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Town turns over policing duties to sheriff

By JESSIE STENSLAND Staff reporter

Coupeville Marshal Lance Davenport will hand over his tin star, metaphorical as it may be, to Sgt. Rick Norrie on March 1.

The Town Council unanimously voted Tuesday to enter into an interlocal agreement with the Island County Sheriff’s Office to run the struggling marshal’s office.

The proposed contract still has to be approved by county commissioners — scheduled for Feb. 24 — but Undersheriff Kelly Mauck with the Island County Photo by Jessie Stensland/Whidbey News-Times Sheriff’s Office said the department is movCoupeville Marshal Lance Davenport is moving off ing ahead quickly with plans because of the as the town contracts for services with the sheriff. tight timeline.

Davenport will be out of a job just two years after taking over the small-town law enforcement agency. He said Friday that he’ll be sorry to leave a community he’s grown to love and he’s sad to see the end of the traditional marshal’s office, but he understands the decision.

“If you really look at the economies of scale and challenges we’ve had over the last eighteen months, it makes good sense,” he said. “I think if I was on the Town Council I would make the same decision.”

Davenport lives in Duvall — which is a two-hour commute — and said he has “several irons in the fire” in searching for other employment.

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Realty agents, builders urge county to add Friday hours

By JANIS REID Staff reporter

68 workers will be losing jobs

By JESSIE STENSLAND Staff reporter

Oak Harbor’s Kmart is closing its doors for good in late April, according to a company spokesman.

Howard Riefs, director of corporate communications for Sears Holding Corp, said a total of 68 employees, mostly parttime and hourly workers, will lose their jobs.

And another commercial property will sit empty in the city.

On Thursday, a steady stream of customers flowed in and out

Sheriff Mark Brown emphasized that Coupeville Mayor Nancy Conard approached him about the idea of contracting with his department to run the marshal’s office and he dived in because he wanted to assist the town.

Conard said she explored three options for law enforcement and ended up recommended contracting for services with the sheriff’s office.

“I think this is going to take care of some of the challenges we’ve faced over the last few years,” she said, “and we’ll get great service.”

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Michelle Martin, Jarym Riviera and kids head to their cars after shopping at Kmart Thursday, of Kmart despite the rain outside. Some lamented the fate of the city’s first big-box store, built in 1988.

Katie Cornes said her family just transferred from Southern California, where a lot of Kmarts have already closed. She said the fate of the Oak Harbor store is sad.

“It’s different,” she said. “I don’t like to always go to the

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Kathy Reed, director of the Oak Harbor Chamber of Director, said her biggest concern is for the people who will lose their jobs. She said she hopes another business will fill the space as quickly as possible and replace the lost jobs.

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“We want shopping dollars to stay on Whidbey Island,” she said.

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Builders and real estate brokers are asking Island County to reopen offices on Fridays, saying the current policy hurts their industries.

Island County commissioners decided to cut office hours in December 2009 to give employees extra time to finish work after deep budget cuts reduced staff.

Closure of the planning department has been particularly troublesome to real estate brokers and builders who experience a domino effect of delays as the result of an unissued permit.

WINDERMERE REAL estate broker Leanne Finlay said that the closure of the offices on Fridays is “devastating” to the local real estate and building markets.

“Any income producing office should be open ASAP,” said Leeane Finlay. “My biggest beef is it affects the real estate and building markets quite heavily. It’s not that these guys aren’t working hard, they just don’t have enough days to work.”

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Revitalization in works for Island County Fairgrounds

By BEN WATANABE Staff reporter

A proposal to make the Island County Fairgrounds more viable calls for the demolition of more than half of the facility’s 27 buildings.

The swine/cat barn, dog kennels and many more would all be torn down to make way for newer, more efficient structures, according to a plan developed by fair officials, local government representatives and a consultant.

The best known and historically significant buildings, such as the Pole Building would remain, as would the Fiddle Faddle Barn, though it’s slated for relocation to the east side of the grounds.

Maintaining the 27 structures at the Island County Fairgrounds has become too costly, and a major overhaul of the space may yield better returns, a steering committee of fair and community leaders have concluded. The hope is that by renovating the buildings and reducing some facilities, the space will be better utilized and can be used year-round.

For the past several months, Whidbey Island Area Fair officials have looked at changing their role with the county-owned fairgrounds and some of the decades-old structures. The solution was presented to the Langley City Council as a precursor to open houses on the proposed changes planned in February and March.

Overhauling the fair, including changing the property’s name to the Island Event Center, came with an estimated $10.12 million price tag and a plan to spread the cost over four phases and 10 years.

“Expecting a four-day event to take care of the other 361 days creates an imbalance,” said Norm Landerman-Moore, an Anacortes-based consultant. He was hired in 2013 to evaluate the fair and create a strategic plan.

Tantamount to the overhaul is reducing the 12.8-acre grounds’ 27 buildings to 12, cutting by more than half the amount of heating and other overhead costs. One reason for demolishing 15 structures at the fairgrounds, said Landerman-Moore, was their “state of disrepair.”

“We needed to undertake an effort to improve the production of the fair,” he said.

Before moving forward, a steering committee that included fair association Director Dan Ollis, Langley Mayor Fred McCarthy, South Whidbey School Board Director Damian Greene, among several others, would seek approval from the Island County Commissioners, who would have to create a public development authority, in March.

Under their plan, the Island County Commissioners

would create a public development authority, or PDA. State law allows public corporations or public development authorities to be created to “improve the administration of authorized federal grants or programs, to improve governmental efficiency and services, or to improve the general living conditions in the urban areas of the state.”

As the fair’s overseeing agency, it would serve as the guiding force for the fairgrounds, identifying ways to finance the project. Ollis said the PDA would likely have an executive director and a board of directors.

One way Landerman-Moore proposed paying for the changes was with a bond, though not one approved by Island County residents on a ballot. Instead, it would be a revenue-based bond that the PDA would approve and hold against the fairgrounds’ revenue.

“It’s based on revenues,” Landerman-Moore said. “It has to pass all of the same tests that a commercial loan has to pass.”

The initial plan also proposes other funding sources, such as federal grants through the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Economic Development Administration, fundraising through donor-based membership and income from renting facilities. Phasing the project into four parts, the three presenters said, will hopefully make it easier for Island County residents to support the plan.

“We understand that in our community, we don’t have unlimited resources,” said Ron Nelson, executive director of the Island County Economic Development Council.

“By spreading it over time, it makes it a lot easier to reach reasonable objectives.”

The re-conceptualized fairgrounds would have better defined and encompassed areas the consultant and fair directors dubbed “neighborhoods.”

Many of the barns for fowl, pigs, dogs and cats that currently exist would be replaced with a single covered facility with moveable pens to accommodate the different show animals. Called the Market Place, it was described as the fair’s top priority and the primary mechanism for getting back to the event’s roots as a place for small-farm agriculture and industry to show wares and produce.

The main entrance would be moved west along Dalton Lane, the unpaved stretch of road between the fairgrounds and the Langley Middle School ballfields. In its place and along the border with Camano Avenue, an interpretive trail called Heritage Park would be created. The food area would remain in its current location, and the stage would be put in the northwest corner as part of the so-called entertainment neighborhood.

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Local leaders like Obama’s call for min wage hike

By JANIS REID Staff reporter

Island County elected leaders say they support President Barack Obama’s State of the Union intent to raise the minimum wage and increase job training.

“As the economy has recovered, too many Americans have been left behind,” said Larsen in a prepared statement this week. “The president laid out a compelling case for why we need to open up economic opportunities for more people.”

“Let’s start by raising the minimum wage. Congress should raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour and tie future wage increases to inflation.”

“It’s time for a change.”

Obama stated in his address his intention to raise the minimum wage for federal contractors via executive order, a move Larsen says is a “welcome start which will hopefully encourage private companies to follow suit.”

Democratic Sen. Patty Murray said she “strongly” the minimum wage increase.

“I expect Congress to act in the near future to give millions more workers a raise and I am hopeful that Republicans decide to work with us instead of playing politics,” Murray said.

Obama told Congress that “women make up about half our workforce, but they still make 77 cents for every dollar a man earns. That is wrong, and in 2014, it’s an embarrassment. Women deserve equal

pay for equal work.”

Murray said she called out conservatives on gender wage inequality, asking “Are Republicans really going to block giving 15 million American women a raise?”

“Because telling American women that they don’t deserve a living wage isn’t about ‘tone’ or how they talk about women’s issues — it’s about what they do — it’s about policy.

Murray said that she was “particularly glad that the president focused so much attention on education, the heart of true opportunity for this generation and the next.”

“I challenge anyone to explain to me why this should be a partisan issue.”

Sen. Maria Cantwell said she was encouraged by the President’s emphasis on investing in the country’s workforce and increasing wages to help boost the economy.

“We also can’t afford to let our workers fall behind in the innovation economy, which is why I was pleased to hear the President focus on addressing the skills gap in our workforce,” Cantwell said. “Washington state – with its aerospace, technology, and manufacturing industries – knows the importance of ensuring our schools and training programs produce skilled workers that meet employers’ needs.”

The federal minimum wage is currently $7.25 per hour; Washington State minimum wage is $9.23.

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information to people and her cell number to pedophiles.

At 10:18 p.m., the hospital reported that a patient was combative and slapped an ER staff member.

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TUESDAY, JAN. 21

At 9:23 a.m., a Meerkerk Lane resident reported a sheep in the yard.

At 10:40 a.m., a woman on Crockett Lake Drive reported that a dog keeps charging her when she tried to get out of her car.

At 1:45 p.m., a woman reported that a pit bull was chasing her on Taylor Road.

At 1:57 p.m., a Norman Drive resident reported that he had to chase a fellow off.

At 5:04 p.m., a Classic Road resident reported people in the woods were “trying to mess with him.”

He said they there running through the woods, making weird noises and throwing pinecones.

At 8:09 p.m., a Sonic Lane resident reported that five people were wandering around his yard with shotguns. He said one of the shotguns has a silencer.

At 4:58 a.m., two horses were reported loose on Fort Nugent Road.

At 9:44 a.m., a caller reported that “Peachie” trespassed on Case Road property.

At 10:30 a.m., there was a report that someone tried to break through a fence to get into the Island County garbage transfer station.

At 10:59 a.m., a Little Dirt Road resident reported someone stole the “Little Dirt Road” street signs.

MONDAY, JAN. 20 At 10:06 a.m., a caller reported finding a Coupeville resident’s wallet in Canada.

At 12:35 p.m., there was a report that construction sheds on Seaside Drive were broken into and items were stolen.

At 5:22 p.m., a Coupeville resident reported that her daughter was being cyber-bullied by multiple individuals. The woman said the girl’s exboyfriend has been giving out her internet account

At 12:35 p.m., there was a report that a woman with a dog bite was at the ER. The dog belonged to a neighbor on High Meadow Drive.

At 2:17 p.m., a woman reported that her dog was attacked by two neighbor dogs on Silver Lake Road.

At 2:19 p.m., a man reported that two dogs got into a pen on Degraff Road and were attacking sheep and llama.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 22 At 8:01 a.m., a caller reported that a truck was “doing donuts” in a field on Patmore Road.

At 10:42 a.m., a car was reportedly broken into at the Admirals Cove park and ride.

At 2:36 p.m., a man reported that someone shot his cat on Canterbury Lane.

