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Canaan the wonder dog Controversy over

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By Anna V. Smith

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Journal reporter

It’s a summer evening and the fireflies are twinkling in the front yard, it’s just you and your dog.

You’re a kid with a cape running around the front yard with arms out like Superman and you’re yelling “Ma, Pa, we’re flying!”

The nostalgic scene evokes thoughts of friendship, youth and innocence, and according to Bob Anderson, it depicts the feeling he gets when training with his four and a half year old border collie Canaan.

“In the middle of an agility run, I’ve felt like that, felt like yelling, ‘We’re flying!’” Anderson said. “And this dog is running next to you with its tongue hang-

Canaan competes in an agility trial. Anderson and Canaan work together throughout the courses, talking through cues.

ing out and is just in heaven.”

The phrase “man’s best friend” is thrown around often, but it can be rare to see a man and his dog working as a team to a shared goal.

The bond that Anderson and Canaan share is the same one that gets them up at 6 a.m. every morning for training six days a week and has led them to compete in the North American Dog Agility Council competitions in Springfield, Illinois Oct. 1-4.

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Marijuana producer and processor NW Connoisseurs have begun the permitting process to move from their current facilities in Deer Harbor to Hope Lane in Eastsound. According to NW Connoisseurs Director of Operations Aarikka Tuss, the lease for their current building will be up soon, prompting the move.

The I-502 permitted growing and processing business is currently set up in multiple buildings on a Deer Harbor rental property, but they plan to build one single building in the new location to house all operations.

According to the conditional use permit application filed on July 31, the property is owned by Tusco Property Management, LLC and NW Connoisseurs will be the tenant under a long-term lease.

“Right now since we’re in five separate buildings it’s a little bit more of an obstacle, because we’re going to and from each building,” Tuss said. “Meanwhile this is going to be everything inside one complete building, so it’s more efficient, better for being environmentally conscious.”

The building will be 5,200 square

Rotary brings solar power to Haiti

By Cali Bagby Journal editor

With electricity comes power. Not only the power to connect computers to the Internet, but the power to learn and communicate.

In the spirit of that power, last December the Rotary Club of San Juan Island awarded the Orcas nonprofit Helping Hands Noramise $8,300 for a solar project in Haiti.

“You have exceeded the club’s expectations,” said a rotary member at a recent meeting where Helping Hands Founder Rosedanie Cadet gave an update on the project. Cadet started the nonprofit in 2009 in her hometown of Limbe. She currently splits her time between Haiti and Orcas.

Orcas Island’s Eric Youngren, an off-grid solar power expert, designed the Haiti solar system, which can source up to 10 computers.

There are five computers currently running.

His systems are used all over the world from

Mexico to Kenya to Tanzania.

The solar panels were installed in March along with security cameras and a motion light sensor. When asked how protected the systems are, Cadet answered: “So far so good. The panels are still on roof.”

The panels not only provide electricity but allow the Helping Hand’s center to power computers and classes. She hopes that once they have consistent Internet they can start long distance learning programs. Currently only boys are attending computer classes, but Cadet said she will continue to invite girls in the community.

Youngren also developed a grid system that can provide additional electricity from the panels to five households. Cadet hopes this will be one way that solar will generate revenue for the nonprofit.

When asked what her next project would be, Cadet said she will continue working with

a sewing circle where they make cloth diapers and feminine hygiene pads. There is a shop in Olympia that will stock their wares. Her other goal is to connect elders and youth in Limbe.

“There is a huge gap,” she said at the rotary meeting. “In between there is a lost generation because there has been so much misery and corruption. The elders remember that there was something else but the younger people don’t.”

As for Rotary, they continue to contribute some funds for maintenance of the solar system by a Haitian electrician. After more than five years of trying to build something for the community of Limbe, Cadet remains optimistic.

“I am fortunate to call the San Juan Islands and Haiti my home,” she said. “They are very different and they are very much the same.”

Cali Bagby has been the treasurer for HHN for the last three years.

feet without windows, and will contain a lofted office. According to Tuss, the building will have selfcontained grow rooms to doublefilter the air before exhausting.

The rooms will have carbon filters that will feed into a second carbon filter system attached to the building, which will then be exhausted through the peak of the roof.

“This concept will eliminate concern for odor because there is no particulate matter in our exhaust air, such as smoke, and therefore will travel away, even with an inversion,” Tuss said. “Not only will we filter our exhaust air, but, we are also filtering the incoming air from surrounding businesses. This is to ensure product quality and purity.”

Tuss said that their current location at 82 Lagoon Road in Deer Harbor does not allow them to make the changes they need. The business has applied for a conditional use permit at 46 Hope Lane and hope to begin building in the fall after a hearing date on Oct. 15.

Public commentary for the project ended Sept. 16, which Tuss said See POT, Page 5

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

Sept. 9 • A deputy in Friday Harbor received a report of a trespass on Argyle Avenue. The suspect was given a warning.

• A Lopez deputy received a missing person report. It was determined that the person, who suffered from dementia, boarded the wrong ferry from Anacortes. She was subsequently placed on the correct ferry and reunited with the reporting person.

• A large amount of rare coins were removed from

a Friday Harbor residence.

Some were from the 1850s.

Sept. 10 • A deputy in Friday Harbor received a report of a suspicious circumstance on Tucker Avenue.

Sept. 11 • A Friday Harbor dog owner was given a verbal warning for his barking dogs.

Sept. 12 • A woman walked into the Sheriff ’s Office in Friday Harbor to turn herself in on a warrant. She was booked into jail.

Sept. 13 • A deputy received a report of an apparent

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harassment incident on Orcas Island. It was found that the suspect threatened the victim’s property. The case has been submitted to the prosecutor’s office for charging decisions.

Sept. 14 • A handmade leather wallet and contents was found in the road near the southbound guardrail at Roche Harbor Road and Terrace Drive. There was no cash in the wallet, other than a single penny.

• A Lopez deputy responded to a reported theft at the Lopez ferry terminal. A backpack full of school supplies was removed from one vehicle, the contents removed and the backpack deposited in another vehicle.

• Orcas deputies responded to a report of a

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domestic violence assault in progress. Further investigation determined that the incident was verbal by nature and no arrests were made.

Sept. 15 • A Lopez deputy responded to an attempted vehicular assault complaint. It was determined that the incident was unintentional and resulted from a misunderstanding while a ferry employee was attempting to direct a motorist who was boarding a ferry.

• A Lopez deputy responded to a disorderly conduct complaint. It was determined that several people almost struck a pedestrian while they were clinging to a moving vehicle while on skateboards.

The suspects were located and apologized. The reporting person declined pressing charges.

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Continued from page 1 Anderson left San Juan Sept. 18 to roadtrip east with Canaan, swimming and camping as they go to make it to the preliminary trials Sept. 28-30. So far Canaan has taken firstplace in 84 agility trials and 15 titles around the country since Anderson and Canaan first began running trials in December 2014. Canaan will be running courses five times a day in the preliminary runs, which are around 35 seconds each. Anderson, chief surveyor at Star Surveying, Inc. got Canaan as a rejected sheep dog from a farm near Republic, Wash.

Anderson said he decided to take Canaan to training classes with trainer Lisa Holt to understand basic commands and exercise.

But what started as something simple has turned into something much larger then “sit” and “stay” over the span of four years of

training, especially for a dog as smart as Canaan.

“He’s training like an Olympic athlete, they’ve really done the work,” Holt said of Canaan and Anderson. “From everything I’ve seen, he is certainly one of the fastest dogs on the west coast.”

When competing, Anderson runs next to Canaan for part of the course, and then directs him with hand signals and body language.

Anderson said training with Holt was critical in their success, improving their communication.

“We’re on the road to a happy destiny. Sure we’re going to Nationals, but that’s just a part of it,” Anderson said. “Getting up in the morning, having the routine, being over 60 and being fit enough to run around and keep up with my dog, that’s the road that we’re on.”

