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County officials start new terms by SCOTT RASMUSSEN Journal editor
Orcas Center releases 2015 calendar of events – page 9. Above: The Bolshoi Ballet’s “Swan Lake.”
Deadlines are nothing new at the assessor’s office. But the responsibility for ensuring those deadlines are met is now in the hands of someone new. John Kulseth, an 11-year department veteran and former chief appraiser, took over the reins at the first of the year with the endorsement of his predecessor and nose to the grindstone, and knowing all too well that whatever changes he’d like to make will have to wait. At least until the first 60 days of 2015 have come and gone. “We have to calculate the levies for all the taxing district by Jan. 15,” said Kulseth, who began a first-ever foray as an elected official at the start of the year. “We can’t do that until we have all the property values and the final assessments are done. People can change the ‘nature’ of their property and make real estate transactions all the way through Dec. 31. And, there’s always a flurry of activity in December.” Property tax statements must be mailed by mid-February. The assessor’s office must first finish its task before the treasurer can get those statements in the mail. Newly elected Treasurer
Pot producer on San Juan closes down Owners of San Juan Sun Grown cite lawsuits and regulatory hurdles as reasons for demise by SCOTT RASMUSSEN Journal editor
At the height of production, San Juan Sun Grown had as many as 16 employees. Now, it has none. Besieged by lawsuits and faced with a new round of regulatory
hurdles, the embattled marijuana producer shut down “active operations” at its westside facility on San Juan Island in mid-December. Company owner David Rice said the cost of looming legal battles and weight of regulatory uncertainty proved too much for the
fledgling enterprise to overcome. “We are in the process of transition and have laid off our San Juan Island production staff,” he said. Meanwhile, the San Juan County Council on Monday held the first of two workshops in which it will gather information to consider whether to impose a sixmonth “emergency” moratorium on the processing of land-use and building permits for marijuanarelated facilities. The potential of
a moratorium follows an outcry by some islanders and concerns raised by several council members that local rules on agricultural uses are insufficient to safeguard against impacts of pot production's new frontier. The second workshop is slated for Jan. 26. In the meantime, applications for agricultural-use permits will continue to be evaluated under rules as they exist today, accord-
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L-R: Milene Henley, Joan White, Ron Krebs, John Kulseth and Rhonda Pederson during the swear-in. Rhonda Pederson also inherited an assortment of deadlines to keep track of. She uses an electronic calendar and relies on her predecessors as well to remain mindful of the many tasks and dates that can’t be missed. A long-time county employee and former auditor’s office chief accountant, Pederson begins her first-ever elected tenure well-versed with fiscal operations and systems at work in the county
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County board vacancies Crow, Phalan receive honors The County Council is searching for San Juan County citizens to fill current and upcoming vacancies on various boards and commissions. Additional information about each committee is available on the county’s website at: http:// sanjuanco.com/Council/ AdvisoryCommittees.aspx. Persons interested in serving on a board or advisory committee should fill out an Advisory Committee Application or contact the council cffice at 378-2898
or by email sueko@sanjuanco.com. The following is a list of the committees with availabilities. • Agricultural Resources Committee • Board of Equalization • Building Advisory Council • Citizens’ Salary Commission • San Juan Fair Board • Ferry Advisory Committee • Human Services Advisory Board • Land Bank Commission
District • Lopez Solid Waste Disposal District • Marine Resources Committee • Planning Commission • San Juan Island Library • Solid Waste Advisory Committee • Stormwater Citizens Advisory Committee • Veterans Advisory Board • Water Resources Management Committee
MLK Day events on Orcas
In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the following events will be held. Monday, Jan. 19, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (rain or shine): Community Clean-Up of Litter in Eastsound - starting at Lavendar Hollow apartments to Crescent Beach and Madrona Point to Odd Fellows Hall. Bring garbage bags; some will be provided. All community members welcome! Monday, Jan. 19, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., Emmanuel Parish Hall: A gathering to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Bring a song, poem, thought, short story or reading from one of Dr. King’s speeches to share if you like. Admission is free. Donations will benefit Helping Hands Noramise and Solar for Our Schools. Refreshments provided – more are welcome.
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The following Orcas students made the Scholastic Honor Roll for the fall term at Oregon State University. Sophomores Freeda Crow (pre-civil engineering) and Keenan J. Phalan (exercise and sport science) both earned a 3.5 GPA or better.
Winter programming at the Funhouse Commons The Funhouse Commons offers a variety of activities, clubs and classes this winter for all ages. Come by The Funhouse Commons on Tuesday mornings for a playgroup (ages birth to five) facilitated by Funhouse staff. It offers crafts, building and outside time. The best part is it’s free. Check out the afterschool activities including Sewing Club, Homework Club, Bot Builders, Youth Beat Lab and more. Teens can stop in for Teen Night or join the SAT prep sessions. Stuck on the island working for mid-winter break? No problem. The Funhouse will be offering Day Camp on most no-school days. Join the staff for games, arts and crafts, outdoor activities and more. The Funhouse Commons also offers space rental for parties, meetings, band practices and more. Check our website for specifics or call with questions:www.funhousecommons.org or 376-7177. Winter schedule Playgroup: Ages birth to 5, Tuesdays through April
San Juan County Public Works Orcas Road Improvements Preliminary Design Alternatives Public Meeting Review and comment on possible alternatives to improve safety on Orcas Road between Nordstrom Lane and McNallie Rd.
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14, 9 to 11 a.m. Bring the little ones for some social playtime at the Funhouse. Free. Music Together: Ages birth to 5, Fridays starting Jan. 16, 10 a.m. Join Mary Wachter for some music fun, $160. Sibling discounts. After-School Program: First through sixth grade, Monday through Friday, 3 to 5:30 p.m. Noon on halfdays. Grab a snack, have fun with friends, participate in activities and more. Free with membership. Sewing Club: First through sixth grade. Thursdays, Jan. 15 to April 16, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Learn hand sewing skills with Kim Skarda. Free with membership. Homework Club: First through sixth grade, Monday through Thursday, 4:30 to 5 p.m. Get help with homework while working toward earning cool prizes. Free with membership. Youth Beat Lab: First through sixth grade. Tuesdays, Feb. 3 to March 10, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Mix master Zach is back to share his music mixing talent. Craft beat-making instruments and learn what it takes to compile a track. Space is limited.
Registration required. Bot Builders: First through sixth grade. Thursdays, Feb. 5 to March 12, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Build a robot then program it to move! Learn about the wide world of engineering and coding through this handson class. Day Camp: First through sixth grade. Open on most no-school days, including mid-winter break. Join our staff for games, arts and crafts, outdoor activities and more. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., $95 per week, $25 per day. Science Fai r : Kindergarten through 12 grade, Saturday, March 28 from noon to 4 p.m. Save the date and start working on a cool project for the Annual Funhouse Science Fair. This is an event not to be missed. Teen Night: Seventh through 12th grade, Fridays, 6 to 10 p.m. Join them every Friday night for a variety of activities, food, music, arts and hanging out with inspiring people. SAT Prep: College-bound students. Tuesdays and Thursdays, March 17 to May 7, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Heading to college soon? Get that extra boost on your SAT scores! $100.
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by MARTY ZIER Sports contributor
The Lady Vikings basketball team, 2-3 in conference and 5-5 overall, played through the holidays and new year, mixing it up with league, non-league and international teams. On Dec. 19, the Vikings ended 2014 with a non-league loss to the Coupeville Wolves 59-49, but opened 2015 with a conference win against Grace Academy 61-21 and a close non-league loss to Manson Trojans 39-33. On Jan. 5, the Vikings had a great opportunity to host an Australian team, the Morning Breakers, gaining some international experience in a 65-29 loss. By half the Aussies led 26-14 effectively using a full court press to disrupt the Vikings ball movement and fast breaks to score easy points. Hannah Brunner-Gaydos scored most of the Orcas first-half points, driving the paint, while fourth-quarter three-point shooting by Kilee Rogers and Katy Minnis kept the crowd cheering. On. Jan. 6, the Vikings hosted rival Friday Harbor in a 43-31 loss. The Vikings kept it close early, only down 25-20 after the first half, but foul
Raffle for signed Seahawks jersey, football The Orcas Island Kings youth football team is raffling off a Seahawk jersey signed by Doug Baldwin and a football signed by Richard Sherman. Baldwin wrote “To the Orcas Island Kings” on the jersey. Tickets are $5 and will go towards next year’s equipment and uniforms. They will be for sale in front of Island Market on Jan. 17, talk to Bobbie in the meat department of the market or call Tiffany at 317-6550. The Seahawks play the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, Jan. 18 at noon in Centurylink Field in the NFC championship game. The winner will advance to the Superbowl.
