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Donna McNeil, left, is the new postmaster of the Eastsound office. Dana Starfire, pictured on page 5, now oversees the Orcas Post Office.
by CALI BAGBY Assistant editor
Donna McNeil’s family tree is brimming with postal employees. Her mother worked at a post office, her grandmother was postmaster of Deer Harbor and her great uncle rowed the mail to the
hamlets of Orcas at a time when the roads didn’t extend to the different hubs of the island. Not only did her family deliver the mail but they were one of the first settlers – the Cayou family. This rich history makes McNeil’s recent position, Eastsound postmaster, a
natural step. “It helps that I know the community,” she said. Dana Starfire, Orcas postmaster, calls McNeil’s history invaluable to the job. “Sorting and helping people find mail turns us into detec-
tives,” she said. “The knowledge that Donna has – you can’t pay someone to have that knowledge because she has been here for so long.” McNeil, who was born and w on-island, started working raised as a cleaner at the post office when she was 18. She then worked as a letter carrier substitute, then clerk, then postmaster at Orcas office. She has spent more than 30 years on the job. “It was a long-term goal to be in the postal field and have a job so I could sustain a living,” she said. One of her goals at the Eastsound office is to hire three new people so that they are fully staffed and can more quickly handle lines at “rush hour.” “I am working on getting thing in shape,” she said. Her appointment coincides with Starfire taking over as postmaster of the Orcas Post Office. Starfire also worked her way through the postal system, starting as a letter carrier and moving on to clerk. She said she always
Sen. Ranker ‘disgusted’ by antidiscrimination amendment defeat by COLLEEN SMITH ARMSTRONG Editor/Publisher
Sen. Kevin Ranker, D-Orcas Island, is “disgusted” following the defeat of an amendment which would have required vendors who do business with the state to be in line with state and federal anti-discrimination laws. The amendment did not receive sufficient votes from the Senate Republicans during a late-night budget session on April 3. The House passed its budget on a partisan 51-47 vote, but as of press time, the Senate failed to pass its budget. Ranker was particularly disappointed by the failure to adopt a specific amendment. “We voted to allow discrimination. Elected officials are willing to sacrifice core values to
gain control,” Ranker said. “It was disgusting.” He said the amendment was simple: any business that contracts with the state cannot discriminate based on race, religion or sexual orientation. It also did not require any funding. “I am astounded that in 2015 we still have to fight for basic civil rights,” Ranker said. “Even now, we read headlines about state governments making it legal for businesses to discriminate against their own citizens. We are not Indiana but we are following their lead.” Proponents of Indiana’s “Religious Freedom Restoration Act,” which was recently passed by the Indiana legislature and signed into law by the governor, say it protects individuals and businesses from acting against their religious beliefs.
In a news story in the Spokesman-Review last week, Senator Mike Baumgartner, R-Spokane, said the Democratic amendments at the recent budget session were mostly about securing “political gain.” “A budget isn’t about the policy of social issues. It’s how we fund our state,” said Majority Leader Mark Schoesler, R-Ritzville, in the story. Ranker says he is “not done” and will continue to advocate for equality in the workplace. “I am going to fight like hell that we don't become Indiana,” he said. “We are not Arkansas, we are not Wisconsin. The system is broken and we are not representing the values of Washington citizens.” To see Ranker’s speech on the Senate floor, go to www.youtube.com/watch?v=6whcsBqwFdw.
wanted to become a postmaster. After eight interviews, Starfire was promoted to postmaster in the town of Index, Wash., in 2008. When a job opportunity came up for Waldron Island, Starfire jumped at the chance to try living off the grid. On Waldron she found people that were extremely passionate about having a post office because it was their main way to receive goods or important items like automotive parts that would fix a failing vehicle. The community fought and won to keep the place open six hours a day. She went on to be a postmaster on Lopez, and then this April officially landed the job of Orcas postmaster. “I like the mail. Once you start working with the mail, there is a connection with people. It’s all about the people - it connects people,” she said. “The Internet has changed things. Now we’re geared toward small packages. People are shopping more online.” What makes Starfire and McNeil’s jobs as postmasters on island this year even more timely is that the first ever female postmaster general was named. Megan Brennan is the 74th postmaster general.
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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VIETNAM WAR COMMEMORATION
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50th ANNIVERSARY VIETNAM WAR COMMEMORATION LOCAL EVENTS APRIL 12-17
Seattle and Washington State have an unusual role in the Vietnam War Commemoration, a national initiative to thank Vietnam veterans a half century after the United States rapidly escalated its deployment of troops to South Vietnam following the Gulf of Tonkin incident. Many of the troops who returned home were met with disdain rather than with the thanks that veterans of other conflicts received. Joe Galloway, the Vietnam correspondent who authored the book “We Were Soldiers Once... And Young” (adapted into the 2002 film “We Were Soldiers”), is in Seattle for a week of interviews with local Vietnam veterans. He will speak at Seattle Rotary’s noon luncheon April 15 and will be featured at a breakfast interview session at the Columbia Tower Club on April 17. The Vietnam War Commemoration is aimed at spurring events and activities in states, cities and towns around the country to recognize Vietnam veterans and their families for their service and sacrifice. The partners’ program is designed for state and local communities, veterans’ organizations and other nongovernmental organizations to assist in thanking and honoring Vietnam Veterans and their families. To learn how to become a part of the 50 Vietnam Veterans Commemorative, communities may seek information or apply to become a Commemorative Partner by going to: www.vietnamwar50th.com/commemorative_partners/commemorative_partner_program th
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Vietnam author Galloway to visit Seattle Joe Galloway, the Vietnam correspondent whose book “We Were Soldiers Once… and Young” and the movie “We Were Soldiers” that was produced from it, will be in Seattle doing a week of interviews with Vietnam veterans as a special project for the 50th Anniversary Commemorative. Galloway has been going around the country doing three two-hour interviews a day with Vietnam veterans from across the services spectrum and by now has well over 75 two-hour interviews done, as he explained it, “beginning with Colin Powell and working outward.” Galloway was a Texas boy who became a correspondent for United Press International and, in the battle of Ia Drang that his book and its movie adaptation made famous, he was decorated for heroism on the battlefield, receiving the bronze star for rescuing two wounded soldiers while under fire. He was praised by the late Gen. Norman Schwartzkopf as “the soldiers’ reporter” because of his caring and regard for those whose battles he covered.
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Lopez Island man dies Preysz is acting fire chief, in single-vehicle crash pending agreement by SCOTT RASMUSSEN Journal editor
The San Juan County Sheriff ’s Department identified 36-year-old Corey Fletcher as the victim of a fatal collision Monday on Lopez Island. Fletcher died of severe injuries suffered in a single-car, rollover collision in the early afternoon of March 30. Fletcher was found unconscious inside an overturned vehicle when deputies arrived at the scene at about 2:30 p.m. He was determined to be deceased at the scene. Fletcher was eastbound in the 200 block of Islandale
Road and traveling at a high-rate of speed when he apparently lost control of the four-door Volkswagon sedan he was driving while on a fairly straight stretch of roadway, according to Undersheriff Brent Johnson. The sedan went into a counterclockwise spin and struck several trees along the side of the roadway before coming to a stop,upside down, Johnson said. The 36-year-old was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the collision, he added. An autopsy is being conducted by the Snohomish Medical Examiner. Johnson confirmed that
Fletcher, a Lopez resident, had been pulled over for speeding the day before the fatal crash and let go with a warning. Fletcher is the second person to die in a single-vehicle collision in San Juan County in the past five months. A 43-year-old Orcas man died in November after he lost control of his motorcycle on an S-curve on Upper Deer Harbor Road. Fletcher leaves behind a wife and three children. The community has set up a fund to help the family and can be found at www. gofundme.com/qrmm7q.
