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Good Lovelies play on Lopez By Colleen Smith Armstrong Sounder editor
The Good Lovelies feel like some of the luckiest women in the world. They travel the world and
spend their days making music. “Six years ago we quit our day jobs. Every year is a new adventure for us,” said Caroline Brooks, who
worked in admissions at the University of Toronto before making a major life change with her best friends Kerri Ough, a former employee of the Ontario Government and Sue Passmore, who worked in the publishing industry. “We are so happy to be doing this for a living. It’s much more work than I expected but it’s a labor of love. We’re living the dream.” The Good Lovelies will share their “folk-pop” sound at Lopez Center on Sunday, Aug. 3, 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $18 for adults and $10 for youth and can be purchased from
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Right: The Good Lovelies Lopez Center Office, Paper Scissors on the Rock, Blossoms Organic Grocery and Lopez Bookshop. Tickets at the door are $18 for adults and $10 for youth. In just the last few years, the Good Lovelies went on the Vinyl Café Christmas tour and took home two Canadian Folk Music Awards for best Vocal Group of the Year and Ensemble of the Year. The women say their SEE LOVELIES, PAGE 5
A story of stewardship on the island By Joan Carter Special to the Weekly
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival
Nuevo Ta o! on Lop ng ez Aloysia Friedmann, Artistic Director
TWO Festival Events: Thursday August 7, 9:30 am – 12 pm,
Every June on Father’s Day, the group shelter at Odlin County Park is abuzz with the arrival of a crew of volunteers. Tents are
Lopez Center
hastily pitched before an evening shower. Dinner prep engage a few to chop salad and stir spaghetti on camp stoves. Soon, Nick Teague, outdoor recreation planner for the BLM
Canadian Trio
Sunday, Aug 3rd, 7:30 pm
Winners of the Juno Award 2010
Music Lovers Seminar explores the origins and passion of Nuevo Tango with Spencer Hoveskeland. Refreshments $25 adult, 18/under free
$18/adult $10/youth • Tickets @ PSR, Lopez Bookshop, Blossom, LCCA & online
Pablo Ziegler Classical Tango Quartet in Concert
PLUS
Aloysia Friedmann, violin/viola Jon Kimura Parker, piano; Bion Tsang, cello; • Owen Kotler, clarinet Reception follows $25 Adult, 18/under $10 Tickets at Bookshop, Paper Scissors, Farmers Market OICMF ON LOPEZ booth. Concert tickets also online at lopezcenter.org
www.oicmf.org • lopez@oicmf.org
embark on a special “vacation,” one of 60 similar work weeks across the country and the first one to reach capacity – often in less than a single day. The San Juan Islands are that special. “Breakfast ever yone. Come and get it while it’s hot!” shouts the kitchen team. Six of the 11 souls have been up since first light; SEE STEWARDS, PAGE 5
The Love Dog Cafe
Port Stanley Schoolhouse
Sunday August 10, 4 pm, Lopez Center
San Juan Islands National Monument, arrives and the hugging begins. Year after year, most of this crew has traveled to Lopez, drawn by the Puget Sound landscape so different from their hometowns in the California Sierra, northern Colorado, Cleveland, Connecticut and Los Angeles. Under the auspices of the American Hiking Society they cross land and sea to
Save this Date Nationally acclaimed performers
Jan Garrett & JD Martin
present a concert of music to Delight the Ear and Nourish the Soul
Thursday, August 7 Woodman Hall • 7:30 PM
Concert produced by JC Marean, former director of Lopez Sound
Where Food Is Art Open Everyday • 8:30 a.m. to Close Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Reservations highly recommended. Give us a call, we’ll stay open for you!
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Community Calendar ONGOING CLASSES: Swimming, Lopez Islander Pool. Five levels of classes. Ages 6 mos. – 3 years, $35. Ages 7-12: $55. Instructor: Berta Vaughn. For info, call the LIFRC at 468-4117 or go to www.lifrc.org.
us for this beginning martial arts training class. Ages 8-12. Fee: $50 thereafter. Pre-registration required; visit www.lifrc.org.
TUES, JULY 29 CLASS: Sew Electric, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m., Library. Make a wrist band that lights up! We’ll use special conductive thread to connect colored LED lights with a tiny battery, so your wrist band lights up whenever you want. Includes all the materials to set your wrist aglow. In collaboration with Family Resource Center. Call library to register. Cost: $20.
