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Vandalism a blight on OH’s historic district

By JANIS REID Staff reporter

More than a dozen incidents of graffiti appeared overnight Wednesday in what appears to be an escalating effort to blight downtown Oak Harbor.

Bright pink images and words marked the walls around a Dock Street parking lot and many nearby businesses were tagged, including Bayshore Chiropractic and Carla’s Shear Inspiration.

Similar tags appeared at other Pioneer Way businesses and locations such as Perla’s Oriental and buildings at the intersection of Dock and Fidalgo streets.

Kathy Collantes said the sea of graffiti she saw out her window Thursday morning appeared overnight.

However, similar graffiti appeared last week in the same parking lot, but were painted over a few SEE GRAFFITI, A20

Police: Holistic ‘doctor’ practiced without license

By JANIS REID Staff reporter

A woman practicing holistic medicine at a clinic in Oak Harbor was arrested early Tuesday after police served a search warrant at the State Highway 20 location.

Arely Jimenez-Beckius was arrested on suspicion of practicing medicine at Whidbey Naturals Alternative Medicine without a license, according to Oak Harbor police.

Jimenez-Beckius does have a valid license as a marriage and family therapist, according to investigators.

The Oak Harbor Police Department received SEE ARRESTED, A20

Photo by Ron Newberry/Whidbey News-Times

A passerby gets a look Wednesday at the new kraken sculpture created by Oregon artist Bill Hunt, kneeling at right. The copper-and-steel artwork, which cost $33,000, depicts a giant Pacific octopus tangling with a Nautilus submarine.

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Love it or hate it, new sculpture is definitely drawing attention

By RON NEWBERRY Staff reporter

From the moment it was unloaded from a flatbed truck Tuesday, Oak Harbor’s newest piece of public art drew stares from passersby.

As the week progressed, more people stopped to get an upclose look. Some even took pictures.

“This will be a real imagination grabber,” said Oak Harbor’s Wayne Lewis, who drove into town Wednesday, parked his vehicle and checked out the sculpture.

“I couldn’t miss it. It’s hard to miss.”

This was the sort of reaction that supporters of the 8-foot-tall sculpture of a legendary sea monster attacking a Nautilus submarine were hoping for.

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Prosecutors question role of hospital’s attorney in case against head nurse

By JESSIE STENSLAND Staff reporter

An attorney for Whidbey General Hospital is aiding in the defense of an administrator accused of assaulting a patient, despite pros-

ecution objections.

Seattle attorney Donna Moniz sits at the defense table in Island County District Court with Linda Gipson, the chief nursing officer who is facing a fourth-degree assault charge.

Gipson has her own defense attorney, Andrew Schwarz of Seattle, but Moniz has argued alongside him on many issues before the court.

Prosecutors questioned the hospital’s attor-

ney’s continued involvement and unsuccessfully tried to limit her participation.

“The circumstances of this litigation are SEE LAWYERS, A13

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County seeking exemption renewals Renewals for 2015 are being mailed out for anyone in the Senior/Disabled Exemption Program for last names beginning with the letters S-Z. Renewal forms are due May 12.

If you require assistance in completing the forms, you can bring them to the Island County Assessor’s office at 1 NE Seventh St., Ste. 208 between 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

They also accept new applications yearround.

Qualifications for filing are: n Age 61 or older by Dec. 31, 2014, 100 percent military service–connected disability or disabled and unable to be gainfully

employed. n Own and occupy your home in Island County. Must occupy the home more than six months out of the year. n Your annual combined (all household income) disposable income cannot exceed $35,000.

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All this information can also be found at www.islandcountyassessor.com You may also call the office at 360-679-7303 or the Senior Citizen/Disabled Exemption Coordinator Kristina Mayhew at 360-678-7853.

CORRECTION n Robyn Kolaitis, owner of Whidbey Party Store, is not participating in the Whidbey Wedding Inspirations Bridal Show Saturday in

Oak Harbor. Wednesday’s Whidbey News-Times contained incorrect information in the photo caption. We regret the error.

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City holding centennial logo contest

By JANIS REID Staff reporter

One hundred years ago, the sleepy seaside town of Oak Harbor petitioned Island County commissioners to incorporate as a city.

On the date of incorporation, May 14, 1915, the town had 401 residents, and 308 of them signed the petition.

Now with a population of more than 22,000, the City of Oak Harbor is celebrating its 100th year this May and wants one lucky local to design its centennial logo.

“We’ve come a long way,” said Mayor Scott Dudley.

The new logo, Dudley said, will be a reminder that the community is celebrating this birthday milestone and should be “proud of how far we’ve come.”

Creation of a logo is the first step in the creation of

centennial marketing products and merchandise that will mark events planned throughout the year, according to Kellye Mazzoli, executive assistant to the mayor.

While the Centennial Committee is still hammering out the details of the centennial schedule, Mazzoli said she anticipates a treeplanting campaign and other events to coincide with other celebrations like Holland Happening and the Fourth of July.

Artists of all ages are eligible to participate in the logo contest, although those under the age of 18 must have parent or guardian permission.

Flexibility is a key requirement, according to the city’s website, including the ability to resize easily. The final version of the logo should

be suitable for high quality printing.

The city asks that the logos convey ideas including the centennial, Oak Harbor, incorporation and the years of 1915 and 2015.

Submissions will be judged by the Centennial Committee based on creativity, clarity, reflection of Oak Harbor, relation to centennial celebration and adaptability for multiple uses.

Entries must be submitted by mail, email or hand-delivered to: Anna Thompson, City Clerk, 865 SE Barrington Drive, Oak Harbor, WA 98277 or athomp son@oakharbor.org Deadline is 4 p.m. Friday, March 13. The winner will notified by 4 p.m. Friday, April 3.

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ISLAND SCANNER The following items were selected from reports made to the Oak Harbor Police Department:

FRIDAY, JAN. 23 At 6:02 a.m., a caller reported that an elderly man was wearing pajamas and slippers in the parking lot of a school on East Whidbey Avenue.

At 10:07 a.m., a caller reported that a child was in the nurse’s office with marks on her face. The child said her mother bit her during a fight over tea.

At 7:20 p.m., a caller from a Highway 20 business reported that a longhaired man holding a sign with profanity on it was cursing at customers.

SATURDAY, JAN. 24 At 2:29 p.m., a man reported a sex offense on Oak Harbor Street. He said he told a female he “didn’t want to do it,” but they did it anyway.

At 2:42 p.m., a caller reported that a man on Southwest 24th Avenue had infections on his ankle and arm that were swollen, green and “rotting.”

SUNDAY, JAN. 25 At 11:24 a.m., there

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At 7:34 p.m., a caller reported receiving a text from someone who threatened to shoot everyone who laughs at him at the high school.

At 10:59 p.m., there was a report that a man ripped off his coat, tore it apart and yelled at passing cars on State Highway 20.

At 5:50 a.m., a Southeast Barrington Drive resident reported that the ants in his house are addicted to crack. He said he’s run experiments and found that the ants don’t want food or sugar and don’t sleep, but are looking for chemicals.

At 7:06 a.m., a caller reported that a woman was living in her car with a dog on Southwest Barrington Drive.

At 9:05 a.m., an employee at a Highway 20 business reported that a man was yelling at customers about germs in the store.

At 6:28 p.m., a caller reported that an unconscious man was lying in the grass by the Oak Harbor Tavern.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 28

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At 12:05 p.m., a caller reported that an unconscious man was lying on the ground at the intersection of Southeast Fourth Avenue and Midway.

At 8:22 p.m., a man on North Oak Harbor Street reported that he wants to hit someone and shoot someone.

At 2:31 p.m., a caller reported seeing two teenagers having sex in a car parked on Northeast Seventh Court. The caller said they drove off after he started taking photos.

was a report that a dog was stuck on the roof of a house on Southeast Pasek Street.

At 7:36 p.m., a driver reported that a strange man with “a crazy-looking sweater” was walking on State Highway 20.

MONDAY, JAN. 26

MONDAY, FEB. 2 At 12:10 p.m., a caller reported that raccoons were “ravaging” the Northwest Clipper Drive neighborhood.

At 8:24 p.m., a man reported that he wanted his knife and sweatpants back from his girlfriend.

FRIDAY, JAN. 30 At 9:49 a.m., a woman reported that an elderly driver followed her to Walmart and confronted her about driving unsafely.

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Coupeville Town Council seats new representative on Island Transit board

By JESSIE STENSLAND Staff reporter

Jackie Henderson’s first meeting on the Island Transit board was an eventful marathon session in which the board adopted new routes, purchased new buses and rejected a headhunting proposal.

Henderson replaces longtime Island Transit member Bob Clay on the board of the recovering agency. She is a member of the Coupeville Town Council and the director of the Island County Human Services.

