Journal of the San Juans, July 29, 2015

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Keeping murals alive

Feast and famine: an island economy

By Anna V. Smith Journal reporter

By Anna V. Smith Journal reporter

The sea creature glides over the pavement, its red and pink tentacles splayed out and reaching, one of its eight arms curling over the curb.

An octopus on the run in Friday Harbor? Close, but not quite.

Its a new painting of an octopus in the ocean, painted on a storm drain outside of the Whale Museum to remind passerby’s that the water running through there flows out into the ocean.

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Above: Artist Lindsay Carron’s mural of an octopus. Right: Carron working on her mural.

Protection Agency cites storm water drains as non point pollution sources, meaning that they can funnel many types of pollutants from many different places into lakes, oceans and rivers.

“These pollutants can harm fish and wildlife populations, kill native vegetation, foul drinking water supplies and make recreSee MURALS, Page 7

June’s unemployment rate in San Juan County was at 4.3 percent, compared with Washington state’s 5.3 percent, according to a preliminary report by Washington State Employment Security Department’s Labor Market and Performance Branch.

San Juan County has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the state for June, on par with Snohomish County and just a bit above King County at 4 percent.

Since May, predictably, jobs in the leisure and hospitality sector have increased with the tourist season as well as jobs in trade, transportation and utilities.

Comparing employment from June 2014 to June 2015, the analysis shows that the professional and business services sector and mining, logging and construction sector have not added jobs, and have instead decreased.

According to regional labor economist Anneliese Vance-Sherman for the Employment Security Department, those numbers are the remnants of the recession.

“In San Juan County where the recovery is lagging, these two are still declining at this point,” Vance-Sherman said. “Whereas in parts of the state where we’re in a more mature recovery, such as King County, those two industries

are really taking off.”

Vance-Sherman said that since San Juan County has such a tourist-based economy, unemployment rates here are often amongst the lowest in the state, since unemployed persons are only counted if they are actively seeking work, which may not happen in the offseason if people work seasonally.

“Even during the times there are fewer jobs available we don’t really have high unemployment rate,” Vance-Sherman said. “People aren’t looking for work because they know the rhythm of the economy. In San Juan County people know when to look for work and when not to look for work because the seasonality is so present.”

Overall so far in 2015, San Juan County has 170 more jobs than last year at this time, a 2.9 percent increase. San Juan County’s peak unemployment level was in 2010, at 9.6 percent. Vance-Sherman says that recovery has been slower in the islands, but employment numbers are consistently better than last year.

Seasonality is a major factor in looking at San Juan County’s See ECONOMY, Page 4

Rental scarcity impacts islanders | Part II

By Anna V. Smith Journal reporter

The unemployment charts look like a heartbeat monitor keeping a pulse on the seasonal tourism economy in San Juan Islands year after year. In January, it skyrockets, and in August it plunges. During the course of those months, the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages reports that San Juan County has a 43 percent increase in jobs, and a 159 percent increase in leisure and hospitality alone. In 2013, that broke down to 1,958 people, leaving an indelible mark on the availability of affordable rentals in the county.

Rosario Resort, Roche Harbor Resort, kayaking companies and small businesses have

struggled to find employees. The resorts are able to be somewhat self-sufficient in assisting their employees with housing, since both have built some level of seasonal housing and have plans to expand. Rosario and Roche managers say they are short of staff.

For locals, the seasonal economy is one of the main drivers that Jennifer Armstrong, executive director at San Juan Island Family Resource Center, sees as being difficult for renters as those living check to check experience boom and bust periods.

“Does it have an impact on tenants? Yes. We are flooded with emergency rental needs in the winter months. This is our dead month,” Armstrong said. “In January, February, March it’s like a revolving door in here because people

are out of work or have really diminished hours. That’s when we see the bulk of our rental and utilities assistance.”

Right now, however, Armstrong’s office is relatively quiet as the summer influx of jobs keeps islanders – both long term and short term – busy.

Rosario Resort and Roche Harbor Resort are two mainstays in the seasonal boom, and say that they take on an additional 100 employees during the summer. Currently both are short of staff, and both say that lack of housing is a major factor in keeping them from hiring more people.

“We felt very strongly that if we are going to bring seasonal employees to the island we See HOUSING, Page 4

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San Juan County Sheriff’s Log The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls.

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• A deputy received a report of a suspicious circumstance on Malcolm Street in Friday Harbor.

The investigation showed that an assault had occurred. However, the victim did not want to pursue charges. The suspect of the assault, a juvenile, was arrested for being a minor in possession.

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July 18 • A citizen was walking to San Juan Library when he found an iPod. He brought it into the Sheriff ’s Office and filed a claim in the event the owner is not located.

• A deputy stopped a vehicle for a headlight out on Orcas Road. The subject was warned for the headlight but cited for no insurance.

July 19 • A deputy was dispatched to Jackson’s Beach for two vicious dogs at large. Before he arrived, one of the dogs had bitten a kayak guide on the leg.

Multiple parties reported having to chase off the dogs. With the help of the Animal Shelter and an Animal Control officer, the dogs were contained and taken to the shelter.

• An Eastsound man reported that he was a possible victim of identity theft.

• A deputy received a report of a death investigation in Friday Harbor. The investigation concluded that the deceased died of natural causes.

July 20 • An Orcas deputy was dispatched to Eastsound to

a report of attempted entry into a business. No entry was made.

• A representative of the San Juan Island Chamber of Commerce turned in a camera dropped off by a visitor to the island. No claim was filed or other info obtained. The camera images were checked, showing typical tourist images, taken possibly from a whale watch boat in Friday Harbor and Roche Harbor.

• An Eastsound business reported there had been a burglary over the weekend and items were taken.

Entry was made through an open window.

• A Lopez Island deputy investigating a smoke smell during the ban on outdoor burning located an illegal fire. It was being tended by a 60-year-old man wanted by the Department of Corrections on an outstanding warrant. He was arrested without incident and lodged in jail.

• Deputies responded to Fossil Bay on Sucia Island via patrol boat to investigate loud yelling, screaming and crying on a moored vessel. It appeared the couple had received some disturbing news and no altercation had taken place.

