Islands' Sounder, February 11, 2015

by MARTY ZIERSports contributor

Both Viking teams wrapped up the week with critical wins to move into their final regular season game this week, a non-league contest against power-house Auburn Adventist. Orcas has already secured home-court advantage for their first playoff games on Saturday, Feb. 14.

Girls basketballOn Feb. 3, the Lady Vikings

traveled to Shoreline Christian for their second win of the season against the Chargers, 54-31. After their star player scored at will at their last meeting, Viking Coach Gregg Sasan had a defensive solu-tion that paid off – the double team.

“Shoreline only had six players so we ran at them hard,” Sasan said. “We also doubled up on their key player which left our remain-ing three players to guard their four and the girls did a good job.

They really hustled.”Orcas defense suffocated the

Charger offense, helping the Vikings stretch the lead 44-27, starting the fourth quarter with key Shoreline players frustrated and resigned to the bench.

Orcas scoring was led by Kilee Rogers with 19, Hannah Brunner-Gaydos 13, Bethany Hansen and Katy Minnis both with 6, Lilly Miller and Halle Thompson both with 4 and Jessie Nichols with 2.

The Lady Vikings traveled to Darrington on Feb. 6 for a physical 45-32 win against an improving Logger team.

“It was a brawl, plain and sim-ple,” Sasan said. “Darrington came out very physical, but we came out physical too. Lilly Miller really stepped it up.”

In the fourth quarter, Darrington played intent on controlling the paint and shutting down Brunner-Gaydos, but it hurt them. They lost their dominate post after an excessive foul generated a techni-cal. Orcas was able to stretch the lead thereafter. Scoring was led by Brunner-Gaydos with 14, Rogers 10, Miller 9, Thompson 8, Hansen and Joie Zier both with 2.

Boys basketballThe Vikings boys traveled to

Seattle on Feb. 3 for a key league win against Shoreline Christian, 74-68. In what Coach Corey Wiscomb called an “electric, fast-paced run-and-gun game,” Orcas guards Pasha Bullock and Jordan Randolph led an effective defen-sive press and controlled the offense, both scoring 17 points.

“Pasha and Jordan proved them-selves to be a force to be reckoned with in the league,” Wiscomb said. “Brother Murphy played solid post and dropped 13. Miles Harlow scored 6 points. Michael Chesher added 9. Steven Bodenhamer stepped off the bench to add inten-sity to the press and scored 5. Freshman Vanya Bullock contin-ued to be a consistent shooter and put in 7 points.”

On Feb. 6, the Viking boys trav-eled to Darrington for the their final regular season game, execut-ing a tough fought win at the Logger Homecoming game, 64-57.

“Brother Murphy had 21 points and some of his best rebounding of the season,” Wiscomb said. “Jordan Randolph is the point man on defense and put in 16. Pasha finished with 11 points, 9 from a 3-point land. Miles and Michael each added 6 with tremendous defensive play. Yusuf Duni stepped up and scored 3 points.”

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After over a year of deliberation, the National Marine Fisheries Service has decided to include Lolita in the Endangered Species Act listing of the southern resident killer whales.

While welcome news for advocates of the orca whale that’s been living in captivity for more than 40 years, the new status does not impact its residence at Miami’s Seaquarium.

“The Endangered Species Act doesn’t pro-hibit the keeping of captive animals,” said Fisheries Service Spokesman Michael Milstein. “This was not a decision on releasing Lolita. There’s no mechanism to enforce her removal.”

The listing was announced Feb. 6, and will go into effect in 90 days. Though the desig-nation does not mandate her release, it does protect Lolita from “harm and harassment,” as provided by the ESA.

The initial petition to include the captive orca under the ESA was put forth by People for Ethical Treatment of Animals. PETA Attorney Jared Goodman disputes NMFS’ stand on Lolita’s release.

“The decision doesn’t affect her residence

because it appears the agency will not active-ly enforce the Endangered Species Act once Lolita’s listing goes into effect,” Goodman said.

The decision to include Lolita under the ESA listing is a victory for whale advocates in itself, because citizens now have a right to file lawsuits on the orca’s behalf.

If NMFS proves unwilling to return Lolita to her native Washington waters, Goodman said a civil lawsuit could be made to prove that Lolita’s current state of captivity is a violation of the ESA. Whether PETA will file such a suit is not yet known.

In the meantime, a PETA lawsuit against the United States Department of Agriculture is on appeal. The USDA is responsible for enforc-ing the Animal Welfare Act, which PETA says Seaquarium is in violation of on three counts: the small size of Lolita’s tank, the lack of protec-tion from the Miami sun and the absence of an orca companion.

If established in court that Seaquarium is in violation of the Animal Welfare Act, harm done to the animal by these violations will also be recognized, and the ESA may be in violation if Lolita is continued to be kept in the same condition.

Although Lolita’s new status may put more power into the hands of whale advocates, NMFS remains as the keeper of the gate. In a press release dated Feb. 4, the federal agency announced that any future plan to move or release Lolita would require a permit and would undergo “rigorous scientific review,” before being issued.

“Between Seaquarium and the government this could go on for some time,” said Ken

Lolita officially on endangered list

Stormy Hildreth wins Orcas Has Talent crown – page 3

SEE LOLITA, PAGE 6

Vikings head into playoffs

Mlelanie Flint photoLilly Miller during the Darrington game. Orcas won 45-32.

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With the passage of I-502 in 2012, development of marijua-na legislation and marijuana research has surged to unprec-edented levels. The Sounder’s sister paper, the Enumclaw Courier-Herald, wrote the following story about pot myths.

by RAY STILLCourier-Herald sta� writer

Think back to high school health class – you may have seen the old propaganda film “Reefer Madness,” originally released in 1938, though it was revived and brought back to schools in the 1970s. Sparing the plot details of the film, it paints marijuana as “the new drug menace which is destroying the youth of America in alarmingly increasing numbers.”

The film claimed marijuana is a violent and soul destroy-ing narcotic that leads to “acts of shocking violence, ending often in incurable insanity.”

You’ve probably heard the opposite claims, though, if you’ve ever been to Seattle’s Hempfest. Stories about mari-juana being a “miracle drug” that cures anxiety, depression and even cancer are thrown around like joints from a bucket (which is a common occurrence at 4:20 p.m.) while presenters monologue about how being high doesn’t affect their ability to drive or operate heavy machinery and that they shouldn’t have to go to court for their DUI citation.

While most people tend to gravitate toward the center of the marijuana issue and away from the extreme ends, propaganda and misinformation about marijuana is still more easily accessible than trustworthy scientific research. And with I-502 only having passed into law two years ago, many questions about the long-term health effects of mari-juana go unanswered and are subject to old biases and new assumptions from both sides of the debate.

So which facts are solid, and which are just smoke?Is marijuana smoke more carcinogenic than tobacco

smoke?Exactly how healthy, or unhealthy, smoking marijuana

can be is still being debated by scientists and researchers. While medical marijuana has been prescribed for general pain and anxiety, the long-term health effects of the drug are relatively unknown.

However, the chemical makeup of marijuana is less mys-terious, and gives researchers a clue as to how marijuana can affect the body.

According to the American Lung Association, marijuana smoke contains 33 known carcinogens.

In contrast, cigarette smoke contains 70 carcinogens.While marijuana smoke contains fewer carcinogens than

tobacco smoke, the American Lung Association and the British Lung Foundation have said differences in how mari-juana and tobacco are smoked may tip the scales.

According to the American Lung Association, “When equal amounts of marijuana and tobacco are smoked, mari-juana deposits four times as much tar into the lungs. This is because marijuana joints are unfiltered and often more deeply inhaled than cigarettes.”

The British Lung Foundation estimates that while people generally smoke marijuana less often than cigarettes, people inhaling marijuana smoke take a two-thirds larger puff vol-ume than when people inhale tobacco smoke.

Additionally, marijuana smokers hold the smoke in their mouth for four times longer than tobacco smokers, “and end up with five times the amount of carboxyhemoglo-bin in their blood per cigarette smoked,” the British Lung Foundation wrote in a 2012 report.

Carboxyhemoglobin is a mixture of carbon monoxide and hemoglobin, the part of red blood cells that transport oxygen. While carboxyhemoglobin limits the amount of oxygen the blood can deliver to the body, carboxyhemoglo-

bin is not considered a carcinogen.All in all, the British Lung Foundation wrote the increased

puff volume and hold time, “means it’s likely that the body retains much more of the products of cannabis smoke, lead-ing to a greater respiratory burden of carbon monoxide and smoke particles than when smoking a similar quantity of tobacco.” However, exact measurements of how much more carbon monoxide, smoke particles and carcinogens that would be retained in the body were not given.

The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, run by the University of Washington, is one institution charged with researching marijuana and marijuana smoke by the state. Some proceeds from the state’s 25 percent excise tax on marijuana is given to the institute for research funds.

The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute has cited research by 19 studies, and only does research on adolescent mari-juana use.

The institute wrote that marijuana smoke contains “about 50 percent more benzopyrene and nearly 75 percent more benzanthracene, both known carcinogens, than a compa-rable quantity of unfiltered tobacco smoke.”

However, the institute also wrote that several well-designed and large-scale studies “have failed to find any increased risk of lung or upper airway cancer in people who have smoked marijuana,” although studies also haven’t ruled out that marijuana smokers have a higher cancer risk than non-marijuana smokers.

Additionally, the institute wrote that there are other ways to introduce marijuana to the body that may not have the same health risks as smoking. Joints, or hand-rolled and unfiltered marijuana cigarettes, have been the focus of the studies and facts mentioned above.

