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Lurking in the dark
The coal terminal controversy continues by STEVE WEHRLY Journal reporter
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These crazy zombie kids from Grace McCune’s “Musical Theater Youth Troupe” scared islanders silly and won the Sounder’s online photo contest for “Cutest Trick or Treater.” The children performed a frightening show of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” last year. McCune and Keri Lago, who took the photo, will share the grand prize of dinner for two at Agave Restaurant, which sponsored the contest. Thank you to everyone who submitted a photo.
Coal isn’t the only fuel firing the first stage of the Gateway Pacific Terminal protest. Bunker fuel spills, noise pollution, and bilge and ballast water contamination were three of more than two dozen detrimental impacts listed at a recent workshop. The scoping workshop put on by Power Past Coal, a coalition of environmental and community groups, and Friends of the San Juans was held Thursday, Oct. 25, in Friday Harbor. A similar event on Lopez drew about 60 people the day before, and another 60 people were expected for an evening workshop on Orcas Island following the Friday Harbor meeting. Dick and Janet Wright, of San Juan Island, had immediate responses to the “Why are you here today?” question. “Irreparable damage to the ecosystem,” said Dick.
Fire department still hammering out budget Chief asked to trim down preliminary numbers by COLLEEN SMITH ARMSTRONG Editor/Publisher
Orcas Fire Commissioners are taking a conservative route with the upcoming budget. After Fire Chief Kevin O’Brien presented his preliminary 2013 numbers, which included a 6.28 percent rise in expenditures, commissioner Clyde Duke asked him to keep cutting and stick with the same budget as 2012. “I respect the commissioners’ desire to keep the budget at zero or low growth,” O’Brien said. “I can scale back on new programs we were looking at. We can do it.” One area that Duke doesn’t mind increasing is health benefits. Orcas Island Fire and Rescue is the only district in San Juan County that does not have medical coverage for staff families. O’Brien wants to provide medical
Orcas Fire & Rescue at a glance • 2012 call volume is up 9 percent • The department’s survival rate for heart attack victims is 80 percent with use of a defibrillator • 75 percent of calls are in Eastsound insurance starting in 2013 for family members of full-time staff, while Duke wants to see more health benefits go to volunteers as well. Currently, they can submit vouchers for specific medical procedures, but do not have health care coverage. “It has to be a full deal – all participants,” Duke told the Sounder. “We need to do more for our volunteers.” O’Brien says maintaining the department is complex and not like it was 30 years ago. “It’s run like a business with a core of career
staff who provide support to the 49 volunteers,” O’Brien said. “Our volunteers put in a lot of hours. We can’t do it without them. The standards and laws for firefighters and EMTs are significantly more difficult today than in the past.” There are seven full-time staff members as well as a handful of part-time people who do things like admin work, maintenance and daytime shifts at the station. There are four disciplines that volunteers work in: firefighting, EMS services, rescue and wild land. The majority of volunteers are crosstrained in more than one area, which means a minimum of 100 to 140 hours per year. In addition to call response, volunteers participate in weekly drills, meetings, off-island training and the department’s wellness program. His proposed 2013 operations budget was $1,619,723 with an estimated revenue of $2,103,100. The operations budget for 2012
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“We could witness a totally changed Northwest culture,” said Janet. “We’ve lived here for 40 years and have never seen anything that threatened our lives like this.” The workshops were part of preparations for a Nov. 3 scoping meeting in Friday Harbor and the 120-day scoping comment period announced recently by the Army Corps of Engineers, Whatcom County and the Washington Department of Ecology. These are the three “co-lead agencies” responsible for producing an Environmental Impact Statement studying impacts of the Cherry Point bulk loading terminal near Ferndale proposed by SSA Marine, the Seattle port facilities operator. Those three agencies previously determined that plans for the export facility must undergo a full environmental review by federal, state and local officials before development permits would be issued. That review, as set out by the National Environmental
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The High School Band and Strings, under the direction of Martin Lund (far left) and Pamela Wright (far right), meet every school day at 7:30 a.m. to rehearse.
‘Music Matters’ fund meets goal The Music Advocacy Group of Orcas Island has raised the necessary $9,000 in donations, through their School Music Matters fund, so that the school music program can continue unchanged. The money will allow the school to continue offering separate middle and high school strings and band classes, taught by
Pamela Wright (strings) and Martin Lund (band), for the remainder of the school year, as they are at present. “We accepted the School Music Matters donation and we are on our way to another great music educational year,” said Orcas School Board Chair Tony Ghazel in a letter to Catherine Pederson, President of MAG. Last summer when MAG became aware that the budget might not allow
the music program to be fully funded by the school, Marilyn Anderson instigated a fund named “School Music Matters.” And the Orcas Island community and other friends responded. The High School Strings, directed by Pamela Wright, presented a concert in September, sponsored by Galen, Birch and Joyce Burghardt, which raised more than $2,500. Former students of Anderson, wishing to make a gift to
the island, made significant contributions to the fund. Additional donations, checks and a large anonymous gift brought the total to the necessary $9,000. All donations to this fund (up to $9,000) were designated to augment music teachers’ salaries for the rest of the year so that separate classes could continue. Any additional donations MAG receives for the School Music Matters fund will go directly toward the Orcas Island School music program. All donations to School Music Matters are deposited with the Orcas Island Education Foundation. Checks payable to MAG School Music Matters Fund can be mailed to P.O. Box 1170, Eastsound, WA 98245. MAG is a 501(c)(3) corporation. “School music does matter to our school board and administration,” Pederson said. “In spite of a tight budget, the board voted to fund half of the middle-high school band and strings program, so that our fund’s $9,000 will cover the rest. MAG appreciates how very cooperative and supportive the school board has been ... It is gratifying to have this outpouring of support from the community for the music program.”
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New kitchen equipment New equipment for the school cafeteria kitchen and home ec arrived on Oct. 12. There is more to come in the next few weeks. Five new stoves, a refrigerator, microwave, dishwasher and clothes washer were placed in the home ec room. Mandy Randolph’s classroom also got a new stove and dishwasher. Right when the milk refrigerator gasped its last amp, a new reach-in arrived in the cafeteria, along with a pressure cooker, proofer holding cabinet to keep trays of food warm prior to serving, an industrial strength blender and a scale. Coming soon will be a 12-burner range with a griddle for the school cafeteria, a three-door, reachin refrigerator and a six-well steamer serving counter will be replacing the old, rotted out one. These purchases only used up two-thirds of the money received from the Lowe’s Charitable and Education Foundation grant, so even more equipment will be coming. A portion will also be set aside to help build a root cellar-type facility to keep bulk items stored for long periods of time.
Charles is back as celebrity chef
Charles Dalton
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On Thursday, Nov. 1, Charles Dalton, owner of The Kitchen, will once again be working with the cafeteria staff to create and serve a local Orcas lunch for kids, parents and teachers. The menu will be teriyaki beef (tofu teriyaki for the vegetarian option), sesame rice cakes, sauteed winter root veggies and cabbage slaw. Celebrity chefs now also spend some time with Mandy Randolph’s Farm to Classroom kids prior to their lunch day exploring an item or items they will be serving in their lunch. Dalton will be teaching them how to make rice cakes. Dalton was the very first celebrity chef way back in November of 2009. This is his third time in the school kitchen.
Have a pizza for Paintings by B.J. the food bank Arnold at Artworks by MADIE MURRAY Special to the Sounder
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One of the wonderful things about our island is that there are so many creative ways to help out our neighbors, and the Doe Bay Cafe has one of them with its pizza night local benefit. In November, every Thursday Night from 5 to 10 p.m. when they have pizza and open mic night, a dollar for every pizza sold will be given to the Orcas Island Food Bank. So gather up the kids and friends and head for Doe Bay Cafe on a Thursday night in November, enjoy one or several of their delicious handmade pizzas made with local organic produce and products and know another island family will be benefiting from it, too.
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Orcas Island Artworks will feature abstract paintings by B.J. Arnold through the months of November and December. Arnold’s approach to painting is experimental. “I enjoy playing with squares and rectangles punctuated with circles and undulating lines to soften,” she said. “I frequently begin a piece with a collage, which provides texture, even though I might paint over and obscure it completely. The core elements of my process are desire for beauty, love of color, discipline and daring.” The Artworks is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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B.J. Arnold works with collage, texture, paint and color. Her work is at the Artworks for November and December.
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Crazy for bats
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Halloween – a time to dress as ghosts, carve pumpkins, eat candy and maybe find local bats a good home. And San Juan County is a perfect place for this kind of endeavor. According to Kwiaht scientists – a Lopez-based nonprofit laboratory – the county is a refuge for some of Washington state’s largest and rarest bats, such as the hoary bat, and Townsend’s big-eared bat, which dine on cutworm moths, tent caterpillar moths, and coddling worm moths. “That’s good news for our farms, gardens, orchards, and locavores,” said Madrona Murphy, Kwiaht botanist and leader of its heritage orchard project. Smaller, “mouse-eared” bats feast on tiny wetland insects like mosquitoes, whose diseases such as West Nile, kill 30 times more Americans each year than rabies, according to Centers for Disease Control statistics. According to the Washington Department of Health statistics, no San Juan County bat has yet tested positive for rabies.
Bats in the belfry Bats like their homes warm, dry, and cozy. That’s why several island homeowners are finding bats in their belfry. Attics, crawlspaces, walls, under roof tiles or tiny nooks and crannies are preferred roosts for maternity colonies of our local bats. Aging farm buildings and idiosyncratic, owner-built “hippy houses” are especially welcoming to bats, Kwiaht researchers have found. Bats have probably shared our homes since the days when Coast Salish peoples built large cedar-plank community houses in the islands, which archaeologists believe began more than 3,000 years ago. Tiny uninvited tenants aren’t always appreciated and can make a mess as they birth and fledge tiny pups each summer. “Although bat guano is dry, excellent fertilizer and poses little threat to human health, bat urine is smelly and can dampen insulation and warp drywall,” said Russel Barsh, director of Kwiaht.
A Townsend’s big-eared bat in flight. Bats also often roost under siding and shingles that require periodic maintenance.
