Whidbey News-Times, July 11, 2015

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County weighs ban on personal fireworks

Port pulls plug on longtime farm managers

By MEGAN HANSEN

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In a move that shocked onlookers, commissioners for the Port of Coupeville voted 2-1 Wednesday to terminate negotiations with the Greenbank Farm Management Group.

The port and management group will honor its current contract through the end of the year. On Jan. 1, 2016 the port will assume all management control.

This comes after months of negotiations between both parties. A draft contract was being reviewed by lawyers and was expected to be ready in August.

The unexpected motion was brought forth by interim Commissioner John Carr toward the end of the meeting.

“I was brought in a couple of months ago to take a hard look at the leases and (the port’s) business,” Carr said.

The commissioner, who has a background in real estate, said the port has put $2 million into the farm and continues to lose money each year in its overall budget.

“I think it’s time to try something that is fiscally responsible for taxpayer money,” he said.

Carr made his motion, which was met with mostly outrage and some praise from the audience.

Commissioner and board president Marshall Bronson seconded the motion.

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A firefighter with North Whidbey Fire and Rescue hangs on to a hose while he tries to douse distant flames from a brushfire on a bluff at Fort Ebey State Park Wednesday. Firefighters from four agencies worked together to keep flames from breaking containment and leaping to higher ground that would pose more danger to people and structures.

Firefighters keep 10-acre Fort Ebey blaze contained

By RON NEWBERRY

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Jon Crimmins was attending a meeting at Deception Pass State Park Wednesday when he got a call that one of the Whidbey Island state parks he manages was being threatened by a brushfire.

Crimmins, area manager for Central Whidbey State Parks, didn’t know what to think since it was the second brushfire reported at Fort Ebey State Park in five days.

Crimmins got to the scene, walked past firefight-

ers and peered over a steep hillside to get a look at the precarious situation for himself.

What he saw was a blackened slope of scorched earth and flames traveling along the lower bluff out of reach of fire hoses.

Firefighters from four different agencies worked together to prevent the challenging brushfire from threatening the forest and campgrounds.

By the time the fire was contained by early evening, with help from air support, it had burned roughly 10

The hot, dry weather this year has Island County commissioners considering a complete ban on the sale and ignition of fireworks.

Commissioner Helen Price Johnson first raised the issue, noting that it seems absurd the county fire marshal could call a burn ban limiting all kinds of fires, but not fireworks.

During a Wednesday meeting she floated a change that would give the fire marshal the ability to do so under emergency conditions.

Price Johnson also suggested limiting personal SEE FIREWORKS, A19

City looks at how to cut losses from marathon

By JESSIE STENSLAND

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acres and left an impression in Crimmins’ mind about how well firefighters from different agencies worked together to protect a recre-

ational treasure.

“Without them, we’d be lost,” Crimmins said.

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New fire grade ISLAND SCANNER Harbor could lower fire Oak Police district insurance

By DEBRA VAUGHN

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North Whidbey Fire and Rescue earned a better Fire Protection Class Grade — a rating that could mean lower insurance premiums for private property owners.

The Washington Surveying and Rating Bureau gave the district a grade of 5, an improvement from the district’s previous grade of 6.

The nonprofit grades all community fire departments statewide on a scale of 1 to 10 on their ability to fight fires and prevent them — the lower the score, the better. They examine not just the department but other factors such as access to water supplies, the 911 dispatch system and community fire prevention activities.

Chief Marv Koorn was thrilled with the new grade.

The purchase of two new water tenders — trucks with 2,500-gallon water

tanks — is part of the reason for the better grade.

What also helped is an agreement the district made with the county that allows fire officials to conduct inspections of commercial buildings within the district. That gives firefighters a chance to know buildings they may have to enter if there were a fire.

Insurance companies use the ratings to set premiums. When a community improves its classification, there is often a corresponding savings in property owner’s insurance premiums, according to the bureau.

While that varies among properties and insurers, Koorn said his own insurer estimates he’ll save somewhere between $50 to $100 a year.

North Whidbey Fire and Rescue covers the incorporated area that spans from Deception Pass south to Libbey Road.

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

MONDAY, JUNE 22 At 11:21 a.m., a caller in the emergency room reported that a patient was scratched by a neighbor’s dog on Southwest Thornberry Drive.

At 11:49 a.m., a woman reported that her husband hit and dragged her with a car on Northeast Seventh Court.

At 5:25 p.m., there was a report that a man with a 9mm handgun was on Oak Harbor Road.

that someone knocked on her door 15 times.

At 10:06 a.m., a man on Northeast Oleary Street reported that his girlfriend backed into him with her car during a fight.

At 4:47 p.m., a caller reported that someone made a threat to bomb a restaurant on Northwest Crosby Avenue.

At 7:18 p.m., a man on McCrohan Street reported that his wife was beaten while he was gone.

FRIDAY, JUNE 26 At 11:49 a.m., a caller reported that two pugs looked too hot in a car parked at Walmart.

At 9:24 p.m., a caller reported that kids were tearing apart the windmill at a park on Ireland Street.

TUESDAY, JUNE 23

SATURDAY, JUNE 27

At 6:09 a.m., a caller reported that people were living in tents on Northeast Goldie Street.

At 7:26 a.m., a caller reported that a buck kept jumping into the roadway on State Highway 20.

At 6:17 a.m., a loose cow was reported on October Lane.

At 6:29 p.m., a Northeast Barron Drive resident reported that a “psycho chick” was shrieking and pounding on doors.

At 9:14 p.m., a man on Heller Street reported that he would like to walk to the store, buy beer and drink it on the way home.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24 At 10:26 a.m., a caller reported that a T-shirt was stolen on Southwest Sixth Avenue.

At 1:57 p.m., a caller reported a dead seagull on Southwest Barlow Street.

At 9:36 p.m., there was a report that people dumped a mattress in a field off North Oak Harbor Street.

At 11:01 p.m., a man reported that he had a fight with his girlfriend and she made him bleed.

THURSDAY, JUNE 25 At 5:08 a.m., a Midway Boulevard resident reported

SUNDAY, JUNE 28 At 12:15 p.m., a caller reported that a baby seagull was in the grass near City Beach Street.

MONDAY, JUNE 29 At 12:02 p.m., a caller reported that a man ran over the caller’s flags at a fireworks stand on State Highway 20.

At 2:11 p.m., a caller on Crosby Road called 911 to report that he has his pet

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At 4:12 p.m., a caller at a fireworks stand on the highway reported that someone stole fireworks.

At 6:58 p.m., a Kettle Street resident reported that her boyfriend’s “ex” was stalking her.

At 7:34 p.m., a Southwest Barrington Drive resident reported that he arrived home and found someone in his bed.

At 7:52 p.m., a caller reported that a person on a Facebook group page might be a rapist.

At 8:02 p.m., there was a report of suspicious people in a van selling candy door to door.

TUESDAY, JUNE 30 At 4:08 a.m., a woman on Southwest Harrier Circle reported that she was arguing with someone who had taken her phone and spit in her face.

At 7:15 a.m., a Highway 20 resident reported that bullet holes were found in the residence.

At 10:30 a.m., a caller reported that kittens were living under the porch on Southwest Quilcene Lane.

At 12:55 p.m., a caller reported that an “unneutered” cat was running around, causing problems.

At 1:27 p.m., a caller reported that a man walked up to the church altar beside the priest, knelt down, made the sign of the cross and then left the church on North Oak Harbor Street.

At 1:33 pm., a caller reported that people threw his bike in the swimming lagoon and damaged it.

At 4:37 p.m., a caller reported that people in the water off Beeksma Drive were doing “inappropriate things.”

WEDNESDAY, JULY 1 At 11:57 a.m., a caller reported that a baby bird fell from a nest on Longview Drive.

At 3:06 p.m., a man reported that his daughter was taking advantage of him.

At 12:37 p.m., a caller reported that a large swarm of bees was on Southwest Third Avenue.

At 1:31 p.m., a caller reported that an elderly woman was walking on the highway.

FRIDAY, JULY 3 At 12:09 p.m., a caller reported that a woman was “standing doing nothing” on North Oak Harbor Street.

At 1:36 p.m., a caller reported that a man in a shirt was running in and out of traffic on the highway.

At 8:29 p.m., a caller reported that a woman was lying in a Highway 20 parking lot.

SATURDAY, JULY 4 At 3:50 a.m., a caller reported that a man pointed a gun at his face on Southwest Tenth Avenue.

At 8:49 a.m., a caller reported that an older man pulled a knife on him at a State Highway 20 location.

At 2:59 p.m., a caller reported that a man with a hat was walking into on-coming traffic on Pioneer Way. At 9:13 p.m., a caller reported that a man was aiming a gun at a young person on Crosby Avenue.

SUNDAY, JULY 5 At 12:29 a.m., a Northeast Seventh Court resident reported that his wife was hitting kids with a stick and pinching their body parts.

At 3:19 p.m., a caller reported that a woman was smacking her dog with a stick on Bayshore Drive.

At 7:54 p.m., there was a report of a man crawling around the bushes on Northeast Seventh Avenue.

MONDAY, JULY 6 At 2:09 a.m., a woman at a Highway 20 location reported that a man spit on the door and threatened to beat her up.

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Hospital candidates will speak at forum

By BEN WATANABE

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Three candidates for a seat on Whidbey General Hospital’s board of commissioners offered vastly different takes on leadership during a forum on South Whidbey Thursday.

About 50 people showed up for the forum hosted by the League of Women Voters at the the Langley United Methodist Church.

The crowd heard from the three candidates for a seat on the hospital board as well as the three vying to become the next mayor of Langley. The top two candidates in the Aug. 4 primary will move on to the general election in November.

Joyce Amatuzzo of Oak Harbor asked the candidates what they’d do about what she said were impending cuts to the hospital’s Medicare reimbursement rates. Rita Drum said the hospital must be prepared for lower reimbursement. Georgia Gardner, the incumbent who was appointed in July 2012, said Whidbey General Hospital may be affected because it is a critical access hospital, but a just-in-case budget was created with several possible factors included.

“We’ve got a three-year pro forma budget,” Gardner replied, “…with all these scenarios plugged into it.”

Robert Born of Greenbank said he thought the hospital was protected as well because of its critical access designation.

In closing statements, Gardner said she was dedicated to the oversight of the hospital’s finances. As a certified public accountant, that’s where her expertise was best utilized. She cited the hospital’s switch to a different software without asking for a tech levy as an example of strong stewardship of public funding.

Born, who has long dogged the hospital district for public records, said he was a problem identifier and solver by nature.

“I’m an advocate, I’m a lawyer, I’m a communicator,” he said.

