Islands' Weekly, January 01, 2013

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Salmon study continues

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A look at DUIs

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VOLUME 36, NUMBER 1 • JANUARY 1, 2013

Countdown of the top ten stories of 2012 The following top stories of 2012 are based on staff picks, website statistics and reader feedback.

#1 New era for solid waste

After voters in 2011 rejected the county council’s proposed

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SYMPHONY OF THE SOIL Sunday, January 13, 2012

property tax parcel fee to fund solid waste operations, the council thought about carrying out its threat to close the three county dumps on Orcas, San Juan and Lopez Islands. The Lopez Island Solid Waste Alternatives Project quickly put the kibosh on that idea.

Lopez Island citizen-activists organized their own solution, convincing the county council to create a “solid waste disposal district” funded by a local property tax ballot proposition that was approved by more than 85 percent of Lopez voters in November.

The one-year levy of 9.514 cents per $1,000 assessed valuation will help pay for waste disposal and recycling services at

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the former county transfer station, which – starting this month – will be operated by the Lopez Solid Waste Disposal District.

“With 85 percent voting in favor of the levy, Lopezians have said loud and clear that they want to be stewards of their garbage and recycling future,” says Bruce Creps, a member of the five-person LSWDD Managing Board. “Passing the levy allows us to not only keep our dump and Take-It-Or-Leave-It open, but to work on viable alternatives to the unsustainable garbage system we have in this country.”

#2 SJC voters help make history

San Juan County voters came out in strong numbers to cast their opinions this election season. Turnout was 89.39 percent – the highest in Washington state.

County Auditor Milene Henley said that the three significant charter propositions, three council member elections, a local citizen initiative about GMOs, and the state referendum on same-sex marriage all helped to turn out the vote. She also suggested that the marijuana initiative may have further encouraged a high voter turnout.

Island voters played an important role in passing those measures. Read more about the GMO-free initiative on page 5.

The results were close for Referendum 74, legalizing gay marriage: 54 percent of Washington voters approved the measure while 46 percent rejected it. In San Juan County,

Inquiries held in confidence.

See top ten, page 5

Lopez Island’s EMTs, Paramedics & Firefighters are currently available to help you 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Location: Lopez Center Sunday, January 13, 2013 Potluck, Film Discussion Potluck begins: 4:00 pm Film: 4:45 - 6:15 Discussion after film optional ends 7:30

NOW THEY NEED YOUR HELP!

Symphony of the Soil is a feature film that explores the complexity and mystery of the soil.

This event celebrates the victory of GMO Free San Juan County.

The story of soil is literally the story of community.

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Community Calendar tues, jan 1

reading: Adult Winter

Reading Program Starts, 10 a.m., library. Join us for the third annual Adult Winter Reading Program. Win prizes by writing short reviews of books you read or films you view. Reviews will be posted on the library’s web page.

fri, jan 4

meeting: Inspired Living

Earth Institute Charrette Offered by Lopez Community Land Trust, 1:30 p.m., Lopez Center for Community and the Arts. Dinner will be soup, bread and coffee and tea. Other contributions are welcome, as well as your tableware. There is a

recommended $5 registration fee. For more info, visit www.lopezcenter.org. sat, jan 5

party: Grand Opening

Celebration for Lopez Solid Waste & Recycling Center, 2 - 4 p.m., Lopez Island Dump Take-It-Or-Leave-It. Ceremony to celebrate the opening of the Lopez Solid Waste & Recycling Center under our own local management. Refreshments at the Take-It-Or-Leave-It starting at noon; ceremony at 3pm. Please join the celebration as the Lopez community assumes con-

trol of our garbage and recycling future.

sun, jan 13

film&food: Film screen-

5:30 - 8 p.m., Lopez Center for Community and the Arts. Annual report to the community on the results of research by the Lopez Community Salmon Team.

Fabulous local food, wine and music!

Mondays - 7:30 p.m. at the Children’s Center Wednesdays - 4 p.m. Women’s meeting at the fellowship hall at Grace Episcopal Church Fridays - 7:30 p.m. at the Children’s Center Saturdays - noon at the Children’s Center Contact phone number 468-2809

Vallejano, Jr., pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a controlled substance, heroin, with intent to deliver, the second time in three years that the 25-year-old had been convicted of a felony drug trafficking crime.