TUESDAYS IN JULY CLASS: Tots at the Beach, 10 -11 p.m., Odlin Park to meet new friends and play in the sand. Open to two and under with parent. JULY 28 - 30 CLASS: Kids Gongfu, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. at Lopez School Multipurpose Room. Join
THURS, JULY 31 CLASS: Barn Dance for Families with Young Children, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m., Lopez School MPR. Children 4 and up invited with their
Lopez Island AA 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 Saturdays - noon at the Children’s Center Call 468-2809
families to swing their partner with Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival’s Musician-in-Residence and LIFRC’ Summer Music camp instructor, Rachel Buchman. Free event. No pre-registration req’d.
FRI, AUG 1 ART: Join Kate Scott and friends for the opening of her multimedia art show, “Songs of My Beloved, Old & New,” 5 - 7 p.m., The Gathering Place at the Hamlet. The show will be on display until Sept. 3. DRIVE: Lopez Lions Club Blood Drive, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Lopez Community Church. Ice cream treats provided. TALK: Bee Safe, 7 p.m., Grace Episcopal Church Hall. A discussion about the health of our island’s bees, what is hurting them, and what we can do for them and for our food and ecological future. Read more on page 4. SAT, AUG 2 EVENT: Musical Petting Zoo, 1:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Lopez
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Library. Kids of all ages invited to touch hear, and play a variety of instruments and engage with local musicians. Free event, no pre-registration req’d.
AUG 1-3 SPORTS: The 14th annual Lopez Open Tennis Tournament, Categories of play include Singles, Mixed Doubles, Men’s and Women’s Doubles with a round robin format. All levels and ages. We can help find partners for you if needed. The pot-luck draw party will be Thursday evening. Play is Fri., Sat., with finals on Sunday. Call Elaine McDaniel for info: 468-2789. Register at www.LICTA.org. SUN, AUG 3 MUSIC: The Good Lovelies, 7:30 p.m., Lopez Center. Audiences all over North America are falling in love with the funny, upbeat Good Lovelies. Tickets in
SAT, AUG 9 EVENT:Trashion-Fashion 2014, 4:30 p.m. Lopez Trashionistas return to the Lopez Center runway for Trashion-Fashion 2014 to model wearable creations crafted from recycled and repurposed materials. Admission $15 by donation. tickets at Paper Scissors, Southend General
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AUG 4-6 SCHOOL: Vacation Bible School, 9:30 a.m. to noon., Lopez Community Church. Music, crafts, outdoor games, and Bible lessons for kids from preschool (4-plus) thru sixth grade. Family dinner & celebration on Aug. 6 from 6-8 p.m. Contact Ronda Berg with questions or to get your children registered 468-5155.
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ther Liberty nor Safety. – Benjamin Franklin 11 Nov. 1755. Many live under totalitarian regimes where there is no recourse to address grievances especially those committed by the military. We all know the horrors committed and continue to be committed by the militaries of all nations (including our own). Luckily, we live
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Store, and at the door. Visit www.lopezsolidwaste.org for info or call 468-4788 ART:Wabi-Sabi opening reception, 5 - 7 p.m., Chimera Gallery. me enjoy some refreshments, meet the artists, and find out whatWabi-Sabi means to each of them. Show runs until Sept. 12. Chimera is open every day in August, and every day except Tuesdays in September. Gallery hours M-Sat 10-5, Sun 10-3.
SUN, AUG 10 MUSIC: Pablo Ziegler Classical Tango - Lopez Concert/ Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival, 4 p.m. Tickets in advance at www.lopezcenter.org: Adult $25, Youth $10. Tickets at Door: Adult $25, Youth $10. Available also from: Lopez Center Office, Paper Scissors on the Rock, Lopez Farmers Market, Lopez Bookshop, www. oicmf.org. Letters to the editor must be no more than 350 words in length and must be signed by the writer. Include address and telephone number for verification purposes. Anonymous letters will not be published. Send your letters via e-mail to: cbagby@islandsweekly.com.