Bat box design Since island weather is frequently cool and wet in spring, when female bats congregate to birth and nurse their pups, “bat boxes” here need to be roomy, solarheated, and well insulated. Kwiaht staff has designed bat boxes that are larger, heavier, and warmer than anything you can find for sale online. Painted matte black, with rigid insulation and a sturdy galvanized metal roof, they weigh nearly a hundred pounds and can house entire colonies of bats mounted high above predators on a tree or post, facing the sun. Hoisting a 100-pound bat house 30 feet into a tree is no easy task, but with ropes and pulleys, and the help of Lopez arborist Zack Blomberg, Kwiaht can install a house in a day or two. “The finishing touch is to spray the inside of the bat house with a concoction we call Eau de Bat: fresh bat guano, collected from
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the existing bat colony, and extracted in alcohol like perfume,” said Kwiaht wildlife biologist Amanda Wedow. This tincture helps convince bats that some of their relatives have already used the box so it is safe. Two Kwiaht bat houses were installed on Lopez in 2012, and there are orders for five more on Lopez, Orcas, and San Juan Island. For more information on local bats, blueprints to build your own maternitysize bat house, or to get on the waiting list for a Kwiahtbuilt house, send an email to kwiaht@gmail.com. Home assessments are free, and if a bat box is called for, Kwiaht shares up to 100 percent of the costs of construction and installation. Kwiaht also donated of eight bat detectors to schools and libraries throughout San Juan County to introduce more island families to what Barsh calls “the pleasure of eavesdropping on bats as they navigate, snatch insects out of the sky, and chat among themselves.” Hodges is Kwiaht’s Landscape Ecologist.
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Editorial
To the Legalize gay marriage Editor:
in Washington state
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s a progressive, intelligent state, it’s surprising it has taken this long for gay marriage to become a reality.
But we’re finally on the road to equal rights for all and we strongly support Referendum 74 on this November’s ballot. If approved, starting Dec. 6, 2012, it will be legal for same-sex couples to marry. In addition, it preserves domestic partnerships for seniors and the right of religious organizations to refuse to perform or recognize any marriage ceremony. Those in opposition of the referendum say it denigrates the sanctity of marriage. Since society created the invention of “marriage,” why can’t we redefine it? If we upheld the social customs of centuries past, women would be barefoot and pregnant and young kids would be put to work. Gay partners should receive the same legal benefits as heterosexual partners. Washington United for Marriage is a coalition of more than 500 organizations, congregations, unions, and businesses working together to defend civil marriage for committed same-sex couples. “We believe marriage and family are about love and commitment, working together, bettering the community, raising children, and growing old together,” according to its website, http:// washingtonunitedformarriage.org. “We believe in a Washington that supports strong families and values freedom and equality. And we believe that marriage matters.” Many rejoiced when Governor Christine Gregoire signed the marriage bill last February. It was set to take effect on June 7, but, sadly, opponents submitted enough signatures to suspend the bill and require a state-wide vote. Washingtonians can be a shining example of acceptance and tolerance by approving this measure. We hope that future generations will look back at this time and say, “I can’t believe that same-sex marriage used to be illegal!” It is as absurd as women being unable to vote. While intolerance and ignorance are still part of our society, this bill is one step closer to ensuring equal rights for all U.S. citizens.
Public meetings THuRSdAy, Nov. 1 • Eastsound Planning Review Committee, 3 p.m., Eastsound Fire Station. THuRSdAy, Nov. 8 • Orcas Island Park &
Recreation District, 4 to 6 p.m., Eastsound Fire Station. • Port of Orcas Commissioners, 6 p.m., airport conference room.
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Whale of a Show thanks For the past several years, Didier Gincig has produced and directed the Whale of a Show at Orcas Center, keeping this wonderful Orcas Island tradition thriving. It has always offered the community a chance to have fun, on stage or in the audience, and to appreciate a broad range of talent. This year’s show was special because of its representation of families, and because of the performers’ high caliber of skill. We saw many siblings, as well as a father and daughter duo. Didier and his daughter, Emily, were our wonderful emcees, and even Grandpa Bill got into the act. All were musical acts, some with dancing, excepting one magician (whose family provided technical assistance). It was inspiring to see the bravery and charm of the youngest performers, and gratifying to watch and hear the older ones, who have been seriously honing their solo and ensemble skills. What came across, in this year’s Whale Show, was the real value of persistent dedication to improving skills over a long time, and having supportive and involved parents. Furthermore, it is probably no coincidence that many of these young performers have been involved in the very excellent instrumental music program at the public school, lead by gifted instructors who set high standards. Thank you, Didier, for your persistent dedication to ensuring that the Whale of a Show continues to give our community the chance to appreciate our talented neighbors in this wonderful way. Jean Henigson Eastsound
Thank you for help with family project Last week was my husband’s 70th birthday. As a gift for him and our family I decided to put together his life in photos. Seventy is a lot of years and there were a lot of photos needed to represent the journey to
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this milestone. Oh, and it had to be a secret. And I work out of my home – an open floor plan. No secrets can be kept here. I went to Office Cupboard to see if I could find the materials I needed to do the project. There, Michell and Doug let me know that they not only had a space I could work at, they encouraged me to use for as long as I needed to. They made me feel very welcome. As I worked over the course of several days, trying to track the years by the increasing grey in John’s beard, I met a lot of the Office Cupboard customers. They would stop by the worktable asking questions, reminiscing about their own experiences with this type of project, giving me encouragement, and a few shared some good ideas. At night, when I needed to hide the photo boards until the next day, Michell and Doug proved to be great co-conspirators by giving me the space to store the boards. I did this project for John and our family, and they did indeed love it. But I think I was the one who really benefitted the most. It was so much fun to do, to trace the years in photos. But even more, it was wonderful because for a few short days I was given space and support and laughter and community to mix in with my rubber cement and double-stick tape to make something really special happen. Thank you Michell and Doug from me, from John and from our family. Now, do you have any good ideas of what I should do with the photo boards? Leslie Ginnes Eastsound Mailing/Street Address P.O. Box 758, 217 Main Street, Eastsound, WA 98245 Office (360) 376-4500 Classifieds (800) 388-2527 Fax (360) 376-4501
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Thank you for barn tour The Orcas Historical Society’s Barn Tour surpassed our expectations on a number of fronts. More people than expected toured the seven barns and museum, stopping to find out about the barns’ histories, current uses and architecture, bats and owls, orchards of the past and original fruit species. The silent auction items brought in more money than expected. The 40 volunteers and presenters enjoyed themselves tremendously. Our thanks especially to presenters Tom Welch, Boyd Pratt, Russel Barsh and Madrona Murphy. There was much laughter at the adjunct “barn” dance, with caller Mike Cohen and the band Hand’s Four from San Juan. Most of all, the tour-goers seemed to appreciate the weekend’s activity with high spirits and fun, even as the rain fell. We would love feedback from any of these “barn tourists.” Email mshaworcas@yahoo.com with your comments. Barn Tour Committee
Harvest Meal a success Even Mother Nature came to the party with sunshine and a beautiful sunset while 59 guests gathered at a 70-foot long linen draped table and shared a meal made of 100 percent island products at the very first Harvest Meal on the Village Green benefiting the Farm to Cafeteria Program on Oct. 7. Naturally, an event of this kind is the result of the coming together of many people giving their time, products and enthusiasm for several weeks.
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LETTERS FROM 4 Foremost, this was a celebration of our island bounty and it would not be the real deal without the incredible Orcas farms that provided food items: Maple Rock, Taproot, Black Dog, Morning Star, Doe Bay Garden, Lum Family Farm and Red Rabbit. Cindy at The Nest and Black Dog Farm also provided items for the table centerpiece. And our heartfelt thanks goes out to the chefs who prepared unbelievably beautiful and tasteful platters of meats, greens and tubers provided by our farms: Geddes Martin of Ship Bay, Seamus Platt of Doe Bay Cafe, Madden Surbaugh of Outlook Inn, John Steward of Maple Rock Farm, Charles Dalton of The Kitchen and Christina Orchid of Red Rabbit Farm. Geddes and John served fresh pizza appetizers from their “Hogstone Pizza” cob oven on wheels. Island Hoppin’ Brewery provided a tasty Eastsound brew made with Orcas Island hops and grains. Ray’s Pharmacy provided wines, ciders and meads to round out the fare. Volunteers who gave their time that evening to help set up, decorate, serve and clean up: April Pollock, Carol Owens, Nile Reed, Audra and Gerry Lawlor, David and Geri Turnoy, Margie Doyle, Rollie Sauer, Mathew Casanoff, Keith Whitaker, Rick Markov and Edith Thompson. Additional thanks to Lance Evans who helped sell tickets and promote the event, and the Lions Club went out of their way to devise the perfect tent configuration for our incredibly long table. Christina announced during the evening that this was the “first annual” Harvest Meal on the Village Green, so those who missed it will have another chance next year. Hopefully Mother Nature will provide another perfect evening in 2013! Madie Murray Orcas Island Farm to Cafeteria Program
Maggie is in Miami Happy Halloween! Sail Orcas, the Maggie in Miami fund and the Toombs family would like to thank the wonderful people who contributed and gave they’re support and words of encouragement to send a little 11-year-old island kid to represent her community and region in World O’pen
Bic sailing event. Thanks to this community we raised almost $6500! As of today, Maggie is currently practicing in the winds of Biscayne Bay and getting ready for the next three days of intense sailing. You’re invited to follow Maggie Toombs’ progress online at www. worldopenbicmiami.com or on Facebook at Maggie in Miami. We’ll be posting daily pictures and reports of her progress. Special thanks to the Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Sail Orcas and Orcas Island Yacht Club. Extra special thanks to Harriet Miller, Burke Thomas, Nate Averna and Dr. Chris White. Go Maggie! Kelly Toombs Orcas Island
Big Band Dinner thank you The Big Band Dinner Dance at the Orcas Senior Center on Oct. 20 was a huge success. All of the tickets were sold and a wonderful time was had by everyone who attended. Of course, no event would be successful without volunteers. A big thank you to Margie Doyle for her help with the publicity. The delicious dinner was prepared by Jay Savell and served by Key Club and football team members. Super volunteer Barbara Pesola was a huge help in the kitchen. Lovely music was provided by Mary Meyers and Marilyn Parman for the first hour and it gave the event such a nice feel. This was an event sponsored by the Advisory Committee and they worked hard to make this the success that it was. For those who didn’t come, and for those who did, there will be more dances in your future. Orcas Senior Center Advisory Committee
YES ON ORcAS SchOOL bOND We are voting yes for school bond. The bond will pay for critically needed repairs to the middle school buildings. The renovation will use materials designed to reduce maintenance costs, and will further reduce operating costs through improved energy efficiency. Over the past few years, volunteers and staff for the school district have secured numerous grants to fund other necessary repairs. In addition, the board has incorporated into this deci-
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sion the ideas of many frugal and creative islanders. We applaud these efforts to leverage money and ideas from many sources. Please join us in voting YES for the Orcas Island School bond. Laurie Gallo and Lisa Byers Orcas Island As a no voter on the previous $35 million school bond, I enthusiastically urge a yes vote on the current School District Propositions 1 and 2: a $11.9 million 20-year bond issue and a $200,000, two-year technology levy. The school district and the community have already accomplished amazing work: • Local building professionals led by Clyde Duke thoroughly evaluated the buildings to correct seismic, ADA and health/safety issues. • In addition to repairing the heating and plumbing in the elementary school last summer, a grant from the state will upgrade the fire alarm system and replace the old gym water heater. • Senator Kevin Ranker has secured a “Distressed Schools” grant of $1 million to replace the failed siding and repair the windows on the high school plus repairs on the Waldron School. • A grant of $50,000 will purchase new kitchen equipment. Now it is essential to complete the repairs and renovations on our 1980’s buildings including the cafeteria, music room, home ec. room, middle school and library. The rehab will replace decaying and hard to maintain materials with low maintenance, energy efficient materials that reduce energy costs. The technology levy for equipment and services is $200,000 – estimated tax of $0.06 per $1000 assessed valuation for only two years. Both yes votes will not increase your taxes. It will just replace the present capital levy that expires next month. This is our opportunity to make our school the safe, secure, stimulating
environment we all want for the children of our island. Andrea Hendrick Eastsound
NO TO chARTER REVIEW chANgES Our present county charter, council and county administrator have been a vast improvement over the past. Regarding representation, the current process of electing a local representative is simplicity itself. Proposition 1, to have us elect representatives for other islands as well, is cuckoo. Regarding Proposition 2, in my experience working with the departments of planning and building, the advent of an experienced county administrator has been a vast improvement. Previously, the commissioners hired unqualified personnel, promoted them beyond their ability and fired them; qualified personnel were simply hired and fired. It was a revolving door and a joke across the state. The present departments under an experienced county administrator are the best staffed and organized ever thanks to a county administrator trained and experienced in managing a local government. It is challenge enough for elected citizen representatives to learn to understand the politics, policy and budgeting of our government without trying to manage the working and staffing as well. Both propositions are bad ideas and I will vote NO. John M. Campbell Orcas Island
YES TO chARTER REVIEW chANgES The official findings of the elected Charter Review Commissioners provide compelling reasons to support Proposition 1. After 20 meetings, they adopted detailed and documented findings on a 17-3 vote, and these can be found on the county’s website under Charter Review Commission.