Visit www.sanjuanjournal.com for updates on Anderson and Canaan.

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Lopez man convicted of Malicious mischief on Lopez attempted assault

By Anna V. Smith

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By Anna V. Smith

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On Sept. 11, a 40-year-old Lopez Island man was convicted of attempted assault in the second degree with a deadly weapon after entering an Alford plea. The definition of an Alford plea is that the criminal defendant does not admit the act, but admits that the prosecution could likely prove the charge.

Christopher D. Stovall will serve four months total, two months of work crew and two months of electronic home detention.

Stovall was originally charged April 24, 2014 for assault in the second degree with a firearm and rape of a child in the third degree.

The second charge was dropped and the first charge was amended to an attempted assault in the second degree.

According to the prosecutor’s office recreating the timeline played a large role in why the rape of a child charges were dropped.

Prosecutors say they had difficulties proving the age of the victim at the time because the alleged assault was reported years after the initial incident. In Washington State 16 is the age of consent.

The initial charges stemmed from allegations of incidents in 2012 and 2013 between

Stovall and the alleged victim.

In the first meeting in May 2012, the two allegedly met at a hotel in Burlington where Stovall, then 36, gave the then-15-yearold a tattoo. According to the prosecutor’s sentencing memorandum, Stovall began to send the victim messages online until she agreed to meet again. Also in that memorandum the two allegedly had sex during that second visit on Lopez Island.

In the third meeting in January 2013 on Orcas Island he began giving her a second tattoo, which ended, according to court documents, in him pointing a gun at her after she allegedly refused his sexual advances.

According to initial charging documents, Stovall admitted to taking his .380 automatic handgun out of his bag and indicated that he fired the gun outside at the time of the incident. The state’s sentencing memorandum stated Stovall told the detective: “I was in love with her. I thought we would be together forever.” The documents said he admitted to pulling out a gun and that “she was scared.”

According to the defendant’s sentencing memorandum, Stovall had alcohol abuse issues.

Editor Cali Bagby contributed to this story.

A Lopez man was convicted of malicious mischief in the third degree on Sept.

4, a gross misdemeanor requiring six months of time served and $3,011 in restitution fees. Evan Robard Thorp, 51, will serve three months in jail and three months on work crew.

Officers first responded to a hit and run complaint on Jan. 20. According to court documents, the complainant, who owns an automobile mechanic shop on Lopez, said he had left a truck with the keys in the ignition for a customer to pick up after hours.

The complainant said this was “a common practice of his as a courtesy to his customers.” The next morning the truck was in the same place but with damage to the front.

On Jan. 30, Thorp called the complainant to tell him that he had borrowed the truck under the impression that it was his friend’s truck,

Council places review of proposed greenhouse regulations on hold —Submitted by San Juan County Council

San Juan County Council Chairman Bob Jarman announced Sept. 21 that he will not calendar any further council review of the proposed greenhouse regulations until the Dept. of Community Development has had an opportunity to reevaluate the draft regulations, and take into consideration all of the public comment received over the past several months.

“On behalf of council I would like to thank all of

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those who took the time to provide us with their comments,” Jarman stated.

“I would also like to thank the Agricultural Resources Committee and the Grange for hosting the recent public meetings on the issue.”

It is not anticipated that the council will revisit the proposed greenhouse regulations any time soon. “We currently have two important pieces of legislation before us – the update to the Shoreline Management

Program and the update to the Eastsound Sub-Area plan,” Jarman said. “They demand our full attention and we need to continue to focus on them if Council is going to complete its review this year.”

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and did not know at the time it belonged to someone else. He offered to pay, and the complainant told him it was in the process of being fixed and to call back the following week.

Thorp told sheriff ’s officers that during the early morning hours of Jan. 20 he had been driving to the ferry landing to catch a boat to Orcas Island when he “opened and shut his car door and slammed his finger with the car door when

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As a result, his car went into the ditch. He then used the truck, located at the mechanic shop just down the road, to pull out his car, damaging the front in the process.

Thorp said he thought the truck belonged to a friend. The actual owner of the truck stated to officers that he did not know Thorp and did not give him permission to take his vehicle.

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The League of Women Voters of the San Juans held a panel discussing affordable housing in the county and featured speakers from the community with hands-on experience. The panel drew in around 50 people to the Grange Hall Sept. 21.

Sarah Crosby, program chair for LWVSJ, opened the panel and set the stage for the conversation to come. Crosby explained the purpose of the panel was to help understand the extent of the affordable housing issues in the county, and cited the “mounting anecdotal evidence” of people moving off-island due to the housing shortage, as well as employers having difficulties finding

Prescribed fire at island parks National Park Service and possibly San Juan County fire crews plan to conduct a prescribed fire on the southwest slope of Young Hill and two American Camp locations between Sept. 20 and 25, weather permitting, announced Acting Superintendent Jerald Weaver.

The Young Hill fire – a continuation of a successful burn on the hill in June and September 2014 – will involve from about eight acres on the lower southwest portion, running from below the English Camp

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“Are we in danger of becoming like Nantucket, who have to fly people in for essential services on the island?” Crosby asked the audience.

Greg Winters, director of the Homeless Services Center of the Opportunity Council in Bellingham, began the panel by giving some statistics from the Washington State Housing Needs Assessment for the county in 2015. One particularly worrying statistic stated that 85 percent of the 200 subsidized affordable housing units in the county would be expire by 2017.

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cemetery to Mitchell Hill Connector Trail. The crew will utilize the connector trail as a fire line. Prescribed fires in several units over the last decade have been especially beneficial to the Garry oak woodlands on the southwest slope, Weaver said.

The American Camp prescriptions will include a small plot east of Robert’s Redoubt, on the north side of the Redoubt Road where the park has been managing a return of the longextinct golden brush. Time and weather conditions permitting the crews also will burn about five acres just below the former Belle Vue Sheep Farm site, with the Grandma’s Cove trail serving as a western hose line.

No road closures are anticipated at either park unit, although a few trails in the immediate vicinity of the prescribed fires may be closed for a short time during the burns. Prescribed fire and caution signs will be posted along road ways and trails near the projects.

For safety, park visitors are urged not to stop along the roadway or enter the area while burning operations are being conducted.

The use of fire as an aid to prairie and Garry oak restoration is an activity identified in the park’s approved fire plan. For info, visit www.nps.gov/sajh/parkmgmt/firemanagement.htm.

For info, contact Weaver at 378-2240 or email jerald_weaver@nps.gov.

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Continued from page 1 consisted mostly of questions about what the facility will be like.

On June 21, NWC’s current landlords Corey and Sandra Cookston submitted a letter and photos to the public commenting process on NWC’s pending permit, alleging that the grow operation had devalued the property by not repairing broken windows and doors, improper fencing, damage to the septic system and more. The letter was also passed out in tandem with a petition started by a concerned Eastsound neighbor seeking to stop the permitting process.

Tuss called the landlord’s allegations “heinous,” and NWC employee Adam Parkerson stated that the photographs in the letter were “all opportunistic shots of temporary stacks of plant pots or equipment that may have been only there for minutes.”

Contrary to the tone of the letter, Corey Cookston said that he is not against marijuana production.

“We aren’t opposed to I-502 but we think it needs to be represented better,” Cookston said. “We haven’t had good experiences the last year and a half, and we feel the new location is really inappropriate being where it

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Amanda Sparks, a resident of the Hope Lane neighborhood said she is concerned about the allegations regarding the former neighborhood.

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Business neighbor Jenny Welch of Lotioncrafter LLC will be bordering the property that NWC will be moving to, is also concerned.

“It has become abundantly clear more specific regulations need to be in place at the county level that address these operations and the byproducts of their production,” Welch said. “The citizens have a right to recourse in the event these grow operations fail to control emissions, or otherwise impact the environment and their immediate neighbors, be they homes or businesses.”