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Above: Viking Katy Minnis goes for the shot. Right: Viking Pasha Bullock drives the ball. trouble plagued Orcas in the second half, evidenced by the Wolverines’ frequency at the free-throw line. The Vikings opened the third quarter cold, allowing the Wolverines to stretch their narrow lead and finished strong in the fourth quarter after two Orcas starters fouled out. On. Jan. 9, Orcas traveled up Highway 20 for a convincing 62-37 win over the Concrete Lions. The Viking starters controlled this game defensively and spread their offensive scor-
POT FROM 1 ing to Sam Gibboney, director of the San Juan County Community Development and Planning Department. “We’ll be working with the council and waiting on its direction in evaluating what changes, if any, are needed,” Gibboney said. In early December, the county hearings examiner overturned San Juan Sun Grown’s land-use permit and revoked its building permit as well, ruling that county planners erred by not adequately evaluating impacts of the facility on surrounding properties. In the decision, prompted by an appeal filed by neighbors of the Mitchell Bay area grow operation, the examiner cited noise, odor, traffic and pesticide use as the kind of impacts that required better evaluation. Friday Harborbased attorney Douglas Strandburg, representing neighbors of the marijuana-grow facility, said the lawsuit over the use of Fieldstone Stone Road, a privately owned and shared gravel driveway, will proceed even if the operation
is said to have shut down. The dispute centers on an easement that reportedly prohibits commercial use of the shared road and, Strandburg notes, no assurances have been given that Sun Grown’s commercial activity has ceased. “This is not about a marijuana operation,” he said. “It's about an easement for use of the road.” Rice said San Juan Sun Grown’s products were wellreceived and the company gained a foothold in the marketplace in the first few months since its business license was approved by the state Liquor Control Board. It began actively marketing and delivering island-grown products to various retailers, including Orcas Island’s Token Herb, the only retail pot shop open for business in the San Juan Islands. “In the short-term it’s not an issue for us on the retail side,” Token Herb owner Theron Soderlund said of Sun Grown’s demise. “But we do have a severe issue with any county-wide moratorium. It’s impacting our economy, not just us. Employees, taxes and the economy, all of it. There are already regulations in effect
ing from the low post, rebounds and outside shooting. The Viking boys packed five games over the winter break, starting with a non-league Dec. 19 loss to the Coupeville Wolves 68-41, but opened 2015 with a Jan. 2 nonleague win against Grace Academy, 50-43. On Jan. 3, the Vikings let a close nonleague game slip away to the Manson Trojans 51-42 and had a rough time with Friday Harbor Jan. 6 in a 66-22 conference loss, challenged by the injury of a key starter. Bouncing back, the Vikings traveled that mitigate impacts.” The process of creating the marijuana-grow operation, situated on a one-acre parcel of a 76-acre farm owned by Jenny Rice, sister of David Rice, began nearly two years ago. It’s one of three marijuana production facilities on San Juan. David Rice said the company invested nearly $1.5 million into building the facility and other businessrelated expenses, like paying contractors and wages, between August 2013 and August 2014. Still, he said the prudent course is to shut down the Fieldstone Road facility given the facility remains only half-built (with only four of would-be nine greenhouses in operation), that new hurdles would have to be met because of the hearings examiner ruling and the formidable costs of fighting the neighbors’ lawsuits. A legal defense has recently been created to aid Jenny Rice in her courtroom battle, her brother said. While the legal battle over use of the shared road may be unique, Rice said the county’s regulatory turnabout remains hard to
to Concrete for a needed conference win 49-40 against the Lions. The young Vikings are 1-3 in league and 2-7 overall. The Vikings have no seniors and only one junior starter. Stuck in a tough reconfigured league stacked with a host of traditionally tough teams, Friday Harbor and LaConner remain undefeated in league while even a very strong Mt. Vernon Christian has fallen to 3-2 in league due to increased competition. The Orcas basketball teams next take on Shoreline Christian this week.
swallow. “We felt comfortable moving forward on a 76-acre property that’s zoned for agricultural use,” Rice said. “The planning department
was clear with us that we’d be treated as agriculture. The idea that you grow a crop and nobody will be able to smell it, well, it’s just so onerous.”
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Love for what we do Even in a place as radiant as the San Juans, the monotony of routine can get to the best of us. Sometimes it takes genuine interest from a fellow community to remind us: wow, we really do have it great here. We recently spoke to the Orcas Kiwanis Club about running a smalltown newspaper. We were asked: Why do you like it? Why isn’t the paper bigger? In answering the first question, it reaffirmed why we love running a community newspaper. We were reminded of why we chose this career and why it makes our hearts soar. Our job is about sharing stories. We are grateful to have such incredible citizens grace the pages of our newspaper. We are the community’s sounding board, a means of expression for all facets of the public. We aim to inform, amuse and ignite our readers. We strive to facilitate growth in island businesses. Our greatest joy is to help someone in need through exposure in print. Our greatest struggle is towing the line between reporting difficult news and remaining sensitive to those we call neighbors. And why isn’t the paper bigger? Well, that lies entirely with you. The size of our paper is driven by revenue. It’s no secret that newspapers – even beloved community papers – have downsized in recent years. We aren’t going anywhere, but in order to survive, we have added new special sections, online offerings and readjusted our print model. And sometimes that means running leaner, tighter papers. But more ad revenue equals more room for news stories. The bigger the paper, the more readers we acquire. More readers means more eyeballs on ads for your business. It really is all interconnected. We truly could not do this job without you. So send us your letters to the editor. Send us your story ideas. Read us online. Buy a subscription. Take out an ad. We take our role in the community very seriously. We live and breathe our work, and for those who have the journalism bug, it’s a passion that’s hard to shake. Thanks for letting us tell your stories.
