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Adams reelected, Cornelius wins seat on OPALCO board OPALCO members boarded the ferry on Saturday for the 2015 Annual Meeting and Board of Directors’ election after the co-op received a record 2,824 absentee ballots (2,687 absentee, plus 71 on the ferry) representing 24 percent of the membership. The successful candidates were incumbent Winnie Adams and former Opalco General Manager, Randy J. Cornelius, for District 2, representing Orcas Island. The member-initiated by-law amendment was unsuccessful by a small margin, with 1,324 voting no and 1,191 voting yes. Guests joined the 228 members present aboard the Washington State Ferries’ Hyak for a total of 337 people in attendance. OPALCO members enjoyed a healthy and delicious bag lunch by Asher and Olive of Orcas Island. The 2015 Nourdine Jensen Cooperative Youth Scholars were announced. Students Ray Doss (Orcas Island) and Robby Miller (San Juan Island) were recognized at the meeting, and the three other students, Seda Guckian (San Juan Island), Michaella Marebe Ibambasi (San Juan Island) and Anthony Kaskurs (Orcas Island), were unable to attend because of SAT testing. Each will each receive a $500 scholarship and an all-expenses-paid trip to the Youth Rally Co-op Leadership Camp at the College of Idaho this summer. General Manager Foster Hildreth acknowledged this difficult year of transition and the impact that the rate increase has on all members. “I’m committed to assessing the needs of our most vulnerable members and will propose a rate relief program in time for the next budget cycle.”
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He expressed his enthusiasm for the new Internet entity, Rock Island Communications, and shared his vision for a connected and vital community that includes “a healthy economy and environment, access to jobs, education, health care and emergency services.” Quickly recapping the previous big decades of OPALCO – the ‘60s as the first era of submarine cable installations, the ‘90s as the era of undergrounding our system – Hildreth called for the membership to step up this generation’s task and “join forces to build out our grid in preparation for the future while ensuring our financial sustainability and system reliability.” Hildreth praised the work of the OPALCO board and staff during this challenging time of navigating significant change. He concluded his remarks by answering many of the questions we are hearing from our membership, especially those concerning rates and the Rock Island acquisition. These frequently asked questions, along with questions and comments collected from members in attendance at the meeting, will be posted on www.opalco.com. “Between our website and our monthly E-newsletter, ‘The Co-op Connector,’” said Hildreth, “we are dedicated to keeping our members informed.” The names of the six members who sent in their absentee ballots that were drawn for $50 credits on their OPALCO bills are Pat Ball, Richard Nicholson, Smugglers Cove Water Users Association, Virgil Hennen, Gordon Fowler and Michelle Novak. OPALCO congratulates those and offers thanks to all who voted by absentee ballot. It is not too late to win a $50 bill credit. Members can go online to read the Annual Report (www.opalco.com/ annual-report), follow the treasure hunt quiz, and submit their answers before June 15. A winner will be selected from
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Left: Randy J. Cornelius. Right: Winnie Adams those entries and announced at the June 18 board meeting. Door prizes were scaled back from prior years in response to OPALCO’s belt-tightening measures. OPALCO’s vendors donate many of the prizes, and OPALCO purchases others. Items handed out to thank the members in attendance included local goods, energy efficiency tools, solar clothes dryers, a Shop-Vac, a George Foreman grill, a thermostat, a Dremel rotary tool, and yard and garden tools. The focus this year was on more bill credits and fewer prizes. OPALCO is required by the Rural Utilities Services to hold an annual meeting each year and must have a quorum of 100 members in attendance. Members who missed the meeting can read the report at www.opalco.com/annualreport. Copies are also available in the Eastsound office.
Oregon engineer takes the helm With engineering experience on both sides of the border, Brian Vincent will take the up the reigns of the San Juan County Department of Public Works. A licensed engineer in Washington and in Oregon, Vincent was announced as the newly hired director of Public Works by San Juan
County in a May 4 press release. Most recently the county engineer for Multnomah County, home to Portland, Ore., and much of the city’s suburban east side and beyond, Vincent has held several positions with Washington state’s Clark County as well, including
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Right: Brian Vincent manager of operations and of construction, as part of a 25-year career in local government. Vincent will fill an extended void at the top of the department that followed the departure of former director Frank Mulcahy, who parted ways with the county in early fall of 2014. Mulchay had been hired as director in the fall of 2011. With about 65 full-time employees and an annual budget that totaled roughly $11 million in 2014, Public Works is the single-largest county department. In addition to maintaining county-owned roads, Public Works operates stormwater and solid waste utilities, coordinates engineering for public projects, maintains county- owned buildings and property, and buys and maintains the county’s fleet of cars, trucks, heavy equip-
ment and boats. A former member of the U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps, Vincent earned a degree in civil engineering at the University of Washington and a master’s degree in business administration at the University of Oregon. He is married, the father of four children and is reportedly looking forward to trying his hand at fishing and crabbing in local waters.
