First-place winner, 2014 WNPA General Excellence Thursday, February 26, 2015 VOL. 20, NO. 29 50¢ www.whidbeyexaminer.com E xaminer The Whidbey Coupeville’s Wolf PAC Theater Troupe presents ‘Swing Fever’ Page 2 clean water County sheds light on septic maintenance importance By Janis Reid Staff Reporter Getting people to inspect their septic sys- tems has been an ongoing struggle for Island County. It’s one that the law doesn’t necessarily incentivize. When the county first implemented the law in 2009, it could have cost a homeowner around $250 for an inspection, $62 to submit the results and up to $20,000 in repairs or re- placement if problems were discovered. If the county finds a resident to be non- compliant, however, they are only issued a $25 fine. With the county’s limited staff and re- sources, enforcement was a problem, accord- ing to Keith Higman, the county’s public health director. “The system hasn’t created a great incen- tive for compliance,” Higman said. Today, things are a little different. The $62 fee was removed in recent years and the program has continued through Clean Water Utility funding. In addition, the county now has access to federal rebates, grants and loans to assist — and incentivize — homeowners to take a real look at their septic systems. To get the word out, a community meeting was held last week at the Captain Whidbey Inn focusing on the Penn Cove watershed to encourage people to both think environmen- tally and comply with the law. The county served Penn Cove mussels, in part to drive home the point that clean water is essential for a healthy ecosystem. “We hoped people would make that con- nection,” said Ruth Piccone, Island County environmental health specialist. Identified as one of the county’s high-risk watersheds, Penn Cove is a body of water with low-dissolved oxygen, making it sensitive to pollution, Piccone said. This hyper-focus on Penn Cove was made possible by a $60,000 area-specific feder- al grant applied for by Higman’s staff and awarded to high-risk watersheds. Due to the sensitivity of Penn Cove and its 1,177 septic systems, the money is intended to pay for up to $300 of a resident’s inspection. “It’s limited and we want people to take advantage,” Piccone. “The money will run out.” In addition to the Penn Cove-specific mon- ey, the county also has access to grants and loans county-wide to assist residents in caring for their septic systems. The county has more than 27,000 known septic systems with a 21 percent compliance rate, Piccone said. The endangered Penn Cove watershed has only a 16 percent compliance. South Holmes Harbor and Maxwelton watersheds are also high-risk areas, although the county has yet to gather hard compliance numbers on them. While the county has previously focused on overall compliance, they are taking a step back from that and simply trying to get people to see what’s going on with their systems. Janis Reid photo Eugene Thrasher, with the Island County Beach Watchers, discusses how water quality can affect the quality of sea life at last week’s open house at the Captain Whidbey Inn. Septic sys- tem owners in the Penn Cove watershed are being offered a rebate to help pay for inspections. See Septic, page 8 Town swaps member on transit board By Jessie Stensland Co-Editor Jackie Henderson’s first meeting on the Island Transit board was an eventful mara- thon session in which the board adopted new routes, purchased new buses and re- jected a headhunting proposal. Henderson replaces longtime Island Transit member Bob Clay on the board of the recovering agency. She is a mem- ber of the Coupeville Town Council and the director of the Island County Human Services. The Coupeville Council appointed Hen- derson to serve on the transit board this month. Both Clay and Henderson asked to be appointed; Mayor Nancy Conard had to Town hiring for planning director job By Megan Hansen Co-Editor The Town of Coupeville is seeking ap- plications to fill a full-time planning direc- tor position. The first screening of applications will be March 12 with selection hopefully in April, Mayor Nancy Conard said. In late 2014, Town Council approved a budget addition for a full-time employee position for the planning department. Currently, the town contracts for services and current Planning Director Bridgett Smith comes in an average of three days a week. Because the position is changing to an employee status, the town must seek ap- plications. Smith has been encouraged to apply See Job, page 8 See Board, page 8
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First-place winner, 2014 WNPA General Excellence
Thursday, February 26, 2015 VOL. 20, NO. 2950¢
www.whidbeyexaminer.comExaminer
The WhidbeyCoupeville’s Wolf PAC Theater Troupe
presents ‘Swing Fever’ Page 2
clean water County sheds light on septic maintenance importance
By Janis ReidStaff Reporter
Getting people to inspect their septic sys-tems has been an ongoing struggle for Island County.
