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By Cali Bagby Weekly editor
The rain falls and the wind blows – it is winter in San Juan County. Don’t let the bluster of colder weather stop you from putting on your gardening gloves and digging in the soil. Due to our temperate weather and low elevation, frost rarely occurs in our garden beds and a light mulch on the surface can easily solve that problem. So as long as you are willing, fall and winter gardens are a must for the island.
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According to the Washington State University’s gardening extension programs’ experts, the following vegetables can be planted in summer or early fall for fall, winter and early spring harvest: pole and fava beans, beets, cabbage, brussels sprouts, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, onions, parsley, peas, garlic, kale, shallots and rutabaga. For info on when to plant these crops, google “WSU gardening extension fall and winter vegetable gardening pdf.”
Dogwood creek, also known as red-osier dogwood has beautiful reddish bark and shows off clusters of creamy white flowers, followed by white or bluish berries that persist even through winter. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture website, Native Americans smoke the inner bark of red-osier dogwood in tobacco mixtures used in the sacred pipe ceremony. Indian plum is often known as the first deciduous native shrub to flower in late winter. The shrub, which features pendulous clusters of green and white flowers that emerge in late winter, provides nectar for hummingbirds, moths and butterflies and native bees. Salal is a small evergreen shrub, known for its large, leathery, evergreen leaves. The plant makes an exciting winter addition to your garden because its dull green leaves become reddish in winter. You do have to wait until spring for the white-to-pinkish bell-shaped flowers, which turn to large
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bluish-purple berries in late summer. The white inside-out flower is a deciduous herbaceous groundcover. It has delicate starlike flowers on stiff stalks in spring. You will find a bright yellow color in these flowers up until the late fall, adding a little light to your backyard when you need it the most. Pearly everlasting has gray-green leaves
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Salal is a small evergreen shrub, known for its large, leathery, evergreen leaves. and tiny yellow flowers with white bracts that bloom in early fall. The flowers are commonly dried for flower arrangements. For more information, visit http://gardening.wsu.edu/.
‘Hush house’ for Growlers backed by Larsen, Murray The amount of noise emanating from Whidbey Island’s fleet of navy jets may be muffled to a significant degree if navy officials heed a request of two senior members of the Washington state’s congressional delegation. Sen. Patty Murray and
Congressman Rick Larsen last week asked the Navy to consider a funding recommendation earmarked for construction of a so-called “hush house” hangar at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, ground-zero in a rising controversy over the impact of noise created by
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air and ground testing of the naval station’s fleet of EA-18G Growlers. Construction of a noise mitigation hangar at Ault Field would help reduce noise from on-ground engine testing and maintenance, Larsen said. “Community members from Whidbey Island and the San Juan Islands have shared with me their concerns about the noise from the Growlers at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island,”
Larsen said. “Senator Murray and I have listened and are asking the Navy to help out by building a hush house, which would muffle engine noise from testing and maintenance on the ground and direct it away from communities.” Larsen added, “I have always been clear in my support for NASWI’s role as one of the country’s premier Navy installations, the SEE GROWLERS, PAGE 5
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FRI, JAN 9 MEETING: Lopez Village Planning Review Committee regular meeting, 10:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Lopez Island Library - meeting room. The LVPRC is using
community input from planning workshops to develop draft plans for community review. They are working to develop an Urban Growth Area Subarea Plan. Barbara Thomas is the chairperson. Other members include Annie Albritton, Sandy Bishop, Dan Drahn, Nancy Greene, Madrona Murphy and Dennis Ryan. They invite everyone to participate in the development of the subarea plan and regulations. These regular meetings are open to the public.
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us at 661-609-5251 or sabre39RG@aol.com. The following people and centers are the ones to contact for specific and in-depth information on all accounts of the donor process and will help greatly with the decision making. The following transplant centers and contacts that Justin Clark is listed with are as follows: • University of North Carolina Hospitals. The contact is Amy Woodard, RN, BSN, CNN, CCTC, donor coordinator at the UNC Center for Transplant Care. Call 919 966-3079 or 888263-5293 or email awoodard@unch.unc.edu.
