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First San Juan County baby of 2016 is born

by Courtney OldwynSpecial to the Sounder

The arrival of baby Dailor made his parents happy. However, the couple’s three older “babies” – their three tiny dogs – are not so thrilled.

“They’re not sure what to think other than that they’re feeling a little ignored,” said new mom Rylie Paulson who, along with her husband Lorne, welcomed their first child Dailor Robert Paulson on Jan. 16, making him the first baby born in San Juan County this year and the winner of the Journal’s 2016 Baby Derby.

Rylie moved to Friday Harbor from Lynnwood in 2009. She

met Lorne, a born and raised islander, in 2014 when she was working at Browne’s Home Center. He is co-owner of Askew-Paulson Construction and was often at Browne’s picking up sup-plies for work. They began dat-ing in February and a year later, on Valentine’s Day of 2015, he proposed. They were married in August.

Baby Dailor’s middle name is from his maternal grandfather, Robert Adams, who lives in Lynwood.

Dailor is the first grandchild on Rylie’s side, and is also welcomed by Rylie’s mom and stepdad, Marli and Phil Brocato and Grandma

Pat Rishel, all of Friday Harbor.On the Paulson side, Dailor is

welcomed by Lorne’s mom Paula Kamp of Sandpoint, Idaho; his dad Dan Paulson and wife Ruth Flemming of Friday Harbor; and Lorne’s many siblings from both sides of his family.

Being a new parent is “tiring, but it’s awesome,” said Rylie. “All those times people say that your life will never be the same and you sort of think, okay, okay and then nine months later you realize ‘Oh, they were right!’”

“There really are no words; it’s a newfound love for sure,” said Lorne.

The family receives over $600 in local “Baby Booty” as win-ners of this year’s derby, includ-ing gift certificates from Friday Harbor Drugstore, Friday Harbor Dentistry, Harbor Rental, Island Market, IPS, Roche Harbor, Cecil’s Electronics, The Toy Box, Be Chic, Friday Harbor Freight, Lopez Village Market, Kings Market and Petro San Juan; a year subscription to The Journal; and $25 from Islanders Bank.

“Maybe we’ll start him a college fund with that gift certificate,” said Lorne.

Courtney Oldwyn photoAt left: Rylie and Lorne Paulson with their newest addition Dailor, the first baby born in San Juan County for 2016.

by Anna V. SmithJournal reporter

A study concerning low-income households in Whatcom, Island and San Juan County has been released to better understand the prob-lems they face. The study, entitled “Prosperity Project 2015” released by the Opportunity Council, is an update from a similar study done in 2006 that focused on childcare, education, healthcare, affordable housing and unemploy-ment to better encapsulate their experiences.

“It pretty much validates what we see here on a daily basis,” said Jennifer Armstrong, direc-tor at San Juan Island Family Resource Center, who helped distribute and collect surveys from respondents. “None of it came as a big surprise, I think it’s just helpful that the Opportunity Council consolidated this information where the public can be more aware of these issues.”

Respondents were primarily from Whatcom County, at 44 percent, with 33 percent from Island County and 23 percent from San Juan County. In San Juan, respondents were made up of 87 percent white people and 74 percent female. 16 percent of San Juan respondents were veterans.

Few living-wage jobs, transportation chal-lenges, low availability of affordable housing, difficulties of finding affordable medical care or not being insured were some top issues that the study addressed.

Housing In San Juan, 51 percent of respondents rent

their house, 38 percent “owner-occupied hous-ing,” 4 percent were homeless and 3 percent were transitional/emergency shelter.

Of all the counties, nearly one-third of sur-vey responders, or 31 percent, said that in the last year, they had to make the decision of choosing between basic needs or paying their rent or mortgage. One in five had to share housing with another household to prevent becoming homeless.

The survey determined that “housing is considered to be affordable when households spend no more than 30 percent of their pretax income on housing costs.”

In this case, on average, the study found that renters and owners were spending nearly half or more of their income for monthly rent or mortgage payments. In other words, nowhere near affordable. The survey acknowledged that

percentage could be higher, since those num-bers did not reflect utilities or house mainte-nance costs.

HealthcareSan Juan County respondents said they had

mostly good experiences with healthcare on the islands. Region-wide, high cost and not having insurance were major reasons for not receiving medical, dental, mental health or medications.

Dental care was identified as one type of healthcare that was especially difficult to find. Fish for Teeth, a local nonprofit, is one dental care provider that is trying to fix that problem in the county by offering free dentistry. The team recently came to San Juan Island Jan. 22.

According to the study, “more than three in four survey respondents who did not receive needed dental or prescriptions cited high cost as a reason.”

ChildcareRegion-wide, the study identified a down-

ward trend of licensed childcare providers, limited hours, few options for children with special needs, and the high cost of childcare

SEE STUDY, PAGE 6

New study released on low-income households in San Juan County

A new baby Orca – page 7

Rylie and Lorne Paulson win the annual ‘Baby Derby’ contest

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A team of agricultural organizations in San Juan County are looking to develop a food hub, a sys-tem for coordinating dis-tribution and sales of local food.

This team is looking to bring together members from each sector in the local food system – farmers, res-taurants, and grocers – to discuss how we can increase the amount of island-grown food eaten in our county.

All members of the food system are invited to join a series of listening sessions held on each island at the end of January.

The session on Orcas was held Jan. 26, but there are

two more chances:· San Juan Island, Jan.

27 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Brickworks

· Lopez Island, Jan. 28 from 1:45 to 3:30 p.m. at Lopez Library Conference Room

Organized by the SJC Agricultural Guild, SJC Agricultural Resources Committee, Washington State University Extension Office, Orcas Food Co-op, and the Northwest Agricultural Business Center, these sessions allow members of the local food system to shape the design of the new Food Hub pro-gram. If you are not able to attend you can contribute

your thoughts through our online survey. Food pro-ducers: http://tinyurl.com/hx3ggwy. Food buyers: http://tinyurl.com/zw2f6ko.

Transparency on RX drug costs

Consumers could know the actual costs to produce the prescription medicines they need, under legisla-tion introduced last week by Sen. Kevin Ranker, D-Orcas Island.

“People who rely on pre-scription drugs for their health are finding them increasingly expensive to purchase, even with a copay,” Ranker said. “Consumers should have the confidence that the manufacturer is charging a fair price.”

Ranker’s Senate Bill 6471 would require pharmaceuti-cal companies to make their pricing as transparent as the pricing in other sectors of the health care industry by reporting a breakdown of those costs to the state Health Care Authority.

The breakdown would include the separate costs to both the manufacturer and any predecessor or any related entity for produc-tion; R&D; clinical trial or other regulatory costs; materials manufacturing and administration; acquisi-tion; patents; and marketing and advertising. The break-down would also include the annual history of aver-age wholesale price and acquisition cost increases; the total profit attributable

to the drug; and the total financial assistance in dol-lars and as a percentage of company profits.

This information would be audited by a fully inde-pendent, third-party auditor prior to filing and must be filed annually.

“At the end of the day, there’s not much that’s more important than a person’s health, and the cost of pre-scription drugs can push a household to the brink in some cases,” Ranker said.

Protections for firefighters, EMTs

Firefighters and oth-ers exposed to conditions that can lead to occupa-tional disease would gain increased protections under legislation introduced last week by Sen. Kevin Ranker, D-Orcas Island.

“Firefighters and fire investigators, as well as EMTs and other first responders, constantly place themselves at risk to help others,” Ranker said. “We owe it to them to have their backs when the risks of their work come home to roost in the form of cancers and other occupational illness-es.”

The measure works two ways: It adds to the num-ber of cancers considered occupational diseases, and it extends the protections

enjoyed by firefighters to EMTs and public employee fire investigators.