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“As a business owner whose land borders the proposed building site, I am gravely concerned about the impact a poorly run operation will have on the future of my business and of this entire neighborhood,” Welch said. “Agricultural operations of this nature are not light industrial by any means and should be in the countryside, away from residential areas and other businesses they can and will impact.”

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ted for producing and processing only, there will be no retail operation or selling of product on the grounds. In addition, Tuss said that the move will be an example of a marijuana grow operation that isn’t in an agricultural setting.

“As our operating plan, that’s not the way we’re doing it,” Tuss said. “We’re not a greenhouse, we’re not doing natural light. By going to a light industrial place, we’re trying to show that it can be agricultural or it can be

industrial, it just depends on how you set up the facilities.”

The county council is currently working on draft regulations of marijuana production.

According to county council member Rick Hughes, since nothing has been voted on, no county marijuana regulation will be used on the NWC facility. He pointed out that marijuana legalization passed by 68 percent by voters in the county, the highest in the state.

Written & Performed by the Island’s Own! Playwrights “On the Fringe” Tues.-Sun., September 22-27 • San Juan Community Theatre

FIBER UPDATE Rock Island Communications, a wholly owned subsidiary of OPALCO, has been busy installing fiber optic broadband to homes and businesses around the county. This historic undertaking will provide fast, reliable Internet up to 200Mbps to those who want it.

We’re currently managing over 250 simultaneous construction projects countywide. Here are some of the groups we’ve been working with to date: Current Group Projects Alder Forest on Orcas Island Cape San Juan on San Juan Island Mineral Point on San Juan Island Spring Point on Orcas Island Mineral Heights on San Juan Island The Highlands on San Juan Island Completed Group Projects Eagle Lake on Orcas Island Seattle Pacific University on Blakely Island Alder Cottages on Orcas Island Upcoming Group Projects Whiskey Hill on Lopez Island Suncrest on Orcas Island You Can Get Connected Too! • Start by indicating your interest online at: rockisland.com/connect • Learn more about organizing at rockisland.com, or attend one of our monthly meetings

MONTHLY FIBER MEETUPS Monthly Open Meeting Join us next month for this general information session. All are welcome!

Next Meeting: October 7, 2015 – 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Monthly Group Organizer Meeting Learn more about organizing your group at this session.

Next Meeting: October 14, 2015 – 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Both meetings held in Eastsound this October (meetings will rotate islands every month) 208 Enchanted Forest Rd., Suite D Eastsound, WA 98245 rockisland.com

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OPINION

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Letters should be typewritten and not exceed 350 words. Preference is given to local writers and topics. They must be signed and include a daytime phone. Send to carmstrong@ soundpublishing.com or 640 Mullis St., West Wing, Friday Harbor 98250. Letters may be edited.

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Thanks to ferry workers

We wanted to express our heartfelt thanks to those ferry workers who helped us board an 8 a.m. ferry to Anacortes several weeks ago when we had a family medical emergency across the state.

We did not have ferry reservations and just hoped that we would be able to

Almanac TEMPERATURES, RAINFALL LOPEZ High Low Precip Sept. 14 64 46 0 Sept. 15 64 46 0 Sept. 16 66 47 0 Sept. 17 65 52 .02 Sept. 18 65 52 0 Sept. 19 65 54 .04 Sept. 20 71 50 .45 Precipitation in September: 1.16” Precipitation in 2015: 12.89” Reported by Jack Giard Bakerview Rd. ORCAS High Low Precip Sept. 14 62 49 — Sept. 15 62 49 — Sept. 16 65 48 — Sept. 17 62 54 .04 Sept. 18 63 54 — Sept. 19 64 56 .10 Sept. 20 63 58 .41 Precipitation in September: 2.01” Precipitation in 2015: 16.64” Reported by John Willis, Olga SAN JUAN High Low Precip Sept. 14 61 49 — Sept. 15 61 46 — Sept. 16 64 48 — Sept. 17 62 53 .05 Sept. 18 62 53 — Sept. 19 65 56 .05 Sept. 20 68 52 .20 Precipitation in September: .85” Precipitation in 2015: 10.33” Reported by Weather Underground Roche Harbor Water Systems SUNRISE, SUNSET

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board. We were given a space which allowed us to be about the first to disembark, and we were able be with our family at a very difficult time.

Thank you all for your understanding and kindness.

KAREN AND DAVID KRATTER Friday Harbor

Bikes are Traffic

I read with interest last week’s Journal Editorial, “Road safety.” Although the well-intentioned message offered some sage advice (e.g., turn signals provide useful information), it hinted that cyclists may not belong on our roads, pejoratively labeling “bicycle riders weaving into traffic” as a “unique danger” akin to our local roadside nibbler, the deer.

But unlike deer, bicycles aren’t unique dangers to traffic; they are traffic.

According to the state Department of Transportation and Washington laws, bicycles share the same rights and responsibilities as cars. In Friday Harbor, many courteous drivers demonstrate an appreciation for this transportation equality and go even further, offering to yield to cyclists at stop signs even when it’s their turn (not necessary, but the sentiment is appreciated!).

Our islands are filled with creative people who need to move from point a to point b. Whether we’re walking, cycling, driving, riding a horse, skating or hoverboarding, we’re not obstacles, we’re just trying to get somewhere. Let’s embrace our transportation diversity and share the road safely.

KYLE LORING Friday Harbor

Re:LeeSturdivant Sturdivant, I agree

with Monica Harrington’s assertion that we need “unambiguous information on ‘death with dignity.’” I,

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however, see two totally different parts to “death with dignity”.

First, the “Washington Death with Dignity Act” (approved by San Juan voters) is solely about allowing competent, adult patients to self-administer lethal drugs after they have been confirmed terminally ill by two physicians, had psychiatric consultation and then waited at least 15 days before picking up the prescription to self-administer in a private place.

Pursuant to Section 19a of the Washington Death with Dignity Act, physicians do not participate in this act while on the Peace Island Health campus.

This should not be a concern to us as this is not a hospital or clinic procedure.

The second part of “death with dignity” includes all other end-of-life care/treatment issues. While not part of the “Washington Death with Dignity Act”, these issues should be of great concern to us. Using a ”POLST” (Physician Orders for LifeSustaining Treatment) and/ or a “Health Care Advance Directive” Peace Health patients are encouraged to choose their own end-oflife care/treatment ranging from no interventions or comfort measures only to full life-sustaining treatments. In addition Peace Health is participating in a San Juan County health care consortium.

This consortium is working on providing an even broader base of information/care regarding palliative end-of-life care. This, in my opinion, is “death with dignity”.

I believe Monica Harrington creates ambiguity and confusion when she continually commingles these two parts. Peace Health is committed to providing a full range of palliative end-of-life care.

I am voting for Jenny Ledford. I believe she is a woman of integrity who will

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work on clearly defining the real issues in providing high quality medical care to all of our island residents within the constraints of our size and funding.

JANELLE TEASDALE San Juan Island

Wake up about climate change

In the article “Extreme weather floods Friday Harbor” published Sept. 9, Duncan Wilson says “we haven’t seen anything like this” ...but this isn’t any mysterious accident out of nowhere.

If scientists who’ve been writing about climate change for over 20 years are right, we’re going to get more frequent and more severe situations like this.

Forecasts say that climate change will cause extreme weather events: that means droughts and heat waves, as well as heavier rainfall and more intense storms.

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I’ve read online that this past July was the hottest on record, that this year is going to be the hottest on record, and that 2014 was the hottest on record as of the end of 2014.

We had a series of lectures here last summer (2014) by scientists studying climate change who told us that temperatures will continue to go up for the foreseeable future, well beyond the end of the century. And we (the U.S. and the rest of the world) aren’t doing anything to even slow this catastrophic trend, much less reverse it.

An online article in the L.A. times quoted Barack Obama during his visit to Alaska saying “Climate change is no longer some far-off problem; it is happening here, it is happening now.”

