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VOLUME 38, NUMBER 7 • FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Lolita officially on endangered list

By Emily Greenberg Journal reporter

After over a year of deliberation, the National Marine Fisheries Service has decided to include Lolita in the Endangered Species Act listing of the southern resident killer whales.

While welcome news for advocates of the orca whale that’s been living in captivity for more than 40 years, the new status does not impact its residence at Miami’s Seaquarium.

“The Endangered Species Act doesn’t prohibit the keeping of captive animals,” said Fisheries Ser vice Spokesman Michael Milstein. “This was not a decision on releasing Lolita.

There’s no mechanism to enforce her removal.”

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The listing was announced Feb. 6, and will go into effect in 90 days. Though the designation does not mandate her release, it does protect Lolita from “harm and harassment,” as provided by the ESA. The initial petition to include the captive orca under the ESA was put forth by People for Ethical Treatment of Animals.

PETA Attorney Jared Goodman disputes NMFS’ stand on Lolita’s release.

“The decision doesn’t affect her residence because it appears the agency will not actively enforce the Endangered Species Act once Lolita’s listing goes into effect,” Goodman said.

The decision to include Lolita under the ESA listing is a victory for whale

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Lolita at the Seaquarium in Florida. advocates in itself because citizens now have a right to file lawsuits on the orca’s behalf.

If NMFS proves unwilling to return Lolita to her native Washington waters, Goodman said a civil lawsuit could be made to prove that Lolita’s current state of captivity is a violation of the ESA. Whether PETA will file such a suit is not yet known.

In the meantime, a PETA lawsuit against the United States Department of Agriculture is on appeal.

The USDA is responsible for enforcing the Animal Welfare Act, which PETA says Seaquarium is in violation of on three counts: the small size of Lolita’s tank, the lack of protection from the Miami sun and the absence of an orca companion.

If established in court that Seaquarium is in violation of the Animal Welfare Act, harm done to the animal by these violations will also be recognized, and the ESA may be in violation if Lolita is continued to be kept in the same condition.

Although Lolita’s new status may put more power into the hands of whale advocates, NMFS remains

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as the keeper of the gate.

In a press release dated Feb. 4, the federal agency announced that any future plan to move or release Lolita would require a permit and would undergo “rigorous scientific review,” before being issued.

“Between Seaquarium and the government this could go on for some time,” said Ken Belcomb, director of the Center for Whale Research. “If they drag it out forever and she passes along the way, her carcass is also protected. That’s of great scientific value.”

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Lolita is returned to her native Pacific Northwest waters. Developed by Orca Network and the Center for Whale Research, it includes a protected sea pen within a cove in the Salish Sea where the orca can re-acclimate to life in the wild.

According to Orca Network, the whale would be provided with all the care and companionship she experiences now, and in time would have the opportunity to swim distances in the San Juans and communicate with and eventually be reunited with her long lost family. According to researchers two orcas who were present at the time of Lolita’s capture in 1970 are still alive and could be her mother.

The release of Keiko,

the captive orca known for his role in the movie “Free Willy,” is a source of contention for many who question Lolita’s safety if she were to leave the Seaquarium.

Keiko was released to his native Iceland waters and died five years later. But Balcomb said little was done to locate Keiko’s family, which played a role in his fate.

Lolita, on the other hand, is a confirmed member of L-pod. Orca calls have been picked up on the Lime Kiln hydrophone from as far as Port Angeles, a distance of about 20 miles. Orca Network’s Howard Garrett estimates that when L-pod comes up around Discovery Island and Haro Strait, Lolita would hear their calls and answer.

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THRU MAY 26 GAMES: Pinochle card games, 7 p.m., Woodmen Hall. $2 per player.

THURS, ONGOING EVENT: Thursday Tech Time, 6 - 7 p.m., Library Community Room, led by Library Director Lou Pray.

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Lopez Island AA Meetings: Mondays - 7:30 p.m. at the Children’s Center Wednesdays - 4 p.m. Women’s meeting at the fellowship hall at Grace Episcopal Church Saturdays - noon at the Children’s Center Call 468-2809

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your Kindle, tablet or iPad. She will assist patrons in learning how to download free electronic movies, music and books on to their devices and computers. Lou will tutor patrons in setting up email, operating a smartphone, dropping apps on their devices or designing a presentation.

Patrons will be assisted in accessing software at their own speed with Microsoft IT Academy and Lynda.com.