He was sentenced to one year in prison and ordered to pay nearly $4,000 in fines and fees after pleading guilty in 2009 to three drug trafficking crimes, which included two counts of delivery of cocaine and another involving heroin. He had been a San Juan Island resident for about five years at that time.

A Class B felony, possession of a controlled substance

with intent to deliver, carries maximum penalties of 20 years in prison, a $25,000 fine, or both, for a repeat offender, according to state sentencing standards.

Vallejano, Jr., was taken into custody in the early morning hours of July 15 following a search of the cabin in which he lived on De Haro Lane. Officers reportedly seized nearly three ounces of heroin, six grams of cocaine and an assortment of scales, packaging materials and paraphernalia at the time of the arrest. He was on probation and under supervision of the state Department of Corrections at the time.

Vallejano’s drug trafficking conviction is the second involving heroin in the islands in the last six months. In midMay, 18-year-old Christopher Faylor pleaded guilty to four counts of delivery of a controlled substance, three of which involved a sale of one gram of cocaine and the other the sale of about a gram of heroin.

A senior at Friday Harbor High School at the time of his arrest, Faylor was taken into custody at the school in early January.

p.m., Lopez Center for Community and the Arts.

Matt Hummel and Carol Noyes will be playing great tunes. Tickets at the door: adult $10, and youth $5. sat, jan 12

meeting: SalmonAtion,

News briefs New hours for Lopez Dump starts Jan. 2

Beginning Jan. 2 when the Lopez Solid Waste Disposal District takes over operation of the Lopez Island Dump,

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the facility will be open from noon to 3 p.m. Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays. This will be a change from the current 4 p.m. closure. On May 15 the hours will be extended two hours with the Dump open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The schedule will even out the seasonal demands.

On Saturday, Jan. 5, the 3 p.m. closing will coincide with a public Grand Opening ceremony to mark the occasion of the transition from county to LSWDD management. As part of the celebration, refreshments will be served at the Take-It-OrLeave-It throughout the opening hours on that day.

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Lopez Islander Breakfast: begins 9am Saturday & Sunday Lunch: 11:30 am - 5 pm daily Dinner: 5 pm - 9 pm Sunday - Thursday Dinner: 5 pm - 10 pm Friday & Saturday www.lopezfun.com 468-2233

San Juan man gets three years

Prosecutors had asked for a two-year prison term.

The judge gave him three instead.

Convicted of drug trafficking for the second time in three years, Raul Vallejano, Jr. was ordered to serve three years in prison in a sentence handed down Nov. 30 in San Juan County Superior Court

by Judge Don Eaton. He was also ordered to pay $1,950 in fines and fees, and credited with having served two days of the three-year prison term.

Earlier in the month,

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Thank you, SJC Parks Volunteers Did you know that volunteers have been providing ongoing care for our County Day Parks since 2009? That year, our day parks were slated to be closed. Then, community volunteers came to the rescue and they continue to provide needed support today.

All year long, our volunteer teams pick-up litter, empty the garbage and recycling, monitor the parks, mow the grass, and trim the bushes. These wonderful volunteers do all of this so that we all can enjoy our local parks.

Volunteers also work in our campgrounds and take on special projects in our parks, like giving interpretive talks, chopping firewood, removing noxious weeds, building and maintaining trails. Over 1,100 volunteer hours were recorded in our County parks in 2012 – the equivalent of one half-time employee!

The San Juan County Parks, Recreation and Fair Department, the Parks Commission, and the Park staff would all like to express our gratitude for the time our volunteers have spent to keep our county parks maintained and open to the public

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ing of “Symphony of the Soil,” Potluck starts 4 p.m., film starts at 4:30 p.m.

