Journal of the San Juans, June 17, 2015

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Journal editor steps down

Island dry spell drags on

By Anna V. Smith Journal reporter

Journal staff report

After 15 years of writing stories, taking photos and meeting deadlines week after week, Journal of the San Juans editor Scott Rasmussen is leaving the newspaper business.

“Our readers have come to rely on Scott for his comprehensive, ethical coverage of county news,” said Group Publisher Colleen Smith Armstrong. “His love of community journalism has been a hallmark of his career with our island newspapers. His passion will be greatly missed.”

Rasmussen began his time at the Journal in December 1999 as a general assignment reporter shortly after new editor Richard Walker arrived. The two became collaborators for more than a decade. Walker left the Journal to take over the editorial reins at the North Kitsap Herald, a Sound Publishing sister paper, in 2011.

On the heels of Walker’s departure, Rasmussen took over as editor of the Journal.

Rasmussen also worked as a reporter for the late Ted Grossman, former editor of the Islands' Sounder. The two developed a strong friendship during their professional days and remained friends after Grossman's retirement from the Sounder and up until his death in spring 2014.

Born and raised in Portland, Ore., Rasmussen arrived in the San Juan Islands with a life-long-love of newspapers and young family in tow. He worked in Portland as a freelance journalist, as well as a bartender, prior to joining the See EDITOR, Page 4

Staff photo / Anna V. Smith

WSDOT CEO Lynn Petersen waves a welcome to the new Samish on its maiden voyage to Friday Harbor.

New ferry Samish on the water

The dry spell on San Juan Island has continued as the tone of urgency toward the drought in Washington state has increased.

Governor Jay Inslee declared a statewide drought emergency on May 15.

Although local officials assure there’s no immediate threat to drinking water supplies, a 30-plusyear low precipitation level in the months of April and May, combined, means those precaution antennas are on the rise.

“We’re not in any kind of panic mode yet,” Friday Harbor Administrator Duncan Wilson said. “But we’ll be keeping a really close eye on the water level at the See DRY SPELL, Page 4

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San Juan Islands June 2015

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The mood was celebratory at the welcoming of the new Samish ferry boat on its maiden voyage to Friday Harbor, June 14, at the ferry landing.

The San Juan Jazz Quintet warmed up the crowd for a series of speakers, including Mayor Carrie Lacher, Sen. Kevin Ranker D-Orcas Island, shown right, and more.

“When you live on an island, you need a boat,” Lacher said to the crowd. “Thank goodness ours is big and coming to the harbor any moment now.”

The Samish is the newest ferry boat in the Anacortes - San Juan route, just in time for the new summer 2015 sailing schedule that features increased ferry runs to accommodate peak tourist season. The $126 million Samish, built at Vigor Industrial in Seattle, stands apart from the fleet’s other 1950s era boats with its spacious car deck, wider stairs, sun deck, as well as its 144-car and

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Shouts of excitement rang out when the Samish rounded Brown Island and came into full view, escorted by the new Sentinel and Fire District #3 boats displaying its water cannons for the Samish’s first docking of many to come in Friday Harbor.

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SJ County Sheriff’s Log June 3 • A San Juan County Land Bank employee discovered an illegal campsite in the Crescent Beach Land Preserve. The campsite was investigated by the Sheriff ’s Office and it was suspected that it belonged to a homeless criminal who was already in custody.

• A deputy on San Juan Island received a report of a stolen grasswhip.

• A deputy on San Juan Island received a written statement regarding a possible violation of a no-contact order.

The victim was interviewed but did not want to cooperate with the investigation.

• A deputy received a report of an unwanted person at the China Pearl. The deputy contacted the subject and issued him a trespass warning. The subject also had a confirmed warrant out of King County for DUI, so he was booked into the San Juan County Jail for the warrant.

June 4 • A deputy responded to Circle Park on Spring Street to assist aid with a call of a highly intoxicated man who had fallen and injured his face. The man was subsequently transported to the hospital for treatment.

• A man reported an assault after allegedly being punched in the face, unprovoked, as he was walking on Spring Street in Friday Harbor. The subject was described as a white male in his 30s wearing camouflage shorts and a dark hooded sweatshirt. The subject left the area.

June 5 • A deputy received a report of a barking dog in the 500 block of Tucker Avenue. The owner of the dog was contacted and was given a warning for the barking dog and for not licensing his dog.

• A Lopez deputy was dispatched for two at-large dogs at Odlin Park. The dogs were released back to their owners.

• A deputy received a report of a trespass at the Ball Fields at Marquerite Place and Spring Street. in Friday Harbor.

The suspect was given a trespass warning.

• A deputy received a report of a suspicious text that someone received from a person claiming to be from Wells Fargo.

It appeared that the text was a scam. The reporting party’s account was not compromised and he is not out any money.

• A driver in Eastsound was spotted operating a vehicle in the area of North Beach and A Street Eastsound while talking with a cell phone to his right ear. The driver was issued an infraction.

June 6 • A deputy was traveling on Cattle Point Road in Friday Harbor and observed a vehicle traveling at 78 miles per hour.

• A single vehicle accident in the 1100 block of Deer Harbor Road. The driver admitted he fell asleep at the wheel, struck embankment and trees/mailbox and vehicle came to rest on its side. Driver had no signs of intoxication.

• A Lopez deputy was dispatched to a male subject behaving strangely at the Lopez Village Market. Subject was gone on arrival, but located nearby in the village. Subject was told to stay away from employee area without permission.

• A deputy received a report of a burglary in the 100 block of Island Drive in Friday Harbor. The suspect was located inside of the residence and had broken a window to gain entry to the residence. The suspect was related to the victim, and the victim did not want to pursue charges.

• Deputies investigated a suspicious activity complaint in Eastsound. While clearing the contact, a deputy happened upon two females smoking marijuana in public.

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June 7 • A Lopez deputy responded to an early morning report of three men who were seen jumping over the security fence of a business. The suspects departed before the deputy arrived.

• Deputies responded to a single-vehicle accident on Turn Point Road, Friday Harbor. The driver had suffered a medical problem and lost control of the car. The driver was taken to the local hospital for injuries sustained.

• A Lopez deputy was dispatched to a single-car possibleinjury accident. The driver was found to have suffered a medical episode which rendered her unconscious. Driver was evaluated by medical personnel and released.

• A Lopez deputy was called for a suspicious vehicle in the area. The vehicle belonged in the area, and was legitimately and appropriately parked. The caller was advised that there was no cause for alarm.

• A deputy received a report of an animal problem in Friday Harbor. It was reported that two aggressive dogs were running loose. One of the dogs had bit a citizen. The dogs were taken to the animal shelter for a 10-day quarantine.

June 8 • A deputy stopped a vehicle in Eastsound for having an expired registration. The driver of the vehicle had a local warrant for his arrest. The driver was arrested, but was able to post bail. He was released with a promise to appear in court without incident.

• A Lopez deputy responded to a report of loud music.

The music was clearly audible nearly a quarter mile away.

The property owner was directed to turn the music down.

The caller later reported the music was turned back up.

June 9 • A Lopez deputy removed a trespasser camped on private property without the owners’ permission. The subject left the property when warned that he was trespassing.

SJ man pleads guilty to rape

By Scott Rasmussen Journal editor

A 21-year-old San Juan Island man was ordered to serve an “exceptional” prison term of three years and four months for rape of a 15-year-old girl with whom he once had an ongoing sexual relationship.

On June 27, Kristian K.

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Sakstrup was sentenced in San Juan County Superior Court to 40 months in prison and ordered to pay $1,269 in fines and fees. The sentence was handed down

by Judge Don Eaton roughly six months after the 21-yearold pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree rape of a child, a Class A felony that carries maximum

penalties of life in prison, a $50,000 fine, or both.

The sentence is considered “exceptional” because it falls below the standard range of sentencing set by the state — 78-102 months — for that particular felony crime.

Sakstrup was charged a year ago in May with two counts of second-degree rape of a child, one count

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According to court documents, Sakstrup first had sex with the girl following a chance encounter at the Friday Harbor apartment of a mutual friend. He was 18, and she was 13 and intending to run away from home, at the time. The two began dating about two years later and developed an intimate relationship that abruptly ended eight months later in charges of rape. The girl was granted a restraining order following the assault.

In support of a sentence below the state standard, Eaton, according to court documents, noted that Sakstrup was only 18 at the time of the first sexual encounter with the girl, that she had been — to a significant degree — a willing partner, and that he had been raised in a household where age-sex boundaries were blurred and lacked an understanding about consequences of sex with a 13-year-old.

After fulfilling the prison term, he will be required to register as a sex offender and prohibited from contacting the girl for the remainder of her life.

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Mussel farming in the face of changing conditions

By Laura Newcomb

Special to the Journal

The following is an excerpt from the Friday Harbor, University of Washington Labs newsletter.

As you walk past the Kings Market seafood aisle in Friday Harbor or browse at Costco, chances are that you will see fresh mussels harvested locally from Penn Cove Shellfish on Whidbey Island, WA. These mussels have been cleaned and washed to look enticing to buy, cook, and eat. What you do not see when you look at these mussels is one of the most important parts: the byssal threads that attached the mussels to the lines they grew on (photo on right), enabling them to then progress from the ocean to your plate.

Mussels are the Spidermen of the sea: they mold byssal threads to attach to a variety of surfaces, from rocks to aquaculture lines. These threads act as stretchy tethers to keep a mussel in place (Bell and Gosline, 1996). The mussel aquaculture industry takes advantage of this characteristic in their farming practices. Adult mussels living along the shores of Penn Cove release egg and sperm into the water column, a process known as mass spawning. When egg and sperm collide, the egg is fertilized and the larva begins to grow. During this phase, larvae swim around in the currents, feeding and looking for a good home to settle and attach with their first adult byssal threads. Penn Cove Shellfish puts out collector lines in early spring (April – May) to catch this mussel “seed.” Mussels then grow right on these collector lines for about one year, until they reach harvestable size.

The problem arises when the mussels fall off, leaving the lines bare. Mussel falloff due to seasonally weak attachment and increased storm action is a process mussels encounter on rocky shores (Paine and Levin, 1981). A mussel becomes weakly attached when it produces fewer or poor quality individual byssal threads, making the animal more likely to dislodge under waves and currents.

Mussel fall-off cuts into a grower’s yield at harvest and is a problem for the industry worldwide.

With funding support from Washington Sea Grant and the National

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Above: Laura Newcomb with solar-powered telemetry units on a mussel harvesting raft, transferring the water temperature and pH measurements to the internet. Right: Mussels attached to each other with their byssal threads.

