Whidbey News-Times, July 11, 2015

By RON [email protected]

Jon Crimmins was attending a meeting at Deception Pass State Park Wednesday when he got a call that one of the Whidbey Island state parks he man-ages was being threatened by a brushfire.

Crimmins, area manager for Central Whidbey State Parks, didn’t know what to think since it was the sec-ond brushfire reported at Fort Ebey State Park in five days.

Crimmins got to the scene, walked past firefight-

ers and peered over a steep hillside to get a look at the precarious situation for him-self.

What he saw was a black-ened slope of scorched earth and flames traveling along the lower bluff out of reach of fire hoses.

Firefighters from four different agencies worked together to prevent the challenging brushfire from threatening the forest and campgrounds.

By the time the fire was contained by early evening, with help from air support, it had burned roughly 10

acres and left an impression in Crimmins’ mind about how well firefighters from different agencies worked together to protect a recre-

ational treasure.“Without them, we’d be

lost,” Crimmins said.

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County weighs ban on personal fireworksBy DEBRA [email protected]

The hot, dry weather this year has Island County commissioners considering a complete ban on the sale and ignition of fireworks.

Commissioner Helen Price Johnson first raised the issue, noting that it seems absurd the county fire marshal could call a burn ban limiting all kinds of fires, but not fireworks.

During a Wednesday meeting she floated a change that would give the fire marshal the ability to do so under emergency condi-tions.

Price Johnson also sug-gested limiting personal

By MEGAN [email protected]

In a move that shocked onlookers, commissioners for the Port of Coupeville voted 2-1 Wednesday to terminate negotiations with the Greenbank Farm Management Group.

The port and management group will honor its current contract through the end of the year. On Jan. 1, 2016 the port will assume all manage-ment control.

This comes after months of negotiations between both parties. A draft contract was being reviewed by lawyers and was expected to be ready in August.

The unexpected motion was brought forth by interim Commissioner John Carr toward the end of the meet-ing.

“I was brought in a couple of months ago to take a hard look at the leases and (the port’s) business,” Carr said.

The commissioner, who has a background in real estate, said the port has put $2 million into the farm and continues to lose money each year in its overall budget.

“I think it’s time to try something that is fiscally responsible for taxpayer money,” he said.

Carr made his motion, which was met with mostly outrage and some praise from the audience. Commissioner and board president Marshall Bronson seconded the motion.

Port pulls plug on longtime farm managers

SEE FIREWORKS, A19

By JESSIE [email protected]

When it comes to the Whidbey Island Marathon, one thing that everyone can agree upon is that it needs to lose less money.

Oak Harbor City Council discussed the finances of the city-owned marathon during a Tuesday night meeting but didn’t make any changes in

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City looks at how to cut losses from marathon

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Oak Harbor Police

The following items were selected from reports made to the Oak Harbor Police Department:

MONDAY, JUNE 22At 11:21 a.m., a caller in

the emergency room re-ported that a patient was scratched by a neighbor’s dog on Southwest Thorn-berry Drive.

At 11:49 a.m., a woman reported that her husband hit and dragged her with a car on Northeast Seventh Court.

At 5:25 p.m., there was a report that a man with a 9mm handgun was on Oak Harbor Road.

TUESDAY, JUNE 23At 6:09 a.m., a caller

reported that people were living in tents on Northeast Goldie Street.

At 7:26 a.m., a caller reported that a buck kept jumping into the roadway on State Highway 20.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24At 10:26 a.m., a caller

reported that a T-shirt was stolen on Southwest Sixth Avenue.

At 1:57 p.m., a caller reported a dead seagull on Southwest Barlow Street.

At 9:36 p.m., there was a report that people dumped a mattress in a field off North Oak Harbor Street.

At 11:01 p.m., a man re-ported that he had a fight with his girlfriend and she made him bleed.

THURSDAY, JUNE 25At 5:08 a.m., a Midway

Boulevard resident reported

that someone knocked on her door 15 times.

At 10:06 a.m., a man on Northeast Oleary Street reported that his girlfriend backed into him with her car during a fight.

At 4:47 p.m., a caller re-ported that someone made a threat to bomb a restau-rant on Northwest Crosby Avenue.

At 7:18 p.m., a man on McCrohan Street reported that his wife was beaten while he was gone.

FRIDAY, JUNE 26At 11:49 a.m., a caller

reported that two pugs looked too hot in a car parked at Walmart.

At 9:24 p.m., a caller re-ported that kids were tear-ing apart the windmill at a park on Ireland Street.

SATURDAY, JUNE 27At 6:17 a.m., a loose cow

was reported on October Lane.

At 6:29 p.m., a Northeast Barron Drive resident re-ported that a “psycho chick” was shrieking and pounding on doors.

At 9:14 p.m., a man on Heller Street reported that he would like to walk to the store, buy beer and drink it on the way home.

SUNDAY, JUNE 28At 12:15 p.m., a caller

reported that a baby seagull was in the grass near City Beach Street.

MONDAY, JUNE 29At 12:02 p.m., a caller

reported that a man ran over the caller’s flags at a fireworks stand on State Highway 20.

At 2:11 p.m., a caller on Crosby Road called 911 to report that he has his pet

burial permit.At 4:12 p.m., a caller at a

fireworks stand on the high-way reported that someone stole fireworks.

At 6:58 p.m., a Kettle Street resident reported that her boyfriend’s “ex” was stalking her.

At 7:34 p.m., a Southwest Barrington Drive resident reported that he arrived home and found someone in his bed.

At 7:52 p.m., a caller re-ported that a person on a Facebook group page might be a rapist.

At 8:02 p.m., there was a report of suspicious people in a van selling candy door to door.

TUESDAY, JUNE 30At 4:08 a.m., a woman on

Southwest Harrier Circle reported that she was argu-ing with someone who had taken her phone and spit in her face.

At 7:15 a.m., a Highway 20 resident reported that bullet holes were found in the residence.

At 10:30 a.m., a caller reported that kittens were living under the porch on Southwest Quilcene Lane.

At 12:55 p.m., a caller reported that an “un-neutered” cat was running around, causing problems.

At 1:27 p.m., a caller re-ported that a man walked up to the church altar beside the priest, knelt down, made the sign of the cross and then left the church on North Oak Harbor Street.

At 1:33 pm., a caller re-ported that people threw his bike in the swimming lagoon and damaged it.

At 4:37 p.m., a caller re-ported that people in the water off Beeksma Drive were doing “inappropriate things.”

WEDNESDAY, JULY 1At 11:57 a.m., a caller

reported that a baby bird fell from a nest on Longview Drive.

At 3:06 p.m., a man re-ported that his daughter was taking advantage of him.

THURSDAY, JULY 2At 12:37 p.m., a caller

reported that a large swarm of bees was on Southwest Third Avenue.

At 1:31 p.m., a caller reported that an elderly woman was walking on the highway.

FRIDAY, JULY 3At 12:09 p.m., a caller

reported that a woman was “standing doing nothing” on North Oak Harbor Street.

At 1:36 p.m., a caller re-ported that a man in a shirt was running in and out of traffic on the highway.

At 8:29 p.m., a caller re-ported that a woman was lying in a Highway 20 park-ing lot.

SATURDAY, JULY 4At 3:50 a.m., a caller re-

ported that a man pointed a gun at his face on Southwest Tenth Avenue.

At 8:49 a.m., a caller re-ported that an older man pulled a knife on him at a State Highway 20 location.

At 2:59 p.m., a caller re-ported that a man with a hat was walking into on-coming traffic on Pioneer Way.

At 9:13 p.m., a caller re-ported that a man was aim-ing a gun at a young person on Crosby Avenue.

SUNDAY, JULY 5At 12:29 a.m., a North-

east Seventh Court resident reported that his wife was hitting kids with a stick and pinching their body parts.

At 3:19 p.m., a caller re-ported that a woman was smacking her dog with a stick on Bayshore Drive.

At 7:54 p.m., there was a report of a man crawl-ing around the bushes on Northeast Seventh Avenue.

MONDAY, JULY 6At 2:09 a.m., a woman

at a Highway 20 location reported that a man spit on the door and threatened to beat her up.

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North Whidbey Fire and Rescue earned a better Fire Protection Class Grade — a rating that could mean lower insurance premiums for private property owners.

The Washington Surveying and Rating Bureau gave the district a grade of 5, an improvement from the district’s previous grade of 6.

The nonprofit grades all community fire depart-ments statewide on a scale of 1 to 10 on their ability to fight fires and prevent them — the lower the score, the better. They examine not just the department but other factors such as access to water supplies, the 911 dispatch system and com-munity fire prevention activities.

Chief Marv Koorn was thrilled with the new grade. The purchase of two new water tenders — trucks with 2,500-gallon water

tanks — is part of the rea-son for the better grade.

What also helped is an agreement the district made with the county that allows fire officials to con-duct inspections of com-mercial buildings within the district. That gives firefight-ers a chance to know build-ings they may have to enter if there were a fire.

Insurance companies use the ratings to set premiums. When a com-munity improves its clas-sification, there is often a corresponding savings in property owner’s insurance premiums, according to the bureau.

While that varies among properties and insurers, Koorn said his own insurer estimates he’ll save some-where between $50 to $100 a year.

North Whidbey Fire and Rescue covers the incorpo-rated area that spans from Deception Pass south to Libbey Road.

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Former Oak Harbor resident has been on death row since 2002By JESSIE STENSLAND [email protected]

Oak Harbor High School graduate Robert Yates will remain on death row.

Justices on the state Supreme Court rejected the serial killer’s latest peti-tion this week to overturn his death sentence.

But when, if ever, Yates will be put to death is unknown since Gov. Jay Inslee announced last year that he was plac-ing a moratorium on executions, which will prevent any death sentences from being carried out while he remains in office.

Yates graduate from Oak Harbor High School in 1970. He was a pitcher on the school’s baseball team and was remembered by classmates, former teachers and coaches as a polite but unremarkable boy.

The Yates Family lived in a Barrington Drive home and were very loyal to the Seventh-Day Adventist

Church, his friends said. His father, Bob Yates, Sr. was in the civil service at the Navy base and his mother, Anna May Yates, worked at Whidbey General Hospital. She was sick while Yates was in high school and died of cancer in 1976.

Yates also worked at the hos-pital, but the details of his employment were lost over time.

Yates’ list of victims includes 15 women and one man.

