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VOLUME 38, NUMBER 24 • JUNE 16, 2015
President’s daughters ‘adopt’ orca By Scott Rasmussen
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Gary Weiss has witnessed first-hand how having friends in high places can help further an important cause. And that’s a big reason why the photographs of two Southern resident killer whales are likely tacked up on a wall somewhere in the White House by now, or perhaps on the refrigerator. The daughters of the First Family of the United States, Malia and Sasha Obama, recently became united with two members of J-pod through the Friday Harbor Whale Museum’s Orca Adoption Program. Dr. Weiss presented a pair of adoption certificates and accompanying memorabilia to the president as gifts for his daughters at a May 27 roundtable discussion in Washington, D.C. The gifts are intended to help raise the profile of the plight of the Southern
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The daughters of the First Family, Malia, left, and Sasha, right, are recent recipient of ‘orca adoptions,’ a program sponsored by the Friday Harbor Whale Museum. residents and underscore how breaching four dams on the Lower Snake River is the swiftest course of action to provide the endangered population with a greater abundance of food, Chinook salmon in particular, Weiss said. “I wouldn’t say it had really been on his radar before,” he said of the president’s familiarity with issues related to salmon and the Snake River dams. “But he did seem very interested and there is a sense that it’s something he might be able to do through an executive order.” Customized and enhanced by local orca whale advocate Monika Wieland, the “adoption papers” are tailor-
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made for both girls. The two adoptees, both females, share the same birth year with each girl, respectively. Seventeen-year-old Malia’s adoptive killer whale is J-35, born in 1998, and 14-yearold Sasha’s is J-17, born in 2001. A neurologist by profession, father of a marine mammal researcher, himself a former Whale Museum intern, and a cousin of U.S. Senator Russ Feingold, D-Wisc., Weiss also made a pitch to the president as to why those four dams should
be breached. He was one of 25 participants at the roundtable and, in addition to providing the president with a 13-page packet summing up the reasons why the dams should be dismantled, he was first to raise his hand and be called upon to state his case. “[Obama] said that he couldn’t really guarantee any results but that he would give the issue a serious look and see what he might be able to do,” Weiss said. Listed endangered under
the federal law in 2005, the Southern residents consisted at that time of 88 animals. Made up of three closely related clans, J, K and L pods, the population totals 80 whales today. It hit a 30-year low late last year after a two-plus year drought of newborns, followed more recently by three births over the winter months. Under a federally mandated recover y plan, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, tasked with implementing the Endangered Species Act, lists lack of prey (salmon), pollution and disturbance by vessels as the three greatest threats to the Southern residents’ survival. The
population earned a recent distinction by becoming one of seven other ESA-listed marine species considered by NOAA to be the most “imperiled of the imperiled.” The idea of presenting the president with orca adoptions took flight at a marine mammal conference last year in Baja, Mexico, where Weiss met up with supporters of the locally based Southern Resident Killer Whales Chinook Salmon Initiative. The group has collected thousands of signatures in a few short months on a petition calling for the dismantling of the four Lower Snake River dams, a course of action meant to boost the imperiled orcas primary food source, chinook salmon.
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SAT, ONGOING CLASS: Ancestry.com Tutorials One-on-One by appointment. Are you interested in learning more about the Ancestry.com tools available on the Lopez Island Library’s Digital Hub? Learn how to navigate Ancestry’s website, save information, access their tip sheets and tutorials. Call Lopez Island Library to schedule your appointment at 468-2265. EVENT: Lopez Farmers’ Market, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., May-Sept. Support food, arts and market businesses. For info, visit www. lopezfarmersmarket.com.
Lopez Island AA Meetings: Mondays - 7:30 p.m. at the Children’s Center Wednesdays - 4 p.m. Women’s meeting at the fellowship hall at Grace Episcopal Church Saturdays - noon at the Children’s Center Call 468-2809
WEDS, JUNE 17 EVENT: Seaweed Ramble, 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m., private residence. Join Dr. Ryan Drum on a seaweed and sea life expedition on one of the lowest tide days of the year. Learn to identify seaweeds along with their medicinal, food and ethnobotanical uses, $35, $40. Pre-registration required; visit www.lifrc.org. THURS, JUNE 18 EVENT: Lopez Bookshop welcomes Ruth Ozeki for an evening of conversation, 7 p.m. at Lopez Center for Community and the Arts. Ozeki is a novelist, filmmaker and Zen Buddhist priest whose awardwinning books are witty, intelligent and passionate. Her most recent novel, “A Tale for the Time-Being,” tells the story of a mysterious diary which washes
up on a beach on the Pacific Northwest coast of Canada in the wake of the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami. Free admission. For information call Lopez Bookshop at 4682132. EVENT: Friends of Lopez Island Pool Board, 4 p.m., Lopez Library Community Room. The public is invited to hear updates on pool facility design and plans for summer public events, including the July 25 SPLASH on the pool property.