Science Foundation, a team led by Dr. Emily Carrington and including Dr. Carolyn Friedman, Dr. Michael (Moose) O’Donnell, Penn Cove Shellfish General Manager Ian Jefferds, biology graduate students Matt George, Molly Roberts, and Laura Newcomb have set out to address this problem. Our work seeks to identify what environmental factors may trigger weakened mussel attachment in farmed mussels. We started in the laboratory by identifying two potential culprits to test, ocean acidification and ocean warming. Using controlled experimental mesocosms (aka fancy Igloo coolers) in Friday Harbor Laboratories’ Ocean Acidification Environmental Laboratory (FHL OAEL), we exposed mussels to a range of conditions to identify the threshold values for weakening: pH below 7.6 (O’Donnell et al. 2013) and temperature above 19˚C (66˚F). We also learned that elevated temperature reduces the number of threads a mussel makes, further weakening whole mussel attachment.

With the lab experiments identifying pH and temperature as possible weakening agents, we moved out to a mussel farm to ask if mussels ever encounter these threshold conditions and if so, do these events coincide with weak mussel attachment?

Partnering with Penn Cove Shellfish (the oldest and largest mussel farm in the nation), we installed multi-parameter instruments in Penn Cove on Whidbey Island to log hourly measurements of seawater temperature

and pH, as well as salinity, dissolved oxygen, and chlorophyll. These data are uploaded onto the internet in real time (nvs.nanoos. org/Explorer) so that we (and anyone else) can check in to see what the conditions are like at any time.

Growers hang mussel lines vertically in the water at depths from 1 to 7m, so we placed our sensor arrays at those depths to capture conditions throughout the water column. This equipment has been in place and logging since late summer 2014. So far, we have found summer water temperatures at 1m can surpass the 19˚C (66˚F) threshold for a few hours on warm days and pH dips below the threshold of 7.6, with especially prolonged periods from October – February at both 1 and 7m. These measurements tell us that mussels do experience conditions that can weaken their attachment, and our concern is that these conditions are projected to get worse over the next 100 years.

At this point in the study, we don’t quite have enough

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monthly measurements of mussel attachment at 1 and 7m to fully evaluate how pH and high temperature may be affecting mussels in the field. However, we have observed that mussels are weaker in the months when the maximum temperature exceeds 18˚C. This observation suggests temperature may act as an environmental trigger for weak attachment. We are continuing to measure mussels and water conditions and will soon be able to firm up our conclusions about the effects of temperature and pH on mussels at the farm.

Moving our research from the lab to the field has allowed us to extend our results to an industry that stands to be affected by changing ocean conditions.

By installing sensors that monitor the water in real time, we hope to give mussel farmers an early warning system for conditions that could threaten their mussels.

Recently we have expanded our studies to include Penn Cove Shellfish’s farm in Quilcene Bay, WA, made possible by our partnership with Washington State

Department of Natural Resources. We are excited our collaborative research can contribute to sustaining a culturally and economically important resource for Washington State – and

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TEMPERATURES, RAINFALL LOPEZ High Low Precip June 8 73 50 — June 9 72 49 — June 10 72 49 — June 11 72 50 — June 12 72 50 — June 13 73 47 — June 14 80 49 — Precipitation in June: .09” Precipitation in 2015: 10.30” Reported by Jack Giard Bakerview Rd. ORCAS June 8 June 9 June 10 June 11 June 12 June 13 June 14

High Low Precip 74 55 — 76 53 — 76 51 — 72 54 — 68 51 — 70 49 — 74 51 — Precipitation in June: .16” Precipitation in 2015: 12.66” Reported by John Willis, Olga

SAN JUAN High Low Precip June 8 79 55 — June 9 73 56 — June 10 73 51 — June 11 72 52 — June 12 66 51 — June 13 71 48 — June 14 76 50 — Precipitation in June: .06” Precipitation in 2015: 8.31” Reported by Weather Underground Roche Harbor Water Systems SUNRISE, SUNSET

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Continued from page 1 lake and watching for any precipitous drop. It’s down a little lower than we would like it to be.”

Conditions on the ground have changed, Wilson said, since May water bills were sent out with an insert reassuring town residents and water-users that the forces at work which prompted the statewide emergency, largely the lack of a snowpack, don’t effect the town water supply in a similar manner and that the water level at Trout Lake was at its maximum. The insert also included a list of steps for conserving water.

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Wilson said the prolonged lack of rain combined with warmer-thannormal temperatures can accelerate a drying out of sources that normally help replenish the lake.

“If the level is going down faster than we’re comfortable with then we may consider some water restriction measures,” he said.

“Voluntary measures are first.”

The amount of precipitation recorded on Lopez Island in the month of May, .35 inches, is the lowest total in 36 years, according Jack Giard, who’s kept track of weather, rainfall and temperature, at his Bakerview Road home for 36 consecutive years. While April’s rainfall total isn’t the lowest for that month--although close--Giard said that the amount of rainfall in April and May together stand as the lowest two-month total in 36 years.

The amount of precipitation measured in May by the town of Friday Harbor is .30 inches. Due to Washington’s reliance on snowpack for runoff into rivers and general irrigation, the “snow drought,” as some have called it, is affecting farmers and those in Eastern Washington first and foremost. Washington’s average rainfall has been normal, but the issue has been compounded by slow drought aid response.

The Department of Ecology requested $9.5 million in aid in March. The Washington Department of Agriculture has projected a $1.2 billion loss in agricultural-related products from the impact of the drought.

Unlike many areas of the state, San Juan County does not rely on snowpack but primarily on reservoirs and groundwater, in addition to desalinization, rainwater catchment and trucked

water.

“The precipitation over the last three months is two inches a month less than normal, a significant decrease,” said Paul Kamin, general manager at Eastsound Water User’s Association on Orcas Island. “But because of the above normal rainfall over the winter, all of the surface water systems are in near normal condition.”

“What I’ve seen that’s more curious is an uptick in demand. We’ve seen a 10-15 percent increase in demand over the last few months [county-wide],” Kamin added. “The first hypothesis is because of drier conditions, people are initiating irrigation efforts earlier than normal; lawns that are unwatered are browning a month earlier, there is also an early increase in visitors due to the warm weather which results in higher usage.”

Kamin said that Orcas Island has not been drastically affected by the lack in precipitation but they will be closely monitoring the water levels until October.

The most problematic scenario would be a drought that lasts multiple years in a row, putting stress on the reservoirs and inadequately replenishing aquifers.

Kamin advises homeowners dependent on a well to monitor their water levels so that they can go into conservation mode if needed.

Although the drought is not directly affecting San Juan County at this time, the Town of Friday Harbor recommends conserving water when possible.

Taking precautions like checking for leaks, watering lawns and gardens with efficiency and installing more efficient shower heads, faucets etc. can help reduce water usage.

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ered everything from killer whales to crime and the courts, from education to theater productions and to sporting events, as well as fires, ferries, budget cuts, road projects, agricultural endeavors, automobile and airplane crashes.

He was also known for authoring one of the papers’ most popular features: the Sheriff ’s Log.

Camera in hand, he was a familiar face on the sidelines of high school football and basketball games, and spent countless hours prowling the foul lines or dugout of baseball and softball games, as well as soccer, tennis and wrestling matches. An avid sports enthusiast, covering sporting events, like the yearly Island Cup, was a labor of love for Rasmussen.

Over the course of his 15-year career at the Journal, Rasmussen received 35 individual or team awards in the Better Newspaper Contest,

an annual competition sponsored by Washington Newspapers Publishers Association. Rasmussen earned his first award in his first year at the Journal: third place in the comprehensive coverage category for a series about domestic violence.

Rasmussen is leaving the journalism field and transitioning into a different line of work.

He is staying on San Juan Island, however, and chances are good that you’ll see him around.

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Friends receive $100k Longtime deputy for shipping safety promoted to sergeant Submitted by Sheriff Ron Krebs

On June 1, I promoted longtime deputy and Orcas Island resident Herb Crowe, shown right, to the position of sergeant.

Crowe is an Orcas Island High School graduate and 15-plus year veteran of the San Juan County Sheriff ’s Office. For the last 13 years he has been in charge of the Sheriff ’s Office Marine program and teaching boating safety classes for the public.

He is one of the current Field Training Officers for the department and has a

hand in training most all of the new deputies we have hired over the years.

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dent sergeant position that has been vacant since Steve Vierthaler retired in 2011.

His commitment to both the Sheriff ’s Office and the Orcas Island community over the years has been unparalleled.

I have complete confidence in Crowe and know that he will uphold the highest standards which Steve Vierthaler (retired) upheld for so many years.

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Washington Women’s Foundation recently awarded a $100,000 grant to the Friends of the San Juans to increase shipping safety standards in the Salish Sea. Raising the level of shipping safety will reduce oil spill risks and other impacts to wildlife, marine habitat and people in the region, Friends said in a news release.

“Our $30 billion dollar economy depends on safe shipping and so do the 7 million residents that call the Salish Sea home,” Friends Executive Director Stephanie Buffum said.

“Increasing shipping safety standards will protect our waters from existing and proposed vessel traffic and is crucial to preserving our culture, our economy and our environment.”

With multiple projects proposed that could increase coal and oil exports from ports in British Columbia and in Washington state, potential shipping risks are anticipated to escalate.

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International Maritime Organization.

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“The Washington Women’s Foundation’s Pooled Fund Grant Award has created the first wave of support in making the Salish Sea the 15th PSSA in the world,” Buffum said.

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compelling proposal to our membership. This designation will help to reduce the probability of an oil spill and to strengthen environmental protections for our region. We are proud to support their work.”

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OPINION Letters to the Editor

Not voicing hate

Mr. Troutman calling me a hate monger does not fit, (“No place for hate; shame on Journal,” June 10, pg. 6).

It is a lie since there is not one person on Earth that I hate. Hate used as a verb is a four-letter word that can cause more problems than any other four-letter word that I know.

Seeking for Koran 5:72 leads to the quote I referred to, but Mr. Troutman preferred that I had written the more proper Qur’an Surat Al-Mā'idah (The Table Spread) 5:72.

Mr. Troutman confused my assessment that from one logical point of view of combining two Koran sura quotes, 3:85 and 5:72, with the Islamic initiation words, Islam creates its own contradiction.

Summed up, to not initiate into Islam, one goes to hell. Yet Islam requiring that initiates partner up God with Muhammad also condemns each initiate to hell.

The institution condemns everybody to hell.

My pointing out this logical contradiction does not mean at all that I hate my Islamic friends. They too are my beloved family.

