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VOLUME 35, NUMBER 46 • NOVEMBER 24, 2015
2015 in review with the undersheriff By Meredith M. Griffith Special to the Journal
When sheriff Ron Krebs took the helm of the San Juan County Sheriff ’s Office this January, he appointed Lead Detective Brent Johnson his second in command as undersheriff. The Journal asked Johnson to share his perspective on the past year. One of his top messages to the community was this: “We have good deputies. They’re here to serve, and they really do try to serve. As a whole, the deputies are good people. We want people to call, and we’re here to
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serve, and we will listen to you and try to make things better if we can.” As undersheriff, Johnson said he helps Krebs hammer out decisions on department policy, and he also provides support to the deputies, helping provide them with needed training and equipment. He said the most critical law enforcement issues he sees facing our community are domestic violence, alcohol and drugs, and driving under the influence. Not surprisingly, Johnson also said drug and alcohol abuse is one of the main drivers behind domestic violence. As for how the changing of the guard has affected the law enforcement department, said Johnson, “I would hope the community as a whole would realize that Sheriff Krebs has looked at
the department and he is trying to address things in the department that have become weak, that have not been addressed in the past four years. We had to correct a lot of those issues.” Johnson said at the top of their list for reform was communication: with the community; with groups like Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services, EMS and fire; and inter-department communication with deputies on staff. “Some organizations basically stopped hearing from us, and that was a real shame,” he said. Johnson said that at the beginning of 2015, the San Juan Island EMS department was not making use of the sheriff ’s boat for emergencies due to an earlier breakdown in communication. “Now we have good com-
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munications, and a boat policy,” he said. “We also have training requirements for all the people that use that boat. We are back together as a full team.” Johnson said that he believes this year, deputies are handling calls and listening to the public better, adding, “I think the public is happier with us… We’re not perfect and we’re not going to solve all crimes. I wish we could. But we are definitely trying to do the right thing, and trying to do things the right way.” In regard to domestic violence, Johnson said he and Krebs have been working to develop more effective policies and ways to follow state RCWs, as the existing county protocol was “way outdated.” He said discussions with DVSAS have helped the department better understand domestic violence dynamics so they can improve deputy response. “Domestic violence can be a very dangerous call for us, but also affects so many people in our community,” said Johnson. “No matter the economic standing, color, background, [domestic violence] crosses all economic lines. We really have to keep our eyes open and be fair, listen to what’s going on and what’s being told to us.” He
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wants people to know that the law very specifically requires that, in any domestic violence situation, if the officer can establish who is the primary aggressor, that person must be arrested. “To me, what makes police work very unique, is that we as police officers must protect the suspect as well as the victim, and that is kind of unique in our system,” he said. “When someone is accused of a crime, I work for him too, at that point. We have to protect both sides.” He added, “Our ultimate hope is not to put someone
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in jail, although that is sometimes necessary, but how can we help this family so it doesn’t continue to happen, so they can live in peace and have a decent family experience?” Though women do sometimes offend, he said that in his experience, primary aggressors are male. As for drug abuse and drug sales in San Juan County, Johnson said, “It’s very difficult to work on those, because … the folks who are doing drugs know who we are, they know where we live, they go to school with our kids. We have to depend a lot on informants, because we can’t buy drugs from somebody unless they’re really stupid.” He said that community members sometimes express frustration SEE REVIEW, PAGE 5
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Re: Pope letter
In a recent letter “Thoughts on Pope” it was said that a focus on “creation” and car-
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ing were the Pope’s solution to Climate change. However, many do not believe in the concept of “creation”. Everything in existence today, black holes to earthworms, are a product of evolution taking place over eons of time. Everything is very much a part of a universal nature. Unfortunately, a major part of Francis’ agenda involves the
TUESDAYS ON-GOING: Learn how to download eBooks! Free tutorials every Tuesday in the library’s community room, 4-5 p.m. Bring your device and log-in information (for Kindles your Amazon log-in info). WEDNESDAYS STORYTIME: Wednesday Morning Story Time at the Lopez Island Library, 10-10:30 a.m. Baby and Toddler Story Time; 11 -11:30 a.m. Preschoolers Story Time. Join us each Wednesday morning for rhymes, songs and books. You’re never too young to
become a fan of stories. In the Helen Anderson Children’s Room at the Lopez Island Library.
