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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2015 | Vol. 125, No. 17 | WWW.WHIDBEYNEWSTIMES.COM | 75¢
Store gears up for Haggen conversion next week By RON NEWBERRY Staff reporter
On his return trip to Bellingham after a visit to Port Angeles Wednesday, John Clougher passed through Oak Harbor with more than just a few community suggestions weighing on his mind. “I had a truckload of samples that I went home with,” Clougher said. Clougher, the chief executive officer of
Haggen’s Pacific Northwest division, has been on the go ever since Haggen started converting acquired Safeway and Albertsons grocery stores to its banner earlier this month. As part of the transition in each new community, the grocery chain is holding public meetings conducted by Clougher and other company executives to answer questions, acquire feedback and mostly to begin the process of forming local partnerships with growers and other food producers.
Oak Harbor’s turn is fast approaching with the conversion from Safeway to Haggen on Highway 20 scheduled to take place over two days next week and the new Oak Harbor grocery store tentatively planning to open its doors at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 5. Committed to being local through its slogan of “Northwest fresh,” the Bellinghambased grocery chain is inviting Whidbey Island farmers, food producers and community members to attend a meeting March 19 in
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Estimated cost for new sewage plant skyrockets
Middle school hosts student culture fair
By JESSIE STENSLAND Staff reporter
The price tag for flushing a toilet in Oak Harbor may be much higher than anyone anticipated. The newest projections from two firms working on the new sewage treatment plant show that the cost may balloon by $40 million, or nearly 50 percent. In the latest projections by the construction management and project design firms, the plant may cost more than $116 million. The original estimate for constructing the plant without the Navy base partnership was less than $79 million, according to the capital facilities plan. And the projection doesn’t include the cost
By MICHELLE BEAHM Staff reporter
Eighth-graders at North Whidbey Middle School got the chance to trace the roots in their family trees. Then they put the trees on display, roots and all. Eighth-grade teachers asked their students to complete a culture project on a part of their families’ history and culture, including a research paper, an interview with a family member and a visual presentation to display for friends and family Wednesday night. “They pick something from their culture, so a personal part of their background,” said Lindsay Brockett, one of the eighth-grade teachers. “It’s really exciting, and they love it. They really get into it, and they love talking about their background and what they’re passionate about.” “It reminds us of where we came from, who we are, what makes us, us,” Olivia Rotter said. Rotter said her ancestors immigrated from Ireland. Now, five generations later, her Irish heritage is still a large part of her family’s life. “I never really noticed it till I got into my project,” she said. “I was looking around the house for things that I could do for my project, and I see my dad wearing one of those Irish golf hats, and I’m looking around in our basement and we have tapestries and special knots everywhere. “It’s all over the house, and I never recognized it.” Not every student displayed the culture of the country their ancestors were from; some took a different approach, Jeremy Salter presented the history of cooking through the generations in his family. “It’s just been in my family for over 100 years,” he said.
Oak Harbor to learn more about partnership opportunities with the Haggen brand as well as to have a chance to ask questions to company executives. Nonprofit leaders also are invited to learn more about Haggen’s community giving, and small businesses may come to explore comarketing programs. The meeting will be held 5-6 p.m. at the
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Funding increase to identify beach access points By JANIS REID Staff reporter
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Claire Panitayasuk presents her project, sharing her family’s Thai background, at the Culture Fair Wednesday night at North Whidbey Middle School. His display consisted not only of homemade lasagna handed out to passersby, but also the original recipe from 1954, a 60-yearold roasting pan and more. There were pictures of him making the lasagna and, of course, his dog watching the process. He said the project gave him the oppor-
tunity to share a side of his family’s culture. “It helps show a lot of who I am and what I usually do around the house,” Salter said. “Overall, I feel amazing with all the work that I’ve done in the past month.” McKenna Ryals presented her art. SEE FAIR, A5
Beach access advocates have something to celebrate. The county has earmarked a total of $175,000 to identify the county’s “hundreds” of beach access points and prioritize them for maintenance and signage. The lack of county-sanctioned beach access, along with clearly marked kayak access, points have been an ongoing concern for groups supporting public access to the seashore. “I think this is a good thing,” said Sue Ellen White with Whidbey Island Sea Kayakers Thursday. “We’ve been talking to them for years, and it was kind of like they turned a deaf ear to this.” Doubling the funding will allow the county SEE FUNDING, A4
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Apple can’t find Whidbey, Langley on its map program By JUSTIN BURNETT South Whidbey Record
Hat Island is getting more crowded by the second, according to Apple Inc. Along with Langley, Whidbey Island is inaccurately listed on the tech giant’s map program for mobile devices. It’s currently listed as being on the tiny isle, also known as Gedney. Privately owned, Hat is in Possession Sound between Everett and the South End. Island County Commissioner Helen Price Johnson confirmed Thursday that she was planning to petition the board to draft a formal letter to Apple seeking redress of the Langley error when she learned that Whidbey’s location is also misrepresented. “It needs to be corrected,” Price Johnson said. The error is on the app “Maps,” which comes preloaded into Apple mobile devices such as iPhones, iPads and the company’s laptop computers. It’s unclear how long either error has existed, but it may have been
as long as three years. Apple used Google maps for its mobile navigation programs until 2012, when it began using its own system. Riddled with errors, Apple Maps made international headlines and prompted a public apology from company CEO Tim Cook. Apple’s iPhones claimed about 42 percent of the smartphone market in 2014 and, according to some reports, are so popular that nearly one in four Americans have one in their pocket. Repeated requests to Apple’s media department concerning the issue were not returned. Calculating any economic impacts from the snafu are difficult to quantify, said Ron Nelson, executive director of the Island County Economic Development Council. Last year during July, August and September, Langley raked in $3.6 million in food and accommodation sales, and Island County $28.4 million. “Would it impact those numbers? Yeah,” Nelson said. “But how much, I don’t know.”
