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Former Seattle dj, dancer forms troupe as a way to empower women
Revisiting the Park
By Jessica Keller
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Madison Park Times editor As a former disc jockey for different country radio stations in Seattle for many years, DeAnna Lee knew how tough it can be for women to carve out their own niche, especially in a male-dominated industry. Wanting to give women something just for them, Lee created a new niche for women in 2014 when she created the Boot Boogie Babes, a line dance troupe just for women. As a long-time dancer, teacher and choreographer with a background that includes two-step, polka, waltz, East and West Coast swing, cha cha, jitterbug and line dancing Lee said wanted to create a safe place for women to dance, perform, make friends and, perhaps, fill some need in their lives they didn’t know was missing. Lee said the Boot Boogie Babes lets women know that life is not over for them once they reach a certain age or have children or experience some other significant life change. “You can be empowered at any age, any size and from any background, and that’s our mission statement,” Lee said. “That is the culture of our organization.” Lee said the nice thing about line dancing is anybody can do it, and the Boot Boogie Babes range in age from 21 to over 70 and are in all stages of their life. No matter what, she said, there is a place for them on one of her teams. “If you give it your all, and you give it your focus, you are going to grow just naturally,” she said. While Lee said she enjoys teaching women how to dance and everything they do, the purpose of Boot Boogie Babes is for women to join something fun, learn a new skill, form friendships, build confidence and be part of something just for them. “You know, that’s the beauty of this, and that’s why I do this,” she said. “That’s the biggest piece of it.” Lee said the organization takes its
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Seattle Pacific University professor takes literary look at whales in first book “My hope is that people will read the book and realize that there’s a lot out there that we don’t know, and there’s a beauty in that.” — Peter Moe, Local author, Seattle Pacific University professor
By Jessica Keller
Madison Park Times editor Seattle Pacific University associate professor of English and local author Peter Moe knows the frustration of gazing at the ocean in hopes of spotting a whale swimming past and seeing nothing. He also knows what it is like to lead a team of volunteers and students in removing the flesh from a whale carcass and hang the reassembled skeleton in a building alcove on the SPU campus last summer. Now, he is sharing his fascination with the ocean creatures — one that began as a child — and his experiences involving whales in his first book, “Touching This Leviathan,” which was published by Oregon State University Press and released this summer. While whales are a central theme throughout the nonfiction book, Moe considers the large sea mammals through literary, theological and personal perspectives in a series of essays and narratives. Moe opens his book by pondering the mystery of whales in the form of a question: How does somebody come to know the unknowable — in this case, whales? “How do you come to know something you never see?” Moe said. “These are the biggest creatures on the earth, and yet we never see them.” In the following chapters and two “interludes,” Moe then attempts to answer that question in a variety of ways, touching on “Moby Dick” and the Book of Jonah references and personal experiences, throughout. After posing the question, Moe provides more context to the mystery in the following chapter where he talks about going to the beach and never seeing whales but going back anyway. Moe then discusses how names have stories attached to them and that those stories and considers how stories influenced the names of different whales. “For instance, killer whale was first ‘whale killer’ because whalers observed how the orcas were at the top of the food chain and ate everything they came in contact with,” Moe explained. The next chapter discusses how inherited language can be used to know or understand the unknown, using the Book of Jonah and specifically Jonah’s prayer to God when in the whale’s belly as an example. Moe said nothing in the prayer Jonah gives is original: It all comes from the Book of Psalms. But when Jonah was in the belly of the whale, he pulls from all of the prayers he has learned or “inherited” to create a new prayer suited for his situation. “So, the language is inherited from others, and then Jonah must use that lan-
Photo by Jessica Keller Magnolia resident Peter Moe, a professor at Seattle Pacific University, wrote about a lifelong fascination — whales — in his first book, ‘Touching This Leviathan.’ guage to make sense of his own particular situation,” Moe said, adding that is how language is used by everyone; it is inherited and used in new contexts to address new problems.” Moe returns to the Book of Jonah again in another chapter, comparing Jonah’s time caught in the belly of the whale to his own feelings when he and his wife struggled with infertility: worrying, despairing, wondering if and when the struggle would end and then rejoicing and celebrating when their son, whom they named appropriately named Jonah, was born. Moe wraps up his book with a chapter about his own experience with a real, albeit dead whale, recounting the work he and the students did to turn a whale carcass that
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washed up on a beach into a whale skeleton on display. “I knew I had to have some sort of physical, tactile experience with a whale in order for it to work,” Moe said. In between the chapters are two “interludes,” as Moe describes them. The first is 30 short vignettes of whale sightings, all but one witnessed by Moe. The second interlude explores how the Book of Jonah, or themes from that book, have been retold or alluded to in pop culture and the news, including a Batman comic, a Bruce Springsteen song, “Finding Nemo,” “Pinnochio,” The New York Times and even a Beatrix Potter story where a frog is swallowed by a large fish and spit out again.
