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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2012 | Vol. 113, No. 14 | www.whidbeynewstimes.com | 75¢
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Police pursue armed robber
County’s $5 land tax tossed by court
By JUSTIN BURNETT
By JESSIE STENSLAND
Gun aimed at store clerk Staff reporter
As of Friday morning, the man who robbed a convenience store in Oak Harbor this week was still on the loose. Lt. Tim Sterkel of the Oak Harbor Police Department confirmed that detectives received and followed up on several tips but that no arrests have been made. Anyone with any information is urged to contact police. The man being sought is described as a light-skinned black male, about five-foot, nine-inches tall, and estimated to be in his 20s. He left the store wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, jeans with distinct white stitching near the back pockets and large white-rimmed sunglasses. According to Sterkel, the man should be considered armed and dangerous. If spotted, the public should not attempt contact but call 911. The robbery happened shortly before 9 a.m. at DK Market along Highway 20. Store clerk Scott Lamb
said the man approached the counter with a Monster brand energy drink and asked for cigarettes. Lamb turned away for a moment to grab a carton and when he turned back, the man had a gun. “He pointed it at my face and told me he was going to kill me unless I got the register open,” Lamb said. As he fumbled with the buttons, Lamb said the robber got impatient and began counting. Once he finally got the drawer open, the man grabbed the cash, the cigarettes, the Monster energy drink and bolted out the door. He was last seen running across Highway 20 and then behind Burger King. The area was soon buzzing with police and an exhaustive search ensued that ranged from Dillard’s Addition to Flintstone Park on Bayshore Drive. “We surrounded the whole area,” Sterkel said. However, the man appears to have made a clean getaway. Sterkel said he couldn’t be sure, but it’s believed he got into a car and drove away before police arrived and began their search. Detective Ron Hofkamp has been assigned the case and anyone with See robber, A4
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Oak Harbor Police Detective Tony Slowik prepares to peer over a fence looking for a man who robbed DK Market.
This image from a DK Market camera shows the man who robbed the store Wednesday.
A Supreme Court ruling filed Thursday likely means that a special $5-per-parcel assessment to fund the Whidbey Island and Snohomish County conservation districts violates state law. In response, the Board of Island County Commissioners is holding a special session at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21 to consider whether to schedule a public hearing to repeal the 2009 ordinance that imposed the special assessment. Among the likely topics of conversation is whether the county will have to refund the assessments, a total of about $470,000, for the two years they were collected. Under an interlocal agreement between the conservation districts and the county, the districts are financially responsible if refunds have to be given, according to county Budget Director Elaine Marlow. Yet Island County Treasurer Ana Maria Nunez said Friday that, See tax, A4
As girl recovers, man says he was attacked by same dog By JESSIE STENSLAND Staff reporter
A second person has come forward to say he was attacked by the same pit bull that was one of three dogs to attack an Oak Harbor girl last week. The 12-year-old girl attacked by three pit bulls Feb. 5 is in good spirits as she recovers from her injuries, according to her father. “It was a parent’s worst nightmare,” said Merl Naumowicz, an active duty member of the Navy. Naumowicz is stationed in Nebraska, but took emergency medical leave and flew to Whidbey after learning about the attack. His daughter called him from the hospital and talked to him before she was sedated. Naumowicz said her right hand and forearm were most severely injured since she was using it to stop the dogs from biting her face. He said the doctors at first didn’t know if they would be able to save her thumb because of all the damage; she
still doesn’t have feeling in her thumb. In addition, the dogs bit the girl on her other hand and her feet. She sustained serious scratch marks on her chest and on her lip, according to her father. Naumowicz said nobody has any idea why the dogs attacked her, though he’s heard unconfirmed reports they bit people on three previous occasions that weren’t reported to police. He said his daughter has been at the home where it occurred before and the dogs know her. According to Naumowicz, his 19-year-old daughter drove his younger daughter to an apartment on Midway Boulevard to pick up a vacuum. He said a child inside the apartment opened the door and let the dogs out; all three of the dogs attacked the girl at the same time. Naumowicz was told that the owner promised to have the dogs euthanized. Meanwhile, Oak Harbor resident Carlos Smith saw the story about the girl’s plight and said something similar happened to him last November
when he visited the same apartment. “I got attacked by the same dog,” he said, referring to the male dog named Tank. He said he went to the apartment to visit the boyfriend of the woman living there, who was a friend of his. “I wasn’t there two seconds before I was attacked,” he said. Two of the dogs were in a cage, he said, but Tank came running toward him from a back room and bit into his hand. “I never called the cops, I went right to the hospital,” Smith said. “The guy was crying, ‘Don’t call the cops on me.’” Smith said a doctor put 13 stitches in his hand, but he still suffers from nerve damage and he’s still paying off the $4,000 hospital bill. He lost his job because he can’t extend two of his fingers without pulling on them. After reading about the attack on the girl, Smith decided it was time to act. “I’m going to file a lawsuit,” he said.
Tank, a pit bull involved in the attack of a girl last week, is also accused of attacking a man in November.
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Lost crabber identified; body found in Penn Cove By JESSIE STENSLAND Staff reporter
The crab fisherman who drowned in Penn Cove last weekend has been identified as 51-year-old Joseph Thomas Sias of La Conner. “He was very well known in the Swinomish tribal community,” said Island County Coroner Robert Bishop. Sias was reported missing Feb. 12 after a Swinomish
Fisheries patrolman found his 32-foot, bow-picker boat in Penn Cove. The vessel was unmanned but under power. The initial search involved boats from several jurisdictions, a Coast Guard helicopter and divers, but it was called off Monday morning. Bishop said boats from Swinomish Fisheries and the Swinomish police dragged Penn Cove
Wednesday. He said the searchers used the coordinates from the crab boat’s GPS to trace its path. The fisheries boat found the body in about 90 feet of water. According to Bishop, Sias had been wearing boots that probably filled with water and a lot of clothing that would have quickly become waterlogged. Sias was alone in the boat and wasn’t wearing a flotation
device. His cause of death was drowning; there was no signs on trauma. Ray Erps from Swinomish Fisheries found both the boat and Sias’ body. Bishop said the body was brought by boat to Oak Harbor, where a crowd of about 60 people — family, friends and tribal officials — came from La Conner to say goodbye to Sias. “It was a very emotional. Very sad,” Bishop said.
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Witnesses sought in doctor’s death Detectives with the Washington State Patrol are seeking witnesses to the Feb. 12 collision at Deception Pass that killed 53-year-old dermatologist Donald “Russell” Johnson. Detective Sgt. Jerry Cooper said he and other detectives with the Washington State Patrol’s Major Accident Investigation Team are investigating the accident and are hoping to find additional witnesses. “We are looking for anyone who witnessed any part of it,” Cooper said. “That could mean hours or even days before the actual accident. We’re looking for anyone with a different perspective.” If you have any information or know somebody that does, please contact Detective Sgt. Jerry Cooper at 360-805-1192 or Detective Curt Ladines at 360-805-1160.
The accident occurred at around 6 a.m. last Sunday. Johnson fled from a state trooper who was trying to pull him over for reckless driving and speeding, according to the state patrol. Johnson sped away north on Highway 20, lost control of his 2000 Toyota Celica and crashed into the rock wall adjacent to the south side of the highway. Johnson, who wasn’t wearing a seatbelt, was ejected and came to rest in the northbound lane. The trooper drove up to the collision scene and was not able to stop before running over the body in the roadway. “I think he was just trying to make the curve at a high speed and just couldn’t negotiate,” Cooper said, adding that “critical speed scuffs” at the scene showed that Johnson was trying to turn.
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Central Whidbey voters’ approve fire district levy hike released Feb. 28. “I’m relieved it passed,” said Tom Smith, chairman of Central Whidbey’s board of commissioners. “We’re just really appreciative of the support of the community.” The fire district, which includes about 10,000 residents, sought an increase of 34 cents to its existing levy. The current rate in 2012 is $1 per $1,000 of assessed valuation. With a new rate of $1.34, the total cost for a $300,000
By JUSTIN BURNETT Staff reporter
Central Whidbey Fire and Rescue’s levy-lid request has passed. Results posted late Tuesday on the Island County Auditor’s Office web- site show that 56.38 percent of voters approved the measure while 43.62 percent voted against it. Only about 30 ballots are left to count and the next batch of results will be
home would be $33.50 per month or $402 annually. Fire officials estimate the successful measure will result in an additional $510,000 a year flowing into the district’s coffers. Part of the money will fund two new full-time positions, including a training captain who will focus on volunteer recruitment and retention. In just under 20 years, volunteer levels at Central Whidbey have dropped by 70
percent, from 57 in 1993 to 17 this year, not including three new recruits in the academy. The problem has begun to affect the department’s ability to respond effectively to multiple calls. The other position funded will be a full-time firefighter who would also work as a mechanic, servicing the district’s fleet of vehicles. A large portion of the money will also be set aside each year to fund the replace-
ment of such apparatus. The remainder of the money will be put toward maintaining existing service and staff levels. Failure at the polls would have meant the layoff of 10 part-time and one full-time district firefighters. Fire Chief Ed Hartin said he also was relieved at the measure’s approval by voters. He said he it’s evidence that voters believe the fire district is fiscally responsible. Hartin also said he looks
forward to putting the additional resources to use and providing the best possible service to Central Whidbey residents. “The message to the community is thank you for your continued support,” Hartin said. There are 5,622 registered voters in the fire district and Tuesday’s first tally saw a 53.29 percent turnout. The results will be certified Feb. 28.
Whidbey park district looks for new director
None hurt in school scrap
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Ron Rhinehart, president of the district’s board of commissioners, said Carlson had been planning to retire in March, but because of personal and medical reasons, he pushed that date up to Jan. 1. “We certainly wish him well,” Rhinehart said. Repeated efforts to contact Carlson weren’t successful.
By NATHAN WHALEN
The North Whidbey Park and Recreation District is looking for help after its longserving director resigned at the end of the year. Craig Carlson, who has been director for the entity that owns and operates the John Vanderzicht Memorial Pool for more than eight years, resigned.
Coupeville benefits from waterfront land donation Thanks to a donation from a prominent resident, the town of Coupeville is the owner of a piece of waterfront property. The Coupeville Town Council Tuesday night accepted the donation of a 50-foot-long parcel of land north of Front Street from Ron Van Dyke. Mayor Nancy Conard said the lot’s configuration makes it difficult to build on. She added in a memo that the lot depth has diminished over the years due to
erosion. The lot is located on the waterfront and, with the possible future acquisition of neighboring lots, there would be a chance to provide beach access, viewing locations or making improvements to the town’s stormwater outfall, Conard said, adding that she hopes neighboring property owners would consider a similar donation. “I really appreciate his generosity,” Conard saidt of Van Dyk’s donation.
While the parks district includes a running club, baseball program and dog walking park, the pool is by far the biggest part of its operations, accounting for approximately 80 percent of its budget. In recent years, the number of people swimming at the pool has skyrocketed. The pool saw 54,869 visitors in 2000. By 2010, that number jumped to 117,619. While the pool is popular with Whidbey residents, officials did have a scare in 2011 when voters rejected a levy renewal. Thanks to a community outreach, voters changed their minds in November and passed the levy. With Carlson’s resignation, Neil Romney, head coach of the North Whidbey Aquajets, was named interim director until a suitable replacement can be found. Rhinehart said commis-
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sioners Dennis Jepson, Scott Vogt and former commissioner Allan McDougall worked to develop a position profile and job description for the executive director spot. The district started advertising the job in January. Rhinehart said that the emphasis will be to find the right candidate rather than quickly filling the position. He complimented the pool staff and Romney for their efforts to keep the pool running smoothly during the transition. He said he doesn’t see any way a decision could be made before April, and the selection could be made later, even going into the summer.
By REBECCA OLSON
Four students were involved in a spontaneous fight at North Whidbey Middle School last week. There were no injuries but the police were called. “The police determined it was not an attack or assault. It was more of a case where both parties were at fault,” said Oak Harbor School District communications director Joe Hunt. The altercation happened in the stairwell after school. It appeared that one student offended another, probably by accident, Hunt said. The fight was mainly between two students but since two other students also
got physically involved, they were part of the disciplinary action, Hunt said. After investigating, the police decided that it was a school issue so all four students were disciplined by the school, Hunt said. The number of students disciplined for fighting during the first semester of the school year is down by approximately half from prior years for the same time period, Hunt said. He added that the school district attributes this decrease to the Big Elephant campaign, an anti-bullying effort that began the second semester of last school year.
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Backstop demonstrates district’s facility needs By NATHAN WHALEN Staff reporter
Coupeville School District workers are busy replacing the baseball field’s backstop, which was finally torn down after years of degrading. The backstop was only one symptom of deteriorating facilities brought to the attention of the school board Monday night. Maintenance and Transportation Director Scott Losey said part of the backstop toppled a couple of weeks ago. Maintenance staff tore down the remainder this week. A combination of wind and kids climbing on the backstop were the reasons it had to be replaced. “It was in a sad need of repair,” Superintendent Patty Page said after the meeting. The replacement backstop will be installed next week and it will cost the
school district $12,000. Losey presented the Coupeville School Board with a laundry list of needed repairs throughout the school district. The track is in need of resurfacing and currently two lanes of the track aren’t usable. High School Principal Sheldon Rosenkrance said one of the lanes has a number of slick spots. It would cost the district between $100,000 and $300,000 to resurface the track depending on the type of surface that is eventually chosen. The school district originally planned to have a soccer field and baseball field near the corner of Terry and Ebey roads. However, funding that paid for the new Coupeville High School ran out before that project could be accomplished. Losey presented information about the condition of the current buildings.
The school district office building needs a new roof and it continues to be an issue because of snow and water that accumulates. It isn’t exactly clear about the age of the administration building, which is located next to the pedestrian overpass. It was originally a classroom portable the Coupeville School District purchased from the Bellevue School District in 1978. “I have no idea how old that building actually is,” board member Kathleen Anderson said. Losey said the multi-purpose room needs new kitchen equipment and a new air handler since it can’t keep up with heating demands during the winter. There are some peaks and valleys in the roof and occasional water leaks over the school’s administrative offices. At the middle school, the roof will
reach its life expectancy in a couple of years and the building’s HVAC system isn’t functioning at optimal efficiency. In addition, the high school annex building needs to be remodeled and the tiles in the gym locker rooms need to be fixed. While officials have a healthy list of projects, they don’t have sufficient money to cover all the costs. Page said the first priority is to maintain current programs and then staff will see what’s left for repairs. After the meeting, she did rule out going to local voters for more money in the near future. “We’re not there yet,” Page said, adding the school district is experiencing declining enrollment and the school district doesn’t need to expand. And while various repairs are needed, the school buildings are in good shape.