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District-only elections make little sense to me in that they created a system where council members can be largely unresponsive to those that live and vote outside their district. A current case in point is that we have three of six council elections taking place next month. Since voters outside the districts where these elections are taking place can’t vote in them, are they even paying attention? Not much, and that certainly wasn’t the case when all county voters could vote for all county legislators, which is the way it was in San Juan County prior to the charter. County-wide elections will provide county-wide accountability and will help unify our island communities. I would much prefer to vote for all of our council members than just one out of six, since their decisions affect all county citizens. Six legislators are just not needed in a small county. As a former county commissioner, I can attest that there is a certain logic and beauty of needing two of three votes to make any decision. It makes the legislator have to work harder and be willing to compromise, which I believe leads to better decisions. This is why 34 of the 39 counties in Washington and most counties nationwide have three legislators. Tom Cowan Lopez Island It is a misconception that Proposition 1 is unconstitutional and does not meet the requirement of equal voting (one-person, one-vote). The proposed system of whole county voting ensures that every person’s vote is equal. Currently each voter has one vote for the member representing their district;
Proposition 1 gives each voter three votes. The misconception confuses representative districts, which we have now, with the proposed residency districts. Council Members in residency districts represent the whole county, not simply the district where they live. The prosecuting attorney, state law and the Supreme Court all agree that such residency districts meet legal requirements for equal voting (the PA’s memo, available online, includes relevant laws). Another misconception is “separation of powers.” This stems from modeling our charter on the Whatcom Charter. Unlike Whatcom, we do not independently elect an executive and provisions in the charter to separate county administration from the council have proved unrealistic and unworkable. Proposition 2 provides a reality-based relationship between county administration and the council. Some argue the propositions would “give Lopez too much power.” Or that proposition 1 would marginalize Lopez. This is the same one-person, one-vote misconception. Proposition 1 assures geographic diversity; insisting that one of the three council members live on Lopez, Shaw or Decatur does not change the fact that everyone voting in the county has equal weight in electing them. Nor does it allow that member to ignore the needs of their constituents on other islands. Finally there is a misconception that the CRC was undemocratic. We adopted Roberts Rules at our first meeting and they were enforced throughout the process. Each meeting
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LETTERS FROM 5 included discussing proposed changes, listening to community members and concerns from CRC members (including dissenting members). A CRC rule required each proposition to be voted on at three meetings. Proposals made early on had more opportunity for discussion. That the majority continued to support these propositions is evidence that most of the CRC members agree they represent the best possible improvements. Vote for greater power over your government. Vote for Propositions 1, 2, and 3. Madrona Murphy Lopez Island It’s the bathwater, not the baby “Save Our Charter” is sure catchy – and rhetorical. It is intended to convince people unsure of the issues that voting yes is a return to the old commission form of government. I don’t buy it. I plan to vote yes for the charter amendments and here’s why. A three-member council elected county-wide will best represent the interests of the entire county, not just one island. It gives each of us a stake in the outcome of all the council seats. It will prevent a minority of the council from dictating policy and governmental actions contrary to will of the majority and the people they represent. Electing three full-time council members, each paid a living wage, will open the door to a wider constituency. It will provide reasonable access to those with the necessary intelligence, skills
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and dedication, people who might not otherwise be able to juggle a job or business and family obligations with the demands of the council. Paying a living wage in recognition of a full-time job is not feasible with a sixmember council. We have seen too many seats go unopposed lately – when this happens we don’t get the best leadership, we elect the person that shows up. More seats did not result in better representation. Amendment #2 tasks the county manager with assisting the council. It doesn’t give individual council members the right to direct staff or make personnel decisions. Elected department heads retain autonomy as mandated by state law. In the last six years under the current charter (with the hoped for separation of executive and legislative powers), was the outcome stronger administrative leadership? Let’s face it, unless elected by the voters, the administrator serves at the will of the council and will never be fully autonomous. The second charter amendment language is realistic and strategic. As for the third proposed amendment (language to ensure public access to all council meetings) the opposition does not disagree with transparency per se, rather, they ask the voters to vote no “to send a message.” Seems to me that “yes, yes and yes” is the right message. Sandy Strehlou San Juan Island I want my voice to be heard more adequately in county government and that is why I am supporting Charter Amendments Propositions 1,2 and 3.
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Currently council members, because of district elections, are accountable to only onesixth of the electorate. I want all council members to come to my island to campaign for election so that my interests are truly represented. I need to see a county manager who is directly accountable to the council so that the council works together with a manager and not with am un-elected administrator – a situation that encourages conflict. Also, by having all meetings of the county council public, I will feel informed and participatory in the council’s deliberations, which will give me a sense of democracy empowerment. George Lawson Lopez Island
Charter: where is option C? We’ve been through this before with the 2011 solid waste ballot measure. We had option A: the county. Option B was privatization with county control. We didn’t have an option C, which could have been privatization with local control and local management; or voting for a taxing district that privatized while ensuring local control and protection of self-haul. Now, I believe that we have this same type of flawed thinking again in the Charter Review Committee’s proposition 1. Option C should have offered the public either five or six council members part-time, with everyone able to vote for all council members. That would have won overwhelmingly, and given the public what we want. Another option C that many would support, including myself, is a one-person-one-vote for a council member for each major island, and two county-wide. Why weren’t we offered these options? I remember what it was like with only three commissioners, and a lot of damage was done, especially to wetlands and Urban Growth Areas. Our voices
went unheeded. I’m uncomfortable with going back to that much power in only a few individuals’ hands. I also want to know the councilors from each district – and vote for them all; and encourage the public to get to know them too. They work for us all. Eastsound is unincorporated, but I think it needs to have its own council member who will listen to and represent Eastsound residents’ views and wishes. Why did the charter review committee not think of more creative solutions than this either-or conundrum – neither of which gives the public a real voice or choice? I am disappointed. Sadie Bailey Eastsound
LancaSTer fOr cOUNcIL Please join me in supporting Scott Lancaster for county council. Now, those of you who know me may be saying, “huh?” Yes, Scott and I come from polar opposites of the political spectrum, but I have grown to know Scott through our service together on the school board. While we approach issues from completely different points of view, we have a remarkably collaborative working relationship. My experience has shown me that Scott has a profound ability to understand complex budgetary and policy issues. He has helped the school district climb out of a fiscal hole that was so deep it almost required state intervention. Because of his efforts, the district is in a much healthier condition. Most of all, Scott listens. Even with an issue where he has a contrary point of view, I have witnessed Scott process comments from parents, staff, administration, community members, or other board members and watched as he has changed his position. He does this because he knows his mission: not to serve a political agenda, but to serve our students. I have come to respect Scott and
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believe he will bring this same hard-working, honest, and open-minded skill set to the county council. Janet Brownell Orcas Island
Please join me by casting your vote for Rick Hughes for San Juan County Council District 4. Barry Madan Orcas Island
We encourage a vote for Scott Lancaster for county council position #4, Orcas West. We have known the Lancasters for nearly 20 years with Scott consistently exhibiting a down-to-earth commitment to the community. Scott has unselfishly devoted his time, stayed involved with our schools/ sports and even helped us with a difficult Alzheimer’s relative. Therese has been an amazing equestrian mentor to our daughter. We are convinced that Scott has the right motivation, will focus on the job at hand and we are confident he will represent us well. Jennifer & Marty Zier Orcas Island
Today I am looking at my ballot, deciding who and what to vote for or against. Some of the choices are easy, I know about the issue, I have a strong stance, others, I am not aware of who of the people are, or what they stand for. Sometimes, I vote down party lines, hoping the candidate will best represent my views based on the fact that we commonly identify with the same half of the population. Other times I only vote for what I know about and leave the rest blank. This time around I have become more involved in understanding the issues, and have a more developed sense of what and who I support. I have gone as far as to become involved in the campaign of a friend who is running for county council against another friend. I am sure I am not the only person in the Orcas West district with this particular dilemma. I am supporting Rick Hughes for county council because I believe not only does he better represent my personal political philosophy, he also has a developed plan to help our county move forward out of this recession, out of sometimes dysfunctional administration, out of job insecurity for county employees and out of difficult public interaction with county staff without sacrificing our environment or our local independent ideals. He is a true representative of Orcas Island, working to keep our tax money here to be reinvested in local Orcas jobs. Rick is a strong supporter of eduction as evidenced by his commitment to the PTSA. Rick wants to keep the money we spend on solid waste in the hands of local families by creating local jobs by supporting Orcas Recycling Services
HugHeS fOr cOUNcIL I’ve known Rick Hughes for many years and followed his work on the Eastsound Planning Review Committee in addition to being a loyal patron of his at Ray’s Pharmacy. Along with my grandchildren, I have thoroughly enjoyed his work putting on “skate night” for the kids. His background in management in organizations like Disney and ESPN, coupled with his experience running a vital small business places him the unique position to see the global picture from a local viewpoint. Rick’s ideas for economic development for the county are of great interest to me. The concept of finding and securing industries that could be more resistant to economic downturns will be a boon to supporting our traditional trades of tourism and construction. I appreciate Rick’s pragmatic and non-hyperbolic approach to county issues. His clear-thinking and collaborative approach will make his presence a strong addition to our county council.