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Settlement reached in ’10 Anacortes refinery explosion litigation Seven families, including two from Oak Harbor, will divide $39 million from Tesoro, Shell, Equilon

By JESSIE STENSLAND Staff reporter

Families of seven workers, including two from Oak Harbor, who were killed in the 2010 explosion at Tesoro’s Anacortes oil refinery, have settled a lawsuit against the oil companies.

Attorney David Beninger said the families of the seven workers killed, as well as an injured contractor, will split the approximately $39-million settlement from Tesoro, Shell Oil and Equilon.

The court will decide how the money is divided.

Oak Harbor residents Matt Gumbel, 34, and Donna Van Dreumel, 36, were among those killed in the explosion. The other victims were Daniel Aldridge of Anacortes, Matt Bowen of Arlington, Darrin Hoines of Ferndale, Kathryn Powell of Burlington and Lew Janz of Anacortes.

A separate suit against Lloyd’s Register Energy, a company hired to examine equipment, is ongoing.

Beninger said the company inspected the refinery equipment 18 months before the explosion and claimed it needed no further testing.

The Seattle PostIntelligencer website reported this week that a draft report on the explosion by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board concluded the tragedy could have been prevented if safer equipment construction materials had been used.

Investigators with the state Department of Labor and Industries also concluded after an investigation in 2010 that the blast could have been prevented.

L&I fined Tesoro a total of $2.38 million and cited the company for 39 “willful” violations and five “serious” violations of state workplace safety and health regulations.

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Tuesday, February 4, 2014 1. CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL / PLEDgE Of ALLEgiAnCE / invOCATiOn / HOnORS AnD RECOgniTiOnS: Recognizing Sailor and Marine of the Year 2. APPROvAL Of AgEnDA 3. CiTiZEn COMMEnT PERiOD 4. COnSEnT AgEnDA a. Minutes of January 21, 2014 b. Approval of Accounts Payable Vouchers c. Motion to Authorize the Mayor to sign Agreement with John Galt, hearings officer d. Motion to Appoint Melissa Riker to the Park Board as alternate member e. Motion to reject contracts to furnish two booster pumps due to bid errors f. Motion to purchase 490 Roll Carts for Solid Waste g. Motion to Re-appoint Councilmember Campbell to the Island Transit Board of Directors 5. STAff AnD COUnCiL COMMEnTS a. City Administrator b. Mayor c. Councilmembers 6. ORDinAnCES/ RESOLUTiOnS a. Resolution 04-07: Recognizing the Sister City Committee 7. PUBLiC HEARingS/ PUBLiC MEETingS a. Ordinance 1685: Relating to Recreational Marijuana b. Ordinance 1686: Extending a Moratorium on Medical Marijuana c. Ordinance 1684: Amending Utility Rate Ordinance 1578 8. UnfiniSHED BUSinESS 9. nEW BUSinESS a. Executive Session – Potential Litigation, Pending Litigation and Property Acquisition 10. ADJOURnMEnT

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Coupeville native reflects on long life

By SARA HANSEN Staff reporter

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n 1994, Leone Argent helped her son put a new roof on her home.

She was 81 years old at the time, moving trusses and doing what needed to be done.

After that, she said she retired from roofing.

On Wednesday, Jan. 29, Argent turned 101.

“Velcro and zippers — you were invented before those,” her daughter Joy Linde teased.

Argent is the oldest living Coupeville graduate — from the class of 1931.

Argent didn’t arrive on the island until she was 5 years old.

She was born in Crook, Colo., at the northeast corner of the state on a ranch during a snow storm. She was delivered by her Grandma Green, and she didn’t have a birth certificate because no doctor was present.

Her mother was a Libbey, a pioneering Whidbey Island family.

When Argent was 5 years old, her mother wanted to go back to the island for a visit. The plan originally was to take a train but her dad insisted on waiting until the crops were harvested so he could buy a Model-T and drive the family out.

He only had one driving lesson before the trek.

The first day the set out —

Argent, her two brothers and her parents — the side curtains were drawn and the top was up. When her dad stopped on some railroad tracks, but couldn’t see an oncoming train because of the curtains.

At the last minute, her brother reached over, turned the keys and the vehicle slipped back off the tracks.

“After that, we always rode with the top and curtains down,” she said.

There weren’t roads, so they had to follow where old train tracks had been. To save the breaks, they would put the car in a lower gear, and turn the engine off. One time, the keys fell out of the car and they had to walk back up the hill to try to find them.

Since she was young, and low to the ground, she said she spotted the key. She didn’t realize at the time what a big deal it was to find the key, but her whole family treated her very well after that.

During the week-long drive to Seattle, they ate baked beans, cheese and bread for their meals.

They slept on a canvas that her father had fashioned for the car.

The parents would wake up and reconfigure the kids in the back seat so they could sleep while they pressed on. When the car would overheat, they’ed drain the radiator water, bathe and then have breakfast.

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Leone Argent turned 101 years old this week. She lived nearly all those years on Whidbey Island. just to come for just a visit to Whidbey Island, Argent said her mother didn’t want to go back to Colorado, so they stayed.

Argent’s dad had to go back and sell everything, which he did luckily, just before the Dust Bowl hit.

Argent said her father always felt responsible for having contributed to that through the common farming practices of the day.

“He always felt guilty,” Argent said. “He could see that was not the thing to do.”

After earning her high school diploma, she attended Western Washington University, earned her teaching certification and graduated in 1933. She then went on to teach in Mutiny Bay. She taught first, second, third and fourth grade students all at the same time.

Around that era, her brother, Daryle, brought the first airplane to Whidbey Island.

“He was always begging us to go ride with him,” Argent said.

“He wanted to teach me to fly, but I’d rather be home and ride my horse.”

When she was in her early 20s, she did finally fly under his supervision once in a while.

“It’s fun to be in control of a plane and fly,” Argent said.

She met her husband, Russ Argent, through his work. He was a bakery salesman, so every week he would come by and drop off goods, and take orders for the following week.

Argent said her mother liked him right way.

“He was at the door,” Argent said. “She handed me the money to hand to him.”

She resisted her mother’s persistence at first, but they eventually married and had three children: Joy, Dennis and Gene.

When she was married, she had

to give up teaching, because at the time only single women were supposed to teach. Later on she went on to teach fourth through sixth grades in Coupeville for a couple decades.

When it was time to build a house for their family, it was hard to find the materials during World War II. “You couldn’t buy lumber because of the war,” she said.

They’d collect wood from the beach, or salvage what they could from torn down buildings. They got windows from the old school and a door from the courthouse.

Over the years, she raised chickens, had saddle horses and cattle.

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SUNDAY, FEB. 9

8:30 a.m.- 9:20 a.m. Yoga 9 a.m. Quilting class 9:30 - 10:20 a.m. Muscle conditioning 9:30 a.m. Nintendo Wii bowling 1 p.m. Knitting circle 1 p.m. Dottie’s painting class 5 p.m. Tai Chi

9 a.m.-4 p.m. Annual Gem Show

TUESDAY, FEB. 4 9:30 -10:20 a.m. Aerobic exercises 9 a.m. Lapidary 9 a.m. Wood carving 10 a.m. Travel committee 11:30 a.m. Chess Noon Line dance 1 p.m. Japanese women’s group 6 p.m. Pinochle 7 p.m. Country dance lessons

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 5 8:30 -9:20 a.m. Yoga 9 a.m. Lapidary 9 a.m. SHIBA 9:30 - 10:20 a.m. Muscle Conditioning 12:30 p.m. Party bridge 12:30 p.m. Ping Pong 1 p.m. Beginning bridge 3 p.m. Hula 7 p.m. Gem club

THURSDAY, FEB. 6 9:30 a.m. Aerobic exercises 9:30 a.m. Nintendo Wii bowling 10 a.m. Creative writing Noon- 3 p.m. Jack Pot Bingo- Regency on Whidbey 12:30 p.m. Cribbage 1:00 p.m. SVC History Class 7 p.m. Wire Wrap

FRIDAY, FEB. 7 9 a.m. Quilting 9:30 a.m. Tai Chi 12:30 p.m. Pinochle 1:00 p.m. Line dance 6:30 p.m. Old Time Fiddlers

SATURDAY, FEB. 8 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Japanese Women’s Group 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. Annual Gem Show No Ping Pong, Pool, Pinochle

MONDAY, FEB. 10 8:30-9:20 a.m. Yoga 9 a.m. Quilting class 9:30-10:20 a.m. Muscle conditioning 9:30 a.m. Nintendo Wii bowling 1-3 p.m. Hearing aid service 1 p.m. Knitting circle 1 p.m. Dottie’s painting class 5 p.m. Tai Chi

TUESDAY, FEB. 11 9:30 a.m. Aerobic exercises 9 a.m. Lapidary 9 a.m. Wood carving 9:30 a.m. Nintendo Wii bowling 11:3o a.m. Chess Noon Line dance 6 p.m. Pinochle 7 p.m. Country dance lessons 7 p.m. Stamp Club

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 12 8:30-9:30 a.m. Yoga 9 a.m. SHIBA 9 a.m. Lapidary 9:30-10:30 a.m. Muscle conditioning 12:30 p.m. Party bridge 12:30 p.m. Ping Pong 1 p.m. Beginning bridge 3 p.m. Hula

THURSDAY, FEB. 13 9:30 a.m. Aerobic exercises 9:30 a.m. Nintendo Wii bowling 10 a.m. Creative writing Noon-3 p.m. Jack Pot Bingo- Harbor Tower Village 12:30 p.m. Cribbage 1 p.m. SVC History Class

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FRIDAY, FEB. 14 Happy Valentines Day! 9 a.m. Quilting 9 a.m. Tai Chi 2:30 p.m. Pinochle 1 p.m. Line dance 7 p.m. Country Valentine’s Dance

SATURDAY, FEB. 15 9 a.m. 5 p.m. Annual

Gem Show No Ping Pong, Pool, Pinochle

MONDAY, FEB. 17 8:30-9:20 a.m. Yoga 9 a.m. Quilting class 9:30-10:20 a.m. Muscle conditioning 9:30 a.m. Nintendo Wii bowling 1 p.m. Knitting circle 1 p.m. Dottie’s painting class 5 p.m. Tai Chi

TUESDAY, FEB. 18 9:30 a.m. Aerobic exercises 9 a.m. Lapidary 9 a.m. Wood carving 9:30 a.m. Nintendo Wii bowling 11:30 a.m. Chess Noon Line dance 1-4 p.m. Legal clinic 6 p.m. Pinochle 7 p.m. Country dance lessons

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 19 8:30-9:30 a.m. Yoga 9 a.m. Lapidary 9:30-10:30 a.m. Muscle conditioning 12:30 p.m. Party bridge 12:30 p.m. Ping Pong 1 p.m. Beginning bridge 3 p.m. Hula

THURSDAY, FEB. 20 9:30 a.m. Aerobic exercises 9:30 a.m. Nintendo Wii bowling 10 a.m. Creative writing Noon-3 p.m. Jack Pot Bingo- Edward James 12:30 p.m. Cribbage 1 p.m. SVC history class 7 p.m. Wire Wrap

FRIDAY, FEB. 21 9 a.m. Quilting 9:30 a.m. Tai Chi 11:30 a.m. Lunch 12:30 p.m. Pinochle 1 p.m. Line dance

SATURDAY, FEB. 22 Ping Pong, Pool, Pinochle

MONDAY, FEB. 24 8:30-9:20 a.m. Yoga 9 a.m. Quilting class 9:30-10:20 a.m. Muscle conditioning 9:30 a.m. Nintendo Wii bowling 1 p.m. Knitting circle 1-3 p.m. Hearing aid service 1 p.m. Dottie’s painting class 5 p.m. Tai Chi

TUESDAY, FEB.25 9:30-10:50 a.m. aerobic exercises 9 a.m. Lapidary 9 a.m.-noon Wood carving 9:30 a.m. Nintendo Wii bowling 11:30 a.m. Chess Noon Line dance 2 p.m. Vision support group 6 p.m. Pinochle 7 p.m. Country dance lessons

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 26 8:30-9:30 a.m. Yoga 9 a.m. Lapidary 9:30-10:30 a.m. Muscle conditioning 12:30 p.m. Party bridge 12:30 p.m. Ping Pong 1 p.m. Beginning bridge 3 p.m. Hula

THURSDAY, FEB. 27 9:30-10:5o a.m. Aerobic exercises 9:30 a.m. Nintendo Wii bowling 10 a.m. Creative writing Noon-3 p.m. Jack Pot Bingo- Edward James 12:30 p.m. Cribbage 1 p.m. SVC history class 7:00 p.m. Wire Wrap

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ARGENT CONTINUED FROM A4 house.

