Whidbey Weekly for January 2, 2014

January 2 - January 8, 2014

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A Guide To Creative Photography Coupeville Middle School/High School Coupeville Page 11

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LocaLLy owned.

on tRaCk with Jim Freeman

Given this is my first column of the New Year, I thought I would make this effort more interactive.

mind, as well as mine.

Getting you, the reader, involved with the random words selected for this space gives me an opportunity to explore the infinite crevices of your

As we explore our mind fields together, I invite you to join me in the opening of my brother’s Christmas box which I just found. Apparently, I hid it from myself due to its early arrival, but, forgot where I put it until today.

Since Christmas has passed, and all of the lights and ornaments are put away until December, I feel wrong opening this Christmas gift box without anyone around.

LocaLLy operated. began adding blueing agents to detergent earlier in the century. Blue tends to absorb yellow light. By adding a very slight blue tinge to whites, the yellow light wavelengths are absorbed instead of reflected, making whites appear less yellow and therefore whiter.

More recently, optical brighteners have replaced blueing. Optical brighteners absorb ultraviolet light and change it to blue light. The blue light helps to cancel out the yellow light, making whites whiter.

While your clothes will indeed look whiter, they may in fact appear to be slightly bluer.”

Excuse me while I go rinse my mouth out with Tide.

This should work out well as our high school colors in Oil City were blue and white.

Diller Dillies The following one-liners were sent to me by Rev. Jimmy, a reader who assures me these were from the comedic mind of Phyllis Diller. We will seek verification when we stop laughing.

Whatever you may look like, marry a man your own age. As your beauty fades, so will his eyesight.

Here we go. Are you ready? Do you have time?

Housework can’t kill you, but why take a chance?

I am now opening the $15.25 postage paid box weighing about the same as two cans of Joan of Arc kidney beans. The box was sent December 18, 2013, from Monterey, Virginia 24465, headquartered in Highland County, the little Switzerland of Virginia.

Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing up is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.

The red, white and blue Priority mail label seems lost with the black and white USPS tracking # bar code that looks like a bad day at the wallpaper shop.

In fact, there are three separate bar codes affixed, making this gift recipient wonder if his big brother hit all the bar codes in Monterey before mailing this over-priced, under-weighted box.

I am now ripping the dried Scotch tape from the sides of the box, not violently, but with some degree of authority.

Knowing my brother has reused a box previously mailed to him, I am now ripping off his cover-up label to see the original sender.

Just as I thought.

The original box was sent from the customer service department of an unidentified store in Taylor, Michigan 48180, but the label was printed in Canada.

A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.

The reason women don’t play football is because 11 of them would never wear the same outfit in public.

Best way to get rid of kitchen odors: Eat out.

A bachelor is a guy who never made the same mistake once.

I want my children to have all the things I couldn’t afford. Then I want to move in with them.

Most children threaten at times to run away from home. This is the only thing that keeps some parents going.

Aim high, and you won’t shoot your foot off.

Any time three New Yorkers get into a cab without an argument, a bank has just been robbed.

We spend the first twelve months of our children’s lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up.

Burt Reynolds once asked me out. I was in his room.

Shall I proceed or call the border patrol?

You know you’re old if your walker has an airbag.

Not seeing a show of hands, I will continue.

I’m eighteen years behind in my ironing.

The cardboard ripped flawlessly, with the sounds of dead trees screaming.

All flaps are now open. I see a cover sheet of 8 by 10 typewriter paper, with a red Sharpie fine tipped cursive greeting of “Merry Christmas Jim“, underlined, and followed by a “Lew & Gretta“, underlined with a swirl depicting some degree of royalty.

I am now lifting the typewriter paper. Remember when we called it that? Now we call it copy paper.

Seems wrong.

We were taught never to copy, although I did use more than three consecutive words in some of my college term papers, without proper footnoting.

Shall I turn myself in?

I am now back to lifting the typewriter paper.

I would scream right now, but I am unable to see the unwrapped gifts because of the AIRplus packing bags covering the items.

What I don’t like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day.

The only time I ever enjoyed ironing was the day I accidentally put gin in the steam iron.

I’ve been asked to say a couple of words about my husband, Fang. How about short and cheap?

His finest hour lasted a minute and a half.

Old age is when the liver spots show through your gloves.

My photographs don’t do me justice - they just look like me.

There’s so little money in my bank account, my scenic checks show a ghetto.

I admit, I have a tremendous sex drive. My boyfriend lives forty miles away.

My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to commemorate Pearl Harbor .

I am now removing the AIRplus bags, manufactured

by STOROpack, one by one. I notice these bags, imprinted with Reduce, Reuse and Recycle also list customer service toll free numbers for USA East, USA West, Europe, and Asia.

My mother-in-law had a pain beneath her left breast. Turned out to be a trick knee.

For further info, go to www.storopack.com, to see the assorted sizes and shapes of bagged international air.

I asked the waiter, ‘Is this milk fresh?’ He said, ‘Lady, three hours ago it was grass.’

I am now at the gift area of the box.

I see two books.

Gift One: OUTLAW–Waylon, Willie, Kris and the Renegades of Nashville, by Michael Streissguth, author of Johnny Cash: The Biography.

Gift Two: The Book of Totally Useless Information

by Don Voorhees.

I am now screaming with holiday glee.

GLEE, GLEE, GLEE! Sorry to startle you, but, I really like useless information. So much is made of worthwhile information that I like to explore the not-so-important questions of life.

Shall we take a peek?

Give me a page number, please.

Okay, I heard a lady in Ledgewood say “page 48“.

“How do certain detergents make ‘whites whiter’, and what is blueing?”

According to Mr. Voorhees research, “Most clothes detergents get your whites clean. However, white fabrics tend to yellow with age. They can be perfectly clean and still appear yellow. To make clothes appear whiter and brighter, manufacturers

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Tranquilizers work only if you follow the advice on the bottle - keep away from children.

The reason the golf pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can’t see him laughing.

You know you’re old if they have discontinued your blood type.

Remembering Seattle Street Names After almost forty years of getting lost in Seattle trying to get out of it, a friend suggested a sixword phrase, which I shall paraphrase so as not to offend some readers who may not appreciate the original. Regardless, the results are the same. By remembering this six-word phrase, you will know the sequence of the twelve street names which you may need one day to facilitate your escape from the Emerald City.