With the departure of Orcas Island Fire Chief Kevin O’Brien on April 15, the Board of Fire Commissioners will appoint Miklos Preysz as acting
San Juan County crime briefs by SCOTT RASMUSSEN Journal editor
Woman found with heroinpacked syringe gets 45 days An Orcas Island woman who was carrying a syringe loaded with heroin in her bra while arrested for shoplifting will serve a 45-day sentence following a felony drug conviction. On March 27, Rachelle Leanne Engelmann-Murray, 22, pleaded guilty in San Juan County Superior Court to one count of possession of heroin, a Class C felony. The 22-year-old was sentenced three days later and ordered to serve 45 days in jail and to pay $800 in fines and fees. A charge of thirddegree theft was dismissed. Under the sentence handed down by Judge Don Eaton, she will be allowed to receive 45 days of in-
patient drug treatment in lieu of jail. She will serve 12 months of probation after the sentence is completed. According to court documents, Engelmann-Murray had about $285 in stolen merchandise in her possession when she was taken into custody March 11 near the ferry landing in Friday Harbor, shortly before noon. Several shop owners had alerted authorities about missing merchandise and that they believed the 22-year-old was responsible. While in custody and prior to searching her, Englemann-Murray reportedly acknowledged to deputies she had a sharp object in her clothing and turned over the drug-loaded syringe.
Orcas man accused of sexual assault
An Orcas Island man accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl three years ago, and of threatening the then 15-year-old with a handgun on one occasion, is slated to stand trial on a pair of felonies in midAugust. On March 27, Christopher D. Stovall, 39, pleaded not guilty in San Juan County Superior Court to one count of third-degree rape of a child, a Class C felony, and to one count of second-degree assault with a deadly weapon, a Class B felony. According to court documents, the alleged victim first contacted Stovall,
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a tattoo artist, because she wanted to get a tattoo. The two reportedly then met in early spring of 2012 at a Burlington motel for Stovall to give her the tattoo. Afterwards, according to prosecutors, Stovall sexually assaulted the girl. Prosecutors claim the two met at Stovall’s Orcas Island home in early January of 2013, and on that occasion he provided her with alcohol and marijuana, threatened her with a handgun and sexually assaulted her. Stovall has no criminal history, according to court documents. A Class B felony, second-degree assault with a deadly weapon carries maximum penalties of 10 years in prison, a $20,000 fine or both.
chief, pending a contract agreement. Preysz, pictured at left, started his career in EMS at the age of 14 in Utah as a junior ski patroller. He has been a paramedic since 1981 and has a passion for teaching. Preysz has led programs at Weber State University, Utah State Police Academy and the Utah State Department of Health. In 1987, he became the state coordinator for the Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support Program. After moving to Washington in 1990, Preysz continued his flight medic career that began in Utah and finished as chief flight
medic for the med-flight program out of St. Joseph Hospital in Bellingham, Wash. Preysz started as a division chief with Orcas Island Fire and Rescue in 2009 and was promoted to assistant chief on Jan. 1, 2013.
“This is for adults in an indulgent and thoughtfully designed and managed private preserve.
Birds, Art and Science in the San Juan Islands
You’ll notice that this book is mostly a collection of camping spots run by public agencies (National Parks, State Parks, Department of Natural Resources, and so on). Generally, I try to stay away from privately run camping organizations because they usually do not meet my camping criteria, are almost always monopolized by RVs, and aren’t exactly the kind of places where you can count on respectful camp neighbors.
April 30 to May 3 Orcas Island
The health of a private campground is also dependant on the owner’s ability to run it in the black, and it often reflects a tight operating budget and a make-do mentality – not unlike a lot of landlords I’ve known in my time.
BIRD & WILDLIFE FESTIVAL The Orcas Island Chamber of Commerce hosts BirdFest, a celebration of birds! Nature tours, workshops, fine art exhibition and scientific symposium; all focusing on the health and wonder of birds and grassroots solutions.
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West Sound Café
Opening for the season on Thursday, April 9 Joe is preparing his awesome menu and everything tastes as good as it looks!
Wednesday through Saturday 5 to 9 pm
Every once in a while, along comes an exception to the rule. Lopez Farm Cottages and Tent Camping easily qualifies as a worthwhile destination for creatively blending this island’s mostneeded services (thoughtful tent camping and private cottages) tastefully and practically. If you plan to bring the kids, however, think again. Lopez Farm accommodates no one under age 14 (except an adorable assortment of the four-legged variety – mostly lambs, fawns and baby rabbits. Just minutes from the Lopez Island ferry terminal and only 1 mile from the village of Lopez, Lopez Farm is picturesque – situated in the middle of a broad, rolling meadow…” Source: The Best in Tent Camping – Washington Author: Jeanne Pyle
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Editorial
Tourism season is here
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hen we received an email alert last Friday that the ferries to Orcas were full until the 8:55 p.m., we knew it signalled something significant: the start of the tourist season. And those high traffic numbers will continue with the Shakespeare Festival starting this week. The first step in maintaining a tourist destination is getting visitors out here. And considering that last May through September ferry ridership from Anacortes to Orcas was 8.7 percent higher than the year before, that doesn’t seem to be a problem. The next task is creating such an incredible experience that they will return – and maybe bring some friends. Once they step off that ferry, it’s up to us – business owners and community members alike – to make their time here as enjoyable as possible. That means being courteous, helpful and appreciative to travelers who have chosen to spend their hard-earned money in our special communities. According to the San Juan Islands Visitors Bureau, tourism is the fourth largest industry in San Juan County and Washington state. In 2013 (the latest year with economic data available), visitors infused $171 million into the San Juan County economy. Locally, visitor spending increased in 2014 based on a 16.6 percent jump in county lodging tax. Although county figures are positive, statewide tourism spending slowed in 2013 and is expected to have slowed in 2014, as well. So when families, wedding parties and bicyclists share our islands with us, be grateful they chose to visit the place we call home. And try some tourism right outside your door. Be a visitor in your own backyard: take your family – or your guests – to neighboring islands. And don’t forget to shop locally! It’s more important than ever to promote our businesses and create an incredibly positive customer experience so visitors keep coming back. Healthy businesses make for a healthy community.
Public Meetings Wednesday, April 8 • Deer Harbor Plan Review Committee, DH Community Center, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 9 • Orcas Island Park and Recreation District, 4-6 p.m., Eastsound Fire Station. • Port of Orcas Commissioners, 6 p.m., Airport conference room.