The Coupeville Council appointed Henderson to serve on the transit board this week. Both Clay and Henderson asked to be appointed; the council chose Henderson in a 3-2 vote.

That means Langley Councilman Jim Sundberg is the only person on the fivemember transit board who was there when financial trouble forced the agency to cut staff and routes last year.

Henderson said Clay, the former chairman, did an admirable job on the transit board and her request to be on the board has nothing to do with him. As the Human Services director, said she can help represent the needs of the vulnerable people in the community who often rely on buses.

“I feel like I have a real inside track on that population,” she said.

Island County Commissioner Jill Johnson, a fellow board member, said Henderson is a great addition to the board. She said other board members are all about the numbers, but Henderson will be able to balance that out with a more human perspective.

Friday, the board unanimously approved a “system-enhancement plan” that should bring back much of the service to several routes on South Whidbey that were cut last summer and combine a couple of routes in Oak Harbor.

The changes won’t impact the budget, transit officials said.

The board also voted to purchase nine new light-duty buses. The purchase was budgeted for this year. The agency received a grant to fund 80 percent of the cost; the agency will pay $171,000 Ken Graska, the interim director, said he discovered that the agency doesn’t have a vehicle replacement scheduled, and, as a result, the fleet is very old. He said most of the buses are “well beyond the regulated life cycles” and maintenance costs are greater than they should be.

Only Johnson voted against the purchase.

She said the money could be used for service restoration instead of equipment purchases.

In addition, the board decided against hiring a headhunting firm to help find a permanent director. The costs from the firms that responded to the request for proposals ranged from $25,000 to $40,000.

Johnson said the board didn’t want to spend that kind of money when the budget is so tight. She said afterward that the agency has positive momentum under Graska’s leadership and the original June timeframe for replacing him seemed too soon.

“There’s no reason to throw the agency into turmoil,” she said.

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RADIO CLUB: Island County Amateur Radio Club Meeting, 9 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 28, in the Island County Commissioners’ Hearing Room. A top policymaker with the nation’s largest association of amateur radio operators will update Whidbey radio buffs about growth in the U.S., upcoming radio events and legislative efforts. Volunteer radio license examiners will be on site to provide information and to administer federal ham radio operator exams for interested persons. Visit www.w7avm.org or email k7na@w7avm.org

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Roller Girl shines as oldest team member

Photo courtesy Jeffrey Jackson

Whidbey Island Roller Girls senior member, Carol Larson, 68, is overjoyed with making the team’s roster this season and recently played in her first bout.

speed and endurance of her teammates, she might have everyone beat in perseverance.

“She radiates positive energy,” teammate Mary Arthur said. “Her attitude toward derby and life in general ... she brings such a positive personal outlook to the league and it’s contagious.”

Larson, who lives in Anacortes, roller skated as a child and at different points in her life but never got the itch to try derby until she attended a Rat City Rollergirls bout at KeyArena in Seattle in 2012.

“The minute I saw the derby skaters, I just felt I had to do it,” Larson said.

Having managed to stay in good physical shape through walking and other activities, Larson felt compelled to tackle an imposing new challenge few at her age would consider.

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Age alone wasn’t about to stop Carol Larson.

And when she felt her wrist snap during a skills test last year, she decided that injury wasn’t going to stop her, either.

Larson’s mind was made up three years ago that she would one day step out on to the floor of a roller derby bout.

Or, certainly, she was going to bust herself up trying.

Larson is one of the most unlikely members of the 2015 Whidbey Island Roller Girls team.

Yet, she is clearly one of the most inspirational.

At age 68, she’s on the roster of a team with ladies who are not only young enough to be her daughter, but her granddaughter.

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and discovered the adult women’s team on Whidbey, liked the wooden floors at the Roller Barn and decided to attend a 10-week Whidbey Island Roller Girls boot camp in the summer of 2012 to learn the game and build up her strength.

The camp, offered twice a year, leads to a skills test, which determines if a player is bout ready.

It took three boot camps and one broken wrist before Larson’s derby name, “Itsa Mazin” landed on the team’s roster.

She broke her wrist while landing wrong during a skills test in 2013 and needed six months to mend before trying again.

“I didn’t fall like they teach you,” she said.

Even her husband, Max Stephens, started questioning her decision after the injury but remained supportive.

“I had a time when I was kind of discouraged and was thinking, ‘What am I thinking?” Larson said. “I spoke to the training committee and they were very, very encouraging. I’m with a really great team. I think my success of not dropping out has to do with the team and how encouraging they are.

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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25 Trumpet and French Horn music. Come listen to big band tunes from the ‘40s with a little Mozart and Beethoven thrown in.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4 Bingo, first Wednesdays, called by Mayor Nancy Conard.

FRIDAY, MARCH 6 Falls and Injury Prevention exercise class first and third Fridays Led by Mary Waters. Help prevent falls and injury.

Gentle seated exercises designed to strengthen muscles and improve flexibility and movement.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11 Information and Assistance Info, by caseworkers Chasity and Mason. What is Senior I and A, and how they can help you? Discussion, questions and answers.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 20 Falls and Injury Prevention exercise class first and third Fridays Led by Mary Waters. Help prevent falls and injury.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25 Italian Dipping Oil and Tasting Party with Sue. Viva Italiano. Let’s make Italian dipping oils. Develop your own individual flavor combination in a delightful healthy oil. Dip baguette slices as an appetizer, drizzle over salads or steamed vegetables.

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1 Bingo, first Wednesdays, called by Mayor Nancy Conard.

FRIDAY, APRIL 6 Falls and Injury Prevention exercise class first and third Fridays Led by Mary Waters. Help prevent falls and injury.

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by and you think, ‘Oh my gosh, I think I should do that.’

They don’t let you stay in that space. They are very encouraging and upbeat.”

Over the summer, Larson attended her third boot camp and finally passed her first skills test.

Last month, in Whidbey Island’s first bout of the season against a team from Vancouver, B.C., saw her first action.

The retired computer-aided designer got on the floor eight different times, each segment lasting two minutes, on a Whidbey Island team that was awarded apprentice status this year by the Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby Association.

“That was just so much fun,” she said. “I couldn’t quit smiling.”

“She is an inspiration not only to the people in this league but across the entire derby-verse,” said Arthur, who is 48. “People who are over 40, it gives us inspiration.

“I was thinking maybe I’ve got five more years in me.

Maybe I have 15?”

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Carol Larson, foreground, is trying roller derby at the age of 68.

She is an inspiration to the Whidbey Island team.

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IN OUR OPINION

Information gives us the power to address problems Graffiti is vandalism.

It’s not sought out. It’s not art. It’s not clever.

It’s not welcome.

It’s ugly.

A large amount of ugly graffiti is showing up in downtown Oak Harbor, and it’s a problem the historic district and city just don’t need.

Building owners and merchants, and in some cases city taxpayers, are being saddled with the cost of cleaning up the mess.

People sometimes worry that talking about a problem like graffiti is, in a way, rewarding the culprits by giving them undeserved attention.

Talking about graffiti and exposing the problem for what it is — costly vandalism to privatelyowned and city property — helps to enlighten, inform and empower the community to get to the root of the problem.

It’s akin to putting a neighborhood watch on full alert.

Ignoring graffiti and other crimes won’t curb problems, and Oak Harbor police apparently get that. The police department is asking for help tracking down the vandals via the community newspaper and social media.

Chances are there’s someone in Oak Harbor who possesses information that might help unlock this case.

The City of Oak Harbor has already spent a chunk of the Parks Division’s budget on mitigating vandalism. If the perpetrators aren’t caught soon, that budget will be blown.

Oak Harbor Detective Sgt. Mike Bailey said that police can’t do much about nuisance crimes like graffiti unless someone turns in the perpetrators, or the culprits are caught in the act of vandalism.

Shining a spotlight on the importance of watching for suspicious activity will, hopefully, lead to an arrest.

Information is power.

Awareness is one of the biggest strengths we can have as a community and by working together, hopefully the graffiti vandals will soon be nabbed.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Incarceration

Rethink redemption versus condemnation Editor, Holy crow! The list of words describing lawyer theft from clients here in our own little island starts with “disgust.”

We have to trust professionals, whether they are doctors or plumbers, surgeons or neighbors, cops or restaurant cooks.

If nothing else, attorney Doug Saar’s story tells us something about ourselves too. Trust has to be earned and is hard to repair. But being human, we need pathways for redemption.

Are punishment and penalties the best solutions? Since incarceration generally costs as much as the national average salary, it can be worth serious thought.

We have the highest incarceration rates of the industrialized world that sadly accomplishes very little.