Jolly Commuters Make Seattle Useless Parking.

The first letter of each word represents the first letters of the Seattle downtown streets, from south to north.

Jackson, Jefferson, Columbia, Cherry, Marion, Madison, Spring, Seneca, University, Union, Pike and Pine.

Make up your own phrase and get lost even less!

Let me know what you come up with.

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Letters to the Editor Editor, Thank you for your beautiful and apropos Christmas cover December 19-25. It must take a lot of courage to express your beliefs when so many little grinches keep gnawing away at the core meaning of Christmas.

Emmy Beagle, Langley

Editor, As human beings, every day we try to think of ways to put ourselves in another person’s shoes. How does it feel not having enough money to pay for rent, food or to keep the utilities on for one more day? It’s difficult to imagine not having the basics on a daily basis, let alone during the holidays. These are everyday thoughts for many families in our community, which is why Tree of Hope was created.

Soroptimist International of Oak Harbor (SIOH) held our Annual Tree of Hope Christmas celebration for children on Saturday, December 21, 2013. “Tree of Hope” (TOH) started as a Venture Club project in 1987 and was adopted as a SIOH program in 2008. It was created so ALL children in our community would have special Christmas memories. No one ever imagined how this project would evolve or how many children’s lives it would touch. It is now the largest service program on Whidbey Island and has provided special Christmas memories for over 16,000 children.

Each year, Tree of Hope gathers applications from qualifying individuals and distributes these names to community members, who then purchase and wrap gifts for an individual child or family. Gifts are collected, verified, and organized by volunteers, and distributed at the annual Tree of Hope Christmas Party. Volunteers contribute approximately 1,500 hours of service each year to make this a memorable Christmas for every family.

Tree of Hope 2013 was our largest program ever, with 425 families and over 950 children.

And although Christmas is not about the presents, it is the time when we create some of our most precious memories with family and friends. Each year we receive thank-you cards and tearful hugs from parents who don’t have any more to give, many of whom would not have been able to provide anything for their children at Christmas without this program.

“Tree of Hope week” would not be a reality if the Oak Harbor Church of Christ had not opened its doors to us for the past 7 years.

What we used to do in only one night has turned into a week-long stream-lined work of beauty. We absolutely couldn’t pull off a project of this magnitude without their continued generosity!

Thank-you to every business and individual who participated through sponsorship, wrapping or organizing donated presents and monetary donations. Thank you to the 50 OHHS students who volunteered; Whidbey General Hospital, Technical Services, Oak Harbor School District, United Methodist Church, First Reformed Church and the City of Oak Harbor who each sponsored over 50 children again this year; Coldwell Banker Koetje, Whidbey Island Bank, Windermere, Crescent Harbor Elementary, Soroptimist International of Coupeville and the South End sponsored over 20 each; Toy collections by Bayside Tattoo, Waste Management and SICBA. And the list goes on; Wal-Mart Manager Jeff McMahan selected Tree of Hope and Toys for Tots to participate in the “Fill the Truck” operation at their store and Lee of Oak Harbor Signs even donated a new TOH banner!

Special thanks to the Craig McKenzie Team who donated their moving vans for all 3 weekends, enabling us to collect over 2000 toys, food & clothing.

Meanwhile, I’ll keep GrowlerNoise.com airborne and take pictures of OLF Coupeville flight operations.

Close your eyes and imagine a church filled with rows and rows of Christmas presents sorted and bagged for each family by Santa’s elves and then there’s Santa who fits us into his busy schedule to make it a perfect day!

Can you see it? It’s enough to take your breath away and makes us thankful we live in such a generous community! If you need an injection of Christmas spirit, volunteer next year to sponsor a family and experience first-hand the magnitude of this wonderful service project. If you would like more information on the Tree of Hope program, send an email to siohtreeofhope@gmail.com.

Hunt for Glass Sea Floats at Seaside Langley

Thanks to the generosity and support of our local community we are able to continue our mission “to improve the lives of women and girls through programs leading to social and economic empowerment.” The community spirit we see every year is why we love this service project! Thank-You Whidbey Island!

Rose Freitas & Cheri English Co-Chairs ~ Tree of Hope Program 2013 Soroptimist International of Oak Harbor

Editor, Recently, the U.S. Navy held 3 EIS Scoping meetings on EA-18G Growler ops. At the Oak Harbor meeting, unquestionably the First Amendment rights of freedom of speech, of the press, of peaceful assembly, and of redress of grievances were upheld for all. Both pro-Navy folks and Citizens of the Ebey’s Reserve (COER) presented NAS Whidbey Island’s Commanding Officer, Captain Nortier, with packets of information while media representatives from the area watched. Many thoughtful conversations were held and comments submitted to Navy representatives about EA-18G flight operations.

I repeatedly stressed in my comments plus submitted a petition with over 1,600 signatures that asked in part, “What exactly an alternative OLF would cost”. With current difficulties around OLF Coupeville, costing is critical.

Bob Wilbur, in one of his better COER writing sorties alleged there is a “comparatively nominal cost and inconvenience of moving the OLF”.

Once the Navy provides costing for a new OLF, this debate becomes financial instead of just rhetorical. Quite frankly, as a Skagitonian, if Central Whidbey gets a new OLF to ‘save Ebey’s Reserve’ – Skagitonians arguably deserve at least two brand new bridges since tens of thousands of Americans who need to get across the Skagit far outnumber and are at higher safety risk with outdated bridges than relatively few Central Whidbey residents encroaching on America’s OLF. It’s called setting priorities based on cost effectiveness and I will use my 1st Amendment rights to declare a grievance not knowing the costing of OLF alternatives or mitigation as I stick up for America’s VAQ Wing. In the final analysis, COER is upset fellow Americans who through some fault of their own, some fault of bad land use policy wondering if the OLF can be moved or if they have to.

Conclusively, I sincerely hope my Island County Commissioner friends will please improve the noise disclosure around the county’s airfields in the interim until the Navy’s EIS is finalized in 2016. Per an official NAS Whidbey Island document, “OLF Coupeville is ideal ... due to its remote location and low ambient lighting. It more closely replicates true landings aboard an aircraft carrier.” Our troops risking their lives for human freedom and our military families who gallantly sacrifice deserve absolutely no less than a quality training environment from America for our Navy community. As such America deserves noise disclosure and land use policies of the highest quality for NAS Whidbey Island from Island County Government – and costings of OLF Coupeville alternatives plus mitigation strategies from the Navy.