It’s one that the law doesn’t necessarily incentivize.
When the county � rst implemented the law in 2009, it could have cost a homeowner around $250 for an inspection, $62 to submit the results and up to $20,000 in repairs or re-placement if problems were discovered.
If the county � nds a resident to be non-compliant, however, they are only issued a $25 � ne.
With the county’s limited staff and re-sources, enforcement was a problem, accord-ing to Keith Higman, the county’s public health director.
“The system hasn’t created a great incen-tive for compliance,” Higman said.
Today, things are a little different.The $62 fee was removed in recent years
and the program has continued through Clean Water Utility funding.
In addition, the county now has access to federal rebates, grants and loans to assist — and incentivize — homeowners to take a real look at their septic systems.
To get the word out, a community meeting was held last week at the Captain Whidbey Inn focusing on the Penn Cove watershed to encourage people to both think environmen-tally and comply with the law. The county served Penn Cove mussels, in part to drive home the point that clean water is essential for a healthy ecosystem.
“We hoped people would make that con-nection,” said Ruth Piccone, Island County environmental health specialist.
Identi� ed as one of the county’s high-risk watersheds, Penn Cove is a body of water with low-dissolved oxygen, making it sensitive to pollution, Piccone said.
This hyper-focus on Penn Cove was made possible by a $60,000 area-speci� c feder-
al grant applied for by Higman’s staff and awarded to high-risk watersheds. Due to the sensitivity of Penn Cove and its 1,177 septic systems, the money is intended to pay for up to $300 of a resident’s inspection.
“It’s limited and we want people to take advantage,” Piccone.
“The money will run out.”In addition to the Penn Cove-speci� c mon-
ey, the county also has access to grants and loans county-wide to assist residents in caring for their septic systems.
The county has more than 27,000 known septic systems with a 21 percent compliance rate, Piccone said. The endangered Penn Cove watershed has only a 16 percent compliance.
South Holmes Harbor and Maxwelton watersheds are also high-risk areas, although
the county has yet to gather hard compliance numbers on them.
While the county has previously focused on overall compliance, they are taking a step back from that and simply trying to get people to see what’s going on with their systems.
Janis Reid photo
Eugene Thrasher, with the Island County Beach Watchers, discusses how water quality can affect the quality of sea life at last week’s open house at the Captain Whidbey Inn. Septic sys-tem owners in the Penn Cove watershed are being offered a rebate to help pay for inspections.
See Septic, page 8
Town swaps member on transit boardBy Jessie StenslandCo-Editor
Jackie Henderson’s � rst meeting on the Island Transit board was an eventful mara-thon session in which the board adopted new routes, purchased new buses and re-jected a headhunting proposal.
Henderson replaces longtime Island Transit member Bob Clay on the board of the recovering agency. She is a mem-ber of the Coupeville Town Council and the director of the Island County Human Services.
The Coupeville Council appointed Hen-derson to serve on the transit board this month. Both Clay and Henderson asked to be appointed; Mayor Nancy Conard had to
Town hiring for planning director jobBy Megan HansenCo-Editor
The Town of Coupeville is seeking ap-plications to � ll a full-time planning direc-tor position.
The � rst screening of applications will be March 12 with selection hopefully in April, Mayor Nancy Conard said.
In late 2014, Town Council approved a budget addition for a full-time employee position for the planning department.
Currently, the town contracts for services and current Planning Director Bridgett Smith comes in an average of three days a week.
Because the position is changing to an employee status, the town must seek ap-plications.
Smith has been encouraged to apply
See Job, page 8
See Board, page 8
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Coupeville drama troupe presents ‘Swing Fever’By Ron NewberryStaff Reporter
Bella Cedillo figures she’d probably go home and take a nap after school if it weren’t for Coupeville High School’s drama club.
“I do drama because it’s something to do after school,” said Cedillo, a se-nior. “I think it’s a better outlet than sports are. Drama gives you more opportunities to show who you are.”