The article also said: “John Holdren, White House director of science and technology, delivered

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a bleak warning at the Anchorage gathering.

He said failure to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that are driving climate change will result in a 7-degree rise in global temperatures that will be devastating and deadly. Glaciers and the masses of ice at the poles will continue to melt, sea levels will rise, inundating island nations, coastlines and entire cities. The warmer, more acidic oceans and seas will become barren. Vast agricultural areas will be turned to deserts, and starving, displaced hordes of refugees will swamp safer regions, such as Europe and, perhaps, the United States.

It’s time to wake up and pay attention to what is happening now. It affects us here on our little island and it affects everybody on the planet.

JOSEPH TEIN Friday Harbor

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Editorial

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1-502, accept Opposition to grow operation new frontier based on misinformation Although San Juan County residents voted 68 percent to legalize the use and sale of marijuana to adults back in 2012, the actual implementation of I-502 has been rocky.

In November of last year, Token Herb opened its doors on Crescent Beach Drive in Eastsound. It holds the distinction of being the first-ever state-licensed pot shop in San Juan County. We weren’t aware of any public outcry.

But it would appear that for the county and our island communities, selling marijuana is one thing while growing it is another.

Marijuana producer and processor NW Connoisseurs will be moving from Deer Harbor to Hope Lane in Eastsound.

Owners say there will be nothing to see or smell outside the sealed building, but response from neighbors has been mixed. Some feel that having a pot production facility near neighborhoods with families is “inappropriate.” See page one for more on this story.

San Juan Sun Grown, a producer located on San Juan Island, has become the poster child for regulatory hurdles after it shut down operations in December 2014. Owners said the cost of looming legal battles and weight of regulatory uncertainty proved too much to overcome. The county hearings examiner overturned the company’s land-use permit and revoked its building permit, ruling that county planners erred by not adequately evaluating impacts of the facility on surrounding properties.

The San Juan County Council has been getting pressure from the public to reconsider its approach to permitting marijuana-related facilities since I-502 was first approved.

Common concerns are noise, odor, traffic and pesticide use.

In January of this year, the council held a workshop to consider imposing a six-month moratorium on building permits for marijuana facilities. In a 3-0 decision, the council voted to disengage from its pursuit of the moratorium – but primarily because it would have also targeted greenhouses. In March, the Department of Community Development was tasked with drafting greenhouse regulations. The discussions included members of the San Juan County Agricultural Resource Committee and Health and Human Services and local farmers. It was presented at a public meeting in early September on San Juan Island, and members of the 30-plus audience voiced their frustration over the process. This week, the council announced it is putting the proposed greenhouse regulations on hold, citing public comment and more pressing land-use topics as the reasons.

We are a county that is deeply rooted in agriculture. There are “open space” tax breaks for farmers, but we won’t support a potentially lucrative new crop because of noise, odor and traffic concerns? The smell of pot is less odoriferous than chicken or pig manure. We applaud the county in its recent decision to abandon the greenhouse regulations. According to Councilman Rick Hughes, the council is currently working on draft regulations for marijuana production. We are looking forward to seeing what those encompass – we agree there should be standards for grow operations.

We hope islanders can accept this new frontier. It’s time to accept that the production and sale of marijuana is legal in Washington state. For a website that keeps track of marijuana taxes in our county, go to http://502data.com/.

And in regards to the new operation going in on Hope Lane, we think it’s a reasonable location. There is already a brewery and other light industrial businesses in the area.

If parents are concerned, it’s a great opportunity to discuss with children the realities of marijuana (and alcohol) use.

PUBLIC MEETINGS OPALCO Board of Directors regular monthly meeting, Sept. 23, 8:45 a.m., Eastsound OPALCO office. n San Juan County Public Hospital District No. 1, Sept. n

23, 5 p.m., Legislative Hearing Room, 55 Second Street. n Friday Harbor Port District Port Commission, Sept.

23, 4 p.m., San Juan Yacht Club.

By Carlin Hayworth Special to the Journal

I am a lifelong Orcas Island native, born here in 1985. I enjoy a very good, stable, government-regulated job working for Aarikka Tuss and Max Brand at NW Connoisseurs, an I-502 compliant marijuana producer/processor. In light of the story for the San Juan Journal (see page 1) I would like to share some feelings as an individual. The expression of the recent community opposition to NW Connoisseurs’ move from 82 Lagoon Road in Deer Harbor to our property on 46 Hope Lane in Eastsound has disappointed me as a local. Very, very few parties have contacted our business voicing their concerns to us personally, visited our facility or even learned who owns the business and who works here. Nine of us work here, all locals and almost all raised here, and we all stand to lose our livelihoods and more if we were to be denied the opportunity to move to our new property.

To have so much opposition based on misinformation and fear can be discouraging (especially to us kids who grew up here) and while we don’t expect every person to agree with the changing laws or with what we’re doing, we are accessible and contributing members of this community and are here to answer any questions.

Our team has sacrificed immense time and effort to build this company; tremendous funds have been put forth to keep up with the latest technology and comply with every government and county regulation that applies to us. We take pride in being a very transparent business and every member of our team would be happy to address any concerns or queries that people might have. This is new territory for all of us and we expect a certain amount of trepidation from some community members.

I hope that the persons in the community who have concerns will consider contacting NW Connoisseurs directly for more facts rather than using misinformation to fuel petitions and hurtful rumors. There is also a wealth of information online about the I-502 regulations that might be informative and helpful for those against our move to Hope Lane.

I am very passionate about this company, which was founded by people I grew up with and believe in. For every concern we’ve heard through the grapevine, we’ve already had a plan in place to address it. We care about this community quite a lot and we would prefer to have an open dialogue instead of a battle from the beginning. Every business in this county deserves the respect of direct communication, regardless of personal opinions on any part.

Peruvian daffodil - the magic of perennial flowers

By Toni Shiurba

Special to the Journal

Want to grow a show-stopping, remarkable, exquisite, angelic, balletic, graceful and ethereal perennial flower? Find some Spider lily bulbs and plant in a huge pot or area protected from the nibbling lips of browsing critters. The particulars of the bulbs I planted this year were: Family: Amaryllidaceae, Genus: Hymenocallis, Species: narcissiflora, Hybrid: Ismene x festalis Zwanenburg Even the name suggests a budding woman and a festival, so I knew it would be spectacular. I was not disappointed. The broad dark green leaves are the first to emerge, wide and thick.

Central to the arching leaves sprung a stalk, rising through them in a “Jack and the Beanstalk” fashion. The stalk is called a scape and mine reached 30-inches or more. Flower buds form at the top in what is called an umbel or inflorescence. This is a whorl of buds.

Anticipation brewed. The buds grew. A week passed. The sun blazed.

I kept them watered, which was a daily routine. My deck is hot. It must have been mid June, when like a Kilauea of the flower world, burst forth the first white bloom of the cluster. Gigantic in size, the largest measured 5 to 6-inches in diameter.

Spidery thin, delicately curly petals shot out from a cente, daffodil-like cup but with edges ruffled and fancy looking. The frilly, white flower resembled a sweet 16 Cotillion ensemble I once wore to a fancy social dance where we

learned proper etiquette and formal dancing. Thin petals pour outward and down and the effect is dainty but somehow daring. Beautiful, but dangerous.

The scent wafts sweet and oh so intoxicating. Devilishly sweet.

Ismene x festalis distinguishes itself by the ruffled edge to the cup portion of the daffodil and the arching, thin petals flowing out around this center cup. On one hand, it appears delicate and subdued.

Turn around and the display is like

a brazen hussy flaunting her arresting miniskirt. In the end, Amaryllidaceae Hymenocallis narcissiflora Ismene x festalis is dressed to kill – a real pretty woman of the flower kingdom.

Shiurba 35 year San Juan Island resident, recent graduate of Master Gardeners, owner of Salish Seas Jewelry-a feather and bead northwest Indian inspired jewelry business and Toni’s Tutoring serving island children and adults for 20 years, with specialties in math and creative writing.

