Whidbey News-Times, July 24, 2013

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ISLAND LIVING

Annual Loganberry Festival is this weekend A12

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Emerson disruption highlights tension between commissioners By JESSIE STENSLAND Staff reporter

Commissioner Kelly Emerson prematurely packed up and left a meeting of the board Monday night, clearly annoying the chairwoman. The incident is the latest in a series of disruptions showing a visibly-strained relationship between the commissioner from

Camano Island and her fellow board members. During an interview Tuesday, Emerson said she didn’t think she was being rude — and didn’t intend to be disrespectful —but that her colleague’s reaction isn’t anything new. “They are always annoyed at me,” she said.

Island County Commissioner Kelly Emerson irritated her fellow commissioners by walking out of a meeting prematurely.

See DISRUPTION, A11

Ex-Police Explorer enters ‘not guilty’ plea

Lights Camera Action!

By JESSIE STENSLAND Staff reporter

A former Police Explorer accused of stealing a police car and impersonating an officer on the Navy base was arraigned Monday in Island County Superior Court. Josue A. Capellan, a 20-year-old Oak Harbor resident, pleaded not guilty to taking a motor vehicle without permission, criminal impersonation in the second degree, theft in the third degree, and possession of a pistol by a person over 18 and under 21. Capellan wore the bright orange jail uniform at the hearing. He is being held in jail on $15,000 bail. According to Oak Harbor police, Capellan was the longest-tenured member of the department’s Explorer program, which is meant to educate young people interested in careers in public service about the realities of police work. Capellan allegedly stole a Taser, a police badge, a “key fob” for a patrol car and other items from the police department. In May, he dressed in a police uniform and drove the patrol car onto Whidbey Island Naval Air Station. See plea, A11

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Sherrye Wyatt, tourism and film liason for Whidbey and Camano Island, is working with makers of an independent feature film that will start production in Coupeville and other island locations in September. Photo by Ron Newberry/Whidbey News-Times

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