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LETTERS FROM 7 bid to run the transfer station. This is not a popularity contest. This is the future of our county. Rick Hughes has a plan for our county that is comprehensive, compassionate and practical to move us forward. If you have not returned your ballot yet, regardless of who you vote for, take some time to consider the issues and develop your own opinions. I support Rick Hughes for county council. Please consider voting for him. Greg White Orcas Island I have known my friend Rick Hughes for more than 40 years. Although we grew up in different regions, from early childhood we have been linked by Orcas Island. Now we both consider ourselves lucky to call this island home. I am happy to endorse and recommend Rick for the county council. Rick has always had what my mother called “the gift of the gab.” He loves meeting people, finding common cause with them and building connections. Through his business and family, he is rooted in the Orcas Island community. Although at times he and I have disagreed on political issues, I have always found Rick to be willing to listen to alternate points of view. He is able to enjoy even spirited debate while maintaining respect for those whose opinions differ from his own. Over the years I have seen his views evolve, informed by discussions, life experiences and reading. Rick has a passion for questions of governance and I find him to be very well-informed about the political issues of the day. Rick is an honest man who is stepping forward in a true attempt to help his community in a role for which he is well-suited. I am confident he will put forth his best effort to move San Juan County forward. If elected, Rick will bring energy, passion, enthusiasm and integrity to his role as councilmember. Please consider casting your vote in his favor. Max Hanson Olga
A look at 1-502 I had hoped for more incisive give and take in the islands’ media on I-502. A cursory reading of the selfserving (at least at an agency level) and superficial analy-
ses of why we should stay the course after 75 years of a failed “War on Drugs” in the United States, from Mr. Fincher and Sheriff Nou, leads me to the old saw about the definition of insanity. They both remind me that most folks over use cherrypicked statistics like a drunk uses a lamp post – more for support than illumination. Unlike both gentlemen, I have no sanctioned expertise on the War on Drugs, nor an interest in maintaining the status quo in the face of mountains of societal and scientific studies documenting the colossal failure in monetary and human terms. I view the efforts of Washington state residents and legislators in recent years to be nothing short of heroic in trying to reform the central dogma that marijuana use is best controlled by criminalization, punishment, and jack-booted invasion of personal privacy and constitutional rights. I-502 is obviously flawed and is a decidedly incomplete decriminalization. But it is a very good place to start to begin to stem the tidal wave of social destruction of corporate interests bent on profiteering from the bloated US prison system, the insane efforts to wall off our borders, militarization of police forces, weaponizing street hoodlums and playing right into the hands of blood-thirsty drug cartels. I am sure that Mr. Fincher and Sheriff Nou care about the hundred thousand deaths documented south of the border, the disruption of the economy of northern Mexico and the drug cartel expansion into our regional national public lands to further fuel the insane profits of the current prohibition while marijuana use is on the rise in the US. But no mention of the desperate need for more funding for public education, prevention and medical treatment. Curiously, they never mention these undeniable facts or even give the slightest nod of empathy to the unconscionable death and destruction promised by the continuation of these failed current policies. And it goes on and on with no other end in sight. Steve Ulvi San Juan Island
Yes to 1-502 I have great respect for Sheriff Rob Nou, but I believe he is wrong on Initiative 502, which would legalize and regulate adult
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use of marijuana. It is tempting to assume that use will go up, that children and teens will have greater access to the drug, that there will be more “stoned” drivers on our roads. This thinking needs to be challenged. In fact, because of the way I-502 is structured, there is every reason to believe its passage will enhance public health and safety. Commerce in today’s marijuana is, in fact, “regulated,” but those regulating it are violent drug cartels and street traffickers. Their interest is profit, not our kids’ welfare. I-502 will tax, regulate, and control marijuana. It will generate $500 million in revenue, to be used largely for education, drug prevention, treatment. I-502’s supporters include many in law enforcement :two former Western Washington U.S. attorneys and the special agent in charge of the FBI office, judges, both finalists for King County Sheriff, rank and file cops. Plus Seattle’s city attorney, the mayor, and all nine members of its city council. Marijuana is here to stay. Our job is to do everything we can to regulate its use: confine its consumption to adults 21 and over, keep it out of the hands of our children, make sure motorists do not drive under its influence. Please join me in voting YES on I-502. Norm Stamper Orcas Island
Cimarron is best for the job For more than a decade, Cimarron Enterprises has served as the transportation bridge for solid waste between the San Juan Islands and the mainland, under contract to San Juan County. Cimarron is ready to build on our proven service record and established rela-
tionships to maintain the Orcas Island transfer station, which is an essential service for county residents. The Cimarron team offers demonstrated expertise in transportation, disposal, and stewardship of solid waste and recycled materials, transfer station operation, management of waste services and multi-faceted projects. Cimarron brings many guaranteed benefits to serving San Juan County: • Seamless implementation of service through continued facilities operation by current staff; • Reduced rates, 15 percent for San Juan Sanitation customers; • Saves the self-haul option for Orcas customers and reduced rates; • Improved traffic flow, safety, health, and operational efficiency resulting from expedient upgrades to transfer station facilities; • Coordinated program with San Juan Sanitation and the county; • Award winning recycling and disposal facilities; • Innovative approaches to reducing solid waste and maximizing recycling and reuse; • Support of local efforts to expand recycling and reuse. Cimarron Enterprises offers San Juan County residents and county officials the best opportunity to meet its goals with high-quality, uninterrupted service. We urge the county to follow the recommendation of its Vendor Selection Committee – made on two separate occasions – for a seamless transfer of these essential services. Completion of the contract with Cimarron Enterprises guarantees customers lower rates, an improved facility, and the stability of experience and proven relationships. Blair Estenson Cimarron Enterprises, Inc
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Sanders for justice I’ve known Justice Richard Sanders for 50 years, ever since he transferred into Highline High School in the fall of 1962 for our senior year together. We played in the Highline band and orchestra together, and he was an enthusiastic debater even then, being elected captain of the debate team (quite an honor for a transfer student in a highly-competitive class). The national debate topic that year was a proposed “Common Market for the western hemisphere,” in the midst of a Cuban missile crisis. Quite a challenge! Richard also began a Youth for Goldwater club, which didn’t go far among us young, idealistic fans of JFK back then, but over the years I have come closer to Richard’s pro-freedom pro-Constitutional views. In recent decades, he and I have even shared the speaking stage at a couple of Liberty Magazine editorial conferences in Seattle and Tacoma. Since he first became a Washington State Supreme Court Justice in 1995, I have followed Richard’s career and have seen many a courageous stand for the nation’s founding principles of individual rights against state encroachment. In Washington D.C. once, when the U.S. attorney general under President George W. Bush defended indefinite detention at Guantanamo Bay, Sanders was in attendance and shouted, “Tyrant! You are a tyrant!” Was that “conduct unbecoming a Justice?” Probably so, but don’t you wish you had the chance to speak truth to power like that, just once? Sanders later explained,
“Frankly, everybody in the room was applauding or sometimes laughing, and I thought, ‘I’ve got to stand up and say something.’ And I did.” Now it’s our turn to stand up for Richard and for our constitutional rights. I don’t see any reason why both right- and left-leaning voters would not appreciate and vote for Richard’s defense of the individual against un-constitutional powers. Vote Richard Sanders for Supreme Court Position #9. Gary Alexander Lopez Island
No to GMOs On Oct. 23, I received an email from the California Right To Know organization that contained a plea from Alice Waters, renowned author, food activist, and founder of the Edible Schoolyard in Berkeley, California. In it, she stated, “On Nov. 6, the future of food is at stake at the ballot box” and urged the signing of the chefs’ position in support of Prop 37 that requires
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LETTERS FROM 7 clear labeling of foods that are genetically engineered. Her letter and the chefs petition may be found at http://goo.gl/ADafK. Waters also stated that she agreed with Carlo Petrini, founder and president of Slow Food International who said “this is our moment to do something really important for everyone on this planet.” California is taking an unprecedented stand against GMOs, and I’m sincerely hoping we do, too, by voting for San Juan County to become a GMO-free county. It’s one small step toward controlling the relentless march of GMOs into our food supply. We are NOT “elitists, ignorant of the benefits...” or “uncaring about the planet and its inhabitants” as the
writers of the Statement Against Measure 2012-4 on our ballot pamphlet states. Oh, quite the contrary! We are taking a courageous step in telling Monsanto, Dow Chemical and other huge corporations making enormous profits risking the health of American citizens that our little county has the wisdom to say not in our back yard! Madie Murray Orcas Island
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Ben Crane family says thank you The family of Ben Crane wish to express our sincere thanks and appreciation to those who have called, visited, and sent food, cards, and flowers. We have found comfort is your kindness, support and messages of sympathy. We especially wish to thank Mike and Dawn Parnell for the use of their guest cabin, Lisa Harvey for being there for us, Larry and Judy Lindgren and Bobbie Cunningham for the food and support, and Scott Harris for being such a comfort. The people of Orcas Island truly are warm and compassionate people. Colleen, Tiffaney, and Jessica Crane Hazel Crane Georgia Skeen Alfred Crane & family Rob Crane and family Patty Sensabaugh and family Cindy Crane
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Kudos to Sparks We attended the Enchanted Forest Cabaret at the Orcas Center last week and were totally captivated by the sets, costumes – which were out of this world – the actors, and the play itself. Deborah Sparks is a genius and we never miss a chance to see her creativity. The actors were perfectly cast from the smallest – in the scene with Manbot – to the tallest when the adventurer goes to the moon. The play was hysterically funny in places and totally original but with familiar music. The children in the play were enchanting and the magician was very, very good. Great job as always, Sparks, and thank you to the entire cast and crew. Gil and Karen Blinn Orcas Island
Let the brewery serve food Hey folks, we have a cool new enterprise on Orcas: the Island Hoppin’ Brewery. We’ve been twice. The first time was when John from Maple Rock Farms served his scrumptious pizza to an exuberant crowd of mostly locals, and another time was with our out-of-town friend on a quiet, relaxed mid-week visit. The hope for many was to have pizza night a regular affair. However, it appears that the county’s industrial zoning precludes “restaurants” in the area. Typically