My point of view is not

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about hate at all. It is that God is free for everybody, requiring no religion or partners. But for my belief in this freedom to love God, I am condemned to hell

by Islam and called a hatemonger by Mr. Troutman.

God does not demand that I join Islam and God does not require me to repeat a mandatory initiation that includes Muhammad as a partner for God. I am not voicing hate, simply a belief that some ingrained traditions just need to be examined and possibly corrected. Not examining such contradiction leads to much more terrorism and death. Peace be with you.

MARK BILLINGTON San Juan Island

Prom for Grown Ups a success

The first annual Prom for Grown Ups, held in May and put on by the Friday Harbor Elementary School and Friday Harbor Middle School PTAs was a roaring success. We danced and romanced the night away!

And it could not have been possible without our most amazing and generous donors. These include the most fabulous band ever The Chameleons, photography by Mark Gardner, Roche Harbor Resort, Snug Harbor Resort, Haley’s, San Juan Island Fitness, Ace Hardware, The Studio, Spring Street Deli and General Store, Pelindaba, Heather Cain, Lopez Islander Resort, San Juan Jewels, Lavendera Day Spa, The Tooth Ferry/Dr. Michelle Reynolds, and Discovery Sea Kayaks.

The money raised will

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continue to fund field trips, after school study programs, student incentive programs and much more.

We are grateful to this generous community.

Thank you FHES and FHMS PTAs TORI ZEHNER San Juan Island

Questions for hospital district

I want to thank Albert Hall and Janice Peterson for focusing attention on the questions to be asked of the candidates for Public Hospital District Commissioner, (“Duty of district? Abide by contract,” June 10, pg. 6) and (“More questions for candidates,” May 27, pg. 6. ) Here are the questions I hope voters consider: 1: Do you support turning over 95-97 of all available tax revenue for the next 50 years to a private entity that restricts certain medical services, including reproductive and end-oflife services, for non-medical reasons?

2: Do you believe contractors receiving local tax money over the next 50 years should be subject to local, democratically elected oversight?

3: Do you think contractors receiving tax money over a 50-year period should be required to meet performance standards on an ongoing basis?

4: Given that the ACLU has warned that the San Juan Public Hospital District contract with PeaceHealth violates state law, do you think it’s better to wait until the San Juan Public Hospital District gets sued or work through the contract issues proactively in consultation with senior

state leaders?

5: Do you want the SJPHD to address the need for more urgent care services at reasonable rates?

6: Do you believe emergency services administrators should operate efficiently and with transparency?

With regard to PeaceHealth, we now have a situation where a single contractor taking 97 percent of all available funds for the next 50 years has the ability to provide only those services that are consistent with its mission and values, which means only those services the Catholic bishops approve of.

There is no mechanism to fund services that fall outside the contractor’s moral framework and there is no mechanism for actually resolving issues (PeaceHealth owes a written response to issues that are raised, but the district has no governance or oversight authority left to hold them accountable for actu-

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My goal is to work proactively with state officials to ensure hospital district commissioners now and into the future can use their contracting and oversight authority to hold contractors and vendors accountable and to provide support for services based on what a community needs instead of what a specific entity decides to provide.

MONICA HARRINGTON Candidate, Public Hospital District Commissioner

‘Leave No Trace’

Eight months ago the County Council passed a resolution making San Juan County a voluntary “Leave No Trace Area” to facilitate the protection and preservation of our natural environment for all people – current and future generations.

San Juan County is the first and only county in the

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nation to adopt these principles.

We are using the LNT guiding principles to establish a culture of stewardship for all people residing in and visiting the county.

Our public works department has embraced these principles by managing beach access at county road ends. The parks and fair department is implementing the principles through interaction with visitors to our parks and campgrounds.

We applaud the efforts of the Bureau of Land Management and the National Parks Service in carrying out these principles on their lands. The combined efforts of these organizations and others on land and marine environments will enhance everyone’s experience of the natural or urban environment in San Juan County.

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Editorial

Fireworks are on the way – be safe

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hey glisten across the night sky and symbolize Independence Day. But they are also dangerous when handled by amateurs.

We would like to remind everyone that personal fireworks are not allowed anywhere in our beautiful county. The use of any type of personal fireworks presents a real danger of injury and fire.

The so-called “Safe and Sane” fireworks sold on the mainland are intended to be used in the communities where they are purchased. Most of the fireworks sold on reservations are not legal anywhere else in the state.

There will be some amazing fireworks shows presented by professional pyrotechnicians throughout San Juan County. Fireworks shows are planned at Roche Harbor, Friday Harbor, Eastsound, Deer Harbor and Lopez Island.

Residents and visitors alike enjoy these shows.

Adding to the danger this year: the fire risk is now raised from low to moderate. Fire officials have cited the current fuel conditions and a longrange weather forecast calling for warmer temperatures and drier weather for elevating the fire-risk mark. That report was prior to the recent stretch of un-seasonally hot weather, which reached 80 degrees on the westside of San Juan Island and nearly 80 on Orcas and on Lopez Islands.

As a result, outdoor burning will be restricted to mornings only, 6 a.m. to noon, and fires must be completely extinguished by noon, according to San Juan Island Fire Department.

Other than recreational fires, permits are required for burning outdoors in San Juan County, either for residential or commercial purposes.

So be smart and don’t use personal fireworks.

When we have such stunning shows to watch, who needs them anyway?

PUBLIC MEETINGS n SJC Board of Health, June 17, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., County Legislative Building, 55 Second St. n OPALCO Board of Directors, June 18, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Lopez Islander Resort, 2864 Fisherman Bay Rd. Lopez n SJC Hearings Examiner, June 18, 8:30 a.m., Key Bank Garden Room, downstairs, 92 Second St. n SJC Parks & Recreation Commission, June 18, 8:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m., County Fairgrounds, 846 Argyle Ave., FH n SJC Building Advisory Council, June 18, 11:45 a.m., SJI Fire Department Mullis Street Station, 1011 Mullis St. n Friday Harbor Town Council, June 18, noon & 5:30 p.m., Town Council Chambers, 60 Second St. n SJC Planning Commission, June 19, 8:30 a.m., County Legislative Building, 55 Second St. n Land Bank Commission, June 19, 8:30 a.m., Lopez Island Library, 2225 Fisherman Bay Rd. n San Juan Island Hospital District Commission, June 24, 5 p.m., County Legislative Building, 55 Second St.

OPINION

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Anna V. Smith, shown right, is an Oregon native, growing up in small town Dallas, Ore., before graduating in 2014 from the University of Oregon with two degrees in journalism and environmental studies.

“I love that journalism provides a constant learning experience, from the people I get to speak with to the places I get to see and the stories I hear that make me shift my perspective and widen my world view,” said Smith. “I love the basic storytelling aspect of journalism, and the thought that every person and place has a unique story to tell.”

Throughout college, Smith wrote and edited for two campus publications, Ethos and Envision, including three years as web editor for Envision.

She also traveled to Germany, Spain, Czech Republic, and New York as well as living in West Africa for three months while interning with

After a few months living and working in Seattle, Smith accepted a reporting position here at the Journal, and is excited to get acquainted with the islands and the people living here.

“The San Juan Islands are an incredibly beautiful place, and I appreciate the sense of community I already feel from my short time here. Every one is quick to offer advice or a helping hand, which reminds me of the small town that I’m from,” said Smith. “The history on these islands is very rich, and I’m excited to delve into it to better understand the San Juan Island’s present and its future. I look forward to exploring the islands further, and getting to experience its natural beauty and abundant wildlife.”

If you have any news tips or story ideas, you can contact Smith by calling 378-5696 or by email at asmith@ sanjuanjournal.com.

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the Smithsonian Institution’s Gabon Biodiversity Program.

Post college, Smith worked at the Eugene Weekly, covering local news, events, profiles, book reviews and writing multiple feature stories. Her favorite cover story was an in-depth look at the dangerous declining state of native bees in the Willamette Valley.

Guest column

Sasquatch Archaeology Militia Archaeology students study island trash Left: Pieces of trash collected during ProjectSAM.

By Candace Gossen Special to the Journal

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rojectSAM is a Garbage Archaeology project, selfnamed by SAM (the Sasquatch Archaeology Militia) a group of 19 students studying archaeology at Skagit Valley College’s San Juan Center this spring term.

One frisbee golf disc with the namesake SAM, became part of the beach trash after I, professor and professional archaeologist Candace Gossen, serendipitously picked it up.

On my daily walk, at Deadman’s Bay aka Sasquatch Cove, with Wiley E. Coyote (my dog) over a five-month period I collected 12 cubic feet of “stuff ” from the beach. How did the waste get there? Did it come by air? By water? Or did it get left behind by humans visiting the beach? The results you will find below, but if you’d like to know why I named the place Sasquatch Cove, well, you’ll have to ask me yourself.

Thousands of pieces of trash were inside four large bags awaiting sorting, identification and analysis. In the field of archaeology, taxonomy is what we call this rubbish, “divisive and judgmental” is the way we categorize the story of humans.

So, what exactly was washing up on the west side of San Juan Island? In volume, the grand total was 12 cubic feet; 16.8 pounds, 2,737 pieces with 51 percent being plastic, 39 percent foam, with the remainder being mixed metal, paper, nylon and glass. The plastic types included: water bottles, straws, hygiene, sheet plastic, hard plastic shards,

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plastic apparel, cigarette butts, bottle caps, 157 shotgun wads, 175 food wrappers, and nylon rope.

The students used divisive methodology to separate the waste by material, then by types and then further by attributes. Their research tracked the food wrappers to China, to the cargo vessels in Haro Strait, 35 percent came from Canada, being dropped by boaters, crabbers and fisherman in the San Juan waters and from the bad habits of people visiting the beach.

How does all this trash compare to American standards?

Bill Rathje, a garbage archaeologist reported his findings in a 1991 National Geographic article entitled “Once and Future Landfills.”

His team discovered that more than half of the landfills’ volume were full of newspapers and phonebooks. Plastic only accounted for 10 percent.

His curiosity focused on what Americans were throwing away? What he discovered was interesting, alarming but not at all surprising.

For instance, in 1978 there was a beef shortage, and people bought a lot more meat to save from not having any at all. Well, much of that beef wasted and there was a layer in American landfill history with unwrapped slabs of meat dated by a newspaper that had not begun to decompose.

Landfills are another problem all their own, emitting methane, leaking toxic chemicals, and the most virulent articles of waste.

At Deadman’s Bay, the students discovered a great deal about the human behaviors on San Juan Island, and that there is a lot more plastic found in the oceans than on land.

