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Larsen discusses jet noise By Cali Bagby Weekly editor
She was gardening when they came. She said she could see their faces. She said it was as if she could reach up and touch the body of the jet. She said it was so loud she was knocked to the ground. “It is degrading, humiliating and disempowering,” she said. Nancy Koenig was one of nearly 100 people who filled the seats at Lopez Center on Oct. 7 to voice concern over the jet noise to Representative Rick Larsen. The noise from thousands of engine tests and training runs by new EA 18G “Growlers” and other planes at Naval Air Station Whidbey and Outlying Landing Field Coupeville has generated outcry this
year mainly from Lopez Island. In June, islanders showed up at Larsen’s campaign kickoff asking him to hold a meeting on Lopez to discuss the issue. Four months later, the congressman made his way to the island. San Juan County
Councilman Jamie Stephens opened the meeting by saying the county and the Lopez community wants to work with the Navy. Over the last several months the county council collected data from islanders on a jet noise complaint website and sent that infor-
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Above: Rick Larsen. mation to Navy officials and Larsen. The website received 871 reports mostly concentrated on the south end of Lopez. Two hundred and eighteen of those reports came from 6 a.m. to noon and 224 came after 9 p.m. The data also shows that 150 people reported a low rumble and 240 reported extremely loud noise. According to Stephens, Navy officials requested that people did not try to record decibels of sounds on their iPhones as it would not be accurate, but then claimed that the report was lacking this important sound data. Stephens added that the Navy made no effort in its response letter to fix the problem. The councilman then shared some possible solutions like having the Navy do sound testing in the islands, informing islanders when there would be jet noise, restricting flights over the island and having congress require the Navy to make a quieter engine. Larsen responded that he alone does not have the power to require the Navy to make a different engine. He did say that he felt like the Whidbey base did not act as a power unto itself and Navy officials want to SEE JET, PAGE 8
Community Calendar
TUES, OCT 14 HISTORY: 1890s Images & Mapping of the San Juan Islands, 7 p.m., Woodmen Hall. Sponsored by San Juan Island National Historical Park, Lopez Island Historical Society and Museum and the library.
MEETING: Join the Enchanted Quilters for their monthly meeting, coffee and treats at 9:30 a.m.; business meeting begins at 10 a.m., Woodmen Hall. And don’t forget the ever popular “Show & Tell.” Peggy Schuld is hosting.
WEDS, OCT 15 MUSIC: Lopez Quakers welcome Portland Cellist and Folksinger Anna Fritz, 7 p.m.,
Sunnyfield Farm, 6363 Fisherman Bay Road. All are welcome. Suggested donation: $5 - $20 with no one turned away. Call 4682602 for information or to request childcare.
FRI, OCT 17 ART: Art Opening and Reception, 5 -7 p.m. and an extra day of viewing, Saturday, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., Woodmen Hall. Art opening and reception for paintings by Christa Malay in support of the Lopez Island Children’s Center. SAT, OCT 18 CLASS: QuickBooks Coaching or Training. 10:15-6:30 at the LIFRC on October 20 and November 4. Individual
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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
Al-Anon: Saturdays - 9:30 a.m. at the Children’s Center, Lopez. Call 468-4703.
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MON, OCT 20 MEETING: LCLT Board Meeting. The Lopez Community Land Trust Board of Directors will meet, 4 – 6 p.m., LCLT office (25 Tuatara Road). All are welcome! MEETING: An introduction to planning for your (or a parent’s) aging, 5:30 - 7 p.m., Grace Church. Led by
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increase public access to the Superior Court, made it more user-friendly, and improved the security of and accessibility to our public records. For lawyers, litigants and others trying to navigate the court system, Joan’s positive attitude and “How can we help you?” goes a long way. I urge you to re-elect Joan White for County Clerk. CHARLIE SILVERMAN San Juan Island
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aging columnist Liz Taylor. Registration required. Call the Family Resource Center at 468-4117. MOVIE: October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month & Lopez Library/DVSAS will screen “Sleeping with the Enemy” with Julia Roberts, 7 p.m. Lopez Library Community Room. Visit lopezlibrary.org for more info.