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To the Editor: How to be a good neighbor A number of events occurring on our islands as I was reading “Six Degrees” by Mark Lynas has me thinking – how can we be a better community in this new year and beyond? Here are a few thoughts: Remember the Jazz Festival? Remember the year they ran out of beer? Friday Harbor wasn’t supposed to be dry … but it was. We live on islands. That small scenario of scarcity could expand. Learn to love greenhouses. Even unheated ones can grow crops year-round. Let’s be a resilient community. Know your neighbors. At your next association meeting or neighborhood get-together, consider inviting the Department of Emergency Management to give a presentation. They can help develop plans for assisting each other in case of disaster (the latest prediction for the 9.0 “Big One” is 40 percent by 2060). Know and follow the rules for building. Consider new ones very carefully; we live with the results. “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” If you think the neighbor’s place is ugly, talk to them about mitigation measures and/or build or grow screening. Trying to pull political clout to stop legal actions is unfair and disrespectful. If you suspect illegal building activity, don’t just call the planning department. Talk with your neigh-
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bor; that can save aggravation and tax dollars. Don’t sue your neighbor for building legally; it shows spite and wastes money. If what they put on their land is that important, read the county permit applications. Better yet, come to know your neighbors. Share ideas, thoughts, hopes, plans. Let yourselves understand and respect each other. Share the road. County or private, respect the right of passage for living, farming and business needs. Save complaints and lawsuits for unnecessarily disruptive activities. Don’t feel left out if you don’t own property here; tell us when we’re being silly. Neighborliness boils down to these three: Respect. Care. Communicate. Happy New Year, and may we all be good neighbors. Alison Longley Friday Harbor
Support for growing cannabis My father James McRae grew up farming on San Juan Island. Although he passed away in 1975 I will always remember his telling me that he had the best childhood a person could have. My mom Flossie Mullis McRae grew up in the Town of Friday Harbor, but even so raised chickens, sheep and ate from a kitchen garden and family orchard. I have benefitted all my life from the farms on San Juan Island. The way I see it agriculture is a very large part of what makes island-living a quality way of life. I fully support retaining and building on the quality of life our
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local agriculture provides for us by supporting agricultural endeavors, including the growing of cannabis and the use of greenhouses. Therefore I am against the proposed moratorium on growing cannabis in San Juan County. We should be supporting the success of a diversified agriculture not standing in its way. Peggy Sue McRae San Juan Island
OPALCO’s new rates are unfair The worst thing about OPALCO’s new “rate structure” is how grossly unfair it is. For example: With the higher “facility charge” added to the kilowatt-hour charge, a typical small user of 400 kilowatt-hour per month would pay $34 for power plus the $38.90 facility charge, a total of $72.90 divided by 400 equals 18.2 cents per kilowatt-hour. A heavy user of 1,500 kilowatthour would pay a total of $166.40, divided by 1,500 equals only 11 cents per kilowatt-hour. (The actual cost to OPALCO of delivering this power is less than 12 cents per kilowatt-hour.) In effect, OPALCO is punishing the poor, the thrifty, part-time residents and those trying to “do their part” by saving energy. At the same time they’re subsidizing the heavy users, (dare I say “the wealthy”). OPALCO has always done this to some extent, but now they’re making it much worse. There are lots of ways to arrange prices to be fair to all users. Remember, OPALCO is a cooperative – “nonprofit, member-owned, democrati-
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LETTERS FROM 4 cally controlled, etc., etc..” None of this is true now, if it ever was. Cooperatives began 200 years ago as a way to protect common folk from the exactions of greedy merchants and corporations, but OPALCO is running just like any ordinary corporation, always seeking more sources of wealth to appropriate, usually from those with the least to spare. They didn’t hesitate to violate State law (RCW 24.06) or their own bylaws (Article VIII, Sect. 3) when they decided, on a whim, to get into the Internet supply business and to lay all the cost on the members without getting the required permission. An electrical cooperative would be a great thing to have in San Juan County. We should see what we can do to turn OPALCO into a real one. Steve Ludwig Lopez Island
Thank you for wreath sale The families and staff of the Orcas Montessori School would like to sincerely thank everyone who supported our 20th annual
holiday wreath sale. We sold almost 500 wreaths this year. Wreaths were shipped as far as Hawaii and Florida (and everywhere in between), and delivered to folks all over the island. The money we raised from this sale will benefit the school in a multitude of ways-from improving facilities to purchasing new learning supplies for the classroom. These funds really make a difference. Several generous islanders and businesses deserve special acknowledgement for their support. Orcas Freight picked up the wreaths and donated their truck for the duration of the sale for storage. Rosario Resort and Rain Shadow Consulting both helped cover the costs of printing and mailing order forms. A big thanks goes out to Marlace and Rick Hughes and the whole staff at Ray’s Pharmacy who helped us tremendously by selling wreaths at the store. Thank you to everyone who supported us during this very important fundraiser. We appreciate your continued support of early childhood education on the island. The Orcas Montessori School families, staff
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The Board of Natural Resources approved a proposal that, if finalized, would allow the state’s Public Land Survey Office to improve services to the public by restoring staff positions eliminated in the recession of 2008-09. The office, which is the statewide source for land surveying information, seeks an $18 increase in the surcharge collected by county recording offices to record survey documents. It would be the first change in the survey recording surcharge since 2002 when the fee was set at the current $46. The recording fees help fund the operations of the Public Land Survey Office. “With construction activity on the rebound statewide, it is imperative that our state’s Public Land Survey Office has the tools it needs to continue its legislative mandate and provide an accessible online database of land survey records,” said Kyle Blum, Deputy Supervisor of Uplands for the Washington State Department of Natural Resources. A rule authorizing the fee increase would become final after completion of a public comment period and a vote of the Board of Natural Resources. Counties, private surveyors and others rely on the Public Land Survey Office database of more than 540,000 documents to resolve land boundary disputes and reduce the need for costly land surveys. The office also establishes survey standards and educational resources.
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Lummi Nation requests permit denial for proposed coal terminal The Lummi Nation, in a strongly worded letter, asked the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) to take immediate action to deny a permit to build North America’s largest coal export terminal at Cherry Point, citing significant impacts to treaty rights and irreparable damage to important crab and salmon fisheries. In a letter sent last week to Colonel John Buck of the Seattle District of the Corps, Lummi Chairman Tim Ballew II said the impact of the proposed bulk coal terminal at this historic location cannot be mitigated. “The Lummi people have harvested fish at this location for thousands of years,” Ballew said. “We have a sacred obligation to protect this location for its cultural and spiritual significance.” The proposal to build North America’s largest coal export terminal in Whatcom County on the shores of the Salish Sea has brought sharp criticism from tribes in the Pacific Northwest and Canada. The site is a rich fishing ground that supports hundreds of family fishing businesses. In addition to providing more than a thousand jobs, fishing
is also a vital part of the cultural heritage of area tribes, and Lummi is working hard to preserve their language, resurrect traditional fishing traditions and educate Lummi youth about their culture. “As one of our tribal fishermen said, ‘It’s like putting a freeway inside the reservation,’ Chairman Ballew said. “The vessel traffic would contaminate our fish and shellfish and severely limit the ability of our tribal members to exercise their treaty rights.” The Lummi have asked the federal government to uphold their legal obligation to protect their tribal treaty rights, lands and resources. To approve the permit, the tribe argues, would be a violation of these treaty rights. “The Corps has an obligation to uphold our treaty rights and comply with the federal laws regarding Lummi rights to fish at Cherry Point,” Chairman Ballew said. “Our waters are a way of life and survival for our people. The bottom line is, you can’t mitigate or buy your way out of the damage that this proposed shipping facility would cause.”
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34. Occurs 35. Exaggerate a role 36. "Where the heart is" 37. In a way that is not gentle 38. Reduced in rank 39. Cousin of a raccoon 40. Bulrush, e.g. 42. "Thou ___ enter." (archaic) 44. Dentist's direction 45. One who steers a ship 48. Hair colorer 49. Core 52. Caribbean, e.g. 54. "Fancy that!" Answers to today's puzzle on page 16
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COUNTY FROM 1 and knowing that the duties of cataloging and oversight of tax monies is the part of the job which will take time to master. To become more familiar with that aspect of the office, Pederson opted to spend her vacation time shadowing her predecessor before the close of 2014. “The first 60 days I think will mostly be about making sure I don’t forget to do something I’m supposed to,” Pederson said. “Everyone makes mistakes, we’re all human. But it’s still hard to swallow that I’ll end up making a mistake.” Kulseth and Pederson join Sheriff Ron Krebs as first-time San Juan County elected officials. Each is slated to serve a four-year term at the top of their respective departments, and
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together they will manage roughly $6.6 million in budgeted expenses and supervise about 45 employees in 2015. (The sheriff oversees various budgets totaling roughly $4.8 million and the treasurer will oversee a $2.3 million “trust fund” in 2015, a newly created account within the county budget). The three first-time public office holders join five veteran elected department heads that all begin a new four-year term in 2015: Auditor Milene Henley, County Clerk Joan White, County Councilman Jamie Stephens (Lopez/Shaw), District Court Judge Stewart Andrew and Prosecuting Attorney Randy Gaylord. After a total of eight years in office, Henley, who spent the entirety of her prior professional career in the private sector, mostly selfemployed in financial services, begins a third term with a more-seasoned perspective of the public arena’s inner-workings than she had when she first took office back in 2007. Patience and cooperation are key, and change typically occurs in steps, she said, not all at once. “Nothing happens fast in government and that’s by design,” Henley said. “That’s because government is supposed to represent all the people.” Although the pace of change could prove discouraging, she offers this advice to the newly elected: “Keep your eye on the goal and don’t be deterred by the
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bureaucracy.” Still, the centerpiece of the Krebs campaign in the race for sheriff was a need for change. Islanders may expect nothing less, handing him the election with a 64-percent margin of victory. Since taking office, Krebs has initiated several changes he believes will help “rebuild the foundation of the department.” Krebs said the sworn officers have all read and signed a “mission, vision and values,” statement, equivalent to a “code of ethics” that will serve as a tool to measure “how we conduct ourselves.” The office now operates with a single training officer, and detective Brent Johnson has been appointed undersheriff, the department’s second in command. He said discussions have been renewed with other public safety agencies that could lead to full-scale use of the Sentinel, the newly acquired, multi-purpose public safety boat. Use of the 38-foot boat, featuring greater fire-fighting capacity, landing capability, weather protection and speed, and paid for by a $600,000-plus federal grant, has been restricted by the lack of coordinated and adequate polices, procedures and training. Krebs intends to quickly mend a strained relationship with prosecutors by providing them with better, more complete reports of cases likely to end up in court. He has instituted biweekly meetings of department command staff. The pieces are all there, Krebs maintains, with dedicated, skilled and hardworking officers, dispatchers and employees, and that the task is getting everyone onboard and headed in the same direction. “I’ve been working pretty diligently the last two months to figure out what steps we can take to raise the professionalism and morale of the department,” he said. “And I think that’s going to happen real fast.”