There is no evidence that Yates killed anyone of Whidbey Island, but the mother and sister of one his victims live in Oak Harbor. He murdered Shawn Johnson, a mother of two, just before Christmas in 1997 in the Spokane area, where Yates was living with his wife and children.

Margaret Dettman and Debra Fine moved to Whidbey just a year before that.

In Spokane County, Yates confessed to killing 13 people in a plea bargain

that he thought would spare his life in 2000. He admitted to killing a young couple picnicking in a woods near Walla Walla in 1975. He picked up a Seattle woman in 1988 and dumped her body in Skagit County. Between 1996 and 1998, he murdered 10 other women — including Johnson — in and around Spokane. He buried one of the bodies in the yard of his family’s home.

Prosecutors in Pierce County, how-ever, didn’t go along with the plea bargain and charged Yates with mur-dering Melinda Mercer and Connie LaFontaine. Yates was convicted in 2002 of two counts of aggravated first-degree murder.

Yates’ defense team presented the jury with a Whidbey News-Times photo of him pitching a game in his youth and argued that the death penalty was inconsistently applied in the state.

The jury sentenced him to death.The state Supreme Court has

affirmed his conviction and sentence three times.

In the latest petition, the justices rejected his personal restraint petition as untimely. Under law, it was supposed to be filed within a year of the judgment and sentence becoming final.

Supreme Court rejects petition from serial killer Robert Yates

YATES

By BEN WATANABE [email protected]

Three candidates for a seat on Whidbey General Hospital’s board of commis-sioners offered vastly dif-ferent takes on leadership during a forum on South Whidbey Thursday.

About 50 people showed up for the forum hosted by the League of Women Voters at the the Langley United Methodist Church.

The crowd heard from the three candidates for a seat on the hospital board as well as the three vying to become the next mayor of Langley. The top two candi-dates in the Aug. 4 primary will move on to the general election in November.

Joyce Amatuzzo of Oak Harbor asked the candi-dates what they’d do about what she said were impend-ing cuts to the hospital’s Medicare reimbursement rates. Rita Drum said the hospital must be prepared for lower reimburse-ment. Georgia Gardner, the incumbent who was appointed in July 2012, said Whidbey General Hospital may be affected because it is a critical access hospital, but a just-in-case budget was created with several possible factors included.

“We’ve got a three-year pro forma budget,” Gardner replied, “…with all these scenarios plugged into it.”

Robert Born of Greenbank said he thought the hospital was protected as well because of its critical access designation.

In closing statements, Gardner said she was dedi-cated to the oversight of the hospital’s finances. As a certified public accountant, that’s where her expertise was best utilized. She cited the hospital’s switch to a different software without asking for a tech levy as an example of strong steward-ship of public funding.

Born, who has long dogged the hospital district for public records, said he was a problem identifier and solver by nature.

“I’m an advocate, I’m a lawyer, I’m a communica-tor,” he said.

Drum said her vast expe-rience working in health-care as a pathologists’ assis-tant would help her under-stand the inner workings of the hospital.

“I believe that my knowl-edge of hospitals is fabu-lous,” she said. “A hospital needs someone who is able to communicate with the hospital staff.”

Hospital candidates will speak at forum

Residents can hear from the three mayoral and three hospital board candidates next week.

The League of Women Voters of Whidbey Island and Sno-Isle Libraries are hosting a candidate forum 7 p.m., Thursday, July 16 at the Elks Club in Oak Harbor.

The candidates in the two races will appear on the bal-lot for the Aug. 4 primary. The top two vote-getters in each race will move on to the general election.

Councilmen Bob Severns and Jim Campbell and local

resident Martha Yount are vying to become the next Oak Harbor mayor.

In the race for position 2 on the Whidbey General Hospital board, incumbent Commissioner Georgia Gardner is being challenged by Rob Born and Rita Drum.

At the forum Thursday, candidates will discuss top-ics and answer questions presented by the League of Women Voters of Island County.

It is free and open to the public.

Candidate forum on Thursday

National Night Out moving to Fort Nugent

For the first time in many years, Oak Harbor’s popular National Night Out event will be held at a different location.

Oak Harbor Police Chief Ed Green said organizers decided to move the Aug. 4 event — which draws law enforcement, fire depart-ments and the military — from the Windjammer Park because construction of the sewage treatment plant will take up space.

Instead, National Night Out will be held at Fort Nugent Park, which Green said has a large enough foot-

print to accommodate all of the fancy trucks and other equipment.

“We are expecting as big a turnout as ever,” he said.

The event might have to be at Fort Nugent Park for a couple of years or more while the new sewage treatment facility is being built, Green said.

National Night Out is 3:30-7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 4.

It’s a national event intend-ed to build cohesion between the police and the commu-nity and promote crime pre-vention and safety.

“National Night Out enhances the relationship between neighbors and law

enforcement,” the event’s website states, “while bring-ing back a true sense of com-munity and provides a great opportunity to bring police and neighbors together under positive circumstanc-es.”

Water conservation encouraged in city

The City of Oak Harbor is encouraging its citizens to start conserving water.

The city has implemented Stage 1 Water Conservation Measures, which is a request for voluntary reductions because conditions point to the potential for a future drought.

According to a release issued by the City of Oak

Harbor, citizens are asked to cut reduce water useage by taking shorter showers with low flow devices, run full loads of laundry, use water toys that don’t require run-ning water, fix water leaks, reduce using water for irri-gation or irrigate at dusk or dawn to avoid evaporation.

Low snowpack levels in the Cascade Mountains has prompted the City of Anacortes and Oak Harbor to ask customers to start vol-untary water conservation measures.

For more conservation tips, contact the City of Oak Harbor at 360-279-4500 or access the city’s website at www.oakharbor.org

NEWS BRIEFS

By RON [email protected]

The new manager of one of Whidbey Island’s iconic landmarks is looking for peo-ple who love lighthouses.

Sharon Sharpe, hired in March by Washington State Parks as the program spe-cialist at Admiralty Head Lighthouse in Coupeville, wants to dramatically increase the number of vol-unteer docents at the scenic lighthouse.

Working with a base of about 20 regular volunteers, Sharpe’s hope is to double the number of docents who work in the lighthouse’s museum and interpretive center.

She also is looking for

those interested in helping preserve the historic build-ing.

Part of Sharpe’s job is man-age the lighthouse’s interpre-tive staff, along with coor-dinating tours and events within the park and at the lighthouse, including wed-dings.

One ambitious fundrais-ing event she has planned for 2015 will take place in October when Fort Casey will play the starring role in a haunted house for two week-ends.

Plans for the “Haunted Fort” include an evening hay-ride from the lighthouse to the old Switchboard cham-ber, where guests will be allowed to enter.

“It’s not going to take much

to make it a haunted space,” said Sharpe, who attended sixth grade camp at nearby Camp Casey and remem-bers some eerie moments at the fort as a child, then later returned as a camp counsel-or. “It’s scary enough for kids in the dark.”

Although a committee con-tinues to work out details, current plans are to run the event Oct. 16-17 and Oct. 23-24.

“I’m afraid it’s going to be too big,” Sharpe said with a smile.

Sharpe also is making plans for National Lighthouse Day in August. Fort Casey will celebrate that event on Saturday, Aug. 8. Live music will be provided.

Sharpe commutes from LaConner for her job but has no complaints.

She worked in as an office assistant at a state parks regional office in Burlington prior to coming to Coupeville and has worked in office set-tings at the Port of Edmonds, the LaConner Marina and Sedro-Woolley School District in the past.

The lighthouse job gives her the flexibility to be where she loves to be most often -- outdoors.

“This fits me very well,” Sharpe said. “This is where I want to be.”

“I was trying to work my self into the outdoors world. This is a dream job for me.”

“Promoting the park and what we have to offer is what I’m all about.”

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The City of Oak Harbor is encouraging its citizens to start conserving water.

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By KATE [email protected]

After bumping ground, the Coupeville ferry was temporarily out of service Wednesday morning.

The boat was back in ser-vice at 2 p.m.

Washington State Ferries sent out an alert Wednesday morning soon after the Kennewick ferry pulled into the dock and bumped into the ground.

Ian Sterling, public infor-mation officer for Washington State Ferries, said the inci-dent was considered a “soft grounding.” The ground in that particular area consists primarily of sand and mud, Sterling said.

On Thursday afternoon, Sterling said inspectors had confirmed that the boat did not sustain any damage.

The cause of the incident is still under investigation, he said, though he noted that soft groundings are not too unusual, particularly in difficult areas such as the Coupeville landing.

“That’s arguably our most complicated landing,” Sterling said of the Coupeville

ferry dock. “It’s very chal-lenging for our captains and crew.”

The boat had departed on the 6:30 a.m. sailing from Port Townsend and was grounded at approximately 7 a.m. Sterling noted that soft groundings and hard ground-ings are treated the same in the interest of safety.

Members of the U.S. Coast Guard inspected the boat for possible damage.

The Kennewick could not be moved from the dock for the duration of the inspec-tion. All sailings on the Port Townsend/Coupeville route were cancelled until 2 p.m., when sailings resumed.

The Salish was also unable to sail due to the Kennewick blocking the Coupeville dock. According to the alert, alternate routes included Edmonds/Kingston and Mukilteo/Clinton.

Those who had reserva-tions on the Port Townsend/Coupeville ferry will not be charged a penalty if they were unable to travel due to cancellations, according to the alert. Reservation hold-ers for any remaining sail-

ings were prioritized on a first come, first serve basis,

according to the alert.Sterling said that officials

will determine if any follow-up measures are necessary

once the cause of the incident has been determined.

Coupeville ferry runs halted after bumping ground

File photo

The Coupeville-Port Townsend Ferry route was down for several hours Wednesday after the Kennewick, pictured above, touched sand as it entered the Coupeville Ferry Terminal.

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Climate

Ask legislators why they did half a jobEditor,

With this year’s legislative session finally ending, we owe gratitude to state Sen. Barbara Bailey for leading a successful effort to reduce tuition at local colleges. The resulting 15 percent price drop for enrollees at UW represents the largest tuition cut in state history, and is a good start to returning public higher education to something the public can afford.

Still, what happened to the cli-mate legislation? Our legislators had everything necessary for decisive action this term: scientific consensus justifying action, a growing clean-air technology market, the right eco-nomic tools, public opinion in favor of action, and the moral imperative to act, as so clearly elucidated recently by both Catholic and Episcopal lead-ership.

