Whidbey Weekly, February 19, 2015

February 19 - February 25, 2015

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Mechanics of Mountain Biking So you want to get into mountain biking? Or you have done some mountain biking in the past and want to get back into the saddle. Whidbey Island Bicycle Club (WIBC) is holding an annual mountain biking event called Mussels in the Kettles March 7. The event offers riders the chance to get anything from a taste of mountain biking to a full, hearty meal. WIBC offers three courses in the beautiful central Whidbey Island trail system called the Kettles/Ft Ebey trail system. The cost is only $20 before March 1 and $30 after with a family discount available. The fee covers your WIBC club membership if you wish to join, a pair of socks, and a free beverage at MusselFest (or ice cream for those under 21). Also, riders have the opportunity to collect playing cards for the chance to win some great prizes at the end of the ride.

The course is broken into three different skill levels, keeping all the groups separated throughout the trail system, so you won’t feel pressured by better, faster riders. All courses are open for 3 hours and we offer cookies (some homemade) and snacks along the way.

The green (easy) course traverses the trail system, staying on mostly wide trails with some hills and roots.

The Green course was designed for an 8-10 year old child on a good bike. Â The blue (intermediate) course follows double wide and some single wide trails with steeper and longer hills and some technical sections.

This course is ideal for those who have a good bike and have ridden mountain bikes in the past and are physically fit. Â The black (expert) course is meant to be challenging with technical sections, off camber riding, roots and logs to ride over. The course was designed for riders with good physical endurance and strong riding skills.Â

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Bike check: Whidbey Island Bicycle Club with support from Arlington Velo and Broken Spokes mechanics will be offering bike checks and simple repairs day of the event. WIBC will also have some mechanics along the course and at the rest stops. Get your bike running smoothly before you head out though. Pro tip: Learn how to change a flat tire. Everyone gets flats and knowing how to fix it will make you the envy of the group ride. Carry water, snacks, phone and an ID, Road ID coupons will be handed out to all riders. Always be prepared with spare tubes and a pump, or hike a bike might be required!  How to get ready physically for the green/easy course of the Mussels in the Kettles in three weeks WIBC suggests you get your bike out and do a once over and make sure its in good repair.  Week one: every other day, ride on a hard packed surface like a safe road or one of the many trails up and down the Island.

North Whidey has the waterfront trail in Oak Harbor. It is six miles from Scenic Heights St. to Maylor's Point on the Sea Plane base round trip. At Scenic Heights cross the road and ride up the hill on SW 19th to SR-20 and back down.

Central Whidbey has the Kettles trail which runs along SR-20. This is a five mile round trip loop from Coupeville to the trail head north and west of Coupeville where the trail turn “L� goes into the woods.

South Whidbey has the South Whidbey Parks and Recreation District off Maxwelton Rd. Week two: day one is same as week one; take day two off; day three ride 30 minutes on soft surface. Find an open space and ride for 30 minutes in grass or lose gravel. Take day four off; day five is same as week one; take day six off; day seven is 30 minutes in grass or loose gravel.

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Week Three: every other day ride 30-45 minutes of hard surface and soft surface riding.

North Whidbey consider Ft Nugent park in the frisbee park area. Central Whidbey ride the Kettles south and east to Rhododendron Park. South Whidbey consider the Community Park.

Burpees any day will help too.

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Before dusting off the family mountain bike, or breaking in the shiny new bike, here are a few simple tips that will make your ride more enjoyable:

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• Use both brakes when stopping, and lean back on the bicycle. Skidding does not stop you quicker. Your tires and the trails will also thank you. Squeeze the brakes as hard as possible without locking up a wheel. • Shift your gears before the hill, this will help keep your momentum and decrease the risk of breaking a chain. • When the trail points downhill stand up off the seat and look ahead. If there is a big rock don’t stare at it. Our bikes follow our eyes so look where you want to go. • Seat height should allow for a slight bend in your knee when the pedals are at the bottom-most position on the bike. Your knees and legs will thank you.

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On Track with Jim Freeman

Thanks to Larry Stone of the Seattle Times for his recent observation regarding the final play of the Super Bowl.

Yes, we are still talking about that play which the Seahawks will be questioned about until Brian Williams gets rehired by NBC News.

In addition, pitchers and catchers do not report until tomorrow.

Larry's observation:

“I know this much: If the Mariners make the World Series and get to Game 7, down one run in the bottom of the ninth with the bases loaded, Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon won't pinch-hit for Cano.�

Today's Quote "To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one's responsibility as a free man.�

A fellow named Alan Paton said the above.

Thanks, Alan, for using my name to end your profound sentence.

Tango enthusiasts, Jan (Burrow) Faulkner and her husband and dance partner Bruce Faulkner, will be offering 6 week "Absolute Beginner" Argentine Tango workshops Saturdays, from 6pm until 7:15 pm, beginning February 28.

Jan and Bruce, who have studied with local Tango instructor, David Imburgia, hope to expand interest in this exquisite and fun dance style.

For more information about the class, call 360678-5096.

Having had the honor and pleasure of attending Jan and Bruce's wedding ceremony, let me say that watching those two Tango did more for my blood pressure than the testing machine at Wally World.

“I would never let my kids watch the orchestra.

Too much sax and violins.�

Just Say No Last weekend, as guest auctioneer for Whidbey Island Nourishes annual banquet, held Valentine's Day night at Useless Bay Coffee Co., in keeping with Des Rock's exquisite Asian themed dinner, I was asked to wear a kimono.

My legs are not for public viewing.

The last time I saw my legs was in 8th grade track when I was taking my sweats off to run the low hurdles.

You younger folks may know of Tex's son, John, from Three's Company reruns.

Others of you may remember Tex from his classic recordings of High Noon, Hillbilly Heaven, and Git Along, Little Dogies.

No matter which Tex Ritter movie I watch, the plots are pretty similar. In those early films of the 30s' and 40s' it was all about the horses galloping and the cowboys singing.

Who needed a plot?

The Ritter films all seem to start with a chase scene or a song.

Tex then befriends some damsel in distress or some senior citizen about to lose his ranch to railroad tycoons.

Tex will then sing a song, followed by galloping horses, another chase scene, and a trip to the local saloon for Tex's daily shot of sarsaparilla.

I had never run a mile.

I had been around the track at lunch time but never at a track meet.

I was a sprinter with no leg hair.

Why else would I be so fast? My legs offered no resistance like those mature guys in 8th grade.

They had facial hair and cigarettes. I had neither.

Knowing I would still have to face my teammates, my coaches, and cheerleader Kathy upon the completion of the mile run, I stayed straight at the pump house, left the track, and ran home to tell my mom I was quitting track until I had leg hair.

Who knows?

But for this deficiency in physicality, maybe some day, I could have been a contender.

Maybe in a three-legged sack race?

White Flash, Tex's white horse, always wins the race to catch the slow ugly horse or the runaway stagecoach driven by a wounded driver.