Tuesday, April 14 • Orcas Public Library Board, 8:30 a.m., Library Meeting
Room. Call 376-4985 for info. Meets the second Tuesday of the month. • Eastsound Sewer and Water District meeting, 5 p.m.. Regularly scheduled on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month.
Almanac TEMPERATURES, RAINFALL High Low Precip — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Precipitation in March: —” Precipitation in 2015: 3.95” Reported by Jack Giard, Bakerview Rd.
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Thursday, April 16 • OPALCO Board of Directors, Friday Harbor OPALCO office, 8:45 a.m.; all members are welcome to attend. • Eastsound Planning Review Committee, 3-5 p.m. at the Eastsound Fire Station.
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To the Editor:
Support for mothers breastfeeding in public
A time to remember
(Editor’s note: This letter is in response to the story “Local mothers facing discrimination – Two Orcas mothers asked to stop breastfeeding in public despite laws to protect them” in the Islands’ Sounder March 25 edition.)
This April 9 is the 150th anniversary of General Ulysses S. Grant’s acceptance of General Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House in Virginia, the first and most important of the series of April and May 1865 Confederate surrenders that ended the Civil War, a war in which more Americans died than died in all of this country’s other wars from the Revolution to today, combined. To commemorate this day, one of the most important in the history of the country, the National Park Service is calling on all organizations across the country that have bells to join in a national ceremony to ring their bells for four minutes beginning at 3:15 p.m. EST/12:15 p.m. PST, the time of Lee’s surrender. The four minutes signify the four years of war that led to those deaths but also to the end of slavery and, in the words of President Lincoln who would himself die only six days later from an assassin’s bullet, a rebirth of freedom. Let all the bells of the San Juans toll on April 9, joining in this solemn national commemoration. Joe Massey Deer Harbor Mailing/Street Address P.O. Box 758, 217 Main Street, Eastsound, WA 98245 Office (360) 376-4500 Classifieds (800) 388-2527 Fax (888) 562-8818 Copyright © 2015 by Sound Publishing, Inc.
I personally feel nothing but warm appreciation for women openly breastfeeding their babies. I don’t find it titillating, or showing a lack of modesty. I find it practical and life-affirming. I believe that the more women nurse openly, the sooner some folks will have to get over it, accept, and eventually normalize this activity. When I see a nursing mother, I feel thankful. Breastfeeding is a choice that leads to healthier babies, helps prevent childhood and adult obesity and decreases the incidence of allergies, ear infections and tooth decay. As a health care provider, citizen and human being, I support a mother’s right to feed her baby amongst us all, without separation, and hopefully feeling nothing but appreciation from her community. Melinda Milligan, R.N., C.N.M. Eastsound
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Faces of pain are among us Newborn spotted in J-pod by KIM BRYAN
Executive Director, DVSAS
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Each week this month there will be a guest article featuring information on this disturbing topic, brought to you by Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services of the San Juan Islands. Is sexual assault even an issue on our islands? What do the faces of sexual assault look like in our community? Please open your eyes and your heart as you look at these local cases: • The tear-stained face of a 20-something woman who spent two hours getting ready for a date, only to not remember anything past the after-dinner drink until she woke up the next morning, bloody and sore. • There’s the angry face of a 10-year-old boy who was sexually assaulted in the bathroom on the ferry. • How about the fearfilled face of a four-year-old girl whose grandfather shattered her heart and her trust when he took advantage of her innocence? • There’s the hopeless face of a 32-year-old woman who is forced to take part in sexual activities with her partner that she continually says no to. • Then there is the
POSTAL FROM 1 Starfire recently had an opportunity to meet Brennan at a national postal conference. Starfire recalls asking Brennan for a “selfie” and then telling her, “I’m so
14-year-old girl whose face shows confusion and pain because her teacher broke the law and her heart when he used his position to manipulate her into giving herself away. • There is the pain-filled face of a 26-year-old whose same sex partner is using control to keep the sexual assault in their relationship a secret. • One last example is the discouraged face of a 43-year-old man who finally realized the pain he was struggling with all these years was from wounds he suffered as a child at the hands of his religious leader. Statistics tell us that one in two women and one in five men will experience sexual violence victimization sometime in their lifetime. Doesn’t it break your heart to know that one in four girls and one in seven boys will be sexually violated before their 18th birthday? Locally, more than 95 percent of children who are sexually assaulted know and trust their abuser. These numbers and faces are your neighbors, coworkers, family and friends. And there IS something you can do about it. Educate yourself on the signs and dynamics of abuse. Then find out about proud of you for being the first woman.” She calls the meeting the highlight of the convention. For Starfire, the inspiration of meeting Brennan just adds to her general love of the mail. “It’ like a puzzle you put together,” she said. “I love puzzles.”
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Dana Starfire’s “selfie” with Postmaster General Brennan (l).
the resources available in your community so you can be ready to help. Support the nonprofit agencies that are here to change these faces of pain into faces of healing and thriving. Just ask us. We would love to come and educate you and your coworkers, family, friends, civic clubs or worship groups. Visit our website at www.dvsassanjuans. org. If you are a victim of sexual assault, it is not your fault. We are here to help, with 24-hour confidential services. Visit our website and please give us a call.
By EMILY GREENBERG Journal reporter
Whale-watch enthusiasts spotted another new addition to J-pod near Active Pass, British Columbia, March 30. When first sighted, the killer whale calf still showed tale-tell signs of fetal folds, indicating it was only a few days old. Known as J-52, the newborn is presumably a member of 42-year-old J-16’s matriline. This family also includes a calf born just before the new year, J-51. “We’re just going on the basis of photographs by other people,” said Ken Balcomb, founder of the Center for Whale Research. “We don’t want to prematurely say who the mom is.” Balcomb said it’s too early to tell who J-52’s mom is, because after giving birth to a 500-pound baby, another female will
often take on the role as “babysitter” before the mother recuperates and begins nursing. The mother won’t be determined until the Center can properly observe the calf. The whales were headed north to feed in the Strait of Georgia, and their return to local waters could be anywhere from one day to a few weeks, Balcomb said. J-52 is the fourth newborn Southern Resident since the new year, but it’s not necessarily indicative of a baby boom. “It’s been a long time since we’ve had so many in such a short time,” Balcomb said. “We’ve had upwards of seven to eight born in a year.” Balcomb also credits an increased effort in monitoring the orcas throughout the winter, as well as being in tune with whalewatchers, for the sightings of new calves over the past six months.
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Orcas High School Strings earn top music awards by KRISTEN WILSON Special to the Sounder
For several years the Orcas High School Strings, under the direction of Pamela Wright, have brought home top ratings from music contests. On Saturday, March 14, the Orcas Strings competed at the American String Teachers Association, State Orchestra Festival at WWU,
and less than a week later they returned for the San Juan Music Educators Association Large Group Festival. This was the Orcas group’s first appearance at the ASTA statewide festival, and they won First Place in the Chamber Orchestra (Small School) Division. They performed the Allegro and Presto movements of
Mozart’s Divertimento in F Major. Following each ensemble’s performance, ASTA adjudicators provide an educational experience through expert comments and clinics. Students performing included Emy Carter, Michael Chesher, Michael Harlow, Anthony Kaskurs, Joanne Mietzner, Emily Toombs, Zach Waage and Paris Wilson. Wylie
Kau was unable to make the trip. Emy Carter was selected by the 2015 Honor Orchestra of America to perform in that elite ensemble in Indianapolis on the same weekend of the ASTA contest, and she decided to play with the High School Strings, while Zach Waage gave up his spot in a Leadership conference that weekend.
