by COLLEEN SMITH ARMSTRONG Editor/Publisher When Dwight Guss rescued his dog Canela from a gutter in Mexico, she fit in the palms of his hands. At 7 weeks old, her eyes were barely open and she was cov- ered in fleas and ticks. Guss has brought back a hand- ful of dogs from south of the bor- der and found homes for them on Orcas. But there was something special about Canela – Spanish for cinnamon – and he knew he had to keep her. Five years later, she was able to return the favor and save a fellow canine in need. On Aug. 6, Salvatore Annino lost his 2-year-old bull terrier Jake while on a walk near his home on Loon Song Lane. After search- ing all day and into the night, he called Orcas Fire and Rescue for help the following morning. Volunteers began a search and rescue effort, which included EMT Guss and his beloved Canela. After smelling the bed of the lost pup, she went into the woods with Guss by her side. After just 15 minutes, she took off down a steep trail. Guss ran after her and found Canela sitting next to Jake, whose leash had become stuck on a tree root. “She just knows what to do,” Guss said. “She led us right to the dog, who was shaking and scared. We would have walked right past the trail. He wasn’t even barking.” Annino and his partner Peter Dennis are brand new residents of Orcas, having arrived on the island from Florida only four days before Jake went missing. “I am so relieved. It was trau- matic,” Annino said. “The entire community response has been incredible.” Dennis says Jake has been an urban dog and is still getting accustomed to having so much freedom to run. Annino estimates he walked past the area where Jake was several times and didn’t even know he was there. He was miss- ing for just about 24 hours. Their dog is now getting a GPS collar. “Orcas Fire and Rescue was remarkable,” Dennis said. “They treated us like family.” S OUNDER THE I SLANDS ’ Serving Orcas, Lopez and San Juan County WEDNESDAY, August 5, 2015 VOL. 48, NO. 31 75¢ islandssounder.com CRIME | San Juan County Sheriff ’s Call Log [3] NEWS | New home for the Orcas Off-Leash Area? [6] COMMUNITY | Library Fair is coming up this weekend [9] ARTS | Hildreth, McCune and Lund in concert [11] Editor’s note: This story contains information that may be disturbing for some readers. by CALI BAGBY Journal interim editor When the call comes in, Randall Gaylord drops whatever he is work- ing on – whether he is sitting down to a meal or prepping for an impor- tant court case. “When they come up, they become more urgent than anything else,” he said. “People need to be contacted … all of this has to happen right away, but it can be very disruptive.” As county coroner, Gaylord is the first person in line to deal with unexpected or violent deaths. Like all counties with a population less than 40,000, Gaylord is the coroner as well as the county prosecuting attorney. Since he was elected prosecuting attorney in 1994, dealing with death has become a part of his life on a weekly basis, revealing a part of the island that is not entirely visible to the general population. But facing death is not unique for a coroner. What makes Gaylord’s job peculiar is the absence of a morgue facility or a coroner vehicle. When tragedy strikes or even when someone passes from a long illness, what becomes of the body and what steps are taken to ensure that the person is laid to rest is more complicated in an island setting. The call to the coroner’s office is just one stop on a longer journey in the death process on the islands. “Every case has a puzzle to it,” said Gaylord. “There is always an extra element, a puzzle that we have to solve.” Cases that fall under the coroner’s office are defined as a death that is unexpected or of violent causes. If a person dies from natural causes, but was not seen by a doctor, the coroner could be called to investigate the What it means to be county coroner Contributed photo Right: Dwight Guss and Canela, who helped find Jake in the woods. Above: Jake after his big ordeal. Canela, the wonder dog SEE CORONER, PAGE 6 by MEREDITH M. GRIFFITH Sounder contributor When Ballard resident Michael Murray visited Orcas Island with his wife this March, they almost missed their ferry home. “I didn’t realize there was a res- ervation system, and there was a really small amount of drive-up space available,” said Murray, an entrepreneur with a background in energy conservation and soft- ware development. “We just got lucky.” He tried using his smart- phone to book a spot, but it was too close to the sailing time and the reservation was not allowed. “I thought, this is going to hit a lot of people off-guard,” he said. Later, as he browsed the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) ferry reservations website, Murray saw room for improvement. “This is a great example of ser- vices that come from government agencies that are really lacking in some respects,” he said. Murray thought it would be “fun” to cre- ate his own user-friendly gate- way website designed to automate some functions and to take some of the frustration out of the reser- vations experience. “The expectations that peo- ple have of websites today are so incredibly high,” he explains. “Companies like Amazon and Netflix have literally tens of mil- lions a year that go into web- site usability. We know for a fact that WSDOT does not have those kinds of resources, so there is this increasing gap between user expe- rience and expectations, so that’s a gap I like to play in.” Murray’s new site, aptly named FlexFerry, is designed to soften some of the rigidity structured into the state reservations portal. Currently WSDOT makes 90 percent of all vehicle spaces on ferry sailings reservable. Thirty percent of available normal- height vehicle space on each ferry is released two months prior, another 30 percent at two weeks prior and the last 30 percent two days prior. Since there is no wait- ing list, ferry riders’ best chance at nabbing a certain sailing is to lurk online at 7 a.m. on the exact release day. All over-height vehicle space is released during the initial wave, causing additional difficul- ties for business owners needing those spaces with less advance notice. And there is no provi- sion made for islanders on non- New reservations website How to reach us Sounder deadlines Office: 376-4500 Fax: 1-888-562-8818 Advertising: advertising@ islandssounder.com Classified: 1-800-388-2527, classifieds@ soundpublishing.com Editor: editor@ islandssounder.com Display advertising: Friday at noon Classified advertising: Monday at noon Legal advertising: Thursday at noon Press releases, Letters: Friday at noon SEE WSF, PAGE 7 Colleen Smith Armstrong/Staff photo
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by COLLEEN SMITH ARMSTRONGEditor/Publisher
When Dwight Guss rescued his dog Canela from a gutter in Mexico, she fit in the palms of his hands. At 7 weeks old, her eyes were barely open and she was cov-ered in fleas and ticks.
Guss has brought back a hand-ful of dogs from south of the bor-der and found homes for them on Orcas. But there was something special about Canela – Spanish for cinnamon – and he knew he had to keep her.
Five years later, she was able to return the favor and save a fellow canine in need.
On Aug. 6, Salvatore Annino lost his 2-year-old bull terrier Jake while on a walk near his home on Loon Song Lane. After search-ing all day and into the night, he called Orcas Fire and Rescue for help the following morning.
Volunteers began a search and rescue effort, which included EMT
Guss and his beloved Canela. After smelling the bed of the
lost pup, she went into the woods with Guss by her side. After just 15 minutes, she took off down a steep trail. Guss ran after her and found Canela sitting next to Jake, whose leash had become stuck on a tree root.
“She just knows what to do,” Guss said. “She led us right to the dog, who was shaking and scared. We would have walked right past the trail. He wasn’t even barking.”
Annino and his partner Peter Dennis are brand new residents of Orcas, having arrived on the island from Florida only four days before Jake went missing.
“I am so relieved. It was trau-matic,” Annino said. “The entire community response has been incredible.”
Dennis says Jake has been an urban dog and is still getting accustomed to having so much freedom to run. Annino estimates
he walked past the area where Jake was several times and didn’t even know he was there. He was miss-ing for just about 24 hours. Their dog is now getting a GPS collar.
“Orcas Fire and Rescue was remarkable,” Dennis said. “They treated us like family.”
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Editor’s note: This story contains information that may be disturbing for some readers.
by CALI BAGBYJournal interim editor
When the call comes in, Randall Gaylord drops whatever he is work-ing on – whether he is sitting down to a meal or prepping for an impor-tant court case.
“When they come up, they become more urgent than anything else,” he said. “People need to be contacted … all of this has to happen right away, but it can be very disruptive.”
As county coroner, Gaylord is the first person in line to deal with unexpected or violent deaths.
Like all counties with a population less than 40,000, Gaylord is the coroner as well as the county prosecuting attorney. Since he was elected prosecuting attorney in 1994, dealing with death has become a part of his life on a weekly basis, revealing a part of the island that is not entirely visible to the general population.
But facing death is not unique for a coroner. What makes Gaylord’s job peculiar is the absence of a morgue facility or a coroner vehicle. When tragedy strikes or even when someone passes from a long illness, what becomes of the body and what steps are taken to ensure that the person is laid to rest is more complicated in an island setting. The call to the coroner’s office is just one stop on a longer journey in the death process on the islands.
“Every case has a puzzle to it,” said Gaylord. “There is always an extra element, a puzzle that we have to solve.”
Cases that fall under the coroner’s office are defined as a death that is unexpected or of violent causes. If a person dies from natural causes, but was not seen by a doctor, the coroner could be called to investigate the
What it means to be county coroner
Contributed photoRight: Dwight Guss and Canela, who helped find Jake in the woods. Above: Jake after his big ordeal.
Canela, the wonder dog
SEE CORONER, PAGE 6
by MEREDITH M. GRIFFITHSounder contributor
When Ballard resident Michael Murray visited Orcas Island with his wife this March, they almost missed their ferry home.
