Whidbey Examiner, October 23, 2014

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Adam Garcia with his 5-year-old daughter, Sophia.

Former CHS student dies in shooting by Jessie Stensland Co-Editor

A former Wolves football player was shot and killed in Oak Harbor Saturday. Adam Garcia was just 21 years old. Prosecutors charged the alleged shooter, 23-year-old Christopher Malaga, in Island County Superior Court with second-degree murder. A group of law enforcement officials led by Oak Harbor police arrested Malaga in Bellingham Tuesday. Garcia starting attending school in Coupeville in 2000, after his family moved from Yakima. He quickly made friends and excelled at sports. His mother, Bettie Sifuentes, said her son, who was known as “Bato” by his family members, especially loved football. He was No. 33 and played running back and middle linebacker. The school will hold a moment of silence for Garcia at the start of the homecoming game Friday. Jay Silver, former football coach for Coupeville, remembered Garcia as a hard worker and positive presence on the team. “He was always very respectful and, many times, spoke to me about his baby girl,” he said. “Even as a senior in high school he was ready and willing to step

See GARCIA, page 20

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A contractor cleans up excess foam insulation used to seal a remodeled building that once served as a granary in Coupeville. The new addition is part of the project that has merged a century-old structure with modern construction , giving Dave and Dolores a new place to call home.

Becoming little house on the prairie Engle granary gets new life as residence By Ron Newberry Staff Reporter

Dave Engle is well acquainted with the old granary on his property. As a boy growing up on the family’s historic farm in Coupeville, he remembers helping his grandfather unload sacks of wheat, barley and oats and storing them inside the structure. It’s the same routine he would do with his father. “There are a lot of memories,” he said. Now 77, Engle is getting re-acquainted with the century-old granary.

Only this time, he and his wife Dolores are moving in. The Engles have been seeking a way to live back on their property since a fire forced them out of their historic home eight years ago. With their land located in the heart of Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve on a rare 19th century farm cluster, the notion of gaining the necessary approval to build a new home in such a historic setting seemed improbable, costly and in the end, inefficient. So the Engles entertained a new idea, which was a brainstorm of a family friend, Jon Roberts.

Why not remodel the old granary? Roberts, owner of Coupeville-based Cascade Custom Homes & Design, figured an extensive remodel — as well as building on a new addition — could be the answer the Engles were seeking. He had the knowledge and experience of adding on to historic residences to pursue the plan. But a granary? Even Engles never could have imagined it. “That’s hilarious, isn’t it?” he said with a laugh.

See GRANARY, page 20


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