N EWS -T IMES W HIDBEY SATURDAY, JULY 25, 2015 WWW.WHIDBEYNEWSTIMES.COM | 75 CENTS Your hometown newspaper for 125 years Vol. 125, No. 59 By KATE DANIEL [email protected]Aiming to curb traffic congestion and decrease col- lisions at Sharpes Corner, the state Department of Transportation is revisiting proposals for revamping Sharpes Corner, where Highway 20 turns south toward Whidbey Island. Among the ideas considered in the past are a large roundabout. The state Legislature recently approved $13.4 million to continue design work, right-of-way acquisition and construction. By DEBRA VAUGHN [email protected]The only bus routes off the island will continue — for now. Island Transit’s Board of Directors voted unanimously Friday to continue service on the two 411 routes that connect Whidbey and Camano Islands with Skagit County until they hear definitively whether Island Transit will receive a $2.3 million grant. If Transit doesn’t get the money, the board agreed to con- tinue the route at least one more month to give riders a chance to make other plans. The two 411 routes are a vital link to many Island County people who use them to get to work, school, medical appoint- ments and government services off the island. Off-island transit route gets reprieve — for now Funding breathes life into Sharpes Corner revamp SEE SHARPES CORNER, A23 SEE ROUTE 411, A23 To bee or not to bee By DEBRA VAUGHN [email protected]Voters have three starkly different candi- dates to choose from in the race for Hospital District Commission position two. Vocal critic Rob Born and former health- care worker Rita Born are vying for the seat of incumbent Georgia Gardner, a certified public accountant who is seeking reelection. Whidbey General Hospital faces numerous challenges, including a multimillion dollar hospital expansion, rapid changes in health care, a public perception the hospital isn’t transparent and a string of complaints by the nurse’s union. Whidbey News Times staff sat down with the three candidates this week. ROB BORN, a retired attorney, said he start- ed an investigative blog because the more he learned about the hospital, the more he saw “scandal after scandal.” His beef isn’t with patient care, but with the past administration, which he describes as “dysfunctional and then some.” He said he’s hopeful new Chief Executive Officer Geri Forbes can heal “the hangover” from past leadership. Photos by Ron Newberry/Whidbey News-Times Debra Staley, owner of the Quilter’s Workshop in Oak Harbor, sets out to food for the honeybees behind her business. By RON NEWBERRY [email protected]W hen Debra Staley gets busy quilting or tending to a customer at her downtown Oak Harbor business, she sometimes forgets about an additional responsibility she’s recently taken on. Life can become a little overwhelming when you take on an extra mouth to feed — not to mention, an additional 6,000. “Is it empty?” Staley inquired this week from her store’s front counter about a jar containing sugar water. “I have to go feed them.” SEE ABUZZ, A24 SEE BOARD, A22 Shakespeare’s Rose page 13 Oak Harbor business owner’s hive keeps downtown buzzing Three vie for seat on Whidbey General board of commissioners
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Aiming to curb traffic congestion and decrease col-lisions at Sharpes Corner, the state Department of Transportation is revisiting proposals for revamping Sharpes Corner, where Highway 20 turns south toward Whidbey Island. Among the ideas considered in the past are a large roundabout.
The state Legislature recently approved $13.4 million to continue design work, right-of-way acquisition and construction.
The only bus routes off the island will continue — for now.
Island Transit’s Board of Directors voted unanimously Friday to continue service on the two 411 routes that connect Whidbey and Camano Islands with Skagit County until they hear definitively whether Island Transit will receive a $2.3
million grant.If Transit doesn’t get the money, the board agreed to con-
tinue the route at least one more month to give riders a chance to make other plans.
The two 411 routes are a vital link to many Island County people who use them to get to work, school, medical appoint-ments and government services off the island.
Voters have three starkly different candi-dates to choose from in the race for Hospital District Commission position two.
Vocal critic Rob Born and former health-care worker Rita Born are vying for the seat of
incumbent Georgia Gardner, a certified public accountant who is seeking reelection.
Whidbey General Hospital faces numerous challenges, including a multimillion dollar hospital expansion, rapid changes in health care, a public perception the hospital isn’t transparent and a string of complaints by the
nurse’s union. Whidbey News Times staff sat down with
the three candidates this week.ROB BORN, a retired attorney, said he start-
ed an investigative blog because the more he learned about the hospital, the more he saw “scandal after scandal.” His beef isn’t with
patient care, but with the past administration, which he describes as “dysfunctional and then some.”
He said he’s hopeful new Chief Executive Officer Geri Forbes can heal “the hangover” from past leadership.
Photos by Ron Newberry/Whidbey News-Times
Debra Staley, owner of the Quilter’s Workshop in Oak Harbor, sets out to food for the honeybees behind her business.
When Debra Staley gets busy quilting or tending to a customer at her downtown Oak Harbor business, she sometimes forgets about an additional responsibility
she’s recently taken on. Life can become a little overwhelming when you take on an
extra mouth to feed — not to mention, an additional 6,000.“Is it empty?” Staley inquired this week from her store’s front
counter about a jar containing sugar water.“I have to go feed them.”
SEE ABUZZ, A24
SEE BOARD, A22
Shakespeare’s Rose page 13
Oak Harbor business owner’s hive keeps downtown buzzing
Three vie for seat on Whidbey General board of commissioners
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Congressman Rick Larsen is asking the secretary of defense to make an exception to a rule that would lead to the closure of the Women Infants and Children’s pro-gram at the Seaplane Base.
“It’s coming down to brass tacks,” he said by phone Friday. “The Navy may believe there is a resolution but I don’t think there is. I want to see the WIC office on Naval Air Station Whidbey stay open.”
The federal government decided to stop allowing “non-federal enti-ties” to use buildings on base rent-free. For years, Navy families have had easy access to the assistance program on base, but since it’s con-sidered a “non-Federal entity,” it’s
slated for clo-sure at the end of September.
WIC pro-vides supple-mental food and other services to l o w - i n c o m e pregnant and p o s t p a r t u m women and children up to age five. Many junior enlisted families qualify.
“I am concerned that this pro-hibition may have negative conse-quences for military families and communities around (military) installations,” he wrote in a July 21
letter to Brad Carson, acting Under Secretary of Defense.
In the letter, Larsen said he sup-ports the Department of Defense’s wish to ensure taxpayer money is used appropriately, but a program such as WIC should be treated like other non-federal entities that are still authorized for some support.
Larsen said there’s a long list that includes banks, credit unions the Red Cross and the Scouts.
Larsen said he wasn’t sure if that allowed the entities to operate on base or also get free rent like WIC.
In any case, the Navy should support its personnel and put extra burden on Island County.
“Setting aside my concern that military families are forced to rely on WIC to receive appropriate nutri-
tion, this office is providing services that are clearly ‘important to their welfare,” he wrote in the letter.
“And while technically a (non-federal entity), the WIC office is executing a federal mission.”
Sen. Patty Murray also asked the secretary of defense to stop the closure.
Island County administers the WIC offices in Oak Harbor, South Whidbey and Camano, serving around 1,000 people. The county is making plans to absorb more cli-ents, but that’s no easy undertaking.
Navy families have different needs from their civilian counter-parts, said Wende Dolstad, the base’s WIC coordinator. That office is administered by Community Action of Skagit.
“The major issue is Navy person-nel are accustomed to getting their services on the base,” she said. “They are not inclined to go off base for services.”
The WIC office on base provides close access to other forms of sup-port for Navy families, Dolstad said. Most of her employees are from Navy families who understand the stress and other situations typical to military families.
“WIC is considered the premier public health program in the United States,” she said.
“One of the things it does is bring them in so they can get connected to other programs. It’s not just the nutrition and the education, it’s the connections they can make.”
SW Parks district looks at buying campground
LARSEN:“I want to see the WIC office on Naval Air Station Whid-bey stay open.”
The South Whidbey Parks and Recreation District is looking at getting into the campgrounds busi-ness.
The commissioners and dis-trict staff discussed the possibil-ity of purchasing 30 acres of land adjacent to Community Park for a campground at its regular monthly meeting Wednesday. The property is owned by the Dora Gabelein Trust, and details such as cost were discussed in executive session.
In a later interview, Director Doug Coutts said the district is still negotiating a purchase price. Coutts said he doesn’t know what the project will cost.
There isn’t a concrete determina-tion for how Parks and Recreation plan to use the land, Coutts said, but the main idea would be to cre-ate a campground with a design and layout similar to the South
Whidbey State Park. “We’ve discussed the idea that a
campground is a good idea,” Coutts said. “We haven’t looked at design, layout; we’ve discussed potential amenities, things that would be nec-essary and that would be needed for a campground. It’s not going to be your standard, asphalt RV park.”
Following the state’s decision this spring to close the campgrounds at South Whidbey State Park due to the presence of tree rot, the South End has been without a place for overnight camping. The nearest spot to camp is now in Coupeville.
Advocates for an overnight campground say it has potential to boost South Whidbey’s economy. Campers would likely hit stores across the South End to supply their outdoor festivities, said Michaleen McGarry, executive director of the Langley Chamber of Commerce.
“It would definitely have potential for growth,” McGarry said. “In gen-eral, it’s actually something that’s
very welcome. The outdoor adven-ture sector is just growing a lot.”
Even environmental warriors agree the area is in desperate need of a new campground.
“I see making camping avail-able as a major piece of the eco-nomic picture,” said Marianne Edain, brushfire coordinator for the Whidbey Environmental Action Network. “There’s a screaming need for more campsites.”
According to Coutts, a soft plan is for 30 camping spots, which would be a split between tent and powered camping. Along with a campground, there would be trails throughout the area.
As for the actual building and maintenance of the park, Coutts said, existing logging roads might be removed or reconditioned into paths — the idea is to keep it “natu-ral” looking.
Edain said the considered site is near the headwaters of Maxwelton creek, which she called the largest
stream in Island County.“It’s not even 10 miles, but it’s the
biggest creek we have,” she said.The high school and South
Whidbey Parks and Recreation are
parked right on top of the headwa-ters, and it’s caused some problems in the past, she said.
Any development of the area should be done with caution.
Photo by Evan Thompson/Whidbey News Group
The South Whidbey Parks and Recreation District is looking at purchasing 30 acres near Community Park to create a campground.
Larsen asks Navy to keep WIC on NAS Whidbey Seaplane Base
The struggle started for Bridget Guerrero before she took her first step Thursday morning.
Sharing a few words in front of a small crowd that assembled in downtown Oak Harbor before she started on a courageous 160-mile run, Guerrero looked over at Re McClung and struggled to contain her emotions.
“I knew right away I was starting here,” Guerrero said before stopping to gather herself, “because of your daughter.”
Guerrero, a 47-year-old ex-Marine from Edmonds, began a four-day run Thursday to honor the fallen U.S. servicewomen who’ve lost their lives during the global war on terror.
Scheduled to end the run in DuPont just past Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Pierce
County on Sunday, Guerrero is covering roughly 160 miles, which represents one mile for every female military service member killed over-seas since 9/11.
Dear to Guerrero’s cause is Megan McClung, the first female Marine Corps officer killed in combat during the Iraq War in December 2006.
Guerrero is running in support of an organiza-tion called The Valor Run. However, donations raised in support of the run will go to the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation to fund a scholarship in memo-ry of Megan McClung, who was from Coupeville.
“She’s running for my Megan and she’s donating the money that she gets to Megan’s scholarship, so yes, I can’t even tell you how much that means to me,” Re McClung said.
“I think it’s phenomenal.”Guerrero, a longtime ultra-
marathon runner, decided in November she would attempt such a feat after she read about a friend’s participation in a similar run in Virginia.
She said because of her admiration for McClung, she knew right away that she would start in Oak Harbor.
She knew of McClung because of their military connection, McClung’s tri-athlon accomplishments and because they both shared a close friend.
Guerrero attended McClung’s funeral with her son, who was four at the time but still talks about it.
“She was loved by every-one she met,” Guerrero said. “We did not know each other. My best friend was her best friend. It’s just a really tight-knit group of people.
“We have tons of friends in common so when she died, our community really felt it.”
Guerrero’s run started at the PBY-Naval Air Museum’s aircraft display area. It began as a walk as she pushed her daughters in a stroller along
Pioneer Way with her son rid-ing ahead on a bicycle.
She gave her children hugs and started her jog on Regatta Drive destined for Highway 20 and the Deception Pass bridge before finishing the day just north of Stanwood. Each day, she is scheduled to run 40 miles.
To get updates on Guerrero’s run, go to www.valorrun.org and click on the Valor Run NW tab.
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Bridget Guerrero tries to fight back tears Thursday in Oak Harbor as she talks about Megan McClung before embarking on a 160-mile run to honor fallen female servicewomen since 9/11.
Ex-Marine embarks on 160-mile run to honor McClung, other servicewomen
Re McClung listens to Bridget Guerrero address why she started her run in Oak Harbor. McClung’s daughter, Major Meg McClung, was killed in action in December, 2006.