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In fact, as I look at my computer monitor, I am surrounded by little yellow Post-it notes crying in unison, “Stick me Up!�

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“Freeman, you are running without sweats, or you'll be running the mile instead.�

Few Tex Ritter movies last more than 52 minutes, not unlike a college class.

Whether I was pretending to be a cowboy riding a stick horse or a cowboy uttering those magic words, “Stick 'em, up!,� those days of play still have their power.

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“Coach, I'll be running the hurdles today in my sweats. It's a bit cold.�

As I neared the mid-point of my second time around, I saw the red-bricked pump house used to water the football field.

For me, a Tex Ritter movie offers peace of mind as it reminds me of pieces of my childhood.

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Coach Marv Crosten, standing by the starting line, asked me why I was still wearing my track pants.

Instead of an encore, Tex chases another bad guy, while horses gallop, dust flies, and Tex assures the damsel in distress, or the old rancher, that he is really a good guy on a white horse (White Flash was Tex's mount).

Even when Tex is beating up on a bad guy, he seems to be smiling, possibly in anticipation of his next song, or next schoolmarm.

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I stood up, put my sweats back on, and headed for the starting blocks.

A beautiful central Ohio May day brought all the heat needed to run my heat.

The schoolmarm is never crooked in a Tex Ritter movie. She is always very sweet and upright, not unlike a piano.

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“You have legs like a girl. You don't have any hair.�

After the town folks begin to doubt him, Tex sings another song.

If the saloon owner is not crooked, the sheriff, the wagon master, or the preacher usually is.

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She began laughing.

As I began running the second of the required four laps in the mile event, my sweats began to sweat.

Tex Ritter's films were, and are, not much different than the Bruce Willis' Die Hard movies, only without the color, without the special effects, without the violence, without the cars, without the planes, and without the Soviet terrorists.

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Walking past me as I shed my gear was cheerleader Kathy Rochon.

While Tex is sipping sarsaparilla the bad guys are spreading rumors about Tex being bad.

As we hoped, Tex sings another song before riding off to the next movie.

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Let me just say this—Say No to Kimono.

Someone just groaned.

For the last several evenings, I have been rediscovering the wonderful western movies of Tex Ritter.

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Madison Rose knows My niece Maddie, now a senior at Hood River High, has learned more than I ever did at her age.

Check out this text she sent me last night.

I once was lost, but now I am profound.

Tex Rides Again One of the advantages of never growing up is I am still young enough to rediscover my childhood, but old enough to have forgotten it.

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Celebrate Carol‛s Retirement From Safeway

The above color picture, taken at a remote location near a zip code which adds up to 32, depicts a skinny guy with a wide mouth, and his pet bunny, on the back side of a 1928 Milwaukee Road caboose.

“Come by, say ‘Hello‛ & Wish Her Well...�

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The caboose, once part of the White Pine Route connecting Idaho and Washington, arrived on Whidbey by ferry in 1979.

Saturday, February 21, 2015 1-3pm at the Senior Center

Since that relocation, and after the caboose was put on track, reports are there have never been any trick or treaters.

It may have something to do with that trickster in that picture.

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Bits & Pieces directed by choreographer and artistic director, Jamee Pitts and her team manager, Lori Moore. The only two performances are Saturday, February 21 at 2:00pm and 7:30pm at the South Whidbey High School Auditorium Theater

Whidbey Children’s Theater Presents Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

“Other Moves” celebrates all forms of contemporary dance, while benefiting the Island Dance Performing Team by offsetting the costs of competitions throughout the year, including help with entrance fees, costumes, and hotel and travel expenses. But “Other Moves” also serves to showcase the more advanced dancers of Island Dance, and to offer a venue where other local talented dancers and choreographers can perform.

In fact, Pitts said the mission of the Island Dance Performing Team emphasizes the performance side of her team’s goals, over the winning side.

Take to the skies in the fabulous flying car, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, as the eccentric inventor Caractacus Potts takes young Jeremy & Jemima on the adventure of a lifetime! With the help of the lovely Truly Scrumptious, they’ll have to rescue Grandpa from the dastardly Vulgarians, outwit the bumbling Boris and Goran, evade the diabolical Childcatcher, and save the day! A madcap adventure full of song, dance, and laughter, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is an unforgettable treat for every age*, so bring the whole family. (and don’t forget the specially priced Family Night on Feb 28, when all tickets are just $8) In her directorial debut, Kathryn Lynn Morgen brings a new vision to this classic tale, bringing a fresh exciting aesthetic while keeping the magic that audiences know and love. “This is an all-time favorite show of mine, and a beloved story for a lot of people” said Morgen, “These young actors have completely amazed me with their creativity and motivation to take this production to the limit—I can’t wait for them to share it with the community!”

The show opens February 20 at Whidbey Children’s Theater, next to Langley Middle School, with performances: Fridays, February 20 & 27 at 7:30pm; Saturdays, February 21 & 28 at 7:30pm; and Sundays, February 22 & March 1 at 2:00pm.

Ticket prices are $15 for adults, $12 for seniors and $8 for students. A special Family Show will be held February 28 at 7:30pm, where all seats are $8. Tickets are available at www.whidbeychildrenstheater.org. For more information, call (360) 221-8707 or email contact.wct@gmail. com. *Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is recommend for ages 4+, no babes in arms, no late seating.

[Submitted by Michael Morgen, WCT]

‘Other Moves’ Dancers will Light Up the Local Stage with Performance on Feb. 21

“Competition is not just about winning; winning is the least important thing. It is about inspiration and striving to be the best you can be. It’s about sharing your passion,” the choreographer said.

This year, plenty of passion will be on display, with all styles of choreography and music put together by Pitts and special guest choreographers: Danielle Wilkins, Daniel Wilkins and Christine Monaghan, as well as Marta Mulholland performing her aerial ribbon act and the South Whidbey High School “Music in Motion” choral group. Every style of music, from Bill Haley and His Comets, Cyndi Lauper, and One Republic to Dead Can Dance and Sara Bareilles are on this program. “Other Moves” offers true variety throughout the show, including dancers of all ages, and an always enjoyable peek at what the youngest performers of the Island Dance team can do. Even the colorful titles of Pitts’ dances seem to promote the idea of performance over winning: “New Day,” “Walkin’ on Sunshine,” “Trash Can,” “Gravity,” “Lights,” and “Keep Breathing,” to name a few.

The concert is a collaborative effort of Island Dance and Gymnastics (the school that is now housed in the Langley Middle School building and offers dance classes in choreography, ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, hip hop and modern); and the Island Dance Performing Team.

Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door; all general seating.

Buy advance tickets at Island Dance and Gymnastics by calling (360) 341-1282 or come by the office at 714 Camano Ave. in Langley. South Whidbey High School Auditorium is located at 5675 Maxwelton Road in Langley.

[Submitted by Patricia Duff]

Murder Mystery Weekend: “It’s No Laughing Murder” There’s a murder planned for the weekend of February 21-22 in Langley on Whidbey Island.

It’s the 31st annual Langley Mystery Weekend and this year “It’s No Laughing Murder,” with a cast of comedians, clowns and other characters careening around the streets of the village by the sea.