According to the institute, smoking devices that use a water filter system, such as bongs, do not reduce the risks associated with marijuana smoke. Vaporizers, which release the psychoactive chemical THC in marijuana without burning the plant, release lower levels of tar than unfiltered marijuana smoke, according to the institute. However, vaporizers produce other chemicals that may be harmful to the body, including ammonia.

Finally, eating marijuana naturally negates smoking risks, according to the institute, although it takes longer for the THC to take effect and may last longer than smoking mari-juana. THC itself has not been identified as a carcinogenic chemical.

Smoke signals: fact and fiction about marijuana

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The county council has signed and adopted the critical areas ordinance. The code amendments are effective Friday, Feb. 6. To see them, visit http://goo.gl/pqNSXT.

“We hope the adoption of this ordinance will resolve the two remaining Growth Managment Act compliance issues identified by the Growth Management Hearings Board. Compliance with the GMA helps keep us eligible for certain state grants,” say county officials.

The amendments: prohibit drainfield lines in wetlands (although someone could apply for a reasonable use approval, and council reduced the fee in 2014 in anticipation of this stricter requirement. Department of Community Development will be developing a mitigation guidance bulletin regarding mitigation); require utilities constructed and installed in devel-oped areas comply with the county's mitigation sequence and requirements; corrects scriveners’ errors.

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For Jami Mitchell, finding a job that enables her to give back to the community is crucial. So when the position for the manager of Orcas Senior Center came up, Mitchell jumped at the opportunity.

“I have not worked a lot with the senior population, so I was immediately attracted to serving a new demographic,” said Mitchell, shown at right.

The position arose after Jane Heisinger resigned this win-ter after nine years of working in different forms at the senior center.

“I am thrilled that Jami has the job,” said Heisinger. “I already see so much enthusiasm from her as well as her quick grasp of the job. I couldn’t be happier that she is my replacement.”

Mitchell is known best for her work over the last 12 years on the other side of the island at Doe Bay in a wide range of positions. For

two years she served as general manager and coordinator of the popular Doe Bay Fest. Mitchell will continue running the festival.

Mitchell, who has two children – Tiemo, 2, and Leonai, 12 – said the senior services job came at the perfect time since Tiemo is now attending Children’s House. The job gives her a sense of meaning and flexibility to be with her fam-ily, which includes her husband Fabrice.

“It is rewarding to have a job that makes a difference,” she said.

Her position includes coordi-nating room rentals, working with the county for management of the building and managing weekly activities like senior lunches and monthly events like high tea and potlucks. She will also be in charge of fundraising events like Granny’s Attic and the Holiday Festival.

Mithcell has been tasked with finding new ways to create funds for the center. She said that she can’t reveal any specifics at this

point, but that people should keep their eyes and ears open for new events on the horizon.

Mitchell, who has been at the center for three weeks, describes the new environment as very wel-coming by the seniors and staff.

“The seniors are so bright and have so many fascinating stories,” she said. “This group of seniors is so heart warming.”

Before working at the center, Mitchell attended events and vol-unteered at the center and always appreciated how lively the center felt.

“It’s inspiring to see the volun-teers surrounding the center and how many contributions make it run,” she said.

If you are interested in volun-teering at weekly lunches, high teas or just in general, contact Mitchell at [email protected].

For more information about Orcas Senior Services, visit www.orcasseniors.org.

The new face of Orcas Senior Center Jane Heisinger resigns, Jami Mitchell takes over the position of manager

Stormy Hildreth wins Orcas Has Talent

by RAY DOSSOrcas High School student

Orcas Island showed off its talent once again last Saturday.

Local favorite Orcas Has Talent delivered another night of laughter, cheers, smiles and even some tears. Thirteen-year-old Stormy Hildreth took home the winning title.

This year’s performance marked the 10th anniver-sary of the show, with five years as Orcas Idol and five as Orcas Has Talent. The audience saw an array of local performers sing-ing, dancing and playing all sorts of instruments.

Singers included Arianna Dean, Susan Egon, Brianna Rose and Cali Bagby. Sasha

Hagen and Michael Harlow played beautiful tunes on the violin. And finalist Carl Burger played many differ-ent instruments including the guitar and the bango.

The audience also saw performances from last year’s winner, Almost Classical, and the hip win-ner of the Orcas Has Talent Junior show, Leo Miller.

At the end of the night, Hildreth won the first place grand prize of $500. She was an audience favorite throughout the night as the crowd went wild after every one of her goosebump-wor-thy performances.

The night was also held for a very good cause. The proceeds of Orcas Has Talent go toward benefit-ing the community through the youth leadership group formally known as Point Blank.

Group leader Julie

Pinardi explained how the group helps empower teen-agers to make better deci-sions concerning under-age drug use, texting while driving, unhealthy relation-ships and this year’s focus, teen depression and suicide prevention.

Pinardi also talked about how the group is currently changing its image. The group also unveiled a new name: Next Generation.

The night had another surprise in store for the full house.

Because this year marked the 10th anniversary, head producer Donna Laslo announced that the show would be taking a break.

She said during a heart-felt speech that the show could come back someday – re-imagined and refreshed.

The crowd couldn't help but feel nostalgic when they were shown a video

of images from past shows. Seeing how much talent the show has brought out is truly an incredible thing.

The show will be missed by the community, and hopefully someday it will return to showcase the out-standing talent the island has to offer, and continue to raise money for such an amazing cause.

Ray Doss is a member of Next Generation.

Melanie Flint photoLeft: Orcas Has Talent winner Stormy Hildreth (middle) pic-tured with her parents and friends after the show.

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One more step in the protection of orcas

Football raffle a successThe coaches and parents of

the Kings youth football team would like to say a special thanks to our community. Last year we didn’t have much time to prepare ourselves for the season, but we made it through and we are back for another year. Our fundrais-ing has started early this season with a raffle that included a signed Doug Baldwin Jersey addressed to The Orcas Kings and a Richard Sherman signed football. Each of them came with a Seahawks hard hat. Jeffrey Spinner won the jersey and Jerry Todd was the winner of the signed football.

We raised more money than we anticipated and would really like to not only thank each and every person who bought a raffle ticket but also Doug Baldwin and Richard Sherman for making it possible for our team to have the proper gear for this upcoming season as well as helping the families with the dues that our league has to pay.

The Kings are going to be hav-ing a football camp in April for all who would like participate in the upcoming season. Watch for more information.

Kings Football

Support for coalI support the proposed Gateway

Pacific Terminal to be located in the Cherry Point area of Whatcom

County. I believe in sound envi-ronment principles but firmly feel this can be built in an environ-mentally compatible manner. GPT has committed to complying with all required laws and regulations, and modified their proposal to fur-ther improve compliance. I note they are also willing to work with Lummi Nation to address concerns (though the Nation declined to do so).

As a resident of the San Juans, I am aware of citizen concerns over the safety-related issues of increased shipping in Haro Strait and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. No one wants a shipping accident or an unwanted fuel oil spill. I have encouraged groups to invite repre-sentatives from the Coast Guard, the respective Pilots Associations and the Puget Sound Vessel Traffic Service to visit our communities and discuss the accurate impacts of increased marine traffic as a result of GPT. This would be a construc-tive step to place the issue in a more balanced perspective. Thus far, these entities have not been invited.

If GPT is not approved, the coal shipments will travel to export ter-minals in British Columbia. This means Washington will have little, if any, control over the process and lose any benefits, like jobs, tax rev-enues, economic growth. The same ships that could operate out of Cherry Point will pass through our Salish Sea waters from B.C. Is this what we truly want? Also keep in mind that this terminal is designed for multiple commodities, such as grain or potash.

I urge people to allow the Environmental Impact Statement review to proceed through the process without unreasonable demands. I support a fair and bal-anced discussion and review of this proposal.

Gordon JonassonLopez Island

Thanks for fundraiserWolf Hollow Wildlife

Rehabilitation Center would like to thank Rosario Resort for their support of local nonprofits during their festival of Trees fundraiser. We were honored to be includ-ed, and the funds contributed by Rosario and those who purchased raffle tickets have already been put to use saving local wildlife. Already this winter we have attended to many owls and bald eagles most likely hit by cars, so even though it is our quieter season, we are fully staffed and have a network of volunteers ready to respond to emergencies such as these. Thank you again for helping us save these wild lives.

Julie Dukeand Susen OsethWolf Hollow

Editorial

We are getting closer to protecting our beloved orca whales, but there is still work to be done. More than half of all orcas taken into captivity originated in

Washington waters. There are currently 57 orcas in captivity in 14 marine parks in eight countries around the world. The orca popula-tion is fragile. The last place they should be is in a marine park. Killer whale Lolita was captured in 1970 in Puget Sound before her population was listed as endangered. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries received a petition in 2013 to include captive whales as part of the southern resident killer whales

endangered species listing.As of last week, Lolita is officially on the endan-gered species list. But it doesn’t mean she will leave the Miami Seaquarium and return to her native Washington waters. She has spent most of her life in captivity, and NOAA argues that if released she could transmit diseases, not be able to find food for herself and have trouble

integrating socially. On the other side of the argument, Ken Balcomb of the Center for Whale Research and Howard Garrett of the Orca Network have devised a plan to bring Lolita home. According to www.savelolita.org, “She would be placed in a transitional coastal sanctuary sea pen where she will be rehabilitated under human care. When the time is right, she will be given the choice of going back to open waters if she so desires.” Lolita will be monitored by veterinary staff, taught how to eat live fish and to follow a boat, which will be used to get her used to the open ocean. Once rehabilitated, she would be reintroduced to her pod. Balcomb and Garrett say that if she is not ready to be released into the open water, she can stay in the bay, receive human care for the rest of her life and have the real ocean to swim in.We think this is absolutely the next best step for Lolita, who is cur-rently residing in a 35-foot-wide tank in Miami. Best case scenario: after enough time and care, she is released back to her family. Worst case scenario: she has to live in a coastal sanctuary sea pen – which is still far superior to her current living conditions.In a timely move, Senator Kevin Ranker (D-Orcas) has proposed a ban on using whales for entertainment purposes. He says the only way whales, dolphins and porpoises should be viewed is in their natural habitat.Ranker, the prime sponsor of Senate Bill 5666, testified to the Sen-ate’s Natural Resources and Parks Committee last week. His bill is a preemptive strike against holding, capturing or importing whales, dolphins and other porpoises in Washington for performance or entertainment purposes. The law would not apply to animals tem-porarily held for research or rehabilitation.We couldn’t agree with Ranker more when he said, “Washington is fortunate to share its waters with orcas and many other species. There is no good reason to put these animals at risk through captiv-ity.” We want this bill to pass. A petition in favor of the legislation already has 1,700 signatures. You can go to www.change.org to sign it. If the residents of Washington state won’t protect orca whales, who will?