Price Johnson agreed, particularly considering the scale of the errors. “I wonder how many people are using Apple Maps if it’s that off,” she said. She owns an iPhone but said she doesn’t use the Maps program, preferring instead second-party downloaded apps such as Google Maps. She speculated that she’s not alone, that many Apple customers use navigation programs with more reliable reputations, and commenters echoed her sentiments. Yet, Nelson and the commissioner said the issue needs to be addressed. Nelson said his office would be sending Apple a letter asking it to fix the problem, and Price Johnson plans to bring the matter to the board at its Tuesday meeting next week. She also encouraged the public to contact Apple. As a private company, Apple has no obligation to make the fix, she said, but more requests won’t hurt. “If they aren’t responding to newspapers, maybe they’ll respond to more people reaching out to them,” Price Johnson said.
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ACLU questions hospital’s policy of referring abortions By JESSIE STENSLAND Staff reporter
Whidbey General Hospital is violating the law by not providing abortion services, the American Civil Liberties Union claims. The civil rights organization sent letters to Whidbey General and two other hospitals and filed a lawsuit against Skagit Regional Health last week in an effort to ensure that public hospitals are complying with the state’s abortion rights law. Hospital officials, however, feel they are complying with the law by referring woman seeking abortions to other facilities and that the policy ensures the least amount of delay. “We take this issue very seriously and are reviewing the details of the ACLU letter,” a hospital spokesman wrote in a statement. “We are also ever-mindful of the fact that the law protects the religious and moral convictions of employees. What’s more, it outright prohibits hospitals from discriminating against employees or job candidates
based on those convictions.” Under the Reproductive Privacy Act, public hospitals that provide maternity services must also provide “substantially equivalent” services for abortion. It also states that no person may be required by law or contract to participate in the performance of an abortion if the person objects to so doing. Whidbey General’s “reproductive healthcare policy,” which it is required to have by law, states that “women who choose to voluntarily terminate a pregnancy will be provided a referral to a provider outside of Whidbey General Hospital.” The question likely to be settled in the Skagit County lawsuit is whether referrals to other facilities constitute “substantially equivalent” services. Leah Rutman, policy counsel for the ACLU, said the group argues that they do not and that the services must be offered by the hospital. Rutman said the ACLU supports women’s right to reproductive health care. She pointed out that the
Reproductive Privacy Act states that “every woman has the fundamental right to choose or refuse to have an abortion.” While the ACLU has only filed a lawsuit against one of the hospitals, she said others could be filed if the organization feels it’s necessary. “Our goal is to ensure that women seeking reproductive healthcare services at Whidbey General Hospital have access to the full range of services as provided by law,” the ACLU letter states. Rutman said the ACLU is still investigating Whidbey General’s policy, including where women are being referred to. There is no Planned Parenthood facility on Whidbey Island. A spokeswoman for public hospitals, however, said Whidbey General and other hospitals understand that women have the right to choose to terminate pregnancies and that the policies are meant to ensure women have access to those services in the most timely manner possible.
Mary Kay Clunies-Ross, a spokeswoman for the Washington State Hospital Association, said hospitals would need a team consisting of a physician, a nurse, an anesthesiologist and a technician to perform the procedure. She said it may be difficult at small hospitals to find members of the team willing to perform abortions. In addition, she said women shouldn’t have to wait for the team to assemble. Clunies-Ross said 99 percent of all abortions are done in a clinic setting and only 13 percent of women in the state live in counties without abortion providers. Clunies-Ross said public hospitals would be caught in a “Catch-22” if the courts side with the ACLU. Hospitals with maternity services would have to provide abortion services but couldn’t require any employees to participate. “For hospitals, the only way out of this conundrum may be to not provide maternity services,” she said, “and nobody wants that.”
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Oak Harbor man’s death ruled natural An Oak Harbor man found dead in a Clinton ravine this past October died of natural causes, the Island County coroner has determined. Physical evidence revealed Anthony J Speed had cirrhosis of the liver, which resulted in his death, Coroner Robert Bishop said. Speed was found Oct. 9 in a ravine near Dalton Realty in Clinton. He is believed to have been dead for some time when discovered. According to police, he’d checked himself out of a
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Snohomish County hospital in September against the advice of medical professionals. He was last seen around 1 a.m. Sept. 18 when a sheriff’s deputy spotted him walking up Highway 525 a short distance from Clinton Ferry Terminal. He reportedly declined a ride, saying he lived in the area. The discovery of his body weeks later sparked some uncertainty about the cause of his death, but recovered evidence suggests only that he died of natural reasons, Bishop said.
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Beach access advocates pressed county staff at transportation-related open houses last spring on both the North and South ends of the island. Residents told the county that creating an effective kayak trail would be great for the county’s economy and provide protections to public beach access points.
“The one thing everyone overlooks is the economic benefit of that,” said Mike McVay with Island Beach Access. “Everything the chamber puts out brags about our beaches.” Originally funded at $85,000, an additional $90,000 was made available through federal transportation dollars
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ifying projects. In response, the county has tried to incorporate additional possibilities, such as the additional $90,000 intended for non-motorized transportation. “The federal government wants us to spend the money,” said Todd Carlson, a planning and engineering services manager for state Department of Transportation at Wednesday’s meeting. “(However) local governments have a harder time spending it than state governments.” Oakes made the case that using this for beach access allows the county to address a long-standing community concern. “The old vision was truly going to be an update of the existing plan,” Oakes said. “It’s time to update, and I’m saying that rather than using the plan to put a check in a box, let’s use it to fix a problem we all have. Getting people to the water in an island community is important. I think it’s a good investment.” Oakes said that properties that are under county ownership, have good accessibility to the water and have parking possibility would go to the top of the list for improvements. While a couple elements of the project must still get past Island County commissioners, Oakes said he felt confident that it would receive support. Commissioners Jill Johnson and Rick Hannold both sit on the sub-RTPO board and voted in favor of the project, and Commissioner Helen Price Johnson has been a longtime champion of beach access. Langley Mayor Fred McCarthy, who also sits on the sub-RTPO board, said
that a number of people on the South End of the island are passionate about retaining beach access and made a motion in support of the update. The sub-RTPO, comprising representatives from Island County’s governmental bodies, approved the updated transportation element with two abstentions and one dissenting vote by Oak Harbor Mayor Scott Dudley. Dudley voted against the increased funding because he said he said believes the county is simply scrambling for a reason to spend extra tax dollars and that the board can “choose to give back money we don’t use.” “My concern was it looked like we felt compelled to find something, anything to throw money at,” Dudley added Thursday. “It’s creating justification in finding a place to throw $90,000.” Oak Harbor Councilman Rick Almberg, who abstained from voting, said he wasn’t sure the beach access was the best use of the nonmotorized funding. The second abstention was Navy Liaison Jennifer Myers, who always abstains as a non-voting member. Johnson, who chairs the sub-RTPO, pointed out that the project could cause “potential conflicts” with adjacent property owners. In addition, Johnson was concerned that new information on “cloudy titles” will force the county to “look the other way” if they don’t have the resources to follow through on the legal ramifications. The county is currently in litigation regarding a public access point on Wonn Road, where a neighbor claims to own the tidal lands.
