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Monster or friendly giant? Summer shows a buyers market Published by the Journal of the San Juan Islands

A look at recent reports by the Northwest Multiple Listing Service

By Anna V. Smith Journal reporter

By Cali Bagby Journal editor

With a massive body and a mouth that emerges from the deep blue like a man-made dungeon cell, the basking shark resembles a great and terrible monster. But this is an animal whose terror resides only in its appearance. This harmless creature floats through the water with its mouth agape under a bulbous nose feeding mainly on plankton.

It is only its size and the industry of man that has brought the basking shark from an abundant population to the brink of extinction.

Twenty years ago kayakers and boaters in the Salish Sea would have had a chance to see a fairly common dorsal fin that did not belong to a whale. The basking shark, who is named for “sunning” itself on the surface of the water, is called “sunfish” or “sailfish” in some parts of the world. Basking sharks in this region are often referred to as the gentle giant slaughtered almost into oblivion.

“It’s absurd. They weren’t a threat,” said resident shark expert and author Gene Helfman.

The shark’s sharp decline started in the 1990s because high numbers were getting caught in fishing nets and the Canadian government authorized ramming to keep them from being a nuisance.

For shark lovers like Helfman, driving these marine animals into near extinction is a travesty. He is a Lopez resident and the author of “Sharks: The Animal Answer Guide.”

By the time Helfman was 13, he had read almost every book ever published about sharks. That passion still drives him today as he easily ticks off facts about the basking shark, an animal most islanders these days know little about.

This species is known to enter bays and estuaries as well as venturing offshore. Basking sharks are often seen traveling in pairs and in larger schools of up to

Contributed photo/ Florian Grane form “The Salish Sea” (Sasquatch Books)

Above: The basking shark and its gaping mouth.

a 100 or more.

Unlike the great white shark or hammerheads, basking sharks are known for being tolerant of nearby divers or boaters. Although there are reports of these sharks ramming boats while being harpooned.

These fish are further described by Helfman as large, innocuous and slow-moving like the shark version of the manatee.

In the British Isles basking sharks are an ecotourism highlight and there is an extensive online database to alert visitors of potential sighting areas.

“A diver could get in the water with them,” said Helfman. “But you wouldn’t want to ride on them – they are sharp with scales.”

People have reported brushing up against a shark and receiving bad scrapes.

Recovery?

The basking shark is currently listed as vulnerable on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List. According to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, basking sharks are listed as a species of concern dealing with the Eastern North Pacific population. Like many sharks, basking sharks are very slow to reproduce with up to a 14-month gestation period. According to Helfman, a lot of sharks take a year off to reproduce.

“So you’ve got an excess of two years in a animal that doesn’t mature until it is 20 years,” he said. “They were never super numerous so they were easy to wipe out and will be slow to come back.”

According to the Vancouver Sun, eight basking sharks were spotted in 2014 off the west coast of Vancouver Island but also as far north as Haida Gwai, See SHARK, Page 3

The median price of residential and condominium listings in San Juan County have gone up since 2014, according to a report by Northwest Multiple Listing Service.

This year’s year-to-date median price is listed at $695,000, up from $639,000 in 2014. Although median price was up, overall number of listings was down.

For San Juan Island, the number of total active listings for the yearto-date was lower than in 2014, although the median price was up to $688,000 so far this year compared to last year’s median price at $620,000.

According to Merri Ann Simonson’s real estate summary, the number of transactions this year is down 6 percent compared to the same period in 2014.

“This decrease is attributed to the higher number of high-end sales that have occurred this year,” Simonson said. “Fewer transaction numbers but higher sale prices contributing to the volume.”

Simonson, a real estate broker on San Juan Island, said that the market recovery is still gradual, but the two brackets of home sales that are showing the most recovery are sales under $400,000 or over $1,000,000, and predicted that by next year buyers would be unable to find homes under $300,000 that qualify for bank financing.

“Currently it is very difficult to find a nice home under $275,000.

This has a detrimental effect on our community’s affordability and a direct impact on our first time home buyers,” Simonson said in the report.

The MLS report combines Orcas Island, Shaw Island and Obstruction Pass in residential and condominium listings which has a similar story, with an uptick in median price from $775,000 in 2014 to $795,000 in 2015.

Despite the increase in 2015 median price, 2014 actually had 34

more new listings.

September 2015 was a buyer’s market for Orcas Island.

According to Mariah Buck, managing broker of Windermere Real Estate Orcas Island Inc., the buyer’s market is transitioning to a seller’s market as available listings shrink.

The average cumulative days for listings on the market in 2014 was 255, while the average for 2015 was just 155.

“The median sales price is also going up because we are finally seeing higher priced homes selling,” Buck said. “For example in the past week, we have had 3 homes priced over one million go pending.”

Lopez Island, combined with listings on Frost Islands, had 11 more listings in 2015 than in 2014, but median price dipped down from $625,000 in 2014 to $595,000 in 2015.

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Continued from page 1 an archipelago on the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada.

NOAA researchers reported five sightings in the Puget Sound area in between August and November of 2014.

In 2010 and 2011, NOAA Fisheries funded two projects studying the habitat and movements of basking sharks along the west coast.

According to a NOAA press release, Southwest Fisheries Science Center has been examining historical records of basking shark sightings, coordinating with international partners on research and data collection, and deploying satel-

lite tags on basking sharks.

Three satellite tags have been deployed, one in 2010 and two in 2011. Tracking data from one of these tags show that basking sharks travel from the California coast offshore to waters close to Hawaii.

Basking sharks primarily eat plankton and are entirely passive feeders – there is no suction involved. Because plankton is so abundant the impact of the loss of this species in our waters is hard to measure. Plankton are tiny animals that can be found near the water’s surface.

“I would be very surprised if ever a major population consumed a significant portion of the plankton,” said Helfman. “Plankton is an

incredible resource.”

And because there is a wealth of other marine animals that eat plankton – including whales, herring and baby fish – the plankton is not in danger of becoming too great in number.

What may be lost if the species never returns is further research on some of the mysteries of the animal. For instance: what do they do for the winter?

Research shows that basking sharks “disappeared” from the northern Atlantic in winter. It was speculated that they went into deep water and hibernated or mated. According to Helfman, more recently, with the help of satellite tags, researchers found they migrated south, as far

as Brazil, but stayed as far down as 1,000 feet rather than feeding near the surface as they do in our waters.

“In all likelihood, they are following food such as zooplankton aggregations that are also in deeper water off Brazil,” said Helfman. “This isn’t surprising given that many marine animals that occur in shallow water at high latitudes tend to live deeper at lower latitudes.”

But many questions remain about these creatures.

Helfman recalled one story of a basking shark that was found at the mouth of the Amazon river. What was it doing there? We may never know. If the shark passes into extinction we definitely will not get

those answers. For Helfman and other researches the inquires will never end.

“It’s a fascination I have never grown out of,” said Helfman.

Did you know?

• The basking shark is the second largest living fish, after the whale shark.

• Basking sharks have the largest liver: 2,200 pounds on land seven pounds in water.

• They can grow to more

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• A San Juan Island caller reported that her child had not return home. The caller reported the child advised she would be staying with some older boys. The caller provided a first name. After a short search the child was located and returned to a family friend.

Oct. 11 • A man walked through the parking lot of Friday Harbor Espresso stand and took an unknown amount of money from the tip jar in the drive through window. The man was located.

Oct. 12 • A San Juan Island resident reported an aggressive driving incident that occurred in the area of Mitchell Bay and West Valley Rd. The resident said the other driver became aggressive because he had discouraged the marijuana farm on Fieldstone Rd. in recent months.

• An Orcas deputy took a report of an attempted

fraudulent phone call she had received. The reporting party did not provide her banking information but requested the incident be taken down in case it happens to another person.

• It was reported that soccer goals were taken and some were damaged at the Friday Harbor Elementary School.

• An Orcas deputy responded to a report of an apparent vehicle prowl and theft of items that occurred in the area of Rosario in Eastsound.

• A Lopez deputy was dispatched to a possible harassment case.

Complainant didn’t want the other subject contacted, but wanted the encounter on record.

• A deputy responded to the Friday Harbor area and determined a domestic violence incident had occurred. One suspect was taken into custody for assault in the fourth degree.

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• A Lopez Island man believes his vehicle has been vandalized by foreign substances being added to his fuel. He says this has happened at least twice in the past three months.

• A Lopez deputy arrested a driver for driving under the influence. He initially stopped the person for not wearing his seat belt. The driver was cited for DUI and failure to wear his seat belt and released with a promise to appear in District Court.

• Deputies received a report of a person drinking in public in Friday Harbor.

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If you see a basking shark in West Coast waters and are able to call from your vessel, contact the basking shark sighting hotline at (858) 334-2884 or email basking.shark@noaa.gov.