The sailing gods smiled on Whidbey Island Race Week.
Friday’s gusts in Saratoga Passage capped a week of mostly excellent racing condi-tions, providing a strong fin-ish to what is considered the premier sailboat racing event in the Pacific Northwest.
“We’ve had a really good breeze everyday,” said Charley Rathkopf, the event’s primary race officer on the water who took over event ownership along with his wife Schelleen in 2014.
“A couple days we couldn’t start on time. We try to start at noon, but we’d have zero break at noon. But we kept the faith and Penn Cove deliv-ered. We ended up with 17 knots by the end of the after-noon.”
The 33rd annual Race Week featured 69 sailboats compris-ing nine fleets in big boat racing that began Monday in both Saratoga Passage and Penn Cove and wrapped up Friday in Saratoga Passage.
Rathkopf was starting the
11th race of the series Friday afternoon, figuring it would be the event’s final one for 2015.
“It used to be even if we had seven we would be really happy,” he said.
Sailboat racing enthusiasts were able to enjoy an intimate view of the action from the Coupeville Wharf every day but Friday.
Rich Hays, a novice sailor from North Webster, Ind., who was in Coupeville for an annual family vacation, watched Tuesday from the wharf with his wife and chil-dren.
“This is great sailing,” Hays said. “It’s not often they can get in this close.”
“It’s very cool in Coupeville,” Charley Rathkopf said. “Coupeville is a great location to let people watch.”
The Oak Harbor Marina and Oak Harbor Yacht Club hosted the event, which also added a Kids Camp this year and a new youth sailing com-petition over the weekend.
About 40 smaller boats, including the youth sailors, participated in the weekend
racing.Vickie Chambers, hot
dog vendor and owner of Coupe’s Last Stand near the Coupeville Wharf, said she looks forward to the event every year.
“We just can’t wait,” Chambers said. “Every year is so cool. This year is a little bit different. There’s such a fabulous wind that they’ve been busy racing.”
Charley Rathkopf called this one of the better years of racing conditions for Race Week. He’s been involved as a race officer or race com-mittee volunteer every year since 1997.
Sailboat racers from throughout the Northwest, including British Columbia, converged on Whidbey for
the week’s worth of competi-tion and post-race entertain-
ment.The 69 boats this year
were an increase of seven over 2014, the first year the Rathkopfs from Seattle took over the ownership and man-agement of the event.
They purchased the event from Gary Stuntz of Clear Ahead Marine Production in
Oak Harbor. He owned the event for seven years.
“We’ve had 110 and 115 boats,” Charley Rathkopf said. “We’re really looking forward to building that up.”
That would suit Val Hillers of Coupeville.
She visited the Coupeville waterfront for a pedicure Tuesday then took her time admiring dozens of colorful sails that dominated the sea-scape in Penn Cove.
“I don’t know anything about sailboats,” Hillers said. “But I love the look of them as they move over the water.”
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Sailboats get up and personal during Whidbey Island Race Week, which concluded Friday. The 33rd annual event drew 69 boats for big boat racing, which is seven more boats than last year.
Sailboats get in racing time as weather provides lots of gusts
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Coast Guard Chief Warrant Anthony Slowik, currently stationed at Port Security Unit 313 at Naval Station Everett, was selected as the 2014 Coast Guard Reserve Chief Warrant Officer of the Year.
“I enjoy the creativity of fig-uring out how we’re going to complete our mission,” said Slowik, assistant engineering officer at PSU 313.
“If you view your job, your attitude, and your perspective through your core values, you can accomplish great things.”
Slowik was selected as the 2014 Coast Guard Reserve Chief Warrant Officer of the Year and is in the running for the Chief Warrant Officer Michael J. Novosel Award, an annual award presented by the Reserve Officers Association to a high-per-forming military reserve chief warrant officer.
“I am very honored to receive this prestigious award,” said the 19-year vet-eran. “It is a culmination of the teamwork of the unit and strong support of my family and my faith.”
When Slowik was 20 years
old, he said he decided to serve his country. The Oak Harbor native, son of former mayor Jim Slowik, chose the Coast Guard because he liked the idea that everyone started at the ground level and was able to learn about the ser-vice before choosing a rating.
Slowik was stationed at Station Neah Bay as a seaman before attending electrician’s mate “A” school. He served in Alaska and Seattle, and com-pleted work on cutters Alex Haley, Polar Sea, Polar Star and Healy.
“I love the mission of the Coast Guard,” said Slowik. “It’s all about helping people in your community.”
It was that love of commu-nity that inspired him to apply for a position at his hometown police department when he completed his active duty ser-vice.
“I love serving the commu-nity, especially the commu-nity I grew up in,” said Slowik. “As any emergency service provider or first responder, you have the ability to make a difference.”
“I feel very blessed.”Two years later, the newly
minted police officer joined the Coast Guard Reserve.
He served at the Naval Engineering Support Unit in Seattle before transferring to PSU 313 as a first class petty officer in 2012. He quickly advanced to chief petty officer and earned his commission as a chief warrant officer.
“Chief Warrant Officer Slowik has been the calm in the storm and the voice of reason when planning major operational evolutions,” said Lt. Cmdr. Monica Hernandez, force readiness officer at PSU 313.
“He has definitely become a subject matter expert on all things engineering related and takes initiative to become knowledgeable in everything he possibly can.”
Slowik has been on active duty orders to the PSU since October. In the months since, he has taken on major respon-
sibilities as the assistant engi-neering officer, due in large part to the unit’s engineering officer also being a reservist who is only in the office a few days each month.
“I’ve been a part of some great teams that accom-plished a lot in the last year,” said Slowik. “If it wasn’t for the people I work alongside with, it wouldn’t be possible.”
The devoted husband and father of two will travel to Washington, D.C., in July to meet other nominees and participate in a series of interviews to compete for the national award.
“This award could not have gone to a more deserving person,” said Hernandez. “He has been a rock to me and has stood up to become a real leader to my staff.”
Local man receives Coast Guard honor
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Oak Harbor’s Anthony Slowik, assistant engineering officer at Coast Guard Port Security Unit 313 in Everett, is Coast Guard Reserve Chief Warrant Officer of the Year.
The Opportunity Council is working to ensure all stu-dents start the new school year well-prepared, regard-less of family income.
The council is hosting its annual Backpack Supply Drive, collecting school supplies and backpacks for children who are homeless or whose families are very low-income.
Members of the North Whidbey Lions Club will be collecting donations from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., July 25 in front of the Oak Harbor WalMart.
Contributions are accept-ed all summer, and can be mailed to the Opportunity Council, P.O. Box 922, Oak Harbor, Wash. 98277.
“The School Backpack Drive helps all students in our schools be prepared to do their best,” said
Lisa Clark, Island County Opportunity Council direc-tor, according to a news release.
Backpacks will be given to low-income elementary and high school students. Financial donations are used to purchase additional high-demand items such as backpacks, and help to pay for school fees, trans-portation costs, extracur-ricular activities and other kinds of educational sup-port for homeless families with school-aged children, according to the release.
The Opportunity Council is a private, non-profit Community Action Agency serving low-income community members in Whatcom, Island and San Juan counties.
For information, visit oppco.org
A teacher at Olympic View Elementary was cho-sen to travel to the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., this month.
Nicole Bouvion was selected from more than 300 applicants to attend a teacher institute at the library where she’ll learn effective practices for using primary sources in the
classroom.She also gets to explore
digitized historical artifacts and documents.
The Library of Congress is the nation’s oldest federal cultural institution and the world’s preeminent reser-voir of knowledge.
The library serves the public, scholars and Congress.
OH teacher to visit Library of Congress
Opportunity Council holding backpack, school supplies drive
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Commissioners disdainful of public’s involvementEditor,
To say the decision by two of the three Port of Coupeville com-missioners, Marshall Bronson and John Carr, voting to break the agree-ment that has been on-going for over 15 years with the Greenbank Farm Management Group was a surprise, is a profound understatement.
“Shocking,” “unreasonable,” “out-of-nowhere,” “indefensible” and “underhanded” all say it better.
To illustrate how shocking it is, one need only read the Values state-ment in the latest Port of Coupeville Comprehensive Plan, developed at the request of and at the direction of the Port of Coupeville commission-ers. It pledges, “A commitment to open and honest public disclosure.”
The two commissioners who ram-rodded through the motion will not discuss their action, nor did they allow any discussion of the subject before making their vote. Perhaps they have never heard of Roberts
Rules of Order, which says, “mem-bers should never rush through a motion without any discussion.”
It is my opinion that their actions were neither open nor honest, and showed no attempt at public disclo-sure.
In fact, they seem to be disdainful of public involvement, of any type.
In an informational meeting held Wednesday evening July 15 at the Greenbank Farm, members of the management group fielded questions from the packed house, according to sign-in sheets to be at least 150 people, to try to shed some light on the port’s decision.
Frankly, the management group seems just as mystified as everyone else as to what the commissioners of the Port of Coupeville are up to, and what they hope to accomplish.
The two commissioners who insti-tuted the vote, Carr and Bronson, are lame ducks. One will be leaving office in November 2015 and the other’s term expires Dec. 31, 2015.
New occupants for both offices will be elected.
So, the unanswered questions remain, what were they trying to accomplish? An in-your-face “nyah-nyah” statement? A meaningless
exercise of power, before they faded off the scene? An attempt to wipe out the work of hundreds of volun-teers over nearly two decades, and the boundless enjoyment and enthu-siasm of thousands of Greenbank Farm visitors every year?
I think we all deserve answers, don’t you?
Terry RoseFormer member, Greenbank Farm
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Women’s golf association grateful for generosityEditor,
On behalf of the Whidbey Golf Club’s Ladies Association, I would like to recognize the unbelievable and continued support of these great businesses of Oak Harbor. This is an annual two-day tournament with women coming from throughout the state, California and Canada. With 84 golfers, it could not have been done without these amazing supporters.
A huge thank you to Dave and Jane SEE LETTERS, A7
In the race for commissioner of Whidbey General Hospital, voters have three very different candidates from which to choose.
That field will be narrowed to two in the Aug. 4 pri-mary.
For those who have been critical of the hospital district over the past few years, particularly about trans-parency, this is a race in which learning about the candi-dates, their qualifications and experience is crucial.
The candidates are incumbent Georgia Gardener; Rob Born, a vocal critic of the hospital administration; and island newcomer Rita Drum.
We think Gardner and Born are the clear choices to move on to the general election in November.
Gardner is no stranger to politics. She’s a former Blaine city councilwoman and state lawmaker. She has strong ties to Whidbey Island. As a CPA, she brings a distinct and valuable set of skills and voice to the hospi-tal board.
Gardner is opposed to selling the hospital, or affili-ating it, and says she is accessible to the people she serves.
While Gardner said she hasn’t heard public com-plaints about hospital transparency, she promises she will do what she must to ensure the public gets the information it needs.
Born is also intimately familiar with the hospital, serving as its chief watchdog and critic for years. His in-your-face methods have rubbed some the wrong way, particularly hospital administrators. We share the con-cerns about Born’s ability to play well with others, but we believe the hospital board would benefit from having an advocate for transparency and change.
Born may be the candidate to do that. We want to hear more about what he promises to bring to the board table.
Drum, who is also seeking the seat, is new to Whidbey and we applaud her desire to serve.
Having spent her career working in a hospital as a lab technician, Drum said she understands the inner work-ings of the medical field.
Drum said she is in favor of affiliation and sees noth-ing but positives in the idea.
Having left a previous hospital job under highly publi-cized circumstances, Drum said her background shows that she has no problem doing what’s needed to ensure things are done right.
We believe that Drum seems to lack a basic under-standing of what her role as a hospital commissioner would be. During our interview, she seemed too ready to defer to “official” sources such as the hospital spokes-woman, rather than look at numbers and documents.
Gardner’s and Born’s familiarity with the complex issues surrounding the hospital make them the stronger candidates to move on to the general election.
Send Gardner, Born on to general election
OUR VIEWPOINT
Fikse of Gerald’s Jewelry who continue to give, give and give. Without hesita-tion they sponsor a hole-in-one each year and donate jewelry to our popular raffle.
Hole sponsors and gen-erous monetary donations from Ron Wallin of P&L General Contractors,Greg
Smith of Edward Jones and SaviBank, Heritage Bank, Dr. Gary Berner, Carla’s Shear Inspiration, Ron Coleman of Mountain Mist Water, Diane Geragotelis of Ballet Slipper and Lucas Horrobin of Oak Harbor Motors were huge con-tributors to our successful tournament.
Had it not been for these people and their gener-
ous pockets and time, it would be very, very diffi-cult to continue to hold our Whidbey Ladies Invitational each year.
Please honor and sup-
port these businesses in Oak Harbor because they all truly support our com-munity in more ways than you know.
Thank You!
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“I hit the port-a-potty. It even says it on there it conserves over 125 million gallons of water, no flushing … And I live with my grandparents and they have a thing that collects rainwater.”
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“I’m not watering my lawn.”
