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CenturyLink fined $170,000 for outage by CALI BAGBY Assistant Editor
Last week, the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission recommended that CenturyLink be penalized to the tune of $170,000 for the 10-day outage last November that wreaked havoc on the islands. Orcas Council chairman Rick Hughes said he is glad that UTC, the state agency responsible for regulating the telecom industry, has taken this step, but he wonders if it’s enough. “I want to know if they have made any changes, is there better customer service or proof of redundancy?” asked Hughes. “If not, I don’t think they have been fined enough.” He noted that with three major outages in one year, he does not have the utmost faith that islanders can rely on CenturyLink. “Especially when it comes to 911, we need safety and security when it comes to communications,” he said. During the outage that started on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013, telephone and internet services, including most cell phones, were unavailable to all – except county offices and some businesses utiliz-
ing OPALCO Island Network broadband facilities. By Thursday, CenturyLink, owner and operator of the high-capacity fiber cable, had located the break in San Juan Channel and marshaled divers, technicians, a large repair barge with a crane, two tugboats and other assorted machinery to address the break. CenturyLink said it was working “around the clock” to restore service. Failure of 911 emergency communications was an immediate concern for public safety officials, who scrambled to alert islanders to the outage and provide patchwork emergency telephone communications on each island. Use of 911 service was restored by Monday, Nov. 11. The recently recommended penalty would be in addition to credits, totaling $271,000, that the company credited in February to the accounts of affected customers. CenturyLink has also committed more than $500,000 for system improvements to ensure back-up service in the event of a future outage. The investigation confirms that the 10-day service outage resulted from a severed underwater fiber cable that separated the Friday Harbor switch from the CenturyLink network. The investigation also concludes that the company violated
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CenturyLink Northwest Region President Brian Stading in 2013 holding a section of underwater fiber-optic cable, similar to the one that runs between Lopez and San Juan Islands. state laws and rules related to major outages, as well as requirements for communicating outage information to the public. “I’m very pleased with the strength of the UTC staff ’s recommendations to what was a serious 10-day crisis on the San Juan Islands last November,” said Sen. Kevin
Ranker, D-Orcas Island. “Not only were the islands cut off from the rest of the world, first responders reported two significant medical incidents during the outage in which two elderly residents tried unsuccessfully to call for help. UTC staff found
Convicted sex offender back behind bars by SCOTT RASMUSSEN Journal editor
A San Juan Island man who recently served six months for a felony sex offense faces a new round of criminal charges for allegedly spending time with a woman and her child shortly after his release from jail. On Aug. 6, Troy Fitzgerald Niebling was taken into custody by the San Juan County Sheriff ’s Department on the heels of a complaint about the 49-year-old spending time with the woman and her child. Convicted in February of one count of voyeurism, a Class C felony, Niebling turned himself in to the Sheriff ’s Department upon learning that a warrant had been issued for his arrest, according
to Undersheriff Bruce Distler. He was taken into custody on a State Department of Corrections warrant and transported by plane to Island County jail later that day. He was then transferred to a “violators facility” at the Snohomish County jail to await a hearing on the alleged violation of terms of his court-ordered probation, Distler said. A registered sex offender, Niebling was ordered to serve six months in jail in mid-March after pleading guilty to the felony sex offense. He reportedly was released Aug. 5 from Island County jail. According to the Sheriff ’s Department, San Juan County is home to 26 sex offenders at the lowest risk level and five listed as moderate risk to re-offend.
Washington state is home to more than 12,000 registered sex offenders, according to the department. Department of Corrections spokeswoman Norah West said that Niebling is scheduled to appear at an Aug. 20 hearing in the Snohomish violators facility on allegations that he had contact with a minor, a violation of terms of his probation. He was ordered to serve 30 months in community custody as part of the sentence handed down in San Juan County Superior Court in March, a duration beyond the state standard, which, according to court documents, was imposed because of a history of sex offenses. A year ago in May, Niebling was accused of secretly taking photographs and video footage of his then-teenage daughter having sex
with her boyfriend, and of storing those images on his computer. Authorities at that time claimed the photos and video were taken by Niebling in late spring of 2009, through a window of the girl’s bedroom at their Sutton Road home. She was 17 at the time. The images reportedly were still on the hard drive as of September 2012. Prior to his conviction in March, Niebling was also convicted in Minnesota of possession of child pornography in 1992, according to court documents. In addition to six months in jail and 30 months in community custody, he was also ordered in mid-March to pay $1,024 in restitution to San Juan County for the costs of transporting witnesses in preparation for a trial.
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Are you a boy between the ages of eight and 12 who loves baseball? If so, you may have the opportunity to see the Mariners play the Angels on Sunday, Sept. 28. The group will be departing Eastsound at 10:30 a.m. and flying to and from Seattle with ground transportation provided. If you'd like to be one of the five boys chosen to join the small group, write a onepage letter by Sept. 15 (with contact info) explaining why you should be selected. Mail it to Orcas Christian School, 107 Enchanted Forest Rd, Eastsound, 98245, attn: Mariners Game.
Victor Perez’s team was victorious again this year, beating a field of eight, including teams from San Juan Island and Olympia, to win this year’s SummerSpike grass volleyball tournament at Buck Park on Aug. 17. Pictured above, holding the prize bags, are Mauro Rodriguez, Ignacio Cruz, Victor Perez and Alicia Susol.
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The Orcas Center Lobby Gallery will show the art of Josie Barrow during the month of September. The exhibit will be partially a retrospective show, beginning with three pieces from her high school days, and then fast-forwarding to when she retired to Orcas Island and began painting in watercolor, later in pastel and more recently in oil. The exhibit opens Friday, Sept. 5 with a reception at 5:30 p.m. There will be art by other local artists in the Moran Room as well as beverages and goodies. Barrow majored in art and fashion design at The University of Washington. She often prefers to change colors and design her own color combinations.
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New superintendant is Islanders looking at service diving right in to island life station co-op model by COLLEEN S. ARMSTRONG Editor/Publisher
When the Webbs first visited Orcas, it was during the quiet month of April. After moving here last month, they have had a much different experience. “I just jumped right into work – it’s been fast and furious,” said new Orcas School Superintendent Eric Webb. “And town is bustling. I’ve been meeting new people, getting the background on the school and understanding the district.” Webb is replacing superintendent Barbara Kline, who worked for the district for 24 years, first as middle and high school principal and then as superintendent. His first impression of the school is that it is supported by a strong faculty. “I’ve been more than pleased with the staff,” Webb said. “I will be able to evaluate more once school is in session … It takes everyone in the district to make it successful. It doesn’t matter what your role is – we are all a team.” Webb also has kind words for the school board. “It is a very stable, informed board – you don’t find that everywhere,” he said. Within a few weeks of being on the job, Webb had to deal with three break-ins and the theft of laptops at the school over a seven-day period. “The damage to the doors will cost more than the items taken,” he said. “It’s unfortunate that this is happening right at the start of school. And each door that is broken or laptop stolen is money taken away from the kids.” He is looking at installing motion sensor lights and security cameras and shifting custodian hours to
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include night-time work. When asked how he handles bullying, Webb says it cannot be taken lightly. “Both the aggressor and the victim need to be spoken to,” he said. “Sometimes it’s about defining what bullying means. It’s a problem in most districts and a lot of it goes to educating teachers, administration and students about it.” The Webbs moved to Orcas after living in Oklahoma for the past 10 years. Webb says they couldn’t pass up the opportunity to live on an island. His 18-year-old daughter Mesa has been working at Brown Bear Bakery and is “loving it.” She will be studying biological anthropology and Spanish at Western Washington University in the fall. His son, McCabe, will be in the ninth grade. He has been teaching sailing at West Sound and participating in the youth group at the Community Church. Eric and his wife Jana have already hosted a visit from family members.
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“We are now the destination spot,” he laughed. Eric worked as an elementary through high school teacher before obtaining his administration certification. He served as assistant principal in Texas, then moved to Oklahoma to a district of 1,400 students and 125 staff. There he spent four years as a middle school principal, six years as an assistant superintendent, and just finished serving as assistant and interim superintendent. Eric’s experience includes working with a team to manage an $11 million budget. His average class in Oklahoma was 120 kids; on Orcas, it is 24 kids. “We knew that now was the time,” Eric said. “It was very difficult to leave the people we were close to, but we had to see what else is out there. Our son’s dream is to be a marine biologist, so we wanted him to be closer to the water. And we now have access to all the outdoor activities we like to do.” The first day of school is Sept. 3, and Eric is looking forward to sharing his philosophy. “I do what is best for the kids,” Eric said. “Our primary objective is student learning. The education of our students is what will make them successful in life.”
Ekomotiv, a local non-profit being established to procure and operate the Crescent Beach Service Station as a cooperative, is seeking five to seven Orcas Island residents to serve on a steering committee; with success, the steering committee members will have the opportunity to populate the Board of Directors. The benefits of Ekomotiv will be the opportunity to phase in expanded goods and services at non-profit rates, say organizers. Proposed services include electric/high-efficiency vehicle sales and financing, an electric vehicle recharge station and automobile insurance. For further information, see the FaceBook page at Ekomotiv-Orcas. If interested in serving on the Ekomotiv steering committee, contact Mark DeTray, Project Coordinator, at: mark.detray@gmail.com or 376-3017.
County Sheriff’s Log Aug. 13: A deputy contacted homeowner on San Juan Island concerning a reported trespassing. A male subject came to the property to discuss an alleged problem, which could not be proven. • A deputy responded to a reported act of vandalism. After the investigation it was determined the damage to the car window was caused by flying debris from a weed eater. • Deputies responded to the area of the fairgrounds in Friday Harbor on a reported dog bite and aggressive dogs. Deputies had to deploy a taser at the dog as he rushed toward the deputy. The animal was not injured. Aug. 15: A deputy responded to a report of a stolen vehicle on Orcas Island. The vehicle was recovered a day later. No suspects at this time. • A deputy responded to a reported residential burglary on San Juan Island.