in a democratic system that is ruled by a Constitution where all are created equal (meaning people and institutions). We do have a means to air our concerns and not using those means creates a danger of losing them. Our Constitutionally guaranteed 4th choice is protest and many of us will continue to use this choice. We will use the principles on which this nation was founded not fear to motivate us. JACK PEDIGO Lopez Island
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Thank you Marjorie Roe for your letter to the editor in the July 22 edition of the Lopez Island Weekly, with regard to Whidbey Island Naval Air Station air traffic. It is a thoughtful article and I agree with your comments. Thank you for your service. Semper Fi,
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Guest Columns
When does memory loss mean trouble? By Liz Taylor
Special to the Weekly
There are two kinds of memory loss in older people. The first is normal forgetfulness, which most of us experience starting in our 40s and 50s — like not remembering a good friend’s name or where we put the car keys. I know this one well! The second kind is forgetfulness that’s a symptom of a brain disorder, such as Alzheimer’s disease. How can you tell the difference? Try this quick and unscientific test: If you think you have a memory problem, it’s probably normal and benign — because you remember that you don’t remember. But if you think your memory is fine -- when others notice a problem – you may have a more serious problem.
If someone you care about experiences serious memory loss, get a diagnosis. Don’t put your head in the sand or guess at the reason — learn the cause by seeing a physician experienced in older adult health care. Serious memory loss in older adults has dozens of causes. The good news is that many are temporary and can be treated. One is malnutrition and dehydration, caused by not eating properly and not drinking enough water — a common problem for older people who live alone. No longer cooking much and lacking a robust appetite, they eat nothing but tea and cookies all day, or potato chips — a sure recipe for muddling our brains. Another common cause is depression. So is the wrong mix of prescription
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Liz Taylor and/or over-the-counter drugs. Even medicines that a person tolerated well at age 45 can backfire at age 80 (because our brain chemistry changes as we get older), especially when
combined with other drugs. If a doctor tells you someone’s memory loss is due to “old age” — find another doctor. Age is not a diagnosis, and serious memory loss is not a normal part of growing old! Then there are memory problems that are far more serious and scary. “Dementia” is the umbrella word we use to describe memory loss that is permanent, progressive, organic (caused by a disease in the brain) and severe enough to cause dysfunction in our daily activities. The most common cause is Alzheimer’s disease, but others are small strokes, alcoholism, and some forms of Parkinson’s, AIDS and multiple sclerosis. The older we get, the more likely we are to get Alzheimer’s disease. About 10 percent of people in their
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mid-60s have Alzheimer’s, yet almost half of people over 85 have it. With all of these different causes, you can appreciate why getting an accurate diagnosis of memory loss is important. It allows you to correct the problem if it’s treatable — or begin to make plans for the future if it’s not. If the diagnosis is dementia, don’t go through it alone. To learn more about dementia and how to care for people who have it, contact the Alzheimer’s Association in Seattle at 800-848-7097 or go online to www.alzwa.org. New to Lopez, Liz Taylor has worked in the aging field for almost 40 years. For fourteen year, she wrote a popular column on aging for The Seattle Times. Through her writing and speaking, she helps older people learn
over what happens to them what for as theyYou ageknow -- by planning it. you’re She calls it “aging deliberaccomplishing ately.” You can reach her at but no one else is lizt@agingdeliberately.com.
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Complexities of stranded seal pups Contributed photo
By Julie Duke, executive director, Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehabilitation Center
A Harbor seal pup.
