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The following is part of a series by the Everett Herald entitled “What Jail Can’t Cure.” The following piece covers the death of Lopez resident Keaton Farris in a Coupeville jail. For the full series, go to http://www. heraldnet.com/section/jailsandmentalillness. Keaton Farris was seven miles from home and he was dying. He was alone and naked, dehydrated and starving, locked up in the Island County Jail for forging a $355 check. Keaton, 25, had attended Coupeville High School, less than a mile from the jail. He played football and basketball and ran track. His dad, Fred, is a mailman in the small town. Keaton returned home last year to rest and find his footing after being diagnosed with bipolar disorder. His parents believe he was in the throes of a manic episode before he died on April 7. Keaton was behind bars for 18 days, shuffled among three other jails before he was sent to Island County. Fred Farris and Tiffany Ferrians weren’t allowed to see or talk to their son. They frequently called to check on him and told corrections officers he was bipolar and needed his medication. The Island County Jail chief later claimed his staff didn’t know Keaton was mentally ill. The chief ’s statements and details about Keaton’s incarceration are part of the 700page report compiled by Island County’s veteran detective Ed Wallace. His investigation found that corrections officers documented how Keaton refused water and meals.
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Keaton died because he was labeled a behavioral problem, a danger and an inconvenience. He died while he was in a mental health crisis and unable to care for himself. Two corrections officers forged records and lied about when they’d last checked on Keaton. They were put on leave and later resigned. The Whatcom County prosecutor is investigating to determine if someone should be charged with a crime. The FBI also is reviewing Keaton’s death. Island County Sheriff Mark Brown, who oversees the jail, fired a corrections lieutenant. The jail chief retired and the nurse left her job in the midst of a health department investigation. Island County has spent $20,000 for a corrections advisor to review jail operations. Brown made changes to improve medical and mental health screening. He apologized to Fred Farris and said Keaton died because of a “systematic breakdown.” Keaton’s story is not an isolated incident. He is one of the estimated 2 million people living with mental illness who are booked into the nation’s jails every year. Mental illness is three to six times more prevalent in jail than in the general popu-
by LESLIE KELLY
Although employment is up across the San Juan Islands, and the economy seems to be rebounding, residents still face stagnant wages while the price of everything from rent to groceries is increasing. That was the message in a recent report by the San Juan County Economic Development Council. Victoria Compton, executive director of the economic development council, called the report “mostly positive.” “It’s clear that we are in economic recovery,” she said. “We’re a few years behind the rest of the nation. We’re just starting to see the natural climb out of the recession.” The report included data from the Washington Employment Security Department, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Western Washington University. Among the notable results is that unemployment in the San Juan Islands has dropped from
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Tiffany Ferrians holds a portrait of her son Keaton Farris at her home on Lopez Island on Thursday. “There’s a serenity to him here,” Ferrians said about the portrait from 2014. At left: Keaton Farris in Seattle in January 2015. He passed away on April 7, 2015. lation. Suicide continues to be the leading cause of death among inmates and has been on the rise for a decade. The National Institute of Corrections and behavioral health experts say jails and prisons have become the country’s largest mental health institutions since the nation shut down psychiatric hospitals in the 1980s and failed to adequately replace them with community resources. Jails and prisons aren’t designed to properly care for people in crisis, or treat those with severe mental illness. Corrections officers often aren’t knowledgable about mental illnesses, and jails often lack adequate medical staffing. Inmates can be reluctant to report their mental illness because of the stigma.
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6.2 percent in May of 2012 to a current rate of 4.4 percent. The highest unemployment listed was in January 2012 at 8.8 percent. Compton said that included growth in manufacturing and technology jobs, as well as a return to full force labor in other areas such as retail and construction. “It’s only been recently that construction has begun to come back,” she said. “And we’ve seen a growth in small manufacturing and tech.” Examples of that, she said were the manufacturing of parts for Honda outboards and filters for NASA, both which are done in the San Juans. She said she’s also seen a growth in technology companies that produce apps. “They can do their work anywhere, but they’ve decided to work and live here because it’s a nice place,” she said. According to the state Department of revenue, business growth on the islands was reported to be up 6,000 firms or companies from
The 58-bed jail in Coupeville is just across the water from Snohomish County, where reforms have been under way at the jail after a series of deaths. Snohomish County has paid $3.7 million to settle lawsuits with the families of two young people who died after being denied adequate medical attention. Other lawsuits are pending. Keaton’s symptoms were so severe on April 1 that he couldn’t be arraigned for identity theft. The San Juan County judge urged Keaton’s mom not to bail her son out of jail. His public defender assured Ferrians that Keaton was safe. The judge ordered him to be evaluated by a psychologist at Western State Hospital. But long delays
3,000 in 1994 to 9,000 in 2014. Those figures are based on sale tax reports given to the state. One thing that has been an issue for workers living on the San Juan Islands is wages. While costs of goods and services has increased, wages have not. “The best way of looking at it is that if a tomato cost $1 in 2007, it now costs $1.50,” said Compton. “But as a consumer, you are still only making the wages you were in 2007.” That holds true for everything, including rents, which she said were higher than other places in the state, like smaller towns in eastern Washington, because of the appeal of living in the San Juans. “People from Seattle, where wages are better, are still coming here to buy homes or rent vacation rentals,” she said. “So that means rents stay high and that’s a tough squeeze on workers here.”
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Death isn’t something that’s hush-hush anymore by LESLIE KELLY
Special to the Sounder
Death Cafes and death doulas. Even death midwives. The terms may be new, but the subject matter isn’t. And it’s evidence that, at least for a segment of the population, death is no longer a taboo topic. “There’s just more of an awareness of end of life
issues,” said Libby Garcia, a registered nurse who hosts Death Cafes. “As Baby Boomers head into the age where death is inevitable, they’re changing things, just like they have all along in their lives. It’s an exciting thing.” Garcia will host a Death Cafe Nov. 21 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at Emmanuel Parish Hall on Orcas Island. She came into the work after
seeing death often as an emergency room nurse. “I was frustrated watching people die in a way that was over-interventive,” she said. “Often times methods would be carried out that were futile and only increased the dying person’s pain.” She asked herself, “what’s the right thing to do?” Her answer was to get involved by helping people plan end
The Grand Scenic Highway By: TOM WELCH
For the Orcas Island Historical Museum
The San Juan Islander newspaper reported in 1910 on plans developed by Robert Moran and a nationally-prominent ‘good roads expert’ named Samuel C. Lancaster to build a ‘Grand Scenic Highway’ on Orcas Island from Doe Bay to Deer Harbor. The proposed road was to be 25 miles in length, would start at the Doe Bay waterfront, go up and over Mount Constitution, through Eastsound, up and over Turtleback Mountain,and would end at the waterfront in Deer Harbor. Lancaster studied the contours of the land during a stay of several weeks at the Moran mansion at Rosario, and considered the project entirely feasible. He claimed Mount Constitution was ‘easy of ascent’, and thought the topography of the island no barrier to road building. While Lancaster drew up plans and went to Washington D.C. to try and interest the federal government in the project, Moran was reported to be considering financing the entire project himself, under ‘certain conditions’. Expected to cost about $100,000 each way for a two way road, or a total of $200,000.00, and to be paid for by government and state aid and private subscription, the completed road would “. . .rank with the great scenic highways of the world.”.Wealthy island residents, including Charles F. Roehl, became interested in the local possibilities such a road would bring. Roehl announced plans to build on his property between Olga and Doe Bay a “...complete summer resort, equipped with baths and accommodations that are attractive to the tourist,” and to seal the mouth of Doe Bay with a water-tight bulkhead that would have closeable gates and trap ‘warm’ tidal water for bathing. (The author supposes that Mr. Roehl spent very little, if any, time in our local waters.) Convinced that the San Juan Islands in
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come and address any issue surrounding death that they want to.” The hope is that by talking about death prior to a death, individuals can outline what they want when their time comes. While there are some strong personalities who attend the Death Cafes, Garcia said everyone’s opinion is respected. Participants are broken into small groups, about eight people to a group, where the conversations can be more intimate. One of the positive things that happens, is that when people gather for a Death Cafe, they become a community. “And that spreads to others,” she said. “It’s taking the negativity out of the subject of death.” The addition of death midwives or death doulas is helping, too. Much like how midwives and doulas help at the time of birth, they can help at the time of death. Ashley Benem, a licensed massage therapist, a death midwife and a minister, is evidence of that. For the past five years, she’s been helping those who are dying prepare for their passing. As a former birth doula, her work has now come full circle. “These titles may be new,” she said, “but the idea of
someone helping at the time of birth and death is nothing new.” A death midwife or death doula is someone who has the expertise and skills to support the dying person and their friends or family. Care is individualized according to what the dying person desires. They are non-medical supportive companions who help with physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and cultural needs. Their work begins when they are contacted by someone who knows they are dying, or who has a family member who is dying. “We have a long conversation to begin with,” Benem said. “I meet with the ill person and their support team and talk about where they are at in the process. We talk about the path they want to take and then we draft a death plan.” What they do is not medical or legal, she said. They provide comfort care. She and the other death midwives, who work with her, average about 10 clients a month. An example, she said, is that in Washington state, family members can wash and prepare the body for final disposition. “We can help them prepare the body, dress the body, and transport the body,” she said.
by DAVID TURNOY Special to the Sounder What do you know about the Trans-Pacific Partnership? After years of negotiations, its text was finally released in early November, and it is truly the trade treaty from Hell. Here are some of the very likely consequences: • More early deaths due to lack of affordable medicine. • More unhealthy and unsafe food, resulting in more illness and death. • More pollution. • Tying our hands so we
can’t fight climate change. • More restricted freedom on the internet with less privacy protection • Offshoring of more American jobs and reduced wages for American workers • Corporate tribunals that award damages to corporations whose expected profits are reduced due to health, safety, environmental, or other public interest laws that restrict their ability to operate, with no recourse to our courts. Activists around the world have opposed the
TPP, warning it will benefit corporations at the expense of public health, the environment, free speech and labor rights. Public Citizen says, “The text shows that the TPP would offshore more American jobs, lower our wages, flood us with unsafe imported food, and expose our laws to attack in foreign tribunals.” If this information troubles you, you are not alone. But we are not stuck with this horrible treaty if we all act. Our member of the House of Representatives and our Senators will be voting on this treaty after a 90-day comment period ends Feb. 4, 2016. You can email or write a letter to your representative in the House and your senators giving your opinion and encouraging them to vote against TPP. For more information, see my longer article on the Sounder’s website, islandssounder.com. Be informed and tell your representatives to vote NO.