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CONTINUED FROM A1 of reconstructing the RV park, which will be destroyed during the project, or planned improvements to adjacent Windjammer Park. Oak Harbor Mayor Scott Dudley said he’s frustrated that his own staff seems to be in the dark as to why this has happened. “My main concern is that no one seems to be focused on keeping this under budget,” he said. Dudley said he heard about the new price tag a couple of weeks ago and asked staff members to figure out what’s happening and to get back to him this week. After the meeting Tuesday, he said his questions still weren’t answered. Dudley said staff members involved in the project were supposed to give a presentation about the status of the project at a workshop Wednesday, but they canceled it because there were too many questions they could not answer. Councilman Rick Almberg said Thursday that he heard from city staff that there
FAIR CONTINUED FROM A1 Coming from a “long line of artists,” Ryals loves art and enjoyed showing it. She said that a lot of her family paints, but she prefers a different medium: coloredpencil drawings. She also creates animations, which was a part of her presentation. “I love everything about art,” Ryals said. “It’s beautiful; it’s a way to get your emotions out. It’s awesome.” For her, projects like this
wasn’t a finalized estimate yet. He speculated that there might be a lot of reasons for an early number to be inflated, including nonessential add-ons and large contingency funds. He also pointed out that the project is going to be built in phases. Dudley, however, said he worries that sewer rates may go through the roof; the project is funded by the sewer rates residents pay each month. Under the original estimate, rates are scheduled to gradually climb from the current $57.50 a month for residential customers to $97 a month in 2021. “We’re about to build the most expensive per capita wastewater treatment plant in the state,” he said. The firm Carollo Engineers has been working with the city since nearly the beginning of the project. The firm helped identify six possible sites for a treatment plant to replace the aging plant in Windjammer Park and the treatment lagoons on the Navy Seaplane Base. In the end, officials chose between sites on the north side of Crescent Harbor Road or at Windjammer Park. The firm estimated that construcare important because it gives students “a chance to be creative.” “It just lets them dig into their past and everything, so they get to learn a little more about their family,” Ryals said, “sometimes stuff that they never actually knew.” Other projects included sports, food, military heritage, horses and more. “I think it connects them to their background,” Brockett said, “and a lot of these people find out about stuff in their family that they’ve never known before, and that’s what’s really exciting.”
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tion costs would be about the same at the two sites with the membrane bioreactor technology. Dudley broke a tie vote in favor of the Windjammer site because operating costs would be higher at Crescent Harbor, while Almberg warned about unforeseen geotechnical and archaeological costs. The City Council decided to construct the treatment plant through a general contractor/construction manager process in order to increase efficiency and control costs by having the construction company involved during earlier phases of the project. Over the years, a lot of different numbers have been discussed. The project is currently at
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the 30 percent design phase. Two years ago, Carollo estimated that the project would cost $78.9 million if the Navy doesn’t partner on the project. The city and the Navy currently partner on sewage treatment, but Navy officials decided not to work with the city on the new plant because of concerns over the cost. In its request for proposal for the construction manager last summer, the city estimated the project would cost $67.7 million. Then on Feb. 6, the city received a cash-flow projections from the construction management firm, Hoffman Construction Company, stating that it was estimating the project to cost $116 million and that Carollo had
increased its estimate to $95 million. Then in an email to City Engineer Joe Stowell, Brian Matson of Carollo wrote that the firm’s current estimate matches Hoffman’s at $116.5 million. Matson wrote that increase all comes from construction, not from “soft costs.” He outlined possible reasons for the increase. Among the reasons he cited are the complexity of the geotechnical issues, archaeological concerns, increased costs of materials and labor, and additions to the project itself — such as a proposed 200-seat training facility, the extension of Bayshore Drive along the southern frontage of the site and improved solids handling technology.
