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Locals line up for shot at pot market Orcas, San Juan Co’s apply, Lopez a no-show By Steve Wehrly Journal reporter
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From left; Arthur Beard and Greg Alvarez of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and County Councilman Rick Hughes listen to concerns over Customs relocation to Friday Harbor Center at a town hall meeting, Nov. 25, in Friday Harbor.
Feds weather criticism US Customs shows no sign of reversal at town hall meeting By Steve Wehrly Journal reporter
Customs and Border Protection came to the big meeting room at the fire station on Monday, Nov. 23, to listen to citizen complaints about the location of the new CBP office at the corner of First and Spring Streets. They listened, and answered questions, for more than two hours. Six uniformed Customs and Border Protection agents, one CBP construction project manager and one General Services Administration leasing supervisor were all surprised that local residents might not like siting the
local customs and border patrol office at First and Spring streets in downtown Friday Harbor. They found out fast. About fifty people told them in about fifty different ways that they didn’t like the idea - Lovel Pratt, Jim Stoag, Juniper Maas-Mercer and Dan Paulson among them. Although called “a mob” by one defender of the lease, none of the group was confrontational. Many speakers praised the local CBP staff and recognized their importance to the tourist-based economy and the damage that the location or that improper actions by CBP officers might cause to that economy. Several speakers asked questions or raised subjects, such as body cavity searches that the panel did not have answers for. Scott Davis suggested that the government could still lease the space, but it should be filled with
National Park Service personnel and other tourist-friendly services. After the meeting, CBP Area Port Director Greg Alvarez said that he intended to make the lobby “visitor friendly,” possibly with a display rack with maps and guides and a front-desk person who would answer visitors’ questions. Dennis Hazelton and Michelle Loftus defended the lease and the right of the owner to lease to anybody he chose. Loftus apologized for online comments posted by opponents on various websites. None of the eight, including Jim Coffelt, senior GSA contracting officer, knew many details about the decision to lease the First and Spring space, nor about the Beaverton Valley Road space that was offered to CBP, nor about the fact that seven years ago the Port offered to build a building at the See CRITICISM, Page 4
Lopez islanders apparently don’t want to have anything to do with marijuana - growing it, processing it or selling it. On Nov. 26, the Washington State Liquor Control Board, which is charged with regulating “legal marijuana” after the 2012 voter approval of a legalization initiative, released the first list of applicants for producing, processing and retailing licenses. No applicants for any license were from Lopez Island. Of 445 producer applications, 328 processor applications and 159 retailer applications, only 10 came from San Juan County - six “growers,” three processors and only one retailer. The one application for a retail store is from “Evergreen State of Mind Smokeshop” of San Juan Island, but a business named “Island Grown Foods” at the same address also applied for grower and processor licenses. Under WSLCB regulations, the same licensee can have both a “producer” and “processor” license, but a retailer license cannot be held by either a producer or processor. The only individual person who applied for a license was Peter A. DeLorenzi of Friday Harbor, who applied for a producer (grower) license. The other applicants for producers licenses were Four Nineteen and 1/2 of
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Eastsound, Billy’s Goat (Greatest of All Things) of Orcas Island, NW Connoisseurs of Deer Harbor, and Dragonleaf of Friday Harbor. Billy’s, Island Grown and NW Connoisseurs applied for both producer and processor licenses. The license application window closes Dec. 19. If more than one applicant files for one of the retailing licenses allocated to each of San Juan, Orcas and Lopez islands, a drawing will decide the winner.
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Thanksgiving Day crash prompts DUI arrest A Mount Vernon man was arrested for DUI on the evening of Thanksgiving Day after he crashed his pickup into the Cannery Landing building near the Friday Harbor ferry terminal. The 65-year-old man, who reportedly suffered bumps and bruises, was taken into custody at the scene at about 6:30 p.m. According to the San Juan County Sheriff ’s Department, the man had parked at the ferry terminal and fallen asleep while waiting for the arrival of an Anacortes-bound ferry. When awakened by a ferry terminal attendant, the man reportedly put the pickup into gear and then careened forward into the rear of the building, and collided into several unoccupied vehicles parked in the rear parking lot of the building as well. The rear of building sustained minor damage as a result of the collision. — Scott Rasmussen
Crime briefs Kirkland 21-year-old pleads guilty to rape
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Convicted burglar faces alleged felony assault
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second-degree assault, a Class B felony, violation of a protection order, a Class C felony and third-degree malicious mischief, a gross misdemeanor. He turned himself in at the Sheriff ’s department in Friday Harbor the day after the alleged assault occurred and remains in custody. On Nov. 19, Speed and an accomplice were both ordered to serve 15 months in prison after each pleaded guilty to felony burglary in mid-October. The two were convicted of muscling their way into the Friday Harbor apartment in pursuit of prescription medication and then became involved in an altercation with the couple who lived there. On the night that the sentence was handed down, authorities claim that Speed went to the home of a former girlfriend and, after his sexual advances were rejected, that he then attacked, threatened and strangled the woman in a fit of rage. He reportedly fled the woman’s Grover Street home when he saw that a neighbor had seen him inside the home. The woman’s two children were reportedly at home in an upstairs bedroom when the altercation broke out. According to court documents, the woman allowed Speed to come to her home to talk about his impending incarceration despite a protection order that prevented him from contacting her. He was slated to begin serving the 15-month prison term on Dec. 2. — Scott Rasmussen
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answer was forthcoming from the panel, although Greg Alvarez, the senior CBP officer, described in detail the reasons a new office was needed and some of the requirements that needed to be met. Coffelt said GSA had been looking “for ten years” for space in Friday Harbor for CBP, but he apparently didn’t know any details about the proposal by the Port of Friday harbor to accommodate the CBP at the port - or that the port had spent more than $100,000 on the proposal. Coffelt said that GSA “followed our procedures” and awarded the lease to the “least cost” location that met GSA requirements. He would not give the monthly lease amount and did not say that the First and Spring location was the “least cost” to the government. Coffelt did suggest that perhaps an unsuccessful bidder for the lease did not answer all the questions required by the GSA, but Coffelt repeated he was not the GSA agent on the project and did not know whether that was the case. He also implied that residents should have known that GSA was looking to lease office space on San Juan Island, if not at that particular location. One listeners remarked, “that was a ‘this is your own fault’ answer.” David McCauley, owner of the business park on Beaverton Valley Road, disputed the suggestion that he had not answered any GSA questions. McCauley said he had, at some expense, hired a person who specialized in government leases who filled out the extensive paperwork for the GSA and had “answered every question” posed by the GSA. McCauley said his agent, who had worked on many similar proposals, was “flabbergasted” when the lease was awarded to the owner of the downtown location. McCauley also believed that his bid was for the ten year lease was lower than the competition, but he admitted he couldn’t prove it. Asked whether there was a process for reversing the decision, Coffelt said, “Anything is possible.” Numerous people left the meeting saying they would try.
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Four minutes in aisle of plenty By Scott Rasmussen Journal editor
If you have a charitable cause you’re pushing at the grocery store, Scott Bell is precisely the person that you’d want to see. He’s bound to buy. “I always buy a ticket,” Bell said. “I buy whatever someone’s selling at the grocery store.” Raffle tickets for the San Juan Lions Club annual shopping spree are no exception. But after casting cash into the Lions yearly sweepstakes for the past 20 years and coming up empty, this time Bell hit the jackpot. Perhaps some luck rubbed off of that $5 bill he happened to find at the gas station a couple weeks earlier. “I always seem to be just one number away,” he said of his history with raffle drawings. On Sunday, however, the Lions’ Roy Matsumoto plucked Bell’s name out of the proverbial hat and two days later he and his wife, Kim, were pacing the aisles of King’s Market, and ready to go. The couple surveyed the store the day before to plot out a game plan for mad dash up and down the aisles and four-minute grab-what-you-can. The annual shopping spree generated roughly $1,887 in ticket sales, according to Bob Nieman of the Lions Club. Proceeds from the yearly event, now well into its second decade, help fund the club’s scholarship — minus the bill from the shopping spree. The Lions give out about $5,000 in scholarships to local high school graduates each year, Nieman said. The Bells re-calibrated their strategy since it turned out that gourmet olive oil was off-limits, and zeroed in on items that could be shared with their children and grandkids. But even with a game plan, it turns out that four minutes proved to be much longer than one might think. “By the end I just started grabbing stuff that I didn’t even
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Above; Kim and Scott Bell comb the aisles of Kings Market for the right stuff in the Lions Club annual shopping spree, Tuesday, Nov. 26. At right, their total for the four-minute mad dash.
know what it was,” Kim Bell said. In the end, the Bell’s filled 10 shopping carts and amassed $637.19 worth of food items in four minutes. As winner of the raffle drawing, they also received $50 worth of complimentary meat and cheese, courtesy of the Lions Club. While $600-plus worth of almost free groceries is nothing to dismiss, Scott Bell said that he is a fortunate man even without a pantry full of free food. “I am an incredibly lucky man,” he said. “I got the girl.” And a truckload of groceries, too.