“That’s the kind of group we have,” said Wright. “They are committed to each other.” The student group Almost Classical (Emy Carter, Lisa Carter and Paris Wilson) also competed at ASTA and received second place in Eclectic Orchestra (Large School) Division. “I could hear you on a soundtrack,” said one judge.
Less than a week later, the Orcas High School Strings headed to Bellingham again for the San Juan Music Educators Association Large Group Orchestra Festival on March 20. This is the fifth year the strings group has participated. And this is the fourth year in a row they brought home “superior” ratings, which are the highest you can receive in a music contest. Moreover, the Orcas group, competing among 15 ensembles, had the second highest overall score, only one point shy of the top score. Orcas Island was the only Class B school competing among 14 other AA or AAA schools. The Orcas students received a one-plus rating and came within one point of the score earned by Sehome Chamber Orchestra group, an auditioned group from a school with nearly 10 times the enrollment of Orcas High School. “The SJMEA Large Groups Orchestra Contest is a little different from other contests in that groups must perform several pieces, and they are then judged on their entire performance,” said Wright. “Our Orcas group chose the additional challenge of playing without a conductor.” The strings performed all three movements of Mozart’s Divertimento in F Major, KV 138 and “Plink Plank Plunk” by Leroy Anderson. Both of these trips would not have been possible without donations from the Music Advocacy Group. MAG paid the costs of registration and school bus transportation for the students. The year-end Orcas High School music concert – featuring band and strings will be held on Thursday, June 4 at Orcas Center.
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Gus (whose family owns Deer Harbor Inn Restaurant) prepares to make a fruit smoothie for the preschool class at Children’s House.
In conjunction with a family nutrition education program, early learning center Children House is once again sponsoring, “Eat for A Week,” a raffle that includes meals for two at 10 local restaurants. Children’s House uses the annual raffle to focus attention on instilling good nutrition practices, which can last a lifetime. Ticket sales begin April 4 and can be purchased from
Children’s House families, online via www. oich.org, weekends outside Island Market and May 2 at the farmers’ market. For $20, ticket holders can win meals valued at more than $500. Preschoolers will host the winner to an afternoon tea. Featured meals for two are provided this year through Cafe Olga, Deer Harbor Inn, The Lower Tavern, Mias, Mijitas, New Leaf Café, Portofinos, Rosario, Casa Casuale at Random Howse and The Kitchen. Proceeds benefit the toddler and preschool programs of Children’s House, which hopes to raise $5,000. “Eat for A Week” concludes May 2 when the winning ticket is drawn at the Farmer’s Market; winner need not be present.
Choral Society at Orcas Center Orcas Center proudly presents a rare version of Bach’s B-minor Mass performed by the Orcas Choral Society at Orcas Center on Saturday, April 18 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 19 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $25, $19 for Orcas Center members, $11 for students, and may be purchased at www.orcascenter.org, by calling 3762281 ext. 1 or visiting the Orcas Center Box Office. Joining the 50-voice chorus on stage will be the Orcas Boy Choir, Orcas Festival Orchestra, the Turtleback Brass and distinguished soloists Sharon Abreu, Naomi Aldort, Madeline Bersamina, José Luis Muñoz and Charles Robert Stephens. A free seminar by Artistic Director Roger Sherman will be at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Tuesday, April 14 at noon, and at 6:45 p.m. before the Saturday performance at Orcas Center. The mass is rarely performed because of its
difficulty and length. Composed in two stages, the original work from 1733 consists only of the Kyrie and Gloria sections of the mass, with the rest of the mass being added in Bach’s last two years. The first usable performance edition based on the 1733 score was published only last summer, and it is this version which will be presented by the Orcas Choral Society. Orcas
Islanders will hear one of the first performances of this version anywhere in the world. Unlike the 1749 version, the 1733 version is only one hour long, and contains many of the most famous movements. The story of the B-minor Mass, how and why it came into existence and what happened to it after Bach’s death will be explored at the seminar.
The Orcas Montessori School’s auction celebration, “Wave of The Future,” is Saturday, April 11, 6-9 p.m. at Random Howse. Come dressed in your finest beach attire. Next Generation Orca Marimba will greet you upon arrival; then step inside to enjoy lively music by J.P. and The OK Rhythm Boys on the main stage. There will be a special appearance by Jaylin and Jenole Peacock, who will perform a tropical island treat. Thai finger food will be provided by the Thai Sisters. Be inspired by auctioneer Mark Padbury, and enjoy bidding on a vast array of offerings. Visit www.orcasmontessori.org for an auction preview. The event will close with fire spinning by Lulu Storm. All proceeds from the auction will benefit the island children of Orcas Montessori, providing essential funding for scholarships and materials. Purchase your tickets at Darvill’s Bookstore or by calling 376-5350. Admission is $35. Free childcare is available the night of the event at the Montessori School with your RSVP. Call to register at 376-5350 no later than April 6.
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Vikings baseball, softball coverage Golfers play at Snohomish course by MARTY ZIER Sports contributor
The Viking baseball team swept a double header on March 30 against Cedar Park Christian, 12-10 and 15-5. “We started a little sloppy in the first game and gave Cedar Park a couple runs due to some errors, but by the second inning we started to hit the ball,” said Coach Jim Passer. “Miles Harlow and Pasha Bullock had three hits, and almost the whole lineup got in the game. Gwydion Marreth relieved Harlow at pitching, and both did a good job.” The Vikings traveled to Lopez on April 3 and came away with another two wins against the Lobos, 14-4 and 17-4. “In the first game we were able to play everyone,” Passer said. “Pasha started at pitching, and freshman Hayden Simpson did a good job in relief. In the second game, Steven Bodenhamer started as pitcher, and our defense was a lot better. Every spot in the lineup scored a run.” The Vikings faced tougher competition against Concrete on April 4 but prevailed with a 6-5 win over the Lions after eight innings. Passer said the game showed
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On April 3, Viking golfers were lucky enough to play at Snohomish Golf Course, one of the nicer courses in Washington and home to Cedar Park Christian golfers. The course is challenging and long. Viking golfers never backed down, and finished knowing they had played their best. New friends were made along with new strategies on how to play the game. There is no finish line, and Viking golfers seem to enjoy the challenge.
Orcas Cup regatta Melanie Flint photo
Above: Viking Miles Harlow. Below: Emily Nichols. the young Vikings have the ond place in league since drive to battle back even if the Wolverines have not lost a game. down late in the game. The 0-2 Viking softball “We were down 5-2 going into the bottom of the sev- team lost to Concrete on enth inning, but Mackey April 4, 16-10, in a game that Cardinell led us off with a head coach Jason Nichols single followed by hits by said showed his young team Pasha and Miles. Kaskurs has resilience. “We dug ourselves a prethit a big RBI double for the tying run. Then Jordan ty big hole,” Nichols said. Randolph stole second base “We were down 10-2 by the and Demitri Pence hit the third inning, but we batgame-winning, base-hit tled back much better than last week. We had hits up RBI.” Despite the Vikings lead- and down the line, but a ing league 4-1 over 3-0 couple players had strong Friday Harbor, Passer con- games. Bethany Hansen siders the Vikings in sec- went 3-5 with a triple, Evie
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Hance went 3-5 and Joanne Mietzner 2-5 with three RBIs. I am pleased with our performance to get back in the game. We just ran out of innings.” The girls next play LaConner.