Vessel Registration

All boat registrations in the State of Washington expire June 30th every year. The Department of Licensing no longer sends renewal notices to owners, so please make sure if you have a vessel that is required to be registered you have renewed your 2015-2016 registration. (Sticker must be reddish in color and show the year 2016 even though this year is still 2015). Not renewing your registration could result in a $257 fine. Deputies will be on patrol soon, on the water, and docks checking for registration compliance.

Knowing which vessels have to be registered and registration renewal information can be found and done online at dol.wa.gov or by visiting the Dept. of Licensing at the San Juan County auditor’s office, 378-2161.

Remember, having current registration on your vessel is just as important as keeping your vehicle properly registered. Three dollars of your vessel registration fee goes to fund Washington State’s Derelict Removal Program which helps keep our waters clean and safe. Please take this opportunity and renew your registration if you have not done so already. Thank you.

If you have questions about registering your vessel you may contact Deputy Reimer with the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office, by phone 378-4151 or by email, zacr@sanjuanco. com or Sgt. Herb Crowe 378-4151, email herbc@sanjuanco.com.

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Man charged with theft Community Treasures vs.

By Anna V. Smith Journal reporter

An Orcas man has been charged with trafficking in stolen property in the first degree, identity theft in the first degree and identity theft in the second degree.

Brian Douglas McClerren, 35, of Orcas Island, has an arraignment date of July 31.

According to court documents, clients of McClerren’s window washing business noticed on June 11 that he had cashed a check from them for $4,722.90. The clients recalled he had washed their windows in May, but that they had paid him $570 for his work.

They reported to the San Juan County Sheriff ’s Department that McClerren had washed their windows for two years with no issues, and on that particular day, May 30, they had left the house to run some errands while he worked.

McClerren admitted to the sheriff ’s office that he had taken two checks and a ring, and recounted what happened on May 30. According to the detective’s report, McClerren said he had been washing windows in the client’s office when he saw a checkbook. He stated that he took two checks from two different checkbooks from the middle of the books so that the clients would not notice the missing check right away.

According to the report, McClerren said while he cleaned the mirrors in the client’s bedroom, he took a man’s wedding ring that was in a jewelry box in a cloth bag. The

detective wrote: “Brian stated that he did not have a plan to steal the checks and ring going into this job.”

According to the detective, McClerren then began crying during the police interview.

On June 8, McClerren went to Burlington, Wash., to sell the ring he had taken and received $600 for it. He cashed the stolen checks, as well as the check for the ring.

According to the detective’s report, when McClerren’s wife was interviewed she told them they were having marital problems, and McClerren told her he was leaving her and their 4-year-old daughter and assuming a new identity.

McClerren stated that he was planning on taking the money that he had stolen along with his personal money and was going to “just leave.” He said he had a friend in California who told him he could prospect for gold there.

In the report McClerren said he “feels horrible” and that he sent a letter of apology to the clients he stole from. Trafficking in stolen property in the first degree, identity theft in the first degree and identity theft in the second degree are a Class B felony, Class B felony, and Class C felony, respectively. McClarren had no previous criminal history.

McClerren ran for San Juan County Council in 2013 District 3 on Lopez Island and lost to Jamie Stephens.

He has since moved to Orcas Island.

County case continues

By Anna V. Smith Journal reporter

A final decision has yet to be made in the case of Community Treasures versus San Juan County.

The case was first initiated March 9 in San Juan County Superior Court, alleging the county Community Development and Planning Department over-billed Community Treasures, previously known as Consignment Treasures, for building and land-use fees, and for the alleged misuse of the fees that they had collected, and that they were owed a refund of $1.2 million in total.

A judge has made a partial decision in the case of Community Treasures versus San Juan County, that the petition filed by the plaintiffs must follow the procedures laid out by the Land Use Petition Act. However LUPA petitions have a 21 day deadline, and Community Treasures’ petition would fall outside of that deadline, resulting in

the dismissal of the case.

The recent decision by Judge Donald E. Eaton found the plaintiffs’ petition must be refiled following procedures laid out by the Land Use Petition Act, granting the motion the defendants put forward.

“It’s not a ruling on the merits on whether the fee charge is unreasonable, it’s a procedural rul-

ing,” Prosecuting Attorney Randall Gaylord said. “He was careful to say that he is not going to dismiss the case now, but just rule that the LUPA procedures apply to this case.”

At this point the judge and defendants are waiting to see if the plaintiffs will continue the case with a petition under LUPA.

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Now working with SeaDoc Society and heading its Tombolo Mapping Lab on Orcas Island, he has been making high-resolution 3D images of the Salish Sea floor. In the process, he has uncovered previously unknown benthic habitats and discovered geological features such as submarine faults and folds.

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There may be some confusion about the ballot for the Aug. 4 election. This is a primary ballot in a nonpartisan election which will determine the two candidates who will compete in the November general election for the 2-year unexpired term for position #2 of the San Juan County Public Hospital District. You are being asked to vote for one of the following candidates: Michelle Loftus, Daniel Miller, or Barbara Sharp.

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“Many of our employees also take second jobs at other businesses on the island, which helps the community.”

Rosario will be building another dormitory, approved by the county in 2007, that would provide 40 more dorm-like units. Rosario currently houses approximately 82 of their employees with their own housing, and Peacock said they are short 20 staff members. At Roche Harbor Resort, 100 employees come in for the season, 70 of which stay in employee housing made up of cottages, duplexes and tiny homes, leaving around 30 to find their own housing in the area.

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Brent Snow, general manager at Roche Harbor Resort, has lived here for 23 years and seen the changes in the housing market.

“The value of short-term seasonal transient housing has really challenged the market for long-term residential rental and reasonable, affordable seasonal rentals,” Snow said.

“Somebody used to be able to come up here with some connections and rent someones cottage. Very, very difficult now.”

Snow said that housing is a yearly issue for the resort, and that the need is always expanding: “I’ve mentioned this many times, you know, people ask ‘what can we do to help improve business?’ And my biggest thing is, more importantly than bringing in more guests here, we need to be able to provide the resources for seasonal businesses to be able to successfully oper-

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According to Town Administrator Duncan Wilson, the town has limited transient rentals in order to keep permanent housing for full-time residents and to keep vacationers from disrupting residents.