Discussion following film (optional). The new feature film is by Deborah Koons Garcia, and is presented by Lopez Locavores, and cosponsors including Lopez Community Land Trust, Transition/Thrive Lopez, Food Masters Orcas Island and WSU Extension Friday Harbor. Celebrate GMO Free San Juan Islands victory and the power of grassroots energy. Bring tableware. $5 and/or potluck dish sug-

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Special thanks go to our volunteer day park team leaders on San Juan Island; Louise Dustrude (Turn Point), David Dehlendorff (Reuben Tarte), Sandy Rabinowitz (Eagle Cove), and on Lopez Island we would like to give special thanks to Carl Jones – father of the famed ‘Flower House’ outhouse at Agate Beach and volunteer team leader for all five of our Lopez Island day parks.

Thank you to our numerous park volunteers: Joanruth Baumann, Eric and Audra Adelberger, Ron and Marcia Ashbrook, Don and Ann Jarrell, Angela Atwell, Clark Casebolt, Vicky Griebling, Marin Karraker, Linda Noreen, Sorrel North, Teresa Danielsen, Barbara Fulton, Charles Janeway, Paul and Susan Kollet, Mike and Sue Buettell, Kent Gale and Luanne Pasik, Tal and Lee Sturdivant, Casey Hons, Pat Christenson and John Simon, Sandy Rabinowitz, Louise Dustrude, David Dehlendorf, Dani and Bryan Hoyer, Jacob Hansen, Andy Urbach and the Community Service crew, members of the Eastsound Village Green Stewardship crew on Orcas island and Nick Teague and the American Hiking Society on Lopez and Shaw Islands for their valuable contributions. Also, Garfield H. S. students, numerous Boy Scout troops and other groups who did projects in our parks during their stay.

If you’d like to join our team of volunteers , please call SJC Parks 378-8420 or email parks@sanjuanco.com.

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Longest-running salmon study celebrates five years The longest-running study of Salish Sea salmon food webs celebrates five years of discoveries on Jan. 12 at Lopez Center for Community and the Arts, with barbecued salmon and Lopez Island Vineyards wine, savories from Vita’s, special musical offerings, an exhibit and sale of original fish drawings by island artist Julia Loyd and a slideshow reporting on the health of our salmon.

Admission is free.

When Lopez-based conservation laboratory Kwiáht and local volunteers began seining south end bays six years ago, scientists did not even know that juvenile chinook and coho salmon stop to feed in the San Juan Islands on their way to the sea. Kwiáht has now developed a model describing how visiting salmon respond to changes in the variety and abundance of prey they find here each summer, based on stomach contents collected from more than 2,500 fish.

Thanks to a dedicated corps of local volunteers, including “master lavagers” with extensive training in safely handling juvenile salmon and collecting gut contents, Kwiáht has been able to process 500 juvenile chinook a year at a cost of less than $15 per fish, and a survival rate of more than 99 percent. According to Kwiáht Director Russel Barsh, that is barely a tenth of the cost of comparable government and

university studies, and is the reason that Kwiáht’s salmon monitoring station on Lopez is sustainable without large government grants.

Kwiáht’s data show that juvenile chinook mainly subsist on young pencilsized Sandlance (also called “candlefish”) but prefer very small herring if available, probably because herring contain more calorie-rich oils. Herring spawning in the San Juan Islands declined 50 years ago and never fully recovered. Herring spawned in Mud Bay, McKaye Harbor, Fisherman Bay and elsewhere around Lopez. Seabirds nesting on the south coast of Lopez also historically relied chiefly on herring, and the herring decline is believed to be one of the reasons why marbled murrelets are close to extinction.

Herring spawn in April in shallow vegetated bays, spraying thick gobs of eggs on eelgrass or seaweeds.

“Even non-native seaweeds such as sargassum are being used successfully by herring,” Barsh says.

Seabirds feast on the freshly deposited eggs. Boat traffic and poor water quality also affect egg survival.

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Barsh says that critical role of herring in salmon and seabird diets is one reason why Lopez should be concerned about shipping more coal and oil through the islands.

“We modeled fuel spills from collisions around south and southeast Lopez, and they would foul nesting areas or spawning areas or both within a day,” says Barsh.

Another important discovery of the study has been that insects can make up as much as one-third of the diet

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of migrating juvenile chinook in late summer. Swarming insects such as midges, ants and wasps are most likely to be found in salmon stomachs. “Even grasshoppers, dragonflies and moths have been found,” Barsh adds.