Drum said her vast experience working in healthcare as a pathologists’ assistant would help her understand the inner workings of the hospital.

“I believe that my knowledge of hospitals is fabulous,” she said. “A hospital needs someone who is able to communicate with the hospital staff.”

Candidate forum on Thursday Residents can hear from the three mayoral and three hospital board candidates next week.

The League of Women Voters of Whidbey Island and Sno-Isle Libraries are hosting a candidate forum 7 p.m., Thursday, July 16 at the Elks Club in Oak Harbor.

The candidates in the two races will appear on the ballot for the Aug. 4 primary.

The top two vote-getters in each race will move on to the general election.

Councilmen Bob Severns and Jim Campbell and local

resident Martha Yount are vying to become the next Oak Harbor mayor.

In the race for position 2 on the Whidbey General Hospital board, incumbent Commissioner Georgia Gardner is being challenged

by Rob Born and Rita Drum.

At the forum Thursday, candidates will discuss topics and answer questions presented by the League of Women Voters of Island County.

It is free and open to the public.

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Supreme Court rejects petition from serial killer Robert Yates Former Oak Harbor resident has been on death row since 2002

By JESSIE STENSLAND

jstensland@whidbeynewsgroup.com

Oak Harbor High School graduate Robert Yates will remain on death row.

Justices on the state Supreme Court rejected the serial killer’s latest petition this week to overturn his death sentence.

But when, if ever, Yates will be put to death is unknown since Gov. Jay Inslee announced last year that he was placing a moratorium on executions, which will prevent any death sentences from being carried out while he remains in office.

Yates graduate from Oak Harbor High School in 1970. He was a pitcher on the school’s baseball team and was remembered by classmates, former teachers and coaches as a polite but unremarkable boy.

The Yates Family lived in a Barrington Drive home and were very loyal to the Seventh-Day Adventist

National Night Out moving to Fort Nugent For the first time in many years, Oak Harbor’s popular National Night Out event will be held at a different location.

Oak Harbor Police Chief Ed Green said organizers decided to move the Aug. 4 event — which draws law enforcement, fire departments and the military — from the Windjammer Park because construction of the sewage treatment plant will take up space.

Instead, National Night Out will be held at Fort Nugent Park, which Green said has a large enough foot-

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Church, his friends said. His father, Bob Yates, Sr. was in the civil service at the Navy base and his mother, Anna May Yates, worked at Whidbey General Hospital. She was sick while Yates was in high school and died of cancer in 1976.

Yates also worked at the hos- YATES pital, but the details of his employment were lost over time.

Yates’ list of victims includes 15 women and one man.

There is no evidence that Yates killed anyone of Whidbey Island, but the mother and sister of one his victims live in Oak Harbor. He murdered Shawn Johnson, a mother of two, just before Christmas in 1997 in the Spokane area, where Yates was living with his wife and children.

Margaret Dettman and Debra Fine moved to Whidbey just a year before that.

In Spokane County, Yates confessed to killing 13 people in a plea bargain

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“We are expecting as big a turnout as ever,” he said.

The event might have to be at Fort Nugent Park for a couple of years or more while the new sewage treatment facility is being built, Green said.

National Night Out is 3:307:30 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 4.

It’s a national event intended to build cohesion between the police and the community and promote crime prevention and safety.

“National Night Out enhances the relationship between neighbors and law

that he thought would spare his life in 2000. He admitted to killing a young couple picnicking in a woods near Walla Walla in 1975. He picked up a Seattle woman in 1988 and dumped her body in Skagit County. Between 1996 and 1998, he murdered 10 other women — including Johnson — in and around Spokane. He buried one of the bodies in the yard of his family’s home.

Prosecutors in Pierce County, however, didn’t go along with the plea bargain and charged Yates with murdering Melinda Mercer and Connie LaFontaine. Yates was convicted in 2002 of two counts of aggravated firstdegree murder.

Yates’ defense team presented the jury with a Whidbey News-Times photo of him pitching a game in his youth and argued that the death penalty was inconsistently applied in the state.

The jury sentenced him to death.

The state Supreme Court has affirmed his conviction and sentence three times.

In the latest petition, the justices rejected his personal restraint petition as untimely. Under law, it was supposed to be filed within a year of the judgment and sentence becoming final.

enforcement,” the event’s website states, “while bringing back a true sense of community and provides a great opportunity to bring police and neighbors together under positive circumstances.”

Water conservation encouraged in city The City of Oak Harbor is encouraging its citizens to start conserving water.

The city has implemented Stage 1 Water Conservation Measures, which is a request for voluntary reductions because conditions point to the potential for a future drought.

According to a release issued by the City of Oak

Harbor, citizens are asked to cut reduce water useage by taking shorter showers with low flow devices, run full loads of laundry, use water toys that don’t require running water, fix water leaks, reduce using water for irrigation or irrigate at dusk or dawn to avoid evaporation.

Low snowpack levels in the Cascade Mountains has prompted the City of Anacortes and Oak Harbor to ask customers to start voluntary water conservation measures.

For more conservation tips, contact the City of Oak Harbor at 360-279-4500 or access the city’s website at www.oakharbor.org

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City asks residents to conserve water The City of Oak Harbor is encouraging its citizens to start conserving water.

The city has implemented Stage 1 Water Conservation Measures, which is a request for voluntary reductions because conditions point to the potential for a future drought.

According to a release issued by the City of Oak Harbor, citizens are asked to

cut reduce water useage by taking shorter showers with low flow devices, run full loads of laundry, use water toys that don’t require running water, fix water leaks, reduce using water for irrigation or irrigate at dusk or dawn to avoid evaporation.

For other conservation tips, call the city at 360-279-4500 or log on to www.oakharbor.org

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to make it a haunted space,” said Sharpe, who attended sixth grade camp at nearby Camp Casey and remembers some eerie moments at the fort as a child, then later returned as a camp counselor. “It’s scary enough for kids in the dark.”

Although a committee continues to work out details, current plans are to run the event Oct. 16-17 and Oct. 23-24.

“I’m afraid it’s going to be too big,” Sharpe said with a smile.

Sharpe also is making plans for National Lighthouse Day in August. Fort Casey will celebrate that event on Saturday, Aug. 8. Live music will be provided.

Sharpe commutes from LaConner for her job but has no complaints.

She worked in as an office assistant at a state parks regional office in Burlington prior to coming to Coupeville and has worked in office settings at the Port of Edmonds, the LaConner Marina and Sedro-Woolley School District in the past.

The lighthouse job gives her the flexibility to be where she loves to be most often -- outdoors.

“This fits me very well,” Sharpe said. “This is where I want to be.”

“I was trying to work my self into the outdoors world.

This is a dream job for me.”

“Promoting the park and what we have to offer is what I’m all about.” n Sharpe may be reached at 360-678-1186 or at sharon.sharpe@parks.wa.gov

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Coupeville ferry runs halted after bumping ground

By KATE DANIEL

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After bumping ground, the Coupeville ferry was temporarily out of service Wednesday morning.

The boat was back in service at 2 p.m.

Washington State Ferries sent out an alert Wednesday morning soon after the Kennewick ferry pulled into the dock and bumped into the ground.

Ian Sterling, public information officer for Washington State Ferries, said the incident was considered a “soft grounding.” The ground in that particular area consists primarily of sand and mud, Sterling said.

On Thursday afternoon, Sterling said inspectors had confirmed that the boat did not sustain any damage.

The cause of the incident is still under investigation, he said, though he noted that soft groundings are not too unusual, particularly in difficult areas such as the Coupeville landing.

“That’s arguably our most complicated landing,” Sterling said of the Coupeville

ferry dock. “It’s very challenging for our captains and crew.”

The boat had departed on the 6:30 a.m. sailing from Port Townsend and was grounded at approximately 7 a.m. Sterling noted that soft groundings and hard groundings are treated the same in the interest of safety.

Members of the U.S. Coast Guard inspected the boat for possible damage.

The Kennewick could not be moved from the dock for the duration of the inspection. All sailings on the Port Townsend/Coupeville route were cancelled until 2 p.m., when sailings resumed.

The Salish was also unable to sail due to the Kennewick blocking the Coupeville dock. According to the alert, alternate routes included Edmonds/Kingston and Mukilteo/Clinton.

Those who had reservations on the Port Townsend/ Coupeville ferry will not be charged a penalty if they were unable to travel due to cancellations, according to the alert. Reservation holders for any remaining sail-

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IN OUR OPINION Port decision might be the right one, but execution was poor After years and years of on-again, off-again relations, quiet grumbling and likely more than a few private fantasies of more financially profitable partnerships, Port of Coupeville commissioners this week unexpectedly and coldly cut ties with the Greenbank Farm Management Group.

Despite being involved in ongoing negotiations for a new contract to start next year, and making a clearly unpopular decision before what was the largest crowd to attend a port meeting in recent memory, the commissioners effectively said, “Nope, we’re done. Thanks, but adios.”

While the basis for the 2-1 vote is understandable — to some, the dividends of decades of investment amount to crushed hopes for an economic engine that never materialized — this is indeed a sorry conclusion to a 20-plus year relationship.

To say it was poorly executed is an understatement.

Rather, it smacks of blunder: A rash decision with little promise for success and an affront to the businesses and people who helped carry the farm through some tough years.

Port commissioners Marshall Bronson and John Carr, Bronson’s handpicked colleague who was appointed earlier this year, no doubt thought about the relationship with the management group and the farm’s fate for some time.

Their duty as port commissioners, a junior taxing district that exists largely to foster economic development, is to look at ways to best utilize public dollars.

Port commissioners are supposed to divorce sentiment from facts.

The farm management group’s contract is up at the end of 2015, and the port’s plan for succession is a mystery.

Five months is a tight timeline for coming up with a new plan or group.

There was discussion in recent weeks about some kind of relationship with Washington State University. However, WSU and the port were quick to soothe what’s amounted to community panic with promises of “nothing has happened or decided, we’re just talking.”

Perhaps that remains true, but this week that assurance is highly suspect. Indeed, trust in the port commission has reached an all-time low with this action.

That two of the port commissioners would make such a surprise decision — oddly unbeknownst to the third commissioner — while the management group was negotiating in good faith, is bad governance.

While it’s true the Greenbank Farm was an expensive experiment for the port and hasn’t blossomed to profitability as hoped, this kind of maneuvering is unbecoming of elected public officials.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Climate

Ask legislators why they did half a job Editor, With this year’s legislative session finally ending, we owe gratitude to state Sen. Barbara Bailey for leading a successful effort to reduce tuition at local colleges. The resulting 15 percent price drop for enrollees at UW represents the largest tuition cut in state history, and is a good start to returning public higher education to something the public can afford.