“In our opinion we have a distinct shortage of affordable housing locally. It’s difficult finding places for those coming to work in the summer, but more importantly its hard for people to affordably live here around the year,” Wilson said. “The overall policy of the town is that we cannot allow all of our housing stock to be taken over by transient rentals.”

For residents on San Juan, a blow to affordable, longterm rentals came from a reduced stock of incomebased units in 2013.

“We’ve seen the number of available income-based units diminish significantly in the past two years. So that’s one of the problems with finding a place to live,” Armstrong said. “I know a

lot of people are attributing a big part of the problem to increased popularity of vacation rentals, but I don’t have a strong sense yet of that impacting the families we deal with, most of our families are low-income.”

Armstrong suggested that it may impact lower-middle class families more than the families she works with since in general, Armstrong said, low-income families are looking at paying $800 a month, which is below the asking price for rentals that teeter between long-term and vacation rentals.

“I’d like to see that be a bigger part of the discussion here. I think this community has done an amazing job on affordable homes for people to buy,” Armstrong said. “But the reality is we have a huge number of people that are just not in the position to buy anything.

Either because they may not be here a long enough for a number of reasons that are out of their control or just financially – they’re working minimum wage and there are limitations on what they can get into.”

Economy: Continued from page 1 employment numbers due to the influx of workers. To illustrate how much it affects the islands, when looking from January to August in 2013, the county added an additional 1,958 jobs, or a 43 percent increase. Vance-Sherman says this percentage increase is consistent year after year.

“There is a gradual decline in unemployment rates, and in San Juan County there’s a lot of noise in those numbers because it’s so seasonal,” Vance Sherman said. “Our recovery has been very slow, but now we’re at the point where we’re seeing employment numbers be higher than they were from the last year and every month.”

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Special filing First arthroscopy performed at PeaceHealth MacKaye Harbor Orthopedic surgeon Jeffrey Krusniak performed arthroscopic surgery on July 20 to repair a patient’s rotator cuff, the first surgery of its kind performed at PeaceHealth Peace Island Medical Center in Friday Harbor.

An anesthesiologist from PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center flew from Bellingham on the morning of July 20 to administer the anesthesia and monitor the patient throughout surgery.

Arthroscopy involves making a small incision through which a pencil-sized scope and specially designed instruments are inserted. The scope is attached to a camera, allowing the surgeon to view the joint area on a screen without needing to make the kind of larger incision associated with “open” surgery. The procedure does not require hospitalization, and patients typically have an easier recovery than they may have with open surgery.

General surgery has been available at PeaceHealth Peace Island since December 2014 and orthopedic surgery since April of this year.

“We’ve had great outcomes with our surgeries,” says Karla Veum, a registered nurse, perioperative manager. “People are happy and appreciate the convenience of having surgery close to home.”

Taylor named Olympic Nat’l Park Superintendent Lee Taylor, a 30-year career employee of the National Park Service, has been selected to serve as Olympic National Park’s next Deputy Superintendent.

Taylor is currently the Superintendent of San Juan Island National Historical Park, where she has served for the past three years.

Prior to that, she worked for 11 years at Mount Rainier National Park, overseeing the park’s interpretation, education, and volunteer programs.

Taylor began her career as a student intern in 1984 at Yosemite National Park and presented or managed interpretation and education programs at seven other parks from Alaska to Virginia before arriving at Mount Rainier in 2001.

“I am very pleased to have Lee join our staff and community. Lee is a proven leader with a strong background in both park operations and the Pacific Northwest,” said Superintendent Sarah Creachbaum.

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with its mountains, coastline, old-growth forest and human history, is a spectacular place,” said Taylor.

“I am excited to work with the park’s staff and partners to help manage and protect it for future generations.”

The San Juan County Elections Office announced a special three-day filing period July 29 at 8 a.m. through July 31 at 4:30 p.m. for three MacKaye Harbor Water District commissioner positions. The special filing period is needed because no one filed during the initial filing period last week. When a void in candidacy occurs in a small water district not only are registered voters within the proposed district eligible to file but also anyone who is a registered voter in Washington state and holds title to land in the district is eligible to file.

Those interested in filing for office will need to complete a Declaration of Candidacy found at www.sanjuanco.com/ elections. Declarations of Candidacy are also available at the San Juan County Elections Office. The Declaration of Candidacy forms can be mailed to San Juan County Elections, PO Box 638, Friday Harbor, WA 98250, emailed to elections@sanjuanco.com or taken to the Elections Office at 55 Second Street, Suite A, Friday Harbor. For more information about filing for office, call the Elections Office at 378-3357.

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Say “Thank You,” at the Fair

I would like to personally thank the many people who work tirelessly, behind the scenes, to make the County Fair the huge success it is.

For years, people like Lynette Cabrera (The Zucchini Queen), the Soroptimist ticket takers, the service organizations who prepare those scrumptious dinners, and countless others have given up a week of their lives to make the Fair the Crown Jewel event of the year. Say “Thank You,” to them when you visit August 12-15. Oh, and use the $5 parking across the street.

That money goes to kids sports programs.

MIKE BUETTELL San Juan Island

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Climate workshop issue

There’s something creepy – and offensive – about the upcoming workshop hosted by the National Park Service called Connecting to Climate.

According to coordinator Raena Parsons, “The focus of the workshop isn’t on climate change science, but more of the behavioral side of how people create beliefs of climate change and the psychology of it.” You report that “the workshop is aimed at educators who can urge people into action, instead of shutting out the negative feelings that discussions of climate change can bring.”

Simply put, the point of this workshop is that anyone who doesn’t agree that climate change is real, manmade and dangerous isn’t merely wrong, but crazy.

Dismissing your opponents as crazy — and thus not even worth listening to — is an old and dirty political tactic; the Nazis and the Soviets turned it into an art form. This tactic of trashing and discrediting those with whom you disagree has no place in the modern world, and certainly no place here in the San Juan Islands.

I’m not a scientist, so my own view on this issue is

of absolutely no value. But I read a great deal about this issue. I can report to you that within the scientific community today there’s a huge debate under way. While some scientists believe that climate change is, indeed, real, man-made and dangerous, other scientists disagree. And there’s a third viewpoint that seems to be gaining traction called the “lukewarmer” school, which contends that climate change is real, partly manmade and not dangerous.

