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The magic of dance By Erinn Nelson Special to the Weekly

As a girl Thea Huijgen knew she wanted to be a dancer. She recalls her fascination when watching Olga de Haas, a Dutch ballerina. “When I first saw her dance, I knew what I wanted to become,” said Thea. And so she did. Thea has

been dancing for about 50 years and teaching for more than 40 years. You can see Thea’s students and Thea performing an Armenian Bridal Dance in “An Evening of Dance” on Friday, March 21, 7:30 p.m. at the Lopez Center for Community and the Arts. Tickets are by donation at the door.

Lopez Center Community Performance Night

Friday, March 21st, 7:30pm

Dance & Music for all Seasons Over 30 Lopez dancers of all ages

Songs by Mamatamba

By donation • Directed by Thea Huijgen

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Dancer and teacher Thea Huijgen. Born in the Netherlands, Thea attended a school for dance and became a professional dancer, performing with the Folkloristish Damstheater in Amsterdam. Thea later moved to California and then after living in various locations in Washington, she took a bike vacation to Lopez Island. After that visit she decided to make Lopez her home. She now teaches several ballet classes a week at her home studio on Lopez. She sometimes teaches folk dance sessions at the Grange on Lopez, and has been teaching folk dance workshops across the U.S. The most important thing she teaches her students is the reward of good work

ethic. “If you apply yourself, you will experience the great joy dance brings,” said Thea. “With practice and dedication most anyone can gain dance ability, and enjoy and appreciate the art of dance.” Her favorite part of teaching is to see students make progress, and the “aha” moment when a student gets a movement or combination just right. Thea loves teaching all age groups

from toddlers to elders in their nineties. People who are interested can try or watch a class by contacting Thea at 468-4407 or at thea@zumzizeroo.com. Her students, ages three to 68, will join her in the second show she has put on at the Lopez Center for Community and the Arts. She has also previously produced a few smaller shows at Woodmen Hall. This “Evening of Dance”

A look into managing a monument By Scott Rasmussen Journal editor

The amount of acreage in the newly created San Juan Islands national monument totals just about 1,000. But that number itself does little justice to the character or landscape of the monument – the only one maned by The Bureau of Land Management in

Washington state. That’s because the monument is comprised of no fewer than 31 small islands and 40 different groups of rocks and reefs, some of which nearly disappear at high tide. It stretches from the northernmost corner of San Juan County (Patos Island) to one of the southernmost (Iceberg Point), as well as from its west-

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ernmost (Turn Point) to beyond the county’s eastern border to include low-lying rocky features and several islands in Whatcom and Skagit counties. More than half of the land mass of the monument is concentrated in three distinct areas; 400 acres at the southend of Lopez Island, 80 acres at Kellet Bluff on Henry Island and 80 acres at Turn Point on Stuart Island. The rest is scattered all across the archipelago. So, how does one go about managing and keeping track of such an extend-

• 2014-15• Contact elected officials NOW A delegation is going to Washington DC on March 23 to ask our Senators Murray and Cantwell and Representative Larsen to help move the EA-18G Growlers to a more appropriate location. Now is the time to call, write or email. Email us at lopezjetnoise@gmail.com for addresses and suggestions or pick up a flyer at Vortex or the Lopez Bookshop.

will feature many styles of dance, including ballet, folk dance, contemporary dance. There will be live music and Mamatamba will provide singing under the direction of Kristin Fernald. “There is so much talent here on Lopez, and it is very inspiring to see so many people getting involved in putting on a show together,” Thea said. “When the dancers make a connection with the audience, it’s magic.”

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ed and far-flung enterprise? In a word, it’s “partnerships,” or so says Marcia deChadenedes, the monument’s newly appointed manager and veteran administrator with the Bureau of Land Management. She notes that a longstanding partnership with Washington State Parks and with Keepers of the Patos Light, a grass-roots group devoted to maintaining the island’s historic lighthouse, has proven instrumental in helping BLM manage and SEE MONUMENT, PAGE 3


Community Calendar TUES, MARCH 18 MEETING: County Council Meeting, 9 a.m., Lopez Center. THURS, MARCH 20 MEETING: Caregiver Support Group, 1 p.m., Lopez Island Hospice & Home Support office, 178 Weeks Road. For more information, call 468-4446. All are welcome. FRI, MARCH 21 ART: Lopez Center Community Performance Night “Dance and Music

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for all Seasons,” 7:30 a.m., Lopez Center. Admission by donation. LESSONS: Free golf lessons for kids 12 - 18, 3 - 5 p.m. - noon, Lopez Island Golf Club. Sign up with Richard Tetu at Lopez Island High School or contact Joyce Kruithof at 468-4992.