Wetlands and fields near Lopez shorelines are sources See salmon, page 4

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An in-depth look at DUIs in San Juan County

by JULIE SUMMERS Special to the Weekly

Alcohol-related traffic accidents in the U.S. have steadily decreased over the past five years, but Centers for Disease Control and Prevention statistics show that alcohol is still a factor in nearly one-third of traffic fatalities.

According San Juan County Sheriff Rob Nou, nationally, there is a dis-

turbing trend of not only driving while intoxicated by alcohol, but under the influence of multiple substances.

DUI applies to driving under the influence of alcohol, but also under the influence of drugs – both prescription and illegal substances.

“It’s basically chemical soup motoring down the road,” Nou said.

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State Department of Transportation annual collision reports, the total number of collisions in San Juan County has decreased in recent years, from 124 in 2006 to 97 in 2010.

However, the number of alcohol-related incidents remained fairly steady, ranging from 22 to 27 annually. Statistics for 2011 show a significant decrease from previous years, with just 11 alcohol-involved incidents.

Nou cautioned that this isn’t necessarily indicative of the situation improving, but shows that officers have been doing a better job of catching DUIs in motion as opposed to after impaired drivers crash a vehicle.

This year, there have been at least 21 reported instances of DUI in San Juan County – 12 on San Juan, six on Orcas, and three on Lopez, numbers that Nou said are pretty much proportionate to each island’s population.

In Washington state, 37 percent of traffic fatalities are alcohol-related, one of the highest percentages in the nation. But Shelly Baldwin, Impaired Driving Program manager at the Washington Traffic Safety Commission, said this statistic is deceiving.

“In Washington, we’ve had a lot of reductions in other types of traffic fatalities,” she said, noting that Washington has the highest rate of seat belt use in the nation.

Because of these reductions, Baldwin added, the prevalence of alcoholimpaired incidents appears higher.

While the problem of DUI is just as present in San Juan County as in other parts of the state, Nou said island law enforcement officers face unique logistical challenges due to the nature

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of the island community.

Because dealing with DUIs is a technical, labor-intensive, and time-consuming process, each incident takes an officer off the street for a significant amount of time and can hinder the ability for officers to be out in the community detecting other DUIs or dealing with incidents.

Boating under the influence is also a concern in a maritime county like San Juan, said Nou. Local officers work with enforcement agencies on the water, such as the U.S. Coast Guard, to deal with this problem.

Prosecuting DUIs

San Juan County Prosecuting Attorney Randy Gaylord said everyone arrested for DUI is required to make a next-day appearance at court in Friday Harbor.

After a public defender is appointed, the defendant enters a plea. If a case is not resolved through pleas, it goes to trial. If the defendant admits to having a drinking problem and wants to receive counseling and treatment, he or she may be eligible for deferred prosecution, which defers charges for a period of time. There are guidelines dictating a range of sentencing for various DUI circumstances, said Gaylord. Repeat offenders and drivers with higher levels of intoxication are subject to stiffer penalties.

The cold-weather factor

Alcohol-related traffic accidents increase significantly throughout the nation during the winter, but Baldwin said Washington doesn’t follow the trend.

“Nice weather seems to be a major factor, because the worst months [for impaired driving] here in Washington

are actually July and August,” she said.

Georgeana Cook, coordinator of the Lopez Island Prevention Coalition, said a fact to look at is that San Juan County has the highest per capita number of liquor licenses in Washington state.

“Being a tourist community accounts for part of it,” she said, “but higher accessibility is always a concern.” Cook also stressed the challenges of the winter season, noting that drinking at holiday parties is “a social thing for a lot of people” but can be dangerous when people don’t realize how much alcohol they’ve consumed.

It’s important to provide alternatives that model healthy socialization and celebration, said Cynthia StarkWickman, coordinator of the San Juan Island Prevention Coalition.

Looking ahead

The issue of impaired driving, and the state and local response to it, continues to evolve. With the recent passages of I-1183 and I-502, privatizing liquor sales and legalizing recreational marijuana use, the future of these issues and how they will affect communities remains uncertain. Over time, said Baldwin, research may be able to identify the impact these two laws have on impaired driving.