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TUES THRU MAY 26 GAMES: Pinochle card games, 7 p.m., Woodmen Hall, $2 per player. THURS, ONGOING EVENT: Thursday Tech Time, 6 – 7 p.m., Library Community Room, led by Library Director Lou Pray and others are onhand to help you better navigate your Kindle, tablet, smartphone or iPad. Learn to download movies, music, books and apps on to your devices and access software at your own speed. Learn about Microsoft IT Academy and Lynda.com. Visit their website at lope-
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WEDS, MAY 13 SALE: ‘Winds of the Renaissance,’ 7 – 9 p.m., Grace Episcopal Church. The Salish Sea Early Music Festival begins its spring season with Renaissance wind instruments. Artists are Anna Marsh playing the dulcian; Jeffrey Cohan the Renaissance transverse flute and John Lent the renaissance lute. THURS, MAY 14 SALE: Lopez Island Garden Club is having their Annual Plant Sale and Silent Auction, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.,
Woodmen Hall. Bring a box to take home all your plant treasures: veggie starts, perennials, ground covers, herbs, shrubs and more. Lots of garden related items also. The silent auction will close at 11 a.m. There will be lots of special plants and fun items from local nurseries and businesses, as well as from mainland nurseries. Also, a Master Gardener’s Table will be on-hand for info on planting and care of your plants. EVENT: Home to India: A Journey Across Generations, 7 – 8 p.m., Port Stanley School. Join the Friends of the Lopez Library and the Lopez Library as we host a program featuring Barbara Carver’s journey to India. Her father was raised in northern India in Pauri Garhwal, which sits in the foothills of the snow-bound peaks of the Himalayas. With this program, the library continues
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Mondays - 7:30 p.m. at the Children’s Center Wednesdays - 4 p.m. Women’s meeting at the fellowship hall at Grace Episcopal Church Saturdays - noon at the Children’s Center Call 468-2809
Thank you, Lopez We would sincerely like to take this opportunity to thank all who attended and helped with Corey’s celebration. From the folks who mopped the floors, did dishes and cleaned the toilets and everyone in between. Mary for her planning abilities and calming a dis-
Al-Anon: Saturdays - 9:30 a.m. at the Children’s Center, Lopez. Call 468-4703.
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SAT, MAY 16 MEETING: Catherine Washburn Medical Association, 10 a.m., library. Reports will be provided and directors elected to three positions as specified in the by-laws. The board nominates Bette Shuh, Charles Janeway and Christa Campbell. Additional nominations may be taken from the membership. Nominees must be members, residents of Lopez and have the endorsement of 10 members. Nominations must be postmarked by April 30 and sent to CWMA PO Box 309, Lopez Island, WA 98261. EVENT: Open House at the Golf Club, 589 Airport Road, 12 – 3 p.m. Free food, games and prizes for kids and adults. Frisbee golf, putting and chipping, FootGolf, bocce, cake walk
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traught mother with crazy phone calls. Robb, from Clipper Seafoods, for making the trip and delivering a beautiful message along with reading a couple of tough letters. These two were fishing the Berring Sea when they heard of Corey’s crossing. Thank you, Sam, for keeping Gruff safe and on the boat. Christian Gruff Leatham who loved Corey like a brother for the true and unbiased story of his best friend and partner in crime. Captain Sam Collier for his comforting letter, making parents proud. Shawn and Britney, for the perfectly delivered heartfelt words, meals and endless compassion. Katie for her angel voice, and Shawn for making Garth Brooks proud. Cindi, Lenna, Sandi, Jessica and everyone else who brought in the beauty of nature with the incredible flowers. Brendon for the amazing salmon, and everyone else
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FRI, MAY 22 EVENT: A Celebration of the Life and Work of Author Ivan Doig, 2 – 3 p.m., Lopez Library Main Salon. Join islanders for a celebration of the life and work of author Doig who passed away on April 9, 2015. The program will feature Doig biographer and local Lopez Island author Elizabeth Simpson. Simpson’s “Earthlight, Wordfire: The Work of Ivan Doig” (available at the library and at Lopez Bookshop) is a comprehensive study of his work and his landscapes. THURS, MAY 28 EVENT: Evening Meal at School, 5:30 – 7 p.m. Lopez School Multi-Purpose Room. This special event will include tours of the L.I.F.E. (school) garden
and L.I.F.E. Fitness and Ecology Trail, plus Lopez student musical performances. The Lopez Locavores invite the community for a celebration of local, organic foods. The menu will feature Tamale Pie with Lopez beef, corn and beans; salad, and local strawberry rhubarb squares. By donation.