SUN, JUNE 21 EVENT: 3Vs Father’s Day Golf Tournament, 1-5 p.m., Lopez Island Golf Club. $120 per golfer or $200 for father/ child. The 3Vs annual Father’s Day golf tournament needs to raise money for summer camp opportunities for Lopez youth. Lunch provided. Call Isaac Berg at 468-2522 for questions or registration.
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JUNE 23-26 CLASS: Co-ed Skateboard Camps, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Lopez Skateboard Park. If you want to learn new tricks or are trying skateboarding for the first time, this camp is great for boys and girls of all skill levels. Skateboards, helmets and other protective gear will be provided to those who do not have their own. Let us know at time of registration, $60, $70. Pre-registration required; visit www.lifrc.org.
JUNE 24-26 CLASS: Learn to Sew, 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m., school art room. Learn the basics of sewing by hand and with a machine by completing the project of your choice, and leave with the confidence to take on sewing projects. Supplies and sewing machines provided. $55 if paid by June 16, $65 thereafter. Pre-registration required; visit lifrc.org.
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Last fall I went to a community workshop in the village called “Leave No Trace.” I was very taken with the trainers and the program that promotes making good decisions to protect the environment. When I learned that the Lopez School did not know
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about the program, I decided to offer classes to a small group of interested elementary students. I ordered a Promoting Environmental Awareness (PEAK) in Kids lesson plan pack and conducted a 6-week session with 13 kids in grades 1-5 at the Lopez Island Library. The library grounds became an outdoor classroom as we observed blacktail deer and birds, allowing the kids to practice the principle of “Respect Wildlife” by keeping their distance and staying quiet. This was just one of many fun and interactive experiences on the seven Leave No Trace principles. The program culminated in a field trip to Odlin County Park where students, a par-
FRI, JUNE 26 EVENT: LIFRC Literary Fundraiser Event, 6:30 p.m., Lopez Center for
Community and the Arts. There are so many reasons you will not forget this evening … a chance to mingle over wine, then sit and savor an exquisite meal prepared by local chefs, followed by time with our exciting guest, author Peter Mountford. Tickets are $60 and will go fast! To purchase tickets, stop by the LIFRC office or call 468-4117. For info, visitlifrc.org.
JUNE 29-JULY 2 CLASS: Toddler and Me Swimming - Session 3: 12-12:30 p.m. Adults, with instructor, join their child in the Islander pool. Learn water safety skills to be comfortable in the water. Ages 6 months to 3 years old. $30 if paid one week in advance of class start date, $35 thereafter. Preregistration required; visit lifrc.org.