(Read Matt Ridley’s essay in “Quadrant” for a detailed summary of this ongoing debate.)

Will anyone who attends this upcoming seminar even be told that such a debate is under way? I doubt it, which is why this seminar looks more like an exercise in political ideology than Earth science.

HERB MEYER Friday Harbor

24-hour care needed for pets

Several months ago, a local resident submitted a letter criticizing local vets for keeping “bankers’ hours.” At the time, I thought, “That’s certainly not my experience here,” but didn’t take it any further. Now, I feel I must

PUBLIC MEETINGS n San Juan Island School District Board of Directors Regular School Board Meeting, July 29, 5 p.m., at the high school library. This meeting will include a Public Hearing on the possible action of budget adoption for school year 2015-2016. n Veterans Advisory Board Monthly Meeting, July 31, 11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., Legislative Large Conference Room, 55 Second Street, Friday Harbor. n Marine Resources Committee Meeting, Aug. 5, 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m., Legislative Hearing Room, 55 Second Street, Friday Harbor. n Lead Integrating Organization Meeting, Aug 5, 11 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., Legislative Hearing Room, 55 Second Street, Friday Harbor.

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About five years ago, my sweet, elderly dog, Suzie suddenly became seriously ill. The veterinarian told me to come in immediately even though it was after the normal closing time.

She confirmed that it was indeed serious and proceeded to treat Suzie there in the clinic and even took her home overnight to monitor her condition.

The next morning, I received a call before 7 a.m. and was told that I should come to the clinic as soon as possible because Suzie was deteriorating.

Suzie did not survive her illness but could not have received better, more compassionate care. Nor could I have received more compassionate care as the grieving owner.

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It would be great to have on-island, 24-hour emergency veterinary care in such a small community, I don’t know if that is even economically feasible.

However, it is unrealistic and frankly, insulting to expect any professional to be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, never leave the island and have no personal life.

It is especially insulting to be accused of keeping “bankers’ hours.” (The bankers I know don’t keep those hours either.) We should be very grateful for the professionals who have chosen to live here and provide the excellent veterinary care to which we have access.

MARTHA J. HULEATTE, ED.D. San Juan Island

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Weather on Mount Grant!

This past Sunday I had the opportunity to see the light show made by clouds above Mount Grant.

The darkness moved in and the lighter-colored clouds played hide and seek, as people on the summit watched the rain come. It was spectacular. No matter what the temperature or the weather, be sure to spend time up there!

San Juan Island is fortunate to have an opportunity to procure the 141 acres for the use of every single person who comes. Don’t miss it! If you can, make a monetary contribution to help speed up the campaign. It will belong to us.

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Editorial

The byline

By Cali Bagby

Journal interim editor

Writing anonymously can be a dangerous game.

According to Michael Schudson’s “Discovering the News: A Social History of American Newspapers” bylines in certain situations can carry more weight.

Civil War General Joseph Hooker advocated that war correspondents in 1863 use their names “as a means of attributing responsibility and blame for the publication of material” that he found “inaccurate or dangerous to the Army of the Potomac.”

Of course this opens the floodgates to a larger issue of the military’s long-standing distrust for the media. Books have been written about this dynamic from the Civil War to Vietnam to Afghanistan.

But I digress. The reason I bring up Hooker’s comment for our paper are the two words “responsibility” and “blame.”

These are principles that we stand by. Every day as stories are published we are ready to defend them if need be.

As for our editorials, we often subscribe to the philosophy of the Economist: our opinion-based pieces are a reflection of the collective newspaper staff from San Juan to Lopez to Orcas and the outer-reaching islands.

In the words of Geoffrey Crowther, Economist editor from 1938 to 1956, anonymity keeps the editor “not the master but the servant of something far greater than himself … it gives to the paper an astonishing momentum of thought and principle.”

And the names of our staff are clearly listed on page 6 each week. But when it comes to stories that affect our community, we assign that work to an actual person. A person whose phone number and email is at your disposal.

In our small community we may not have a brigade of fact checkers and researchers but we have something just as valuable: accountability. When we publish stories we have to answer to our editorial choices at the grocery store, at theater shows and at the farmers’ market. We willingly accept this responsibility because it keeps us honest and makes us continue to strive for the ethical standards of journalism in a world that is forever changing.

Unlike at the newsstands where one can clearly tell hard news from the tabloids, the Internet has infinite sites that have anywhere from the highest ethical standards to the reporting of blatant untruths and sensationalism.

Perhaps in larger cities not knowing who is reporting the facts is less important. Who has actually met Nicholas Kristof or Lindsey Addario?

But we trust these people because we have watched their careers, and we know the stuff they are made of. Whenever I am accused of being biased, I ask that they look at my body of work and ask themselves if I have been fair in the past.

We stand by our bylines and we strive to be ethical journalists. We ask for your help to navigate daily discussions from government to economics to the environment and the arts.

And we always stand by our bylines.

Guest columns

The scoop on the short ballot

By F. Milene Henley

San Juan County Auditor

V

oters hate white space on a ballot. Every time a short ballot goes out, we receive calls complaining about our spending money on an election for one race. Sadly, sometimes that’s just the way it is.

Take this year’s Primary ballot, for example. Of the many special-purpose district positions which were open this year, only one position had more than two people file for it. That position is Commissioner Position #2 with the Public Hospital District on San Juan Island.

The three candidates for that position are Barbara Sharp, Daniel Miller and Michelle Loftus. Each voter

within the Hospital District has the opportunity to vote for one of the three candidates. The top two vote-getters will go on to the General Election in November. In the November election, this position, as well as two other open positions within the Hospital District (and many other open positions in other jurisdictions), will be on the ballot. There will be only two candidates in each race, and each race will have a single winner (barring the unlikely outcome of a tie).

But why, you might ask, go to the cost of holding a Primary for one race? Why not just put all three candidates on the November ballot? The answer lies in state law. All specialpurpose officers are, by law, non-partisan and elected

in November General Elections. With few exceptions, Primary Elections are required to “winnow candidates for public office to a final list of two.”

Every eligible candidate has the right to run for office if they so choose.

If we have five races with more than two candidates, we’ll have five races on the Primary ballot. If we have only one, as we did this year, we’ll have only one race on the ballot.