SAT, OCT 25 MUSIC: Garfield High School Jazz Band, 2:30 - 4 p.m., Woodmen Hall, $15. Returning this fall for the seventh year. Join us for an enjoyable afternoon of music performed by this high school group. or afternoon in either recycling or “Take it or leave it”. Next time you’re in, just tell someone with a vest on that you’d like to become part of the solution.
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Letter to Larsen Thank you for coming to Lopez to hear our community’s concerns about Growlers. I live in Lopez Village and see Growlers flying overhead and often hear them. I’d like to preface my question with mention of other dimensions of the Growlers that concern me strongly. One EA-18G Growler burns over 1,300 gallons of jet fuel per hour (this and other relevant stats with references are available at http://tiny.cc/growler). That’s the same amount of carbon emission as about 650 average US cars driving simultaneously for an hour, or emissions equivalent to driving a Prius round-trip 13 times from Anacortes to New York City. The cost (operational and levelized capex) of a Growler is over $31,000 per hour. Lopez Island Public School this past year had a budget shortfall of $130,000 last year and as a result had to lay off three teachers -which led to the loss of the school’s entire technology program. $130,000 is about SEE LETTERS, PAGE 4
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A look at bounty of food and photos By Iris Graville Special to the Weekly
Tired of jet-lagged produce – fruit and vegetables – that have traveled the globe to arrive at your table? Did you know it’s possible to eat well by shopping only on Lopez? Two Lopez Island organizations, Lopez Community Land Trust and Lopez Locavores, work with farmers to promote local eating. Now they’ve embarked on Bounty – Lopez Island Farms, Food, and Community, a three-year,
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community-funded project to tell the Lopez food story. Sue Roundy, past LCLT board member and current secretary of the Lopez Locavores, conceived of Bounty. “Our goal is to use photographic art to acknowledge and educate our community about the abundance of delicious food available on Lopez,” Sue says. “Some people don’t realize it’s being grown just down the road and they can buy it right here.” The Bounty team of photographers, interviewers, advisors, a graphic designer and a writer is working to increase awareness and support for the local farms that feed us. In the project’s first year, Lopez photographers Steve Horn, Robert Harrison and Summer Moon Scriver are developing a color slide show of the 27 participating farmers, their land and the food they produce. In Fall 2015, framed black-and-white portraits of farmers will be exhibited at various Lopez venues. The project’s third
phase, a book including the photographs as well as stories and recipes, is scheduled for release in 2016. The Bounty slide show premieres Oct. 25 at the LCLT’s annual Harvest Dinner. This year’s event at Lopez Center celebrates the 25th anniversary of the LCLT and also will include a silent auction, potluck dinner and dance. As in the past, judges will award prizes to dishes for best presentation and best use of local foods. “At a time when so many of us stare at computer screens,” says photographer Steve Horn, “our island farmers look directly at the natural world – soil, plants, animals, weather and more. I learn so much with each visit.” He and the other Bounty photographers have been faced with the happy dilemma of figuring out how to portray the diversity of many of the local farms. Notes and images from a variety of their photo sessions are posted on the Bounty website blog – lope-
zbounty.org/blog/. As for the farmers, they welcome the opportunity to inform the community about what they do. “There’s a lot of agriculture, both large- and smallscale, happening on Lopez that so many people don’t know about,” says Ken Akopiantz of Horse Drawn Farms. “Kathryn [Ken’s wife] and I are very excited about the project. Our hope is that in telling these stories, more folks will be encouraged to participate in our Lopez food system, both as producers and consumers.” Todd Goldsmith and Diane Dear of T&D Farms view Bounty in much the same way: “We think this project has the potential to provide an intimate, behindthe-scenes view of all that’s involved in bringing food from earth to table in this community, as well as to offer a little insight into why we farmers chose to do what we do, and why we chose Lopez.” Andre Entermann
and Elizabeth Metcalf of Sunnyfield Farm enjoyed the photo sessions at their goat dairy. “To have someone ask about our story and listen and take photos felt really good,” says Andre.