Correction A Feb. 15 story about a girl mauled by three pit bulls erroneously reported the date. The incident occurred Feb. 5. In addition, the police inaccurately reported the site of the attack and the girl’s age. The attack occurred outside of an apartment complex on Midway Boulevard and not at the North Whidbey Inn. The owner of the inn said he doesn’t allow any pets and the rooms are safe and clean. His wife was the one who heard the commotion and called the police. The girl was 12 years old. The News-Times regrets the errors.
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CONTINUED FROM A1 under state law, the county isn’t required to refund property taxes that are found to be illegal or excessive unless an individual taxpayer has submitted an official protest of the tax to the treasurer. She’s not aware that anyone did that. Karen Bishop, manager of the Whidbey Island Conservation District, said the district will work with the county commissioners “to appropriately amend the ordinance to insure that it is in
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there’s supposed to be a peracre fee. Mason County officials were concerned about the administrative costs of collecting a per-acre fee, so they elected to only impose the flat $5-per-parcel fee. Four Mason County citizens challenged the assessment, arguing that it violated the state law and was an unconstitutional property tax. After the Appeals Court sided with Mason County, the Island County commissioners adopted a similar ordinance. Bishop said that originally the district proposed a per-acre fee, but the Island County assessor argued that
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that the Mason County ordinance is invalid. The decision was unanimous, though one justice did not participate. The Supreme Court ruled that the Mason County ordinance violated state law because it didn’t include a peracre fee. The justices did not address the issue of whether the ordinance was an unconstitutional tax, so that issue remains unresolved. State law authorizes a county to impose a special assessment to fund a conservation district, but the law states the assessment must either be a uniform per-acre assessment or a flat per-parcel plus a uniform per acre fee. Either way,
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compliance with the state law in light of the recent Supreme Court Decision.” Commissioner Kelly Emerson took the opportunity to gloat. She wasn’t on the board at the time the ordinance was adopted, but she said she spoke out against it. “I’m celebrating another occasion in which I was right,” said Emerson, the lone Republican on the board. In 2009, the county officials modeled their ordinance after Mason County’s ordinance, which had been upheld by the Court of Appeals. But the appellate court decision was appealed to the state Supreme Court, which ruled Thursday
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any leads or details is urged to contact him at 279-4600. Sterkel said armed robberies are rare in Oak Harbor. DK Market owner Kihwan Kim said he’s owned the store for the past 12 years and this is the first time he’s been robbed. However, Lamb said it wasn’t a new experience for him. While working in a donut shop in Las Vegas, he was robbed twice. But there were some things that made this time unique. For one, he joked that the man’s whiterimmed glasses made him look a little like rock star Lenny Kravitz. He also recalls that the man appeared both calm and collected. “Naw, he wasn’t nervous,” Lamb said. “He was cool as a cucumber.”
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it wasn’t possible to calculate parcel acreage. Commissioners Helen Price Johnson, Angie Homola and John Dean unanimously approved the ordinance. It wasn’t without controversy, as some citizens concerned about a new tax spoke out against it. Island County’s assessment has generated around $235,000 per year. It is split between the Whidbey Island Conservation District as well as the Snohomish County Conservation District, which covers Camano Island and can only use the money for activities on Camano Island. The districts used the money for natural resource planning and technical assistance, lowimpact development planning, preservation of sustainable farm and forest lands, outreach and education.
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Sixth site added to sewer plant mix By JUSTIN BURNETT Staff reporter
Although pressed for time and confronted by a handful of concerned property owners, the Oak Harbor City Council has agreed to consider a sixth site for a new wastewater treatment plant. The 20-acre area is located north of Crescent Harbor Road and east of Regatta Drive, just outside city limits. It consists of nine different parcels, all of which are under private ownership. Residents and property owners near and within the area’s boundaries were informed by letter that the council would be discussing whether to add the site to its existing list of five possible locations during its Feb. 7
meeting. Several showed up and voiced their displeasure of the proposal. “We’d like to live out our lives in peace without having to worry about the city taking us over,” said Bob Wojciechowski, one of several residents who spoke out during the meeting. Under a tight timeline to submit a facilities plan to state regulators before the end of the year, the council has struggled to pare down its existing list to three finalists since September. Absent council members has resulted in the issue being tabled twice, and with a deadline looming, many appeared loath to add another site which would only fur-
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350 S. Oak Harbor St. ●● Coupeville Planning Commission: Tuesday, March 6, 6:30 p.m., Commissioners’ Hearing Room, Courthouse Annex Building. ●● Oak Harbor Finance Standing Committee: Wednesday, March 7, 3:30 p.m., City Hall, 865 SE Barrington Dr. ●● Coupeville School Board: Monday, March 12, 6:30 p.m., Coupeville Elementary School library. ●● Oak Harbor School Board: Monday, March 12, 6:30 p.m., Administrative Service Center, 350 S. Oak Harbor St. ●● Port of Coupeville: Wednesday, March 14, 3:30 p.m., Coupeville Public Library.
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ther delay the selection of a final choice. “This is urgent,” said Councilman Rick Almberg, during a Feb. 7 council meeting. However, the sixth site, which city officials said was presented largely as an alternative to other problematic sites, received a unanimous green light by the council despite the voiced community concerns. It joins candidate sites Windjammer Park, the Oak Harbor Marina, the old city shops on City Beach Street, Beachview Farm, which is more commonly known as Fakkema Farm, and Navy property located behind the city’s existing lagoon site on Crescent Harbor.
Eric Johnston, city engineer, emphasized during the meeting that although a detailed map had been presented, no specific location was being proposed. The city’s hired engineering firm, Carollo, is looking at the area in general and it’s doing so because there are hurdles facing every site on the list. “There is no good site,” Johnston said. “There will likely never be the perfect site for the city to place a wastewater treatment plant. Of the three locations proposed as finalists months ago, Windjammer Park has seen significant public push back, the old city shops would require the acquisition of private land
from unwilling sellers, and the Navy property, which has gotten the most support, could only be secured through an act of Congress. The likelihood of the Navy property working out is a matter of considerable debate, even among council members. Councilwoman Beth Munns, the wife of a former base commander and the Navy League’s Oak Harbor Area Council National Director, said she is less than optimistic the site will ever prove viable. “It has me very much concerned,” Munns said. At the same time, Campbell, who also has a past working relationship and ties with the Navy,
said it’s too soon to give up on the site. With the right incentive, it could still prove a strong candidate, he said. “Don’t give up on the Navy,” he said. “We have not given them a big enough carrot yet.” Johnston said the sixth site will undergo the same level of review by Carollo, including a public vetting, as the other sites. Once that’s complete, the council will once again be tasked with selecting finalists. That should happen sometime in April, he said. While that leaves a narrow window for picking a final site, Johnston said there is still time to meet the December deadline as long as there are no more delays.
Bank of America to leave Safeway By JESSIE STENSLAND Staff reporter
Bank of America is closing its banking center inside the Safeway store in Oak Harbor, but the full-service ATM will remain. Britney Sheehan, a media relations spokesperson for Bank of America, confirmed that the in-store banking center will close in May. “Our banking centers
have been and continue to be the cornerstone of how Bank of America builds and strengthens relationships with customers,” she wrote in a statement. “As such, we have been very deliberate in how we’ve built out our branch network over the last 10 years. Every year, we evaluate and adjust the distribution network to bring store coverage in balance
with market opportunity.” Contrary to rumors, Sheehan said there are no plans to close the banking center in the market’s grocery store in Anacortes, which is the closest location for North Whidbey residents. In addition, there’s a banking center in Mount Vernon. Sheehan said the ATM will remain inside the
Safeway for the foreseeable future, but bank officials may explore another location. “It might be worth noting for your readers that just this October, Bank of America expanded its online banking, bill pay, ATM and debit card offerings, as well as telephone banking in Washington state,” she added.
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IN OUR OPINION Voter education key to next levy The Oak Harbor School Board is doing a good job demonstrating the school district’s needs before deciding on a levy dollar amount to present to voters in 2013. The board has led a series of monthly workshops dealing with specific needs. The most recent was Monday, when special education teachers and parents described the difficulties caused by recent cutbacks and how additional local levy dollars would help. Similar pleas had earlier been made to increase local funding for athletics and other student activities, transportation, food services, facilities and textbooks. After suffering through several years of declining state and federal support, the school board will no doubt ask local property owners to increase their share of the education burden. Even though the Legislature is now in session, and working under a state Supreme Court mandate to boost its funding of basic education, don’t expect financial miracles. Any tax increase faces formidable opposition in the Legislature, and any general tax increase approved will have to survive a vote of the people. Nine jurists in black robes may be watching, but they probably can’t force the Legislature to raise taxes or even require a reordering of priorities. Trying to do so would do little more than create a constitutional crisis. Unless the state economy improves significantly in the next year, school boards throughout the state will be asking for more local levy dollars. Oak Harbor has a good argument that we could do more to help our schools. Local school property taxes here are lower than 90 percent of the other school districts in the state. In 2009-2010, according to the Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Oak Harbor School District property owners were paying 79 cents per thousand of assessed value, compared to the statewide average of $2.03. It also help that in recent years the Legislature has allowed school districts to raise more money locally, and that the 60 percent super majority rule for levy approval was removed, meaning levies can now pass with just 50 percent plus one vote. Nevertheless, Oak Harbor’s last levy in 2009 squeaked by with just 51.39 percent voter support. There’s no guarantee that voters next year will agree to pay more, but the best approach is to educate them thoroughly well before the vote. To its credit, the Oak Harbor school board is trying hard to do just that. On Tuesday, Feb. 21, there will be another forum on the 2012-2013 budget and levy, starting at 6:30 p.m. in the board room, 350 S. Oak Harbor St. Interested parents and taxpayers should attend.
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Letters to the editor Power Squadron can save lives We are surrounded by water and anyone heading out on a boat, especially in an open skiff or fishing boat, and alone, needs to wear a life jacket! It is required for children 12 and under at all times; and may be required for all adults if the number of deaths continue, such as the crabber who recently lost his life in Penn Cove. Our boating education group, Deception Pass Sail & Power Squadron, is a unit of the United States Power Squadron. Its mission is to teach the public about safe boating including regular use of life jackets. We regularly offer basic boating classes to the public and we have one starting Feb. 28 in
Greenbank. Is this a shameless plug for our trainings? You bet! It we can save one life, it was worth it. Contact me at mwilliford@frontier.com or 279-1551. Mary Williford Commander, Deception Pass Sail & Power Squadron
available in President Obama’s heath plan is concerning. And this is by those questionable men who run that questionable religion that abuses boys and women! And you know who you are. Stop Viagra! Sharon Embleton Freeland
No contraception, Surveyor should then no Viagra It looks like women be remembered are still fighting for equal rights. Viagra was passed by a landslide. But when it comes to women and women’s health, and children and the population of unwanted children, we hear complaints and opposition. The news that so-called Christians are complaining about contraception
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In regard to the letter from Beatrice Morgan published Feb. 8 about naming the newly donated stretch of West Beach to the public, I agree with Mrs. Morgan that it should be named after her late husband. Having worked in the Island County Survey Department for 12 of my 21 years with Island County
Engineering I came across many H.L. Morgan surveys he had done on both Whidbey and Camano islands. In my research of right-of-way, private and county properties I found H.L. Morgan survey work to be of the most accurate in verbal description, map drawing and evidence on the ground of all surveys I ever read or dug up in the field. Mr. H.L. Morgan left a wonderful legacy behind in his survey work for all to follow. To have a portion of West Beach named after him would be a fitting tribute for such a great surveyor who has done so much for Island County residents. Roger Edwards Oak Harbor
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Letters to the editor Mother Mentors help families
The purpose of this letter is to request your help in spreading the word about Mother Mentors. Mother Mentors, a project of the Readiness to Learn Foundation, supports mothers, fathers and other primary caregivers of young children by providing families with trained volunteer mentors, free of charge. New parents, babies and young children thrive on love, care and support. Mother Mentors provides that care to families. Mother Mentors brings volunteers and families together for practical and emotional support. It matches volunteers with a family’s needs, free of charge. When parenting a new baby or young children, it’s easy to feel isolated, especially when living far from family. Our Navy families face particular challenges when one partner is deployed. Many parents are tired and stressed and struggle with how to manage it all, especially when they’re alone. It truly does take a village to raise a child, and we need the community’s help to create that village. Mother Mentors is actively thriving on the south end of the island, and we want to see this program blossom and thrive on the north end too. In order to do this, Mother Mentors needs volunteers. There is no other support service that matches what Mother Mentors has to offer. Training for volunteer mentors in Oak Harbor will be held Saturday, March 10, from 9:30 to 4:30. For more information, please email wamothermentors@gmail.com, or call 279-
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5514 or 360-221-0484. Please join us to make Mother Mentors Oak Harbor a reality! Cheryl Rau Oak Harbor
See Meerkerk for less this year The last few years have been very difficult for nonprofit organizations on Whidbey Island, especially those depending on the public donating their operating funds. The Meerkerk Gardens in Greenbank are no exception. We have had to lower our budgets severely and reduce our employees. However, the board of directors and staff have been and remain dedicated to keeping the gardens open, groomed and manned with friendly attendants. Thanks to all of our supporters, both formal Friends of Meerkerk and the public in general who visited and donated to the gardens’ operation, we are once again able to end our fiscal year with balanced books and no debt. We are anxious to welcome everyone early this spring, when the hundreds of thousands of daffodils bloom, followed by our grand rhododendrons, then the summer flowers and finally the fall colored leaves. In addition, don’t forget we have 43 acres of native forest containing three miles of hiking trails available for your enjoyment. In an effort to encourage more of you to visit this special island asset in this stilltough economy, the board of directors has voted to lower the admission price to $5 for all, with children age 12 and under free. Thank you all again. We hope to see you in 2012. Donald H. Lee, president Coupeville
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Island scanner Oak Harbor Police Dept. The following items were selected from reports made to the Oak Harbor Police Department:
Sunday, Feb. 12 At 4:01 p.m., a caller reported two kids grabbed the tip jar at a SE Pioneer Way business. At 3:47 a.m., a caller reported a vehicle abandoned at a SW Erie Street parking lot. At 11:05 a.m., a SW Barrington Drive resident reported a 10-month-old boy was burned with hot water. At 10:56 a.m., a caller reported two people fighting in a tan-colored car at the intersection of Highway 20 and SW Eighth Avenue. At 3:09 a.m., a caller reported he was assaulted at a N. Oak Harbor Street location.
