Sheriff responds to Sounder crime survey S OUNDER THE I SLANDS ’ Serving Orcas, Lopez and San Juan County Wednesday, February 25, 2015 VOL. 48, NO. 8 75¢ islandssounder.com The reality of a tsunami The map shows levels of tsunami inundation on the islands. Orange represents 16 - 18 feet, dark pink 14 - 16, purple 4 - 6 and blue 0 - 2. The map was created by county staff. by CALI BAGBY Assistant Editor Big tsunamis come every 300 to 600 years, and the last one for the west coast was 315 years ago, which means a disaster could be headed our way. “There are a number of quake scenarios that could impact the islands,” said Brendan Cowan, director of the county’s Department of Emergency Management. “All are real, and could potentially happen tomorrow.” The good news is that when the tsunami comes islanders can be ready. According to the DEM’s new webpage entitled Common Tsunami Questions, “In the most likely scenario, San Juan County will have plenty of warning (due to the large quake we feel) before a tsunami in the form of an extremely large earthquake.” The tsunami could come in 45 minutes or less after a large quake, which is defined as rating 5.0 or greater on the logarithmic scale. Although 9.0 would be incomprehensibly larger than a 5.0, Cowan describes both as large enough to cause concern. “In general, the larger the quake, the bigger the tsunami, but there’s an almost limitless num- ber of scenarios that could cause a tsunami,” he said. “By focusing on the 9.0 quake with our maps, we’re looking at the most studied/best understood and one of the potentially most damaging events.” What complicates matters is that not all quakes cause tsunamis. The quake has to lift the sea floor to be followed by a tsunami, and according to Cowan, the majority of undersea quakes don’t cause a tsunami. To understand how likely it is that a tsunami is headed our way one has to look back to 1700 – and a forest submerged by salt water. For many years quake experts believed that the closest fault, the Cascadia subduction zone, was safely aseismic. When they found mysteriously sunken Northwest forests that appeared to have been killed by salt intrusion in the year 1700, their SEE TSUNAMI, PAGE 6 A special evening of music – page 9 by CALI BAGBY Assistant Editor San Juan County Sheriff Ron Krebs said he was not surprised to find that 59 percent of 240 participants in a recent poll said drug activity was their main worry when it comes to crime in island communities. “I knew that was a primary con- cern,” said Krebs. He already has some plans in place to address these issues, but cannot share specific tactics with the public at this time. “We are going to be paying more attention to places where there are known drug hangouts in Friday Harbor and other places where there are concentrated areas of activity,” said Krebs. “We will also focus on the way drugs are getting on the island.” Drugs was one of several topics in the poll, which was created by the Islands’ Sounder in January. A total of 268 islanders responded to the poll – 33 answers were skipped. See the results of the sur- vey on page 7. What Krebs found most star- tling about the poll was that only 16 percent of survey responders checked excellent in response to deputies’ professionalism in their interactions with the community. “My goal is to change that quick- ly,” said Krebs. “There is absolutely no reason that our deputies should not be professional and friendly in our community.” Krebs said the perception of unprofessional deputies may be because the memory of the Christmas Eve incident in Friday Harbor. The incident involved Deputy Felix Menjivar pulling over a San Juan Island man driv- ing a trailer, which carried more than a dozen holiday carolers, including several children. The ensuing verbal exchange between the driver and Menjivar became heated and, according to sever- al witnesses, that dispute nearly escalated into an altercation. Witnesses say that at one point the deputy lunged at the driver, but was restrained by a second officer who arrived at the scene. Krebs said he would not be sur- prised if this image of the deputy was still fresh in the community’s memory. “They should remember,” said Krebs. “It was fairly recent and a big incident in our town.” Krebs, who was sworn in as sheriff in January, has several goals to improve the sheriff’s depart- ment. His three-month plan includes getting his deputies “back on track.” The new sheriff said the recent sheriff election in November and a lack of morale in the department has been a problem. Now that the elections are over, Krebs said, “We can focus on keeping the commu- nity safe, which is our job.” His other goal is to increase training on dispatch due to com- plaints about a lack of unprofes- sionalism. “We are building a strong foun- dation and building on that,” Krebs said. Other plans in the works are to hold town hall meetings so he can stay informed about the issues affecting each island. “Without knowing people’s con- cerns, it’s really a guessing issue,” said Krebs. “I know there are big issues out there and I want to focus on those concerns and make people feel safe.” SEE SURVEY, PAGE 7 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 3 p.m.
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Sheriff responds to Sounder crime survey
SOUNDERTHE ISLANDS’ Serving Orcas, Lopez and San Juan County
Wednesday, February 25, 2015 VOL. 48, NO. 8 75¢ islandssounder.com
The reality of a tsunami
The map shows levels of tsunami inundation on the islands. Orange represents 16 - 18 feet, dark pink 14 - 16, purple 4 - 6 and blue 0 - 2. The map was created by county staff.
by CALI BAGBYAssistant Editor
Big tsunamis come every 300 to 600 years, and the last one for the west coast was 315 years ago, which means a disaster could be headed our way.
“There are a number of quake scenarios that could impact the islands,” said Brendan Cowan, director of the county’s Department of Emergency Management. “All are real, and could potentially happen tomorrow.”
The good news is that when the tsunami comes islanders can be ready.
According to the DEM’s new webpage entitled Common Tsunami Questions, “In the most likely scenario, San Juan County will have plenty of warning (due to the large quake we feel) before a tsunami in the form of an extremely large earthquake.”
The tsunami could come in 45 minutes or less after a large quake, which is defined as rating 5.0 or greater on the logarithmic scale. Although 9.0 would be incomprehensibly larger than a 5.0,
Cowan describes both as large enough to cause concern.
“In general, the larger the quake, the bigger the tsunami, but there’s an almost limitless num-ber of scenarios that could cause a tsunami,” he said. “By focusing on the 9.0 quake with our maps, we’re looking at the most studied/best understood and one of the potentially most damaging events.”
What complicates matters is that not all quakes cause tsunamis. The quake has to lift the sea floor to be followed by a tsunami, and according to Cowan, the majority of undersea quakes don’t cause a tsunami.
To understand how likely it is that a tsunami is headed our way one has to look back to 1700 – and a forest submerged by salt water. For many years quake experts believed that the closest fault, the Cascadia subduction zone, was safely aseismic. When they found mysteriously sunken Northwest forests that appeared to have been killed by salt intrusion in the year 1700, their
SEE TSUNAMI, PAGE 6
A special evening of music – page 9
by CALI BAGBYAssistant Editor
San Juan County Sheriff Ron Krebs said he was not surprised to find that 59 percent of 240 participants in a recent poll said drug activity was their main worry when it comes to crime in island communities.
“I knew that was a primary con-cern,” said Krebs.
He already has some plans in place to address these issues, but cannot share specific tactics with the public at this time.
“We are going to be paying more attention to places where there are known drug hangouts in Friday Harbor and other places where there are concentrated areas of activity,” said Krebs. “We will also focus on the way drugs are getting on the island.”
Drugs was one of several topics in the poll, which was created by the Islands’ Sounder in January. A total of 268 islanders responded to the poll – 33 answers were skipped. See the results of the sur-vey on page 7.
What Krebs found most star-tling about the poll was that only 16 percent of survey responders checked excellent in response to deputies’ professionalism in their interactions with the community.
“My goal is to change that quick-ly,” said Krebs. “There is absolutely no reason that our deputies should not be professional and friendly in our community.”
Krebs said the perception of unprofessional deputies may be because the memory of the Christmas Eve incident in Friday Harbor. The incident involved Deputy Felix Menjivar pulling over a San Juan Island man driv-ing a trailer, which carried more than a dozen holiday carolers, including several children. The ensuing verbal exchange between the driver and Menjivar became heated and, according to sever-al witnesses, that dispute nearly escalated into an altercation.
Witnesses say that at one point the deputy lunged at the driver, but was restrained by a second officer who arrived at the scene. Krebs said he would not be sur-prised if this image of the deputy was still fresh in the community’s memory.
“They should remember,” said Krebs. “It was fairly recent and a big incident in our town.”
Krebs, who was sworn in as sheriff in January, has several goals to improve the sheriff ’s depart-ment. His three-month plan includes getting his deputies “back on track.”
The new sheriff said the recent sheriff election in November and a lack of morale in the department has been a problem. Now that the elections are over, Krebs said, “We can focus on keeping the commu-nity safe, which is our job.”
His other goal is to increase training on dispatch due to com-plaints about a lack of unprofes-sionalism.
“We are building a strong foun-dation and building on that,” Krebs said.
Other plans in the works are to hold town hall meetings so he can stay informed about the issues affecting each island.
“Without knowing people’s con-cerns, it’s really a guessing issue,” said Krebs. “I know there are big issues out there and I want to focus on those concerns and make people feel safe.”
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Contributed photoErin B. McCarthy of Paradise Upholstery and Design is excited to be bringing the beauty of Orcas Island to furniture. The chair pictured above features Crescent Beach. It – along with other pieces – can currently be seen at Key Bank.
All three bills requested by State Superintendent Randy Dorn have passed out of the House Education Committee and continue to make their way through the Legislature.
House Bill 1785 eliminates the requirement for students to pass exit exams to be eligible for graduation from high school. Instead, 11th grad-ers who do not meet standard on the new “Smarter Balanced” tests
must pass courses in their senior year that align with their college or career goals, including high school transition courses.
House Bill 1492 requires students to show their proficiency by passing a technology literacy and fluency test, or by completing a culminating proj-ect “or other substantively equivalent methods.”
House Bill 1864 provides intensive,
evidence-based supports to struggling students, including those with sub-stance abuse and mental health issues, to help them stay in school and gradu-ate.
“I’m pleased the House Education Committee agrees with my policy pro-posals,” Dorn said. “These three bills put kids first and I’m optimistic about their chances as they continue to move forward.”
Dorn’s education bills move forward
The Kiwanis Paper Airplane Contest will be held on March 7 in the Orcas High School Gym.
The schedule is as fol-lows:
• 1 to 2 p.m.: building and testing airplanes
• 2 to 3 p.m.: competi-tions
• 3 p.m.: awardsThere are three competi-
tion age groups: 8 years and younger; 9 years to 12 years; 13 years and older.