SAT, NOV. 28 JINGLE BELL DINNER AND AUCTION: 6 p.m. at the Community Center. Proceeds to benefit Lopez Island Hospice and Home Support. Tickets available at Paper Scissors on the Rock. For more information call 468-4446. TUES, DEC. 1 MEETING: San Juan County Council Meeting, 10 a.m., Lopez Center for Community and the Arts.
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usual redistribution of wealth and eschews any reduction in human population (his church forbids any artificial family planning methods) which is a major flaw given the finite resources of the planet and the increasing assaults thereon. He is also against such
ideas as economic incentives as carbon trading, which he says exploits the poorer members of society. To me “caring” is a nebulous, feel good term and is used to establish our species in the center of the universe. Without specific, pragmatic tasks the term is mean-
WED, DEC. 2 EVENT: Good Lovelies with stunning three part vocal harmonies, Lopez Center, 7:30 p.m. Adult $18, youth $8. Tickets are Lopez Center, PSR, Lopez Bookshop, Blossom, lopezcenter.org. FRI, DEC. 4 EVENT: Fire Department Awards Banquet, 5:30 p.m., Lopez Center for Community and the Arts. This event is for Lopez Fire Department Volunteers for their dedicated service to our community
ingless. Climate change is real and it takes a concerted understanding of the issue along with a willingness to make personal sacrifices for the benefit of all life forms on this tiny galactic island. According to an article in the New York Times (www. nytimes.com/2015/06/19/ world/europe/pope-francisin-sweeping-encyclical-callsfor-swift-action-on-climatechange.html?_r=0)“Many conservatives will be pleased with the encyclical’s strong
SAT, DEC. 5 EVENT: Port Stanley Schoolhouse Holiday Craft Sale, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Historic Port Stanley Schoolhouse, 2970 Port Stanley Road. EVENT: Lopez Thrift Shop Annual Holiday Sale, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Lopez School - Multi Purpose Room. Come to the Annual Thrift Shop sale and find many treasures to take home with you. EVENT: Lopez Islander Resort Annual Craft Fair, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Lopez Islander Resort. Local Craft Vendors! Runs Dec. 5-6.
criticism of abortion, and its dismissal of arguments that population control can be an answer to poverty. However, Francis sharply criticizes the trading of carbon credits — a marketbased system central to the European Union’s climate policy — and says it “may simply become a ploy which permits maintaining the excessive consumption of some countries and sectors.” JACK PEDIGO Lopez Island
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their community. Members of the community who want to support their local businesses lend in $50 increments called “Squares”. The participating businesses pitch their campaign to their community over a 30-day period and once funded, pay the loan back to their “Squareholders” within three years. Please join us at 2:00pm December 1 at Grace Church where Representatives of Community Sourced Capital will discuss crowdfunding in general and provide more information on their program, Fund Local.
Correction n In an article from the 11/18 edition, an article titled “Assault on Lopez” the name of the convicted was incorrect. Her name is Lisa Marie Jacobsen, not Lisa Marie Johnson.
