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Clear-cutting prompts ‘stop work’ order on SJ

End of an era

by STEVE WEHRLY Journal Reporter

Soccer coach Chama Anderson, who helped bring Orcas a state championship title, has stepped down The following was submitted by students Amy Albright, Tommy Allgaier, Cyrus Amour, Cameron Aragon, Ryan Flint, Danny Hodges, Nick Hodges, Emily Toombs and teacher Edee Kulper from the Orcas Christian School. Many of you know Chama Anderson. For those of you who don’t, we’ve calculated that she has touched the lives of at least 10 percent of us here on Orcas as a girls soccer coach – but she is no ordinary coach. “I was born into a team,” says Anderson, who is retiring from the team after founding it seven years ago. One of seven children, she lived in Chicago until age four, and then in Indiana up through college. As a child in a family of nine, with parents doing their best to raise a big family, she and her siblings’ purpose in “the team” was to help each other out, especially their younger sister with cerebral palsy. Anderson’s family loved sports. They moved to a certain part of Indiana specifically for the Olympic-size pool there. She grew up swimming on teams with her family and says that, “by the end of the summer my hair was almost blond from the chlorine – my fingers and my feet were rubbed raw from the bottom of the pool.” In high school, she played basketball and soccer. She also played college soccer at Indiana University. Directly out of university, Anderson moved to Portland and then Orcas to be a nanny and a farmer. Later in Seattle, while playing soccer in a Division 1 Washington State League, she became a coach for the first time for a parks and recreation team of seven- and eight-year-olds. She was intrigued by meditation and also trained to be a massage therapist. She worked what she knew of meditation into her coaching style. “My meditation teachers have also worked doing mental fitness with the Green Berets and Olympic athletes,” she said. “So watching them do that and hearing their stories about that, then I thought, ‘Oh, let me try it with seven- and eight-year-olds.’ Before practice started I would have them close their eyes, put their hands on their hearts, and just breathe for 30 seconds. And

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The Orcas Vikings soccer team hoists its trophy after winning the state championship title in 2009.

before each drill I’d have them close their eyes, visualize what they were going to do, and when they were ready, they would go do the drill. We did a lot of coming back to their heart and breathing.” Anderson specifically remembers a rambunctious boy who always seemed busy while the other kids were doing the breathing exercises. But to her surprise, one day at a game while all the other kids were running around at halftime, she noticed he was sitting quietly with his hand on his heart. “It was so beautiful to see him utilize this at that moment,” Anderson said. “For what-

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An emergency order to “immediately stop all clearing and grading activity” was posted Dec. 17 by the San Juan County Code Enforcement Officer at the False Bay property purchased earlier this year by Dave and Nancy Honeywell. The 40-acre property was formerly the Mar Vista Resort, one of the larger contiguous waterfront properties on Haro Strait on the west side of San Juan Island. The Honeywells, winners of a nine-figure Powerball jackpot in February of this year, purchased the property in early spring. According to an April 15 residential pre-application, the Honeywells intend to build a new home and rehabilitate and remodel some of the former resort cabins and caretaker house. Some former cabins would be removed and parcel boundaries would have to be changed to conform to current land use code requirements, according to the application. The site visit was conducted in June by Annie Matsumoto-Grah of the Community Development and Planning Department, which prepared a three-page report dated July 1. That report discussed two environmentally sensitive areas on the three parcels comprising the former resort, laying out for the Honeywells various environmental and development restrictions that must be met, including required plans and permits. Because “[t]he shoreline and waters offshore of the parcel contains protected marine habitat areas,” the report asserts that “a full storm water management plan must be submitted” and “[r] emoval of trees within the shoreline jurisdiction area can be done only with a CD&P-approved tree removal plan.” Neither the stormwater management plan nor the tree-removal plan were apparently provided to the county and the state, nor could any other permit applications or documents be located in a search of county databases by the

Journal and Sounder. The emergency order specifies four possible code violations: clearing and grading within the shoreline area without benefit of permits; converting land to a non-forestry use without benefit of an “approved Class IV General Forest Practice Permit that has received SEPA review”; failing to manage shoreline activity to minimize adverse impact to surrounding land and water uses; and "[c] onducting land-disturbing activity greater than one acre without benefit of an NPDES permit" issued by the state Department of Ecology. Local arborist Casey Baisch said that the Honeywells consulted him this fall and that he agreed to “limb and trim some fir trees” and clean up bushes and other scrub growth — “nothing that would require a permit.” Baisch said he was shocked to return to the property after a few weeks to find that “more than a few willows, alders and other trees” had been removed. Stephanie Buffum, executive director of Friends of the San Juans, was irate when she saw photographs of the area. She

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Trailblazers help out island kids Lorraine Feather The local horse 4-H group Orcas Island Trailblazers filled 109 stockings with goodies for the children of families who received food bank donations. The 4-Hers got together on Dec. 15 at Camp Orkila to work on the stockings. This project has been provided for more than 10 years and the number of stocking requests have increased every year. The girls love participation in this community service project, and they do everything including getting all the goodies organized to actually filling the stockings. This project will help the club as part of their community service project requirement. The trailblazers received help from many community clubs and individuals including Dr. Brenda Ivans, Dr. Steve Bailey, Mary Minnis, Kiwanis and the Orcas Island Lions.

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At left, the Trailblazers Horse Club. L-R, back row: Jackquie Figueroria, Nisha Tomsen, Emma Minnis, Daria Stankevich, Molina Stone, Hannah Brunner Gaydos, Katy Minnis and Dana Sabine. Front row: Miette Tomsen, Emma Freedman, Margot Van Gelder, Ame Exton and Avigayil Klein.