Prescription medications were reported missing. Aug. 16: A deputy responded to a reported altercation at the golf course on Lopez Island. Two male subjects were allegedly involved in a physical altercation. When the deputy arrived neither party wanted to press charges against the other. • A deputy responded to a reported burglary at the Orcas Elementary School. The school building was entered by unknown means and then several interior doors were pried open. Further investigation is required. • A deputy responded to a parking problem. While en route to the location the deputy received information that the vehicle was a stolen vehicle. It was recovered and towed. Aug. 17: Deputies responded to a reported assault on Lopez Island. When they arrived, the suspect had left the area. The
suspect had knocked on the door and then, without permission, entered the residence. When asked to leave by the property owner, the suspect “shoved him” and then left. Deputies attempted to locate the unidentified suspect without success. Aug. 18: While a deputy was conducting a check of the Orcas School grounds with a member of the maintenance staff, they discovered the band room door had been pried open and a computer was taken. This continues the series of burglaries at the school grounds. • A deputy responded to the Outlook Inn wedding chapel area on the reported theft of a generator. The investigation is ongoing. • A Lopez deputy responded to the call of an animal problem. A dog escaped its enclosure and then chased and reportedly bit another dog. The owners of both animals engaged in a verbal dispute.
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Glad for the fines; back-up plan needed
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e applaud the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission for recommending that CenturyLink be penalized $170,000 for the 10-day communications outage last November that created an upheaval in the San Juans. Until the temporary fix – facilitated with help from OPALCO – was put in place, 911 was inoperable in the islands for days. Many businesses were unable to use credit card machines, and San Juan Islanders did not have internet for close to a week. The outage was a disaster, and if anything major had occurred – like a storm or a serious crime or accident – there would have been chaos. At the time, we were left wondering: why isn’t there a back-up plan? Since the incident, CenturyLink says it is “actively working to provide network redundancy. This redundancy will allow voice, Internet, 911 and other critical services to be rerouted onto other facilities to maintain service in the event of a fiber cut within the islands.” The company committed more than $500,000 for system improvements to ensure back-up service in the event of a future outage. In February, CenturyLink began phase one of providing redundancy from Friday Harbor to Eastsound and Lopez. It is increasing the capacity on the existing fiber optic network between Mount Constitution and Eastsound to support the new microwave radio system to be installed from Friday Harbor to Mount Constitution. This is great headway. We also strongly support OPALCO moving forward with a Broadband project, and we were very disappointed when it was scaled back after not enough membership support back in 2013. Whether you agree with it or not, the reality is that we live in a time where just about everything is connected to technology. We must have additional resources in place for this kind of emergency. We hope the seriousness of this outage was a major wake-up call for our primary service provider, the county, OPALCO and our communities.
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Thank you to all the visitors and residents of San Juan County who helped with the success of this year’s photography department at the San Juan County Fair. First – I’d like to mention the participants (far too many to list individually), not only those who received ribbons, but the unrecognized photographers who took the time to take, process, frame, and display the nearly 350 images these folks felt should be shared with the countless fair-goers. Second – I’d like to thank those volunteers and judges who spent time setting up the display, manning the booth and supporting us throughout the fair. Special thanks go out to: Sonda Earley, Rebecca Parks, Ray Sheffer, Tim Dustrude, Scott Rasmussen, David and Nancy Honeywell, Mark Gardner, Karen Woldveldt, Deanna Jenkins, Cynthia Brast, John Sinclair, John Boyd, Donna Dyer, Deborah Goelzer, Steven K. Roberts, plus Allison, Kathleen, and Jennifer (who were provided to us by the folks at the Fair Office). Third – I’d like to thank the local businesses who contributed prizes for the entry winners: Charles at Kung Fu Pizza and the China Pearl, Meghann at Browne Home Center, Donny at Ace Hardware, Debi at the Hard Drive Cafe, Cecil at Radio Shack, and Cindy at Gourmet Galley for their contributions. Fourth – Thank you to the folks who took the time to view the entries and those who voted for the People’s Choice. I should also mention the winners of the Best in Show (one award for the competitive entries, the other for the open competition): Mark D. Gardner and Jenni Merritt; Best in Class (open, portrait) Peter Wangoe Sr., Best in Class (competitive, nature and wildlife) Rebecca K. Smith. Best in Class (open, pet and farm animal) Desiree Ann D’nabana, and Best in Class (open youth, still life) Eden Light; and the four People’s Choice winners Allison Dragon, Michael Herko, Monika Wieland, and Judy Chovan. Miles Crossen San Juan County Fair Photography Superintendent Circulation/ Joanna Massey Administrative Coordinator jmassey@soundpublishing.com Marketing Artists Scott Herning sherning@soundpublishing.com Kathryn Sherman ksherman@soundpublishing.com Copy editor Maura O’Neill
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We wanted to say thank you for making our time at your fair such a memorable experience for Miss Gail and me. Everyone we met from Jennifer and Ashley on staff to some of the great people who stopped by our electric vehicle booth impressed us with their friendliness and attitude! A special thanks to Matthew Waite, Facilities Maintenance for going out of his way to get us a plug-in to recharge our electric truck which allowed us to travel all over the island from Roche Harbor to Cattle Point. My first visit to San Juan, but I hope not my last! We enjoyed meeting all the folks from the town, the county and the port who came by to get information and talk about electric vehicles. And we loved meeting the folks who made the fair so special like Amy from OPALCO, and Linda from the conservation district who both had great ideas for the future of EV work vehicles on the islands. Then there were the great volunteers we saw from the 4-H folks to The Friends of the San Juans that so expressed the charm of your community coming together. It was so easy for us to feel right at home with your small town hospitality. The worst part of the whole fair was having to smell that fresh bread baking next to us in the exhibit building, then being FORCED by the “jam jockeys” to try to judge between all the delectable jams and jellies slathered on that aforementioned bread! The textile shed was an inspiring idea packed visit for Miss Gail, a fiber artist here in Oregon, and she is still inspired by your folks like Mimi who did such a great
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job. Then there were the beautiful flowers, veggies and fruits that were awesome for us desert rats who only wish we could grow them so well as you do in the San Juans! And then best of all was all the “characters” we met ranging from our booth neighbors Ray and his lovely family with “Dish” to their partners in crime at the hair painting cable company on the other side. We loved the fellow with the benches, planters and cabinets! What an imagination and a twinkle in the eye! Of course there were the folks from Waldron Island that visited with Miss Gail, Liz from the Post Office and her buddy whom we had breakfast with and “Biker Bill” we met waiting for us to come out of the Whale Museum to talk about electric cars! Call us Bill. We need to talk some more! We had a great time in the islands! Miss Gail and I got to visit the library at Orcas where she got a lot of help for her pet project of starting a seed bank here in our small eastern Oregon community. We hope to see you again next year. We got to know a lot of old friends we just hadn’t met yet! John R. Cogar Oregon
Mayor musings Having completed my first month in office, it continues to be an honor to serve as Eastsound’s mayor. My daily excursions around town have never failed to include having a well-wisher greet me and ask “How is the mayor doing?” It is heartening to have such support.
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LETTERS FROM 4 I recently met with a constituent who expressed an avian concern. Apparently, Canada geese are enjoying Crescent Beach but have not learned to pick up after themselves, thus creating a potentially messy situation for beach walkers at low tide. It was suggested that a concerted effort by some of my fellow dogs could be directed to discourage the geese from frequenting that area and leaving their personal graffiti on the beach. I would personally organize such a noble effort, however, I do have an aversion to dogs-so I am just throwing the idea out there for any other dogs who might be interested in such a fun outing. Perhaps some of you could talk it over at the dog park and arrange a beach play date. Is it just me, or was it confusing when a local cafe had a big red sign by their front door that said “No Food or Drink”? I spend quite a bit of time hanging out on Main St. and I urge all westbound motorists to remember that there is a stop sign at the North Beach Rd. intersection – and perhaps you would be more inclined to notice it if you were not talking on your phones while driving. In fact, while you are driving through townslow down. I and all the other folks who are walking would greatly appreciate it. Again, thank you for your continued support and I will strive to continue as a blind visionary for Eastsound during my term. Your faithful servant. Jack Eastsound Mayor
Deer Harbor bridge update Thanks to all of you who signed a petition several weeks ago asking for more public input on the proposed new Deer Harbor bridge. Your support was a big help in getting more dialogue on this project. The County Council will be discussing the bridge project at next Tuesday’s Council meeting in Friday Harbor. If you can be there to express your opinion that would be great. You can also call or email the council members so they have your opinion before the public discussion. My concerns have always been the impact the footprint of the new larger wider bridge will have on this residential area, the
increased height of the roadbed because Public Works is proposing a single span of 80’ with a 3’ thick beam rather than a bridge span supported on pilings as is now, the designed speed of 20 mph which will increase vehicle speeds in this heavily used pedestrian area, and the impact the increased sediment flows will have on the oyster beds in the tidelands and the eel grass beds and crab population in the harbor. If you share these concerns and have other concerns please send your comments to Council members Rick Hughes, Bob Jarman, and Jamie Stephens: rickh@ sanjuanco.com, bobja@sanjuanco.com, jamies@sanjuanco.com. Michael Durland Deer Harbor
A plea for all the future engineers As summer winds down and I think about all the kids’ camps that have happened - music, ceramics, sailing, Orkila, soccer, Spanish, circus, farm animals, golf, etc. - I am grateful for this place. Thank you to all of you who have put so much into all of our children. This island’s breadth of summer activities rivals that of a big city. My eight-year-old son said something the other day that got me thinking about next summer – or perhaps sooner. After his first day of soccer camp he firmly said to me, “Mom, why did you sign me up for soccer camp? You know I’m interested in engineering!” I have nothing against soccer camp. And nevermind the fact that he can run like the wind. He just happened to come out of the womb an engineer type. He wants real-world, handson engineering projects to learn and work on every single day. He needs technical school. If he is like this, there must be other kids here who are the same. I wonder if anyone reading this letter has ideas about this subject. Are you a retired engineer – mechanical, aerospace, electrical, etc. - and would love to instruct kids with seriously hungry minds? Do you like the idea of being a weekly or monthly one-on-one mentor? Do you have a great workspace you’d be willing to let kids use? Do you like the idea of a projects group that involves collaboration with other retired professionals? Or grander yet, what about an Orcas version of MIT for grade-school kids? Thank
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Goodbye, Joyce Nigretto In June of last year, Orcas School celebrated the retirement of multiple staff members who have contributed to and been part of the lives of our children for many years. There were numerous events and multiple chances for us to publicly acknowledge the years of service of each of these individuals. Unfortunately, outside of all of the fanfare and celebration, the staff member who probably deserved the greatest acknowledgement of all was excluded. It is safe to say that this staff member has worked
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more days, attended more extracurricular events and been a part of more students’ lives than any other current employee of the Orcas Island School District – possibly ever. For over 35 years she has safely transported multiple generations of families as a trusted and reliable bus driver, executing her duties in a way that few noticed but many relied upon. Mixed in with this she has served as a trainer, student advisor, mother, grandmother and great grandmother, sharing each of these roles with our community. And so it is with very little fanfare but a great deal of thanks, appreciation and gratitude that I would like to thank Joyce Nigretto for everything that she has done for our children and for our island over the years. For every off-island trip, for
every time you navigated snow covered roads, for every child who arrived home safe and secure from a day at school. Thank you! Enjoy your retirement Joyce! You’ve earned it! Justin Paulsen Eastsound
OCS facility update This summer has held a number of facilities updates at Orcas Christian School.