Another interesting feature is that the opportunity is mobile! The library is available to come to groups or businesses.Thursday Tech

Time is one of the offerings through May 2015 during the library’s Digital Outreach programming, which will also feature a roster of Digital Skills Classes. Pick up a brochure locally or visit lopezlibrary. org for info. Made possible by funding provided by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

THURS, FEB 19 MEETING: Lopez Island Hospice and Support, 1 p.m., Lopez Island Hospice and Support, 178 Weeks Road.

Support group for family and friends who are taking care of the ill, elderly, or dying.

FRI, FEB 20 DANCE: Community Contra Dance, 7 p.m., Lopez Center. Visiting musicians from Maine (via Montana), Sassafras Stomp (Johanna

Letters UFOs on island?

I saw the orange lights in the sky that Jim Dunn saw, (“Friday Harbor man reports UFO sighting,” page 8 but the month before.

It was a clear night. I went to my sliding doors to pull the curtains. I had just looked at my watch, when I saw them. This is what I wrote of the experience: On the night of Dec. 22, 2014, at 7:35 p.m., for five

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or more minutes, I saw fireballs in the sky over the north end of Vashon Island, Wash. I immediately went outside. All was silent.

The strange phenomena that I can only describe as fireballs were extremely bright, orange disks with pinkish-bright edges or centers. I might have seen a bit of metallic rim to one, as I tried to observe as closely as I could.

The five disks were

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Davis on fiddle, Adam Nordell on guitar) will play and Rachel Wallace of Chicago will call the dances. All of the dances will be taught, no partner needed. All ages are welcome.

SAT, FEB 21 CLASS: Session 2: Water Conservation, Earthworks, and Irrigation, 9:30-11:30 Saturday, February 21st at a private residence. Learn techniques to retain moisture in the soil and look at cheap, simple and maintenance-free irrigation methods. Fee: $15. Ages 18 and up. Pre-registration required; visit www.lifrc. org for more information and to sign up.

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manipulate images for a variety of programs. Ages 14 and up. $45 if paid by Feb. 13, $55 thereafter.

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FRI, FEB 27 EVENT: Speaker Thor Hanson will speak as part of the Ag Summit reservation, 7:30 p.m., Lopez Center.

SAT, FEB 28 CLASSES: Spaghetti Dinner, 4 - 7:30 p.m., Woodmen Hall by the Lopez Seniors for the maintenance and operation of Woodmen Hall. Tickets are $10 for an individual and $30 for a family of four. Togo dinners available.

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available with QuickBooks Intuit advisor Kelly Pederson tailored to your specific needs. You will be contacted by LIFRC to setup an appointment time after you register. $45 for each 1 hour session scheduled at least 1 week in advance, $50 thereafter. Ages 18 and up. Preregistration required; visit www.lifrc.org.

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beautiful and seemed individually either to burn up, or fade off in space. I live on a hill and watched, mesmerized, until below me on the island, five more fireballs in extremely rapid succession shot over the trees in a west to east trajectory, seeming to rise out of Puget Sound, skimming from the horizon upward into the night sky.

The fact that there was no sound confirmed to me that these were not flares (they did not fall downward), and not fireworks, or drones. To add to my astonishment, the objects became jittery, then flew into two formations.

One fairly rectangular, the other more linear.

I called my in-laws, living on the road above, to look out their window. My sister-in-law later described what she had seen as a big red ball in the sky. The objects never moved toward Seattle, staying in front of my vision, northward, until they were gone.

I tried a local editor here, to see if others had witnessed the event, especially since Vashon is the

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site of the recent movie, “Incident on Maury,” about a UFO in 1947, but to no avail. So I am so grateful to you, Dennis, the Journal, and to Jim Dunn for publishing this. And giving me somewhere to share this happening.

I tell every one I can.

And one of those friends, in Ohio, had seen your article online and emailed me.

INA WHITLOCK Vashon Island

Traps not poison We are writing to ask our island neighbors to stop using rat poison and use rat traps instead. Dogs, cats and raptors are at great risk when neighbors use poison!

In late December our dear hound/lab mix Jackson died from apparent poisoning the night we left for Christmas vacation. Our dog sitter who is a Lopez EMT was with Jackson as he died a horrible death and is certain the cause was poison.

Jackson had caught three rats in our garden this winter while with us. He must have caught a poisoned rat

on his own and eaten it.

Since rats normally have a territory of 50 - 300 feet from their nest (and our property is 400 by 600 feet) someone near us must be using rat poison. Rats are very active island wide this winter and Sunset told me they are selling more poison than ever.

