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Fire Chief Kevin O’Brien resigns

by COLLEEN SMITH ARMSTRONG Editor/Publisher

After three years on the job, Orcas Island Fire Chief Kevin O'Brien has resigned from his position.

He has accepted the job of fire chief at the Lake Stevens Department, effective April 15.

“I have an outstanding career opportunity that my wife Nancy and I believe is best for our family,” O’Brien said. “This experience on Orcas has really been a gift. I feel like I have received more than I have given.”

The Lake Stevens Fire Department, part of Snohomish County, serves 44,000 people and has three fire stations.

While O’Brien starts his job in a few weeks, his wife and three sons will move in the summer.

Nancy is currently a teacher at Orcas Elementary School. Their eldest son Keenan is graduating from high school in June and will

be attending Washington State University in the fall. Their other children are Daniel, 16, and Colin, 11.

The Board of Fire Commissioners said it is “saddened by his departure, and he will be greatly missed.”

The commissioners expressed gratitude for his contributions, specifically for “making the department more streamlined and effective, completing the Deer Harbor Fire Station and being a tireless advocate.”

O’Brien grew up on Orcas, and his mother Coleen lives on the island.

“Our family has roots here, and we plan to be a part of Orcas forever,” he said.

Prior to working at Orcas Fire and Rescue, O'Brien was with the Valley Regional Fire Authority in Washington for 21 years, serving in positions from firefighter/EMT to Battalion Chief. O'Brien has a

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Fire Chief Kevin O’Brien speaking at a 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony at Orcas Island Fire and Rescue.

Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Washington, and he is currently enrolled in the Executive Fire

Officer program with the National Fire Academy.

“On a personal note, working with Chief O'Brien has been a

Local mothers facing discrimination?

Two Orcas women asked to stop breastfeeding in public despite laws that protect them

by CALI BAGBY Assistant editor

The first time Katie Zwilling was asked to cover up while breastfeeding at an Eastsound business, she carried around her anger with her for six months.

When she and another mother, Denise Thomasin, were recently asked to stop breastfeeding at the entrance of a local business she decided to call the police.

“I was shocked that this would happen on Orcas,” said Zwilling.

What upset her most was the fact that she felt like the owner was body shaming her in front of her 3-year-old, Grace. Zwilling did not want her daughter comparing nursing a baby with something indecent.

“She lost a piece of her innocence that day,” she said. Beyond her personal feelings on the subject, Zwilling also called the police because Cali Bagby/Staff photo

Katie Zwilling nursing her 9-month-old, Paul.

she knew Washington law prohibits a business owner from asking a mother to stop nursing.

In 2001, a Washington state law was enacted that ensured breastfeeding is allowable in public and not indecent exposure.

In 2009, the rules expanded to place breastfeeding mothers in the protection of state anti-discrimination law, allowing breastfeeding in places of public accommodation such as restaurants, pools, theaters, government buildings, museums, libraries, busses or parks.

Washington law also encourages employers to not only support breastfeeding customers, but also breastfeeding employees.

Although police did arrive at the storefront after Zwilling phoned in the incident, the dispute is classified as a civil case. The mothers would have to take the issue to court if they wanted to fight the alleged discrimination.

They are not moving forward with any legal action at this time.

The business owner could not be reached

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great pleasure, and I will miss him,” said Fire Commissioner Barbara Bedell. “He has been a tremendous asset to Orcas and the department, and I hate to see him go.”

A search committee has not yet been formed.

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Can we protect New exhibit at Orcas Art Studio our parents?

Orcas Art Studios announces a new exhibit of Maggie Sharkey’s works in pastels and oils.

There is a reception on Friday, March 27 from 5:30-7 p.m. Sharkey is known for her dexterously executed still lives with bold colors and intricate compositions, as well as her atmospherically delicate landscapes.

She is very passionate about learning, and she sees every painting as a new opportunity for discovery. She happily shares her extensive knowledge with fellow artists through mentoring, classes and running life drawing sessions.

Sharkey has been leading the Orcas Island Life Drawing group for the past six years.

This will be Sharkey’s farewell show as she prepares to embark on new artistic adventures across the waters in Bellingham. Pictured at left is one of her paintings.

By LIZ TAYLOR

Special to the Sounder

Question: My grandmother is vicious to my father, her son. He has heart problems, so I’m afraid for his health.

She’s 85 and can’t live alone anymore. He tried taking care of her at home, but she complained constantly. A couple of months ago she moved to a nice assisted living facility in Anacortes, and now she says the staff mistreat her. Former neighbors learned she made these stories up.

How can we protect my dad and make my grandmother happy?

Answer: Instinct tells me you can’t. You may be able to help your dad, but you’ll never be able to make your grandmother happy.

Three important rules are operating here: One, personalities drive much of what happens to us as we age; our care needs are secondary. Whatever our diagnosis, how we – and everyone else involved – respond depends on who we are as people. Two is the “more so theory” – the older we are, the more we stay the same, only more so. Three, because care-giving is so personality-driven, you as a caregiver must recognize from the start that the only person you can count on or control is you. Once you’ve done as much as you can, you may need to let go.

My guess is that your grandmother has been a complainer all her life. By definition, whatever anyone does for her (especially close family members) is never enough. Even if your dad waited on her hand and foot, she’d be dissatisfied, then twist the knife by telling him.

Like many chronic complainers, she’s also narcissistic.

Having no empathy, she cannot see the anxiety your dad experiences at failing to please her. Ignoring the sacrifices of others, she dwells only on herself.

In addition, she’s manipulative. Making up stories about the mistreatment of staff at the assisted living facility is a good example. Her purpose is to make your dad feel guilty, make him visit more often or get him to move her home again, where, of course, she would complain that he wasn’t doing enough. If ever there was a vicious circle, your grandmother and dad are dancing in it.

Chances are, he’s been doing it his entire life and doesn’t see how he enables her to set him up.

The solution? Well, your grandmother isn’t going to change. At 85, no amount of talking, cajoling or reasoning will make her behave differently. It’s your father who needs to understand the dynamics here and learn how to respond to his mother differently. That’s not easy, but it’s imperative for his health.

Your father has been conditioned to respond to his mother’s manipulations, so he needs to un-learn these responses and adopt new behaviors. He probably has no idea where to begin – and will even feel disrespectful not to behave as before. With such a long-standing pattern, I think a counselor would be well worth the investment – to talk through what’s happening here and explore new behaviors.

