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The justice system fails Keaton Farris | Part 1 By Diana Hefley Everett Herald reporter

(Editor’s note: This is part one of a four part series from our sister paper. This is an excerpt from a longer article found at islandsweekly.com.) Keaton Farris was seven miles from home and he was dying. He was alone and naked, dehydrated and starving, locked up in the Island County Jail for forging a $355 check. Keaton, 25, had attended Coupeville High School, less than a mile from the jail. He played football and basketball and ran track. His dad, Fred, is a mailman in the small town. Keaton returned home last year to rest and find his footing after being diagnosed with bipolar disorder. His parents believe he was in the throes of a manic episode before he died on April 7. Keaton was behind bars for 18 days, shuffled among three other jails before he was sent to Island County. The Coupeville jail didn’t

get his medical records. He didn’t arrive with any medication even though he had a new prescription in his pocket when he was arrested. Fred Farris and Tiffany Ferrians weren’t allowed to see or talk to their son. They frequently called to check on him and told corrections officers he was bipolar and needed his medication. The Island County Jail chief later claimed his staff didn’t know Keaton was mentally ill. The chief ’s statements and details about Keaton’s incarceration are part of the 700-page report compiled by Island County’s veteran detective Ed Wallace. His investigation found that corrections officers documented how Keaton refused water and meals. They reported that he talked to himself, cried in the corner of his cell, ate crumbs off of the floor and wiped his face with his underwear. He ate a bar of soap and dumped water on his head. He was found

naked on the floor of his cell pretending to swim in a half-inch of cold water. After that, officers shut off the water to his cell’s sink and toilet. They didn’t do hourly checks. Because there are gaps in the records, it’s hard to know how often the officers gave Keaton water when they did check on him. No one noticed him wasting away, though he lost about 20 pounds. Corrections officers didn’t make him drink water and they didn’t weigh him even though he repeatedly refused meals. A supervisor didn’t monitor the officers’ notes. One corrections officer said she’d never seen another inmate act like Keaton, yet no one called for a mental health professional. His parents were assured their son was being seen by a nurse. That wasn’t true. A nurse didn’t see Keaton until the day before he died. He’d been there 12 days. Keaton told the nurse he

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needed medical help. She stood outside his cell for two minutes, peering at him through a window. She didn’t touch him or take his temperature or check his skin’s elasticity for dehydration. She told staff his color looked good and he was breathing fine. The next day, on April 7, Keaton was dead. It took nearly a full shift for corrections officers to notice. Keaton died because he was labeled a behavioral problem, a danger, and an inconvenience. He died while he was in a mental health crisis and unable to care for himself. He needed help from the people paid to care for him in the jail. He needed water, food and medical attention. He was denied those things. Two corrections officers forged records and lied about when they’d last checked on Keaton. They were put on leave and later resigned. The Whatcom County prosecutor is inves-

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tigating to determine if someone should be charged with a crime. The FBI also is reviewing Keaton’s death. Island County Sheriff Mark Brown, who oversees the jail, fired a corrections lieutenant. The jail chief retired and the nurse left her job in the midst of a health department investigation. Island County has spent $20,000 for a corrections advisor to review jail operations. Brown made changes to improve medical and mental health screening. He apologized to Fred Farris and said Keaton died because of a “systematic breakdown.” Keaton’s story is not an isolated incident. He is one of the estimated 2 million people living with mental illness who are booked into the nation’s jails every year. Mental illness is three to six times more prevalent in jail than in the general population. Suicide continues to be the leading cause of death among inmates and has been on the rise for a decade. The National Institute of Corrections and behavioral health experts say jails and prisons have become the country’s largest mental health institutions since the nation shut down psychiatric hospitals in the 1980s and failed to adequately replace them with community resources. Jails and prisons aren’t designed to properly care for peo-