It’s a problem our county has conscientious people working on. Our judges instituted diversion programs to find effective and less costly ways to cure criminal behavior. They have reha-

bilitative drug courts for non-violent offenders, family courts for patching things up and probation workers resolving individual situations.

We have a mentoring program where citizen volunteers work with offenders to encourage and steer them to good citizenship.

Some criminal causes aren’t entirely the individual’s fault. Some stem from mistreatment in youth like schoolyard bullying or dismal parenting.

Our well-publicized Barefoot Bandit is a case in point. Some are due to physical or mental disabilities, or racial and religious ignorance. Some are because of economic disadvantages, or unfair treatment of their parents by an uncaring, mean and competitive society.

There are no simple, one-size-fitsall solutions and to some extent we all have a stake and responsibility in solutions.

Criminals are made, not born.

So how about redemption? It rescues lives from dismal worthlessness and restores people for everyone’s benefit. It saves money and lowers taxes too. Why not rethink redemption versus condemnation and the relationship of competition versus cooperation in our lives?

While competition has its values,

nothing is better than being family, community or just good Americans working together for a better world.

Government can be good.

Appreciate the work of our law and justice community. Be a part of it.

Support comprehensive schools.

Get a Neighborhood Watch in your area.

Al and Barbara Williams Oak Harbor

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Student achievers are source of island pride Editor, The articles covering the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corp, or NROTC, and culinary programs are great. It is a real source of pride and optimism that we have kids and programs like this on the island.

I would like to add one thing that was left out of the culinary arts article — Scott Fraser of Fraser’s Gourmet Hideway has been a major player in the program. Scott, an internationally trained chef, serves as a teacher, a mentor and a friend to the students.

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I think he should have been included. Mary Arthur and Scott are showing the kids how to be the best and we are really proud of all of them.

If you add it up, the rifle team, orienteering team, culinary team, car repair team a few years ago and jazz band at South Whidbey, all on our dinky little island at the end of the world, it definitely gives us the right to bust our buttons.

Rick and Kevin Kiser Oak Harbor

Article

Why not reduce state ferry fares?

Editor, The Jan. 14 edition incorrectly paraphrased what Commissioner Helen PriceJohnson said in the ferries article. She did not say fares went up 200 percent since 2000. She said fares rose “over 100 percent” while nationwide inflation has caused prices to rise 33.2 percent over the same period.

Since the loss of the motor vehicle excise tax funds dedicated to ferries in 2000, ferry fares have risen dramatically to where they pay for 70 percent of ferry operating costs vs. the gas tax that funds 15-20 percent of roads.

That’s 70 percent on average.

The Mukilteo-Clinton route is the most lucrative

“I think it’s kind of pointless.”

route for state Ferries, with close to 100 percent paid for via the fare box. It is time to bring fares more in line with what mainland motorists pay, and Gov. Jay Inslee’s budget begins this by proposing to freeze fares for the next two years.

Better yet, how about a fare reduction for MukilteoClinton? Reasonable fares are important to the vitality of Whidbey Island.

The article also noted that ferries have been reliable 99.5 percent of the time.

That overall rating is great, but it doesn’t reflect the situation on the Coupeville-Port Townsend (CV-PT) run.

This run experienced its worst performance in 15 years with 444 cancellations, a 5 percent rate, excluding 2007 when the steel-electric boats were suddenly pulled from service.

Weather and tides account for 363 of these cancellations. Safety concerns are pre-eminent on this run.

The crews, masters and port captain are to be congratulated for their safety record.

There are efforts underway to identify anything that can help improve performance on the CV-PT run.

This run has the highest ratio of commercial traffic and is a vital link to our island heath. The new Ferries Chief Lynn Griffith brings with her some confidence that there will be performance improvements throughout the system.

Ralph Young, Chairman, Coupeville Ferry Advisory Committee

“They could be using the money for other things, more important things.”

Amber Rayfield Oak Harbor

Chris Hiteshew Oak Harbor

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n JON CAMPBELL, pastor of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church of Oak Harbor is leaving Whidbey Island after more than two years of service to the ministry and community. Pastor Jon received his undergraduate degree in theology at Walla Walla College. It was also there where he met his wife Kathleen Erwin. As short-term missionaries, they went to South Korea teaching English and Bible classes to people of all ages. As their year in Korea was drawing to a close, they received an offer to come to Whidbey Island to serve as a youth pastor. The Campbells are now heading off to a new adventure. Pastor Jon will be attending Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Mich., where he will finish his bachelor’s degree in theology.

Couple weds at Bellingham mansion Michelle Townsdin and Tyler Kellogg were married on Oct. 5 at the Lairmont Manor in Bellingham. The bride is the daughter of Peggy Darst Townsdin and James Townsdin, of Oak Harbor.

The groom is the son of Brian and Linda Kellogg.

The couple enjoyed a beautiful outdoor wedding with many family and friends.

An outdoor reception followed their vows, including dancing inside the 100-yearold mansion.

The new couple was driven away in the bride’s father’s classic ‘55 Chevy Bel Air after passing through a gauntlet of sparklers.

After a two-week honeymoon to Hawaii and Australia,

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Michelle Townsdin and Tyler Kellogg. the young couple is settled at home in Bellingham, where the bride is a student at Western Washington University and works at a

coffee shop.

The groom is employed in Bellingham as well. They are joined at home by their beagle, Brodie, and two cats.

ters, Bernadette Duquette of Renton and Virginia Gannon of Newcastle, Wash. A Celebration of Life will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015, at Wallin Funeral Home, Oak Harbor. Joanne was a longtime employee of Service Alternatives, working at Family Bible Church.

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It is homemade and yummy! Having And apparently, Santa was in the restaurant that day too. In food that was enjoyable after a long day thetherapy spirit ofwas thegreatly holidays, a table of complete strangers picked of appreciated. up the tab and quietly left before our group could extend our Iappreciation would recommend San Juan to for their generosity. anyone in need of rehabilitation after being in the and is saying Getting outhospital and about forthat a holiday breakfast is a huge treat in itself. With the help something as my family knows, I tend to of these caring individuals it became one of the highlights of the season, one which be particular! will be remembered long after the Christmas lights are taken down. ~Dee Harbour

n COFFEE BREAK BIBLE STUDY will begin an 18-week study series on the New Testament book of Hebrews Thursday, Jan. 8. This book was written to people who were experiencing a time of unbelievable change, both socially and spiritually, not unlike us today. This study meets weekly at the Oak Harbor Christian Reformed Church, 1411 Wieldraayer Road (off Swantown Road), Thursday mornings from 10-11:15 a.m. Coffee Break Bible Study is a non-denominational small group Bible study that is open to all women of the community, and no previous Bible

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knowledge is needed. To receive study material, call Launa at 360-675-4706, or call the church office at 360-675-2881 for more information. n YOUTH ACTIVITIES at Coupeville United Methodist Church are at 5 p.m.

Sunday nights. There will be games, music, crafts and Christian education. Special activities are planned for taking the teens to beaches, forests and other activities. All youth grades six through 12 are welcome; they don’t need to have an affiliation with the church or attend any church. For more information, call Church Life Coordinator Suzanne Loomis at 360-678-4256. n WHIDBEY ISLAND FRIENDS (QUAKERS) hold their regular meeting for worship 4-5 p.m. Sundays at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 20103 Highway 525, two miles north of Freeland.

This time of silent worship together may include spoken messages. As early Quaker Margaret Fell said, “We are a people that follow after those things that make for peace, love and unity.” For more information, visit www.whidbeyquakers.org or email Tom Ewell at tewell@whidbey.com n Oak Harbor’s CHRISTIAN SCIENCE READING ROOM, 721 SW 20th Court at Scenic Heights Street, is open for study and prayer 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, and 3-7 p.m. Wednesdays. More information at christianscience.com

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS WHIDBEY GENERAL HOSPITAL JACOB MATTHEW GREENE, 6 pounds, 2 ounces, was born Jan. 26. He is the son of Jesse and Desiree Greene of Coupeville.

ABIGAIL SUSAN BIANCHI, 7 pounds, 15

ounces, was born Feb. 3.

She is the son of Michael and Laurie Bianchi of Oak Harbor.

KAYLYN AMELIA LOUISE KNIGHT, 7 pounds, 6 ounces, was born Feb. 6. She is the daughter of Thomas Knight and Kaylea McGuire of Oak Harbor.

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CHARLES RICHARD HUNT, 7 pounds, 8 ounces, was born Feb. 8. He is the son of Crystal Wooldridge of Freeland.

LOGAN RAY BREAUX, 9 pounds, 10 ounces, was born Feb. 10.

He is the son of Bradley and Susan Breaux of Oak Harbor.

SUNNY JANE THUET, 8 pounds, 11 ounces, was born Feb. 11. She is the daughter of David and Abby Thuet of Oak Harbor.