They each came up with suggestions for eliminating waste.

They say: “Be responsible, pack out what you bring in,” and that following that suggestion would eliminate most of the waste, and then it wouldn’t affect the birds, sea creatures and the ocean.

We’d like to thank Skagit Valley College San Juan Center and the archaeology students. On July 8, ProjectSAM’s findings will be presented at the Friday Harbor Whale Museum, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

Gossen is an environmental archaeologist. For over 12 years Gossen has been digging in the dirt on Easter Island, a southern hemispheric province of Chile, unearthing its rich history.

LOCAL

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Obituary

Micheal Allen Wayner: 1953-2015 Micheal Allen Wayner, 61, of Friday Harbor Wash., passed away suddenly on May 31, 2015 in a tragic motorcycle accident on Mount Baker Highway.

He was born on Sept. 30, 1953.

He lived in California until he joined the Navy in 1971, through 1975. During his time in the military he spent time on Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean Chagos Archipelago. After his years in the service he backpacked through Canada and Alaska. He married his wife, Donna, on April 5, 1986, in Santa Paula, Calif.

He was a wonderful husband, father, stepfather, grandfather and brother.

His family was the most

important thing, above all else. He was a loving and supportive husband, a stern father, a patient grandfather and a loyal friend.

Mike was a very unique individual; he had his way of doing things and there was a place for everything and everything was in its place. He was a skilled carpenter but later became a truck driver for the late Richard Lawson.

He spent the last five years employed with San Juan Sanitation. He loved his job and and enjoyed his friendships with his coworkers.

He was a wildlife maintenance officer for the state of Washington, had a great sense of humor, a love for wildlife and enjoyed rid-

ing motorcycles with his "bench" friends.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Louis (Haley) Madden, and by his stepson Jeffrey Musser.

He is survived by and will be forever missed by his wife of 29 years, Donna, his son Nicholas of Bellflower Calif., and daughter-in-law Jennifer; his son Zachary Wayner of Friday Harbor, daughter Michelle Wayner (Scott) of Seattle and son-inlaw Chuck; grandchildren Micheal and Nadia Walter of Friday Harbor, Wash., Noah and Nicki Wayner of Bellflower Calif., his brother Christopher Wayner of Covington Wash., and by those who have been forever touched by his life.

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Down 1. Boor's lack 2. "God's Little ___" 3. Mosque V.I.P. 4. Free from, with "of" 5. Hands on hips and elbows bowed out 6. Star bursts 7. Containing no errors 8. Put in stitches

9. ___ dark space (region in a vacuum tube) 10. Hinged, meshcovered frame in entry (2 wds) 11. Coaster 12. "Absolutely!"

14. Starbucks order 18. Cut of meat (shin) in Scotland 22. Irregular 24. Wrist ornament 25. Burning 26. Apprehensive 27. Flax plant extract (2 wds) 30. Capital of Switzerland 31. Basket weaver 33. "Crikey!"

‘Man and Superman’ A theatre review

By Howard Schonberger Journal columnist

A service will be held in his honor to celebrate his life on Sunday, June 28, at 1 p.m., at the Valley Church, 311 Madden Lane. A potluck dinner is to follow at the American Legion Post.

In lieu of flowers, to help cover the cost of funeral and memorial expenses, please make contributions to the Mike Wayner Memorial Fund through Islanders Bank.

— Family of Mike Wayner

CROSSWORD PUZZLE Across 1. Clavell's "___-Pan" 4. Doctor Who villainess, with "the" 8. Flip, in a way 13. #1 spot 15. Religious image: Var. 16. "I give up!"

17. Emergency submarine descent (2 wds) 19. ___ of Saturn 20. Beat 21. Raided for booty 23. Plant cultivated for its latex (2 wds) 25. Brisk 28. Affirmative vote 29. "ER" network 32. Japanese ___ girl 33. Former measure of U.S. economy 34. "I had no ___!"

35. Contact, e.g.

36. Cousin of a raccoon 38. "September ___" (Neil Diamond hit) 39. About (2 wds) 40. Armageddon 41. Scarface 43. River in E Wales and W England 44. A pint, maybe 45. Less green 46. Brain of a vertebrate 49. Process of inferring 50. JapaneseAmerican 54. Lyric poem 55. Study of beauty in nature and art

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34. Exemption from punishment 37. Type of swimsuit (hyphenated) 42. Agreeing (with) 44. Highlight 45. "Om," e.g.

47. Elbow 48. Bamboozled 49. Fencing sword 51. Capital of ancient Chinese empire 52. Almond 53. "___ It Romantic?" (contraction) 54. "To ___ is human ..."

56. Alter, in a way Answers to today's puzzle on page 14

My wife, Helen, and I have been frequent followers of the wonderful new medium of HD Operas and National Theatre Live introduced this past year.

Last Sunday, when I heard they were showing “Man and Superman” written by George Bernard Shaw, one of my favorite writers, I decided we had to go.

It was three and a half hours of the best entertainment we have ever enjoyed.

The show was performed by a wondrous cast led by Acadamy Award nominee Ralph Fiennes. A very small audience left the beauti-

ful weather outside, praying they made the right decision. Within five minutes, the laughter was almost hysterical, louder than any full house audience of previous shows. None of the small audience went home at intermission as has happened previously.

Bobby Ryan, our new artistic director, was welcomed at this occasion.

We understand that we now might have repeats of shows missed by those who are off island or busy at the dates selected. Keep us informed at the Journal so islanders won’t miss stuff this good (or in my case, watch time and time again).

Know Your Island Walk is coming up

Know Your Island Walk on Saturday, June 27, 1-4 p.m. is entitled “From Trees to Tap: The Workings of a Working Watershed.” Meet caretaker Will Hamilton and water systems manager Chad Hoffman, shown above, for an educational tour of the Briggs Lake area (known as the Roche Harbor Watershed) which is a private forest providing water, wood, wildlife and recreation enjoyed by many islanders. Learn what makes this watershed and water

treatment plant property so unique. Take the watershed tour, a distance of 1.25 miles and then walk .75 mi. or drive to a tour of the water treatment plant where liquid refreshments will be served. Terrain: grassy trails, level to downhill (no uphill). Rating: gentle. Dogs on leashes okay. Rain or shine. Meet and park at corner of Roche Harbor and West Valley Roads. Limited parking; carpool if possible.

For info email info@sanjuanislandtrails.org.

FREE INTRODUCTION TO SHOOTING Saturday June 27th, 10 am to 1 pm Orcas Island Sportmens Club Invites all Interested Youth, ages 10 or older "parent or legal guardian required" to a free introduction to shooting trap and paper targets (.22 rifle).

Range Safety Officers will teach safety and there will be free shooting of clay pidgeons and paper targets Orcas Island Sportsmens Club is located at 1906 Enchanted Forest Rd, on Orcas Island For more info call Bruce Hansen 360-378-2731 or John Davidson 360-375-6115

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Spring Street International 2015 graduates Staff photo / Anna V. Smith

The 2015 graduating class from Spring Street School.

By Anna V. Smith Journal reporter

Open-hearted, passionate, gregarious, intent; these are just a few of the words used to describe the 16 students that graduated from Spring Street International School June 13. The graduation highlighted two elements that stand out most about the school; its academic achievements and its dedication to fostering personal growth.

The graduation took place at Friday Harbor Presbyterian Church, with six graduating cum laude and seven graduating magna cum laude. All told, the 16 earned a little under $1 million in merit aid from their colleges and scholar-

ships. Head of School Louis Prussack presented three scholarships from local organizations: Fiona Small received $3,000 from Island Artisans to continue her work in fine arts, Isabella Bledsoe received a San Juan

Eight are named ‘Good stewards’

Eight islanders received “Good Steward” awards from the Stewardship Network of the San Juans for their contributions to environmental stewardship.

Winners will get a “Finee” award during the Solstice Celebration at the Village Green on Orcas. The award is a ceramic salmon made by local artisans Crow Valley Pottery. The winners are: Carter Fuehr-Bush of

San Juan Island for Youth Stewardship Pierrette Guimond of Orcas Island for Individual Stewardship Chuck Schietinger of San Juan Island, shown above, for Educator Stewardship Tom Reynolds and Mariluz Villa of Brown Island for Shoreline Stewardship Tim Clark of Lopez Island for Woodland Stewardship Misty Todd of San Juan Island for Business Stewardship Scott Meyers and Brigit Waring of Lopez Island for Farmland Stewardship Bishop Craig Anderson of Orcas Island for Village Stewardship Recipients will be honored on June 20, exact times will be posted online at stewardshipsanjuans.org.

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Island Service Scholarship for $1,000 for her work in the community, and Valedictorian Brodie Miller received $10,000 from the Bishop-Fleet Foundation.

As is tradition at SSIS graduation, one word was bestowed upon each student by faculty Heather June and Jeff Smith, accompanied by a short anecdote of how they exemplify the word, as well as a music piece by Grisha Krivchenia. Many of the anecdotes touched on moments from class trips in the Cascades, India, Spain, Ethiopia and more.

Kate Cjaza played a musi-

cal interlude on an acoustic guitar that she had written.

The lyrics tied in well with Louis Prussack’s speech about the important role of new generations, urging them to hold tight to the perspective that can by gained from walking in others’ shoes.

This year’s graduating class had two valedictorians, Quinn Freedman who will attend Swarthmore College, and Brodie Miller, who will attend Middlebury College to study economics and arabic. In his speech Miller spoke for many of the students there when he

said: “I for one, am not the same person I was when I started here.” Miller also gave a shout out to the international students from Rwanda, China and Vietnam who were graduating. The graduation also featured a senior slideshow, put together by Kate Cjaza and Zula Mucyo, showing baby photos to present day. The commencement address was presented

by Ian Boyden, executive director of SJI Museum of Art. Boyden urged the students to continue with open minds when entering college and beyond, even if they thought they already knew what they wanted to study or where they wanted to go. As he put it, “coexist with the surprise of the self.”

Although the graduates are spreading out to go to their respective colleges and careers, Spring Street has prepared them well to lean in to the future with open hearts and minds.

Congratulations class of 2015!

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Soon the world will be polio-free.

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SATURDAY TIE-DYE AT FARMER’S MARKET

Free tie-dye booth at the farmer’s market. Bring a shirt or any 100% cotton item, shirts will be available for $5.

BRICKWORKS 10 AM-1 PM, SAT, JUNE 20

SATURDAY ANNUAL ORCA SING

Listen to a choir performance for the orcas and get a free tour of the lighthouse.

Music begins at around 6 p.m. and tours are before and after the performance.