Saturday, Feb. 11 At 1:29 p.m., a NW Quarterdeck Loop resident reported someone sprayed Pepsi on her house and vehicle. At 1:24 p.m., an elderly, SE Bayshore Drive woman said there were three young children in her home that she doesn’t know. At 11:54 a.m., a NW Second Avenue resident inquired why he was denied purchase of a firearm. At 11:50 a.m., a SW Orcas Street resident reported a mailbox was vandalized. At 1:45 a.m., a caller reported a fight in a SE Bayshore Drive parking lot.
Friday, Feb. 10 At 9:02 p.m., a caller reported eight people fighting at a NE Barron Drive location. At 6:09 p.m., a SE O’Leary Street resident noticed a BB hole in her window.
At 2:47 p.m., a caller reported people fighting at a SW 10th Court location. At 11:15 a.m., a caller reported that “tweakers” at a S. Oak Harbor Street location had their music turned up. The caller was trying to sleep. At 1:43 a.m., a caller reported a fight at a Bayshore Drive location.
Island County Sheriff’s Office The following items were selected from reports made to the Island County Sheriff’s Office:
Tuesday, Feb. 7 At 8:24 a.m., a woman reported finding a revolver in the roadway on Bay Front Lane. At 11:09 a.m., a caller reported that the caller’s son was raped by an adult woman in 2005, when the son was only 13. The caller reported that an attorney in the state contacted the son about child support. At 11:14 a.m., a Shawn Avenue resident reported that the property had been prowled by two men in black. At 1:15 p.m., a caller reported that a male subject in a hood ran out into traffic and then into the woods on Oak Harbor Road. At 1:51 p.m., a Pheasant Run Road resident reported that someone dumped 10 tires on his property. At 8:36 p.m., a Diane Avenue resident reported arriving home to find a man taking the wheels and tires off his car.
Monday, Feb. 6 At 12:27 a.m., a Cascade Place resident with possible mental health problems reported that a man was “putting down grease” on his roof. The caller later reported that the man destroyed the satellite dish and put a bug in it so the
caller can’t change channels. At 9:27 a.m., a Bernard Way resident reported that someone shot a living room window with a BB gun. At 5:33 p.m., a Shorecrest Drive resident reported that burglars stole guns from his gun cabinet. At 7:57 p.m., a Schattig Lane resident reported that someone went into the backyard and ran around.
Sunday, Feb. 5 At 8:36 a.m., a Peacock Lane resident reported that a burglar stole her laptop and purse. At 5:57 p.m., a Highway 20 resident reported that “very hostile people” were at the end of her driveway. At 6:26 p.m., a Caraway Lane resident reported that his boss’ dad broke into his home and stole his satellite dish receiver. At 9:15 p.m., a Hill Valley Drive resident reported that more than $10,000 worth of equipment was missing from his shop.
Saturday, Feb. 4 At 1:44 a.m., a caller reported that an occupant of a dark-colored sedan threw an egg at his car while he was on Heller Street. At 11:45 a.m., a Homestead Road resident reported that she needs to get her husband’s insulin and medication from their residence, but the landlord who evicted them is denying her access. At 1:50 p.m., a caller reported that a llama on E. Fakkema Road was either shot or was giving birth. It turned out to be a sheep that had been killed by dogs.
Friday, Feb. 3 At 10:22 a.m., a caller reported that people on Halsey Drive threatened and swore at the mail carrier. At 9:06 p.m., there was a report that a man with a gray jacket and checkered pants was hitchhiking on Crescent Harbor Road.
At 10:59 p.m., a caller reported seeing four suspicious people on the bridge. At 10:45 p.m., a caller reported that the driver of a car “flipped off” the caller on Frostad Road.
Thursday, Feb. 2 At 9:09 a.m., a Cascade Place resident reported that someone broke into his home through the garage and put sugar in the gas tank of his mother’s car. At 11:48 a.m., a caller reported that an oil sheen on the water was visible from Deception Pass Bridge. At 12:01 p.m., a caller reported that a burglar stole an Xbox from a Robin Lane home. At 2:33 p.m., an Olympic View Drive resident reported that she lives alone in a wooded area and someone knocked on her door at 2 a.m. on three consecutive nights. At 3:58 p.m., a Rhodena Drive resident reported that a neighbor’s five cats keep coming into her yard and messing up her landscaping.
Wednesday, Feb. 1 At 8:35 a.m., a Tidewater Road resident reported finding a pit bull curled up on the porch. At 12:05 p.m., a woman reported receiving a call from someone claiming to be her grandson and claiming to need money. She did get the cash, but didn’t send it. At 12:10 p.m., a caller reported an attempted burglary at a Happy Lane home. The caller found pry marks on the house. At 1:20 p.m., a driver reported hitting another car on Deception Pass Bridge. The caller said the other car didn’t have brake lights and the other driver drove off. At 4:49 p.m., a Wandering Lane resident reported that his ex-girlfriend threatened to file a no-contact order against him because she owes him money.
Paul’s biblical writings on homosexuals doubted By Al Williams
This gay marriage thing is one of the most emotional issues here since Prop.1. It redefines marriage in a way that obviates millennia of traditional concepts of normality. Estimates of homosexual population range from 2 percent to 20 percent which is more than most of us thought. It apparently is endemic to all races, ethnic groups, and families, as well as in the animal world as cited by a Supreme Court decision. Moreover, growing indications are that it isn’t a choice so much as it is a deep integral part of a person determined by genetic specificity and perhaps influenced by environmental experiences. Opinions about it range from
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abominable abhorrence with militant malevolence to perplexed acceptance or gracious understanding. Some writers have cited the Christian Bible in support of their notions. That’s interesting since anyone who has independently read that pile of ancient literature rather than with supervised prejudice or self-serving notions, has to recognize that it is so diverse that one can pick and choose support for just about any concept, theology, or social compact one wants from peace to war, or polygamy and concubinage to monogamy. That ancient cultures had homosexuality
to consider is evident in its pages too. It isn’t an aberration that suddenly popped into modern life. The most militant biblical opposition comes from writings of the Apostle Paul who while being the most prolific writer of the Bible’s New Testament, was not one of Jesus’ disciples, didn’t learn from Jesus himself, did not become an apostle until after Jesus departed from Earth, and the basis of his alleged apostolic authority are all from his own accounts. What’s more, his writings and attitudes are nearly 180 degrees different from those of Jesus of whom I’ve found no record of even mentioning homosexuality even though it had to have been as prevalent in his
time as that of the alleged apostle. So how can Christendom condemn homosexuality? Certainly it is creepy-crawly-strange to most of us which makes it hard to understand, appreciate, or accept. But ungodly? I was among those rejecting any thought of acceptance until discovering that we have respectable members of our own family so “afflicted,” one of whom told me that I had no idea what it is like to wake up one day to realize that you are no longer a beloved member of the family, but instead are detested and ostracized because of something you had no choice in becoming. So how could either God or we condemn someone for something that had no choice?
We are a democracy where majority rules. But we also are a people with feelings and conscience. We go out of our way to provide for the rights of minorities which is good since most of us have found ourselves as part of a minority of one kind or another somewhere along the line. The institution of Domestic Partnerships recognized the rights of this minority. But gay marriage? Should the normality of human life on this planet over many centuries be redefined? Will it pass the test of time? I guess we’re about to find out. Al Williams lives in Oak Harbor
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Death notice Robert (Bob) Becker
Robert (Bob) Becker, 71, passed away Jan. 29, 2012, after a brief battle with cancer. He was born and raised on Whidbey Island and graduated from Langley High School in 1959. He is preceded in death by his father Fred; mother MinaBelle; and son Bobbie. He will be greatly missed by his surviving family, brother Fred; daughters, Lisa, Heidi and Jenny; and long-time companion Karin. If you have a story to share about Bob please send an email to lisawelty1@gmail.com.
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Whidbey’s United Way helps cut drug prices Thousands of prescriptions go unfilled simply because they are too expensive to fill. But free FamilyWize prescription discount cards, provided by United Way of Island County, address this problem. Last year, this partnership saved residents $30,788 by cutting the cost of medicines by an average of 35 percent. “The cost of a prescription really shouldn’t be a factor, but, more and more, we’re finding that the high price of medicine means that people have to make a choice. They can either fill a prescription or put food on the table and
keep a roof over their head,” said Cathy Niiro, executive director of United Way of Island County, in a press release. “FamilyWize free prescription cards save an average of $20 per prescription. Those savings oftentimes mean the difference between taking a medicine or skipping it.” United Way of Island County is part of a nationwide grassroots effort in conjunction with FamilyWize Community Service Partnership. The free cards are accepted at 95 percent of pharmacies nationwide, including all
major chains. Using a card to save on prescriptions doesn’t require enrollment or personal information, so they’re ready to use the minute you receive one, according to Dan Barnes, co-chair of FamilyWize. “This helps people who have no insurance the most, but it can also help people with insurance if it doesn’t cover their medicine,” said Barnes. “It’s easy, like using a coupon. Just take it to your local pharmacist, and they’ll know exactly what to do to automatically apply all the savings available to you.” An estimated 16 percent
of Americans didn’t fill at least one prescription in 2010, and another 13 percent reported taking expired drugs, skipping a dose (12 percent) or splitting pills without approval from their doctor or pharmacist (8 percent). Niiro said the “alarming statistics” are from the 2010 Health Tracking Household Survey, which was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. In most cases, cost was the reason cited. FamilyWize was the first organization to offer prescription discount cards for free to everyone, locally
and nationwide, struggling with the high cost of medicine. Since its founding in 2005, the organization has worked with almost 1,000 local United Ways across the country to help more than 3.4 million people save over $300 million on their prescriptions. To get your FamilyWize discount card, call 675-1778 or visit www.FamilyWize. org [www.unitedwayic.org to print a card you can use immediately. Cards are also available at most local pharmacies.
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OBITUARY Larry Engel
Sometimes if you are lucky, there comes into your life a person of such goodness, you are changed by them forever. Lawrence (Larry) Henry Engel was such a man. He was a son, brother, husband, father, grandfather, teacher; a man who touched the hearts of so many with his kindness, wisdom, and humor. He will be missed more than he could have imagined. Born on October 27, 1934 to Florence I. (Pond) and Lawrence M. Engel, he grew up in South Dakota, the second of six children. At the age of eighteen, he came to Washington where he worked at Boeing saving his money for college. He attended Western Washington University where he received his B.S. in Biology. It was while working in a science lab at Western that he met the woman who would become his wife of 46 years, Marilyn Eva Lawrence. Larry and Marilyn married in 1966. Two years later they moved to Coupeville where Larry began teaching at Coupeville High School. He was a respected teacher by peers and students alike. He was well known for his sense of humor and his fair yet firm approach to teaching. The compassion and respect he showed towards his students will not soon be forgotten. His students may remember marine biology field trips to the local beaches, the large salt water aquarium in the back of his classroom, worm dissections, and the dreaded bug collection. After a teaching career that spanned twenty-four
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Larry Engel years, Larry retired in 1992. He spent his retirement years enjoying the simple things in life: puttering around the house, chopping wood, bird watching, camping, hamming, and walking. He volunteered for several years at Fort Casey. He and Marilyn also enjoyed traveling to California and Arizona visiting their children and grandchildren. Larry passed away February 13, 2012, loved ones at his side, finally free from the crippling effects of Alzheimer’s. He is preceded in death by his parents and his sister Alice. He is survived and will be missed by his loving wife Marilyn, daughters Cindy and Nancy (Jonah), grandchildren Erin, Matthew, Cody and Carter, siblings Lois (Russell), Illa, Judy, and Richard (Linda), and many friends. Despite his best efforts to be an antisocial curmudgeon, he touched the lives of many. His family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be directed to Friends of Hospice (PO Box 1877 Oak Harbor, WA 98277) or WAIF (PO Box 1108 Coupeville, WA 98239). There will be an open house at the Engel residence on March 10th from 1-5 to honor his memory. Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species…
Everyone is welcome to join the Coupeville Lions Club Saturday, March 3, at 5 p.m. at the Oak Harbor Elks Lodge to raise your bid paddles at The seventh annual Coupeville Lions Club Scholarship Auction & Dinner. Auctioneer Dale Sherman will excite winning
bids on everything from Dungeness crab (caught locally and delivered fresh from the pot) to a week at Ocean Shores, and more. Beth at Bayleaf will supply wine and cheese. Hearty soup, salad, bread and fabulous auctioned desserts will be eagerly served by Coupeville High School National Honor
Society students under the direction of Gloria Mickunas of Whidbey Party Girls. Jerry Jones’ Whidbey Jazz Quintet will provide fresh sounds to favorite standards. The proceeds of this exciting evening of auctions, including the fast-paced Dessert Dash, supports the Coupeville Lions Scholarship
Fund that, to date, has awarded scholarships to more than 150 Coupeville graduates totaling over $100,000. As in recent years, the Coupeville Lions Club thanks Puget Sound Energy for sponsoring this fundraiser. The $25 tickets are available at Bayleaf in Coupeville. To purchase tickets, please call 678-5124.
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The Oak Harbor High School Culinary team, fourtime state champions and the 2010 national runner-up, is again preparing for the ProStart and SkillsUSA competitions with a fancy fundraising meal. To practice and raise funds
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for the events, the culinary team will be cooking up a three-course gourmet meal Sunday, Feb. 26, beginning at 5 p.m. The meal service begins at 5:45 p.m. in the OHHS faculty lounge. This year’s menu starts with an appetizer of maple glazed smoked sablefish, with bacon greens risotto and a ponzu dash broth. This is followed by flat iron steak two ways,
turnip and potato pave with mushroom greens stuffed tomato, chimichuri hollandaise and beef reduction, and finished with a dessert of white chocolate goat cheese mousse, graham crumble and cranberry-strawberry compote. Seating is limited. Tickets are $40 before Feb. 20 and $50 after Feb. 20. Email marthur@ ohsd.net for reservations.
