Vashon goes to the movies

While comedy is seen on the marquee as part of the offerings at the Vashon Theatre, there was nothing funny about what owner Eileen Wolcott found when she arrived Sunday to get the Theatre ready for the day’s screenings. Sometime during the night, someone broke in and made off with the flatscreen monitor in the lobby, 2 dvd players and the theater-quality digital projector which is an intergral part of  many special events that are hosted here. Wolcott called this a “pretty harsh blow”, following a month where even blockbusters like vampire flick New Moon have not done well on the Island. Given that there was minimal vandalism and mess, it appears that the break-in was targeting goods that could be fairly easily converted to cash. Saying that  they will “do what we can to take it in stride”, Wolcott wanted to emphasize that the 35mm projector was not affected by the projection room violation and that regular screenings will still go on. She said that they were “still standing”, but “really sad”.

While standing outside the theatre to turn away people arriving for the screening of Crude that i was involved with, i learned that local farmstands have also been targeted by thieves lately. Another local business owner who was passing by shook his head and said something about frontier justice and opening cans of whoopass in regard to the perps. Regardless of what happens, a special place in the hotter and more foul smelling areas of hell have been reserved for anyone stealing from those who are themselves struggling to make Vashon a better place.

Theatre owner Eileen Wolcott lists stolen items