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ple in crisis, or treat those with severe mental illness. Corrections officers often aren’t knowledgable about mental illnesses, and jails often lack adequate medical staffing. Inmates can be reluctant to report their mental illness because of the stigma. Sometimes a symptom of a person’s illness is to deny its presence. The 58-bed jail in Coupeville is just across the water from Snohomish County, where reforms have been under way at the jail after a series of deaths. Snohomish County has paid $3.7 million to settle lawsuits with the families of two young people who died after being denied adequate medical attention. Other lawsuits are pending. Snohomish County Sheriff Ty Trenary has taken up the campaign for changes, saying any strategy that starts with the jail as the first step is wrong. Jails for too long have been used to hide mentally ill, drug-addicted and homeless populations. Keaton’s symptoms were so severe on April 1 that he couldn’t be arraigned for identity theft. The San Juan County judge urged Keaton’s mom not to bail her son out of jail. His public defender assured Ferrians that Keaton was safe in jail. The judge ordered him to be evaluated by a psychologist at Western State Hospital. But long delays plague the state psychiatric hospital in Pierce County, which is under a court order to admit inmates sooner so they don’t languish, untreated, in jails. Fred Farris regrets not paying Keaton’s $10,000 bail. “If I would have been allowed to see him for one minute, I would not have left,” Farris said. “It would have just taken one person to do the right thing.”

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received from the community during the past year. Those donations have been processed and prepared for the sale. Items include kitchenware, linens, clothing, jewelry, crystal/glassware, antiques, games, puzzles, toys, books, Christmas decorations and a wide variety of gift items appropriate for all ages. The proceeds of the

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Obituary: John “Jake” Nelson Cheney Jr. John “Jake” Nelson Cheney Jr., 68, of Anacortes, passed away at his home on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015. He was born July 11, 1947 in Anacortes, WA to John Nelson and Margaret Jean (Wilson) Cheney Sr. Jake was raised in Anacortes and attended Eastern Washington College. He was a 40 year resident of Lopez Island. Jake was an Army Veteran having served in Vietnam and earning several medals including the Army Commendation Medal and Combat Infantry

Badge. Over his years he was a plumber, fisherman, caregiver, and traveler. Jake was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his siblings and their spouses, Steve and Pam Cheney, Scott Cheney, Janet and Blake Adams. A private interment was at Fernhill Cemetery. Arrangements are in the care of Evans Funeral Chapel and Crematory, Inc., Anacortes, and the San Juan Islands. To share memories of Jake, please sign the online

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Spotlight on Lopezians by Gretchen Wing

Angie Clothier, Lopez Island Listening to Angie Clothier is like watching fireworks: topics bursting bright and fast, streaming every direction, eliciting wonder. Her greatest challenge appears to be that she “liked to do too many things,” but, considering that Angie has worked in over 30 different occupations, it’s a challenge she has met. Growing up in northern Minnesota, Angelina Simunovich’s first jobs after high school included ballroom dancing teacher. Instruction began as soon as “Miss Sims” learned ballroom dancing herself, a pattern apparent throughout her life. From her Serbian-influenced childhood full of circle-dancing, Angie says, “I lived to dance,” and she jitterbugged and waltzed her way through the late 1950s. Angie attended college, but enjoyed cheerleading more than class. Desiring to be useful, she started work with the County Assessor. In 1961 she married her high school sweetheart, Don Poole,

and the couple soon left Minnesota – “the best move we ever made.” Don felt drawn to western Washington ever since accompanying a buddy who ran away from home to an uncle there. So the Pooles started their family in Washington, daughter Cathy and son Donie in quick succession. During the next eight years, they lived in several towns east of Seattle, and Angie, as fulltime mother and Brownie troupe leader (to 20 girls), became the go-to mom for all the neighbor kids. In 1969, with new baby Doug, Angie and Don took a huge step, moving to Lopez to run the ferry landing, which—though newcomers might find it hard to visualize—included a restaurant then, Upright House. Don learned that Upright House, including tiny living quarters, was for sale. After a brief look, the Pooles bought it. Angie says, “I never heard of Lopez until Saturday when Don got home, and we lived here on Wednesday. Crazy, huh?” Suddenly Angie was a chef: “Mary Fredrickson, the previous owner, taught me how to run the restaurant, and how to make pie, all in one day.” Folks poured in. Local kids babysat the children while Angie cooked, or took turns with Don selling tickets and running the dock. Besides baking up to 22 pies a day, Angie learned

tricks like how to cook a frozen steak (wrap it in lettuce to insulate while grilling), and swiftly got to know everyone. The ferry landing gig ended after two and a half years, giving way to a diverse series of jobs. After quitting as realty receptionist because she didn’t have enough to do (an unacceptable situation), Angie found her energy fully utilized at Sunset Hardware. “I learned from every contractor and read all the labels,” Angie says. “I had to know everything about everything, so I could teach people.” Leaving Sunset in 1980, Angie was hired to assist a drywall taper, hauling 50-pound boxes of “mud” (“I really hated that,” she concedes). But when her boss moved away, Angie inherited his taping job. Once more, with little experience, she threw herself in. “I became a pretty darn good taper…and I’m still asked to do it sometimes. I taped the fire hall,” she adds proudly. When Angie’s marriage ended in 1979, she took paramedic training on the mainland. This led to a job in southwestern Alaska in 1983. With teenage Doug, Angie moved to tiny Bethel, inaccessible by land, flying with patients to the Anchorage clinic, “399 miles away.” When the police department needed a dispatcher, Angie stepped up,