SuEllen Walker Su Walker, 56, passed away Jan 25 in Olympia, WA. Su was born in Walla Walla, Wa to Jack Paul and Pauline Wright Paul. She is preceeded in death by her father, Jack Paul; her mother, Pauline Paul; her sister, Karen Raymond; and her sister, Laurie Vasknetz. She is survived by her brother Steve Paul of Walla Walla; sister Elizabeth Campanelli of Richland; daughter, Jessica (Yates) Yonce, of Franklin NC; daughter, Robin Yates, of Olympia; daughter, Rheanna Walker, of Oak Harbor; nieces and nephews and five grandchildren.
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Fremd: not your typical female athlete By JIM WALLER Sports editor
Three sport, high school athletes are becoming more rare each year. It is even more uncommon if the combination of sports is football, wrestling and tennis. And it is truly unique if your first name is Jennifer. Oak Harbor senior Jen Fremd has taken that usual athletic path, and this weekend she is wrapping up her wrestling career at the state finals in Tacoma where she placed fifth last year. While it is becoming more common for girls to wrestle, it is still unusual to find one, like Fremd, who played on her high school football team for four years. She said she was introduced to the sport in eighthgrade P.E. and “thought it was fun.” That led to going out for the high school team her freshman year. Fremd said, “The first day
of practice I was terrified.” From there she settled in and enjoyed the experience: “I suck at it, but it is fun.” She added, “I liked the experience of playing a sport I would never get to play again after high school.” The highlight of her career was an interception in a JV game: “I didn’t know what I was doing. The ball hit me in the hands and stuck.” Oak Harbor coach Jay Turner said Fremd was the first Oak Harbor girl to play football for four years and the first to appear in a varsity game. He said, “I can say that Jen has always been an extremely hard worker, never missed practice and always had a positive attitude. To be honest, I never really thought of her as being a girl out on the field, but instead I always thought of her as being a hard-working football player.” Wrestling coach Mike
Crebbin echoed Turner’s compliments about Fremd: “She’s great, a tough kid, very coachable. She is quiet, hard working and never complains.” Crebbin added that Fremd earned the respect of her teammates: “She is one of our captains -- not of the girls team -- of the team.” Fremd discovered that the best way to get the boys to take her seriously was by her effort in practice: “As long as you are working as hard as them, they will be aggressive.” Fremd started wrestling in the seventh grade on a dare and was “too stubborn to quit.” She did skip her freshman year. “I was really lazy then,” she said. “It felt weird not doing it, so I went out again my sophomore year.” She added, “I really started to like it last year after I started working hard.” What do her parents think
about their little girl venturing into the male-dominated world of wrestling and football? “My mom is really proud of me,” she said, “because back in her time it was definitely no, she couldn’t do it. My dad is really proud too but didn’t want me to play football because he was afraid I would get hurt and not be able to wrestle.” This spring she will join the girls tennis team: “Tennis is fun; it is easy and relaxing after wrestling.” Her experiences taught her “you have to work hard to be successful.” She added, “It will help in the future, and it has helped make me a better person.” Fremd, who has a 3.5 GPA, plans to study biology or bioengineering in college, where she may continue her athletic career. One of the schools she is considering, Pacific in Oregon, has wres-
Oak Harbor hoopsters miss out By JIM WALLER Sports editor
Missing players, shots and rebounds, the Oak Harbor High School boys basketball team lost at Ferndale Tuesday and is now missing out on the remainder of the district tournament. The Wildcats (8-15) fell 57-45 to the Golden Eagles (17-7) in a loser-out game and finished the tournament with a 1-2 record, the same as last winter when they picked up their first district win since 1996. The consecutive district trips were a first since 1992 and ‘93. Oak Harbor coach Mike Washington Sr. said Ferndale was “too big, too strong, too physical,” which turned out to be too much for the short-handed Wildcats. Oak Harbor was missing three players. A starter and reserve were out for academic reasons and Paul Johannsen has mononucleosis. Compounding the problem, starter Drew Washington played while ill and Dayne Herron played on a gimpy ankle. Washington Sr. pushed
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Mike Washington Jr. gets by Ferndale’s Jake Schroeder, right, for two points. sophomore Zach Gibbs, who previously saw limited varsity action, into the starting lineup. Three other players who did not register
time during the regular season combined for significant minutes against the Golden Eagles. Oak Harbor shot only
26.5 percent (13-for-49) and was manhandled on the boards 48-24. It hit only one of its first eight shots and fell behind 10-2. Ferndale, led by a trio of three-pointers by Cody Mason and seven rebounds by Daniel Canzater, finished the quarter up 16-5. From there, Ferndale only outscored Oak Harbor 41-40, leading 31-19 at the half and 43-33 after three quarters. The 6-4 Canzater, a twoway, all-league lineman in football, and 6-7 Jake Schroeder dominated the game for Ferndale. Each scored 10 points and Canzater added 15 rebounds and Schroeder 13. The Golden Eagles compensated for a mediocre shooting night (40 percent, 18-for-45) by hauling in nearly 20 offensive boards. Drew Washington led the ‘Cats with 15 points. Mike Washington Jr. scored 14, Kevawn Brooks five, Matt Burgoyne three, Diamonte Ridley three, Elias Whitefoot three and Zach Jones two. It was the final game for seniors Washington Jr., Burgoyne, Brooks, Whitefoot and Johannsen.
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Jen Fremd wrestles and plays football for Oak Harbor. tling. Another, Quinnipiac in Connecticut, inquired about
her playing rugby. Rugby? Why not.
sports in brief
CW Little League registers today
Central Whidbey Little League will conduct registration today, Feb. 18, at the Coupeville High School gym from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Those who register today will save $10 on their registration fees per family. Tryouts will be conducted Sundays, Feb. 26 and March 4, at the Coupeville Middle School gym. Baseball will begin at 3 p.m. and softball at 4 p.m. All players ages 9 and above are required to tryout. Players will need an original birth certificate and proof of residency to register. For additional information, email info@centralwhidbeylittleleague.org or visit the website at centralwhidbeylittleleague.org.
NWLL schedules signups, tryouts North Whidbey Little League will be taking registrations today, Feb. 18, at North Whidbey Middle School from 10 a.m. until to 2 p.m. All forms, supporting paperwork and payments can be completed there. Forms can also be picked up at Big 5, McDonald’s, Dairy Queen, Wendy’s and Burger King and on the league website
(eteamz.active.com/NWLLOH/). Evaluation for baseball juniors and seniors (ages 13 to 16) will also be today at 1 p.m. at Fort Nugent Park. Players can sign up there. Call 679-1522 for more information.
Vanderzicht Pool hosts Glow Night The John Vanderzicht Memorial Pool is hosting a Glow Night Saturday, Feb. 25, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. The cost is $3, and the pool will provide snacks, drinks and glowing things. For more information, call 675-7665.
Babe Ruth tryouts set for March 3, 4 The Oak Harbor Babe Ruth baseball team for 13and 14-year-olds will conduct tryouts at the Oak Harbor High School field March 3 and 4, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Registration is onsite and free for tryouts. The Skagit Valley Babe Ruth League is a competitive baseball league dedicated to player development and preparation for high school baseball. Contact coach Bill Young at 679-4843 for more information.
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Babies learn a new way to communicate By REBECCA OLSON Staff reporter
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Hank Forney, 10 months, gets a lesson on American Sign Language from Nancy Hanauer, founder of Hop to Signaroo, which provides classes and materials to teach American Sign Language to hearing babies.
Nearly 20 babies and their parents worked on a new way to communicate at an American Sign Language for hearing babies class taught by Nancy Hanauer at the Oak Harbor Library. Babies who are too young to speak can let their parents know their needs via signing words like “more,” “eat,” “pain,” “diaper change” and “milk” to reduce the frustration of early communication. While vocal chords aren’t fully formed until 16 months of age, babies as young as 5 months old can learn sign language. Hanauer, founder of Hop to Signaroo in Seattle, said that it’s just an old wive’s
tale that teaching babies to communicate through sign language will delay learning to speak. On the contrary, the early exposure to language causes babies to have more interest in books later on. “Studies have shown that babies that sign often speak earlier and have larger vocabularies, and by the time they’re in second grade often have more interest in books, a more advanced understanding of language and higher IQs,” Hanauer said. “We’re addressing language before speech is possible,” Hanauer told the group, many of whom have already begun teaching their babies a few signs. Sara Hogarth has already
taught her 10-month-old son, Hank Forney, approximately five signs. Now she just has to learn a few more herself to teach him. As to whether sign language will be helpful for Hogarth to communicate with her son, “Oh, yeah!” she said. Hanauer said she is willing to do classes on Whidbey Island if a group of families is interested. For information about Hop to Signaroo, classes and materials, visit www. hoptosignaroo.com or call 206-789-7446. For information about other Sno-Isle Library programs for all ages, visit www. sno-isle.org.
K-Kids Convention prepares students The Oak Harbor High School Key Club sponsored the third annual K-Kids Convention at Crescent Harbor Elementary School Saturday, Feb. 11. The event included all members of the Oak Harbor Kiwanis family. The purpose of the convention was to prepare K-Kid and Builder’s Club members for their upcoming contests. There were workshops for essay, art, speech and scrapbook contests. The OHHS Key club, under the leadership of Lisa Smith and Pat Felger, has produced winners at the district and international levels the past several years. Attending as a Builder’s club member from North Whidbey Middle School was Serenity Cortes, the current International K-Kid speech winner. She also placed second in the art contest at the international level.
North Whidbey Middle School student Serenity Cortes is the International K-Kids speech winner who also placed second in art internationally.
Writers conference seeks volunteers The Whidbey Island Writers Association seeks volunteers to work during the 14th annual Whidbey Island Writers Conference Saturday and Sunday, March 3 and 4, at Langley Middle School.
Volunteers will aid presenters and participants on site. There are numerous opportunities from which volunteers may choose. Volunteers may work as many hours as they wish and may also assist Friday,
March 2 at pre-conference events. For information or to sign up, call Gennie, conference volunteer coordinator, at 360-221-3371 or visit www.writeonwhidbey.org.
ISLAND LIVING Whidbey
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Easy steps for Bible reading FAITHFUL LIVING By Joan Bay Klope
On New Year’s Day I quietly made a resolution: I’d read the entire Bible in 2012. I initially kept my vow private because too often I have been a woman of good intentions but quickly lost my motivation. The thought of publicly failing again pained me, so I kept silent. Late afternoon on Valentine’s Day, as my husband and I walked the beach, my heart soared for a good many reasons. Mr. Klope has always been my valentine and I enjoy exploring Whidbey with him. With warm jackets, hot lattes and energetic canines, we hit the beach to celebrate. It was glorious. No wind. Puffy clouds. Cool, fresh air and a delightfully clean stretch of beach. There were rugged coastlines to view and eagles to count. I looked for heart-shaped rocks. Matt threw sticks for the dogs to fetch. We watched container ships pass in still waters and talked about hopes we have for the coming year. During the quiet times, when listening to the gentle waves and eagles chirp from nearby tree tops surpassed the desire to talk, my heart overflowed with deep gratitude because I have found my way to keeping my resolution. Tuesday marked the 46th straight day I had read the Bible and my heart filled with the Psalms I’ve been reading: “Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, How priceless is your unfailing love!” So why is my daily Bible reading working this year? I’ve discovered five strategies for success. 1: Set a time and stick with it. I have found that reading first thing in the morning, as I begin my workout on an elliptical machine, works best for me. I’m uninterrupted by people or schedules and I enjoy thinking back on what I’ve read as the day progresses. 2: Choose a translation you like. I’m reading the 1984 edition of the New International Version (NIV) Bible that includes an audio option, available online or as a phone app. I put in my ear phones and read the scripture as I listen to a narrator, gifted with a beautiful voice. My attention is completely captured, even through tedious Old Testament passages outlining lineage and worship rules. 3: Choose a reading plan. I’m using the OwnIt365 Plan that requires I read about 15 minutes each day, six days a week. One day is left open to catch up and this is particularly helpful. You can count on missing a day or two, here and there. This plan gifts you with scheduled time to catch up. I like that! 4: Stir it up. Reading from cover to cover is difficult for most people. Plans that mix Old and New Testament readings are far more interesting. 5: Trust the value of sticking with your goal. I’m not gifted at memorizing scripture but I’m amazed how specific phrases as well as concepts frequently come to mind, now that I’m immersing myself in God’s word at the start of each day. Frankly, I’d rather ponder God’s touch in my life than the latest Bachelor castoff.