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AlmanacTEMPERATURES, RAINFALL

ORCAS High Low PrecipFeb. 2 48 46 .11Feb. 3 49 46 —Feb. 4 48 43 .08Feb. 5 55 46 .35Feb. 6 56 53 .05Feb. 7 53 50 .47Feb. 8 55 49 .04

Precipitation in February: 1.26” Precipitation in 2015: 5.87”Reported by John Willis, Olga

SUNRISE, SUNSET Sunrise SunsetFeb. 11 7:24 a.m. 5:27 p.m.Feb. 12 7:23 a.m. 5:29 p.m.Feb. 13 7:21 a.m. 5:31 p.m.Feb. 14 7:19 a.m. 5:32 p.m.Feb. 15 7:17 a.m. 5:34 p.m.Feb. 16 7:16 a.m. 5:35 p.m.Feb. 17 7:14 a.m. 5:37 p.m. SEE LETTERS, PAGE 5

For more about Lolita, see the story on page 1.


Support for Artworks

The Olga Artworks Building is a unique part of the art community of Orcas and of all the San Juan Islands. The tragic fire created major financial con-cerns and a shortfall of more than $100,000 required to build a cafe approved by the health department, the expense of which was not in the original plans. Restoring the building to its histori-cal significance, as well as meeting current health and safety standards, is a major endeavor very deserving of community support.

Completing the Artworks building will result in major benefits to the economy of Orcas Island as well as to its artists and offer delight to Orcas Islanders and visitors including those from other islands like myself. The cafe is an essential aspect of the Artworks being a destina-tion for enabled individu-als to savor brunch/lunch and spend a morning or an afternoon at Artworks to experience island history and view the outstanding and diverse work of Orcas artists.

The Olga Strawberry Council is in a “Grand Push to Complete” the Artworks Building with a target date of Feb. 28. It is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization and donations can be made at www.olgastrawberrycoun-cil.org.

Emily Reed GeymanSan Juan Island

The beautiful, historic Strawberry Barreling Plant commonly known as the Olga Artworks building has been a local treasure to the Olga and Doe Bay commu-nities since the late 30s and a special place to my fam-ily for over 70 years. Most know the building was rav-aged by an arson fire in June of 2013 and has been in the throes of rebuilding ever since.

Not only does this build-ing provide a beautiful place to display and sell the works of about 40 talented Orcas Island artists known as the Artworks Cooperative and the James Hardman Gallery, but it also contains a small café that gently pulls in tourists and residents of Orcas alike to mingle, chat and enjoy a delightful meal.

I’m hoping you will join me in helping the nonprofit stewards of the building, the Olga Strawberry Council, complete its construction by Feb. 28 by donating one

of three ways: through the Community Foundation or by check made out to the Olga Strawberry Council sent directly to PO Box 214, Olga, WA 98279 or through its website at www.olgas-trawberrycouncil.org utiliz-ing PayPal.

This building is a very important economic, social, historic and artistic main-stay of Orcas Island and the small hamlet of Olga.

Rick HughesOrcas Island

Mariachi was greatOn Saturday, Jan. 31 we

had the privilege of attend-ing the Mariachi Huenachi of Wenatchee concert at the Orcas Center. This was a magnificent performance of 34 high school students who have invested hundreds of hours of their time in rehearsals for concerts that are presented at select places that include home games of the Seattle Seahawks, Seattle Mariners, on the networks ABC and Fox along with a gala performance at the Orcas Center. This dedicat-ed group has been to many other communities within Washington.

This premier Mariachi team is composed of stu-dents playing 15 violins, three trumpets, two gui-tarons, four guitars, four vihuelas along with seven excellent dancers. Their dedicated director is Mr. Roman Rivera who has worked to ensure all people of this group are excellent academic scholars, supe-rior musicians and sensa-tional singers. Their stage presence and composure verifies their discipline and training.

Each student has a clear goal of where he or she will attend college and how they will contribute to the vital-ity of their community and to our nation. Each mem-ber of this team has memo-rized the music and lyrics of over 50 tunes, which means that they do not depend on printed music for their per-formance.

Thank you to Camp Orkila for providing lodg-ing and meals for this group of students. They consider Orcas Island their favor-ite destination. Thanks to Island Market for the des-sert reception. Orcas is honored that this superior group of musicians and dancers want to perform on our island each year. It is important that attendance at this event improve. There were many empty seats at the theatre. Those of you who did not attend missed one of the grand events at the Orcas Center. The plea-

sure of enjoying this “pro-fessional” performance is beyond measure. The cost is only $10 per person. Please plan on attending this event when they return in 2016.

Your support next year is essential. This group of tal-ented students is an inspira-tion with a positive message about the future of our soci-ety and our nation.

Karen D. Ritter Orcas Center

Celebrate women’s right to vote

Feb. 14 marks our 95th anniversary of the old-est nonpartisan voter reg-istration organization in the U.S. – the League of Women Voters. After a struggle of more than 50 years, Washington women won the right to vote on Nov. 8, 1910 – 105 years ago. This then set the stage for the 19th Amendment to the

United States Constitution to be ratified in 1920 – 95 years ago. From that moment on, the League of Women Voters has worked as the champions of our democracy in a variety of ways – nationally, within state organizations and at the local level.

Here in the San Juan Islands, your local league has been devoted to elec-tion and educational forums on subjects which affect all communities. Among recent forums we have covered subjects as diverse as taxes, energy, civil dis-course, the Washington Voting Rights Act, agricul-tural issues, emergency pre-paredness, hospital mergers and the politics of food. In addition, the league is pay-ing close attention to the Gateway Pacific Terminal Proposal and the effects of increased rail traffic through Washington state and ship-ping through the Salish Sea.

“Through the years the League has proudly embraced the 20th century courage of our founders in the fight for good govern-ment, and now is embracing the 21st century’s challenges and technology. The organi-zation has created an online voter’s pamphlet, Vote411.org. The state league pub-lishes “The State We Are In,” an educational tool for schools, and the local league creates a one-stop pamphlet with contact information for elected officials from our towns, county, state and national officeholders, called TRY (They Represent You).

This month, as always, we are working in Olympia and throughout the state to increase opportunities to educate and empower voters and encourage action on the major concerns of our citi-zens. We encourage people to log onto the legislative website http://leg.wa.gov;

and to comment on bills of interest while the legislature is in session.

The League of Women Voters of the San Juans holds monthly membership meet-ings on the second Monday of the month, from noon to 2 p.m., usually at the San Juan Island Public Library. For local LWV information, go to http://www.lwvwa.org/san-juan/index.html, where you can find past issues of the monthly news-letter “The Voter.”

Visit us on YouTube to view our videotaped forums. Go to http://lwv.org/blog/10-ways-league-women-voters-has-helped-improve-our-country or www.lwvwa.org more infor-mation. For information on Orcas sub-group meetings, call 317-7518.

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CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Answers to today's puzzle on page 16


Paper airplanesThe Kiwanis Club, with

the sponsorship of our great local Orcas businesses, will be hosting the 19th annual Paper Airplane contest on Saturday, March 7 at the school gymnasium. There will be more details coming in two weeks. Watch the Sounder for more informa-tion.

B-ball tournament Calling all island bas-

ketball players. Here is your chance to represent your island in the third Annual 5-on-5 Basketball Tournament on Orcas on March 14 at 9:30 a.m. The cost is $75; proceeds go to the Booster Club.

Friends of Library book sale

Save the date for the Friends of the Orcas Island Library winter book sale on Saturday, Feb. 28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Orcas Center’s Madrona Room.

Book donations are being accepted at the library now.

Flamenco showArtistic director and

Seattle-based Flamenco dancer Savannah Fuentes brings her latest show, La Primavera, Flamenco en Vivo to the Odd Fellows Hall on Feb. 28 at 8 p.m. Fuentes will be joined by cantaora (female Flamenco singer) direct from Jerez de La Frontera, Spain, Kina Mendez and guitar-ist Gerardo Alcala. This will be Kina’s first public performance in the Pacific Northwest. The perfor-mance is part of a 27-date tour. Tickets are $20, VIP $35, student/low-income $15, kids $7 at www.brown-papertickets.com.

‘Crossing the Boundary’

The Lutheran community in the San Juans is host-ing a casual gathering for the exchange of thoughts, insights and experiences. All perspectives are wel-come; appetizers provided (buy your own beverage).

The topic this month is “Crossing the Boundary: What is Death?” and it

will be on Wednesday, Feb. 11 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the White Horse Pub.