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

Oct. 7 • An Orcas deputy was dispatched to an Olga address on found property resulting from probably a trespasser. Evidence was recovered.

•A 53-year-old Lopez Island woman was cited for driving with a suspended license after being stopped for speeding on Fisherman Bay Road. She was released from the scene with a citation to appear.

• A San Juan deputy arrived at the scene of a single vehicle roll-over accident east of Scheffer Drive.

The driver was transported to Peace Health Hospital for treatment.

Oct. 8 • A deputy in Friday Harbor received a report attempted malicious mischief on A Street. The unknown suspect put two large screws under the victim’s tires in an attempt to pop the tires. The victim noticed the screws before any damage was done.

Oct. 9 • A Lopez deputy was dispatched to a report of a suspicious postcard received by a Lopez woman. The card did not contain threatening information, and was stamped “rejected” and returned to sender.

• An employee of an Eastsound business found two sets of books. She called the Sheriff ’s Office to turn them in as found property.

Oct. 10 • A deputy responded to a residence on San Juan

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When we lived in Seattle I always hosted the block party. I believe in community.

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Letters to the Editor No Republican endorsements

It has come to my attention that at the Mullis Center Hospital Board candidate forum on Sept. 30, someone asked Monica Harrington and Bill Williams about their requests for endorsement by the San Juan County Democratic Party.

They replied that they had requested endorsements from both major parties.

As chair of the San Juan County Republican Party, I wanted to clarify that, for whatever reason, we have received no endorsement requests from any of the hospital board candidates.

LEVI RAWLS Chairman, San Juan County Republican Party

Thanks Louise

I’ve been waiting for someone like Dustrude to cast my actions in a negative light – and just in time for the election. Thank you, Louise, for this opportunity to enlighten with the truth.

Only twice in my life have I been so outraged at elected

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officials that I stood on a street corner to express my opinions April 15, 2009 and 2010, “Tax Day.” Months prior, I called senators and representatives from several states to voice disgust at George W. Bush for caving to the bank bail-out in order to cover $700 billion in bad loans with our tax dollars. But, like hogs at a trough, they voted to unfairly burden the taxpayers. My second Tax Day protest occurred during Obama’s first term, when he piled on with billions in “stimulus.” Dustrude asserted my complaint was with the Affordable Care Act. My beef was with Congress loading up more “pork barrel politics” in the Affordable Care Act with “earmarks.” And interviews at the time clearly show my views: Journal of the San Juans April 15, 2009: “Jenny Ledford of San Juan Island said those politicians who voted in favor of the bailouts should be voted out of office. ‘Anybody who voted for the bailouts needs to go,’ she said.”

Journal of the San Juans, April 15, 2010: “They also opposed what protester Jenny Ledford called ‘the continued padding of all legislation with earmarks.’

Government is ‘spending us into oblivion,’ Ledford said.”

The sign I held read, “I’m Anti-Incumbent.” It takes courage to take a public stand as I did. Similar feelings that put me on the street corner those two days were also growing in the minds of other citizens across the nation and later we saw the Occupy Wall Street movement appear. Now voters know what a “hawk” I am when it comes to watching for wasteful spending of taxpayer dollars. For the record, Richard and I are both Independents; not Republicans, not Democrats, not Tea Party.

JENNY LEDFORD Candidate for PHD, Position 3

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Ledford and Hancock

I am troubled about the politicizing of the San Juan County Public Hospital District Board election.

Bill Williams and Monica Harrington stated in a public forum that they have asked both political parties to endorse them. We also have a political group posting signs all over San Juan Island pushing for an agenda driven “politically aligned group” of candidates.

The public hospital district board should not be a partisan position, so I will be voting for candidates who have not chosen a political agenda to bring to the hospital district board.

I hope others will join me in voting for Jenny Ledford, and “Doc” Bill Hancock, as they clearly are nonpartisan candidates and they seem to have the best interests of the community in mind, rather than personal agendas.

FRANK M. PENWELL San Juan Island

No easy answers

I am a strong proponent of letting religious organizations honor their faith.

The same logic precludes a religious organization from imposing their beliefs on a secular hospital. The greatest impact is the death with dignity law.

If you have terminal cancer a PIMC physician cannot offer an opinion about how long you have to live, a disturbing raw execution of power over the patientphysician relationship.

Emergency room charges are about ten times outpatient fees. Nationally we have designed a system with perverse incentives to shunt patients to the emergency room, especially those with the lower paying policies.

We should do better.

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no more than those charged by like facilities in the State of Washington providing services in like circumstances.”

The commissioners were wise to place a cap on charges. A CAT scan at a private office is about $500 versus PIMC’s $2,500. The institutional goal should be to run PIMC so well that it matches the lower cost, not strive for maximum charges. The nationwide scandal is with insurance, the only people who pay the high charges are the poor and uninsured.

Losses are then written off as “fake charity.” We should do better.

The aid unit was my baby from paramedics, protocols, paramedic response car, integrating EMS, sheriff and fire dispatch, trauma center, ferry priority load, medivac, etc. I am very proud of its success and those who serve.

We have unmatched stats in almost every area. When I left the aid unit, it was debt free with a saving account.

We continue with a great crew and medical control, but now there are significant problems. I want this gem to be polished so bright that we can continue to crow about its exceptional nature, not just raise taxes.

This will take leadership.

We can do better.

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The last commissioner’s relinquished oversight of PIMC as PeaceHealth appoints the board but they can exert significant influence and help facilitate improvements. These are the issues as I see them, complex and difficult, none with easy answers.

DR. BURK GOSSOM San Juan Island Gossom is board certified in family practice and geriatrics. After about two decades at IIMC, he went into private practice, ran the County and San Juan Island EMS, became the first medical director for community mental health, and helped get the hospice group started, Medical Director at Lifecare San Juan.

Don’t trust Jenny

Jenny Ledford asks for voters to “trust” her, sorry, I don’t. There are many reasons for my mistrust.

Jenny is an active Tea Party Member, the same Tea Party that holds our federal congress hostage. Jenny is also vocal about her opposition to the Affordable Healthcare Act and to Planned Parenthood. I have no doubt that her Tea Party beliefs would seriously influence the decisions that she would have to make as a commissioner.

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The original Boston Tea Party members started a revolution over taxation without representation. I am amazed that Jenny has not made mention of the fact that the islanders are taxed to the tune of one million four hundred thousand dollars, yet we have no financial control of these funds.

Our current hospital district commissioners turned over our tax money control to PeaceHealth as a result of the 50 year contract that our commissioners signed three years ago. Jenny should be outraged by this giveaway, but I have not heard her mention the need for the board of commissioners to rectify this injustice.

In the past the hospital district commissioners were involved in the financial dealings of the clinic, establishing clinic policies and generally overseeing the operation of the facility.

When Jenny tells the voters that she will commit herself to giving back taxpayers the control of their tax dollars, then I will stop viewing her as a member of PeaceHealth cheer leaders cozy little club.

STEVEN KING San Juan Island

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Editorial

Sharp, Williams and Harrington

The role of commissioners on the San Juan County Public Hospital District #1 Board is to ensure the community’s medical needs are met, to have fiscal responsibility and to be transparent with the public. The candidates that will best fulfill these responsibilities are Barbara Sharp for position #2, Monica Harrington for position #3 and Bill Williams for position #5.

Sharp

Barbara Sharp has a long career of public service as staff attorney for Washington State, as well working with the local chapter of Soroptimist International, and on the boards of Friends of the Library and League of Women Voters. Sharp has focused her campaign on the issues of transparency, the EMS levy and affordable healthcare and suggested a number of ways to assist them. Sharp has recommended that the board extend their outreach to citizens unable to regularly attend meetings to make public comment by allowing an online commenting process, as well as utilizing social media, as San Juan County administration has recently embraced. She also supports creating an urgent care in order to allow islanders access to healthcare without the emergency room price tag. Ultimately her commitment to transparency comes from wanting the trust of islanders who need the board as a way to access their local healthcare systems. This trust translates to voters approving a critical EMS levy in 2016, which Sharp has detailed steps to get passed.

Harrington

One of the more contentious candidates out of the three is Monica Harrington, a self-described patient’s advocate.

Harrington has a background in successful businesses, and has made patients rights, the EMS budget and levy and affordability her main goals in her campaign. In a recent Q&A with the Journal, Harrington stated that she would like to minimize legal exposure and find a pragmatic solution to the issues raised by the American Civil Liberties Union, a resolution that would not result in litigation and a strategy that Sharp and Williams support.

Concerns have been raised about Harrington’s role as the editor of the website CatholicWatch, which aims to monitor Catholic healthcare organizations. We too sense that Harrington has a wider scope of issues with Catholic organizations than PeaceHealth, however her commitment to affordable healthcare and serving islanders comes first and foremost. We trust that Harrington will honor this.