LIME KILN STATE PARK BEGINS AT 6 PM, SAT, JUNE 20

SUNDAY FATHER’S DAY AT JACKSON BEACH

Come down for beach activities including paddle boarding, games, Hawaiian outrigger canoe, kites and BBQ. Free other than $15 paddle board pass.

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13 ‘Leadership’ grads

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Dance Happy show

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Left: Katie Wilkins, Kim Bryan, Bella French, Dan Vekved, Liz Taylor, Becki Day, Bob O’Connell, Annette McCullough, Erin Corra, Sara Waugh and Gregory Maynard.

Not pictured: Dave Sather and Jodi Spitalli.

Thirteen islanders have completed their five-month course with Leadership San Juan Islands. They graduated on May 29.

This year, Cohort XI participants set up serviceday projects on their home islands. On Lopez Island, the team organized the first “Lopez Talks” event, bring-

ing in more than 80 people to discuss various community and world issues; the San Juan Island team performed Earth Day cleanup activities at Lime Kiln Park; and the Orcas Island team helped at Orcas Montessori, enlarging the children’s garden and tidying up the outdoor areas.

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The 2015 graduates are listed above and right. All have plans to continue in some form of leadership service within their communities. Since LSJI’s beginnings in 2004, more than 140 islanders have graduated from this program.

LSJI fosters leadership skills, such as facilitation and collaborative problem solving, and gives county residents the opportunity to better understand local systems and how they interconnect with: governance, economics, social services, history and culture, education, and the environment.

Participants learn within a cohort setting through a series of challenge days and retreats.Applications for Cohort XII will be available starting in August with open houses planned on each island in early fall.

For more information on participation or sponsorship visit www.lsji.org.

Staff Photo/ Anna V. Smith

Bill and Rita Ament’s Dance Happy Show 2015 San Juan Community Theatre on Saturday, June 20 at 7 p.m. Adults are $16, students are $8 and rush is $5.

Join the Aments and more than 40 local island performers, children through adults for their 31st annual Dance Happy Extravaganza.

Lots of tap, jazz, hip hop, ballet, modern jazz, Zumba, creative, pre-ballet, belly dance, Mexican dancing, audience fun, singing, guest artists and lots of entertainment. The traditional Dance Happy show is guaranteed to make you laugh, cry, giggle, aah, ooh la la, smile, wiggle, wow, clap, cheer and be totally inspired! Join us in this outrageous dance and song revue. Business Partner: Jensen Shipyard

Soundwatch fundraiser Let’s shore up the vessel fund! Come support Soundwatch’s 2015 summer season of on-the-water boater education on Friday, June 26 at Mike’s Café and

Wine Bar. Help us boost funds for much needed vessel maintenance while enjoying vegan appetizers, drinks, live music by Opa! and a raffle for prizes.

The price is $15 per person includes appetizers and a drink at Mike’s Café and Wine Bar. Raffle tickets are five dollars a ticket or twenty dollars for five tickets.

Special thanks to Mike’s

This is an The Bluff Restaurant • Bar • Terrace Open Thu - Mon; Dinner: 6 - 9 pm Happy Hour: 5 - 6 pm 130 West St, (360) 378-8455 Coho Restaurant Farm to Fork Cuisine with Mediterranean Flair New May hours! Tuesday – Saturday Chef’s Tasting Daily 5 - 5:45 3 courses + bottle of wine for 2 for $70 120 Nichols Street • (360) 378.6330 · Tues - Sat 5 - 9 Perched above Cask and Schooner restaurant, Tops'l Sushi and Seafood offers not only the best view of the harbor but a wide range of fresh Northwest Seafood, traditional sushi and local craft brews on tap.

Tops'l is proud to serve a variety of fresh local fish, crab, and shellfish as well as steak, chicken, duck, and grilled salmon. We offer live music on Thursday nights and beer, wine and cocktail specials during our Late Night at the Top on Fridays and Saturdays 9:00-11:00pm.

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Tickets can be purchased at The Whale Museum or online.

For more information stop by the Museum or call (360) 378-4710 ext. 30.

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Around Town Check out this summer’s concert music series PAGE 12

What’s Happening!

Wednesday, June 17 “CORE” Fitness, Dance Workshop II, noon to 1 p.m. Increase stamina, strengthen abs, deep “core” muscles for healing of the back and neck in 60-minute, athletically focused class, led by Candace Gossen; $10 drop-in fee. Info, info@blackcoyotemedicine.org ”Leave No Trace” Workshop, SJC Land Bank Office & Grounds.

Features the Subaru/ LNT Traveling Trainers team, with ideas for incorporating Leave No Trace principles into daily living and recreating, business advertising, touring, camping, teaching and for volunteers on public lands.

Free sessions 9 -11:30 a.m. and 12:30 - 3 p.m.

Frazer Homestead Walk, American Camp, 2-4 p.m., free. NPS historian Mike Vouri talks about how American Camp’s “frontiersman in blue” changed the character of San Juan Island, and its landscape. Info, 378-2240, www.nps.gov ’Coping With Change’, Library, 6-7:30 p.m.

Presented by Hospice of San Juans, series focuses on managing end-of-life challenges for family, friends and yourself. Info, 378-5915, www.sjhospice.com

Thursday, June 18 Mended Hearts Monthly Meeting, PIMC, 1117 Spring St., 10 a.m. Learn more about reversing cholesterol buildup, featuring guest speaker Dr. Spencer Hinds (via DVD presentation). Local chapter of Mended Hearts meets third Thursday of the month. Info, 378-3774, www.MendedHeartsBellingham.org See CALENDAR, Page 14

By Peggy Butler

Special to the Journal

I

nside a giant nest at American Camp Historical Park, two growing young eaglets share an ever more cramped space. Bertha has done it yet again. Bertha, so tagged by park rangers, is a female Bald Eagle – and according to a log kept by rangers, she has made American Camp her nursery site for the past 20 years.

She normally produces two eggs annually. Each egg may weigh more than a quarter of a pound – as much as three times the weight of a chicken egg. Little Bill, her current mate, shares the duties of a parent, such as helping to incubate

the eggs, guard the nest, and hunt.

Before Little Bill was Big Bill, who apparently is no more, as eagles mate for life.

A spotting scope near the entry to the ranger station points toward the bulky bathtub-size nest, which is well hidden unless you know where to look. Eagle’s nests may weigh over a ton. Inside the nest, the eaglets, now about two months old, jostle for space. Watch them stretch their wings, stand on the edge of the nest, and even crouch over the side where they shoot a walloping amount of whitewash into the branches below. They have become “nest trained.”

Sometime in the next weeks they will venture from the safety of the nest and perch on nearby branches, exercising their wings and their courage to prepare for the first big flight. This venturing onto new branches is called ‘branching.’

Who knew that “branching out” was an eagle term?

To initiate the first solo flight, parent birds motivate the young cannily. They stop feeding them.

They may fly over the nest of hungry eaglets dripping the aroma of fresh meat. Sorry. No meal tonight! Perhaps they will circle

the nest exhibiting the thrill of free flight. The eaglets, who gain as much as a pound every few days during the first few weeks, begin to lose weight. This actually helps them become more flight ready when they eventually launch.

Bertha and Little Bill’s chicks are expected to “fledge” – leave the nest and fly off to fend for themselves – around mid July this year. You will want to visit the viewing site before then, because experts estimate that many Bald Eagles do not survive the first flight – err – attempted flight. If the eaglets live through the crash landing, the parents will supply food to help them rebuild strength

and continue flight school until they become the airborne hunters they were born to be. However, as many as 40% will not survive the first year.

But Bertha and her “Bills” have been replenishing the eagle supply in the San Juan Islands. One study reported approximately 7,000 nesting pairs of Bald Eagles in the continental United States. San Juan County has at latest count 154 pairs. This is a “believe it or not” fact: Our own San Juan County has the highest density population of any county in the continental United States – of nesting Bald Eagles, that is.

Go Bertha!

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Around town

Concert music series

This summer the Gubleman Theatre will be rocking to the sounds of Elvis, toe-tapping to jazz, and swaying to classical concerts in the return of Night Music Summer Concert Series.

The series features a number of well-known local talents and a wide range of musical genres during July to September, Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. Wine, beer and chocolate desserts will be available for purchase in the Steele Memorial Garden next door. Tickets are online or at the SJCT Box Office. Info: 360-378-3210, visit sjctheatre.org. Here is the concert line-up: July 9: Island musicians interpret Elvis July 16: OPA! & David Bayley July 23: Kate Schuman & Keith Busha July 30: Sasha & Friends Go Sideways Aug. 6: Roseblade & Daniel Finn Aug. 27: Summer Melodious Notes Sept. 3: Jesse Berube & Bryan Leighton

Family Art Days

Summer on San Juan will get a little artsier with the return of Family Art Days for kids and adults to get creative outdoors.

Every Saturday – aside from County Fair

weekend– from July to August will feature a different artistic pursuit from dream catchers to homemade flower seed bombs. The free four-hour drop-in sessions are led by a different local island artist each week, and use an array of materials and methods. No skill is required, and all ages are welcome.

All sessions are from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. except July 4 to accommodate the parade and is rescheduled for noon to 4 p.m. The new location for free Family Art Days is in the Art Orchard, adjacent to the new IMA building on 540 Spring Street.

Family Art Days Schedule: July 4: Celebratory Independence Day Cards, Alice Hibberd July 11: Homemade Pulp Paper and Seed Bombs, Amy Plant July 18: Mammal Mandalas: Tracks, habits and habitats, Alice Hibberd July 25: Sock Dolls, Francie Hansen Aug. 1: Sculptures from the Sea: Art from island beach treasures, Kristy Schmidt Aug. 8: Watercolor & Driftwood Mobiles, Simona Burla Aug. 22: Dream Catchers, Jenn Furber Aug. 29: Practical Clay Creations: necklaces, phone straps, more, Leisha Holmes

Author talk

On Wednesday, June 24, beginning with a reception at 5:30 p.m., Joseph K. Gaydos

New birth announcement

Vera and Olsen Schoultz are excited to announce the birth of their little sister, Kelly Ann. Kelly was born at Island Hospital on Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 4:22 p.m. She weighed 9 pounds, 9 ounces and was 21.1 inches long. Kelly is the daughter of Scott and Alisa Schoultz and granddaughter to Mike and Jeri Ahrenius of Friday Harbor, Wash., Dean and Rosemarie Felthous of Mill Creek, Wash., and Nils and Carolyn Schoultz of Hudson, Fla. Great-grandparents, Reed and Elaine Brockbank, live in Kentfield, Calif.