Benefit movie showing The Orcas Angels are teaming with the Trailblazers for a special benefit showing of the movie “How to Train Your

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Dragon.” All proceeds go to support a 4-H member with her horse project and to the Orcas Angels. The movie begins at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 18 at the SeaView Theater. The cost is $15 and includes a soda and popcorn.

“We are hoping to sell 200 tickets and are encouraging folks to help out by purchasing a ticket and sponsoring a local island child and parent who would not be able to attend,” say organizers. “In the stockings we filled for the food bank, we added 62 movie tickets to various families. A very special thank you to Bob and Phyllis Henigson who sponsored 36 of those tickets.”

up for a Grammy

Lorraine Feather, a lyricist and jazz singer who lives on Orcas, has just received a Grammy nomination “Best Jazz Vocal Album” for her album “Attachments.” The record, released in August 2013, consists of collaborations with Feather’s three longtime cowriters: Shelly Berg, Russell Ferrante and Eddie Arkin. One additional song is an adaptation of a movie theme by Dave Grusin (“Memphis Stomp,” from “The Firm”), with whom Feather began working in 2012; another is a Grusin arrangement of Bach’s “Air on the G String” with Feather’s added lyrics. “Attachments” also includes a lyricized version of Joey Calderazzo’s “La Valse Kendall,” from Calderazzo’s album with Branford Marsalis, “Songs of Mirth and Melancholy.”

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Lorraine Feather.

Feather has released nine albums in the last dozen years. Her last three solo albums have focused heavily on songs written with living jazz composers and were all Grammynominated. In 2013, Feather also released “Fourteen,” under the duo name Nouveau Stride, with young St. Louis stride piano phenomenon Stephanie Trick.

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Dalton is celebrity chef at school San Juan County crime briefs Charles Dalton with (left to right) Millie Kau, Phaedra Osborn and Alyssa Johns deciding on the amount of masa for each tamale.

In preparation for Charles Dalton’s day as Celebrity Chef at the public school on Jan. 15, the seventh and eighth grade Culinary Arts Class all pitched in to help make hundreds of fresh chicken tamales – more than twice the amount Dalton thought they could make in the two hours allotted. Under the watchful eye and leadership of Dalton, they learned how to soften the corn husks, prepare the masa and chicken and fill and wrap the tamales. When done, the students got to sample their work.

Several asked how much Dalton was being paid for coming to the school to do this. When told by Paula Towne, who was leading the class, that he didn’t get any money but just did it as a gift to the school and community, they were very surprised. This will be the fourth time he has been a Celebrity Chef at the school and worked with students teaching them how to make what he would be serving. He was the school’s very first one back in November of 2009. Last year, Dalton taught Mandy Randolph’s K-6

Farm to Classroom kids how to make sushi. A week after that visit when he was their chef at lunch, he broke the record for the number of lunches served at 325. That record was recently broken by Madden Surbaugh of the New Leaf Cafe, so Dalton is hoping to get back on top by beating the record of 352. In anticipation of many diners coming to lunch on Jan. 15, the school is preparing for a crowd. Community members who do not have kids in the school are asked to come between noon and 1 p.m. when most of the kids have been served and are on their way back to class. It will be quieter and roomier and there will be plenty of food. The menu will be, of course, the tamales, black bean chili with salsa and sour cream and Dalton’s special chocolate pudding. The cost is still just $5 for adults, which includes a trip to the salad bar and a beverage.

Man arrested for alleged home invasion in Rosario A 25-year-old Orcas Island man remains in custody following an alleged home invasion in which he reportedly broke into a home in the Rosario area late on Sunday, Dec. 22, demanding money and threatening the people living there with an assault rifle. Although he wore a mask at the time, the man reportedly was recognized and fled the home when those living there identified him and called him out by name, according to local authorities. No shots were fired or injuries reported. The man allegedly forced his way into the home at about 10:20 p.m. Sheriff ’s deputies were unable to locate the suspect on the night of the break-in, but the alleged would-be armed robber turned himself in at San Juan County Sheriff ’s headquarters in Eastsound Monday morning. He was taken into custody without incident and faces felony charges of firstdegree burglary with a firearm, first-degree

attempted robbery, first-degree assault with a firearm, and malicious mischief, a misdemeanor. Bail was set at $10,000 following a preliminary court hearing Tuesday, and the case remains under investigation, Sheriff Rob Nou said.

‘Suspicious’ item found outside of Customs office in Friday Harbor A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer discovered a suspicious item outside their office at the Port of Friday Harbor on Sunday, Dec. 22 around 8 a.m. The Sheriff ’s Office and the Washington State Patrol Bomb Squad were notified. The area around the Customs office was evacuated and isolated until the bomb technicians arrived and were able to “render safe” the item, which contained an assortment of electronic parts and wires. No explosives were found.

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Allen sells Allan Island by STEVE WEHRLY Journal reporter

Billionaire Paul Allen sold Allan Island to space travel entrepreneur Eric C. Anderson for $8 million, less than one-third of the original $25 million asking price. The 292-acre island, located west of Anacortes between Skyline Marina on Fidalgo Island and Lopez Island, was originally purchased in 1992 by the Microsoft co-founder, but the original idea to build a vacation home was abandoned after Allen bought and constructed a vacation home on the larger Sperry Peninsula on the east side of Lopez Island. Wally Gudgell, the Orcas Island realtor and private island specialist who listed Allan Island in 2005 for $25 million, said that the recession has taken a significant toll on the value of private islands. In 2009, the asking price was reduced to $13.5 million. AI Project LLC, the holding company set up to complete the transaction for Anderson and a group

of private investors, closed the deal a few days before Christmas for $8 million. Although the island reportedly has 44 tax lots, Gudgell said he believed the investment group is planning only a dozen vacation residences on the island for the ownership group. The island is reachable only by boat or airplane; an airstrip is located in the center of the island. Eric Anderson, born in Colorado and a 1992 graduate of Columbine High

School in Littleton, Colo., according to Wikipedia, has a computer science and aerospace engineering degree from the University of Virginia. He was a cofounder of the first spaceflight tourism company, Space Adventures Ltd., and is the chairman of Planetary Power, Inc. and co-chairman of Planetary Resources, a company which is reportedly developing and deploying technologies for asteroid mining. Anderson lives in Bellevue.

