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VOLUME 38, NUMBER 14 • APRIL 14, 2015
What lies behind OPALCO’s rate increases? (Editor’s note: The following is a guest column. To read more about recent OPALCO meetings visit islandsweekly.com.) By Chom Greacen Special to the Weekly
If you find the electricity rate increases, 12 percent this year and 41 percent by 2019, rather shocking, what’s behind the rising rate is even more alarming. Given OPALCO’s broadband busy-ness lately, how much of the rate increase is due to broadband? OPALCO’s answer is only an average of $3/member/month for 24 monthsi, roughly $1 million total. So what explained the sudden need for 41 percent increased revenues or $28 million in accumulated total by 2019? The explanation we often hear from OPALCO is 1) warming
temperatures and 2) the submarine cable between Lopez and San Juan. By OPALCO’s estimate, the warmer temperatures caused a $1.4 million revenue shortfall, a tiny sum compared to the $28 million. The $15 million price tag for the submarine cable is a big surprise, but when amortized over 30 years at 3 percent, contributes only $759,000 to OPALCO’s annual expense. In contrast, the increase in revenue requirement in 2015 is $2.7 million. So what else lies behind the rate increases? The answer is “grid control backbone,” OPALCO’s code word for fiber optics infrastructure. The obscure terminology is convenient because OPALCO tries hard to
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Selected capital expenditures of OPALCO. The appearance or increases of these costs coincide with OPALCO’s venture into broadband but are booked as “electrical expenditures” and paid for through the increased electricity rates. divert negative attention away from its foray into the broadband business. They work hard at messaging that the rate increases are not because of broadband but rather an unavoidable need on the electrical side. But is this so? Looking closely at OPALCO’s 2015 budget, one will find an intriguing pattern of capital expenditure. Certain “electrical business” items on OPALCO’s capital projects budget happen to skyrocket or suddenly manifest, in tandem with the startup of the broadband business (see graph). For example, “underground cable replacement” (reads: fiber optics trenching) expenditure in 2014 quadrupled that of the pre-broadband years. The appearance of such new line items as “Headquarter facilities” (office expansion) or “Computers/servers/
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software” coincided with OPALCO’s venture into broadband. And so did the $7.5 million expenditure on “Fiber/microwave infrastructure.” These items add up to over $25 million, dwarfing the $15 million submarine cable. Besides capital expenditures, operations budget is also skyrocketing. “Member communications” (PR machine) expenses have more than doubled and will triple, and so will
“Grid control communication design” expenses. Two Communication Technicians positions and an apprentice are on the (electric) Operations Department this year. Perhaps these rising costs and investments are partially justified and costeffective from the electrical perspective. Still, questions remain. How much of these budgeted costs are beyond electrical necessity? And will there be more to come? OPALCO’s attempt to hide its charitable but costly act of “facilitating” broadband under the “electrical” rug not only causes hardships on membership, but also violates our trust. The financial outlay of what
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OPALCO is doing now may be no different than the failed broadband plan that OPALCO put forward to the membership two years ago. The key differences are: two years ago, we at least had a chance to see the business plan with known impacts on the rates ($15/ member/month across membership plus additional fees for subscribers), and we were given the opportunity to vote yay or nay with our checkbook. Now, there is very little transparency of information regarding OPALCO’s broadband costs, plans and rate impacts, but the electricity fixed charges have been approved to rise to $78/ month by 2019, an increase of $50/member/month from year 2014. Worse, the members-owners had no say this time but to pay up or get disconnected due to unaffordability. What is more alarming is the fact that the rising costs and investments, not to mention the debt OPALCO got itself into to provide a $7.5 million loan to the new internet service company (NewCo), has pushed OPALCO financially over the brink. For the first time in decades, OPALCO was unable to meet a debt service coverage ratio (called “TIER”) and thus violated its SEE INCREASES, PAGE 3
Community Calendar
TUES THRU MAY 26 GAMES: Pinochle card games, 7 p.m., Woodmen Hall, $2 per player.