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EMS of the month | Tom and Connie Tom and Connie arrived on the Island with their 30-foot Fisher Northeaster in tow via I-5. They left Oakland, Calif., wanting to sail around the Pacific North West and visit family who lived here. After a spell of sailing they thought it might be a good idea to have a home in the area, away from the hustle and bustle of city life. They chose apiece of land of Egg Lake Road near the Eagle Crest fire station, sold the boat, bought the property, built their home themselves, and have been here for 30 years. Tom and Connie, however, still go back to Oakland for half of every year. They are still able to serve the public here in Friday Harbor often and well.

Connie is a retired eighth grade math teacher and Tom painted houses. They are both massage therapists and both hold licenses as holistic health practioner educators from the state of California.

After the big storm of 1991, Tom went to the then county fire office to get a burn permit to burn all his slash and arrived home with an application to join the county fire department. Through the years, he has received almost every award the department has to offer.

Connie signed up and worked with the American Red Cross. At that time, the fire department didn’t have a Logistics Team (they prepare food and serve it to the firefighters during lengthy fires) so her job with the Red Cross

was to procure sandwiches and coffee from local venders like King’s, the Donut Shop, and the China Pearl and deliver it to the fire scene. When the new fire station was built on Mullis Street, Connie moved from the Red Cross to the newly formed Logistics Community in the Fire Department working out of its kitchen. For years when the town station ran the pancake breakfast, she was the friendly cashier you’d meet when you got in line.

When Tom turned 65 years old, he retired from the job of actually fighting fires and eventually became a Tender Operator who’s job is to bring the water truck (Tender) to the fire. This leaves the firefighters free to get the engines directly to the fire without worrying about the water supply, the equipment, or running the pumps. These men and women are people who have come up in the ranks and know what there is to know about fire fighting but have reached the age of retirement. It keeps them active and needed in the department.

Words of wisdom from Tom: “Its not for everyone. You have to be able to change tracks in the middle of everything.

You have to be able to think outside of the box all the time.

Yes, we know how to do everything but every time we go to do it, we’re in a different place, and in different terrain, with a different group of people so you have to be flexible

CROSSWORD PUZZLE Across 1. Vestments, e.g.

5. Jerk 9. Big name in computers 14. Succulent plant 15. Drink garnish 16. Water nymph 17. Baseball field area 20. Mideasterner 21. Dostoyevsky novel, with "The" 22. Near-Earth Objects 23. "___ any drop to drink": Coleridge 24. Protestant denom.

26. Ancient colonnade 28. European bunting 34. The "N" of U.N.C.F. 35. Alpine call 36. Kind of computer architecture with a relatively small set of computer instructions 39. Book of maps 42. Like some muscles 43. Bread spreads 45. Daughter of Njorth and sister of Frey 47. Cell for prisoner sentenced to death 51. Married Mahalath 52. In-flight info, for short 53. Flatter, in a way 56. ___ grecque (cooked in olive oil, lemon juice, wine and herbs, and served cold) 59. Offspring of a male tiger and a female lion 61. Eye sores 63. Gas stations 66. Colorado resort 67. Building additions 68. Yellowfin, e.g.

and resilient.

You know, it is a wonderful job because you get to be a hero and you don’t have to clean up the mess – just put out the fire and leave the rest to the owners.”

Connie says that: “ What you need to do is talk to your significant other because your significant other is going to be your silent partner with the fire department. Your partner is going to have to deal with things like dinner at 6 every Monday because drill is happening, or waking up to an alarm activation page three nights in a row at 3 a.m. If you are thinking of joining the fire department you don’t want things like this to be a surprise to your partner. Working on Logistics keeps me well informed about the progress of fires that Tom is helping to fight, which is a plus for me.”

Team Odegard has been fighting Island fires and feeding firefighters for 30 plus years! Thank you so much and keep up the good work.

San Juan Island Fire and Rescue welcomes all interested men and women ages16 years and above to drop by the Mullis Street Station and make an appointment to see what we are all about. Look online at www.sjifire.org for lots of good information. Or, you could view our Facebook page: San Juan Island Fire and Rescue. Our phone number is 3785334. We would like to talk with you.

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69. Bob Marley fan 70. 1992 Robin Williams movie 71. "Don't go!"

Down 1. Libreville's land 2. "Remember the ___!"

3. Prayer beads 4. "___ here long?"

5. Marienbad, for one 6. Airport for helicopters 7. Blend 8. Getting on in years 9. Detailed analysis 10. "Polythene ___" (Beatles song) 11. Subatomic particle 12. Channel 13. Edible, starchy tuberous root of taro plants

18. Sacred writings of the Christian religion 19. Bit 25. Aquatic plant 27. Ethically indifferent 29. Make secret 30. U.S. writer best known for autobiographical novels 31. Tokyo, formerly 32. Certain theater, for short 33. Arch 36. "Arabian Nights" menace 37. 1969 Peace Prize grp.

38. Clinton, e.g.: Abbr.

40. In an ardent manner 41. The Amish, e.g.

44. Verse form used by Dante

46. Bakery supply 48. Cardinal 49. Solid lump of a precious metal 50. Spend or invest 54. Suburb of Hobart, Tasmania 55. English exam finale, often 56. Way, way off 57. _ Gleave, actress and model 58. "The Sound of Music" backdrop 60. Christiania, now 62. Small songbirds 64. Affranchise 65. Beast of burden

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Ten plays show local talents

By Anna V. Smith Journal reporter

T

en plays featuring local island talent are presented at San Juan Community Theatre this week. The festival, Playwrights “On the Fringe,” focuses on local talent.

“Not only does ‘On the Fringe’ showcase the island’s writing talents, but it brings together both stage veterans and theater “newbies,” in many aspects, such as directing, acting and behind-the-scenes work,” said Director of Promotion for San Juan Community Theatre Jan Bollwinkel-Smith. “This festival is a wonderful way for our island community to see new and diverse theatre art unfold right before them.”

Coordinator for the event Julie Laidlaw said that this years festival seems to have running themes of life, death and technology in the plays.

A good example of such themes is in “Come Dance with Me,” a play about a daughter caring for her aging father, and his concern that she is working too much – a point that is punctuated by loud interruptions of their conversation by her cellphone. Another with such themes is “No Redo,” where a grandmother muses in a monologue about explaining the world to her young grandson, and navigating their relationship in a technological world (cue funny grandma texts and Skype conversations with reading glasses on).

“What writers are saying has a lot to do with modern technology, the direction society is heading and how we’re dealing with that,” said Laidlaw.

The ten short plays and monologues have been divided into two acts, and will be at the Whittier stage Tuesday through Saturday, Sept. 22-26 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 27 at 2 p.m.

For a full schedule of the plays complete with actors and directors visit www.sanjuanjournal.com or www. sjctheatre.org.

A scene for the upcoming Playfest at the community theater.

Staff photos/ Anna V. Smith

Youth makes greeting cards for Mt. Grant

By Anna V. Smith Journal reporter

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Calendar Tuesdays, Ongoing Get Technology Help on Tech Tuesdays, SJI Library, 10 - 11:30. Drop by the Library on Tuesday mornings to get instruction, trouble-shooting or help with your technology questions.

Bring the device (laptop, Kindle, smartphone, tablet, etc.), and a Library volunteer will be here to help.

You will learn by doing and get personalized attentionfor your tech needs.

Staff photos/ Anna V. Smith

Library meeting room, 2-4 p.m., free. New island resident Sandhya Sreerama will share two Indian dishes, including recipes, as she demonstrates the cooking, the culture, and samples of the food. Come learn about Indian cooking, and how different it can be from what we see in U.S. Indian restaurants. Register at the Library information desk.

Saturday, Sept. 26 Soils and Fertilizer Presentation, 9 - 10 a.m.

Browne’s Garden Center, free event.

