honor
Maggie Sudduth
Islander Maggie Sudduth, daughter of Mike and Shannon Sudduth, graduated from Western Washington University on March 22, 2008, with a bachelor’s in accounting and a minor in business administration.
She graduated from Middle College High School at Seattle Central Community College in 2000.
Sudduth has accepted a job offer from Emeritus Senior Living in Seattle for the position of staff accountant. She will continue to live on Vashon.
death notice
Marian G. Fitch
Marian G. Fitch died Sunday, May 11, 2008, at Island Elder Care. Funeral service information and a full obituary will follow.
Call Island Funeral Service at 463-9300 for further information.
birth
Ella Sander
Anna and Jeromy Sander announce the birth of their daughter Ella Sophia Sander, born Feb. 16, 2008, in Seattle. She weighed 10 pounds, 4 ounces and was 21 and a quarter inches long. She is welcomed by half-sister Callie Andrews, maternal grandparents Bob and Laurie Tucker of Vashon, paternal grandparents Leona and Dave Hunter of Centralia, Wash., and paternal great-grandparents, Art and Betty Anderson, also of Centralia.
nomination time
Doors of Opportunity
Nominations for the 2008 Doors of Opportunity Award are being accepted now through June 1. Faculty, students, parents and community members may submit a one-page letter of nomination of a teacher in the public school system; no nomination form is necessary.
The Doors of Opportunity Award was established in 1998. Former school board member Charlie Staadecker led the campaign to raise $40,000 to fund the award. The award gives $2,000 a year to a teacher in the district who “opened doors” for students.
Each spring, the district’s staff, parents, students and other community members are asked to submit a letter nominating their candidate. A committee made up of district staff, previous winners, high school students and the PTSA selects the Doors of Opportunity winner.
Although the winning teacher is announced at the end of the school year in June, he or she is not presented with the monetary award and commemorative plaque until Teacher’s Opening Day Ceremonies in the early fall.
The award, a framed print of an open door, has been presented by Staadecker and a member of the PTSA board since 1998. The teacher will receive a check at the award ceremony for $1,000 to be used in any way he or she chooses and $1,000 to be used to pay for a recognized educational benefit to the teacher, his or her school or the school district.
Past recipients of the Doors of Opportunity award are, beginning with the most recent: Mike Scott (Vashon High School and McMurray), Shirley Ferris (Vashon High School), Cherry Champagne (Chautauqua), Cornelius Lopez (McMurray), Martha Woodard (Vashon High School), Jim Dorsey (Vashon High School), Renée Taylor (Chautauqua), Mike Kirk (McMurray), Doug Kloke (Vashon High School) and Roxanne Thayer (McMurray).
Drop your sealed nomination letter addressed to Doors of Opportunity, Selection Committee, in the PTSA mailbox at your school. Or mail nomination letters to:
Doors of Opportunity Selection Committee, c/o Vashon PTSA
P.O. Box 2364
Vashon, WA 98070
quit smoking
Free help for pregnant moms
Quitting smoking is one of the best things a pregnant woman can do to protect her health and that of her baby. The state Department of Health has added services to its free Tobacco Quit Line to provide pregnant women with more help when they’re ready to quit using tobacco.
New tools include quit materials and extra follow-up calls to help pregnant women increase their chances of quitting and remaining tobacco-free after the baby is born. Quit coaches have received additional training to understand challenges pregnant women face when trying to quit smoking. In Washington, more than 8,700 babies are born each year to women who smoke during their pregnancy.
The quit line (1-800-QUIT-NOW, and in Spanish, 1-877-2NO-FUME) provides free help to all pregnant women who smoke — no insurance is required. Quit coaches help callers develop a quit plan and a strategy to avoid secondhand smoke before and after the baby is born. The quit line can supply free nicotine replacement medications when appropriate and approved by the woman’s physician.
class
Medical prep
VashonBePrepared, the Medical Reserve Corps and the Foundation for Care Management are co-sponsoring a lecture on pediatric respiratory conditions that require urgent management and plans for disaster preparedness for pediatric emergencies.
The lecture is given by Dr. Karen K. Smith, a board-certified pediatrician and longtime educator. In primary care pediatrics for 25 years and urgent care/ER pediatrics for 15 years as associate faculty for the University of California, San Francisco, she is currently working with the University of Washington on a grant that helps primary care offices identify and treat asthma and respiratory conditions.
The dialogue/lecture, “Is That Baby Blue: Averting Pediatric Disasters,” will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 15, in the Penny Farcy Memorial Training Center.
Continuing education credits are offered to MDs, RNs and pharmacists. Designed for physicians, nurses and mid-level providers, the lecture will be good for all medical personnnel.
Call Carol Ireland-McLean at 463-1400 for more information.