Brisk southeast winds and sunny skies greeted 28 sailors from Orcas, Friday Harbor and Oak Harbor high schools who competed on West Sound at the Orcas Cup Regatta on April 4. The 13-boat fleet completed 10 races during the course of the day. The Orcas team of Wylie Kau and William Coe got off to a very strong start and early lead, winning the first two races handily, but as wind conditions lightened they had trouble changing gears. The Orcas team of Taj Howe and Matia Schwartz adapted to the different winds very well and through seven races had taken a commanding lead. But the eighth race of the
day they mistimed the start and jumped the gun, forcing them to restart behind the rest of the teams. Their mistake opened the door for the Friday Harbor team of Per Black and Conrad Borman to possibly capture the cup. They placed first and second in the last two races, but were unable to shake Howe and Schwartz, who took a second and a fourth in the final races to capture the cup. Kau and Coe finished the last two races strong, placing them third, followed by Maggie Toombs and Robert McCaull in fourth and Quinn Freedman and Lilly Miller in fifth. The Orcas team travels next to Anacortes for the Island Cup April 11 and 12.
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Island Living Spring is here, get in gear A ride of the zip line YMCA Camp Orkila would like to invite you to come out and take a ride on the 1,000-foot zip line. The camp will be holding a by-appointment only Community Zip Day on Sunday, April 19 from 1:30 to 4 p.m. If interested, you must call the camp at 376-2678 to sign up for a time assignment. Know the number of people in your party at the time of calling. Maximum weight capacity for a single rider is 285 pounds (subject to change depending on conditions) and children must be entering third grade or older to participate. Being prompt is important so plan to
CALENDAR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8 SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: Dinner Theater, improv by Seattle’s Unexpected Productions, and “Who Doth Inhabit the Primary Position,” performed by Peter Vinson and Kelly Toombs, 7 p.m., Random Howse. Tickets at Office Cupboard.
THURS., APRIL 9 OPALCO BOARD FORUM: 7 to 9 p.m., Orcas Library. Candidates Randy Cornelius and Ed Sutton are
arrive at camp 15 minutes prior to your scheduled time. Enter through the main entrance on Mount Baker Road and follow signs to the designated parking areas.
Herb gardening lecture Rolf Hokansson will discuss all aspects of herb culture, including history, culinary and medical uses, harvesting and preserving during the Garden Club Meeting on April 15 at Orcas Center Madrona Room at 10 a.m. Hokansson is the assistant manager for Perennials and Herbs at Swanson’s Nursery in Seattle. For more information visit the garden
running against the two incumbents, Winnie Adams and Chris Thomerson. CANCER SUPPORT GROUP:
Community Church Fireside Room at 5 p.m., a no-cost, confidential support group for anyone dealing with issues related to cancer. SHAKESPEARE FEST: Fundraising dinner – Matthew White magic show, cuisine by Bill Patterson and guests from Seattle Shakespeare Company, 6 p.m. Random Howse. Tickets at Office Cupboard.
FRIDAY, APRIL 10 DEER HARBOR POTLUCK: 6:30 p.m. at Deer Harbor Community Club. JP
and the OK Rhythm Boys will be performing! Bring a dish to share, your place setting and beverage. SHAKESPEARE FEST: Dinner Theater with “Unexpected Shakespeare” and another performance of “Who Doth Inhabit the Primary Position,” 7 p.m. at Random Howse in Eastsound. Cast party and dance starts at 10 p.m.
SAT., APRIL 11 MORAN STATE PARK CLEANUP DAY: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Moran State Park. This is a day filled with raking, scooping, dumping, laughter and a hot lunch. Bring your gloves, rakes and your friends.
club’s website at orcasislandgardenclub. org.
‘Plant of Row’ for others Spring is in the air on the island, and the Orcas Island Master Gardeners once again urge all island gardeners to plant extra seeds in their garden to provide fresh and nutritious food to help feed people who are hungry on Orcas Island. The “Plant a Row for the Hungry” program is rooted in the heartfelt tradition of gardeners sharing their bountiful harvest with others, sowing extra seeds when they are planting and when the crops ripen, donating their extra produce to the Orcas Food Bank. WRITERS ROUNDTABLE: From 3:30 to 5 p.m. at the Orcas Library. “Poetry Out Loud: A Community Poetry Reading.” Bring your own poems, or some of your favorites to read. SHAKESPEARE FEST: parade at noon in Eastsound Village. Medieval street fair with entertainment on the Village Green, noon to 3 p.m. The Seattle Shakespeare Company will perform “Macbeth” at the Orcas Center, 7:30 p.m. Tickets available from Orcas Center.
SUN., APRIL 12 ORCAS ISLAND SEED BANK MEETING:
At Rena Patty’s home at 708 Terrill Beach Road, Eastsound, 3 to 5
p.m. Come talk about seeds, and learn about the progress of the Orcas Island Seed Bank. FRIENDS OF MORAN STATE PARK – ANNUAL MEETING AND MEMBERSHIP DRIVE: 2 – 4 p.m., Orcas Island
Library, free. If you are not yet a member and enjoy all that the park has to offer, consider joining today at www.friendsofmoran. com or at the upcoming annual meeting. A membership with Friends is $25. ARBOR DAY TREE GIVE-AWAY: Starting at noon in the Island Market parking lot the Orcas Island Grange will give away flowering currant trees until they run out.
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OICC annual women’s luncheon All women of the community are invited to attend the annual Women’s Spring Luncheon, hosted by Orcas Island Community Church. This year’s luncheon will be held in Moran State Park at the Environmental Learning Center Lodge on Saturday, May 2 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The cost is $20 per person, and reservations are required by April 26. Orcas Island resident Beverly D. Ohlman will be the keynote speaker. “Get ready to experience the unfolding of your own beauty as we explore ‘every-
thing is beautiful’ with this experienced teacher,” say organizers.
CHURCH SERVICES on Orcas Island & in the San Juans CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Sunday Worship & Sunday School 10:00 am Wednesday Testimony meeting 7:00 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 Church School THURSDAYS: Holy Eucharist 12:15 pm
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 10:30 am Sundays Lopez - Center Chuch Mass 10:30 am Saturdays
Ohlman and her husband Jim retired to Orcas Island after working in Detroit, Denver, San Francisco and Honolulu. She has been a lay teacher and bible lecturer for much of her adult life. In Honolulu Ohlman was the bible study fellowship teaching leader of the professional women’s weekly class for 20 years. Now, in retirement, she teaches a weekly Bible Study class at Orcas Island Community Church in the summer. “Her warmth and enthusiasm for scripture draws people to her and her teaching,” say organizers. If you do not have a regis-
tration form, they are available in the OICC church office, or you can mail your check to: Susan Clark, PO Box 235, Orcas, WA 98280. Make your check payable to Orcas Island Community Church or OICC and write Spring Luncheon on the memo line. If you have any questions, contact Casey Ahrens at 376-6422 for additional information. Carpooling is recommended; there is limited parking at the Lodge and a Discover Pass is required. Call Susan Clark at 3767046 if you need help to join a carpool.