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Moe said, although being published is good for his academic career, he didn’t write the book for that reason. “This is more of a passion project,” he said. Moe’s lifelong interest in whales began as a child, when his parents took him to an exhibit that actually left him scared of the giant creatures. Overtime, his fear turned to fascination and then love. “I think that horror sort of shifted into mystery and awe,” Moe said. Moe jokes that he began writing his book 15 years ago as an undergraduate starting with a bad poem about whales, which he included in the book. In actuality, he started it in 2016, finishing three years later. When approaching the book, Moe considered how whale paleontologist Nick Pyenson said that for people to understand whales, they must draw from all the sciences. “I knew I couldn’t really offer anything there,” he said, adding he felt the arts must also be considered. “I thought stories and narratives would be a good way at coming at the whale.” Since the book was released this spring, it has received a favorable response from readers and quickly went into a second print. “My hope is that people will read the book and realize that there’s a lot out there that we don’t know, and there’s a beauty in that,” Moe said. With his first book behind him, Moe intends to keep writing books and is currently working on his second. He thinks it is unlikely, however, that his new writing ventures will have anything to do with whales. “I think the love will always be there, but I think I’m done writing about whales,” he said. “Touching this Leviathan” can be purchased at Magnolia’s Bookstore, Queen Anne Book Company, The Elliott Bay Book Company, Amazon and through his website, www.peterwaynemoe.com.
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Photo by Jessica Keller Boot Boogie Babes founder DeAnna Lee, center, performs a routine with her dancers during a performance last month in Queen Anne. Lee started the dance troupe in 2014 and is now focusing all of her attention on growing the organization after losing her radio disc jockey job in 2020.
mission to create a safe, non judgmental place for all women, very seriously, and she has even dismissed team members who did not meet those expectations. “We make sure the women are always empowering one another,” Lee said, adding she has no tolerance for bad attitudes, gossip or derogatory comments. “And we have a culture now where that doesn’t exist, and that’s what makes it really special.” While Boot Boogie Babes originally started out as a side focus to her primary job as a DJ, Lee lost her job at the radio station in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, and she saw another opportunity. “It was a blessing in disguise because I had been wanting to give 100 percent of my time to these women and the Boot Boogie Babes,” Lee said. Now, Boot Boogie Babes has two chapters, the original Seattle chapter, with 45 members, and a franchise in Charleston, South Carolina with 20. In addition, she offers Boot Boogie Babe boot camps all over the Puget Sound, including in Kirkland, Kent, Port Orchard, Bremerton and Tacoma. She has also started a program where women anywhere can learn to become a Boot Boogie Babe lead dance instructor and teach their own boot camps under the DeAnna Lee Dance umbrella. Outside of western Washington, there have been boot camps in the Tri-Cities in eastern Washington, Los Cruces, New Mexico, and Reno, Nevada. “It’s my dream to have these Boot Boogie Babe camps all over the country and, ultimately, all over the world,” Lee said. To accommodate the different dance skills and allow women to flourish at their own pace, the Boot Boogie Babes is separated
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into different teams: the Boogie Babe premier performance team, the Boot Girls, for intermediate dancers, and the Boot Chicks, which is the beginners team. While all women can join the organization and will be placed on a team based on their skill level, regardless, everyone’s journey starts with an audition, Lee said. “It’s part of the transformation,” Lee said. Team members pay $50 per month for dues, as well as cost of equipment and any activities. While they haven’t been since COVID, the teams usually practice once a week for an hour and a half at the Stroum Jewish Community Center on Mercer Island. The Boot Boogie Babes also perform at different events every summer, including concerts for different country artists. They also perform in the community when asked. Last month, they danced in front of Trader Joe’s in Queen Anne and at the Queen Anne Farmer’s Market. They also bring the fun to the Fremont Fringe, a monthly event in Fremont. “We’re just like a rolling party at a time when some people need some uplifting and some smiles,” Lee said. Next month, the Boot Boogie Babes is hosting and will perform at Bootstock, a country music festival to benefit Aaron Crawford and Dakota Poorman, two country singers who were hit hard financially by the coronavirus pandemic. The event will take place from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sept. 25 Pell Parties Ranch, 28832 180th Ave. S.E., Kent. General admission tickets cost $25 and can be purchased at deannaleedance.com/shop/bootstock-general-admission/. To learn more about the Boot Boogie Babes, go to https://deannaleedance.com/ or https://www. facebook.com/BootBoogieBabes.