Dire consequences of TPP Samuel C. Lancaster, a pioneer in hard surface highway construction including the Columbia River Scenic Highway.
general, and Orcas Island in particular, were under appreciated for both their natural scenic beauty and low land prices, Robert Moran ‘boosted’ the islands every chance he got. He had powerful connections in many places, not least with the transcontinental railroad lines, and their publicity departments all promised to advertise the San Juan Islands throughout the East in 1911. Moran stated that Orcas and the neighboring islands were to become one of the “. .. great summer homes sites of the earth, and Puget Sound is to become in summer what California is in winter.”
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of life decisions prior to death. She became aware of something called Death Cafes that were popular in Europe and are gaining popularity in the U.S. She took part in some in Bellingham, and then moved to Orcas and decided to bring them with her. A Death Cafe is a place to talk about any subject that is in the realm of death. The term comes from the setting in Europe, where folks would get together over cake and tea to talk about matters around death. The model was developed by Jon Underwood and Sue Barsky Reid, based on the ideas of Bernard Crettaz. “Death Cafes are not directed by anyone and there are no speakers or leaders,” she said. “What’s discussed is anything anybody brings up that they want to talk about.” It’s a running conversation, she said. Topics often include hospice care, advance directives, death with dignity and what compromises a good death and if that is even possible. “Hopefully the participants can talk about the things that are near and dear to their heart,” she said. “It’s a supportive environment.” And there are no rules. “It’s not grief counseling,” she said. “It’s not therapy. It’s a time when anyone can
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SJ County Sheriff’s Log Residential building applications to get ‘lean’
The San Juan County Sheriff ’s Office responded to the following calls. Nov. 4 • A female driver in the Town of Friday Harbor was cited for driving with a suspended driver’s license in the third degree. Her license had been suspended in 2013 for an unpaid traffic fine. • A ferry crew and ferry terminal employees reported a disruptive passenger interfered with the unloading a ferry at the Lopez Island terminal. Nov. 5 • A deputy issued a traffic infraction to a man driving in Friday Harbor for using a cell phone while driving. • An Orcas deputy responded to a report of fraud at an Eastsound bank. It was determined the client’s checks were used fraudulently by a known suspect. Nov. 6 • A San Juan Island victim called to report a neighbor’s dog had killed one of his chickens in his yard. The neighbor was already making arrangements for compensation with the chicken owner. • A roaming dog took a rabbit from another person’s property on San Juan Island. The dog owner is making arrangements for compensation with the rabbit owner. • A Lopez Island deputy responded to a citizen dispute complaint. There was no evidence of an assault between the involved parties. One of the involved persons, who was not located, had a warrant for his arrest for domestic violence assault. Nov. 7 • A San Juan Island man reported he was walking his dog when a neighbor had left his gate open and the neighbor’s dogs came out and attacked his dog. The dogs were separated and the injured dog taken to the vet. The suspect’s dogs were photographed and county dog ordinances were discussed. • A Friday Harbor business owner reported a burglary attempt on a storage shed. The locking plate was bent and a lattice damaged, but no entry made or items stolen. Evening deputies were advised to be on watch. • Deputies were dispatched to a possible domestic dispute in Friday Harbor. The parties were contacted and it was found to
be verbal only. • A Lopez deputy conducted a welfare check on someone standing outside a parked vehicle along Fisherman Bay Road. The driver stopped after his intoxicated passenger became nauseous. Nov. 8 • A Friday Harbor property owner found a person had entered a cabin on their property and was passed out inside. The subject was arrested and booked into jail. • A Friday Harbor contractor reported tools stolen from a job site after finding the house unlocked. • Parking infractions were issued to vehicles parked over the 72-hour limit at the Obstruction Pass county dock on Orcas. • A Lopez family reported a possible car prowl of their vehicle parked in front of their home. The car alarm was set off, probably scaring the intruders away. Nov. 9 • A derelict vehicle was abandoned in the traffic lane on Lopez Sound Road on Lopez Island. It was pushed off the road and back into the driveway it came from. • A San Juan vehicle owner called to report a hit and run he claimed happened the night before in town. Nov. 10 • A deputy responded to a report of an Eastsound woman posting on social media that she was going to harm herself. The investigation was completed and proved to be unfounded. • Deputies and the county coroner are investigating the death of a 45-year-old Lopez Island man. • Deputies arrested a 31-year-old Lopez Island woman for assault in the fourth degree - domestic violence. • An Orcas man reported that his landlord had been harassing him. The incident was determined civil in nature but still documented. • Deputies responded to the Friday Harbor holding facility to prevent an inmate from harming himself in the holding cell. • A deputy responded to a report of an unwanted person at an Eastsound business. The person left the area prior to the deputy’s arrival. The subject is known to law enforcement due to his previous issues with anger, belligerence and threatening behavior.
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the scope and location of the project, then brings subject matter experts from the Health Department, Public Works and Community Development to meet with the applicant to ensure the application is complete before it is submitted. Health Department Director Mark Tompkins, who helped design the new process, said, “When we dug into this, we discovered that some information was unnecessarily traveling back and forth between departments.” Under the new system such things as septic system plans and water avail-
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ability certifications will be reviewed and approved directly by experts in the health department. “This has been one place where, in the past, missing information and miscommunication has caused frustrating delays for the applicants, and for us as well,” Tompkins said. The new process is the result of a program initiated by County Manager Mike Thomas to improve efficiency and eliminate bottlenecks in government services. The system they are using is called “Lean.” Thomas said that when Gibboney becomes the County’s Deputy Public Works Director at year’s end, her core duties will include working with a five-person “Lean Team” to improve communication between departments and simplify processes. With Gibboney’s move, Erika Shook, currently the Community Development Director in the City of Enumclaw, will take over the top spot in San Juan County’s Community Development Department.
Orcas Family Health Center is proud of our women providers in business. Their commitment to providing quality care in a comfortable environment makes each patient visit part of an important ongoing relationship towards a healthy mind, body, and lifestyle. Orcas Family Health Center strives to keep appointments on time and have walk-in spots available Monday through Friday from 9am to 5pm. Karen Caley Orr, Physician Assistant, has been an integral part of the OFHC team since 2013. After she graduated from the University of St Francis in Indiana with a Physician Assistant degree in 1991, Karen worked in Urgent Care medicine for 15 years where she obtained a wealth of medical experience. Karen is proficient at caring for both male and female patients ranging from pediatric to geriatric. Karen's prior experience includes an Undergraduate degree from Seattle PacificThe University in Exercise Physiology. clinical staff She at has worked in the fields of Sports Medicine and Physical Therapy. Jennifer Utter, Physician Assistant, has recently joined the OFHC team. Jennifer born Seattle and gradHeather was Thomas has and been raised workingin with Orcas Family Health Center since Jun 2011. HerNorthwest responsibilities office include assisting,inphlebotomy, an uated from Medex at atthetheUniversity of medical Washington This year she received her national certification as a medical assistan 1994 with aradiography. BS in Clinical Health Services. She doesn't recall her Heather considers herself very fortunate to work in such a caring, productive offic first stay on with Orcas onlyappreciative 2 weekspatients. old butSheshe greatbecause co-workersshe andwas friendly, hashas also been a volun teer EMT for Orcas Fire and Rescue sinceon 2003.Heather attended many fond memories of time spent here the island afterPIMA thatMedical Institu in Seattle, Washington. at her family's Eagle Lake property on Point Lawrence. She helped us with provider Phoebe Hershenow, ARNP (Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner) has been coverage this summer and fell inOrcas loveFamily withHealth our patients and staff. Jennifer is in the Center for almost five years. She's happy to find herself at th process of moving to Orcas Island from Snohomish monthmorphine, and sheconfusing, will be patchwork seeing health ca tiny independent outpost ofthis our massive, system for the opportunity to get to know each patient and the patients on Thursdays and Fridays as and wellvery asgrateful weekend call. families personally, and help them to make a plan to get or to stay healthy and kee Carrie Feuer, PhD, provides counseling services at OFHC. Carrie their care close to home. And, if they do need to venture off, to help them navigate an was born and inand New York City e inraised a sensible organized way.and Puerto Rico. She moved Physician joinedand the Orcas Family Health Cent to Orcas IslandCertifi oneedand a halfAssistant yearsKaren ago Caley afterOrrliving practic2013. She is a native of Seattle, Washington and has spent most every summ ing in Hawaiiteam forinthe last 20 years. She read about Orcas Family of her life on Orcas. She relocated to the island in June of 2012 and brings with her 1 Health Center and was taken by the philosophy of treatment years of urgent care experience. Karen is proficient with medical for issues ranging fro pediatric to geriatric and everything in between.atKaren has knowledge and inte all, regardless of ability to pay. She volunteered thealso clinic for estsand in promoting and wellness. a degree from Seattle Pacific Un almost a year, when anfitness opportunity to She useholds an offi ce became versity in Exercise Physiology and has worked in Sports Medicine as well as a Person available she quickly jumped atTrainer. the chance to begin her private SheJuans. has Karen herself can be spotted joggingpractice. around the San been practicing now since March, (Tues, and Thurs Masha isWed, the newest addition11am-5pm). to the OFHC team. She joined the Center less tha ago and thoroughly her relationship theof patients Orcas Family Health Center isa year a non-profi t Rural embraced Health Clinic locatedwith west the and the sta Masha graduated from Washington State University in May 2012 and started explorin Orcas Airport. We are all committed to providing access to quality care to residents the medical field under the excellent supervision of Dr. Shinstrom. While honing h and visitors on Orcas Island regardless of insurance ability totoward pay. OFHC hass degree used in speech-lan medical assistant skills, she isoralso working her master’ pathology. She enjoys working with patients and seeing smiles on their faces the Care for All motto for over aguage decade!