NAVAL HOSPITAL OAK HARBOR MAGGIE MAE YOST, 5 pounds, 7.5 ounces, was born Feb. 3. She is the daughter of Kraig and Sarah Yost.

OLIVIA LOUISE YOST, 5 pounds, 8 ounces, was born Feb. 3. She is the daughter of Kraig and Sarah Yost.

GRAYSEN ROBERT BAUMBECK, 8 pounds, 14.5 ounces, was born Jan. 20. He is the son of Molly Marks and Gary Baumbeck.

JOHN CHRISTOPHER REGER, 9 pounds, 14.5 ounces, was born Feb. 5.

He is the son of Christina Hopkins and Jason Reger.

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The OHHS bowling team seeks its fifth consecutive state title this weekend at Kenmore Lanes.

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Wildcats finish 9th in national orienteering tournament

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By JIM WALLER Sports editor

For the Oak Harbor High School baseball team, the seeds of success in spring are sewn in the winter.

About 20 Wildcats are meeting at Rep Fitness three times a week in preparation of the high school season, which begins the first week of March.

These offseason workouts aren’t about perfecting a swing and learning the proper grip to throw a slider. They’re all about developing the body — getting stronger and more explosive — to maximize the players’ baseball talents.

The Rep Fitness owners, Tyson VanDam and Kyle Isaacson, are also the Oak Harbor High School baseball coaches. They block out times on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays for the high school kids to

The Oak Harbor High School Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corp orienteering team finished ninth in the Navy National Championships Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 14 and 15, at Vasquez Rocks Regional Park in Agua Dulce, Calif.

The Wildcats were the only team from Washington among the 23 squads from across the United States that competed in the national finals.

Senior Caleb Peek led Oak Harbor by finishing fifth in the individual standings out of 89 competitors.

In orienteering, participants use a topographical map and compass to locate several points that make up the course; the fastest to complete the course wins.

The Vasquez Rocks Regional Park provided “some very unique courses” with “very challenging terrain,” according to Oak Harbor coach Marc deLeuze.

Saturday’s course had 12 control points over 4.4 kilometers and included a 190-meter overall climb.

Sunday’s 4.3-kilometer course had 15 control points with an overall climb of 250 meters.

Joining Cadet Commander Peek on the Oak Harbor team were Jared Gray, Teo Torres, Trevor Feinberg and Logan Lawhon. Coach deLeuze (Builder Chief Betty Officer Retired) was assisted by Liz deLeuze.

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Coach Kyle Isaacson helps Dylan Bailey with lifting technique at a recent workout.

work on their conditioning.

The athletes move through stations designed to improve strength and explosiveness.

“Strength is the key to success,” Isaacson said. “The workouts are designed to increase quickness and speed,” he added.

As a result, “arm strength has improved,” Isaacson said.

In addition to the athletes’ physical improvements, VanDam likes the maturity and leadership roles the students develop going through the workouts.

Isaacson added, “We gave them the opportunity to work with us outside of baseball and work on what Tyson and I do for a living.

The kids bought in.”

VanDam and Isaacson also offer their services to other Oak Harbor High School athletes with a strength and intensity camp on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

The OHHS weight room is open to students most of the year, but “kids are not offered professional training in sports-specific workouts,” Isaacson said.

Overtime loss ousts CHS girls basketball team from district

By JIM WALLER Sports editor

The Coupeville High School girls basketball team’s season ran out of steam when it ran out of players in a 50-44 overtime loss to 10th-ranked Seattle Christian in the District 3 1A tournament Wednesday, Feb. 18.

The loss eliminated the Wolves from the playoffs; Coupeville finished the season with a 15-7 record and its first league title since 2002.

Three Wolves — all starters — fouled out against Seattle Christian (16-6).

Julia Myers and Hailey Hammer were disqualified in the fourth quarter and Makana Stone exited in the overtime.

Myers and Stone were in foul trouble early, each picking up her third foul in the second quarter and going to the bench with six minutes left in the half. Hammer joined them four minutes later.

“We just didn’t have enough firepower to overcome our three post players out of the game,” coach David King said.

Although the Wolves were hampered with foul trouble, they gave Seattle Christian a fight.

“We played our best game all season,” King said, adding it was a “heart-breaker.”

It was the Wolves’ finest effort, in part, because of the play of their reserves, according to King.

“I looked down the bench and every player was ready to contribute,” he said. “We rotated Monica (Vidoni), Wynter (Thorne), Mia (Littlejohn), McKenzie (Bailey) and Kailey (Kellner). The great thing is they held their own.”

The Wolves opened the game with a full-court press and received immediate results, racing to a 15-5 lead behind eight points from Stone.

In foul trouble, Coupeville

pulled out of the press in the second quarter, and the Warriors cut the lead to three. However, thanks to strong bench play, the Wolves surged again and led 25-16 at the break.

The second half belonged to Seattle Christian’s Alex Ellis. She scored 19 of her game-high 25 points after halftime, including 11 in the third quarter when the Warriors piled up 19 points.

Ellis drained a long three-ball (one of five she hit in the game) at

the third-period buzzer to give the Warriors their first lead, 35-33.

The game was tied at 40 with just over a minute remaining in regulation, but neither team could convert.

Ellis scored six points in overtime, and Coupeville, down three players, couldn’t respond.

Stone finished an outstanding season with yet another strong allaround game. The junior registered 21 points, 21 rebounds (eight on offense), six steals and two blocks.

Madeline Strasburg added five points, four assists and two blocks.

Kacie Kiel scored six points, Hammer four, and Myers, Littlejohn, Vidoni and Thorne two each.

Coupeville was whistled for 22 fouls, eight more than the Warriors.

Seattle Christian hit 15 of 26 free throws. The Wolves shot only 11, making six.

After a shaky performance in the district opener, Coupeville bounced back to play its “best game,” King said. “They ... could walk off the court with no regrets.”

NW Little League begins evaluations

North Whidbey Little League will hold evaluations for all baseball players ages 9-12 on Saturday, Feb. 21, at Windjammer Park (Field A) and for all softball players ages 9-16 on Sunday, Feb. 22, at Volunteer Park.

Starting times vary depending on the player’s age.

Baseball: 12-year-olds, 9 a.m.; 11, 11 a.m.; 10, 1 p.m.; and 9, 3 p.m.

Softball: 13-16, 1 p.m.; 11-12, 2 p.m.; and 9-10, 3 p.m.

New players can still register for the season on both days with all completed paperwork and payment.

Registration forms are available

on the league website (www.north whidbeylittleleague.org) and at Big 5, McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Burger King and Dairy Queen.

Call the league phone at 360679-1522 for updates and with questions.

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Oak Harbor students tackle drama ’All My Sons’

By MICHELLE BEAHM Staff reporter

Oak Harbor High School’s Drama Club has created a buzz with its latest production, “All My Sons.”

The play opened Feb. 12.

“It’s a very, very moving drama,” said drama teacher Chuck Smothermon. “It’s just a very involving play, and the students are doing a really beautiful job, and I’m really proud of them.”

Set a few years after World War II, the play’s main character, Joe Keller, struggles with his role in knowingly sending out faulty engine parts that caused 21 pilots to crash during the war.

The play takes the audience through the journey of this family as they learn of Keller’s secret and the repercussions.

“It’s a human drama,” Smothermon said. “It’s so relatable.

It’s timeless in the emotion and the psychology that’s involved.”

“The characters are very complex.

“And I love that it lets us talk about many different issues that are relevant to their lives.”

Robert Harless plays a doctor named Jim Bayliss, a neighbor.

“It’s a play that at first you don’t really get until you get through the whole thing,” Harless said. “And, as you go on and watch it more and more, it gets really interesting and you realize more things about it.”

“A lot of high schools choose plays that are more general audience, kind of immature,” said student director Anna Kate Fahey. “But this one, it struck all of us because it was such adult content. We’d never gotten to do a play this deep with such dark matter.”

With only one performance left, at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, at the high school, the cast and crew have already received plenty of feedback, which Smothermon describes as “universally wonderful.”

“They all really liked it, and they

“But this one, it struck all of us because it was such adult content. We’d never gotten to do a play this deep with such dark matter.”

Anna Kate Fahey OHHS student director

all were really moved by it,” Fahey said of her friends who’ve seen the play.

“A lot of them were crying when I went to talk to them.”

“This year’s cast has just put so much work into this,” said public relations coordinator Kayla Nagel.

“It’s one of the best we’ve ever done before. It’s a great cast to work with.”

“Sitting in the audience, I can feel the emotion that the audience has,” Smotherman said, “and feel that they’re having a shared experience with the cast as we go through the evening that is, at times, wrenching.