In this context, our legislators’ fail-ure to act on climate tarnishes what would have otherwise been a good session.

Odd, really, that they acted strong-

ly, and rightly so, to fund education while turning their backs on the youth to whom we are passing down an increasingly fiery climate and acidifying, dying oceans.

Absent the needed legislative fix, a citizen initiative is exactly what’s called for. Fortunately we have one: Initiative 732.

A team of Whidbey volunteers is currently gathering signatures for I-732, which is designed to provide a market-based incentive for the low-carbon economy we need. Modeled on British Columbia’s successful effort, I-732 would put a tax on car-bon pollution, simultaneously offset-ting the revenue gained by reducing the sales tax and cutting the hated B&O tax for manufacturers.

There is a calculator at carbonwa.org where you can see how your fam-ily or business will do under the new tax incentives.

I-732 implements a market-based approach to the problem of carbon pollution. Similar efforts on the national level have a long list of conservative economic supporters, including former Secretary of State George Schultz, who served four Republican administrations, and Greg Mankiw, former chairman of George W. Bush’s council of eco-

nomic advisors. When you see Sen. Bailey, Rep.

Dave Hayes or Rep. Norma Smith, thank them for their actions in sup-port of education, but ask them why they only did half their job. Remind them that the head of the Episcopal Church just called ignoring climate change “sinful” and tell them that while legislators fiddle, you’re sup-porting I-732.

Bob HallahanOak Harbor

Citizens’ Climate Lobby Whidbey Island

Greenbank Farm

Must speak up against unethical power playEditor,

Very late in Wednesday’s meet-ing of the Port of Coupeville at Greenbank Farm, the commission-ers voted 2-1 to terminate nego-tiations with the Greenbank Farm Management Group and assume direct management of the farm beginning Jan. 1, 2016.

This question was not on the agen-da, it took us, the community, and

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After years and years of on-again, off-again relations, quiet grumbling and likely more than a few private fan-tasies of more financially profitable partnerships, Port of Coupeville commissioners this week unexpectedly and coldly cut ties with the Greenbank Farm Management Group.

Despite being involved in ongoing negotiations for a new contract to start next year, and making a clearly unpopular decision before what was the largest crowd to attend a port meeting in recent memory, the commissioners effectively said, “Nope, we’re done. Thanks, but adios.”

While the basis for the 2-1 vote is understandable — to some, the dividends of decades of investment amount to crushed hopes for an economic engine that never material-ized — this is indeed a sorry conclusion to a 20-plus year relationship.

To say it was poorly executed is an understatement. Rather, it smacks of blunder: A rash decision with little promise for success and an affront to the businesses and people who helped carry the farm through some tough years.

Port commissioners Marshall Bronson and John Carr, Bronson’s handpicked colleague who was appointed earlier this year, no doubt thought about the relationship with the management group and the farm’s fate for some time.

Their duty as port commissioners, a junior taxing district that exists largely to foster economic development, is to look at ways to best utilize public dollars.

Port commissioners are supposed to divorce sentiment from facts.

The farm management group’s contract is up at the end of 2015, and the port’s plan for succession is a mystery. Five months is a tight timeline for coming up with a new plan or group.

There was discussion in recent weeks about some kind of relationship with Washington State University. However, WSU and the port were quick to soothe what’s amounted to community panic with promises of “nothing has hap-pened or decided, we’re just talking.”

Perhaps that remains true, but this week that assurance is highly suspect. Indeed, trust in the port commission has reached an all-time low with this action.

That two of the port commissioners would make such a surprise decision — oddly unbeknownst to the third com-missioner — while the management group was negotiating in good faith, is bad governance.

While it’s true the Greenbank Farm was an expensive experiment for the port and hasn’t blossomed to profitabil-ity as hoped, this kind of maneuvering is unbecoming of elected public officials.

Port decision might be the right one, but execution was poor


The Legislature increased the gas tax by 11.9 cents per gallon to fund road, transit and ferry projects. What do you think about the decision, which will increase tax on gas to 49.4 cents per gallon?

OF THE WEEK:QUESTION

“I’m all for it if it means repairing the roads and stuff that needs to be fixed.”

Charmaine Eggett Oak Harbor

LOOKING BACK: 125 YEARS

one of the port commissioners, Mike Diamanti, by complete surprise.

For the past two years the port and the Greenbank Farm Management Group have worked on a new agree-ment to run the farm. Negotiations were completed and documents under final legal review.

Port commissioners John Carr and Marshall Bronson have pulled out the rug from under the two-plus years’ process that had culminated in the agreement reached.

It would be hard not to describe the port’s actions as the parting pot shots of two lame duck commissioners. The kindergarten level of dealing with an overwhelming outcry of public sup-port for the current management and tenants is truly astonishing.

The commissioners, who have now shown themselves to be untrust-worthy partners in negotiations with the management group, want tenants to negotiate leases directly with them.

Do you think we will get a fair shake out of this? The blatant disregard of public input, public opinion and public process seem to have reached new levels here.

We understand the port’s concerns about costs and are not opposed to paying our fair share. We are opposed to suggested rent increases which will effectively put us out of business and create the vacancies these two com-missioners have been looking for to invite non-rent-paying WSU in after all.

Commissioners Bronson and Carr believe the port is subsidizing our businesses by having rents below market value.

They feel we should pay as much as waterfront rents in Coupeville or Langley. Bronson even quoted an average rent per square foot figure he claimed to have gotten from the Economic Development Council, an organization which does not compile such figures.

If these two commissioners spent any time at all at Greenbank Farm during fall and winter months they would see the lack of traffic, especially on weekdays.

They would understand how we have managed to hang in there during tough economic times. They would understand how we collectively cre-ated something out of nothing over the past decade.

Being lame ducks, commissioners Carr and Bronson don’t really care about all this, they just wanted to throw in the monkey wrench and derail years of sincere work because they didn’t get 100 percent their way.

We can only hope that the can-didates running unopposed to replace them, William Bell and John Mishasek, can see a broader vision and will have the wisdom to undo this autocratic power-grabbing move.

Our deep thanks to Commissioner Mike Diamanti for voting “no,” and for standing up and saying, “I’m going to soldier on. This is far from a done deal.”

We also hope that all of you who

care about this issue will write to the local papers and let your voices be heard.

This unethical power play must not be allowed to stand and succeed. We the people must speak up and protect the future of our beloved Greenbank Farm.

Please do what you can. Rob and Victory Schouten

Rob Schouten GalleryGreenbank Farm

Grants and loans

Where do you think money comes from?Editor,

Someone there needs to take Jessie Stensland and/or the headline writer to the woodshed or back to high school English and economics regard-ing the story “Loans, grants to ease taxpayer burden.”

Are you related to the lady from Cleveland who was so happy to get her “free Obama phone?”

Just where do you think the money for all these loans and grants is com-ing from other than taxpayers?

Granted it’s nice that our repre-sentatives sometime feel the need to dole out what we have paid into the county, state and federal treasuries, but wouldn’t it be much simpler if we just kept more of the funds here and spent locally.

David FlomerfeltOak Harbor

OH-Utsalady ferry service gets underway100 years ago

n Boys’ and girls’ clubs were being organized through-out the country with the objective to “make rural life more appealing” and make young people more contented farm-ers and home builders. The clubs were established by state colleges of agriculture with the assistance of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

n The Oak Lodge of Odd Fellows celebrated its fourth anniversary. In the course of the celebration, there was “merrymaking, speechifying and banqueting galore.”

n The Whidbey Oak Harbor-Utsalady Ferry opened to the public. The grand opening excursion was deemed a successful advertisement for both Oak Harbor and Island County. Approximately 20 automobiles joined in the trip, carrying banners and posters announcing the new ferry operation.

75 years ago n The busiest man in Oak Harbor was said to be the

pea farmer, with the busiest woman the pea farmer’s wife. Pea season was in full swing, and farmers were determined to complete their harvest within five days, whether their fields consisted of 10 or 60 acres. Coupeville farmers were expected to join their Oak Harbor comrades soon.

n Playground equipment including swings, teeter boards and rings was installed at the beach. The equipment was purchased and donated to the City of Oak Harbor by the Women’s Improvement Club, who raised funds with the help of the Eagles. The playground was located on the beach between the bath houses and community kitchen.

n Sportsmen discussed the possibility of establishing a state game farm on the South End.

50 years ago n Two pilots, Roland Aos and Bill Huffstetler, were in the

process of building a plane in a shop set up in a basement. The men hoped to have the plane ready for takeoff in time for the West Coast Air Races. Aos and Huffstetler said they planned to build three planes, one for each of them and another to be used exclusively for racing.

n The initial steps were taken to establish a “village” in Coupeville. The “village” concept was designed to pro-vide housing for senior citizens or other persons with low incomes. Rather than a nursing home, it would be a series of duplexes located within the city limits near shopping facilities.

n The U.S.S. Salisbury Sound returned to Whidbey fol-lowing a seven and one half month deployment to South East Asia. Citizens and personnel from local squadrons and commands were present to greet the ship.

25 years ago n A team from the Wolf Hollow Wildlife Center relocated

a molting seal from a popular beach at Deception Pass State Park. The 1 1/2 year-old seal had arrived at the beach around Memorial Day for his annual molt. He had become an attraction for passerby and their dogs, and offi-cials were afraid both the seal and curious visitors may be in danger. He was moved to the wildlife center.

n Sailor Charlie Barkhalt stopped by Oak Harbor with his 36-foot. Viking ship replica, the “Boreas.” Barkhalt had built the ship based upon Tenth Century drawings. He had spent the last several months sailing the Washington Coast and had pulled into Oak Harbor to fix a couple of leaks in the boat’s hull.

n Oak Harbor police ran a car off the road in order to end a chase of a stolen car. No one was injured in the chase, but both the stolen car and the patrol car were dam-aged. The driver of the reportedly stolen vehicle was a 17-year-old boy with prior criminal convictions.

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“I feel like the gas is already taxed pretty heavily. But then, I appreciate the improve-ments they’ve made to Highway 20.”

Taylor Storrs Oak Harbor

“My concern is the bridges; roads you can’t really fall off of. I sup-pose it must be neces-sary. But what about bridges?”

Karen Mueller Oak Harbor

“I think they’re taking advantage of the people. When [the cost of] a barrel of oil went down and gas was reasonable, they saw an opportu-nity to raise the gas tax and they had plenty of money off of that. Now, they’re seeing the opportunity to raise it again.”