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ent and another adult volunteer practiced the principles by evaluating campsites and trails and recreating responsibly. Most of all, they enjoyed the outdoors and gained a greater awareness of our stunning island environment. I highly recommend the Leave No Trace program for all ages. The excellent training team will be returning to the San Juan Islands on June 17-18 this year. For more information on Leave No Trace and PEAK, visit www.lnt.org. BETH ST. GEORGE Lopez Island
Demand a jet study In addition to the harm to citizens in San Juan County and surrounding
communities, the Growler jet noise is destroying the serenity of our public places. U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer called for a new study of military jet noise over Olympic National Park. Kilmer urged the National Park Service to collect new noise samples and data for the Federal Interagency Committee on Aviation Noise (FICAN). He also asked FICAN to review the NPS findings along with previous studies from other agencies like the Department of Defense. We should demand a similar study for San Juan Island National Park and the Bureau of Land Management land in our County. SEE LETTERS, PAGE 5
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Spotlight on Lopezians By Gretchen Wing
Liz Taylor, Lopez Island “I always had too much on my mind,” Liz Taylor muses about her career years in Seattle. “I couldn’t concentrate enough to read – too many worries about trying to pay the mortgage.” Leisure activities like artwork were out of the question. Today, a wall of pencil sketches in black and white and color testifies how Liz has welcomed a new Muse into her life. But below that wall sits a table piled high with manila folders. Liz is a woman still very much on a mission. In 1972, fresh from the University of Washington, Liz became an investigator for the Federal Trade Commission at its regional office in Seattle. Four years later, Commissioner Elizabeth Dole appointed her director of a nationwide investigation of the nurs-
ing home industry, the first non-attorney to lead such a study. “I had an amazing time, traveling around the country, finding out what a corrupt industry it was,” Liz says, adding, “I would never have been able to do this job if I’d been married with a family. I worked 16-17 hours a day.” Nursing homes were so fascinating, Liz never left that field. “What I realized was that this industry has a very ignorant consumer,” she says. Liz’s report advocated teaching consumers how to plan for aging. But disillusion with reform efforts soon followed. “Bureaucrats tend to not want change,” Liz declares. So she moved to the private sector, first at Group Health, then starting her own consulting business, ElderCare Resouces, Inc., one of the first private care management businesses in the Pacific Northwest, and publishing the first directory of Adult Family Homes in King and Snohomish Counties. Making a living in this much-needed field proved
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Center: Liz Taylor now. Right: Liz Taylor in Seattle in the 1970s. challenging, because most elder-care placement agencies are free. “But there’s no requirement that the free advisors you hire know what they’re doing… and they’re all over the countr y, unregulated.” Some are good, Liz concedes, but most agencies consult over the phone, whereas she provides in-person assessments, and she knows the track records of the providers she recommends. One of the problems, Liz thinks, is that governmental elder-care policies work from a poverty-based Medicaid model, ignoring development of a larger range of services that could be paid for out-of-pocket. “But if people don’t want to pay taxes,” Liz says, “it’s gonna be a war.” When the Baby Boomers age, “They’re going to demand services,” and the infrastructure of those services, she worries, is not in place.
This worry has kept Liz immersed. In 2000, living on Bainbridge Island, she started Aging Deliberately, a company that educates the public on planning for their aging. For the past 14 years, Liz has worked with thousands of families to find high quality housing and care; taught hundreds of workshops on aging issues, regionally and nationally; and consulted with public television station KCTS-TV – all while writing a weekly column on aging for the Seattle Times. Lopez was supposed to mean retirement.
Bainbridge Island’s elder services she found generally “dreadful.” So, armed with her expertise, Liz searched the northwest for the best options for aging. Friends Ed Gutowski and Martha Sharon introduced her to Lopez and The Hamlet. “I was so impressed that a community would build supportive housing” – a community, she emphasizes, not
a corporation. She moved here two years ago, arriving with “horrible bronchitis, but even then, I absolutely loved it.” Finally, Liz gave herself permission to do something besides work. Yoga, reading, and art followed…and her Muse. Taking drawing classes with Sylvia Smith, Liz reports, with modest SEE SPOTLIGHT, PAGE 4
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awe, “I discovered I was good!” Vivid figures and landscapes bursting with color now crowd her walls. But that Muse might have to wait her turn. Liz’s mission still burns: Make Lopez One of the Best Places to Grow Old In. That’s the title of her project, as a recent graduate of Leadership San Juan Islands. Lopez’s community is wonderful, “but it doesn’t have a system to
age in.” Hence, her proposal, full of statistics, which is ultimately a four-step call to action: 1. Inventory eldercare providers. 2. Create a website listing them all (“perhaps modeled after Angie’s List or Yelp”). 3. Identify gaps – i.e., dementia care is a huge need. 4. Educate the public on their choices and how to select the right ones. Liz also mentions the win-win benefits of training local unemployed people to provide that care and to become para-professionals in such specialties as physical therapy. The ultimate vision: “little pods
of caregiving,” she says, noting that a critical component must be to honor and value caregivers, a cultural shift that could begin on Lopez. Liz is not waiting for government to make that shift: she’s offering it to individuals through her website www.agingdeliberately. com and its free newsletter. She’s also planning more workshops. At this rate, Liz’s manila-folder piles might outpace her nascent art portfolio, but meanwhile the San Juans will become an even better place to age.