If you have a question, write Liz at lizt@agingdeliberately.com.

OPALCO candidates announced for the annual meeting on May 2 The local memberowned electric cooperative, Orcas Power and Light Co-op, announces the slate of candidates for its board of directors.

This is each member’s opportunity to influence

who sets co-op policies and rates. Every OPALCO member has the right to vote in each election, regardless of their home district, with one vote per membership.

For this 2015 election, there are four candidates

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prefer to vote; beginning next year paper ballots will not be sent to those who prefer to vote online.

Absentee balloting closes at 10 a.m. on May 1. If members choose to vote by absentee ballot, the ballot must be mailed in time to meet the deadline. Or members can vote at the annual meeting on Saturday, May 2. Members and their families who attend the 78th annual meeting aboard a Washington State ferry will be treated to lunch.

The meeting begins at 9:45 a.m. on the ferry. Members should arrive earlier than their boarding time to park and register.

Members who are disabled or require special accommodations to participate in the meeting should call Bev Madan at 376-3549 to make arrangements. Full travel details, including ferry departures, are available at www.opalco.com.

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running for two open positions in District 2 (Orcas, Armitage, Blakely, Obstruction, Big Double, Little Double and Fawn Islands).

The 2015 candidates are: Winnie Adams (incumbent), Randy J. Cornelius, Ed Sutton and Chris Thomerson (incumbent).

Candidate bios are sent by mail to each co-op member with their ballot, and are available online at www. opalco.com. This year, there is one member-initiated bylaw amendment.

Ballots and a voting guide will be mailed the week of April 8 and the annual report will be posted online.

Co-op members can vote one of three ways: online, by mail or in person at the annual meeting. Voting online is the preferred method; it is secure and it saves co-op resources.

A survey on this year’s ballot will ask you how you

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Spring ferry schedule in effect Cates to leave school garden Washington State Ferries sails into its busy season with the spring schedule starting Sunday, March 22. Peak season surcharge fare increases go into effect May 1.

For this year’s spring-holiday travel, customers can beat the Mother’s Day and Memorial Day rush by reserving a space to and from the San Juan Islands. Sailings are filling fast, however WSF will release two more blocks of vehicle reservations two weeks before, and then two days before each sailing departs. Reservations are also available on the Port Townsend/Coupeville route and for international sailings between Anacortes and Sidney B.C. Detail of spring schedule changes • Anacortes/Sidney, B.C. route opens with one round-trip per day.

• Weekend inter-island service returns in the San Juan Islands, and additional weekday sailings to and from Anacortes.

Annual peak-season fare surcharges Annual peak-season fare surcharges begin May 1 and remain in effect until Sept. 30.

Surcharges apply to single-use vehicle and driver fares only. Customers using multi-ride tickets are exempt. In the San Juan Islands, a 35-percent peak-season surcharge will be added to the cost of single-use tickets.

The future of Eastsound The Eastsound Planning and Review Committee, the Orcas Chamber of Commerce and the San Juan County Council represented by Rick Hughes are hosting a town meeting to identify and consider things that can be done to enhance or improve the Eastsound village character.

The meeting will be held on Thursday, March 26 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Orcas Senior Center.

There will be open discussion from 6 to 7:10 p.m.

on the following questions: • What do you currently like about Eastsound?

• What don’t you like about Eastsound?

• What are some elements of your ideal Eastsound: three years from now? 30 years from now?

Following the discussion, Rick Hughes will give a council update on streetscape designs; the proposed Eastsound sub-area plan revisions; a survey with questions about your vision for Eastsound; pedestrian

path lighting; stormwater plans; proposed Fern Street changes; how to provide for adequate parking in the summer; public bathrooms; heights of buildings; possible need for more “in-town” senior housing; affordable rent; longterm rental shortage; economic development and mooring buoys to facilitate increased marine access to town.

Following that there will be an opportunity to talk with EPRC members, chamber reps and Hughes.

Larsen holds town hall meeting Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, will hold a series of town hall meetings with constituents to share information about his work in Congress and answer questions. Residents of the Second Congressional District and press are invited to attend.

He will speak on Orcas Island Sunday, March 29 from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Eastsound Fire Hall.

O’BRIEN FROM 1 O’Brien said his tenure at OIFR has been “all about the team.”

“We have strengthened our ties and communication with the community and improved our services to the citizens,” he said.

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and created a strategic plan and the Orcas Cares program for seniors and the disabled.”

O’Brien spoke highly of his colleagues at the department and the dedication of the more than 60 volunteer responders.

“We have amazing volunteers and career staff who give their heart and soul

every day,” he said. “And the commissioners are so supportive and caring about making sure OIFR is the best it can be.”

by MADIE MURRAY F2C Program

Chelsea Cates is leaving the school garden for adventure and education, and Colleen Stewart is taking over her position.

We are saddened by Chelsea’s departure, but excited about the future she is planning for herself.

She will soon be hiking the Pacific Crest Trail with her partner, Evan Allred, then returning to school to study agro-ecology, environmental studies and education.

For the past five years, the public school garden has been graced with the presence of Chelsea. She has not only brought new life, smiles and many more square feet to the school garden, she has brought enthusiasm, grace and love into Mandy Randolph’s K-6 Farm to Classroom and the garden.

When Chelsea was hired by the Orcas Island Farm to Cafeteria Program in April of 2010, she had just arrived on Orcas from Alaska with a love of nature and a passion for growing food and sustainability. She didn’t know where this would lead her, but over the past five years working in our school garden and assisting in Mandy’s classroon, she discovered the value of educating young people about the same things she loves so much.

In her words, “My experiences here have given me a focused passion and renewed sense of purpose.

What an inspirational community of people. I especially want to thank the students, who instill wonder and hope. I hope you all understand how significant and capable you are. Thank you for growing and blossoming. You have had a

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Chelsea Cates (left) with her replacement Colleen Stewart. tremendous impact on my life, and I have appreciated every minute of it.”

We’re so happy we were able to have her in our lives making such a positive impression on our kids and community, and wish her many successes and inspiring moments forever.

Colleen is new to Orcas Island, just like Chelsea was five years ago.

“I have fallen in love with Orcas, in no small part, due to the vibrant sustainable agriculture, foraging and forestry lifestyle,” Colleen admits. “People here are intimate and enthused about their food sources in a way I’ve seldom seen.”