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Left: Angie today, not wearing one of her many hats. Right: Angie in the 60s. even though she could only type 20 words per minute. A week later, she was up to 76. She also substitutetaught, with equal lack of training. Soon, though, Angie and Doug moved back to Lopez, and Angie dived into the carpet-cleaning business, with a partner. Then, expanding into general housecleaning, she started “House Angels.” At one point the company cleaned 27 houses per week, with four employees; later, Angie decided to cut the business back down to herself. In the early 90s, remarried, Angie bought a new Ford and started Angie’s Cab. “I loved that business more than any,” she says, “because I love people.” But that Ford required payments, so she continued taping, painting houses and cleaning offices. She also started a personalshopping business, making runs to

the mainland. Angie’s Cab sold after nearly 10 years, but the shopping business ran for 23, ending only last year. Divorced again in 1998, Angie declared herself out of the market, but one of her cab customers convinced her to meet Bill Clothier. Angie and Bill have been married now for 15 years. With 10 grandchildren, their home bursts with kids, toys and life. Today, spurred by her job as Events Coordinator for Woodmen Hall, Angie teaches line dancing, returning to her early love. In typical fashion, she “learned just enough” from her sister to be able to teach others to line-dance. “If I’m interested in something, I will learn,” Angie states. That might as well be her motto – that, or “I can’t not do something.”

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homes were as open to him as if he were their own. He was an imaginative child who made up stories about castles and knights and acted out the scenes with his buddies. The inquisitive boy filled a quiet home with questions and tall tales. He helped his mom plant a garden and flourished in the alternative classroom she helped start at the local elementary school. He was a graceful and powerful athlete and often gathered up his friends to shoot hoops at a church basketball court. Fred Farris and Keaton’s stepmom, Susan, an elementary school speech therapist, moved in 2005 to Coupeville, where they live with their daughters Vivian, 10, and Mia, 8. Keaton lived with them for two years of high school, doing just enough homework to be eligible to play sports. He moved back in with his mom on Lopez Island for his senior year so he could graduate with his closest friends. After high school, Keaton worked odd jobs, moving

around between his parents’ homes and his Uncle Louie’s house in Redmond. Keaton’s bliss would have been behind the wheel of a VW van, exploring the country, and at the helm of a sailboat, headed for a warm beach, his dad said. “He’d like to think of himself as a pirate,” Fred Farris said as he sifted through the rocks, feathers, arrowheads and other treasures Keaton collected and stowed away in a wooden box. They were friends. Keaton was the best man at his dad’s wedding. Since their son’s death, others have asked Farris and Ferrians if Keaton showed symptoms of mental illness as he was growing up. Memories, precious gifts now that he’s gone, don’t offer up an answer. Keaton was a sensitive and compassionate boy. Ferrians can still picture her young son standing in a neighbor’s house, a skinny arm wrapped around a friend’s shoulder, comforting the boy, whose father had died. Keaton was “pure love,” his friend Tanissa LavigneThomas said. Family and friends could count on him for an encouraging text message at just the right time. Tense moments dissolved into laughter with

one of Keaton’s goofy faces. In photographs, he was rarely without a smile. Yet, in the last year of his life, Keaton wasn’t so quick to ham it up for the camera and his eyes lost some of their mischief. The first manic episode struck in late 2013 while Keaton was staying with his mom on Lopez Island. Her gentle son screamed at someone she couldn’t see. Keaton didn’t remember breaking a door, or punching a tree, or the helicopter ride to a Bellingham hospital. His parents plunged into the unfamiliar, consulting therapists and researching mental illness. They jumped through the endless hoops to get Keaton the right treatment. Meanwhile, their son’s easygoing nature was fading under the weight of his illness. It crashed against him like the waves he’d watched reshape the shoreline. At Swedish Hospital in Edmonds, Keaton was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and prescribed antipsychotics. Encouraged to focus on his health, Keaton rested, read and built a garden bed outside his family’s Coupeville house. He and his dad jogged the island’s rolling green hills.

