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Hughes, Jarman prevail; big win propels Stephens By Scott Rasmussen Journal Editor
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April’s showers do indeed bring May flowers. Roche Harbor Highlands abound with colorful wildflowers, like the ones seen above.
Lolita gets ‘ESA’ review By Steve Wehrly Journal reporter
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Jared Goodman, an attorney with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, which spearheaded the ESA petition, said that Lolita’s continued captivity is illegal, as well as inhumane. “The government now has to conduct a full review of its unlawful and unexplained decision to deny Lolita protection from being harmed and harassed at Miami Seaquarium.” said Goodman, who noted that the review must consider why the 1995 endangered species listing of Southern Resident killer whales carved out a sole exception for Lolita, excluding her from the protections of the listing with “no rationale whatsoever.” Declared endangered by the U.S. in 2005, the Southern residents consist of three closely related clans, J, K, and L pods, which make the waterways of the San Juan Islands a seasonal home. The popula-
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The “Free Lolita” movement has gained a foothold. Eighteen years after Howard Garrett, Ken Balcomb, and then-Governor Mike Lowry initiated the movement to return L-pod member Lolita from the Miami Seaquarium to her native Northwest waters, the National Marine Fisheries Service accepted a petition to consider whether Lolita should be included as part of the Endangered Species Act listing of Southern Resident killer whales, now numbered at 84 - plus Lolita. Lolita is the only survivor of 45 Southern Resident orcas held in captivity. She was captured in 1970 at about age three, along with six other Southern Resident whales and has lived almost her entire life in a pool at Seaquarium in Miami, Florida. Lolita has not had the companionship of another killer whale for more than 30 years, since her pool mate, Hugo, died in 1980 after repeatedly slamming his head against the side of the pool he shared with Lolita for two years.
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Familiar faces will be at the helm of local government’s legislative branch and executive branch as a new chapter unfolds in the 100-plusyear history of San Juan County. On April 23, voters backed the reelection bids of three County Council incumbents in a first countywide election in seven years – excluding February’s primary, handing Lopez Island’s Jamie Stephens a decisive victory in the District 3 race, 57 percent of 7,036 ballots cast, and selecting Bob Jarman, District 1 (San Juan), and Rick Hughes, District 2 (Orcas), each by a razor-thin margin. The newly elected council will be sworn into office May 13. Jarman, who six months ago defeated then-council incumbent Lovel Pratt in a “district-only” election for the former 6-person council position, bested Pratt in last week’s “special election” by only 113 votes (50.5 percent), just 14 more on the plus side than when the Rick Hughes two squared off in November. Although he expected a close outcome, Jarman believed the odds of reelection were good. “When I looked at the primary numbers I felt pretty sure I’d get most of Marc’s votes (Councilman Marc Forlenza), and that it would be a pretty close race,” Jarman said. “Then when it got down to the wire and anyone would ask me, I’d say,
‘just toss a coin’. But I felt pretty good about my chances.” With 7,096 ballots cast, the April 23 voterturnout total is almost 59 percent, about 7 percent higher than February’s primary. Another Bob Jarman 60 ballots will be counted May 1, and results of the election will be certified May. 7. Last week’s election follows on the heels of a series of wholesale changes to the county charter approved by voters in November, which reduced the size of the
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