She is a recent Honors graduate of Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, with a degree in journalism and geography. On Orcas, she

has worked with Coffelt Farm and Maple Rock Farm. Before that, she was a media manager and garden educator for a small urban garden called Hariyo Chowk in Kathmandu, Nepal. And a significant time for her was during her experiences at Woodland Farm and Kentucky Bison Co. as well as the Americana immigrant and refugee garden and the Food Literacy Project.

“I’m so grateful and excited for this opportunity,” she says. “I’m brimming with ideas!”

There are a lot of changes at our public school this year that affect the Farm to Cafeteria Program, and we love to share them. Keep in touch with all of it at www.orcasislandf2c.org or Facebook at www.facebook. com/orcasislandf2c.

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Wednesday, March 25, 2015 • The Islands’ Sounder

Editorial To the Kevin’s time at Orcas Fire Editor: Goodbye to Lynn and will be remembered Glenna

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t is with a heavy heart that we write about Fire Chief Kevin O’Brien’s leaving Orcas Fire and Rescue for a chief position in Lake Stevens.

We congratulate him and his family on this new opportunity, but his departure will be deeply felt in the community. Not only was he at many community functions and parade, during his three years at the department he made significant changes.

Kevin created a long-term strategic plan, ran a successful levy renewal campaign, recruited new EMT and firefighter volunteers, streamlined the budget, completed the Harbor construction project and For a news story Deer collaborated on the Orcas Cares program, about Kevin a partnership with local agencies to help care for the elderly and disabled.

O’Brien, see He also weathered controversy – a string page one. of devastating arson fires, a levy campaign, a DUI case involving an employee – with professionalism. And this leads us to what we will miss most about Kevin: his ability to reach out to the community.

As a public official, Kevin has been forthcoming and candid from his first day on the job. He sent us monthly fire chief reports with detailed information about calls and department news. He initiated quarterly newsletters that were mailed to every post office box on the island. When a major call occurred, Kevin sent the Sounder a press release and photos within a few hours. Anytime we wanted to write about the department, he was available for a sit-down.

We hope the department continues this open-door philosophy.

Maintaining accountability to the public is critical for a taxpayerfunded entity. It makes for stronger emergency response and a healthier community.

Kevin’s new community is very lucky to have him, and we thank him for the three years of hard work he put into the Orcas Fire Department.

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Two very dear members of our Orcas community will be leaving us. Lynn and Glenna Richards have made the difficult decision to move to an assisted living residence located in Woodinville. They will be closer to their children and grandchildren who all live in the Seattle area, but we will certainly grieve their absence.

The Richards bought waterfront property on Orcas in 1968 and over several years designed and then hand-built a gorgeous house milled with lumber from the Bond brothers of Olga. When Lynn retired in 1991 they were able to move permanently into their finished home.

Over the next 25 years they made it their purpose to volunteer for pretty much every charitable project that came their way, and Glenna, who is a talented artist, became a charter member of the Orcas Palettes.

One of the first projects they undertook was to teach islanders to ballroom dance. They are masters of the dance, and it has been wonderful to watch them dance together. In fact my mother Mary and I went over to Shaw Island weekly one winter to learn the tango from them. Over the years the Richards managed to go on 33 all expenses paid cruises as dance teachers. The longest cruise was 66 days and cir-

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cumnavigated South America.

Once retired, Lynn volunteered on the Orcas Center board and ran the original rummage sale with Paula Capitano. Both Lynn and Glenna have been in Kiwanis, and Lynn was twice president. They were board members of the library and even headed up the book sale at the library fair. Lynn was a volunteer bus driver for the senior center for several years, and often drove my mother to the center for lunch. He once drove eight of us (all but myself seniors at the time) to Harrison Hot Springs for a delightful getaway. He spent two years on the San Juan County Park board when it was first established on Orcas and was also a volunteer reader for kindergartners. Both Lynn and Glenna currently volunteer weekly at the food bank and attend the Palettes gatherings and Kiwanis meetings.

I’ve probably left out a lot of other projects they have undoubtedly contributed to, but this is all I was able to get from having a recent chat with Lynn. The Richards are so well loved by their many friends and this community that we feel more than a little sad to have them move. I do not know two more loving and generous people. They remind me so much of my own parents. It has been a great blessing for me to have been Lynn and Glenna’s neighbor, a privilege to have witnessed their kindly ways.

They have made Orcas a better place for all of us by their unstinting volunteer work and committed presence all these years. We will continue to cherish them wherever they are.

Lesley Liddle Orcas Island

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Why can’t OPALCO be more like the town of Friday Harbor?

I have two questions for OPALCO. The first is for board member Bob Myhr.

When he was on the San Juan County Council (2005-2010) and, at the same time, on the OPALCO board, why didn’t he excuse himself when the cellphone task force was making its recommendation to the county board?

He clearly (in my humble opinion) was against advancing cellphone reach throughout the county.

I submit that his “No” vote on wireless technology improvements was a conflict of interest given his being an OPALCO board member.

Even in 2007 it was widely known cellphones would do far more than just make telephone calls.

Was Bob really concerned about undocumented health and unsightly cell tower (by the way: each OPALCO electric pole is in essence a tower) concerns or was he privy for what was to come down the road from his OPALCO board position?

For the record, I am all in on OPALCO’s expanding internet access throughout the county. I just wish Bob Myhr had been more transparent.

The second question has to do with OPALCO’s electricity rates.

My wife and I live in the town of Friday Harbor. Our monthly water/ sewer bill has a “base” rate charge.

Within this base rate is an allowance of gallons of water. Using any or all of that allowance and your

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Community briefs Montessori annual auction Calling all surfers, swimmers and beachcombers.

Orcas Montessori School is holding its annual auction celebration, “Wave of The Future,” Saturday, April 11 from 6 to 9 p.m. at Random Howse. Come dressed in your finest beach attire.

Next Generation Orca Marimba will greet you upon arrival; then step inside to enjoy lively music

by J.P. and The OK Rhythm Boys on the main stage.

There will be a special appearance by Jaylin and Jenole Peacock, who will perform a tropical island treat. Fabulous Thai finger food will be provided by the Thai Sisters.

Be inspired by auctioneer Mark Padbury, and enjoy bidding on a vast array of island services, useful items, adventures and other offerings in the live and silent auctions (visit www.orcasmontessori.org for an auction preview). The event will close with fire spinning

by Lulu Storm. Expect many other surprises in between.

All proceeds from the auction will benefit the island children of Orcas Montessori, providing essential funding for scholarships and school materials.