Still, what happened to the climate legislation? Our legislators had everything necessary for decisive action this term: scientific consensus justifying action, a growing clean-air technology market, the right economic tools, public opinion in favor of action, and the moral imperative to act, as so clearly elucidated recently by both Catholic and Episcopal leadership.

In this context, our legislators’ failure to act on climate tarnishes what would have otherwise been a good session.

Odd, really, that they acted strong-

ly, and rightly so, to fund education while turning their backs on the youth to whom we are passing down an increasingly fiery climate and acidifying, dying oceans.

Absent the needed legislative fix, a citizen initiative is exactly what’s called for. Fortunately we have one: Initiative 732.

A team of Whidbey volunteers is currently gathering signatures for I-732, which is designed to provide a market-based incentive for the lowcarbon economy we need. Modeled on British Columbia’s successful effort, I-732 would put a tax on carbon pollution, simultaneously offsetting the revenue gained by reducing the sales tax and cutting the hated B&O tax for manufacturers.

There is a calculator at carbonwa. org where you can see how your family or business will do under the new tax incentives.

I-732 implements a market-based approach to the problem of carbon pollution. Similar efforts on the national level have a long list of conservative economic supporters, including former Secretary of State George Schultz, who served four Republican administrations, and Greg Mankiw, former chairman of George W. Bush’s council of eco-

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When you see Sen. Bailey, Rep. Dave Hayes or Rep. Norma Smith, thank them for their actions in support of education, but ask them why they only did half their job. Remind them that the head of the Episcopal Church just called ignoring climate change “sinful” and tell them that while legislators fiddle, you’re supporting I-732.

Bob Hallahan Oak Harbor Citizens’ Climate Lobby Whidbey Island

Greenbank Farm

Must speak up against unethical power play Editor, Very late in Wednesday’s meeting of the Port of Coupeville at Greenbank Farm, the commissioners voted 2-1 to terminate negotiations with the Greenbank Farm Management Group and assume direct management of the farm beginning Jan. 1, 2016.

This question was not on the agenda, it took us, the community, and SEE MORE LETTERS, A7

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QUESTION

OF THE WEEK:

The Legislature increased the gas tax by 11.9 cents per gallon to fund road, transit and ferry projects. What do you think about the decision, which will increase tax on gas to 49.4 cents per gallon?

“I feel like the gas is already taxed pretty heavily. But then, I appreciate the improvements they’ve made to Highway 20.”

Taylor Storrs Oak Harbor

LOOKING BACK: 125 YEARS

OH-Utsalady ferry service gets underway 100 years ago

n Boys’ and girls’ clubs were being organized throughout the country with the objective to “make rural life more appealing” and make young people more contented farmers and home builders. The clubs were established by state colleges of agriculture with the assistance of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. n The Oak Lodge of Odd Fellows celebrated its fourth anniversary. In the course of the celebration, there was “merrymaking, speechifying and banqueting galore.” n The Whidbey Oak Harbor-Utsalady Ferry opened to the public. The grand opening excursion was deemed a successful advertisement for both Oak Harbor and Island County. Approximately 20 automobiles joined in the trip, carrying banners and posters announcing the new ferry operation.

75 years ago

n The busiest man in Oak Harbor was said to be the pea farmer, with the busiest woman the pea farmer’s wife.

Pea season was in full swing, and farmers were determined to complete their harvest within five days, whether their fields consisted of 10 or 60 acres. Coupeville farmers were expected to join their Oak Harbor comrades soon. n Playground equipment including swings, teeter boards and rings was installed at the beach. The equipment was purchased and donated to the City of Oak Harbor by the Women’s Improvement Club, who raised funds with the help of the Eagles. The playground was located on the beach between the bath houses and community kitchen. n Sportsmen discussed the possibility of establishing a state game farm on the South End.

50 years ago

n Two pilots, Roland Aos and Bill Huffstetler, were in the

“My concern is the bridges; roads you can’t really fall off of. I suppose it must be necessary. But what about bridges?”

Karen Mueller Oak Harbor

“I think they’re taking advantage of the people.

When [the cost of] a barrel of oil went down and gas was reasonable, they saw an opportunity to raise the gas tax and they had plenty of money off of that.

Now, they’re seeing the opportunity to raise it again.”

Bob Nelson Oak Harbor

“I’m all for it if it means repairing the roads and stuff that needs to be fixed.”

Charmaine Eggett Oak Harbor

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process of building a plane in a shop set up in a basement.

The men hoped to have the plane ready for takeoff in time for the West Coast Air Races. Aos and Huffstetler said they planned to build three planes, one for each of them and another to be used exclusively for racing. n The initial steps were taken to establish a “village” in Coupeville. The “village” concept was designed to provide housing for senior citizens or other persons with low incomes. Rather than a nursing home, it would be a series of duplexes located within the city limits near shopping facilities. n The U.S.S. Salisbury Sound returned to Whidbey following a seven and one half month deployment to South East Asia. Citizens and personnel from local squadrons and commands were present to greet the ship.

25 years ago

n A team from the Wolf Hollow Wildlife Center relocated a molting seal from a popular beach at Deception Pass State Park. The 1 1/2 year-old seal had arrived at the beach around Memorial Day for his annual molt. He had become an attraction for passerby and their dogs, and officials were afraid both the seal and curious visitors may be in danger. He was moved to the wildlife center. n Sailor Charlie Barkhalt stopped by Oak Harbor with his 36-foot. Viking ship replica, the “Boreas.” Barkhalt had built the ship based upon Tenth Century drawings. He had spent the last several months sailing the Washington Coast and had pulled into Oak Harbor to fix a couple of leaks in the boat’s hull. n Oak Harbor police ran a car off the road in order to end a chase of a stolen car. No one was injured in the chase, but both the stolen car and the patrol car were damaged. The driver of the reportedly stolen vehicle was a 17-year-old boy with prior criminal convictions.

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one of the port commissioners, Mike Diamanti, by complete surprise.

For the past two years the port and the Greenbank Farm Management Group have worked on a new agreement to run the farm. Negotiations were completed and documents under final legal review.

Port commissioners John Carr and Marshall Bronson have pulled out the rug from under the two-plus years’ process that had culminated in the agreement reached.

It would be hard not to describe the port’s actions as the parting pot shots of two lame duck commissioners. The kindergarten level of dealing with an overwhelming outcry of public support for the current management and tenants is truly astonishing.

The commissioners, who have now shown themselves to be untrustworthy partners in negotiations with the management group, want tenants to negotiate leases directly with them.

Do you think we will get a fair shake out of this? The blatant disregard of public input, public opinion and public process seem to have reached new levels here.

We understand the port’s concerns about costs and are not opposed to paying our fair share. We are opposed to suggested rent increases which will effectively put us out of business and create the vacancies these two commissioners have been looking for to invite non-rent-paying WSU in after all.

Commissioners Bronson and Carr believe the port is subsidizing our businesses by having rents below market value.

They feel we should pay as much as waterfront rents in Coupeville or Langley. Bronson even quoted an average rent per square foot figure he claimed to have gotten from the Economic Development Council, an organization which does not compile such figures.

If these two commissioners spent any time at all at Greenbank Farm during fall and winter months they would see the lack of traffic, especially on weekdays.

They would understand how we have managed to hang in there during tough economic times. They would understand how we collectively created something out of nothing over the past decade.

Being lame ducks, commissioners Carr and Bronson don’t really care about all this, they just wanted to throw in the monkey wrench and derail years of sincere work because they didn’t get 100 percent their way.

We can only hope that the candidates running unopposed to replace them, William Bell and John Mishasek, can see a broader vision and will have the wisdom to undo this autocratic power-grabbing move.

Our deep thanks to Commissioner Mike Diamanti for voting “no,” and for standing up and saying, “I’m going to soldier on. This is far from a done deal.”

We also hope that all of you who

care about this issue will write to the local papers and let your voices be heard.

This unethical power play must not be allowed to stand and succeed. We the people must speak up and protect the future of our beloved Greenbank Farm.

Please do what you can.

Rob and Victory Schouten Rob Schouten Gallery Greenbank Farm

Grants and loans

Where do you think money comes from?

Editor, Someone there needs to take Jessie Stensland and/or the headline writer to the woodshed or back to high school English and economics regarding the story “Loans, grants to ease taxpayer burden.”

Are you related to the lady from Cleveland who was so happy to get her “free Obama phone?”

Just where do you think the money for all these loans and grants is coming from other than taxpayers?

Granted it’s nice that our representatives sometime feel the need to dole out what we have paid into the county, state and federal treasuries, but wouldn’t it be much simpler if we just kept more of the funds here and spent locally.

David Flomerfelt Oak Harbor

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MARATHON CONTINUED FROM A1 the current contract.

Last year, the Oak Harbor Elks Lodge took over management of the event after Mayor Scott Dudley’s controversial decision to take it away from Tamra Sipes, who was race director for five years. The Elks won a twoyear contract to coordinate the event for a $30,000-a-year fee.

But several council members were concerned about the drop in participation this year and the cost to the city.

Councilman Joel Servatius asked city staff for a breakdown of the costs over the years as well as details about both continuing or ending the contract.

Several members of the Elks Lodge spoke to the council and urged council members to continue with the contract. Elks member Theresa Reed said she agreed that the marathon should be a profitable event.

“I believe the everyday citizens of this community could look at this financial report and see the city has been spending tax money on a losing business,” she said.

Tuesday, city staff presented an income statement that showed the finances of the event since the city purchased it in 2010. The money earned or lost affected the city’s gen-

eral fund, which pays for services like police and fire.

The spreadsheet showed that the event went from making nearly $50,000 in its first year to losing more than $70,000 in 2014.

The event earned $49,000 in 2010 and $19,000 in 2011.

It lost nearly $7,000 in 2012, $49,000 in 2013 and $71,000 in 2014.

This year, in the Elks’ first year as coordinators, it lost $56,000.

The spreadsheet shows that contributions from large firms declined over the years while expense grew.

Several pointed out that the large loss in 2014 was an anomaly that occurred because Dudley offered Sipes a bonus based on participation. She cut the registration fees, which increased participation to its highest level, but also earned a $24,000 bonus on top of her $28,000 fee.

Council members pointed out that Sipes didn’t make that decision to cut fees without approval from city administration. Tuesday, Servatius also complained that race directors in the past have been “siloed” so that the council wasn’t able to communicate with them; he also told the mayor that the contract should be brought forward earlier in the year.

GREENBANK FARM CONTINUED FROM A1 “It is not unreasonable to assume the port can manage the farm,” Bronson said. “We get income from the wharf and not from the farm.”

Commissioner Mike Diamanti was the lone vote against the motion.