one of the major hurdles to having food uses is insufficient parking. However, it’s our understanding that this problem is being addressed with purchase of a 1.5-acre vacant lot contiguous with the brewery property which can easily accommodate any amount of required parking. I can understand the desire to have most restaurants located in the heart of town, but it’s our hope that the county will find a solution to the “food” issue facing the brewery and its patrons. The brewery can easily become an off-island draw, which would also benefit intown restaurants, as tourists and visitors spend time on the island. We feel fortunate that these young entrepreneurs selected Orcas to build and operate their microbrewery. Marguerite and Greg Stafford Orcas Island
Triple Ripple thank you We are so very grateful to the many people, organizations and businesses who contributed to the success of the 2012 Triple Ripple Trail Running Festival. HUGE thanks to the following for their amazing support and involvement: Orcas Island Chamber of Commerce, San Juan Islands Visitors Bureau, Moran State Park, Friends of Moran, Orcas Island
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Policy Act and the state Environmental Policy Act, requires evaluation of the project’s potential impacts through development of an EIS, which incorporates comments submitted at the series of four regional meetings, online, or by letters to any of the three agencies. If approved, the $650 million Gateway Terminal would be the largest bulk export facility on the West Coast. At full capacity, it would be capable of exporting up to 54 million metric tons of coal per year, shipped by rail from Montana and Wyoming’s Powder River Basin on coal-train caravans, each more than a mile long, that would circulate through the facility daily. The coal would then be carried through the Salish Sea and the waters of the San Juan Islands by as many as 480 jumbo-sized container ships, the smallest of which are more than three football fields in length, each year to Asian markets, where it would be used for fuel. Supporters cite the economic benefits the export facility will bring to the region, including the creation of as many as 2,000 new jobs and a boost to tax revenues for state and local governments. Critics claim that the facility, and the increase in rail and shipping traffic it would demand, will produce more air and noise pollution, greater traffic congestion, put the natural environment at risk and undermine the region’s quality of life. Scientist Val Veirs, a retired physics professor who has listened to and watched killer whales and ships in Haro Strait for 10 years, wants to make sure that science informs and influences the government deciders who will consider the noise impacts that increased ship traffic might have on the endangered population of killer whales. Veirs doesn’t pretend to have all the answers, but he’s confident that he and his scientific colleagues, including state natural resources officials and federal fisheries experts, have good data and are developing even more that should lead to decisions that will protect the whales. “I just want to make sure that the knowledge we’ve developed on whales, noise and ship traffic is given the level of consideration that our science deserves,” he said. Veirs has kept close
track of the 10,000 ships that have passed by Lime Kiln Lighthouse in a recent 16-month period, and he’s used an array of hydrophones to eavesdrop on the killer whales and to measure decibel levels of both orcas and ships. He talks about the cocktail-partylike “Lombard Effect” that ships have on orcas. “The whales markedly increase the loudness of their vocalizations when ship noise causes background interference with the social and feeding interactions of local pods,” he said. “It’s like they are yelling at each other just to be heard. This can’t be good for orca family life.” He points out that marine mammals use sounds to communicate with others, listen for prey and predator sounds, and some use echolocation clicks for navigation and for foraging. “We know what’s happening now, but we don’t know yet the extent of damage that could result if ship transits through Haro Strait increase dramatically to ship coal and oil to China,” he said. Veirs thinks the underwater noise could be very detrimental to whales – and he doesn’t even want to think about the effect a major fuel or cargo spill could have on the whales and the whole ecosystem. Veirs and Stephanie Buffum, executive director of Friends of the San Juans, are looking forward to participating in the EIS process, but Buffum isn’t thrilled with the setup for the Nov. 3 scoping meeting at Friday Harbor High School. “They are herding us into a big room with multiple information stations, divid-
ing up the group and asking for comments at each station,” she said. “I like the idea of information stations, but they should be outside the meeting room so that everyone can listen to what’s being said inside and learn what the general public wants from the EIS process.” Randel Perry of the Regulatory Branch of the Army Corp of Engineers, one of the three agencies in charge of the EIS process, explained that the current round of meetings is only intended to “frame the scope of the EIS – which will not be written until next year. “I want to emphasize that people don’t testify at the scoping meeting about the merits of the Gateway Pacific Terminal,” Perry said. Buffum said the organizers have indicated that changes may be made for the first scoping meeting setup, scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 27, in Bellingham, so she’s hopeful that the Friday Harbor meeting and future sessions will be more participant-friendly. “We want everyone to know what’s being said and how people are expressing their ideas to the EIS colead agencies,” Buffum said. “We want people who support us and even people whp support the project to see that our groups and our people are making sense and are serious about the problems that might result from this project and the other projects in the region.” For more information about the Gateway Terminal Project, EIS, or to comment on the project as part of the scoping, visit, http://www. ecy.wa.gov/geographic/ gatewaypacific/.
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missed, by many. Adam was preceded in death by his father Steve Shaefer; his mother Denise Stanton; his grandparents Harry and Virginia Shaefer
and Donald and Esther Pargeon. He is survived by his step-father Roy Stanton; his brothers Daniel and Derrick Shaefer; his sister Cetacea Stanton; his nephews Hatch and Hayden Shaefer, and his niece Ivy Shaefer. A celebration of life gathering will be held at the Orcas Island Adventist Fellowship on the campus of the Orcas Christian Sshool campus on Saturday Nov. 10 at 3 p.m. with a reception to follow.
$19,000 for a public information and admin support position and $41,791 for incident reporting software and training. The commissioners will have a budget work session on Oct. 30. They plan to approve the budget on Nov. 12 at 7:30 p.m. at the Eastsound station. The current levy, expiring at the end of 2014, funds all operations and has provided funding for the construction of Eastsound
Station 21, Deer Harbor Station 24, the purchase of Westsound Station 22, new apparatus equipment and volunteer benefits. O’Brien said they are considering asking voters to approve a new levy in 2013, a year before the current levy expires. “My main goal is fiscal responsibility,” he said. “I am always looking at ways to be fiscally responsible while also fulfilling our mission.”
Adam Shaefer Adam David Shaefer, 27, Deer Harbor, died Saturday Oct. 20, 2012. He was born and raised until the age of two in Columbus, Ohio, when the family moved to Orcas Island. He graduated from Orcas Christian School in 2004. Adam was a skilled laborer, golfer, and chef. He was loved, and will be
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Boys Viking soccer seniors went looks at play-offs to battle The boys soccer team has earned a play-off berth after beating the Mt. Rainier Lutheran Hawks on Oct. 25. The final score as 2-0. “When we move the ball and connect, that is when we are at our best,” said Coach Matt Stolmeier. The Vikings played their next match that following Saturday, but lost 4-0.
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In a muddy dogfight for a playoff berth on “Senior Day” at Dahl Field, the Vikings lost a true defensive struggle against the Concrete Lions, 14-6, on Oct. 27. “The seniors battled hard and represented themselves well,” said Coach Scott Harris. The Viking offense clicked in the first quarter with runs from quarterback Daniel Briggs and receiver Devon Stanzione, leading to a 7-yard touchdown run by fullback Jake Zier, opening the game 6-0, after a failed extra point kick. Forcing a turn over on downs in the second quarter, a stout Viking defense stopped the driving Lions’ double wing assault on the Viking 7-yard line. On the first offensive play, Zier cracked a 90-yard run down the sideline before being tackled just short of the end zone. But penalties pushed the Vikings backwards and forced Orcas into their ineffective passing game. By the third quarter, the Lions’ steady running game finally cracked the tough
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Left to right: seniors Devon Stanzione, Rylan Date, Spencer Crow (holding flag) Jake Zier, Di Mowrey and Daniel Briggs. Viking defense for a score, but the twopoint conversion failed as the Viking defense held. The Orcas defensive continued with impressive defensive stands. With the Viking offense unable to maintain a drive, the game remained tied 6-6 into the fourth quarter until a determined Lion blocked a Viking punt, leaving Concrete in excellent field position. Scoring shortly thereafter, the Lions added a two-point conversion. The Vikings, out of the playoffs, play their last game on Thursday in Darrington.
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High heels, a hanging and the Cry Baby House A look at island legends, lore and ghost stories
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obin Jacobson loves local history, whether she is helping people find their ancestors’ graves or digging up island ghost stories. “People are fascinated with the unknown and the concept of death,” Jacobsen said. “So when you combine them, it is really a powerful thing.” As a local genealogist, she has spent years researching at the San Juan Historical Museum and Washington State Archives online and in their Olympia office. She has also talked to local residents about historic buildings dating back to the late 19th century and other areas that may be potential haunting grounds for ghosts – not because she believes in ghosts, but because it’s a way to engage people with history. “Ghost tales passed down over time become valuable as part of the ‘lore’ of the building or site — distinguishable from what we know to be true,” said Sandy Strehlou, Town of Friday Harbor historic preservation coordinator, who is also interested in uncovering ghost stories. And Jacobsen and Strehlou’s research has uncovered that local ghost stories abound – from eerie happenings at Rosario Resort to a hanging and haunting in Friday Harbor.
The case of Alice Rheem Orcas Island residents have spotted what is believed to be the spirit of Alice Rheem, whose husband Donald purchased the Rosario Resort property in 1938. Rosario
was Donald’s vacation home for 20 years, but Alice lived there permanently. According to Rosario’s General Manager Christopher Peacock, Alice was quite a character. “She liked to party and was very playful,” he said. “I think her spirit is continuing that playfulness.” Alice was known for driving into town on her Harley motorcycle, dressed in a red negligee, to play cards with the local boys. Most of the ghostly incidences at the mansion involve the sounds of high heels clicking across teak floors. When the mansion was shut down briefly in 2008, caretakers often heard someone moving about on the second floor only to find that no one was there. Another employee felt someone push in a chair that she was seated in only to turn around and see no one there. Peacock added that a paranormal investigation was once held at the mansion and a “high level of activity was found.”