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As Community Development Director Sam Gibboney prepares to move a new position in county government, she is coordinating a sea change in the application process for residential building permits. Gibboney, pictured here, estimates that half of the residential building permit applications submitted in San Juan County encounter delays because documentation is incomplete or required information is missing. While applications are on hold and staff spends time seeking needed information, other applications awaiting review can stack up, causing delays that can be costly. The department is now testing a new permit process for residential development that Gibboney believes will drastically reduce or even eliminate those delays. “A complaint we have often heard from developers is that there are too many moving parts – too many departments, divisions, inspectors and reviewers involved – and that there is no one place to find out all the information they should have before they walk in the door and pay their fee,” Gibboney said. The new permitting process, expected to be in place within the first three months of 2016, simplifies the early steps in submitting an application, provides more information based on
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hen the Orcas Island Community Foundation asked me to be part of a special project, I immediately said yes. I had a cursory understanding of what it would entail, but it wasn’t until our first meeting that it really clicked. And then I got very excited. Thanks to a grant from the Satterberg Foundation, OICF is embarking on a community indicators initiative. There are two goals: align their grantmaking decisions with defined community needs, and provide donors with accurate information about pressing needs on Orcas Island. By tracking over-arching trends – everything from home ownership to incidents of domestic violence to the number of children receiving free and reduced meals – OICF can better distribute money and make a difference in areas that may not be well documented. “We want to use grant money in a meaningful way,” said OICF Director Hilary Canty. Jason Robertson, who oversees these kind of projects in Olympia, is heading up the process. OICF gathered a wide range of community members to contribute to the conversation. We brainstormed ideas of indicators for the following topics: health and wellness, economy, housing, education, arts, environment and access to services. For example, for health, we suggested looking at birth rates, geriatric care, mental health availability and number of EMS calls, to name a few. For education, the list included number of special ed students, early childhood education rates, standardized test scores and graduation statistics. Robertson said in choosing the final list of indicators for each category, he looks at the following criteria: Can it help tell a story? Can it help move the lever and make a change locally? Is it something that can be tracked by the community foundation for years to come? Once Robertson narrows the scope, there will be data collection and dissemination and perhaps community surveys. Ultimately, all of the information will be presented in a brochure that OICF intends to update annually. We can’t wait to see trends specific to Orcas Island. Much of the information we have currently is for the county as a whole. Will we be able to shed light on a hidden or under-served demographic or need? We are so impressed that OICF is tackling this giant project. As this is also National Community Foundation Week, we’d like to thank the organization for its 20 years of thoughtful, structured charitable giving. In 2015, its net assets reached $13 million and grant distribution finished at $1.2 million. For the holiday season, OICF is launching a special campaign. On Tuesdays from Nov. 24 to Jan. 1, “Flat Lance,” a cardboard cutout of the real Lance Evans from the Orcas Chamber of Commerce, will appear at public locations around town. Islanders are encouraged to take a “selfie” with the cutout. Each Wednesday, real Lance will randomly draw a winner from the Flat Lance selfies. The winner gets to direct money contributed by OICF to their favorite OICF Holiday Catalog (www.giveorcas.org) nonprofit. For more info visit www.oicf.us. Here is how to play: Locate the cardboard cutout of Flat Lance (he will be in a different public location each Tuesday from noon to 3 p.m. and at other random days and times too). Take a selfie with Flat Lance. Post it on Facebook; “tag” OICF and the charity name you support and #giveorcas. Thank you to OICF for the innovative ways it is strengthening our community, and to the generous islanders who give everything from $5 to $50,000. Working and giving together, we make Orcas thrive. – Colleen Smith Armstrong, publisher
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To the Editor: ‘Seniors have talent’ a big success Thank you to everyone who attended Seniors Have Talent on Nov. 7. We had a full house! Much gratitude to all who performed in the show. The performers were funny, sincere and talented. Thank you to the businesses who contributed to the silent auction. For a first annual show, it was highly successful. We look forward to next year’s Seniors Have Talent show. What a great time it was. Memories were made to last a lifetime. Didier Gincig Hearts and Hands
Fosters say thank you The Fosters would like to thank the community of Orcas Island for the renovation of our bathroom to accommodate Luanne’s wheelchair. After 49 years of living with diabetes, she had to have her right leg amputated below the knee. It happened so fast and everybody in the building trade stepped up and offered any of their free time to help us out, even at their busy time of the year. They gave up weekends and evenings to help us get everything ready. Luanne was in the hospital and care center for two months. Our special thanks go out to Eric Beemer, Paul Doherty, Dalgarno Construction, Odie’s Plumbing, Rich Madan, Mel Windsor, Neil and Paul of Island Hardware, John and Katy Curlett, Norm Flint, Dave Bainey and our son-in-law Martin Hamasa for the ADA bathroom 3D design and discount on plumbing supplies. Hope we didn’t forget anyone!! Thanks for all the good thoughts, prayers, and dinners and thanks to our American Legion friends for all they did to help.
Thank you to Orcas Island EMTs and paramedics for saving my life. You’re the best. Wayne and Luanne Foster Orcas Island
Thanks, Rock Island Best new service in the San Juan Islands: Rock Island Communications. It is a real treat to work with our very own start-up internet/ phone company. We now have high speed internet at our home. No more spinning wheels, and streaming doesn’t stop. Who would have thought it possible? The staff at Rock Island Communications is professional, technically knowledgable, friendly, enthusiastic and passionate about delivering high quality service. Whether it is Alan or Ali, Gerry or Dan, Justin or Brian or the many other staff who think ‘outside’ the box, to bring real fiber optic to the San Juan Islands, you are appreciated. A special thank you to the OPALCO Board of Directors, current and past, for having the foresight and perserverance to make Rock Island Communications happen. Bern & Anne Marie Shanks Deer Harbor
Public meetings Thurs., Nov. 19
Fri., Nov. 20
• OPAlCO budget work session 8:45 a.m. at the Friday Harbor OPALCO office. Members are welcome to attend.
• OPALCO Board of Directors will hold its regular meeting at the Friday Harbor OPALCO office beginning at 8:45 a.m.