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Oak Harbor City Council MEETING AGENDA 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 3, 2015 1. CALL TO ORDER Invocation/Pledge of Allegiance Excuse Absent Councilmembers 2. HONORS AND RECOGNITIONS a. Proclamation of St. Patrick’s Day b. Fire Department Employee Recognition for Years of Service: - Steve McCalmont – 25 years - Angela Braunstein – 10 years - Shannon Holcomb – 10 years 3. PRESENTATIONS a. Marine Corps League - Dutch Strehle (Commandant) b. Update on the 2015 Whidbey Island Marathon 4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 5. CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD 6. CONSENT AGENDA a. Minutes of the Special City Council meeting held February 20, 2015 and Workshop held February 25, 2015 b. Approval of Accounts Payable and Check Numbers c. Update to the Transportation Element of the Comprehensive Plan - Consultant Request for Proposal d. Wastewater Treatment Plant – Construction Management for Request for Proposals e. Authorization to Bid - One (1) Front Load Refuse Truck f. Application for For Hire (Taxi) License - All Island Express Taxi, LLC g. Whidbey Pedestrian Crossing – Consultant Request for Proposal h. Waterfront Trail Repair - Consultant Request for Proposal i. Authorize the Mayor to sign CWSRF Funding Agreements with Department of Ecology 7. STAFF, MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMENTS a. City Administrator b. Mayor c. Councilmembers 8. ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS a. Resolution 1501: Approval of Fairway Point Final Plat, Division 3 9. PUBLIC HEARINGS/ PUBLIC MEETINGS a. 2015 Comprehensive Plan Amendment Docket
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Preserving the love of learning with lasting memories SOUND OFF
By DR. LANCE GIBBON Parents across our nation are raising concerns about the overemphasis on standardized tests for students, including our state’s new Smarter Balanced Assessments. They worry that developing a love of learning is being sacrificed for test preparation and that the pressure of state-mandated exams is draining the joy out of classrooms. I share these concerns, both as a parent and an educator. This year, the online Smarter Balanced tests based on the Common Core standards will be given in Washington State. Unfortunately, students have not had even one year of instruction under the new standards. In fact, this is the third set of new standards and tests we’ve seen in six years. In a 2014 national pilot of the new tests, only 40 percent of students passed. Nevertheless, current 10th-graders will be required to achieve certain scores on these tests to graduate. When I ask adults what they remember most from their school days, tests rarely come up. What they recall are individual teachers, class projects, school performances, sports, activities; and, most of all, mentors who believed in them. This is what leaves a lasting impact on students and helps shape who they will become. In Oak Harbor, we believe our students benefit most from balanced and varied learning opportunities that meet their individual needs and interests. Thanks to our community’s investment, we have been able to enhance the development of strong math and literacy skills with engaging academics, career technology classes and elective opportunities that help students discover and pursue their passions. Despite the state’s failing to implement the new standards in a thoughtful or measured manner, we must move forward and are committed to maintaining balance between strong academics, enrichment opportunities and mandated assessments. We must ensure each student graduates from Oak Harbor possessing both the skills necessary to be successful and a love of learning. Along the way, we hope they create and cherish many lasting memories of their time in our schools. n Lance Gibbon is superintendent for Oak Harbor Public Schools.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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What are guidelines that define ‘art’?
Editor, Having viewed the front page of your Feb. 21, 2015, edition, “Kraken Released” puts me at a loss to understand the standards used to classify something as “art.” If I took a piece of a two-by-four lumber and hammered a large nail in it and said I was trying to “Drive a point home,” would the city pay me $33,000 and put it on display as “art?” Just what is “art”? Is there a written directive that provides guidelines to what is “art?” If the city is going to blow my tax money, I would like to know the guidelines by which my tax dollars are used.
I see road repair, utility workers out clearing power lines and police controlling traffic, and I understand how my tax dollars are being put to use. But I do not see how my tax money is helping the city when used on a kraken. I’ve had a lot of people say I am not very smart, and I guess this proves their point. Robert D. Brown Oak Harbor
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Editor, Does Ms. Tarrant of Whidbey General Hospital Board of Directors understand that WGH is a public hospital and telling a reporter, “she considered it ‘inappropriate’ for a newspaper
reporter to ask her questions about the new CEO’s contract,” is, in my opinion, inappropriate. Once that contract is signed, that contract becomes public information anyway. It is only natural that a reporter would ask the question. The hospital continually asks the voters for more money — we care where that money is spent. The fact that the hospital has not followed state law by not reporting their financial information to the state for several years alone makes me want to know where the money is being spent. My next question would be, Since Mr. Tomasino is leaving earlier than anticipated, what will be his severance package? Will you spend taxpayers’ money to pay him through October? Donna Taylor Freeland
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‘Coach’ Eric Lindberg
‘Tough Guys Win!’ (Carl) Eric Lindberg was born Oct. 7, 1934, to Gus and Lilly Lindberg in Bellingham, Wash. Eric passed away suddenly with his family by his side Feb. 9, 2015, shortly after a diagnosis, battle and ensuing treatment for Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Eric’s parents had emigrated from Sweden to the U.S. shortly before the birth of their children. When Eric was 2 years old, the family moved back to Umeå Sweden, and Swedish became Eric’s first language. Two years later, the family moved back to the U.S. when Eric was 4 years old and settled in Everson, Wash., where Eric’s father had been offered employment and eventual partnership with the Everson Implement Company. There, Eric became a proud graduate of Nooksack Valley High School and kept in contact with his fellow graduates and classmates, to whom he felt an endearing connection. Following high school, “Coach” enrolled at Western Washington University and began many years of commercial fishing nearly every summer in Alaska and periodically in Puget Sound. Fishing income helped him finance his college education and supplement his teaching income through the summer of 1994. He was honored to interrupt his college years to enlist in the U.S. Army, serving as a medic stationed in Augsburg, Germany. After an honorable discharge from the Army, Eric re-enrolled at and graduated from Western Washington University with a B.A. in education and began his teaching and coaching career in Portland, Ore., then Pe Ell, Wash., and eventually settled in Oak Harbor, Wash., in 1962. During summer school in 1962, mutual friends introduced Eric to undergraduate Barbara Dowen, whom he eventually married July
6, 1963, after she graduated from Western. Barbara joined Eric in teaching and raising a family in Oak Harbor for the next 50 years. This past summer they celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary aboard a European river cruise on a three-week tour through six countries. Eric taught and coached a variety of athletics in elementary, junior high and high school. As for the classroom, he found his passion teaching senior World Problems at Oak Harbor High School, specializing in Russian history and culture, and went on to develop a very detailed curriculum, including numerous student and adult cultural exchange trips to Russia and China. As for coaching, he helped with many sports, finding his calling as head track and field and cross country coach in 1968. His coaching résumé also included a one-year sabbatical that he took in 1972-73 to study at Linfield College in McMinnville, Ore., where he earned a master’s degree in history. While at Linfield, he was also head cross country coach and assistant track and field coach, specializing in training quarter-mile sprinters. Over many years, Eric also taught college-level classes for WWU, SPU, Embry Riddle, Humboldt and Linfield College, ultimately retiring from teaching in 1990. However, he could not shake his love for coaching, and he continued to coach in a variety of capacities up until his diagnosis in December, including Oak Harbor High School cross country, Coupeville High School track and field, private coaching and mentoring with both students and adults, and, most recently, coaching javelin, shot put and discus throwers at EdmondsWoodway High School as an assistant track and field coach. Eric received numerous awards over many years in recognition of his teams’ many successes in the field of competition and for his dedication to student excellence over five decades of work, including induction into the Washington State Track & Field Coaches’ Hall of Fame, Washington State representative to the National Track & Field Coaches’ Convention, Skagit Valley Herald Coach of the Year, Northwest District Cross Country Coach of the Year, and Northwest League Track & Field Coach of the Year. “Coach” had many personal interests. Most notably, he was an insatiable reader of both history and politics, possessing a very large library. As a coach himself, he was an avid sports fan and a UW