We were recently asked by a concerned private citizen to reach out to the community to explain what to expect from Wolf Hollow when someone calls us to report a stranded Harbor seal pup. We are more than happy to do so and we hope this message will help everyone understand the complexities of the situation. Harbor seals, being marine mammals, come under the authority of the National Marine Fisheries Service, and are covered by the Marine Mammal Protection Act, which makes it a federal offence to touch, harass, injure or feed any marine mammal, including Harbor seal pups. Wolf Hollow staff and volunteers have no more authority to rescue a seal pup than has any member of the public. We are not permitted to go out and check on the pup, or bring it to the center for care. In San Juan County the only people who can respond to a stranded seal pup are county, state or federal government officials such as rangers within their parks, and the San Juan
County Marine Mammal Stranding Network. The Stranding Network is a group of local volunteers, coordinated through the Whale Museum, which is authorized by NMFS to investigate reports of live and dead stranded marine mammals, including seal pups, within the county. They work under strict guidelines set by NMFS. Once a seal pup has been brought to Wolf Hollow we can rehabilitate it and, when it is strong and old enough to survive on its own, release it back into the wild. We currently have four such seal pups in our care. If you see a seal pup on its own on the shore and it appears to be injured or weak, please don’t touch it, move it or try to get it into the water. Keep people and dogs away from the pup and call The Marine Mammal Hotline - 1 800 562 8832 and leave a message. This hotline is monitored by the Stranding Network Coordinators who will return your call. If you call Wolf Hollow directly, all we can do is record the details of the pup’s location and condition and your name and phone
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Every non-profit thrift store on Whidbey Island is having a huge sale during this event! number. We then pass this information on to the Stranding Network coordinators who will take it from there. I hope this helps to explain why we at Wolf Hollow can’t respond to calls about seal pups in the same way we do to other wildlife calls. If you see an injured hawk, or come across a thin, weak raccoon kit, you can call Wolf Hollow and our U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife rehab licenses will allow our staff members or trained volun-
teers to come out to assess the animal and the situation, decide if it needs care, and transport it to Wolf Hollow. Unfortunately this is not the case with seal pups and though we understand the urgency of your call, there is absolutely nothing we can do until the seal pups are brought to us by the proper authorities.
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Another patrol boat for sheriff on the horizon By Scott Rasmussen Journal editor
If buying a brand new, 26-foot custom-built boat for just $35,000 sounds like a good deal to you, well, you’re not alone. The San Juan County Council gave a green-light to the Sheriff’s Department July 15 on the purchase of a new 26-footer, which, according to Sheriff Rob Nou, will most likely replace the 19-foot boat now stationed on Lopez
or the department’s 26-foot Boston Whaler. The majority of the boat’s actual purchase price – estimated at roughly $229,000 – will be paid for by federal grants, which, Nou said, leaves the department with about $35,000 to chip in toward the purchase. “I’d say it’s absolutely a great thing to do at minimal local expense,” he said. Approval of the purchase comes nearly a month to the date that the sheriff’s depart-
ment acquired a new, custombuilt, 38-foot all-purpose public safety boat, equipped with three times the fire-fighting capacity of San Juan Island Fire Department’s fireboat, Confidence, for roughly $600,000, paid for by a U.S. Department of Homeland Security grant. Nou said the final cost of the newly acquired “Sentinel” was about $96,000 less than had been allotted for by that grant and that the department will be able to use the remainder, along with a new and separate $100,000 federal “Stone Garden” grant, to cover the bulk of the department’s newest boat acquisition. Like the Sentinel, the 26-foot will be built from the
ground up by Burlingtonbased Munson Boats. The sheriff’s department now operates and maintains a fleet of four boats, in all: Sentinel, Guardian, the 25-year-old Boston Whaler and the 19-foot boat now stationed on Lopez. Once training for the Sentinel is complete, it is expected to be home-ported in Friday Harbor and the Guardian, a 32-footer acquired in 2005 for $260,000, is expected to be transferred to Orcas Island. Nou said the department faced a deadline of the end of July to place an order with Munson for construction of a new 26-foot boat. The federal grant that funded purchase of the Sentinel was also due to
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expire at the end of August, he said. If all goes according to plan, the boat now stationed on Lopez will likely be turned over to the county ER&R department, and then be
available for use by various county departments, such as Parks, Public Works or the Assessor. The Boston Whaler may end of sold as surplus equipment, Undersheriff Bruce Distler said.
School bond on election ballot?
Submitted by Lopez School
The Lopez School Board at their regular meeting on July 24, expressed interest in a proposal made by Superintendent Bill Evans to place a revised capital projects bond on the November 2014 ballot. The board set a meeting for the purpose of further discussion, for Thursday, July 31, at 5 p.m. in the school library. The public is invited to attend and participate. The proposed $9.6 million capital projects bond represents an approximate 40 percent reduction from the last bond proposal. It addresses priority items such as needed renovations and upgrades to the exterior and interior of the buildings, and restoration of critical infrastructure systems that are in various stages of degradation. It would also provide for upgrades to further enhance education
and prepare the facilities to meet the requirements of modern technology. Early estimates of taxpayer costs for the bond indicate that it would cost approximately 30-35 cents per thousand dollars of assessed valuation. “Our highest priorities,” said Evans, “are to address urgent safety and health needs by bringing the campus up to more acceptable safety, health, and security levels, as well as to look at much needed restorations and renovations of classroom and other spaces, to address education needs.” With successful passage of this bond on the November 2014 ballot, the District will be able to begin substantive work in the summer of 2015. Any delay beyond the November ballot may well push such work out to the summer of 2016.