The Case of Richard Straub In 1895, Richard Straub killed Leon Lanterman on Blakely Island. Straub, a school teacher with a history of anger management issues, claimed he killed Lanterman while defending a teenager named Irving Parberry. After the incident Straub and Parberry rowed to San Juan Island and Straub confessed to authorities. “It’s a really sad story,” Jacobson said. “He probably didn’t think he would be hanged.” After the confession, Straub spent two years shuffled between the San Juan Island and Bellingham jails. While in Friday Harbor, he stayed in the jail now located on
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the San Juan Historical Museum grounds. Straub was tried at the Oddfellows Hall, now the Whale Museum, and found guilty. According to Jacobson’s research, some spectators viewed the hanging, the only one ever held on San Juan, from the second floor of the Oddfellows Hall. That floor is where people now claim to feel a ghostly presence exuding a positive or neutral energy. Jacobson said she doesn’t believe in ghosts, but she said if spirits did exist, Straub would have a reason to haunt the museum at the scene of the trial, where he was found guilty. Jacobson said there is another possible historical figure who could be haunting the museum: Sheriff Newton Jones. “I’ve heard from descendants that he was never the same after 1895, when Straub was hung,” said Jacobson. Soon after the trial, Jones’ wife died and he moved off the island, never to return – at least not in human form.
The most mysterious cases Some island ghost stories leave a lot to the imagination. For instance, there was a house on False Bay, San Juan Island, often referred to as the Cry Baby House, which burned down sometime in the 1990s. Only a field remains – and the stories of a ghostly crying baby that once haunted the building. Another tale with little historical connections is the sighting of a bride in an old-fashioned wedding dress on Roche Harbor Road. Then there were reports of three teens looking “not quite alive,” also on Roche Harbor Road in the 1990s. For Strehlou, who has never experienced a ghostly presence herself, her interest lies in the stories behind these sightings and the unanswered questions. Did Sheriff Jones really become a broken man after the Straub trial? Was there a bride that met her end on Roche Harbor Road? “Ghost stories, tall tales and local lore are part of who we are as a community,” Strehlou said. “If nothing else, they are another of the countless shared experiences that make our place — this place – unique. When they are tied to a building or site, they give us another reason to recall history and to wonder about what came before.”
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‘Timon of Athens’ to stream Remembering the departed “Timon Of Athens” is the National Theatre’s acclaimed contemporary staging of Shakespeare’s strange fable, set against a backdrop of modern-day London where money is power. It will be streamed from London to Orcas Center’s big screen on Thursday, Nov. 1 at 7:30 p.m. Wealthy friend to the rich and powerful, patron of the arts and ostentatious host, “Timon of Athens” suddenly finds his coffers empty. When he calls upon his friends for help, they hang him out to dry. So begins Shakespeare’s strange fable of conspicuous consumption, debt and ruin. With a direct tie-in to the Occupy movement and financial crisis, “Timon of Athens” mirrors the current
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As the days grow shorter, our thoughts naturally turn to remembrance. Across many cultures, the autumn season is associated with remembering the departed and honoring their lives. Both the Christian holy days of All Saints Day (Nov. 1) and All Souls Day (Nov. 2) are celebrated at this time, and the associated Day of the Dead, a festive occasion in Mexico where people honor relatives by bringing food and flowers to the cemeteries, has par-
Family carnival on Halloween The Orcas Island Community Church will host its 20th Annual Family Carnival. On Oct. 31 from 5 to 7 p.m., the church will host carnival, an island tradition since 1992. Open to the whole community, it’s an evening for kids of all ages and includes a bouncy castle and carnival games like a cakewalk, bean bag toss, balloon dart throw, putt-putt golf, famous fishing game and more, plus face painting. Everybody wins prizes and there will be food and lots of candy for the trick-or-treaters. For more information, call the Orcas Island Community Church, Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at 3766422.
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ideal place to come and “walk to remember” those who have been a part of one’s life, to pay silent tribute and honor to individuals or groups of people, or to whatever one feels called to commemorate. While the labyrinth is always open, the days Nov. 1 to 11 have been designated as a Remembrance Walk, and all are encouraged to come and discover how walking the labyrinth can add another dimension to this season.
Mark O’Neill to make return appearance The Cancer Support Group will welcome Mark O’Neill as a guest speaker at its Nov. 8 meeting. For those who missed him at the October meeting, now is the chance to hear this “outstanding speaker and great personality,” say organizers. When O’Neill appeared at the October meeting, he had so much to share that he was invited back. His story of remarkable survivorship, athletic exploits and training of the disabled was featured in the Islands’ Sounder’s “pink” issue on Oct. 17. O’Neill has many stories of his journey from a very rare form of cancer to a life abundantly lived. The support group meets on the second Thursday of each month. It is open to all in the community whose lives have been touched by this disease. This is a confidential no-cost meeting where everyone is invited to share and support each other along each individual journey. The Nov. 8 at 5 p.m. in the Fireside Room of Orcas Island Community Church. For more information, call Bogdan or Carol at 376-4198.
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Kids and parents are invited to stop by the meeting room at the Orcas Library to trick-or-treat for a book and have a photo taken, 4 to 7 p.m. HAUNTED HOUSE: At the Eastsound Fire Station, 5 to 8 p.m. MONSTER MOvIE: “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” 7 p.m. Odd Fellows Hall, free. ANNUAl HAllOwEEN DANCE:
8:30 p.m. – midnight, Odd Fellows Hall, $10 for adults, $5 for kids. Music will be by Tiempo de Lopez and there will be prizes for best costume.
ThURS., NOv. 1 BINGO NIGHTS: The Sons
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One hour presentation on BePeace, led by Sharon Abreu and Mike Hurwicz, 7:30 p.m. as part of the weekly study group at Indralaya. For more information, call Indralaya at 3764526.
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Fundraiser for the Healing Arts Center offers low-cost massage and alternative health sessions. By appointment. Call 376-4002 to sign up.
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Benefit for Children’s House, 4 to 7 p.m. at Emmanuel Episcopal Parish. Tickets ($50 per person) available at 376-4744 or via oich.org. ENvIRONMENTAl IMPACT STATEMENT: Scoping hearing for
Gateway Pacific coal terminal. Concerned citizens will comment on the proposed project, 12 to 3 p.m. Friday Harbor High School, 45 Blair Ave.
SUNDAy, NOv. 4 TURKEy SHOOT: At American
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WEDS. – ONgOINg PARKS AND REC ADUlT vOllEyBAll: 7:30 to 9:30
p.m. in the “old gym” at the Orcas Public School. $2 to drop-in or register at www. oiprd.org. Everyone 16 and older is welcome. Call Orcas Parks and Rec at 376-7275 for more information.
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Indralaya Library, 7:30 to 9 p.m. For further information call Rosalyn at 3766765.
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AlCOHOlICS ANONyMOUS: ‘Back to Basics,’ Orcas Community Church, noon to 1 p.m. ‘As Bill Sees It,’ 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Emmanuel Parish Hall. LGBT and F, 7 to 8 p.m., Emmanuel Parish Hall.
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p.m., Eastsound fire hall. AlCOHOlICS ANONyMOUS: Steps 3, 7 and 11, 8 to 9 a.m. and Saturday Sober Meeting, 7-8 Alcoholics anonymous: 5:50-6:30 p.m., Emmanuel Parish Hall. lIONS ClUB: Weekly lunch, 11:45 a.m., Legion. ISlESHARE TIMEBANK: For orientations, call coordinator Morgan Meadows at 376-9213.
Turkey shoot this weekend
The American Legion, Post 93, will host its annual turkey shoot. The event is open to the community and one of the annual fundraisers that helps the post to pay its general operating costs. It will be held in the post hall at 793 Crescent Beach Drive, on Sunday, Nov. 4. The fun begins with bingo at 11 a.m. Come play and win a turkey or two for your family Thanksgiving dinner. The American Legion Auxiliary will be cooking a turkey dinner with all the trimmings, beginning at 11:30 a.m. There will be exceptionally yummy pies of many flavors for dessert. The cost for dinner is $10 for adults, $7 for seniors and kids, and $1 per slice for pie. “This event is always so well loved by the American Legion members because it gives us the opportunity to share the post home, provide great food, and enjoy the friendship of the whole community,” said organizers. “We think it is a fun and joyous way to begin the holiday season.”
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New play about Vocal ‘A man’s veterans to open freedom mailbox is The Actors Theater of Orcas Island announces six upcoming performances of the play “Tracers,” an award-winning play conceived by John DiFusco and written in 1980 by the original cast of Vietnam veterans. A composite or collage of interrelated scenes, the play follows the lives of a group of “grunts” as they move from basic training, on to combat in Vietnam, and finally to the shattering realization that their lives will be forever affected by the horrors they have witnessed. The production features eight local actors who are new to The Grange stage: Mike Buckner, Jason Dean, Kevin Doyle, Zak Everly, Nate Feder, Peter Giampietro, Andy Martin, and Philip Shane. These young actors have put in long hours in both rehearsals and research for their roles. “Tracers” is directed by Lin McNulty and will run Friday, Saturday, and Sunday on November 9–18. All performances are 7:30 p.m. at the Grange. Veterans are admitted free on Veterans Day. This play contains strong language and may not be suitable for pre-teens and those easily offended. Tickets are $10 and are available at Darvills Bookstore, online at brownpapertickets.com, and at the door. Watch for a full preview on this production in next week’s Islands’ Sounder.
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Orcas artist Todd Spalti has created a very unusual mailbox for Leo Lambiel, owner of the Lambiel Museum just outside of Eastsound. “The ‘castle’ spent a considerable period in incubation,” Spalti said. “I saw the drawing by Fred Klein nearly two years prior to starting. But once I started it was full steam ahead.” “A Man’s Mailbox is his Castle,” pictured at right, is made primarily of steel with at least 7,500 welds holding all the “stones” to the walls. Behind the teak drawbridge is a rusty grid of steel with spikes at the bottom called the Port Culus. When the brave person delivering the mail lowers the drawbridge, the Port Culus creaks up to allow entry. When the drawbridge goes up, the Port Culus lowers behind it. “Unbeknownst to the postal person delivering the mail, when he or she lowers the drawbridge and raises the Port Culus, a
sleepy dragon behind the mountain raises his head,” Spalti said. “And there the dragon stays until someone retrieves the mail and puts him back in his cave.” In addition, Clive the guard stands watchfully on the ramparts over the drawbridge with crossbow in hand while the Duke is trying to find his way up the tower to the mournful Rapunzul before the Dark Knight can scale the walls and steal her away.