CALENDAR FROM 9 HERB GARDENING: With Rolf Hokansson presented by Orcas Island Garden Club, April 15, 2015, 10 a.m., in the Madrona Room of Orcas Center. For more information, see www.orcasislandgardenclub.org.
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 to 8 p.m., Episcopal Church. ADULT VOLLEYBALL: 7 to 9:15 p.m., High School Gym, $2.
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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Benson Hall, Emmanuel Church.
Obituary Corey Allen Fletcher
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Corey Allen Fletcher, 36, of Lopez, Wash. died on Monday, March 30, 2015 on Lopez Island. He was born on Oct. 24, 1978 in Port Angeles, Washington. Corey was the father of Griffin, stepfather to Josie and Indigo, husband of Jasmine and the son of Bob and Lisa Jacobson and Bill Fletcher.
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How to save orca whales by LORENA STANKEVICH’S ORCAS SCHOOL FIRST AND SECOND GRADE CLASS
Would you help us save our resident orca whales (killer whales)? We have thought of three ways to save our orca whales. Read on to find out more information. The first way to save our
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A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 12 at the Lopez Community Center on Lopez Island. A full obituary will be published at a later date. Arrangements are in the care of Evans Funeral Chapel and Crematory, Inc., Anacortes, Wash. and the San Juan Islands. To share memories of Corey, please sign the online guest register at www.evanschapel.com.
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orcas is to pick up garbage. The whales might eat it and get sick. After they eat the trash they might die. So pick up your trash and put it in the right spot. The second way to save our orcas is to follow the boat rules. When you are in a boat and you see whales you should turn off the motor so it doesn’t mess up the whale communication. If you are fishing, pull up the fishing line. Stay a safe distance from the orcas so they don’t hit the motor and get hurt. The third way to help the orcas is to not spill things in the Salish Sea. Toxins can harm the Chinook Salmon and whales when they eat them. Pollution can also lower the orca food chain. Those are some of the things we can do to help our resident orca whales. Please read over these ideas and choose some of the things you can do to help the killer whales!
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Flag football season starts Island Sinfonia concert
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Left to right, back row: Coach Merrick Parnell, Michael Harris, Ryan Flynt, Logan Babcock, Peter Miller, Cyrus Amour, Skyler Gregg, Maelle Comrie and coach Mike Parnell. Front row: Caitlin Fowler, Corey Aragon, Joey Fowler, Chase Kantrud, Lucien Anderson, Robert Miller and Maddy Hance. Not pictured: Adia Dolan. The Orcas Christian School Saints spring flag football team is gearing up for championship play, and over the next eight weeks will have games and tournaments in Vancouver, BC, Portland, Ore., Spokane, Wash. and Billings, Mont. as well as rivalry games against teams from Skagit, Lynden and Darrington. “This is our second year playing in a spring league,” said Ryan Flynt, the team’s starting quarterback. “We have had two indoor games so far at the Bellingham Sports Plex. They were really fun and made for very fast action and high scoring.”
Island Sinfonia will be on center stage at the Orcas Center, Sunday, April 12. The concert begins at 3 p.m. under the leadership of Jim Shaffer-Bauck and Sasha von Dassow. Both directors will take turns conducting the program; and while not conducting, they will be playing in the percussion section. Shaffer-Bauck is a long-time resident of Orcas Island and is currently co-directing the Orcas Community Band. von Dassow, a professional cellist from San Juan Island, will feature Dale Heisinger in the Concerto for Two Celli and Strings by Vivaldi. The program includes Mozart’s “Overture to
Community news briefs Herb gardening
Habitat truck If you are doing spring cleaning, the Skagit Habitat for Humanity Store truck will be back on Orcas Island on April 20. It will be parked at Island Market in Eastsound from noon to 3 p.m. unless it fills up earlier. It is recommended is to show up early. Volunteers will be accepting working appliances, gently used furniture, building materials, cabinets, tools (including rusty and broken hand tools), full cans of latex
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. through April 21. If you have larger items contact Jami Mitchell at 376-2677 or orcassenior-
center@gmail.com. No clothing, small appliances or large electronics.
Granny’s Attic donations The Granny’s Attic rummage sale is Saturday, April 25 at the Orcas Senior Center. Donated items may be dropped off at the senior center on Tuesdays from
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and Dalila by Saint-Saens. Sinfonia has nearly 30 members including students as young as 10 to several senior citizens. Tickets are $10 and may be purchased online or at the Orcas Center box office. Students enter for free.
Marine Watch Another J-Pod Baby!
The baby boom continues in Orca Country. Pacific Whale Watch Association (PWWA) crews report today a new calf spotted among the endangered Southern Resident Community, the population’s fourth baby in three months. The birth was confirmed tonight by the Center for Whale Research.Naturalist/researcher Jeanne Hyde was onboard with Capt. Spencer Domico of Maya’s Legacy Whale Watching shortly after noon today watching the subgroup J16s with their three-month-old calf J50 off Galiano Island, BC. “We were assuming we had only the J16s,” recounts Hyde. “And as they passed in front of the boat I saw a small calf surfacing next to J16 and said, ‘there’s the baby.’ But then J50 surfaced behind all the rest. That’s when I told Spencer, ‘I think there are two calves!” “J-Pod is certainly doing all it can to rebuild the ranks,” explains Michael Harris, Executive Director of the PWWA, which represents 29 whale watch operators in Washington and British Columbia taking out about a half-million passengers a year. “The Southern Residents are a long way from being out of the woods, these calves too, but this is great news. We’re going to keep a careful watch on these babies and our fingers crossed – and of course continue to do everything we can to rebuild these salmon runs and feed these whales. There’s still a lot of work to be done, but it’s pretty clear the efforts PWWA and so many other groups are undertaking on both sides of the border on salmon recovery is taking us in the right direction. Let’s hope this baby boom means these endangered population has finally turned the corner.” This latest addition would bring the Southern Residents to 81 individuals, with its 82nd member, the L-Pod whale Lolita, now in Miami Seaquarium. Tom and Nate Averna operate Deer Harbor Charters. They will provide a column sharing their latest observations of what they see during their tours as well as provide news regarding the marine ecosystem here and in other parts of the world. www.deerharborcharters.com 360-376-5989.
