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Where once there was six, now there will be three. The special filing period for candidates for three new San Juan County Council positions was held from Dec. 12 to 14. The Special Election will be held to fill the positions created by the pas-
sage of Proposition 1 in the November election, reducing the six-person council to three. Prop. 1 was one of three propositions devised by the Charter Review Commission and passed in the election. Prop. 2 replaces the executive county administrator position with a county manager and
Prop. 3 mandates that all county council meetings are open to the public. Council positions that more than two candidates file for will be narrowed to two candidates in a county-wide “primary” election held Feb. 12. The winners of that election, plus the candidates for any positions for which two or fewer candidates file, will be elected in a county-wide “general” election held April 23. Brian McClerren and Jamie Stephens filed for candidacy for District 3 encompassing Lopez Island, Shaw Island, Decatur Island, and surrounding smaller islands. For more info on the candidates, visit www.islandsweekly.com. Here’s a quick look at the candidates for District 3.
Jamie Stephens
Stephens has served on the existing council for two years. He said during his time on the council he has fought to keep farmland available for farmers and has helped to open up their opportunities to market their products. He added that he has helped to
bring resolution to the solid waste system and worked to make community control of the dumps and reuse facilities a reality. Stephens has endorsed high-speed internet connectivity to be made available to the county. He also advocated for permanent protection of the Bureau of Land Management lands in San Juan County and has traveled to Washington D.C. to further the effort. “There has been a lot of change in county government during the past two years and I am an experienced voice to move the county forward while implementing the changes in the way the county is governed,” said Stephens. Prior to becoming a council member, Stephens was active in the community including serving as board member of the Family Resource Center, Fisherman Bay Water Association, as Port Commissioner, member of the Lopez Village planning Committee, and board member of the Lopez Community Land Trust. He has also substituted rat Lopez School and has orga-
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Brian McClerren, left, and Jamie Stephens, right. nized the yearly Fourth of July Parade. Stephens teaches business classes through the Family Resource Center. He has two children, one in college and another employed in Washington, D.C. He lives with his wife Lauren Stephens in Lopez Village.
Brian McClerren
McClerren moved to Lopez Island in 2004. He was hired over the telephone by a local building contractor. “The labor shortage was so acute that I remember trying to convince my friends back in Oregon to move up and work construction,” he said.
McClerren and his family joined with others in forming Common Ground, the Lopez Community Land Trust’s fourth affordable housing project. McClerren served as co-op treasurer during the construction process. At the same time he and his former partner Andrea Huss started the Media Cocktail business in Lopez Village. McClerren used his time as a business owner to return to school and studied economics, accounting and business law. He recently hired the first employee for his new business Reveal Window Cleaning while also working full time at Sunset Builder’s See candidates, page 8
San Juans awarded $300K for salmon By Steve Wehrly Journal reporter
New Year’s Eve at the Galley • Misty Isle 100% Natural Angus Prime Rib, with red wine peppercorn cream sauce. • Moroccan Lamb Shank, with tomatoes, onions, raisins and spices
Salmon in San Juan County are getting help from the state, some this week in labor and some next year in money. A PugetSound Corps team cleaned up creosote debris Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 17 and 18, at Neck Point Lagoon on Shaw Island, then on San Juan Island at Jackson Beach, Wednesday and Thursday. The project was sponsored by the state’s Department of Natural Resources and paid for by the Department of Ecology using money from the voter-approved
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tax on hazardous substances. On Monday, Dec. 10, DNR and the Salmon Recovery Funding Board announced that San Juan County had been awarded a $300,000 matching grant for four salmon recovery projects planned and managed by the County Community Development and Planning Department, local “lead entity” for salmon recovery. The creosote debris cleanup was a continuation of a major DNR program to remove creosoted pilings and timbers from Washington beaches and shorelines. Five years ago, DNR used helicopters to remove 38 tons of creosote pilings from Jackson Beach. Since 2004, DNR and a group of state and private partners have removed over 12,600 tons of creosoted pilings, 2,600 tons of creosoted beach debris, and more than 200,000 square feet of creosoted structures from Puget Sound. For more information on creosoted piling cleanup, go to www.dnr.wa.gov/ResearchScience/Topics/AquaticCleanUpRestoration/Pages/aqr_creosote_removal_program.aspx. The Salmon Recovery Funding Board money is part of $19.2 million granted on a competitive, matching basis to socalled lead entities in 28 counties in Washington state. Funding for the grants comes from the federal Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery.