“I didn’t realize there was a res-ervation system, and there was a really small amount of drive-up space available,” said Murray, an entrepreneur with a background in energy conservation and soft-ware development. “We just got lucky.” He tried using his smart-phone to book a spot, but it was too close to the sailing time and the reservation was not allowed.
“I thought, this is going to hit a lot of people off-guard,” he said.
Later, as he browsed the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) ferry reservations website, Murray saw room for improvement.
“This is a great example of ser-vices that come from government agencies that are really lacking in some respects,” he said. Murray thought it would be “fun” to cre-ate his own user-friendly gate-way website designed to automate some functions and to take some
of the frustration out of the reser-vations experience.
“The expectations that peo-ple have of websites today are so incredibly high,” he explains. “Companies like Amazon and Netflix have literally tens of mil-lions a year that go into web-site usability. We know for a fact that WSDOT does not have those kinds of resources, so there is this increasing gap between user expe-rience and expectations, so that’s a gap I like to play in.”
Murray’s new site, aptly named FlexFerry, is designed to soften some of the rigidity structured into the state reservations portal.
Currently WSDOT makes 90 percent of all vehicle spaces on ferry sailings reservable. Thirty percent of available normal-height vehicle space on each ferry is released two months prior, another 30 percent at two weeks prior and the last 30 percent two days prior. Since there is no wait-ing list, ferry riders’ best chance at nabbing a certain sailing is to lurk online at 7 a.m. on the exact release day. All over-height vehicle space is released during the initial wave, causing additional difficul-
ties for business owners needing those spaces with less advance notice. And there is no provi-sion made for islanders on non-
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Travel + Leisure maga-zine has announced its 2015 World’s Best Awards, rank-ing the San Juan Islands #4
on its list of Top Islands Continental U.S. and Canada.
The rankings for Top
Islands Continental and Canada (in order) are: Vancouver Island, British Columbia; Hilton Head, S.C.; Golden Isles, Ga.; San Juan Islands, Wash. and Kiawah Island, S.C. The San Juan Islands have con-sistently been honored as a top island.
In 2014 the Islands ranked #2, #3 in 2012 and #4 in 2011 and 2010. http://tandl.me/1MmJlR1
The rankings for Top Overall Islands (in order) are: Galapagos, Ecuador; Bali, Indonesia; the Maldives; Tasmania, Australia; Santorini, Greece; Moorea, French Polynesia; Maui, Hawaii; Kauai, Hawaii; Great Barrier Reef, Australia and Malta.
World’s Best rankings are the outcome of Travel + Leisure’s 20th annual sur-vey of readers’ favorites and described as “an essential index of the places you want to go.”
The magazine’s website presents the methodology for the annual survey. The World’s Best Awards list is also the cover story of the magazine’s August issue, available on newsstands later this month.
Criteria for judging islands included natural attractions, beaches, activi-ties/sights, restaurants/food, people/friendliness, and value.
Crescent Beach Service on Orcas Island has part-nered with Smart Start of Washington and have passed all of the State Patrol, Department of Licensing
and San Juan County requirements to be certified to both install and service the 'Blow and Go' devices mandated by the courts for all DUI infractions.
County residents no lon-ger have to take a day off and ride the ferry to the mainland to maintain their compliance with the courts.
For more information contact Smart Start of Washington at 1-800-880-3394 or Crescent Beach Service at 376-4076.
San Juans are ranked #4
Crescent installs DUI devices
Orcas Christian School is now accepting applications for the 2015-2016 school year. Applications can be picked up at the high school office or found online at www.oics.org. Have questions about OCS? Schedule an enrollment appointment by contacting the office at 376-6683 or [email protected].
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The San Juan County Sheriff ’s Office responded to the following calls.
July 23• An Eastsound woman
called to report property she found on the sidewalk.
• A deputy on San Juan Island responded to the customs dock in the Port of Friday Harbor to take a wanted subject into custody. The subject was booked into jail.
• A Lopez deputy got a report of a homeless person sleeping on private prop-erty. The subject matched the description of a person wanted on local warrants. Deputies contacted the sub-ject and arrested a 37-year-old woman on two misde-meanor warrants.
• A Lopez deputy was dis-patched to a reported case of trespassing in a vacant vacation home. The deputy collected evidence on scene. Investigation is ongoing.
• A Phillips AED unit was stolen in Eastsound.
July 24• San Juan County Marine
Patrol deputies responded to a medical emergency aboard a sailboat north of Sucia Island. A woman on board was exhibiting stroke symptoms. After initial assessment she was trans-ferred to a Coast Guard vessel and transported to a Bellingham hospital.
• A deputy responded to a report of vandalism to a vehicle in Eastsound. No suspect information avail-
able at this time.• A Friday Harbor woman
reported a dog in a closed vehicle. The report was made on an overcast eve-ning with intermittent rain and temperatures in the low to mid-60s. The dep-uty attempted to reach the owner.
July 25• A Friday Harbor deputy
was dispatched to a pos-sible domestic dispute. The reporting deputy arrived and approached on foot. The reporting deputy made contact with the involved parties and found the inci-dent to be unfounded.
• A market umbrella was taken from the main pier at the Port of Friday Harbor. The umbrella was in a cardboard box measur-ing 8 inches by 8 inches by 6 feet. It is possible that the person/s involved in taking this item might have mis-taken it for being in or near the free shack.
• A Lopez deputy was dis-patched for a reported theft. Investigation continues.
• A deputy received a report of two dogs that were found at large in the area of Beaverton Valley Road and No. 2 Schoolhouse Road on San Juan. The dogs did not have tags. They were both brought to the animal shel-ter.
• A deputy received a report of a hit-and-run accident at Spring Street and Argyle Street in Friday Harbor. The driver of the
vehicle was contacted and was cited for a hit-and-run.
July 26• A deputy received
a report of a hit-and-run at Circle Park in Friday Harbor. The deputy con-tacted everyone involved in the accident and assist-ed them with exchanging insurance information.
• A deputy respond-ed to Blanchard Road in Eastsound on a reported alcohol offense. Four per-sons were found to be involved. One person was on probation with alcohol restrictions. That person was found to have con-sumed alcohol in violation of his probation.
• A Lopez deputy was dispatched to a report of a sewage spill on Fisherman Bay Road. An Oregon man admitted to striking a sew-age main with his boat trailer while leaving his resi-dence. Insurance informa-tion was collected while fire
units decontaminated the roadway.
• A deputy was dispatched to a suspicious circum-stance. Dispatch advised a flashlight was seen on a construction site in Friday Harbor. The reporting dep-uty checked all the buildings on the site but did not locate a problem.
• A bicycle was found in Eastsound and turned in.
July 27• Two guns were found in
a rural area on Orcas Island.• A deputy observed a
person with warrants out-side a local business in Friday Harbor. The report-ing deputy contacted the suspect and advised him that he had a warrant for his arrest. The suspect fled the area on foot. The reporting deputy was unable to locate the suspect.
• A deputy responded to a two-vehicle accident at Crescent Beach Road and Olga Road in Eastsound.
Further investigation revealed that the driver of the at-fault vehicle was under the influence of alco-hol and/or drugs. She was arrested, processed and released with a promise to appear in court.
• A deputy was dispatched to a welfare check in Friday Harbor called in by an ex-husband who was worried about a conflict between his ex-wife and her roommate. The incident was unfound-ed.
July 28• A deputy was dispatched
to the area of the ferry land-ing in Friday Harbor for a suspicious circumstance.
The reporting party advised that they had heard some-one yelling for help. An individual was located and helped to his residence.
• A welfare check at an Eastsound address was called in, and although the subject was not located, there is no belief foul play occurred at this time.
• A Lopez Island woman reported a protection order violation occurred while riding aboard a Washington State Ferry. The other party on the order allegedly was on the same ferry and engaged in prohibited con-duct.
Sheriff’s Log
by COLLEEN SMITH Editor/Publisher
Roy Schwitters is bring-ing together the worlds of archeology and physics.
“Roy is kind of the Indiana Jones of high-energy phys-ics,” said Michael Riordan, a long-time friend and chair of the Orcas Currents Steering Committee.
Schwitters is coming to Orcas Island to present an Orcas Currents lecture on “Peering into a Maya Pyramid Using Cosmic Rays.” His multimedia pre-sentation is on Thursday, Aug. 6, and will begin at 5:30 p.m. in Emmanuel Parish Hall in Eastsound. Admission is free.
Schwitters has been teach-ing at the University of Texas for 25 years. Prior to that, he was a professor of physics at Harvard University, where he was teaching when he
received the prestigious Alan T. Waterman Award of the National Science Foundation for important contributions to the dis-covery of quarks in the mid-1970s. A Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he also was awarded the 1996 Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky Prize of the American Physical Society for this research.
Schwitters is a Washington native who grew up in Seattle. While a student at MIT, he became friends with Riordan, who later penned the book “The Hunting of the Quark,” of which Schwitters played a prominent role. He made crucial contributions to the discovery of the fourth quark, called the “charm quark.”