SAN JUAN DONORS Ron Krebs honoring Barbra Pluff Gregory Maynard honoring all women David Champlin Juan Lopez honoring Heidi Lopez Gregory Gerhardstein Michael Buettell honoring Sue Buettell Peter Goddu honoring Margaret Langlie Court Bell honoring Ann Bell Chad Peterman Mark Cunningham David Anderson honoring Linnea & Avaline Anderson Karl Kuetzing David Dehlendorf honoring Susan Dehlendorf Scott Van Buskirk honoring Ann Van Buskirk Ron Lehman honoring Trish Lehman Tom Ruggles honoring Gayle Isbell Peter Kilpatrick honoring Madeline Kilpatrick Kent Sooter honoring Cheryl Tom Doenges honoring Tami Doenges Tim Barrette honoring Laurie Paul Duncan Wilson

Kirk Fuhrmeister Robert Shultz honoring Marjorie, Susie, Sarah, & Collette Richard Meenan honoring Karen, Natalie, & Olivia Bob Reily honoring Linda Butler Doug Hunt honoring wife Christine & sister Fran Robert Low honoring the women in his life Kyle Loring Don Bryan honoring Kim Bryan John Moalli honoring Allison Moalli Bill Weissinger honoring Rudi Ann Weissinger David Shaw honoring Connie Shaw Tom Nolan honoring Deborah Nolan Thomas White honoring Janet Gray Ted Strutz honoring Ashley Strutz Richard Low honoring Jessica Bryan Richard Ledford honoring Jenny Ledford JW Chessell honoring Catherine Clowers and Mary Chessell Stoshitch The Men of Green Man Landscape & Design (9 men) honoring the women in their lives Tim Collins honoring Necia Quast

will be featured at The Whale Museum for an “Author Talk.” Gaydos will also be available that evening to sign copies of his new book “The Salish Sea Jewel of the Pacific Northwest.” Written by Gaydos and Audrey DeLella Benedict this book combines a scientist’s inquiring mind, dramatic color photographs, and a lively narrative of compelling stories. Amongst breathtaking color photography, “The Salish Sea Jewel” takes a look at the region’s geology, fauna, and history, and ends with hope for the protection of its future. The reader is left with a sense of wonder for this intricate marine ecosystem and the life that it sustains.

The event is free and open to the public.

For more info, call 360-378-4710 ext.30.

TEDx coming to San Juan Island

A local version of the well-known TED Talks will be coming to Friday Harbor as TEDxSanJuanIsland this September with the theme “Affect/Effect: How do you create change?”

“TEDxSanJuanIsland is designed as a platform for ideas, where local individuals share the day with world-class speakers and thought leaders,” said Gary Franklin in a press release. Franklin is curator of TEDxSanJuanIsland and member of the organizing committee. “The annual TED Conference stands out as a confluence of fascinating concepts and we are excited to bring this local event to our island.”

The event currently has two speakers prepared for the day; Alicia Malone, a film critic and media writer from Australia, and Anders Sorman Nilsson, a self-described “futurist and innovative strategist” from Sweden. Speaker applications are open to anyone with “an idea worth spreading,” the deadline for the applications is June 22.

TEDxSanJuanIsland is set up in the same way as traditional TED Talks, but is independently organized and operated by community volunteers. Registration for tickets

Jerry Miller Ron Carlson Terry Whalen Anonymous (16) ORCAS DONORS Ken Katz honoring Serena Burman Christopher Sanders honoring his wife and his daughters Rick Hughes honoring Marlace Hughes Ron Claus honoring Stephanie Claus Bathan Shaner honoring Victoria and Cora Shaner Kim Smith honoring Michele Smith Matt Minnis honoring Colleen Smith Armstrong David Shinstrom Bob Gamble honoring Winnie Adams Jason Linnes Grant Heitman honoring Duchess Heitman Erick Crowe honoring Lisa and Hailey Charles Binford honoring Valarie Binford Henry Parsons honoring my wife Marcia Rigel and In Memory of Iola Parsons

has begun, with a limit of 100 attendees.

The event will take place at Friday Harbor Middle School Auditorium on Blair Street, Sept. 19, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For tickets and more information, go to www.

TEDxSanJuanIsland.com.

Historic Barns tour

San Juan Island Grange #966 presents a summer program on Historic Barns of the San Juan Islands on Wednesday, June 24, at the Grange Hall.

The program begins at 7 p.m. with a potluck at 6 p.m. – all are welcome and encouraged to attend. Join 100 Friends of Old Island Barns architectural historian Boyd C. Pratt and coordinator Sandy Strehlou for an introduction to the newly posted Historic Barns of the San Juan Islands.

They will talk about all things old island barns with the use a virtual tour.

Home Trust party

Get ready to party, with a delicious Mexican dinner, margaritas, an auction and concert with dancing.

Coming from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, for the third year in a row are Los Bambinos.

The four Morales Brothers blend vibrant harmonies with easy-listening electroacoustic guitars. They describe themselves as a Latin-Rock-Fusion band, saying, “We all love to sing, and harmony is what keeps us all together.”

Tickets are available for $30 (or $15 for kids) at the Home Trust Office or by phone at 378-5541. Tickets will also be at the Home Trust’s booth at the Saturday Farmer’s Markets.

The event will take place at the Brickworks on Sunday, July 5 at 5 p.m., with the concert at 7:30 p.m. In addition to the silent auction there will be a short live auction including several fabulous trips. Funds will be used to help the San Juan Community Home Trust as they prepare to build 12 more homes in the Sun Rise neighborhood.

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Orcas honored at annual concert

By Anna V. Smith Journal reporter

Journal file photo

Attendees of the Annual Orca Sing hope to see the Southern resident orcas, as they often pass by Lime Kiln State Park.

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What kind of music do orcas like?

It’s an impossible question to answer for certain, but one that Fred West of Seattle City’s Cantábile Choir has been entertaining for the last 14 years at the annual Orca Sing, a choral performance to honor the Southern Resident orcas at Lime Kiln State Park.

“It’s a symbolic way to bring our best culture to the whales, instead of just our pollution and our ship engines,” West says. “We’re

bringing our songs that represent our composers through the ages, that represent many cultures.”

In past years the Choir has organized gospels, saxophone solos and string quartets for the killer whales. This year they’re planning on singing pieces from South America, South Africa and West Africa, which West describes as celebratory songs “affirming the beauty of nature and life, adapted for the orcas and the sea.”

The event will offer tours of the lighthouse in

Horsemanship workshop at the San Juan County Fairgrounds Does the name Scott Purdum ring a bell? If you are an avid horse-lover, or have ever watched RFDTV, then you have heard of Scott Purdum’s show, Advantage Horsemanship.

The San Juan County Fairgrounds is excited to have Scott himself come all the way from Maryland to lend his horsemanship skills in a two-day Advantage

Help at race aid stations

As beneficiary of the San Juan Island Triathlon and Marathon, Purple and Gold of Friday Harbor High School is organizing volunteers for the events June 20 and 21. If you’ve volunteered you know what fun it is to be at aid stations or course markers. Volunteers receive a T-shirt and entrance to after race festivities.

To sign up, go to purplegoldfh.org/triathlon.html.

$3.00

per person

Anywhere in Friday Harbor, group rate available

360-298-6108 San Juan Islands Shuttle System A 501c3 Public Charity

Horsemanship Clinic.

Register yourself and your horse for the clinic and get two full days of individualized guidance from Scott in the arena.

Come Friday, June 19 to see a demonstration, audit each day for $20/person.

Proceeds of this clinic will directly fund the San Juan County Fair Horse Program’s event costs during the 2015 Fair.

Sign up early before April 27 and get a discount, hurry.

The cost is $250 before

April 27, and $275 after April 27. Contact info@sjcfair.org for a sign-up form,

and call (410) 596-2865 for more information about the upcoming clinic.

SATURDAY, JUNE 20 @ 7PM

Lime Kiln State Park before and after the music. Jenny Atkinson, executive director of the Whale Museum, says that whales have often come by during the performance.

“It’s amazing that we have this opportunity to watch whales in the wild, almost in their living room,” Atkinson says.

Audience members also have the ability to listen to the whales by turning their FM radios to 88.1 or 88.3 to listen to the hydrophones that pick up the whales’

songs and communications in the ocean, also broadcast online at orcasound.net.

Atkinson says she hopes these events will bring more attention to orcas, an endangered species, especially as June is Orca Awareness Month.

The Annual Orca Sing is June 20 at 6 p.m. with lighthouse tours offered before and after the performance. The event is free but a Discovery Pass is required to park at the State Park.

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I went to Fidalgo Rehabilitation about a year ago for some therapy. I had never been to a nursing home before and I was a little apprehensive to say the least. My daughter is a nurse and said it was a good place, so I gave it a shot. I am so glad that I did! The team at Fidalgo worked very hard to make sure that I was successful and able to return home.

A few weeks ago, I was having a frequent falls and ended up at Island Hospital. After a few days it was recommended that I go to a nursing facility for therapy and to get stronger. I knew immediately that I wanted to return to Fidalgo.

The nursing assistants are so sweet and helpful but I want to particularly thank Jeannette Limpkin NAC for making me feel so welcome and comfortable. Her congenial nature and upbeat personality really was a beacon of light I needed during a difficult time.

The nurses are wonderful as well! They are always so prompt with my medication and seem to be able to magically anticipate my needs. There are no Nurse Ratchet’s here!

I especially enjoyed the food. During my recovery process, I’ve had a variety of diets and textures and the dietary department never let me down. It feels like a cruise ship when I’m at Fidalgo, as food is always available and really good!

I cannot say enough good things about my stay at Fidalgo. I know that if I ever needed another rehabilitation stay, I would demand to return to Fidalgo and recommend to anyone in the community to do the same. ~Sharon Scott

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Big blast finally blows up harbor rock

By Ilene Anderson Special to the Journal

A blast of dynamite sent a plume of water 100 feet in the air last Saturday when 700 pounds of explosives were detonated in the middle of Friday Harbor.

It was the biggest in a series of explosions aimed at leveling a shoal in Friday Harbor. The shoal has posed a navigation hazard for ferries. The top of the rock was originally 15 feet 5 inches,” said diver Mike Wheatley of C. & M. Diving Co. of Seattle, who was in charge of detonation. The divers off the Washington State Labs were seen at the last minute and warned to get out of the water. Percy

Washington, fishery biologist to the Port of Friday Harbor said he was surprised at the length of the blast. He will recommend to the State Department of Fisheries that they never allow it to happen again.

