Whidbey Examiner, September 13, 2012

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Examiner The Whidbey

News from the Heart of Whidbey Island

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

VOL. 18, NO. 6

Feeding frenzy

Clinton farm emphasizes local flavor A sheep dairy in a bucolic setting near Clinton brings a new flavor of artisan cheese to Whidbey Island. By Betty Freeman Staff Reporter

Joe Novotny photo

Glendale Shepherd owner Lynn Swanson feeds her sheep chopped hay and specially made pellets that supplement their nutritional needs. She’s usually mobbed when she arrives on her golf cart with the food. The sheep are in five pens, so there are five stops in Swanson’s morning routine. The farm is among 18 ag operations taking part in this weekend’s Whidbey Island Farm Tour. For details about the tour, check out the Farm Tour Guide inserted in this week’s Examiner.

Lynn Swanson is a longtime farmer who loves to grow, cook, preserve and enjoy good food. It stands to reason that she’d approach making sheep milk cheese with the same passion and careful research that she’s put into her family’s farm in Glendale on South Whidbey. Lynn and Stan Swanson have lived on the 200acre, cliff-side farm for 25 years, and before that Stan’s parents had owned the farm since the 1940s. Now a third generation is farming as well. The See CHEESE, page 2

Fundraisers earn $25,000 to help injured pastor By Kathy Reed Staff Reporter

Two separate fundraisers to benefit the Coupeville pastor injured in a fall brought in more than $25,000 over the weekend to help with expenses related to the accident and his recovery. Garrett Arnold, the pastor of Living Hope Foursquare Church in Coupeville, suffered a spinal cord injury that will force him to use a wheelchair. The Whidbey Island community has rallied around Arnold and his family, holding the first of two weekend fundraisers Friday, Sept. 7 at the CPO Club in Oak Harbor. “It was very successful. The community was very generous,” said Suzanne Zettle, treasurer and director of women’s ministries at the church. “The silent auction and dance raised $23,000. It is beyond awesome.” Zettle said 200 tickets to the benefit dance

and auction sold out in a matter of days and businesses from all over Whidbey Island and even as far as Seattle donated items for the auction. Music was provided by Coupeville band Johnny Bulldog, led by John Tristao, a former member of the group Creedence Clearwater Revival. The band even auctioned off another concert appearance to raise money. “That band – their generosity is over the top,” Zettle said. “They rose to the occasion and poured their all into it.” Other auction items included dinners at area restaurants, entertainment and spa packages and “anything that you can think of,” Zettle said. But the community’s generosity didn’t end there. A car wash held Saturday in the parking lot at Windermere Real Estate in Coupeville See FUNDRAISERS, page 9

A crowd of Coupeville area residents spent Saturday washing a long line of cars to help raise money for the Arnold family. Pictured are, from left to right in back: Hunter Hammer, his mom Linda and sister Hailey, Kathy Dale, Kirsten Pelroy, Alyssa DeHay, Chris Potts, Mitch Aparicio, Alexis Trumbull and her mom Shelli, brother Aaron and dad Brad, Anthony Clark, Kurtis Smith and Payton Aparicio. In front are Landon and Jon Roberts.


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