However, she said, such laws don’t have much impact on impaired driving prosecution.

“It’s illegal to drive impaired regardless of why you’re impaired,” Baldwin said.

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of most of these insects. “It’s good that very few people here use outdoor spray pesticides.”

Barsh says that countysponsored technical studies, which have cost more than $1 million, disregard the growing body of data on salmon food preferences and foraging strategies, and therefore misclassify much of the islands’ shorelines with regard to their role in producing salmon.

To learn more, Kwiáht invites you to meet scientists and volunteers at this year’s SalmonAtion event on Jan. 12. Write to kwiaht@gmail. com for further information.

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the measure was overwhelmingly approved: 71 percent to 29 percent. Referendum 74 allows gay couples to marry and preserves domestic partnerships for seniors and the right of religious organizations to refuse to perform or recognize any marriage ceremony. The law went into effect on Dec. 6. Washington voters also passed Initiative 502 to legalize recreational use of marijuana. The initiative passed with 55 percent statewide approval and an overwhelming 68 percent support in San Juan County, the largest margin in the state. A similar measure passed in Colorado, making Washington and Colorado the first two states to allow recreational marijuana.

#3 GMO-Free Initiative

It was sweeping triumph for the Initiative Measure 2012-4 with more than 5,183 votes in the November election.

The measure, proposed by organic farmers and others in San Juan County, makes it unlawful to propagate or grow plants or animals in San Juan County which have been genetically modified and provides for penalties and destruction of such organisms.

The measure gained an overwhelming 62.11 percent of the ballot tally versus 37.89 percent against.

In response to passage of the initiative organic grower and chicken rancher Marta Nielson from Orcas Island said, “I’m proud to live in a county that could see the immense benefit of passing this forward-thinking initiative.”

Larry Soll, a molecular biologist from San Juan Island, was disappointed but not surprised the initiative passed. He said, “The practical effect on San Juan Island is not large because the few plants that have been genetically modified are unlikely to be planted here. I think this is a misdirected initiative.”

#4 Charter Review changes approved

Only some bells and a few of the whistles remain. On Nov. 6, San Juan County voters unhinged major planks of the county charter and, in an 180-degree about face, put a decisive end to the reign of a six-person council and its appointed administrator.

No single issue dominated the Weekly opinion pages, or cast a longer shadow over 12 months of the year, than did the review of the

county home rule charter or the subsequent changes recommended by the Charter Review Commission. Battle lines arose quickly, and firmly, with many former freeholders, architects of the sixperson council, administrator and district-only elections, contesting both the process and the ideas of the CRC. In the other camp, a host of former elected county officials came out in favor of the CRCendorsed changes.

In the end, voters opted to jettison many of the changes that they themselves ushered in six years earlier, re-bundle as before the executive and legislative branches of county government, and reconstitute the council into three full-time legislators.

#5 Islanders protest coal terminal

Friday Harbor High School’s Hall Gym has seen plenty of sizable crowds in its day. But probably none so large, or as vocal, or as singleminded as the 400 or so-plus people who showed up Nov. 3 to let their opposition to the prospects of super-sized cargo carrying shipments of raw coal through the San Juans be known.

Convened by state and federal officials, the meeting was part of the information gathering element for a mandatory environmental impact statement for the controversial Gateway Terminal Project. Proposed by Seattlebased SSA Marine, the terminal, if approved, would be built in the industrial area of Cherry Point, just north of Bellingham. It would be an export facility for coal mined in the midwest, carried by rail through Washington, and then shipped through the Salish Sea and Juan de Fuca Strait to markets in Asia. At full capacity the terminal would be capable of shipping 48 million tons of coal, with as many as 450 giant cargo ships transiting each year through the San Juans. Given the environmental risks, islanders banded together in

saying “No to Coal.”

#6 Broadband Intiative receives mixed reactions

In 2012, when Orcas Power and Light Cooperative unveiled its proposal to extend high-speed internet service to 90 percent of San Juan County, several hundred islanders showed up at five community forums with mixed reactions.

At the Lopez meeting, islanders expressed health concerns about possible radiation from radio frequency, which is the mode of communication for wireless technology.