Purchase your tickets at Darvill’s Bookstore or by calling the Orcas Montessori School at 376-5350.

Admission is $35 per person. The price includes one glass of beer, wine or nonalcoholic beverage.

Additional beverages available for purchase. Free childcare is available the

LETTER FROM 4 base rate remains the same.

Exceed the allowance and you pay per gallon.

Why can’t this same scenario be used by OPALCO? Within its base rate it would be very appreciated for those of us living fulltime in San Juan County if we got x-number of kilowatts

night of the event at the Montessori School with your RSVP. Call to register your child at 376-5350 no later than Monday, April 6.

Family dinner Join the Orcas Island Historical Society on March 28 for “Dragons or Dinosaurs? Myth or Reality?” – a fun-filled night of food, friends and dinosaurs at the Odd Fellows Hall. Bring your children, grandchildren or nieces and nephews to learn about dinosaurs and their eggs.

The evening will include a lasagna dinner, a short talk

by Gerald Grellet-Tinner PhD and favors. All ages welcome. Doors will open at 4:30 p.m. and meals will also be available for takeout after the talk is finished.

Tickets can be purchased from the Orcas Island Historical Museum. For questions, call the office at 376-4849 or email Maggie at info@orcasmuseums.org.

Audubon Field Trip on Lopez The San Juan Islands Audubon Society will host a field trip, Saturday, April 11, 8 a.m., starting at Otis Perkins Park and walking, for most, to the Land Bank Peninsula Preserve.

This trip is jointly sponsored by the Lopez Community Trails Network.

They will try to arrange it for both walkers and those who would prefer to car pool. Time permitting, the group will visit Harris Pressenda Marsh and Center Church. They are looking for migrating of electricity within the base rate.

Obviously the infrastructure requires everyone to contribute (pay) for the convenience of having a light turn on when needed.

It would be a useful conversation to adjust the base rate charge to provide some measure of service.

Bill Wertz Friday Harbor

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The store, called Mr. and Miscellaneous, is located in the Our House Building and will be adding household items to its inventory.

Fashion Fairy Consignment closes

Prime rib dinner

Fashion Fair y Consignment has closed its doors, and Misty Cruz and Josh Holley will be opening a new consignment shop in the same space.

“We are excited to make it a community store again,” Cruz said.

Anyone who currently has clothing or jewelry in the shop is asked to pick the items up or re-consign them.

Pre-Easter Prime Rib Dinner on Friday, April 3 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the American Legion Post #93. The public is welcome. There will be prime rib, twice-baked potatoes, mixed vegetables, caesar salad and dessert. Adult cost is $22; children 10 and under cost $12.

The event is sponsored by the Sons of the American Legion. Proceeds go to sup-

port veteran services and the Shoes for Kids program.

Free health screening van The Lions Health Screening Van, a free service of the Orcas Island Lions and Lions Clubs International, will be on Orcas Island for two days: April 6 and 7.

This free screening covers: blood pressure, glaucoma, diabetes, sight and hearing. The van will be in front of Island Market on Prune Alley.

Since the start of this free service, the Lions Health

Screening volunteers have screened more than 1,800 islanders. These screenings have alerted a number of islanders about looming health problems such as hearing issues, high blood pressure and other ailments that would not have been caught normally. So please come out and get screened, your health may depend on it.

The Lions Health Screening Van will be staffed by volunteers utilizing professional screening equipment. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more info, contact Karen or Toby Hiller, 376-5333.

CROSSWORD PUZZLE Across 1. Chinese nursemaids 6. Drag one's feet 11. "___ alive!" (contraction) 14. Locale 15. Cliffside dwelling 16. Formerly known as 17. Difficult to manage 19. Appetite 20. Face-off 21. Serf 22. Bamboozles 23. "... ___ he drove out of sight" 25. Person who lives apart from society 27. Abstinence from alcohol or drugs 32. Live wire, so to speak 33. A pint, maybe 34. Sit on or hatch eggs 36. A great deal 39. Air freshener option 41. Morgue, for one 42. Bring up the rear 43. Aussie "bear" 44. Hint 46. Bean counter, for short 47. Marshes 49. Fight with bare fists 51. Earth and Venus, e.g.

54. Oolong, for one 55. Harp's cousin 56. Browning's Ben Ezra, e.g.

59. Barber's job 63. Appear 64. Portable wireless device for calling (2 wds) 66. "The Matrix" hero 67. Amorphous creature 68. Breaks

69. "A rat!"

70. Quagmire 71. Sandwiches for dessert Down 1. All fired up 2. List of dishes served at a meal 3. A chip, maybe 4. ___, wooden roller coaster at Kings Dominion 5. Caribbean, e.g.

6. Fill 7. Blue hue 8. Ann ___, Mich.

9. Moved with lightness and buoyancy 10. "Malcolm X" director

11. Aggressive (3 wds) 12. Parenting challenges 13. Taste, e.g.

18. All alternative 22. Cloudless 24. Heart protector 26. Train of attendants 27. Kind of vaccine 28. Assortment 29. Composer/pianist who collected Hungarian folk music (2 wds) 30. Cause for a lawsuit 31. Complimentary close 35. "Agreed!"

37. Inclines 38. Bed board 40. "Home ___" 45. Adorable one

48. Gel-like matrix of chloroplasts 50. Dad 51. 747, e.g.

52. Secondary school in France 53. Cavalry weapon 57. Babies' mealtime protective covers 58. Boring 60. Gift on "The Bachelor" 61. "What's gotten ___ you?"

62. Bungle, with "up" 64. Mother, British informal 65. Ace

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Obituary Lawrence Aaron Lindberg Lawrence Aaron Lindberg was born in Seattle Oct. 2, 1925, to Gerald Lindberg of Conway, Wash., and Florence Sigrist of Vashon Island, Wash.

Lawrence died reluctantly, but peacefully, at his home on Orcas Island with his family present on Feb. 23, 2015, after a three-year struggle with heart and kidney failure.

He was proud of his education including: being a Lincoln High School graduate, class of 1943; a Central Washington University College of Education graduate; earning an M.A. Degree from Teachers College, Columbia University; and being a doctoral student at Stanford University.

His many outstanding accomplishments included: achieving Eagle Scout; being a B-25 pilot in the Army Air Corps; being superintendent of Weaver Union School District, Merced, Calif.; superintendent of the Sausalito School District, Calif.; superinten-

dent of Snoqualmie Valley School District, Wash.; superintendent of Orcas Island School District, Wash., retiring in 1986.