The cost of elections for agencies other than the County is borne by the districts themselves. In this example, the full cost of this year’s Primary is being paid for by the Hospital District.

If there were two jurisdictions involved, the cost would be prorated between

the two based on numbers of races and numbers of registered voters in each jurisdiction.

If you have questions about this ballot, this election, or need info contact me at 370-7558 or the Elections Office at 378-3357.

So what to do with all that white space? You can doodle on it or write notes.

But whatever you do with it, please vote it. Then return it, either by mailing it, dropping it in the ballot box in front of the courthouse, or bringing it directly to the Elections Office on 2nd Street. Make sure you do so by Aug. 4, at 8 p.m. The auditor is responsible for running elections within the county, as well as for licensing, recording, and multiple financial duties.

Exploring OPALCO’s problems

By Alex MacLeod

Special to the Journal

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day after the OPALCO board approved an emergency 10 percent increase in our electric rates, effective at the start of this month, its management issued a press release announcing the “Temporary Revenue Recovery Add-On.” In it, General Manager Foster Hildreth “explained” that the emergency increase was needed because “Members have not been paying their full share” of OPALCO’s costs.

It is hard to imagine a less honest or more brazen, blame-the-customer reason for our electric rates having been increased 10 percent just four months after having been increased 12 percent, and these on top of sequential 6 percent annual increases. The real reason is that OPALCO has so badly mismanaged its spending that it needed this latest increase to try to get right with its primary lender after violating terms of its loan agreements.

While OPALCO’s board described the latest increase as temporary, it is working on a new rate plan for 2016 which would increase rates as much and

Murals:

Continued from page 1 ational areas unsafe and unpleasant,” reads the EPA Urban Nonpoint Source Fact Sheet.

The EPA names oil, pesticides, heavy metals, road salt, grease and toxic chemicals as a few pollutants that can be carried into storm water drains by dumping such pollutants nearby or into the drains.

Lindsay Carron, the artist who painted the red cephalopod and accompanying land-

as often as necessary to cover any and all expenses, a move required by a “corrective action plan” to satisfy its lender.

OPALCO’s financial problems are the result of bad revenue forecasting, huge increases in debt to finance its entry into the Internet/broadband business and significant increases in operating expenses, which have produced budgets over the past 18 months that have tumbled into the red and led to the violation of its loan agreements.

Members, on the other hand, have been paying our bills in full and on time, even though those bills now include the cost of creating the infrastructure for OPALCO’s Internet/ broadband venture.

When OPALCO began making these Internet/broadband investments, which it said were necessary to upgrade the electric-grid “backbone,” it said they would more than pay for themselves. In fact, management calculated those “savings” down to the penny -- $29.42 per member per year. However, electric-distribution expenses instead rose 18.6 percent in one year and while its administrative

scape, says drawing peoples eyes and awareness to storm water drains is one of the first steps to preventing pollutants from entering them.

Carron designed the street mural to show an abovewater view of the islands, which then transitions into an underwater view of an octopus flowing towards the storm water drain with hues of red, pink and purple on an ocean-blue background.

“It’s to remind people about the life underneath the water,” Carron said. “People have never seen a mural on a storm drain before, and it

expenses rose 19.4 percent. And those are called savings?

If this weren’t troubling enough, OPALCO soon will need to begin borrowing upwards of $45 million to replace submarine electric cables. These are really important, as you might guess.

But rather than position the cooperative to be ready for that financial impact, the board chose instead to spend millions to jump into the Internet/broadband business, to serve perhaps one-third of its members, and in the process violated its loan covenants.

One might presume the board, under these circumstances, would attend more closely to its oversight of management, or at least its access to the membership who showed up in big numbers to complain at the board’s June 18 meeting. But no, it’s gone on vacation until Aug. 20. Having blamed its problems first on “global warming” and then on its electric customers, this may give management time to come up with a new excuse for its own failures.

– Alex MacLeod is a longtime OPALCO member who lives on Shaw.

gets them to thinking ‘why is it there?’ and it leads to the realization that we live next to a very fragile ecosystem.”

Carron has done a similar project in Malibu where she painted four large, detailed underwater scenes on their storm water drains. She says she found people to be very engaged with the topic when they saw her work.

“People get the message,” Carron said. “Hopefully they act on that awareness, but the awareness is the first step.”

Carron says she hopes the storm water drain will help introduce her art to the

community, and then she can come back in the fall to potentially do a mural on the building of the Whale Museum. In the mean time she’ll return to Juneau, Alaska, where she is working with a tour company doing painting workshops.

The Whale Museum has applied for a permit to allow Carron to paint a mural on their building, one that would embody the marine ecosystem by incorporating orcas chasing Chinook salmon, foraging fish and a kelp forest. The permit is currently pending review.

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Obituaries William (Bill) MacKinnon

10/1/1926 – 1/8/2015 Saturday; July 18, at the San Juan Island cemetery was the scene of a commitment ceremony for William (Bill) MacKinnon a former longtime resident of Friday Harbor who passed away on January 8th of this year in Mesa, Arizona. Bill moved to the island from Minnesota with his parents and three sisters in 1943. He served in the U.S. Army Air Force with overseas duty in the Philippines. Upon discharge he returned to Friday Harbor and was employed

by Orcas Power & Light.

He married Donna Lou

Getz, a native born islander at St. Francis Catholic Church on June 11, 1949.

They moved to Petersburg, Alaska with first born son, Dale in 1954. From Petersburg to Ketchikan, Alaska, where second son, Bruce was born. The family moved to the Seattle area in 1957 for Bill’s employment with Puget Sound Energy, then called Puget Sound Power & Light Company.

He retired from the power company after 31 years of service on January 1, 1988 as Director of Operations at the Bellevue Corporate office. After Bill’s retirement, he and Donna moved back to Friday Harbor into a new home off of

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Cattle Point Road that Bill designed, and was the construction foreman on the job. He and Donna became Snowbirds to Arizona and in 2003 built another new home in Mesa, Arizona, that became their permanent home. During retirement years on the island they were active members in the San Juan Island Yacht Club and San Juan Golf and Country Club. Friends and family will certainly remember well, Bill’s love of boating and fishing.