Bob Nelson Oak Harbor

“It is not unreasonable to assume the port can manage the farm,” Bronson said. “We get income from the wharf and not from the farm.”

Commissioner Mike Diamanti was the lone vote against the motion.

“I’m absolutely flabber-gasted,” he said. “As a board we have agreed to the draft terms. I thought we were moving along. This came out of left field. I unequivocally oppose this motion.”

Diamanti said it was a pre-emptive strike to take over

the farm and not work collab-oratively with the community.

In response, Bronson said that under the proposal the port would be working with the community.

“These are your taxpayers in the audience,” one audi-ence member shouted.

Another, “When do we get to vote you out?”

Both commissioners who voted in favor of the motion are not seeking reelection.

Carr, who was appointed to fill a vacated position, will be replaced by candidate John Mishasek come November. Bronson will be replaced by William Bell at the end of the year.

And while Diamanti was outnumbered on the deci-sion, he’s not giving up on the issue.

“I’m going to soldier on,” Diamanti said. “This is far from a done deal.”

Bronson said the port will need to hire employees, most likely a manager and events coordinator, when it takes over management of the farm. What the bigger picture will look like, he said, he doesn’t know.

“We’ll have to pencil it out,” he said. “There’s enough people with the interest and capacity. We want the farm to stay and be the center of community activities.”

Bronson said he would be open to taking on existing employees, though he said they’d probably be paid less and it might not be all of them.

“I think we could do with less employees,” he said.

Julie Dougherty Winger, who works for the manage-ment group, questioned the decision.

“I fail to see how the trans-fer of management from the management group to the port does anything,” she said. “We are a well-oiled machine.

“I think we’ve been doing a hell of a job and we were look-ing forward to the future.”

She also questioned the manner in which the decision was made.

“It seems to be a rushed decision,” Dougherty Winger said. “(Our partner-ship) involves some level of trust and it feels like that was crushed.”

Greenbank Farm Management Group Executive Director Judy Feldman said she wasn’t sur-prised by the decision, but by how it was made. She said she doesn’t think the com-missioners understand fully what it takes to run the farm.

What she found particu-larly discouraging about the meeting, she said, was that the commissioners waited until the end of the meet-ing to make the motion and the public wasn’t able to ask questions.

“The biggest disappoint-ment was the lack of respect to the people who took two hours out of their day,” Feldman said.

This is something farm vol-unteer David Stern reiterated as well.

“I think the community left feeling upset and that they don’t have a say,” said Stern, who’s wife works for the management group. “All the donations and goodwill is gone there now.”

For the time being, the management group will keep with the status quo.

“They effectively said they don’t want to talk to us any-more,” Feldman said. “We will continue to do our job, report in and if they have questions we will answer them.”

the current contract.Last year, the Oak Harbor

Elks Lodge took over man-agement of the event after Mayor Scott Dudley’s con-troversial decision to take it away from Tamra Sipes, who was race director for five years. The Elks won a two-year contract to coordinate the event for a $30,000-a-year fee.

But several council mem-bers were concerned about the drop in participation this year and the cost to the city. Councilman Joel Servatius asked city staff for a break-down of the costs over the years as well as details about both continuing or ending the contract.

Several members of the Elks Lodge spoke to the coun-cil and urged council mem-bers to continue with the con-tract. Elks member Theresa Reed said she agreed that the marathon should be a profit-able event.

“I believe the everyday citi-zens of this community could look at this financial report and see the city has been spending tax money on a los-ing business,” she said.

Tuesday, city staff present-ed an income statement that showed the finances of the event since the city purchased it in 2010. The money earned or lost affected the city’s gen-

eral fund, which pays for ser-vices like police and fire.

The spreadsheet showed that the event went from making nearly $50,000 in its first year to losing more than $70,000 in 2014.

The event earned $49,000 in 2010 and $19,000 in 2011.

It lost nearly $7,000 in 2012, $49,000 in 2013 and $71,000 in 2014.

This year, in the Elks’ first year as coordinators, it lost $56,000.

The spreadsheet shows that contributions from large firms declined over the years while expense grew.

Several pointed out that the large loss in 2014 was an anomaly that occurred because Dudley offered Sipes a bonus based on participa-tion. She cut the registration fees, which increased partici-pation to its highest level, but also earned a $24,000 bonus on top of her $28,000 fee.

Council members pointed out that Sipes didn’t make that decision to cut fees without approval from city administra-tion. Tuesday, Servatius also complained that race direc-tors in the past have been “siloed” so that the council wasn’t able to communi-cate with them; he also told the mayor that the contract should be brought forward earlier in the year.

Council members made it clear that they supported the event, which Servatius called the “city’s premiere event.” He said the purpose of dis-cussing the contract was not to criticize the Elks Lodge.

“I just want some reassur-ances that we’re on track, that we’re taking this seriously,” he said.

The council members have said that purpose of the event isn’t to make money for the city’s coffers necessar-ily, but that it’s an economic tool which brings thousands of people to the city to stay in hotels and spend money.

Both Servatius and Councilwoman Tara Hizon emphasized this point. Servatius pointed out that an analysis Sipes presented in a previous year calculated the economic impact at about $700,000. Hizon said it’s the busiest lodging weekend of the entire year for the city.

“You can multiple the num-ber of participants by two or three,” she said, “and they are eating at our restaurants, they are staying at our hotels, they’re shopping downtown.”

At the same time, the coun-cil members said they would like to get the event closer to the black or even make some money.

“Since 2012, we’ve been los-ing money. And that’s not an Elks thing, that’s just a gen-eral trend that I think we need to address,” Servatius said.

“I think if we’re going to do this, we owe it to the taxpay-

ers to come close to breaking even,” Servatius added later.

Councilman Bob Severns said he believes the problems can be fixed.

“I know that it can be bet-ter managed,” he said. “In looking at these numbers it’s obvious that it can be better managed.”

The Elks Lodge members said they hoped to work with the chamber of commerce in the future. Christine Cribb, executive director of the chamber, said she hadn’t spoken with anyone from the Elks prior to the meeting, but that the chamber is willing to help promote the event as it

does with other events.“The economic impact of

the marathon is huge to our economy,” she said. “We need to keep it healthy, vibrant and growing.

In the end, the council left the contract in place. Councilman Rick Almberg said he wants to see a resume of whoever will be running the race and gathering spon-sors. The Elks agreed to bring the information back at the next meeting.

Elks member Melissa Riker was in charge of the marathon this year but won’t be continuing in the future.

In an interview, Reed said

that she will take over as the race director, but that she has many people helping her.

She said she was in the military for nearly 21 years and then was in real-estate management for another 22 years on Whidbey.

She said she was a runner in marathons in her younger years in the Navy. While she hasn’t organized a marathon before, she said she has expe-rience running large events from when she was in the military.

“My goal is to make it a money-making event for the city,” she said.


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GAME OF THE WEEK North Whidbey 9/10 Little League baseball team will play for the district title at noon Saturday, July 11.SPORTS

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The North Whidbey 9/10 Little League baseball team will try to become the third area club to qual-ify for its state tournament when it plays for the District 11 champion-ship this weekend at Windjammer Park.

North Whidbey defeated South Whidbey 8-6 Thursday, July 9, to claim a spot in the district champi-onship series against the survivor of the consolation bracket, either South Whidbey, Sedro-Woolley or Anacortes. The team that comes through the losers’ bracket will have to beat North Whidbey twice.

The first championship game is noon Saturday, July 11. The second game, if necessary, will be at noon Sunday.

The Central Whidbey 9/10 softball and the North Whidbey Junior (13/14) baseball teams have already qualified for state. Both will play in Vancouver. Central Whidbey begins state Saturday, July 11; North Whidbey opens its state play July 19.

In other district action, North Whidbey lost twice in the 10/11 baseball tournament in Sedro-Woolley and was eliminated from the playoffs.

In other summer baseball, the Oak Harbor Legion team (the OHHS summer club) split a double header at South Whidbey Wednesday.9/10 Baseball

Shane Hoffmire’s two-run, two-out double completed a comeback for North Whidbey in its 11-9 win over Anacortes in the district tour-nament opener July 7.

North Whidbey scooted to a 4-0 lead after the second inning, then Anacortes scored five runs to go ahead.

The score was knotted at 5 after four innings.

Anacortes plated four runs in the fifth, then North Whidbey answered with a six-spot. A pop fly dropped in the infield that allowed North Whidbey to even the game at 9, then Hoffmire stroked his double to drive in the winning runs.

Anacortes threatened in the sixth, but Jacob Figarelle gunned down a runner trying to steal third to help stop the rally.

Taryn Hardy started on the mound for North Whidbey and “threw well,” according to coach Don Jenkins. Hardy also scored three runs.

After two scoreless innings in the South Whidbey game, South Whidbey scored three runs in the third. North Whidbey countered with two runs in its half.

South Whidbey upped its lead to 4-2 in the fourth, then North Whidbey took the lead with four

runs. The big blow was Hoffmire’s two-run double off the left-field fence.

North Whidbey tacked on two more runs in the fifth, and then thwarted South Whidbey’s come-back with a big defensive play by Hoffmire. After a South Whidbey hitter drilled a double to left field, Hoffmire fired to Connor Cash at third base to nab the runner trying to take an extra base.

Figarelle pitched the final three innings to pick up the win.

Christian Gisvold led the offense with two hits, one on a bunt, and two runs.

Tyler Abbott and Daniel Doughty played “outstanding D at first base,” according to Jenkins.

“A great team effort,” Jenkins added.10/11 Baseball

First-game jitters hurt North Whidbey in its 9-4 loss to host Sedro-Woolley in the opening round of district Monday, according to coach Kevin Rhew.

Several errors allowed Sedro-Woolley to score three runs in what

should have been a three-up, three down first inning, Rhew said.

North Whidbey countered with four runs in its half of the first. Jackson Biggs led off with a walk and eventually scored on a passed ball. With two outs, Tyler Zenger doubled, Brady Towsley reached on interference and Marshall Rhew walked to load the bases, and then Aidan Golden cleared them with a double.

After the big first inning, Sedro-Woolley changed pitchers and the new hurler was “lights out,” accord-ing to coach Rhew, allowing no hits, striking out 11 and walking only two.