Wednesday, Sept. 23

Monday, Sept. 28

Culture and Cuisine with Sandhya Sreerama, SJI

Listen Up! Stories for Grownups, Mullis Center

local girl has taken the entrepreneurial spirit of a lemonade stand to a whole new level. Raylee Miniken, 12, is making and selling cards to raise money for the Campaign to Save Mount Grant.

Miniken has so far raised more than $1,000 after two times tabling at the Saturday Market and with the help of family friend Kathleen Foley of the San Juan Preservation Trust and friend (and manager) Ayla Ridwan, also 12.

Miniken credits her grandmother as the seedling that started the art project.

“My grandma is an artist and she has a lot of cards around her house. So I just started making them there at first,” Miniken said. After showing her art to Foley, she suggested she make more for a cause.

“After I saw them I said you know what? Those are so good, could we make a bunch of them and we could do a fundraiser?” Foley said. “She said yes, so I gave her a list of lounge, 1:15 p.m. The San Juan Island Library reads to adults each Monday after the senior lunch.

Participants don’t just sit quietly. We all share our reactions to what we read, and may discuss other books we’ve read that pertain to the librarian’s selection. Stop in to hear adventure travel, writing, history, science and more.

Work the jig saw puzzle or do needlework while you listen and share feedback.

Listen Up takes place each Monday at 1:15 p.m. except holidays.

Free Contra Dance, San Juan Island Grange 152, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 29 Up Up Farm! Film Festival - the future of farming, Brickworks, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m., $7 per night / $35 season.

Friday-Sun, Oct. 2-4 Classic Movie Series with Thérèse Finn, SJI Library salon, 7 p.m., free. Join local singer, actress, director and educator Thérèse Finn for 3 movies from famed director Alfred Hitchcock: Spellbound, Vertigo, and Psycho. Thérèse will share fun facts about the director, stars, and even bloopers to watch for. It’s entertaining and enlightening. Come enjoy organic popcorn from the Friends of the Library

mammals and birds that live up there. So she chose a few of those to make cards out of and she came up with all these designs.”

The cards include a variety of bird species like a bald eagle in a nest, and a pileated woodpecker.

“Art has always been an important part of my life,” Miniken said in her artist statement. “I love creating, drawing and just messing around with all sorts of media. For me, art is not about right or wrong answers, it’s about having fun and following my passion.”

Miniken went up Mount Grant for the first time this summer as a volunteer with the San Juan Island Youth Conservation Corps and said of the experience “it was amazing.” When asked about future art-for-fundraisers, Miniken said she would be very interested, thought she doesn’t have anything lined up yet.

“She’s got a big heart,” Foley said.

To buy Raylee’s handmade cards, call Bella French at San Juan Preservation Trust at 378-2461.

and movie candy from your fellow viewers.

Monday, Oct. 5 Know Your Islanders Talks with Boyd Pratt, SJI Library, 7 p.m., free. Popular Know Your Islanders Talks are back after a summer hiatus, starting with San Juan Island’s favorite architectural historian, Boyd Pratt. Boyd has an interesting tale to tell of a harrowing trip to Hawaii. You read that right, harrowing and Hawaii in the same sentence. Come found out find out what that’s all about.

Refreshments provided

by Friends of the Library and the Know Your Island Committee.

Saturday, Oct. 10 Make a Book with Beth Helstien, SJI Library, 1-4 p.m., free. Make a simple blank book. We’ll leave out the step of stitching books together by substituting staples. You’ll learn some of the steps of how books are constructed, and make one to take home. Materials provided courtesy of the Friends of the Library.

Open Mic for Writers, SJI Library, 7 p.m., free. Open Mic continues. Writers are invited to read their works; complete or in-progress, poetry or prose. Come to share or to be inspired.

Light refreshments are served.

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Sandhya Sreerama will share two Indian dishes, including recipes, as she demonstrates the cooking, the culture, and samples of the food. Come learn about Indian cooking, and how different it can be from what we see in U.S. Indian restaurants. Register at the Library information desk. Free

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My name is Brooke and I’m worried. Halloween is

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They’re very nice to me and the food isn’t bad, but what I really had in mind was my own soft bed in my own home … soon. I’m very lovable – not to mention gorgeous as you can see by my photo.

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The San Juan County Textile Guild are sponsoring a Craft and FiberArts Expo on San Juan Island at The Mullis Center, 589 Nash Street, Friday Harbor on Sept. 26, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

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Fall gardening workshop San Juan County Washington State Uuniversity Master Gardeners present their inaugural Fall Gardening Workshop on Saturday, Oct. 10, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Friday Harbor Middle School. This all-day workshop is open to all garden enthusiasts.

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San Juan County Health and Community Services is offering influenza immunization clinics at their Friday Harbor office (145 Rhone Street) on Sept. 24, 1 - 4:30 p.m., Sept. 29, 1- 4:30 p.m., Oct. 9, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. and Oct. 16, 12 - 4 p.m.

Call for appointment at 378-4474. The charge for adult flu vaccine is $38; and $23 for children. Medicaid, Medicare and Group Health Insurance plans can be billed.

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Writers are invited to read their works; complete or in-progress, poetry or prose.

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In the islands, most of us know a bit about the farming history of our communities. But many of us don’t often get a chance to see behind the scenes of the process that brings food to our table. For three days in October, more than two dozen farms and farmrelated businesses on Lopez, Orcas and San Juan Island will be open to the public, with demonstrations on everything from apple cider pressings to sheep shearing.

Each tour or workshop is priced separately. Tickets are available for cash purchase at each stop, or at www.eventbrite.com. Kids under 12 are free.

San Juan Island ThreeFarm Walking Tour Historic farms connect today’s farmers with the island’s cultural past At the north end of San Juan, three historic farms share borders, and history.

All three farms were homesteaded to grow fruit, from apples and pears to plums and now kiwi and Asian

pears. On this tour, you can walk between the farms, talk to the farmers and purchase fruit and press cider to take home.

At the 20-acre Sweet Earth Farm, farmers Elaine Kendall and Amanda Zee raise animals and a range of fruit, herbs, vegetables, mushrooms and berries. On Oct. 11, noon to 4 p.m., you can tour their orchard, market garden, and livestock,.

Just through across the field and through the trees, is Mitchell Bay Farm, established in 1900.

The farmers Colleen Howe and Bruce Gregory will discuss the commercial kiwi and Asian pear orchard, sheep, and holistic management practices of the farm, integrating soil management, fertility, livestock grazing and crop production. Enjoy fresh brewed teas and home-baked cookies while sitting near the perennial gardens.

A short walk takes you to nearby Lacrover Farm, once part of a large family homestead from the late 1900s, and protected by a conserva-

tion easement through the San Juan Preservation Trust.

It is now owned by Paul Lacrampe, Katie Hover and their son, Quinn. Known for their berries (strawberries in particular) they also grow a wide variety of produce both in the field and in their greenhouse, and raise sheep and chickens for meat and eggs.

The cost is $25 per person (children under 12 halfprice).

Westcott Bay Cider and

San Juan Distillery Tour Visit Westcott Bay Cider and San Juan Island Distillery, located a short distance to the north, to tour the cider orchard and distillery producing award winning gin and apple brandy. “Taste the spirits of the San Juan Islands” at the distillery from 1 to 4 p.m.

There are also farm tours on Lopez and Orcas, visit http://www.visitsanjuans. com/.

Island-made music video released A new music video for Seattle-based musical artist Shelby Earl has been released. It was produced and filmed entirely on San Juan Island. Filmmaker Casey Sjogren is a new island resident and both acted in and directed photography for the video.

Jenn Furber is an island-

Movies in the Park, Sept. 26 For Sept. 26, they will be showing “Mamma Mia.” Donna (Meryl Streep) is preparing for her daughter’s wedding with the help of two old friends.

Meanwhile Sophia, the spirited bride has secretly invited three men from her mother’s past in hopes of meeting her real father. A musical set to ABBA’s Greatest Hits.The movie begins at about 7:45 p.m. but come early for fun trivia and prizes. FANs sponsors this great family event and pops popcorn.

