Wednesday, July 9, 2014 • The Islands’ Sounder
LETTERS FROM 4 known Joe the longest, and from my earliest memories, he was always easy going, thoughtful and kind. He was a great brother and family man, generous with his time and love, always helpful, always cheerful, rarely angry and ready to laugh and dance at any moment. I hope that Joe has responded to a higher calling in order to help all of us who are left behind to navigate the evil waters that lie ahead. One of the main principals of the Bahai faith, which Joe subscribed to, is that “Death is the messenger of joy.” What greater conclusion and reward can be expected from a life well lived on a planet distraught with human frailty and imperfection. Without a doubt Joe is in a happy and pain free place surrounded by friends and family who have transitioned before him. The only thing he can be reprimanded for is the wake of sadness we all feel due to his absence. He will be sorely and profoundly missed. “Deal with him, O Thou Who forgivest the sins of men and concealest their faults, as beseemeth the heaven of Thy bounty and the ocean of Thy grace. Grant him admission within the precincts of Thy transcendent mercy that was before the foundation of earth and heaven. There is no God but Thee, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Generous.” (Bahaullah) Reed Goodrich
Annual market Day is coming Each year for the past several years, our good friend David Gutteridge (whom we lovingly call the poet laureate of Emmanuel Episcopal Church) has written a poem in anticipation of Market Day, an over-thetop kind of tag sale/bake sale that the church has held on the last Saturday of July for as long as anyone
can remember. Here is this year’s offering. MARKET DAY 2014 – from “Orcas through the Looking-Glass” ‘Tis brillig and the mighty whales Do feed and frolic in the Sound Soon coming are Emmanuel sales In their church yard and ground. Now don’t forget that Market Day Will very soon be here where Sidney Robert Spencer Gray our Orcas church constructed. So shoogle through your frabjous trove Add something beamish to the mix Of treasures in our Eastsound grove On July 26. ‘Tis brillig on our Market Day At 242 Main Street. Come buy! Eat brats, meet friends, Callooh, Callay. We’ll welcome you – draw nigh! Please join us. Galen Burghardt Orcas Island
Communications outage was unacceptable Is anyone out there (besides me) upset about not having any phone service on July 2? If you’ve lived here long enough you won’t miss the experience of being without CenturyLink and having internet. It’s like a power outage – almost always happens when you are awake. Remember last year? The broken underwater cable? That event gave the word “disrupted” new meaning. Not that it happened because cables break, but it took so long for the repairs. But back to the present. Today, I only needed to check in with my mother – not an emergency. “We’re sorry, all circuits are busy now – please try your call again later.” I drove into town to get reception for my AT&T cell phone. No
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service. How could that be? What does AT&T have to do with CenturyLink? With plans A & B having failed, I drove to a friend’s home who has Verizon. Again, no service. This was getting wonky and a little scary. How could it be that they are all down? (A rhetorical question.) My mind tends to get over-active when there isn’t a logical explanation. Rumor from neighbor to neighbor: a cable was broken on Carter Street. A cable? What, are you kidding me? The big three all share one cable? Or the same trench? Imagine this conversation: “Please help me. I need an ambulance and Medivac to the mainland to save my life.”
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The reply: “We’re sorry, all circuits are busy now. (Please) try your call again later.” Fade to black. Wednesday was a wakeup-call for islanders – with three phone companies serving us, we still were completely cut off from communication with the outside world. We don’t deserve what could happen in a medical emergency. If we don’t demand change and get it, shame on us. Please take the time to notify your phone carrier(s) that what happened July 2 is not acceptable. One service down shouldn’t take out the other two. Separate phone carriers should be just that – for our protection. It’s a no-brainer. Claudia La Cava Friday Harbor
Grenades found in Rosario area
Two Orcas Island men cleaning out a storage unit in the Rosario area on Tuesday came across grenades and a rocket propelled grenade and called sheriff ’s deputies. Deputies secured the scene and called the Washington State Patrol Bomb Squad. Bomb technicians arrived Wednesday morning. A search of the scene turned up additional explosives, incendiary materials, military ordinance and components. Most of the items found were from the World War II era. The WSP Bomb Squad called the military, and a US Navy Explosive Ordinance Disposal team responded from Whidbey Island. Several items were “made safe” by the technicians. Other military hardware along with explosive and incendiary materials were removed by WSP and Navy EOD. The contents of the storage unit belonged to a recently deceased Orcas Island man. It was being cleaned out upon request of his estate. No further investigation is planned.
CROSSWORD PUZZLE Across 1. Fuzzy-skinned fruit 8. Exodus figure 15. Fireman's water source 16. Having affectionate characteristics 17. Football play 18. Alfresco (2 wds) 19. "All kidding ___..." 20. Backstabber 22. Compass brand name 23. "Eh" (hyphenated) 24. Provides an upper interior surface to a room 26. Dirty 27. "___ we having fun yet?" 28. A place where a boat can be secured 30. "20,000 Leagues" harpooner ___ Land 31. Someone who grants a lease 33. Those who pry into others' private affairs 35. Abundant 37. The last resort (2 wds) 40. Druid, e.g. 44. "C'___ la vie!" 45. Let water out through a floodgate and channel 47. "Malcolm X" director 48. Comparative word 50. Angry 51. Sacred Hindu writings 52. Capital of Jordan 54. "___ the fields we
go" 55. Oral exams (British) 56. Parents, e.g. 58. Stress, in a way 60. Ancient Roman silver coins 61. Person who greets 62. Goes downhill 63. Back-to-school purchases Down 1. Composed of word sequences 2. Blight 3. Counsels 4. Belief 5. Aesop's also-ran 6. "Star Trek" rank: Abbr. 7. Dorm room staple 8. The story told in a
novel or play (2 wds) 9. Bounce 10. Ancient greetings 11. Hindu princesses 12. Marine rock-clinger 13. Sir Laurence ___, British actor 14. Announces publicly 21. Bombing by military planes (2 wds) 24. Franco ___, Italian tenor 25. Pried into others' private affairs 28. Gangsters' girlfriends 29. Noggin 32. Marienbad, for one 34. Telekinesis, e.g. 36. Freudian topic 37. Small, bell-shaped
bombs 38. Narrator of "Moby Dick" 39. Marathoner's need 41. Better 42. Cooler 43. TV programs' cold opens 46. Red shade 49. Twangy, as a voice 51. Computer woe 53. "I, Claudius" role 55. The Sail, a southern constellation 57. Backboard attachment 59. Toni Morrison's "___ Baby" Answers to today's puzzle on page 20