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A sheep shearing demonstration at West Beach Farm on Orcas Island.
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The delights of island life
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The Eastsound Planning Review Committee presented a proposed update to the Eastsound Subarea Plan to the county council on Sept. 15. The culmination of 10 years’ work by the EPRC in conjunction with San Juan County Community Development and Planning, the update could make existing land use regulations a whole lot clearer to Eastsound property owners in the near future. “We actually tried to make it easier for people who own property to determine allowable uses on their property,” said EPRC chair Greg Ayers. The committee presented a proposed update to the Eastsound Subarea Plan that divides the plan into two separate documents: land use regulations and design standards; and a traditional comprehensive plan including goals and policies. As part of the update, the EPRC also developed more thorough land use tables delineating
More federal funding for local veterans by CALI BAGBY Journal editor
Federal funding for homeless veterans may be a step in the right direction for the state when it comes to supporting those who have served our country. In the islands, the funds may be more like a band-aid on a wound that continues to bleed. “It’s frustrating because it’s very limiting to people and there is no prevention funding,” said Erin O’Dell, director of the Orcas Family Resource Center, which is in charge of screening vets for the housing funding. The federal monies have been dispersed to Catholic Community Services of Western Washington, which has received $776,000 and the Opportunity Council, which has $704,000 through the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Supportive Services for Veteran Families program. “This program provides rapid rehousing for those without housing, as well as resources to prevent homelessness among those veterans who are at imminent risk of becoming homeless,” said Will Rice, NW Regional Chief of Operations for Catholic Community Services of Western Washington in a press release last Monday.
Catholic Community Services provides help to veterans in Snohomish County. The Opportunity Council serves veterans in Island, Skagit and Whatcom counties and will begin serving San Juan County this year. Family resource centers on San Juan, Orcas and Lopez will help facilitate the use of the money. The funding comes on the heels of Rep. Rick Larsen’s last trip to the islands where he held roundtable discussions with veterans and pledged to help them have better access to programs dealing with issues like health care. “Unfortunately many veterans struggle with homelessness,” said Larsen, WA-02, in a press release. “That is why I am a strong supporter of programs like Supportive Services for Veteran Families that enable local organizations to help more of our veterans get permanent housing and on the path to independence.” According to a report from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Supportive Services for Veteran Families served 127,829 participants in 2014. It is estimated to serve 135,000 veterans and their family members by the end of 2015. The question remains: how will the funding affect island vets? Jennifer Armstrong, director of the San Juan
Island Family Resource Center, said the federal grants may not be easy to distribute on the islands because the qualifications from the grants are very specific. Armstrong said vets literally need to be homeless, which is not always the case in this county. “What I see more frequently are veterans who are having trouble making ends meet, who are at risk of losing their housing or who are living in low-cost, substandard housing like trailers with black mold,” said Armstrong. “Neither one will be addressed with this new source of funding.” O’Dell on Orcas echoed these concerns, noting that the way the funding works now is that if someone is struggling to make payments on their housing they will have to lose that housing before they qualify for assistance. This is a problem for two reasons – it costs more to rehouse someone then to keep them in housing, and once that place is lost it’s much harder to locate a new dwelling. O’Dell’s other concern is that the program won’t pay 100 percent of the housing, which in tandem with the housing crisis, creates a dilemma.
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allowed and prohibited uses for properties in each different zone of Eastsound. “When a property owner wants to know how they can develop their property, they can grab one of the new tables, and figure out what they can do without a lot of confusion or doubt,” explained Ayers. “If you own a property you can find the zoning column and look up the activity you want, and the table will say Yes, No, or Conditional Use Permit.” The EPRC created the tables using written code. As frequently as possible, they clarified potential land use situations with a yes or no verdict, to preclude property owners from having to go through the lengthy and expensive process of obtaining a conditional use permit. The committee based its decisions on existing land use examples and what they believed to be the intention of the existing regulations, sharing its conclusions with the community at public meetings throughout the process. Ayers said the EPRC spent a fair amount of time hammering out regulations regarding retail use in village commercial and service light industrial areas.
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Learning about hearing loss by LIZ TALOR
My dad was hard of hearing most of his life due to his close proximity to loud guns during WWII; his hearing got even worse as he got older. My brother wore hearing aids starting at age 50 because he loved being in a deafening rock band in his teens and 20s. At age 70, I’m losing my hearing (or, maybe it started long ago – the most common age of onset is 19 to 44). The three most common causes of hearing loss -- loud noises, aging and genetics – are wrapped up in my family’s stories. As common as it is to have hearing loss – 48 million Americans do – it carries the most stigma of any sensory change in our bodies. People will readily wear eyeglasses but be adamantly opposed to hearing aids. Why? Maybe because of their high price – hearing aids easily cost $3-5,000 per ear, and there’s little insurance; don’t even think about Medicare. Maybe because hearing loss is easy to ignore – I think my dad actually enjoyed watching us chatter away at family gatherings without participating. And what’s easier (and more irritating) than saying “Huh?” a hundred times a day? Maybe it’s because we really don’t know what to do about our hearing loss or where to go for help, especially when the ads look like rip-offs. That’s why I’m glad I discovered a new book that explains the essentials of hearing loss and what to do about it. It’s called, “Living Better with Hearing Loss,” by Katherine Bouton. A graduate of Vassar College and a former editor at The New York Times, Bouton had severe progressive hearing loss for no known reason at age 30. Ignoring her disability, she ultimately lost her job because she was misinterpreted as not being a team player. Bouton’s book is easy to read and gives us a realistic look at the pros and cons of various options. The most important thing to do when you suspect hearing loss is to get it tested – but where? There are more choices than I knew – like Costco, HearUSA, health fairs, speech pathologists, hearing instrument specialists who sell hearing aids, and even online screenings you can access in your home. The important thing is to do it – to see if your worries are valid AND to be sure you don’t have another problem – like earwax or a brain tumor – that needs a totally different solution. You’ll need a good audiologist. The book tells how to find one. Then, in the chapter called, “Practice, Practice, Practice,” you’ll learn about the hard work of making your hearing aids work. Fine-tuning from an audiologist over many months is required, as is wearing them for extended periods every day. Finally, it talks about low cost alternatives to hearing aids, such as PSAPs, or “Not Ready for a Hearing Aid “Hearing Aid’” which are devises made to amplify sounds in certain environments. I’m not happy to lose my hearing, but I know what to do about it now, thanks to Bouton’s book. Liz can be reached at lizt@agingdeliberately.com.
SUBAREA FROM 1 In keeping with strong community feedback, the EPRC has suggested altering the current wording prohibiting all manufacturing in the Eastsound commercial core to allow “artisanal” activities such as creating pottery, glass blowing, and even small-scale assembly - for example, of bikes to be sold on Orcas - while prohibiting mass manufacture of goods designed to be shipped off island. ‘It’s a very specific use,” said Ayers. “This is making local items, not building aircraft.” San Juan County Community Development
and Planning has also made some minor updates to the Subarea Plan, with maps showing recommended changes in land use designations in four Eastsound locations. If accepted, the update would convert seven existing parcels to the north of Main St. and east of Lovers’ Lane from Village Residential/Institutional zoning, at four to 12 units per acre, to Village Commercial, at four to 20 units per acre. The two lots bordering Mt. Baker Road and North Beach Road are currently split-zoned as Eastsound Residential and Service Light Industrial, which is not technically allowed under county code. These would be made all
FIBER UPDATE Rock Island Communications has been busy installing fiber optic broadband to homes and businesses around the county. This historic undertaking will provide fast, reliable Internet up to 200Mbps to those who want it. We’re currently managing over 250 simultaneous construction projects countywide. Here are some of the groups we’ve been working with to date: Current Group Projects Suncrest on Orcas Island Whiskey Hill on Lopez Island Cape San Juan on San Juan Island Mineral Point on San Juan Island Spring Point on Orcas Island Mineral Heights on San Juan Island The Highlands on San Juan Island Completed Group Projects Alder Forest on Orcas Island Eagle Lake on Orcas Island Seattle Pacific University on Blakely Island Alder Cottages on Orcas Island Upcoming Group Projects Gary Oak on San Juan Island Matia View on Orcas Island Portland Fair Area on San Juan Island
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MONTHLY FIBER MEETUPS Monthly Open Meeting Join us next month for this general information session. All are welcome! Next Meeting: October 7, 2015 – 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Monthly Group Organizer Meeting Learn more about organizing your group at this session. Next Meeting: October 14, 2015 – 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Both meetings held in Eastsound this October (meetings will rotate islands every month) 208 Enchanted Forest Rd., Suite D Eastsound, WA 98245 rockisland.com
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Service Light Industrial, with residential use allowed only as an accessory to commercial use, but the EPRC opposes this particular change because they believe industrial buildings would negatively affect the residential area east of North Beach Rd., north of Mt. Baker Rd. County planner Colin Maycock said Service Light Industrial designation does require 20 feet of screening, such as trees, between industrial buildings and residential areas. Lots to the east of Blanchard, Seaview and Mountain View Streets would change from Village Residential / Institutional to Eastsound Residential, which limits activity to residential use only. Both allow four to 12 units per acre. And property north of Bartel Road would shift from Eastsound Rural to Eastsound Rural Residential, due to the fact that the area is forested and not suitable for the intended agricultural use of Eastsound Rural. Allowed density will not change; both designations allow one unit per five acres, with an allowance for affordable housing clusters at a higher density of up to two units per acre and in keeping with county code. “The EPRC and county staff have been working together on this project for quite some time,” said Maycock. “The work to date has been the product of a long joint effort on behalf of the EPRC and county staff.” On Sept. 15, the EPRC also presented its 2015-16 work plan, which includes a comprehensive look at the affordable housing situation; working with the council and SJC Department of Public Works “to move forward without further delay with the Prune Alley / A St. project”; and preparation
for the 2016 Comprehensive Plan update. The Prune Alley and A Street project would involve installing regulation sidewalks and stormwater drainage and adding plantings for aesthetic enhancement of the area. “About four years ago, the county was given an overall streetscape plan [prepared by the EPRC] which had the approval of all Prune Alley property owners,” said architect Fred Klein, who has been involved in the EPRC process over the past years. “The plan showed curbs, sidewalks, various configurations of on-street parking, spaces for landscaping features, all in conformance with the Eastsound Streetscape Standards as shown in the Eastsound Plan.” Ayers said the county has been waiting to obtain grant funding and integrate the project with grant-funded stormwater management construction, but added, “It’s been a little frustrating to community business owners and the EPRC that after substantial work was completed, the project has sat on the county’s desk for years now.” Added Klein, “The stated causes of the delays including funding issues, staffing issues, and inauspicious phases of the moon.” The county council approved the EPRC’s work plan as presented, and will review the Eastsound Subarea Plan in October.