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In the interest of transparency and the clarifica-tion of articles in the Whidbey News-Times and the South Whidbey Record based on a complaint by the Washington State Nurses
Association against Whidbey General Hospital, I write this letter.
First, it is fair to say WGH and the WSNA union have been in long- standing negotiations to come to resolution on a new labor contract which expired March 31, 2015.
Negotiations have been long and arduous, and a mediator has been brought in to help resolve issues. I understand that by state law, the terms of the current contract auto-matically extend through March 31, 2016.
In the midst of these labor con-tract negotiations, on May 26 the WSNA filed a complaint with the Department of Health against WGH stating the hospital was not conduct-ing Nursing Staffing Committee
meetings in accordance with the law. The DOH investigated, interviewed
both administration and staff, and reviewed policies and procedures.
The purpose of the state-mandated Nursing Staffing Committee is to develop evidence-based staffing plans for safe patient care and provide a forum for nurses to discuss staffing concerns at meetings conducted semiannually.
The review indicates that meetings were held annually, and not semian-nually, in 2012, 2013 and 2014.
It does appear there were lapses in the process and follow-through of the intent of these committee meetings and related documentation.
This lapse was confirmed by the DoH in its investigation on June 1.
Upon receipt of the findings from the DOH, WGH immediately devel-oped and submitted a corrective action program to address the issues presented in their citation.
Now the reality of all this fanfare.Whidbey General has a history of
providing exceptional nursing care. The hospital has been recognized nationally for their Cancer Care Program.
Nurses have been obtaining their advanced practice certifications in many specialties, which continues to improve the quality of care.
As compared with other hospitals in the area we have fewer infections, fewer complications from bed rest and fewer wound infections.
When compared with larger hos-pitals, we are on parity with all the markers and nearly 60 percent of respondents surveyed rank WGH nine out of 10 on care provided.
WGH provides extraordinary nurs-ing care, and therefore it is always humbling when a glitch is found on any review as it was in this case.
WGH nursing care has never been compromised.
The corrective action plan will certainly be implemented to assure that semi-annual Nursing Staffing Committee meetings will be held and properly documented, and to facilitate meaningful input from the nursing staff.
We have much on our plate at WGH as we seek to move forward in our preparation for the new hospital wing and a new chapter for WGH.
Resolving a new nursing labor contract is an important step in this regard also, and we are hopeful that mediation will lead to a new contract soon.
n Grethe Cammermeyer is Whidbey General Hospital commissioner for District 1.
Whidbey General, nurses provide extraordinary careGUEST COLUMNBy GRETHE CAMMERMEYER
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OBITUARIES
Bain
Emma L. BainEmma L. Bain, age 82,
died suddenly at her home in Oak Harbor on July 19.
She was born April 18, 1933, in Munchen, Germany, and was raised there.
While she was dating an American soldier, she met another soldier, Allen Bain. Emma and Allen fell in love and were married in Dachau, Germany, on April 13, 1957. Allen had to extend his tour of duty to allow Emma to obtain her papers to travel to the United States.
Allen completed three tours in Vietnam and Emma stayed stateside, living first in Minnesota and then in Sumner, Wash., where the winters were easier. She did not enjoy the winters of Minnesota. Emma and Al returned to Germany for two additional tours prior to his retirement at Fort Ord, Calif., in 1977. In 1981, Emma and Al moved to Oak Harbor.
Emma loved maintaining her yard as a showplace. She loved her cat and dogs. Emma was an avid fisher-woman, fishing for salmon at LaPush and trout fishing at Baker Lake.
Emma is survived by her husband, Allen. She was pre-ceded in death by her par-ents; by her son, Michael Bain; and by four brothers and four sisters.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., July 25, at Wallin Funeral Home, Oak Harbor, with Pastor Randy Beumer officiating. Please visit Emma’s page in the Book of Memories at www.wallinfuneralhome.com to share memories and condo-lences.
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Donald BoyerLife-long Oak Harbor
resident Donald Boyer, long-time owner of Don Boyer Chevrolet, passed away sud-denly on July 21. He was 85 years of age.
A funeral service is planned for 2 p.m. Aug. 6 at the First United Methodist Church. Funeral arrange-ments have been entrusted to Wallin Funeral Home. A full obituary will follow.
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GlisanKathleen Glisan, age 64,
passed away at Providence Medical Center in Everett on Wednesday, July 14, 2015.
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Jorgensen
Earl L. Jorgensen,
D.D.S.In Loving Memory
Earl Jorgensen, beloved husband, father and grandfa-ther, peacefully passed away surrounded by loved ones on July 14 in Coupeville.
He was born April 24, 1928, in St. Paul, Minn., to Earl Jorgensen Sr. and Elnora (Nelson) Jorgensen and was raised in Minneapolis, Minn.
After he graduated from Marshall High School, he
served in the Army in post-war Japan and went on to the University of Minnesota where he graduated from the school of dentistry and was a member of the Psi Omega fraternity. He received his orthodontics degree at the University of Iowa in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
He practiced orthodon-tics in Fremont, Calif., and later in Minneapolis, Minn. Upon retirement, he resid-ed in Sedona, Ariz., and on Whidbey Island.
Earl will be remembered by family and friends as an intelligent, kind and loving man with a keen sense of humor. His love of nature, wildlife and the great out-doors inspired us all. He enjoyed traveling the world, sailing, canoeing in the boundary waters of Minnesota, hiking in the wil-derness and nature photogra-phy and was an accomplished oil painter. Many of his paint-ings have been exhibited and sold in galleries throughout the Pacific Northwest. He loved the arts, classical music and attending many concerts throughout his years.
Earl is survived by his wife of 20 years, Marty (Rogers) Jorgensen (Oak Harbor); his son, John Jorgensen (Newport, Ore.); his daugh-ter, Kristi Jorgensen-Villines, her husband, Rick Villines, and their daughter, Ella (Sammamish, Wash.); his grandchildren from his late son, Gregg Jorgensen: Erik Jorgensen (Durango, Colo.) and Sara Jorgensen-Holder and her husband, Jack Holder, and their sons, Isaac and Miles Holder (Fort Collins, Colo.).
Earl will be greatly missed. We know he lives on in the hearts of all he left behind.
His adventurous spirit and great sense of humor will be welcomed in the heavenly home.
Happy trails to you dear one!
A gathering for family and friends to celebrate his life will be held 2-4 p.m., Aug. 1, at the Senior Center at 51 SE Jerome St., Oak Harbor. Please join us to share your memories and friendship with him. Light refreshments will be served.
Earl was a strong advocate for the preservation of nature and wildlife. In lieu of flow-ers, we ask that donations may be made to The Nature Conservancy in Dr. Earl L. Jorgensen’s name.
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memories for the family
Olsen
Vera Angeline Olsen
Vera Angeline Olsen died at her home in Anacortes on July 20 at the age of 102.
She was born Feb. 12, 1913, in Mangum, Okla., to Riley and Minnie Kennedy. She spent her first five years in Oklahoma and then fol-lowed her family to Texas, where she attended school in Petraline, Texas, and then moved to Wichita Falls. Vera’s father was a funeral director and the family moved frequently, serving at different funeral homes in the area.
Vera met her husband, Hans Olsen, a Whidbey Island native, in 1939 and on Dec. 14, 1940, they were mar-ried.
Hans was in the Navy and he and Vera continued to move on a regular basis. They spent time in Torrence, Calif., and when Han’s tour of duty was completed, decided to return to his roots in Oak Harbor. The Olsen family had a large amount of land in the Mariner’s Cove area, and they settled at Strawberry Point on the property known as “School House Hill.”
Hans began a career as a commercial fisherman, oper-ating his boat, the “Concord.” Vera and Hans continued their legacy of moving and left Oak Harbor for Napa, Calif. Several years later, they moved to Anacortes, settling first on a farm and then at Skyline, then another loca-tion before settling at Sunrise Estates. For a time, Vera worked at the cannery in Anacortes.
Vera loved to work in her garden, mow her yard, clean and maintain her home and cook. She enjoyed games, the newspaper and the news, and she was an avid domi-noes player. She loved activi-ties which kept her mind active. Her attitude was to take one day at a time and her favorite saying was “my bags are not packed.”
Vera is survived by one daughter, Judy, and husband, John, of Anacortes and Bend, Ore.; by one granddaughter, Kaci Parker, of Spokane; by two great-grandchildren, Shahalie and Brandon Totten, of Bend, Ore.; and one great-great-grandchild, Haven,
also of Bend; and a special nephew, Corky Canfield. She was preceded in death by her husband, Hans, in 2001; by one granddaughter, Gwen Totten; and by her parents and five siblings.
Graveside funeral services for Vera were held July 24, at Maple Leaf Cemetery, Oak Harbor, with Gary Wallin, life celebrant, officiating. Vera was laid to rest next to her beloved husband. Arrangements are entrust-ed to Wallin Funeral Home & Cremation, LLC, Oak Harbor, Wash. To share memories and condolences, please visit Vera’s page in the Book of Memories at www.wallinfuneralhome.com
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Neil Petkow Neil Petkow, age 54, a
civilian employee at NAS Whidbey, was killed in a dune buggy accident in Skagit County on July 18, 2015.
A celebration of life will be held at noon, July 26, at El Cazador restaurant, Oak Harbor. A complete obituary will follow. Arrangements are entrusted to Wallin Funeral Home, Oak Harbor.
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Kathleen was born March 2, 1951, in Seattle, to Andrew and Patricia Glisan.
Kathleen received her bachelor’s degree in edu-cation from Western Washington University in 1974. She was a dedicated educator, teaching elemen-tary school in Grandview, Wash., for 27 years.
Kathleen received much joy from her teaching career, travel and her friends and family. Her interests included interior decorating, enjoying outings with friends, muse-ums, cultural travel, reading good books and many good friends.
Kathleen is survived by two nephews and a great-niece and nephew. She was preceded in death by her father, Andrew, her mother, Patricia, her brother, Richard Glisan, and sister, Judith Barnes.
In keeping with Kathleen’s wishes, no formal funeral ser-vices will be held. She sug-gested a donation to a favorite charity. Acknowledgement of memorials may be sent to Wallin Funeral Home, 1811 NE 16th Avenue, Oak Harbor, Wash. 98277. Please visit the funeral home web-site at www.wallinfuneral home.com to share memories and leave condolences.
Shelly
Lorraine Gertrude
ShellyLorraine G. Shelly passed
away peacefully in Oak Harbor on July 1. She was 91 years of age.
Lorraine was born Lorraine Gertrude Wold on Aug. 11, 1923, in Tacoma to Guy and Emily (Neumann) Wold.
She grew up in Tacoma and was married to Robert Eugene Shelly on Jan. 28, 1942. Together, they built a family and five successful businesses.
Lorraine and Robert had four children, Brian, Dennis, Diane and Gary. The fam-ily lived in Seattle, Belfair, Wash., Santa Barbara, Calif., and Oak Harbor. In each of these towns, Lorraine was an active member of the com-munity.
When her children were young, Lorraine was the Cub Scout and Girl Scout leader. Her real love was music. She sang in the church choir wherever she lived. She directed the choirs in Belfair and Oak Harbor. She even sang on TV and the radio when she lived in Seattle.
When Lorraine retired from business, she didn’t stop working. She volunteered at the Whidbey Playhouse and the Oak Harbor Senior
Center.Lorraine’s hands were
never still. She sewed, cro-cheted and embroidered for friends and family for as long as her eyes and hands would allow. Her favorite subject matter was birds, especially hummingbirds.
Lorraine is survived by her four children, Brian (Andra) Shelly of Oak Harbor, Dennis of Oak Harbor, Diane Starker of Tonasket, Wash., and Gary (Kathy) of Oak Harbor. Also surviving are 12 grandchil-dren and 17 great-grandchil-dren. Lorraine was preceded in death by her husband, Robert, and her brother, Eugene Wold.
The family would like to thank the staff of Regency on Whidbey for their wonderful care over the last few years. They suggest memorials to a favorite charity.
A celebration of life will be held at 1 p.m. Aug. 1 at Wallin Funeral Home with Pastor Hallack Greider of Whidbey Presbyterian Church officiat-ing. A reception at the funeral home will follow.
Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Wallin Funeral Home. Please visit Lorraine’s Book of Memories page on the funeral home website at www.wallinfuneral home.com
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GAME OF THE WEEK Coupeville football team scrimmages Lakeside at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 25, at Mickey Clark Field.SPORTS
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For most teenagers, sum-mer vacation feeds two of their favorite things --- sleeping in and kickin’ back.
Not so for a group of Coupeville High School ath-letes. They roll out of bed at 7 a.m. Monday through Thursday to punish their bod-ies through off-season condi-tioning workouts.
The CHS husband-wife coaching tandem of head foot-ball coach Brett Smedley and head volleyball coach Breanne Smedley lead the athletes through a nationally-recog-nized conditioning program, Speed Strength Training.
Assistant football coaches Ryan King and Nic Shular also help out supervising the SST workouts.