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Why the county should purchase Lopez Hill and Odlin South Submitted by Kirman Taylor for Lopez Trails
In the 1990s, the Lopez community lost a 387-acre community treasure when Paul Allen bought the land on which Camp Nor’Wester sat. Lopez temporarily avoided a similar loss a decade ago, when Lopez Hill was put on the market by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources. Our community now has an opportunity to acquire Lopez Hill and Odlin South forever. Lopez Hill is 400 acres of wooded land owned by the DNR and managed by San Juan County Land Bank. Located just east of Lopez School it is crisscrossed with 4.5 miles of trails for hiking and biking. Friends of Lopez Hill and others developed the trails over many years. Odlin South has100 acres of undeveloped land south of Odlin Park, presently managed by San Juan County Parks. In April 2006 it came to the attention of
FOLH that the DNR was negotiating with Tim Blixeth, a developer, to trade Lopez Hill for timberland in Eastern Washington. The DNR had been divesting all its holdings of Trust Lands in San Juan County because it could not harvest the timber on SJC lands to fund State Schools, which is their mission. When the Friends of Lopez Hill learned about the trade deal they mobilized to stop it. The Lopez community’s efforts succeeded in preventing the sale to the developer. Instead, the State of Washington funded (in advance) a 50 year lease of the land to San Juan County through bonds. The revenue from this lease enabled the DNR to give almost 85 percent of the land’s value in cash to fund State Schools. (Land sales by the DNR require 90 percent to be reinvested in replacement property.) Both Lopez Hill and Odlin South are now
leased by the DNR to San Juan County for 50 years. Both leases include the option to purchase the properties. Because most of the value of the land has already been paid to the DNR there is a unique opportunity for our community to acquire the ownership of these lands for less than 25 percent of their value at the time the leases were signed (2007 for Lopez Hill and 2009 for Odlin South). Why should San Juan County purchase Lopez Hill and Odlin South? They are beautiful public properties we can all share; the price is low; we can keep them for conservation and recreation forever. The Land Bank, as the county agency managing the property, has asked Friends of Lopez Hill and Lopez Community Trails Network to assess the community’s support for the purchase of these two properties. Once assured that the support exists, the
County can move ahead with exercising the option to purchase, which starts with an appraisal of the land to establish the acquisition price. When the cost is known the County will endeavor to raise the funds. There will be no levies or taxes involved in this purchase. Funds will come from San Juan County via the Land Bank, which already collects a tax on real estate sales. They will search for other organizations to contribute, apply for grants and possibly, like Watmough, ask the community for voluntary contributions. Presently emails soliciting replies are being sent to members of the community. Those who do not receive an email, can express their opinion on this matter by emailing info@LopezTrails.org. Those without email can call 468-2474. Everyone with a concern for our island and its natural resources is welcome to reply.
Paris attacks change everything | Be a part of the solution Special to the Weekly
All eyes are on Paris these days after the recent terrorist’s attacks/ Nov. the world is watching as delegates gather from over 190 countries for COP21, the United Nations Climate Change Conference. Organizers state that the objective of the 2015 conference is to achieve, for the first time in over 20 years, a legally binding and universal agreement on climate, from all the nations of the world. Lopezian Kai Sanburn marched from Amsterdam to Paris with Urgenda, to heighten awareness of the upcoming climate talks and plans to participate in actions during the conference. To commemorate the start of the talks Transition Lopez Island is planning a Paris Party on Monday, Nov. 30 at
6:30 p.m. at Lopez Center for Community and the Arts, featuring a French dessert potluck, the launch of the Green Ribbon Campaign here in the islands, and the debut of the movie version of Naomi Klein’s blockbuster book, “This Changes Everything.” Started by a small group of friends in Nova Scotia, the Green Ribbon Campaign was inspired by actors at the 2015 Emmy Awards wearing green ribbons to signal support of climate actions, solutions, and justice. The campaign hopes to make broad concern for the climate visible, open the door for conversations across the political spectrum, and remind participants to make climate-friendly decisions in their daily lives. The just released film, “This Changes Everything”
is an epic attempt to reimagine the vast challenge of climate change. Inspired by Naomi Klein’s international non-fiction bestseller of the same name, the film presents seven powerful portraits of communities on the front lines. Throughout the film, Klein builds to her most controversial and exciting idea: that we can seize the existential crisis of climate change to transform our failed economic system into something radically better. This event is in support of a positive outcome for COP21, and bringing meaningful awareness to what we can all do now to build a carbon-free future for ourselves and our children. Nancy Wynen, vicar of Grace Church, and Beth Purdum, pastor of Lutheran Church in the San Juans, recently led a group of island-
ers through a six week analysis of Pope Francis’ encyclical, Laudato Si, subtitled “On Care for Our Common Home.” The Pope strongly critiques consumerism and irresponsible development, laments the effects of environmental degradation and global warming, and exhorts all the people of the world to
take “swift and unified global action.” As a direct result of this discussion, committees are forming on Lopez to address a wide range of issues in our “common home,” including transportation, housing, food, community sharing, and carbon footprint awareness. Contact gracechurchlopez@rockis-
land.com if you are interested in joining one of these groups or would like more information. Choose to be part of the solution starting with the Paris Party on Nov. 30 6:30 p.m. at LCCA.