Within each age group the following will be judged on:
• The longest distance flight
• Accuracy, closest to a spot
• Longest time aloftThere will be an award
for the most beautiful air-plane. It has to be built at home, by the person enter-ing the airplane and using any paper materials that they wish. Judges’ decision is final.
Rules for the event are as follows:
1. All airplanes must be made from Kiwanis paper and material on Saturday, March 7 at the gym.
2. All airplanes must have a minimum of 3 inch wing-span. (Wing tip to wing tip).
3. Kiwanis paper, scotch tape and paper clips are the only materials allowed. Scissors will be available. No glue, straws or staples.
4. Only three size #1 paperclips per plane.
5. Airplanes may be made of more than one piece of paper.
6. Airplanes must be launched by hand only.
7. Each airplane gets one throw, and if that throw reaches the gym floor, that is the plane’s final position. If it doesn’t reach the floor, you may throw again.
8. The decisions of the judges are final.
There will be a special “All Pilots” competition at 1 p.m. It will take place in fond memory and in honor
of Jack Conant, a retired pilot, Kiwanis member and a major paper airplane par-ticipant. So all pilots active and retired, come and show your skills in building and flying your paper 737s or 747s. The kids will have a great time watching, and you will add to an afternoon of fun. All materials will be provided.
Kiwanis paper airplane contest
For more information call Colleen at the Islands’ Sounder 376-4500
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April 2015
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Pictured above is the winning team of the Day After Valentine's Day Tournament. After 13 games in five hours, it was the team of Troy, Mauro, Stefanie, Stacey, Teodolo and Aliviah (sitting down) that emerged victorious. Adult rec volleyball resumes Feb. 25 and continues every Sunday and Wednesday nights from 7 to 9 p.m. – now in the high school gym on two courts.
Winners of v-ball tournament
Wednesday, February 25, 2015 • The Islands’ Sounder WWW.ISLANDSSOUNDER.COM Page 3
General Manager Foster Hildreth announced that Orcas Power and Light Cooperative has acquired Rock Island Communications.
Rock Island will merge its staff, infrastructure and operations with OPALCO to deliver modern, scalable and reliable broadband ser-vices for homes and busi-nesses in San Juan County.
“The full transition may take a little time,” said Hildreth, “but we can hit the ground running, thanks to the tireless efforts of Gerry Lawlor, who will serve as the Executive Vice President of Rock Island.”
“This is a win-win sce-nario for all of us in San Juan County,” said Mike Greene, founder of Rock Island. “We have the exper-tise and a long history in the community, and OPALCO has the infrastructure back-bone to take us to the next level.” He will continue to manage the system as vice president of technology.
“The sale satisfied all my criteria,” said Greene, who has entertained a number of offers. “This acquisition meets my personal and pro-fessional goals, protects the interest of our employees, and benefits the commu-nity with an exciting new line of services.”
Rock Island’s Friday Harbor office and retail store on Court Street will remain open.
A new office at 208 Enchanted Forest Road,
adjacent to the Orcas Rental and Saw shop, will open on Orcas Island.
Each location will feature a “Giga Bar,” an interactive area for members of the community to experience high-speed Internet includ-ing streaming TV services demonstrations, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), Micro Cells for cellular connection and more.
OPALCO, as the parent company, is providing the funding for start-up costs and working capital for the new entity. The busi-ness plan (available at www.opalco.com) projects a positive return on the total investment by 2020.
After Rock Island Communications has met that goal, the business will grow at the rate of mem-ber demand, potentially creating a new revenue stream for OPALCO. This short-term investment in a long-term solution will contribute to coopera-tive’s financial health and improve quality of life in San Juan County, according to OPALCO.
“I thank the OPALCO Board of Directors for their thoughtful decision mak-ing,” said Hildreth. “We now have the team and resources in place – we’re off and running. I’m very excited to see this project accelerate and grateful to the team who are working so hard to build a local and sustainable solution.”
Lawlor urges patience as
the new company makes the transition.
“For current Rock Island or OPALCO’s Island Network customers, no action is necessary,” he said. “Stay tuned for further announcements and service offerings as Rock Island Communications gears up our high-speed Internet and phone services and as we deploy solutions beyond connectivity for homes and businesses.”
Go to http://rockisland.com/ for more information on neighborhood collabo-rations, construction efforts and costs associated with development and services.
OPALCO buys Rock Island Communications
San Juan County Sheriff Ron Krebs said his office is investigating two Eastsound break-ins where tools were stolen.
In early February, tools from a job site on Haven Road were stolen. A few days later, tools from a locked shed at Orcas Athletics were also taken.
“We don’t have any suspects,” Krebs said. “The only similarities we have between the cases is that tools were taken … The depu-ties will be doing more foot patrol in these areas at night.”
In other burglary news, a residence on Switchback Road was broken into some-time over the last two months. It is suspect-ed the person was squatting in the home.
Krebs urges anyone with information to call the sheriff ’s office at 378-4151.
“If something appears to be not right, please call us,” he said. “If you see some-thing that makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up, call us. We prefer to come over and look right away instead of being called later.”
Sheriff investigating Eastsound break-ins
100 Musicians!1 Great Cause!
You’re invited to this community concert. Admission is by donation. All proceeds go to MAG to support Orcas school music.
Sunday, March 1, 3 pm, Old School Gym
The Board of Directors of Orcas Recycling Services/The Exchange have announced that after nearly three months of due dili-gence they concluded it is not feasible to acquire the 35-acre “Carlson Property” on Orcas Road as a new home for The Exchange reuse center.
“Of course we are dis-appointed, but not terribly surprised,” said Executive Director Pete Moe. “While we still believe it would have made a great home for The Exchange, the obstacles to getting it done were simply too numerous.”
One of the primary rea-sons ORS liked the Carlson parcel was that it had an existing building and installed utilities – infra-structure that would have allowed for a quick reopen-ing of The Exchange, which
burned to the ground two years ago this month.
“We’ve said all along that this could only work if all of the blocks fell into place without delays,” explained Tim Blanchard, ORS board president. “We concluded that securing the permits necessary to pursue our vision for the property would ultimately be a long-shot as a practical matter, and would require consid-erable investment of finan-cial and human resources just to take that shot.”
So what’s the future of the Exchange now? According to ORS, it’s back to plan A: rebuilding, at least tempo-rarily, on the original site.
According to Moe, plans were never abandoned for rebuilding The Exchange at the county-owned transfer station. In fact, ORS is con-tractually obligated to rede-
sign and rebuild the roads at the transfer station. This project has been underway for months, and is current-ly in the final engineering stages.
“When we finish the road construction, we will be left with a level building site, with utilities installed, that will be the home of the new Exchange,” he said.
ORS says the road con-struction will begin this spring. The board of direc-tors wishes to thank the many individuals who commented on the Carlson property proposals (both pro and con), and those who have contributed time and money to help rebuild The Exchange.
A community meeting is planned for early spring. News and progress reports are available at www.exchangeorcas.org.
ORS scraps plan for using Carlson property
Baseball season is com-ing up and Orcas Parks and Rec are looking for head coaches, assistant coaches and team coordinators for its youth baseball and soft-ball teams.
“If you’ve played high school baseball, watched your children enjoy the game or are an avid fan of the sport, we need your energy and excitement to
coach our island youth,” say organizers.
Youth baseball sea-son runs mid-March to early June, with practices twice weekly and inter-island games on Saturdays. Helping and coaching with the youth baseball program
is a fun and rewarding way to spend a warm spring.
For more information and to volunteer, contact Kim at [email protected], call 376-7275 or stop into the office located in the Funhouse Commons.
Parks and rec needs coaches
In January, the Orcas community voted on four alternatives and this was the chosen one, the Curvilinear Alignment. We are now proceeding with the prelim-inary design. Come to the Open House and see additional visual renderings and give us your input on some of the design details.
For additional info, contact:Shannon Wilbur, Project Engineer(360) 370-0500
San Juan CountyPublic Works
Tuesday, March 3, 2015 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.Eastsound Fire Hall45 Lavender Lane in Eastsound
Orcas Road Improvements(south of Nordstrom Lane to north of McNallie Lane)
Curvilinear Alignment Open House
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Don’t ignore the threat of tsunamis
Goodbye to MiraMira, Deer Harbor Boatworks’
security and greeter, was eutha-nized Feb 17. Mira was 15 years and one month old. She was a year old when I moved here from her island home of Puerto Rico. Little did she and I know this was “Dog Paradise Island” and were very sur-prised when she was invited into people’s homes, shops and stores.
Numerous people in these islands treated her with affection
and love. Michael and I thank our friends, neighbors, shop owners, postmasters, delivery persons and customers for the years of treats, pats, scratches, belly rubs, kindness and care-taking that were given to her by so many. She will be missed.
Kat FennellDeer Harbor
Fighting ant-vaccine ignorance
As the 2014 measles outbreak wound down, I quoted Albert Camus: “He knew what those jubi-lant crowds did not know but could have learned from books: that the plague bacillus never dies or dis-appears for good ... and perhaps the day would come when, for the bane and the enlightening of men, it would rouse up its rats again and send them forth to die in a happy city.”
We are on the verge of some-thing more ominous. The tipping point for measles again becom-ing endemic in North America is approaching, requiring expanded efforts against anti-vaccine igno-rance. If we are not prepared to sacrifice time and money – lost clientele and friends – who are we?
Gandhi used the Sanskrit word “satyagraha,” meaning “clinging to truth,” in reference to his cam-paigns in South Africa and India. Satyagraha is the inner strength or “soul force” required for nonviolent acts. He never defined nonviolence as passive resistance because he saw nothing passive about it, believing
that a dedicated adherence to non-violent resistance by taking action to represent truth and working for a just cause would reach the heart of the oppressor. Satyagraha is a positive, spiritually based form of resistance that starts in the heart of the resister and inevitably pro-duces creative action. It means both the principle of “clinging to truth,” which is necessary for nonvio-lence work, and direct action as in Gandhi’s campaigns as well as Dr. King’s in this country.
Education and negotiation have had limited success. Who knows if other methods will have value when dealing with “true believers” and their opportunistic political supporters? Conscience demands we try.