local groups or businesses, Thursday Tech Time is just one of the offerings coming Lopez’s way December 2014 through May 2015 during the library’s Digital Outreach programming, which will also feature a roster of Digital Skills Classes all designed with patrons in mind. Pick up a brochure locally or visit lopezlibrary.org for additional information. Digital Skills Development is being made possible by funding provided to the Washington State Library by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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Natural History with Russel Barsh and Madrona Murphy
Why we like lichens
Lichens are most conspicuous in winter when vascular plants turn brown or lose their leaves: crinkly green rosettes on rocks and tree trucks, stringy greenish hair draped over branches, balls of pale “reindeer moss” resting on darker green carpets of moss. The lichens of the San Juan Islands are exceptionally diverse and ecologically significant. But what, exactly, is a lichen? Lichens are multi-species communities that can reproduce themselves. A lichen is composed of members of not one but three kingdoms: the fungi, protists (algae), and bacteria (cyanobacteria), living symbiotically. The fungal partner (or mycobiont) builds the physical structure that safely encloses, and controls the reproduction of the algal and bacterial partners (the photobionts), which use
solar energy to manufacture carbohydrates to share with the fungus. If the lichen includes a cyanobacterium, it can also harvest nitrogen directly from air instead of recycling nitrates from decaying organic matter (like plants), or consuming and recycling the protein in organisms (like animals). Fungi were one of the first life forms on earth, appearing over a billion years ago, and like animals, fungi feed on other organisms. Most of the fungi parasitize living plants or animals, or obtain energy and nutrients by decomposing ones. But lichenized fungi are farmers: they build tiny gardens of carefully selected algae and bacteria to produce food. Indeed, lichenologists refer to the “domestication” of algae by fungi. We maintain our best
potato and apple varieties by propagating them vegetatively (asexually) rather than letting them go to seed. Similarly, the photobionts in lichens may be restricted to reproducing clonally by cell division, which preserves particular algal or cyanobacterial variety. The fungal partner continues to reproduce sexually, however. Lichen reproduction is complex and puzzling. Sometimes the lichen grows brittle stalks (isidia) that contain both fungal and bacterial cells. Isidia simply break off and roll, blow or wash away to grow into new lichens: asexual or vegetative propagation. At other times lichens produce fibrous balls (soredia) that contain fungal spores and a tiny starter set of photobionts: a spaceship with a seed packet. Soredia can survive longer trips than
Real estate stats from Northwest Multiple Listing Service According to the Northwest Multiple Listing Service’s active listing report of residential and condominium units for San Juan County, there were a total of 25 new listings for October compared to 27 in 2013. New listings so far for the entire year were 510 in October, which is 41 more than last year. Total active listings for October were down 37 from 389 in 2013 to 352 so far this year. The average price for homes that month was $1,074,845, which is much higher than the average price of $865,984 listed in 2013. The MLS Pending Sales Report shows 35
units for October 2014, which is up from 22 listed the previous October. Year-to-Date sales for 2014 shows 328 units, which is a 78-unit increase from 250 in 2013. The average October 2014 price listed for a residence is $477,017 – a decrease from $535,309, which was the average in October 2013. As far as closed sales, the MLS reported 28 homes in October 2014 versus 25 in the same month in 2013. Closed sales from January to October of 2014 showed an average sale price per home of $500,429 compared to $450,260 the previous year.
isidia, whether borne by wind or rain, on animals’ fur or inside animals’ stomachs. As some lichens grow larger, they switch from making isidia to making soredia. Other lichens grow isidia if they are growing close to the ground, and soredia if they are growing high up on a tree truck or boulder, exposed more to the wind. This may help disperse soredia farther than isidia. There are even reports of lichens simply dispersing fungal spores without a supply of photobionts. Fungal spores can only become new lichens if they happen to encounter appropriate algal or cyanobacterial cells in the environment and capture them. Is this a way of creating new kinds of lichen communities? We simply do not yet know how most kinds of lichens reproduce, or the frequency with which new combinations of mycobionts and photobionts may arise from generation to generation. Slugs and snails are major consumers of lichens in the islands. Sporedia that pass through these animals’ digestive tracts unharmed are “planted” in slime trails. But some lichenizing fungi produce powerful molluscicidal compounds. If they poison slugs, does this favor dispersal by birds or small mammals that sometimes eat lichens or collect them for nesting material? Lichens grow anywhere there is light, even in deserts, on icy mountain peaks, in the far North and Antarctica. Since lichens absorb water directly from air, they need no roots.
Lichens need very little water to grow, and can remain viable for months or years with no water at all: crisply desiccated, but able to revive and resume photosynthesizing within minutes of being wetted. This capability suits lichens perfectly for environments where much of the year is dark, cold and dry. The flip side of lichens’ extraordinary ability to survive in marginal habitats such as boulders and mountaintops is very slow growth, ordinarily barely one millimeter (one twenty-fifth of an inch) per year. Accordingly, lichens are mainly found in habitats such as bare rock, thin soils, roofs and walls where faster-growing mosses and vascular plants have difficulty gaining a roothold.