Please consider the consequences before using poison. According to the Washington Department of Wildlife website (wdfw. wa.gov/living/rats/html) “using poison bait is the least preferred method of controlling rats. In addition to the possibility of poisoning children, pets, and nontargeted species, one dead rat can cause a major odor problem.

Also, fleas and mites often leave rat carcasses and may infest an entire building if the carcass is not removed promptly.”

And trapping is a more accurate means of assessing the size and characteristics of a rodent population. We appreciate anything you can do to spread the word.

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Is your poor appetite dangerous? One more step in the protection of orcas

By Liz Taylor

I once consulted with a company to evaluate the health of people over 80 who had applied for longterm care insurance. The goal: to ensure they were healthy enough not to use their insurance benefits right away.

This job gave me two surprising gifts. One, it uplifted and revised my attitude about aging. Until then, I’d worked among the frailest of the frail, often in nursing homes. I’d assumed (as do most of us) that severe disability, ill health and dementia are normal for the very old. I felt bleak about my own aging.

Then I began visiting people in their 80s who were zesty, interesting, able, funny and fun — and as healthy as me, 40 years their junior. I’ll never forget the architect who, at 82, had the energy to remodel his kitchen (torture at any age), and the couple in their mid-80s who still singlehandedly ran a farm. Many had season tickets to sporting and cultural events, adamant political opinions and lifestyles ranging from tranquil to go-go-go.

Since then, I’ve met thousands of other healthy people in their 80s and 90s – and appreciate the inspiration they lend to all of us.

Some are on Lopez.

The second gift was subtler. I began to notice a connection between pudginess and good health. Many of the skinniest older people I interviewed flunked my evaluation, while the plumper ones – not fat, but slightly round – passed readily. Research has since confirmed that weight loss in older people can be a symptom of problems, some quite serious.

Common causes of appetite loss in older people are a reduced sense of taste and smell, medications, chronic pain, multiple illnesses, depression and problems with dentures.

Now there’s a screening tool to predict which older people with appetite problems are likely to lose weight. “It tells us whether a poor appetite is likely to kill you,” says its designer, Margaret-Mary Wilson, M.D., formerly associate professor of internal medicine and geriatrics at Saint Louis University in Missouri. “It identifies people who have problems with their appetite and will go on to lose weight, allowing us to intervene before the weight loss begins — and get better outcomes.”

Called SNAQ, for Simplified Nutritional Appetite Questionnaire, even families find it easy to use. There are four short questions: 1. My appetite is: a) very poor b) poor c) average d) good e) very good 2. When I eat: a) I feel full after eating only a few mouthfuls. b) I feel full after eating about a third of a meal. c) I feel full after eating more than half a meal. d) I feel full after eating most of the meal. e) I hardly ever feel full.

3. Food tastes: a) very bad b) bad c) average d) good e) very good 4. Normally, I eat: a) less than a meal a day b) one meal a day c) two meals a day d) three meals a day e) more than three meals a day To score, assign points to each answer: a = 1 through e = 5. If the numbers add up to 14 or less, the person is at significant risk of losing at least 5 percent of her weight within six months and should see a doctor.

Info can be found at www.slu.edu/readstor y/ more/6348.

By Colleen Smith Armstrong

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e are getting closer to protecting our beloved orca whales, but there is still work to be

done.

More than half of all orcas taken into captivity originated in Washington waters. There are currently 57 orcas in captivity in 14 marine parks in eight countries around the world. The orca population is fragile. The last place they should be is in a marine park.

Killer whale Lolita was captured in 1970 in Puget Sound before her population was listed as endangered.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries received a petition in 2013 to include captive whales as part of the southern resident killer whales endangered species listing.

As of last week, Lolita is officially on the endangered species list. But it doesn’t mean she will leave the Miami Seaquarium and return to her native Washington waters. She has spent most of her life in captivity, and NOAA argues that if released she could transmit diseases, not be able to find food for herself and have trouble

integrating socially.

On the other side of the argument, Ken Balcomb of the Center for Whale Research and Howard Garrett of the Orca Network have devised a plan to bring Lolita home. According to www. savelolita.org, “She would be placed in a transitional coastal sanctuary sea pen where she will be rehabilitated under human care. When the time is right, she will be given the choice of going back to open waters if she so desires.” Lolita will be monitored by veterinary staff, taught how to eat live fish and to follow a boat, which will be used to get her used to the open ocean. Once rehabilitated, she would be reintroduced to her pod. Balcomb and Garrett say that if she is not ready to be released into the open water, she can stay in the bay, receive human care for the rest of her life and have the real ocean to swim in.