The prize drawing will take place after the solution is announced at Langley Middle School auditorium at 5:15pm on Sunday, February 22. If prize winners are not present, they will be notified after the finale.

It’s that time of year, when the island’s hardworking dancers jump, twirl, slide, roll, hip, hop, tap and shine on stage for their beloved community.

“Other Moves” is the annual dance concert that showcases a variety of contemporary movement presented by the Island Dance Performing Team and guests. The show is

When you know “who done it,” enter your solution on the official contest entry form and bring it back to Mystery Weekend headquarters at 208 Anthes Street. Correct solutions will be placed in a drawing for grand prizes, provided by local innkeepers and merchants.

Incorrect solutions are still eligible for other prizes.

Locally operated. was one of the very first banded aboard the air base through a permit from U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. The capture and release program helps keep both eagles and aircraft safe from one another. (Photo used by permission of Christin Sasse.)

[Submitted by Anthony Popp, NAS Whidbey Island]

Another New Baby in J Pod

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Whidbey Gardening Workshop 2015 An Opportunity for Area Gardeners to Learn from Experts Puget Sound area gardeners from novice to advanced will be able to choose from over 40 classes covering a wide array of gardening topics during the day-long Whidbey Gardening Workshop held at Oak Harbor High School on Saturday, March 7.

The workshop will feature classes in garden care, maintenance and design with a focus on sustainability, including classes on growing herbs, vegetables, fruits and ornamental landscape plants and flowering perennials.

Several sessions will focus on the challenges of gardening in the Maritime Northwest and on simplifying the garden landscape for easier care and suitability to our climate.

New this year: vegetable gardening with children; keeping up in the garden; small space gardening; keeping bluffs and hillsides in place; new to island gardening; greenhouse use; drought tolerant landscaping; sustainable landscapes; container planting; outdoor rooms; managing weeds and wildlife; designing low maintenance gardens; and more.

Keynote: “Changing Climate and the Gardener...What should we expect?” with Nick Bond, State Climatologist for Washington, a principal research scientist with the Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean/University of Washington and regular KUOW Radio guest weather reporter.

Instructors have credentials in Horticulture, Agronomy, Biology, Hydrogeology, Conservation and Landscape Architecture, and include WSU scientists, Master Gardeners with decades of experience, area garden service providers, nursery staff, local farmers, professional educators and published authors.

The workshop will also feature a Gardening Marketplace highlighting vendors, nurseries and artisans offering the latest plants, garden art, furniture, gardening accessories and books.

Now in its 27th year, the Whidbey Gardening Workshop is presented by the Island County Master Gardener Foundation. The Master Gardener Program is an outreach and education program of Washington State University Extension.

Whidbey Gardening Workshop is open to the public and preregistration is available online at www.whidbeygardeningworkshop.org.

Call (360) 240-5527 to request a registration packet by mail. $40 advance registration or $45 at the door.

[Submitted by Sheri Gerhard]

Former Resident Eagle Seen in Vancouver, B.C

Sleuths come to Langley’s Visitor and Information Center on Anthes Street starting at 10:00am Saturday morning. There they buy a clue map for $10 ($8 for seniors, youth and military), and a copy of the Langley Gazette with details of the murder.

Then detectives fan out all over town, visiting the crime scene, picking up clues from participating merchants, and interacting with the suspects, who will be in costume and whose photographs will be displayed in the windows of the historic Dog House tavern.

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An eagle captured at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island’s Ault Field under the Bird Air Strike Hazard Program and released over 150 miles south of the base in April 2012 was spotted recently in Vancouver, B.C., during an eagle count. The eagle, still wearing a brown-colored band on its right leg, was seen with several other eagles at a landfill. According to Dane Ledbetter, a U.S. Department of Agriculture wildlife biologist at the air station, this eagle

After spending the past two weeks near the west entrance of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, J pod finally came back into the interior Salish Sea waters and showed off another brand new baby whale to the few observers that braved the mist and light rain and watched the whales swim by from land and from vessels at a respectful distance. Dave Ellifrit from the Center for Whale Research, and Jeanne Hyde who first heard the whales on Lime Kiln hydrophone last week, embarked on the Center ‘s research vessel “Chimo” to Haro Strait while CWR Senior Scientist, Ken Balcomb, watched from shore and managed communications.

The late December calf, J50, with its J16 family were seen last week as well; but, the big news is that J19 and J41 were swimming protectively on either side of another new baby that Orca Network estimates is about one week old. This newest addition to J pod is designated J51, and the presumed mother is thirty-six year old J19. Her ten-year old daughter, J41, was also in attendance. The newest baby appears healthy.

This brings the population to twenty-six whales in J pod, the most viable pod in the Endangered Southern Resident Killer Whale population of the US and Canada Pacific Northwest.

K pod has 19 individuals, and L pod has 34 individuals for a total population of 79 SRKW’s as of today. That number can change anytime with the birth or death of one of these charismatic whales.

[Submitted by Orca Network]

IDIPIC Seeks Speakers The Impaired Driving Impact Panel of Island County is seeking speakers for its heart-toheart DUI/Underage Drinking prevention panels in Oak Harbor and/or Freeland if you have: been injured in a DUI crash; had a friend or family member injured or killed in one; caused DUI injury or fatality; worked with DUI victims or offenders; gotten a DUI or a family member has; been in alcohol/other drug recovery. This community service requires very little time but has a big impact. For more information, please call (360) 672-8219 or email idipic@idipic.org. More information is available at www.idipic.org.

[Submitted by JoAnn Hellmann, Director, IDIPIC]

Petco Foundation Awards WAIF a $25,000 Grant Toward its Capital Campaign Whidbey Animals’ Improvement Foundation (WAIF) it pleased to announce that it has been awarded a $25,000 grant from the Petco Foundation to support its capital campaign to build a new animal shelter.

With groundbreaking taking place last July in 2014, the construction of a new shelter is on track for the anticipated grand opening in late summer this year. Situated on 9.8 acres, the 12,544 sq. ft. facility will offer an expanded spay/neuter surgical suite, six acres of walking trails for shelter dogs, capacity for 150 cats and 48 dogs, modern ventilation and sanitation systems for disease control, dedicated intake areas, adoption rooms, isolation units, grooming space, and an area for training and education.

“The Petco Foundation investment in WAIF’s new shelter gets us that much closer to realizing our dream of serving the homeless pet population in a modern facility. For more than ten years, not only has WAIF been working

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Receiving this grant from the Petco Foundation strengthens our commitment to the local community who care about the homeless pet population,” states Charles Vreeland, WAIF executive director.

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The Petco Foundation has served as a voice for companion animals across the country since 1999. Today, with more than 8,000 local animal welfare partners across the country, the Petco Foundation donates approximately $15 million a year to make a difference in the lives of millions of animals. The organization is funded through donations raised during fundraisers conducted in Petco’s more than 1,300 stores across the country, as well as from Petco associates, vendors and corporate contributions. Money raised helps fund animal welfare organizations, spay and neuter efforts, animalassisted therapy programs and humane education. The majority of the funds raised remain in the communities where they were raised, as well as animal welfare efforts nationwide.