Harrington has experience in outreach programs through her business background, and will use these skills to ensure that voters can understand and support the EMS levy passage in 2016. Harrington is an effective and diligent communicator, a trait that will serve her well on the board.

Williams

Bill Williams has an extensive background in healthcare administration, including a masters degree and 30 years of managing hospitals and physician practices. He said in the Journal’s recent Q&A that “the role of commissioners is to utilize their powers to secure the best healthcare possible through the wise expenditure of public funds.” He has also pledged to help restore the public trust that the district works for the public and to make them part of the major decision making process. We believe that Williams’s experience and readiness to address critical issues with openness will guide the board well.

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Sharp, Williams and Harrington

All I know is that we have a gold-plated, faithbased hospital under a 50 year contract sucking up 97 percent of our tax subsidy and making money hand over fist. When folks in the know respond to critical but appropriate public inquiries (most recently Mr. Tom Cable’s letter) we know we have a big problem.

Smart people worked very hard to bring improved health care to the islands.

Now many more smart people are rightly questioning the glitches, inequities, sleights of accounting, arrogance, fat profits and yes, unforeseen consequences, of our eggs-in-one-basket contract for faith-based Peace Island Medical Center. Anyone who thinks everything is hunky-dory with PIMC but for a couple little issues needs a reality check.

The repeated failure of an EMS levy is clearly due to self-serving, sloppy “trust us we have your best interests at heart” talking down to the public and refusal to share budget details in an understandable way.

I am grateful for the attention and involvement of the American Civil Liberties Union. It is laughable to hear them denigrated as an “outside interest group” threatening our way of life.

I know that next time I have a hook driven nearly through my finger by a struggling salmon fishing alone on a weekend, I will not suffer a $250 deductible and nearly a thousand bucks in ER fees but push it on through, cut the smashed barb, rinse the wound in whiskey and fish on. Ditto for a serious jaw ache on a weekend resolved by the most outrageously expensive earwax removal one can imagine.

I respect anyone who runs for public position but in this important contest the three most likely to further the broad public interest toward reasonable health care in a complex, and now over-heated situation, are surely Sharp, Williams and Harrington.

There are no “liars” in this race. Those who claim so seem to be trying to obscure the obvious evidence of serious problems with the status quo. Why one would do that?

STEVE ULVI San Juan Island Asking the hard questions and then working to find answers is the heart of being an effective elect-

ed official. I’m voting for Barbara Sharp, Bill Williams and Monica Harrington because they have proven they are willing to ask the hard questions and seek the information needed to answer them. There would be no contested races for the San Juan County Public Hospital District #1 commissioner positions without these three highly qualified candidates already asking questions. Their willingness to seek the information necessary for answers, and thus solutions, is admirable in these volunteer positions.

Delivering health care locally is a challenge – medicine is always changing, the complexity can be daunting.

If answers were easy and the issues simple, we all could endorse the status quo and ignore this race. It’s not that way however. We need public hospital district commissioners to make sure the tax dollars being spent work as intended.

The public hospital district was formed to ensure affordable, comprehensive medical services could be available to all islanders and visitors as much as reasonably and legally possible.

That is still the goal. It’s the reason I want hospital district commissioners who have already shown their willingness to ask the hard questions and seek the information necessary to answer those questions.

I urge your support for Barbara Sharp, Bill Williams and Monica Harrington.

DAVID L. ZERETZKE San Juan Island What’s on my mind? The upcoming hospital district vote. I hope it is on the minds of my local friends and island neighbors.

I am voting for Barbara Sharp, Monica Harrington and Bill Williams, not because I dislike the other candidates and not just because I disagree with many of their positions on a variety of issues. I am voting this way because there is a rift in the community over the hospital’s financial and health care delivery policies and distrust over future EMS funding–issues that are in dire need of mending.

I believe these candidates will speak for the majority of islanders. They are each unquestionably skilled and dedicated to high quality and sustainable health care delivery and emergency services for everyone in the community – rich, working class and poor. I mean, come on, aren’t we all?

The fundamental difference between the candidates as I see it, is that

Barbara, Bill and Monica are willing to admit that some things need fixing. We all know some things need fixing. What we don’t need is denial of the continuing problems and more fancy brochures and testimonials telling us how wonderful the new hospital is.

Unless the members of the hospital district board are willing to address, faceon, the problems being raised by the community–rather than doggedly asserting that everything is fine (and that we should be thankful) for the hospital, and using scare tactics around EMS, we won’t mend this rift.

That’s how I see it. Please become informed and vote, either way, on this important issue.

SANDY STREHLOU Friday Harbor A letter we received from Dr. Burk Gossom refers to the recent rapid growth of his practice, and says in part: “I have always kept the practice open to Medicare and Medicaid recipients.

We have also accepted all patients of limited means, as long as they work honorably with us.

“Peace Island Medical Center has elected to place significant limits on which plans it will accept, leading to a disruption of care of many Islanders who have switched to this practice.”

How many islanders have been affected by this policy of Peace Island Medical Center, and how can that be acceptable to voters?

Another reason we need a change in the people running the public hospital district: please vote for Barbara, Bill W. and Monica.

JOHN DUSTRUDE Friday Harbor As a full-time resident of San Juan Island for 25 years, a member of the hospital district board in the early 1990s and a practicing family physician at the Inter Island Medical Center from 1990 to 1997, I am happy to lend my strong endorsement to Barbara Sharp, Bill Williams, and Monica Harrington as candidates for San Juan County Hospital District # 1 Board.

All three are highly accomplished and experienced in areas that would be invaluable on the commission.

They are also strong advocates for increased transparency at Peace Island Medical Center and a more active role of the hospital district commission in oversight of PIMC’s operations as they relate to needs of the

community.

I agree with Dr. Burk Gossom that a community hospital should be dedicated to the primary care needs of its community without restrictions imposed by religious beliefs. In our present situation, we need to find ways to reallocate taxpayer dollars that are supporting PIMC to meet these needs in other ways.

The current debate over issues relating to PIMC is far more active than it was when the hospital was still on the drawing board.

Then, many questions from the public were ignored and a public vote was never taken.

Useful as this debate is, however, it has been distorted by some of the candidates and their supporters. The debate is not about potential lawsuits against PIMC, which no candidate favors. It is about community needs that are not being met, such as affordable access to urgent care (as opposed to emergency care), and how to provide necessary services that are currently restricted by the ethical and religious directives for Catholic healthcare services, eg., reproductive services and options for Death with Dignity. It is also about making use of existing taxpayer funds to provide these services.

Our 50-year contract with PIMC has brought many good things to islanders, but some changes are now clearly needed. In my view, the three candidates best qualified to make these changes are Barbara Sharp, Bill Williams, and Monica Harrington.

JOHN GEYMAN, M.D San Juan Island

Future of the hospital?

It took a chainsaw and Monica Harrington to motivate our first letter to the editor. A chainsaw accident gave us the opportunity to experience the incredible competence and care at Peace Island Medical Center.

We have read Harrington’s strident and mean-spirited attacks on PIMC, and on opposing candidates who appreciate the hospital’s value to our community.

Our concern is even greater because two candidates, Barbara Sharp and Bill Williams, have joined her in a clearly partisan voting bloc designed to take over the Public Hospital District Commission in order to make PIMC conform to Harrington’s political agenSee LETTERS, Page 8

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While it appears that Harrington is the driver of much of the antagonistic campaigning, the complicity of the other members of her voting bloc raises questions about their judgment, and willingness to put an anti-Catholic agenda ahead of the community’s need to preserve the excellent services now available at PIMC. We are not Catholic, but are dismayed by religious intolerance, and the failure to differentiate between responsibilities of the Commission, and the PIMC management and board. We do not understand Harrington’s vehe-

mence as an island parttimer, but it goes beyond San Juan Island, and has nothing to do with improving health care.

The legal actions Harrington proposes would divert resources from care to ideologies that have nothing to do with the Commission. It is hard enough to attract doctors and other health care professionals to serve in a rural area without subjecting them to attacks by selfaggrandizing politicians who want to tell them how to do their jobs.

We are encouraged by the qualifications of the other three candidates: Jenny Ledford, Michelle Loftus, and William “Doc” Hancock. Each has demonstrated health care and community service experi-

ence, and an understanding of governance issues, including which are the responsibility of the board, and which are not. We urge support for Jenny, Michelle and Doc to ensure that the future of PIMC and its dedicated staff is not jeopardized by irresponsible actions of some who care more about their personal agendas, than improving health care in our community.

BILL AND KATIA ROBINSON San Juan Island

An agenda?