THURS, ONGOING EVENT: Thursday Tech Time, 6 - 7 p.m., Library Community Room, led by Library Director Lou Pray. Lou and others are on-hand to help you better navigate your Kindle, tablet, smartphone or iPad. Learn to download movies, music,
books and apps on to your devices and access software at your own speed. Learn about Microsoft IT Academy and Lynda.com. Visit lopezlibrary.org for more info.
WEDS THRU APR. 28 EVENT: “Years of Living Dangerously” film series and community conversation, 7 - 9 p.m., the Gathering Place at the Hamlet. Showing of “Years of Living Dangerously,” an Emmy-
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rates are the right decision. Utilities recover costs from three rate components: Facility, Energy and Demand Charges. Each member pays the same Facility Charge, intended to cover costs to build, maintain and replace equipment such as cables. The Energy and Demand Charges cover payments to BPA and your bill goes up with consumption. In 2014 facilities represented 73 percent of OPALCO’s costs. But only 25% of OPALCO’s costs were collected from the Facility Charge. Instead OPALCO
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“Show and Tell.” What’s new in the quilting world? Join us as Laurie Latta defines the modern quilting movement. There will be locally made modern quilts on display along with Laurie’s presentation.
The workshop is FREE and DINNER and CHILDCARE is provided. Parents, caregivers, and other community members welcome. Email kristina@dvsassanjuans.org or call 468-3788. Space is limited.
adult. Please RSVP with the Elementary Office. EVENT: North Pacific Gray Whales, 7 - 8 p.m., Woodmen Hall. Dr. James Sumich, OSU fisheries and faculty leads discussion.
EVENT: Lopez Summer Workshops registration opens, 8 a.m., 80+ workshops, activities, camps and adventures for all ages to choose from! Classes may fill up quickly. To register, visit www.lifrc.org, call 4684117, or stop by the Family Resource Center.
TUES, APRIL 14 MEETING: Enchanted Quilters Meeting, 9:30 a.m. coffee and goodies, 10 a.m. Laurie’s program, then
WEDS, APRIL 15 EVENT: Parent Workshop, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m., Lopez Island Community Church. It takes a village to raise and protect a child. DVSAS invites you to participate in a four-week workshop designed to educate, empower and build your skills to protect children from sexual abuse. We will practice boundary-setting, nonthreatening intervention, and talking to our children about healthy relationships and sexuality.
SAT, APRIL 18 EVENT: Session 4: Simple Homestead Carpentry, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Saturday, Midnight Farm. Bring your own tools and scrap wood if you can, but we’ll have extra. Fee: $15. Ages 18 and up. Pre-registration required; visit www.lifrc. org. EVENT: Great Islands Clean Up, Lopez Island, 10 a.m. 2 p.m. Register at Lopez Community Center. Clean up at 11 beaches, 9 roadside areas.
recovers most facility costs from the Energy Charge. Electricity use is going down as homeowners install efficiency measures and solar panels. That’s good for the environment. But OPALCO’s ability to collect revenues to maintain facilities is at risk when energy use falls. If the Energy Rate is raised to cover facility costs it may lead members to switch heating to propane, heating oil and wood. That increases greenhouse gases and further reduces revenues. There is also an equity issue. Seasonal residents pay for energy use mostly when they are on island. But the cables are available year-round. Keeping facility costs in the Energy Charge
shifts responsibility to yearround residents. We don’t pay property taxes for roads just when we are driving. In 2015, OPALCO’s new rates will collect 33 percent of facility costs from this charge. By 2019 it may increase to 47 percent, still well under actual costs of 75 percent. The Energy Charge still sends a signal for efficiency investments with the new Block 3 rate for large users. I’m concerned about the impacts of increasing bills. The PAL program to assist low-income families is insufficient. We should be careful in trying to tune the rates to protect these families. A low energy consumer could be a wealthy household with a large investment in solar
energy and efficiency. A more effective approach is to expand low-income assistance through OPALCO revenues devoted to home efficiency and rate relief. The Board has taken a thoughtful step in adjusting the charges and phasing in the change over five years to reduce rate shock.