SAT, MARCH 22 EVENT: Contra Dance, 7:30 p.m., Lopez Center. Live French Canadian music to dance to. Playing the dance is Les Trois Capitaines (Devon Leger on fiddle & feet, Eric Schlorff on What’s the buzz about?!

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accordian, harmonica & feet, and Clyde Curley on guitar), Carol Piening will be teaching and calling all of the dances. No partner needed, all ages are welcome. LESSONS: Free golf lessons for kids 12 - 18, 8:30 a.m. - noon, Lopez Island Golf Club. Sign up with Richard Tetu at Lopez Island High School or contact Joyce Kruithof at 468-4992.

SUN, MARCH 23 ART: The Moon of Fluttering Hearts, 2 p.m., The Gathering Place, Lopez Hamlet. Ed Sheridan weaves wisdom tales for ages 6 and up. THURS, MARCH 27 FOOD: Evening Meal, 5:30 - 7 p.m., Lopez School Multi-Purpose Room. Lopez

Locavores invites the community to celebrate spring with a delicious meal made with fresh, organic Lopez grown food. Pay what you can.

SAT, MARCH 29 MEETING: Lopez Community Fireworks Dinner and Auction, 5:30 - 9:30 p.m., Woodmen Hall. Come for a tasty dinner and bid on some of the donated items at both live and silent auction. Dinner will be country/southern pit barbecue by pit masters Denny and Jeff. Tickets for dinner are $25. Tickets may be purchased at Islands Marine Center, Paper Scissors on the Rock, and online @ www.lopezfireworks.com. WORKSHOP: Multi-media workshop, The conference begins at 9:30 a.m. and ends at 4 p.m. There will be

Letters

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Support for science

I am addressing a special appeal to Lopez residents asking for support for a proposed Marine Invertebrate Course at the Elementary School in spring 2014. In 2013 we received a generous donation from a Lopez resident towards tuition costs and a Friday Harbor resident sponsored the class adventure on the RV Centennial, UW Friday Harbor Labs research vessel. This was a great success and has raised

expectations among the current third grade students who are looking forward to their turn. Our Marine Educator, Noreene Ignelzi, collects live animals from the Friday Harbor Labs in the morning and transports them to the classroom where the students will be able to handle them, gently, and learn about their lifestyle, behavior and habitats. She then returns them to the labs. In June, after the course, the class will leave

a short Annual Meeting for Lopez Community Land Trust at 1 p.m. Suggested donation is $10 per person. For further information, contact Rhea at 4683723.

SUN, APRIL 6 WORKSHOP: Demonstration Workshop with Battlefield Band members, 2 p.m., Lopez Center for Community and the Arts, free. TUES, APRIL 8 CLASS: Digital Photography Basics, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., Lopez Library. $30 if paid by 3/25, $35 after 3/25. Ian Byington will teach you about your camera & what makes it work, and a short lesson on manipulating pictures. To sign up, call LIFRC at 468-4117 or visit their website at www.lifrc.org.

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Lopez on the early ferry and be met at the Spring Street dock by RV Centennial. They will sail to a convenient spot where divers equipped with camera and underwater intercom, will explore the marine animals while students watch and listen in the lab on board. Students will be able to ask questions of the diver and special samples will be brought on board for closer examination. Less invasive than the old style dredges, this program has proved just as informative and exciting

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WEDS, APRIL 9 CLASS: Making it Stick: Crafting a Message They’ll Remember., 1:30-4:30 p.m., Lopez Library. Lopez Library. $15 if paid by 3/26, $20 after 3/26. In this useful workshop, Ian Byington will help business owners transform the way they communicate ideas. To sign up, call LIFRC at 468-4117 or go to www.lifrc.org.

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APRIL 8- 9 CLASS: Learning Adobe Photoshop, 5 - 8 p.m., Lopez Library. $50 if paid by 3/25, $60 after 3/25. Ian Byington will cover the basics for making your photos even better, as well as the techniques you need to manipulate them. Open to ages 14 & up. To sign up, call LIFRC at 468-4117 or go to www.lifrc.org.