We think this is absolutely the next best step for Lolita, who is currently residing in a 35-foot-wide tank in Miami. Best case scenario: after enough time and care, she is released back to her family. Worst case scenario: she has to live in a coastal sanctu-

ary sea pen – which is still far superior to her current living conditions.

In a timely move, Senator Kevin Ranker (D-Orcas) has proposed a ban on using whales for entertainment purposes. He says the only way whales, dolphins and porpoises should be viewed is in their natural habitat.

Ranker, the prime sponsor of Senate Bill 5666, testified to the Senate’s Natural Resources and Parks Committee last week. His bill is a preemptive strike against holding, capturing or importing whales, dolphins and other porpoises in Washington for performance or entertainment purposes.

The law would not apply to animals temporarily held for research or rehabilitation.

We couldn’t agree with Ranker more when he said, “Washington is fortunate to share its waters with orcas and many other species. There is no good reason to put these animals at risk through captivity.” We want this bill to pass. A petition in favor of the legislation already has 1,700 signatures. You can go to www.change.org to sign it.

If the residents of Washington state won’t protect orca whales, who will?

As I See It

Concerns about anti-vaccine ignorance

By Dr. Mark Fishaut Special to the Weekly

As the 2014 measles outbreak wound down, I quoted Albert Camus’ “The Plague”: “And, indeed, as he listened to the cries of joy rising from the town, Rieux remembered that such joy is always imperiled. He knew what those jubilant crowds did not know but could have learned from books: that the plague bacillus never dies or disappears for good; it can lie dormant for years and years in furniture and linen chests; tit bides its time in bedrooms, cellars, trunks and bookshelves; and perhaps the day would come when, for the bane and the enlightening of men, it would rouse up its rats again and send them forth to die in a happy city.”

We are on the verge of something more ominous.

The tipping point for measles again becoming endemic in North America is approaching, requiring expanded efforts against antivaccine ignorance. If we are not prepared to sacrifice time and money – lost clientele and friends – who are we?

Gandhi used the Sanskrit word ‘Satyagraha,’ meaning “clinging to truth,” in reference to his campaigns in South Africa and India.

Satyagraha is the inner strength or “soul force” required for non-violent acts.

He never defined non-violence as passive resistance because he saw nothing passive about it, believing that a dedicated adherence to non-violent resistance by taking action to represent truth and working for a just cause would reach the heart of the oppressor.

Satyagraha is a positive, spiritually based form of

resistance that starts in the heart of the resister and inevitably produces creative action. It means both the principle of “clinging to truth,” which is necessary for non-violence work, and direct action as in Gandhi’s campaigns as well as Dr. King’s in this country.

Education and negotiation have had limited success.

Who knows if other methods will have value when dealing with “true believers” and their opportunistic political supporters? Conscience demands we try.

As I have done, all physicians could not sign exemption forms. We can consider a national day of office clo-

sure (except for true emergencies) to reflect on our values. Extra-medical consultation for travel can be denied in the absence of basic immunizations.

Schools can deny participation and attendance at extracurricular activities for those inadequately immunized. Businesses of antiimmunizers can be boycotted and we must encourage our pro-immunizing families to do the same, as engaging enlightened parents expands and fully legitimizes the struggle.

I hope it will not come to this: the ultimate act is to refuse any care to unimmunized children.

Have you noticed increasing jet noise over San Juan County?

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Lopez Island School District news

Update on finances, enrollment and renovations Submitted by the Lopez Island School Board

Lopez Island School District is starting 2015 with positive financial and enrollment trends, a change in leadership and the startup of our school renovation project.

Financial and Enrollment Status

The district starts 2015 with good financial news.

After a lengthy appeal process, the Internal Revenue Service recently withdrew all penalties associated with the reporting and withholding issues the district experienced in 2013. That abate-

ment along with increased enrollment numbers (currently up 6 percent from last year) and conservative budgeting has us on plan to reach our year-end goal of a $200,000-fund balance, or approximately 5 percent of our operating budget. The new partnership with North Central Educational Service District in providing financial management support has been instrumental in helping LISD in this regard.

New District Leadership

After a process of considering different leadership models, and in consultation with the faculty and

staff, the School Board has extended a contract to our current interim elementary principal, Brian Auckland, to become the district’s ongoing superintendent starting the Mar. 1. Brian will also continue to serve as elementary principal, splitting his time between the two positions.

Over the past six months, Brian has received strong reviews in the interim elementary principal role.

He brings considerable school leadership experience from the Mt. Vernon School District and is just completing a superintendent training program

through Washington State University. The district plans to share more information about Brian in a future article. We are excited that he will be serving the district in this new role.