“And that’s a special experience.”

The cost of the play is $12 for adults and $7 for children 8-12 years of age.

Photos by Michelle Beahm/Whidbey News-Times

Above, Johnny Hodges does Caleb Allen’s makeup before the Feb. 19 performance of ‘All My Sons’ at Oak Harbor High School. Below left, Breanna Soto styles Haruka Tashiro’s hair for the play. Below right, Scout Powell, an actress in ‘All My Sons,’ sits for hair and makeup for an upcoming performance.

American Idol finalist to perform at First Reformed

By MICHELLE BEAHM Staff reporter

American Idol finalist Angie Miller performs next Friday and Saturday in Oak Harbor.

“American Idol” finalist Angie Miller will perform in Oak Harbor next Friday and Saturday.

Miller, who made it into the top three in “American Idol” in 2012, will perform two concerts at the First Reformed Church, 250 SW Third Ave., Oak Harbor.

On Friday, Feb. 27, Miller will perform with members from the church playing.

On Saturday, Feb. 28, the concert will feature Miller and, possibly, a guitar and piano player she may bring with her.

Marty Fredrick, youth

director for First Reformed Church, said he knew Miller when he was youth director at a church in Salem, Mass., where Miller’s parents were the pastors.

Now that he’s in Oak Harbor, Fredrick said he’s hoping to build on the entertainment offerings on Fridays and Saturdays.

“I’m really noticing that there’s a real emptiness in our community of stuff happening that is wholesome,” he said.

This concert kicks off a series of events that will include local musicians, coffee socials and more.

Fredrick said that the

events aren’t just for the youth of the community, but for anyone who wants to join them.

“It’s good for the community to come and get to know us, for us to get to know them,” he said.

Fredrick said there won’t be pressure to join the church.

“Our vision, in general, for Oak Harbor … is really just, we just want to see this town getting together with each other, this town communicating with each other, in fellowship with each other.”

Miller’s concerts, he said, “… come down to is just

really intimate, close … with the people at the concert.”

Following Saturday’s concert, Fredrick is planning a “VIP event,” mostly for the community’s youth, though others are welcome.

“Being a touring musician,” Fredrick said, “I feel that music is a really great way for people who maybe disagree on things … to get together and enjoy each other’s company.” n Both concerts start at 7 p.m. with doors opening at 6:15 p.m. For tickets and information, email office@ frcoh.org or call 360-6754837.

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High School Drama: Oak Harbor High School Drama Club play, “All My Sons,” curtain at 7

p.m., Feb. 19-21, at the high school. Set in the backyard of the Keller household a few years after WWII, the audience is introduced to protagonist Joe Keller, his family and his neighbors. Tickets are $12 for adults and $7 for ages 8-12. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

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W.I.T.S., Whidbey Island Theological Studies, public seminar, “God’s Good World: Reclaiming the Doctrine of Creation,” 8:45 a.m. to noon, Feb. 21, at the Coupeville Recreation Hall. There is no charge and light refreshments will be served. Instructor will be Dr. Jonathan Wilson, Pioneer McDonald Professor of Theology, Carey Theological College, Vancouver, B.C. His most recent book is “God’s Good World,” published in 2013. The mission of W.I.T.S. is to increase the knowledge and love of God in the churches of Whidbey Island through collegelevel biblical, theological and spiritual studies. All W.I.T.S. seminars are open to everyone. For information, call 360-221-8365.

Author Patrick Jennings Appearance, 10 a.m., Feb. 21, Oak Harbor Elementary School. Jennings, author of the popular “Guinea Dog” children’s books, will appear at a series of Saturday events celebrating the annual Sno-Isle Libraries Third Grade Reading Challenge. The author will meet with members of the Reading Challenge teams. The public is welcome to attend. Jennings’ books have received multiple honors, including a 2011 Washington State Book Award. The Reading Challenge is a quiz bowl program that encourages children to enjoy reading while improving their literacy skills. The Reading Challenge program is funded by the Sno-Isle Libraries Foundation. For more information, visit www. sno-isle.org/kids/challenge Roll a Frame for Adam Garcia, 2:30-4:30 p.m., Feb. 21, at the Oak Bowl. Adam Garcia was shot and killed in Oak Harbor in October 2014.

Family and friends of Garcia are hosting a fundraiser to benefit his young daughter, Sophia. Tickets are $20 and can be bought at the door or in advance at Taz’s Auto Service on Goldie Road.

Children 5 and under are free. During the event, raffle drawings will be held for an assortment of baskets, as well.

Whidbey Wedding Inspirations Bridal Show, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Feb. 21, at the Best Western Plus, Oak Harbor. Brides and grooms on Whidbey Island and outlying areas will be able to talk to vendors directly and get crucial information for wedding planning. Call 360679-4567 or email to dorothy@hotelservicesgroup.com

Feb. 22

Minority Business Alliance second annual Black History Celebration, 6-10 p.m., Feb. 22, CPO Club, Oak Harbor.

Chicken dinner, entertainment, speaker and fellowship. Kibibi Monie is providing entertainment; Germaine Kornegay, councilwoman from Sedro-Woolley, is the guest speaker.

Tickets are $20 in advance.

RSVP by calling 360-6722097.

Monday Feb. 23

The Wild West Rides Again, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Feb. 25, at the Coupeville Library. Come for Western movies and popcorn. Call the library at 360-678-4911 to find out what’s playing. Popcorn provided.

Free Legal Workshop, Divorce: What You Need to Know: 1:30-3:30 p.m., Feb. 23, at the Coupeville Library. Volunteer Lawyer Program of Island County will provide a local family-law attorney to discuss the process for getting a divorce in Washington, including property and debt division, parenting plans, child support, and maintenance. Preregister online or by phone. Limit of 25 people.

Feb. 26

Skagit Valley College Whidbey Island Campus Running Start Information Night, 6-7:30 p.m., Feb. 23, at Hayes Hall, Room 137. Free and open to the public. The evening will include the step-by-step process of how to apply as well as general information about the program. For information about Running Start at the Whidbey Island Campus, email Erin Shiflett at erin.shiflett@skagit.edu or visit www.skagit.edu/runningstart

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Zentangle is an artistic form of meditation that supports relaxation, focus and creativity. Learn to “tangle” in the round with certified Zentangle teacher Sara Harlan and get in touch with your inner artist. Open to both beginners and those with experience. Space is limited, so preregister.

AARP Tax-Aide, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays (no service Feb. 16) and 1-7 p.m.

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Prairie Bottom Farm Presentation, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Feb. 23, at the Coupeville Library. Join us for a rousing evening with Wilbur Purdue of Prairie Bottom Farm. Farming within Ebey’s Prairie and raising farm to market produce will be the topic of this evening’s talk.

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Thursday Holland-American Koffie Klets Meeting, 4 p.m., Feb. 26, at San Remo restaurant, Oak Harbor.

Enjoy camaraderie over Koffie and specials. Meetings are the fourth Thursday of the month. For information, call Jan Ellis at 360-675-2552.

A Catholic Approach to Spiritual Warfare, 6:30-8 p.m., Feb. 26, at St. Augustine Catholic Church, Oak Harbor. A highly engaging presentation full of truth, Scripture references, stories and examples that are applicable to daily life.

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Solution revealed at 4:30 p.m. Sunday at Langley Middle School. Cost is $10 for adults, and $8 for seniors, youth and military. For details, visit www.visitlangley.com hearsal, 7-9:30 p.m., Feb. 26, at the Northwest Educational Services Building, 1601 R. Ave., Anacortes.

Men, attend a free, no-commitment rehearsal of the An-O-Chords, a four-part barbershop harmony. No experience required. Meetings are every Thursday. www.anochords.org

Early-Release Day Program.

Bring your imagination and they’ll bring the Kid K’Nex. For school-age children and their caregivers. Supported by the Sno-Isle Libraries Foundation.

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Island County Amateur Radio Club meeting, 9 a.m., Feb. 28, at the Island County Commissioners’ Hearing Room. A top policymaker with the nation’s largest association of amateur radio operators will talk about the hobby’s growth in the U.S.,

Feb. 27

Kids Kreate with K’Nex, 1-2 p.m., Feb. 27, at the Coupeville Elementary Multipurpose Room.