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Mussels meet muscles
in Mussel Fest cycling event
Mountain bike rider Paul Neumiller races through the Kettles Trail System. By REBECCA OLSON Staff reporter
Work your muscles to earn mussels at the mountain biking event, Mussels in the Kettles, presented by the Whidbey Island Bicycle Club. Mussels in the Kettles will be March 3 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in conjunction with the Penn Cove Mussel Festival. Participants can head to the festival and explore the tastes of Coupeville after exploring Coupeville’s unique Kettles Trail System. The club started the event last year and saw a turnout of 60 people, some who traveled from as far as Redmond, Bellingham and Tacoma. They told club president and event organizer Brian Wood that Whidbey Island has such great, well-built trails. “We wanted to show that off and show off Whidbey Island,” Wood said. He hopes the event will attract at least 200 participants this year. The ride has three levels of trails so all ages and skill levels can participate. Participants will meet at Coupeville Elementary School and cycle beside Highway 20 to the entrance to the Kettles Trail System. Check points will offer water
and homemade cookies, plus playing cards. Upon completion of the trail, participants will see who has the best poker hand to compete for prizes donated by various bike stores and other sponsors. No participant will come away empty-handed, though. The club used money donated by the Whidbey Island Bank to buy socks with their logo for every participant. Afterward, the club will bring their tent to the Mussel Festival in downtown Coupeville so participants can join in the mussel and chowder tasting event. The club will have limited tickets to the festival available for purchase at their tent. Adult participants can enjoy a free beer and children will get a free ice cream. As a special challenge, the first 15 riders to ride up a particularly tough section of the trails without touching the ground will receive a voucher for a free bowl of mussels at the festival. Additional riders who complete the challenge will receive a recognition badge. The Mussel Festival encourages local groups to join in and the festival promotes these groups. They will supply the bowls of free mussels and portable restrooms
Darcy Patterson and her grandson, Darian Matsushita, participated in Mussels in the Kettles last year. Patterson and her husband, John, own Bicycles Northwest in Oak Harbor.
for Mussels in the Kettles. They also promote the event on the Mussel Festival website. “There’s just a number of things that make it easier to hold an event,” Wood said, adding that the partnership is good for both events. “Maybe it’ll bring business to Whidbey Island and show off our island and the great mountain biking we have in our Kettles.” Mussels in the Kettles is a major fundraiser for the Bicycle Club and a way to generate membership while having fun, Wood said. Club vice president and event organizer Matt Plush had the idea for a mountain bike ride through the Kettles Trail System based on a charity ride in Redmond called the Stinky Spoke. Wood said he heard great feedback from last year. His favorite comment was from a boy riding with his dad during the event. “Daddy, this is the best day of my life,” the boy said, according to Wood. This year’s Mussels in the Kettles is expected to be even better than last year’s, especially with Plush acting as a “trail maintenance demon” getting the Kettles trails ready for riders, Wood said. The cost to enter is $20, plus $5 for a family member, which is less expensive than other rides Wood has attended. In order to add to their club of 70 members, the membership fee is waived for participants. The club holds monthly meetings and rides, plus other ride opportunities and events throughout the year. The club began in March 2010 because community members felt there was no voice on Whidbey Island for cycling, Wood said. The club supports and promotes cycling and it’s a good way
Work your muscles When: March 3, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Where: meet at Coupeville Elementary School. Cost: $20, $5 for additional family member. Register: www. whidbeybicycleclub.org.
to bring people together to advocate for safer roads, engage in mountain bike trail stewardship and support and create community cycling events. Members enjoy road and trail riding, touring, racing, commuting and family rides, Wood said. “There are a lot of riders out there and maybe people want to ride together,” Wood said. “Our first year was spent getting to know each other through the meetings and riding activities. We gained the state of Washington’s ear regarding rumble strips and made contacts with local public works representatives. Our first year saw our first picnic ride where many kids got a taste of road riding and lots of adults consumed more calories than they burned. We joined forces to ride the Tour de Whidbey, and we had our first full moon ride,” Wood said. Last year, the club also participated in Holland Happening, the elementary school bike rodeo, Bike to Work Month and more. They created events like a Halloween ride for children to search for treat-filled pumpkins on the Kettles trails and a memorial ride for a beloved cyclist and club founder. Become a part of these activities through Mussels in the Kettles. The club asks participants to pre-register for Mussels in the Kettles at www. whidbeybicycleclub.org or on active.com by searching for Mussels in the Kettles.
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Feb. 18
Sat.
Sea shanties and workshops Enjoy five free workshops at the Whidbey Island Shanty Fest on Feb. 18. Workshops are: Little Shifties Singalong for children, led by the Shifty Sailors, 1 p.m.; Women and the Sea, led by Chris Roe, Wendy Joseph and Jan Glanister, 1:45 p.m.; Adult Song Circle, led by the Shifty Sailors, 2:30 p.m.; Storytelling, led by Captain John Stone and Roger Sherman, 3:30 p.m.; Sharing in Different Ways, 4:15 p.m. Workshops and the concert, set for 6:30 p.m., are held at the Greenbank Farm. Tickets cost $20. Purchase tickets in Oak Harbor: Wind & Tide, Bayleaf; Coupeville: Bayleaf; Greenbank: Greenbank Farm Wine Shop; Freeland: BookBay; Langley: Moonraker; Brown Paper Tickets: 800-838-3006; www. brownpapertickets.com.
Author speaks on diving adventure Local author Peter Hunt will present the wreck of the Andrea Doria slide show complete with artifacts recovered from the ship. Visit the Wind and Tide Bookshop in downtown Oak Harbor on Feb. 18 at 1 p.m. to hear Hunt discuss and sign copies of his book, “Setting the Hook, A Diver’s Return to the Andrea Doria.”
Relay for Life holds fundraiser Relay for Life of Whidbey Island’s Team Rutledge will hold a fundraising yard sale Feb. 18, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at 2109 Fireside Ln., Oak Harbor. Payment is by donation, with all proceeds going to Relay for Life. Donations of items are welcome; contact Julia at 260-515-7744 for arrangements.
Daddies dance with daughters The Oak Harbor Daddy Daughter Dance will be held Feb. 18 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Senior Center, 51 SE Jerome St. Cost is $20 per couple. There will be a DJ, dancing, games and desserts. Sponsored by North Whidbey Parks and Recreation, 675-7665.
Wine after Valentine’s The annual Red Wine and Chocolate Tour will be Feb. 18 through 20 at various Whidbey Island wineries. Taste wines and chocolate at six tasting rooms, which
will be open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. with some offering vineyard and farm tours. Tickets cost $20 in advance from www.brownpapertickets.com or the wineries, or $25 during the tour. Visit www.whidbeyislandvintners. org.
‘Sweet, Savory & Six Sexy Reds’ This event Feb. 18, 19 and 20 at Whidbey Island Winery, Langley, presents a new take on “Red Wine & Chocolate.” Step into the cellar with the winemakers and sample luscious red wines paired with both sweet and savory chocolates. Cost is $10, hours 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Cameo appearances by George of “Chocolates by George.” Contact 360-321-2040.
Volunteers attack Ebey’s weeds The Nature Conservancy is seeking volunteers to remove invasive weeds and block off unwanted trails along the scenic bluff at Ebey’s Landing. Work party hours Feb. 18 are from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and rain gear is a must. The conservancy will provide snacks and gloves. This is billed as a physically intense but rewarding experience. For more information and to sign up, contact Julie Edwards at julie.edwards@ tnc.org or 206-343-4345 ext. 381.
Workshop teaches nonfiction writing
Weed wackers attack: The Nature Conservancy is seeking volunteers to remove invasive weeds from the bluff at Ebey’s Landing in Central Whidbey. The work party takes place Saturday, Feb. 18 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Rain gear is a must. See Activities listing for more information.
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will teach how to “Live a Fuller Life, at Half the Price,” Feb. 18 at the Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce, 32630 Highway 20. Learn how to create the efficiency and planning which will save you money. Gain the inspiration and change your budget for the better! Couponing tools, shopping strategies, and ways to reduce household expenses are just a few of the topics covered. Cost is $12 per person. To reserve a notebook for the class, guests must RSVP via nwcouponclub@ comcast.net. Find “Whidbey Coupon Club” on Facebook or call 675-2338 for more information.
ties and sharing some information on what is happening in Olympia,” Bailey said.
Groups host food drive
AARP provides free tax preparation
North Whidbey Lions Club and FRC-NW Volunteers will host a canned food drive for the North Whidbey Help House Feb. 18, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., outside Albertson’s, Safeway and Saars Marketplace. They seek canned food donations like chili, beans, tuna, vegetables and fruit. Call 360720-2901.
AARP Tax-Aide will provide free tax return preparation at Oak Harbor Library room 137 Tuesdays through April 10 from 12:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Appointments are recommend; contact John at 678-1117 or lc.whidbey.aarp.taxaide@ gmail.com.
Dogs are ready to listen Children with an adult can read aloud to a patient dog who loves to listen Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Oak Harbor Library, located at 1000 SE Regatta Dr. Call 675-5115 or visit www.sno-isle.org.
Jazz Suites has sweets
The Whidbey Island Writers Association will hold the workshop “Writing Nonfiction: Embryo to First Paragraph,” Saturday, Feb. 18 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Coupeville Library. This workshop by Larry Cheek costs $75 for WIWA members and $90 for nonmembers. Register or get information at www. writeonwhidbey.org or 360331-0307.
Madi Shipley, tenor sax, and Dave Willis, guitar, will entertain all ages the third Saturday of every month at 7 p.m. at Click Music, 1130 NE Seventh Ave., Oak Harbor. The cost is $5 for students and $10 for adults and includes a dessert bar. Call 675-5544 or email avi@ clickmusic.biz.
Driving becomes safer
Mon.
AARP sponsors a defensive driving class Feb. 18 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. covering rules of the road, challenges and age-related physical changes that affect driving. No age limit, but the class focuses on older drivers. Check with your insurance for discounts. Cost is $12 for AARP members; $14 for nonmembers. Bring a lunch. Register by calling 279-4580.
Live life at half the price Amy Hannold, “Whidbey’s Frugalista” and “Dollars and Sense” columnist,
Feb. 20
Holiday closes city offices Presidents’ Day holiday will close Oak Harbor city offices Feb. 20. Garbage and recyclable usually collected Feb. 20 will be picked up Feb. 21. There will be no changes in other Feb. 21 collections.
Feb. 21
Tues.
McTeachers cook up school profits Broad View Elementary hosts “McTeacher Night” Feb. 21 from 5 to 7 p.m. Teachers will be cooking up and serving burgers at the Oak Harbor McDonald’s, with part of the proceeds benefiting the school. “Bring your appetite: The more you eat the more the school profits,” said Marcy Neal, Broad View PTA president.
Oak Harbor earns habitat certification Lydia Sikes of the Whidbey Island Wildlife Habitat Project will award the city of Oak Harbor with Community Wildlife Habitat Certification from the National Wildlife Federation Feb. 21 at 6 p.m. at the city council meeting. She will also give three highway signs to promote tourism. Visit whidbeywildlifehabitat.com or contact whidbeywildlife@whidbey. net.
Rep. Bailey takes calls on the phone
Camera club talks ‘windows’
Rep. Barbara Bailey invites her constituents in the 10th District to a telephone town hall meeting Feb. 20. The community conversation, which is like a call-in radio show, will run from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. To participate, constituents can call 1-877-229-8493 and enter code 15431. Once connected, they can ask questions by pressing *3 (star 3) on their telephone keypads. “I am really looking forward to hearing from our communi-
Whidbey Island Camera Club will meet Feb. 21 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Oak Hall, Room 306, Skagit Valley College Whidbey Campus. The theme is “Windows (home, stores, churches etc).” Submit up to three photographs for discussion during the meeting to absolutescience@hotmail.com. Whidbey Island Camera Club is open to the public. Contact tina31543@comcast.net or visit www.whidbeyislandcameraclub.com.
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Feb. 22
Wed. Relay for Life captains meet Relay for Life of Whidbey Island team captains meet Feb. 22 at 6 p.m. in the Freeland Library conference room, located at 5495 Library Ln., Freeland. Everyone is welcome to attend to get information about Relay For Life participation, survivor/fighter assistance available on island, sponsorship, luminary, memory plaques and fundraising. Call Tina King, 240-1451.
Babies learn reading skills Wiggle and giggle with your baby through silly stories, happy songs, rhymes and activities that inspire a love of reading with Ready Readers: Baby and Me Storytime Feb. 22 at 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. Playtime follows. For newborns through 18 months. Caregiver required. Storytime will be held at the Oak Harbor Library, located at 1000 SE Regatta Dr. Call 675-5115 or visit www.snoisle.org.
AARP provides free tax preparation AARP Tax-Aide will provide free tax return preparation at the Coupeville Library Wednesdays through April 11 from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Appointments are recommend; contact John at 678-1117 or lc.whidbey.aarp. taxaide@gmail.com.
Feb. 23
Thurs. Jazz comes to high school The Oak Harbor High School Jazz Band will host “Jazz and Friends” Feb. 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the Oak Harbor High School Student Union Building. The free event begins with a concert by the jazz band and then breaks up into a variety of small, student-led groups playing a wide variety of music. Call 279-5800.
An orchid for some equipment Whidbey General Hospital’s Gift Shop is having an Orchid Sale by AJ Florals Feb. 23 and 24. Twenty percent of the proceeds will be donated to the hospital medical equipment wish list. This is the first time the hospital Gift Shop is sponsoring an orchid sale, said
Nancy Bailey, manager of volunteer services. She can be contacted at 678-7656 ext. 3246.
Preschoolers become ready readers Children ages 3 to 5 years enjoy stories, songs and getting ready to read with a parent or caregiver Feb. 23 at 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. at the Oak Harbor Library, 1000 SE Regatta Dr., and at 9:30 a.m. at the Coupeville Library, 788 NW Alexander St. Call 675-5115 or visit www.sno-isle.org.
Help keep our beaches clean Volunteers are wanted to help clean up litter from winter storms off Whidbey Island beaches. Join others to help with these WSU Extension sponsored events. Contact Scott Chase at schase@wsu.edu or 360387-3443, ext. 258, for details. Here is the remaining date this month: Feb. 23, Joseph Whidbey State Park, noon to 2:30 p.m. (gravel parking at the end of West Crosby Road and West Beach roads).
Feb. 24
Fri.
Knitting group continues Bring size 11 needles and a skein of yarn to the Fourth Friday Knitting Group Feb. 24 at 10 a.m. at the Coupeville Library. Learn to knit or bring a project you’re working on. For ages 12 and up. Call 678-4911.
Feb. 25
Sat.
Soroptimists host Red Dress Ball The Oak Harbor, Coupeville and South Whidbey Soroptimist International groups are holding a gala “Red Dress Ball” to raise funds to support Whidbey General Hospital’s “Heart of a Woman” program. The ball will be held Feb. 25 at the CPO Club, Oak Harbor. Guest speaker David Jessup will talk about women and heart disease. Tickets are $50, available at WGH Life Center, Whidbey Island Banks, and from Soroptimist members. Contact Marta Page at sioakharbor@soroptimist.net or 675-5999. See activities, A13
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Relay is magical The first annual Magic of Relay: Bringing Relay to Life will be held Feb. 25 at 11 a.m. at the Best Western Cotton Tree Inn Convention Center, located at 2300 Market St., Mount Vernon. Relayers from across North Puget Sound will hear inspirational speakers, network with other relay teams, learn about fundraising and more in breakouts and enjoy a complimentary lunch. There is no cost to attend but pre-registration is required as soon as possible. Register at www.MagicOfRelay.org.