“Scientific studies show that firefighters are at great-er risk or are more likely to die from these cancers,” Ranker said.

Legislation in 1987 origi-nally covered firefighters for heart problems and lung conditions. Additional leg-islation in 2002 and 2007 added numerous cancers to the list. This bill adds more cancers as well as breast can-cer and MRSA infections.

“Every firefighter can tell you that either they have been personally affected by cancer or know another firefighter who has been affected by cancer, attrib-uted to our profession,” said Kelly Fox, president of the Washington State Council of Firefighters. “It’s not something we like to think about but it’s a concern none of us can ignore.”

The key benefit of the list of diseases is that it places the burden of proof on an employer to prove that the disease is not duty related, instead of on the employee to prove it is duty related.

“Firefighters and other responders and investiga-tors regularly work in high-stress, high-risk conditions,” Ranker said. “We need them focused on their work, not on having to document their illnesses.”

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Orcas Fire and Rescue responded to a hangar fire around 5:35 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 24. The fire was at air-port hangar #18 on Cessna Drive and North Beach Road. A vehicle inside the building caught on fire; no one was present at the time. Because the hangar is made out of metal, the building itself did not catch on fire.

If you make a ferry res-ervation on the San Juan Islands’ route, you’ll get this notice with your confirma-

tion: Effective March 20, 2016, you must arrive at the terminal at least 45 minutes prior to departure time. If

you are not processed into the holding area at least 30 minutes prior to departure, you will forfeit your reser-

vation and travel standby on a first come, first serve basis.

According to Washington State Ferries, it’s not really anything new.

“This isn’t so much a change as an effort to man-age the 30-minute window to reach the toll booth,” said WSF Public Information Officer Ian Sterling. “Basically, it reinforces the rules already in place that customers must be at the toll booth 30 minutes prior to departure or face forfei-ture of their reservation. Obviously, we don’t want this to happen and want to remind customers to allow some time for any possible line approaching the toll booth that could delay them from reaching it before the 30-minute cutoff. Hence, the 45-minute language. The verbiage also aligns us with the way BC Ferries communicates about their system.”

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Jan. 13• A deputy stopped a

vehicle for speeding on Orcas Road. The driver received an infraction for speeding 54 MPH in the posted 35 MPH Zone.

• A 17-year-old male came to the Sheriff 's Office to report a dispute he was having with his father. The son was going to have a talk with his father later in the evening to see if he could work the problem out.

Jan. 15• A welfare check in

Friday Harbor turned into a death investigation. It appears to be natural causes at this time. The coroner was called and an investiga-tion completed.

• Deputies responded to a residence on the West side of San Juan Island to inves-tigate a reported burglary. Latent prints and other evi-dence was gathered at the residence.

Jan. 16• A deputy stopped a

vehicle in Eastsound for an expired vehicle registra-tion. It was determined the driver was Driving Under the Influence of intoxicat-ing liquor and or drugs. The driver was arrested, pro-cessed and released with a promise to appear in court.

• A Lopez deputy was dis-patched to a possible tres-passing case. The responsi-ble party was located and it was determined to be a mis-communication between involved parties.

Jan. 17• A Friday Harbor resi-

dent reported that she believes her phone line was cut as part of an ongoing dispute. Deputies checked

the box and spoke with the suspect and cannot confirm this. It was suggested the reporting party contact the phone company to examine and repair the lines.

Jan. 19• A deputy contacted a

reporting parting regarding a child custody issue.

• A Lopez Island deputy discovered a vehicle left parked in the roadway cre-ating a hazard. The vehicle was removed by the respon-sible party after being con-tacted by the deputy.

• A Lopez Island woman reported suspicious males loitering near a Lopez Island business. All involved had left prior to the deputy's arrival.

San Juan County Sheriff’s Log

Submitted by the office of Congressman Rick Larsen.

Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, announced his three principal nominees to the military ser-vice academies. The nominees, from Lopez Island, Arlington and Sedro-Woolley, will be granted spots in the academies this coming fall pending successful completion of their final year of high school. Larsen will also make 24 other nominations to the academies.

“Our communities are home to so many talented and dedicated young people, and it is my privilege each year to nominate exemplary students to attend military service acad-emies. I am always impressed by our students’ many academic and personal achievements, and this year is no different. I applaud these bright young women and men for choosing to apply their talents at military academies and pledging their service to our country,” Larsen said.

Harrison P. Goodrich of Lopez Island will be Larsen’s principal nominee to the U.S. Naval Academy. Goodrich is ranked number one in his class and serves on the student council at Lopez Island High School. He is a varsity athlete in four sports, serving as captain of both the football and baseball teams. He is a volunteer firefighter and a Student Emergency Medical Services member, assisting with the Island paramedics and EMTs.

The other nominees are Anna J. Fujinaka of Arlington is Larsen’s principal nominee to the U.S. Military Academy. William W. Wing of Sedro-Woolley will be Larsen’s principal nominee to the U.S. Air Force Academy.

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Testifiers praised biparti-san work, but “disappoint-ment” and “frustration” fre-quented their statements at the first hearings for Senate and House bills that address teacher compensation in the 2016 state legislative session.

Teacher compensation is a part of basic educa-tion, which must be fully funded by 2018 under the Washington State Supreme Court’s McCleary decision. The court determined local tax levies have paid teacher salaries, which the justices found to be unconstitu-tional. Since August, the court has held the state in contempt for not produc-ing plans to fully fund basic education from a reliable resource. That order carries a $100,000 per day penalty until the court’s mandate is fulfilled.

“The apple gets bigger and the bite you’re going to take next year is going to be bigger than, probably, if you would have done it a year ago.” said Alan Burke, executive director of the Washington State School Directors Association, dur-ing testimony. “The poli-tics are very difficult, but the reality is it’s going to be incredibly challenging to try to take care of the entire levy-compensation issue in

one year.” The bills, HB 2366 and

SB 6195, establish a task force and provide $500,000 toward consultations to create recommendations for funding teacher pay. The bills also require the Legislature to take action to eliminate dependency on local school levies by the end of the 2017 legislative session.

A bipartisan work group organized by Gov. Jay Inslee in September created the bills. Members of the work group said they believe they produced bills in good faith from compromise on both sides of the aisle. Members of the work group said they could not determine the amount of teacher compen-sation paid through levy funds, so they could not determine how much the state needed to increase its share of teacher pay. The task force intends to com-plete this work.

“The (Senate) bill repre-sents kind of a foundation for what we all could agree on,” Sen. Christine Rolfes, D-Bainbridge, said during the Senate committee public hearing last week. “It keeps members at the table and keeps the Legislature mov-ing forward.”

Similar testimony occurred at the House Appropriations and Senate

Early Learning and K-12 Education committees. The House Appropriations Committee moved its bill forward the day following its public hearing.

Several people providing testimony indicated support for the bipartisan work to fix teacher compensation, but many thought that the bill did not go far enough, even lacking a sense of urgency.

“We had hoped for more” said Shawn Lewis, director of governmental relation-ships and public policy analysis at the Spokane Public School District. “We had hoped for a solid plan for funding to allow for our board and our administra-tion to create a solid plan for the 2017-18 school year.”

Some speakers critical of the bills noted similari-ties between the goals of the task force proposal and previously created work groups, councils and task forces that had earlier pro-duced recommendations to create quality education within the state.

“The Legislature has to resist the temptation to request data in greater lev-els of granularity. If you get that data, what’s it going to answer for you that it’s not going to answer for you now?” said Ben Rarick,

Frustration, disappointment voiced over teacher bills

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Why we are supporting the parks and rec and school levies

Vote yes for Orcas Park and Rec levy

Orcas Island Parks and Recreation is a wise community investment. Since 2012, OIPRD has built a diverse recreation program including nearly 100 programs that serve over 1,600 youth and adult islanders every year. Additionally they have used limited funds, vol-unteers, and donated materials to maintain and make much-needed repairs to Buck Park.