One business owner said she supported OPALCO’s plan because her work suffered from slow internet speed, and the boost for lifesaving emergency communications in areas that are currently “radio blind spots” is crucial.

Randy Lindsey, owner of Windjammer Communications, which provides cable and satellite internet services, said he is concerned about the future of local internet service providers.

“We have been in business for 28 years,” Lindsey said.

“This plan will surely put us and other local ISPs [providers of email and web-hosting services] under.”

OPALCO explained they would extend their present company-operated broadband system across all four ferry-served islands, providing islanders with access to 10 megabyte-per-second internet service and “smartgrid” electricity conservation technology.

Cellphone coverage could be improved if providers utilized some of the 100 or so new fiber-serviced hitech towers, according to OPALCO, and radio-coverage “dead zones” which hamper emergency service communications would be virtually eliminated.

All at a cost of less than $18 million, financed in

part by a U.S. Department of Agriculture low-interest loan announced in October.

OPALCO says the financing would be repaid by OPALCO customers at $5-10 per month, and operating costs would be paid by internet subscription fees.

Approval by OPALCO’s board is expected early next year, with construction getting underway later in the year. Full deployment of the technology is expected in 2015 or 2016.

#7 Lopez Island woman injured in boat accident

A Lopez woman and Oregon man sustained injuries in October after attempting to dislodge a boat that came ashore on Lopez Island. When the 42-foot boat was blown into Swift’s Bay on Oct. 3 and grounded near his home, David Wallace called the owner, his uncle Bob Graves. The uncle drove up the next day from his home in Eugene, Ore. and immediately attempted to push the boat into deeper waters. Between a catch line anchored in the bay, and running the engine, he was gaining progress, said David, but moving the 16-ton cement boat was no easy task.

David recalls that they all started digging in the wet sand that was covered with seaweed. His wife Carole and Graves were digging near the bow, when all of a sudden the boat rolled over onto them. David said he is not sure what caused the shift.

The two opposing catch lines’ anchors could have shifted in

the sand, he said.

Carole was caught under the boat, her back and legs practically closed together.

Graves’ hips were crushed by the boat. Wallace called 911 and went to work freeing his uncle and wife. He dug the sand under Graves, who was eventually able to pull himself out of the trap.

As gently as he could, David also dug at the sand beneath Carole and pulled her out.

After the accident, Graves was expected to fully recover from injuries to his pelvis.

And after initially fearing that Carole would be paralyzed because of her injuries, David said there were amazing occurrences. Carole has damage to her spinal nerves, but had some limited movement from the hip down.

The hospital staff called Carol “Powerhouse Wallace,” because of her strength and determination.

An account was set up at Islanders Bank in Carole

Wallace’s name to help provide medical and logistical expenses for her recovery.

#8 Lopez Liquor Store says goodbye

The store is busy.

Customers come in and out buying everything from twoounce bottles of Smirnoff vodka to $200 bottles of fine liquor purchased for a retirement gift. They leave the store with smiles and phrases like “Sorry to see you go,” and “We’ll miss you.”

Behind the counter, Margie Zener places libations in paper bags, thanks each person and talks about the business that she and her husband Marc have run for 13 years.

It was started in 1968 and is the first and only liquor store Lopez has known, said Margie.

Now the owners, Margie and Marc Zener, closed the doors on Dec. 19.

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In November of 2011, Initiative 1183, which essentially kicked the state out of the liquor business and allowed private retailers to sell spirits instead, was passed by voters with nearly 60 percent approval.

But the decision to close the store did not come from a lack of business, but rather from the Zeners’ desire to retire and relocate to Arizona.

the lagoon and estuary at Neck Point on Shaw Island, then the next two days doing the same at Jackson Beach on San Juan.

According to the DNR, the cost of the two projects totaled about $30,000, including removal of the detritus from Shaw by a

Once an offer was made on their house in October, they decided it was time to start a new chapter in their lives.

“We have been doing this for so long,” Margie said. “It’s hard to say goodbye.”

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A string of what locals called “suspiciously similar” burglaries in a Lopez neighborhood left residents of the Bakerview neighborhood feeling not only violated, but angry.