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Tom Averna of Deer Harbor Charters saw a group of transient orca whales, the T-49’s, all the way in Westsound off Skull Island on Sunday, Dec. 22. They spent a little time there and then headed back out very slowly. “It was one of the most peaceful serene encounters I’ve had in a long time,” Averna said.

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Editorial

Hopes and dreams for the new year

very year, we ask our readers to tell us what they hope for in the new year. For some, it’s about fitness and health. For others, it’s about finding balance in our daily lives. Here is a sampling of what islanders are planning to accomplish in 2014. • To treat all of humanity as family. • To participate in a fitness competition. • To finally experience the one thing in my life that’s eluded me and that I’ve never enjoyed: sincerely, truly being in love! You know, the knee wobbling, eyes twitching, can’t wait to wake up next to you kind of feeling. • I resolve to say “yes” to learning new things and “no” to things that keep me from learning new things. • To slow down, be present in each moment, and trim away all that is unnecessary or doesn’t bring me joy. • To care more about what I think of others – not what they think of me. • To become the healthiest version of me possible, and to wrap the beautiful Orcas outdoors into my workout routine. • To write and paint more and submit more poetry to publications. • I am calling mine a revolution. I don’t like resolution because they get broken! Mine will be to create more artwork for me so it can feed my creative soul. • To make bigger gains in the gym; to be nicer; to make more money; to travel more often. • To quit smoking – forever. I want to quit and never light up again for the rest of my life.

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THURSDAY, JAN. 9

• Eastsound Planning Review Committee, 3 p.m., Eastsound Fire Station.

• Orcas Island Park and Recreation District, 4 to 6 p.m., Eastsound Fire Station. • Port of Orcas Commissioners, 6 p.m., Airport conference room.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 8 • Deer Harbor Plan Review

Committee, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., DH Community Center.

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To the Editor: Grateful for all of the island love My heart was busted apart once again. I opened my eyes. I opened my arms and YOU ... my beautiful, powerful, soulful Orcas friends ... filled them with love. I have been enveloped by your soothing, grounding embraces. I stand strong. I stand present. I stand sober in honor for me and my kids. You’ve brought me peace into my moments of chaos. I am humbled by your gentle love. Margi Miles Joshua Enoch Wright’s Momma

help and provide for each other. Thank you again for creating and donating so much for others here on Orcas. May your new year be blessed and full of joy, as you have brought joy and warmth to others! Beautiful Hands crafting group is honored to be a part of the generous Orcas Island community, and to work with you on this project for our children. Anna Vedder Orcas Christian School instructor

Thank you for keeping Orcas kids warm

Correction

A note of gratitude to all those in the Orcas Community who generously helped with Caps for Kids this year. Just under 100 items were donated to help the children of our area keep warm through whatever weather. As a community we can

The caption in the Dec. 18 story “Frustrations aired over telecom outage” incorrectly identified Jeff Morris as an electrician. He is a plumber and also a commercial diver and boat captain.

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Almanac TEMPERATURES, RAINFALL SAN JUAN High Low Precip Dec. 20 38 32 .26 Dec. 21 41 37 .06 Dec. 22 46 40 .35 Dec. 23 51 39 .05 Dec. 24 44 36 — Dec. 25 42 37 — Dec. 26 47 37 .01 Precipitation in December: .92” Precipitation in 2013: 17.24” Reported by Weather Underground Roche Harbor Water Systems

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Local history project launched Obituary Courtesy UW Special Collections

Pictured at left: Purse seiners in Richardson, Lopez Island, circa 1914. Read an excerpt from an essay about the town of Richardson below.

Could any time be better than the dark days and long nights of winter to fire up the computer and curl up with an intriguing online article? Probably not. And if local history is your thing, boy, are you in luck. If not, you really ought to consider taking an extended cruise through the free online encyclopedia of Washington state history, HistoryLink.org. You might get hooked. There you’ll find a treasure trove of articles about Washington history and a growing list of stories about the history of the San Juan Islands as well. The HistoryLink website is used daily by more than 5,000 students, teachers, journalists, scholars, government and business researchers, and tourists, as well as the general public. It recently added four stories written by island authors under the umbrella of the local “Writing Our History Project,” a countywide collaborative writing project launched in May. Town of Friday Harbor Preservation Coordinator Sandy Strehlou, co-founder of the project along with Liz Illg, said the goal of the writing project is to develop well-researched and welldocumented articles about local history, add to the historical record and expand on some of the lesser known but equally important island episodes, events

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and personalities. By partnering with HistoryLink, Strehlou said, the local project can piggyback on the non-profit’s online presence and its editorial expertise, and present the stories of island history to an extremely wide audience. HistoryLink subscribers receive a weekly newsletter highlighting recent additions and events from “this day in history.” Subscriptions are free. Strehlou said fundraising ideas are in the works to help finance the Writing Our History partnership with HistoryLink, and that more essays on island history are expected soon, such as the history of Friday Harbor’s waterfront, American Camp, the Land Bank, the lime kilns of Ocean (Orcas Island), notable doctors and providers of health services on San Juan Island, to name only a few. Below is an excerpt from the recent contributions to HistoryLink.