Voting yes for the current levy to support the Orcas Island Recreation District is good for our personal health and the wellbeing of our island community. Children that participate in organized ath-letic activities are less likely to get in legal trouble and routine exercise keeps adults healthy and helps us live longer and more productive lives.

I encourage you to support the Orcas Island Parks and Recreation levy. Taking care of Buck Park and providing a wide variety of orga-nized opportunities for people to meet, play together, and stay active is good for all of us and for our island.

Joe GaydosEastsound

Editorial

Driving by Buck Park on a warm summer day, you can see adults playing tennis, young skateboarders flying high in the air and

families spending quality together. While it’s always been a hub for outdoor activities, the area has been revitalized thanks to the Orcas Island Park and Rec District. In just four years, OIPRD has gone from zero to 100 year-round programs and made major improvements to the park. It’s pretty impressive.

When the idea for a rec district was put before Orcas Islanders in 2009, a whopping 72 percent of voters approved its formation. Yet when it came to funding it a year later, the community voted down a 10-cent levy but later approved a 9-cent one.

We really hope that kind of short-sightedness doesn’t happen again with the current election.

The new park and rec levy is 15 cents per $1000 of assessed property value and replaces the old levy of 9 cents. If approved, it will start in 2017 and go for six years. Sixty percent approval is required to pass the measure.

When the district began receiving funding in 2012, it coincided with an economic downturn and the distribution was approximately 1/3 less than expected that year. Distribution has re-mained at that level, or less, to date, due to the current assessed property values.

Despite that, the district forged ahead with its goals, calling upon volunteers to help with activities for youth and adults in sports, art, dance and science. Under the leadership of Director Marcia West, the district serves 1600 participants annually. This past fall, OIPRD logged more than 1,000 hours of volunteer time from community members.

In addition to developing new offerings, it helped absorb programs like youth baseball, football and wrestling and boys choir and ahs taken over man-agement of events like the paper airplane contest. It also has a facility use agreement with the school for after-hours activities and drop-in sports six nights a week: adult basketball, volleyball, indoor soccer and pickle ball. In 2014, OIPRD took over ownership of Buck Park from the school district. Park and rec has resurfaced the tennis courts,

upgraded fields, fixed the irrigation systems and made repairs to the skate park.

But there is still a lot to be done – and that re-quires more funding.

If the new levy is approved, the money will go towards rebuilding the dugouts, putting in proper drainage, making vacant fields functional, install-ing a sand and grass volleyball court, setting up a new kids’ play structure and adding another multi-purpose court for games like tennis and pickle-ball. Local construction companies will be used to complete the work.

We wholeheartedly support the rec levy. OIPRD services provide yet another layer to a well-round-ed community. Recreational activities for adults and kids – at either minimal or no cost – are important for the overall health of our island.

Which leads us to our second endorsement: the school maintenance and operations levy.

The supreme court has given the state until 2018 to fully fund basic education, which means suf-ficiently funding schools to cover all students and providing adequate compensation of teachers. Washington has not made much progress towards that goal, so districts are still required to fund their own programs.

It is critical the M&O levy passes. It provides nearly 25 percent of the school district’s annual budget. Thirty percent of teacher salaries, 90 percent of music and athletic program funding, 75 of classified staff salaries (librarians, paraeducators, clerical and maintenance staff), 65 percent of English-language learners and staff training and 25 percent of special education are all maintained by the measure.

The proposed M&O levy will take the place of the existing one. It is currently at 91 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value. The new levy would start in 2017 and breaks down as follows: year one, 93 cents; year two and three, 89 cents; year four, 88 cents.

One day we won’t have to use a local levy for so much of the school’s funding. But for now, we do. And we owe our children the best educational resources possible.

Please vote yes for two measures that enhance the quality of living for so many members of our very special community.

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Public meetingsThurs., Jan. 21• OPALCO Board of Directors regularly scheduled meeting, Lopez Fire Hall, 8:15 a.m.

Weds., Feb. 3.• San Juan County Cemetery District #3, 5 p.m., Orcas Library.

Thursday, Feb. 4• Eastsound Planning Review Committee, 3 p.m., Eastsound Fire Station.

Ballots for the special election were mailed Jan. 19 and election day is Feb. 9.

AlmanacTEMPERATURES, RAINFALL

LOPEZ High Low PrecipJan. 18 49 46 —Jan. 19 48 44 —Jan. 20 47 43 .09Jan. 21 53 46 .27Jan. 22 56 49 .28Jan. 23 50 43 .05Jan. 24 46 38 —

Precipitation in January: 1.58” Precipitation in 2016: 1.58”Reported by Jack Giard, Bakerview Rd.

ORCAS High Low PrecipJan. 18 50 44 —Jan. 19 50 41 .15Jan. 20 45 40 .08Jan. 21 53 43 .19Jan. 22 53 44 .16Jan. 23 46 41 .12Jan. 24 46 36 .01

Precipitation in January: 1.18” Precipitation in 2016: 1.18”Reported by John Willis, Olga

Sunrise SunsetJan. 27 7:46 a.m. 5:03 p.m.Jan. 28 7:45 a.m. 5:04 p.m.Jan. 29 7:44 a.m. 4:06 p.m.Jan. 30 7:42 a.m. 4:07 p.m.Jan. 31 7:41 a.m. 4:09 p.m.Feb. 1 7:50 a.m. 4:11 p.m.Feb. 2 7:38 a.m. 4:12 p.m.

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Vote yes for Orcas Park and Rec levy

Since its inception in 2011 the Orcas Island Park and Rec District has been a remarkable success and a great value. Thanks to the leadership of the dis-trict staff and commis-sioners, Buck Park now is receiving the stewardship it deserves. Necessary repairs to the skate park have been made. The resurfaced ten-nis courts have sparked a significant revitalization of the sport on Orcas. In its first five years the district has assumed responsibil-ity for a large portion of the island’s youth program-ming including youth soc-cer, t-ball, basketball, tennis and wrestling. OIPRD staff, commissioners, and vol-unteers have built an orga-nization we can be proud of. They have built part-nerships that have strength-ened numerous other local youth organizations. They have delivered on their commitment to the Orcas Island community after we approved the 2011 levy to support the formation of the district. Where would we be without OIPRD?

The next important step for OIPRD will be the upcoming Feb 9 special election. The district’s origi-nal levy is expiring, and it is time for the community to again vote on funding for the district. The new levy will run through 2022. I encourage you to vote YES.

The Park and Rec District’s “Infrastructure Investment” plan for the coming years is both nec-essary and impressive. They plan on playground upgrades, more skate park repairs, improvements to the grass playing fields, a new sand volleyball court, a new “multi-use court” and more. (Details at orcaspar-kandrec.org) The District is also helping develop a new, improved dog park. Buck Park was a fabulous gift to the residents of Orcas, as was the Skate Park. We can show our appreciation for these gifts by continuing to support the Orcas Park and Rec District and their stewardship of these facili-ties and the programs they make possible. Approval of the levy requires a 60% super majority. Please VOTE before Feb 9 and VOTE YES to continue to support Orcas Park and Rec District.

Paul KaminOrcas Island

Citizens reviewed Park and Rec Levy

We, the commissioners of the Orcas Island Park and Recreation District, take the stewardship of public funds as a critical component of our job as elected officials. As part of assuring the vot-ers that we are appropriately planning and budgeting in our levy request, we asked a group of citizens to act as third-party reviewers in examining a detailed, six-year budget justifying the request of voter approval of $0.15 per $1000 of assessed value. This levy replaces the former levy passed in 2011.