Lichens can play a crucial role in the colonization of geologically young habitats, such as freshly cooled lava, newly formed islands or in our region, bedrock scraped bare by glacial ice. Over centuries, lichens form living mats on rocks and gravel that gradually contain thin reservoirs of nutrients and water, the beginning of moist soils in which seeds can sprout and grow. Kwiaht researchers have been studying the impact of human activity on carpets of lichens and mosses in the San Juan Islands National Monument. To learn more about the biology and ecology of lichens, watch for their upcoming presentation at the Lopez Island Garden Club.
San Juan Islands Conservation District Board of Supervisors 2015 Election
The San Juan Islands Conservation District is currently accepting applications for one open position on its Board of Supervisors. Supervisor Responsibilities and Requirements: • Supervisors must be registered voters and reside within the boundaries of San Juan County. • Supervisors must attend monthly Board meetings to discuss and approve policy, plans, and budget. • Supervisors serve without compensation. The San Juan Islands Conservation District will hold an election for one open position of District Supervisor with a term of three years to begin May 15, 2015. The position is currently held by Ronald Zee whose term expires May 15, 2015. The SJICD Board of Supervisors has appointed Linda Lyshall to serve as the election supervisor. To File as a Candidate: Please request an application by emailing info@sjislandscd.org or call 360-378-6621. Candidate filing deadline is 1/2/2015. To Vote: Voting will be by mail only. Please request a ballot by sending an email to info@ sjislandscd.org, call 360-378-6621, or pick one up in person at 530 Guard Street, Friday Harbor, WA. Ballots must be requested between 1/1/2015 and 1/31/2015. All ballots must be received no later than 5:00PM on 2/2/2015. Applications may be submitted in person or by mail to either of the following organizations: San Juan Islands Conservation District Mailing Address: 350 Court St, #10, Friday Harbor, WA 98250 Office: 530 Guard Street, Friday Harbor, WA 98250 Washington State Conservation Commission Mailing Address: PO Box 47721, Olympia, WA 98504-7721 Office: 300 Desmond Drive SE, Lacey, WA 98503 Phone: 360-407-6200
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Navy practice flights Lopez School completes successful $9 million done until Jan. 1 The Naval Air Station on Whidbey Island has announced that field carrier landing practice operations are not scheduled to occur in Coupeville from Dec. 21 through Jan. 1, 2015. The schedule is subject to change to meet mission requirements. Flight schedules for OLF Coupeville will
continue to be released weekly for community planning purposes. Comments, including noise complaints, can be directed to NAS Whidbey Island’s comment line at (360) 257-6665, or via e-mail: comments. NASWI@navy.mil. All other questions can be directed to NAS Whidbey Island Public Affairs Office at (360) 257-2286.
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On Dec. 11, Lopez Island School District sold $9.6 million of school renovation bonds for a lower-thanexpected interest rate, resulting in a significant reduction in borrowing costs from presale projections. With strong demand and an end-of-year low in school bond yields, Lopez School District locked in an overall interest rate of 2.6 percent, below the 3-plus percent originally estimated. As a result, while keeping to the
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same incremental property tax mileage rate of 31 cents per thousand of assessed value, the district was able to achieve a 15-year repayment term. In other words, with no increase in the annual cost to taxpayers, the bonds will be fully paid five years earlier than had been expected. “We are so appreciative of Decatur and Lopez voters for supporting this major investment in our school and kids. At the same time, we are thrilled to have locked in an interest rate and cost to property owners that is significantly lower than we had estimated prior to the election,” stated board chairperson John Helding. Lopez School District was assisted by the underwrit-
ing firm of Piper Jaffary & Co. in Seattle. In addition, the district was pleased and appreciative that Islanders Bank was a vital participant in the sale purchasing a portion of the renovation bonds to add to its investment portfolio. With this major milestone completed, the renovation project continues forward. Currently the district is soliciting interest for community member positions on the Project Design Advisory Committee as well as requesting qualifications from parties interested in the critical project manager role. Information on how to apply for either position is on the Lopez Island School District webpage: www. lopezislandschool.org.