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Lopez History Afloat 3 • June 27 Tickets at the Lopez Museum • 468-2049
HAZARDOUS WASTE ROUND-UP ORCAS ISLAND — Saturday, June 27 10 am - 2 pm Orcas Recycling Center, 3398 Orcas Road
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Local trails and public land organizations celebrated National Trails Day with two hikes on Lopez Island and lots of talk and camaraderie at the Farmers’ Market. Bureau of Land Management, Lopez Island Conservation Corps, Washington State Parks and Lopez Community Trails Network shared space at the Saturday Market to spread the word supporting trails and inviting participants on two guided hikes through Chadwick Hill, Watmough Bay, and Point Colville. National Trails Day is
a national event with hundreds of venues around the country offering all sorts of trails activities. Here on Lopez we opted for hiking the south end of the island and schmoozing at the Market. BLM, the Land Bank and LCTN cosponsored two hikes across Monument and Land Bank public lands on trails portions of which were built by Lopez Island Conservation Corps. Participating in one of the hikes led by Tim Clark, the local Land Bank manager, was a group from San Juan Island. Only two hikers we sunburned (really, that is
The San Juan County Land Bank Commission will hold their monthly public meeting
Friday, June 19, @ 10am Grace Church 70 Sunset Lane Please help us welcome our two new Land Bank Commissioners: Amanda Wedow (Lopez) & Brian Wiese (Orcas)
The public is welcome at every monthly Land Bank Commission meeting. Please call 378-4402 for more details prior to the meeting.
A form is available online at www.sanjuanco.com/sw or by calling the Public Works Office at 370-0534
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news these days). A highlight for Lopez Community Trails Network was enlisting it’s 300th member. LCTN is going strong, promoting trail building to make all our island hike-able. This year’s Lopez Walkabout, a hike from the north end of Lopez to south end over one weekend, will be on September 19th and is open to members of LCTN. Look at LopezTrails.org if you are interested in joining. Also this year LCTN is introducing a new concept. We hope to offer “trail trials” periodically to allow public participation in experiments of trail development. The annual National Trails Day observation offers the public an opportunity to intermingle, communicate and canoodle with major partners in trail development on Lopez. Look forward to National Trails Day each year on the first Saturday in June.
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Send a letter to Rep. Rick Larsen. Go to our website www.QuietSkies.info and click on “Demand Noise Study.” BRIAN SILVERSTEIN Lopez Island
OPALCO, clean up this mess Thank you OPALCO for placing a huge strain on some of us and destroying the trust in “our” co-op for many of us. I sometimes feel Enron didn’t die, it has returned as a Phoenix rising out of the Salish Sea. First off, I find the comparison with our electrical rates with buying a car misleading. One buys a car based on options, whether it’s new, used, the type, the price of car and whether it will be paid by cash or loan. Furthermore the loan rate is fixed for the term of the loan. With OPALCO one has NO options and NO control (it is a monopoly and we are stuck with its way of doing business). Several years ago we were told conservation and personal generation were important. Now, because of conservation and personal energy generation, the co-op is losing money, which facilitates a massive change in the portion of our bill on which we have absolutely no control. A tiered rate was not considered which, I think in reality increases more conservation thereby less income for OPALCO. This sounds as if there is either massive deception and/or poor management. We are told we have the lowest rate in the country. Again, more deception as the base charge is omitted from the comment. Seattle City Light has a floating base with a typical charge of $4.35 per month Houston Texas has a fixed base of $4.95 per month. One can readily see our rates are off the charts compared to other parts of the
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country. Despite the researched and reasonable questions posed by some especially Chom Greacen OPALCO has yet to reply. OPALCO simply does not care. This only adds to the charge of lack of transparency by this co-op. As far as the PAL program goes, the huge increase in the rate has placed an undue burden on us. Giving to the PAL program, in our eyes, provides a release mechanism for the co-op thereby reducing the pressure on it. They created this mess, they should clean it up! JACK PEDIGO Lopez Island
Leadership of San Juans graduates 13 Thirteen islanders have successfully completed their five-month course with Leadership San Juan Islands. They graduated on May 29. This year, Cohort XI participants set up service-day projects on their home islands. On Lopez Island the team organized the first “Lopez Talks” event, bringing in more than 80 people to discuss various community and world issues; the San Juan Island team performed Earth Day cleanup activities at Lime Kiln Park; and the Orcas Island team helped at Orcas Montessori, enlarging the children’s garden and tidying up the outdoor areas. The 2015 graduates are Kim Bryan, Jodi Spitalli, Daniel Vekved and Katie