Community Calendar tues, jan 1
reading: Adult Winter Reading Program Starts, 10 a.m., Lopez Island Library. Join us for the third annual Adult Winter Reading Program. Win prizes by writing short reviews of
books you read or films you view. Reviews will be posted on the library’s web page. fri, jan 4
meeting: Inspired Living
Earth Institute Charrette Offered by Lopez Community
Land Trust, 1:30 p.m., Lopez Center for Community and the Arts. Dinner will be soup and bread and coffee and tea will be provided. Other contributions are welcome, as well as your tableware. There is a recommended $5 registration fee. For more info, visit www.lopezcenter.org. sat, jan 5
party: Grand Opening
Celebration for Lopez Solid Waste & Recycling Center, 2 - 4 p.m., Lopez Island Dump Take-It-Or-Leave-It.
Ceremony to celebrate the opening of the Lopez Solid Waste & Recycling Center under our own local management. Refreshments at the Take-It-Or-Leave-It starting at noon; ceremony at 3pm. Please join the celebration as the Lopez community assumes control of our garbage and recycling future. For more info, visit www.lopezsolidwaste.org.
dance: Contra Dance, 7 - 9 p.m., Lopez Center for Community and the Arts.
Matt Hummel and Carol Noyes will be playing great tunes. Tickets at the door: adult $10, and youth $5. saT, jan 12
film&food: Film screen-
ing of “Symphony of the Soil,” Potluck starts 4 p.m., film starts at 4:30 p.m. Discussion following film (optional). The new feature film is by Deborah Koons Garcia, and is presented by Lopez Locavores, and cosponsors including Lopez Community Land Trust, Transition/Thrive Lopez,
Food Masters Orcas Island and WSU Extension Friday Harbor. Celebrate GMO Free San Juan Islands victory and the power of grassroots energy. Bring tableware. $5 and/or potluck dish suggested donation.
meeting: SalmonAtion, 5:30 - 8 p.m., Lopez Center for Community and the Arts. Annual report to the community on the results of research by the Lopez Community Salmon Team. Fabulous local food, wine and music!
News briefs Levy for Lopez Island Fire District 4
Lopez Island Fire District 4 Commissioners have authorized a Levy Lid Lift Request for the Feb.12 Ballot San Juan County Fire Protection District 4 Commissioners at their
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regular meeting on Nov. 19, approved Resolution Number 2012-07 to increase its regular property tax levy to 83 cents per thousand dollars of assessed valuation. The district provides emergency medical, rescue and fire protection services to Lopez Island. This proposition was passed by the commission to fund its 10-year strategic plan. The increased revenue will fund a third paramedic position, replace a 1994 ambulance and a 1976 water tender, add one brush firefighting vehicle and one paramedic response vehicle and update and replace training equipment and personal protective equipment. The revenue will also go toward maintaining and
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improving facilities with small remodeling projects. It will also help the district to seek grant opportunities to fund a small training facility for firefighter and emergency medical personnel. The commissioners’ last resolution to the voters to increase their property taxes was in 2004 – nine years between requests for additional funding for the fire district. If the levy is approved, the district would be able collect $.83 per $1000 of assessed valuation in 2014. In subsequent years, absent further voter approval, the district would be limited to a 1 percent increase in property tax collections initially based on the amount levied for collection in 2014, subject to the $1 per $1,000 of assessed value maximum. The district’s board of com-
Lopez Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings: Mondays - 7:30 p.m. at the Children’s Center Wednesdays - 4 p.m. Women’s meeting at the fellowship hall at Grace Episcopal Church Fridays - 7:30 p.m. at the Children’s Center Saturdays - noon at the Children’s Center Contact phone number 468-2809
Al-Anon: Saturdays - 9:30 a.m. at the Children’s Center, Lopez. Contact phone number 468-4703.
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missioners has found that establishing the levy rate at $.83 per $1,000 is necessary to maintain an effective level of services, fire fighter and emergency medical staffing, equipment and facilities in light of rising costs. If the levy is approved, the maximum tax per $100,000 assessed valuation would not exceed $83 each year or approximately $6.92 per month for fire protection and emergency medical services. For further information on the Levy Lid Lift or to request a copy of the Lopez Island Fire & EMS 2012-2022 Strategic Plan, contact Fire Chief Jim Ghiglione at 4682991 or email him at jghiglione@lopezfire.com.
