied Arts Dance Director Christine Juarez. “Those who saw it 10 years ago will see a very different piece this time.” Blue Heron Dance Company includes students in Ballet 2, 3, 4 and 6, and Modern 1, 2 and 3. In the first portion of the program, younger students will perform excerpts from Balanchine’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Ashton’s “La Fille Mal Garde” and and the “Rose Adagio” from “Sleeping Beauty.” The youngest dancers, always a crowd-pleaser, will perform “The Fairies and the Dragon,” a storytelling piece about accepting differences. Sarah Balcom, as Sleeping Beauty, will be in good company with a large group of experienced dancers, including...