Sedro-Woolley scored single runs in the second and sixth innings with the help of North Whidbey walks and errors. The winners scored three runs in the fourth on a home run by Baker Sparks.

The defensive highlight, Rhew said, was catcher Brock Boyer’s “absolute bullet” to shortstop Duchnowski that cut down a Sedro-Woolley runner trying to steal sec-ond base.

North Whidbey had a strong start against Anacortes Wednesday, but Anacortes had an even better finish to win 7-6.

Anacortes used two singles, a walk, error and passed ball to score two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to claim the win.

North Whidbey burst out of the gate with four runs in the first inning.

Biggs started the big inning by reaching first on catcher’s inter-ference, and Cody Duchnowski bunted for a base hit. Shawn Day plated both with a double and then scored on Zenger’s base hit. Zenger would eventually be forced out at the plate on a fielder’s choice, but Towsley, who walked, worked his way around the bases and scored the fourth run.

North Whidbey scored single runs in the second and third innings to go up 6-0.

In the second, Day singled and scored on Towsley’s triple.

Ethan Abbott walked, stole sec-ond and scored on Bigg’s single in the third.

From that point, the North Whidbey offense went silent, pro-ducing only three base runners over the final three innings.

Duchnowski blanked Anacortes over the the first three innings, allowing no hits and striking out four, before Anacortes broke through for five runs in the fourth inning. He finished with six strike-outs before being relieved by Joe Winnenberg with two outs in the fourth. Biggs pitched in the sixth inning.

North Whidbey’s defense was shaky in its opening round loss Monday but “stepped it up”

Wednesday, according to coach Kevin Rhew.

“I want to thank the players for giving it their max effort and leav-ing it all on the field,” Rhew said. “They played their hearts out, and I’m sorry to them for not being able to lead them to a win.”

Rhew was assisted by Brad Gisvold and Danny Abbott, and Bill Young helped at numerous prac-tices.Legion

Tyler Snavely’s strong pitch-ing performance helped the Oak Harbor Legion baseball team defeat host South Whidbey 7-1 in the first game of a doubleheader Wednesday, July 8, then South Whidbey used an eight-run fifth inning to top Oak Harbor 9-7 in the nightcap.

Oak Harbor hosts Ferndale in a double header at noon Saturday, July 11.

Snavely threw a three-hitter, striking out six and walking four. The lone South Whidbey run, which came in the first inning, was unearned.

The Wildcats also scored in the first inning. Snavely singled with two outs, stole second and scored on Robert Herring’s hit.

The score remained 1-1 until Oak Harbor scored three runs in each of the fifth and sixth innings.

In the fifth, Dylan Bailey reached on an error, Taylor Consford walked and Snavely singled in front of a Herring hit.

In the sixth, a walk to Avery Aguirre, two errors and hits by Steven Richards and Chad Spradlin produced three runs.

Snavely led the offense with three hits, while Herring, Aguirre and Richards had two each.

Oak Harbor, which batted as the home team in the second game, led 3-1 heading into fifth inning, then South Whidbey scored eight runs on four hits, four walks, a hit batter and an error.

South Whidbey had only five base runners in the other six innings.

Oak Harbor scored twice in each of the fifth and sixth innings but couldn’t come all the way back.

The Wildcats’ first run came in the second inning. Trent Benson walked, stole second and scored on an error.

Oak Harbor added two runs in the third with the help of an error, sacrifice fly by Benson and hits by Snavely and Richards.

In the fifth, Benson singled and scored on Aguirre’s triple. Kamryn Mebane’s sacrifice fly scored Aguirre.

Singles by Spradlin, Snavely, Herring and Mebane led to two runs in the sixth.

Bailey, Spradlin and Snavely each stroked two hits in the game.

Little League makes play for championships

Photos by John Fisken/Whidbey News-Times

Above: Jacob Figarelle receives a pitch in North Whidbey’s win Tuesday. Below: Taryn Hardy focuses-in as he pitches for the North Whidbey 9/10 all stars.

Whidbey Allied Artists ART AND GIFT SHOW, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. July 17 and 18 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 18, at the Coupeville Recre-ation Hall. Over 20 artists will show and sell two and three-dimensional art in-cluding both traditional and nontraditional art. WAA is a collaborative group of Whidbey Island artists who maintain a floating gallery of

art for everyone including many media and formats. The group hosts several shows annually. Contact Charlotte Gray at [email protected] or 360-720-2283 for more information.

The Whidbey Art Gallery ARTWALK will feature works by Northwest art-ists Arlo Morgenweck, Ron Norman, John Long and member Nancy An-derson during the month of July. Arlo Morgenweck, a non-native carver, will share his Northwest In-dian carvings and objects.

Ron Norman will share his photographs of the birds of Whidbey Island and the Northwest. John Long will share his Northwest Indian art wood creations. Nancy Anderson will be display-ing new works inspired by local scenes and her travels abroad. View work by these featured artists and mem-bers of the Whidbey Art Gallery daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ROB SCHOUTEN GALLERY will present “Friends in Life and Art: New works by Francy Blum-hagen and Sharon Spencer”

through Aug. 3. Paper, pulp, ink, paint, bamboo, fiber and bronze and are some of the materials that inspire these artists, along with Japanese art, nature and friendship. Spencer will show both new bronze pieces and mixed-media sculptures, while Blumha-gen will show new mixed-media collages.

Photographers Zachary Billings and Rick Lawler will exhibit WHIDBEY ISLAND IMAGES at the Oak Harbor Library in July. The library is located at 1000 SE Regatta Dr. Call

675-5115.

Northwest Watercolor Society (NWWS) has an-nounced that Randy Em-mons of Oak Harbor has been chosen as one of the 86 artists selected for the 75TH ANNUAL IN-TERNATIONAL OPEN EXHIBITION that will be on display through Sept. 30 at the Washington State Convention Center, 800 Convention Place, Seattle, Wash. Emmons’ painting, “Life Is Good,” was chosen by internationally known juror Judy Morris out of more than 600 entries from

seven countries and 24 states.

AUDITIONS for “The Lion in Winter” are from 6:30-8 p.m., Aug. 2 and 3, at the Whidbey Playhouse Star Studio. “The Lion in Winter”, a dramatic com-edy, will be directed by Stan Thomas. Thomas will be casting f ive men and two women for the show, which will run in Novem-ber. Contact Lisa Judd at off [email protected] or 360-679-2237 or visit www.whidbeyplay-house.com for more infor-mation.

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ISLAND LIVINGWHIDBEY

By BEN WATANABE [email protected]

Choochokam Arts Festival, one of Langley’s premier weekend events and biggest crowd pleas-

ers, is turning 40 this weekend. The four-decade-old festival is

very much up to its old tricks: free music, fresh food, abundant art, and a view to boot.

Tried and true to the format is keeping the music free for visitors. Plenty of big-time performers are lined up for the little Village by the Sea, including Vicci Martinez of TV’s “The Voice” fame and 18 oth-ers between Saturday and Sunday. Peppered throughout both days are bands from near — locals such as Ranger and the Re-Arrangers and Janie Cribbs and the T.Rust Band — and far — Martinez and LeRoy Bell of South Africa.

Based on past years’ attendance estimates kept by the organiz-ers, several thousand people are expected to cruise through the South Whidbey city for the festival. Without ticket sales, the numbers aren’t concrete, but based on busi-ness revenues and some informal head counts throughout the days the number fluctuates well above 10,000. By contrast, Langley’s U.S. Census population is just over 1,000 residents.

“They all bring money,” said Bruce Allen, the festival’s lead organizer.

This is Allen’s first year leading the way in seeing the festival to

fruition. He took over from Tom Moore, who recruited him to join the Choochokam non-profit board of directors about seven or eight years ago.

“I enjoy it,” Allen said over a Sunday afternoon iced tea with The Record at Useless Bay Coffee Company. “I enjoy the festival, I like meeting people and talking to the vendors.”

Allen, who grew up in Langley and is also a city councilman, recalled the experience of hearing music from downtown when he was younger. He’d still enjoy lis-tening to the sounds of a bustling downtown if he wasn’t down there in the mix of things each day.

The event will be scaled back a bit from recent years. Allen said 58 vendors, plus some nonprofits and food vendors, are signed up to line First Street from Boy and Dog Park to Anthes Avenue.

“I think it’s better for us as a smaller festival to have better qual-ity,” Allen said.

Everything in the festival, from the art vendors to the music to the food, is carefully curated by the organizers and Allikat Records/Media. Allen said they don’t want anything to sound too similar, and all the music needs to be original songs by the artists, so anyone hoping to hear a Led Zeppelin or Fleetwood Mac tune would do best to throw it on the record player at home.

This year, the main stage was relocated just up Anthes Avenue. In past years, the primary music

venue was at Hladky Park, com-monly called Whale Bell Park at the intersection of First Street and Anthes Avenue. The organizers heeded the wishes of vendors and businesses nearby and built a larg-er stage to accommodate larger bands at the US Bank parking lot.

Kitty corner from the stage and in the McLeod Alley will be the beer garden, put on by the Langley Chamber of Commerce. All sales are used by the cham-ber to help promote the city, and chamber employee Betty Freeman said several beers from Diamond Knot Brewery in Mukilteo will be on tap, plus wines from South Whidbey.

“It’ll be within hearing distance of the stage,” she said.

With fewer vendors spread along First Street, the hub will be like a “U.” Vendors along First and Anthes and some up Second Street, plus a stage on Anthes and a stage on Second at Useless Bay Coffee Company.

A “Kid’s Zone” will be set up at Whale Bell Park for Choochokam’s most childish visitors.

Choochokam celebrates 40Festival scales back and focuses on local energy

2014 South Whidbey Record file photos

Choochokam Arts Festival celebrates 40 years this weekend as the streets of Langley will be filled with artists, musi-cians, food and more.

n OAK HARBOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOL is currently enrolling preschool and elementary students for the upcom-ing 2015-16 school year. OHCS is committed to high academ-ic standards and biblical principles and has been in operation since 1938. For registration information, call the school office at 360-675-2831.

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 experience 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 coupevilleumc.org

n LITTLE LAMBS PRESCHOOL is currently accept-ing registrations for three-year-olds in the morning class and four-year-olds in both morning or afternoon classes. Don’t delay, class sizes are limited! Call 360-675-2548 or visit www.concordialutheranwhidbey.org

n His Kids PRE-SCHOOL REGISTRATION at Oak Harbor Lutheran Church for the 2015-16 school year is open.