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When the symptoms retreated, Keaton stopped taking the antipsychotics. An aspiring writer, he didn’t like the way they dulled his senses and ambushed his creativity. Keaton dreamed of being able to support himself as a writer and performed his poetry on street corners. His parents were in the early stages of trying to understand Keaton’s illness. Their strong, healthy son was vulnerable to an unseen wound. They didn’t know how far it reached or where it would lead. “I would never describe Keaton as mentally ill. For me, I saw it as episodic and we didn’t have enough time to understand how, or if, his daily life would be affected,” Ferrians said. Keaton wondered if he would feel like himself again. Could he go back? Would people treat him the same? He didn’t want to tell some of his friends and family about his hospital stay. His brain had betrayed him. His dad said it’s not easy to say those words, to believe that you can still be the wizard who loves watching the Detroit Lions and making your little sisters laugh. Fred Farris urged Keaton to take the medication. He didn’t want Keaton to be defined by the label on a prescription bottle but Farris believed it helped his son even out. They had some tough conversations about how to deal with Keaton’s illness. Keaton believed he needed sunshine and the outdoors. Those had always been part of his life, his peace. He also believed marijuana would keep the symptoms at bay. Although he still moved around a bit, Keaton retreated back to Lopez Island, working toward finding a place of his own with friends and a job, exploring his independence and writing more. “Nothing feels better than creating. Anything from a good hearty meal, to a scribble on a yellow notepad, to a fine-knitted tapestry, or even a long epic hymn; we are meant to create,” Keaton wrote on his Facebook page in October 2013. “You should never let fear strip you of anything, especially the most liberating feeling you’ll ever know. So write a better movie! A better song! Paint something absolutely mind bending! Create dammit. Create, for we were created to create.”

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Keaton’s legal troubles came in March when San

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Juan County prosecutors charged him with identity theft. Court records say Keaton forged a $354.72 check in January. He didn’t try to cover his tracks, writing his driver’s license number on the stolen check he cashed in Friday Harbor. The theft caught his parents off guard. Keaton was never a kid who asked for much, satisfied with some new socks, underwear or a shirt at Christmas. After the theft, Keaton didn’t contact family for several days. Stealing wasn’t in his nature and his dad wonders if it was the start of a relapse. “I can’t assume it was, but maybe,” Fred Farris said. Talking with his dad, an embarrassed Keaton agreed he had to take responsibility. “You need to figure this part out,” Fred Farris told him. Keaton, along with his mom, showed up for his arraignment March 13. The hearing was bumped a week so Keaton could find his own lawyer. He told his mom the public defender didn’t like him. Keaton’s stress and anxiety over the upcoming hearing bubbled to the surface. He was determined to make it right, picking out new pants and shoes at a thrift store for his next court appearance. He asked his mom if he should get a haircut, joking that girls liked his curls. Keaton planned to meet his mom so she could take him back to Lopez Island the day before the hearing. She would be in Everett and he was staying with friends in the Lynnwood area. But Keaton lost his phone and he never made it home. The next day Keaton sought help at the Edmonds hospital where he was first diagnosed. Doctors gave him anti-anxiety medication and wrote him a new prescription. Hours later a Lynnwood police officer found Keaton outside a bank after employees called about a man acting strangely. Keaton told the officer he was trying to project his thoughts on people in the bank and admitted he was off his medication, though, he added, the officer’s badge was making him feel better. Because Keaton didn’t show up for court, a San Juan County judge had issued a $10,000 warrant for his arrest, so the Lynnwood officer booked him into the city jail. At intake, Keaton said he took medication for anxiety and panic attacks but he wasn’t suicidal. Records show Keaton didn’t sign the intake paperwork and staff wrote that he was “FTC/220,” meaning he wasn’t complying