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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 1-5 (easy) 6-10 (moderate) and 11-15 (hard). Today’s puzzle is level 5. Sudoku and Crossword answers on page 8
How Christmas ‘as we know it’ came to be
By Cali Bagby Weekly editor
At the Weekly, we are well aware of the powers of the pen. So it came as no surprise to learn that Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” was one of the major influences that has instilled the idea of Christmas as a celebration of family and friends in addition to it being a religious day. John Jordans, who heads the Dickens project at UC Santa Cruz, said in an NPR radio show several years ago that “the Cratchit family or Scrooge’s nephew are models for how to hold a one-day family celebration with the goose or the turkey or whatever.” “A Christmas Carol” was published in 1843 just before Christmas on Dec. 17. Despite selling out in just three days, Dickens made just £130 profit, according to an article in “The Telegraph.” In 1853, 10 years after the book’s publication, Dickens began performing readings and was known as a great actor bringing each character to life.
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Lopez Village Lights shine bright. Due to the popularity of the tale, Dickens was also asked to write Christmas stories almost every year up until 1857. It’s amazing that now, 143 years after Dickens’ death and 170 years after “A Christmas Carol” was published, the SEE CHRISTMAS, PAGE 8
SJC Bar Association holds annual meeting in FH The 43-member San Juan County Bar Association held its annual meeting and lunch in Friday Harbor on Dec. 12. San Juan Island attorney John Chessell was elected to a third term as president of the association; attorney Stephen Brandli of Friday Harbor was again elected treasurer. Friday Harbor attorney Kathryn Loring, Orcas attorney Thomas Fiscus and (non-member) Friday Harbor attorney Lawrence Delay were recognized for their contributions in 2014 to the bench, bar and community in their support of the SJCBA’s “Family Law Seminar.” This monthly class assists persons contemplating family law court proceedings (and who are representing themselves) with information
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Growlers being stationed at the base and the necessary training such as field carrier landing practice to make sure our servicemen and women are prepared. I will also continue working with community members and local leaders to address the impact of noise.” In the most recent skirmish in an increasingly high-stakes tug-of-war over the Growlers, a class action suit was filed Nov. 18 in Island County Superior Court against Whidbey Island-based Windermere Real Estate and RE/MAX Acorn Properties, which alleges the companies did not properly disclose the dangers of jet noise to homebuyers. The lawsuit claims that
on court procedures, court decorum, legal pleadings and paperwork, and other administrative tasks. Attorneys Douglas Strandberg and Karen Vedder of Friday Harbor were recognized for their work in preparing and organizing a complicated legal education seminar in late 2013 on behalf of the San Juan County Land Bank and the San Juan Preservation Trust involving conservation issues in San Juan County and the use of easements to achieve conservation goals. Attorney Carla Higginson of Friday Harbor was recognized for her continuing dedication to the high school “Moot Court” program, which seeks to get students interested in a legal career by having them prepare, orga-
the realtors’ “deceptive acts or practices have occurred in their trade or businesses and were and are capable of deceiving a substantial portion of the public.” The sound of the Growlers, which replaced NASWI’s previous fleet of Prowlers, has prompted numerous complaints from residents of the San Juans, particularly from the south end of Lopez Island, closest in proximity to Whidbey.
nize and present cases before panels of attorneys and judges. She was also commended for her work in presenting continuing legal education courses in the San Juans, and for volunteering the use of her office facilities to hold these legal seminars. Attorney and SJCBA Treasurer Stephen Brandli was recognized for his continuing participation in the association, and for his organization and presentation of a recent seminar concerning the vital subject of computer network security. A special vote of thanks was commended for his office manager and legal secretary B.J. Brandli, who voluntarily administers the SJCBA’s financial records. The association may be reached at 317-5951 or sjcba@rockisland.com.
The Navy for the first time held a “scoping” meeting on Lopez Island Dec. 3 as part of the run-up for preparation of an environmental impact statement to evaluate the presence of the Growlers. “We’ve heard from families on Whidbey Island and the San Juan Islands that the noise from NASWI is disturbing their communities,” Murray said. “Construction of this facility
Orcas man to serve 48 days for meth possession An Orcas Island man, asleep on the library lawn in mid-October with methamphetamine in his pocket, was ordered to serve 48 days in jail on the heels of a second felony conviction in a little over a year. On Nov. 25, Stanley Vincent Sing, 34, pleaded guilty in San Juan County Superior Court to one count of possession of methamphetamine, a Class C felony. He was ordered to serve 48 days in jail and to pay $600 in fines and fees. According to court documents, Sing had several baggies containing methamphetamine in the front pocket of his jacket when he was taken into custody without incident outside the library, at about 9 a.m. A sunglasses case containing glass pipes
lined with charred residue were reportedly found nearby. At the time of his arrest, the 34-year-old was wanted by local authorities for failing to appear in court two weeks earlier in connection with a prior felony conviction. He ser ved a four-month sentence after pleading guilty in August 2013 to one count each of felony assault and misdemeanor theft following a confrontation with a grocer y store employee in early July of that year over shoplifting. A Class C felony, possession of meth carries maximum penalties of five years in prison, a $10,000 fine or both; however, the standard range of sentencing set by the state is 0-6 months.