Around Argent’s home, turtle figurines can be found. Turtles are a sign of longevity, and her daughter attributes the kinship her mother has to the creature as a simple explanation of her own longevity.

“Mother and her turtles are still here,” Linde said.

Last year for her 100th birthday, a party was held at Jenne Farm. At the event, she saw a lot of her students who were then retired.

This year they are going to send out invitations to visit with Argent,

Linde said. That way she can have more one-on-one visiting time with people.

Argent also has been able to travel all over, from France to New Zealand, and all round the United States.

“Now I think I should’ve gone to Africa,” Argent said.

“Other than that, I’ve been to all those.”

All of these anecdotes are but a glimpse of the Argent’s experiences over the years.

“You live that many years, you can’t write it all down,” Argent said.

“There’s just too much.”

You talk.

You talk.

We listen.

We listen.

In person.

In person.

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Inslee seems to be test-driving messages THE PETRI DISH

By JERRY CORNFIELD Gov. Jay Inslee’s call to raise money for schools by closing tax breaks put the education funding debate back in the laps of lawmakers this week and in the conversation with voters this fall.

Inslee’s plan to generate $200 million in new taxes by eliminating or revising seven exemptions is a slimmed down version of the billion-dollar plus tax package rejected by a Republican-led majority in the Senate a year ago.

There’s no evidence things will turn out differently for him and his Democratic allies in 2014 because the balance of power is the same.

Republicans say lawmakers put roughly $1 billion additional dollars into schools in 2013 and can wait to make another hefty investment in 2015.

Inslee didn’t seem concerned about the prospect of another defeat when he unveiled his scheme Tuesday.

Rather, he sounded as if he was test-driving messages Democratic candidates can use this fall as the party tries to regain a working majority in the Senate.

He spoke of the need to fill the “gas tank of reform” and satisfy the Supreme Court’s demand for “concrete action” to fully fund the basic education of 1 million public school students.

And he cast Republicans as a reluctant bunch whose minds might change before the Legislature is set to adjourn in early March.

“The other party has said they don’t want to spend another dime on our children’s education this year,” he told reporters, adding later he hoped it was only “a temporary condition.”

And he suggested lawmakers are wrong to think voting for his tax plan to fund schools will doom their re-election.

“I believe very deeply that it is a winning issue for a candidate to face his public and say ‘I stood up for funding our schools and our kids’,” he said. “I will tell you candidates who do that are going to win elections this November. I believe this is where the people are (at) in the state of Washington.”

Time will tell if he’s right.

Two Snohomish High seniors incited a little partisan kerfuffle recently with their proposal to require many unemployed adults to perform community service in order to keep receiving benefit checks.

Community service, they reasoned, could provide new skills and job opportunities for those seeking work.

Conservative Republicans in the House and Senate were sold on the concept and sponsored bills in each chamber to put it into law. The identical bills would require most able-bodied individuals aged 18 to 65 to do at least eight hours of community service for every four weeks of unemployment benefits received.

Senate Democrats denounced the legislation as a punitive measure.

As of Wednesday, no hearings had been set on the bills.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Coupeville levy

‘Yes’ vote ensures kids a brighter tomorrow Editor, As our family starts our 20th year of calling Coupeville home, we ask that you please support the two levies for the Coupeville School District currently on the ballot. Our children have received the best Coupeville has to offer.

Two are grown and both successful in their fields of study, due in large part to their education provided by the Coupeville school system and what their teachers were able to give them.

The first levy continues to fund salaries, transportation and other essential services. Our teachers and administrators and classified staff deserve our support.

From Wilbur Purdue’s devotion to History Day to Barbara Ballard’s dedication to getting students ready to compete in a college environment and to Tacy Bigelow’s passion for the arts, and to all the other faculty members who strive to provide the best for our students you need to vote yes

and continue to support what so many work so tirelessly to accomplish for our children.

The second levy, funding technology, is just as crucial as funding essential services. Our children deserve to have access to technology so they can compete and innovate as they move through our school system and out into the work force.

Vote yes for a brighter tomorrow, our children deserve all that we can give them.

Lisa Bernhardt Coupeville

Economy

Raising the minimum wage is a flawed idea Editor, This is an open letter to Congressmen Rick Larsen.

“I am writing this letter in response to your newsletter of Jan. 28. Like so many other positions you take on important issues affecting our country, you have this one dead wrong.

Your position in support of increasing the minimum wage is the worst thing you could do to an economy

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struggling to gain traction and recover.

History has demonstrated the minimum wage is the biggest job killer of all. What absolutely slays me is supporters of an increased minimum wage’s inability to answer this simple question.

If raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour won’t harm employers and is actually good for business and for individuals, why don’t we just make the minimum wage $40 per hour? Or $100 per hour for that matter?

It makes no sense to require a business to pay for a low-skill job what it could otherwise outsource or automate.

What you’ll see is a jump in unemployment among youth, minorities, elderly and disabled.

Your argument that there are too many college graduates working for minimum wage demonstrates nothing more than the simple truth that despite all your bailouts and government social engineering, you, Obama, and the liberal Senate have done nothing but harm our economy and reduce the number of good quality jobs, instead replacing the traditional American work ethic with new-age American apathy.

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What are your Super Bowl predictions?

MARK

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“Twenty-eight to 17, Seattle. Peyton Manning is not going to be able to run away from Seattle.”

“I wish the 12th Man was there in all their glory.”

Merrie Burley, Coupeville

“I want Seattle to win, “Seattle’s going to win, and “Seahawks are going to 31-17, and I think it’s going to be close — win and it will be fairly Marshawn Lynch will run 25-21.” close, 21-20.” for 100 yard game.”

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You and your colleagues in congress are going to continue to put more and more people on the government dole resulting in fewer and fewer people actually earning their way to prosperity.

Not only is raising the minimum wage sure to harm our economy, what’s worse is it harms the poor most of all.

Just like all the other entitlement programs you and your liberal friends have devised, it does nothing but undermine the value of hard work and destroy an individual’s chance at upward mobility. You’ve incentivized the wrong behavior under the guise of fairness and equality.

These tactics, and other social engineering policies have done more to harm the poor and lower middle class than anything in our nation’s recent history.

Rather than providing an environment in which individuals at the bottom of society’s socioeconomic ladder have a real chance to climb to the next rung, and then the next and the next, you’ve made it just comfortable enough for them to remain at the bottom, knowing that a voter with their hand out to you is a voter you can control.

Now that we have a president — who would more aptly be called a king — that rules by executive order, you may actually succeed in getting this through, but like Obamacare, you’re tying the knot that will one day hang your party.

Your position on this is extremely frustrating. I do wish you’d reconsider.

Jason Joiner Coupeville

Jet noise

Include sound recordings in home sales Editor, There is a huge difference between reading decibel numbers on the page and hearing the shattering roar of the Growlers overhead. I mean, how loud are “decibels” anyway? How “significant” is a warning about significant noise?

You just can’t know until you experience it with your own ears.

Which is why I propose that officials create high fidelity sound recordings of these planes and then require prospective real estate purchasers to listen to these at accurate volume levels for their area.

That’s full disclosure for you.

Whidbey Island Naval Air Station has come a long way since I used to watch the seaplanes from our home on Long Point in the early 1960s.

Then the island has changed and most certainly the aircraft have changed. And while most of us still admire the airmen and women of the Navy, it seems a growing number definitely do not like their planes.

Are the Growlers a good fit for the Puget Sound Region?

Probably not. The peace and quiet of Ebey Prairie and Puget Sound deserve protection just as the Redwoods of California did. For while it is true that the Navy was here before most home own-

ers, Ebey’s Prairie was here before the Navy even existed.

This whole area is special, and the world knows it.

So let’s ask U.S. Rep Larsen to begin to re-think the assignment of Growlers to NASWI that he seems so proud of.

Maybe the Poseidons would be quieter, more acceptable.

Bruce Saari Oak Harbor

Obamacare may provide you with ear plugs

Editor, To all you folks out there complaining about the noise from Outlying Field Coupeville, I think I have the perfect solution — You all should call the White House and ask the genius in the oval office if Obamacare will cover the cost of ear plugs for the entire family.

Heck, if Sandra Fluke can get her happy pills paid for, why can’t you guys get ear plugs to protect your health and well being.

There’s always a simple solution.

Dick Ays Oak Harbor

Feed the Need

Community pulls together for a worthy cause Editor, Feed the Need would like to thank the local community for donating to our food

drive last week Saturday, and helping to collect more than 2,300 pounds of nonperishable food items and more than $500 in cash for the North Whidbey Help House.

Also, a huge thanks to those in our community who volunteered to organize, collect, sort and deliver these items to the Help House.

It is indeed a pleasure to live in a community that works together, even in hard times, to help others in need.

Looking forward to next year’s drive. You can donateanytime directly to the Help House, 1091 S.E. Hathaway St. in Oak Harbor.

Fran Stevens Oak Harbor

Fishin’ club

Alive and well Editor, The Fishin’ Club of Whidbey Island is healthy, growing and more than 100 members strong.

Our club was founded in 1991 as a nonprofit, family oriented educational club that serves the community.

We are proud to grant college scholarships every year.

The club welcomes all anglers and would-be anglers, even Broncos fans, to join us 7 p.m., the first Thursday of each month at the M-Bar-C Ranch, Freeland.

Kevin Lungren Clinton

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OBITUARIES

Walker

John Francis Walker

John Francis Walker, CDR, CHC, USN (ret.), peacefully passed into God’s Greater Glory Jan. 16, 2014, in his home in La Conner.

Born in 1929 to Francis and Blanche (Jackson), he felt his parents’ struggle to put food on the table and the loss of their home.

Awarded the highest athletic honors by Northeast High School in Philadelphia, he went on to pursue sports at West Chester College.

Enlisting in the United States Navy in March 1951, he saw combat duty in Korea before his enlistment ended in June 1953. He spent that summer as a motorcycle cop for the Stone Harbor, New Jersey Police Department. In October 1953, the Pinkerton Detective Agency hired him.

By September 1954, John Francis received his calling.