With Brian’s promotion, Bill Evans will be completing his tour of duty as our part-time superintendent.

The district has tremendous gratitude for the many years of leadership Bill has provided. We will be celebrating Bill as he plans next steps and more information will be forthcoming in the near future so that all of us will have a chance to thank Bill for his devotion to our

Crossword Puzzle Across 1. Clan chief in medieval Scotland 6. Warms up 11. Big wine holder 14. Cliffside dwelling 15. Beau 16. "___ Maria" 17. Quality of being drawn out 19. Fold, spindle or mutilate 20. "Not to mention ..."

21. Bumpkin 22. "Wheel of Fortune" choice 23. Deception 25. Shrinks back in fear 27. Condition sometimes treated by hypnosis 32. Part of BYO 33. ___-eyed 34. Hairy-chested 36. ___ manual 39. ___ orange 41. Bar order 42. Riot 43. Discover 44. 3 feet (pl.)

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school and community.

Renovation Project Startup

The district had a successful bond sale in midDecember at a significantly lower overall interest rate than had been originally estimated. This allowed the bond payback period to be reduced from 20 to 15 years. In other words, with no increase in the annual property tax assessment originally calculated, the bonds will be paid off five years sooner than planned, saving taxpayers five years of bond payments.

In other renovation

project news, the Project Design Advisory Team has been set and begins its work this month.

Twelve school staff and student members will be joined by the six community members who volunteered to serve on the team: Russel Barsh, Georgeana Cook, Paul Henriksen, Tina Katzenberger, Carol Steckler and Kirm Taylor.

The renovation project design, engineering, permitting and bidding activities will extend through 2015.

Major renovation construction will begin June of 2016 with planned completion August 2017.

County council signs off on CAO

The county council has signed and adopted the critical areas ordinance. The code amendments are effective Friday, Feb. 6. To see them, visit http://goo.gl/pqNSXT. “We hope the adoption of this ordinance will resolve the two remaining Growth Management Act compliance issues identified by the Growth Management Hearings Board.

Compliance with the GMA helps keep us eligible for certain state grants,” say county officials.

The amendments: prohibit drainfield lines in wetlands (although someone could apply for a reasonable use approval, and council reduced the fee in 2014 in anticipation of this stricter requirement. Department of Community Development will be developing a mitigation guidance bulletin regarding mitigation); require utilities constructed and installed in developed areas comply with the county’s mitigation sequence and requirements; corrects scriveners’ errors.

Sudoku

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37. Network of 8. Ruler in Arabia intersecting blood 9. Founder of vessels Methodism 38. Coaster 10. "Help!"

11. Animal that feeds 40. Snatches

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45. Invisible spirit appearing in human or animal form (Muslim) 48. Game keeper?

50. Bleep out 51. Poets' feet 52. Disguise 53. Largest lake in northern Italy 57. Any thing 58. Clears 60. Call to a mate 61. Big cheese 62. "Let it stand" 64. Congratulations, of a sort 65. Clock standard (abbrev.)

Answers to today's puzzle on page 8

Fill in the blank cells using numbers 1 to 9. Each number can appear only once in each row, column, and 3x3 block. Use logic and process of elimination to solve the puzzle. The difficulty ranges from 1-5 (easy) 6-10 (moderate) and 11-15 (hard). Today’s puzzle is level 11.

Sudoku and Crossword answers on page 8

Fact & fiction about pot With the passage of I-502 in 2012, development of marijuana legislation and marijuana research has surged to unprecedented levels. The Sounder’s sister paper, the Enumclaw Courier-Herald, wrote the following story about pot myths.

By Ray Still

Courier-Herald staff writer

Think back to high school health class – you may have seen the old propaganda film “Reefer Madness,” originally released in 1936, though it was revived and brought back to schools in the 1970s. Sparing the plot details of the film, it paints marijuana as “the new drug menace which is destroying the youth of America in alarmingly increasing numbers.”

The film claimed marijuana is a violent and soul destroying narcotic that leads to “acts of shocking violence, ending often in incurable insanity.”

You’ve probably heard the opposite claims, though, if you’ve ever been to Seattle’s Hempfest. Stories about marijuana being a “miracle drug” that cures anxiety, depression and even cancer are thrown around like joints from a bucket (which is a common occurrence at 4:20 p.m.) while presenters monologue about how being high doesn’t affect their ability to drive or operate heavy machinery and that they shouldn’t have to go to court for their DUI citation.