County Christmas Tree Chipping Project
The County Public Works Department is again sponsoring a free Christmas tree collection program this year. Trees will be chipped for mulch for use at a public project and not sent to a landfill. The project also provides a better alternative to burning of trees … reducing fire danger and air pollution. There will be no charge for trees brought to your island’s solid waste facility between Dec. 26 and Jan. 7. Help us reduce the volume of holiday trash by bringing your lean, undecorated natural trees (no flocked or artificial trees) to your island’s solid waste facility during regular open hours. Last year’s chipping program diverted approximately 2.3 tons of Christmas trees from the landfill. If you have any questions,
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Charges dropped against man accused of assault
Charges were dropped in early December against a Lopez Island man accused of a late-night sexual assault of a female friend more than twice his age. On June 8, Johnathan Michael Law, 24, pleaded not guilty in San Juan County Superior Court to one count of second-degree rape by forcible compulsion, a Class A felony. Prosecutors claimed that Law made unwanted advances that were rejected by the alleged victim and that he used physical force despite her protests to first subdue and then to rape her. The woman was at home and alone following a mid-May birthday celebration at a Lopez Village bar when Law, who attended the party, reportedly stopped by at about 1:30 a.m. to check out her cabin and the plans she had for it. The woman reportedly told detectives that she was taken by surprise when Law became aggressive and that she recalled going into a state of shock as he became more forceful and she was unable to break free. A Class A felony, seconddegree rape by force carries maximum penalties of life in prison, a $50,000 fine, or both. According court documents, Law acknowledged having sex with the woman, but claims that it was con-
sensual. He reportedly told a friend that the two shared a kiss as he was about to leave the woman’s home and that the one thing then led to another.
Update Massey case
The investigation continues on the death of an Orcas Island woman, who was discovered on Nov. 22 after she was reported missing the day before. Maria Massey, 26, of Deer Harbor, went missing in the early morning hours of Nov. 21 after her vehicle was found crashed into a tree in the 2600 block of Crow Valley Road. She was not found at the site of the accident. Massey, according to the Sheriff’s Department, had reportedly left her house sometime around midnight and had not been seen or heard from since. The Orcas Island Fire Department organized a search party on Nov. 21 and 22. Her body was found at 9:05 a.m., four-tenths of mile from the scene of the wreck, close to a pump house in a wooded area near the edge of the forest close to the 2300 block of Crow Valley Road. A completed autopsy showed she did not sustain injuries from the car accident that would have led to her death, according to County Coroner Randy Gaylord. A pending toxicology report could reveal more information. “There is every indication that she died of exposure,” said Gaylord, explaining that the weather was extremely cold at 35 degrees with steady rain and wind.
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New year, new opportunities at library By Lou Pray, library director Special to the Weekly
As the world readies for the coming days of increased light, the Lopez Island Library is making preparations for moving forward, as well. We are making the switch to a new and improved library catalog interface, KOHA ByWater Solutions. KOHA will provide more Amazonlike options for library patrons when searching the catalog, renewing or reviewing books from home or their mobile devices. Patrons can rate or “star” items they check out and write quick online reviews in the catalog to share opinions and scan new book covers online. It will even allow a mobile app to our catalog from your iPhone, iPad, or other mobile device and other user-friendly services. Fresh year, fresh start – the library is also offering “Amnesty Days” in January, when patrons can return any long overdue items and have the slate wiped clean. This will help us make the transition to the new system more cleanly. Be advised that the library will be closed on Jan. 7-8, for staff in-service training on the new automation tool. We plan to go live in early February or sooner, depending on how the migration to the new system goes. We’ll be offering several sessions in making the most of the new features in February
(see our library calendar for dates and times) or just ask a staff member for a quick tutorial. Another move forward in literacy is the purchase of the new Early Learning station to replace our outdated children’s computer. The Early Literacy Station is a dynamic all-in-one digital learning solution for children ages 2-8. It requires no Internet connection, so it is safe and secure. It features more than 60 educational software titles spanning seven curricular areas. The educational titles are pre-loaded on the computer and displayed using engaging graphics and intuitive menus. No Internet connection is required to use it. And the best thing is, it plays like a game so kids learn while having fun. The educational software content on this station is aligned with U.S. state and national standards. We’ll post more info when it arrives. Many thanks to the tireless fundraising efforts of the Friends of the Lopez Island Library that makes these steps forward possible, and to all of you that contribute library donations and book and films purchases throughout the year.