He turned down a Pinkerton promotion, and spent the next six years hard at the books and graduated from Temple University with a B.S. in education, and from Philadelphia Theological Seminary with an Masters of Divinity. Long before graduation he was assigned to a parish, Milville, N.J., which he left in September 1962 to join the U.S. Navy and qualify as a chaplain.

Always the athlete — skiing, ice skating, riding

horseback, up to age 50 he took his annual physical running alongside 19-yearold recruits. His USN duty stations spread across the globe and included Europe, South America, Japan, the Philippines, Vietnam, as well as many U.S. locations, lastly to Whidbey Island Naval Air Station as senior chaplain 1979 from to November 1981. Whether strumming a guitar for troops on board the U.S.S. Sierra or the U.S.S. Poncé, or working on land with Philadelphia’s inner-city youth, or camouflaged, leading his Marines hauling food to orphanages in Vietnam, or from the loading platform of a military vehicle serving Communion to those same Marines, or providing solace for mourning families, or delivering straight talk to brig dwellers, John Francis lived his calling.

One theme shines through his superiors’ commendations: The lieutenant, or LCDR, or CDR consistently saw what was needed, no matter the personal toll, and thrust himself forward to exceed the mission’s goal.

Military medals awarded: Navy Commendation Medal and “V,” Cross of Gallantry (Vietnam), Navy Achievement Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, as well as Unit Citation and Combat Action Ribbon.

He retired as a USN CDR and, for five years, he ran Help House in Oak Harbor. He served Episcopal congregations on Lopez Island, Monroe, Langley, Bellingham and SedroWoolley where Saint James became our parish home.

At 70, another battleground found him fighting cancer and winning, thanks to the Skagit Valley Food Co-op, and local and Swedish Hospital help, and many prayers.

A reader and thinker, he avidly shared his widely encompassing knowledge with the Third Order

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Franciscans for more than 40 years, and with a broad diversity of minds. He thrilled to all things Celtic, supporting the Celtic Arts Foundation.

John Francis is survived by his goddaughter, Cathy Smith, and his wife, Jean.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Celtic Arts Foundation of Mount Vernon, P.O. Box 1342, Mount Vernon, WA 98273 or Christ Episcopal Church Music Fund, 1216 Seventh Street, Anacortes, WA 98221.

At 2 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 15, at Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church, 415 South 18th Street, Mount Vernon, his friends and family will rejoice remembering John Francis’ life on Earth, and joining our voices with God’s heavenly chorus where this avid Celt can finally play the bagpipes.

Kirkpatrick

Don Kirkpatrick

Don Kirkpatrick, former head professional at Whidbey Golf Club in Oak Harbor, passed away Jan. 24, 2014, at age 85. He had been living in retirement in Everett.

Don was a 50-year member of the Professional Golfers’ Association and was known as an excellent teacher of golf. He worked at the Whidbey club from 1976 to about 1988 and also worked at Puetz Golf Range in Seattle and Earlington Golf Course in Renton. His tournament victories included the 1970 Washington state PGA Match Play Championship and the 1980 Pacific Northwest Senior PGA Championship.

Don’s survivors include his loving wife of 63 years, Deloris; a daughter and sonin-law, Barbara and Richard Olafson of Spokane; and a son and daughter-in-law, Don Kirkpatrick II and Cheryl Markham of Seattle.

A celebration of Don’s life will begin at 10:15 a.m. Monday, Feb. 3, at Nile Shrine Golf Center, Mountlake Terrace, just west of I-5 at Exit 177 (in the Gold Room). Remembrances may be made to The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration, www.theaf td.org, or The First Tee of Greater Seattle, www.thefirst teeseattle.org

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Leanne Marie Henry

Leanne Marie Henry, age 48, died on Jan. 23, 2014 at the University of Washington Hospital in Seattle, following a prolonged illness related to many, many surgeries, a liver transplant and surgical complications. Following more than 20 weeks of fighting for her, physicians ran out of resources. She was unable to receive any further treatment and she went home to be with Jesus.

Leanne was born on Oct. 6, 1965 in Adak, Alaska to Warren “Lee” and Doloris “Dee” Hayes. She grew up as a Navy dependent and lived in many locations across the country. Growing up, she met many friends along her way through grade school.

All of her childhood friends would describe her as a radiant, outgoing best friend.

Her friends Judy, Charlene, Beverley and Audrey would say she had a marvelous glow about her whenever she met somebody and had a very warm heart.

Her teachers said many great things about her because she was a wonderful student who took her time and put tremendous effort into everything she did. As a student at Oak Harbor High School, she played tennis and enjoyed participating in many different clubs.

As a high school student, Leanne wanted to become a fashion merchandiser or an antique dealer because she loved to restore old items.

Her plans changed when she attend her high school automotive tech program and met Daniel Henry.

Love blossomed and on Aug. 6, 1983, shortly after graduation, she and Dan were married.

Leanne was a hard worker, working as a waitress at Smiley’s Pizza during high school, milking cows, housekeeping, working for dietary services at Whidbey General Hospital and her most important job, being secretary for her husband’s roofing business, Quality Northwest Roofing.

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in her life was being a loving wife and mother of five children. Leanne attended the Bridge Church of Oak Harbor. She had a very strong faith in God and kept him in her heart.

Leanne is survived by her husband Dan; daughter, Amanda and husband Brent Bowden of Seattle; son, Cody and daughters, Danielle, Allyson, and Julia Henry, all of Oak Harbor. One sister Linda Quistorf and brothers Michael Hayes (Annie) and Lee Hayes (Shelley) also survive. She was preceded in death by her parents.

Funeral services for Leanne were held Jan. 31, 2014 at Wallin Funeral Home in Oak Harbor with Gary Wallin, Certified Life Celebrant officiating. Burial followed at Maple Leaf Cemetery, Oak Harbor.

Friends and family are encouraged to share memories and condolences using the Book of Memories hosted by Wallin Funeral Home at www.wallinfuneralhome. com

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another 11 years of life due to her special donor.

Bernice was active in many things. She especially loved to dance, bowl and travel until her health slowed her down. She collected records from the ’50s and ’60s rock and roll. She amassed thousands of records over her lifetime. Bernice and her husband enjoyed playing these at “Sock – Hops,” class reunions and charity events.

Bernice also loved Elvis and gathered a huge collection over the years. She has visited Elvis’s estate Graceland in Tennessee many times.

Bernice was a mother, grandmother and greatgrandmother. She will be truly missed by those who know and loved her.

Preceded in death by her parents, Chuck and Bernice Bates, and her brothers, Earl, Carl and Kenny. Bernice is survived by her husband, Bill of Coupeville; son, Roger of Coupeville; daughter, Sandy (Craig) Timms of Tennessee; four grandchildren, Ashley, Lacey, Cassie and Billy; and eight great-grandchildren.

Bernice is also survived by her sister, Phyllis (Chuck) Moore of Anacortes; and brother Chuck (Ella Mae) of Arizona.

There will be a celebration of life for Bernice 2 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 8 at the Living Hope Foursquare Church in Coupeville with Pastor Garrett Arnold officiating.

Services have been entrusted to the care of Burley Funeral Chapel.

Burley Funeral Chapel 30 SE Ely Street Oak Harbor WA 360-675-3192

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Bernice E. Bainbridge

Bernice E. Bainbridge of Coupeville passed away unexpectedly with her husband and son at her side Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014, just shy of her 40th wedding anniversary.

Bernice was born June 10, 1948 in Anacortes. She was the youngest of six children born to Chuck and Bernice Bates. She attended Anacortes schools and graduated from Anacortes High School in 1966. Bernice retired in 1999 after serving 28 years with the Island County Treasurer’s Office.

In 1971, Bernice was diagnosed with cancer. During surgery, she was given tainted blood in a blood transfusion and contracted Hepatitis C, a chronic liver virus. In 2002, Bernice received a liver transplant at the University of Washington. She celebrated

Friends may go on line at www.burleyfuneralchapel.com to sign a guest-book and leave memories for the family

Alfredo Noble

Alfredo Noble, age 63, a 10-year resident to Oak Harbor suffered a heart attack aboard a fishing boat in the Bering Sea and died at the Medical Center on St. Paul Island, Alaska Jan. 19, 2014.

Funeral services for Alfredo will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014 at Living Word Fellowship, 490 N.W. Crosby Road, Oak Harbor. Burial will follow in the Philippines. Please sign the Book of Memories at www.wallinfuneralhome.com A complete obituary will follow.

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GETTING A GRIP

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Oak Harbor wrestling, swim teams lock up undefeated Wesco seasons; Coupeville girls, Oak Harbor boys grab important hoop wins

By JIM WALLER Sports editor

As the 2013-14 winter season hits the home stretch, the Oak Harbor wrestling, swim and boys basketball teams and the Coupeville girls basketball team all recorded critical wins this week.

Wrestlers rally to win Wesco title Oak Harbor’s Jacob Dugin didn’t know anything about the Everett wrestler he was about to face.

He didn’t know Anthony Hawkins was one of the Seagulls’ best wrestlers. He didn’t know he was stateranked. All he knew was that he needed to win if Oak Harbor was going to have any chance of capturing the Wesco 3A crown.

Win he did.

Dugin’s triumph was one of seven for Oak Harbor, all which were equally as important, but his upset swung the momentum and helped the Wildcats to a 37-35 home win Tuesday, Jan. 28. It also helped Oak Harbor lock up its second consecutive conference title and hand Everett (2-1, 8-1) its first loss.

Oak Harbor then put the finishing touches on an unbeaten Wesco North season by thumping visiting Marysville Getchell 66-15 Thursday, Jan. 30.

When Dugin began his 195pound match with Hawkins, Oak Harbor trailed Everett 35-19 with three bouts left.

The Wildcats would need two pins and a major decision just to tie the Seagulls.

Dugin said he approached the match the same as all his others: “As long as I wrestle hard, I am happy.”

Hawkins jumped to a 4-0 lead. Then in a flash Dugin flipped Hawkins and recorded a fall with 25 seconds left in the first round.

“He was just high, riding too high, so I just rolled him,” Dugin said.

Even with Dugin’s heroics, Oak Harbor needed two more big wins to take

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Oak Harbor’s Ray Quinday, right, pins Everett’s Adrain Monar. Quinday’s fall was the middle of three pins that rallied the Wildcats to the big win over the Seagulls. the match. Ray Quinday (225 pounds) and Jackson Constant (285) obliged with first-round falls.

“Jacob’s pin was huge,” Oak Harbor coach Peter Esvelt said. “Every single pin was big; everyone not getting pinned was just as important.”

Jeremy Vester (132) had a match as pivotal as Dugin’s.

The Oak Harbor junior, ranked seventh in the state, topped fifth-ranked Christian Bagdadi 9-4.

Other Oak Harbor winners were Christian Bertram (113, 10-2), Jahleel Vester (138, fall) and Mark Johnston (152, fall).

In the win over Marysville Getchell (0-4, 0-9), the Wildcats received four forfeits and won seven of the 10 contested bouts.

All of the Oak Harbor wins were by falls: Garrett Stahl

(106 pounds, :45), Bertram (113, 2:10), Jeremy Vester (132, 3:49), Jahleel Vester (138, 2:27), Johnston (152, :28), Dugin (195, 5:43) and Quinday (220, :31).

Oak Harbor now heads to the postseason, beginning with the subregional (district) tournament Friday and Saturday, Feb. 7 and 8, at Marysville-Pilchuck High School.