Going out on her own Amber Rose is opening a satellite office for insurance coverage by COLLEEN SMITH ARMSTRONG Editor/Publisher
It all started with a little curiosity. While Amber Rose was working as an insurance agent's assistant in her early 20s, she wanted to learn more about the business. “I had no idea what my own insurance policy meant, and when I started learning I became fascinated,” says the long-time Orcas resident. “To this day my favorite part of the job is that I get to help educate and protect people, identify the needs of my clients, provide the right kind of coverage and be an advocate when clients need guidance.” Rose, who has been an insurance agent since 2006, has just teamed up with Simmons and Associates – a company she used to work for in Portland, Ore. – to open a satellite office in Eastsound. She is offering insurance for home, auto, boat, business, bond, vacation rental and more. She can be reached at 360-632-6122. Islanders may know Rose from her five years at San Juan Insurance. She calls her departure “bittersweet.” “It's something I've always wanted to do, and the idea of being free to get out from behind my desk and out in to the commu-
by CALI BAGBY Assistant editor
As Orcas Has Talent celebrates its 10th anniversary, producers are coming up with some exciting changes. The heart of the event will be the same – to inspire, excite and entertain. According to producer Donna Laslo those are the three elements that keep people coming back for more. “I am shocked that it has lasted this long and that there is such a demand from the community,” said Laslo, who has produced the Orcas entertainment staple for a decade. All artists must audition and receive a golden ticket to qualify for the finale show held at the Orcas Center on Feb. 7, where the winner will be chosen.
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Auditions will be held on Jan. 24 at 7:30 p.m. at the Grange. All interested artists 15 years and up must sign up by emailing orcashast a lent@g mai l.com. Tickets are $10 for the adult show and $5 for the kids’ show. The “Orcas Has Talent Junior” competition featuring the up-and-coming talented Orcas youth will be held on Jan. 24 at 2 p.m. The winner will be awarded a $500 prize and the chance to compete with the adults. Junior contestants 10 years of age and older also must sign up beforehand. Orcas Has Talent benefits the high school leadership group Point Blank, which aims to inspire youth leadership and nurture the positive influence of peers educating peers. Each year the group participate in multiple programs with the goal to inform, educate, support and empower students to make positive choices. “I am so proud of these kids who will be our future leaders,” said Julie Pinardi, program director. “The program’s positive support for them is critical these days more than ever.” Laslo understands that after such a long run, there is always room for a few
changes. So this season there will be new coaches to help participants blossom, more prizes in the competition and a fresh way to decide who is the winner. This year’s coaches/judges are Susan Osborn, Jake Perrine and Ken and Karen Speck. They are coaches in that they will be mentoring those who make it past the auditions and on to the big show at Orcas Center. They will be judges in the sense that at the final show they will be helping to decide the champion. A certain percentage of the judges’ votes will be tallied with the audience for evenness. “The audience still has the power,” said Laslo. “But it will be balanced with the judges’ final decisions. That way someone can win points with talent, poise and stage presences rather than general popularity with the crowd.” According to Laslo, the show sells out each year in record time, most years within the week of when they go on sale. You can make a donation now of $50 that will allow you to purchase two tickets to the finale show and choose your seats. E-mail orcashastalent@gmail.com to arrange for pre-sale tickets.
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Guest column Keep the Exchange at transfer station by KYLE CARVER
We’re all ready for the new Exchange. It’s a vital part of our community, moving toward a zero waste goal. But the current relocation plan doesn’t add up. The Exchange should remain where it is. The transfer station is zoned “Rural Industrial” for a reason - you don’t put a recycling center in the middle of an existing neighborhood. Also, why create a situation where people have to make two stops to get rid of their waste? Then a possible third stop if The Exchange
refuses to accept an item. That was the beauty of the old Exchange, one-stop shopping (and dumping). We live across from the proposed site. Our property is one of four 30-acre parcels that have land bank easements. We were not looking for land bank property, but we understood the importance of protecting our farmlands. The parcels can never be divided and the fields will always be preserved for agriculture. Allowing a retail business, that involves so much industry and traffic, sets a bad precedence.
This would create the largest commercial impact this area has ever experienced. Current zoning lists the site as “Agricultural Resource.” Contrary to the ORS website, the proposed property is not grandfathered. The previous covenant for this property expired in 2001. Relocating The Exchange would change this section of the island forever. Traffic would vastly increase, as well as the noise and light pollution from the day-to-day workings of the business. This footprint will never get smaller, or quieter. Next door
to the site, the Old Trout Inn has been operating for almost 25 years. Its website entices travelers to “Escape to tranquility.” It’s hard to believe that more than 5,000 community users of The Exchange won’t disrupt this tranquility. The environmental impact is also a huge concern. The potential for pollutants alone should be enough to prevent this experiment. The property sits across from three wetland ponds and the confluence of two streams that feed the pond between The Old Trout Inn and the
proposed site. The stream then travels through the West Sound Watershed that feeds the West Sound aquifer. Let’s remember that the old Exchange created a huge amount of pollutants when it burned. This is a big deal. There are valid concerns about the current condition of the proposed property, but bringing in an islandwide service center is not the answer to cleaning up this site. Over 5,000 local residents will be using this recycling and composting center, not to mention the tourists that stop by. The
Exchange should remain next to the transfer station, in the established “Rural Industrial” zone. Why relocate something that has worked for years at the risk of changing our island forever? We love The Exchange, in fact maybe a little too much. It’s run by a great group of people that are a part of what keeps this community special. We’re unconditional supporters of The Exchange (at the transfer station) and we’re excited for it to reopen. Let’s keep Crow Valley agricultural and The Exchange in its current location! Kyle Carver is a filmmaker on Orcas Island.
Body recovered Salmon catch scaled back in the San Juans from Lopez Island house fire by SCOTT RASMUSSEN Journal editor
Authorities found human remains inside a Lopez Island home in the aftermath of a fire and series of explosions that lit up the Mud Bay Road neighborhood in the early morning hours of Jan. 5. Although the body was burned beyond recognition, according to the San Juan County Sheriff ’s Department, the remains are believed to be that of the homeowner. “The only thing we can say for sure right now is that there was a fire and that there was a person inside,” Sheriff Ron Krebs said. “It was a very hot fire.” Krebs said the home was completely destroyed. He described the building, at 3146 Mud Bay Road, as a two-plus bedroom home that’s somewhat larger in size than a cabin. According to county assessor records, the owner of that home is John Robert Droubay. Krebs said officers are working with presumed family members of the deceased so the body can be properly identified. DNA samples are being provided to aid in the identification, he said. Firefighters, deputies and emergency medical personnel responded to the scene after receiving a 911 call at about 1:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 5.