Cedillo is part of Coupe-ville’s Wolf PAC Theatre Troupe, which meets after school to prepare for the lat-est school play.
These days, the students are rehearsing for the light comedy “Swing Fever,” which will take place at 7 p.m. on March 6, 7, 13 and 14 in the school’s performing arts center.
Less than two weeks until showtime, Peg Tennant, the school’s drama advisor, was wondering if a little fever had crept into Monday night’s rehearsal.
“It’s clear that lines are an
issue,” she told the cast dur-ing a break in rehearsals.
Coupeville’s Troupe is made of about 25 students who enjoy the camaraderie and support that members offer each other.
By the time production rolls around for this play, the cast of 14 is confident that forgotten lines will be a thing of the past.
They have each other to offer encouragement.
Transfer student Nick Blaloch said he felt welcome immediately by the drama group. The sophomore moved to Coupeville from Adairsville, Ga., earlier this month.
“Everyone’s nice and in-viting,” Blaloch said.
He tried drama in Geor-gia earlier this school year for the first time since elemen-tary school and was surprised how it brought out his per-sonality.
“I really doubted myself,” he said.
Blaloch plays an acting part in a play written by Es-ther E. Olson that carries a Cinderella-like theme.
The main character, Al-exander Norris, played by junior Jarrett Compton, por-trays a high school student who attends a spring dance against his father’s wishes but goes in disguise wearing a mask and his dad’s suit.
As it turns out, Nor-ris dances with a glamor-ous movie star, who winds up wanting to cast him as a dance partner in one of her movies but doesn’t know his identity.
The stern father, a dean of a college, played by junior Sebastian Wurzrainer, ends up being the subject of the
search after a strand of his suit pants is found caught on a nail.
“It’s kind of a Cinderella story that involves dancing,” junior Miranda Kortuem said.
And with dancing comes a lot of practice and encour-agement.
“Performing in front of people is not easy to do,” said Scott Davis, the set designer whose son, Sebastian Davis, plays the role of grandpa.
Cedillo said drama stu-dents tend to be a close-knit group, closer than she’s expe-rienced in other after-school activities.
“You feel more connect-ed,” she said. “You have more people who are needed to be supported by you.”
Ron Newberry photos
Top: Sebastian Wurzrain-er and McKenzie Meyer play husband and wife in the play, ‘Swing Fever,’ which opens May 6 at the Coupe-ville High School perform-ing arts center. Wurzrainer’s character, Dean Norris, is a stern college dean who be-comes the talk of the town thanks to his son.
Left: Bella Cedillo, who plays Mrs. Grimm, is one of only two seniors on the 14-member cast.
2015-16 school year starting earlyContrary to previous pro-
cedure, Coupeville School District will start its 2015-16 school year before Labor Day.
School will start Monday, Aug. 31 and end Thursday, June 9.
A committee creating the
new calendar found school wouldn’t start until Sept. 8 if it were to wait until after the holiday.
Superintendent Jim Shank said the committee felt that might be pretty late to start and polled 77 staff members on when they’d like
to see the school year start and end.
Of the staff polled, 57 percent preferred a starting date of Aug. 31 through Sept. 4 and 43 percent preferred starting Sept. 8.
Staff also preferred the year end earlier in June.
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Friday Feb. 27
Kids Kreate with K’Nex, 1-2 p.m., Feb. 27, at the Coupeville Elementary Mul-tipurpose Room. Early-Re-lease Day Program. Come for an hour of hands-on cre-ativity with these popular building sets. You bring your imagination and they’ll bring the Kid K’Nex. For school-age children and their caregivers. Supported by the Sno-Isle Li-braries Foundation.
“American Idol” Finalist Angie Miller Performanc-es, 7 p.m., Feb. 27 and 28, at the First Reformed Church, Oak Harbor. 360-675-4837 for more information.