As I have done, all physicians could not sign exemption forms. We can consider a national day of office closure (except for true emergencies) to reflect on our val-ues. Extra-medical consultation for travel can be denied in the absence of basic immunizations. Schools can deny participation and atten-dance at extracurricular activities for those inadequately immunized. Businesses of anti-immunizers can be boycotted, and we must encour-age our pro-immunizing families to do the same, as engaging enlight-ened parents expands and fully legitimizes the struggle.
I hope it will not come to this: the ultimate act is to refuse any care to unimmunized children.
Mark Fishaut, MD FAAPFriday Harbor
Editorial
Be afraid, but don’t be too afraid, and above all – be prepared. That is essentially the message that Brendan Cowan of
the San Juan County’s Department of Emergency Manage-ment wants to get out to island residents. You should be afraid because a tsunami is a real threat and has the potential to inundate the San Juan Islands with up to 18 inches of water. At the same time, a tsunami is less scary because the majority of the islands will be untouched. To read more about the impacts of such a disaster read our story on page 1.So why should you be prepared? When the tsunami hits the San Juans could be cut off from the mainland for weeks. Islanders need to be completely self-sufficient for seven to 10 days. That means you need to be able to have a number of items, including food, water and medical supplies. Sounds doable, right? The real problem is that the tsunami could come any time between now and the next 600 years, so with that much ambiguity how does one get motivated to get prepared and stay prepared for what could be the rest of their lives? The only thing we can compare this to is the issue of whether or not to pay for medevac insurance. Most would agree that even if your chances of getting flown off are slim, it’s still worth the $79 a year to protect yourself. So what is the harm in purchasing some necessary supplies?Our recommendations are to purchase water purification tablets, which will enable you to drink safely from any water source. Other easy purchases are water to store, a spare flashlight with extra batteries, a role of nylon rope, duct tape, hydrated, instant or canned foods, a small cook stove and sleeping bags. These are items that can also be helpful in long-term power outages.You can visit www.sanjuandem.net and click on “prepare” to find more detailed information on surviving a tsunami.Cowan offers his help to any person, family, business or orga-nization “who needs some help getting going.”You can contact Cowan by email at [email protected] or by phone at 370-7612.
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Thursday, March 5• Eastsound Planning Review Committee, 3 p.m., East-sound Fire Station.
Monday, March 9• Orcas Island Public Library Board, 8:30 a.m., Port of Orcas Conference Room.
Wednesday, February 25, 2015 • The Islands’ Sounder WWW.ISLANDSSOUNDER.COM Page 5
Women entrepreneurs are invited to attend the EDC’s Women’s Business Boot Camp, an workshop to tune up or startup businesses, on Wednesday, March 25, 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Brickworks in Friday Harbor. Participants will learn how to write or revamp a business plan, find funding, learn about marketing, how to get lucrative government contracts and how to network for business growth. The cost is $55 and includes tuition, lunch and refreshments. Scholarships are available. Call 378-2906 or visit [email protected]
by TOM WELCHSpecial to the Sounder
In support of the Olga Strawberry Council’s “Grand Push to Complete” the Olga Artworks Building, I offer some notes on the history of this iconic structure, and its importance to our com-munity. Whether you know it or not, strawberries play an important role in the his-tory of the San Juan Islands.
If you look directly to the east from the Olga – Doe Bay area of Orcas Island, you will see Cypress Island. When Lieutenant Broughton sailed the brig “Chatham” along the east-ern shore of Orcas Island during Captain Vancouver’s epic Voyage of Discovery in 1792, he passed through and named Obstruction Pass. Losing a sounding lead in the pass, he then sailed east to Cypress Island. Going ashore, the crew delighted in the ripe wild strawber-ries they found, naming Strawberry Bay for their luscious discovery. By the time their ship was joined by Vancouver’s flagship, which had been to the south exploring the body of water that would become known as Puget Sound, the season had passed and the berries were gone. Strawberry Bay remains, as any map will show.
Many people grew strawberries in the Olga – Doe Bay area, Glen Rodenberger predomi-nant among them. George Loomis, Oscar Carlson, Merton Christianson and Henry Leatherwood were included among the other major growers. Because the rough trip to the cannery in Bellingham damaged too much of the island fruit, a cooperative was formed and the Barreling Plant was built in 1938. The coopera-tive had 23 members grow-ing berries on more than 450 local acres.
Neighbors have spoken of times during the Great Depression of the 1930s, when work of any sort could not be found in Seattle, but there was plenty of work at the Strawberry Barreling Plant during berry sea-son. Imagine – no work in Seattle, but plenty in Olga.
Doris Boyer, sister of Lucille Willis and a trea-sured neighbor who has
since passed, once remarked to me how difficult seek-ing work had been for her in Seattle, and how quickly she’d found work on the island. The island, with its green fields and trees over-looking blue water, must have seemed a virtual par-adise after weeks of hilly Seattle streets and slam-ming doors.
Glen Rodenberger grew Marshall strawberries, Fragaria Avanassa, a spe-cies variety discovered by E.F. Marshall in 1890 and known for exceptional taste and firmness. Marshall strawberries were called “the best eating strawber-ry in America,” and were extremely popular. Marshall strawberries flourished in Pacific Northwest berry patches throughout the early 20th century, but were devastated by imported viruses after World War II.
Sadly, these strawberries have now almost complete-ly disappeared from private and commercial horticul-ture.
Beginning in 1934, Rodenberger grew certified Marshall plants. His one acre of certified plants in 1934 grew by 1940 to 27 acres and sales of 2,242,000 certified plants to buy-ers in Oregon, Idaho and Montana. He employed 90 persons for two months dig-ging, trimming and grad-ing, and it took 300 pick-ers to harvest the crop. Fourteen more worked at the Barreling Plant. In 1940 the strawberry business was second only to the tourist business on Orcas island.
The “pack” at the Barreling Plant for 1940 was over 700 barrels weighing 425 pounds apiece, and 250 tins weighing 300 pounds each, for a total of 200 tons of strawberries.
From 10 to 13 tons were shipped each day for many weeks, carried by truck to the mainland via the Obstruction Pass Ferry. Trucked to the National Fruit Canning Company’s cold storage facility in Bellingham, the berries were frozen solid and shipped all over the country.
The Olga Artworks, for-merly the strawberry bar-reling plant, still anchors the landscape at the foot of the Olga Hill, bracing our
few roads and announcing that you’ve reached Olga after trying to put your foot through the brake pedal on the way down the hill. (You can imagine how folks felt back in wagon days when they faced climbing the hill!) The building has been lovingly maintained by the Olga Strawberry Council, and presents a warm and welcoming appearance.
The Olga Strawberry Council’s “Grand Push to Complete” fundraising campaign ends on Feb. 28.
The council has preserved an iconic structure that speaks of the values and times that are so dear to us, and has helped preserve an important window on the past.
I urge you to help them complete their project by making a donation at www.olgastrawberrycouncil.org.
The target date for com-pletion of fundraising is Feb. 28, so your early dona-tion will be greatly appreci-ated.
Obituary Tom Zimmerman
Longtime island resident Tom Zimmerman passed away Feb. 6 at 1 a.m. A memorial service will be held at the American Legion Club at 3 p.m. on Feb. 28. Come and celebrate Tom’s life.
A little history about the Olga Artworks building
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girl14. Pasta choice15. Times to call, in
classifieds16. Guaranteed
right of American citizens
19. Maybelline mishaps
20. "Mi chiamano Mimi," e.g.
21. Absorbed, as a cost
22. Japanese musical instrument
24. Counselor26. "___ Ng" (They
Might Be Giants song)
29. Follower of Mary31. "Dig in!"32. Defiance37. 20-20, e.g.38. Elephant's
weight, maybe39. Buddy41. Influential people46. Bauxite, e.g.47. "Wheel of
Fortune" choice48. "Concentration"
pronoun49. Imply53. "Go, ___!"55. Egg cells56. "Two Years
Before the Mast" writer
58. Bliss62. Convent heads65. "Guilty," e.g.
66. Some showdowns
67. The "A" of ABM68. Chuck69. Accommodate70. Detective's need
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the eye11. Odd-numbered
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you in your place14. Bad way to go?17. Facetious18. 16th-century
stately dance23. Drops25. Agenda entries26. "___ we having
fun yet?"27. "Scream" star
Campbell28. Biblical shepherd30. Fires33. ___ a high note34. Not fitting35. "___ here"36. Hasenpfeffer, e.g.40. Charlotte-to-
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conclusion changed.It turns out that the east-
ward-moving Juan de Fuca tectonic plate is not slid-ing smoothly beneath the westward-moving North American plate; instead, it’s bunching up, building up tremendous pressure that scientists believe will even-tually let loose in the space of a few minutes.
If the fault’s five seg-ments all “go off ” at once,
a 9.0-plus magnitude mega-quake could launch twin killer tsunamis, one toward the Pacific Coast and one toward Japan.
Seismologists now believe that’s what caused what is known as the Orphan Tsunami, which killed 1,000 people in 1700. When the plates finally slipped free, the pent-up Pacific Coast dropped by about five feet, submerging the forest.
Predictions as to when the plates will roar again vary, but the Washington
State Department of Natural Resource Chief Hazards Geologist Tim Walsh has said six past earthquakes affecting Washington have occurred 500 to 550 years apart. The year 2015 will make it 315 years and counting since the last big event. Canadian and U.S. experts have offered prob-abilities of 14 to 29 percent that the event could occur during the next 50 years.
Where to run?The DEM just released an
online map tool that allows islanders to view the tsuna-mi risk following a Cascadia quake. You can see the maps at http://sjcgis.org/tsunami-inundation/. According to Cowan, this is the first time that the department has had a data-driven picture of how the tsunami will affect San Juan County. This data has been collected over the span of 10 years. Prior to that, predictions of the tsunami effects were based on spec-ulation or interpretation from work done on either a larger scale or for locations other than the San Juans.
Since the tsunami hit Japan in March 2011, Cowan said there has been a lot of confusion in the com-munity about tsunami risks.
“The very idea of them can understandably bring up strong emotions, like-ly due to the extremely vivid images we’ve seen from Japan and the Indian Ocean,” he said.