We would like to thank the contractors and volunteers who have cleaned up, freshly painted and rebuilt our fencing to make our campus safe and beautiful for students to return. We take pride in the quality of our buildings and grounds, and invite the community to take a peek at the work well-done. Vala Ross Orcas Christian School
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CROSSWORD PUZZLE Across 1. Doctor's order 6. Follower of Mary 10. Become friendlier 14. About to explode 15. Apple spray 16. Pro ___ 17. Kind of jar 18. Foul 19. "Ars amatoria" poet 20. Battery terminal (2 wds) 23. Cloudless 25. Bounces 26. Characteristic of the nobility 30. Family head 31. Blah (2 wds) 32. Club used by India's police 36. Maple genus 38. Bush-league 40. Bad look 41. One who goes for the gold? 43. Like composition paper 45. Ace 46. Messagecarrying bird (2 wds) 49. Unfaltering 52. Bloodless 53. "Mary Had a Little Lamb," for one 57. Asian nurse 58. Rake 59. Agenda entries 63. Automatic 64. Mass number 65. Brown ermine 66. "Aeneid" figure 67. Absorbs, with
"up" 68. Cher's singing partner Down 1. Backboard attachment 2. Victorian, for one 3. Consumes 4. Is repentant 5. Below 6. ___ lamp 7. Came down 8. French Sudan, today 9. Officer promotion without pay increase 10. Hot and humid 11. Devastation 12. Inclined
13. Walks in water 21. Clean and brush a horse 22. Morally wrong 23. Small, bulbous plants with showy spring flowers 24. Flax fabric 26. Sandler of "Big Daddy" 27. Kind of dog 28. Altercation (hyphenated) 29. ___ friends 33. Crow's home 34. Graceful bird 35. "Pumping ___" 37. Goes back over 39. Indemnify 42. Harassed 44. Rid from one's
mind 47. Sweet cicely (pl.) 48. Densely populated slum area 49. Animal catcher 50. Abnormal tissue growth 51. A Muse 54. It comes easily to hand, toy (hyphenated) 55. Beef cut 56. Cluckers 60. Long, long time 61. "Gee whiz!" 62. Chester White's home Answers to today's puzzle on page 20
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Sure, OPALCO cares, but about what? Editor’s note: To see MacLeod’s letters, go to http://goo.gl/r5WFSU and scroll to the bottom. by RICHARD FADEM
Alex MacLeod of Shaw Island has had three letters published by island news outlets over the past couple of months. They detail the OPALCO Board’s chicanery and apparent dishonesty. Every OPALCO member should read them in sequence. (A link to the letters online are above). They first astonish, then prompt indignation and finally disgust. The third (“On Board? Honesty not the preferred policy at OPALCO,”) seems to prove what he had conjectured in the first two. They expose an apparent betrayal of trust and a pattern of deceit, moral and financial, that should compel OPALCO’s members, we owners, to demand the resignations of Chris
Thomerson, the Board chair during much of the period, and Randy Cornelius, the general manager, as well as any other Board members found to be complicit. Thomerson and Cornelius seemed to have lied to members in public meetings about OPALCO’s lawyers’ intimidation of a resigning board member and a member of the County Council. Thomerson and Cornelius did so apparently to conceal a greater lie, one to all of us: that of their going ahead with a financially risky broadband project under the cover of “electric-system infrastructure.” Thomerson or Cornelius even went so far, it appears, as to lie to a new board member about the contents of bills from the law firm and why MacLeod’s request to see the bills should be denied. The bills, MacLeod later learned from a board mem-
ber who reviewed them at his request, corroborates his earlier conjecture that OPALCO’s lawyers had not acted independently, as Thomerson, Cornelius and other board members claimed, but on orders from Thomerson as chair, and perhaps also Cornelius. MacLeod’s letters are meticulously researched and responsible (he is the retired managing editor of The Seattle Times, and, for full disclosure, I know him). His motivation is disinterested and that of any good newspaperman: to serve the public interest by exposing those who betray the public trust. “OPALCO CARES” is the new motto, but cares about what? Mostly, it seems, about concealment. Thomerson and the board evidently violated OPALCO’s bylaws by doing
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much of their business in executive and “working sessions,” both of which are secret, neither of which the bylaws provide for. As for its regular meetings, the board has so streamlined its minutes that they cease to inform. Sadly, OPALCO is most transparent now only in the board’s determination to shroud what it is doing. Led by Thomerson, the board undertook a multimillion dollar broadband project. An insufficient number of the membership endorsed the project, most deciding not to pay an additional $15/month, much less commit to a $90-a-month bro adb and-conne c t ion charge. Undeterred, the board, it appears, has persevered in its project, now camouflaging it under expenditures for the maintenance and improvement of its core electrical service. The board’s conduct is fiscally questionable, ethically wrong and may violate the directors’ fiduciary responsibilities. The board has denied us information regarding OPALCO’s directions, undertakings, and financial risks, for which we, the owner-members, are liable. Many of us moved to San
Juan County so as to live in a small community whose dealings were transparent, responsive to the residents and largely just. Now we learn that OPALCO, whose only job is to ensure reliable electricity at a fair cost, exhibits an arrogance, clandestine manipulation, and deceit we expect to find at an Enron, a Countrywide, the too-big-to-fail banks and General Motors. What amazes one about OPALCO is how the clumsy, ham-fisted behavior appears disproportionate to the stakes. Are we missing something? But the behavior is not yet endemic, and while we can still assign personal culpability, we can call for Thomerson's resignation and the resignations of those on the board and in management who acted on the principle that their ends justify their shameless means. Professor emeritus of Scripps College, Richard Fadem earned a doctorate of English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University and is “CEO” of bookdoors.com literature classes on Orcas, Shaw and San Juan.
FINES FROM 1 serious deficiencies both in CenturyLink’s response and their communication with the public. My hope is that today’s recommendation will help make sure this never happens again.” Back in December the UTC held a hearing in Friday Harbor in which CenturyLink was routinely criticized for failure to adequately inform island residents and urged to provide redundant communications channels, which CenturyLink said was already underway. Commission staff also recommended that CenturyLink be required to make improvements to the infrastructure serving the San Juan Islands and report annually to the commission on the status and results of maintenance and inspections of the system. The company has committed to infrastructure improvements by early 2015. “They [CenturyLink] needed to be sent a message to make sure that they have an adequate, proper and fail-safe telecommunications plan,” said Hughes.
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Obituaries Joseph Carney The Rev. Joseph Carney passed away peacefully at home with his wife by his side on August 19 at the age of 84. He was born in Vancouver, B.C. and attended various schools before graduating from Vancouver College Prep School in 1948. He then pursued his long-time desire to enter the priesthood by enrolling in the Roman Catholic Seminary of Christ the King in Mission, B.C. He was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1953 and a degree in theology in 1957. He was ordained to the priesthood on April 6, 1957. He served in various Vancouver area parishes as assistant priest and editor of the Diocesan newspaper of the Archdiocese of Vancouver. After much soul searching he knew that he wanted marriage to be part of his life and in November, 1965 he married his wife, Tanya Dournovo. The marriage was followed by a brief stay at Huron College, University of Western Ontario, and Joe was received into the Anglican Communion in December, 1966. In October, 1967, Joe, Tanya and their infant son, Rex, emigrated to the United States. Joe entered the U.S. Episcopal Church through the Diocese of Olympia and was assigned to St. Barnabas, Bainbridge Island and its satellite mission churches in Poulsbo and Port Gamble. Over the next several years he oversaw the inde-
pendence of the Poulsbo and Port Gamble congregations, the building of a church in Poulsbo and considerable congregational growth. He also served on boards of many community organizations and Diocesan committees. In 1986 he received his Master of Ministry degree from Seattle University. He resigned as Rector from St. Charles parish in Poulsbo in 1989 and became Vicar of St. Bede's Mission, Port Orchard, where he served until 1995, at which time he retired. He and his family enjoyed sailing the San Juans and Canadian Gulf Islands for many years so he was happy to come out of retirement in 1997 to serve as parttime Vicar of Grace Church, Lopez Island. He retired for the second time in 1999. During this time he oversaw the building of the new Grace Church in the village. He also served on the original board of the newly forming Lopez Island Hospice and Home Support. Upon retiring from Grace Church, he and Tanya decided to make Lopez their permanent home. From there he worked as supply priest at St. David's Parish, Friday Harbor and Emmanuel
Cindi Barr Gould Parish, Eastsound. Joe loved anything to do with boats, particularly his sailboat, “Grace,” and he and Tanya were active members of the Lopez Island Yacht Club from 1999. He was also an avid crab fisherman and would be one of the first ones to put out a pot when the season opened. Back in his single days he had obtained a private pilot's license and owned and flew a Piper Cub. He always missed flying and after moving to Lopez bought an Ercoupe which gave him great pleasure flying and commuting to his duties in Eastsound. Joe was loved by everyone who knew him for his ready smile, his sense of humor and the joy and kindness he exuded. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends. He is survived by his wife, Tanya, sons Rex (Jennifer) and Brent Carney, grandchildren Brennan, Casey, Chloe and Dillon, his sisterin-law Verlie Carney, brother-in-law Martin Dournovo (Virginia) and numerous nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his parents Robert and Nora Carney and brothers Robert and Fred. A celebration of his life will be held at Grace Episcopal Church on Sept. 6 at 11:30 a.m. with a luncheon reception following in the Parish Hall. Memorial donations may be made to the following: Community Food Bank, c/o Grace Episcopal Church Outreach Committee or Lopez Island Hospice and Home Support.