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10:00 a.m. Sunday 7:00 p.m. Testimony Meeting First Wed. of the month Orcas Elementary School Library 376-5873
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ST. FRANCIS CATHOLIC CHURCH ORCAS St. Francis Church in Eastsound Mass 1:00 p.m. Sunday
LOPEZ ISLAND Center Church Mass 4:30 p.m. Saturday
LUTHERAN CHURCH IN THE SAN JUANS Sunday Sunday Sunday 11:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 1:15 p.m. St. David’s Church Center Church Emmanuel Church 760 Park St. 312 Davis Bay Rd. 242 Main St. Friday Harbor Lopez Island Eastsound Pastor Anne Hall 468-3025 •lutherans anjuans @rockisland.com
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Free cooking class Vegetarians of Washington, organizers of the biggest vegetarian food festival in the country, will be on Orcas Island to give a free three-hour presentation and cooking demonstration on Sunday, Nov. 4 at 1 p.m. Open to non-vegetarians, too, this event is their “Vegetarian Solution” class, which teaches easy ways to add healthier food to any lifestyle. The benefits of a vegetarian diet will be presented alongside the cooking class, including hints and tips on preparing key vegetarian ingredients, and tasting lots of samples. Any questions will also be answered by this nonprofit, which encourages people to discover the advantages, and experience the pleasures, of vegetarian food. This free class will take place at the Orcas Christian School kitchen, located at 107 Enchanted Forest Road. To register, either email orcas@vibrantvegetarian. com, call 376-2876, or go to www.vegofwa.org/classes. aspx.
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‘Lessons learned Healing Arts Center to hold raffle from the oldest old’ Orcas Crossroads Lecture Series will host Claudia Kawas, MD, who will present “Lessons from the Oldest Old� on Sunday, Nov. 4 at 2 p.m. at the Orcas Center. Kawas will talk about “The 90-plus Study� initiated in 2003 at the University of California, Irvine, to study the oldest-old, the fastest growing age group in the United States. She will share major findings of the study and factors associated with longevity. Come with thoughts for a question and answer session and reception after the lecture. Tickets are $10 at Darvill’s, www.orcascrossroads.org or at the door. Some complimentary tickets are available in advance at the Orcas Senior Center.
The Healing Arts Center is holding a “Harvest Raffle� starting on Nov. 2. The practitioners are donating seven gift certificates for any one-hour service. Raffle tickets are $5 each or three for $10. The raffle is a mini-
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Real Estate for Rent San Juan County
Real Estate for Rent San Juan County
Real Estate for Rent San Juan County
RESIDENTIALS FOR RENT: SAN JUAN ISLAND In Town Upstairs, 2 BR 2 BA apt, wood floors, private setting with balcony W/D , D/W, F/L/S, N/S, N/P. $950 Sunny Location in Town: One BR, 1 BA apt with W/D. F/L/S, N/S, N/P $775 Roche Harbor - 2 BR, 3/4 bath home with nice big yard and deck. Large separate dining room and walk-in closet in master bedroom. W/D, N/S, N/P, F/L/S $750 Beautiful Log Home 2BR, 1.5 BA, with 3 cozy built-in captain’s beds in loft area. Spacious kitchen, hardwood floors, custom touches throughout. Wood stove. Pond, garden areas, fruit trees on 7 acres, $1500. Cabin in the Woods – Studio sized with sleeping loft, deck, and space for extra storage. W/D, N/S, pets negot w/dep, F/L/S, $575 Call Susan Barkshire (360) 378-8600 or email susan@windermeresji.com www.windermeresji.com
RESIDENTIALS FOR RENT: SAN JUAN ISLAND Waterfront Condo at Roche Harbor – Furnished 1 BR plus loft, 2 BA condo with fireplace, deck, views to the water and resort, community hot tub, D/W, W/D, N/S, pets negot, F/L/S $825 Home in Town – Two BR, 2 BA home with fireplace, W/D, D/W, large deck. N/S, pets negot w/dep, F/L/S $950 Country Home on Acreage – Two BR, 2 BA with 2-car garage and walk-out lower level. Deck, yard, on over 4 acres, D/W, W/D, N/S, pets negot w/dep, F/L/S $1050 Located On An Acre of sunny property, the two bedroom, 1.75 bath home faces south, has vaulted ceiling in living and dining room. Hardwood floors, wood stove, deck and small fenced area by house. W/D, D/W, N/S, F/L/S $1200 Call Susan Barkshire (360) 378-8600 or email susan@windermeresji.com www.windermeresji.com
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REPORTER Reporter sought for staff opening with the Peninsula Daily News, a sixday newspaper on Washington’s beautiful North Olympic Peninsula that includes the cities of Port Angeles, Sequim, Port Townsend and Forks (yes, the “Twilight� Forks, but no vampires or werewolves). Bring your experience from a weekly or small daily -from the first day, you’ll be able to show off the writing and photography skills you’ve already acquired while sharpening your talent with the help of veteran newsroom leaders. This is a general assignment reporting position in our Port Angeles office in which being a self-starter must be demonstrated through professional experience. Port Angeles-based Peninsula Daily News, circulation 16,000 daily and 15,000 Sunday (plus a website getting up to one million hits a month), publishes separate editions for Clallam and Jefferson counties. Check out the PDN at w w w. p e n i n s u l a d a i l y news.com and the beauty and recreational opportunities at http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/section/pdntabs#vizguide. In-person visit and tryout are required, so Washington/Northwest applicants given preference. Send cover letter, resume and five best writing and photography clips to Leah Leach, managing editor/news, P.O. Box 1330, 305 W. First St., Port Angeles, WA 98362, or email leah.leach@peninsuladailynews.com.
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ALASKA FARMERS Cooperative, Delta Junction, is seeking a qualified General Manager, a diversified grain storage and drying, agronomy, and retail store. Position requires knowledge in grain handling, agronomy, and financial management. Competitive salary and benefits. Send or fax (888-6535527) resume to: Larry Fuller, 5213 Shoal Drive, Bismarck, ND 58503. Email: larry.fuller@chsinc.com
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Responsibilities include all financial reporting such as monthly reports to the school board, year end financial statements, budget prep and monitoring, etc., plus supervision of payroll, HR, AP, AR, and purchasing, audit coordination, and grant coordination. This position works with the superintendent on bond and levy planning, union negotiations, and “big picture� financial recommendations. Accepting applications until filled. For information or an application packet please contact Christina at 360-468-2202 ext 2300 or www.lopezislandschool.org AA/EOE REPORTER The Bainbridge Island Review, a weekly community newspaper located in western Washington state, is accepting applications for a parttime general assignment Reporter. The ideal candidate will have solid reporting and writing skills, have up-to-date knowledge of the AP Stylebook, be able to shoot photos and video, be able to use InDesign, and contribute to staff blogs and Web updates. We offer vacation and sick leave, and paid holidays. If you have a passion for community news reporting and a desire to work in an ambitious, dynamic newsroom, we want to hear from you. E.O.E. Email your resume, cover letter and up to 5 non-returnable writing, photo and video samples to hr@soundpublishing.com Or mail to BIRREP/HR Dept., Sound Publishing, 19351 8th Ave. NE, Suite 106, Poulsbo, WA 98370.
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AKC GREAT DANE puppies! Health guarantee! Very sweet, lovable, intelligent, gentle giants. Males and females. Now offering Full-Euro’s, HalfEuro’s & Standard Great Danes. Dreyersdanes is Oregon state’s largest breeder of Great Danes and licensed since 2002. $500 & up (every color but Fawn). Also; selling Standard Poodles. Call 5 0 3 - 5 5 6 - 4 1 9 0 . www.dreyersdanes.com Treasure Hunting? Check out our Recycle ads before someone else finds your riches.
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Marine Power
17’ Glass Steury 1979. Solid boat! Comes with Trailer, Strong 85hp Johnson engine, brand new 9.8 Tohatsu motor, new fish finder, new electric down rigger, new electric wench, all new seats, and many extras. Oak Harbor. $2500. (360)675-1662 Marine Sail
12’3”x6’ GLEN EL Design Bobcat sailboat. Marconi sail, and electric outboard included. Handcrafted wood boat in good condition! $2,500 obo. Call 360678-6684. Marine Storage
40’ SUB - LEASE SLIP in the easy access Cayou Quay Marina. October 1st - April 30th, 2013. Half price discount $150/ month. 360-385-7499. Automobiles Classics & Collectibles
BENGAL KITTENS, Gorgeously Rosetted! Consider a bit of the “Wild” for your home. Like adventure? This may be the pet for you! www.seattlebengals.com then click on “Kittens” to see what’s available with pricing starting at $900. Championship Breeder, TICA Outstanding Cattery, TIBCS Breeder of Distinction. Shots, Health Guarantee. Teresa, 206-422-4370. Dogs
garage sales - WA Garage/Moving Sales San Juan County Eastsound
AMAZING multi family sale. 111 Golf Estates Rd. Follow signs through golf course. Saturday only, November 3rd, 10am-4pm. No early birds. Kitchen, frames, books, furniture, garden, linens, clothes. Something for everyone. Bazaars/Craft Fairs
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AKC GERMAN Shepherd puppies, bred for sound temperament and train ability. All German bloodlines. Parents onsite and family raised. $700. 360-456-0362 AKC REGISTERED Lab Puppies. Over 30+ titled dogs in the last 5 generations. Sire is a Master Hunter and Certified Pointing Lab. OFA Hip and Elbows, Dews Removed, First Shots, Deworming. 6 Males (1 Black, 5 Yellow), 6 Females (2 Yellow, 4 Black). $750 each. Call Mike, 360-547-9393
Sat. Nov 10 & Sat. Dec 8, 9am-1pm At The SAN JUAN COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS Vendor Space Available! For Application Contact The Fair At 360-378-4310 or info@sjcfair.org
wheels
1969 VW BEETLE. Pale Blue and is a Beauty. Original paint, 4 speed. Over $3,000 in reciepts. Fun to drive. Perfect for teenager looking for first car or VW Buff. Asking $8,000 OBO. 253-2171986 or 253-857-6162 after 5pm. Olalla/ Kitsap County area. Can email photos.
Sport Utility Vehicles Oldsmobile
2002 OLDSMOBILE Bravada Sports Utility 4WD, AT, 4 door. Crusie in style with this fully loaded equipment package! Sleek silver exterior with beige leather interior. Your saftey is complete with On Star option! Runs well! Only 122,000 miles. $3,500. Vashon Island. Call Bob 206-619-1453. Find what you need 24 hours a day.
Motorhomes
2004 31’ FLEETWOOD Storm Fully Furnished in well cared for cond! Fully self contained! Extremely clean inside and out! Sleeps up to 4. Easy driving with back up camera. 2 TV’s (including King Dome satellite system), DVD player, radio & CD player. 2 slide outs. New engine 2010 with only 2,000 miles. $32,000 obo. Oak Harbor, Whidbey Island. 360-675-1172.