SUN, APRIL 12 MEETING: ”Memorable Islanders, Lopez and Beyond,” 2 p.m., the Gathering Place. Meeting will include Nancy’s stories, tales and historical anecdotes about early European settlers here. Learn about Adelia Chadwick, a Native woman who married a Civil War veteran and homesteaded Watmough Head; Christopher Carruthers, 1900 postmaster down at Mud Bay, and many others.
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THURS, APRIL 16 EVENT: Lopez Elementary Men’s Lunch, 11 a.m., Lopez Elementary students get to invite a special person in their life to join them for lunch! Cost: $5.50 per
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OPALCO, Rock Island, clean cheap electricity, a positive future. The Internet collaboration and merger between OPALCO and Rock Island is an extraordinarily important community benefitting achievement. A loan from each energy member of $3/ month for two years to be fully paid back in subsequent years, allows Rock Island to provide fiber Internet access that will invite economic development, create good paying jobs, and the cash flow into OPALCO will contribute to paying future submarine cable expenses. I fully support this important achievement, a giant step toward providing high speed internet and emergency and cell phone coverage. I
confidently look forward to the County economy and OPALCO members reaping the benefits. Most impor tantly, although our 20 Island service area has one of the most complex and expensive infrastructures in the nation, OPALCO continues to reliably deliver the cleanest electricity at the lowest possible cost, while helping members save money through extensive energy efficiency programs. During this continuing recession, since 2008, we have held back rates, delayed grid updates and used up reserves. With recent revenue shortfalls, grid updates that will no longer wait, and future cable replacements upon us, we have had to increase rates to start replenishing reserves to keep our non-profit Cooperative healthy and sustainable. Despite this, OPALCO still leads the nation in delivering low carbon low cost electricity. OPALCO electricity continues to be among the cheapest in the nation. Check it out at http://is.gd/ypy5KN My goal, apart from getting us high speed internet and emergency and cell phone coverage, is to ensure SEE LETTERS, PAGE 3
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directors left the board a few years ago. Has the OPALCO leadership of the past three years essentially led the co-op astray? Has the membership been kept in the dark, fed partial truths, excluded from important decisions, brought to a financial cliff edge, and now “asked” for a blank check? Affordability of electricity service, financial prudence and good governance got tossed aside. For what? For whom? It is time we ask hard questions, and demand straight answers and change from the board and management. For the upcoming election of two OPALCO board positions and the Annual Meeting on May 2, make your vote count and voice heard.
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loan covenants. Considering OPALCO’s massive equity cushion (TIER over four times the required level) just three years prior, this is a plunder of epic proportion. In an attempt to appease its lender, OPALCO’s board decided to soon introduce a “cost recovery charge” mechanism whereby future shortfalls in revenues will be calculated monthly and recovered through increases in the monthly fixed charge. Doesn’t this smell like a “blank check”? It also merely addresses the symptoms, but not the underlying problems. OPALCO is on a dangerous, slippery slope. In hindsight, it was no surprise two financially savvy
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OPALCO continues to reliably deliver the cleanest electricity, at lowest cost, when you need it, and, fairly allocates the costs of doing so. With my understanding of our local environment, and my technical skills and utility
CHRIS THOMERSON OPALCO Board Candidate (Incumbent)
Will your home let you ‘age in place’? By Liz Taylor