The Oak Harbor girls go to Jackson High School for a tournament Saturday, Feb. 1, then travel to their subregional at Mount Vernon High School Feb. 7 and 8.

Swimmers glide in final meet The Oak Harbor swim team finished its Wesco 3A North season undefeated with an impressive 121-33

win over Everett at John Vanderzicht Memorial Pool Wednesday, Jan. 29.

The Wildcats sent their seniors out in style by winning all 11 events, finishing second in eight and going 1-2-3 in five.

Though Oak Harbor went unbeaten in 3A conference play, it is not officially the Wesco North champion. The title goes to the North team which finishes highest in the district meet, which is Feb. 14 and 15 at MarysvillePilchuck.

Caley Powers (50-meter freestyle, 26.5; 100 butterfly, 1:03.35), Cedric Cabigting (200 individual medley, 2:31.18; 100 backstroke, 1:05.56) and Joe Gorman (200 free, 2:15.4; 400 free, 4:49.65) each won two individual events and swam on winning relay teams.

Powers, his brother

Dakota, Cabigting and Micah Geist won the 200 medley relay (2:04.39); Derek Volk, the Powers and Geist took the 200 free relay (1:55); and Cabigting, Ryan Cuajunco, Geist and Gorman captured the 400 free relay (4:20.84).

The other wins were earned by Dakota Powers (100 free, 1:03.07) and Jake Nelson (100 breaststroke, 1:21.14).

“We had a lot of district cuts, and a lot of kids dropped time,” said coach Alex Thierry. “I’m really proud of our guys.”

Coupeville girls close-in on district Not only did the Coupeville girls basketball team knock off rival South Whidbey 48-38 Tuesday, Jan. 28, it essentially locked up a postseason

berth in process.

The Wolves evened their season record to 8-8 by adding another win Wednesday, Jan. 29, tripping visiting Friday Harbor 40-34 in a nonleague game.

By defeating South Whidbey, Coupeville (4-6, 8-8) holds a three-game lead with four left over the Falcons (1-9, 2-14) for the final 1A district berth.

Coupeville led 11-8 after the first period but trailed 20-18 at halftime and 33-30 after three quarters.

Amanda Fabrizi scored seven points and Bree Messner and Makana Stone four each in the fourth quarter to spark the comeback.

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Wildcat Battalion Late rallies fall dominates again short for Wolves The second divisional high school Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps competition of the season ended like the first – Oak Harbor High School dominated the awards ceremony.

The Wildcat Battalion collected firsts in all five team competitions and won four of the eight individual categories at Snohomish High School Saturday, Jan. 25.

Color guard No. 2, unarmed drill team, armed drill team No. 1, gold rifle team and physical strength team No. 2 all collected firstplace medals.

Earning firsts in individual events were Tricia Desquitado, unarmed commander; Amanda Simpson, armed No. 1 commander; Jonathan Cabigting, strength team ironman; and Troy McCool, air rifle (out of 59 shooters).

Both games followed the same pattern and both resulted in losses for the Coupeville High School boys basketball team.

The Wolves fell behind early, mounted late but too-short rallies and lost twice, first 62-51 at South Whidbey Tuesday, Jan. 28, then 62-55 to visiting Friday Harbor Wednesday, Jan. 29, in a nonleague game.

The loss to South Whidbey was the most damaging, essentially knocking the Wolves out of the postseason.

South Whidbey (3-7, 4-12) bolted to a 20-8 firstquarter lead and pushed the lead to 20 before Coupeville rallied to within five, 54-49, late.

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Against Friday Harbor (88), Coupeville fell behind by 17 then sliced the deficit to six, 55-49, with 1:36 left.

Bergeron scored 20 points, Streubel 15, O’Keefe nine, Hesselgrave seven and Walstad four.

Coupeville (1-10, 3-13) plays its final home game at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4, against Archbishop Murphy (7-3, 7-9).

Bergeron, for his 23-point game in the Wolves’ 57-55 win over Lakewood Jan. 24, was named WIAA Athlete of the Week for the week of Jan. 19.

Wildcats turn cold in loss to Seagulls After a strong first quarter and a decent first half, the Oak Harbor High School girls basketball team couldn’t connect after halftime and lost 70-26 to visiting Everett Wednesday, Jan. 29.

The Wildcats survived a 13-0 Everett run in the first quarter and trailed by only six, 16-10, heading into the second period.

The Seagulls erupted for 25 second-quarter points and led 41-22 at the half.

Joanna Leete drilled five three-pointers and scored 16 of the Wildcats’ 22 firsthalf points.

She, and everyone else, went cold in the second half.

Oak Harbor failed to score in the third quarter and the ‘Gulls piled on 21 more points to lead 62-22.

The Wildcats did not make a field goal after the break until Bryn Langrock drilled a three-pointer with 48 seconds left in the game.

Julie Jansen hit a free throw at the 5:35 mark of the fourth quarter.

Leete finished with 16 points, Jansen three, Langrock three, Jinai Guzman two and Brook Peplinski two. Kenna Prosch collected seven rebounds and Leete had six.

Oak Harbor (0-10, 0-16) plays a nonleague game at Ferndale (9-1, 14-3) at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1.

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Kiel four.

Coupeville built a big lead against Friday Harbor, then withstood the Wolverines’ 12-1 run at the end of the game.

Fabrizi and Kiel finished with 10 points, Strasburg nine, Stone five and

Messner, McKayla Bailey and Carlie Rosenkrance two each.

Coupeville (4-6, 8-8) goes to Archbishop Murphy (6-4, 7-7) at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4.

Wildcat boys stay in playoff race “It was a weird game,” Oak Harbor boys coach

Mike Washington said about his club’s 49-36 win at Everett Tuesday, Jan. 28.

Weird or not, it was an important victory for the Wildcats, helping Oak Harbor keep pace in the hunt for a playoff spot with three league games left.

Going into last night’s games (those results were not availabale at press time), Oak Harbor (4-6, 4-12), Everett (4-6, 7-10) and Marysville-Pilchuck (4-6, 7-9) were tied for second in the Wesco 3A North.

In the Wesco South, Shorecrest (5-5, 11-6) and Shorewood (5-5, 10-7) were tied for third.

Which of these five Wesco schools finishes with the worst league record can be bumped out of the postseason by the Northwest Conference’s Ferndale if the Golden Eagles hold a better league record. Currently Ferndale is 5-5 with three games remaining.

The Wildcats host Ferndale in a nonleague game at 7:15 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1. Since it is a nonconference game, it will no impact on the playoff race.

The Oak Harbor-Everett game was odd, Washington said, because there was “no flow.”

The Seagulls hit only 21 percent of their shots (10 for 48) and scored in single digits the first three quarters.

The Wildcats shot only 36 percent (18 for 50).

One player who didn’t have trouble finding the hoop was Oak Harbor’s Drew Washington; he poured in 29 points.

Gabe Groenig scored eight for Oak Harbor, Zach Gibbs seven and Dyllan Harris five.

Oak Harbor led 9-4, 23-12 and 33-18 at the quarters.

The Wildcats controlled the boards, out-rebounding Everett 46-25 and outscoring ‘Gulls 12-0 in secondchance points.

Gibbs corralled 11 rebounds, Groenig eight and Washington seven.

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Seahawks’ presence has made this no ordinary Super Bowl for local businesses looking meet demand

By RON NEWBERRY Staff reporter

Connie Arroyos couldn’t fill the balloons fast enough.

Just moments after she completed her balloon bouquet, it was snatched up.

Albertsons bakery has come up with several Super Bowl related treats.

But it wasn’t just any bouquet.

Most anything blue and green has disappeared fast at the Whidbey Party Store

in Oak Harbor this week in preparations for Super Bowl XLVIII. Any Super Bowl matchup is traditionally a popular occasion for a party. But with the Seattle Seahawks involved Sunday, the impact has been felt at the cash registers of retail outlets on Whidbey Island.

Arroyos, a clerk at Whidbey Party Store, sold more than 30 blue 12th man flags at $24.99 apiece in a little more than three hours Wednesday.

“We can’t keep the Seahawks stuff on the shelves,” she said.

It’s a sentiment being repeated across North Whidbey as many businesses have tried to keep up with fans’ demands as Seahawks hysteria has risen through the playoffs.

The Seahawks are scheduled to tackle the Denver Broncos at 3:30 p.m. Sunday with the game aired on FOX. The game is the most popular television event in the country with 108.4 million viewers tuning in for

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Connie Arroyos of Whidbey Party Store hurries to try to assemble another Seahawks balloon bouquet Wednesday in Oak Harbor.

A piece of Seahawks-inspired glass art by Ron Apgar was on sale at Garry Oak Gallery in downtown Oak Harbor this week. last year’s game, the third most viewed program in TV history.

The impact on Whidbey Island viewership will be immense considering the

Seahawks are playing and if 12th man flags on cars or signs in business windows are any indication.

For grocery stores on the island, all this equates

to a lot of fried chicken and chicken wing sales.

Steve Erbe, meat department manager at Saar’s Marketplace, said he is bracing for a bigger than normal rush for party wings, pork spare ribs, chicken and other meat items because of the Seahawks’ involvement in the Super Bowl.

The number of pre-orders for fried chicken is at least double the number from the Super Bowl last year when Baltimore and San Francisco were playing, said LuAnn Frazier, a clerk in the Saar’s deli department.

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Super Bowl facts n Kickoff is 3:30 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 2, FOX TV. n 111.3 million fans viewed 2012 Super Bowl, most-watched event in TV history. 108.4 million watched last year. n Seattle and Denver each have identical 15-3 regular season records and the game pits the NFL’s No. 1-rated offense (Broncos) against No.-1 rated defense (Seahawks). n 12th Man Rally will be held at 2 p.m., Feb. 1, at Oak Harbor High School’s Wildcat Memorial Stadium. n Pete Carrollcoached teams are 3-1 against Peyton Manning.

Seahawks fans recognize another big window of opportunity

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It’s a rare day when a customer walks into Pat Beach’s dive shop in Oak Harbor and recognizes his name or his face.

And that’s the way Beach prefers it.

“Being recognized is not my thing,” Beach said.

After retiring from football in 1993 after a 12-year NFL career, Beach decided three years later to open Whidbey Island Dive Center and retreat about as far away

from the game as he could.

But ultimately, his interest resurfaced and he found himself paying closer attention to the NFL again, particularly the Seattle Seahawks.

Just like when he was a kid.

“I was a Seahawk fan before I went to the NFL,” said Beach, who grew up in Pullman, played for Washington State University, then spent 10 of his NFL seasons as a tight end with the Colts organization, first in SEE SEAHAWK FANS, A13

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Richard Voit, an Oak Harbor insurance agent and Seahawks season-ticket holder, will be rooting for Seattle in New Jersey.

Pat Beach, owner of an Oak Harbor dive shop and ex-NFL player, sees a possible Seahawks dynasty in the making.

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Bible Study For All Ages.....9:15 a.m.

Worship Services.....10:45 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wednesday Services..................6 p.m.

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Youth Ministries-Choirs-Bible Studies Dave Johnson .........................................Pastor Jake Howell Director of Children & Youth Ministry Chet Hansen ............................Music Minister

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Word Of Everlasting Life & Faith Church

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First Reformed Church

February 2 - “Is the Bible Really Reliable?”

February 9 - “What About Other Religions?”

February 23 - “How Can I Believe in a God Who Allows So Much Suffering?”