The citizens reviewing the OIPRD levy were: Joe Gaydos; Rick Hughes; Greg Ayers; Richard Fralick; Lisa Byers; Steve Jung; Andrew Stephens; Alyson Stephens; Donna Gerardi Riordan; Joe Cohen; Alexander Urban Conrad; Thom Carnevale; Jill Dann; Kathi Ciskowski; Marlace Hughes; Phil Heikkinen; Jim Bredouw; Joe Ciskowski; Krista Bouchey; Ken Katz and Ben Luna. Based on their review, all agreed to the following statement:

“I have read and reviewed the proposed Orcas Island Park and Recreation District 2016–2022 levy request, budget, and strategy for Rec District operations and pro-posed repairs to Buck Park. I believe the six-year levy request is appropriate and necessary to accomplish the scope of work proposed.”

Thank you voters of Orcas Island for taking the time to vote and please join these members of the community in voting to APPROVE the levy propo-sition by February 9. Please see our website: www.oiprd.org for more information and a reprint of the voter’s guide statements.

Bob Eagan, Martha Farish, Deborah Jones,

Justin Paulsen, and Vicki Vandermay

Orcas Island Park and Recreation District

Commissioners

Support the school M&0 levy

I am writing in support of the Orcas Island School district’s Maintenance and Operations levy. This levy provides the neces-sary funds to fully provide our students’ education. It allows for the operation of our schools, and without it we are unable to provide the level of education our students deserve. 90 percent of our Music and Athletic programs are funded by

this levy as well as 75 per-cent of our classified staff. Please join me in passing this important M&O Levy.

Anne Ford McGrathOrcas Education

Association, President

SMP: an important opportunity

The more than 400 miles of marine shoreline in San Juan County define our unique community of islands - they are our identity. Highly productive intersections of land and sea, these shorelines sup-port the marine food web and its salmon, seabirds and marine mammals that pro-vide the foundation for our tourism-based economy and our vibrant quality of life. With the first update in 18 years, today’s chang-es to the Shoreline Master Program will determine how our shorelines look and function for decades to come.

Will we ensure that resi-dential development and redevelopment, our prima-ry shoreline activity, occurs in a way that protects the scenic shorelines we all expect to enjoy as we travel the county’s shared waters?

Will we incorporate the extensive, new, site-specif-ic scientific information gathered for just this SMP update? This information could help us do our part to help recover the chinook salmon, southern resident killer whales, tufted puffin seabirds, and rockfish listed under the federal or state Endangered Species Act since our community last updated the SMP in 1998.

Will we find the right balance between the rights of shoreline property own-ers and those of the larger community to public access and the protection of public resources into the future?

Volumes of public com-ment have been provided to the county, from multitudes of residents sharing their vision for shoreline stew-ardship in our community, and from local and regional committees, organizations, agencies and tribes shar-ing their expertise. It is the job now of our elected officials to carefully con-sider this input from their constituents and embrace this significant opportu-nity to ensure that the fea-tures we are most known for locally and across the globe, our cherished marine shorelines, prosper into the future.

Tina Whitman Friends of the San Juans

Marketplace building update

In mid-December the double doors at the Eastsound Marketplace building were ripped off their hinges due to the severe windstorms that struck not only the island, but much of the western part of Washington State, warranting the governor’s state of emergency declara-tion. (This despite building management and tenants securing the doors late in the day in anticipation of the storm.)

The windstorm that broke the doors came at in inopportune time: a week-end over a holiday period when vendors are less available, plus competing with other areas damaged. Scheduling them to come to Orcas to assess the damage takes a complete day out of their office day so it’s not an easy drive around the block, and then we awaited bids to come in.

Last Thursday, 1/14/16, we received the final bid. The owners swiftly made a decision within 24 hours and I placed a call to the vendor on Friday, 1/15/16.

That same vendor came to the island this week to view the project in per-son and recommend some modifications after the site visit. We are now awaiting the final schematics.

The new doors will be an improvement across the board.

We apologize for any inconvenience the closure of the double doors may cause. As you know, part of the charm of remote- island-living is also its curse. Things just take time and we ask for your continued patience as we move forward. Echoing the bright yellow signs at the marketplace building, all businesses are still open for your business!

Karen J. Key SpeckProperty Manager

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No, we’re not on Facebook and we don’t tweet, snap, vine or pin, but we have implemented a couple of simple online opportunities that will make it easier for us to stay in touch as well as give you a way to contribute while you shop!

The way to stay in touch is by signing up for our online opt-in subscription news-letter that will update our communications and help

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Submitted by the Orcas Island Garden Club. Founded in 1958, the Orcas Island Garden Club remains

one of the most active and vibrant clubs on the island. We meet ten times during the year beginning in September on the third Wednesdays of the month at 10 a.m. in the Madrona Room of Orcas Center.

Annual dues are $20, but beginning in February we offer half-off $10 memberships for the remaining four programs and the end of the year June picnic.

It's a terrific value for "Gardening with Kids" in February with educator Allison O'Sullivan; "How Plants Work" in March with author Linda Chalker-Scott; "Composting" in April with Master Gardeners Kristina Bayas and Diana Brooks; and "Year-Round Organic Gardening in the PNW" in May with author Linda Gilkerson.

We are well known for the quality of our presentations and often have bestselling authors and speakers from the PNW Garden show in Seattle.

Members also enjoy member-only events such as the February hands-on pruning workshop and a field trip to Far Reaches Farm in May.

The club supports the community through grants to many local organizations including the Orcas School Garden, Orcas Center Memorial Garden, The Senior Center, The Historical Museum, The Food Bank, Seed Library and land-scaping at the Library, the Faithful Friends Garden at the Animal Shelter and Community Participatory Agriculture at Kai Dawg Farm. We also sponsor two library magazine subscriptions and manage the Berkowitz Memorial Garden on Fisherman's Bay. Programming and outreach are pri-marily supported by our Garden Tour Saturday and Sunday, June 25 and 26.

Our members’ abilities range from the beginning gar-dener to master gardeners, and folk with extensive local expertise.

One popular meeting activity is the question and answer session. If someone there doesn’t have the knowledge, it might not exist.

At every meeting we have a plant or book raffle for one (sometimes more!) lucky attendee. After the presentation, members are welcome to attend the Hosted Social Hour. Everyone knows gardeners make the best cooks. We invite the community to come as our guests and see if this friend-ly, informative club is for you.

For more information check out our website: www.orca-sislandgardenclub.org or like us on Facebook.

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us reduce the amount of money we currently spend on direct mailings, leaving more for food purchases and better ways to help our clients. All you need to do is simply click here (http://eepurl.com/bbMFqX) and complete the very short form. By doing that, you will be one of the first to receive news and informa-tion via email about what’s happening at the Orcas Island Food Bank!

For those of you who use Amazon.com to sat-isfy your shopping urges, you may now donate to the food bank without even feeling it. We have estab-lished an Amazon Smile account where individu-als using Amazon.com to make online purchases of any kind may specify the Orcas Island Food Bank as a recipient of 5% of your purchase – any time, all the time! Click here https://

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And, we are always look-ing for people wishing to serve on the Food Bank Board. We are currently in need of those blessed with computer skills or who have financial savvy. But if those aren’t your forté, don’t let that stop you! Just contact our Board President, Tom Murdock, by emailing him at [email protected].

Our heartfelt thanks to all who responded to our year-end food and fund drive, and to our amazing volunteers for making 2015 a successful year in help-ing our neighbors through rough times. We greatly appreciate our Orcas Island community.

Orcas Food Bank

by Anna V. SmithJournal reporter

Judge Eaton has dis-missed a class action law-suit against the county that alleges the county over-billed for building and land-use fees, and for mis-using the fees after collec-tion.