Workshop on L&IJoin the San Juan County

Economic Development Council and the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries for a free workshop on “Everything About Your L&I Account” on Wednesday, March 4 from 9 to 11 a.m.

In this workshop, busi-ness owners and entrepre-neurs will learn how to ensure their businesses are in compliance with current state regulations and report-ing requirements.

It will be videoconfer-enced live on Wednesday, March 4 from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Lopez, Orcas and San Juan Island Libraries. Refreshments will be served and printed materials will be available to take away. Advance registration is required; call 378-2906 to reserve your space, or email: [email protected].

Honor new fire-fighters

Orcas Island Fire and Rescue invites the commu-nity to help honor newest volunteers and their fami-

lies on Wednesday Feb. 11 at 6 p.m., at the Eastsound Fire Hall.

OIFR will be holding a special meeting of the Board of Fire Commissioners to honor its graduating class of firefighter and EMT volun-teers and their families.

The firefighter recruit training began in early September 2014 and the EMT class took place last spring. OIFR continues to

recruit new volunteer fire-fighters, EMTs and non-response administrative help. Contact Mindy Kayl at [email protected] or call 376-2331 for more info.

‘Feast of an Unknown Artist’

Take a look into Jeff Bossler’s lifetime of art, little known by others, in the Orcas Center lobby now

through Feb. 27.He is introducing his

online stores, containing a large variety of high quality and affordable products that feature his many artistic styles from the distant past to the present. There will be photos of Nepal, local photographs, oil paintings, pen drawings and digital abstracts. Works printed on paper and canvas, pillows and tote bags and more.

Community briefs

by COLLEEN SMITH ARMSTRONGEditor/Publisher

Most people know that Orcas has a cham-ber of commerce. But its exact purpose is not always clear. Susan Gudgell, chamber board president, is hoping to change that.

“We recognize that there is particular synergy between the businesses in our com-munity. We are basically an economic eco-system, and we see every individual and every business as an integral part,” she said.

Gudgell says the chamber is different from other organizations that promote commerce partly because Orcas is governed by the county – not a township. The cham-ber is charged with supporting and promot-ing tourism, including running a visitors’ office, which in most towns is a separate function.

The chamber also produces a yearly map and guide, holds quarterly sunset mixers and an annual member meeting, main-tains a website with a calendar of events and member listings, sends out an weekly E-blast and helps produce the Shakespeare Festival, Bird and Wildlife Fest, July 4th cel-ebrations, Eastsound Artwalk, Farm Tour and end-of-year holiday activities.

And as one of the only broad-based membership groups in the island’s main village, the organization often has a role in what happens in Eastsound. The board is currently working with the Eastsound Planning Review Committee and the coun-ty regarding improvements in the village.

“We know we have to be a strong engine here,” Gudgell said.

The chamber is managed by part-time Executive Director Lance Evans with help from staff members Lisa Boyd and Heather Johnson as well as volunteers. The board of directors includes vice president Colleen Smith Armstrong (this author), secretary Mary Clure, Charles Dalton, Mike

Stolemeier, Mia Kartiganer, Kim Morgan, Shannon Borg, Audra Query, Cindy Morgan and Lee Horswill.

“Our primary goal is to represent our business community and promote the island,” Evans said. “We are in a unique situation where those fit us well – not all chambers have dual roles … I like working at the chamber because it allows me to get to know business owners and employees I wouldn’t normally have a relationship with by just paying for something at the county.”

By many accounts, the island’s econo-my is on an upswing. Last May through September, ferry ridership from Anacortes to Orcas was 8.7 percent higher than the year before. This was the highest percent-age increase of any of the islands. In addi-tion, sales and lodging tax has been climb-ing for the past two years, retail sales are up and construction is getting back on track, according to the San Juan County Economic Development Council.

This year the chamber has four goals: promoting and supporting local businesses through online marketing, workshops and member gatherings; collaborating with the San Juan Islands Visitors Bureau on tour-ist-related marketing and services; help-ing shoulder season activities flourish; and work with county representatives on Orcas-specific needs. Gudgell says it’s important for business owners to become a chamber member even if they don’t see how it direct-ly benefits their enterprise.

“Investing energy in the chamber sup-ports our business community as a whole, which in turn helps nonprofits, provides employment and makes our community stronger,” Gudgell said. “Membership nur-tures those island neighbors who provide us with business options right here on Orcas.”

For more information, visit orcasisland-chamber.com.

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Belcomb, director of the Center for Whale Research. “If they drag it out forever and she passes along the way, her carcass is also pro-tected. That’s of great scien-tific value.”

There’s a relocation plan set up and ready to go if Lolita is returned to her native Pacific Northwest waters. Developed by Orca Network and the Center for Whale Research, it includes a protected sea pen within a cove in the Salish Sea where the orca can re-acclimate to life in the wild.

According to Orca Network, the whale would be provided with all the care and companionship she experiences now, and in time would have the oppor-tunity to swim distances in the San Juans, commu-nicate with and eventually be reunited with her long lost family. According to researchers two orcas who were present at the time of Lolita’s capture in 1970 are still alive and could be her mother.

The release of Keiko, the captive orca known for his role in the movie “Free Willy,” is a source of conten-tion for many who question

Lolita’s safety if she were to leave the Seaquarium. Keiko was released to his native Iceland waters and died five years later. But Balcomb said little was done to locate Keiko’s family, which played a role in his fate.

Lolita, on the other hand, is a confirmed member of L-pod. Orca calls have been picked up on the Lime Kiln hydrophone from as far as Port Angeles, a distance of about 20 miles. Orca Network’s Howard Garrett estimates that when L-pod comes up around Discovery Island and Haro Strait, Lolita would hear their calls and answer.

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by DENNIS BOXJournal Corespondent

Jan. 15 began as a typical evening in Friday Harbor for Jim Dunn. He and his wife were driving north on Mullis Street planning to attend a lecture at the University of Washington Laboratories on salmon migration.

At about 6:15 p.m. Dunn noticed three orange lights in the sky. He thought a plane was making a "very low approach" to land at the airport, which he thought was odd. He next assumed the lights must be a helicop-ter, but there was something weird about the movements.

Dunn said he stopped his car and pulled over by Browne's Home Center to watch the lights.

"It was three orange lights moving independently," Dunn said. "At first I ratio-nalized it was a drone, but they were moving too rap-idly for a drone."

He said the lights traveled roughly west above Spring Street as if coming from the harbor.

Dunn, a retired architect who has lived on San Juan Island since 2000, said it was the first time he saw some-thing that could be consid-ered a UFO.

The next day he contacted air traffic control at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. The controller told Dunn he would check the radar tapes. There was a helicopter listed as being in the area, but it was 45 minutes after the sighting, Dunn said.

Dunn next filed the fol-lowing report Jan. 17 with the National UFO Reporting Center:

"I stopped our car so

we could watch since the lights were starting to bob up and down. I said they had to be helicopters. But then they almost appeared to be going down behind the buildings in town. They stopped getting closer and suddenly started climbing at a very high speed headed back northwest. They grew dimmer and one at a time, blinked out and were gone. The whole duration of this sighting was about two min-utes. I kept trying to find an explanation for what we were seeing. I wish I had immediately reached for my iPhone to get a video. I knew they were uncon-ventional aircraft since they didn’t have red and green navigation lights. Then the erratic flight and changing speed ruled out any aircraft I have ever seen. My wife and I are both private pilots and have flown into the Friday Harbor airport hundreds of times."

Dunn was contacted by Peter Davenport, director of the National UFO Reporting

Center. He suggested con-tacting media outlets to see if other witnesses might come forward.

"The information they have might permit triangu-lation on the object, which would allow calculation of how far away from you it (was), and what its size was," Davenport said.

Dunn said he did an Internet search and found similar descriptions of sight-ings, but not exactly what he had seen. He considered it may be a military craft, but if it was the type of drone he is familiar with it would have taken "three separate people to fly it."

He estimated when the lights moved west and dis-appeared behind the trees it was traveling more than 100 mph.

"These lights were com-pletely disjoined," Dunn said. "It was inexplicable."

If anyone saw the lights on Jan. 15 between 6:15 and 6:30 p.m. contact the Journal [email protected].

UFO sighting on San Juan

Vehicle reservations westbound from Anacortes and eastbound from Friday Harbor and Orcas Island are now available through June 13 aboard Washington State Ferries.

During Presidents’/Valentine’s Day weekend, the highest volume of traf-fic is expected westbound from Anacortes on Friday, Feb. 13, and eastbound to Anacortes on Monday, Feb. 16. Travelers are encour-aged to book their vehicle reservations as soon as pos-sible.

Ninety percent of every sailing is available for vehicle reservations; however reser-vations are released in three, 30-percent tiers. Releasing available reservations in tiers helps meet the needs of customers planning far in advance and those mak-ing travel plans closer to the sailing date. The remainder of unreserved spaces is set aside for emergency vehi-cles, customers with medi-cal loading priority (WAC 468-300-700) and standby customers.

Equal portions of reser-vations are made available up to two months before the start of the four sea-sonal sailing schedules, two weeks prior to a specific sailing within the seasonal

schedule and again two days before each sailing departs. Customers may book a reservation up until three hours before the scheduled published sailing.

There is no fee to make a reservation as long as travel is completed with-in the same service day from the same terminal. For more information, visit Save A Spot Vehicle Reservations informational website: www.TakeAFerry.

com. Customers can book a vehicle reservation online (http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/reservations) or by calling 1-888-808-7977. The call center is available 4 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., seven days a week.

If you have any ques-tions or would like more information, contact Susan Harris at [email protected] or (206) 515-3460.