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four more roll in, and soon the coffee is gone, then the sausages, then the eggs. The 11th – a first-timer – barely gets the very last bites. The others tease her: “you snooze, you lose,” and she laughs. Soon we’re at the work site with Sara Waugh, assistant park manager at Odlin, at Shark Reef Sanctuary. At the trailhead, a “bucket brigade” forms up to move gravel 500 yards. Two women vigorously shovel the gravel off the park pick-up truck but had to ratchet down their vigor so the other nine crew members could keep up the pace. Our reward for our endeavor was lunch on the bluff overlooking the San Juan Channel. No orcas got the memo about showing up. On another day a break in the weather enabled us to head out Tuesday to Lopez Hill with Tim Clark, land steward on Lopez for the San Juan County Land Bank. We didn’t know what to expect when he described deer “exclosures” except
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music is a mix of different genres like jazz and blue grass but is primarily considered roots music. All three write their own songs and focus on vocal harmony. At the Calgary Folk Festival last week, they taught a three-day workshop on harmonizing. “We’re pretty big geeks
that they were the likely cause of the disappearance of trees by their browsing. Nylon fencing was soon rigged up by the efficient crew, fueled by Tim’s signature treats from Holly B’s and attested by veterans of his previous projects. A Wednesday morning at San Juan Island’s Cattle Point Interpretive Center and the nearby Cattle Point trail for regular maintenance led into an afternoon with Doug McCutcheon of the San Juan County Land Bank at Westside Preserve. His task for the next few hours was 1) to call ahead for the local whales to swim by, and 2) to keep us on task to cut back Himalayan blackberries. No orcas, but an acre of berry bushes bit the dust. Doug’s treat: farm-fresh strawberries! As we reveled in views of the Olympic range in the distance, he was asked about the infamous Pig War of 1859, and about the curious site of rare prairie grasses on the acreage we were working on. Doug was eager to share how the land bank concept is spreading across the U.S., a management scheme for maintaining and protecting both wild about harmony,” laughed Brooks. The band is known for dynamic live shows that feature both original songs and covers. “It’s a mix of music and anecdotes of life on the road,” Brooks said. “Our goal is to make every show like you are sitting in the living room and we are just sharing stories.” Their newest release, Live at Revolution — winner of
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The group of volunteers on the San Juans. and urban landscapes. We get caught up in the stewardship ethic and almost forget that we’re supposed to be working. Too soon it’s quitting time to get to the ferry – and the day concludes with ice cream at the water’s edge. This small sample of the Northwest is ‘way cool! Thursday was hard - up at 5 a.m. Grab a bite. Board the 6:45 a.m. ferry. Off to Shaw Island. But when Katie McLane, San Juan County Shaw Island Park manager greets us with a warm smile. Even the grumpiest soon realize: we’re appreciated even before we lift a shovel of dirt! Katie explained she wanted a trail connected in the undergrowth. “Follow the flags! Watch out for slugs! Olivecolored Ariolimax good; black Arion bad!” The crew hums and slices and after two hours, the connection complete, Katie cheers and says “We’re open for hikers this weekend, thanks to you-all!” two 2013 Canadian Folk Music Awards for Best Vocal Group and Best Ensemble — highlights the energy and variety of their live show. The Good Lovelies perform between 80 and 130 shows per year, traveling across North America, the United Kingdom and Australia. Over the years the women have cultivated a style for their shows. “I love fashion,” Brooks
As the last work day approaches, we realize what a perfect setting we’re in. Volunteering can’t be this much fun, can it? “Guess so” we conclude, as our State Parks boat speeds over to Patos Island. The Captain, Washington State Parks, San Juan Marine Park Manager Ted Schlund, circles around for the best
A week’s work behind us, Nick hugs us goodbye before the ferry churns away Saturday morning. Just as with every year since the first AHS crew arrived in 2006, these volunteers are more than reliable; their sweat and smiles will benefit the San Juans again and again and again.
said. “It’s a really fun way to express yourself. We love getting dressed up for shows. Some boutique clothing stores in Toronto have donated dresses for us to wear on stage – it’s awesome.” On their tour this year, Brooks’ two-year-old daughter has hit the road with them. “We haven’t really slowed down, we’re still road-dogging it,” Brooks said.