The Island County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants to serve on the Ebey’s Landing Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) for a term which expires December 19, 2017. Applicants should have a demonstrated interest, experience or knowledge in history, historic preservation, architecture, design, landscape architecture, cultural landscapes and/or related disciplines. The Board of County Commissioners appoints Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) members for 3-year terms, which may be renewed by mutual agreement.

For more information about WAIF or the Petco Foundation, visit www.waifanimals.org or www.petcofoundation.org.

[Submitted by Cinnamon O’Brien, WAIF]

St. Patrick’s Day Parade

The “OH” Patrick’s Day Parade is scheduled for Tuesday, March 17 at 4:00pm. The Parade will proceed from Midway Blvd. west down Pioneer Way. The Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring the parade this year, organized by the Irish Wildlife Society. If you would like to participate in this years’ parade, please contact Mike Thelen at (360) 679-8499.

There is no charge and no political campaigning is allowed.

This years’ Grand Marshal is Dutch O’Strehle s who is being honored for his 24 years of organizing this very parade. Immediately following the parade, there will be a community singalong with the Community Band at the American Legion Hall. Corned Beef & Cabbage dinners will be available for $8 per plate & children are welcome.

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Commission members work with the Town of Coupeville, Island County and Ebey’s Reserve Trust Board staff to process applications for Certificates of Appropriateness for properties located within Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve.

Ebey’s Landing Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) consists of nine members, four (4) members appointed by the Council of the Town of Coupeville; four (4) members appointed by Island County; and one (1) member appointed jointly by Island County and the Town of Coupeville.

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: Historic Preservation Commission Vacancy, Post Office Box 5000, Coupeville, WA 98239. The fax number is (360) 679-7381 and email applications should be sent to pamd@co.island.wa.us.

Application materials should be received no later than 4:30pm March 2. For additional information please phone (360) 679-7353 or e-mail Pam Dill at the above address.

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All My Sons

It’s Christmas Eve in Palm Springs when Brooke presents her Reagan-adjacent parents with a tell-all confessional novel that turbo-charges the holidays and the Wyeth family dynamic with ever-shifting alliances and politics. Pulitzer Prize finalist Jon Robin Baitz’s smart new play of high drama, serious laughter and repartee that dazzles and decimates was one of the hottest tickets on Broadway last season. For tickets and more information, visit wicaonline. org or call the Box Office at (800) 638-7631 or (360) 221-8268.

Thursday, February 19, 6:30pm Friday, February 20, 6:30pm Saturday, February 21, 6:30pm Oak Harbor High School Tickets: $12 adult, $7 ages 8-12 Set in the backyard of the Keller household a few years after WWII, the audience is introduced to the protagonist, Joe Keller, his family, and his neighbors. Joe is a charismatic patriarch who lied about his involvement in knowingly sending out faulty engine parts that caused twenty-one pilots to crash during the war. His wife, Kate, wholeheartedly believes their missing son, Larry, will return after three years of being declared MIA, while their youngest son, Chris, is set on marrying his missing brother’s fiance, Ann. Things quickly go from sunny to chaotic as Joe’s lie starts to pull everyone down into a downward spiral within the span of a single day. Presented by the Oak Harbor High School Drama Club. To reserve tickets, email ohhsdramaclubreservations@gmail.com. For reserved tickets doors open at 6:15pm. The performance begins at 7:00pm each night.

Monty Python’s Spamalot Thursdays, February 19 & 26, 7:30pm Fridays, February 20 & 27, 7:30pm Saturdays, February 21 & 28, 7:30pm Sundays, February 22 & March 1, 2:30pm Whidbey Playhouse, Oak Harbor Tickets: $20 A new musical lovingly ripped off from the motion picture Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Spamalot retells the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.

Discounts for groups of 10 or more. For tickets and information, call (360) 679-2237.

Star Party Friday, February 20, begins at dark Fort Nugent Park, Oak Harbor Explore the night sky and view distant galaxies, planets and nebulas during this free public Star Party hosted by the Island County Astronomical Society (ICAS). No telescope is needed and people of all ages are welcome to attend. Be sure and dress warmly and note that the event will be canceled if the weather is cloudy. For more information, contact Dan Pullen at (360) 679-7664 or icaspub@juno.com, or visit www. icas-wa.webs.com.

Fridays, February 20 & 27, 7:30pm Saturdays, February 21 & 28, 7:30pm Sunday, February 22, 2:00pm Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, Langley Adult $22 / Senior $18 / Youth $15 / Matinee $15

Carol Goldberg Retirement Party Saturday, February 21, 1:00pm-3:00pm Oak Harbor Senior Center The public is cordially invited to celebrate Carol Goldberg’s retirement from Safeway. Come by and say “hello� and wish her well. Light refreshments will be served. The Oak Harbor Senior Center is located at 51 SE Jerome Street, next to the pool.

Luncheon & Auction Benefiting Ben Towne Foundation Saturday, February 28, 12:00pm Freeland Hall, 1515 E. Shoreview Dr., Freeland Great lunch, quality auction items and updates on the exciting progress of research toward cures for childhood cancer at the Ben Towne Center for Childhood Cancer Research in Seattle, in conjunction with Seattle Children’s.

For tickets, please contact Nancy Nielsen at njnielsen@comcast.net or call (360) 675-2292.

More information can be found at www. bentownefoundation.org.

Free Screening of Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret Saturday, February 28, 1:00pm Clyde Theatre, Langley This feature-length documentary is a mustsee for anyone concerned with water quality, deforestation, global hunger, or climate change. One single industry is destroying the planet more than any other—and now, their secret is out. This film is appropriate for audience members of most ages. To learn more, visit www.whidbeyinstitute.org/cowspiracy, e-mail marnie@whidbeyinstitute.org, or call (360) 966-6122.

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Join us for a rousing evening with Wilbur Purdue of Prairie Bottom Farm. Farming within Ebey’s Prairie and raising farm to market produce will be the topic of this evening’s talk.

Find out about the new permanent exhibit at the Island County Historical Museum and the restoration of the iconic 160-year-old Snakelum Family Canoe. Learn where the people who first settled Whidbey Island lived and what their lives were like. Presented by Rick Castellano, executive director of the Island County Museum.

Friday Movie Matinee Friday, February 20, 2:00pm Freeland Library A young writer sacrifices his life in the present to find happiness in the past, where true love awaits him. Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour and Christopher Plummer star in this heartwarming time travel film. Everyone is welcome.

Friends of the Clinton Library Book Sale Saturday, February 21, 10:00am-3:00pm Clinton Community Hall, 6411 Central Avenue Browse thousands of books for sale at bargain prices. Fiction and nonfiction titles for all ages.

Proceeds support the Clinton Library. Quality book donations are always appreciated and may be dropped off at the Clinton Library or the book sale.