Governors visit Orcas State Senator Kevin Ranker, D-Orcas, hosted a “Take Back the Washington State Senate” fundraiser on Aug. 23 at Red Rabbit Farm on Orcas. The event was limited to 40 people and the guest list included Washington Governor Jay Inslee and First Lady Trudi Inslee and Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber and First Lady Cylvia Hayes. “Due to the wonderful generosity of our guests we are significantly closer to having a Senate that values and fully protects choice, equality and the environment,” Ranker said.
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Cindi Barr Gould, of Ojai, California and Orcas Island, Washington passed away on August 20, 2014 at her home in Ojai. She was 63 years old and had endured two years of Amyotophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease). Born in Rochelle, Illinois and raised in Greenfield, Indiana, she worked as a medical assistant and office manager, principally in the Ojai family practice office of her husband Dr. Richard Gould until the couple closed the office in 1992. Cindi had wonderful skills as an organizer, and graciously lent her abilities to the Ojai Music Festival by serving as a member of the Board and by creating elegant fundraisers and opening night parties. Cindi also had a special love for and caring way with animals. When Cindi and Rick bought their second home on Orcas Island, she became President of the Board of the Orcas Animal Protection Society. She gave freely of her time at the pet shelter, even adopting a few pets herself when the need arose. Cindi and her husband Rick traveled widely, in the Americas, Europe, and Africa. A natural athlete, she enjoyed dance, Jazzercise, yoga, hiking, and horseback riding. Her home gardens were an oasis for her, which showcased her creativity. She was an avid member of the Hardy Hikers group on Orcas Island, hiking with them no matter the weather, time of year, or difficulty of the terrain. Her ashes will be scattered on one of those mountains.
One of her great loves was her horse “Dunster.” A serious equestrian, she trained and rode him almost every day. Cindi is survived by her loving husband of 32 years, Dr. Richard S. Gould; her parents, Dean and Jane Barr of Tucson, AZ; her brother Michael Oellig of Santa Fe, NM; her niece Kyra Oellig; her step-children whom she helped raise; Maile D’Arcy (Brett); Tamara Gould (Alex Thier); David Gould (Caroline) and eight grandchildren whom she enjoyed immensely. She leaves behind many dear friends in Ojai and Orcas Island. Family and friends will forever hold an image of Cindi
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as a healthy, sparkling, caring, and capable woman whom they admired and cherished. Because of Cindi’s great love for animals, in lieu of flowers, please send memorial donations to the Orcas Animal Protection Society, 84A Hope Lane, Eastsound, WA, 98245 or the SeaDoc Society, 942 Deer Harbor Rd, Eastsound, WA, 98245. Days of remembrance and celebration will be held at the Gould home on Sept. 13, 2014 from 12 to 3 p.m. in Ojai and on Orcas Island towards the end of September. Please call Kathryn Bowes at 376-4474 for more information about the Orcas celebration.
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Community news briefs Dance classes
Local instructors are again offering a community dance class on Monday, Sept. 1 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Oddfellows Hall. They have received numerous requests to do another session of swing. They will repeat some of the previous dance steps for those who have never learned swing and add some new steps for your enjoyment. Instruction will begin promptly at 7 p.m. followed by dancing at 8 p.m. The classes are free and no partner is needed. For further information call Bill at 3768857 or Jean at 376-6549.
TEDx on Orcas TEDxOrcasIsland is currently accepting presenter nominations until Sept. 15. Who would you like to see present at TEDxOrcasIsland on Nov. 8? Do you or someone you know have an idea worth spreading? Do you know someone developing new medical devices, a poet, philosopher, or someone planting trees in a new and interesting way? Nominate yourself, someone you know, or someone you admire at www.tedxorcasisland.com. TED, which stands for “Technology, Entertainment, Design,” is a global set of conferences owned by the private nonprofit Sapling Foundation, under the slo-
gan: “Ideas Worth Spreading.” TEDx are independent events licensed by TED that are organized locally and follow the same format.
Community barbecue Live music, good food and summer sun is always more fun with friends and family. Soon you can gather with your fellow community members for a special barbecue on the Village Green. The Orcas Island Chamber of Commerce is holding a barbecue on Sunday, Aug. 31 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the Village Green. The community gathering is a fundraiser for chamber-sponsored events and a way to celebrate the glorious days of summer. The festivities will be kicked off with a game of tug of war at 11 a.m. The Orcas Fire Department has signed up for a team but others are needed; either call volunteer Michele Wiley at 360-722-2802 or show up early on the day to sign up. The winner will receive a trophy. Following the tug of war, there will be sack races and children’s games. Chef Bill Patterson, who owns Chimayo and Sazio di Notte, is preparing chargrilled marinated flank steak, Tuscan-style barbecue chicken, Umbrian-style roast pig, Portuguese potato salad, corn on the cob and watermelon. For dessert, there will be locally made
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pies and ice cream. For those who would like to contribute pies for the booth, call Wiley. Adults can enjoy wine and selections from Island Hoppin’ Brewery in the beer garden. There will also be non-food vendors and artisans selling their wares throughout the day. Music will be performed by Dust Bunnies (12 to 2 p.m.), Martin Gerard and Martin Lund (2 to 3:30 p.m.) and Skye and The Frequent Flyers (3:30 to 5 p.m.). The cost is $15 for adults and $10 for kids under 11. Pie, beer and wine will be sold separately. Organizers hope to sell tickets beforehand at the chamber and Office Cupboard, but they can also be purchased on the day of the event.
Managing golden years Two days of educational seminars to help navigate your “golden years” will be held on Sept. 17 and 18 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Orcas Senior Center. The event is free although donations are accepted. Lunch is included. Experts will present panel discussion on topics such as: home safety, health, grief, protecting your assets, fraud protection, balance and mobility, life forms, and more. Members of Orcas Fire and Rescue will be on hand for blood pressure checks, “quick CPR” training and preparing emergency paperwork. The seminars are organized by the Orcas CARES partnership: Lahari, Orcas Island Fire and Rescue, Orcas Island Senior Services, Orcas Medical Foundation, and
San Juan County Sheriff ’s Department. Preregister for a chance to win a gift basket prepared by Orcas CARES. Call 376-2677 or email marlaj@sanjuanco.com.
Thurston Wolfe event Michael Yeaman, who helps run the Thurston Wolfe Winery in Prosser, Wash., will present a wine class and tasting on Sunday, Aug. 31 from 3 to 5 p.m. at Random Howse. Winery owner Wade Wolfe will also speak. The cost is $25 per person. All proceeds go to the Orcas Animal Shelter. At the event you will have a chance to taste Washington wines while learning about “crush,” which is the term for the intense period between picking the grapes and getting them into a barrel for aging. RSVP to the animal shelter at 376-6777. Tickets are also available at the door.
Wooden boat exhibit You are invited to visit the Orcas Senior Center to see an historical exploration of the wooden boats that have sailed through the San Juan Islands during the past century. Mike Douglas has curated this exhibit with the assistance of collections from Four Winds, The Wooden Boat Society of the San Juan Islands, Saltwater People Historical Society and Orcas Island Historical Museum. The exhibit is up until Sept. 3.
Auditor: the San Juans’ economy is improving by F. MILENE HENLEY County auditor
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focus on county government. But there’s a bigger picture to be considered. Economic recovery in the community must precede economic recovery of county government, and many of the early signs of economic recovery do not directly boost county revenue.
Rent is an example of income that does nothing for the county, at least not directly. At the height of the recent recession, both commercial and residential vacancy rates climbed. As vacancies fill, there is more revenue to landlords, but that revenue does not translate directly to county revenue, since most rent is not subject to sales tax. Professional services and financial services are other areas where increased activity serves the populace well, but not directly the county government. Indirectly, of course, it is true that “a rising tide floats all boats.” When individuals earn more money, they spend more, leading to sales tax revenue. When they become settled, they may build (permit revenue, sales tax revenue) or buy (real estate excise tax revenue). They also buy cars, which must be titled and registered; travel, needing passports and immunizations; and park illegally, resulting in fines. As a community shifts from the hunker-down
mentality of recession to the beehive activity level of a healthy, vibrant community, local government prospers as well. Indications are we’ve reached the beehive. County revenue out-performed both history and expectation in the first half of 2014. Two areas in particular suggest real economic recovery: real estate and retail trade/tourism. Real estate activity shows in two ways: increased applications for building permits and land use planning and increased real estate sales. The sharp drop-off in permitting revenue expected after the CAO implementation date did not happen. Applications slowed to a more normal pace, but remained active enough to suggest that overall activity in Community Development and Planning will beat projection by 40 percent. The beehive is buzzing. Real estate sales also continue to improve. Both number and dollar amount of real estate sales in the
second quarter far exceeded the same period last year. As a result, real estate excise taxes on the sale of property far exceeded expectations in the second quarter. The San Juan County Land Bank is already at 70 percent of 2014 budget, and is likely to exceed budget by 50 percent or more. The other type of county revenue that was markedly up through the second quarter of 2014 is sales tax. We tend to associate sales tax with visitors and the money they drop while they’re here. But we all pay sales tax year-round, and the increase in sales tax even in the winter months this year suggests that it’s not just tourists spending more money. Again, the beehive is buzzing. Most other areas of the county are buzzing as well. Even fines and interest income are up. The hope is that the hive will continue to flourish and county revenue, a mere by-product of true economic recovery, will follow suit.