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paint, vinyl-clad windows and more. The Habitat truck will return periodically until the Exchange is back in business Call Duff at 376-3032 or tpiduff@hotmail.com for info.
the Abduction” from the Seraglio, Copland’s “Quiet City” featuring a trumpet solo by Ginni Keith, Tchaikovsky’s “March Slav,” Bizet’s “Carmen Suite,” Gershwin’s “American in Paris Suite,” and the “Dance Bacchanale” from Samson
My wife and I are snowbirds. We have a modest little place in Arizona that we like to spend our time when we’re not at home at Shelterbay in La Conner, WA. This year, my wife beat me to Arizona so I was driving to meet her when I got in an awful car accident near Redding, California. I ended up being in the hospital for a month before being discharged. I had been to Fidalgo Rehabilitation a few years ago when I had gallbladder surgery, so I knew immediately I wanted to come back after this accident. When I pulled up to Fidalgo from the hospital in California, I immediately relaxed. Just seeing the building the familiar faces was so comforting. Even though I was in a lot of pain from my innumerable fractures, I was so relieved to be back. The nurses have been just as I remembered them to be, wonderful! They are attentive and available whenever I need them. The therapy team really tailored an exercise regime to fit my individual needs. They know just how to push you to not only reach your goals but exceed them! I especially want to thank Blake Olin the Dietary Manager. I have Celiac Disease which means I have to be very careful with my food and read every label to make sure I can eat it. I have never had someone work so hard to cater to my dietary needs. It is so wonderful to have the peace of mind knowing that whatever I get served while at Fidalgo, meets my dietary restrictions and I don’t even have to think about it. I could get used to that. I’m headed home soon and I couldn’t have done it without the team at Fidalgo Rehabilitation. I know that if I ever needed another rehabilitation stay, I’ll be headed back and recommend you do the same! ~Ian Ellis
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‘The Hard Problem’ streams Islands cleanup is back
Acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard returns to the National Theatre with his new play “The Hard Problem,” directed by Nicholas Hytner. Transport yourselves to
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London‘s National Theatre as a live performance of “The Hard Problem” streams to Orcas Center on Thursday, April 16 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $18, $13 for students and $2 off for Orcas Center members. Hilary, a psychology researcher at a brain science institute, is nursing a private sorrow and a troubling question at work, where psychology and biology meet. If there is nothing but matter, what is consciousness? This is “the hard problem” that puts Hilary at odds with her colleagues who include her first mentor Spike, her boss Leo and the billionaire founder of the institute, Jerry.
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The Great Islands Cleanup is back. Bigger and better than ever, this year it’s countywide, with Orcas, San Juan and, for the first time, Lopez Island participating. “The Great Islands Cleanup is becoming an iconic annual event,” says Orcas event organizer Kira Bradshaw. “We’re so excited that it has become countywide!” For Orcas participants the cleanup begins at 10 a.m. on the Village Green in Eastsound. Volunteers
will be divided into groups, given supplies and directions. This year’s cleanup will run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., giving everyone plenty of time to get the garbage and recycling they collect back to the Village Green where it will be documented and picked up by San Juan Sanitation. Lopez and San Juan residents can find out about the events on their island by visiting the event’s Facebook page: www.facebook.com/ pages/The-Great-IslandsClean-Up.
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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.
MEETING NOTICE Citizens’ Salary Commission The Citizens’ Salary Commission will meet to discuss compensation of elected officials on Thursday, April 30th, at 12:00 noon, in the first floor Hearing Room of the Legislative Building, 55 Second St., in Friday Harbor. The public is invited to attend. Written submissions and agenda items for the Commission must be received by 4/16/15 to be considered. Send to CSC, 350 Court Street, #5, Friday Harbor, WA 98250. A draft meeting agenda will be available one week prior on the County website at http://sanjuanco.com/calendar.aspx . LEGAL NO. SJ625008 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands, The Islands’ Sounder April 8, 15, 2015.
Request for Proposals for San Juan County 2016 Lodging Tax Facilities Grant Program San Juan County has established a tourism facilities program, funded by a portion of the revenue collected under the State Lodging Tax excise statutes and is seeking proposals from qualified entities interested in 1) funding single project proposals concerned with acquiring, improving or developing facilities for enhancing the tourism experience; and/or 2) matching grants for operating tourism facilities that enhance the tourism experience; and/or 3) matching grants for events that draw tourists; and/or 4) projects that carry out the goals of the San Juan County LTAC Tourism Master Plan. The contract year will begin on January 1, 2016. The expected outcome of the funded
activities is to increase economic activity in San Juan County in 2016 and beyond through the overnight lodging of tourists, through tourismrelated expenditures, and construction of tourism-related facilities. Program categories are: -Emphasis on Tourism facilities capital program (only for facilities in which the County has an ownership position): -Construction -Improvement -Renovation -Matching grants for Tourism Events and Festivals designed to attract tourists -Matching Grants for operation of existing eligible tourism facilities that meet the criteria of this RFP and the long-range tourism plan (including, but not limited to historic museums, performing arts, visual arts)
-Special Investments that help to accomplish objectives of the LTAC Master Plan (available online at: http://sanjuanco.com/LTAC) The total available funding for 2016 will be approximately $486,000. Proposals are due no later than 4:30 p.m., May 15, 2015. For information and an application packet, visit the LTAC website: http://sanjuanco.com/LTAC or contact Sue Kollet at the office of County Council (360) 370-7470. Packets may be picked up from the Council Office at 55 Second Street, 1st floor, Friday Harbor, WA. Requests by mail should be sent to: San Juan County Lodging Tax Facilities Grant Program 350 Court Street #1 Friday Harbor, WA 98250. LEGAL NO. SJ623675