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The not-so-fine art of coppicing
Sun Valley Idaho
By Steve Lorton Tree Talk
Nature can be a merry prankster, a purveyor fo whimsy, a master of serendipity. It’s the acorn the squirrel buried in the far corner of your garden, which you didn’t bother to pull out and is now your favorite shade tree. It’s the feverfew, verbena or verbascum the wind, or perhaps a bird, seeded in your perennial border, filling in with lacy foliage and sprays of blossom or that shot up to become a visual anchor to the bed. Couple these gifts with a bit of gardening skill (pruning, grooming, fertilizing), and you’re likely to have something that not even the most accomplished plants person could design. There are examples of this phenomenon in Madison Park. Strolling though our village your eye might be caught by a wonderful tropical looking plant at the southeast corner of HomeStreet Bank at 4036 E. Madison St. You’re looking at the juvenile deciduous foliage of Paulowinia tomentosa, the empress tree. Several years ago a seed from a mature flowering tree was dropped between the foundation of the building and the parking pavement. It germinated, sprouted and up it came with the vigor characteristic of this genus. For whatever reason (I like to think it was intentional) the maintenance staff or the management left it in place. When autumn came and it defoliated, it was cut to the ground, only to leave the roots in place so that this robust plant could shoot up and leaf out the following ye … as it has done for several growing seasons since. Herein lies the whimsy, the serendipity. Wittingly or unwittingly, the technique employed here was that of coppicing. This is the practice of cutting a plant, almost to the ground, annually or perhaps every other or every three years, so that an abundant crop of new shoots springs up from the roots. The system predates written history. Willows, lindens, beeches, birches and others were among the many trees coppiced for new, flexible shoots. The newest and smallest in diameter were used in basketry. The 2- or 3-year-old shoots might be used to fashion spokes for wheels or make fencing. The uses for these long, straight switches were innumerable. In 1544 , Henry VIII regulated the practice of coppicing with a statute, requiring woods to be enclosed after cutting (to prevent animals from “browsing”). The edict also stated that 12 trees, per acre, should be left uncut to be grown into timber. In the 16th and 17th centuries coppiced branches were produced to make charcoal used in iron production. By the 19th century, coppicing
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Photo by Mary Henry In the early 1800s, the empress tree, like this one seen here in Madison Park, was introduced to American horticulture. was used for hedge management and for ornamental gardens, red and yellow-twig dogwood being prime examples. Enter the empress tree. Since its introduction into British horticulture, it has been grown for its magnificent blooms: fragrant, upright clusters of 2-inch, trumpetshaped flowers in lilac blue. It’s a real spectacle in flower. It should be noted here that the seed pods that form are also quite handsome and prized for use in dried arrangements. At some point, a Paulowinia was cut to the ground. The following spring, up shot canes of growth carrying gigantic, tropicallooking juvenile leaves, many of which measured 2 feet across. Suddenly English borders and island beds were punctuated with these dramatic shows of seasonal foliage, while other plants were left to mature into trees and bloom. In the early 1800s, the tree was introduced to American horticulture. At that point, Eastern estate gardens were growing plants for blooming trees as well as coppiced foliage. Then it moved to the Northwest. There is a mature, liberally flowering tree growing on the south side of the Madison Park Tennis Club, near the foot of the outside public stairs going down the slope toward the lake. I strongly suspect that this is the source of the seed that sired the HomeStreet Bank plant. There also is a coppiced Paulownia growing atop a stone wall on the west side of McGilvra Boulevard in the 1000 block, where the sidewalk meets the outside stairs going down. I