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Islanders recognized at the San Juan County Fair Blue ribbon Orcas Island Susan McBain won a blue ribbon for her knitted shawl, pictured at right.
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The second Fair Board Award for 2014 went to the Orcas Trailblazers 4-H Horse Club, pictured at top right. The girls in the middle are club members Emma Freedman, Emma Minnis, Ame Exton, and Margot Van Gelder.
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Two Fair Board Awards are given away each fair season based on the overall “fair spirit and teamwork” shown during Fair. The first award went to the 4-H Alpacas Club, pictured at the bottom right. Orcas Islanders Kahana Pietsch and his mom Jennifer are pictured in the middle.
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It is canning season now so start preserving and we look forward to seeing you at next year’s San Juan County Fair Food Preservation Booth. – The above was submitted by San Juan County Fair Superintendents Minnie Knych and Pat Penwell.
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On behalf of the Pomona Grange #54 thank you to all the Food Preservation Booth volunteers at the San Juan County Fair. You were great to work with and made our job easier. Thank you to everyone who entered canned, pickled and dehydrated items in the San Juan County Fair Food Preservation booth. All of us who worked in the booth had a great time, and we hope you did too. Photos of the items and tastings are pictured at right. Special thanks to Terri Brown and her Perfect Pickler that got a lot of attention. Terri was very generous with her time and provided daily Q&A sessions for anyone who was interested in food preservation. The enthusiastic jam and jelly tasters made this a truly interactive booth. Voting for People’s Choice awards in the jam and jelly category was great fun and popular with the public. You can count on the fact that there will be People’s Choice voting in the food preservation booth next year.
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Get your golf game on by CALI BAGBY Assistant Editor
For Jeremy Avondet, golf is the best game ever. “It’s about honor and tradition,” said the Orcas Golf Club employee. “And as far as the tournament goes, you have an opportunity to help the community.” The tournament he is referring to is none other than the annual Orcas Center Golf Classic, which raises funds for artistic endeavors at the center. The event is Saturday, Sept. 6 starting at 9:30 a.m. at Orcas Island Golf Course. The fee for participation in the tournament scramble is $75 and includes golfing, bag lunch on the turn,
burgers from the Lower Tavern and the awards ceremony. All proceeds benefit Orcas Center programming. For more information or to register by phone, call 376-2281 ext 1 during regular box office hours – Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from noon to 4 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Lower Tavern, Islanders Bank and Island Market. The scramble is 18 holes and teams are made up of four people each. “The way a scramble works is that everyone gets a shot and you get to shoot until the best one [in the team] gets in the hole,” said Avondet. “Everyone contributes to the game.” What makes this year’s tournament
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special, according to Orcas Center Director Kara O’Toole, is that this summer marks the classic’s 20th anniversary. This also marks the last year Orcas Center will organize the event. “Orcas Center will turn its attention to other fundraising efforts and special events,” said O’Toole. “It seems like the right time after 20 years and we think it will have a re-birth under the direction of the OIGC.” The center hopes the classic, which nets about $4K every year, will continue. “Over the years the classic has really been a ‘fun-raiser,’” said O’Toole. “It is an event that draws a different crowd of Orcas Center supporters than our
usual theater-goers.” As to why golf has turned out to be a winning way to fundraise for the arts, O’Toole cites a mutual love of the game and theater as the answer. “In the beginning the golf classic idea took hold because many of Orcas Center’s Board members had a passion for both golf and the arts,” she said. “And as a performing arts center it is our job to produce successful events and experiences, so why not a Golf Classic? Another reason is: everyone is affected by the arts. The arts on Orcas add richness to all of our lives and we have multi-faceted arts supporters on this island who like to golf too.”
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Left: Tansy ragwort. Far left: A smaller plant setting up for next year’s bloom.
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Tansy ragwort is a winter annual, biennial or shortlived perennial that can grow up to six feet tall. It is easily recognized by its bright yellow flower heads, with each flower bearing about 13 petals (ray florets), and by its soft, deeply lobed leaves. It is easy to spot when it is in bloom around this time of year. You can also see smaller plants setting up for next year’s bloom. Tansy is toxic to horses and cattle whether fresh or dry, causing irreversible
liver damage. It spreads aggressively and seeds prolifically with seeds remaining viable in the soil for 10 years. Also, bees collect the pollen from tansy flowers. The honey that is made from these flowers can have an off taste. Milk collected from tansy-browsing-cows
In loving memory of Maria Juliet Massey This Saturday and Sunday, August 30 and 31, the first workshop sponsored by the Maria Massey Memorial Fund will take place. Paula Russell will teach an acting class to a group of 16 members of the Orcas acting community. The Massey family wishes to thank Paula as well as Doug Bechtel, Director of the Actors Theater of Orcas Island, for organizing the workshop and Dimitri Stankevich, Director of Camp Orkila, for kindly making available the camp’s Alumni Center for the class venue.
can also have an off flavor. When dealing with the plant, be sure to wear protective gloves and consider a face mask if you are sensitive to tansy ragwort’s allergens. Small patches or isolated plants can be hand-pulled or dug with a shovel. Before bloom they can be discarded in the trash or left on the ground to decompose. However, if the plant is in bloom, the flowers and seed heads need to be bagged
and taken to the solid waste facility for no charge. Mowing is not recommended, as plants will just re-flower at a height shorter than the mower blade. In addition, cut plants will re-sprout in the following season with even more vigorous and multiple stalks. For large infestations, selective herbicides can be effective. Contact the County Noxious Weed Program for specific herbicide information at 3763499.
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WHERE 365 North Beach Road, Eastsound
WHAT’S GOING ON?
• Hear Dr. Wade Wolfe, co-owner and wine maker at Thurston Wolfe, discuss “Crush” at a small Washington State winery • See colorful slides of the entire “Crush” process; from harvesting the grapes to racking the fermented juice to barrels • Taste Thurston Wolfe wines, including a rare opportunity to individually sample the three components of DR Wolfe’s Family Red wine and compare them to the final blend • Enjoy the company of other wine lovers!
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Binka’s Babes
Islanders to participate in 60-mile walk for cancer research
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Kristin Mireau and Mandy Nigretto (left to right) are walking in the Susan G. Komen three-day walk in Seattle on Sept. 19 in honor of Mandy’s mother, Binka, who is pictured above. She passed away in 2013. by COLLEEN SMITH ARMSTRONG
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andy Nigretto and Kristin Mierau are embarking on a journey together as soul sisters. “She could ask me to fly to the moon tomorrow and I would do it,” said Mierau about her long-time best friend. The two are participating in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk through Seattle starting on Sept. 19. They will cover 60 miles with thousands of others who are walking to raise money for breast cancer research. Their team is called “Binka’s Babes” in honor of Nigretto’s mother who passed away suddenly in December of last year. “I needed something challenging to focus my energy on,” Nigretto said. “Something horrible had happened, and I needed a positivite activity. I told Kristin: ‘I just did something crazy. I signed up for the three-day walk, and I am all by myself. Will you join me?’ She said, ‘Hell yes.’”
CALENDAR AUG. 29 - AUG. 31 VISIONS OF XWECHI’EXEN:
Lummi Art Show at Orcas Center. Lummi native artists will display their work in an art show and sale.
SUN., AUG. 31 WINE TASTING: Michael
Yeaman with Wade Wolfe of Thurston Wolfe Winery will present a wine class and tasting from 3 – 5 p.m. at Random Howse. The cost is $25 per person. All proceeds go to the Orcas Animal Shelter. RSVP or
lowed by dancing at 8 p.m. The classes are free and no partner is needed. For further information call Bill at 376-8857 or Jean at 3766549.
mail a check to Orcas APS, 84A Hope Lane, Eastsound, WA 98245. Tickets are also available at the door. COMMUNITY BBQ: The Orcas Island Chamber of Commerce is holding a barbecue on Sunday, Aug. 31 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the Village Green. Games at 11 a.m., food by Chef Bill Patterson at noon.
5:30 - 6:30 p.m., at Emmanuel Church.
MON., SEPT. 1
7 p.m. to dusk at Buck Park.
DANCE CLASS: Local instruc-
tors are offering a community dance class from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Oddfellows Hall. It will feature swing. Instruction will begin promptly at 7 p.m. fol-
SUN. – ONGOING ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: ADULT OUTDOOR VOLLEYBALL:
MON. – ONGOING ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS:
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Her mom Binka survived breast cancer three years ago and underwent a single mastectomy. Nigretto first participated in the 60-mile walk shortly after Binka’s battle with the disease. “My mom was super emotional about it,” she said. “At the closing ceremony we hugged and cried and kissed.” Nigretto describes the event as “crazy, wild and intense.” Every mile is filled with stories, laughter and colorful costumes. There are pit stops to refuel with food and drinks and crew members are always nearby to help. Mutual friend Laura Leicht will be staying with them in their hotel each night to rub their feet and bring dinner. “When I did it before, one woman walked on stage without a shirt after the walk to show her double mastectomy,” Nigretto said. “There are people with bald heads, husbands walking for their wives who died from breast cancer. People come out of their homes with food and hand-made gifts.” Both Nigretto and Mierau own hair salons and have shaved heads for those undergoing treatment. “Being in an industry where you touch so many lives, I have friends, relatives and clients who are affected by breast cancer,” Mierau said. “It’s more than just a touch, it’s an emotional connection.” Her partner Adam has Multiple Sclerosis, so she is particularly passionate about raising money for medical research. “He has an incurable disease so to help fund money for a possibly curable disease is something I want to do,” Mierau said. To participate, each walker needs to raise $2,300. Between online donations and gifts from their clients, Binka’s Babes has met its goal. Any additional donations are icing on the cake. To contribute, visit http://goo.gl/IJZOFd. Orcas Islanders Dottie Cornelius and Paul and Virginia Carrick are also participating. To donate to their teams, visit www.the3day.org, click on “donate” and type in their names. Seventy-five percent of the net proceeds raised by the Komen 3-Day help support its research and training grant program and large public health outreach programs for women and men facing breast cancer. The remaining 25 percent helps fund local community and affiliate support and outreach programs. The women started walking in March. Their favorite route is around Mountain Lake, which they briskly trek around at 5:45 a.m. twice a week – with their dogs in tow. They also golf on Sundays. “We feel very ready,” Nigretto said. “We could do it tomorrow.” Added Mierau: “During the walk, we’ll get so much mileage out of the emotions of the day.”