Several months ago I wondered why the San Juan County Democrats would endorse three candidates running for the non-partisan public hospital board

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election. Now after seeing the yard signs listing three candidates, I realized there is an political agenda; and that agenda is a veiled attack against the Catholic religion.

Before PIMC was built the citizens of San Juan County were sending over a million dollars to IIMC. There was no public controversy over “women’s health,” a buzz word for abortion.

The hospital is basically furnishing the same services, and more, from what we received from the old clinic. The doctors at IIMC decided not to provide maternity care because of the realities of economics and insurance requirements. The doctors at PIMC are still faced with those same realities.

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Religious influence was not a factor in either decision about local provision of maternity care.

Now that money is going to a Catholic associated hospital some people are now suddenly concerned about “woman’s health.” Why? Is our local hospital now part of a national ACLU campaign against Catholics?

The money we are paying to the hospital district is being used for our benefit much more than it was before. As I understand it the district money is being used to maintain a 24-hour emergency room, which we never had before; helping to maintain the clinic; with better services than what we had from the old clinic, and providing charitable help to our needy citizens. Our tax dollars are contractually isolated from religious directive influences. They are being used to help needy islanders.

Remember, PeaceHealth was the only medical group willing to put their resources at risk to help us provide widely needed medical services we could not provide alone.

If those three partisan endorsed candidates are elected we will have disharmony for the next six years.

Already the ACLU has filed a complaint against the hospital, most likely initiated by one of the candidates.

Our island is lucky to have a hospital, how many communities our size have a hospital?

Lets elect people who will

enhance our hospital.

BOB LEVINSON San Juan Island

Vote for Monica

I have known Monica Harrington for several years. I believe her commitment to ensuring all of our community’s healthcare needs are met combined with her significant business and nonprofit experience position her perfectly to serve as a San Juan County Public Hospital District Commissioner.

For as long as I have known Monica, she has been a tireless advocate for patient’s rights. She also possesses significant business experience with a proven track record of building successful partnerships in both the public and private sectors.

From our incredible new hospital, to our tireless EMS professionals to our national award-winning Island Air Ambulance, we are extremely fortunate to have the island medical care we have.

As a San Juan County Hospital District Commissioner, I believe Monica will remain a tireless champion for patients’ rights, while ensuring that our incredible island health care system continues to provide for all of our health care needs.

SENATOR KEVIN RANKER D-Orcas Island See LETTERS, Page 15

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Guest column

Women’s services at PIMC

By Merry-Ann Keane, MSN, BSN, RNC, NE-BC Director of Clinical Services PeaceHealth PIMC

Throughout my career in nursing I have had a passion for women’s health.

This passion still motivates me today as Director of Clinical Operations at PeaceHealth Peace Island Medical Center.

The choices women make regarding their health and medical treatment involve some of the most personal decisions that they’ll make in their lives. The patient and provider relationship requires trust, honesty and confidentiality.

PeaceHealth fundamentally respects the relationship

between a patient and her physician and the importance of engaging in discussions ranging from wellness, to pregnancy, to menopause and other health concerns.

When a woman becomes pregnant we provide pregnancy tests through our clinic and on-site lab. Care is then transferred to an off-island provider to provide obstetrical care. We are lucky to have long-standing relationships with Drs. Robert Prins and Nadine Foist, both OB/GYNs from Anacortes, and Melinda Milligan, a certified nurse midwife from Orcas Island – all who regularly travel to see their patients in our clinic. Deliveries are not

Charity or subsidy?

By Kerwin Johnson

At the last League of Women Voter’s forum, candidate Bill Hancock made the statement that some very smart people put the contract together between Peace Island Medical Center and the San Juan County Public Hospital District regarding the use of our tax monies for “charitable” purposes.

While some might call their actions “smart,” others might call them questionable.

The hospital district turned over 97 percent of the taxes collected, over a 50 year period, to PeaceHealth in this agreement to be used for what has been called “charitable purposes” by Jim

Barnhart, the chief financial officer of PeaceHealth as well as the hospital district.

These are our tax dollars folks, so the statement that no taxes were used to build the new hospital is not true as some $80 million in tax dollars were used to entice PeaceHealth to build its facility on the island.

Now back to charity or subsidy. According to the most recent financial statement presented to the hospital district from Peace Health through June of 2015, the year to date subsidies (read my lips, our tax dollars) that had accrued were $769,387.00. Of those funds $188,199 was used to subsidize Medicare payments, $385,951 was used

planned to occur in our facility as there is no obstetrician, anesthesiologist or specially trained nurses on island. It’s simply a matter of safety that mothers here deliver in Bellingham or Anacortes, unless, in rare occurrences, a woman cannot be transferred offisland for delivery. Since PeaceHealth Peace Island opened, our emergency department physicians have delivered four babies whose mothers required emergency delivery care, and for whom off-island transport was determined not to be safe.

Should a woman who is pregnant need primary care services during her pregto subsidize Medicaid payments, $292,305 was used to subsidize commercial and other payers (think Regence), $36,408 was written off as bad debt, and

nancy, she is cared for by PeaceHealth primary care providers. In an emergency, our emergency department physicians, available 24/7, can provide immediate care and, if necessary, arrange for off-island transport to address more complex obstetrical needs. Our providers don’t do their jobs in isolation: they work in collaboration with our visiting specialists, OB/GYNs at PeaceHealth St. Joseph, University of Washington Medicine, and other facilities to determine the best course of treatment.

Preventive care for women is available at PeaceHealth Peace Island through our primary care providers.

They perform routine tests for cervical cancer, instruct women on breast health, and refer to on-site mam$37,176 was written off as charity. As you can see, less than 10 percent of the funds were actually used for what I would call “charitable”

mography as appropriate.

As women advance through life, our providers can discuss options to address the challenges some women face during menopause, and prescribe related medications, if advised.

Finally, our community is unfortunately not immune to the need to support victims of sexual assault. I am a trained Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner, qualified to conduct evidentiary exams for rape victims. Two additional nurses here are going through the extensive training so that caregivers are available at all times to

sensitively care for victims experiencing this trauma.

Our island medical center is never going to be all things to all people. We simply do our best to ensure that women at all stages of their lives receive the best evidenced-based care possible, whether it’s provided through PeaceHealth, or a community or off-island provider. I am proud to work for an organization with providers that have such a deep commitment to caring for each person and helping them identify their goals for care.

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Hospital board duties

By J. Michael Edwards

SJCPHD#1 Commissioner and Chairman

To ensure tax monies are judiciously used, San Juan County Public Hospital District’s five commissioners have a primary duty to review two tax levies (San Juan Island EMS, and the PIMC 2009 subsidy).

Twice yearly PeaceHealth provides the hospital district with a comprehensive report detailing Peace Island Medical Center’s use of our tax dollars. The last report comprised 91 pages (www. sjcphd.org/record and the record entitled “Semiannual District Board Report 010115 to 063015 Final” including the 11 additional documents listed after). Commissioners study

these reports in depth, and others from SJIEMS, prior to public sessions.

Commissioners also must make certain that the public receives a good standard of care through the PIMC clinic and Emergency Department. Commissioner prerogatives do not include micro managing the clinical offerings of PIMC beyond those delineated in the Subsidy Agreement.

PIMC, a fiscally sound critical access hospital with its own governing board, offers clinical services far excelling those previously offered by our old, and financially failing, Inter Island Medical Center. There are few additional critical access hospital appropriate clinical offerings that the hospital district

could request. Often, commissioners need to make difficult decisions. Recent legal challenges and FOIA/ Public Records Act requests have drained already sparse financial reserves. Election costs for recurring levies also siphon off district resources.

Because the district and EMS must operate within budgets, the commissioners have asked staff to take

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Continued from page 9 purposes. The remaining 90 percent was used to subsidize the operations of Peace Island Medical Center, going directly to their coffers without question. If they wanted to they could purchase toilet paper with the funds that were handed

reductions in their pay and benefits. At the end of this year, the district’s existing tax levy lid lift will expire.

This will reduce taxpayers’ burden by approximately $350K per year. The existing PeaceHealth/hospital district subsidy agreement accommodates this tax revenue reduction without a reduction in services. Given the current rigorous campaign for hospital district commissioner positions and the unfortunate politicization of a non-partisan race,

we encourage our voters to do their homework. Learn about the issues, both real and hypothetical, in light of the duties and limitations of hospital district commissioners. Learn about the candidates and what they propose to do and why.

Are their proposals realistic and necessary? Feel free to approach our SJIEMS staff and hospital district commissioners with questions and/or comments. Most important, after your due diligence, get out and vote.

over – but – charity sounds so much better.

No other providers on the island have such a subsidy in order to make up their shortfalls from payments, which are agreed upon amounts by contract, from insurance carriers, Medicare or Medicaid.