Saturday Feb. 28
Island County Amateur Radio Club Meeting, 9 a.m., Feb. 28, at the Island County Commissioners’ Hearing Room. A top policymaker with the nation’s largest associa-tion of amateur radio opera-tors will update Whidbey ra-dio buffs about the hobby’s growth in the U.S., upcoming radio events and legislative ef-forts. Volunteer radio-license examiners will be on site to provide information and to administer federal ham radio operator exams for interested persons. Visit www.w7avm.org or email [email protected]
Birding Central Whidbey Prairie, 9 a.m. to noon, Feb. 28, at Sunnyside Overlook parking lot area on Sherman Road, Coupeville. Explore one of the most scenic areas
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Monday March 2
Ebey’s 101, 5:30-7:30 p.m., March 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 and April 6, at the Coupeville Li-brary. This six-week course explores Ebey’s Landing by using primary documents, so we can hear first-hand the voices of our ancestors. Focus will be on European explorers, American settlers, establishing the territory and state, the commercialization of Coupeville, and the con-nection of Whidbey Island to the U.S. Presented by Lynn Hyde, Historic Whidbey.
Tuesday March 3
Living Well with Chronic Pain, 1-3:30 p.m., March 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31 and April 7, at the Coupeville Library. This workshop offers practical skills for living a less stress-ful life while managing one or more chronic conditions like arthritis, diabetes, high blood pressure, pain, fibromyalgia, etc. Peer facilitators will lead
participants through Stan-ford University’s program for dealing with frustration, fatigue, isolation, medica-tion, pain management, food choices for better health, de-cision making and problem solving and communication with family, friends and medi-cal personnel. Space is lim-ited for those 18 years of age and older. This free program is sponsored by Senior Ser-vices of Island County and the Friends of the Coupeville Library. Preregistration is re-quired. Call 360-321-1600, ext. 23.
Thursday March 5
Coupeville Garden Club meeting, 9:30 a.m. to noon, March 5, at the Coupeville Rec. Hall. Coffee and snacks will be served. The business meeting will start at 10 a.m. Everyone is welcome.
Greenbank Garden Club March Meeting, 9:30 a.m. to noon, March 5, at Green-bank Progressive Clubhouse. Short business meeting fol-lowed by a program. The March program is Propaga-tion Basics by guest speaker George Lasch, the supervisor of the Northwest Perennial Al-liance Border at the Bellevue Botanical Garden.
Whidbey Weavers Guild monthly meeting, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Pacific Arts Center, Coupeville. There will be a short business meeting followed by a “show and tell” of members’ recent fiber ac-tivities. A speaker will follow. The speaker this month is Gail Harker of the Gail Harker Cen-ter for Creative Arts in Oak Harbor. The public is invited.
For further information, visit www.whidbeyweaversguild.org
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Mussel Mingle, 5:30-8:30 p.m., March 6, at Coupeville Rec Hall. Enjoy a giant Prairie Dog, mussels and frites, wine and beer and live music by Broken Banjo. Tickets are $20 presale or $25 at door. Avail-able at Coupeville Chamber, bayleaf and Aqua Gifts. Must be 21 or older.
Rob Schouten Gallery “The Third Dimension” Sculpture Show Recep-tion, 5-8 p.m., March 6, at the Rob Schouten Gallery, at Greenbank Farm. Walk through the gallery and sculp-ture garden and let artists Pe-nelope Crittenden, Dan Free-man, Sharon Spencer and Lloyd Whannell take you to places you haven’t ventured
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Mussels in the Kettles bike ride, 10 a.m., March 7, in the Kettles and Fort Ebey trail system. The noncompetitive mountain bike ride is for all skill levels. The easy course is 8 miles, moderate 10 and ex-pert 12-plus. Early registration is $20; after Feb. 28, it’s $30. www.whidbeybicycleclub.org
Penn Cove Mussel Festi-val, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 7-8, Coupeville. Buy tickets at Coupeville Rec Hall. Chowder tasting, beer garden, fresh mussels and more.