Brett Smedley moved to Coupeville from Battle Ground three years ago, and SST followed him to Central Whidbey.
Two years ago, the Coupeville High School coach-ing staff went through a train-ing session on how to properly implement the program.
“It is a great program at developing athletes physically as well as mentally,” Brett Smedley said. “I have seen huge improvements in the athletes at CHS since we’ve started using the program. We are seeing more confident, physically developed athletes.”
On Mondays and Wednesdays, technical lifts (Olympic lifts) are empha-sized, Breanne Smedley
said. Metabolic conditioning takes place on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
The program runs through-out the year, not just the summer months, and differ-ent cycles are introduced for the fall, winter and summer months, Breanne Smedley said.
From 15 to 30 athletes attend each summer session, and while the program is open to all Coupeville athletes, most of those who attend are mem-bers of the football or volley-ball teams.
Brett Smedley also offers a training program for football players from 4 to 5 p.m. each day.
Breanne Smedley sees the program as a great way for her players to get a jump on the fall volleyball season.
Once the season starts, she said, her players don’t have to “waste time getting into shape,” allowing more time to hone skills and techniques.
She uses incentives to attract her players to the sum-mer SST sessions, and about two-thirds of the team attends.
Volleyball players earn points by taking part in SST, open gyms and volunteering, and those points make players eligible for leadership roles on the team and T-shirts.
Breanne Smedley divides her team into Wolf Packs, each headed by one of the five play-ers who have applied to be considered for team captain this fall. Each leader is respon-sible for getting her Pack to the SST workouts.
Brett Smedley said the ben-
efits of the program go beyond physical development.
Those who attend “develop self-esteem, self-confidence and definitely leadership abil-ity,” he said.
Breanne Smedley said the program teaches “mental toughness.”
“They become exhausted, like game situations, and they learn how to perform --- how to keep going --- when they are tired,” she said.
And it all starts by getting out of bed at 7 a.m.
Summer sweat: CHS athletes get to work
Photo by Jim Waller/Whidbey News-Times
Coupeville’s Hope Lodell, front, and Kayla Rose workout during a recent SST session.
Photo by Jim Waller/Whidbey News-Times
Ryan Griggs runs sprints as part of the SST workout.
Photos by Jim Waller (above) and John Fisken
Fun in the sunAbove, The Shadow, skippered by Peter McCarthy of West Vancouver, B.C., skims over Penn Cove during Thursday’s racing. Whidbey Island Race Week finished yesterday. Results, which were not available at press time, will be published in next Wednesday’s Whidbey News-Times. Below, an Oak Harbor High School tackler takes down a run-ner during the final day of football team camp in Wenatchee on Thursday.
By BEN WATANABE South Whidbey Record
The early bird gets the worm, and only the earliest of anglers can get the king.
A veritable fleet of small boats loaded with anxious anglers took to the waters between Coupeville and Port Townsend last week with the hope of hooking into the most regally named sport fish in Puget Sound, the king salmon.
Also called chinook, the king season is short and sweet. Opening day in Marine Area 9, the west side of Whidbey Island, was July 16. The season was slated to last until Aug. 15 but is com-ing to a premature close at the end of the day Sunday when the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife expects the catch quota in that area of 2,483 fish to be met.
As of Thursday, anglers had harvested an estimated 1,953 kings in Marine Area 9.
The short season means that opening day is often frantic and this year was no exception.
On a Triumph fishing boat with a few South Whidbey die-hard king salmon anglers
July 16, the day started while the rest of Whidbey seeming-ly slept. Wake up was at 3:20 a.m., and the drive from the Maxwelton Valley to Bush Point and Lagoon Point saw only two other pairs of head-lights, both heading south and away from the buzz of king salmon action.
The boat launched by 4:45 a.m. and the first lines set up with the downrigger by 5:15 a.m. Then came the waiting.
Fishing for kings is a game of patience and persis-tence, said boat owner Jean Streitler of Clinton, who was accompanied by friends Don Heggenes and Tom Fallon.
There are no tricks, they said, to catching kings. It’s about time and action.
Alas, salmon proved to be both elusive and feisty, but the day wasn’t without excitement. Lures run deep, about 120 feet, and as Fallon reeled in the squid-like lure — a strike! Turning over the level wind reel and bringing in the fish, it was hardly a loss to Fallon to watch the pink salmon spit out the hook and swim away a dozen or so feet from the boat.
“Stupid humpy,” Fallon said.
As the hours wore on and daylight breached through a cloudy sky and shone across the mountains, the tension that perhaps the only fish to
be hooked had gotten away grew.
Across the water, what started as a faint line of flickering boat lights in the dark became an increasingly frenzied horde of fiberglass and aluminum boats trolling south. Like a choreographed dance, the vessels drifted from Marrowstone Island toward Port Townsend, then motored back to repeat the motion.
While the South Whidbey men said previous years were far busier, the area was choked with boats. With so many on the water, the lack of hearing “hoots and hol-lers” was both encouraging and disheartening because it meant their boat wasn’t the only one not finding fish.
More waiting. By 6 a.m. Heggenes’ rod
jumps up off the downrigger.
Fish on. Heggenes yanks up, set-
ting the hook. He pulls up and reels in as he lets the rod down. He repeats the motion a dozen more times before a silver flash thrashes in the water, 10 yards from the boat. He reels it close enough for Streitler to scoop it into the net for a quick boat-side inspection --- a big, 20-pound, native chinook that must be released.
“It’s thrilling to reel it, but it’s even more thrilling to hold it,” Heggenes said.
Another 80 minutes pass before either rod sees that kind of action. In the mean-time, tales are told, theories of why the fish aren’t biting and where they may be are shared, and several more passes along the stretch of water are made.
Then, out of the deep blue sea, the rod jumps up as it releases from the downrig-ger again. Heggenes begins to reel, this time with far less fight, and hauls it alongside the boat. With its adipose fin clipped, it was a hatchery king and a keeper, estimated at 12 pounds. Tossed into the boat’s stowage bin for cooling and keeping, at least one fish was landed.
It ended up being the only fish kept before being dropped off at Bush Point to haul out the boat for another day. Later in the afternoon, a local fishing expert said he’d heard only one report of a successful king salmon trip. Bob Crouch, the resi-dent fishing expert at Sebo’s Do-It Center in Bayview, said a man came by in the late morning and reported he had kept 20-pound and 16-pound king salmon, meet-ing his daily legal limit.
“That’s the only one I’ve heard of so far, but they’re big fish,” Crouch said.
“It sounds like it’s starting off good,” he added.
King salmon fishing, because of the depth at which they typically swim and feed, is largely relegated to boat-ers. That limits some access, especially as opposed to the nearshore catchability of pink salmon at beaches such Bush Point, Mutiny Bay and the Keystone spit in Coupeville. But every once in a while, someone hooks into a king from the beach, as Crouch said he can attest to. Both times the catch was out of season and he released them.
At least one Oak Harbor angler landed a king from the shore at Driftwood Park this month, but it’s rare.
“I’ve caught them off the beach,” Crouch said. “They happen occasionally.”
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Lawrence and Edsella Debler of Oak Harbor celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary July 7 with family and friends, including a grandson from Alaska who surprised them. Edsella, 85, and Lawrence, 88, lived in Sacramento, Calif, for most of their lives but have resided on Whidbey Island since 1997. “Not many people hit 70 years of age necessarily let alone 70 [years] of mar-riage,” Edsella said.
Couple celebrates 70th anniversaryPhoto by Ron Newberry/Whidbey News-Times
Students graduate from Writers Workshop The following students recently graduated from the Whidbey Writers Workshop
with master of fine arts degrees in creative writing: SHARON LEE BEATTY, AMY GREIMANN CARLSON, BRENDA S. CARVER, MARY ELLEN FLANNERY, LEONE MIKELE FOGLE, MICHELLE A. HANSEN, AMIE RUTH HEISSERMAN, ROBERT HOFFMAN, DEBORAH J. NEDELMAN, A. GENEVIEVE NINE, CATHY PARKER, MARTHA SALINAS SCHOEMAKER, DOYCE ALAN TESTERMAN and LINDA D. THOMSON.
A commencement ceremony is set for 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8, at Oak Harbor High School.
The ceremony will be followed by a reception with graduates reading from their work.
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A former Whidbey Island resident will take part in the Miss Earth United States pageant this weekend in Los Angeles.
Megan Kelly, whose family lives in Clinton, is the Pacific Northwest representative and pro-motes her platform, “Fight
Factory Farming: Fight for Sustainable Food,” accord-ing to a news release.
She previously competed in the Miss Washington USA pageant and repre-sented Whidbey as Miss Coupeville.
Having lived on Whidbey, Kelly spent time in Freeland and Coupeville, including working as a lifeguard and manager at Useless Bay Golf & Country Club.
She touts leafletting, food sampling, education and public discussion in schools to promote buying local food, growing produce at home and a plant-based diet.
“I strongly encourage shopping locally at farmers markets and even from our neighbors,” Kelly wrote in a Facebook message to The Record.
“Whidbey is full of gar-deners and farmers who are selling their eggs, fruits and (vegetables) to other island-ers.”
The University of Washington histor y major works with the Compassionate Activist Network and learned about climate change from the Washington Environmental Council in preparation for the competition.
The competition July 24-26 in Los Angeles cov-ers three areas: interview, swimsuit and evening gown. In all, 31 women are competing for the United States title, plus nine girls in the Miss Teen competition.
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Six years into an e v e r - g r o w i n g Island Shakespeare Festival, founder
Rose Woods still worries that the tent will be empty.
Her annual anxiety is so predictable that her friends and confidants come to rely on it occurring just before the season begins, as this year’s did July 17. Even Woods knows her behavior is a little odd and unwarranted, but that’s all part of the stress of having her creation’s success be subject to the whims of others.
“I still get nervous and ask, ‘Do you think anyone is going to come,’” she said during a brief respite from rehearsals and organization the Monday before the tent flaps were raised to the public.
“I really didn’t know I was going to be doing it again after that first year,” she later added. “I was only going to be here one year.”
A year turned into half a dozen, and likely many more years will follow. She is already planning the 2016 and 2017 seasons, for good reason.
Woods can likely rest assured that seats will be filled. Barring some act of God, people will come in droves just as they have since it first opened in 2009. Last year, the festival counted in excess of 3,000 people who visited the tent over a two-month season. Lacking a turnstile or tickets to count heads, the festival volunteers and staff use click counters as visitors enter the tent through a few open slats.
This year’s season spans 31 days of performances across three months, and organizers expect to have filled seats for most of their performances.
Some 300 people were turned away in 2014. At capac-ity, the 2,400-square-foot tent, affectionately named Henry, can seat 300 people. A more comfortable seating arrange-ment allows for about 200 people.
So, it seems highly unlike-
ly that the seats will be empty for Woods’ direction of “The Tempest.”
During a 90-minute interview the week “The Tempest” opened, Woods walked into Henry the Tent, showing off the work done for the stage. First, she sat in the front row, just a couple of seats away from the middle. After a couple of breaths, she moved to where she truly belongs — the stage.
Woods has spent most of her life around theater. Much of her career has been spent with one of her great loves, an Englishman some four centuries her senior.
“I’m enamored with this guy named William who wrote these plays 450 years ago,” she said.
The steady growth from Shakespeare in the park to Shakespeare in the tent is credited to Woods by long-time festival board members and colleagues. That the Woods-led Whidbey festival has expanded and achieved success came as no surprise to one fellow Shakespeare festival artistic director in California.
“It takes extraordinary pas-sion and vision,” said Rebecca Ennals, artistic director of the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival. “Vision is what she has. She always looks to the biggest, most full, brightest future possible.”
“She just has faith,” Ennals added.
Like many artists before her, Woods takes chances to create an experience and evoke emotion from her audience. Joy, dread, sorrow, whatever the plays can pull from spectators is fine with Woods.
“I don’t need people to like
it or not like it,” she said. “I want them to feel some-thing.”
“Art connects us to our-selves,” she added. “Art con-nects us to something other than ourselves.”
The ability of Woods to draw in viewers and make the dated syntax and Shakespearean speech appli-cable and understandable is what sold one of the festival’s board members into sup-porting it with her time and money. Rene Neff, who has been on the board for three years, said she was not a fan of The Bard’s works until she saw “Romeo and Juliet” at Island Shakespeare Festival a few years ago.
“We’ve seen Shakespeare in different venues and never been much interested in it,” Neff said, taking a break from strewing hay across the field to cover recently filled low spots with sand and dirt.
“She’s a compelling per-son,” she later added. “She has such a deep love and enthusiasm for words and Shakespeare that you love it too.”
Woods, for her part in the festival’s growth, takes less than a second before cred-iting everyone else around her in the company: the pro-duction crew for building the stage and creating costumes and makeup, the directors and actors for taking months out of their schedule to help fulfill her vision, the business-es that fund the festival and the homes that open their doors to the cast and crew coming from off the island.