Wilkins (Orcas Team); Becki Day, Erin Corra, Bella French, Gregory Maynard and Annette McCullough (San Juan Team); and Bob O’Connell, Dave Sather, Liz Taylor and Sara Waugh (the Lopez Team). All have plans to continue in some form of leadership service within their communities. Since LSJI’s beginnings in 2004, more than 140 islanders have graduated from this program. LSJI fosters leadership skills, such as facilitation and collaborative problem
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A PETITION TO FORM A WATER DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the San Juan County Council will conduct a public hearing for the purpose of receiving testimony on a Petition filed by the MacKaye Harbor Water Company to form a Water District in accordance with Revised Code of Washington (RCW) Title 57. The public hearing will be held at the Legislative Hearing Room, 55 Second Street, Friday Harbor, WA, on Monday, June 29, 2015, beginning at 9:15 AM. The hearing may be continued from time to time and place to place as may be desired by the Council without additional written notice. Summary: MacKaye Harbor Water Company is currently an investor owned water system. The proposed Petition seeks approval for the establishment of a water district for the purpose of construction, maintenance, operation, development and regulation of the water system. At the hearing, members of the public will be invited to speak and/or provide written statements regarding the proposed Petition. All persons wishing to be heard on this matter are encouraged to attend. Written comments may be submitted in advance of the hearing by mail or at the hearing by delivery in person. Please deliver all written comments to the San Juan County Council Office at 55 Second St, Friday Harbor or mail to P.O. Box 350 Court Street, #1, Friday Harbor, WA, 98250. The petition is on file at the office of Health & Community Services, 145 Rhone Street, Friday Harbor, WA, and may be inspected and copies obtained Monday through Friday, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The Petition may also be viewed 24 hours a day at the County website at www.sanjuanco.com/Council/PendingOrdinances.aspx. A copy of the proposed Petition will be mailed without charge upon request. For more information please contact Kyle Dodd at 360370-7524 or by email at kyled@sanjuanco.com.
New library trustee sought on Lopez With the departure of Bill Evans from the Library Board of Trustees after many years of service, the library is in need of another trustee to step up to serve. Send a letter of interest to: librarian@lopezlibrary.org or send a printed letter to Lopez Library, PO Box 770, Lopez Island, WA 98261 or drop it by the library. The current vacated position’s term is until Aug. 31, 2017 with reappointment a possibility. The Lopez Library Board of Trustees is comprised of five voting members appointed by the county
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Join us Saturday June 27 for the second annual Energy Fair and Solar Home Tour. The Fair runs from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the Lopez Community Center and the Solar Home Tour starts at 1 p.m. Sign-ups are recommended – space is limited and this was a popular event last year. The Energy Fair is a family-friendly event that has something for everyone, from energy efficiency giveaways and electric car rides for adults, to solar crafts and activities for kids. Highlights include a solar home tour, electric car displays, and hands-on energy saving activities. Here is an opportunity to view three different Lopez Island homes and speak with homeowners about their experiences with their solar electric systems. Share in conversations around the environment, reducing your carbon footprint and energy efficiency measures. Call the conservation district at 378-6621 or email energy@sjislandscd.org to reserve your spot.
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The 100-foot Mystic Sea. of Washington and Curator of Mammals at the Burke Museum in Seattle. The second tour also featured commentary on the religious commune of Thomas Gourley near Hunter Bay from 1911 to 1919, along with the early names given to our local bays and islands by the Charles Wilkes expedition of 1841. The third tour around Lopez will be different in two ways. The first two sailings circumnavigated the island in a clockwise direction, starting with Port Stanley and
Swift Bay and focusing mainly on stories of Lopez Island’s east side and south end. This year’s event will travel counter-clockwise, so that we can focus on the prime fishing waters around Lopez Island, and off San Juan Island near
Cattle Point. Three great island fishing families will be represented by guest commentators Jack Giard, Ralph Bladt, Bob Hughes and Captain Monte Hughes. The tour runs from noon to 4 p.m. on June 27. There is
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The third annual trip around Lopez Island in the 100-foot Mystic Sea promises to be the best yet. Departing Spencer’s Landing Marina at noon on Saturday, June 27, History Afloat 3 will head for the historic fishing waters off the south end of Lopez and San Juan Islands. This fishing theme is in harmony with the Lopez Island Historical Museum’s new exhibit, “Salmon was King,” which begins with fish traps in the early-1900s, then explores the massive flotilla of boats that fished off Lopez Island in the high fishing seasons of the 1930s through the 1970s.