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from $5 to thousands of dollars (large users like schools and grocer y stores). The majority of the checks are in the range of $100 to $250. Because OPALCO distributes capital credits on a 25-year cycle, keep OPALCO updated with your current address – even if you are no longer a member. The capital credits of a deceased member may be paid, on a discounted basis, upon approval of the board. See www.opalco. com/members/capital-credits for full details. If you have questions, call 3763500.on 20 islands in San Juan County since 1937.
New laws for vehicle licenses Two laws enacted in 2014 will soon affect vehicle license renewals. Beginning Jan. 1, 2015, ESHB 1129 will make vehicle transactions subject to a $5 licensing service fee on vehicle registration renewals and a $12 service fee on title transfers. The new service fees will be used to replace the state’s 1950s-era Evergreen State Class ferries. In addition, SB 5785 will eliminate the mandatory seven-year replacement period for license plates and allow owners to keep their plates for as long as they
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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!
regardless of whether they have their title or registration transaction processed at the County Auditor’s Office or at a privately owned vehicle licensing office. The $5 service fee includes, but is not limited to, annual registrations, temporary off-road vehicle permits, trip permits and snowmobile registrations. The $12 service fee includes, but is not limited to, vehicle title transfers, lien-holder changes and name changes. People must continue to renew their vehicle’s registration every 12 months, but only replace license plates if they are lost, defaced or illegible, or when the vehicle changes ownership. SB 5785 does not apply to vehicle transactions that add or remove a lien holder, transfer ownership to a spouse or are solely a name change, among other things. The full list of exemptions is available under RCW 46.16A.020 and RCW 46.16A.200. Information about both of these changes is available at www.dol.wa.gov.
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 1:15 p.m. on Saturday starting January 3. Call 378-2910 for Mass times on San Juan and Orcas Islands.
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1983 Chrysler LaBaron Town and Country Woodie. Great island car Same owner past 14 years. 4 cylinder FWD Mitsubishi engine - new head, new valves, new carburetor, new water pump, new radiator, new ignition parts. - Doesn’t burn oil - good tires and brakes, new paint, never wrecked, 123,000 miles, airlift rear shocks, trailer hitch, asking $2,500, Call 370-5395 j.f.dunn@hotmail.com SOLD IT? FOUND IT? Let us know by calling 1-800-388-2527 so we can cancel your ad.
IMMACULATE RARE 1968 Chevy 3/4 Ton 4x4 R20 Truck with fresh 327 V-8. A/C, PS with only 28,000 miles! Garaged 47 years in hidesert. Zero rust, pale Green, original camper shell. Missouri oak bed’s never seen sunshine. See on Orcas Island Dec. 20th thru Jan. 4th. $35,000 firm. Rick cell/text: 949-632-5411
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Nov. 28: A vehicle was damaged in an attempt to break into it while parked at Turtleback Mountain on Orcas. • An Orcas man was cited for unsafe backing up after a minor collision on the intersection of Orcas Road and Uff Da Hill Road. • A vehicle at Turtleback Mountain on Orcas was broken into and property that was visible in plain view was taken. Entry was gained by breaking windows. Nov. 29: Deputies responded to a residential burglar alarm in the Eastsound area. The residence was found secure. • Deputies responded to a commercial burglar alarm in Eastsound. The front door was found unlocked but nothing was disturbed inside. An employee failed to lock the door when leaving the business. • Orcas deputies are investigating a hit-and-run collision that damaged an unoccupied vehicle in the Island Market parking lot. • Lopez deputies responded to a residential burglar
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alarm. The home was found secure. Nov. 29: A Friday Harbor man turned in cash found on the sidewalk outside a Friday Harbor business. • A Friday Harbor man turned in a backpack found at the ferry terminal. • An Eastsound woman reported that her car had been entered while parked at the Orcas Center. Personal property was taken from the unlocked vehicle. Nov. 30: A commercial burglar alarm in Friday Harbor proved to be false. • Two vehicles parked at an Eastsound business were broken into and property was taken. • Orcas deputies responded with EMS personnel on a medical call involving a combative patient. • The upper toll booth at the Orcas Ferry Landing was damaged in a break-in. • A prowler was reported looking in windows at a Friday Harbor residence. The suspect was gone when deputies arrived. Dec. 1: Washington State Ferries personnel reported that a vending machine aboard the Hyak had been vandalized. • Orcas deputies responded to a residential burglary, alarm near Eastsound. The house was found secure. • An Eastsound woman