Whidbey Gardening Work-shop, March 7, at Oak Har-bor High School. Choose
from 45 classes, beginning to advanced, with 20 new classes. There are five learn-ing tracks, Garden design, gardening basics, ornamen-tals, sustainability and fruits and vegetables. Mix and match classes like low main-tenance, outdoor rooms, pruning, native plants, about our soils, gardening myths, rose gardening, shade gar-dens, peonies, lavender, suc-culents, season extension, weed management, garden recycling, slug university, culi-nary herbs, berries, gardening with children, vegetable gar-dening made easy and more. The keynote speaker is Nick Bond, state climatologist for Washington and KUOW NPR guest reporter. He will speak on “Changing climate and the gardener. … What can we ex-pect?” www.whidbeygarden ingworkshop.org
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ExaminerThe Whidbey
By Jim WallerStaff Reporter
The Coupeville High School gymnasium is filled with the sweat and intense competition of prep bas-ketball on Friday nights. On Satur-day mornings, that effort and emo-tion change to the fun-loving play and smiles of youth basketball.
The Coupeville Boys and Girls Club junior basketball program runs from mid-January to early March and includes 94 youngsters from kindergarten through the sev-enth grade.
There are 14 co-ed teams divided into four grade divisions (kindergar-ten-first, second-third, fourth-fifth and sixth-seventh).
Jamie Scharich, Boys and Girls Club unit director, said the goals of the program are for the young athletes to develop their skills, learn about good sportsmanship and have fun.
“I want the kids to love basket-ball,” Scharich said. “We’d love to say that our program helped Coupe-ville bring home a state champion-ship, but, more than that, I want the kids to learn the fundamentals of the sport and learn how to be win-ners on and off the court.”
The players aren’t the only ones who benefit from the program.
More than 30 volunteers help coach, officiate and run the conces-sion stand.
About 20 of these are current high school athletes; some grew up playing youth basketball in Coupe-ville.
They’ve come “full circle,” Scharich said.
Three members of the Coupe-
ville High School varsity girls bas-ketball team, seniors Kacie Kiel, Julia Myers and Monica Vidoni, are among the group of volunteers.
Early one Saturday morning, Kiel and Myers came long before the team they coach was scheduled to play.
“I just like watching the little kids have fun,” Myers said.
Soon the pair was helping out by running the clock and scoreboard for one of the games.
Vidoni, a veteran of the youth league, started coaching because she “enjoys teaching.”
“I want to help them learn the basics and have a love for basket-ball,” she added.
The volunteer group also in-cludes a “handful of firefighters”
and “guys from the Navy” who fill in and coach and referee when need-ed, Scharich said.
“I have one coach (a dad of one of the players) that you can truly see he is having more fun than the kids each week,” Scharich said. “He loves being out there and playing alongside his son.
“You can also see it in the coach-es that they want success for each of
their players. “I also have another coach (also
a parent) that really knows nothing about basketball but is doing it to spend more time with his daughter and to create lasting memories.”
The high school coaching staffs, led by varsity boys coach Anthony Smith and varsity girls coach David King, are involved in the program.
Each Thursday evening, the CHS coaches, along with their play-ers, offer clinics for the youth play-ers.
“Coach Smith and coach King rotate weeks and get their whole team involved,” Scharich said. “This is something new this year. They have done an amazing job.
“The younger kids have truly loved getting one-on-one atten-tion from the bigger kids. It has also been great for the high school coaches to help since these (the youth league players) are the kids that will be on their teams in a few years. It helps us build consistency and a cohesive program.”
In addition to the Thursday clin-ics, each team turns out once a week on either Tuesday or Wednesday.
Middle school coach Bob Mar-tin volunteers each week to “orga-nize and facilitate,” Scharich said.
A group of local businesses and others also help with the program through sponsorships: Coupeville Booster Club, Coupeville Cof-fee & Bistro, Cascade Insurance, Red Apple Prairie Center, Cascade Custom Homes & Design, All-4-Kids, Central Whidbey Lions, DM Trucking, Tri-Essence Care, Island Facial Aesthetics and Harada Physi-cal Therapy.
Youth basketball program puts fun in fundamentals
Jim Waller photo
Brooklyn VanVelkinburgh, left, and Brynn Parker work on their dribble skills before a recent game.
The Whidbey Island Bicycle Club will host a mountain bike and poker ride, Mussels in the Kettles, in conjunction with MuscleFest Saturday, March 7.
Three courses (easy, moderate and expert) through the Fort Ebey and Kettles trail sys-
tem will be provided for this non-competitive ride.