None of us gets old overnight. We don’t go from, say, age 60 to age 80 in a day. There are years in between and steps we need to take while we’re healthy that will allow us to age with grace. The first rule: live in the right house. Unfortunately, many of us live in homes that are unsuited for even the most minimal impairment. We expect to die at home yet sabotage ourselves by choosing the wrong house! Where do you live? If you’re wise, you’ll live in a place that will adapt as your needs change, that will allow you to “age in place.” Since most of us don’t get to peek at how we will age, the trick is to select a home that offers maximum flexibility. Then, as your needs change -- let’s say you have hip surgery, have emphysema or break an ankle -- your home will allow you to continue to live comfortably with a minimum of remodeling or human assistance. Typically, a home that does this best has: • A toilet and a bath/
shower on the main floor • No step entries • Living spaces on the ground floor (bedroom, kitchen, washer/dryer) • Extra-wide hallways • Accessible light switches and door levers (not knobs) According to the 2011 American Housing Survey, just 1 percent of housing in America has these features. A study last year from Harvard University puts it this way: “America is rapidly aging with housing built for the young. That is, most homes aren’t set up for the increasing disabilities and needs of people who are slowing down and becoming impaired. Much of America’s housing is multi-story, with the master bedroom on the second floor, often the bathroom upstairs as well, lawn that needs weekly mowing, where the mailbox is a stroll away, and where everyday errands require a driver’s license.” www.jchs.har var d.edu/ research/housing_housing_ americas_older_adult. By making homes acces-
population on Lopez), architects and developers must re-think the layouts of their buildings. And so must home buyers. A realtor told me recently that he sees many retirees building their “dream houses” – full of stairs, lavish empty spaces and long halls. All it takes for the dream to become a nightmare is a slight problem with mobility – and suddenly you can’t live there anymore. Why risk this when there are more adaptable designs available? Join Liz at Lopez’ Death Cafe – a phenomenon that attracted 75 people on Orcas – to discuss our death and dying on Sunday, May 3, 2:30 pm at Lopez Public Library.
sible for the old, we make them welcoming and useable (and marketable) for all -- whether we’re 9 months old or 90 years old: for dads pushing strollers, children on crutches, or someone who just wants a grandparent or friend in a wheelchair to visit. Some communities, like Atlanta, GA, require private homeowners and commercial builders to incorporate accessibility features in all new homes. Twenty years ago, homebuilders weren’t considering the housing needs of an aging society. Today they have no excuse. As 76 million boomers pass from middle to old age over the next 40 years (44% of our
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Dr. Bob Baugher to speak on Storytelling in the Digital Age differences in the grief process By Tim Fry of 468 Communications Special to the Weekly
Did you ever wonder why some people cry more than others in the aftermath of a loss, or how it is that your ways of coping appear to be so different from another’s ways? Author and psychologist Bob Baugher, doctorate, is offering a free lecture and discussion on individual differences in the grieving process, titled “Of Course We’re Different – But Why?: Appreciating Individual Differences in Grieving.” His presentation, spon-
sored by Lopez Island Hospice and Home Support, will be held in the library community room on Saturday, April 18, 10 a.m. until noon. As a psychology instructor at Highline Community College in Des Moines, Wash., and as a much sought-after speaker and workshop leader, Baugher has taught extensively on subjects related to bereavement and coping with loss. He has authored seven books on topics that include
grief after traumatic loss and suicide, guilt and bereavement, and helping children cope. He has studied how and why individuals grieve differently and will help us understand how to make room for those variations. In this presentation, Baugher will discuss gender and personality differences, interpersonal and couple differences, and many predisposing factors such as belief systems, guilt and anger. His class will conclude with suggestions for dealing with differences, with the goal of enhancing acceptance and understanding of ourselves and of others. For further info, call Lopez Island Hospice and Home Support, 468-4446.
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April 30 - May 3 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.