He formed The Lindberg Agency to provide retirement financial investing service to public school workers until 2006 when he finally retired at age 81.

He remained active in community services and led his 70th high school class reunion in 2013.

His infectious love of life, his kindness, his dedication and love of his family, and his ability to make everyone feel special and appreciated influenced thousands of people throughout his careers in education and retirement planning. Early in his career he started

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But he was most proud of his beloved family. His survivors include his wife Heidi, her two children Kristin (Don) Palmer and Peter (Teri) Sternkopf, and grandchildren Sarah Palmer; and Payden, Nolen, and Ryen Sternkopf. He's also survived by the mother of his children, Barbara Whitehead Lindberg LeCount, their two children Arne (Anne) and Helen (Tom Kunhardt) Lindberg, and grandchildren Anson and Ava Lindberg; and Ursula Kunhardt and Vanessa Kunhardt Bell.

His lovely spirit endeared him to all who knew him and will be celebrated on Father's Day, June 21 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Orcas Center on Orcas Island.

Donations may be made to Orcas Island Fire and Rescue, Orcas Island School's Music Advocacy Group and Lahari Hospice Volunteers.

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Guest column

OPALCO’s ‘shock treatment’

by CHOM GREACEN

Be warned. Some of us, particularly small electricity users, might be in for an electrifying shock treatment. Electricity prices are going up to the point where some may no longer be able to afford it. Despite OPALCO’s effort to educate its members about the recent electricity rate hike, not many may realize the full implication of the OPALCO’s January 2015 board decision.

The board approved a 12 percent rate increase starting February 2015. The 12 percent increase is to be followed by four more increases at 6 percent each year in the next four years. This means a combined 41 percent increase by 2019, on top of past rate hikes. It is debatable whether a 41 percent increase in electricity rates by 2019 is justified. Even if the proposed massive rise was warranted, there is still the issue of cost allocation and affordability.

The rate impact does not fall on all members equally. In an attempt to recover more fixed costs by increasing the monthly charge (“facility charge”), small users are disproportionately affected by the new rate structure. Small users may see as much as a 160 percent increase in electricity bills by 2019. In comparison, an average resident, with monthly consumption of around 1,000 kilowatt-hours, will see a 38 percent rise, while the increase for larger users will be even less.

The OPALCO board may have good

intentions, but their approved tariff structure has two undesirable consequences: 1.) giving disincentives for people to conserve energy (the more you use, the cheaper the total per unit cost of electricity is) and 2.) electricity becoming unaffordable for the low-income population in the county.

The volunteer-based program “Project PAL” provides some assistance but is hardly adequate. The $150 assistance per year from Project PAL pales in comparison to the increase of $589 in fixed charges alone in 2019. PAL can assist only 279 households, about a quarter of eligible households.

Is the board doing enough to ensure affordability for its member-owners? Is affordable electricity service not an important objective of OPALCO? Is OPALCO prioritizing provision of broadband over provision of affordable electricity for all?

These are a set of important questions for all of us member-owners to ask OPALCO’s board of directors. This article deals with affordability and rates. Future articles will raise other issues, such as broadband and risks as the OPALCO election approaches.

This year, two director positions from Orcas are open. Two candidates, Randy Cornelius (recently retired General Manager of OPALCO) and Ed Sutton (chosen by OPALCO search committee), are running against the two incumbents, Winnie Adams and Chris Thomerson.

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Items needed for Art class: cardboard Kiwanis rummage sale camp for grown-ups

This year’s Orcas Island Kiwanis Rummage Sale will be held on April 17 from 5 to 7 p.m. and April 18 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the American Legion. Donations will gladly be accepted on April 17 at the Legion. They are looking for everything except large, heavy furniture, electronics, clothing or unwashed linens. Questions? Call Velma at 376-6847.

Gardeners can plant a row for the hungry Spring is in the air on the island, and the Orcas Island Master Gardeners once again urge all island gardeners to plant extra seeds in their garden to provide fresh and nutritious food to help feed people who are hungry on Orcas Island.

The “Plant a Row for the Hungry” program is rooted in the heartfelt tradition of gardeners sharing their bountiful harvest with others. Nothing beats the taste and nutrition of fresh-picked vegetables.

Growing and eating food from your own garden can improve your health, save you money, increase your sustainability and decrease your carbon footprint. And most important, your garden can help a lot of people in need.

PAR encourages local gardeners to sow extra seed when they are planting and when the crops ripen, to donate their extra produce to the Orcas Food Bank.

The Food Bank accepts fresh produce, as well as non-perishable food items, to assist island residents.

How you can help: • Plant your extra seeds in your garden, and tend them with the rest of your garden. If you don’t have extra seeds, you can pick some up from the Master Gardeners at their booth at the Orcas Island Farmers’ Market or at their PAR information displays in the lobby at

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• Donate the extra produce you harvest to the Orcas Island Food Bank.

The Food Bank prefers to receive fresh produce donations on Tuesday and Friday mornings. All produce should have the dirt rinsed off of it.

Donations should be placed in the donation box by the door on the side of the Food Bank building next to the Community Church. The Orcas Master Gardeners have stickers available that you can use to identify your produce as a PAR donation.

• And remember, you can always donate any surplus fresh produce from your garden to the Orcas Food Bank, even if it was not originally planted for PAR. Launched in 1995 by the Garden Writers Association, PAR is a nationwide, people-helping-people program that encourages gardeners to grow a little extra and donate the produce to local

soup kitchens and food pantries serving the homeless and hungry in their local communities.

PAR’s mission is to provide an avenue for individuals, corporations and over 84 million gardening households in the U.S. to help America’s most vulnerable citizens and the food agencies serving them.

Brook Meinhardt will host a “Cardboard Camp for Grown Ups: Ordinary Material — Extraordinary Versatility” at the Orcas Art Studios, 1286 Mt. Baker Rd, Suite A4, on March 28 and 29.

“The wide world of corrugated cardboard will be our playground,” Meinhardt says. “If you are secretly jealous of kids doing all the fun art projects and wish to be that kid again – this workshop is for you.”

The workshop will start with an introduction of corrugated cardboard – you will never look at shipping boxes the same way again.

The group’s main project will concentrate on creating a dimensional portrait with

some basic lessons on self portraits and the proportions of the face along the way.

Whether it’s a self-portrait or a portrait of someone else (real or made up) will be up to you. Members

of the class will learn about cardboard’s versatility and the basics of traditional portraiture.