The start line will be open from 9:30-10 a.m. at 6 South Main St. in Coupeville.
For more information, visit www.mussel inthekettles.net
Bicycle Club offers MusselFest ride
The Coupeville High School girls basketball team’s season ran out of steam when it ran out of players in a 50-44 overtime loss to 10th-ranked Seattle Christian in the District 3 1A tournament Wednesday, Feb. 18.
The loss eliminated the Wolves from the playoffs; Coupeville finished the sea-son with a 15-7 record and its first league title since 2002.
Three Wolves –– all start-ers –– fouled out against Se-attle Christian (16-6).
Julia Myers and Hailey Hammer were disqualified in the fourth quarter and Makana Stone exited in the overtime. All three sat much of the second quarter.
“We just didn’t have enough firepower to over-come our three post players out of the game,” coach Da-vid King said.
“We played our best game all season,” King said. “The only thing missing was getting the win.”
The Wolves opened the
game with a full-court press and received immediate re-sults, racing to a 15-5 lead. They led 25-16 at the break.
Seattle Christian’s Alex Ellis drained a long three-ball (one of five she hit in the game) at the third-period buzzer to give the Warriors their first lead, 35-33.
The game was tied at 40 with just over a minute re-maining in regulation, but neither team could convert.
Ellis scored six points in overtime, and Coupeville,
down three players, couldn’t respond.
Stone finished an out-standing season with yet another strong all-around game. The junior registered
21 points, 21 rebounds (eight on offense), six steals and two blocks.
Madeline Strasburg added five points, four assists and two blocks.
Kacie Kiel scored six points, Hammer four, and Myers, Mia Littlejohn, Monica Vidoni and Wynter Thorne two each.
Overtime loss ends season for girls basketball team
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Chamber honors business leadersBy Megan HansenCo-Editor
Members of the Coupe-ville business community recognized outstanding leaders and welcomed a new batch of board members Thursday during the annual installation and Excellence in Business Awards Dinner.
Shelli Trumbull and Cascade Insurance were awarded the Business of the Year award.
“Small Businesses are the mainstay of our com-munity,” said Lynda Eccles, executive director of the Coupeville Chamber. “In addition to the general crite-ria, the business of the year must provide exceptional informed customer service, unique marketing strate-gies, maintain a successful business, strong community involvement.”
Matt Iverson from All-state Insurance was awarded the Business Leadership Award for his participation in the Haunting of Coupe-ville.
The Pacific Northwest Art School received the first-ever Excellence in Arts and Culture award.
The Handbag Consign-ment Shop received the En-trepreneurial Spirit award,
which is given to new busi-nesses and the Coupeville Library received the Life-time Achievement Award.
Four new board mem-bers were voted and sworn in including Keven Graves, publisher of The Whidbey Examiner; Jim Shank, su-perintendent for Coupeville School District; Kimberly Hoctor, owner of The Hand-
bag Consignment Shop; and Jennifer Roberts from Win-dermere Realty.
Outgoing board mem-bers Lisa Bernhardt, Jug Bernhardt, Janet Burchfield and Dan Miranda were rec-ognized for their service.
Returning board mem-bers are Ken Hofkamp, owner of Prairie Center Red Apple; Linda Saylor from
Whidbey Coffee; Matt Iver-son, of Allstate Insurance; and Dale Offret, CPA.
This year’s executive board is comprised of Shelli Trumbull from Cascade In-surance serving as president; Christy Kellison, owner of Keystone Cafe, serving as vice president; and Linda Saylor will serve as treasurer.
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Lisa Bernhardt, right, presents Shelli Trumbull with the Business of the Year award.
The Coupeville Marshal’s Of-fice responded to the follow-ing calls:
Monday, Feb. 16
11:48 p.m., a caller reported that an elderly man in a wheel-chair on South Main Street was up late playing music very loudly.
Tuesday, Feb. 17
9:33 a.m., a caller requested a welfare check on a woman on North Main Street.
7:57 p.m., a caller reported a friend sent them an “SOS” mes-sage from her phone. The friend is staying at a business on South Main Street.