Goodbye to Roger I was deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Roger Congdon. I first met Roger about 25 years ago, when I joined the American Legion Post #93. Over the years I got to know Roger through my association with the honor guard, and he was instrumental in helping us form the Sons Of the American Legion (SAL) Squadron #93 here on Orcas, 15 years ago. Like Colonel Dick Boberg, Roger was always available to answer any questions regarding the various procedures and protocol of being an officer of the SAL unit. Like most veterans I never heard Roger discuss his service in the military, and, although for the most part, Roger seemed to be quiet and/or reserved in nature, he truly had the heart of a lion. Which was indeed exemplified, not only by his extensive service record, but by his life. Thank you, Roger, for showing us what a true hero is really like. God Bless You! And may the rest of your journey be as pleasant as your fondest dreams! Mick Stevens Eastsound
Great editorial Just wanted to say that I thought your editorial about the teacher and student was right on (“When a teacher crosses the line,” 11/4/15). You outlined the issues very clearly and mentioned other opinions that are irrelevant. Nicely done. Janice Wiemeyer Orcas Island
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Council won’t move forward with chemical spraying by LESLIE KELLY
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After a weekend of answering phone calls and emails from residents who oppose the use of herbicides on county right-of-ways, the San Juan Island County Council opted Nov. 9 not to allow them to be used. The matter came to the council from the noxious weed board, an appointed county board, and the county’s public works department. Specifically, council members were asked to approve changes to an existing ordinance that would allow the use of herbicides to eradicate or control noxious weeds along these right-of-ways. Noxious weeds are defined by the Washington State Department of Agriculture as non-native plants to Washington that have been introduced here via humans. Because they grow aggressively, the species can be highly destructive and are difficult to control. Among them is the notorious scotch broom. According to San Juan County Public Works Director Brian Vincent, the county’s noxious weed board requested that he take up the issue with the county council. But for many, the idea of possible changes to the ordinance came as a surprise. Mark Anderson, longtime resident, said when he learned that the topic was on an agenda for Nov. 9, he began contacting people who he thought would be interested and urged an email campaign to council members during the weekend prior to the meeting. In his email to supporters, Anderson said he didn’t support the “efforts by the noxious weed board to solve a small plant problem
LETTERS FROM 4 Disagree with Sounder editorial In the November 5 issue of Islands’ Sounder, two editorials regarding sexual misconduct by a high school teacher were printed. The one article, credited to three high school seniors of The Viking Voice, was tempered with compassion and respect for all those involved in the situation. It calls for restraint from judgement and blame, as well as calls for the use of right speech in discussing the situation in our community. Their editorial rightly reminds us all that the subjects of our interest are real people living among us with families, as well as imperfections. Everyone involved deserves the right to a space and process for their indiscretions, which includes privacy as well as access to the justice system. The authors realize the damage and pain caused in dealing out assumptions and shame about a case that has yet gone to trial. Your editorial, although claiming to look deeper into the topic, degrades into a
by creating a large scale public health problem.” San Juan County has not used chemicals or herbicides on noxious weeds for more than 20 years, Vincent said. There has been a prohibition against the use of herbicides since 1998, and it was the practice of the county to not use them in years prior to that. Vincent said he didn’t know what brands or types of chemicals were used before they were banned. But, he said, the county has a legal responsibility to control the growth and spread of noxious weeds. According to Bruce Gregory, chairman of the noxious weed board, the county spend as much as $15,000 annually for removal of Scotch broom, until 2005 when funding for the program ended. In 2007, the county hired a consultant and spent $10,000 on a management plan for short-term eradication and long-term maintenance. In 2008, the county funded a roadside maintenance technician to control noxious weeds on county right-of-ways and implement an integrated weed management program. The program worked well, but the position was eliminated in 2010 and “since that time roadside weed control by public works has been sporadic and less than effective,” Gregory wrote in a letter to county manager Mike Thomas. Besides requesting the use of herbicides, the noxious weed board has asked that more attention be paid by public works to the spread of weeds through mowing; that mowing be done when the plant’s life cycle would minimize the spread of those weeds;
black and white view of a story that’s complicated, nuanced and personal. It ends with an inflammatory and inappropriately applied label of “predator” to someone not yet convicted. In looking into the legal definition of “predator,” I found that predator is someone that has been convicted in court, who has committed predatory acts in the past and is likely to commit them again. In legal and medical use it describes someone convicted of a sexually violent offence and who suffers from a mental abnormality or personality disorder that makes him or her likely to engage in sexually violent offenses again. You’ve chosen to make up your own standards of what a predator is and come to conclude that “the law agrees.” In their own words, the high school seniors “chose not to write an article highlighting specifics of the case, rather, to discuss the importance of respect and support.” It would have been nice if you followed the example of our high school seniors and their well articulated, balanced, and compassionate article printed in the same paper. Christopher Evans Eastsound
ECONOMY FROM 1 With regard to how people are spending their money on the San Juan Islands, a majority goes for retail purchases. About 28 percent of all sales tax collected comes from retail businesses. “On Orcas that number is 36 percent, about a third of all the dollars spend,” she said. “But we can’t tell from this (data) whether that’s residents purchasing goods or whether that’s tourists shopping here. There’s no way to gauge that.” The data also doesn’t show what items people are spending their on. She also warned that just a purchase or two of mega yachts sold in the San Juans could sway that percentage. As for other sales tax collected, about 20 percent was from construction projects. Utilities accounted for from 6 to 10 percent depending on which island studied, and accommodations and dining was another 11 to 13 percent. Transportation was only 1 to 2 percent of all sales tax collected. Compton said she thinks transportation costs level out between the fact that residents have very short
that public works consult with the weed board before adding any new seed mix in the right-of-ways, and that the roadside technician position be restored. At the meeting, county council members heard more than 40 minutes of comments from the public, the majority of whom opposed the use of any chemicals or herbicides. Following that, Vincent told the council that he wasn’t bringing the matter forward “lightly.” “This is a difficult position to be in,” he said. “Legally, we are required to control noxious weeds on the property we own.” He added that if you took the right-of ways on both sides of all the county roads that the county is responsible for, it would add up to 650 acres. He also told the council that the use of herbicides didn’t mean random wide-spread spraying. “Any use of herbicides would be as a last resort,” Vincent said. “Public Works would not just go out and start spraying. We would try best management practices first.” If that proved inefficient, then use of organic herbicides would be by hand application to plants after they were cut to ground level. Possible use of pump-style backpack sprayers might happen. But even with that, council members opted not to make changes to the ordinance. All three councilmen said they were not in favor of the changes as presented and urged Vincent to go back to the drawing board. “The language is confusing,” said Chairman Bob Jarman. “The public is concommutes to work, as opposed to the cost of leaving the islands via ferry. In total, sales tax increased over all the county by 9.6 percent in 2015, from the 2014 figure. It went from $1.3 million to $1.43 million. While some comes from year-round residents, a good portion comes from summer tourism. One of the crucial factors in spending on the San Juan Islands is the number of residents who are considered low income. In a recent report by Orcas Power and Light Company, 19 percent of the population in the county lives below 150 percent of the federal poverty guidelines. That represents 1,500 households and 3,000 individuals. To better describe that level, someone who is at 150 percent of the federal poverty level would make $17,505 annually, or $8.42 an hour. A family of two wage earners would make $23,598, at an average hourly rate of $11.35. The power company conducted the study to try to determine how best to allot its utility assistance money. But Compton said it is an indication of the low and stagnate wages in the area. She said she hopes that non-
fused.” Councilman Rick Hughes said he would like public works to take another growing season to look at what can be done to control noxious weed growth without the use of any chemicals, including the use of volunteer labor by neighboring property owners. “Then, one year from now we can revisit this,” Hughes said. “But for now we need to continue (to limit) growth without chemical solutions.” Vincent said he doesn’t plan to bring the subject back to the council any time soon. He said that there is no funding for a roadside maintenance technician which he said was a “rather technical job” and would cost about $60,000. Bruce George, chair of the noxious weed board, however, said the board will continue to pursue a solution. “The weed board will continue to create a practical set of documents for outreach, have island specific meetings to present these facts and collect input from the citizens who by-and-large have been left out of the conversation,” he said. He added that having public works on board to help address weed issues is a step in the right direction. “Having Brian Vincent step up and work with the weed board is the first time in a long time that the weed board sees some hope and we will continue to partner with Brian and public works,” George said. “There’s a lot of mistrust in the community and that is (the) biggest problem. We will have to educate (the public) to overcome that ignorance.”
profits and social services can use the information to apply for more grants and government loans to help low wage earners and their families. Meanwhile, the economic development council is working to enhance business on the San Juans. It is undertaking a branding plan whereby products made on the San Juans will bear a “San Juan Islands Made” logo. A website is
being created to market that plan. “We’re hoping to encourage those people who’ve been thinking about staring a business to go for it,” she said. “We will offer help with business plans and pitches, and we are sponsor trade shows. We’re even planning our own ‘Shark Tank’-type competition.” For info, go to www. sanjuansedc.org, or call Compton at 378-2906.
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KEATON FROM 1 plague the state psychiatric hospital in Pierce County, which is under a court order to admit inmates sooner so they don’t languish, untreated, in jails. Fred Farris regrets not paying Keaton’s $10,000 bail. The guilt gnaws at him, like the sound of the coroner knocking at his front door at 3 a.m. “If I would have been allowed to see him for one minute, I would not have left,” Farris said. “It would have just taken one person to do the right thing.”