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Husky football season ticket holder for more 40 years, attending both home and away games with Barbara over the years. He was also a charter member of both the Navy League and Elks Club in Oak Harbor, a member of both the Oak Harbor and Lynnwood Rotary Clubs, American Legion, Oak Harbor Excellence in Education Committee, the Wildcat Booster Club, Oak Harbor Educational Foundation, Oak Harbor Lutheran Church, and Trinity Lutheran Church in Lynnwood. Eric was a consummate lifelong learner, both personally and professionally. He felt a calling not only to instill this passion in each of his students, but also to model life skills to them as well — be honest, dependable, loyal, trustworthy and ethical in your dealings with all people. And, in whatever path you choose for your life, always strive to be the very best that you can be, both personally and professionally. Eric was preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Ingrid Dahlgren. He is survived by wife, Barbara, in Lynnwood; his son, Christian (Lisa), and granddaughter, Annika, in Edmonds; his daughter, Erin Berg (Halvard), and grandson, Henrik, in Sammamish; his sister’s family in Forks, Wash., including his brotherin-law, Joel Dahlgren; numerous nieces and nephews and their families; and cousins in Sweden, Anders Jörlen, Hans Jörlen, Kerstin BridgemanWilliams and Barbro Balkö. Donation: In lieu of flowers, the family asks for consideration of a contribution to the Coach Lindberg Memorial Scholarship for Oak Harbor High School, where Eric spent 30 years teaching, coaching and volunteering. Tax-deductible donations can be made out to Oak Harbor Educational Foundation, noted for the Coach Lindberg Memorial Scholarship, and mailed to P.O. Box 1801, Oak Harbor, WA 98277. Private interment and committal at Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent, Wash. Arrangements provided by the National Cremation Society in Tukwila, Wash. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 28, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 6215-196th St. SW, Lynnwood, WA 98036. Reception (following memorial) at the Edmond’s Yacht Club, 326 Admiral Way, Edmonds, WA 98020. The family wishes to extend its sincere gratitude to Dr. Amir Modarressi of Group Health Oncology in
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Bellevue, Wash., and the staff of Dr. Elihu Estey at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. Eric maintained an amazing attitude throughout his illness, and their care and attention to his needs were instrumental to this. Their medical support of Eric over the last two months was remarkable, and their grace in supporting all of us will not be forgotten.
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Ronald Andrew Buzard Ronald Andrew Buzard passed away surrounded by family Feb. 2, 2015, after a brief illness. He was 83 years old. Ronald Buzard was born the second of four children in Seattle June 17, 1931, to Lyman and Frances Buzard. Ron graduated from Seattle Preparatory School and completed his Catholic education at Seattle University. A career in the Air Force ignited a love of flying, and he owned two Mooney airplanes during his
lifetime. Ron’s impressive sales career started early with the family-owned Bar S and Cudahy Meats, continued into retail swimsuit sales, transitioned to real estate sales and concluded in vacation ownership. His sales accomplishments span decades: He sold lots at Holmes Harbor Golf Club, Ocean Shores and Sudden Valley in the 1960s and 1970s; he was developer of The Glen at Maple Falls; and he was integral to developing Thousand Trails and American Adventure. In the early 1980s, Ron completed a lifelong dream, opening “Buzz’s Wharf,” his own restaurant complete with a piano bar located at beautiful Bush Point on Whidbey Island. Ron’s career culminated at Trendwest Resorts with his good friend and longtime colleague Bill Peare. Together, their team grew the company exponentially, becoming Trendwest/Worldmark shortly before going public. Ron served as the vice president of sales and broker of record, overseeing sales and real estate operations for the entire company. Ron’s integrity, mentorship and passion for customer service inspired the Ron Buzard Service Award, awarded annually to the Trendwest sales office with the highest customer satisfaction rating. Ron loved being surrounded with family and friends. His favorite places were Whidbey Island, where he and wife Lori retired, and Maui. Some of his most treasured memories are family trips to Hawaii with his wife, daughters and grandchil-
dren. His tight-knit group of friends — known as the “Golf Group” — used golf as an excuse to travel together several times a year, playing golf on beautiful courses and fully enjoying life. Ron was loving, wise and respected by all who knew him. He “never met a stranger,” and those fortunate enough to call him a friend were lucky indeed. Ron loved to build things, as evidenced by his custom shop and extravagant tool collection. As soon as the sun started shining, you could find him on his John Deere mowing his beautiful lawn or driving his golf cart to and from the beach in pursuit of Dungeness crab. Ron is survived by his loving wife of 20 years, Lori Longwood Buzard; daughters, Lori Buzard Reece, Mindy Buzard Babb, Catherine Crosslin, Kelly Crosslin Frere (husband Chris); beautiful grandchildren, Isabella Babb, Gracen Babb, Bailee Frere and Brooks Frere; numerous nieces and nephews; brother, Cliff Buzard (wife Diana); and sister, Mary Coupe (husband Tom). He was preceded in death by his brother, Gene Buzard. A memorial and remembrance for Ronald Buzard will be held at noon Friday, March 20, at St. Hubert’s Church in Langley on Whidbey Island. Reception to follow at Useless Bay Golf & Country Club. Memorials may be made in Ron’s name to The Whidbey Animals’ Improvement Foundation (WAIF), www. waifanimals.org
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Their success in running has earned them trips to California, Kansas, Maryland, New Mexico, North Carolina and Virginia. Now Oak Harbor High School seniors Jonalynn Horn and John Rodeheffer hope their legs will carry them to somewhere closer to home ---- to the podium at the Washington state high school track championships in Tacoma in May. Horn and Rodeheffer are two of the most successful long-distance runners in Oak Harbor High School history. They begin their final Wildcat season when spring sports start Monday, March 2. Rodeheffer is the more decorated of the two, piling up ribbons and awards in both cross country and track. Horn is one of the most accomplished OHHS cross-country runners ever and hopes to add to those
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achievements this spring in track. Rodeheffer grew up in a running family. His parents, Bill and Catie Rodeheffer, were successful runners during their high school and college years. His father also coached high school track for 10 years. They, however, did not “push” their son into running, John said. When he was 11, he discovered a passion for the sport, ironically, while competing in swimming. “During dry-land conditioning, the running part was the part I liked best,” John Rodeheffer said. From that point, he switched his focus from the pool to the track. A year later, Bill and Catie Rodeheffer started the Whidbey Island Running Club, which eventually morphed into Running Unlimited Fitness. They started the club, in part, to give John someone to train with and to help him enjoy the camaraderie of a team atmosphere. John Rodeheffer quickly became one of the best Washington runners in his age group, qualifying for numerous national championship junior Olympic meets in cross country and track and earning trips across the United States. His success continued once he hit high school. In his seven seasons (four in cross country and three in track), Rodeheffer has qualified for state each season and has been named to the allWesco first team five times; he was second team his freshman year in both sports.