What is happening is perfectly legal per the terms and conditions of the contract. But there’s a difference

between what is legally or contractually okay sometimes and what is morally right – especially when claims about charity care are not being supported by evidence.

We have three folks running for the San Juan County Public Hospital District Commissioners that do not believe everything is “just fine” and will work and converse with Peace Health to try and amend these agreements. We have three candidates who think things are just fine and will continue to say the contract is “untouchable”.

This is why I am supporting Barbara Sharp, Bill Williams, and Monica Harrington for public hospital district commissioners.

We do need more transparency. We need commissioners that will work for the citizens of the San Juan County Public Hospital District and not PeaceHealth. We need commissioners who want to expand medical services within the hospital district.

See more guest columns on page 15.

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The Glass Menagerie Written By Tennessee Williams Directed by Fred Yockers This American classic comes to the Whittier for the first time. Featuring James Gull, Beatrice Grauman-Boss, Tyler Ryan and Susan Williams

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As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart in Shakespeare’s great tragedy.

Tickets: Adult $20; Members $18; Student Reserved $10 For more event info or to purchase tickets: www.sjctheatre.org SJCT Box Office: 378-3210

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Community briefs New volunteer program at animal shelter

The Animal Protection Society of Friday Harbor is in need of volunteers to help with the day-to-day care and feeding of the homeless animals in their care. The APS volunteer program allows people to select the type of volunteer position they are best suited for from a wide variety of jobs including, dog walking and socialization, cat companion, kennel and cat room cleaning, laundry, office assistant and ground maintenance to name a few. The new volunteer program includes pet ambassador positions and to select an individual shelter pet to mentor on a weekly basis until that pet is adopted. For more information go to the Volunteer Orientation at the Animal Shelter, 111 Shelter Road, Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 5 p.m.

Refreshments will be served and shelter employees will

be on hand to answer questions. For more info call 378-2158.

Hamlet at SJCT

Academy Award nominee Benedict Cumberbatch takes on the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy in the next HD screening at San Juan Community Theatre on Oct. 26 at 7 p.m.

Directed by Lyndsey Turner and produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, National Theatre Live presents “Hamlet” from London’s Barbican Theatre, recorded live on Oct. 15.

As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his

father’s death but paralyzed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state.

Variety’s Matt Trueman said of the production: “This is a Hamlet for a world on the edge: a warning from history, and a plea for new ideas from a new generation.”

Tickets are $20 for adults, $18 for SJCT members and $10 for student reserved. No SJCT coupons are accepted for these productions.

Tickets are available at www.sjctheatre.org or at the SJCT Box Office: 378-3210.

Thrill the World

Join thousands of others around the world in attempt to break a world record for the largest simultaneous dance to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” Oct. 24 at Brickworks, 2-3:15 p.m.

People in cities around the world will learn the “Thriller” dance and perform it precisely at the same time. All ages and physical

abilities are welcome. A free workshop to learn the dance will be held Oct. 22 from 5-6:30 p.m. For more info visit www.thrilltheworld. com.

Bite of the San Juan Islands

On Sunday, Oct. 25, 1 4 p.m., at Brickworks join the chefs, farmers, fishers, winemakers, distillers and brewers of the San Juan Islands for a unique tasting event – the Bite of the San Juan Islands. This showcase of the amazing quality of island-grown, organic, GMO-free meats, seafood, produce, wine, cider, beer and spirits is in its second year, and part of the 8th annual Savor the San Juans: A Month-long Medley of Food, Farms and Art and www.visitsanjuans. com/savor Building on the success of last year’s event, The Bite will take place at Brickworks Plaza. Entry is $5, with tasting tickets at $2 - each bite

Pet of the week

I’m Jupiter, and when I open my eyes I’m hoping I’ll find myself in my new forever home. My requirements are simple – I’m just looking for someone who recognizes that I’m fabulous and is willing to spend the better part of the day petting me and scratching me behind the ears every once in a while. If it’s not too much to ask, I would also like to be in charge of the remote for the television. I enjoy watching cooking programs and the odd wrestling match from time to time. On the weekends I like to binge watch reruns of The Waltons, but if you prefer football we can work something out.

Calendar Wednesday, October 21 Badminton and ping pong, adult drop-in, 8-10 p.m., Turnbull Gym at Friday Harbor High School. Join fellow islanders for adult dropin badminton or ping pong games. Smiles, laughter and friendly competition are in abundance. $3 punch tickets available, the event is also on Oct. 26 and Oct. 28 Medicare Part D insurance information session, San Juan Island Library meeting room, 2-4 p.m., free. State Health Insurance Benefits Advisors volunteer Curt Van Hyning presents the latest information for seniors about enrolling in Medicare prescription drug insurance plans.

Fireside Chat with Ross Fewing, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Peace Island Medical Center, free. Join Fewing, director of the Center for Mission at PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center in Bellingham, to discuss “Advance Directives for Endof-Life Care” in a public community education program hosted by PIMC.

Thursday, October 22 Basketball adult drop-in, 8-10 p.m., Hall Gym. Join fellow islanders for adult drop-in basketball games.

Smiles, laughter and friendly competition are in abundance. Located at Hall Gym at the high school. $3 punch tickets available, the event is also on Oct. 27 and Oct. 29.

Our Common Bond: A cancer care support group.

6-8:30 p.m., free. Creating new meaning in our lives through food, friendship

and story. Four weeks, four meals, unlimited support.

Each meal is centered on the specific theme of trust, gratitude, sorrow, comfort and joy. Contact Bonnie Oak Boesky for more information 360 298-4904.

The Glass Menagerie, San Juan Community Theatre, 7:30 p.m. This American classic is directed by Fred Yockers, featuring local actors. $21 adults, $11 student reserve; Pay What You Can Thursdays. Also playing Oct. 22 and 24.

Friday, October 23 FALLFest in the Park, Driggs Park at Land Bank Office, 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., free. The Land Bank, San Juan Island National Historical Park and San Juan Preservation Trust are celebrating with an afternoon of autumnal activities. There

will be games, art projects, pumpkin carving and fireside treats!

Dr. Dan Kammen on Decarbonizing Energy Systems, Brickworks, 6:30 p.m., free. Come join us for an evening with Dr. Daniel Kammen. The lecture will focus on decarbonizing energy systems and addressing climate change cooperatively.

Saturday, October 24 BAT-tacular (Almost) Full Moon Hike REDUX, 5-7 p.m., free. Biologist Rochelle Kelly returns with her thermal camera and acoustic detectors for an evening of bat observation on Mount Grant Preserve. Event is limited to 30. Please RSVP to Tanja Williamson at 370-7655 or tanjaw@rockisland.com.

priced by the chef, from one ticket to four, depending on the dish. Find out more information at www. visitsanjuans.com/.

The restaurants and producers participating are from Lopez Island, Orcas Island and San Juan Island: San Juan Island Cheese, Coho, Cask and Schooner, Vinny’s Ristorante, San Juan Island Pasta Company, Red Rabbit Farm, Girl Meets Dirt, Barn Owl Bakery, Kari’s Island Elixirs, San Juan Island Distillery, Westcott Bay Cider, Vita’s Wildly Delicious, Southend Restaurant, Duck Soup Inn, Jones Family Farms, The Bluff, Island Hoppin’ Brewery, Lopez Island Vineyard and more.

Successful fund raiser for APS

Judith Carter and her trusty dog, Jack, proprietors of The Barking Bird, celebrated Jack’s 12th birthday this past Saturday by hosting a benefit for the animal shelter. Several dogs and their owners attended the event and enjoyed refreshments, including cupcakes custom made for the occasion, donated by “Cakes by Felicitations.” Party attendees brought donations of items from the animal shelter’s wish list and more than $100 was made from the sale of raffle tickets to win a gift certificate to Paws in the Water. A delightful time was had by all and Judith and Jack, as always, were wonderful hosts.

Monday, October 26 Digital Photography Workshop with Robin Jacobson, San Juan Island Library, 10 a.m., free. The second of three consecutive weekly sessions. Learn to take better pictures in the second session with guest instructor Mark Gardner.

Register at the library or call 378-2798.

National Theatre Live: HAMLET, San Juan Community Theatre, 7 p.m.

As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state. $20 adults, $10 students reserved, $18 members.

Aaron Copland’s music, San Juan Island Library, 12 p.m., free. The first in a series of music appre-

Raising money for integrative medicine clinic

The Washington Institute of Natural Sciences has begun its fund-raising drive to raise funds that will compliment grants to open a new clinic.

The clinic will operate on a sliding scale based on income and living expenses.

It will be a non-profit private clinic open to all. They will be accepting insurance, Medicare and Medicaid as well the various state programs in addition to private pay on a sliding scale that reflects income and household expenses.