Movie Presentation: Pay 2 Play Saturday, February 21, 7:00pm-9:00pm Freeland Library Saturday, February 28, 7:00pm-9:00pm Coupeville Library If you’ve been feeling like the government hasn’t been listening to the pleas of the average citizen since the 1970’s, you’re correct!

View this entertaining and informative film to find out how this has happened. What can we do about losing our “one person, one vote� only to find ourselves with “one dollar, one vote?� Six solutions are provided and a discussion will follow. For more information, contact Judy Kaplan at (206) 612-2586.

Free Legal Workshop - Divorce: What You Need To Know Monday, February 23, 1:30pm-3:30pm Coupeville Library Volunteer Lawyer Program of Island County will provide a local family law attorney to discuss the process for getting a divorce in Washington, including property and debt division, parenting plans, child support, and maintenance. Please preregister online or by phone.

Limit of 25. Supported by VLIC operating in partnership with LAW Advocates and Friends of the Coupeville Library.

Join the growing movement of slow readers who are switching off their pinging electronic devices and cozying up with a good book.

Enjoy such benefits as improved ability to concentrate and reduced stress. At this before hours library event, we’ll brew a pot of coffee and provide a warm, distraction-free space to read for an hour. Computers and customer service will not be available during this event.

Music Appreciation at Your Library: Music Basics Wednesday, February 25, 4:00pm Clinton Community Hall, 6411 Central Avenue The Clinton Library is hosting a free family program for all ages, school age to adults, about classical music. Bryan Stratton, who has previously shared music by John Denver and other musicians from the sixties for the Clinton community, will share his love of classical music. What do those tiny dots and strange words mean? How do you tell an oboe from a flugel horn? Find out the answers to these questions and more as we discover the foundations of classical music.

Galleries & Art Shows Featured Artist: Akemi Walker Artist Demonstration: Friday, February 20, 10:00am-5:00pm Penn Cove Gallery, Coupeville Jewelry designer Akemi Walker will demonstrate her work and methods. Akemi’s special love is Art Clay Silver, a mixture of fine silver and organic material, which when fired becomes fine silver sculpture pieces. She uses freshwater pearls, semiprecious stones and Baltic amber with sterling silver to finish her designs.

Meetings and Organizations Soroptimist International of South Whidbey Island (SISWI) Thursday, February 19, 5:30pm-7:00pm Maple Ridge, 1767 Alliance Ave, Freeland A combined Program & Business Meeting.

The program portion of the meeting begins at 5:30pm with simple dinner fare provided by member volunteers immediately followed by the business portion of the meeting. The program portion of the meeting includes a guest speaker presenting on issues in the community affecting women and girls. Potential members are encouraged to attend. Please rsvp to president@sisouthwhidbeyisland.org.

For more information, visit http://sisouthwhidbeyisland.org.

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Spring Gardening 2015: Prairie Bottom Farm Monday, February 23, 5:30pm-7:30pm Coupeville Library

Slow Reading Wednesday, February 25, 9:00am Freeland Library

Native Peoples – Native Places: A Canoe Culture Thursday, February 19, 3:00pm Oak Harbor Library

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South Whidbey Garden Club Meeting Friday, February 20, 9:30am St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Clinton The doors open at 9:00am, the business meeting starts at 9:30am, and the program starts at 10:30am with refreshments provided.

Program: “Spice Up Your Cooking� with Chef Jess Dowdell of the Roaming Radish. Watch and sample how adding that perfect herb can turn a simple dish into a wonderful tasting experience. The public is welcome. If you have any questions, please contact Co-President, Diana Bublitz at (360) 341-2033.

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Whidbey Island Nordic Lodge Saturday, February 21, 10:00am Nordic Hall, 63 Jacobs Road, Coupeville Jill Hein will present a short power point presentation about her visit to L’Anse aux Meadows, where more than 1000 years ago the Vikings established a base camp at the northern tip of Newfoundland. By being the first people to cross the North Atlantic and encounter indigenous people in North America, they completed the circle of human migration around the world. A brief business meeting will precede the program. More information about the Nordic Hall and the Nordic Lodge may be found at http://whidbeyislandnordiclodge.wordpress.com For more Meetings and Organizations, visit www.whidbeylocal.com.

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.

Located just north of Oak Harbor (Dugualla Bay). Classes on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday & Thursday evenings. Anacortes classes meet on Wednesday evenings.

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 & the Caribbean. Please see our other website at: www.MoonlightDanceCruises.com for details.

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“Developing and Sustaining Healthy Relationships�

Tuesdays, February 24 - March 31, 7:00pm-8:30pm or Wednesdays, February 25 - April 1, 9:30am-11:00am Langley United Methodist Church, Fireside Room Relationships are central to all of our lives, and they can be complex. This class will discuss ways of finding support and fulfillment in life through the joy of relating to others in a mature way. Facilitators are Dr. Duncan Ferguson and the Rev. Dr. Mary Boyd. The textbook will be Perfect Love, Imperfect Relationships by John Welwood, which can be purchased at the church office. For more information and to sign up online, please visit langleyumc.org or phone the office at (360) 221-4233. Langley UMC is an Advocating, Greening, and Reconciling Congregation located on the corner of Third and Anthes.

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Shalom Orca Retreat February 26—March 1, 2015 The Whidbey Institute, 6449 Old Pietila Rd., Clinton $650 (includes meals and lodging).

The Shalom process offers a path to being more conscious, loving and fully alive. Learn more and register: www.whidbeyinstitute.org/shalom-orca-retreat. For more information, email info@whidbeyinstitute.org, or call (360) 341-1884.

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Tai Chi Introduction Tuesdays, March 3 - March 31, 12:00pm-1:00pm Island Dance, Camano Ave, Langley Tai Chi is an exploration of “Stillness in Movement�. This is a brief introduction to the Cheng Man-Ch’ing style of Tai Chi with Simon Leon, an approved instructor with many years of experience in Tai Chi and other internal arts. The cost is $50 for the 5-week series and pre-registration is required. For more information or to register, call (360) 661-7298 or email dosho56@ hotmail.com

Awake & Alive: Mindful Living with Cancer Retreat March 30—April 3, 2015 The Whidbey Institute, 6449 Old Pietila Rd., Clinton $795-1095 (includes meals and lodging) Explore what it means to live fully, even while facing serious illness. Learn more and register: www.whidbeyinstitute.org/ awake-alive-retreat-2015. For more information, email info@ whidbeyinstitute.org, or call (360) 341-1884.

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Chinese New Year : The Year of the Goat Chinese New Year or Spring Festival, as it is more recently recognized, honors heavenly deities, household deities and ancestors as well. This eight day long festival is wholly dependent on the lunar cycles and therefore is celebrated at any point between January and February each year. It is one of the most vital social and economic public holidays in China. Hundreds of years ago, Chinese Zodiac calendars were dependent not only on solar or lunar equinoxes but also on the ruling dynasty at the time. And this too affected the date on which Chinese New Year was celebrated. As a matter of fact, the earliest known records of Chinese New Year supposedly date back to the 14th century BC. This year is the Year of the Goat or it is also known as the Year of the Sheep. The story behind the year of the Goat/Sheep outlines a moral for the year ahead. A boy, who was to take care of his large flock of sheep, was negligent in ensuring his fence was secure.