Barn Owl Bakery, part of Midnight’s Farm, is among the Bounty participants, too. Bakers Sage Dilts and Nathan Hodges see themSEE BOUNTY, PAGE 4
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Answers to cost per student and other Lopez School questions By Lopez Island School Board Special to the Weekly
We appreciate the attention being paid to the revised bond. An insert in today’s paper has bond details. Take a look. We’ve also received some thoughtful questions about the school in general and wish to provide some answers here. Question: Is the school in okay financial shape? Short answer: Yes. Longer answer: We budgeted this year to build our financial reserves, enrollment is above budget and up from last year, and we are very pleased with the service and expertise of our new financial managers of North Central Educational Service District. We did have a serious financial processing issue a year ago. We discovered that issue, fixed and reported it and hired NCESD to do this work ongoing. Moreover, recognizing the changes we’ve made, the state auditors put us back on an every-other-year audit schedule indicating they have confidence in our new approach. Q: Why does Lopez have a higher cost per student than Orcas or San Juan Schools? Short answer: You cannot compare an apple to an orange. Longer answer: As a small rural district we are eligible for significant state funding to allow us to offer the range of courses needed for our students to meet Washington State graduation requirements. Those funds come from the state, not from local school tax dollars. Orcas and San Juan don’t get that level of funding given their larger class sizes. When we accept these state funds our ‘cost/student’ increases. We feel strongly that we want a high school on Lopez. To do that we need to accept the state funding even if that means a higher “cost per student.” Interestingly, given our small size and the additional support we get from the state, our local operations (M&O tax rate is actually less than Orcas or San Juan. On Lopez we pay .67 per $1,000 in assessed value to run our school, San Juan pays .73/$1,000 and Orcas pays .88 per
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$1,000. www.co.san-juan.wa.us/assessor/ faq.aspx Q: So comparing to SJ or Orcas isn’t apples-to-apples, but how then do we know if our costs aren’t out of line? Short answer: Really good question. Longer answer: When compared to 12 peer districts that are our same size, Lopez cost per student is well in line. We are not the highest or the lowest: number three from the top, significantly less than the highest and within 10 percent of five other districts. For who we are (a small K-12 district) our costs are pretty typical. That said, we can still improve – especially around energy and maintenance costs (where we are the most expensive of our peers and a key reason to renovate our buildings) and in the district office where our costs are higher than a number of other districts. Look for yourself: a report is posted on the school’s website, left-hand side. http:// www.lopezislandschool.org. Q: Didn’t Superintendent Bill Evans resign last spring? Why is he still here? Short answer: We asked him to be here. Longer answer: Last spring Bill realized two things: we needed to restructure our district office and any new superintendent needed to have more financial expertise than he does. As such, Bill offered to go on a monthto-month contract to give us flexibility in restructuring and in replacing him. The board accepted this. We spent the summer restructuring the financial side of the district office. In November we’ll start redefining the superintendent role and searching for Bill’s replacement. Typically this takes until the end of the school year, so Bill will likely serve us until then. Q: The renovation project sounds complex. How can our small district manage that? Short Answer: We can’t. Longer answer: We don’t have the expertise to manage this project. As such, in the bond are funds to hire a professional construction projSEE SCHOOL, PAGE 6
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selves as part of the Lopez food system and economy and like the idea of being included with the growers on the island, “… because we depend on them for fruit and grains in our bread and baked goods.” In addition to the Bounty photo project, the LCLT and the Lopez Locavores have also organized the “Lopez Bounty Food Experiment.” Inspired by “Blessing the Hands That Feed Us,” the latest book by Whidbey Islander Vicki Robin, a variety of Lopezians will choose a month, or part of a month, to eat locally and blog about it. Henning Sehmsdorf and Elizabeth Simpson of S&S Homestead Farm stepped up first, and they’ve shared their month-long experience in words and images on the Bounty Food Experiment
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four hours of Growler flight time. I’m no military strategist, but it doesn’t take a genius to notice that U.S. military tactics that rely heavily on air strikes kill civilians and fuel recruitment of young angry men who have legitimate grievances against the U.S., and thereby empower ISIS, Isil, Al Qaeda, Korshan, etc. As a tax payer, and as a parent who hopes with all my heart that my children will not grow up in a world irreversibly compromised by war and climate change -can you tell me what “morality” on this issue means to you, in light of your stance on diplomacy, on climate change legislation and your support of education? Can you imagine taking a strong stance as an elected official politician to end the