Schwitters served as direc-tor of the Superconducting
Super Collider project, which was terminated by Congress in 1993.
He is the central fig-ure in Riordan’s next book, “Tunnel Visions: The Rise and Fall of the Supeconducting Super Collider,” due out this fall from University of Chicago Press.
Schwitters has developed a non-invasive technique to peer inside structures using highly penetrating cosmic-ray particles called muons. In a way, it resembles the use of X-rays to examine human innards in CAT scans.
His Texas research team is currently applying the technique to the study of a Mayan pyramid in the Belize jungle, trying to dis-cern chambers and pas-sages within it. To do so, they have had to build a
large photovoltaic array to convert the abundant solar energy into electricity, as no convenient power source is available nearby.
“I got interested in apply-ing the technology I used in my particle physics career to more general issues, includ-ing national security and archeology,” Schwitters said. “That led to my collabo-ration with UT colleagues in archeology, Belize and Maya pyramids ... I will talk
a little about the history and culture of the Maya and the technology we are develop-ing to ‘see through’ jungle and rock looking for hid-den chambers in a large, un-looted pyramid.”
During the presentation, Schwitters will show images of the pyramid taken by cosmic ray particles, not light, as well as photos of the jungle and 1000-year-old Maya relics.
“This story is not fin-
ished, but I do hope to relay a little of the excitement of the search,” he said.
Schwitters’ Orcas connec-tion goes way back. He is a Seattle native and every summer he and his family would visit the island. His mother Margaret Boyer was raised on Orcas and gradu-ated from the high school in 1932. Last summer he and his wife Karen purchased a second home near Olga, where they expect to retire.
Peering into a pyramid
Courtesy of FermilabAbove: Roy Schwitters in the mid-1980s, standing before an enormous particle detector at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory near Chicago. Left: Schwitters today.
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What it means to be a juror Editor’s note: The front page sticky notes are designed to be easily removable without damaging any ink or newsprint.
What’s up with the front page sticker?
My paper came today, the 7/29/15 issue, with a big sticker over the top part of one of the cover stories! Anacortes Arts Festival took pre-cedence over a story that now has the headline “Feast an isla” and is missing the top paragraphs of each of the two columns. It doesn’t put you in a very favorable light that you deface your editorial content for an advertiser!
Alice HurdFriday Harbor
Concerned about Vacasa marketing
I am concerned about the Vacasa mass-marketing to Orcas Island. The person they hold out as their Orcas Island property manager is based in Seattle! More important-ly, absentee management is just as impractical as absentee ownership when renting.
If one does an Internet search on Vacasa and its public reviews as well as reviews from its employees,
one will see the glossy marketing letter mailed to Orcas residents is far from an accurate picture.
The more various searches one does online, the more negative comments reveal about this com-pany. If San Juan County is true in its desire to regulate and legislate its vacation rentals, requiring a local property manager would be wise for owners, neighbors and compa-nies like mine that have been play-ing by the rules since the county’s ruling in 1999.
I would suggest you contact your local councilman Rick Hughes and express your opinions: [email protected].
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Editorial
It’s one of the most dreaded pieces of mail you can get: a jury summons. With a grimace, you think of what that little postcard means – time off work, rearranging appointments and having to
take the ferry to Friday Harbor. I receive a jury summons every year or two, but the cases have been settled before I’ve had to actually make the trek to the courthouse to sit before a judge. Not this time. On a cheery Monday morning last week, I set off to be a part of the great American legal system. Along with more than 30 other island-ers, we were interviewed by the prosecution and the defense on a range of topics during the “voir dire,”which refers to the process of determining your suitability to serve. Did we know the defendant? The victim? Had we been involved in an assault? A burglary? Were we or anyone we knew the victim of domestic violence? Did we own firearms? Did we think firearms should be legal? How did we feel about the local deputies? As you could have guessed, this was a criminal case and we were told the defendant was innocent until proven guilty by the jury.We had to answer the questions truthfully. And if the answer was too private to share in front of others, we could ask to meet with the judge and lawyers alone. Once you start voir dire, you must be escorted by a bailiff at all times – even when using the restroom. You also can’t use a cell phone or talk or text to anyone about the case or search the internet to answer questions. Ultimately, I was excused from serving, but the six-hour process of se-lecting the jury was fascinating. I realized that the concept of “a jury of your peers” is the most important aspect of the court system. Serving as a juror shouldn’t be thought of as an inconvenience. Your participa-tion on a jury will impact a human being for the rest of his or her life. In the United States, anyone accused of a crime punishable by jail time has a constitutional right to a trial by jury. Each court randomly selects citizens’ names from lists of registered voters and drivers licenses for the jury pool. Those selected complete a questionnaire to help determine if they are qualified to serve. Those people are then randomly chosen to be summoned to appear. The point of this to make sure that a wide range of community members are represented. When a jury is needed for either a civil or a criminal trial, the group of potential jurors is taken to the courtroom where the trial will take place. The judge and the attorneys then ask questions to determine their suitability to serve on the jury. Common reasons to be excused from serving include knowing someone involved in the case or hav-ing a strong prejudice about an issue in the case. If you are chosen to be one of the 12 jurors (with one alternate) you will listen carefully to the court proceedings and hear evidence and testimony from both sides. A jury is responsible for “finding the facts of the case” and making a decision in accordance with the rules of law. If a guilty verdict is reached, a judge will decide the sentence. According to the Unites States Courts’ website, “Jury service is one of the most important civic duties you can perform. The protection of rights and liberties in federal courts largely is achieved through the teamwork of a judge and jury.”Next time you get that summons in your post office box, I hope you consider it a meaningful opportunity.
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Weds., Aug. 12• Deer Harbor Plan Review Com-mittee, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., Deer Harbor Community Center.
AlmanacTEMPERATURES, RAINFALL
ORCAS High Low PrecipJuly 27 72 57 —
July 28 78 55 —
July 29 80 56 —
July 30 81 56 —
July 31 80 63 —
August 1 75 52 —
August 2 75 54 —
Precipitation in July: .63”
Precipitation in 2015: 13.52”
Reported by John Willis, Olga
SUNRISE, SUNSET
Sunrise SunsetAugust 5 5:52 a.m. 8:43 p.m.
August 6 5:54 a.m. 8:41 p.m.
August 7 5:55 a.m. 8:39 p.m.
August 8 5:56 a.m. 8:38 p.m.
August 9 5:58 a.m. 8:36 p.m.
August 10 5:59 a.m. 8:34 p.m.
August 11 6:01 a.m. 8:33 p.m.
by THE ORCAS LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Orcas Islanders love their beau-tiful public library as a center of equal access to information for all learners and a welcoming place for reflection, work or gathering with others. The Library Board of Trustees is proud to announce the formal kickoff of the expansion project: “Books and Beyond: The Next Chapter.”
Common themes surfaced from discussions with the community about the library: it’s too crowded; there aren’t enough computers or space to use one’s own computer; there aren’t enough quiet spaces for doing work; and we need more room for children and young adults. Clearly, growth in the array of library services, coupled with dramatic increases in usage, has the current facility straining at its seams.
Should we expand the library? We consulted with volunteers, met with stakeholders, took surveys, reviewed existing and desired pro-grams, and examined other public Library expansions. We learned that the existing library was
Library expansion: what’s next
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Editor's note: The Islands’ Sounder’s mis-sion is to report accurate information about news stories in our community.
On July 15, we ran a story entitled “Charged with assault with a deadly weapon.” Several items in the story were not factually correct. We have noted the changes in the story below.
Orcas Island resident Peter William Sherman, 27, has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon in the second degree for an incident on July 4 in Deer Harbor, Orcas Island (Note: this article incor-rectly stated the following took place in Eastsound). Sherman is awaiting a trial set for Sept. 21.
Sherman allegedly pointed an Ithaca 20-gauge shotgun at three people after a verbal altercation with one of them. According to court documents the gun was not loaded, but witnesses said they did not know that at the time.
Witnesses also said Sherman told one man he was going to kill him. According to the responding officer’s report, Sherman admitted he pointed the gun at one guest (Note: this article previously incorrectly stated he admitted to pointing it at three people). He added that he was consuming alcohol, stating he had not been thinking straight.
Sherman initially called the San Juan County Sheriff ’s Office to report a trespass-ing complaint at his home, saying he asked a guest to leave and the guest was not leav-ing. By the time the officers arrived at the scene the guest had left the house. Sherman told the officers things were fine as long as the guest did not talk to him.
The guest was with two others in the driveway and became agitated at the offi-cers, shouting expletives at them and refus-
ing to identify himself. According to the report: “At one point he advanced on [us]. We each grabbed one of his arms and pinned him against the back of the mini-van. We asked him to calm down.” The guest said he would, but when released he continued his aggression. “I could see there was no reasoning with [the guest]. He never gave us a chance to talk with him.” The officers decided to leave to “diffuse the situation.”
According to the officer’s report, about five minutes later Sherman called dispatch to say he had a gun and had pointed it at the guest.
The officers returned to the residence to find the guest walking down the driveway toward the patrol car yelling that “we were incompetent and worthless.”