Sheep escaped gradually and by the time he realized it he was left with only one sheep before he hurriedly mended the fence. The moral of the story is to take care over this year and deal with matters at hand. Don’t let them fall to the way side or you may stand to lose a lot.

There are several traditions observed during Chinese New Year and I like what the foods are representative of and how they are prepared. Dishes that are served during this period are steeped in tradition and symbolism as a way to usher in luck, prosperity and health, and to honor family unity. On New Year’s Eve a whole fish is prepared. It represents an abundant year from start to finish (hence the symbolism by including the fish’s head and tail). The scales resemble coins and are said to invite wealth in and as fish swim in a forward motion it denotes progress in the coming year. It is customary to serve fish over the New Year, at the end of the meal.

To be more specific to the type of good fortune you wish to attain, eating certain fish portray some form of luck. For example, eating catfish is said to send out a wish for a year of surplus. Crucian carp is a way of inviting good luck into the home for the rest of the year.

Sweets in the form of steamed cakes play a significant role in persuading lady luck to make an appearance and stay for the year, in the homes of people who eat them. The sweetness emulates a harmonious life, its circular form brings a year full circle as well as embodies family unity, and the layers of the cake signify abundance in the lives of those who consume them. Nian Gao (Year Cake) symbolizes achievement and for those cakes with the date fruit, entice ‘early prosperity’ into theirs and their family’s lives.

Long noodles symbolize longevity and are a staple food served and eaten over the weeklong celebration. When you pair a food symbolic of a long life with the delicious culinary traditions employed to make it, you get a wonderful mix of flavor and culture that invites a long life and good health. You just can’t go wrong with that.

Noodles, while certainly flavorsome and as an accompaniment to anything, have a very close contender in the taste arena (for me at least!). Dumplings are highly emblematic eats over this festive period. The fillings are profound enough to each portray a differ-

ent facet of life so tradition is very carefully observed when it comes to making, arranging and consuming these delicious little guys!

Custom deems eating dumplings filled with radish and cabbage on Chinese New Year’s eve as it is supposed to endow the eater with a gentle mood. The number of ‘pleats’ dumplings have is also of great importance and it is believed that if the sealed area is flat, the year ahead will not be a prosperous one in terms of monetary value. Ritual dictates dumplings be arranged in lines, as opposed to circles because if they are arranged in a circular fashion it denotes a life going round and round without a goal.

Since it is the year of the goat it is thought that dishes using goat meat will help guarantee an influx of good fortune into the home.

San Yang Kai Tai is quite a popular dish served during the festivities in a goat year.

This stew is named after a phrase that helps usher in good luck and it means ‘three goats bring wealth.’

Chinese culture, tradition and food are all seemingly very complex and intricate, but when you sit back and take a look at all the effort that goes into preparing and making each dish, you realize why it seems so multifarious. Familial ties, national heritage and preserving culture are all pressed into each dish. The wonderfully diverse array of ingredients used, each signify a hope for the best future possible. The time spent preparing meals shows how much dedication there is to family unity and the wish for prosperity is echoed in each dish.

Researching Chinese New Year was truly eye opening and for those of you who would like to share with me other dishes eaten over this period or perhaps share a recipe or two, I would love to hear from you so Let’s Dish!

Email me at letsdish@whidbeyweekly.com I am going to include a recipe for Nian Gao and if you attempt these steamed cakes let me know how they come out!

Nian Gao 15 Oz Rice flour 10 oz brown sugar 400 ml water Dates In a large bowl mix the brown sugar and 200 ml of boiling water and stir until sugar has completely dissolved. Add remaining 200 ml of water. Add rice flour and whisk until batter is smooth. Grease ramekins well, add batter to each dish and steam on high in a steamer for approximately 1 hour. Decorate each cake with a date (for early prosperity).

When it is done steaming allow it to cool completely, serve and enjoy! (To store wrap with cling wrap and refrigerate). www.belachan2.blogspot.com www.chinahighlights.com

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By Carey Ross The Duff: Until I learned of this movie, I had no idea that Duff stands for “designated ugly fat friend,â€? which in the logic of Duff, means I am the Duff. What I’m trying to say is this movie has ruined my life. ď‚Ťď‚Ťď‚Ť (PG-13 • 1 hr. 41 min.) The Great Invisible: On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 people and causing an underwater oil gusher to flow for 97 days. The end result: the worst oil spill in American history.

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Hot Tub Time Machine 2: The idea behind the ,first installment of this apparent franchise was just stupid enough to work: a group of dudes, all at a crossroads in the respective lives, jump back to 1986 to right their wrongs via a time-traveling hot tub. Another case in which Hollywood just can’t leave well enough alone. ď‚Ťď‚Ť (R • 1 hr. 33 min.) Kingsman: The Secret Service: Colin Firth effortlessly spoofs British spy movies with surprising action-star skills and flawless fashion. Move over, 007. Firth has a license to thrill. ď‚Ťď‚Ťď‚Ťď‚Ť (R • 1 hr. 40 min.) McFarland, USA: A “fact-basedâ€? story that sees the elder statesman of sports movies, Kevin Costner, coach a group of underdog Latino crosscountry runners from an impoverished small town to the kind of glory that can only be achieved in a Disney movie. ď‚Ťď‚Ťď‚Ť (PG • 2 hrs. 9 min.) Mr. Turner: The incomparable Mike Leigh takes on the last 25 years of the life of great, eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner with rollicking, lifeaffirming results. ď‚Ťď‚Ťď‚Ťď‚Ťď‚Ť (R • 2 hrs. 29 min.) Russell Madness: This is a movie about a talking Jack Russell dog who “accidentallyâ€? becomes a professional wrestler with the help of his coach, Hunk, who is a fedora-wearing monkey. SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY, HOLLYWOOD. ď‚Ťď‚Ť (PG • 1 hr. 32 min.) A Most Violent Year: With "Margin Call," writer/director J.C. Chandor made a stunningly self-assured cinematic debut. He proves it was not a fluke with this, his third effort, which stars Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac as a couple trying to seize the American Dream during the most violent and corrupt time in New York City’s history. ď‚Ťď‚Ťď‚Ťď‚Ťď‚Ť (R • 1 hr. 50 min.) American Sniper: Bradley Cooper, surprisingly good actor (I can’t be the only one who thinks that), nabbed an Oscar nod for his portrayal of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, the deadliest and most effective marksman ever to serve in the U.S. military. ď‚Ťď‚Ťď‚Ťď‚Ť (R • 2 hrs. 12 min.) Birdman: If you didn’t see it the first time, don’t miss it during its encore run. Unless you hate watching movies of unusual vision that feature career-defining performances (especially for Oscar frontrunner Michael Keaton) and innovative direction, that is. ď‚Ťď‚Ťď‚Ťď‚Ťď‚Ť (R • 1 hr. 59 min.) Black or White: I want to say that director Mike Binder has made a good film in the past, but I don’t think that would be the truth, and this movie isn’t going to be the one to turn the tide.