A life interrupted Keaton grew up on Lopez Island among gardens, woods and neighbors whose homes were as open to him as if he were their own. He was an imaginative child who made up stories about castles and knights and acted out the scenes with his buddies. He helped his mom plant a garden and flourished in the alternative classroom she helped start at the local elementary school. He was a graceful and powerful athlete and often gathered up his friends to shoot hoops at a church basketball court. Fred Farris and Keaton’s stepmom, Susan, an elementary school speech therapist, moved in 2005 to Coupeville, where they live with their daughters Vivian, 10, and Mia, 8. Keaton lived with them for two years of high school, doing just enough homework to be eligible to play sports. He moved back in with his mom on Lopez Island for his senior year so he could graduate with his closest friends. After high school, Keaton
therapists and researching mental illness. They jumped through the endless hoops to get Keaton the right treatment. Meanwhile, their son’s easygoing nature was fading under the weight of his illness. It crashed against him like the waves he’d watched reshape the shoreline. At Swedish Hospital in Edmonds, Keaton was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and prescribed antipsychotics. Encouraged to focus on his health, Keaton rested, read and built a garden bed outside his family’s Coupeville house. He and his dad jogged the island’s rolling green hills. When the symptoms retreated, Keaton stopped taking the antipsychotics. An aspiring writer, he didn’t like the way they dulled his senses and ambushed his creativity. Keaton dreamed of being able to support himself as a writer and performed his poetry on street corners. His parents were in the early stages of trying to understand Keaton’s illness. Their strong, healthy son was vulnerable to an unseen wound. They didn’t know how far it reached or where it would lead. “I would never describe Keaton as mentally ill. For me, I saw it as episodic and we didn’t have enough time to understand how, or if, his daily life would be affected,” Ferrians said. Keaton wondered if he would feel like himself again. Could he go back? Would people treat him the same? He didn’t want to tell some of his friends and family about his hospital stay. His brain had betrayed him. His dad said it’s not easy to say those words, to believe that you can still be the wizard who loves watching the Detroit Lions and making
worked odd jobs, moving around between his parents’ homes and his Uncle Louie’s house in Redmond. Keaton’s bliss would have been behind the wheel of a VW van, exploring the country, and at the helm of a sailboat, headed for a warm beach, his dad said. “He’d like to think of himself as a pirate,” Fred Farris said as he sifted through the rocks, feathers, arrowheads and other treasures Keaton collected and stowed away in a wooden box. They were friends. Keaton was the best man at his dad’s wedding. Since their son’s death, others have asked Farris and Ferrians if Keaton showed symptoms of mental illness as he was growing up. Memories, precious gifts now that he’s gone, don’t offer up an answer. Keaton was a sensitive and compassionate boy. Ferrians can still picture her young son standing in a neighbor’s house, a skinny arm wrapped around a friend’s shoulder, comforting the boy, whose father had died. Keaton was “pure love,” his friend Tanissa LavigneThomas said. Family and friends could count on him for an encouraging text message at just the right time. In photographs, he was rarely without a smile. Yet, in the last year of his life, Keaton wasn’t so quick to ham it up for the camera and his eyes lost some of their mischief. The first manic episode struck in late 2013 while Keaton was staying with his mom on Lopez. Her gentle son screamed at someone she couldn’t see. Keaton didn’t remember breaking a door, or punching a tree, or the helicopter ride to a Bellingham hospital. His parents plunged into the unfamiliar, consulting
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your little sisters laugh. Fred Farris urged Keaton to take the medication. They had some tough conversations about how to deal with his illness. Keaton believed he needed sunshine and the outdoors. Those had always been part of his life, his peace. He also believed marijuana would keep the symptoms at bay. Although he still moved around a bit, Keaton retreated back to Lopez, working toward finding a place of his own with friends and a job, exploring his independence and writing more. “Nothing feels better than creating. Anything from a good hearty meal, to a scribble on a yellow notepad, to a fine-knitted tapestry, or even a long epic hymn; we are meant to create,” Keaton wrote on his Facebook page in October 2013.
Shuffled around Keaton’s legal troubles came in March when San Juan County prosecutors charged him with identity theft. Court records say Keaton forged a $354.72 check in January. He didn’t try to cover his tracks, writing his driver’s license number on the stolen check he cashed in Friday Harbor. The theft caught his parents off guard. Keaton was never a kid who asked for much, satisfied with some new socks, underwear or a shirt at Christmas. After the theft, Keaton didn’t contact family for several days. Stealing wasn’t in his nature and his dad wonders if it was the start of a relapse. Talking with his dad, an embarrassed Keaton agreed he had to take responsibility. Keaton, along with his mom, showed up for his arraignment March 13. The hearing was bumped a week so he could find his own lawyer. He told his mom the public defender didn’t like him. Keaton’s stress and anxiety over the upcoming hearing bubbled to the surface. He was determined to make it right, picking out new pants and shoes at a thrift store for his next court appearance and asking for a haircut. Keaton planned to meet his mom so she could take him back to Lopez Island the day before the hearing. But he lost his phone and he never made it home. The next day Keaton sought help at the Edmonds hospital where he was first diagnosed. Doctors gave him anti-anxiety medication and wrote him a new prescription. Hours later a Lynnwood police officer found Keaton outside a bank after employees called about a man acting strange-
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ly. Keaton told the officer he was trying to project his thoughts on people in the bank and admitted he was off his medication, though, he added, the officer’s badge was making him feel better. Because Keaton didn’t show up for court, a San Juan County judge had issued a $10,000 warrant for his arrest, so the Lynnwood officer booked him into the city jail. At intake, Keaton said he took medication for anxiety and panic attacks but he wasn’t suicidal. Records show Keaton didn’t sign the intake paperwork and staff wrote that he wasn’t complying with instructions and likely had mental health issues. Before sunrise Keaton was sent to the Snohomish County Jail. Changes have been made in the Snohomish County Jail in recent years. Medical screening and booking restrictions are more stringent. The jail has been the county’s de facto mental health hospital, homeless shelter and detox facility. But Snohomish County Sheriff Ty Trenary argues that jail isn’t the place for nonviolent offenders with medical and mental health issues. Incarceration is expensive and doesn’t fix anything. Yet, with a felony warrant, Snohomish County let Keaton in. At booking a nurse examined Keaton, reporting that he denied any mental health issues. Staff there suspected Keaton had taken more antianxiety medication than prescribed based on how many pills were left in the bottle he was carrying. They started checking on him every hour to make sure he wasn’t going through withdrawals. Nurses checked his vital signs seven different times during his four-day stay. Snohomish County records documented how much fluid he took, measured in cups. Corrections officers moved Keaton to an observation unit a few hours after he was booked, noting that he may have some mental health issues. A corrections officer recommended a mental health professional talk with Keaton. The next day the behavioral health worker ordered 30-minute safety checks. Those steps are from lessons learned the hard way. The mental health provider later wrote that if Keaton were released from jail, he should be evaluated for involuntary treatment at a psychiatric facility. He “is unwilling or unable to communicate verbally. He is presenting symptoms consistent with psychosis,” the provider wrote.
The records don’t say if there was a conversation alerting San Juan County authorities to Keaton’s condition. Instead he was passed along to Skagit County, a move that was delayed a day because Keaton wouldn’t cooperate. Shuttle staff told Skagit County jailers Keaton was zapped with a stun gun while in Snohomish County. Skagit County corrections officers put Keaton in an observation cell near the booking station because he wouldn’t talk and they didn’t have much information about his condition. They told Island County, which provides jail services for San Juan County, to send two officers when they picked him up the next day. Only one officer showed up. Keaton resisted being put in handcuffs and tried to bite an officer. He was placed in a restraint chair, wouldn’t talk to a nurse and refused to take his medication. Records show that Skagit County was aware that Keaton had bipolar disorder and had, as someone there noted, “disorganized, bizarre thought content.” A San Juan County sheriff ’s lieutenant requested a mental health professional see Keaton in Skagit County. Meanwhile his public defender was trying to arrange a competency hearing. But a mental health professional in Skagit County refused to do an evaluation saying the request was “too vague” and Keaton was another jurisdiction’s problem, according to the investigation. He was strapped to a restraint chair for hours waiting for corrections officers to sort out transportation. The next day, March 26, he was moved to the jail in Coupeville.
Wasting away Keaton’s reputation as a problem inmate followed him to Island County and he was locked in a padded safety cell with no window, sink or toilet. The jail nurse, Nancy Barker, was on vacation and didn’t see him. Neither did a mental health professional. “When Mr. Farris came in we had no idea that he had a mental health condition whatsoever (sic). I’m not sure if he did,” jail chief De Dennis later told investigators. Island County didn’t get Keaton’s medical records from the other jails. Barker said jails are inconsistent about sharing inmates’ records. Even after Keaton’s death detectives were told they must obtain his parents’ written permission
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KEATON FROM 7 before Snohomish County and Lynnwood would release records. Jail Lt. Pam McCarty said she put Keaton in the solitary cell because he was “resistive.” Corrections officers never saw Keaton act violent, according to the investigation. One officer said Keaton grabbed his hand through the handcuff port but the officer pulled away without being hurt. Even so corrections officers were advised to be in pairs if they opened Keaton’s cell or moved him. Two officers later reported seeing Keaton gagging on a rag he’d stuffed in his mouth. McCarty told them to “leave that man alone,” records said. Keaton didn’t have access to water during the four days he was in the padded cell and was reliant on corrections officers, who were supposed to check on him every hour. Officers told the detective there wasn’t a policy that spelled out how much water to give inmates or how to monitor their fluid intake, or what to do if an inmate refused water. Yet officers should have noted if Keaton refused water or meals, the jail chief said. If inmates are not drinking or eating, “they’re going to see a nurse or the nurse is coming down to see them and then … we may just transfer them to a hospital,” he said. One thing corrections officers did notice was Keaton’s erratic behavior. They wrote in their notes that he repeatedly removed his pants, banged on his cell and talked to himself. He wanted to know when he could leave and asked for water but dumped it on his head or spit it out. On the first available visiting day, Keaton’s aunt, Tamara Fralic, went to see him. McCarty told her that Keaton wasn’t cooperating so they couldn’t move him to the regular visiting area, but McCarty agreed to let her see Keaton in the safety cell. Fralic crouched down and peered through the slot in the door. Keaton sat up when he heard her voice. His hair was in his eyes. She encouraged him to follow orders and he’d be out in no time. She assured him that once he was in the jail’s general population he could play cards and have visitors. He nodded. About an hour later, the jail called Fralic to say her nephew was out of the padded cell. They didn’t tell her
he ate crumbs off the floor and wiped the toilet grate with his underwear before wiping his face. They didn’t tell her Keaton crawled out of the cell. In his new cell for only 15 minutes Keaton pressed the call light. He had plugged the toilet with a pillow. He was playing in the water and asked for a lemon wedge. The officers shut off the water to the cell but didn’t initiate safety protocols. They didn’t check on him every hour even though he didn’t have access to water. They claimed they offered him water at every meal but the records aren’t clear if that happened. “We were hoping that might even spur some communication. We didn’t see the reason for a safety cell,” McCarty said. At his court hearing in San Juan County the next day, Keaton wouldn’t talk to his lawyer or cooperate with deputies. A judge ordered a state psychologist to evaluate Keaton to determine if was competent to assist his lawyer and discouraged Keaton’s mother from posting bail. The deputies agreed to let Ferrians see her son. Strapped to a restraint chair, Keaton’s bare feet were shackled and his hands were cuffed behind his back. Ferrians wasn’t allowed to touch her son or even get close. “The deputies asked him three times if he needed anything. He said, he’d like some water, an apple and some Chicaoji (a Lopez Island hot sauce,” she said. Keaton started twisting his feet and a deputy told Ferrians to leave. “We love you. We don’t know what you’re going through but we’re here for you,” she said. Keaton’s lips trembled. “I left traumatized with the judge’s voice in my head,” Ferrians said. “At that point, I figured we had to let the process work through.” Fred Farris tried to see his son. He wanted Keaton to sign a medical release form so doctors at Group Health could call the jail and discuss his condition. Farris thought that would help get Keaton his medication. Farris was told that his son was in solitary confinement. “I told them if he got his medication, they’d like him,” Farris said. “I think he probably would have been immediately manageable if he’d been given his medication.” Keaton’s aunt called the jail nine times during the two weeks her nephew was there.