8:02 p.m., a caller reported a truck was parked and partially blocking the road at Northwest Broadway Street and Black Road.
Wednesday, Feb. 18
10:11 a.m., a caller at Northeast Seventh Street requested an es-cort to an address.
Thursday, Feb. 19
3:13 p.m., deputies responded to a commercial alarm on North-west Alexander Street.
4:36 p.m., a caller on Northwest Broadway requested a welfare check on her husband, who is paranoid and thinks snipers are around the property.
4:49 p.m., a vehicle was impound-ed on Southwest Terry Road.
Friday, Feb. 20
5:48 a.m., a caller on South Main Street reported a neighbor was playing loud music, talking loud, etc. This is an ongoing problem and the neighbor reportedly has a 30-day notice to leave.
5:10 p.m., a caller on Northwest Broadway Street requested infor-mation about the legality of flying drones in the area.
Saturday, Feb. 21
11:39 p.m., a caller on North Main Street wanted to know what time it was.
Sunday, Feb. 22
1:50 a.m., a dog bite was re-ported on Northeast Lauren Street.
1:36 p.m., a caller reported a male was pushing and yelling at a young female on Northeast Kin-ney Street.
3:00 p.m., a caller requested a welfare check on a friend who was recently fired and had ex-pressed suicidal comments in the past on Northeast Clapp Street.
5:16 p.m., deputies responded to a commercial alarm on North-west Front Street.
All activities begin at 1 p.m. at the Coupeville United Method-ist Church on Main Street. Lunch is served every Wednesday at noon. For information, contact Glenda Cantrell at [email protected] or 360-720-2955.
Wednesday, March 4
Bingo, first Wednesdays, called by Mayor Nancy Conard.
Friday, March 6
Falls and Injury Prevention exer-cise class first and third Fridays Led by Mary Waters. Help pre-vent falls and injury. Gentle seated exercises designed to strengthen muscles and improve flexibility and movement.
Wednesday, March 11
Information and Assistance Info, by caseworkers Chasity and Ma-son. What is Senior I and A, and how they can help you? Discus-sion, questions and answers.
Wednesday, March 18
Shifty Sailors, St. Patrick’s Day melodies and sea shanties by Vern Olsen and friends.
Friday, March 20
Falls and Injury Prevention exer-cise class first and third Fridays Led by Mary Waters. Help pre-vent falls and injury. Gentle seated exercises designed to strengthen muscles and improve flexibility and movement.
Wednesday, March 25
Italian Dipping Oil and Tasting Party with Sue. Viva Italiano. Let’s make Italian dipping oils. Develop your own individual flavor combi-nation in a delightful healthy oil. Dip baguette slices as an appetiz-er, drizzle over salads or steamed vegetables. Yummy. Come have fun tasting and being creative.
Wednesday, April 1
Bingo, first Wednesdays, called by Mayor Nancy Conard.
Friday, April 6
Falls and Injury Prevention exer-cise class first and third Fridays Led by Mary Waters. Help pre-vent falls and injury. Gentle seated exercises designed to strengthen muscles and improve flexibility and movement.
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IN PROBATEIn the Matter of the Es- tate ofPHILIP M. COLES, Deceased. NO. 14-4-00269-8 NOTICE TO CREDI- TORSThe Last Will and Tes- tament of the above named decedent has been accepted in to probate under an Adju- dication of Intestacy. JANICE M. KEMP has been appointed to han- dle all matters of this estate. Persons having
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claims against the de- cedent must, prior to the time such claims would be barred by any otherwise appli- cable statute of limita- tions, present the claim in the manner as pro- vided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the at- torneys of record at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the cour t. The claim must be pre- sented within the later of: (l) Thirty days after any potential creditor was served or mailed the notice to the credi- tor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(3); or (2) four months after the date of first publi- cation of the notice. If the claim is not pre- sented within this time frame, the claim is for- ever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the dece- den t ’s p roba te and nonprobate assets./s/Janice M. KempJANICE M. KEMPDATE OF FIRST PUB- LICATION: February 12, 2015McPHERSON & McPHERSON, P.L.L.P.By:/s/Molly M. McPher- son MOLLY M. MCPHER- SON, WSBA #23027 Attorney for Personal Representative
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ISLAND COUNTY NOXIOUS WEED
CONTROL BOARD T h e I s l a n d C o u n t y Noxious Weed Control Boa rd w i l l ho ld i t s q u a r t e r l y bu s i n e s s meeting on Tuesday, March 10 at 1:00 p.m. at the Law & Justice Center, 101 NE 6th St., Room 131, Coupeville, WA. A public hearing to adopt the 2015 Is- land County noxious weed list will follow at 3:00 pm.Legal No. WEX616869 Published: The Whid- bey ExaminerFebruary 26, 2015.