reported fuel stolen from her car while it was parked at Eastsound Airport. • Two underage males were arrested for MIP after being observed sitting on an Eastsound beach drinking. • An Eastsound juvenile was arrested for shoplifting at an Eastsound business. The youth was released to parents and referred to juvenile authorities. • A San Juan Island juvenile was cited for Negligent Driving and Violation of Intermediate License restrictions after a rollover crash on Redoubt Road in American Camp. The driver had two 15-year-old friends in the car at the time of the crash. Nobody was injured. Dec. 2: Orcas deputies investigated a commercial burglar alarm in Eastsound. The building was found to be secure. • An Eastsound woman reported that her unlocked car had been entered and property removed while parked at the Doe Bay Resort on Nov. 30. • Lopez deputies checked Mud Bay at the request of the U.S. Coast Guard’s report of kayaks adrift. • Lopez deputies were requested to check on the well-being of a vulnerable resident. • A deputy assisted both parties exchange information after a minor backing
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So what is the lesson that Dickens left with us? As we celebrate Christmas it’s a time to remember that Dickens’ notion of the holiday was not the dread of family feuds, bright lights on our eaves, loads of presents or even decorating a tree, but a story of redemption, love and the meaning of life. Dickens’ book is not only a way to celebrate Christmas, but a way to reflect on our purpose in this life. With that, we at the Weekly wish you a Merry Christmas and a life of good cheer.
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story lives on. There have been opera and ballet versions, a musical called “Comin’ Uptown” in 1979, and even a 1973 mime adaptation for the BBC starring Marcel Marceau. “A Christmas Carol” has been adapted to film more than 200 times and has even been made into a muppets’ movie.
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chose not to report his vehicle stolen the morning after it had been found unoccupied after a late-night crash. • Vandalism to the public restrooms and potted ornamental trees in Sunshine Alley resulted in several hundreds of dollars in damage to the Town of Friday Harbor. • Lopez deputies responded to an alarm at a Lopez Village business. The alarm system had malfunctioned. Nov. 27: Lopez deputies responded to trespassers in an oyster farm. A local couple was contacted and warned. • A 44-year-old San Juan Island woman was arrested on domestic violence charges after a Thanksgiving altercation in her home. • Deputies checked a Friday Harbor business regarding an alarm activation. The business was found secure
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Nov. 26: Deputies and a dive team assisted the U.S. Coast Guard with a search for a missing boater. A boat was found crashed onto rocks near Cape Saint Mary, Lopez Island. The boat operator, a 50-year-old Bremerton man, is missing. • Lopez deputies are investigating a break-in at the Lopez School. Computers were stolen and school property was damaged. • A Lopez Island woman reported that mail was stolen and tampered with in her mailbox. • A San Juan Island man reported that his identity had been stolen. Someone had attempted to open several bank accounts. • A San Juan Island woman reported that someone had attempted to force entry to her home without success. • A Friday Harbor man
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collision in a Friday Harbor parking lot. • San Juan deputies investigated a reported prowler around a rural San Juan Island home. • Lopez deputies investigated an alarm at a residence near Lopez Village. • San Juan deputies were called to a disturbance outside the hospital emergency room. • A San Juan Island youth was cited for Violation of Intermediate License restrictions after a rollover crash on Beaverton Valley and No. 2 Schoolhouse Road. • A 62-year-old San Juan Island woman escaped injury in a single-vehicle crash on San Juan Valley Road. She lost control on icy road conditions. Norse celebrated Yule from Dec. 21, the winter solstice, through January. The tradition involved fathers and sons bringing home large logs to burn. People would celebrate and feast until the log burned out. In Germany, the god Oden was honored during the midwinter. He was a terrifying god who decided who would perish or prosper as he flew over the sky at night. The Romans celebrated the week leading up to the winter solstice and continued for a full month. At this time, food and drink were plentiful and the normal Roman social order was turned upside down. For a month, slaves would become masters and peasants ran the city.