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“I was told everything was fine,’” Fralic said. On April 4 corrections officers found Keaton naked on the cell floor pretending to swim in the water he’d splashed out of the toilet. They pulled him out and put him in a warm shower. He refused to come out and ate a bar of soap. Corrections officers moved him to a third cell, closer to their main desk so they could keep an eye on him. The water was shut off in the cell but corrections officers didn’t initiate safety cell protocols until the following evening. They also filled out a medical request asking the nurse to see Keaton. Barker stood outside Keaton’s cell and looked through a small window in the door. Keaton was lying on the floor with his feet propped on the toilet. Barker told him she was the nurse. He mumbled and then said something like, “I need a medical professional.” She asked how he was doing. “Not good,” he said but didn’t elaborate when Barker asked what he meant. She asked Keaton if he knew where he was. “Jail,” he answered. Barker stood at the door for two minutes, never going inside. She later told a detective she didn’t ask the corrections officers to open the door because she “had heard everybody talking about … what a behavioral problem he was and he was known to be violent and disruptive and uncooperative.” Barker also acknowledged that her evaluation wasn’t good enough. She said she didn’t think she could demand that the officers open the door. She didn’t arrange to have a doctor visit Keaton and there are no records that she spoke to the jail chief or lieutenant about her patient. A Western State Hospital psychologist stopped by Keaton’s cell about an hour after Barker. He was there to evaluate three other inmates, and the jail chief asked him to check on Keaton. The psychologist, acknowledging the long delays at the hospital, told the jail chief, “it’ll be June before we even see that guy.” The psychologist observed Keaton only through the window but didn’t enter the cell. Keaton appeared to be talking to someone but didn’t respond to questions. The psychologist sent Fred Farris an email, saying Keaton wasn’t competent and he was recommending admission to Western State Hospital for treatment.
Ferrians and her mother tried to visit that same day. It was visiting day at the jail, but McCarty said she couldn’t let the women in because it wouldn’t be fair to the inmate housed next to Keaton. She reassured them that Keaton had eaten breakfast and told them he wasn’t being combative. A corrections officer told the detective her last conversation with Keaton was likely that day. Officers offered him some water and he asked for 99 more cups. They told him to drink the water he already had. Corrections officers’ logs show Keaton refused water just after midnight on April 7, but drank about two ounces around 3 a.m. before spilling the rest. He refused breakfast and at 10:17 a.m. a corrections officer observed Keaton “laying on floor/moaning.” The officers gave him lunch and water at 11:30 a.m. but there isn’t another entry in the log until 3 p.m. when a corrections officer wrote, “sleeping on floor.” According to the records, Keaton wasn’t offered food or water again until 4:30 p.m. The officers picked up his plate an hour later. A corrections officer didn’t check on Keaton again until 8:30 p.m. The officer wrote that Keaton was breathing. But that contradicts findings by Island County Coroner Robert Bishop, who estimated that Keaton died around 7:30 p.m. Wallace, the sheriff ’s detective, later determined that corrections officers Mark Moffit and David Lind forged four entries after Keaton was found dead. Moffit noted that Keaton moved at 6:45 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. and Lind wrote that he checked on Keaton at 10:30 p.m. and an hour later. At 12:30 a.m. on April 8, five hours after Keaton’s death, an officer tapped on the cell window. Keaton didn’t move or say anything
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so the officer nudged him with a baton. Keaton was naked and propped up near the door. His eyes were open and he was cold to the touch. “He was a young man with health insurance and a family who was really aware and advocating for him and we couldn’t effect change on all of the decisions that were made,” his mom said. “They didn’t see Keaton the way we see him.”
Grief, questions
Keaton’s parents filed a claim against Island County, hoping to force sweeping changes at the jail. There are so many questions, so much that doesn’t make sense. Why weren’t changes made after the last death at the jail? Why was he moved to two different jails after the mental health provider at the Snohomish County Jail deemed him “gravely disabled?” Why didn’t anyone see that he was suffering? His family is demanding answers, an accounting for what happened to Keaton and the way he was treated. What happened to him was more than incompetence or simple missteps, Ferrians said. Her son was in crisis and he was mistreated for days. Why did no one speak up? Why did no one see her son as a human being? Ferrians says her grief is suspended as she waits for action. She can’t go to the grocery store for toothpaste without someone in her small community recognizing her as the mom whose son died in jail. She, Farris and the rest of the family feel a responsibility to seek justice, to get assurances that no other son or daughter will suffer the way Keaton did. Ferrians is learning more about the National Alliance on Mental Illness and the initiatives the group supports that call for compassionate treatment for people living with mental
illnesses. She has researched the Stepping Up Initiative, a national movement to reduce the number of mentally ill inmates in jails. “It’s hard to read headlines that call your son mentally ill. That didn’t define him and it shouldn’t have led to his death,” she said. “He was the light of my life.” She will continue giving Keaton’s sisters his beloved “Calvin and Hobbes” collection. She will reread his writings. They make her think about love and compassion. She misses the friendship that fed her spirit. Fred Farris has followed others across the nation who are calling for reform. He is wading into those waters, talking to other parents and inmates and reluctantly taking up the torch for a cause that was forced on him. He and his family have protested outside the jail. They wear T-shirts that Farris designed, a silhouette of Keaton with a saying of his: “I see your hate and raise you One Love.” “I see there needs to be change. It’s hard to get past the human part of this, though, just to see past the part of them not giving someone enough food or water,” Farris said. He last saw his son on March 8. That day, Keaton’s sisters set up a table outside the market on Lopez Island to sell Girl Scout cookies. Keaton had picked up a job chopping wood nearby. He took an hour off to surprise them. Keaton bought the girls their favorite candy — banana-flavored Laffy Taffy for Vivian and Dots for Mia. Keaton reassured his dad that he would take care of his legal troubles. The two embraced, a big backpounding, bear hug. “He said, ‘I’m real happy right now, Dad. I know you won’t believe me, but I am,’” Farris said. Farris told his son he loved him. He wanted Keaton to be happy.
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Honoring our veterans by COLLEEN ARMSTRONG Editor/publisher
It was an emotional service at the Orcas School gym as veterans, community members, students and musicians paid tribute to those in the armed services. The school held its annual Veterans Day celebration for a packed gym. It was led
by Lilly Miller and Halle Thompson, both members of the ASB. American Legion members did a presentation of colors, Alana Lago sang the National Anthem, Senator Kevin Ranker, D-Orcas, and Councilman Rick Hughes spoke and veterans Bob Folk and Bob Waunch shared stories.
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Ranker, whose son is currently serving in the military, said “There are few higher callings than serving our country … thank you from the deepest place in my heart.” The audience also enjoyed music from the Orcas Island Community Band, the 5th through 12th grade band and the elementary school choir. Students kindergarden through 12th grade read quotes about veterans. The following students (kindergarden through 12th grade) read quotes about veterans: Atticus Vaughn, Finn Sandwith, Zane Howard and Star Sanders, Forest Frausto, Moose Kinsey, Callie O’Brien, Alecia Talbot, Astasia Monahan, Nathan
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Above and right: The service and the Prisoner of War and Missing in Action display at the American Legion. Smith, Ivan Bullock and Rowan Lister. Senior Ray Doss finished the segment with these words from Dan Lipinksi: “On this Veterans Day, let us remember the service of our veterans, and let us renew our national promise to fulfill our sacred obligations to our veterans and their families who have
sacrificed so much so that we can live free.” The American Legion held a Veteran’s Day Service on Nov. 11. Janis Ghazel sang and members of the legion and the auxiliary spoke in honor of those who “set aside their civilian pursuits and served their country.”