website (http://lopezbounty.org/the-bounty-foodexperiment/). They not only describe the bounty from their farm (one of those photographed for the slide show) but include recipes and information about planting, processing, beekeeping and cheese-making, as well as reflections on the benefits of small-scale homesteading. Amy Studzienko (also known as Table) and Suzanne Berry have taken the challenge of local eating for October and are posting their experiences on the kind of shock and awe military policies and military influence in US government that drive the demand for so many Growlers in the first place? Kind regards, CHRIS GREACEN Lopez Island
Yes for school bond I’ve worked at Lopez School for 24 years in the school kitchen. I’m proud of our program. We serve healthy meals in collaboration with the garden program and the culinary class. I’m writing in favor of passing the school bond. I know that the whole school needs renovation, but this is what I know from being kitchen manager and head cook. We have a smelly, backed-up sewer system. The students have to wipe their trays of all food so that it doesn’t back up the system. The kitchen
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Horse Drawn Farm. website, too. Contributions to the project can also be made at the site or through the LCLT. Bounty shares a vision of the future expressed by Henning Sehmsdorf: “Our dream is the community will feed itself.” The only question people will ask about their food is which of their neighbors’ farms it came from. You’ll see evidence of this dream coming true on the Bounty website and at the LCLT Harvest Dinner. staff scrapes and wipes all cooking equipment, salad dressing containers, salad bowls etc. before dishwashing. We use more than three rolls of paper towels a day. We should all be planting trees. Leaky faucets and other plumbing issues need repair often. The refrigerator and freezer needed repair three times in September. The dishwasher is ancient and breaks down often. The compressor that runs the ailing reach-in fridge in the kitchen is so loud that we suspect we all have hearing loss because of it. We are required to refrain from dumping the leftover milk from lunch into our trash. We can’t pour it down the drain. Our dumpsters smell unspeakably bad because of the milk. It pains me to struggle through these difficulties to serve our students a decent meal. They deserve better and our kitchen workers deserve a work environment that isn’t constantly frustrating. The longer we take to make these essential repairs, the more it will cost us. Please vote for the capital projects bond. Very Sincerely, DANA COTTEN Lopez School kitchen manager
With great optimism Bob and I urge a yes vote on the proposed Lopez Island School District’s construction bond. SEE LETTERS, PAGE 6
A glance at cancer services on the islands
By Emily Greenberg Journal reporter
Living in the San Juan Islands, surrounded by so much natural beauty and strong community, is a gift and a privilege, but also comes with a unique challenge mainly transportation. A cancer diagnosis is one that no individual wants to receive, especially when some treatment is accessible only on the mainland, but there’s a network of support across the San Juans to help ease the burden of travel and help get patients to where they need to be. Orcas Island Mercy Flights has several pilots happily take to the sky to fly cancer patients to medical appointments, thereby reducing hours-long ferry and vehicle travel to mere minutes. Pilots mostly fly patients requiring radiation treatment to either Friday Harbor, Bellingham, Mount Vernon or Anacortes. Fuel costs range from $35-$50, and pilots can be reimbursed half the expense from a fuel-fund supported by donations. All pilots are volunteers, and more are always needed. “We love to have pilots who want to do something to make them feel really good,” Mercy Flights Coordinator Audrey Wells said. “It’s very rewarding.” Mercy Flight pilots are willing to go above and beyond, too. Sometimes they take
patients beyond the 25-mile radius for flights if cleared by the organization’s treasurer, and other times they may provide ground transportation if the weather prevents flying. Mid-fall this year it was too foggy to land in Anacortes, where a pilot was scheduled to land with a dialysis patient. So the pilot flew to Skagit Airport instead, where he keeps a car, and then drove the patient to her appointment. Another pilot was supposed to pick the woman up, but since it was still too foggy to land that pilot picked the patient up by car and drove her home from the ferry landing. For more information about Mercy Flights, or to arrange a flight, call 376-3201 or 317-4086. The Orcas Island Cancer Support Group, led by Bogdan and Carol Kulminski, meets the second Thursday of each month in the fireside room of Orcas Island Community Church, 5-6 p.m. “Research shows that if you have a support group in what you’re going through you have a better chance for surviving,” Bogdoan Kulminski said. “The treatment and recovery process will be so much better.” The support group offers a confidential atmosphere where patients, survivors, caregivers and family members can voice fears and concerns openly. The group strives to create a positive atmosphere, where partici-
Garfield band coming soon Thanks to Dean and Carolyn Jacobsen and the great people from Garfield, one of the greatest jazz bands in Seattle comes to visit Lopez Island each October. This year, the Garfield Jazz Band will return to
Woodmen Hall, 2:30 pm on Saturday, Oct. 25. Since 2008, Lopez has often been the first public concert for the school year – but not this year. We’re third in line, since Garfield scheduled one other public appearances before us,
at Seattle’s Triple Door on Oct. 20 as part of the 26th annual Earshot Jazz Festival, Seattle’s premier jazz festival. Look for more about this event in next week’s paper and online at www.islandsweekly.com.