“It'll be the meeting of a little anatomy and a little structural engineering,” says Meinhardt.

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San Juan County Open House Public Works is hosting an Open House on San Juan Island

Wednesday, April 1, 2015 SJC Public Works Conference Room 915 Spring St. 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Come learn about the following projects and programs: • Cattle Point Realignment • San Juan Valley Road Reclamation • Gravel Road Conversions: Crestview Dr. MacGinitie Rd., Mill St. & Wilks Way • Non-Motorized Safetey Improvements • Intersection Geometry Improvements • 6-Year Transportation Improvement Plan Please plan to stop by, meet staff, and give us your thoughts on our upcoming projects.

Lopez Open House – Tues, March 31; San Juan Open House – Wed, April 1; Orcas Open House – Thurs, April 2

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When to breastfeed?

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, mothers should be exclusively breastfeeding for six months. Although research shows that nationwide the majority of mothers start off breastfeeding their babies at birth, by three months the numbers start to drop off.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Immunization Survey, 79.2 percent of children in the United States were breastfed at some point, but only 49.4 percent were breastfed at six months and only 18.8 were exclusively breastfed at that age. Washington state scored better than the national average with 91.8 percent of babies breastfed at some point, 64.2 percent were breastfed at six months and 20.3 percent were exclusively breastfed at six months.

Why are mothers not nursing their babies at six months and older?

Factors that could affect these numbers include

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short maternity leaves requiring mothers to go back to work by 12 weeks or earlier and then have trouble keeping up with pumping and nursing.

Other mothers have breastfeeding issues soon after birth and don’t have help to solve such problems. It is unclear how acceptance of public breastfeeding affects these numbers, but many state laws supporting public nursing scored higher when it came to mothers breastfeeding beyond six months.

For Zwilling and Thomasin, breastfeeding their babies is not just about providing nourishment.

“Nursing is also about comfort – if he gets scared or has a cold, he wants to nurse,” Zwilling said. “It’s really about the connection with the mom.”

For Thomasin, a mother of five, breastfeeding is the first form of intimacy her babies may ever experience.

“To gaze into each other’s eyes and communicate the unspeakable love which a mother and child might do while breastfeeding is a gift; a short gift before the bitter sweetness of time and age’s passing end the breastfeeding connection,” she said.

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both incidents where store owners questioned her about breastfeeding, they said that they were protecting a male client from an “inappropriate act.”

“People that are uncomfortable must see it as sexual,” Zwilling said. “If someone is seeing it that way they might want to find out why that is. There is nothing sexual about it.”

When asked how they felt about breastfeeding in public, more than a dozen Sounder readers wrote in that they supported a mother’s decision to feed their children at Eastsound businesses.

“Let mothers feed their babies at anywhere, any time without shame and without a baby having to wait to be fed because someone has decided to sexualize and deem it a dirty and inappropriate act that is basic, necessary and non-sexual and quite frankly, beautiful and admirable,” wrote Carlin Hayworth.

Dave Conahey called it normal and healthy. Other readers mentioned a woman’s legal right to do it, that mothers should do what is best for their babies and that it should not be an issue.

Moms across the country have been speaking out against public breastfeeding discrimination.

Breastfeeding advocate Emma Kwasnica has posted more than 200 photos on Facebook of herself nursing her children and told a reporter at the Huffington Post that her account has been suspended because of those photos.

The “FB! Stop harassing Emma Kwasnica over her breastfeeding pics” page has 7,872 likes.

This past December a mom in Texas organized a “nurse-in” of 50 mothers in front of a Target store where she claimed she was “harassed and humiliated by staff ” while breastfeeding.

According to CNN, in March a woman was harassed on a plane by a flight attendant when she nursed her child.

The Facebook page “Boobs on Board,” which aims to draw attention to mothers who are shamed for nursing in flight, has more than 1,500 followers.

Thomasin’s 10-year-old daughter Emalyne, who was at the Eastsound storefront when her mother was asked to stop breastfeeding, summed up the incident by asking, “What is wrong with nursing?”

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Island Living Orcas nurse starts local conversations about death and dying

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hen “death by chocolate” cupcakes are served, you know it’s going to be a good meeting.

Libby Garcia held her first Death Cafe session on Orcas in January, and a group of 75 people showed up.

“It was so well attended, I was shocked,” she said.

The international phenomenon offers a place to discuss death while eating cake and drinking tea.

The model was developed by Jon Underwood and Sue Barsky Reid, based on the ideas of Bernard Crettaz. Death Cafes have spread quickly across Europe, North America, Australia and Asia. Since 2011, there have been 1,674 meetings.

The cafes don’t run on an agenda or feature a speaker – they are centered around conversation. If the attendance is large enough, participants may be sectioned into small groups. People can read poems, sing a song or ask questions about hospice. The only rule is: there are no rules.

“It’s not grief counseling and it’s not a therapy session, but it’s important for people to talk about whatever they want,” said Garcia, who is a nurse at Orcas Medical Center. “In small communities, sometimes it’s hard to open up because you know everyone. But the group is intended to be 100 percent confidential.”

The event on Orcas was so popular that Garcia will be holding another one on Lopez in April and then a fall session on San Juan and Orcas. She is still

Libby Garcia with her dog Honey Bear.

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looking for a location on Lopez; anyone interested in helping plan the next sessions can email her at lizabelwrites@yahoo.com.

Garcia’s family settled on Orcas in 1946, and both of her grandmothers were war nurses. Her grandmother Helen Buchan ran an American Red Cross

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SUN., MARCH 29 PANCAKE BREAKFAST: from 8 a.m. to noon at the American Legion, 793 Crescent Beach Drive.

EASTER EGG HUNT: Annual Easter Egg Hunt at the Deer Harbor Inn, 1 to 2 p.m. Hosted by the Carpenters and the Deer Harbor Women’s Auxiliary.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Emmanuel Church.

ADULT VOLLEYBALL: 7 to 9 p.m., Old Gym, $2.

SAT., APRIL 4

MON., APRIL 6

EASTER EGG HUNT: The Orcas Island Lions and the Lions Easter Bunny will be sponsoring the annual Orcas Easter Egg Hunt, 10 a.m. at Camp Orkila’s Orchard, North Camp. Hundreds of eggs will be hidden for toddlers, preschoolers and grade-schoolers. Egg hunters should bring their own baskets.