Saturday Feb. 28

upcoming radio events and legislative efforts. Volunteer radio license examiners will be on site to provide information and to administer federal ham radio operator exams. Visit www.w7avm.org or email k7na@w7avm.org Birding Central Whidbey Prairie, 9 a.m. to noon, Feb. 28, at Sunnyside Overlook parking lot area on Sherman Road, Coupeville. Explore one of the most scenic areas on Whidbey Island — Sunnyside Cemetery, Ebey’s Bluff and Crockett Lake — with Kim Shepard of the Whidbey Audubon Society. www. whidbeyaudubon.org

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WHIDBEY PLAYHOUSE’S “Monty Python’s Spamalot” is on stage through March 1. Shows are at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays,

WWW.WHIDBEYNEWSTIMES.COM Fridays and Saturdays and at 2:30 p.m. Sundays. The musical is lovingly ripped off of “Monty Phython and the Holy Grail.” Show features more madcap mirth than a headless knight. For tickets, visit www.whidbeyplayhouse. com Rob Schouten Gallery presents “ADORNMENT,” the Jewelry Show, through

March 2. Find something special for yourself or for your sweetheart at Rob Schouten Gallery’s February show featuring the work of four jewelry artists, Morgan Bell, Barb Mundell, Mary Ellen O’Connor and Tammi Sloan.

Adornment with jewels is a 7,000 year-old practice that has developed through all the greatest civilizations. From the great queens of Egypt and

the Roman Empire to today’s contemporary European houses of fashion, jewelry has played its part in a woman’s ability to express herself in a visual way. Whidbey Island artists are creating beautiful pieces of jewelry that continue to burst with new ideas of form, color and design in this diverse and decorative art form. www.robschouten gallery.com

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

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

Prayer Meeting & Student Ministries Child care for all services.

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Restoration Fellowship Where Yeshua is Lord Come Learn the Hebraic Roots of Your Faith

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for honoring their purchase.

For tickets, visit www.whidbeychildrenstheater.org Coupeville artist and Northwest Coast printmaker ROGER PURDUE (1938-2014) will be featured and introduced to a wider audience at the Stonington Gallery in Seattle. “An Introduction, A Retrospection: Roger Purdue” runs through Feb. 28.

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LAWYERS CONTINUED FROM A1 certainly unusual,” Island County Deputy Prosecutor Jacqueline Lawrence wrote in a motion before the court.

“A public hospital district appears ready to use public resources to thwart the publicly funded criminal justice system from administering justice.”

Island County Prosecutor Greg Banks echoed Lawrence’s sentiments.

“We are not prosecuting the hospital,” he said. “I wish someone on the hospital board would explain why they are using hospital resources to oppose this prosecution.”

Moniz is costing the public hospital $325 an hour.

Judge Bill Hawkins ruled that Moniz has standing in the case. Hospital officials and their attorneys said Moniz is at the table to protect the hospital’s interest.

In court documents, Moniz pointed to an ongoing civil lawsuit against the hospital regarding the alleged assault and potential for “privilege issues” to come up in a deposition.

Schwarz said Moniz is present to protect the hospital in ways he cannot.

When asked why prosecuting someone accused of a crime isn’t in the public’s interest, Moniz said that the hospital’s position was set by outgoing hospital CEO Tom Tomasino, who pub-

licly stated early in the case that he believes Gipson is innocent.

Tomasino testified during an earlier hearing that he never actually read the hospital’s investigation into the allegations, but that a fellow administrator spoke to him about it.

Ron Wallin, a member of the hospital board, looked into the issue after being contacted by the Whidbey News-Times. He said the hospital’s attorneys advised the administration that someone should be at the court hearings to look out for the interests of the hospital.

The hospital board passed a resolution years ago that obliged the hospital to defend members of the administration in court cases, which he was told includes criminal cases, Wallin said.

“From what I understand, this is pretty much standard throughout all the hospitals in the state,” he said.

Moniz has been successful in arguing for the hospital.

Moniz and another attorney for the hospital first became involved in the case after the prosecution subpoenaed the hospital for an investigation into the allegation that Gipson assaulted a restrained patient last summer.

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involvement into the case after Hawkins ruled in the hospital’s favor.

Lawrence filed a couple of motions in attempts to prevent Moniz from taking part in the criminal case.

Moniz insisted on being present when Lawrence tried to interview one of the witnesses, which the deputy prosecutor argued was inappropriate since Moniz is allied with the defense.

Lawrence wrote that three of the witnesses, who are hospital employees, stated that they felt intimidated by the hospital administration; two of the witnesses included the hospital’s legal counsel among those whom they felt were intimidating.

One of the nurses asked Moniz to leave during an interview with the state Department of Health.

Moniz successfully argued that she should be allowed to attend a witness’s deposition at the witness’s request.

She wrote that the deputy prosecutor’s accusations against her were groundless.

“It is this attorney’s practice to confirm witnesses’ obligation to tell the truth,” she wrote.

“Hysteria, innuendo and baseless opinions are rampant in this case.”

Hawkins has ruled in the defense’s favor on important issues, but he also

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Attorney Donna Moniz, at far right, listens as a deputy prosecutor questions a Whidbey General Hospital official in district court. questioned hospital representatives on some of their actions.

Hawkins asked an attorney why the hospital made efforts to protect the hospital’s investigation from the prosecutor but didn’t attempt to protect the alleged victim’s medical records from the defense attorney.

Over the prosecutor’s objections, Hawkins ultimately allowed the defense to have access to the alleged victim’s hospital records.

Later, the deputy pros-

ecutor tried to subpoena a nurse’s medical records in an attempt to impeach Gipson’s story about the patient assaulting the nurse.

The hospital objected to the release of the records because of privacy concerns.

Hawkins sided with the hospital.

Schwarz said it is perfectly appropriate for Moniz to take part in the case.

He said there are “certain issues” she will address in order to protect the hospital from the prosecutor’s

reach, such as the privacy of medical records.

Schwarz said he believes the prosecutor and police have been politically motivated in going after Gipson and that there are issues involved that have nothing to do with his client.

“This case would not have been charged in any other county,” he said.

During a hearing earlier this month, Schwarz successfully argued to have the trial moved to April.

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LEGAL NOTICE: The budget extension for fiscal year 2014-15 for the Oak Harbor School District has been prepared. A public hearing will be held at the regularly scheduled meeting of the Oak Harbor School District Board of Directors on Monday, Februar y 23, 2015, at 6:00 p.m. in the Board meeting room in the Adm i n i s t ra t i ve S e r v i c e s Center at 350 S. Oak Harbor St. for the purpose of adopting the budget extension of the Transpor tation Vehicle Fund of the district for the 2014-2015 fiscal year. Any person may appear and be heard for or against any part of the budget. Copies of the budget extension are available at the Oak Harbor School District Adm i n i s t ra t i ve S e r v i c e s Center at the above address.

Legal No. WCW613678 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.

February 7, 21, 2015.

Solid Waste Advisory Committee (S.W.A.C.) Meeting FRIDAY, February 27, 2015 10:30A.M.–12:00 NOON BOARD OF ISLAND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HEARING ROOM Courthouse Annex, 6th & Main, Coupeville, WA AGENDA: -Product Stewardship -Rate Study -2015 Work Tasks -Other Program Issues & Updates Legal No. WCW613591 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.

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STATE OF WASHINGTON ISLAND COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT In re the Dependency of: LEGASPI, Nevaeh b.d. 06/19/2011 NO. 14-7-00205-2 N OT I C E A N D S U M MONS BY PUBLICATION - DEPENDENCY THE STATE OF WASHI N G TO N TO : T i m o t hy Cole, Alleged Father and unknown biological father A Dependency Petition was filed on September 2, 2014; a preliminary hearing will be held on this matter on April 1, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. at Island County Super ior Court, 101 N.E. 6th St., Coupeville, WA 98239.

This hearing will determine if your child is dependent as defined in RCW 13.34.050(5). This begins a judicial process which could result in permanent loss of your parental rights. THE ABOVE NAMED INDIV I D UA L S A R E S U M MONED TO APPEAR at said hearing regarding your child. If you fail to appear at the preliminary hearing, the court may take evidence against you and enter an order without further notice to you. To request a copy of the Notice, Summons, and Dependency Petition, and/or to view info u n a t i o n a b o u t yo u r rights in this proceeding, go to www.atg.wa.gov/DPY. aspx.

By: Debra Van Pelt, Island County Clerk. by/s/Diedre Butler, deputy Clerk Legal No. WCW613820 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.

Febr uar y 7, 14, 21, 2015.

AMERICAN GENERAL FINANICAL SERVICES, INC.; ALSO ALL PERS O N S O R PA R T I E S UNKNOWN CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE, LIEN, OR INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT HEREIN, Defendant(s).