Joe Kunzler, Sedro Woolley

Langley Main Street Association and Callahan’s Firehouse in Langley invite everyone to start off the New Year with a treasure hunt. The Sea Float Scramble will be held at Langley’s Seawall Park off First Street on Saturday, January 4 at 11:00am.

Glass artist Callahan McVay has created oneof-a-kind glass sea floats that will be hidden near Langley’s waterfront. People are invited to scramble for one once the ribbon is dropped.

It’s fun for all ages and the event is free. You may go home with your own glass treasure.

All sea floats will be hidden in plain sight, no digging necessary. You can see the glass floats in front of Callahan’s Fire House.

Enter the contest to guess the correct number of floats on display and win half the entry fee money collected. Each entry costs $1. The other half of the entry fees will be donated to the South Whidbey High School Art Program.

Second prize will be a $100 gift certificate to Callahan’s Fire House. Third price is a free entrée at The Braeburn. The winners will be announced at the Sea Float Scramble.

After the scramble, participants are invited to enjoy Langley, have lunch at one of the award winning restaurants, visit the new bakery, or warm up with tea, coffee or cocoa and peruse the many small shops in town. Also, stop by Callahan’s Firehouse on Second Street and blow your own glass piece and see how the floats were created.

For more information, contact Langley Main Street Association at (360)929-9333 or mainstreet@whidbey.com. You can also “like” Langley Main Street on Facebook.

For more information on the artist, please contact Callahan at (360)221-1242 or visit www.callahansfirehouse.com [Submitted by Langley Main Street Association]

Island County Commissioner Helen Price Johnson Takes WSAC Reigns Island County Commissioner Helen Price Johnson was sworn in as President of the Washington State Association of Counties (WSAC) during their 107th Annual County Leaders Conference in Vancouver, WA last month.

During her brief remarks, Commissioner Price Johnson told her peers, “I am truly honored to be stepping into this position with the Association. Thank you for trusting me to represent Washington State’s Counties as your incoming president.”

Created in 1906, the Washington State Association of Counties (WSAC) is a voluntary, nonprofit association serving all of Washington’s 39 counties. A non-partisan organization, WSAC represents Washington’s counties before the state legislature, the state executive branch, and regulatory agencies. WSAC members include elected county commissioners, council members and executives from all of Washington’s 39 counties.

Commissioner Price Johnson told county elected officials that “To truly govern and move our communities forward, we must find our common ground. Washington Counties have come together to address common challenges over the past 106-year history of our organization. Our diversity is our greatest strength, if we can continue to hold true to that core value of collaboration.”

Commissioner Price Johnson reiterated her commitment to her own community, “Island County has been my home most of my life and I ran for public office because I love my hometown and want to create a positive future for my community.”

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LocaLLy owned.

still talking

By Eileen Brown

“Someday I’ll be able to sleep in on Christmas.” Sound familiar? Well, folks, it’s not all it’s cracked up to be.

I’ll tell you why.

The place is as still as a mortuary and it does me no good to fake being asleep. My son’s old cat, Pixie, the house guest who never leaves, knows my breathing and can tell I am awake. She is hungry and doesn’t care that it’s only 4:30 Christmas morning. Now that I am awake, I feel oddly lonely for the old suspense, smells and sounds that only come when there is a child in the house. Like the morning my boy discovered a Green Machine in the living room. It was in my office on base for weeks while waiting for the lieutenant to put on the wheels. That memory is still fresh over 30 years later.

Pixie decides to return to her bed and saunters back to the guest room. Like most people who have spent a good deal of time alone, she will study a situation and stand on the perimeter, waiting for a result that suits her purpose. When she returns for the next chewing out, she will mean business.

As I got to my feet I thought of the people who would be gathering later that day. In a few hours, sons and daughters, grandchildren and step-parents would continue the tradition of sharing steaming bowls of delicious food, laughter and when the table is cleared, talk about books and how, with a book, you are never alone. I was undecided about what to say to my beautiful granddaughter by marriage, except that the world globe she loves is but a token

LocaLLy operated. of what every grandmother tries to give, a lesson wrapped in affection.

Here she is now. “Would you like a cookie?” As I thank her, standing before me, tall and beautiful, well-mannered and obviously loved by many, I am reminded of how it felt to discover new things every day.

Thank you for reminding me of how much fun it is to reclaim feelings I thought I had no further use for.

Not everything is as it seems. Ask Pixie.

An empty bowl can be filled when no one is looking. It’s a good thing to “reward” seniors for the years they’ve lived and what they pass on to the next generation. Meditating on the discoveries of my morning, I feel like Columbus on discovering the New World. It would be a shame not to share this euphoria with a couple of friends who are still sleeping. There’s a wonderful play being performed on our life stage. We must open our eyes before the performance can begin.

A locomotive, perhaps?

Last week it was starfish. This week it’s a boring machine. The subterranean plot thickens.

Big Bertha is the affectionate name given to a very large boring machine churning under downtown Seattle. When completed, a new tunnel will whisk drivers away from the congestion above ground to the congestion underground.

The old Alaskan Way viaduct has construction engineers worried. Even though it has been reinforced, can it possibly withstand the Big One or pancake in an earthquake as did the double-decker freeway in downtown Oakland?

Had you heard all work is stopped?

Something is blocking the path and folks are perplexed. Care to guess what might STILL TaLKINg

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Bingo Every Monday, 7:00pm Elks Lodge, Oak Harbor Open to the public. For more information, call (360)675-7111.

Chess and Go Every Monday, 6:00pm-10:00pm South Whidbey Senior Center, Langley All entries are listed chronologically, unless there are multiple entries for the same venue or are connected to a specific organization (such as Sno-Isle Libraries) in which case all entries for that venue or organization are listed collectively in chronological order under one heading.

Sea Float Scramble Saturday, January 4, 11:00am Seawall Park, Langley Hunt for seaside treasures treasures created by Callahan McVay of Callahan’s Firehouse Studio.

All floats hidden in plain view. This event is free and fun for the whole family. Sponsored by Whidbey Weekly and the Langley Main Street Association. For more information, email mainstreet@whidbey.com or call (360)929-9333.

