Senior Center Halloween
Everyone’s invited to the Vashon Senior Center for the special Halloween Bash Oct. 31. It promises to be a creepy, crawly experience to haunt young and old for months, starting with a “Punk Boutique” for your hair to be spiked purple or blue and your fingernails painted black. How about a wicked tattoo? Or maybe a (fake) piercing or two? Don’t forget the gruesome makeup. All with refreshments and an enthusiastic audience to cheer you on.
The lunch menu will be ghoulish, and the little goblins from Carpe Diem School will sing, show off their costumes and admire yours. Joe Beal, a Vashon storyteller of legendary fame, will tell a spooky story, and the scary movie “Young Frankenstein” will be shown on the big screen.
The center will be open from 5 to 7:30 p.m. for the Halloween parade and trick-or-treats from downtown merchants. George Eustice and crew will offer hot dogs or Polish sausage or vegetarian or meaty corn dogs for $2.50 plus small toys for the trick-or-treaters, as well as a convenient bathroom stop.
— Deirdre Petree
Addiction is topic at VUF
Some of the most devastating addictions include addictions to alcohol and drugs, to gambling and to sex. However, there are other addictions that can control our lives, such as addictions to food and work. Both the prodigal son and his brother were caught up in addictions. Their story can give us some insights into the journey to freedom.
This will be the Vashon Unitarian Fellowship service by Rev. Barbara Stevens on Nov. 2 in the Burton Community Church, 23905 Vashon Hwy. S.W.
We will use our time in Religious Exploration to celebrate the Day of the Dead. This Mexican holiday honors the dead in ways both serious and playful. We will be decorating altar tables, making sugar skulls and eating the sweet Pan de Muerto (bread of the dead) to honor and celebrate the lives of those we want to remember. Please bring photographs, mementos, flowers or candles for the altar.
For information, call me at 799-9433.
— Wendy Wharton
View ferry lines on TV
Voice of Vashon’s television programming on Comcast Channel 21 now includes pictures of the north-end ferry waiting line. Four cameras let you know if there’s a line and, if so, how long it is. The camera views from Washington State Ferries are in the information window and are displayed every morning until at least 10 a.m. They will also be shown on Sunday afternoons from now on. Previous video programming during those times will be moved to other times of the day to accommodate the ferry line pictures.
For the full broadcast schedule, see www.voiceofvashon.org.
If you have been creating your own video that you would like to share, please e-mail dans@islandimage.net.
— Dan Scheuler
Learn fiber arts for kids
At the FiberNet meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, at the Sunrise Ridge conference room, the topic will be fiber art with and for kids. Diane Brenno and helpers will share ideas with us.
We are all encouraged to share our own examples, experiences and recent fiber projects.
For more information, contact me at 463-1747 or msuewill@centurytel.net.
— Sue Willingham
Dockton shows its history
Anita Halstead and friends are bringing new life to Dockton’s identity, she told Vashon Kiwanis Oct. 21.
Ten interpretive signs and an “entering Dockton” kind of edifice, a bell tower, are to be placed around the village. Each sign celebrates a significant portion of village history, like the first dry dock on Puget Sound and a l908 net shed, the last original around the Sound, she said.
Halstead, “100 percent” Croatian, and her husband, of Norwegian descent, grew interested in Dockton history when they discovered their 1908 home in Dockton was built by Croatians and Norwegians. The sign project developed from meetings of Dockton residents, who discussed what could and should be done regarding the area’s history.
Text and pictures on the signs she showed Kiwanis eventually are going into a brochure.
She expects children will find the signs interesting because they can learn the history of the village and can look around to see how things have changed. Islander Sandra Noel designed the signs.
John Martinolich, dry dock owner, and other Croatians came to America to fill jobs. Dockton ship repair and building was a major industry.
In other business, Kiwanians discussed meal costs and agreed to wait for more information before making decisions.
A committee to analyze and report how the Community Fund is managed was also named by new President Jean Bosch.
Chair Joyce Smith said toy drive gift request forms are being distributed more widely than before.
— Jay Becker
Join VIGA for annual meeting
Last call for the Vashon Island Growers Association (VIGA) annual meeting, which will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 2, at the Grange Building on the north end of the Island. There will be a potluck meal, a review of the year’s activities, a selection of a new logo for the organization and an election of five new board members. Current members are invited to run for office and/or vote in the board election. You can also become a member at this meeting.
If you have questions, contact current president Mark Timken at mtimken@comcast.net.
— Joanne Jewell
Quilt Guild plans for shows
In the Vashon Island Quilt Guild, Margaret Bickel is organizing a mini quilt show at the Vashon Community Care Center (VCCC) in 2009 in order to provide the residents there with a two-month show of quilts on the walls.
The group is planning a trip to TapRoot Theater in early 2009, when the play about the Gee’s Bend Quilts will be showing.
Jo Ann Bardeen reported that Maggie Ball and Wanda Rains will be the judges for the quilt show taking place at Camp Burton on May 2 and 3, 2009.
Judy Dohm spoke about the history of crazy quilts and brought many examples. Janice Johns announced that the night group will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, at VCCC with Annie Miksch demonstrating the “stack and whack” technique.
The Quilt Guild meets again at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 18, at the Presbyterian Church. The annual holiday meeting and luncheon will take place at Camp Burton on Tuesday, Dec. 9.
— Jo Ann Bardeen