Several years ago, the Chief Marketing Officer for a large software company in Redmond, Wash., called me in a panic. Her company’s reputation was in a tailspin. Her marketing materials were full of technical jargon. And, if customers told stories about her company over social media, they’d talk about the last time their computer crashed. The root of the problem? Her organization didn’t know how to tell stories. She asked me to create a storytelling curriculum for her marketing department. The crisis that CMO faced is not unique. People who run organizations, big and small, get caught up in the business of running their business: creating and delivering products or services, managing a workforce, keeping the lights on; all very important and rational things. What they can lose sight of are the emotional criteria on which people – employees, customers, and partners – base their decisions. That’s why storytelling is such a critical skill for any organization to have. Never has storytelling been more important (and more pervasive) than in the digital age. Today, anybody with an Internet connection is a member of the media. Reputations of the most powerful people and organizations can be made or destroyed
in minutes. The whole world might as well be as small as Lopez Island. From a digital perspective, it is. Keeping up with the latest digital platforms can seem daunting. Every day there’s a new social media platform that we’re being told we must be on. Communications media come and go. What remains constant is the importance of telling a good story. None of these platforms are effective unless they carry a compelling message that resonates with an audience and delivers a clear call-to-action. When you have a good story, people will retell it. With this as context, I will be leading a workshop from 1 - 4:30 p.m. on April 19 at the Lopez Library: “Interactive Storytelling in the Digital Age.” In addition to showing examples of good (and bad) storytelling, the workshop gives participants a framework they can use to create and tell their own stories. And, because we do live in a digital age, we’ll talk about how to make those stories easily shareable via social media. Many of the story examples used will be stories I’ve collected from the people on Lopez Island for www.project468.com. I hope to see you at the library on April 19. What’s your story? To learn more about the workshop, visit: http://lopezlibrar y.org/interactive-stor ytelling-in-the-digital-age-with-tim-fr y-sunapr-19th-1-430-pm/.
Great Island Cleanup April 18
Great Island Cleanup is Saturday, April 18. In celebration of Earth Day. Lopez has chosen 11 beaches and nine roadside areas. Organizers invite you to join them for this event. Register at Lopez Community Center. Many of you regularly detrash roads and beaches on
Lopez, and we thank you. This annual event is a time to join a host of other Lopezians and give the island a good spring cleaning. There will be prizes for best costume, most interesting thing found and largest load delivered on a cargo bike. Join the community
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for a pre-event free yoga class (gentle yoga taught by Nikyta Palmisani) at the Lopez Center for Community and the Arts from, 8-8:45 a.m. on April 18, then open registration from 9-10 a.m. Call Nikyta at 468-2555 to leave a message or emailnikytap@lopezsolidwaste. org. The Lopez Great Islands Cleanup is currently sponsored by: Lopez Solid Waste Disposal District, San Juan Islands National Monument, Odlin Park, San Juan Preservation Trust, San Juan County Land Bank, Spencer Spit State Park, Lopez Community Land Trust and the Islands Energy Coalition.
Celebrate birds at BirdFest's All Things Birds and Beautiful Art Show and Sale. This juried fine art/ fine craft exhibit brings the best bird art together in a variety of media and style sure to please everyone. This year's scientific symposium “May Day! The Future of Salish Sea Birds” brings delegates throughout the region together to deliberate the health and future of the birds in the Salish Sea. Scientific discussions on the Changing Weather, Changing Lands, and Changing Seas will enlighten and give grassroots solutions to festival attendees. May 1 at 3 p.m. at Random Howse in Eastsound presents Richard Bach, author of “Jonathan Livingston Seagull”. Saturday, May 2 is the Orcas Island BirdFest banquet and mixer at Inn at Ship Bay. The featured speaker is Dr. John M. Marzlu of the University of Washington. Dr. Marzluff will talk about his research with birds and how best to live with wildlife. He will be signing his latest book “Subirdia: Sharing our Neighborhood with Wrens, Robins, Woodpeckers and Other Wildlife.”
