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VOLUME 36, NUMBER 22 • MAY 28, 2013

Enumclaw administrator is new county manager

By Steve Wehrly Journal reporter

The only candidate who owns property in San Juan County (a vacation house on Decatur Island) and the only finalist who lives in the state of Washington was unanimously selected last Tuesday,

Contra Dance Featuring Ruthie Dornfeld and Clyde Curley with caller Tony Mates

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by the county council to be the new county manager.

Mike Thomas will start work on June 24. He has accepted an offer of $120,000 a year, plus benefits. Interim County Manager Bob Jean said the he will be available to help Thomas with the transition, but expects to be relieved of his duties by June 28.

Thomas has been city administrator of the city of Enumclaw, population 10,669, since 2010. Before that, he was director of the city’s Department of Community and Economic Development for five years.

From 1998 to 2005, he was a senior policy analyst in the King County Executive’s office.

Thomas graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Arts in geography, and then earned a Masters degree in public administration from Seattle University. He is married and has two children.

The county manager will replace the previous position of county administrator, a position originally created by the county charter, then eliminated in one of three amendments endorsed by the Charter Review Commission and approved by voters in November 2012.

That vote also reduced

Mike Thomas the county council from six part-time legislators to three full-time elected positions vested with both legislative and executive duties.

edly the top candidate of the citizens’ committee and of the county employees’ committee that for several hours last week interviewed the five finalists seeking the job. Although the two review committees did not rank the candidates, Jean said that the citizens and the county employees both gave Thomas their unqualified support.

Jean called the new manager “a great fit,” saying that Thomas impressed the council and others with his “listening ability and approachability.

Quarterly review of county finances

By County Auditor F. Milene Henley

Special Thanks to the Lopez Island Thrift Store

Members of the new threeperson county council, comprised of Rick Hughes from Orcas Island, Jamie Stephens from Lopez and Bob Jarman from San Juan, were sworn in on May 17. They were elected by voters in April.

The duties of the county manager included assisting the three-person county council in overseeing the functions of local government and departments not managed by another elected county official, such as the sheriff, auditor or prosecuting attorney.

Thomas was also report-

The first quarter of 2013 was a disappointment, at least on the revenue side. In particular, sales tax revenue to San Juan County did not meet expectations. Whether the county can meet revenue projections for the year will depend on activity picking up in this and other key sectors in the following quarters.

First quarter sales tax collections in 2013 lagged first quarter collections in each of the previous five years except 2011, and for no obvious reason. Having a fairly mild weather this winter, we can’t blame the weather for lack of sales. Retail trade state-wide was up in the first quarter compared to 2012.

Real estate sales were mixed. On San Juan, both dollar volume and number of transactions were significantly down (22 percent and 18 percent, respectively), compared to first quarter last

year. Orcas picked up the slack, with a 73 percent increase in dollar volume and a 36 percent increase in number of transactions. Transactions on other islands were flat. County-wide, there was a 9 percent increase in dollar volume over first quarter 2012.

Income to the county from real estate sales comes in the form of real estate excise tax: 0.5 percent of sale price for capital improvement funds, and 1 percent for Land Bank funds.

With increased sales county-wide, excise tax collections in the first quarter have been strong, and increasing each month. Another favorable revenue area is permitting and planning, which holds the promise of future building and associated sales tax revenue. First quarter 2013 revenue in this area almost matched the first quarter of 2012, which ended as our strongest year since 2008.

Total Current Expense (general

fund) collections for the first quarter just met budget projections, despite low sales tax collections. Part of this achievement is because of unusually high intergovernmental funding in Health and Community Services.

Unfortunately, the high level of this income was a timing issue and does not reflect any real increase. So while it made the first quarter look good, it is no substitute for lost sales tax revenue.

But what really bothers me about this shortfall in sales tax revenue to the county, is that it implies also a shortfall in sales for our local businesses. Just when we thought we were coming out of this economic malaise, we seem to have taken another step backwards. I’m hopeful that the setback is temporary, and that sales tax – and sales – will recover over the rest of the year. For myself, I’m going to do my part by making sure I buy locally and support my local businesses.

Have some fun at the Lopez Children's Center!