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for the students who gain knowledge of the animals and of diving practices. Cost of tuition amounts to $1000 for eight lessons and this includes travel from Friday Harbor to Lopez and back. A half-day trip on the Centennial costs $1,500. We would be most grateful if Lopez residents would contribute to the course, with a tax deductible donation to San Juan Nature Institute, PO BOX 3110, Friday Harbor WA 98250. All your donations will be dedicated to Lopez students. We have offered this class for many years on Shaw and Orcas and know that it inspires students to become stewards of our unique marine heritage. Please help us guide another generation to care for our unique natural heritage. FIONA M. NORRIS Science Director, San Juan Nature Institute

Gratitude I made an important omission on the March 4 obituary of Francis Fay, that Lopez Hospice and Home Support was very helpful to SEE LETTERS, PAGE 4

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Community briefs Salish Sea festival

On Monday noon, March 31 at 12 p.m. at Grace Church, the fourth annual Salish Sea Early Music Festival continues with A Little Evening Concert for Louis XIV. Admission is a suggested donation of $15 or $20, 18 and under free and students $5. For more info, visit www. salishseafestival.org.

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maintain the 207-acre Patos Island. At a meet-and-greet in Friday Harbor, hosted March 12 by the San Juan Preservation Trust, deChadenedes said that forging partnerships with other likeminded public agencies, federal, state and local, and with private organizations (like the Preservation Trust) and various citizen groups offers an effective route for the BLM to maximize its limited resources, balance the sometimes competing interests of recreation and conservation, and for keeping the monument’s natural and cultural resources intact. It has proven a successful formula for other conservation-oriented agencies as well. The San Juan County Land Bank benefits from its affiliation with the Terrestrial Managers Working Group, Land Bank Director Lincoln Bormann said. The group, whose roster includes the Nature Conservancy, Preser vation Trust, county Parks, and state and federal parks, works together to find common ground and cooperative approaches to issues involving management, recreation and resource protection, Bormann said. In addition, Bormann notes the Land Bank’s roster of volunteers, the enthusiasts of its open spaces and the neighbors of its preserves help the agency stay aware about what’s happening on its many easements, properties and preserves. “That kind of volunteer base here is very strong,” he said, “and [the BLM] really is dependent on the same thing.” Established by presidential proclamation about a year ago, under the Antiquities Act, the monument was created to protect and maintain the historical and cultural significance of the

The concer t recreates the regular evening per formances given for Louis XIV by the illustrious members of his Musique de la Chambre with Jeffrey Cohan on the one-keyed baroque flute, Anna Marsh (originally from Tacoma, presently living in Ithaca, New York) on baroque bassoon, Christine Wilkinson Beckman on baroque vioBLM lands in the San Juan Islands and to enhance their unique and varied natural and scientific resources. The first step in cementing partnerships is to put together a Resource Advisor y Committee, deChadenedes said. The committee will help in development of a management plan and the BLM is looking for nominees in the following categories: recreation and tourism, wildlife and ecological interests, cultural and heritage interests, tribal interests, local government, education and interpretative interests, private landowners and the public at large (deadline for nominations is March 22). “The potential of people on that board is profound,” she said. “It’s an opportunity that only comes along

lin, and Steven Creswell on baroque viola.

On Shaw Island, Saturday April 5, 3:30 – 6 p.m. at the Shaw Community Building.

National Weather Service spotter training Are you a weather fanatic? Lopez Library in the Want to help the National Times Weather Service with observations and data collection? Check out this free training on Lopez Island, Saturday, April 5, 11:15 a.m. – 1:45 p.m. at the Lopez Island Fire Station.

The Lopez Island Library was recently mentioned in the New York Times for its unique lending program. “Librar y usage has increased across the coun-

every 20 years and I’m so looking forward to hear those voices and what they have to say.” Though well-traveled during her tenure with the BLM, deChadenedes is no stranger to the Pacific Northwest or to the San Juans. She went to school in Vancouver, B.C., fished commercially in Alaska, and spent a good deal of time in Port Townsend before beginning a career with the federal government. Her aunt, the late Edie deChadenedes, was a San Juan Island resident for about 30 years before she recently passed away. A museums specialist with a master’s degree from the University of Oregon, deChadenedes is also a folklorist, a vocation in which one helps a com-

munity to identify its values and what’s important to it, and then strives to make sure “the infrastructure is there to preserve it.” During her 11 years in the BLM managerial ranks, she has been involved in helping to establish the California Coastal National Monument, the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail, Heritage Tourism in New Mexico and the Camino Real International Heritage Center. The success of all those assignments depended on building partnerships, and deChadenedes has a good guess as to why she was selected to manage the San Juan Islands monument. “I know how to make a space where people are comfortable working together,” she said.