The case, which was filed March 9, 2015 on behalf of Community Treasures, was dismissed before the plain-tiffs presented evidence to support their claims, because of a partial motion put forward by the defense that Eaton approved in July.

The partial motion stated that the plaintiffs had to

refile the case under the Land Use Petition Act, which has a 21 day dead-line. Since the plaintiff ’s case regarded billing fees over the past three years, the time period fell outside of that 21 day deadline.

The plaintiffs, represent-ed by attorney Nick Power, had originally filed the case under tax statute, since they claimed the county’s prac-tices of alleged over-billing clashed with tax statute RCW 82.02.020.

That statute prohibits governmental entities from using permit fees to cover the cost of unrelated pro-grams and expenses, Power

said in a press release in March of last year.

In this case, the plain-tiffs claim that the build-ing department was using fees to support the planning department, Power told the Journal.

“We expect to go to the court of appeals and we want to argue this very nar-row issue about whether or not LUPA bars claims that we’ve made,” Power said.

Thought Power said the progress on these cases are “glacial,” if the plaintiffs were to win their case, they are asking for a refund of $1.2 million.

“Even if plaintiff ’s don’t

prevail because the county has wizened up and said ‘there might be some liabil-ity here, lets do it by the rules,’ I would be very sur-prised if I found they con-tinued to allocate permit revenue the same way they used to,” Power said.

The plaintiffs will be fil-ing an appeal to the case.


Rock Island Communications has been busy installing fiber optic broadband to homes and businesses around the county. This historic undertaking will provide fast, reliable Internet up to 200Mbps+ to those who want it.

We’re currently managing hundreds of construction projects countywide. Here are some of the groups we’ve been working with to date:

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MONTHLY FIBER MEETUPSMonthly Group Organizer Meeting:Learn more about organizing your group at this session.Next Meeting: January 13, 2016 – 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. This meeting will be held on Orcas Island (meetings will rotate islands every month).

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Error on the Feb. 9 ballot

Ballots for the Feb. 9 election were mailed to San Juan County voters last week, and a typographical error for the Orcas Island School District levy has been found on the ballots. In the title for Orcas Island School District’s Proposition No. 1, three columns show the year, levy rate and levy amount proposed. The title of the middle column reads: “Approximate Levy Rate/$1,0000 Assessed Value.” It should read: “Approximate Levy Rate/$1,000 Assessed Value.” All rate amounts and levy amounts are correct as printed. The proposed levy will take the place of an existing school levy. The current levy is at 91 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value. The new levy would start in 2017 and breaks down as follows: year one, 93 cents; year two and three, 89 cents; year four, 88 cents.

If you have questions about the ballot, contact the Elections Office at 378-3357 or the Auditor at 370-7558.

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Judge dismisses case against SJC

relative to wages as prob-lems that working parents often had with finding suit-able healthcare.

Armstrong said childcare is a big issue on the island; especially during the sum-mer, when working parents have to work longer hours and preschool programs are on pause for the season. Another difficulty is find-ing affordable childcare for infants when parents have to go back to work.

San Juan had positive responses for how their chil-dren are doing in school, with 74 percent of San Juan respondents saying their children were doing well.

Food and nutritionEighty-two percent of

respondents in the three surveyed counties said that their household’s food sup-ply was assisted by different programs. Yet, when asked if someone had skipped a meal in the past year because there wasn’t enough food, 43 percent said that was accurate.

Other issues addressed included community ser-vices, employment, educa-tion and transportation, to which 39 percent of San Juan County respondents stated that they are not able to afford using the ferry.

Armstrong said that the Opportunity Council sur-vey was another important data set that indicates the issues San Juan County households face.

“I think there’s already some good momentum starting to grow, particularly around the issue of afford-able housing,” Armstrong said. “Making the commu-nity at large more aware that we have a significant number of households who are struggling is important. They’re working, but wages compared to standard of liv-ing leaves a big gap.”

Visit the Opportunity Council’s website at www.oppco.org to read the report.

executive director of the State Board of Education. “We get this chance once in a generation, maybe not even that, and so we appre-ciate the bipartisan efforts, but bolder action is needed.”

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy

Dorn said, “I don’t think anything will really, actually be done unless you push, and I don’t think this does anything more” to reach a solution.

Others testifying encour-aged committee members to include education-business professionals when creating the recommendations.

Business groups Washington Roundtable,

and Association of Washington Business sup-ported the bill because they say current students would be future employees.

(This story is part of a series of news reports from the Washington State Legislature provided through a reporting internship spon-sored by the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association Foundation).

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Submitted by Kwiaht.Most homes in San Juan

County are still being built without regard for the way they attract bats, says Kwiaht ecologist Russel Barsh. The result is scores of pre-ventable conflicts between people and bats each year, which in the past have fre-quently led to the eviction of bats and decimation of bat populations in the islands.

Bats are San Juan County’s most diverse and abundant mammals. Barsh has been able to identify nine spe-cies of bats in the islands since 2013 by recording and analyzing the sound spectra of bats’ echoloca-tion chirps. “I’ve recorded more than 500 night passes by bats over some of the islands’ lakes and ponds in summer,” Barsh says. Island bats fly less often in win-ter, he found, and tend to hunt in wooded areas rather than open waters. To bet-ter monitor bats’ seasonal movements, and response to changing weather patterns, Barsh has been installing weatherproofed ultrasound recorders on Lopez, Orcas, and San Juan Islands that will continue to “eaves-drop” on bats nightly for years. He has identified bats from nearly 20,000 flyovers recorded thus far.

“Once or twice a month,” Barsh says, “I get a call from an island homeowner who has found a live bat inside a bedroom, bathroom or storage area; or found evi-dence of a bat colony liv-ing inside an attic, roof or crawl space; or discovered dozens of sleepy bats while re-roofing or re-shingling.” While there is little cause for fear—there has been no case of humans contracting rabies or another disease from contact with a bat in San Juan County—home-owners are often concerned about smell, dampness and unsightly guano (good in the garden but not on the carpet).

Kwiaht helped 156 San Juan County homeowners with excluding bats from living space, or from roofs

or walls so that homes could be insulated or re-surfaced. Kwiaht has also designed and built 11 custom bat houses for displaced bats colonies. Some boxes are large enough for 200 bats. Re-homing a bat colony is tricky. Barsh says a 50 percent success rate is very good. A better approach, cheaper and less stressful for humans and less likely to harm any bats, is to design and build our homes with bats in mind.

Tiles, shingles, unscreened vents, and cracks or spaces greater than half an inch in width on the roof or exterior walls of a home offer day roosts for bats, especially if they have rough surfaces such as cedar shakes or unfinished sawn timbers. Bats try to squeeze into small spaces to con-serve body heat. A single tile roof can be home to a hun-dred or more bats. Day use of exterior surfaces rarely interferes with human activ-ity, in any case, and tiles, shingles and clapboards can be replaced in fall when bats disperse for winter.

If an exterior gap leads into an attic, wall or crawl space, however, bats may form a maternity colony with dozens to hundreds of related females gather-ing every year from April to August to birth and nurse bat pups. Colonies are few; only about one in ten of the homes that Barsh has been asked to assess. But warm, dry, safe colonies are critical to the survival of our islands’ bats, and may be protected by law. Enticing a colony to a new home such as a custom bat house, and discouraging it from return-ing to its original home, can be a two- or three-year pro-cess.

Bats are easy to exclude from potential entry holes with hardware cloth. Unlike rats, they do not gnaw through wood or metal. But installing hardware cloth patches after a home has been built can be tedious and costly. Barsh says that gaps around the ends of

roof beams, loose flashing around chimneys and sky lights, and narrow spaces between overhanging roofs and walls are the entry points he finds most fre-quently.