“It was devastating,” said Washington who estimated 70 percent of the herring in the water and some of the shiner perch died in the blast. The height of the water blown into the air indicates to me that most of the energy went through the water and not through the rocks. I think the fish suffered from it,” he said.

Washington said the exact figures will not be released for several days, but that an

SAN JUAN COMMUNITY THEATRE 100 Second Street Friday Harbor, WA

Saturday, June 20 ۰ 7:00 pm Bill and Rita Ament’s

Dance Happy!

This 31st annual celebration of dance and song showcases more than 50 island performers (ages two through adult).

Business Partner: JENSEN SHIPYARD Tickets: Adults $16; Student Reserved $8; and $5 RUSH at the door.

Monday, June 22 ۰ 2:00 pm Stratford HD

King John The King of France demands John relinquish his crown in favor of his nephew, the young Prince Arthur, in this Shakespeare drama from Canada’s Stratford Festival.

Adult $20; Members $18; Student Reserved $10

Fri. & Sat., June 26-27 ۰ 7:30 pm Friday Harbor Chamber Musical Festival Island cellist Sasha von Dassow debuts a new festival featuring regional musicians performing chamber music masterworks.

Adult $22; Student Reserved $11; and $5 RUSH at the door.

For more event info or to purchase tickets: www.sjctheatre.org SJCT Box Office: 378-3210

estimated 3,500 pounds of fish were killed in the three blasts. Most were herring.

“Five minutes after the blast there was a line of herring so thick you could reach down and grab hands full, he said.

Whatever, Washington said nothing is going to be wasted.

“Sixty to 80 percent of herring between “0” and one year old die naturally.

It just happened earlier than it would have under normal conditions,” he said.

The ling cod and the

seagulls and even some killer whales were in the harbor feasting on the remains.

One of the charter sportsfishing captains went out after the blast and scooped up a good portion of the herring that floated up, to use as bait.

“They came back to life in the bait tank. I think a good portion was just stunned and that those the birds didn’t kill right away recovered and swam away,” he said.

He said he didn’t see any sizeable kill as a result of the

blasting, just enough for the birds to have a field day.

“There was more herring killed on Saturday than in any of the previous blasts due to the size of the shot, but no salmon, no ling cod and no seals,” said Wheatley, who dove in the area afterward.

“It doesn’t look like a barren, flat piece of rock anymore. The rock is broken up from pea-gravel to two foot chunks,” he said.

Now that the area is all broken up it will make a better habitat for marine

life, Wheatley said.

“In the next year sportsfishing will pick up 200 percent, predicted Wheatley.

It’s going to produce a better habitat, agreed Washington, who says the size of the rocks is important. It will make homes for the rockfish and the lings will live on the reef feeding off the rockfish.

“We have to see what will happen,” said Washington.“But we have noticed fish moving back into the area right away.”

Calendar:

370-5050, www.sjima.org

Bill & Rita Ament’s “Dance Happy,” SJ Community Theatre, 7 p.m. The Aments present the 31st island dance and song extravaganza. Tickets: $16 adults, $8 students, $5 RUSH. Info, 3783210, www.sjctheatre.org

FANS Free Soccer Clinic, FHES Fields. A fun-filled day with coaches from British Soccer Camp. Arrive 15 min. before age group time: Ages 3-5 (9-10 a.m.), ages 6-8 (1011:30 a.m.), ages 9-12 (11:30-1 p.m.)

Tie-Dye at Farmer’s Market, Free tie-dye booth at the farmer’s market, 10 a.m. -1 p.m.

Bring a shirt or cotton item, shirts will be available for $5

Sunday, June 21

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”Leave No Trace” Workshop, 9 -11:30 a.m. at Odlin Park Picnic Shelter, Lopez and 12:30 - 3 p.m. at Fishermans Bay Spit Preserve, Lopez Spineless: Portraits of Marine Invertebrates, the Backbone of Life, SJI Museum of Art, 540 Spring St. free. IMA presents works by celebrated wildlife photographer Susan Middleton, May 23-Aug. 21. Open ThursMon, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Info,

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A Walk to Salmon Bank, American Camp, 2-3:30 p.m., free. NPS presents a guided walk to South Beach’s historic Salmon Bank, whose natural springs attracted Native Americans and Europeans alike. Info, 378-2240, www. nps.gov Literary Salon with Laurie Orton, SJI Library. Unlike a book club, you choose what you read, but we join together to share impressions. Attend for free refreshments and a refreshing talk at the SJI Library at 7 p.m.

Community Wellness Night, Lavendera Massage, 285 Spring St., 6:30-8:30 p.m., free. Free 15-minute clothed treatments, massage, energy work, herbal consults; every third Thursday. Info, 378-3637, www.lavenderadayspa.com

Saturday, June 20

Annual Orca Sing, at Lime Kiln State Park. Listen to a choir performance for the orcas and get a free tour of the lighthouse. Music begins at 6 p.m. and tours are before and after the music Tragedy of the Commons Film Series, Library, 7 p.m., free. Host Ken Crawbuck presents “Under the Dome.” Discussion to follow. Popcorn provided by Friends of the Library. Info, www.sjlib.org Contra Dance, Grange Hall, 7:30 p.m. Seattle caller Sherry Nevins, Susan Burke, fiddle, Jay Finkelsein, guitar.

No partner needed. $10 donation. Info 378-3836, or Facebook @ sanjuanislandcontradance

Father’s Day at Jackson Beach, Come down for beach activities including paddle boarding, games, Hawaiian outrigger canoe, kites and BBQ. Free other than $15 paddle board pass.

Scholarships apply. 1-4 p.m.

Monday, June 22 ‘King John,’ SJ Community Theatre, 7 p.m.

Shakespeare’s classic in HD from Canada’s Stratford Festival. Tickets: $20 adults, $10 student reserved. Info: sjctheatre.org or 378-3210

Tuesday, June 23 Get Help on Tech Tuesdays, SJ Library, free.

Drop in on Tuesday mornings to get instruction, trouble-shooting or help with tech questions. Bring the device (computer, Kindle, smartphone, tablet) and a Library volunteer will help.

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PAGINATOR Peninsula Daily News, a six-day morning newspaper serving the beautiful North Olympic Peninsula of Washington, has a full-time opening on its design/copy desk in Port Angeles. The successful candidate must have demonstrated and creative layout/pagination skills using the Adobe Suite, copy editing experience, good grammar and syntax skills, be AP style-savvy, know current events, write accurate and catchy headlines and possess sharp InDesign skills (we have a Macintosh-based computer system).

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EXECUTIVE EDITOR The Peninsula Daily News in Port Angeles, Wash., a six-day morning newspaper and 24/7 online news operation serving the beautiful two-county North Olympic Peninsula, seeks a web-savvy executive editor with excellent writing, editing and pagination skills and proven management experience. Reporting to the publisher, this is the No. 1 position in our newsroom.

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Affordable Port Angeles, gateway to Olympic National Park and Victoria, British Columbia, gets half the rainfall of Seattle yet is close enough to enjoy Seattle as well as our rain forests, great fishing and other outdoors activities and pleasant lifestyle. ?Port Angel?es just finished second in Outside magazine’s 2015 “Best Town Ever” online contest, beating out Santa Barbara, Calif., Flagstaff, Ariz., Bar Harbor, Maine, and two western cities.

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CREATIVE ARTIST Sound Publishing, Inc and The Whidbey News Times, a twice-weekly community newspaper located in Coupeville, WA, has an immediate opening for a full-time Creative Artist. Duties include performing ad design, designing promotional materials, providing excellent internal and external customer service. Requires excellent communication skills and the ability to work in a fast paced deadline-oriented environment.

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Friday Harbor Electric

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You must have a valid WA driver’s license.

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Heritage Bank is seeking applicants for a FINANCIAL SERVICES ASSOCIATE located in Friday Harbor, WA. This position is responsible for providing an exceptional level of customer service while building relationships with new customers, servicing and expanding relationships with existing customers and delivering an exceptional customer service experience through needsbased selling of bank products and services.

Qualified candidates must have 1 – 2 years recent new accounts and relationship selling experience, and working knowledge of new account documentation and compliance in a financial services industry. Full time position, Mon – Fri approximately 40 hours per week.

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Laborers/ Equipment Operators Needed, good pay for good work ethic & experience. call Mike Carlson Enterprises for application at 360.378.4579 or email mce_christy@inter island.net mce_christy@interisland.net

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Screening begins 6/26/15. EOE.

MAINTENANCE AND FACILITIES SUPERVISOR $23.87/hr, 8 hrs/day, 260 days/year. Vision, dental and medical benefits.

Detailed job requirements and job descriptions at www.sjisd.wednet.edu HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL HEAD COACH Fall Sports Season. $3500 stipend.

Prior high school coaching experience preferred.

SUBSTITUTE BUS DRIVER Class B or higher CDL with air break and passenger endorsement preferred. Able to complete WA State school bus driving course, pass mandatory drug/alcohol and background check.

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Submit an application available at www.sjisd.wednet.edu to: SJISD, Attn: Marie Rothlisberger PO Box 458, Friday Harbor, WA 98250 San Juan Island School District is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer.

Shaw Island School District 10 Shaw Island, WA is accepting applications for a CERTIFICATED K-8 TEACHER to teach all subjects in multi-age environment.

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LIFESTYLES EDITOR The Daily World at Aberdeen, Wash., has an opening for a Lifestyles editor. We are looking for someone who has an eye for design and a knack for finding the stories and trends that shed light on what life is like in our community. The section also includes arts and entertainment news.

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NICKEL BROS HOUSE MOVING USA, Inc., a Washington corporation, Plaintiff, v.

SHEILA FAHEY, a married person as her Separate estate; WILLIAM BLACKMORE and SHEILA FAHEY, a married person as her marital estate, Defendants.

The Superior Court of San Juan County has directed the undersigned Sheriff of San Juan County to sell the property described below to satisfy a judgment in the above entitled action. If developed the property address is: 516 Port Stanley Rd., Lopez Island, WA 98261.

The sale of the above described property is to take place: Time: 10:00 am Date: Friday, July 10, 2015 Place: Inside Main Entrance, San Juan County Courthouse, 96 Second St., Friday Harbor, WA The judgment debtor can avoid the sale by paying the judgment amount of $103,018.79 together with interest, costs, and fees before the sale date. For the exact amount, contact the Sheriff at P.O. Box 669, Friday Harbor, WA 98250, 360-378-4151

or 360-370-7622.