A town called Richardson The rise and decline of the town of Richardson on Lopez Island is told by Kathi Ciskowski and Woody Ciskowski of Orcas Island in their HistoryLink Timeline essay, “George Richardson receives land patent for his property at the south end of Lopez

Island on November 25, 1879.” Richardson was blessed with a deep-water harbor. The town played an important role in shipping lucrative island produce to mainland markets. This was before governmentsponsored irrigation projects increased agricultural production in eastern Washington, and before new railroad lines provided fast, inexpensive transport of goods from eastern Washington farms to cities nation-wide. The same public works projects that enabled other areas to prosper made San Juan Islands’ produce inconvenient and uncompetitive. The Ciskowskis’ essay reveals much about farming, trade, and the lives of islanders living in those days, including this description from the Fagerholm family. The abundance of fish and fruit in those years is illustrated by a quotations from an article by descendants of Lopez settler Philip Fagerholm (1867-1954): “Philip raised beautiful strawberries he would take by rowboat to Richardson from Huggins Bay. He worried that the sockeye would jump into the board and ruin his strawberries!” For more information about the Writing our History project, including research and writing opportunities for other essay topics, contact Sandy Strehlou by email at sstrehlou@fridayharbor.org or by phone at 378-2810.

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David A. Fox aka “Papa Fox” 1944-2013 David Alan Fox was born May 17, 1944 in Littleton, New Hampshire. He was the younger of two sons born to Fred E. Fox and Gladys Lucille Boll Fox. David started school in Andover, New Hampshire in a two-room schoolhouse with six grades, three in each room. The family moved to the West Coast when David was in the 6th grade: first to Bremerton then to Ephrata. He graduated from Ephrata High School then attended Rocky Mountain College in Billings, Montana. After graduating from there, David completed a two-year course in Photography at Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, Calif. He met his wife, Mary Willis Fox in Seattle and they married on Orcas Island on April 12, 1975. They camped out first in a tent, then a small

cabin while restoring the Old Homestead house and property. Sheep, goats, chickens and gardening kept them busy in the first few years, meanwhile mixing in work as well. Things changed in 1982 when they went to Bogota, Columbia and returned with their son, Dustin. Tee Ball, football, soccer, basketball, and endless other activities were added to the routine as they raised their son to manhood.

Mary preceded David in death in December 2002. He and Dustin continued to live on the property and worked as a maintenance man for Orcas School District until he retired in 2006. David was skilled in a variety of crafts having worked as a carpenter and electrician along with his maintenance position. He is survived by his son, Dustin at home; brother, Jim Fox; nephew Kenneth Fox; and niece, Elizabeth Day of Seattle. Also brother-in-law, John Willis; sisters-in-law, Elizabeth Marcum, Judy Slater and Dorothy Lundquist; and friend, Marshall Bliss on the family farm. Another chapter has come to an end on the Woodside Farm and we cherish the memories we shared. Rest in peace “Papa Fox.” A graveside service was held at Olga Doe Bay Cemetery in Olga. Arrangements are in the care of Evans Funeral Chapel and Crematory, Inc. and the San Juan Islands. To share memories of David, please sign the online guest register at www.evanschapel.com.

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CLEAR-CUT FROM 1 believed the photographs showed that dozens of trees had been removed and areas of native flowers and other vegetation removed. “This will take decades to repair,” Buffum said. “It’s a great example of property owner irresponsibility. You do it right or you don’t it right, and Friends will make sure they do it right.” Baisch said he had been interviewed by code enforcement and told them that the few fir trees he had trimmed were still standing and that he did not know who had done the tree cutting. He said he believed that areas with Golden Indian Paintbrush, which are dormant this time of year, had not been disturbed and that the Honeywells were intent on “disturbing native vegetation” as little as possible. Bob Fritzen of the Department of Ecology e-mailed a report of his agency’s response: “We recently sent a warning letter to the responsible

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An image of the land before (above) and after the alleged clear-cutting (right). Bottom right: From point to elbow, an area along the waterfront appears blond and bare after trees and vegetation were removed, reportedly without a permit. party for violating the state’s Water Pollution Control Act. They’re in violation of discharging stormwater associated with construction activity greater than one acre to surface waters of the state without authorization under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Construction Stormwater General Permit. The location of the clearing and time of year are of particular concern. We requested the facility develop and implement a plan to control erosion and sedimentation in order to

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prevent turbid discharges to waters of the state. We also requested that the responsible party apply for a CSGP by January 10. Failure to do so may result in an issuance of an administrative order and/or civil penalties of up to $10,000 per day, per violation.” The Department of Ecology is the principle state agency involved, although the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Fish and Wildlife may have some concurrent jurisdiction. If any threatened or endangered plants or animals are involved, the federal Environmental Protection Agency may become active in the case. Although local code enforcement personnel are maintaining a discreet silence concerning the ongoing investigation, San Juan County Prosecutor

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Randy Gaylord responded to questions about the next steps in the enforcement process. “The primary objective is to obtain compliance,” he said. Gaylord pointed out that the State Shoreline Management Act and the local Shoreline Master Program grant legal enforcement authority to the prosecuting attorney

and attorney general, in coordination with the county code enforcement officer and other state agencies. Gaylord also stated that criminal charges are possible and “have been filed in the past when the offender was aware of the requirement of the law and acted anyway [or] where civil actions have been unsuccessful at obtaining compliance.”

Fines and penalties can be assessed by the code enforcement officer, said Gaylord, or by a judge in either a civil or criminal case. Messages left for the Honeywells and Bob Elford, the realtor who closed the transaction and who is performing a management function at Mar Vista, were not responded to.

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ANDERSON FROM 1 ever reason, that stuck with him. And I think from that moment of seeing this boy, it made a big impression on me. 'Wow, these kids get it. They’re not just doing it because I’m asking them to as a coach. He’s integrating that in his life in the perfect situation at the perfect moment.’ From that point on, I always do that with my team. And not that it makes a difference, but we were also undefeated that season.” Seven years ago, Anderson was approached by a student asking if she would be interested in coaching a girls team at the public high school. She helped found and develop the program and in 2009, the girls won Orcas Island’s first state championship title. “I love to see whomever I’m coaching learn about themselves and grow,” she

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Chama Anderson with Assistant Coach Bridget O’Toole. said. “I love to see the unity that can be created and how that can actually be even more effective than individual skill ... if you are in it with your heart, so much more will come alive for you.”