We have two wonderful ways to play on Saturday June 1st: from 10am-2pm in the Childrens Center parking lot Kids Carnival from 11am-2pm in the Playground

Community Calendar

weds, may 29 event: Senior Project Presentations, 6:30 p.m., Lopez School Multi Purpose Room. thurs, may 30 food: Evening Meal at School, presented by the

Lopez Locavores, 5:30 - 7 p.m., Lopez School MultiPurpose Room. A delicious offering of spring dishes created from Lopez-grown produce and products.

Last meal until Sept.

Admission by donation.

sat, june 1 event: Children’s Center Carnival and Yard Sale, Carnival from 11 a.m. 2 p.m. and sale 10 a.m.

- 2 p.m., Lopez Children’s Center. market: Farmers’ Market, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Next to the Community Center on Village Road North, Lopez Village. event: Contra/Square Dance, 8 p.m., Lopez Center for Community and the Arts. The amaz-

ing Ruthie Dornfeld from Seattle (fiddle) and Clyde Curley of Bellingham (guitar) will play and Tony Mates of Seattle will call the dances. All ages are welcome. This is the last dance of the season. outdoors: National Trails Day, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Trail Building at Odlin Park.

To volunteer call 4682474. Tools provided.

Information at LopezTrails. org. LCTN will have a booth at the Farmers’ Market.

sUN, june 2 event: Alie Smaalders and Amalia Driscoll, Writers Read Performance Powerful stories about WW II, 2 p.m., the Gathering Place, the Hamlet. fri, june 7 event: Lopez Artists’ Guild Opening Reception for Pattie Savage, 5 p.m.,The Hamlet in Lopez Village.

Don’t miss seeing new works by Lopez artist Pattie Savage, unveiled and on display from June 7- July

3, at The Gathering Place, at The Hamlet in Lopez Village. An opening reception, with refreshments, will be at 5 p.m., Friday, June 7. event: Lopez Island Blood Drive, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Community Church.

Walk-ins donors welcomed at any time or donors can schedule an appointment with Don Langrock 468-4404, dlangrock@centurytel.net.

ing funds prior to June 15.

If you have any questions, contact Christopher Aiken at 370-7512, or christophera@ sanjuanco.com.

ship has served the Co-op well over the last five years.

George will be missed for his expertise – and his willing friendship.”

Mulligan’s seat on the OPALCO board represents District 1, which includes San Juan, Brown, Henry, Pearl, and Spieden Islands.

OPALCO’s Directors will conduct interviews in search of a replacement to be appointed to the board to finish out Mulligan’s term, which expires in 2014.

Lopez Island Garden Tour coming soon

the Enchanted Quilters of Lopez at Woodmen Hall.

Tickets/garden guides are available at Paper Scissors on the Rock, Lopez Bookshop, Blossom Grocer y, or Southend General Store -- $10 for garden tour members, $15 for non-members (new members always welcome). Ticket proceeds benefit Garden Club programs, Woodmen Hall, and Lopez High School Senior Scholarships.

Community news Round tow for transportations

San Juan County has been awarded state funding to continue administering the Transportation Voucher Program through 2015.

While the current phase of the program closes this June, it will begin accepting applications for phase two at the end of summer.

Kicking off last August, the Transportation Voucher Program has seen significant use by its participants over the last nine months;

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providing 160 taxi rides, 35-45 ferry fares, and repairing and making safer six to eight vehicles per month.

The Transportation Voucher Program serves 180 of our most transportation -vulnerable community members, equal to about 1.5 percent of total county population.

The Transportation Voucher Program boosts taxi service and ferry fare access on San Juan, Orcas and Lopez islands, and auto repair and parts services on Orcas and San Juan. Ferry fares are acquired through partnership with the Family Resource Centers.

If you are currently a Transportation Voucher Program participant, make plans to spend your remain-

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Mulligan resigns On Thursday, May 16, the OPALCO Board of Directors accepted George Mulligan’s resignation from the board with great appreciation and gratitude for his five years of service.

Board president Chris Thomerson said, “George’s ability to assimilate, refine and revealingly summarize complex financial issues provided the Board with a valuable perspective. His dedication and commitment to OPALCO and its member-

Lopez Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings: 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

Letters Thanks for Lopez concert You turned out with enthusiasm for the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival Concert on Lopez once again, and were rewarded with a dazzling performance that took us to astonishing emotional heights. Your support as concert goers assures that the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival will continue to bring its amazing interna-

Al-Anon: Saturdays - 9:30 a.m. at the Children’s Center, Lopez.

Contact phone number 468-4703.