Being a woman in the the-ater business means Woods knows that parts aren’t always adequate or fulfilling
or plentiful. She has taken it upon herself to cast the best person for the role, regard-less of race or gender, so long as the meaning isn’t lost. That means she would never take away the racial element of “Othello” or the gender issues of “Much Ado About Nothing.” Most every-thing else, however, can be changed, she said. In this sea-son, 11 women and 10 male actors make up the stage company.
“There are more male playwrights, more male roles,” she said of theater in general. “We sort of tip the apple cart.”
Having founded the festi-val with little more than a dream and a few backers, Woods was more than the director. She did the cast-ing, found the production help to build the stage, made costumes, did makeup and hair, and handled marketing and fundraising --- just about
everything short of actually acting on stage.
“I’ve sewn curtains,” Woods said, followed by a quick laugh. “I was just sew-ing costumes.”
Just a few feet behind her are books thickly painted in single hues of blue, green, yellow, red, orange, black and brown. Some prop up an old cabin door used as an angled, raised platform in center stage. The few dozen books were stacked as blocking and visual cues and props. Those, too, were partly procured and painted by Woods and others in the festival company.
“We’re a roll-up-your-sleeves company,” she said. “I think we always will be.”
With the growth of the festival in recent years, the group’s staff has increased, allowing Woods to leave behind some of those tasks. She remains the overseer of the event but can still be found hammering in stakes
for the tent, grabbing chairs or spreading straw around the field.
“I see her out here work-ing from 8 a.m. in the morn-ing to 10 p.m. at night,” Neff said.
The season runs from mid-July to mid-September this year. Even though it cov-ers about 30 performances, planning for each season is a year-round occupation for Woods. The 2016 produc-tions are already set, and the 2017 plays are beginning to take shape.
Even as she continues to expand her “big picture” role as the artistic director and brings in outside help to direct other productions, Woods said she will always direct at least one of the plays.
“You’ve got to have a good amount of faith and a big dol-lop of crazy,” she added.
Rose & the BardFestival founder, director works
gender battles into performances
Photo by Ben Watanabe/Whidbey News-Times
Rose Woods is the mastermind behind the Island Shakespeare Festival, founding it in 2009, and overseeing, with the help of a board of directors, its rapid annual growth.
Island Shakespeare Festival Two performances await patrons this season: “The Tempest” and “The Three Musketeers,” the latter representing the first foray away from William Shakespeare’s work. All performances begin promptly at 5 p.m., with no late seat-ing or admission. Tent opens at 4:15 p.m., with first-come, first-served seating. Performances run Thursday-Sunday every week, except for Aug. 6-9, through Sept. 13. The tent is near the elementary school in Langley.By July 30, the performances alternate days, with “The Tempest” on July 30 and “The Three Musketeers” on July 31. For schedule, visit www.islandshakespearefest.org
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Through Us VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL, 9 a.m. to noon, July 20-24, at Concordia Lutheran Church, located at the corner of NE 7th Avenue and Oak Harbor Street. Open to children ages 3-12. Contact the church for information. 360-675-2548
n Oak Harbor Assembly of God is accept-ing registrations for VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL. The Vacation Bible School is open to children in grades kindergarten through fifth and will take place from 6-8:30 p.m., July 27-31. Free. For more information and to register, contact the church at 360-675-4852 or visit www.oakharborag.com
n The Coupeville United Methodist Church will offer G-Force, a FREE VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL for chil-dren ages four and older. G-Force lets kids explore how to put their faith into action. In this mission-focused program, children expe-rience God’s unstoppable love and discover how to fuel up and move in and through life with God. The main Bible verse for G-Force is Acts 17:28a, “In God we live, move, and
exist.” A life with God is one of movement! The Vacation Bible School will be held 9:30 a.m. to noon, July 27-31. To enroll, call the office at 678-4256, send an email to [email protected], or visit our website at coupevil-leumc.org
n Climb to Everest with VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL at Oak Harbor First United Methodist Church. The church is located at 1050 SE Ireland St. School will be held from 9 a.m. to noon, Aug. 3-7. Open to all children ages 3 (must be potty trained) through 12. Sign up at oakharborfumc.org Contact Kathi Winnenberg at 224-730-0858 or Jake Howell at 503-910-5887 for more information.
n OAK HARBOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOL is currently enrolling preschool and elementary students for the upcoming 2015-16 school year. OHCS is committed to high academic standards and biblical princi-ples and has been in operation since 1938. To register, call the school office at 360-675-2831.
SaturdayJuly 25
Friends of Meerkerk Picnic, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., July 25, at 3531 Meerkerk Lane, Greenbank. Free. Don Lee, president of the board, will deliver a “state of the gardens” update; officers will be elected; and volun-teers and friends recog-nized. A potluck will follow the business meeting. All are welcome. meerkerk@whid bey.net, 360-678-1912.
Sail-What-You-Gotta Regatta, noon to 5 p.m., July 25, at Lone Lake. All small sail and paddle boats are invited to sail Lone Lake, including kayaks, canoes, stand-up paddle boards and row boats. No boat? No problem. Rides will be offered. Games, sailboat rides, free hot dogs, sail-by parade, racing and enter-tainment. [email protected], 360-969-2646.
Whidbey Island Yo-gaFest, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., July 25, at Fort Nu-gent Park, Oak Harbor. All are welcome. Admission is free; bring a canned food item to donate to the Help House. Easy yoga in the park, live music and raffles. [email protected], 360-929-9336.
Island County Ama-teur Radio Club meet-ing, 9 a.m., July 25, at the County Commissioners’ Hearing Room, 1 NE Sixth Street, Coupeville. Volun-teer radio license examiners will be on site to provide information and schedule federal ham radio exams for interested persons. www.w7avm.org, [email protected]
Free composting class, 9:30 a.m., July 25, at Fort Casey State Park at the compost demonstration site near the lighthouse. Learn the basics of composting.
There will be a free raffle for a chance to win a yard waste compost bin. The class will be taught by Janet Hall, WSU Waste Wise program coordinator. A Discover Pass is required for parking. 360-678-7974, [email protected]
Friends of Ebey’s Summer Picnic on the Prairie, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., July 25, at the Pacific Rim Institute, 180 Parker Road, Coupeville. Enjoy a tradi-tional, locally-sourced picnic while enjoying one of Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve’s treasures. Learn about another Ebey’s For-ever Grant Recipient and play traditional games like Rockwell beanbag toss. The picnic costs $75 per person. [email protected], 206-399-9064, www.friendsofebeys.org
Lavender Wind Festi-val, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., July 25 and 26, at Lavender Wind Farm, 2530 Darst Road, Coupeville. Free. Browse booths showcasing local ar-
tisans, wander through the fields of lavender and enjoy live music, food and bever-ages. [email protected], 360-544-4132.
Renaissance at the Farm, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., July 25, at Greenbank Farm. A celebration of renaissance past and present. Highlights include games and enter-tainment as well as presen-tations on subjects such as falconry and brewing. Free.
Coupeville Arts and Crafts Festival Juried Art Gallery, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., July 25-27, at the Coupeville Rec Hall. Entries for the Coupeville Festival Art Gallery will be accepted during this time. Contact Margaret Livermore at [email protected] or download the prospectus at www.coupevillefestival.com
Main Street Collision 30 Year Anniversary Celebration, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., July 25, at 19762 SR 20, Coupeville. Main Street
Collision will host a thanks-giving celebration in honor of 30 years of business. Bring a canned food item for the Help House food drive. Prizes, food, tour of the fa-cility. 360-678-4322.
SundayJuly 26
Bounce Mania, noon to 6 p.m., July 26, at Green-bank Farm. The free event includes bounce houses, a dunk tank, bean bag toss, face painting, golf putting and more. This is a family event for children ages 2-14. Children must be accompa-nied by an adult guardian.
MondayJuly 27
Whidbey Island Radio Control Society meet-ing, 6-8 p.m., July 27, at the Family Bible Church,
Oak Harbor. Learn how and where to fly and how to operate your RC safely. Group flies everything from RC gliders to turbine jet air-craft. www.wircsrc.com
Stayin’ Alive Dragon Boat Practice, 5:45 p.m., Mondays and Wednesdays, at the Oak Harbor Marina. Try out the paddling sport of dragon boating with the Stayin’ Alive team. The team’s mission is to pro-mote the physical, social and emotional benefits of drag-on boating. It has proven to be especially beneficial for cancer survivors. Practice up to three times for free. Life jackets and paddles pro-vided. [email protected]
TuesdayJuly 28
Explore Summer: Hero Training Camp, 1-1:45 p.m. and 3-3:45 p.m., July 28, at the Oak Harbor Library Meeting Room. Free. Find the hero inside you. We’ll read stories, play games and sing songs about heroes. Wear a hero costume and take a selfie to share. For children ages 6-11 and their caregivers. 360-675-5115.
Team Tsunami Dragon Boat Practice, 5:30 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays, at the Oak Harbor Marina. Join Dragon Boat Team Tsunami, a diverse group of people who enjoy the sport of dragon boating, for a complimentary practice. For adults. Contact Lori Rho-denbaugh at [email protected] or 360-240-9105.
WednesdayJuly 29
Create Your Unique Story, 2-4 p.m., July 29, at the Oak Harbor Library Meeting Room. Free. For teens. There is a unique story inside you. Is it a trag-ic romance? Are there drag-ons? Historical figures that are actually interplanetary scouts bent on dominating Earth? Join us for writing prompts to quickly write your story. 360-675-5115.
Baby and Me Story-time, 9:30-10:15 a.m., July 29, at Coupeville Library. Silly stories, happy songs, rhymes and activities that inspire a love of reading. For newborns through 24 months. Caregiver required. Free admission. 360-678-4911.
Hero Training Camp, 1-2 p.m. and 3-4 p.m., July 29, at the Coupeville Li-brary. Free. Read stories, play games and sing songs about heroes. Wear a hero costume and take a selfie to share. For children ages 6-11 and their caregivers. Contact Leslie Bakker at [email protected] or 360-678-4911.
West Beach Trash Bash, 9 a.m. to noon, July 29, at Libbey Beach Park, north of Coupeville. Join Land Trust volunteers and clean up the Libbey Beach and Morgan tideland areas. Bring work gloves. Tools, snacks and drinks will be provided. Contact the Whidbey Camano Land Trust at [email protected]
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CREATIVE ARTISTSound Publishing, Inc and The Whidbey News Times, a twice-weekly community newspaper located in Coupevil le, WA, has an immediate opening for a full-time Creative Artist. Duties in- clude performing ad de- sign, designing promo- t i o n a l m a t e r i a l s , providing excellent inter- nal and external custom- er service. Requires ex- cellent communication skills and the ability to work in a fast paced deadline-oriented envi- ronment . Exper ience w i th Adobe Crea t i ve Suite, InDesign, Photo- shop, Illustrator and Ac- robat strongly preferred, as is newspaper or other media experience. Must be able to work indepen- dently as well as part of a team. We offer a great w o r k e n v i r o n m e n t , health benefits, 401k, paid holidays, vacation and sick time. Please e- mail your resume, cover letter, and a few sam- ples of your work to:
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EDITORSound Publishing has an immediate opening for Editor of the Journal of the San Juans in the beautiful San Juan Is- lands o f Wash ing ton state. This is not an en- try-level position. Re- quires a hands-on leader with a minimum of three years newspaper experi- ence including writing, editing, pagination, pho- tography, and InDesign skills. editing and moni- toring social media in- cluding Twit ter, Face- Book, etc.
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EXECUTIVE EDITORThe Pen insu la Da i l y News in Por t Angeles, Wash., a six-day morn- ing newspaper and 24/7 online news operation ser v ing the beaut i fu l two-county North Olym- pic Peninsula, seeks a web-savvy execu t i ve editor with excellent writ- ing, editing and pagina- t ion ski l ls and proven management exper i - ence. Reporting to the publisher, this is the No. 1 position in our news- room. The execut ive editor provides day-to- day newsroom leader- ship, overseeing online news coverage whi le spearheading the publi- cation of our print news- paper and overseeing all its sections and special supplements. Particularly important on the print side are first- rate InDesign skills. The execut ive ed i to r also oversees our web- site (avg 1.2 million page views monthly), Face- book pages and Twitter account and helps de- ve lop and implement strategies to grow the PDN’s social media, mo- bile and video audienc- es. The right candidate can identify major news and trends pertinent to ou r p r in t and on l ine readers, edit a story on deadline and help coach repor ters into turning their ideas into top-flight reads — and also has the ability to quickly fix a webs i te problem and edit an occasional video or podcast.Affordable Port Angeles, gateway to Olympic Na- tional Park and Victoria, British Columbia, gets half the rainfall of Seattle yet is close enough to enjoy Seattle as well as our rain forests, great f ishing and other out- doo rs ac t i v i t i es and pleasant lifestyle. ?Port Angel?es just fin- ished second in Outside magazine’s 2015 “Best Town Ever” online con- test, beating out Santa Barbara, Calif., Flagstaff, Ariz., Bar Harbor, Maine, and two western cities.We are a member of Sound Publishing Inc., the largest community media organization in Washington state, and o f fe r a fu l l range o f fringe benefits. To apply, please e-mail to
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Island Transit is accept- ing applications for part- time, entry-level, Transit Bus Operators.