“I’m absolutely flabbergasted,” he said. “As a board we have agreed to the draft terms. I thought we were moving along. This came out of left field. I unequivocally oppose this motion.”

Diamanti said it was a preemptive strike to take over

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Council members made it clear that they supported the event, which Servatius called the “city’s premiere event.”

He said the purpose of discussing the contract was not to criticize the Elks Lodge.

“I just want some reassurances that we’re on track, that we’re taking this seriously,” he said.

The council members have said that purpose of the event isn’t to make money for the city’s coffers necessarily, but that it’s an economic tool which brings thousands of people to the city to stay in hotels and spend money.

Both Servatius and Councilwoman Tara Hizon emphasized this point.

Servatius pointed out that an analysis Sipes presented in a previous year calculated the economic impact at about $700,000. Hizon said it’s the busiest lodging weekend of the entire year for the city.

“You can multiple the number of participants by two or three,” she said, “and they are eating at our restaurants, they are staying at our hotels, they’re shopping downtown.”

At the same time, the council members said they would like to get the event closer to the black or even make some money.

“Since 2012, we’ve been losing money. And that’s not an Elks thing, that’s just a general trend that I think we need to address,” Servatius said.

“I think if we’re going to do this, we owe it to the taxpaythe farm and not work collaboratively with the community.

In response, Bronson said that under the proposal the port would be working with the community.

“These are your taxpayers in the audience,” one audience member shouted.

Another, “When do we get to vote you out?”

Both commissioners who voted in favor of the motion are not seeking reelection.

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Elks Lodge member Theresa Reed speaks to the Oak Harbor City Council Tuesday. The Elks contracted with the city to run the Whidbey Island Marathon. She plans on being the race director next year. ers to come close to breaking even,” Servatius added later.

Councilman Bob Severns said he believes the problems can be fixed.

“I know that it can be better managed,” he said. “In looking at these numbers it’s obvious that it can be better managed.”

The Elks Lodge members said they hoped to work with the chamber of commerce in the future. Christine Cribb, executive director of the chamber, said she hadn’t spoken with anyone from the Elks prior to the meeting, but that the chamber is willing to help promote the event as it

does with other events.

“The economic impact of the marathon is huge to our economy,” she said. “We need to keep it healthy, vibrant and growing.

In the end, the council left the contract in place.

Councilman Rick Almberg said he wants to see a resume of whoever will be running the race and gathering sponsors. The Elks agreed to bring the information back at the next meeting.

Elks member Melissa Riker was in charge of the marathon this year but won’t be continuing in the future.

In an interview, Reed said

that she will take over as the race director, but that she has many people helping her.

She said she was in the military for nearly 21 years and then was in real-estate management for another 22 years on Whidbey.

She said she was a runner in marathons in her younger years in the Navy. While she hasn’t organized a marathon before, she said she has experience running large events from when she was in the military.

“My goal is to make it a money-making event for the city,” she said.

Carr, who was appointed to fill a vacated position, will be replaced by candidate John Mishasek come November.

Bronson will be replaced by William Bell at the end of the year.

And while Diamanti was outnumbered on the decision, he’s not giving up on the issue.

“I’m going to soldier on,” Diamanti said. “This is far from a done deal.”

Bronson said the port will need to hire employees, most likely a manager and events coordinator, when it takes over management of the farm. What the bigger picture will look like, he said, he doesn’t know.

“We’ll have to pencil it out,” he said. “There’s enough people with the interest and capacity. We want the farm to stay and be the center of community activities.”

Bronson said he would be open to taking on existing employees, though he said they’d probably be paid less and it might not be all of them.

“I think we could do with less employees,” he said.

Julie Dougherty Winger, who works for the management group, questioned the decision.

“I fail to see how the transfer of management from the management group to the port does anything,” she said.

“We are a well-oiled machine.

“I think we’ve been doing a hell of a job and we were looking forward to the future.”

She also questioned the manner in which the decision was made.

“It seems to be a rushed decision,” Dougherty Winger said. “(Our partnership) involves some level of trust and it feels like that was crushed.”

Greenbank Farm Management Group Executive Director Judy Feldman said she wasn’t surprised by the decision, but by how it was made. She said she doesn’t think the commissioners understand fully what it takes to run the farm.

What she found particularly discouraging about the meeting, she said, was that the commissioners waited until the end of the meeting to make the motion and the public wasn’t able to ask questions.

“The biggest disappointment was the lack of respect to the people who took two hours out of their day,” Feldman said.

This is something farm volunteer David Stern reiterated as well.

“I think the community left feeling upset and that they don’t have a say,” said Stern, who’s wife works for the management group. “All the donations and goodwill is gone there now.”

For the time being, the management group will keep with the status quo.

“They effectively said they don’t want to talk to us anymore,” Feldman said. “We will continue to do our job, report in and if they have questions we will answer them.”

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Wednesday, according to coach Kevin Rhew.

“I want to thank the players for giving it their max effort and leaving it all on the field,” Rhew said.

“They played their hearts out, and I’m sorry to them for not being able to lead them to a win.”

Rhew was assisted by Brad Gisvold and Danny Abbott, and Bill Young helped at numerous practices.

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The North Whidbey 9/10 Little League baseball team will try to become the third area club to qualify for its state tournament when it plays for the District 11 championship this weekend at Windjammer Park.

North Whidbey defeated South Whidbey 8-6 Thursday, July 9, to claim a spot in the district championship series against the survivor of the consolation bracket, either South Whidbey, Sedro-Woolley or Anacortes. The team that comes through the losers’ bracket will have to beat North Whidbey twice.

The first championship game is noon Saturday, July 11. The second game, if necessary, will be at noon Sunday.

The Central Whidbey 9/10 softball and the North Whidbey Junior (13/14) baseball teams have already qualified for state. Both will play in Vancouver. Central Whidbey begins state Saturday, July 11; North Whidbey opens its state play July 19.

In other district action, North Whidbey lost twice in the 10/11 baseball tournament in SedroWoolley and was eliminated from the playoffs.

In other summer baseball, the Oak Harbor Legion team (the OHHS summer club) split a double header at South Whidbey Wednesday.

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Above: Jacob Figarelle receives a pitch in North Whidbey’s win Tuesday. Below: Taryn Hardy focuses-in as he pitches for the North Whidbey 9/10 all stars.

9/10 Baseball

Shane Hoffmire’s two-run, twoout double completed a comeback for North Whidbey in its 11-9 win over Anacortes in the district tournament opener July 7.

North Whidbey scooted to a 4-0 lead after the second inning, then Anacortes scored five runs to go ahead.

The score was knotted at 5 after four innings.

Anacortes plated four runs in the fifth, then North Whidbey answered with a six-spot. A pop fly dropped in the infield that allowed North Whidbey to even the game at 9, then Hoffmire stroked his double to drive in the winning runs.

Anacortes threatened in the sixth, but Jacob Figarelle gunned down a runner trying to steal third to help stop the rally.

Taryn Hardy started on the mound for North Whidbey and “threw well,” according to coach Don Jenkins. Hardy also scored three runs.

After two scoreless innings in the South Whidbey game, South Whidbey scored three runs in the third. North Whidbey countered with two runs in its half.

South Whidbey upped its lead to 4-2 in the fourth, then North Whidbey took the lead with four

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runs. The big blow was Hoffmire’s two-run double off the left-field fence.

North Whidbey tacked on two more runs in the fifth, and then thwarted South Whidbey’s comeback with a big defensive play by Hoffmire. After a South Whidbey hitter drilled a double to left field, Hoffmire fired to Connor Cash at third base to nab the runner trying to take an extra base.

Figarelle pitched the final three innings to pick up the win.

Christian Gisvold led the offense with two hits, one on a bunt, and two runs.

Tyler Abbott and Daniel Doughty played “outstanding D at first base,” according to Jenkins.

“A great team effort,” Jenkins added.

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First-game jitters hurt North Whidbey in its 9-4 loss to host SedroWoolley in the opening round of district Monday, according to coach Kevin Rhew.

Several errors allowed SedroWoolley to score three runs in what

should have been a three-up, three down first inning, Rhew said.

North Whidbey countered with four runs in its half of the first.

Jackson Biggs led off with a walk and eventually scored on a passed ball. With two outs, Tyler Zenger doubled, Brady Towsley reached on interference and Marshall Rhew walked to load the bases, and then Aidan Golden cleared them with a double.

After the big first inning, SedroWoolley changed pitchers and the new hurler was “lights out,” according to coach Rhew, allowing no hits, striking out 11 and walking only two.

Sedro-Woolley scored single runs in the second and sixth innings with the help of North Whidbey walks and errors. The winners scored three runs in the fourth on a home run by Baker Sparks.

The defensive highlight, Rhew said, was catcher Brock Boyer’s “absolute bullet” to shortstop Duchnowski that cut down a SedroWoolley runner trying to steal second base.

North Whidbey had a strong start against Anacortes Wednesday, but Anacortes had an even better finish to win 7-6.

Anacortes used two singles, a walk, error and passed ball to score two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to claim the win.

North Whidbey burst out of the gate with four runs in the first inning.

Biggs started the big inning by reaching first on catcher’s interference, and Cody Duchnowski bunted for a base hit. Shawn Day plated both with a double and then scored on Zenger’s base hit. Zenger would eventually be forced out at the plate on a fielder’s choice, but Towsley, who walked, worked his way around the bases and scored the fourth run.

North Whidbey scored single runs in the second and third innings to go up 6-0.

In the second, Day singled and scored on Towsley’s triple.

Ethan Abbott walked, stole second and scored on Bigg’s single in the third.

From that point, the North Whidbey offense went silent, producing only three base runners over the final three innings.

Duchnowski blanked Anacortes over the the first three innings, allowing no hits and striking out four, before Anacortes broke through for five runs in the fourth inning. He finished with six strikeouts before being relieved by Joe Winnenberg with two outs in the fourth. Biggs pitched in the sixth inning.

North Whidbey’s defense was shaky in its opening round loss Monday but “stepped it up”

Tyler Snavely’s strong pitching performance helped the Oak Harbor Legion baseball team defeat host South Whidbey 7-1 in the first game of a doubleheader Wednesday, July 8, then South Whidbey used an eight-run fifth inning to top Oak Harbor 9-7 in the nightcap.

Oak Harbor hosts Ferndale in a double header at noon Saturday, July 11.

Snavely threw a three-hitter, striking out six and walking four.

The lone South Whidbey run, which came in the first inning, was unearned.

The Wildcats also scored in the first inning. Snavely singled with two outs, stole second and scored on Robert Herring’s hit.

The score remained 1-1 until Oak Harbor scored three runs in each of the fifth and sixth innings.

In the fifth, Dylan Bailey reached on an error, Taylor Consford walked and Snavely singled in front of a Herring hit.