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36th Annual Preschool Annual Holiday Bazaar coming up The holiday season is a time for spending time with friends, listening to music, eating a smorgasbord of delicious food, shopping for holiday gifts, and visiting Santa with your children and grandchildren. All these activities and more are happening the Saturday after Thanksgiving, Nov. 28, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Lopez Preschool Holiday Bazaar in the Lopez School gym. A featured event for the last 35 years, the bazaar offers a variety of thoughtful, finely made local gifts, delicious food, photos with Santa and a raffle featuring over 40 fabulous prizes. “The bazaar is the main fundraiser for the co-operative preschool”, says former President Bazaar Candace Downey. All proceeds go toward operating costs, providing scholarships to families in need, and classroom enrichment activities and materials. Many studies have shown that quality preschool significantly improves student performance in the formal education system. Lopez is fortunate to have such a program affordable for all islanders. Preschool is the first step in setting students up for educational success. Every bazaar vendor donates a significant portion of proceeds to the preschool. All funds raised by the raffle and food sales go directly to the preschool. There will be over 60 vendors at the bazaar offering amazing homemade goods, local products and fine arts and crafts. The event will have something that suits everyone’s fancy. On top of that, the festive atmosphere can put even The Grinch in a holiday mood. Volunteers set up and bedeck the gym in jolly and bright decorations. Live entertainment runs throughout the bazaar. Raffle prizes include on- and off-island overnight stays, gift baskets of local food and gifts, passes to The Museum of Flight, the Experience Music project, and the Woodland Park Zoo, massages, gardening services, swim lessons, pet grooming, and gift certificates to numerous local and off-island businesses. This year’s gift certificates include Haven restaurant, Paper Scissors on the Rock, Cascadia Kayaks, The Bay Café, Lopez Bookshop and many, many more. Raffle tickets may be purchased at the Lopez Village Market most weekends and from any parent with a child in preschool. You can also buy raffle tickets at the bazaar. Come support the Lopez co-operative preschool and your local businesses!