12th Man Rally Sunday, January 5, 12:00pm Coupeville High School, Coupeville Seattle Seahawks fans are invited to meet at the high school parking lot and then walk to the wharf at 12:15pm for pictures. The pictures will be taken at the wharf at 1:15pm sharp to give time to folks who don’t want to do the walk or can’t be there until after church. Please be safe, responsible and obey all traffic laws. Keep flags and signs out of the street. Wait for crosswalks.

Just be a good, safe pedestrian.

Christmas Tree Recycling

Clinton Book Group: The Care and Handling of Roses with Thorns Wednesday, January 8, 10:00am Clinton Library Join the Clinton Library book group to discuss “The Care and Handling of Roses” by Margaret Dilloway. Books are available to check out prior to the discussion. Everyone is welcome.

Lit for Fun Book Discussion Group Thursday, January 9, 9:00am Freeland Library Join in the discussion of “Behind the Beautiful Forevers” by Katherine Boo. Discussion led by Linda Rosenwood.

Seattle Opera Preview: Rigoletto Friday, January 10, 12:00pm Freeland Library Join Seattle Opera educator Robert McClung at the library for an engaging hour-long multimedia presentation covering the basics of history, music and stagecraft of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi.

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts (WICA) Tickets are available by contacting the WICA ticket office (360)221-8268 or (800)638-7631.

Additional information at www.WICAonline. com.

Daily thru January 15, 9:00am-4:00pm Meerkerk Gardens, Greenbank

Tingstad and Rumbel Concert Saturday, January 4, 7:30pm Tickets: $22

For a donation, Meerkerk Gardens will happily recycle your tree. Your cash donation will help sustain the gardens. Drop off your tree by the chip pile in the visitor parking lot and place your donation in the green self pay entrance fee box.

No tinsel or flocked trees please. For more information, email Meerkerk@whidbey.net or call (360)678-1912 or (360)222-0121.

For the past 28 years, Grammy Award winning artists, Eric Tingstad and Nancy Rumbel have been home for the holidays, creating a longstanding tradition with Northwest families. Join them as their holiday presence illuminates the enduring spirit of the season with the gift of music. Partial proceeds to benefit the United Langley Methodist Church.

Upcoming Sno-Isle Library Events

Religious Services

See schedule below Cost: Free Downloading Free eBooks 101: Kindle Basics Friday, January 3, 9:00am Clinton Library Learn how to download free eBooks from the Sno-Isle Libraries website to your Kindle. Space is limited. Register for this free class online or by phone.

Downloading Free eBooks 101: iPhone and iPad Basics Friday, January 3, 10:00am Clinton Library Learn how to download free eBooks from the Sno-Isle Libraries website to your iPhone or iPad. Space is limited. Register for this free class online or by phone.

Friends of the Freeland Library Used Book Sale Saturday, January 4, 10:00am Freeland Library Start off the year with a great find at the used book sale! Hundreds of titles at great prices.

All proceeds benefit the Friends of the Freeland Library.

For Your Health: Chair Yoga Tuesday, January 7, 6:30pm Freeland Library Chair yoga is a gentle form of yoga that adapts yoga positions through creative use of the chair.

The chair replaces the mat and offers support, stability, and safety.

Instructor Wendy Dion, MS, RYT has a Master’s Degree in Health Science/Rehabilitation Counseling from Shand’s Medical Center, University of Florida and is a RYT with Yoga Alliance. She currently teaches Ayur-Yoga, and sees clients for private consultations. For more information contact Wendy at (360) 929-5985 or visit her website, www.yogalodge.com.

Prayer Group Every Tuesday, 4:00pm-5:30pm St. Hubert Catholic Church, Langley Studying growth in the Holy Spirit: There’s always more, expecting new fire. Led by Sister Nancy Keller, S.C. For more information, call Bill at (360)221-8174.

Filipino Christian Fellowship Sunday School, 1:00pm; Worship Service, 2:00pm Church on the Rock, Oak Harbor Pastor Jansen Onggao

Living Circle: Friends on the Path Every Sunday, 10:30am 917 E. Whidbey Ave., Oak Harbor

gious exploration classes and childcare will be provided. Visit www.uucwi.org for more information. The Unitarian Universalist Congregation building is located at 20103 Highway 525, two miles north of Freeland.

Unity of Whidbey

Every Thursday, 6:00pm Pizza Factory, Oak Harbor

If you’re one of the “spiritual but not religious” people who questions your childhood faith or is looking for something more, Unity of Whidbey may feel like a homecoming. Visit our website: unityofwhidbeyisland.org

Cribbage players unite! Great fun, good people, all ages, come join the fun. The Pizza Factory offers discounts on all menu items to players.

For more information, call Tim at (360)6783480. For information on the Sunday game please call Cheryl at (360)914-0084.

Whidbey Quakers Sundays, 4:00pm-5:00pm Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Freeland Whidbey Islands Friends Meeting (also known as Quakers) meet in silent worship and community, with occasional spoken messages, every Sunday at the Unitarian Universalist building.

For more information, contact Tom Ewell at tewell@whidbey.com or go to www.whidbeyquakers.org.

First Church of Christ, Scientist Worship, 10:00am Sunday School to age 20, 10:00am Wednesday Testimony Meeting, 7:30pm Christian Science Reading Room Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 11:00am-3:00pm Wednesday 3:00pm-7:00pm The church and Reading Room are located at 721 SW 20th Court at Scenic Heights Street, Oak Harbor. Call (360)675-0621 or visit JSH-Online.com.

Restaurant Activities Flyers Restaurant & Brewery, Oak Harbor Happy Hour Daily 2:00pm-6:00pm, Sunday 2:00pm-close Brewer’s Nights Last Thursday of Month, 6:00pm-9:00pm Special prizes and giveaways. Live Music.

Prima Bistro, Langley Restaurant Industry Discount Mondays 20% off when food handlers or alcohol serve permit presented.

Galleries and Art Shows Featured Artist: Kelly Kellogg Meet the Artist: Sundays, January 5 & 19, 10:00am-5:00pm Penn Cove Gallery, Coupeville Fine Art photographer Kelly Kellogg has more than 20 years experience capturing the scenic wonders of the Pacific Northwest. Kelly uses a variety of camera formats and photographic techniques in his art, bringing composition, exposure, and light together in an interesting way.