While most people tend to gravitate toward the center of the marijuana issue and away from the extreme ends, propaganda and misinformation about marijuana is still more easily accessible than trustworthy scientific research.

And with I-502 only having passed into law two years ago, many questions about the long-term health effects of marijuana go unanswered and are subject to old biases and new assumptions from both sides of the debate.

So which facts are solid, and which are just smoke?

Is marijuana smoke more carcinogenic than tobacco smoke?

Exactly how healthy, or unhealthy, smoking marijuana can be is still being debated by scientists and researchers. While medical marijuana has been prescribed for general pain and anxiety, the long-term health effects of the drug are relatively unknown.

However, the chemical makeup of marijuana is less mysterious, and gives researchers a clue as to how marijuana can affect the body.

According to the American Lung Association, marijuana smoke contains 33 known carcinogens.

In contrast, cigarette smoke contains 70 carcinogens.

While marijuana smoke contains fewer carcinogens than tobacco smoke, the American Lung Association and the British Lung Foundation have said differences in how marijuana and tobacco are smoked may tip the scales.

According to the American Lung Association, “When equal amounts of marijuana and tobacco are smoked, marijuana deposits four times as much tar into the lungs. This is because marijuana joints are unfiltered and often more deeply inhaled than cigarettes.”

The British Lung Foundation estimates that while people generally smoke marijuana less often than cigarettes, people inhaling marijuana smoke take a two-thirds larger puff volume than when people inhale tobacco smoke.

Additionally, marijuana smokers hold the smoke in their mouth for four times longer than tobacco smokers, “and end up with five times the amount of carboxyhemoglobin in their blood per cigarette smoked,” the British Lung Foundation wrote in a 2012 report.

Carboxyhemoglobin is a mixture of carbon monoxide and hemoglobin, the part of red blood cells that transport oxygen. While carboxyhemoglobin limits the amount of oxygen the blood can deliver to the body, carboxyhemoglobin is not considered a carcinogen.

All in all, the British Lung Foundation wrote the increased puff volume and hold time, “means it’s likely that the body retains much more of the products of cannabis smoke, leading to a greater respiratory burden of carbon monoxide and

smoke particles than when smoking a similar quantity of tobacco.” However, exact measurements of how much more carbon monoxide, smoke particles and carcinogens that would be retained in the body were not given.

The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, run by the University of Washington, is one institution charged with researching marijuana and marijuana smoke by the state. Some proceeds from the state’s 25 percent excise tax on marijuana is given to the institute for research funds.

The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute has cited research by 19 studies, and only does research on adolescent marijuana use.

The institute wrote that marijuana smoke contains “about 50 percent more benzopyrene and nearly 75 percent more benzanthracene, both known carcinogens, than a comparable quantity of unfiltered tobacco smoke.”

However, the institute also wrote that several welldesigned and large-scale studies “have failed to find any increased risk of lung or upper airway cancer in people who have smoked marijuana,” although studies also haven’t ruled out that marijuana smokers have a higher cancer risk than nonmarijuana smokers.

Additionally, the institute wrote that there are other ways to introduce marijuana to the body that may not have the same health risks as smoking. Joints, or handrolled and unfiltered marijuana cigarettes, have been the focus of the studies and facts mentioned above.

According to the institute, smoking devices that use a water filter system, such as bongs, do not reduce the risks associated with marijuana smoke. Vaporizers, which release the psychoactive chemical THC in marijuana without burning the plant, release lower levels of tar than unfiltered marijuana smoke.

However, vaporizers produce other chemicals that may be harmful to the body, including ammonia.

Finally, eating marijuana naturally negates smoking risks, according to the institute, although it takes longer for the THC to take effect and may last longer than smoking marijuana.

THC itself has not been identified as a carcinogenic chemical.

Ferry reservations available through June 13 Vehicle reser vations westbound from Anacortes and eastbound from Friday Harbor and Orcas Island are now available through June 13 aboard Washington State Ferries.

During Presidents’/ Valentine’s Day weekend, the highest volume of traffic is expected westbound from Anacortes on Friday, Feb. 13, and eastbound to Anacortes on Monday, Feb. 16. Travelers are encouraged to book their vehicle reservations as soon as possible.

Ninety percent of every sailing is available for vehicle reservations; however reservations are released in three, 30-percent tiers.

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vations in tiers helps meet the needs of customers planning far in advance and those making travel plans closer to the sailing date.

The remainder of unreserved spaces is set aside for emergency vehicles, customers with medical loading priority (WAC 468300-700) and standby customers.