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Multiple flu cases hit San Juans and pharmacies respond Leslie Kelly
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Be warned, the flu has arrived. But don’t be worried. There’s plenty of flu vaccine available. San Juan County Health Department officials have confirmed that cases of influenza have been reported on the San Juan islands, although the specific number of cases isn’t being tracked locally. “We’ve seen the flu here,” said Ellen Wilcox, community health manager for the San Juan County Health Department. “It started earlier than usual — in September. But despite that, we’re seeing low levels.” In preparation for flu season, the county health department held 21 clinics where children, adults and
seniors could get flu shots, Wilcox said. “From September to early November, we administered 723 vaccines,” Wilcox said. “Of that, 530 were adults and 193 were children.” While there are no more county clinics set, Wilcox said that the county will continue to give vaccinations at some schools. “We ran out of the nasal vaccine,” she said. “And that is what some parents prefer. As soon as we get more of it, we will be able to provide that for those children.” This year’s flu, according the the Centers For Disease Control, is predominantly a blend of three viruses. The current prevention vaccination that is being given address those viruses. “The current vaccine is doing a good job of address-
ing the strains that are out there,” said Cris DuVall, pharmacist at Friday Harbor Drugs. The store has flu shots available and in most cases, insurances cover the cost. Generally, the shot costs around $25, if it’s not covered by insurance. This is the first year that the pharmacy has given flu shots, DuVall said. They are offering the Trivalent, Quadvalent, a high dose shot for the elderly and the nasal mist. “For many people it’s easier to get a flu shot at the pharmacy because you don’t have to have an appointment,” she said. “People can come when it’s convenient for them.” DuVall said getting the shot protects the individual and the community. “Flu spreads easily and it
can be debilitating,” she said. “It can cause death, especially in young infants and the elderly.” It’s also costly to have the flu when considering the time missed from work, she added. And, she said, you can carry the flu virus and pass it on to others, even if you show no symptoms of the flu. Another thing DuVall wanted to clear up is the myth that you can get the flu from getting a flu shot. “That’s just not true,” she said. “The shot doesn’t contain an active virus, just a shell of the virus that tells the body to fight against it.” She added that now is the time to get a shot if you haven’t already. “Don’t wait any longer because there’s always the chance we’ll run out of the
What happened to the exit ramp? After nearly 10 years The Friends of Woodmen Hall are still going strong and are as dedicated as ever to the restoration of the Hall. With the help of the Senior Services and the Lopez community the building has become a shining star. It is the home of Lopez Senior Services and all their programs. It also sees many clubs, organizations, meetings, and private parties use it each week. What happened to the ramp we promised, you ask? The Friends have raised the funds to build the required ADA accessible ramp out the back of the building. We have the monies, we have the county approval, and we are actively seeking contractors to bid on the project. If you are an interested contractor please contact Gayle Isbell at 468 3266 to get the plan for the ramp. Where do we go next? This is a 100+ year old building! There will never be a lack of projects that would enhance the Hall. There are electrical issues that need to be addressed. The stage would be more useable with a stage apron. We want to add a “green room” and a storage area at the back of the building. Outside we would like to see picnic tables, and enhanced landscaping. If the Seniors and the Lopez community are interested we could add a horseshoe or shuffle board area. We welcome your input concerning what would make the Hall more useable for you. Lastly, we made the huge decision to move the date of the annual Memorial Day Weekend Auction/Yard sale. The new date for 2016 will be Sunday, Aug. 28. Please mark your calendars now. We have already collected many exciting treasures that we know you will just love to take home. Stop by and see us at the Nov. 28 preschool bazaar. Tell us what you would like to see happen at the Hall.
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with the process of working to apprehend drug abusers, but explained, “Even if they’re drug users, they have rights. We can’t just walk up and [search them]. We don’t want to become a police state; we have certain federal and state rules we have to follow… We have rights in this country to be secure in our homes, our cars, and in our person. Homes are very protected for obvious reasons, so nine times out of 10 it means a search warrant.” For the sheriff ’s department to create a drug purchase sting operation requires extensive documentation, every step of which must follow protocol exactly and then be verified by a judge within 14 days. “We have no favorites,” he said. “We will work on any
drug case that we can; it’s a poison and it just irritates the heck out of me… It hurts our community.” He said it’s a poison that affects personal lives, families, work and spurs theft to feed the habit. Johnson’s most intense crime memory from 2015 was drug-related: he said Benjamin Hanks, the driver arrested for the April hitand-run attack on an Orcas Island high school girl, had smoked large amounts of marijuana prior to the accident. “He looked at her, hit the gas, and hit her,” said Johnson, “and it was all because of drugs. All that pain that she is going through didn’t have to happen.” Hanks plead guilty to Vehicle Assault (Class B) with DUI. Johnson’s final thoughts for the community: “We live in paradise. We really do, and if everyone just works together and thinks of each
of us as part of the family, and if we think before we say things or do things, we truly will have a paradise here. Because I don’t want to live in Seattle; I want it to be the San Juan Islands. We need to take care of each other and watch each others’ backs. I’d
like to ask the men of San Juan County to stand up and stop domestic violence. I would ask them to stand up and say, ‘Enough,’ to talk to their friends, and to say, ‘It’s not okay how you’re treating her.’”