He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Donna, sons Dale and Bruce, two grandchildren, sisters, Beverly Krumdiack, Doris Louthan, and Judy Haag, numerous nieces and nephews. We miss you Bill and wish you your biggest catch ever and your first hole in one.

– Family and friends of Bill MacKinnon.

Notice Lee “Harlon” Weeks was born Nov. 8, 1937, and passed away July 20, 2015.

Services will be on July 30 at 11:30 a.m. at Greenwood Funeral Home, 350 Monroe NE Renton, WA. 98057.

Weeks was born and raised on Lopez.

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It’s tansy ragwort season

By San Juan County

Noxious Weed Board

It is tansy ragwort season again, one of the county’s worst weeds, and the plants are beginning to flower along roadsides, in fields and in residents’ yards.

Highly toxic, its alkaloids are present in all plant parts. Cattle, horses and goats consuming either growing plants or tansy ragwort in silage and hay store these poisons in their liver (Jacobs, J. 2009 USDANRCS).

Even if symptoms are not noticeable, or appear minor, the cumulative toxins cause irreversible liver damage resulting in reduced weight and, possibly, sudden death in previously healthy animals. Tainted dairy milk can have an off-taste, and contaminated pollen may make honey unpalatable.

While horses and cattle will normally avoid tansy in pastures, it loses its characteristic odor when dry in hay, thus these animals are unable to distinguish it from the rest of the forage.

Additionally, they can accidentally ingest leaves of the first-year rosettes when they are imbedded with emerging spring grass. Sheep are

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possibly immune from its toxic effects.

Also, please be aware tansy ragwort can also cause human liver damage and should never be used as an herbal remedy or tea.

Because of its threat to livestock, every effort needs to be made to find and eradicate this plant from pastures and hayfields.

Tansy ragwort is easily recognized while it is in flower. No other locally common member of the daisy family has bright yellow flowers with thirteen petals (ray florets) and soft, frilly leaves, coupled with an unpleasant odor when crushed or pulled.

Depending on the conditions, it may mature between a few inches to more than six feet in height.

Mowing does not control Tansy. Plants will re-flower closer to the ground and, although normally a biennial, tansy ragwort will likely become a perennial when cut. A study of 179 plants in Australia found 2 percent were annuals, 45 percent biennials, and 39 percent were perennials. The seed life is about 15 years.

Tansy is best controlled by pulling the entire plant out of the ground, but it is critical to remove the flower heads—if present—before

discarding the rest of the plant. These heads should be bagged and taken to the solid waste facility, where they may be disposed of at no charge. If the heads are left on the plant, the seeds will mature and re-infect the area which is being cleared. This is especially important along roadsides where the flower heads and developing seeds can be picked up by tires and dispersed over great distances.

Please remember to wear gloves when handling this toxic plant.

You may see black and orange/yellow-striped caterpillars of the cinnabar moth, eating the leaves and flowers on some plants. If there are only a few found on the plant, we usually pull the plant and shake them off onto nearby tansy rosettes.

If numerous caterpillars are defoliating the plants, we usually leave them alone.

When ready to pupate, they leave their host plant, but, unfortunately, the plants can re-flower and set seed even if completely defoliated.

For more information, please call the Noxious Weed Program staff at 3763499.

Many thanks for all of your tansy ragwort removal efforts over the years.

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They may be cute but they’re also wild

Submitted by Wolf Hollow Rehabilitation

“Mommy, Mommy! Look at the cute little baby fox. He looks hungry. We should give him a cookie.”

There is no doubt about it, baby wild mammals are cute.

Whether they are fluffy little raccoon or fox kits or delicate little fawns, they bring out the nurturing instinct in people, who then feel the need to get closer to them and feed and “care” for them.

Why is it a problem to directly feed young wild animals?

It is all to do with what they are learning when they are youngsters. At this juvenile stage their parents are teaching them skills that will enable them to survive on their own in the wild for the rest of their lives, and they only have a few months to do it in.

If they are consistently and regularly fed by people, what do young wild animals learn?

They learn to beg for food rather than to forage or hunt.

They quickly find out that it is easier to sit and look cute at

Calendar Wednesday, July 29 A Reading by Poet Laynie Browne, SJI Library, 7 p.m., free. Poet Laynie Browne will share her latest work at the Library, Scorpyn Odes. It is a collection in which odes, ecopoetics, incantation, natural and literary histories collide. Light refreshments will be served.

Wednesday, July 29 Night Music, SJCT, 7:30 p.m. Sasha and Friends Go Sideways. San Juan Island cellist Sasha von Dassow,

who has been dazzling SJCT classical music audiences for the past three years, returns to Night Music with a twist. He’s bringing along friends Grisha Krivchenia (piano) and Angel Michaels (vocals) to add a little “pop” to his repertoire. Tickets $12

the side of the road than follow Mom or Dad and learn how to catch mice. But what happens when the summer ends and there are fewer visitors, or someone moves away? The handouts stop and the youngster doesn’t know how to find natural food on its own. In the fall, young wild animals have to move out of their parents’ territory to find their own area to live in. What if there are no convenient human handouts available nearby?

They learn to trust people and be less wary. There are a lot of people who do not like raccoons, foxes or deer. A wild youngster that is not wary of people is much easier to injure or kill.

They learn to hang around roads and houses where there is a greater risk of being hit by a car or attacked by a dog.

They learn to expect handouts so they walk into yards, onto decks or up to people. Young wild animals don’t stay small and cute for long. Even people who like wildlife are not too happy when a pushy young buck or a full grown

Elizabeth Taylor and Mickey Rooney and Sunday - To Kill a Mockingbird with Gregory Peck and Mary Badham. Learn about the films, stars and directors, as well as bloopers to watch for. Organic popcorn, hot drinks and movie candy will be provided.

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Saturday, August 1

Classic Film Series – Child Stars, SJI Library, free. Join local singer, actress, educator and director Thérèse Finn for 3 films featuring child stars from the last century. The lineup is: Friday - Bright Eyes with Shirley Temple and James Dunn, Saturday - National Velvet with

Solo Piano Concert, FH Presbyterian Church, 7 p.m.

Grisha Krivchenia will present a concert of Beethoven, Chopin, and original works.

All are welcome. Donations will benefit Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services (DVSAS) and the church piano fund.

Night Glow Golf Tournament, San Juan Golf and Tennis Club, 6 p.m.