SHERIFF’S PUBLIC NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTY NO. 14-2-00324-7 TO: SHAWN P. DOYLE; KATHLEEN K. DOYLE; AMERICAN GENERAL FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.; ALSO ALL PERS O N S O R PA R T I E S UNKNOWN CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE, LIEN, OR INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT HEREIN, Defendant(s) and judgment debtor(s) and any other persons or par ties unknown claiming any right, title, estate, lien or interest in the personal and/or real property described herein: The Superior Court of Island County has directed the undersigned Sheriff of Island County (through his designee) to sell the proper ty described below to satisfy a judgment in the above entitled action: Legal Description TRACT 16, DEER LAKE ESTATES DIV. NO. 1, ACCORDING TO THE P L AT T H E R E O F R E CORDED IN VOLUME 8 OF PLATS, PAGE 31, RECORDS OF ISLAND C O U N T Y, WA S H I N G TON SITUATED IN ISLAND C O U N T Y, WA S H I N G TON Also commonly known a s 6 3 7 3 C e d a r C ove L a n e, C l i n t o n , WA 98236 Parcel No. S6460-00-00016-0 The sale of the abovedescribed property is to take place: TIME: 10:00 a.m.

DATE: March 20, 2015 PLACE: FRONT STEPS ISLAND COUNTY LAW AND JUSTICE CENTER 101 NE 6TH STREET, COUPEVILLE, WASHINGTON The judgment debtor/s can avoid the sale by p ay i n g t h e j u d g m e n t amount of $348,492.64, together with interest, costs and fees before the sale date. For the exact amount, contact the Sheriff through his designee at the address stated below.

Dated this 9th day of February, 2015.

MARK C. BROWN, SHERIFF ISLAND COUNTY By:/s/Wylie Farr Wylie Farr, Chief Civil Deputy ICSO/Law & Justice Center 101 NE 6th Street PO BOX 5000 Coupeville, Washington 98239-5000 360-678-4422 ICSO Docket No. 15R-0201 Legal No. WCW615233 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.

February 14, 21, 28 and March 7, 2015.

RIOD: To make written comments on this proposal, please mail or hand d e l i ve r s p e c i f i c c o m ments to: City of Oak H a r b o r, D eve l o p m e n t Ser vices Depar tment, 865 SE Barrington Drive, Oak Harbor, WA 98277, no later than 5:00 p.m. on March 9, 2015. If you have questions regarding this proposal, please contact the Development Services Department at (360) 279-4510, bet we e n 8 : 0 0 a . m . a n d 5:00 p.m.

E N V I R O N M E N TA L DOCUMENTS AND/OR STUDIES APPLICABLE TO T H I S P R O J E C T : N/A PUBLIC HEARING REQUIRED: This application will be scheduled for a public hearing before the Hearing Examiner.

T h e n o t i c e o f p u bl i c hearing will be mailed when the date and time has been established for the hearing.

To receive notification of the decision on this proposal, please send a self-addressed, stamped envelope and request a Notification of Decision for application CUP-15-01 from the City of Oak Harbor, Development Services Department, 865 SE Barrington Drive, Oak Harbor, WA 98277.

Lisa Bebee Permit Coordinator Legal No. WCW616303 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.

February 21, 2015.

begins a judicial process which could result in permanent loss of your parental rights. THE ABOVE NAMED INDIV I D UA L S A R E S U M MONED TO APPEAR at said hearing regarding your child. If you fail to appear at the preliminary hearing, the court may take evidence against you and enter an order without further notice to you. To request a copy of the Notice, Summons, and Dependency Petition, and/or to view information about your rights in this proceeding, go to www.atg.wa.gov/DPY. aspx.

By: Debra Van Pelt, Island County Clerk. by/s/Diedre Butler, deputy Clerk Legal No. WCW613814 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.

Febr uar y 7, 14, 21, 2015.

TO: Hugo Galindo-Carrillo, Alleged Father, and TO: Benito Perez-Martinez, Alleged Father and unknown biological father A Dependency Petition was filed on September 2, 2014; a preliminary hearing will be held on this matter on April 1, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. at Island County Super ior Court, 101 N.E. 6th St., Coupeville, WA 98239.

This hearing will determine if your child is dependent as defined in RCW 13.34.050(5). This begins a judicial process which could result in permanent loss of your parental rights. THE ABOVE NAMED INDIV I D UA L S A R E S U M MONED TO APPEAR at said hearing regarding your child. If you fail to appear at the preliminary hearing, the court may take evidence against you and enter an order without further notice to you. To request a copy of the Notice, Summons, and Dependency Petition, and/or to view information about your rights in this proceeding, go to wvvw.atg.wa.gov/DPY. aspx.

By: Debra Van Pelt, Island County Clerk. by/s/Diedre Butler, deputy clerk Legal No. WCW613805 Published: The Whidbey

News Times, The South Whidbey Record.

Febr uar y 7, 14, 21, 2015.

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ISLAND U.S. BANK, NATIONAL A S S O C I AT I O N , A S TRUSTEE UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 1, 2007, GSAMP TRUST 2007- NCI, M O R T G A G E PA S S T H RO U G H C E RT I F I CATES, SERIES 2007NC1, Plaintiff, VS. S H A W N P. D O Y L E ; KATHLEEN K. DOYLE;

NOTICE OF APPLICATION APPLICATION: Conditional Use CUP-15-01 Word of Everlasting Life and Faith Church Word of Everlasting Life and Faith Church has submitted a conditional use permit application proposing to use 665 SE Pioneer Way, Unit 5 for church related use. The church proposes to use an existing 1,488 square foot space as a meeting hall and 67parking spaces associated with the bu i l d i n g . T h e c u r r e n t proposal is to accommodate approximately between 30 - 40 seats. The application was submitted on January 29, 2015

by Pastor Thomas Stoneham, Word of Everlasting Life and Faith Church was determined complete for processing on February 17, 2015.

There is a 15 day public comment period for this application that ends on March 9, 2015. The proper ty location is at 665 SE Pioneer Way, U n i t 5 , S6565-00-00030-0. Public comment period will r un Febr uar y 21 thr u March 9, 2015.

The plans have been circulated to City staff for review and comments.

Plans for the proposal are available for review at the City of Oak Harbor’s Development Services Department, located in City Hall. For more information, please call (360) 279-4510.

PROJECT LOCATION: Application CUP-15-01 is located at 665 SE Pioneer Way, Unit 5, Oak Harbor, WA 98277, parcel S6565-00-00030-0.

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STATE OF WASHINGTON ISLAND COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT In re the Dependency of: LEGASPI, Nathan b.d. 02/19/2009 NO. 14-7-00207-9 N OT I C E A N D S U M MONS BY PUBLICATION - DEPENDENCY THE STATE OF WASHINGTON TO: Timothy Cole, Alleged Father and unknown biological father A Dependency Petition was filed on September 2, 2014; a preliminary hearing will be held on this matter on April 1, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. at Island County Super ior Court, 101 N.E. 6th St., Coupeville, WA 98239.

This hearing will determine if your child is dependent as defined in RCW 13.34.050(5). This

STATE OF WASHINGTON ISLAND COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT In re the Dependency of: GALINDO, Hugo Antonio Justino b.d. 03/12/2014 NO. 14-7-00069-6 N OT I C E A N D S U M MONS BY PUBLICATION - DEPENDENCY THE STATE OF WASHINGTON

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STATE OF WASHINGTON ISLAND COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT In re the Dependency of: TURNER, Matthew b.d. 03/06/2012 NO. 14-7-00239-7 N OT I C E A N D S U M MONS BY PUBLICATION - DEPENDENCY THE STATE OF WASHINGTON TO: Michael A. Clements, Alleged Father and unknown biological father A Dependency Petition was filed on September 2, 2014; a preliminary hearing will be held on this matter on April 1, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. at Island County Super ior Court, 101 N.E. 6th St., Coupeville, WA 98239.

This hearing will determine if your child is dependent as defined in RCW 13.34.050(5). This begins a judicial process which could result in permanent loss of your parental rights. THE ABOVE NAMED INDIV I D UA L S A R E S U M MONED TO APPEAR at said hearing regarding

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your child. If you fail to appear at the preliminary hearing, the court may take evidence against you and enter an order without further notice to you. To request a copy of the Notice, Summons, and Dependency Petition, and/or to view information about your rights in this proceeding, go to www.atg.wa.gov/DPY. aspx.

By: Debra Van Pelt, Island County Clerk. by/s/Diedre Butler, deputy Clerk Legal No. WCW613811 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.

Febr uar y 7, 14, 21, 2015.

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON COUNTY OF ISLAND In the Matter of the Estate of GERALD LLOYD JOHNSON, deceased.

NO. 15 4 00015 4 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS The personal representative named below has been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any o t h e r w i s e a p p l i c a bl e statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serv-

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ing on or mailing to the personal representative, or their attorney at the address stated below, a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020 (1)(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 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

DATE OF FIRST PUBLIC AT I O N : S a t u r d a y, February 7, 2015 MICHELLE JOHNSON, Personal Representative c/o James L. Kotschwar, Attorney for Personal Representative, WSBA #10823 265 NE Kettle Street; Suite 1, P.O. Box 1593 Oak Harbor, Washington 98277 (360) 675-2207 Legal No. WCW614007 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.