His Kids Pre-School, a play and learn environment, has offered early childhood education for more than 20 years. There is a registration fee of $100 at the time of signing your child up. Please contact the church office or visit our website for further information. 360-679-1561 or www.oakharborlu-theran.com

n YOUTH ACTIVITIES at Coupeville United Methodist Church are at 5 p.m. Sunday nights. There will be games, music, crafts and Christian education. Special activities are planned for taking the teens to beaches, forests and other activities. All youth grades six through 12 are welcome; they don’t need to have an affiliation with the church or attend any church. For more information, call Church Life Coordinator Suzanne Loomis at 360-678-4256.

n WHIDBEY ISLAND FRIENDS (QUAKERS) hold their regular meeting for worship 4-5 p.m. Sundays at the

Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 20103 Highway 525, two miles north of Freeland. This time of silent worship together may include spoken messages. For information, visit www.whidbeyquakers.org or email Tom Ewell at [email protected]

n Oak Harbor’s CHRISTIAN SCIENCE READING ROOM, 721 SW 20th Court at Scenic Heights Street, is open for study and prayer 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, and 3-7 p.m. Wednesdays. More information can be found at christianscience.com, christiansciencewhidbey.com or call 360-675-0621.

n Oak Harbor Assembly of God is accepting 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 information and to register, call 360-675-4852 or visit www.oakharborag.com


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BIRTHSWHIDBEY GENERAL HOSPITAL

DESTINY JASMINE GAILEY, 8 pounds, 10 ounces, was born July 1. She is the daughter of Germelyn and Derek Gailey of Oak Harbor.

NAVAL HOSPITAL OAK HARBORJOSEPH RAYMOND CRANE, 8 pounds, 6 ounces, was

born June 19. He is the son of Robert and Teresa Crane.GREYSON DANIEL MCGUINNESS, 7 pounds, 13.5

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AMELIA ZARA NAVARRO, 5 pounds, was born July 3. She is the daughter of Andrew and Renelen Navarro.

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Bayview Beach Water D is t r i c t Mee t ing has been re-scheduled to 4:00 p.m. Wednesday July 15, 2015 at the offices of Edwards & As- sociates CPAs located a t 5492 Harbor Ave. FreelandLegal No. WCW644583 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.July 11, 2015.

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City of Oak HarborSummary Ordinances

On the 7th day of July 2015, the Oak Harbor City Council adopted the following:Ordinance No. 1732: En- titled “Utility Billing and Collection Procedures” Amending Chapter 3.95 of the Oak Harbor Mu- nicipal Code; and creat- ing a new Chapter 3.96 entitled “Collection Pro- cedures.”Ordinance No. 1738: En- t i t led “Author izing the Condemnation, Appro- p r i a t i on , Tak ing and Damaging of Land and Other Property for Pur- poses Associated with C o n s t r u c t i o n o f t h e Wastewater Treatment Plant.”The full text of any ordinance will be mailed or g i ven to any pe rson without charge who requests the same from the city clerk. Requests may be made to: City Clerk, athompson@oakharbor.org or by calling 360-279-4539.Legal No. WCW644312 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.July 11, 2015.


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T- M o b i l e We s t , L L C plans to modify wireless fac i l i t y SE07125B a t 23674 SR29 Madrona Way, Coupev i l le, WA 98239. Comments regarding potential effects on Historic Properties in accordance wi th Sec 106 of the National His- tor ic Preservation Act should be directed to Vi- taly M. at 16485 Laguna Cyn. Rd., Ste. 200, Ir- vine, CA 92618.7/4, 7/11/15WHIDBEY NEWS TIMES/SOUTH WHID- BEY RECORDLegal No. WCW642298Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.July 4, 11, 2015.

CITY OF OAK HARBOR PLANNING

COMMISSIONNOTICE OF

PUBLIC HEARINGPC# 07-28-15

Notice is hereby given that the Planning Com- mission will conduct its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, Ju ly 28, 2015. Staff will conduct a pre-meeting briefing with Planning Commis- sion beginning at 7:00 pm in the Council con-

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ference room. The business meeting star ts at 7:30 p.m. and wi l l be h e l d i n t h e C o u n c i l Chambers at City Hall, 865 SE Barrington Drive, Oak Harbor WA. The Planning Commission will consider the following:SIX-YEAR TRANSPOR- TAT I O N I M P R O V E - MENT PROGRAM (TIP) - Public HearingThe Planning Commis- sion will conduct a public hearing to consider the updates to the Six-Year Transportation Improve- ment Program for the years 2016-2021. The Planning Commission wi l l forward a recommendation to the City Council at the conclusion of the hearing.MEDICAL MARIJUANA CODE - Public MeetingA moratorium is present- ly in place prohibiting the establishment of medical marijuana collective gar- dens and medical marijuana dispensar ies in Oak Harbor. Recently adopted State law re- places these use cate- gor ies and creates a new regulatory scheme. Staff will continue the discussion began last month and seek a formal recommendation to ex-

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tend the existing moratorium.C O M P R E H E N S I V E P L A N L A N D U S E AMENDMENT - Public HearingThe Planning Commis- sion will conduct a public hear ing on request to change the land use designation for properties located on the south side of SW 3rd Avenue and nor th of the Oak Harbor Middle School (185 SW 3rd Avenue - P a r c e l s R 1 3 2 0 3 - 4 8 8 - 4 8 3 0 , R13203-348-4940 and R13203-488-5060) from Low Density Residential to Medium Density Resi- dential.T E L E C O M M U N I C A - T ION INFRASTRUC- TURE - Public MeetingThe Federal Communi- c a t i o n s C o m m i s s i o n (FCC) approved revised requirements for local review and approval for collocation, removal, and replacement of wireless f a c i l i t i e s . S t a f f w i l l present these requirements and how they will impact existing regulations included in Title 19 of the Oak Harbor Mu- nicipal Code. 2 0 1 6 C O M P R E H E N - SIVE PLAN UPDATE - WorkshopStaff will provide an update on the progress of the 2016 Comprehen- sive Plan Update. The major scope of the 2016 Comprehens ive P lan Update includes updates to the Land Use Ele- ment, Housing Element and the Transportation Element. The Planning Commission will discuss and explore changes to the Future Land Use Map.All meetings of the Plan- n ing Commission are open to the public.Legal No. WCW644318 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.July 11, 2015.

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE

OF WASHINGTONFOR ISLAND COUNTY

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OFMARJORIE JOAN

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BERGMAN, Deceased.NO. 15 4 00155 0PROBATE NOTICE TOCREDITORSRCW 11.40.030The co-personal representatives named below have been appointed as co-personal representatives of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise appli- cable statute of limita- tions, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the co-personal representatives or the personal representatives’ attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the co-personal representat ives served or mailed the notice to the creditor as prov ided under RCW 11.40.020 (1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication o f the not ice. I f the claim is not presented within this time frame, t he c l a im i s fo reve r barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11 .40 .051 and RCW 11.40.060. This bar is effect ive as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and non- probate assets. Date of First Publication: July 4, 2015Co-Personal Represen- tat ives LAURA JEAN GABELEIN and WIL- LIAM CAMERON REED Attorney for the Co-Per- sonal Representatives:Robert E. BrewsterAddress for Mailing:PO Box 756Freeland, WA 98249Address for Service:2820 Sunlight DriveClinton, WA 98236Telephone: 360-321-8979WSBA No.: 16012Cour t of probate pro- ceed ings and cause number:

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Island County Superior Court Cause No. 15 4 00155 0Legal No. WCW641993 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.July 4, 11, 18, 2015.

ISLAND COUNTY DIKING DISTRICT

NO. 1Special Meeting to be

held Monday, July 13, 2015

Freeland Public Library - 10:00 A.M.

Agenda:Approval of Minutes from 4/18/2015 MeetingAccounting Report:Cash Position 6/30/2015Approval of VouchersUpdate on Legal IssuesUpdate on System Main- tenance and FunctioningOngoing Discuss ions with Island County regarding Revenue Shar- ingOld Business: NoneNew Business: RCW 85.18.060 Discussion and ResolutionPublic Comment.Legal No. WCW644183 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.July 11, 2015.

INVITATION TO BIDNORTHVIEW

STORMWATER POND CLEANINGCITY OF LANGLEY

Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received by Stan Berry- man, Public Works Di- rector City of Langley, until 10:00 AM on July 27, 2015 at which time bids will be opened and publicly read aloud.Bid proposals may be sent by mail, or hand-de- l ivered, to the City of Langley, 112 Second S t ree t , Lang ley, WA 98260 prior to the opening. The envelope shall be plainly marked with “SEALED BID for North- view Stormwater Pond C l e a n i n g ” a n d s h a l l clearly indicate the name and address of the bidder. The bid opening will take place at City of Langley City Hall, 112 Second Street, Langley, WA 98260. Proposals

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received after the time fixed for opening will not be considered.Base bids are requested for maintenance work focusing on the cleaning of an existing stormwater pond. Work consists of dewater ing , c lean ing vegetation and debr is from the outlet structure, removal of aquatic vegetation along the bottom and banks of the pond, chemical herbicide appli- cation, and installation of hydroseeding along the pond banks. Lab results indicate the pond sediment contains three materials that exceed the practical quan- titation limits: lube oil or- ganics, diesel range or- gan i cs , and ba r i um . Contractor shall be required to dispose of the pond sediment at the Is- land County Transfer Station. Access to project bid documents (plans, spec- ifications, addenda, and Bidders List) is provided to Prime Bidders, Sub- contractors, and Ven- d o r s b y g o i n g t o w w w. b x w a . c o m a n d clicking on “Posted Pro- jects,” “Public Works,” and “City of Langley.” It is recommended that Bidders “Register” in order to receive automatic email notification of fu- tu re addenda and to place themselves on the “Self-Registered Bidders List.” Bidders that do not register will not be automatically notified of addenda and will need to periodically check the online plan room for addenda issued on th is project. Contact Build- ers Exchange of Wash- ington at (425) 258-1303 should you require assistance with access or registration. Each bid shall be submitted on the Proposal fo r m inc luded in the Cont rac t Documents. Bidders are required to have their own copies of the Standard Specifica- tions for Road, Bridge, and Municipal Construc-

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tion, 2014 Edition, Pre- pared by the Washing- ton State Department of T r a n s p o r t a t i o n ( W S D O T ) / A m e r i c a n Public Works Associa- tion (APWA)The con t rac to r sha l l have 30 calendar days from the Notice to Pro- ceed to complete a l l physical contract work. Award will be for Base Bid only.There will not be a pre- bid inspection of the job site.Each bid shall be ac- companied by a certified check, cashier’s check or bid bond (with author- ized surety company as surety) made payable to Ci ty of Langley in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the amount bid.The City of Langley reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive irregularities in the bid or in the bidding.No bidder may withdraw their bid after the hour s e t fo r t h e o p e n i n g thereof or before award of contract, unless said award is delayed for a period exceeding thir ty (30) days.PublicationsDaily Journal of Com- merce-1st Ad Date July 10, 2015-2nd Ad Date July 17, 2015South Whidbey Record-1st Ad Date June 11, 2015-2nd Ad Date July 18, 2015Legal No. WCW644315 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.July 11, 18, 2015.