with officer’s instructions and likely had some mental health issues. Before sunrise Keaton was sent to the Snohomish County Jail pending another move, to Skagit County’s lockup. The hand-off was part of the transport agreement among the regional jails. Changes have been made in the Snohomish County Jail in recent years. Medical screening and booking restrictions are more stringent, which isn’t popular with some police departments under pressure to clean up the streets. The jail has been the county’s de facto mental health hospital, homeless shelter and detox facility. But Snohomish County Sheriff Ty Trenary argues that jail isn’t the place for nonviolent offenders with medical and mental health issues. Incarceration is expensive and doesn’t fix anything. Yet, with a felony warrant, Snohomish County let Keaton in. At booking a nurse examined Keaton, reporting that he denied any mental health issues. Staff there suspected Keaton had taken more antianxiety medication than prescribed based on how many pills were left in the bottle he was carrying. They started checking on him every hour to make sure he wasn’t going through withdrawals. A nurse saw him three times that first day. Nurses checked his vital signs seven different times during his four-day stay. Snohomish County records documented how much fluid he took, measured in cups. Corrections officers moved Keaton to an observation unit a few hours after he was booked, noting that he may have some mental health issues. A corrections officer recommended a mental health professional talk with Keaton. The next day the behavioral health worker ordered 30-minute safety checks. Those steps are from lessons learned the hard way. The mental health provider later wrote that if Keaton were released from jail, he should be evaluated for involuntary treatment at a psychiatric facility. He “is unwilling or unable to communicate verbally. He is presenting symptoms consistent with psychosis,” the provider wrote. The records don’t say if there was a conversation alerting San Juan County authorities to Keaton’s condition. Instead he was passed along to Skagit County, a SEE KEATON, PAGE 8

The San Juan County Council opts not to move forward with chemical spraying on county land By Leslie Kelly

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After a weekend of answering phone calls and emails from residents who oppose the use of herbicides on county right-ofways, the San Juan Island County Council opted Nov. 9 not to allow them to be used. The matter came to the council from the noxious weed board, an appointed county board, and the county’s public works department. Specifically, council members were asked to approve changes to an existing ordinance that would allow the use of herbicides to eradicate or control noxious weeds along these right-of-ways. Noxious weeds are defined by the Washington State Department of Agriculture as non-native plants to Washington that have been introduced here via humans. Because they grow aggressively, the species can be highly destructive and are difficult to control. Among them is the notorious scotch broom. According to San Juan County Public Works Director Brian Vincent, the county’s noxious weed board requested that he take up the issue with the county council. But for many, the idea of possible changes to the ordinance came as a surprise. Mark Anderson, longtime resident, said when he learned that the topic was on an agenda for Nov. 9, he began contacting people who he thought would be interested and urged an email campaign to council members during the weekend prior to the meeting. In his email to supporters, Anderson said he didn’t support the “efforts by the noxious weed board to solve a small plant problem by creating a large scale public health problem.” San Juan County has not used chemicals or herbicides on noxious weeds for more than 20 years, Vincent said. There has been a prohibition against the use of herbicides since 1998, and it was the practice of the county to not use them in years prior to that. Vincent said he didn’t know what brands or types of chemicals were used before they were banned. But, he said, the county has a legal responsibility to control the growth and spread of noxious weeds. According to Bruce Gregory, chairman of the noxious weed board, the county spend as much as $15,000 annually for removal of scotch broom, until 2005 when funding for the program ended. In 2007, the county hired a consultant and spent $10,000 on a management plan for short-term eradication and long-term maintenance. In 2008, the county funded a roadside maintenance technician to control noxious weeds on county right-of-ways and implement an integrated weed management program. The program worked well, but the position was eliminated in 2010 and “since that time roadside weed control by public works has been sporadic and less than effective,” Gregory wrote in a letter to county manager Mike Thomas.