For more info To see documents related to proposed Eastsound planning changes, go to: http://www.sanjuanco. com/cdp/esap/ESAP_ Documents.aspx?dept= ESAP&listname=ESAPSt affDoc
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San Juan County Sheriff’s Log Explore DVSAS topics in October
The San Juan County Sheriff ’s Office responded to the following calls. Sept. 16 • A Lopez Island Deputy responded to a suspicious circumstance complaint after the 911 center received a call from what sounded like a confused person. The deputy contacted the caller and determined he was suffering from a medical condition. The subject was flown to a mainland hospital for evaluation. • A Lopez deputy received a burglary and theft complaint from a former Center Island resident. It was determined that the home that was reportedly burglarized had been recently foreclosed on. An investigation is being conducted to determine whether the items were actually stolen. Sept. 17 • A Friday Harbor deputy responded to the Christian Science Church in regards to garbage left at the back of the church. There were no identifying items in the garbage and no witnesses to it being left. The complainant said they would get rid of the trash and will call if it happens again. • A Lopez deputy spoke with a business owner regarding an unwanted person complaint. The owner
requested that the unwanted person be told they were no longer allowed to enter the business. • An employee from the animal shelter in Friday Harbor felt threatened by an e-mail she received from a Langley B.C. man. The man had his application for adopting a cat denied due to his belligerent behavior toward the employee. She was advised to seek a restraining order. • A Lopez deputy received a suspicious circumstance complaint. The reporting person called after a customer delivered an item for mechanical service and the ownership of the item was not clearly established. The customer claimed he found the item. An investigation is being conducted. Sept. 18 • A deputy arrived at the ferry landing in Friday Harbor in reference to a noinjury traffic collision that occurred in the ferry lines as the ferry was loading. • A deputy responded to an Eastsound address in regards to an ongoing civil matter from an employer to an employee. Both parties have been advised to go through the proper civil processes. An informational report was taken due to so many calls generated. • An Eastsound deputy
The Washington State Transportation Commission voted to raise ferry fares, spurred on by a directive in the 2015-2017 state transportation budget that requires Washington State Ferries to generate an additional $8.1 million between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2017. Beginning on Oct. 1, car and driver ferry tickets will cost 2.5 percent more, and passenger tickets will cost 1 percent more. The fares are scheduled to see an identical increase again in May 2016. The commission expects the fare hikes to help WSF generate the $357 million required by the 2015-17 state transportation budget. The commission’s stated goal is to increase walkon ridership over vehicles by raising passenger fares less than vehicle fares. This differential fare increase was proposed in 2013. In October 2013, vehicle fares
were raised 3 percent, while passenger fares only rose by 2 percent. In May 2014, vehicle fares rose another 2.5 percent, while passenger fares rose another 2 percent. While fares for most will rise in October, a few drivers will get a small reprieve: the current surcharge for over-height vehicles under 22 feet in length will be dropped. Also, qualifying disability vehicles from 22 to 30 feet long will be allowed greater leeway, with surcharges waived for any over-height vehicle features needed to accommodate disabilities. Height regulations for other large vehicles will actually tighten by five inches in May 2016, when the over-height fare threshold for vehicles 22 to 30 feet long will be reduced from the current 7 feet, 6 inches to 7 feet, 2 inches. This change will help WSF to better allocate available space, because the Jumbo, Super,
responded to someone consuming marijuana in public. Sept. 19 • A citizen reported his vehicle was stolen from downtown Friday Harbor. Deputies located the vehicle in the area of Golf Course Road and Cattle Point. • A deputy was dispatched to the San Juan Island area in reference to a citizen dispute. The reporting deputy arrived and contacted both parties. It was determined that the incident was civil in nature but both parties were advised not to contact each other. Sept. 20 • Lopez deputies were dispatched to a call about a naked man behaving violently. The subject was contacted and continued to behave erratically. A taser was deployed to help take him into protective custody. The man was flown off island for a medical and mental evaluation. • A deputy met with a San Juan Island resident in reference to a possible vandalism to his vehicle. It had damage to the windshield consistent with ball strikes. The vehicle had been parked overnight at a location on Spring Street. • An Orcas deputy was dispatched to a burglary that had occurred some time in the past two years.
• A complainant reported vandalism to an apartment unit at their complex located on Guard Street in Friday Harbor. The front door was damaged and food items left behind. • A deputy recognized and arrested a female on Orcas Island who had an active San Juan County warrant. The subject was cooperative. She was transported and booked into jail in Friday Harbor. Sept. 21 • A Lopez resident reported missing electronic items. Upon further investigation, it was found that items were likely taken in another county. Sept. 22 • Deputies served an Ex Parte restraining order on a Friday Harbor male. The restraining order included the male subject having to forfeit his firearms and other weapons. The order was served without incident and the subject left his premises immediately. • A deputy was dispatched to the Friday Harbor area in reference to a disturbance. The reporting deputy arrived and made contact with the suspect, who had a local warrant for his arrest. The suspect was taken into custody and booked into the San Juan holding facility.
Ferry fares to increase Oct. 1 Olympic and Issaquah-class ferries all have a lower-wing height limit of between 7 feet, 2 inches and 7 feet, 4 inches. On these vessels,
vehicles just under 7 feet, 6 inches must be loaded in the vessels’ taller spaces, but don’t yet pay extra for the privilege.
The following was submitted by DVSAS.
Book club What if you had the power to create peace in your life, your relationships, and your community by connecting to a more open heart? What would that look like on a day-today basis? Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services invites the community to join in an experimental support group. This journey will be guided by the companion book, “The Anatomy of Peace,” written by the Arbinger Institute. This eight-week long series will include discussion on the themes of this book combined with the integration of mind, heart, and body through creative outlets. Come be inspired by the intention to resolve that which lies deep within our hearts in order to return to a state of peace in our daily lives. The “Out-of-the-Box” book club is free and open to the community. It will be held at the DVSAS Orcas office, located at 296 Main Street #201. Class starts Tuesday, Oct. 6, and will run every Tuesday from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Space is limited, so call us at 376-5979 to sign up, or go online at www.dvsassanjuans.org.
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Reading at the Grange In support of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, come join DVSAS on Oct. 10 for a reading of an awardwinning play by Nicola Pearson entitled, “Carried by the Current.” This staged reading will take place at the Grange and you are invited to come and watch actors bring life to this incredible story of success and learn about the visionary women behind it. The reading will be held at 7 p.m. Entry is free; donations accepted. Based on true events of the late 1800s, “Carried by the Current” tells the story of a group of women from Belton, Texas, who come together to create the first safe house for battered women in the country. The women, all from wealthy white families, took on menial jobs to raise money for the fund. They claimed that their religion – sanctificationism – forbade them from taking their husbands’ money and sharing their beds, which earned them the nickname of “Sanctified Sisters” and led the townspeople to take up arms against them, in support of their husbands. Eventually the women moved in together, and from there they went on to great success as independent business people.