March 2 - “What Really Happens in Baptism and the Lord’s Supper?”

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Trinity Lutheran Church

1000 NE Koetje Street (Just North of Office Max)

“To Know Christ & Make Him Known”

Sunday Morning:

Bible Classes for all ages..............9:30am Worship Assembly......................10:30am Wednesday Night ..........................6:30pm Matt Oliver, Preaching Minister

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Sunday Service at 10:00 am

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St. Augustineʻs Parish • 675-2303 185 N Oak Harbor St. ~ Oak Harbor

The City Of Refuge Christian Church “You Have The Right To Be Free”

Tuesday Bible Study 7:00pm Sun Service 11am • Sun Children’s Church 11am We Welcome All Pastor Yvonne Howard & the C.O.R.C.C. Family

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Engstrom

John Engstrom

John Engstrom, a respected Seattle Post-Intelligencer writer and editor, died Jan. 19, 2014 at his home on the Oregon coast after a 10-month battle with acute myeloid leukemia. He was 72.

The descendant of a pioneer Whidbey Island family, Engstrom wrote and edited sports, features and travel stories at the Seattle P-I, served as the paper’s TV critic, and worked as a reporter for United Press International (UPI). He and his wife, longtime Seattle P-I columnist Susan Paynter, retired to Oceanside, Ore., in April 2009.

Mr. Engstrom was a graduate of Coupeville High School and the University of Washington, where he received a bachelor of arts degree in elementary education and a master of education degree. He was the son of John E. “Jack” Engstrom and the former Flora Elizabeth “Betty” Engle. He is survived by his wife, their son, Nate, 24, of Seattle; a sister, Carolee Shubert of Brooklyn, N.Y.; and nephews, John Shubert of Winston-Salem, N.C. and Philip Shubert of Brooklyn.

Memorials can be made to the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.

William Kenneth Ask

William Kenneth “Ken” Ask, age 53, died suddenly at his home in Shelton, Wash. on Jan. 21, 2014. He was born on Aug. 8, 1960 in Great Falls, Mont. to Roland and Joyce Ask. When he was 2 years old, Ken moved with his family to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho and then to Klamath Falls, Ore. In 1968, the family settled in Oak Harbor. Ken attended Oak Harbor High School,

graduating with the class of 1978.

Ken developed a love of motor vehicles at a young age. As a young man, he rode motorcycles. He would sneak out with his brother Mark’s bike whenever possible. He had a hot-rod 1968 Camaro in high school, to the envy of his fellow students. He always had a car or motorcycle at his disposal.

Following graduation, Ken followed his love of cars and began work as an auto detailer for Island Volkswagen and then on to Bay Body Shop, where he worked as an auto body repairman. He eventually went to work for Oak Harbor Motors.

In the mid 1980s Ken left Oak Harbor and moved to Lacey, Wash., where he did auto body work for Earl Schieb. He was married to Karen and from that marriage, came son William Kenneth Ask, Jr. That marriage ended in divorce.

Ken moved to Shelton in 2001, where he continued his auto body work, along with brother Mark. He worked for D.J. Auto Sales, Good Guys and Harper Auto Sales. He was also involved in rebuilding and reselling vehicles.

Ken enjoyed attending motocross motorcycle races. He was a very kind, easy-going person, willing to do anything for anyone.

He enjoyed snow skiing and water skiing for many years. Ken was baptized and became a member of Oak Harbor Lutheran Church as a young man.

Ken is survived by his mother, Joyce Ask, his children, William Kenneth Ask, Jr., Douglas Creesey and Felicia Creesey, by his brothers Mark and Rick (wife Shelley) and sister, Cheryl Stocker (husband Lonnie) and granddaughter, Mariah.

He was preceded in death by his father.

Funeral services for Ken were held Jan. 29, 2014 at Wallin Funeral Home with Pastor Marc Stroud of Oak Harbor Lutheran Church, officiating. Burial will followed at Maple Leaf Cemetery, Oak Harbor. Friends and family are encouraged to share condolences and memories utilizing the Book of Memories hosted by Wallin Funeral Home at www.wallinfuneral home.com

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FISHIN’ CLUB MEETING: Fishin’ Club meets at 7 p.m., Feb. 6, at M-Bar-C Ranch, Freeland. Ken Price, a longtime canoeist, will give presentation on fishing from canoes and kayaks. He is a certified canoe instructor and competed in whitewater canoe racing. He was an active volunteer canoe guide at a nature education center in Maryland. Price’s presentation will cover equipment options, techniques, safety issues and locations. Open to public. Free. 360-321-4018, or scottpat@whidbey.com

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Salish Bounty exhibit at Island County Museum, 10 a.m.4 p.m., Feb. 1, Coupeville. “Salish Bounty: Traditional Native American Foods of Puget Sound” is the featured traveling exhibit at the Island County Museum from Feb. 1-April 13. It is a traveling exhibit organized by the Burke Museum, University of Washington. The Island County Museum is open daily 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. on Sundays. Admission is $3, or $2.50 for seniors, students and military. There is a family rate of $6 for three, plus $1 for each additional family member. 360-6783310, or ed-ichs@whidbey.net, or www.islandhistory.org Citizens’ Climate Lobby, Whidbey Chapter, 10 a.m.noon, Feb. 1, Coupeville Library.

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Baltimore then in Indianapolis.

“I’m still a Seahawk fan. After a while, I got excited about it again.”

Beach, now 54, will be among a large contingent of Whidbey Island Seahawks fans watching with keen interest Sunday when Seattle takes on the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII in East Rutherford, N.J. He’s watched excitement build on the island and the region for this game. Never having reached the Super Bowl himself as a player, he knows how rare an opportunity it is for the Seahawks, who are seeking their first title.

“We have a chance to be good for several years before we have to break up this thing,” he said of the Seahawks, who rank as one of the youngest teams in the NFL. Still, Beach is torn.

Although he said he loves Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, he’s an even bigger fan of Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning.

Beach’s allegiances are strong to the Colts organization, where he and Manning spent most of their careers and where Manning took the team to two Super Bowls. Beach was drafted in 1982 by the Colts, 16 years before they drafted Manning, and their careers didn’t overlap.

Some of Beach’s fondest NFL memories are the interactions

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Seahawks 12th Man Rally, 2 p.m., Feb. 1, Oak Harbor High School Wildcat Memorial Stadium.

Oak Harbor rally to support Super Bowl-bound Seahawks, who play the Denver Broncos Feb. 2. Oak Harbor and Parker, Colo., have staged a wager on the game. Raffle ticket winners will be announced and prizes issued, including some Seahawks items.

All proceeds from tickets sold in Oak Harbor and Parker will go to either the North Whidbey Help House or a scholarship fund in Colorado, based on the outcome of the Super Bowl. The Chamber of Commerce in Parker is selling similar raffle tickets. A letter from the Parker and Oak Harbor mayors will be read at the rally. Raffle tickets are $5 or four for $20. For more information on the rally or tickets, call 360-675-3755, or visit www.oakharborchamber.com Whidbey 12th Man Super Bowl Rally, 3-6 p.m., Feb. 1, China City Restaurant, Oak Harbor; 6-9 p.m., Feb. 1, Louie-G’s Pizza, Oak Harbor. Autographed memorabilia, auctions, raffles and activities for kids at both locations.

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he’d have on the field before games with some of the game’s legends and notable figures.

He remembers one such chat with Archie Manning on a trip to New Orleans in the early 1990s.

By then, Archie Manning was covering the Saints as a color commentator.

“He told me he had sons in high school he thought were pretty good,” Beach said.

It’s a laughable moment now for Beach as he thinks of Sunday’s game and the careers of Peyton Manning and his brother Eli. As a fan of opposing forces, he really can’t lose Sunday.

Still, his heart is rooting for the Seahawks.

Beach’s passion, however, can’t compare to fellow Oak Harbor resident Richard Voit.

A step inside Voit’s Farmers Insurance office on Midway Boulevard is like walking into a Seahawks shrine.

Decorating his office are a sea of blue and green items, including a Seahawks helmet, signed Russell Wilson jersey, rugs and pillows, even a wreath attached to his door.

“It’s still up,” he said, admitting he’s superstitious. “I haven’t taken it down.”

Voit, a longtime season-ticket holder, had his name drawn in a lottery for Super Bowl tickets and is taking his wife to the game.

He loves the matchup pitting Seattle’s No. 1 ranked defense against Denver’s No. 1 rated offense and hopes cold weather might adversely impact

ville Rec Hall. Fundraiser for the “Heart of a Women” heartwise screening at Whidbey General.

Fun event to support local women.

Eat, drink and dance to DJ Moose Mobile Music. Special entertainment by local Whidbey General Hospital EMTs and Central Whidbey Firefighters. $50. 360-2402878.

Ham radio license class, 5 p.m., Feb. 1, Island County Commissioner’s hearing room, 1 N.E. Sixth St., Coupeville. A two-day class on the federal rules and technical information necessary to pass the entry level Federal Communications Commission license exam.

Also takes place Feb. 8. For more information, contact Sousa at (360) 675-4867 or email at n7axj@ w7avm.org Sweetheart Big Band Dance, 7-9 p.m., Feb. 1, South Whidbey High School commons.

Performances from South Whidbey High School and Langley Middle School jazz bands. Refreshments, raffle and door prizes and swing dance instruction by Walter Dill. Fundraiser for both band programs. Tickets $10 or $30 for families of four or more. Available at the door. 360-929-9362.

Saturday, February 1, 2014 • Whidbey News Times Whidbey Playhouse mystery, Book of Days, 7:30 p.m., Feb. 1, Whidbey Playhouse, Oak Harbor. Directed by Kevin Wm. Meyer and produced by Allenda Jenkins. “Book of Days” is a compassionate story of a small town dominated by a cheese plant, a fundamentalist church, and a community theater. When the owner of the cheese plant dies mysteriously in a hunting accident, Ruth, his bookkeeper, suspects murder.

Cast as Joan of Arc in a local production of George Bernard Shaw’s St. Joan, Ruth takes on the attributes of her character and begins a one-woman campaign to see justice done. Show runs every Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. through Feb. 9. Tickets are $16.

Adult language. 360-679-2237.

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Celebrate Spirit of Writing, 5:30 p.m., Feb. 3, Coupeville Library. Winners of the Spirit of Writing vontest read from their new anthology, published in “The Spirit of Writing 2013.” Refresh-

ments to follow. 360-678-4911, or www.sno-isle.org Art class, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Feb. 3, Coupeville Library. Join artist Stephanie Schuemann as she guides students to see things in a new way. Schuemann will help develop basic skills involving line, value, composition and more. Limit of 10. Preregistration required. Please register only if attending all three classes on Feb. 3, 10 and 17. Funded by Friends of the Coupeville Library. 360-6784911, lfranzen@sno-isle.org, or or www.sno-isle.org Free tax return preparation by AARP tax-aide, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Feb. 3, Oak Harbor Library. Service is available to taxpayers with low and moderate income, with special attention to those age 60 and older. Appointments are recommended: call 360678-3000, leave your name and telephone number, and volunteer will return your call. Appointments may also be made on-site with a tax-aide volunteer. Service also available at same time on Feb. 10 and 24; also from 1-8 p.m. on Feb. 11, 18, 25. 360-675-5115.

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A Seahawks fan shows support in historic downtown Oak Harbor.

Manning’s passing.

“I think we’ve got a pretty good chance, actually,” Voit said.