Go to www.islandrec.org or call 378-4953 for more info. Bring blankets or lawn chairs.

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er, school board member, writer and mama to three who produced the short film. Islander Kerry Andrews assisted with production.

Sjogren and Furber released the video from their new production company Neon Tide.

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San Juan County, as an Equal Opportunity Employer, does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status in the provision of services, in programs or activities or employment opportunities and benefits. Direct inquiries to Administrative Services at (360) 378-3870. TTD relay at 1-800-833-6388.

MEETING NOTICE Citizens’ Salary Commission The Citizens’ Salary Commission will meet to discuss compensation of elected officials on Thursday, October 22nd, at 12:00 noon, in the first floor Hearing Room of the Legislative Building, 55 Second St., in Friday Harbor. The public is invited to attend.

Written submissions and agenda items for the Commission must be received by 10/08/15 to be considered.

Send to CSC, 350 Court Street, #5, Friday Harbor, WA 98250. A draft meeting agenda will be available one week prior on the County website at http://sanjuanco.com/calendar.aspx .

LEGAL NO. SJ657858 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands, The Islands’ Sounder September 23, October 7, 2015.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON A RESOLUTION DETERMINING THAT ACQUISITION OF A PORTION OF TPN 260723007 IS NECESSARY FOR PUBLIC USE AND DIRECTING THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY TO FILE A PETITION FOR CONDEMNATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the San Juan County Council will conduct a public hearing for the purpose of receiving testimony regarding a Resolution directing the Prosecuting Attorney to file a petition for condemnation for San Juan County TPN

260723007000 to carry out San Juan County Public Works Project No. 021201 Deer Harbor Bridge Replacement. The public hearing will be held in the Council Hearing Room at 55 Second Street, Friday Harbor, Washington on Tuesday, September 29, 2015 beginning at 9:15 AM. The hearing may be continued from time to time and place to place as may be desired by the Council without additional written notice.

At the hearing, members of the public will be invited to speak and/or provide written statements regarding the proposed Ordinances. After the public testimony portion of the hearing has ended, the Council will deliberate and consider condemnation of the property, the Council may also consider modifications as proposed by members of the public, county employees or the Council. The proposed Resolution may then be adopted with or without modifications.

All persons wishing to be heard on this matter are encouraged to attend.

Written comments may be submitted in advance of the hearing by mail or at the hearing by delivery in person.

Please deliver 5 copies of all written comments to the Clerk of the San Juan County Council at 55 Second Street, Friday Harbor or mail to 355 Court Street#1, Friday Harbor, WA 98250. The Resolutions are filed at the Office of the County Council, 55 Second Street, Friday Harbor, WA and may be inspected and copies

obtained at the Council offices during each business day between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

The Resolution 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 Resolution will be mailed without charge upon request.

For more information please contact the Clerk of the County Council at 360-370-7472.

LEGAL NO. SJ656970 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands, The Islands’ Sounder September 16, 23, 2015.

OFFICIAL NOTICE OF San Juan County November 3, 2015, General Election and Close of Voter Registration NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN in consideration of the San Juan County November 3, 2015, General Election, that the last day for new voter registration, transfers, or updates online or through the mail is October 5, 2015. Voters who are not registered in Washington State may register in person at the Elections Office, 55 Second St. Suite A, Friday Harbor through October 26, 2015.

Voters may register and transfer their voter registration by completing the Voter Registration Form available at the Schools, Fire Stations, and Public Libraries, or by contacting the Elections Office. Applications by mail must be postmarked by the date

of the close of voter registration. The Voter Registration Form and Online Voter Registration are also available at: www.myvote.wa.gov .

Notice is also given that assistance is available for elderly and disabled voters with registering to vote and vote-by-mail ballots. Any voter may also use the Accessible Voting Unit located in the San Juan County Elections Office, 55 Second St., Suite A, Friday Harbor WA 92850. Please call (360) 378-3357 for more information.

Elections in Washington State are conducted entirely by mail. Voted ballots may be delivered in person to the San Juan County Elections Office, 55 Second St. Suite A, Friday Harbor, WA, during normal business hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday and until 8:00 p.m. on election day. Ballots may also be deposited until 8:00 p.m.

Election Day in receptacles located at: -San Juan County Courthouse 350 Court St., Friday Harbor, San Juan Island -Orcas Island Senior Center, 62 Henry Rd., Eastsound, Orcas Island -Lopez Island Fire District Office, Lopez Village, 2228 Fisherman Bay Rd., Lopez Island Ballots returned by mail MUST be postmarked no later than November 3, 2015, and should be addressed to the San Juan County Auditor, PO Box 638, Friday Harbor, WA 98250.

Standard first class postage is required when returning ballots by mail.

Registered voters may request a ballot by contacting the Elections Office or by downloading a ballot at www.myvote.wa.gov .

NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN that the San Juan County Canvassing Board, or its duly appointed representatives, pursuant to RCW 42.30, will convene at 8:30 a.m. on November 23, 2015, for the purpose of canvassing vote-by-mail and challenged ballots cast in the November 3, 2015 General Election conducted in San Juan County. This meeting will convene in the San Juan County Elections Office at 55 Second St., Suite A, Friday Harbor, WA 98250.

The Canvass Board will again convene at 8:30 a.m. on November 24, 2015, in the San Juan County Elections Office to sign the certification documents for the election.

Additional information concerning the General Election or voter registration may be obtained by contacting the Elections Office or visiting the Elections Office webpage on the San Juan County website at www.sanjuanco.com/elections .

F. Milene Henley San Juan County Auditor LEGAL NO. J658376 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands.

September 23, 2015.

NOTICE OF APPLICATIONS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS (Planning Commission – PC; Hearing Examiner – HEX; County Council Hearing Room - CCHR)

Tax Parcel Number, Applicant/Agent Name Other Required Existing SEPA SEPA Project Date of Date Hearing Hearing Hearing Project Location, and Address Permits, If Environmental Threshold Comments Comments Application Complete Body Place Date and Island known Documents DET End Date End Date Time extension 271451012, 118 J Starr Farish, c/o Jeff Otis, PEXTHXHearing Key 7/24/15 7/24/15 10/15/15 for Outlook Inn Main St, 393 Bobbyann Rd, 15-0002 Examiner Bank Events Center Eastsound, Orcas Eastsound WA 98245 353344008, Orca Dreams LLC, c/o HPA; CZMA Numerous340411004, & Hearing Key Francine Shaw, Law Office Consistency; PSJ000Joint use contact DCD MDNS 10/7/15 10/21/15 11/19/15 6/4/15 9/1/15 340411003; 1601 Examiner Bank of SJ O’Day, PO Box 2112, Section 10 14-0008 community dock for list False Bay Drive, Friday Harbor, WA 98250 ACE San Juan 353344008, Orca Dreams LLC, c/o Right-of-Way; 340411004, & Francine Shaw, Law Office Environmental Hearing Key PLP000Eight lot 6/4/15 9/1/15 Septic/ DNS 10/7/15 10/14/15 11/19/15 341411003; 1601 of SJ O’Day, PO Box 2112, Checklist Examiner Bank 15-0002 subdivision Water False Bay Drive, Friday Harbor, WA 98250 San Juan LAND USE DECISIONS: Hearing Examiner Decisions: www.sanjuanco.com/cdp/hearingexdecisions.aspx Planning Commission decisions: http://www.sanjuanco.com/planning/planningcommissionactions.aspx County Council decisions: http://www.sanjuanco.com/council/ordinances.aspx and http://www.sanjuanco.com/council/resolutions.aspx BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED: Permits issued by the Department of Community Development are searchable at https://services.sanjuanco.com/Default.asp. Select “Citizen Services,” then “Permits and Inspections,” then “Permits Inquiry” and enter search parameters To search a date range, use two periods between the date entries, i.e., after “Issue Date,” enter 11/17/2014..11/21/2014 and after “Permit Status,” select “Issued.” This will return a table of permits issued for the date range in question. There is no need to enter a permit type, unless you want to narrow your search. There are also links available on our website. (San Juan County is providing this information as a public service, in recognition that there will be occasional down times due to system updates.)

