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Fraud on the rise
Pastor takes flight
SJC Sheriff’s Office says beware of wire transfers
Pastor Anne Hall accepts position known as the “ flying pastor� time resident, but has visited the islands since 1975. Her first official sermons Jan Sunquist describes Pastor Anne were delivered Nov. 27. Growing up in a suburb of New Hall as an early Christmas present. York City, Hall graduated from Radcliff Hall recently accepted a two-year College and has a Masters Degree term call as the new “flying pastor� serving three branches by boat, or by from the Harvard Graduate School of plane — on three islands, all existing as Education. She met her spouse, David Hall, a Seattle native, while at Harvard the Lutheran Church in the San Juans. She is “energetic and skilled,� said and became a Washington state resiSunquist, council president of the dent shortly thereafter. Hall was a school counselor, an Lutheran Church. administrator, and a teacher of preHall recently moved to Lopez as a fullschool through college level students. While searching for a church for the family, she Lopez Island Community Church became involved with a small invites the community to attend American Baptist Christmas Eve Service Church that was
By Cali Bagby
By Rita Larom
Special to the Islands’ Weekly
Saturday, 5:30 p.m. Christmas Day Service Sunday, 10:30 am
For more information please contact the church office at 468-3877
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Pastor Anne Hall recently accepted a two-year term call as the new “flying pastor� serving three branches by boat, or by plane — on three islands, all existing as the Lutheran Church in the San Juans.
assisting refugees. Her volunteer activities evolved into office responsibilities and worship planning when the pastor
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Christmas Eve Service at Center Church Service at 11:00 p.m. And then
Christmas morning at Grace Episcopal Church Service at 11:00 a.m.
SEE PASTOR, PAGE 8
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New Year‛s Eve Party at the Tiki Lounge Complimentary Champagne and party Favors! Featuring DJ Cyanide
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IT’S COLD OUTSIDE!
Pastor Anne Hall and Reverend Murray Trelease
Please do not leave your water running to keep your pipes from freezing.
Your friends at The Lutheran Church in the San Juans and Grace Episcopal Church
Use other means instead: â?† cover up crawl spaces â?† install freeze caps for outdoor spigots â?† make sure your pipes are wrapped Fisherman Bay Sewer District 468.2131
When Herb Cunniff picked up the phone, he was surprised to hear the tearful voice of his granddaughter explaining that she had been in a traffic accident in Mexico and that police were holding her for driving under the influence of alcohol. Then she supposedly transferred the call to the American Embassy in Mexico City where an employee said if he wanted his granddaughter to get out of the country he would need to wire $23,083. Cunniff began to suspect something was not right when the embassy asked for cash not a credit card. It was also out of character for his granddaughter - a straight A honor student - to
get in trouble, and she had just been on vacation in Las Vegas, so how did she end up in Mexico? But it was uncanny, even eerie how the voice sounded just like his granddaughter. So when he got off the phone he immediately called the American Embassy in Mexico City, then the FBI and the police. They all told him the same thing - it was a scam. This is not a new scheme, just one of many popping up across the country often requesting cash sent via Western Union. Undersheriff John Zerby said beware of anything involving a wire transfer. SEE FRAUD, PAGE 8
Spirit of Giving By Cali Bagby
During the holidays, times in this current economy can be hard for Lopez Island families struggling with finances. In these colder months, they face higher household expenses, like heating bills, and vacation time for families who qualify for school’s free or reduced lunch for their children are faced with two to three weeks without this assistance. “Every year, we have seen
the number of people in need increasing for the holidays,� said Celia Marquis, director of the Lopez Island Family Resource Center. “People have been out of work for longer, and we are really noticing the effects of the economy — some people have been out of work for a couple of years.� LIFRC’s The Spirit of Giving Program helps relieve SEE GIVING, PAGE 8
When you’re given lemons....
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