March Madness Open an Islands Connection Checking and Savings Account between March 3rd and March 31st and you will be entered into our sweepstakes to receive $500.* *$100 initial deposit is required for both Islands Connection Checking and Savings Account. An excess transaction charge of $3 per item will be assessed for any transaction exceeding six transfers from your savings account each statement cycle. Minimum monthly transfer of $25 is required. Customers that currently have a connection checking/savings product will automatically receive one (1) sweepstakes entry. Employees of Islanders Bank, its affiliates, and subsidiaries are not eligible for this offer. No purchase necessary to enter. To enter manually, submit your name, address, and home telephone number to any Islanders Bank Branch listed below. All entries must be received by March 31, 2014. Winner will be determined by a random drawing conducted on April 4, 2014. For all details please contact us or visit a retail specialist at any one our three locations. Friday Harbor Branch 360-378-2265

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try for a variety of reasons, librarians say, including the recession, the availability of new technology and because libraries have been reimagining themselves — a necessity for staying relevant as munic-

ipal budgets are slashed and e-books are on the rise. The Lopez Island Librar y in Washington State offers musical instruments for checkout,” wrote Times reporter Katharine Q. Seelye.

Public Auction The following vessels will be sold as is to the highest bidder at public auction to take place Saturday, March 29, 2014 at 10 a.m. at Islands Marine Center, 2793 Fisherman Bay Rd., Lopez Island, WA 98261. Payment must be made on date of auction by cash, certified check, MasterCard, Visa or American Express. Vessels may be inspected by appointment during business hours any day prior to auction date. • 32’ Westsail Sailboat: Starting Bid $3,000.00 • 1976 27’ Reinell Sailboat with trailer: Starting Bid $500.00 • 24’ Uniflite Cruiser: Starting Bid $500.00 • 25’ Tiara: Starting Bid $1,500.00 • 1988 22’ Sea Ray with trailer: Starting Bid $250.00 • 19’ Bayliner with trailer: Starting Bid $800.00 • 26’ Balboa Sailboat: Starting Bid $100.00 • 32’ Summercraft Sailboat: Starting Bid $2,500.00

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our family during all of Francis’ illness. And Hospice of the Northwest was of crucial assistance in the last two months of his life. Our family is very grateful to both those organizations. NANCY FAY Lopez Island

Thanks for your support Lopez swings. More than a dozen Lopez guitar, fiddle and ukulele musicians of all ages joined JP and the OK Rhythm Boys on stage at Woodmen Hall the night of March 8, for a swinging new version of San Antonio Rose. Thirty musicians turned

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out for the afternoon’s workshops with JP Wittman, Gordon Koenig and Anita Orne of Orcas Island to learn swing techniques, while another enthusiastic contingent braved a raging downpour for the group’s benefit concert and dance that evening. Thank you Lopez for coming to tap your toes, swing your sweetheart and sing along to the talented trio’s bass, fiddle, guitar, banjo, mandolin, sweet harmony and ethereal musical saw. Because of you and many concert sponsors: Gary and Karen Alexander, Barbara Carver, Sarah and Larry Eppenbach, Kip and Stanley Greenthal, Dean and Carolyn Jacobsen, Jeff Nichols, Kate Scott and a generous anonymous supporter, the Lopez Island Family Resource Center will be able to offer a summer music camp and other musical adventures to islanders this year!

Thanks are due to the staff and Board of the Lopez Island Family Resource Center for organizing, managing and promoting the March 8 workshop and concert along with the summer music programs, to Angie Clothier for smoothing the way to Woodmen Hall, to Dean Jacobsen for providing everything a visiting musician could want, and especially to my fellow volunteers Sarah Eppenbach, Kate Scott, Jim Parker, Jesse Jacobsen, Bill Clemens, Ann and Andy Whipple, Pete and Karin Gandini and the cleanup crew for making it happen. If you avoided getting your hairdo blown and your feet wet last Saturday night, catch JP and the OK Rhythm Boys at The Galley on April 19 – and prepare to swoon with your sweetie! MICKI RYAN Music Education Committee Orcas Chamber Music Festival Lopez Concerts

Request for Catering Bids for OPALCO’s annual meeting May 3, 2014 aboard the ferry. Healthy lunch offerings should include sandwich options including a vegetarian offering to serve 500 people. Includes set-up, service and clean up. Caterer must be able to board at Friday Harbor at 5:50 a.m. OR Lopez at 6:35 a.m. OR Anacortes at 7:35 a.m. Submit your bid no later than April 4 to Bev Madan at bmadan@opalco.com or 183 Mt Baker Road, Eastsound 98245. Call 376-3549 for more information.