also suspect this to be a volunteer, likely parented by the tree south of the tennis club. The unintentional planting and, I assume, the accidental coppicing of the Paulownia at HomeStreet Bank has left our little community with yet one more example of nature’s beauty. Imagine how barren that section of Madison Park’s business district would look without it. In addition to its vast decorative value, it represents human appreciation of nature and a willingness to cultivate it. Bravo! Any gardener wishing to grow an empress tree, to allow it to mature into a flowering festival or to coppice for its dramatic juvenile foliage, will have no trouble finding a plant in most nurseries or online. The species loves our loose, rich, acid soil. It will reach 40 to 50 feet in height and carries masses of blossom. It is perfectly happy in our mild climate and will grow with Jack-in-the-beanstalk zeal. The wood is soft and light, but, as it dries upon cutting and milling, the wood hardens. It is used in the construction of Tansu chests and other traditional Asian furniture. It is said that in parts of China, Japan and Korea, a Paulownia tree is planted at the birth of a baby girl. Thus, the father can harvest the tree as she prepares to marry and make a chest for her to take to her new home. So, should you be in the mood for a little whimsy, or feel prankish, or in need of just some oldfashioned garden theater (or even be planning the future of a new daughter), go to the empress. She will graciously and effortlessly grant your wish.
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Group battles blackberry on Madison Valley trail
By Linda Becker
Special to the Madison Park Times
Photo by Linda Becker A volunteer working on cleaning up the Harrison Ridge Greenbelt in Madison Valley came up with a new method to address blackberry bushes they remove: placing the canes in a piece of burlap, which is tied up and allowed to decompose en masse. The bundle can be laid crosswise on a hillside to help prevent runoff.
The news of exceptional heat and rampant wildfires is filling our headlines these days, and maybe our nightmares each night. The terrible coincidence of these events along with drought adds to the growing awareness of just how serious climate change is, or, depending on your point of view, will be. All of these trees going up in smoke is so clearly the opposite of what the earth needs that it causes many of us to wonder: What can we do? Well, for one thing, plant more trees. A hearty group of volunteers, ages 5 to 75, has been doing just that by working to restore the native woods that used to cover Madison Valley. A project started in 1994, stewarded by Jerry Sussman and other members of the Community Council, volunteers began clearing ivy and blackberry (and junk) and then planting fir, cedars, salal, sword ferns and other natives. This fall, when the rainy season gets started, we will plant more than 100 native evergreen trees and 500 understory plants, provided by the Green Seattle Partnership.
The most difficult part of the restoration is removing those relentless invasive species to give the natives a chance to re-establish. This also requires improving the degraded soils by incorporating woody debris, which will allow the soil to sponge up rainwater. All over Seattle we see tall trees smothered in ivy and clematis, but in some parts, the most challenging barrier to restoration is blackberry. Blackberry seems perfectly adapted to our climate and tolerant of terrible soil. All it needs is sun. Blackberry is hard to get rid of. Any serious gatherer of its delicious berries knows to wear long sleeves and preferably leather gloves when grappling with blackberry vines. To dig out blackberry, we have to get to the octopus-type central root that can be the size of a softball, with long shoots going off in all directions. The challenges to greenbelt restoration are many. During this hot, dry summer, we are handwatering everything that has been planted during the last two years. In two sections, the water is delivered by hose from neighbors’ houses. Elsewhere we have to carry
5-gallon jugs up the steep hills several times a week. Also, woodchips to improve the soil are needed everywhere and carried over hill and dale in 5-gallon buckets. And then where do we put all that pulled ivy, blackberry and clematis? A few of our neighbors allow us to stuff their yard waste bins, but mostly we have to build compost piles. That entails keeping the invaders off of the ground until they dry up and can be turned into forest duff.Some of our compost piles are the size of a small car. Happily, blackberry canes dry fairly quickly, and, as long as we rid them of their roots, they are harmless. Well, not harmless. They are still covered with thorns, so they are not easy to move around to make room for new native plants. One recent innovation is the creation of blackberry cane wattles. Over time, these nifty bundles will decompose and add to the rebuilding of the soils, nurturing this small forest. For more about the work in the Harrison Ridge Greenbelt, go to HarrisonRidge.org. — Linda Becker is the Harrison Ridge Greenbelt lead forest steward.