More than 30 concerned islanders showed up at the

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library on a July afternoon to talk with San Juan County Sheriff Rob Nou about the outbreak of crime in their neighborhood.

One man said he was worried that the thefts could escalate to more dangerous activity. Another resident said he has lived in the neighborhood for 30 years and never experienced a theft. A south end island resident told Nou he attended the meeting because he feared the burglaries may spread.

It was evident at the meeting that most residents suspected one man was involved, but the police have yet to find evidence tying a single suspect to all of the break-ins.

Daniel Glenn Roadruck, 48, of Lopez Island, was arrested in May for allegedly stealing meat and cash at Horse Drawn Farm on Lopez, after evidence was found tying him to the crime, according to the Sheriff’s Department.

Roadruck has not been arrested or charged in connection with any other residential burglaries or crimes.

He is currently serving time 304 days in jail.

#10 CAO finally gets green light

After nearly seven years of stops, starts, fits and an everpresent tug-of-war, the San Juan County Council voted 5-1 in approving a package of regulatory revisions to the critical areas ordinance.

Councilman Rich Peterson, North San Juan, cast the sole vote in dissent.

Mandated by the state for counties whose long-range planning is dictated by the Growth Management Act, update of the critical areas ordinance, which covers fish and wildlife habitat, wetlands, frequently flooded areas, geologically hazardous areas and aquifer recharge areas, is intended to be done through the use of “best available science” and with no net-loss of functions and values of each.

Critics from all corners of the political spectrum contend the council and its staff failed in following either. While the CAO may be approved, the story may be far from over.

Legal challenges are expected from the right and possibly the left as well.

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Since 2004, DNR’s Restoration Program has removed more than 15,000 tons of pilings, creosoted debris and other harmful beach detritus from Puget Sound beaches. The San Juan Islands have been a major focus, but more than 20 other Salish Sea locations have also seen clean-up projects.

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The current projects on Shaw and San Juan Islands were just the latest efforts to clean up local beaches. In February 2007, 38 tons of creosoted pilings and driftwood were removed by helicopter from Jackson Beach.

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There’s more help on the horizon. Under the new management of the Lopez Solid Waste Disposal District, this centerpiece of the island’s drive to “Reuse, Repurpose and Recycle” will get an infusion of active volunteers, some physical improvements, and a thoughtful plan for the future.

Starting in January two volunteers wearing bright orange safety vests will staff the TIOLI during all operating hours. The volunteers will sort and organize goods, set out new merchandise, and tidy the shed after closing, freeing Hanson and Chonka for other duties throughout the facility. In addition they will receive the goods brought in by donors and politely turn away items that are obviously garbage before they reach the shed. This

should eliminate the problem of “bags of wet, moldy clothes, completely worn out shoes, non-functioning electronic goods” and the like that Hanson sometimes finds at the end of a shift.

Another benefit of stationing volunteers at the TIOLI shed: starting an ongoing conversation with those who use the facility. Such feedback will help the LSWDD design improvements to the system that work for everyone while reinforcing the original concept of a free exchange benefitting the entire community.

From a management point of view, safety issues top the list of concerns. Lopezians cherish youthful enthusiasm, but small children running unattended where cars back up to drop off goods make staff and volunteers understandably nervous. Displays of “overenthusiastic” shopping behavior, after-hours trespassing, and skimming goods to sell for personal gain are topics the new manage-

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“We may be running the Dump as of Jan. 1 but that doesn’t mean we have all the answers, or should have,” says LSWDD Board Chair Page Read. “We definitely need to address some safety concerns, such as keeping children under control and out of the way of vehicles.

But when it comes to deciding what’s OK and what’s not in the spirit of the TIOLI, we need to be guided by Lopezians who use the facility.”

“We may eventually write some policies,” echoes Sandy Bishop, LWSDD board member. “But ultimately what will guide public behavior more than anything is our longtime customers deciding what sort of place they want and leading by example. We need to work together to develop a more robust system around reuse and repurposing.”

First things first, though, and for the TIOLI that means

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“We’ve been incubating some of these problems for years,” says Read. “It’s reasonable for us to take a few weeks or even months to figure things out.”

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