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and Conard said Smith could very well transition into the full-time position. The town will wait and see what kind of applications it gets, she said.
Earlier, council members discussed having two part-time positions with different skill sets between short-term
and long-term planning.“Council would prefer
to have one full-time person who could do it all,” Conard said.
One big project that’s up-coming is an update to the town’s comprehensive plan, which must be done periodi-cally.
The next revision is due in two years, Conard said.
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Job: Planner changing from contract position to budgeted employee
“Some have never even been looked at,” Piccone said. “The value is making sure each septic gets an inspection. We want them to open the lid and have a look.”
One reason people might be hesitant to inspect is be-cause a big, expensive prob-lem might be found.
However, at this point the county is not looking to penalize people for any prob-lems but simply work with them on solutions, Piccone said.
Another obstacle to inspections has been the county’s lack of staffing and funding to send some 27,000 letters to septic owners and remind them to inspect, ac-cording to Higman.
“The compliance rate is low because if people aren’t reminded of what they’re sup-posed to be doing, they just won’t do it,” Higman said.
The septic inspection re-quirement was adopted into state law in 2005, a county ordinance was created by 2007 with a 2009 implemen-tation date.
Higman said that in 2005 there seemed to be a recogni-tion that a “one-size-fits-all” approach would not work for many counties.
Additional legislative pressure was placed on the 12
Puget Sound counties where the highest risk of contami-nation exists, although their approach was left to local de-cision makers.
Given its limited resourc-es, Higman said the county opted for a “risk-based” ap-proach to septic compliance, focusing on the areas with the highest contamination poten-tial. Island County modeled its program after Thurston County, and the approach is not uncommon state-wide.
The county encourages homeowners to regularly inspect their septic systems. The cost to a homeowner varies depending on the type of septic system and the home’s proximity to envi-ronmentally sensitive land. Inspections should take place between one and three years, and, in certain cases, the homeowner may attend a county class and learn to in-spect their own system.
Inspections can cost any-where from $120 to $350, for which assistance is available.
Moving forward, Higman said the framework for com-pliance will likely change and evolve with time and public input.
“Until we get to a place when we truly understand the operations of septic systems in our area, it’s gonna be hard to develop an effective system,” Higman said.
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Septic: County focuses on Penn Cove area for system education break a 2-2 tie to appoint Henderson.
That means Langley Councilman Jim Sundberg is the only person on the five-member transit board who was there when financial trouble forced the agency to cut staff and routes last year.
Henderson said Clay, the former chairman, did an admirable job on the transit board and her request to be on the board has nothing to do with him. As the Human Services director, she can help represent the needs of the vul-nerable people in the community who
often rely on buses.“I feel like I have a real inside track
on that population,” she said.Island County Commissioner Jill
Johnson, a fellow board member, said Henderson is a great addition to the board. She said other board members are all about the numbers, but Hender-son will be able to balance that out with a more human perspective.
Friday, the board unanimously ap-proved a “system-enhancement plan” that should bring back much of the ser-vice to several routes on South Whid-bey that were cut last summer and com-
bine a couple of routes in Oak Harbor. The changes won’t impact the bud-
get, transit officials said.The board also voted to purchase
nine new light-duty buses. The pur-chase was budgeted for this year. The agency received a grant to fund 80 percent of the cost; the agency will pay $171,000
In addition, the board decided against hiring a headhunting firm to help find a permanent director. The costs from the firms that responded to the request for proposals ranged from $25,000 to $40,000.
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