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Mixed feelings about funding for veterans
Get informed this election season
The housing crisis has been a well-documented nightmare for islanders. Take a quick search on our website (www.islandssounder.com) with the keyword housing and you will find a plethora of fears and very few solutions. Veterans in the San Juans struggling to find a place to live are in the same boat, and federal funds have thrown us a lifesaver for veterans facing homelessness in Washington state. Last week, Catholic Community Services of Western Washington received $776,000 and the Opportunity Council received $704,000. Unfortunately, this lifesaver is more like water wings rather than a durable life raft. The funds are for emergency short-term housing, leaving us to wonder: how helpful will such money be in our community? The answer is: not very. First of all, even people who make a decent wage can’t find a place to rent. If there are no houses or apartments, what is the $704,000 going to go toward? Secondly, this is a short-term solution to a long-term problem without any attention paid to prevention. We would also like to see fundFor more about federal ing go to the first step for all when building a life for funding for veterans, see people the future: healthcare. page 1. For coverage of a In the recent roundtable discusrecent housing meeting, sion on San Juan Island with Rep. Rick Larsen, veterans had see page 7. one issue – healthcare. They brought with them pages of documentation of phone calls made that were never returned of bills not paid or appointments never made. These were the same concerns that I heard from veterans when I worked as a freelance journalist in Oregon five years ago. Having access to healthcare enables veterans to go to work, and then in turn pay bills. These funds from the feds are not going to solve these larger issues. Larsen has applauded these recent monies to end homelessness, but at the roundtable he pledged to follow-up with vets on their concerns about healthcare and programs for better access to doctors. Larsen said in a recent press release that they have already opened 20 cases with the Department of Veterans Affairs that were brought up during the roundtable discussions. We need members of Congress like Larsen to continue to fight for our vets to make healthcare a priority. I want to see millions of dollars poured into allowing veterans to see any doctor they want and make appointments anytime they need. We are still waiting for that press release. – Cali Bagby, Journal editor
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There is an election coming up soon on Nov. 3, and the League of Women Voters of the San Juans urges you to be sure to vote by that date. As we have been doing for over 20 years here in the islands, the League will be presenting its non-partisan election forums covering all the local competitive races on the three main islands: on San Juan on Oct. 6 at the Grange at 7 p.m., on Orcas on Oct. 7 at the American Legion Hall at 6 p.m. and on Lopez on Oct. 8 at Grace Episcopal Church at 6:30 p.m. The League does not support or oppose candidates or political parties. Instead we invite you to come and hear all the candidates state their positions and answer questions so that you can be an informed voter. Be sure to take every opportunity before Nov. 3rd to learn everything you can about all the candidates. Remember: vote and the choice is yours; don’t vote and the choice is theirs. Clare Kelm President, LWVSJ
Almanac TEMPERATURES, RAINFALL LOPEZ High Low Precip Sept. 21 62 48 — Sept. 22 59 43 — Sept. 23 67 46 — Sept. 24 69 49 .20 Sept. 25 62 52 .06 Sept. 26 60 44 — Sept. 27 60 41 — Precipitation in September: 1.93” Precipitation in 2015: 13.66” Reported by Jack Giard, Bakerview Rd. ORCAS High Low Precip Sept. 21 63 48 — Sept. 22 62 44 — Sept. 23 65 47 — Sept. 24 67 57 — Sept. 25 61 54 .26 Sept. 26 61 48 — Sept. 27 60 43 — Precipitation in September: 2.27” Precipitation in 2015: 16.90” Reported by John Willis, Olga Sept. 30 Oct. 1 Oct. 2 Oct. 3 Oct. 4 Oct. 5 Oct. 6
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Donations for cancer treatment We are seeking financial support in the form of donations to cover costs not met by my medical coverage. We will need around $8,000 to $10,000 to meet all estimated costs beyond what my medical will cover. It may well come to more than that. Donations can be mailed to or made by name or anonymously at Key bank in Eastsound under the name of Douglas Hickman. I must go to MD Anderson Medical Center in Houston, Texas for surgery and treatment of my recurring cancer. I managed to survive over seven years when the original diagnosing doctor gave me six months. I recently spent two weeks in three hospitals related to my cancer, and we still have very high bills related to that stay. We may have a very extended stay in Houston. In late June of 2008, I was diagnosed with terminal cancer. The doctor at Island Hospital in Anacortes basically threw up his hands because of the large scope of the cancer in my abdomen. He sent me home to die. For a year and a
half after that I suffered with this knowledge not knowing what the final outcome would be. In August of 2009 we found another doctor with a much different opinion. He told us of a procedure that only four hospitals in the U.S. would attempt that could possibly reduce the cancer burden enough for the possibility of survival. We went to the Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Zion, Ill. The surgeon there had been trained by the doctor who pioneered this new treatment called the “Sugarbaker Procedure.” I was in the operating room for more than 14 hours. My spleen, gall bladder, appendix, omentum, parts of my large and small intestine and parts of my stomach were removed. The team nearly lost me when I had a drop in my blood pressure. I was unconscious for 24 hours and in intensive care for two weeks. I stayed in the hospital for more than nine weeks. We sincerely hope the community will come to our aid as I continue this battle for life. Thank you for your kind support. Douglas Hickman Orcas Island
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Salish Sea vessel traffic to increase The following was submitted by the Friends of the San Juans. If all the new and expanding terminal and refinery projects in the Salish Sea are permitted and developed, including projects that became operational in 2014, there would be a 43 percent increase in large, commercial marine vessel traffic. Friends of the San Juans and San Juan Islanders for Safe Shipping have released the Salish Sea Vessell Traffic Projections featuring 18 new or expanded proposed or recently completed projects, which cumulatively would add an additional 5,300 annual vessel transits to and from ports in British Columbia and Washington State. The Salish Sea includes the international Strait of Juan de Fuca, Haro Strait, Boundary Pass and southern Georgia Strait; Washington state’s Puget
Sound and San Juan Islands; and British Columbia’s Gulf Islands and Strait of Georgia. The Salish Sea also includes critical habitat for species listed as endangered in both Canada and the US including the Southern resident Killer Whale, Chinook salmon, Rockfish and Marbled murrelet. Friends of the San Juans partnered with San Juan Islanders for Safe Shipping to research and create the Salish Sea Vessel Traffic Projections flyer given the lack of current consolidated vessel traffic projections for British Columbia and Washington State. In 2013 there were 12,394 large, commercial vessel transits in the Salish Sea. These vessel transits don’t include the many fishing and pleasure boats that share these waterways with the vessel traffic generated from existing terminals and refineries. In Canada, Port Metro
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Thailand and the southwest U.S. She settled in Portland and the seed for the Onedoorland community began. By 2011 Onedoorland had begun to blossom, and the art and healing community started to attract visitors from all over the world. Manda (Binah) met the wonderful Elijah Parker in 2011, her fiancé when she died, and he partnered with her in the vision and development of Onedoorland. Binah believed in the power of sending your intention to the universe. She felt anything was possible and worked hard to bring her dreams to fruition. One of her greatest gifts was her ability to empower, prod, and support others to follow their passion. She was not uncomfortable with challenges, conflicts or showing her emotions. Her loss from this earth leaves a very large hole, but this shadow and challenge is here to make us better, stronger and more loving and open. That is a constant challenge – one she left us. She was always assigning homework. Our daughter’s message, and our message, is to make a difference on this earth, because you can. Follow your passion, and don’t be afraid to live your life and love others. No excuses. Sherwin Ferguson Eatonville
Remembering Manda Many of you may be wondering who was the young woman who died in our hot tub here on Orcas on Sept. 30, 2014. She was our daughter – Amanda May Ferguson aka Binah Zing – and so much more. Before I continue, let me answer the question hanging from your lips. There was no reason for her death found during an autopsy or from toxicology. We have learned to accept that our daughter just died. But her death is not what is important. It is her life: 29 magical years full of learning, love, art and her ability to touch and motivate others. We would like to share that with you. Manda (as we fondly called her) grew up in Tacoma along with her younger sister, Sara, and her parents Robert and Sherwin. She left for Maryland Institute College of Art at age 18. She created art, wrote, acted and sang from the time she was little. She loved nature, learning and reading and could debate most things. She loved animals, with cats being her favorite. In 2009 she was ready to return to the Pacific Northwest after some soul-searching journeys to
Vancouver is that country’s largest port, the third largest port in North America, and home to 27 major marine cargo terminals. In the United States, Washington state has five refineries and major ports in Seattle, Tacoma, Everett, and Port Angeles. Most of the increased vessel traffic would come from British Columbia (BC), Canada, including four proposed LNG export facilities. The Malahat LNG proposal, south of Mill Bay, BC, also includes the proposed Island Gas Connector pipeline project, which would transport natural gas from Sumas, Washington, over land to Cherry Point, and
then underwater through Whatcom and San Juan counties and into BC. Container ship traffic is projected to increase by a total of 1,300 transits per year. There are two new container terminal proposals and one container terminal expansion underway in Port Metro Vancouver. The ports of Seattle and Tacoma recently formed the Northwest Seaport Alliance with plans to increase their container terminals’ capacity from 3,400,000 TEUs (Twenty-foot Equivalent Units) to 6,000,000 TEUs per year. The project that represents the greatest oil spill risk is Kinder Morgan’s
VETERANS FROM 1 “Even people who have money can’t find housing, so even if we identify homeless veterans they are not going to be able to pay for everything,” she said. But O’Dell is hopeful that it could help at least one or two vets here. While the funding may be more successful in other communities in the state, as long as the housing crisis continues in the San Juans, staff from the resource centers see a lot of hurdles on the road to success. Armstrong said veterans are struggling with the same housing issues that everyone is facing, which is the lack of affordable housing. “It’s nothing specific to veterans, it is just as challenging to them,” she said. In the past, the only assistance for veterans was an emergency fund out of the county, which left veterans with little hope. “Some of the guys had tried to get
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proposed Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion project, which would increase Canadian oil sands crude oil exports from 300,000 to 890,000 barrels per day. This project’s oil spill risk is compounded by the amount of increased vessel traffic and the volume and type of crude oil cargo, which is more environmentally damaging and more costly to clean up in the event of a spill. Projectrelated tanker vessel traffic would increase from 120 transits per year to 816 oil tanker transits per year. The San Juan County Council’s comment letter to Canada’s National Energy Board regarding the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion project states the following. “We feel this project will
help in the past, but didn’t get anywhere and may have thought, ‘What is the point?’” said Armstrong. The San Juan Resource Center’s staff plans to help vets by working with different agencies that serve vets to have one unified resource guide of how to help that population. “We want veterans to be able to walk through one door and find help,” said Armstrong. Most veterans Armstrong sees are 30 to 50 years old and have families, but she made it clear that they don’t rule out working with any age or with single people. For the Orcas Island Family Resource Center, there are pros and cons to the new funds. Beyond the funding, O’Dell said there is possibility for the program to have a greater reach. The resource center is in charge of screening applicants, and those screening documents will be sent to a veterans’ services coordinator for the Opportunity Council in Bellingham, who will use the informa-
benefit few while posing undo risk for those along its route. Our biggest concerns are increased vessel traffic in our waters that increase the risk of an oil spill from collision or running aground. The NEB is looking at this one individual project and its impacts. San Juan County feels this is shortsighted and inadequate. This project does not exist in a vacuum. We urge the NEB with other ministries and US counterparts to examine all proposed marine terminal projects and examine cumulative impacts of increased vessel traffic.” The Salish Sea Vessel Traffic Projections flyer and source information are available at http://www.sanjuans.org/safeshipping/.