The caller reportedly alerted dispatchers about the fire and series of loud explosions. According to the sheriff ’s department, an initial investigation at the scene revealed nothing that appeared “suspicious” in nature. The cause of the fire remains under investigation, and a forensics investigation of the remains will be conducted by the Snohomish County Medical Examiner, Krebs said. Mud Bay is located at the southeast end of the island, near the area known as Islandale. Mud Bay Road is the primary route connecting the south end to Lopez Village, the island’s commercial core and cultural center.
Recreational fishermen will be allowed to keep no more than one salmon per day in the San Juan Islands beginning Monday, Jan. 12. State fishery managers lowered the daily limit – down from two fish per day – to lessen the sport fishery's impact on stocks of concern. Fishing in the San Juans, also known as Marine Area 7, proved to be not only productive, but “really good” in the month of December, according to Ryan Lothrop, a biologist with the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. Anglers in Marine Area
7 are required to release any Chinook salmon not specifically marked with a clipped adipose fin, which signifies it as a hatchery fish. Because some wild Chinook do not survive after being caught and released, they are counted as part of the management guideline of 7,775 total Chinook encounters during the winter fishery. As of Dec. 28, anglers in Marine Area 7 had kept or released a total of 4,060 Chinook, according to WDFW preliminary estimates. The Marine Area 7 fish-
ery will be monitored by WDFW through April 30, the date of its scheduled closure. It could close at an earlier date if the management guideline is met prior to the scheduled clos-
ing date. “We’re taking this step now in an effort to keep the fishery open as long as possible while staying within our conservation objectives,” Lothrop said.
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New location, same Italian flair ‘Reunion Tour’ Colleen Smith Armstrong/staff photo
Left: Bill Patterson raises goats with the Lums on Orcas. Goat is on his menu.
by COLLEEN SMITH ARMSTRONG Editor/Publisher
When talking about his new venture, chef Bill Patterson uses words like synergy, simpatico and serendipity. The restaurateur, who has run Chimayo and Sazio di Notte for the past five years, is now the manager of the Random Howse building in Eastsound. He is offering Italian cuisine and continuing with the entertainment offerings that owners Clyde and April Duke launched more than a year ago. “Having the opportunity to be in this building is incredible,” Patterson said. “If we are doing our job right, it will be a restaurant four nights a week, and the other nights will be filled with events.” The new incarnation is called Casa
Casuale, which means “Random House” in Italian. The Dukes bought the facility on North Beach Road in 2013, and after a minor facelift, it became a popular spot for dances, fundraisers, theatre events and live music. The space, built in 2004, also has a kitchen and full bar. Clyde says demand for the venue became so high that it was clear it could no longer be a part-time enterprise. When a mutual friend suggested Patterson, who was in need of a new location for his business, everything just clicked into place. “Bill has a huge following,” Clyde said. “We are excited to see the building utilized in a really good way.” They say the challenge lies in coordinating all the moving parts. A piece of the puzzle is Chimayo, a beloved insti-
tution that offers affordable Mexican lunch cuisine. By the spring, it will be located in the Orcas Athletics building on A Street. “The island owns Chimayo – I'm just the steward,” said Patterson, who purchased the business from Karen Campbell in 2009. “I can't imagine Eastsound without it.” In the meantime, Casa Casuale will offer what Patterson is known for: rustic, authentic Italian cuisine. He makes his own pasta with flour imported from Naples. He buys from small olive oil producers. He raises his own goats with the help of Eric and Amy Lum. He cures pancetta and makes his own sausage. “Much of what we do is how an Italian grandmother would do it,” he said. Casa Casuale's grand opening is on Jan. 18 during a “Sunday Supper,” which Patterson is hosting with Ann Marie Schultz. Long-time islanders will remember the suppers as fivecourse decadent meals presented by the two friends. They were discontinued for some time and Patterson and Schultz are thrilled to be offering it once a month. To reserve a spot for the meal, call 376-1111. After Jan. 18, the restaurant will be open Thursday through Sunday from 5:30 to 9 p.m. “We have a lot of ground to cover, so we're taking it really methodically,” Patterson said.
for Camp Nor’wester on three islands Camp Nor’wester is hosting a “Reunion Tour” show in the islands on the following dates: Lopez Island – Wednesday, Jan. 14, 6:30 p.m. at Grace Episcopal Church (70 Sunset Lane). Call the camp office 425670-1935 for directions. Orcas Island – Thursday, Jan. 15, 6:30 p.m. at the home of Jeff and Jennifer Pietsch. Call 376-2707 or the camp office for directions. San Juan Island – Friday, Jan. 16, 6:30 p.m. at Friday Harbor Middle School Commons (85 Blair Ave., Friday Harbor. Call the camp office for directions. They are kicking off the “80 Years Strong” celebrations by showing the 2014 Camp Movie.
Bring a friend who would like to learn more about Nor’wester, say organizers. New families are welcome. All 2014 campers and staff in attendance will receive their copy of the summer movie at the show before the rest are mailed out in late January. Camp Nor’wester’s has a 135-acre property on the old Nell Robinson Ranch at the west end of Johns Island. For more info, visit http://norwester.org/ or like the official Facebook page to see a tour schedule or to learn more about other “80 Years Strong” events. Also coming up is Camp Nor’wester’s 80th Reunion event on April 26.
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ere we are just two weeks into the new year – an excellent time to ponder any resolutions you’ve made, and to perhaps make some new ones. Consider making an enriching resolution to let 2015 be the year that you bring a greater dose of the arts into your life. Wondering where to start? Orcas Center has put together a full calendar of artistic programming that is sure to engage you and your friends and family. Read on for a sneak preview of what Orcas Center has in store for you in 2015. Launch your personal arts infusion now and attend one of the four offerings available this month: • Sunday, Jan. 18 – The Met: Live in HD, “The Merry Widow.” • Thursday, Jan. 22 – National Theatre Live, “Treasure Island.” • Saturday, Jan. 24 – Uke-a-palooza (a festival of all things ukulele). • Saturday, Jan.31 – Mariachi Huenachi (awardwinning Mariachi from Wenatchee). One of the most exciting announcements of the 2015
season is a new on-screen offering: the Bolshoi Ballet brings its thrilling performances live to Orcas Center’s big screen. Treat yourself to “Swan Lake,” “Romeo and Juliet” and “Ivan the Terrible” like you’ve never seen before, in incredible high definition and surround sound. Are you a diehard or newbie theater fan? Then you are in for a real treat. National Theatre Live brings bigtime Hollywood stardom to its London stage in John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men,” starring James Franco and Chris O’Dowd. Sure to be a phenomenal hit, you don’t want to miss this! NT Live rounds out its season with a powerful new stage adaptation of the family favorite Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Treasure Island,” an intriguing modern play by acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard, “The Hard Problem,” and a witty reinvention of Bernard Shaw’s “Man and Superman,” starring Ralph Fiennes. For those folks who enjoy basking in the splendor of spectacular physicality on the main stage, mark your calendars for the fantastic Acrobatic Conundrum aerial circus and the breathtaking BodyVox dance company. Following in the popular footsteps of last year’s
Moulin Rouge, Orcas Center is in the midst of producing a sensational concert staging of the movie “Across the Universe.” For two full weekends, audiences will step into an immersive atmosphere where a full age range of local singers, dancers, and – new this year – musicians will spread the love of the Beatles via one-of-a-kind adaptations. The talented collective of Grace McCune, Jake Perrine, Kara O’Toole, Laura Ludwig, Deborah Sparks and more will make this an unforgettable experience. The 2015 season is packed with many more productions, including the touching play “The Miracle Worker,” featuring local acting talent, several film festivals (the Wild & Scenic Film Festival and the Orcas Island Film Festival), touring artists of all kinds and several Burgers and Brew pre-show dinners brought to you by the Lower Tavern. There is sure to be something of interest for everyone, so take a look at the complete calendar of events pictured above and plan your artistic outings now. And don’t forget to visit us online at www.orcascenter.org.