I’m sure Kevin Costner and Octavia Spencer turn in their customary fine performances, but there’s only so much they can do.  (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 1 min.) The Boy Next Door: This film stars Jennifer Lopez as Teacher and some other dude as Hot for Teacher. Steamy love scenes ensue before the stalking starts and things get creepy. Since this flick bears a striking resemblance to all my favorite Lifetime movies, I’m having a hard time judging it objectively, but that fact that I just likened it to a Lifetime movie is probably all the info you need to know.  (R • 1 hr. 31 min.) Fifty Shades of Grey: I managed to make it through nearly 100 pages of this book before suffering a rage breakdown due to its horrible writing and throwing it across the room. This is the one time in cinematic history when the movie will have to truly blow (pun intended) to be worse than the book it’s adapted from.  (R • 1 hr.

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Human Capital: An Italian drama/whodunit about haves and want-to-haves that is characterized by unorthodox narrative structure and excellent performances.  (Unrated • 1 hr.

50 min.)Â The Imitation Game: Alan Turing cracked an unbreakable Nazi code, built the first working computer, saved countless lives and helped bring about the end of World War II. This movie about Alan Turing received eight Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Benedict Cumberbatch), Best Supporting Actress (Keira Knightley), and Best Director (Morton Tyldum).

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THURSDAY, February 5 9:46am, S East Camano Dr. Caller advising he spoke with a deputy yesterday referencing his neighbor throwing bananas on his property. States he’s now received a threatening voicemail from the subject.

1:13pm, SR 525 Caller advising white male wearing black jacket, jeans and multi-colored beanie is stumbling around and falling over near the intersection. Currently hugging the stop sign.

6:53pm, Seashore Ave. Caller advising she is at the neighbors now after she heard crying in her attic. When caller asked the subject if everything was okay, the person (male voice) said “shut up.” Then caller left.

FRIDAY, February 6 3:49pm, SE Bayshore Dr. The caller advised the electronic speed control sign on SE Bayshore says 25 mph. He advised the speed limit on Bayshore should be 30 mph.

10:30pm, NW 7th Ct. A male reported he was fighting with exgirlfriend and she hit his car on purpose.

SATURDAY, February 7 7:26am, E Whidbey Ave. Reporting party stated she left a message yesterday about being harassed on social media. She requested a call back.

9:00am, N Oak Harbor St. Reporting party saw a male with a shopping cart. He was last seen sitting in the rain on the side of the road.

11:26am, SR 20 Caller requesting a check on a female who was standing outside. The caller said it looked like she had soiled herself.

4:46pm, SE Fidalgo Ave. Caller reporting solicitors came to his door to sell salmon and other seafood. Stated they came yesterday and do not have a refrigerated van.

11:05pm, NE Izett St. Reporting party advising her neighbor crawled into the street and was seen rolling around and praying.

SUNDAY, February 8 10:42am, Uplands Dr. Requesting call. There are 9 domestic turkeys wandering the neighborhood. Believes they are someone’s pet turkeys that are loose but caller doesn’t know what to do about it.

12:38pm, NE 4th Ave. Caller requesting a check on his Mom. Reporting party was told the subject with his Mom was “acting like a demon.”

1:31pm, SR 20 Caller advising she has an order against subject. She was looking over the order and realized he lives within the protected distance on the order.

5:41pm, Lorien Ln. Reporting neighbor kid is driving his truck through caller’s yard, tearing it up. Caller has tried to talk to him and the male said “F**k you, call the sheriff.” Been going on for awhile.

MONDAY, February 9 11:18pm, Fish Rd. Caller stating she needs “people out of her

house,” but won’t answer any questions.

Saying “she’s gotta go.” When asked who states “Lindy.” All call taker can hear is the song “That’s my kind of night,” by Luke Bryan.

11:35am, NE Ernst St. An elderly female requesting help to catch a poodle she is caring for.

TUESDAY, February 10 5:36am, SR 525 Caller advising Joe is growing pot in a path behind his apartments. Caller know this because Joe told her.

6:45am, SW 24th Ave. Caller states she woke up and found male “who supposedly is my boyfriend” trying to have sex with her friend. The male is refusing to leave.

6:53am, SW Kingma Ct. Caller reporting after waking up, he found his front door partially open and his wife was gone. Caller advising the wife’s phone is still on the table but her boots are missing 7:33am, Scurlock Rd. Female calling 911 to ask if call taker has any slugs or snails. Asked if law enforcement, fire or medical emergency and caller answered “no” then hung up. Caller did not identify herself to call taker.

4:36pm, Bradley Pl. Reporting adult sea otter in her backyard.

Advising it’s a problem with her livestock on her property.

7:12pm, SE Barrington Dr. Caller advising she saw on Facebook that a subject was reported missing by her husband. She states she saw the subject earlier with another man.

WEDNESDAY, February 11 9:38am, Snowflake Rd. Caller advising just opened car door and found ax in the car and car dashboard is missing. Appears car was hot wired and driven around last night.

1:43pm, Gary Ln. Caller states people at location burning.

Believes it may possibly be marijuana. Saying she reacts poorly to the smoke of marijuana.

Having a similar feeling, refusing aid.

4:30pm, Spruce Ln. Caller advising a cat that is on their property was urinating on their patio furniture.

4:34pm, SR 525 Caller advising he just saw a man push a woman into his trunk and drove away. Vehicle is a red Subaru Legacy Outback. Caller says they were arguing about a computer.

9:37pm, SR 525 Caller advising his father came to location to vandalize his mother’s trailer which is next to his. He saw his Dad leave and lock the door.

THURSDAY, February 12 1:51am, NE 4th Ave. Caller advising his mother may have had a mini stroke. States she lives with drug users and was breathing in the fumes. He states his “Mom woke up and was dizzy and can’t breath.”

6:55pm, NW Illahee Dr. Reporting party advising a subject urinated in the roadway.

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dies of all races. During the playing of the American National Anthem, both bowed their heads and raised opposite black-gloved fists in tribute to MLK and the Civil Rights movement. A gesture meant, Smith later said, to represent a malfunctioning nation. Each man knew he was sacrificing lucrative product endorsement deals worth millions as he did so. Each knew there would be consequences to face for years to come. When Pluto thunders the herd, small thoughts of self do not matter.

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Humanity as a whole is notoriously fixedminded. Cherished notions stick between human ears like flies to flypaper down by the corral. Quicker than you can sing “Away in a Manger,” popular beliefs become untouchable sacred cows. Don’t try to change it. It’s the human condition. It’s a fact of life on planet Earth.