In the sixth, a walk to Avery Aguirre, two errors and hits by Steven Richards and Chad Spradlin produced three runs.

Snavely led the offense with three hits, while Herring, Aguirre and Richards had two each.

Oak Harbor, which batted as the home team in the second game, led 3-1 heading into fifth inning, then South Whidbey scored eight runs on four hits, four walks, a hit batter and an error.

South Whidbey had only five base runners in the other six innings.

Oak Harbor scored twice in each of the fifth and sixth innings but couldn’t come all the way back.

The Wildcats’ first run came in the second inning. Trent Benson walked, stole second and scored on an error.

Oak Harbor added two runs in the third with the help of an error, sacrifice fly by Benson and hits by Snavely and Richards.

In the fifth, Benson singled and scored on Aguirre’s triple. Kamryn Mebane’s sacrifice fly scored Aguirre.

Singles by Spradlin, Snavely, Herring and Mebane led to two runs in the sixth.

Bailey, Spradlin and Snavely each stroked two hits in the game.

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By BEN WATANABE

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hoochokam Arts Festival, one of Langley’s premier weekend events and biggest crowd pleasers, is turning 40 this weekend.

The four-decade-old festival is very much up to its old tricks: free music, fresh food, abundant art, and a view to boot.

Tried and true to the format is keeping the music free for visitors.

Plenty of big-time performers are lined up for the little Village by the Sea, including Vicci Martinez of TV’s “The Voice” fame and 18 others between Saturday and Sunday.

Peppered throughout both days are bands from near — locals such as Ranger and the Re-Arrangers and Janie Cribbs and the T.Rust Band — and far — Martinez and LeRoy Bell of South Africa.

Based on past years’ attendance estimates kept by the organizers, several thousand people are expected to cruise through the South Whidbey city for the festival.

Without ticket sales, the numbers aren’t concrete, but based on business revenues and some informal head counts throughout the days the number fluctuates well above 10,000. By contrast, Langley’s U.S. Census population is just over 1,000 residents.

“They all bring money,” said Bruce Allen, the festival’s lead organizer.

This is Allen’s first year leading the way in seeing the festival to

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ART ABOUT Whidbey Allied Artists ART AND GIFT SHOW, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. July 17 and 18 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 18, at the Coupeville Recreation Hall. Over 20 artists will show and sell two and three-dimensional art including both traditional and nontraditional art. WAA is a collaborative group of Whidbey Island artists who maintain a floating gallery of

fruition. He took over from Tom Moore, who recruited him to join the Choochokam non-profit board of directors about seven or eight years ago.

“I enjoy it,” Allen said over a Sunday afternoon iced tea with The Record at Useless Bay Coffee Company. “I enjoy the festival, I like meeting people and talking to the vendors.”

Allen, who grew up in Langley and is also a city councilman, recalled the experience of hearing music from downtown when he was younger. He’d still enjoy listening to the sounds of a bustling downtown if he wasn’t down there in the mix of things each day.

The event will be scaled back a bit from recent years. Allen said 58 vendors, plus some nonprofits and food vendors, are signed up to line First Street from Boy and Dog Park to Anthes Avenue.

“I think it’s better for us as a smaller festival to have better quality,” Allen said.

Everything in the festival, from the art vendors to the music to the food, is carefully curated by the organizers and Allikat Records/ Media. Allen said they don’t want anything to sound too similar, and all the music needs to be original songs by the artists, so anyone hoping to hear a Led Zeppelin or Fleetwood Mac tune would do best to throw it on the record player at home.

This year, the main stage was relocated just up Anthes Avenue.

In past years, the primary music

art for everyone including many media and formats.

The group hosts several shows annually. Contact Charlotte Gray at victoriacharlotte21@yahoo.com or 360-720-2283 for more information.

The Whidbey Art Gallery ARTWALK will feature works by Northwest artists Arlo Morgenweck, Ron Norman, John Long and member Nancy Anderson during the month of July. Arlo Morgenweck, a non-native carver, will share his Northwest Indian carvings and objects.

2014 South Whidbey Record file photos

Choochokam Arts Festival celebrates 40 years this weekend as the streets of Langley will be filled with artists, musicians, food and more. venue was at Hladky Park, commonly called Whale Bell Park at the intersection of First Street and Anthes Avenue. The organizers heeded the wishes of vendors and businesses nearby and built a larger stage to accommodate larger bands at the US Bank parking lot.

Kitty corner from the stage and in the McLeod Alley will be the beer garden, put on by the Langley Chamber of Commerce.

All sales are used by the chamber to help promote the city, and chamber employee Betty Freeman said several beers from Diamond Knot Brewery in Mukilteo will be on tap, plus wines from South Whidbey.

“It’ll be within hearing distance of the stage,” she said.

With fewer vendors spread along First Street, the hub will be like a “U.” Vendors along First and Anthes and some up Second Street, plus a stage on Anthes and a stage on Second at Useless Bay Coffee Company.

A “Kid’s Zone” will be set up at Whale Bell Park for Choochokam’s most childish visitors.

Ron Norman will share his photographs of the birds of Whidbey Island and the Northwest. John Long will share his Northwest Indian art wood creations. Nancy Anderson will be displaying new works inspired by local scenes and her travels abroad. View work by these featured artists and members of the Whidbey Art Gallery daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ROB SCHOUTEN GALLERY will present “Friends in Life and Art: New works by Francy Blumhagen and Sharon Spencer”

through Aug. 3. Paper, pulp, ink, paint, bamboo, fiber and bronze and are some of the materials that inspire these artists, along with Japanese art, nature and friendship. Spencer will show both new bronze pieces and mixed-media sculptures, while Blumhagen will show new mixedmedia collages.

Photographers Zachary Billings and Rick Lawler will exhibit WHIDBEY ISLAND IMAGES at the Oak Harbor Library in July.

The library is located at 1000 SE Regatta Dr. Call

675-5115.

Northwest Watercolor Society (NWWS) has announced that Randy Emmons of Oak Harbor has been chosen as one of the 86 artists selected for the 75TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL OPEN EXHIBITION that will be on display through Sept.

30 at the Washington State Convention Center, 800 Convention Place, Seattle, Wash. Emmons’ painting, “Life Is Good,” was chosen by internationally known juror Judy Morris out of more than 600 entries from

seven countries and 24 states.

AUDITIONS for “The Lion in Winter” are from 6:30-8 p.m., Aug. 2 and 3, at the Whidbey Playhouse Star Studio. “The Lion in Winter”, a dramatic comedy, will be directed by Stan Thomas. Thomas will be casting five men and two women for the show, which will run in November. Contact Lisa Judd at off ice@whidbeyplayhouse. com or 360-679-2237 or visit www.whidbeyplayhouse.com for more information.

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CHURCH NOTES n OAK HARBOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOL is currently enrolling preschool and elementary students for the upcoming 2015-16 school year. OHCS is committed to high academic standards and biblical principles and has been in operation since 1938. For registration information, call the school office at 360-675-2831. n The Coupeville United Methodist Church will offer G-Force, a FREE VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL for children ages four and older. G-Force lets kids explore how to put their faith into action. In this mission-focused program, children experience God’s unstoppable love and discover how to fuel up and move in and through life with God. The main Bible verse for G-Force is Acts 17:28a, “In God we live, move, and exist.” A life with God is one of movement! The vacation Bible school will be held 9:30 a.m. to noon, July 27-31. To enroll, call the office at 678-4256, send an email to cumc3@frontier.com, or visit our website at coupevilleumc.org

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His Kids Pre-School, a play and learn environment, has offered early childhood education for more than 20 years.

There is a registration fee of $100 at the time of signing your child up. Please contact the church office or visit our website for further information. 360-679-1561 or www.oakharborlutheran.com n YOUTH ACTIVITIES at Coupeville United Methodist Church are at 5 p.m. Sunday nights. There will be games, music, crafts and Christian education. Special activities are planned for taking the teens to beaches, forests and other activities. All youth grades six through 12 are welcome; they don’t need to have an affiliation with the church or attend any church. For more information, call Church Life Coordinator Suzanne Loomis at 360-678-4256. n WHIDBEY ISLAND FRIENDS (QUAKERS) hold their regular meeting for worship 4-5 p.m. Sundays at the

Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 20103 Highway 525, two miles north of Freeland. This time of silent worship together may include spoken messages. For information, visit www. whidbeyquakers.org or email Tom Ewell at tewell@whidbey.com n Oak Harbor’s CHRISTIAN SCIENCE READING ROOM, 721 SW 20th Court at Scenic Heights Street, is open for study and prayer 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, and 3-7 p.m. Wednesdays. More information can be found at christianscience.com, christiansciencewhidbey.com or call 360-675-0621. n Oak Harbor Assembly of God is accepting registrations for VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL. The vacation Bible school is open to children in grades kindergarten through fifth and will take place from 6-8:30 p.m., July 27-31. Free. For information and to register, call 360-675-4852 or visit www. oakharborag.com

WHIDBEY ISLAND ARTISTS Greeting Cards

n LITTLE LAMBS PRESCHOOL is currently accepting registrations for three-year-olds in the morning class and four-year-olds in both morning or afternoon classes. Don’t delay, class sizes are limited! Call 360-675-2548 or visit www. concordialutheranwhidbey.org n His Kids PRE-SCHOOL REGISTRATION at Oak Harbor Lutheran Church for the 2015-16 school year is open.

BIRTHS

Meredith MacLeod

WHIDBEY GENERAL HOSPITAL

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DESTINY JASMINE GAILEY, 8 pounds, 10 ounces, was born July 1. She is the daughter of Germelyn and Derek Gailey of Oak Harbor.

NAVAL HOSPITAL OAK HARBOR

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JOSEPH RAYMOND CRANE, 8 pounds, 6 ounces, was born June 19. He is the son of Robert and Teresa Crane.

GREYSON DANIEL MCGUINNESS, 7 pounds, 13.5 ounces, was born June 26. He is the sone of Matthew and Lauren McGuinness.

AMELIA ZARA NAVARRO, 5 pounds, was born July 3.

She is the daughter of Andrew and Renelen Navarro.

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Enter online today @ www.whidbeynewstimes.com Come visit 3 Sisters Family Farm for FARM DAY July 18 10am–4pm We’ll be opening up our farm for a full day of family fun including a petting zoo, information booths for local nonprofits, a hay maze, farm tours and a BBQ.