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County Manager Mike Thomas, pictured at right, joined Councilman Rick Hughes for a day on Orcas Island last week.

The reason for the visit? To take a look at the vari-ous project ideas for Orcas Island and to begin to con-sider the combined projects upcoming in the commu-nity.

Meetings were held with representatives of EPRC, Orcas Chamber and OPALCO, Stormwater Chair Gulliver Rankin and Orcas Fire Chief Kevin O'Brien. Topics of conversa-tion included the new fire marshal program, Prune Alley improvements, fiber and street lights in the com-mercial core and parking and garbage issues.

County manager visits Orcas to discuss projects

Ferry reservations available through June 13


Steve Thompson photoOrcas paddlers David Kau (above) and Steve Thompson spotted a Big Skate (Raja binoculata) in Massacre Bay. It is the most common of the skate species in the Salish Sea. They are pretty widely dis-tributed and can be found anywhere the sea floor is soft sediment. They can live to about 30 years of age. The one pictured above was found dead, floating underwater upside down, hence the almost uniform white color (they are mottled brown on the top, which helps them blend into the soft bottom sea floor.

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Jo Robinson, author of “Eating on the Wild Side: The Missing Link for Optimum Health,” will speak at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 18 at Orcas Center. The lecture is pre-sented by the Orcas Island Garden Club and the Orcas Island Public Library.

Ever since humans invented agricul-ture 10,000 years ago, the wild plants that our ancestors ate have lost much of their nutritional value due to hybridization and increasingly efficient farming methods. Consequently, the health advice to “eat more fruits and vegetables” is out of date. Investigative journalist Robinson will dis-cuss which fruits and veggies to grow and buy, and how to store, cook and preserve them for maximum nutrition. Robinson grows varieties of fruits and vegetables in her garden on Vashon Island. She appeared on NPR, CNN and CBS. Darvill’s Bookstore will have “Eating on the Wild Side” available for purchase and signing at the meeting.

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Island Living

by JANE WENTWORTH Master Gardener

It’s time to think about what to plant in late winter and early spring as we pore over plant and seed catalogs. The San Juan County Master Gardener Foundation and the Conservation District can help with your planning because it’s time for the Annual Native Plant Sale.

The sale is scheduled for March 21, from 9 a.m. – noon on San Juan, Lopez and Orcas Islands.

Native plants are beautiful in the gar-den and landscape are beneficial for wildlife, and improve habitat and plant diversity.

This year we are offering 17 spe-cies of evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs, including favorites like Western Red Cedar, Vine Maple and Red Flowering Currant, and some new and noteworthy additions.

For the first time we are offering pol-linator and rain garden kits. Each kit con-tains two plants of five different shrubs carefully selected to attract and benefit pollinators, or to serve as rain gardens.

New and noteworthy additions include: Bitter cherry (Prunus emarginata) –

A deciduous small tree or shrub, often multi-trunked and varying in height up to 30 feet. White to pinkish blossoms appear from mid-spring to early summer. Small fruits or drupes are red to almost black when ripe.

The leaves turn yellow in autumn. Birds relish the cherries. This is a pretty tree or shrub for open places in a wood-land garden setting.

Golden currant (Ribes aureum) – A thornless, deciduous shrub with golden

yellow, sometimes fragrant, tubular flow-ers that bloom in mid to late spring.The flowers turn orange as they age. Red to purplish berries follow the flowers. More common east of the Cascades, this shrub will also do well on the west side. It’s a fine choice for a hedgerow or wildlife gar-den, hummingbirds like the flowers and fruit-eating birds will enjoy the berries.

Twinberry (Lonicera involucrata) – An upright, deciduous, fast-growing shrub up to about 9 feet.Yellow, tubular flow-ers appear in pairs in mid-spring to late summer, followed by a pair of shiny black berries in shallow cups that are formed

by the bracts.The flowers of this hand-some shrub are excellent for humming-birds, and the berries. While inedible to humans, they are relished by fruit-eating birds, such as cedar waxwings.

Save the date for a Native Plant Workshop on March 7 at the Grange Hall in Friday Harbor. This free workshop is open to everyone and is co-sponsored by the San Juan Conservation District and the San Juan Master Gardener Foundation. Come learn about native plants and how to use them in gardens, landscapes and rain gardens. Stay tuned for more details.

The sale will be on March 21 from 9 a.m. to noon on San Juan Island at the Fairgrounds in Friday Harbor, the Orcas Island Grange and at Sunset Builders on Lopez. A limited number of plants will be available for sale that day on San Juan and Orcas Islands and all are invited to visit our Native Plant and Gardening Expo.

Quantities are limited, so order now. The deadline for pre-orders is March 12.

For more information, to see the list of plants, print an order form or order online, go to www.sjislandscd.org. For additional information, give us a call – WSU Extension at 378-4414.

Native plant saleis on the way

Contributed photosTwo of the plants that will be in the native plant sale. Above: Bitter Cherry. At right: Golden Currant.

THURS., FEB. 12CLASS FOR CAREGIVERS: Orcas Fire Hall Meeting Room, 5 p.m. This four-hour DSHS-approved course qualifies for continuing education credits and is part of the 2015 Caregiver Training Series. Signup by calling 1-888-685-1475. For info visit LahariOnOrcas.org.CANCER SUPPORT GROUP: In the Community Church

Fireside Room at 5 p.m. This is a monthly no-cost, confidential support group for anyone you know deal-ing with issues related to cancer. Call Bogdan or Carol at 376-4198 for more information.

SAT., FEB. 14TOOTH EXTRACTION CLINIC: Dr. Triplett’s dental office at 445 Madrona Street in Eastsound. To make an appointment and receive additional information, call

Dr. Triplett’s office at 376-4301.V-DAY DANCE: The Odd Fellows Hall is hosting a Valentine Dance, 8 to midnight. Music will be provided by DJ Bruce Pavitt and will cater to all ages. It will consist of ballroom, Latin, rock, soul and hip hop. The cost is $10. Event is a fundraiser for the scholar-ship and community giving fund.V-DAY BAKE SALE: At Island Market, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.,

beautifully wrapped baked goods and candies suitable for gift giving, as well as treats to eat on the spot, presented by Orcas Teens raising money for a one-week spring break service trip to Spokane in April. They are also looking for donations of adult- and teen-sized bicycles to be fixed up for homeless teens and adults, adult- and teen-size jeans still in good shape, and soccer equipment of all sizes that is still in decent condition.

Questions, call 376-6299.FIDELIS FLEA MARKET: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the West Sound Community Club, on Deer Harbor Road. Sale items include: jewelry, household items, books, artwork, , baked goods…Christina’s savory soup and rolls. The Fidelis Circle women’s group raises funds for youth groups and activities on Orcas, the other Vendors pass on their collections to new owners, and the buy-ers enjoy browsing, bargain buying and contributing to

Orcas youth. No earlybirds.

SUN., FEB. 15AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE MEETING: Orcas Island Library, 2-4 p.m. For more info, visit www.sjcarc.org.HISTORY MATINEE: At 3 p.m. Eastsound Fire Hall, “For Service and Citizenship: The Remarkable Murrow Brothers, Lacey, Dewey and Edward.” Museum Curator

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Clark McAbee will share the history and contribu-tions the brothers made to Washington state.

WEDS., FEB. 18GARDEN CLUB MEETING: “Eating on the Wild Side” with speaker Jo Robinson, presented by the Garden Club and Orcas Library, at 10 a.m., Orcas Center Theater.

SAT., FEB. 21NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY: The San Juan Islands Chapter of the Washington Native Plant Society will be holding its annual meeting at the

Lopez Island Library from 1 to 3 p.m. Guest speaker is Madrona Murphy who will talk about salt marsh ecol-ogy, followed by a visit to weeks wetland.

MON., FEB. 23FINANCIAL LITERACY GROUP: Michael Kulper, a former CPA and retired college accounting instructor, will discuss the basics of bud-geting, saving and investing, 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Orcas Library.

SUN. – ONGOINGALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Emmanuel Church. ADULT VOLLEYBALL: 7 to 9

p.m., Old Gym, $2.

MON. – ONGOINGALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Benson Hall, Emmanuel Church. AL-ANON: 7 p.m., 197 Main Street, Benson Hall, Emmanuel Church.

TUES. – ONGOINGAA: For women, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Benson Hall, Emmanuel Church. For men, 7 to 8 p.m., Emmanuel. KIWANIS: Tuesdays, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., Community Church Family Center.

WEDS. – ONGOINGAA: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Benson Hall, Emmanuel Church. LIONS CLUB: Weekly lunch, 11:45 a.m., Legion. ANSWERS IN THE HEART: An S.L.A.A. 12-step recovery, 7-8 p.m., Episcopal Church. ADULT VOLLEYBALL: 7 to 9 p.m., Old Gym, $2.

THURS. –ONGOINGSTORYTIME: 11 a.m., library. NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: 5:30 p.m., Orcas Longhouse.AL-ANON: 5:30 p.m., Benson Hall, Emmanuel Church.

FRI. – ONGOINGAA: Community Church, noon.AA: 5:30 p.m., Benson Hall, Emmanuel Church.CELEBRATE RECOVERY: 7 to 9 p.m., Orcas Island Senior Center.