Febr uar y 7, 14, 21, 2015.

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ISLAND WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., its successors in interest and/or assigns, Plaintiff, v.

UNKNOWN HEIRS AND D E V I S E E S O F CHARLES H. CURFMAN; CHARLES H. CURFMAN; BETTY JOV I TA C U R F M A N A K A JOVITA S. CURFMAN; TODD CURFMAN; GREG CURFMAN; SHANE CURFMAN; BANK OF AMERICA, NA; MIDLAND FUNDING LLC; OCCUPANTS OF THE PREMISES, Defendants.

No. 14-2-00576-2 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION TO THE DEFENDANTS Unknown Heirs and Devisees of Charles H. Curfman; Charles H. Curfman; Betty Jovita Curfman aka Jovita S. Curfman; Todd Curfman; Greg Curfman; Occupants of the Premises; and any persons or parties claiming to have any right, title, estate, lien or interest in the real proper ty descr ibed in the complaint: Yo u a r e h e r e by s u m moned to appear within sixty (60) days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to wit, within sixty (60) days after February 7, 2015, a n d d e fe n d t h e r e a l property foreclosure action in Island County Superior Court, and answer the complaint of Wells

Fa r g o B a n k , N . A . , ( “ P l a i n t i f f ” ) . Yo u a r e asked to serve a copy of your answer or responsive pleading upon the undersigned attorneys for Plaintiff at its office stated below. In case of your failure to do so, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand of the complaint, which has been filed with the Clerk of said Court.

The purpose of this lawsuit is to obtain a judgment, and if not immediately paid, to be satisfied through the foreclosure of real property located in Island County, Washington, and legally described as follows: L O T 1 3 , P L AT O F PENN COVE PARK, DIVISION NO. 2, AS PER P L AT R E C O R D E D I N VOLUME 4 OF PLATS, PAG E 7 4 , R E C O R D S OF ISLAND COUNTY, WASHINGTON. S I T U AT E I N T H E COUNTY OF ISLAND, STATE OF WASHINGTON. Commonly known as: 854 Burroughs Avenue, Oak Harbor, WA 98277-7413.

DATED this 2nd day of February, 2015.

RCO LEGAL, P.S. By/s/Laura Coughlin [X]Laura Coughlin, WSBA #46124 [ ]Synova M. L. Edwards, WSBA #43063 [ ]Eric D. Acuario, WSBA #47852 Attorneys for Plaintiff 13555 SE 36th Street, Ste 300 Bellevue, WA 98006

Legal No. WCW613782 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.

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BEHOLD! CONTINUED FROM A1 Controversial from the outset, the kraken made its much-anticipated splash this week, arriving downtown and becoming an immediate talking piece.

The copper-and-steel artwork, created by Oregon sculptor Bill Hunt, was purposely positioned on a sidewalk near the intersection of Southeast Pioneer Way and City Beach Street to wow visitors as they enter historic downtown.

“We wanted to get people’s attention, make it the Fremont Troll of Oak Harbor,” said Skip Pohtilla, chairman of the city’s arts commission.

“Fremont’s got the troll, Oak Harbor’s got the kraken.

“We tried to get a piece that would pique interest and get people talking.”

Not all talk was positive as the

piece has drawn criticism from the city’s mayor and even members of the Oak Harbor Arts Commission, which couldn’t unanimously agree on the concept.

The original conceptual drawing, submitted four years ago by Hunt and his late wife, Rebecca, of a harbor seal family and kelp bed was scrapped after the commission requested a bolder idea.

The kraken depicts a giant octopus made famous in Jules Verne’s 1870 novel, “Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.” The sculpture shows an octopus swallowing up a Nautilus submarine, a depiction that leaves Mayor Scott Dudley scratching his head because of Oak Harbor’s close relationship with Whidbey Island Naval Air Station.

“Being a premier naval town, would I have selected an octopus dragging down a submarine?

Probably not,” Dudley said.

Dudley’s issue with the art piece runs deeper than the kraken itself.

He’s critical of how public art proj-

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ects are funded in Oak Harbor and said he’s raised the issue with the council twice during the past year.

Art projects in Oak Harbor are funded by a 0.25 percent utility tax on water, sewer and garbage.

The Arts Commission, composed of seven community members, recommends projects for city council approval.

The kraken cost $33,000.

“What we have in Oak Harbor is that anybody who receives a utility bill gets taxed (for art projects) whether they like it or not,” he said.

“And I don’t think anybody likes it.”

Arts commissions in other cities typically raise money for art projects privately. Dudley questions why Oak Harbor doesn’t follow suit.

“I wish we didn’t create a situation where the Arts Commission felt compelled to throw money at art on an ongoing basis because they have to. After the kraken, there will be another art piece. And there will be another art piece after that. And

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CONTINUED FROM A1 Jimenez-Beckius was also employed through Whidbey Island Counseling with offices in Coupeville and Mount Vernon. Someone employed there said Tuesday that Jimenez-Beckius was no longer reachable at those offices.

A phone call to the Whidbey Naturals office was not returned by press time.

Investigators would like to hear from anyone who was treated at Whidbey Natural Alternatives for any medical condition.

To contact a detective, call 360-279-4600.

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days ago, said Collantes, a broker with Go Realty.

Since then the tags appeared at Perla’s, and a vehicle parked along Pioneer was tagged leading up to Wednesday night’s tag-fest.

The City of Oak Harbor was scheduled to repaint the parking lot Friday.

Estimating the cost to the city is difficult because it appears to be an ongoing project, according to Debbie Mueller with the city’s public works department.

But as a point of reference, Mueller said the city has been working on graffiti mitigation at Fort Nugent Park for the past week and a half.

“The park was ‘hit’ several times

another art piece after that.

“The question I’ve raised in the past is, ‘When is enough enough?’”

The kraken is the last of four art projects approved by the city for downtown as part of the 2011 Pioneer Way remodel project.

Made of bronze and fabricated metal, the kraken sculpture is a work that started about nine months ago, Hunt said.

It’s a sentimental piece for him, representing the last project he and his wife of 35 years collaborated on together. Rebecca Hunt, a graphic designer and stained-glass artist, died in July.

“Rebecca was the one who drew the conceptual drawing for this,” Bill Hunt said. “If I signed it, I would sign it Bill and Rebecca.”

The giant octopus is made of hammered copper and the Nautilus submarine is made of steel treated with a chemical that will turn the rust into dark-colored iron phosphate, creating an industrial look.

Hunt hopes the project would be

and the cost has amounted to approximately $1,270,” Mueller said.

The city’s Parks Division’s cost to mitigate vandalism, which includes graffiti, in 2014 was more than $3,500, Mueller said.

“If the perpetrators are not caught soon,” Mueller said, “the city will surely go over that amount in 2015.”

The expense of cleaning up the graffiti on nearby buildings falls on the individual business owners who are affected.

“It’s aggravating,” said local attorney Chris Skinner, who is part owner of the building housing Go Realty. “Our concern is the longer it stays up, the more gratifying it is for them. It makes Oak Harbor look junky.”

For that reason, Skinner said he and the other property owners plan to cover the tags as soon as possible.

Dawn Keith-Madeiros, owner of

completed by early next week. He and his brother-in-law Jeff Baggett still needed to complete the final pieces of the project, which mostly involved building and painting a colorful concrete base that will resemble ocean waves.

The artwork also features tentacles that climb up a nearby pole, giving the allusion that they travel underneath the pavement.

“I love it,” said Lewis, a fellow sculptor who has two pieces on display in the city. “It’s certainly ambitious.”

“All in all, (the reception) has been positive,” Baggett said. “A couple people said they thought the city should be doing different things. That’s just the way it is.”

Hunt’s rendering is of a giant Pacific octopus, which are found in Pacific Coast waters and ties it to Puget Sound.

With this project nearly wrapped up, the arts commission is targeting other sites around the city for future pieces.

Bayshore Chiropractic and the building, was hesitant to discuss the incidences of vandalism because she didn’t want to reward bad behavior.

“I hate to promote and give attention to those who have done all this — but we will definitely be putting up security cameras and there will be more police patrols,” Keith-Madeiros said.

A different style of graffiti has appeared in recent months in the men’s restroom at the Old Town Mall.

The bathroom doors have since been locked to non-patrons in an attempt to curb the vandalism there.

Oak Harbor Detective Sgt. Mike Bailey said that the police can’t do much about nuisance crimes like graffiti unless someone turns in the perpetrator to police or they are caught in the act of vandalism.

Police had no suspects Thursday, Bailey said.

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