Sudoku Fill in the blank cells using numbers 1 to 9. Each number can appear only once in each row, column, and 3x3 block. Use logic and process of elimination to solve the puzzle. The difficulty ranges from 1-10 (easy) 11-15 (moderate) and 1620 (hard). Today’s puzzle is level 2. Sudoku and Crossword answers on page 8
Give yourself the gift of a free library card and get it at no cost using your local library. Thousands of books in electronic and audio format are available via the library’s subscription to Overdrives see the library’s home page at lopezlibrary.org. Price It! is another new tool the library subscribes to for our community. Price It! Antiques & Collectibles is a comprehensive, subscription-based database for identifying, research-
ing and pricing art, antiques and collectibles. Containing more than 23 million records, it’s a sophisticated, up-to-date, easy-to-use tool — whether the user is a professional art appraiser or a budding collector. These and many other resources, along with the newest books and films are our year-long gift to the Lopez Island community. Happy New Year from your friends at the Lopez Island Library!
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Dealing with holiday stress By Kristin Fernald
All I want for Christmas is ... to enjoy the season! To sing carols, enjoy the holiday decorations and parties, be in the spirit of giving, take in at least one holiday event, give to those who are less fortunate, prepare a fabulous Christmas dinner, make oodles of my family’s traditional Christmas cookies with the neighborhood children…. The truth of it is, most of us want this, but what it takes to create this leads to an enormous amount of STRESS. And the enjoyment goes right out the window. Holiday stress. It is not new. We all know it happens every year. We all try to plan ahead to avoid it. Yet it happens. And it happens for three reasons:
ful challenges: not being with your children; memories of the past; divided time; creating new family rituals. There may be the anticipation of dealing with a difficult family member.
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We all have an inner critic that lets us know when we are not doing enough. And it comes up big time around
the holidays. We have a holiday myth around Christmas that we try to live up to. We may not be able to create a White Christmas, but we do try to create a lot of other magic to make sure that the wonder and joy of Christmas will happen. And our general cultural myth says “more is better,” so we go overboard on lights, gifts, food, drink….
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The emotional aspect of the holidays takes its toll as well. Christmas often brings up the loss of loved ones, especially if it is a recent loss. Divorce adds many stress-
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In this day and age we are all too busy to begin with. Juggling jobs and families and home has most of us scheduled to the max. Add to this what is required to achieve in preparation for this holiday: there is the shopping and the wrapping of gifts and the sending of packages in time to get there for Christmas. There are Christmas cards if you haven’t given up on them, and the kids are home and underfoot more because they are out of school and you have company coming from afar and you need your entire house to look good. The list goes on. All of this leads to a state of OVERWHELM.
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west side marina. The motor, valued at $850, was attached to the dinghy, which was on the back of his 35-foot boat, which was on the grounds of a Killebrew Lake Road marina at the time it reportedly disappeared. Nov. 26: An Orcas Island man claims that someone took his Mercedes SUV on a joyride on his property without permission and caused $800 damage while behind the wheel. The SUV, parked outside the man’s home on Marilee Lane at the time, sustained damage to the front driver’s side quarter-panel and floorboard, and a puncture in the sidewall of the rear tire on the driver’s side as well.
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Dec. 3: Thirty mailboxes, two road signs, a bus shelter made of wood and a resort business sign were all damaged in an apparent episode of wide-ranging vandalism on the north end of San Juan Island. Damaged items were found along Byron, Limestone Point, San Juan and Tarte Roads. Dec. 6: Two San Juan Island teens accused of pilfering products during a midday misadventure at a Friday Harbor grocery store both face charges of shoplifting. The two boys, 17 and 16, were taken into custody at about noon and then released to their parents; the merchandise allegedly stolen was not listed in the arrest report.
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be more aware this Christmas so that the above stressors don’t catch you and bring you down? May you truly enjoy this holiday season. Fernald, who graduated with her masters in psychology from Antioch University in 1990, received her certification for Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy last fall. She practices Equine Facilitated Therapy on Lopez.