Ron Krebs, Sheriff Kim Ott, Chief Civil Deputy That portion of Government Lot 7, Section 1, Township 35 North, Range 2 West, W.M., in San Juan County, Washington, described as follows: Beginning at the section corner common to Sections 1, 2 11 and 12, Township 35 North, Range 2 West, W.M. running thence East on the Section line 1849.9 feet to the initial point of beginning of this description; thence North 21°09.5 East 1039 feet to the meander line; thence East on the meander line; thence East on the meander line South 76.5° East 270 feet; thence South 21°09.5’ West to Section line; thence West on Section line to the Initial point of beginning.

Except any portion thereof lying North of the South boundary of County Road No. 128. Situate in San Juan County, Washington.

Tax Parcel Number: 250134013000 If developed the property address is: 516 Port Stanley Rd., Lopez Island, WA 98261.

LEGAL NO. J637955 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands June 10th, 17th, and 24th, 2015 and July 1st, 2015.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A PETITION TO FORM A WATER DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the San Juan County Council will conduct a public hearing for the purpose of receiving testimony on a Petition filed by the MacKaye Harbor Water Company to form a Water District in accordance with Revised Code of Washington (RCW) Title 57. The public hearing will be held at the Legislative Hearing Room, 55 Second Street, Friday Harbor, WA, on Monday, June 29, 2015, beginning at 9:15 AM. The hearing may be continued from time to time and place to place as may be desired by the Council without additional written notice.

Summary: MacKaye Harbor Water Company is currently an investor owned water system. The proposed Petition seeks approval for the establishment of a water district for the purpose of construction, maintenance, operation, development and regulation of the water system.

At the hearing, members of the public will be invited to speak and/or provide written statements regarding the proposed Petition.

All persons wishing to be heard on this matter are encouraged to attend.

Written comments may be submitted

in advance of the hearing by mail or at the hearing by delivery in person.

Please deliver all written comments to the San Juan County Council Office at 55 Second St, Friday Harbor or mail to P.O. Box 350 Court Street, #1, Friday Harbor, WA, 98250. The petition is on file at the office of Health & Community Services, 145 Rhone Street, Friday Harbor, WA, and may be inspected and copies obtained Monday through Friday, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

The Petition may also be viewed 24 hours a day at the County website at http://www.sanjuanco.com/Council/PendingOrdinances.aspx. A copy of the proposed Petition will be mailed without charge upon request.

For more information please contact Kyle Dodd at 360-370-7524 or by email at kyled@sanjuanco.com LEGAL NO. SJ639247 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands, The Islands’ Sounder June 17, 24, 2015.

NOTICE OF REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING: The San Juan County Land Bank Commission will hold its regular monthly meeting on Friday, June 19, 2015 at Grace Episcopal Church, 70 Sunset Lane Lopez Island, Washington The meeting begins at 10:00 a.m.

Public comment time is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. The public is welcome at every monthly Land Bank Commission meeting.

Judy Cumming San Juan County Land Bank 350 Court Street #6 Friday Harbor, WA 98250 LEGAL NO. SJ639244 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands, The Islands’ Sounder June 17, 2015.

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Charles Rabura Hearing Key 5/26/15 6/8/15 Exempt 7/8/15 7/16/15 PO Box 182 Examiner Bank Port Gamble, WA 98364 Shauna Riely PCUP00362023003, 178 San Hearing Key Vacation rental PO Box 1755 5/27/15 6/10/15 Exempt 7/8/15 7/16/15 15-0015 Juan Dr, San Juan Examiner Bank Issaquah, WA 98027 LAND USE DECISIONS: Hearing Examiner Decisions: www.sanjuanco.com/cdp/hearingexdecisions.aspx Planning Commission decisions: http://www.sanjuanco.com/planning/planningcommissionactions.aspx County Council decisions: http://www.sanjuanco.com/council/ordinances.aspx and http://www.sanjuanco.com/council/resolutions.aspx BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED: Permits issued by the Department of Community Development are searchable at https://services.sanjuanco.com/Default.asp. Select “Citizen Services,” then “Permits and Inspections,” then “Permits Inquiry” and enter search parameters To search a date range, use two periods between the date entries, i.e., after “Issue Date,” enter 11/17/2014..11/21/2014 and after “Permit Status,” select “Issued.” This will return a table of permits issued for the date range in question. There is no need to enter a permit type, unless you want to narrow your search. There are also links available on our website. (San Juan County is providing this information as a public service, in recognition that there will be occasional down times due to system updates.)

SEPA COMMENT AND APPEAL: Anyone desiring to comment on the SEPA Determination can do so by submitting a written statement to Community Development, PO Box 947 (135 Rhone St), Friday Harbor, WA. 98250 no later than the comment date specified above. The SEPA Determination may be appealed to the Hearing Examiner pursuant to SJCC 18.80.140 within 21 days of the date of the SEPA Determination.

APPLICATION COMMENTS: Any file may be examined by appointment during regular business hours at the Community Development, located at 135 Rhone Street, Friday Harbor. Comment on Notices of Application can be submitted in writing to Community Development at P. O. Box 947, Friday Harbor, WA 98250, no later than the end date for project comments specified above. Requests for copies of project decisions or staff reports or requests to provide testimony in a public hearing for a project, may be made by contacting Community Development: (360) 378-2354 * (360) 378-2116 * Fax (360) 378-3922 dcd@sanjuanco.com NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS: Hearing Examiner meetings on San Juan Island start at 10:30 a.m., in the Key Bank, Downstairs, Garden Rroom, 95 Second Street, Friday Harbor. Planning Commission meetings begin at 8:45 am.

In the County Council Hearing Room, 55 Second Street, Friday Harbor. Any person desiring to comment prior to the hearing should submit a written statement to Community Development, PO Box 947, Friday Harbor, WA. 98250.

Written comments may also be submitted at the hearing. A copy of the staff report for a hearing may be obtained from Community Development seven days prior to the hearing.

NOTICE OF PERMITS: Information regarding all land use and building permits is available on the County’s website. A link is available on the Community Development homepage at: sanjuanco.com/cdp PCUP0015-0014

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TOWN OF FRIDAY HARBOR LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Council of the Town of Friday Harbor will hold a Public Hearing to review the Six Year Transportation Improvement Plan for the years 2016 through 2021.

The hearing will be held at 5:30 P.M. on June 18, 2015 at the Town Council Chambers, Friday Harbor, Washington.

Copies of the priority list of street improvements will become available for review on June 10, 2015 at Town

Hall, 60 Second Street, Friday Harbor, Washington between 8:00 AM and 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday. Written comments regarding the draft plan may be addressed to PO Box 219, Friday Harbor, WA 98250.

LEGAL NO. FH637968 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands June 10, 17, 2015.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING(S) NOTICE IS GIVEN that the Town Council will hold their regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday, June 18, 2015 at 12:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Agenda(s) will be posted at Town Hall and on the Town website: www.fridayharbor.org.

LEGAL NO. FH639397 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands June 17, 2015.

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ANTHONY D. VIVENZIO, WSBA #4984 Attorney for Notice Agent Notice Agent: JAMES D. COX Address of Notice Agent: 39 HOYT LANE, FRIDAY HARBOR, WA 98250 Telephone: 360.378.7748 Attorney for the Notice Agent: ANTHONY D. VIVENZIO Address for Mailing or Service: PO BOX 208 FRIDAY HARBOR, WA 98250 Telephone: 360.378.6860 LEGAL NO. J639250 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands.

June 17, 24, July 1, 2015.

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN JUAN In the Matter of the Estate of CAROL MARIE STEVENS, Deceased.

No. 15 4 05035 2 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS 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 Representative’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 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 decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION June 10, 2015.

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN JUAN IN PROBATE In The Matter of The Estate of GEORGE ANDREW HIGGINS, Deceased.

PROBATE NO. 15 4 05031 0 NOTICE TO CREDITORS The Personal Representative named below has been appointed and has qualified as Personal Representative of this estate.

Persons having claims against the decedent must, prior to the time such claims would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, serve their claims on the Personal Representative or the attorney of record at the address stated below and file an executed copy of the claim with the Clerk of this Court within four months after the date of first publication of this notice or within four months after the date of the filing of the copy of this Notice with the Clerk of the Court, whichever is later or, except under those provisions included in RCW 11.40.011 or 11.40.013, the claim will be forever barred. This bar is effective as to claims against both the probate assets and nonprobate assets of the decedent.

DATE OF FILING COPY OF NOTICE TO CREDITORS with Clerk of the Court: 5/27/2015 DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: 06/03/2015 Dated this 22nd day of May, 2015. /s/Larry O. Higgins Larry O. Higgins Personal Representative Attorney for the Estate: Diana G. Hancock, WSBA #29325 175 Village Road P.O. Box 160 Lopez, WA 98261

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR THE COUNTY OF KING In Re the Estate of: JUDSON S. SHORETT, Deceased.

No. 15-4-03502-6 SEA PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of this estate.

Any person having a claim against the deceased 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 Representative’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 probate 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 RCW 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: June 17, 2015 PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE: /s/Sarah E. Shorett SARAH E. SHORETT ATTORNEY FOR THE PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE: Jill E. Bliss (WSBA # 17981) ADDRESS FOR MAILING OR SERVICE: c/o HART SCHOENER BLISS, PS 12535 15th Ave. N.E., Suite 100 Seattle, WA 98125 COURT OF PROBATE PROCEEDINGS: KING COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT CAUSE NUMBER: 15-4-03502-6 SEA LEGAL NO. J639258

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SAN JUAN COUNTY In the Matter of the Estate: JEAN E. VANLEUVEN, Deceased Probate No. 15-4-05029-8 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030 The person named below has been appointed as Administrator 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 Administrator or the Administrator’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 Administrator 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: June 3, 2015.

Robert F. VanLeuven, Administrator c/o Law Offices of William J. Weissinger, PS 425-B Caines Street Friday Harbor, WA 98250 Attorney for Administrator Mimi M. Wagner WSBA #36377 425-B Caines Street Friday Harbor, WA 98250 LEGAL NO. J635972 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands June 3, 10, 17, 2015.

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MISCELLANEOUS LEGAL NOTICES IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN JUAN In the Matter of the Estate of No. 15 4 05036 1 RUTH BEEBE HILL, Deceased.

No.15-4-05036-1 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 persons having a claim against the decedent must, before 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) 30 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 provided in RCW 11.42.050 and 11.42.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate estate and nonprobate assets.

DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION 17th day of June, 2015.

The notice agent declares under penalty of perjury under the laws of the state of Washington on June 8, 2015 at Friday Harbor, WA that the foregoing is true and correct.

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