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Feds miss out on more sensible site
It seems to me, the US Customs folks jumped the gun on their recent, longterm lease agreement. The obvious location clearly should have been located at the site of the old Browne’s Lumber business. The ample parking, central location, and the fact it already resembles a prison makes much more sense. C’mon Friday Harbor... Get with the program. RON BATES San Juan Island
Chorus of critics had their chance
With the dark, cold nights closing in, islanders who have to give up their gardening, tennis, and nice summer walks need to find something to keep them warmed up and energized. How nice of the Department of Homeland Security to give us an issue to get us all hot and bothered over and take our minds off the outdoor gloom. The Journal calls the former Windermere space “prime office, or retail, space in the heart of town.” But if it’s such prime space, how come none of the merchants or business people now bewailing the rental to DHS ever came forward to rent it? For how long did they expect Mr. Petersen to sit on this prime space without a long term lessee willing to pay market rate for his building? How many
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local merchants stepped up to help Mr. Petersen find a more acceptable tenant to fill the space? I don’t see any hands raised. How many of those attending the “All Community Meeting” were willing to put their hands in their pockets to rent this space to keep it out of the hands of a tenant like DHS? I don’t see any hands raised. How many even now are willing to pay Mr. Petersen’s mortgage and other building expenses that he keeps incurring until some tenant more acceptable to the community steps forward to lease the space? I still don’t see any hands raised. The business community was happy enough to let the space rent for a significantly below market rate and not come forward to rent it themselves. After at least a year of no local businesses coming forward to sign a long-term market-rate lease for this prime space, Mr. Petersen finally found a tenant willing to do so. But now the business community, which was quite happy to let his space remain underutilized and under-producing, is outraged by the tenant who finally did come forward to give Mr. Petersen the financial security he is entitled to. If the business community, and the Journal, really wanted this space used for office or retail space, they had plenty of time to act to make that happen. They didn’t. They had their chance. They flunked it. Even now, I don’t see the community coming forward and offering to match the lease terms that the DHS has agreed to. Somebody? Anybody?
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I didn’t think so. It’s easier to whine. CHRISTOPHER HODGKIN Friday Harbor
Even Walgreens would be better
In 2010, The Friday Harbor Town Council said “No” to Subway, but they won’t say a word to Homeland Security? Does this make sense? A viable retailer, Subway, was turned away because it sent the wrong message, according to Carrie Latcher (Friday Harbor mayor). “Fast-food franchises send a message when you enter a town, and it’s a message I’d rather not send,” she said. “The message I prefer to send is we are a local, rural, very eclectic community that is proud of its heritage. Fast-food franchise restaurants would detract from that.” So how does Homeland Security fit our “very eclectic character?” A government agency with more power than God at the main intersection of our town. Who will want to sit on the park bench on that corner, or any corner, with armed, bulletproof jacketed, jack-booted troopers coming and going? Sometimes they will be escorting handcuffed guests to stay over at the Feds newly remodeled B&B (Bastille & Bilious). Does this send the right message? I am told the town council refuses to get involved, but if they don’t, then who will? Who else has the ability to do anything? What the council should be doing is finding alternate
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ways to help the landlord inspire a prime “anchortenant” for what is one of the most prime commercial real estate locations in town. Ever heard of economic development? Tax credits for the lessee and lessor? And find a better location for Homeland Security. It can be done—get involved—solutions exist. If not you, then who? I wonder if after the Subway debacle Walgreens just skipped us? That corner has always looked liked a Walgreens to me. RIKKI SWIN San Juan Island
Hunger at home; why no outrage?
According to Wikipedia, “San Juan County has the highest per capita income in the state of Washington.” According to Truila, San Juan County has the highest median home value in the state. Is it just me, or does
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anyone else find it ironic that despite these statistics San Juan Island has 1,100 individuals, or about oneseventh of the population, dependent on our local food bank? If 150 people can gather at The Grange to protest Catholic Bishops making health care decisions; and, scores of individuals are agitated about Homeland Security coming to town, why aren’t we outraged that local children, and their parents, are going hungry? Albert Einstein once said, “An empty stomach is not a good political advisor.” Maybe before we take on the Catholic church or the U.S. government, we need to feed our citizens. People in our community have a history of impassioned action when the cause impacts them. Hunger among the working poor on San Juan Island is a serious issue. First, let’s get our heads out of the sand and admit that the situation is serious.
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Then, let’s put those heads together, and work cooperatively to look for a solution. MIKE BUETTELL San Juan Island
$61K raised, give yourself a hand
The San Juan Public School Foundation is pleased to report their annual Phon-a-thon raised approximately $61,000. As always, 100 percent of these funds go directly to the school to support essential curriculum improvements. SJPSF thanks the students, parents, teachers and many other volunteers for calling community members October 2-3, and Market Chef and Food-forThought for providing dinner for the volunteers. We thank our island community for their very generous support of our award-winning schools. NANCY YOUNG SJP Schools Foundation See LETTERS, Page 8
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Wednesday, December 4, 2013 — 7
Guest Column
Co-op should Military might; priorities misplaced sends misguided message by show its cards U.S. building 12 new Trident submarines
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he Journal seconds Chom Greacen’s letter lauding Orcas Power and Light Cooperative’s help in overcoming the recent fiber-optic cable failure. When the chips were literally down, OPALCO, Rock Island and other local businesses responded quickly and effectively. The OPALCO board also deserves applause for approving the next step to bring the county into the 21st century. Although a bare bones resolution, the board clearly directed OPALCO to expand broadband communications capability. But both Greacen (“Co-op should look before giant leap”, below) and The Journal think it’s now time for OPALCO to put some meat on the infrastructure skeleton. The co-op should provide “details of the broadband investment plan and financial analysis,” as Greacen advocates. We hope OPALCO doesn’t just respond again that “we’re going to hire a telecommunications expert” to provide those details. If it does, the “expert” will doubtless take six months to find out where we are now, another six months to engage the community in another round of “community conversations”, and another six months to write a plan. It’s time for OPALCO to devise a game plan and “show us the money” before enthusiasm wanes and the community turns its attention to more mundane pursuits, like trying to make money with infrastructure that lags behind Ephrata in internet speed. Otherwise, instead of joining Moses Lake and Ephrata as modern communities, we’ll join the nearby Gingko Petrified Forest State Park as a place that might be nice to visit, but one where making a living is increasingly difficult.
PUBLIC MEETINGS State Ferries Community Public Forum, Dec. 4, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Legislative Building, 55 Second St. (streamed live at sanjuanco.com). n Friday Harbor Town Council, Dec. 5, noon & 5:30 p.m., Town Council Chamber, 60 Second St. n Island Rec Commission, Dec 5, 5 p.m., Island Rec office, 580 Guard St. n Noxious Weed Control Board, Dec. 9, 9 a.m., Orcas Hotel, Orcas Village. n Human Services Advisory Board, Dec. 10, 11:45 a.m., Orcas Landing, Orcas Island.. n SJI Library Board of Trustees, Dec. 10, 3 p.m., library, 1010 Guard St. n Stormwater Citizens Advisory Committee, Dec. 12, 8:30 a.m., Legislative Building, 55 Second St. n Land Bank Commission, Dec. 13, 8:30 a.m., Mullis Senior Center, 589 Nash St. n Marine Resources Committee, Dec. 18, 8:30 a.m., Legislative Building Hearing Room, 55 Second St. n Agricultural Resources Committee, Dec. 18, 2-4 p.m., SJI Library, Guard St. (streamed to Orcas/Lopez libraries) n
An open letter to U.S. Representatives Rick Larsen and Adam Smith, both of whom serve on the House Armed Services Committee.