vaccine,” she said. While the county has no more flu shot clinics scheduled, and some pharmacies are reporting low inventory of flu vaccines, health officials say to also check with primary care physicians, most of whom stock flu shots. At Ray’s Pharmacy on Orcas Island, sources report that they have the flu vaccine in stock, but not a lot of it. A pharmacy clerk said they just got some in. On Lopez Island, at the Lopez Island Pharmacy, pharmacists Rick McCoy reported that they’ve given at least 400 flu shots since
Labor Day, when their supply arrived. “We’ve had people wanting the shot and we’ve been able to fill the need so far,” he said. “And as far as we know, we haven’t seen and flu cases on Lopez.” He also warned, however, that those who have not gotten a flu shot should do so now. “I encourage people to get it earlier rather than later,” he said. “There’s no guarantee that we’ll be able to get more (vaccine) in, if we try to reorder.”
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
You Can Get Connected Too! • Start by indicating your interest online at: rockisland.com/connect • Learn more about organizing at rockisland.com, or attend one of our monthly meetings
MONTHLY FIBER MEETUPS Monthly Open Meeting Join us next month for this general information session. All are welcome! Next Meeting: 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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Orcas Choral Society concert C o n t e n t m e n t . Companionship. A good book by a crackling fire. Longing. Love. Prayer. These are a few of the many moods evoked in songs of the Orcas Choral Society’s winter concert, “Nightfall, celebration of our longest nights,” Dec. 5 at the Orcas Center and Dec. 6 at the Lopez Center. The Orcas Boy Choir will join the Choral Society on several pieces. “We’re so inundated with carols and commercialism, we thought it’d be good to immerse ourselves in the human response to the spiritual nature of the changing light,” said Choral Society director Roger Sherman. “Much wonderful music and poetry reflect on the night.”
The concert will include works by Mendelssohn, Brahms and Elgar, along with contemporary, folk and early music. “We’re touching on many traditions, secular and religious,” Sherman said. The audience will be invited to sing along on several seasonal favorites. The Orcas concert begins 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 5, at the Orcas Center, 917 Mt. Baker Rd., Eastsound. Tickets are $15, $5 for students. For those who prefer not to go out at night, the Choral Society will hold an open rehearsal at 10 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 5, also at the Orcas Center, with tickets at $10, students $5. Tickets are available through the Choral Society’s web site at www.
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GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH, welcomes you to worship with us on Sundays at 10:00 a.m. Fisherman Bay Road at Sunset Lane. 468-3477. Everyone welcome! COMMUNITY CHURCH, Please join us Sun. mornings. Adult Bible study, 9:30. Worship Service, 10:30. Nursery (birth3 yrs) and Jr. Church (4-12 yrs) provided during worship service. Small groups meet throughout the week. 91 Lopez Rd., in the village. Pastor Jeff Smith 468-3877. www.ourlicc.org. LUTHERAN CHURCH IN THE SAN JUANS (ELCA) Please join us for worship and children’s Sunday School at 9:00 a.m. in Center Church on Davis Bay Road. Also in Friday Harbor at 11:00 a.m. in St. David’s and in Eastsound at 1:15 p.m. in Emmanuel. Pastor Anne Hall, 468-3025. QUAKER WORSHIP GROUP Meetings will be Sundays at 10:00 a.m. at the home of Ron Metcalf, 6363 Fisherman Bay Road. Children’s program. Everyone welcome. Phone 468-2129. Email: lopezfriends@gmail.com. ST. FRANCIS CATHOLIC CHURCH Come worship with us at Center Church on Davis Bay Rd. We welcome you to join us for Mass at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday starting April 12. Call 378-2910 for Mass times on San Juan and Orcas Islands.