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Oak Harbor High School seniors aim to add to impressive achievements last fall. Her eighth-place finish is the second best in Oak Harbor High School history. She is a two-time firstteam, all-Wesco runner and earned second-team honors as a sophomore.
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Jonalynn Horn and John Rodeheffer, two of Oak Harbor’s best long-distance runners, will hit the track Monday in a quest to add to their already outstanding list of accomplishments. He is a two-time league and district champion in cross country and in the 3,600 meters in track, as well as the defending league and district 1,600 champion. Last fall, he set a course 3A record at the district cross-country meet and then finished fourth in the state meet. The fourth place tied Gary Lineburg’s effort in 1965 as the highest finish ever for an Oak Harbor High School male runner. Unfortunately for Rodeheffer, the 3A field was the most talented at the Washington championships. Based on his time, Rodeheffer would have most likely won in any of the other classifications. A few weeks later, he finished fifth in the BorderClash, which featured the top cross-country run-
ners from Washington and Oregon. In track, Rodeheffer finished sixth in the state 3,200 as a sophomore, breaking Lineburg’s 1966 school record of 9:26 (converted from the two mile) with a time of 9:20.19. Rodeheffer was eighth in the state 3,200 last spring and was unable to lower his own school mark. “I plateaued a bit last year,” he said. “I was a little disappointed I didn’t improve at state.” His goal this year is to finish in the top three and go under nine minutes. Last year’s performance is giving him “motivation to train for this year,” he added. Rodeheffer placed 11th and 12th in the past two state 1,600-meter races.
Rodeheffer’s parents also had a hand in Horn’s success. When Horn was 12, her brothers were high school cross-country runners and her father asked her if she wanted to run as well. She did, so her father signed her up for the Rodeheffers’ running club. “It was fun,” she said, and that was the beginning of a steady improvement that led to qualifying for several USA Track and Field national meets. In high school, Horn has excelled in cross country, where most courses are about 5,000 meters. She is the only Oak Harbor female runner to finish in the top 12 in the state cross country meet twice, running eighth as a junior and 12th
Horn gradually improved through her high-school years, climbing from 24th, to 13th, to seventh, to first in the Wesco meet. She finished second in the district meet last fall. Horn has a knack of running best when the most is on the line. As a sophomore and junior, she placed higher at the district meet than at the league meet although all of the same runners (and more) took part. She is now working to find the same success in track, where the races are shorter. In track, she has lettered all three years and finished fifth in Wesco in both the 1,600 and 3,200 as a junior, just missing a state trip. “My goal is to qualify for state in the 3,200, which is my strong point,” Horn said. “I’m hoping for the 1,600, too.” Upon high school graduation, both Rodeheffer and Horn will head to Idaho to continue their running careers. Rodeheffer has committed to Boise State University, and Horn has signed a letter of intent to compete for Idaho State University. However, before adding another state to their running passport, the Oak Harbor seniors are looking to conquer their own in May.
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aindrops and gray skies couldn’t keep Linda Bartlett from venturing out to the back of her Coupeville farm to check on her garlic crop Wednesday. She and farmhand Jason Espozito worked together, pulling away hay that was used to insulate the garlic from the winter chill. It’s a method she’s used for years at the organic fruit-and-vegetable farm she co-owns known as Rosehip Farm and Garden. “This is pretty much a year-round crop,” Bartlett said. “It went in in November. We weed it and feed it and start harvesting it early July. We pick it, sell it, store it, then plant it again.” “Eating from Your Garden YearRound” is the topic of a class Bartlett will teach at the well-attended Whidbey Gardening Workshop Saturday, March 7, at Oak Harbor High School. Forty-four classes in all, including 20 new ones, will be offered over three sessions during an event that is geared toward gardeners new to Whidbey Island as well as those more seasoned looking to learn something new or refine their skills. The workshop is put on annually by the Washington State University Island County Master Gardeners. The cost is $40 for those who register online by 11 p.m. Sunday, March 1, or is $45 for walk-ins. One may register online and check out all the class offerings by going to www.whidbeygardening workshop.org/2015 “One of the things we have learned is that generally a third of the attendees could be new to gardening on Whidbey Island,” said C-J Nielsen, chair of the Whidbey Gardening Workshop. “We then have veterans who understand some of the gardening challenges — the good, the bad and the ugly. We try to balance the content in class so there’s something for everybody.” Because there are three sessions, the class schedule allows one to dig deeper into a certain area of study. “It’s quite a balanced lineup that basically follow what I call tracks,” Nielsen said. She said these tracks allow attendees to take multiple classes in the same subject area. This year, the tracks are: garden design, gardening basics, ornamentals, garden maintenance and sustainability, and growing fruits and vegetables on your own. “Growing food has become a pretty hot deal,” Nielsen said. “A lot of people want to garden and grow things that they can eat and preserve.”
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Linda Bartlett, co-owner of Rosehip Farm and Garden in Coupeville, pulls off hay Wednesday that she uses to insulate her garlic crop over the winter. Bartlett will be among the speakers at the Whidbey Gardening Workshop, March 7 at Oak Harbor High School, where she’ll talk about “Eating from Your Garden Year-Round.” Below, some pea plants she started indoors earlier this month and farmhand Jason Espozito working through weeds with a wheel hoe.