When asked, Sherman said to one of the officers that he was afraid the guest was going to assault him, and ran to get the unloaded gun from his room. According to witnesses, the guest and two others were standing together when Sherman pointed the unloaded gun at them and yelled at the guest, “I am going to kill you!”
One of the responding officers wrote that a witness told him, “Sherman is unpredict-able when he has been drinking alcohol.” The witness could not remember a time when a similar incident had occurred with Sherman. (Note: the witness was previously incorrectly quoted as saying that Sherman was unpredictable with firearms).
The officer wrote that Sherman complied with the police and gave them permission to retrieve another rifle locked in his room.
Assault with a deadly weapon in the second degree is a Class B felony for those without previous offenses.
Corrections to story on alleged assault case
by ANNA V. SMITHJournal reporter
A 46-year-old Lopez man has been found guilty of residential burglary and assault in the fourth degree.
On July 29, James “Jay” Stanton Brant, Jr. was convicted by trial for both counts. He was found not guilty of interfering with the reporting of domestic violence.
A 911 call was placed by a woman on Wednesday morning of April 22. The woman told the officer when he arrived that she and Brant are married but separated, with two children.
According to the report, Brant entered the home without permission and retrieved his shotgun from the bedroom. He put the firearm in his truck and returned to the house. The officer wrote that the woman tried to close the door, but Brant pushed through it. She said that Brant then grabbed
her and shoved her and held her against the refrigerator. She sustained an injury to her elbow.
The report also stated that she recalled Brant asking that she return his pistol. She remembered pushing Brant away and trying to call 911, telling him to leave. Brant broke a coffee cup, a phone, disabled a second phone and threw her cell phone out of reach before leaving, she stated.
Later the officer reported Brant’s version of the incident, which the officer stated was the same, except he said the woman threw the first phone at him, which he caught and threw on the floor, breaking it. He denied that [she] was making any attempt to call 911.
Residential burglary is a class B felony, while assault in the fourth degree is a gross misdemeanor.
Brant will receive his sentence Aug. 12.
Lopez Island man found guilty of assault
Heritage Harvest Feast
Join the Orcas Island Historical Museum on Saturday, Aug. 29, for the second annual Heritage Harvest Feast at Red Rabbit Farm.
Christina and Bruce Orchid host this event that highlights local harvests and heritage foods.
Space is limited. Tickets are $100 per person and can be purchased from the museum.
For more information or to purchase tickets call the museum offices at 376-4849 or email them at [email protected].
V-ball tournament Join the competition at
the 2015 Summer Spike Volleyball Tournament on Sunday, Aug. 16. The four-person coed teams will play on the grass starting at 10 a.m. in Buck Park. You don’t need to have a full team - just sign up and they’ll match you with other players. The $15 pre-regis-tration gets participants a t-shirt. Go to www.oiprd.org or call 376-7275.
Breastfeeding week
San Juan County Health and Community Services will support World
Breastfeeding Week which is Aug. 1 through 7. It’s a global call to action for sup-port and empowerment for all women in achieving their breastfeeding goals.
Tooth extractionsDr. Triplett’s dental office
at 445 Madrona Street in Eastsound is reserving Friday, Aug. 14, for free tooth extractions for Orcas and Shaw residents in need. Services are limited to both routine and surgical extrac-tions (including wisdom teeth). To make an appoint-ment, call 376-4301. The clinic will be offered again on Nov. 14.
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designed originally to be a 12,000-square-foot struc-ture. Funding availability limited its size to half that.
We concluded the library has served our community remarkably well, but that current needs demand we fulfill that original dream by undertaking an expan-sion project to prepare for the next 20 years.
O ur p l anne d 5,000-square-foot expan-sion addresses pressing needs: more room for chil-dren and young adults, quiet reading and work space, small rooms for working and collaborating, more room for computers and multiple types of seat-ing to work with one’s own computer, more room for gatherings, classes, lectures and library events, and additional book space with more accessible shelving.
Naturally, we must main-tain the aesthetics, high quality and attention to detail of our existing build-ing.
Our efforts recently received a huge boost with a generous gift from Bob Henigson’s estate, State capital funds secured by Senator Kevin Ranker, sig-nificant pledges and gifts from several community benefactors and the Friends of the Orcas Island Library, and several other private donations. With generous contributions from our community and a state capital budget appropria-tion totaling $2.8 million so far – a substantial percent-age of total projected capital needs – we have started the process to secure firm proj-ect costs.
We are getting close! In August, we are launching a community campaign to raise the remaining required funds. Moving forward now on pre-con-
struction and permitting work means construction may begin as early as late Spring 2016.
Books and Beyond: The Next Chapter will have a booth at the upcom-ing Library Fair on Aug. 8. Members of the Library Board of Trustees will be on hand with conceptual models of the expansion to help you learn more about the project and answer your questions.
Stay tuned for more infor-mation about how you can help the library grow and adapt along with changing community needs.
You can also stay up-to-date by visiting our website, www.orcaslibrary.org.
Your views matter, so please share them by con-tacting our Library Director Phil Heikkinen, via email at [email protected], or by phone at 376-4985.
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The first annual Ray Jarecki Youth Regatta was sailed on the waters of West Sound July 25 and 25 and it was a huge success. Sixty-one sailors from around the Pacific Northwest participated in the two-day regatta hosted by Orcas Island Yacht Club and Sail Orcas. The weather was fantastic for racing, with moderate south winds and overcast skies allowing 56 races to be completed over the weekend. Results can be found at sailorcas.org.
“It was really exciting watching the sailors navigate the race course,” said Sail Orcas president Bob Brunuis.
Youth regatta a success
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The following was submit-ted by the Orcas Off-leash Area.
The Orcas Island Park and Recreation District and the San Juan County Land Bank are looking into the feasibility of providing a new, permanent home for the Orcas Off-leash Area – also known as the “Dog Park.” The proposed site is a two-acre portion of the Land Bank’s 115-acre Crescent Beach Preserve uplands adjacent to Buck Park and Mt. Baker Road.
The present off-leash area, located on Port of
Orcas land near the airport at the corner of Mt. Baker and North Beach roads, is managed by OOLA’s volun-teer board.
While the port has been very generous in permit-ting use of their property for this purpose, there is concern that, due to grant obligations with the Federal Aviation Administration, the use could be revoked.
Tony Simpson, Port Manager, notes that, “We enjoy having the off-leash area, and they have been good tenants, but we cannot guarantee we will be able to continue to provide the
space. The proposed new location adjacent to Buck Park seems ideally suited for this popular activity.”
Last fall, interested com-munity members began discussions with the Port and County Council mem-ber Rick Hughes. The Land Bank was approached regarding use of some land for this purpose, and OIPRD joined the conver-sation to explore how this might fit into the big picture for Buck Park. Jeff Hanson, past chair of OOLA, has valuable experience from the dog park’s previous
move, and is helping facili-tate the discussion. Katie O’Rourke, current chair of OOLA, sees many advan-tages to the potential move.
“The new location would be larger, with options for both open and forested areas, and a frequently requested space for small dogs,” she said. “There would also be water for the dogs, shade, better parking and nearby restrooms. But perhaps the best part is that this would be a permanent home with consistent pro-fessional management.”
O’Rourke emphasizes
that the board would con-tinue to be a source for vol-unteers who are eager to help care for the facility.
There are still significant steps to plan and build the off-leash area ahead. First, a provisional use permit – with conditions suitable for an off-leash area and environmental protection –
must be approved. Funds will be needed to prepare the site and install fenc-ing, parking, plumbing and signage. An inter-agency agreement with the Land Bank must be drafted and approved, allowing OIPRD to manage the off-leash dog park as an adjunct of Buck Park.
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Visitors to Orcas Island frequently expect to see the charismatic and playful orca whales that reside in the Salish Sea. A species that is less frequently sighted is the minke whale, a small, shy rorqual that makes its home around the islands.
Whalers disliked minke whales, since they were the second smallest of the baleen whales and not as valuable as the larger whales. Minke whales gained their name as a manifestation of this disdain. The story goes that a whaler named Minkie would call out whenever he saw a whale, regardless of size or species. Since most of the whales he called out at were the smaller, less valued minke whales, they named the whales after the inept sailor.
The minke whale, unlike the Southern Resident orcas, is not considered endangered. They were not impacted by whaling as much as many of the larger whales as they were not the target of large whaling out� ts until the 1930s. In the 1970s, once most other whale species were overhunted, minke whales became a more economically viable option and were the target of more whaling opera-tions. After the 1986 moratorium on whaling, min-ke whales are only taken for research purposes and as bycatch.
Minkes are a rorqual, a baleen whale. They sieve small � sh and krill through their baleen plates.
Like humpbacks, a larger baleen whale, they are a solitary whale, and are generally seen alone. They are smaller than humpbacks, although their shape is similar, and though they are roughly the same size as killer whales, their � n shape and col-or are completely different. Although they aren’t as vivid or lively as orcas, they are equally worthy of attention while on the island.
passing. If a person is liv-ing in an isolated situation and no one knows of his/her health record, that case would also fall under the coroner’s department.