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

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CHRISTIAN SCIENCESunday worship & Sunday School 10 am

Wednesday Testimony meeting 7 pm–Last Wed. of each month

Orcas Library meeting room376-5873

COMMUNITY CHURCHServing Orcas Island For 131 years

Sunday Worship 9:30 am(Nursery & Kids Sunday School)

Weekday programs for all ages.Info @ www.OrcasChurch.org

Or call Pastor Dick Staub, 376-6422In Eastsound on Madrona

EMMANUEL EPISCOPALParish of Orcas Island

The Rev. Berto GándaraEastsound (by the water) • 376-2352

SUNDAYS: Holy Eucharist 8 and 10 amTHURSDAYS: Holy Eucharist 12:15 pm

Church School

LIFE CHURCHSunday 10:00 am

Senior Center on 62 Henry RoadNursery and Kid’s Life

Contemporary Passionate WorshipOur Vision: Share Jesus. Share Life.

376-6332

LUTHERAN CHURCHIN THE SAN JUANS (ELCA)Sunday 11:00 am St. David’s Chuch

760 Park St., Friday HarborSunday 9:00 am Center Church312 Davis Bay Rd., Lopez Island

Pastor Beth PurdumSunday 1:15 pm Emmanuel Church

242 Main St., Eastsound370-0023 • [email protected]

ST. FRANCIS CATHOLIC CHURCHOrcas - St Francis Church

in EastsoundMass 1:00 pm SundaysLopez - Center Chuch

Mass 10:30 pm Saturdays

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Commendations go to 18 Orcas High School musi-cians who came home from the regional San Juan Music Educators Association Solo/Ensemble Contest with some of their most impres-sive results ever. The musi-cians, accompanied by Strings Director Pamela Wright and Band Director Darren Dix, competed with more than 200 students.

For several years Wright has led the group to the top or near the top at the SJMEA contest. Competing with much larger high schools from Bellingham and other Northwest Washington cit-ies, the strings ensemble was awarded the second high-est number of points and will be the first alternate to go to state competition if Bellingham’s Sehome High School is unable to make the trip. Additional praise goes to Emy Carter, on solo violin, who was selected as

first alternate to go to the state competition, and sister Lisa Carter on solo piano, who was selected second alternate to go to state.

The Orcas High School Strings performed Bach’s “Concerto in D minor for Two Violins” (first and third movements) with Paris Wilson and Emy playing the solos. The judge comment-ed on the beautiful quality of the ensemble’s sound and how well they communi-cated with each other and played together as a group.

The 10-member group is comprised of Michael Harlow, Emy, Lisa, Wilson, Emily Toombs, Joanne Mietzner, Michael Chesher, Zach Waage, Wylie Kau and Anthony Kaskurs.

Two small-string ensem-bles from Orcas competed with a whopping 64 other small-string ensembles at the contest. Orcas’s creative-ly named “U Jelly of Our Celli,” with cellists Kau and Kaskurs, performed “The Entertainer” by Scott Joplin and came within a hair’s breadth of making the play-offs for state competition.

Almost Classical’s Emy, Lisa and Wilson, with their arrangement of “Rewrite This Story” (from the TV show “Smash”) were select-ed to be in the play-offs for state, but were declared ineligible because one member of the group is too young.

Three violin soloists from Orcas performed at the contest. Emy, playing Bach’s “Partita No. 2 Sarabande,” was selected as first alter-nate for state. The judge said she “played with good feeling” and had “such nice tone.” Harlow, who was selected as the second alter-nate to go to state last year at competition, played the

first and fourth movements of Schubert’s “Sonatina No. 3, Op. 137.”

“You have a fabulous vibrato,” said the judge, “and you play in an intimate style for this kind of music.”

Wilson, who is ineligible to perform at state com-petition due to her age, impressed the judge with Haydn’s “Concerto in G major,” first movement. “You have a beautiful line and phrasing, and a natural ease,” said the judge.

Two other soloists per-formed at the competition. Lisa, on piano, performed Debussey’s “Arabesque No. 1” and was selected sec-ond alternate for state. The judge commented on her excellent phrasing. And from the Orcas Band, Kaya Osborn, on alto saxophone, performed “Aria” by Eugene Bozza. The judge said she was “obviously very well-prepared.”

Seven other Orcas band musicians performed at the contest. Keith Light, Jo Gudgell and Liam Griskey-Watson, from the percus-sion group Da Beat Kidzz, performed the vigorous “Time Mixer” by Lynn Glassock. The two musi-cians in “Bandtastic 4” (Kahana Pietsch on trom-bone and Claire Bishop Martin on flute) performed an Allegro by Mozart.

Finally, the group “#Looking Naturals” (Holden Griskey-Watson on bass clarinet and McCabe Webb on eupho-nium) played Duets No. 2 and 3 from the “17 Duets” by Klose.

You can hear many of these musicians at the Music Advocacy Group’s concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 1, in the Orcas School K-8 gym.

Students garner accolades

Kristen Wilson photoWylie Kau and Anthony Kaskurs were among a handful of students who competed at SJMEA.

by CALI BAGBYAssistant Editor

Susan Osborn loves sing-ing for people, and she loves collaborating with musicians. So when her long-time Japanese friend Kentaro Kihara informed her he was on a tour in the U.S. and could be on island around Valentine's Day, Osborn jumped at the chance for the duo to per-form a concert celebrating love.

“I love singing for people and the alchemy that hap-pens when people are really listening,” said Osborn.

The concert is Friday, Feb. 13 at 7:30 p.m. at

the Rosario Resort Music Room. Tickets are $15 at the door.

They will sing everything from well-known tunes to classical pieces to original numbers and solos.

When asked if this con-cert would have a theme of love, Osborn said joyfully, “I always sing love songs.”

Kihara is traveling across the country performing Noh, a form of classical Japanese musical drama, on a Japanese State Department sponsorship program that aims to promote his home-land's culture. This will be the third concert the duo has performed on Orcas in

the last ten years.They initially met in

Tokyo more than a decade ago because Osborn was looking to work with bilin-gual musicians with a broad range of styles. Kihara was a perfect fit because he was classically trained at Berkley University and later began playing jazz.

“I was playing a broad range of music at the time, too, and he was a fun guy with a great sense of humor,” said Osborn.

She said they immediate-ly felt comfortable and spent four hours making music that afternoon.

Osborn describes the experience of making music with another person as unique compared to any other relationship.

“Whom you play music with is very intimate,” she said.

Despite belonging to different generations, cul-tures and genders, Kihara and Osborn make a pair of dynamic and heart-warm-ing performers.

Osborn sums up the con-cert by saying, “It's a rare opportunity to hear Kentari and me make music.”


Susan Osborn in concert this Valentine’s Day

The Islands’ Sounder asked readers to tell us what love means to them. Here are some of their answers:

Love is....• Friendship that caught fire! • Finding someone who loves you even when they know who you REALLY are.• Enduring the storms and the sunshine together.• It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty

through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses.

• Hard. It's broken and mended. Patchwork. It's beat down and picked back up again. It's forever a desert, ... forever the sea. It's forever. It belongs. It's alone. It's everyone and everything together. It's set apart. Love is cold. Then it's warm. It's complete.

• Safety. You can be happy, angry, scared, vulnerable and occasionally unsavory. When you're with someone who loves you, it's okay, it's safe, they will still love you.

• Messy. But wanting to be messy, like a 5-year-old in a mud hole.• Something that can grow stronger with every beat of your heart, and sometimes it

comes and goes so quickly that it changes you forever.• My baby girl smiling at me.• In the air, everywhere I look around.• The promise of time.• All we ever need.• Having someone hold your hair back during those not so romantic moments when

you’re sick.• Waking up, wondering, “Who do I want to spend the day with?” and finding that

person right next to you.• It is patience.• It is everything you never imagined it to be.

Orcas Park and Rec will be holding a volleyball tournament at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 15. They will put everyone's name into a hat and pick teams, so get there early. They plan to have two courts going in the high school gym. There will be round-robin pool play then a playoff – hopefully all done by 9 p.m. The cost is $5. Register at www.orcasparkandrec.org.

V-ball tourney on Feb. 15

Nine local photographers will have their work shown on the new M/V Samish vessel. Construction is run-ning ahead of schedule, and the vessel is expected to be plying the Anacortes/San Juan Island runs in early 2015.

The photographers include Lopez artists Peter Cavanagh, Eric Hopper, Linda Hudson and Steve Horn. Orcas photographer Peter Fisher joins the works of San Juan Island artists’ Kathy Crowe Finholm, Marc Forlenza, Robert Hare Stavers and Chris Teren.

A number of works hon-oring the Samish Indian Nation, headquartered in Anacortes, will also be in

the collection.The San Juan County Arts

Council managed the call to photographers and will be seeking funding to support the framing and develop-ment costs. At this point the artists have all agreed to underwrite the major por-

tion with the council pro-viding the rest. They are hopeful that the county’s lodging tax funds might be able to help, especially since all of the images feature the islands. Other sources will be sought as well.

Local photos on new ferry

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by ANTHONY SIMPSONAirport manager

The Eastsound Airport has started a project to reha-bilitate the large parking lot north of the terminal. The project will be completed in phases and includes revers-ing the flow of the park-ing lot. This is a significant change that was undertaken to facilitate access to the helipad through the gate at the north end of the park-ing lot.

Switching the orientation of an active parking lot is no simple task and the air-port asks for your patience and help to complete this phase as quickly as pos-sible. They are asking that drivers follow the new flow (counter-clockwise) and park in the new orienta-

tion if they can find a spot. To facilitate the subsequent construction phase, please park on the west side of the lot if possible (the side near the aircraft ramp). Drivers should park with caution, as the parking barriers will remain in the old orien-tation during this phase. If you can’t find a suitable spot, the airport requests drivers choose from the fol-lowing alternatives to keep the project moving forward.