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The The Lopez Garden Club (est. 1943) and Enchanted Quilters are hosting the biennial Lopez Island Garden Tour and quilt display on Thursday, June 13, 2013 from 10-3 p.m.

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tional artists to our island of appreciative music lovers.

The generous support of Lopez sponsors, anonymous and named, guarantees the presence of musicians from the world’s concert halls here on our stage.

The continued willing hands of dozens of volunteers makes it happen; these concerts could not take place without people to raise the risers, sell the tickets, prepare the reception, clean the hall, set the stage, help the musicians catch their ferry, and a thousand other small tasks – including this year the launch of music education courses that will get us humming along. And of course, none of this would be possible at all without the island full of volunteers who brought Lopez Center into being for the use of all islanders.

With your support we will

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do this once again this year.

Be with us on Sunday August 11 at Lopez Center, for the reunion of Jeffrey Kahane, pianist and Director of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Joseph Swensen, violinist and composer; and Carter Brey, principle cellist of the New York Philharmonic; accompanied by Aloysia Friedmann on viola with a special offering for her new Lopez fans.

Check “All Events” at www. lopezcenter.org for ticketing details.

Please contact me to take part as a volunteer or sponsor – 468-4442.

See www.oicmf.org for the entire 16th Season of the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival!

Micki Ryan Local arrrangements coordinator, Lopez Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival

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Guest columns

Taking a look at the dark side of technology

By Julienne Battalia

As of 2012, Colony Collapse Disorder world wide has recorded losses of bee colonies from 13 percent to as high as 70 percent. Electromagnetic radiation pollution is becoming the most proven cause of this collapse. Studies show when manmade electromagnetic oscillations (TV antennas, radiowaves, mobile phone base stations) are generated that overlap with the earth’s natural signals the return rate of bees to their hive rapidly decreases.( *Warnke,1989) Further experiments using the electromagnetic radiation of cordless phones and with base station fields of cordless phones, also revealed results of significant decline in return rates to the hive. Bees are dependent on vertical gravitational vectors, which communicate the direction of food sources to other members of the hive. Man-made

electromagnetic smog interferes with this communication ability, and with the ability of bees to learn the patterns of any new landscape they fly over. (*KUHN et al. 2001,2002, STEVER et al. 2003, 2005, HARST et al. 2006)

Presently we have the power to turn off our cell phones, and WiFi, unplug our appliances and TV screens, but a WiMax broadband system will spread ultra high frequency modulating radiation on us, the birds, and the honeybees 24 hours a day.

Citizens in the San Juan Islands are becoming leaders in the movement toward local and sustainable food production and consumption. We are be poised to become one of the few remaining places where the honeybee and other species may migrate to because we do not have high levels of electromagnetic pollution. If OPALCO’s hybrid WiFi system is installed, we will join the rest of the world’s citizens who refuse to discern the difference between technological progress, consumer ignorance, and environmental disaster.

In 2011, the European Environmental Agency warned of the possibility of a loom-

ing environmental disaster from the ever increasing density of electro-magnetic fields.

Our community should heed this warning and pressure OPALCO and our county government to join together to make it possible to roll out a fully cabled fiber optic system, giving every household the internet speed they want, and giving us world recognition, joining countries like Switzerland, France, Israel and Russia, as a place that made decisions based on compelling scientific evidence for the paramount dangers posed by man-made electromagnetic radiation, including the potential loss of the honeybee and its economic ramifications, over decisions made from short sighted technological convenience.

Julienne Battalia is an East Asian Medical Practioner and 27 year resident of Lopez Island.

Follow these tips for spotted fawn season

By Shona Aitken

Wolf Hollow Rehab Center education coordinator

“Poor little thing! He’s all on his own! He must have lost his mommy!”

It is the time of year when people find tiny fawns lying curled up in the grass with no adult deer in sight and presume they are lost or orphaned and need to be rescued. In fact, they are doing exactly what they should be doing – lying still and quiet, waiting for mom.

Most of the black tailed deer fawns on the islands are born in May, and for the first couple of weeks are not strong enough to follow mom for any distance. Their legs are too weak and wobbly to push through brush, jump over fallen logs or run away from danger, so their mother leaves them in a nice sheltered spot while she goes off to feed. The fawn’s job is to lie quiet and still and wait for her to return, protected by the camouflage of its spotted coat and the fact that it has almost no scent to attract predators.