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By David C. Hall, MD
entlemen: We Americans have built the strongest military force in history; also history’s most lethal weapons of mass destruction complex, much of it based on Hood Canal, 25 miles from Seattle, so I ask you: What is the face we Americans truly wish to present to the rest of the world? How inhumane and destructive are we Americans willing to be to remain “secure”? Today we project our nuclear weapons capabilities around the globe with our Trident submarine warships, each a first strike weapon, and each armed under current treaty restrictions with sufficient firepower to incinerate hundreds of cities and black out the sun for weeks to months (“nuclear winter”). Iran seeks to build its first nuclear weapon and the political noise in Congress sounds like the EA-18G Growler over Anacortes. Israel with our support has amassed over 80 nuclear warheads, and we are modernizing ours. Congress has already spent over a billion dollars to design the new Trident fleet for Cold War level patrolling of the world’s oceans through 2080, at costs estimated at $347 billion. We managed to avoid the financial cliff created by a fractured Congress that could not agree in 2011 on a solution to outspending our resource base. Japan and China each hold over one trillion dollars of our national debt, yet the Trident fleet can only be justified, if at all, against an adversary like China. Certainly not North Korea, Pakistan or Iran. Russia remains our only serious nuclear adversary and we are cooperating with them and with China. American Cold War policies reflexively supported mili-
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Co-op should look before giant leap
Thank you for Steve Wehrly’s timely report on OPALCO’s latest broadband plan (“Link restored, what next”, Nov. 20, pg. 1). I also appreciate how OPALCO has gone beyond the call of duty to help us through the difficulties caused by CenturyLink’s cable break. OPALCO clearly has a role to play to fill the communication void. The support for OPALCO to expand broadband services in the county is greater than ever. The board has thus decided to accelerate and fund this effort through the use of OPALCO equity and electricity rates. I trust that OPALCO will do a competent job based on financial prudence, transparency and its wish to serve its members. To demonstrate these qualities on this important
decision, I request the following information to be made public to all members. 1. The details of the broadband investment plan and financial analysis. What does the approved $12 million budget include? How will the $72 million long-term cost be paid for? What’s the cost-benefit ratio for the co-op? What are the risks? 2. Cost allocation and affordability. What’s the cost split between electricity and communication network users? What’s the impact on the electricity bills? I heard the electricity rates will increase 18 percent from broadband alone in the next three years – is this true? If so, how will this affect affordability of electricity? 3. More detailed information and meeting minutes in future board packets, especially on items of policy and financial significance to the co-op. The Nov 21 board packet, for example, which led to the decision to speed up broadband, left the “Broadband Deployment Options” page
tary budget requests as a way to spend the Soviet Union into oblivion. For President Gorbachev, another critical piece in backing away from the nuclear arms race was learning about nuclear winter and the devastating effect it would have on all life on Earth. We now have climate models for a possible nuclear war between India Contributed photo and Pakistan which predict a global catastrophe that could kill a billion Dr. David C. Hall people, many of whom already face malnutrition. New data from China double the possible death toll due to declines in China’s winter wheat and the resulting economic chaos. One Trident warship loaded within current treaty restrictions to half its capacity carries 10 times the nuclear firepower of this modeled two-nation war. We don’t need 12 new Trident warships each capable of creating nuclear winter. Support for this omni-cidal weapons system derails us from essential investments in our spiritual, physical, emotional, and economic health as a nation. Our credibility further erodes among those who rightly or wrongly mistrust our dedication to a peaceful planet. Now is the time to stop the rebuild of the first-strike Trident nuclear weapons fleet, and instead to model intolerance for all weapons of mass destruction, expand our investments in diplomacy and foreign assistance, support truly democratic institutions worldwide, and live by treaties we have signed that outlaw weapons of mass destruction for the very reason that they cause indiscriminate calamity for innocents and destroy ecosystems essential to life. We owe it to our grandchildren to act now. The two of you have a special role to play on our behalf. Sincerest thanks for your years of generous public service. — Editor’s note: Dr. David C. Hall of Lopez Island has been a board member of the national Physicians for Social Responsibility (‘91-’03), Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility (‘83’11), and volunteer coordinator with Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action.
blank. OPALCO’s earlier broadband proposal of charging every electricity user $10/ month to underwrite the $35 million investment was abandoned due to insufficient subscriptions to make the venture financially feasible. Now members are not given much information on the new plan, let alone the opportunity to vote with our checkbook, but the price tag has risen to as high as $72 million. As a co-op, we, members, would like to be treated as partners/co-owners, not as passive bill-payers with no voice in decision-making. Thank you. CHOM GREACEN Lopez Island
The generosity of our Friday Harbor community has just sent 225 shoeboxes to be part of this mission. Special thanks goes to the Presbyterian Church and the Mary Martha Circle for being the collection site and coordinating this event, King’s Marine and Cotton, Cotton, Cotton for shoeboxes, and Friday Harbor Freight for years of transporting these gifts to the distribution point in Burlington. Your gifts will bring joy and squeals of excitement to many young children this Christmas. Thank you for your compassionate efforts. MARY RAY/ANN WIESE San Juan Island
Operation Christmas Child hopes to reach 10 million children in over 140 countries this year with shoeboxes filled with much needed gifts.
pouring of community support we had for our annual FANS Carnival on November 16 at the fairgrounds!
Carnival Salute for support ‘Kickin’ to support of ‘shoebox’ gifts thanks What a FAN-tastic out-
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As I See It
Thanks to all for another memorable Thanksgiving Day By Jim & Minnie Knych Special to the Journal
We have much to be thankful for in this community. The Community Thanksgiving Dinner is a way of expressing that gratitude with more than 100-plus volunteers working together with a positive and welcoming attitude that any fine dining restaurant would be proud of. These energetic volunteers prepared and served a traditional Thanksgiving dinner to over 400 diners on Thanksgiving Day. Contributed photo This was one of our most Students help bolster the ranks of successful and smooth Community Dinner volunteers. running Community Thanksgiving Dinners and we are very grateful to all the volunteers who bake pies, cook turkeys, boil potatoes, prepare and serve food and drinks, and wash a ship-load of dishes; both on the day
before and on Thanksgiving Day itself. All of this is possible because of the volunteers who are so plentiful that sometimes you have to elbow your way into the kitchen. The dinner was a great success enjoyed by everyone. Special thanks to Islanders Insurance, which always cheerfully gives a large financial contribution to get us started, and to King’s Market for the contribution of 28 turkeys. Community Treasures and the service clubs: Lions, Rotary, Kiwanis, Soroptimists, American Legion, Sons of the Legion, and American Legion Auxiliary each donate toward the cost of the food and provide many of the volunteers. Market Place helps us with special food orders and a discount on the food purchase. The Leos club and the “S” Club helped with table set up. During the meal, Boy Scouts and the UGS (Unofficial Girl Scouts) came in to help with serving coffee and tea, greeting people and bussing tables. The San Juan Grange donates the use of the building for three days and the Friday Harbor Grange and LLB clubs coordinate the event. There are many more individuals who cheerfully give their time, expertise and energy to this event. The list would
CROSSWORD PUZZLE Across 1. "Check this out!" 5. Hair groomer 9. Ill-gotten gains 14. Type of palm with healthy berries 15. ___ Minor 16. A deadly sin 17. Take up and hold 18. "Schindler's ___" 19. Choice 20. Horserace with obstacles 23. Brat 24. Inadequate 28. Carbonium, e.g. 29. Bean counter, for short 31. Lover of Aeneas 32. Play, in a way 35. Chip dip 37. Calendar abbr. 38. Glow-in-the-dark 41. Basic monetary unit of Romania 42. Broken 43. Handle the food for a party 44. Song and dance, e.g. 46. Cabernet, e.g. 47. Comedian Bill, informally 48. Cut baby incisors 50. Immensely 53. Unruly 57. Eiffel ___ 60. Length x width, for a rectangle 61. Big name in sneakers 62. Contemptuous look 63. ___ Bell 64. Small cave 65. Minor 66. The "E" of
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Islanders enjoy holiday dinner and the company of other islanders at the 2013 Community Thanksgiving Day dinner, at the Grange.
be too long to print if we mention them all. But we are grateful to each one. Each volunteer and each group is an essential piece of the grand Thanksgiving puzzle. It is very satisfying to participate in an event that has voluntary attendance, voluntary contributions, and voluntary effort that brings people together to recognize and give thanks for all we have. This is a labor of love for us and we are already looking forward to the next Community Thanksgiving Dinner.