PIONEER CLUB FOR KIDS: At Orcas Island Community Church, 6 to 7:20 p.m., for kids ages 4 through seventh grade. Clubbers will participate in skill-building activities, Bible stories, memory verses, crafts, games and other activities.

MON. – ONGOING ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 5:30

to 6:30 p.m., Benson Hall, Emmanuel Church.

AL-ANON: 7 p.m., 197 Main Street, Benson Hall, Emmanuel Church.

TUES. – ONGOING AA: For women, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., for men, 7 to 8 p.m., Emmanuel Church.

nursing station from her home. As a nurse, Garcia has worked in emergency rooms and hospice – both of which inspired her to start a group conversation about death and help educate people about advanced directives. While living in Bellingham, she attended her first Death Cafe.

“You have suffering that is inherent in every diagnosis, but there is additional suffering from people not ready for death,” she said. “I want to help decrease end-of-life suffering.”

During her time in Bellingham, Garcia saw the Death Cafes bring people together for a profound sense of community.

Despite death being one of the few things we all can count on happening, it is still a very difficult topic for many people to explore. But Garcia says it hasn’t always been that way.

“All of the important events of the family, like birth, death and marriage, used to happen in people’s homes, but now they are done in institutions,” she said.

Garcia is now seeing a shift in how people prepare themselves for death.

Green burials are becoming more popular, and Washington state has two cemeteries that offer it.

A green or natural burial is the interment of the body in soil in a way that allows the body to recycle naturally.

In 2008, Washingtonians approved the “Death with Dignity” act, which allows terminally ill adults to request lethal doses of medication from physicians.

“There are all these new ways to honor our dying,” she said.

KIWANIS: Tuesdays, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., Community Church Family Center.

WEDS. – ONGOING AA: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Benson

Hall, Emmanuel Church.

LIONS CLUB: Weekly lunch, 11:45 a.m., Legion.

ANSWERS IN THE HEART: An S.L.A.A. 12-step recovery, 7 to 8 p.m., Episcopal Church.

ADULT VOLLEYBALL: 7 to 9 p.m., Old Gym, $2.

THURS. –ONGOING STORYTIME: 11 a.m., library.

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: 5:30 p.m., Orcas Longhouse.

AL-ANON: 5:30 p.m., Benson Hall, Emmanuel Church.

FRI. – ONGOING AA: Noon, Community Church.

AA: 5:30 p.m., Benson Hall, Emmanuel Church.

CELEBRATE RECOVERY: 7 to 9 p.m., Orcas Island Senior Center.

SAT. – ONGOING AA: 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Emmanuel Church. Potluck last Saturday of the month.

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New nature preserve for San Juan?

The San Juan Preservation Trust and the San Juan County Land Bank are collaborating on an exciting land acquisition project on San Juan Island that, if successful, will become an extraordinary nature preserve accessible to all.

Long valued by adventurous hikers willing to trespass to capture its stunning 360-degree views, this 141-acre ridgetop property had been subdivided into 12 view lots and listed for sale as “Lawson Ridge,” an

exclusive residential development. A portion of this property drains into Trout Lake, the Town of Friday Harbor’s primary source of drinking water, and includes important native plant and animal habitat, lush wildflower meadows, miles of trails and easy road access to the summit and its spectacular panoramic views.

On March 9, the San Juan Preservation Trust, a private nonprofit land trust, and the San Juan County Land Bank, an agency of

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San Juan County, made a $1 million down payment on the $3 million purchase. A $2 million sellerfinanced loan is secured by the land itself; should this conservation partnership default on this loan, the sellers would likely relist the lots for sale as private residential estates.

The preservation trust will launch a community fundraising campaign on San Juan Island to raise the remaining funds needed to complete the purchase.

“If we succeed, this could provide San Juan Island with the very first place where visitors with mobility restrictions can enjoy such sweeping vistas,” said Tim Seifert, executive director of the San Juan

Preservation Trust. “We all have friends or family that are elderly, or physically disabled, or that have young children unable to hike up to the few dramatic outlooks we have on this island. Imagine how much fun it would be to share this place with them.”

“There is still a lot of fundraising to do, but it is very clear that the San Juan Island community cares deeply about this place,” said Lincoln Bormann, director of the San Juan County Land Bank. “Once you go up there and take in those views, you can understand why so many islanders have come to us to ask for our help.”

Early San Juan Island maps identify this ridge-

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A sweeping view of the Salish Sea from Mount Grant. line as Mount Grant, and this historical name will be honored in the new preserve. If fundraising is successful, the “Mount Grant Preserve” will be owned and managed by the Land Bank, and the Preservation Trust will hold a conservation easement that permanently protects its natural values and ensures public access. The Preservation

Tr ust w i l l l aunch "The Campaign to Save Mount Grant" in April.

"We will be casting a wide net and making it easy for everyone to participate," said Thor Hanson, co-chair of the campaign.

"Mount Grant has so much to offer, and we need our whole island community to play a part in making it a reality."

Sailors compete at WWU facility Steady rain and blustery southeast winds greeted the 106 sailors comprising 19 Northwest District Interscholastic Sailing Association high school teams on Saturday, March 14 at the Western Washington University Lakewood Sailing Facility. Orcas fielded three teams comprised of 13 sailors who competed in the day-long north regional regatta on Lake Whatcom. Ten races were completed by 5 p.m., and the Orcas teams sailed well, finishing fourth, seventh and 10th in the 19-team fleet.

Poetry month to kick off

Lilly Ledbetter is the retired supervisor who sued Goodyear when, after nearly 20 years with the company, her pay was 13 to 29 percent less than her male counterparts. She lost the suit on a technicality – because it wasn’t filed within 180 days of her last paycheck – but inspired the 2009 legislation that was intended to ensure equal pay, regardless of gender. Census data show that in the years since the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act was signed into law, women’s pay has continued to average 77 cents for every dollar earned by men. In response, poets Carolyne Wright, Eugenia Toledo, and M. L. Lyons edited the inspiring anthology Raising Lilly Ledbetter: “Women Poets Occupy the Workspace,” which will premiere at the April Artsmith reading at Darvill’s.

The anthology brings together voices of women poets in the workspaces they occupy: from cotton rows to corner suites, trawlers to typing pools, nursing stations to space stations, factory floors to faculty offices.