Main Street, Benson Hall, Emmanuel Church. WOMEN’S OPEN TENNIS: Buck Park Tennis Courts, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m., free, Orcas Rec. SOFTBALL: 7 p.m., all ages, Buck Park, free.
TUES. – ONGOING AA FOR WOMEN: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Benson Hall, Emmanuel Church. AA FOR MEN: 7-8 p.m., Emmanuel Church. KIWANIS: Tuesdays, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., Community Church Family Center.
WEDS. – ONGOING ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS:
5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Benson Hall, Emmanuel Church. LIONS CLUB: Weekly lunch, 11:45 a.m., Legion. ANSWERS IN THE HEART: An S.L.A.A. 12-step recovery group, Weds., 7-8 p.m., Episcopal Church. ADULT OUTDOOR VOLLEYBALL:
From 7 p.m. to dusk at Buck Park. Free.
THURS. – ONGOING STORYTIME: 11 a.m., Storytime in the Children’s Room at the library. AL-ANON: 5:30 p.m., Benson Hall, Emmanuel Church.
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: 5:30 p.m., Orcas Longhouse, 236 Prune Aly, Eastsound.
FRI. – ONGOING ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS:
Community Church Family Center, noon. 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Emmanuel Church. MAGIC THE GATHERING: For ages 12-17, 5 to 9 p.m., the Funhouse Commons.
SAT. – ONGOING ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 8 a.m. 5:30 p.m.,Emmanuel. Potluck last Saturday.
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National Theatre live Lummi art show on Orcas
The following was submitted by Orcas Center. Here’s your opportunity for an immersion and/or a refresher in great theatre: three major theatre works from three major writers from three totally different periods of history. From the Greek classic of Euripides, to one of the most famous American playwrights Tennessee Williams, to the contemporary renowned David Hare, Orcas Center will stream their works live: “Medea,” “Streetcar Named Desire” and “Skylight.” Each play is performed by a stellar cast including Gillian Anderson, Ben Foster, Bill Nighy, Carey Mulligan and Helen McCrory. Each production is filled with innovative and ofttimes ingenious sets and sometimes multiple and revolving stages and cos-
tumes reflecting three different periods from the Greeks (415 BC) to the 1950s to today. Get your tickets now for these three major theatre works from National Theatre Live: • “Medea,” Thursday, Sept. 4 • “Streetcar Named Desire,” Thursday, Sept. 25 • “Skylight,” Thursday, Oct. 23 All performances are at 7:30 p.m. In addition to local productions at the Actors Theater, Orcas Center and other island venues, you now have the opportunity to leave our magical island and be transported to England or Broadway through technology to see live performance. You will experience yourself in England watching live theatre with a theatre culture that treasures the past and the present.
Check this link to get a taste of what you may look forward to experiencing in the theatre via Orcas Center’s 30 foot HD screen and state of the art surround sound: http://ntlive.nationaltheatre.org.uk/ If you’re a theatre lover or an infrequent attendee, if you love community theatre productions, take a virtual trip off island to the London stage and be transported by these experiences. Come one come all. Teachers: bring your students, friends bring friends. Share the experience with those who just might treasure it as much as you do. If you are already an NT Live regular attendee, commit to bringing just one person with you to experience it. Again, this is NOT film; this is live and you will experience yourself in London seated in the second row of the National Theatre. Take yourselves on this voyage through theatre history from your own seat at Orcas Center. Tickets for each of these NT Live presentations are $18, $13 for students, $2 off for Orcas Center members, and may be purchased at www.orcascenter. org or by calling 376-2281 ext. 1 or visiting the Orcas Center Box Office open Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from noon to 4 p.m.
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This coming weekend, Lummi native artists will display their work in the “Visions of Xwe’chi’eXen” art show and sale from Aug. 29 to 31 at Orcas Center. Sponsored by the Lummi Nation and Lummi Cultural Arts Association, it will feature about 20 Lummi artists showing recent artwork. Shasta Cano-Martin, Lummi Tribal Council member and artist said, “The show’s theme is meant to increase public awareness of the Lummi interpretations of Xwe’chi’eXen: what it stands for, what it means to our ancestors, what it means to us today, and why we need to preserve and protect it for future generations.” Xwe’chi’eXen is the site of an ancient Lummi village at Cherry Point, where faceless corporations hope to build North America’s largest coal export terminal, which would defile this sacred site and nearby waters. One of the featured artists is Candace Solomon, whose art is inspired by her Coast Salish heritage but also reflects her own contemporary design style. Her artwork has been commissioned for community gatherings and events, as well as by state and national organizations. Her latest commissioned art piece, “Mother & Daughter,” was done for the Portland Area Indian Health Board; it will be used for the National Indian Child Welfare Association’s Protecting Our Children Conference in 2015. Other featured Lummi artists will include
Above: “Eagle and Salmon,” a screen print by Lummi artist Candace Solomon. carvers of wood and bone, bead-workers and jewelers, graphic artists, muralists, weavers, painters, poets, orators, photographers, writers and musicians. The Lummi Cultural Arts Association is composed of Lummi tribal member artists. With the help of the Lummi Ventures Program, it has been bringing various art opportunities to community members through art shows, events, and presentations — both on Lummi tribal lands and within the San Juan Islands, the ancestral territory of the Lummi people. “Visions of Xwe’chi’eXen” at Orcas Center from Aug. 29 to 31 is free and open to the public.
‘Enchanted Island’
If there is just one opera you see all year, this is the one to attend and bring the family. “The Enchanted Island” is an accessible Baroque musical pastiche sung in English and features phenomenally magical costumes and rich production designs. Orcas Center streams
this delight on Saturday, Aug. 30 at 7:30 p.m. In one work, lovers of Baroque opera have it all: the world's best singers, glorious music of the Baroque masters and a story drawn from Shakespeare. In “The Enchanted Island,” the lovers from Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night's
Dream” are shipwrecked on his other-worldly island of “The Tempest.” Inspired by the musical pastiches and masques of the 18th century, the work showcases arias and ensembles by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau, and others, an all-star cast with Plácido Domingo as Neptune, David Daniels (Prospero) and Joyce DiDonato (Sycorax) as the formidable foes, Danielle de Niese as Ariel, and Luca Pisaroni as Caliban. The dazzling production is directed and designed by Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch (Satyagraha). Tickets for this Met: Live in HD Summer Encore of “The Enchanted Island” are $18, $13 for students, $2 off for Orcas Center members, and may be purchased at www.orcascenter. org or by calling 376-2281 ext. 1 or visiting the Orcas Center Box Office open Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from noon to 4 p.m.
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Sand dollars to sea stars
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The OPALCO Board of Directors has been aware of controversy surrounding letters sent during the past year by OPALCO’s lawyers and would like to take this opportunity to clear up this matter. OPALCO’s legal counsel reports to the Board, and the Board of Directors is ultimately responsible for any action taken by OPALCO, its lawyers, and its management.
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Some of the mystery surrounding Sea Star Wasting Syndrome: healthy sea stars piled up with sick ones do not always get sick. Back-to-back talks at the Orcas Library on the sand dollars and sea stars of East Sound round off this summer’s public programs of the Indian Island Marine Health Observatory and Kwiaht. The event is on Friday, Sept. 5 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. The presenters are Amy Henry, a University of Chicago doctoral candidate in evolutionary biology; and Russel Barsh, director of the local nonprofit conservation biology laboratory, Kwiaht. Henry leads off with an update on her sand dollar experiments at Crescent Beach, now in their second year. The beach has extensive eelgrass meadows as well as the largest concentration of sand dollars in the county. Sand dollars and eelgrass seem incompatible: only one or the other is found within any particular patch of sand. If part of the beach is disturbed by a storm or human activity, which returns first, eelgrass or sand dollars? What factors determine the outcome of the race? Barsh follows with a review of the impact of Sea star Wasting Syndrome at Indian Island and prospects for recovery. Thousands of Ochre Stars converge at Indian Island each year to feast on shellfish and to spawn. This year, up to 90 percent of them died from the syndrome, mainly during July. What can we expect in 2015? Is this a seastar apocalypse, or an example of parasites and disease serving a periodic regulatory function in ecosystems? Clues can be found in studies of two previous outbreaks on the Pacific Coast, as well as data collected at Indian Island this summer. If you find sand dollars and sea stars beautiful, mysterious, or strange, come to the “Echinoderm Double-Header” on Sept. 5. For more information on the event, send an email to kwiaht@gmail.com.