Equal portions of reservations are made available up to two months before the start of the four seasonal sailing schedules, two weeks prior to a specific sailing within the seasonal schedule and again two days before each sailing departs. Customers may book a reservation up until three hours before the

scheduled published sailing.

There is no fee to make a reservation as long as travel is completed within the same service day from the same terminal.

For more information, visit Save A Spot Vehicle Reservations informational website: www.TakeAFerry. com. Customers can book a vehicle reservation online (http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ ferries/reservations) or by calling 1-888-808-7977. The call center is available 4 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., seven days a week.

If you have any questions or would like more information, contact Susan Harris at SHarris@wsdot.wa.gov or (206) 515-3460.

Call for poetry submissions Land Bank Celebrates 25th Anniversary What inspires you to get outside?

In celebration of its 25th Anniversary, as well as National Poetry Month, the Land Bank invites the community to submit nature-themed poems for a poetry trail.

The Land Bank, along with its partners, SJI Library, SJI National Historical Park, SJI Trails Committee, Lime Kiln Point State Park and Friends of Lime Kiln Society (F.O.L.K.S.), will display poems along trails through SJC Land Bank’s Limekiln and Deadman Bay Preserves, Lime Kiln Point State Park and at American Camp in the SJI National Historical Park during the month of April. Poems can be anything from haiku to rhyming to free verse, original work or

a favorite published author, but must be 14 lines or less due to layout restrictions. All ages welcome!

Poems can be dropped off (printed on 8 ½ by 11 paper) to the SJI Library front desk or emailed to clacher@sjlib.org.

Poems must have the author and title in order to be accepted; original works are highly encouraged as the Land Bank would love to hear how the outdoors inspires islanders.

Deadline for submissions is Saturday, Feb. 21, with a maximum of 30 poems to be chosen.

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And then the wind and rain started.

Even though almost every Tour De Lopez has been blessed with nice weather, it’s not as if Becky and her team hadn’t considered the possibility of rain.

After all, this was the Pacific Northwest, a region known for its moistness. But this was different. Temperatures dipped, the wind whipped and the rain came down in buckets, not as the mist that’s characteristic of western Washington precipita-

tion. This would surely spell doom for a ride that had ‘til then been rapidly growing in popularity.

What happened next is why the Tour De Lopez has become one of the most popular non-competitive bike rides in the Pacific Northwest, and why Lopez Island is known for its unique brand of community.

The Lopez fire stations and churches opened their doors to provide warm shelter and hot coffee for cold cyclists. The restaurants expanded their hours and brought out food. And Becky, who is also the Lopez fire commissioner, got the fire chiefs to radio the volunteer firefighter network to bring several flatbed trucks to Lopez Village.

Those trucks were used at the end of the ride to take bikes back to the ferry landing for people who didn’t want to ride back in the rain.

The Lopez School superintendent called in the school bus drivers to drive those people to the ferry to meet their bikes. Members of the community, who until then had been slow to warm up to the idea of the Tour De Lopez, came out in droves to offer whatever help they

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CHRIST THE KING COMMUNITY CHURCH, There’s Always a Place for You! CTK gathers at 10:00 a.m. in the school multi-purpose room at 86 School Road. Come as you are! More info at www.ctkonline.com/lopez. Email: lopez@ctkonline.com Phone: 888-421-4CTK ext. 819.

COMMUNITY CHURCH, Please join us Sun. mornings.

Adult Bible study, 9:30. Worship Service, 10:30. Nursery (birth3 yrs) and Jr. Church (4-12 yrs) provided during worship service.

Small groups meet throughout the week. 91 Lopez Rd., in the village. Pastor Jeff Smith 468-3877. www.ourlicc.org.

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LUTHERAN CHURCH IN THE SAN JUANS (ELCA) Please join us for worship and children’s Sunday School at 9:00 a.m. in Center Church on Davis Bay Road. Also in Friday Harbor at 11:00 a.m. in St. David’s and in Eastsound at 1:15 p.m. in Emmanuel. Pastor Beth Purdum, 370-0023.

ST. FRANCIS CATHOLIC CHURCH Come worship with us at Center Church on Davis Bay Rd. We welcome you to join us for Mass at 1:15 p.m. on Saturday starting January 3. Call 378-2910 for Mass times on San Juan and Orcas Islands.

could so that the event was a good experience, regardless of the weather.