Zombies rehearse “Thrill the Island” Anyone on Whidbey Island wishing to be a zombie dancer in Oak Harbor High School’s “Thrill the Island,” an island-wide music video of “Thriller,” must attend rehearsal Feb. 25 from noon to 3 p.m. at the Oak Harbor High School gym. The video will be filmed March 10 from 9:30 a.m. to noon on Pioneer Way in Oak Harbor. Call 279-5829.
Let’s go glow at the pool Glow Night at the Oak Harbor Pool will be held Feb. 25 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Cost is $3, with snacks, drinks and glowing things provided. If you have questions please contact the North Whidbey Parks & Recreation Oak Harbor Pool at 675-7665.
Sale benefits stroke victim A huge benefit sale at the American Legion Hall Feb. 25 and 26 from noon to 7 p.m. each day will help Kim Morris, OHHS class of ‘79. Morris is slowly recovering from a stroke. Peruse tools, furniture, a 1952 Studebaker pickup and much more, with a silent auction every hour. Donations welcome; call 678-7788.
Dinner benefits WIDT The seventh annual benefit auction and dinner for Whidbey Island Dance Theatre will be Feb. 25 at 5:30 p.m. at the Useless Bay Golf and County Club in Langley. Tickets must be purchased in advance: $60 per person or $100 per couple. Call 360-341-2221.
adventure begins in the light and ends in the dark. Meet at the Coupeville High School parking lot on S. Main St. at 4:30 p.m. Contact Gary Piazzon, leader, at 678-5131. Public is welcome.
Set up your lawn for spring The Master Gardeners of Island County are presenting a free class on lawn care and maintenance at the Skagit Farmers Supply in Oak Harbor, 31686 Highway 20, on Feb. 25, at 1:30 p.m. Call 675-2277.
Whirlers dance for their supper The Whidbey Whirlers square dancers will meet Feb. 25 at 6 p.m. at the Coupeville Recreation Hall for a soup/chili supper dance. Lots of people from several clubs will be joining in for lots of fun. For information call Jean Matheny, 360-221-6966.
Feb. 26
Sun. Move over, Oscars The first annual Clyde Awards will feature locally produced professional twominute movie spoofs like “Silence of the Hobbits” and “Priscilla Queen of the Desert” at Whidbey Island Center for the Arts Feb. 26 at 4:30 p.m. Tickets cost $25 and benefit WICA. Purchase tickets by calling 360221-8268 or 800-638-7631. WICA is located at 565 Camano Ave., Langley.
Feb. 27
Mon. Blood drive in Oak Harbor The Oak Harbor Lions Club is sponsoring a blood drive Feb. 27 at the First United Methodist Church, 1050 SE Ireland Street in Oak Harbor. The Puget Sound Blood Center is pleased to announce extended hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Please register online at www.psbc.org/programs/ drive.asp?URL=2610 or call 800-398-7888 or come as a walk-in. The Lions will have treats for donors.
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Orchids sweeten the deal for WGH By REBECCA OLSON Staff reporter
An orchid show at Whidbey General Hospital means more than elegant flowers as proceeds will help purchase items on the hospital’s medical equipment wish list. The show and sale will be held in Conference Room B at the hospital Thursday, Feb. 23 and Friday, Feb. 24 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. The hospital will receive 20 percent of the proceeds. While this is WGH’s first orchid show and sale, past fundraisers have allowed the hospital to purchase bedside monitoring equipment, a surgical table and more, said Nancy Bailey, manager of Volunteer Services. The orchid sale is sponsored by the WGH Gift Shop, which is run by volunteers and donates 100 percent of proceeds to the hospital in the form of medical equipment. In 2011, the gift shop provided $19,000, Bailey said. AJ Florals of California will provide the orchids. They specialize in doing hospital gift shop fundraisers, Bailey said. “There will be all different
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Whidbey General Hospital’s Nancy Bailey, manager of Volunteer Services, holds an orchid similar to those the Gift Shop will sell to raise funds for hospital equipment Feb. 23 and 24. In the background are items for sale in the gift shop, which donates funds to the hospital. types of potted orchids for sale,” Bailey said. Bailey got the idea for an orchid sale fundraiser while attending a conference. She saw that other hospitals were doing orchid sales. “And they had been incredibly successful and I thought
Religion notes Reserve spot for evangelism event Concordia Lutheran Church, 590 N. Oak Harbor Rd., Oak Harbor, presents “Evangelism, Outreach & Affirmation Seminar,” on Saturday, Feb. 25. This free seminar brings the teaching of vocation and the work of the Holy Spirit back into the practice of outreach. Speaker is the Rev. Dan
Freeman, instructor of Confessional Lutherans for Christ’s Commission. Learn how the three topics of “evangelism, outreach, and retention of new members” fit together in unison to meet the mission of the church and encourage spiritual growth. Registration is from 8:30 to 9 a.m. The seminar begins at 9 a.m. Please RSVP by Feb. 18. Contact the church by email at pastorpalm@concordialutheranwhidbey.org or gbpckrfan68@yahoo.com.
we should try it,” Bailey said. With the Northwest Flower and Garden Show in Seattle in February, Bailey said the orchid sale will be Whidbey Island’s version and proof that spring is coming. “It’ll brighten the last part
of winter and offer some beautiful orchids for sale,” Bailey said. If the sale is successful, Bailey said she hopes to make it an annual event. For more information, contact Bailey at 678-7656, extension 3246.
Busy Wednesdays during Lent
short NOOMA film and discussion. NOOMA is a series of short films that explore our world from a perspective of Jesus. NOOMA is an invitation to search, question, and join the discussion. Bring your favorite kidfriendly casserole, your kids and a friend, and join the group each week through Lent. Contact 675-2441.
Oak Harbor First United Methodist Church, 1050 SE Ireland St., will hold an Ash Wednesday service Feb. 22 at 6:30 p.m. Beginning Wednesday, Feb. 29, there will be Lenten, family-friendly suppers followed by a
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births Whidbey General Ryan Jacob Brown, 8 pounds, 9 ounces, was born Jan. 23, 2012. He is the son of George and Geraldine Brown of Oak Harbor. Penelope Elaine Bruder, 7 pounds, 15 ounces, was
born Jan. 26, 2012. She is the daughter of Jeffrey and Erica Bruder of Clinton. Lena Calista Ott, 8 pounds, 3 ounces, was born Jan. 25, 2012. She is the daughter of Jeremy and Jennifer Ott of Oak Harbor. Lexi Ann Chambers, 6 pounds, 3 ounces, was born
Jan. 28, 2012. She is the daughter of Teresa Harris of Oak Harbor. Alexander Hugh Imfeld, 3 pounds, 9 ounces, was born Jan. 31, 2012. He is the son of William and Noel Imfeld of Oak Harbor. Claire Michelle Smith, 7 pounds, 7 ounces, was born Feb. 2, 2012. She is the daughter of Michael and Shelly Smith of Oak Harbor. Zoe Louise Perkins, 8
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pounds, 3 ounces, was born Jan. 29, 2012. She is the daughter of Michael Perkins and Jennifer Hopper of Oak Harbor. Rayven Elianna Janette Knight, 6 pounds, 13 ounces, was born Feb. 9, 2012. She is the daughter of Chardoney and Raymond Knight of Oak Harbor. Jameson Riley Lynn Haggan, 6 pounds, 6 ounces, was born Feb. 9, 2012.
She is the daughter of Kadie and Joshua Haggan of Oak Harbor.
Naval Hospital Oak Harbor Viviana Sophia Eribez, 8 pounds, 7 ounces, was born Jan. 21, 2012. She is the daughter of Patrick and Stella Eribez. Cooper Gabriele
Piazzese, 6 pounds, 5 ounces, was born Jan. 22, 2012. He is the son of Nicholas and Angela Piazzese. Toby Hunter Hamm, 6 pounds, 7 ounces, was born Jan. 23, 2012. He is the son of William and Christine Hamm. Leita Mae Parks, 7 pounds, 10 ounces, was born Jan. 24, 2012. She is the daughter of Marshall and Alicia Parks.
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First United Methodist Church
United Pentecostal Church Sunday Service - Noon Wednesday Bible Study 7pm Pastor Mark Dillon 404-661-4653 mdillon@oakharborupc.com Mailing Address: 41 NE Midway Blvd Suite 103 Oak Harbor, WA 98277
Whidbey Island Messianic Fellowship Where Yeshua is Lord Come Learn the Hebraic Roots of Your Faith
We welcome you to join us for worship and celebration
Meeting at: The Oak Harbor Christian School Bldg A 675 E. Whidbey Ave. Oak Harbor, WA 360-675-7189 Saturdays at 10:30am
CALVARY APOSTOLIC TABERNACLE (The Pentecostals of Island County)
SOULS HARBOR
A SAFE PLACE TO CALL HOME Sunday Morning...............10am Sunday Evening............ 6:30pm Wednesday..........................7pm
632-7243
Youth Ministries-Choirs-Bible Studies
Dave Johnson, Pastor Chet Hansen, Music Minister Shelly Carman, Youth Director
555 SE Regatta Dr. • Oak Harbor Services in All Saints Chapel in the A-frame building The Episcopal Church on North Whidbey Island A Member of the Anglican Communion Worldwide
Join us for Sunday Service at 10:00 AM
360-279-0715
www.ststephensofoakharbor.org
John Brandt, Interim Pastor
Sunday Service 10 am
Celebration Service/Kids’ Ministry 10 am Mission Emanuel Spanish Services Sunday Evening at 6pm Child Care Provided 319 SW 3rd Avenue www.oakharborag.org
675-2441 • www.ohfumc.org 1050 SE Ireland St • Oak Harbor
360-675-4852
Whidbey Island Church of Christ 3143-G North Goldie Rd Oak Harbor
Sunday Worship ........9:00 a.m. Sunday Bible Study 10:00 a.m. Sunday Evening ........5:00 p.m. Wednesday Evening .6:00 p.m. For more information call: Gary 675-5569 Jerry 679-3986
God-Centered Worship Christ-Centered Preaching Verse-by-Verse Teaching Worship: 1 PM 1411 Wieldraayer Road (off of Swantown Road) Pastor Keith McFaul 360-279-9713 www.GraceEvangelical.org
Oak Harbor Church of Christ 1000 NE Koetje Street (Just North of Office Max)
“To Know Christ & Make Him Known”
Sunday Morning:
Worship Assembly.......................9:30 am Bible Classes for all ages............11:00am
www.churchofchrist-oh.org oakharborchurch@gmail.com
675-3441
Pastor Greg Adkins
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
Assembly of God
Sunday Morning Worship Service 8:30 A.M. & 10:30 A.M. Wednesday Midweek Worship Service 7:00 P.M. 1560 S.E. 9th Ave • 679-6959 “It’s By Grace!”
185 N Oak Harbor St. ~ Oak Harbor
On the web: www.staugustineoh.org
St. Mary’s Parish 678-6536 207 Main St. ~ Coupeville
Masses: Sunday Thurs
11:15 am 12:00 noon
(360) 678-4612
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675-4837
679-1288
Pastor Jeffrey Spencer Pastor Marc Stroud, Caring Minstry Lynne Ogren, Music & Children Ministry
679-1561
490 NW Crosby Ave., Oak Harbor 675-5008
Sunday Services 8:00, 9:30 & 11:00 am
(“Kids on the Rock” Ministry for Children ages 3mos.-5th grade meets at all services)
“Amped” Jr. High Youth: Sun., 5:00 pm “Legacy” High School Youth: Sun., 7:15 pm Small Groups Women’s Ministry • Men’s Ministry Russ Schlecht ~ Senior Pastor
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Missouri Synod
Worship Service ......................Sunday 10:00am Adult Bible Study & Sunday School...11:15am Evening Service ................Wednesday 6:30pm Nursery Available
Pastor Juan Palm 360-675-2548
Preschool 360-679-1697
590 N. Oak Harbor St • Oak Harbor www.concordialutheranwhidbey.org
Sunday
Bible Study 9:00am Worship Service 10:00am Evening Service 6:00pm
Come Worship With Us! Thursday Bible Study 7:00p.m. 950 S.W. Upland Ct • Oak Harbor Pastor Dr. Thomas Stoneham Sr., Minister Donald Cole
Oak Harbor
Nursery Available
Concordia Lutheran Church
721 S.E. Barrington • Oak Harbor 360-632-3642
(NEXT TO U-HAUL BLDG.)
Sunday Evening Prayer 6:30 PM at St. Mary Catholic Church in Coupeville
679-3579
www.frcoh.org office@frcoh.org
620 A/B Erin Park Drive Oak Harbor, WA 98277
Sunday Worship ....8:00 & 10:30 a.m. Sunday School .........................9:15 a.m.
Child Care is available and Everyone Welcome
Sunday Morning Services • 9:00am Traditional Worship • 10:00am Sunday School (All Ages) • 10:30am Contemporary Worship Children and Worship
Church Telephone Number (360)679-1003 Bishop Charles And Pastor Effie Boyles (360)929-3127
Saturday Worship ................. 5:30 p.m.
www.whidbeypres.org
(Behind K-Mart)
Monday Prayer Meeting - 6:00 P.M. Tuesday Night Bible Study- 6:30 P.M. Friday High Praise Service- 6:30 P.M. Sunday Celebration/Children’s Ministry – 9:30 A.M. Sunday Morning Worship Service – 11:00 A.M.
NW 2nd Avenue & Heller Road Across the street from OHHS Staadium
Dave Templin, Pastor Bethany Popkes, Youth Director Kurt Imbach, Adult Facilitator
250 SW 3rd Avenue • Oak Harbor
House of Prayer Faith Tabernacle of Praise
Lutheran Church
11:00 a.m. Traditional Worship 9:30 a.m. Contemporary Worship
Word Of Everlasting Life & Faith Church
Sunday Worship 8:00, 9:30 & 11:00
50 SW 6th Avenue
Bible Study For All Ages.....9:15 a.m. Worship Services.....10:45 a.m. & 6 p.m. Wednesday Services..................6 p.m. Prayer Meeting & Student Ministries Child care for all services. Pastor Grafton Robinson Associate Pastor Lemuel B. Villano 675-6686 www.ohsbc.org
1148 SE 8th Ave Oak Harbor
Minister: Rev. Elizabeth “Kit” Ketcham Childcare Year-Round Religious Education Sept-June All are welcome 360-321-8656 www.whidbey.com/uucwi uuadmin@whidbey.com
www.trinitylutheranfreeland.com Woodard Road, Hwy. 525, Freeland
Oak Harbor Southern Baptist Church
Whidbey Presbyterian Church
Sunday Service at 10:00 am
331-5191 • Freeland
Nursery provided
Sunday School 9:15am Worship Service 10:30 am
20103 State Route 525 Freeland
Trinity Lutheran Church
James Lindus, Pastor Dennis Hanson, Pastor George Brunjes, Pastor Eric Ottum, Pastor Karl Olsen, Minister of Music
(Just two miles south of the Greenbank Farm)
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Whidbey Island
St. Augustine’s Parish • 675-2303 5:00 pm 8:00am & 9:30 am 9:00 am
874 Plantation Drive Greenbank, WA
Calvary Chapel Oak Harbor
The Catholic Church Invites You….