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pants will leave feeling elevated. “We try to work on the hope part,” he said. “We want to keep people up.” For more information on the support group call 376-4198. Also on Orcas, Lahari, a hospice facility, supports in-home care funded through grants. Recipients often include cancer patients and Lahari offers free caregiver classes every quarter. For details call 1-888685-1475 or visit www.laharionorcas.com. The Cancer Care Center at Peace Island Medical Center has brought services, once only available off-island, to Friday Harbor. The center provides infusion and specialty services, and administers chemotherapies, biologic medications, specialized injections, blood transfusions, central line maintenance and labs, prophylactic phlebotomies, chemo education, and chemo survivorship appointments by teleconference. The Medical Center has recently started providing Reiki, reflexology and Jin Shin Do to its patients during infusion, at no extra cost to the patient. The service is possible through a grant from San Juan Community Foundation. They also provide free taxi rides for patients, between the ferry and the hospital, through Round Towner Taxi Service. “Our patients say we are a chemo ‘spa,’” said PIMC oncology nurse Dawn Alger. Soroptomist International of Friday Harbor also helps coordinate transportation for patients seeking care outside of PIMC’s services. The Cancer Treatment Transportation Project provides ferry tickets and transportation by car to appoint-
ments. Soroptomist also coordinates with the San Juan Eagles to provide flights when needed. Contact Julie Hanks at 317-5086 or visit www.sifri.org for more info. San Juan Eagles pilot and coordinator Vicky Thalacker started the nonprofit flight program in 2001. The group provides about 200 flights between San Juan Island and the mainland each year. “We get the patient over there, into treatment, and back home so they can heal,” Thalacker said. “It’s pretty huge for a lot of people because they may need to take care of their family or job. It eliminates the stress.” The group’s pilots are all volunteers, paying for everything themselves, and “do it out of the goodness of their hearts,” Thalacker said. To contact San Juan Eagles, or for flight arrangements, call 378-4578. Lopez Island Hospice and Home Support is an all-volunteer organization offering grief and caregiver support groups, as well as rental medical equipment such as wheelchairs, walkers and shower benches. Call 378-4474 or email admin@lihhs.org for more info. Many of these organizations work together to help county residents receive the care they need. Those living on outer islands are encouraged to contact these organizations for assistance. All of the nonprofits mentioned rely on donations and fundraisers to continue providing services to cancer patients. To donate, contact the organization at the contact numbers provided above.
Tuesday, October 21st Grace Hall, Lopez Village 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
You are invited to a fun, informative, and most of all delicious event for the entire community to talk about the energy future of the San Juans. • Provide your input on San Juan Islands Energy Planning. • Celebrate the Community Solar for Our Schools program and recognize our outstanding contributors! • Drop by, exchange ideas, and enjoy a slice of pie or two! While bringing a pie is by no means mandatory, all delicious pies are welcome!