Join Wright for the premiere reading of this important work at Artsmith’s Salon Series on Wednesday, April 1 at 6 p.m. at Darvill’s Bookstore. To kickoff April Poetry Month, Wright will read from the new anthology as well as some of her other books, including “Mania Klepto: the Book of Eulene” followed by question and answer with the poet, and a reception with refreshments and book-signing.

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‘Beyond the Beautiful Bitter Ends are back Forevers’ to stream

Give yourselves the gift of theater on Thursday, March 26 at 7:30 p.m. at Orcas Center when Pulitzer Prize winner Kathryn Boo’s book “Beyond the Beautiful Forevers” is brought to life in a new stage adaptation by David Hare. It will stream live from the National Theatre in London.

India is surging with global ambition. But beyond the luxury hotels surrounding Mumbai airport lies a makeshift slum, full of people with plans of their own.

Zehrunisa and her son Abdul aim to recycle enough rubbish to fund a proper house. Sunil, 12 and stunted, wants to eat until he’s as tall as Kalu the thief. Asha seeks to steal government anti-poverty funds to turn herself into a “first-class person,” while

her daughter Manju intends to become the slum’s first female college graduate.

But their schemes are fragile; global recession threatens the garbage trade and another slum-dweller is about to make an accusation that will destroy herself and shatter the neighborhood.

Boo spent three years in the slum Annawadi recording the lives of its residents.

From her uncompromising book, winner of the National Book Award for Non-Fiction 2012, David Hare has fashioned a tumultuous play on an epic scale.

Stay after the show and join a discussion, led by JoEllen Moldoff, and compare and contrast the play with Boo's book.

Tickets are $18, $13 for students and $2 off for

Orcas Center members, and may be purchased at www. orcascenter.org, by calling 376-2281 ext. 1 or visiting the Orcas Center Box Office.

The Bitter Ends are back.

Having staked their claim last year as a sure-thing good time, they are heading to the Casa Casuale (aka the Random Howse) on Saturday, March 28 from 7 to 9 p.m.

The Bitter Ends are Mandy Troxel on vocal and guitar, Anita Orne on bass, guitar and saw, John Polstra on pedal steel and Bruce Harvie on guitar, mandolin and vocals.

The music features oldtime country favorites by Buck Owens, Patsy Cline and Hank Williams, to name a few.

There will also be a number of originals from Mandy, as well as the first Bitter Ends cowrite to debut, affectionately titled

“Keep it on the island, Baby.”

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Wednesday, March 25, 2015 • The Islands’ Sounder

Percussion – not just drums Commuting in paradise

The duo of Miho Takekawa and Diego Coy will visit Orcas Island for the first time the week of April 6-10 as Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival Musicians-inResidence.

The duo have been boldly blending Latin and Japanese musical traditions in Washington, Oregon, California and Japan since 2006, encouraging cultural under-

standing through music. The duo will spend time with Orcas School band students, as well as coaching and teaching percussion to elementary students.

“The love for what they do is obvious,” said Darren Dix, Orcas Public School Band Director who saw them teach in Seattle schools. “They exemplify the multicultural aspects of percussion, and I look forward to having them share technique, rhythmic knowledge and musicality with my students.”

They will present their “Musical Trip Around the World,” an award-winning musical education program for preschool through kindergarten through second grade students, on Wednesday, April 8 at 1 p.m. at Orcas Center. This program is designed to have children understand different cultures and languages by introducing a new genre of music.

In addition, Miho and Diego will perform at the Senior Center after lunch on Friday, April 10 at 1 p.m.

Funding for the 2014-15 Musicians-inResidence programs is from the National Endowment for the Arts, Orcas Island Community Foundation, Washington State Arts Commission, Monique Mead, Mimi and Slim Sommerville and the Gould Family Foundation.

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In most towns and cities, the word “commute” conjures an image of concrete, gridlock traffic jams – but not in the San Juan Islands.

Many islanders from Lopez, Orcas and Shaw commute five days a week to work or attend school on the more bustling island of San Juan. On a typical day for the average island commuter, sea life, algaecovered-pilings and towering evergreens are all part of the daily grind. But what the ferry commute makes up for in scenic beauty and leisure time aboard, it lacks in flexibility.

Sisters and sophomores at Friday Harbor High School, Adriena and Kendra Pew, live on Shaw and chose to attend FHHS for its reputation in academic excellence. They adhere to a strict schedule of waking up and eating breakfast, with few minutes to spare before it’s time to head out the door and catch the ferry.

“We’ve been riding ferries our entire lives, so that wasn’t a new experience,” Adriena said. “But getting up early and coming home later, we had to learn to be patient and use our time wisely.”

Being fixed to a schedule doesn’t limit the Pew sisters. They’ve learned to work around their time constraints and often do homework on the ride back to Shaw so they can relax the few hours they have at home, before it’s time to get up and do it all over again. Both girls participate in an array of extracurriculars like the school play, the Orca Bowl and track and field. On special occasions when an event they have committed to runs later than the last ferry, they stay with a friend in Friday Harbor.

Randy Gaylord, San Juan County prosecuting attorney, is the self-proclaimed “longest ferry commuter that rides the inter-island ferry.” Gaylord has been commuting from Orcas to Friday Harbor since 1995. In all of his years commuting, he has only ever missed the ferry home once, but he reserves himself the right to miss the ferry in the morning three to four times a year.

He’s also seen changes on the ferry over the years.

“When I first started, there were no cell phones, no Internet,” he said. “It was more of a time to talk to people.”

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Nursing a knee injury, these days Gaylord spends his time on the boat doing physical therapy.

“Everybody makes the commute what they want,” he said. “When I arrive on the ferry it gives me a good separation from the office, and I’m ready to close down my day.”

Dr. Leyardia Black, a naturopath from Lopez, practices three times per week in Friday Harbor.

She’s been riding the ferry for many years, and finds time more precious now that she’s gotten older.

“The older I get, the challenge is time,” she said. “I have to finish my work when I get home.”

Black has developed friendships over the years with her fellow ferry-riders, and the bonds she’s formed are her most cherished mementos.

Even when the ferry schedule changes, and the ride home becomes the later and longer “milk run,” she won’t be complaining.

“It beats driving on the 1-5,” she said.

Ferry workers are also important members of the commuter community.

From high school graduates to retirees, they have welcomed newcomers and said goodbye to those that have moved on.

Washington State Ferries deckhand Craig Hanson has worked for WSF in the San Juans since the year 2000 and has been able to get to know the daily riders.

“That’s why I work here instead of the other routes,” Hanson said. “Because it’s 90 percent commuters.”

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