Two sets of letters have been discussed (sometimes without accurate distinction) in local blogs and newspapers. One letter was sent by OPALCO’s legal counsel to Councilmember Bob Jarman in March of this year. That letter stemmed from Mr. Jarman’s allegations regarding OPALCO in the local press. OPALCO’s General Manager took issue with those allegations, and sent a response to Mr. Jarman, which also appeared in local media. This was followed up by a letter to Mr. Jarman by Art Butler, one of OPALCO’s lawyers, expressing concern regarding the accuracy of statements made by Mr. Jarman, including those that seemed to indicate that the co‐ op was falsifying its accounting, a most serious allegation. The General Manager consulted with counsel, and requested that a letter be sent to Mr. Jarman in that regard. The earlier communications were with John Bogert following his resignation from the OPALCO Board last September. Complaints have been made by some co‐op members regarding one of two letters sent to Mr. Bogert by counsel, but there is significantly more context than these members have discussed. (The Board does not know whether anyone other than Mr. Bogert has seen either of these two letters.) The Board considers the release of these letters to the members to be within Mr. Bogert’s prerogative, not that of the Board. Immediately following Mr. Bogert’ s resignation on September 26, 2013, Joel Paisner, an OPALCO attorney, wrote an informal letter to Mr. Bogert regarding confidentiality obligations in general and those that would remain in place even after a director left the Board. Mr. Paisner also had at least one specific telephone conversation with Mr. Bogert in this regard. Soon thereafter, Mr. Bogert published his letter of resignation, which, in Mr. Paisner’s view, discussed matters specifically covered by confidentiality agreements with other parties. Mr. Bogert also testified before the County Council regarding CenturyLink and OPALCO’s broadband projects on October 14, 2013. This prompted Mr. Paisner to send a second, more formal letter to Mr. Bogert. The Board President expressed misgivings about sending this letter, but ultimately delegated the decision to the best judgment of the Co‐op’s lawyers, and it was sent on October 14, 2013. This letter did not in any way direct a former Board Member not to discuss why he left the OPALCO board. The issues raised in the correspondence from OPALCO’s legal counsel related to specific binding Non‐Disclosure Agreements and IRS disclosure requirements. Recently, certain Co‐op members have charged that purposeful misstatements were made by Board members and senior management at the Town Hall meeting on Shaw. By that time, memories of the events last fall were no longer fresh, and recollections of what was said at the Shaw meeting also differ, even among members of the Board. It is clear that both letters were being discussed more or less at the same time, however, and it is possible that questions and answers may have been misunderstood by the participants. Neither senior management nor any Board member has purposely misstated their roles in sending any of these letters. The Board knows we can do better in communicating with our membership and are working to do so. We have learned from this experience, and we will be especially diligent in how our board manages direct communication to and from our legal counsel.
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The Board and management group care deeply about OPALCO, our membership, the community, and the cooperative principles that guide our direction.
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The topics that were discussed in executive session this year fell into the following categories: personnel issues; a report subject to a confidentiality agreement; Labor & Industries (L&I) matters; information subject to privilege; and sensitive business negotiations.
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Interest has also been expressed about Board executive sessions. All governing bodies need to discuss topics that are confidential by tradition, business practice, or law. The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) recognizes the necessity of board executive sessions, calling them a “key tool” in helping boards openly discuss sensitive and confidential matters.
OPALCO is making great strides in making information available through the OPALCO website. Few other electric co‐ops in Washington have as much available public information as OPALCO. We welcome comments, suggestions, and constructive criticism in order to foster the best possible member communication.
For inquiries, contact Suzanne Olson at 360 317‐7203, solson@opalco.com and for the latest information about OPALCO, go to: www.opalco.com; sign up for our email newsletter (http://www.opalco.com/about/email‐signup/); and follow us on Facebook (Orcas Power & Light Cooperative) and Twitter (@orcaspower). OPALCO is our member‐owned cooperative, powering about 11,000 members on 20 islands in San Juan County since 1937.
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Guest column
Speak up for Lambiel Museum by LEO LAMBIEL Museum Director
Although many residents are familiar with the Lambiel Museum, many may not be aware of the totality of the presentation. The works of more than 230 artists are on display, including many rare and valuable pieces, all beautiful and unique creations enjoyed by more than 25,000 visitors over the past 40 years. The museum has been a boon to many San Juan County artists and
home to thousands of works of art. There are 178 from the internationally recognized Helen Loggie. Nineteen years ago, to further enhance the visitor’s experience, the museum commissioned an art installation – A Folly: a beautiful Greek Doric temple “ruin”. We have all seen art installations. Some of the more famed are at Western Washington University in Bellingham, where one can experience numerous examples of art installa-
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tions. They are open to the public 24/7. Some are quite large and can be walked on, walked under, walked through and enjoyed thoroughly. No building permit has ever been required or issued for any of these artistic works. Art installations appear in most major cities and many towns. They add to the community and enjoyment of both residents and visitors. The Lambiel art installation of a Greek temple ruin begun 19 years ago is now under attack by San Juan County. Interestingly, the construction of a “ruin” requires a very strong skeleton so that although appearing to be a “ruin” it is in no way “falling down” but crafted to the highest of standards and is replete with engineer’s and architect’s certifications. This particular work of art required 15 years to complete. Four years ago the installation was finally completed and soon thereafter a conditional use permit was granted by San Juan County. In this process 34 neighbor residents were notified of a hearing in which to voice questions or concerns. All 34 were supportive of the museum and this unusual, unique work of art. It should be noted – there were no complaints. Now, however, the county, in all its wisdom, has instigated a lawsuit in San Juan County Superior Court. The county has decided that this unique piece of artistry represents, amongst other
things, a threat to the wellbeing of island visitors and residents, “Causing irreparable harm, damage, and a public nuisance.” The county further claims the art “endangers the comfort, repose, health safety, offends decency, interferes with, obstructs, renders, dangerous for navigable passage, (for boats?!) and in other ways renders other person insecure in life.” Of course the above could all be dismissed with the payment of fees and fines, and a “building permit.” In spite of the fact that there is nothing in any building code that addresses art objects. The Grecian “ruin” is not enclosed, is not habitable, is without fixtures, and it does not have any utilitarian purpose whatsoever: It is not a building. It is a work of art! The county is currently assessing a fine on the museum of $1,000 per week. This is an outright travesty of justice, not just to the museum, but toward all residents and artists of the county. What can be done? The Museum needs your help. If you think you’d like to be of help, please jot a quick note expressing support to the Lambiel Museum, 668 Olga Road, Eastsound, WA 98245, or send an email to lambielmuseum@yahoo. com. This county action is an unreasonable attack on the museum and on the artists of San Juan County. Thanking you in advance for your support.
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Wednesday, August 27, 2014 • The Islands’ Sounder
A look back at OICF
Colleen Smith Armstrong/Staff photos
Pictured at top is Executive Director Hilary Canty with Bruce Coffey, who has served 18 years on the board. Above, L-R, is Fred Whitridge, an early trustee and president of the foundation, current President Steve Jung and Trustee Helen Bee. The Orcas Island Community Foundation hosted a 20th Anniversary Board Reunion on Aug. 21. Attendees heard about the early years of the foundation, perused a timeline of the organization, nibbled on tasty appetizers and honored Bruce Coffey for his 18 years on the board. OICF’s mission is to foster philanthropy to enhance and preserve the quality of life on Orcas. It is a public foundation, with all donations specifically directed to benefit the charitable needs of the island. OICF serves as an endowment builder and steward; grant-maker and adviser to potential donors and recipients; and a collaborator and leader. In 2014, OICF ranked #5 in the U.S. in gifts per capita based on a nationwide survey. CF Insights, a national foundation research organization, surveyed 280 community foundations throughout the U.S. to assess granting and community impact.
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Mysteries of the natural world
Guest column by STEVE ULVI
Most of us find indescribable solace in the mysteries of the natural world. We seek rejuvenation in the suspension of human clock-time in favor of natural sensory time. Timeout rekindles our sense of humility and respect for the larger community of life to which we are linked, if only for a moment, a sunset, a week or perhaps a lifetime. Immersion experiences in wild places – “breaking the suction of town” – can run the gamut: tranquil moments, exhausting climbs, wading swollen creeks, the endless play of light and clouds, pitch darkness, hunkering under a tarp in a downpour, senses heightened and evidence all around of the ephemeral nature of life. Our reverie is sometimes overcome by imaginary and very real fears that release hard-wired reptilian brainstem reactions. Let’s pause in our harried lives and celebrate the 50-year anniversary of a unique social construct: The Wilderness Act of 1964,
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a profound idea born in the crucible of American hyperdevelopment and social upheaval in the post-WWII boom years. Places preserving solitude, natural sounds and a tactile sense of the “forest primeval” were disappearing as quickly as Bob Marshall’s prosaic “snow bank in August.” My first serious brush with designated Wilderness came in a week-long summer backpacking hump through the Desolation Wilderness in the Sierras. Shouldering a heavy borrowed pack, a short fishing pole, plenty of granola and brown rice, haiku and Gary Snyder paperbacks, my four
outdoorsy teenage pals and I crossed the high Sierras under our own power. We were exuberant souls stripped bare by the awesome powers of the natural world. Like the billowing afternoon thunderstorms that slammed our granite world that week, my life’s course was profoundly altered by flashes of hope and energized aspirations. I badly needed the confidence of primitive self-reliance. I knew that I had to turn the clock back to a simpler time and live counter to mainstream culture. After years of backpacking all over the West, while living among the “madding crowd,” an insatiable childhood itch landed my companions and me in Interior Alaska in 1974 to handbuild cabins and live on the fabled Yukon River. Enthralling tales of grit and perseverance from the pages of Service, London and others leapt into multidimensional reality by lamp light. We experienced a winter-dominant landscape of unimaginably vast taiga,
emitting the barely discernible deep thrum of primeval quiet. My foolish notions and fantasies faded. There, small outposts of humanity are surrounded by vast wild landscapes, which were the opposite of the proportion of the “civilization” of my upbringing. The Wilderness Act was the direct result of a key association of America’s most forward-thinking adventurers and advocates for voiceless nature who formed the Wilderness Society. They understood the future of rampant, front-country development, uncertainty in industrial roading and logging within public parks and forests, and fought to preserve some measure of wildness. The key definition for designated Wilderness, which only Congress would forever be able to designate or take away, is elegantly simple: “A wilderness, in contrast with those areas where man and his own works dominate the landscape, is hereby recognized as an area where the earth
and community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain”. Wilderness areas (some 750 areas in 44 states) are a unique “geography of hope” within the American landscape. We now know that most areas are smallish islands of scenic, high elevation “rock and ice” limited in biological richness and diversity. This is not the case in the huge and uniquely Alaskan areas created in 1980. The complex histories of millennia of human use and occupation there still unfolds along side modern recreational pursuits.
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PRIVATE 2 BEDROOM Water View Home on 8 Acres. Close to Ferry with Orchards, Ponds, Garden. Propane and Wood Heat. Washer, Dryer. Long Term Rental. $1,300 a month. 360-376-6156.