LIFE asks for your recipes The Lopez Island Farm Education program, which consists of the Elementary Garden Enrichment, Middle School Garden Elective, High School Farm Class and the Farm/ Garden to Cafeteria Program, is putting together a ‘homegrown cookbook’ to help fund our programs. We hope to collect recipes from the community that reflect our wonderful local food options! Do you have a favorite way of preparing the boundless zucchini flowing from your garden? What do you do with fresh-caught salmon or oysters? We would love to learn your grandmother’s bread recipe, your uncle Harvey’s famous pickle recipe, your special way of making wild strawberry jam. There will be a place for anecdotes about the recipes, and we encour-
view of the whitewashed lighthouse and into the harbor and onto the beach. We scatter in three directions to lop foliage beside the trails and clean up the shoreline before joining Keepers of the Patos Light volunteers for lunch. We’re all the same: committed, content, and conservation-minded.
age you to include a little something about where the recipe came from or what it means to you. We need recipes from 250 people to be able to publish this cookbook. Look for recipe collection forms at the Lopez Library, Blossom, the Lopez Village Market, the South End grocery store and the Lopez plaza. Download and fill out the recipe submission form here: Recipes_for_LIFE.docx, and then email it to lopezrecipesforLIFE@gmail.com.
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Starting an important conversation about bees By Chom Greacen Special to the Weekly
Gardeners beware. Some “bee friendly” plants that you buy may end up harming, instead of, helping bees. The health of honey bees, bumble bees and other pollinators have been under serious threat and their populations in decline worldwide. Without pollinators, production of twothirds of the food crops that humans eat would also be in danger.
The fastest growing class of synthetic pesticides, neonicotinoids (or “neonics”) have been identified as a major contributing factor of bee colony collapse disorder. Based on a growing body of scientific evidence the European Commission recently issued a moratorium on the use of three neonicotinoid compounds. The U.S. EPA has yet to take a similar action or inform the public of the potential risks, however. Consumers are thus mostly
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Concerns on greenhouse rules By Scott Rasmussen Journal editor
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a 2-1 vote, the council instructed its staff July 15 to put the questions of siting, permitting, operation and impacts of greenhouses before the planning commission as first in a series of steps which could lead to a series of restrictions. Council Chairman Rick Hughes, adamantly opposed to the earlier suggestion of a six-month moratorium, cautioned that restrictions targeted to appease con-
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CHRIST THE KING COMMUNITY CHURCH, There’s Always a Place for You! CTK gathers at 10:00 a.m. in the school multi-purpose room at 86 School Road. Come as you are! More info at www.ctkonline.com/lopez. Email: lopez@ctkonline.com Phone: 888-421-4CTK ext. 819. GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH, welcomes you to worship with us on Sundays at 10:00 a.m. Fisherman Bay Road at Sunset Lane. 468-3477. Everyone welcome! COMMUNITY CHURCH, Please join us Sun. mornings. Adult Bible study, 9:30. Worship Service, 10:30. Nursery (birth3 yrs) and Jr. Church (4-12 yrs) provided during worship service. Small groups meet throughout the week. 91 Lopez Rd., in the village. Pastor Jeff Smith 468-3877. www.ourlicc.org. LUTHERAN CHURCH IN THE SAN JUANS (ELCA) Please join us for worship and children’s Sunday School at 9:00 a.m. in Center Church on Davis Bay Road. Also in Friday Harbor at 11:00 a.m. in St. David’s and in Eastsound at 1:15 p.m. in Emmanuel. Pastor Anne Hall, 468-3025. QUAKER WORSHIP GROUP Meetings will be Sundays at 10:00 a.m. at the home of Ron Metcalf, 6363 Fisherman Bay Road. Children’s program. Everyone welcome. Phone 468-2129. Email: lopezfriends@gmail.com. ST. FRANCIS CATHOLIC CHURCH Come worship with us at Center Church on Davis Bay Rd. We welcome you to join us for Mass at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday starting April 12. Call 378-2910 for Mass times on San Juan and Orcas Islands. BAHÁ’ÍS OF LOPEZ ISLAND Meet regularly for devotions, study of the Bahá’í Writings, and spiritual discussions. For dates and times, please email bahaisoflopezisland@gmail. com, and visit our blog at www.bahaisoflopezisland.blogspot. com for additional information about the Bahá’í Faith.