Concentration will be on prevention of disease and follow-up treatment for patients recuperating from chemotherapy treatment as well as detoxification from drugs or alcohol.

Naturopathic medicine, herbal medicine and acupuncture in addition to conventional services will be available in the clinic.

A property for the clinic has been identified, in the future, it is hoped that this program will expand to Orcas and Lopez Islands.

Fish For Teeth is one of the charities assisting through volunteering their expertise. All donations are tax deductible.

For more information or donations contact Marilyn Parman at support@winsmedicine.org or at 360-3177602.

ciation. During the weeks that follow we will show DVD lectures from the Teaching Company by Robert Greenberg, view documentaries, plus listen to examples on CD and DVD of Copland’s music, many of which are performed by Copland and/or performers associated with him. For further information contact birdwalker@interisland.net

Wednesday, October 28 Witchcraft and Tam o’ Shanter with Dr. Robert Anderson, San Juan Island Library, 7 p.m., free. Dr. Robert Anderson will share a history of witchcraft. Then Scottish poet Robert Burns’ narrative poem Tam o’ Shanter will be shared. Tam o’ Shanter tells the story of an old Scottish legend. It’s all illustrated with wonderful pictures to put you in the mood for All Hallows’ Eve.

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— Submitted by San Juan County

On Monday, Oct. 19, County Auditor Milene Henley and County Manager Mike Thomas presented the San Juan County Council with a preliminary 2016 budget proposal designed to maintain county services at current levels. The document is the starting point for the budget deliberations that lead up to the budget’s adoption during the first week in December. The preliminary budget proposes to increase the county’s current expense (operating) budget by 4.3

percent to $17.34 million.

The increase is slightly more than anticipated revenue and would make use of $656,000 in “available cash” to bring it into balance.

“We continue to see the cost of providing the same level of service with existing resources rise faster that our revenue can with current limitations,” said Thomas.

While assuring the council that the county’s cash reserves are adequate and the proposal includes contributions to both the Budget Stabilization (“rainy day”) Fund and Capital Reserves, Henley warned,

FIBER UPDATE Rock Island Communications 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 Suncrest on Orcas Island Whiskey Hill on Lopez 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 Alder Forest on Orcas Island Eagle Lake on Orcas Island Seattle Pacific University on Blakely Island Alder Cottages on Orcas Island Upcoming Group Projects Gary Oak on San Juan Island Matia View on Orcas Island Portland Fair Area on San Juan Island

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“Balancing the budget with available cash is not a good long-term practice.”

Wages and benefits continue to account for the largest portion of the county’s costs. Cost-cutting measures have reduced the staff size by more than 10 percent since 2008. Since then, employee wages have actually decreased as a percentage of the budget, but that has been offset by the increases in the cost of medical and other benefits. Under the preliminary budget proposal, the county’s workforce would increase by about 2.5 people, most of that in special revenue funds. Thomas listed utilities and facility maintenance costs as other major factors pushing up costs. Some of the problem, Thomas noted, is the cost of maintaining aging buildings.

“County councils have long recognized the financial costs of having older county offices scattered across Friday Harbor, many in re-purposed buildings, as well as the inconvenience to the public who have to travel from building to build-

ing to transact business,” he said.

The 2016 budget will earmark some of the county’s real estate excise tax fund to a master plan process to develop a concept for a consolidated, cost efficient, and publicly accessible Civic Campus in Friday Harbor and consolidating Public Works’ maintenance shops, its vehicle pool, and materials storage at the county’s property on Beaverton Valley Road. Operationally, Thomas acknowledged that county services can’t maintain quality by continuing to conduct business in traditional ways.

“We are dedicating resources to training and technology, including a new website, to, at a minimum ensure – and we hope improve – the quality of the service we provide,” Thomas said.

Since early last spring, representatives of three county departments have been working with experts from the state, guided by the principles of LEAN, to develop more efficient permit approval processes that

increase after weed board staff performed a thorough inventory of land parcels subject to its special assessment. According Thomas and Henley, the county’s largest department, public works, is in stable financial condition. It benefits from the road fund property tax and receives significant grant funding. The department’s stormwater division will undertake two major construction projects this year – Lopez Village Farmers Market and Prune Alley in Eastsound. The Lodging Tax Fund has also rebounded. Its revenue is generated by a tax on hotel, motel, and vacation home rentals. The revenue is earmarked for the promotion of tourism and the development and maintenance of tourism facilities. The preliminary budget proposes channeling $50,000 more from that fund to the Orcas, Lopez and San Juan Island Chambers of Commerce.

Washington law requires that the county council hold its final hearing on the preliminary 2016 budget no later than Dec. 7 with adoption before the end of the year.

“Over the next month, I look forward to reviewing the preliminary budget and working with staff and citizens alike to craft a budget that provides for the continuation of services that are well within the financial means provided by the taxpayers,” said Council Chairman Bob Jarman. The proposed budget is at www. sanjuanco.com.

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are less subject to delays than the current system.

The first major product of that work, a new permit application process for residential construction, is now being tested and is expected to go into operation in the first quarter of 2016.

On the revenue side of the budget, the auditor is projecting conservative growth. Nearly 40 percent of the county’s operating revenue comes from its property tax and, due to legal limitations, it is expected to increase by only 1 percent in 2016. The other major revenue source, sales tax, has rebounded since the recession, with major increases over the past four years. But after two years of greater than 7 percent increases, the auditor is budgeting a more modest 3 percent increase in sales tax revenue in the coming year.

The preliminary budget document notes that some restricted county funds begun to rebound from historic lows. The San Juan County Land Bank, which is financed by a real estate excise tax, anticipates a 15 percent increase in 2015 after tough times during the real estate downturn.

The noxious weed board is expecting a 17 percent

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Journal and Sounder win big at WNPA awards Journal staff report

The Islands’ Sounder and the Journal of the San Juans both took home general excellence awards and individual recognition during the 2015 Washington Better Newspaper Contest.

The awards were presented Oct. 9 at an awards dinner during the 128th annual Washington Newspaper Publishers Association Convention in Everett.

The Sounder, circulation 2,000, competed against other newspapers in Group I. The newspapers were judged on work produced

from April 1, 2014 to May 31, 2015.

The contest drew 2,034 entries from 58 community newspapers; entries were judged by members of the Kansas Press Association.

The Islands’ Sounder brought home second place in general excellence.

The Journal won first place for general excellence and won for the following in news, editorial, arts, page design, special sections.

Best special sections First place, Wellness Guide – Sounder and Journal staff Third Place, Holiday Guide –

Sounder and Journal staff Second Place, Weddings in the San Juan Islands – Sounder and Journal staff First Place, Springtide – Sounder and Journal staff First Place, San Juan County Fair Guide – Sounder and Journal staff Second place, Women in Business – Sounder staff Editorial and design awards First place, best Environmental story, “Born under a bad sign?” Scott Rasmussen First place, best sports feature,

“One for the record books” – Scott Rasmussen First place, best short profile “Century of honor, sacrifice” – Scott Rasmussen Second place, best lifestyle feature “Big dreams, little boat, portly dog” – Emily Greenberg Second place, best editorial, “Ill at ease over EMS” – Scott Rasmussen Second place, best front page design, “San Juan ‘Whisperer’” – Scott Rasmussen, Kathryn Sherman, Emily Greenberg Second place, best Education

story, “Food for Thought program builds chef skills” – Emily Greenberg Third place, most effective use of small space for an ad (black and white or spot color, “Bunny Origami Workshop’ – Scott Herning Third place, best sports news story, “Travel-tested Breakers rally for win over Friday Harbor” – Scott Rasmussen

Lecture on decarbonizing climate Internationally acclaimed energy-policy expert and Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Daniel Kammen will present at Brickworks in Friday Harbor, Oct. 23.

Kammen will speak on and facilitate a discussion about local and global climate and energy solutions.

“Dramatic changes are taking place in the energy options available to people, communities and nations interested in pursuing low-carbon pathways,” Kammen said.

Kammen will describe the successes and chal-

lenges that are taking place in homes across the globe in implementing successful low-carbon pathways focusing on small community scale efforts to decarbonize, to actions on the national scale in the European Union, United States and China. He will also examine and discuss the prospects for a global accord in the upcoming Paris climate talks, and what this could mean for energy and climate risks worldwide.

Kammen is a distinguished professor of energy at the University of California,

Berkeley and the founding director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory. He has been a lead author on reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change since 1999 and shared the IPCC’s 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore “for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change.” He is on the Advisory Committee for Energy and Environment

for the X-Prize Foundation and served as the World Bank Group’s chief technical specialist for renewable energy and energy efficiency.

The reception starts at 6:30 p.m. and the talk begins at 7 p.m., sponsored by San Juan Islands Conservation District, Islands Energy, and OPALCO. For more info visit www.sanjuanislandscd. org or call 360-378-6621.