For drivers parking long-term (past the end of February), park in the lot near FedEx (the lot closest to Mt. Baker Road). For shorter term parking, driv-ers may still park in the old orientation if they cannot park in the new orientation. As a last resort, if parking

in the lot is not available in either orientation, short-term parkers may park in the spots directly in front of the terminal that are normally 12-hour restrict-ed spots. For this phase of the project, these spots will be assessed at the regular $2 per day rate instead of a penalty rate. Once the majority of vehicles have been reoriented in the parking lot, the airport will work to clear and close the entire east side of the lot for rehabilitation. Once the east side is reopened, work will begin on the west side.

If drivers have any ques-tions, they are encouraged to contact me by phone at 376-5285 or by email at [email protected]. Your patience is greatly appreciated.

Parking project at airportFrom Broadway to Orcas

Center comes “Of Mice and Men” on Thursday, Feb. 12 at 7:30 p.m.

Golden Globe win-ner and Academy Award nominee James Franco and Tony Award nominee Chris O’Dowd star in the hit Broadway production “Of Mice and Men,” filmed on stage by National Theatre Live. This landmark revival of Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck’s play is a portrait of the American spirit and a heartbreaking testament to the bonds of friendship.

“Of Mice and Men” is directed by Anna D. Shapiro and features Leighton Meester and Jim Norton. This production was nomi-nated for two Tony Awards.

The symbiotic relation-ship between smart, scrap-py George (Franco) and his

hulking, brain-damaged friend Lennie (O’Dowd), is at the heart of this 1937 play adapted by Steinbeck from his own novella about the broken, homeless men who wandered the coun-try, living from farm job to farm job, during the Great Depression. As with all the other itinerant workers traveling together on these rough roads, the unlikely

friendship between George and Lennie was first forged out of a mutual need for protection.

Tickets for Of Mice and Men are $18, $13 for students, $2 off for Orcas Center members, and may be purchased at www.orcas-center.org or by calling 376-2281 ext. 1 or visiting the Orcas Center Box Office.

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Bring your money and get your Exchange fix on Saturday, Feb. 14 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the West Sound Community Club on Deer Harbor Road for the Fidelis Flea Market. Anything you need, or don’t need will be there for your choosing: jewelry, household items, what’s-its, books, artwork baked goods – and Christina’s savory soup and rolls.

Organizers say the event is a win-win for all: the Fidelis Circle women’s group raises funds for youth groups and activities on Orcas and the other vendors pass on their collections to new owners and the buyers enjoy browsing, bargain buying and contributing to Orcas youth. No early birds.

Fidelis Flea Market this Saturday

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360-376-2122

“DOING IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME”

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EMPLOYEE OWNED

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SEPTIC SERVICES

Gary Mitchell AboodSan Juan County Licensed Wastewater InspectorSan Juan County Licensed Septic PumperPortable Toilets and RV service

210 Jackson Rd; Eastsound, WA 98245 (360)376-7660

Serving Orcas Island & San Juan County

SEPTIC SERVICESTyler Patterson

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Trees, Timber& Logs

We are cutting beautiful Cedar and Douglas fir trees on our 5 acre property on Orcas (with S.J. County approval and a DNR forest practices permit). Perfect for cutting into lumber for your custom home, ga- zebo, furniture or special custom project. Will split delivery cost. You can cut into custom lumber with our mobile sawyer. Hurry before it is all gone. Call Alan Gillard, at 360-386-9332 days, evenings or weekends.

EmploymentGeneral

Spa Receptionist Roche Harbor’s After- glow Spa seeks enthusiastic, friendly, F/T, Year-Round, Reception- ist to: greet guests; answer phone; schedule Spa services; ring up transactions & support the Spa Team. Must have excellent customer service skills, attentive to detail, competent on the computer, dependable / punctual; Hourly DOE;Apply on-line

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[email protected]

EmploymentRestaurant

Roses Bakery Cafe seeks to add a new

Member to it’s Kitchen Crew

Yes we are looking for cooking skills, but also clear thinking, good organization, cleanliness,

and team work. Leave message for

Jon or Dante 360.376.4292

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EmploymentTransportation/Drivers

Drivers-No experience? Some or LOTS of experience? Let’s Talk! No matter what stage in your career, it’s time, call Central Refrigerated Home. (888) 793-6503 www.CentralTruckDr i - vingJobs.com

Business Opportunities

AVON- Earn extra income with a new career! Sell from home, work,, online. $15 startup. For information call: 888- 423-1792 (M-F 9-7 & Sat 9-1 Central)

Sell Energy, TRAVEL USA, full / part time, great retirement job, car provided , ages 18 to 100 apply. Consumer only save $ and you make $, win/winwww.needajob1.com1-812-841-1293

Schools & Training

AIRLINE CAREERS Start Here – Get hands on training as FAA certi- fied Technician fixing jets. Financial aid if qualified. Call for free information Aviation Insti- tute of Maintenance1-877-818-0783www.FixJets.com


Schools & Training

MEDICAL BILLING TRAINEES NEEDED! Train at home to process Medical Billing & Insu- rance Claims! NO EX- PERIENCE NEEDED! Online training at Bryan University!! HS Diplo- ma/GED & Computer/In- ternet needed!1-877-259-3880

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professionalservices

Professional ServicesHealth Services

Hamlet HouseLopez Island’s only Adult Family Home, currently has 2 rooms available. Don’t miss the opportunity to have our cozy in- viting house become your home.

For details call Nichelle at 360-468-3800

or [email protected]

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Professional ServicesLegal Services

DIVORCE $155. $175 with children. No court appearances. Complete preparation. Includes custody, support, property division and bills. BBB member. (503) 772-5295.www.paralegalalterna- [email protected]

homeservices

Home ServicesProperty Maintenance

All Things Basementy! Basement Systems Inc. Call us for all of your basement needs! Water- proofing, Finishing, Structural Repairs, Hu- midity and Mold Control FREE ESTIMATES! Call 1-800-998-5574


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Electronics

DirectTV - 2 Year Sav- ings Event! Over 140 channels only $29.99 a month. Only DirecTV gives you 2 YEARS of savings and a FREE Ge- nie upgrade! Call 1-800- 279-3018

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Electronics

DISH TV Retailer. Start- ing at $19.99/month (for 12 mos.) & High Speed Internet starting at $14.95/month (where available.) SAVE! Ask About SAME DAY Instal- lation! CALL Now! 800- 278-1401

*REDUCE YOUR Cable Bill! * Get a 4-Room All- Digital Satellite system installed for FREE and- programming starting at $19.99/mo. FREE HD/DVR upgrade for new callers, SO CALL NOW 877-329-9040

flea marketFlea Market

ANTIQUE Desk, Solid wood, seven drawers, $100. Asian style end table, 2x2 ft square, $50. 360-376-2015 (Orcas)

ANTIQUE Windsor Chair, made in Boston, $85. Counter style stool, $25. Mirror 54x36, $25. 360-376-2015 (Orcas).

Home Furnishings

QUEEN SLEEPER SOFA w/Cloud Mattress $500. 2 years new. Beige color. New $3000. Bainbridge Island. Must sell due to remodel, please call Tom for appt 206-451-4615.

SPA lg top-of-the-line model. $1000. Holds 6 adults. Remodeling, it must go. 92”x92”. Bain- bridge Isl. Call Tom for appt 206-451-4615.

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Mail Order

Canada Drug Center is your choice for safe and affordable medications. Our licensed Canadian mail order pharmacy will provide you with savings of up to 90% on all your medication needs. Call today 1-800-418-8975, for $10.00 off your first prescription and free shipping.

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Miscellaneous

Acorn Stairlifts. The AF- FORDABLE solution to your stairs! **Limited time -$250 Off Your Stairlift Purchase!** Buy Direct & SAVE. Please call 1-800-304-4489 for FREE DVD and bro- chure.

KILL ROACHES! Buy Harris Roach Tablets. Eliminate Bugs-Guaran- teed. No Mess, Odor- less, Long Lasting. Available atAce Hardware & The Home Depot

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Miscellaneous

Protect Your Home - ADT Authorized Dealer: Burglary, Fire, and Emergency Alerts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! CALL TODAY, IN- STALLED TOMOR- ROW! 888-858-9457 (M- F 9am-9pm ET)

pets/animals

Dogs

2 F POMERANIANS Mature 1+year old ladies $150 and $175. All shots, wormed, health certificate. Must sell due to health reasons. Can meet you half way within 25 mi of Everett. Please call 425-330-1166.ROTTWEILER AKC Puppies. Great Imported line, large blocky heads, excellent temperament & pedigree, . Family raised, in our home, parents gentle. $ 1 , 2 0 0 / e a c h . 720.326.5127


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AKC, Chocolate & Black Lab pups English with blocky heads. Great hunters or companions. Playful, loyal & healthy. Family raised & well so- cialized, OFA’s lineage, first shots, de-wormed and vet checked. Par- ents on site. $550, $650 & $700. 425-422-2428.A few rare mismarked Labradors

AKC DOBERMAN puppies. Red & rust. Born January 2nd, 2015. Up to date on shots. Health guarantee. Parents on site. Raised in family setting. (6) males, (3) fe- males. Asking $800. Cash or trade only. 253- 315-0475


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wheelsMarine

Miscellaneous

AUTO INSURANCE STARTING AT $25/ MONTH! Call 877-929- 9397

AutomobilesAcura

2007 ACURA RDX Tech $14,800. 88,000 miles. Extremely comfortable. Great commuter or long driver! Modern features GPS, Bluetooth and rear backup camera. Sleek gray car w/ black leather heated seats. Surround sound with 6-disc CD player. Excellent cond.! Call Fred now 360-376- 3122. Orcas Island.