Congressman Rick Larsen came to San Juan Island to discuss the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a proposed trade agreement between 12 Pacific Rim countries that make up 40 percent of the world’s economy. The town-hall style meeting was attended by islanders from San Juan, Lopez and Orcas, including Lopez councilman Jamie Stephens. This was the fifth and last stop for Rep. Rick Larsen in a tour of meetings around the district. To begin the meeting, Larsen stated that he had not finished reading the more than 5,000 page document, though he plans to, and doesn’t know yet which way he will vote. He also addressed first-off two major concerns of TPP mentioned at the other meetings: that foreign corporations will be able to use TPP to challenge and undermine local laws, and that TPP may create a “race to the bottom” of wages and labor standards. Larsen said that foreign corporations are already challenging local laws on some fronts and that TPP would not be necessary to do that. In addition, he said, it doesn’t SEE TRADE, PAGE 8
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final result is really and truly equal. The Good Lovelies previously performed at Lopez Center in August 2014. “Barely had the clapping ceased before we started getting requests to get the Good Lovelies back to Lopez!” LCCA Assistant Director Robert Harrison shared. Art Korse was one of those fans, “Their last show on the island was entertaining, fun, the audience loved them and they have great harmonies!” The Good Lovelies will perform at Lopez Center on Wednesday, Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are Adults $18 and Youth $8, and are available from Paper Scissors on the Rock, Lopez Bookshop, Blossom Organic Grocery and lopezcenter.org.
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Langford. Alternative-Folk trio Good Lovelies continue to tour their newest full-length release, Burn The Plan, with a series of shows along the west coast, including stops in California, British Columbia and Lopez Island. 2011’s Juno-nominated “Let The Rain Fall” was the last time the Good Lovelies
There’s a new spirit of adventurousness that gives Burn The Plan an extra spark; the album is permeated with textures and tones from musical worlds away. Individual voices find common ground in such a tight-knit group dynamic. What keeps the three Lovelies making music together is not just their uncanny vocal compatibility; it’s their unshakable friendships, which supports each member contributing to the songwriting in distinct ways. The story behind Burn The Plan is something of a contradiction – while each Lovely contributed their most personal songs to date, each song is filtered through a unique process of collaboration that characterizes the band’s entire M.O, where the
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“The Good Lovelies … what can I say except that of the 15 years I’ve lived on Lopez, these young ladies are one of the best group of musicians I’ve seen come through the Center. Please don’t miss them. Beautiful, charming, witty, fun, astonishingly talented, and just plain great. They deserve every award they’ve ever won,” said Lane
released a full-length studio album. It may not feel so long ago, since the band’s profile has continued to grow with awards, steady and sold-out touring, and a live album in between, but you can do a whole lotta living, loving and letting go in four years. For Caroline Brooks, Kerri Ough and Sue Passmore, four years has been the exact number of hours, moments and experiences needed to take the next step, to burn the plan. With “Burn The Plan” a long-awaited new album, Good Lovelies are both fulfilling and defying their socalled musical destiny as a “folk trio.” What makes this Burn The Plan special is that the band’s considerable strengths – winsome songwriting, impeccable vocals, and triangulated charisma – don’t tell the full story.
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The Good Lovelies return to Lopez Center
Larsen also said that the number of jobs created or lost by TPP is not a gauge that will influence his decision due to the number of reports that had wildly different estimates. “The methodology of their reports depends on the ideology of those who are writing them,” Larsen said. “You have to be discernible about that.” Jobs did factor into the discussion, however, as Larsen stated that 40 percent of jobs in Washington state are traderelated, and he said he had to consider that in his decision. Other concerns brought forward by audience members about TPP include the secretive nature in which the trade agreement was written, degradation of food safety coming into the country,and not doing enough to end forced labor abroad. Trade negotiations finished Oct. 5, and President Barack Obama notified Congress of his intent to sign the agreement Nov. 5, which begins a 90 day wait period until he signs the agreement. The full text of the TransPacific Partnership can be found online at the Office of the US Trade Representative.