Letters: Cont. page 7 The board of Families and Neighbors Support Island Rec would like to thank all of the families who attended the carnival—we hope all of you thoroughly enjoyed yourselves. So many islanders helped make this event such a success. The outpouring of volunteerism was phenomenal: more than 35 high school students (from FHHS, Spring Street and home
schoolers and representatives of Dollars for Scholars, Leos and the S-Club); members of Soroptimist International and their free face-painting booth; community members, including Island Rec staff and board of commissioners, who helped in booths and cleaning up; and Angela Sutherland who designed the game booth signs. Then there was the set up and clean up help from See LETTERS, Page 9
Sudoku
B.P.O.E. 67. Cast Down 1. Hail Mary, e.g. 2. George C. ___, actor 3. Eastern wrap 4. Roman emperor, 14-37 A.D. 5. Visit (2 wds) 6. Basket material 7. Catchall abbr. 8. Shellacking 9. Run out, as a subscription 10. Not versed in a specified subject 11. Computergenerated image (acronym)
12. "Losing My Religion" rock group 13. "... ___ he drove out of sight" 21. Punctual 22. Accumulate 25. Colossal 26. Bring out 27. "Message received and understood" 29. Gave a fig 30. Argued 32. Comics sound 33. "So ___!" said defiantly 34. Beat 35. "___ Like It Hot" 36. Buttonhole 39. Sheik's bevy
40. Longitudinal grid lines 45. Public road in a city 47. Chocolate trees 49. ___ Potter 50. Sweater style (2 wds) 51. France's longest river 52. ___ River, flows through Alaska 54. Diminish 55. ___-Altaic languages 56. Badger's burrow 57. Cooking meas. 58. "___ moment" 59. Dewy Answers to today's puzzle on page 14
Fill in the blank cells using numbers 1 to 9. Each number can appear only once in each row, column, and 3x3 block. Use logic and process of elimination to solve the puzzle. The difficulty ranges from 1-5 (easy) 6-10 (moderate) and 11-15 (hard). Today’s puzzle is level 13. Sudoku and Crossword answers on page 14
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Winter sports under way B-ball teams host South Whidbey Saturday, beginning at noon
The Friday Harbor boys basketball team was first out of the gate, hosting Division 2A Burlington-Edison, Tuesday, in their 201314 season opener. Coming off an injury-riddled season a year ago, the Wolverines (7-0 league, 12-10 overall) will be back on the Turnbull Gym hard court Saturday to host South Whidbey
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Left, Marquis Napier battles for the upper hand.
in an annual early season match up between the two Division 1A teams. Tip off is noon. Back in the lineup to lead the Wolverines will be C.J. Woods, a first-team all-league selection a year ago, and Otis Cooper-West, a second-team all league selection in the 2012-13 season. The boys team opens this year's campaign as defending Northwest 1A/2B League champs. They face Bear Creek Dec. 11 in their first game on the road of the season. The Friday Harbor girls basketball team, 4-3 in league play and 12-9 overall a year ago, will open the season on the road against Forest Ridge, Wednesday; tip off is 4:30 p.m. The Lady Wolverines face South Whidbey, Saturday, in their home opener; tip off is 1:30 p.m. in Turnbull Gym. The Friday Harbor wrestling team opens its season on the road, Thursday, at the “Take Down Jamboree”, hosted by Darrington. The Wolverines will be home, Thursday, Dec. 12, to host a four-way match featuring Tacoma Baptist, Chief Leschi and La Conner, in addition to Friday Harbor.
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Obituaries
Susan Marie Ross: 1957-2013 Susan Marie Ross passed away at her home in Friday Harbor on Nov. 9, with her son Nathan at her side. Susan was born in Clinton, Iowa to Melvin and Jeanette Ross on Nov. 4, 1957. She moved to California when she was less than a year old. She grew up in Vacaville, Calif. and graduated from Vacaville High School. A few years later she married her husband, Don, and moved to Oregon and then on to Washington state. She divorced and had her son, Nathan Ross, while living in Olympia. She went back to school and graduated as a doctor's assistant from St. Martin's
College in Olympia. Seventeen years ago she moved to Friday Harbor, setting up her own business managing and cleaning homes on San Juan Island, called Harmony Homes. Susan is the youngest of five sisters. She helped a lot of people here on the island and was president of the American Legion Auxiliary for several years. Susan is survived by her parents, Arnold and Jeanette Fadley, son Nathan Ross, and sisters Michele Delorenzi, Sherry Couey, Janice Ross and Patty Gaylard. She always had a smile and was loved by all. A celebration of life will be held
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Juan Interiors, Western Prince, The Tooth Ferry, and Brandli Law. We have lots of photos to share on our website at www.islandrecfans.org. We look forward to even more FANS fun in 2014. CATHY KROMER FANS, president
Continued from page 8 the Sheriff ’s work crew, costume support from San Juan Community Theatre, publicity help from Friday Harbor Elementary School staff, Tommy and Diana Pieples’ FANS Friendly Café, the Boy Scouts’ cotton candy, Michelle and Isaac Mayer’s sno-cones and cake donations from Kings. The fairground facilities were perfect for the colder weather and the staff there was great to work with. And finally, thank you to the eight business sponsors who helped with expenses: Nate’s Automotive, Island Wools, Roche Harbor, Whidbey Island Bank, San
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Senior Otis Cooper-West, a second team all league selection a year ago, drives to the hoop in an early 2012-13 season game at home against 1A regional rival Coupeville.
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Ptolemy tops in ‘Round the County’ race Annual fall competition draws a field of 90 boats for two-day sailing classic If you have a view of Rosario or Haro Straits you may have noticed a lot of sailboats during the second weekend of November. The Round the County sailboat race, now in its 26th year, is a hugely popular event in the Northwest sailing community. This year’s race attracted almost 90 boats. This year’s race started at Lydia Shoal in Rosario Strait. The fleet proceeded north with a nice breeze that died out before reaching Matia Island. Boats worked very hard to find the little spots of wind to keep moving toward Patos Island, the half way point in Saturday’s racing. On Sunday, they restarted off Mosquito Bay. All the fleet made it down to Iceberg Point on the south end of Lopez, where the wind died again. As the fleet worked north toward the finish off Obstruction Pass, the wind died one more time. The last mile of the race was an extreme challenge, but the numbers of finishers on Sunday were far greater than the previous day. San Juan County was represented by “Tir Na Nog”, with Bill and Kirk Fraser from Shaw Island, Tom and Ian Andrewes of “Madame Pele”, from Lopez Island, “Sabra” with John Miller and crew from San Juan; “Tomahawk” with Karl and Jessica Kruger, “Time Bandit” with Bob and Barb Brunius, “Ptolemy” with Betsy Wareham and Angus
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The time is now to make childcare plans for the upcoming two-week winter break from school. With its “School’s Out Camp”, Island Rec is offering a fun-filled day-camp program for children ages kindergarten through six grade, featuring games, activities, crafts, swimming, bowling, field trips and more. The camp runs Monday through Friday, Dec. 23 to Jan. 3, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with extended optional hours until 5:30 p.m. (Camp is closed Christmas Day and New Year’s Day).
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What’s Happening! Wednesday, Dec. 4 Citizens for the Core public meeting, 7 p.m., Brickworks, 150 Nichols St. Information, action meeting about pending relocation of US Customs facility. Info, grishakriv@gmail.com. Drop-in Badminton & Ping Pong, Turnbull Gym, 7-9 p.m. Ages 16 and up; $2 drop-in fee. Info, 378-4953, www. islandrec.org.