This is when Gaylord has to start putting together the pieces of the person’s life. Sometimes it’s something as small as a prescription bot-tle that can solve the mys-tery by revealing the name of the doctor. If the death is not suspected to be violent, Gaylord generally releases the body to the family as soon as possible. Otherwise the body is transferred off-island for further investiga-tion. Evans Funeral Chapel in Anacortes is the official transporter for the coroner’s office. Evans has an employ-ee and car on Friday Harbor to deal with these cases.
If for some reason the body cannot go directly to Evans, it will be taken to the sheriff ’s sub-station or fire stations on-island and then will be picked up by the funeral home. According to Gaylord, refrigeration is only required if a person is held for more than 24 hours. For that reason, he insists that funeral homes serving the islands make it a priority to pick up the deceased within 24 hours.
According to Evans Funeral Director Joe Waham, hospice will often call and notify him that the person is expected to pass in several days. At that point he can make a reservation on the ferry in order to be at the family’s home close to the time of death. If for some reason they can’t get on a ferry in short notice they will catch the red eye boat. Waham said often families prefer some time for final goodbye with their loved one.
“It is the most significant
experience a family can go through together,” he said.
If Gaylord deems an autopsy necessary, the body is taken to the medical examiner in Snohomish. If there is any question that a person had a violent death, Gaylord sends for an autop-sy.
“Even if it looks obvious, sometimes there are other injuries,” he said. “You only have one chance to look for things.”
Use of drugs or alcohol are not always apparent. And post-mortem inju-ries aren’t always visible on the outside. For instance, Gaylord had a case where someone had choked but the lodged item wasn’t found until the autopsy.
Island difficultiesWhen a woman on Orcas
passed away in June, sev-eral of her friends were con-cerned that she would be left in her home for multiple days.
Undersheriff Brent Johnson, who has worked on the islands for 14 years, said if deputies know a person has died they never ignore the situation.
“We move bodies quickly here,” he said. “We wouldn’t leave them there. That would not happen.”
But if a person does die of natural causes fam-ily members or friends are responsible for calling the funeral home. According to Gaylord, the hospice nurses help with this step, and if necessary, the sheriff dis-patcher can help.
Islanders may not be aware of the process that occurs when someone pass-es unless they have gone through the experience firsthand.
“Lots of people are protected from the pro-cess; younger people not involved in all of the events
that occur before the funer-al,” Gaylord said. “There is a continuum of life and death, and how you deal with it shows character in people and brings out the best as well as the worst.”
The island’s geography can also bring out these two sides, even making a mourning situation a logis-tical nightmare. Last year someone died on Crane Island, and Gaylord went with the sheriff and the sheriff ’s boat to retrieve the body. Unfortunately they couldn’t get the boat to shore because of a low tide. So Gaylord returned with his own boat. Once on land, he realized he needed help to transport the body. Luckily a neighbor and his coworkers agreed to carry the deceased. Gaylord’s job is not always easy for just one man.
Often Gaylord enlists the help of the sheriff ’s and fire department to use their vehicle on difficult roads or whenever extra hands are needed to move a person’s body. Once a person died in the bow of a sailboat, and Gaylord enlisted the help of the fire department to get the person out.
“You need manpower to move people,” he said. “So we need the people who have capabilities to muster, who can put a call out to volunteers.”
Dealing with death
For more than 20 years death has been a regular occurrence in Gaylord’s life, and he is not sure how he is able to live with that fact.
“The thing I say to my wife is, ‘My day has been wrecked.’ Because there are times I have been affected by deaths,” he said.
Every time Gaylord has been called to a suicide or a homicide his whole day has
been hijacked into another dimension and into a dark-ness that he can’t avoid.
“I don’t try to muscle through it,” said Gaylord, who talks about these situ-ations with his coworkers, but his overall philosophy is not to dwell on the subject. And when talking doesn’t always do the trick you can find Gaylord running trails in the state park on Orcas, where he lives.
“I like to do something that brings life back to me,” he said.
For the undersheriff, who also deals with difficult calls, facing death has propelled him to a certain kind of ritual. When he arrives on the scene of a person who has recently died he says a little prayer as he crosses the threshold. If the situa-tion is appropriate and he is not in danger of tampering with evidence, he pats the person’s head and says, “Go ahead on your journey.”
“That’s how I handle death,” said Johnson. “We lose family members too. You [the officer] may have recently lost a family mem-ber and the first call you get is another senior who has just died. It reminds you of your mom and dad, and you just work through it.”
What can you do?For people who are going
through the process or have just lost their loved one, Gaylord said it’s impor-tant that they contact the coroner’s office. He advises that they check with their family’s doctor or hospice workers to get the death certificate to the coroner’s office, helping Gaylord do less puzzling in the after-math of their passing.
“We do our best with the resources,” Gaylord said.
But they can always use help.
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urgent medical waitlists for off-island doctors who are suddenly alerted to an avail-able appointment, but can-not take it because they can’t get a ferry reservation.
WSDOT also charges a no-show fee of $10 to $20 per standard reserva-tion if a guest does not sail as reserved (http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/pdf/VRSNoShowFeesTable.pdf). Oversize vehicle charges can be much higher.
Yet there is not much grace for the inevitable life events that affect island-ers’ and visitors’ schedules. The site does not allow reservation cancellations after 5 p.m. the day prior to sailing. After that time, just one schedule change is permitted - after that, “any cancellations will result in a no-show fee.” No changes can be made within three hours of a reserved sched-uled sailing. And while ferry representatives have urged the community to call them directly with unavoid-able difficulties like medi-cal issues, there are many life events or business needs that may not merit a com-passionate fee reversal.
Enter FlexFerry. When users request reservations, the site will automatically put their request in a first-come, first-served queue for the next reservation that becomes available.
“It intelligently keeps trying for you based on a probability of cancellations,” explains Murray.
FlexFerry will also run calculations to give users information on how likely they are to get their request-ed sailing.
The site will also offer a reservation exchange fea-ture in the near future. If someone has an urgent need to ride on a particular ferry that is fully booked, the site will send out a text request to users who already have a reservation on the needed boat, asking if they might be enticed to give up their reservation (sometimes for monetary compensation). Murray’s system is designed
to keep users from receiving a plethora of pleas: users can rate their willingness to be flexible before ever receiving a request. Those who say their schedules are set in stone will not be asked to give up their spot.
One possibly contro-versial site feature is that FlexFerry will facili-tate credit card transfers between users who wish to buy or sell their reservations to others.
“If you want to give your reservation to someone else, you can do that, but if you want to sell your reserva-tion, you can do that too,” says Murray, adding, “It’s not the same thing as scalp-ing, which is booking a res-ervation with the intent to sell.” The idea is not to have everyone have to pay for something, but rather that the person needing the res-ervation might be willing to offer a few bucks to get that reservation.”
The feature gives riders in need the freedom to swap a financial incentive for the ferry sailing they really want.
Murray notes with con-cern that the WASHDOT site has no safeguards in place right now to pre-vent either excessive (and unused) reservation pur-chasing; or reservations scalping during peak travel times. There are currently no restrictions on the num-ber of reservations one user can make during a single day in one direction, or even on a single sailing. He says FlexFerry will have some commonsense restrictions built in to help discourage these practices, such as a limitation of two reserva-tions per day per user.
And to reduce human
error and ensure that users reserve for the correct vehi-cle height, Murray has pro-grammed into the site over 45,000 common vehicle makes and models.
Murray adds that he is eager to hear from the community about features people would like to see offered on FlexFerry. He has been attending Ferry Advisory Committee meet-ings in order to understand the needs of the community, and says he expects the site to continue to be dynamic and continue to offer new features. Murray plans to monetize his investment in the site through advertiser support as well as small, $2-3 transaction fees on credit card transfers. There will be no charge to use the site for reservations.
The beta version of FlexFerry was launched this week. To sign up as a beta user, visit http://flexferry.com/.
Additional resource for islanders
An online reservations swap option is available now for islanders in need: a Facebook page called Ferry Reservation Exchange start-ed by Orcas Island busi-ness owner Justin Paulsen. Intended to help ferry riders easily swap reservations and avoid no-show fees, the site currently has 1,017 mem-bers and is free to use. Ferry Reservation Exchange does not allow the sale of reser-vations.
The site is also a source of useful tips, rider anecdotes and key Washington State Ferries contact information.
Paulsen says his group has observed that many
recent sailings noted as full by the WSDOT reservations site are not, in fact, full at the time of sailing.
“Under the current res-ervation system, WSDOT treats a Ford Excursion (18.3 feet long) the same as a Prius (13.1 feet long),” said Paulsen. “Because of this, a fully reserved boat can vary wildly in terms of the actual deck space being consumed. Since each space is booked at 22’ or under, a boat with a large number of
small vehicles can have mas-sive amounts of unreserved space on board; based on standard vehicle sizes, this number can be as much as 30 percent of the boat.”
Paulsen believes many islanders don’t try to drive on standby when the WSDOT site says the ferry is entirely booked, saying, “The net result is that in reality, many boats indicat-ed as full are sailing with many spaces available on the deck.”