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REPORTER The award-winning newspaper Whidbey News-Times is seeking an energetic, detailedoriented reporter to write articles and features. Experience in photography and Adobe InDesign p r e fe r r e d . A p p l i c a n t s must be able to work in a team-oriented, deadline-driven environment, possess excellent writing skills, have a knowledge of community news and be able to write about multiple topics. Must relocate to Whidbey Island, WA. This is a fulltime position that includes excellent benefits: medical, dental, life insurance, 401k, paid vacation, sick and holidays. EOE . No calls please. Send resume with cover letter, three or more non-retur nable clips in PDF or Text format and references to

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WAIF can be reached at either (360) 678-8900 ext. 1100 or (360) 321WAIF (9243) ext. 1100.

City of Oak Harbor Summary Ordinances On the 7th day of July 2015, the Oak Harbor City Council adopted the following: Ordinance No. 1732: Entitled “Utility Billing and Collection Procedures” Amending Chapter 3.95 of the Oak Harbor Municipal Code; and creating a new Chapter 3.96 entitled “Collection Procedures.”

Ordinance No. 1738: Entitled “Authorizing the Condemnation, Approp r i a t i o n , Ta k i n g a n d Damaging of Land and Other Property for Purposes Associated with Construction of the Wastewater Treatment Plant.”

The full text of any ordinance will be mailed or g i ve n t o a n y p e r s o n without charge who requests the same from the city clerk. Requests may be made to: City Clerk, athompson@oakharbor.org or by calling 360-279-4539.

Legal No. WCW644312 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.

July 11, 2015.

CNS-2767820# PUBLIC NOTICE T- M o b i l e W e s t , L L C plans to modify wireless fa c i l i t y S E 0 7 1 2 5 B a t 23674 SR29 Madrona Way, C o u p ev i l l e, WA 98239. Comments regarding potential effects on Historic Properties in accordance with Sec 106 of the National Historic Preser vation Act should be directed to Vitaly M. at 16485 Laguna Cyn. Rd., Ste. 200, Irvine, CA 92618.

7/4, 7/11/15 WHIDBEY NEWS TIMES/SOUTH WHIDBEY RECORD Legal No. WCW642298 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.

July 4, 11, 2015.

ference room. The business meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. and will be held in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 865 SE Barrington Drive, Oak Harbor WA. The Planning Commission will consider the following: SIX-YEAR TRANSPORTAT I O N I M P R O V E MENT PROGRAM (TIP) - Public Hearing The Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing to consider the updates to the Six-Year Transportation Improvement Program for the years 2016-2021. The Planning Commission will forward a recommendation to the City Council at the conclusion of the hearing.

MEDICAL MARIJUANA CODE - Public Meeting A moratorium is presently in place prohibiting the establishment of medical marijuana collective gardens and medical marijuana dispensar ies in Oak Harbor. Recently adopted State law replaces these use categories and creates a new regulatory scheme.

Staff will continue the discussion began last month and seek a formal recommendation to ex-

tend the existing moratorium.

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND USE AMENDMENT - Public Hearing The Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing on request to change the land use designation for properties located on the south side of SW 3rd Avenue and nor th of the Oak Harbor Middle School (185 SW 3rd Avenue P a r c e l s R13203-488-4830, R13203-348-4940 and R13203-488-5060) from Low Density Residential to Medium Density Residential.

TELECOMMUNICAT I O N I N F R A S T RU C TURE - Public Meeting The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved revised requirements for local review and approval for collocation, removal, and replacement of wireless facilities. Staff will present these requirements and how they will impact existing regulations included in Title 19 of the Oak Harbor Municipal Code.

2016 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE Workshop Staff will provide an update on the progress of the 2016 Comprehensive Plan Update. The major scope of the 2016 C o m p r e h e n s i ve P l a n Update includes updates to the Land Use Element, Housing Element and the Transpor tation Element. The Planning Commission will discuss and explore changes to the Future Land Use Map. All meetings of the Planning Commission are open to the public.

Legal No. WCW644318 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.

July 11, 2015.

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Bayview Beach Water District Meeting has been re-scheduled to 4:00 p.m. Wednesday July 15, 2015 at the offices of Edwards & Associates CPAs located a t 5 4 9 2 H a r b o r Ave .

Freeland Legal No. WCW644583 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.

July 11, 2015.

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CITY OF OAK HARBOR PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PC# 07-28-15 Notice is hereby given that the Planning Commission will conduct its regular monthly meeting o n Tu e s d ay, Ju l y 2 8 , 2015. Staff will conduct a pre-meeting briefing with Planning Commission beginning at 7:00 pm in the Council con-

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BERGMAN, Deceased.

NO. 15 4 00155 0 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030 The co-personal representatives named below have been appointed as co-personal representatives of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the co-personal representatives or the personal representatives’ attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the co-personal representatives served or mailed the notice to the creditor as p r ov i d e d u n d e r R C W 11.40.020 (1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication o f t h e n o t i c e. I f t h e claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and RCW 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

Date of First Publication: July 4, 2015 Co-Personal Representatives LAURA JEAN GABELEIN and WILLIAM CAMERON REED Attorney for the Co-Personal Representatives: Robert E. Brewster Address for Mailing: PO Box 756 Freeland, WA 98249 Address for Service: 2820 Sunlight Drive Clinton, WA 98236 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE Telephone: 360-321-8979 OF WASHINGTON FOR ISLAND COUNTY WSBA No.: 16012 I N T H E M AT T E R O F Cour t of probate proceedings and cause THE ESTATE OF number: MARJORIE JOAN

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Island County Superior Court Cause No. 15 4 00155 0 Legal No. WCW641993 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.

July 4, 11, 18, 2015.

received after the time fixed for opening will not be considered.

Base bids are requested for maintenance work focusing on the cleaning of an existing stormwater pond. Work consists of d ewa t e r i n g , c l e a n i n g vegetation and debris from the outlet structure, removal of aquatic vegetation along the bottom and banks of the pond, chemical herbicide application, and installation of hydroseeding along the pond banks.

Lab results indicate the pond sediment contains three materials that exceed the practical quantitation limits: lube oil organics, diesel range organics, and barium.

Contractor shall be required to dispose of the pond sediment at the Isl a n d C o u n t y Tra n s fe r Station.

Access to project bid documents (plans, specifications, addenda, and Bidders List) is provided to Prime Bidders, Subcontractors, and Vendors by going to w w w. b x w a . c o m a n d clicking on “Posted Projects,” “Public Wor ks,” and “City of Langley.” It is recommended that Bidders “Register” in order to receive automatic email notification of future addenda and to place themselves on the “Self-Registered Bidders List.” Bidders that do not register will not be automatically notified of addenda and will need to periodically check the online plan room for addenda issued on this project. Contact Builders Exchange of Washington at (425) 258-1303 should you require assistance with access or registration.

Each bid shall be submitted on the Proposal fo r m i n c l u d e d i n t h e C o n t r a c t D o c u m e n t s.

Bidders are required to have their own copies of the Standard Specifications for Road, Bridge, and Municipal Construc-

ISLAND COUNTY DIKING DISTRICT NO. 1 Special Meeting to be held Monday, July 13, 2015 Freeland Public Library 10:00 A.M. Agenda: Approval of Minutes from 4/18/2015 Meeting Accounting Report: Cash Position 6/30/2015 Approval of Vouchers Update on Legal Issues Update on System Maintenance and Functioning Ongoing Discussions with Island County regarding Revenue Sharing Old Business: None New Business: RCW 85.18.060 Discussion and Resolution Public Comment.

Legal No. WCW644183 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.

July 11, 2015.

INVITATION TO BID NORTHVIEW STORMWATER POND CLEANING CITY OF LANGLEY Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received by Stan Berryman, Public Works Director City of Langley, until 10:00 AM on July 27, 2015 at which time bids will be opened and publicly read aloud.

Bid proposals may be sent by mail, or hand-delivered, to the City of L a n g l ey, 1 1 2 S e c o n d S t r e e t , L a n g l e y, WA 98260 prior to the opening. The envelope shall be plainly marked with “SEALED BID for Northview Stormwater Pond Cleaning” and shall clearly indicate the name and address of the bidder. The bid opening will take place at City of Langley City Hall, 112 Second Street, Langley, WA 98260. Proposals

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tion, 2014 Edition, Prepared by the Washington State Department of Tr a n s p o r t a t i o n (WSDOT)/Amer ican Public Works Association (APWA) The contractor shall have 30 calendar days from the Notice to Proceed to complete all physical contract work.

Award will be for Base Bid only.

There will not be a prebid inspection of the job site.

Each bid shall be accompanied by a certified check, cashier’s check or bid bond (with authorized surety company as surety) made payable to City of Langley in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the amount bid.

The City of Langley reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive irregularities in the bid or in the bidding.

No bidder may withdraw their bid after the hour set for the opening thereof or before award of contract, unless said award is delayed for a period exceeding thirty (30) days.

Publications Daily Journal of Commerce -1st Ad Date July 10, 2015 -2nd Ad Date July 17, 2015 South Whidbey Record -1st Ad Date June 11, 2015 -2nd Ad Date July 18, 2015 Legal No. WCW644315 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.

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977 and Langley MuniciSUMMARY OF change for the acquisipal Code Chapter 5.04 ORDINANCE NO. 1017 tion of alternative rightregarding business liof-way.

OF THE censes.

The full text of the OrdiCITY OF LANGLEY, WASHINGTON nance will be mailed The full text of the OrdiTHE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK: n a n c e w i l l b e m a i l e d On the 6th day of July, upon request.

ARIES, TAURUS AND GEMINI. upon request.

2015, the City Council of Debbie L. Mahler, City Debbie L. Mahler, City t h e C i t y o f L a n g l e y, Clerk-Treasurer Clerk-Treasurer passed Ordinance No. Ord. No.: 1018 1017, summary Ord. No.: 1015 Passed on: 7/6/15 Week of aJune 28 oftothe July 4, 2015 c o n t e n t o f s a i d o r d i - Published: 7/11/15 Passed on: 6/1/15 nance, consisting of the Effective: 7/16/15 Published: 7/11/15 title, provides Effective: 7/16/15 ARIES as follows: Legal No. WCW644311 Legal No. WCW644304 A N O R D I N A N C E O F Published: The Whidbey Time is a scarce commodity, so you Published: The Whidbey THE CITY OF LANG- News Times, The South to be very Ororganized in order News Times, The South LEY, have WA amending Whidbey Record.

Whidbey Record. dinance No. 1009 and you’d July 11, 2015. to finish everything planned Langley Municipal Code July 11, 2015. on doing. may also attend a Chapter 12.22 You entitled SUPERIOR COURT OF fabulous event with friends.

Mobile Food Vendor Li- some WASHINGTON SUMMARY OF censing Regulations.

COUNTY OF ISLAND ORDINANCE NO. 1016 The full text of the Ordi- Estate of OF THE n a n cTAURUS e w i l l b e m a i l e d CHRISTINE ROSE you’re looking for aMARKEN, job, someone CITY OF LANGLEY, upon If request.