SAT, MAY 30 EVENT: Lopez Master Gardeners’ Information Table, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., Sunset Builders Nursery Area. Bring a gardening question. If you have a plant or insect you’d like to have identified, bring in a plastic bag. THURS, JUNE 11 TOUR: Lopez Island Garden Tour 2015, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Five Gardens on Lopez. $15 general, $10 Lopez Garden Club members. For more information, visit lopezgardenclub@gmail. com.
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who created the most magnificent feast. Corey was a lover of great food! Ron at PSR for coming to work sick to print programs, and generously donating them. A very special thank you to Deb and Dale Davidson, Mike and Sandi McElroy, Jamie and Ken Bair for your unending support over the last few weeks. The whole crew who worked so hard at the Community Center to make Corey’s celebration so meaningful: Raite, Kate, Tammi, Jade and Megan, Jamie, Ken, Debra, Julienne and Donovan. I am trying to recall all of you by name, but will be impossible for me at this point. If I haven’t mentioned you by name know you are in our hearts, and very much appreciated! The very much loved Zachary and Jessica for the slideshow, pictures, music, decorations and the list goes on. Generally trying to keep us somewhat grounded all while grieving the loss of an only brother.
A very special thank you to Corey’s grandmother, Susie Cawley, who was beyond generous! The greatest thank you to Jasmine for the living legacy of Corey: Griffin Olliver. And to the Lopez Community Center, and last but not least, Lopez deputies, fire and EMS crew, our amazing paramedics for their unending compassion and dedication to our community. As much as our hearts have been ripped out of our chest, the community and our families have given us the strength to go on. COREY FLETCHER’S FAMILY
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Spotlight on Lopezians By Gretchen Wing
Lance Brittain, Lopez Island Lance Brittain is a practitioner of “Black Arts”– not witchcraft, but a melding of elements “too complicated to model mathematically: fire, furnaces, casting metal …” His life is similarly melded: past and present, coast and heartland, art and science, folks from every walk of life. So fascinated is Lance with history, our interview could have stuck there. Between his mother’s family – 1850’s Oregon Territory loggers, railroad men from New York – and his father’s – traced from 1690 North Carolina to Mississippi – it’s difficult to pry ourselves away. There’s the 1849 family Bible; there’s the female ancestor who founded Louisiana State’s English Department. But Lance’s story really starts when the Brittain family lost its mercantile business in the Depression and his father joined the Navy, meeting Lance’s mother in Seattle. Navy brats move frequently, across the continent. But by age eight Lance and family settled in Seattle, where he started playing his mom’s guitar. The instrument was too big, so in school he switched to trombone. Lance studied with “an old-time road musician” who formed his students into a 12-piece swing band, which performed throughout Seattle. Thus, adolescent Lance’s first gigs included the 1962 World’s Fair. When the family moved to Pennsylvania, Lance added
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Right: Lance in 1973. Center: Lance at a concert at Lopez Center.