– 12 a.m. Join us for glow in the dark golf! We’ll begin with 9 holes in day light and finish with 9 holes in the dark. Glowballs will be furnished. 4-person scramble format. Taco bar after first nine holes. Limited to 36 players, so sign up now.

For more info, contact Ben Heflick at sjgolfproshop@ rockisland.com or call 3782254.

Shaw Island Classic Race, Port of Friday Harbor.

The race starts from Friday Harbor and permits circumnavigating scenic Shaw Island in either direction,

raccoon won’t take no for an answer and seems to be a threat to their children or pets. They are then labeled “nuisance” animals and don’t tend to live long, happy lives.

It may seem harmless to give just one cookie to the cute fox kit or tempt the little fawn to nibble an apple right from your fingers, but how many other people have done the same thing? How long will it be before the little creature learns that people are a great source of tasty snacks and starts hanging around the house or the picnic area?

Next time you are tempted to feed a cute, little, wild animal, take a moment to ask yourself why you are doing it. Does the little animal really need the cookie or are you feeding it so you can get it to come closer and maybe get a cute photo? Consider the bad habits you are teaching it that might get it into trouble later. What is best for the youngster in the long-term? Maybe it is better to leave its parents to teach it how to find food, and all the other important things it needs to know to survive as a wild animal.

and back to Friday Harbor for a hearty lasagna dinner and awards presentation.

Register online at sjiyc.com or call 360-378-3434.

Sunday, August 2 Encore! The Met: Live in HD, La Traviata, SJCT, 2 p.m. Verdi’s La TraviataWilly Decker’s stunning production of Verdi’s timeless tragedy stars the riveting singing actress Natalie Dessay as Violetta. $15/ adults, $10/student reserve.

For more info, call 378-3210 or visit www.sjctheatre.org.

Tuesday, August 4 Learn about your iPads and iPhones, San Juan Island Library meeting

room, 3:30-5 p.m., free.

Learn basic operations of your iPad, iPad mini, or iPhone. Find and change settings, download apps, launch apps and close them, use the web browser and bookmark sites and close them, and more.

Please register at the info desk or call 378-2798, limited space available.

Saturday, August 8 Open Mic for Writers, San Juan Island Library, 7 p.m., free. Open Mic continues.

Writers are invited to read their works; complete or inprogress, poetry or prose.

Come to share or to be inspired. Light refreshments are served.

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Mural ordinance passed by council

By Anna V. Smith

Contributed art / Lindsay Carron

Journal reporter

The Town of Friday Harbor repealed an ordinance that previously placed a moratorium on murals, and instated an ordinance detailing rules and regulations for permitted murals on July 16.

Ordinance No. 1569 reads that the purpose of allowing the murals is for “fostering a sense of pride…preserving the distinct historic character and small town quality… and encouraging artistic expression, creativity, imagination, and diversity.”

According to Town Administrator Duncan Wilson, the components to the mural process are almost all complete, and the town will revisit them Aug. 6. Specifically they are looking at whether to limit the number of murals allowed in town, and whether they should narrow down the requirements of what the murals represent.

In February the town overturned a previous decision to

Right: The proposed mural, above, features three local whales, Wave Walker, Alki and Notch, Chinook salmon and foraging fish in a kelp forest. not allow a 1,200 foot mural proposed by American Legion Post 163 on the front of their concrete buttress. The town’s council had originally rejected the proposition 4-1, but in their re-evaluation in February agreed unanimously to let the legion go ahead with their original design created by local artist Michael Scott. The Whale Museum is the first organization to apply for a mural permit since the new ordinance, submitted one day after it passed, July 17.

“Because the museum is in a historic building, we will also go through a series of review meetings with the Historic Preservation Review Board,” Jenny Atkinson, executive director at the Whale Museum said. “Since the Town

Council has just approved a new mural ordinance, I think we are all figuring this out together.

According to the mural statement, “it is a message of hope, celebration of all that is wild and free, and a call to action for locals and visitors to become stewards of the environments.” The artist, Lindsay Carron, recently painted a stormwater drain mural outside the Whale Museum (page 1). The Whale Museum has proposed to begin late August or late September of 2015 if the permit is approved.

“The reason man created stringed instruments….” Jerry Jeff Walker

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contributed to their winning entry. Grange members gave away 425 flowering currant shrubs to residents for Arbor Day. In cooperation with the SJI Historical Museum, they sponsored the second annual Pioneer Festival. They also built eight picnic tables for the historical museum picnic grounds. Numerous other service projects were reported as well. For their efforts, Friday Harbor Grange will be official representative in the National Grange Community Service.

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The FHAC was formed earlier this year to advise the Council on the cultivation, selection, acquisition and placement of public art.

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Reorganized in 2012 after a span of 91 years, Friday Harbor Grange #225 with 15 members was selected as the overall first place winners in the 2015 Washington State Grange Community Service Contest.

Members of the Grange organized the Community Thanksgiving Dinner. Turkeys were donated by a local business, while members seasoned the turkeys and placed into pans. The turkeys were sent home with 32 volunteers to cook.

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TOWN OF FRIDAY HARBOR LEGAL NOTICES AGENDA FRIDAY HARBOR ARTS COMMISSION SPECIAL SESSION TUESDAY, August 4, 2015 ~ 5:00 PM Commission Chairperson: Noel Monin 5:00 PM Convene special session to review Whale Museum mural permit request and confirm whether it complies with Town Ordinance 1569.

6:30 PM Adjourn LEGAL NO. FH647449

PUBLISHED: The Journal of the San Juan Islands.

July 29, 2015.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING(S) NOTICE IS GIVEN that the Historic Preservation Review Board will hold a special meeting on Tuesday, August 4, 2015 at 6:00 pm. The FH Arts Commission will hold their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, August 4, 2015 at 5:30 p.m. The agendas will be posted at Town Hall and on the Town website: www.fridayharbor.org.

LEGAL NO. FH647962 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands July 29, 2015.

Notice of Request for Proposals from 3 Vendors To Furnish and Install A New VoIP PBX, Phones & Voicemail System The Town of Friday Harbor has made a request for proposals from 3 Vendors for a new integrated telephone and voicemail system. That

request and this notice are sent pursuant to the requirements of RCW 39.04.270.