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CALENDAR SAT., JAN. 17 THURS., JAN. 15 CAMP NOR’WESTER OPEN HOUSE/REUNION: From 6:30 to
7:45 p.m. at the home of Jeff and Jennifer Pietsch. Call 376-2707 or the camp office (425) 670-1935 for location details. Join them for an evening of celebrating the summer of 2014 and 80 Years of Camp Nor’wester. BAREFOOT BANDIT:
Documentary film showing, 7:30 p.m., Sea View Theatre. AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Monthly meet-
ing, 2 to 4 p.m., Orcas Island Library.
ART OPENING: Islands Museum of Art local show, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., 540 Spring Street, Friday Harbor. This annual showcase of local artists work in newly renovated, permanent location. CELEBRATION OF LIFE: For Jack Conant, 1 to 4 p.m., Emmanuel Parish Hall.
MON., JAN. 19 MLK DAY EVENTS: In honor
of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the following events will be held. From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (rain or shine), Community Clean-Up of Litter in Eastsound, starting at Lavendar Hollow apartments to Crescent Beach
CHURCH SERVICES on Orcas Island & in the San Juans CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Sunday worship & Sunday School 10 am Wednesday Testimony meeting 7 pm– Last Wed. of each month Orcas Library meeting room 376-5873
COMMUNITY CHURCH
Serving Orcas Island For 131 years Sunday Worship 9:30 am (Nursery & Kids Sunday School) Weekday programs for all ages. Info @ www.OrcasChurch.org Or call Pastor Dick Staub, 376-6422 In Eastsound on Madrona
EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL
Parish of Orcas Island The Rev. Berto Gándara Eastsound (by the water) • 376-2352 SUNDAYS: Holy Eucharist 8 and 10 am THURSDAYS: Holy Eucharist 12:15 pm Church School
LIFE CHURCH
Sunday 10:00 am Senior Center on 62 Henry Road Nursery and Kid’s Life Contemporary Passionate Worship Our Vision: Share Jesus. Share Life. 376-6332
LUTHERAN CHURCH IN THE SAN JUANS (ELCA)
Sunday 11:00 am St. David’s Chuch 760 Park St., Friday Harbor Sunday 9:00 am Center Church 312 Davis Bay Rd., Lopez Island Pastor Beth Purdum Sunday 1:15 pm Emmanuel Church 242 Main St., Eastsound 370-0023 • pastor@lutheransanjuans.org
ST. FRANCIS CATHOLIC CHURCH Orcas - St Francis Church in Eastsound Mass 1:00 pm Sundays Lopez - Center Chuch Mass 10:30 pm Saturdays
and Madrona Point to Odd Fellows Hall. Bring garbage bags. From 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., Emmanuel Parish Hall, there will be a gathering to celebrate his life. Bring a song, poem, thought, short story or reading from one of Dr. King’s speeches to share if you like. Admission is free.
WEDS., JAN. 21 GARDEN CLUB MEETING: At 10 a.m., Madrona Room of Orcas Center. Speaker Emily Bishton on Natural Pest and Disease Control.
SAT., JAN. 24 ORCAS HAS TALENT AUDITIONS AND KIDS SHOW: Auditions
for Orcas Has Talent will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the Grange. All interested artists 15 years and up must sign up by emailing orcashastalent@gmail.com. Tickets are $10 for the adult show and $5 for the kids’ show. The “Orcas Has Talent Junior” competition featuring the up-and-coming talented Orcas youth will be held the same day at 2 p.m. The winner will be awarded a $500 prize and the chance to compete with the adults. Junior contestants 10 years of age and older also must sign up beforehand.
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MON. – ONGOING ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Benson Hall, Emmanuel Church. AL-ANON: 7 p.m., 197 Main Street, Benson Hall, Emmanuel Church.
TUES. – ONGOING
AA: For women, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Benson Hall, Emmanuel Church. For men, 7-8 p.m., Emmanuel. KIWANIS: Tuesdays, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., Community Church Family Center.
WEDS. – ONGOING AA: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.,
Benson Hall, Emmanuel Church. LIONS CLUB: Weekly lunch, 11:45 a.m., Legion. ANSWERS IN THE HEART: An S.L.A.A. 12-step recovery, 7-8 p.m., Episcopal Church. ADULT VOLLEYBALL: 7 - 9 p.m., Old Gym, $2.
THURS. –ONGOING STORYTIME: 11 a.m., library. AL-ANON: 5:30 p.m., Benson
Hall, Emmanuel Church. NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: 5:30 p.m., Orcas Longhouse, 236 Prune Aly, Eastsound.
FRI. – ONGOING AA: Community Church, noon. Emmanuel Church, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
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Save the date: native plant sale The San Juan Islands Conservation District will hold its Native Plant sale on March 21 from 9 a.m. to noon.
‘Natural Pest and Disease Control’
The Orcas Island Garden Club’s meeting on Jan. 21 will feature Emily Bishton, who specializes in natural approaches to pest management. The presentation is at 10 a.m. in the Madrona Room at Orcas Center. Bishton will discuss tried-and-true plants choices along with design and maintenance practices that will increase the plant’s health and attract beneficial insects and birds to our gardens. Emily has been a landscape designer and educator in the Seattle area for 25 years, specializing in wildlife- and child-friendly gardens and edible landscapes. For more information about the Orcas Garden Club, see www.orcasislandgardenclub.org.
Choosing a business entity
The San Juan County Economic Development Council, in partnership with Islanders Bank and Lake Kennedy 5:30 - 6:30 p.m., Emmanuel McCulloch, CPAs, will present a free workshop on choosing Church. a business entity. ADULT VOLLEYBALL: 7 - 9 p.m., ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 8 It will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 28 from 9 to 10:30 Old Gym, $2. a.m. - 5:30 p.m., Emmanuel a.m. at the San Juan Island Library. Advance registration Church. Potluck last Sat. is required: call 378-2906 or email info@sanjuansedc.org. The class will be offered on Orcas Island in the fall. When starting or building a business, many entrepreneurs wonder which entity is right for their businesses – should they create an S corporation, a C corporation, a limited partnership, a sole proprietorship or an LLC? Making the right choice is a critical part of ensuring future Date: January 6, 2015 business success and protecting business owners from some To: The Journal and the Sounder liabilities. Join in an up-close look at the various business entities. Covered will and be topics such as: What tax advantages Please publish ONE time 3 columns X 3 ½” in both the Journal the Sounder in issues publisheddoes for each entity offer? What Development. personal liability does each entity the week of January 14, 2015 and bill to the Department of Community expose a business owner to? Will forming a certain type of entity give the business more credibility with customers? Sebo’ s Hardware & Equipment Rental Thanks! Lisa Brown How does citizenship affect entity options? 360-293-4575 • 1102 Commercial, Anacortes ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS:
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SAN JUAN COUNTY PUBLIC NOTICE Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) Lottery The San Juan County Department of Community Development (DCD) will be accepting applications for Detached Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) Permits to be allowed in 2015 pursuant to Ordinance No. 51-2008 and Resolution No. 59–2009, until the close of business February 9, 2015. All ADU Lottery Applications must be submitted on the DCD ADU Lottery Application Form. This form is available on the San Juan County Web site at www.sanjuanco.com/dcd or can be provided by DCD. Completed application forms can be filed in person at the DCD office during normal business hours, Monday through Friday from 8 am to 4:30 pm (except holidays), at 135 Rhone Street, Friday Harbor, Washington, or by mail at P.O. Box 947, and must be submitted with the fee amount of $245. Any ADU Lottery Application received by CD&P after 4:30 pm on Monday, February 9, 2015, will be ineligible for the lottery, but will be added, in the order received, to the appropriate waitlist at a position at the end of the waitlist established on February 9, 2015. If it is questionable whether your property qualifies for an ADU permit, please contact Annie Matsumoto-Grah at (360) 370-7585. A total of nine (9) permits will be available for the construction of new ADUs and two (2) permits will be available for the conversion of existing accessory structures, which have legally existed for no less than five years, to an ADU. 2015 ADU Permits will be issued by lottery which will take place on March 2, 2015. This drawing is open to the public and the exact time and place this will be conducted will be published on the DCD website at www.sanjuanco.com/dcd ten days prior to the drawing. The complete 2014 ADU Lottery Procedures can be found at www.sanjuanco.com/dcd. Questions regarding the application procedure and requirements can be addressed to DCD staff either by phone at (360) 378-2354 or by email at dcd@sanjuanco.com.