He also said he knows several Orcas community members who have cho-sen to move off the island because of the added dif-ficulties of getting needed medical care under the cur-rent reservations system.
Paulsen and others have repeatedly urged WSDOT to reduce the number of reservable vehicle spots from 90 to 75 percent, allowing more room for drive-ups. No change is cur-rently expected.
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by KATHRYN FARRONSpecial to the Sounder
Zucchini may be at the back of the alphabet as well as the index of most every cook book, but this famil-iar dark green cylinder is definitely at the front of our minds when it comes to veg-etables this time of year. Yet, despite its great availability and versatility, zucchini is seldom allowed to live up to its greater potential. You can do most anything with zucchini!
Few of us take the time to jazz up this perpetual green offering beyond perhaps a simple grilling or serving it up in a ratatouille. We need to look at zucchini as more than just a side dish or a filler in meatloaf or the occasional cake.
Zucchini’s delicate, mild flavor and tenderness make it unusually adaptable. It seems to take up and har-monize nicely with other ingredients. Perhaps that is precisely why zucchini is such a critical vegetable to dozens of cuisines around the world.
Craving Italian? Add zuc-chini to your favorite pasta recipe. Mexican? Sauté some zucchini and season with chili powder and lime juice. Chinese? Stir-fry zuc-
chini with a bit of Chinese cabbage. Dessert? Bread? Muffins? Look no further! Stuff baby zucchini with fla-vorful ingredients – garlic, fresh herbs, shallots, sharp cheeses and plum tomatoes. Sauté it with fresh thyme or basil to top with a fresh tomato sauce. Zucchini brushed with good olive oil, grilled, and sprinkled with pepper is also tasty. Zucchini is also perfect for chutney, pickles, relish, and dips.
While zucchini is sim-ple to prepare, it does have a high water content. Whatever way you opt to cook it – do it quickly so it doesn’t get soft and mushy. Two to four minutes is all it takes.
Shrimp-stuffed zucchini
4 zucchini (6-8” long)½ cup dry vermouth2 cup chicken brothsalt and pepper to taste½ teaspoon thyme1 bay leaf1 cup mayonnaise2 tablespoon olive oil2 tablespoon minced
lengthwise and scoop out seeds to make boats. Place close together in skillet. Pour vermouth and broth over zucchini and add salt, pepper, thyme, and bay leaf; bring to boil and remove from heat. Chill zucchini in broth. When ready to serve, remove zucchini from broth and drain well. Combine mayonnaise, olive oil, parsley, chives, 2 table-spoons capers, green onion, and anchovy paste; add shrimp and artichokes and stir gently. Spoon this mix-ture into boats and serve on individual plates garnished with pimiento strips. Serves eight.
Zucchini in pastaTrim and julienne some
zucchini; sauté in olive oil until tender and starting to brown. Season with salt and pepper. Cook fresh noo-dles and add to pan with a ladle of chicken stock. Stir in some roughly chopped
toasted walnuts and a bit of pesto sauce. Turn off heat and toss well, correct seasoning, and serve with grated Parmesan.
Zucchini soup2 ½ tablespoons butter1 onion, coarsely chopped2 ½ tablespoons curry
powder3 c. chicken stock1 potato, peeled and
cubed1 teaspoon salt1 teaspoon pepper3 zucchini¾ cup heavy creamSnipped chivesMelt 2 tablespoons of
the butter in soup pot; add onions and curry powder and cook, uncovered, over low heat, stirring occasion-ally, until onions are soft – 15 minutes or so. Add stock and potato; simmer uncov-ered for 15 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Slice 2 of the zucchini and add to pot; simmer for 10 min-utes. Puree soup in batches
in food processor. While machine is running, add cream through feed tube in slow, steady stream. Pass mixture through food mill or sieve and return to pot; keep hot. Julienne reserved zucchini. Heat remaining ½ tablespoon butter in small skillet, add zucchini and sauté over medium heat until soft – 1 minute; add to soup, garnish with chives, and serve to four.
Zucchini pillows3 cups grated zucchini2 teaspoons salt1 ½ c. flour1 tablespoon baking pow-
der1 onion, diced2 cup grated cheddar2 teaspoon fresh thyme
leaves1 teaspoon lemon pepper½ c. canola oil3 large eggs, beatenCombine zucchini and
salt in colander and toss to mix; set aside to drain for 30 minutes – squeeze out excess water. Grease a 7-inch by 11-inch bak-ing dish with butter. Stir together flour and baking powder in medium bowl; add onion, zucchini, cheese, thyme, and pepper. Mix well with a fork, break-ing up any clumps of zuc-chini. Whisk together oil with eggs in small bowl and bowl into zucchini mixture, mixing well. Spread evenly in baking dish and bake at 350 degrees for about 35 minutes or until golden. Cool on wire rack for five minutes before cutting into squares to serve warm as a side dish.
Zucchini muffins4 cups peeled, seeded,
and diced zucchini1/3 cup lemon juice½ cup light brown sugar2 teaspoon cinnamon½ teaspoon nutmeg3 cups flour1 tablespoon baking pow-
der1 teaspoon baking soda1 teaspoon salt½ cup soft butter1 cup sugar2 eggs¼ cup buttermilkCombine zucchini and
lemon juice in non-reactive pan; bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat and simmer until ten-der – 10 minutes or so. Add brown sugar, cinnamon, and ¼ teaspoon nutmeg. Simmer, stirring occasion-ally, for 20 minutes, until slightly thickened. Cool to room temperature. Sift flour, baking powder, bak-ing soda, salt, and ¼ tea-spoon nutmeg in large bowl. Beat together butter and sugar in another large mixing bowl; add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition. Blend in flour mixture, alternating with buttermilk, until smooth. Stir in sauce until evenly distributed. Divide batter into 18 regular sized muf-fin cups greased with but-ter and bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
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Saturday, Aug. 8Sharon Abreu & Michael
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The Economist, a stand-upcomedian from Seattle, 6:30 p.m.
Swing & classic ballroom dancing with Bill Gincig, 8 p.m. Wear vintage attire.
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Thursday, Aug. 13Stormy Hildreth with Grace McCune & Martin Lund in
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Sunday, Aug. 16Mandy Troxel with Jason Harrod in concert, doors open at 6 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 18Milo Matthews, jazz & blues band, doors open at 6 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 22Latin dance night: classic Latin
ballroom from 6 to 10 p.m., followed by a dance party until
close.
Thurs & Fri, Aug. 27 & 28Readers' theatre "Bad Dates," directed by Tom Fiscus, acted
by Luann Pamatian, doors open at 6 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 29Grace McCune & Khadoma
Colomby with Corey Wiscomb.
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Island Living
by MEREDITH M. GRIFFITHSounder contributor
Part of the glory of August on Orcas Island is the annual summer library sale: a burgeoning bounty of books for blissful bibliophiles to browse.
While some islanders have gone over to the tech-nological dark side and carry around mysterious tablet devices, there is still a certain book-bosomed populace that goes delirious at the prospect of tables piled with deliciously affordable packets of paper, neatly bound.
“This is our major money-maker at the library,” says Lynn Carter, treasurer for the Friends of the Orcas Island Library, which hosts the sale.
All proceeds directly benefit the Orcas Island Library. The sale often raises between $8,000 and $10,000.
Traditionally held on the second Saturday in August, the sale will be on Aug. 8 at the library grounds from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
There will be food vendors, free ice cream and that unmistakable aroma of old tomes that hear-kens one back to yesteryear and awakens yearnings for learning. (Logophiles, enjoy the “bibliosmia.”) There will be about 30 tables of neatly categorized practical how-to manuals, temptingly wicked nov-els, stolid tracts and treatises, jolly children’s books for all ages, riveting historical fiction, compelling mysteries, biographies, recipe collections and much more. Sesquipedalians may even find a dictionary or thesaurus to pore over.
The event will feature a musical lineup of local talent as well as a quilt raffle, booths with local wares, a silent auction and an art auction. Most
books are priced at $1 for paperbacks, $2 for hard-backs and 50 cents for preschool books.
The library accepts books throughout the year for its winter and summer book sale fundraisers. Carter said she has least 500 cardboard boxes of books for sale, with more donations still coming in.
“This is not just a staid book sale where all the items are displayed on shelves through which you quietly wander,” explains the Friends of the Orcas Island Library website. “No way.”
Be you literarian, morosoph, bibliophagist, ultra-crepidarian or (heaven forbid) a member of the dreaded “bibliobibuli,” there’s a perfect pile of books awaiting you at the Orcas Island Library fair.
Annual Library Fair has treasures for all
SAT., AUG. 8YORAM BAUMAN: “The world’s first and only Stand-Up Economist”: Library Fair, 11:30 a.m. to noon and Random Howse, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., with opening musical set by Sharon Abreu and Mike Hurwicz.
THURS., AUG. 13MIKE SPEECE BENEFIT DINNER: At 6 p.m. at Deer Harbor Community Club to benefit Speece, who was seriously injured in an accident. There will be a chicken curry din-
ner prepared by the Deer Harbor Inn. $50 each, with wine by dona-tion of $5.