Whenever such sacred-cow rigidity verges on paralyzing the populace, it is the duty of the outer planets to scatter the herd. The wranglers of choice for the job are Uranus and Pluto. Uranus, as the lightning bolt of new ideas, panics the herd. Pluto thunders to get the herd running, and keep it running, as long as necessary for the new ideas to take hold. This being planet Earth, the wait can be centuries. No problem for either planet; they have the time. Eve bought the first apple at a roadside farmer’s market run by, you guessed it, Uranus and Pluto.

One notable sacred cow discussed here in previous weeks was the Victorian idea of space. The Victorian image of space and the cosmos was one of perfected tranquility, a vacuum neither touched by, nor touching, chaotic Earth in any way. This popular belief was strongly challenged in 1900 by a Uranian bolt of lightning named Kristian Birkeland, who burst on the scene with evidence of, not coincidentally, an electromagnetic link between Earth and Sun. But Birkeland failed to take into account the flypaper. Owing to the power and prevalence of the flypaper, Birkeland received nothing for his troubles but the scientific community’s scorn and staunch rejection.

The panicked herd would resist Birkeland’s ideas until finally Uranus reached conjunction with Pluto in the 1960s. Then, Mariner II discovered electromagnetic currents traveling through space, leading to confirmation that Birkeland had been right. Earth and Sun are, indeed, linked.

Uranus and Pluto in the 1960s ran sacred cows to a panting lather. Martin Luther King panicked The Establishment by breathing new life into old ideas about freedom. Bands like the Beatles did the same singing ideas about peace.

1968 was an Olympic year and the host was Mexico City. Uranus and Pluto in their sombreros may have gone unnoticed in the crowd, but Olympic history books prove they were there. In a lightning-bolt move typical of Uranus, long jumper Bob Beamon sprinted down the runway, launched off the scratch line and landed in The Twilight Zone. In an event in which world records progressed typically at 2-½ inch increments, Beamon jumped nearly two feet farther than any human had ever jumped before. His 29 feet, 2-½ inch leap would not be equaled for 23 years. In the same hour, Lee Evans set a 400 meter record that would stand for 20 years. The 10 second 100 meter barrier fell when Jim Hines ran a stunning 9.95. And Tommie Smith ran another world record 19.83 in the 200 meters. ¡Ay, caramba! Uranus!

Pluto did his bit when Tommie Smith and his teammate and third place finisher John Carlos walked to the award ceremony in stocking feet and their shoes in hand to symbolize American poverty. Around their necks they wore beads to protest lynching. Carlos unzipped his jacket in violation of Olympic rules to acknowledge his working class bud-

The Olympic Committee promptly suspended Smith and Carlos and gave them 48 hours to leave Mexico. Their athletic careers were ruined. Both men were treated as traitors and received hate mail and death threats for years. They couldn’t find good jobs, which meant their wives and children suffered.

Short of death itself, Smith and Carlos made the ultimate sacrifice. In so doing, they embodied perfectly the Plutonian drive to transform.

One other event in Mexico City in 1968 bore the clear stamp of Uranus and Pluto. Over at the high jump bar, a gangly American jumper was wowing the crowd with every jump.

People loved to watch him. So fascinating was he, even the finish of the marathon could not pull eyes off him. Beginning with his first jump in Olympic Stadium, the man’s jumping technique captured peoples’ imagination and never let go.

Critics—this crowd pleasing favorite did have critics—said what he did was dangerous.

They said it was impractical and would not last. It was certainly improbable. As a high schooler in 1963, he had been the worst jumper in school. His unique (Uranus) technique evolved (Pluto) not out of trying to win but just trying not to lose. At first, coaches eager to stop him, flipped through the rule book but could find no basis to disqualify him. His college coaches tried to discourage him. Other athletes, unwilling to abandon the old techniques in which they had invested hundreds of practice hours, ignored him.

No one in Mexico City ignored him. With every jumper except him flinging one leg up and then following it to go over the bar in a face-down roll, the gangly American did the opposite. He turned a shoulder and leaped to follow it, gliding over the bar face up and backwards.

The man was Dick Fosbury and his style, the Fosbury Flop, in 1968 had untapped protest potential: What better depiction of a malfunctioning nation—the intent behind the black-gloved Smith and Carlos—than going backward over the high jump bar?

Unlike Kristian Birkeland, who didn’t live long enough to see his Earth-Sun ideas accepted— and unlike today’s Usain Bolt, whose running style attracts criticisms even while he sets world sprint records—unlike either of those men, Dick Fosbury proved his critics wrong rather quickly. The young athletes just starting out, the risk takers, emulated him, and by the next Olympics the Fosbury Flop was the dominant jumping style. In the 1980 Olympics, 13 of 16 finalists used the Flop. Today, everyone uses it.

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51. “Father Murphy” extras

1. Daniel ___, Am. frontiersman

17. Abbr. after a comma 18. Nutty confection 20. “To ___ is human ...”

19. Pinocchio, at times

53. Unit of distance used in navigation (2 wds) 55. Listlessness

21. Orders to plow horses

56. Men with chauvinistic beliefs

23. Come to mind

57. Small coins of ancient Greece

24. Taro plant’s edible root 25. Cab driver in “It’s a Wonderful Life”

14. Erasable programmable read-only memory (acronym) 22. Vocalizing songs 24. Erode (2 wds) 26. Before the due date 28. Any port in a storm 30. Sylvester, to Tweety 31. Elephant’s weight, maybe 33. Quality of having been recently obtained 34. Sisterly

58. Concise Down

35. Injure by treading heavily

27. ___ grass

1. Baseball batters who lightly tap the ball

28. Sheik’s bevy

2. Bawdy

29. Daniel Webster, e.g.

3. His “4” was retired

31. Golden Horde member

4. ___ tide

39. Kind of drive (acronym)

5. Accessory

32. Fat unit

40. Perfect, e.g.

Dick Fosbury may be history’s only example of a backward approach to a total “Flop” gaining world-wide success.

6. Excelled

33. ___ Scotia

42. Indicates

7. Cheat, slangily

44. Bright circle?

34. Artificial leg?

8. ___ v. Wade

¡Ay, caramba! The human condition! One more reason why planet Earth is the most adored sit-com in the universe.

45. Prepare, as tea

36. Extension of library book due date

9. Desert shrub with scalelike leaves

48. Can of worms?

Next week: “This is EARTH Jeopardy!” (The fun they make of us on other planets.)

39. Mawkishly sentimental

10. Stranger

52. Accident

11. Surrounding and blockading a fortress

54. Cambridge sch.

40. Haul Wesley Hallock is a professional astrologer, navigating the sea of consciousness since 1982, and an avid connecter of dots. Chicken Little in the 1943 Disney version of the folk tale was the gullible dupe in Foxy Loxy’s scheme to raid the hen house. Connecting dots and dupes and reporting on the result is Wesley’s special delight. He calls this “the dot nitty gritty.” Send your nitty gritty questions and comments to Wesley at planetbiz4u2@ gmail.com. To read past columns of Chicken Little and the Astrologer in the Whidbey Weekly, see our Digital Library at www.whidbeyweekly.com.

41. Bigwig

36. Bookbinding leather 37. Annul 38. Fidelity

49. Checker, perhaps

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