The entire island stepped up to make that year’s Tour De Lopez one of the most successful Lopez events todate; and it marked a turning point for the ride, which is now in its 12th year, consistently drawing nearly 1,000 riders. Business was up, riders got to see the community in action and the word about Lopez started to spread. Becky remembers one couple, completely impressed with what they saw, who made the decision to buy property on Lopez that same weekend. Since then, the ride has continued to grow in popularity, with some people making an annual pilgrimage to the island for the late-April bike tour.

Today, Lopez Island is synonymous with cycling.

The miles of mostly flat, nearly car-free country roads that wind their way through farms, forests and stretches of beach make the 29.5-square-mile island ideal for a leisurely ride. With loops ranging from five to 31 miles in length, the Tour De Lopez invites people of all ages and skill levels. The routes have been designed to keep people off of Center Road, which divides the east and west sides of the island and is the closest thing to a thoroughfare that Lopez has (there are no street lights on Lopez, by the way).

The Tour De Lopez has grown into a weekend-long event. The bike tour is accompanied by the Bite of Lopez on the Friday before the ride and a post-ride party on Saturday afternoon – complete with musical performances, local food and beer garden.

New to the ride this year is the Mixby app found on smart phones, which I’ve been busy populating with info about bike routes, points of interest and businesses. My goal is to get as much into the app as possible – so that, come April 25, Mixby can act as a tour guide for riders that download it to their phones. My hope is that, through the app and the stories on this blog, people see a side of Lopez that they otherwise might have missed.

So, if you haven’t already, go register for the Tour De Lopez at www.lopezisland. com, plan your weekend, and download Mixby so you’re ready for the big day.

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The festival opened up touring opportunities for Wallace, Nordell and Davis, who have since performed festivals, dances and concerts across the U.S. and Canada.

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Jan. 15 began as a typical evening in Friday Harbor for Jim Dunn. He and his wife were driving north on Mullis Street planning to attend a lecture at the University of Washington Laboratories on salmon migration.

At about 6:15 p.m. Dunn noticed three orange lights in the sky. He thought a plane was making a “very low approach” to land at the airport, which he thought was odd. He next assumed the lights must be a helicopter, but there was something weird about the movements.

Dunn said he stopped his car and pulled over by Browne’s Home Center to watch the lights.

“It was three orange lights moving independently,” Dunn said. “At first I rationalized it was a drone, but they were moving too rapidly for a drone.”

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eled roughly west above Spring Street as if coming from the harbor.

Dunn, a retired architect who has lived on San Juan Island since 2000, said it was the first time he saw something that could be considered a UFO. The next day he contacted air traffic control at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. The controller told Dunn he would check the radar tapes. There was a helicopter listed as being in the area, but it was 45 minutes after the sighting, Dunn said.

Dunn next filed the following report Jan. 17 with the National UFO Reporting Center: “I stopped our car so we could watch, since the lights were starting to bob up and down. I said they had to be helicopters, but then they almost appeared to be going down behind the buildings in town. They stopped getting closer and suddenly started climbing at a very high speed head-

ed back northwest. They grew dimmer and one at a time, blinked out and were gone. The whole duration of this sighting was about two minutes. I kept trying to find an explanation for what we were seeing.

I wish I had immediately reached for my iPhone to get a video. I knew they were unconventional aircraft since they didn’t have red and green navigation lights. Then the erratic flight and changing speed ruled out any aircraft I have ever seen. My wife and I are both private pilots and have flown into the Friday Harbor airport hundreds of times.”

Dunn was contacted by Peter Davenport, director of the National UFO Reporting Center. He suggested contacting media outlets to see if other witnesses might come forward.

“The information they have might permit triangulation on the object, which would allow calculation of how far away from you it

[was], and what its size was,” Davenport said.

Dunn said he did an Internet search and found similar descriptions of sightings, but not exactly what he had seen. He considered it may be a military craft, but if it was the type of drone he is familiar with it would have taken “three separate people to fly it.”

He estimated when the lights moved west and disappeared behind the trees it was traveling more than 100 miles per hour.

“These lights were completely disjoined,” Dunn said. “It was inexplicable.”

If anyone saw the lights on Jan. 15 between 6:15 and 6:30 p.m., email editor@sanjuanjounal.com.

Health Department urges San Juan County residents to confirm immunizations The U.S. is currently experiencing outbreaks of measles, mumps and pertussis (whooping cough), including cases reported in Washington state.

While no cases related to the current outbreaks have been reported in San Juan County, San Juan County Health and Community Services encourages individuals and family

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members to review their vaccination status. If vaccinations are not up-to-date, or you have questions about vaccinations, this is a good opportunity to contact your health care provider to discuss vaccine options for you and your family.

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