Sort of like Bartlett and her garlic crop. February is the time she comes out of a brief hibernation to start the growing season all over again. She’s getting things started in greenhouses using seed trays warmed underneath by electric mats with long fluorescent lights hovering closely overhead. Already, she has lettuce, mesclun, peas and other plants sprouting an inch out of the soil. “The soil temperature outside is not as warm enough yet for the seeds to germinate,” Bartlett said. “In the trays, I can manipulate that
earlier than I do out in the garden. “I’m trying to get a head start.” Some of this produce will be ready for the first Coupeville Farmers Market of the season, April 4. Bartlett also grows for local residents as part of a community-supported agriculture program. In her class at the workshop, she’ll share techniques and tips to help gardeners enjoy success growing their own food and have produce available at all times of the year. Other classes that will be taught range from “What’s Bugging You: Insect Identification and Control,” by Sharon Collman, to “Cohabitating
with Wildlife: Coping with Animals in the Garden,” by Steve and Martha Ellis. Beverly Gerdeman, a research entomologist at Washington State University, will teach a class titled, “Nature’s Balance: Understanding and Attracting Beneficial Insects.” Other subjects cover composting, herb gardens, lavender, berries, pruning, slugs, roses, tomatoes, drainfield landscaping tips, soils, plant propagation and more. Nick Bond, the state climatologist for Washington, will be the keynote speaker. His topic will be “The Changing
How to sign up Online registration for the Whidbey Gardening Workshop, which costs $40, ends at 11 p.m. Sunday. The cost is $45 at the door of the March 7 event at Oak Harbor High School. Go to www.whidbeygar deningworkshop.org/2015
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Island County Amateur Radio Club Meeting, 9 a.m., Feb. 28, at the
Island County Commissioners’ Hearing Room. A top policymaker with the nation’s largest association of amateur radio operators will update Whidbey radio buffs about the hobby’s growth in the U.S., upcom-
BIRD TOUR: Winter Birding Tour, 9-11 a.m., Feb. 28, at Crocket Lake, Coupeville. Walk approximately two
miles on mostly easy and flat terrain. With tour leader and local expert Ann Casey, you will look for migratory ducks and waterfowl like pintails and ruddy ducks. Other birds you may see include Northern harriers, shorteared owls and migratory shorebirds like Dunlins. This event is free, but prior registration is required, as space is limited. Please register at www.wclt.org or call 360-222-3310.
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k7na@w7avm.org Birding Central Whidbey Prairie, 9 a.m. to noon, Feb. 28, at Sunnyside Overlook parking lot area on Sherman Road, Coupeville. Explore some of the most scenic areas on Whid-
Wednesday, February 28, 2015 • Whidbey News-Times bey Island — Sunnyside Cemetery, Ebey’s Bluff and Crockett Lake — with Kim Shepard of the Whidbey Audubon Society. This field trip begins with a walk on the paths of the old cemetery looking for little birds then heads down the trail past the Jacob Ebey house to Ebey’s Bluff. Learn some pioneer history while scanning fields and farmlands (protected from development in the Ebey’s National Historic Reserve). www. whidbeyaudubon.org “American Idol” Finalist Angie Miller Performance, 7 p.m., Feb. 28, at the First Reformed Church, Oak Harbor. Angie Miller is an independent American singer/songwriter. She has a new EP that just released and she has co-written all of the new material. She’s striving to show all sides of her personality in an intricate and artistic manner in which she feels current mainstream music largely lacks.
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AARP Tax-Aide, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays and 1-7 p.m. Tuesdays, at the Oak Harbor Library. Free tax-return preparation and e-filing for taxpayers with low and moderate income, especially those age 60 and older. Call 360-678-3000 to schedule an appointment. Supported by AARP Foundation. Native Peoples - Native Places: A Canoe Culture, 1:30-3:30 p.m., March 2, at the Coupeville Library. Find out about the new permanent exhibit at the Island County Museum and the restoration of the iconic 160-year-old Snakelum Family Canoe. Presented by Rick Castellano, executive director of the Island County Museum. Ebey’s 101, 5:30-7:30 p.m., March 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 and April 6, at the Coupeville Library. This six-week course explores Ebey’s Landing by using primary documents, so we can hear first-hand the voices of our ancestors. Focus will be on European explorers, American settlers, establishing the territory and state, the commercialism of Coupeville, and the connection of Whidbey Island to the U.S. Presented by Lynn Hyde, Historic Whidbey.
Tuesday March 3
Ready Readers: Toddler Storytime, 9:30-10:15 a.m. March 3, and 9:3010:15 a.m. and 10:30-11:15 a.m. March 10, at the Oak Harbor Library Meeting Room. Stories, music and movements that nurture the desire to read in toddlers. Playtime or craft may follow.
For ages 2 to 3 years. Caregiver required. Free. www. sno-isle.org Living Well with Chronic Pain, 1-3:30 p.m., March 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31 and April 7, at the Coupeville Library. This workshop offers practical skills for living a less stressful life while managing one or more chronic conditions like arthritis, diabetes, high blood pressure, pain, fibromyalgia, etc. Peer facilitators will lead participants through Stanford Universitiy’s program for dealing with frustration, fatigue, isolation, medication, pain management, food choices for better health, decision making and problem solving, and communication with family, friends and medical personnel. Space is limited for those 18 years of age and older. This free program is sponsored by Senior Services of Island County and the Friends of the Coupeville Library. Preregistration is required. Call 360-3211600, ext. 23.