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AutomobilesGMC

RARE 1987 GMC Ca- ballero Project Car $1250 or best offer. Black and silver with bucket seats. AT, loaded with options. Over $2000 in new parts in boxes. I just don’t have the time to finish it, needs towed. Oak Harbor. Call Gary 360-682-5271 or 360- 632-1937.

Pickup TrucksChevrolet

2005 DODGE RAM 1 ton Cummings Turbo diesel 4WD. 6 speed stick shift. 189,000 mi. Features goose neck hitch and Rino lining. New brakes, calipers, ro- tors, U-joints & batteries. Selling to upgrade. One owner. Asking $28,500. 360-631-6089.

Sport Utility VehiclesToyota

2008 4 Runner, limited, 106,000 miles. Winter tires + 4 new highway tires, 3rd row seat. Very good condition, 1 owner. Service records available. $18,900. (360)678-4272

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Vans & MinivansVolkswagen

‘02 VW EUROVAN WEEKENDER. Pristine in & out. Loaded. New stereo, brakes, tires, shocks, t-rods, battery. Just 91,000 miles. $27,890. Hurry! Orcas Island. Call Andy 360- 319-5290.

Motorhomes

40’ 2003 MONACO DIP- LOMAT 3 slides, 24,000 miles, 330 HP diesal engine. Everything works well. Many extras! Ready to roll! Washer / dryer combo, 2 flat screen TV’s, microwave / convection oven and sleepnumber style ma- tress. Very good cond. & and fully self contained. $65,000. FSBO. Call Warren 970-946-3834. Oak Harbor, Whidbey Is- land.

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Vehicles Wanted

CARS/TRUCKS WANT- ED! Top $$$$$ PAID! Running or Not, All Makes!. Free Towing! We’re Local! 7 Days/Week. Call 1-800- 959-8518

CARS/TRUCKS WANT- ED! Top $$$$$ PAID! Running or Not, All Makes!. Free Towing! We’re Local! 7 Days/Week. Call 1-800- 959-8518

CASH FOR CARS! Any Make, Model or Year. We Pay MORE! Running or Not. Sell Your Car or Truck TODAY. Free Towing! Instant Offer: 1- 888-545-8647

Permit Number Description

Tax Parcel Number, Project Location, and Island

Applicant/Agent Name and Address Date of

ApplicationDate

CompleteOther Required

Permits, If known

Existing Environmental

Documents

SEPAThreshold

DET

SEPACommentsEnd Date

Project CommentsEnd Date

Hearing Body

Hearing Place

Hearing Date

PPROV0-14-0004

Vacationrental

241421001, 39 Hodgson Road, Lopez

John Ray-Keil, 39 Hodgson Rd., Lopez, WA 98261 1/21/15 1/21/15 - - exempt - 3/4/15 - - -

PPROV0-14-0005

Vacationrental

462451033, 229 Westcott Drive, San Juan

Robert Stahnke and Valerie Krueger, 404 Lamar Drive,

Mukilteo, WA 98275 1/21/15 1/21/15 - - exempt - 3/4/15 - - -

PLP000-15-0001

17 lot subdivision

352032002 & 352031001, NE of Wold Rd north of Bailer Hill Rd, San Juan

Nakatomi LLC, F Shaw, Law Office of SJ O’Day, PO Box

2112, FH, WA 98250 1/30/15 1/30/15

FPA; ROW permit; DOE water rights

Environmental.Checklist;

SWMPDNS 2/25/15 3/4/15 Hearing

ExaminerKey Bank 4/16/15

PSJWMP-15-0002

Slope failure correction; guard rail repair; curtain

drain install

Near 260811003, MP 0.9,

Deer Harbor Rd, Orcas

SJC Public Works c/o Skilling Connolly Inc, Mary Julvezan 5016 Lacey Blvd SE, Lacey

WA 98503

12/17/14 1/26/15 -

EnvironmentalChecklist; Tech Memos:Critical Areas and non-

jurisdictional ditch

DNS 2/25/15 3/4/15 - - -

LAND USE DECISIONS: Hearing Examiner Decisions: www.sanjuanco.com/cdp/hearingexdecisions.aspx Planning Commission decisions: http://www.sanjuanco.com/planning/planningcommissionactions.aspxCounty Council decisions: http://www.sanjuanco.com/council/ordinances.aspx and http://www.sanjuanco.com/council/resolutions.aspx

BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED: Permits issued by the Department of Community Development are searchable at https://services.sanjuanco.com/Default.asp. Select “Citizen Services,” then “Permits and Inspections,” then “Permits Inquiry” and enter search parameters To search a date range, use two periods between the date entries, i.e., after “Issue Date,” enter 11/17/2014..11/21/2014 and after “Permit Status,” select “Issued.” This will return a table of permits issued for the date range in question. There is no need to enter a permit type, unless you want to narrow your search. There are also links available on our website. (San Juan County is providing this information as a public service, in recognition that there will be occasional down times due to system updates.)SEPA COMMENT AND APPEAL: Anyone desiring to comment on the SEPA Determination can do so by submitting a written statement to Community Development, PO Box 947 (135 Rhone St), Friday Harbor, WA. 98250 no later than the comment date specified above. The SEPA Determination may be appealed to the Hearing Examiner pursuant to SJCC 18.80.140 within 21 days of the date of the SEPA Determination. APPLICATION COMMENTS: Any file may be examined by appointment during regular business hours at the Community Development, located at 135 Rhone Street, Friday Harbor. Comment on Notices of Application can be submitted in writing to Community Development at P. O. Box 947, Friday Harbor, WA 98250, no later than the end date for project comments specified above. Requests for copies of project decisions or staff reports or requests to provide testimony in a public hearing for a project, may be made by contacting Community Development: (360) 378-2354 * (360) 378-2116 * Fax (360) 378-3922 [email protected] OF PUBLIC HEARINGS: Hearing Examiner meetings on San Juan Island start at 10:00 a.m., in the Islanders Bank Administrative Building downstairs meeting room, 225 Blair Street, Friday Harbor. Planning Commission meetings begin at 8:45 am. Any person desiring to comment prior to the hearing should submit a written statement to Community Development, PO Box 947, Friday Harbor, WA. 98250. Written comments may also be submitted at the hearing. A copy of the staff report for a hearing may be obtained from Community Development seven days prior to the hearing. NOTICE OF PERMITS: Information regarding all land use and building permits is available on the County’s website. A link is available on the Community Development homepage at: sanjuanco.com/cdp

COMBINED NOTICE OF APPLICATIONS & HEARINGS

LEGAL NO. SJ1250695 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands, The Islands’ Sounder, FEBRUARY 11, 2015

SAN JUAN COUNTY PUBLIC NOTICESSan Juan County, as an Equal Opportunity Employer, does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, national origin,

age, disability, or veteran status in the provision of services, in programs or activities or employment opportunities and benefits. Direct inquiries to Administrative Services at (360) 378-3870. TTD relay at 1-800-833-6388.

LEGALSNOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING

LOPEZ ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT 144

CAPITAL PROJECTS AND DEBT SERVICE FUNDS

BUDGET EXTENSIONS2014-2015

Notice is hereby given by the school directors of Lopez Island School Dis- trict No. 144, San Juan County, Washington, that the board of directors will meet for the purpose of a

public hearing and adoption of budget extensions of the district for the 2014-2015 school year. The public hearing will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 24, 2015. The budget adoption will be part of the regular monthly board meeting beginning at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 24, 2015. Both meetings will be held in the Lopez Island School District library, Lopez Island, Washington.

Any person may appear at the public hearing and be heard for or against the budget or any part thereof. This hearing is as a result of the bond that was voted on and passed in Novem- ber 2014.Bill EvansSecretary to the BoardLEGAL NO. S614021Published: The Islands’ SounderFebruary 11, 18, 2015.

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Enzo’s CafféOpen 8–4 dailyCreperie open Sat & Sunfrom 9–3 pmN. Beach Rd, 376-3732

Island SkilletBreakfast everyday 8:30 am–2 pmDinner Fridays 5:30–8 pmFull breakfast menu, beer, wine; 325 Prune Alley, 376-3984

Lower Tavern Lunch & DinnerOpen daily at 11 am Food to 10 pm (Sun–Thurs) Food to 11 pm (Fri & Sat)46 Prune Alley , 376-4848

Mijitas Mexican KitchenOpen Mon–Sat 4 pmHappy hour 4–5:30 pm310 A. Street (at N. Beach Rd) 376-6722

The Madrona Bar & Grill Lunch & Dinner11:30 am–9 pm (Sun–Thurs) 11:30 am–10 pm (Fri & Sat) 3 pm–6 pm Happy Hour (M–F)310 Main St , 376-7171

Pizzeria Porto� noDine-In/Take-OutOpen 12 noon Tues–SatOpen 4:00pm SundayClosed Monday274 A St (Off N. Beach Rd.)376-2085

White Horse PubOpen from 11:30 to midnight7 days a weekServing food until 10 pmHappy hour M-F 3 to 6 pm246 Main St, 376-PUBS

Rosario Resort & SpaThe Mansion Restaurant • 8am–11am Breakfast Menu, Thurs-Mon• Noon–9pm Lunch/Lounge Menu, Thurs-Sun• 5pm–9pm Dinner Menu & Lounge Menu, Wed-Sun• Noon–9 pm Beer & Brats Happy Hour Specials Sundays

ORCAS LANDINGOrcas Hotel / Octavia’s BistroDinner 7 nights a week 4-8:30Happy hour 50% off small plates 4:00-5:00Orcas Hotel CaféOpen daily 6am to 5pmwww.orcashotel.com, 376-4300

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