tion to possibly access other benefits for those veterans. Veterans with any housing issues are encouraged to be a part of the screening process. “This could be the one gem,” she said. O’Dell has heard stories of vets living in barns on the island and she hopes the screening process can help in those situations. Overall, O’Dell doesn’t want to sound negative about the funding – even if it’s not tailor made for this county. “It is an additional resource,” she said. “And it’s stimulating conversation.” For county councilman Rick Hughes, the first obstacle will be finding veterans who are willing to ask for assistance. “We want veterans to reach out,” said Hughes. “We want to know who needs help.” To contact the resource centers, call 376-3184 for Orcas, 378-5246 for San Juan or 468-4117 for Lopez.
LWVSJ election forums next week Once again, the League of Women Voters of the San Juans will sponsor forums where candidates and speakers on ballot issues will address the public, and take questions. The schedule is as follows for San Juan, Orcas and Lopez.
• Tuesday, Oct. 6 on San Juan Island at 7 p.m at the Grange in Friday Harbor. • Wednesday, Oct. 7 on Orcas Island at 6 p.m. at the American Legion Hall near Country Corner in Eastsound. • Thursday, Oct. 8 on Lopez Island at 6:30 p.m.
at Grace Episcopal Church. The deadline for registration for the Nov. 3 election is Oct. 5. To register online go to: http://www.sos.wa.gov/ elections/myvote/olvr.html Ballots are mailed out previous to the start of the 18-day voting period on
Oct. 16. For further information about the Nov. 3 election, go to https://wei.sos. wa.gov/county/sanjuan/en/ Pages/default.aspx, email elections@sanjuanco.com or call 378-3357.
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Art installation in Doe Bay New face of FTC at school There’s an art installation on display for the next three months at Doe Bay. Resort. It covers approximately one acre and was shipped from Oklahoma City and installed by artist Paul Bagley and islander Chris Evans. The art is a work in progress, i.e. the illuminated portions are not equipped with solar panels to recharge the power. “However, the day-time experience is still effective,” says Bagley.
by MADIE MURRAY Farm to Cafeteria
Madsen on OPALCO board The Orcas Power and Light Cooperative Board of Directors has appointed Mark Madsen of Friday Harbor to fill the District 1 board position vacated by Glenna Hall, who stepped down due to health issues in September. Madsen will have the option to run for election as an incumbent in 2017. Madsen brings strong experience in business operations and network engineering for the high-tech industry. He currently serves the community through the San Juan Library District, San Juan County Economic Development Council and the Town of Friday Harbor’s Lodging Tax Advisory Committee.
Madsen earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Washington and a Masters in Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The cooperative is governed by its member-owners who elect a seven-member board. There are four districts represented, and directors must be members in the districts they serve. Elections are held by district on a rotating basis each year at the annual meeting. Directors serve a three-year term and there are no term limits. Vacancies, after a call for candidates is published in local papers and online, are filled by board appointment.
You may have noticed some recent Farm to Cafeteria articles being written by Ashley Randall, Farm to Cafeteria Coordinator. You’ll be seeing many more. Yes, she’s finally on board after spending the summer interning at Black Dog Farm and is now beginning to take on the responsibilities of nurturing, promoting and growing the Orcas Island Farm to Cafeteria Program. Randall was chosen out of a very impressive group applying for the position. She was picked not only for her communication skills, but also because of her ability to prepare and execute assignments and her professionalism and comfort in group and individual situations. I got involved in Farm to Cafeteria about eight years ago when it was basically a salad bar. We did have a school garden nurtured by teachers in the elementary school, but it wasn’t considered much in the way of a classroom. Because of a growing acceptance from the school administration and cafeteria staff, urging
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by the community and participation and enthusiasm of parents and donors, it is now a comprehensive program, touching students from kindergarten through high school by way of experiences in the garden, the farms, the classrooms, the cafeteria and culinary arts. But it’s time for me to step aside. There is much more this program can achieve in the future with someone with the fresh ideas and energy to take it there. That’s where Randall comes in. She has been hired by the program (made possible by private donors and the Orcas Island Education Foundation) to grow it in various ways, such as creating a tighter bond with the island farms, pursuing more grants, creating new fund-
raising opportunities while continuing favorite special events and investigating new ways to utilize the new cafeteria and culinary arts spaces for the benefit of the school and F2C. And I’m sure she will have some innovative new concepts to inject as well. “It’s exciting to be a part of a program that so many people believe in and want to see be successful,” Randall said. “The F2C program combines a good portion of what I’m passionate about: the education of our youth, local and sustainable food systems and encouraging the engagement of a supportive community. I’m ready to combine my ideas with those of our community and continue to see this program flourish for years to come.” I’m very confident that Randall is very capable to do it all with much enthusiasm and expertise. She is a graduate of Humboldt State and Portland State with a BS and MS in communication and has numerous experiences with food and farms as well as assisting in the classroom. She’s bright, eager and ready to hit the ground running.
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The Lady Vikings volleyball team had a busy week with three games and a JV tournament jammed into five days. On Sept. 22, the Lady Vikings lost their second league match against Friday Harbor 3-0. “We began with intensity and continued to work on keeping that going throughout the match,” said Coach Rebekah Hardee. Standouts in the game were Emily Nichols with 3 blocks, Parker Landsman with 2 aces, 1 dig, 2 kills and 2 blocks and Jessie Nichols with 3 assists, 5 kills and 3 blocks. On Sept. 24, the ladies hosted the Concrete Lions in a 3-1 loss. Hardee saw improvement in her team with their first set win. On Sept. 25, the Vikings traveled to Whidbey Island to play a nonleague game against Coupeville in a 4-1 loss. Orcas competed in a JV tournament in LaConner on Sept. 26 and came away with their first match win against Mt. Vernon. The Lady Vikings play Darrington this week. On Sept. 26, the Cross Country team competed in the ninth annual Kings Cross event. Coach Steve Hohman was pleased that all Orcas runners setting their personal best times for the 5k and especially pleased that his son, Stephen Hohman, Jr. won the boys
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silver 5K race with a time of 18:32. Other finishes were Cyrus Amour placing 15th, Brother Murphy 21st and Leif Gustafson 40th. Millie Kau placed 21st in the girls event. The team travels to the Burlington-Edison meet this week. The boys soccer team played Shoreline Christian at home in a 4-0 win on Sept. 22. “Our passing was on point and combinations between defense and attack were creating opportunities left and right,” said Coach Matt Stolmeier. “Freshman Ethan White opened the scoring, senior Captain Wylie Kau added the second and Carlos Erazo scored two more, becoming the team’s leading scorer.” The Vikings traveled to Grace Academy for another 4-0 win on Sept. 24. Michael Harlow opened the scoring with “some grit and determination” in front of the goal
while Kau added two more before the half and Steven Bodenhamer slammed in the forth late in the game. On Sept. 26, the Vikings faced Friday Harbor, who placed third in state last year, and lost 4-2. The Vikings travel to LaConner this week. On Sept. 21, the Lady Vikings soccer team traveled to LaConner for a 6-0 loss against the Braves. On Sept. 23, the Vikings hosted Friday Harbor in a 3-0 loss. Despite the loss, the Vikings played the Wolverines even through most the of the first half, which was highlighted by a great penalty kick save by Orcas goalie Joanne Mietzner. Just before the end of the first half, the Wolverines scored off a corner kick, ending the half 1-0. The Wolverines added two more goals in the second half. Coach Chris Doherty was pleased with the overall play of his team.