another ingredient to his future: language – specifically, German, learned from Amish teachers at his small high school. After graduation in 1967 he worked as a trash burner in a hospital boiler room, demonstrating an early love of fire, and ability to thrive on diversity, as “I was the only white boy.” Then, “homesick for Puget Sound,” he headed to University of Washington. A ceramic engineering major, Lance mostly “toed the line,” despite attending some Vietnam demonstrations. A draft number of 365 enabled him to leave school for a year to work at a ceramics factory in Munich. Amidst a diverse immigrant work force, he used his German to become the shop floor translator. After some traveling, Lance finished his UW degree in 1972, just in time for the Boeing Bust. But he got an offer from the 80-year-old stoneware company in Illinois, new territory for him. There, as Plant Ceramist, Lance became “keeper of the formulas” of the pottery. He proudly shows off blue-and-white water crocks and iconic Jack Daniels whiskey jugs. In Illinois Lance added Spanish to his fluency list, thanks to his mostly Mexican workers. “I’d go hang out and party with the Mexicans, playing Tex-Mex music,” he says. He also brought together old-time musicians with youngsters from the local university. By 1974 his band Shady Grove formed; they made a dou-
ble album in Nashville and still stage musical reunions today. But at work, Lance was “getting a little bored,” so he joined a friend to homestead in the Ozarks of Arkansas. They bought 120 acres and, along with some “back-to-the-landers” from California, soon owned “an entire holler,” where they quarried stone and built a timber-framed home. In winter they migrated as tree planters across the south. “I’ve probably planted 300,000 trees in my time,” Lance muses. He dreamed of opening a pottery studio, but the holler was too remote. Closer to hand was Lil Shaffer, one of the Californians, who eventually married him. Back in Washington for his mother’s funeral in 1979, Lance was recruited to work part-time at a small stoneware factory in Seattle,
allowing him to continue his Arkansas homesteading. But in 1985 the factory closed, and Lance, now married to Lil, decided to change his skill set. (“Part of my story is staying one step ahead of companies getting liquidated,” he jokes.) When some metallurgist buddies invited him into a medical device startup, Lance found himself embarking on a new high-tech career, an MBA program, and fatherhood … in one three-week period. While Lil minded their daughter, Lance worked days and attended night classes paid for by Coopervision. In 1989, Coopervision was bought, and Lance spent the next seven years with Spectrum Glass — “back to fire/smoke/furnaces,” he
laughs — melting 20 tons of glass per day for stained glass artists. After one last “black arts” gig in Bothel, plus another six months in downtown Seattle, Lance was ready to return to homesteading, this time on Lopez. In the ‘60s Lance’s father and much-older brother had bought Lopez land and taken Lance camping. Now he and Lil came over on bikes to investigate. In classic Lopez style, they built their house on weekends, moving permanently in 2005. Nowadays, a blend of projects keeps Lance most-
ly at home. Besides building and gardening, there’s his weekly KLOI show, The Grand Central Vocal and Plectrophonic Review. Lacking a band like Shady Grove, Lance plays music all over Lopez – at Vita’s, for example, or for KLOI. “To become an expert in black arts processes,” Lance states, “you need the discipline of careful observation. Same with music.” So when you see Lance onstage, pausing to listen to his fellow musicians, remember: you’re watching a wizard.
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What visitors’ dollars support By Barbara Marrett
San Juan Islands Visitors Bureau
Do you like to travel? Where do you like to travel? Well, for thousands of people, the San Juan Islands are their destination of choice, and these visitors spent a “projected” $193.2 million last year in San
Juan County, a significant spending increase of 12.1 percent from 2013, according to the recently released Travel Impacts and Visitor Volume report prepared for the Washington Tourism Alliance by Dean Runyan Associates. National Travel and
Tourism Week, May 2 – 10, champions the power of travel to not only benefit the traveler but also enhance the locations visited. Look around you. What would the islands be without performing arts centers, museums and gorgeous galleries? Without a plethora of parks
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and open spaces? Many of the places islanders cherish are present, in part, due to their shared appeal to visitors. Visitor dollars help support the cultural vibrancy of destinations like the San Juan Islands by creating jobs; direct visitor sector jobs represented 18.3 percent of total employment in 2013 and increased 2 percent in 2014. Visitor dollars also relieve the tax burden on locals by contributing funds toward town and county projects. In fact, the visitor share of taxable sales
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in San Juan was 34.4 percent in 2014. The San Juan Islands Visitors Bureau is the county’s official destination marketing organization representing over 300 island businesses and supporting the promotion of local history, arts, agriculture, outdoor recreation and visitor education. Mostly funded by lodging tax paid by the visitor, it also receives business membership dues. The bureau’s job is to entice visitors through advertising campaigns, maintain a robust website and social media programs, and actively solicit travel stories and media coverage. Our umbrella promotions throughout the year extend the islands’ allure to visitors
in the quiet season. Visitors do create impacts which can be challenging. The next time you think to yourself, “I wish we had the islands to ourselves,” remember how visitor financial support enhances island life year-round for locals and how much you enjoy yourself on your own vacation.