Wednesday March 4
Baby and Me Storytime, 9:30-10:15 a.m. and 10:30-11:15 a.m., March 4, 11 and 18, at the Oak Harbor Library Meeting Room. Stories, songs, rhymes and activities that inspire a love of reading. Playtime follows. For newborns through 24 months. Caregiver required. Free. www.sno-isle.org AARP Tax-Aide, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesdays, at the Coupeville Library. Free tax return preparation and e-filing for taxpayers with low and moderate income, especially those age 60 and older. Call 360678-3000 to schedule an appointment. Supported by AARP Foundation. Whidbey Reads Film Festival, 2-4 p.m., March 4, at the Oak Harbor Library Meeting Room. Based on a true story, this Oscarwinning film is the drama of two very different men who compete as runners in the 1924 Paris Olympics. It stars Ben Cross and Ian Charlson. Popcorn provided. Whidbees Bee Club Meeting, 7 p.m., March 4, at the Freeland Library. Around the world, honeybees are dying, with one-third of colonies collapsing each year. For this reason, Dan Harvey of Olympic Wilderness Apiaries, is breeding “survivor” honeybees. Harvey bases his breeding stock on wild honeybees he captures in the forests of the Olympic Peninsula. For more information, contact Kathy Maxwell at 360-331-1315 or kadamax@msn.com
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M O R T G A G E PA S S T H RO U G H C E RT I F I CATES, SERIES 2007NC1, Marci Kim Wolff, Plaintiff, Petitioner VS. THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK: and S H AARIES. W N P. D O Y L E ; AQUARIUS, Stephen Charles PISCES Wolff, AND KATHLEEN K. DOYLE; Respondent AMERICAN GENERAL Order Setting Hearing PursuantWeek to the of Rules of FINANICAL March 8 to 14, SERVICES, 2015 Practice of the Ninth Ju- INC.; ALSO ALL PERdicial District of the State S O N S O R PA R T I E S of Montana, inARIES and for UNKNOWN CLAIMING the above-entitled Court ANY RIGHT, TITLE, LIStrong are on the agendaIN INTEREST and upon the request emotions of EN, OR THE PROPERTY the Petitioner: for this week. There’s more risk DEof SCRIBED IN THE COMIt is ordered thatreceiving the par- criticism when you put ties in the above-cap- PLAINT HEREIN, yourself in situations where you have Defendant(s). tioned cause appear beH Edecisions. RIFF’S PUBLIC f o r e t h e C otou rmake t o nall Sthe NOTICE OF SALE OF Tuesday, the 24th day of March, 2015, at 1:30 REAL PROPERTY TAURUS o’clock p.m. at the Teton NO. 14-2-00324-7 TO: toSHAWN DOYLE; C o u n t y C o u r tYou room mayi n have use yourP. elbows Choteau, Montana for a KATHLEEN K. DOYLE; a bit to manoeuvre yourself into a show cause hearing on AMERICAN GENERAL the Petition for Contempt FINANCIAL SERVICES, good position. In addition, you’re (Failure to Follow INC.; ALSO ALL PERgiven Pathe opportunity to travel and renting Plan.) S O N S O R PA R T I E S discover new cultures. D a t e d t h i s 1 2 d ay o f UNKNOWN CLAIMING February, 2015. ANY RIGHT, TITLE, LIRobert G. Olson District EN, OR INTEREST IN County Judge GEMINI THE PROPERTY DEYou’re sureSCRIBED to play an Legal No. WCW616341 IN important THE COMPublished: The role Whidbey PLAINT HEREIN, All Defor friends and colleagues. News Times, The South fendant(s) and judgment should help you duWhidbey Record.these people debtor(s) and any other February 28, March 7, persons ring a necessary transition period.unor parties 14, 2015. known claiming any title, estate, lien or CANCER right, interest in the personal IN THE SUPERIOR You welcome your real lovedproperty ones into and/or deCOURT OF THE STATE herein: OF WASHINGTON your IN home.scribed You have lots of fun, The Superior Court of IsAND FOR THE but don’t forget that guests aren’t land County has directed COUNTY OF ISLAND obligated tothe helpundersigned you clean up.Sheriff U.S. BANK, NATIONAL A S S O C I AT I O N , A S of Island County TRUSTEE UNDER THE (through his designee) to P O O L I N G A NLEO D SER- sell the proper ty debelow to satisfy VICING AGREEMENT There are scribed lots of people around a judgment in the above DATED AS OF you FEBRUwho never stop commenting ARY 1, 2007, GSAMP entitled action: you’re doing. It’s imDescription T R U S T 2 0 0 7about - N Cwhat I , Legal Legal Notices
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If you’re the least bit dissatisfied with your professional life, it won’t take much for you to start looking for another job that is better suited to you.
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You have lots of things to settle at home or within the family. When the tension has eased, you soon get over any hard feelings you’ve been carrying towards family members or your lover.
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This week is filled with pleasure. You may get your hands on some money, which allows you to splurge a bit.
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There’s quite a bit of action going on around you. It would be good for you to get out of the house just to have a break in your routine. Some self-assertiveness on your part helps you recover a sense of harmony.
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You end up with a pile of work to deal with at the office. This motivates you to be better organized and improve your efficiency.
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Fun is on the agenda, but soon enough you’ll be involved in something much more serious. A promotion is in the air. You begin a new life with a promising future.
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You’re fairly excited at the idea of going on a trip soon. You finally manage to find the necessary time and money to treat yourself to a well-deserved vacation.
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There are moments in life when you just want to cringe. This is a sign that you need to make some changes.You’ll soon be full of smiles.
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You have to make some compromises so you can re-establish harmony at home as well as at work. You finalize some agreements that lead to lots of responsibilities.
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This week is devoted to work. If you’re looking for a job, you find a challenging position with great future prospects.
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spokesperson Sara Osborne said. Clougher said that the Haggen store that opens its doors next week in Oak Harbor will only be a starting point to what it will grow into over time through local partnerships. “We want to begin a process around evolving our local food supply chain,” he said. “We’re trying to be very honest that we don’t know everything. And we’re trying to start the exploration of growers, food manufacturers, fishermen, spice makers, things like that.” The prospect of a first store on Whidbey Island is exciting to the company, he said. Haggen was founded in Bellingham in 1933 and, with the acquisitions, is growing from 18 stores in the Pacific Northwest to 164 stores in Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada and Arizona. “I think everybody in the organization loves to try new things,” Clougher said. “It’s a great opportunity for us to get to know the island and just places you’ve never seen, so it’s definitely exciting. “I definitely appreciate that it’s close enough to Bellingham. I don’t think it’s right next door, but it’s close enough for us to get there. We don’t know what we don’t know, and I think that’s a level of excitement.”
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