MON., AUG. 17HABITAT TRUCK: The Skagit Habitat for Humanity Store truck will be at Island Market from noon to 3 p.m. Bring “gently used” furni-ture, working appliances, build-ing materials, hand tools, lumber, electrical, plumbing and more. If you have a large item, contact Duff at 376-3032 for pick-up.
TUES. – ONGOINGKIWANIS CLUB: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., Community Church.AA: For women, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., for men, 7 to 8 p.m., Emmanuel.CELEBRATE RECOVERY: 7 to 9 p.m., Orcas Senior Center.
WEDS. – ONGOINGLIONS CLUB: Weekly lunch, 11:45 a.m., Legion. AA: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Benson Hall, Emmanuel.ANSWERS IN THE HEART: 7 to 8 p.m., an S.L.A.A. 12-step recov-ery, Episcopal Church. ADULT VOLLEYBALL: 7 to 9:15 p.m., High School Gym, $2.
THURS. – ONGOINGSTORYTIME: 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.
FRI. – ONGOINGAA: Noon, Community Church.
AA: 5:30 p.m., Benson Hall, Emmanuel Church.
SAT. – ONGOINGAA: 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Emmanuel Church. Potluck last Saturday of the month.
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The Brown Bag Concert at Emmanuel Episcopal Parish will present the Orcatrazz Swing Band on Wednesday, Aug. 12, at noon.
“The name Ocratazz came about because, like Alcatraz, we are sort of trapped on an island, only we love it,” says the band.
The group plays music mostly from the swing band era. Bandleader Ken Speck has performed and traveled with his own band before putting together Orcatrazz. The band members have varied experiences ranging from amateur to profession-al. Most of all they have seri-ous fun and enjoy making
music of the big band era, and on occasion they even add a rock and roll song for the younger crowd. The program will include “On the Sunny Side of the Street,” “All About that Brass,” “Patricia,” “New York, New York” and several more of your favorites from the great swing bands.
The concert is free of charge, but donations are appreciated to fund the Virgil Cleveland Memorial Scholarship that sends a student from Orcas to music camp. Arrive before noon as the front doors will be closed after the concert begins. For late arrivals the side door will be open.
What better way is there to spend a summer Sunday evening than picnicking and enjoy-ing fun music at a concert in the park on the Village Green in Eastsound?
On Aug. 9, the wildly popular Sunday Music in the Park series will present JP and the OK Rhythm Boys. Favorites of audiences from California to Montana, Idaho to Oregon, and of course right here at home, JP, Gordon, and Anita will once again joyously share their satisfying blend of favorites old and new, familiar and obscure. Fiddle, smooth vocal 3-part harmonies, swing, originals, hoe-down, oldies and don't forget the saw! The music happens from 5 to 7 p.m., and it is free.
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Orcas Island Community Church is excited to announce the arrival of Brian Moss as Associate Pastor of Congregational Life.
“For over a year we’ve been recalibrating our vision and assessing the current and future needs of our Orcas community and church,” says Senior Pastor Dick Staub. “After a nation-al search, we are thrilled that Brian is joining us. He brings exceptional gifts as a pastor, teacher and devel-oper of leaders. Plus he’s
a world-class musician and personal friend!”
Moss joins Staub and a part-time staff that includes Kelly Carpenter in Kids’ Ministries, Phil and Janna Carter in Ministries to Teens, Ryan Carpenter in Administration and Music and dozens of volunteer leaders. For the past five years Moss has served as associate pastor at Maple Valley Presbyterian Church. On Orcas, his primary focus will be developing relation-ships and equipping leaders in all ministry areas through
small group discipleship. OICC’s motto is “Pursuing God in the company of friends for the benefit of the world,” and Moss’ specific focus is “the company of friends.” He and Staub will share preaching duties, and the church plans to expand its worship options in the months to come.
No stranger to Orcas Island, Moss and his family have been visiting the island for nearly 15 years, and say they are excited to get to know the community in a deeper way.
“We’ve grown to love the place, and we’ve grown to love the people,” Moss says. “I know the culture of life there goes through shifts throughout the year as peo-ple come and go. For me it’s a place that very much feels like home.”
Moss has a bach-elor’s degree in music from Nashville’s Belmont University, and spent three years traveling with singer/
songwriter Michael Card before moving to Seattle as Director of Worship, Music and the Arts at John Knox Presbyterian Church. He coordinated worship for Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia while he com-pleted his Master of Divinity degree.
Moss performed many times at the summer Woodsong Music Festival on Orcas beginning in 2001. He has released several CDs. Moss is also passion-ate about the visual arts.
Moss and his wife Stephanie have five chil-dren: Haley, 15; Levi, 14; twins Ethan and Isaac, almost 10; and Ezra, age 2 and a half. The four older children will attend Orcas Island High School and Orcas Island Elementary this fall. Stephanie is the founder of the 750-student Momentum Music and Dance Academy in Burien, Wash. Brian said she may explore teaching dance on Orcas.
Though Brian grew up in a Dutch Reformed Iowa farming community, he says he never imagined himself as a pastor.
“Still, I know that this is right where God wants me, and I am at home in this life-giving vocation,” he says.
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Heartwood Inspired Living and Thrive Orcas Island is hosting speak-er, multi-award-winning author and Gaia commu-nicator Mare Cromwell on Orcas Island for several events on Aug. 11 and 12.
Cromwell will lead a Community Table Talk at the Orcas Food Co-op from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Come and meet her and learn more about her new book “The Great Mother Bible.” It’s available at Darvill’s, and Cromwell will be signing books thereaf-terwards.
Cromwell will join Thrive Orcas Island’s Green Drinks
on Tuesday from 5:30 to 7 p.m. upstairs in the Co-op Commons. Green Drinks is a monthly hosted gathering of community contributors.
On Wednesday, Aug. 12, Cromwell will be leading a workshop titled “Sacred
Gardening – Sacred Earth” from 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Olga at the Seaview Peek-a-Boo Ranch. For more infor-mation, and to register, go to: https://sacredgardenor-cas.eventbrite.com.
On Saturday, Aug. 8, Yoram Bauman, the world's “first and only stand-up economist,” will be on Orcas.
Bauman will give a free performance at the Library Fair from 11:30 a.m. to noon.
And that evening he'll do a performance at Random Howse from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sharon Abreu and Mike Hurwicz will be the warm-up act, starting promptly at 6 p.m. After Bauman's set, there will be swing and traditional dance
music going into the night.Dinner at Random
Howse is served starting at 6 p.m. The kitchen closes at 9 p.m., but drinks will
continue to flow as long as folks are dancing. There is no cover charge. Donation jars will be on the tables to support the artists.
Bauman, having received his Ph.D. in econom-ics from the University of Washington in 2003, has brains and a great sense of humor. He lives in Seattle with his wife Laura.
Bauman has shared the stage with the late Robin Williams and has appeared in TIME Magazine and on PBS and NPR.
Shawn McKee and Linda Henning are the two newest members of Salmonberry’s growing faculty.
“Both of these accom-plished progressive teachers bring a wealth of elementa-ry teaching experience, sig-nificant experience in help-ing to start up new schools and initiatives, as well as
immeasurable enthusiasm and creativity for the craft of teaching,” say Salmonberry staff.
McKee taught in the Fairbanks School District in Alaska for 25 years. Her service included a number of years as a resource and special education teacher as well as many years as a
classroom teacher in kin-dergarten through third grade. She also served as a founding faculty member of the Watershed Charter School, at which she helped to develop their place-based and outdoor curriculum.
Henning comes to Salmonberry from the Bellingham area. She has taught for 15 years in pre-school through grade six. Linda was on the founding faculty of Summit Academy in Stanwood, Wash., as well as the Stillwater School in Arlington, Wash. She also taught for four years at the Burlington Little School. Henning brings a strong background in the Outward Bound Expeditionary Learning approach.
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Learn about the kinds of trees, the age of trees, the size of trees, and the many stories they have to tell. Carson shares his knowledge and deep appreciation of island forests – helping us understand more about our wonderful sylvan world.
Date: Saturday, August 8, 2015 Place: Judd Cove Preserve, Orcas Island. Meet in parking area off Fowler’s Way (carpooling encouraged!) Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Bring: Footwear for trail walking
Stormy Hildreth along with Grace McCune and special guest Martin Lund will be performing a concert to benefit Salmonberry School in their campaign to raise the funds required to purchase the school grounds. The concert will be held at Random Howse on Thursday, Aug. 13.
Hildreth, pictured at right, is a Salmonberry Alumni who spent nine years at the school, graduating last year with the sixth grade class of 2014.
“I will be singing at Random Howse to support the school I love,” Hildreth said. “Salmonberry School is like a second home to me. It is a place where I felt nurtured and loved while learning more than I ever could have imagined and having the time of my life at the same time.”