Meetings and Organizations

Oneness Blessings

Gluten Intolerant Meeting

A hands-on process of awakening the human being to its natural state by sending energy to the physical brain via a Oneness Blessings Giver.

Come experience peace, healing & joy for yourself. Contact Netsah at (360)675-3420 for more information.

Teaching Through God’s Word Sundays, 9:00am & 11:00am Calvary Chapel, 3821 French Road, Clinton For more information, visit ccwhidbey.com.

Unitarian Universalist Sunday Service Sundays, 10:00am Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Freeland All are welcome. Values-based children’s reli

Cribbage Club

Sundays, 10:00am 5671 Crawford Road, Langley

Living Circle is a welcoming spiritual community of friends on the path sharing music, prayers, blessings, stories, and more. They invite you to share your spirit with them. Their building is located next to Big Brothers and Big Sisters. For more information, call (360)320-2081, email alivingcircle@gmail.com, or visit livingcircle. webs.com.

Every Monday, 4:00pm-5:00pm Oak Harbor

All ages and abilities welcome. Go is a board game of Asian origin which, involves strategy and tactics and has no element of chance. For more information, call Roy at (360)341-3230.

Duplicate Bridge Every Tuesday, 10:30am Ledgewood Beach Community Hall, Coupeville For more information, contact Sue Thomas at (360)678-7047, jetsue@cablespeed.net; Mardi Dennis at (360)675-5044, mvdennis@ comcast.net; or Peter Wolff at (360)678-3019, einkaufen@cablespeed.com.

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Classes, Seminars and Workshops Dan’s Classic Ballroom & Moonlight Dance Cruises Featured on The Price is Right, March 2012 & 2013 See website for schedules/fees www.dansclassicballroom.com (360)720-2727. Group & Private Lessons, Adults, Teens, Children, Wedding Dances, Special Events/Parties Offering classes in: Smooth Dances: Foxtrot, Waltz, Tango Latin & Rhythm: EC Swing, WC Swing, Cha Cha, Rumba, Mambo, Merengue, Bolero, Samba Club Dances: Salsa, Night Club 2-step, Hustle, Bachata We also do Dance Cruise Vacations to Alaska, the Mexican Rivera, Alaska, New England & Hawaii. Please see our other website at: www.

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Dance for Actors Saturday, January 4, 1:00pm-3:00pm Whidbey Playhouse, Oak Harbor Cost: $75 Improve your movement technique for auditions and shows. This 8 week workshop will be taught jointly by Daunne Zinger and K. Sandy O’Brien. The workshop will conclude with an informal showing on March 1. Pre-registration required. Call (360)679-2237 or email office@ whidbeyplayhouse.com.

Understanding Adolescence: Navigating the Middle School Years Tuesday, January 7, 6:30pm Whidbey Island Waldorf School, Clinton

Come hear a summary of the currant topics presented at the Gluten-Free Health & Wellness Conference. Also, bring any questions you have.

An evening with renowned speaker, lecturer and pediatrician, Johanna Steegmans. Learn how to understand and support the unfurling Adolescent. Whidbey Island Waldorf School is located at 6335 Old Pietila Road. For more information, go to www.wiws.org. RSVP: enrollment@whidbey.com.

Relay for Life Kick-Off Event

AARP Smart Driver Course

Wednesday, January 15, 6:30pm-8:00pm Elks Lodge, Oak Harbor

Saturday, January 11, 9:00am-5:00pm South Whidbey Senior Center, Langley

For more information, email relaywhidbey@ gmail.com or visit relayforlifeofwhidbeyisland. org.

Every Sunday, 6:30pm Knights of Columbus Hall, Oak Harbor

This course will boost safety awareness, refresh and improve driving skills, minimize crash risk, increase confidence, and maintain independences. Check your insurance for discounts.

Cost is $15 for AARP members and $20 for non-members. Register at South Whidbey

Open to the public. For more information, call (360)675-6070.

Senior Center or call (360)678-3373 or (360)331-1600. Please bring your lunch.

Friday, January 10, 3:30pm Freeland Library, Freeland

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Since my husband’s passing several years ago, I’ve grown accustomed to living alone. It may not be much of a life, but it’s mine. l had hopes for a better life, until the talk of my moving in with family. Now I’m worried those hopes are unrealistic.

What do you see for me? Is my life as over and done as this invitation implies?

Old But Spry Born March 25, 1940, at 11:12 A.M. in Galveston, Texas

ChiCken little and the astRologeR

By Wesley Hallock

Dear Astrologer, Your column is great! I look forward to reading it each week. I’ve always read my daily horoscope in the newspapers, but you take astrology to a whole new level.

Rather than a question, can I ask you to just look at my data and tell me about whatever pops out at you?

A Horoscope Junkie Born August 5, 1956, at 7:16 P.M. in Medford, Oregon Dear Horoscope Junkie, You are in stormy waters. Career woes are making big waves, and your marriage is taking them over the bow. Similar to what happened to you in the first half of 2009. If you made it through’09, you’ll make it through this, but you’ll need all your connubial seamanship to do it. The gale warning extends through the first half of 2015.

Dear Astrologer, I was a temporary guest in the home of my daughter and her husband over the holidays. I was pleased that the two seemed genuinely glad to have me around, until they suggested I give up my apartment to come live with them. Their invitation stirred up many uncomfortable feelings for me.

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Price Johnson was first elected to the South Whidbey School Board in 2001 and then as an Island County Commissioner in 2008. Since then she has served on the WSAC Legislative Steering Committee, the Coastal Caucus, and as a member of their Board of Directors.

During the WSAC conference Island County Commissioner Kelly Emerson was elected to the Western Alternate position on WSAC’s Board of Director’s for 2014.

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VFW Announces Post 7392 Youth Essay Contest Winners Cecil Pierce, Commander of Oak Harbor VFW Post 7392, is pleased to announce the following winners of the 2013-2014 Youth Essay Contest.

3rd Grade 1st place - Jenna Cooper; 2nd place - Aurora Lartigue; 3rd place - Paige Fortin 4th Grade 1st place - Abigail Kellogg; 2nd place - Ryan Sanchez; 3rd place - Joseph Dailey 5th Grade 1st place - Courtney VanGiesen; 2nd place Chloe Wallace; 3rd place - Aria Bowen The winners, who are sponsored by VFW Post 7392 and Ladies Auxiliary in Oak Harbor, WA, wrote their winning essays based on this year’s theme, “My American Hero is .......” The essays have been forwarded to the VFW District level for competition there as well.