Masses: Saturday Sunday Wed & Fri
WHIDBEY EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH
A Church, A Family
A Spiritual Home Grace By The Sea An Anglican Expression of Faith The Rev. Paul Orritt
SUNDAY SERVICE
8:00 am TRADITIONAL WORSHIP SERVICE 9:30 am FAMILY WORSHIP SERVICE 11:23 am CONTEMPORARY WORSHIP SERVICE www.gracebythesea.org
Island Vineyard Community Church Pastor James Gallagher
6:00-7:30 PM SUNDAY NIGHTS www.islandvineyard.org 2 CHURCHES - 1 BUILDING
555 SE Regatta Dr. Oak Harbor 679-3431
ISLAND VINEYARD COMMUNITY CHURCH
3143 Goldie Rd Unit B • Oak Harbor (behind Precision Tire)
Sunday Worship.........8:30 am & 10:45 am Classes For All Ages........................9:45 am
Oak Harbor
GRACE BY THE SEA • AN ANGLICAN EXPRSSION OF FAITH
Oak Harbor
Matthew 28:18-20
• Nursery All Services • Small Groups • Sunday School • MOPS • AwAnA • Youth Groups Come worship with us!
Worship Services Sunday 9:30 & 11:00 a.m. 679-1585 2760 N Heller Rd • Oak Harbor
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The Whidbey NewsTimes seeks an enthusiastic, motivated Advertising Sales Representative to sell advertising. Successful candidate must be dependable, detail-oriented and possess exceptional customer ser vice skills. Previous sales experience required and media sales a plus! Reliable insured transportation and good driving record required. Straight commission with a draw, excellent health benefits, 401K and a great work environment with opportunity to advance. EOE. Please send resume with cover letter in PDF or Text format to hr@soundpublishing.com hreast@soundpublishing.com or mail to: or MAIL to: HR/WNTADSALES Sound Publishing, Inc. Sound Publishing, Inc. 19426 68th Avenue S. 19351 8th Ave. NE, Kent, WA 98032 Suite 106 ATTN: HR/LNIS Poulsbo, WA 98370 EOE
PART TIME, WEEKEND OFFICE POSITION Storage facility looking for help. Must have computer skills and good customer service. Apply in person, Mariner Self Storage, 34100 SR 20, Oak Harbor.
POOL FACILITIES MANAGER & LIFEGUARDS Part-time/Seasonal pool facilities manager and summer lifeguards. Manager responsible for operation and maintenance of a 100,000gallon community pool including supervision of lifeguards. Applicants must have prior experience with similar sized facility and lifeguard certification. Manager: 20-30 hrs/wk, June thru Sept 15th; 2-6 hours S e p t . t h r u M ay. L i fe guards: full/part-time positions. Mid-June thru early Sept.
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South Whidbey Senior Center Maintenance Person: Responsible for monitoring and attending to routine and special maintenance needs including lighting, plumbing, windows, doors, and a range of other ongoing facility issues. Works as part of a team in a public service setting. www.islandseniorservices.org.
or at the South Whidbey Senior Center, 14594 SR 525, Langley, WA 98260. Attention: Operations Manager.
S o u t h W h i d b ey F i r e / ELECTION EMS is seeking sealed ACCESSIBILITY bids from qualified firms COORDINATOR to build a rescue box Contract position 8-16 c o nve r s i o n o n a n ew www.islandcounty.net/hr hours per week and on 2012 Ford F550 chassis. for more information call, $10-$15 per hour Interested firms should contact SWFE for com- ,OOKINGüFORüAüNEWüPLACE ü DOE. Submit application by February 24th. plete bid specification #HECKüOUTü and requirements by: - WWW PNWHOMElNDER COM Employment email to bids@icfd3.org, - FORüLOCALü üNATIONALüLISTINGSü Sales & Retail or picked up in person at the address below. R E A L E S TAT E a n d mor tgage officers, for Sealed bids shall be team par ticipation, liclearly marked RESCUE c e n s e d , o r w i l l t ra i n , BOX CONVERSION and l e a d s ava i l a bl e, h i g h received by mail, delivcommissions, Dream ered, or in person to: Home Real Estate, Inc. South Whidbey ISLAND COUNTY JOB 1-888-844-1683. Fire/EMS OPENING ,OOKINGüFORüAüNEWüPLACE ü 5535 Cameron Road #HECKüOUTü Freeland, WA 98249 Substance Abuse WWW PNWHOMElNDER COM and due by 3:00 P.M. Treatment Counselor FORüLOCALü üNATIONALüLISTINGSü Tu e s d a y, M a r c h 1 3 , www.islandcounty.net/hr 2012. Bids will be Employment for more information opened and read aloud Transportation/Drivers that same day followed by a detailed review to North Whidbey Park & DRIVER -- $0 Tuition forward a recommendaCDL (A) Training & a Recreation District t i o n fo r awa r d a t t h e job! Top Industr y Pay, regularly scheduled is in search of a new Quality Training, Stability B o a r d o f DIRECTOR & Miles. Short employCommissioner’s meeting ment commitment reTo see the full job postMarch 15 at 5:30 P.M. at quired. 800-326-2778 ing including the applicathe same address. www.joinCRST.com S o u t h W h i d b e y tion procedures please D R I V E R - - I n ex p e r i Fire/EMS reserves the click to: right to reject any and/or www.oakharborpool.org enced/experienced. unbeatable career opportuor visit the pool itself. all bids and waive all inn i t i e s . Tr a i n e e . formalities in the bidding You may also email: Company Driver. Lease DirectorSearch process. Q u e s t i o n s O p e ra t o r. E a r n u p t o NWPRD@gmail.com should be directed to $51K. Lease Trainers Resource Chief Beck at earn up to $80K. The final date for receiv360-321-1533 o r ing applications will be ( 8 7 7 ) 3 6 9 - 7 1 0 5 bids@icfd3.org. www.centraldrivingjobs.net February 29, 2012.
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3 BEDROOM Victorian farmhouse, 2.5 bath on 3 acres. Pets negotiable. No smoking. $1,200. Section 8 ok. Available February 1st. 425-3141380, 425-876-1366. Langley
2 BEDROOM, 1.5 Bath Glenhaven Townhouse; washer/dryer included. Age 55 or older, $700 p e r m o n t h . Ava i l a bl e 2/15. Contact Katharine 360-678-4181 or 1-800321-0686.
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1 + B E D RO O M , l o f t a r e a , Fr e e l a n d a r e a , $875/ month. Washer, d r y e r, g a r a g e , w o o d floors in living/ dining & wood stove. Acreage. First, last and cleaning deposit. No smoking. Cell: 503-341-3799. FREELAND
BEAUTIFUL 1,700 SF L o g H o m e. L a r g e r e modeled house is on 5 acres. 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, W/D, deck. Pets considered. Water incl. $1,200. 360-331-2795.
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2 BEDROOM WITH washer, dr yer, yard & small fenced garden in C raw fo r d R o a d a r e a . Pe t s n e g o t i a b l e . N o smoking. $800 per month plus first, last & $400 damage deposit. 360-632-0337. 3+ BEDROOMS, 3 LANGLEY Baths, $1375/ month. 3 BEDROOM, 1 BATH Av a i l a b l e n o w ! N i c e home. Remodeled Sara- home in safe and clean toga rambler in woodsy community. Large deck, setting. Near town, on large living room with busline. Washer, dryer fireplace, large entertainand attached garage. No ment room with fireplace smoking/ pets. $950 downstairs, 2 car garmonth plus utilities, first, age, utility room, ample last, deposit and 1 year storage space. Commulease. 360-321-4042 nity clubhouse with pool, tennis and dining. Close Langley t o ex c e l l e n t s c h o o l s, shopping and dining. Minutes from Ferry. Recent Updates. Long term lease preferred. First, last and damage deposit required. No smoking. Pet negotiable with additional damage deposit. 3 BEDROOM, 2 BATH Call (360)929-0893 or Apartment on 5 Wooded (707)937-3597, leave acres, 10 minutes from message. Fr e e l a n d o r L a n g l ey. Spacious, sunny, peace- ,OOKINGĂĽFORĂĽAĂĽNEWĂĽPLACE ĂĽ ful and secluded. All #HECKĂĽOUTĂĽ black appliances, jacuz- WWW PNWHOMElNDER COM zi. Small pet OK. $900 FORĂĽLOCALĂĽ ĂĽNATIONALĂĽLISTINGSĂĽ month. Call Mon-Thurs- OAK HARBOR day, 10am-4pm; JOHN 360-321-2402 Langley
Secluded custom cottage on quiet acreage . 2 BR, furnished or unfurnished, gas heat. $1200 month. 360-321-4978.
B E AC H F R O N T, P r i vate, quiet location. 2 bedroom, 1 bath. Washer/ dr yer. New car pet, new kitchen. Fireplace. Clubhouse, parks, pool, boat ramp, dock, community beach. $795 3 BEDROOM, 2 BATH month. (425)563-8422 updated home on secluded 2 1/2 acre lot. 2 OAK HARBOR car attached garage plus c o ve r e d c a r p o r t a n d storage shed. Includes washer, dryer and refrigerator. Electric heat plus propane fireplace insert. Non smoking. Pet negot i a bl e w i t h a d d i t i o n a l damage deposit. $1,350 B E AU T I F U L wa t e r / M t per month. Section 8 view 3 Bedroom, 1.75 Okay. Credit check req. Bath home. W/D, Gas/ Call 360-929-3459. pellet fireplace. Attached garage. New carpet, no Oak Harbor pets/smoking. $1300 mo. Call 360-929-0758. Find what you need 24 hours a day. OAK HARBOR
3 B E D RO O M , 2 b a t h w i t h 1 c a r g a ra g e i n quiet neighborhood. Woodstove and laminate downstairs, carpet upstairs, fenced backyard. $1250 month, 12 or 18 month lease available. $1250 security deposit and first months rent up front. Pets negotiable. Call Diana for information, 360-929-5495. OAK HARBOR
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3 BEDROOM, 2.5 bath, 2 car garage on private cul-de-sac. 10 minutes from NAS. $1150 month LAGOON POINT Water- plus deposit. Available front with 45’ dock in now! 904-287-3202 beprotected lagoon. Bring fore 7pm. your boat. Best fishing OAK HARBOR i n s t a t e. 1 b e d r o o m , 3 B E D RO O M AT 4 8 5 bright, large garage, new NE Regatta Drive acoss constr uction, washer/ f r o m O l y m p i c V i e w d r y e r , d i s h w a s h e r . School!!! $900/ month, $1200 month. Call or $500 deposit. 360-6751815, 360-672-5195. text: 206-949-1454
2 BEDROOM Dugualla Bay beach front! Complete quality furnishings included with this beautiful log home. Open floor plan, basement rec room, quiet, on approx 3 acres. No smoking/ pets. $1,825 per month, first, last, damage deposit, a n d c r e d i t c h e ck r e quired. Available now! Please call 206-7292599 for details.
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GREAT BALCONY View of July 4th fireworks and stunning harbor landscape. 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath home, hardwood floors, double garage, all appliances & some furnishings. $1,200 gets you into a quiet cul-desac! Close to bus, schools, churches & stores. Secur ity, first, last, $500 damage deposit. Available 3/1. 360675-4113. Apartments for Rent Island County
2 BR Senior Condo in Freeland. Electric, water, trash removal and sewer are included. Very nice home $900.00
Brad Jaeger 3 BR, SINGLE STORY in 5 unit building. Beautiful San Juan Island view! New interior, yard, parking. No laundry/ hookups $645. 360-679-1103.