Thursday, Dec. 5 Annual Old Fashion Holiday Celebration, Historical Museum, 405 Price St., 5-8 p.m. Chili, Ivar’s Clam Chowder, hot cider, bonfire, music by Ian Byington, Barbershop Singers. Info, 378-3949, www. sjmuseum.org. “Do It, Imagine’ Poetry by Matt Gano, Brickworks, 150 Nichols St., 5:30 p.m., free. Renowned poet and Seattle “Grand-Slam” champion Matt Gano shares favorite works; Sponsored by Spring Street International School. Info, 378-6393, www.springstreet.org. Indoor Soccer, Fairgrounds Building, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $5 dropin fee. Info, 378-4953, www.islandrec.org. Island Stage Left: ‘Other Desert Cities’, Fairgrounds Marie Boe Building, 7:30 p.m., free admission. Stage Left presents Jon Robin Baitz’ award-winning drama (2012 Pulitzer Prize Finalist). Donations appreciated. Info, schedule, www.islandstageleft.org.
Friday, Dec. 6 ICIZZLE: Dog IDS & Bagman Short Films, library, 2-4 p.m., 1010 Guard St., free. Award See CALENDAR, Page 10
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s residents of San Juan Island, we hear plenty about the multitude of wildlife conservation efforts that are a huge part of life here – from shore-based whale-watching, to the annual Christmas Bird Count, to keeping a safe distance from our 4,000-plus harbor seals. But there are so many people living on the island who work every day to make a difference in the lives of our animals, and that don’t get a lot of attention. Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehabilitation Center is sustained by those very people. Many know of Wolf Hollow, but may not know much about them beyond that they are the place to go if you find an injured animal. In fact, the center cares for about 500 animals every year! Founded in 1983 as a licensed wildlife rehabilitation center, Wolf Hollow began as a vet clinic in Friday Harbor, located where the Best Western is now. Meg Lainson (formerly Jessica Porter) was the veterinarian who established that clinic and helped to found what became Wolf Hollow. In veterinary school she did an internship with wolves and fell in love with the animals, so she named the clinic Wolf Hollow. Interestingly enough, there has never been a single wolf in residence at the center, which spans 40 acres in the middle of the island, about four miles from town. Many believe that the center is government-funded, but that is not the case. Wolf Hollow is a non-profit organization and is licensed to carry out wildlife rehabilitation by the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife, as well as by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The center is funded by donations from individuals, families and businesses, by grants through foundations, and via fundraising events. To date, they have used these various sources of funding to care for more than 200 different species of animals, which recover in any of the center's 40 various custom enclosures. These species include: California sea lions, Northern flying squirrels, bald eagles, Peregrine falcons, barn swallows, western painted turtles, trumpeter swans, and great horned owls, just to name a few. Injured or sick animals are either assessed at the scene by a volunteer or brought to the center by a concerned citizen. Once they arrive at Wolf Hollow, they receive immediate medical care, then are monitored
during recovery. Some may stay for months, others for just a few days. During recovery, an animal’s interaction with center staff is kept to a minimum to ensure the animals are kept wild. This gives them the best possible chance of survival once they are released back into the wild, which is always the goal. Animals receive food, housing and exercise, but that’s the extent of their contact with humans. Shona Aitken is the education coordinator for Wolf Hollow, and Vicki Taylor and Penny Harner are the wildlife rehabilitators. Each works full-time, doing whatever is necessary to facilitate the fastest recovery possible for each animal in their care. I sat down with them to learn more about what they do. Journal: Can you tell me about the most memorable/fascinating animal that you’ve seen? Aitken: Probably a beautiful bird called a Gyrfalcon, an absolutely gorgeous bird - bigger than a peregrine – that came from Skagit County with an injured wing. It is the most regal bird I’ve ever seen. It gave you that look, that “I will allow you to help me” look. It was very calm; just had that look of royalty. Journal: Tell me about a particularly rewarding experience you’ve had with an injured animal. Taylor: I think for the most part, anytime that we’re able to - whether it’s an orphaned or an injured animal - successfully rehabilitate and release it back… that’s kind of the whole point of what we do. Harner: There was a juvenile trumpeter swan a few years ago. She came with a badly infected leg. She still had some issues for a while after being here; needed treatment for sores. This was at the time when they said you can’t rehabilitate and release trumpeter swan juveniles efficiently. The WDFW put a band on her neck, and two years later we found her in the Skagit flats. Aitken: It’s the ones you don’t think are going to make it that give you the most kick! Journal: Why don’t you pick up marine mammals? Aitken: By law, we can’t pick up marine mammals. The Marine Mammal Stranding Network here on the island is licensed through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) to assess whether a marine mammal needs care, but they don’t have the facilities to care for one, so once they determine that it needs care, it comes to us. See COUNTING, Page 12
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Shop local and support San Juan Island Library at Friends of the Library Holiday Book Sale, Saturday, Dec. 14, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the library community room. Specialty books will be priced individually; books listed for general sale will be priced at $1.50 an inch. Jewelry and other gift items from Treasure Cove
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We have to be very careful not to confuse people; they’ll call us with a seal pup and we won’t be able to help initially. Journal: Why don’t you allow the public to tour your facilities? Aitken: That’s because it’s against the law. As a wildlife rehab center we work with permits from WDFS and USFW, and they are very clear that animals undergoing rehab cannot be on display to the public for very good reasons: they’re wild, they have to stay wild;
human contact stresses them out. We want these animals to have the best chance of survival possible and go back into the wild. You compromise that when they get used to people or
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they’re stressed out. Taylor: We try to go against the “Disneyfication” of wildlife. So many people want to come out and see a harbor seal; they don’t understand the difference between a wild animal that’s going to be released and an animal in a zoo. Harner: Think of it as an animal hospital. If you’re in the hospital, do you want people coming by your room and staring at you all day? People usually understand that comparison. Journal: How do you maintain public awareness and keep donations coming? Aitken: We do a lot of educational outreach, going out to parks in the summertime — partly for visitors, but also for people who live here and have folks coming to visit them. Get articles in newspapers, get stuff on our websites… even the 4th of
July parade. Raising funds is a combo of writing grant applications, encouraging individuals to support us, and fundraising events. Journal: Tell us about Artemis and Athena, the two bald eaglets you recently did some fundraising for. Taylor: The first one came from Henry Island; we’d gotten a call that there was an eaglet that had fallen out of the nest. We told them if mom and dad were still coming down and feeding them they’re fine, but that wasn’t the case. We don’t have a boat, so the caller came to Roche Harbor and boated us over to Henry Island and back with a crate. The eaglet wasn’t injured or anything; just not being cared for. Now he is eating and doing really well. Aitken: The second one,
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we presume the female [because there is no way to determine the gender of eagles just by looking at them], was a fledgling that was probably on a practice flight, because it was caught in barbed wire. So we’re raising them both up and getting them fit and then we’re going to release them on the Skagit River during the salmon runs; lots of eagles from this area congregate there, and there isn’t too much aggression because of so many fish available, so it’s great start for young birds. n
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Wolf Hollow accepts donations and maintains a wish list that changes with the season. Its wish list for Fall 2013 can be found on the center website, www. wolfhollowwildlife.org. If you would like to donate anything, call the center or email wolfhollow@wolfhollowwildlife.org. You can help with a monetary donation or by becoming a member yourself, or with your business. Center staff are on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week. If you find an injured animal, call 378-5000. If it is after hours, the answering machine will give you a pager number for the staff person on call that night; leave a contact number where you can be reached.
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Start the holiday season off by joining in a timehonored island tradition. San Juan Historical Museum’s Annual OldFashioned Christmas Celebration, Thursday, Dec. 5, 5-8 p.m., is the historical society’s way of giving thanks to the community for its continuing support. Museum buildings will be decorated in holiday finery and the winter wonderland train set—a delight for children of all ages—will be back on track. This year, the museum will welcome a special guest, Santa Claus, with digital children’s portraits available for $5 from Dustrude Photography, with holiday pricing on additional photo items as well. The celebration features traditional caroling, led by
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Continued from page 11 winning short filmmaker ICIZZLE brings his brand of entertainment back to his home on San Juan Island. Presentation includes films and audience Q & A. Seating limited. Info, www.sjlib.org, www.icizzle.com. lsland Lights Festival, Tree Lighting Ceremony, Memorial Park, 4:30 p.m. Caroling, tree lighting, elementary school choir, ornament making with Island Rec; sponsored by SJI Chamber of Commerce. Info, 378-5240, www.sanjuanisland.org. Holiday Treats & Goodies, 5-8 p.m., Whale Museum, following tree-lighting ceremony. $5 drop-in fee. Info, 378-4953, www.islandrec. org. Island Stage Left: ‘Other Desert Cities’, Fairgrounds Marie Boe Building, 7:30 p.m., free admission. Donations appreciated. Info, schedule, www.islandstageleft.org.