Besides requesting the use of herbicides, the noxious weed board has asked that more attention be paid by public works to the spread of weeds through mowing; that mowing be done when the plant’s life cycle would minimize the spread of those weeds; that public works consult with the weed board before adding any new seed mix in the right-of-ways, and that the roadside technician position be restored. At the meeting, county council members heard more than 40 minutes of comments from the public, the majority of whom opposed the use of any chemicals or herbicides. Following that, Vincent told the council that he wasn’t bringing the matter forward “lightly.” “This is a difficult position to be in,” he said. “Legally, we are required to control noxious weeds on the property we own.” He added that if you took the right-of ways on both sides of all the county roads that the county is responsible for, it would add up to 650 acres. He also told the council that the use of herbicides didn’t mean random wide-spread spraying. “Any use of herbicides would be as a last resort,” Vincent said. “Public Works would not just go out and start spraying. We would try best management practices first.” If that proved inefficient, then use of organic herbicides would be by hand application to plants after they were cut to ground level. Possible use of pump-style backpack sprayers might happen. But even with that, council members opted not to make changes to the ordinance. All three councilmen said they were not in favor of the changes as presented and urged Vincent to go back to the drawing board. “The language is confusing,” said Chairman Bob Jarman. “The public is confused.” Councilman Rick Hughes said he would like public works to take another growing season to look at what can be done to control noxious weed growth without the use of any chemicals, including the use of volunteer labor by neighboring property owners. “Then, one year from now we can revisit this,” Hughes said. “But for now we need to continue (to limit) growth without chemical solutions.” Vincent said he doesn’t plan to bring the subject back to the council any time soon. He said that there is no funding for a roadside maintenance technician which he said was a “rather technical job” and would cost about $60,000. Bruce George, chair of the noxious weed board, however, said the board will continue to pursue a solution. “The weed board will continue to create a practical set of documents for outreach, have island specific meetings to present these facts and collect input from the citizens who by-andlarge have been left out of the conversation,” he said. He added that having public works on board to help address

Lopez woman convicted of assault by Cali Bagby Weekly editor

Lisa Marie Johnson, 56, of Lopez, Island, was found guilty of assault in the third degree on Oct. 9 for a crime committed on Aug.10. Johnson was ordered to pay $600 and serve two months of electronic home monitoring. She was also issued a no contact order for five years with the two victims as well as submitting to a substance abuse and mental health evaluation. According to court documents, the assault incident

was part of a series of acts by Johnson to a couple who rented a home from her. On July 30, she blocked the couple’s driveway with her car until a member of the Sheriff’s Office ordered her to move it. On Aug. 10, court documents describe Johnson siting naked outside of the couple’s residence with a gun pointed at one of the victims, who asked her to leave as grandchildren were present. The documents go on to state that when a deputy arrived on the scene she was pointing a gun at the residence and that a round was in the

chamber. Johnson told the deputy that the “he kicked my dog and hurt him real bad.” She denied pointing the gun at anyone. According to the responding deputy’s report, the incident with the firearm started when Johnson was found sunbathing nude near the residence. After the woman who lived at the residence told Johnson that her behavior was inappropriate due to the presence of children the sheriff’s office was called. The woman then told the deputy that Johnson’s dog

ran toward her and barked aggressively so she threw a Bic lighter at it. The woman said that is when Johnson retrieved her shotgun and proceeded to sunbath nude with the firearm. According to the deputy’s report, the couple claimed that Johnson stated that, “If you ever hurt my dog again, I will shoot you.” She then repeated the statement to the deputy on duty. According to court documents the defendant suffered from bi-polar disorder, which impaired her ability to “conform her conduct to the requirements of the law.”

weed issues is a step in the right direction. “Having Brian Vincent step up and work with the weed board is the first time in a long time that the weed board sees some hope and we will continue to partner with Brian and public works,” George said. “There’s a lot of mistrust in the community and that is (the) biggest problem. We will have to educate (the public) to overcome that ignorance.” Mark Anderson, who was not at the meeting, said he was pleased with the decision made by the council. “It sounds like good news to me,” he said. “There’s nothing that will convince me that using toxins is a good idea. I don’t care if the county has a legal responsibility to get rid of the weeds.”

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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MONTHLY FIBER MEETUPS Monthly Open Meeting Join us next month for this general information session. All are welcome! Next Meeting: November 4, 2015 – 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Monthly Group Organizer Meeting Learn more about organizing your group at this session. Next Meeting: November 11, 2015 – 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Both meetings held in Friday Harbor this November (meetings will rotate islands every month) 345 Court Street Friday Harbor, WA 98250 rockisland.com

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Laura Suslick Deach

Laura Suslick Deach, a nine year resident of the Northport, WA passed away on Nov. 3, 2015 in Colville, Wash., at the age of 55. Laura was born on Nov. 14, 1959 in Chicago, the daughter of Alvin and Edith (Paul) Suslick.

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Kenneth Suslick, Champaign, IL, Richard Suslick and his wife, Margaret, Annandale, VA; sister, Janet Suslick, Stockholm, Sweden; nieces and nephews, Benjamin Suslick, Gina Suslick, Phillip Suslick, Jaokim Pejer, Daniel Pejer, Daniel and Nichole Deach; and a host of extended family. Memorial contributions may be given to the Northport Library, Northport School District, and or the Lopez Union Cemetery Association on Lopez Island. Please visit the online memorial and sign the guestbook at www. danekasfuneralchapel.com .