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Legal NoticeGeneral Meeting of Diking District No. 2
The commissioners of Diking District No. 2 will hold a regular quarterly meet ing on Saturday, August 1, 2015 at 9:00 AM. The meeting will be located at 7427 Maxwel- ton Road, at the corner of Maxwelton Road and Swede Hill Road. This is an open meeting and all interested parties are welcome to attend. Legal No. WCW645671 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.July 25, 2015.
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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE
OF WASHINGTONFOR ISLAND COUNTY
In the Matter of the Es- tateofROBERT T. ROBERTS,Deceased.No. 15-4-00172-0PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORSRCW 11.40.030The personal represen- tative named below has been appointed as per- sonal representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, be- fore the time the claim would be barred by any o therw ise app l i cable statute of l imi tat ions, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serv- ing on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal repre- sentative’s attorney at the address stated be- low a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate pro- ceed ings were com- menced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal repre- s e n t a t i ve s e r ve d o r mailed the notice to the creditor as provided un- d e r R C W 1 1 . 4 0 . 0 2 0 (1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of f i rst publication of the notice. If the claim is not pre- sented within this time frame, the claim is forev- er barred, except as oth- erwise provided in RCW 11 .40 .051 and RCW 11.40.060. This bar is ef- fec t i ve as t o c l a ims against both the dece- dent’s probate and non- probate assets. DATE OF FIRST PUBLICA- TION: July 25, 2015PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE: TRACY N. GlBSONATTORNEY FOR PER- SONAL REPRESENTA- TIVE: Jacob CohenADDRESS FOR MAIL- ING OR SERVICE:Cohen, Manni, Theune & Manni, LLPPost Office Box 889Oak Harbor, WA 98277Cour t of probate pro- ceed ings and cause number:Island County Superior CourtIs land County Cour t - housePost Office Box 5000Coupeville, WA 98239Probate Cause Number: 15-4-00172-0Legal No. WCW646758Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.July 25, August 1, 8, 2015.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR
ISLAND COUNTY, WASHINGTON
HSBC BANK USA, NA- TIONAL ASSOCIATION A S T R U S T E E F O R MASTR REPERFORM- I N G L O A N T R U S T 2006-1,Plaintiff,vE S TAT E O F K AT H - L E E N M . J O H N S O N AKA KATE M. JOHN- SON; TIM ANDERSON; B A N KO F A M E R I C A , N . A . ; E L C A M A N O C O M M U N I T Y C L U B ; U N K N O W N H E I R S , SPOUSE, DEVISEES, AND LEGATEES OF T H E E S T A T E O F KATHLEEN M. JOHN- S O N A K A K AT E M . JOHNSON; DOES 1-10 I N C L U S I V E ; U N - KNOWN OCCUPANTS O F T H E S U B J E C T
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R E A L P R O P E R T Y ; PARTIES IN POSSES- S ION OF THE SUB- JECT REAL PROPER- TY; PARTIES CLAIMING A RIGHT TO POSSESSION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY; A L L O T H E R U N - KNOWN PERSONS OR PA RT I E S C L A I M I N G ANY RIGHT, TITLE, ES- TATE, LIEN, OR INTER- EST IN THE REAL ES- TATE DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT HEREINDefendant(s) .I C S O L O G N O. 1 5 - R0025NO. 14-2-00418-9S H E R I F F ’ S P U B L I C NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTYTO: ESTATE OF KATH- L E E N M . J O H N S O N AKA KATE M. JOHN- SON; TIM ANDERSON; BANK OF AMERICA, N . A . ; E L C A M A N O C O M M U N I T Y C L U B ; U N K N O W N H E I R S , SPOUSE, DEVISEES, AND LEGATEES OF T H E E S T A T E O F KATHLEEN M. JOHN- S O N A K A K AT E M . JOHNSON; DOES 1-10 I N C L U S I V E ; U N - KNOWN OCCUPANTS O F T H E S U B J E C T R E A L P R O P E R T Y ; PARTIES IN POSSES- S ION OF THE SUB- JECT REAL PROPER- TY; PARTIES CLAIMING A RIGHT TO POSSESSION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY; A L L O T H E R U N - KNOWN PERSONS OR PA RT I E S C L A I M I N G ANY RIGHT, TITLE, ES- TATE, LIEN, OR INTER- EST IN THE REAL ES- TATE DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT HEREIN:The Superior Court of Is- land County has directed the undersigned Sheriff of Island County (through his designee) to se l l the proper ty de- scribed below to satisfy a judgment in the above entitled action:S I T U AT E I N T H E COUNTY OF ISLAND, STATE OF WASHING- TON:LOT 3, PLAT OF EL CA- MANO DIV. NO 1, AC- C O R D I N G T O T H E PLAT THEREOF RE- CORDED IN VOLUME 11 OF PLATS, PAGE 22, RECORDS OF IS- LAND COUNTY, WASH- INGTON.Also commonly known as 2784 EL CAMANO ST, CAMANO ISLAND, WA 98282.P A R C E L : S-6545-00-00003-0 AC- COUNT: 251159The sale of the above- described property is to take place:TIME: 10:00 a.m.DATE: Friday, Septem- ber 4, 2015PLACE: FRONT STEPS ISLAND COUNTY LAW AND JUSTICE CENTER 101 NE 6TH STREET, COUPEVILLE, WASH- INGTONThe judgment debtor/s can avoid the sale by pay ing the judgment amount of $87,879.27, together with interest, costs and fees before the sale date. For the exact amount, contact the Sheriff through his designee at the address stated below.Dated this 20th day of July, 2015.MARK C. BROWN, SHERIFFISLAND COUNTYBy:/s/Wylie FarrWylie Farr, Chief Civil DeputyICSO/Law & Justice Center101 NE 6th StreetPO BOX 5000Coupeville, Washington 98239-5000
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360-678-4422ICSO Docket No. 15-R0025Legal No. WCW646793 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.July 25, August 1, 8, 15, 2015.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE
OF WASHINGTONFOR ISLAND COUNTY
In the matter of the es- tate of:JAMES K. CARTER,Deceased. NO. 12-4-00276-4NOTICE OF HEARING ON APPROVAL OF FI- N A L A C C O U N T I N G AND PETITION FOR DISTRIBUTIONNOTICE IS GIVEN TO ALL PERSONS INTER- ESTED IN THE ABOVE ESTATE THAT:Michael Aris Hytopoulos, adm in i s t ra to r o f t he above estate has filed w i th the c lerk o f the above court the final ac- count and petit ion for distribution of the estate, requesting the court to settle the final account, distribute the property of the estate to the heirs or persons entitle thereto, and discharge the ad- ministrator.The final accounting and petition for distribution will be heard in the Is- land County Super ior Cour t on August 17 , 2015, at 9:30 a.m. or as soon thereafter as this matter may be heard, at which t ime and place any person interested in the estate may appear and file objections to and c o n t e s t t h e p e t i t i o n and/or final account.DATED this 22nd day of July, 2015.CHRISTON C. SKIN- NERAttorney for Estate791 SE Barrington Dr.Oak Harbor WA 98277Telephone: 360-679-1240Legal No. WCW647088 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.July 25, 2015.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE
OF WASHINGTONIN AND FOR THE
COUNTY OF ISLANDHSBC BANK USA, NA- TIONAL ASSOCIATION A S T R U S T E E F O R MASTR REPERFORM- I N G L O A N T R U S T 2006-1,Plaintiff,vE S TAT E O F K AT H - L E E N M . J O H N S O N AKA KATE M. JOHN- SON; TIM ANDERSON; BANK OF AMERICA, N.A; EL CAMANO COM- MUNITY CLUB; UN- K N O W N H E I R S , SPOUSE, DEVISEES, AND LEGATEES OF T H E E S T A T E O F KATHLEEN M. JOHN- S O N A K A K AT E M . JOHNSON; DOES 1-10 I N C L U S I V E ; U N - KNOWN OCCUPANTS O F T H E S U B J E C T R E A L P R O P E R T Y ; PARTIES IN POSSES- S ION OF THE SUB- JECT REAL PROPER- TY; PARTIES CLAIMING A RIGHT TO POSSESSION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY; A L L O T H E R U N - KNOWN PERSONS OR PA RT I E S C L A I M I N G ANY RIGHT, TITLE, ES- TATE, LIEN, OR INTER- EST IN THE REAL ES- TATE DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT HEREIN;Defendant(s) .CAUSE
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NO. 14-2-00418-9SHERIFF’S NOTICE TO JUDGMENT DEBTOR OF THE SALE OF REAL PROPERTYTO: ESTATE OF KATH- L E E N M . J O H N S O N AKA KATE M. JOHN- SON; TIM ANDERSON; BANK OF AMERICA, N . A . ; E L C A M A N O C O M M U N I T Y C L U B ; U N K N O W N H E I R S , SPOUSE, DEVISEES, AND LEGATEES OF T H E E S T A T E O F KATHLEEN M. JOHN- S O N A K A K AT E M . JOHNSON; DOES 1-10 I N C L U S I V E ; U N - KNOWN OCCUPANTS O F T H E S U B J E C T R E A L P R O P E R T Y ; PARTIES IN POSSES- S ION OF THE SUB- JECT REAL PROPER- TY; PARTIES CLAIMING A RIGHT TO POSSESSION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY; A L L O T H E R U N - KNOWN PERSONS OR PA RT I E S C L A I M I N G ANY RIGHT, TITLE, ES- TATE, LIEN, OR INTER- EST IN THE REAL ES- TATE DESCRIBED IN T H E C O M P L A I N T HEREIN, Defendant(s) and judgment debtor(s) and any other persons o r p a r t i e s u n k n o w n claiming any right, title, estate, lien or interest in the personal and/or real property described here- in:THE SUPERIOR C O U RT O F I S L A N D COUNTY has directed the undersigned Sheriff of Island County (through his designee) to se l l the proper ty de- scribed below to satisfy a judgment in the above- entitled action:S I T U AT E I N T H E COUNTY OF ISLAND, STATE OF WASHING- TON:LOT 3, PLAT OF EL CA- MANO DIV. NO 1, AC- C O R D I N G T O T H E PLAT THEREOF RE- CORDED IN VOLUME 11 OF PLATS, PAGE 22, RECORDS OF IS- LAND COUNTY, WASH- INGTON.
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Also commonly known as 2784 EL CAMANO ST, CAMANO ISLAND, WA 98282P A R C E L : S-6545-00-00003-0 AC- COUNT: 251159The sale of the above- described property is to take place:TIME: 10:00 a.m.DATE: Friday, Septem- ber 4, 2015PLACE: Steps of the Is- land County Law & Jus- tice CenterThe judgment debtor can avoid the sale by pay ing the judgment amount of $87,879.27, together with interest, costs and fees before the sale date. For the exact amount, contact the Sheriff through his designee at the address stated below.The property is subject to no redemption rights after sale.The judgment debtor or debtors or any of them may redeem the above descr ibed proper ty at any time up to the end of the redemption period by paying the amount bid at the Sheriff ’s sale plus additional costs, taxes, assessments, cer ta in other amounts, fees, and interest. If you are inter- ested in redeeming the property contact the un- d e r s i g n e d S h e r i f f through his designee at the address stated be- low to determine the ex- act amount necessary to redeem.IMPORT ANT NOTICE:I F T H E J U D G M E N T DEBTOR OR DEBTORS DO NOT REDEEM THE PROPERTY BY 4:30 P.M. ON SEPTEMBER 4 , 2 0 1 5 , T H E P U R - C H A S E R AT T H E SHERIFF’S SALE WILL BECOME THE OWNER AND MAY EVICT THE O C C U PA N T F R O M THE PROPERTY UN- LESS THE OCCUPANT IS THE TENANT HOLD- ING UNDER AN UNEX- PIRED LEASE. JUDG- M E N T D E B TO R O R D E B T O R S AT T H E TIME OF THE SALE, HE, SHE, THEY, OR ANY OF THEM MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO RETAIN POSSESSION
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D U R I N G T H E R E - DEMPTION PERIOD, IF ANY, WITHOUT PAY- MENT OF ANY RENT OR OCCUPANCY FEE. T H E J U D G M E N T DEBTOR MAY ALSO HAVE A RIGHT TO RE- TA I N P O S S E S S I O N D U R I N G A N Y R E - DEMPTION PERIOD IF T H E P RO P E RT Y I S USED FOR FARMING OR IF THE PROPERTY IS BEING SOLD UN- D E R A M O RT G AG E THAT SO PROVIDES.Dated this 20th day of July, 2015.MARK C. BROWN, SHERIFFISLAND COUNTYBy:/s/Wylie FarrWylie Farr, Chief Deputy ICSO/Law & Jus t i ce CenterPO Box 5000Coupeville, Washington 98239-5000360-678-4422ICSO Docket No. 15- R0025Legal No. WCW646799 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.July 25, August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 2015.