“It’s hard to tell, depending on which team decides to play.

Sometimes, I think there are two different teams for us.”

Voit, who’s lived in Oak Harbor since 1995, couldn’t imagine the impact a Seahawks’ victory in the Super Bowl might have on the state of Washington.

“I think it would be huge,” he said. “We’re way up here in the corner of the country. I think people forget we’re here sometimes. I think it’s going to bring national attention to Washington.”

Scott Dudley, mayor of Oak Harbor, also is a diehard Seahawks fan. He believes the Seahawks, in the NFL since 1976, will win their first championship Sunday.

He feels like it’s time.

A major professional sports championship has eluded the Pacific Northwest since the former Seattle SuperSonics won an NBA title in 1979.

Other teams came close: The Seahawks lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Super Bowl fol-

lowing the 2005 season.

The Seattle Mariners appeared on the brink of a World Series for a six-year stretch starting in 1995.

The SuperSonics lost to the Chicago Bulls in six games in the 1996 NBA Finals.

The Seattle Storm did win WNBA titles in 2004 and 2010.

“I think we’re overdue,” said Dudley, who is attending the Super Bowl and won’t be at a Seahawks rally at 2 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 1, at Wildcat Memorial Stadium at Oak Harbor High School. “Our time has come with the attitude that we’re not going be complacent and accept second anymore.”

Dudley can envision the impact of a Seahawks championship.

“Look at the Seahawks gear flying off the shelves,” Dudley said. “Not only does it help economically from a retail standpoint but look at the euphoria that’s happening. People are talking about the Seahawks.

“You look at the atmosphere it’s already created. I can’t imagine what it would be like afterward.”

Seahawks hype by devoting an enormous amount of space at the front of the store, which was teeming with customers Friday morning. Since the store is affiliated with the Seahawks, it carries racks of the latest NFL-licensed T-shirts and sweatshirts, flags for cars and other merchandise.

“Every time I open a box, you can’t even get it on the shelf,” said Missy Volpe, the store’s customer satisfaction manager.

The bakery department also got creative by making large chocolate chip Super Bowl cookies and 12th man-frosted cakes, which are all part of the large display upfront.

Albertsons has carried Seahawks merchandise for months but at least tripled the amount once the playoffs started to meet customer demand and last week even painted the front wall blue, said Clint Brock, the Oak Harbor store’s manager.

“After the last regular season game and into the playoffs, interest really exploded,” Brock said.

Sales of Seahawks merchandise at Walmart in Oak Harbor has steadily increased all season, said Rich Mueller, the store’s assistant manager.

A hot item was the mini flags for vehicles. They sold out.

Walmart is one of several area stores that let its employees wear football jerseys this week, and not just the Seahawks.

One customer service associate, Tisha Adams, was wearing attire of her husband’s favorite team, the Denver Broncos. She said customers have been good-natured in their teasing.

“We encourage fair competition,” Mueller joked.

Competition is expected to be fierce among pizza makers on Super Bowl Sunday, too.

The Super Bowl is tradionally a big day for the pizza business. With the Seahawks in it, the assembly line of pizzas is expected to be long.

“We expect it to be a little busier than a regular Super Bowl,” said Dean Brandt, franchise owner of Domino’s Pizza in Oak Harbor. “Go Hawks!”

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6449 Old Pietila Road, off Campbell Road, are open to the public for walking/foot traffic only.

Regulations for use of the trail are posted at the trailhead.

Legal No. 541307 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South REWARD: LOST CAT! Whidbey Record.

Large 15 lbs gray cat. February 1, 2014.

Nuetered male with white muzzle, chin and IN THE SUPERIOR belly plus 4 white paws. COURT OF THE STATE Answers to the name OF WASHINGTON “Fred”. Last seen at our IN AND FOR THE barn on 10/30, on Moran COUNTY OF ISLAND Road, just outside NAS IN THE ESTATE OF Whidbey, Northgate. He CAROLINE J. VOGLER, has ID microchip under Deceased. s k i n o n s h o u l d e r. I f NO. 14 4 00025 3 found, call Bill Simon N OT I C E TO C R E D l 360-679-4837. Will glad- TORS ly pick up, if you have The personal represenany knowledge of him, tative named below has good or bad, please call. been appointed and has qualified as personal representative of this est a t e. Pe r s o n s h av i n g claims against the decedent must, prior to the time such claims would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, serve their claims on the personal representative or the attorneys of record at the address stated below a n d f i l e a n exe c u t e d Legal Notices copy of the claim with the Clerk of this Court An open bid auction will within four months after be held at Christian’s the date of first publicaTowing, 685 Christian tion of this notice or withRoad, Oak Harbor, WA. in four months after the 98277 on WEDNESDAY date of the filing of the FEBRUARY 05, 2014. copy of this Notice with Viewing will take place the Clerk of the Court, from 12:00pm to 3:00 whichever is later or, exP M F E B R U A R Y 0 5 , cept under those provi2014. Auction begins at sions included in RCW 3:00pm on FEBRUARY 1 1 . 4 0 . 0 1 1 and 05, 2014.

11.40.013, the claim will 96 MERC SAB4D be forever barred. This 1MELM50U6TA665452 bar is effective as to the 942WMV claims against both the 88 HONDA CIV3D probate assets and nonJHMED6355JS019801 probate assets of the deADE2697 cedent.

Legal No. 541305 Date of filing copy of NoPublished: The Whidbey tice to Creditors: News Times, The South January 28, 2014 Whidbey Record.

Date of first publication: February 1, 2014.

February 1, 2014 /s/Victor E. H. Vogler Personal Representative /s/Floyd F. Fulle F L O Y D F. F U L L E , WSBA#1851 Attorney for Estate PO Box 252 Clinton WA 98236 (360) 341-2429 fff@whidbey.com Legal No. 541303 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Information Technology Whidbey Record.

February 1, 8, 15, 2014.

(IT) Services Request for Proposal (RFQ) Central Whidbey Island NOTICE OF Fire & Rescue (CWIFR) APPLICATION FOR invites firms experienced TWO SHORELINE in providing IT support SUBSTANTIAL ser vices and networ k DEVELOPMENT management. Firms PERMITS must demonstrate a APPLICATION: minimum of three years PLN-13-00008 relevant and recent exWASTEWATER per ience providing IT TREATMENT PLANT services in a similar OUTFALL computing environment APPLICATION: to the District.

PLN-14-00001 - 42” Interested firms should STORMWATER contact Office Manager OUTFALL Kim Harpe to request a PROJECT PROPOSAL copy of the RFP via tele- AND LOCATION: This phone (360) 678-3602 or notice of application is e m a i l for two shoreline subcwfire@cwfire.org. Pro- s t a n t i a l d eve l o p m e n t posals must be received conditional use permit no later than 3:00 pm on applications. One is to Friday, February 6, 2014 replace the existing Legal No. wastewater treatment Published: The Whidbey p l a n t o u t f a l l t h a t i s News Times, The South aligned with City Beach Whidbey Record Street and will extend December 21, 25, 28, into the bay. The current 2 0 1 3 , a n d J a n u a r y o u t fa l l h a s n o t b e e n 1,4,8,11,15,18,22,25,29, functional for a while and and February 1,5, 2014. needs to be replaced.

The other project is to replace the stormwater LEGAL NOTICE outfall that is aligned THE WHIDBEY with the boat ramp on INSTITUTE AT the west side of WindCHINOOK The Whidbey Institute at jammer Park. The stormChinook, a non-profit ed- water outfall has deteriucational foundation, an- orated and is causing nounces that the trails at backups. The replacet h e C h i n o o k C e n t e r, ment will follow the exist-

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ing alignment and extend into the bay. The notices for the two projects are being combined for convenience only. The applications w i l l b e r ev i ewe d a n d considered separately.

D E T E R M I N AT I O N O F COMPLETENESS: The two applications were determined to be complete on January 24,2014.

PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: If you have questions regarding the proposals, or would like to review the project plans please stop by the Development Services Department, located in City Hall, at (360) 279-4510, bet we e n 8 : 0 0 a . m . a n d 5:00 p.m., Monday thru Friday.

To make written comments on these proposals, please mail or h a n d - d e l i ve r s p e c i f i c comments to: City of Oak Harbor, Development Services Department, 865 SE Barrington Drive, Oak Harbor, WA 98277, no later than 5:00 p.m. on March 1, 2014. If your comments are specific to one of the outfalls please note it in your comments.

To receive notification of the decision on these proposals, please send a self-addressed, stamped envelope and request a Notification of Decision.

OTHER PERMITS: The projects will need civil plans approved along with grading permits and floodplain development permits.

E N V I R O N M E N TA L DOCUMENTS: Wastewater Treatment Plant outfall - SEPA - A Mitigated Determination of Nonsignificance (MDNS) was issued on September 11, 2013. Application material includes a Biological Assessment; 42” Stor mwater OutfallSEPA - A Mitigated Determination of Non-significance (MDNS) was issued on October 10, 2009. These documents are on file with the City of Oak Harbor Development Services Department, 865 SE Barrington Drive, Oak Harbor, WA 98277.

APPLICABLE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS: Shoreline Master Program APPEALS: The final decision on a Shoreline S u b s t a n t i a l D eve l o p ment Conditional Use permit is made by the Department of Ecology.

The Department of Ecology has 30 days to make a decision after the City transmits its determination. Any person aggrieved by the granting or the denial of the permit, may seek review from the State Washington Shorelines Hearing Board by filing a request for the same within 21 days of receipt of the final order and by concurrently filing copies of such request with the Department of Ecology and the Attorney General’s office. State Hearing Board regulations are p r ov i d e d i n t h e R C W 90.58.180 and Chapter 461-08 WAC. A copy of such appeal notice shall also be filed with the City of Oak Harbor City Clerk.

Lisa Bebee Permit Coordinator Published: Whidbey News Times Date: February 1, 2014 Legal No. 541038 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.

February 1. 2014.

Public Hearing Notice Oak Harbor City Council NOTICE is hereby given that the Oak Harbor City Council will hold a public hearing in the City Hall Council Chambers, 865 SE Barrington Drive, on Fe b r u a r y 4 , 2 0 1 4 , a t 6:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter, to consider Ordinance 1684 amending the Utilities Rate Ordinance 1587.

Anyone wishing to support or oppose this item or provide other relevant comments may do so in writing or appear in person before the Oak Harbor City Council at the time and place of said public hearing.

To assure disabled persons the opportunity to participate in or benefit from City ser vices, please provide 24-hour advance notice to the City Clerk at (360) 2794539 for additional arrangements to reasonably accommodate special needs.

Anna M. Thompson, City Clerk Legal No. 540985 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.

February 1, 2014.

AUGLE, Deceased.

NO. 14 4 00011 3 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS The personal representative named below has been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any o t h e r w i s e a p p l i c a bl e statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative, or their attorney at the address stated below, a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided und e r R C W 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication o f t h e n o t i c e. I f t h e claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: Januar y 25, 2014.

S H A RO N M . AU G L E , Personal Representative c/o James L. Kotschwar, Attorney for Personal Representative, WSBA #10823 265 NE Kettle Street; Suite 1, P.O. Box 1593 Oak Harbor, Washington 98277 (360) 675-2207 Legal No. 539817 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.

January 25, February 1, 8, 2014.