After a few hours (up to 6 or 8 hours is not unusual) the doe returns to nurse her fawn, then may move it to another spot nearby before going off to feed again. By the time the fawn is about three weeks old it has grown much stronger and is able to spend more time following its mother.

Each year we raise injured fawns, or orphans whose mothers have been killed by cars or dogs, but, sadly, we also receive fawns that have been “kidnapped” by well-

meaning people. If we know exactly where the fawn was found we can quickly return it, but too often it has been kept overnight, fed inappropriate food, or passed from one person to another, so we are not able to take it back where it came from.

Ideally, does leave their young fawns in secluded spots in the woods, but occasionally fawns turn up in unusual places such as a construction yard, on a golf course green or on someone’s back deck, right under the barbecue!

This may be the result of a mother’s misjudgment, but fawns’ strong instincts to drop and freeze at the slightest danger can also get them into trouble. This is most obvious when they are crossing roads. The doe walks across the road with her little fawn tottering along behind. A car comes round the corner, the doe leaps off into the woods and

the fawn instinctively drops flat and lies still. People then presume it is hurt and “rescue” it. What should you do in this situation? Stop the car a reasonable distance from the fawn. Walk up slowly and quietly and look it over. Are there any signs of injury? If not, slip your hands under the fawn’s chest and belly, handling it as little as possible, and gently carry it a short distance off the road before laying it down in a suitable spot in long grass

or under some bushes. Then leave. Chances are good that the doe will return for her fawn when she is sure the coast is clear.

We raise fawns each year and have suitable formula and enclosures, but it is far better for a fawn to be raised by its mother, so, if you find a little, spotted fawn lying curled up in the grass, please don’t touch it. Leave it there so mom can find it when she returns.

If you are concerned about

a fawn, call Wolf Hollow staff at 378-5000.

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SJ Fire Department in, EMS out in new public safety boat

By Scott Rasmussen Journal editor

The San Juan County Sheriff’s Department remains on course to acquire a new and improved emergency response boat, built by federal dollars, despite the fact that several public safety agencies that previously were expected to chip in for its maintenance and operations have abandoned ship.

San Juan Island Fire Department, however, along with Shaw Island fire district, remains onboard. In a 2-0 decision, fire district commissioners Albert Olson and John Jensen last week gave the department a green light to negotiate a maintenance agreement with the Sheriff’s office. Because of a conflict created by dual roles as both a county councilman and fire district commissioner, Bob Jarman, heeding advice of the county prosecutor, recused himself from the May 16 vote.

Fire Chief Steve Marler said maintenance of the boat will

likely cost the department no more than $47,000 a year, “at worst case,” adding that a pressing need to replace the fire boat Confidence, now 12 years old, and the greater fire-fighting capacity planned for the new boat, weighed heavily into the decision to team up with the Sheriff’s office.

“It costs us about $30,000 a year to run the Confidence and we’d spend probably another $40,000 a year at this point to replace it,” Marler said. “That adds up to about $70,000 a year assuming we’re putting away money for a replacement.”

In November, the Sheriff’s department was awarded a Federal Port Security Grant of up to $785,000 to pay for construction of an emergency response vessel that could be shared by local fire departments, law enforcement and emergency medical services.

That grant required a local match that could be met through maintenance and staff hours by agencies sharing the use of it.

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Sheriff Rob Nou had been hopeful that the boat, which would be built entirely by federal dollars, would serve as a replacement for the department’s aging 28-foot Boston Whaler, stationed on Orcas, as well as offering increased fire-fighting ability and on-the-water ambulance service for public safety agencies across the county.

In late April, elected officials of Orcas Island Fire Department balked at a $25,000 annual payment, and Lopez Island fire commissioners followed suit shortly thereafter. More recently, the San Juan Island Hospital Commission withdrew San Juan EMS from the prospective partnership, known as the Marine Operations User’s Group.

An early supporter of the partnership, San Juan EMS Chief Jim Cole said that the agency and the commission are not dead set against joining the partnership, and that the commission would consider a alternative proposal.

“We’re waiting for the sheriff to get back to us if want us to participate at a different level,” he said. “But the level they wanted us to participate at wasn’t going to work for our commissioners.”

Cole said the agency relies regularly on Vessel Assist for on-the-water emergency transport and that the Sheriff’s boat Guardian, “which we paid quite a bit of money to help outfit in the first place”, is also an option, if need be.

“People shouldn’t worry about us being able to respond as we will continue to do so regardless of the ability of us to participate in the boat project,” he said.