The Vendors receiving the request include Interconnect Systems of Bellingham, Washington; Baron Telecommunications of Bellingham, Washington; and Dimensional Communications of Mt. Vernon, Washington. Contractors will be bidding on all equipment, materials and labor to install one complete and functional integrated telephone and voicemail system as set forth in the specifications.

Notification of the final contract award will take place on Thursday, August 20, 2015.

All questions regarding this RFP or the specifications herein should be directed, in writing, to the Town.

LEGAL NO. FH647080 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands July 29, 2015.

MISCELLANEOUS LEGAL NOTICES DISTRICT COURT OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR SAN JUAN COUNTY JEFFREY WEISS, Petitioner, v.

SUSAN WEISS, Respondent.

NO. AH 12-74 SUMMONS-RCW 10.14.085 The State of Washington to Susan Weiss (respondent): You are hereby summoned to appear on the 17th day of August, 2015, at 11:00 a.m., and respond to the petition of Jeffrey Weiss for renewal of order for protection - harassment. If you fail to respond, an order of protection will be issued against you pursuant to the provisions of chapter 10.14 RCW, for a minimum of one year from the date you are required to appear. A temporary order of protection has been issued against you, restraining you from the following: (i) making any attempts to keep the petitioner under surveillance, (ii) making any attempts to contact the petitioner, and (iii) entering or being within 100 feet of petitioner’s residence or place of employment. A copy of the petition, notice of hearing, and ex parte order has been filed with the clerk of this court. /s/Jeffrey Weiss Petitioner LEGAL NO. J647642 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands.

July 29, August 5, 12, 2015.

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN JUAN NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY Plaintiff, vs.

ESTATE OF ERLENE MCKAY; JEFF MCKAY; SCOTT MCKAY; JILL MCKAY; TODD MCKAY; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; UNKNOWN HEIRS, SPOUSE, LEGATEES AND DEVISEES OF THE ESTATE OF ERLENE MCKAY; DOES 1-10 INCLUSIVE; UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS OF THE SUBJECT REAL PROPERTY; PARTIES IN POSSESSION OF THE SUBJECT REAL PROPERTY; PARTIES CLAIMING A

RIGHT TO POSSESSION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY; AND ALSO, ALL OTHER UNKNOWN PERSONS OR PARTIES CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE, ESTATE, LIEN, OR INTEREST IN THE REAL ESTATE DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT HEREIN Defendants.

Case No.: 15-2-05001-1 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION To: Estate of Erlene McKay; UNKNOWN HEIRS, SPOUSE, LEGATEES AND DEVISEES OF THE ESTATE OF ERLENE MCKAY; DOES 1-10 inclusive; UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS of the subject real property; PARTIES IN POSSESSION of the subject real property; PARTIES CLAIMING A RIGHT TO POSSESSION of the subject property; and also, all other unknown persons or parties claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real estate described in the Complaint herein THE STATE OF WASHINGTON TO THE SAID DEFENDANTS: You are hereby summoned to appear within sixty days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to wit, within sixty days after the 15th day of July, 2015, and defend the above entitled action in the above entitled court, and answer the complaint of the Plaintiff, NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY, and serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned attorneys for Plaintiff, McCarthy & Holthus, LLP at the office below stated; and in case of your failure so to do, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand of the complaint, which has been filed with the clerk of said court. The basis for the complaint is a foreclosure of the property commonly known as 707 Crescent Beach Drive, Eastsound, WA 98245, SAN JUAN County, Washington as a result of a default under the terms of the note and deed of trust.

DATED: July 8, 2015 McCarthy & Holthus, LLP /s/ Mary Stearns [ ] Jessica Grape, WSBA #46436 [X ] Mary Stearns, WSBA #42543 108 1st Avenue South, Ste. 300 Seattle, WA 98104 (855) 809-3977 Attorneys for Plaintiff LEGAL NO. J644325

Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands July 15, 22, 29, August 5, 12, 19, 2015.

Attorney for Personal Representative LEGAL NO. J647436 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands.

July 29, August 5, 12, 2015.

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN JUAN In the Matter of the Estate of: SUSAN EVANDER WATKIN, Deceased.

No. 15-4-05044-1 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030 The personal representative named below has been appointed as personal representative of this estate.

Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced.

The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020 (1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice.

If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060.

This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

Date of First Publication: July 29, 2015 Personal Representative: Elizabeth Ann Marshall Attorney for Personal Representative: Stephen A. Brandli, WSBA #38201 Address for Service: Brandli Law PLLC One Front St. N. #D-2 (personal service only) PO Box 850 (mail only) Friday Harbor, WA 98250-0850 BRANDLI LAW PLLC Dated: July 22, 2015 By:/s/Stephen A. Brandli Stephen A. Brandli, WSBA #38201

Stephen A. Brandli, WSBA #38201 Attorney for Personal Representative LEGAL NO. J647432 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands.

July 29, August 5, 12, 2015.

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN JUAN In the Matter of the Estate of: FREDERICK ELDON HARDTKE, Deceased.

No. 15-4-05038-7 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030 The personal representative named below has been appointed as personal representative of this estate.

Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced.

The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020 (1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice.

If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060.

This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

Date of First Publication: July 29, 2015 Personal Representative: Marian Ruth Corliss Attorney for Personal Representative: Stephen A. Brandli, WSBA #38201 Address for Service: Brandli Law PLLC One Front St. N. #D-2 (personal service only) PO Box 850 (mail only) Friday Harbor, WA 98250-0850 BRANDLI LAW PLLC Dated: July 22, 2015 By:/s/Stephen A. Brandli

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR KING COUNTY Estate of CAROL PARKS, Deceased. NO. 15-4-04136-1 SEA PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030 The personal representative named below has been appointed as personal representative of this estate.

Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

Date of First Publication: July 22, 2015 Jess Parks, Personal Representative c/o Kurt H. Olson 1524 Alaskan Way, Suite 200 Seattle, WA 98101-1514 Attorney for Estate Kurt H. Olson Fahlman Olson & Little, PLLC 1524 Alaskan Way, Suite 200 Seattle, WA 98101-1514 LEGAL NO. J646667 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands July 22, 29 and August 5, 2015.

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