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2004 KOMFORT 25TBS in excellent condition! $12,950. Garaged or covered when not in use with low miles (4 trips per Summer). Length: 26’x8’0”. Axles: 2. Weight: 6018 lbs. Slides: 1. Queen and 3 bunk beds. Sleeps 9. New tires with spare tire and carrier. Weight equalizing hitch with sway control bar. Power Tonque Jack. Four manual stabilizer jacks. Large awning, luggage rack and bike rack attachment. Air conditioner, furnace and lots of accessories. Great deal! Call 425445-0631 or email jfinan61@hotmail.com for more info. Currently located in Fall City, WA. 29’ ALPEN LITE travel trailer. Solid, clean! Comfortable walkaround queen size bed, kitchen and dinette, bathroom with shower, good storage areas, propane tank, some appliances will need replaced. Good condition! $3,500 / offer. 360-3769020. Orcas Island.
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SAN JUAN COUNTY PUBLIC NOTICES San Juan County, as an Equal Opportunity Employer, does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status in the provision of services, in programs or activities or employment opportunities and benefits. Direct inquiries to Administrative Services at (360) 378-3870. TTD relay at 1-800-833-6388.
NOTICE OF REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING: The San Juan County Land Bank Commission will hold its regular monthly meeting on Friday, November 2nd at Canoe Island French Camp. The meeting begins at 9:00 a.m. Public comment time is scheduled for 9:15 a.m. The public is welcome at every monthly Land Bank Commission meeting. LEGAL NO. SJ433394 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands, The Islands’ Sounder. October 31, 2012.
MEETING NOTICE Citizens’ Salary Commission If Proposition #1 is approved by voters in the November 6th General Election, the Citizens’ Salary Commission will meet on Thursday, November 9, 2012. The meeting will be held at 9:30 a.m., at the first floor Hearing Room of the Legislative Building, 55 Second St., in Friday Harbor. This meeting may be continued to Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 9:30 a.m. at the same location. The public is invited to attend. Written submissions and agenda items for the Commission must be received by 10/26/12 to be considered. Send to CSC, 350 Court St., #5, Friday Harbor, WA 98250. The meeting agenda will be available at
http://sanjuanco.com/calendar . LEGAL NO. SJ432263 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands, The Islands’ Sounder. October 24, 31, 2012. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER PROPOSED ORDINANCES OF SAN JUAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON, SETTING THE PROPERTY TAX LEVY FOR THE COUNTY ROAD FUND, THE CURRENT EXPENSE FUND, AND THE LAND CONSERVATION FUTURES, AND TO CONSIDER UP TO A 1% INCREASE IN THESE LEVIES FOR 2013; AN ORDINANCE AMENDING FEES IN 2013 FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT; AND TO SET THE SAN JUAN COUNTY AN-
NUAL BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 2013 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the San Juan County Council will conduct a public hearing for the purpose of receiving testimony on proposed Ordinances setting the Property tax Levy for the County Road Fund, the Current Expense Fund, and the Land Conservation Futures and to Consider Up to a 1% Increase in these Levies for 2013; an Ordinance Amending the Fees in 2013 for the Public Works Department; and to Set the ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 2013. The public hearing will be held in the Council Hearing Room at 55 Second Street, Friday Harbor, Washington on Tuesday, November 06, 2012 beginning at 10:15 AM. The
hearing may be continued from time to time and place to place as may be desired by the Council without additional written notice. At the hearing, members of the public will be invited to speak and/or provide written statements regarding the proposed Ordinances. After the public testimony portion of the hearing has ended, the Council will deliberate and consider modifications to the Ordinances that are proposed by members of the public, county employees, or the Council. The proposed Ordinances may then be adopted with or without modifications. County Current Expense Fund Levy Ordinance Summary: The proposed Ordinance sets the property tax levy
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Juan County Community for San County Current Expense Fund Development at previous & taxPlanning levy. This increase is All persons wishing to be heard on $5,172,727, which is P. an O. increase of Friday exclusive ofWA. any98250 additional revenue these matters are encouraged to at135 Rhone Street, Box 947, Harbor, $36,908 is 0.72(360) percent over the resulting from new construction, im- tend. Written comments may be (360) and 378-2354 3782116 Fax (360) 378-3922 previous tax levy. This amount iswww.co-san-juan.wa.us ex- provements to property, increases in submitted in advance of the hearings Permits@co.san-juan.wa.us clusive of any additional revenue re- the value of state-assessed property by mail or at the hearing by delivery sulting from new construction, im- and refunds made. in person. Please deliver 8 copies of provements to property, increases in Annual Budget for 2013 Summary: all written comments to the Clerk of the value of state-assessed property The annual budget of the County of the San Juan County Council at 55 andTo: refunds made. & Sounder San Juan, Washington for the year Second Street, Friday Harbor or mail The Journal Land Conservation Futures Levy Or- 2013, as set forth in Exhibits A and B to 350 Court Street #1, Friday Hardinance The proposed and attached to the Ordinance, which&refbor, WA 98250. The proposed OrdiPlease Summary: publish once on 10/31/2012 bill Community Development Planning Ordinance sets the property tax levy erences a total estimate of revenues nances are filed at the Office of the for Land Conservation Futures at of $57,977, 348 and estimated ex- County Council, 55 Second Street, $281,141, which is an increase of penditures of $46,978,903 for all Friday Harbor, WA and may be in$2,057 and is 0.73 percent over the Funds combined. spected and copies obtained at the
Council offices during each business day between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The Ordinances may also be viewed 24 hours a day at the County website at www.sanjuanco.com. A copy of the proposed Ordinances will be mailed without charge upon request. For more information please contact the Clerk of the County Council (360) 370-7470 and/or the Auditor at (360) 378-3356 and/or the County Administrator at 360-378-3870. Legal No. SJ432304 Published: The Journal of the San
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LEGALS IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN JUAN IN PROBATE In The Matter of The Estate of GEORGIANA FERN CHRISTENSEN, (aka Fern Georgeann Christensen) Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS PROBATE NO. 12 4 05054 4 The Personal Representative named below has been appointed and has qualified as Personal Representative of this estate. Persons having claims against the decedent must, prior to the time such claims would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, serve their claims on the Personal Representative or the attorney of record at the address stated below and file an executed copy of the claim with the Clerk of this Court within four months after the date of first publication of this notice or within four months after the date of the filing of the copy of this Notice with the Clerk of the Court, whichever is later or, except under those provisions included in RCW 11.40.011 or 11.40.013, the claim will be forever barred. This bar is effective as to claims against both the probate assets and nonprobate assets of the decedent. DATE OF FILING COPY OF NOTICE TO CREDITORS with Clerk of the Court: 10/8/2012 DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: 10/24/2012 Dated this 4th day of October, 2012. /s/ Rena Joan Jorgenson Personal Representative Attorney for the Estate: Diana G. Hancock, WSBA #29325 175 Village Road P.O. Box 160 Lopez, WA 98261 (360) 468-3871 LEGAL NO. S433893 Published: The Islands’ Sounder October 31, November 7, 14, 2012
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SKAGIT In the Matter of the Estate of BYRON D. OTTEN, Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS PROBATE NO. 12-4-00347-5 The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Personal Representative or the Personal Representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the Personal Representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(3); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets. Publication: October 17, 24 & 31, 2012 Personal Representative: Attorney for the Estate: ROSALIE LINDBERG LAWRENCE A. PIRKLE PO Box 574 WSBA # 18392 Eastsound, WA 98245 321 W. Washington, Suite 300 Mount Vernon, WA 98273 LEGAL NO. S430262 Published: The Islands’ Sounder. October 17, 24, 31, 2012.
N THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN JUAN IN PROBATE In The Matter of The Estate of GREGORY ALBERT EWERT, D e c e a s e d . PROBATE NO. 12 4 05056 1 NOTICE TO CREDITORS The Personal Representative named below has been appointed and has qualified as Personal Representative of this estate. Persons having claims against the decedent must, prior to the time such claims would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, serve their claims on the Personal Representative or the attorney of record at the address stated below and file an executed copy of the claim with the Clerk of this Court within four months after the date of first publication of this notice or within four months after the date of the filing of the copy of this Notice with the Clerk of the Court, whichever is later or, except under those provisions included in RCW 11.40.011 or 11.40.013, the claim will be forever barred. This bar is effective as to claims against both the probate assets and nonprobate assets of the decedent. DATE OF FILING COPY OF NOTICE TO CREDITORS with Clerk of the Court: 10/8/12 DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: 10/24/12 Dated this 14th day of September, 2 0 1 2 . Nancy L. Ewert Personal Representative Attorney for the Estate: Diana G. Hancock, WSBA #29325 175 Village Road P.O. Box 160 Lopez, WA 98261 (360) 468-3871 Legal No. J432272 Published: The Islands’ Sounder October 24, 31, November 7, 2012.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING On November 7, 2012 at 10:30 a.m., the Board of Supervisors of the San Juan Islands Conservation District will hold a public hearing at the offices of the San Juan Islands Conservation District at 540 Guard Street, Friday Harbor, Washington to hear public comment regarding a revision to San Juan County Ordinance No. 10-2005 concerning the conservation district special assessment (RCW 89.08.400(3). To conform to requirements of new state law (ESHB 2567) passed last legislative session, the San Juan Islands Conservation District is proposing that special assessments be based upon a $5.00 flat rate, plus an additional per acre assessment that would be set at five cents per acre. Interested persons may appear at the public hearing and give testimony for or against the proposed revision. Legal No. J432302 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands, The Islands’ Sounder. October 24, 31, 2012. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN JUAN In Re: The Estate Of GRACE ROBBINS KIDDER, Deceased. NO. 12-4-05052-8 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030 The personal representative named below has been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the Court. The claim must
be presented within the later of: (1) thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as 1 provided under Page of 1 RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and non-probate assets. Date of first publication: October 24, 2012 Personal Representative: J a n e t Booth Attorney for Personal Representative: Derek Mann & Associates PLLC Address for Mailing: P.O. Box 399, Eastsound, WA 98245 Address for Personal Service: 2 9 6 “A� Street, Eastsound, WA 98245 Court of Probate Proceedings and Cause No.: San Juan Superior Court Cause No. 12-4-05052-8 Derek Mann, Attorney for Personal Representative Legal No. S432322 Published: The Islands’ Sounder. October 24, 31, November 7, 2012.
NOTICE OF MEETING The Orcas Island Library District’s Regular Board Meeting is November 13, 2012 beginning at 9:00A.M. in the Library’s Meeting Room. The agenda for this meeting will include discussion and possible adoption of the 2013 General Fund Budget and the 2013 Building Fund Budget. The public is invited to attend and give comment. LEGAL NO. S434033 Published: The Islands’ Sounder. October 31, November 7, 2012
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