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Legislative session 2015 update by KEVIN RANKER
State senator, D-Orcas
Happy New Year! I hope you had a wonderful holiday filled with family and friends. The 2015 Legislative Session began Jan. 12. Here are my top priorities for this year. 1) A balanced budget that funds education while protecting other critical programs. As the No. 2 Democrat responsible for our state's operating budget, I will work tirelessly to create a budget that successfully balances full funding for K-12 education while protecting other critical programs such as mental health, higher education, foster care and Apple Health for Kids. We must make sure that while we repair vital areas of the state's budget, we don't do so at the expense of other areas. 2) Protect access to contraception and family planning. A handful of us in the Senate Democratic Caucus have spent many months
working with our exceptional staff to develop legislation that will virtually eliminate the U.S. Supreme Court Hobby Lobby decision in Washington State. That decision allows employers’ beliefs to be put ahead of those of their employees and puts at risk the ability of women across the country to make their own reproductive choices. The vast majority of Washingtonians strongly support access to contraception and family planning. Now is the time to pass this legislation and allow women the freedom to make their own health care choices – independent of their employer’s “values.” 3) Make polluters pay. We are the first generation to experience the impacts of climate change. Fortunately, we are the last generation with the opportunity to do anything about it. Having worked for years with past Gov. Gregoire and now with Gov. Inslee to advance climate action, this session
I intend to prime sponsor comprehensive climate legislation that makes polluters pay when they harm our communities and environment. In what will truly be a win-win, this legislation will not only improve the health of our communities and environment, it will raise a billion dollars a year to help us meet our multi-billion dollar deficit to rebuild our educational and transportation systems. 4) Protect our communities from dangerous oil trains and increased vessel traffic. During recent years, Washington State has seen a dramatic increase in oil trains and vessel traffic. Last year, Senator Christine Rolfes and I introduced the strongest oil response and protection legislation in the nation. While it did not pass last year, we will reintroduce this critical legislation that protects our communities from the dangers associated with these massive increases in dangerous
materials going through our communities. In the end, I believe strongly that it is possible to give our kids access to a world-class education while making sure they have a healthy home, breathable air and freedom from want. From making sure we protect reproductive choices and family planning to ensuring our communities are safe from potentially dangerous oil trains, there are many critical issues that the vast majority of Washingtonians expect the legislature to address. We are presented with great opportunities to work together on behalf of our state. I for one do not intend to miss that opportunity. Please feel free to contact me at any time should you have questions about the legislative session or anything else. My office phone number is 360-786-7678 and my email is kevin.ranker@leg. wa.gov.
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SAN JUAN COUNTY PUBLIC NOTICES San Juan County, as an Equal Opportunity Employer, does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status in the provision of services, in programs or activities or employment opportunities and benefits. Direct inquiries to Administrative Services at (360) 378-3870. TTD relay at 1-800-833-6388.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE REGARDING CRITICAL AREA REGULATIONS; AMENDING ORDINANCE NOS. 2-2014 AND 16-2014 AND SAN JUAN COUNTY CODE 18.30.110, 18.50.150 AND 18.30.160. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the San Juan County Council will conduct a public hearing for the purpose of receiving testimony on a proposed critical areas ordinance needed for consistency with the Growth Management Act and an order of the WA Growth Management Hearings Board. The public hearing will be held at the Legislative Hearing Room, 55 Second Street, Friday Harbor, WA on Tuesday, January 27, 2015 beginning at 9:15 AM. The hearing may be continued from time to time and place to place as may be desired by the Council without additional written notice.
At the hearing, members of the public will be invited to speak and/or provide written statements regarding the proposed Ordinance. After the public testimony portion of the hearing has ended, the Council will deliberate and consider modifications to the Ordinance that are proposed by members of the public, county employees or the Council. The proposed Ordinance may then be adopted with or without modifications. All persons wishing to be heard on this matter are encouraged to attend. Written comments may be submitted in advance of the hearing by mail or at the hearing by delivery in person. Please deliver 5 copies of all written comments to the Clerk of the San Juan County Council at 55 Second Street, Friday Harbor or mail to 350 Court Street #1, Friday Harbor, WA 98250. The Ordinance is filed at the Office of the County Council, 55 Sec-
ond Street, Friday Harbor, WA and may be inspected and copies obtained at the Council offices during each business day between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Summary: Ordinance Section 1 amends SJCC 18.30.110(C)(3)(a), the utility exemption applied within existing development areas (SJCC 18.20.040) by requiring compensatory mitigation in conformance with the requirements of SJCC 18.30.110(E) and setting forth certain mitigation steps. Ordinance Section 2 amends SJCC 18.30.150 Table 3.5 Item (u)(ii) pertaining to sleeved and water-tight drainfield lines is amended by changing “yes” to “no” in the wetland column. Ordinance Section 3 amends a scriveners error in SJCC 18.30.160 Tale 3.8 Item (g) to change the word “wetland” to “FWHCA” because the table applies to Fish and Wildlife Habitat
Conservation Areas and to change “300” to “200” feet in SJCC 18.30.160(E)(7)(b)(ii) for internal consistency. The Ordinance may also be viewed 24 hours a day at the County website at http://www.sanjuanco.com/ Council/PendingOrdinances.aspx. A copy of the proposed Ordinance will be mailed without charge upon request. For more information please contact the Clerk of the County Council at 360-370-7470 or Linda Kuller at 370-7572. LEGAL NO. SJ608894 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands, The Islands’ Sounder January 14, 2015.
NOTICE OF REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING: The San Juan County Land Bank Commission will hold its regular monthly meeting on Friday, January 16, 2015 at the Craft Room, Mullis Community Senior Center, 589 Nash Street, Friday Harbor, San Juan Island The meeting begins at 8:30 a.m. Public comment time is scheduled for 9:00 a.m. The public is welcome at every monthly Land Bank Commission meeting. Judy Cumming San Juan County Land Bank 350 Court Street #6 Friday Harbor, WA 98250 LEGAL NO. SJ609763 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands, The Islands’ Sounder January 14, 2015.
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SAN JUAN COUNTY PUBLIC NOTICES San Juan County, as an Equal Opportunity Employer, does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status in the provision of services, in programs or activities or employment opportunities and benefits. Direct inquiries to Administrative Services at (360) 378-3870. TTD relay at 1-800-833-6388.