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Above: Tori Sturk kicks the ball with Adia Dolan at her side during the Friday Harbor match. Above left: Katy Minnis, who has the libero position for the volleyball team, dives for the ball during the game against Concrete. “We played well overall, the defense was strong and the midfield fed the forwards for a couple nice shots on goal,” he said. The Vikings traveled for a non-league game against the Coupeville Wolves on Sept. 25 for a 5-0 loss. The ladies face Concrete this week. The Viking football team traveled south for a dominating 53-14 win over Tacoma Baptist on Sept. 26. The Crusaders put the first points on the board quick after a 60-yard TD pass reception on their second possession, but the Vikings responded with a 35-yard TD run by Vinny Kramer. Orcas took the lead on a two-point conversion from a Miles Harlow pass
to Vanya Bullock, making the score 8-7, and never looked back. The Vikings continued the scoring onslaught in the first half with a Kramer rushing TD and a couple TD receptions by Pasha Bullock and Cameron Aragon. “The offensive line did a great job all day run blocking for Kramer, who ended the day with 182 yards on 12 carries,” said Head Coach Justin Frausto. “Defense was led by Alex Aars and Vanya Bullock. Harlow finished with four TD passes. I felt like the whole team got better which is our goal every week. Our guys are playing faster and smarter.” The Vikings travel to play the Braves in LaConner this week.
Housing advocates give insight during ‘Gimme Shelter’ by ANNA V. SMITH Journal reporter
The League of Women Voters panel discussion “Gimme Shelter” delved into the affordable housing issue in San Juan County and tried to answer some lingering questions: Is there a crisis here in the county? What factors make this issue so difficult to resolve? More than 50 people attended the event, which featured affordable housing advocates from the community on the panel and in the audience. Greg Winters, Director of the Homeless Services Center of the Opportunity Council in Bellingham and leader of that agency’s community needs assessment for San Juan and other counties, began the panel by giving some statistics from the Washington State Housing Needs Assessment for the county in 2015. One particularly worrying statistic stated that 85 percent of the 200 subsidized affordable housing units in the
county would be expire by 2017. Winters also discussed the fundamental aspect of affordable housing in a community, comparing it to other cornerstones such as roads and utilities to ensure a thriving, healthy community. Nancy DeVaux spoke to the audience as chair of the Housing Bank Commission. She stated that the county had not done a housing needs assessment since 2009, and gave a review of the workings of the commission. The Commission distributed $70,000 for senior and disabled rental assistance, and $6,000 for emergency rental assistance grant county-wide. "So it's not a lot of money overall in terms of what is available to help with the affordable housing problem," DeVaux said. "It's a definite help, but when it comes to building affordable housing, it doesn't provide major assistance." DeVaux said the
Commission has requested the county council look into options of local funding, as well as all other possible options. DeVaux mentioned house bill 2263, a sales tax of 1/10th of 1 percent that could bring in $400,000 annually. Justin Roche, executive director of Homes for Islanders, explained sweat equity and how they differ from San Juan Island Home Trust. Lisa Byers, executive director of OPAL Community Land Trust gave some interesting quantitative numbers to try to answer the questions posed by the League. According to Byers, 5 percent of yearround Orcas Island residents live in Community Land Trust homes. OPAL did a survey of their residents to get a sense of where they worked, which connected to the anecdotal stories of employers being unable to find employees due to inadequate affordable housing. Out of their 130 homes, individuals work in
60 different businesses and have 170 jobs. Another helpful number was median age. In Washington the median age is 35; in San Juan County it is 55. For OPAL residents, the median age is 31. "Why has it been so difficult to resolve this issue?" Byers asked. "I think that one of the reasons is it's hard for the people who don't have a need for housing or who are not directly impacted by it to understand that it's an issue." Byers said that the median age difference is one component to the issue, but so is the population of parttime residents who live on the island. "I'm being grossly stereotypical here, so please forgive me — but I know individuals for whom this is true, they come here to get away from the world's problems, and don't want to be reminded that in fact we have all the same issues here that they have back wherever they have their other
home," Byers said. She also commented that a way to help with affordable rentals could be through incentivizing home owners to rent them out to
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Obituary Jens Harboe Jens Harboe died peacefully September 17, 2015 with Ellen, the love of his life and his wife of 65 years, by his side. He was 90 years old. Jens lived a long, full and colorful life. Jens was born and raised in Denmark and attended Soro Academy. In 1949, at the age of 24, he immigrated to the United States. He found work at the Coachella Valley Feed Yard in Thermal California. There he fell in love with the wide open spaces and potential for professional growth. He returned to Denmark in 1950 to marry Ellen and bring her back to Coachella Valley. In 1952 Jens started HMS, Harboe Management Service, a premier ranch management company in the valley. Later he was involved in many real estate development projects including the HMS plazas on El Paseo in Palm Desert. Jens was active in the community, which included being presi-
dent of the Indio Chamber of Commerce and many other civic organizations. He was very influential in the growth of the valley. One of Jens’ greatest passions was music, especially jazz. Although not a professional, he was an accomplished pianist. It was music that was the platform for his creative genius and intellect. Our home was filled with music from Jens alone working through a new series of chords to his gathering of a few musicians on an afternoon for an impromptu jam session. In 1984 Jens and Ellen moved to Orcas Island, Washington. He loved his life here, continuing to man-
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age his business investments. He walked daily, stopping for his morning coffee and a chat with his friends and wonderful staff at the Orcas Village Store. Because of the excellent and kind caregiving services of Ginger Moore and her staff, Jens was able to stay at the home he loved to the very end. Jens, together with Ellen, brought not only jazz, but art, culture, laughter, and hospitality into our lives. He had a huge presence in our family, in the lives of our friends and in business. He will not be forgotten. Though he became very private in his old age, he cared deeply for his friends and family. Jens is survived by his wife Ellen; four children, Peter and wife Lell Harboe, Stina Harboe and husband Craig Grimm, Ria Harboe and husband Alan Shaw and Poul Harboe and special friend Lene Thomsen, as well as six grandchildren and two great grandchildren The family will be gathering privately at a later date to celebrate his life just the way Jens would want. In lieu of flowers and gifts, donations can be made to the Orcas Family Health Center or the Orcas Senior Center.
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Local co-ops to celebrate during month of October Co-op Month Kick-Off – Monday, Oct. 5 • Cookies and cider at OPALCO’s Eastsound and Friday Harbor offices • Hot apple cider at the Orcas Food Co-op Deli • Coffee, tea and homebaked goodies at the San Juan Island Food Co-op Pick up a co-op month coloring book and “Gold Star Co-op Member” checklist at OPALCO, Orcas Food Co-op or San Juan Island Food Co-op. Activities San Juan Island Farm Parade – watch or walk, Oct. 3, 2:30 pm – starts at Fairgrounds, ends at Brickworks. • Game night – Play “Co-opoly” and more. Bring your favorite game to share, Oct. 6, 6 to 9 p.m. at the Orcas Food Co-op Commons. • Co-op Talk: Cooperatives: An alternative economic model for resilient communities, Oct. 16, 4 to 6 p.m., Orcas Food Co-op Commons. • Cider pressing fun-
The Orcas Food Co-op, the San Juan Island Food Co-op and Orcas Power and Light Cooperative have joined forces to bring the National Co-op Month celebration to San Juan County. During the month of October, they will be cooperatively offering family activities, co-op talks, film showings, goodies and a “gold star co-op member” checklist with prizes and a raffle drawing. Get the full calendar of events at www.opalco.com/ a b out / n at i on a l - c o - op month-celebration/. “We are celebrating all the perks of our local, independent and democratically-governed businesses such as voluntary and open membership, concern for community, sharing education and information and cooperation among cooperatives,” say organizers. “Our co-ops improve our quality of life in San Juan County, and we want to appreciate and share the bounty with our members.”
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From wineries to galleries, farmers’ markets to farm tours and harvest dinners to cozy lodgings, the San Juan Islands set the table for a delectable, month-long feast.