“Bats are beneficial neigh-bors, nonetheless,” Barsh says, pointing out that bats are the main predators of the moths whose caterpil-lars damage orchards and gardens each in the islands, as well as the principal natural control of mosqui-toes and biting flies. “You

don’t want bats to leave your property; just not necessar-ily to live inside your home,” he said.

Kwiaht’s solution is to include an exterior space for bats in the original designs for a house. This gives bats their own separate, warm apartment, and in return, bats sweep the surrounding area of moths and mosqui-toes and leave homeowners a neat outdoor pile of guano for the garden.

For further info, contact: [email protected].

Builders: don’t forget about the bats

Cali Bagby/ Staff PhotoA baby long-eared myotis bat.

General contractors are encouraged to visit OPAL Community Land Trust’s web page (www.opalclt.org/news) so they may submit a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for OPAL’s next new construction project.

It will include new con-struction and associated site work for 30 units of mixed income rental hous-ing consisting of seven resi-dential buildings and one commons building. There are four building types.

Units will range from 384 square feet to 1274 square feet and 15 will be ADA accessible. The largest units will be three bedrooms. The 3.7-acre site is locat-ed across from Children’s House on North Beach Road.

“We are making steady

progress on these resi-dences,” says Jeanne Beck, OPAL’s project manager. “This is the phase where not much activity is tak-ing place at the site, so it is not obvious to the commu-nity. It’s time for a general contractor to be selected, and I encourage any quali-fied contractor to submit an application. The RFQ doc-ument at opalclt.org/news will provide an overview, a timeline, selection criteria and more.”

The RFQ is at www.opal-clt.org/news or call OPAL at 360-376-3191. OPAL Community Land Trust is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Deadline for submittals is 3 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 5, 2016.

OPAL seeks RFQs from contractors

The pharmacy counter will be closed from 1 to 1:30 p.m. every day starting Feb. 1. The main store will remain open.

Regular hours are Monday through Friday: 9:30 a.m. to 6 pmSaturday: 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Pharmacy is open 10 to 4 p.m.Sunday: 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Pharmacy is closed 376-2230

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NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center reported dis-covering a new orca calf on Jan. 19.

The calf was spotted by NOAA researchers during a survey with the J pod on Jan. 18. Scientists are unable to identify who the calf ’s mother is at this time, as it has been seen swimming around two female whales, J14 and J37.

Photos taken by the researchers were analyzed by the Center for Whale Research, which confirmed this is a new calf they’ve designated as J55. The calf appeared to be only a few days old and healthy. J55 is the sixth new calf since December 2014 for the J pod.

Unfortunately, during the same trip researchers observed J31 (Tsuchi) pushing around a deceased calf. The 20-year-old female has never successfully birthed a calf. According to NOAA, the deceased calf is one of at least 50 percent of calves who never make it to their first birthday.

J55 brings the Puget Sound’s orca population to 85, between the three pods.

New orca calf spotted last week

Cupid’s Closet, the annual Fidelis flea market fundraiser on Valentine’s Day weekend, is Feb. 13.

Have you put aside Exhange items in hopes of its early opening? Is your china cabinet overflowing? Is your desk so cluttered with things you don’t use? How about books, jewelry, outgrown skates, tools you’ve never used?

Rent a $25 table at Cupid’s Closet and give these items a new, useful life.

Groups, organizations, craftsmen, retailers, individuals: call 376-3441 for information and a registration sheet.

Cupid’s Closet needs vendors


by Marty ZierSports contributor

The Orcas boys basket-

ball team spent the week on the road with three con-secutive road games. First

stop was a 62-48 league win versus Cedar Park Christian MLT on Jan. 19.

“The team played well from tip to horn and pulled in a solid victory,” said coach Corey Wiscomb. “We had a balanced attack, with nearly all players on the team con-tributing to the scoring.”

Next stop on the off island tour was a 67-51 win at Mt. Vernon Christian on Jan. 21. Despite the margin, Wiscomb acknowledged a tougher opponent.

“MVC has a good coach and a solid athletics pro-gram that invests heavily in youth sports, so they are always going to have a good run ready for you,” he said. We also knew we were being scouted pretty heavily for our next game, so before the tip, we made a quick adjust-ment and ran a press that we’ve shown many times before rather than some of our newer defensive tactics. Jordan Randolph was quick like a fox and penetrated gaps to set up low buckets to Miles Harlow, Aidan Kruse, and Brother Murphy. Pasha Bullock also used his floater to penetrate gaps and ele-vate for quick jumpers from the inside. Vanya Bullock took any wind out of the Hurricanes’ sails by shoot-ing 5/6 from the 3-point line and led all scorers in the game with 24 points, his season high.”

The purported highlight game of the week ended with a loss to LaConner 57-37 on Jan. 23. This was a battle for #1 in league as the

Braves are 10-0 and Orcas is tied with Friday Harbor at 8-2.

“LaConner adjusted quickly to our half court defense and that hurt us in the first quarter,” Wiscomb said. “We changed to man to man in the second quar-ter and held the Braves the remainder of the game to only 36 points, so our defense for three periods was outstanding. All game our offense produced great looks at the basket but we just couldn’t get that last little bit of finish in our step... At the beginning of the season we set a goal as a team to win league and until this game we were on track. The team never once lost focus on what we were trying to do and never gave up. The locker room after was somber, but there was no bickering, no

whining, no blaming. In that way we’ve grown and matured. I’m very proud of our effort despite the final score.”

The Lady Vikings basket-ball team started a road week with a 47-40 win against Cedar Park Christian MLT on Jan. 19.

“They are a tough team. I expected a tough game and it was,” said coach Gregg Sasan. “They play with a lot of confidence at home and they have not beat us yet, so I expected them to come out pretty aggressive. They came out with a fast start, but I did not expect them to come out as fast as they did.”

After winning their first meeting in overtime earlier in the season, the Ladies dropped their second game 37-35 against Mt. Vernon

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It’s a film that brings together presi-dents, diplomats, spies and musi-cians from the West and the Soviet Union to talk about how rock and

roll contributed in ending the Cold War.There will be a special viewing of

the documentary “Free to Rock” on Thursday, Feb. 4 at the Sea View Theatre.

“This is such an important and must see film,” said organizer Donna Laslo.

The movie starts at 7:30 p.m. and admission is $10 at the door or in advance at http://freetorock.brownpa-pertickets.com. All proceeds from the showing will go to the Orcas Island Film Festival.

After the showing, there will be a panel discussion with producer Nick Binkley, Joanna Stingray (who is fea-tured in the film) and Valery Saifudinov, one of the first Soviet rockers.

“Free to Rock” was one of the selec-tions shown at the 2015 Orcas Island

Film Festival. It is being brought back to the island for a special viewing because of its popularity. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is featuring the film at its exhibit “Rock and Politics.”

Ten years in the making, the docu-mentary is directed by four-time Emmy winning filmmaker Jim Brown and nar-rated by Kiefer Sutherland. It tells the story of how rock and roll spread like a virus across the Soviet Union despite Communist attempts to outlaw it. Thousands of underground bands and millions of young fans who yearned for Western freedoms helped fuel the non-violent implosion of the Soviet regime.

Rock and roll sounded the “chimes of freedom” in the hearts and minds of Iron Curtain youth. Inspiring its youth to demand freedom to listen, play and record rock music, to enjoy basic human rights and freedom from oppressive communist rule.

The story follows the key political, musical and activist players in this real-

life drama as the KGB cracked down hard with arrests, beatings, death threats and imprisonment. Thousands of underground rock bands with millions of passionate supporters inspire dand fueled independence movements that eventually cause the Soviet communist system to implode without blood shed or civil war.