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Terpenes are volatile aromatic compounds found in millions of plants, especially cannabis, that create the unique smell profile of each flower. They’ve been the center of attention in cannabis research for the last several years, largely due to the “entourage effect” they produce with various cannabinoids. Terpenes offer strong potential to tailor the effects of a cannabis product to the needs of the consumer. This is because terpenes have their own pharmacological effects that influence the “personality” of a strain of cannabis and the effect it provides. The cannabis plant is known to produce more than 200 terpenes, although many of them appear only in trace amounts. Selecting strains based not only on cannabinoid profile, but also terpenoid content, gives the user more customization and control over the desired outcome. Like cannabinoids, terpenoids are fat soluble and interact with a wide variety of receptors throughout the brain and body. In fact, cannabinoids may improve the ability of terpenes to cross the blood/brain barrier by increasing membrane permeability, furthering their synergistic potential, but more research is needed to confirm this theory. This article is intended as a handguide for navigating common terpenoids, their effects, and the most common strains they’re found in. However, it’s important to consider the entire terpenoid composition of a cannabis strain when making a selection, since some terpenes can overpower others… Alpha and beta-pinene are two of the more common terpenes. You can recognize these terpenes by their classic christmas tree scent, sometimes carrying notes of rosemary. These terpenes are quite volatile, and can easily be destroyed by light, heat, poor growing methods, or poor storage methods. Cannabis strains high in pinene- notably Jack Herer, Kona Gold, Trainwreck, Dutch Treat, but also
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common terpene in decarboxylated extracts, since it typically survives extraction temperatures that other terpenes cannot. Caryophyllene is hard to track down in any particular strain, but is reportedly found in strains like White Widow and Skywalker. Limonene is a fairly well-known terpene, found in all citrus fruits, and commonly found in the vast variety of lemony strains like Lemon OG, Super Sour Lemon Haze, and Tangerine Dream. It’s rare for limonene to constitute more than 2% of the biomass of the bud, even in the most lemony strains. Limonene reputedly offers a stimulating antidepressant effect with a quick onset. Borneol has been receiving more attention in the last several years as one of the rarer terpenes. It’s aroma has been compared to camphor, expressing a minty and cool, yet herbal scent. Borneol has demonstrated more potent numbing effects than lidocaine, by inhibiting the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, and can also be eaten for its analgesic effects. Additionally, borneol has been studied to improve permeability of the blood brain barrier, helping to deliver medicine to the central nervous system, making it a promising component in medical cannabis. Borneol is harder to track down, but strains with the word “haze” in the name are typically higher in borneol. While our knowledge of cannabis terpenes has grown significantly in the last decade, there’s much left to be explored, especially with regard to their medical applications. The synergism between terpenes and cannabinoids has the potential to radically shape the customization of the cannabis experience, and adds yet another layer of versatility to the cannabis plant.