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Conference 36. Poisonous alkaloid obtained from nightshade 37. Basic monetary unit of Romania 44. Sticker 45. Angry outburst 46. Eye problem 47. Kilns 48. Rocket fuel ingredient, for short 49. Bring up the rear 51. Courtroom event 52. Selfish sort 54. Horace volume 55. "Cogito ___ sum" 56. Book part Answers to today's puzzle on page 8
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Scotch broom is here Lopezian recalls saving By San Juan County Noxious Weed Control Program Special to the Weekly
The roadsides and meadows throughout the county are bedecked with the bright chrome-yellow flowers of Scotch broom. For many years, broom was widely planted throughout the northwest as a soil stabilizer and ornamental landscape plant. Its success, however, has been its undoing. It has naturalized in a wide variety of habitats including pastures, meadows, open forests, roadsides and seasonally dry washes. As the seeds are easily spread by animals (including ants), mowers, logging machinery, land-clearing activities and soil transport, broom has become the most prominent invasive weed in our county, crowding out native plants and preventing the regeneration of native trees such as Garry oak and big leaf maples and creating a fire hazard. As a nitrogen fixer, broom successfully out-competes most native shrubs that have evolved in our nitrogen-poor soils. The broom invasion has become so severe that the Washington State Department of Agriculture has banned the sale and importation of the species (including all of the many cultivars), and the State Noxious Weed Control Board has designated it as a Class B noxious weed. In San Juan County, the County Noxious Weed Control Board has mandated the species for control. Control can be achieved by uprooting the plants with a weed wrench, cutting them at the base before the seed pods ripen, or by the use of herbicides. In areas of high conservation, cutting the mature plants at ground level has proven to be the most effective technique, as it minimizes regrowth and soil disturbance, thus bringing fewer seeds to the surface where they can germinate. Cutting to the ground is most effective when the shrubs are more than threefourths of an inch in butt diameter (average thumb’s thickness), and are drought
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Island Pharmacy ceased to exist. Unthinkable, am I right? It could happen. If people buy their prescriptions and other related items from the insurance companies, etc., who are offering “deals” rather than buying locally, it could happen. As a small business owner on Lopez, I know how important it is to have loyal patrons: important and imperative if we are to survive. So please take a moment. COLLEEN JAMES Lopez Island
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stressed and their energy is sapped by flower production, but before the seeds are ripe. In disturbed areas of lower conservation value such as roadsides, a combination of cutting and pulling is effective. During the wetter winter and spring months when the soil is moist, seedlings may be pulled by hand. Larger plants can be tackled with a weed wrench. When using this tool, care must be taken to minimize soil disturbance and trampling of native or other desirable vegetation. Later in summer and early fall when the soil is drier, cutting becomes more effective and less damaging to the environment. Herbicides containing glyphosate or triclopyr can be effective when used carefully, depending on the location. Using a foam brush, immediately dab a minute amount of undiluted herbicide on a freshly cut stub. San Juan County regulations prohibit the use of herbicides on county rights-of-way. Always follow the label instructions when using any herbicide. The label is law. Prevention of seed production is critical in any weed control project. Removal of plants before they set seed, either by cutting or pulling, is the first step. In order to slow the spread of broom, always remove isolated plants first and then work from the margins of an infestation toward the center. In all cases, the follow-up treatment on a yearly basis is essential. Seed life for Scotch broom may be up to 80 years, and young plants can start to produce seed in their second year. Weed wrenches are available for loan from the following sources: Orcas and Shaw – Noxious Weed Control Program at the Eastsound Senior Center; San Juan – Land Bank, Public Works or the National Park Service; Lopez – Public Works and Land Bank. For more information on Scotch broom or other noxious weeds, contact the San Juan County Noxious Weed Control Program at 376-3499.