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Education Foundation shines a light
The light in the children’s eyes speaks of wonder and curiosity. That is what parents, teachers and all of us wish to see and nurture in every child. That is also the spark that educational enrichment activities hope to inspire and are being made possible for Lopez Island children by the Lopez Island Education Foundation. That light in the eyes was evident on the faces of third and fifth-graders from Lopez Island Elementary School who went on a science field trip to the Pacific Science Center on Jan. 29. The Education Foundation helped fund the trip expenses. “It was an amazing trip,” said third-grader Drake
Goodrich. For several students, the trip was their first time to the PSC. “The kids learned about stars and constellations in the planetarium. In their discussion with the guide, I was surprised how much [fifth-grader] Isaac knew about the mythology behind different constellations,” Lorri Swanson, the science teacher who co-led the trip with Teacher Alex Nelli, recounted with a bright smile. “The field trip tied in perfectly with their thirdgrade and fifth-grade science curriculum,” said Swanson. “Third-graders were learning about where we live in the solar system within the larger constellations, while fifth-graders
Death of man at jail under investigation The Island County Sheriff’s Office and the Island County coroner are investigating the death of an inmate at the county jail, according to Sheriff Mark Brown. Corrections deputies found Keaton Farris, 25, of Lopez Island, deceased in his jail cell at 12:20 a.m., April 8, the sheriff’s office reported. Farris was being held on an identify theft charge out of San Juan County and had been incarcerated at the Island County jail since March 26, 2015, according to the sheriff. Brown said Farris was by himself in a “safety room” at the jail when he died. Online court records show that Farris was being held in lieu of $10,000 bail and was ordered to be evaluated by Western State Hospital for competency to stand trial. Brown said an autopsy will be performed later this week.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A PETITION TO FORM A WATER DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the San Juan County Council will conduct a public hearing for the purpose of receiving testimony on a Petition filed by the MacKaye Harbor Water Company to form a Water District in accordance with Revised Code of Washington (RCW) Title 57. The public hearing will be held at the Legislative Hearing Room, 55 Second Street, Friday Harbor, WA, on Monday, April 27, 2015, beginning at 9:15 AM. The hearing may be continued from time to time and place to place as may be desired by the Council without additional written notice. Summary: MacKaye Harbor Water Company is currently an investor owned water system. The proposed Petition seeks approval for the establishment of a water district for the purpose of construction, maintenance, operation, development and regulation of the water system. At the hearing, members of the public will be invited to speak and/ or provide written statements regarding the proposed Petition. After the public testimony portion of the hearing has ended, the Council will deliberate, and will decide within 60 days of the hearing whether to approve or not approve the District. All persons wishing to be heard on this matter are encouraged to attend. Written comments may be submitted in advance of the hearing by mail or at the hearing by delivery in person. Please deliver all written comments to the San Juan County Council Office at 55 Second St, Friday Harbor or mail to P.O. Box 350 Court Street, #1, Friday Harbor, WA, 98250. The petition is on file at the office of Health & Community Services, 145 Rhone Street, Friday Harbor, WA, and may be inspected and copies obtained Monday through Friday, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The Petition may also be viewed 24 hours a day at the County website at http://www.sanjuanco.com/Council/PendingOrdinances.aspx. A copy of the proposed Petition will be mailed without charge upon request. For more information please contact Kyle Dodd at 360-370-7524 or by email at kyled@sanjuanco.com.
were looking at each planet individually, exploring which one could potentially be habitable.” “The students were truly excited and it could be seen on their faces and in their attitudes. They explored everything that there was to see and experience at the center.” With community support, the Education Foundation helps teachers bring fun, wonder and curiosity to their students’ educational experience by helping fund activities or expenses that would not have otherwise been covered through the school’s regular budget. Besides Swanson’s trip, the foundation is also funding another trip to the PSC for second and fourth-
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Fifth-grader Kayla McClerren with her bright eyes and happy smile at the Pacific Science Center during a Lopez School field trip. graders, math competition expenses, along with teacher grants to procure educational equipment, and spring 2015 intensive courses. “Thank you to the Education Foundation and the community for your support,” said Swanson. “Thank you,” echoed her happy students. To learn more about the Education Foundation or make tax-deductible contributions, visit www.lopezislandeducationfoundation.