Beyond skill and understanding the game, Anderson says she wants her players to really know “what that true and wise voice is and sounds like inside your heart. And to have the strength to honor

that even if maybe your peers have a different choice ... To really know when you are speaking your truth.” Anderson is now living in Berkeley, Calif. to be with her brother’s family. She is applying for graduate school on the east coast to be a college coach. She says that Orcas will always be in her heart and that she intends to come back one day and own some land and a home. Anyone who has been touched by Anderson’s spirit recognizes her depth in a heartbeat. Racking up trophies looks certain in her future. But her ultimate goal? “To love,” she says. “To love deeply and fully ... Physiologically, your heart is created and starts beating before your brain’s even developed, and then your whole body grows around your heart. So essentially, we come from that beating heart. We’re created to come from the heart.”

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Orcas grad helps free From Minnesota to Orcas innocent man from jail by COLLEEN SMITH ARMSTRONG Editor/Publisher

Kathleen Kline, an Orcas Island High School graduate, helped with the release of a wrongfully convicted Seattle man who was serving jail time for robbery and burglary. Kline, who graduated from the University of Washington in 2013, is currently a law clerk at the State Court of Appeals in Seattle. She grew up on Orcas Island and is the daughter of Barbara and Steve Kline. While at the UW, Kathleen became a volunteer with the Innocence Project Northwest, which frees innocent prisoners using DNA and other new evidence. She and fellow student Nikki Carsley researched Brandon Olebar’s case and amassed evidence that he was not among the people who in February 2003 broke into the home of his sister’s boyfriend and pistol-whipped

Left: Kathleen Kline at her UW graduation in 2013.

and beat the man unconscious. According to the Seattle Times, the victim said as many as eight attackers beat him for more than 10 minutes. He told police the attackers had “feather” facial tattoos. Two days after the beating, the victim identified Olebar from a photo montage. Despite the fact that he did not have a facial tattoo and had an alibi, Olebar was charged with burglary and robbery. A King County jury convicted him and sentenced

Olebar to 16½ years in prison. Carsley and Kline tracked down and interviewed three of the assailants, who signed sworn statements admitting their involvement and denying that Olebar was present during the attack. The King County Prosecutor’s office reviewed the new evidence and conducted its own interviews. Last week, it moved to dismiss the charges and vacate the conviction. Olebar had served 10 years at the time of his release. To read the Seattle Times news story, visit http://goo.gl/LqnHH6. For more information about the Innocence Project Northwest, go to http:// www.law.washington.edu/ Clinics/IPNW/.

OCS Saints battle Cougars by MERRICK PARNELL Special to the Sounder

In a clash of the Titans, the Saints of Orcas Christian High School were set to do battle against the Cougars of Cornerstone Christian, as the Saints made the trek to Lynden on Dec. 17. The Lady Saints completely overwhelmed Lynden in their game with a dominant 61-14 performance. Sharp shooting and aggressive play quickly dismantled the less experienced team. With the win, the Lady Saints move to 2-0. Saints Maddy and Evie Hance lead the league in scoring with 39 points each, while Adia Dolan occupies the third rank in league scoring with 22 points. After an impressive 47-22 rout over Lynden by Orcas Christian the previous week, the boys’ Saints team found themselves promoted to the “A” division, the top tier in the Northwest Youth Basketball League. Cornerstone Christian would be their first opponent since being promoted. The Cougars won their opener the week before against the Lynden Raptors by a score of 36-25. The Cougars brought height and experience to the hardwood, with a squad of mostly juniors and seniors. However the Saints brought courage, determination and heart. The game started out at a blazing pace as the Saints took advantage of several Cougar turnovers, stunning Cornerstone

and silencing the home crowd with an early lead. Saint’s guard Michael Harris, the league’s top scorer, led the charge in the counterattack taking advantage of the Cougars’ disorganized offense early in the game. However, the Cougars regained their composure and went on a run to take a 24-15 lead as the first half ended. In the second half, the Cougars used their size to open up an inside game, led by Brent Berends who scored from the paint with short range jumpers and sky hooks. The Saints cut the Cornerstone lead to 42-32, with 3:30 remaining, after using their speed to steal the ball and score in an electric transition game. The Cougars pulled away late in the game to win 52-34. Harris finished with 15 points. Cameron Aragon scored 9 points, and Cyrus Amour netted 7 hard-fought points from the post. Despite the loss, the Saints never gave up the fight, scrapping for every loose ball, and challenging the Cougars with their quickness and agility. “Our men battled with determined intensity in an emotional, extremely physical game against a seasoned Cornerstone Christian men’s varsity squad,” said Saint’s Head Coach Tim Hance. “We’re working on adjustments to make when competing against teams with great height and physical advantage and look forward to hosting Cornerstone Christian on Orcas Island in January here at OCS.”