Interviews and performance subjects include: Presidents Carter, Gorbachev and Vike-Freiberga, NATO Deputy Secretary General Vershbow, KGB General Kalugin, diplomats, historians and journalists, along with Elvis Presley, Beatles, Billy Joel, Metallica, Scorpions, Beach Boys, Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and the WALL in Berlin concert; plus the Iron Curtain rockers who braved the long struggle with the Kremlin and KGB.

The film is produced in collaboration with the Grammy Museum, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the Stas

Namin Center of Moscow, with support from the U.S. Government’s National Endowment of the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts, both U.S. Government arts agencies.

About the film festivalSlated for Oct. 7 to 10, 2016, the film

festival offers a selection of short and feature length films from around the world curated by Carl Spence, Artistic Director for the Seattle International Film Festival.

“Five of our films from this year are nominated for Academy Awards. One of our films, ‘Room,’ is nominated for three Academy awards! This speaks volumes of the kind of quality films were are get-ting thanks to Carl Spence. Looking for-ward to this years’ festival,” said Laslo, who is also a producer of the festival.


Learn about, and participate in, the artistic and technical aspects of theatrical design while staging a show at the Orcas Center.

Longtime theatre artist Jake Perrine will present a series of classes that will introduce you to the basics of set, light, costume and sound design while simultaneously staging the upcoming “Midsummer Night’s Dream” for the Shakespeare Festival on April 1 and 2. Members of the class are invited to participate in the building and/or running crew for the show’s performances, which is set in modern times and promises to have some adventur-ous technical aspects. Participation in the class is free, or by optional donation. It will meet Monday nights from 6 to 8 p.m. at Orcas Center’s Center Stage from 2/1 to 3/21 (eight classes).

No previous experience is necessary – only a creative spirit and a willingness to partici-pate in a team effort. To sign up, email Jake at [email protected].

THRU JAN. 31PLAYFEST SUBMISSIONS: Actor’s Theater of Orcas Island is accepting short play submissions for the 11th annual, 2016 Ten-minute Playfest. Entries will be accepted between now and Jan. 31. For guidelines, contact Michele Griskey at [email protected].

SAT., JAN. 23ORCAS ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING: 3 to 6 p.m. at the Orcas Island Senior Center. $15 per per-son. It is also a potluck din-ner; prime rib and salmon will be provided. Bring a dish that serves eight or more. Last names beginning with A-G can bring a side dish, H-R a salad and S-Z a dessert. Reservations: 376-4849, orcasmuseums.org or [email protected].

WEDS., JAN. 27FOSTER CARE INFORMATION NIGHT: From 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Eastsound Fire Station. Have you ever wondered what is involved to become a foster parent? Join the meeting to learn what it takes and how to get involved.

SUN., JAN. 31AMERICAN LEGION PANCAKE BREAKFAST: 8 a.m. to noon, 793 Crescent Beach Dr.PUCCINI’S TURANDOT : Streaming at 1 p.m., Orcas Center. One of opera’s great-est dramatic sopranos, Nina Stemme, sings the title role of the proud princess of ancient China.

SUN. – ONGOINGALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 5:30-6:30 p.m., Emmanuel Church .ADULT VOLLEYBALL: 7 to 9:15 p.m., High School Gym, $2.

MON. – ONGOINGALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Benson Hall, Emmanuel Church.

AL-ANON: 7 p.m., Benson Hall, Emmanuel Church.DUPLICATE BRIDGE: Monday Night Duplicate Bridge Group. Need a partner? Call Cheryl at 376-3104 or Marguerite at 376-2220.BUDGETING WORKSHOP: First Monday of each month, 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the library’s community room.

TUES. – ONGOINGKIWANIS CLUB: 12:30 to 1:30

p.m., Community Church.AA: For women, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., for men, 7 to 8 p.m., Emmanuel Church.CELEBRATE RECOVERY: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Senior Center.

WEDS. – ONGOINGLIONS CLUB: Weekly lunch, 11:45 a.m., Legion. AA: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Benson Hall, Emmanuel Church.ANSWERS IN THE HEART: 7 to 8 p.m., an S.L.A.A. 12-step recovery, Episcopal Church. ADULT VOLLEYBALL: 7 to 9:15 p.m., High School Gym, $2.SOBER START: 7 a.m. - 9 a.m., Community Church Family Center.

THURS. – ONGOINGSTORYTIME: 11 a.m., library

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: 5:30 p.m., Orcas Longhouse.

AL-ANON: 5:30 p.m., Benson Hall, Emmanuel Church.

BINGO: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., first Thursday of every month at the American Legion, in support of Kaleidoscope.

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS: 5:30 p.m. at the Community Church Family Center.

FRI. – ONGOINGAA: 5:30 p.m., Benson Hall, Emmanuel Church.

BACK TO BASICS: 12 p.m. - 1 p.m., Community Church Family Center.

SAT. – ONGOINGAA: 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Emmanuel Church. Potluck last Saturday of the month.

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Local instructors are again offering their community dance class on Monday, Feb. 1 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Oddfellows Hall. Stan and Kay Miller will be assisting the class on learn-ing tango. They have been dancing tango for quite a few years and are very proficient at it. 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.

“Start the New Year off right by learning to dance, which is good for your health, your well-being and your ability to relate to others. Come out and enjoy yourself while learning or improving your ability to dance,” say organizers.

Want to get your feet wet and test the waters of theater? This is your chance. January 31 is the deadline for aspiring writers to turn in short play submissions. We want to celebrate the new year with new and fun local works by island playwrights. Seven local writers will be selected for a full production that will take place the last weekend of April, and the first weekend of May. Everyone has a story, and this will be your chance to tell it. We are not talking “War and Peace”, but a simple 10-minute play with a small cast and limited props is perfect. Even if you have never tried this before, you will get help and guidelines along the way. Writers will get feedback and revision help if needed. This community is filled with talent and stories, and this is an exciting way to show it. Send us your best work All submissions should be sent to [email protected] as either MS Word or pdf documents. Thank you for your interest and let’s have fun!

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Christian in another tight battle on Jan. 21. The two evenly matched teams stayed within a couple points the entire game, but Sasan was disappointed this one slipped away after gain-ing a four point lead with a little over a minute left.

“The close ones are the hardest ones to lose,” he said. “We shot pretty well, but so did the Hurricanes. I thought our defense played really well. The game came to down to a late game foul by us and the Hurricane player made both of her free

throws…and then we lost the ball on an inbound pass. They are a very good team and I wanted to beat them again, it just did not turn out that way.”

The 4-4 Lady Vikings ended the week with a 59-35 loss to the 10-0 LaConner Braves on Jan. 23.

“I don’t know what hap-pened there,” Sasan said. “Somebody put a lid over our bucket. We also had a lot of turn overs and bad passes, which always hurts us. We seem to always have more turnovers against the Braves and I don’t know if it’s the pressure or what. We practiced for LaConner’s defense but when it comes

to game time, we just fall apart. Combine that with poor shooting and it’s a long night. They are a good, well coached club. They aren’t 10-0 for nothing.”

The Vikings had some injuries from high elbows which were ignored by the officials.

When Sasan was asked about it, he smiled and said “I never say anything bad about the officiating, but I told them someone was going to get hurt and they did.”

Both Viking basket-ball teams took on Friday Harbor at home on Tuesday, Jan. 26.

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The general show of “On and Off the Wall” in the Madrona Room at Orcas Center will run until March 2 (not March 30, as the press release stated).

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Lopez Island artist Steve Hill will be among 100 American artists going to Havana, Cuba, to partici-pate in an historic on-site art event: Plein Air Magazine’s “Paint Cuba 2016 Publisher’s Invitational.”

This is the largest group of artists in history to get special permission to paint on the “forbidden island,” for an entire week, from February 6-13. The whole group will be stay-ing in a large Havana hotel and making daily paint-ing excursions all over the country.