Crossword Puzzle Across 1. Two-masters 6. Advocate 10. Attempt 14. Depth charge target 15. Battering wind 16. "Giovanna d'___" (Verdi opera) 17. Smokejumper's need 18. Pinocchio, at times 19. Bloody 20. Advise against treatment 23. Devoted 24. Kind of phone 25. Ancient colonnade 27. Offices of public officials in the Chinese Empire 32. Become unhinged 36. A chip, maybe 38. Calyx part 39. Scar's royal position in "The Lion King" (2 wds) 42. Eagerness 43. Delhi dress 44. Breezed through 45. Idle talk or rumor 47. Acceptances 49. Aromatic ointment used in antiquity 51. Triangular metal bracket for joist strength 56. Thick white paper for pencil and ink drawings (2 wds) 60. Legal prefix 61. Aroma 62. Accustom 63. 20-20, e.g. 64. ___-mutton 65. Adjust, as laces 66. "Cool!"
67. At one time, at one 12. "God's Little ___" time 13. Male child 68. Hillsides 21. Essential oil from flowers Down 22. Catch 1. "The Beast of ___ 26. Aces, sometimes Flats" (1961 sci-fi 28. Intro to physics? bomb) 29. "Beowulf," e.g. 2. Dislike, and then 30. Church part some 31. Coaster 3. Twisted 32. Catch fly balls 4. Coffee order 33. "I, Claudius" role 5. Rears 34. Boosts 6. ___ fruit 35. Some Olympians, 7. Saying popularized nowadays by Jonathan Swift 37. Coin featuring (4 wds) Leonardo da 8. Clearing Vinci's Vitruvian 9. In a spooky manner Man 10. "Roots," e.g. 40. Design transferred 11. Bring (out) from an engraved
plate 41. Gnatlike insect 46. Early release of a prisoner, subject to continued monitoring 48. Crackerjack 50. Equestrian 52. More rational 53. Expectorated matters 54. Like "The X-Files" 55. Ashes, e.g. 56. Bat's home 57. Length x width, for a rectangle 58. Bluster 59. Small cave 60. Ballpoint, e.g. Answers to today's puzzle on page 8
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Bach’s B-Minor Mass is coming to Orcas By Gary Alexander Special to the Weekly
Music experts call Bach’s B-Minor Mass the greatest choral masterpiece ever written. Singers facing the daunting task of learning the notes often call it the most difficult piece they will ever sing, but once they complete the arduous process of mastering the notes, the sometimes delicate phrasing and the dynamic interface with the often-
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conflicting lines in the orchestration, they usually call the experience “glorious.” Bach composed the mass after Augustus II, Elector of Saxony, died on Feb. 1, 1733. During the next five months of mourning, all public music-making was suspended, so Bach used this time to compose this glorious mass. Amazingly, the first usable performance edition of Bach’s 1733 score was published only last summer, so this will be
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for Orcas Center members and $11 for students. Musical director Roger Sherman will also give a free pre-concert lecture (open to the general public, ticket or no ticket) at 6:30 on Saturday only. In addition, Sherman has prepared a 90-minute Audience Seminar on Tuesday, April 14 at noon in the Emmanuel Church Parish Hall, which is also free and open to the public. Lopez residents can attend the Sunday concert and return the same day. The interisland ferry departs at 11:25 a.m., allowing plenty of time for lunch on Orcas before the concert. (Carpooling reduces per-person costs.) Then, you can mix with the singers after the concert and return to Lopez on the 6:45 p.m. ferry. Come to Orcas April 19 to see (and hear) the “greatest choral work ever written,” Bach’s B-Minor Mass.