RFQ for Engineering Services The City of Langley is soliciting statements of qualifications, letters of interest and performance data from professional engineering furns for the period of March 1, 2014 to Feburary 28, 2015. The successful candidate will be contracted as the City Engineer on a project by project basis for an agreed upon hourly fee and fulfill the duties and requirements during this time period. The work anticipated potentially involves utility projects invo l v i n g r o a d s, wa t e r, sewer, and stormwater systems, as well as parks and open spaces.

The City may require that the City Engineer maintain regular office hours at City Hall during a specific assignment and otherwise be available for consultation by phone as needed. A two hour response time may be requested for emergencies related to responsibility for a specific project.

The selected individual will be designated as the City Engineer and be named in the resulting agreement. This individual will be the regular and expected contact for City matters involving engineering expertise for a specific project.

For further information, please see the City’s website: www.langleywa.org All submittals with certification, and evidence of insurance must be rec e i ve d n o l a t e r t h a n 5:00PM Local Time on Thursday February 13, 2014 At: City of Langley 112 2nd St., PO Box 366 Langley, WA 98260 (360) 221 4246 Attn: Stan Berryman, Public Works Director Legal No. 539826 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.

January 25, February 1, 2014.

THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR ISLAND COUNTY THOMAS H. LEE, Plaintiff, vs.

JOHN P. DOHERTY and JANE DOE DOHERTY, husband and wife and the marital community composed thereof, and their heirs and devisees, and MARY C. ODELL and JOHN DOE ODELL, husband and wife and the marital community composed thereof and their heirs and devisees, Defendants.

NO. 13-2-01012-1 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION The State of Washington to the said John P. Doherty, and Jane Doe Doherty, husband and wife and the marital community composed thereof, and their heirs and devisees, and Mary C. Odell and John Doe Odell, husband and wife, and the marital community composed thereof, and their heirs and devisees; and all other persons or parties unknown claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real estate described in the complaint herein, defendants: You, and each of you, are hereby summoned SUPERIOR COURT OF to appear within sixty WASHINGTON (60) days after the date COUNTY OF ISLAND of first publication of this In the Matter of the Es- summons, to wit, within tate Continued on of WILLIAM JOSEPH next page.....

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the East line of said tract of land conveyed to Island County, 28.8 feet; thence south 17°44’40” West and continuing along the East line of said tract of land conveyed to Island County, 29 feet, more or less, to the South line ofthe Nor th 610.79 feet of said Gover nment Lot 4; thence East, along the South line of the North 610.79 feet of said Government Lot 4, a dist a n c e o f 5 5 . 4 9 fe e t ; thence North 17°44’40” East 29 feet, more or less; thence North 16°18’30” East 28.80 feet to the South line ofthe North 555.30 feet of said Government Lot 4; thence West, along the South line of the North 555.30 feet of said Government Lot 4; a distance of 55.49 feet to the true point of beginning Also together with Tidelands of the Second Class, as conveyed by the State of Washington, situate in front of, adjacent to and abutting thereon.

Also together with a nonexclusive easement for ingress and egress and utilities, over and upon the North 20 feet ofthe last excepted tract described above.

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R23813-069-0150 and R32814-085-4670 against the claim of defendants and anyone of them.

DATED this 31 day of Dec., 2013 Kelly & Harvey Law Offices, LLP By./s/M. Douglas Kelly M. Douglas Kelly WSBA #6550 Attorneys for Plaintiff Legal No. 536156 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.

Januar y 4, 11, 18, 25 and February 1, 8, 2014.

sixty (60) days after the 4th day of January 2014, and defend the aboveentitled action in the above entitled court and answer the complaint of the plaintiff and serve a c o py o f yo u r a n sw e r upon the undersigned attorney for the plaintiff, at his office below stated; and in case of your failure so to do, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demands of the complaint in this action which has been filed with the clerk of said court.

The object of this action is to quiet title in plaintiff to real estate located in Island County, Washington, described as follows: Government Lot 4, Sect i o n 1 3 , Tow n s h i p 2 8 North, Range 3 E.W.M and the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 14, To w n s h i p 2 8 N o r t h , Range 3, E.W.M., EXCEPT the North 555.30 feet; and EXCEPT the South 650 feet of said Government Lot 4 and Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; and EXCEPT those portions conveyed to Island County for road purposes by Deed dated May 23,1959 and recorded as Auditor’s File Nos. 131011 and 131012; and EXCEPT the following described tract: Beginning at a point on the West line of said Gover nment Lot 4, of said Section 13, which point lies 555.30 feet South of the Northwest comer of said Government Lot 4; t h e n c e E a s t , p a ra l l e l with the Nor th line of said Government Lot 4, 70 feet to the Nor theast cor ner of a WHIDBEY GENERAL tract of land conveyed to HOSPITAL Island County, under AuREQUEST FOR ditor’s File No. STATEMENTS OF 131011, said point being QUALIFICATIONS the true point of beginARCHITECTRUAL ning; thence South SERVICES 16°18’30” West along N OT I C E I S H E R E B Y

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GIVEN that Whidbey Island Public Hospital District (WIPHD) is accepting Statements of Qualifications from qualified Consultants to provide complete Architectural services for a fully funded addition and renovation. The project is envisioned to be completed in three phases, with Phase I being a parking lot relocation. Phase II, construction of a new 51,000 sf two story 39 bed wing, containing Medical / Surgical, Critical Care and LRDP beds. 20,000 sf of the new wing is expected to be shelled space. Phase III will be the renovation of existing service space within the existing Hospital.

In order to have your qualifications conside r e d , yo u r t e a m w i l l need to have had significant documented experience in successfully completing similar types

of projects. WIPHD will review the information submitted and based upon that review conduct interviews with one or more fir ms, from which a selection will be made. WIPHD reserves the right to reject all submissions and/or not pursue the project.

Statements of Qualification are to be submitted to Marc L Estvold, Project Manager, attention Bobbi Silor, Administrative Assistant, Whidbey Island Public Hospital District 101 N. Main Street, Coupeville, Wa. 98239. Submittals must be received by Tuesday Fe b r u a r y 4 , 2 0 1 4 a t 11:00 am.

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A pre-submittal tour of the facility will not be held and contact of Hospital personnel or visitation of the facility by interested consultants is discouraged. Minor ity and women owned firms are encouraged to respond.

Legal No. 538660 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.

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POLICING CONTINUED FROM A1 the fall of 2012 as a series of deputy marshals gave their notice that they were taking higher-paying, more exciting jobs elsewhere.

With only one deputy left, Davenport said he stopped scheduling 24-hour patrols and filled the schedule with a patchwork of officers from other departments. He had the staffing stabilized with a couple of reserve deputies until they

KMART CONTINUED FROM A1 remains empty, the Whidbey Furniture building is deserted and several buildings downtown are vacant — including the large property of the former Armed Services YMCA. Kmart Corporation owns the 89,000-square-foot building and 1.48 acres is sits on; the assessed value is $925,000, according to the Island County Assessor’s website.

Riefs didn’t say what, if anything, the company plans to do with the property.

Riefs wrote that the store will remain open for customers until late April.

The store begins its liqui-

both recently gave notice, which is why Coupeville officials want the transition to move ahead quickly.

Under the proposed contract, Brown explained, the sheriff’s office will provide the town with two dedicated employees. He plans to name Sgt. Rick Norrie as the town marshal and he will have a deputy dedicated to the department.

Norrie and the deputy will wear Coupeville Marshal’s Office uniforms and drive Coupeville patrol cars. Town officials will continue to direct law enforcement priorities and Norrie will work closely with

dation sale on Feb. 9.

He said “eligible” employees will receive severance and have the opportunity to apply for open positions at area Sears or Kmart stores.

Sears Holdings Corp., the parent company of Sears and Kmart, announced in 2011 that at least 100 stores will close due to declining sales.

“Store closures are part of a series of actions we’re taking to reduce on-going expenses, adjust our asset base, and accelerate the transformation of our business model,” Riefs wrote. “These actions will better enable us to focus our investments on serving our customers and members through integrated retail at the store, online and in the home.”

Conard, though the sheriff will be his ultimate boss.

For the hours when the Coupeville staff isn’t on duty, deputies from the north precinct of the sheriff’s office will answer Coupeville calls and do some patrolling — as they have over the last 18 months.

Under the proposal, the town will pay approximately $440,000 to the sheriff’s office in 2015, the first full year of a three-year contract.

Mauck said the town currently spends about $450,000 a year on law enforcement.

According to Mauck, the sher-

HOURS CONTINUED FROM A1 Thursday because of a pending permit, it can be very disappointing for prospective homebuyers.

Finlay said some permits have taken as long as a year to finally process, and can often lead to lost sales.

“It doesn’t take much to make them flinch and go away,” Finlay said.

“All of that lack of ability to move forward affects everything. I don’t know how you measure that.”

SCOTT YONKMAN, of Yonkman Construction in Oak Harbor, said he agrees that the last few years have been frustrating for people trying to buy or improve homes.

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iff’s office won’t make or lose any money on the contract. But the department has an interest in stabilizing law enforcement services in Coupeville; he said the marshal’s office struggles have affected the sheriff’s office.

“I think it’s a better use of resources for the citizens and the taxpayers,” he said.

Brown said he will hire two additional deputies, on top of the four new deputies approved by commissioners in this year’s budget. He said it benefits his department to have more employees, especially in

“The bottom line is that there is a need to get permits processed and out as quickly as possible,” said Yonkman.

Yonkman noted that now that the economy appears to be picking up, it may create a bottleneck of permitting if the county is not given additional resources to process them.

In addition, with rising interest rates, permitting delays could lead to a delays in financing, which could translate into additional costs to the homeowner.

“If these guys aren’t going to ramp up soon, it’s going to get ugly,” Yonkman said.

“Having them closed slows the process down, jobs can’t start, and people can’t work.”

COMMISSIONER Jill Johnson said during 2013 budget discussions that she wanted to revisit the issue

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Under state law, the sheriff’s office has to offer a job to current deputies in the marshal’s office when the transition goes forward, as long as they pass background and polygraph testing. Brown said Coupeville Deputy Hodges Gowdey already sent him a letter of interest.

As for town residents, law enforcement officials don’t think they will feel any difference in law and order in their community.

“I don’t think there’s going to be any change that the citizens of Coupeville will notice,” Davenport said.

in early 2014. But as of now, she doesn’t have the votes to support re-opening the offices.

“The pressure is there,” Johnson said. “And there’s a desire to serve the community, but there’s a nervousness that it won’t be sustainable.”

Over the last few years, the county has been slowly recovering from budget cuts resulting from the economic recession. While the county made some progress in rebuilding, Johnson said that it’s somewhat of a “slow process of how you put it back together.”

COMMISSIONER Kelly Emerson said she is against reopening the offices on Fridays because of the cost, which would include hiring additional staff.

Commissioner Helen Price Johnson said she’s “not opposed to the idea” of reopening the offices, but

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“I have concerns about the sustainability,” Price Johnson said. “Costs keep rising and revenues are not.

I’m concerned about making a commitment to the community that we can’t support long term.”

Price Johnson said she’s more inclined to invest in online resources that would keep costs down but allow for accessibly seven days a week.

THE COUNTY commissioners have agreed to revisit the issue after the first quarter numbers are reported in the spring.

Current office hours are Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The change didn’t affect the county’s Law and Justice Building, which includes the courts, the sheriff’s office and the prosecutor’s office.

Those offices must remain open under state law.