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Sue Carol (Holderness) Buettner passed from us, at the age of 71, on Sunday, March 2, 2014, in Oro Valley Ariz., the result of sudden and unexpected heart failure. Sue was born October 6, 1942, in Spokane, Wash., the only child of Gretchen A. and Jack F. Holderness, both deceased. She grew up in Odessa, WA, where she graduated from Odessa High School, and received a Bachelor of Education from Washington State University in 1965. Sue was a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority. While at WSU, she met her future husband of 50 years Gerald (Jerry) Buettner, and they were married August 22, 1964. Following her accompanying Jerry on his first active duty Air Force mil-

NOTICE The annual meeting of the Catherine Washburn Medical Association (CWMA) will be held Saturday May 17, 2014 at 10 AM at the Lopez Library meeting room. Reports will be provided and directors elected to three vacant positions as specified in the By-laws. The Board nominates Marty Clark, Joe Goodner and Bob Myhr. Additional nominations may be taken from the membership; nominees must be members of CWMA, permanent residents of Lopez Island, and have the written endorsement of ten CWMA members. Nominations must be postmarked by April 30, 2014 and sent to CWMA PO Box 309, Lopez Island, WA 98261.

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Sue Buettner Service and Internment will occur at Center Church on Lopez Island, Wash. on Friday, March 21, 2014 at 1 p.m. Remembrances in Sue’s honor may be made to Community Homes, Inc., PO Box 1240, Bothell, WA 98041, a nonprofit provider of homes for the developmentally disabled. Sue will be greatly missed by so many and we find comfort that she is with her Lord and Savior. Arrangements are in the care of Evans Funeral Chapel and Crematory, Inc., Anacortes, Wash. and the San Juan Islands. To share memories of Sue, please sign the online guest register at www.evanschapel.com.

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If you have a child in the Elementary School, be sure to RSVP your guest for the Father’s Luncheon with the School Secretary, Ali Smith at 468-2202. The event is to take place on Wednesday the March 19 at 11 a.m. It will cost each adult $5.50; you can pay at the school. Last year we had over 40 males attend, the line extended out the Multi-purpose Room into the playground! Mark your calendars for the next two luncheons. The Grandparent’s Lunch is on April 23 and the Mother’s Lunch is on May 14. Feel free to bring anyone who is special to your child to these lunches. Many children have brought their Aunts and Uncles to the Grandparent’s Luncheon and some have brought mentors and neighbors to the Mother’s and Father’s luncheons. If you have questions or would like to volunteer call Stephanie at the LIFRC, 468-4117.


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2013 Island Cup – Roche Harbor. Lobos Sailing Club and The Lopez Island Yacht Club. The event gets started on Friday April 4 with team practices beginning at 3 p.m. Racing events start on Saturday beginning at 12:30 p.m. and on Sunday at 10 a.m. There will be a number of races over the two days with as many as 30 boats in the queue at the start line. Races will be held in Vanguard sailboats a 15 foot sloop that offers challenging and fun racing. The Lopez Island Yacht Club hopes to build a small fleet of these boats to continue its recent efforts to promote

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The Senate passed HB-1129 to fund construction of a third new 144-car “Olympic” class ferry with a 41-8 vote on March 7. Sponsored by Representative Jeff Morris, the bill had already passed the House on a 62-36 vote. “The strength of support for ferries, particu-

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fund the new 144-car ferry by charging a service fee on all vehicles registered in Washington. Revenue from the new fees is expected to be about $11 million in the first year (2015), and about $22.8 million per year for the four years after that. David Moseley, ferries

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assistant secretar y, said the new service fee would cover the full cost of building the new ferry because Ferries would finance a bond. The fee would have to be in place for the next several years to pay off that bond. Senator Kevin Ranker wrote on his Facebook page, “We’ll soon have a third brand new ferry ensuring that the second new ferry is permanently stationed in the San Juan Islands/ Anacortes route when it is completed in late 2015.” For more information about Washington State Ferries, visit www.wsdot. wa.gov/ferries.

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