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“It was already scheduled in the works. We have been talking about it for a long time,” said Nou. Nou estimates that the Sheriff’s Department has not held an “Active Shooter” training on the island for at least five years. The Sheriff’s Department chose the school because it is a public venue and shootings often occur in places with high volumes of people. The school building also provides different size rooms and spaces that create complicated scenarios. “The sad reality is that it seems like any public venue is potentially a target … shootings have happened in houses of worship, schools, shopping centers, etc.” said
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Nou, the “Active Shooter” training is to keep deputies up to date for current procedures if an unfortunate event should arise. The training prepares police to actively move toward, disengage or disarm a potential threat like a possible shooter. “It’s dynamic training, actually moving and doing room clearing,” said Nou. “We’re also very concerned about issues of utilizing cover and keeping ourselves safe.” This exercise comes at a pivotal time since the massacre of 20 students and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., which has left people across the county in shock. But Nou said that the timing is just coincidence.
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If you see police cars parked outside of the Lopez Island School on Jan. 2 don’t be alarmed, there isn’t an
emergency or crime occurring, but rather a planned training scenario with the San Juan County Sheriff Department. According to Sheriff Rob
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‘Active Shooter’ training at Lopez School
Nou. Nou also said that being prepared is important because no one is immune to potential violence. “Information is coming out that it [the Sandy Hook area] was a very safe community. School procedures to keep people safe were in place and the unthinkable happened,” Nou said. “As emergency responders we have to be the consummate Boy Scouts, always prepared.” In the wake of the recent tragedy at Sandy Hook, Nou urges the community to not become too complacent just because the islands are an exceedingly safe place. “There is a world of difference between being aware and being paranoid,” said Nou. “Just like on ferries and at airports if you see something that is not right don’t sit on that information.”
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Rick Hughes, Lisa Byers and Greg Ayers filed for District 2, which includes Orcas Island, Waldron Island, Blakely Island, and surrounding smaller islands. Marc Forlenza, Bob Jarman and Lovel Pratt filed for District 1, which includes San Juan Island and surrounding smaller islands. For more info on these candidates, visit www.islandsweekly.com. For more info about the election visit www. sanjuanco.com/elections.
Sheriff’s Log continued someone reportedly tossed an “ash bucket” through the window of a cottage located near the fence in a separate act of vandalism. Dec. 10: A familiar face, chance encounter, and missed court date led to the arrest of a Orcas Island man following a mid-afternoon traffic stop near the intersection of Lovers Lane and Mount Baker Road. The 34-year-old, recognized by a deputy as the two drove past one another in opposite directions, reportedly failed two weeks earlier to appear in court on a charge of DUI. He was pulled over and taken into custody at about 3:30 p.m. Dec.13: Excessive speed and an apparent illegal pass prompted the arrest of a Lopez man for DUI following a late afternoon traf fic stop on Hummel Lake Road. Westbound and allegedly under the influence of marijuana at the time, the 27-year-old reportedly passed a vehicle in front of him in a no-passing zone and was pulled in the 100 block of Hummel Lake
Road at about 5 p.m. He was also ticketed for driving without insurance and for the illegal pass. – Electronics, entertainment equipment and assorted household belongings vanished in an apparent break-in and theft of an Orcas Island home in the 100 block of Roundtree Lane. The list of missing belongings, desktop computer and 30-inch flat-screen television included, are value at about $2,000. The thief, or thieves, reportedly left a number of valuable belongings behind. Dec. 14: A San Juan Island woman suffered neck and chest injuries following an early afternoon single-car rollover collision near the intersection of Misty Isle Drive and Roche Harbor Road. The 57-yearold, eastbound at the time of the crash, which occurred at about 1:30 p.m., drifted off the roadway, lost control of her vehicle, ricocheted off an embankment and then tossed about as the car flipped end over end several times before coming to a stop on its roof. She
reportedly was on the way to a doctor’s appointment at the time. – A 76-year-old San Juan Island man suffered minor head injuries after he was struck by a slowmoving sedan while crossing the Argyle Avenue and Spring Street intersection shortly after at dusk. The man, clad in dark clothing and who reportedly had been drinking at the time, was not in a crosswalk when he was struck by the 50-year-old driver of a four-door sedan at about 4:45 p.m. Dec. 15: A 19-year-old Bellingham woman was warned not to return to the home of an Orcas man after she showed up at his doorstep without an invitation and was refused entry into his home. She was at the front door of the man’s Crosswinds Lane home when a deputy arrived at the scene at about 4:30 p.m. The 25-year-old man reportedly called authorities to intercede after the woman ignored his requests to leave and to quit pounding on his door.