The youth essay writing contest is a statewide competition that gives students in grades 3, 4 and 5 the opportunity to write a 250 word theme-based essay expressing their views on their hero.

Over 41 Oak Harbor and Coupeville elementary students participated in the competition.

The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is a nonprofit veterans’ service organization composed of combat veterans and eligible military service members from the active, Guard and Reserve forces. The VFW and its Auxilia-

Dear Old But Spry, The story of your life as I read it in your planets is chock full of twists, turns and reversals. You are an optimist, and no wonder. You’ve been up and down more times than Mary Magdalene’s knickers and lived to tell of it.

I see your daughter and her husband written into your life in bold print. I see you happier with them, by far, than anywhere else you could be. I predict springtime will find you living with your children and happy to be there.

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The reason you are put off by the thought is your unhappy experience of your own parents. The sooner you stop projecting those images onto your future, the better, spry one. You’re embarking on a completely new chapter of the story that is you. So get packing, and don’t forget an extra change of knickers.

Dear Astrologer, Beginning as a young girl, the only thing I ever wanted from life was to be married. I was reading romance novels at twelve, earned my degree in marriage and family therapy by twenty-five and knew exactly what I wanted in a man. I married at twentyeight, thinking I had found him.

Now, some twenty-two years later, I wonder at my choice. We say and do all the right things to keep the marriage going, but the essential spark between us is not there.

Strangely, I feel fulfilled by the marriage, yet unfulfilled by the man. Much as I hate to say it, I can only think I mistook love for the excitement of a “project” on whom to practice my counseling skills. The CHICKEN LITTLE

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Seeking Applicants for Law & Justice Council The Island County Board of Commissioners is seeking citizen member representatives from each of the three County Commissioner Districts to serve on the Law & Justice Council for a term that expires on February 28, 2016.

The Board of County Commissioners appoints Law & Justice Council citizen member representatives for 2 year terms, which may be renewed by mutual agreement. Three citizen member representatives will complete their terms of service on February 28, 2014.

The Law & Justice Council consists of members representing the various law and justice offices of the County and cities, school districts, mental health providers, Dept. of Corrections and Public Defenders Association. In addition, there are two citizen member representatives from each of the three County Commissioner Districts. The current openings are for three representatives, one from each of the Commissioners Districts. Applicants must reside within the area they are representing.

The Law & Justice Council meets on the 4th Wednesday of each month at noon. Meetings normally run for one hour. Service on the Law & Justice Council is without fee or compensation.

Interested individuals should provide a letter of interest and statement of qualifications by mail, email or fax to: Island County Board of Commissioners, Attn: Pam Dill, Re: Law & Justice Council, Post Office Box 5000, Coupeville, WA 98239. The fax number is (360)6797381 and email applications should be sent to pamd@co.island.wa.us. Application materials should be received no later than 4:30pm on February 3, 2014. For additional information, please phone (360)679-7353 or e-mail Pam Dill at the above address.

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very thought makes me feel shallow and self-serving.

How do you see this? Anything to cast me in a better light?

Worried Born July 3, 1963, at 12:44 P.M. in Kenosha, Wisconsin

FRIDAY, December 20 8:28am, SW Fairhaven Dr. Male subject dressed in black walking through intersection. Told caller good morning and that he was there to warn people. Said warning people used to be his job and took out a flashlight.

11:32pm, Goss Lake Rd. Girlfriend is not letting caller leave the house, grabbing onto his leg. Caller states verbal domestic. Girlfriend is laughing in the background. No drinking or drugs.

Have weapons but are put away.

SATURDAY, December 21 12:38am, NW Crosby Ave. Reporting suspicious activity with neighbor.

Random bicycle on caller’s property with black bag hanging on the handles. Bicycle has been there for last 30 minutes.

1:28am, SR 20 Caller was asleep. A male was in her yard but has left heading toward town. Bellowing at the top of his lungs on foot. Caller can still hear him bellowing and swearing.

Acting drunk.

3:06am, SR 20 Male outside kicking stuff, yelling, and screaming. Walking around parking lot.

Last seen heading towards Barrington Dr. 4:21am, SR 20 Reporting subject yelling over near SE 11th. Another caller says male is in the parking lot, yelling. Has been for several minutes 10:39am, SE Barrington Dr. Lifeline activation. Seeing weird lights and said paramedics had no permission to come in and if law enforcement comes they will do so at their own risk because he will feel endangered. Says been disoriented for several weeks.

2:53pm, SR 525 Reporting a suspicious male standing on the side of the highway with a weapon or something that looks like a large gun. In all cam and face was in camo stripes.

8:20pm, Bailey Rd. Caller’s friend is having a hard time staying awake 1 hour after eating MJ cookies.

SUNDAY, December 22 4:14pm, SE 8th Ave. Requesting a phone call referencing expiration dates on car seats as well as where to obtain a new seat if it’s expired.

5:54pm, E Whidbey Ave. Female is screaming. Caller saying she had demons coming out of her. Not violent toward anyone just trying to fight the demons.

6:37pm, Beacon View Dr. Caller thinks husband took the wrong medication. Being “ugly” and making threats of violence. States he had surgery yesterday. She took a nap today and when she woke up he had taken his own medication. Concerned he took the wrong ones.

MONDAY, December 23 10:56am, NW Camelia Loop Reporting fraud occurred last year. States someone gave her name as their name in law enforcement report.

11:21am, Beacon View Dr. Caller states make is accusing her of stealing his meeds. Male is out of his mind.

Threatening to kill the caller. She has left the house.

1:59pm, SW Putnam Dr. Male came to caller’s door 5 minutes ago wearing a santa hat and red shirt. Caller thought it was suspicious because he had been there previously to sell magazines.

Unknown what he was doing today. Caller didn’t let him talk to her.

2:13pm, SR 20 Saying female in this unit is refusing to leave and is causing problems. Caller is upset because subjects were kissing in the lobby for a long time today.

4:22pm, Cascade View Dr. Caller at location advising people keep dumping nails in their driveway. Ongoing issue. Believes it to be the neighbor due to ongoing dispute with parking locations but per caller they have no proof.

TUESDAY, December 24 12:14am, SW 3rd Ave. Caller advising subjects are playing loud Christmas music. Requesting a check.