COMBINED NOTICE OF APPLICATIONS & HEARINGS Permit Number
Description
Tax Parcel Number, Project Location, and Island
POPNSP -14-0002 Postpone hearing date
Reclassify to Farm 141623001, and Ag 208Cape Saint Mary Conservation Land Rd, Lopez Island
PSJ00014-0015
160621001, 1400 Redevelop Rosario Rosario Rd, Orcas Resort marina Island
PSJ00014-0016
Other Date of Date Required Application Complete Permits, If known
Applicant/Agent Name and Address
Existing SEPA SEPA Environmental Threshold Comments Documents DET End Date
Project Comments End Date
Hearing Body
Trevor Snapp/Andrew Brooks c/o Diana Hancock PO Box 160 Lopez, WA 98261
Hearing Place
Hearing Date
TBD
Rosario Signal LLC Env. Checklist; HPA; Sec. c/o Nels Strandberg JARPA; BE; 401; 9/24/14 12/9/14 PO Box 319 Macroveg. Sec.10 Anacortes, WA 98221 Survey Snug Harbor Associates LLC Env. Checklist; Redevelop Snug 463532001, 1997 HPA; Sec. c/o Francine Shaw JARPA; BE; Harbor Resort Mitchell Bay Rd, San 10/2/14 12/16/14 401; Sec. PO Box 2112 Macroveg. marina Juan Island 10 Friday Harbor, WA 98250 Survey
MDNS
1/28/15
2/11/15
Hearing Key Bank 3/19/15 Examiner
MDNS
1/28/15
2/11/15
Hearing Key Bank 3/19/15 Examiner
LAND USE DECISIONS
Hearing Examiner Decisions: www.sanjuanco.com/cdp/hearingexdecisions.aspx Planning Commission decisions: http://www.sanjuanco.com/planning/planningcommissionactions.aspx County Council decisions:http://www.sanjuanco.com/council/ordinances.aspx and http://www.sanjuanco.com/council/resolutions.aspx
BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED
Permits issued by the Department of Community Development are searchable at https://services.sanjuanco.com/Default.asp. Select “Citizen Services,” then “Permits and Inspections,” then “Permits Inquiry” and enter search parameters To search a date range, use two periods between the date entries, i.e., after “Issue Date,” enter 11/17/2014..11/21/2014 and after “Permit Status,” select “Issued.” This will return a table of permits issued for the date range in question. There is no need to enter a permit type, unless you want to narrow your search. There are also links available on our website. (San Juan County is providing this information as a public service, in recognition that there will be occasional down times due to system updates.)
SUBMITTING COMMENTS AND/OR OBTAINING INFORMATION SEPA Determination: San Juan County has determined that the projects noted above with a DNS or MDNS will not have probable significant adverse impacts on the environment and has issued a Threshold Determination pursuant to Sections 197-11-310 and 197-11-340 WAC. An Environmental Impact Statement will not be required under Section 43.21C.030 (2)(c) RCW. This determination was made after review of the environmental checklist and other environmental information on file at Community Development. The County has determined that the requirements for environmental analysis, protection, and mitigation measures have been adequately addressed in the development regulations and comprehensive plan adopted under Chapter 36.70A RCW, and in other applicable local, state, or federal laws or rules, as provided by Section 43.21C.240 RCW and Section 197-11-158 WAC, or as may be conditioned within any MDNS.
SEPA Comment and Appeal: Anyone desiring to comment on the SEPA Determination can do so by submitting a written statement to Community Development, PO Box 947 (135 Rhone St), Friday Harbor, WA. 98250 no later than the comment date specified above. The SEPA Determination may be appealed to the Hearing Examiner pursuant to SJCC 18.80.140 within 21 days of the date of the SEPA Determination.
Application Comments: Any file may be examined by appointment during regular business hours at the Community Development, located at 135 Rhone Street, Friday Harbor. Comment on Notices of Application can be submitted in writing to Community Development at P. O. Box 947, Friday Harbor, WA 98250, no later than the end date for project comments specified above. Requests for copies of project decisions or staff reports or requests to provide testimony in a public hearing for a project, may be made by contacting Community Development: (360) 378-2354 * (360) 378-2116 * Fax (360) 378-3922 dcd@sanjuanco.com
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS: Hearing Examiner meetings on San Juan Island start at 10:00 a.m., in the Islanders Bank Administrative Building downstairs meeting room, 225 Blair Street, Friday Harbor. Planning Commission meetings begin at 8:45 am. Any person desiring to comment prior to the hearing should submit a written statement to Community Development, PO Box 947, Friday Harbor, WA. 98250. Written comments may also be submitted at the hearing. A copy of the staff report for a hearing may be obtained from Community Development seven days prior to the hearing.
NOTICE OF PERMITS: Information regarding all land use and building permits is available on the County’s website. A link is available on the Community Development homepage at: sanjuanco.com/cdp LEGAL NO. SJ1226599 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands, The Islands’ Sounder, JANUARY 14, 2015
LEGALS
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF WHATCOM In Re the Estate of RALPH HOWLAND NICHOLS, Deceased. NO. 14-4-00526-5 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030 JUDGE: IRA UHRIG The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Personal Representative or the Personal Representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the Personal Representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020 (1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate
and nonprobate assets. DATE OF FILING OF NOTICE TO CREDITORS WITH CLERK OF COURT: December 17, 2014 DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: December 31, 2014 PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE: Martha L. “Lindy” Swarthout 6 Quinta Vista St. Watsonville, CA 95076 Attorney for Personal Representative: Erin Crisman Glass, WSBA #39746 Barron Smith Daugert, PLLC 300 North Commercial St. Bellingham, WA 98225 Court of probate proceedings and cause number: Whatcom County Superior Court, Cause No. 14-4-00526-5 LEGAL NO. S606766 Published: The Islands’ Sounder December 31, 2014, January 7, 14, 2015. PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Board of Commissioners of the Eastsound Sewer & Water District that the time of the regular meetings of the Board of Commissioners of the Eastsound Sewer and Water District will be changed from 4:45pm to 5:00 pm on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month and the change in time will be effective with the first regular meeting in January, 2015 dated January 13, 2015 and all regular meetings of the District will be held at the District office located at 143 Cessna Road, Eastsound,
Washington unless otherwise determined by the Board of Commissioners. By:/s/Susan Kimple Susan Kimple-Office Manager LEGAL NO. S609600 Published: The Islands’ Sounder January 14, 21, 2015. SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SAN JUAN COUNTY Nonprobate Estate of WILLIAM EDWARD HUMES, Deceased. NO. NONPROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.42.030) PLEASE TAKE NOTICE As Notice Agent, I have elected to give notice to Decedent’s creditors. On the date of filing of this Nonprobate Notice to Creditors with the Court: -I had no knowledge of: -Any other person acting as Notice Agent, or -The appointment of a Personal Representative for Decedent’s probate estate in the state of Washington. According to the records of the Court that were then available: -No cause number regarding Decedent had been issued to any other Notice Agent, and -No Personal Representative of Decedent’s probate estate had been appointed. Any person having a claim against Decedent must present the claim:
-Before the time when the claim would be barred by any applicable statute of limitations, and -In the manner provided in RCW 11.42.070: -By filing with the Court the original of the signed Creditor’s Claim, and -By serving upon or mailing by first class mail to me at the address provided below a copy of the signed Creditor’s Claim. The Creditor’s Claim must be presented by the later to occur of: -Thirty (30) days after I served or mailed this Notice to you as provided in RCW 11.42.020(2)(c), or -Four (4) months after the date of first publication of this Notice. If the Creditor’s Claim is not presented within the foregoing time period, the claim will be forever barred except as provided in RCW 11.42.050 and 11.42.060. This bar is effective for claims against both the Decedent’s probate and non-probate assets. In accordance with RCW 9A.72.085, I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Washington that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge. SIGNED Date: On December 15th, 2014 Place: At Friday Harbor, WA Signature:/s/ Lawrence Edward Humes Lawrence Edward Humes, Notice Agent Address for Mailing or Service: Name: Lawrence E. Humes POB or Street Address:1135 Ellis St.
City, State ZIP: Bellingham, WA. 98225 Date of First Publication of this Notice: 12/31/14 LEGAL NO. S607010 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands. December 31, 2014, January 7, 14, 2015.
The Orcas Island Fire and Rescue Board of Fire Commissioners (BOFC) have changed their meeting days from the second Tuesday of every month at 5:30 pm to the third Thursday of every month at 5:30 pm. The next BOFC meeting will be held at the Eastsound Fire Station on Thursday, January 15, 2015 at 5:30 pm. LEGAL NO. S609746 Published: The Islands’ Sounder January 14, 2015.
The San Juan Islands Conservation District election scheduled for February 2, 2015 has been cancelled. The incumbent has been reelected by reason of being the only person filing for the position and no poll site, mail, or absentee balloting will be performed. LEGAL NO. S609805 Published: The Islands’ Sounder January 14, 2015.
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