The federal grant stipulates that the boat must be built and in service by the end of August, 2014. Nou said the boat is expected to take about a year to build, depending on specifications. Equipment and configurations for ambulance service are likely be eliminated from the design without a commitment from EMS, he said, which may reduce construction costs by about one-third.

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The Salish Sea Festival brings the music of Mauro Giuliani to the islands tarists published in London a few years after Giuliani’s death.

About the performers

A critically acclaimed virtuoso of plucked instruments since age nine, John Schneiderman, shown left, specializes in the performance practice and repertoire of eighteenth-century lutes and nineteenth-century guitars.

Based in California, Schneiderman is in demand as a soloist and chamber musician collaborating on recordings and performances throughout North America.

Schneiderman is currently on the faculties of the University of California, Irvine and Irvine Valley College, and has been on the faculties of Orange Coast College, California State University, Long Beach and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

For further information please see www.johnschneiderman.com.

Flutist Jeffrey Cohan has performed The Salish Sea Early Music Festival were familiar. These pieces are con- as soloist in 25 countries, both as a presents “Giulianiad: The Music of siderably sweeter, more intimate and modern flutist and as one of few who Mauro Giuliani,” its final 2013 program expressively nuanced than their mod- specialists on all transverse flutes from featuring works for flute and guitar ern equivalents. Giuliani composed the the Renaissance through the present.

by Mauro Giuliani on period instru- “cream” of the flute and guitar duo repHe is the only person to win both ments with John Schneiderman (Los ertoire from Beethoven’s time, which the Erwin Bodky Competition in Angeles) on the early 19th-century includes duos, serenades, divertimenti, Boston and the highest prize awarded guitar and Jeffrey Cohan on an 8-keyed marches, dances, and arrangements of in the Flanders Festival International flute made in London in 1820 Saturday, opera melodies and other popular tunes Concours Musica Antiqua in Bruges, June 1 at 7 p.m. at Grace Church on of his day in variations and potpourris.

Belgium, two of the most prestigious Lopez Island. See box below for addi“The Giulianiad” was a journal for gui- awards in the United States and tional performances around the Europe for performers of early Puget Sound.

Additional performances for “The Giulianiad”: music.

One of the most famous comOrcas Island: Sunday, June 2, at 1:30 p.m.

He is artistic director of the posers of music for flute and guitar, · Orcas Adventist Fellowship Church · 107 Enchanted Capitol Hill Chamber Music Giuliani was a phenomenal guitar Forest Road in Eastsound · 376-6683 Festival in Washington, D.C. virtuoso whose music is very rareSan Juan Island, June 2, 2013 at 7 p.m. and the Salish Sea Early Music · San Juan Island Grange · 152 - 1st street · 378-6632 ly heard on the instruments with Festival. For further information which he and his friend Beethoven see www.jeffreycohan.com.

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Lopez Island graduate Teddy McCullough, shown right, is running for the school board this November.

“A school is more than just a building with walls.

It’s about the students, it’s about the community,” said McCullough, “And it seems we’ve forgotten that a little. We need to get back to basics. I want to work for a budget that is both efficient and effective. I want to work

for policies that develop the whole child and connect the students of the district back to the community and get the community more involved in the goings-on of the schools.”

From a young age, McCullough has history serving the community.

From writing legislation and testifying before the state legislature, to serving the country by work-

Christ the King Community ChurCh, There’s Always a Place for You! CTK gathers at 10 a.m. in the school multi-purpose room at 86 School Road. Come as you are! More info at ctkonline.com/lopez. Email: lopez@ctkonline.com Phone: 888-421- 4CTK ext. 819.

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graCe episCopal ChurCh, welcomes you to worship with us on Sundays at 10:00 a.m. Fisherman Bay Road at Sunset Lane.

468-3477. Everyone welcome! lopez island Community ChurCh, 91 Lopez Road. Sunday School: pre-school through adult 9:30 a.m.; Worship at 10:30 a.m. Pastor Jeff Smith 468-3877. lutheran ChurCh in the san juans, Sundays at 9:00 a.m. in Center Church on Davis Bay Road. Also in Friday Harbor at 11:00 a.m. in St. David’s and in Eastsound at 1:15 p.m. in Emmanual. Pastor Anne Hall, 468-3025.