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Developing a passion for diving
By Richard Carl Lehman Revisiting the Park
Skiing was always an option in the winter time for Madison Parkers. The Seattle drizzle eventually got to us, so I was happy to help those who were interested in the sport I just took up, SCUBA diving. It promised a whole new world of color and sights, but one friend warned me not to push him. I said, “Give it a half hour,” and suddenly we were at Frank’s Dive Shop and he announced, “I’ll have what Dick has!” We all laughed. One friend happened to have a swimming pool so I showed him how to use my mask. He said it wouldn’t do because it leaked. I showed him how to clear it, and then he swam to the bottom of the pool and back up and thought that was cool. Frank Wolf ’s dive shop had all of the necessities including a SCUBA tank, so we took it to Puget Sound and hung out in the shallow water. It took no more than an hour, and we were back at Frank’s buying gear. There were a couple of guys who said they’d think about becoming SCUBA divers. Practicing in that pool with a tank was all it took to get another friend into it. A bunch of us from Madison Park followed through and took the tests. We attended the various SCUBA club meetings, and when Bill and Sheila LeClerq, owners of the Lighthouse Dive Shop, offered dive cruises to remote areas, we were there. One bright Saturday morning Frank called saying it was time to stick our heads under water. “Hell, yes!” was the reply from the group. We loaded our gear onto Frank’s 20-foot catamaran, and it was full throttle to Orchard Rocks on south Bainbridge Island. It was low tide, so we ran the boat onto the beach and suited up. Our dive was to be on the west side of a sheer wall covered with plant and sea life. Frank shot a 15-pound ling cod with his Arbaletes — a spear gun powered by two big rubber slings with a striking power of a .30-6 shotgun but not the distance. Even with the low tide, we were able to go 80 feet down. We looked around taking in all the sites and even saw a wolf eel. He watched us while carefully guarding his den — they can grow to be 9 feet plus and are not dangerous if left alone. Time for lunch, so we headed up and sat on the beach near the boat. Suddenly something went, “Bang!” and again, “Bang!” It was raining seashells onto the boat’s bow. The seagulls were taking advantage of the low tide by prying sea life loose and then flying high and dropping it on the rocks below. We pushed the boat away and continued to watch their skill. Another boat nearby also moved swiftly away from the beach. We all surmised that sporting a 6-inch divot in our skulls was not from
a shark bite, at least, but from a really big seagull! Gaining more skill on each dive, we felt the equipment needed upgrading. California was usually ahead of us in new gear. Our previous suits were called dry suits, unless you tore a hole in it as I did on the boat rail while entering the ice-cold sound. Underneath we wore long johns, several pair of socks, sweaters, an alpaca jacket and a wool cap. It usually took two people to get a good seal. Since it was a deep dive, I felt nothing because the pressure forced the water in and it warmed to body temperature. When I surfaced, I put on some 40 pounds because of the weight of the wet clothes. Pants and jacket were made out of rubber the thickness of an inner tube and were rolled together at the waist. There was an opening at the chest, and you climbed into it and tied the excess rubber into a tight knot. Then came the arrival of the wetsuit, Neoprene. Jump in, zip up. Water did enter but became body temperature. It was more comfortable in the water then out of it. A few years later the crème de la crème dry suit was invented. They are made of foam Neoprene, crushed Neoprene, vulcanized rubber or heavy-duty
“When they barked, their mouths opened just wide enough for maybe one diver.” nylon. They are fully sealed and use a combination of wrist seals, a neck seal and a waterproof zipper across the shoulders to keep you dry. The look of them reminded us of James Bond when he walked onto the beach, dropped his tank and climbed out of his suit wearing a tuxedo, smoking a cigar and
joined the party. But being it was 1954, we wore the old dry suits. The various dive clubs occasionally had speakers, and one special guest was Dr. Washburn from UCLA. He was curious to see the appeal of the Puget Sound, so we had a 30-minute dive meet in his honor.