Some of the most com-mon misunderstandings Cowan hears from the pub-lic is that what happened in Japan would be replicated here, and that if you know it’s coming you should get in a boat and ride it out.
Apparently jumping in your boat has worked in outer coast areas where deep open water is close at hand, but will not work here because of the complexity of island waters, which create an unpredictable environ-ment and current speeds approaching 15 knots or more.
Another myth is that a tsunami would only impact
the west side of San Juan or Lopez. According to recent data, Crescent Beach and Lopez would be most impacted by a tsunami with flow depths up to 18 feet.
Cowan wants people to understand that the tsuna-mi is not so much a wave but more like an extremely fast-moving and amplified tidal cycle.
“We want this to be a tool that educates islanders about the risk and teaches them that in the event of a big quake, people near the water should calmly col-lect their family and things and head for high ground, say 35 feet or more above the water,” Cowan said. “In the islands, high ground is never too far away.”
The vast majority of the islands will not be inun-dated by tsunami water. According to Cowan, islanders should be aware that the first surge is often not the biggest. Tsunami impacts can continue for 12 hours or more after the first effects.
How to stay aliveCowan hopes the launch
of the online maps will offer reassurance to those who fear the tsunami will be cat-astrophic. At the same time he wants to raise awareness that tsunamis are worth paying some attention to.
“The whole idea is to strike a balance between needlessly sowing fear, but also not putting our heads in the sand,” he said. “The worse thing for me would be if when it happens there’s
someone killed or injured who had no idea at all that a tsunami was a possibility.”
The hazard from tsuna-mis is not so much in the wave, but what it carries in its wake.
According to the DEM’s website, “the danger comes from rapidly rising water, as well as fast-moving debris entrapped in the flow, which includes boats, docks, drift-wood logs and other items become potentially devas-tating battering rams.”
Avoiding these objects is the first step to surviving the disaster. On the islands it is likely that people will be cut off from the main-land for weeks, meaning there will be a shortage of food, fuel and medical care. Water and septic systems could be compromised. Ferry service, electricity and Internet might be lost for a long period of time. Cowan recommends that islanders should be prepared to be completely self-sufficient for seven to 10 days.
For detailed information on how to be self-reliant after a tsunami, visit san-juandem.net.
“Steps to prepare don’t need to be especially expen-sive or time consuming, and there’s no good reason not to start preparing,” said Cowan. “My office is always willing to help any person, family, business or organi-zation who needs some help getting going.”
You can contact Cowan by email at [email protected] or by phone at 370-7612.
The staff and residents of San Juan Rehab (Anacortes) send the warmest of wishes and thanks to IHOP in
Mount Vernon for making a recent breakfast “the most wonderful time of the year”. Preparing seating for 17 people, including 10 wheelchairs, was no small task at 9:30 am on a busy weekday. But the restaurant staff not only did that, but dished up plates of patience, humor and various breakfasts for the whole group, with not a frown or hint of confusion, of which we created plenty! Andrea, our main server, was just a jolly, smiling elf who chatted with residents and showed the most caring heart. And apparently, Santa was in the restaurant that day too. In the spirit of the holidays, a table of complete strangers picked up the tab and quietly left before our group could extend our appreciation for their generosity.
Getting out and about for a holiday breakfast is a huge treat in itself. With the help of these caring individuals it became one of the highlights of the season, one which will be remembered long after the Christmas lights are taken down.
I recently had heart surgery at the University Of Washington Hospital. Dr. Don was my surgeon and was very helpful and kind while I was there. After my surgery, it was apparent that I was going to need skilled rehabilitation before being able to go home. I had been to a skilled nursing facility before and I was not looking forward to another stay but knew it needed to be done. My daughter did some looking around and settled on San Juan Rehabilitation in Anacortes and I am so glad that she did!
I really have enjoyed working with all of the staff at San Juan. They seem genuinely happy to be at work and it’s very apparent that they work as a team. All of the therapists are wonderful and helpful but I especially appreciated working with Vanessa Nichols PTA. She made therapy fun and fl y by.
My main rave about San Juan is the food. It is homemade and yummy! Having food that was enjoyable after a long day of therapy was greatly appreciated.
I would recommend San Juan to anyone in need of rehabilitation after being in the hospital and that is saying something as my family knows, I tend to be particular!
~Dee Harbour
Vikings wrap up seasonby MARTY ZIERSports contributor
The Viking boys lost in the first round of the 2B Bi-District playoffs on Feb. 14 against Auburn Adventist 84-63, but the 7-7 season overall was really a win.
“We were a long shot to even make the playoffs at the beginning of the season, but as we walked out of the gym last Saturday night, it felt like we were the win-ners,” said first-year coach Corey Wiscomb. “I think we’ve proven that we are the up and comers for next season, especially since the entire team is returning next year.”
The Vikings continued to evolve as a balanced team against Auburn, a goal Wiscomb had been working on all season. Miles Harlow led with 15 points, Jordan Randolph 14, Brother Murphy 12, Vanya
Bullock 10, Pasha Bullock 9, Gwydion Marreth 2 and Grayson White with 1.
The Lady Vikings had a busy week of 2B Bi-District playoff games culminat-ing in a 9-5 season with an elimination loss to Friday Harbor on Feb. 21.
The playoff run start-ed on Feb. 10 with a win against Auburn Adventist 48-37 at Orcas High School. Despite an even game at half, Orcas kicked it into gear and stretched the lead to 41-29 by the third with strong outside shooting by Kilee Rogers and Hannah Brunner-Gaydos.
The Vikings lost to the Wolverines on Feb. 18, 49-29. The Vikings kept it close at half, down 20-17, but the Wolverines brought their outside shooters and picked apart the Viking defense throughout the game. The Vikings struggled
in second half as Brunner-Gaydos was out with an injury. She would return late in the game but the offense never found any rhythm.
The Vikings traveled to Sedro Woolley on Feb. 20 for a 52-32 win against the Darrington Loggers. Evenly matched, the Vikings held a slim 28-21 lead at the end of the third quarter. Accurate foul shots helped stretch the lead as Rogers, Brunner-Gaydos, Halle Thompson, Lilly Miller and Katy Minnis killed it from the free throw line.
On Feb. 21, the Lady Vikings were eliminated from the playoffs in a 47-33 loss to Friday Harbor.
“It’s always good to make it to the playoffs,” said Coach Gregg Sasan. “This is a great group of girls. The seniors were really good role models and we have a lot of young players returning next year.”
Melanie Flint photosAt left: Vikings Joie Zier, Kilee Rogers and Hannah Brunner-Gaydos in the game against Friday Harbor. Above: Viking Vanya Bullock jumps for the shot.
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by EMILY GREENBERGJournal Reporter
Every county in Washington state has the ability to elect in a land bank – but San Juan is the only county to do it.
“People here have a clear understanding how impor-tant the natural environ-ment is to the community as a whole,” said Lincoln Bormann, director of the San Juan County Land Bank. “If we lose that we’ll become just like everywhere else.”
This year, 2015, marks 25 years of conservation efforts at the land bank, and the celebration is ongoing. A little history first.
The land bank got its start in 1990 when a group of citizens became concerned over the quickening pace of development across the islands. The big idea was to conserve as much open space as possible.
The land bank works by the outright purchase of land to ensure its pres-ervation, or by conserva-tion easements, another mechanism to protect open space. Funded in large part through a 1-percent real estate excise tax, the land bank also has the ability to obtain state and federal grants.
In a conservation ease-
ment the landowner retains ownership, but the land bank buys rights to reduce the amount of development allowed on that land. Those dividends are paid to the landowners.
This transaction allows “fields to remain fields, and farms to remain farms,” Bormann said.
Over the last two decades the land bank has made great strides in preserving land on San Juan, Orcas and Lopez Islands, with more than 20 preserves open to the public – but it takes a vil-lage to preserve all that land. The synergy between the land bank and non-county run organizations, like the San Juan Preservation Trust and National Park Service, is what also helps make for successful ventures in con-servation.
MilestonesIn 2006, the Washington
State Department of Natural Resources consid-ered strongly the possibility of selling San Juan Island’s Mitchell Hill to a private developer.
When the community got wind of it, opposition arose and the National Parks Service also wanted to acquire the land. But without the opportunity
for funding, the parks ser-vice was at a stalemate. The land bank, bolstered by a federal grant, purchased the 385-acre Hill and then bequeathed it to the National Parks Service and it became part of English Camp.
But the Land Bank is not always the hero com-ing to the rescue in times of conservation crisis. Also in 2006, Orcas Island’s Turtleback Mountain came close to becoming the site of 40 to 80 new homes. Through a collaboration with the preservation trust and funds acquired through private donations, the land bank was able to purchase the land. The trust has con-servation easements on the land.
What is now the 1,600-acre Turtleback Mountain Preserve may not have come to pass if not for the efforts of both organizations.
“Independently, neither organization could have done it,” Bormann said.
The creation of the Watmough Bay Preserve on Lopez Island is yet another example of the benefit of the partnership of the land bank/preservation trust partnership. A section of the beach was donated to the land bank in 1993, and a conservation easement was
later added to an adjacent eight acres of wetlands. The surrounding 390 acres were purchased by the Bureau of Land Management and des-ignated as an “area of criti-cal environmental concern.”
The land bank and pres-ervation trust acquired the two remaining developable lots in 2007, essentially in the middle of the protected area, to complete the pre-serve.
The remaining lots were purchased by the land bank with funds from a federal salmon recovery grant and with the help of private donations to the trust.
Twenty-five yearsThe 25th anniversary will
be marked by an acquisi-tion of another high-profile piece of property on San Juan Island. Lawson Ridge, located off of Beaverton Valley Road, has been on the market for more than a year and was to be sold as a residential subdivision, with roads, power and water already in place.
In partnership with other conservation organizations, the land bank expects to close on its pending pur-chase of Lawson Ridge in March, and then open it to the public a few weeks after. Documents dating as
far back as 1875 refer to the area as Mount Grant, Bormann said, and the agency intends to rename Lawson Ridge as Mount Grant Preserve, which fea-tures stunning vistas of the San Juan Valley and affords access to hikers and auto-mobiles as well.