LEGAL NOTICEContract Acceptance

Notice to Subcontractors and Materials Suppliers

Is land County Publ ic Works Department hereby furnishes notice the Island County Oak Har- bor Road Shop Painting project, under PO10376, has been completed under the contract and permit terms and the provi- s ions of the contract have been fulfilled in an acceptable manner by Island Partners Painting Company, 561 N. For t Ebey Road, Coupeville, Washington 98239, and a c c e p t e d b y I s l a n d County.The lien period for filing any l iens against this contract’s retainage percent is now in ef fect. Not ice of any unpaid wages or materials may be made to the Island County Engineer, P.O. Box 5000, Coupevil le, WA 98239.Legal No. WCW644322 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.July 11, 2015.

SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 1015

OF THE CITY OF LANGLEY,

WASHINGTONOn the 1st day of June, 2015, the City Council of t he C i t y o f Lang ley, passed Ordinance No. 1015, a summary of the content o f sa id ord i - nance, consisting of the title, provides as follows: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LANG- LEY, WA amending ordinance nos. 745, 938 and

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977 and Langley Munici- pal Code Chapter 5.04 regarding business l i- censes. The full text of the Ordi- nance wi l l be mai led upon request.Debbie L. Mahler, City Clerk-TreasurerOrd. No.: 1015Passed on: 6/1/15Published: 7/11/15Effective: 7/16/15Legal No. WCW644304 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.July 11, 2015.



WASHINGTONOn the 6th day of July, 2015, the City Council of t he C i t y o f Lang ley, passed Ordinance No. 1016, a summary of the content o f sa id ord i - nance, consisting of the title, provides as follows: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LANG- LEY, WA amending the Zoning Code, Chapter 18 of the Langley Mu- nicipal Code. The full text of the Ordi- nance wi l l be mai led upon request.Debbie L. Mahler, City Clerk-TreasurerOrd. No.: 1016Passed on: 7/6/15Published: 7/11/15Effective: 7/16/15Legal No. WCW644308 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.July 11, 2015.

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WASHINGTONOn the 6th day of July, 2015, the City Council of t he C i t y o f Lang ley, passed Ordinance No. 1017, a summary of the content o f sa id ord i - nance, consisting of the title, provides as follows: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LANG- LEY, WA amending Or- dinance No. 1009 and Langley Municipal Code Chapter 12.22 entitled Mobile Food Vendor Li- censing Regulations. The full text of the Ordi- nance wi l l be mai led upon request.Debbie L. Mahler, City Clerk-TreasurerOrd. No.: 1017Passed on: 7/6/15Published: 7/11/15Effective: 7/16/15Legal No. WCW644309 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.July 11, 2015.



WASHINGTONOn the 6th day of July, 2015, the City Council of t he C i t y o f Lang ley, passed Ordinance No. 1018, a summary of the content o f sa id ord i - nance, consisting of the title, provides as follows: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LANG- LEY, WA condit ionally vacating a portion of an alley abutting the Star S to re be tween F i r s t S t r e e t a n d S e c o n d Street in Block 12 of the Plat of Langley in ex-

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change for the acquisi- tion of alternative right- of-way. The full text of the Ordi- nance wi l l be mai led upon request.Debbie L. Mahler, City Clerk-TreasurerOrd. No.: 1018Passed on: 7/6/15Published: 7/11/15Effective: 7/16/15Legal No. WCW644311 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.July 11, 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 proper ty descr ibed in this summons,Defendants.NO. 15 2 00306 7SUMMONS BY PUBLI- CATION TO THE SAID DEFEN- DANTS: the heirs, devisees, 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 property described herein.You are hereby sum- moned to appear within sixty days after the date

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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 answer 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 according to the demand of the Complaint , which has been filed with the Clerk of said Court.The object of this action is to quiet title to real estate situated in Island Coun ty, Wash ing ton , more speci f ica l ly described 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.

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SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON

COUNTY OF ISLANDIn the Matter of the Es- tate of VIRGINIA C. DOLVIN,Deceased.NO. 15 4 00154 1PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORSThe personal representative named below has been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before 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 serving on or mailing to the personal representative, or their attorney at the address stated below, a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate pro- ceed ings were commenced . The c l a im must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided un- 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 presented within this time frame, the claim is forev- er barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effect ive as to claims against both the dece-

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ACROSS1. Formal dances6. Superhero’s

chest letter9. Mischievous

child12.Supply13.Commotion14.Stage

reminder15.Cuban dance16.“We ____ Not

Alone”17.Humpty

Dumpty, e.g.18.Gawk19.Simmers21.Olympic sled24.Card game27.Nautical rear

30.Galloped32.Go on about33.Summer TV

shows35.Mommy’s

sister37.Adolescent38.Serpent’s

sound40.House

addition41.Part of a flight43.Tinter45.Fair booth47.Hal Holbrook

role51.“____ Send

Me”53.Spelling

contest

54.Icky stuff55.Teacup

handle56.Obstruct57.“____ from

the Crypt”58.Force open59.Outs’

opposites60.Put forth

DOWN1. Foe of the

“Titanic”2. Greenish

blue3. ____ in

one’s throat4. Slander5. Sauna

locale

6. Deleted7. Arrange8. Whisk9. Henie’s shoe10.Coffee cup11.Wooden nail20.Shabby22.Container23.Mild expletive25.Good’s

opponent26.Sway27.Special skills28.Yard

components29.Government

funds locale

31.Like pie?34.Individual36.Function39.Loafers42.Jewish

teacher44.Slacken46.Incline48.Base49.U.S. citizen50.Bird’s home51.Sure thing!52.Long paddle54.Sault ____

Marie

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ANSWER TO PUZZLE NO. 775

ACROSS1. Resound6. Tub soakings11.Antenna13.Confidential14.Place of

worship15.Clothes16.Cloud’s

location17.Sink or bend19.Small

explosion20.Mortarboard

danglers24.Longs for27.Cream of the

crop31.Beginning

32.Seaman33.Relaxes34.Tyke35.Guilt37.Venomous

snake40.Inclined41.007, e.g.44.Din47.Audience’s

request50.Pleasantly51.Subdue52.Edit53.Enfolds

DOWN1. Hit Broadway

musical

2. Onion’scousin

3. Land force4. Tuck’s

partner5. “For Me and

My ____”6. Stake7. Opera

division8. Voyage9. Deli order10.Gait12.Drop off13.Cooking

herb18.Pack animal

20.Detroit athlete21.Stand22.Clues23.Playground

feature24.Deer25.Noteworthy

time26.Lisa, to Bart28.Sickly29.Stocking tip30.Slip up32.Classified34.Exceed

36.Lamb owner37.Teen’s

problem38.Pickens or

Whitman39.Walk up and

down41.Root beer, e.g.42.Make ready43.Wishes45.Misters46.Timeworn48.____ Haven49.Auto

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ACROSS1. Evergreens5. Chapel seats9. Bother12.Place13.Newsroom

word14.Lousy grade15.Leading

comedian:2 wds.

17.Jet ____18.Infiltrate19.Business

alliances21.Colored

eye-part23.“____ No Evil”24.The whole

amount

26.Name28.Flat boats32.Coral

structure34.Nevertheless36.Genuine37.Greedy one39.Drink daintily41.“O Sole ____”42.____ of lamb44.African nation46.Acrobat’s

garment50.Basins53.Acorn source54.Shore56.Half of a bikini57.“Swan Lake”

costume58.Over again

59.Clever60.Extent61.Third letters

DOWN1. Doom2. Curling

device3. Snakes and

lizards4. Cavalry

sword5. Ballpoint,

e.g.6. Waxed

Dutchcheese

7. Grapebeverages

8. Gazer

9. Not working10.Back11.Beer barrels16.Moistureless20.Cogwheel22.Long

sandwich24.Shirt part25.Floral garland27.Public

conveyance29.Ladylike30.Mai ____

cocktail31.____-mo33.Sensed

35.ComicConway

38.Responds40.Beyond43.Bunch45.Reddish

purple46.High tennis

shots47.Aristocrat48.Fine49.Statistics51.On bended

____52.Darns55.Solar body

PUZZLE NO. 777



ACROSS1. Latest word5. Jam9. Polka ____12.Guinness of

films13.Infrequent14.Fierce rage15.“Mr. Mom”

star16.Selects17.Saltwater

body18.Streaks20.Circle portion22.Nudniks25.In addition28.Refracting

crystal

31.Square-danceparty

33.____ Tin Tin34.Grab ____

(clasp tight)36.Sorrowful37.Eight-legged

creature39.Things41.At what time?42.Indoctrinate44.Gun a motor46.Walk50.Fawn’s mother52.Amazes55.Wind

instrument56.Notices57.Shift

58.Sign gas59.Until now60.Poe, e.g.61.Sports sites

DOWN1. Old horses2. Jack ____

of“CannonballRun”

3. “You ____Meant forMe”

4. Fragments5. Angry6. Blame7. Picasso

work

8. Minor plateau9. Reveal10.Crude mineral11.Afternoon

beverage19.Chart again21.____ in the

face23.Not these24.Fa follower26.Played the fish27.Ceases28.Front of a ship29.Opulent30.Bank payment32.Judgment35.Crude shelter

38.Individual40.Multitude43.Good quality45.Flirt47.Conform to48.Weaving

machine49.Magnifying

glass50.24-hour

period51.Solemn verse

work53.Pursue54.Woman of

Eden

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Stayin’ Alive Dragon Boat Practice, 5:45 p.m., July 13, 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]

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Baby and Me Story-time, 9:30-10:15 a.m., July 15, 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

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“Assisted Living: Mak-ing Informed Decisions” with Shannon DelCiello, 6 p.m., July 15, at Harbor Tower Village in Oak Har-bor. DelCiello, resident care director of Harbor Tower Village, will discuss helpful strategies for ensuring a successful transition from independent to assisted liv-ing. 360- 675-2569

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The Whidbey All-Island Community Band summer concert, 7 p.m., July 16, at Windjammer City Beach Park. Free. Features a variety of music styles, including traditional military marches, classic pieces, pop-ular tunes, and some songs for dancing.