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Obituaries Roger McLean deRoos

Roger McLean deRoos, age 85, passed peacefully at his San Juan Island home on Sept. 20. The third of five children, Roger was born in California on August 11, 1930 to parents Frank L. and Hilda C. deRoos.

After graduating from San Leandro High School in 1948, he attended the University of California – Berkeley for two years before enlisting in the U.S. Army. After enlisting he was encouraged to serve as an intelligence analyst and remain state-side, but declined the offer and served in Korea with distinction, receiving both a Silver Star and Purple Heart.

Roger returned to UC Berkeley to complete his undergraduate education, receiving a bachelor of arts in wildlife conservation. There he met Carolyn, also a student at Berkeley, who became his wife, his research partner, and life-long travel companion.

Roger continued his studies at Utah State University, received an masters in wildlife management and then returned to Berkeley to receive a doctorate in zoology, studying under the guidance of renowned endocrinologist Howard Bern. In 1961, Roger

joined the faculty at of the University of Missouri, pursuing independent research in comparative endocrinology. Over the course of his career he taught undergraduate biology courses and graduate level courses in anatomy, histology and endocrinology, was extensively published in his field, and took his family on sabbaticals to Italy, Australia, Kenya and beyond. Roger was a dedicated advocate for students and the learning process, making clear the distinction between education and training.

He was recognized for these efforts with honors such as the Purple Chalk award, awarded by students for excellence in teaching.

Although their primary home was in Missouri, most summers were spent at the Friday Harbor Laboratories, Roger working alongside Carolyn conducting research on glucose regulation in the spiny dogfish. In the 1960s they purchased property on San Juan Island, and in 1992 with Roger’s retirement they relocated and quickly embraced the local community with open arms.

Roger’s retirement was a continuation of his intellectual life; trying to make sense of the world and his place in it and

pursuing new interests. He continued his passion for teaching biology at the Skagit Valley Community College and became a board member on both the San Juan Island Sailing Foundation and the San Juan Island Preservation Trust. He was a tireless advocate of social justice and civil liberties, involved in multiple organizations and events to that end. Roger continued to travel with Carolyn to a wide range of international destinations, from Mexico to the Middle East, and learned to ski, sail and scuba dive.

Roger was thoughtful, engaged, curious and humble. His commitment to his family, friends, students, and the San Juan Island community was unwavering. His legacy of living life to the fullest, with integrity, enthusiasm, and kindness was an inspiration to many.

Roger is preceded in death by his parents, his sister Lois Cubicciotti, and his brothers Frank deRoos and Alfred deRoos. He is survived by his loving wife Carolyn, his son Paul deRoos of Seattle, Wash., his daughter Caroline deRoos and her two sons Tyler Retzer and Dalton Retzer of Stevensville, Mont., his daughter Christina deRoos of Detroit, Mich., his brother Phillip deRoos of

Newport, Ore., his niece Kelly Lazaroni of Davis, Calif., his nephew Roger Cubicciotti of Winston-Salem, N.C., and his nephew Aaron deRoos of Troy, Mich.

A celebration in honor of Roger’s life will be held next summer. Memorial donations may be made to the San Juan Preservation Trust Stewardship Program, P.O. Box 759, Friday Harbor, WA 98250 (www.SJPT.org) or the Bill of Rights Defense Committee, 8 Bridge Street, Suite A, Northampton, MA, 01060 (www.BORDC.org).

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Guest column

Hospitals boards should not have political agendas

By Robert deGavre

It is disheartening as an island resident to follow the campaign for the election for the hospital board.

Starting with the basics, in Washington state, the purpose of hospital districts and therefore presumably the hospital commissioners, as written in the RCW, is â€œâ€Śto operate hospitals and other health care facilities and to provide hospital services and other health care services for the residents of such districts and other persons.â€?

The election campaign doesn’t focus upon the core purpose of the board – namely the provision of medical services. Few candidates even mention the foundational words underpinning the provision of health care services – quality care, affordable care, accessible care. Monica Harrington writes that “I put the rights of patients first.�

I may be naĂŻve; but if I go to the hospital, I expect the medical personnel to give overwhelming priority to the provision of best available care, affordable care, and prompt care, and not as I lay in pain or dying to read to me first a

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The naĂŻve voter could be forgiven by concluding that two candidates – Monica Harrington and Barbara Sharp – are running for the office of county attorney. Barbara Sharp writes about “compliance with the lawâ€? and Monica Harrington writes about “compliance with Washington State law.â€? Both emphasize “transparency’â€? and leave the reader to wonder what that code word really means and how it applies to the provision of health care. Is their objective to use the hospital board as a tax-payer funded forum for legal warfare and bigotry?

As I read the essence of their statements, Monica Harrington and Barbara Sharp are two-trick ponies – death with dignity and reproductive rights. The naïve voter could and should assume that if they are indeed concerned about women’s health, they would speak up about the real issues of women’s health. In nearly 40 percent of counties of Washington State and in nearly half the counties in the United States women’s life expectancy is declining. These

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SAN JUAN COUNTY LEGAL NOTICES

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

Notice of a Public Hearing to Adopt an Ordinance Regarding Public Records Procedures; Amending Chapter 2.108 SJCC and Repealing Chapter 2.96 SJCC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the San Juan County Council will conduct a public hearing for the purpose of receiving testimony to Adopt an Ordinance Regarding Public Records Procedures; Amending Chapter 2.108 SJCC and Repealing Chapter 2.96 SJCC. The public hearing will be held in the Council Hearing Room at 55 Second Street, Friday Harbor, Washington on Monday, November 2, 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 pro-

vide written statements regarding the proposed Ordinance. After the public testimony portion of the hearing has ended, the Council will deliberate and consider modifications to the Ordinance that are proposed by members of the public, county employees or the Council. The proposed Ordinance may then be adopted with or without modifications.

SUMMARY: An Ordinance regarding Public Records Procedures amends portions of Ordinances 10-2008 and 6-2005 codified at SJCC Chapter 2.108 to provide current information and give clarification to the County procedures for providing public records and repealing Chapter 2.96 related to electronic records.

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 Ordinance is 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 Ordinance 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 Ordinance will be mailed without charge upon request. For more information please contact the Clerk of the County Council at 360-370-7472 and/or the Public Records Officer at 360-370-7410.

LEGAL NO. SJ663836 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands, The Islands’ Sounder October 21, 2015.

NOTICE OF ELECTION TO FORM THE MACKAYE HARBOR WATER DISTRICT AND TO ELECT COMMISSIONERS IF DISTRICT IS APPROVED. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that there will be an election held on November 3, 2015, at which, a ballot proposition authorizing the proposed MacKaye Harbor Water District to be created shall be submitted to the voters for their approval or rejection. In addition, the election of commissioners shall be voted upon should the District be approved.

The election will be held via mail,

and ballots must be postmarked or dropped off at a collection box by the date shown on ballot.

Summary: MacKaye Harbor Water Company is currently an investor owned water system. The Company is seeking the formation of a water district for the purpose of construction, maintenance, operation, development and regulation of the water system.

Resolution 21-2015, approving the ballot measure may be viewed on the San Juan County Council website at http://www.sanjuanco.com/ council/resolutions.aspx Or you may contact the Council office at 360.378.2898.

LEGAL NO. SJ660523 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands, The Islands’ Sounder October 7, 14, 21, 28, 2015.

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

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Other Existing SEPA SEPA Project Date of Date Hearing Hearing Hearing Required Environmental Threshold Comments Comments Application Complete Permits, Documents Body Place Date DET End Date End Date If known

462334006 (site of dock) and Encore Family LLC and Second Wave Key MDNS 11/4/15 11/20/15 HEX 12/17/15 462334005, 1713 White Pt. Rd. LLC, c/o Jeff Otis, 393 Bobbyann Rd. 5/11/15 9/15/15 HPA, Bank San Juan Island Eastsound, WA 98245 Corps PPRVO0 350322010, 64 Eureka Dr., Lew and Deborah Dickinson, PO Box 11/11/1 Vacation rental 10/9/15 10/9/15 Exempt -15-0048 San Juan Island 1681, Friday Harbor, WA 98250 5 PPROV0 350450002, 335 Woodpecker Ln, Lew and Deborah Dickinson, PO Box 11/11/1 Vacation rental 10/12/15 10/12/15 Exempt -15-0049 San Juan Island 1681, Friday Harbor, WA 98250 5 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 PSJ00015-0003

Joint use dock (including use by floatplane)

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TOWN OF FRIDAY HARBOR LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE TOWN COUNCIL Notice of Rezone Application No.65 Proposing an Amendment to the 2015 Zoning Designation Map DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSAL: The Town of Friday Harbor has received a request from the Proponents to rezone property currently zoned as Professional Services to Commercial. The short legal description of the property is as follows: The subject property is identified as

tax parcel no. 351491565 and is located at 550 Spring Street. Currently there is a structure located on the property and the parcel is approximately 1.30 acres in size. The County Assessor’s Office describes this parcel as FRIDAY HARBOR TRACTS 15-10, PR SE-NE Sec 14, T 35N, R 3W, records of San Juan County, Washington.