QuaKer Worship group Meetings will be Sundays at 10 a.m. at the home of Ron Metcalf, 6363 Fisherman Bay Road. Children’s program. Everyone welcome. Phone 468-2129. Email: lopezfriends@gmail.com st. FranCis CatholiC ChurCh Come worship with us at Center Church on Davis Bay Rd. We welcome you to join us for Mass at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. Call 378-2910 for Mass times on San Juan and Orcas Islands.

ing for the White House.

McCullough has held various positions which, he believes, have helped him to learn how to effectively execute crucial roles and be a leader. McCullough said he will bring new eyes and a fresh perspective to the School Board while fighting for Lopez Island’s cherished community values.

He is currently in college at that American University in Washington, DC. He is currently in college at that American University in Washington, DC.

Lopez IsLand schooL dIstrIct Is seeking bids for

annual Water Management services Including but not limited to: certified oversight of water systems, regular inspection of system, regular usage calculations, monthly chloride tests and submittal to proper authorities and agencies, prepare and submit an annual water use and quality report to the district. Routine coliform sampling and other water testing as needed provide liaison to DOH and other agencies.

Bidders must contact district office at 468-2202 for further bid details. Bids should be submitted to the Lopez Island School District Office by 4pm, June 18, 2013. Please contact Denny Jardine 468-2202 ext. 2121 or Bill Evans 468-2202 ext. 2350 for questions or further information.

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of nature guides for the area.

Docents reach the island, either on their own boats or are transported by our wonderful partners, the rangers of Washington State Parks.

Docents camp out on Patos for their stay and some tents and equipment can be provided

by Keepers of the Patos Light.

There is no water or electricity available on the island.

Training for our Docents consists of a session or two of information sharing followed by a volunteer day out on Patos Island. All volunteers are required to be up-to-date on first aid and CPR. In addition, volunteers must read Helene Gliddens’ wonderful book about Patos Island, The Light on the Island. More visitors want to visit the lighthouse because of this book than for any other single reason.

For more information on Docenting at the Patos Island Lighthouse, please email us at: patoslightkeepers@hotmail.com.

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What do a teenager and her mom visiting from Dubai, two teachers, a tax accountant, a librarian, court reporter, a medical writer, a ham radio operator, a botanist, zoologist, an architect and a fifth grader all have in common? They are all The Keepers of the Patos Lighthouse Docents, see picture at right.

Our Patos lighthouse docent program started off with great anticipation in July of 2010 with an overnight campout and two lighthouse open days. We continued the docent camp-outs to cover about every other weekend through Labor Day. At the end of our first summer, we counted up the number of visitors that we welcomed into the lighthouse. Amazingly, that number amounted to 224.

For our second year, 2011, we managed to open the lighthouse for 20 days, July through September, resulting in visits from 665 people. That’s an aver-

age of 33 visitors per day.

It’s a case of “If you open, they will come!” Pretty good for a small, out of the way, hard to get to island, and very gratifying for our Docents, too.

So what do our Docents do?

First of all, of course, they open the lighthouse to the public and show people around. That is always a thrill for visitors as many of them have visited Patos Island for years, but have never been inside the lighthouse.

Docents tell visitors about the history of the island and lighthouse using our collection of photographs taken on Patos island in various decades. In addition, we often find that, in some cases, visitors know more about the history of Patos than we do. If this is the case, we record the information they have to give: it’s always a thrill to add to our knowledge of the island’s past.

To answer any questions visitors may have about the flora and fauna on the island, we have a small lighthouse library

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Patos Lighthouse Docent program is a success

Wireless bill signed into law Governor Inslee signed into legislation a bill by Representative Jeff Morris (D-Mount Vernon, shown right) to expedite regulatory review on new 4G upgrades to cellular towers and antennas.

House Bill 1183 updates Washington’s State Environmental Policy Act review process regarding wireless structures, exempting those that are constructed atop existing buildings and commercial or industrial areas.

According to Morris, the change will make the permitting process easier, reducing the regulatory burden for telecommunications companies. “It’s been nearly a decade since Washington did major work on our wireless infrastructure,” Morris said.

“This is a smart, environmentally safe update to our law that will ensure we have the physical network of towers

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and antennas necessary to support modern wireless services,” said Morris.

The legislation includes limitations designed to minimize physical change to structures and prevent any environmental degradation.

Under the new law, a wireless structure may not increase the height of the structure by more than 10 percent or 20 feet, or protrude out more than 20 feet.

The law will go into effect July 27, 2013.