packed with matching gifts and bonus rewards! FLIP thanks Karen and Randy Wilburn for their very generous dollar-for-dollar match of all donations to FLIP during GiveBIG. We love all of FLIP’s friends who gave from their hearts to bring the Lopez Island
Pool even closer! Please join us on the pool’s Center Road property on Saturday afternoon, July 25, for fun, games, food and building progress information and samples. MICKI RYAN Secretary-Treasurer FLIP Friends of Lopez
a drowning woman
A young woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, working at the Lopez Islander dock tells this personal story about the day she jumped into the ice-cold water after a 58-year-old visitor fell in trying to hold onto her boat at the slip. It was a sunny day and the slips were all full of boats, and the current was running fast. “I threw her a life ring, but she slipped under the frigid water immediately. Her husband called out, ‘She can’t swim.’ The woman was being carried out swiftly with the current, so I jumped into the slip for her. In her panic the drowning woman grabbed my hair. I got loose and dove under, pushed up and held her bottom up so she could get air, while at the same time getting traction with my feet against the moving boat, That was 19 years ago, and I always have been grateful that I learned to swim and had some life-saving lessons at a small Lopez home pool. The saved woman and I exchanged Christmas cards for years afterwards.” This could have happened
today or tomorrow. Could you save a child or adult who was drowning in front of your eyes? Or could you be the one drowning? Lopez is surrounded by water, has many summer ponds and many Lopezians enjoy being out on the water in boats. The Friends of Lopez Island Pool want to raise the community capacity to be safe living on our island surrounded by water. We want to have the opportunity to have a pool that Lopezians and visitors can swim and enjoy year-round in comfort of 85-degree water. Until that reality happens, FLIP brings the whole elementary school, every spring, to swim at the Anacortes Fidalgo pool. More than 100 children come over a two-day periodthis year May 27-28 to experience the fun that can hap-
pen in warm water. In order to swim in the deeper end of the pool, kids must pass a test to swim the length. Amazingly, 70 percent of our kids have to stay in the crowded shallow end wearing life vests, while their swimmer friends frolic in the deeper end. The Lopez Resource summer swimming lessons are great. But each lasts only one week out of the year. FLIP wants a pool to benefit the cross section this entire community. FLIP is in the detail-rich planning stage of a campaign to have a swim center sooner than later. Look for us at the Farmers’ Market, learn more in the Weekly, come to our monthly meetings, go to www. lopezislandpool.org, watch for announcement of our July 25 SPLASH event on our Center Road property.
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Lopez Reservations Meeting WSF advises reservations The Ferry Advisory Committee and San Juan County Council invite the public to a Reservations “Town Hall” meeting on Lopez Island Tuesday, May 19 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Lopez Community Center. Washington State Ferry representatives will be on hand, along with FAC and county council members, to present an update on reservations, answer questions, and listen to your experiences both good and bad. WSF and FAC are very interested to learn more about how the system is working for
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George Andrew Higgins
George Andrew Higgins, 87, of Lopez Island passed away at home on May 5, 2015. George was born Sept. 13, 1927, in Friday Harbor. His parents were Owen and Eva [Weir] Higgins. He grew up on the family farm and attended school on Lopez. Higgins was a veteran of the Korean War, serving two tours of duty. On Oct. 24, 1959 Higgins was married to Laurentia Aster Enriquez in Los Angeles. They enjoyed nearly 48 years of marriage. He spent many years traveling near and far, working and retiring from NOAA, formally known as the Coast and Geodetic Survey. After retiring from the big ships, he spent his summers fishing on a gillnet boat in southeast Alaska. His final years were spent as a thirdgeneration farmer on the family property on
Jones Bay. Higgins was preceded in death by his parents Owen and Eva Higgins; his beloved wife, Laurentia Higgins; and brother, Gene, and sister in-law, Carolyn Higgins, formerly of Mount Vernon. Higgins is survived by his nephew Larry [Turine] Higgins, of La Conner; niece Cindy [Curt] Genther, of Bow; nephew Mike Higgins of Mount Vernon; long- time caregiver Rick Bronk of Lopez; cousins Mary Harris of Lopez and Joan [Bob] Congdon of Anacortes; and numerous great and great-great nieces and nephews. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, May 13, 2015, at Center Church on Lopez Island. Funeral arrangements are under the care of Kern Funeral Home of Mount Vernon.