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igger and better, the 8th Annual Savor the San Juans: a month-long medley of food, farms and art There is no better way to feel the pulse of island culture than to experience its food, and throughout October, the “gourmet archipelago” sets the table to experience the bounty of the islands at its peak. A farm-to-table tasting at historic Brickworks in Friday Harbor, farm tours on Lopez, Orcas and San Juan Islands, farm dinners, a historic Roche Harbor cemetery tour, a Friday Harbor Ghost Walk, and more. These are just a few of the signature events unfolding this October during "Savor the San Juans: a month-long medley of food, farms and art." The San Juan Island Farmers
Market, Farm Parade and Harvest Chili Cook-off will keep the streets of Friday Harbor and the new historic Brickworks community center buzzing on Saturday, Oct. 3. All three islands will hold special all-day Farm Tours
and goodies from an outdoor wood-fired baking house. There will also be a special Farm-to-Table Dinner at The Edenwild Boutique Inn on October 11. On Oct. 25, the Bite of the San Juan Islands will bring farmers and chefs from all three islands for a tasting to showcase the amazing quality of island-grown, organic fruits and vegetables, GMOfree meats, seafood, cheeses, baked goods, wine, cider, beer and spirits. Grab your spirit of adventure and discover a month-long movable feast for the senses. Savor the San Juans pulls together all the elements of a memorable post-summer vacation getaway, including harvest festivals, art festival, music events and lodging specials at the island’s inns.
All three islands will hold special allday Farm Tours – Lopez Island Farm Tour (Oct. 10 – 11), Orcas Island Farm Tour and Soiree (Oct. 4) and San Juan Island Three Farms Walking Tour (Oct. 11). The tours will include activities such sheep shearing demonstrations, a fermentation workshop, a sheep dog demonstration, a cider pressing and great snacks such as fruit and cheese sampling
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Savor the San Juans calendar of events Sept. 29 - Oct.13 Up! Up! Farm Film Festival – The Future of Farming, Friday Harbor/San Juan Island Oct. 3 Friday Harbor Fall Farm Parade, Friday Harbor/San Juan Island Oct. 3 Island Harvest Chili Cook-off, Friday Harbor/San Juan Island Oct. 3 Seed Program, Friday Harbor/ San Juan Island Oct. 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31 Farmers’ Markets, Orcas Island and Friday Harbor, Saturdays Oct. 4 Orcas Island Farm Tour, Orcas Island Oct. 8 Savor an Evening Meal at School, Lopez Island Oct. 9-11 Orcas Island Film Festival, Orcas Island Oct. 10 Lopez Island Fall Farm Tours Day 1, Lopez Island
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or three days in October, more than two dozen farms and farm-related businesses on Lopez, Orcas and San Juan Island will be open to the public, with demonstrations on everything from apple cider pressings to sheep shearing. LOPEZ ISLAND The Lopez tours span two days. On Oct. 10, the smell of fresh baked scones from a woodfired oven will greet you at Barn Owl Bakery on Midnight’s Farm, where you can tour a department of ecology-approved compost facility, and look through the microscope into the world of microbiology. At Wet Wool Farm and Island Fibers, watch a sheep dog demonstration, learn about the breeds of sheep on the farm, their fleeces, and meat qualities, followed by a tour of Island Fibers. At the 55-acre biodynamic S&S Homestead Farm, learn how the farm integrates plant and animal production, visit the gardens, dairy and cheese facility, followed by a wood-fired pizza lunch. At Sweet Grass Farm, learn how to make a durable and flexible raised bed for gardening; fill it with a compost mix for growing your crops or flowers, all without tilling. Sunnyfield Farm is the islands’ newest licensed Grade A Raw Milk Goat Dairy, certified since November of 2014. You can tour the goat dairy and taste the fresh cheese with apples from the farm’s trees. On Oct. 11, some of the earlier tours and workshops will repeat, with additional options. Join the bakers at Barn Owl Bakery and follow the path from grain to pizza. Another workshop includes pasta making at Edenwild Boutique Inn’s kitchen, and a fermentation workshop at Vortex Café. The culmination of both days of tours will be dinner. The first night, the Grange will host a barbecue with Helen’s Farm burgers or sausage with Sunnyfield chevre on Barn Owl buns with fresh green salad from Lopez Harvest. Wines from Lopez Island Vineyards will be served, and you can enter a homemade fresh pie in the pie contest. Slices of pie will be sold with funds going to the LIFEschool farm to cafeteria program. The second night, a 5-course farm-to-table dinner at Edenwild Boutique Inn will feature Lopez Island farms and wines. Each tour or workshop is prices separately. Tickets are available for cash purchase at each stop, or at www.eventbrite.com. Kids under
12 are free. SAN JUAN ISLAND At the north end of San Juan, three historic farms share borders, and history. All three farms were homesteaded to grow fruit, from apples and pears to plums and now kiwi and Asian pears. On this tour, you can walk between the farms, talk to the farmers and purchase fruit and press cider to take home. On Oct. 11 from noon to 4 p.m., you can tour the 20-acre Sweet Earth Farm, with farmers Elaine Kendall and Amanda Zee, and see the diverse fruit orchard, abundant market garden and livestock. Just through across the field and through the trees, is Mitchell Bay Farm, established in 1900. The farmers Colleen Howe and Bruce Gregory will discuss the commercial kiwi and Asian pear orchard, sheep and holistic management practices. Enjoy fresh brewed teas and home-baked cookies. A short walk takes you to nearby Lacrover Farm, once part of a large family homestead from the late 1900s, and protected by a conservation easement through the San Juan Preservation Trust. It is now owned by Paul Lacrampe, Katie Hover and their son, Quinn. A ticket price of $25 pp (children under 12 half-price) provides free farm tours plus San Juan Island Cheese Ploughman’s Lunchbox. Visit Westcott Bay Cider and San Juan Island Distillery, located a short distance to the north, to tour the cider orchard and
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At left: The Barn Owl Bakery on Lopez Island. Above: A San Juan Island farm. For a full schedule of farm tour events and a map, see the last two pages of this section.
distillery. “Taste the spirits of the San Juan Islands” at the distillery from 1 to 4 p.m. ORCAS ISLAND Last year, four Orcas farms welcomed more than 125 people to their barns and fields. Organizers Charles Dalton and Kathy Morris were excited by the interest. This year, more than a dozen farms and farm-related businesses have jumped on the
hay cart, with demonstrations that include sheep shearing, wool spinning, seed saving, and seeing worms at work in a worm bin building demo. This free, self-guided tour is on Sunday, Oct. 4 and starts with a brunch available at The Kitchen in Eastsound, where Continued on page 5
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id you know not all spinach is the same? Spinach, like other vegetables and grains, comes in many different varieties – each one with different traits and best suited for certain geographical locations. Organic vegetable varieties are developed through classical plant breeding techniques, where plant breeders and farmers carefully select seed from plants that perform best. This is done over the course of several years and eventually we have new varieties like ‘Abundant Bloomsdale’ spinach or ‘Who Gets Kissed?’ sweet corn. Heirloom seed varieties we plant in our yards were created by plant breeders and farmers before us who practiced these classical plant breeding techniques. Last week farmers, seed growers, plant breeders, chefs, and food retailers throughout the islands gathered on Orcas to learn about organic seed production
and developing new organic varieties that will thrive in the San Juans. Organic Seed Alliance (OSA), Washington State University, Greenbank Farm, Orcas Food Co-op, and Hogstone’s Wood Oven hosted the daylong organic seed training and tasting social. The day started with a farmer training on how to conduct on-farm variety trials presented by OSA’s executive director Micaela Colley. Farmers learned how
to identify the best performing organic varieties available for their local growing conditions and toured an organic spinach trial being conducted by local farmers with support from OSA. Later in the evening, participants gathered at Hogstone’s Wood Oven where they taste tested pepper and colored carrot varieties from the Northern Organic Vegetable Collaborative (NOVIC) and Carrot Improvement
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for Organic Agriculture (CIOA) projects aimed at breeding new vegetable varieties for organic farmers. Chef Jay Blackinton also prepared pizzas topped with a newly released organic ‘Who Gets Kissed?’ sweet corn grown at the OSA research farm in Chimacum, Washington. Learn more about OSA and how to get involved at www.seedalliance.org.
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Plowing the fields on a San Juan Island farm.
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you can pick up maps (or clip them out of the island newspapers) to follow the route to the farms, which will have colorful flags flying to mark the stops. Farms along the way – starting out by the ferry landing and moving towards town and out beyond Doe Bay – include Morningstar Farm, Warm Valley Farm will show how to spin wool from the sheep they raise. At Red Rabbit Farm, Christina Orchid will show her cookhouse kitchen and offer tastes of her perserves and sauces. If you are looking for cute farm animals, the residents of Orcas Moon Alpacas are the stop for you; farmers Amy Lumm and Jennifer Pietsch will also offer a chicken slaughter demonstration, where $50 gives you a bird to take home as well. Historic Coffelt Farm will give tours. At Kai Dawg Farm, Caitlin Herlihy will talk about their new project Orcas Community Participatory Agriculture. See a sheep shear-
ing demonstration at West Beach Farm. In town, Smith and Speed Mercantile will be open to share and discuss their handforged farming tools. Audra Lawlor of Girl Meets Dirt will offer tastes of preserves made from fruit gleaned from historic island orchards in her new tasting room. The tour then winds out to Buck Bay Shellfish Farm, where Toni Hermanson will talk about the process of growing and harvesting oysters and clams. Tours at Doe Bay Garden and Taproot Farm will then lead you to Orcas Farm, where George Orser will host a farmers’ potluck soiree. There will be Hogstone’s Wood Oven pizzas, a Lion’s Club/Island Hoppin’ Brewery beer garden and fun music to cap off this big day behind the scenes at the farms. The San Juan Shuttle will be available for $8 for the day, and will loop around to the farms. Car-pooling or shuttle use is encouraged. The Orcas Senior Center will also be offering a shuttle for seniors interested in attending the tour.