The first History Afloat in 2013 featured the commentary of Captain Monte Hughes, a long-time fisherman on Lopez Island and skipper of the 100-foot Mystic Sea, our host ship for all three cruises around Lopez. After that cruise, one longtime Lopez resident told us, “I have been on the island for 53 years, and I learned so many new things. Monte does a stellar job, with just the right sense of humor.” Then, in 2014, the second cruise around the island enlisted commentary on mammal life on Lopez with guest commentator, Dr. Jim Kenagy, Professor of Biology, emeritus at the University
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only room for 60 passengers, and more than half of those places are already reserved. Please contact the Historical Society (468-2049) or drop by during museum hours (12-4 p.m., Wednesday-Sunday) to see the exhibit and reserve your spot on History Afloat 3.
LIFRC literary event to showcase acclaimed author The Lopez Island Family Resource Center would like to announce their Seventh Annual Fundraiser Literary Event, featuring acclaimed Seattle author, Peter Mountford. The event will take place on Friday, June 26 at 6:30 p.m. at Lopez Center for Community and the Arts. This event will be an unforgettable evening. You will have the opportunity to mingle over wine, sit and savor an exquisite meal prepared by local chefs and learn about and support the Lopez Island Family Resource Center. This will be followed by time with
SAN JUAN DONORS Ron Krebs honoring Barbra Pluff Gregory Maynard honoring all women David Champlin Juan Lopez honoring Heidi Lopez Gregory Gerhardstein Michael Buettell honoring Sue Buettell Peter Goddu honoring Margaret Langlie Court Bell honoring Ann Bell Chad Peterman Mark Cunningham David Anderson honoring Linnea & Avaline Anderson Karl Kuetzing David Dehlendorf honoring Susan Dehlendorf Scott Van Buskirk honoring Ann Van Buskirk Ron Lehman honoring Trish Lehman Tom Ruggles honoring Gayle Isbell Peter Kilpatrick honoring Madeline Kilpatrick Kent Sooter honoring Cheryl Tom Doenges honoring Tami Doenges Tim Barrette honoring Laurie Paul Duncan Wilson
our guest, author Peter Mountford. Kip Greenthal, a member of the Resource Center’s board, has seen Mountford speak in Seattle and describes him as a “newly discovered writer.” In addition, she states, “He is an engaging speaker and a craftsman with words. He writes about the difficult topic of money and people’s financial relationships in a way that is compelling. He brings comic relief to this world, as well as depth to the characters who are trying to find their way through it.” Mountford’s debut novel, “A Young
Kirk Fuhrmeister Robert Shultz honoring Marjorie, Susie, Sarah, & Collette Richard Meenan honoring Karen, Natalie, & Olivia Bob Reily honoring Linda Butler Doug Hunt honoring wife Christine & sister Fran Robert Low honoring the women in his life Kyle Loring Don Bryan honoring Kim Bryan John Moalli honoring Allison Moalli Bill Weissinger honoring Rudi Ann Weissinger David Shaw honoring Connie Shaw Tom Nolan honoring Deborah Nolan Thomas White honoring Janet Gray Ted Strutz honoring Ashley Strutz Richard Low honoring Jessica Bryan Richard Ledford honoring Jenny Ledford JW Chessell honoring Catherine Clowers and Mary Chessell Stoshitch The Men of Green Man Landscape & Design (9 men) honoring the women in their lives Tim Collins honoring Necia Quast
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Man’s Guide to Late Capitalism,” won the 2012 Washington State Book Award in fiction and was a finalist in the 2012 VCU Cabell First Novelist Prize. According to The Seattle Times, “Debut novels don’t come much savvier, punchier, or more entertaining … the work of an extraordinary talent.” His second novel, “The Dismal Science” was named a New York Times Editor’s Choice. Since graduating from the University of Washington’s MFA program in 2006, Mountford’s work has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times
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