Maryann Syers and Bonnie Burg are bringing decades of therapy experience to the Orcas community. Both are psychotherapists and clinical social workers who moved to the island from Minneapolis this year. The couple made the decision to become Orcas residents in 2009, but it took several years to sell their property and for Maryann to retire from her university teaching position. “When we decided we wanted to be on Orcas, it was the beginning of a process of believing we could do it,” Burg said. “When you believe in something, you can make it happen.” Although they are semi-retired, the therapists opened an office in Eastsound Square, offering services to both couples and individuals. Syers treats clients with a variety of issues, including anxiety, depression, post traumatic stress, chronic pain, compulsive over-eating, grief, dissociative disorders and trauma. Burg primarily treats those with anxiety, panic disorders, depression, suicidal thoughts, bi-polar disorder and grief. Burg has a new specialty: financial therapy. She focuses on people’s relationship with money and its emotional component. “It touches on very early primal experiences of safety,” Bonnie said. “It’s a different kind of conflict that people haven’t shown a lot of light on.” Syers has a wide range of experience working with trauma patients and those who are dealing with physical pain or illness. “We may not be able to remove the source of the physical pain, but if we can remove the emotional aspect, the suffering decreases significantly,” she said. “Some people are so consumed by their illness that it becomes their identity.” Syers and Burg both say their approach is “whatever works for the client.” “It’s relational and how you would relate to anyone,” Burg said. “What people want to know is: Can I talk to you? Can I relate to you? Can I trust you?” Adds Syers: “I am excited about the new research on neuroscience that validates what we have learned over the years about

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Maryann Syers (left) and Bonnie Burg (right). what makes good therapy.” As for the pitfalls of seeing patients in a small town, the couple says they are aware of the sensitivity it requires. Burg was visible in the LGBT community in Chicago and often ran into clients, and Syers treated fellow therapists whom she would sometimes later see at conferences. They also understand the importance of separating themselves from their patients. “You learn early on to be with someone without being in their pain,” Burg said. “You can feel for someone and feel alongside them, but you can’t take it away for them. Over time, you develop more humility and awareness that you are going along with someone on their walk – and it’s theirs.” Burg and Syers still work with clients from Minneapolis long distance. In addition, some patients have flown up to the island for 10-hour sessions over the course of two days. “That way you can have a lot of progress,” Burg said. “We get three months of work done in two days.” Syers accepts insurance for those clients who have policies with out of network benefits and is applying to be a part of several insurance networks. Both therapists say they will accept sliding scale payment. “I would rather see someone for not much money, and still enjoy my work,” Burg said. They can be reached at their office in Eastsound at 376-6100.

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It only lasted for about a day, but islanders enjoyed a “nearly white” Christmas on Dec. 19 and 20. Andy Wickstrand took the above image of a ferry going through Obstruction Pass. “I think Santa may have been at the helm,” he said. Pictured above right is Nate Yoffa and Tracy Harachi’s rescue pooch BK, enjoying snow for the first time on Orcas. Below right, Lopez photographer Tina Meng got up and personal with slowly melting snow. The Sounder welcomes community photo submissions on any subject matter; email high resolution images to Colleen Armstrong at editor@islandssounder.com.

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enowned jazz duo Tuck and Patti will turn up the heat at the SeaView Theatre with a concert presented by Orcas Open Arts. The couple is celebrated for infusing jazz spontaneity into original compositions and masterful covers from a variety of artists. Bobby McFerrin has said they are “one of the best duos on the planet.” Tuck and Patti will perform on Saturday, Jan. 11 at 7:30 p.m. Net proceeds will benefit Orcas Open Arts and the SeaView Theatre. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door and are available at Smith and Speed in Eastsound and www.brownpapertickets.com. Patti Cathcart’s gospel-tinged voice soars with chilling clarity and depth, and Tuck Andress’ unique guitar-playing

evokes lush orchestras and ultra-funky R&B bands. With four top 20 albums, their 1991 release, “Dream,” peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums charts. It’s no wonder they’ve shared the stage with Miles, Dizzy, Ella, and dozens of other jazz luminaries. Cathcart jammed with Jimi Hendrix in her Bay Area youth and Andress toured with the GAP band for four years – his “graduate degree in soul music.” Drawing from contemporary pop, the musicians play with harmonies, volleying beat and phrase with stunning complexity. “The thread of improvisation runs through everything we do,” Andress said. “Even when the music’s arranged, there’s always a conversation going on. We really never know what’s going to happen at any given moment.”

Donna Laslo, director of Orcas Open Arts, is passionate about the couple’s music. “If you haven’t experienced the magic of this duo, you’ll be a lifelong fan after this concert,” she said.

Learn from the masters Tuck and Patti will each host a workshop, one for vocalists and the other for guitarists on Jan. 12 from 1 to 4 p.m. The two groups will come together in the final hour for an “Art of the Duo” session. The workshops are $75 with some scholarships available. A limited number of private sessions will also be available for singers and guitarists. To sign up for the workshops or book a private session, contact Donna Laslo at orcasopenarts@gmail.com or call 3787527 for info.

Helping to keep SeaView Theatre from going dark The Tuck and Patti concert is being held at SeaView Theatre in Eastsound to bring awareness to a campaign to fund an industryimposed upgrade to a digital projector. The total project cost is more than $50,000. Campaign Director Donna Laslo is spearheading the campaign to keep the theatre up and running. There are several different level of sponsorships. For more information, call Laslo at 378-7527 and watch for details in upcoming editions of the Islands’ Sounder.

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participated over the years by either walking, driving, or going by boat. For more information and to join, call Barbara Jensen at 378-3068.

TUESDAY, JAN. 7

LIBRARY MEETING: Orcas Island Library Special Meeting, 8:30 a.m. at the library, executive session on the annual review of the Library Director.

SAT., JAN. 11

TUCK AND PATTI: Orcas Open Arts presents jazz duo Tuck and Patti at the SeaView Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance at Smith and Speed and Brownpapertickets.com or $25 at the door.

Visit ‘NW Flower and Garden Show’

Join Island Rec for a trip to the Washington State Convention Center for the Northwest Flower and Garden Show in early February. See the show gardens created by the most respected garden designers and landscapers of the region, and discover inspiration for outdoor living, edible gardening, and sustainability. Early registration deadline is Jan. 23, fee is $70; transportation and admission included. The trip will require 35 participants, so register right away with Island Rec, at 378-4953, or contact Morgan Johnston, at Morgan@islandrec.org.