Salmonberry School is on the verge of securing a sustainable future as an impor-tant part of the island’s educational land-scape by becoming the last school on the island to own its own buildings and grounds. Through a tremendous island-wide outpouring of support and generosity, Salmonberry’s capital campaign to raise the funds required to buy its site is coming close
to becoming a reality.Those who are curious to learn more
about the school or to help with a donation, contact the school by email at [email protected] or visit www.salmonber-ryschool.org.
Tickets are $75 at Windermere Real Estate and Darvill’s Bookstore. The price includes salad, choice of entrée, dessert, soda, juices, sparkling water, coffee and tea. A full no-host bar is also available. Doors and bar open at 6 p.m. Dinner will be served promptly at 6:30 p.m.
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New Salmonberry teachers
Contributed photosL-R: Shawn McKee and Linda Henning are new teachers at Salmonberry School.
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When it comes to employment, Sound Classifieds has it all…the latest job openings, educational opportunities and more. Did you hear?
Melanie Tucker, c/o Teri Williams, PO Box 1001, Eastsound, WA
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LAND USE DECISIONS: Hearing Examiner Decisions: www.sanjuanco.com/cdp/hearingexdecisions.aspx Planning Commission decisions: http://www.sanjuanco.com/planning/planningcommissionactions.aspxCounty Council decisions: http://www.sanjuanco.com/council/ordinances.aspx and http://www.sanjuanco.com/council/resolutions.aspx
BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED: Permits issued by the Department of Community Development are searchable at https://services.sanjuanco.com/Default.asp. Select “Citizen Services,” then “Permits and Inspections,” then “Permits Inquiry” and enter search parameters To search a date range, use two periods between the date entries, i.e., after “Issue Date,” enter 11/17/2014..11/21/2014 and after “Permit Status,” select “Issued.” This will return a table of permits issued for the date range in question. There is no need to enter a permit type, unless you want to narrow your search. There are also links available on our website. (San Juan County is providing this information as a public service, in recognition that there will be occasional down times due to system updates.)SEPA COMMENT AND APPEAL: Anyone desiring to comment on the SEPA Determination can do so by submitting a written statement to Community Development, PO Box 947 (135 Rhone St), Friday Harbor, WA. 98250 no later than the comment date specified above. The SEPA Determination may be appealed to the Hearing Examiner pursuant to SJCC 18.80.140 within 21 days of the date of the SEPA Determination. APPLICATION COMMENTS: Any file may be examined by appointment during regular business hours at the Community Development, located at 135 Rhone Street, Friday Harbor. Comment on Notices of Application can be submitted in writing to Community Development at P. O. Box 947, Friday Harbor, WA 98250, no later than the end date for project comments specified above. Requests for copies of project decisions or staff reports or requests to provide testimony in a public hearing for a project, may be made by contacting Community Development: (360) 378-2354 * (360) 378-2116 * Fax (360) 378-3922 [email protected] OF PUBLIC HEARINGS: Hearing Examiner meetings on San Juan Island start at 10:30 a.m., in the Key Bank, Downstairs, Garden Rroom, 95 Second Street, Friday Harbor. Planning Commission meetings begin at 8:45 am. In the County Council Hearing Room, 55 Second Street, Friday Harbor. Any person desiring to comment prior to the hearing should submit a written statement to Community Development, PO Box 947, Friday Harbor, WA. 98250. Written comments may also be submitted at the hearing. A copy of the staff report for a hearing may be obtained from Community Development seven days prior to the hearing. NOTICE OF PERMITS: Information regarding all land use and building permits is available on the County’s website. A link is available on the Community Development homepage at: sanjuanco.com/cdp
LEGAL NO. SJ1376963 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands, The Islands’ Sounder, AUGUST 5, 2015
Notice of Public Hearing for an Eastsound Subarea Plan Update; Repealing San Juan County Code
Chapter 16.55, Amending the Comprehensive Plan Official Map, Adding Eastsound Development Regulations to San Juan County
Code Title 18, and adding an Eastsound Subarea Plan Appendix
to San Juan County Comprehensive Plan
Notice is hereby given that the San Juan County Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing on the proposed Eastsound Subarea Plan update; Repealing San Juan County Code Chapter 16.55, amending the Official Map, adding Eastsound de- velopment regulations to San Juan County Code Title 18, and the corre- sponding addition of a Eastsound Subarea Plan appendix to San Juan County Comprehensive Plan. The hearing will begin at or after 10 am, August 21, 2015, in the Ameri- can Legion Post #93, 793 Crescent Beach Drive, Eastsound, WA. Inter- ested parties are encouraged to at- tend and provide comment. To allow for distribution to Planning Commis- sioners, written comments submitted prior to the hearing should be re- ceived by 1:00 p.m. August 17,
2015. Written comments submitted at the hearing should include a mini- mum of 10 copies. Proposed Comprehensive Plan Offi- cial Map amendments include repair- ing split zoned parcels adjacent to the airport and along Bartel Road; extending the Village Commercial designation along the north side of Main Street; and creating a new Eastsound residential district with a maximum 12 unit per acre density in the Mountain View Street area. Amendments to the plan include amending and splitting the land use regulations from the Subarea goals and policies, moving regulations to the Unified Development Code, and making the Subarea goals and poli- cies an appendix of the San Juan County Comprehensive Plan. Copies of the proposed amend- ments, maps and SEPA checklist, SEPA Determination & associated documents are available from the County web site at http://www.sanjuanco.com/ cdp/ESAP/ESAP_Home.aspxFor more information or to submit comments contact Colin Maycock AICP, San Juan County DCD, PO Box 947, Friday Harbor, WA, 98250, (360) 370-7573, [email protected]
LEGAL NO. SJ649312Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands, The Islands’ SounderAugust 5, 12, 2015.
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 con- duct a public hearing for the purpose of receiving testimony on 3 proposed Ordinances: an Ordinance Revising the 2015 County Budget for Begin- ning Cash Balances; an Ordinance Revising the 2015 County Budget for Supplemental Appropriations and Transfers; and an Ordinance Revis- ing 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, August 17, 2015 begin- ning at 9:15 AM. The hearing may be continued from time to time and place to place as may be desired by the Council without additional written notice.At the hearing, members of the pub- lic will be invited to speak and/or pro- vide written statements regarding the
proposed Ordinances. After the pub- lic testimony portion of the hearing has ended, the Council will deliber- ate and consider modifications to the Ordinances that are proposed by members of the public, county em- ployees or the Council. The pro- posed Ordinances may then be adopted with or without modifica- tions.SUMMARY: The Ordinance Revising the 2015 County Budget for Begin- ning Cash Balances increases be- ginning cash balances for all County funds by about $2,218,774, with a net increase to the County budget of about $2,052,838. The Ordinance Revising the 2015 County Budget for Emergency Appropriations results in a net increase to County appropria- tions in various funds by a total of approximately $604,370. The Ordi- nance Revising the 2015 County Budget for Supplemental Appropria- tions adds appropriations in the amount of $253,794. 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 web- site at http://www.sanjuanco.com/ Council/PendingOrdinances.aspx. A copy of the proposed Ordinance will be mailed without charge upon re- quest. 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. SJ649114Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands, The Islands’ SounderAugust 5, 12, 2015.
SAN JUAN COUNTY PUBLIC NOTICESSan 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.
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Lower Tavern Lunch & DinnerOpen daily at 11 am Food to 10 pm (Sun–Thurs) Food to 11 pm (Fri & Sat)46 Prune Alley , 376-4848
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First Run Movies/ Independent FilmsState of the art projection
Now serving Beer, Wine & new food items234 A St, Eastsound • 376-5724
Friday, August 7 andSaturday August 8 @ 8 pmJurassic WorldChris Pratt & Bryce Dallas Howard, PG-13
Lounge opens @ 6:30
Lotto
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Sunday 8 am - 8 pm
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Recipe of the Week• Whole salmon, about 2 lbs.• 4 sheets aluminum foil• 1 large onion, sliced• 4 cloves garlic, sliced• Juice of one lemon• ½ cup coarsely chopped rosemary, or three rosemary sprigs• Butter, softened, or non-stick cooking spray
Island Market wishes you a great weekend at the Fly-In and Library Fair! We have
whole fresh troll-caught coho salmon this week; here’s an
easy recipe to try!
Find more of our favorite recipes on our Facebook page
Rinse salmon and pat dry. Lay out 2 sheets of foil, double thickness, on a large tray. Butter the top sheet, or spray with non-stick cooking spray. Lay half the onions, garlic and rosemary on the foil; lay salmon across them. Place remaining onion, garlic and rosemary inside and on top of salmon. Squeeze lemon juice over � sh. Lay out remaining foil, butter top layer, and place over salmon. Roll sides up and crimp to form packet. Cook over medium grill (400 F) 5-6 inches from heat for 45-55 minutes, turning packet over every 15 minutes. Cook until opaque throughout. Serve with steamed or grilled organic baby potatoes and a nice cold Corona or Paci� co (yep, they’re all on sale too)!
Too late to see and adopt 3-year-old Charlotte? She’s a cutie. Call the Orcas Animal Shelter, 376-6777 and put your name on the list to be notified about incoming dogs. The shelter is open every day from 2 to 5 p.m. Visit orcaspets.org.