The land bank is also organizing a first-ever Poetry Trail on several of its preserves and neighbor-ing parks. Limekiln and Deadman Bay preserves, Lime Kiln Point State Park and American Camp will display open-space-inspired poems from islanders throughout the month of April.
The land bank also
works to help protect and strengthen and re-introduce native plants in the islands. The agency will host a seed-collector training in late June for anyone interested in helping with native plant restoration.
For more information about Land Bank events and preserves, visit www.sjclan-dbank.org.
San Juan County Land Bank celebrates 25 years
Contributed photo
Judd Cove Preserve on Orcas is owned by the SJC Land Bank.
Results of survey• As to what crimes cause
the most significant prob-lems in our community, 59 percent of 240 responders selected drugs, 15 percent selected burglary, 14 – drunk driving, 5 – traffic, 5 – sexual assault and 2 – robbery.
• When asked how well the sheriff ’s department is enforcing laws, 41 percent out of 243 rated the depart-ment as average, 25 – poor, 12 – well, 11 – very poor, 8 – very well and 3 – excel-lent.
• When it comes to safety in our community, 90 peo-ple responded with safe, 67 felt very safe, 53 – average, 16 safe and 14 very unsafe.
• When asked if people
feel like the sheriff and dep-uties are keeping you safe, 134 people of 217 respond-ers said yes and 83 said no.
• Thirty-five percent of 238 people related that the sheriff ’s department is aver-age when dealing with sus-pected drug activity. Thirty percent said poor, 23 – very poor, 7 – well, 3 – very well and 2 – excellent.
• When questioned if people feel that the sheriff
and/or deputies discrimi-nate based on a person’s ethnicity, 94 people said untrue, 87 – very untrue, 32 – true and 15 – very true.
• When it comes to the sheriff ’s department role in providing information to the public, answering ques-tions or fulfilling requests, 37 percent of 238 people said average, 23 – poor, 17 – good, 11 – failure and 11 – excellent.
• How would you rate deputies’ professionalism in their interactions with the community was answered with the following: 33 per-cent – good, 31 – average, 16 – poor, 16 – excellent, 6 – failure.
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When Clark McAbee was a boy, his father took him to the Field Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian, where he marveled at the dinosaur skeletons and fos-sils. The collections he saw left an impres-sion that inspire him to this day.
“History is where you came from. It can define you but it also gives you a path toward a future,” said McAbee, who has been named the director of the Orcas Island Historical Museum. “As a director, it gives me an opportunity to do a lot of different things. I work with a board, write grants, do historical research, develop exhibits, con-serve and care for rare objects. It's never boring.”
McAbee started at the museum in early 2013 as the curator/acting director, com-muting from his home in La Conner. This past August, he and his wife Felecia became official residents of Orcas Island. Under his leadership, the museum has had a major increase in visitors – a total of 8,000 in 2014 – as well as made building improvements to the Crow Valley School House. A fresh coat of paint will be put on this spring.
Clark is currently working on raising the remaining $13,000 to install a heating system in the museum, which is located in Eastsound. This will enable the facility to be open year-round. The museum has been approved for Heritage Capital Project funding for the heating – it just needs a final stamp of approval from the state legislature.
Clark earned a degree in history from Washington State University but was an
intelligence officer with the Navy for the first half of his career. He volunteered at historical museums in his spare time, and in 1997 decided to enter the field profession-ally, earning a Museum Studies Certificate from the University of Washington. He then worked at the Lewis County Historical Museum, the 100-year-old Morton Train Depot and the Northwest Rail Museum. He is also the co-author of a book about the history of Tacoma, Wash. called “Rails to Paradise.”
Clark is impressed by the depth of the Orcas Museum's collection. He says it rep-resents 14,000 years of human habitation on the island.
“Geographically Orcas is a small piece of real estate, but there is a tremendous amount of history,” he said. “There are still a lot of stories to collect and exhibits to create.”
Clark says there are little-known facts about Orcas like “Dennis the Menace” artist Hank Ketcham vacationing on the island for 20-plus years starting in the 1960s and Eddie Bauer spending his youth here.
McAbee calls Ethan Allen the grandfa-ther of Orcas history. He collected native artifacts from all over the San Juans and maintained an open air museum on the porch of his Waldron home.
Starting in the 1950s, island families donated six original homestead cabins built in the 1870s-1890s to the historical society. Volunteers disassembled the structures at their original sites, then moved, recon-structed and linked the structures together to create the main museum facility that still
stands today in Eastsound. “It was very much a community effort
back then – and it still is,” McAbee said. “We have more than 50 regular volunteers and a strong board.”
Each cabin serves as a space for interpret-ing aspects of island history as told through the life stories and material culture of the Native American and early European-American settlers. The museum has a per-manent collection of 6,000 objects that range from a replica of the bison antiquus skull to firearms to medical tools. One of McAbee's favorite items is a cast iron donut maker.
The museum opens for the season on May 23 with its exhibit “Smugglers’ Blues” and a roaring 20s gala. The exhibit will be up through Nov. 1.
When not at the museum, Clark enjoys
riding his motorcycle, reading and hiking. He is also working on a book about the contributions of Japanese Americans to the Washington state timber industry.
His wife Felecia loves to garden and pre-serve food. She is completing a certificate as a master food preservationist through the University of Idaho. The couple has an 11-year-old cocker spaniel named Sophie and a total of five grown children from pre-vious marriages.
Felecia, who has a background in hotel management, works at the Orcas Hotel. She and Clark also both volunteer with the group Celebrate Recovery, and Felecia leads the women’s ministry team at Life Church.
“It feels like we have been here forever,” Felecia said. “We've had such a warm wel-come. Our life is so full.”
A devotion to history
The following was submit-ted by Orcas Center.
The Orcas Center is on fire – figuratively. Come and be part of your “nerve center” for community arts at the annual meeting on Sunday, March 8, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. followed by a cel-ebration dinner. Hear what’s going on, what’s coming and cast your vote on important bylaws and new board and
committee members. The energy of revitaliza-
tion is in the air at Orcas Center. Community par-ticipation and involvement is growing and expanding. Meet the dynamic, indus-trious and effective Orcas Center board members and their fearless leader, Board President Theron Soderlund. Mingle with other Orcas Center mem-
bers and volunteers who are your friends and neigh-bors. Be inspired to become involved.
We believe founder Margaret Exton would be proud and pleased to see her vision of Orcas Center being realized. At the annu-al meeting you will:
• Hear about the broad spectrum of local pro-gramming, in addition to
the world’s finest ballet, theatre and music and the outstanding touring artists coming to Orcas Center this season.
• Gain information about the wide range of classes, workshops and learning opportunities for all ages offered at Orcas Center.
• Become aware of Orcas Center’s relationships with the Orcas Island Public Library, Crossroads, Orcas Choral Society, Garden Club and the Orcas Island Film Festival.
• Learn about Orcas Center’s current and devel-oping associations with the senior center, the Funhouse Commons, OPAL and OIEF through the funding of the high school theatre arts class, as we pursue a pro-gram to provide subsidized
tickets to all Orcas Center produced events.
• And treat of treats: hear firsthand about the May production of “Across the Universe: A Celebration Concert” with more than 100 community members.
Stay for the delicious volunteer appreciation din-ner, hosted, prepared and served by the generous Orcas Center board from 5:30 to 7 p.m. You will meet volunteers who con-tribute as actors, directors, singers, dancers, box office staff, back stage and front of house crews, grounds keep-ers and mailing assistants.
Celebrate together the surprise recipients of Orcas Center’s “Oscars”: The Margaret Exton Award for exceptional volunteer involvement and the Bunny Award for the outstanding performer of 2014.
The center was built by the Orcas community and belongs to the community. As members you continue to sustain it and are part of its vision.
Make your voice and presence known and join together for this special event, and please vote! Drop your ballot off at Orcas Center or in the mail, on or before March 8.
Orcas Center annual celebration
Contributed photoFelecia and Clark McAbee say they’ve received a warm welcome to Orcas Island.
WHO’S THE CHEFIN THE KITCHEN?Watch these amazing Orcas chefs personally
demonstrate their skills, then enjoy the � ne foods they’ve prepared and take home the recipes!
February 28 • John Trumbull, RosesMarch 14 • Geddes Martin, Ship Bay
March 21 • Christina Orchid, Red Rabbit FarmMarch 28 • Steve DeBaste, New Leaf
$100 per person: Sign-up & payment at the Of� ce Cupboard or the Chamber of Commerce. All Classes start at 3 p.m. at the Red
Rabbit Cooking Barn
Proceeds bene� t the Shakespeare Festival
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by KRISTEN WILSONSpecial to the Sounder
The Music Advocacy Group’s 18th annual benefit concert will bring adult and stu-dent Orcas Island musicians
together in support of school music on Sunday, March 1 at 3 p.m. It is the single largest music concert on Orcas Island, with more than 100 musicians performing. Every year they come together to volunteer their time and musical talent to support one great cause: The Orcas School Music Program. The con-cert will take place in the Old Gym at the Orcas public school.
“Nothing would make us hap-pier,” said Catherine Pederson, President of MAG, “than to fill the entire school gym for this concert. Thanks to the community’s sup-port, the MAG concert has become an island tradition. The whole com-munity joins forces, and by their attendance they are saying, ‘‘school music matters.’”
The concert will feature perfor-mances by Orcas Choral Society (pictured above right), Island Sinfonia, Orcas Island Community Band and Orcas Public School musicians. Orcas Choral Society singers and Artistic Director Roger Sherman will bring two diverse pieces to the concert: Chellan Hoffman’s Green Eggs and Ham, and a preview of the Choral
Society’s spring concert – “Cum Sancto Spiritu” from J.S. Bach’s Mass in B minor.
Island Sinfonia, led by Music Director Jim Shaffer-Bauck, will play “Quiet City” by Aaron Copland and Mozart’s Overture to “The Abduction from the Seraglio.”
The Orcas Island Community Band with conductors Jim Shaffer-Bauck and Karen Speck will play five selections: “Hungarian Dance No. 5” by Johannes Brahms, “Beguine Festival” by Glenn Osser, “Pavane” by Morton Gould, “Instant Concert” by Harold Walters, and “Ballad of the Green Berets” by Sadler and Moore.