SEPA COMMENT AND APPEAL: Anyone desiring to comment on the SEPA Determination can do so by submitting a written statement to Community Development, PO Box 947 (135 Rhone St), Friday Harbor, WA. 98250 no later than the comment date specified above. The SEPA Determination may be appealed to the Hearing Examiner pursuant to SJCC 18.80.140 within 21 days of the date of the SEPA Determination.

APPLICATION COMMENTS: Any file may be examined by appointment during regular business hours at the Community Development, located at 135 Rhone Street, Friday Harbor. Comment on Notices of Application can be submitted in writing to Community Development at P. O. Box 947, Friday Harbor, WA 98250, no later than the end date for project comments specified above. Requests for copies of project decisions or staff reports or requests to provide testimony in a public hearing for a project, may be made by contacting Community Development: (360) 378-2354 * (360) 378-2116 * Fax (360) 378-3922 dcd@sanjuanco.com NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS: Hearing Examiner meetings on San Juan Island start at 10:30 a.m., in the Key Bank, Downstairs, Garden Rroom, 95 Second Street, Friday Harbor. Planning Commission meetings begin at 8:45 am. In the County Council Hearing Room, 55 Second Street, Friday Harbor. Any person desiring to comment prior to the hearing should submit a written statement to Community Development, PO Box 947, Friday Harbor, WA. 98250. Written comments may also be submitted at the hearing. A copy of the staff report for a hearing may be obtained from Community Development seven days prior to the hearing.

NOTICE OF PERMITS: Information regarding all land use and building permits is available on the County’s website. A link is available on the Community Development homepage at: sanjuanco.com/cdp Permit Number

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TOWN OF FRIDAY HARBOR LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF APPLICATION & NOTICE OF COMPLETENESS The Town of Friday Harbor has deemed the following Rezone Application complete.

The Application, received from San Juan County Hospital Dist. No. 1, requests the rezone of their property from to Professional Services to the Commercial zone.

The property is identified as tax parcel no. 351491565 and located at 550 Spring Street, Friday Harbor, WA. 30 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: September 2, 2015 to October 2, 2015. To make written comments

on this proposal, please mail or hand deliver specific comments to: Land Use Administrator, Mike Bertrand, Town of Friday Harbor Community Development Department, 60 Second Street, or PO Box 219, Friday Harbor, WA 98250 no later than 4:30 PM October 2, 2015.

If you have questions on this application, contact the Town at 360-378-2810 between 8:00 AM and 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday.

LEGAL NO. FH654812 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands September 2, 23, 2015.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING before the Town of Friday Harbor Planning Commission regarding the 2015 AMENDMENTS TO THE 2002 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSAL: The Town of Friday Harbor’s Community Development Department has issued its Staff Report for the 2015 Amendments to the 2002 Comprehensive Plan, prepared in compliance with the Growth Management

Act (RCW 36.70(A)).

PROPONENT: Town of Friday Harbor POB 219 Friday Harbor, WA 98250 HEARING DATE AND LOCATION: The Town Planning Commission will hold a PUBLIC HEARING for proposed amendments to the 2002 Comprehensive Plan at 5:30 PM; Thursday, September 24th, 2015 in the Town Council Chambers located at 60 Second Street, Friday Harbor, Washington. Copies of the documents are available for public review by contacting the Town’s Community

Development Department at 360-378-2810.

LEGAL NO. FH657290 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands September 16, 23, 2015.

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MISCELLANEOUS LEGAL NOTICES IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN JUAN IN PROBATE In The Matter of The Estate of REMIE N. JAUSSAUD, Deceased.

PROBATE NO. 15 4 05047 6 NOTICE TO CREDITORS The Personal Representative named below has been appointed and has qualified as Personal Representative of this estate.

Persons having claims against the decedent must, prior to the time such claims would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, serve their claims on the Personal Representative or the attorney of record at the address stated below and file an executed copy of the claim with the Clerk of this Court within four months after the date of first publication of this notice or within four months after the date of the filing of the copy of this Notice with the Clerk of the Court, whichever is later or, except

under those provisions included in RCW 11.40.011 or 11.40.013, the claim will be forever barred. This bar is effective as to claims against both the probate assets and nonprobate assets of the decedent.

DATE OF FILING COPY OF NOTICE TO CREDITORS with Clerk of the Court: 9/2/15 DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: 9/9/15 Dated this 1st day of September, 2015. /s/Diana G. Hancock Diana G. Hancock Personal Representative Attorney for the Estate: Diana G. Hancock, WSBA #29325 175 Village Road P.O. Box 160 Lopez, WA 98261 (360) 468-3871 LEGAL NO. J655863 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands September 9, 16, 23, 2015.

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SKAGIT COUNTY In the Matter of the Estate of JANET K. McWHORTER, Deceased.

No. 15 4 00313 5 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 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 non-probate assets.

Date of first publication: September 16, 2015. /s/Marta McWhorter MARTA McWHORTER, Personal Representative SKAGIT LAW GROUP, PLLC By:/s/Brian E. Clark BRIAN E. CLARK, WSBA #9019 Attorneys for Personal Representative P.O. Box 336/227 Freeway Drive, Suite B Mount Vernon, WA 98273 LEGAL NO. J656126 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands September 16, 23, 30 2015.

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Wolverines sports update

By Anna V. Smith Journal reporter

Girls’ soccer

In what appeared to be a rough start to the season, the Lady Wolverines collected their first win on the road at Concrete on Sept.

19 in a 3-0 victory, bringing their record so far to 1-3.

“We open with 3 games in 5 days,” said coach Paul Hopkins. “One against an always tough La Conner followed by two non-league division 2A schools”

The team now has games on Orcas Island Sept. 23, at home against Evergreen Lutheran Sept. 26 and away at La Conner Sept. 29.

Boys’ soccer

Friday Harbor boys soccer team had two wins this week, Sept. 17 against La Conner with a 8-0 victory, and Sept. 19 against Shoreline Christian 7-1.

Coach Andy Duke said he was “thrilled” by the offensive work this week, which worked so efficiently that

five different players made goals in the game against Shoreline.

“It’s coming together,” Duke said. “We’ve got a new system and they’re really getting a handle on how to play it.”

The team has scored often in the last two games, allowing younger players to get more field time. Their next game will be away against Providence Classical Christian Sept. 23. For a longer article and photos: www.sanjuanjournal.com

Volleyball

Friday Harbor girls volleyball team is heating up for the season with some solid wins. Varsity won 3-0

against Sedro-Woolley Sept.

14 and against Concrete Sept. 19. Junior varsity lost both games, 2-1 and 3-0.

Coach Travis Mager said the Sedro-Woolley game was well-rounded and cited hitters Allie Galt, Ilaria Verri and Lili Wood as doing an outstanding job, and a strong defensive effort by Taylor Turnbull.

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According to Mager, setter Madi Kincaid gave the hitters a solid foundation to work off of.

“She did a tremendous job keeping the offense flowing and spreading the ball around which kept Sedro-Woolley constantly on there heels,” Mager said.

Mager added that assistance by the veteran players at the Sept. 19 game allowed them to squeeze by with a win. Coming up will be a home game Sept. 24 with Darrington, another home game against Evergreen Lutheran Sept. 26 and then an away game against La Conner Sept. 29.

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Carol’s physician, William Gunderson, MD, respected her wishes and even visited her at home to make sure she was comfortable. “It’s very rare that you see a doctor on the island visit your home,” said Bill. “It makes a big difference.” Four weeks after her diagnosis, Carol died at peace and at home, exactly as she wished.

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