Popular photo workshop on art returns, Saturday
Prompted by the popularity of a similar workshop in September, the San Juan County Arts Council will host another “Photographing Your Art” program, led by local photographer Mark Gardner. The workshop is Saturday, Dec. 7, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Skagit Valley College. The workshop will focus on the use of technology, using an SLR and a pointand-shoot digital camera, as well as technique, such as use of light and background, and file management, such as selecting file size and storing. To request a registration form, contact Arts Council workshop coordinator Debbie Pigman, dpig-
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The Friday Harbor Chapter of The Compassionate Friends will join in the Worldwide Candle Lighting, honoring our island children who have left too soon, in the conference room of Windermere Realty, 50 Spring Street, Sunday, Dec. 8, 7-8 p.m. Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting unites family and friends around the globe in a hourlong, synchronized candlelighting ceremony to honor the memories of the sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, and grandchildren who left too soon. Believed to be the largest mass candle lighting on the globe, the 17th annual Worldwide Candle Lighting, a gift to the
bereavement community from The Compassionate Friends, creates a virtual 24-hour wave of light as it moves from time zone to time zone. There will be time for sharing and all are invited to bring a remembrance of their loved one, a photo, or meaningful memory token. Candles will be provided and refreshments served. Islanders that cannot or prefer not to attend are invited to light candles in their homes to commemorate the event.
Lime Kiln heats up with holiday activities, events
A prize for the ugliest sweater in the room is just one of the many events in store as Friends of Lime Kiln State Park celebrate the holiday season Sunday, Dec. 15, on the grounds of Lime Kiln State Park. The holiday celebration is 1-4 p.m. In addition to a Ugly Sweater Contest, the list of holiday festivities and events includes Top of the Lighthouse Tours, Lighthouse Keeper’s Quarters Open House, Hot Chocolate and S’Mores by the fire, and the popular
Popcorn and Berry Garland Making get together. For information and event schedule, visit Friends of Lime Kiln’s Facebook page, at www.facebook. com/FOLKSSJI.
Holiday Craft & Flea Market, Fairground Main Exhibit Hall, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Unique bargains, holiday gift shopping. Info, 378-4310. Farmers Market Holiday Market, Brickworks Plaza, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. “Barns, Buildings, Bridges”, Art show, library. Open call for revolving library display of art; all media, levels of talent welcome. Bring readyto-hang art, 10 a.m. to noon. Info, 370-5814. Meet Local Artists, Authors, Whale Museum, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Museum Gallery, 62 First St. N. Info, 378-4710, www.whalemuseum.org.
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As the holidays approach, memories come to mind of seasons past. Memories hold us close to those we love. Remembering is a part of healing. With this in mind, we invite you and your family to join us for a special event:
A Candlelight Service of Remembrance Saturday, December 7, 2013 • 2:00 pm Reception Follows
Are you wondering about the boat that you see off Cantilever Point? You may see divers in and out of the water this week. An entire team is here to install a “deep profiler” made at the University of Washington Applied Physics Lab in order to test it this week. Here is a little information about this exciting project that involves an entire team of divers and engineers that are working at the Applied Physics Lab and Oceanography on U.W. Seattle campus. During February 2013, two seafloor cables were installed from the Friday Harbor Lab pump house to the site of a planned seafloor instrument junction box, in a depth of approximately 32 meters (105 feet). These cables are part of a UW/FHL cabled seafloor facility that will allow the installation, testing and operation of a variety of instruments and sensors, and will allow connection of video cameras, lights, acoustic hydrophones, etc.
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“A Night of Stars”: SJCT Annual winter fundraiser, SJ Community Theatre, 5 p.m. Party of the season features gourmet food, live and silent auctions, entertainment, dancing, with master of ceremonies, former SJCT director Merritt Olsen. $100 per person theatre fundraiser. Info, 378-3211, ext. 32, wwwsjctheatre.org. Scooter & Skate Night,
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One of the initial applications for the facility will be the testing of several systems that are being developed by the U.W. as part of the National Science Foundation’s Ocean Observing Initiative Regional Scale Nodes program. The primary systems that will be tested initially are the RSN shallow profiler and deep Contributed photo / UW Labs profiler systems. Billie Swalla The SP uses a submersible winch to move an instrumented platform up and down through the water column. The SP will be mounted on a frame on the seafloor. The DP is a motorized instrumented vehicle that will move up and down along a mooring cable. Both systems will collect chemical, biological, physical, optical and other data profiles and are scheduled for deployment in 2014 on the RSN system off the coast of Oregon in water depths of 600 to 2,900 meters (1,969 to 9,514 feet). Friday Harbor Laboratories is pleased to be part of this project, which is a collaboration between the Labs, Oceanography and Applied Physics Lab on the U.W. Seattle campus.
Teen Open Gym, Turnbull Gym, 6-9 p.m., free. Grades 7-12, court shoes required. Info, 378-4953, www.islandrec.org. Compassionate Friends Candle Lighting Ceremony, 7-8 p.m., Windermere Realty, 50 Spring Street. Synchronized worldwide candle lighting honors children and loved ones who have died before their time. Candles will be lit and placed beside TCF’s commemorative tree, in front of King’s Market. Info, www. compassionatefriends.org.
Monday, Dec. 9 Historical Tour of Odd Fellows Hall, Whale Museum exhibit hall, 62, First St. N, 6 p.m. Presentation, tour led by island historian Robin Jacobson. Info, 378-4710, www.whalemuseum.org. Drop-in Badminton &
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Tuesday, Dec. 10 Adult Basketball, Turnbull Gym, 7-9 p.m. Ages 16 and up; $2 drop-in fee. Info, 3784953, www.islandrec.org. Youth Roller Hockey, Fairgrounds Building, 5:306:30 p.m., ages 5-8; 6:30-7:30 p.m. ages 9-15. Helmets required. $4 drop-in fee, $45 season pass. Info, 378-4953, www.islandrec.org. Adult Roller Hockey, Fairgrounds Building, 7:309 p.m. Ages 16 and up; $6 drop-in fee, $67 season pass. Info, 378-4953, www.islandrec.org.
Wednesday, Dec. 11 The Lost Whale: The True Story of A Whale Named Luna, Whale Museum, 4-7 p.m. Book signing with authors Suzanne and Michael Chisholm, followed by wine & cheese reception at SJ Island Cheese. Info, 378-4710, www.whalemuseum.org. ICIZZLE: Dog IDS & Bagman Short Films, library, 7-9 p.m., free. Filmmaker ICIZZLE brings his brand of entertainment back to his SJI home. Presentation includes Q & A. Info, www.sjlib.org.
Thursday, Dec. 12 After School Arts, library, 3:15-4:15 p.m., free. Glass ornament making workshop for grades K-6; materials, light snack provided. Info, 378-2798, www.sjlib.org.
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TOWN OF FRIDAY HARBOR LEGAL NOTICES PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the Town of Friday Harbor, Washington will hold a meeting in the Town Council Chambers on
Thursday, December 5, 2013 at 12:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. at 60 Second Street, Friday Harbor, WA 98250. The Town Council agenda will be
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MISCELLANEOUS LEGAL NOTICES SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SAN JUAN COUNTY Estate of CLARENCE W. ESTENSON, Deceased. Case No. 13-4-05070-4 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030 The Co-Personal Representatives named below have been appointed as Co-Personal Representatives of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Co-Personal Representatives or the Co-Personal Rep-
resentativesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the Co-Personal Representatives served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probate and nonprobate assets. DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: November 20, 2013 CO-PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES: COLLEEN L. BIGGS and
ARLETTA J. MANSFIELD ATTORNEY FOR CO-PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES: Cyrus W. Field, WSBA #33414 ADDRESS FOR MAILING/ SERVICE: c/o Cyrus W. Field POB 367, Shaw Island, WA 98286/ 640 Mullis St, Suite B217, Friday Harbor, WA 98250 Legal No. J527944 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands. November 20, 27, December 4, 2013.