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Ronald and Heather Rosenberg 172650025, lot 25 plat of c/o Kelly Koral, Permit Resources Hearing Relocate lot Eagle Lake, 88 Larkspur 2/27/15 3/23/15 exempt 4/29/15 Key Bank 5/21/15 Examiner boundaries PO Box 1001 Lane, Orcas Eastsound, WA 98245 PPROV0 Vacation 160913003, 850 Pt. Mark Lever, 850 Pt. Lawrence Rd. 3/16/15 3/16/15 exempt 4/29/15 -15-0014 rental Lawrence Road, Orcas Olga, WA 98279 PPROV0 Vacation 271463010, 79 Bright Paula Treneer, 79 Bright Water 3/12/15 3/12/15 exempt 4/29/15 -15-0015 rental Water Lane, Orcas Lane, Eastsound, WA 98245 Nicole Jones, c/o Jeff Otis, 393 PPROV0 Vacation 271457306, 60 Bramble Bobbyann Lane 3/19/15 3/19/15 exempt 4/29/15 -15-0016 rental Lane, Orcas Eastsound, WA 98245 Brian White, c/o Kerry Burns, 335 PPROV0 Vacation 451413001, 271 High 3/24/15 3/24/15 exempt 4/29/15 Palomar Court -15-0017 rental Haro Drive, San Juan San Bruno, CA 94066 Eileen Branscome, c/o Karen Hearing PCUP00Vacation 463450040, 68 Madrona Palmer, 47 Marion Place 3/27/15 3/27/15 exempt 4/29/15 Key Bank 5/21/15 Examiner 15-0006 rental Drive, San Juan Friday Harbor, WA 98250 Neil and Margaret Sharkey, c/o PCUP00Vacation 173123016, 807 Tomihi Hearing 3/31/15 3/31/15 exempt 4/29/15 Key Bank 5/21/15 Linda Hume, PO Box 488 15-0007 rental Drive, Orcas Examiner Friday Harbor, WA 98250 Elizabeth Bell and Peter Hearing PCUP00Vacation 461313010, 199 Gull th Dunwiddie, 5548 38 Ave NE, 3/31/15 3/31/15 exempt 4/29/15 Key Bank 5/21/15 Examiner 15-0008 rental Cove Lane, San Juan Seattle WA 98105 PCUP00- Vacation 462450023, 186 White Ann and Kevin Peterson 3/11/15 3/11/15 exempt 4/29/15 Hearing Key Bank 5/21/15 15-0004 rental Point Rd. San Juan 165 White Point Rd, Examiner Friday Harbor, WA 98250 Nakatomi LLC, c/o F Shaw, Law PLP00017 lot 352032002, off Wold Office of SJ O’Day, PO Box 2112, POSTPONED TO A DATE YET TO BE DETERMINED 15-0001 subdivision Road, San Juan Friday Harbor, WA 98250 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.) 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 PLPALT15-0001
LEGAL NO. SJ1285133 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands, The Islands’ Sounder, APRIL 8, 2015
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO APPROPRIATE PUBLIC WATERS TAKE NOTICE: That Stevens & Patricia Trainer of Seattle, WASHINGTON on January 21, 2015, under Application No. S1-28797 filed for permit to appropriate public waters, subject to existing rights, from an unnamed stream in the amount of 0.9 cubic feet per second (cfs) each year, for irrigation. The source of the proposed appropriation is located in NW ¼ SE ¼ Section 35, Township 37N, Range 1W, W.M., San Juan County. Protests or objections to approval of this application must include a detailed statement of the basis for objections: protests must be accompa-
nied with a fifty-dollar ($50.00) NONREFUNDABLE recording fee (PLEASE REMIT CHECK OR MONEY ORDER ONLY) and filed with the Department of Ecology at the address shown below, within thirty (30) days from April 15, 2015. DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY CASHIERING OFFICE - NWRO-WR PO BOX 47611 OLYMPIA WA 98504-7611 LEGAL NO. S623703 Published: The Islands’ Sounder April 8, 15, 2015. Request for Qualifications: Consultant Services Deadline to Submit Qualifications: 4
PM, April 15, 2015 Owner: Lopez Island School District Contact: Jennifer Everett, Project Manager (jeverett@robinson-co.com), The Robinson Company, (206) 441-8872 Notes: Obtain RFQ via written email request to the email address listed above Submittal Requirements: The Owner’s Project Manager (Jennifer Everett) will receive proposals electronically. Scope: Provide land surveying, geotechnical investigation, hazardous materials consulting, constructability review, value engineering, testing & inspections, and commissioning for
the Lopez Island School District – Capital Improvement Projects. LEGAL NO. S624324 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands, The Islands’ Sounder. April 8, 2015. The OPALCO Board of Directors has approved the following change to the bylaws, Article III, Directors, Section 3, Nominations and Election of Directors, a) Nominations. The revised language reads: “It shall be the duty of the Board of Directors to appoint, not less than one hundred (100) days before the date of a meeting of the energy members at which directors are to be elected, a committee
on nominations consisting of not less than three (3) nor more than five (5) energy members from each of the voting districts for which a director is to be elected. No officer or member of the Board of Directors shall be appointed a member of such committee. The committee shall prepare and post in the lobby at the principal office of the cooperative at least seventy (70) calendar days before the meeting a list of its nominations for directors.” A revised bylaw document is posted at www.opalco.com. LEGAL NO. S623538 Published: The Islands’ Sounder April 1, 8, 2015.
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PET OF THE WEEK EASTSOUND The Barnacle Fri, Sat 5–2 am Nightly Cocktail Specials 249 Prune Alley Enzo’s Caffé Open 8–4 daily Creperie open Sat & Sun from 9–3 pm N. Beach Rd, 376-3732 Island Skillet Breakfast everyday 8:30 am–2 pm Dinner Fridays 5:30–8 pm Full breakfast menu, beer, wine; 325 Prune Alley, 376-3984 Lower Tavern Lunch & Dinner Open daily at 11 am Food to 10 pm (Sun–Thurs) Food to 11 pm (Fri & Sat) 46 Prune Alley , 376-4848
Mijitas Mexican Kitchen Open Mon–Sat 4 pm Happy hour 4–5:30 pm 310 A. Street (at N. Beach Rd) 376-6722 The Loft at Madrona Now Open! Dinner Fri & Sat 5 pm Sunday Brunch 10 am to 2 pm Starting Sunday April 10 Main St, Eastsound 376-7173 The Madrona Bar & Grill Lunch & Dinner 11:30 am–9 pm (Sun–Thurs) 11:30 am–10 pm (Fri & Sat) 3 pm–6 pm Happy Hour (M–F) 310 Main St , 376-7171 Pizzeria Portofino Dine-In/Take-Out Open 12 noon Tues–Sat Open 4:00pm Sunday Closed Monday 274 A St (Off N. Beach Rd.) 376-2085
White Horse Pub Open from 11:30 to midnight 7 days a week Serving food until 10 pm Happy hour M-F 3 to 6 pm 246 Main St, 376-PUBS Rosario Resort & Spa The Mansion Restaurant • 8am–11am Breakfast Menu, Thurs-Mon • Noon–9pm Lunch/Lounge Menu, Thurs-Sun • 5pm–9pm Dinner Menu & Lounge Menu, Wed-Sun • Noon–9 pm Beer & Brats Happy Hour Specials Sundays
WEST SOUND West Sound Cafe Opens Tomorrow! Dinner: Wed-Sat 5–9 pm 4362 Crow Valley Road 360-376-4440 www.westsoundcafe.com
DEER HARBOR Deer Harbor Inn Restaurant Open Fri, Sat, Sun nights from 5–9 pm deerharborinnrestaurant.com 376-1040
ORCAS LANDING Orcas Hotel / Octavia’s Bistro Dinner 7 nights a week 4-8:30 Happy hour 50% off small plates 4:00-5:00 Orcas Hotel Café Open daily 6am to 5pm www.orcashotel.com, 376-4300
Call the Sounder to advertise 376-4500 Cost: $12.50 per listing 6 lines max.
Who is she kidding!! Sylvie from the star Eeah? If she’s from Ee-ah, I’m from Mars. Come to the Orcas Animal Shelter any day from 2 to 5 p.m You say that was April Fool’s? Oh well, come anyway or call 376-6777. See us all on www.orcaspets.org.
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES
Prices effective: 4/8 thru 4/14 See this week’s insert for more! Open Mon - Sat 8 am to 9pm, Sun 10am - 8pm
(360) 376-6000 Lotto
Stop by Island Market after the cleanup for a hot or cold beverage on us!! Each person that shows up to the Orcas Clean up will receive a card with a free drink voucher that can be redeemed at Island Market.
On April 18th, volunteers on Orcas, San Juan and Lopez will be getting together to scour the beaches, trails and roads for litter. Be A Part Of It! We need volunteers of all kinds to sign up now, and we need even more people to show up on the 18th. We are also asking for your help as a ‘spotter’ –seen any areas of your island that really need some attention? Let us know. Connect to your island’s organizers through