LEGAL NOTICEPUBLIC NOTICE
The Solid Waste Divi- sion of the Island County Depar tment of Publ ic Works is applying for c ove r a g e u n d e r t h e S ta te o f Wash ing ton General Permit for Bio- solids Management to apply biosolids to the Sherman Field located a t t he end o f O lson R o a d , O a k H a r b o r , Washington, Parcel No. R13219-259-0460. Bio- solids are produced at t h e W h i d b ey I s l a n d S e p t a g e Tr e a t m e n t Plant located at 20062 SR-20, Coupeville, WA. Contact is Joantha Guth- r i e , P O B o x 5 0 0 0 , Coupeville, WA 98239. T h i s s i t e h a s g o n e through SEPA review and public notice. The
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proposal is to land apply certified Class B biosol- ids on non-food crops from the Coupeville facil- ity. The facility treatment process includes manual and automated screens, aerated gr i t chamber, and an aerated digestion t r e a t m e n t p r o c e s s . Treated biosolids are la- bo ra to r y t es ted and stored in lagoons for dry season appl icat ion at calculated agronomic uptake rates by tanker on non-food crops. Soils are tested annually prior to application. Test re- sults determine applica- tion rates. Any person who wants to comment of this proposal or wants to request a public hear- ing or meeting must do so in writing within 30 days of this notice. Com- ments should be ad- dressed to the Ecology contact listed below. If you wish to be included on an interested parties list to receive notification of activities relating to this project, please notify Publ ic Works contact noted below in writing and written confirmation will be provided by certi- fied mail, return receipt requested, to each inter- ested person or organ- ization that their name has been placed on the list.Amber CorfmanNW Regional Biosolids Coordinator Washington State De- partment of Ecology3190 160th Ave SE, Bel- levue, WA 98008-5452Amber.corfman@ ecy.wa.gov Joantha GuthrieSolid Waste ManagerIsland County Solid WastePO Box 5000, Coupe- ville, WA [email protected]. wa.us Legal No. WCW647099 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.July 25, 2015.
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Public Hearing NoticeOak Harbor City Council
NOTICE is hereby given that the Oak Harbor City Council will hold a public hearing in the City Hall Council Chambers, 865 SE Barrington Drive, on Wednesday, August 5, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter, to con- sider adoption of Ordi- nance 1712: Homeless Encampment Code. This Ordinance will pro- vide guidance for the safety and protection of potential encampment res idents as we l l as regulate and minimize impacts to the residents of the neighborhood.Anyone wishing to sup- port or oppose this item or provide other relevant comments may do so in writing or appear in per- son before the Oak Har- bor City Council at the time and place of said public hearing. To assure disabled per- sons the opportunity to participate in or benefit f r o m C i t y s e r v i c e s , please provide 24-hour advance notice to the City Clerk at (360) 279- 4539 for additional ar- r a n g e m e n t s t o r e a - sonably accommodate special needs.Anna M. Thompson, City ClerkLegal No. WCW646664 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.July 25, 2015.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE
HEARING EXAMINERHE #08-10-15
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held before the City of Oak Harbor Hearing Examiner in the Council Chambers at City Hall on August 10, 2015 at 10:00 a.m., to consider the following item: I S L A N D V I N E YA R D COMMUNITY CHURCH - CUP 15-04
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The Hearing Examiner will consider a condition- al use permit application submitted by Andi Yen- na for Island Vineyard Community Church pro- posing to use 1080 SE Pioneer Way for church related use. The church proposes to use an ex- isting 2,000 square foot commercial space as a meeting hall and shared parking spaces associat- ed wi th the bu i ld ing. The current proposal is to accommodate approx- imately 74 seats. The proposal includes two classrooms for children’s church. The property is zoned CBD, Cen t ra l Business District and the proposed church is per- mitted as a conditional use in this district. The proper ty location is at 1080 SE Pioneer Way, S7585-00-00024-1.Anyone wishing to com- ment on the above items or provide other relevant information may do so in writing or appear in per- son before the Hearing Examiner at the t ime and place of said public hearing. After obtaining public input and consid- er ing the mat ter, the Hearing Examiner may
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approve or deny the pro- posed application. As par t o f the approval , conditions or limitations may be imposed.For additional informa- t ion, you may contact the City Department of Development Services in City Hall or call (360) 279-4512.Katherine D. Gifford R e c o r d i n g Secretary
Legal No. WCW647096 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.July 25, 2015.
SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON
COUNTY OF ISLANDEstate ofCHRISTINE ROSE MARKEN, deceased,Plaintiff,vs.The heirs, devisees, and successors in interest of A.J. McMILLAN and E. GERTRUDE McMILLAN h u s b a n d a n d w i f e ; and/or also, a l l other persons or par ties un- k n ow n c l a i m i n g a ny right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real prop- er ty descr ibed in this summons,Defendants.NO. 15 2 00306 7
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SUMMONS BY PUBLI- CATION TO THE SAID DEFEN- DANTS: the heirs, devi- sees, and successors in interest of A.J. McMIL- LAN and E. GERTRUDE McMILLAN, husband and wife; and/or also, all other persons or parties unknown claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real prop- erty described herein.You are hereby sum- moned to appear within sixty days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to wit, within sixty days after the 27th day of June, 2015, and defend the above-entitled action in the above-entitled court, and answer the Com- plaint of the Plaintiff, Es- tate of Christine Rose Marken, deceased, and serve a copy of your an- swer upon the under- s i g n e d a t t o r n ey fo r P l a i n t i f f , J a m e s L . Kotschwar, at his office be low s ta ted; and in case of your failure so to do, judgment will be ren- dered against you ac- cording to the demand of the Complaint , which has been filed with the Clerk of said Court.
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The object of this action is to quiet title to real es- tate situated in Island Coun ty, Wash ing ton , more speci f ica l ly de- scribed as follows:The South sixty feet of l o t n ine (9 ) and the South sixty feet of lot ten (10), Block 18, Plat of Rolling Hills #2 as re- corded in Volume 6 of Plats, page 60, records of Island County, Wash- ington.( t a x p a r c e l n o . S8050-02-18009-2)JAMES L . KOTSCH- WAR, WSBA #10823Attorney for Plaintiff tel: 360-675-2207265 NE Kett le Street; #101PO Box 1593Oak Harbor, WA 98277Legal No. WCW641164 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.June 27, July 4, 11, 18, 25, August 1, 2015.
SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON
FOR ISLAND COUNTYNATIONSTAR MORT- GAGE LLC dba C H A M P I O N M O R T- G AG E C O M PA N Y, a limited liability company,Plaintiff,vs.
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G E O R G I N E G AV I N , solely in her capacity as Successor in Interest of FRANCIS B. GAVIN, a deceased ind iv idua l ; ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS A N D D E V I S E E S O F FRANCIS B. GAVIN, a deceased individual; Ju- lian Castro, solely in his capacity as Secretary for UNITED STATES DE- PARTMENT OF HOUS- ING AND URBAN DE- VELOPMENT; DOES 1 through 10, inclusive, and ROES 1 through 10, inclusive.DefendantsNO. 15-2-00184-6SUMMONS (20 DAYS)TO THE DEFENDANT/ R E S P O N D E N T ( S ) ABOVE NAMED: A law- suit has been star ted against you in the above ent i t led cour t by NA- T I O N S TA R M O R T- GAGE LLC dba CHAM- P I O N M O R T G A G E C O M PA N Y, p l a i n t i f f . Plaintiff’s claim is stated in the written complaint, a c o py o f w h i c h i s served upon you with this summons.
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I n o r d e r t o d e f e n d against this lawsuit, you mus t respond to the complaint by stating your defense in writing, and by serving a copy upon the persons signing this summons within 20 days after the service of this summons, excluding the day of service, or a de- fault judgment may be en te red aga ins t you without notice. A default judgment is one where p la int i f f is ent i t led to what he asks for be- cause you have not re- sponded. If you serve a notice of appearance on the undersigned person, you are entitled to notice before a default judg- ment may be entered.You may demand that the plaintiff file this law- suit with the court. If you do so, the demand must be in writing and must be served upon the per- sons signing this sum- mons. Within 14 days af- ter you serve the de-
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mand, the plaintiff must file lawsuit with the court of the service on you of this summons and com- plaint will be void.If you wish to seek the advice of an attorney in this matter you should do so promptly so that your written respond, if any, may be served on time.This summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4 of the Super io r Cour t C iv i l Rules of the State of Washington.DATED: April 6, 2015.LAW OFFICES OF LES ZIEVEBy:/s/Benjamin D. Peti- prin Benjamin D. Pet ipr in, WSBA# 46071 Attorneys for Petitioner1100 Dex te r Avenue North, Suite 100 Seattle, Washington 98109 206-866-5345Legal No. WCW644943 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey RecordJuly 18, July 25, August 1, 8, 2015.
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ARIESThere’s plenty of action in store foryou, and you may be entitled to somenice surprises. Your friends suggestsome rather exciting activities. Besure to appreciate the joys of life.
TAURUSYou need to make some changesin your social circle. You manageto drive away the energy-suckers,which allows you to have more qua-lity time with your real friends.
GEMINIYou’re sure to have an extremelybusy social life. You’re responsiblefor organizing an event that bringstogether a lot of people. It’s a hugesuccess in every way.
CANCERYou start a major project along withyour true love, associates or familymembers. You’re building a solidfoundation for a bright future.
LEOEven if your summer vacation isover, you still think about going ona trip. You may also decide, on thespur of the moment, to go back toschool after the summer holidays.
VIRGODon’t be afraid of change; at themoment it can only be in your fa-vour. Your vacation ends on a highnote with a beautiful romantic get-away or a trip with friends.
LIBRAYou spare no effort in order to lookgreat. New clothes show you offto advantage and could turn out tobe essential for your new positionat work.
SCORPIOYou’re given a promotion that al-lows you to settle a lot of your debts.Some overtime should also improveyour financial situation. Don’t neg-lect your health.
SAGITTARIUSYou’re a dynamic sort of person andyou sweep lots of people along in awonderful surge of craziness. Youmay be put on a pedestal by somepeople for one reason or another.
CAPRICORNYou appreciate good times with fa-mily. You also manage to bury thehatchet between some of your re-latives who have been at odds witheach other for a while now.
AQUARIUSAmong all the many comings andgoings this week, you’ll feel likea taxi driver for your children.There’sthe possibility of a business trip, andthe phone just won’t stop ringing.
PISCESYou discover a really nice surprisewhen you return to work after agreat vacation. You may be given apromotion on a silver platter. Yourcustomer base may expand.
Week of August 2 to 8, 2015
ARIESMaking time for the family is im-portant. Your children, or even yourelderly parents, need you. You won’thesitate to devote to them all thetime they need.
TAURUSYou may decide to go back to schoolor follow a short training session.You’ll soon reap the rewards, eventhough you’re short on time andhave to go to considerable effort.
GEMINIExpect to put in some overtime atwork. These efforts may earn you apromotion and put you in manage-ment’s good books.
CANCERYou are at the dawn of a new be-ginning. If you’re looking for a job,you finally find a promising career,albeit a stressful one. The salary isappealing, and a bright future is inthe making.
LEOYou have a brainwave. You suc-ceed in better defining your priori-ties and visualizing your future. Youhave a flash of inspiration con-cerning a new way forward.
VIRGOYou’re happy to organize an eventthat brings together lots of people.Just a few words from you is enoughto establish perfect harmony bet-ween the people around you.
LIBRAFollowing the departure of a col-league, you’re given a promotionthat you’ll learn to enjoy, slowly butsurely. Much to your surprise, a newway of living enables you to ac-complish great feats.
SCORPIOYou have the opportunity of goingon an exciting trip, and you’re temp-ted by a foreign adventure. You mayeven think about moving to an-other country. Projects line up oneafter the other.
SAGITTARIUSIt takes time to realize your dreams.After all, Rome wasn’t built in a day.You need some patience in orderto realize your projects, fulfill yourambitions and achieve your goals.
CAPRICORNYou have to be very patient in orderto finally reach an agreement atwork or elsewhere. You win yourcase if it has been dragging on incourt for a while.
AQUARIUSYour doctor should finally find thetreatment that’s perfect for you ifyou have some health problems.You can expect to get a good pro-motion at work.
PISCESYou achieve something that you’reparticularly proud of. You may evensave someone’s life, if only bylistening. The person involved isvery grateful.
Week of August 9 to 15, 2015
ARIESYou have to look your best for onereason or another. You work on yourimage, for either personal or pro-fessional reasons.
TAURUSYou have piles of work to do, andit’s urgent. You’ll be generously re-warded for your efforts and perhapsyou’ll even be offered a promotion.
GEMINIYour esthetic sense is at its peakand you’re constantly creating mas-terpieces during your daily activi-ties. Your ability to be patient co-mes in very handy for one reasonor another.