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move that was delayed a day because Keaton wouldn’t cooperate. Shuttle staff told Skagit County jailers Keaton was zapped with a stun gun while in Snohomish County. There is nothing in the records that indicate Keaton was ever shot with a Taser. Skagit County corrections officers put Keaton in an observation cell near the booking station because he wouldn’t talk and they didn’t have much information about his condition. They told Island County, which provides jail services for San Juan County, to send two officers when they picked him up the next day.

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Only one officer showed up. Keaton resisted being put in handcuffs and tried to bite an officer. He was placed in a restraint chair, wouldn’t talk to a nurse and refused to take his medication. Records show that Skagit County was aware that Keaton had bipolar disorder and had, as someone there noted, “disorganized, bizarre thought content.” A San Juan County sheriff ’s lieutenant requested a mental health professional see Keaton in Skagit County. Meanwhile Keaton’s public defender was trying to arrange a competency hearing. But a mental health professional in Skagit County refused to do an evaluation saying the request was “too vague” and Keaton was another jurisdiction’s

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problem, according to the investigation. Keaton was strapped to a restraint chair for hours waiting for Island County corrections officers to sort out transportation. The next day, March 26, he was moved to the jail in Coupeville. Keaton’s reputation as a problem inmate followed him to Island County and he was locked in a padded safety cell with no window, sink or toilet. The jail nurse, Nancy Barker, was on vacation and didn’t see him. Neither did a mental health professional. “When Mr. Farris came in we had no idea that he had a mental health condition whatsoever (sic). I’m not sure if he did,” jail chief De Dennis later told investigators. Island County didn’t get Keaton’s medical records from the other jails. Barker said jails are inconsistent

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about sharing inmates’ records. Even after Keaton’s death detectives were told they must obtain his parents’ written permission before Snohomish County and Lynnwood would release records. Jail Lt. Pam McCarty said she put Keaton in the solitary cell because he was “resistive.” Corrections officers never saw Keaton act violent, according to the investigation. One officer said Keaton grabbed his hand through the handcuff port but the officer pulled away without being hurt. Even so corrections officers were advised to be in pairs if they opened Keaton’s cell or moved him. Two officers later reported seeing Keaton gagging on a rag he’d stuffed in his mouth. Instead of entering his cell, the officers asked McCarty what to do. She told them to “leave that man alone,” records said. Keaton didn’t have access to water during the four

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days he was in the padded cell and was reliant on corrections officers, who were supposed to check on him every hour. Officers told the detective there wasn’t a policy that spelled out how much water to give inmates or how to monitor their fluid intake, or what to do if an inmate refused water. Yet officers should have noted if Keaton refused water or meals, the jail chief said. If inmates are not drinking or eating, “they’re going to see a nurse or the nurse is coming down to see them and then … we may just transfer them to a hospital,” he said. One thing corrections officers did notice was Keaton’s erratic behavior. They wrote in their notes that he repeatedly removed his pants, banged on his cell and talked to himself. He wanted to know when he could leave and asked for water but dumped it on his head or spit it out. On the first available

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Braving gusty winds and sometimes driving rain, 30 hardy golfers, see above, took to the links for the “Wurst Golf Tournament and Blues Fest” on Oct. 10, at the Lopez Island Golf Club. Highlights included fabulous snacks by the Galley and Haven, fresh oys-ter shooters, and beer tastings from Lopez

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visiting day, Keaton’s aunt, Tamara Fralic, went to see him. She was unaware of his condition. McCarty told her that Keaton wasn’t cooperating so they couldn’t move him to the regular visiting area, but McCarty agreed to let her see Keaton in the safety cell. Keaton didn’t have access to water during the four days he was in the padded cell and was reliant on corrections officers, who were supposed to check on him every hour. Officers told the detective there wasn’t a policy that spelled out how much water to give inmates or how to monitor their fluid intake, or what to do if an inmate refused water. Yet officers should have noted if Keaton refused water or meals, jail chief De Dennis said. Fralic crouched down and peered through the slot in the door. (Read on at www.islandsweekly.com.)

Star library The Lopez Island Library is again named a star library from the Library Journal, for the sixth year in a row. Only three libraries in Washington State received that distinction this year: They were: Seattle Public, King County Library System and Lopez Island Library.