The Orcas High School Strings, directed by Pamela Wright, will play the first movement of “Concerto
For Two Violins” by Bach with Paris Wilson and Emy Carter as solo violinists.
The Middle and High School Strings (combined), also directed by Wright, will play “Eleanor Rigby” by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. The Middle School Band, under the direction of Darren Dix, will play “Pirates of the Caribbean” by Klaus Badelt. Finally, all groups will participate when Karen Speck con-ducts the rousing finale “God Bless America.”
“We rely on the funds from this concert to help us continue to build a strong school music program,” said Steve Alboucq, MAG board member and organizer of this year’s concert. “And the program is work-ing. Our young band and string
musicians, competing at regional contests with much larger schools, bring home stacks of ‘superior’ and ‘excellent’ certificates award-ed by judges after every contest. Just last month, the Orcas High School Strings were awarded the second highest number of points at a contest with high schools from Bellingham and other Northwest Washington cities for their perfor-mance of the Bach piece they’ll be playing at this MAG concert.”
Everyone is invited to stay fol-lowing the concert for a reception, coordinated by Lynne Howe and Karen Blinn, on the Old Gym stage, There will be additional music from Almost Classical and an opportu-nity to see the new band room.
Admission to the concert is by donation, and every person attend-ing will be presented with a “School Music Matters” lapel button. Be sure to get yours as you walk in the door.
All proceeds go to MAG, a 501(c)(3) organization whose sole pur-pose is to support and augment the music program of the Orcas Island public schools. Those who cannot attend but wish to donate can make checks payable to "MAG" and mail them to MAG, P.O. Box 1171, Eastsound, WA 98245.
Student musicians and island groups come together to present a special evening of music
100 musiciansOne cause
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SUNDAY, MARCH 1CONCERT: Music Advocacy Group’s benefit concert for the school music program, 3 p.m. Old School Gym.
MARCH 6-8WINTERFEST: Dr. Daniel Taylor will speak on “Taking Your Inner Atheist to Church: Skepticism, Belief and the Role of Story,” Orcas Island Community Church. See page 11 for a schedule.
SAT., MARCH 14B-BALL TOURNAMENT: Calling
all island basketball play-ers: represent your island in the third Annual 5-on-5 Basketball Tournament on Orcas at 9:30 a.m. The cost is $75; proceeds go to the Booster Club.
SUN. – ONGOINGALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Emmanuel Church. ADULT VOLLEYBALL: 7 to 9 p.m., Old Gym, $2.
TUES. – ONGOINGAA: For women, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., for men, 7 to 8 p.m., Emmanuel Church.KIWANIS: Tuesdays, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., Community Church Family Center.
WEDS. – ONGOINGAA: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Benson Hall, Emmanuel Church. LIONS CLUB: Weekly lunch, 11:45 a.m., Legion. ANSWERS IN THE HEART: An S.L.A.A. 12-step recovery, 7 to 8 p.m., Episcopal Church. ADULT VOLLEYBALL: 7 to 9 p.m., Old Gym, $2.
FRI. – ONGOINGAA: Noon, Community Church.AA: 5:30 p.m., Benson Hall, Emmanuel Church.CELEBRATE RECOVERY: 7 to 9 p.m., Orcas Island Senior Center.
SAT. – ONGOINGAA: 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Emmanuel Church. Potluck last Saturday of the month.
CALENDAR
By LIZ TAYLORSpecial to the Sounder
I once consulted with a company to evaluate the health of people over 80 who had applied for long-term care insurance. The goal: to ensure they were healthy enough not to use their insurance benefits right away.
This job gave me two surprising gifts. One, it uplifted and revised my attitude about aging. Until then, I’d worked among the frailest of the frail, often in nursing homes. I’d assumed (as do most of us) that severe dis-ability, ill health and dementia are normal for the very old. I felt bleak about my own aging.
Then I began visiting people in their 80s who were zesty, interesting, able, funny and fun — and as healthy as I was, 40 years their junior. I’ll never forget the archi-tect who, at 82, had the energy to remodel his kitchen (torture at any age), and the couple in their mid-80s who still single-handedly ran a farm.
The second gift was subtler. I began to notice a con-nection between pudginess and good health. Many of the skinniest older people I interviewed flunked my evaluation, while the plumper ones – not fat, but slightly round – passed readily. Research has since confirmed that weight loss in older people can be a symptom of problems, some quite serious. Common causes of appetite loss in older people are a reduced sense of taste and smell, medications, chronic pain, multiple illnesses, depression and problems with dentures.
Now there’s a screening tool to predict which older people with appetite problems are likely to lose weight. “It tells us whether a poor appetite is likely to kill you,” says its designer, Margaret-Mary Wilson, M.D., formerly associate professor of internal medicine and geriatrics at Saint Louis University in Missouri. The test is called SNAQ for Simplified Nutritional Appetite Questionnaire.
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To score, assign points to each answer: a = 1 through e = 5. If the numbers add up to 14 or less, the person is at significant risk of losing at least 5 percent of her weight within six months and should see a doctor. Info can be found at www.slu.edu/readstory/more/6348.
Parents often feel over-whelmed when their child exhibits unusual sensory behavior. Imagine: a tod-dler refuses to wear socks, avoids finger-painting or paints her entire face and arms. A preschooler melts down at birthday parties or covers his ears during songs. The behavior can be frustrating to deal with in the moment.
Beth Jenson, a successful marriage and family thera-pist highly recognized for her work within the spe-cial needs community, will present a two-part work-shop 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, March 7 at the
Orcas Senior Center to help parents learn more about their child’s quirky sensory-seeking or -avoiding behav-iors.
In “Raising a Sensory-Friendly Family,” parents will explore ways to regu-late extra sensitive and extra wiggly bodies and brains, soothe the accompanying meltdowns and plan for success in activities that tend to upset the sensitive child.
In “Bounce Back Kids – Teaching Kids Resilience,” parents will explore ways to strengthen kids’ resiliency – the ability to emotionally “bounce back” from nega-
tive experiences – and give children strategies for deal-ing with the everyday trag-edies of frustration, disap-pointment and worry.
The two-part workshop is part of the “Strengthening Island Families” series developed by and offered to families of Children’s House, Kaleidoscope, Montessori and Salmonberry. Evidence shows that children who experience sensitive care-giving in the first five
years have better social-emotional, language and learning outcomes – which later translate into positive behavior and academic suc-cess in school. The four preschools have been work-ing together to ensure fami-lies on Orcas have adequate, affordable and consistent access to quality parenting programs. Funding for the series is provided from an OICF grant with matching ECEAP funds.
The centers support their families by provid-ing care free of charge for students whose parents will be attending the series. The programs, care and lunch are free, but reservations are required to ensure ade-quate food and caregivers are available. Reservations can be made to any of the preschools.
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Contributed photoTherapist Beth Jenson.
The Salish Sea Early Music Festival will feature German harpsichordist Hans-Jürgen Schnoor from Lübeck and viola da gambist Susie Napper, director of the Montreal International Baroque Festival, along with flutist Jeffrey Cohan in an Johann Sebastian Bach performance. The concert will have exciting new transcriptions of trio sonatas for viola da gamba, baroque flute and harpsichord in Bach Trio Sonatas on Sunday, March 8 from 1:30 to 2:45 p.m. at the Orcas Adventist Fellowship Church at 107 Enchanted Forest Lane in Eastsound on Orcas Island.
Salish Sea Early Music Festival
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Orcas Islanders are invit-ed to hear author Dr. Daniel Taylor speak on “Taking Your Inner Atheist to Church: Skepticism, Belief and the Role of Story” at Winterfest 2015. Taylor will present at Orcas Island Community Church on March 6 to 8.
“As a person who tends toward skepticism, I have asked myself whether skep-ticism actually is the best way to truth or to a rich and meaningful life,” says Taylor. “I believe that God is inviting me into a story, not into an argument or puzzle. That understanding is not a way to escape the ques-tion of truth, but rather a recognition that some kinds of truth are closer to beauty and mystery than certainty.”
Taylor’s books include “The Myth of Certainty,” “Tell Me A Story: The Life-Shaping Power of Our Stories,” “Creating a Spiritual Legacy: How to Share Your Stories, Values and Wisdom,” “The Skeptical Believer: Telling Stories to Your Inner Atheist,” “Letters to My Children” and the novel “Death Comes for the
Deconstructionist.” Taylor shared thoughts
for spiritual seekers who may associate the church with past hurt or anti-intel-lectualism. “The church is very big,” he said. “It’s wide. It has a long and rich his-tory, and so I would encour-age people not to assume that their experience in the church defines what the church is. Sometimes people need to find a differ-ent community that under-stands faith in a different way, or lives it out in a way that is more amenable to their own spirit.”
A frequent speaker at colleges, conferences and retreats across the country, Taylor is also co-founder of The Legacy Center, an organization devoted to helping individuals and organizations identify and preserve the values and sto-ries that have shaped their lives. He and his wife Jayne have led student and adult tours to England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Spain, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Australia and more.
Taylor emphasizes faith
as a story to be lived in rather than as a set of prop-ositions to be affirmed, say-ing, “If I am going to live as a character in a story, I need to ask myself what kind of story it is. My understand-ing of the Christian story is
that it is at the same time an epic, a mystery, a quest and a love story, with its primary theme being shalom.”
He said people are wel-come to bring contrary points of view to discuss.
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Save the date – DH yard sale
The Deer Harbor Women's Auxiliary plans to have its semi annual yard sale on May 16 at the Deer Harbor Community Center. Donors are reminded to put away items that could be sold at the sale. All prof-its go to benefit mainte-nance for the Deer Harbor Community Center.
Community danceLocal instructors are
again offering their com-munity dance class on March 2 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Odd Fellows Hall. The class will be East Coast Swing. Instruction will begin promptly at 7 p.m. followed by dancing at 8 p.m. The classes are free and no partner is needed. For further information call Bill at 376-8857 or Jean at 376-6549.
Oil spill responseResidents of the San Juan
Islands who are concerned
about oil spills along the coastline are invited to a community workshop on oil spill response and readiness sponsored by the Northwest Straits Foundation and the San Juan County Marine Resources Committee. A free workshop on Community Engagement in Oil Spill Response and Readiness will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 7 in the Commons building at Friday Harbor Labs, 620 University Road, Friday Harbor.