SUN., JAN. 12 LIVE IN HD: Artist William

Kentridge’s innovative and acclaimed production of Shostakovich’s “The Nose” will be streamed from the Met: Live in HD to Orcas Center, 1 p.m. Tickets are $18, $13 students, $2 off for Orcas Center members.

SAT., JAN. 18 FILM SHOWING: The Orcas Angels are teaming with the Trailblazers for a special benefit showing of the movie “How to Train Your Dragon.” All proceeds go to support a 4-H member with her horse project and to the Orcas Angels. The movie begins at 1 p.m. at the SeaView Theater. The cost is $15 and includes a soda and popcorn.

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‘The Nose’ to stream at Orcas Center

Artist William Kentridge’s innovative and acclaimed production of Shostakovich’s “The Nose” will be streamed from the Met: Live in HD to Orcas Center on Sunday, Jan. 12 at 1 p.m. William Kentridge stormed the Met with his inventive production of Shostakovich’s opera, which dazzled opera and art lovers alike in its inaugural run in 2010. Now Paulo Szot reprises his acclaimed per-

formance of a bureaucrat, whose satirical misadventures in search of his missing nose are based on Gogol’s story. Valery Gergiev conducts. Paulo Szot’s other roles at the Met have included Lescaut in the new production premiere of Massenet’s Manon and Escamillo in Bizet’s Carmen. He won a 2008 Tony Award for his portrayal of Emile de Becque in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South

Pacific. William Kentridge is one of the world’s preeminent visual artists. His work has been the subject of major gallery shows and museum retrospectives around the world and has been captured in a PBS documentary. As a stage director he has created acclaimed multimedia productions of Büchner’s Woyzeck, Monteverdi’s Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria, and Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte.

Calling all woodworkers The Visual Arts Committee of Orcas Center will present a woodworking show this February. “Bring your furniture, bowls, sculptures, and carvings to display the variety, craftsmanship, and talent of our island woodworking community,” say organizers. They would also like to include architectural and design drawings and renderings to show the variety of ways wood is incorporated into homes and businesses. Orcas Center will welcome all entries on Wednesday, Jan. 29, start-

He made his Met debut with this production of The Nose in 2010 and will create a new production of Berg’s Lulu in a future Met season. Soprano Patricia Racette hosts. Approximate running time 1 hrs. 50 min. According to the New York Times: “With unflagging energy and unfettered imagination, it powerfully seconds both the irreverent zaniness of the Gogol story on which the opera is based and the teeming exuberance of Shostakovich’s music.” Tickets are $18, $13 students, $2 off for Orcas Center members, and may be purchased at www.orcascenter.org or by calling 3762281 ext. 1 or visiting the Orcas Center Box Office open Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from noon - 4 p.m.

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After.” There will be a hot fire and hot drinks to help with recuperation after the deed is done. This year the plunge will move back to the traditional location at the “swim area” at the north end of Cascade Lake. The “Plunge” is a low key fundraiser for the Orcas Island Junior Rowing club. Donations are accepted at the event. Each year a commemorative t-shirt is created. This year’s features a design by one of the team’s rowers, Jay Zier.

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‘SalmonAtion’ event on Lopez New insights about the islands’ marine food webs and “forage fish” will be shared at Kwiáht’s fifth annual SalmonAtion celebration on Jan. 18 at Lopez Center, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Admission is free. In addition to savory snacks from Vita’s and wines from Lopez Island Vineyards, the event will include Chicken Biscuit’s premiere of a salmon song by Gretchen Wing, and an installation of seashore paintings by Mike Rust. Kwiáht’s local volunteers were able to measure and lavage more than 500 juvenile Chinook with a survival rate of over 99 percent. Salmon were also screened for respiratory distress, a sign of ichthyophoniasis, an emerging fungal disease of fish, and for viral hemorrhagic septicemia. Special attention was paid to Pacific Sandlance, the skinny silvery gold fish that make up 80 percent of the diet of juvenile salmon and diving seabirds.

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SAN JUAN COUNTY PUBLIC NOTICES San Juan County, as an Equal Opportunity Employer, does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status in the provision of services, in programs or activities or employment opportunities and benefits. Direct inquiries to Administrative Services at (360) 378-3870. TTD relay at 1-800-833-6388.

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Project Description

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Tax Parcel Number, Applicant/Agent Name Date of Project and Address Application Location, and Island Gary and Susan Waters 363443006, 815 815 Eureka Dr. 12/10/13 Eureka Dr Friday Harbor, WA 98250 San Juan Island 252850019, 205 Cynthia Moffitt Perkins Ln., Lopez 2331 Fairview Ave. E, Slip K 12/12/13 Island Seattle, WA 98102 David & Sarah Moore 170751011, 116 c/o Teri Williams, PO Box 12/11/13 Rossell Lane 1001, Eastsound WA 98245 Orcas Island 271352001, 32 Dave Page, c/o Teri Williams, PO Box 1001 12/02/13 Bracken Fern Lane Eastsound, WA 98245 Orcas Island Scott & Victoria Zehner, c/o 351454201, 31 John Thompson, PO Box 12/16/13 Cedar St 16725, Seattle, WA 98116 San Juan Island