WASHINGTON Debbie L. to Mahler, Citysteer close you could you in the deceased, On the 6th day of July, Clerk-Treasurer Plaintiff, direction career. You 2015, the City Council of Ord. No.: 1017 of an amazing vs. undertake closedevisees, to t h e C i t y o f L a n g l e y, Passed on: 7/6/15a project that’s The heirs, and passed Ordinance No. Published: 7/11/15 your heart, even if it’s only a little trip. successors in interest of 1016, a summary of the Effective: 7/16/15 A.J. McMILLAN and E. c o n t e n t o f s a i d o r d i - Legal No. WCW644309 GERTRUDE McMILLAN nance, consisting of the Published: GEMINI The Whidbey h u s b a n d a n d w i f e ; title, provides as follows: NewsTry Times, South to findThe some time and/or for a vacation also, all other A N O R D I N A N C E O F Whidbey Record. or par ties unthis2015. summer. You havepersons all the necesTHE CITY OF LANG- July 11, known claiming any LEY, WA amending the sary tools to start your own busiright, title, estate, lien, or Zoning Code, Chapter SUMMARY interestwill in the several people be real propness, and OF 18 of the Langley Mu- ORDINANCE NO. 1018 er ty descr ibed in this able to give you their support. nicipal Code. summons, OF THE The full text of the OrdiDefendants.

CITY OF LANGLEY, nance will be mailed WASHINGTON NO. 15 2 00306 7 CANCER upon request.

On the 6th day of July, SUMMONS build harmony everywhere youBY PUBLIDebbie L. Mahler, City 2015,You the City Council of CATION Clerk-Treasurer go, bringing smiles to many people’s t h e C i t y o f L a n g l e y, TO THE SAID DEFENOrd. No.: 1016 passed Ordinance No. faces.

You find all theDANTS: solutionsthe ne-heirs, deviPassed on: 7/6/15 1018,cessary a summary of the sees,a and in in order to settle debtsuccessors or Published: 7/11/15 c o n t e n t o f s a i d o r d i - interest of A.J. McMILEffective: 7/16/15 even buy a property. nance, consisting of the LAN and E. GERTRUDE Legal No. WCW644308 title, provides as follows: M c M I L L A N , h u s b a n d Published: The Whidbey A N O R D I N A N C E O F and wife; and/or also, all News Times, The South THE LEO CITY OF LANG- other persons or parties Whidbey Record. able to complete some imLEY, You’re WA conditionally unknown claiming any July 11, 2015. vacating a portion of an right, title, estate, lien, or portant negotiations or a transacalley abutting the Star interest in the real proption that has been dragging on for t o r e b e t w e e n F i r s t erty described herein.

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LIBRA LEGAL NOTICE Contract Acceptance Notice to Subcontractors and Materials Suppliers I s l a n d C o u n t y P u bl i c Works Department hereby furnishes notice the Island County Oak Harbor Road Shop Painting project, under PO10376, has been completed under the contract and permit terms and the provis i o n s o f t h e c o n t ra c t have been fulfilled in an acceptable manner by Island Partners Painting Company, 561 N. For t Ebey Road, Coupeville, Washington 98239, and accepted by Island County.

The lien period for filing any liens against this contract’s retainage percent is now in effect.

N o t i c e o f a ny u n p a i d wages or materials may be made to the Island County Engineer, P.O. Box 5000, Coupeville, WA 98239.

Legal No. WCW644322 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.

July 11, 2015.

SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 1015 OF THE CITY OF LANGLEY, WASHINGTON On the 1st day of June, 2015, the City Council of t h e C i t y o f L a n g l e y, passed Ordinance No. 1015, a summary of the content of said ordinance, consisting of the title, provides as follows: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LANGLEY, WA amending ordinance nos. 745, 938 and

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of the first publication of SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON this summons, to wit, within sixty days after COUNTY OF ISLAND the 27th day of June, In the Matter of the Es2015, and defend the tate THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS above-entitled action in WEEK: of LEO AND VIRGO. theCANCER, above-entitled court, VIRGINIA C. DOLVIN, and answer the Com- Deceased. plaint of the Plaintiff, Es- NO. 15 4 00154 1 tateWeek of Christine NOTICE TO of JulyRose 5 toPROBATE 11, 2015 Marken, deceased, and CREDITORS serve a copy of your an- The personal represenswer upon the under- tative named below has ARIES s i g n e d You a t t ofeel r n elike y f odaydreaming r been appointed and re-as perP l a i n t i f f , J a m e s L . sonal representative of laxing after you’re settled theperson Kotschwar, at his office this estate. inAny home. aWatching claim against b e l ow s tcomfort a t e d ; a of n d your i n having decedent case of your failure to the allows some goodsomovies youmust, to bedo, judgment will be ren- fore the time the claim escape and really unwind. dered against you ac- would be barred by any cording to the demand of o t h e r w i s e a p p l i c a bl e the Complaint, TAURUSwhich statute of limitations, present theconverclaim in the has beenThere’s filed with the no certainly lack of manner as provided in Clerk of said Court. sation, butaction it’s difficult you to conRCWfor11.40.070 by servThe object of this some to the ingtalk on about or mailing is to quiettrol titlethe to subject. real es- You personal tate situated in Island personal issues that you representative, probably attorney C o u n t y, would Wa s hhave i n g tpreferred o n , or their to keep secret. at the m o r e s p e c i f i c a l l y d e - address stated below, a copy of the claim and filscribed as follows: GEMINI The South sixty feet of ing the original of the with the court in l o t n i n e You’re ( 9 ) awell n d taware h e claim that quality mathe probate South sixty feet offorlot renovating ten which your terials home pro(10), Block 18, Plat of c e e d i n g s w e r e c o m are not a luxury, m e n cbut e d . also T h an e claim Rolling Hills #2 just as rebe afraid to make withbe presented corded ininvestment.

Volume 6Don’t of must the later of: it’s (1) Thirty Plats, page 60, records changes in your inhome so that of Island County, Wash- days after the personal more to your liking. representative served or ington. ( t a x p a r c e l n o . mailed the notice to the creditor as provided unS8050-02-18009-2) CANCER d e r R C Wtraining 11.40.020 J A M E S During L . KOT C H -conference, a Strip, (1)(c); or (2) four months WAR, WSBA #10823 session some the sort date of the-of first Attorney for Plaintiffor even after rapy, you may meet someone publication of who the notice. tel: 360-675-2207 the claim is not pre265 NE captivates Kettle Street; you andIf makes you relive within this time #101 certain emotions sented that you’d buried. frame, the claim is forevPO Box 1593 er barred, except as othOak Harbor, WA 98277 Legal No.LEO WCW641164 erwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and for Published: The Whidbey You have no intention of settling News Times, The South 11.40.060.

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DEBORAH J. GLENN, Personal Representative c/o James L. Kotschwar, Attorney for Personal Representative, WSBA #10823 265 NE Kettle Street; Suite 1, P.O. Box 1593 Oak Harbor, Washington 98277 (360) 675-2207 Legal No. WCW642787 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.

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Saturday July 11

Oak Harbor Music Festival into the Woods, 6-10 p.m., July 11. Call for reservations and the venue address. All are welcome.

Suggested donation of $25 for the day or $40 for two days. Contact Cynthia Mason at masonca@comcast. net or 360-544-2343. www. oakharborfestival.com Kiwanis 12th Annual Beachcomber Bazaar, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., July 11, at Windjammer Park. Antique dealers, craft vendors, garage sale vendors, businesses cleaning out merchandise, service clubs fundraising and food vendors. Contact Harry Turner at 360-6793799 or email fang6_5@ msn.com Saturday Matinee @ the Library, 2-4:30 p.m., July 11, at the Oak Harbor Library Meeting Room.

Free. Eddie Redmayne, in his Oscar-winning performance, and Felicity Jones star in this biopic of the celebrated scientist Stephen Hawking.

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Citizens’ Climate Lobby, Whidbey Chapter, 9:45-11:45 a.m., July 11, at Ciao Restaurant, 701 N Main Street, Coupeville.

Monthly discussion of climate solutions. Citizens’ Climate Lobby advocates for a revenue-neutral carbon tax.

All welcome. 360-679-6778.

Meerkerk Fairy House Festival, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., July 11, at 3531 Meerkerk Lane, Greenbank. General admission is $5; children ages 12 and younger are free. All are welcome. Bring your imagination, creativity and love of nature. Assorted natural plant materials will be provided and you are welcome to bring natural materials to share with others. Bring suitable transport if you wish to take the fairy house with you. Otherwise, it will become a part of the garden attractions. www. meerkerkgardens.org St. Augustine Rummage Sale, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., July 11, at 185 N. Oak Harbor Street. Household items, clothing, books and more will be available for purchase. Proceeds go to parish outreach programs.

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Quilt show, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., July 11, at Coupeville High School Commons.

Quilters on the Rock will host its third annual quilt show entitled “Island Time.”

Over 100 quilts will be on display with special exhibits from award-winning local quilters Beth Whitman and Carolyn Weatherly. Boutique and vendor booths, quilting challenges and a chance to win door prizes.

Parking is free. Suggested donation of $5 for admission.

Monday July 13

Stayin’ Alive Dragon Boat Practice, 5:45 p.m., July 13, at the Oak Harbor Marina. Try out the paddling sport of dragon boating with the Stayin’ Alive team. The team’s mission is to promote the physical, social and emotional benefits of dragon boating. It has proven to be especially beneficial for cancer survivors. Practice up to three times for free.

Life jackets and paddles provided. njlish@gmail.com Tansy ragwort pull, 10 a.m., meet at the Clinton Park and Ride behind the post office. Help pull tansy ragwort from Island County roadsides. Bring work gloves and wear a long-sleeved shirt and pants. Contact Janet Stein at j.stein@ co.island.wa.us or 360-9693988 for more information.

Tuesday July 14

Explore Summer: Spies - The Hidden Heroes, 1-1:45 p.m. and 3-3:45 p.m., July 14, at the Oak Harbor Library Meeting Room. Free. Learn about real-life spies and become a spy yourself. Be ready to practice your spying skills and learn new ones while trying to escape a trap set by your nemesis. 360-6755115

Wednesday July 15

Baby and Me Storytime, 9:30-10:15 a.m., July 15, at Coupeville Library.

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Come find an assortment of local specialties, vegetables, fruits, crafts and organic foods.