League of Women Voters Primary Can-didate Forum for Oak Harbor Mayor and Hospital District Com-missioner, District 2, 6-8 p.m. July 16, at the Oak Harbor Elks Lodge, 155 NE Ernst St, Oak Harbor.

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Oak Harbor candi-dates forum, 6 p.m., July 16, at the Elks Club. Candi-dates will discuss topics and answer questions presented by the League of Women Voters of Island County. Open to the public.

FridayJuly 17

Whidbey Allied Art-ists Art and Gift Show, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., July 17 and 18 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., July 19, at the Coupe-ville Recreational Hall. Over 20 artists will show and sell two and three-dimensional art including both traditional and nontraditional art. Con-tact Charlotte Gray at [email protected] or 360-720-2283 for more information.

Mask Yourself, 2-3 p.m., July 17, at the Coupeville Library. Free. For teens. Break free from your secret identity and create a mask representing your inner su-perhero or villain. Supplies provided. Contact Leslie Franzen at [email protected] or 360-678-4911 for more information.

Old-Growth Forest Ecology of Deception Pass, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., July 17, at Cornet Bay, Decep-

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SaturdayJuly 18

Farm Day at 3 Sis-ters Farm!, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., July 18, at 938 Scenic Heights Road, Oak Harbor. Kids activities, barbeque, tours and more. All are wel-come. Contact Jessica Muz-zall at [email protected] or 360-678-5445 for more information.

IDIPIC will present its next North Whidbey DUI/underage drink-ing prevention panel on July 18 at the Oak Harbor Library Meeting Room. Seating begins at 12:45 p.m.; no late admittance. Open to all. The panel is required by local driving schools for driver’s education students and a guardian. For more information, call 360-672-8219 or visit www.idipic.org

Meerkerk Rhodie Care Class, 10 a.m., July 18, at 3531 Meerkerk Lane, Greenbank. Susie Reynolds, nursery manager, will lead a class on rhododendron care. Bring hand pruners. Reserve a spot by calling 360-678-1912. Cost is $10 per student.

NRA Basic Rifle Shoot-ing class offered, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., July 18 and 19, at the North Whidbey Sports-men’s Association range at 886 Gun Club Road. This is one of a series of monthly safety classes avail-able to the public.This class introduces students to the knowledge, skills and at-titude necessary for owning and using a rifle safely. The cost of the class is $25 and includes a book. Call John Hellmann at 360-675-8397 or email [email protected] to register. www.northwhidbeysportsmen.org

Giant Yard and Bake Sale, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., July 18 at the Greenbank Pro-gressive Hall, one block west of the Greenbank Store on the corner of Bakken Road and Fire-house Road. Proceeds from the sale will benefit the historic Greenbank Progressive Clubhouse maintenance fund. For more information or to donate items, call Karen at 360-678-4885.

Monday July 20

TCM presents Double Indemnity, 7 p.m., July 20, at Oak Harbor Cinemas. Tickets are $10.50/$8.50. Contact Emily Adamson at [email protected] or 2068428922. www.faraway-entertainment.com/show/tcm-presents-double-indemnity

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COMMISSIONER Richard Hannold said he would support a complete ban on fireworks coun-ty-wide.

“We should follow suit with our close neighbors who have banned them outright,” he said. “There’s always a burn ban every year.”

“To say you can’t have a camp-fire to cook your chicken, but you can set off explosives that burn a few thousand degrees is insane.”

Hannold, who lives on North Whidbey, said that, even though he is ex-Navy and enjoys “blowing things up,” he doesn’t light them off and he gets complaints from constituents who don’t like the effect on farm animals and pets.

“There’s an aging population that doesn’t like the noise, the trash and the clean up afterward,” he said.

HANNOLD’S view on the mat-ter seemed to come as a surprise

to Price Johnson, who said she would also support a complete ban on the personal use of fire-works.

“I would support that,” she said. “I didn’t think I’d get support for that.”

State law allows local city and county governments to complete-ly ban fireworks within their juris-dictions or add a clause allowing an emergency ban — but only with a year advanced notice.

The year of advanced notice is a nod to community service groups that sell fireworks, said county prosecutor Greg Banks.

They have to order them well in advance and don’t want to get caught with thousands of dollars of inventory they can’t sell.

“THEREIN LIES the problem

— the people who sell them,” Hannold said. “These people already have inventory so they are selling. Once they are sold,

people are going to use them.”

He suggest-ed commu-nity service groups find other ways to raise money, such as bake sales and car washes.

Any county ban would not affect public displays and would only e n c o m p a s s unincorporat-

ed areas. Cities have their own rules. In Coupeville, fireworks are limited to the Fourth of July. In Oak Harbor, revelers can light off legal fireworks for about a week around the Fourth.

OAK HARBOR Mayor Scott Dudley said he doesn’t expect a change like the one suggested by Hannold. Fireworks are part of the cultural fabric of Oak Harbor and an important fundraiser for

local community service groups such as Rotary.

If the ban passes, he invited people living in unincorporated areas to visit the City of Oak Harbor to light off a few.

“We have a long history of cel-ebrating the Fourth the way it should be celebrated,” Dudley said. “We are not concerned with overzealous or exaggerated con-cerns of those on the south end of Whidbey Island.”

COMMISSIONER Jill Johnson, whose area of representation includes the City of Oak Harbor, said she supports giving the Island County fire marshal the ability to ban fireworks on an emergency basis only.

Johnson said she does not sup-port a complete ban on fireworks. She also doesn’t want to see them limited to a single day.

“I don’t believe this is a safety issue,” she said. “I believe it’s an inconvenient noise issue.”

She said she is sympathetic to the concerns of pet owners, but she also said sometimes it seems lawmakers can be too sensitive

to what amounts to a few days of disruption.

Those who are upset tend to call and complain while those who enjoy fireworks have no reason to speak up, she said.

“What ends up happening is you make decisions based on what I believe is a small section of our county,” she said.

THE PUBLIC would have a chance to review and comment on a draft ordinance before it’s passed. The date for public hear-ing hasn’t been set yet.

Island County Sheriff Mark Brown, who serves as fire mar-shal, said it was unusual to issue a burn ban before July 4.

Typically, that doesn’t happen until mid-July. This isn’t the driest June on record but it’s drier than normal. Total rainfall measured at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station during June was .38 inches.

The lowest amount of rainfall on record was .1 inches. The base couldn’t provide the year that occurred.

Normal precipitation during June at the base is .81 inches.

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HANNOLD:“To say you can’t have a campfire to cook your chicken, but you can set off explosives that burn a few thou-sand degrees is insane.”


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Wildland firefighters from the Washington Department of Natural Resources worked into the evening providing support from ground and air to further contain the fire that was largely under control by the time DNR arrived.

Firefighters from North Whidbey Fire and Rescue, Central Whidbey Fire & Rescue and Navy Region Northwest Fire and Emergency Services were the first to respond to the 3:10 p.m. call and knocked down most of the flames by the time DNR’s ground crew got to the site about 90 minutes later.

The fire was started by a youth playing with a lighter in the group campground area, said Mike Brown, deputy fire chief with North Whidbey Fire, the first responding agency that got to the scene in 11 minutes and set up incident command for the mutual aid call.

The steep grade and difficult access to fight the fire made the situation uniquely challenging and kept firefighters concerned about not letting the brushfire spread beyond their reach.

Firefighters set up a perimeter at north and south ends of the blaze to try to keep the fire “in a box” and stop flames from spreading out of containment toward areas of greater risk to

people and structures, Brown said.Some crews had to lay hose down along walking trails and cut

their own paths through thick brush to get a nozzle over the cliff edge to knock down flames.

“Access was very, very difficult,” Brown said.“It was really difficult to extinguish the fire due to the place-

ment of where it was.”Since DNR’s crews are based in Sedro-Woolley, local fire

agencies on the island sometimes handle small fires on state lands without the need of assistance, Brown said.

However, the significance of Wednesday’s fire prompted an immediate call to get DNR involved, and ground crews had to travel from a fire in Whatcom County to get to Central Whidbey.

“It’s been busy for early July,” said Albert Kassel, DNR’s fire investigator who was on the scene.

“It’s extremely dry this year.”Central Whidbey Fire worked with the naval unit to tackle the

south side of the perimeter, while North Whidbey Fire handled much of the north side with assistance from naval personnel.

“You need anything?” one North Whidbey firefighter asked Capt. Steve Lacy as he kept an eye on the flames on the bluff below.

“How about a chopper full of water,” Lacy responded.Lacy got his wish around 5:40 p.m. when the helicopter

arrived after traveling from Ellensburg and soon started drop-

ping buckets of sea water on the fire.North Whidbey Fire soon began pulling out its crew and

transitioning control of the fire to DNR but kept a water tender on the scene to provide support until 9:40 p.m., Brown said.

DNR was still onsite Friday monitoring the scene, which will continue to smoke possibly for weeks because of hot spots, Crimmins said.

The fire started along a trail near the group campground by a youth from a visiting, off-island youth group.

Any multi-agency response is costly but that cost rises pos-sibly by “tens of thousands of dollars” by the presence of air support, Brown estimated.

If the fire is found to be started deliberately, parents can be hit with a bill to pay for costs associated with fighting the fire, said Janet Pearce, communications officer with DNR.

A juvenile also may be sent to counseling programs, Brown said.

Another smaller brushfire on the bluff caused by a firework happened July 3 but managed to burn itself out overnight with no emergency calls made to alert firefighters, Crimmins said.

Overall, Brown said he was pleased by efforts by all involved to keep the fire from spreading laterally out of containment.

“The response was great,” Brown said. “With mutual aid, we all work very well together.”

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Whidbey News-Times, July 11, 2015

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