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Self-contained 1-Bdrm a p t i n p r i va t e h o m e . West water/mtn view, l a r g e p a t i o, o w n e n t ra n c e. P r i va t e / q u i e t . $700/mo includes util, cable, wi-fi, shared laundr y. No smokers. Pets negot. (360)730-2490 ,OOKINGĂĽFORĂĽAĂĽNEWĂĽPLACE ĂĽ #HECKĂĽOUTĂĽ WWW PNWHOMElNDER COM FORĂĽLOCALĂĽ ĂĽNATIONALĂĽLISTINGSĂĽ
2 BEDROOM VIEW apartment, 4 miles North of Langley. Second story. Beach access. View o f S a ra t o g a Pa s s a g e and Mount Baker. $600 per month plus electric. Water, sewer, garbage paid. Contact Ross: 206628-2447 or rjacobson@wkg.com OAK HARBOR
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2 BR with view $650. Complete studio $450. STUDIO APARTMENT: +Dep. No smoke/pet. Completely fur nished Clinton with sweeping view of Water, swr, grb paid Saratoga Passage. Private deck. Quiet neighborhood. $775/mo, min 6 mo lease. INCLUDES You’ll ďŹ nd everything all utilities, basic phone, you need in one and free cable TV. No website 24 hours a smoking. Cat possible. day 7 days a week: Call 360-221-3911 to nw-ads.com. MAXWELTON BEACH. view. 2 bedroom, 1.25 bath, 1300 SF daylight lower u n i t o f h i s t o r i c fa r m house. Clean, br ight, and modern. On hillside with sunset, valley views and limited beach acServing North cess. Small yard and Whidbey for all of p a t i o. C a r p o r t . $ 7 5 0 month, 1 year lease, 1st your housing needs. and last month rent, $500 damage/ cleaning deposit. Washer/ Dryer. 360-675-9097 No smoking or pets. www.WhidbeyIslandRentals.com (206)949-3625 Langley
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SAN DE FUCA $499,000 Mountains meet water in fabulous view from cook's kitchen. Master bedroom in private wing of home. 1.65+/- manicured acres with windmill and heated garage/shop/storage. #318410 Carmen McFadyen 360-969-1754
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OAK HARBOR $55,000 Quiet corner parcel in nice area ready for your custom home. 1.79+/- acres partially cleared with mature trees. Standard perc, water share available, power at street. #242941 Clay Miller 360-969-2058
LONG POINT $295,950 Sit back, relax and enjoy water and mountain views from the wrap-around deck of your 2,763 asf, 4-bedroom, 3-bath, Coupeville home. Come see what you’ve been missing! #191456 Cheri English 360-320-9764
OAK HARBOR $192,000 3-bedroom home in a great neighborhood, close to schools. Gas fireplace, formal dining and living rooms, all bedrooms upstairs, large master with double closets. 2-car attached garage. #267291 Kristi Jensen 360-929-0707
CENTRAL WHIDBEY $249,000 Beautiful NW chalet on private 2.3Âą acres. Built in 2002, 1588 asf with loft and 3/4 bath upstairs. Master on main, hardwood floors, vaulted ceilings, and built-in woodstove. #318191 Ron Bodamer 360-969-1595
Saratoga Beach community 2 BR cottage. #320237 $184,950 LANGLEY $499,000 Mid-century contemporary, 2 bedroom, 2 bath plus bonus room. Big sound and mountain views on 1Âą acre, 113Âą ft of hi-bank waterfront with beach access. Room for garden and guest house. 1Âą mile north of Langley. #252458 Tom Jensen 360-331-6006 CLINTON $475,000 3-bedroom, 1.75-bath home with views of mountains, ferries and city lights. Beautiful hardwood floors and spacious living area make this one of the most livable homes on Whidbey. #193422 Mary Matthew 360-221-8898 HOLMES HARBOR $34,500 Residential lot on quiet, dead-end cul-de-sac in Holmes Harbor with partial water view. Water, sewer and electricity available. Community has private beach access, dock. #306657 Teresa Pate 206-963-1103
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BEAUTIFUL 2 Bedroom, upstairs unit. Washer/ d r ye r h o o k u p s, d i s h washer and deck. Small quiet complex in town. Pets negotiable. $700/ month. Owner/ Agent 360-320-1030. OAK HARBOR
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Section 8 Welcome! EXTENDED stay. TemCall 360-221-6911 porary housing. 1 BedFor Details room, month to month, TDD: 711 furnished, utilities included. no smoking or pets. WA Misc. Rentals 360-675-5911, Duplexes/Multiplexes nwimotel@frontier.com
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MULTIPLE Commercial spaces, just renovated to like new, on Pioneer Way with unobstructed View of Oak Harbor Bay and Marina. Entire space of 2,405 sq ft has dividing wall with two separate entrances and many separation opportunities. Or two separate t e n a n t s p a c e availabilities for either 1,254 or 1,151 SF with each having space separation oppor tunities. Call 360-914-7090 or 360-675-9592. OAK HARBOR
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2 BEDROOM waterview! Old town, quiet neighborhood, near beach! Laundry hookups, yard, off-street parking. $720. 360-679-1103. ,OOKINGĂĽFORĂĽAĂĽNEWĂĽPLACE ĂĽ #HECKĂĽOUTĂĽ WWW PNWHOMElNDER COM FORĂĽLOCALĂĽ ĂĽNATIONALĂĽLISTINGSĂĽ
L A R G E 2 B E D RO O M Penthouse view, spacious patio. Clean and quiet! Fireplace, washer, dr yer hookups. Senior discount avail. Garbage included. $725/ Month. 360-675-6642. Oak Harbor
LEXY MANOR. Small, quiet complex. 1, 2 & 3 bedrooms available. Close to shopping. Fa m i l i e s a n d s p e c i a l needs welcome. Rent starts at $556. Call: 360279-2155 Oak Harbor
Madrona Manor Quality Living at an affordable price. Families and special needs welcome. 1, 2 and 3 bedrooms starting at $615/mo. Walking distance to beach, park, shopping and bus route. Call: 360-240-1606 ** Section 8 ok
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3 ROOM OFFICE Suite, 2 with waterfront views, in professional building. High traffic, great parking! $950, water, sewer, garbage, electric included. 360-929-7593
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NOTICE OF AUCTION A public auction will be held at A-1 towing 1201 NE 16th Ave. Oak Harb o r, WA o n Fe b r u a r y 21st, 2012. A b a n d o n e d ve h i c l e s . V i ew i n g a t 1 0 : 0 0 A M , auction at 11:00AM. (360) 675-3309 LEGAL NO.366464 Published: Whidbey News Times, South Whidbey Record. February 18, 2012 SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHNGTON FOR ISLAND COUNTY Estate of JOHANNA E. ROUSE, Deceased. NO. 12 4 00030 3 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030) PLEASE TAKE NOTICE The above Court has appointed me as Personal Representative of Decedent’s estate. Any person having a claim against the Decedent must present the claim: (a) Before the time when the claim would be barred by any applicable statute of limitations, and (b) In the manner provided in RCW 11.40.070: (i) By filing the original of the claim with the foregoing Court, and (ii) By serving on or mailing to me at the address below a copy of the claim. The claim must be presented by the later of: (a) Thirty (30) days after I served or mailed this Notice as provided in RCW 11.40.020(1)(c), or (b) Four (4) months after the date of first publication o f t h i s N o t i c e. I f t h e
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NOTICE South Whidbey Parks & Recreation District announces the opening of its Small Works Roster fo r l o c a l c o n t ra c t o r s. S W P R D m ay b e e n gaged in public works projects over the next twelve months and is soliciting licensed and bonded contractors for inclusion on the Small Works Roster. Pursuant to RCW 39.04.155, the South Whidbey Parks & Recreation District has created a general small works roster. All responsible contractors who are proper ly licensed and registered within the S t a t e o f Wa s h i n g t o n who wish to be considered for the Small Works Roster may download the Small Works Roster application at THE SUPERIOR www.swparks.org or call COURT OF THE STATE 360-221-5484 to have OF WASHINGTON o n e m a i l e d o r fa xe d . FOR ISLAND COUNTY Respond by March 31, In Re the Estate of 2012. M A RY M O R G A N L I - LEGAL NO. 366466 VINGSTON, Published: Whidbey Deceased. News-Times, South NO.12 4 00035 4 Whidbey Record. FebruNOTICE TO ary 18, 22, 29, 2012 CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030 IN THE SUPERIOR The personal representative named below has COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON been appointed as personal representative of FOR ISLAND COUNTY In the matter of the esthis estate. Any person having a claim against tate of: the decedent must , be- JEAN E. FROMAN, fore the time the claim- Deceased. NO. 12-4-00040-1 would be barred by any NOTICE TO o t h e r w i s e a p p l i c a bl e CREDITORS statute of limitations, RCW 11.40.030 present the claim in the manner as provided in The Personal Representative named below has RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the been appointed as Perpersonal representative sonal Representative of or the personal repre- this estate. Any person sentative’s attorney at having a claim against the address stated be- the decedent must, below a copy of the claim fore the time the claim and filing the original of would be barred by any the claim with the court o t h e r w i s e a p p l i c a bl e in which the probate pro- statute of limitations, c e e d i n g s w e r e c o m - present the claim in the menced. The claim must manner as provided in be presented within the RCW 11.40.070 by servlater of: (1) Thirty days ing on or mailing to the after the personal repre- Personal Representative s e n t a t i v e s e r v e d o r or the Personal Repremailed the notice to the sentative’s attorney at creditor as provided un- the address stated bed e r R C W low a copy of the claim 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) and filing the original of four months after the the claim with the court. date of first publication The claim must be preof the notice. If the claim sented within the later is not presented within of: (1) Thirty days after t h i s t i m e f r a m e , t h e the Personal Represenclaim is forever barred, tative served or mailed except as otherwise pro- the notice to the creditor vided in RCW 11.40.051 as provided under RCW and 11.40.060. This bar 11.40.020(3); or (2) four is effective as to claims months after the date of against both the dece- first publication of the dent’s probate and non- notice. If the claim is not presented within this probate assets. time frame, the claim is Date of First Publication: Saturday, February 18, forever barred, except as otherwise provided in 2012 Personal Representa- R C W 1 1 . 4 0 . 0 5 1 a n d 11.40.060. This bar is tive: effective as to claims Sandra Polzin Attor ney for Personal against both the decedent’s probate and nonRepresentative: M. Douglas Kelly, Kelly probate assets. & Harvey Law Offices, Date of first publication: LLP, PO Box 290, Clin- February 18, 2012 Personal Representaton, WA, 98236. tive: D o u g l a s A . (360) 341-1515. Saar DATED this 13th day of 791 SE Barrington Drive Feb, 2012. /s/Sandra Polzin, Per- Oak Harbor, WA 98277 Attor ney for Personal sonal Representative. Attorneys for Personal Representative: D o u g las A. Saar Representative: / s / M . D o u g l a s K e l l y 791 SE Barrington Drive Oak Harbor, WA 98277 WSBA #6550 Kelly and Har vey Law 360-679-1240 LEGAL NO. 366470 Offices, L.L.P. Published: Whidbey P.O. Box 290 News-Times, South Clinton, WA 98236 Whidbey Record. FebruLEGAL NO. 366461 Published: Whidbey ary 18, 25 March 3, N e w s T i m e s , S o u t h 2012 Whidbey Record. February 18, 25 March 3, IN THE SUPERIOR 2012 COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON COUNTY OF CHELAN The opportunity to IN PROBATE make a difference is In the Matter of the Esright in front of you. tate Recycle this paper. of claim is not presented within this time period, the claim will be forever barred except as provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective for claims against both the Decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets. Date of First Publication of this Notice: 2/18/ 2012 /s/Donald Lamb, Personal Representative Date of Filing Notice to Creditors with Clerk of the Court: 2/8 2012 Donald Lamb 895 Rocky Point Drive C a m a n o I s l a n d , WA 98282 LEGAL NO. 366457 Published: Whidbey news-Times, South Whidbey Record. February 18, 25 March 3, 2012
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JAMES R. CLARK, Deceased. NO. 12-4-00036-2 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030) The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any o t h e r w i s e a p p l i c a bl e statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Personal Representative or the Personal Representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) thirty days after the Personal Representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020; or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets. DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: Fe b r u a r y 1 8 , 2012 By JANE H. CLARK Personal Representative Address: P.O. Box 1678 Oak Harbor, WA 982771678 Attorneys for Personal Representative: JEFFERS, DANIELSON, S O N N & AY LWA R D, P.S. By BRYCE J. MACKAY, WSBA NO. 43292 2600 Chester Kimm Road P. O. Box 1688 Wenatchee, WA 98807-1688 CHELAN COUNTY CLERK’S OFFICE Ms. Kimberly Morrison, Clerk Chelan County Superior Court Chelan County Law & Justice Facility 401 Washington Street, Fifth Floor P.O. Box 3025 Wenatchee, WA 98807-3025 LEGAL NO. 366469 Published: Whidbey News-Times, South Whidbey Record. February 18, 25 March 3, 2012 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR ISLAND COUNTY In the Matter of the Estate of BARBARA JEAN BENEDICT, Deceased. No. 12 4 00024 9 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030 The personal representat ive named below has been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any o t h e r w i s e a p p l i c a bl e statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal repre-
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Probate Cause Number: 12-4-00024-9 LEGAL NO. 365020 Published: Whidbey sentative’s attorney at N e w s T i m e s , S o u t h the address stated be- Whidbey Record, Februlow a copy of the claim ary 11, 18, 25, 2012. and filing the original of the claim with the court SUPERIOR COURT OF in which the probate proWASHlNGTON ceedings were comCOUNTY OF ISLAND menced. The claim must In the Matter of the Esbe presented within the tate of GUSTAV E. ULlater of: (1) Thirty days RICH, JR, after the personal repre- Deceased, s e n t a t i v e s e r v e d o r NO. 124000231 mailed the notice to the NOTICE TO creditor as provided unCREDITORS d e r R C W The personal represen11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) tative named below has four months after the been appointed as perdate of first publicatio n sonal representative of of the notice. If the claim this estate. Any person is not presented within having a claim against t h i s t i m e f r a m e , t h e the decedent must, beclaim is forever barred, fore the time the claim except as otherwise pro- would be barred by any vided in RCW 11.40.05 o t h e r w i s e a p p l i c a bl e 1 and RCW 11.40.060. statute of limitations, This bar is effect ive as present the claim in the to claims against both manner as provided in the decedent’s probate R C W 1 1 . 4 0 . 0 7 0 b y and nonprobate assets. serving on or mailing to DATE OF FIRST PUBLI- the personal representaCATION: 2/11/2012 tive or the personal repP E R S O N A L R E P R E - resentative’ s attorney at SENTATIVE: the address stated beLinda Marie Bulpin low a copy of the claim 2611 SW Talon Loop and filing the original of Oak Harbor, WA 98277 the claim with the court ATTORNEY FOR PER- in which the probate proSONAL ceedings were comREPRESENTATIVE: menced. The claim must Jacob Cohen be presented within the ADDRESS FOR MAIL- later of: (1) Thirty days ING after the personal repreOR SERVICE: sentative ser ved or Cohen, Manni & Theune mailed the notice to the Post Office Box 889 creditor as provided unOak Harbor, WA 98277 d e r R C W 1 1 Cour t of probate pro- .40.020(1)(c); or (2) four c e e d i n g s a n d c a u s e months after the date of number: first publication of the Island County Superior notice. If the claim is not Court presented within this I s l a n d C o u n t y C o u r t - time frame, the claim is house forever barred, except Post Office Box 5000 as otherwise provided in Coupeville, WA 98239 RCW 11.40.051 and Legal Notices
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11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’ s probate and nonprobate assets. DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION; FEB. 11, 2012. /s/ Gregory E Ulrich G R E G O RY U L R I C H . Personal Representative of the Estate of GUSTAV E. ULRICH JR. deceased. c/o James L. Kotschwar, Resident Agent and Attorney for Personal Representative, WSBA #10823 265 NE Kettle Street: Suite 1, P.O. Box 1 5 9 3 O a k H a r b o r, Washington 98277 (360) 675-2207 LEGAL NO. 364768 Published: Whidbey News Times, South Whidbey Record, February 11, 18, 25, 2012.
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