Off Leash Area looks at a new home The San Juan County Land Bank, Orcas Island Park and Recreation District and OOLA, the nonprofit operator of the current off
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ith an island-wide mailing campaign, media blitz, redesigned website and one-onone donor solicitations, Orcas Recycling Services has launched the “Rebuild The Exchange” capital campaign. ORS, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is looking to raise $593,000 in the coming months to pay for a new Exchange reuse facility, to take the place of the original Exchange, which burned to the ground in February 2013. “Pete and the ORS board are doing a really incredible job running the transfer station, fixing the traffic flow problems, and getting a new Exchange built,” says Orcas County Councilman Rick Hughes. “I know Marlace and I will be among the first to support the fundraising effort.” The capital campaign comes just as ORS is completing the extensive traffic flow improvement project mandated by the company’s contract with San Juan County. When complete, the traffic flow
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will be completely different on site, said ORS Executive Director Pete Moe. “The county gave us two critical design requirements,” he said. “First, make sure cars don’t line up on the side of Orcas Road when it’s busy. Second, make sure cars don’t have to exit the site, circle back around, and enter the site again to pay. Our new traffic flow solves these problems, making it a much safer public facility.” The new site design also took into consideration a new Exchange. When the traffic construction project is complete, there will be an engineered building site in place for the new reuse facility, with utilities in the ground. The road project also adds more than 30 parking spaces around the Exchange site. ORS has largely footed the bill for the mandated traffic changes with revenue generated from the garbage and recycling it manages at the transfer station. San Juan County has also provided some funding through the
Nov. 19, 5:30 to 8 p.m., $35. The Breakfast Club, Nov. 29, 8 to 10 a.m., $25. Both in the Victoria Room at Outlook Inn. Tickets on sale at http://bit.ly/1QgTYH5 or call Gretchen at 317-8220.
at the Oddfellow’s Hall. Due to record-breaking attendance last year, they are partnering with Episcopal Church to ensure no one is turned away; dinner at the church begins at 5 p.m. For details on what to bring, call Bill, 376-8857.
6:30 p.m., session with a CPA on tax and accounting questions and with a risk professional on insurance questions, Orcas Christian School High School Building. DRAWING FLOWERS: Lecture, 10 a.m., Madrona Room/ Orcas Center.
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“Public Facilities Financing Assistance Program” grant program. “Now to pay for the building, we need the help of the community,” Moe said. The project budget, as described on the ORS/Exchange website, calls for $240,000 for a wood pole and metal building with a small heated office or “annex” attached. The ORS design team created the building with input from several public forums over the past two years. There is $55,000 budgeted just for the foundation. “Because we are close to a landfill, the foundation had to be specifically engineered to vent methane gas that could, conceivably, migrate up through the ground, and collect under the foundation,” Moe said. The rest of the budget – $298,000 – covers everything from engineering and permits to plumbing and electric, to interior furnishings and contingencies. “It sounds a little pricey,” says Moe. “But when you consider we are getting AL-ANON: 7 p.m., Benson Hall, Emmanuel Church. DUPLICATE BRIDGE: Monday Night Duplicate Bridge Group. Need a partner? Call Cheryl at 376-3104 or Marguerite at 376-2220. BUDGETING WORKSHOP: First Monday of each month, 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the library’s community room.
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p.m., Community Church. AA: For women, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., for men, 7 to 8 p.m., Emmanuel Church. CELEBRATE RECOVERY: 7 to 9 p.m., Orcas Senior Center.
almost 6,500 square feet, finished, that’s like $90 per square foot. You can’t build anything on Orcas for that.” To see drawings of the proposed building, go to www.exchangeorcas.org. “ORS would like to thank everyone for your patience, your ideas, and your support so that we can reopen The Exchange as soon as possible,” said ORS Board President Tim Blanchard. If the fundraising goes well, construction could begin in December. ORS is “optimistically” planning for a May 2016 opening. ORS met with State Senator Kevin Ranker to discuss this project and other waste management issues on Nov. 10. Ranker was pleased with the progress saying, “I, like the rest of the community, miss the Exchange. Not only because it was a community-driven opportunity to drop off and find wonderful items for our families, but because it allowed Islanders to share instead of waste.”
WEDS. – ONGOING LIONS CLUB: Weekly lunch, 11:45 a.m., Legion. AA: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Benson Hall, Emmanuel Church. ANSWERS IN THE HEART: 7 to 8 p.m., an S.L.A.A. 12-step recovery, Episcopal Church. ADULT VOLLEYBALL: 7 to 9:15 p.m., High School Gym, $2.
THURS. – ONGOING STORYTIME: 11 a.m., library. NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: 5:30 p.m., Orcas Longhouse. AL-ANON: 5:30 p.m., Benson Hall, Emmanuel Church.
BINGO: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., first Thursday of every month at the American Legion, in support of Kaleidoscope. OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS:
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FRI. – ONGOING AA: Noon, Community Church. AA: 5:30 p.m., Benson Hall, Emmanuel Church.
SAT. – ONGOING AA: 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Emmanuel Church. Potluck last Saturday of the month.
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Free finance class Olga Symphony rides again There are less than 45 days until the end of 2015. Are you ready for 2016? Join CPA Buck Jennings to discuss your end-of-year financial assessment. The class will look into how to maximize your money strategy to make the most of 2016 and cover other topics including income tax changes, Social Security updates and how to maximize capital gains and/or losses. Come to the library on Thursday, Nov. 19 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. This is a free Money Smart Program, sponsored by the Friends of the Library.
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The Holiday Festival of Arts will be held on Saturday, Nov. 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Orcas Senior Center. Santa and Mrs. Claus will be there from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for photos. Admission is $1 or a donation to the food bank. The festival has 30 artisans so far with space for more people. You can pick up an application for table rental at the senior center.
Question: Where can one go to see a symphony consisting of fiddle, guitar, banjo, mandolin, string bass, concertina, ukulele, dobro, kazoo and saw, and, on occasion, has been known to include a tap
dance or power tool rhythm section? Answer: Why, the annual Olga Symphony show at the Orcas Center, coming up Friday and Saturday, Nov. 27 and 28 at 7:30 p.m. It may be hard to believe, but for the 17th time in as many years, the infamous band known as much for formal wear and tickling one-liners as its music is headed back to the Orcas Center stage for the traditional holiday concert. What will JP, Anita, Gordon, Melinda and Z cook up this year? Ticket prices remain lower than your average triple-peppermint pumpkin spice soy half-decaf latte! Proceeds will benefit both Orcas Center and other island nonprofits. Tickets available now at 376-2281 or orcascenter.org.
‘Eastsound Art Walk’ coming The Orcas Island Chamber of Commerce is present its third annual “Eastsound Art Walk” on Friday, Nov. 27 from 2 to 5 p.m. “Orcas Island is home to a wide array of innovative and creative artists, each with their own unique point of view. The Eastsound Art Walk is a wonderful way to share the work of many of the island’s artists in one afternoon. There’s a reason Eastsound was named one of America’s Top Twelve Small-Town ArtPlaces in 2013,” said Chamber Executive Director Lance Evans. More than 20 shops, stores and galleries – all featuring the work of local artists – are taking part and encouraging visitors and islanders alike to come explore the creative work on display. In addition, the Random Howse performance venue will be home to five Orcas Island artists, each one exhibiting their art work. Starting Nov. 23, maps of participating art locations will be available at the Chamber of Commerce, participating shops and galleries and www.orcasislandchamber.com.
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Sex, art and murder on screen Diamonds, rubies, emeralds William Kentridge, who made his Met directorial debut in 2010 with an innovative and dazzling staging of Shostakovich’s “The Nose,” returns to the company with a new production of “Lulu,” Alban Berg’s tragedy of a sexually irresistible woman who destroys the lives of everyone around her. The beguiling “Lulu” from the Met: Live in HD streams to Orcas Center on
Sunday, Nov. 22 at 1 p.m. Visual artist and director Kentridge applies his unique theatrical vision to Berg’s modernist 20th century masterpiece about a notorious femme fatale who shatters lives, including her own. The story is filled with the psychosexual politics of German Expressionism. Kentridge, a South Africanborn artist, is known for combining drawing, anima-
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Be transported to the golden, glorious Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow for the performance of The Bolshoi Ballet’s opulent George Balanchine triptych “Jewels,” streaming to Orcas Center on Friday, Nov. 20 at 6:30 p.m. This stunning work celebrates the cities and dance schools of Paris, New York and St. Petersburg, each bound to its own precious stone: emerald, ruby, and diamond. Jewels offers a unique occasion to enjoy Balanchine’s visually captivating work, as the Bolshoi is the only company authorized to film and broadcast his masterpiece. This triptych was inspired by Balanchine’s visit to the famous jeweller Van Cleef and Arpels on New York’s 5th Avenue. He created this piece as an homage to the three schools of dance that have made him one of the most celebrated choreographers of the 20th century. Emeralds, which Balanchine considered “an evocation of France — the France of elegance, comfort, dress, perfume,” recalls the 19th century dances of the French Romantics. Music by Gabriel Fauré. Rubies is a crisp and witty account of the American style, epitomizing Balanchine’s work with Stravinsky. Diamonds reminded Balanchine of the grandeur of imperial Russia, where he was trained. Mary Clarke and Clement Crisp wrote: “If the entire imperial Russian inheritance of ballet were lost, Diamonds would still tell us of its essence.” Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Tickets are $18, $13 for students, $2 off for Orcas Center members, and may be purchased at www.orcascenter.org or by calling 376-2281 ext. 1 or visiting the Orcas Center Box Office. There are $5 subsidized tickets available at the box office.