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however, about the condition of the building, the limited water supply and particularly the costs that pile up when we as a community are reluctant to provide for much needed up-keep. Even safety and health issues aren’t dealt with proactively. As a result of this inattention we end up pumping heat out through single pane windows and wasting precious water as a result of leaks in the aged lines. Nothing needs to be
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We have often volunteered at the Lopez School. The faculty is an extraordinary group of skilled professionals. The staff is dedicated to high standards and remains responsive to the whole community. And the students are lively, bright, and excited about their school. We do have concerns,
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to say to a teacher candidate during an interview, “We support your passion for a youth sailing program, a photography program and an elementary engineering program.” It is another thing altogether to follow through on those ideas. Last year, with administrative support and community resources, we reinvented the youth venture sailing program. This year, I am rebuilding the black and white darkroom and we are working on our STEM elementar y engineering pilot. Lopez understands that passionate teachers transform the learning community. This transformative public school magic only happens with the kind of spirit and foundation we have on Lopez. With our foundation intact, we must rebuild the crumbling components. Like all modern public schools, Lopez is evolving and must keep pace with a fast-changing world; like all schools, Lopez is not perfect and we need your support. However, unlike many public schools, Lopez is encircled by a tight-knit, visionary community which fuels our powerful spirit and shapes our strong foundation. With your support, we can stay healthy for generations. Please pass the bond and keep our heart beating strong.
LOPEZ ISLAND 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 Beth Purdum, 370-0023. 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.
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ect manager with extensive experience with Lopez and with building in the islands. Thanks for taking the time to consider our answers. You can email any of us via the school website if you have further questions or comments. And thank you for considering the revised bond and please remember to vote by Nov. 4.
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Lopez Island Hospice and Home Support is sponsoring a presentation by attorney at law Cy Field entitled “Who’s In The Driver’s Seat: Making Your Advanced Care Wishes Known” on Saturday, Oct. 18, 1:30 to 3 p.m. at the Gathering Place in Lopez Village. His remarks will focus on surrogate decision-making and ways to make your health care wishes known to family, friends, and the medical community.
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work with other communities. He then outlined actions that can be taken. He noted that the Navy is currently experimenting with noise control on jets. There is a program that would auto-
mate more of the landing of aircraft and would help decrease flight tests and therefore fewer flights. Larsen said he was in the process of writing a letter to Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Jonathan Greenert to put in a budget for hush houses at the NAS Whidbey main base to reroute the noise from the revving of engines upward and thus
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high as Ghiglione recounted the horror and miracle of that emergency call – the perfect storm of successful cell phone reception for the 911 call and quick radio contact to the EMS team in an area notorious for poor communication. He gave special thanks to Paramedic Marty Clark and EMT Terry Marshall, who were first responders that day. Hildreth commended Mitchell Barr, an equipment operator for Lopez Sand and Gravel, who made the call to 911 to get help on its way and freed up our Journeyman Lineman Tim Savage to begin CPR, and Savage for his skillful and swift action. “Safety is OPALCO’s top concern,” said Hildreth. “I appreciate the job our line-
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On Oct. 3, more than 50 people gathered at OPALCO’s Lopez Crew Station to celebrate Journeyman Lineman Kevin Zoerb’s return to work and to recognize the community members who helped save his life. On Sept. 20, Zoerb was injured when he came into contact with a high voltage line. General Manager Foster Hildreth presented awards to Lopez Fire and EMS, Mitchell Barr and Tim Savage for their life saving efforts and outstanding service to community. Chief Jim Ghiglione recognized his team of volunteers from Lopez Fire and EMS – many of whom were in attendance, including fire cadets from the high school program. Emotions were
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Cyrus Field is an attorney with more than 20 of experience. His practice currently focuses on estate planning, administration, and elder care issues. His office is in Friday Harbor, and he regularly assists clients on the ferry served islands. For more info, call the Lopez Island Hospice & Home Support office at 468-4446, or contact us at admin@lihhs.org. creating less sound pollution. He also said he would try to help support getting the Navy to complete their own noise testing on the island. “I don’t have a solution that can be done tomorrow,” he said. “But I have a list of things I am pushing for.” When islanders took to the mic, most of them had the same two questions: do you care and are you representing us? Larsen replied that he represents a big district with different views. Others said that Larsen had a moral responsibility to act against the growlers. Orcas Islander David
Turnoy said that Larsen was comparing different needs in the district that are not equal. “When it comes to health and economics, one is more important than the other,” he said. “You cannot equate the quality of one’s life with economics.” One of the last speakers, Cynthia Dilling, described her experience of noise sometimes lasting three or four hours a day for weeks on end. She said she had to garden with ear plugs. Dilling again asked if Larsen was truly representing the islands. “It’s a balance representing this district,” he said.
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