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CHRIST THE KING COMMUNITY CHURCH, There’s Always a Place for You! CTK gathers at 10:00 a.m. in the school multi-purpose room at 86 School Road. Come as you are! More info at www.ctkonline.com/lopez. Email: lopez@ctkonline.com Phone: 888-421-4CTK ext. 819. COMMUNITY CHURCH, Please join us Sun. mornings. Adult Bible study, 9:30. Worship Service, 10:30. Nursery (birth3 yrs) and Jr. Church (4-12 yrs) provided during worship service. Small groups meet throughout the week. 91 Lopez Rd., in the village. Pastor Jeff Smith 468-3877. www.ourlicc.org. GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH, welcomes you to worship with us on Sundays at 10:00 a.m. Fisherman Bay Road at Sunset Lane. 468-3477. Everyone welcome! LOPEZ QUAKER WORSHIP GROUP Please join us Sunday mornings, 10 a.m., at Sunnyfield Farm, 6363 Fisherman Bay Road. Children’s program. Everyone welcome. Phone 468-2406. Email: Lopezfriends@gmail. com. LUTHERAN CHURCH IN THE SAN JUANS (ELCA) Please join us for worship and children’s Sunday School at 9:00 a.m. in Center Church on Davis Bay Road. Also in Friday Harbor at 11:00 a.m. in St. David’s and in Eastsound at 1:15 p.m. in Emmanuel. Pastor Beth Purdum, 370-0023. ST. FRANCIS CATHOLIC CHURCH Come worship with us at Center Church on Davis Bay Rd. We welcome you to join us for Mass at 10:30 a.m. on Saturdays. Call 378-2910 for Mass times on San Juan and Orcas Islands.
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Finnish exchange student Toni Ahonen follows the flight of the ball in the April 29 game versus Darrington. Ahonen led the Lobos in hitting in an 11-9 loss.
Celebrate local author Ivan Doig Please join the Lopez Island Library for a celebration of the life and work of author Ivan Doig, right, who passed away on April 9. This event will be held in the Lopez Library’s main salon. The highlight of the program will be a reading and discussion by Doig biographer and local Lopez Island author Elizabeth Simpson. Simpson’s “Ear thlight, Wordfire: The Work of Ivan Doig” (available at the library and at the Lopez Bookshop)
is a comprehensive study of his work, his landscapes and his literary weavings of place in American life. We are very grateful for her participation. The Lopez Island Library has more than 25 of his books in its collection. His first book, “This House of Sky,” was a finalist for the 1979 National Book Award. The western landscape and people play an important role in Doig’s fiction, with much of it set in the Montana country of
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On an island with a small student population, exchange students are often essential to fielding competitive teams in many sports, whether or not they have played the sport at home. Soccer, football and basketball in the fall, golf and baseball in the spring, all have depended on exchange students to complete a roster. And if you need a(nother) reason to support the student exchange program on Lopez, just ask baseball coach Jeremiah Johnson. Toni Ahonen, a Finnish exchange student, drove in four runs and scored once in an 11-9 loss to Darrington at home on April 29. Ahonen tripled with the bases loaded in the third inning and then scored, and he singled with an RBI in the fifth inning. Ahonen accounted for more than half of the Lobos’ runs. In the Finnish version of baseball, called “pesäpallo,” the pitcher stands near home plate and tosses the ball straight
up. Finnish batters don’t see many 60 and 70 mph fastballs. Lopez’s other hits were distributed throughout the squad. The Goodrich brothers both had multi-hit days. Gavin had three hits and Harrison two, including a double. Vinny Kramer, Anchor Brant, Austin Reinmuth, Conor Dye, Owen Akopiantz and Jorgen Sande -- a Norwegian exchange student who had never seen a baseball game before joining the squad – all had hits. Kramer, Reinmuth and Dye shared pitching responsibilities. Dye went to the mound in the fifth inning, with Darrington ahead 11-6 and held the Loggers scoreless through three innings, settling down after walking the first three batters he faced. He struck out the next two and speared a grounder for the third out. Lopez put runners on base in just about every inning but couldn’t push runs across. Lopez rallied in the seventh with three more runs but fell short of a victory. The bottom line: if you call yourself a Lopez sports fan, host an exchange student.
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his youth. The first three Montana novels – “English Creek,” “Dancing at the Rascal Fair” and “Ride with Me,” “Mariah Montana” form the “McCaskill trilogy,” covering the first century of Montana’s statehood from 1889 to 1989. In 2007, he won the prestigious Wallace Stegner Award, which recognizes persons who have “made a sustained contribution to the cultural identity of the West.” He was also the recipient of the Western Literature Association’s Lifetime Distinguished Achievement award. His most recent books are “The Bartender’s Tale” published in 2012,
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and “Last Bus to Wisdom,” which will be published this year. In an interview with Powell’s Books in Oregon, Ivan Doig was asked why he became a writer. He replied: “A lifetime of reasons, but here’s one: for the love of language and that daily tryst of the pair of us, it and me, creating something that did not exist before.” We encourage all who have read, continue to discover and admire Doig, to join us for this special afternoon. If you have questions regarding this event contact Jen Krajack at the Lopez Island Library or any of the library staff, 468-2265.