PROPONENTS: San Juan County Hospital District #1 P O Box 370 / 550 Spring Street

Friday Harbor, WA 98250 HEARING DATE AND LOCATION: The Friday Harbor Town Council will hold a PUBLIC HEARING to review the proponent’s request to amend the 2015 Zoning Designation Map at 5:35 PM, Thursday, October 22, 2015 in the Town Hall Council Chambers, 60 Second Street, Friday Harbor, Washington. Copies of documents are available for public review at www.fridayharbor.org or by request by contacting the Town of

Friday Harbor’s Community Development Department.

LEGAL NO. FH662593 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands October 14, 21, 2015.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING(S) NOTICE IS GIVEN that the Town Council will hold meetings on Thursday, October 22, 2015 at 12:00 pm and 5:30 pm. The agenda will be posted at Town Hall and on the Town website: www.fridayharbor.org.

LEGAL NO. FH663866 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands October 21, 2015.

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 FRANK EDWIN McBAIN, Deceased.

PROBATE NO. 15 4 05052 2 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: 10/6/2015 DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: 10/14/2015 Dated this 2nd day of October, 2015. /s/James Frank McBain James Frank McBain 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. J662501 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands October 14, 21, 28, 2015.

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY In re the Estate of: J.B. MCGUIRE, Deceased.

Cause No. 15-4-01420-5 NOTICE TO CREDITORS The Personal Representative named below has been appointed and has qualified 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 probated 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 Filing of Notice to Creditors with Snohomish County Clerk of Court: October 20, 2015 Date of Filing of Notice to Creditors with San Juan County Clerk of Court: October 19, 2015 Date of First Publication (Snohomish): October 21, 2015 Date of First Publication (San Juan): October 21, 2015 Name of Personal Representative: MARGUERITE C.M. GROSSENBACHER Attorneys for Personal Representative: Barry M. Meyers, WSBA #22847 David M. Neubeck, WSBA #31321 Address for Mailing or Service: Elder Law Offices of Barry M. Meyers, P.S. 2828 Northwest Avenue Bellingham WA 98225-2335 Telephone: (360) 647-8846 Facsimile: (360) 647-8854 DATED this 16th day of October, 2015.

ELDER LAW OFFICES OF BARRY M. MEYERS, P.S. BARRY M. MEYERS, WSBA #22847 DAVID M. NEUBECK, WSBA #31321 Attorneys for Personal Representative MARGUERITE C.M. GROSSENBACHER LEGAL NO. J663585 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands October 21, 28, November 4, 2015.

Notice of Dissolution of: 20 Channel, Inc. To: All Creditors and Claimants - Please be advised that 20 Channel, Inc., a Washington corporation, formerly doing business at 365 N. Beach Rd., Suite 201, Eastsound, WA 98245, was dissolved by shareholder resolution and pursuant to RCW 23B.14.030 of the Washington Business Corporation Act. 1. All claims against the assets of the Company must be made in writing and include the claim amount, basis and origination date. 2. The deadline for submitting claims, if any, is February 22, 2016. 3. Any claims that are not received by the Company prior to the date set forth above will not be recognized. 4. All claims must be sent to 20 Channel, Inc., c/o the Law Office of William E. Weigand, P.S., Inc., at 401 2nd Avenue S., Suite 600, Seattle, WA 98104. Dated this 30th day of September, 2015. /s/William E. Weigand, WSBA #14575 Attorney for 20 Channel, Inc. William E. Weigand, P.S., Inc., at 401 2nd Avenue S., Suite 600, Seattle, WA 98104 206-343-4455; October 7, 14, 21 LEGAL NO. J660919 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands October 7, 14, 21, 2015.

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON COUNTY OF KING Estate of: MILES C. O’NEAL, Deceased.

No. 15-4-05580-9 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030 The Personal Representative named below has been appointed and has qualified as the 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 (a) 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 (b) 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

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(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 publication in San Juan County: October 14, 2015 Personal Representative: Lola M. O’Neal Attorney for the Personal Representative: Barbara A. Isenhour Address for Mailing or Service: Barbara A. Isenhour Isenhour Bleck, P.L.L.C. 1200 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2020 Seattle, WA 98101 DATED: October 9, 2015.

ISENHOUR BLECK, P.L.L.C. s/Barbara A. Isenhour Barbara A. Isenhour State Bar Number 5207 Isenhour Bleck, PLLC 1200 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2020 Seattle, WA 98101 Telephone: 206-340-2200 Fax: 206-382-9109 E-mail: barbara@isenbleck.com LEGAL NO. J662497 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands October 14, 21, 28, 2015 SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR KING COUNTY Estate of CHAUNCEY G. PAXSON, Deceased.

NO. 15-4-05735-6 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 publica-

tion 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: October 7, 2015 Mary Elizabeth Paxson, Personal Representative c/o Eric J. Fahlman 1524 Alaskan Way, Suite 200 Seattle, WA 98101-1514 Attorney for Estate Eric J. Fahlman, WSBA # 19888 Fahlman Olson & Little, PLLC 1524 Alaskan Way, Suite 200 Seattle, WA 98101-1514 LEGAL NO. J661455 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands October 7, 14, 21, 2015.

The Port of Friday Harbor will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at 5pm at Ernie’s Café at 744 Airport Circle Drive, Friday Harbor, WA. The purpose of this meeting is for the Commission to conduct a second Public Hearing on the proposed Airport Rules and Regulations.

For questions please contact Stuart Hansen at (360)317-8674.

LEGAL NO. J663739 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands October 21, 2015.

The Port of Friday Harbor will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday, November 4th at 5pm at Ernie’s Cafe at 744 Airport Circle Drive, Friday Harbor, WA. The purpose of this meeting is for the Commission to conduct a Public Hearing on the proposed budget for 2016. Copies of the proposed budget will be available for review on Monday, November 2nd at the Port Offices 204 Front Street, Friday Harbor, WA. For questions please contact Phyllis Johnson, Port Auditor, at 378-2688.

LEGAL NO. J663734 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands October 21, 28, 2015.

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Wolverines’ sports update

By AJ Kurtz

Special to the Journal

Volleyball The Wolverines’ Volleyball team lost 3 - 0 to La Conner on Thursday, Oct. 15. It was a competitive, hard fought game, neck and neck the whole way, but La Conner managed to pull ahead in the last seconds of every round.

The scores were 25 - 23, 25, 22 and 25 and 19. Their next game is Oct. 22 against Darrington off-island.

Football The Wolverines faced

Bellingham on Oct. 16. They lost the game 42 - 0. The next football game is the homecoming game against Kingsway Christian on Friday, Oct. 23.

Soccer The boys soccer won against Providence 1 - 0 on Oct. 17. They will face Grace Academy on Oct. 22 The girls soccer played Orcas and won., 2 - 0 on Oct. 12. They lost to LaConner 2 -1 on Oct. 15. They face Concrete on Oct. 22 at Concrete.

Contributed photos/ A.J. Kurtz

Above: Llaria Verri. Above and right: Lili Wood prepares for a serve. Below: Alli Galt and Llaria Verri work together.

Parent survey “I didn’t know you could have surgery here!”

San Juan Island resident, Carol Maas didn’t want to have shoulder surgery, but she said, “even I could see that was the only thing that would fix it.”

Organizers are requesting that parents participate in a survey for educational effectiveness, EES-Parent Survey San Juan Island, between Oct. 19 and Nov. 1 A link will be provided on the school’s website’s

ANSWERS TO PUZZLES

homepage (www.sjisd.

NSWERS TO UZZLES wednet.edu/site/default. aspx?PageID=1) and paper copies are available by contacting Maude Cumming at the district office, 378-4133 or maudecumming@sjisd. wednet.edu.

Surveys will available in English and in Spanish and are anonymous.

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On top of facing surgery, Carol didn’t want to leave the island. PeaceHealth Medical Group orthopedic surgeon, Jeffrey Krusniak, DO, told her she wouldn’t have to. Carol had arthroscopic shoulder surgery – an outpatient procedure involving a small incision, scope and camera – at PeaceHealth Peace Island Medical Center.

“I feel really fortunate to have had the option to stay close to home.”

Read her whole story and learn more about how PeaceHealth Peace Island impacts the community at www.peacehealth.org/peace-island.

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