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2 BR FARMHOUSE
Lg kitchen, living room front porch with small water view! Aug-April. Unfurnished. Quiet off main road, fenced yard, garage, $1400/mo
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RETREAT to a gorgeous private home. 5 minutes from ferry. References, available Mid Oct.-May. Lavishly furnished: stained glass, antiques, parlore/stove, furnace, washer dryer, upper suite & guest bed downstairs. Fenced and gated yard with decks, fountains & garage. No pets no smoking $900. 360378-8730.
2 BR 2 BA FURNISHED HOME On 2 acres near Orcas ferry landing. Wood/ electric heat W/D $1200.
CLOSE TO EASTSOUND And county park. 3 BR. 2.5 bath home with view. Spacious kitchen with six burner range, granite counters, stainless appliances. Propane fireplace, electric heat. Attached one car garage. $1550. LARGE SUNNY OFFICE SPACE Great opportunity close to Eastsound, with approx.1500 sq ft shop/ storage area. Lots of business potential. Long term lease desired. $1600
INSPIRATIONAL 1 + BR Home on 6 acres. Walk to beach & beautiful hiking trails! Borders Judd Cove Preserve Waterfront Park. Convenient to town, only 1.1 miles. Washer & dryer provided. Pets okay. Water / sewer incl. $1,050 / month. $500 / deposit. 206-819-2283. lisagrichards@msn.com FRIDAY HARBOR
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LOVELY 2 BEDROOM, 2 bath duplex in town. Fireplace, laundry room with washer/ dryer. 2 private decks. Grounds maintained by owner. Freshly cleaned. $950 plus deposit. 360-3787848.
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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN JUAN In Re: The Estate Of JOHN P. CADDEN, Deceased. NO. 14-4-05021-4 NONPROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.42.030 The notice agent named below has elected to give notice to creditors of the above-named decedent. As of the date of the filing of a copy of this notice with the court, the notice agent has no knowledge of any other person acting as notice agent or of the appointment of a personal representative of the decedent’s estate in the state of Washington. According to the records of the court as are available on the date of the filing of this notice with the court, a cause number regarding the decedent has not been issued to any other notice agent and a personal representative of the decedent’s estate has not been appointed. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.42.070 by serving on or mailing to the notice agent or the notice agent’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the notice agent’s declaration and oath were filed. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the notice agent served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.42.020 (2)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.42.050 and 11.42.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets. Date of First Publication: August 20, 2014 The notice agent declares under penalty of perjury under the laws of the state of Washington on April 23, 2104, at Eastsound, Washington, that the foregoing is true and correct. /s/Patricia Anne Resch, Notice Agent Notice Agent: Patricia Anne Resch Attorney for the Notice Agent: Derek Mann Address for Mailing: P.O. Box 399, Eastsound, WA 98245 Address for Personal Service: 296 A Street, Eastsound, WA 98245 Agent’s oath and declaration filed in San Juan County Superior Court Cause No. 14-4-05021-4. LEGAL NO. S582640 Published: The Islands’ Sounder. August 20, 27, September 3, 2014.
attend. Written submissions and agenda items for the Commission must be received by 9/11/14 to be considered. Send to CSC, 350 Court Street, #5, Friday Harbor, WA 98250. A draft meeting agenda will be available one week prior on the County website at http://sanjuanco.com/calendar.aspx .
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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN JUAN In Re: The Estate Of EMERY BOSTON EMMES, Deceased. NO. 13-4-05081-0 NONPROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.42.030 The notice agent named below has elected to give notice to creditors of the above-named decedent. As of the date of the filing of a copy of this notice with the court, the notice agent has no knowledge of any other person acting as notice agent or of the appointment of a personal representative of the decedent’s estate in the state of Washington. According to the records of the court as are available on the date of the filing of this notice with the court, a cause number regarding the decedent has not been issued to any other notice agent and a personal representative of the decedent’s estate has not been appointed. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.42.070 by serving on or mailing to the notice agent or the notice agent’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the notice agent’s declaration and oath were filed. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the notice agent served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.42.020(2)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.42.050 and 11.42.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets. Date of First Publication: August 13, 2014. The notice agent declares under penalty of perjury under the laws of the state of Washington on August 6, 2104, at Eastsound, Washington, that the foregoing is true and correct. Signature of Notice Agent Notice Agent: Stephen Emmes Address for Mailing: P.O. Box 1, Olga, WA 98279 Address for Personal Service: 100 Olga Cemetery Road, Olga, WA 98279 Agent’s oath and declaration filed in San Juan County Superior Court Cause No. 13-4-05081-0. LEGAL NO. S580939 Published: The Islands’ Sounder August 13, 20, 27, 2014.
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Pursuant to R.C.W. Chapter 61.24, et seq. and 62A.9A-604(a)(2) et seq. Trustee’s Sale No: 01-FNM-125789 I NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Trustee, REGIONAL TRUSTEE SERVICES CORPORATION, will on September 5, 2014, at the hour of 10:00 AM, at IN THE LOBBY OF THE SAN JUAN COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 350 COURT STREET, FRIDAY HARBOR, WA, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at the time of sale, the following described real and personal property (hereafter referred to collectively as the “Property”), situated in the County of SAN JUAN State of Washington: LOT 8, ALDER GROVE, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 1 OF PLATS, AT PAGE 28 IN THE OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR OF SAN JUAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON. SITUATE IN SAN JUAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON. Tax Parcel No: 160253008000, commonly known as 3607 POINT LAWRENCE ROAD, OLGA, WA. The Property is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 9/22/2005, recorded 9/23/2005, under Auditor’s/Recorder’s No. 2005 0923013, records of SAN JUAN County, Washington, from MICHAEL JARED HARLER, A SINGLE MAN, as Grantor, to PACIFIC NORTHWEST TITLE, as Trustee, in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR MORTGAGETREE LENDING, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, as Beneficiary the beneficial interest in which is presently held by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. II No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any court by reason of the Borrower’s or Grantor’s default on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust. III The default(s) for which this foreclosure is/are made are as follows: FAILURE TO PAY THE MONTHLY PAYMENT WHICH BECAME DUE ON 12/1/2012 AND ALL SUBSEQUENT MONTHLY PAYMENTS, PLUS LATE CHARGES AND OTHER COSTS AND FEES AS SET FORTH. Failure to pay when due the following amounts which are now in arrears: Amount due as of May 7, 2014 Delinquent Payments from December 01, 2012 7 payments at $ 2,328.61 each $16,300.27 11 payments at $ 2,330.51 each $ 25,635.61 (12-01-12 through 05-07-14) Late Charges: $1,442.90 BENEFICIARY ADVANCES CORPORATE ADVANCE $1,300.11 Suspense Credit: $-138.41 TOTAL: $ 44,540.48 IV The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: Principal $300,868.16 together with interest as provided in the note or other instrument secured, and such other costs and fees as are due under the note or other instrument secured, and as are provided by statute. V The above described real property
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will be sold to satisfy the expenses of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. The sale will be made without warranty, express or implied regarding title, possession, or encumbrances on September 5, 2014. The default(s) referred to in paragraph III must be cured by August 25, 2014 (11 days before the sale date) to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time on or before August 25, 2014, (11 days before the sale date) the default(s) as set forth in paragraph III is/are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be terminated at any time after August 25, 2014, (11 days before the sale date) and before the sale, by the Borrower, Grantor, any Guarantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust plus costs, fees, and advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust, and curing all other defaults. VI A written Notice of Default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following addresses: MICHAEL JARED HARLER, 3607 POINT LAWRENCE ROAD, OLGA, WA, 98279 MICHAEL JARED HARLER, 34 BONNIE BRAE LANE, EASTSOUND, WA, 98245 SPOUSE OF MICHAEL JARED HARLER, 3607 POINT LAWRENCE ROAD, OLGA WA 98279 SPOUSE OF MICHAEL JARED HARLER, 34 BONNIE BRAE LANE, EASTSOUND, WA 98245 by both first class and certified mail on 3/27/2014, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and on 3/27/2014, the Borrower and Grantor were personally served with said written notice of default or the written Notice of Default was posted in a conspicuous place on the real property described in paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII The Trustee’s Sale will be held in accordance with Ch. 61.24 RCW and anyone wishing to bid at the sale will be required to have in his/her possession at the time the bidding commences, cash, cashier’s check, or certified check in the amount of at least one dollar over the Beneficiary’s opening bid. In addition, the successful bidder will be required to pay the full amount of his/her bid in cash, cashier’s check, or certified check within one hour of the making of the bid. The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of ail costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all of their interest in the above described property. IX Anyone having any objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the same pursuant
to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s Sale. THIS NOTICE IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE OF YOUR HOME. You have only 20 DAYS from the recording date on this notice to pursue mediation. DO NOT DELAY. CONTACT A HOUSING COUNSELOR OR AN ATTORNEY LICENSED IN WASHINGTON NOW to assess your situation and refer you to mediation if you are eligible and it may help you save your home. See below for safe sources of help. SEEKING ASSISTANCE Housing counselors and legal assistance may be available at little or no cost to you. If you would like assistance in determining your rights and opportunities to keep your house, you may contact the following: The statewide foreclosure hotline for assistance and referral to housing counselors recommended by the Housing Finance Commission Telephone: 1-877-894-HOME (1-877-894-4663) Web site: http://www.dfi.wa.gov/consumers/homeowner ship/post_purchase_counselors_fore closure.htm The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Telephone: 1-800-569-4287 Web site: http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/hcc/fc/index.cfm?webListAction=searchandsearchstate=WAandfilterSvc=dfc The statewide civil legal aid hotline for assistance and referrals to other housing counselors and attorneys Telephone: 1-800-606-4819 Website: http://nwjustice.org/what-clear NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS The purchaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the Deed of Trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the Deed of Trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceeding under Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with section 2 of this act. DATED: 5/6/2014 REGIONAL TRUSTEE SERVICES CORPORATION Trustee By: MELANIE BEAMAN, AUTHORIZED AGENT Address: 616 1st Avenue, Suite 500 Seattle, WA 98104 Phone: (206) 340-2550 Sale Information: www.rtrustee.com A-4458230 08/06/2014, 08/27/2014 LEGAL NO. S578991 Published: The Islands’ Sounder. August 6, 27, 2014.
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