The location was “Three Fingers” near Vashon, and on the dive the doctor noted there was more prolific sea life than what he had seen in California. A few used their spear guns to capture dinner, but I did not have any luck. What I did see below me was a hell diver mud hen — a bird you would see while waiting for the ferry. They would dive and eat crustaceans from logs. I casually grabbed said mud hen gently and cuddled it to surface. Later for the group photo with everyone else holding a fish, I proudly displayed my new friend. Quite pale in comparison to the 30-foot ling cod others caught, but it got an honorable mention for best waterfowl. A dive reminiscent of the attack of the seagulls was one morning at Alki Beach. It was a clear bright Sunday morning. Frank Wolf, two new divers and I decided to go past the sunken wreck to see what was deeper. There were a lot of onlookers, as early as it was, watching us suit up. It was a short 67 years ago, but it was to be a dive we would never forget. We walked out and then under. We swam beyond the wreck to about 90 feet of water, looking at points of interest. Suddenly, it felt like something was near, a feeling of movement, maybe just shadows? Running short of air, we surfaced and snorkeled in. Then, just before we surfaced, we heard it, loud and close! It sounded like large dogs barking, but they were elephant seals from Alaska, easily weighing 4,500 pounds and maybe 20 feet long. That really made an impression. When they barked, their mouths opened just wide enough for maybe one diver. We stayed in a tight group, slowly moving toward shore. Were we concerned? Scared as hell, for sure. When our fins hit bottom, we were relieved. People were there! We made it! We cracked a few beers and toasted our becoming one with sea life. I hope anyone venturing into SCUBA finds it as thrilling as we did and also realizes the fragility of this underground society. social emotional academic artistic
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Three top challenges for overhead athletes T
he shoulder has long been a special interest of mine as a former NCAA Division I swimmer at Purdue University and now a Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician® by the American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians. The shoulder poses many problems for patients and physicians because it is the most difficult joint in the body to treat, but that is part of what makes it so much fun to work with. The shoulder is a biological miracle and also an enigma, as it can pose complex challenges for overhead athletes. “Who is an overhead athlete,” you might ask? Webster’s Medical Dictionary has its own definition, but mine would include any individual who plays a sport that requires overhead motions (ie. swimming, tennis, volleyball, baseball, etc.). Here are three common challenges for overhead athletes with some introductory solutions at the bottom. The first challenge is range of motion. Shoulders (and hips)
have round “ballwhich creates like” bones that fit a different and into “socket-like” more accurate receptacles that give mental picture. the shoulder a large The “golf tee” range of motion. on which the Large range of moshoulder rests is tion might sound small in size and like a good thing, shallow in depth, but too much range allowing for the of motion is harmful exceptionally large and susceptible to range of motion instability. Secondly, that the shoulder Dr. Dan Michael a large range of moprovides, but the Northwest Sports tion can be associated muscles around with a greater amthe shoulder blade plitude of imbalance (all 17 of them) of its support structures. These coordinate the motion to keep support structures ensure that the the “golf ball” under the “golf tee.” shoulder stays in place as we use Like a seal balancing a ball on its our arms, and overhead motions nose, good shoulder coordination in particular require strong and can keep your shoulder well balbalanced structures to support anced in overhead positions. movement. The third challenge is load The second challenge is coordimanagement. Whether you are a nation. youth sports athlete, an adult recAs previously mentioned, the reational athlete or an occasional shoulder is a type of “ball-insocial situational athlete, dynamic socket” joint, but that may be too overhead repetitive motions must generous. Perhaps better would be be managed purposefully and to say a “golf ball on a golf tee,” intentionally to avoid unwanted
“If your activity level is low, your tolerance for an overhead sport may be only 10 to 20 minutes of play depending on the sport.”
consequences. With load management there is always the question of “what have you been up to lately?” which helps to guide how much load one could or should bear in a given window of time. If your activity is very low, your tolerance for an overhead sport may be only 10 to 20 minutes of play depending on the sport. If you are a young and highly trained athlete with a long sports history, it may be closer to three to four hours of play. Both ends of the activity spectrum run into the same problem of social competitive pressures that lure them into doing more than they should. As for overhead activity, low and slow really is the way to go. Solutions: Like every good puzzle, I will put the answer sheet here at the bottom. Regarding mobility, if you can touch the hand/fingertips of your opposite
hand behind your back, you may be too mobile and at risk of injury for repetitive overhead movements and you may want to focus on strengthening over stretching. Regarding coordination, if you cannot move your shoulder blades independent of the rest of your arm in all directions, you may be at a coordination deficit so start there first. Finally, for load management, it is generally safe to increase your load overhead 10 percent per week on a weekly basis. If you are starting at 0 minutes, then for this example, assume that everyone gets 10 minutes of “overhead activity” per week at a moderate level by way of everyday life activity. — Dr. Dan Michael is a Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician® at NW Sports Rehab in Madison Park.
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