cerns over marijuana could undermine cultivation of other, less controversial crops. “If it involves a moratorium I don’t support it at all,” Hughes said of regulatory tools the council could wield. “I think we need to be really careful about the road we’re going down.” Hughes noted San Juan County voters overwhelming supported I-502 (68 percent), the statewide initiative legalizing the cultivation and sale, and recreational use of marijuana by adults, and that the Right to Farm Act leaves little legal wiggle room to thwart production or the harvest of any thing other than contraband crops. His colleagues were unswayed. Councilman Jamie Stephens said definitions of “permanent” or “temporary” in the building code, the yardstick of whether a building permit is required for a greenhouse, as well as other impacts, such as illumination, could be clarified to better protect farmland from long-term impacts. “The code is too vague,” Stephens said. Meanwhile, a total of 18 “marijuana producer” license applications from San Juan County are on file with the state Liquor Control Board, only one of which, belonging to Aqua Organics, has so far been approved. The liquor control board has 7,000 applications statewide to review for criminal, financial and residency requirements. To read more about this issue visit www.islandsweekly. com and click on the news tab.
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Lopezian JC Marean and musician Jan Garrett have known each other since grade school. They shared a love of singing at an early age and in high school they continued to bond over their passion for folk music. JC sang and played guitar with two other classmates. Jan played upright piano and tenor banjo, and formed a girl group who learned Kingston Trio songs and cleverly named themselves “The Queenston Quartet.” JC calls this time “the formative years.” In college, the two friends drifted and lost track of one another for the next 40 years. Then in 2005, JC’s old bandmate discovered
that Jan had been writing and recording with her husband and musical partner JD Martin. The old classmates decided to reach out to Jan and put on a reunion concert in their hometown of Loveland, Colo. “We had re-ignited an unquenchable flame of thunderous musical enthusiasm,” said JC. A few years later when Jan and JD were in the Seattle area, they came to Lopez to lead two days of musical workshops with JC’s a capella singing group “Lopez Sound,” and then shared the bill in a concert at Lopez Center. Now JD Martin and Jan Garrett are back for another show at Woodmen Hall on Thursday, Aug. 7, 7:30 p.m. Tickets are by donation. JC
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songs have been recorded by Reba McEntire, Terri Clark, B.J. Thomas, Peter Cetera, the Oak Ridge Boys and Kathy Mattea. He has won more than 15 American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers awards for excellence in songwriting in Nashville and L.A. Garrett is a jazz singer who has recorded and toured with John Denver and Steve Martin (when he was still doing stand-up) and appeared on the Tonight
Show. Her tune “Tenderly Calling” was recorded by John Denver and the legendary bluegrass band Hot Rize, and has been featured in a PBS “Frontline” documentary. According to the website, “their primarily piano-based music winds through pop and gospel, jazz, folk, soul and country … but it’s the rich vocal harmonies, lyrical depth, and their comfortably compelling stage presence that define their magnetic appeal. Jan and JD are
all about generosity of heart and soul, artfully wrapped up in musical excellence.” JC describes their music as uplifting and inspirational. “It helps me to get to see the bigger picture and realize that we are all in this together and helps me to recognize that we need to get along and respect each other,” he said. For more info, visit http://garrett-martin.com/.
Peter Cavanagh exhibit of Galápagos Islands The Galápagos Islands are an iconic location for biologists and wildlife enthusiasts because of their influence on Charles Darwin, who spent 36 days in the archipelago during 1836 as the naturalist aboard H.M.S. Beagle. Much of what Darwin saw is accessible to a modern day visitor after strenuous conservation efforts to control feral species that had been introduced by generations of seafarers. In this exhibition, Peter Cavanagh presents 18 photographs of endemic and resident species taken during a visit in Febr uar y 2014. These include the marine iguana, the Galápagos (flightless) cormorant, the giant tor toise, the blue-footed booby, the Galápagos fur seal, the magnificent frigatebird. In a 5 p.m. lecture at the Lopez Librar y on Saturday, Aug. 2, Peter will discuss the individual pho-
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