12:26pm, Topaz Ct. Female advising in the middle of the night, someone knocks on her door. Ongoing problem. Requesting contact.

9:01pm, Swan Dr. At PD lobby to turn in a bag of presents.

Some are wrapped. Were left on caller’s front porch and she believes they were not intended for her and want to turn them in.

WEDNESDAY, December 25 3:40pm, Trisha Ln. Caller advising ex-boyfriend is driving her vehicle around town on flatbed of a truck.

7:40pm, Carlie Dr. Caller requesting contact about how to catch a rat. Requesting phone call.

8:39pm, SE 8th Ave. Someone was shooting a laser through her window. States currently going on and she thinks it is several subjects. Thinks they might be accessing the Thrift Store in the back to do this.

THURSDAY, December 26 2:07am, SE 8th Ave. Reporting someone using unknown technology to point lasers into her apt. Has gotten into her eye and her eyes sting.

5:39pm, NE Queets St. Reporting she is on vacation in Mexico right now and male is watching her house.

She just received a call from him saying her neighbor was in the caller’s backyard at location and he made her leave.

Report provided by OHPD & Island County Sheriff’s Dept.

Dear Worried, All those years spent burrowing ever-deeper into the matrimonial Cracker Jack box, expecting to find Mr. Right, only to pull out Mr. Project. Why? A woman’s man-compass is her Jupiter. The type of man that excites her is a direct reflection of her Jupiter. Your Jupiter is somewhat flabby. Better not to undress him with the lights on. And that’s the kind of marriage he put you in. Is the trash out? Is the cat in? Good night, dear.

Do not fret. A flabby Jupiter can be toned up. You’re doing it, have been doing it since age twelve, when you studied Harlequin novels to see how many ways love can go astray. Beneath his sweats, your Jupiter’s biceps are bulging as you direct his transformation into a buff triathlete.

In light of this, your “strange” fulfillment is strange no more. It’s your Moon whispering, “attagirl,” to you as you put your pudgy Jupiter through his paces, telling you that you’re earning cosmic IOUs good for the full-bliss version of Jupiter next time around.

If it’s a Chippendale with a library card whom you want, you will have him.

This does not make you shallow. You’ve made the most of what you had to work with in this life. You are a blazing example of spiritual evolution at work.

Good job.

Dear Astrologer, In 2014 I’m turning over a new leaf. After many years spent talking to my inner child, taping affirmations to my bathroom mirror and venting my emotions by writing letters I never intended to send, I’m done. I’ve cleared my bookshelf of self-help books and declared myself healed.

I’m a better person for having done those activities, but I don’t feel the need to do them anymore. My new motto is going to be, “I am what I am.”

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be holding them up? How about a steam engine (trains were used extensively on Seattle’s waterfront) or a boiler? How about Jimmy Hoffa in a boiler? If it’s a boulder, they can dig at it manually to break it up.

Otherwise, it’s back to Plan B. They were sort of hoping you, gentle readers, would have a suggestion. Workers at the fortune cookie factory have run out of cheeky sayings. It’s for the greater good, for pete’s sake.

Do we need to know?

If you held tickets for the drawing with the big cash prize pulled last Sunday afternoon, I hope you were lucky. If you didn’t get the big one ($1,000), perhaps you won $100.

There were three such prizes, and the winners were named but for their privacy, we are not including their names here.

Still, some in the crowd of 70 or so people standing in the rain outside the Island County Historical Society museum in Coupeville object that the winner and her friend were not named. That didn’t seem right. It’s a small town and your business is my business. Or so some feel.

When I moved here in 1974, we were on a party line. Pick up the phone to place a call and if you hear people talking, be polite and hang up. In an emergency, ask them to renew their call a bit later.

Grumbling aside, I did hear a winner of a $100 prize turned around and donated his win to Gifts from the Heart local food bank.

His blessings are just getting started.

Steady as she goes Being a Navy wife takes a lot of grit on special days such as Christmas. Everywhere you look, daddies play with their children and couples hold hands. A friend whose Marine husband is deployed aboard USS Harry S. Truman, writing her Christmas greetings

Do you see something in my personal timetable to account for this?

Been There, Done That Born June 23, 1963, at 4:31 P.M. in Riggins, Idaho Dear Been There Done That, The dawn of the self-help movement coincided with the discovery of the comet Chiron. Your inner child dialogues were thus moderated by Chiron.

At any time in those inside child chats, did you sense a formidable presence? An invisible something, vague but definite, overseeing the proceedings as you had it out with your brat? That was Chiron, priest king of the Centaurs, mentor of Jason and Hercules, half-man, half-horse and half-brother of Zeus. Choose your words carefully, and raise your hand before speaking. He has a soft spot for children.

A full cycle of Chiron through the zodiac is roughly fifty years. Your awakening to declare yourself no longer an emotional cripple came at age fifty.

What does that tell you? As a graduate student of personal healing, you should see there the answer to your question: The gnarled hands holding your life’s timetable are Chiron’s.

You now are a Chiron initiate, a Phase One graduate of the most rigorous boot camp in the universe, planet Earth. Change your skivvies and line up for Phase Two. Given that you have a motto, you must now defend it. Your spouse, your boss, your government, the neighbor’s pit bull and your inner Chicken Little will all nip little pieces out of you, hoping to scare you away from what you are. Stand your ground, and remember that cowards die a thousand deaths.

So it is written in your timetable. Happy New Year, and enjoy your new leaf!

Nine out of ten people can’t answer the question, “Are your sleepless nights sleepless because the sky is falling, or because Saturn is doing the Watusi with your Moon, again?” Don’t be one of them. Send your questions, along with your date, TIME and place of birth (as listed on your birth certificate) to Wesley at planetbiz4u2@gmail.com. It’s fun and it’s free. You’ll also sleep better.

to friends online, included the link to the aircraft carrier. The commanding officer, Captain Robert S. Roth, reassures families that crew members, delighted to have passed the halfway mark in their cruise several weeks ago, are nonetheless working tirelessly to keep the mighty warship and air wing operating safely.

Those who work on an aircraft carrier in the middle of an ocean miss their families just as much as the home-bound. Morale skyrockets when a package arrives from home containing everything needed to decorate a shop door for the holidays.