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San Juan Islands Agriculture: A Snapshot from Orcas Island
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n Orcas Island, local agriculture is getting a boost. In June of 2014 Orcas Food Cooperative opened its doors. At the heart of their mission: supporting and developing a robust, sustainable local food system. What has that looked like so far? Since their opening, Orcas Food Coop has worked with over 25 different San Juan County farms. These producers have supplied the Co-op Members with meat, seafood, cheese, berries, vegetables and a variety of apples, plums and other tree fruit. Combined, this has resulted in more than $135,000 going into the local agricultural businesses. For several of these farmers,
their sale to the Co-op was their first foray into growing crops for market. Beyond the numbers, the convenience of a central location has demonstrated the increasing consumer demand for locally-grown and made products. In the last 12 months, over 25% of all produce sold at the Co-op was grown in the county- but the demand has continued to outstrip the supply from area farms. Many favorites like broccoli and lettuce are only available sporadically, and must be regularly sourced from the mainland. The main two challenges? Coordinating crops to ensure a steady supply of staples and storage of harvested product. In order to keep meeting the demand, farmers and food businesses will have to coordinate to develop increased infrastructure for transportation and storage; a goal that was outlined in the San Juan County Strategic Plan for Economic Development. Currently the Co-op is collaborating with local organizations to develop and implement plans for a possible San Juan County Food Hub, a project that is just beginning to be explored. The second major challenge has been the impact of our on-going drought. Those who have followed the news even casually will be aware of the California drought, but may be less aware of the impact changing weather patterns have had in our own state. The entire state of Washington has experienced a shortage in rainfall, and San Juan County has been no exception. Currently the county is classified as experiencing a D2 Severe Drought. According the mostly recently released data from the U.S. Drought monitor, that still puts San Juan County in a better position than the majority of the state which is marked as undergoing a D3 Extreme Drought. What has that meant for local farmers? A great deal of uncertainty. Crops that have been reliable in the past were stunted by early heat, and it was challenging to keep water-hungry plants satisfied with less and less groundwater. More concretely, normally reliable products like kale, spinach, salad mix and other greens were available at only limited quantities, or not at all. Heat-loving crops such as melons, tomatoes and peppers arrived in bumper quantities, ripening in great waves that left several farmers challenged in finding outlets for their sudden overabundance. How can you best support our farmers in these challenging times? Buy local and buy seasonal. Bumper crops can mean great deals for households on a budget- use your deep freezer or dehydrator to store some of this fall bounty. Currently apples, pears and squash are at peak season- with heretofore-unknown varieties being showcased at the Co-op and farm stands around the island. These are great storage crops- buy in bulk and eat great local food all winter when your garden has run fallow.
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Kids’ Pioneer Clubs this fall Community news briefs
Island kids from four years through sixth grade are invited to attend weekly Pioneer Clubs at Orcas Island Community Church this school year. Clubs will be divided by age into Skippers (ages four and five); Scooters (kindergarten); Voyagers (first and second grade); Pathfinders (third and fourth grade); and Trailblazers (fifth and sixth grade). The clubbers will spend 20 minutes at rotations for skill-building activities, games, Bible exploration, and Bible memory and prayer. Churches across the U.S. host Pioneer Clubs for kids in their communities. The curriculum is provided by Pioneer Ministries of Wheaton, Illinois. Pioneer Clubs is non-competitive program, allowing all children to succeed and feel included; it offers a wide range of skill-building activities like crafts, games, baking, music, drama, carpentry and more; and its flexibility can accommodate busy families. Clubs will run every Monday that school is in session, from 6 to 7:20 p.m., September 28 through the month of May. On kickoff night, Monday, Sept. 28, children will register for clubs and a dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m. The first club meeting will start at 6 p.m. Families can register at the Orcas Island Community Church office or online at www. orcaschurch.org. For more info, call 376-6422 or visit http://www.pioneerclubs.org/.
Leadership San Juan Islands is looking for a few islanders to participate in a five-month program to become more knowledgeable and skilled at getting things done in the county. An Open House is planned for Eastsound on Wednesday, Oct. 14 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Orcas Food Co-op Commons. Anyone interested in
learning more about the program is invited to attend. Leadership San Juan Islands is a county-wide program that fosters leadership skills such as facilitation and collaborative problem solving and provides introductions to local systems related to governance, economics, social services, history and culture, education and the environment.
Open house at animal shelter The Orcas Animal Protection Society is participating in a statewide shelter open house event. To celebrate, the shelter will be having extended hours and a garage sale on Saturday, Oct. 3 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at its location on Hope Lane. Staff and volunteers invite the community to peruse the new and lightly used pet items for sale by donation, visit with the animals available for adoption and enjoy a cup of apple
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The five-month course begins in January and finishes in May, 2016. Applications are available as a download from the website. Deadline for submissions is Nov. 20, 2015. For more information see: http://www.lsji.org
JoEllen Moldoff is offering a class about poetry. The group will read, discuss and write poems. By creating the opportunity and spark for words to come together, we will make discoveries and begin to develop our poems,” she says. There will be six sessions: Thursdays, Oct. 8 through Nov. 19 (no session on Nov. 5) from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Orcas Library. The cost is $20.
Donate clothing for those in need The Orcas community includes some families each year that need help providing items such as hats, scarves, gloves or mittens to keep children warm during
the winter. The 2015 Caps for Kids program invites you to create and donate new warm winter wear. They will be collecting donations of these items at the library during the month of October. “Thank you for doing what you can to keep our community families warm and comfortable,” say organizers. Any questions about this program can be directed to Anna Vedder at 376-3095.
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NORTHERN LIGHTS FALL TOUR:
Flamenco dancer Savannah Fuentes presents her latest show at the Odd Fellows Hall, 8 to 9:30 p.m. General
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EUPHORIA TECHNOLOGY/ HIGHLEVEL WELLNESS: Information
SAT., OCT. 3 BODYVOX: Dance performance that creates a world of beauty and strength, 7:30 p.m., Orcas Center.
on protecting yourself from radiation, safe drinking water, why you are sick, increasing your energy in one second and more, 1 to 7 p.m., Oddfellows Hall.
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class from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Oddfellows Hall. They will be teaching East Coast swing with instructors Jean, Katie and Bill. Instruction will begin at 7 p.m. followed by dancing at 8 p.m. The classes are free and no partner is needed.
TUES., OCT. 6 “OUT-OF-THE-BOX” BOOK CLUB:
DVSAS San Juans Orcas Office, 6 to 7:30 p.m. What if you had the power to create peace in your life, your
relationships, and your community by connecting to a more open heart?
WEDS., OCT. 7 FLU SHOTS: Flu Clinic, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Orcas Senior Center, $38 cash/check or Medicare, Medicaid and Group Health.
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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Benson Hall, Emmanuel Church. AL-ANON: 7 p.m., Benson Hall, Emmanuel Church. DUPLICATE BRIDGE: Monday Night Duplicate Bridge Group. Need a partner? Call Cheryl at 376-3104 or Marguerite at 376-2220.
CHURCH SERVICES on Orcas Island & in the San Juans CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
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Sunday Worship & Sunday School 10:00 am (Library Conference Room) Wednesday Testimony meeting 7:00 pm– Last Wed. of each month Library Conference Room 376-5873
KIWANIS CLUB: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., Community Church. AA: For women, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., for men, 7 to 8 p.m., Emmanuel Church. CELEBRATE RECOVERY: 7 to 9 p.m., Orcas Senior Center.
COMMUNITY CHURCH
Serving Orcas Island For 132 years Sunday Worship 9:30 am (Nursery & Kids Sunday School) Weekday programs for all ages. Info @ www.OrcasChurch.org Or call Pastors Dick Staub or Brian Moss, 376-6422 In Eastsound on Madrona
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LIFE CHURCH
Sunday 10:00 am Senior Center on 62 Henry Road Nursery and Kid’s Life Contemporary Passionate Worship Our Vision: Share Jesus. Share Life. 376-6332
LUTHERAN CHURCH IN THE SAN JUANS (ELCA)
Sunday 11:00 am St. David’s Chuch 760 Park St., Friday Harbor Sunday 9:00 am Center Church 312 Davis Bay Rd., Lopez Island Pastor Beth Purdum Sunday 1:15 pm Emmanuel Church 242 Main St., Eastsound 370-0023 • pastor@lutheransanjuans.org
ST. FRANCIS CATHOLIC CHURCH Orcas - St Francis Church in Eastsound Mass 1:00 pm Sundays Lopez - Center Chuch Mass 10:30 am Saturdays
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Nadine Burrington Foist MD, FACOG, of Fidalgo Medical Associates in Anacortes, is now seeing patients at Peace Island Medical Center in Friday Harbor the 4th Thursday of each month.