Fire Dist. #3 Budget Hearing A public hearing to adopt the 2014 budget of San Juan County Fire District #3 will be held at 3 p.m. on Thursday, December 12, 2013 at the fire station at 1011 Mullis St., Friday Harbor, WA 98250. LEGAL NO. J530517 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands. December 4, 11, 2013. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR ISLAND COUNTY In the matter of the estate of: PAULINE STEWART STERN, a/k/a Pauline S. Stern, Pauline Stern, Polly S. Stern and Polly Stern, Deceased. NO. 13-4-00226-6 NOTICE TO CREDITORS
RCW 11.40.030 The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Personal Representative or the Personal Representativeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the Personal Representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(3); or (2) four months after the date of first publica-
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MISCELLANEOUS LEGAL NOTICES tion of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets. Date of first publication: December 4, 2013 Personal Representative: S a mu e l P. Guyton c/o CHRISTON C. SKINNER 791 SE Barrington Drive Oak Harbor, WA 98277 360-679-1240 Attorney for Personal Representative: CHRISTON C. SKINNER 791 SE Barrington Drive Oak Harbor, WA 98277 360-679-1240 LEGAL NO. J530504 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands. December 4, 11, 18, 2013. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE I NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Bishop, White, Marshall & Weibel, P.S. will on December 6, 2013 at 10:00 am in the lobby of the San Juan County Courthouse, 350 Court Street, in the City of Friday Harbor located at San Juan County, State of Washington, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, payable at the time of sale, the following described real property, situated in San Juan County, State of Washington, to-wit; LOT 26, VIEW HAVEN, A PRIVATE SUBDIVISION, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN VOLUME 3 OF PLATS, AT PAGES 45 AND 45A, IN THE OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR OF SAID COUNTY AND STATE. TOGETHER WITH A NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT OVER AND ACROSS THE ROADS AND STREETS AS PLATTED AS A MEANS OF INGRESS AND EGRESS, FOR PRIVATE ROADWAY PURPOSES ONLY AS CREATED, DECLARED AND GRANTED IN THE DEDICATION OF THE PLAT FOR VIEW HAVEN, A PRIVATE SUBDIVISION. SITUATE IN SAN JUAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON. which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated June 19,2008, recorded June 30, 2008, under Auditor’s File No. 2008 0630043 records of San Juan County, Washington, from Bryan M Griffith and Meredith M Griffith, Husband and Wife, as Grantor, to Washington Services, Inc., a Washington Corporation, as Trustee, to secure an obligation in favor of Washington Federal Savings as beneficiary. Washington Federal Savings is now known as Washington Federal. The sale will be made without any warranty concerning the title to, or the condition ofthe property. II No action commenced by the Beneficiary ofthe Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any Court by reason ofthe Grantor’s default on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust. III The default(s) for which this foreclosure is made is/are as follows: i) Failure to pay the following amounts, now in arrears: Amount due to reinstate by August 28, 2013. Delinquent Monthly Payments Due from 2/1/2013 through 8/1/2013: 7 payment(s) at $800.00 Total: $5,600.00 Late Charges: 7 late charge(s) at $40.00 for each monthly payment not made within 15 days of its due date Total Late Charges $280.00 TOTAL DEFAULT $5,580.00 IV The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: $81,686.30, together with interest from January 1, 2013 as provided in the note or other instrument, and such other costs and fees as are due under the note or other instrument
secured, and as are provided by statute. V The above described real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. The sale will be made without warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances on December 6, 2013. The payments, late charges, or other defaults must be cured by November 25, 2013 (11 days before the sale date) to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time on or before November 25, 2013 (11 days before the sale date) the default(s) as set forth in paragraph III, together with any subsequent payments, late charges, or other defaults, is/are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. Payment must be in cash or with cashier’s or certified checks from a State or federally chartered bank. The sale may be terminated any time after November 25, 2013 (11 days before the sale date), and before the sale by the Borrower, Grantor, any Guarantor, or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms ofthe obligation and/or Deed ofTrust, and curing all other defaults. VI A written notice of default was transmitted by the beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following addressees): Bryan M Griffith 322 View Haven Rd Eastsound, WA 98245 Meredith M Griffith 322 View Haven Rd Eastsound, WA 98245 Bryan M Griffith POBOX 2038 Eastsound, WA 98245 Meredith M Griffith PO BOX 2038 Eastsound, WA 98245 Bryan M Griffith 322 View Haven Eastsound, WA 98245 Meredith M Griffith 322 View Haven Eastsound, WA 98245 by both first class and certified mail on May 2, 2013, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and the Borrower and Grantor were personally served on May 3, 2013, with said written notice of default or the written notice of default was posted in a conspicuous place on the real property described in paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII The Trustee whose name and address are set forth will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement ofall costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the abovedescribed property. IX Anyone having any objections to this sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s sale. X NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS The purchaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the deed of trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the deed of trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by sum-
mary proceedings under Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. If the Trustee’s Sale is set aside for any reason, the submitted bid will be forthwith returned without interest and the bidder will have no right to purchase the property. Recovery of the bid amount without interest constitutes the limit of the bidder’s recourse against the Trustee and/or the Beneficiary. XI NOTICE TO ALL PERSONS AND PARTIES WHO ARE GUARANTORS OF THE OBLIGATIONS SECURED BY THIS DEED OF TRUST: (I) The Guarantor may be liable for a deficiency judgment to the extent the sale price obtained at the Trustee’s Sale is less than the debt secured by the Deed of Trust; (2) The Guarantor has the same rights to reinstate the debt, cure the default, or repay the debt as is given to the grantor in order to avoid the trustee’s sale; (3) The Guarantor will have no right to redeem the property after the Trustee’s Sale; (4) Subject to such longer periods as are provided in the Washington Deed of Trust Act, Chapter 61.24 RCW, any action brought to enforce a guaranty must be commenced within one year after the Trustee’s Sale, or the last Trustee’s Sale under any deed of trust granted to secure the same debt; and (5) In any action for a deficiency, the Guarantor will have the right to establish the fair value of the property as of the date of the Trustee’s Sale, less prior liens and encumbrances, and to limit its liability for a deficiency to the difference between the debt and the greater of such fair value or the sale price paid at the Trustee’s Sale plus interest and costs. DATE: August 28, 2013. BISHOP, WHITE, MARSHALL & WEIBEL, P.S., Successor Trustee by: /s/ William L. Bishop, Jr. 720 Olive Way, Suite 1201 Seattle, WA 98101 (206) 622-7527 State of Wash ington ss. County of King On this 28th day of August, 2013, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the State of Washington, duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared William L. Bishop, Jr., to me known to be an Officer of Bishop, White, Marshall & Weibel, P.S., the corporation that executed the foregoing instrument and acknowledged the said instrument to be the free and voluntary act and deed of said corporation, for the uses and purposes therein mentioned, and on oath states that they are authorized to execute the said instrument. WITNESS my hand and official seal hereto affixed the day and year first above written. /s/ Emily Gronvold Name: Emily Gronvold NOTARY PUBLIC in and for the State of Washington at King County My Appt. Exp: 7/20/2016 LEGAL NO. J526423 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands. November 13, December 4, 2013. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Pursuant to the Revised Code of Washington 61.24, et seq. TS No.: WA-13-547798-SH APN No.: 271154012000 Title Order No.: 130069745-WA-MSO Grantor(s): LESLE EASTMAN, EDWARD EASTMAN Grantee(s): MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR NATIONPOINT, A DIV. OF FFFC, AN OP. SUB. OF MLBandT CO., FSB Deed of Trust Instrument/Reference No.: 2007 0614023 I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington, the undersigned Trustee, will on 12/13/2013, at 10:00 AM In the lobby of the San Juan County Courthouse, 350 Court Street, Friday Harbor, WA 98250 sell at public auction to the