“It’s wonderful to walk around the ship and see your Sailors and Marines full of the holiday spirit,” Roth writes. “Sailors wore Santa hats while bringing loads of mail and packages on board and the Supply Department hosted an extraordinary meal that left everyone stuffed.”

The Religious Ministry Department hosted a Christmas Festival of Lessons and Sacred Music, a concert featuring two of the ship’s choirs singing Christmas carols and several Sailors reading Scriptures. Roth said it was so well received, there was an an encore performance.

The aircraft carrier has its own version of American Idol and many talented singers compete for best vocalist. Popular mainstream bands often will fly aboard a carrier to play for the crew. This time it was the band Mockingbird Sun performing on the flight deck during a steel beach barbecue.

When the fun is over, it’s back to the job at hand. Roth thanks everyone back at home for their support and sacrifices. “We are deeply blessed to have you as the source of our strength in our service.”

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Lumber - Rough cut dry fir lumber. 2x4’s & misc. Good for building sheds and all those projects. 2x4’s 30¢ per lineal foot. (360)321-1624.

Golf Bag by MacGregor Pro Only. Heavy-duty vinyl and leather. Comes with carrying strap and hood. Two-tone green. Very good condition.

Photos available upon request. $30. Call (360)678-1167.

Leading Edge putter with brand new Golf Pride grip. Comes with cover. Excellent condition.

Photos available upon request. $20. Call (360)678-1167.

2 Lowe Alpine Walkabout backpacks, 2100 cu. in. Brand new, $80; used, $45. (360)678-2207

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Looking for a great gift idea for Xmas, Birthdays, Fathers day, etc.? Here are some local made crafts that will help you fill some gaps, please order by letter- they are 16$ ea. and shipping will be extra where applicable. You can also reach me at ljohn60@gmail.com.

Toyotomi Toyoset Kerosene heater. Omni 230, 23,000BTU, 950 sq. ft. of heating area, $45.

Call (360)678-5071 (0) Craftsman Digital Torque wrench never used (was $80) now $50. Makita 3-3/8ths cordless saw w/ 2 rechargeable batteries and battery charger,

Feeder Hay for Sale - Dry, stored in barn. $5 per bale. 20 bale minimum. (360)321-1624 Straw Hay for Sale - Good for bedding, erosion control, mulch, etc. $3 per bale, 20 bale minimum. (360)321-1624 Excellent Grass Hay for Sale Good for horses. $7 per bale.

20 bale minimum. (360)3211624 Wanted: Horse to ride. Gentle for beginner. Share cost or lease. Road and traffic safe. Will go Western. (360)279-1565 (0)

FRee Free CPAP machine with instructions and accessories.

(360)579-2856 (0)

CLASSIFIED INFORMATION US Postal Mail ...................... Whidbey Weekly Classified Department PO Box 1098 Oak Harbor, WA 98277 E-Mail...............classifieds@whidbeyweekly.com Telephone .................................... (360)682-2341 Fax ............................................... (360)682-2344 PLEASE CALL WHEN YOUR ITEMS HAVE SOLD.

Please try to limit your classified to 30 words or less, (amounts and phone numbers are counted as words) we will help edit if necessary. We charge $10/week for Vehicles, Boats, Motorcycles, RVs, Real Estate Rental/Sales, Business Classifieds and any items selling $1,000 and above. We do charge $25 to include a photo. The FREE classified space is not for business use. No classified is accepted without phone number.

We reserve the right to not publish classifieds that are in bad taste or of questionable content. All free classifieds will be published twice consecutively. If you would like your ad to be published more often, you must resubmit it.

aCRoss 1. Like some mushrooms 7. Pertaining to a particular state, not the national government 13. Fur pouch worn with a kilt 14. Bears 16. Protozoan with microscopic appendages 17. Type of archery bow 18. Brews 19. In-box contents 21. The America’s Cup trophy, e.g.

22. Churchill’s “so few”: Abbr.

23. Babysitter’s handful 24. A pint, maybe 25. Woman’s ornamental case for holding small tools 27. Profundity 29. Beehive, e.g.

30. Intensive researchers 32. Open 34. “___ moment” 35. Affranchise 36. Hungarian dance 40. Tannin extract from tropical Asian plants 44. Bank 45. Grief

47. Comparative word 48. Common deciduous tree 49. PC linkup 50. “... ___ he drove out of sight” 51. Cat’s scratcher 53. Bats 55. Astronaut’s insignia 56. Bitter brown seed used in soft drinks 58. Crude stone artifacts 60. Killing oneself 61. Nordic and downhill accessory (2 wds) 62. ___ Monkey Trial 63. Muscular twitching due to calcium deficiency down 1. Remove body hair 2. Causing grief 3. Western blue flag, e.g.

4. Car accessory 5. Delayed 6. Kind of list 7. Texts of a play or movie 8. Old Chinese money 9. Parenthesis, essentially 10. “How ___!”

11. Medium for radio broadcasting 12. Device used on

furniture to avoid wobble 13. Chicken 15. Calm 20. Increase, with “up” 26. Key material 27. Apprehension 28. Relating to the scar on a seed 29. Santa’s reindeer, e.g.

31. Armageddon 33. After expenses 36. Stew holders 37. Devoted 38. Having a pH greater than 7 39. The dissolved matter in a solution (pl.)

40. Dispute 41. To be unfaithful to one’s partner (2 wds) 42. In an unkind manner 43. Anxiety 46. Back muscle, familiarly 52. 1993 standoff site 53. Art subject 54. Bind 55. Palm tree with leaves used for thatching 57. Barely beat 59. On, as a lamp answers on page 10

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Tues, Jan. 7

North Isle

North Isle

North Isle

North Isle

North Isle

North Isle

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Cloudy with Chance Rain

South Isle

H-49°/L-38°

Cloudy with Chance Rain

Cloudy with Sunbreaks

Cloudy

South Isle

South Isle

H-48°/L-36°

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Cloudy with Sunbreaks

Cloudy

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Partly Sunny

South Isle

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Cloudy with Showers Later

H-42°/L-27°

Cloudy with Sundbreaks

South Isle

H-41°/L-25°

Mostly Cloudy

H-39°/L-25°

Mostly Cloudy

South Isle

H-38°/L-23°

Mostly Cloudy

Wed, Jan. 8 North Isle

H-36°/L-23°

Mostly Sunny

South Isle

H-36°/L-22°

Mostly Sunny

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