EDUCATION/TRAINING:
LIONS CLUB: Weekly lunch, 11:45 a.m., Legion. AA: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Benson Hall, Emmanuel Church. ANSWERS IN THE HEART: 7 to 8 p.m., an S.L.A.A. 12-step recovery, Episcopal Church. ADULT VOLLEYBALL: 7 to 9:15 p.m., High School Gym, $2.
THURS. – ONGOING STORYTIME: 11 a.m., library. NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: 5:30 p.m., Orcas Longhouse. AL-ANON: 5:30 p.m., Benson Hall, Emmanuel Church.
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FRI. – ONGOING AA: Noon, Community Church.
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AA: 5:30 p.m., Benson Hall, Emmanuel Church.
SAT. – ONGOING AA: 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Emmanuel Church. Potluck last Saturday of the month.
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BodyVox: a storm of energy Big day at Orcas Center
An ode to beauty and the indomitable human spirit, BodyVox’s Reverie has toured the world to sold out houses and will finally grace the stage at Orcas Center on Saturday, Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m. “Dancers are like the superheroes of the real world,” says Orcas Center staff. “BodyVox will knock your socks off with their incredible blend of athleticism and style.” Six dancers combine highly inventive earthbound and aerial movement with sculptural costumes and video, to create dream-like images that continually evolve. Children, too, will be fascinated by the playful, imaginary world
that BodyVox creates; so bring the family. Conceived by BodyVox’s Artistic Directors Jamey Hampton and Ashley Roland in the months surrounding 9/11, the horror that unfolded on that day led to the creation of “Reverie,” with beauty as its central theme. “As we gathered in the studio that day and those that followed, we came to believe that a program with beauty as its central theme could be a powerful statement: art must prevail, humanity must prevail, culture, knowledge and freedom of expression, indeed beauty must prevail,” said Hampton.
The work was featured in the company’s 2004 New York debut, prompting Jennifer Dunning of the New York Times to write: “BodyVox, based in Portland, Oreg., approaches dance with a breezy freshness and simplicity that is all its own.” BodyVox will be teaching an Intermediate/Advanced Modern Dance master class from 11 to 12:30 p.m. on Oct. 3 in the Black Box at Orcas Center. The BodyVox master class includes a lot of choreography, and they have requested that the dancers are at an intermediate level or higher in order to enjoy the experience. Class is free with a ticket to the show. Otherwise it is $10. Tickets for BodyVox are $25, $19 Orcas Center members, $11 students, and may be purchased at www. orcascenter.org or by calling 376-2281 ext. 1, or visiting the Orcas Center Box Office open Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from noon to 2 p.m. There are $5 subsidized tickets available at the box office.
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with two grand openings Celebrate the formal opening of the Orcas Center Sculpture Garden and the opening of the 2015 Met: Live in HD Season on Sunday, Oct. 4. Come for Dim sum and champagne at noon and then bring yourselves, friends and neighbors to the opera at 1 p.m. There are $5 subsidized tickets available. Follow the Orcas Center Sculpture Garden map and see works by Anthony Howe (at right), Pete Welty, Robert Strimban, Jim Barton and Stan Greene sprinkled throughout the Center’s grounds. Then come inside for The Met: Live in HD’s Il Trovatore, Verdi’s turbulent tragedy of four characters caught in a web of family ties, politics, and love. This opera is a mainstay of the operatic repertory and opens with Met diva Anna Netrebko. Soprano Anna Netrebko’s dramatic and vocal skills are on full display in her role as Leonora, the Verdi heroine who sacrifices her own life for the love of the gypsy troubadour. Tenor Yonghoon Lee sings the ill-fated Manrico, baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky is his rival, and mezzo-soprano Dolora Zajick is the mysterious gypsy with the troubled past. Marco Armiliato conducts Sir David McVicar’s Goya-inspired production. The score is as melodic as it is energetic,
with infectious tunes that are not easily forgotten. “Come join us for a rich and fulfilling Sunday afternoon,” say organizers. Tickets for the Met: Live in HD Il Trovatore are $18, $13 for students, $2 off for Orcas Center members, and may be purchased at www.orcascenter.org or by calling 376-2281 ext. 1 or visiting the Orcas Center Box Office open Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from noon to 2 pm. There are $5 subsidized tickets available at the Box Office.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATIONS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS (Planning Commission – PC; Hearing Examiner – HEX; County Council Hearing Room - CCHR) Permit Number
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Re-designation from 260643002, 260643008, 260643009 Brett and Kathryn Thurman County 10/13/15 CCHR FR-20 to RFF5 (map and 260711002, 324 Community 324 Community Club Drive, Council 9:15 am amendment) Club Dr. Orcas Deer Harbor, WA 98243, 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
PREDES -15-0002
LEGAL NO. SJ1422771 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands, The Islands’ Sounder, SEPTEMBER 30, 2015
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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SAN JUAN COUNTY In the Matter of the Estate: ROBIN E. DiGEORGIO a/k/a ROBIN E. DiGIORGIO, Deceased Probate No. 15-4-05048-4 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030 The Administratrix named below has been appointed as Administratrix 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 Administratrix or the Administratrix’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 Administratrix 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: September 23, 2015. Elsa P. Cline, Administratrix c/o Wagner Law Offices P.C. 425-B Caines Street Friday Harbor, WA 98250 Attorneys for Administratrix /s/Mimi M. Wagner Mimi M. Wagner, WSBA #36377 425-B Caines Street Friday Harbor, WA 98250 LEGAL NO. S657623 Published: The Islands’ Sounder September 23, 30, October 7, 2015.
NOTICE OF MEETING The Orcas Island Library District will hold a Public Hearing on the 2016 Library Budgets October 13, 2014 beginning at 8:30 A.M. in the Library’s Meeting Room The agenda for this meeting will include discussion on the 2016 General Fund Budget and the 2016 Building Fund Budget. The public is invited to attend and give comment. LEGAL NO. S659384 Published: The Islands’ Sounder September 30 and October 7, 2015.
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EASTSOUND The Barnacle Sunday–Thursday 5–12 am Friday & Saturday 5–1 am Nightly Cocktail Specials 249 Prune Alley Enzo’s Caffé Open daily 8 am–5 pm Sunday until 4 pm Friday & Saturday Pizza nights until 8 pm N. Beach Rd, 376-3732 Island Skillet Breakfast everyday 8 am–2 pm Full breakfast menu, beer, wine 325 Prune Alley, 376-3984 Lower Tavern Lunch & Dinner Open daily at 11 am Food to 10 pm (Sun–Thurs) Food to 11 pm (Fri & Sat) 46 Prune Alley , 376-4848
Mijitas Mexican Kitchen Dinner Tues–Sat 4 pm 310 A. Street (at N. Beach Rd) 376-6722 The Loft at Madrona Dinner: Thursday–Saturday 5pm Sunday Brunch 10am–2pm Main St, Eastsound 376-7173 The Madrona Bar & Grill Sunday -Thursday 11:30–9 Friday & Saturday 11:30–10 Happy Hour in the bar; Mon–Fri 3–6 pm 310 Main St, 376-7171 Pizzeria Portofino Dine-In/Take-Out Open Tue–Sun 4:00 pm–8:30 pm Closed Mon 274 A St (Off N. Beach Rd.) 376-2085
White Horse Pub Open from 11:30 to midnight 7 days a week Serving food until 10 pm Happy hour M–F 3–6 pm 246 Main St, 376-PUBS
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Rosario Resort & Spa The Mansion Restaurant Breakfast 8 am–11 am Daily Lunch/Bar Menu Noon–9 pm Daily (until 10 pm on Fri & Sat) Dinner 5 pm–9 pm Daily (until 10 pm on Fri & Sat)
West Sound Cafe We will be closing starting Sept. 27th. New opening date to be announced. Thank you for your patronage in 2015
Deer Harbor Inn Restaurant Open every night from 5–9 pm 376-1040 deerharborinnrestaurant.com
Since I’ve been here at the Orcas Animal Shelter for more than five years, I, Winnie feel qualified to be the Hostess, and invite you to our Open House on Sat., Oct. 3 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. We’re at the end of Hope Lane, off Mt. Baker Rd. and can be reached at 376-6777. While you’re here, do come and say hello to me.
ORCAS LANDING Orcas Hotel / Octavia’s Bistro Dinner 7 nights a week 4–9 pm Happy hour 50% off small plates 4–5 pm Orcas Hotel Café Open daily 6 am–5 pm www.orcashotel.com, 376-4300
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