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CHRIST THE KING COMMUNITY CHURCH, There’s Always a Place for You! CTK gathers at 10:00 a.m. in the school multi-purpose room at 86 School Road. Come as you are! More info at www.ctkonline.com/lopez. Email: lopez@ctkonline.com Phone: 888-421-4CTK ext. 819. COMMUNITY CHURCH, Please join us Sun. mornings. Adult Bible study, 9:30. Worship Service, 10:30. Nursery (birth3 yrs) and Jr. Church (4-12 yrs) provided during worship service. Small groups meet throughout the week. 91 Lopez Rd., in the village. Pastor Jeff Smith 468-3877. www.ourlicc.org. GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH, welcomes you to worship with us on Sundays at 10:00 a.m. Fisherman Bay Road at Sunset Lane. 468-3477. Everyone welcome! LOPEZ QUAKER WORSHIP GROUP Please join us Sunday mornings, 10 a.m., at Sunnyfield Farm, 6363 Fisherman Bay Road. Children’s program. Everyone welcome. Phone 468-2406. Email: Lopezfriends@gmail. com. LUTHERAN CHURCH IN THE SAN JUANS (ELCA) Please join us for worship and children’s Sunday School at 9:00 a.m. in Center Church on Davis Bay Road. Also in Friday Harbor at 11:00 a.m. in St. David’s and in Eastsound at 1:15 p.m. in Emmanuel. Pastor Beth Purdum, 370-0023. ST. FRANCIS CATHOLIC CHURCH Come worship with us at Center Church on Davis Bay Rd. We welcome you to join us for Mass at 1:15 p.m. on Saturday starting January 3. Call 378-2910 for Mass times on San Juan and Orcas Islands.
April’s National Poetry Month. Did you know that the Lopez Library was awarded a grant to assist our patrons with growing their digital skills? Over the last four months the library has hosted numerous events including outreach to local businesses, the school and nonprofits as well as a variety of classes and a Thursday Tech Time with library director Lou Pray. Highlighting our month long celebration of National Library Week is an evening with everyone’s favorite librarian, author, 50th Winner of the Women’s National Book Association Award and NPR commentator on books, Nancy Pearl, April 23 7 p.m., Lopez Center. For more information on April at the Lopez Library visit lopezlibrary.org.
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Dye, and Kramer shared pitching responsibilities, accounting for 12 of Lummi’s 21 outs with strikeouts. Lopez has two remaining home games, on April 29 versus Darrington and May 1 versus Shoreline. Follow the Lobos on the field or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ LopezIslandBaseballandSoftball
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Lopez opened its 2015 baseball season by hosting conference rival Lummi Nation Blackhawks on April 1. The Lobos played well and the game was close. Things were tied at 4, all in the third inning, but ended in an 8-6 loss. Hits and runs were distributed across the co-ed squad. Owen Akopiantz, Mikayla Johnson, Conor Dye, Anchor Brant, Vinny Kramer and Anah-Kate Drahn all scored. Johnson, Dye, Kramer, and Drahn had hits with Dye doubling twice. Austin Reinmuth,
Lopez’ Mikayla Johnson (14) slides in safely at home against Lummi in the Lobos’ 8-6 loss on April 1. Exchange student Jurgen Sande (13) watches from the on deck circle.
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North pacific gray whales talk On Thursday, April 16 at 7 p.m., Woodmen Hall, Dr. James Sumich, of OSU Fisheries and Wildlife Courtesy Faculty, will lead a discussion on a favorite cetacean, the north pacific gray whales. Gray whales are the mostobserved and best-studied type of whale along the Oregon coast. They are legally protected under several statutes as two separate populations; a large eastern population of about 20,000 whales and a critically endangered western population of less than 150. Through discussion and images Sumich will describe some exciting current research that is help-
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Breaching gray whale. ing to clarify the evolving status and related management issues of these populations. He has conducted research on gray whales from Baja California to British Columbia and has just published a new book, “E. robustus: The Biology and Human History of Gray Whales,” that addresses this new research and everything else you ever wanted to know about gray whales. Available at the Lopez Library and the Lopez Bookshop. He is also the author of a best-selling textbook on marine biology (now in its 10th edition)
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