highest and best bidder, payable in the form of credit bid or cash bid in the form of cashier’s check or certified checks from federally or State chartered banks, at the time of sale the following described real property, situated in the County of SAN JUAN, State of Washington, to-wit: LOT 12, LOS ARBOLES DE OREAS, A PRIVATE SUBDIVISION, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN VOLUME 4 OF PLATS, AT PAGE 5, IN THE OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR OF SAN JUAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON. THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEING KNOWN AS 31 TERRI LANE, EASTSOUND, WA 98245. More commonly known as: 31 TERRI LN, EASTSOUND, WA 98245 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 5/15/2007, recorded 6/14/2007, under 2007 0614023 records of SAN JUAN County, Washington, from LESLE C EASTMAN AND EDWARD A EASTMAN, WIFE AND HUSBAND, as Grantor(s), to ROCKWOOD TITLE and SETTLEMENT GROUP, as Trustee, to secure an obligation in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR NATIONPOINT, A DIV. OF FFFC, AN OP. SUB. OF MLBandT CO., FSB, as Beneficiary, the beneficial interest in which was assigned by MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR NATIONPOINT, A DIV. OF FFFC, AN OP. SUB. OF MLBandT CO., FSB (or by its successors-in-interest and/or assigns, if any), to U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS SUCCESSOR TO LASALLE BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE MERRILL LYNCH FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-4. II. No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any Court by reason of the Borrower’s or Grantor’s default on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust/Mortgage. III. The default(s) for which this foreclosure is made is/are as follows: Failure to pay when due the following amounts which are now in arrears: $50,082.52 IV. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: The principal sum of $333,542.24, together with interest as provided in the Note from the 1/1/2012, and such other costs and fees as are provided by statute. V. The above-described real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. Said sale will be made without warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances on 12/13/2013. The defaults referred to in Paragraph III must be cured by 12/2/2013 (11 days before the sale date) to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time before 12/2/2013 (11 days before the sale) the default as set forth in Paragraph III is cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. Payment must be in cash or with cashiers or certified checks from a State or federally chartered bank. The sale may be terminated any time after the 12/2/2013 (11 days before the sale date) and before the sale, by the Borrower or Grantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance by paying the principal and interest, plus costs, fees and advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust, and curing all other defaults. VI. A written Notice of Default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): NAME LESLE C EASTMAN AND EDWARD A EASTMAN, WIFE AND HUSBAND ADDRESS 31 TERRI LN, EASTSOUND, WA 98245 by both first class and certified mail, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and the Borrower and Gran-
tor were personally served, if applicable, with said written Notice of Default or the written Notice of Default was posted in a conspicuous place on the real property described in Paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. These requirements were completed as of 5/7/2013. VII. The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above-described property. IX. Anyone having any objections to this sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s sale. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS - The purchaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the deed of trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the deed of trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings under Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. THIS NOTICE IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE OF YOUR HOME. You have only 20 DAYS from the recording date of this notice to pursue mediation. DO NOT DELAY. CONTACT A HOUSING COUNSELOR OR AN ATTORNEY LICENSED IN WASHINGTON NOW to assess your situation and refer you to mediation if you are eligible and it may help you save your home. See below for safe sources of help. SEEKING ASSISTANCE Housing counselors and legal assistance may be available at little or no cost to you. If you would like assistance in determining your rights and opportunities to keep your house, you may contact the following: The statewide foreclosure hotline for assistance and referral to housing counselors recommended by the Housing Finance Commission: Toll-free: 1-877-894-HOME (1-877-894-4663) or Web site: http://www.dfi.wa.gov/consumers/hom e o w n e r ship/post_purchase_counselors_foreclosure.htm. The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development: Toll-free: 1-800-569-4287 or National Web Site: http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD or for Local counseling agencies in Washington: http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/hcc/fc/index.cfm?webListAction=searchandamp;searchstate=WAandamp;filterSvc=dfc The statewide civil legal aid hotline for assistance and referrals to other housing counselors and attorneys: Telephone: 1-800-606-4819 or Web site: http://nwjustice.org/what-clear. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. THIS OFFICE IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. As required by law, you are hereby noti-
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MISCELLANEOUS LEGAL NOTICES fied that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. Dated: AUG. 13, 2013 Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington, as Trustee By: Tricia Moreno, Assistant Secretary Trusteeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mailing Address: Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington C/O Quality Loan Service Corp. 2141 Fifth Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101 (866) 645-7711 Trusteeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Physical Address: Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington 19735 10th Avenue NE, Suite N-200 Poulsbo, WA 98370 (866) 645-7711 Sale Line: 714-730-2727 Or Login to: http://wa.qualityloan.com TS No.: WA-13-547798-SH A-4407549 11/13/2013, 12/04/2013 LEGAL NO. J524598 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands. November 13, December 4, 2013. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SAN JUAN COUNTY In the Matter of the Estate: IAN K. GATLEY, Deceased Probate No. 13 4 05068 2 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030 The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Personal Representative or the Personal Representativeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attorneys of record at the address stated below, a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the Court. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty (30) days after the Personal Representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided
under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four (4) months after the date of first publication of the Notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and RCW 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the probate assets and nonprobate assets of the decedent. DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: November 27, 2013. Bruce John Gatley, Personal Representative c/o Law Offices of William J. Weissinger 425-B Caines Street Friday Harbor, WA 98250 Attorney for Personal Representative William J. Weissinger WSBA #19332 425-B Caines Street Friday Harbor, WA 98250 13-0907\NOT-CRED Legal No. J529145 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands. November 27, December 4, 11, 2013.
Thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probate and nonprobate assets. Date of First Publication: D e c e m b e r 4, 2013 /s/Patricia L. Sangster Patricia L. Sangster, Personal Representative c/o Kurt H. Olson 1524 Alaskan Way Suite 200 Seattle, WA 98101 Attorney for Estate Kurt H. Olson Fahlman Olson & Little, PLLC 1524 Alaskan Way, Suite 200 Seattle, WA 98101-1514 LEGAL NO. J530484 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands. December 4, 11, 18, 2013.
SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR KING COUNTY Estate of JOHN M. SANGSTER, Deceased. NO. 13-4-12007-8 SEA PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030 The personal representative named below has been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal representativeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1)
SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SAN JUAN COUNTY In the Matter of the Estate of: SHARRON LEE CRINEAN, Deceased. NO. 13-4-05071-2 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS (Pursuant to RCW 11.40.030) The personal representative named below has been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal representativeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the pro-
bate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probate and nonprobate assets. DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: November 27, 2013. CARLA J. HIGGINSON PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Attorney for Personal Representative: Carla J. Higginson HIGGINSON BEYER 175 Second Street North Friday Harbor, Washington 98250 (360) 378-2185 Notices should be mailed or served on the above-listed attorney. Legal No. J529178 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands. November 27, December 4, 11, 2013. SUPERIOR / DISTRICT COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SAN JUAN COUNTY BRUCE COFFEY and MARTHA M. COFFEY, Husband and Wife; JON DEVAAN and STEPHANIE DEVAAN, Husband and Wife; E. ANN GRAVES, a single woman; LINDEN RHOADS, a single woman; SUSAN M. SINGLETON and CHARLES A. SHEWMAN, Husband and Wife, Plaintiffs, vs. JOAN W. ROBERTSON LAMB, a single woman, individually and as trustee of THE J.R.L AND J.E.L. REVOCABLE TRUST, Defendants. NO. 13-2-05202-5 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
The State of Washington to the said JOAN W. ROBERTSON LAMB, a single woman, individually and as trustee of THE J.R.L. AND J.E.L. REVOCABLE TRUST: You are hereby summoned to appear within sixty days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to wit, within sixty days after the 20th of November, 2013, and defend the above entitled action in the above entitled court and answer the complaint of the plaintiffs, BRUCE COFFEY and MARTHA M. COFFEY, Husband and Wife; JON DEVAAN and STEPHANIE DEVAAN, Husband and Wife; E. ANN GRAVES, a single woman; LINDEN RHOADS, a single woman; SUSAN M. SINGLETON and CHARLES A. SHEWMAN, Husband and Wife, and serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned attorneys for plaintiffs, at their office below stated; and in case of your failure so to do, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand of the complaint, which has been filed with the clerk of said court. The complaint seeks a declaration of the respective rights of the parties to use Grindstone Harbor Road on Orcas Island and to restrict your further interference with that road. DATED THIS 12th day of November, 2013. HIGGINSON BEYER /s/ Carla J Higginson Carla J. Higginson WSBA# 10653 Attorney for Plaintiffs 175 Second Street North Friday Harbor, WA 98250 (360) 378-2185 Legal No. J527855 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands. November 20, 27, December 4, 11, 18, 25, 2013.
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