Residents may see increased oil tanker and cargo ship traffic in the Straits. For example, a dra-matic increase in tanker traffic could result from a
Trans Mountain pipeline proposal - from about 5 tankers a month currently to more than 30 tankers a month. The tankers could carry oil from the Trans Mountain pipeline through Haro Strait and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Other pro-posed terminal projects will further add to commercial marine vessel traffic in the Straits.
How does an increase in tanker traffic affect the potential of a major oil spill? What will happen if a major oil spill occurs off the shores of San Juan County? How will it impact our coastal habitat and resources? Who is in charge of spill response and what happens behind
the scenes? What is the role of elected officials and emergency managers dur-ing oil spills in our com-munity? How can citizen volunteers be involved in the cleanup?
These questions and others will be answered for community members at the workshop.
RSVP by Thursday, March 5 to Heidi Lehman, Northwest Straits Foundation at [email protected], 360-733-1725.
OICF social hoursThe Community
Foundation is reviving its schedule for “First Fridays” social hours, beginning on March 6 from 4:30 to
6:30 p.m. at the Foundation offices on the second floor at 141 Prune Alley in Eastsound.
The purpose of these gatherings is to bring folks from all interests together to learn more about what is happening within the Orcas community.
The First Fridays are planned to happen quar-terly. Beverages and snacks will be served. Come to the Community Foundation on Friday, March 6 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
“Our hope is to create a relaxed social event to introduce folks who share a passion for our community to have an opportunity to meet each other,” say orga-nizers.
News briefs
Winterfest schedule ~ March 6-8 ~ • Friday at 6 p.m.: “Looking for God in the 21st Century: Faith as a Bear Hunt.” • Saturday at 10 a.m.: “Many Ways Up the Mountain: Why This Story and Not Another?” • Saturday at 7 p.m.: “The Theme of God’s Story: Shalom (All Things Doing What They Were Created to Do).” • Sunday at 9:30 a.m.: “Spiritual Legacy: Why Your Story Matters (Passing on Wisdom and Blessing).” There is a suggested donation of $80 for the weekend or $25 per session, but all are encouraged to attend, regard-less of ability to pay. Register at www.eventbrite.com. For more info, see www.thekindlings.com/winterfest-2015.
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The following was submitted by the Olga Strawberry Council.
Picture yourself having the best first half of the year since the recession of 2008 in sales and visitors to your business. That’s what Café Olga, the Artworks Cooperative and James Hardman Gallery were experi-encing when the call came on July 19, 2013.
Hearts sunk when smoke, fire and water dashed it all. Almost two years later, they are starting all over again to recreate that exhilarating feeling of a prosperous busi-ness in better times.
We are half way to our goal of $30,000 in community donations to help us receive a match toward our “Push to Finish” the historic Strawberry Barreling Plant lovingly
known as the Artworks Building. In April of this year, the Artworks Coop,
Hardman Gallery and a new café will once again be opening their doors with new hope, excitement and energy in a beautiful-ly restored building after a devastating fire.
If you’ve been waiting for the right time to donate, this is it!
Visit www.olgastrawberryouncil.org to donate using your credit card via PayPal, or send a check payable to the Olga Strawberry Council (OSC) to PO Box 214, Olga, WA 98279.
We are deeply grateful to this caring community for all the support you are pro-viding to make all this happen.
Contributed photoA panorama of progress in the Artworks building. On the right is the new café area and double doors out to back deck, middle is new restrooms and the left shows newly defined galleries and main/front entrance in the rear.
by MICHÈLE GRISKEY
A road trip on the stage?This I had to see.At the start of “Mama
Won’t Fly,” we meet Savannah (Luann Pamatian) and her mother, Norleen (Leslie Liddle). This mother and daughter combo do not always get along. Norleen’s son is about to get married, and after Noreen refuses to fly to the wedding, they have four days to drive from Alabama to California.
They are joined by the future bride, Tanya (Rebecca Herman). Savannah is often at odds with her meddling mother, and Tanya is plagued with bad luck wherever she goes.
These three quirky women travel across the country in an old Buick.
What could possibly go wrong? Plenty, and it’s all pretty much hilarious.
For fear of spoiling the fun, I will not disclose the
particulars of this adven-ture.
The interaction between Liddle, Parmatian and Herman is excellent. All three do a great job mas-tering these unconventional characters and keeping the energy going throughout the performance.
The craziness of the road trip escalates in a series of encounters with many whacky dysfunctional yet likable people. These characters are played by Ed Sutton, Elane Phipps, Melinda Milligan, Cele Westlake, Ron Herman, Brian Richard, Suzanne Gropper, Tony Lee, John Mazzarella, Pat Ayers and Freddy Hinkle.
The best part of this play is the actors genuinely enjoy their roles and embrace the silliness. They are not afraid to dance naked (I mean this figuratively, of course), which is the key to good comedy. This cast nails it!
Doug Bechtel had his hands full directing 14 actors playing 24 roles, but the end result shows his skills once again.
A great deal of credit must go to all the extras as well: ingenious props, fabu-lous costumes and an aston-ishing number of wigs. I applaud the back stage crew for making this all happen.
Don’t miss this fun pro-duction. You will laugh. I promise.
“Mama Won’t Fly” by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten is play-ing Feb. 27, 28 and March 6, 7 and 8. All performances are at the Grange and start at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are $10 and are available at Darvill’s, on-line at www.orcasactors.com and at the door. This play is suitable for all ages. For additional information, contact Doug Bechtel at 360-317-5601.
‘Mama Won’t Fly’ review; final run this weekend
Push to the finish for the Artworks building
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MINI Australian shep- herd Purebred Puppy’s, raised with family, smart, loving. 1st shots, wormed. Many colors. $550 & up. 360-261- 3354
Garage/Moving SalesSan Juan County
MOVING andGARAGE SALE!
Sat., February 28th from 10 am - 3 pm
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283 Boone’s Pond Road, by Island Hardware, East- sound, 98245.
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RARE 1987 GMC Ca- ballero Project Car $1750 or best offer. Black and silver with bucket seats. AT, loaded with options. Over $2000 in new parts in boxes. I just don’t have the time to finish it, needs towed. Oak Harbor. Call Gary 360-682-5271 or 360- 632-1937.
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Sport Utility VehiclesToyota
2008 4 Runner, limited, 106,000 miles. Winter tires + 4 new highway tires, 3rd row seat. Very good condition, 1 owner. Service records available. $18,900. (360)678-4272
Vehicles Wanted
CARS/TRUCKS WANT- ED! Top $$$$$ PAID! Running or Not, All Makes!. Free Towing! We’re Local! 7 Days/ Week. Call 1-800-959- 8518
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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.aspx County 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] NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS: Hearing Examiner meetings on San Juan Island start at 10:00 a.m., in the Islanders Bank Administrative Building downstairs meeting room, 225 Blair Street, Friday Harbor. Planning Commission meetings begin at 8:45 am. 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
COMBINED NOTICE OF APPLICATIONS & HEARINGS
LEGAL NO. SJ1254686 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands, The Islands’ Sounder, FEBRUARY 25, 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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LEGALSIN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF WHATCOM
In Re the Estate ofCHARLES TIFFANY KARPF,Deceased.NO. 15-4-00093-8PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDI- TORSRCW 11.40.030JUDGE: RAQUEL MONTOYA-LEWISThe Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Per- sonal Representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limita- tions, present the claim in the man- ner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Per- sonal Representative or the Personal Representative’s attorney at the ad- dress stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the pro- bate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the Personal Representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020 (1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: February 25, 2015PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE: CHARLES T. KARPF 2012 Barthuly DriveMitchell, NE 69357Attorney for Personal Representa- tive:Erin Crisman Glass, WSBA #39746 Barron Smith Daugert, PLLC 300 North Commercial St. Bellingham, WA 98225Court of probate proceedings and cause number:Whatcom County Superior Court, Cause No. 15-4-00093-8LEGAL NO. S617083Published: The Islands’ SounderFebruary 25, March 4, 11, 2015.