FIBER UPDATE Rock Island Communications has been busy installing fiber optic broadband to homes and businesses around the county. This historic undertaking will provide fast, reliable Internet up to 200Mbps to those who want it. We’re currently managing over 250 simultaneous construction projects countywide. Here are some of the groups we’ve been working with to date: Current Group Projects Suncrest on Orcas Island Whiskey Hill on Lopez Island Cape San Juan on San Juan Island Mineral Point on San Juan Island Spring Point on Orcas Island Mineral Heights on San Juan Island The Highlands on San Juan Island Completed Group Projects Alder Forest on Orcas Island Eagle Lake on Orcas Island Seattle Pacific University on Blakely Island Alder Cottages on Orcas Island Upcoming Group Projects Gary Oak on San Juan Island Matia View on Orcas Island Portland Fair Area on San Juan Island
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MONTHLY FIBER MEETUPS Monthly Open Meeting Join us next month for this general information session. All are welcome! Next Meeting: November 4, 2015 – 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
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SAN JUAN COUNTY PUBLIC NOTICES San Juan County, as an Equal Opportunity Employer, does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status in the provision of services, in programs or activities or employment opportunities and benefits. Direct inquiries to Administrative Services at (360) 378-3870. TTD relay at 1-800-833-6388.
NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on Tuesday, November 10, 2015 the San Juan County Council enacted the following ordinance: ORDINANCE No.10-2015: AN ORDINANCE REGARDING SAN JUAN COUNTY PARKS FEE SCHEDULES; REPEALING PORTIONS OF ORDINANCE 2-2013 SUMMARY: This ordinance repeals the existing fee schedule for services provided by San Juan County Parks by repealing Ordinance No. 2-2013 Section 2. The ordinances are filed at the office of the County Council, 55 Second Street, Friday Harbor, WA. The ordinance may be inspected and copies obtained 24 hours a day at the County website at www.sanjuanco.com/council/ordinances.aspx or at the Council offices during each business day between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. For more information please contact the Clerk of the County Council at (360) 370-7470.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER CHANGES TO SAN JUAN COUNTY ADOPTED BUDGET FOR 2015 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the San Juan County Council will conduct a public hearing for the purpose of receiving testimony on 2 proposed Ordinances: an Ordinance Revising the 2015 County Budget for Supplemental Appropriations and Transfers; and an Ordinance Revising the 2015 County Budget for Emergency Appropriations. The public hearing will be held in the Council Hearing Room at 55 Second Street, Friday Harbor, Washington on Monday, November 30, 2015 beginning at 9:15 AM. The hearing may be continued from time to time and place to place as may be desired by the Council without addi-
tional written notice. At the hearing, members of the public will be invited to speak and/or provide written statements regarding the proposed Ordinances. After the public testimony portion of the hearing has ended, the Council will deliberate and consider modifications to the Ordinances that are proposed by members of the public, county employees or the Council. The proposed Ordinances may then be adopted with or without modifications. SUMMARY: The Ordinance Revising the 2015 County Budget for Emergency Appropriations results in a net increase to County appropriations in various funds by a total of approximately $507,707. The Ordinance Revising the 2015 County Budget for Supplemental Appropriations adds appropriations in the amount of $227,556. All persons wishing to be heard on this matter are encouraged to attend. Written comments may be submitted in advance of the hearing by mail or at the hearing by delivery in person.
Please deliver 5 copies of all written comments to the Clerk of the San Juan County Council at 55 Second Street, Friday Harbor or mail to 355 Court Street#1, Friday Harbor, WA 98250. The Ordinances are filed at the Office of the County Council, 55 Second Street, Friday Harbor, WA and may be inspected and copies obtained at the Council offices during each business day between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The Ordinance may also be viewed 24 hours a day at the County website at http://www.sanjuanco.com/ Council/PendingOrdinances.aspx. A copy of the proposed Ordinance will be mailed without charge upon request. For more information please contact the Clerk of the County Council at 360-370-7472 and/or County Auditor Milene Henley at 360-370-7558. LEGAL NO. SJ668952 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands, The Islands’ Sounder November 18, 25, 2015.
NOTICE OF REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING: The San Juan County Land Bank Commission will hold its regular monthly meeting on Friday, November 20, 2015 at the Brickworks, 150 Nichols Street, Friday Harbor, WA. The meeting begins at 9:00 a.m. Public comment time is scheduled for 9:20 a.m. The public is welcome at every monthly Land Bank Commission meeting. Judy Cumming San Juan County Land Bank 350 Court Street #6 Friday Harbor, WA 98250 LEGAL NO. SJ668495 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands, The Islands’ Sounder November 18, 2015.
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utilities. Upcoming projects for 2013 include design of a sewage dewatering system, design for the remodel of existing buildings and design of sewer mains extensions. Firms wishing to respond shall send one copy of a SOQ to: Eastsound Sewer and Water District, P.O. Box 640, Eastsound, WA 98245 or email a SOQ to eastsoundsewer@rockisland.com . SOQ’s should include the
firm’s specialties and types of work desired, previous experience, resumes of key personnel and references. Submittals should be no more than ten pages. All SOQ’s will be maintained in the District’s file for not more than one year. Board of Commissioners Eastsound Sewer & Water District Dated: November 12, 2015 LEGAL NO. S668919
Published: The Islands’ Sounder November 18, 25, 2015.
This notice of adoption serves as the notice of publication required by RCW 36.70A.290(2). LEGAL NO. SJ668949 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands, The Islands’ Sounder November 18, 2015.
ESWD EASTSOUND SEWER AND WATER DISTRICT PUBLIC NOTICE REQUEST FOR STATEMENTS OF QUALIFICATIONS FOR ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES Eastsound Sewer and Water District is currently soliciting Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) in accordance
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 • The Islands’ Sounder
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EASTSOUND The Barnacle Wed & Thurs 5 pm–12 am Friday & Saturday 5 pm –1 am Nightly Cocktail Specials 249 Prune Alley Enzo’s Caffé Open daily 8 am–4 pm Sunday 8 am–3 pm N. Beach Rd, 376-3732
Mijitas Mexican Kitchen Dinner Tues–Sat 4 pm 310 A. Street (at N. Beach Rd) 376-6722 The Loft at Madrona Dinner: Thursday–Saturday 5pm Sunday Brunch 10am–2pm Main St, Eastsound 376-7173
Island Skillet Breakfast everyday 8 am–2 pm Full breakfast menu, beer, wine 325 Prune Alley, 376-3984
The Madrona Bar & Grill Sunday -Thursday 11:30–9 Friday & Saturday 11:30–10 Happy Hour in the bar; Mon–Fri 3–6 pm 310 Main St, 376-7171
Lower Tavern Lunch & Dinner Open daily at 11 am Food to 10 pm (Sun–Thurs) Food to 11 pm (Fri & Sat) 46 Prune Alley , 376-4848
Pizzeria Portofino Dine-In/Take-Out Open Tue–Sun 4:00 pm–8:30 pm Closed Mon 274 A St (Off N. Beach Rd.) 376-2085
White Horse Pub Open from 11:30 to midnight 7 days a week Serving food until 10 pm Happy hour M–F 3–6 pm 246 Main St, 376-PUBS
DEER HARBOR Deer Harbor Inn Restaurant Open Fri, Sat and Sun from 5–8 pm 376-1040 deerharborinnrestaurant.com
ROSARIO Rosario Resort & Spa The Mansion Restaurant Breakfast: 8 am - 11 am Daily Moran Lounge Bar Menu: 4 pm - 9 pm Mon - Thurs, Noon - 9 pm Friday - Sunday Dinner: 5 pm - 9 pm Daily
ORCAS LANDING Orcas Hotel / Octavia’s Bistro Dinner 7 nights a week 4–9 pm Happy hour 50% off small plates 4–5 pm Orcas Hotel Café Open daily 6 am–5 pm www.orcashotel.com, 376-4300
Yes, I’m a Siamese – blue eyes, slightly crossed. Maggie’s the name, here at the Orcas Animal Shelter because my person passed away. I’d love to spend the rest of my long life with you. You might even want to adopt my brother Bear as well. We’re twins.
This Fri & Sat • 7:30 pm
Call the Sounder to advertise 376-4500 Cost: $13.25 per listing (green fee included) 6 lines max.
Bridge of Spies
Starring Tom Hanks / Directed by Steven Spielberg, Rated PG-13
First Run Movies/ Independent Films State of the art projection Now serving Beer, Wine & new food items 234 A St, Eastsound • 376-5724
Monday - Saturday 7 am - 9 pm Sunday 8 am - 8 pm
(360) 376-6000 Lotto
Shop for all your Thanksgiving ingredients this week, We’ll be roasting chestnuts in front of the store this Friday and Saturday. Stop by and get yours while they’re hot! We like them right out of the shell! Share your favorite chestnut recipe on Facebook and tag Orcas Island Market! @orcasislandmarket
here’s what’s on sale! • Fresh and frozen turkeys • Sliced hams • Butter • Broth • Cranberry sauce • Sparkling cider
• Whipping cream • Yams • Brussels sprouts • Green beans • Russet potatoes