“Assisted Living: Making Informed Decisions” with Shannon DelCiello, 6 p.m., July 15, at Harbor Tower Village in Oak Harbor. DelCiello, resident care director of Harbor Tower Village, will discuss helpful strategies for ensuring a successful transition from independent to assisted living. 360- 675-2569

Oak Harbor candidates forum, 6 p.m., July 16, at the Elks Club. Candidates will discuss topics and answer questions presented by the League of Women Voters of Island County.

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Thursday July 16

The Whidbey AllIsland Community Band summer concert, 7 p.m., July 16, at Windjammer City Beach Park. Free. Features a variety of music styles, including traditional military marches, classic pieces, popular tunes, and some songs for dancing.

League of Women Voters Primary Candidate Forum for Oak Harbor Mayor and Hospital District Commissioner, District 2, 6-8 p.m. July 16, at the Oak Harbor Elks Lodge, 155 NE Ernst St, Oak Harbor.

Oak Harbor Public Market, 4-7 p.m., Thursdays through September, next to the Chamber of Commerce on Highway 20.

WIC and SFMNP accepted.

Explore Summer: Family Storytime, 9:3010:15 a.m., July 16, at the Oak Harbor Library Meeting Room. Free. Funny stories and action songs make you laugh and prepare your kids for reading. Playtime or crafts may follow. Ages 18 months and older with a caregiver.

Friday July 17

Whidbey Allied Artists Art and Gift Show, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., July 17 and 18 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., July 19, at the Coupeville Recreational Hall. Over 20 artists will show and sell two and three-dimensional art including both traditional and nontraditional art. Contact Charlotte Gray at victoriacharlotte21@yahoo.com or 360-720-2283 for more information.

Mask Yourself, 2-3 p.m., July 17, at the Coupeville Library. Free. For teens.

Break free from your secret identity and create a mask representing your inner superhero or villain. Supplies provided. Contact Leslie Franzen at lfranzen@sno-isle. org or 360-678-4911 for more information.

Old-Growth Forest Ecology of Deception Pass, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., July 17, at Cornet Bay, Decep-

tion Pass State Park. Meet at the Hoypus Gate. Cost is $35 for members or $50 for nonmembers. Instructor Dr. David Shaw, a forest ecologist specializing in forest health, pathology, and entomology; and insects/diseases interaction with fire, silviculture and management, will lead an educational day in the woods and exploration through the old growth of Deception Pass State Park.

Contact at Deceptionpass. interpreter@parks.wa.gov or 360-675-3767 for more information.

Saturday July 18

Farm Day at 3 Sisters Farm!, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., July 18, at 938 Scenic Heights Road, Oak Harbor.

Kids activities, barbeque, tours and more. All are welcome. Contact Jessica Muzzall at jessica@3sistersbeef. com or 360-678-5445 for more information.

IDIPIC will present its next North Whidbey DUI/underage drinking prevention panel on July 18 at the Oak Harbor Library Meeting Room.

Seating begins at 12:45 p.m.; no late admittance. Open to all. The panel is required by local driving schools for driver’s education students and a guardian. For more information, call 360-6728219 or visit www.idipic.org Meerkerk Rhodie Care Class, 10 a.m., July 18, at 3531 Meerkerk Lane, Greenbank. Susie Reynolds, nursery manager, will lead a class on rhododendron care. Bring hand pruners.

Reserve a spot by calling 360-678-1912. Cost is $10 per student.

NRA Basic Rifle Shooting class offered, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., July 18 and 19, at the North Whidbey Sportsmen’s Association range at 886 Gun Club Road.

This is one of a series of monthly safety classes available to the public.This class introduces students to the knowledge, skills and attitude necessary for owning and using a rifle safely. The cost of the class is $25 and includes a book. Call John Hellmann at 360-675-8397 or email NWSA.Training@ gmail.com to register. www. northwhidbeysportsmen.org Giant Yard and Bake Sale, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., July 18 at the Greenbank Progressive Hall, one block west of the Greenbank Store on the corner of Bakken Road and Firehouse Road. Proceeds from the sale will benefit the historic Greenbank Progressive Clubhouse maintenance fund. For more information or to donate items, call Karen at 360-678-4885.

Monday July 20

TCM presents Double Indemnity, 7 p.m., July 20, at Oak Harbor Cinemas.

Tickets are $10.50/$8.50.

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FIREWORKS CONTINUED FROM A1 use of fireworks to just the Fourth of July.

COMMISSIONER Richard Hannold said he would support a complete ban on fireworks county-wide.

“We should follow suit with our close neighbors who have banned them outright,” he said. “There’s always a burn ban every year.”

“To say you can’t have a campfire to cook your chicken, but you can set off explosives that burn a few thousand degrees is insane.”

Hannold, who lives on North Whidbey, said that, even though he is ex-Navy and enjoys “blowing things up,” he doesn’t light them off and he gets complaints from constituents who don’t like the effect on farm animals and pets.

“There’s an aging population that doesn’t like the noise, the trash and the clean up afterward,” he said.

HANNOLD’S view on the matter seemed to come as a surprise

to Price Johnson, who said she would also support a complete ban on the personal use of fireworks.

“I would support that,” she said.

“I didn’t think I’d get support for that.”

State law allows local city and county governments to completely ban fireworks within their jurisdictions or add a clause allowing an emergency ban — but only with a year advanced notice.

The year of advanced notice is a nod to community service groups that sell fireworks, said county prosecutor Greg Banks.

They have to order them well in advance and don’t want to get caught with thousands of dollars of inventory they can’t sell.

“THEREIN LIES the problem — the people who sell them,” Hannold said. “These people already have inventory so they are selling. Once they are sold,

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people are going to use them.”

He suggested community ser vice groups find other ways to raise money, such as bake HANNOLD: sales and car “To say you can’t washes. have a campfire to Any county cook your chicken, ban would not but you can set affect public off explosives that displays and burn a few thouwould only sand degrees is encompass insane.” unincorporated areas. Cities have their own rules. In Coupeville, fireworks are limited to the Fourth of July. In Oak Harbor, revelers can light off legal fireworks for about a week around the Fourth.

OAK HARBOR Mayor Scott Dudley said he doesn’t expect a change like the one suggested by Hannold. Fireworks are part of the cultural fabric of Oak Harbor and an important fundraiser for

local community service groups such as Rotary.

If the ban passes, he invited people living in unincorporated areas to visit the City of Oak Harbor to light off a few.

“We have a long history of celebrating the Fourth the way it should be celebrated,” Dudley said. “We are not concerned with overzealous or exaggerated concerns of those on the south end of Whidbey Island.”

COMMISSIONER Jill Johnson, whose area of representation includes the City of Oak Harbor, said she supports giving the Island County fire marshal the ability to ban fireworks on an emergency basis only.

Johnson said she does not support a complete ban on fireworks.

She also doesn’t want to see them limited to a single day.

“I don’t believe this is a safety issue,” she said. “I believe it’s an inconvenient noise issue.”

She said she is sympathetic to the concerns of pet owners, but she also said sometimes it seems lawmakers can be too sensitive

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to what amounts to a few days of disruption.

Those who are upset tend to call and complain while those who enjoy fireworks have no reason to speak up, she said.

“What ends up happening is you make decisions based on what I believe is a small section of our county,” she said.

THE PUBLIC would have a chance to review and comment on a draft ordinance before it’s passed. The date for public hearing hasn’t been set yet.

Island County Sheriff Mark Brown, who serves as fire marshal, said it was unusual to issue a burn ban before July 4.

Typically, that doesn’t happen until mid-July. This isn’t the driest June on record but it’s drier than normal. Total rainfall measured at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station during June was .38 inches.

The lowest amount of rainfall on record was .1 inches. The base couldn’t provide the year that occurred.

Normal precipitation during June at the base is .81 inches.

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BLUFF FIRE CONTINUED FROM A1 Wildland firefighters from the Washington Department of Natural Resources worked into the evening providing support from ground and air to further contain the fire that was largely under control by the time DNR arrived.

Firefighters from North Whidbey Fire and Rescue, Central Whidbey Fire & Rescue and Navy Region Northwest Fire and Emergency Services were the first to respond to the 3:10 p.m. call and knocked down most of the flames by the time DNR’s ground crew got to the site about 90 minutes later.

The fire was started by a youth playing with a lighter in the group campground area, said Mike Brown, deputy fire chief with North Whidbey Fire, the first responding agency that got to the scene in 11 minutes and set up incident command for the mutual aid call.

The steep grade and difficult access to fight the fire made the situation uniquely challenging and kept firefighters concerned about not letting the brushfire spread beyond their reach.

Firefighters set up a perimeter at north and south ends of the blaze to try to keep the fire “in a box” and stop flames from spreading out of containment toward areas of greater risk to

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people and structures, Brown said.

Some crews had to lay hose down along walking trails and cut their own paths through thick brush to get a nozzle over the cliff edge to knock down flames.

“Access was very, very difficult,” Brown said.

“It was really difficult to extinguish the fire due to the placement of where it was.”

Since DNR’s crews are based in Sedro-Woolley, local fire agencies on the island sometimes handle small fires on state lands without the need of assistance, Brown said.

However, the significance of Wednesday’s fire prompted an immediate call to get DNR involved, and ground crews had to travel from a fire in Whatcom County to get to Central Whidbey.

“It’s been busy for early July,” said Albert Kassel, DNR’s fire investigator who was on the scene.

“It’s extremely dry this year.”

Central Whidbey Fire worked with the naval unit to tackle the south side of the perimeter, while North Whidbey Fire handled much of the north side with assistance from naval personnel.

“You need anything?” one North Whidbey firefighter asked Capt. Steve Lacy as he kept an eye on the flames on the bluff below.

“How about a chopper full of water,” Lacy responded.

Lacy got his wish around 5:40 p.m. when the helicopter arrived after traveling from Ellensburg and soon started drop-

ping buckets of sea water on the fire.

North Whidbey Fire soon began pulling out its crew and transitioning control of the fire to DNR but kept a water tender on the scene to provide support until 9:40 p.m., Brown said.

DNR was still onsite Friday monitoring the scene, which will continue to smoke possibly for weeks because of hot spots, Crimmins said.

The fire started along a trail near the group campground by a youth from a visiting, off-island youth group.

Any multi-agency response is costly but that cost rises possibly by “tens of thousands of dollars” by the presence of air support, Brown estimated.

If the fire is found to be started deliberately, parents can be hit with a bill to pay for costs associated with fighting the fire, said Janet Pearce, communications officer with DNR. A juvenile also may be sent to counseling programs, Brown said.

Another smaller brushfire on the bluff caused by a firework happened July 3 but managed to burn itself out overnight with no emergency calls made to alert firefighters, Crimmins said.

Overall, Brown said he was pleased by efforts by all involved to keep the fire from spreading laterally out of containment.

“The response was great,” Brown said. “With mutual aid, we all work very well together.”

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