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Pur- suant to R.C.W. Chapter 61.24, et seq. and 62A.9A-604(a)(2) et seq. Trustee’s Sale No: WA- USA-14015439 Loan No. 82174500 I NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Trustee, PEAK FORE- CLOSURE SERVICES OF WASH- INGTON, INC., will on March 6, 2015, at the hour of 10:00 AM, at IN THE LOBBY OF THE SAN JUAN COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 350 COURT STREET, FRIDAY HAR- BOR, WA, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder’, payable at the time of sale, the following de- scribed real and personal property (hereafter referred to collectively as the “Property”), situated in the County of SAN JUAN, State of Washington, to-wit: UNIT 3, OF ROCKY BAY CONDOMINIUM, A RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM AS CREATED, IDENTIFIED AND CER- TIFIED ON BINDING SITE PLAN AND SURVEY MAP FOR THE ROCKY BAY CONDOMINIUM RE- CORDED NOVEMBER 3, 2006 IN VOLUME 1 OF BINDING SITE PLANS 8 AND 8A, AND VOLUME 1 OF CONDOMINIUMS, AT PAGE 92 AND 92 A, UNDER AUDITOR’S FILES NO. 2006 1103002, AND 2006 1103003 BEING LOCATED UPON A PORTION OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SEC- TION 29, TOWNSHIP 36 NORTH, RANGE 3 WEST W M RECORDS OF SAN JUAN COUNTY, WASH- INGTON. TOGETHER WITH AN UNDIVIDED 12.78 PERCENTILE IN- TEREST IN THE COMMON ELE- MENTS OF SAID CONDOMINIUM AS THE SAID UNITS, COMMON AREAS AND FACILITIES ARE ES-
TABLISHED, DEFINED AND IDEN- TIFIED IN THE DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM FOR ROCKY BAY CONDOMINIUM, RECORDED NO- VEMBER 3, 2006 UNDER AUDI- TOR’S FILE NO. 2006 1103004, AND ANY AMENDMENTS THERE- TO’ RECORDS OF SAN JUAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON. SUB- JECT HOWEVER TO POSSIBLE DEFEASANCE OF THE UNDIVID- ED PERCENTILE INTEREST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS AS SHOWN. SITUATE IN SAN JUAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON. NOTE FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY: THE FOLLOWING MAY BE USED AS AN ABBREVIATED LE- GAL DESCRIPTION ON THE DOC- UMENTS TO BE RECORDED, PER AMENDED RCW 65.04. SAID AB- BREVIATED LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR A COMPLETE LEGAL DESCRIPTION WITHIN THE BODY OF THE DOCU- MENT. UNIT 3, ROCKY BAY CON- DOMINIUM Tax Parcel No: PTN362922003000, commonly known as 6312 ROCHE HARBOR RD., SAN JUAN ISLAND, WA. The Property is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 11/21/2006, re- corded 11/22/2006, under Audi- tor’s/Recorder’s No. 2006 1122002, records of SAN JUAN County, Washington, from NANCY C. ABEL, AS A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL, as Grantor, to THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ACTING THROUGH THE STATE DIRECTOR, USDA-RU- RAL DEVELOPMENT OF WASH- INGTON STATE, as Trustee, in fa- vor of THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ACTING THROUGH THE RURAL HOUSING SERVICE OR SUCCESSOR AGENCY, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRI- CULTURE, as Beneficiary, the bene- ficial interest in which is presently held by THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ACTING THROUGH THE RURAL HOUSING SERVICE OR SUCCESSOR AGENCY, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRI- CULTURE. II No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satis- faction of the obligation in any court by reason of the Borrower’s or Gran- tor’s default on the obligation se- cured by the Deed of Trust. III The default(s) for which this foreclosure is/are made are as follows: FAILURE TO PAY THE MONTHLY PAYMENT WHICH BECAME DUE ON 4/10/2012 AND ALL SUBSEQUENT MONTHLY PAYMENTS, PLUS LATE CHARGES AND OTHER COSTS AND FEES AS SET FORTH. IN ADDITION, THE BENE- FICIARY WILL REQUIRE AS A CONDITION TO REINSTATEMENT THAT YOU PROVIDE RELIABLE WRITTEN EVIDENCE THAT ALL PROPERTY TAXES AND HAZARD INSURANCE PREMIUMS ARE PAID CURRENT AS PROVIDED IN THE DEED OF TRUST. Other po- tential defaults do not involve pay- ment of the Beneficiary. If applicable, each of these defaults must also be cured. Listed below are categories of common defaults, which do not in- volve payment of money to the Ben- eficiary. Opposite each such listed default is a brief description of the action/documentation necessary to cure the default. The list does not ex- haust all possible other defaults; any defaults identified by Beneficiary or Trustee that are not listed below must also be cured. OTHER DE- FAULT, ACTION NECESSARY TO CURE Nonpayment of Taxes/As- sessments Deliver to Trustee written proof that all taxes and assessments against the property are paid current Default under any senior lien Deliver to Trustee written proof that all sen- ior liens are paid current and that no other defaults exist. Failure to insure property against hazard Deliver to Trustee written proof that the proper- ty is insured against hazard as re- quired by the Deed of Trust. Waste Cease and desist from committing waste, repair all damage to property and maintain property as required in Deed of Trust. Unauthorized sale of property (Due on Sale) Revert title to
permitted vestee. Failure to pay when due the following amounts which are now in arrears: Delinquent Payments from April 10, 2012 31 payments at $1,006.28 each $31,194.68 (04-10-12 through 10-28-14) Late Charges $4,734.56 TRUSTEE EXPENSES Trustee Fee $750.00 Certified Mailing Cost $105.39 Posting Cost $195.00 Publi- cation Set-Up $99.00 Recording Cost $159.00 TSG Guarantee Policy $674.54 Amount to reinstate on or before 10/28/14 $37,912.17 IV The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: Principal $132,206.30, together with interest as provided in the note or other in- strument secured, and such other costs and fees as are due under the note or other instrument secured, and as are provided by statute. V The above-described real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. The sale will be made with- out warranty, express or implied re- garding title, possession, or encum- brances on March 6, 2015. The de- fault(s) referred to in paragraph III must be cured by February 23. 2015 (11 days before the sale date) to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time on or before February 23, 2015, (11 days before the sale date) the default(s) as set forth in paragraph III is/are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be terminated at any time after February 23, 2015, (11 days before the sale date) and before the sale by the Borrower, Grantor, any Guarantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encum- brance paying the entire principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and advanc- es, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust, and curing all other de- faults. VI A written Notice of Default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following addresses: NANCY ABEL, PO BOX 1435, FRIDAY HAR- BOR, WA, 98250 NANCY C. ABEL, 6300 ROCHE HARBOR RD UNIT # 3, FRIDAY HARBOR, WA, 98250 RESIDENT, 6300 ROCHE HARBOR RD UNIT # 3, FRIDAY HARBOR, WA, 98250 by both first class and certified mail on 09/23/2014, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and on 9/25/2014, the Bor- rower and Grantor were personally served with said written notice of de- fault or the written Notice of Default was posted in a conspicuous place on the real property described in par- agraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII The Trustee whose name and address are set forth be- low will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all of their interest in the above described property. IX Anyone having any objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the same pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s Sale. THIS NOTICE IS THE FINAL STEP BE- FORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE OF YOUR HOME. You have only 20 days from the recording date on this notice to pursue mediation. DO NOT DELAY. CONTACT A HOUSING COUNSELOR TO AN ATTORNEY LICENSED IN WASHINGTON NOW to access your situation and refer you to mediation if you eligible and it may help you save your home. See below for safe sources of help. SEEKING ASSISTANCE Housing counselors and legal assistance may be available at little or no cost to you. If you would like assistance in deter- mining your rights and opportunities to keep house, you may contact the
following: • The statewide fore- closure hotline for assistance and re- ferral to housing counselors recom- mended by the Housing Finance Commission; Telephone: 1 -877-894-HOME (1-877-894-4663) Web site: www.wshfc.org • The United States Department of Hous- ing and Urban Development: Tele- phone: 1-800-569-4287 Web site: www.hud.gov • The statewide civil legal aid hotline for assistance and referrals to other housing: Tele- phone: 1-800-606-4819 Web site: www.ocla.wa.gov X NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS The purchaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the Deed of Trust (the owner) and anyone hav- ing an interest junior to the Deed of Trust, including occupants and ten- ants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants and tenants by sum- mary proceeding under the Unlawful Detainer Act, Chapter 59.12 RCW. Sale Information Line: 714-730-2727 or Website: http://www.lpsasap.com DATED: 10/28/14 PEAK FORECLO- SURE SERVICES OF WASHING- TON, INC., AS TRUSTEE Smith Tower, 26th Floor, 506 Second Ave., Seattle, WA 98104 By: Lilian Solano, Trustee Sale Officer Address for Ser- vice of Process: Peak Foreclosure Services of Washington, Inc. 506 Second Ave Ste 2600 Seattle, WA 98104 (206) 682-0822 Address for Account Inquiries: Peak Foreclosure Services, Inc. 5900 Canoga Avenue, Suite 220 Woodland Hills, CA 91367 (818) 591-9237 A-4495012 02/04/2015, 02/25/2015LEGAL NO. S612112Published: The Islands’ SounderFebruary 4, 25, 2015.
OPALCO Board CandidatesThe OPALCO Board of Directors has set Saturday, May 2nd as the date for the 2015 Annual Meeting. As per OPALCO’s bylaws, the directors have appointed a committee who will nominate at least two members from Voting District 2 (Orcas, Armi- tage, Big Double, Blakely, Fawn, Lit- tle Double and Obstruction islands). To submit your name for considera- tion as a candidate for the OPALCO Board election, please send your re- sume to the OPALCO Nominating Committee c/o Bev Madan bma- [email protected] by February 27, 2015. Any fifteen or more members from District 2 may make other nomi- nations with a signed petition filed at the Eastsound office no later than March 9, 2015.LEGAL NO. S617142Published: The Islands’ Sounder.February 25, 2015.
SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR KING COUNTY
Estate ofTHERESE HOPKINS,deceased.No. 15-4-00844-4 SEANOTICE TO CREDITORSThe individual named below has been appointed as personal repre- sentative of the above estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, prior to the time such claims would be barred by any other- wise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070, by serv- ing on or mailing to the personal rep- resentative or the personal represen- tative’s attorney at the address stat- ed below, a copy of the claim and fil- ing the original of the claim with the court in which probate proceedings were commenced.The claim must be presented within the later of:(1) Thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided un- der RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) Four months after the date of first publication of the notice.If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060.
This bar is effective as to claims against both the probate assets and nonprobate assets of the decedent.DATE OF FILING COPY OF NO- TICE TO CREDITORS with the Clerk of the Court: February 11, 2015.DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: February 18, 2015./s/William Stephen HopkinsWILLIAM STEPHEN HOPKINSPersonal RepresentativeAttorneys for Estate:EDWIN EMERICK, JR.McCUNE, GODFREY & EMERICK, INC., P.S.1107 N. E. 45th, Suite 330Seattle, Washington 98105-4697 Phone: (206) 632-0575Fax: (206) 632-8673LEGAL NO. S615549Published: The Islands’ Sounder.February 18, 25, and March 4, 2015.
SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR
SNOHOMISH COUNTYEstate of:JOHN ROBERT DROUBAY,Deceased.NO. 15-4-00183-9PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDI- TORS(RCW 11.40.030)The person named below has been appointed as Co-Administrator of this Estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Co-Administrator or his attorney at the address stated below, a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the Court in which the probate proceedings were com- menced. The claim must be pre- sented within the later of: (i) thirty days after the Co-Administrator served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (ii) four months after the date of first publication of this notice. If the claim is not pre- sented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and RCW 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the Decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets./s/Tyler Mathew Droubay, Co-Adm. Tyler Mathew Droubay, Co-Adminis- tratorCourt of Probate Proceedings and Cause No: See Caption AboveDate of First Publication: February 18, 2015.Attorney for Co-Administrator: MICHAEL P. JACOBS, WSBA #22855Address for Service: 7331 - 196th Street SW, Lynnwood, WA 98036Address for Mailing: PO Box 1067, Lynnwood, WA 98046-1067LEGAL NO. S614915Published: The Islands’ Sounder.February 18, 25, March 4, 2015.
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