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Council Hearing Hearing 2/12/14 Examiner Room Council Hearing PCUP00Hearing 2/12/14 12/17/13 Exempt 01/22/14 Vacation Rental Examiner 13-0017 room Council Hearing PCUP00Hearing 2/12/14 12/16/13 Exempt 01/22/14 Vacation Rental Examiner 13-0016 Room Application Comments: Any file may be examined by appointment during regular business hours at the San Juan County NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS: Hearing Examiner meetings on San Juan Island start at 10:00 a.m., in the Islanders Bank Admin. Building downstairs meeting room, 225 Blair Street, Friday Harbor. Planning Community Development & Planning at 135 Rhone Street, Friday Harbor, WA. Anyone desiring to comment on the Notice Commission meetings begin at 8:45 am. Any person desiring to comment prior to the hearing shall submit of Application can do so by submitting a written statement to CD&P at P. O. Box 947, Friday Harbor, WA 98250, no later a statement in writing to CD&P, PO Box 947, Friday Harbor, WA. 98250. Written comments may also be than the end date for project comments specified above. Anyone who desires to provide testimony in the public hearing or submitted at the hearing. A copy of the staff report for this hearing may be obtained generally 7 days prior desires a copy of the decision for this project may do so contacting CD&P. A copy of the staff report for this project may be to the public hearing from CD&P at the address above. obtained from CD&P generally 7 days prior to the public hearing. * As directed by applicant, per UDC18.80.030.A.3.f (360) 378-2354 * (360) 378-2116 * Fax (360) 378-3922 * cdp@sanjuanco.com ** Per UDC 18.80.030.B.- Suggested Project Comments End Date PCUP0013-0015

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01/22/14

NOTICE OF DECISIONS: Hearing Examiner decisions are posted on the County website at: sanjuanco.com/cdp/hearingexdecisions.aspx LEGAL NO. SJ951832 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands, The Islands’ Sounder, JANURAY 1, 2014

LEGALS

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN JUAN In Re: The Estate Of EMERY BOSTON EMMES, Deceased. NO. 13-4-05061-5 NONPROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.42.030 The notice agent named below has elected to give notice to creditors of the above-named decedent. As of the date of the filing of a copy of this notice with the court, the notice agent has no knowledge of any other person acting as notice agent or of the appointment of a personal representative of the decedent’s estate in the state of Washington. According to the records of the court as are available on the date of the filing of this notice with the court, a cause number regarding the decedent has not been issued to any other notice agent and a personal representative of the decedent’s estate has not been appointed.

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 11.42.070 by serving on or mailing to the notice agent or the notice agent’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 notice agent’s declaration and oath were filed. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the notice agent served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.42.020(2)(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 11.42.050 and 11.42.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets. Date of First Publication: December 25, 2013.

The notice agent declares under penalty of perjury under the laws of the state of Washington on December 18, 2013, at Eastsound, Washington, that the foregoing is true and correct. Signature of Notice Agent Notice Agent: Stephen Emmes Address for Mailing: P.O. Box 1, Olga, WA 98279 Address for Personal Service: 1 0 0 Olga Cemetery Road, Olga, WA 98279 Agent’s oath and declaration filed in San Juan County Superior Court Cause No. 13-4-05061-5. LEGAL NO. S534619 Published: The Islands’ Sounder. December 25, 2013 and January 1,8, 2014. Summons by Publication Legal Notice Pursuant to the guamish Law & Order 1.13.010 In the Stillaguamish Tribal Case No: STI-CIV-2013-09-038 From the Stillaguamish Tribal to Melvin M. Scriver,

StillaCode Court: Court (DOB:

03/07/1955). You are hereby summoned to appear before the Tribal Court regarding a CIVIL COMPLAINT filed against you by the Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians. This matter shall be heard on January 17, 2014 at 9:00 AM. You may file a motion to bring this matter before the Court before that date. Please be aware that failure to answer this summons may result in a default judgment against you. The Tribal Court is located at, 25525 Dahl Road, Arlington, WA. 98223. 360.474.8562 LEGAL NO. SJ534764 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands, The Islands’ Sounder. January 1, 8, 2014. The OPALCO Board of Directors has set Saturday, May 3, 2014 for its Annual Meeting and election of directors from District 1 (San Juan, Pearl, Henry, Brown and Spieden islands). No later than January 3, 2014 the di-

rectors will appoint a Nominating Committee consisting of three to five OPALCO members from Voting District 1. The Committee will nominate two to five members as candidates for each of two positions for Director from District 1. A list of director candidates will be posted in the lobby of the Eastsound office no later than March 4, 2014. Fifteen or more members from District 1 may make other nominations by signed petition filed at the Eastsound office no later than March 19, 2014. If you are an OPALCO member living in District 1 and are interested in serving on the Nominating Committee or the OPALCO Board of Directors, please contact Bev Madan at 376-3549 or bmadan@opalco.com. LEGAL NO. SJ533040 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands, The Islands’ Sounder. December 18, 25, 2013 and January 01, 2014.

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Mijitas Mexican Kitchen CLOSED UNTIL FEB. 11 (376-6722) 310 A. Street (at N. Beach Rd) Normal hours: Tuesday-Saturday 3pm-8pm Happy Hour 3-5:30 pm (Tue-Sat)

Enzos Caffe (376-3732) N. Beach Rd Open daily 7:30 to 4 pm Creperie open Saturday and Sunday from 9 to 3 pm

The Madrona Bar & Grill (376-7171) Lunch & Dinner 310 Main Street 11:30 am – 9 pm (Sun - Thurs) 11:30 am - 10 pm (Fri & Sat) 3 pm - 6 pm Happy Hour (M-F)

Lower Tavern (376-4848) Lunch & Dinner 46 Prune Alley Opens daily at 11 am Food to 10 pm (Sun – Thurs) Food to 11 pm (Fri & Sat)

Pizzeria Portoﬁno 376-2085 Dine-In/ Take-Out 274 A St (Off N. Beach Rd.) Open Daily at 4:30 pm Closed Sunday

ORCAS LANDING Orcas Hotel 376-4300 Octavia’s Bistro Mon-Sunday Bar 4 to 9 pm Dinner 5 to 8:30 pm Orcas Hotel Cafe Mon-Thurs 6 am to 5:30 pm Fri-Sun 6 am to 6:30 pm www.orcashotel.com

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