Mainly through recent diplomatic efforts of Presidents Obama and Raoul Castro, as well as Pope Francis, both coun-tries finally opened embas-sies again, on July 20, 2015.

Hill said, “When this opportunity came up in mid-December, it took my wife Judy and I less than five minutes to decide to go (spouses, patrons and col-lectors were also invited). I never thought I would see something like this in my lifetime, and feel extraordi-narily lucky to be involved.

Cuba has been frozen in time for the past 50 years and we will all be recording and expressing that through our paintings done there, before everything changes as embargoes continue to lift and relations between the U.S. and Cuba thaw.”

As a group, they are tak-ing gifts for Cuban artists to upgrade their art sup-plies in the form of odorless mineral spirits for oil paint-ers, who have been forced to use gasoline for thinners the past 50 years – not at all good for anything on the canvas, or their health. Hill will be taking a few gift sets of pastel sticks, as that’s my preferred plein air medium.

Hill will be posting a lot of his work done in Cuba,

but probably not until he returns to Lopez in mid-February.

Go to www.windswept-studios.com for more infor-mation.

Hill’s work is on display at Crow Valley Gallery on Orcas and Windswept Fine Art Gallery on Lopez.

Puccini's final opera, “Turandot,” which is one of the most spectacular pro-ductions in the Met reperto-ry, returns to the Live in HD series streaming to Orcas Center on Sunday, Jan. 31 at 1 p.m.

Swedish dramatic sopra-no Nina Stemme sings her first Met performance in the demanding title role of Puccini's Chinese ice princess, the proud royalty of ancient China, whose riddles doom every suitor who seeks her hand. Tenors Marcelo Àlvarez and Marco Berti are the brave princes who sing ”Nessun dorm” to win her love, in Franco Zeffirelli's visually stunning production. With Puccini's sumptuous soaring score, the Emperor's palace is one of the most blindingly opu-lent scenes the Met has to offer.

Since the company pre-

miere in 1926, “Turnadot” has been performed 296 times at the Met with Zeffirelli’s production pre-miering in 1987. Among the many performers who have sung the leading roles with the company, Birgit Nilsson and Franco Corelli hold the Met record with 52 and 54 performances, respectively, of the leading roles—more than half of which they sang together between 1961 and

1970. Tickets for The Met: Live

in HD’s “Turnadot” are $20, $15 for students, $2 off for Orcas Center members, and may be purchased at www.orcascenter.org or by call-ing 376-2281 ext. 1 or visit-ing the Orcas Center Box Office open Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from noon-2 p.m. $5 subsidized tickets available at the Box Office.

Singing their hearts out

The Orcas Schools’ annual Spelling Bee in the public school cafeteria at 9

a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19. All but three students had been eliminated by 9:45 a.m.

By 10 a.m. it was down to two, Mia Smith of Orcas Middle School and Darby Wright of Orcas Christian School. Smith and Wright alternated spelling, and misspelling, words for nearly an hour until there was only one winner. Smith took home the prize for best speller by correctly spelling “acetone,” taking home a Samsung tablet as reward.

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CHRISTIAN SCIENCESunday Worship & Sunday School 10:00 am

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THURSDAYS: Holy Eucharist 12:15 pmMisa en español primer sábado de cada mes a las 6 pm

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Beginning February 5 and running through June, the Funhouse, in collabora-tion with DVSAS, will be hosting a fifth and sixth grade outdoor club for boys and girls.

“Stepping-Up Fridays” will meet the first Friday of each month from 3:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., with a healthy dinner provided.

Activities will include service learning opportu-

nities and skills-building games focused on healthy boundaries and self-esteem. Monthly outings range from marine beach excur-sions, hikes, a field trip to a sustainable farm, and an outdoor overnight camp-ing trip. Spring dates are: 2/12 (second Friday due to scheduling conflicts), 3/4, 4/1, 5/6, and 6/3-4.

Attendance is free; space is limited. To sign up or

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NOTICE OF APPLICATIONS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS (Planning Commission – PC; Hearing Examiner – HEX; County Council Hearing Room - CCHR)

Permit Number Description Tax Parcel Number,

Project Location, and Island Applicant/Agent Name

and Address Date of

ApplicationDate

Complete

Other Required Permits, If known

Existing Environmental

Documents SEPA

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PCUP00-15-0031 Vacation rental 450350012, 996 Smugglers

Cove Rd., San Juan

Michael and Sally Shaffer, c/o John Thompson, PO Box 16725,

Seattle, WA 98116 12/17/15 1/19/16 - - Exempt - 2/17/16 HEX Key

Bank 4/21/16

PCUP00-16-0001 Vacation rental 340250013, 108 Henley

Court, San Juan Marie Rothlisberger, 108 Henley Court, Friday Harbor, WA 98250 1/14/16 1/14/16 - - Exempt - 2/17/16 HEX Key

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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 10:30 a.m., in the Key Bank, Downstairs, Garden Rroom, 95 Second Street, Friday Harbor. Planning Commission meetings begin at 8:45 am. In the County Council Hearing Room, 55 Second Street, Friday Harbor. Any person desiring to comment prior to the hearing should submit a written statement to Community Development, PO Box 947, Friday Harbor, WA. 98250. Written comments may also be submitted at the hearing. A copy of the staff report for a hearing may be obtained from Community Development seven days prior to the hearing. NOTICE OF PERMITS: Information regarding all land use and building permits is available on the County’s website. A link is available on the Community Development homepage at: sanjuanco.com/cdp

LEGAL NO. SJ1518671 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands, The Islands’ Sounder, JANUARY 27, 2016

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.

In the Superior Court of the State of Washington for San Juan County

in the matter of the estate of Eugene Harbord Knapp Jr., Deceased.NO. 15-4-05061 1 Notice to Creditors RCW 11.40.030 The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Per- sonal Representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against 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 RCW11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Personal Representative or the Personal Representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court. The claim must be presented within the later of:(1) Thirty days after the Personal Repre- sentative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under

RCW 11.40.020(3); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the cla im 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 non probate assets. Date of first publication: January 13, 2016 Personal Representative Mignonne Knapp, 343 Buckhorn Rd., East- sound, WA, 98245 360-376-4579LEGAL NO. S676846Published: The Islands’ SounderJanuary 13, 20, 27, 2016.

OPAL Community Land TrustRequest for Qualifications

General ContractorEastsound, WA

Request for Qualifications are currently being accepted by OPAL Community Land Trust from General

Contractors for new construction and associated site work of 30 units of mixed income rental housing consisting of seven residential buildings and one Commons building. Property is located in Eastsound on Orcas Is- land. Deadline for submittals is 3:00pm on Friday, February 5, 2016. RFQ posted at www.opalclt.org/news or call OPAL Community Land Trust at 360-376-3191. OPAL Community Land Trust is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.LEGAL NO. S677297Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands, The Islands’ SounderJanuary 13, 20, 27, 2016.

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON,

SAN JUAN COUNTYIn the Matter of the EstateofPEGGY J. STONE,Deceased.NO. 15-4-05071-9

PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDI- TORSRCW 11.40.030 The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Per- sonal Representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, prior to the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing the claim to the Personal Representative or the Per- sonal Representative’s attorney at the address stated below, and filing the original of the claim with the Court identified herein. 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; or (2) four months after the date of first publication of this 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 prob ate and non-probate assets.Date of First Publication: January 13, 2016Personal Representative: Robert Stone Attorney for the Personal Represen- tative: Alan R. SoudersAddress for Mailing or Service: Souders Law Group, 913 Seventh Street, P.O. Box 1950, Anacortes, WA, 98221Court of Probate Proceedings and Cause number: San Juan County Superior Court Cause Number 15-4-05071-9.LEGAL NO. S676960Published: The Islands’ SounderJanuary 13, 20, 27, 2016.

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