CANCERYou may spend part of the week athome. If you have young children,you have lots of preparations tocomplete, especially for the start ofthe new school year.
LEOYou do a lot of running around, andthere’s a chance that it will takea bit longer than expected. Don’trefuse your friends’ invitations tounwind and have some fun. Tryto relax.
VIRGOYou should find all the necessarysolutions to any financial worries.Don’t hesitate to consult your friendsand various professionals in order toget to the bottom of things.
LIBRALots of action is on the horizon andtime flies by. You succeed in ma-king the most of your creativity.Soon, and against all odds, a pro-ject of an artistic nature shows it-self to be lucrative.
SCORPIOWith a bit of persistence and deter-mination you attain your goals inthe end, even though time is a rarecommodity. At work, you need tolearn to love your job in order tofeel good.
SAGITTARIUSExpect to have a lively social life.You also benefit from an extraor-dinary imagination, which, to yoursurprise, allows you to create agreat masterpiece.
CAPRICORNTime is definitely scarce and youhave no choice but to synchronizeall your activities with great preci-sion. Be sure to unwind in order toalleviate your stress.
AQUARIUSYou could treat yourself to a shortvacation. Look at all the details, es-pecially if you’re planning a busi-ness trip. This is also a great op-portunity to go wild, no matter whatthe circumstances.
PISCESThere’s lots of emotion in the air.Be careful with money; you maytend to do some compulsive shop-ping. If you want to spoil yourself,do it with moderation.
Week of August 16 to 22, 2015
THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK:CAPRICORN, AQUARIUS AND
PISCES.THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK:CANCER, LEO AND VIRGO.
THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK:LIBRA, SCORPIO AND
SAGITTARIUS.
ARIESYou could set your sights on somevery lucrative real estate deals.A fewrenovations will double your home’svalue, or at least make your lovenest more enjoyable.
TAURUSThe idea of a trip is forming in yourmind.You may even embark on someform of pilgrimage.You at least showa great openness to spirituality.
GEMINIYou have to deal with some strongemotions for one reason or another.Your generosity is solicited. Try notto exceed your financial limits, muchless your physical limits.
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Born arrived for his interview in a blue hospital scrub shirt with “Rob Born for Hospital Board.”
Born said he’s concerned most with the retention of hospital staff. He said it’s time to stop playing politics and create an environment in which employees don’t feel they’ll lose their jobs if they disagree. He also said EMTs, who can make upward of six figures with overtime, are paid too much.
“The pay structure is skewed,” he said. “We’re overpaying some people at the top and underpaying some at the bottom.”
The hospital needs to improve its reputation and patient satisfaction, he said.
One idea to do so is getting the hospital accredited, he said.
If elected, Born said he’ll visit the hospital weekly and talk with patients.
Another plan is, as he puts it, to “quit self-inflicted wounds” by obey-ing all laws and regulations. As an example, he noted the hospital got dinged for not sending its financial information to the state auditor’s office.
“It’s easy enough to do,” he said. “The Whidbey Cemetery District does it.”
Born concedes he didn’t make too many friends with hospital lead-ers in past years, but maintains he wants what’s best for the hospital and said he can work with other board members.
“What I hope to bring is a sense
of urgency,” he said.
“What we have on the board now is a sense of com-placency.”
RITA DRUM moved to the island last year after marry-ing a retired Navy doctor. She brings an academic back-ground and self-described “compassion-ate heart.”
Drum said she knows hospitals after a career on the East Coast in the healthcare
industry. Drum sees her role as commis-
sioner as a liaison who can speak up for people in the community and explain the hospital’s practices and decisions to the public. She said it is the board’s responsibility to oversee policy but not set it.
The schism between the hospi-tal, community and hospital staff might be healed with better com-munication, she said. Some of the hospital’s problems with the nurse’s union might be improved if the hospital were more up front about what it can and can’t offer future employees.
Drum said she looked into work-ing at the hospital when she moved here and found it not a good fit
because the hospital wasn’t large enough to employ someone with her skills, add-ing she would be be practic-ing “antique medicine.”
“It’s really important for anyone — nurses, physi-cians, anyone — to know that it’s not going to be an interest-ing, exciting hospital,” she said. “They are not going to see amaz-ing, interesting cases.”
“They need to know that going in.”
She supports affiliating with other organizations and she’d like to see board meeting times moved to evenings or weekends to make them more accessible. Doctors and other hospital staff tend to be more available in the morning, and Drum suggested the hospital consider flex-time or over time to make other meeting times possible.
One of her top priorities is the fiscal health of the hospital, and she has confidence the new chief finan-cial officer will help the hospital get on track. She obliquely criticized her opponent Gardner, a CPA, say-ing “some people talk about how they manage the money for the hos-pital and that’s not really the job or
responsibility of the hospital commission-ers.”
Drum, who then used the name Penny Bartell-S c h l a c h t e r, filed a lawsuit against her former employ-er, Good S a m a r i t a n Hospital in Long Island after she was fired. She told the New York Post in 2013 that she was fired for her beliefs as a fundamental Christian after she started a
program to give miscarried fetuses a proper burial.
Asked about the case, Drum said said Whidbey Island voters don’t need to know about the lawsuit and it was settled in her favor.
Drum said her willingness to launch the program demonstrates she will do what’s right, even if it’s not the easy thing to do.
GEORGIA GARDNER, a CPA, said she offers voters her expertise in accounting, government finances and legislative processes as a for-mer state legislator.
“As a CPA, we’re not doing our job unless we’re telling them how to run their businesses,” she said. “That’s what I can feel I can offer
here.”She was first appointed to a
vacant seat and then elected two years ago. Her opponents have sug-gested the hospital’s finances are in trouble and Whidbey General is millions of dollars in debt.
“My opponents are confused,” she said.
The hospital purchased an expensive, mandated electronic medical records system using cash reserves.
“That’s like buying a house for cash and saying, boy, you had a big loss,” she said.
The hospital is beginning to show profits this year, although the reserve fund remains lower than ideal, she said.
Gardner said she does not favor affiliating with other hospitals. She’s concerned the hospital would lose autonomy and patients would have fewer choices, not more.
She’s been an advocate of the hospital’s home care-hospice pro-gram.
The hospital may need to take a hard look at whether it can afford EMTs if it’s forced to move them onto a more expensive pension plan designed for firefighters and police — the matter is caught up in the court. She’d also like to see hospital physical therapy services turned over to the private sector, since many physical therapists already work on the island.
She’d like to see more people attend board meetings and take advantage of hospital programs.
The board is considering hosting town hall style meetings in hopes of getting the public more involved.
GARDNER:Age: 71City: CoupevilleProfession: Certi-fied Public Accoun-tantEducation: Bach-elor’s degree in accounting, master’s degree in taxationElected Office: Blaine City Council, state representative in House and Sen-ate, 42nd districtMoved to Island: Full-time in 2003
BORN:Age: 68City: GreenbankProfession: retired attorneyEducation: Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, law degreeElected Office: Ran unsuccessfully for district court judge in Oregon in 1984Moved to Island: 2000
DRUM:Age: declined to provideCity: CoupevilleProfession: retired pathology assistant and histotechnologist Education: Bach-elor’s degree bio-chemistry, master’s degree forensic examination, pursu-ing an MBAElected Office: NoneMoved to Island: 2014
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The 411 routes had been scheduled for cancellation Aug. 3 because state money des-ignated for the route is running out.
State Sen. Barbara Bailey, R-Oak Harbor,
and Rep. Dave Hayes, R-Camano Island, made sure $2.3 million in grant money was part of a new state transportation project bill.
Even though the governor signed the bill, he’s now reassessing its contents and no one — not the Washington State Department of Transportation, lawmakers or Island Transit — knows whether the money is coming, said Robyn Goldring, an
Island Transit administrative manager.Goldring met with state Transportation
officials Thursday.“We just don’t know if it’s going ahead and
whether we’ll have it or not,” she told the board.
Island Transit will pay for the extra months with savings from lower gas prices.
Board Chairman Rick Almberg also
floated the idea of adding a transfer station at the entrance of Deception Pass State Park, which has a turnaround wide enough to accommodate buses, or Soundview Shopper, located off Highway 20.
Almberg said state parks officials seemed interested but didn’t give a “yes.”
The owner of Soundview Shopper supports the idea, he said.
Funds are to be collected through a 11.9 cent increase in Washington state’s gas tax.
The Sharpes Corner intersection has significant congestion, particularly during tourist season, according to state officials.
Todd Harrison, state Department of Transportation Mount Baker area assistant regional administrator, said that, as of his last assessment a few years ago, there were approximately 30,000 cars passing through the intersection each day.
Harrison estimates that the number is a bit higher now. A more recent count is yet to be completed.
Data from 2004-06 indicates that there were 80 collisions involving 152 vehicles which resulted in 51 injuries within that three-year period, Harrison said.
On average, there were approximately two to three colli-sions per month.
“I know it hasn’t gone down, it’s probably gone up,” Harrison said.
The high collision rate prompted state Transportation to begin seeking solutions in 2005. The Legislature provided funding for the project as a part of the 2005 Transportation Partnership Program.
At that time, funding for the project was a part of the 9.5 cent gas tax revenue package.
After several public meetings and extensive analysis, state DOT established a leading design proposal which involved a raised intersection over Highway 20 with a roundabout for turning only.
Before design proceeded any further, the Legislative budget delayed the project indefinitely until May 2009. Design work re-commenced in 2012, but was once again put on hold in Aug. 2013 due to a lack of funding.
Harrison said state Transportation will be revisiting the design proposals and deciding what, if any, modifications are necessary.
“We need to reevaluate and look at what has changed with land use and traffic forecast,” he said.
“We’re going to reengage the community and reengage the project, pick it up and dust it off.”
Design work will recommence this year, some time between September and December.
Harrison said he is unsure when construction will begin, but the legislative package has scheduled construction to begin some time in 2018-19.
For Whidbey Island residents and visitors, any transporta-tion project, the construction will impact commuters in the short-term, Harrison said.
The long-term benefits will outweigh temporary inconve-nience, he said.
“It has huge benefits for folks that travel.”
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Honeybees have taken up residence behind Staley’s craft store after she allowed one of her quilting students, a beekeeper, to bring a man-made hive from home.
The idea seemed to make perfect sense to Staley, who’s heard about the sharp decline of the world’s honey-bee population over the past decade.
She’s become more edu-cated about bees and other pollenating insects’ critical link to plant reproduction.
Anita Anderson-Johnson, owner/broker at Island Brokers Realty and beekeep-ing enthusiast, suggested to Staley that a hive behind the her Quilter’s Workshop could be beneficial to the
nearby ornamental, fruit and vegetable gardens at Hal Ramaley Memorial Park and the Imagine Permaculture Food Forest along Bayshore Drive.
She also thought the store was isolated enough from other businesses to not cause a problem with the public.
Honeybees were seen buzzing around both gardens this week, traveling from one colorful flower to the next.
Their range is about two miles, Anderson-Johnson said.
“That park is so beauti-ful,” Anderson-Johnson said. “With all of its flowers, we thought it would be a lovely place to put a new beehive above the park and of course where nobody can find it.”
Dave Anderson, building official with the City of Oak Harbor, said he wasn’t aware of any city ordinance that
would prevent a business owner from having a beehive on his or her property.
“If it becomes a nuisance, they start stinging people or become aggressive, then we have to deal with them,” Anderson said.
The bees reside in a hive at the rear of the property far away from where the pub-lic should come into contact without intentionally seeking them out.
Staley and Anderson-Johnson serve as their care-takers, which includes clean-ing out and refilling a jar with sugar water daily.
Staley said the buzzing bees can be intimidating but she tries not to show fear when she removes the jar from the top of the hive to refill it.
In the week since she’s had the hive, she said she’s never been stung.
“All I’m getting out of it is a little jar of honey,” Staley said with a smile, “and a lot of knowledge.”
Honeybee colonies have been disappearing at alarm-ing rates over the past decade due to stressors that include pathogens, parasites, decreased habitat, exposure to pesticides and lack of nutri-tional resources.
The White House in May outlined a national strategy to expand research and educa-tion and to increase pollinator habitat.
Colony Collapse Disorder was the name given to the phenomenon in 2006 that described honeybees’ sud-den and widespread disap-pearance. Adult worker bees were abandoning hives, leav-ing behind the queen and some immature bees.
Anderson-Johnson said she split one of her overflow-
ing hives on her home prop-erty and started the new hive downtown.
She said the new residents are doing well.
She’s fascinated by honey-bees and their behavior.
“A female bee will go out and find a good source of
nectar,” Anderson-Johnson said. “She’ll come back and do a waggle dance in the hive to tell everybody.”
A honeybee was seen wag-gling at the entrance to the hive Wednesday, seemingly pleased with its new sur-roundings.
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A honeybee doesn’t want to leave a jar that was holding sugar water at the Quilter’s Workshop in Oak Harbor.
